Evening Star Newspaper, April 4, 1930, Page 8

THE EVENING STAR With Synday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. FRIDAY..........April 4, 1930 THECDORE W. NOYES....Editor ‘The Evening Star Hmr-w Company iR Bephayiiinta Ave, b hice: 110 Bast 4204 Bt 4 an Bullding. Regent St.. London, o per month i s o S 55wl of R Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virgin 1 d 1yr Bl 0.00; 1280 * Egymmg Sunday. ther States and Canada. dasony AT Member of the Associated Press. The Associated Fress is exclusively entitled use t mo., §8¢ ¥r. $5.00; 1 mo.. th for republication of all news ois- Patehen Sreatiod Lo It ‘ar net aherwise ciea: ted in this pgver and also the lucal vew publisheg herelu. All rjghis of publication of special dispatchés hersin are also reserve Another lyility Muddle. Washington's (piergetic Public Utili- ties Commission must by now have come to the conclusion that all roads lead to the courts. Important deci- slons of the commission relating to street car fares, gas company owner- ship, taxicab regulations; in short, any policy that reaches beyond mere mat- ters of routine is taken out of the commission's hands and rather hope- lessly enmeshed in litigation. Appeal to the courts is not to be denied, but it the Public Utilities Commission is teo function as a regulatory body in- stead of a rubber stamp, it is high time that Congress give serious study to local utility matters as a whole, with the idea of enacting clarifying and definitive legislation. The latest setback suffered by the Public Utilitles Commission concerns its control over interstate busses in the matter of routes to be followed in the city of Washington. Surely there should be no disputing the right of the commission to assign routes and see that they are followed. But what happens when the case is put to the test? Some time ago the commission plant- ed inspectors for five days along a route that busses of the Nevin line were fol- lowing to pick up hotel passeng:rs. Por the five days the busses were found to be following a route not specified by the commis. ion, and with such clear-cut evidence the commission fined the com- pany $200 for each infraction of its rules. The company had the privilege enterprise will be linked in this epoch- making transportation scheme. A few months ago it would have looked like a visionary venture, But when the Graf Zeppelin accomplished trium. phantly its historic voyage around the world, the airworthiness of the dirigible was vindicated. If a lighter-than-air craft of glant dimensions is capable of girdling the globe, its practicability for negotiating a mere 3,000 miles of water on one side of the globe can no longer be seriously questioned. As soon as the traveling public be. comes sufficiently air-minded to think no more of journeying in a plane or & dirigible than starting out in a train or an automoblle, then crossing the ocean in a Zeppelin will be popular and probably will become common. That unquestionably is looking far into the future. There are still timorous souls who hesitate to trust their luck and their lives to steamships. Transatlantie trips in big airships will forthwith attract the adventurous. Their ex- pensiveness—fares will be approximately duoble steamer rates, Dr. Eckener's assoclates state—will automatically keep the average tourist afloat rather than tempt him aloft. But, sooner or later, globe trotters will take to the air as & matter of course. Then, some day, the heavens above the seas will be dotted with dirigible argosies on their regular errands of peace and usefulness. Count Zeppelin did not live to see this, his long-cherished dream, realized, ‘The dream is coming true, as most dreams do when practical experience is harnessed to genius and inspiration. ——— et Highway Safety Responsibility. While no action has been taken by the House District committee on the McLeod bill, which is designed to rid| the eity of the reckless and insolvent ) and judgment-proof motorist, despite the fact that hearings on the measure were held more than two weeks ago and that there is a ecrying need for such legislation in Washington, the Btates and even the Province of On- tario, Canada, are going right ahead to bring about this very desirable motor reform. With twelve States and On- tario now in line and other States busily engaged in a study of the prob. lem, it would appear that there is a unanimity of opinion regarding the reasonableness of the principle sug- gested by the American Automobile Association, which is incorporated in the McLeod bill, that should cause the legislators for the National Capital te speed along {ts enactment here. When the royal commission of On- tario was in Washington to study the safety respons’ ,lity law of the A. A. A., Mr. Justice Hodgins, the chairman of the commission, stressed the point that if Ontario adopted the measure re- of