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Evening star., 1943-01-26
leuse-Lend Report

The report which Edward r. Stet-
tinius, jr., lease-lend administrator,
has submitted to Congress on the
progress of his program tells a sig
nificant story of the extent to which
American power is making itself felt
in this worldwide war.
Since March of 1941 we have
shipped war supplies valued at eight
and one-quarter billion dollars to our
Allies. More than seven billion dol
lars of the total went overseas in 1912
alone, and this flow of military
assistance, which began as mere
trickle in 194l, will swell to even
greater proportions in 1943.
This is record in which Ameri-
cans well may take pride, for it
demonstrates that our pledges of as
sistance have not been empty boasts.
Nor, as Mr.. Stettinius properly en-
phasized, has this been a one-way
proposition. Undoubtedly, to the ex-
tent that such things can be meas
we have sent and will continue to
send more to our Allies than we
receive In return. With our great
productive plant, free from harass-
ment of bombingS and other attacks
on our home soil, this Is as it should
be. But the material compensation
which has come TO us has been of
substantial character. AS the lease
lend administrator pointed out, we
have saved many hundreds of mil
lions of dollars from the Allied ship
ping space with which we have been
supplied, from food and services fur
nished our troops on foreign soil and
from actual war equipment turned
over to these troops and to this
country. Nor is this all. To some
extent, at least, American supplies
and equipment or British goods re-
placed by American products, have
enabled the Russians to stop and
In this process hundreds of thou
sands Of Axis troops have been killed
or captured, and it is an undeniable
fact that every enemy soldier killed
by Russian reduces by one the
strength of the force that our own
Army ultimately will have to face.
This means saving in American
lives, and, while there is no way to
enter that form of compensation on
balance sheet, 1t is nonetheless
tangible and real.
The success of this wartime pro-
gram of mutual exchange of goods
and services also has q certain sig
nificance for the postwar period.
1t would be going too far, probably,
to suggest that this loose system of
barter, necessary and successful in
time Of war, could be carried over
into the system OF international or
ganization which will follow the close
Of hostilities. But 1t does tend to
Evening star., 1943-01-26
Hearts Surety

! shall not wear Grters chepron on
my sleeve
That all may count the number of
my tears,
Number OF times my heart Is made to
grieue
Because OF dark pre-eminence of
fears.
Ho1o foolish I Dould be / Who
haze knoDn
Upon my lips the touch OF laugh
ter's hlt,
The hand OF happiness ,otthtn my
o,Dn
As Ue Wdlked lovely miles t1here
song ,1as split.
The blade OF Time Is keen and neuer
failing,
Its sure descent, deliberate and
sloD.
What II By many cords to me are
trailing
The things OF sorrop, this I surely
kno,o:
That all OF them the blade OF Tins
,ciH sever,
But Joys strong cables hold my heart
foreperi
ROSE MYRA PHILLIPS.
Evening star., 1943-01-26
Urges Popular Vote
On Objectives of War.

To the Editor OF The Star:
A great number of suggestions rang
ing from the turtle philosophy we
adopted after the last war to complete
union of all democratic" nations have
been advanced as the answer to the
problem of keeping world peace when
we have won eventual victory. But there
Is one essential element missing from all
Of them. They all resound with high
praise of the democratic idea, but none
of them has included provision that
the people of this Nation should have
an opportunity to decide for themselves.
1t seems to me that the first Ingredient
of true democracy is the right of the
people to judge important questions for
themselves through the use of their
right of suffrage. Maybe I'm wrong.
I'm just one Of the common people, and
the "intelligentsia" have made a creed
Of their cynical statement, THE ma
jority always Is wrong"
After the last war, President Wilson
believed that the people of the United
States and the rest of the world wanted
assurance that there would never be an
other world war. And he was certain
that he knew how to prevent one. SEN
ators Borah. La Toilette Lodge and
Evening star., 1943-01-26
BETHESDA, Md.

