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THIS AND THAT
BIZ Charles Z. Trdce1peH.

Adolf, the hawk, did not come back.
For two days and nights his victim,
the pigeon, languished in the garage
She was A dark slate-colored bird with
round medallion on each side, literally
sprinkled with gray splashes.
AS she had fed at the feeding station
the great hawk swooped in and seized
her, but had been driven away before he
could do more than peck out handful
of feathers from her back.
Quick action accounted for the fact
that she was alive and that the hawk
went supperless to bed.
* +t
In the garage, the wounded bird, with
blood streaming down her sides, went to
sleep in trash basket.
At first, she had been dazed, as all
birds are when seized by maurauders,
either two-legged or four legged.
They will permit you TO pick them up,
and make no move while in the hands.
After a time, as they come to their
senses, they will be as wild as they
formerly were.
The seized pigeon evidently had suf-
fered no mortal wounds, although she
had lost lot of blood and what seemed
to be at least q bushel Of feathers.
The odd thing was that her back still
was not bare Aside from a very ruffled
look, there was nothing about her which
would have indicated to any one who had
not seen the attack that there was any
thing the matter with her.
Lady pigeons are much simmer than
the males, and evidently have more
silly way Of the males, whose strutting
and puffing out their chests and making
silly cries lead persons who do not admire
them to put them instantly In the
imbecile class
Whether this lady pigeon was faced
by a swain, at the time and hence had
her mind distracted when the hawk
struck we do not know.
There were no other birds present,
when our attention had been attracted.
except two jay birds, screaming danger"
to the high heavens.
Jays are excellent alarms, and earn
many thanks from the smaller birds. but
this time their warning came In vain.
\ X
In the garage the pigeon kept to her
basket for the remainder of the day
In the evening, she tried to 1utter out,
and a screen had to be placed over 1t
to keep her in.
Her wings, though injured, seemed
we'll enough. Evidently neither had been
broken.
Her legs and feet were o. X.
She did not eat for the entire time
she was incarcerated, and as far as we
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Rail REORGANIZATION

In two important decisions, the
Supreme Court has given broad
approval to basic principles followed
by the Interstate Commerce Com
mission for the reorganiza ton of in
solvent railroads. The rulings came
on challenges to the plans adopted
for the Chicago, Milwaukee, st. Paul
and Pacific and the Western Pacific,
and establish guideposts for the COM
mission and the courts in further
reorganization proceedings which
affect nearly 80 per cent of the Ma
tons carriers.
In seeking to get financially in
volved railroads back on a sound
basis, the commission uniformly has
adhered to policy OF providing for
recapitalized structures that will be
as nearly depression proof as posi-
BILE. In furtherance of this require
ment, equities of stockholders and
unsecured creditors have been wiped
out, while at the same time the COM
HllSSIOll LIDS icluStQ W give any
weight to war earnings as a basis for
apitalization, holding that the
present rate of return cannot serve
as a reliable criterion Of future earn
ings. On both points, the commits
sion found support in the Supreme
Courts opinions, which were read by
Justices Douglas and Reed. Investors
faced with losses through the in
valuation of their stock in the Mil
Waukee and the Western Pacific had
commended that their position would
be improved if war revenues were
taken into consideration in reform
ing the capital structures, but the
court emphatically rejected this
argument.
Pointing to the fluctuation of
Milwaukee earnings between 1916
1920, Justice Douglas said: The bulge
OF war earnings per sc is unreliable
for use as a norm unless history is to
be ignored, and numerous other
conditions, present here as in former
periods, make them suspect as a
standard for any reasonably likely
future normal year" Increases in
taxes and operating costs must be
considered in appraising future sta
bility. the court said. as we'll as the
fact that the railroads now are not
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Spontaneous Good Will

