Evening Star Newspaper, September 24, 1928, Page 8

“THE EVENING STAR ‘With Sunday Morning Edition., WASHINGTON, D. C. MONDAY....September 24, 1928 THEODORE W. NOYES....Editor 1a Ate. fice: 110 East 42nd St. Chicago Office: Tower Building. European Offce;. 14 Regent St.. London, ngland. ot llxate by Carrier Within the City. " e Evenine Star.n. 45¢ per montl The Evening and Sun (when 4 Sundays) . The Evening and Sunday Star (when 5 Sundays) The Sunday Star .. Collection made at'{ha Orders may be sent in by mail o Main 5000 Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. ' Maryland and Virginia. Daily and Sunda: 0 $1 aily only . unday only All Other States and Cal Dally and Sunday. ; Daily only . B Sunday only . Member of the Associated Press. ‘The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dis- patches credited to it or not otherwise cred- ited in this paper and also the local news published herein. All rizhts of publication of special dispatches herein are also reserved. = 60c per month 65¢ per month 5¢ per copy month. lephone yri 84, .1 yr., $12.00; 1 £8.00 1 mo., $5.00: 1 mo. 50c Liberal School Appropriations. ‘The difference of opinion concerning furisdiction between the Board of Edu- cation and the Commissioners should not and will not be permitted to pre- | vent the schools from securing in the ‘Dlsmct bill a maximum of reasonable appropriation for maintenance and to- ' ward completion of the five-year pro- gram of school expenditure which ;Congress has authorized. Both the Commissioners and the Board are compelled by the Budget Bu- THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, remedy, inasmuch as the gravel and tar united soon covered not the road, but the users of it. In the last few years, however, the real solution to the diffi- | culty has been found. A heavy surface of cut stone is placed over the tar, and except for an occasional flying piece the road covering remains where it be- longs—on the road. It is evident from this latest effort of the District Highway Department that it is either not aware of the new and improved method or is entirely heedless of the feelings of Washing- tonians, which, it must be admitted, have been strained almost to the break- ing point by the lack of consideration and organization in the street repair program this Summer. It is perfectly obvious that if these streets must be tarred at this particular time, when it is almost an impossibility for a local | motorist to avoid the numberless de- tours which confront him on a trip up or down town, and if the old-fash-| ioned, obsolete method of tarring them | must be used, they should be closed until they have dried sufficiently to permit passage without ruined paint and ruined clothes. With this latest example of incon- siderateness, the Highway Department of the District indeed has much to ac- count for to the residents of Wash- ington. ————— The Underlying Issue. Gov. Smith is in the West appealing for the support of the farmers. The liquor issue, from which sp much has been expected by many of the Demo- cratic leaders, appears to lag, to be thrust into the background, at least for the time being. The Democratic candi- dnte has been quoted as saying that he does not regard liquor as the great issue believed by those who are already in- clined to credit all tales which reflect upon the candidates whom they are opposing with their voices and their votes. In the case of the story about Gov. Smith it perhaps received greater publicity through denial than through circulation. Senator Bruce’s statement about Mr. Hoover has been so quickly refuted that it will perhaps not gain currency. There are sufficiently important is- sues before the people to occupy their minds and to engage their thoughts between now and election day without indulgence in these personal charges, especially upon hearsay and rumor. Their utterance is to the discredit of those who give them forth. R The Charities Deficit. While there is an obligation to give freely to the funds that are now being collected for the relief of victims of the storms in Florida and Porto Rico, whose needs grow with the disclosure of conditions, Washingtonians must not forget their own responsibilities, which lie right at their doors. An appeal for assistance has just been made by the Associated Charities for $8,000 to meet a deficit. The fiscal year of the local welfare agencies closes within a week and unless contributors of the past and new subscribers to this fund come forward meanwhile with their donations it will be necessary to start the new year with a shortage. For some time past the Associated Charities and Citi- zens' Relief Association have been obliged to operate on borrowed money in order to respond to meritorious ap- peals which reach the field workers. It is highly undesirable to carry on the local charity work on such a basis. It is especially undesirable now that these reau, which represents the President, to | in the campaign. This will be news to#worthy organizations, which are doing change their carefully prepared state- ments of actual municipal needs and | to present as their own estimates state- ments of such needs that are less by millions than those in good faith orig- *| inally submitted. As fellow sufferers | the Commissioners and the Board . would naturally be considerate of and sympathetic toward each other, and not hostile, arbitrary or disputatious. Nearly everybody in the District is interested, directly or indirectly, in the i #chools, and Congress has already re- flected that interest by adopting and authorizing a five-year program of school expenditure, which owing to cer- tain limitations upon District appro- pri.tions has been only partially car- Tied out. In the general community interest | and waiving for the present the issue of Jurisdiction the Commissioners and the Board of Education will doubtless be ['ound co-operating earnestly to secure ior the schools the most liberal appro- | priations that the available revenues and resources of the District will rea- wonably permit. To this end the Board | of Education should be given the op- portunity to fight for its own estimates. before the Budget Bureau and the congressional committees; and when cuts in the regular estimates have been finally decreed by the Budget Bureau the Board of Education should be per- mitted to determine where in the schocl estimates to be submitted to Congress ,the cuts should be made; that is, what items aggregating the total cut should | be shifted from the regular and pre- ferred estimates to the list of slurred ;supplementary estimates. In respect to its budget the District