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Evening star., 1943-06-19
Miss Mabel Bourdmun

The need to conserve her energies
and her health evidently guided Miss
Mabel T. Boardman in her decision
to resign the Craftsmanship of the
District Red Cross volunteer special
services, which have become so wide
spread on so many home fronts in
Washington. She still will have a
great deal to do, in the local as
we'll as the National Red Cross organ
ization. But her REIMBURSEMENT of
some of her Red Cross duties-not
interests-is an opportunity for pass
ing comment on the extraordinary
contribution that this remarkable
woman has made in the development
of this greatest of all our volunteer
civilian organizations.
She is charter member of the
District Chapter, organized in her
fathers home some thirty eight
years ago. There have been long
periods in its subsequent history
when Miss Boardman, as one of her
associates described it recently, Was
the District Chapter. She organized
the volunteer special services of the
American Red Cross on a national
scale. She. more than any other one
individual, is responsible for the fine
memorial buildings which now house
the American Red Cross and the
District Chapter. She has been, in
short, a moving spirit, sometimes
the moving spirit, behind the Amer
lean Red Cross for most of her useful
life, and to her pioneering is due q
Evening star., 1943-06-19
Troining Pays Dividends

From the Clay Center (Kans.) Dispatch.
Within four days and nights, so reports
read, 305 Axis airplanes have been de-
stroyed with the loss of five Allied planes.
We might be wrong, but that report
spells this brought to us: Allied flyers
are now reaping the benefits Of the long
periods of intensive training given them
at least a year or more. Those won-
derful Axis flyers, who were SO efficient
at the beginning of the war, have mostly
paid the price and present-day Axis
airmen have not had the months of
intensive training so badly needed. AS
result Allied airmen now have the
necessary training and are capable Axis
flyers are undertrained. We are win
ming; they are losing. Training pays
dividends.
Evening star., 1943-06-19

wiring concessions by taking advantage
of the dire needs of the Nation while at
war to enforce their demands? Is Mr..
Green ignorant of the result of the Gal
lop poll showing that 81 per cent of the
voters favor antistrike legislation?
Mr.. Green's statement that the bill
is American" and Fascist legisla-
ton is pure hokum-and an insult to
the immense majority of American citi-
zens who brought such pressure to bear
upon the Congress to enact the bill that
it passed both houses by approximately
a two-to-one vote.
The millions of "the workers of our
country who have no relations with Mr..
Green should repudiate his attempt to
speak for them and to assert that they
would rebel" against duly enacted
law. They also should repudiate Mr.
Green's attempt to threaten the Presi-
dent. CHARLES L. FRAILEY.
Evening star., 1943-06-19

welded Jeanne d'Albret, became
King Of Navarro in 1854, and his son,
as Henry Nv, became King of France
in 1889. The sequence of French
~sovereigns of the Bourbon strain
included Louis XIII, Louis XIV,
Louis XIV, Louis XVI, Louis XVIII,
Charles x and Louis Philippe. Com
pared with contemporary monarchs
of other countries, they were reason
ably good rulers. They kept the
crown until the revolution in 1893
and regained it after Napoleon in
1914. Not even when the last of them
to wear ermine was ousted in 1848 did
they surrender their rights"
Meanwhile, the Spanish branch of
the house alternately prospered and
declined. Philip, Duke OF Anjou, a
grandson of Louis XIV, was chosen
King of Spain as Philip v in 17OO,
His descendants and successors were
Ferdinand vi, Charles III, Charles Nv,
Ferdinand VII, Isabella II, Alphonso
XII and Alphonso XIII. Through
Charles III the kingdom of Naples
also was brought under Bourbon
sway, and through Philip, the young
est son OF Philip v, the duchy of
Parma similarly was acquired"
OF course, some of the very most
eminent members of the family never
attained to regal status. The cele-
brated Constable Bourbon, allegedly
shot by Benvenuto Cellini as he
mounted scaling ladder during the
siege of Rome in 1927, still is subject
of romantic remembrance as one of
the great heroes of his age. Such
character cannot be disposed of with
an epigram.
Whether or not the gibe attributed
to Talleyrand-that the Bourbons
have learned nothing and forgotten
nothing"-is justified may be
matter of debate. The fact is that
the Bourbon family still continues
part of the history of mankind. It's
present temperance is not an un-
natural event.
Evening star., 1943-06-19
Mud Mark

