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A—8 WASHINGTON, D. C. MONDAY.....February 10, 1930 THEODORE W. NOYES. .. .Editor 3 Michigan Butlding. L 1 RT 8t., T 'at London. 'here THE EVENING STAR [ e ene Commissioners must assume of targets for the sharpshooting members of Congress. Throughout this period the Commis- sioners must fulfill their responsibilities to the Zoning Commission and perform the various administrative duties with which they are charged. These addi- tional labors are now forcing the Com- missloners to work after office hours and to hold some of the board meetings at night, Their willingness to continue in office i and the seal with which they have pur- 65¢ per month "5C Der oo = Der copy Collection made s h month. € eac) ders may be sent in by mail or telephone Ational 5000. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. E:uy and Sunday ily only ~.. unday only All Other States and Canada. E:ly and Sunday..1yr., $12.00; 1 mo., $1.00 aily only .. $8.00: 1 me ay only $5.00; 1 mo., Member of the Associated Press. 1T, Assoctated P 5o the local new: erein. All rights of publicatian of dispatches herein are also jeserved. Farmers Attack Tariff. The farmers are not satisfied' with the Senate tariff bill. This is stated very clearly in a letter addressed to the Senate by the official representa- tives of seven farm organizations, in- cluding some of the greatest in the country, although the National Grange is not included in the list. The burden of the complaint is the failure of the Senate to vote for higher duties sued their work undisturbed by the plans for changes that will rid them of the is commendable and demonstrates a fine spirit. ———— The New People’s Counsel. A young man, relatively inexperienced and with his legal career in front of him, Richmond B. Keech, whom the Pres- ident has chosen from the ranks of the assistant corporation counsels to fill the important post of people’s counsel, has been given a task that will tax his ener- gles and resources. The fact that he has had little, if any, dealing in the in- tricate form of litigation and argument involved in regulatory control of pub- e utilities should not, of course, be held against him. He has been given & big job and his own conduct in an office that is vitally important to the People of this city will furnish the best answer as to his capability. He de- serves the best wishes support of those whom No serles of events could more strik- ingly emphasize the need for an able and slert peopl counsel at the Dis- trict Building than those that have on sugar, on hides which are now on the free list and on blackstrap molasses, casein, fats and oils. The House, what- ever else it did with regard to the tariff bill, at least increased the duty on sugar, placed a duty on hides and granted some of the other increases now demanded by these farm organi- eations. This attack upon the Senate tariff bill may come as something of a shock to the Senate coalitionists, who have been patting themselves on the back for the manner in which they have im- proved the measure. Western pro- gressive Republicans who voted with the Democrats in the Senate to reduce the duty on sugar to the limit of the present law may regard this action en the part of the farm organizations as the unkindest cut of all. Surely it is difficult to please all people all the time when it comes to tariff making. The Democrats, too, have been that their work on the tariff bill would endear them to the farmers, partic- ularly the farmers of the West, where the Democratic party would like to pick up votes. Doubtless the letter of the farmers’ organizations comes too late to bring about changes in the bill while it still lingers in the Senate. The opinions expressed in the letter, however, may be influential in the conference stage of the tariff Bill, which # & now hoped will be reached within a few weeks. ‘Various predictions have been made re- garding the probable date of the pas- sage of the measure in the Senate. ‘Washington’s birthday was set as & deadline. Then March 1, But the Senate still clings to the bill, wor- Tying it as a dog worrles a bone. ‘The farm organizations, including the i Farm Bureau Federation and the Farm- ers’ Union, are emphatic in their attack upon the Senate. They do not mince words. They say that they would pre- fer to have no new tariff law and to continue under the existing law than to have a bill finally enacted into law leaving the duties of the products on which they lay particular stress, ‘The farmers are entitled to greater protection under the tariff system of the country than they have had. It was for that reason, in part, that President Hoover called the special ,session of Congress last April and urged s limited Tevision of the existing tariff law par- ticularly to ald the farmers. ‘When the House passed a tariff bill there was an uproar. The farmers had not been dealt with in a manner which carried out the pledges of the Repub- licans. Industrial rates had been