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Evening star., 1943-05-24
Objective Long Desired
Attained at Last.

To the Editor OF The Star:
Some years ago when I used to stroll
In the evening along Central Park West
in the vicinity of SiXty-fourth street,
New York City, I would look up to one
of the skyscraper apartment buildings
and admire the penthouse that now is
occupied by one of the East's greatest
racketeers who since prohibition days
has reformed and is devoting the re-
mainder of his life to God and the
public welfare.
l used to look with envy on that
penthouse. 1t was everything that I
had wanted in life. I wanted to live
and work in penthouse next to the
sun, the moon and stars. To be living
and working on top of skyscraper
was TO me the apex of a mans life.
I had hoped the day would come when
I could realize that ambition. 1t has
come. My penthouse is not on the
heights, but it is near enough for me
to hear the whispering Of the wind
through the trees at night 1t is high
enough for me to hear the singing of
the birds before they retire, and to
hear them chirping and singing in their
nests below when I awaken at dawn.
The sun sweeps through my windows
and I am very close to the moon and
stars. I have peace. and I have reached
the goal. FREDERICK G. FROST.
Evening star., 1943-05-24
The Busy Little jap

Air power is spectacular, but there
is much prosaic hard work behind it
Planes must be built and assembled
at the right places. Much servicing
and transport is needed, and not the
least of these preliminaries Is the
construction of flying fields. Often
it is the toughest problem of ALL The
desired site may be covered with
dense jungle, or it may be a swamp
requiring tons of filling. Sometimes
it is almost a cliff, necessitating
blasting followed by steam rollers. In
any case, vast resources of manpower
are used up-more than we like to
spare. What to do?
American ingenuity is solving the
puzzle by variant of an old maxim
Let George do it, George is the
busy little Jap. Persistently ne
builds airports, with toll and sweat,
on Guadalcanal, New Guinea, Attu
and Kiska; and then, Just when they
are about ripe, along comes an Amer
lean task force and plucks them. It
is all very discouraging for George,
and in time he may temper his air.
port-building instinct with reason,
and refuse to be so accommodating
in his Constitutional activities. Let
us hope it will not be too soon-there
are still many new fields we can use.
Evening star., 1943-05-24
Cut Waste First

Washington's public transporta-
ton system has been so overburdened
that talk Of cutting it now by forty
per cent does not make much sense.
Some months ago the Capital Transit
Company made public three plans,
based on a ten, twenty and thirty
per cent reduction of service The
thirty per cent plan was greatly in
excess of the steps so far taken in
curtailment and anything approach
Ing forty percent cut would disrupt
service here hopelessly.
The most illuminating effect of the
new curtailments has been in the
use of private automobiles. Streets
and highways yesterday and today
were, relatively speaking, empty.
Yet a few Sundays ago, before we
began to feel this new pinch, Sunday
automobile traffic and the use of So
called A cards for pleasure purposes
made the crowded streets reminis-
cent of preWar days. The contrast
now offered is proof in full that tre-
mendous savings in gasoline by
stricter bans on the use of private
automobiles are possible, and that
the advantage of these savings
should be pressed to the limit before
we begin talking about forty per cent
reductions in the really essential
services on which the whole popula-
ton depends.
The Stars report yesterday indi-
Gated some difference of opinion be-
tween the Office Of Price Administra-
ton and the Office of Defense Trans
portatlon on further restrictions on
A, B and C card holders, with the
OPA contending that all waste had
been eliminated in the use of private
automobiles and that further cuts
were impracticable. If that is true,
it was not until the past few days
that the elimination of this waste
did become a fact. Before really
essential services to the public, in
deliveries and transportation, are
cut by anything like forty per cent.
any private automobiles use should
be confined to a demonstrably legiti-
mate necessity.
One form of waste that still per-
sists in Washington is found in the
continued requirement for automo-
bile Inspection to which the author
tiles cling like death itself. II the
gasoline shortage continues un-
abated, the last private vehicle seen
on the streets Of Washington. using
the last available drop of fuel. un-
doubtedly will be limping it's hating
way through traffic lights to keep it's
final rendezvous with some lone auto
mobile inspector, relic Of a day and
condition no longer existing.
Evening star., 1943-05-24
Andersen

