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Evening star., 1943-07-23
Opportunity for Service

~ Though apparently unrelated, tle
proposed formation in washington
of a Citizens Committee on Race
Relations is in line with a movement,
which seems to be spreading in many
cities of the Nation, toward organized
study of the causes of racial tension.
The idea is not necessarily new, nor
would any intelligent person regard
1t as a cure-all The encouraging
thing about it is the immense amount
of good that could be achieved,
under the right sort of leadership, in
getting at the root of problems in
race relationship-not only as pre-
caution against repetition elsewhere
OF the Detroit riots but in the formu-
lation of a continuing program OF
constructive improvement in the
whole field of race relationship.
Such an organization should have
a wider objective than that one
indicated by the name of the Mayors
"Antiriot Board" just formed in
Chicago. For everybody is antiriot to
begin with. But there are causes for
i'll feeling and misunderstanding
here, as in many other cities, which
should be frankly discussed and dealt
with in a manner that eliminates.
rather than intensifes, the cause of
friction. The housing situation in
Washington needs something of the
same sort of sympathetic and dispas-
sionate study that it is receiving from
a Mayors committee in Baltimore.
No class Of the population in Wash
ington has been more adversely af-
fected by the housing shortage than
the Negro. More people should be
interesting themselves in giving the
Negro fair deal economically. Some
OF the cities are experimenting with
"rumor clinics" clearing houses for
gathering and exposing some of the
vicious and untrue stories that, feed
ing existing antagonisms, contribute
to racial tension.
A committee of Washington citi-
zens, representing no special groups
but working for the community Of
white and colored citizens as whole,
may be able to do a great deal in
fostering the development of respect,
confidence and tolerance, on both
sides, that are the foundations OF
fundamentally sound relationships.
While the committee now being
formed has no direct connection with
the Washington Federation of
Churches, 1t grew out Of the fedora
tion's own activities in this field.
These have been helpful influence
In creating better understanding of
some of our problems here in Wash
ington.
Evening star., 1943-07-23

acquired. At the seat Of Govern
ment, the center and heart of the
Nations life, there should be House
of Prayer for services Of national
intercession and national thanks
giving"
If those affirmations were true
when written, they are not less so
now. Though there may be difficulties
in bringing about the suggested re-
forms in the Cathedral constitution,
it would seem that the objective
desired is historic and practical
enough to deserve, at the very least,
thoughtful consideration. A certain
strategic advantage may be discov-
cred in the circumstance that two
diocesan vacancies soon must be
filled and a new presiding bishop
elected at the forthcoming general
convention.
Evening star., 1943-07-23
THIS AND THAT
BY Charles E. Trdce1pell,

The mother wren found 1t much to
her liking.
And she brought in small feathers to
line the neat nest.
So many twigs stuck out the door that
1t seemed impossible she could get in,
but she managed it very easily.
House wrens are immaculate nest
keepers.
They carry away all refuse, and there
by help keep down lice.
All this time the thrasher was picket
ing the lilac.
His attentions, however, were evidently
not such as to arouse the suspicious of
the mother wren.
She went right along with her tasks
-Four pinkish eggs were laid, in a sort
of square formation.
The wren's egg is not large, but neither
is it small as hummingbird's egg is.
The wren egg has been described as
flesh colored, with reddish-brown
speckles.
The prevailing tone, however, is pink
ish, rather on the light side.
A robins egg of the famous blue color,
is about an inch and quarter long.
The house wren's egg is between a
half-inch and thr1-quarters of an inch
long, but looked at in the nest, especially
with several others, 1t seems much
smaller.
One day there were no wrens present.
1t took some time for the fact to reg
ister
In the preceding two weeks there had
been intervals when the bubbles of the
song had not been heard.
But now they did not come at all.
The fact was, as we found out later,
that the parents were gone. They had
either both been killed, or had deserted
the nest
Since there was no disturbance at the
lilac, not a feather or branch out of
place, and the nest and its contents in
perfect condition, we believed that Moth
ing had happened there.
1t might be that too much attention
on the part of the other birds caused the
wrens to give up the nest, even after the
eggs were laid.
The ever-present thrasher probably
had been the last straw.
1t was noticeable, after the wrens were
gone, that the other birds lost interest
in the nest
Even the thrasher did not visit it, and
was never seen in the lilac bush again.
We believe that these wrens were
noisier, even, than most wrens, and ad-
vertised their activities too we'll
Their songs, like tracer bullets in the
dark, blazed a musical path to their very
door, and excited the curiosity OF all
hearers.
Evening star., 1943-07-23
New York Politics

