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Evening star., 1944-05-28

differential between public and private
housing is about II per cent, public
housing paying higher union scales. But
it claims, also, that the net difference
in construction costs is more nearly IL
per cent. NCHA property is tax exempt,
and that is charge against the tax
payer. But NCHA includes an item for
taxes in the rent it charges, and under
Title II of the Alley Dwelling Act uses
tax exemption to grade rents to the
tenants ability to pay instead of calling
on the Board of Public Welfare for cash.
NCHA rents, it is argued, are lower than
the lowest private rents. Under the Nc
Carran bill NCHA would receive a
Treasury advance for slum clearance
which, the NCHA claims, would be re-
paid in full in go years, at no cost to
the taxpayer. No one engaged in the
current debate is apt to live long enough
to prove or disprove the truth of that
claim.
Evening star., 1944-05-28
Capital Sidelights
Ru WIN j. Kennedu.

Startling little-known Capital history
of more than century past was mar
rated in the House during the past
week while the record-breaktng District
appropriation bill was being considered
by Representative Karl Stefan of Ne
braska illustrating that long strides
have been taken, after investigation, to
correct conditions. year after year
Improvements have been made" he said,
so that today when we walk into our
Jail, reformatory and other institutions,
even though they may not be models OF
perfection we, nevertheless, do not have
to hang our heads in shame" Mr..
Stefan, former newspaperman, per-
sonally has made an intensive study of
District history and the needs of the
Nations Capital for maintenance and
development. In 1926 4t was pointed
out in the House, he says, that in this
territory under the exclusive control of
Congress, in Alexandria County alone,
the law punished 80 crimes with death,
while in Washington County there were
IA capital crimes. Among these capital
crimes were: Burglary to the extent of
81, breaking out of prison by person
charged with felony, a slave preparing
or giving medicine with bad intent,
malicious burning of any house, break
ing or entering a storehouse or tobacco
house, stealing to the value of shillings.
The penalty provided that slave con-
victed of petit treason, murder or arson
"be hanged, his head cut off and his
body divided into quarters and his head
and quarters set up in the most public
places IN the District" Five years later
Mr.. Stefan finds that branding, whip
ping and like punishments were abol-
lshed and the number of capital punish
ment offenses reduced-imprisonm
with prescribed penalties being substi-
tuted
Subsequent inquiries brought about
other improvements, Mr.. Stefan en-
phasizes. He quotes an excerpt from
report to Congress following an in
vestigation of the jail in 1862: Two
hundred and 40 human beings of
various ages and both sexes, huddled to-
gether in cells and corridors capable
of accommodating not more than 80
or 100 with tolerable decency, without
ventilation, Subsisted at IL cents dav,
subjected to cobbing at the caprice of
an inhuman jailer. No distinction as to
age in any portion of the building,
Small boys are confined with persons
charged with murder"
Evening star., 1944-05-28
Mr.. Eden AmpIifies

Foreign Secretary Anthony EdenS
statement to the House of Commons
on postwar world organization on
Thursday should be read in conjunc-
ton with Premier Churchill's re-
marks on the same subject the day
before It should likewise be con-
sidered with reference to the draft
plan drawn up by our State Depart
ment which is being considered in
conferences between Secretary Hull
and the Senate Foreign Relations
Committee. While that draft has not
yet been published and is presum-
ably still tentative, it's outline is
understood to be somewhat similar
to the ideas sketched by Mr..
Churchill and amplified by Mr..
Eden. There is reason to believe
that the general concept behind all
three approaches to the subject has
been discussed back and forth be-
tween Washington and London, and
that there has been a preliminary
meeting OF minds.
The outstanding feature of Mr..
Eden's statement is a five-point
blueprint for postwar world or
ganization. Although the Foreign
Secretary presented it as specifically
the view of his government, he an
nounced that informal talks had al
ready begun between Britain and its
allies towards translating the idea
into reality.
The organization projected by Mr..
Eden Is to be built around the close
and continuous collaboration of
Britain, the United States and the
Soviet Union, with China eventually
added to form an integrated "big
four" bloc which, while disclaiming
dictatorial role, would be primarily
responsible for furnishing the armed
force and initiating the policies
needed to restrain future aggreS-
sors and maintain world order and
security. The organization would,
however, contain all peace-loving
nations, who would have a voice and
share in its deliberations and activi-
ties
This general concept was set forth
by Mr.. Eden under five headings.
The first of these concerned the
primary Importance of forcefully
preventing any recurrence of Ger
man-Japanese aggression. The Sec
ond and third emphasized the nee
essity for military and political col
liberation of the "big four" bloc.
The fourth point stressed the i'm
portance' of fiexibility in practice.
The final heading raised the need
for economic as we'll as politico-
!, military 4 collaboration among all
members of the future world or
ganization. It. "a
The Foreign Secretary's statement
may be taken as an indication of
the way responsible minds are NOV
ing on both sides of the Atlantic. 1t
is reasonable to assume that SINH
lar trend of thought exists in Mos
cow, though specific evidences are
not yet so apparent. How the
other nations potentially members
Of this world organization would
react to the predominant role of the
senior partners remains to be seen.
Evening star., 1944-05-28

