Evening Star Newspaper, February 6, 1929, Page 8

THE EVENING STAR viaw With Sunday Morning Edition. " WASHINGTON, D. C. WEDNESDAY . .February 6, 1920 i ] "THEODORF W. NOYES. ~The Evening Star Newspaper Company Bustness Office: 11th St. and Pennsylvania Ave. New York Office: 110 East 42nd St. cago Office: Tower Building. European Office; 14 Regent 8., London, Englan Rate by Carrier Within the City. e Evening Star, .45¢ per month e Evening and Si 3 ays) ;900 per month 65¢ per month w2 (w ““The Sunday St .5¢ per ccpy T iteotion med at (5t shd of Ehcl moNH, ‘m .« Editor be sent in by mail or telephone ally and Sunda: Ay only - junday only Dty AILOher States and Canada. Bally oniy Sundar: § 3o, *100; 1 Tos "3sc Sunday only .. ¥r. $500; 1 5 Member of the Associated Press. exclusively entitled % Of ¢ ws dis mo.. = The Lump Sum Increased. Since the House began the practice, five years ago, of ignoring substantive | law in appropriating for the District of Columbia, substituting in its stead the arbitrary lump sum of nine million dollars as the Federal contribution to- ward maintaining the Capital, citizens of Washington have steadfastly main- tained that as long as the lawful and equitable sixty-forty ratio is disregard- ed, the lump sum should be increased. This the Senate appropriations com- mittee has done. The District appro- priation bill reported yesterday in- creases the lump sum by one million dollars. This increase is in part based , upon findings as revealed through an investigation of the Bureau of Efficiency into the fiscal relations between the | District and Federal governments, which | 'was instituted last year by House and * Senate conferees unable to agree on the just proportion of expenses to be i borne by Uncle Sam. Impartial exam- ination of the statistics by Senator Bingham and the members of the Sen- ate subcommittee on District appropri- “ations has convinced them that the nine-million-dollar lump sum should be increased to ten million dollars, a figure that more nearly approaches the equi- table share in Capital maintenance to be contributed by Uncle Sam. __The Senate committee struck from “the bill the House provision which swould have restricted to the first ‘twenty-five per cent of normal school " graduates priority in filling teacher po- sitions in the public schools, thus leav- ing the remaining seventy-five per cent on a competitive footing with teacher applicants from the country at large. “Senator Bingham will offer from the “fioor an amendment authorizing expan- ; sion of the normal schools to four-year | teacher colleges, with the power to grant degrees. If this is acceptable to “House and Senate, the school authori- ties maintain that it will provide stu- teachers with a training in the trict comparable to training given in fate institutions, thus opening the way filling teacher positions in the Wash- ton schools through competitive ex- mination. Competition on this' basis fair, but placing the graduates of the pesent normal school courses on a mpetitive footing with teachers trained degree-granting teachers’ colleges the States is gross discrimination. Another important addition made to fhe District bill by the Senate commit- e is the provision of an appropriation or erecting & building at the Tubercu- Hospital for tuberculous children. is no institution in the District which offers proper care and freatment for the child afflicted with tuberculosis in its advanced stages. The _ health schools have done good work, as educational institutions, providing extra care for tuberculous children, but the - District has offered nothing to the child whose health requires first aid and fwhose education is of secondary im- ~portance. ‘The District trusts that fair-minded consideration of these just changes and additions in the appropriation bill will result in their necessary indorsement by the House. e e | Lindbergh embarks on a new career | "4n which dignified responsibility takes fhe place of picturesque adventure. ‘He is now to be called “Colonel” and | ——————————— Police Power and Cruelty. It is most important that a thorough | _inquiry be made into the allegation of police brutality in a recent case in this city, in which several members of the force going to a residence to arrest an occupant are said to have needlessly and furlously abused members of the family. Complaint has been made to the superintendent of police and steps "have been taken to bring the matter to the trial board through citation of some of the officers who participated in the arrests. There should be no reluctance or hesitation about investigating charges of this kind. The higher police officials should be on the alert to ascertain whether there has been any needless roughness or cruelty in the enforcement of orders or in the making of arrests. As this case was related in The Star immediately after the happening it ap- peared to be an instance of shocking brutality, without any warrant what- ever. When attention was called to it at police headquarters there was evi- dent a disposition to regard it lightly, to question it and to pass it off as of no moment. Subsequently, however, upon the recital of the circumstances by the father of the family, himself a victim of rough treatment, the matter ‘was taken in hand for inquiry. In a case of this kind there should be as much publicity as possible. The proceedings should not be behind closed doors. It is the public's right to know the manner in which police orders are executed and to learn just how far complaints ot maltreatment and need- less force are justified. Vested with authority and armed for the execution of orders, a policeman has a specific responsibility to deal with { the subject of his atteption without un- "Necessary severity. He cannot enter a house ts execute a warrant without dis- play of the warrant. If such a war- 13nt is demanded it must be exhibited. | the innocent, the wrongly suspected. | the rampage. The householder has & right to resist invasion otherwise. This, it is indicated, was the situation. According to the tale that is told, the police did not show a warrant. The whole affair was badly handled, according to the evidence al- ready availabie. Somebody blundered sadly, and in the investigation all of those who participated in the giving and the execution of the orders should be questioned and if guilty of