Evening Star Newspaper, March 14, 1930, Page 8

. A-8 THE EVENING STAR With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C FRIDAY.........March 14, 1980 e THEODORE W. NOYES. ...Editor e O S gerr Coment "l‘ 3 Pennsy! : Ave. New 2 3 43pd i Sl e i Ve City. ver month 60¢ per month Rate R.Hlfl—rl!lbh in Advance. ryland and Vir, h.l mo.. % It il s, 1] junday only mo.. All Other States and Canada. § AT e aecsatos Frens s sxehsips soried o a - It or not otherwise ered- t wm’.lg s ""’tfl“fix':‘% the local news special " e e A itk Pushing Ahead Vigorously. Another encouraging advance in the movement to Americanize the Wash- irgtonian is seen in the unanimous favorable report of the District Com- missioners on the joint resolution pro- posing through constitutional amend- ment national representation for the District of Columbia. The Commissioners state that it is their refully considered opinion” that the proposal applies a fundamental American principle to the residents of the District of Columbia and is in strict conformity with the constitu- tional provision regarding the exclusive legislative control by Congress of the velopment is that such opposition is ex- presse® in the hope of throwing & mon- key-wrench into the machinery that will jam the works; tie up the Cramton bill in the mase of discussion over the feasibility of the plans for power and navigation development. To tie up the Cramton bill indefinitely might mean the irretrievable loss of Great Falls and the Potomac Gorge for park develop- ment. Representatives of the power inter- ests sought last night to have the Jad- win report on park-and-power develop- ment introduced. They also asked that Maj. Brehon Somervell, United States District Engineer, be summoned and asked to present his vievs. There is no great objection to either of these moves, except that the Jad- win report and the concurring views of Maj. Somervell are not germane. When Gen. Jadwin made his report favoring power-and-park development, his views represented the opinion of one member of the National Capital Park and Plan- ning Commission, as against the views of the nine other members. This minority view is of no importance in relation to the expressed opinion of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission, which has gone on record, nine to one, for park development of the Potomac, as provided in the Cram- ton bill. Maj. Somervell's views can be judged by & former statement that “the Cram- ton bill * * * will prevent the provision of modern facilities and will involve a waste of $100,000,000 of the country’s resources in eliminating navigation and power development on the river. There is no reason to sacrifice these two high- ly important interests, as an equally beautiful and far more useful park can be provided in the vicinity of Great Falls in combination with power and navigation than can one with the river in its present state.” Leaving to the engineers the methods seat of government. They declare em- phatically that “the passage of the Joint resolution and any subsequent legislation thereunder makes no change in the local government.” Referring in definite terms to the provision of the proposed amendment to the Constitution that would power Congress to admit to the status of citiaens of a State the residents of the District of Columbia for the sole purpose of representation in the Con- gress by one or two Senators, and by Representatives in the House of Representatives as determined by the extent of population, and in the electoral coliege, the Commissioners state that in their judgment there exists no sound reason for withholding such increase of power, and that the effect on the District of Columbia would be beneficial. They are unable to see any possible partisan political issue involved in this matter for the reason that local leaders of both major political parties are outspoken in its advocacy. s The public-spirited and patriotic Americans of the National Capital com- munity who have been hoping and working earnestly for the recognition of these basic American rights should feel encouraged in the first place by the Teference of this matter to the District Commissioners for their opinion, and secondly, for the clean-cut report made by the Commissioners thereon. It is through such successive encouragements that final success in this campaign is assured. Senator Capper, in a recent address, closed with these stirring words, which | cannot be too often repeated: In this commendable war ...m':"rfi'm of autocracy, peculiarly mz to patriotic Americans, you that your test enemy is in- Y ment of the was worth fighting representation for the District of Co- lumbia. And I am confident that finally your campaign will be victorious, as it Well deserves to be. The report of the District Commis sloners is a distinctly helpful contribu- N ever for, it is national of computing this $100,000,000 waste, it is difficult to understand how the Cram- ton bill, which merely preserves the river