government is in a cramping strait- Jacket. Its statements in good faith of actual municipal needs are limited by the assumption that in spite of the fight by the Senate for fair play no more than nine millions will be ap- propriated from the Treasury for Capi- tal maintenance, though the total Capi- tal expenditures are steadily increasing and though a large percentage of the total lump sum is inequitably diverted from municipal to national projects. Its budget is further limited by the urgent plea of the local taxpayers against an increase of the present tax rate, al- ready too high in view of its excessive assessments, compared with those of other cities. Some day Congress will do financial equity (1) by restoring the definite proportionate national contribution, or (2) by increasing the lump sum pay- ment, or (3) by removing national or semi-national projects from the Dis- , trict bill, or by financing such projects on just terms of national-local contri- bution by separate provisions of the District bill outside of the nine millions payment. - It is fortunate that the earth has two {cy Poles. When an Arctic expedition creates problems there is a certain mental relief in contemplating the prob- lems which may be created by an Antarctic expedition. Philosophers have said that rest, after all, lies not in nertia, but in a change of occupation. ——o———————— Sheer Lack of Consideration. As if the local motorist did not have enough worries with the Chinese puz- ele which constitutes the game of find- ing an unincumbered and unclosed thoroughfare on which to drive, the Highway Department has shoved fur- ther into the depths those unfortunate residents who happen to live on or near macadam streets by applying a particu- | larly sticky and uninviting mixture of tar and exceedingly loose gravel to these roads. This variety of tar ap- parently has an affinity for all parts of an automobile and for the persons of all those hapless motorists who chance to be occupants of it. As a matter of fact, the economical layer of gravel which was placed on top of the tar has been of little use as far as improv- ing the street surface is concerned, be- cause practically all of it has been car- ried away, either on automobiles or on the clothing of their occupants, and, as far as can be seen, the garages and the cleaners of the city are the only gainers. Years and years ago, when even a macadamized road was looked upon as 8 decided luxury and when concrete and asphalt had hardly been thought of, the highway departments of the va- rious cities and States annually, or per- haps semi-annually, rolled out their tar wagons and proceeded to make mo- torists miserable with long stretches of roads covered by the black, sticky sub- stance. It was skiddy and ruinous to car paint and clothes. It was soon recognized that regard- less of the necessity for annual tarring some means would have to be found to prevent accident and damage. At first 'a loose layer of gravel was placéd on top of the tar, but this was not the stories continue to float about and are dan a statesman.” many voters in Connecticut, Rhode Is- Jand, Massachusetts and New York, where the Democratic leaders are seeking to impress upon the electorates that if Smith is elected beer will start to flow on November 7. Whether the Governor of New York regards liquor as the great issue of the campaign or not, little doubt exists that the champions of prohibition are seek- ing to make it a main issue in many States. And when the Democratic can- didate swings back into the East for his final drive in the campaign, prohibition modification may again assume, for the Democratic leadership, all the earmarks of “the great issue.” It is, after all, the main issue upon which Chairman Ras- kob of the Democratic national commit- tee swung from allegiance to the Repub- lican party and volunteered his services to bring about the election of Gov. Smith, champion of the wets. It is the issue, too, which brought support from several other important figures in the modern business and financial world, who have hitherto, as a rule, voted the Republican ticket. It would be perhaps not quite politic for the Democratic candidate to stress the wet and dry issue in the dry terri- tory through which he is now hurrying. He is to speak in Montana, the home of Senator Thomas J. Walsh, an ardent dry as well as the man who lifted the lid on Teapot Dome. But when Gov. Smith arrives in Wisconsin, perhaps the wet and dry issue will again become more pronounced. Mr. Hoover was criticized in some quarters because he did not discuss prohibition in his recent address in Newark, N. J. He mentioned prohibition but once in that address, giving it place as one of the factors which have aided in bringing about the great prosperity which this country has i enjoyed in the last half dozen years.; But Mr. Hoover went into the East to state the Republican attitude and his own attitude toward labor, not to dis- cuss liguor in a territory which has much wet sentiment, just as Gov. Smith went into the West to discuss farm re- lief and water power and oil scandals in a country which is notoriously dry. ‘The antidote which the Republicans are applying in the East for the wet sentiment which undoubtedly exists there is the full dinner pail, regular em- ployment, increases in tariff schedules to aid the textile workers. Gov. Smith and the Democrats in the West, on the other hand, are seeking to offset the dry sentiment in some of those States with declarations of favor to the farm- ers even to the extent of approving the McNary-Haugen bill. But all the time prohibition, which Gov. Smith’s nom- ination made inevitable, is the underly- ing issue. ——r——— Radio advertising occasionally hints that the ability to manufacture a fine commercial article does not necessarily imply especial musical taste. e A Campaign of Slanders. If the present political contest goes into history as the “whispering cam- paign” it should be broadened in this definition. For while it started out with the circulation of “whispers” re- lating to the character and status and performances of candidates, assertions, innuendoes and charges that did not receive immediate print publicity, it has now developed a veritable barrage of open allegations. The other day Bishop Cannon, who is leading a fight against Gov. Smith in the South, specifically declared in a public speech that the Democratic candidate is in the habit of taking daily drinks of intoxicating liquors. Next came Sen- ator Bruce of Maryland in a plat- form address saying that he had au- thoritative information that Herbert Hoover had taken