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Evening star., 1945-06-15
Letters to The Star
Classic Languages Discussed
As Living Media

TO the Editor Of The Star:
Your recent editorial. Value Of For
eign Languages" quoting DR.. E. r. En-
gel of Kansas University on the practi-
cal value of studying Greek and Latin.
is most timely.
AS our world grows smaller, Amer
leans no longer can afford to be lin
gual isolationists. In almost any other
country an educated person speaks three
to five languages. The easiest road to
mastery of modern languages is a thor
ough knowledge of Latin. But it is
tragic to try to teach Latin as a dead
language. 1t should be offered en-
Enthusiastically as the most widely spoken
language of today, since IS per cent Of
our ordinary newspaper English is
Latin and increasingly larger percent
ages of French, Italian, Spanish. Portu-
guese and Romanian are Latin. Any
one with thorough knowledge of
Latin can make fairly good sense out of
an Italian or Spanish newspaper. II
Julius Caesar could do Rip Van
Wrinkle come back and wake up some
morning in Washington, he could figure
out good deal about the present world,
as Congress, Senate, Representative,
convene, Germany, Italy, Britain, in
corporate, Prime Minister, population.
liberate and hundreds of other words
would be recognizable to him. If he had
been Greek student, he could do even
better in trying to decipher The Star,
for almost the entire vocabulary OF
medicine, chemistry, physics, psychology,
physiology and even of athletics Is pure
Greek. The only thing in the news
paper that would be entirely unintel-
ngible to Caesar would be the date, for
he never saw Arabic figures.
A popular advertising slogan is two
in one," or three in one" Latin should
be offered as "f1ve-in-one" course.
The teacher should show that the Latin
word with very slight notifications ap-
pears as thus and so in Italian, Portu-
guese, Spanish, French or English. Our
young men must know Spanish to do
business in Mexico and Portuguese to
deal with Brazil. French comes In
handy as far away as Egypt, Syria and
Turkey. 1t is better to learn Ave in
one" and be scholar than to be
dilettante in one modern language.
Many language rooms" can be built on
a firm Latin foundation. With no such
foundation, any knowledge of romance
language is fragile.
ONA WINANTS HAVERKAMp.
Evening star., 1945-06-15
To an Old Bruss Knocker

When grandma In her hoop and piua-
fore
Reached on tiptoe to lift you, let you
fall,
She placed no rnlue on the puneled door,
1t pillars or the tan-ight, oper all.
You trent unnotjced;: you pere but the
1Udy
TO call some one to let her In. WHY
should
She care that her grandmother, tired
from play,
Had thumped you thus, standing
Dhere she nop stood?
But that old house grew dear in memory;
You, as its token, ,pore halo, too.
You groced her bedroom door, and often
she
Would raise a ,Drinkled hand to tondls
you.
When that Last Caller raped, marking
the end,
Perhaps she thought 1t you, and mtr.
INJURED, "Friend!"
HOIsE WADE AACKETT.
Evening star., 1945-06-15
Labor Curb Voided

Another attempt at State regula-
ton of labor unions has run afoul of
the Supreme Court, with a Florida
law requiring unions to file certain
descriptive data with the State and
to obtain licenses for their business
agents held in conflict with the
National Labor Relations Act, and
hence invalid.
Speaking for Seven-member ma
jority of the court, Justice Black said
the Florida statute "circumscribes
the full freedom of choice which
Congress said employees should pos
sess" in the selection of collective
bargaining representatives, because
1t prescribes the standards that must
be met by business agents. These
standards. it might be explained,
require those officials to be of good
moral character, to have been citi-
zens for at least ten years and never
to have been convicted of felony.
The Florida courts had enjoined
the president of the State Federation
of Labor (AFL) and a plumbers
local from operating without COM
plying with the law. In moving
against the union itself, Justice
Black said, the State imposed
sanction inconsistent with the fed
orally protected process of collective
bargaining"
Justices Frankfurter and Roberts
contended that Congress had not in
tended to rule out State legislation
of this character in passing the
Wagner Act. and Chief Justice Stone
in a partial dissent said the filing
obligation imposed on the union is
mot incompatible" with the Federal
statute.
The Florida law, as we'll as Texas
law against which the court ruled
several months ago, are part of a
pattern followed in a number of
States which have sought to deal
with presumed abuses growing out
Evening star., 1945-06-15
M This Changing World
By Constantine Bro,gn