and its shores in their natural state, constructs roadways and possibly provides a bridge across the stream, in any way endangers or prohibits power and navigation development if and when their proponents are able to convince Congress that both are economically necessary. In the interval, the taxpayers are taking no chances now in acquiring the land along the Potomac, preserving its beauties and holding on to it against the time when necessity may force them to put it to other uses. e Parliamentary Politics. Premier Macdonald survives the at- tacks made upon his ministry at Lon- don. A vote of 308 to 235 defeated a motion of censure made by Stanley Baldwin, former premier and leader of the Conservative party. It is therefore sssured that the Labor ministry will continue for & time in charge of the British government and that the Lop- don Conference on naval limitation will not collapse for the lack of sponsorship. ‘The other day a vote in Commons, in committee, on the pending coal bill was unfavorable to the ministry. The THE EVEN of the Federal organization. Every sep- arate income tax return has to be scru- One factor stands in the way of fore- handedness in filing the income tax re- turns—a check must accompany ft. And there are many people who object to [ THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. paying bills before penalties begin to| W run on the ground that they are “losing interest” thereby. Of course, as a mat- ter of fact, there is not one out of 10,- 000 income taxpayers who lose & cent of interest by drawing checks ahead of time, for such checks are drawn upon non-interest bearing accounts. What- ever may be the satisfaction derived from withholding payments until the last hour, of just getting in under the wire, as it were, it is not at all equal to the satisfaction of getting rid of a troublesome and inescapable task well ahead of time. At all events, those who made their returns a week or a fortnight 8go arée much happier than those who have put off this duty and who must perform it between now and tomorrow night. ———— More than a dozen prominent in- dividuals and firms are mentioned as organizing to carry on the business of the theater of which the late A. L. Erlanger was so responsible a head. There will be no doubt concerning a generous supply of executive ability. All that will be needed to establish an American theater on brilliant creative lines will be the discovery of some more authors and of players capable of in- terpreting them. ————— Prices of agricultural products give the farmer an opportunity to under- stand something about the worries of that arch enemy, Wall Street. There may be as much financial uncertainty about grain as there is about stocks and bonds. ————— A New York magistrate, Albert Vitale, has explained that he made a fortune of $166,000 in four years o. t of real estate. Manhattan is proud of the fact that its rock-ribbed land is capsble of rapid rise in value, even though it contains no ol ——e— In discussing arrangements for peace 50 many different varieties of pact are suggested that complete plans for ine ducing the entire human race to live like “one happy family” are necessarily delayed. ———————— It is at least permitted Mahatma Gandhi to conduct his demonstrations in India without having Soviet delega- tions breaking into the picture and claiming entire responsibility for the proceedings. . ——————— European finances might appear less complicated if some of the famous educational institutions of the Old World would include plain, straight- forward business college courses. ——— A carefully conducted institution of learning is likely to require the services of all kinds of Doctors, including the business doctor. premier promptly announced that he would not regard this as a denial of confidence and that he and his ministry would not resign unless they were de- feated on a major issue. He virtually challenged the opposition to propose ouster through a vote of censure. This challenge was accepted, with the re- sult of yesterday's vote favorable to the ministry. In these proceedings the Liberals in Commons hold the balance of power. Lioyd George’s party, lacking his im- mediate leadership in person through his iliness, is taking no chances on a reversal of the ministry, which would result in an “appeal to the country” or a general election. Such an election was held last Spring and evicted the Conservatives from power. Another might conceivably restore the Conserva- tives. Certainly there is little likelihood tion to the extensive literature on the subject of national representation, and should be of real aid to its advocates as a concise and clear statément of the case. A sense of humor still assists the American temperament through passing difficulties. Even at the moment when care-worn citizens are applying them- selves to income tax calculations the most popular fun is that which dis- cusses the procedure in a choice spirit ©of serio-comedy. ———— The Park or Power