Evening Star Newspaper, April 24, 1929, Page 8

THE EVENING, STAR With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. WEDNESDAY. ....April 24, 1920/ THEODORF W. NOYES....Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company ‘Business Office: 11th 8t and Pennssivants Ave. New York Office: 110 East 43nd Bt. %llfl Office: Lake Michigan Build: pean Ofce: 14 Regent St., Londs England, Rate by Carrier Within the City. e Evening Star. 45¢ per month (e s Sundays) 80 per month n 4 Sundays) . The Evening and Sunday Star (when & Sundays). 65¢ per month The Sunday Star - -5¢ per copy Collection mads each month. Orders may be sent In by mall or telephone Bain 5000. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. ally and Su; ally only - unday only All Other States and Dally and Eunday..l Dally only . Bunday only .. 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Unless eleventh-hour counsels of wisdom and reconsideration prevail, this latest attempt to grapple with Europe's gravest international problem is doomed to pass into history, leaving behind an undoubtedly more menacing situation than the one which it was designed to ameliorate. To European statemanship's crown- ing incapacity, out of which the World -War was spawned, we now have to add the flasco of Paris, 1929. It is not nec- essary to go the pessimistic length of M. Clemenceau in foreshadowing an- other war as the inevitable consequence of these past two futile months on the Seine. But manifestly the cause of European peace has not been bulwarked by the inability of Germany and her creditors to agree on the extent of her future obligations. So we are back to the Dawes plan. Dr. Schacht, president of the Reichs- bank, on whom the burden of blame for the conference’s failure is bound to rest, declared, on the eve of its adjournment, that Germany would rather continue to erty holders who through misfortune | paint during hours, it seems, only when and adversity have been forced fo de- linquency in their taxes. In the ma- Jority of cases the disastrous effects of the law would threaten only those Who have deliberately, or through gross carelessness, neglected to pay taxes, thus conveniently forcing the munici- pality to carry their property until its value has become commercially at- tractive. ‘With congressional authority behind it, the District should immediately make its test case to determine the efficacy of what seems to be the simplest and most effective remedy for solving the problem of collecting taxes that are rightfully due. ——v— Maj. Pratt's Recommendations. Maj. Pratt’s request for one hundred additional patrolmen is founded on the logical contention that more attention should be paid to training policemen, and that the enlarged increment would increase the force to the point where a real and practical police school, with an adequate course of training, could be substituted for the present hit-or- miss arrangement, which sends rookie policemen, equipped with gun and baton, patrolling the streets before they have |learned to wear their new uniforms. Maj. Pratt would extend from one to three months the course of schooling which the Police Department now of- fers, and the new course of training would become a fixed part of the young policeman's routine. As it is now, the training is available to young police- men if and when there are a sufficient number of recruits to make the school practical. Otherwise the policeman learns what he can from the casual ad- vice of his elders and the broad phrase- ology of the police manual, ‘With his recommendation for the new patrolmen Maj. Pratt asks for fifty pre- cinct detectives to be transferred to de- tective headquarters, doubling the pres- ent force and making available a group of men in constant training for detec- tive work from whose ranks could be selected the detective sergeants. At the same tige a special force of thirty de- tectives would be engaged in prohibition enforcement work. These are practical recommendations for the betterment of the Police Depart- ment. If a limited budget makes their adoption as a whole impossible they should be carried out from year to year by degrees, and with the purpose of eventually increasing the force accord- ing to Maj. Pratt’s specifications. ‘There has never been a time in the whole history of law enforcement when events of frequent recurrence have placed such emphasis upon the neces- sity of a well trained, well drilled poli force. Every day or so finds the judg- ment of some policeman put to the test, and too often the test finds the police- man deficlent. Our policcemen are taught, through target practice, to use their guns. As much, if not more, time should be spent on teaching them not liquidate reparations under the Dawes scheme than shoulder the burdens of such a revised plan as the Paris ex- perts lately were considering. appears that so it is to be. The Ger- mans have to date lived faithfully up to all the requirements which the exist- ing arrangement imposes upon them. Well, it to use thelr guns. Our policemen are instructed with meticulous care in the | art of filling out summons bianks for overtime parking. A month or so spent on inculcating, in the minds of young policemen, the theory that their office, as an emblem of the majesty of law, re- quires dignity, discipline and the ability to command respect without demanding traffie is at its peak. A narrow lane, it is true, is left for a single file of automobiles, but single-file traffic is not enough on any of Washington's main arteries. Congestion breeds accidents, and congestion of the worst sort occurs when a heavy volume of traffic is un- expectedly diverted into a bottle neck. Of course, the streets must be painted and they must be repaized. Little breaks soon become big ones and prompt action is necessary to prevent a spread. Likewise crosswalk lines must be refurbished at regular intervals, else the motorist will encroach upon pedestrian domain and cite the almost invisible markers as an excuse. But it portant work should be done with the least possible ¢elay to trafic. Wash- Ington's daily threc-hour rush period should be immune to any but the most imperative street work. L The Bus Terminal Trip. By a strict interpretation of the law, Daniel J. Donovan; District auditor and budget officer, has caused cancellation of the contemplated trip of two officials of the Public Utilities Commission to other cities to study motor bus trans- portation conditions, particularly with