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Evening star., 1943-10-20
Deaths Reported

Margaret wilson, 90, 4o7 9th st. nj.
Charlotte B. Boyd, 81, 721 Webster St n W
Emilio c. Huerta. so, Spanish Embassy
Ra5eyy RRa5ry Cohen, rs; 1l25 Spring road NV
Giuseppna Abbate. "A, 1915 Pennsylvania
ave. Sc.
John W Griffth 70, 1872 varnum st. NV
REGINA B. o'Neal, 72. 442O 14th st NV.
Margaret M. OConnor, 20, 1O5 Rhode
Sue w. Hatch, 60 1850 Woodley road NV
Kathryn Lynn. infant, 2142 st. NV
Jachelen Roche. infant, Landover Hills Md
Infant breckenridge, 1913 2sth st. Sc.
Ella Kelly. 20, Bel Alton, Md.
George H. Tancll, SO, 121o-A South Capt.
jamie Young. 81, 1890 w st. NV.
Mamie T. Thomas. SO, St. Elizabeth's Hos
Jerry Magruder 81. 16 P st. ne.
Norman +. Cant, 81 70 F st. sw.
Thelma Mack, 80. 3t9 L st. Sc
Thomas @. Kelley, SO, 1857 Swan st. NV
The best way to root for victory
Is to dig deep into that pocketbook or
purse and buy War savings stamps.
Evening star., 1943-10-20
Is D. T.. SeIectees
To Report Tomorrow

Seventy EIGHT men from the Dis.
trict will report for active duty in
the armed forces tomorrow.
Included in the group are 33 Sc
lectees for the Army, indicted Sep
tember 80; 80 for the Navy, inducted
October IA; for the Marine Corps
and l for the Coast Guard, indicted
October 7.
The list follows:
Army.
Giles Edwin G. Gregg, John G.
Young, Robert c. Murphy, T j.. jr.
Jameson, r. J. Swift, A. L., III
Beaman. Chester e. Hersman. W. NJ
Pash, Stephen j. Burton, George C.
Baker. Sherman A. Cowell, Othel J.
Anderson, H. B. Carroll Thomas w
Anderson. W. 4. Berg. Maurice
McGeary, w. J. Foley, Charles NJ
Novak: Flemon Collins, Joseph 2.
Greenberg, BENJAMIN Reeves, Donald E.
Winter. Morris Mahoney. John P.
Ely. George H Keats. Paul A.
Cunningham, w, r. Miller Robert
Heiberg, Irving l. Haddad, Said
Holland, Ralph R. H. eDsrfei Mepaniei, F PAU L.
McDonald, James @. Robertson, Aluis L.
Navy.
johnson, Prince A. Thomas. Sylvester
Hudson, John w: Samuels. Joseph E.
Douthit. John H. Hart, Henry
Worthington. E. W. Clark, Horace E.
BROOKS, Guy c; Simpson, Louis D.
Elcks' Warren r Clark, John L.
EoSs' Percy E. Cyrus Nesby
Beimear, Horace e. White, Willie j.
Mitchell, Edward s. johnson, James
Whittinsham, r Young woodrow
Mayes' Leonard c. jackson, Harold J.
1aVls' Leroy J, German, David r.
Bowle. John G. Johnson, Robert H.
jackson, Andrew A. Ben, Jimmie
Allen, Milton B. Glover Fred
JONES' Jay A. Clement, Walter A.
Marine Corps.
Cox. Donald G. Ericsson, Amory w.
Parson, james A. Jones, Eugene s.
Jones, Charles O. Hagen, RAYMOND w
Harvey, John F.
Coast Guard.
etrickler. Paul E.
Evening star., 1943-10-20
Stories of Veterans
Wanted by Star
For Publication

This is another of a series of
interviews with men from the
Washington area who have
returned from overseas duty.
Friends and relatives of service
men returning from battle zones
are urged to write or telephone
the city editor of The Star at
MA 5000. The Star wants to
give these men Of the armed
forces a chance to tell their
stories to the thousands of
interested Washingtonians.
Evening star., 1943-10-20

said. The crew were picked up by
small landing craft and taken back
to the Guadalcanal beach. They
had left shortly before the attack.
Back on the island they ate with
the naval chiefs and the Marine
Evening star., 1943-04-08
Vucuums'