appealing the fine and took the case te Municipal Court. A few days ago the Municipal Court dismissed the case, the general view of the court being that the municipality had failed to show that the busses carried passengers from point to point within the District as contended in the allegation. There was apparently some doubt as to proof that the bussed were common carriers, though what else they could have heen is a question that the befuddled layman must leave to the lawyers. The suit has been appealed and is now pending before the Court of Ap- peals. This case is vitally important be- cause of its general bearing en the question of a bus terminal. The pre- vious personnel of the Public Utilitles Commission held that if a terminal were built, it would order the busses to that terminal, thus assuring the neces- sary patronage. The present members of the commission have informally taken the same view. A municipal bus terminal is apparently out of the ques- tien. But if the bus companies them- selves, or private enterprise, will buiid & terminal, the commission will co- operate to the extent of seeing that busses are routed to it, thus forcing their use of the faeilities provided. But if the commission has no power to route interstate busses, the question of a bus terminal becomes more in- velved than ever. It is hopelessly tangled now. There are six downtown bus terminals, five of them so located that the cumber- some vehicles occupy curbstone space in congested centers. Three of the terminals are on Pennsylvania avenue, . another is on Fourteenth street above Pennsylvania avenue, another at 1338 New Yerk avenue and another at the ‘W., B. & A. Railway station. The busses, or some of them, use more than one terminal. Others visit downtown hotels before starting their runs. The Government building program will put two, probably three, of these so- called terminals out of business entirely ‘They must seek new locations. At the same time traffic congestion in down- town Washington will become steadily worse as the center of Government-office pepulation settles south of the Avenue between Sixth and Fifteenth. New bus lines enter Washington every year. In addition to the lines that feed the suburbs and nearby communi- tigs, there has been rapid growtb in the trunk lines that connect far-distant citles. The problem of housing these wehicles off the street and routing them through less congested traffi> lanes is net going to solve itself any more than the problem of getting the railfoads off the Mall solved itself. It requires definite and vigorous action. A few years 8go the bus industry was an attractive ciprocal relations in the enforcement of it eould be maintained between the province and the adjoining States, The commissioner pointed out, however, that desirable as these reciprocal inter- national relations might be, their estab- lishment would finally rest with the provisional minister of highways. Last night, speaking before the Hamilton Automobile Club, the minister said that plans for international relations between Canada and the United States to pro- vide for the prosecution of motorists wanted for breaking laws on foreign highways were well under way, Ontario already having provided for the auto- matic suspension of permit of any of its own motorists if they are involved in an aecident either in Canada or in this country until they post bonds to cover future damage lighility. Perhaps the Utopia will never be reached in regard te this law—efTective in every State and in every province in Canada with reciprocal relation- ship—but at least great strides have been made to this end. In the two years sinee the American Automobile Association brought out its proposal, practically every State in the Union has studied it and an even dozen have adopted it completely or in part. On- tario has come to it and even Massa- chusetts, the “father” of compulsory long period. Traffic lights were thrown out of erder and great confusion pre- velled in the streets adjacent to the zone of disturbance. Any derangement of the duct system of & large city always causes costly con- fusion and delay and even heavy business loss. The community does not appreciate the service that is rendered by the wires and tubes that lie below the pavements until through accident they are put out of commission. When ten thousand talephones “go dead” suddenly and simultaneously as in New York yester- day temporary stagnation prevails. So accustomed are the people to the tele- phone service, and so dependent upon it are they, that any interruption is paralyzing. ————— Reformatory activities in Atlantic Qity are soon forgotten as interest again centers on the question of who is to win the boardwalk beauty prize. The confest goes on although it becomes clear that there are no longer enough musical spectacles to provide glorifica- ton for’ all the