The death Of Lieutenant Governor
Thomas w. Wallace Of New York
leaves nice question, both legal and
political. When the State constitu-
tion was amended so as to provide
for a four-year term for the Gov
ernor, it provided that the president
pro tempore of the Senate should be-
come Acting Governor in succession
to the lieutenant governor, in the
event the Governors chair becomes
vacant. The contention of the Dewey
administration is that no election of
a lieutenant governor Is necessary
that the president pro tempore of the
Senate, Senator Joe R. Hanley, auto
matically takes the place of the lieu
tenant governor.
This is disputed, however, by some
New York lawyers and more particu-
larly by Democratic politicians They
insist that special election must be
called next fall to fill the office of
the late lieutenant governor Attor-
icy SCllCl al NIOlIoGClll, d
has been asked to make ruling in
the matter. If he decides that an
election is not necessary, the Demo-
Gratis may take the issue to the courts
for decision. If he decides that an
election is necessary, the other side
may appeal to the courts.
Edward j. Flynn, member of the
Democratic National Committee and
its former chairman, has expressed
the opinion that an election must be
held this year to fill the Wallace
vacancy. Mr.. Flynn made this state
ment after he had called upon Presi-
dent Roosevelt on Wednesday. He
said, however, that his call on the
President did not concern politics.
b. An election of a lieutenant COVER
nor of New York this year would be
watched closely as a possible straw
in the wind showing how the State
would go in the national election next
year. The Republicans, having
cleaned up in the State elections in
1912 in big way, are not anxious to
bring about such a test. The Demo-
Gratis, who have nothing to lose and
possibly much to gain, take the op-
posite position.
: New York is President RooSevelt's
own home State. The loss OF the
State last year to the Republicans
was bitter pill, despite the fact the
President may console himself with
Evening star., 1943-07-23
The Endless Search

Tall ioaDes leap oper the rocky reef,
White-capped and oeeptng In tired
grief,
To tall on the pebbled shore
And their cddenced rhythm eDermore
Is merged ,otth ,Dind of night and
noon,
Wind OF tropic and call OF loon
Return OF morning and Of night,
OF sun and rain and cdndlelioht.
AlUdys the toaues beat high, beat
lotc-
Searching the ,Day they haze to 90:
Forever seeking hauen OF rest,
KnoUtng how endless Is their quest.
ALICE CRAIG REDHEAD.
Evening star., 1943-07-23

