Evening Star Newspaper, May 13, 1929, Page 8

THE EVENING STAR With Sunday Merning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. MONDAY.........May 18, 1920 THEODORE W. NOYES . Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company Business Office: 1th 8t. and Pennsylvania Avs. York Office: 110 East 42nd St icago Office: Lake Michigan Building. uronean Office: 14 Rt‘!nl St. London. England. Rate by Carrier Within the City. e Evening Star_. ... ...45¢ per month Evening and Sunday Star ays) _..60c per month 85¢ per month 5c_per copy | ‘mentis of each mail or telephone Payable in Advance. d and Virginia. 1 3r..810.00: 1 mo., 85c Ir.. 3600 1 ol 50c $400; 1 mo. 40c Al Other States and Canada. yiv ‘and AT 812 001 1 mo.. F:nv ani) Sunday..} 35 $500: 1 mo. ke unday only ... $500 1 mo. 50c Member of the Associated Press. The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dis- patches credited to it or not otherwise cred- ited in this paper and also the local news publihed herein. All righ f publication cf special dispatches herein 0 reserved. Maryland's Park Plans. Publication in The Star of articles and maps describing the projected park development of Rock Creck Valley north into Maryland from the District line gives tangible evidence of the progress | made by the Maryland-National Cap- 1tal Park and Planning Commission in planning for the Capital’s metropolitan area of the future. And it is comforting to know that the Maryland Legislature has gone on record as approving and | supporting the park commission in its | work. The detailed drawings of Rock Creek beyond the District line, embel- lished with golf courses, lily ponds, la- goons, canoe courses and even parking spaces for automobiles, conveniently arranged for picnic parties, do not rep- resent the pipe dreams of some over- enthusiastic idealists. They are very practical outlines of work to be done, and done within a reasonably lhortl time. i Plans for utilizing Rock Creek as a basis for park development are remi- niscent of the situation in Washington a little over thirty years ago, when like sketches were appearing, not in maps, perhaps, but in word pictures of what it was hoped would and could be done some day to make the tangled wilderness of Rock Creek Park and the ‘watery marshe: of Potomac Park avail- able for future generations of bicyclists, horseback riders, hikers and those who would ride in their horse-drawn car- riages. A bicycle path was a conspicu- ous feature of the early maps of Poto- mac Park, and while even these first maps included & golf course, there must have been many of that day who won- dered where one would even find firing line in her adopted State. The Illinois Republican arena is about as colorful, not to say chaotic, a realm as any in which American statesman- ship disports itself. That Ruth Hanna McCormick has risen to the crest there |1s tribute enough to her acumen in | that embattled and embittered field ! called politics. Representative McCormick takes on no unworthy steel in challenging Charles |'S. Deneen to a combat to the death. | Since he came to the Senate, Mr. | Deneen has substantially enhanced his prestige as a Republican leader in Tlli- | nois by administering a knockout blow | to the nauseous Thompson machine in Cook County. He has also won a strong | place for himself in the Senate. | The Hoover administration may be ! cxpected to maintain a hands-off atti- tude in the Deneen-McCormick im- broglio, but the Senator's Republican | regularity in these insurgent times at| ‘Washington is at least designed to do| him no harm in the esteem of his| | party's national leadership. R R P e 0il on Troubled Waters. President Hoover is taking a lead in a movement to iron out the differences which have arisen among the Republi- cans of the Senate over farm relief. And properly so. Mr. Hoover is not only President of the United States, but he | is also the actual leader and head of the Republican party today. Under the system of party government which pre- vails, it is his duty, so far as possible, to see that all parts of the machinery operate smoothly. The rift that hn.s‘ arisen in the Senate over the so-called ; export debenture plan of aiding the | farmers has serious possibilities. The two Republican Senators whose names have come most conspicuously into the party split, or debenture, are Borah of Idaho and Fess of Ohio. Sen- ator Borah supported the debenture in the face of the opposition of Mr. Hoo- ver. Senator Fess upheld the position of the administration and criticized bit- | terly the Republicans who failed to fol- low Mr. Hoover's leadership in this manner. Yesterday Senator Borah was the guest of the President at luncheon, and Senator Fess was at the White House for dinner. Mr. Hoover is a gracious host. His ability to win men across the conference table is known to all those who have come in contact with him. It is not inconceivable that the President’s move for peace in Re- publican ranks will prove effective. Ever since the publication of sharp interchanges between Senators Fess and Borah last week there has been the ex- | pectancy of clashes in the Sepate itself. Senator Brookhart of Iowa, one of the thirteen “willful” Republicans in the Senate, who abandoned the administra- tion in the vote on the debenture plan, announced that he would discuss “pseudo Republicans” on the floor of the Senate today. He may well cast & spark into the magazine box. If, how- | | enough old gentlemen able to reach it and patronize it. Golf in that day was an old man’s game. A Rip Van Winkle, fallen asleep toward the end of the last century after reading Board of Trade reports on what should be, done in Rock Creek and Potomac Parks, would wake up today and rub his eyes » long time before convincing himself that he was not still reading, but ac- tually seeing. And the Rip Van Winkle who dozes over the plans of the Mary- land Park Commission for treating Rock Creek will have a surprise in store for him a few short years hence. In utilizing the winding course of Rock Creek for park development, the planners are not only extending the Capital's Rock Creek Park into Mary- 1and, but they have chosen the modern and reasonable motif for their scheme. In the recent past a water course was regarded by the great thinkers as some- thing to be turned into sewer pipes and filled by enthusiastic dumping. A harm- less little stream trickling down a hill ‘was savagely and expensively boxed in concrete and brick, while red dirt was brought from nearby