Issue. Hearings on the Cramton park bill which began last night befere the Sen- ate District committee served to em- phasize the sharp line of cleavage between opponents and proponents of this important measure in so far as it affects Great Falls and the gorge of the Potomac. ‘While the opposition, representing power interests, was not given time last night fully to explain its side of the case, that time eventuaily will be given. But its line of attack is pretty well known by now. Divested of the numerous arguments on both sides, the issue before Congress now is whether the Cramton park bill, which in effect establishes a priority for park purposes in developing Great Falls and leaves the question of power and navigation development for future settlement, is to be passed now, or whether power development now i to be given priority, with the park scheme relegated to the inferior position of being made to fit in where it can with the plans for commercial development. That is the issue for this reason: ‘The Cramton bill is not a power bill, but a park bill. It provides for park development of Great Falls and the Potomac Gorge, but it does not shut out or eliminate the possibility of com- mercial development of these areas at some future time when it may be of a Liberal victory. This escape from censure and defeat is tantamount to notice by the Liberal party that the Laborites are remaining in power on sufferance. The day may come when it will be to the advantage of the Georgeites to throw the final challenge, to precipitate the defeat and ouster of the Labor government and, with a general election resulting, to go after a plurality if not a majority of Commons seats, for return to power. But the Labor party is not to be ex- tinguished by any such maneuver, and even if the Liberal party were to gain more seats in Commons than the Con- servatives, in a general-election, it could hardly expect .to secure better than a plurality, with the Laborites as balance of power, thus being precisely in the position that the Liberals are today. Short ‘of a coalition, definite and com- plete, between the Liberal and Labor parties England must continue on a three-party basis of political govern- ment. But David Lloyd George is not amenable to any proposal to unite the two organizations which are naturally akin. Perhaps as long as he survives this consummation will remain impos- sible. - Assertions are made that the Nation is more temperate than ever before. This would imply that the gossips are working with unprecedented assurance and industry. Literally the last call for income tax returns! Tomorrow is the final day on which they can be filed without penalty. ‘With all the warnings, notices and pub- licity on the subject, there still are many procrastinators who have not yet written in the figures, as Andy says, and who, indeed, have no figures ready. To- morrow they will probably make a last- minute go at the business and turn in something that will pass for returns. ‘They will be fortunate if later they are not called on the carpet for faulty economically justified. If, as the power interests desire, the question of im- mediate power development is settled now, the only alternatives would be legislative authority for this power de- velopment, or legislative prohibition of power development. The former would subjugate park development. The lat- ter would not be binding upon future Congresses, for twenty years hence an- other Congress could take action re- versing the action of this Congress and permit power development. ‘The only good reason that one can advance for opposition to the Cramton T A ve bl by the proponents of power de- flling would greatly facilitate the Work i in Februsss, *’t reckoning. It is Briand's opinion that the London parley will end within a fortnight. It will have to work very fast or else be prepared for future sessions. * ————— SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. The General Deception. Oh, many a man has sneered at song As but a slight and trivial thing, Who when with a convivial throng Has desperately tried to sing. And many a man you've heard declare That politics brought fickle fame. Yet there was none among them there ‘Who did not long to try the game. And many a man in scoffing pride Has railed at “poetry” as guff. But is there one who hasn't tried At some time to compose the stuff? And many a man who jeered at wealth And vowed no wise one felt its lack Lost sleep and jeopardized his health Endeavoring to pile up a stack. “Contentment,” so serenly praised With a philosophy immense, ' May prove when once the mask is raised A shallow and a sad pretense. Occasional Standstill. “A member of Congress should always keep in the middle of the road and go straight ahead.” “Not alwa; replied Senator Sor- ghum. “There are times when he is required to stop, look and listen.” Tenacious Memories. “Wasn't there something about a promise to love, honor and obey in that marriage ceremony?” asked Mr. Meek- ton. “My