Madame Chang kai-shek did not
return to the United States spe-
officially in the interest of Chinese
war relief, but it has been announced
that more than $4,000 has been sent
to her by American friends though
she hasn't asked for a cent"
One check was for 100000. 1t
came from the International Ladies'
Garment Workers Union and may be
judged to represent the good will and
sympathy of the labor movement
both toward the wife of China's
generalissimo and the Chinese people
for which she so convincingly speaks
Another gift reported is that of
Ss8 900, collected by citizens of Boston
As an earnest of appreciation of the
whole Massachusetts, community. It
was matched" in spirit, if not in
amount by 20 dimes offered by 90
third-grade youngsters in a school at
Saratoga Springs, New York.
The character of individual con-
tributionS is indicated by the gener-
Gus impulse of country minister's
wife who sold her only Jewel in order
TO raise 5000 toward helping Chinese
children.
No organized effort has been made
by any one TO capitalize on Madame
Chiang's great and well-deserved
popularity. 1t simply happens TO be
instructive among Americans to ex-
press their fellow-feelins by opening
their pocketbooks. The Associated
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could determine, did not drink any
water.
The next day she was released from
the basket.
She flew at once to the rafters and
sat there with rather injured look.
Would she be able to fly to the house
top. when she finally was let out7
1t was apparent that she would not
eat inside.
Perhaps this Imprisonment was worse
to her. even. than the attack by Adolf.
No doubt the memory OF such attacks
swiftly vanishes
Hawks are centuries old. Attacks by
them have been going on for long time.
Invasion is as old as nature.
The next day, the garage doors were
opened wide.
Would she fly out?
A small feeding station was placed on
the ground in front of the doors
The idea was to lure her by the sight
OF food and some of her friends eating
The idea failed
For more than an hour, she remained
on the rafters
Recourse to broom was necessary.
One light touch, and away she went,
as straight as an arrow for the house top.
There she lighted, apparently none the
worse for her adventure.
The question was, what would she do
now?
1t was interesting to try to figure out,
whether hunger would get the best Of
her, Or caution.
Though birds rapidly lose the memory
Of murderous assault, there can be no
doubt that some traces linger
The bird craned her neck, looking
down at others feeding
Then she looked off to the South.
A wild pigeon. of no particular account
in pigeondom, she was very valuable to
herself.
Finally, discretion. which is supposed
to be the better part of valor, won easily.
With mighty flap Of her wings, she
took off from the ridge pole and winged
her way straight toward Chevy Chase,
D. c.
She had enough of Maryland, at least
for the time being
We have watched for her every day,
but so far she has not returned.
And who can blame her?
Her companions evidently have learned
nothing from her experience
They are back every day, eating away
greedily, as is their custom.
Evidently pigeons are no more able to
learn from the experiences of others
than human beings.
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suffering from water and truck COM

suffering from water and truck COM
petition.
This view, rejecting that of the
commission, is of more than passing
interest to the extent it contrasts
with the attitude OF the Office OF
Economic Sterilization and the Office
of Price Administration, which are
seeking TO bring about a reduction in
rail rates on the plea that the indus
try is making excessive profits. The
railroad brotherhoods also are point
ing to the war prosperity of the
carriers in support of their wage de-
mandS
When it is recalled however. that
the present revenue level is mean
ingless so far as thousands of in
vestors are concerned, and that their
holdings are being sacrificed to give
strength to the railroads. there can
be little substance to claims against
the carriers based on abnormal
earnings
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Spiritual Inspiration
Wanted for Victory.
sHa 49, EliI m.

To the Editor Of The Star:
1t is interesting to read in the reports
on labor absenteeism that one of the
hidden reasons is lack of incentive.
What will it take to make our leaders
wake up to the fact that Americans
can do their own thinking? All we ask
Is to be told facts. We can supply the
rest; and We have what 1t takes, too, to
get right up again and come back for
more.
We heartily resent the propaganda
that is fed to us. We know we are fight
ing for something that has not yet been
clearly defined, but that something is
better world than we have ever
dreamed ola world that is free, not
in the sense that we have supinely &C
freedom. just think what that phrase
means-honest-to-G God And then start
thinking about freedom
Here are some of the things it does
not mean:
1t does not mean that some human
beings are so far beneath you and me
that there is no hope for them and
therefore we must kick them down
further into the gutter so they never
can get up.
1t does not mean that babies should be
allowed to grow up without enough SUM-
shine and good food to give them the
chance for sound, healthy bodies.
1t does not mean that men and women
should be encouraged TO live off the
returns of filthy slum dwellings
1t does not mean that higher educa-
ton must be confined to the mercy of
the almighty dollar.
1t does not mean that we can hope to
build better world without sacrifices
personal and everyday sacrifices.
1t does mean that freedom is what
we make it, and if we try to build
fence around it, some one else will come
along and show us what real freedom Is,
and then we can just sit and rot within
the confines of our nice little fence.
Won't somebody please tell some of
our big shots here that we, the little,
common ordinary American people can
perform miracles Of production, If only
they will give us a real purpose to fight
for?
There Is only one thing lacking-the
spirit-and we shall not have that spirit
until we have an honest to- God incen-
tive TO work for.
AN AMERICAN MOTHER.
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THURSDAY
Get the Facts