excavations and hastily dumped to destroy all traces of its previous existence. A more enlight- ened school of city planners these days will search high and low for a water course and will take every means with- in its power to save it by parking ft and putting it beyond ‘the reach of dump trucks. The low land is unsuit- able 'for building, unless it is filled. But why fill it? Leave it as a park, as the Maryland planners intend to do with Rock Creek, and it will remain as a' comfort and a source of pride and hap- piness for countless years to come. e A few students are apparently in doubt as to whether they will abandon the hope of becoming scholars in order : to cctablish careers as rioters, Perplexity heas often arisen because of a student’s desire to seloct the lines of study in which he desires to perfect himself. — et A square mile is not regarded as too much for an airport. The sky is re- questing the earth to move aside and make room. — e A Senatorial Battle Royal. Taking time generously by the fore- lock, Mrs. Ruth Hanna McCormick, Reprsentative at large from Tllinois, has thrown her bonnet into the ring for the senatorial primaries of 1930. Mark Hanna's daughter proclaims her inten- tion to contest the renomination of the incumbent senior Senator from Illinois, Charles S. Deneen. The announcement presages a battle royal that will stir the State from Chicago to Cairo. It was Senator Deneen who in 1922 thwarted the ambition of the |lfel Medill McCormick to succeed himself | for a second term in the Senate by winning the Iliinols primary and sub- | sequent election. Now Mr. McCormick’s widow enters the 1930 fray in the hope of Tepaying| Senator Deneen in his own coin. It is a bold thrust that this political Joan of Arc essays. According to the inex- orable law of politics, victory for her foe would in all probability mean ex- tinetion for herself—and, of course, vice versa. The gentlewoman from Ilinols is a | exillful politician. If heredity means #nything, it would be a wonder if Ruth | Tianna McCormick were anything else. | £he was in her teens when her father! +as playing Warwick to Willlam Mec- | Iinley, but old enough to imbibe the rudiments of “big league” methods in politics. In maturing as the wife of a rising young Tlinois politician, Mrs. McCormick developed her inborn %nd inherited flair for public life and | ever, Senators Fess and Borah do not mix in an acrimonious debate the in- cident may pass without such unfor- tunate results for the party as might otherwise arise. ‘The strife over the debenture among the Republicans, while bad enough in itself, does not measure the extent of the breach which may be driven into Republican ranks. The danger lies in | the possibility of a permanent estrange- ment between the White House and the present insurgent Senators. With the | tariff bill in the offing, & measure | which may make or mar the Hoover administration, harmony in Republican ranks is particularly desirable. The President’s efforts as a peace- | maker therefore contain unusual signif- icance for the party. Republicans in the past have shown great ability to get together at critical moments. In this respect they have proved themselves more able than their Democratic oppo- nents. Today, however, there appears to be a real crisis in which leadership of the highest order is needed. ————re———————— In calculating reparations the aver- age mind might be more at ease if the figuring could be done in round numbers with less particular attention to the | small change. e Social precedence causes a regret for those ancient days when Eve sat on Adam’s right hand without danger of a challenge. ————————— The New Golf Ball. Golfers will doubtless regard with mixed emotions the edict of the United | States Golf Association that beginning | | on January 1, 1931, the standard ball | will be increased in size and decreased in weight. For five years experiments have been conducted by the assoclation to devise a “better ball,” and the recent announcement is the result of what the test committee claims is the develop- ment of & ball that is easier to hit, bet- ter controlled, “sticks to greens” and “beautiful” for putting. Its only disad- vantage appears to lie in slight loss of | yardage, but the committee believes that this factor will be amply compen- sated for by truer flight and a pleas- , anter ball for play in all departments of the game. The new ball may be all that its sponsors claim, but the vast army of | | golfers will probably adept the “show { me” attitude. Of course, on the face of it any ball that will make it easier for duffers to play the grand old game—and the duffer is too often neglected in the | golf scheme of things—will probably re- | ceive merited support. The dub, how- ever, must not expect too much from the new pellet. Some of them would | eed golf balls the size of croquet balls | ne and cups the size of barrels along with automatically operating clubs to im prove their score. For this class of ! golfer the new ball will probably make | no difference, in fact nothing would make any difference. 1t is the average class and the skill- ful class which may expect to benefit. The long hitters will find, it is esti- mated, & loss of six yards, two in the “carry” and four in the “roll,” in their two-hundred-and-fifty-yard wood shots. The loss of distance will be correspond- ingly smaller according to, the force with which the ball is hit. The average golfer, and he is the linksman who sup- ports the game and provides the where- withal for the construction of the mag- nificent courses that dot the entire country, who specializes in the exact- | ness of his short game, will find, ac- cording to the committee, that his scores will show immediate improvement. While the new ball may work out to THE EVENING & well defined feeling on the part of golfers that it is not as much the small ball as it is the small cups which make the game ruinous to peace of mind. Dinky little “cans” only six inches in diameter in which must be propelled the white, yellow or dotted pellet un- doubtedly furnish the greatest source of aggravation. So that while there may be some protest over changing the size of a ball there would probably be none, except from some of the “stand-patters,” to a change in the size of the cup. Seri- ously, though, it is & grand old game. Nothing can rob it of its fascination, and links devotees in all sections of the country will continue to tramp fairways and rough in the never-ending pursuit of the golf ball, be it