This is the print OF boys foot
Pressed in bro1on mud. Straight toe
beside
Straight toe, curUed arch, firm heel.
This is a pattern in time
That boy carUes oDer and oDer.
Many steps often repeated
Make him man. Then ,Dhere man
1DdlkS
Walks too, a boy, baretooted once.
Some day, some spring, passing q
place
Where rain muddies an empty lot
He a0iU pause, kno,Ding ho,D mud
Feels thick, cool, on slender toes,
Soft on the heel; kno,oing
Many steps often repeated
Neper obliterdte
Print OF a boys foot pressed In broton
mud.
DOROTHY HARTMAN.
Evening star., 1943-06-19
Coal Case Decision

In directing John l.. Lewis to look
to the courts for settlement of his
portal-to-portal pay demands if an
through collective bargaining, the
War Labor Board has arrived at a
decision which conforms closely to
the real equities involved in this dis
pute.
AS pointed out in these columns
on June 3, the Lewis demand, in the
absence of a satisfactory negotiated
settlement, readily lends itself to
ajudication under the wage-hour
law. In the first place, it is essen
TALLY a legal question. Secondly,
when Mr.. Lewis first advanced this
demand, he based his claim on
ruling by the Fifth Circuit Court
that certain iron mine workers were
entitled to compensation for portal
to-portal travel time under the law.
If that be true of iron miners, Mr.
Lewis said, it also is true of coal
miners. In effect, he took the posi-
ton that he was under a judicial
mandate to insist upon portal-to-
portal pay for the members of his
United Mine Workers.
1t soon became evident, however,
that Mr.. Lewis had little desire to
follow the procedures prescribed by
the act. Apparently he wanted to
use the Fifth Circuit decision as
talking point, but for reasons best
known to himself he was not anxious
to submit the merits of his claim to
a court of law. Hence, there can be
no assurance that either Mr.. Lewis
or the individual miners will be
disposed to accept the findings of
the WLB, and we must face the
possibility that the mine leader will
refuse to seek satisfaction under the
law which he says supports his claim
and that he will also refuse to recog-
Board, which he has so consistently
ignored. If he adheres to the course
he has followed in the past, he will
endeavor to use his economic
strength to enforce his demands in
defiance of both law and Govern
ment, and that, in turn, would pre-
sent a direct challenge which the
administration would have to meet.
How such challenge should be
met is very serious question. If
Mr.. Lewis does not formally call
strike, but merely acquiesces in
work stoppage by the miners, the
Connally-Smith bill, which still re-
poses unsigned on the Presidents
desk, would be of doubtful immediate
value. It's prohibition against the
use of union funds to pay strike
benefits eventually might force the
miners back to work, assuming they
did not find other employment, but
the Nations need of coal is too urgent
to permit of such protracted con-
test if any other solution can be
found.
The best hope, obviously, is to head
off strike by persuading the miners,
as good Americans, to accept the de-
eision, and there is no doubt that
every effort will be eXerted to this
end. Yet these efforts might fall
and in that event there would be no
alternative but to face the necessity
of a showdown between the Govern
ment and some 100000 misguided
American citizens. 1t is an appalling
prospect, but if Mr.. Lewis is deter
mined to force the issue the Govern
ment will have to take up the chal-
lenge and see it through.
Evening star., 1943-06-19
Motorists Urged
To Offer Rides.
To the Editor of The Star

To the Editor of The Star:
While standing for about 10 minutes
on the corner of Thirteenth street and
Alaska avenue in a group of seven peo-
pie waiting for bus, saw II cars bear
ing Maryland license plates pass. None
of the cars had more than three pas
sengers. some had two and two had only
one person. When the bus arrived it
was loaded, presumably with Maryland
passengers. Now my suggestion is that
all Maryland cars with room for one,
or two or more people pick them up at
the terminal at Georgia and Alaska
avenues. If they do not care to do that
then they should offer to carry few of
the people from the District who are
crowded off the buses by Maryland work.
ers in Washington.
NALYOM C. DRAWDE.
Evening star., 1943-06-19

large part Of that invaluable part of
the war effort so beneAcially carried
out today by Red Cross volunteers
everywhere in the world. There are
few OF us, indeed, who have cause
to take the real satisfaction that
must be hers in looking back over
the years to the beginnings of things
which today are taken so much for
granted as established parts of our
way of life.
Evening star., 1943-06-19
Unseen Stars
Earned by Civilians.

