Evening Star Newspaper, May 25, 1940, Page 6

Low Rents for Those In $1,200 fo $2,000 Range Are Urged U. F. W. A. Housing Researcher Speaks at I. U. C. Conference Picturing an acute housing prob- lem with the “mass migration of 4,000 employes of the Social Security Board and their families from Bal- | timore” to Washington at the end of the year, Morton Schaffrom, housing research expert of the United Federal Workers of America, last night called on local housing authorities to formulate a “practi- cal, workable program.” The speaker, one of three who ad- dressed a housing conference of the ‘Washington Industrial Union Coun- cil in the Interior Department Au- ditorium, urged the Alley Dwelling Authority to build and operate *on | a non-profit basis” large-scale proj- ects of homes renting between $25 and $40 a month, Such dwellings would supply ade- quate housing for Washington fam- ilies whose salaries come within | the “no man’s land” range—yearly | incomes of between $1200 and| - $2,000, the speaker declared. | Reports A. D. A. Sympathetic. He said officials of the A. D. A. had “reacted favorably” to the| plan. | Questionnaires are being circu- | lated among Government workers | and members of local unions, he sald, to gather factual data show- ing the need for housing of fami-| lies in the middle-income group. The U. F. W. A. plan proposes the A. D. A. borrow money needed for construction from “a regular lending institution” and to apply to | the Federal Housing Administration 1 for insurance on the borrowed money, he explained. Neither the Government nor pri- vate industry is building for the “great mass of people in ‘no man's land’ incomes,” Cecil Owen, presi- dent of the industrial council and | second speaker of the evening, de- | clared. Favors “New Approach.” He blamed restraints of trade. | “outworn” craft unions, high land | costs and material costs for the *“backwardness” of housing programs. ‘With a “new approach to housing” and group action by labor unions, | “the $2500 home will become a | reality,” President Owen said. | John Graham, jr, author and U. S. H. A. architect, stated high standards of Government housing | projects have had “a salutatory ef- fect” on private building. Following an open forum discus- sion, the conference passed a num- ber of resolutions that included ap- pointment of a special sub-commit- tee to co-operate with tenants of Greenbelt, Md., who “are in danger of being excluded from the com- munity as a result of pay increases that make their incomes in excess of the maximum permitted as tenants.” Charles 8. Duke, chairman of the 1. U. C. Housing Committee presided. Defense 1Cm!trlgued From Fh:st. Pagg) merce and Labor, assisted by an “ad- | visory commission” of experts from | industrial and other fields. The experts who helped marshal the Nation's resources in 1917-18 were: Bernard Baruch, financier; Samuel Gompers, labor leader; Julius Rosenwald, businessman; Daniel Willard, railroad executive; Dr. Franklin H. Martin, a medical authority, and two engineers, How- ard E. Coffin and Hollis Godfrey. Only Mr. Baruch, who also headed the War Industries Board, and Mr. Willard are still alive. Both have been consulted by the administra- tion on defense matters in the last year. Question Raised. The question of the effectiveness of the 1916 law in covering a new defense .council has been raised by some legal historians, but the Presi- dent was said to believe that a few changes could make it useful, ac- cording to the Associated Press. One high official pointed out.‘ moreover, that when Mr. Roosevelt | issued an executive order September | 10, 1939, defining the White House | staff, he made blank provision for | an ‘“office of emergency manage-| ment,” which now might be the foundation for a defense authority. Advance notice of a Senate drive | for greater immediate enlargementi of the Navy Air Force was given | after the Senate Naval Committee decided yesterday to recommend a bill which would authorize a $2,200,- 000,000 four-year program for the Naval Air Corps and its shore bases. The measure, however, imposed a 10,000-plane top on the Navy strength. | House Backs Air Expansion. | 'This quota-placing contrasted with ; simultaneous House action in voting, 391 to 1, for an unlimited expansion of the Army’s air fleet. Representative Marcantonio, American Labor, of New York, who | cast the only vote against the bill, issued a statement saying, “I feel | that this is similar to the prepara- tion of 1916, a step toward launch- ing us into a war we should keep out of.” Senator Byrd, Democrat, of Vir- ginia, announced that next week he would carry to the Senate floor a fight to step up naval plane pro- duction and pilot training beyond | anything now contemplated. Sena- tor Tydings, Democrat. of Maryland, . said he would second the campaign. “It seems to me far more im- portant,” Senator Byrd told re- porters, “that we get immediately an adequate number of up-to-date naval bombing planes which can | keep any attack from our shores than it is to obtain