winners. oo German statesmanship finds itself compelled to give attention to the Reichslandsbund, which may be defined in free translation as an association for farm relief. The same economic prob- lems are asserting themselves in all languages. ———— Canada hesitates about a ban on beverage export until the United States agrees to cease sending fire water across the boundary. Canada is pessibly jus- tified in a contention that under present conditions it is exchanging good iiquor for bad. oo Owners of millions of acres are among the most earnest advocates of farm re- lief. What the plain farmer naturally desires is some arrangement that will protect him from the possibility of a landed aristocracy. e Oklahoms has distinguished prohibi~ tion advocates. Blazing gas and eil aress also eall for restraints which will and to wear felt soled shoes that ean cause no sparks. R Plans to eliminate “lame ducks” do not show great consideration as yet for the idea of selecting an inauguration date that will eliminate the pneumonia germ. ———at Veracity of Gaston Means has been 50 often challenged that no matter what he prints in a beek many persons will not believe it. o ‘There are many angles to the Lon- don Conference. A five-power pact can be hoped for only as the result of a pentagonal argument. e o SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Cooking Schoel. Goin' to have a cookin’ schoel At Mudville on the Braneh. Girls will try to_learn the rule To run the kitchen ranch. They'll turn a waffle out complete As soor, as it is due. If it dees not prove good to eat, It may half-gole a shoe. Of course, the lessons will require Some relaxation fair Among the students who sdmire Each other’s silverware. ‘They must not practice on home brew Nor drift into the dumps, ‘When social thought revives anew, By asking, “What is trumps?” Demenstration of Prestige. “Have you anything new to say?” “No,” admitted Semator Sorghum. “Then why are you so anxious to make a speech?” “f want to show my econstituents that I still have emough influence to get the floor oceasionally.” * Jud Tunkins says he is still in favor insurance, has given much thought to a substitution of it for the present method of regulation. It is obvious that the more States that adopt the principle of this meas- ure the more effective it will become. One of the cardinal features of the bill is that it sets up reciprocal relations between the States which-adopt it in regard to drivers’ permits and ‘the showing of finaneial respensibility after conviction of a majer traffic violation or after being involved in an accident. It is to be hoped, therefore, that the District will soon follow the lead of progressive States and put into effect 2 law that has no reasonable argument against it, but every reasonable argu- ment for it. The District should be one of the first to adopt beneficial legislation and not one of the last. e Trade conditions vary and tariff de- bate can hops at best for a truce to debate with but little permanently settled. R A Costly Spark. A person with a talent for statistical anealysis would have a fascinating fleld for research in the conduit explosions that took place yesterday morning, just before noen, in Broadway, New York. A leaky gas main filled a number of ducts under the pavement with explo- sive illuminant and by some unknown means a spark was applied and caused snd interesting infant. But it has grown up. In Washington it must he made to At into the general scheme of things in the interest of the public, whether or met the bus companies are enthusiastic. ———— A perverse element of patronage is pretty sure to assert itself in refusal to regard what Mr. Will Hays would consider & good movie in the moral semse as good entertainment according to current standards. ——rea The Atlantic Air Ferry. Arrangements perfected in Washing- fon this week seem to indicate that the Atlantic air ferry is on the verge of establishment. From the United States 1o Europe in two days; from the Old ‘World to the New in three—that is the | thrilling prospeet opened up by Dr. Hugo Eckener’s plans to span the ocean ! with a bridge of Zeppelins, operating on & systematic passenger schedule in competition with slow-going, liners which churn their way lazily across the herring pond in four or five days. _American and Germsn . capital and s series of detonations that ripped up the street, blew manhole covers high in the air, wrecked underground works generally, broke electric eables and tele- phone lines, stopped trafic and caused paralysis of business over a wide area for about three hours. Just how much that single spark cost the city would be an interesting object of study. It probably could never be determined with any degree of exactness. Some ten thousand telephones were put out of commission for several hours by this blast or series of blasts. The Stock