President Truman will endeavor at
the forthcoming meeting with Prime
Minister Churchill and Premier Stain
to set the date and place for the peace
conference which should liquidate the
war in Europe and place the continent
on working basis so that the interna-
tional peace organization can be put
into effect.
The next peace conference will be
unique in history because there Is little
likelihood that Germany, the principal
defeated country, can be represented by
an officially recognized government.
In the past a peace conference was
gathering of the representatives of
all governments-victor and defeated
who got together to discuss and bar
gain over the conditions to be imposed
on the country which lost the war.
Now the representatives of the United
Nations will have to work in vacuum
since Germany has no government ex-
cept that imposed on her; that is to
say, an allied military administration.
Neither is there any probability that
she will have anything else in the near
future. If the Russians decide for con-
venience sake to establish the Free Ger
many Committee in Berlin, as seems
likely. this organization will not be
recognized by the Allies as bona fide
German government and will be re-
garded only as temporary administra-
ton set up for reasons of expediency.
II
Never has a peace treaty been nego-
tiated unilaterally.
After the defeat of Napoleon the
Allies placed on the throne of France
the legitimate successor of the French
dynasty, Louis XVIII, and it was in his
name that the French representatives
discussed and bargained at Vienna,
where they obtained such peace terms
that France got back on her feet and
again became a world power within
generation.
Germany was crushed in the World
War. But at the Versailles Peace Con-
ference the legal representatives of
the German republic were present and
accepted and signed peace terms in the
name OF legitimate government.
There seem to be no plans afoot to re-
store Germany to what she was before
the Franco-Prussian War of 76 years
ago, and consequently nobody is plan
ming any elections or plebiscites in what
used to be the German Reich or the
German states.
Under these conditions, some diplo-
Evening star., 1945-06-15
Genius Of Terror
By David Laurence
Prom the Providence Journal.

The full story Of the destruction
caused by these weapons (V-1 and V-2
rocket-bombs) has never been told. It
is an appalling one, appalling in It's
achievement and in the genius spent In
sheer revenge. For from the beginning
this prolonged attack offered no prom
ise OF military victory They had
already done monstrously effective
piece Of work. Every vi, for example,
carried radio device by which the d.
rection and distance OF those which
followed were adjusted. Another de-
vice plunged it toward Its target at
the proper second. The W. was less
accurate but far more destructive. This
campaign Of vengeance brought out the
genius of the Germans all right, genius
devoted to sheer terrorization and fore
shadowlng more monstrous things In
years to come unless saner and more
humane genius makes concerted effort
to overcome it.
Evening star., 1945-06-15
Test of Justice

RuSSla'S decision to try the sixteen
Polish underground leaders who
were seized when they came out of
hiding several months ago is not
necessarily indicative of more
trouble between the Soviets and the
Anglo-American Governments.
The disclosure that the Polish
leaders are to be tried follows closely
after the hopeful, but restrained,
statements by President Truman
and Prime Minister Churchill to the
eject that there has been a distinct
improvement in relations with Rus
sia. II the President and the Prime
Minister knew of the forthcoming
trial, there was no hint of it in their
comments, but even if they had
not been advised of the Russian plan
it remains entirely possible that the
decision to bring the Poles into court
will lead to an improvement in
inter-Allied relations and not to a
further deterioration.
In view of the circumstances
under which these Poles were
arrested and the nature of the
charges against them, the reason
able and normal procedure is to try
them. That is what we would do,
and that is what the British would
do. 1t is hardly reasonable, there
fore, in advance of the trial, to
question the good faith of the Rus
slams because they are pursuing a
course that is parallel to our own
practice.
This presupposes, of course, that
the accused Poles will be given a
trial in the real sense of the word
that the proceedings will be open
to the public and that the defend
ants will be granted time and facil-
tiles for preparation of their defense.
The Russian complaint against the
Poles-they have not been too spe-
ciflc about it-seems to be based on
two main counts. One is that the
Poles maintained illegal" wireless
transmitters in the rear of Soviet
troops in Poland. This undoubtedly
Is true in the sense that the under
ground leaders were in radio COM
munication with their London gov
ernment in exile. 1t is to be ex-
pected, however, that the Russians,
If they attach any weight to this
charge, will be prepared to show
that the underground radio was used
In a manner that was prejudicial
to the Red Army. Certainly, they
will not seek to condemn the Polish
underground leaders merely because
they kept in contact with what was,
for them, the legal Polish govern
ment.
The other complaint is much more
serious on its face. According to
various Soviet sources, these Poles
organized "terroristic acts" and were
guilty of "diversionist activities"
which caused the death of a number
of Red Army troops. If there is
evidence to sustain this charge, and
If the evidence is presented in an
open court during a fair trial, there
is no doubt that world opinion will
indorse whatever punishment may
be decreed by the Soviet tribunal.
But it should be emphasized that
this will not be the case unless the
Poles are given fair and public
trial
Evening star., 1945-06-15
Hawaiian Sugar Production

