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#3 news should be broadcasted through- an ot 1% ‘only for himself, of JC ddlegates received bis viewpoint—be- ; guns and a large and glittering hunt- “. American THE EVENING With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. . WEDNESDAY. ....April 1, 1825 The Eveniug Star Newspaper Company Business Office, 11th 5t. and Penneyivanid Ave. New 'k Office: 110 Eq 42na St. Chicago Office: Tower Hullding. Eurepean Office : 16 Regent 8t.,Loudo, England. with the Sunday moraiog edition, is delivered by carriers within the city ‘at 60 cents per month: deily only, & rents per month: Sunduy only, 20 cents per month. Orders may be sent by mail or tel rlione Main 5000. Collection is made Dy ear Fiers at the end of each month. The Evening Star. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. Daily and Sunday....1 ¥T. ; 1 mo., T0¢ Dails oniy o, {1 mo., Boc Sunday only 15, All Other States. 13t s}goov Member of the Associated Press. The Associated Press is exclusitely entitled Cor- repapiication of all dited to it or mot otherwine credited o tished " herein. % 1l ale the local news pub- * e "Xl “rightn of publleation of wpecial dispatches herein are also reserved. Good Business; No Boom. sound and even flow 0(! ast for the rest industrial con- A business “stable, im the fore. of year 1925 made leaders in a tion-wide survey ducted by the National Industrial Con- ference Board. No boom is in sight, is there anywhere visible any threat of panic or depression. 1t ought to be a happy Nation which has such a prospect before it. An “even flow of business” brings the greatest possible good to the largest possible number. Booms help a few at the expense of many. The inevita- ule pericd of depression which follows every boom hurts nearly everybody. In boom tirnes there always is @ race between rising pric and rising wages, until the point is reached whert there are strikes and lockouts and long periods of idleness. Thesc periods idleness lower the purchasing power of the workers, and the down- ward spiral which punctures the bogm he < deadly work. When there is an even flow of business wages and prices adjust themselves to each other with the least possible amount of fric- tion; there are just about enough jobs to go around and both employer and employe are better off because their margins of profit and for savings, while not excessive, are assured. Ever since Herbert Hoover came to Washington Secretary of Com- merce he has been preaching the eco- nomic sinfulness of alternate periods of boom and depression. He has called | | | ¥ by the as into conference here business and in- dustrial leaders from every part the country. and with them planned preventive measures. Now, if the Industrial Conference Board's survey is dependable, his efforts are bearing fruit. If the United States can go through 1925 without either a boom or a panic there is no good reason why it should not as well get through | 1926 and suceeding years. It sounds almost like the coming ¢ the industrial millennum, but Mr. Hoover has convinced the business leaders of the Nation of the preventa- bility of alternate booms and panics, and that is more than half the battle. Time was when humanity accepted | epidemics of disease as visitations of Providence from which there was no | escape. But medical science got at the | causes of these epidemics and killed off the disease at its source. Business science now is getting at the causes of booms and pan! with intent to pre- | vent their spreading into epidemics. The world may soon acknowledge as great a debt to our business doctors as it owes to the men of medicine. B Three and a Half New Planes. The United States has ordered three | entire new and speedy airplanes, to-| gether with a portion of a fourth. No announcement as to the type of these new machines has been made, but it is said on good authority that, to the layman’s eye, they will resemble the famous French “Ferbois.” This ex- tensive saber-rattling purchase, which augments Uncle Sam's existing air fleet by a noticeable percentage, need, however, give no cause for alarm either to pacifists or proponents of the bulky battleship. Just because a man goes out and buys himself a rifle, a couple of shot- of has ing knife it does not follow that he is about to embark a murderous car Such things are sold for sporting purposes, and sporting por- | are the underlying motive of Sam’s latest spending orgy. The new machines are to be used by he Army and Navy in the forthcom- ing Pulitzer airplane races; twe in active service, one in reserve and the part of the fourth in preliminary tests. 1t would be deplorable if, without due explanation, this heavy armament on poses Uncle out the world; alarming those people #who doubt the dovelike gualities of the cagle and sending them again in a mad rush to overhaul Uncle Sam i the disastrous armament «marathon which has cost the world so much blood and tears. e s < ‘A germ does not attain its fullest ‘perniclous possibilities until it has a human intelligence to guide it. o ———— Pan-Americanism. Dr. Enrique Molina of Chile spoke urse, when, at ‘the recent “‘open-heart meeting” of & Tatin American religious congress in session in Uruguay, he disparaged the motives of the United States in foster- ipg the ideal of pan-Americanism and Jrgnounced the Monroe doctrine “a “deaq letter.” The news reports do not indicate in what humor his fellow | ~ond saying that, at the conclusion of 'his address, several sprang to their feet secking an opportunity to reply, and were promised that they would be given a chance later 'in the session. of equat or less thoughtfulness or per- ception. The assertion of Dr. Molina that the | masses of South America are skep- tical of pan-Americanism was based upon the claim that this ideal is the cloak under which this Nation seeks the commercial dominance of Latin America. The asseveration that the Evangeline Home for Working Girls, at 1330 L street; Kemper Bocock Memorial Home,' in Georgetown: the Industrial Home, at First and B streets; a hotel for colored persons, at Seventh and P streets, and an audi- torfum and headquarters at €07 E street. The