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Evening star., 1943-08-21
Boy and Doc
By Frederic J. Hdskin.

Young laughter, shining coin OF
youthful joy,
A prodigal shoWer of n,erriment
Flung out upon the MONDAY calm
and blent
With puppy Uoice, natural alloy,
Bright sound Is throtDn from leaping
dog and boy
Till all their eager, ready breath is
spent
And both drop IN a pool of shade
content
Affinity that nothing can destroy.
IN prehistoric caue, dim, tre-Ht,
In Babylon and palley of the Nile,
Through freedom and bondage q
like pair ran:
Through strife and odr and change,
time UiH transmit
This love,: a boy and dog ,DiH trolic
1Dhtle
There is sun to shed It's light on
man.
MARJORIE WOODY SCOTT.
Evening star., 1943-08-21
The Record Speaks
Prom the Harvey County News.

Present railroad transportation EN-
cheney may be more fully realized by
comparing the rails performance in
1918 against 194l-2. The Govern
ment took over the operation OF the
railroads on the 1st OF January. 1918.
During that year they handled freight
traffic which was slightly less than 3
per cent more than the railroads had
handled in 1917. To do 1t the Govern
ment installed 2,803 additional loco
motives. The privately operated rail-
roads in 1912 handled an increase in
trafic 10 times as great as the in
crease between 1917 and 1918. but to do
it they were permitted to install only
712 new comotives-barely one-fourth
as many as the Government put in serv-
Ice in 1918. In 1918 rail transportation
was hopelessly congested. In 1912, vital
freight moved swiftly and without delay.
The railroads typify the highest ideal
OF American enterprise. They are justi-
fiably proud Of the job they have been
doing. Their principal worries for the
immediate future revolve around obtain
'AA6 ooAAASASAAo CHuAPllAC11t W Cdlly VIC
greater loads which are sure to come,
and impressing the public with the fact
that passenger inconvenience cannot be
avoided. A railroad man says: Taking
the country as whole 1t passenger
trafflc) Is just about double what 1t was
last year and nearly four times what 1t
was before the war began In 1939-all to
be handled with about the same number
of cars and engines we had then. That
means that good many trains are
overcrowded and that service generally is
not what we should like to have 1t. The
point of concern is not so much that
we shall fail to get people where they
have to go-we are pretty generally
doing that-but that we shall fail to get
them there with the comfort and con-
venience which they expect Of the rail-
roads,"
Evening star., 1943-08-21
Criticism Of China
StirS Rebuttal.
To the Editor Of The Star.

10 the EDITOR OF The star:
In the August issue of the Readers
Digest the article by Hanson w. Baldwin,
entitled TOO Much Wishful Thinking
About China" is calculated to dishearten
American readers, rather than help to
stimulate their interest. His views are
contradictory, erroneous and prejudicial.
There is no proof to the statement
made by Mr.. Baldwin that: THE Chinese
communicates are almost worthless for
obtaining a true picture, etc." Several
of his other harsh criticisms are not only
unjustifled but reflect no credit on a man
OF his standing. Were he only able to
have been with the present-day Chinese
army he would not have said: Chinese
forces owe only slight allegiance to the
Chungking government. They are
loosely organized followers of some pro-
vincial general fighting chiefly for loot"
This proves conclusively that he is not
familiar with the subject he so loosely
discusses. He does give credit, however,
to China for her real contribution to-
ward final victory for the Allies, when he
admits that China has pinned down a
fourth of the Japanese army, which 9TH
erwise could be used elsewhere to fight
on American amphibious operations,
saying, The simple fact that some is to
% japanese divisions, perhaps one
fourth of the Japanese land strength,
are thus tied down is China's great and
continuing contribution to victory. 1t
is contribution which must never be
underestimated" He further admits,
with all these years of Chinese suffering:
1T does not spell hopelessness. The
Chinese spirit has not been broken"
we'll trained and equipped by American
officers under Gen. Stillwell are
some other fairly good Chinese troops"
No seasoned observer would attempt to
judge the Chinese army by American
standards nor any one could deny that
Generalissimo Chang Kai-shek, more
than any one else, could have drawn
China together as a nation and united
its forces under single leader.
Mr.. Baldwin comments on Japans sins
by stating that Japan has successfully
strangled China's economic life in all
her treaty ports and communications
etc, and that the occupation has prob
ably prof1ted Japan economically -"
The simple answer to tbis is that thiev-
cry is none the less thievery because 1t
is done by Japan, which is vigorous and
efficient.
In view of the so-called impossible
feats accomplished by China in recent
years, Mr.. Baldwin's article Is misleading,
to say the least. Is it because Lin Yu-
tang enjoys pulling the British lions
tail that Mr.. Baldwin reaches for q
pig tail" that is no longer there?
II only these gentlemen could realize
Evening star., 1943-08-21