materials; pressure -hydrated lime;
prefabrication devices and other ad-
vanceS.
What is wanted particularly, in
Mr.. Savage's conception of things,
is the stabilization of "our peace
time economy" without which "the
practical evaluation' of recent
gains in construction science can
not be tested fairly. He does not
offer any economic theory of his
own, but clue to his thought is
to be discovered in his wish that
"the owner" of a property may
benefit "in the savings made pos
Sible."
Evening star., 1944-05-28
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By the Reu. John c. Palmer, D. D.,
Pastor OF Washington Heights Presbyterian Church

friends to. the battlefield at Gettys-
burg. The guide told again the fami-
liar story Of the Peach Orchard and
the Wheat Field. the Devils Den and
the Bloody Angle and that death-de-
flying march Of Pickett's men--a line
fronting mile In length; $4,000 men
marching as II on dress parade across
an open field, straight into the path
Of the belching cannon. ALI the
while was seeing not the thrill and
glory Of the battle, but the brave men
being sacrificed, the sorrowing,
stricken fathers and mothers back
home; the shattered romance of
lovers never to be united on earth.
And now Memorial Day, originally
intended to commemorate the sacri-
flee Of these gallant heroes Of rs
years ago. merges into q still more
momentous remembrance of the mar
tyred dead Of the two world wars
which humanity has suffered in three
decades; remembrance of the men
who gave their lives on Flanders
poppy fields or in the Argonne forest
or IN the ST. Mihiel sector. Add to
the list Bataan, Corregidor, Guadal-
canal, Bougainville, Africas desert
sands, Bizerte, Tripoli, Sicily, Italy
and Europe's fortressed coast. The
generation is enriched by the men,
ory of the daring exploits of these
men; but, oh, how the generation is
impoverished by the hundred thou
sand casualties already reported!
What deeds in peace pursuits they
might have wrought; what books
written, useful inventions perfected:
what eloquent missioners Of the
cross they might have become to
bring light and hope to darksned
minds and souls! War claims ever
the strongest, the finest, the best.
For the youth they gave,
For the blood they gave
For every marked or nameless
grave;
We should pay with service true
Till the scales stand straight
with even weight
And the world is world made
new.
SO memory and exalted devotion to
our country challenge us today to a
new and greater conservation. They
serve the present only If they lift us
above the record Of the past. BY
themselves they are but feebly senti-
mental. Linked with hope and holy
purpose, they become vital and dyna-
mic.
Some would have US bury the past.
But we should be utterly impotent
for noble thought and deed were it
not for the yesterdays stored up in
memory. In the past we find q
granary holding seed for tomorrow's
sowing, an armory for tomorrow's
battles. medicine chest for the
healing OF tomorrows hurts and
bruises. We could not long exist If
We destroyed the essential founda-
tions Of our faith In God and our love
Tor our country.
Our Saviour knew the power of re-
membered sacrifice. This do" He
said. ''in remembrance OF Me" and
"ye shall be witnesses Qiterally, mar
tyrs) OF Me throughout the world"
They oid witness for Him even unto
death, And the blood OF the mar
tyrs became the seed Of the church.
Evening star., 1944-05-28