numerous drinks with Clarence Darrow, the noted law- yer. He also said that Senator Curtis, Republican vice presidential nominee, had been seen at a Maryland race track with a bottle of liquor in his pocket. The assertion regarding Mr. Hoover has been immediately denied by one of his personal aides and also by Mr. Darrow, who has said that he has never met Mr. Hoover and has therefore never imbibed intoxicants with him. These two unfortunate breaks by partisan speakers should have the ef- fect of checking the disposition to spread rumor and report to the disparagement of the two men who are now standing before the country as candidates for the highest office. Gov. Smith has al- ready been compelled to subject one of these tales to investigation and to brand it as a baseless falsehood. It originated in correspondence between women. The charge that Mr. Hoover has taken drinks with Clarence Dar- row is promptly refuted. But both such a vitally important work for the welfare of the community, should be forced into financial deficit, inasmuch as the community chest plan is to begin operation on the first of January, and these units should enter that combi- nation of agencies with a clean slate. A few more dollars| from each of those who have heretofore given to this cause, together with additional dollars from newcomers to the funds, will bridge this gap which has been opened by exceptional calls upon the treasury of the charities organization. ————r——————— Smith supporters insist that . those wicked old Tammany bosses are of no more genuine importance than a be- jeweled mummy released from an Egyptian tomb. However, the mummy stood in its lifetime for much that pres- ent generations must struggle to avoid. — cate Hoover says it is not a campaign of opposition. He cannot, however, go so far as to hope that opposing candi- dates, in the midst of courteous rival- ries, can be persuaded to boost each other in formal compliments like brother Rotarians. ————— National prosperity is convincingly shown by the price of a seat on the New York Stock Exchange. The occu- pant of ‘a place in the curb market, with homegrown produce for sale, is not always positive in his optimism. —————— - Wearing a blue tailored suit and close-fitting hat, Lady Astor has sailed for this country. The stir she makes in world politics will in all likelihood be equal to that she makes in world fashions. e e > “Heckling” is becoming a lost art in American politics. The cowboy cut-up missed his great opportunity when- he failed to break up the Smith meeting in Omaha. —e— It is no longer necessary for a person with something on his mind to “hire a hall” Al he needs is access to a good radio broadcasting station. e Many a schoolboy cheerfully betakes himself to the playground and leaves the family to argue about the possibility of propaganda in the text books. R et ‘The most important waterpower prob- lem, after all, is that of preventing flood devastation. e SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. No Bliss Unalloyed. We've merrily been tuning in On many a Summer song. The wintry discord will begin Its gchoing so strong. In some few weeks we'll have to be *By frosty rudeness vexed. The passing lay was filled with glee. We'll get the static next. We're sure that in a little while Life will be at its best. Let’s learn to welcome, with a smile, The static with the rest, Education Facilities, “Did you study your lessons when you were a boy?” “I did,” answered Senator Sorghum. “But I don’t know whether that fact helps me in politics. All I had were those old-fashioned schoolbooks which said ‘Honesty is the best policy’ and which sold simple patriotism without any side lines of propaganda.” Peace With Conversation. Henceforth we shall not come to blows; ‘Though argument emphatic grows. Its presence affably affirms That we are still on speaking terms. Jud Tunkins says it's a mistake to quarrel about politics. Even if you get the best of the argument, a fight may lay you up in the hospital so that you can’t vote. Counting Up. “You must remember that your wife now has a vote.” “You have two, Henrietta,” answered Mr. Meekton, “yours and mine.” “He who has never changed his mind,” said Hi Ho, the sage of China- town, “is one who thinks he can hold perpetual Summer by refusing to tear off the next leaf on the calendar.” Patient Public. - And still the contest went ahead ‘With mingled bravery and bluff. Only the Patient Public fled And cried appealingly, “Enough!” “When a man tells me how I ought to vote,” sald Uncle Eben, “he some- how allus sounds mo’ like%a MONDAY, THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. “Take this,” he sald, “and go and get your board.” So we were introduced to industrial America. Nobody was going to bring our board to us, we had to go and get it ourself. The man said so. ‘We looked at the yellow sheet in our hand, not willing to admit our igno- rance of the proper procedure, but dim- ly realizing that there was no way out of it, since we did not know where to go. “How do you get there?” we asked, as nonchalantly as possible. “Go around to the south side and up the steps.” Sure enough, on the south side was a wide flight of rickety steps up the side of the building. Every one has seen pictures of such steps. Years ago all flights were exterior. Holding _tightly to our ticket, we mounted the steps, and came at onceé into a din of fly wheels and rapidly revolving belts, pierced by the shrill whine of saws. Oh, by the way—as we were coming along we caught sight of a beautiful girl in equestrienne costume! She was a pale blonde, tall, with a frank, honest face, with gray eyes that looked square- ly at you. “To get back to the woodworking place, however. Millions of bits of sawdust floated in the loft where the saws whined, and big boards resolved them- selves into smaller boards. ‘We looked around. There was a pompous gentleman, all dressed up, standing by the door, with his back to the sunshine. Innocently we thought he must be the foreman, or something. We ventured to say that we “would like to get this board.” He looked at us with intense disgust. “There’s your man over there,” he said. * &k ok We might have known it. How could a man be foreman of a woodworking shop all dressed up in blue serge and so on? ‘The real foreman wore a pair of dirty pants and a shirt that was khaki col- ored, so you couldn’t tell whether it was dirty or not, and had upon his face a kindly expression. Men who work with their hands often have that kindly, quizzical look, as if to say, “Well, this is a funny world, what do you think of it?” We approached him happily. He took