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The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-02-13
TctouBook
Drive Passes
$4,000 Mark

Victory Book Campaign collec-
tons have passed the $4,000 mark
in the Detroit metropolitan area.
Everett N Petersen, local director
OF the drive, announced this week
There are undoubtedly additional
thouss nds OF books which have not
yet been turned in 10 headquarters
by the collection centers, Petersen
SAID Nevertheless campaign -offi-
Gals feel that many more people
will have 20 give books il the rec
ord 1912 total OF 225,000 volumes
IS 20 be beaten.
You can leave your books at any
branch, or the main building OF tie
public library. at the public and
psrochial schools. or deposit them
in one OF the 800 collection boxes
placed in Office and apartment
buildings. banks and theaters. From
there they will 60 10 campai gn
headquarters at the main library,
where they will be sorted, boxed
and shipped to our soldiers. sailor,
and marines all over the world.
The types Of books most prefer
red by the men in service are ad-
venture. detective, mystery and
western stories; current best SELL
ers. humor. and pocket book edi-
tons OF popular titles.
Not suitable are-tern or badly
worn volumes, feminine and juve-
nile stories. biographies OF little
known people, poetry by obscure
authors, and books popular wher
fsther[Was= a=boy@ Magazines are
not being sought in the present
drive.
Give the books you yourself have
enjoyed reading - and give then
TODAY
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ON NEGRO

For s2S year, . war Of prejudice. dis
elimination. lynohinE and abuses has been
WAged against US. Whyl Dhat are weI
What 10 NEGRot Ma educator has ever
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EARL SCALES
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Evening star., 1943-08-25
Wanted: information

Answering questions about Wash
lngton has been recognized as an
important and necessary function
since the influx of war workers be-
gan long before Pearl Harbor. One
OF the first wartime agencies set up
by the old District of Columbia Coun-
Gil OF Defense was an information
bureau, housed in booth built by
the Municipal Government in front
of the National Theater and manned
by a staff paid from WPA funds.
When the President insisted on build
ing a more elaborate Temple of
Information at Fourteenth and
Pennsylvania avenue, with Lowell
Mellett as the presiding oracle, the
District Information Bureau was
moved there. still financed by WPA.
At one time it had staff of twenty
three people. with branch at Union
Station. answering questions as fast
as they could be put. Then WPA
went out of the picture and owl
took the information bureau under
its sheltering wing until owl. too,
suffered cuts in its budget. And now
the Board of Trades Greater Ma
tional Capital Committee has offered
to finance the reduced staff that re-
mains and carry 1t along as a civic
Evening star., 1943-08-25
Immediate Attack on Italy
And Western Europe Advocated.

70 the Editor OF The Star:
Referring to the many problems in
volved in an attack upon Hitler's fortress
your editorial, After Sicily, What?" saws,
There is 70 way, of course, for the lay
man, unacquainted with the highly con-
fidential data on all these phases to
form proper judgments as to what is the
wisest course to pursue Invading Italy,
you suggest, is militariy speaking by
no means ideal and invading Western
Europe Is ''logistically forbidding."
There is, however, one proper judg-
ment' that layman can form and that
is that he wants to win this war in the
shortest time and at the least cost.
Unless you are in favor of dragging
out the war, which would cost us more
lives to win later, you certainly must
agree that there is nothing else to do
but attack Hitler not only in Western
Europe, but in Italy also Immediately.
The defeat of Hitler in 1943 Is possible
il we carry our share of the fighting.
The Soviet Union Is certainly doing its
share. Ar,
Evening star., 1943-08-25

world war / corresponding to that of
Lord Keynes in this war. Late in 1889
this wealthy British industrialist wrote
as follows: Strenuous efforts have been
made over some Is years to patch up the
money system in an attempt to make it
last little longer, but it has stood, and
now stands, In the way of progress and
social betterment thereby creating uni
versal unrest and tendency to obtain by
force what cannot be obtained otherwise.
For the sake of our children let us take
warning In time. Let us discard the poll
cy OF inaction and prtense, and boldly
face the fact that it is not the inevitable
smoke OF the galley stove which asSails
our nostrils, but that fire is raging in
the hold and that the ship of state is
in imminent danger. Our democratic
system and our existing financial sys-
tenn can no longer live together; one of
them must give way to the other"
The way out OF this situation. a way
established by right rather than might
(which never settles anything), has also
been envisioned by George McCullagh.
publisher OF the Toronto Globe and
Mail In a Canadian broadcast on July
30, when he said: while private enter
prise has failed in the past on many
occasions, and we have had such bad
management of affairs that hunger stood
alongside of luxury, don't think the
remedy is to abandon all that is good
to get rid of some evils. I would, on the
contrary, be bold enough to defend
capitalism in the true meaning of the
word, not the distorted fnancialism we
have seen practiced in the name of
capitalism. -
Let's throw out, not the baby of free
enterprise, but only the dirt of private
extension OF the money supply, with
the postwar bath water. Government
spending, leading on to imitation and
totalitarian utilities in peace as in war,
Is not the answer to the riddle of eco
nomic justice and political peace.
ALDEN A, POTTER.
Evening star., 1943-08-25
Postwar Works

