Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 12 May 1941 — Page 7

MONDAY, MAY 12, 194]

" Hoosier Vagabond

LOS ANGELES, May 12.—You may remember, in the last great trek of Okies to California, how some organizations were accused of spreading handbills through thé Midwest offering jobs to all who came. This, according to the accusation, was to get more workers than were needed for the crops, which in turn would keep wages down. Well, so intended or not. that's exactly the way it worked aur. But it was realized too late that somebody had to support all these surplus people without jobs, and that somebody was the taxpayer. So then counter-propaganda was started to get the Okies to go back home. But they didn't g0. And then arose the great social problem which brought forth “The Grapes of Wrath.” The bitter acuteness of those days has somewhat eased in the last year or so. The Okies left the headlines, and people sort of forgot them. I have wondered many times what actually became of ail of them. I've been asking that question over and over since arriving in California. And I've yet to find anyone who could tell me specifically. But I've had a long talk with a man who keeps as close to this thing as anybody can, and here is what he says: Bitter as things were, the Okies liked it out here, and they stayed. Gradually they settled down, in many different strata of existence, to become Californians.

Overcoming Obstacles

Around 40 per cent of them, in California, came into Los Angeles. And coincidentally, the population of Los Angeles is just about 40 per cent of the whole state of California. That is a ratio of settlement which has held true lear up the coast to Oregon. The new migrants setled into each city in about the same ratio as that ity’s population to the population of the whole

All you can make out of that, I guess, is that the migrants became pretty well distributed, and that well always have cities because people like to be together in big gobs Well, these thousands of Okies eased into jobs that at least kept them alive. They formed in set-

Inside Indianapolis (4nd “Our Town")

to one of the little One of our friends gets mail every once in a while with a tiny “dog” notation on it. Checking up, we find it’s simply the mailman’s way of informing his substitute that our friend owns one of those little, snippy dogs that snap at the ankles and are the postman’s worst pests. . . . Residents around 3t4h St. and Arlington Ave have been going through some water shortage trouble this year and they've been trekking to the kindly filling station operator at 10th and Arlington to get enough water to meet their needs. Since he has had to carry his own water, one resident has learned that the average person uses 20 gallons of water for a bath. He and his family cut down to five because the shortage. . . Most people are unaccustomed y thinking of economy and the State House in paired but for several months now, the broken glass in a window on the wesi side of the State House has been held together by an old campaign poster. On the poster, now faded by the sun, is an American flag

First Came the Starlings

GEORGE J. SMITH, administrator of our local State Employment Agency, has been losing sleep lately and sees no hope for any in the future. Come 4:30 every morning, a woodpecker starts battering away his house (854 Berkeley Road). And every morning, Geroge goes out and shoos it away. But no sooner is he back in bed, than the woodpecker is back at work.

WE'VE JUST CAUGHT ON

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Washington

WASHINGTON, May 12.—Some policies, such as our willingness to send wheat to Vichy's France, seem at first glance to conflict with

eur basic aim to assist in defeat of the Axis. One hears bitter criticism of the fact that this Government still permits Ameri-

of our foreign

By Ernie Pyle

tlements around big rubber factories, so many of them must eventually have got jobs there. The girls became waiiresses. The boys picked up work by the day here and there. Others followed the phenomenal thing called the fruit migration, which reaches its peak in August, September and October. Okies are industrious, and they're ingenious. They say you can go into a big settlement such as Bell Gardens, here in Los Angeles, and you can judge by a man's place to the very month how long he has been here. If he's living in a tent or trailer, he's been here less than six months, If the family is in a garage on the back of a lot, they've been here more than six montns. If the garage now houses the car, and the family is in a two-room shack on the front of the lot, they've been here more than a year. And if the house has expanded and living is fairly decent, they've been here more than two years.

