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Evening star., 1943-04-10

signed by the President?-C. v.
A. 1t is sent to the oflice of the secre-
tary Of State. That Official gives It .
number as a public law and publishes 1t
as one of the laws Of the land. At the
close of each session, these laws are con-
solidated In a bound volume called
United States Statutes at Large.
@. Are there any railroads In Liberia'
ID. T. S.
A. There are no railroads.
@. What is the principal cause Of air.
plane accidents?-R. M. j.
A. More than 78 per cent Of all plane
accidents are caused by personal errors.
such as judgment. technique, careless
ness, maintenance and the like.
@. What famous painter was also an
Ambassador of his country?
A. Peter Paul Rubens.
@. What is the average salary Of .
Governor?-D. D. E.
A. The average salary Is approx.
mately $1,000 year.
@. Was Cleopatra red-headed?-P. D.
A. According to popular conception
she was brunei, but historical sources
supply no evidence. Cleopatra has been
portrayed upon the stage with red hair,
and Shakespeare alludes to her as
tawny.
@. What is the longest time that hui
man beings can go without sleep?-K. D.
A. The longest sleep fast on record, ap-
parently, is that of human guinea pigs in
scientific study who went as long as ia
hours without sleeping.
@. Why does the word "iota" mean
something very small"?-A. G. B.
A. 1ota is the smallest letter OF the
English 81"
Q. What was Mark Twain's rule about
smoking?-D. M. K.
A. The famous humorist said that he
made 1t rule never to smoke but one
cigar at time.
@. What became OF Gavrilo Prinzip,
whose assassination of Archduke Francis
precipitated the First World Warp.
N. S.
A. Gavrilo Prinzip was sentenced to q
term of 20 years in an Austrian prison.
because he was only 18 years old, and too
young, under Austrian law, for the death
sentence He died in a fortress near
Prague May 2, 1918.
@. Has Vice President ever resigned?
r.. D. G.
A. John c. Calhoun is the only one. He
resigned on December %. 1882, to become
Senator from South Carolina.
Q. What building was called "the CEN
trail building of the world"2-s. R.v.
A. Frederic Harrison In his book The
Meaning of History" so termed the Parf
theon in Rome. 1t is the parent Of all
structural domes which have been Great
ed since the date Of its erection in the
year 124 AID.
@. Please give some information about
the republic of Stellaland.-D. M. F.
A. Stellaland was set up as q republic
by the Beers in 1882. 1t was In territory
clearly outside the Transvaal by terms Of
the recent convention. Cecil Rhodes was
then beginning his career in the Caps
Parliament. The capital Of the republic
was Vryburg.
@. Lord Louis Mountbatten Is said to
be the youngest admiral. How old is he7
M. B. P. a
A. Lord Louis was born in 1900 and IL
now AZ years Of age. He is the youngest
admiral in the modern navy.
Evening star., 1943-04-10

POAAtASo, ~ q dPAOlOlA6oCAOlI VI OAAAo
war, that it means the death of our sons
and thousands of other sons. Our Presi-
dent is doing a marvellous job. He is
devoting himself whole -heartedly toward
effecting the end of this great world
struggle. Why then cannot we all be great
patriots and, by laying aside all political
jealousies, give our entire strength to
the winning of this war?
LUISA ANDRE WHIPPLE.
Third President Interpreted
As Supporter of Henry George.
To the Editor Of The Star:
Were Thomas Jefferson living today
would he be a single-taxer? There is
much to support such belief. 1t Is
true that he never advocated. in terms,
the appropriation by the people, through
their Government, of the value their
presence gives to land-what political
economists term ground rent" About
the only value attaching to most land
in his day consisted of Improvements
made thereon. There was little site
value; in fact, none so far as the vast
public domain was concerned. The need
for economic safeguards was not appar-
ent in Jef1erson's day.
But Jefferson did declare that "the
earth belongs in usufruct to the living"
and believed with his whole soul in the
political philosophy, as he expressed it,
of equal rights to all, special privileges
to none.' We're he living today, is it
reasonable to suppose that he would fail
to see that economic slavery could exist
side by side with the political freedom
he priced so much and render 1t almost
mockery? Deadly opposed to special
privilege, and an especially keen OBJ
server, would it have escaped his OBJ
servation that all other forms of special
privilege appeared dwarfed in compar-
ison with the power to privately appro-
pirate the huge values created by the
presence of population, especially in our
great cities and places possessing notable
natural advantages, so that vast fortunes
could be amassed without the rendering
of any useful service?
jefferson was convinced that each
generation would have It's distinctive
problems and, so holding, was averse to
laws, constitutions and institutions that
tied the hands, so to speak of the future.
He welcomed new light from any and
every source, keeping in touch with i'm
provements made in almost every field,
as his wide correspondence reveals. That
an institution was traditional was in his
eyes ground for suspicion, since, being
man-created, 1t was almost bound to
represent, more or less, the darkness of
the past. His test regarding the merit
of an institution was the opposite to
that of Hitler, being: Did it operate to
afford the greatest good to the greatest
number?
The working philosophy of this man,
which governed his entire life, may well
justify the belief that. were he alive
today, he would be an ardent advocate
of an economic system whereby values
created by the public would be appro-
priated by the public, thereby permitting
the lifting of the burden from productive
industry. leaving to each person, Is far
as possible, the results Of his labor. This
system is known as the single tax.
GEORGE A. WARREN.
Evening star., 1943-04-10