our yellow order slip without a word, and, climbing over a pile of planks in his path, disappeared through an arched door. That was the last we were to see of him. He never appeared again. He might have been sawed in two for all we knew. Certainly there were enough revolving disks of glittering steel to saw a dozen men in half and leave nothing to tell the tale. To this day we hope the kindly fore- man suffered no such fate. We are reasonably sure he did not. Perhaps these ideas were put into our more or less impressionable mind by a big sign on the wall, “What to Do During Hot Weather.” We gathered that the stricken man was to be treated kindly, his collar un- buttoned and his head lifted. If it were sunstroke, he was to be bathed with cold water, but if it were heat prostration, by no means was he to have cold water. Men working in the sun ought to have a gallon and a half of water every day, the sign said. Whew! That’s a lot of water. * % % At any rate, our man didn't come back, and we had plenty of time to look around at the shop. The north wall was solid brick, but there were windows on the east and south, the latter wall containing in addition the huge entry from the pair of steps. ‘There was a sort of landing outside the door. The rail was about 5 feet high, with no lower guard. We specu- lated on how it would feel to fall through. This was caused no doubt by the fact that workmen had to brush past us to come from the saws to the time clock. Suppose one of them should become irate at our intrusion and give us a shove? Well, we would put up a lively fight for it, we promised the wide world. The dressed-up gentleman smiled in disdain. He smirked at the time clock, he smirked at the workmen, he smirked at the world in general. Just then a man in overalls came up with a yellow slip and an arm full of neatly cut planks about 4 feet long, all of which he delivered into the im- maculate arms of the gentleman. They parted without words, leaving us alone with flywheels and leather bands. ‘There were any number of bands, running around a like number of wheels. Some of the wheels were large, some small, but whatever their size they turned so many revolutions a minute on the same shaft. As far as we could count, the wheels turned about 120 times a minute. The saws interested us most. Once upon a time we had stood squarely in front of such a saw when a colored boy had come up and said: “Boss, if I wuz you, I wouldn't stand dar. Dat saw some- times flies off the handle.” We wondered if the galaxy of busy saws before us might not “fly off the handle.” Carefully we tried to get be- tween saws, but there were so many of them that we decided it was more trouble than it was worth. Surely the men were standing 'squarely behind them. We took a reassuring glance at the workmen's compensation law notice. * k ok ok ‘The average man with eyes which are none too tough may be glad that he does mot work in a woodworking shop. Those flying bits of sawdust— would they not perpetually be getting into a fellow's eyes? They filled the air, dancing in the sunshine like pro- verbial motes, only these motes were solid slivers of solid wood. All the men wore caps. At first we wondered why. After we noted the per- petual dust we ceased to wonder. The whirr of the belts and the cry of the keen-edged saws produced a veritable din 1 an unaccustomed ear. Dare say the boys there didn't hear them at all Custom makes anything easy. The noise was steady, not intermittent, and that ought to help. The uncertainty of some noises is what makes them hard to bear. We can recall a man with a poor sense of humor who thought it funny to fite off a .45 on the Fourth of July. It was not the noise but the unexpectedness of it that caused one to jump. . ‘There were piles of lumber every- where, with here and there one of some finished scroll work, or neatly cut boards. Baskets of rolled papers stood under counters, and there were piles of work over 1n darkened corners. A drift of sawdust was over everything, includ- ing the men. The smell of cut boards seended part of the dust drift. None of the men smoked, we were happy to note. What would happen if one pulled out a pipe and started to strike a match? We had no desire to make the experiment, however. That flight of steps was too near. Just then a man in blue overalls came up and solved our problems. “Here you are,” said he, handing us the board and the yellow order. We thanked him and departed down the steps. We could have walked off down the street with our board, but stopped to pay, as a matter of form. Industrial America is run on the basis of honesty. As we walked up the street we looked for the fair equestrienne, but she was gone. We knew she would be! WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. Nothing but Tunney-Dempsey prize fights or the world series have ever com- peted for Washington's radio favor like Gov. Smith's speeches in the West. They are the top-liner broadcasting at- traction of the Fall scason. Everybody is tuning in on them. Republicans and Democrats alike keep their ears glued to the loud speaker when “Al's” on the air. Opinions about him are the Capital's favorite conversation at the moment. ‘They differ widely. Many listeners think his “radio style” is forceful and per- suasive beyond any political talks ever broadcast. Others think the governor's unconventional mannerisms are cheap and undignified. Smith is probably a better judge of political psychology than either his admirers or his critics. He is using in the West the selfsame home- spun methods which have swept him to victory so often in New York. Doubt- less he thinks the proof of the pudding is the eating. * %k ok ok Probably no man who ran for Presi- dent ever commanded the enthusiastic service of so many voluntary workers as Herbert Hoover. Nearly all of them trace back to Belgian relief and food administraton days, with a few old- timers from the mining camp and en- gineering eras. A devoted Hooverite, whose name doesn't often seep out of the avalanche of G. O. P. news, is an- other Herbert—Herbert L. Gutterson, New York lawyer, executive secretary at Republican national committee head- quarters. He was one of the nominee’s right-hand men in war-time Washing- ton. Gutlerson’s particular job is to su- perintend the circulation of the tens af thousands of publications of all sorts with which the country is being propa- gandized, by the printed word, to vote for Hoover and Curtis. * k% ok ‘Women in politics are the poorer for the passing of Agnes Wilson of Penn- sylvania. As the long-time chief lieu tenant of her distinguished father, Wil- liam