Speaking before a convention OF
the New York State Federation of
Labor, Major General Philip B. Flem-
ing, Federal Works administrator.
yesterday forecast a great postwar
program of public construction as
our best hope of easing the transi-
ton from war employment to peace
employment, from mobilization to
rehabilitation"
Before Pearl Harbor. General
Fleming declared, the American peo-
pie were inadequately supplied with
essential public works" and I'VE are
considerably worse off now than be-
fore, because all but the most essen
tial building has had to be deferred
in wartime, and, in addition, normal
wear and tear has not been made
good. Even to put the Nations phy-
sical public works back In as good
condition as they were, say, in 1910
will be tremendous job"
General Fleming mentioned in
passing "the new construction de-
manded by population growth" and
argued that on repair and main
tenance alone" millions of men
could be usefully employed for
many months" and "if we are to
60 on to provide additional needed
facilities and replace the obsolete
still more millions must be en-
ployed"
Considering these observations
the average citizen will be glad to
notice that General Fleming stresses
the practical value of public works
in themselves. The expenditure of
taxpayers money for what President
Roosevelt called this business of re-
lief" is not enough. People still re-
member the futile "boondoggling" of
the depression era-and want no
more of that sort of waste. But with
respect to projects definitely re-
qulred by the Nation there alreadv
Is unanimity of opinion. The letters
PWA are a symbol of an investment
which America does not regret. If
another such program for the post
war period also serves to take up the
inevitable labor slack, all the better.
Evening star., 1943-08-25
p STREET.

Dear Sir:
Wont you speak a word in defense
of that almost friendless creature, the
bat?
In over go years I have never known
bat to do damage to any one or any
thing
For years, when I was a girl a small
bat lived in our house, coming out at
night to fly about under the ceiling OF
our big room where We sat about the
oil lamps reading, and never once did
it cause us either alarm or annoyance
Scientists, believe, who specialize In
the field of the bat, think highly OF
him.
They are valuable citizens OF an ele-
ment so vast that there is space for
all.
Certainly man can spare them some
little nook or Granny where they can
rest.
Your articles in The Star are wonder
full news in this blood soaked world.
Sincerely yours, N. McM."
More inquiries have come to this
column this summer about bats than
about any other living thing.
1t is plain that most people fear them
Yet. as our CORRESPONDENT says, they
are highly interesting animals with
strange and interesting ways.
Although they fly as we'll as any
bird, they are true mammals. They
belong to the order Of Chiroptera, which
Is distinctly their own
Their forelimbs are modified for
flight by being long. with long fingers,
With flying membrane attached.
The tail is part of the flying wings,
being completely inclosed by it. The
total Widespread is about foot.
The creature can fly we'll in the day-
time, although most persons think it
cannot Certainly it does not like to
fly in the sunshine. but prefers to hang
head down by the claws Of its hind
feet.
At nights the bats come out to feed,
and that Is when they often get into
sleeping quarters, much to the terror
OF all women and, secretly, of some men.
Imaginative persons always fear bats
most, because they have read so many
terrible things of them, but these tales
are mostly untrue.
The bat does not suck blood, it does
not deposit parasites on ones hair. 1t
does destroy mosquitoes which spread
malaria
The Bible is held partly responsible
for the dislike of bats. 1t branded
them as among the 'abomination birds -
and called them "a fowl that creeps.
going on all fours."
Poets through the ages called them
obscene" "ill-omened," and dire imp
of darkness" all OF which were pictur-
esque, but were scarcely scientific or true.
Evening star., 1943-08-25
CupitoI Anniversary

Looking at the dome of the Capitol
as it now is, such citizens as
care about the history of their coun-
try and the development Of its Fed
eral City may be interested to be
reminded that the work of building
the central section of the meeting
place of Congress began exactly
century and quarter ago yesterday.
Just four years previously this
harbor of Yankee, democracy had
been burned by the British expedi-
tionary force under the command of
Admiral Cockburn. Practically all of
the structure begun with the laying
of the cornerstone by George Wash
ington on September 18, 1898, was
destroyed in the blaze. When the
smoke cleared away, the interior of
the House wing was in ashes and the
west side of the Senate wing a wreck
For lack Of better quarters, the
National Legislature assembled in
Blodgetts Hotel at Seventh and F
streets. A proposal TO move the seat
of Government from the District of
Columbia to some convenient inland
location was put forward and for
while met with public approval
Local residents. 'in order to allay this
agitation" hastily erected "a private
building" and offered it to Congress
"at rental based on cost" The
temporary shelter was called the
Brick Capitol. 1t stood on the site
OF the present Supreme Court Build
ing and served as the home of both
House and Senate until 1919.
Meanwhile, reconstruction of the
real Capitol was advanced by fits
and starts. The original plan Of
the amateur architect, DR.. william
Thornton, was followed under the
direction of Benjamin H. Latrobe,
director of the works" and Charles
Bulhnch, his successor. But 1t was
Evening star., 1943-08-25
Keeping America American
From tn. Topeka Capital