light, heavy, small or large. The National Gallery of Art. The offer of John Gellatly of New York to give his great collection of art eld in trust by the National Gallery of rt, conveys the most convincing offer possible for the erection of a suitable building to house such treasures. In accepting the offer, the Senate au- thorized the Smithsonian Institution to include in its next estimates an amount necessary to assure the preservation of the Gellatly collection. The logical way to provide for that collection, and others which have come into the hands of the American Government, is to build the structure, so long projected and talked about, which will be known as the Na- tional Gallery of Art. Senator Smoot and other prominent men in public life have long since approved the idea in principle, but the National Gallery of Art remains tucked away as merely a small part of the National Museum. Its cramped quarters do not provide adequate space for the proper display of the collection there now. It would have to be materially enlarged to ac- commodate the Gellatly collection. ‘The resolution acknowledging the of- fer, which already has been passed in the Senate, will come up soon in the House. While favorable action there should not be subject to any question of doubt, the House should take the opportunity presented in the resolution for making an actual start on bullding the National Gallery of Art of the fu- ture. For while the Gellatly offer, and the great collection which it includes, are important, one must remember that this is a young republic. In age it is only an infant. And If, as an infant, it has gone far in the acquisition of great treasures, what a long, long way it will go before reaching mature old age! And how important it is, now, to provide for the future! Mr. Gellatly is only one of the Americans who wish to bequeath to the Nation, for the en- joyment in perpetuity of generations to come, magnificent gifts. It should never be said that such gifts are discouraged or turned away because there is no place to put them. But today there is no place to put them. A building to conform in every way with its identity as the National Gallery of Art should be among those great structures bullt and building for the American Capital. When the Gellatly collection comes to Washington, four years hence, a part of this building should be ready to receive it., A great deal of apprenension is ex- pressed concerning organized ‘propa- ganda.” No propaganda can be suffi- ciently well organized to prevent “Con- stant Reader” from sitting down in an evening and formulating his own | private opinions. ————e—— Germany does not wish to seem hard to please, but she has the world guessing to ascertain some reparations plan that will precisely suit her. Reports of President Hoover's catch are available. Some of those fish are evidently tattle-tails. SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Pleasure Trip. Had s little pleasure trip Upon a Sunday morn. The back tire did a skiddy slip And left us all forlorn. ‘The cop, to keep his record clean, Drew near and gave a sniff To learn if our good gasoline Concealed a beverage stiff. We did not know exactly when To go and when to stop. We wondered if some armored men On us might have the drop. We thought of juries which might nip Our pride with lofty scorn— ‘We had a little pleasure trip Upon a Sunday morn. ‘The Useful Fish. “Where are you going?” “Fishing,” answered Senator Sor- ghum, “Why are you so interested in a poor fish?” “He provides ostensible occupation, and yet, under the circumstances, has no political or commercial significance whatever.” Complicated Calculation. ‘The postman many a bill will bring, With items long behind it; If I could understand the thing, I might not so much mind it. Jud Tunkins says a lot of the good people who are trying to show him how to save up money are about twenty years too late. Accepting a Place. “I understood you said to that boot- gger, ‘Get behind me, Satan “Yes,” answered Uncle Bill Bottletop. “What was his answer?” “He sald, ‘You've got me wrong. I ain't the boss. I'b only & hired man.’” | “We dream of perfection,” said Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown, “but wish others to enjoy its benefits while we are pa- tient with faults of our own.” Mind and the Menu. A diplomat he could not be. He scorned the beverage pallid. And plainly made it known that he Cared not for chicken salad. The social splendors gather 'round, And bring a strange disquiet. Do they reflect & thought profound, Or just prescribe a diet? “A gal” said Uncle Eben, “believes everything & man says before wince then has incessantly been on the the satistaction of every one, there is an’ nothing afterward.” to the people of the United States, to be | When people are attempting to “keep up with the Joneses,” why don’t they try to keep up with some of the Joneses’ £ood points, instead of perpetually im- itating their superficial and showy traits? It is common knowledge that the mass of the people imitate the rich Joneses in the matter of buying as ex- pensive motor cars as they can, and in | putting as fine clothes on their backs | as_possible. When it comes to the point, however, of living with the same good taste, and as quietly, and as decently, they seem never to have thought of these points. tiful mansion placed in an estate of 60 |acres, they had better get a real un- | derstanding of why the Joneses went facross the river all by themselves, and !of how they live there after they get there. ‘There are whole communities of mod- | erately weil off people who might live 1 as well as the Joneses, in the best sense {of the term, if only they would keep |up with them to some real purpose. * ok K k¥ There are closely crowded commu- irities in the city where life might go {on much as it does on the magnificent Jones estate, granting that all the in- habitants would attempt to carry out faithfully the outlines of living prac- ticed within the walls. In the first place, the Joneses have a wall. It is a great wall, high and thick, with a fine big gate, through which the envious often look back along @ vista of trees to the mansion, which shows white and glowing in the sun- shine. Passersby never stop to think why the Joneses went there. They went there to get a little peace and quiet. They took to the country because they could not get away from the city any other way. ‘They wanted to get clear away from the noise of traffic and 3 am. “wild parties,” and milkmen with clanging