raised. There was a howl about the increase in the sugar duty. Some of the criticism was merited. Industrial rates had been raised in some cases which seem not Justified. Certainly the revision at- tempted had gone far beyond the pro- posal advanced by the President. Then the Senate tackled the bill. A coalition was formed to ald the farmers—as it ‘was thought. But some of the farmers are not pleased with the action of the coalition. Probably no tariff bill can please all the people of America, farmers and industrialists alike, and the consumers, including in the end both farmers and industrialists. The interests of one sec- tion of this great country are antago- nistic to the interests of another in this matter of tariff duties. The best that can be hoped is the enactment of a law which will deal fairly with the various producers, whether of agricultural products or manufactured products, all the to giving all a measure of protection. The | an nan difficulty comes when one group insists upon low duties being levied on the erticles which they must buy and high duties on thase which they produce—a ¥ery human demand, after all. — e In the matter of prohibition en- forcement, the Treasury and the De- partment of Justice are agreed that Shere is glory enpugh. —eae— Thanks to the Commissioners. In the extraordinary interest and dis- cussion over the selection of new Com- missioners, the unselfish and praise- worthy conduct of the incumbents in acceding to President Hoover's expressed marked the course of the street rail- way fare.case imto the courts, where it now rests. Ralph B. Fleharty, people's counsel until his resignation a short whila ago, attended the long-drawn-out hearings on the street railway case during the Summ-.ntlm-u-medbymben' E. Lynch, an assistant corporation coun- sel, who has been generally associated :nhuuufi-mhvolfluhuot. ce. and the case was headed for the courts Mr. Fleharty's resignation left the people without the services of any one THE EVENING law, believes that many of those who have been convicted of four felonies and sent to prison for life should have re- ceived less drastic terms and that a great number of the “lifers” in the New York State prisons should be re- leased immediately ‘with safety to so- clety. By the same token probably most of those who are now serving third terms in prison will be a menace to soclety upon their release from those sentences. Still there is no particular | - danger to society in theft of the nature of which the unfortunate drug addict whose case is now arousing sympathy has been guilty. To put her away for life because of a numerical sequence of such offenses is really contrary to the spirit of the Baumes laws, which seek to protect the community by ridding it of incurably dangerous characters. Anniversary of the Scouts. ©One of the amazing things about the Boy Scouts of America, this week cele- brating its twentieth anniversary as an organization, has been the tremendous growth of the movement throughout the world and the sustained popularity of an appeal to young boys of widely diver- sified interests and experience. Within the space of two decades the Boy Scout idea has immigrated to America and grown and prospered to the extent that there are more than 600,000 boys now wearing the uniform, while the hope of some day becoming a Boy Scout is the cherished ambition of other hundreds .| of thousands of youngsters just reach- ing the age when they can do a small amount of shifting about for them- selves, ‘The Boy Scout idea was to give boys some of the fundamentals of citizenship and to develop character by emphasizing the right ideals. But its popularity is due to the fact that this training is based upon the legends of knighthood and chivalry and, especially in America, upon the lore of the frontiersman and the romantic Indian. Tell a boy to do & good turn daily and the advice will slide off like water from a duck’s back, but make a game out of doing a good turn and enlist the boy as a player and the trick is turned. Bey Scouting is a game that offers tangible rewards to the skilled winners and more boys are playing it every year. It gives the boy an opportunity to learn, under expert teachers, some of the things that every normal boy wants to learn—how to build & fire without matches, tell the time by the sun, find his way through the woods without a compass, cook & meal over an open fire, handle a boat or cance or save a life by first-aid b ticing to the ‘The appeal has been as en g country boy as o the boy of the city and the fact that some 60,000 boys from Levery part of the world journeyed to England last Summer for the World Scout Jamboree is an indication of how far-flung are the ranks of the Intérna- tional Scouts, Boys who finally outgrow the uni- forms of the Scouts may or may mnot carry their ideals into later life, though 1t 1s only natural if some of them stick. But whether they do or not the Scout movement will have served its purpose by offering safe refuge to the thousands