Dear Sir:
why is it there have been no doves
around this winter2 In the past few
years there have always been two to
four pairs in our yard, but this season
there has been none at ALL
The dove is one of my favorite birds
I wonder how it ever got the reputation
for being so gentle. The ones I have
seen have been anything but, as the
saying is.
Il put out food for the birds, and
usually have had several doves, as
stated. These have run away from the
stations all other birds, especially the
jays, which they seem to hate.
II have never seen them injure any
other bird. but certainly they are not
in any sense gentle. The jay can hold
his ground with most birds, but gives
up at once when one of the doves gets
after It,
Let me know what has become of
my doves. I can't figure it out.
Yours, J. o. D."
There have been Comparatively few
turtle doves in this vicinity since last
fall
This may be due to the pinch in food,
and an increased shooting of this beau
tiful bird.
1t cannot be forgotten-or forgiven
that this fine creature is classed as
a game bird, and its Staying allowed at
certain times of the year.
From now on, 1t and other birds
probably will be killed in ever increasing
quantities. as the meat shortage grows,
and as rationing comes more into play.
In many ways this will be calamity
1t will be very easy for people to use
the need for food to argue for the in
creased destruction of Americas wild life.
The wild creatures of our country
are part of what the United States is
fighting to protect.
Fighting to protect what we have
with one hand, and then destroying
some of it with the other would be on
par with the odd actions of some
persons, who are busily combating
Hitlerism, while busily instituting Hit
lerian methods.
Conservation of our wild life resources
must be attended to with increasing
vigor. if we are to keep 1t up to the
standard which the United States has
set in recent years.
The turtle, or Carolina dove, is one
of the most interesting birds to come
to local feeding stations.
In normal season as many as 40 will
be seen at one time in gardens in
Arlington County, Va.
Usually not so many come to nearby
Maryland yards, where half a dozen is
about the limit
Often these doves visit feeding places
all fall and winter.
Our correspondent should look for
them in February, early. because this
Is the time they often show up, If
they have been missing before
If none comes, it may or may not
Evening star., 1943-01-26
joy Pierrepont Moffot

When Cordell Hull desired to pay
tribute to the memory of his we'll
beloved junior colleague, the United
States Minister to Canada, he said of
him that his career will be an inspi-
ration to the youth of his country.
No more appropriate homage could
have been rendered to Jay Pierrepont
Moffat, dead at his post of duty, not
yet At. Much greater length of days
should have been granted him. His
services were needed and can i'll
be spared in the present vast
emergency.
Mr.. Moffat, born at Rye, New York,
July 18, 1896, and educated at Groton
and Harvard. began his professional
career at The Hague. Subsequently
he was assigned to Warsaw, Toxic,
Constantinople, Bern and Sydney
He was ceremony officer" at the
White House under President Cool
idge and chief of the Division of
Western European Affairs in the
State Department under President
Hoover During the period when a
Second World War was developing
despite well-intentioned efforts on
the part of many idealists, he signed
the protocols providing for American
membership in the World Court and
was delegate to the sessions of the
Preparatory Disarmament Commits
sion at Geneva. When the long
dreaded conflict finally became a
reality he accompanied Sumner
Welleg on his tour OF European
Evening star., 1943-01-26
THIS AND THAT
By Charles Z. TrdceDeu.

show that the old regulars have been
shot
There are many reasons why birds
do not return to the same yard.
In the first place, how do they known
In other words, has a bird any sure
recognition of one yard from another?
All Of us who feed the wintering birds
regularly feel quite sure they do, but
it is impossible to be sure, without
resorting to bird banding.
Birds of a species look very much
alike.
Cardinals-males-m differ in COL
oring, but unless they are side by side,
they all look alike.
That is, when an off-color male car
dinal is alone at feeding station, it
looks quite as red as the really very
red looking cardinals.
So it is really impossible, by eye
standards, to tell whether the same
bird, exactly, is in a yard year by year,
unless the bird has some definite mark.
such as a crippled leg, etc, or some
other characteristic there is no mis-
taking
1t has been pointed out here for
many years that the term gentle dove"
Is considerable of misnomer.
Closely viewed, the Carolina dove has
q somewhat stupid face, but one which
grows better upon closer acquaintance.
There is no particular trace of saw
agery. 1t is we'll known, however, that
stupid people and creatures are likely
to be cruel This stupidity is essential.
1t is characteristic well marked
around the world, and being demon
strated, in this age, on gigantic scale.
Essential stupidity may be brilliant
enough, in first matters, but fails to
look forward to the inevitable end.
We would not go SO far as to brand
the dove with this tarred stick. 1t Is
really not stupid. nor cruel. All it
wants is food, and 1t is determined to
get it. It's rushes at other birds are
not meant to harm them, we are
convinced. All that is asked is that
the competitor retire.
When this is achieved, the dove re-
turns to his feeding.
Just what would happen to blue
Jay, for instance. If it stood its ground
and fought back, we do not know,
because we have never seen any other
bird stand firm against the tactics Of
the dove
When disturbed, the turtle dove flies
away with great whistling of wings
This Is a marked characteristic. The
whistling noise is much higher pitched
than the whir made by the pigeon in
arising from the ground. The wing
noise of the dove is real whistle
Often the dove remains at feeding
station all summer, settling down
somewhere in the neighborhood, its
location given away by the melancholy
cooling note made. Here again, there
Is a certain resemblance to the pigeons
sound, but the latter Is rather sicken-
ing noise, whereas the notes of the dove
are genuine music on the sweet" side.
Evening star., 1943-01-26