bottles, and hordes of children un- schooled as to property rights and the i respect due to other human beings. They loved dogs, but they were tired of listening to the other fellow’s hound bark all night long when they wanted to_sleep the dark hours through. ‘The Joneses knew, as everybody knows who stops to think about it, that a resi- dence community ought to be quiet; that it is easy enough to find noise yety; that the home, except on occa- slon, 1s not the place to attempt to imi- tate a so-called night club. * * % % Over in the crowded community, through the streets of which the costly Jones limousine goes daily, houses are 50 close together that extra precaution would have to be put forth by all to peace, quiet and happiness which their neighbor more fortunate in worldly goods enjoys. In this communijty real “community effort” would have to be put forth by 2ll hands in order for a tired man or woman to come home from a day’s work and find a )mosphere congenial to the reading of a good book. ‘What are the actual conditions? Father doesn’t give a whoop or, if he does, he scarcely dares say anything. Mother is so glad to get rid of the youngsters after school is out that she gladly pays no attention to what they do. Having rented one house, each fam- ily turns the kids and the dogs out to make use of property belonging to every one else. BY FREDERIC Senator Simeon D. Fess of Ohio has made a sorry spectacle of himself in his maiden exploit as Republican whip of the Senate. His letter to a con- | stituent, belaboring Senators Borah, Nye and Brookhart as “pseudo-Repub- licans” because of their votes in favor of the farm debenture plan, is uni- considered the banner boner i of Indiana, G. O. P. leader in the Upper House, must heartily echo the ancient sentiment that he can take care of his enemies, if some one will only preserve {him from his friends. Every political amateur knows that the Hoover-Wat- son strategy is to woo and win the Re- publican insurgents in the Senate, not antagonize and alienate them. Things were moving measurably well in the desired direction, Then along came the official Republican whip and lashed out in a manner worthy of the wildest bull that ever crashed through a china shop. The damage which Fess did in the now historic Sheppey letter is not likely to be undone for many a day. The sage of Yellow Springs has been known as the schoolmaster in politics. He's being paged nowadays on Capitol Hill as the schoolboy in politics. * ok ok % Not in a long time has the Senate as a whole had to cower under such a rain of brickbats as are coming its way since the anti-Hoover farm debenture vote. The bombardment is non-parti- san and bi-partisan. It droppeth from | both the Republican and Democratic heavens and from the four quarters of the national political compass. Such York Times (independant Democratic) and New York Herald Tribune (Repub- lican) vie with each other in vitupera- tive attack. The Times assails th Senate as “the chamber of obstruction, declares it is incapable of “rising above a mean and mischievous partisanship, and asserts that millions of ecitizens “would love to see the Senate beaten and baffled and its swollen pretensions abated. The Herald Tribune, tilting at “senatorial folly,” fulminates that “nobody expects much from the Ben; ate of the United States nowadays. The same journal adds, “So far has the Senate fallen from its old estate as a great deliberative body that the average American regards it with mingled amusement, impatience and | contempt.” * K K X One of the things for which | Department of State and Secre | Stimson_are devoutly thankful is tha presentation of socially aspiring mam- mas and their fair daughters at European courts is something which which Wash. ington has nothing to do. It's entirely up to the harassed Ambassadors and Ministers in question. The issue current with last week's crop of Amer- ican About 40 Yankee women & season , are permitted to curtsey before Queen Mary. The American Ambassador in London could easily present 5,000 of his feminine compatriots, if the Court of St. James were capaclous enough and its rules allowed such an invasion. Senators and Representatives are bring- ing incessant pressure to bear upon our envoys abroa enough to be accredited to royal courts. Staving off the wives and daughters who are .nxl]o'ulul& do repuAbgf:rn homage to royalty e average - ican envoy's i) tribulation. Qur 4 pfl"lflndpoflh this month are the tal AT R 'tne aipio aml or, Wi ean of - matic corps. Thewlfcufthemu&m charge d’ ires, planned to do the honors, but is not well at the moment. * ok ok * Secretary Mellon's right to remain in be discussed after all on the floor of the Senate, despite the judiciary com- mittee’s vote in his favor. debated there, but it will not, because it cannot, be decided. A majority vote of, say, 95 to 1, against Mellon would be of about as much practical effect as if the Siamese Senate were to de- clare that he holds the Secretaryship of the Treasury illegally. A cabinet officer can be removed only by death, President, resignation dismissal by the or impeachment. The Senate can ex. Instead of envying the Joneses’ beau- | give any one even a semblance of the | ry | presentees at Buckingham Palace. | who are unfortunate | Mrs. Ray Atherton, | w, the Treasury portfolio, it appears, is to | It will bei D. €, MONDAY BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. No child is told that the term “prop- erty rights” and “private property” mean something, both in common sense and in law. The children sass their cwn parents without rebuke, and so naturally find little trouble in sassing other men and women. If they are asked to keer off private property, literally they are astounded, and look at the offender with eyes wide open. Father and Mother never told them to keep off anything; how dare any one else? % % go through the motions of “keeping up with the Joneses.” The old man plays golf and the lady of {:2 house gads around to her bridge clubs. | | the rest of them play in the gutters, | sopping up all sorts of germs, defying passing automobilists who interfere with their play, and in general making small nuisances out of themsel They are not bad kids—they are good kids—but they are untaught kids. Nobody has ever told them how to be- have in public. ‘Their parents have not kept up with the Joneses at all, but have only imi- tated that great family in a few super- ficial details. You should see the little Jones boys and girls. They, too, are real