Will btic hulSIlCdu r eIdtloU VI
Labor having formally thrown it's
weight into the scales against the
War Labor Boards little steel for
mula, already under heavy attack
by the CLIO and John L. Lewis, it be-
comes increasingly desirable to pay
more attention to two aspects of this
wage VS.. cost-of- living controversy.
The first is the assertion by Price
Administrator Prentiss M. Brown
that If such increases" in wages as
are demanded by Mr.. Lewis for coal
miners (S2 a day. are granted I'VE
will lose the fight against imitation"
The other is the extent to which
total weekly earnings have increased,
ss distinguished from the increases
In hourly or daily rates of pay.
There is no need to elaborate on
Mr.. Browns contention, for it can
hardly be doubted that If the daily
wage of coal miners is raised from
81 to 50, sums which do not take
overtime into account, the last hope
OF checking initiation will have van
ished. Such surrender to the
miners inevitably would be followed
by comparable concessions to other
labor groups and to farmers, with
the speedy collapse of all efforts to
control living costs.
The question Of the total week
~ earnings the 'takehome" - of
workers, however, is something that
should receive critical attention. I'm
der the little steel formula workers
have been granted a Is per cent in
crease In rates of pay to compensate
them for Is per cent increase in
living costs since January, 1941.
Spokesman for the AFL and CLIO
contend that the formula should be
modified or abandoned since it does
not take into account an additional
5 per cent advance In living costs
since the date of it's PRONUNCIATION.
But they say nothing about the
actual advance in total earnings
over the entire period, and it is not
clear that reliable figures for the
country as whole are available.
A significant indication of what
has been happening in this respect
is to be found in the assertion by DR..
George Taylor, public member of the
labor board, that factory wages have
Increased so per cent since January
/. l941, while the cost Of living has
advanced only 20 per cent This
means that factory workers, from an
actual earnings standpoint, are much
better off than they were before the
advance in living costs began. The
increase in their pay rates may not
quite have kept pace with the rise
in living costs, but, because of over
time pay, they actually take home
each week an additional sum of
money equivalent to 2E2 times the
increase in the cost of living. And
this same thing must be true of the
vast majority of people who are
working overtime, and, under the
48-hour week program, it will be
true to some extent of virtually all
workers
Certainly it would seem that more
adequate statistics should be made
available along this line, and that
those labor leaders who want to
destroy the little steel formula to
secure higher rates of pay should be
required to reconcile their claims
with these facts.
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Food for War