people of the National Capital | THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. " Here is a secret T am going to im- part to my young readers. It has Monrroe doctrine implies the hegemony | always have responded generously to | tuken me many years to learn it, but of the United States among all Ameri- | appeals for the support of worthy |that is no reason why It need take can nations was specific, but did not elucidate his idea that this doctrine is today a dead letter. Both pan-Americanism and the Mon- roe doctrine—and it should be said that the two are most intimately re lated—are susceptible of such misin- terpretation as thbat of which, from | the viewpoint of this Nation, Dr. Mo- lina was guilty. And because of the obvious dangers to the good will of the American continents incident to such misinterpretation it is well that the matter should be frankly discussed. From the viewpoint of the United States the fallacy in Dr. Molina’s at- titude lies not in his attributing an element of commercial acumen to our Xation in its cultivation of that vague ideal which goes by the name of pan- Americanism, but in the assumption that it is commercial advantage which is our fundamental aim in fostering that ideal. And from that same view- his error concerning the Mon- roe doctrine lies not in his belief that this instrument implies an assertion of political leadership on our part in the Amer; but in the implication that this leadership is sought funda- mentally for selfish ends. The atm .and ideal of the United States in its cultivation of the theory of pan-Americanism and its far from moribund insistence upon the famous doctrine enunclated by President Mon- roe are too obvious to warrant of mis- understanding by any who will closely analyze the situation. The United States, fn its own interests and in those of the republics to the South, vitally interested in the mattar, first— of maintaining peace in the Americas, and second—of insuring the closest of relationships among the nations which, in friendship and understanding. should together travel the road to mutual prosperity and contentment. To clatm that our motives in the matter were utterly unselfish would be absurd—but less absurd than to claim that they were utterly selfish. The United States has much at stake in the matter of thg, continued political integrity and mutual good will of the several American republics. It has, with its own interests as well @as these of others at heart, no inten- tion of complacently losing that stake. Recognizing the value of a mutually beneficent trade relationship to inte: national good will, it has, without dis simulation, cultivated such relation- point | ship with its neighbors. Aware of the dangers to itself as to all America of any extrahemispheric influence in its destinies it enunclated in 1823 the position upon which today it still in- sists. With every means it has been- able legitimately to--employ it has sought, and to date the quest has been markedly successful, the preservation of its own ‘and all America’s peace and friendship and prosperity. ‘And it will continue that quest. To claim, however, that our motives have been solely to our own interests is to forget the past and noglect the future. At the time of President Mon- roe’s announcement tv the world Rus- sia, Prussia, Austria and France were casting greedy eyes upon South Amer- ican territory. Repeatedly since that date the earnest attitude of the United States has protected its brother repub- lics upon the American continent from European domination or fratricidal wars. And the rich and comparatively defenseless states south of our borders have as much to guin from our future adherence to past policies as have we ourselves. To these policies we shall adhere, with the frank admission of our self. interest in the matter, vet in the sin- cere hape that the bulk of our neigh- bars will recognize that it is not our interests alone which we serve. For it is only through that recognition that the destinies of the Americas, in- terwoven et independent of each other save in the matter of fricndship and good will, shall be achieved, e B A nomination for the vice presi- dency is supposed to be a ticket for political Nirvana. Mr. Dawes did not find 1t so. Neither did Mr. Wheeler. Only Brother Charles Bryan attained the destination of sublime quietude. et T S The stock market sees grain prices fall. Grain was never more valuable than it is at present. Regardless of stock-ticker hysteria, the real goods will assert itse m genuine barter on terms of actual worth. P Kings were never so highly es- teemed as at present. Those who have managed to survive are admir- able examples of tactful sympathy with popular institutions. R e R The Salvation Army Budget. Today marks the beginning of the ennual campaign of the Salvation Army for funds to carry on its vitally important work in the District of Co- lumbia. Between now and April 11 when the drive will end, it is hoped and expected to Taise $50,000. This is by no means all the Army will raise and spend in Washington during the year, but it is the amount necessary as supplement to other income to &s- sure continuance of the work. Last year the Army spent almost $300,000 in its local activities. Chiefly dependent upon the $50,000 fund now being raised are family and transient relief work, maintenance of’ the Summer camps, work among the underprivileged children and super- vision of the many institutions which contribute to the public welfare and a better condition of society. The extent and range of Salvation Army work are not as well known a8 they should be. The fresh air camp for poor mothers &nd their children at Pa- tuxent, Md., is one.of the most benefi- causes, and the Salvation Army 'is 30 firmly established in public esteem that the worthiness of its cause need not be argued. The drive is under the auspices of a committee of public- spirited citizéns, of which Rulolph Jose is chairman and Thomas P. Hick- man ‘treasurer. Contributions ' should be sent to the army headquarters at 607 E street. Coolidge Firm Against Soviet. It will be gratifying to what is be- lieved to be the majority thought of