a large number of army planes.” Such planes, operating from bases | both on the continent and on out- lying islands, would prove valuable in stopping an invader before he could get a foothold in the Western Hemisphere, Senator Byrd pointed out. Leahy Supports Contention. In this contention he had expert backing from Admiral William Leahy, former chief of naval opera- tions and present Governor of Puerto Rico, who said after a con- ference with President Roosevelt yesterday that completion of Army and Navy air bases in Puerto Rico would make it extremely hazardous for any foreign power to attempt to invade the United States, Central America or the nor- thern part of South America. Senator Byrd said he would await *data from Admiral John H. Towers, THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, Nazis Seek World Conquest, King George Warns Britain Darkness Would De If Invasion Succeeds, He Declares Br the Associated Press. LONDON, May 25.—King George VI yesterday warned the Pritish Empire that defeat and invasion by Nazi Germany would bring “the descent of darkness” upon the ruins of Britain’s kind of world. King George spoke to his people around the world on Empire Day. The young sovereign, to use his own words, spoke plainly. “Let no one be mistaken,” he said, “it is no mere territorial conquest that our enemies are seeking. It is the overthrow, complete and final, of this Empire and of everything for which it stands, and after that the conquest of the world. And if their will prevails they will bring to its accomplishment all the hatred and cruelty which they have al- ready displayed * * *. “To all of us in this Empire, to all men of vision and goodwill throughout the world, the issue is now plain: It is the issue of life or death for us all. Defeat will not mean some brief eclipse from which we shall emerge with strength renewed—it will mean destruction of our world as we have known it and the descent of darkness upon its ruins.” Proudly, then, he called out across the airlanes: “Keep your hearts proud and your resolve unshaken! * * * With God's help we shall not fail! Text of King’s Speech. The text of the King'’s speech fol- lows: One year ago today I spoke to the peoples of the empire from Winni- peg in the heart of Canada. We were at peace. On that Empire Day I spoke of the ideals of freedom, justice and | peace upon which our common- wealth of free peoples is founded. Clouds were gathering, but I held | fast to the hope that those ideals might yet achieve fuller and richer development without suffering the | grievous onslaught of war. But it was not to be. The evil which we strove unceasingly and with all honesty of purpose to avert fell upon us. is clear. For there is now revealed without possibility of mistake a long-planned scheme to subjugate by force the nations of the world against which all our efforts for peace were doomed to break. “Decisive Struggle.” The decisive struggle is now upbn us. I am going to speak plainly to you, for in this hour of trial I know that you would not have me do | otherwise. Let no one be mistaken; it is no mere territorial conquest that our enemies are seeking. It is the over- throw, complete and final, of this empire and of everything for which it stands, and after that the con- quest of the world. And if their will prevails they will bring to its ac- complishment all the hatred and cruelty which they have already displayed. It was not easy for us to believe that designs so evil could find & place in the human mind. But the time for doubt is long past. To all of us in this empire, to all men of vision and goodwill throughout the world, the issue is now plain: It is the issue of life or death for us all. Defeat will not mean some brief eclipse from which we shall emerge with strength re~ newed—it will mean destruction of our world as we have known it and In this our conscious | scend on Empire the descent of darkness upon its ruins. “Against Us, Brute Force.” I speak to you today with &« new vision of -this empire before my eyes. Now that it has come into conflict and sharp comparison with the evil system which is attempting its destruction, its full significance appears in a brighter and more cer- tain light. There is a word which our enemies use against us—im- perialism—by it they mean the spirit of domination and the lust of con- quest. We free peoples of the em- pire cast that word back in their teeth. It is they who have these evil aspirations. Our one object has always been peace: Peace in which our institutions may be developed, the condition of our peoples im- proved and the problems of govern- ment solved in the spirit of good- will. This peace they have taken from us and they are seeking to destroy all that we have strtven to maintain. Against our honesty is set dishonor, against our faith- fulness is set treachery, against our Justice brute force. There in clear and unmistakeable opposition lie the forces that now confront one another. The great uprising of the peoples throughout the Empire shows without doubt