boys and girls, but they have some respect for property because their parents own & lot of it. Property means something with the Joneses. * X Kk K Surely the people in the community | of which we speak are not so rich that | they can abuse the small property | which they own. If the Joneses can | take the trouble to have their land | adequately fenced and their lawns and | terraces neatly grassed and their houses { kept in Al condition, why cannot these | others who have so much less to take | care of imitate them—"keep 'p” with | them? They could. of course—if they wanted to. The trouble seems to be | that they don't want to. At least, some of them don't want to, and these, like all bad examples, set the tone of a community. Where two or three householders per- mit their terraces to become merely mud banks, every one must suffer. The d | careless and the indifferent often make the most noise in this world. Neighborliness prevents many an honest man from speaking his mind on such matters. The house with a yard like s pigpen is frowned on secretly but never openly. In the meantime the community suffers. * kK K How it suffers when the Joneses ride | through! | A remark that Mrs. Jones is said to have made has sunk into the conscious- | ness of the community—without effect. “I wonder what sort of people live in these little houses?” she is said to h-ve remarked as she eyed a muddy terrace. It was a perfectly natural question, and Mrs. Jones showed her good sense Any stranger would feel , with the ques- tion, When people are attempting to “keep up with the Joneses” why can't they try to keep up with their good points ‘instead of merely imitating them to the extent of motor cars and clothes? The Joneses really know how to live, you know. WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS WILLIAM WILE. | press its belief that he ought to go, | or even say that he remains in viola- tion of law. But it would be nothing in the world except an empty gesture. It would get something off the Senate’s chest. but it would not take “Uncle Andy,” in this case, off his job. e Carl A. Loeffier, veteran assistant sergeant. arms of the Senate, has discovered that radio has distinct possi- bilities as a rediscoverer of long-lost relatives. Somebody who was listening in to this observer’s round-by-round account of inauguration day proceedings in the Senate chamber on March 4 wrote Loeffler to know “if you are a cousin we once had with your same name.” The inquiry came from Chicago. ‘The assistant sergeant-at-arms replied that he was sorry he couldn't claim #he proffered distinction. * k * X% President Moncada of Nicaragua has just sent Secretary Stimson a fulsome ms of gratitude for the services which Stimson himself, Brig. Gen. Logan Feland, U. S. M. C.; Brig. Gen. Frank R. McCoy, U. 8. A, and Rear Admiral David F. Sellars, U. 8. N. rendered 'r‘r? the pacification of Nlc' 9 ragua. e message pays & specia tribute to Gen. Peland for his work as commander of the Marines in the lately troubled Central American republic. Referring to Gen. Feland's impending departure from Nicaragua, President Moncada says: “I greatly regret the general's leaving. I wish that another man of his mentality and idea of duty may npllcen:\lm." All four of the organs of party opinion as the New | american Moncada as “distinguished soldiers who fulfilled their duty in Nicaragus as men of high probity and who merit the esteem of our country.” * K ok An unusual tribute is about to be paid to one of President Hoover's war- time relief associates, the late Frank A. Golder. After the war Golder was active in s g the creation of the Hoover War Library at Stanford Uni- versity, “The Hoover A. R. A. 0- clation” (American relief administra- tion workers) is n nizing the ‘Frank A. Golder Memorial Pund,” the income from which is to be used in the promotion of research in the Russian revolution. Golder was prominent in Hoover’s Russian relief organization. (Copyright, 1929.) o I { ‘Housecleaning Seen In Justice Department From the Columbus Ohlo State Journal. Evidently the new Attorney General "'{ at Washington had some information on which he based his recent order for | an investigation of the district attor- ;neyl who represent his department at ( the various Federal courts. The order as made public was to secure informa- | tion relative to the efficiency of the | they cared for the business of the | Government in civil and criminal cases. The investigation has not been com- | pleted, but three resignations have {come from district attorneys. New storles from Washington are that a number of other resignations are ex- ipected. In that statement is the im- | plied suggestion that resignations migh! demanded if they are not voluntary. Apparently the task is a h in_the Department of Justice. Heads of Federal departments at ‘ashington are not left free to make their own appointments in all cases. Senators demand recognition and ap- pointments; the same is true of many | members of the Lower House of Con- gress. State leaders join in the fight | and many times appointments that are . unsatisfactory to the head of the de- partment are made as a matter of po- | litical expediency. is well to have | Senators, Representatives and State | leaders supply information. but it is the , wrong method when they unite in a | demand for a particular appointment. of the Government, it does not provide Yet these same fathers and mothers | In the meantime Billy and Mary and | | men in office and the manner in which | MAY 13, 19 {Qak Trees Described In Nearby Maryland | To the Editor of The Star: It was indeed a graceful act for the Federation of Women’s Clubs to plant a tree in Lafayette Park for the be- loved “First Lady,” Grace Coolidge. It seems particula: fitting that it should be an oak, one of the most beautiful, beneficent and dependable of all our native trees. And especially a red oak, whose rich brilllance in Autumn will cheer the grayest days. In studying the trees on a 40-acre piece of woodland in nearby Maryland I have been surprised to find nearly a dozen kinds of oak. Thinking that other tree-lovers may be interested, I gl:\ writing out a list of these for The ar. It seems that all oaks belong to one of two families, white or black. The | black oak family have tiny bristles at | the end of the lobes, while the white | oak leaves have a smooth edge. You | can usually tell at a distance to which family an oak belongs by the color of its trunk and branches—the bark of black and red oaks being dark, while