this country that President Coolidge, according to officlal information from the White House, continues to be un- responsive to suggestions that the ad- migistration change its policy of re- fusing recognition to Russia under its present government. He is Tepresent- ed as feeling that there is no warrant for consideration of proposals to recog- nize the Soviet government which come to him from time to time. The President still feels that conditions which have all along prompted denial of recognition are unchanged. Sinte the retirement of Secretary of | State Hughes, who was a consistent | opponent of recognition of the Soviet, there have been reports that a change of policy at Washington on this sub- ject was impending. Since Mr. Hughes' departure froni office there has been a recurrence of pressure from various quarters brought upon President Coolldge to induce him to alter the dttitude of Washington to- ward Moscow. Within two days two notable sup- porters in the United States’ Senate of recognition of the present Russian government have talked with the President upon their favorite theme, Senator Borah of Idaho, who is recog- nized as perhaps the leading advocate in this country of the recegnition pro- posal, by reason of his position as chairman of the Senate committee on foreign relations, urged the President to revise his attitude. Yesterday Sen- ator King of Utah, recognized as one of the Democratic leaders, Who is op- posed to the administration on the recognition of Russia, had & long talk with the President. The efforts of -both these leaders were unavailing. The President is | still convinced, despite their presenta- tion of such arguments as can be made for recognition, that the time has not arrived for reversal of the Coolidge-Hughes Russian policy. ———— Reference to talk of blowing up big American cities by hestile air fleets as ‘“reminiscent” is encouraging. There will be catastrophes of one kind or_another so long as the world en- dures; but none of them ever take place in the precise manner outlined by more or less expert prediction. —_————————— Many capitalists are putting their sons to Wwork in their factorfes; not so much for the sake of the work as to prevent them from devoting too much valuable time to worry about whether thelr pants bag at the knees. ———— Expeditions to study economic con- ditions in Europe are still being organ- ized. In spite of Europe's frank en- deavors to make it perfectly clear the subject appears to be one of inex- haustible mystery. —————— be an abundance or ‘aces” if they are needed. “Prepared- {ness” is a slow subject for discussion, but a very rapid proposition in &n emergency, There will SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON There Is Always Fruit. Whenever April smiles we hear The customary wail, In words portentous and severe: “The fruit crop’s going to fail.” Yet we recall, though discontent Is getting on our nerves, Each Summer finds Aunt Susan bent On putting up preserves. Candid Expression. ‘Why don’t you say exactly what vou' think? ‘I have been doing just that of answered Senator Sorghum. But you have been saying moth ing.” “That's what. I've been thinking.” lats Jud Tunkins says & man who can’t earn a living may be lucky enough 0 appeal to sympathy and get a liv- ing for nothing. . - Devetions. “A dog is man’s best friend.” “Mebbe 0. But a man’s friendship meets the higher test. If human be- ings were licensed, I don’t believe there ever was a dog who would be willing to go without his dinner in order to buy his owner a tag.” Serene Superiority. She Grunts In comfort all demure, . Dear Madam Pig who hunts The trough, in faith secure. She Grunts, And. grunting seems to say, “Tofll on, and, do your stunts, That I may dine today. Economy. “Are you iff favor of economy?” “Of course I am,” said Miss Cay- enne. “The more father and mother economize the ‘more liberal become my prospects for Spring: clothes.” Assuming That the Baconian Theory Is Correct. = Publicity’s a wondrous game, ‘Which | favors those who boast. But Dr. Molina, dean of & great|cent and useful of activities, and it Bill Shakespeare wins immortal fame, Chilean university, is, it is to be as-|alone would justify liberal public sup ! sumed, a man of intellect and sin- cerity—and his observations cannot but stimulate thought in the United | bureau, a bureau for missing persons|liable totell you 'bout yoh faults.] States as to how generally they maey [and the following institutions, each of | If you wants flattery, hunt up yoh be shared bg @Mer Latlin Americans ) port of the Army. But, in addition, there are maintained an employment which is doing 2 necessary work: While Bacon gets the roast.’ s friend,” said Uncle Eben, “is cnemies.” v | Houseof Representatives. others so long about it. The secret is simply this: No one is really interested in any one except himeelf. Never forget that, children. Tt will save you many a heartache, and a great deal of trouble.in this world, if only you will remember it. In the goodness of your heart, you are very likely to believe that other people you meet are tremendously interested in you, your thoughts, your actions. As a matter of cold fact, most of them, decidedly most of them, are only interested in themselves. You are a very poor second, my young triend, in their thoughts. Put it down for a rule, that every person is more interested in himself than in any other person. From this list 1 will except fathers and mothers. Their place in your life is unique, al- though it may take you a very long time, indeed, to learn that secret. But the remainder of your friends and acquaintances, although they may eeem to be paying a great deal of attention to you, in reality are busy, in their secret minds, planning their own affuirs. Tt voungsters of both sexes could once get this idea firmly implanted in ! their bralns, they would be saved u great deal of misery and self-con- sciousness, and would thus better be able to make the best of themselves. This is information which the young ought to have, because young people are the acme of creation. There is one revolt very much worthwhile, and that is the so-called “revolt of youth.” & R /There is just one thing more than another that makes me tired, and that is the disposition on the part of some to lament the girls and boys of today. Now, I have been annoyed, too, by the boys putting the ash cans on the top of the garage: and 1 shudder every time 1 see one of these girls with enough paint on her face and lips to plaster the old barn door. But just because the kids act that way is no sign at all to me—or any- body clse—why the voung people of today are headed sou'west for ruin and perdition. There is nothing to it, folks; noth- ing to it. Just dig up one of those old vel- lowed photographs of the vintage of 1898, or 1900, or 1904, and take a long, lingering look at the boys and girls of thHat day and age Glimpse the funny clothes, the rag- lans and the terrible pompadours af- fected by the sweet young things of tHat decade. Take a mood look at critically inspect their their general appearance the “once-over” for that characterization that through the mouth. The mouth is & giveaway. You can Judge a man more by his mouth than by any other feature. The man with the weak chin may have corrected his fault by his mentality, but the mouth never lies. Look at those kids of that day care- fully. Then go outdoors and look around you. If you do not find more real boys and girls to the squars inch today, 1 miss my guess. 1f. the boys in_the main do not look manlier and _the girls more womanly, then civillzation is a fail- ure—which it Is not—and mankind ts their faces, chins and Glve them intangible shines out German Republic a considerably a presidential Citizens of the (aged 7%) reveal livelier interest in election than the citizens of the United States Republic (aged 149). A fraction- under 70 per cent of the total German electorate went to the polis on March 29. A fraction barely over §0 per cent of our voters voted for President on November 4, 1924 The Republican national committee _has just assembled the most authen- tic figures- yet compiled as to the exact dimensions of the late presi- dential election. Roughly, 57.366,- 614 men and women were qualified to vote. Of = that, number. emly 28,683,307+ took, the ‘trouble to do so. The percentage. that did its suffrage duty works out, at. 50.7, which is less than 1 per cent more than voted at the 1920 election.. The director of the censhs estifates that the total number of Amterican vpters Increased 6 per centbetwaeén 1920 and 1824 Political mbnwgers-have come defi- nitely to the conclusion that women are greater vote slackers than men. It is cajculated that about 5 men vote to every 3 women, although the suffrage population is about evenly divided—2%,000,000 men and 28.600,- 000 women e The Coolidge economy program has caused the formation of a nove! club in Washington. It Is the “Two Per ‘Cent Club,” -organized within the |Federal service byrGen. Herbert M. Lord, director of the budget. The club’siotiject is to cyrtail Government expenditure by $62.000,000 before the end of the current fiscal year. June 30. The “Two Per Cent Club” has Ibeen in ‘existence ‘since January 1, arid now enters the home stretch of the course it set ftself. ~The specific goal is'to reduce an estimated budget of $3,062,277,470 to an even $3,000,- 000,000, Mr. Céolidge having expressed a categorical wish to that effect. The ‘Budget Bureau ascertainad that'if it could prevail upon all'governmental agencies, elther by coaxing or threat- ening, to cut Yhelr estimates by 2 per cent, the $3,000,000,000 total could be attainied. So Gen. Lord announced that every Federal official, - from President to charwoman, was eligible to join the ‘Two Per-Cent Club,” and was expected tp do so. . * % * % Vice President Dawes.has accumu- lated an ally Tor the Senate reform “|fight in Frank W. Mondell of Wyo- “‘former majority leader in’the In, a re- cent speech at Boston, Mr. Mondell favored a pation-wide campajgn in [ favor of rules to abolish the fillbuster and limit senatorial debate. “The argument that the opportunity for unlimited debate defeats bad legisla- tion,” said Mr. Mondell; “is not berne out by the history of the Senate. Ths potential vest pocket veto which every Scnator possesses is quite as likely to force favorable aetion on questionable legislation as it is to prevent it.” min; * %k ok Whenever Attorney General Sar- gent feels the furge of a Tufts Col- lege reunion in Washington, he can find plenty of .company. Thomas O. |Marvin of Massachusetts, chairman of e United States Tarlff Commission, was graduated at Tufts in the class of '88, a year after Mr. Sargent got his diploma there. Other Tufts men in official positions at the Capital in- clude Maj. James F. Coupal, United States Army, one of, President Cool- idge's physiciaris; Dr. John P. H. Murphy of the administrative staff of St. Elizabeth’s Hospital; Maj. George R. Callender, -Upited States Army, curator- of the Army" Medical Museum, getting worse as it goes along—which it distinetly is not. * ok ¥ % Sir James Barrie, in a guarded ad- dress several years ago, which has been printed in a meat little book, by the way, paid his tribute to youth. Certainly it was the old men, those terrible “old men,” who caused the great catastrophe of the World War. Only today I was looking through a_pano- rama collection of the scenes of those wondertul batties of the A. E. F. Destruction, loss, desolation — it would be u good thing for the worid is such collections were broadcast over all the lands, 5o that the fiery hearts of youth could see what those old men did. There is_one thing certain about the World War—the young men of the world, if they had been in complete charge, could have made no worse mess of it than the graybeards did. That was what Sir James Barrie meant, and, If you will forgive me the juxtaposition, that is what I mean. Perhaps that was what Dr. Osler meant. It is because the young people are of such vitality, such beauty and such paramount interest that my secret is of importance to them. If you believe in them, you want to save them from misery and self- consclousness. . ok k¥ If a person gets firmly fixed in his mind the truth that no one is really interested in any ome except himself he will stop trying