B. Wilson, Secretary of Labor dur- ing both Woodrow Wilson administra- tions, Miss Wilson became an adept in the political game, and played it like a man. She was the eyes and ears of “Uncle Billy” at every stage of his pend- ing contest against William S. Vare for the disputed senatorial seat from Penn- sylvania, revealing on his behalf a zeal and devotion seldom encountered in public life. Miss Wilson herself had Jjust entered the public arena as a can- didate for office, having been recently nominated for Congrss from her home district in the Keystone State. At ‘Washington, where all of her later years were spent, she was a familiar figure in the Government departments, on Capi- tol Hill and in Democratic party circles. * ok ok * Sprightly sidelights on Washington and Washingtonians illuminate the pages of “My Studio Window,” the new book of Marietta Minnigerode Andrew: which is just off the press. Mrs. An- drews — Virginian, painter, poetes: dramatist and raconteur—trips acros the Capital scene, which she herself has so brilliantly adorned, with the same gay abandon displaved in her “Memot of a Poor Relation.” In her latest vol- ume of calculated indiscretions, Mrs. Andrews tells a new story about Mrs. Coolidge. Calling on the First Lady (then Madame Vice President) one day, the authoress discovered a large doll on the sofa in the drawing-room, “I didn't know you had a little daughter.” ex- claimed Mrs. Andrews. “I haven't, Mrs. Coolidge rejoined, when her attes tion was drawn to the doll. “She b longs to me. T've never outgrown my love for dolis!” * Kk ok * As they say in typewriting schools, now is the time for all good men (and women) to come to the aid of their party. What they're particularly ex- pected to do is.to “cough up.” The most literal example of that sort is just salesman | reported from the Democratic campajgn Iphia, A boy commitiee at Philadel named Joseph Yurick of Mahanoy Plain, Pa., had saved up a coin to give to the Smith fund, but somehow got it down his windpipe. The other day he was brought to Philadelphia, operated on with the famous bronchoscope of Chevalier Jackson, and, after the quar- ter was rescued, he personally deposited it in the campaign committee’s cash- box. ) * K % % ‘The October number of the Farm Journal, the country’s most widely cir- culated rural periodical, records the re- sult of its 1928 all-agricultural presi- dential straw vote. Of 39,167 farm people personally polled, 22,647 are for Hoover and 16,520 for Smith. Western States in which Hoover tops his rival include California, Colorado, Idaho, Il- linois, Iowa, Kansas, Oregon, Utah and Washington. States in which Smith leads are Arizona, Nevada, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska and North Dakota. The vote is so close in Indiana, Ken- tucky, Michigan, South Dakota and Wisconsin that the Farm Journal puts them in the doubtful column. New York is the only Eastern State which reveals so nip-and-tuck agricultural sentiment as to be classed doubtful in the straw vote. New Jersey farmers voted 2 to 1 for Hoover. The Farm Journal says its rural poll has turned out to be indicative of the final result for the past four presidential elections in_succession. Dr. Manuel E. Malbran, the newly accredited Ambassador of Argentina, returns to the scene of his earliest diplomatic activity, for he was attached to the then Argentinian legation at Washington in 1911, in the humble rank of third secretary. Both Dr. Mal- bran and President Coolidge recalled that circumstance when the new envoy presented his credentials at the White House the other day. Meantime, Senor Malbran has become one of Argentina’s most distinguished diplomats, having served as Minister to Mexico and to Venezuela and as Ambassador to Chile. It Wwas from the latter post that he was detached, to be sent to the United States this time. lawyer by profession. He has happy recollections of his previous sojourn here during the Taft and Wilson ad- ministrations. (Copyright. 1928.) UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR Ten Years Ago Today. ‘The foarth Liberty loan, in the amount of $6,000,000,000, is offered at 4!4 per cent. Secretary McAdoo opens the campaign with a stirring speech in | . New York City. * British and French t.oops today attacked on a cent fronts, totaling about 7 miles, ito the westward of St. Quentin, and make substantial progress, despite vigor- ous enery resistance. Four towns and 1,300 prisoners taken. oy complete and probably unparalleled vic- tory crowns Gen. Allenby's troops as the Turkish 7th and 8th armies are practically wiped out. * * * French cavalry, operating with the Serbians, have cgptured Prilep, northeast of Mo astir, and the British capture Doiran, with two Bulgarian armies retreating in great disorder. * * German prestige in the Nea. East is shattered, and the allies expect great results from victories in Macedonia and Palestine. ¢ * * American forces win their first fight against the Bolsheviki as they repel them south eof Archangel and inflict severe losses on the enemy. « * * Bolshevist officers are using every precaution to prevent their sol- diers learning that American soldiers are fighting on this front. * * ‘Three hundred and ty-six casualties given out today; 89%killed in action, 122 wounded severely and 95 missing. < s SEPTEMBER Dr. Malbran is a | 24, 1928. PHILOSOPHIES BY GLENN FRANK Yesterday I spoke of the varied nndl seemingly secular look that the next great revival of religion might have. Today I suggest that the timid and tentative beginnings of a business liber- alism that one may sense here and| there are among the first hints of the | next great revival of religion. | Business liberalism may be a dis tressingly anonymous sort of religion: | it may rest content with the voiceless evangelism of creative work, but it is freighted with authentic religious value nevertheless. | I use the word “liberalism” very loosely here, not in the closely knit sense of an economic philosophy or a political program. I use it roughly to indicate three things, viz: First, the opposite of what we mean when we call men standpatters or reactionaries. Second, the willingness and ability to conduct a_business for public welfare as well as for private profit, particularly the attempt and the ability to devise business policies that serve the com- mon good in the act of making profits. ‘Third, the habit of facing fresh prob- lems with fresh minds. Business liberalism of this sort is the best guaranty of self-preservation for the modern business man. Business liberalism of this sort is one of the best agencies for social prog- ress for modern