Now, a New Problem

Those two things—the fact that not many Okies went back to the Dust Bowl, and that they have so adjusted themselves into the life of California that vou don't hear much more about them—seems to me

to indicate that Okies are people with something]:

to them. But now the whole picture is taking a new face. The adjustment once more is being upset. A friend tells me that in Bakersfield, where thousands and thousands of Okies had settled down and

vastly increased the population—well, now they've|.

left to the extent that farm owners are seriously worried avout the labor supply for this fall's harvest. What happened is that the Okies went over the hill to the coast, to work on the vast new construction of Army camps and factories and shipyards. The pay is better than working in the fields. They were here, near the scene. So they went and got the jobs. What will happen? Nobody xnows for sure. It is possible that ail the “Aviation OKkies” In this new trek. unable to get the defense jobs they came for, will in desperation drift into the fruit jobs vacated by the older Okies. That seems to me like an adjust-| ment that Nature will more or less force. ! Regardless of what happens, California's new in-| crease of population seems permanent, and the decrease in Midwestern populations seems permanent. It seems, once you get a guy into California, you can't get him out. Apparently there is something to this Land of Roses theory, despite all the thorns.

George admits sadly that he's stumped. His] friends haven't cheered him any by suggesting that | the bird might be after termites.

Our City Council SOMETIMES RELUCTANT to find humor in| their antics, our City Councilmen had to laugh at| themselves the other night. Several of them felt | that the Anti-Noise Ordinance was too drastic in| its original form, but they didnt want to temper | it themselves so they just asked Adolph Emhardt Jr., |

the assistant city attorney, to fix it up so nobody | would be peeved when they passed it. | “Just amend it,” they said, declining to add how. | Adolph submitted this amendment: “General| Ordinance 16, 1941, is hereby amended as follows: | x als wiih» ai alae xiaialges anh dia etc.” The city fathers rushed to Adolph in horror. | “Just fill in the blanks, gentlemen,” he grinned. They chuckled at themselves, finally did just that. |

Note on Business Conditions |

TRUSTEE HEINY MUELLER is accustomed to! novel excuses from reliefers seeking to dodge a turn on the township's wood pile. The other day one came in and asked Heiny for a relief food order. “You'll have to put in four hours on the wood pile,” Heiny told him. “Sorry, boss.” the applicant replied. “You see, it's this way. I've got a little jcb where I make | enough to pay my rent and I can't spare the time] to cut wood.” “What is this job?” asked Heiny. | After much prompting, the applicant explained | he was peddling pool tickets.

‘Hitler's Plans

This is the sixth and last of John T. Whitaker's revealing series on how the prospects of a Nazi victory jeopardize the security of the

United States.

SOMEWHERE IN EUROPE—At least three times since New Year's the Germans have asked Franco to bring Spain into the war, your correspondent learns on good authority. In each instance, the Spanish Dictator

stalled. Unless there is some unexpected counter stroke to German victories, Spain cannot decline when Hitler repeats his request for the fourth and final time. If Hitler sweeps the board in Egypt and closes the Suez Canal, he will then want guns and airplanes around Gibraltar in order to block that Mediterranean exit to the British

formidable to be . taken in much less than six months but aS the straits can Serrano Suner be virtually closed by German guns, planes and submarines based on the Spanish and African shores.

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Wants Suez Success First

SUCCESS AT SUEZ will be the signal then for the invasion of the Iberian Peninsula and the cumulative prestige of German arms in that event will surely sweep the French, the Spaniards and the Portuguese into the German camp. Failure at Suez would be equally important, however, for if the British proved invulnerable in the Eastern Mediterranean, Hitler would feel compelled to strike at fleet power in the western reaches of that sea just as he would feel that he ought to extend African bases against North and South America. It seems likely, therefore, that the Iberian Peninsula will be invaded between now and July 1 What happens as Hitler strikes at Suez and drives for Iraq oil will be decisive but only as regards the time-table. Whether or not France and Spain invite him in, Hitler will feel compelled to sweep toward Gibraltar in the opinion of most

| observers.