te please those of no importance in his life. It is because children imagine that their own deeds and theughts are equally great in the eyes of others that they are led into such extrav- agances in the way of aping each other in dress and in actions, or. bet- ter, aping the dress and actions of the less worthy of their friemds. To get firmly the idea that the other fellow is interested mostly in himself—not in you—is te take a great step toward ditching self-com- sclousness. The lives of semmitive children are made miserable for meny years by their constant idea that every one else they meet or see is looking at them. It is not until they arrive at a point many years later in their progress through the world that they realize how foolish they have been. Take the young girl attending her first box party at the theater. She thinks every eye there is fixed upon ner. Perhaps so, but only for a sec- ond. They are interested more in themselvse, never forget, and will turn away Indifference on the part of others vanishes when you do not expect too much of them. The heartaches that come from lack of indifference will fade into thin air, where they belong, it you do not expect too much at- tention. You may have laughed sometimes 4t the commencement orators when they tell you how you should be true to yourself, etc,, etc. “Bromide,” you whisper to each other. But what else could the orator do? What else is it possible to tell vou than to be true to vourself, be true to the best in you, and God bless you? If you like to plant roses in the back yard, let the boys call you “sissy.” Some day you will be a Lu- ther Burbank, and the little rough- necks—grown—will come to you for “jobs.” 1 hope no one reading here will get the idea that the secret here imparted is the fruit of cynicism. Life is big- ger than cynicism or skepticism o optimism, or any of the other “isms.” To realize that people are mostly interssted in themselves is but te know a fact of life. WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. and numerous officials departments. £ 9w % Uncle Sam is the official friend of stamp collectors. He maintains at the Post Office Department in Wash- ington a “philatelic_agency,” whose sole business fs to minister to the wants of that still numerous com- munity of men, women and children who dote on postage stamps. The father of the philatelic agency is W. Irving Glover, Third Assistant Post- master General, who organized it un- der Postmaster General Will H. Hays in 1921. The agency is one of the real money-making branches of the Postal service. In 1924 it sold to collectors stamps to the value of 3255,940.04. As the Government ren- dered mo service for these stamps, their value represents -clear profit, except for the cost of the agency, which keeps. constantly busy an agent and five clerks. King George V is the world's most celebrated stamp collector. Former Senator Jo- meph T. Frelinghuysen of New Jersey is one of America’s inveterate phila- telists. For $16.72 you can buy a complete set of all United States Postage stamps. * ok ok Suggestions that United States troops should be sent to Tacna and Arica to cool the Tespective passions of Chile and Paru recall a famous episode at the corner-stone laying of the Pan-American fon. Theodore Roosevelt and Ahdrew Carnegle were its heroes. The Government gave the land and Carnegie gave the money for the building. President Roose- velt observed in his dedicatory ad- dress that, mow that pan-American union was effectad, the United States must alway$ have an army and navy adequate to preserve that union. Car- negie had prepared for the occasion an eloquent peace address. H gTew perceptibly irritated as “T. R. big-stick speech was uncorked. Car- negie crumpled his manuscript into a weapon which he used for ges- tures, and then divested himself of remarks which lambasted Roosevelt unmercifully for his militant talk. AL Under the direction, of Senator A. A. Jones of New Mexico there has just been isswed as a Senate docu- ment an informative history of the election of the Prefident of the United States by the House of Rep- resentatives. The Teport was pre- pared by G, J. Schulz and H, H. B. Meyer of fhe legislative reference service of the Library of Congress. Senator Jones, or some other en- lightened member of Congress, would now render a public service by hav- ing a report prepared dealing with the historic struggle between the executive and legislative branches of the Government. No event in our constitutional history ever enlisted the attention of the living genera- tion so much as the recent Warren episode in the Senate. What led up to it, and an impartial account of the episode itself, would make an invalu- able public document. (Copyright, 1925.) Just Too Faithful. From the Brooklyn Eagle. “Faithful ar® the wounds of a friend” is a text President Coolidge would understand. But maybe it is till too early to offer Easter card suggestions to Willlam E. Borah. —————— Henry Ford, having achieved qhan- tity production of cars, should now try his hand on quantity produétion of parking wpace.~Gioenville Pled-' mront. i o P’ in executive Politics at Large BY N. 0. MESSENGER. Whether' Gov. | Alfred E. Smith's legtalative victory at Albany will— Now wait a minute; do not go up In the air and-say, “In the name of the Drophet, peace with your presidential politics,” for, .although the country has just emerged frora a national campaign memorable in character and ult, presidenttal politics is peren- and we do not ;get out of one campalgn before we begin to tulk of the next one. ® o ox ¥ In point of fact, the subject being discussed most generally by Demo- cratic national politicians at the pres- ent time is whether Gov. Smith's ex- ploits with the Legisiature have not raised the probability that the Dem- ocratic party must face a reopening of the religious question in‘the prob- able candidacy of Alfred E. Smith for the Democratic presidentlal momina- tion in 1928. To them there occurs the apprehension that such is likely to be the case and that they ato facing the probablility of an inter party contest which may become ex- ceedingly acrimonious. = x x % In New York State