respect to terminal facilities. The survey was planned in view of the renewed agitation for establishment in Washington of a union bus depot, the need for which has become more acute because of the ever-increasing number of busses and the growing traf- fic congestion in the business area where the busses terminate. The auditor's ruling forbids the Dis- trict Commissioners to allow the Public Utilitles Commission to use any part of the appropriation provided for inci- dental and traveling expenses of offi- cials and employes of the municipal government. The commission, it was held, has its own appropriation for those specific purposes, and because its fund is nearly exhausted there is no legal way in which the Commissioners might augment it. Fear is expressed by the chairman of the commission that abandonment of the trip will react as a serious set- back to the movement for the erection of a terminal. It is unfortunate that by some means funds cannot be pro- vided to pay the traveling expenses of the two commission officials who looked upon the expedition as one of utmost {importance to Washington. Its cancel- lation, however, should not interfere with the establishment of the proposed union depot. ‘With the beginning of the new fiscal year July 1 the commission will have adequate funds of its own to defray the expenses of the trip, and can use them without seeking opinions from the au- ditor. In the meantime, the commission should continue to exert its efforts to bring about the establishment of the terminal. — cmeee An Air Investigation. The public will await with interest the findings of the investigating bodies which are probing the fatal crash in midair of an Army pursuit plane with a passenger liner near San Diego re- cently. The accident was one of the worst in aviation history, six people, including the two pilots, losing their does seem, however, that this all-im- | tim, BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL, Priendship is not something to be put, on and off like a cloak just when it pleases the wearer. ‘There seems to be an increasing tendency nowadays for some persons to be friendly when it suits them and in- different when “they choose. This-attitude, one may submit, is not in line with the ancient standards which have come down through the centuries. It used to be that to be a friend meant to be friendly all the time, not just some of the time or part of the e. To be a friend in the old days meant to be friendly whether one was in the precise mood for it or not. Friendship was the standard then, not the varying mood of the moment. The words “steadfast” and “faithful” and “fidelity” were heard often in con- nection therewith, * K K K ‘Today the sensitive may suspect that a friend is one who is merely useful or helpful. A friend is a pleasant interruption of the day's work. A friend is a human being, according to this new standard, who may be treated as a friend one day and with indifference the next, as suits the mood of the moment. This same human being, of course, is not expected to resent this sort of treatment. For him to do so is to bring down upon him all the old barrage of criticism which was reserved formerly for the real false friend. Thus resentment of capriclous treat- ment, whether among men or women, is the one crime left against friend-| ship. Mood has taken the place of stead- fastness and whim that of constancy. The great beautles of friendship have given place to fickleness. In the place of trust reigns expediency. * kK ¥ Even the “brotherhoods,” which are man's hopeful approximation of true friendship, permit a “brother” to be ousted when he falls below certain standards. 1t is precisely when he does so fall, however, that brotherhood, or friend- ship, ought to be at its maximum of | service. Self-righteousness never wears more hideous mien than when the black- ball comes into the ascendency. In the ordinary walks of life, man to man, where no oath has been taken and no formal belief expressed in the magic of “all for one and one for all,” one is more likely to find friendship free from propaganda and blah. Yet even here expediency plays an insufferable part, when it takes upon itself the role of director, donning and | dofling its false-face to the tune of| selfish music heard faintly from the wings. It is a modernist music, a subtle clashing of notes which formerly no musician would have blended, but which today is held proper by those who strive so mightily to achieve something “dif- ferent.” In the olden times the chords pro- duced would not have been deemed music at all, but would have been branded dissonance. ‘Were the men of old right? | WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS A bitter controversy is impending over the Tariff Commission. tariff revision is likely to produce more fireworks. In his message to Congress the President said, “The Tariff Ccm- mission should be reorganized and placed upon a basis of higher' salarles in order that we may command men of the broadest attainments,”. Repub- lican leaders are now asking, “Does the No phase of | Are there no more real friends? ‘The blatancy of modern life has turned the attention away from the old overlords of human conduct, called Righteousness, and Friendship, and De- cency, and Honesty, until such things are scarcely discussed except in the pulpits. In their stead many a strictly up-to- date person has substituted new god: called Automobile, ~Clothes, Amuse- ments, Sports, Wild Partles, Position, Place and Power. If one were to accuse him of lost faith in the old things of beauty. and light, he would violently dispute what is as plain as if it were written out in letters of blood. There s no overlooking the track left, not because these modern gods are not good gods, as far as they go, but because the worship of them become so crass. Perh?s Moses might have swallowed the golden calf if his fellows had not bent their knees to it quite so abjectly. * Kk K ‘There can be little doubt that friend- ship is not generally held in the es- teem which once enveloped it. Too many are putting it on and off, at their divine pleasure, reserving their displays of it when they are feeling par- ticularly fit, recalling them when some- thing rubs them the wrong way. It may have been nothing more than a quarrel at home, or a fall in a pet stock quotation, but it is enough to banish all thoughts of genuine friend- ship from their lives for the time being. So_easily banished, the quality could not have been