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Costa Ricu Rails Hit

Inability to obtain new parts for
locomotives and cars to replace those
wearing out is crippling railway
services in Costa Rica.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-10

approval Of a plan "for further alb
sorption within his own plant" OF
such employees.
What we seem to be doing is to try
to have all our cakes and eat them
too: to give workers substantial
increases in pay, to prevent infla-
tionary rises in wage levels. to in
crease war production and to save
everybody's job. But it will take more
specific details than are now avail
able to know how this is to be done.
And the method chosen is based, once
again, on dubious executive authority
in place Of direct congressional action.
1t is question how long we can
continue to solve these problems
without looking any of them squarely
in the eve.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-10
the expressed will OF the House to get

the expressed will Of the House to get
them out OF the Government.
The careful investigation of each
case by Chairman Cannon's subcom-
mittee. which he says will have the
confidence of the House, will do lot
to determine the substance of Mr.
Dies reiterated complaints against
individuals-a matter which the
Department of Justice handled none
too well in its own investigation last
summer. And it is to be hoped that
as far as the individuals are con-
cerned, the findings of the Cannon
subcommittee will be accepted as
final. For while these people have
been charged with no crime, while
they have the right as American citi-
zens to hold any beliefs or to preach
any doctrines they may fancy, their
value to the Government as employees
is injured as long as their names
and regulations remain clouded by
any suspicion of disloyalty.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-10
WEDNESDAY,
Sherman Was Rioht

General Sherman, in an outspoken
moment, reduced the definition of
war to four letter word.
In his speech announcing a forty
eight-hour week for the duration OF
this war, James F. Byrnes, director of
economic sterilization, said: eff some
men can be drafted and sent abroad
at $50 per month, every civilian must
60 where he can render the greatest
service, even if it means less money"
President Roosevelt, in his execu-
tive order setting up the forty eight
hour warwick, said: Nothing in this
order shall be construed as suppressed
Ing or in conflict with any Federal,
State or local law limiting hours of
work, or with the provisions of any
individual or collective bargaining
agreement with respect to rates of
pay for hours worked in excess of the
agreed or customary workweek."
General Sherman was right.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-10
THIS AND THAT
By Charles Z. Trdce1peU.

Another is that the owners Of the large
estates are no doubt as interested in bird
life as our correspondent
Some OF them have set up their entire
estates as bird sanctuaries It is difficult
to believe that they would tolerate the
really destructive hawks or desire them
In the neighborhood any more than
any one else.
Probably the actual care Of the estate
is turned over to some handy man. and
most handy men, as it is we'll known, are
not averse to doing a little shooting on
their own account. We cannot imagine
that such men would miss the opportunity
of killing hawks
Nevertheless, as our correspondent so
ably points out, the hawks are killing
chickens.
Ornithologists tell us that there are
only three or four of the larger hawks
which deserve indiscriminate killing. and
that free shooting of all hawks is a mis-
take, since most of the smaller forms are
good scavengers.
1t all gets back to the famous balance
OF nature of which we hear so much.
Our correspondents viewpoint is most
interesting, since it points to another
angle of this same balance OF nature"
1t may be that hunters have always
played part in this balance, as little
as they thought of themselves in this
role
BY keeping down the hawks, even
when they killed the less harmful ones
along with the bad hawks, they may have
operated to give a better balance of
nature.
Native American bird life has been
decreasing in all parts OF the country in
recent years.
No two persons, even among the ex-
perts, have the same reasons
Outlying belts OF land around our
large cities have been built up as sub
urban residential districts in recent
years. Roaming dogs. playing children.
motoring adults-these are some OF the
factors which have tended to make song
birds feel less at home.
1nroads of such imported species as
the English sparrows and the starlings
nave tended to drive the native Amer
lean songbird deeper into the woods.
Our own private opinion is that the
general "cussedness" of man, as demon
strated by his continual wars, has driven
the birds away from us. They are sensi-
BILE creatures, and probably know when
they have had enough.
On the other hand, In recent years
more and more people have been at
tracted to the indoor outdoor cult Of
bird watching and feeding.
This has helped keep thousands Of
birds alive, and has even attracted the
attention of the general public, whose
members are willing to throw the birds
a crust Of bread when snow and Ice
cover the landscape. and berried shrubs
and weed seeds are covered up.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-10
Replies to Communication
Expressing Skepticism.
Tn the Edifnr Of The Star.