Jean Hersholt, great bibliophile
as we'll as a motion picture actor of
the very highest distinction, comes
to the Library Of Congress this eve
ming to speak about Hans Christian
Andersen. the shoemaker's son who.
because of his fairy tales for chill
dren, probably is the most immor-
tally famous Dane who ever has
lived The occasion has signifi-
canoe which ought not to be missed
Some men, as it happens, are born
to personify the essential virtues of
civilization. Charles Lamb was one
OF them, John Greenleaf Whittier
another. The ugly duckling" who
first saw light of day in tiny cottage
at Odense on April 2, 1905, was "of
the company by right of his gentle
ness, the generous instinct of mercy
that was in his heart. 1t NAV not
matter very much, perhaps. that he
won his spiritual nobility through
suffering. A modern critic blames
him for being ''morbidly sensitive
as if such a handicap were a con-
sclous fault, deliberately cultivated.
His inheritance predisposed him to
sadness. The poverty of his childhood,
the bitterness of his earliest efforts
to earn his bread. the shadows
which hung about his home-these
taught him more than any school;
and he refined his experience into
literature which never will die.
But there also was happiness in
Andersen's career. His mother, his
grandmother, Herr Carsten, the
widow Bukeflod and her sister, who
gave him Shakespeare's Hamlet;
Herr 1verson, Siboni the singer, Pro-
fessor Weyse, Dahlen of the ballet
in Copenhagen, Froken Tonder-
Lund, Princess Caroline, Lindgron
the comedian. Professor Guldberg,
Jonas Collin Of the Royal Theater,
King Frederick VI, Thorvaldsen the
sculptor, Jenny Lind and many other
less Well-remembered persons aided
him in the fult1llment of his dreams.
No artist of his generation had-or
deserved to have-more friends. He
was possessed of genius for at
tracing the finest qualities Of his
contemporaries.
True enough, he was what the
psychologists consider frustrated"
Evening star., 1943-05-24

noses for almost 10 years? Where we're
the smart men of their country then?
How could England only a stones
throw from cruel and unjust foe, be
isolationist? Our country is supposed to
keep out of European brawls We could
do oceans more good for all the European
countries by feeding them than by fight
ing them. AS long as unjust rules exist
in Europe, there Will be wars and no
Roosevelt or Churchill can stop them. To
talk about the land the English have
ploWed up and call it patriotic is like
praising farmer for plowing his land
that was used for golf course when he
found out he couldn't feed his cattle
on the little he got out of the golf course
It's just common sense. Nothing to shout
about. England, for years and years,
has reserved thousands of acres for the
high hats to hunt on to the detriment
of the farmer and middle class. It's
time they got some hard knocks to make
them see the real important issues of
life. MRS. ESTELLA BUCKNAM.
Evening star., 1943-05-24
Senator Chandler Criticized for
Alleged "Disservice" to Allies.

To the Editor OF The Star:
Senator Chandler has done his country
a disservce by lis attack on England
and Russia.
We have hardly begun to fight. yet he
quarrels with those who have lost mil
lions in battle. We are hardly able to
evict the japanese from Attu, yet he
proposes that Russia should invite at
tack from Japan.
In nutshell, the Senator is attack
ing our own high command and our
Russian and English Allies He points
a disapproving finger at the African
campaign.
The fact that Hitler still is sinking our
ships almost as fast as we can build
them is of no importance to Senator
Chandler. He apparently hopes that
Russia will be knocked out of the war
Certainly, he used valuable time on the
floor Of the Senate to crafty our enc
mics and cause disunitv among our
friends. JOHN MOTHERSHEAD.
Evening star., 1943-05-24
A Man With on Ak

He hefts the az and the az hangs
true,
So he s1uinos it back doin the blue.
The cold bites deep and the az bites
The az bites deep and the chips Nv
1Dide
Pale as the sun ,ohen the cold winds
ride.
The sound is song on the countrv-
side. :
His stance Is firm and his stride Il,
long. !
As his az sings its double bitted Sonq,
Though the great oak bole is knotty
and strong.
A man Nth an az and a dream in his
heart,
With his goods piled high in an old
OF cart,
Has chopped a 1uilderness apart,
Split 1Dide his doubts, torded the
streams,
HeUed the ratters and framed the
beams,
And built house ,Dith his az and
hts dreams.
INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY.
Evening star., 1943-05-24
.Huskin's Answers
To Questions
Bu Frederic J. HaSkin.