To the Editor OF The Star:
The Star recently carried an inter-
esting story on the world sugar shortage
believe that the special House COM
mittee to investigate food shortages
has done good job of unearthing the
facts. Your story and the committee
report have translated some dry statis-
tics into truths that unfortunately have
not been apparent to the public and will
not be fully realized until the next nec-
essary cuts in sugar rations are made.
However, would like to direct your
attention to two errors in references to
the Territory Of Hawaii. Hawaiian
sugar growers are proud that they have
been able to maintain production at
near normal figures despite reduction
of 40 per cent In manpower and the
difficulties of operating in a war area,
plus shortages of machinery. fertilizer.
etc, brought on by the war.
Your story states that only about
one-fourth of the American sugar sup
ply is produced domestically. the rest
comes from Cuba, Puerto Rico, Ha-
waii. =" Hawaii is part of the
United States. even though, like the
District of Columbia, 1t Is not inclosed
within one of the 48 States. Hawaii's
sugar is domestic, and so classified by
the Government.
Also, you state that sugar production
in the United States fell of last year
from prewar average of 475000 tons
to 437 900 tons" This must refer only
to the cane-producing States of Louis
lana and Florida. Hawaii produced
874,947 tons last year (about 10 per cent
below recent prewar averages) and this
should be included in United States
production figures.
The House committee has recon-
mended that Hawaii be provided with
heavy-type machinery such as crawler
cranes and heavy trucks, which would
restore its production to 1941 levels. We
earnestly hope that these recommends
tions are followed.
WILLIAM H. DOHERTY,
Hawaiian Sugar Planters Association.
Evening star., 1945-06-15
Wants Revision of Pension Law.

Wants Revision of Pension Laws
To the Editor Of The Star:
Congress greatly could aid Gen.
Bradley in his assignment to modernize
the Veterans Administration by substi-
tuting an integrated general pension
law for the present patchwork of pen
sion and compensation legislation.
There has been no attempt to over
haul and unity pension legislation since
Public Law 2, Seventy-third Congress,
and the administrative advantages
gained by that act largely were vitiated
by Public Law 269, Seventy fourth
Congress, which re-enacted much OF the
old pension structure. Public Law IA,
Seventy y-eighth Congress, enacted July
13, 1943, was step in the right direc-
ton, but a rather short step, and
tended to overlook administrative econ
ony in an attempt to obtain uniformity
of definitions.
For example, Section IL, Public Law
IA, makes it mandatory for the Vet
erans' Administration to investigate the
income and assets of veterans mother
who is applying for IS accrued disability
pension due her boy when he died, with
as much thoroughness as If she were
to be placed on the pension rolls for
life. The adjudication of this type OF
claim often may cost more than the
sum involved.
Legislative provisions which force the
Veterans Administration to investigate
all the facts and circumstances, includ-
ing the causes thereof, surrounding any
separation between a veteran and his
wife before she can be granted death
pension, are both difficult to administer
and often provocative of public wrath
Deciding the merits of an individual do
mestic controversy is a function for
which an administrative agency han
ding millions of claims is unsuited.
While this and many other provisions
may be justifiable on the ground OF
public policy, there seems little doubt
that thorough revision and integra-
tion of the present pension law struc-
ture would yield rich returns in terms
Of administrative economy and swifter
service to veterans and their de-
peudents. 8. CARMEL
Evening star., 1945-06-15

OF union activities. The Supreme
Courts rulings, however, indicate
that the States have slight prospect
of success.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-08-28
'Siamese' Twins
Born in Arizona

PHOENIX, Ariz. Aug %. CUPD-
Louise and Macila Miranda, new
born "5iumcSe Twin" girls, were
crying and eating normally Tues
day as doctors urea to determine
whether they can be severed and
live
The twins, born Saturday night,
would have one chance in a million
to survive separately if X-rays
show they have separate organs,
Dr.. Frank W Edel said.
Initial N-rays showed that the
babies, joined from S'eastbone to
pubes, have separate stomachs.
Subsequent tests will be made to
determine if they have separate
circulatory systems, hYers and in
teStinal tracts.
Almost identical in size. the
babies weighed a total Of eight
pOunCs nine ounces at birth. They
had single umbilical cord.
The girls were born to Mrs. Rita
Miranda at her home in suburban
Clearwater with only her mother in
attendance They We're brought to
St. Monica's Hospital here late
Sunday.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-08-28
MARKETS
Z. A. PRODUCE