"If I forget thee, o Jerusalem,
may my right hand forget her cum.
ming; may my tongue cleave to the
roof of my mouth, If remember not
thee: If prefer not Jerusalem to my
chief joy!"
Thus the Hebrew exile OF long ago
pledged forfeiture of hand and muted
tongue should he ever fail in devo-
ton to that city whose remembered
glories ravished his soul. A three
fold cord Is not easily broken. This
Memorial Day brings for our thought
three great though familiar words:
Patriotism, memory, conservation.
Let me say at once that I think Of
patriotism as a great compelling
emotion which moves and controls
our human life: Not the noisy,
boastful patriotism of the shouting
crowd of the music hall, cheering
some jingo song, but the thoughtful,
purposeful devotion that is woven of
a thousand strands, of affection,
memory and hope. There is no other
passion in the heart of man, except
1t be his devotion to his Lord or his
love for good woman, that can
make a man so valiant to live or SO
ready to die.
The memories of great past are
in 1t, of noble sires and Of virtuous,
queenly mothers; of immortal deeds
where the ground was dyed red with
the blood which hallows 1t forever.
There is the indefinable appeal of
the lovely countryside, the hills and
wales, the village or city where he
was born, and over all sure conf
dence that his nation is the handi-
work of a favoring Providence. In
its long history he clearly traces the
hand of his God and feels that its
destiny OF blessing for its peoples is
assured All his fortune and his
powers of mind and body he pledges
to the fulfillment of that destiny and
to prevention of interference with
that destiny by any other earthly
power. Thus it takes the dearest
memories of earth and links them
with the august purposes of heaven,
and there grows In the garden Of
mans soul the flower Of godly pa
triotism that is rooted in the home
and the altar, its tendrils reaching up
toward the throne Of God. It is by
no means exclusively q Christian
virtue. It was pagan Roman who
wrote, TT is sweet to die for ones
country" 1t was Hebrew psalmist
who voiced in Dur text the deathless
love which the captives in Babylon
cherished for the land Of their
fathers.
Memorial Day sets us thinking Of
the high cost of patriotism. The
great things of life always demand a
high price. Monetary expenditure Is
the least Of this, though we see the
debts piled mountain high and dread
to think of the burdens our chill
dren's children will have to bear in
the paying Of them. But today we
are thinking of the heroic dead by
whose sacrifices our liberties have
been purchased and are to be pre-
served.
Those countless graves at Airing
ton are but a moiety of others like
them i'll scattered cemeteries here in
the homeland and overseas. They
tell US all too plainly OF that cost IN
blood and life. Once we took some
Evening star., 1944-05-28

peared on subsequent days and the
verdict of guilty of heresy-by vote of
1896 to 1O1-was reported on May 2s.
~ u
Choice of Charles H. J. Taylor,
resident of Kansas, to be recorder of
deeds in the District of
Alien Columbia-"a purely local
Pesa,..d Office, maintained exclu-
sively by the fees of local
property owners, to the support Of
which the Nation does not contribute
dollar"-stirred indignant protest in
the editorial columns of The Star for
May "a, 1894. National political brib-
cry" it was charged, was involved in
the appointment and confirmation Of
an outsider" for political services rem
dered the dominant party"
Evening star., 1944-05-28
Fifty Years Ago
Gen" Jacob 8. Coxey, M. c. Browne
and G. G. Jones leaders Of the "arnv,