indiscretion or needless force should be reprimanded or punished. In cases of danger, when a criminal is armed or believed to be armed, or when resistance to arrest is made, a policeman may properly use force. But in every instance he should be held to account on the score of necessity to Justify the employment of severe meth- ods. Otherwise there is no security for oot Bravo, the Senate! In an epochal exhibition of practical patriotism, the United States Senate yesterday brought to a’worthy close the year-old struggle for an adequate Amer- ican Navy. By the overwhelming vote of sixty-eight to twelve it adopted the bill providing for the construction with- in the next three years of fifteen mod- ern 10,000-ton cruisers and an aircraft carrier. The proportion of roundly five to one, by which the Senate went on record, approximately corresponds to the two hundred and eighty-seven to fifty-eight vote by which the House, al- most exactly a twelvemonth ago, passed the self-same bill. The congressional mills have ground slowly for naval defense, but they have at length ground exceeding small. The National Legislature has interpret- ed the national will for an America at sea which, in President-elect Hoover's words, “must be respected.” It has recognized its duty and has done it. It is especially entitled to the country’s con- gratulations for administering an an- nihilating blow to the forces of organ- ized pacifism. Accompanying the cruiser bill to the statute books is an amendment, spon- sored by Senators Borah and Reed of Missouri, calling for a codification of maritime law, to be effected by treaties with foreign powers. The amendment, which is of transcendent implications, was passed by the significant vote of THE EVENI burg, to remain & Democrat, an inde- pendent Democrat, unwilling to accept the present State or national party leadership. If the anti-Smith Demo- crats generally adopt such a position they will eventually obtain control of party affairs themselves, become Repub- licans or go back into the old organi- zation. It seems quite clear that the hope of the anti-Smith Democrats, who feel as does Bishop Cannon, is that the leadership of the party will fall to them in Virginia., This will be resisted strong- ly by the old organization and a real row is in prospect. The Republicans in Virginia are hoping to benefit by this split in the ranks of the opposition. They see a chance at last to win control of the State administration through a fusion with the anti-Smith Democrats. Al- ready overtures have been made, it is reported, by some of the Republican leaders to the anti-Smith Democrats. The late presidential election broke a tradition which has lived for many years in Virginia. Thousands of Demo- crats voted “Republican.” A tradition once broken is more difficult to main- tain than an unbroken one. The Hoover election, smashing into the Democratic solid South as it did in four States, is likely to mark an epoch in political his- tory. ————————— A Dangerous Precedent Avoided. Yesterday the Senate appropriations committee rejected a proposed amend- ment to the District appropriation bill, calling for an expenditure of $400,000 out of District funds for the purchase in Montgomery County, Md., of an ad- dition to Rock Creek Park for a distance of about six miles from the District line. This amendment, offered by Senator Tydings of Maryland, had elicited from the District Commissioners an unfavor- able report and had aroused opposition from other local sources. The commit~ tee’s action was therefore in accordance with District sentiment as well as the equities which should always govern the handling and disposal of Capital community funds. It would be not only inequitable thus to spend District money for park exten- sion into Maryland, but would be a highly dangerous precedent, the out- come of which would almost surely be disastrous to the District's treasury. It eighty-one to one. It reflects impres- sively the American view that until the rights of belligerents and neutrals are defined and established a war at sea carries with it the inescapable perils of international conflict. Once maritime law is fixed the An- glo-American. skies in particular would clear. It is difficult to conceive of con- troversy on any other issue capable of producing grave friction between the two great English-speaking and seafar- ing peoples. The Borah-Reed amend- ment should not be permitted to be- come a diplomatic dead letter. Amer- jcan and British statesmen who can galvanize it into acttality will assure themselves immortality. Upon British naval policy in general our cruiser legislation is bound to have direct influence. In the columns of The Evening Star there was recently quoted a responsible British spokesman who said, “Let the United States build her cruisers, and the future will take care of itself.” Ever since the Wash- ington armament conference American naval policy has steered a zigzag course. It has been buffeted for seven years between the rocks of Scylla econ- is, of course, desirable that Rock Creek Park should be enlarged, but its en- largement should be undertaken by the Federal Government alone, or by the State of Maryland alone, or by the two acting together. The National Capital Park and Planning Commission is au- thorized already to spend in the adjacent States District moneys at its disposal, in the execution of plans for the de- velopment of the Federal Capital area. It has, however, refused to do so be- cause it recognizes the injustice of such procedure., The proposed amendment which the Senate committee has just rejected would, if it became law, compel the expenditure of local funds in this manner. The action of the committee, therefore, is to be viewed as a negative, but for the present an effective, indorse- ment of the policy of the National Cap- ital Park and Planning Commission. ————————— ‘The “time element” in naval plans puzzles several statesmen who regard it almost as an introduction of the “fourth dimension” in legislation. —————————— The ground hog commands esteem as omy and Charybdis pacifism. While we fiddled, the cruiser situation burned, and burned to our grave disadvantage. We stood still. Great Britain and Ja- pan went forward. They were within their legal and moral rights in doing so. ‘The Congress of the United States has now put Uncle Sam in seven- league