Military necessity will force Hitler to act and unless there is some unexpected counter-stroke such as American entrance into the war, the Spaniards, like Frenchmen and Portuguese, will welcome the invaders. = = =

Spain Fears Revolution

In three times refusing passage to the Germans, Franco and the Spanish generals who support him are neither pro-British nor dubious of ultimate German victory. They know almost nothing of the world beyond Spain and they are carefully propagandized by the 2000-odd German agents who flock the drawing rooms of Madrid. > It is merely that they want to come into the war at the last moment because they fear revolution from a war-weary and anti-Nazi proletariat should they repeat Mussolini's blunder and come in too soon. Ramon Serrano Suner, Franco's brother-in-law, heads the Falangista group which has wanted to come in each time that Hitler has requested Spanish cooperation. Serrano Suner told diplomats in Madrid—and it is no indiscretion to repeat it—that he believed in, desired and worked for German victory — a German victory in which Spain would have a share. This sums up his policy and the policy of his party. It also explains his unpopularity with the Spanish public which faces starvation, dreads war and loathes the thought of further invasion by foreigners. Against his excesses, Franco has stood firm with the support of all the middle-of-the-road elements in Spain. » »

Diplomacy Meets Itself

Hitler's first request at New Year's was diplomatic. He wanted to place his dive-bombers and supporting ground forces around Gibraltar and in Spanish Morocco. Franco refused with devious diplomacy. Spain was pro-German and nonbelligerent rather than neu-

The Indianapolis Times

SECOND SECTION

By John T. Whitaker

Adolph Hitler (left)

meets Generalissimo Francisco Franco of

Spain. . . . Franco is scarcely likely to resist once he sees that France and North Africa are being swept along by the Nazi machine. . . .

tral, but Portugal was an ally of Great Britain, he pointed out.

The Iberian Peninsula had to be thought of as an entity and Spanish action had to be synchronized, moreover, with the action of the Italians and the French. He thought there ought to be time for a further evolution of opinion irr Portugal where people still believed in British victory. In mid-February, Hitler's second request was almost peremptory. The time had come for Franco to fulfill the obligation incurred during his revolt. He warned the Spaniard that 800 bombers and three mechanized divisions stood on the Spanish frontier. He wanted airdromes for ‘those planes and passage through for those three divisions. He implied that they were strong enough to go through whether Franco agreed or not.

NAVY TO TAKE COLLEGE MEN

Reopens Reserve Lists and

Will Train Commissioned Officers.

The re-opening of enlistments to

{college men for training as com-

| missioned officers in the Naval Re{serve was announced today by the

{Navy Department through the In-|

Commander C. A. Griffiths, head

By Raymond Clapper “Esse fu

'of the local radio and yeoman | schools, said applicants will be ensecretary of State, that political considerations were listed as apprentice seamen and a factor in our handling of the problem. Secretary | given a four months’ course of

Hull told a press conference that several conditions | must be met before the wheat will be shipped. Press |

training.

The first month will be devoted

dispatches state that these considerations involve to general indoctrination on the

certain guarantees by France.

{U. 8S. S. Prairie State, New York

It's Truly a Case Of Spilled Milk

It was the City Street Department that was crying over spilled milk today. A truck containing several cans of milk and an auto collided at 24th St. and Park Ave. The milk was spilled. The Street Department realized that milk and cream in a street creates a traffic hazard. So it called the Fire Department and firemen washed off the street. The milk truck was driven by John Ogle, 30, of 3705 Fletcher Ave, and the car was criven by Sarah Carrico of 2515 Broadway, neither of whom was seriously injured.

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The Spaniard talked about starvation and the danger of revolt and guerrilla activities. Neither bluff impressed Hitler, and Franco reminded the German that his formula for the Spanish people remained one of defending the country’s territorial integrity. These exchanges took place at a moment when Hitler had to carry through the occupation of Sicily and Libya and when he faced the possibility of the British organizing a Balkan entente. The 800 planes and the three mechanized divisions in France were taken from the Spanish frontier and sent to Sicily.