very strong, could it? They reply that it is only the forms of friendship which they pass up. Let us examine that statement. Are not the forms and observances of friendship the real thing, or at least the nearest approach to the real thing which most of us will ever know. Friendship is a sort of divine courtesy. It is a beautiful gesture in the face of animal life, which only knows friend- ship as a sort of instinctive let-up in the general massacre of the specics. Friendship is man’s contribution to Nature. It is the rebuff of his better moments to the slaughter which peri- odically overwhelms the world. * ok K ¥ True friendship demands an unvary- ing front against deception, cruelty, un- faithfulness, caprice, whim. It presupposes a loyalty as strong as man can make it, as firm as an un- stable creature can conjure it out of dreams, hopes and aspirations. He who “uses” a friend for advance- ment’s sake is as guilty as he who kicks a child in the face, He Who greets a friend with a smile one day, and the next pretends not to see him, is slapping Decency in the jaw with a right hook unexpected. He who is willing to accept the ben- efits of friendship, but never able to see that he himself owes anything, is on a “parity with the street bandit who not only takes one's purse, but one's | wateh, too. | "In this day and age, many are called friends, but few answer the description. Many a man’'s only real friend is his automobile, | pointment of an advisory committee to assist in the development of the na- | tional parks. The notable group to be {associated in this undertaking is com- | posed of Dr. John C. Merriam, president of the Carnegie Institution of Washing- | Yoh. chairman, and Dr. H. C. Bumpus of | the American Association of Museums; |Dr. Vernon Kellogg, secretary of the | National Research Council; Dr. Wallace Politics at Large By G. Gould Lincoln. ‘Where does the election of John: F: Curry, leader of the fifth district Man-' hattan, to be leader of Tammany Hall leave former Gov. Alfred E. Smith? Probably it will be easier to answer that question six months or a year from now. In New York at present, however, the election of Curry, an ex- ponent of the “Old Tammany” rather than of the “New Tammany,” is inter- preted as a setback for the former governor and a decided boost for Mayor Jimmy Walker. The New York World, ardent Smith supporter, says editorially of the election of Mr. Curry: “Tammany has made its cholce, and its. choice is an ‘insider’ rather than an ‘outsider,’ a district leader rather than a statesman, the counsel of Mayor Walker. rather than the counsel of Al Smith,” & * ok K % ‘The same editorial in the World de- clares that the selection of Mr. Curry means that Tammany has turned its back on the man who refurbished it and gave it dignity and standing. Further the World declares that if the Republicans will put up an outstand- ing man for mayor, a man of demor- strated ability, the World will suj that Republican candidate Mayor Walker, backed by Tammany, in | the election of a mayor this Fall. The | World, however, leaves itself an “out” by saying it would prefer to support Mayor Walker “nominated even by Tammany Hall, which has now turned | back the clock, rather than some wholly | mediocre Republican nominated by hack | machine Republican politicians.” It is clear, however, that there is no little hard feeling among the Demo- ! crats of New York, and even among | the Democrats of Tammany itself. Pos- sibly Mr. Curry will be able to handle the situation and bring together the warring factions. After all, the ability of the Tammany Democrats to hang together has won them many victories | in the past. The district leaders of Tammany, alded and abetted by Mayor Walker, | who now looks forward with confidence | to renomination and re-election as| mayor, have taken the bit in their teeth. It is urged still by Smith admirers that the former governor has a tremendous hold on the voters of the State and of the greater city, and that if it ever came to a show-down at the polls, that hold would be demonstrated again, Some of the Tammany leaders and lesser lead- ers, however, have had it in their minds that the governor was high-hatting them, and it has been whispered more than once he failed to receive the | wholehearted support of all Tammany during the presidential election last year. This is vigorously denied, on the other hand, by some of the men in the closest Tammany circles. They lay the | defeat of Gov. Smith in New York State | to the business men, little big, many | of them Jews, who feared that a na- tional Democratic administration would disturb conditions which have been good | for them. * ok % % Ts the Smith political star going down or will it arise again to greater heights? That is a question which many Dem: crats throughout the country are as! ing themselves. There is one group | which is inclined to say, “Al Smith | is going to write his autobiography | and that in itself indicates where he gets off.” It is the same group which |declares that Gov. Smith had his chance and now should step aside and | permit_some other Democrat to make a try for the presidency. There is one factor in the situation which confronts the Democratic party | {today which cannot be overlooked. | }’lha! is the $1,400,000 deficit growing | | out of the last campaign. As long as that deficit lasts, it may be expected that John J. Raskob, Al Smith’s chair- man of the Democratic national com- mittee, will continue at the head of the | Democratic national organization. There are thousands of Democrats who would like to see Mr. Raskob removed from the place. armor. knight later became the adopted badge of the family; the figures or characters employed in the coat-of-arms began to receive names and so the language and science of heraldry came into existence. than gold?—C. E. M. as valuable as gold, ¢ | around $70 an ounce. oleon ; i than Henry VIII; Mary Stuart was older | much building was done. than Francis II of France; Jenny Lind | was older than Otto Goldschmidt; Dis- | raeli's wife was his elder. ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. ‘This newspaper puts at your disposal & corps of trained researchers in Wash- ington who will answer questions for you, ment departments, the libraries, mu- seums, galleries and public buildings and to the numerous associations which maintain headquarters in the Nation’s Capital. you, write your question plainly and send with 2 cents in coin or stamps to The Evening Star Information Bureau, Frederic J. Haskin, director, Washing- ton, D. C. Q Why s a coat-of-arms so called? —E. 8. They have access to the Govern- If they can be of assistance to A. It takes its name from its origin. The heraldic device was embroidered on the short coat worn by a knight over his | ‘The favorite emblem of the | Q. Is platinum much more valuable A. It is now more than three times the price being Q. When was the city of Montreal W. founded?—H. A. It was founded May 17, 1642. Q. Who invented Stiacciato?—L. E. C. A. This beautiful method of low or flat relief was doubtless the invention of Donateilo. Q. What is the oubliette in the Bar- gello, Florence?—R. A. A. The word means “a pit.” Q. What is the annual discharge of the Mississippi River into the Gulf?>— S. F. R. "A. The total annual discharge of the Mississippi is about 21,300,000,000,000 cubic feet, or 675,000 cubic feet per sec- ond. Q. Are ginger ale and coca-cola fat- forming drinks?>—M. C. B. A. The beverages are fat-forming only in proportion to their sugar content. Q. Pl whose se name sgne well known men s were older than they were. -—Q. P. T. A. Josephine was older than Na- Catherine of Aragon was older Q. How old is Jackie Coogan now? —H. McC. A. He was born in Los Angeles, October 26, 1914, so is past 14 years. Q. Is it true that the Main and Franklin telephone exchanges in Wash- ington are to be discontinued?—J. H. F. A. This change will be effected. The two exchanges will be converted into three exchanges, to be known as “Na- tional,” “Metropolitan” and “District.” | The dial phone will be used. Q. Where did the Dukhobors, who settled in Canada, come from?—B. A. They came from Russia. Th were followers of Tolstoi and their be- liefs were such that they were perse- cuted. In Canada, after a few years, they declared themselves as pacifists. Q. In speaking of Napoleon's barb Here | prisoners were held in this section of the Bargello, away from communication | with the world. charger, what does “barb” mean?—L. 8. A. It refers to its breed. A barb is 8 Barbary horse, one of a race of horses related to the Arabs, noted for speed and endurance, introduced into Spain by the Moors, Q. Can a servant who has come to this country as a_member of the ambassador’s household stay in this country if he leaves his service?—M. R. A. One coming into the United States as a servant to a foreign am- bassador would be compelled to leave the country when he left the ambassa- dor’s service, Q. How much alcohol is there in | wine?—R. W. P. A. The commissioner of prohibition says that natural wines contain from 112 pér cent to 14 per cent alcohol by volume, but wine may be fortified to in- crease the alcoholic content, and at the present time some wines are fortified to 24 per cent of alcohol by volume,: Wines used for sacramental purposes must be fortified to preserve them over the pe- riod of time they are used, or if used for medicinal purposes the alcohol is a | necessary factor as a solvent. Q. Why are cats so fand of catnip?— W. M. 5t A. The Biological Survey says that it knows of no reason why cats are fond of catnip. It is true that all breeds of the cat family like catnip. Catnip does | not grow in some countries where cats |are found, but even so, cats which are | not familiar with catnip seem to like it |the first time they come in contact | with it. Q. Where has the Institute of Relations been established?—L. W. A. Yale has lately established such |an institute. The money for it was igiven by the Rockefeller Foundation, | the Commonwealth Fund and the Laura | Spelman Rockefeller Foundation. The first project undertaken will be the study of the family. The study will deal | with every phase of the family life that is subject to scientific study: The rela- | tionship between parents and children, | community "influences, education, in- | dustry, food, habits, climate and many other signal aspects of a complex living whole. | Q. What city was called the “City of Streets Without Houses C. | A. This epithet was app to Wash- {ington, D. C, in its early days. Tne city was planned and streets laid out in (rather an ambitious fashion before Human W, Q. What is the life of fertilizer after it is put on land?>—A. U. A. As a rule, the crop to which fertilizer is applied absorbs half of it |fll’ld the succeeding crop receives one quarter of the original amount. Q. Why is term “grass widow"” given to a’ woman separated from her | husband?>—A. G. | _A. Authorities have never definitely | traced the origin of the term “grass widow.” It is to be found in many lan- guages. Some believe that it is a cor- rupted form pf “grace-widow"—that “widow by the grace of circumstances. There are no facts to substantiate this belief, however. According to Dr. | Brewer, the modern use of the term | seems to have originated among Anglo- Indians about the middle of the nine- teenth century from the practice | European husbands sending wives the hills during the hot season India. In this section the grass plentiful. 'Red Taint in Textile Strike Thought Result and Not Cause Although the red flare of Commu- Federation_and its radical riv klyn Daily Eagle point President want us to legislate the press |W. Atwood, president of Clark Uni- nism is discerned by some observers in “the Southern mill work have little ‘They have not done so with a light heart, but, at least, when they were| due at the captain’s counter they have appeared, cash in hand. It was they who sought a revision of the Dawes plan. Every opportunity was given them to present their case for revision. Cred- itor nations, including the United States, sent to Paris the best financial minds at their disposal. None of them, as far as is known, went there with any other purpose than to solve their assigned problem in & spirit of fairness all around. It proved insoluble. The status quo ante is automatically restored. ‘To bolster up his final argument for acceptance of Germany's combined po- litico-financial uitimatum to the cred- itor experts, Dr. Schacht asserted that his government had to borrow abroad even the funds for most of the repa- ration annuities it has been paying since 1923. German statesmen in the past have not always been famed for their sense of humor. It seems not to have occurred to Dr. Schacht that if the fatherland is as afflicted with incapacity to pay as he makes out, it should not be nearly as easy sledding as in the past for Germans when they seek to float vast bond issues in markets like that