goodness, Leomidas! You are like some of those politicians who never quit talking about a party platform.” Uninterrupted. Now base ball chat is on parade, With wit and sapience profound. ‘The season’s short in which it's played, But it is talked the whole year ‘round. Keeping, Busy. “Does your family approve of your dancing?” “No,” replied Miss Cayenne, gloomily. “They say I'm too old-fashioned. The dances I know are at least six weeks behind the times. “Money,” sald Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown, “is a power which philoso~ remain supreme so long as beautiful women respect it.” World Full of Hamlets. “The times are out of joint!" Said Hamlet with a sigh. We make the self-same point He made in years gone by. We face the same old plight Friend Hamlet used to nurse. Postponement of the work of making out an income tax return never made it any easler. In fact, it always makes it harder. In the case of practicaily all who file individual returns the job could be done at any time within the first fortnight of January as far as the com- pliation of data is concerned. Yet the great majority of individual returns are filed in the last fortnight of the period before closing date. While nobody, of course, takes into consideration the convenience of the Government, still it is a fact that earlier We try to set things right And often make them worse. “You can't always tell 'bout de power a man has,” said Uncle Eben, “by de airs he puts on. A drum major looks like he was leadin’ de percession when, as a matter of fact, he has to step lively to keep f'um bein’ pushed.” It's a Warm Issue. From the Detroit News. The old argument over whether In- dian or Novem- settled. It phers profess to despise, but which will | from nothing consisten almost & necessity of the human mind and spirit, surely the inanimate things of Nature may be permitted a like caprice. Out of the clouds roar tornadoes at the will of nothing more tangibl barometric “highs” and “lows,” duly charted by meteorologists and tele- graphed to the four winds of the cities. Certain combinations of temperature and moisture, plus n;:m winds, give SNOWS, ), 8] variations the National Capital, sit- uated on the Potomac River, and not §0 very far from Chesapeake Bay and the great Atlantic Ocean, must neces- sarily take its share. Such changes in weather, such_ ex- tremes as Spring one day and Win- ter the next, ought to be accepted as part of things as they are, without undue use being made of them as con- versational material. ‘We are in too much haste to dwell Shien Yiatnfy, they are not, and 86 W] ly y are we hnx nothing else much to talk about, which, sadly enough, is often the truth. One would not go so far as to say that the state of the weather is not interesting. Thhez very pé:la of vtlt::c'flb ing indicates ti op) X one wguld say, however, is that exception- able emphasis should not be placed upon the weather here, as if by some stras freak of Nature this city were cursed with a private brand unknown to other cluem‘l e Every reader knows how other com- munities of the country are treated every Summer to a series of stories about_the “terrible heat” of Washing- ton, D. C. The moss-covered details of how eggs were once cooked on our asphalt streets are served up with fresh garnishments. One may look forward this Summer to hearing about those eggs being cooked on the peak of the Washington Monument. act is that Washington is hot hotter in Summer than scores of other cities, that its Winter weather is much more equitable than hundreds of places know, that its Springs are no more be- hind time here than elsewhere, that sudden changes and extremes up and down the thermometer occur no more frequently in the District of Columbia than in adjacent Maryland, Virginia and other States. Most of us who live here are becom- ing rather tired of the effort made out- side our fair city to “play up” our weather as if it were some monstrous variety totally unknown in more favored localities where God smiles more be- nignly upon His creatures. ‘We suspect that our weather, as such, is remarKably, if not exactly, like that of other communities, and we are com- ing to be rather “fed up,” as the phrase has it, on these persistent efforts to make the National Capital out to be a queer cross between an oven and a hydrant. * % % % ‘The_fault lies not in our weather, dear Brutus, but curse our brand of weather. We suffer neither from hurricanes nor tornadoes, nor floods, yet find it necessary to growl about what we cannot help, when all the time we refuse to meet the prob- lems which we might solve. Among these are attention to dresc, house and office heating, food, mental outlook, and a right determination to | Ni make the best of matters as they come, since by mothing can we change the actual weather conditions themselves. This city is blessed with a freshness of air, due to our comparatively short distance from the sea, combined with its exact situation on the river and