society. ‘The liberal business man differs from the reactionary business man in five | important aspects, viz: The liberal business man is skeptical | of catch-words. The reactionary business man thinks | in_catch-words. H The liberal business man has a nice | sense of the use and the limitations of force in dealing with social unrest. The reactionary business man_rushes | for the big stick at the first hint of trouble. The liberal business man thinks of | the labor problem as a problem of | establishing workable industrial govern- | ment. The reactionary business man thinks of the labor problem as a problem of conducting vigorous industrial warfare. ‘The liberal business man believes in freedom for his critics to agitate. The reactionary business man leans on_censorship, The liberal business man tends to be | a statesman inside his business, trying to serve his generation by the way he makes his money. The reactionary business man tends to be a philanthropist outside his busi- ness, trying to serve his generation by the way he spends, his money. | (Copyright, McClure\ Newspaver Syndicate.) ! | National Woman’s Party | Questions Candidates From the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. The National Woman's Party, sponsor | of the so-called “equal rights” amend- ment to the United States Constitution, has asked the presidential candidates to state their attitude toward the proposed amendment. It may safely be predict- ed that the responses will not please the | National Woman’s Party. Except for extreme feminists, the amendment has no supporters. This | amendment does not ordain that women shall he allowed all the rights that men now have; it ordains that men and women shall have equal rights. The precise meaning of that fiat would have to be interpreted by the courts in pass- ing on a multitude of cases of various nature. But it is clear that in the im- portant matter of protective legislation for industrial employes the courts would hold either that men are entitled to all the privileges and exemptions now pos- sessed by women, or that men are not entitled to such privileges and that therefore. women also are not entitled to them. Either interpretation would create an absurdity in our public life. Therefore, public_opinion will not up- hold the proposed amendment. And in accordance with public opinion, if for no other reason, the amendment will not be indorsed by the presidential can- didates. 1 One of these candidates, by the way, once made a remark pertinent to the present subject. Urged by some ex- treme feminists to take the extreme equal rights attitude with regard to certain legislation in his State, he re- torted, “I can’t nurse a baby!” There are some matters in which men and women are not equal, and therefore certain inequalities in legislation are necessary to preserve an essential | equality. —t— Henry Ford’s Business Judgment Is Praised| From the Rochester Times-Union. Can you spot a good idea when you see one? A biographer of Henry Ford writes of him: “His business judgment is un- erring. With him a sensible idea needs | neither elucidation nor argument.” | The phrase is neatly turned and the characterization is complete. The man is portrayed not as a great thinker or a deep thinker, but as a sound thinker. Such are they who require neither ex- planation nor bully-ragging when an idea is sensible on its face. Compare with this type of mind the | loose-leaf mind, the tebasket-bu- reau-drawer mind in which ideas are ! simply lost in the confusion. Such minds are powerless to invoke and use the mental law of association. And what use 1s a good idea if you do not perceive where it fits in? Like the unskilled worker in the great industrial plant, the idea goes to the bottom of the pay roil, producing little and earning less. As we look over the day's record oll the methods by which people are fooled, we judge a large portion of the public feeds on elucidation and argument, but cannot distinguish between a sound idea and a fake. Here, then, is a standard whereby one may test his own intelligence: Is it your experience, that the several bril- liant ideas which come to you have been tried ahd discarded by hundreds of | others before your time? If so, you would do well not to trust your mental machine too far afield. You will be the victim of your own muddy thinking You will be fleeced and fooled by sharp- ers against whom there is no law save the law of straight thinking. e — Autoist Will Support Children of Victim From the Des Moines Tribune-Capital. A California court has used excellent judgment in granting a parole to a youth on condition that he support two | children for three years who were made fatherless by his reckless driving. He had been convicted of manslaughter. He could have been sentenced to serve the same time in prison, but that would have done no good, and it is more likely that the plan adopted will be much more effective in impressing him and others with the wrongness of reckless A | driving than a term behind the bars. Daily contact with the orphaned chil- dren will remind the man of his crime, and of the human conscquences. It ordinarily does not do for judges to make the law suit their own beliefs. and to change the penalties provided by statute. 'But here was a case well chosen. The offender was young, and simply in need of a lesson. He was not guilty of murder, but of manslaughter, a lesser crime. He is not let off, but Kept to strict accountability by the con- ditions of his parole. If they are violated he will go to prison. And «ivil liability is determined to all intents and purposes by the verdict of guilty in the criminal court. It is certainly safe to say that he will not again injure another in the same way. That is the end the criminal law seeks. And’ he will make some com- ensation to those who lost by his act. t s the end the clvil law seeks, | £1,700, and the clerk of the Parliament !result of Gov. Smith's speech. He de- Many readers send in questions signed only with initials, asking that the an- swers appear in the newspaper. The answers published are ones that may interest many readers rather than the one who asks the question only. All questions should be accompanied with the writer's name and address and 2 cents in coin or stamps for reply. Send your question to The Evening Star In- formgtion Bureau, Frederic J. Haskin director, Washington, D. C. Q. Has any governor of New York other than Alfred E. Smith served four terms?—J. A. L. A. No governor of New York has served four terms, with the exception of Gov. Smith. Q. What organization employs the most stenographers?