"Kaswa" was the name of Mo-
hammed's favorite camel, but history
does not record how far the prophet
would walk for him.
Evening star., 1943-04-10
Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor must
bear the name and address of
the 1Oriter, although the use of
a pseudonyn1 for publication is
permissible. The Star reSerUes
the right to edit all letters 1Uith
a Uie1O to condensation.
Evening star., 1943-04-10

The Children's Book-Compiled
especially to provide entertainment
for the younger members of the
family. the grownups also will enjoy
the stories and verses chosen from
some OF the best-loved classics of
childhood. For rainy day fun there
are riddles. paper folding, scrambled
names and lots of other interesting
things to do. To secure your copy of
this attractive little publication in
close 10 cents In coin, wrapped in this
clipping, and mail to The Star In
formation Bureau.
Name
Address
Evening star., 1943-04-10

Maj Eliot's Views Of German Defenses
Challenged as Error in Policy"
To the Editor of the Star:
Much as I admire and profit by the
military knowledge of Maj. George Field
ing Eliot, must take exception to his
article in The Star, in which he belittles
the Notifications being constructed by the
Germans in Europe. His underestima-
ton of these works is not only an error
in military judgment, but also an error
in policy, tending as it does to create
a false sense of ease in his readers.
Maj. Eliot compares these powerful
defenses, cleverly constructed and stra-
logically distributed in depth, with such
farcical contrivances as the Great Wall
of China and the Maginot Line, but
these modern German defenses Git ap-
pears from the published maps are
not thin ribbons Of forts or walls They
are a deep series of concentric strong
points. These points are situated so as
to take the fullest advantage of COM
munications and terrain. They are de-
signed and manned by clever, re-
sourceful enemy, who is thoroughly ac-
quainted with all aspects of stable de-
fenses, because he has broken through
so many of them.
These defenses are not rigid and
brittle, as Maj Eliot contends them to
be; but extremely flexible because of
the splendid transport facilities behind
them. These facilities will enable the
Germans to concentrate troops at will;
while the attacking Allies, once they
have landed, relatively will be immo-
bilized by the necessity of preserving
their bridgeheads.
Europe will be conquered only at
the price of terrific slaughter 1t is
best that our people realize that fact
and steel themselves for 1t. No one
should paint a mild picture of the inn
pending invasion, least of all Maj Eliot.
FRED DENNEY.
Evening star., 1943-04-10
Praise for Senators
As National Leaders.

To the Editor OF The Star:
Wednesday night we listened to the
talks of Senators Wheeler and Taft on
the National Radio Forum from Wash
ington.
1t is most gratifying to hear members
of Congress who still speak with pride
of our United States of America and its
interests.
Our boys on the fighting fronts look
to Washington, D. c.. for sincere leader
ship and guidance, and we must not fail
them. With men like Senators Wheeler
and Taft in the lead our country cannot
fail. They stand with Washington and
Jefferson as truly great Americans.
MARGARET v. DOYLE.
PHILADELPHIA,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-27
Hearst Radio Messages Inspire Nation