of the United States, to which, during the past year or two, they have had such wide access. — e Democrats are firm in the declaration that there will be no new party. The democracy will still claim the honor- able distinction of being the party in opposition, without which there could be no wholesome competition at the polls. e s is nothing new. ed away back in the Old Testament and authorities agree it was much worse then than it is now. it would be more valuable to the com- munity than any number of fines for infractions of the traffic regulations. Maj. Pratt states that complaints re- ceived by the Detective Bureau far out- number the men available to Investigate them. His recommendations for increas- ing the detective force serve two ends. He would provide the requisite person- nel, but at the same time create a force of probationary detectives at headquar- ters, thus requiring future detectives to undergo a period of practical training to fit them more adequately for their duties. The development of a good de- tective these days is an accident. It hould be carefully premeditated from the start. ———————— ‘While making no claims to expertness in fisherman's lore, Mrs. Willebrandt in going after prohibition violators does not believe in devoting valuable time and expensive tackle to small fry when there are so many whales to be caught. R The idea of & crime wave after all The crime wave start- s No matter how eminent a speaker may be, the microphone takes the cen- ter of the stage. s Street Repair and Rush Hours, In connection with the co-ordinated schedule for street work for the next Summer, in which all agencies of the District government will operate to- ‘Wisconsin refuses to forget those old days when the simple word ‘waukee” meant so much to all the “Mil- Test of Tax Cellecting. gether, in order that time and money may be saved and delays to traffic eliminated, it might not be amiss to point out to the Highway Department and the Traffic Department that even before the new plan goes into effect a slight change in the hours of repairing small breaks in the pavement and in lives when the planes crashed into the ground. The investigation is brought about by the fact that witnesses charge that the collision oceurred because of “stunting” indulged in by the Army pilot and because the head of the serv- ice operating the passenger line is al- tleged to have made several ineffectual protests regarding the reckless flying of Government planes near his ships on regular run, Three separate investigations are be- ing undertaken and out of them will probably come the true story of the disaster, aithough all those in the two planes were killed. If the Army aviator is proved guilty of stunt flying near the passenger ship, stringent action by this branch of the service should be taken’ so that no repetition will occur. Flying already has too many hazards to permit “smart-aleckism” in the air. .o Rumors that Lindbergh insists on action if he is to remain at the head of Transcontinental Air Transport Technical Committee recall the fiyer as a man who by the very nature of his occupation demands fast work. ——— e Ninety days of personal restraint is not an altogether agreeable prospect; but it should be worth something to Harry Sinclair to end the suspense. ————————— SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Generous Distribution. It is cheering to know, ‘When discomforts oppress, ‘That the world’s sure to show One great cure for distress. ‘Though the ills we endure Are, alas, far from nice, Of this we are sure— ‘We can get good advice. It is put inio print; ent commission out of existence, and if not, how does Mr. Hoover expect to accomplish his reorganization?” Mei? bers of the commission are appointed for 12-year terms—the long tenure being designed to make the members immune to political pressure. If there are no resignations, the President can at best | make only two changes in the.comumis- ion's personnel during the next four ars—one in September, 1930, and one two years later. * & The term of the. chairman of the Tariff Commission, Thomas C. Marvin | of Massachusetts, devout disciple of “protection,” whose high tariff views have been repeatedly assailed -privately and publicly by his Democratic col- leagues, does not expire until 1934.. The term of Alfred P. Dennis of Maryland, the vice chairman, who now styles him- self a “Hoover Democrat,” expires in 1936. Lincoln Dixon of Indiana is slated to serve until 1938. Sherman J. Lowell of New York, a Coolidge ap- pointee, has a commission which runs until 1940. The two whose remaining tenure under their present appointments is relatively short are Frank Clark of Florida, 1930, and Edgar B. Brossard, Utah, 1932. The law stipulates that there shall be an even partisan division on the commission, three Republicans and three Democrats. That explains in part why the commission is s0 often deadlocked in reaching any conclusions. The salary is $7,500 per year, * koK Ok Senator Hendrik Shipstead of Minne- sota, a leading member of the Senate farm “bloc” and an early and able advocate of the repeal of national ori- gins immigration quotas, is destined to be on_the sidelines during the present special session. Stricken with severe influenza during the closing weeks of the last session, he got out to attend a meeting or two of the Senate’s agri- culture committee three weeks ago, suf- fered a relapse and has been seriously ill since then. He is going home to Minnesota to recuperate just as soon &s he Is able to stand the train journey, and does not expect to return to Wash- ington until the Autumn. He is play- ing a part just the same in the vicissi- tudes of farm relief legisiation. He recorded his vote by telephone Ilast Monday in favor of the export deben- ture plan, when the Senate agricul- ture committee by an 8-to-6 vote turned down Mr. Hoover's admonition and | versity, Worcester, Mass., noted geog- | rapher; Dr. Clark Wissler, curator of | the American Museum of Natural His- |tory; Dr. Isaiah Bowman, president of |the ‘American Geographic Society, and | Dr. Frank R. Oastler of New York. * %k ok X ‘The rumor still persists that John | L. Lewis will soon resign as president of the United Mine Workers, and receive from Mr. Hoover an appointment to a Federal post in Washington. The only basis for this report seems to be the { widely held notion that the veteran labor leader desires to relinquish his | command of the mine workers and that |in the light of his