of young boys whose inheritance has been a world that is pretty much cut and dried, and where leadership is needed to prevent the thousands of youngsters corralled in city streets and alleys from stampeding in the wrong direction. ——————— Jail riots in Galveston, Tex., add an- other reminder that a prisoner usually suffers from a lack of early opportunity -|to leain the advantages of judicious ! Washington have a right to demand, his accomplishment will be all the more praiseworthy. The Star ‘wishes him the best of luck. ——eaone Deliberation continues on matters of world concern in the face of the fact that G. Bernard Shaw always feels competent to explain them completely at & moment's notice. As a feature of economic and*finan- cial affairs, industrial alcohol never permits itself a vacation. e Reaction Against Baumes Laws. Reaction against the drastic provisions of the Baumes laws, enacted a few years ago in New York to give greater effect to the criminal statutes, has set in and modification of certain features of the system of rigorous punishments may be the result. The particular pro- | s vision against which objection is raised and for the amendment of which a movement has been started is that which requires the giving of & sentence of life imprisonment for a fourth of- fense. A recent case has brought abont & commotion of sympathy that may re- sult in the repeal of this clause of the law or its amendment to differentiate between felonies. The case in point was that of & young woman who was convicted of a fourth offense, the theft of dresses and perfumery from a shop. She is a drug addict, and this fact adds to the strength of the feeling that her final sentence to life imprisonment as itual offender is altogether too severe. Other cases have occurred under the operation of this provision of the Baumes law in which the penalty seemed to be wholly disproportionate. ‘The life-sentence feature of the Baumes laws—a series of enactments constituting & veritable criminal code for the State of New York—was de- signed to correct an evil arising from the inadequate penalties prescribed for chronic violators of the laws, men and women as well, who cannot be cured of their criminal tendencies, who pass in and out of prison only to repeat their lawless acts. It was enacted in the belief that if an offender was not redeemed from criminal tendencies after three convictions he was unfit for further association with the law-abid- ing members of society. But this feature of the law made no restraint. The greatest foes to prison philanthropy are the prisoners them- selves, ——— His assertion that he will continue to be a senatorial candidate indicates that Mr. Vare of Pennsylvania sees no rea- son why he should give up the one great game that he really enjoys. Senators Goff and La Follette are ex- pected to manage the chemical sched- ule in & manner that will not produce explosions in the legislative laboratory. SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Leadership. He stands before the listening throng That lends attentive ears, Emotion, rising swift and strong, On every bhand appears. not with oratory fraught, ‘This art that's all his own Requires no words, nor even thought— He plays a saxophonel We listen closely, or we move ‘With swift responsive feet. Nothing is lacking that might prove His leadership complete. ‘When eloquence has lost its pow'r Of magic phrase and tone, ‘The real leader of the hour Will play a saxophone. Lobby Psychology. “Do you permit yourself to be ad-|Dean dressed by & lobbyist?” “Oh, yes” answered ' Senator Sor- ghum. “A statesman of course refuses to be influenced by lobbyists. Yet if they neglect to notice him, he becomes & little fearful that he is losing his influence.” Jud Tunkins says everybody likes to be an entertainer. If you keep hard at work, you get a lot on your mind with no audience for it. Durability. Hour after hour the spraker stood, ‘With talk both loud and strong. I know his arguments are good, Because they last so long. The Pursued. “Were you a bull in the recent market?” “No,” answered Mr. Dustin Stax. “I was the fellow who got into the wrong BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. ‘We feel sorry for poor O'Neill. No wonder he went to China. A man must hate womankind with a deep and utter hatred to produce such a flow of acts, Nine acts! Why, it was just like a base ball game, with the vivid and over- sexed Nina slamming out a home run in _every session. But the play is not the thing, here and now. We are concerned only with our question of the moment and its an- swer, in so far as we can answer it. Why do plays always give us a select circle of man friends in full pursuit of some charming female? * Ok ok % Surely the answer to this subques- tion must be that playwrights do it because the situation is interesting. This gets us back to our main in- quiry—why the menfolk love them so terribly, and, above all, so consistently? ‘Take the abominable Nina. fixation, Here was & woman