GdllCu ny SfHIdhss
TO the Editor of The Star:
How many of us have stars in our
hearts? I mean by this question: Have
we given all we can to alleviate the
pain and anguish created by this horrible
war and to hasten the termination of
hostilities?
We cannot all give up husbands, sons,
and other loved ones; we cannot all hang
stars in our windows, but we can give
more of ourselves.
To us-living in comparative comfort
the lesson of Pearl Harbor cannot stay
fresh in our minds unless we do some
thing tangible each day. How can this
be done? Our efforts seem so ineffect-
ual, but if we stop to think what the
whole would amount to if each civilian
did his bit each day it will be easier to
carry on.
For instance: Do not hoard. Do not
waste. Do not buy anything you do not
need-and I do mean need. Pay as you
go. Buy War bonds.
If in your conscience you have fol-
lowed these guides, then you will have
stars In your heart. M. E. w.
Evening star., 1943-06-19

Famous Love Affair-A collection
OF real stories of real men and women,
most of them conspicuous by reason
OF birth or achievement, who had
love affairs of engrossing interest.
These stories come from many lands
from India, from Egypt, from France,
Italy. Germany, England, America
and no two of them are alike. All of
them, however. illustrate the potency
OF love in ruling human lives and
many OF them unfold more of tragedy
than of happiness. To secure your
copy of this publication inclose Is
cents in coin wrapped in this clipping
and mail to The Star Information
Bureau
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Evening star., 1943-06-19

Portable and easily camouflaged
hangers can be flown to front line
airports, the Army announces.
Grandfather Snail transports his own
hangar, too, but no one can accuse
him Of flying.
Evening star., 1943-06-19

@. Do bees have sense of location?-
J. J.C.
A. DR.. Henry S. Conard says that
there is no doubt that bees can learn to
flno certain location. A good collect
ing ground is revisited until its resources
are exhausted. Then a new place is
sought and similarly worked.
O. When the Constitution was sub
mitted for ratification, in what State
old the greatest contests occur?-L. OR.
A. In New York, Massachusetts and
Virginia. New York ratified by ma
jority of votes, 80 to 27; Massachusetts
by 1S7 to 1853 and Virginia by SO to 10.
Q. Is it dangerous to swim during q
hunderstorm?-C. L. L.
A. There is considerable danger.
Many have thought in the past that
lightning does not strike the water, but
there Is plenty Of evidence to the con-
trary.
O. When does the most rapid plant
growth take place, in the daytime or at
night?-D. r. C.
A. 1t has often been observed by
scientists that the growth of plants is
most rapid in darkness.
Q. Is there still in existence a genuine
sculpture by Praxiteles?-S. S.
A. The marble statue of Hermes with
the infant Dionysus is the only undis-
puted original work of the celebrated
Greek sculptor.
@. When did second lieutenants first
wear insignia?-C. M. P.
A. Second lieutenants were not au-
thorized to have insignia of rank until
December, 1917, when a single bar was
prescribed for each shoulder loop.
@. How much copper was used last
year to make 1-cent pieces?-F. NIB.
A. In 1912 $4,000 tons of copper went
into the 1-cent pieces alone This was
enough to meet the combined copper
requirements of cruisers, destroyers,
1,245 Flying Fortresses, 12o field guns
and 120 howitzers, or enough for one
and quarter million shells for our big
field guns.
@. Is it a fact that certain diseases
could not exist without the insects
which carry them about?-E. F. E.
A. Yes, this is true in respect to a
number Of disease germs. Malarial germs
must have Anopheles mosquitoes, AZ
rican sleeping sickness germs the tsetse
flies, while those of Rocky Mountain
spotted fever require ticks for continued
existence.
@, What Office did Winston Churchill
hold during the First World War?-L K.
A. During the First World War VIM
ston Churchill was a member of the Ad-
miralty, Chancellor of the Duchy Of
Lancaster, saw active service in France,
in command of the 9Th Royal Scots
Fusiliers. In 1917 to 1921 he was sue
cessively Minister of Munitions, Secre-
tary for War and Air Minister
@. What does the word Ben" mean
in Scottish place names such as Ben
Nevis?-H. L. T.
A. 1t means mountain, hill or peak"
@. What is the number of islands in
Rio de Janeiro Bay?-G. E. O.
A. There are LOG islands in Rio de
Janeiro Harbor.
Q. Did Napoleon Bonapartes mother
live to see him exiled?-G. F. c..
A. She survived her son by IS years.
Her last days were spent in Rome.
whence she wrote pathetic letter to the
rulers, of Europe begging for Napoleon's
release. She died in 1886, after being
almost blind for some years.
Evening star., 1943-06-19

Letters to the Editor must
bear the name and address of
the Driter, although the use of
a pSeudonym for publication is
permissible. The Star reserves
the right to edit all letters 1Uith
a Uie1D to condensation.
Evening star., 1943-06-19
Huskin's Answers
To Questions
BY Frederic J. Hdskin.