there is an abiding opinion that Gov. Smith's candidacy for the United States Sen- ate meantime is likely to intervene and which, indeed, would be a step- Ding stone to prestdential aspirations Tt is admitted that his victory over the opposition in the New York 1 slature added to his popular hroughout the State and forms this time a political asset of great valuc. To be sure, looking forward to presidential prospects, it js true that this asset would have been greater but for his defeat for the nomination by the last Demotratic national convention. Many politicians say that, except for this dimming of his political luster, he would proba- bly be accepted as the leadins Dem- ocrat of the country and have 4 long running start toward the presi- dentlal goal. His friends contend that, in fact, he is the leading Dem- ocrat and insist that the re'igious question involved In his nomination for the presidency must go to a finish fight once and for all. Democratic politiclans say that, having in view the fight for possible success of the Democratic party in the next presidential election, they would regret the added hazard of a religious dlspute within the party for the nomination. It s conceded that Gov. Smith's candidacy would precipitate this, and that in its prelim- Inartes it is likely to commence at once, hastened by Gov. Smith’s recent victory. Since the adjournment of the Legis- lature analysis of the work of the Legislature has redounded to the credit of Gov. Smith’s handling of the legislative situation and to the ad- vantage of the Democrats. Facing & hostile Republican majority in both the Assembly and the Senate, the Democrats were enabled to wrest from this unpromising situation & certain measure of success for the measures proposed at the opening by Gov. Smith. The Citizens’ Union of New York, which seeks to mgke non- partisan comment upon the work of the Legislature, in itc analysis, on the whole, gave a favorable report. One fault which was fourd by its re- POrL was that there was a disposition to play too much politics with non- partisan proposals. This analysis did not agree with the criticlsm of the leadership in both houses in lacking| efficiency and which got more or less free ecxpression. The Republicans were criticized for assuming at the outset that all proposals emanating from Gov. Smith had a political as- pect and should therefore be opposed by the Republicans as a body. The Democrats were critieized for blindly indcrsing the policies of Mayvor Hy- lan of New York City for partisan purposes. “Neither party,” the report said, “has anything to be proud df in the political shadow boxing in which both uselessly indulged.” - ¥ ¥ ¥ & ‘The report pointed out that the fact that many of the governotr's proposals ‘were the type of memsures to which Republicans are traditionally and his- torically devoted “made thelr opposi- tion appear: both bbne-headed and ridiculous” Nevertheless and not- withstanding, however, the politicians @gree that Gov. Smi certainly came out of the contest witjt fiying colors. His supporters Immediately cried, “There you are; he has shown his qualities as a great leader. He has proved himself an able executive of the largest State {n the Unlon and a past grand master of politics. He has proven that he is worthy to be the leader of the national party.” Smith presidential boom is on. ¥ X KK Gossip in Republican national po- lftical circles concerns itself mainly with discussion of the big task which President Coolidge has before him of getting the administration and the party leadership in trim for the test, which is to come when Congress re- assembles, of party efficiency in leg- islation. The results of this test will involve not only President Coolidge's leadership of his party, but the lead- ership in the Senate and the House. It is sald that a demonstration of leadership can be expected very soon after the reassembling of Congress. ® %k ¥ Recent reports in political circles aseert that President Coolidge will 1 more heavily upon the House than the Senate in the making of the party record, which he must count upon as a leading asset in the party's appeal to the country in the next Con- gressional clection. Explaining this expected policy, the gossips point out that in the House of Representatives he will find a closer party organiza- tion than in the Senate. In the House the Republicans will have a majority in fact and not merely on paper. Moreover, in the House there will ex- ist machinery for producing results which will not be found in the Senate. Under the House rules it will be pos- sible to get action, if the Ywill for action” exists, as is expected. 1f President Coolldge, working in close party harmohy with the Re- publicans of the House, can bring leg- islative results, a violent contrast with the Senate and its probable pol- icy of disharmony and resultant non- activity will be presented. The Senate would be in the limelight and shown in a disadvantageous position. This might be expected to influence the Senate factionists to moderate their hostility as they contemplated the country viewing them in an unfavor- able light. In the recent debate on the Warren case two United States Senators admitted that the “Senats was not as popular with the .country as it ought to be.” P The spectacle of the House working with the President and getting re- sults, while the Ssnate delayed, would be water over the wheel of Vice President Dawes' undertaking to re- vise the rules of the Senate in the interest of expediting the public bus ness. In this connection a recent statement of Senator Cummins of Towa, one of the Republican leaders of the Senate, asserts that Vice President Dawes 1s not facing such a fight as seems to bé popularily appre- hended, and that there is more sym- pathy in the Senate for his projected reform than is generally thought. * % ok % The threatened coalition of Demo- crats and Republicans in the Senate for proposed revision of the tariff ap- parently s facing hard sledding. The White House has recently made it be known that the tariff revision is not on the President’s program, Word to thix: - has beett” conveyed to the ‘Dusiness-inferesis of "the country alse So the} ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HAS Q. What is the name of the bushes on the terrace above Massachusetts avenue that have the early yellow flowers?