others were convinced that Wilson and
the League of Nations were selling the
United States down the river. The
result was the weakening of the league
to such an extent that 1t never had an
opportunity to function.
II this is democracy, the people
should have an opportunity to make
their wishes known. There should be
no side issues to cloud the principal
question. That should be put so clearly
and so definitely that there could be no
doubt in the mind of any intelligent
person as to what he was voting for or
against.
These are the questions to be faced.
and If they were submitted to vote our
representatives at the peace conference
could speak with a complete authority
never before held by any such delega-
tion
/. After this war, shall we (a) try to
hold the conquered peoples in subjec-
ton. (b) make treaties with leaders who
will spring up overnight, as they did
before, and then let matters take their
destined course, Co attempt to super
wise their education until they shall
become decent. peaceful peoples, mean
while accepting the responsibility of pro-
tecting them? 2. AS to how to accom-
plish our purpose, shall we (a) withdraw
from the concerns of the rest of the
world, as before, and stand aside until
another crisis comes upon us, CD ally
ourselves with the British Empire and
police the world with our navies and air
forces, Co acknowledge the interdepen-
dence of the whole world and set up a
federation endowed with enough power
to conduct international affairs SO that
there never shall be another war?
Given majority vote on these two
questions and their subdivisions. there
should be no question In the minds of
the delegates about what this Nation
wanted, and there should be no difficulty
in achieving these aims. But If the war
ends with no decision given by our
people, the President almost certainly
Will follow the example OF Wilson and
offer his program for acceptance at the
peace conference. And the Senate almost
certainly will fail to ratify the terms ax
happened before.
1t might even be wise to submit the
names OF delegates for the vote OF the
people. However, this point is of minor
Importance. The decision In any case
should be taken now, for no man knows
when peace will come, and If the war
continues for years it will be fought
with whole-hearted undoubting enthu-
siasm, for we then will know beyond all
doubt for what we are fighting.
r. BRUCE.
Evening star., 1943-01-26
Vigilante Organization
Suggested for Price Boosters,
To the Editor OF The Star:

To the Editor OF The Star:
In the January II issue of The Sunday
Star there was an article by James Y.
Newton outlining the proposed creation
Of an agency to serve as the advocate
for the home front as demands of war
cut deeper into the civilian economy"
The need of such an agency becomes
more and more evident as the war ef-
fort grows and we become involved to
a greater and greater extent. Particu-
larly is this true in regard to food for
the home front which, in spite Of efforts
by the Government to control condi-
tions, rapidly is becoming scarcer and
higher in price.
The machinery set up by the Govern
ment to stabilize food prices did put out
a set of regulations to control prices,
but failed absolutely to enforce those
regulations, and as result the prices
Of many of the most essential foods
have scared to unreasonable heights
For example let us look at canned soup,
which is used in enormous quantities
by the general public.
Previous to the war a can of chicken
soup Such as put out by several OF the
best-known Gamers could be bought for
II cents. When the OPA put ceiling
price on this soup the Gamers promptly
came out with the same size can of the
soup, but bearing a label reading under
new formula" At the same time the
price went up to 10 cents, an increase of
over so per cent. And the price ADMIN
istration let them get away with 1t.
Many other examples could be cited.
1t looks a little like profiteering.
But now a new OPA administrator has
taken Office and indications are that
new life may be injected into the tired
machine. More power to him, then,
that he may be able to solve this
problem of price stabilization. Perhaps
those who do the buying for the home
front consumers could help by consti-
tuting themselves a volunteer vigilante
committee to report those food distribu-
tors caught violating the regulations.
Such committees have functioned effec-
lively in other causes In times gone by.
Why not now? ENGINEER.
Evening star., 1943-01-26
Return to Primitive Ways
Seen in Current Expedients.