TliE moment that a deSpot be-
Il lieveS that he has taken the
power OF speech from ideas, II
Is restored by the Almighty.
The tribunal destroyed. he re-
constructs it,.
mot I'm the midst Of the pub
lie square--not with granite or
marble"
-- He-feeerStructs II in soiitude-
with the grass Of the Ceme-
teries, with the shades of the
cypress. with the gloomy hillock
made by the collins in the earth.
From the solitude. the grass,
the cypress. the hidden collins,
there comes the heartrending
cry Of humanity A
There come denunciation and
testimony
There comes the memorable
accusation which makes these
criminals turn pale
There comes the terrible pro-
test Of the dead.
Musso. the mug. is gone.
May God speed the day when
liberty truth, justice and right
eegsHess viii again prevail in
Italy.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-27
Quick Que stions

How obServant are you? Is
the bow on a mans hat rib
bon usually on the left or on
the right side
The new weapon developed
in this country and nick
named by soldiers the ba-
zooka ~ IS which: tal an anti
tank gun; Oh a long knife
employed IN hand-to-hand
combat in Jungle warfare;
tel a1Xpe oLland mine. Id
A radio detector of enemy
aircraft
The terms straight. place
and show are used in ca
yachting tb) horse racing
fcl horseshoe pitching tdl
shot putting?
Joe and his sisters and
brothers have 40 war saw
lngS stamps that they share
equally How many brothers
and sisters has joe?
"a project in which two
powerful governments had
failed, was completed by
private enterprise. II years
ago today and Queen VIC
toua IN London and Presi-
dent johnson in Washington
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-27
By HARRY III. SCHLACHT
Written Especially for the Hearst
Newspapers

I liberty loving people
- throughout the world owe
an eternal debt of gratitude 10
the Hearst newspapers for the
timely and historic radio appeal
''itafian-America Speaks.
The voice Of liberty flashed
across the ocean-as in the
days of Garibaldi-io the Ital-
ianS, oppressed and Frustrated
under Hitler and Mussolini
domination.
The Hearst radio messages
revealed MuSSolini as an empty
braggart, a toady for Hitler
terrorism and a betrayer Of
Italy's honor lie inspired only
loathing among true Italians.
whether in America or their
homeland.
FaScism found itS'rootS in the
gospel of dictatorship, unbridled
ambitions and contempt for de-
mocracy and freedom. II was
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-27

MR. ALBERT JAY MOCK the editor of the Economic
~lNI Council Review Of Books" and himself old-hne
American ndivduas Jeersonian breed makes this
vigorous defense of system summarizing Mr. Queenys
book:
"Mr Queeny the results accomplished by
free working in relatively free and then shows
astonishing response which the leftover vitality of that
system has made To the demands which puts upon
ductOn and this in spite of decades deaZng drain due
to the malignant growth of cOIee'sm.
IF business the thing about colectiNism
that should bitterly its parasitic character
All IL contempIates to TAKE OVER Like a cancer
attacks and despoi the substance of healthy tissue
"Coectism does not start at scratch II takes the
achievements built by social and exploits them; and
when - tries to do anything with them its
the results invariably such seeing Washington
today Whatever limited il makes is made only
by taking the brains administrative skill per-
who have been disciplined under system of voluntary
cooperation
THAT fact has begun TO dawn President Rooseves
/ mind
When he reorganized Economic Warfare and
substituted Leo Crowley business the coll
ectvist astrooser Vice President Wallace walked
steps toward sound AMERICAN practice.
We must not be ashamed Of the way up.
We climbed The ladder Of captalistic free enterprise for
80 years and more.
We have reached the TOP OF THE WORLD economically
and ethically.
Shall spurn the ladder that brought us up PIN
nacle shall pull up after and mount its rungs
TO still greater achievements
The WAY BACK TO MET1EVAL EUROPE is the coIec-
ysm nternsuonaism/of the Walaces the Hopkinses
the Wilkes the Tugwells End the Frsnkfurters
We proud Of OUR PAST-which was NOT MEDI-
EvAL.
us make that past the pattern Of our future the
OPEN ROAD FOR ALL, and destroy all parasitic economic
programs before they destroy
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-27
Capitalism Speaks Up

- New Deal-sociastic experiments is coming out from
behind the kitchen stove and sitting up in the parlor.
In other words the great system of competitive pri-
vae enterprise that made the L. s. A. the Hercules among
the nations of the world is beginning to mtanty defend
itself in print.
1t is high time!
Following the books of Samuel Crowther ('Time to
Inquire and Mrs Isabel NJ. Paterson (The God Of the
Machine both of whom glorfy American system,
comes The Spirit of Enterprise by Edgar~M Queeny,
another mastery defense of the initiative and the capi
talistic executive brains that are WINNING THIS WAR.
Mr. Queeny is chairman Of the Monsanto Chemical
Corp but it is not primarily business man that he
defends spirit of private enterprise 1t is as an
. ANEPJCAN ~ - &c q
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-27
Ancient RivaIries Forgotten