which will prevail. They have risen in just wrath against & thing which they detest and despise. Nothing can shake their resolution. In per- fect unity of purpose they will de- fend their lives and all that makes life worth living. “We Shall Not Fail.” Let no one think that my con- fidence is dimmed when I tell you | how perilous is the ordeal which we are facing. On contrary, n{ shines in my heart as brightly as| it shines in yours. But confidence | | alone is not enough. It must be armed with courage and resolution, with endurance self-sacrifice. These are the high qualities that | the men of the homeland and the | men from overseas in an unending stream are bringing to the struggle on land and sea and in the air. At this moment our thoughts turn to our fighting men and to those who love them, mothers, wives and sweet- hearts at home. Beside them stand soldiers of our old ally, France, and with them Poland and Norway, Bel- gium and Holland, peoples upon | whose peaceful lands has fallen all| the horror of treacherous and un- | | provoked aggression. | At this fateful hour we turn, as our fathers before us have turned in | all times of trial, to God the Most | High. Here in the old country I | have asked that Sunday next should be observed as a day of national prayer. It may be possible for many | of our brethren across seas to join their prayers with ours. Let us with | one heart and soul humbly but con- fidently commit our cause to God |and ask His aid that we may vali- | antly defend the right as it is given to us to see it. 1 So now, peoples of the empire, men } and women in all quarters of the | | globe, I say to you: Put into your | task, whatever it may be, all the | employment of aliens in American courage and purpose of which you | are capable. Keep vour hearts proud and your resolve unshaken. Let us | go forward to that task as one man, |a smile on our lips and our heads | held high, and with God's help we shall not fail. | Hanes Stresses-Need For Early Action on Defense Taxes Former Treasury Undersecretary Addresses | Princeton Graduates Former Undersecretary of the Treasury John W. Hanes told more | than 150 Princeton graduates at the annual banquet of the Princeton Club of Washington, last night, that | America must look immediately to her “interior defenses”—the tax structure whereby funds to finance President Roosevelt's huge rearma- ment program must ultimately be| raised. By “interior defenses,” he said he | did not mean protective measures | | against “fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth | or ninth columns.” The country’s| financial structure is its real “in-| terior defense,” he said, “without | which exterior defense is impossi- | ble.” Mr. Hanes cautioned that now is the time for every thinking man to work out this problem for himself. “More misinformation regarding taxes is handed out by the poli- ticians of this country than on any other subject. gospel that taxes are paid by those who have the ability to pay. “No more damnable lie was ever perpetrated on the American people than that,” he declared. Quotes Tax Figures. Quoting tax figures for the year 1938, he demonstrated that “sales taxes, termed excise taxes in two dollar words,” provide 40 per cent of the income of the Federal Govern- ment. Total income of the Federal Gov- ernment in 1938 amounted to $6,- 242,000,000, he said, adding that this sum was derived from five well- defined sources. He said customs taxes brought in —_— possible methods of speeding up Navy plane production and pilot training. Admiral Towers was in- structed to make this report to the Senate Naval Committee after he had testified yesterday that the fleet now has only 464 combat planes less than two years old and only 192 less than a year old. Admiral Towers told the commit- tee that one of the chief difficulties in any effort to expand the Navy air force rapidly would be in training sufficient pilots. Congressional leaders saw a start toward splution of this problem, however, in the announcement by President Roosevelt yesterday that Congress would be asked to provide funds to expand the civil aeronau- tics pilot training program so that 50,000 fledgling flyers could be put through primary courses before July 1, 1941, This would provide a reservoir from which the Army and Navy could draw young men for advanced chief of the Aeronautics Bureau, on h training courses. . Ly | taxes, $417.000,000; individual income They preach the| a revenue of $359.000.000; estate taxes, $1,286,000,000; corporation in- | come taxes, $1,300,000,000; excise | taxes “or sales taxes,” $2,137,000.000, | and pay roll taxes, $743,000,000. The w’ latter, he said, the Government could not spend. Urges Early Action. When he cautioned that the tax structure or “interior defenses” must be carefully bolstered without de- lay it was apparent that he was| alarmed at the manner in which President Roosevelt had left the | problem of raising national defense funds up to Congress and that Con- gress, facing an election, so far has said nothing of