yeoman service in behalf of the Republican nominee in | the last .campaign he is entitled to substantial political reward. The Lewis boom for Secretary of Labor was short- lived. Now the idea is that he may be named to an assistant secretaryship in the Labor Department, or to a place on one of the commissions. The White House is mum with respect to the Lewis gossip. (Copyright, 1920.) r—ore Public Is Being Tested By Traffic Regulations From the Utica Observer-Dispatch. Cities and large towns all over the | country are testing the public in a matter that is of supreme importance to the public itself. Whether traffic may be made reason- ably safe and at the same time keep it flexible is not a personal question for officials. It is not for the benefit of a party or a faction of a party. It is something in which each individual in the community—in fact, in the entire public body—is personally interested. ‘The safety, the'life of every individ- ual, man, woman or child, is at stake. 1t depends largely upon how each of us obeys what has come to be known as “traffic rules.” ‘Too many of us think that these traffic rules are regulations which are imposed upon us for the purpose of hampering progress and making it dif- ficult to proceed with motor traffic over streets and highways. We in some in- stances disobey them. There are many drivers who will deliberately break al- most any rule if they think it possible to do so and escape the penalty. T- haps they do not appreciate what this But what Democrats, no matter how | militant, wish to undertake the job of | paying off a million four hundred thou- | | sand dollars of debt? Mr. Raskob in- curred the debt, or, rather, the Demo- cratic national committee did under his leadership. The feeling now is to let him pay it off. Until the debt is paid or underwritten Mr. Raskob is likely to remain as chairman. The debt is greater by more then a million doliars | than was the debt which was left to | | Clem Shaver, John W. Davis’ national chairman, at the close of the 1924 cam- | | paign. Mr. Shaver stayed with the debt up until the opening of the con- vention at Houston, when the debt was litted. * K ok % |, At a recent conference of Democratic leaders in New York City, attended by | national leaders who had gone there i for the Jefferson day banquet, there | Was a general discussion of national | Democratic politics, and views were ex- | pressed that the advice of the Demo- cratic leadership in the Congress should be given much weight in the future. These Democratic leaders in Congress, it was pointed out, would be on the | firing line and directing the policies of the party in national affairs. Particular | emphasis was laid upon the need of ,)\E«‘dlng the views of Senate leaders. | Senator Robinson of .Arkansas, the Democratic leader of the Senate, was also the Democratic candidate for Vice President last year. The suggestion is made now in some quarters that Sena- tor Robinson may well become a rally- ing post for the party two years and { four years hence. There is not the slightest doubt that Senator Robinson has demonstrated his ability as a party leader in the Senate, And, further, he has shown to advantage when it | been a matter of geiting measur through the Senate. Time and again it has been his hand which has helped to guide needed legislation over the rough spots in the Senate. * K K X Two Senate commitiees dominated by Republicans within the last few days have failed to respond to the recom- mendations of President Hoover. One was the committee on agriculture, which defied the President and wrote into the farm bill the so-called export debenture plan. The second was the committee on immigration, a majority of which, under the leadership of Sen- | ator Reed of Pennsylvamia, stood fast | for the national origins clause of -the the action of the striking textile workers of the South, most commentators who detect it/consider it a resulf rather than a cause of the present situation. There | is an emphatic call for a just and pene- trating investigation, with a demand for justice to the worker as well as protec- tion of the industry Conditions at certain points inspire the advice from the Charlotte Obse: that “it behoov the authorities to adopt a rigid policy of taking no chances whatever in any of the arems where the Communist-inspired strikes are under way,” and that paper states furthe: “Many people understand the startling character of Southern labor, and they experience difficulty in unde: standing the ‘pull’ that has been suc- cessfully exercised in some cases in divorcing this labor from its long- established condition of stability and reliance.” “Controlling interests of North Caro-: lina cotton mills, some of which have taken occasion recently to draw com parisons between the National Textile Workers” Union, a radical labor outfit, and the United Textile Workers of America, the conservative organization of the American Federation of Labor, will be put to the test,” in the opinion News and Observer, re result of the hy: teria that has accompanied the Gastonia strike will be the effort of a sane, con- servative labor element to organize the textile workers of the South. * * * Too long the South has been held up to dividend-hungry New England cotton mill stockholders as a land of cheap labor, willing to work long hours under conditions that would not be permitted legally in New England. Only a very poor and very near-sighted brand of |* Southern patriotism can rejoice over the accession of industries from the North under such terms. “The cotton mill owners of the South,” according to the Greensboro News, that there is more than one kind of union. more than one kind of leader- ship, thore than one direction in which he organization of employes can go.” ‘That paper also holds that “the future of the cotton mill operative of the South depends quite as much on the owners and managers of cotton mills as on the operatives themselve Time is on the side of the employes.' In the conflict between the American =2 ‘are learning more clearly now | ¢ sympathy for sweepi dical policies, but_neither do_the: e any especial reason to look With sympathy on affilia- tion with organizations strong among t orthern_cotton mills. hern mill owners no doubt realize this as well as anybody, {and they may take it into account in dealing with their workers. The sooner contrive to s their wage run_of | seeing their mills unionized under the federation auspices.” A survey of the situat men