Los ANGELES. Aug. %. UP'-
Produce:
Avocados: Steady. Per pound, Nabals
23-26c Anaheims 1S-23c. queens 1S-22c.
Beans: Stronger san Diego county and
northern 1l-12c, few best hlgh as 14c'
fair S-1Oc
Bunched Vegetables: Stronger. Per car
ton. green onions 5 dozen best 800
) 80. fair 3OO-3.5O, hodovers low as
200: parsley dot SOL 50, radishes.
small red. dozen 3,25-350, fair $50
275: spinach, 4 dozen 1.30-2.0O. few
, 23; turnips 2-2lz dozen 1-3o-2OO.
Carrots: Steady. Iced cartons dozen
Salinas 3.95, : dozen 3.35, local ; dozen
1.50-1.7 Is.
Cabbage Weaker. Local cannonball
cartons 1.75-2.OO. few 2.25, fair 125-1.50
ordinary and jumbos 100.
Caulinower: Dull. Santa Barbara county
and san Luis ObisiO county lettuce car
tons untrimmed l25-1.50, f." l.T5, fair
LOO
Celery; Firm Pascal local 20 IN cartons
nary low as 200.
300-4n0. few 45o. fair SOP Is. ordi-
Grapes: Steady. Per pound. San Joa-
gum VALLEY seedlesS $50. few 7c hold
overs ioW as 75c, lugs red Malagas &c
few re.
weaker on dry pack Santa Maria and
Watsonvjlie cartons, 4 dozen 4.10, dozen
3 25-3. -.
Onions Firm. Street sales so sacks
Spanish local medium 209-2 Il, jumbos
, 24-2 49,
squash: Steady. White summer San
Diego county and northern lugs 2.00-2.2 25,
few $50. fair 1901 rs, No. Is 50-75c.
Tomatoes: Steady. San Diego county
lugs 5H6 ana larger 20O-300. few fancy
nigh IS 80 fair 1.5O-1.75, ordinary and
rpcS 5Uc-l UU 6X6 2.OO-225
Imperial Valley press., 1945-08-28
Beavers Tackle
Padres for
Crucial Series
EN INITED PRESS

The Portland Beavers. apparently
a cinch TO win the Pacific Coast
League pennant. opened series
with the alternately hot and cold
San Diego Padres Tuesday. while
Seattle, in second place by gu
games. was engaging the third-pIace
SolOns.
The San Francisco Seals, cur
rently in fourth spot, meet Los An
geles on the Angels home field pre-
pared 10 send their pitching ace,
Bob Joyce. to the mound twice Cur
ing the series if the going gets
rough. Joyce has q victories under
his belt ana 4is eye Is Oh IS games
Won
Hollywood IS at Oakland to play
the Acorns, who have threatened
on several occasions to break out
Of fifth place into tie first division
but who now are six games away
from fourth place.
The Seattle Sacramento contests
Should be worthy of as much at
tention as amy. as the Rainiars turn
en- the heat in a final effort to
knock Portland OUT Of first place iii
the 81 games remaining this season
TIE aNnTNC
Imperial Valley press., 1945-08-28
/. 4 STOCKS

Los ANGELES, Aug. y. UPr-Prices
On the Los Angeles Stock Exchange con
tinurd to rise at steady pace Tuesday
Fifteen issues We're reported up. five
down ana II remained unchanged
Chrysler Motors took sharp drop.
gong down 50 from yesterdays closing.
Trading was brisk as 170ou shares were
sold
Bandini 200 at 307,, unchanged: Bolsa
Chlca 100 at 47s unchanged: Republic
Petroleum 100 al :. Up !. STANDARD Of
California 300 at H.. up "a: Union on
100 at 22l,, unchanged; Broadway 100
al 2i.+, up Il: Chlysler 100 at 123. down
= Consolidated Steel 100 at 1851, up 4. :
tteamtrleS of America 200 at 10. up /;
Blue Diamond 200 at >, up 4. Electric
Products 100 al l4l=, up j.. Emsco 100
ht II, down i-: FhlnsWurt h2oo ut l6l-.
up -s General Motors 100 at 7Uai. IN
changed liupp Motors 100 at 6l4, down
y Hunt Food 100 at 17as, unchanged:
MenaSco 500 at $50 unchanged: Pacific
Gay 100 At ll3-, up "a; Ryan 100 at .G7-
up - Transamciica 100 at -, un-
changed.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-08-28
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
NOTICE OF HOLDING OF
EXAMINATION FOR
COLLECTION AGENCY
LICENSE