distance the mountains, which is plainly perceptible to visitors upon their enf into Wasl . The 258 of air here is felt more easily in ‘The attention of the country fis focused to an unusual degree upon the selection of the new member of tho Supreme Court to fill the vacancy occa- sioned by the sudden and premature death of Justice Sanford of Tennessee. Many of the “liberals” are clamoring for the appointment of Judge William 8. Kenyon of Iowa. But there is a strong presumption that in view of the present, geographical complexion of the court, Mr. Hoover's nominee will come le than | as , and in ‘these | f Autumn, of course, but may be experi- NG STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, MARCH 14, 1936. ; IFnher_Approves Military Drill in the High Schools To the Editor of The Star: enced at all times of the year by those | tarism in who are fair in such matters. Sneering at one's weather does little good. The facts of the thermometer stand sure, only influenced the ac- tual conditions which sway ti mer- cury up or down its vertical glass ‘Washington's weather is chan only in ‘the degree to whicl “weather” is subject to change. It is, eviously stated, the exact “brand” which nearby Maryland and Virginia experience. who take (or listen to) the health exercises broadcast ew York City know that the State are_al- ‘mornin from :.recuu read for that trl'tl:%lo( Co{:,mhll‘.n ose who regularly correspond with the folks back in the States of Indians, Ohio, Illinois, know that the weather iys precisely those read for the Dis- | barisms there and here is amazingly similar, ex- | I cept that out there they nyt it generally | soon became evident one to two days before we get it here. ‘There is nothing unique in Washing- ton's so-called ;‘cllnn"en*ble weather.” ‘Those interested in the health of the Nation declare that changeable weather c}m&mom make for greater resistance of e cessity for the skin and other organs (lornl.:o, luxl:‘:'&rlln, not just a cove T adjustments to Ifl. jved. ol life as it 15 1 In these necessary adjustments every person may help himself by keeping his mind as cheerful as le—notice that we append “as possible” to “cheet- ful.” The day of unrestricted cheer is It _does little good to tell & ma: to “be brave,” “be. courageous,” ‘be good”; what may help is to show him the advantages of being as brave, courageous, good as possible, and sug- gesting a few practical means of se- curing those ends. In the matter of the weather there is little doubt that a cheerful ac ance of changes as they come, with & full mental recognition of the mely give the body, especially the ski will help toward securing physical an mental health. Next to intellectual co-operation with the weather, if one may put it that way, comes the necessity for dressing to sult the changes. There is little ques- tion that the women have this problem much better than men. Their standard underdress much the same the year around. Changes in temperature are met by the simple expedient of wearing more or less outer clothes, as the case may de- mand. Men commonly wear heavier underwear in the Winter, and one tcoat, which does not give & sufficient difference in apparel to meet the changes. ‘The question of house and office heal-. ing is another matter which experience suggests might be improved upon. Most homes and all offices are overheated. This is not cnly a waste of fuel, but a cause. of an nsible tion, which, upon condensation open air, helps cause colds. The difficulty of getting room heat to suit one is it B e T S mi o institution of impartial MMIII:YI in every office which would take emm such :chlnp a8 room temperature, , ete. Food plays no small part in one's ability to_meet weather o cially in Winter. To date branch of science has been little studied, and is only coming to be known at all to the mass of the people. Time, however, will bring 1t to a perfection which will eonl:?:uu largely to the health of the habits, surviv- the United States was primarily an g, cultural-working Nation, will give place to more rational habits, based upon' our changed conditions. The outlook for this work is unlimited, since its success will benefit the mental as well as the physical hygiene of the people. In this as in other matters, however, the people must co-operate. in ourselves if we | ajr, sonal reference: “I coun ilege to have been born wit of the boyhood home of two respects early career thing in g with left the borders of India: with me than did the Great pator.” Chairman Huston's address also contained very flattering references to Senators Watson and Robinson of from south of the Mason-Dixon line, | In and in view of the political complexion of the court, the President is being strongly pressed to name a Democrat. At the moment .mdfe John J. Parker of North Carolina, of the United States Circuit Court, a Republican, is being tipped as the most likely choice, but Mr. Hoover has indicated that he is not going to be hasty in reaching a deci- sion, and