that of the white family is a light gray. But to name the tree surely the leaves must be examined. A curious difference | in the two families is in their fruiting; the black family bear acorns biennially, while the white family bear every year. Of the white oak family, besides the beautiful great tree which bears the family name, I found post oak—also called iron oak, from the exceeding hardness of its wood—chestnut oak, swamp white oak and the graceful laurel oak, whose leaves are almost ex- actly like those of the mountain laurel. This tree is also called shingle oak. Leaves of the chestnut oak are so like those from a chestnut tree that only a close examination shows it has no bris< tles at the edge, as chestnut leaves have, but is smooth like all white oaks. ‘The beauty of the black oak family is the pin oak, which attains great size | where it has plenty of room; it is sym- metrical in shape and has very delicate foliage, small leaves deeply indented. The leaves of red and scarlet oaks are much like them, but are larger and the lobes not so deeply indented. Pin oak gets its name from the way its branches seem to be fastened to the trunk, as if with a wooden pin. Spanish oak, another of the black family, is readily known by its three large bristly lobes at the end of a broadening lea! is is also called Southern red oak. Last of all comes the blackjack, with a large thick leaf, scarcely indented at all like other oaks. But it is a tree we appreciate when we want protection from rain or sun. Since writing the above I have been given a delightful and valuable little book, “Forest Trees of the District of Columbia.” It is to be had, almost for the asking, from the Forestry Associ- | ation on F street. L. W. MAYNARD. ——on—. Trees Found Clinging | To Racial Memories ! BY E. E. FREE, PH. D. i Racial memories in the roots of fruit toms and superstitions dating back to caveman times, seem to constitute the only explanation of unexpected facts discovered by the East Malling Research Station, in England, where the entire root systems of two different kinds of trees were dug up recemtly, so that the extent and nature of the roots could be determined. Care was taken to save every tiniest Tootlet and fiber and to trace the max- | imum depth and distance to which | these penetrated the soil. One of the two types of trees was of native English stock, producing large and vigorous growth above ground. The other was a stock common in the South of Europe, producing dwarfed trees. The advance supposition was that the large English trees would have large root systems, while the dwarf trees| would have small ones. Precisely the! reverse proved to be the case. While the roots of the dwarf trees did not spread outward quite so widely from t of the trunk, they were found to penetrate the soil much more deep- 1y, so that the dwarf trees actually had | more and longer roots than the trees ‘with larger branches and more leaves. ‘Where the matter of “racial memory” | comes in is that the dwarf trees, with the many roots, once lived in drier countries, where it was probably neces- much as possible by having fewer leaves and to seek even this little moisture as widely as possible by widespread roots. Even after years of life in well watered England, the dwarf trees had not for- gotten their ancestral habit. B Sousa’s Radio Plans Found Educational From the Asheville Times. John Philip Sousa, hitherto declinin to broadcast, takes anether v!e'potn{ and will give a series of nine concerts over a coast-to-coast network under the sponsorship of General Motors Cerpo- ration. Damrosch, gratified by the suc- cess of his series of educational concerts, agrees to give most of his time to teaching the people by radio a better appreciation of music. All of which makes for the sound cul- ture of music. The field for Damrosch especially will be widened, and he is a | great music educator. Sousa’s engagement suggests novel possibilities of additional alliances be- | tween commerce and the musician s art. Is it not particularly appropriate that the “march king,” with accelerated tempo, should be put on programs un- der the auspices of the automobile man- ufacturers? Already we have concerts vise us to reach for this or that cig rette instead of a sweet, a bowl of oat- meal or a piece of ple. United States Steel may inspire concerts featuring the “Anvil Chorus. ‘The realm of this new education is unlimited. Millions will be encouraged to learn the natural history of vitamins in many brands of breakfast or lunch- eon foods use of concerts made possible for them by humanitarian manufacturers and wholesalers. ‘Thus will the music of the spheres more and more come down to make its local habitation among us, at the same time making us more familiar w'th the virtues of bacon, barley, buckwheat cakes, suspenders, sport socks, yeast, or psychiatry. The marriage of the ideal and the real is being consummated. Hope in Peace Agencies Reiterated by Hughes From the Spokane Spokesman-Review. Charles Evans Hughes, addressing the American Society of International Law, of which he is president, at Washington ( Wednesday, reiterated his faith in the World Court of Justice and the Kellogg peace treaty, by which the signatory powers pledge themselves to solve ail disputes and controversies by pacific means. These agencies, in the judg- ment of this eminent authority, offer | the best hope of diminishing warfare and the ultimate advent of peace. Mr. Hughes praised Elihu Root for devising & formula that makes it pos- sible for the United States to enter the World Court. ‘The endearing term of “elder states- men” can fit! be applied to these states- , with pre-eminent manship. They speak calmly, weight of authority won by long and faithful service their country and, in a broader sense, to the world. In this group of “elder statesmen” also should be included Chief Justice Taft of the Supreme Court and ex-President Coolidge. The country sees that they are free from taint of demagogy, and that their dispassionate judgments are not influenced by the exigencies of practical politics or the temptations of | opportunism, to which some good and able men occasionally yield when in the strife of political rivalries. It is for a Nation to have men | It is not promotive of the best interests for the public the ice it has a right to expect, and it ‘:_ trouble many times, \ g tried by long service ] | bayonet”?—W. trees, as men and women cling to cus-| ! built last year?