with 3 or whatever the rnychhum call it, as certain a case of abnormal psychelogy as ever appeared in play, novel or medi- ulsha bo::m(h 1t afte: ran one gentleman after another like suds through the clothes in a washing machine. ‘Three of them, however, persisted in loving her. And we persist in asking: Why? y And would they—in any place besides a play? * ok ok % Here was & woman of no particular charm, as far as the audience could see, and, above all, blighted by a subtle inner disease of the mind, soul, psyche, of which most men are instinctively afraid. She was a bad case of ingrown self- ishness, concentrated in thwarted phys- ical desire, a victim herself and making every one with whom she came in con- tact a victim. One of her three “steadies” was a dreamer, and laved her because he made :l dream out of her. He may be for- iven. Even he, however, was by no means a fool, although the author rather thought he was at times, and tried to make the audience think he was, too. T & man—any man—could have kept on loving the lady after the way she carried on we do not believe possi- ble—off the stage. On the stage they moon over lost loves, but in real life they are more inclined to be of the sentiment of the old poet who sang “If her love be not for me, what c:re‘x how fair she be?” * % This thing of a whole pack of men lalligagging around a married man's house is another stage gag. Perhaps there is something in the situation which makes Friend Wife cast a few side glances. It will not account—at least to our unsophisticated mind—for the free and easy situation of a gang of gentieman friends running in and out door Sum- mer, Winter and Spring, to say nothing of Autumn. It ly isn't done off-stage. ler the husband. Well, we must admit that had some rea- son to keep on loving the gal, complex or no complex, because she put one over on him—in fact, she put several over on him. ‘The playwright wrote him down an ass, the audiences must be content 80 to let him remain. The poor chap, however, had to be a triple-plated fool to fail to get on to the shenanigans going on in his house. In one of the old French plays there is the following stage direction for a miser: “Leans against post and be- b ""m}"i; der the egotism Our poor fellow, un produced by becoming a father, sud- denly blossoms into a Napoleon of finance, Well, some men do—especially in plays. L ) ‘What we can’t quite swallow, how- ever, is that doctor friend. ‘The ’ll';lelter gufld production had a uliarly good doctor. '”gvnm he came striding into the li- brary for the first time he was the man he ought to have remained—a man who was 5o intent on his career that he re- fused more than one kiss to the ever- kissing Nina. ‘That was a great guy, and everybody who saw the darn play says the same 3 ‘That doctor was the one man out by Fate to tell Nina where to off. But Eugene O'Nelll, who rather specialized in wrecking the usual, made him fall for her, too. { legislative branchi as wi STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1930. Free Discussion the Rule In D. A. R. Chapters To the Editor of The Star: “O, wad some pow'r the giftle gie us oursel’ ithers see us. ;om 's as - i her chapter or atten of said chapter, as she plorable ignorance of and by-laws of the D. says, “As far as ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN. ‘This is a special department, devoted solely to the han of ‘This paper puts at your the services ington to serve you [n any capacity that serve you in any relates to information. This service is free. Failure to make use of it deprives you of benefits to which you are en- titled. Your obligation is only 2 cents in coin or , inclosed with your inquiry, for direct reply. Address The Evening Star Information _ Bureau, Frederic J. Haskin, director, Washing- introduces 1 | “The Birth of a Nation.” board of of 84 members, represent every m in the Union and m‘:nfonlm organizations. This board rec- it they wished control the policies of the D. A. R. They are sinmply a part of the national board of management and have one on board and The prerogative of & playwright is to |5 make his characters do as he pleases, which, of course, is as he thinks they would do. That doctor, however, would never have trailed around after a pathological case for 12 years, to be scorned by his own child, and finally to be slapped in the face by the same. No man, doctor or saint, would act so—except in a play. And we say this th all the good will in the world for trange Interlude. ‘Whatever one may think of it, he must admit that he has seen some- thing. This attitude, however, need not prevent him from placing his own knowledge of life alongside that of the playwright's. * koK K The main lady of this obese ;nigh{.n have lntfleug. the ‘;:ocw‘; for : lew intrigues, coming and going, bu that he would have wrecked his career lor her or kept on loving her after his passion had spent its novel force is an idea that would occur only to a play- wright. Bless those dear playwrights, from Shakespeare