Practically all field officers are veterans
or the revolutionary wars, but they are required
to complete courses in staff training before
assuming commands proper to their rank
And what has become of the ancient
riValrics and antagOniSms of the revolution
AIRY armies? Are there still traces of the
conflicts between Nillistas Huertistas, Car
ranZistas and so On?"
The chief Of staff, Hernandez answered this
with a reminiscent smile:
AT first we didn't mention those mat
terS between ourselves. But now, in staff
meetings, consultations and conversations we
often illustrate points and bring up examples
from our experiences as former enemies.
1T is very much as if x-COnffderates
and eX-UniOnists in your country sat down
together as officers of the American army
and utilized the lessons of Gettysburg
against a common enemy. Our army TODAY
Is truly democratic army, modern army,
an army with purposes that admit of no
factional or sectional conflicts.
I'm a wider sense we considef our war
s Got -, ~ IT. 81 w.. :. .a S
United states. There was once a tendency
ITO consider ourselves of the French school,
or the German school, or some other school
in training and viewpoints as soldiers Now
we consider ourselves strictly of the Ameri-
can school
I'VE are organized to defend our own
country, and to take an honorable and effec-
tive share in the defense of our neighbOrs
and Allies. Just as it is now impossible for
civil conflicts to break out i'm your country
or mine, so is il impossible for conflicts to
arise between the two nations
Our higher strategy is that of the de-
mOcracies. Our tactical aim is to create here
in Mexico one ideal instrument for CONT
mental defense, peace and security"
(See Picture Page-Page 28-for photos
Of the modern Mexican army)
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-27
8-Yeer-Olds in infantry, Engineers

We stopped beside squad doing exercises
beside a 81 anti-tank gun. A demonstration
followed, and then technical argument be-
tween Col. Rojas and the sergeant instructor,
which the latter won in a respectful but de-
csive manner to the tact pleasure of his
squad and the loud amusement of his superior.
That's fine example of discipline,
this correspondent commented afterward
IF he hadn't proved he was right, I'd
have reduced him" snorted the colonel. -
While the motorized brigade is a unit Of
volunteers, the engineer and infantry units in
the same camp are being formed by 1S-year-old
conscrpts the class of 1924 called up by
Mexico in the first application Of a selective
service act.
Grouped at the entrance of a new bar
racks, dozens of youngsters sat or stood wait
inc for their medical and psychological tests
There were city boys, well dressed and
groomed, artisans, laborers and peasants, from
all parts of the republic.
look at that group" said Col Rojas.
"They come from the hills down south.
They've never worn Shoes seen town,
ridden in trains or automobiles. They're shy
and timid, and well have time with them
for a few weeks The altitude and the
food will bother them, and most of them will
be seriously homesick. But they get over it"
De fier 6ste ss9,,,,, 50. k"4>
Going through one of the barracks, the
new campbell designed by the Mexican army
was demonstrated. 1t is of steel, collapsible,
eminently comfortable with its cotton mattress,
with clever attachments that make a wardrobe
and table.
The mess halls are counterparts Of the
ones seen-in American camps. central
kitchen fueled with crude oil and equipped
with enormous iron stoves, feeds two lateral
dining halls The tables are ocloth covered,
with metal plates and aluminium utensils. Light
and airy they are kept as we'll scrubbed as a
battleships deck
The menu; posted on the doors, is plentiful
and varied, far better balanced and prepared
than in most private homes Of the we-to-do,
We entered an infirmary, where five boys
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-27
Real Postwar Planning
- UR POSTWAR problems do not lie in Euro
but IN THE UNITED STATES.