boots in order that he may catch up with, not outstrip, his partners in the 5—5—3 naval ratio understanding of 1922, We have shown our will to hold our own. That is all. But it is enough. The rest is on the knees of the gods, as far as the outside world is concerned. May they point the way that leads to rational limitation, not ruinous competition! e Statisticians agree- that President Coolidge will have to work fast in order to register many more vetoes before March 4. e Democracy in Virginia, Anti-Smith democracy in Virginia not only will not down, but seemingly is on It was the anti-Smith a fortune teller who manages to avoid any kind of trouble with the police. SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Rival Songsters. When a bird was desired as an emblem to stand For Montgomery County, in fair Mary- land, Of Sir Red Bird the other fowl heard with dismay, And said, “How we envy that uniform gay, Which serves so completely to dazzle the throng, As he carelessly whistles a bit of a song!” ‘The Mocking Bird warbled with magical skill, And sang all the songs of the others at will. The Blue Bird and Robin confessed they were shocked. The gaudy Woodpecker remorselessly knocked. Democrats who made possible the vic- tory of Herbert Hoover in the presiden- tial election in the Old Dominion. They broke flatly with the Democratic leader- ship which supported the Houston nom- ination and later the candidacy of Gov. | Smith. So far there has been no sign of intention again to accept thas leader- ship. And that is the weakess of the Democratic party in Virgizia now. Meeting in Lynchburg, the home of Senator Carter Glass, who gave his sup- port to Gov. Smith during the cam- paign, the anti-Smith Democrats yes- terday made plans for & State-wide con- vention, at which it would be deter- mined whether the faction would nom- inate a ticket of its own to run in the Democratic State primaries this year or adopt some other course. It is quite clear that on the showing made in No- vember the anti-Smith faction of the Democratic party holds the balance of power politically in Virginia, Whether it would be powerful enough to defeat in the primary a ticket put up by the present Democratic leadership is an- other thirig. The State this year elects a governor, lieutenant governor, attor- ney general, State Legislature and other officials. Under the State law Gov. Harry Byrd is ineligible to succeed him- self. He gave his support to Gov. Smith in the recent campaign, and if he were eligible he would still have Democratic opposition on that account, although he has been an exceedingly popular governor. Onless the anti-Smith Democrats can come to some kind of agreement with the Democratic machine which sup- ported Smith in the presidential elec- tion the chances are that many of them will swing over to the Republican party in the gubernatorial election. Once they take such a step and elect a Republican governor, it is doubtful that Virginia Democracy will ever again be united as it has been in the past. Bishop James Cannon, jr., of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, who took the lead in the organization of the anti-Smith Democrats in the Southern States during the campaign, wishes, 5o he has informed the anti- Smith Democrats meeting in Lynghe The barnyard considered the question of Use, Saying, “Why not a Turkey, & Duck or a Goose?” The Blue Jay, in beauty, remarked to the crowd, “If my song isn't pretty, at least it is loud.” Musicians are jealous, and sometimes, we know, When their feelings are hurt they walk out of the show. This life would be scarcely worth living next Spring, With all save the Red Bird refusing to sing. Ground Hog Politician. “Why do you refer to our friend as & ground hog politiclan?” “no matter how often his prophecies prove wreng, he always manages to get popular attention another year.” Jud Tunkins says the Einstein theory serves a noble purpose in giving folks with time on their hands something to worry about. Monarch of All He Surveys. “Is your wife boss in the home?” “No,” answered Mr. Meekton. “Since Henrietta went into politics she doesn’t stay home long enough to assert any authority.” In Slippery Days. I saw a beauteous motor car Announced for speedy shipment. The simple skid chains seemed, by far, The best of its equipment. “He who seeks power,” said Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown, “should first learn obedience. Only one who has been taught by a master pilot is fitted to steer a sky dragon.” Perfected Mechanism. The auto very soon, we know, Human intelligence may show, And will with ease be taught to stop At sight of any motor cop. “Shorter hours,” sald Uncle Eben, “ain’ much good to & man dat uses up “Because,” replied Senator Sorghum, |lady THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. Those who are genuinely interested will find their increasing stocks of volumes through the years mblem‘ ks, but constitute a genuine housing One may outgrow certain that is no reason for discarding them. They must be retained, if for no other t]euon than to bring pleasant memo- ries. ‘What is more pleasant than the con- templation of pleasures past involved in great works of art? They have been read, but they exist, none the less, and their very "presence is pleasing and helpful. They help measure the growth of the booklover. Here, for instance, is a set. of books which no longer interests him, but he will keep them, just the same, for they are an old love. He would not throw them out simply because their appeal has passed for now. He can recall the time when he spents:nours and hours happily in their perusal. Now, like some faithful old horse, they browse in their place on the shelves, secure in their right to so much room. It is their due. * * 0k An actual problem is created by their E;:senoe, nevertheless. It is not every klover who is fortunate enough to have plenty of room for the purposes of expansion. He neither has the wall space for cases nor, alas, the cases! The ever-increasing number of books with which he surrounds himself brings up gr:sslnzly the need for more room. T physical limits of most living rooms and hallways tell the average booklover just how many formal cases, whether sectional or of the swinging door type, he may have; the number and size of other pleces of furniture, too, have a great deal to do with it. To literally line the walls with such cases, to the exclusion of radio set, secretary, or whatnot, would be to achieve some- thing not in line with modern dictates of interior decoration. It will be seen that we are @ot con- sidering the book-housing groblem of the rich man who may have a library, where built-in bookcases may run from floor to ceiling, but simply the average problem of the average home, where the members of the family—or at least one or tw?