Pursuant TO the provisions of
Chap 8, Div 3 Of the Business and
Professions Code relating to cOllec-
ton agencies. notice is hereby given
that an examination for all quail
fled applicants who desire to apply
for a license to engage in the collec-
ton agency business or who desire
to qualify for employment in the
management Of a collection agency
will be held in Los Angeles Sep
tember 80 l945, and III San Fran
cisco, October 5, 1915.
The exact time and places Of eX-
animation will be given later to
those applicants who qualify for
examination.
Applicants must be citizens Of
the United States over the age Of
tWenty-one years and must have re-
sided within the State Of California
for one year prior to the date Of
examination.
Applicants who have not done 50
should obtain from the office of the
Superintendent of Collection Agen-
cies, at 924 Russ Building in San
Francisco, or 402e State Building
in Los Angeles, or from the office
Of the Secretary Of State in Sacra-
mento, an application form to be
filled in and returned to the office
of the Secretary Of State prior to
the date of examination
An examination fee Of $500 must
accompany the application.
Persons already licensed by the
State to carry on a collection agen-
cy business are not required to take
an examination, provided their Ii
cense has not expired and is other
wise valid and unrevoked
FRANK NJ. JORDAN,
Secretary Of State.
mo. 47D (A28l
Imperial Valley press., 1945-08-28
". Y. STOCKS

NEW YORK Aug. 2s. GPl-The stock
market rcgamcd lis equilibrium late in
the session today after early irregularity
on the new. drastic floor trading rules
scheduled Ior enforcement tomorrow.
fading lghtened when the market be-
came biNed Early selling centered on
steel. motor and railroad issues Late IN
the day these turned up from the lows
. and in several Instances lOSse sWeTe re
Ilhced by gains.
At no time was there any severe pres
sure eNerted Instead. buying dried up in
some Of the leaders which brought mod
crate declines. There We're many stocks
in the list Of new highs. and in a num-
beT Of Instances SiZca5Ir gains were held.
General MiliS' nrw stock. feature on
The upsitc, gained points.
Pullman rose more than point to 4
new high on an offer of $4,000. 900 for
the company $ Canned properties. Baldwin
locomotive rose more than point while
ma Locomotive ana American LocOmO-
NE each gained . point.
New highs We're made by such issues
aS Allied Chemical AlIS-t tualmr,S. Coca
Cola, Colgate e-PalmolIVc-Peet Eastern Air
Lines, General Electric Great Western
Sugar. Ingrisoll- Rand. Ilggcti < Myers B,
Marshall Field Mortgnmciy Ward, Pack
ard rn.on Carbide and g. s Rubber.
Rails were mixed with southern Rail
NaN Of more man point TIE utility
sIoup had q minor loss IN the average.
Motors drDl'ntd and the nta.i-rd from the
Joss Dll, were irregular
Imperial Valley press., 1945-08-28
C0ASTING
ALONG
BY GENE FRIEDMAN

LOS ANGELES, Aug. %. up
Many of the means cropping UP
about the September IA meeting be-
tween the 4th Air Force and the
End Air Force have been directed at
the comparative lack Of name play
ers involved in the game.
But back Marquette way Cthat' 5
in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, they'll
tell you the name Of Johnny
Strzykalski is as great a name as
any one ever broke a tooth on.
And the End Air Force Super
bombers may find themselves
breaking more than teeth on the
Fourth Air Forces 185-pounds of
Mr.. Strzykalski. He plays hard
every second of a ball game.
He's fast and he likes to run, ac-
companying himself with what his
teammates call a "whinny" when
he gallopS When he's not running,
he might be passing or kicking, He
loves football.
Strike" as Strzykalski is conven-
iently known, played only one sea-
son of collegiate football at Mar
quette, his team winning seven
games and losing two. He was re-
spOnsible for most of the success.
That year, 1912, Strzykalski kick
ed 40 times for an average of Az
yards, the best average in the mid
west and third best in the nation
One of his puntS a 90-yarder
against Great LakeS-Was one Of
the longest of the year
His other accomplishments for
the year are worthy of note.
He scored six touchdowns. for
ward passed for five others.
He carried the ball 126 times for
579 yards and a neat average of
4.6 yards per try. Forward passing
78 times, he completed 35 for 434
yards. DefenSively, Strzykalski in
tercepted four passes and returned
them 79 yards.
He returned three kick-Offs 2O3
yards, including a 90-yard touch
down run against Iowa State and a
93-yard goal gallop against Man
haitian. He also returned 25 punts
for 296 yards
Last year Strzykalski played an
unfamiliar right halfback spot for
the Superbombers, which had such
brilliant backs as Glenn Dobbs and
Ray Evans.
This year, with the comparative
ly lustre-less Flyers, the Marquette
strike will have an opportunity to
shine as a triple threaten.