By Frederic J. HdSkin.
reader can get the dnsDer to any
question OF fact by 1Driting The Epe-
ming Star Information Bureau, Fred
eric J. Haskin, director, Washington.
D. c. Please inclose stamp for return
postage.
O. Are the young men at West Point
and Annapolis considered to be In active
service?-A. P. NJ
A. West Point cadets and Annapolis
midshipmen are considered in active
service In the Army and Navy.
@. Is there an estimate Of the number
of new products, such as plastics and the
like that have been devised in recent
years?-N. B. B.
A. An eminent chemist recently
stated that since the First World War
more than 100000 entirely new products
have come out of laboratories.
@. Where is Maj Rowan. Of Message
to Garcia fame, buried?-P. N. s.
A. Maj. Rowans ashes are buried at
Arlington National Cemetery. He died
In San Francisco on January 10, at 86.
@. Can you quote the poem sub
mitted by the Emperor Of Japan in an
annual poetry competition?-L. Mem
A. In the contest Of 1888 he entered
the following: Peaceful is morning in
the shrine garden; world conditions it
is hoped also will be peaceful
Evening star., 1943-05-24
THIS AND THAT
By Charles Z. Trdce1UeH.

mingbirds, which seem to come to the
city more than they do to the suburbs.
yard no larger than II by 16 feet has
not much room for starlings. So no
bread should be used in feeding the
songsters. 1t is sure-fire attractor of
starlings. Leave out the bread, there
fore, even if it will attract mockingbirds
The latter may be lured even better with
raisins.
The small garden has always been
favorite of many people. Not only is it
easy to hartdle, but 1t provides a great
deal of satisfaction.
The smaller the yard, the greater the
concentration of thought required to
work it, because the planting possibili-
ties are so limited. a
In garden several hundred feet
square, many square feet may be wasted,
in sense, through Implications, poor
judgment, and lack of energy at the time
energy is needed.
The small yard permits no such lux
uries.
Every square foot of 1t must be made
to count.
Around such tiny yard as our CORE
spondent's a few tomato vines should be
planted. This will be about as much of
Victory" garden as he can have
In his case it is better, we believe, to
stick to shrubs flowers, birds and a few
fish, Certainly good pool is source
of entertainment all by itself There
Is nothing more interesting in a garden
than the fish in it, provided the pool is
properly constructed, so that the crea-
lures may live good life.
We were at a pet store the other day
and noticed that though the number of
fishes was small, compared with the old
days, the tins and packages of fish food
did not seem reduced in the least
So evidently it will be easy for all per-
sons interested in pool to find food for
their finny pets.
After all feT goldfish do not require
much food, especially when they can
come to the surface and eat mosquito
larvae. II the fish do we'll, there is not
much chance for the mosquitoes to breed
but just to be on the safe side, it is
good idea to skim off the surface every
morning with a cup
In postage stamp sized yard. II will
be best for the owner to keep out If he
wants very many birds
If he insists on being in it much. the
feeding station should be placed high on
the fence
This will permit English sparrows, at
least, to come for food In such a small
yard one will have to take the birds as
they come, and not be too disturbed over
English sparroWs and starlings. If
pigeons appear, they should be driven
away. Certainly the postage stamp yard
has no room for such large birds
Evening star., 1943-05-24
THIRTEENTH STREET.


my yard is Is feet by IL feet
Il have made bird house and at
tached it to a wall which borders on my
rear fence. 1t is about Is feet high
Where should put a bird bath, also
a feeder that would attract the birds?
What color should I use inside the
bath?
Il have fish aquarium in the center
of the yard.
Il read your articles every evening" and
find them very interesting.
yours truly A. j. H."
x X **
A yard 16 by u feet is not very large,
but it is big enough for bird.
With small pool in the center, some
provision should be made for the birds
bathing and drinking from it.
This is best done by building up bit
Of rock work in the center of the pool,
so that the birds may stand on it,
If section at the edge can be made
so that the water is not more than an
inch or two deep, so much the better.
If an aquarium is used in the yard,
care must be taken to protect its sides
from breaking. This is not an easy thing
to Go, so the small concrete pool is the
best, all around.
II an extra bird bath is wanted, it
may be placed about five or six feet from
the feeding station, which is best put
at one corner.
The bird bath may be a bowl on a
pedestal, or simply pan or dish sunk
into the ground.
A border of small stones around it sets
1t off neatly
A good bird bath can be made out Of
an old garbage or ash can lid, painted
dark green on the outside, but left nat
ural color inside.
The inside of a bird bath is always
best when left natural. Paint inside is
unnecessary, and mostly peels off after
the water is put in.
Any concrete color is good Birds are
not particular, but tend to shy away
from a glaring white. Terra Gotta bowls
are excellent.
IL Is possible 10 secure large saucer.
such as is used for flower pots. There
should be no hole in the bowl
Dark reds make excellent bird baths,
and seem to attract birdS3
X
A very small yard, with a small pool,
birth bath, and feeding station, has
all the requirements for attracting birds
If there is a small amount of shrub
berry, this will help too.
Some grass will be necessary. Birds
like grass. Raisins sprinkled through it
will help attract mockingbirds, catbirds,
and robins.
A few petunias will draw the hum
Evening star., 1943-05-24
Letter About England
Brings Critical Reaction.