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Franco Continues Stall

Hitler's third request to Franco came at the moment of the collapse of Jugoslavia and Greece.

Y sire’

Here again Franco knew that Hite ler was preoccupied elsewhere, Again the Spaniard stalled. Franco's stubbornness, based on his realization that Hitler was not then in a position to push through Spain before the Spaniards were ready, led to reports that his resignation would be forced and that Senor Suner would take over the Spanish Government in order to lead the country into war. Informed quarters dismissed these reports as Nazi propaganda. Franco is not likely to be forced out in the first place, and he is not likely in the second place to resist German entry once he knows that Hitler means busi= ness. Franco probably has the confidence of not more than half of the Spanish public at most. But Senor Suner and the other po=tential heads of state have no popular following whatever. A Fascist regime is impossible unless there is a propaganda build-up for the Number One. Even the Falangistas know that without Franco the have no front man and their regime could only be maintained by force of Gere man bayonets, as in Italy. Falangistas know, moreover, that Spaniards are not Italians. Consequently, observers who know Spain feel that even the Falangistas will hesitate to join the Germans in forcing Franco out. n

Franco's Will Is Weak

Finally, Franco is scarcely like= ly to resist once he sees that France and North Africa are bee swept along by the Nazi machine thanks to victory at Suez, or, cone versely, once he realizes that Hite ler, because of military necessity, intends to march into Spain whether Madrid agrees or not. In two conversations with

Franco, I have found him to be a shrewd but a weak man. He has the notorious taciturn shrewdness of his province and he has the Latin’s tendency to stall when in difficulties on the hope that the situation may improve with time. But his will is no more strong than his soft womanish voice or the limp hand which he exe tends. It has been good internal pole itics as well as sound statesman= ship for him to stall Hitler. The Spanish public knows that he has tried to keep Spain out of war. He has prepared the public to believe, once he takes Spain to war, that he had no choice, He hasn't.

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U. S. PROVOKING Japan ExpectsU.S.War Entry,

WAR, SAY NAZIS

‘Seek Incidents Which Would Put Blame on Germany, Newspapers Claim.

By DAVID M. NICHOL Copyright, 1941, by The Indianapolis Times and The Chicago Daily News, Inc.

BERLIN, May 12. —German newspapers and speakers are taking the line that America’s neutrality patrol and its increasing discussion of |convoys are deliberate attempts to provoke incidents and thus make Germany responsible for the outbreak of actual war. A second phase of this argument is that the United States opposition is directed not against Germany |itself but against the “new Europe.”

possible moment.

diate.” the good offices of Washington. And Generalissimo Chiang Kai-| shek, head of the Free China gov-| ernment, is reported to have indi-

United States. That something is stirring is likely. But it can be said with a considerable degree of authority

chance that this country would ac- |

vance, to discuss peace on a basis of the 1922 Nine-Power Pact of

Wants Free Hand in E. Indies

By WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS Times Foreign Editor WASHINGTON, May 12.—Believing that the United States is about to enter the European war, Japan—with the help of Russia and Germany —is striving to end her war with China, or anesthetize it, at the earliest

Japan, according to reports received here, is now willing to “me= There are even semi-official hints that Tokyo might welcome

may have a secret agreement with | Japanese Foreign cated that the only mediation he Suoka to withdraw Russian aid to would consider was that of the | China. It was Stalin who personally Inegotiated {pact of friendship and neutrality, |and it would be neither friendly

that there is not the ghost of a nor neutral China against Japan—especially at cept a mediation role—unless, ofa time when Japan admits things course, Japan would agree, in ad-|are not going so well.