food problem at the meeting of Gov
ernors of II Midwestern States, while
bringing out some divergent points
Of view, also disclosed a substantial
measure of agreement as to the ma
ture of the problem and its solution.
AS a guest speaker, Herbert Hoover,
who handled many of the food prob
lens incident to the First World War,
told of the processes which led to
collapse on the home front in Russia
and Germany, and which seriously
threatened the internal stability of
France. The shortage of food result
ing from faulty administration, he
said was the principal contributing
factor, and in this country, he added,
there are at work today "uncanny
parallels with the same degenerative
forces that have been so disastrous
in Europe"
Basing his observations on travels
into 20 States and conversations
with farmers, professors, merchants,
housewives and public officials, he
reiterated earlier warnings that GER
tain steps must be taken, and taken
quickly, to check the progressive de-
generation of agriculture. First, he
recommended that agriculture be
ranked with munitions in wartime
Importance. Other recommended
lions called for more manpower and
machinery on the farms, consolida-
ton of divided and competitive"
food authorities under the Secretary
OF Agriculture, more efficient
method of price control, farm prices
adequate to cover costs and labor.
definite organization for recruiting
and distributing agricultural labor,
importation of seasonal workers
from Mexico and consideration Of
the proposal to defer drafting Of
farm boys during 1943 and the fur
Laughing of farm men for the har-
vest and for some livestock pur-
poses. Unless these steps are taken.
he implied, the food situation will
give progressive and genuine cause
for alarm.
Somewhat different was the view
expressed by Gov. Dwight Griswold,
Republican, OF Nebraska. He con-
tended that there are no trick Fed
eral formulas" by which the farm
problem can be solved, but rather
that 1t can best be solved in the
States. Pointing out that Nebraska
had lost 100, 900 farm boys to war in
dustry and the armed services tout
of total population of 1915 .OOO),
he said that the farmers of the State
had planted and harvested the larg-
est crop in history in 1912 and,
weather permitting, expect to do bet
ter this year. In Nebraska" he
said, I'VE intend to find our oWn help
to plant and harvest crops. 1t will
include businessmen, boys and wom-
en-. OF course, it will be difficult, but
our own boys who are in the front
lines throughout the world have far
more difficulties to face"
This statement reflects an encour-
aging and commendable spirit of in
dependence and determination on
the part of the Nebraska Governor.
But his plan is lacking in details,
and, while it may fill the bill in Ne
braska, the probabilities are that an
ultimate solution of the food prob
lem for the country as a whole will
have to come from combination of
the spirit Of self-suf1ciency which
he advocates and at least the sub
stance OF the major proposals ad-
vanced by Mr. Hoover.
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"Yanks Relieve Reds" says a war
bulletin. Cincinnati papers please
do not copy; Cincinnatians still re-
member with sorrow the year 1899,
when the Yanks relieved the Reds of
the World Series championship.
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Press, referring to the spontaneous
demonstration Of trans-Pacific soil
darity, says: The money is still
pouring in" 1t is OF such phenomena
that the strongest and most enduring
ties between nations are created.
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Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor must
bear the name and address of
the 1priter, although the use of
a pseudonyn for publication is
permissible. The Star reserves
the right to edit all letters Nth
a Uie1D to condensation.
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Does any one remember the good
old days OF peace, when 1t was the
business of siren to be charming,
not alarming7
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First Day Of Week Interpreted
In Light Of Resurrection.