the fleld is still opsn. Sen: tor Walter F. Geor,e of Georgia is celving strong backing from his Dems cratic senatorial colleagues for promo- tion to the Supreme bench. On the basis of age, experience, legal attain- ments, “liberal” viewpoint and geo- graphical and political status he is en- titled to a high rating. But the Sena- tor's conspicuous part in the Senate fight on Chief Justice Hughes seems apt to militate against his chances for a place on the court at the present juncture. It may finally appear that the Georgia Democrat, in his zeal fer liberalizing the court, talked himself out of an opportunity to participate in the reformation. * ok ok K Heber J. Grant of Salt Lake City, head of the Mormon Church, found himself unexpectedly in the limelight this week, when Senator Blaine of Wisconsin professed to see a possible connection between the Mormon elder’s visit to Washington and the Senate re- versal on the sugar duty. The church head is a business man of large affairs, not the least of which is beet sugar. Blaine thought the lobby probe com- mittee ought to quiz Mr. Grant, but the fuss proved a_flash in the pan. The Utah man, now in his 76th year, has been a member of the Latter-day Saints, Council of Twelve, since 1882, and president of the council since 1916, and modest biographical sketch in “Who's Who" lists three wives. Accord- ing to this record he married the first in ts‘v. the second on May 26, 1884, and ;2:4 third on the following day, May 27, il 4 Postmaster General Brown has at last reluctantly yielded to the importunities New England and autl d the issuance of a special commemorative postage stamp incident to the Tercen- tenary celebration this year of the establishment of the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1630. The stamp of 2-cent denomination, bearing a reproduction of the original seal of the colony, in which the standing figure of an Indian is the most conspicuous feature, will make its appearance within a few weeks. Now drive is on for the minting of a commemorative Tercentenary 50-cent coin. A special act of Congress is neces- sary to accomplish this, but that pre- liminary formality is in process, in the face of mild protest from the Treasury Department. The proposed design for the coin carries the profile of a Puritan maiden on its face, and depicts on its reverse the good safled into the harbor at 300 years ago bearing the the Massachusetts Bay Colony. IR Chairman Claudius Huston of the Republican national committee, in the address he prepared for delivery before the Indiana Republican Editors’ Asso- Salem, Mass., clation last week, paid & high tribute to | win the immortal Lincoln as a founder of the Republican %‘M in that eon- nection made the following modest per- | stationed at the camp all ship Arabella, which | Ro) * ok x* ‘The friendly sectional rivalries and Jealousies of members of Congress crop out in the most unexpected places. The menu card in the Capitol restaurant of :::h:!oun has .nliecegtly listed “Baked potato” “Special Cotuit Oys- ;en" in red ink. !‘uch "w daho was easing representa- tives from Maine, where potatoes are also raised, and members from oyster areas along the Atlantic Sea- board did not relish the special em- phasis on Cotuit. So the restaurant managers have prudently decided to dispense with all special red-letter list- ings on the menu cards. * ok ok How ill-founded were the innuendoes that the return from the London Naval Conference of Rear Admiral Hilary P. Jones, our technical adviser, was due to dissension and dissatisfac- tion within the American group, rather than to illness, is evidenced by the fact that Admiral Jones has been confined to his bed at the Naval Hospital here ever since his arrival back in this country two weeks ago. His host of friends are encouraged by reports from the hospital that the admiral is resting comfortably, but there is no minimizing the seriousness of his iliness. o v Among other signs betokening the coming of Spring is the unce- ment that a squad of 69 Marines have been this week dispatched to the Hoover fishing camp on Rapidan Creek in Vir- ginia, to resume their patrol duty from now until another Winter rolls around. Twelve Marines, under a non-commissioned officer, have been the past Winter. But the augmented guard is in anticipation of the early resumption of presidential week end visits. (Copyright, 1930.) ————— What to Do With Robbers From the Chattancosa News. ‘Wh we to do about the people that rob the banks? A few years ago professional bandits were rating so successfuly in Texas that the bankers of the State, despairing of relief through normal methods of the police, embarked upon a novel plan. ir association made an offer of $5,000 for each robber who was while trying to hold up or burgle a Texas bank. The plan must have had merit to it, for minor officials and even humble citizens began to take potshots at hold-up men at- tempting to “stick up” the banks. Con- sequently old-fashioned bank