* m'en;}:ermfiueve in pur- chasing and owning : In such a home the books will in- crease from year to year, and though some may be disposed of from time to time, since no one is free from making purchasing mistakes now and then, the total will grow larger from year to year, more or less quickly in proportion to the genuine interest the members have in books. There has been too great a niggardli- ness on the part of many in respect to books; many persons will think nothing at all of spending $10 and more on a couple of tickets to a musical show who yet would regard themselves as hor- ribly extravagant to spend a like amount on books at one time. We speak again of the so-called average man, who nec- essarily must keep careful watch on his expenditures. Yet thousands of such men will spend many dollars on amuse- ments which vanish when enjoyed, who will frown mightily over the prospect of spending so much—or so little—as $5 on a new biography, a big, splendid book which never could have been pur- chased for nny‘less. @ * We believe in leaving filled cases of books alone—that is, when once a for- mal bookcase is full, preferably with one’s choicest and favorite volumes, it should be allowed to remain so. Thus WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS - BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE Many interpretations will be placed upon Mr, Hoover's reported selection of Henry L. Stimson to be Secretery of State in the incoming administration. No diagnosis will be more accurate than the assumption that it means the “starring” of relations with Latin America as the keynote of Hoover for- eign policy. Col. Stimson is acknowl- to have done about as clean-cut a job in patching up the Nicaraguan troubles a year and & half ago as any American diplomatic “fixer” ever ac- complished. President Coolidge sent him down with practically carte blanche instructions, or rather with no instructions 'l; all. Sfimwnmfl '?ok the Nicaraguan toro—a motoriously ram- pageous animal—by the horns with neatness and dispatch. He tamed it in no time. ver was an attentive ob- server of Stimson’s work in Central America. The President-elect had not been among our Latin neighbors very long this Winter before concluding tha the “Stimson touch” is likely to work magic if and when applied to our va- rious little differences with states on both sides of the Isthmus. As soon as these are wiped out, President Hoover plans a full-team-ahead trade devel- opment program with the sister Amer- icas. Stimson’s assignment to the State Department is step No. 1 in that di- rection. b Mabel Walker Willebrandt has re- turned to the Department of Justice from a visit to'her home State of Cali- fornia to find herself assigned to a strenuous session with the Supreme Court, As Assistant Attorney General Mrs. Willebrandt spends about two- thirds of her time on tax cases, though thelr more spirited character has made the public believe she con- centrates on prohibition prosecutions. “Portia” is called upon to argue no fewer than five tax suits before the Su- preme Court within the next 30 days or so. They involve many thousands of dollars as well as important principles of the tax law. One question to be thrashed out is whether the priority accorded the United States by certain sections of the Revised Statutes gives the Federal Governmeent a preference in the payment of its tax claims over those of a State. The 1928 presiden- tial , it appears, turned out to be the best reducing oure Mrs. Wille- brandt ever tried. “I find I've quite retrieved my girlish figure,” the lawyer- explains, EEEE One “Hoover man,” who was liter- ally closer to him than almost anybody else 1m ‘wuhlnmfi dum the gut couple of years, will nof anywhere near the President-elect henceforward. He is Bradley D. Nash, “the Chief's” private secretary up to and including election time and during the conclud- ing Hoover days at the Department of Commerce. Nash, a type of the bril- liant young men Hoover always around him, was offered a promising executive position with the National City Bank at New York, and is now oc- cupying it. He is the second Hoover private secretary to break into Wall Street. The other is Lewis L. Strauss, who was alongside the Californian dur- ing Food Administration days in war- time Washington. At 33, Strauss finds himself a full-fledged partner in Kuhn, Loeb & Co., international bankers. * k kK No more remarkable or intrepid trav- eler ever embarked aboard an ocean liner than former Senator Thomas P. has )::to ufle:ln 7 "m%fi"fimué s on o, T Bl Dt Wiy never a2l ore. A the things England and Italy. The Gore party cludes former Representative William A. Rodenberg of Illinois and Mrs. Rodenberg. Senator Gore practices law in Wi . He saved the Demo- cratic national convention at Houston last: June from ennui by delivering the one and only witty speech of that other- | the insf t | whether the President and Mrs. Coolidge every bookcase, every shelfful, in fact, comes to have its own individuality. ‘The booklover is able to place his hand on any desired volume without loss of !time or bothersome hunting through hundreds of volumes for the only one he wants at the” moment. No reader can ever tell just when a certain book may be in demand. Iie may not have read Tennyson for years, but suddenly some quotation read somewhere will send him looking for his Tennyson volume. If this is a treas- ured volume, and he knows exactly where it is, he is happy, but if he has permitted his books to be treated like orphans, kicked hither and yon, from place to place, he is annoyed at the trouble he must go to, and probably disappointed at the end because he cannot find it. ‘Thus it will be discovered that, once the main cases have been filled, they are best left alone, and subsequent books placed in new cases. These may be cpen, built-in, perhaps on either side of the fireplace—a