1t. James c. Whitaker, author OF the
account of the Rickenbacker party which
has been running in The STAR went
down into the jaws OF death--just about
as far down as any one can go and still
return to write about tin the service
Of his country. Consequently. there is
something solemn and sacred about his
experience on that tiny raft in fathom-
less sea.
I should think then, that it would re-
quire good deal to bring any American
citizen who has been, throughout safe
and comfortable back here on terra
frma, to the point OF intruding into those
sacred precincts and criticizing 1t
Whitaker for the manner in which he
ton. And I should think it would re-
quire almost more provocation than one
can imagine to bring any decent Ameri-
can citizen to the point Of making such
criticism publicly.
AS consequence, am almost burst
Ing with indignation at the smugness Of
William A. Mason's letter In The Star
4Ol OoIludIy OU. IL MI. N1dSOIl SILL
does not believe in God it is only because
he has not spent 81 days on an open raft
or minutes in a fox hole (Remember
the sergeant who said, There are no
atheists in fox holes"?). And conse-
quently he might have the decency to
keep it to himself. But to splash out in
the public prints with an excoriation of
1t. Whitaker because 1t. Whitaker did
come, through his narrowing experience,
to belief in God, is beyond compre-
hension.
In conclusion, let Mr. Mason not tell me
that it is question not OF belief In God
but of Gods power to answer the prayers
Of the Rickenbacker party and send
them the rain their parched throats so
sorely needed, for any one who accepts
any kind OF God worth believing In can
have no doubt OF His complete control
over the universe He created. and all its
elementA EDWARD J. HEFTRON.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-10
A Day in Court

There were two persuasive argu-
ments in favor of creating special
subcommittee in the House to dispose
Of the repeated charges by Chairman
Dies and members of his committee
against certain Federal employees.
One was that the men and women
whose loyalty had been questioned
should have an opportunity to de-
fend themselves at fair hearing
No one could object to that, for fail
ure to give them this opportunity
runs counter to fundamental pre-
cepts OF AngloSaxon law.
The other was that the Dies charges
threatened to bog down debate on
every appropriation bill placed before
the House For the House is plainly
In a mood to separate Mr.. Dies
suspects from the Federal payroll,
one by one, II it takes all winter;
to keep them separated from the
payroll If it takes all summer There
are at least thirty-nine of them,
named In the latest Dies indictment,
and 1t would require a lot of time
In a busy Congress to take them up
on the floor, one by one
In dealing with this matter House
leaders on both sides of the aisle
were faced with a condition, not a
theory. The condition is that the
House membership is highly dis
turbed about great many people
who are filling important positions
In the Federal service. The same
sentiment is reflected in the Nc
kellar bill, now pending in the
Senate-requiring Senate conhrma-
ton Of employees drawing over
$4,000. In the House, this suspicion
has grown stronger with the obvious
tendency, in the executive depart
ments and some OF the separate
establishments, to ridicule the Dies
charges and to circumvent, by trans
Sering the employees to other agencies,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-10