robberies somewhat departed from the social code of Texas crookdom. But what about the men who burgle banks from the inside? In a recent number of his Fountain Inn Tribune, illan calls our attention to bert the fact that so far “nobody has thought . | to offer $5.000 for each dead crook who violates public trust and bankrupts his neighl " “It seems to me,” the South Carolina humorist-philosopher continues, “it would be a gallant ges- ture if the bankers would get together and make a standing offer of that kind. It <chance to give the depositors a of their money. said before that many o truth is spoken in . Robert Quil- lan’s plan is wegth about. { to disease, due to the ne-| have but | and oecu‘;ly rectly, to fold the s and the value of tidin personal mrflncm Militarism is above their Mr. Raymond Wilson of the national committee on militarism in education g“wfledt in stating that the training b practically no military value. He 18 wrong in belle it results in “cre- ating a mind out of harmony with the Kellogg pact.” iniy this s the case in Washington. The cause of peace and the need to eliminate War spirit is t00 precious for its friends | Yermoat, to waste their time shooting at s} A Let them train their guns on solved | nis_posi ne i8 | the most t and heres; . Let the w{fl]flm‘m m)l'ldt peace ce the e " tha daily strives to stir u% enmity between different members of the human family, different flags prompt and emphatic terms displeasure at any outbreaks of jin- goism, speeches or conduct calculated to create misunderstanding and ill feel- Dbetween nations. other two boys have been taught, I_mtg;n. all needed lessons X Land, Labor and Money Factors in Production To tHe Rditer of The Star: ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. A. Massachusetts is the only State having exactly this. But the American Automobile Association, through its national committee of 17, has dra a model, known as the A. A. A. safety responsibility bill, as s substitute plan for compulsory automobile insus , The following States have enacted the bill in whole substantial iples : New York (in whole), New l(‘:n.\.ltvmh. Connecticut, Io . Wha U, | by tn Sowth The d | lawr—S. L. I of standardizaf individuals; improvement aling with criminals; ment of full sex equality; extension of child welfare measures; purification of politics; abolition of special privilege; conservation of natural resources for the people; substitution of temperance for prohibition. t is the duty on a Panama hat America?—M. B. A duty would be 50 per cent of the cost of the hat. Q. Is there a bill before Congress for a uniform marriage and divorce A. Buch a bill has been introduced the Senate by Senator Capper of No action has been taken. i progressing daily. It includes & eom- ation exhibit . What is it call! & perso; > R A T S spemon A. It likens the person to Babbitt, the leading character in Sinclair Lewis' book of that name. Babbitt was a self-suffi- 08t n:::';gn'-h oy m nt person his own estimation. i Q. What is a newspaper circulation worth per thousand?—T. 8. A. The worth of a newspaper’s circu- lation depends its character, the extent to which it covers its fleld and other factors. Expe: of one large group of ne pers have that the average subscriber is worth at least $15 in actual cash to any newspaper .l'n‘d ‘glh“ the l’u&cfll:,e‘r 1!1 k:m ‘who Vs a paper month a onth, indefinitely. Q. Who is the man who gave & fted | Shakespeare collection to the eity of Washington?—J. M. room, ion_gal- oy et o, b g bethan theater. The completed devel- opment is estimated at $1,500,000. Q. What is a chantyman?—L. T. A. The chantyman is no more. He was the chorister of the old ship. He sang the lines of the chanties and the crew joined in the chorus, perform- their tasks as ti sang. There were pulling low.wmum’x.m ting and furling safl, pummn& b.% out. Some were intended ig- [ the men while getting up the anchor. w Hearings Produce Various Reactions of The Star, Mr. | prol inequalities of social service and benefi! Beautiful! The only thing lacking is the modus operandi! Like so many budding sociologists, Mr. Bien just begs his conclusion. This saves r and thought. Htm Mr. Bien vv;r heuno!’::x"l Marx, enry George, or James Hol ‘These three devoted their entire lives to doing he would accomplish by writing one letter to a newspaper. The above prophets differed fundamentally in their specifics for the elimination of cur social evils, of which unemplovm=-* is only one, but they were ali“~ .1 that you cannot lick the devil by anathem: him in one pretty, little, very respectful billet doux! Does Mr. Bien know what James Holdt&'?’f'nnme.'l}:‘d‘ the "?’ntt mflnfitni scientist,” sa! regard to practica ways of work for every one who wants it? Holden, with far more perspicacity than any of our current suggesters of unemployment remedies, assumed that those who are to recelve jobs must be paid! What they are to be pald with doesn’t seem to worry a particle the host of loose thinkers who