type of case which is more and more coming into favor. A similar effect may be secured with plain but substantial unpainted cases, which may be purchased at a reasonable price and painted to match the woodwork. There is something ex- tremely “booky” in the appearance of such cases. They require more care than the closed type, but a vacuum cleaner offers heroic aid, and a mini- mum amount of attention will serve to keep such shelves clean and happy. It will be found necessary to remove all the books and clean the bottom of the shelves at least once a month. * K ok % Old magazine racks, now going out of style, may be converted into bed- room hookcases by the simple expedi- ent of placing a large book along its side at each end, thus affording rests for the end volumes in the remain- der of the row. Unpainted cases may be decorated as one pleases for bed- room use. Every such room should con- tain at least one bookcase. In these may be kept newer volumes, as pur- chased, or the less attractive of the older books, removed a few at a time from the downstairs cases of more elaborate nature. One naturally wants the best looking and the best beloved books downstairs. Hanging shelves are appropriate in many rooms, and are especially valuable for holding the smaller and Ilighter books, such as small leather-covered gift volumes which one will buy or receive from time to time. Sometimes rows may be placed with fine effect on the top of windowsills with the aid of book- ends. These valuable adjuncts to a row of books may be purchased at very reasonable prices nowadays. One pref- erably may buy the sort which recalls to mind a personal hobby, such as dogs or cats, or even dancing ladies in gay postures, if one likes that sort of thing. The bookend may be used for holding a row in place on a davenport table, or on the mantel (usually a short row), or on top of the bookcase, when one is hard pressed for room. Nearly all books have a decorative value, and particularly so in unexpected places, so that even the home-owner himself will smile every time he sees his row of books in such a position, and as for the visitor, he will invariably be struck by the novelty of the same. Thus one of the best ways to handle new purchases is to place them in positions where books perhaps are not ordinarily found, but where, once placed, no one can give any good reason why they should not be there. sightless Oklahoman has few peers in modern public life. Gore has been wlltlhlout. eyesight since he was a lad o! . * kK k The late “Tom” Marshall’s fame as a humorist rests in large degree on his classic declaration that what the country needs most is “a good 5-cent cigar.” Along comes a New Yorker with an inconveniently long memory and says it's time to give credit for that wisecrack to the quarter where credit belongs. He alleges that 25 or 30 years ago the following skit on an extract from the Congressional Record appeared in “Puck”: Mr. Askit—Senator, in your opin- ion, what is this country’s greatest need today? Tellem—What the country needs most today is a good 5-cent cigar. * ok ko Washington soclety is wondering will decide, before leaving the White House, to make it the scene of some kind of festivity in homor of their son John and his flancee, Miss Florence ‘Trumbull of Connecticut. As far as is publicly known, their future daughter- in-law has not visited Mr. Coolidge and the First Lady since her betrothal. There was at one time a suggestion that the young people might be married in the te House, although, of course, Miss Trumbull lives in an executive mansion of her own at Hartford, where her father rules the Nutmeg State as governor. The younger set in Wash- ington, satiated as it is with functions, would look upon a ball at the White House for John Coolidge and his bride- to-be as the most gala affair of the era. The President’s heir has not had many opportunities to associate with people of his own age in the Capital, though among those who know him he's immensely popular. He's inherited a good deal of the charm and vivacity of his mother. * ok ok If Mr. Hoover doesn't care about ap- pointing a woman to his cabinet, he's to have a chance to name one as gov- ernor of Hawall. Chester A. Doyle, interpreter for the Federal Court at Honolulu, recently arrived in San Fran- cisco with the news that petitions are being circulated to have President Hoover name Princess David Kawana- nakoa governor of the Territory to suc- ceed Wallace R. Farrington. Mr, Far- 's term expires in July. The princess is a member of the Republican national committee and active in Ha- walian affairs. Her boosters argue that Hoover received a heavy women's vote in the islands and might “recognize” it by elevating a lady to the throne which Queen Liliuokalani once occupied. (Copyright, 1920.) Nav; Aviators Hold Most Flying Records From the New Orleans Times-Picayune. Uncle Sam now holds 32 flying rec- ords and Germany an equal number. The latter land's very advanced posi- tion in gliding may easily account for her high score, but all in all we are surprised that France, once so far in the lead in aviation matters, should have dropped to third place. Italy stands fourth and Britain fifth. Czecho- slovakia ranks sixth, with Hungary Switzerland tled for seventh and eighth, and Belgium ranks ninth with just a single flight record to her credit. And one of the oddities regarding our Amer- ican place in aviation is tha umon:um entire 18 seaplane records held by the United States there is not one but was made by a Navy aviator. And even among our standard land ghnn records, of which we hold two, both are credited to Navy flyers, indicating that our sea branch of fight force not surpasses the Army but also out- dis the civilian flyers of all types. Parachutes Still Offer Escape. From the Kalamazoo Gazette. Now that nlr%:;\u are being sold on Iment basis collectors will have wwmmmmmgunu" wise dreaty conclaye, A:_p ogmfiu 0 learn to iy, NG STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1929.