To the Editor Of The Star:
I wish to answer w. r. Givens article
in the issue of May 18. entitled, Tribute
to England and Her Valiant People"
To begin with. why haven't free"
Americans a right to criticize a country
that has done nothing to promote the
general welfare" of our country? That
they have been bombed and lost $4,000
citizens and 100000 injured is their own
fault. Why didn't they prepare for the
war that was developing right under their
Evening star., 1943-05-24
Modifying the Ban

The relaxation of the ban on news
reporting at the Hot Springs food
conference makes it entirely clear
that this capricious act of censorship
was as unnecessary as it was unwise.
And, as matters stand, the official
effort to maintain some Justification
for the Presidents edict tends to
make a farce of the whole affair.
Taking at face value the state
ments of this Governments repre-
sentatives at the conference, there
was to be no suppression of the facts.
AS the conference progressed the
news OF its proceedings, with the
Government representatives deter
mining what was meant by news, was
to be made available to reporters bv
Judge Marvin Jones, president of
this country's delegation But the
hotel where the conference is being
held was closed to reporters, pre-
sumably to keep them from inter-
viewing the delegates, and this edict
was enforced by armed military
guards.
Yet from the outset of the confer
ence there was an inconsistency in
this news blackout since all reporters,
although barred from the hotel. were
given the names and room numbers
OF the delegates. If a delegate could
be reached by phone, and if he
wanted to be interviewed, it was all
right for the reporters to talk to him
outside the hotel. But they must
not 60 inside. Presumably, the Ma
tons interests would not be preju-
diced by interviews unless they were
held under the roof of the hotel.
Now, after the first week of the
conference, there has been a fur
ther relaxation of the restrictions
on the press. Henceforth. reporters
will be permitted to enter the hotel
between 6 and pm. and roam at
will through the lobby and dining
room. They are still forbidden to
enter the living rooms of the dele
gates, but it is quite all right to
interview a delegate in the lobby or
dining room, and, of course, they
may still be interviewed outside the
building. Thus, the news ban has
been brought down to a question of
where an interview is given, without
regard to what the delegate may tell
the reporter. If, standing in the
lobby, dining room or outside the
hotel, a delegate tells reporter that
he hopes the conference will lead to
an increased food supply for his
country, it is perfectly all right for
that comment to be printed. But.
as the matter stands now, the welfare
Of the United States and the pro-
ceedings of the conference itself
would be endangered if the same
statement were to be made by the
delegate, Mis- hotel room, to Wis
iting reporter.
Plainly, the net result of the first
week of the conference is to reduce
CliC 1lCWS Odll W pdeC11C dUSul OlCy.
OF course. the executive sessions of
the conference have been, and
should be, closed. No newspaper in
the country objects to that, or has
suggested anything to the contrary.
What is Objectionable is this strange
attempt to classify interviews as
being safe or unsafe according to
the place where they are given, and
the resultant arbitrary and needless
restrictions placed on the movements
of reporters assigned to the confer
ence. 1t would have been better for
all concerned If, a mistake having
been made in the first place, it had
been acknowledged promptly and
corrected.
Evening star., 1943-05-24

selects this particular time to renew
his request for tremendous in
crease in taxes, the burden to fall
most heavily on those who are in
greatest need of pay-as-you-go
system which their Government
seems incapable of giving them.
Evening star., 1943-05-24
Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor must
bear the name and address of
the 1uriter, although the use of
a pSeudonym for publication is
permissible. The Star reserves
the right to edit all letters Nth
q Uie1U to condensation.
Evening star., 1943-05-24