-Four pink eggs still lie in the nest
where the wren had placed them.
The nest is in a wren house hung
about feet high in lilac.
For two weeks the parents busted
themselves with the nesting, to the great
curiosity of all the birds in the yard
Then one day the bubbling music OF
the small birds ceased.
What happened we will never know,
had something to do with it.
Had the william been cat, some feath-
ers would have been left as evidence.
There is some likelihood that the wrens
deserted the nest, after the eggs were
laid, on account of the curiosity of the
other birds.
The thrasher was the ringleader in
this.
He was aided by the sparrows, but
these were too busy eating at the feed
ing station to pay more than visits, now
and then, to the nesting operations.
The thrasher picketed the nest.
He did this for hours at time, perch
ing in the lilac not more than a foot
from the entrance
At no time did he manifest any hos
tility.
He merely sat there.
The mother wren flew In and out,
building up her nest.
She moved in small bits OF branches,
forming the typical wren nest on the
floor of the house.
She very carefully pulled over and
tied lilac branch in front of the door.
All this time the thrasher was watch
ing her He made no effort to harm her
in any way. She seemed to accept his
attentions as part of natures plan
The CHEEKY song of the wrens went
on all day long.
They were the first at daybreak to
sing, and almost the last at night.
The CHEEKY strains OF the cardinals,
of course, were the last songs at night.
Several came to the feeding station
across the yard every evening, but as
far as we can recall none Of them went
to see the wrens
+ X
The sparrows were curiosity itself.
They flew over time and time again, at
various periods of the day.
At no time, however did they perch
in the lilac, as might have been expected.
That was left to the thrasher.
The mother wren went on building up
the nest to bubbling accompaniment
Of song by her mate.
She brought in WOOL probably collected
from some which had fallen out of a
vacuum sweeper bag. This wool" it
should be said, is not real wool, but
merely the collection of dust and lint.
Evening star., 1943-07-23
Is all the walking one needs for exercise.
Hope deferred maketh the heart sick"

Is all the walking one needs for exercise.
Hope deferred maketh the heart sick"
The lesson is clear: The administra-
ton should inaugurate a program to
limit the production of food.
An alternative and better plan would
be to appoint some man who has the
knowledge and executive ability to han
die food production and distribution and
who actually has demonstrated what he
can do under war conditions and to give
him complete and absolute authority
over all food matters.
There is only one such man, Herbert
Hoover. In the last war he shipped more
food abroad than this administration has
shipped. There were no real lacks of any
foods, anywhere at any time in these
United States, only one weekly meatless
day and a little limitation Of the use of
cane sugar. All this was done with one
sixth the number OF bureaucrats now
involved
These days it is no ritual habit when
people say: Give us this day our daily
bread" Food Is Of vital concern to every
citizen. WILLIAM BROSS LLOYD.
Evening star., 1943-07-23
National Cathedral

The plan for changes in the con-
stitution of Washington Cathedral
looking toward emphasis of it's
national character is not new. When
the desirability of such a church was
discussed by its first sponsors in 1891,
the conception upon which they were
agreed was not limited to the District
of Columbia. The Star for January
8, 1892, reported meeting "of per-
sons interested in the Episcopal
Cathedral project" held the previous
evening and quoted the Right
Reverend William Paret, Bishop of
Maryland, to the effect that: Sub
scriptions would be invited from all
parts of the United States" Neither
then nor at any later time was the
enterprise at Mount Saint Alban
regarded as strictly diocesan
undertaking.
When Bishop Alfred Harding was
in charge of the direction of the work
between 1909 and 1923, he drafted
what he called "some reasons for a
National Cathedral" Among the
number were: "a National Cathedral
visualizes that trust in God
which is the only sure foundation of
a free democracy. A Cathedral
standing as a witness for Christ at
the Nations Capital would be a
recognition Of the religion of Jesus
Christ as the force capable of realiz-
ing the unity of the Nation, now and
forever, one and indissoluble. A
great church in Washington helps
every portion Of the United States.
- It's citizens are recruited from
the whole country. Ultimately re-
turning to every section, they carry
with them the ideas and ideals here
Evening star., 1943-07-23

would agree together as to the nature of
the government to be established.
They did not agree, and Sir Stafford,
most disappointingly, had to go home
empty handed.
It would be mistake not to note that
many Americans differ from some Of
their fellow countrymen, both in regard
to the shortcomings Of the colonial sys-
tenn and the way in which the British
have endeavoured to do their best for
their alien subjects. One writer to the
press, referring to Mr.. Gandhi's demands,
says that "for all her deficiencies in the
handling of (Mr. Gandhi's country
Britain stin deserves praise for the man
ner in which she has kept her head in
this trying and complex affair. There
Is lesson In 1t for those who have been
50 ready to attack Britain's position ut
the drop Of the hat" A BRTTON.
Evening star., 1943-07-23

the defeat OF James A. Farley and his
Democratic candidate, former Attor-
ney General John J. Bennett, in the
gubernatorial election. The election
this year of Democrat as lieutenant
governor of New York would certainly
uplift the spirits of the New Dealers
who are counting on re-electing the
President next year.
Evening star., 1943-07-23
Huskin's Answers
To Questions
By Frederic J. Hdskin.