was revealed, sometimes In hot
weather strangely magnified and dis
torted by the mirage called Fata
Morgana'." Scores of little villages,
occasional lighthouses, verdant hills,
the blue water below and the
opalescent sky above combined to
make picture which not even war
can spoil completely. The contest
now raging is but an incident on the
long scroll Of time. Yet ages hence
its story will be told-doubtless with
poetic trimmings in the Homeric
manner.
Evening star., 1943-08-21
THIS AND THAT
By Charles Z. Trdce,oell.

cannot get out, because he has no room
for the take-off.
1t Is both question Of actually not
having enough room for wing spread
and an inability to rise straight up, like
a helicopter.
Few birds possess this power. Ordi-
narily we do not recognize this because
we seldom see bird in such . position
or trap.
An experience in my own observation
was that of Lilly Belle, the young robin
raised by hand.
She lived in the tool house for
month; and one night, when We went In
to see her, she was no place to be found
We thought she must have gotten out
when the door had been opened or had
fallen down behind something in the
house.
As 1t was late, we decided to wait
until next morning.
The next day, at first light, we went
out to find Lilly.
Not sound was to be heard.
Fearing for the worst, we began NOV
ing boxes, etc, and finally came to An
old-fashioned bureau, which had been
banished years ago.
On moving it out from the wall, there
was Lilly Belle, hale and hearty.
She had flown down behind the bu-
reau and could not get out.
Owing to the fact that It was dark
behind the bureau, the robin had not
chirped and probably never would have
done so
She had gone "A hours without food
but seemed to be none the worse either
for her imprisonment or lack Of food.
Birds often get themselves into such
traps and In nature are helpless, since
their mates and friends lack the powers
Of reason and the resulting ability to act
Sometimes young birds drown because
they do not know how to get out OF
shallow pools Of water. Mostly the older
birds must stand around and watch them
die, but now and then some bolder spirit
often not OF the same species, will act
1T once.
This column has told the story Of q
starting which rescued young sparrow
from drowning.
Vines often entangle birds, holding
them by their feet head down. This L
sure death In most cases.
Lengths OF twine, put out for birds t<
use In nesting, should never be more
than q few inches long. If too lone
the bird may become entangled.
II close watch Is kept upon bird,
coming down to the ground and risinf
up 1t will be seen that they mostly coms
down at slant and take-on in the sam.
way.
They can descend at very shar,
angle, but do not do so except occa.
sionally. Mostly the descent is made
easily. with as long drop as possible.
The mourning dove is good bird tt
watch. The whistling noise made by hi
wings as he takes OF accents his ris,
to power. How much more powerful /,
bird Is In its proper element, tho air
than on the ground! Often the take-of
is clumsy. as with pigeons. but ono,
well into the air, every bird is master o.
itself and its chosen element, which
man Is just now beginning to conquer.
Evening star., 1943-08-21
Mr.. Wallace Explains

In an effort to clear up what he
calls misinterpretations of an ad-
dress he delivered at Des Moines
early this month, Vice President
Wallace has explained that he did
not mean to condemn all corpora
tioEs. From 95 to SO per cent of the
corporations, he says, are harmless
or benefcent. 1t is the remaining
few that he would like to reform or
eliminate.
This is not what Mr.. Wallace was
reported to have said at Des Moines
and 1t does not appear from his
latest remarks that he made clear
the distinction that he had in mind
at the time he was addressing the
Iowa State Federation of Labor. The
gist of the original talk was that MIR.
Wallace was itching to get into the
fight" with those corporations that
he dislikes. II welcome this fight"
he said, "and the sooner it comes and
the hotter 1t gets the better" If he
was talking about less than per
cent of the corporations, he did not
say so at the time, but it is reas-
suring to learn now that some 95
per cent of our corporate enterprises
have nothing to fear at the hands of
the Vice President.
This clarif1cation does not go quite
far enough, however, for 1t still
leaves unidentified the few corpora
tions classed by Mr.. Wallace as the
natural enemies Of the people and
the New Deal. Why not name these
= corporations and enumerate their
offenses so that the accused may
have an opportunity to answer and
the people a chance to Judge the
merits Of the complaint? Why bring
q blanket indictment against cor
porations In general II he is talking
about only q few? And while on this
point, who are the American Fascists
that Mr.. Wallace was talking about
Ia Detroit2 II he had any individuals
in mind, why not drag them out into
the open7
There is good reason to believe
that this blunderbuss political tech
nique has been the fountain head OF
many OF our political troubles. And
Mr.. Wallace is by no means the only
offender. But there ought to be an
end to 1t. When a responsible pub
lie official can no longer resist the
urge to make a critical speech he
should at least be willing to identify
the targets Of his criticism. # he
has the facts to support his charges
there is no need for him to take
refuge in generalities which con-
denim no one in particular and every
one in general. And II he has no
facts he ought to keep quiet.
Evening star., 1943-08-21
Vital Decisions