° Attack on Rockefeller Speech Called Untrue To the Editor of The Star: In an Associated Press dispatch from Rome published in your issue of Feb- ruary 2 there is a rt of a criticism of the address by John D. Rockefeller, jr., at the dedication of the new chapel of the University of Chicago, appearing in Osservatore Romano, “which is used by the Vatican frequently for official expression.” Mr. Rockefeller is quoted as having sald, “The object of your be- liet is of little importance; the main thing is, adhere to it sincerely and strongly.” If Mr. Rockefeller had said this, the criticism of Osservatore would have been fully justified. Not only did he not make any such statement, but what he did say would have served as refuta- tion of such a sentiment even better than the comments of Osservatore. For example: “Superstition, tradition, human au- thority are no longer accepted by think- ing men and women as religion. Upon the sure and solid foundation of truth are they building their religion and upon that alone. Christ is their au- thority for so doing, for it was He Who said, ‘And the truth shall make you free.’ Courageous is the youth who re- solves to test his religious belief by standards of truth and by nothing else. Helpful is the professor who sympa- thetically and wisely leads his students to apply that test. And without fear it may be applied, for thereby only is the dross refined away, and by that very process is the pure gold of vital reli- gion made more clearly and convinc- ingly visible.” Mr. Rockefeller has little patience with religious bigotry, denominational partisanship and controversies over non-essentials. He says: “When a ship is sinking and those on board see death staring them in the face, no one stops to consider whether the means of self- preservation offered is a boat or a raft, of what material it is built or by whom, what its type may be or its dimensions. The sole question asked is, ‘Does it give promise of saving life?” By a similar analogy, since all Christians believe in God and strive to be followers of Jesus Christ, youth quite rightfully is unable to see what real difference it makes by which of many doors one enters into fellowship with the Infinite, so long as one enters in. * * * Is it strange, then, that the younger genera- tion, frem being at first confused and irked by our multiform theologies, then aghast at the un-Christlike attitude of so-called religious people, is tempted to say to itself, ‘If ti is religion, to insist on_sectarian differences and to quibble about non-essentials, when sin is rampant in the world and evil is omnipresent; if church members are more interested in whom they will keep out of their religious bodies because of theological differences than they are in helping people to be strong in body, clean in mind and pure in heart, we will waste our time with nothing so hypo- critical and useless; rather will we give all religion a wide berth and have none of it” And to the extent that such a conclusion is reached, the intolerant sectarians of our churches are largely to blame. If Christ were on earth to- day, I fancy there would be but one church—the church of the Living God. Its terms of admission would be love for God as He is revealed in Christ and His living spirit, and the vital tnn.sllfiuon of that love into a Christ- o like life. If the editor of Osservatore depends on senuments like this to read into Mr. Rockefeller's address that the “ob- ject of your belief is of little impor- tance,” either he does not understand the English language or he is deliber- ately misrepresenting the facts. A. G. MURRAY. ———— Japanese Immigration Problem Is Discussed To the Editor of The Star: A Washington Star editorial, January 23, refers to tha section of the immigra- tion restriction act of 1924 which ex- cludes as immigrants all aliens ineligi- ble to our citizenship as “Japan’s en- ts. that during grievance,” and Japan would perhaps be saf immigration quota which would admit less than 200 Japanese per year, but which would place her nationals on the same plane as white Europeans in the matter of immigration. Quota for Japan was fully considered by Congress in 1924. The Senate im- migration committee had already de- cided to place Japan under quota when California secured a hearing and con- vinced the committee that the plan was unwise. A poll of the Senate a week of its members prac pledg to the exclusion plan as the only one which promised to be at the same time egective and least open tg just criti- cism. ‘To grant quota to Japan would de- stroy at once the basic policy, certainly logical in restricti 1 ing immigration, of | excluding aliens ineligible to citizenship, by making exception of Japan's na- tionals. If Japanese alone are excepted from the law we_incur justly the en- mity of China, India and the other Asiatic countries whose people are also of the colored races. If we place all Asia undet quota we must admit over 2,000 Chinese annually under the pres- ent quota plan. It is desirable to avoid giving offense to Japan; but it is important to pre- serve the interests of this country and do what we can to insure in the future a population which is fairly homogeneous. Japanese leaders have said they will not be satisfled with quota, they will insist ultimately on being made eligible for American citizenship. It is not the 1024 immigration act which is discriminatory against Japanese, since if the natural- ization act were fo amended as to make Japanese eligible for cif the led - with | in ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. Stop & minute and think about this fact: You can ask our Information Bu- reau any question of fact and get_the answer back in a personal letter. It is a great educational idea Introduced into the lives of the most intelligent people the world—American newspaper readers. It is a part of that best pur- pose of a newspaper—service. There is no charge except 2 cents in coin or stamps for return tage. Get the habit of asking qus . Address your Frederic J. Haskin, director, Washing- ton, D. C. Q. How long have airplanes been fly- Ing across the Sahara Desert?—F. P. “A. They were crossing as early as 16. Q. How many Trumbulls have been Governors of Connecticut?—J. L. M. A. There have been three: Joseph of Hartford, serving one year, 1849-50; Jonathan of Lebanon, who served from 1769 to 1784 and from 1797 to 1809, and the present governor, John H. of Plain- ville, who has already served two terms. Connecticut has also had in the gov- ernor’s chair two Winthrops, two Wol- cnx;&,s. two Loundsberrys and two Bald- wins, Q. How much of a current of elec- tricity does it take to kill a person?