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CHEST DRIVE GOAL SEENBY THURSDAY Pledges Yesterday Received From 2,857 Contributors Total $55,472. (Continued From Pirst Page) Wworkers is increasing steadily and it is expected to go well over the 1,000 mark today. Many evidences of sympathetic sup- port of the Chest drive are coming to the attention of headquarters, which speak louder than dollars. Some of the finest examples of sacrifice have been given by the inmates and staffs of the various organizations affliated with the Chest. The inmates of the Salvation Army Industrial Home, who earn their money by renovating old Clothes for the poor have decided to increase their contributions to the Chest this year by 20 per cent over that given the previous year. Today these workers will turn over to Brig. McGee, head of the institution, one day’s pay to the Chest fund. At & meeting in their club rooms last night it was also decided to add $40 more to this fund as a special gift to the Chest. Volunteers Day’s Work. A colored man the other day visited offices in the Mount Pleasant section and volunteered a day's work in clean- ing windows as his contribution to the common cause with which all creeds and races are affiliated. He asked each office manager to turn over to the Chest ;;xe amount Gue him for window clean- g “It is such instances as these that will make the Chest campaign go over the top,” Director Elwood Street said. The Jewish Welfare Federation and the United Hebrew Relief Soclety, it Wwas announced, were the first social agencies to report 100 per cent con- ‘tributions. Lodge Contributions. Argo Lodge, No. 413, of the Inde- gndent Order B'nai B'rith, in spite of eavy expenses for the support of or- ®anizations in other sections, contrib- uted $25 from the local lodge funds to the Community Chest and coupled with this a resolution urging every member to give generously to the campaign fund. Rabbi William F. Rosenbaum is president of the lodge and David Weiner Tecording secretary. William W. Everett, past president of the Rotary Club and general manager of Woodward & Lothrop’s department store, was . the. principal speak yesterday's meeting§ Mr. known to all camy chairman whose team was the first to £0 “over the top” in the drive of the special gifts committee. He declared that while the amount asked this year appeared large, that proper effort on the part of every worker would complete the budget. Cailtaiic Chrei. 3 pronow Pl;; the urch, pronounc: invocation, praised the work of the Chest during the past year and asked @ blessing on each worker enlisted in the cause this year. Additional gifts of $100 and over re- goned are as follows: $500, Mrs, Herbert . Frank; $400, Miss Emily L. Storer; $300, Leaman & , Dr. and Mrs. R. T. Holden, Mrs. George M. Eckels, Dr. and Mrs. Chester D. Swope; $125, Putnam Construction Co., John R. Hawkins, H. F. Knapp, 1 l GLVIE | [FOR (% AL = ARMSTRONG CLASS . OF 48 GRADUATES Diplomas Given Midyear Pu- pils in Exercises at High Schools. A class of nearly 50 midyear grad- uates of the Armstrong High School received diplomas last night in com- mencement exercises held in the school auditorium. Following the invocation by Rev. J. ‘W. Bundrant, pastor of Trinity Baptist Church, the 48 graduates were awarded diplomas by Mrs. M. A. McNeil, mem- ber of the Board of Education, who presided at the exercises. In criticizing legislative interference in mass education, L. M. Hershaw, who delivered the graduation address, sald: “The tendency of present-day thought and of present-day legislation is to set up the idea that character is something that can be created by laws.” But character, he continued, is an individ- ual problem, implying self-masterr. Education, Mr. Hershaw concluded, has no other function than the implanting it or reinforcement of this quality in the student. Zhde following students were grad- uated: Girls—Mildred Corlister _ Ashton, Elizabeth Bright, Ruth. Elizabeth Brown, Mary Elizabeth Bryant, Flor- ence Alberta Budd, Alberta Cordelia Bushrod, Bernice Agnes Chew, they Virgin beth Crew, Gladys Winifred Ellis, Nor- ma Elizabeth Fonville, Amelia Anna- belle Gaines, Esther Emma Garnett, Lucy May Gray, Eunice