10 the Editor OF The Star:
Did we not hear some one say not so
long ago: I'VE are not going back to
the horse -and-buggy days9"
Judged from report of the Burning
Tree Golf Club being forced to arrange
for horse-drawn vehicles to convey its
members from the carline to the club,
it would appear we are going back to
the horseand buggy days with bang.
Even more, judging from the pictures
in The Star of three American women
carrying their papooses like early Amer
lean Indians, 1t would seem to any
person who reflects at all upon the sub
ject that we are hell bent" not only
back to the horseand- buggy days. but
to the days of the aborigines.
Coming events cast their shadows
before them" r. 8. KEY SMITH.
Evening star., 1943-01-26

II only a year and a half ago
man had stood by the marked space
controlled by a downtown parking
meter and had announced that in
January, 1943, there would be vacant
ones at all times, it is probable that
some friend would have had him
committed for sanity hearing.
Evening star., 1943-01-26

@. Does man in the service overseas
have to pay income tax?-C. T.
A. If soldiers income is sufficient to
bring him within the limits of the in
come tax law he is subject TO the law
whether he is overseas or not.
@. Please describe the Jewish national
dag-W. L. N.
A. The Jewish national flag has a
white field in the center OF which Is a
blue star, six-pointed, which Is said to
represent the emblem on the battle
shield of King David.
O. Which girls name Is the common
est?-K. D. K.
A. Mary is said to be the commonest
of all baptismal names.
@. In the poem, "Woodman, Spare
That Tree" is any particular tree re-
ferred to?-C. ]. S.
A. The poem was inspired by an oak
tree In st. Paurs churchyard, New York.
@. Why were certain gems chosen to
be birthstones?-M B. D.
A. The birthstones for the different
months are supposed by some to be based
upon the IL foundation stones of the
holy city of Jerusalem as recorded in
the Book of Revelations. Others trace
their selection to the gems of the breast
plate Of the high priest Aaron.
@. Is there any way to prevent the
formation of clinkers In a furnace?-
T. B. r.
A. Clinkers are caused from the fire
getting too hot. The only way TO over
come this Is to carry deep fire bed and
not allow the fire to get too hot. Garry
large fire at low temperature instead of
small fire at high temperature and regu-
late the temperature by reducing the
draft.
@. Where Is the Pyramid of the sun9
e. E.
A. The Pyramid of the Sun is not far
from Mexico City. 1t Is the greatest of
its kind in the Western Hemisphere.
@. What was the number of telegrams
sent to Woodrow Wilson upon his elec-
tion?-J. E. U.
A. Within the first few days after his
election $1,000 letters and kilograms we're
sent to Mr.. Wilson.
Q. Where is the Hobo News publisheds
M r. E.
A. The Hobo News is published every
three months In a cellar on Seventeenth
street In Manhattan.
@. What kind Of a carriage was q
hansom?-C. C.
A. A light, two-wheeled, covered car
riage with the drivers seat elevated be-
hind, the reins being passed over the
top. 1t was named for Joseph A. Han
som, 1903 who invented this We
hicle about 1s43
@. Did George Washington ever serve
In the British Armyp-E B.V.
A. George Washington served under
the English Gen. Braddock against the
French and Indians before the Revolu-
tionary War.
G. How much did the earth shrink in
cooling off?-D. L. A.
A. According to Prof Harold Jeffreys.
the shrinkage of the earth from the
time Of consolidation (about 2,0O0, ,oO0,-
600 years ago. amounts approximately
to a decrease OF IL miles on the radius
or "a miles on the diameter. The initial
cooling, during the period the earth was
. molten globe, is much more uncertain.
Evening star., 1943-01-26

demonstrate that a feasible alterna-
tive can be found to system of
international trade In which undue
emphasis is placed on the role of
money and the need for exclusive
tariffs.
Evening star., 1943-01-26
Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor must
bear the name and address OF
the t0riter, although the use OF
a pseudonyn, for publication is
permissible. The Star reSerUes
the right to edit all letters ,pith
q DietU to condensation,
Evening star., 1943-01-26