— R. D. D. A. The degree of resistance of an individual to the passage of a cufrent of electricity is subject to considerable amount of variation. If the skin is dry, the resistance is from 5 to 20 times as great as when it is wet. It is prob- able that 1,600 volts of electromotive force of a continuous current are suf- ficlent to cause death, and alternating current of half this voltage would prob- ably prove fatal. Experiments at Sing Sing have resulted in the conclusion that no human body can withstand an alternating current of 1,500 volts and that 300 has produced death, while for continuous current it may be necessary that as much as 3,000 volts are required to bring about fatal results. Q. Why is Turkey called the “Otto- man Empire”?—M. S. A. The word “Ottoman” is from the Turkish Othman, founder of the Turk- ish Empire in Asia. He reigned from 1288 to 1326. Q. Is it better to have an alto or tenor saxophone?—R. N. .A. Both are fine instruments, but there are more demands for musiclans with alto instruments, since small or- chestras use the alto. Q. _In what year did the song “Every- body Works But Father” become popu- lar?—H. P. ° A. It was one of the song hits of 1905. Q. Is the guillotine still in use in France?—I. D. L. A. It is still used. It is the mode of capital punishment in France. Q. How many places in the United States have populations of 2,500 or more?—A. O. A. Ac were 2,787 such towns and cities. Q. What do the four H's stand for in 4-H clubs?—E. F. . A. They represent head, hands, heart and health. Q. Why will water not rise over 32 feet in a vacuum?—R. J. D. A. The Bureau of Standards ng: that water will not rise over 32 feet a the pressure of the atmosphere is not sufficient to balance a column of water of greater height. Q. How many days and fractions of days are there in a year?—R. F. B. A. There are 365 days, 6 hours, 9 minutes and 9.6 seconds in a year. This is adjusted by the intercalary day every four years. The v‘earky slight difference still remaining is en up by having only_those years as leap years, which even-century years may be divided by 400 instead of 4. wQ. Who invented the zipper?— . P. Bl A. The Scientific American informs us that the hookless fastener was in- vented by Whitcomb L. Judson in 1893. It has been ved and nl‘:% less fastener of Sundback’s design. When Wilhelm, one-time German Kaiser, celebrated his seventieth birth- day anniversary at his Doorn retreat with some of the trappings of former glory, he apparently impressed nobody in the world except possibly the group of royalist admirers gathered about him for the occasion. Germany is too much absorbed in her rebuilding, observers in America believe, to be much concerned about the fallen Emperor or his birth- day defense of his course in the World ‘War. greater republic, recuperating - cently from the imperial excesses of its erstwhile ruler,” says the Cincinnati Times-Star. “Its peace has victories far greater than the former Kaiser’s in And it is working to an ultimate tizenship present. immigration act would ‘admit | Ty s them automatically for settlement. President Roosevelt pointed out in 1909 the necessity, in the interest of in- ternational friendship, of preventing the settlement of bodies of Americans in Japan and of bodies of Japanese in the United States. He explained that the gentlemen's agreement wWhs entered into for the express purpose of preventing a further increase of Japanese population in continental United States, with the understanding that if it failed it was to be replaced by an exclusion law. It did fail signally. Hence the action by Con- gress, which enacted a and non- discriminatory measure instead of an offensive exclusion law. California has 1now a very grave prob- lem in the second generation Japanese, fine young men and young women men= tally and physically, but set apart by a racial barrier which neither, side can break down, and offering most conclu- sive evidence of the farsightedness of President Roosevelt. The two racs in California are considering this problem with mutual goodwill and sympathy. Their efforts will go for naught if the or?lnal issue is again raised through a demand to reopen the gates, however slightly, to Oriental immigration. President Coolidge, after doing what he could to meet Japan’s wishes L. this matler, said: “The incident is closed. | We must seek by some means besides immigration to demonstrate the friend- ship and respect we feel for the Jap- anese n:tion.” there be some other way it will be JOINT IMMIGRATION COMMITTEE. V. 8. McCLATCHY, Secretary. And Where. From the Sioux City Tribune. Henry Ford's advice for young folks to work and spend may be all right if coupled with a precaution to get the money before spending it. Very, Very Punny. From the 24 Bend Trivune, Now that it has been that g‘e‘rfledlfiy influences the color of hair men can blame it on their | caj -headed lack of heredity. They’re Doing Well Now. ' From the Charlotte (N, C.) News. *be to With an election in Chis proaching, the morticlans ought optimistic. 8o says California. 1f | and away will live to talk another day. So the former Kaiser gave views and inter- views. Meanwhile the acts across the border in the German Republic are speaking louder than any pseudo-im- perial words.” The Richmond News-Leader thinks ‘Germany is creating nowadays a very large governing class that struts in its own right and not by permission of the Kaiser,” while the Hartford Courant re- marks that “the war lord has reached Pier 70 and is able to maintain himself in his tiny empire without disturbing the peace of the world in the slightest degree.” To the Muncie Star it seems that while the Hohenzollerns “suffered no &hynul punishment for their share of the war guilt,” nevertheless “realiza- tion of their present insignificance must be a cruel blow to former arrogance.” * K ok ok “Let the monarchists worship and shout their huzzahs and follow their cult as they will,” exclaims the Kala- mazoo tte. “Germany as a whole - u;': also the urlingto: people as “getting along nicely field Illinois State Register suggests “the memory of the man would be! greatly softened if it could be known | that before the final summons to the | great court above he had come to a more enlightened viewpoint and a reali- zation of the inherent injustice and; futility of his course.” i Quoting statements that the former head of the Hohenzollerns