Catherine Hanson, Ivory Beatrice Howard, Eliza- beth Alterta Jenkins, . Bernice . Helen Johnson, Elsie Elizabeth Miles, Alma Ewing Murray, Pauline Elizabeth Pat- terson, Arnetta Vivian Rose, Ometa ie Rear Dorothy Sellers, Lillian Beatrice Smith, Effie Edith Taylor, Odessa Louis Twy- man, Irene Catherine West and Ruth Naomi Young. Boys—Elliott Daniel Arnett, Ashby Owens Blakey, Milton Charles Norcum B ite, Hillery Harley Brown, Henry Clifton Burrell, Andrew Stephen Camp- bell, Robert Carter, Earle Francis Doug- las, Charles Richard Hall, Milton Rich- ard Hardy, Charles Alexander Hender- son, Cyrus Murray Honesty, Robert Edward Howard, Willard Frank Jones, Robert Costello Nash, McKenzie Wil- Nelson T. Hartson, John E. Walker; $120, Miss Adelaide S. Baylor, The Globe Furniture Co., In Prank C Stephens, Mr. and ‘White, R. C. Brooks, Industrial Bank, John T. Rhines, Stelos Co., In ‘Charles D. Davis, Mr. and Mrs. C. Parker Jones, Henry W. Sohon, Mrs. ‘Thomas A. G. Jones, Paul Miller Kenyun.nufl Martha A. McAdoo, Prof. Kelly Miller, Stansbury Boyce, Garnet C. Wilkinson, R. L. Evans, John H. Thurston, Rev. W. H. Jernagin, Dr. J. E. H. Taylor, Dr. ‘T. Edward Jones, J. E. Hutchinson, jr.; Emil Bonnelycke, Albert Cassell, Dr. 8. Carson, Dr. Mordecai Johnson, Gary & Richie, Inc.; , Dr. :Mildred Gibbs, S. W. Rutherford, Morti- mer F. Smith, George & Co., Dr. Allen !Johnson, Samuel “Bensinger & Sons, Sam Livingston, Judge Mary O’Toole, Benjamin Livingston, Judge and Mrs. Ralph Given, George K. Burgess, Judge Gus A. Schuldt, James M. Woodward, Joseph A. Wilner, Service Pharmacy, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Marshall, William 8. Campbell, Dr. William D. Jarvis, Houston G. David, Mr. and Mrs. Daniel B. Thompson, E. L. Jones, Sol- way-Annan Co., Edward Stafford, James Berrall, Mr. and Mrs. Edward N. Finkelhor, Clyde D. Garrett, Henry G. F. Castens, John W. Guider, George W. Offutt, Dr. Arthur Barton Crane, the Friday Club, Dr. Francis R. Hagner, Carl Henning, Mrs. Charles § Robb, Dr. J. O. Skinner. —_— SPECIAL NOTICES. RADIOS REPATRED BY EXPER instulled st lowest cost. Estl North 10114 AERIALS tes given. son Perritt, Robert Pinckney, Feaster Lewis Roper, Benjamin Washington 8 ‘Tomlinson Daniel Todd and Harrison Williams. el y Garnet C. Wilkinson, first assistant su- perintendent of public schools. AL BN S A DR. W. H. P. FAUNCE IS TAKEN BY DEATH .| Baptist Minister Served 30 Years as President of Brown University. By the Associated Press. PROVIDENCE, R. I, February 1.— For 30 years president of Brown Uni- versity, Dr. illlam Herbert Perry Faunce, president emeritus, died at his home yesterday. He was 71 years old. Bronchial pneumonia and a heart weakness brought to anend a career of nearly 50 years since student days given to the Baptist ministry and higher edu- cation. He was succeeded in the Brown presidency last June by Dr. Clarence Augustus Barbour. The son of a minister, born in Worces- ter, Mass, January 15, 1850, he was uated from Brown in 1880, For five years after attending Newton, Mass., Theological Seminary he was pastor of a_Springfield, Mass., church and from 1889 to 1899 held the pastorate of the Fifth Avenue Baptist Church of New York City. Dr. Faunce wes married in June, 1884, tw Miss Sarah Rogers Edson of Lynn, Mass. 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AJAX ROOFING 2038 18th St. N.W. Norin 8314. Day or night. INTED—RETURN LOAD OF FU g; lew York, Phundelphle. Atlantic liu. . J.} Richmond, Va., and Baltimore, M Smith’s Transfer & Storage Co. 1313 U St North 3343 Don Britt, Haberdasher, Pormer): t 1200 Pa. Ave. N.W. "7 dow Lesated: Bet. Willard and -V ot any natare promptiy and capadly DU PONT AFFIRMS OFFER. Wires XKentucky Official About Tract of Land for Park. FRANKFORT, Ky., February 1 (#).