IS Gen." Jacob s. Coxey, M. c. Browne
and G. G. Jones, leaders of the "army"
OF the unemployed, had
1oheo their first view of the in
AtIbst side OF Washington jail'
on May 81, 1894, according
to The Star of the following day. They
were received courteously by the warden
and his officials and were made to feel
very much at home" When searched.
they had no guns, the general" shelled
out "a goodly roll Of bills" and his COM
panions few coins. The prisoners were
given dinner of meat, baked potato
and large slabs of corn bread. served In
tin dishes.
An attempt to place iron ore on the
free list was beaten in the Senate on
=. May 81, 1894, when, after
exemption long, bitter and, at times
Denied personal, debate" only four
members of the upper
branch of Congress voted for exemption.
Eugene Hale of Maine, during the dis
cussion, gave it as his opinion that the
Democrats were unhappy because "they
had been robbed of their political prin-
ciples by their political friends" In
reply, Senator George A. Vest of Mis-
souri, suggested that Mr. Hale must have
eaten something in the lunchroom
that had disagreed with him" Such
battles over protection were common
half century ago.
In an editorial printed in The Star
Tor May %, 1894, it was affirmed that:
.,. The District of Column
ShIpbuIldIne bia is more than ever
Appraised proud of its maritime
godchild, the United
States cruiser Columbia, now the
armored empress of the seas.
American ability to build warships can
no longer be questioned. and, although
the prophesy may now seem to be a
trifle absurd, within few years Ameri-
can shipbuilders will be constructing
battleships and cruisers and torpedo
boats for more than one of the Euro
pean powers"
President Cleveland and a party of
friends returned to the Capital from a
fishing and hunting
S'eVe'ono trip in the light
Sh,roehoo.a. house tender Violet.
According to The
Star for May "a, 1894 they had visited
Pamlico Sound and brought back with
them "a large amount" of game. His
companions testified that the Chief
Executive lis an awfully good shot"
He had killed eight birds with eight
bullets, and they weren't any of them
easy little Bit
The General Assembly of the Pres
byterian Church, at Saratoga, N. Y,
=, was considering the appeal
7eresy of Prof. Henry Preserved
Tr;oI Smith of Cincinnati, who
has been suspended from the
ministry for denying that "the Holy
Spirit so controlled the inspired writer's
of the Scriptures as to make
their utterances absolutely truthful"
The Star for May "a. 1894. discussed
the case at length; similar stories ap-
Evening star., 1944-05-28

An 86-year- old barber in Wiscon-
sin has been practicing for 72
years. Another odd feature of the
record is that while he presumably
has worn out a number of razors,
he still has the same sharp tongue
he started with.
The sub., 1944-04-27

dock. Nice looking. too, I hear. Welcome to the wet dock, Velma, and good luck on the wet dock. Hope the welders make you feel at home. Get wire happy.
 hear Whitey likes his rolls and coffee and BUTTER. How about 1t, Whitey2
 How Is 1t a certain female welder on the wet dock can get such ser vice? Velma, don't forget if you go to New York you may be able to get taxi service back. Some one else did. Good luck, Toots; you can take it. You deserve taxi service and more, too.
 Mac wants to know who Is wait ing On who? Answer: Whitey Is waiting on Mac. What say?
 I am laid up temporarily. so it's up to you who are interested in this column to get the news to me for the next issue, or send it to MT. Cunningham, the Editor. If you want to send 1t to me, send it to Box 1924, New London. Hope to be seeing you all soon. Mean while keep 'em sliding.
 Alice Carter
The sub., 1944-04-27

lie gets SUCK or WOOu anU pEdC- tices shouldering arms. He Is do- ing pretty good by now. He can do 1t right On the count.
 I have promised to get some thing on Garcia. Come on, gang, give, because I am on the day shift he thinks I can't get any, thing to write about him. So give me a hand. I hate to go back on my promises.
 Thanks, Frank Allaire, for the picture. You are a man of your word. Now it's your turn to thank me. Fun, huh7
 Hear Art Murano Is planning on getting married in the near future. Come on, Art, give with the news. When and where?
 Whoever wrote A Day on Pro- duction did a fine job. But how did he know so much about 1t? That sounded kind of as if he knew all about it.
 We will all miss Mrs. Goss now that she has gone. But I am sure that If you give Mrs. Avery any kind of cooperation you will get the same kind of cooperation back Let's give her try and all the CO., operation we can. Her job is not an easy one. And I am sure she will appreciate you all meeting her half way. I have talked with her and find she is fine person and has a grand personality. She has you and your work at heart. So let's give her a hand by not making things hard for her.
 Now a few things for the wet dock night shift.
 It seems that the new safety man at the wet dock, Whitey, is getting very fine cooperation from such swell bosses as Bud Lyons, Bob Murray and the stage builders. Good luck, Whitey. and may your fine cooperation go on and even be better. That's what we need in everything we do.
 There is a new face on the wet
The sub., 1944-04-27
ASR Investigation Of COmpensatiOns

Requests have been received by the Shipbuilders' and Marine En- gineers' Union to investigate ad- ministration of WorEmen's Com pensation claims at the Electric Boat Company which is under the direct control of the Insurance Company which insures the Elec- tric Boat Company for this risk.
 Comment of workers indicates that employees are kept in ignor- ance of their rights under the law. 1t also appears that in handling claims the Insurance Company is taking the attitude that in every case where there are no company eyewitnesses that the claimant is not telling the truth.
The sub., 1944-04-27
SMEU Wins Full
 Vacation Victory