—H. H. A. The Civil Service Commission says the United States Government employs the largest number of stenographers of any organization in the world. Q. Does a physician experienced in flying recommend airplane flights as a cure for deafness?—E. M. A. Maj. 1. B. March, chief flight sur- geon, Mitchel Field, Long Island, states that ‘airplane flights as a cure for deaf- ness are not only futile, except under certain unusual circumstances, but may be highly injurious. Flying can have no effect upon cases of organic deaf- ness. Some cases of this sort may be benefited by a changing pressure upon an eardrum, such as is created by the varying altitudes of a plane in flight. However, a skilled physician can pro- duce such changing pressure much more effectively than can an airplane ride. A swift drop from high altitudes is frequently sufficient to burst the car- drums. Q. What kind of an outside aerial is most usual?>—C. H. A. The Loomis Radio College says that a single-wire aerial, about 75 feet long, including the lead-in, is popular for radio receiving sets at present. This does not give as much volume as a larger one, but is more selective. Q. Is it true that the United States had the strongest navy in the world right after the Civil War?—A. O. E. A. At the close of the Civil War the United States had more naval ships than any country in the world. At that time the United States had 671 ships, 6,610 guns; Great Britain, 628 ships, 8,476 guns. Q. What salaries do the leading pub- ic officials uf Ireland receive?—M. M. A. A. The President of the Irish Free State receives £10,000, approximately $50,000; the Vice President, £2,500, and the -cabinet ministers, £1,700. The speaker of the House also receives £1,000. Q. On what college campus is there tree which was planted by Milton?— C. A. G. A. There is a mulberry tree planted by John Milton on the campus of Christ College, at Cambridge, England. Q. Who developed the improved va- rieties of blueberries, such as Cabot, Pioneer and Rubel?—W. C. A._These varieties were developed by Dr. F. V. Coville of the Department of ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. Elizabeth White, at Whitesbog, N. J. ', Q. Into how many languages has the entire Bible been translated?—G.W.B. A. The American Bible Soclety says that the entire Bible has been trans- lated into 169 languages. In addition, various parts of the Bible have been translated into 675 other dialects or tongues, so that, in whole or in part, the Bible has been translated into 844 different languages. Q. What kinds of wood were used during the Jacobean period?—O. F. A. The Jacobean period was the pe- riod of James I and II, and lasted from 1602-1688. Mahogany was rarely used at this time, most of the. pieces being made of oak and walnut. The latter was the more popular. Q. Has the weight of a woman’s hair ever been determined?—S. W. A. Authorities say that the weight of the hair naturally depends upon its length and thickness. It is rare that the hair weighs more than 12 ounces, although where there is considerab! growth it may attain from 14 to 15 ounces. Q. What was considered the begin- ning of psychical research in this coun- try?>—N. E. G. A. The International Federation of Spiritualists held a congress at Roch- ester, N. Y., last December. The con- gress placed a marker on the site of the Fox Sisters’ home at Hydesville, 30 miles east of Rochester, where modern spiritism is generally regarded to have originated on March 31, 1848, following the rappings reported from a murdered peddler. Q. What is the state charch of Lat- via?—R. R. A. There is no state church. Prot- estants number 58 per cent of the pop- ulation, Roman Catholics 23 per cent, |and 87 per cent are of the Greek | Orthodox faith, Q. Is the birth rate in the Unitcd States declining?—S. N. A. The birth rate is declining. In 1580 it was 40 per 1,000, while now it is about 21 per 1,000. Q. What are the most popular cot- ton fabrics?—C. P. A. Pique was the outstanding cotton fabric last season. Other popular cot- ton fabrics were prints, voiles, dimities, velveteens, percales, ginghams, organ- dies, batistes, law and broadcloths. Q. How large was the organization known as thé Nihilists?>—M. E. D. A. In the years that it was active in Russia its extent was not known, but the government thought it was a secret organization of considerable size. One of its members now makes a statement that it never had a membership of more than 40, and that the active mem- bership often dwindled to 8. Q. How are split bamboo surf poles made?—R. H. A. Six strips of bamboo are split and giued together, then wound with silk. Q. What occasioned the establish« ment of the Harvard College Observa- tory?—S. N. A. The apparition of a marvelous comet in 1843 led to the establishment Agriculture, in co-operation with Miss of the Harvard Observatory. Smith’s Speech While good Democrats hail Gov. Smith’s speech in Omaha as an impor- tant and successful step toward “win- ning the West,” Republican comment runs from faint praise for his energy to varying degrees of criticism and con- demnation as to the soundness and effectiveness of his effort. “The governor was in the heart of the corn belt,” says the Philadelphia Rec- ord (independent Democratic). * was talking to an audience vitally in- terested in his subject. If any of his hearers went to the auditorium per- suaded that a New Yorker in the White House could not sympathize with the needs or plan the relief of the farmer, he went away undeceived.” The Char- {lotte Observer (indepencent Demo< cratic) records that “his acceptance of the ‘principles’ of the McNary-Haugen bill was regarded by his farmer hearers as practical indorsement of the fee fea- ture.” That paper also emphasizes the fact that “the Omaha reception to Smith has parallel only in the days when Col. Bryan was worshiped out there.” “For the first time since tragedy de- scended on the farms,” asserts the New York Evening World (independent), “a great national leader, in a position of potentiality, lays down a definite policy which is a direct challenge to the whole sprit of the present regime in Wash- ington.” The Scranton Times (Demo- cratic) believes that “his declaration and mention of the McNary-Haugen bill is certain to win him wide support in the Middle West. “A square deal for agriculture shot to the front as the promising campaign issue,” in the opinion of the Portland Oregon Journal (independent), “as a clared specifically for the McNary- Haugen bill, not limiting himself to its mechanics, but declaring definitely for the principle and gave the farmers a definite and dependable program.” The Hartford