inspired with the serve the ends of nd of truth, | o, protect the rights of both capital and labor,” is advocated by the Nashville Banner, which says of the situation, ‘The entire South has a deep concern |in the solution, for upon it depends | whether this section, is to be spared the disorders and.damage, economic and so- | cial, from which New England has long suffered.” The Chattancoga News also favors “a searching investigation by State authorities” “The Columbia Rec- d_welcomes a leislative labor inquiry South Carolina, with the statement, | “We can but believe that the committee |is impressed by the frightful conse- | quences to the South, and to South Carolina in particu that will follow from anything but an order] tion of conditions now uns “The i “made by purpose to on, 50! corre ton mil | Times, “is at an end. U |ers and operators recogn: It they will be made tc | by other ‘means. ‘In either case the | eventful result will be the same.” The New York Evening Post recognizes that “the history of labor disputes repeats itself in the while the Appieton Post-Cresc resses regret that apital and labor at a time when they | have almost quit fighting in the North should begin to fight in the South. remarks the An- ek to avoid mis made in other ons if the satisfactory conditions the ast are to continue. * ¢ * At the same time it is well for the Southern textile workers to keep in mind that the textile industry of the country has b undergoing a period of marked depression, and that uneco- nomic wage demands in this section at this time might have the same effect that such demands had on the industry in New England.” The Asheville Times ieves that “there are unmistakable might mean to themselves were con- ditions reversed. Public conscience must in some man- ner be awakened to the fact that safety in traffic is merely safety to the indi- vidual; to the children and aged people in your family; to your sisters and brothers, your relatives and friends and neighbors; the rich and the poor; the girls and boys attending school or church or going on errands for their parents; to those with .whom we are associated daily—and to ourselves. Be selfish about it. Ony n't want to have his car or t;uc dal daged 1& considerable money loss; and surely there is no pleasure in_contemplation | Senator Shipstead of Minnesota. of a term in the hospital, perhaps a Mr, Hoover usually thrives on opposi- crippled condition for - life perhaps | tion. Nothing has better demonstrated {death in this distressing form. this fact than his own career over the You, owners and drivers of motor ve- | last eight years in American politics. hicles, get this understanding fixed in|He was a candidate for the presidential your minds: nomination in 1920 and had only a ‘The next wounded, broken, mangled | handful of delegates.. He was a candi- person in motor accilent may be some | date for the presidential nomination in one. in your own ediate circle, or [1928 and the so-called Senate coalition yourself; sought in every way to prevent his The next funeral of the vietim of a |homination. The Senate coalition failed motor accident may be that of some |nNotsbly, for Mr. Hoover was nominated one whom you will deeply mourn, or|on the first ballot at Kansas City. He your own; has ln tremendou;em&g teldmoiuz :K The next motor to go to the repair | People, -as was 8 n station in damaged condition mounting | €lection itself, Senators who are un- { skyward may be your own. g dertaking to play politics with the farm e find before long they have taken hold il in opposition to Mr. Hoover may e + |of the hot end of the poker, it There will be a great deal of interest in the outcome of the case decided upon by the District to test the law giving the municipal government au- thority to sell at auction property held for non-payment of taxes. In the present instance the value of the land, lying on Sixteenth street between H and I, promises to make the sale spec- tacular. But if the sale is effected and stands the test of dispute in the courts, the District will have found the proper method to get rid of scores of white elephants in the form of lots that are held for non-payment of taxes. They have become white elephants because no one seems to want them, the Dis- trict is forced to hold them and the accumulation of unpaid taxes and pen- altles represents so much in loss of rev- enue to the municipality. The law, one of the last signed by President Coolidge before he went out of office, gives the District authority to ®o into court and obtain an order |across the street in front of the little for the sale of property, with the un-|hole and proceeded to its work. It so derstanding that the new title would | happened that truck, crew and rough be legally binding. The District | spot in the pavement were just beyond would only have to realize from the|the flashing automatic lights, and the sale of the property the money repre- | congestion that ensued was no compli- sented in back taxes and penalties, and | ment to either traffic control or the the proportionately small value of this| “master mind” who picked that par- sum in relation to the actual value of | ticular time to repair a trivial street the property would, in many cases, at- | crack. Appearances deceitful are; If that is one instance, motorists can | * And yet ’tis hard to understand In relatively few instances the lawicite many others where crosswalks are| Why oftentimes the worst cigar X ;mwn»w,wmmfi 10 Jpgeloe A Srmb poat B0 the painting of white lines at cross- walks will be of inestimable benefit to the free movement of traffic. While there probably are many exceptions, it seems to the motorist as if the morn-~ ing and evening rush hours were in- variably picked for this kind of work, and that barricades across the high- ways of one kind or another were the rule at the peak periods of travel. For instance, there has been a bad hole in the street at the intersection of Massachusetts avenue and Q street for some time. It was not a particu- larly large hole or a particularly danger~ ous hole, but it was a hole, neverthe- less, Did the Highway Department set about to smooth over this rough place around noon, when the traffic movement in that section is at its lowest ebb? It did not. Bright and early on Saturday morning, with Massachusetts avenue a maelstrom of automobiles and pedes- trians, it backed its truck squarely immigration law, which President Hoo- ver has asked Congress to suspend. In|== view of the results