It is now definitely known that the SMEU Independent Union will achieve complete and decisive victory on the subject of vacations in it's dispute with the management before the Shipbulding Commits sion of the War Labor Board.
 Although the Company has a right to appeal any decision which will be rendered, the National War Labor Board has already denied similar appeals by other shipyards and it seems certain that 1t would also reject any appeal by the Elec- tric Boat Company.
 Under the Union victory all workers with one years service will get one week vacation of 48 hours with pay and all workers with five years service will get two weeks vacation with pay.
 The union won a complete vic- tory retroactivity. All workers who entered the employ of the company between January 1, 1922 and July 1, 1922 will receive vacation pay for ogle week for 1943 in addition to their weeks vacation in the summer of 1914.
 Last summer when vacation time arrived negotiations were in pro- gress and vacations were awarded by the company only to employees who had completed 18 months at that time.
The sub., 1944-04-27
GAS SAVER

A young ordnance mechanic in his spare time has developed a control governor that can be at tached to the air compressor units In the Army and conServes the equipment as well as saving crit ical gasoline. When attached to a small mobile air compressor, the Simpson control governor 6or which Sgt. E. Simpson has obtained an inventors paten) reduces 34 per cent, gasoline consumption is slashed 15 per cent and exhaust temperatures decreased 13 per cent. Used on the large air compressor C16 GU. feeD the idling speed of the engine can be reduced 30 per cent, gas consumption cut 11h per cent and exhaust tempera- lures decreased per cent.
The sub., 1944-04-27
E. B. Co. Employees Sponsor Prisoner
 of War Relief Drive

Filled with a patriotic spirit and. desire to aid American Prisoners of-War in enemy camps, seven Electric Boat Company employees, headed by Joseph Cermenati as chairman, have sponsored 5000 War Bond Lottery to take place on Wednesday, May 10.
 The prizes consisting of one $500 Bond, three $1OO Bonds, one $50 Bond and two $25 Bonds will be announced immediately following the drawing, and all excess rev. enue realized is slated for our boys interned over there.
 There are 10000 tickets available Gin all three yards on both shifts) during non-working hours only. With the help of every employee the International Red Cross ct Ge- neva, Switzerland, can bring some happiness to the men who so gall lantly fight with the hope that people everywhere will some day walk in a world of freedom.
 The daily newspapers via war department releases, radio and eyewitness accounts have given Americans the full story. The rest is up to them. MT. Cermenati, an E. B. employee, and an American fully aware that nothing short of material things counts has taken this opportunity to help American boys now. It behooves fellow-em- ployees to join him in this worth while cause.
The sub., 1944-04-27
''V'' Fab. Shop a1,d Ways
by Alice Carter

Evelyn Humphries is no longer with We will all miss her. and envy her staying home and playing lady,
 In this issue would like to introduce Peter the tester placed in IA and has been playing soldier since
The sub., 1944-04-27

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Quakes Rock Argentina's
Oldest Cities in Andes

San Juan, a provincial capital of
Argentina, which was struck by an
earthquake, is enclosed on three
sides by the eastern foothills of the
Andes mountains, $50 miles north
west of Buenos Aires. One hundred
miles west the Chilean border is
marked by peaks $4,000 to $4,000 feet
high. This city of $1,000 had been
expecting an earthquake since 1861
when its larger neighbor, Mendoza,
was leveled by similar catastro-
phe. San Juan's streets were made
extra wide and houses were
built low in preparation for the blow.
San Juan is an oasis. The Rio
San Juan, flowing from the snow
covered Andes, irrigates the land
near the city, then disappears in
the arid plains to the east. The aver
age annual rainfall is less than 315
inches. Where irrigation cannot
reach, sparse grasslands provide
cattle pasturage. The San Juan oasis
produces grapes, fruit, alfalfa, sugar
beets. Vineyards typify the area;
the usual scene is acre after acre
Of grapevineS, with rows Of tall pop
lar trees marking property lines.
San Juan and Mendoza are Ar
gentina's oldest cities. They were
founded in 1561-62 by colonists from
Chile. Until 1776 they were ruled
from Santiago. Still possessing cul-
tural and commercial ties with
Chile, they are now linked more
closely with Buenos Aires and the
Atlantic coast.