agreements on any important questions.
They concentrate on the problem Of
setting up this machinery, constituting
world government. The latter concen-
trate on the specific questions on which
agreement is needed, such as boundaries,
trade barriers, raw materials, disarma-
ment, etc
At present the second category tends
to monopolize attention. But one need
only draw the line I suggest to see the
wisdom Of tackling first problem No. l,
and then using the machinery thus
obtained to tackle No. 2.
In his IA points President Wilson
failed to make this distinction, and he
put his one constitutional point last. It
was as if the evacuation Of Montenegro
and the establishment Of the worlds FIRST
government were on the same plane
Early In the peace conference President
Wilson sought to avoid this confusion;
he told his colleagues that the last point
was "the central object Of our meeting"
and he added: I'VE can set up perma-
nent processes. We may not be able to
set up permanent decisions" But it was
then too late. World interest was so
centered on the specific questions await
ing decisions that the commission to
draft the covenant had to meet after
ONCE hours, and the League was buried
by Versailles.
The founders Of the United States put
hrst things first. When they met in 1887
there were II territorial disputes and
many trade and financial questions
threatening the peace and prosperity Of
the 10 States. But they wasted no time
on these problems. They concentrated
on devising better machinery for tack
ling such problems. Result: Our Federal
Constitution, under which the other
problems were soon settled or forgotten.
We OF Federal Union, Inc, would fol-
low the successful example.
This would provide happy way out
OF the present debate over whether we
should make an immediate or delayed
peace 1t is dangerous either to try
to settle all our specific problems in the
heat Of passion, or to leave them inden-
nitely as open, running sores. But if we
settle the basic issue in this war imme-
diately by replacing jungle law with =
peaceful process of settling every ques-
ton, We can safely leave the other ques-
tons to 1t.
The Is States, 1t is worth recalling, did
not wait until victory to tackle the basic
problem. They worked out and ratified
the Articles Of Confederation while fight
ing on their own soil. Had they failed
to do this while the war held them to-
gether, 1t is unlikely they would ever
have agreed thereafter to take the fur
ther step of federal union.
We may be unable to go beyond those
articles with all the United Nations. But
with the British and French and other
democracies besides which we must
fight on the western front as the Is
fought side by side on the American
fronts then. We can, II We will, 60
farther-as far as federal union What
hope Of peace can We have II We make
neither Of these international govern
ments before victory? But once We con-
stitute them both, one within the other,
what can We not hope to do thereafter?
CLARENCE K. STREET.
Presiden. Federal Union, Inc.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-10
BETHESDA. Nd.

Dear Sir:
I have been a constant reader Of your
column for years, and this Is the first
time have ever known you to make a
mistake. However. you really cannot
always know the cause.
Not only the doves have disappeared
from this area. but most Of our birds.
especially the cardinal.
I'VE bought small farm out here
when Bethesda was mostly farms. the
hunters were privileged to roam and
hunt to their hearts content.
In those good old days the farmers
didn't have their farms plastered with
No Trespassing signs.
I'm those days We had many doves,
bob-whites and many birds we haven't
now.
Il have been awakened many times
in the early spring by the moaning of
the doves.
Now this is what has happened.
Many Of these farms have been
bought up and turned into idle land
which is densely wooded with under
brush.
These estates have No Trespassing'
signs plastered from end to end.
Instead Of the hunter being allowed
little pleasure and at the same time
doing the community and State real
service by killing off the most destruc-
tive bird in existence-the hawk-also
many destructive animals, skunk, fox,
weasel and opossum
Hawks are breeding on these estates
at alarming and destructive rates, also
all the above animals
++A
II have lived here many years, raised
chickens, but never lost any from hawks,
opossums, foxes until the past two years
since one OF the estates adjoining my
property has been closely guarded.
In fact, now have to keep my chick
ems shut up in the houses The hawks
have taken over 500 in the past year
Recently they have taken three-pound
chickens every day
Il have 1000 chickens on orders, but
am going to be compelled to cancel the
order. hadn't raised chickens for
several years on account of bad health
and the loss of my husband-I had to
quit.
Last year our Secretary Of Agriculture
wrote all the farmers and poultry raisers
to increase their efforts to produce food
especially meat
I responded by buying a thousand
day-old chicks, but the hawks are so bad
l am going to quit, The hawks have
even killed OF most Of the crows.
Respectfully. D. I. W."
Il
This IS an interesting letter.
We will make no attempt to Judge the
dispute. except to point out two things.
One Is that there are many other
factors operating to cut down on the
number OF song birds besides hawks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-10
HystericoI and Unpotriotic

Some OF the LADIES have quite lost
their heads and as result are max
ing themselves rather ridiculous.
They have been stampeding through
the stores in Washington and in
many other cities OF the country,
grabbing all the clothes they can lay
hands on and. as they fight from
counter to counter, spreading all
manner of false and baseless rumors
regarding the prospect OF clothes ra-
tioning.
The OPA makes it very plain that
there is no plan afoot now to ration
clothing. The rationing of shoes had
nothing to do with any clothes ra-
tioning. But suppose there was such
plan. Is that enough to throw the
ladies into hysterical panic, leading
them to raid the stores and become
unpatriotic hoarders for fear they
may lack all the finery they would
like to have? Certainly their reac-
ton to rumor is not the sort of thing
one likes to associate with acceptance
Of minor discomforts from the war.
Millions of American women are
carrying on in this war as they are
expected to carry on. They are
working in machine shops, in fac
tories, in Offices, in their homes and
in the many volunteer forms Of war
work at which they excel. They are
doing their part. These are not the
women who have lost their senses in
a silly craze to get what they can
while the boarding is good. These
are not the ones who are trying their
best to empty the shelves at the
stores and make things more difficult
for merchants and salespeople and
the citizens who are cooperating in
the war effort.
The women who have been raiding
the stores to hoard clothing are the
ones who make rationing by law in
stead OF rationing by self-restraint,
necessary. They ought to be ashamed
of themselves and some day most of
them will be.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-10
Asks Pointed Questions
About Fate Of New Poor