over their after-dinner coffee condescend to prescribe for our public ills. Mr. Bien categorically states that there is “no shortage of money.” Holden demonstrated with absolute logic and| Wil have facts that the legal tender shortage in the United States amounts to the total of “bank credit” (now some 40 billion dollars): “bank credit” being in reality a huge debt—owed by all industry to the | CUm money lenders—that accurately meas- ures the exact sum of circulating me- dium needed to transact the vast busi- ness of the Nation. “Whert is the money coming from” is the poser which invariably puts a quick quietus upon all aspiring young re- formers who haven't taken the trouble to study the currency and its all-em- bracing connotations. Holden, however, gave the world a rom| adequate answer. He said: [onel productive land, or public utili- tles, such as the raflroads, until enough cash is placed in circulation to drown bank debt and thus enable employers to carry on business and pay the “help” without constant fear of financial break- down and panics—panics now due to the exacting of billions and billions of dol- lars by dealers in money who “toil not neither do they spin.” Unemployment, or what is much bet- ter called “chance employment,” would then become a thing unknown. As Holden so aptly put it: There are three factors in production, land, labor and money. We have no fault to find with either land or labor. Then the third factor, money, must logically take all the blame! fiCTOR MARSDEN. One Exception. From the Omaha World-Herald. But 13 isn’t an unlucky number when they are all of the same suit. What'll It Prove? From the San Antonio Express. ~ Television has just transmit an im-fa 20,000 miles. Soon half the world can see for itself how the other half lives. — et He Wasn’t Thrown Hard. From the Savannah Press. e The Prince of Wales has developed | States have R or los few comments that * “The arguments familiar,” u‘{- News. “Yetit isa ‘god them full opportunity to air It would be a great this hearing before the mittee were to develop on both sides a it of fairness and tion. it would be ible for all to live in harmony.” Kalamazoo Gazette concludes: “When the hearings are brought to an_ei the country will have .:anur b, compilation of arguments on wet-dry issue, pro and con and in between, and both sides themselves to & plished is, of course, & cannot be answered until the “We cherish the hope,” Syracuse Herald, “that committee hearings will better spirit and lead to derstanding ween schools of Da; Fowr u that Qpposing n thought” The yton Dally News advises: “This great nationa! joint debate may result in no in Congress. It will result a the Z e talk [ D by which the human ficod finds ts level. *x x ok “Obviously, both sides are " in the judgment of the Worcester Even! Gazette, which offers the explanation: “The fanatic and near-fanatic wets would do well to ponder this i tion: The mass of the people never accept any solution of the lem which does not re ht by prohibition. near-fanatic template one: people will never be features have brought into being are eliminated. “The country, as represented by i citizens.” in the judgment of the Chi- cago Daily News, “is still groping for the right formula. Those who value basic principles of American citizen~ ship will concede that a, majority of all who endeavor to guide their actions by those principles to be right on the prohibition issue, &:olound.ly affected as it s by the fact it prohibition is now imbedded in the Nation's tal law." “Iny ting committees are malaria in Africa. Can it be he neg- lected to carry his quinine? —— vt Faulty Follow Through. From the Indianapolis Star. The chief trouble with the man 1is that when he gu a good he seldom sticks with th amendment because they do know what it has done to me' eounngy." o Bonny Woman Senator Enrolled in Canada Prom the Montreal, Canada, Standard. At last the cruel strain is over. The first woman Senator for Canada has been appointed and she is an excellent choice, Mrs. Norman F. Wilson of Ottawa is young, comely, and a mother of eight. Womanhood and motherhoes are honored in her appointment. S will be an orntisat to the Red Chat ber and the dim- old Senators have a bonny face to look upon. flln ‘Wilson has been a sadutary in- luenc among considerable time. Quiet, un: 3 :ctn:hu.dhlzy. a fine ‘l’e'xem of public sei¥~ ice, never been a haranguer or a clacker. When the office came to her we can well belleve that she was sur- rised, as she had never sought for it, or , or wheedled, as most of the other candidates have been doing. These prn- fessional self-seekers, who have been . great nuisance to Premier King since the R e put in {r place and can now ash their teeth at leisure. e Mrs. Wilson, being in her middle 30s, probably wear well and last a long before her an the Senate Not a Golden Silence. the Tulss Daily World. > There is so much solmu.l Oklahoma that old-timers are n* ing uneasy. There is always o of & twl-tor.a y - 5