Quite naturally, the arrival of
Secretary Of State Hull at the Que
bee conference is taken to mean that
political decisions, hardly less vital
than those Of strictly military
nature, will be made before the
conferees representing the United
States and Great Britain adjourn
their meeting. But there has been
very little indeed to support any
speculation as to the nature of these
political decisions.
It seems a reasonable assumption
that Mr. Hull and Anthony Eden,
British Foreign Secretary, have not
gone to Quebec to concern them
selves with any political aspects Of
the larger offensive against Japan
which is believed to be in the max
ing. Barring the situation in China,
we have not reached that point in
the Pacific fighting where political
matters begin to press for consid-
Grafton, but in Europe the picture is
vastly different.
There is reason to believe that our
political strategists were not ready
to capitalize on their opportunity
when. the pressure of adversely
brought Mussolini tumbling down.
And now, a month later, there is
mounting evidence that the stopgap
government thrown together under
Marshal Badoglio is on its last legs.
With the fall of Sicily. the Italian
mainland lies open to invasion, and
is already being shelled from the sea
and devastated from the air. There
may or may not be an invasion on
the Sicilian pattern, but in either
event it is hardly conceivable that
Italy can remain in the war much
longer. And if the Badoglio govern
ment is about to fall it is essential
that the statesmen representing
Britain and the United States be
ready, in a political sense, to make
the best Of that Development
1t is true, of course, that there are
many other matters Of great i'm
portance in the European political
picture. As yet there has been no
real settlement of the differences
between Generals Giraud and De
Gaulle. In all of the little countries
OF Europe-the Axis satellites, the
neutrals and the conquered states
there are rumblings and upheavals
which are possessed Of political
significance that cannot be over
looked. There is also the tremend-
ously important question of Anglo
American political relations with
Russia and the suggestion that this
relationship may be deteriorating at
a time when the Importance OF main
tanning and improving it transcends
virtually all other considerations.
It is possible that our Secretary
of State and the British Foreign
Secretary will take up all of these
matters, although that would seem
to be a rather large order. Their
trip to Quebec would be justified,
however, If they had gone there for
no other purpose than to perfect the
plans for dealing with a defeated
Italy, for that is q problem that is
apt to land in the Allied lap at almost
anv time
Evening star., 1943-08-21
Postwar Employment

Anotner warning of the immenSity
OF the postwar employment problem
has come from the Bureau of Labor
Statistics, which estimates that there
may be as many as IL 1000 900 persons
idle six months after hostilities end,
and that even under favorable cir
cumstances the jobless could num-
ber 100000. These estimates are in
line with that made recently by
President Roosevelt's Conference on
Postwar Readjustment of Civilian
and Military Personnel, which
quoted bureau statistics to show that
from six to nine months after the
country starts shifting over to a
peacetime economy, there may be
100000 or 100000 in the job mar
ket, If it is assumed that the bulk
of employment for those demobilized
must be provided in private industry.
The bureau study is incorporated
in report prepared for the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor, and out
lines program for dismantling the
civilian and military war machine
in manner designed to cushion the
country as far as possible against
the shock of transition as millions
of men and women return to peace
time pursuits. This report follows in
large measure the earlier recon-
mendations of the National Resources
Planning Board and the Presidents
conference, including such standard
remedies as speedy conversion OF
industry to peacetime production:
public works as an interim PROPOSE
ton, and special attention to the
problems of veterans. An added
suggestion is that so far as possible,
women, over-age workers and school,
age youths withdraw voluntarily"
from the labor market.
The report stresses an evident
truth-that the impact of industrial
demobilization will be felt in those
occupations enjoying the greatest
measure of wartime prosperity. It is
coincidental that a recent Commerce
Department report illustrates the
extent of this prosperity. forecast
ing a national income of $147,00o,-
100000 this year, of which a huge
share can be traced directly to war
production. In other words, those
classes Of workers who will bear the
brunt of rehabilitation right now
are in the best position to prepare
against their time of need.
This situation constitutes a pow
erful argument for saving, and the
provident, Of course, are preparing
for the inevitable rainy day. But no
matter what may be done in this
regard, there still is a vast area for
which a definite program must be
shaped If disaster Is to be averted,
and, as the report for the AFL points
out, this challenges the ingenuity
Of management, labor and the Gov
eminent.
Evening star., 1943-08-21