how the money is| to be raised, while approving the | armament program, Mr. Hanes, who resigned as Un- dersecretary recently to return to private business, has been regarded as one of the country’s leading tax experts. Last night, however, after cau- tioning Princeton graduates to “think it over,” he offered no sug- gestions as to what, in his opinion, would be proper taxes to finance na- tional defense or what tax rates should be raised to foot the bill. Prof. Smith Speaks. The other speaker on the program was Prof. Earl Baldwin Smith of Princeton, who spoke in support of liberal education. More and more pressure is being brought to bear on universities to | teach courses based on present ideals | and trends—in other words, to pro- vide a more or less vocational edu- cation, he said. “The dinosaur became specialized in a certain field,” he said, “and became extinct. “Is not the best education one which is based on the concept that the only way to deal with the fu- ture is to have an education based on the experience of the past?” he asked. The banquet, which was held at the Chevy Chase Club, was de- scribed by Princeton Club officers as the “biggest and most success- ful Princeton banquet ever held” in Washington. It was estimated that approximately 150 persens at- tended. Thompson Presides. Huston Thompson, president, pre- sided. Arthur Krock acted as toast- master, Arthur G. Lambert was banquet chairman and Charles T. Tittmann was director of enter- tainment. Mr. Krock, whose running com- ment on national and international affairs was applauded enthusiasti- cally, called three toasts during the banquet: “To the President of the United States.” “To the Allies; enemies.” “To the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge, the Sorbonne, Paris, Louvain, and all seats of learning now threatened with having their free spirit stamped out.” Included among guests of honor were John Lincoln O'Brien, presi- dent of the Harvard Club of Wash- ington, and Darrell Smith, secre- defeat to their | zens for employment purposes. | Legislafion fo Curb "Fifth Columnists’ Sped in Congress Laws to Be Passed Before Adjournment, ; Leaders Predict By the Associated Press. Roused hy successive rumors that “fifth columns” are forming in the Americas, congressional leaders pre- dicted today that legislation to repel any back-door invaders would be hastened into law before adjourn- ment. As fast and thick as the “fifth column” reports came new proposals fgr anti-subversion legislation, while others that had been stalled on the road to enactment picked up mo- mentum again. In the Senate: A Judiciary subcommittee started hearings today on House-approved legislation to outlaw efforts to tam- per with military discipline, to re- quire deportation of law-breaking aliens, and to require fingerprinting of all incoming aliens. ‘The Immigration Committee ap- proved a House bill to require the deportation of aliens who advocate changes in the American form of government. Senate Inquiry Proposed. A Senate investigation of sub- versive activities which affect the national defense was proposed by Senator Reynolds, Democrat, of | North Carolina, who also submitted a resolution calling.on all Govern- ment agencies to report to the Senate on aliens they employ. Senator Stewart, Democrat, of Tennessee proposed a “permanent alien registration commission.” Chairman Sheppard said. the Sen- ate Military Affairs Committee would hold hearings soon on legisla- tion to set up a “national industrial defense corps” of private citizens who would co-operate with the Gov- ernment in locating “fifth col- umnists.” Debate over the proposal to limit | industry‘delayed a vote yesterday on | pending legislation to prohibit use of labor spies and strikebreakers in interstate industry. Limit on Hiring Aliens. Senator Reynolds’ amendment would prohibit employers engaged in interstate commerce from hiring | more than 10 per cent alien workers. | The Senator contended that “aliens are usurping the jobs of American workingmen.” | The amendment also would pro- | hibit payment of more than 10 per | cent of all pay rolls to aliens. Sen- ator Reynolds said this provision was designed to cover the case of the foreign motion picture star who | might receive more for one picture | than all preduction workers put to- gether. Senator Thomas, Democrat, of | Utah opposed the Reynolds proposal, | contending that under it “injustice may be done to the most worthy per- | son.” The question involved such | complicated problems, he added, that it would be impossible to make a simple division in law between “alien and citizen.” | Senator Wagner, Democrat, of New York raised a question as to the constitutionality of such an act. | and Majority Leader Barkley urged | a modification to classify aliens who | have applied for citizenship as citi- | In the House— A bill containing authority for the | Secretary of War to purge the Army's civilian personnel of “fifth column” suspects regardless of civil service restrictions was passed yes- terday and sent