6y FTe0eTtc J. HQSktn.
A reader can get the ansper to anu
question OF fact by iurittng The Epe-
ming Star Information Bureau. Fred
eric J. HGskin, director, Wushington.
D. c. Please inclose stamp for return
postage.
@. What is the meaning Of the letter
"R" used with soldiers serial mum.
ber?-M. C.
A. The War Department says that tho
letter "R" preceding the serial number
OF soldier in the Army of the United
States indicates that he served during
the First World War and has re-en-
listed.
@. Are there any Communists in
Congress?-M N. S.
A. No member of the Congress of the
United States was elected as a Com
munist.
@. What bodies revolve around the
earth?-E. l.. H.
A. The moon is the only heavenly
body that revolves around the earth.
making about 13 trips in a year.
Evening star., 1943-06-19
Letters to the Editor
challenge" to President
Brings Reaction Against MIR. Green.

"Challenge" to President
Brings Reaction Against Mr.. Green.
To the Editor Of The Star:
including William Green, have sent
memorandum to President Roosevelt
threatening that, If he does not veto
the anti-strike bill, the labor members
on the WLB will resign.
Since when has our new super
government assumed the right to tell
our President, You do this, or else
s"o
Not long ago Mr.. Green Dragged that
his organization had prevented passage
by Congress of no less than 81 bills
considered by him inimical to the labor
movement. But Mr. Green's attempt
to intimidate members of Congress, by
threatening to get" them if they voted
for the anti-strike bill, resulted in a
dismal failure.
I am surprised that the President did
not Immediately accept this challenge
of the labor cZars. If Theodore Roose-
velt had been in the White House, the
labor czars would not have dared send
such challenge.
HENRY c. PARKER.
To the Editor of The Star:
The following quotation from the let
ter of William Green, president OF the
AFL, to President Roosevelt, urging him
to veto the antistrike bill, appeared in
The Star of June Is:
The workers of our country" Mr..
Green wrote the President last night,
would never become reconciled to this
legislation. They would protest against
it and rebel against it in the event it
would become the law of the land. The
representatives of all the procurement
divisions of the Government made it
clear to the members of Congress that
the enactment of the Connally Smith bill
would adversely interfere with produc-
ton and to that extent injure the war
effort. Congress was moved by
anger and feeling when it passed this
legislation Such emotions constitute an
uIad1c Sudlu III lllC ciict1 1hiCAU Va 1CS
islation which affects the liberty, free
dom and fundamental rights of millions
of people.
Il appeal to you, Mr.. President to fol-
low the opposite course and through the
use of calm Judgment exercised free
from any feeling of any kind whatsoever,
veto this un-American. Fascist, anti
labor legislation"
Does Mr. Green in stating "the work.
ers of our country would protest against
it (this legislation and would rebel
against it, undertake to speak for all
the workers of our Nation? He cannot
do so, and he knows it. Who are "the
workers of our country? Members of the
labor unions only? Almost every one in
the United States is working in some
way, and for millions of them neither
Mr.. Green nor Philip Murray has
the right to speak. Will these millions
rebel against the law? Manifestly, no.!
Is Mr.. Green's statement anent re-
bellion uttered as threat to the Presi-
dent of the United States to force him to
veto the antistrike bill?
When Mr.. Green states that when the
act was passed, Congress was moved by
"anger and feeling" does he not know
that the anger sprang from the con-
stituents Of Congress against the per-
sistent efforts Of the labor unions to
Evening star., 1943-06-19

Q. Did Napoleon Bonaparte's mother
live to see him exiled?-G. &c.
A. She survived her son by IS years.
Her last days were spent in Rome.
whence she wrote pathetic letter to the
rulers, of Europe begging for Napoleons
release. She died in 1886, after being
almost blind for some years.
Evening star., 1943-06-19