~ @fOUCf " q. x1USH".
reader can get the ons,per to any
question OF fact by Uriting The Epe-
ming Star Information Bureau, Fred
eric J. Haskin, director, Washington,
D. C. Please inclose stamp for return
postage.
Q. How many persons have been killed
or injured in industries during the
war?-G. S.
A. The Office Of War Information says
that job accidents in the United States
from July, 1910, to January, 1s43, the 80
months covering the defense program
and the first year of the war, brought
death to 4S50o workers and crippled
258,000 other workers.
@. What are the titles OF some of the
best known compositions of Mrs. H. H.
A. Beach?-R. v. B.
A. Her many compositions include
Years at the Spring." Gaelic SYM
phony, Mass in E-Flat," Christ in the
Universe" Sonata in Minor" Sum-
mer Dreams" and many beautiful songs.
Evening star., 1943-07-23
Education and Self Government
Held Solution Of Basic Problem"


To the Editor Of The STAR
Anent the full page display OF ex-
preston of racial tension near the
cracking point, signed by A. Philip
Randolph and others, in your paper
recently, some of us who have been
working for half century along the
way for all to the vaguely outlined
peaks of freedom, sketched in the Bill
of Rights and the Constitution" find
no reason for the word demand"
It was Roman who wrote long since:
"Those who wish to enjoy security IN
the future must learn caution from the
present hour" And certainly those
who have traced the centuries of trial
and error through which men have come
to their present application of equality
for all men (entangled as 1t Is with
economic inequality for the ameliora-
ton of which the democratic process
has proven most salutary In short
space of time) realize compromise and
agreement as root and branch OF our
aim to achieve justice, effective CO.
hesion, unity and freedom"
We do not close our eyes to the
existence Of cultural lags in every
division of our population, despite the
most remarkable provisions for the
kind Of education q community will
support but that, too, Is democratic. Our
increasing congestion in living places
brings new problems, not merely more
people, and puts new strains upon self
direction for each individual, group and
class. Here lies the basic problem: In
crease in intelligence and development Of
self-government, and that demand is
social and imperative. No other has
meaning here.
CHARLES M. THOMAS.
Appointment Of Food Director
Advocated by Critic Of Administration.
TO the Editor OF The Star:
The first measures of this administra-
tion in regard to food were the killing Of
uttle pigs dllu III dsIAe IAillIdIAoil VI oiie
area planted to number of crops-all
In spite of its claim that one third of the
people we're ill-fed. In those days any
body with money could buy any amount
of any food desired. In fact the surplus
was so great that food stamps were
devised to enable the poor to buy more
than they had money to pay for.
Now this administration Is doing the
best their brains and ability make pos
sible to increase food production. But
over many areas of this country, no mat
ter how great the amount of money and
ration coupons in hand, one cannot OBJ
tain any of number of foods and as to
many more the supply is very limited
and soon exhausted. Shopping for food
Evening star., 1943-07-23
Criticism of MIR. Ickes' Views
Set Forth in Questions.