—N, W. A. This Is forsythia. Q. What is the average number of funerals at Arlington daily?—E. R. A. The War Department says that the number of burials daily is usually between twe and five. Two, however, might be considered the average. Q. What Is the quotation from Em- erson that led to his belng credited with the famous “monse-trap” say- g2—M. C. R. . In his Journal, Emerson said: “I trust a good deal to common fame. as we all must. If a man has good cofn or wood or boards or pigs to 1l, or can make better chairs or nives crucibles or church organs than anybody elss, you will find a %road, hard-beaten road to his house, though it be in the wood: ing this, with Emerson's name, bert Hubbard modified it to the fol- lowing: “If a man writes a better book, preaches a better sermon, or makes a better mouse-trap than his neighbor, the world will make a beaten path to his door.” Q. Is the radish an American veg- etable’—R. E. F. A. The common garden radish thought to be a native of Asia | Q@ Where land grar first made to railroads”—A. C. D. The first grant of lands {in the construction of a railroad was ‘(’IC act of Congress of September 1850, to the ate of Ilinois. A nun | ber of grants of lands to States fol- lowed as alds to railroa Q. Is a quatrain a verse of four lines or a poem of four verses?—B. F. A. A quatrain is a poetical stanza of four lines, usually rhyming alter- nately, but the term is sometimes loosely appliéd to a poem of four short stanzas. Q. What political boss retained his power the longest’—G. N. A Probably the late Matthew Quay of Pennsylvania. became secretary of the executi committes- of -the Republican Sta: committee In 1869 and thereafter was the recognimed Jeader of his party in Pennsylvania until his death in 1964 He became a member of the national committee in 1885, nator He Q. What is a by-product’—P. G. A. The census defines a by-product rom the same material as the main product, but diverging from the production of the main product during a process in such a way that the suspension of the production of the main product will result in suspending the produ: tien of the by-product.”” Thus, saw dust inevitably results from sawing wood. It is therefore a by-product and all sawdust products if made in connection with sawmills are classed as by-products. Q. Are boas larger than pythons?— H. S T A. The netted python of Indo-China and the Malay Archipelago, which sometimes exceeds 30 feet in length, is said to be the largest kind of ser- pent known. Q. What is the abbreviation “q. d."? 8, C. R A. It is the abbreviation of the Latin “quast dictum,” meaning, “as it satd.” Q. How much negro blood is there in a quadroon?—R. J. A. A quadroon is usually a person who 1is one-quarter negro and three- quarters white: that is, one of whose grandparents was white and the other | But Believe osed reduction in Federal tax- At P Rafled with zatistaction by Americans generally, but these senti- ments have been accompanied by general expressions of bellef that such curtailmént probadly will be the last. While it is recognized that ‘much properly has been done in dis- pensing with post-war activities, it is felt that growth of the Nation will require gradually increasing expendi- tures. Newspapers of the country have exprested opinions which are generally harmonious. Stimulation of business is antici- pated by the Toledo Blade, which makes this prediction: “As the tax rate is cut, a proportionate increase in tax returns is expected. A vast number of business men figure in- come taxes a year in advanceé. 1f they are convinced that a reduction in the Federal levy is certain, they will expand present enterprises and begin new undertakings. The coun- try needs another income tax reduc- tion. The tax should be made as low as the estimates of Federal revenue Will permit.” The Charlotte Observer, however, wans against any hopes which may not be realized. "It is’just as well,” states the Observer, “for the peopls to take comfort in the hope that the system of ‘economy’ is g0ing to bring happiness the coming year in lighter tax burdens. but it is not advisable to be precipitate in the hope. The task of lopping off war activities, with fesultant ‘saving’ to the taxpayer is now approaching com- pletion, or at all events it has reached a stage where further progress is likely to be fought with increasing bitterness by interested groups. It is not likely that the technical efficiency with which Govermment departments are administered can be further in- creased in any large way. Neglect of public property cannot be further enhanced and probably past neglect will shortly rise up and smite us in some instances.” * ok kK imilar warning is givén by the New o foirmal of Commerce, Which is in- clined to pay more heed to the appro- priations committee than to the predic- tions of the tax-reducing agencies. “All in all,” 1s the conclusion of the Journal of Commerce, “it does mot appear that We can go very much further in cutting taxes without giving effective attention fo the development of a program of real economy. Indeed, we shall have to be careful lest further delay and self- deception In this matter drive us to in- creased taxation.” Reduced income taxes for 1926 are "all but certain,” in the opinion of the Oakland Tribune, which says of thé : "With ‘mo udexpected emer ncy and with a ocontinuance of the Sconomical policies of the administra- tion the way will.he opened for a tax reduction approximating 25 per cent. The figures represent statesmanship, couragéous adherencé to a strict busi- nessiike policy and an fmprovement in the general prosperity of the country.” The Bangor Daily Commercial expresses the view that “all seems right financial- 1y with the Nation,” but it gives the warning: “The amount of revenue un- der the present rates must meet ex- O T — by Williem M. Butler, Senator from Massachusetts, spokesman of the ad- ministration and chairman of the Re publican natlonal committee. He has assured business interests that they need not apprehend unsettling of business or manufacturing by tinker- ing with the tariff. He has also dropped a hint to the international bankers that they cannot reckon upon insuring their international loane by depending N increased exports to the hm“glhs. under a lowertd L ia | negro, and one of whose immediat: parents was white and the other mu- latto. Q. How many people came in the Welcome with William Penn?