The Atlantic Monthly for April,
referring to Japan, raises the ques-
ton: What kind of enemy are we
coming to grips with?' An honest
and thoroughly appropriate answer
would be: "One that we know very
little about" 1t is suggested with
abundant reason that the subjects
of the Mikado "are a people who
stand apart from the main stream
of world thought" The explanation
in brief is that they live in "a news
vacuum" Propaganda is their diet.
Such a people certainly can be
dangerous. Human beings so care
fully nourished on controlled intel
lectual food. so we'll insulated from
all dangerous thought so stimulated
to aggression, and yet SO rigidly
disciplined'- effect. so completely
dehumanized-"a are stable and strong
so long AS the picture of the world
in which they are indoctrinated
roughly corresponds to the facts"
The Atlantic declares: THE only
thing that will smash the picture
which Japan's leaders have built up
over so many years will be a first
class military defeat. Until that
comes, there is little hope of pene-
trating the propaganda wall and Of
bringing home to the japanese peo-
Evening star., 1943-04-08
Conodo's FOREIGN Policies


AS far as Canadas position with
respect to the United States is con-
cerned, it is that Of neighbor and friend.
Her position with respect to Britain Is
that of the other dominions. Britain
and the domlnions constitute a group
OF nations equal in status and bound
together by ties of affection. common
ideals and common interests; united by
a common allegiance to the crown and
freely associated as members of the
British Commonwealth of Nations"
This equality OF status means, of course,
that Canada will have her own voice
in the peace conference when a peace
conference eventuates. 1t means that
she will be free to disagree with the
United States and even with the mother
land on points which may be raised-as
she was at the peace conference of 1919,
and in the League of Nations. Sir
Robert Borden tells in his Memoirs "how
intense was the surprise at Geneva,
with many echoes abroad, when Cana
dian delegates put forward views quite
opposed to those of the British dele
gates in its first assembly" Only those
who do not understand the elasticity
OF the empire structure believe that such
divergence of views sewers empire ties"
Evening star., 1943-04-08
"Selfish Man" Explains
How to Hasten End Of Mess"

TO the Edltor oil me star
My name is Joe Tompkins. and I'm the
most selfish man in the world. I fork
over 10 per cent OF my pay every week for
War bonds. When the Government asked
me to convert to coal, 1 converted I'm
regular customer at the Red Cross
blood bank
When there's an AFRAID drill. ] put
out the lights promptly. If I had patch
of land, I'd grow Victory garden but
since I haven't, I'm doing the next best
thing by arranging to help a farmer on
my vacation.
save scrap, rags rubber, fats, paper
clips. I get kick out of cleaning and
smashing tin cans, and I share my car
with my neighbors. eat nutritious foods
so that I can keep well, and I haven't
been absent from work in six years
I won't spend nickel for anything
I can't use. And I don't join the mob
to stock up when the word ration" is
sounded When they asked for reading
material for soldiers and sailors, threw
in my best cherished books.
Ill IlOC ClOSk WdtSllcI, hpIl Dedl
grudges against my fellow workers, and
don't indulge in loose talk I'm an air.
plane spotter, belong to the Servicemen's
Recreation Committee, and I take good
care of my clothes.
II l eat in a restaurant I won't give
my ration stamps to friends-I destroy
them. I see to it that my tires are re-
capped without delay. I won't travel
unless I have to, and I don't save coins.
My Congressman hears from me when
have something on my mind. didn't
try to chisel on my income taxes And
I write to everybody I know In the
services
They hauled me into court the other
day because I got into fight with
fellow who was spreading malicious
rumors, but the judge said, Good boy,
Joe
Good boy, hell! I'm the most selfish
man in the world. America is my coun-
try, and 1 love every square inch of the
good ole U. S. A. I've got Bill Of Rights.
I can even become President or. at least,
an honorary member Of the fire depart
ment.
So, everything I do whether It's
my IS cents for War stamp or my feet
going without 4 new pair of shoes
is done to save what's mine-my country
Maybe I'm crazy-but I've got an idea
that Il ~ al took kind Of selfish At
Evening star., 1943-04-08
Division of Income