OUR POSTWAR problems do not lie in Europe or Asia,
~ but IN THE UNITED STATES.
Senator Tydings of Maryland in an address before
the Indiana Bar Association formulated these prob
lens in concrete terms They will convince anybody but
dyed.in-the-wool internationally that the people OF
the L. S A. have such series Of titanic Jobs before them
that they will have spare time for Asas and Europes
eternal muddes.
The senator saws taat our domestic economy pattern
for the NEXT TWENTY YEARS will depend mainly on
the postwar absorption Of millions of unemployed the
liquidation of vast stocks of government property and the
reduction of the national debt
lie POINTED out that
Nine million persons at least would be discharged
from the armed forces chats far too conservative we
think.
at least TWENTY FIVE MILLION war-plant
workers Will be laid of jobless.
3-The national debt will be. at the lowest, $780,
OOOOOOOO0-or $500 FOR EACH FAMILY.
about "a per cent of bank resources are held in
government bonds that Spoin drop (which heaven
forbid in bonds would wipe out $SO00000000 in bank
capital assets That would colossal panic. To
provide against that is important to the people OF
the L. A than whether there is enough milk in Ger
many 10 60 around
5-About S75OO0OOOO00 in outstanding government
war contracts will be Cancelled at the end of the That
MUST be cushioned or else.
6-The senator gave estimate of S60OOOO 100000
of unneeded properties and goods ranging from hotels to
shoes which the government will have at the signing OF
amistce Such vast stocks hanging over the markets
would disastrous effects unless wisely quidated ne
maintained.
-HE whole machinery of orderly liquidation he said
"must ready during the and the vast work
of directing country peace must
start is suddenly itself usually starts
Are they thinking of these AMERICAN fe-anddeath
problems Washington?
NO.
Their minds centered on fourthermi politics.
They are conferred on plots internatonaize' and
make a stooge game of diplomatic skulduggery
They centered sneak plans to destroy our free
enterprise competitive system and substitute for
regimened ball-and-cha sociaistic state.
centered taxing into state of poverty IN
order to break down resistance and fighting morale
Those the things the radical New Dealers are thinking
that touch the quick and
of every and child in the United States
These coming problems outlined by Senator Tydings
studied closely by all Americans and should he
Immediately placed before Congress when it from its
political fishing expedition.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-27
BY JOSE RODRIGUEZ

MEXICO CITY, July 26-The Mexican
army of today is a strikingly vivid proof of
this countrys emergence from revolutionary
chaos into creative national life.
To see and appreciate this radical change,
it is best TO visit personally and without re-
striction Mexican military center. This priv
ege seldom granted TO foreign observers, was
extended the Hearst newspapers by Defense
Minister Lazaro Cardenas and the chief Of
staff, Gen Tomas Sanchez Hernandez.
Gen Hernandez typifies the modern Next
can officer. product of the old regimes
military academy, of revolutionary armies and
of specialist European schools, with years of
observation as attache to embassies in America
and Europe, his experience and knowledge are
exceedingly rare among commanders of his
rank
There is hardly senior officer in the Mex
lean army in fact, who has not had both battle
and theoretical training. Hence the ubiqHity
whether in offices or camps, of experts theo-
rists and downright fanatics on all military
specialties from cryptography to ballistics and
from aerodYnamcs to psychology
go anywhere You like and ask anything
YOU like. We want Americans to know our
difficulties and our successes. | want them
10 know how we are co-0rdinating, in spirit
and action, our war effort with that of the
United States"
Hard by the new Hippodrome on the out
skirts of the city is Military Camp No l. hous-
ing motorized brigade, an infantry division
engineer units and specialist schools
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-27
To Hasten Victory

No American wants this war
TO 20 one minute beyond the
time we can bring II 10 a vic
tOrious end. To hasten that
victory--to save possibly the
lives Of millions OF our boys
on our far flung fronts-it is
imperative that every Ameri-
can do his part in the Second
war Loan. There Is an in
vestment TO fit every purse.
The most you can do Is little
enough compared with the sac
rifice offered by our boys in
service. They give their lives
you lend your money.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-27

not the product of the spirit or
the mind of the Italian people.
II was not the will Of God
that liberty, which is His voice,
should ever he silent on the
sacred soil OF Italy.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-27

exchanged remarkably unim-
portant messages signaling
the opening of which: ta)
the Pony Express; Cb) trans
atlantic wireless; tc) first
transocean cable; I'D Inter-
national Postal Union?
On what day of the week
does the first chapter of
Genesis tell us Adam and
Eve were created?
A record depth for an oil
we'll is reported. If II were
possible for we'll drillerS
somewhere in the United
tates TO dig straight
through the earth, and II
should happen. whore would
the bottom come through :
Ca) China fbl Indian Ocean;
Co Pacific Ocean; I'D Aus
tralia?
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