down through Ferenc Mol- nar and Eugene O'Neill! * Without their pens we would have only our world of every day, wherein men grow tired of the beautiful villainesses and leave them for the better women of this our mundane life (or maybe other villain- The t e pl ht (and we speak only of the so-called serious drama) gives us life raw, with the lid off, or at least enough Off 50 that we can see the sim- mering that goes on within. A hard fellow like O'Neill tears the botwmclurounoltha'_fi:n and lets the juice drip all over place. If time, you will you like & nice, juicy the famous “Strange Interlude,” like and if you don't—well, you won't, We will still equally and of course. clamor to know, however, why stage characters insist on sticking too closely and far too long to decadent women. Mr. O'Neill and nine acts didn't explain a thing. - WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS An elaborate sham battle of the wets and the drys will start this week before the House judiciary committee, when public hearings commence on the host of pending bills to modify the Volstead act or looking to the of the eighteenth amendment. and sundry legislative proposals offered by those opposed to prohibition will be on tap. Perhaps target practice is a more ap- propriate description than sham battle. At any rate, there will be much heavy cannonading, without any execution, for not a ‘man jack of the fighters on either side has Temotest expectation that a single one of the bills will be reported out of committee. Yet the wets are jubilant at the prospect, for they appreciate that even the chance to argue their case before a committee Jury is itself a triumph, besides furnish- ing a fine publicity forum. The House wet bloc, who will stage-manage their of the show, have concluded not to call former Gov. Smith, nor Nicholas Murray Butler. Such headliners do not. require & congressional committee hear- ing to get their utterances into Yflnt. But a large aggregation of slightly lesser notables, who are arrayed against &reo- hibition are expected to speak r pleces before the committee. * ok ok % If present predictions are fulfilled and Vincent Massey, Canadian Minis- ter at Washington, is transferred to London as Canadian high commissioner succeeding the late Peter C. Larkin, who died & few weeks ago, he will re- join his former colleague at Washing- ton, Dr. Timothy A. Smiddy, now high commissioner at London of the Irish Free State. It is an interesting co- incidence that the Irish Free State was the first Dominion of the British Emplre to establish separate diplomatic relations with the United States. Canada was the second. Dr. Smiddy was the Free State’s first Minister at Washington, and Mr. Massey Canada’s first Minister here. Both men are of broad university training and attain- ments, but Mr. Massey, unlike his Irish colleague, foresook college teaching to amass a fortune in private business be- ggfh el:t:jflns uy|‘)lo:!1l a mplor‘nlnle uree"r. and esteem here. 2 o * kK X John W. Davis of New York, Newton D. H&ku of Cleveland, . ment , and Roscoe Pound of Harvard are among the names en! tioned in the n of the succes- sor to Charles Evans Hughes as a Justice of the World Court. The election of World at the session of the League of Nations in Geneva next September. While there is no rule that judges be chosen from any given nation, the court American member from the beginning. Mr. Hughes was filling the unexpired term of John Bassett Moore. Usually !11 ulechu:‘u World Court members the ague has chosen persons mem- mt Tho‘l;ll‘:’uo‘dgmmlr:r olB.Akr tration af e e. ce Mr. er is now an American member of The Hague court, some observers rate him as the most likely choice for a World Court Judgeship. Mr. Hughes was also an America) The Hague court, and his place there will be filled by Mr. Hoover, * ok ok Of five outstanding figures in Amer- dican politics of 20 years Roosevelt, the sons of four and the daughter of one are 1 political limelight today. pasture by mistake and climbed the | Bryan fence in & hurry.” “To be implacable in seeking re- ‘venge,” sald Hi Ho, the sage of China- town, “is to admit that you are capa- ble of rejoicing in another man's mis- fortune.” ‘Robert tment as Solicitor General. writers cite the f to dis- ve the anclent tradition that famous g&endonot ‘proguge !:.mml children. ‘Those gold star mothers and the war veterans whose dead lie Court judges will take place [ Washingto Taft, Hughes and La Follette, | be burled overseas, and who do not elect to avail themselves of the all-expergs- paid trip to the battlefield cemetel provided for them by a grateful Nation and a generous Congress, will receive in lieu of the trip the cash equivalent of its cost, if Congress enacts the bill beutuorlng:d by B;_l;lwv; Harris, Demo- crat, rgia. e War artment has assembled the names nn%w-ddreuu of 11,440 mothers and widows who are | seri entitled to participate in the European pligrimages. Of these 6,730, or a B:Ee more than half, have signified