—C. C. G. sary for the tree to save moisture as| supported by those who continually ad- |is What do you need to know? there some point about your business or personal life that puzzles you? 1Is there something you want to know without delay? ~Submit your question | to Frederic J. Haskin, director of our | Washington Information Bureau. He | is employed to help you. Address your inquiry to The Evening Star Informa- tion Bureau, Frederic J. Haskin, direc- tor, Washington, D. C., and inclose 2 cents in com or stamps for return postage. | Q. Who first wore a catcher’s mask when playing base ball>—C. F. C. A. General Tyng, a Hartford student, was the first player to use a catcher’s mask in a game The catcher's mask was invented by F. W. Fair, a member | of the Hartford Club in 1876. Q. Please state what the Darwin theory is—M. D. A. The Darwin theory undertakes to explain one phase of evolution. It is | the theory of the origin and perpetua- tion of new specles of animals and | plants. The theory maintains that organisms tend to produce offspring varying slightly from their parents and that the process of natural selection tends to favor the survival of indi- viduals whose peculiarities render them best adapted to their environment; also that chiefly by the continued operation of these factors, new species not only have been and may still be produced, but organisms of widely ~differing groups may have arisen from common ancestors. . Are the people of Russia per- mx?ud to manufacture alcoholic drinks? | —L. E. M. | A. The Soviet Union Information Bureau says: “The people are not al- lowed to make alcoholic drinks. The making of vodka and other alcoholic beverages is a government monopoly, a step which was taken mainiy to com- bat the production and consumption of bootleg liquor. Alcoholic beverages are sold under severe restrictions regard- ing the quantity to one person, and so on. The sale to minors or intoxicated persons is prohibited. A recent decree prohibits the opening of any new places for the sale of liquor in industrial cen- ters, and the sale of liquor in these places is prohibited on holidays and pay days. The sale of liquor in public in- stitutions, theaters, clubs, and so on, is prohibited, and no advertising of spirits is permitted. An extensive anti-alcohol campaign is being carried on through general propaganda and the establish- ment of a chain of dispensaries to treat habitual drunkards. It is planned to cut down the production of spirits each year so that in 15 years it will be done away with entirely.” Q. What pllntLil called “Spanish | L. A. The term various species of Yucca with sword- shaped leaves. Q. What is the origin of the term “poycott”?—J. B. ‘A. The origin of the word “boycott” is from Capt Boycott, a land agent in Mayo, Ireland, so treated in 1880. It means to combine against a landlord, tradesman, employer or other person to withhold social or business inter- course from him and to deter others from holding such intercourse. Q. How many concrete silos - were A. In 1928 there were | and 12,000 concrete silos built. Q. What is the French equivalent castle”?—A. G. N, A. The French ing water to the river.” Q. How does a carillon differ from chimes?—D. V. A. The Etude says: “The carillon consists of 28 or more bells of varying weight and size. Each bell has at least five tones—strike tone, nominal (an octave above), hum tone (octave below), minor third, perfect fifth. ‘These must be in perfect tune with each other before tuning with other bells. The range of these bells is four or more octaves of & chromatic scale. A chime has a few bells tuned |to the diatonic scale, usually within the compass of one octave.” of a manufactured product can be charged to overhead?—R. V. A. One authority says that it is usually from 10 to 15 per cent, often more. Through efficient management and mass production, in some com- modities, the overhead has been re- | duced to less than 3 per cent. |. Q. Who names the United States | battleships and sclects the persons to christen them?—M. E. P. A. The Secretary of the Navy has entire charge of the naming and chris- tening of battleships. He usually se- is applied to any one of | ‘between 10,000 | for the saying, “Carrying coals to New- | "expression s “carry- | Q. What per cent of the retail price | ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. Is [lects some woman from the State for which the ships is named to christen it. All the battleships are named after sufi. but no particular order is ob- served. Q. How much does the Washington Monument sway?—R. E. W, A. The sway cof the Washington Monument is rendered perceptible by & copper wire 174 feet long hanging in the center of the structure and carry- ing & plummet suspended in a vessel of water. At noon in Summer the apex of the Monument, 550 feet above ground, is shifted by expansion of the stone a few one-hundredths of an inch toward the north. Q. What are the most precious stones?—A. Y. A. The Bur of Mines states that the ruby, emerald, diamond and sap- phire are the most precious stones. Q. What is the name given to an infection or inflammation of the sinuses?—A. N. A. It Is called “sinusitis.” Q. When and what was the first steam_war vessel constructed?—B. L. A. Demologos, bullt in 1814 by the United States. The name was later changed to the Fulton. Q. Why is Yokohama called the “eye of Japan"?—O. W. A. It is because it is one of the prine cipal ports and because it has a com= manding position on a V-shaped plain extending into the sea. Q. Was President Garfield a minister of the Gospel?—F. 8. A. Before entering college he united | with _the Disciples Church, in which he | had been brought up, and, according to | the usage of that denomination, though never formally ordained to the minis= | try, he often preached. Q. Where is Patagonia?—T. B. A. This name was first used to @°sig- |nate all the southern part of South | America, but is now used to designate the region bounded on the north by the Rio Limay and the Rio Negro, the Atlantic on the east, the Strait of Magellan on the south and the Andes on the west. Q. How were the old samplers made? . C. A. The old-fashioned sampler cone sisted of a square of perforated canvas, the rows of perforations being equally spaced. Designs were stamped on the canvas and filled in with different col- ored worsteds, the stitches forming lit- [tle “x's.” On the finest canvas this 'rvnuld almost give the effect of a paint« ng. Q. Are people with long faces usually tall>—S. B. A. Dr. McDonald says that the long face goes more frequently with superior | height, while a projecting, flat or short | face is found more frequently in short persons. Q. Is 12 o'clock midnight am. o pm.