Times (independent Demo- cratic) believes his position and per- sonality “must have made him a host of friends.” A “He made a direct appeal to t.o McNary-Haugenites and a very definite bid for the electoral vote of Nebraska, the only State in the region he can hope to carry,” says the Oklahoma City Times (independent). “Smith is bid- ding for the Middle West in the coin that is pocket money in Oklahoma, Nebraska, Kansas and Iowa. His an- nouncement in favor of the principle of the McNary-Haugen bill may help him some in Oklahoma also, particularly in the big wheat-growing area.” The Syracuse Herald (independent) lauds his “masterly indictment” of his op- ponents, “The Democratic nominee is right enough,” concedes the Columbus Ohio State Journal (independent Republi- can), “in saying that the Republican party has not lived up to its platform promises to the farmer or done any-| thing in the past seven and a half years to relieve his distress,” but the Journal adds that “it is a very grave question whether the Government can do anything to help the farmer by to Farmers Viewed With Partisan Eyes can) argues that the speech “has re- moved what small basis previously ex- isted for contending that he had not committed himself to any dangerous ideas on the farm relief question,” while the Fort Wayne News-Sentinel (Re- publican), after charging that “never has any presidential candidate pre- sented a more glaring series of utter misstatements,” sees “a last-minute bid of desperation to the farmers,” at the same time expressing the view that “he has not vet embraced the equalization fee, which was the sole point of the McNary-Haugen plan rejected by the Coolidge administration.” “He apparently would put over a paternalistic measure which would de- prive the American farmer of the right to manage some of his private affairs,” fears the Detroit Free Press (independ- ent), and the Springfield Union (Re- publican) holds that “what support he may gain in the West by this policy must inevitably be sacrificed in the East.” The Elkhart Truth (independ- ent) maintains that “solution of the farm situation is not so simple as Smith seems to think it is."} “So a Democratic candidate, a ctiy candidate,” suggests the Rochester ‘Times-Union (independent), “thus pro- poses to raise the price of food in the cities by this wide extension of the principle of protection! It is a strange situation, so stragge that it looks like a desperate bid for votes, in the hope that the farmers wii. accept the promise and the people in the cities will over- look its threat of higher food and living costs.” * The New York Sun (independent) insists that “it is a fair implication that he indorsed the equalization fee in one form or another,” and advises that “to suppose that legislation can repeal or materially alter the economic laws of supply and demand is foolish.” The Newark Evening News (independent). however, believes that “Mr. Smith will probably have to be as definite about the ‘mechanics and method’ as he was about prohibition if he is going to per- suade the farmers to reconsider their party attitude,” and the Boston Tran- script (independent) feels that his dis. cussion “leaves us no better informed as to his agricultural policy than we were before.” The Worcester Telegram (independent) believes that the address “makes clearer than ever the fact that the two major parties and their stand- ard bearers are in virtual agreement re- garding certain parts of their agricul- tural program: The personality of the candidate in- terests many editors. “Gov. Smith has shown himself a brilliant and able campaigner, with a statesmanlike vision and a frankness that astonishes those accustomed to the careful trim- nting of leaders in political life,” avers the Roanoke World-News (independent Democratic). “He has won a great au- dience in hostile territory and has made many friends throughout the West. It cannot now be questioned that he is a man of full presidential caliber.” “It was a telling speech because it expressed what the speaker meant in plain, straightforward language,” states means of special legislation designed to benefit him.” ! “£nd so—here’s lookin’ at you, Gov.| Smith!” exclaims the Omaha Worl 1 Herald (independent). “May you live, long and be happy. And may the wis-| dom and courage and justice of your | administration of the presidential office | help us and all others to be happy, too” The World-Herald also states “For eight years we have beén peti-, tioning for that ‘square deal’ which: another great and fighting governor of | New York made his shibboleth, and for ; eight years our petitions have been | spurned. We believe that you under-' stand our problem, which is also the Nation’s problem.” * ok ok ok the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin (in- dependent Republican) contends that he “did not make his policy of farm relief much clearer, although he came nearer to the mark which Chairman | Raskob had set for him.” while the | Los Angeles Times (Republican) charges him with “tuining another flip-flop ™ and comments: “He insisted he fav a plan for ‘lifting’ agricultural surpluses so that they will not depress the do- mestic market, the cost of the lifting process to be borne by the agricultural industry th?t liis not the ‘equaliza- s ito” News (Republ- |of In_criticism of Gov. Smith's speech it 3 own master.” the Louisville Courier-Journal (inde- pendent), which commends it “as & model for study by Mr. Hoover.” The Milwaukee Journal (independent) be- lieves that “if he continues speaking out in this plain, everyday language, Herbert Hoover is likely to be smoked out into such a decision of real issues as his adherents feel he is capable of making.” ‘The Kansas City Journal-Post (inde-~ pendent Republican) describes the im- pression of “a good-humored, aggres- ive, frank personality,” a candidate who “has introduced into a national campaign the atmosphere of rough-and- ;l:mxtl:le, t‘gl“l play,” ?.nd adds, “Whether 0 s_personality will appeal t Middle Western voters renuml.)speu: b: ‘A strong man” is recognized by th Youngstown Vindicator f?)emocrim)e. and to the Charlotte News (Democratic) he is “romantically interesting.” while the Cleveland Plain Dealer (independ- ent Democratic) em&)hasizrs his “warm human appeal.” and his decisions con- vince the Laltimore Evening Sun (in- dependent Democratic) that he is “his The Portsmouth Dail Times (Democratic) concludes, “All Omaha was aflame with enthusiasm over the nominee, and it justified the opinion that before the governor's re- turn to the East the whole Central West will be aflame for this candidate Ly