— A telegram from T. Coleman du Pont, former United States Senator from Delaware, afirming that he had re- newed his offer to donate the Cumber- land Falls tract to the State of Ken- tucky for park purposes, was received by Lieut. Gov. James Breathitt yester- Iyt was charged on the floor of the Senate Thursday that a letter from du Pont was a forgery and that the offer had never been received by the State Park Commission. Will Rogers 88, ILE DE FRANCE, February 1, 1930—I was sentenced to the dis. lfreemenb conference for duration of its existence but I got time off for good behavior and am now out here on the ocean on the great French boat, the SS. Ile de France. Not only can't speak French but can't even pronounce name of the boat. Going to be a lot of guessing games on when I feel well enough into the room “(which it to it. Next year's disarmament conference got to be held in Clare- Our team at the conference y. They ked afte 1 RIS Roofing ~ "116 3rd St 8 W. Comj A District 0933. A Printing chlum —offering, Mmf defensi: ’“ up a lot of defensive plays them to offset tx&k teams, lays of Plays Stimson I got to lay down. MUSICIANS PLEASE IN FIRST CONGERT Rudolf Schueller Offers Pro- gram Which Was Worthy Test for Orchestra. An audience of 2,000 heard the first concert by the newly organized National Symphony Orchestra at Constitution Hall yesterday. Mrs. Herbert Hoover had a party in the presidential box and it was gen- erally a gala and nationally significant occasion. The 80 Washington musicians were given hearty applause as they walked out and took their places on the stage. More applause greeted Rudolf Schueller, the conductor, as he appeared. Immediately, he motioned for the musicians to arise and led them in “The Star Spangled Banner.” ‘Throughout the program the audience showed keen attention and much ap- preciation. A huge horseshoe of red carnations with seven white ones for luck was presented to Mr. Schueller during the afternoon and the audience lingered perceptively to give warm ap- plause at the conclusion of the program. It was obviously very heartening to leader and musicians to have this dem- onstration of friendly co-operation from their first audience. Worthy Test of Ability. ‘The program that Mr. Schueller of- fered was a worthy test of both his ability as a conductor and the capabili- ties of his orchestra. The familiar overture to Wagner’s “Tannhauser” was the opening number. It showed care- ful preparation, rising to truly inspira- tional heights in some of the phrases where the two dominant themes, the pligrims’ motif and the Venusburg mu- sic, are merged into dramatic beauty of broad volume and rich melody. There were times when the conducting seemed a bit too deliberate, suggesting a dirge instead of a pilgrimage in the plligrim music. However, it may have been Mr. Schueller’s intention to sug- gest the tragic ba und that culmi- nates in the great ale of this opera and involves the death of Elizabeth. Bizet's suite, “L’Arlesienne,” with its four very different movemerits, includ- ing overture, minuet, adagietto and the bell beauty of the carillon, was given fascinating interpretation. Each choir in the orchestra seemed to show that co-operative spirit and teamwork that is 50 necessary to the success of any organization. There were times when one sensed that Mr. Schueller didn’t quite achieve his aims, yet one also felt the willingness to follow his baton, evinced by all the men. It is simply & question of time and constant practice under his direction before they will act quire that fuller comprehension of his desires and be able to interpret them. Considering that the orchestra was or. ganized within the month, the inter- pretation of the entire program was most remarkable. Present Work of American. It is one of the ideals of Mr. Schuel- ler and the National Symphony Orches- tra to present a work by an A:lrlcln composer on every program ven by this orchestra, which is being built within the shadow of the Capitol of the United States of America. Yester- day the work chosen was the largo movement of a New England symphony written by Dr. Edgar Stillman Kelley. It was variations on an old New Eng- land hymn and had as its motto, “Great Lamentations and Heaviness,” quota- tion from the Log Book of the May- flower, written by Gov. Bradford, an ancestor of the composer. It seemed f | particularly appropriate that this music, with this bacl und of pioneer Amer- icanism, should be given on the first program by this orchestra in the new D. A. R. Hall. Dr. Kelley and Mrs, Kel- ley were in a box with Mrs. Je Stod- dard, president of the District of