Minister Mate

the

Russian-Japanese

were Russia to aid

Japan, according to information

Put that information alongside the dispatches from | City; at Abbott Hall, Northwestern T0 BE 4-H TOPIC : received here, would go a long way Europe, which report that Germany is pressuring |University, or at the U. S. Naval | Usually there is the assertion also Vichy for new concessions and the picture becomes | Academy, Annapolis. Marion County &H Club lead {that the American people are being clearer. May Become Ensigns l cae : nty 4-H Club lea ers led into these “dangerous paths” | of that, as there is for the United | would settle, if she could, on a basis Similarly the selling of gasoline to Japan can be| Those who successfully pass the| Vill meet in Room 441, Federal by a warmongering minority with-| states to agree to act otherwise. |0f her original “21 demands” made given some meaning by a little thought. We have | requirements of the first month's| Building, at 1 p. m. tomorrow, to out majority support. On the contrary, there are stra | ON China in 1915—that and recogni= shut down on high-test aviation gasoline. If We training will be advanced to the discuss food production and preser-|,, One of the famous statements of tegic no less than ideological rea- tion Of Manchukuo. The “21 de= should cut off all gasoline, would it not give Japanese | this view may be found in a recent would have made the

4 A grade of midshipman, U. S. Naval|vation projects in relation to na- : : A. sons why the United States would mands” extremists just the excuse they want to drive the Reserve, and will be given a three! tional defense. a He a eral Ta. not lend itself to a makeshift peace | Japanese dominant while leaving in China. According to Far Eastern |CliN& an appearance of inde-

Tokyo government into reprisals? It is all very well months’ intensive course of in-| The discussion will be led by Miss| anda section. He said: for Senator Pepper to talk about our bombing Tokyo | struction. Janice M. Berlin, Marion County|~ «Because the America: 1 sources, the United States is now Pendence. and reducing it to a shambles but that is easier| Upon satisfactory completion of Home Demonstration Agent. Miss not vet unanimous) ue actively engaged in helping to re- The Japanese press, like the press said than done. Many other questions must be taken this course they will be commis-| Mary Masten, assistant State 4-H|jow the President incidents are to|Store the upset balance of power, Of Germany. Italy and Russia, is into consideration. sioned es ensigns in the Naval Re-|ieader from Purdue University, will | pe provoked. The frivolous descrip-|1ot only in the Far East, but in the COnU0lled. Nevertheless, for days it Worth a Second Thought serve, either as deck or engineerinz| conduct a round-table discussion tion has been used that the Ameri- | South Pacific. And China is in- lin been warning the public not 01 ! g officers. on planning 4-H Club demonstra-|can fleet is leading with its chin dispensable to that balance. 9 Supe? too much of the China Who can say whether Government is wise or The United States, say these re- incident” as (hey still call the war,

Applicants must possess a bach-| tions. and inviting Hi it i . : g Hitler to hit it so that . unwise in pursuing these policies? It must be one [lor of a: 5 Sachin of science or| There are 97 local 4-H Club lead- he might be blamed for unleashing ports, is aiming in the establishment rs Sslkings Appbasewenty man’s judgment against another man’s. There is no | engineering degree from an accred-|ers in Marion County co-operating [open warfare.” of air bases in Burma to safeguard! with the Onited Sia erstanding guarantee that these policies will accomplish any- the delivery of munitions to China, \

yea yl o Saliege. which | with the Purdue University Exten-| — thing. We have played footie with Moscow for some [Must include at least two one-|sion Service which directs 4-H proj-|¢ | via the Burma Road. Also there time and it is questionable whether the results have Jemester courses in mathematics of| ects throughout the State. GONE WITH THE DRAFT have been a number of highly im- 1 k S T YO U 84 Ben worth the effort. But what damage does it do gt Ne Srskle 4 Ole if plane] HN | Maj. Lytle B. Freehafer, Indiana poten meetings between American, ry: / | chief of mobilization for the U. §.|British and Dutch officials in the I have seen some very rough articles written about SUBMARINE IS LAUNCHED Orient to co-ordinate a plan of cam- KN OWLEDGE 1—What is the English translae tion of the Spanish song title, “Amapola’?