Some labor spokesmen and mem
bers of Congress have been trying
to convince the people that business
is getting rich from the wartime
rise in national income at the ex-
pense Of the workers and the farm
ers. These claims are not supported
by the facts.
In 1910 national income was ST.
800 100000. OF that total, 62.5 per
cent went to wages and salaries, ST.
to farm proprietors and IT'S to busi-
ness profits after corporate taxes.
In 1912 the national income was up
to the unprecedented total of s119-
300 100000. But the breakdown of
the portion going to these three
groups had changed. Wages and
salaries climbed to 673 per cent and
farm proprletors to 81 per cent,
while business profits after taxes
were down to 1873 per cent.
From these figures, it is clear that
business has not been getting an
increased share of the rising national
income. On the contrary, its propor-
tlonate share has been going down,
while those of the wage and salary
earners and the farm proprietors
have been on the upgrade.
Evening star., 1943-04-08
pie true picture Of the world they

pie true picture Of the world they
live in
But the imperative victory of the
Allies over Japan cannot be accom-
plished without reformation of the
mental patterns, the traditional
psychological formulas of the popu-
lations of the United Nations. The
American people are used to being
mistaken about the japanese. Up to
December Z 1941, most citizens of
the United States lived in "a vacuum
of their own so far as Japan was
concerned. Their ideas about the
Japanese were acquired from an
opera by Puccini, comic opera by
Gilbert and Sullivan, the books OF
Lafcadio Hearn, an appealing novel
entitled THE Lady of the Decora-
tion," the sketchy impressions Of
tourists who had found Fujiyama
charming" and the general convic-
ton that Wallace IrWins Japanese
Schoolboy" was an amusing and not
at all mischievous fellow.
Evening star., 1943-04-08

ternational Police Force; Postwar
Treatment OF Japan; Chinas Place
In the United Nations War Councils;
The Future of Colonial Territories;
Chinese Emigration; Minimum We'll
fare Standards; American willing
ness to Enter Into International
Commitments; International Re-
sponsibilities of the Great Powers,
and The Atlantic Charter and the
Far East
Manifestly, such specific prob
lens are of the very greatest sig
nificance to the peoples of all the
countries whose shores are touched
by the Pacific Ocean. The eighth
conference did not solve them.
What it did was to bring them into
focus as perhaps they never before
were brought. Hence the Importance
of the preliminary report" now
being circulated. 1t contains only
164 pages, but it is an indispensable
asset to men and women whose
spiritual and intellectual energies
are dedicated to the cause of toler-
able peace, order and progress in the
world
Evening star., 1943-04-08
Mont TrembIunt Report

How helpfully students Of interna-
tional affairs may meet for unofficial
discussion Of current problems is
demonstrated by the preliminary
report Of the eighth conference OF
the Institute of Pacific Relations,
recently published. The subject of
the assembly, held at Mont Trem-
blant, Quebec, December to ID last,
was: Wartime and Postwar Co
operation Of the United Nations in
the Pacific and the Far East. In
cluded in the conference member
ship were citizens of Australia, Cam
ada, China, France, India, Korea,
the Netherlands and the Neither
lands Indies, New Zealand, the
Philippines, Thailand Great Britain
and the United States. Each par
tcipant appeared as a private per-
son, but 1t Invariably was appre-
ciated that none could detach him
self altogether from the position he
occupied. The whole group carried
forward work begun in 1925 and
described as "the scientific study of
the peoples of the Pacific area"
Previous meetings had been held at
Honolulu, Kyoto, Shanghai, Banf,
Yosemite Park and Virginia Beach.
A quarterly magazine and many
books and pamphlets dealing with
the interests Of the Pacific nations
have been issued by the institute
from its headquarters In New York
But the eighth conference differed
very markedly from previous meet
ings, not only in organization and
membership, but also in the inter-
national circumstances under which
It met. All the countries repre-
sented were at war or under enemy
occupation" Naturally then, the
participants in the discussions de-
voted themselves to practical
agenda. The questions submitted
for debate were: What steps can
Jointly or severally be taken by the
United Nations particularly those
with major interests in the Pacific
area) to aid in the better prosecution
Of the war and in the establishment
Of conditions Of racial, political and
economic justice and welfare?" and
"How far and by what means can
the conclusions drawn from the dis
eusSions under Point l above be
made the basis of a practical pro-
gram for the United Nations during
and after the ware"
Several plenary sessions were con-
vened at Mont Tremblant, but the
members of the eighth conference
more effectively labored together in
less formal round table" gatherings.
The scope of their proceedings may
be Judged from a list of important
passages" in the report devoted to:
4 Pacific Regional Organization; A
Permanent United Nations Organ
isation: A United Nations Confer
ence: A Possible Resolution Of the
Indian Political Deadlock; An In
Evening star., 1943-04-08
THIS AND THAT
BIZ Charles E. TrdceWeH,