makes no impression on his own country, the New | York Sun continues: “If the former Kaiser is not taken seriously in Ger-! many, it is safe to say that he is not elsewhere. Ten years of exile have only ied his -opinions. Words from \Doorn have the quaint interest of a spirit message from Metternich.” The| Reno Evening Gazette observes that “it looks as if punishment is to tain the mock pageantry of whil: knowing, and knowing all others .k:ow, that it is a mockery, a hollow bl As the Spokane Spokesman-Review sees it, “dethroned royalty cuts fantastic before high Heaven and the while the Grand Rapids Press he-erueiet penatty that was open 1o cruel y that was open it—letting him live himself into deri- sion,” and the Elkhart Truth feels that “the Emperor’s unfortunate br: his silliness llonf with some brilllancy, and the artificial atmosphere in which ' letter to The Star Information Bureau, gray. Wilhelm’s Birthday Fail to Arouse Enthusiasm ar. “The great empire has become a|ihaq German ! skipped without | his own skin, the Kaiser or his family.” The 5’";’;22”’" people and sharing with them what up, | secret treat Q. In what country is the most candy consumed?—S. G. A. The United States is the greatest manufacturer and consumer of candy. Without considering homemade candy, the consumption of candy in this coun- try is almost 12 pounds the person. Q. Please give a personal description of President-elect Hoover—W. S. A. Herbert Hoover's eyes are gray. His hair was brown, but is now turning .. His height is 5 feet 11 inches and his weight is approximately 180 pounds. Q. Where was_the greatest cavalry battle of the Civil War fought?—N. R. A. The greatest battle fought exclu- slvely by cavalry was the battle of Trevilians, June 11 and 12, 1864. It was fought between Gordonsville and Louisa Court House. About 13,000 men were engaged, and the Confederate troops were victorious. % ‘Where was Dr. Cadman born?— S.C. A. Dr. Samuel Parkes Cadman was born in Wellington, Shropshire County, England, December 18, 1864. Q. When was the present Pope elected?>—C. M. S. A. The present Pope, Plus XI, was elected February 6, 1922, and crowned February 12. Q. Where A. Devils island off the coast of French Guiana, South America, about 30 miles north- west of Cayenne. thro he confinement there of Capt. Alfred Dreyfus. Near Devils Island are the two small French penal islands of St. Joseph and Ile Royale, which were formerly known, with Devils Island, as “Iles du Diable,” but which later re« ceived the name “Iles du Salut.” Q. Is modern Greek the same as the Greek of the ancients?—P. N. A. It differs greatly from the Greck spoken in classical times. Q. What has the greatest resistance against heat?—O. J. A. It is not ible to state which material has the stro; Tesistance is Devils Island?—N. R. Island is a small barren are lime, magnesia most refractory is lampblack. Q. How many sets of tunnels hag Pittsburgh?—C. D. A. Pittsburgh has two sets of tun« nels or tubes. The Liberty tunnels, connecting the South Hills with the downtown district of the city, extend from West Liberty avenue to Browns- ville road, under Mount Washington. The Armstrong tunnels extend from Second avenue to Forbes street. Q. What is the most famous dance known?—B. S. A. The waltz is said to be the most in all history. is ebscured in the dim past. modern guise it appeared in 1780 and “Ach du Lieber Augustin” is said to be the first tune to which the waltz was . W. cording to the last census there | danced. Q. What material is being used for airplanes for the British air force?— M. A. A. All-metal construction has been adopted by the Royal Air Force. tions?—C. G. C. A. Limerick is one of the principal Free State, 120 cities. the Irish miles l’;‘uthmt of Dublin. It i divid- ed into three portions, el by five bridges: English Town Kings ufind.mdlrhh'l‘nwnn‘fiw'l‘m on either side of the River. It is the most t port on the The death rate in the tion United States for 1927 was tion. The birth Gestures he lived lead one to pity Wilhelm rather than to hate him. * xR % In the opinion of the Roanoke World« News, “few historians now believe that Emperor Willlam brought on the war, Qe "of “great impattance. . Like his else greal . cousin, the Czar of Russia” continues that paper, “he let himself be domi= nated by the worst element of his kingdom, though, unlike the Czar, he put up a flashy and t caused many to bombastic claims to divine right were in themselves acts of supreme silliness.” ‘The Altoona Mirror also views him as “Jittle more than a tool in the hands of conspirators who took good care to keep their hands concealed and their tongues still. “He asks the world,” records the Charlotte News, “to look upon Bise marck, the iron chancellor, as a would= be father of a league of nations, and he pleads that he himself, former high and mighty autocrat, be recognized as the evangel of peace.” The News con= : “The world believes that plans for the World War were in the making within a month after Prederick’s death statements from Doorn Castle to E‘:’ Wilhelm and Bismarck in the rol friends of peace and to convince tha the autocrat of Potsdam was other than to make himself master the world.” * x X % Assertions that the former Kaiser's flight from Germany at the close great conflict was a serious blow esteem in which he had made by the Savannah cine Journal-News and News and says that “when the end came Wi the country, thinking only instead of remaining with #Ese g?fi §& : : § ] his unwisdom and ruthlessness had brought upon them.” As to the report that birthday felicls tations had been sent by King George of England, the Charleston Eveni Post voices the test: “In the re communications with its German rela- tives and there has been no that these would be resumed. It is hard to believe that among ‘Willie’: Hol - lern’s birthday tings there was one from ‘Georgie” geh:dm." The Peters- burg -Index, assuming the truth of the states 'I::t “it is mo reflection upon the Brit King that he should have felt a mto inclination to cend & word of cheer to his cousin, the disa) ted, discredited and On the question of war guilt, as dis- uuudgtha former Emperor, the Omaha World-] tates: “Histo- fl'num;w'to o in dustrial rivalry, in the lack cf tive propaganda for world peace, ties, in alliances of force, jingoism, in the keeping alive of . inherited from the past.”