I {rifonoineiry Jmist be included in Selective Service, will address the the State Department. You can take some of these paign in case Japan attacks the 2—Name the five living children of

can gascline to be sold to Japan Some call it appeasement. Superficially, it might appear that our Government was trying to ride in two directions at once. However, these criticisms lose much force on second thought. Our overall aim is to see the Axis defeated. But it does not seem to me that we would be forwarding that aim if we took action that pushed other countries into the arms of the Axis, or wh.ch provoked them into fighting actively on the :ide of the Axis. Senator Pepper, in his speech a few days ago, urged that the United States seize the Azores and the Cape Verde Islands, which belong to Portugal. Secretary of State Hull took occasion in his press conference to state that Senator Pepper did not represent the official view of this Government. He emphasized that our relations with Portugal are friendly.

Why Antagonize Portugal?

You can think this out as well as the Government can because the situation is obvious. Portugal now is neutral. It is the chief landing point on the continent for such travel as continues between

Washington. And there would |to end her four-year-old war with seem to be about as much chance China just now. It is believed she

he St i : have Me aes TUStl PORTSMOUTH, N. H, May 12|Indianapolis Alimni_ Association, situations and make it appear that our officials arc Promise No Marrias | (U.P.).—The submarine Drum was |Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity, at|East Indies, Singapore or the stupidly doing the wrong things. Undoubtedly differ- poe ‘launched at Portsmouth Navy Yard [the Butler University chapter house | Philippines. ences exist even within the department over some i Japan wishes either to liquidate

Applicants must be native born : Ty ; (today. Mrs. Thomas Holcomb of at 7:30 p. m. today. A DePauw Uniof the policies that are followed. When you are Citizens of the United States, be- . y the China war altogether, or to rebalancing one set of considerations against another ‘ :

Washington, D. C., wife of the U. S. |versity graduate, Maj. Freehafer

tween 20 and 28 years of age, meet “Gone With the

Europe and the United States. So long as that situation exists we should be foolish to upset it. If we should seize these Portuguese possessions. Portugal would have no alternative except to bid the Axis to come to her support. We should have given the Axis another ally. If it should develop that Germany was

set, you will have differences of judgment as to which carries the greater weight. But don’t assume that important policies are decided without the most thorough discussion among many well-informed officials. Their judgment will not 2lways be better than

the ments, be unmarried, and agree not to marry prior to completion of his midshipman training.

necessary physical require-

Applications may be made at the

Maririe Corps commandant, chris- (will tened the craft with champagne,

speak On “Draft.”

HOLD EVERYTHING

duce the fighting to an absolute minimum in order to free her hands for action in the South Pacific. Just what she intends to do there even she, herself, probably

3—On what famous

President Roosevelt.

bell are ine scribed the words “Proclaim liberty throughout all the land, unto all the inhabitants there

does not know at this time. But she wants to be ready. If she is to strike southward, she can hardly afford to be locked in a life-or-death struggle with the mammoth Chinese dragon at the same time.

Hitler wants the Sino-Japanese] “incident” terminated because it is highly important to him that Nippon create as much trouble in the South Seas as possible—up to and including war between Japan on one side and the United States, Great Britain and Holland on the other. In that way, Japan wouid minimize the aid which the United States could extend to Britain. Josef Stalin favors any course that will best promote war between the United States and Japan. That would generalize and prolong the war, thus weakening all of the belligerents—including Germany, the country he is now said to fear most. Stalin is now following what appears to be an open policy of appeasement of both Germany and Japan. Denouncing this as an “imperialist” war, he recently recognized Japan’s conquest of Manchuria in exchange for Japan's recognition of Russia's conquest of] Outer Mongolia. This was followed by his recognition of Hitler's conquest of Belgium, Norway and Jugoslavia — the Southern Slavs whom the Northern Slavs of Russia have heretofore defended as their own Kin. Now it is reported that alin

of’? 4—For whom was Houston, named? 5—Will four one-inch pipes charge as much water four-inch pipe? 6—Name the two men who were ree cently appointed Assistant Sece retaries of War, 7—Does the Federal Wage-Hour law require that time-and-a-half be paid for work on a holiday? 8—Name the largest state in area east of the Mississippi River.