Colum- bia Federation of Music Clubs. At the finfl:luslon of the ph{nhtle'dfl hlnh ‘work, e composer was out by Mr. Schueller and .mdpo.nd bowed to the added applause offered him by the audi- ence. The concluding selection was the bril- liant and difficult music of Lisst's symphonic poem, “Les Preludes.” It was admirably interpreted. The strings in particular showed fine playing in the stirring climaxes of this work. The next concert by this local or- chestra is announced for February 26, when the American work to be pre- sented will be a composition written by the Washington composer, Mary Howe, known in private life as Mrs. Walter Bruce Howe. H P NO DATE SET FOR TRIAL OF DENISON DRY CASE Hearing Expected to Be Reached by Middle of February, Rover Says. No date has been set for the trial of Representative Edward E. Denison of Illinois, charged with possession of 111;]01' in violation of the national pro- hibition law, United States Attorney Leo A. Rover announced yesterday. The prosecutor says he expects to reach the case about the middle of February, but | Praise has not settled on a definite date. Former Assistant United States At- torney William E. Leahy is understood to be assoclated with Attorney E. Hilton Jackson in the defense. The indictment against Representa- tive Denison is the t to be returned in a case of mere possession, which class of cases fs usually disposed of in Police Court by information. ORATORY CONTEST HEAD 1S SPEAKER Randolph Leigh Addresses Graduates of Eastern High School. Three methods of developing the mind were explained to the four-year graduating class of Eastern High School by Randolph Leigh, director general of the National Oratorical Contest, at commencement exercises last night in the school auditorium. a final ad- ent to the group of graduates, most of whom will pass on into college, to reserve a place in their thinking for meditation. The exercises opened with the march of the graduates, the girls dressed all in white and the boys in blue. The presiding officer, Henry Gilligan, promi- nent civic worker and member of the Board of Education, then introduced Rev. Alfred E. Barrows, pastor of the Eastern Presbyterian Church, who de- livered the invocation. The presentation of diplomas was made by Prof. Rene Samson, head of the modern language department of the District school system. Wiley Egbert Magee made the vale- dictorian address. Miss Alma Eloise Gemeny also was awarded first honors in scholarship, and second honors were won by Adolphus May Worley. ‘The graduates follow: Girls—Dorothy Steele Baker, Lucile Blakeney, Mary Louise Burgess, Claudia Marie Burlingame, Lillian Virginia Crawford, Alma May Ellison, Lasca Charlotte Foster, Sarah Jane Froehlich, Alma Eloise Gemeny, Hazel Oleta Haynie, Alice Alberta Lauxman, Elsie Naomi Moody, Ruth Neil Myers, Sarah Rachel Niedomanski, Ethel Edna Pote, Elizabeth Adaline Pyle, Thelma Louise Ricketts, Rose Esther Saidman, Re- becca Sakolsky, Irene Crandall Stine, Marie Pauline Strobel, Georgia Theron )lelor, Kathryn Lena Thomas, Eliza- beth Tracey Wilson, Adolphus May Worley, Lois Adams Yost and Pearl Maurice Young. Boys — Perry Baldwin, John Doe Beardsley, Robert Preston Biglow, Jacob Blumberg, Harold Joseph Burns, Mau- rice Canter, John Lavell Cashell, Frank John di Francesco, Theodore Carl Ed- wards, Gilbert Klug Fissell, James Lynnwood Forsyth, Ray Rinker Funk- houser, Norman Willlam Gill, jr.; Homer Sidney Gudelsky, Clarke Heagy Harper, ph Leonard Henderson, Charles Scott Jarrett, Willlam Egbert Kenyon, Sebastian Francis Latona, Wiley Egbert Magee, John Booker May, Joseph Francis McCue, Joseph Martin Mileo, Earnest Yates Miller, Louis Charles Paladini, Jacob Frederick Replogle, Max Rifkin, Benjamin Simon, Millard Theodore Sniffin, Albert James Strauss, Albert Hickman Taylor, Levy Rhame Tindal, George Tolstoi and William Henry Waikart. MUSIC e e ] DR. WOLLE AND BACH'S CANTATAS. Washington musicians and other lovers of the works of Johann Sebastian Bach thoroughly enjoyed the lecture re- cital given with delightful informality and enlightening authority by Dr. Fred ‘Wolle at Barker Hall yesterday morn- ing. Dr. Wolle is the organizer and leader of the famous Bach Choir of