A New Jersey polo club, where once
the New York Yankees professional
football team trained, is now a poul-
try farm for the duration. Good:
what this country needs Is a lot of
all-America hens.
Evening star., 1943-01-26

The time has now about run out
when neargreats can rate news
paper headline by the simple ex-
pedient of announcing that the
United Nations can and will win the
war
Evening star., 1943-01-26

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Evening star., 1943-01-26
Use Of Prisoners
As Farm Laborers Proposed,

To the Editor OF The Star:
The problem of farm labor is likely
to become acute. unless present trends
are altered Employment Of war pris-
oners In this connection seems to me
worthy Of exploration. England at pres
ent uses Italians 80.
Could not this be tried on a voluntary
basis in this country? 1t would do two
things: Give weary italians . haven,
and us q harvest. J. W, H. Jr.
Evening star., 1943-01-26
Huskin's S Answers
To Questions
BIZ Frederic J. Hdsktr.

By Frederic J. HnSkir.
A reader can oct the anstDer to any
question OF fact By priting The Epe-
ming Star Information Bureau, Fred
eric J. Haskin, director, Washington.
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postage.
@. What proportion OF officers now
serving in the Army have come up from
the ranks?--A. S.
A. About one-third of the officers Of
the Army of the United States won their
commissions after service in the ranks.
@. In what section of Canada is coal
mined under the seal. r.
A. This is done at Sydney field, the
most important coal deposit in Eastern
Canada. The coal is mined under the
ocean some three miles from the shores
of Cape Breton Island.
O. Which is the fastest moving snake?
IT. T..
A. The black mamba Is the fastest
moving snake in the world.
Evening star., 1943-01-26

With March IS looming up omi-
nously, taxpayers are advised that
while 1t certainly takes a lot of
money to win a war. it takes lot
more to loose one.
Evening star., 1943-01-26

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ns use Tor republication of all news dispatches
credited TO It or not otherwise credited in this
paper ana also the local news published herein.
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herein also reserved
Evening star., 1943-01-26
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@. Which girls name Is the common
est?-K. D. K.
A. Mary is said to be the conlmonest
of all baptismal names.
Evening star., 1943-01-26

@. In the poem, "Woodman, Spare
That Tree" is any particular tree re-
ferred too. ]. S.
A. The poem was inspired by an oak
tree in st. Paul's churchyard, New York.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-10-02
MILITARY
 TO CONFER
 IN LONDON
Meeting Scheduled 10 Be Held in Advance of
 3-PoWer Session

LONDON, Oct. 2.-Britain's bril- liantly successful offensive on the various fronts with all of it's im- mense implications for the whole course of the duration of the war has led to the definite decision for early intimate American British and Soviet Military Staff discuss ions even in advance of the forth coming three-power diplomatic meeting. This is learned from a non British source.
 Since the rush of events on the fighting fronts have been at. pace which have not been foreseen, it is made plain the meeting here. which is to have a military flavor, is more marked than appeared likely.
 Only few weeks ago the London newspapers printed reports from Gen. George c. Marshall, prospective Allied Commander-in-Ch Chief, that mortal blows are being prepared against the enemy. Gen. Marshall will probably come here, also Sec retary of State Cordell Hull, and likely in this event this metropolis will be the scene of the Big Three meeting.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-10-02
FORTRESS E SHOT DOWN,
 SWISS AREA
Anti- aircraft Fire Used as U. 5. and Ndzi Graft
 Stage Battle

BERN, Oct. 2. = Swiss anti-air- craft fire definitely downed one American Fortress of a group of Fortresses which fought a battle with German fighter planes over Swiss territory, Swiss communique said.
 Bombs were dropped on various parts of eastern Switzerland, the report stated.
 Crashes also took place in these areas as the result of aerial battle between American Fortresses and German fighter planes. Reports so far show only material damage caused by the bombs"