Answers

U. S. Navy Recruiting Station at the Federal Building or at the Naval Reserve Recruiting Agency, at the Naval Armory, 30th St. and White River. i Enlistments for training as commissioned officers in the Naval Reserve was first inaugurated last summer. The Navy Department announced 1t would accept 5000 applicants and within four months after the announcement some 6600 applicants were received. All enrollments were then discontinued until the re-opening today.

FT. HARRISON TO GET TWO NEW CHAPELS

This summer two new chapels with slanting roofs and steeples are to be erected at Ft. Harrison as the post’s quota of the 604 to be built

vours, but the chances are that most of the time it will be—often enough at least to make it worth your while to give second thought when you read something that at first glance seems cockeyed to you. That would make for more constructive kibitzing.

about to occupy the islands, that would be something else again. To some it seems unwise to be sending wheat to France. Yet the Vichy Ambassador here himself revealed, after conferring with Sumner Welles, Under-

My Day

HYDE PARK, Sunday.—Since T have been here, I have tried to make up my mind which of the books accumulated during the wintér I can pass on to the iibraries and high schools in Hyde Park village. There are certain books that I feel I want to keep indefinitely. However, it seems selfish not to pass on a book so that others can read it, if one has enjoyed it and does not want to keep it permanently. Nevertheless, deciding what to keep is always difficult for me. Since it rained Friday afternoon, it was not so difficult to decide to stay indoors, but yesterday and today the weather was so beautiful that it was a sham not to be out as much as possible. I walked around yesterday morning, looked at every plant and shrub, and was delighted to find that the little bit of carefully tended lawn in front of my porch and Miss Thompson's porch really looks like a lawn, for the grass seems to be nice and thick and springy. All kinds of birds chirp and call to each other in the early morning around my sleeping porch. The robin, whose nest was so near my bathroom window

Tex,

dise as one

By Eleanor Roosevelt

last year that I could never shut it for fear of disturbing the mother bird, has not returned. I love spring in the country and at last we have enough rain. Though the President is very anxious to discover whether his young trees have all survived the early spring drought, everything not newly planted seems to be unharmed and to have the most beautiful spring foliage. Yesterday noon, I went to a well attended meeting held under the auspices of the National Vocational Guidance Association at the Franklin D. Roosevelt High School. A New York University group put on a skit about the “Follies” of guidance. It was most|by the Government in camps all entertaining and I am sure those familiar with the|cver the country, Chaplain Arthur field enjoyed it even more than I did, because some|S. n says. of the references seemed to afford them so much! Chaplain Dodgson also says he amusement. believes erection of the Ft. HarriFrom there I went to the lunch at the Dutchess! Son chapels will begin in June. One County Democratic Clubs in Poughkeepsie, where|is to be located in the old part Mrs. Charles Tillett, vice chairman of the Democratic|of the post, or Ft. Harrison proper, Nationa] Committee, Dean C. Mildred Thompson of|and the other in the reception Vassar and Miss Marion Dickerman spoke, and a very, center. charming young woman sang. Catholics, Protestants and Jews I missed the first part of Dean Thompson's speech,! will use the chapels holding their but heard all the others and was very happy to see| respective services at different hours Mrs. Tillett for a few minutes. We were so grateful while the American Bible Society to her for taking the trouble to come from Charlotte, |is to follow its custom and supply N. C,, for this luncheon. " pulpit Bibles.

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1—“Poppy.” 2—Anna Eleanor (Boettiger), James, Elliott, Franklin and John. 3—Liberty Bell. 4—Sam Houston, 5—No. 6-—Robert A. Lovett and John J, McCoy. T—No. 8-—Georgia.

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