Bethlehem, Pa. Yesterday he was giv- ing his annual talk before the members of the Priday Morning Music Club and their friends. The subject this time was the nine cantatas of Bach, which are to be featured in the Bach festival in Bethlehem May 16 and 17 this year. Although the maste: of all Bach's works, the great “Mass in B Minor,” is to be sung as usual on Saturday, May 17, the two sessions of the festival the preceding Friday will be devoted to these nine cantatas. Dr. Wolle touched first upon the per- sonnel of his choir and announced that, “although there are not many over 60 in the choir, I think we shail propose 175 as the age limit.” The Bach Choir is a national institution. It is an in- tegral part of the life of the people of Bethlehem. Generations have grown up and are continuing to_grow up into the ranks of the choir. 1t is a family affair in many instances. It is not, however, as Dr. Wolle pointed out yes- terday, a strictly Moravian cholr, for there are many nationalities and many religions included in its roster of mem- bers. Most of the members are of the Lutheran faith, but there are repre- sentatives of practically all the Chris- tian religions. A jocund undercurrent to Dr. Wolle's remarks, to which he returned ever so often, was the recurring phrase, not of apology, but of almost pride in the fact that all this music “was simple, old- fashioned music, nice melodious music, with plenty of concords in these days of new styles in music.” His audience obviously agreed with him and got not a few good chuckles of amusement out of these recurring phrases. ‘Wolle briefly played some of the solos and the dominant chorales of each of the nine cantatas. The first, dedicated to St. Michael's day, opens with “There Arose a Great Strife,” and includes the beautiful melody “Bide Ye Angels, Bide With Me.” The ending chorale for soprano is “Freude Dich Sehr Meine Seele,” which same melody occurs in the lower key of F for the alto chorus as the opening of the sec- ond cantata to be given. “O World I Now Must Leave Thee” is the finale. The third cantata is based entirely on the Passion Chorale. The fourth, in similar vein, has “Come, Sweet Hour of Death” for its theme. Again, in the solo. The motif of the fifth cantata the Lord Omnipotent,” in which the alto solo, to be sung by all the altos, has violin accompaniment. This ends the Friday afternoon session. The evening session begins with the sixth cantata, “Then Our Mouths, Filled With Laughter.” In this Dr. Wolle paused to show how perfectly Bach in- terpreted the lighter as well as the tragic moods in his music. Also, how skillfully be utilized the ancient cho- rales to give solid basis for his music. The seventh cantata has a theme, “Brightly Shines the Morning Star’ the eighth, “Ah, How Fleeting; Ah, How Cheating,” with an ending of ex- quisite benediction mood, and the ninth cantata, the last of this series, “Lo, ‘Thou the Lord, Oh My Spirit.’ ‘The listener could not but admire afresh not only Dr. Wolle's sincere love and knowledge of the music of Bach, but also his own skill in arran; ing these cantatas for the Friday pro- grams. Each year more Washington music lovers make the pilgrimage to Bethlehem in M? to hear Bach in- terpreted in the fitting atmosphere of this little town. H. ! STORMS HIT PORTUGAL. Floods and Tornado Add to Dis- comforts. jraso sy | ) satu !ecold wave s rday a mfl end o‘t’ a week of storms and The town of Aldeia Ponte was re- ported to have been isolated from the outer world three days, with residents crouching in flooded homes and aj 1- for ald. A woman was by FOR RENT Three Rooms, Kitch- en, Bath and Reception Hall. Electric Refrig- eration. 3 Reasonable Rental 2001 1691 St. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 1, This is the third of a series of articles on President Hoover's use of fact-finding commissioners to_aid the administrative arm of the Gov- ernment. BY ALVA JOHNSTON. One of the problems which President Hoover has placed before a commission is that of dependent old age, which is threatening, according to some authori- ties, to develop also into the problem of dependent middle age. The ugly paradox about this problem is that it has bee: ted by humane efforts to solve it. in the present century big employers began to develop a keener sense of the h‘um-n nhuonalgu. ‘They ldo;;ml ! r;; sion systems and programs of weifa: werk for their employes. About 10 years ago there was keen rivalry be- tween many great corporations as to whichc had the most advanced social programs. That rivalry exists to some extent today. Seamy Side to System. Gradually it has appeared that there is a seamy side to the pension system. The rule has generally been established that all new employes must be young and sound in constitution, so that many years of good service is virtually assured before their pension time rives. Reluctance to employ older men and women, reluctance to employ the middle aged is the result. At the same time the tendency of highly industrialized civilization has been to discard from active life those {in the upper age classifications. Em- ployes below middle age are usually preferred in _high-speed operations in big plants. They can keep up with the | machines better and they are more adaptable to change as new processes of manufacture come in. Span of Life Increased. ‘There is an ironical and pessimistic side even to the most beneficent medi- cal dicsoveries and the greatest strides of civilization. Through better diet, betted sanitation, better living condi- tions in general, the average span of life has been increased many yea The middle aged and aged form a steas ily increasing proportion of the popu- lation, and the busy world has appar- ently less and less place for them. There are other factors. In the epi- demic of paternalism and benevolence which swept over American industrial- ism, hundreds of corporations ap- proached too close to the millenium for safety. Many of them light-heartedly adopted pension systems without real- izing the burden they were im; g on themselves. Some of them could not carry the burden and had to revise or discard them. There are the inevi- table charges that some companies sys- tematically pick quarrels with their older employes in order to discharge them for alleged insubordination. On the other hand, it is undoubtedly true that employes, still in their prime, have sometimes resorted to trickery in order to get disability pensions to which they were not entitled. Limit Lowered in All Lines. The demand for youth is said to have spread even to the churches. Mid- dle-aged or aged clergymen who seek new pulpits find the chances against em. It was assel at a conference on the subject in Brooklyn a few days ago that the vestrymen of one of the wealthiest parishes in the country had decided that the new rector must be a man under 35. The “dead line,” or age at which an employe ceases to be ac- ceptable, is reported by labor officials to be lowering rapidly in all of the trades. Many factors have played a part in the development of the Hoover com- missions. Even without presidential action there has been a tendency to nationalize the attack on great prob- lems. An instance of this is the co- operative study of tuberculosis, in which 21 great medical laboratories are taking part at the request of Dr. Willlam Charles White of the United States Public Health Service. Three important new discoveries have been made in the last year as a result. Another factor is the training and temperament of the President. He has always been a believer in the doctrine that a subject can best be handled when the men who know most about it sit around a table and thrash it out. He has devoted most of his life to or- ganizing studies of this kind. Problems Piling Up. Another thing is that the country is in arrears in solving its problems. For 15 years the attention of the country has been concentrated, first on the war, then on the struggle back to normalcy. Other issues have had to wait and there is now an accumulation. Fur- ther than that, a highly industrialized age has brought with it many serious questions which vitally affect the future of the country. ‘The development of modern science DETACHED HOMES AT ROW HOUSE PRICES Homes of 100 New Ideas North Wondridge 21st and Randolph Sts. N.E. A Beautiful New Restricted Subdivision of Over 100 Detached Brick Homes We Will Be Looking for