post, looking it over very carefully. 1t
was an old post, and had hole in one
side and was at the back of the orchard.
She discovered very soon that here
they had decided was to be the home in
which to house their family. She found
the rotted-out knot hole on one side and
only about two feet from the ground.
The opening of the hole had rotted
out until it was rather too large to afford
the protection smaller opening would,
but they did not mind and made COM
Portable nest
EARLY one morning she came racing
back, calling to me in horror the dis
covery she had made
Instead of the trim little heads and
bright eyes she had been accustomed to
see, there was one pair of wicked eyes
and an ugly head of large snake raised
to the edge Of the opening, looking his
defiance
The snake was so full after his feast
on the helpless birds he felt lazy.
THE dog got glimpse of the head at
the hole and sprang forward but he drew
back quickly. Leaving the dog to guard
the hole, she ran to the house and came
back with an ak and began to chop the
post on the opposite side to force the
snake out.
When he craWled out. the dog, which
had been taught to kill snakes as he
constantly roamed about. grabbed the
snake and killed it, but it was TOO late
to save the birds. and it was very sad
child who walked away from the post
where she had found so much pleasure
And somehow the sun did not seem to
shine quite so brightly for either of us
the rest of the day.
Thanks for the pleasure which I derive
from your articles.
Yours very sincerely, A. r. c."
The large size of the entrance aC-
counted for the depreda ton of the snake
Man-made bluebird houses usually
have door not more than one and one
half inches in diameter.
Bluebirds never heard Of this require
ment, and therefore nest in some very
unusual places, as our correspondent
points out.
For best results. blueblrd houses should
have a total depth of 8 inches. with a
floor by 5 inches, the hole L inches in
diameter, and inches above the floor
and the placement of the box from
to 10 feet above the ground.
If the box is put about feet from the
ground, and placed in a sunny, open
situation on post, English sparrOWs and
starlings are more likely TO let the box
alone, according to The Audubon Guide
to Attracting Birds"
Snakes must be accounted bad bird
enemies. but they do not cause much
trouble in large cities or In the suburbs
adjacent thereto
Evening star., 1943-04-08
A Warning Vote

The Senate vote to recOmmlt the
Bankhead bill is substantial victory
for the President and the Govern
ments program to save the country
from unrestrained imitation. But it
Is also an undisguised warning to the
President that Congress will expect
the administration to stand by its
announced determination to prevent
further general wage increases.
The stabilization program has been
weakened from the beginning by the
Presidents insistence on splitting
wage control from price control. His
position has been that he would
stabilize wages and that it was up to
Congress to stabilize prices. But this
dual approach to the problem has
not worked we'll, since wage advances
have been used as an argument for
higher prices, particularly farm
prices, and, at the same time, labor
has seized upon rising prices as an
excuse to demand wage increases
from the War Labor Board.
AS result of yesterdays vote in
the Senate, however, there is some
reason to hope that halt has been
called to this race between wages and
prices. The recommittal Of the Bank
head bill takes from the farmers Ger
tain prospective income gains which
we're not entirely lacking in justifica-
ton. In effect, the farmers have
been called upon to make sacrifice
to the end that there may be some
real stabilization of the national
economy. But in voting to recommit
the bill instead of voting outright to
sustain the Presidents veto, the Sen
ate serves notice that the bill may be
brought back to the floor and passed
over the veto.
Whether this is done will depend,
presumably, upon the attitude of the
President and the War Labor Board
toward pending wage demands This
may be the last chance that the
administratio will have to stabilize
wages in fact as we'll as in name.
Evening star., 1943-04-08
Night War Workers Rest
A Problem in Noise Prevention.
To the Editor of The Star


1t has come to my attention that there
now are available printed signs to be
posted on houses occupied by night war
workers reading: "Quiet-War Worker
Resting Unfortunately, do not know
where these signs can be obtained or
what redress one would have in enforc-
ing the ban If such signs were posted.
If any of the readers of The Star has
any information on this subject. would
greatly appreciate knowing particulars
about it.
England has been enforcing silence
ban in behalf of her night war workers
for some time, and If this country ex-
poets her war industries to continue to
function efficiently on a 24-hour basis,
some recognition of the problem of the
night worker will have to be given here.
Night work is much more wearing than
day work, and II these skilled men are
to continue their valuable war work,
unnecessary noise must be curbed near
their homes during the day in order
that they may get their proper rest
J. A. COCHRAN.
Evening star., 1943-04-08
Half Century of Gardening
Prompts Word of Encoura cement.
To the Editor of The Star:

Realizing the deslrablitv of Victory
gardens, and fearing professional anna
teur" gardener, Wilbur La Roe. jr, may
discourage some beginners attempting
gardens, permit me to say that l have
gardened for more than so years. never
spent $50 for labor and never raised so
little as s1975 worth of vegetables. Have
just spent little less than IS for seeds
for nearly an acre of garden. An acre
usually cost $50 to $40 for ploWing, seeds
and fertilizer and l invariably sold
enough at the store to more than cover
this expense. Raised every vegetable
used winter and summer, including
celery, carrots. cabbage, etc. Did all work
myself, with hand cultivator, after Office
hours
NV advice to A beginner is to delay
his garden until he can slip out to some
of the truckers nearby, see how they
plant and cultivate and get advice from
them What they lack in promptness,
they more than make up in successful
production. I am sure they will surpass
Mr.. La Roe's results. w. D. PORTER.
Evening star., 1943-04-08
Photo Fjnish3

From the Christian Science Monitor
Germans are now seeing movies of
Notifications prepared to fend off q
United Nations invasion of the conti-
nent. Such pictures obviously are sup
posed to be good for German morale.
Possibly they are. One wonders how
many Germans can see them without
being reminded of other pictures shown
long time ago by boastful Nazis These
films were designed to impress helpless
peoples with what Nazis had done to
Poland and might do to any one else
opposing them. The new pictures indi-
cate the present need of Germans to
think more about what victimized peoples
might do 70 them. In any event. II
there Is debate about war-guilt this
time. these pictures, with chronological
annotations, should offer decisive eu-
denos.
Evening star., 1943-04-08
Walsh House

(Junior Red Gross Headquarters
So changed. and yet nem beauty nou
peruodes
These spacious rooms. this mosstue
stnvpau's rise,
Where galleries and coruen bolus-
trades
Bring back the splendor built TO,
gracious eues
This beauty comes from service, busy
hands
whose n1mble fingers told the
sno1ru Qouse
To heal our rdliant boys in tore,on
lands
These earnest Women here seek no
applause.
In ,Dhite or gray. their Touring ker-
chief bears
A cross, red as poune lite blood OF
the brave.
Comingled rich and humble, each one
shares
The dread OF 1Dditinq;; prdys some
lite to save.
Bereared they fashion cloth for
others pain,
These 1D1res OF Greece and France.
IN our dark hour
This house fulfHs It's Destiny Not
Udin,
These stones laid block on block,
this sense OF potper,
Through every 1oork- filled room, from
step to dome,
The mother OF the World" nop calls
this home.
=" YNNaY ~
Evening star., 1943-04-08
HENDERSON, KY.

Dear Sir:
"As a girl I was postmistress in small
village where we lived
The post Office was a small one-room
building situated in one corner of our
yard and the front opened to the street
ut had a wooden box on the inside
resting on the desk and wooden slot or
contrivance through the wall where
letters could be mailed and slipped down
into the box from the outside.
"One morning in April 1 heard a Pc
culiar noise in the letter box, such as I
had never heard there before. 'Rats?'
wondered, as I lifted up the lid to see
blue feathered tail disappearing through
the opening and few small twigs in the
box.
WAS I amazed? 1t could not be that
place in which to build nest. But such
was the case as was soon to discover.
"Very soon every patron knew about
it and had been requested not to mail
or try to mail any letters from the out
side, and to make more sure of their
privacy, piece of cardboard was so
placed that letter could not pass into
the box
This necessitated the opening of the
Office at an earlier hour than formerly
but saved any intrusion on the birds
They finished their nest. They deposited
their eggs. They Matched their birds, fed
them all day long from early to late and
did not at all mind the continual passing
in or out so near them
Did not mind my raising the lid and
looking in occasionally, only watched me
keenly and seemed to say, We are trying
to trust you
Their neStlings were big enough and
strong enough when they left their COM
Portable prison to seek their freedom. and
so far as I know nothing happened to
any OF them.
In summing up the enemies of birds,
especially young birds, in one of your
recent articles, you failed to mention
snakes.
Il do not know what per cent they de-
stroy, but do know they eat young birds.
All my life I have been interested in the
birds, and now that 1 am old and gray
I still love and am interested in the
feathered creatures. And l think every
one should feel it privilege to care for
them when they are helpless to care for
themselves during deep snow or when
everything is covered with ice.
Many years ago, when my daughter
was 49, We lived on a farm.
My daughter. with her shepherd dog
for companionship, constantly roamed
about the fields in search of cocoons
bird nests and other interesting finds.
Early in April she found pair of
bluebirds very busy about an old fence