TO the Editor Of The Star:
Mr.. Ickes informs us that our gross ma
tional debt of 140 billions in comparison
with our national wealth "looks like
Sunday school collection plate of the
swamp church on a bad day." According
to the Secretary of the Interior, Ameri-
cas- wealth, including private riches,
waterpower, utilities, petroleum, etc.,
amounts to about IL trillion dollars. So
why be concerned with a trifling 140
billion debt with which the taxpayer is
saddled?
If "ballooning" national debt to un-
precedented heights is sound, when
backed by great national resources, as
Mr.. Ickes AYERS, just why did German
money, for example, become absolutely
worthless? Germany possessed mineral
deposits, public utilities, railroads, i'm
mensely valuable real estate, ETC., when
her monetary system crashed. And didn't
Brazilian money depreciate almost to the
vanishing point, despite the fact that
Brazil possessed incalculable natural re-
sources?
Mr.. Ickes' deductions regarding the
insigniacance of debt apparently head
ed for the hundreds of billions, is not
shared by the American banker, indus
triahst or average citizen. But no doubt
the starry-eyed brigade, regarding def
cits as desirable, will herald his views
with delight.
EDMUND K. GOLDSBOROUGH.
Evening star., 1943-07-23

Crocodile tears used to be the
classic synonym for hypocritical grief.
Now the Nazis have taken the honor
away from the crocodile by bemoan-
ing the United Nations alleged de-
struction of historic shrines.
Evening star., 1943-07-23
Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor must
bear the name and address of
the 1Driter, although the use OF
a pseudonyn1 for publication is
permissible. The Star reserves
the right to edit all letters Nth
a uie1D to condensation.
Evening star., 1943-07-23

1t is said that the pen is mightier
than the sword. AS a practical varia-
ton, hordes of Italians surrendering
in Sicily to get square meal show
that the beefsteak is mightier than
bullets.
Evening star., 1943-07-23

We speak of the piping times of
peace-but it took the biggest war in
history to bring US the Big Inch pipe
line.
Evening star., 1943-07-23

The Fascist party is putting up a
howl for new generals to be sent to
Sicily. Evidently they are not salts
fed with General Surrender.
Evening star., 1943-07-23

The Nazi army Of occupation in
Russia certainly is being kept busily
occupied.
Evening star., 1943-07-23
Satisfaction Expressed Because
Public Officials Speak Their Minds.

To the Editor Of The Star
In regard to the Wallace-Jones con-
troversy. should like to say perhaps
they should not have aired their differ
ences in public, but am glad that there
are people in public life who have the
daring to speak their minds, loss of po-
ntical prestige Notwithstanding.
In spite of the fact that most people
agree that the Presidents public repri-
mand has killed Mr.. Wallace's political
career there is one thing that he has not
done and cannot do. Who is wise enough
to look into the future and to say with
authority that the Vice Presidents po-
litical career has ended?
LAURA K. POLLOCK,
Evening star., 1943-07-23

When the ideal plant is developed,
its sap will be gasoline.
Evening star., 1943-07-23

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commercially and politically. If the peo-
pie we're prosperous and content. all was
we'll, especially for the natives, who, I'M
der decent government, were far better
off than they ever had been before. 1t is
only when the inhabitants became po-
litically conscious that they began to
aspire to independence. The problem of
the United Nations, when they control
the world, will be to know when an as
pirant Is qualified for self-government.
and when it would be better for its peo-
pie to undergo spell of tutelage.
Judging by the huge interest taken In
M. K. Gandhi by the people of the
United States, there are many Americans
who see what he and his compatriots
ought to get, so that they should be salts
fled and ready to devote all their re-
sources to the prosecution of the war;
incidentally, over two millions of them
already have enlisted voluntarily in the
Army and, when it is practicable to train
and equip them, many more will join
up. The manhood Of the country is evi-
IDENTIFY willing to serve the British raj,
regardless of the grievances of the politi-
cal party led by Mr.. Gandhi, and 1t seems
superduous for other countries to sup
pose that they know as well as the
British how and when to grant the inde-
pendence which they are already COM
mitted to concede when the time is ripe.
Since the First World War successive
governments have been endeavoring to
concede self government, but have been
unable to take the step because the
nationalist leaders themselves never have
agreed as to what exactly they wanted.
The last effort to meet them was to send
Sir Stafford Cripps to guarantee COM
monwealth status at the end Of the war,
provided the various political elements
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