to the Senate. | The committee investigating un- American activities requested an- other $100,000 to investigate leads which, Chairman Dies said, “are coming in faster than we can handle them.” Representative Dies said the com- mittee was trying to confirm reports that Germans have directed the establishment of camouflaged air bases just south of the Rio Grande. Other proposals for combatting “fifth column” technique included: Senator Bridges, Republican, of New Hampshire —That Congress forbid aliens to carry, own, buy or sell any implements of war. George Hill, representing the Houston (Texas) Chamber of Com- merce (writing the Senate Military Affairs Committee)—That a na- tional industrial defense corps, com- prised of private citizens, be organ- ized, with units in areas designated by the President as likely to be threatened by foreign agents and in industries vital to national defense. In a discussion of the Reynolds proposal Senator Clark, Democrat, of Missouri asked whether un- American activities of citizens should not also be investigated. He con- tinued: “I think that Gen. (George Van Horn) Moseley has put himself in the position of co-operating with Fascism. “He should have been tried by court-martial, as retired officers may e, as a result of the disclosures re- garding him before the Dies Com- mittee.” EMMALJ Listen to...630 K. NEWS BROADCASTS TODAY 1:45 p.m.—European News 3:00 p.m.—War Commentary 4:45 p.m.—Evening Star Flashes 6:45 p.m.—European News 9:00 p.m.—John Gunther 9:25 p.m.—European News 11:00 p.m.—European News 12:00 p.m.—European News 1:00 a.m.—News . WMAL | 630 on Your Dial Washington’s Leading News Station brings you headline news— tary-treasurer of the University of Pennsylvania Club of Washington. A as it happens. | today replied to the Empire Day | MORGANTOWN, W. VA—SWORD SALUTE FOR MRS. ROOSEVELT—Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, shown on a visit to West Virginia University yesterday, walks under an arch of swords presented by members of Scabbard and Blade, campus military society. Her escort here is James McCart- D. C, SATURDAY, MAY 25, 1940. ney, president of the student body. King Will Get Reply 'Due’ Him, Is German Answer fo Speech Hitler's Press Chief Brands Sovereign As ‘Hypocrite’ By the Associated Press. BERLIN, May 25.—Dr. Otto Die- | trich, Adolf Hitler's own press chief, | broadcast of King George VI with the warning, “German arms will, | George of England, give the reply | that is due you.” Addressing the King as “you mis- erable ‘wpocnu," Dr. Dietrich answered charges of German ag- gression in a half-page article car- ried by the German press under the red-ink caption “Reply to a King.” He declared England was respon- sible for the war and its horrors. “Your address, George of England, was not royal but pitiable,” the Nazi press chief said. Branded as Hypocrite. “If you were a man then, now, in the hour of decision as a chal- lenger who must face his fate on the battlefield, you should have acknowledged the reasons which caused England to unleash this war, instead of hiding hypocritically be- hind moral principles which you have on right whatever to invoke.” Dr. Dietrich’s answer to the British Monarch's charges that Ger- many started the war were asser- tions that England incited Poland —A. P. Wirephoto. against Germany, England unscru- pulously sacrificed Norway, Holland and Belgium; England declared war on Germany, and England, not Ger- many, therefore most bear the re- sponsibility for the war. “That is the truth,” said Dr. Diet- | rich, emphasizing that before the start of the conflict Germany wnsf ready “for the sake of peace to rec- ognize France's borders.” | Called Mean Words. Dr. Dietrich charged that “Eng-| land unmasked herself completely” | with “the King's mean and un-| | knightly words about an opponent | | with whom England is crossing| | rapiers for death and life.” | DNB, official German news agency, in its comment on the King’s address, said political circles felt | “the King now is in the service ot\ typical British propaganda methods, | | which are characterized by slander | !and hypocrisy.” | Chicago Grain By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, May 25.—Wheat price Tose more than a cent & bushel to day as traders followed the rally i1 securities and gains of better than ! cents in wheat quitations at Winy nipeg. - While reports from the war fror remained confusing. some deales regarded the outstanding strength ¢ Winnipeg as a possible cue eith: to an encouraged Allied situation ¢ export business. There was no cop firmation, however, of any fref sales of Canadian wheat abroad. Wheat closed 1-13; cent highy than yesterday, July, 847 -85 tember, 84%-%; corn, higher, July, 63%5-1; 62%; oats, %-% higher. Closing wheat prices at ‘Winnipe were 4-43; cents above Thursday, finish, there having been a holidas at that market yesterday. Chicazo Cash ) Cash wheat, no sal e No '1' vellow. Ravatints onra xS white. 38, Barley. malring. 