through, and I will return" Civilians
as we'll as soldiers and sailors COM
monty might have their thoughts and
their feelings summarized in the
message which Lieutenant Colonel
Elliott Roosevelt sent from North
Africa to Representative Lanham of
Texas, March S: Let's get together
and get this damn war won! I'm
tired, and I want to go home and
live in peace on my ranch with my
family. The sooner the better. tool"
Evening star., 1943-08-21
QUINCY PLACE NE.

Dear Sir:
THE inclosed was written by my son
before he left as a Marine in the South
Seas. About year ago. I should say.
1t was never put into print but remained
in his desk all this time.
"It is true story and took place in
a small town in Minnesota: population
about 800 He was on visit there with
me, his father, and it was told by his
uncle.
"If you can make use of 1t, well and
good. and If not. well, it's o. K. with us.
THE boy is still down there and we do
hope he will return to US soon. happy
and well. God grant US those wishes.
Yours, A. D."
The Enclosure referred to is as follows:
I'VE were sitting on the lawn watch
ing red squirrel nibbling away at an
apple he had just taken from q branch,
and discussing the good and bad points
about him, when my host remarked,
Say, did ever tell you about ficker?'
I could not remember that he did, and
so he continued:
"You know we have no garbage COL
lectors here, and for that reason dig
hole near those bushes. This hole
is about two feet deep and 8 inches
wide Il use inch post auger) and
when filled with garbage shovel dirt
hat
summer long and find it's an easy way
and sanitary way to dispose of the re-
fuse from the house. The other day we
had sweet corn, and after dinner I
carried the cobs with other left-overs
from the table to . newly dug hole.
The next morning after breakfast I
again took scraps to the hole, and look
Ing down into 1t was surprised to see
full grown flicker pecking away at
the cobs. The bird became startled at
my sudden appearance and tried to fly
from the hole, but could not. ] wondered
why he seemed 50 helpless. Observing
him closely, it dawned on me why he
could not ascend. Calling my daughters
from the house, pointed to the bird;
they were as much perplexed over the
situation IS the flicker appeared. Getting
down on my hands and knees, gently
lifted the prisoner from his cell, and
away he flew to his mate on q nearby
telephone pole. My daughters were even
more startled when this happened for
they thought the poor bird was injured
or had eaten SO much OF the corn that
he could not get out. soon explained
the birds predicament. The bird needed
wing spread, thing he could not ac-
complish in that s-inch hole, and there
fore lacked momentum enough to rise
above the surface. He was trapped in
his own cupboard. And as to his strong
feet and claws, they were helpless, too,
under the circumstances, for each time
he tried to scale the soft earthen walls,
they gave way, precipitating Mr.. Flicker
to the bottom Of the hole"
Eagles and hawks are sometimes
caught by the same method.
Bait is placed ut the bottom Of q wire
inclosure and the bird Of prey, once In,
Evening star., 1943-08-21
Historic Norrows