@. What is the number of islands in
Rio de Janeiro Bay?-G. E. o.
A. There are LOG islands in Rio de
Janeiro Harbor.
The Omaha guide., 1943-01-09

and other decoration throughout
the Center carried out the mOlf
Of Christmas. Candies, nuts and
home made cookies were placed on
tables about the spacious room for
the pleasure of the soldiers. The
many soldiers from Fort Omaha ;lno
Fort Crook who frequent the Cen
ter were overjoyed with the spirit
of the occasion.
IN keeping with the time of the
manpower shortage and the fagt
that Old Saint Nick has gone to
war, our wartime Santa Claus in the
presence of Miss Urice Meadows be-
decked in the regulation red and
white suit with long whiskers made
a very impressive substitute for The
old gentleman. Admist the cheers
of approval and happy gesture from
our soldiers in attendance eacn
ones name was called and as SHE
presented thine with their gifts and
a CHEEKY wish for "a MERRY
CHRISTMAS, bowls of glee and
gratitude rocked the Center. Fha
gifts that each soldier received con
sisted of a regulation army tie. a
handkerchief, a pack OF cigarettes
The Omaha guide., 1943-01-09

situation were the positions rever.'-
ed. would we have any initiative
or ambition if we knew beforehand
that SOONER or later we would come
up against the stone wall Of racial
discrimination? You bet we would
not. And before we condemn the
Negro at-least let him have a few
generations in which to prove MS
ability and patriotism without the
many artificial barriers that hold
him back.
The important thing to reme,n-
Der when discussing this subject is
Rome wasn't built in a day.
and no one who wants to better the
lot Of the Negro, expects it to be
done overnight. The change can
only be made over generations of
patient determinations to do away
with racial discrimination"
The Omaha guide., 1943-01-09
RACE HATRED HIT BY RADIO
COMMENTATOR
(Contlnued from page II

(COnIInued from page u
ed reports of clashes between Ne
gro and white American troops sta
toned over there. Unfortunately
he stayed only a short time and
then reported that the claims were
exaggerated. However, I am in
clined to think that he felt it would
be more diplomatic to adopt the at
titude "the less said the better"
Recently Joseph Julian related
for the magazine, The Nation"
the personal talks he had with some
Negro soldiers stationed in Britain.
1t Seems that orders or requests
have been issued by the American
military authorities to the English
townspeople to the effect that
white and colored troops should not
be permitted in the same civilian
canteens. And in some cases the
townspeople have refused to COM
ply. In fact, many of them are dis
tinctly annoyed at this discrimin-
alton against the colored troops.
The Omaha guide., 1943-01-09

GENOA, ITALY-One Of a series of reconnaissance photos made over
Genoa after the series of heavy bombing attacks on this important
Italian seaport This picture shows the warehouses and sheds cover,
destroyed by fire. The R-A. F. estimate damage by their bombs and
resultant fires have leveled roughly II acres in the dock areas and
business section of the town Note MANY barges at lower left.
The Omaha guide., 1943-01-09
PRIORITY
by RUTH TAYLOR)

We have a new word in our die
tionary, a word that is on every.
ones lips, that comes into every
conversation, that hangs over every
purchase, that is taking an unpre
cedented part in u daily lives. It
is the word priority.
Just what does priority mean?
The answer is very simple. Pri-
GRITTY is Simply putting first things
first.
AS a nation and as Individuals, we
have one job today-the job of Win
ming this war. This must come be
fore anything else. because, if we
don't win it, there won't be any
thing else. And defeat would be
u~nthinkable to any of us.
The quicker we win the war, the
sooner can we return to the way Of
life we want to live, to the full en-
joyment of the advantages and hap
pinesses of the democratic way of
life. The quicker we win II, the
sooner al our factories revert to
the production of those things
which make life easier and more
enjoyable. The quicker we win it,
the sooner will our boys come home,
our families live again as families
should, in peace and prosperity.
free from fear, free to plan again
for the future.
Here Is where priority comes in.
Priority means that we must pun
the war effort first. We must ask
ourselves before we buy anything,
whether or not it is essential. We
must use our money for war bonds
not for luxuries. War bonds have
priority on all spare cash-and
pare cash means all that is net
needed for bare living expenses.
We must remember that non-essen-
tails not only take money, but they
take man-power to make and trans
port; they take space needed for
wal materials; they use up steel
and rubber and gas to move them
from place to place. Luxuries do
not have priority. They are "out"
for the duration.
Priority means that we must work
hard at those things which are es-
sential. In industry, if We have
the strength. In civilian defense.
and other volunteer war tasks. if
we canlot give all o. time. We
must remember that there is pri-
witty on u ability to work, and be-
cause Of that priority we must keep
fit and ready to do our share.
Priority means that we have no
time to indulge in hatred, prejud-
ice or discrimination, or in resent
ment 0 real or fancied wrong All
Of our energies, mental as well as