To the Editor Of The STAR
1t is very interesting to read Charles
Allen Rentfro's letter in The Star Of
March TO-
I have found these Letters TO the
Editor" very profitable for learning the
viewpoints of others on themes which,
when properly treated, serve to build up
our knowledge OF sundry subjects No
man can have a starved soul If he reads
them.
Mr.. Rentfro states several miscon-
ceptions which appear to constitute the
basis of his difficulties. In the second
paragraph from the last of his letter he
asks: Are we rs a Christian world OBJ
serving the right day-Sunday?' He
makes a fundamental error when he
uses the term Christian world" There
is no Christian world; not even Chris
tan nation. If he thinks there is a
Christian city anywhere, he should at
tend police court in any city of his
own choice to see what goes on there.
But, If Christian, why police court?
Now he wants to know the right day."
In the Book of Romans, chapter a.
verse S. it is stated: "One man esteemeth
one day above another; another esteem
eth every day alike. Let every man be
fully persuaded In his own mind" This
principle has its confirmation In Colos-
slams, chapter 2. verse 49, where it reads:
Let no man judge you in meat, or in
drink, or in respect of the holy day-or
Of the Sabbath days"
In the second paragraph of his letter
Mr.. Rentfro discusses work, and he
seems to be much concerned, or perhaps
confused. In Romans, chapter 8. verse
28, says: And we know that all things
work together for good to them that love
God, to them who are the called accord
ing to His purpose" There is just one
key to satisfaction in work and that is:
That We love the Lord.
In the third paragraph from the first
Mr.. Rentfro discusses Gods example by
saying: We certainly want to initiate
Gods example, according to the Bible
text quoted by Mr.. Ellington which saws
that God rested on the seventh day from
all His work that He had made" OF
course, there are numerous texts in the
Bible relating to the same subject. In
the Gospel of John, chapter /, verses
l-3, we read: In the beginning was the
Word (Jesusl, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God. - All
things were made by Him; and without
Him was not anything made that was
made" The foregoing fact of Christ
being the Creator is confirmed in the
Book of Revelation chapter T. verse IL,
where it is recorded; "For Thou has
created all things. and for Thy pleasure
they are and were created"
In Matthew. 20 :18. we find: And Jesus
came and spake unto them saying: All
power Is given unto Me In heaven and
In EARTH" This fact is adequately con-
firmed by the numerous miracles which
He performed and by the fact that He
raised Himself from the dead. This fact
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is confirmed in the Gospel of John,
chapter TO- verses 17-18.
Now We reach the key to the Sunday
question, or the first day of the week.
Read carefully the Gospel by John,
chapter TO- verses 1-18 1t is recorded
here that Jesus had risen by a pre-
arranged plan with His disciples Notice
particularly that He rose from the grave
on the first day of the week and not on
the seventh day.
There is no greater event in the his
tory of the world than the resurrection
of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ
and for that reason all believers who
have been saved by Jesus Christs death
and resurrection commemorate the first
day of the week because Jesus chose that
day to complete His victory over death.
The resurrection of Jesus Christ is our
best example. THOMAS MANLEY.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-03-18

@. Was 1t Catherine the Great Of
Russia who drank innmerable cups Of
coffee every day?-M T. H.
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O. What State is named for French
province?-B. P. S,
A. According to a widely accepted
theory. Maine was named after the
French province that once belonged to
Queen Henrietta Maria, the wife OF
Charles l of England
@. How much OF an iceberg Is above
water?-E. L. H.
A. Only about one-ninth of the total
mass of an iceberg is above the surface
Of the sea.
@. What Masonic lodge owns lock
of George Washington's HARM. @,
A. The Grand Lodge of Massachu-
sets In Boston. The lock OF hair was
sent by Mrs. Washington to Paul Revere.
who made for it an appropriate urn.
This Paul Revere urn Is on exhibition
In the Masonic Temple.
@. What are the casualties of the
Sino-Japanese War?-H G.
A. China reported Japanese CASUAL
ties in five years of fighting on the
Chinese front as 2,513,380 China's own
losses were admitted to be 5000 900 in
killed, wounded and missing on the
same front.
@. What States lead in the produce
ton of coal?-V. r. S.
A. The leading States In order OF
production of coal in average years are
Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Illinois and
Kentucky.
@. What small fruits may best b
grown in the home garden9-L j.
A. Horticulture suggests Strawberries,
raspberries, grapes and, in some cases,
blackberries and blueberries.
@. At what depth are oil pipelines
laid2-W. S. B.
A. The Office of Petroleum Co-ordi-
nator for War says pipelines of this
character are generally laid In trench
deep enough to provide from 3h TO 4
feet OF cover over the top of the pipe.
@. What are the standard words used
in spelling names and addresses over the
telephone? For example, A as in Alice.
&C. H. F.
A. They are as follows: Alice, Bertha,
Charles David, Edward. Frank. George.
Henry, Ida, James, Kate, Lewis, Mary,
Nellie, Oliver, Peter. Quaker Robert.
Samuel, Thomas, Utah, Victor, William,
X-ray, Young and zebra.
l.
that the aggregate happiness of society
Is, or ought to be, the end of all govern
ment?-M. w. c..
A. The statement is from Georgs
Washingtons Political Maxirs."
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Address

@. What husband and wife write In
collaboration under a single pen name7
S. T. B.
A. John S. H. Chapman and Mary
H. Chapman who write together under
the name Maristan Chapman.
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@. When did skyscrapers first become
popular in New York?-C. l.. D.
A. Skyscrapers were forbidden In the
city Of New York until 1899. Tall build
ines were at first far more popular In
the Middle West than in the East