their de- sire to go either this year or next. The War Department estimates that the expenses will average $840 each. Con- | Paign gress has just appropriated $5,000,000~ odd to meet the expenses. Senator Harrls and those who share his view contend that it is rank discrimin: to give one mother a European e R lve e cas Wi stay behind. * ok K Back in the early nineties Senator Gallinger of New Hampshire, & national figure of his era, once held the floor of the Senate for three con- secutive days delivering a speech on the subject, “American Tariffs From Plym- outh Rock to McKinley.” It is a tariff classic. Near the close of the third day the Senator paused for breath and remarked, “In a brief discussion like this it is impossible to examine the tariff question in all its detafls.” From this it may be seen that pro- longed tariff debate is no new phenome- non. After nearly a year of it the pres- ent Congress is now pretty well talked out on the tariff, and a final vote on the bill in the Senate is now near at hand, probably before the Ides of March, * k% % Just as the name of Dr. Harvey W. Wiley will ever be associated with the crusade of a decade ago for pure foods and drugs, so history may preserve the name of Representative Sol Bloom as the man who insured to the Nation uniformly true and accurate clinical thermometers. The New York member has put in a bill to set up a Federal licensing system for thermometer man- SR s, 0 B o e ections e! and important instruments. % (Copyright, 1930.) vi|A Plea for Starlings As Our Benefactors To_the Editor of The Star: For some time, during the con- troversy which has been waged in n over the “to be or not to of the innocent offender, the ing, I have been tempted to sug- to those of my generation to to the days when the ugly caterpillar was about to destroy our city trees, so that in sheer des- peration we appealed to England for the gift of few of the so-called ‘“pesky birds.” Some disagreeable child- hood memories are of certain strolls that I took along “the sidewalks of New York,” where I would take on several dozen caterplllars as com- panions, and where the trees were bar- ren. Can we not think better, if not well, “of bridge which carries us safely ove and make some provision for our English friends? I have never seen a bird in Rock Creek Park, except in cages. Perhaps some of “the scientioys objectors” method "’ by hai dl Mw:!lnd rmless be only their ovn;fl::r. be” starl it e Nor Bulge. . From the Asheville Times. ‘The benmm to curb sona and ernment extravagance con- :g-vw budgets that won't budge. —_————— Both Dry Subjects. From the Tulss World. one respect: prescril Te- ‘Dropping’ Wages Would Go Up. Prom the Cleveland Plain Dealer. ge vote of sald Congress by her arguments against recommenda- tions sent to the Congress by the na- tional board, D. A. R., with said board’s indorsement. Ada H. Davidson writes that she “was not allowed to discuss national defense” in her chapter. This is the first time I have ever heard of such a timid D. A. R. as this one, Ada H. Davidson. I am a chapter regent. Free speech “Is free in every chapter meeting in the Union.” “Not allowed sented o, the BEARG poiut by the pe- sent e g point pa~- triots of the Revolution and equally re- sented by their descendants in the D. A. R. ranks whom I have known, and I have been active in the D. A. R. organi- zation for 23 years, Ada H. David- play |son is evidently not a true descendant of her brave patriot z;n:esm&lar fi was afraid speak er chaptar her own_confession. Ada Davidson is as far off in her knowledge and judg- ment of national defense, the naval conference and of Mrs. Virginia Speel’s o it e B4 3 owle . agree rs. Speel that some college professors should be investigated. MAUD L. GREENAWALT, Regent, Ruth Brewster Chapter, D. A. R. Communists in U. S. Many More Than 6,000 To the Editor of The Star: The Star editorially stated recently that persons in position to know placed the number of Communists in the United States at 6,000. ‘The World Almanac for 1930 gives the number of Communist votes cast in 34 States in the general election of 1928. ‘The total was 48,770, This was not, of course, the total number of Communist legal voters. More than 100,000 persons to be legal citizens signed the several petitions to place the Communist ticket on the ballot a brief can- pared in the 1928 general election in the State of Michigan. ‘The Communist International Year Book (official), published in London in July, 1929, gives the number of sub- bers of Communist official papers the United States a year ago as 170,000, in addition to shop papers with & total circulation of 45,000. The Workers' (Communist) Party is now conducting a seven-week cam- for new dues-paying members, ‘The _results by districts are ited in the Dally Worker, national munist organ. The number of dues-pay=- ation | ng 2| short will enroll more new members than The Star has been informed there are Com- munists in the United States. ‘The number of dues-paying members