=
TO the Editor Of The Star:
We are surprised that it Is being
planned to spend more and more billions
and hope Congress will not go ON with it.
Our own family is one Of the many living
OF their savings. and We can't 60 on
very many years at this rate OF taxing
and high cost Of living. What are people
like us expected to do?
The War Labor Board Is always or
dering that factory workers wages be
raised IS per cent and another Is per
cent and so on, to make up for the high
cost OF living. But why don't they care
about the masses Of us who have no big
wages to begin with or no wages at all
in many cases? If these workers need
more money, why do so many of them
stay of day each week?
HANDICAPPED STENOGRAPHER.
Bowling Green, Ohio.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-10
Wind and Roin

I ,conder il in Germany the trees
Some far OF day again can learn
to sing
Like merry harps because the yxsh-
ing minds
The reek OF nartyred blood no
longer bring.
Uonder ,Dhen IN, France the feur
de lis
Will open rtde their hearts to drink
the rain
Because the crooked cross no longer
trails
Across tho s,Ceeplng skies to
shameful stain.
GERTRUDE ROBINSON.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-10
Urges Lowering Of Fec
For Bar Examination.
To the Editor Of The Star:

1t recently was announced by the Dis
trict Court that qualified servicemen
might apply for the June bar examina-
ton from wherever they may be sta
toned. This rule may be satisfactory to
commissioned men but not to some nom
commissioned. There are apt to be those
who are qualified to take the examina-
ton but cannot afford the $25 fee. I
would like to start a movement to lower
the fee, so that all qualified men in the
Washington area may avail themselves
Of the opportunity to take the examina-
ton. MT.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-10

New congressman are feeling
sorry for themselves because some
of them are homeless. They should
remember that homeless constitu-
ent working here feels just as forlorn
as they do.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-10
Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor must
bear the name and address OF
the Uriter, although the use OF
a pseudonyn1 for publication is
permissible. The Star reserves
the right to edit all letters ,utth
a Uie1D to condensation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-10
Huskin's Answers
To Questions
BIZ Frederic J. Hdskin.

By Frederic J. Hdskin.
A reader can oct the ansuer to any
question OF fact BY writino Tbs
Erentng Star Information Bureau,
Frederic J. Hdskin, director, Wash
ington, D. G.. Please inclose stamp for
return postage.
Q. What President once received Q
salary check Of one cent, and why?-
E. H.
A. President Cleveland received
check for one cent to correct an error
that had been made in his monthly
compensation. 1t never was cashed.
Q. Were any Of the old slave traders
ever tried and convicted?-C. N. D.
A. Only one was ever tried, convicted
and hanged in accordance with the Con-
stitution and Federal law.
Q. May decision Of the Supreme
Court of the United States be overruled?
M. NJ.
A. A decision Of the Supreme Court
is final. 1t cannot be overruled without
an amendment TO the Constitution.
O. How many eggs are there In q
shad roe?-R. Mel.
A. The average shad roe consists Of
from 10000 to 10000 eggs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-10

1t is announced that the COM
mander of the Reich's submarine
fleet has been made admiral in COM
mand of the entire navy. Same
thing-just higher title.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-10

Hitler should have an honorary
membership in that organization OF
experts who last autumn picked the
Yankees to beat the Cardinals in
four straight games.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-10

Science tells us that certain fishes
are not mute; they can produce a
sort of hum, or groan. This reminds
us vaguely Of the piscatorial species
Taxpayer While at work, he huns
on income tax payment dates he
PrOanS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-10

Italians who participated in the
bombing of London some time ago
are now getting theirs. This shows
that people who live in glass empires
should not throw bombs.