From the Topeka Capital.
One of the strangeSt paradoxes in
American life is the fact that modern
left-WlngerS, who parade under the ban
ner marked liberal" should be the
most rabid advocates of Government
ownership and control of everything. 1t
is reported that some of these starry
eyed savants working behind the scenes
in Washington would welcome an in
ternal economic crisis, when Germany
folds up. so the Government can rush
IN and take charge, as it did in 1888
There was a time when liberal"
was considered An enemy of bureau
cratic, monopolistic or centralized con-
troll of production, finance and what
have you. What the liberals of another
day wanted was freedom to pursue hap
piness and enjoy liberties without In
reference from anybody. Today it is
necessary for every American to be on
guard against so-called liberals if he
wants to perpetuate his traditional
private enterprise and retain the demo-
cratic form of government
Evening star., 1943-08-25
Air Corps Safety

The Army Air Corps has every
reason to be proud of its low accident
record, so well described in two Star
articles by Nelson M Shepard For
it has been able to achieve this
record, said to be the best among the
air forces Of the world, while turning
out pilots whose daShing intrepidity
in combat is second to none EN-
phasis on safety in the training of a
combat pilot is in the nature of a
contradiction. There is nothing safe
about aerial combat. But the Air
Corps seems to have been able sue
ceSsfully to differentiate between the
sort OF caution which will prevent
accidents, and the sort of caution
that would make pilot prefer to
stay on the ground.
The number of fatal air accidents
reported from time to time in the
newspapers is a tragic price paid for
the speed and magnitude of our Air
Corps development. But such acci-
dents, standing alone, tell only the
worst part of the story. The fact
that 1t is told at all is due to the
War Department policy of full pub
licity on air crashes-a policy whose
wisdom will be vindicated in the end
but one which has not been without
its handicaps in the training pro-
gram. But for every one of these
accidents, thousands of hours of
flying time and millions OF miles
flown are recorded without accident
OF any kind. According to The Star
articles, there was an increase of 1876
per cent in miles flown during nine
months Of 1912 over the ten-year
period Of 1901 1910. But for the same
period there was an increase of only
per cent In persons killed per
thousand miles flown. And while the
figure on miles flown continues to
grow very rapidly, the percentage of
fatal accidents to miles flown con-
tinues to decrease.
There Is comfort in this record.
measured not only in lives saved. For
1t reflects a systematized emphasis
on accident prevention that un-
doubtedly produces better disciplined
better trained, more highly skilled
pilots, alert not only to the tricks
OF the enemy but automatically on
their guard against the sort of care
lessness that breeds accidents. Pre-
ventlon of accidents is dinned into
the pilots throughout their training
by the right sort of stress on f,e
avoidance of the things that cause
accidents. Chief among these causes
is personal error, accounting for
about 79 per cent, compared with the
AS per cent attributable to material
failures and about 7 per cent due to
miscellaneous causes, such as weather
and terrain, and those which are
undetermined Accidents don't hap
pen-they are caused" General
Arnold said in accepting the National
Safety Council award this year. 1t
is unfortunate that the same ap-
proach has not been used with as
much success in dealing with indus
trial and highway accidents.
Evening star., 1943-08-25

activity. The support of this under
taking is an appropriate part of the
Greater National Capital Committees
program, which no longer seeks to
bring more citizens to the Federal
City, but endeavors to meet some of
the needs Of those who are already
here, And one of these needs con-
tinues to be information about where
to go, what to do, where to find this,
that and the other thing in a city
that continues to be, for the old
timers as we'll as the uninitiated,
muddle and a maze.
Evening star., 1943-08-25
USO Refers Problems
OF Legal Nature to Legal Aid.

To the Editor of II Star:
The Star of Sunday, August a. car
ried very interesting article concerning
the many calls for service which are
received in the Washington area ofiice
of the United Service Organizations.
Reading only the headlines of this ar
trative assistants in this office give ad-
vice on problems dealing with weddings
and divorces. This is not so. All such
questions are referred to the proper re-
ligious authorities, the appropriate civil
office and. in some instances, to the
Legal Aid Bureau.
Since publication OF this article in The
Star, numerous inquiries have been re-
ceived at this Office as to whether there
has been any change in USO's policy in
such matters. Therefore, will appre-
ciate your publishing this assurance that
there has been no change in this policy.
The practice of referring problems to
appropriate community authorities con-
tinues in the Washington USO offices
and cluos, as in all of this organizations s
23O0 operations in this country and
abroad.
You will be interested to learn that
each month the Washington USO opera
tions answer an average of 86 900 re-
quests for information on many subjects
pertaining to this communitys religious,
civic, recreation, lodging and other facili-
ties. Only small number Of these in
volve legal assistance and during the
current year none .of these have per-
tained to divorces.
MABEL r. COOK,
USO Area Renresenta a tive