of the Workers' (Communist) Party of America is given in the International Year Book as 13,000 on January 1, 1928. | 214 ‘This does not mean the total number of Communists. There are fewer regu- lar dues-paying members of either of the old political parties. These dues range from $6 a year up. These mem- bers constitute merely.the professional workers of the party, the central committees of the les. day in November 10,000 paid admission fees of 50 v l:) attend the memorial meeting Madison Square Gar- den, New York. The gate receipts were $6,000, and & collection of $1,500 addi~ Honal was taken up in the audience. What other political party could show such evidence of strength? How many Republicans or Democrats in New York would pay such admission to a rfly celebration addressed by local speakers? ‘There are two national Communist organizations in the United States in addition to the official Workers' Party. The Workers' Party has 16 or more subsidiaries under Communist control. One of these, the International Labor Defense, which at its recent convention in Pittsburgh cabled loyalty to the Mos- leadership, has 10,000 dues-paying d claims 50,000 active mb-ldh;{a-. On!: n;r munist Miners' n, a split-off from the United Miners’ !"edemt?on. has 19,- 000 members. The Communist 'l‘:xx N troubl has several thousand members, a5 It may be added that the time the nmgfiwvemment, which refused to 3 thrown by Trotsky and Lenin, the Com- munist party in Russia had only 25,000 members. Even today it has only 1,304,~ 000 members, or about 1 per cent of the total population of Russia. ‘These are from official and authentic sources. Nouzl.nt‘h is to be gained by underestimating the strength of those who are committed to the cause of overthrowing the American Govern- ment by violence. Much may be lost by treating such a fanatical force too lightly, as Kerensky did. WALTER 8. STEELE. Suspects Marauder Is Tammany Tiger B L T H ; f 2 4 2 il H i g cial Com- | e them, the Com-| th ). .tnmmmmm-s&n‘n Q‘mwt:'a street car to in gof —H. B, ulmycdkdt\w“dm Q. What ‘.7“}: dsMDln on the new airmail stamp?—N. 8. D. A. The ngw purple 5-cent airmail stamp has a central design which is a reproduction of the insignia of atrmail globe, with extended wings on either side, with rays of light forming the The Q‘e establisned. g’x zm:lm 1. un‘m en —1. '::2 It was established in Loulsville in 1. Q. Can a person be punished for vio- lating the prohibition enforcement act by both the State and Federal govern- ments?—M. N. g, L o cmilar the: Mpvacs feiting an Ing , tion of law may bear both national and local aspects. Q. What American in early history uupegmu?m_’ m%my by riding down a stee] BT A? Israel Putnam, who was surprised by the British under Tryon at Horse- neck, Connabm l12§dmptm;hl|\'al'hme g dashing down a :’u horse. Later he overtook Tryon and captured 50 prisoners. Rii'!‘- & i} §xs uce eon within the chimney from cooling. remedy consists in stopping up all open= ings into the chimney that are not in use. Q. Can a trumpet er double on & globe bears the | opinio called the em the disposition of the h t:;x:uum‘ other organs necessary for producing & muncur‘:one. ‘To the embouchure, which is really the shaping of the lips to the aperture, or mouthpiece, of an instrument, is due not only the quality of sound produced, but also cer- tain slight variations in pitch, which enables the player to preserve accurate intonation. In the trumpet espec pend on the embouchure. Q. How much butter will 100 pounds °1A. 'l'h':“D!;p‘n'mh t of ent of says that the amount of milk required to make one ind of butter depends ity of the milk. Ordi- contains from 3 Consequent Q.mwlmmuonummblle. maki stronger than wooden ones?—J. W. R. A. Wire wheels are considered stronger than wooden ones, because they have more resiliency. spokes are apt to crack or split under sudden strain caused by bumps in the road, while wire spokes durable. Q. Who wrote “Drink With Thine Eyes”?—C. A. A. A. It is from the Greek of Philo- stratus, translated by Ben Jonson. Q. Are the parents of Dorothy Ar- nolg. the missing girls, still living?— A. On December 28, 1928, Mrs. Mary Parks Arnold, widow of Francis R. Ar- nold and mother of Doro Arnold, died of heart disease. Arnold Vi at the age of 17 on December 10, 1910. Q. How is & marcel iron tempered?