You This Evening Don’t let the snow stop you—Drive out now 1930 HOOVER’S COMMISSIONS Data on Problem of Dependent Old Age, Which Is Threat- ening to Extend Into Middle Age, Sought From Social Trends Board. and the scientific way of thinking is another factor. President Hoover is the first man in the White House who talks the language and understands the aims and methods of the modern sci- entist. Theodore Roosevelt had a mul- titude of scientific contacts and knew a good deal about science, but even in the short space of time since he left ! the White House there has been an as- tonishing development in many flelds of science. Even if the same problems existed then, Col. Roosevelt could not have called together a body like the Commission on Social Trends, because the sociologists were few in number and had not developed the technique for national studies like the present one. Between Col. Roosevelt and Mr. Hoover there were in the White House two law- yers. & scholar and a country editor, all more or less sympathetic with sci- ence perhaps, but not imbued with it The idea of a fundamental .research like that of the Commission on Social ‘Trends could not have occurred to any- body a few years ago. Facts First Rule Now. ‘The scientific method of today is dis- interested, detached, unemotional search for facts. It cannot be used to solve the urgent problems confronting » statesman, because he cannot wait for- ever for the facts, but has to make up his mind on the best information that he can get. In the case of less urgent problems the procedure of the scientist may be used in government. With the modern sclentists it is facts first, con- clusions afterward; trial first, verdict afterward. The procedure often has to be reversed in politics. How far the technique and discipline of science can be grafted into the National Govern- ment is an interesting question. Another factor has been the growth of great foundations like the Carnegile Institution, the Rockefeller Foundation and the Russell Sage Foundation, which have pioneered in research work on an enormous scale. Ten years ago the Government could not have used them openly as auxiliaries, because they did not command the public confidence which they have today. Their suj of semi-official surveys may still be open to aitacks by statesmen of the Hirshfield, Hylan and Thompson but the danger of that sort of thing seems to be about passed. No Fault Found Yet. Commissions will only be useful so far as they command public confidence. The personnel of each Hoover commis- sion will be subjected to careful inspec- tion by his litical om'wn". No fault has beenp‘;ound in regard as American political institutions have long been in the hands of lawyers. The law is a conservative profession and Is probably the least responsive of all to the growth of modern science which ledged of the survey. A tentative list of the other problems which this commission will study includes population, food and natural resources; the recruitment of population; vitality and health; how people pass their time; shifting occupa- tions; habitations; inventions and their diffusion; the ch: family; the status of women; welfare of children; schools and adult education; the church; recreation and leisure; social attitudes; culture; the socially malad- Jjusted; rural life; urban changes; so- cial legislation. ‘The aim is to hold a mirror up to national life. It is not a search for new problems on which to base new legislation; it is intended to find the basis of fact for an intelligent under- standing of tendencies in America, | Many of the surveys may not result in legislation; some of them may prove that proposed leglisiation is not needed. The dent’s chief aim is to raise standards and to obtain results by vol- untary action, although some legisla- tion may result as a by-product. It is hoped that the survey may bear fruit |PrO! for many years to come. Recalls His Safety Survey. This is not a wholly new type of com- mission. As Secretary of Commerce Mr. Hoover carried on a similar study through the conference on traffic safety. ‘That broad, fundamental study resulted in no Federal legislation, but it pro- duced voluntary action by manuf: turers in fixing the standard of ai mobile brakes; 1t produced model State laws and city ordinances which .have been adopted in many countries. ‘The most conspicuously successful of the fundamental studies of this kind in the past was that of the Aldrich Mnne‘tnlvl’eyng:mul;flu}l;h,h:hlch 20 years ago t] nki systems and the financial practices of Every banking law passed in this coun- try since that time has been modified the report of the Aldrich commis- sion. It is a standard work all over the world. The demand for coples of the report among economists was such that the volumes now rate as choice Ameri- cana, commanding a price of $1,000 a set. President Hoover is even organizing commissions in his cabinet. He found that the Secretary of Commerce, the Postmaster General, the Secretary of the Navy and the chairman of the Shipping Board were working more or less at cross purposes in the matter of letting overseas mail contracts. He or- ganized them into a commission called the interdepartmental committee overseas mail contracts. These con- tracts act as subsidies to encourage American shipping. Reduction of $7,000,000. Before the commission was organized the Government had committed itself zz= (OMMISSION RULE FOR U. 5. PROPOSED Suggestion Made Ironically by Caraway' as Haitian Issue Comes Up. By the Assoclated Press. Amendment of the Constitution to, convert the executive branch of the attempt was made for consideration of the request of President Hoover for au- thority to send a commission tn study Haitian conditions. Senator Blaine, Republican, of Wis- consin, objected to consideration of the posed Haitian commission until more time is allowed for debate. The Senate foreign relations committee a has eliminated from the House resol Sena m‘.v his suggestion, but the dahoan he not have time now to give such a proposition sousid- eration. “I hope the Senator will give it seri-" ous tion,” added Cara Senator M out any authority for a commission nd’ “ageni” to Ralt to make » Stody o the “ o 1 troubled conditions there. » Bemwrh Borah ’:flu't.‘ he wulg avor such an amendment, permitted a free hand for thmt to make the manner of study he de- gred. There mva !:en reports that Mr. oover was considering sending perhaps o'nlg one man to make the Hajtlan study. ;uy put forward 54 GET COMMISSIONS. C. F. Pugh of Chevy Chase Among. New Lieutenants. ‘The War Department announces the a) tment as second lNeutenants to an expenditure of $12,000,000 a year | Geos vided for the constru e and ction of 12 the commission, tackling the sub; . ‘olfr-h, ovmmlu“ m:' :l'm“e %vern- ment an expenditure e Mlyurmflwfllmmmy fop tion of 40 shi) has penetrated every branch of modern | the life. To some extent the Hoover com- mission is a challenge to the long rule of the lawyer in public affairs. The all-sufficiency of the legal profession in public life is indirectly questioned. The lawyer will probably remain in control of the political machinery, but the so- and other men of science seem ulely'obeulledmw‘glny- and greater part in ping opinion and controlling national policy. It is impossible to say whether the current picture of this evil is exagger- ated or true. Does it mean that in time the average man of 40, 45, 50 or 55 must retire on his savings or find his way to house? Will the in- dluhll} 11 readjust l'dlelf to find a or experience and gray hairs? Should & man at middle age be re-edu- cated and started out the facts about old age and middle | eq erica. age in Am will make a careful, scientific survey lasting from two to three years before making their report. Liberal Policies May Result. Their report will consist of the facts alone. No laws will be recommended. The :ub,;:tnwm be one for national considera . decide to act on certain phases. Mm,mmd county ll'-mlhn‘ bodies may take as they see fit. Civic - tions and voluntary bodies olfimh t% can_take in 6, 7 and 8 Rooms Colored Porcelain Bath and Kitchen Fixtures Attic Play Rooms Pool Room for Adults Garages Open Fireplaces Open and Lighted Until 9 0’Clock P.M. 13N HISTREET. NORTHWESTY commission to develop a rej on the subject of Government aid to commercial navigation. 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