G. What Is the White Cane Law
w. E. Y.
A. According to the Braille Insti-
tltes publication Light, it is chapter
l26. statutes 1885 in the California Code.
1t requires motorists and drivers Of NOV
ing vehicles to come to a complete stop
and give the right of way to blind
pedestrian carrying a white cane, or a
white cane tipped with red. Several
other States have passed similar laws.
O. Is it true that one clothes moth
can destroy in a year as much wool as
dozen sheep produce?-A. R.
A. According to estimates this is true.
@. Who administers the oath of Office
to the Vice President?-J. B.
A. Ordinarily the retiring Vice Presi-
dent gives the new Vice President the
oath of office. If there is no Vice Presi-
dent, the President pro tempore of the
Senate administers the oath.
O. When was the telephone intro
duced to Great Britain?-J. B. E.
A Alexander Graham Bell, the in
ventor, visited England and Scotland on
his wedding trip in 1873 and hoped TO
develop demand for telephones in
those countries. Queen Victoria was
interested and DR.. Bell presented to her
pair OF ivory telephones. London's
first exchange, established in 1879, had
only seven or eight subscribers.
@. In how many OF Shakespeare
plays are there references to music?
E. L. H.
A. Out of the 81 plays there are no
less than 80 which contain interesting
references to music and musical mat
ters in the text itself. Also, there are
over 300 stage directions which are
musical in their nature.
O. What was the principal reason for
building a lock canal at Panama.
M C. B.
A. The main reason was the saving
of time and money. A canal without
locks would have necessitated deeper
excavation.
O. How much does an elephants tusk
weigh?-D. B. C.
A. The weight Of elephant tusks aver
ages 40 pounds. There is a record OF
one which weighed 255 pounds, with
circumference of 26 inches
@. What is the highest temperature
In which men can work?-B. G.
A. 1t is not definitely established. For
short periods, stokers, smelter workers,
fremen, puddlers. glass blowers and q
few others are exposed to more than $50
degrees of heat.
O. Are chaplains assigned to all Army
postS?-P. S.
A. The Office of the Chief of Chap
lains says that dozens OF chaplains are
assigned to large Army posts and camps.
At any large military installation the
denominational breakdown of chaplains
is based upon the religious census at
the post. On many occasions. soldiers
of units which man gun positions in
outlying areas are unable to come TO
church. When that happens, a chap
lain brings the church service to the
soldiers.
Evening star., 1943-05-24

rial in question. however, was based
upon the record In the case, and not
upon representations from any one
connected with NLRB.
Evening star., 1943-05-24

Does any one remember when we
used to poke fun at Italy, because
trains there never ran on timer
Evening star., 1943-05-24

Care of PetS-Are you interested
in rabbit raising? If So you will want
copy Of this 32-page authoritative
publication which includes informa-
ton on rabbit care-their feeding,
breeding and diseases. This little pub
.lication also includes materal on care
of canaries, pigeons, dogs, cats and
goldfish. To secure your copy OF this
booklet incloSe 10 cents in this clip
ping and mail to The Star Informa-
ton Bureau.
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Evening star., 1943-05-24

O. Is it true that one clothes moth
can destroy in year as much wool as
dozen sheep produce?-A. R.
A. According to estimates this is true.
Evening star., 1943-05-24

O. Who administers the oath of office
to the Vice President?-J. B.
A. Ordinarily the retiring Vice Presi-
dent gives the new Vice President the
oath of office. If there is no Vice Presi-
dent the President pro tempore of the
Senate administers the oath.
Evening star., 1943-03-15
MILDLY Wrestling Coach Plans
'SeIf-Perpetuoting' Champs
Has Eoch Member Of Eastern Title Winners
Tutor Plebe to Carry On: Movies HeIp

each new group OF wrestlers to bid
for the varsity will have the benefit
OF the knowledge Of their prede-
cessor.
+ Secondly, Swarts had pictures
made Of this years powerhouse team
IN actual competition. Those pic
lures will be used again and again
in practice sessions to show how
champions do 1t to illustrate what
mistakes even they made.
The second idea has caught on
already. Wrestling coaches at five
Of the Nays pre-flight schools were
so impressed that they asked for
copies Of the pictures.
Swift Wins Special Praise.
But for the moment, the Middle
coach Is not worrying about next
year. He is gloating-and with good
reason-over a team that went un-
defeated through seven tough dual
meets and then carted of five out
Of eight individual trophies In the
Eastern intercollegiates.
Captain Of the aggregation and
Swartz's selection for "one of the
best heavyweights I've ever had"
was Charles Swift of San Leandro,
Calf. who also is commander of the
Academys Midshipman regiment.
The powerful heavy annexed one of
the titles, his second Eastern diadem
in row.