>—F. A. P. A. It is 12 pm. Q. Who was the inventor of dynae mite?—F. C. A. Alfred Nobel invented dynamite. | Q. Please give a formula for the sub stance used in stamping linen for eme broidering—W. S. | A. The ink used for stamping em- broidery patterns may be prepared as follows: Ultramarine, 2 drachms; mu- |cilage, 1 drachm; water, 6 drachms, | Triturate the ultramarine with & small uantity of water until smooth, then ud«zethe mucilage and the rest of the water. g Q. Please namie the wives of the last Péesldents who were college women, A. Mrs. Cleveland was a graduate of ‘Wells College, Mrs. Taft's musical edu= cation was unusually complete, Mrs. Roosevelt attended female seminaries, | Mrs. Coolidge is a graduate of the Uni~ versity of Vermont and Mrs. Hoover is It graduate of Leland Stanford Univer~ | sity, California. | Q. Wny is the Gulf Stream so much lgar::,ne;l than neighboring waters?— A. The temperature of the Gulf | Stream is several her than that of neighboring oceans. Water has a remarkably high heat capacity. It is four times that of air, five times that of earth. The water of the Gulf Stream carries its accumulated heat, derived from the tropical sun, for & I time and to great distances, giving it out gradually to the air. Q. Does France have compulsory education?—C. R. A. It is compulsory from the ages of 7 to 13 inclusive and is non-religious, except in certain denominational schools inxp:cu:d and approved by the govern« ment. | fe General sentiment against the creation of a department of education under the Federal Government, with representa- tion in the cabinet, is made evident by the comment on official criticism of the plan. Secretary of the Interior Ray L. Wilbur's statement in which he opposed the plan, assumed to have the indorse- | ment of the administration, generally commended. ~ “Mass production.” “standardization” and ‘“centralization™ should not, the commenters agree, be applied to education. ‘The contention that “education is not a proper subject for national standardi- zation” is upheld by the Springfield Union with the statement that “its wel- fare depends not only on local interest and support, but on special needs in the several States and municipalities.” The St. Louis Post-Dispatch holds that under a department “home pride” would decline in an institution of peculiarly intimate and sacred relationship to com- munity life, which, more than any other, determines community character and ideals.” “The chief objection to the federali- zation of the schools,” in the opinion of the Columbus Ohio State Journal, “is not the tremendous expense of the undertaking. It is not even the con- version of the teachers of the country into a great political machine, deplor- able and dangerous as that would be. The chief objection is that the change would mean, time, standardized schools and, as a result, more or less standardized citizenship.” The Hartford Courant declares that “the right to d termine for themselves what education: policies are best adapted to local coi ditions is one of the remaining few which the States are still capable of | exercising in complete sovereignty.” A bureau of education, charged | with assembling information and m: ing recommendations for the advantage | of the country at large and Congress in particular, has advantages,” the Birmingham News. “But the crea- tion of a Federal department of edu- cation with its additional swarm of officeholders, pa tional systems State with which education—in the last analysis as well as the first—rests.” “There are those who would like to have for administration of local school sys- tems, to have the almost unlimited financial resources of the Federal Gov- ernment upon which to draw,” remarks the Flint Daily Journal, “but this: money would not be available without | the surrender of certain fundamen rights.” Incidentally the Lynchburg Advance points out that there would be some inequalities, “What has happened in the Federal ald to ital | enf Country Declines to Defend Federal Education Project amount that Virginia ys into the Federal Treasury and pt‘hen compars that with the proportionate amount the State draws out for good roads. The same thing would happen in the fleld of education.’ The Raleigh News and Observer states: “There are many arguments against the department in addition to the one of centralization, which is seri= ous. This does not mean, however, that there is not a place for enlarged usefulness of the Bureau of Education.” “If the Government had a secretary of education rather bureau,” contends the Indianapolis News, “there would be increasing dems for ap- propriations, a growing list of employes and an incre: tendency to direct. th> country's educational program from Washington. As Secretary Wilbur says, there is no necessity for this. Certainly all States have the mental and financial machinery needed' for their educational affairs. The Erie Dispatch-Herald looks upon the proposed department as a thing for which there is “no more need than there is for a fifth wheel to & wagon.” That paper warns: “From the day such a Federal department is created politics will rule it. Another army of ral job holders would begin their sorry work of regulation, suppression, hobby riding and standardization. The,land would swarm with more secretaries and assistant secretaries, more bureau, sec- tion and division chiefs and more deputies, subdeputies, inspectors and supervisors. More power would be con- centrated in a Washington that has far too much power.” “Without the support of the admin- istration, the campaign carried on in behalf of a Federal department of edu- cation for three-quarters of a century will hardly succeed now,” in the judg- ment of the Cleveland Plain Dealer, while the Newark Evening News thinks there is “cause for rejoicing by those who object to current propaganda for educational overlordship at Washing- ton.” The Evening News adds that “quite to the point was the Secre! 1t is the family and not ihe | this the Federal Government supply funds |fu: ‘The Secretary’s statement, in the opinion of the Asheville Times * ld be the beginning of the end for a vast ise in Federal education that would inevitably establish Uncle Sam roads? Si this: that some States help to o , and found true, dependable, courageous personal and unswayed by ambition. the roads of [other BStates. If doubt it, examine the