—M C. D. A. On Penn's first trip to this country, approximately 100 other pas sengers were on board the Welcom« Q. How long was Ethan Allen kep: prisoner’—I. A. G Allen was taken 1775 near Montreal and sent land. After a few months eturned to this c kept as a prisoner May 3, 1778, when he After his release he Heutenant colonel Ly the Cor Congress, and ame brigad eral of ths Vermont militia. Q Jnited States and how —J. McD. A. Amber is found Boulder County, and countles. particularly in the Boulder coal felds. Amber is a fossil resi of vegetable origin. It is usually of a pale-yellow color, sometimes red dish or brownish: it is someti transparent, sometimes almost opaq It occurs in round. irregular lumps, grains or drops; has a perfectly con choidal fracture fs slightly brittle emits an agreeable odor when rubbe = risoner to Eng was exchange was brevette | Where is amber found in tt does it look * in Colorad: in adjoinin; Whera —L. 8. B, A. It ix located on the rocks, which are a particularly dan- gerous reef lying in the annel about 14 miles from - mouth, England. This is considered the first of the modern lighthouses Q. Was the two-thirds rule presidential nominations in the Dem- ocratic party ever abolished?—<. R. A, In 1836 opposition was volced to this rule, and it was voted against, but the next day the action re- considered and the rule r lished. Opposition has also b tive against it in 1840, 1548, 18 and 1824 is the ddystone ddystone tor Q dic sentence V. E A. This term is applied to a sen- tence which is so constructed t its meaning is not complete until the last word is reached Q. In what ord ubs of the Ame —A. P A the ington, N T'hiladelphia Chicago. Q. How m a modern battleship :. 0. A. The approximate cost of a mod- ern battleship is 000,000, Q. in the United State A. The latest able report 280,105 tive in manufacturing year 19819, What D. s a peri did the base ball n League finish? Wash Louis, Boston and following order York. Detroit, St Cleveland to build cial fge establish during (Are you cver hampered for want of information? Do you wonder and blun- der, through misinformation? Thif col- umn was instituted to serve a very ap- parent need of our readers, and its popi- larity is attested by the thousands who seck information datly. Use tha service and lcarn its possibilities. Address quiries to The Star Information Burea: Frederic J. Haakin, Director, Twenty- first and C streets northwest. Inclose @ 2-cent stamp for a direct reply.) Editors Hail Coming Tax Cut, It Will Be Last pectations and leave the surplus that it is believed will accrue. If this happens, and thé expenditures aro not permitted to advance beyond the estimate, then there will be a reduction of taxes and very likely a reduction of surtaxes to a mmXimum of 25 per cen Present efforts are cited by the Akron Beacon Journal as an example to other taxing powers. “State and local govern- ments,” suggests the Beacon Journal, “should note what the Federal Govern- ment is duing to lift the tax burde: from the people. They should not be = reckless in adding to tax rates debt limits to finance ex‘ravagar spendings.” 3 A recent address Mellon on the by Secretur subject of taxation has furnished material for disc - sion. The Rock Island Argus find that he has in no way abandoned « retreated from his plan of tax r form. “He 1is convinced, rightly, observes the Argus, “that if his argu- ments and figures seemed to make little impression upon these politi- cal gentlemen, they at least made a very profound impression upon the country. The present tax, he asserts, may impose high rates on large in- comes, but it does not insure con- tinuance of large revenue to the Government.” The public was little impressed by the last tax measure, comments the Springfield Unfon, which adds: “T} taxpayers accepted it only as a com- promise. They wanted then and stiil want tax reform on the scale and along the lines of Mr. Mellon's firs proposal. Treasury experts aré volc- ing the opinion that the bottom has almost been reached in the reduetion of Government expenditures and that hereafter the trend must be upward rather than downward. If this is the case, there is double reason for an enactment of tax reform that will act as a stable gulde in the levying of imposts for future expenditures.” This position Is challenged by the Bristol Herald-Courier, which holds that should the Mellon tax plan be adopted “the big taxpayers will be given substantial relief, while the little taxpayers will have to be satis- fied with small favors” The Buffalo News, however, praiges the consider- ation shown for taxpayers by the Federal Government. “It has brought about three reductions in taxes since 1921," says the News, “and now comes the welcome news that the outlook is favorable for a further reduction next yea Urges Bathing Pools For Colored Residents To the Editor of The Stas For sevetal years colored peopla constituting one-fourth of ths popu- lation of Washington have been de- prived of all but the most meager bathing and swimming facilitits. Every years list of drownings of young colored boys attest to the in- sufficiency. The Howard Park pool, a smail playground pool, has been the sole source of publicly safeguarded natation. The fight for and grant of swimming rights in the basin’ un- doubtedly caused the action leading to deprivation of all Washingtonians of beach facilities this Summer. Let us hope that Col. Sherrill and his co-workers are planning equal and tull accommodations for this large group of citizens. If this is not done I venture to predict that colored peo- ple are going to make a determined legal fight to test the discriminator. and unequal recreational provision in this seat of the Federal Govern- meut. E. B. HENDERSON,