Exactly why the Straits Of Messina
should have been identified with the
monsters Scylla and Charybdis is not
altogether clear. The narrow waters
between Sicily and italy are not in
themselves exceptionally fearsome.
Two miles wide in the north and
eight in the south, the currents "do,
as q fact, present considerable diff
culties, especially in a strong wind"
but the sailors Of antiquity seem to
have been more afraid Of legendary
horrors wholly imaginary in char
acter. Homer in the Odyssey retells
a tale which probably was old when
he was young.
Scylla, according to that tradition,
was dreadful woman with six heads,
twelve feet and voice like the yelp
Of puppy. Her residence was cave
In . high rock, out OF which she
snatched mariners out of passing
ships. The octopus, well-known in
Aegean culture, may have been the
model for her. Meanwhile, her rival
lay In wait only a bowshot distant on
the sicilian shore. "And there on Is
a great fig tree growing in fullest
leaf, and beneath 1t mighty Charyb.
dis sucks down black water, for thrice
day she spouts 1t forth and thrice
day she sucks 1t down in terrible
wise. Never mayest thou be there
for none might save thee from
thy bane, not even the earthshaker!"
Odysseus, faced with the problem
OF making choice between the two
dangers, obeyed a primitive rule of
logic. He drove his vessel past
6cylla's rock with the best speed he
could manage. The monster seized
six Of his crew, but "of a truth 1t is
far better to mourn six OF thy COM
pany in the ship than all in the
selfsame hour" The metaphor thus
established was familiar to Saint
Augustine. Philippe Gaultier de Lille,
poet Of the twelfth century, ex-
pressed II: "Incidis in scyllam
cupiens vitare Charybdim."
American tourists Of compare
lively recent years crossed from
Reggie in ferry boats from the decks
OF which they had excellent oppor.
tunity to view both sides Of the
Straits. Monte Antennamare stand.
thirty-six hundred feet above the
city Of Messina. Looking to the east
the full beauty of the Callahan coast
Evening star., 1943-08-21

that their influence in the world of writ.
ing Is not inconsidelable, they would not
sow seeds Of dissension, nor write in
anger or hate. There are always three
sides to any momentous question-your
side, my side and the right side.
DIR. TEHYI HSIEH, Director,
Chinese Service Bureau.
P0sfor
Evening star., 1943-08-21

Local civilian defense personnel
have demonstrated the repair OF a
large water main, bombed" in theory
This is fine training to enable them
to f1x the kitchen sink or the bath
room faucet after the war.
Evening star., 1943-08-21

Recently a book entitled How to
Improve the Memory" was left be-
hind In a plane by a passenger. It
would be interesting to know If the
owner had not yet read the book,
and so forgot to remember; or il he
had read it, and remembered to
forget.
Evening star., 1943-08-21

A thousand Fort Dix soldiers may
be drafted to help save a nearby
tomato crop. A truer test of military
discipline would be an order to har-
vest potatoes since tomatoes do not
have to be peeled.
Evening star., 1943-08-21

1t Is thought that all records for
optimism and wishful thinking were
shattered last week. A school teacher
is reported to have taken her class
to a Marine encampment for the
avowed purpose of improving their
English,
Evening star., 1943-08-21
Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor must
bear the name and address OF
the 1Driter, although the use OF
a pseudonym for publication is
permissible. The Star reserves
the right to edit all letters Nth
q Die1D to condensation.
Evening star., 1943-08-21
Complaint
Against Complaints.
To the Editor Of me star:

We on the home front have q Job to
do, and I think we should stop our
squawking over gas rationing and not
getting enough food to eat and that our
President is campaigning for life term
at the White House.
ROBERT CONNOLLY.
Evening star., 1943-08-21

Eagles and hawks are sometimes
caught by the same method.
Bait is placed ut the bottom Of q wire
inclosure and the bird Of prey, once In,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-08

hope. We can and should eat
very little, and We can avoid
the numerous glasses OF liquids
we are in the habit Of drinking
Liquid really do add and hold
weight. so never nlnd that nice
pitcher Of iced fruit Juice
one small glass Will do and
this should be drunk slowly 4
small cup of hot tea would be
better We can make A praC-
tice Of eating our meals with
out any drinks
About TWO hours after the
meal we can take a small glass
Of what we like. Iced drinks
are likely 10 cause gas and
pufflneSs about the midrff
We viii walk on the shady
side Of the street and do our
exercises in the cool Of the eve
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-08
TIE oETRolr TlMEs

cold meat and stews the follow
ing days
Keeping things covered and
using only what one needs helps
TO make the homework lighter.
Fold away good linens in blue
lpaper and keep cheaper grades
for hot weather use.
a warm tuh a. night and cool
shower I'M the morning viii keep
one comfortable for hours. CO.
logneS and cooling powders all
ways give one = well CUOOmod
cool feeling We can keep cool
more SuCCeSStulINWhCn We con-
Ccntrate on something other
than tho heat