53-84 nomi nal: feed, 40-50 nominal. BSoy beans, No 2 yellow, 8915, Germany is said to have 8000, 000 rabbits, enough to feed all its people for seven weeks. for LATEST NEWS The Night Final Star, containing the latest news of the day during these dramatic times, is de- livered every evening throughout the city and suburbs between 6 P.M. and 7 P.M. Telephone National 5000 for immediate delivery. Barlow . (Continued From First Page) | form of explosive is cheaper and | more easily obtained and is just as | effective. Nobody can blow up an ammunition dump made up of these bombs, because they're no good until | they've been charged with oxygen, and that can be done in a few minutes on the field.” | The numerous Army and Navy observers kept auiet. | Just before the bomb went off Mr. Barlow explained to an officer, who had been predicting exactly what eventually happened, that “this explosion is going to make a | lot of two-legged goats, or maybe just one.” He admitted afterwards | it had made “just one.” [ Not Many Appear. I Not many members of the joint | congressional committee appeared ' this morning. Many left on May | 16 in a dissatisfied frame of mind However, cognizant that humane so- | cieties might make one last eflort\' to obtain an injunction against the | use of goats for the experiment, the' delegation of seven members of Con- | gress brought along Attorney Frank | H. Harmon of the Justice Depun.-‘ ment to prevent any further halts | to the experiment. i The Army was represented by all | of its top-flight ordnance expert.s.! Maj. Gen. Charles M. Wesson, chief | of ordnance; Brig. Gen. Earl Mc- Farland, assistant chief; Col. Barnes and the Army’s munitions expert, Lt. Col. K. F. Adamson. The Navy also sent along its ex- | perts, Capt. G. L. Schuyler, head | of research #nd invention, and | Comdr. G. C. Hoover. Twelve more | members of Congress were to have | been flown from Bolling Field, but | | evidently decided to stay home be- | cause of the rain. they failed to arrive. { Mr. Barlow detonated the bomb with an electric charge from a half- | mile away and the explosive went | off with a roar. The military men, | congressional committeemen and newsmen, also a half a mile away, felt a slight concussion. But there was nothing like the “terrifying, earth-shaking” explos- ion Mr. Barlow had promised. The blast merely ripped away the top | of the pole and tore a small hole in the ground. At any rate, Regular air schedules have been established between West and Southwest China and Moscow, | Rangoon, Hanoi and Hong Kong. | men inte an lavisible RED KNIGHT. See this emazing super-humaon in @ction. His super mind . . . super body ooo super strength will provide a new kind of thrill for you. Waich for the @dventures of THE RED KNIGHT Starting May 27 in The Euvening Star L) Can the Americas Be Defended Successfully? HE problem of keeping democracy safe in the West- ern Hemisphere is no longer a subject of casual de- bate. The smug dismissal of threats of invasion because of the broad expanse of the Atlantic and Pacific no longer is possible. The unbelievably rapid destruc- tion and capitulation which have marked the Nazi inva- sion of European neutrals have brought about a feeling of real alarm in the Americas. THE SUNDAY STAR EDITORIAL SECTION tomor- row will bring you authoritative opinion and statement on this vital subject, articles which will awaken you to the danger and show the urgent necessity for immediate preparation for any emergency. A HEMISPHERE DEFENSE MAP has been prepared by Newman Sudduth, a staff artist of The Star. Pic- torially it reveals the weakness of the present situation yet it contains suggestions which point the way to elimi- nation of the danger spots. RICHARD L. STOKES, in the second of two articles on American strength, cites the shortcomings of the Amer- ican Navy if it should be called upon to defend the Amer- icas from attack simultaneously from the Atlantic and the Pacific. He can find no quick remedy for the existing conditions. CONSTANTINE BROWN, putting aside all illusions, declares that there is vital need for a united program for security by all of the American republics and he points out the strategic bases which must be developed with the utmost speed. He states that if the Allies are de- feated the present defense program will be but a drop in the bucket. He considers the South American Republics as unable to defend themselves against the Nazis as was Luxembourg. REVIEW OF THE WEEK—John C. Henry will prepare another of his series of war reviews covering the out- standing events of the past week. There will also be an article by T. N. Standifer on the fifth column situation in the United States and what is being done to cope with it. COMPLETE NEWS COVERAGE will be provided by the outstandingly competent war correspondents who have kept readers of The Star better informed than they could be through any other news source now avail- able. Reporters of the Associated Press, Chicago Daily News Foreign Service and the North American News- paper Alliance will cover the war for you in Che Sundwy Star