of the last election, o it would appear that the Senate Repub- | tariff *question, however, has issued a licans were taking a little on themselves, | statement warning Democrats against However, it must be pointed out that | falling away from their traditional op- what these committees do does not |position to Republican tariff bills. He necessarily bind the Republican ma- | S Jjority of the Semate. The President was unfortunate so far as the commit- tee on agriculture is concerned, for it has in its membership several Repub- licans who are not averse to smiting the Republican administration, not to mentionad the Farmer-Labor Senator, 1t is breathed on the air; *Tis conveyed as a hint In an epigram rare. 8o feel no dismay, ‘Though most prices may be Over what you can pay— Good advice is still free. elected to keep the debenture feature cohditions existing which will continue in the bill. to cause strife in the textile industry until condit| are ¢ ged.” “The give-and-taks sts the Charleston nced in all industr] arriving at satisfacto rangements without strife have come into more and more favor as both side have discovered how much more profi ble to all is amicable compromise than the attitude of the bitter-enders, For the sake of the Southern textile indus- try it is to be hoped that both sides will have leadership of the kind that makes for industrial peace.” The Chat- tanooga Times avers that “the situation at Elizabethton is o costly and impres- sive object lesson on the consequences of refusal on the part of either labor or employers, or both, to be guided in their dealings with each other by reasonable- ness and considerations of fair play.” ‘After making due allowance for pos- sible exaggeration, there is still evi- dence of a deplorably low recompense for workers in the mills of the affected territory,” declares the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin, and testimony to the evils of low wages is given by thie Mor- gantown New Dominion and the uth Herald. The Milwaukee Journal states as to one investigation: “Here is the mother of five children working 65 31250, lere 1o roeried moman of 18 . ¥ Here 13 & martied woman special. privilege leadetship of Bmoot, | who works 60 hours a week for $9. And Mellon, Grundy and their assoclate g boy of 16 vho works 72 hours for $12. spokesmen of this small but powerful | Such things as these, and. we have not group. It would mean that the Demo- |ever fouched the story of the children cratic party in the future would place | of the South. -If far-off owners, care- itself on the auction block every two |fully shutting their eyes to the, source years as does the Republican party. I|of profits, have fought, and hired lob- denounce and challenge this proposed | byists to fight, all other forms of gorrec- course as,an outrageous libel on thejtion, at leasi decent people must be A b tic party and on giad that the bor * kX * Frances Bowes Sayre, daughter of the late Woodrow Wilson, is being boomed for the Democratic senatorial nomination next year in Massachusetts, She is not seeking the nomination nor is yet even a receptive candidate. But some influential Democrats both inside and outside the - State are fostering the boom, convinced that, once nomi- nated, Mrs. Sayre could be elected. They are not so sure that there is any one else in the State who could defeat ex-Gov. Alvan T. Fuller if he goes through with his announced inten- tion of capturing the Republican nomi- nation. Fuller, with a Republican label, has always attracted the inereas- ingly large independent vote in the Bay State, which_contributed largely to the election of David I. Walsh, now the only Democrat from New England in the Senate. Mrs. Sayre took an ac- tive part in the campaign last year, giving to Al Smith an enthusiastic sup- port, which made a big hit with the Massachusetts democracy. On the pro- bibitlon issue, which seems certain to cut a large figure in the 1930 senatorial the Btate, Mrs. Sayre de- she holds the same views her distinguished father—a most ically trouble- some question. ge principle! ening Post, s, and ways king ar- st amazing thing in our political annals is now transpiring, and that is {he attempt of the ultra stand- pat and embargo tariff forces in this country to unify the two leading politi- cal parties behind a fixed and per- manent policy of superprotection and narrow nationalism. Speaker Long- worth possesses Pickwickian rather than Machiavelian traits. He bordered on the Machiavelian in cunning, however, when on yesterday with the baldest impudence he practically assumed to speak for both politieal parties with respect to existing prohibitive tariffs and to proclaim their complete unifica- tion. I assure the Speaker that this undertaking is not so simple as that. ‘This delightful Republican proposal would camouflage the forthcoming tariff bill, already prohibitive as to mest manufacturing, as offering_a tariff holiday for ture, and Democrats will be urged to “swallow it whole” by seeing that it receives united Republican and Democratic support. This inevitably would mean that Democrats would in the future follow -the high tariff and Spring Observation. Still at mankind the cynic rails And vows with grim regretfulness. The peach crop nearly always fails; , The lemon crop is a success. A Redeeming Quality. Up there in statuary hall, Stand figures gravely great. They heed no shouts of party cail; ‘They offer no debate. Though a refined artistic sense Against them may be stirred, Let this be told in their defense: ‘They never say a word. Brave monitors of glories past, ‘They may be odd in pose, : ‘With outlines that are crudely vast And queerly fitted clothes, A curious figure each may cut, Yet let this much be heard; They're sadly inartistic—but They never say a word, Appearances. Mrs, is a devoted wife and mother of three children, and avers that thelr interests come first and that she is inclined to think that her place is.in the home. Another | exemplification of the Hoover idea of improving the efficiency | From the Hartford Times. tal administration b % Wm’w sty mg One Thmn‘u J. Pillion of ce - on igovernmental blems | movi came into view this week, . o8 Togerer Wik suoupiceq = haxe character; t] * K Kk ‘The Democrats in the House and Sen- ate have a task ahead of them to keep their party lines intact in the coming fight on the tariff bill. There is a real fear among some of them that it will be difficult to an le num- With a Ha! Ha! Ha i v ~ o § *