— N. 8. H. . A. First heat to s high degree and dip it in olive oil, rinse water, and it is ready for use. g. vxv)o the planets have atmospheres? "'A. The planets do_have atmospheres. Ommfimp of Venus have led to the conclusion that its is more Lauded as High praise for her public service is offered the first woman member of the United States Senate as death ends the career of Mrs. Rebecca Latimer Felton at the age of 94. Her long career, which in | included support of both suffrage and prohibition, brought her to the public platform at a time when such activity Was rare among women. It is the regret of the Des Moines Tribune-Capital that her service in the mate was not longer, for she deserved more substantial recognition as a “bril- liant woman.” “Mrs. Felton had better credentials than her occupancy of a few hours in the Senate” declares the Savannah Press, emphasizing the fact that in association wigh her husband, Dr. Wil- liam H. Felton, who was in Congress for many ye elected as an independent, ‘his companion and adviser,” “possessed a shrewd talent for “was a vigorous writer,” and that “her printed communications were salty and cogent.” ~The Savannah paper con- tinues: “She was persistent and vigor- ous in her appeals, and, whether one agreed with her or not, one was always impressed with her articles. It was Lucian Lamar Knight who sald Mrs. Felton had written some of the most brilliant letters which have appeared in the newspaper print upon current and general topics since the war.” * Xk K Agreeing that “she was & writer and lecturer of more than State-wide fame,” the Charlotte Observer recalls: “Mrs. Felton got her first taste of public life in 1875, when her husband was |, i ot S, 524 8- com| n, and be- came an active figure in social life at the Capital, incidentally acquiring a taste for politics. On her return to e g ington she deveio a pol tu‘::x that had to be taken into ac- count by the State politicians. Georgia now mourns her as ‘the grand old lady. " A reference to her lpgu.rlm:e in the Senate as “a breath of lavender and lace from t.hpmold Soutrl;," is W t:y e Albany Evening News, e statement that “she held office exactly 22 hours, but in that short time she made a dramatic speech from the floor which ‘blazed the way for womanhood in the Senate.’ But her work went be- yond politics,” continues News. “S8he was a devout church ‘member, in lukewarm | H. Q. Please give a blography of the new President of Mexico.—B. T. N. A. Pascual Ortiz Rubio was born in 1877 in Morelia, in the State of Michoa- it g::lxl“h“ l’1‘-:“}1’:“41 |ootipdun: menf tions. He a e tion. He interested himself in politics when quite young, and has held govern- ment posts and been Minister to Ger- many and Ambassador to Brazil He was elected President of Mexico Novem- ber 17, 1929, and inaugurated Fel 5, 1930, and hold office until De- cember 1, 1934, completing the unex- pired term of the late Alvaro Obregon. Q. To what college did Admiral Byrd go?—F. P. McC. A. Rear Admiral Byrd attended V. M I from b&m [ “}.oo'l;nynlumly of . was gradu- -uir=1.nh. from the United States Naval Academy in 1912. Q. In what was Nlatt TBe(m'c hristmas™ ‘A 1t 'was written in 1822, Q. Was the London Naval Confer- ence opened with prayer?—E. M. A. A. It was not opened with prayer, out of deference to the Japanese representa~ tive, 'Twas the written?— First Woman in U. S. Senate Polit_ical session of the two houses—an honor it never. before had bestowed upon 3 ‘woman." * ok k% “She made a speech on the floor of the United States Senate which remains a landmark and a prophecy,” avers the Providence Journal, quoting her words to the lawmakers: “‘When the women of this country come in and sit with you, though there may be but very few that you will get ability, integrity of purpose, you will get exal patriotism and you will get unstinted usefulness.’” The Journal and the Be- loit Daily News both refer to the can- didacy of Mrs. Ruth Hanna McCormick as the next step to that taken by Mrs. Felton, and the latter remarks: ‘“The spirited campaign being currently waged by Mrs. McCormick in Illinois presages the time not far distant when there ;':lrLI:e women serving full terms in the < “Her appointment was entirely unso- licited,” saye the Memphis Commercial Appeal, predicting that she will have “a Emminene page in any history that shall be written concerning the woman'’s rights movement in the United States.” The Hartford Times states that “she acquitted herself in the 22 hours that she was a member of the Senate in such & manner nn:“ lh:: lucm from among women proud of very brief record,” while the How John Joy Edson Made the Water Flow To the Editor of The Star: mind, should not go unrecorded. number of years ago it was my tune to be one of a small party, cluding Mr, Edson, spending a 10-day outing in a camp on one of the Range- ley Lakes. On taking a m%m with him along one of the that ran by the camp, we came upon one of those watering places common in try districts, consisting of a half head sunk in the temperance lecturer, pioneer in women's As is club and suffrage, advocate of school improvement and social welfare work. Mrs. Felton was one of the most distinguished women the South has pro- duced since the Civil War, South has good reason to mourn her passing. * Kk % “Ablest politiclan in wisest and shrewdest” is the The whole | 1655 Edson. There was a public uf was not functioning properly, was contrary to his habit to pass by unheeding. a minute or so each had his coat off— I for very shame’s sake—and in a short Was | time the trough was cleared and the the greatest prowess in the combat was to be voted adhe f the E8BEE2R i sl § it water flowing unhindered into the