Exchange was mffected, although several miles distant from the scene of the explosion. When uptown customers were unable to communicate aith their brokers they were alarmed lest the market was unfavorable and gelling orders were sent by messenger in a suf- | fictent volume to upset the Juotations | materially for a while., Trade was virtually at a standstill along Broadway for about half a mile in its busiest section. Electric current was shut off trom 8 number of establishments and office work was affected seriously. Sur- face transpdstation was blocked for & of more parks. One time when he was broke, a park was the only piage he had to sit. Traffic in the Air. They tow the glider with a repe As through the clouds the airplanes grope Like mules; we'll see them by and by, Bame as canal boats in the sky. Vegetable and Animal. “The Japanese manage to keep us intereste “Yes,” answered Mr. Chuggins. “I motored a long way to see the Japanese cherry trees and next I'm going back to the little farm to take a peek at the Japanese beetle.” “One reason why we regard our an- cestors as so wise,” said Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown, “is that in the midst of our new perplexities they are so serenely silent.” Pleasures of Agitation. We ask for universal peace And undisturbed content. And yet the joy of life would cease Without some srgument. “De nearest my son-in-law ever gits to thrift,” sald Uncle Eben, “is to save ap enough money to bet on de next hoss 808" ————————— Any Hospital Will Do. Prom the Terre Haute Star. Chicago gangsters can use nl;rh lem-p?m‘omm for one of emergency operations. ————— Broke, but Glad to Be Out. From the Butte Delly Post. n, says he's broke, He: who's d% and glad to be out. Aot Liars Not That Scarce. From the Little Roek A!kel;'l;l n-?o;:::" fessor says the e of l!‘ezrdr?l:.toone’:uu s about one in a blllion. Yep, but liars are not that scarce. e O e Leaky Mustard. From uisville Times. mx:," “u. kitchen faucet, nothing can possibly leak as much as too much mustard in & hot dog sandwich, e 2Ot et Riveted to His Job. From ami Dally News. 'n:::' l:’!ln man who has worked 40 z:cn‘u s shipyards riveter geems to riveted to his job. —o———————— Maybe He's Flown It and Knows. Frem the 8t. Louis Times. hch;wmt- aeroplane. It must be sny their 't eall on visitors to carry no matches|in thy THISANDT_HAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. “How about Cieorge,” sald the right. | Vision that hand man. Don't talk to others about how undere you are, because it will do no good. ot even your best friends are interest- ed, and it only gives them a chance to be. sorrir for you. Nothing is more common in industry than an eternal complaining. The Gov- ernment service hears it in full chorus. It is universal because it is human na- nu;h to be dinm:ned. o A ere one and one gef gether office, the boss may be sure that .one or the other is complaining of his pay, and getting a certain satisfaction out of 80 _easing his mind. But he is making a mistake, just the same. If talking about it did any fnod; but almost invariably the one selected as audience has nothing to do with the correction of the matter. ‘The net result secured, in most cases, is a polite hearing by a slightly amused comrade, who simply isn't interested. Now if you will listen to his tale of Talking to others sbout how under- paid you are only gives them & chance to feel pity, not the genuine kind that wants to help, but the social sort com- pounded of jealousy and greed. The chances are that you already are getting more than he 15, and so what chance has your woe, in comparison with his major suffering? While you are attempting to wring ympathy from his heart, he is prob- bly saying to himself, “This sap wants me’.w fte&'ll sorry !mtn;. does he, when ae 18 ge! more am now? Well, 1 like thnf" PR The question of dissatisfaction among salaried men offers an interesting psy- chological study. It is probably true that no man on a salary is satisfled, no matter how well. he has mastered our ning injunction and kept his mouth shut. Always he thinks he is worth more than he is getting. The joke of ;lho \fi“m is that more often than not e The well oiled machine that never needs attention seldom gets it. The result is that many of the old war horses of business, who mind their own affairs, function quietly, effortlessly and sffeiently, go along year after g down the same old salary, whereas some wild bucksroo who knows how to tract attention to himself purposely s down on his job, gets transferred to another, and becomes a “marked man' e process, We recently heard of an instructive ;!:;y. !’rummol;\{:r:gent hul., ‘There Vi man lce who performed his work so well that the rest of the time came, every now and then, to think of promotions, "he was disregarded be- cause he fitted into his own particular niche so well. Perhaps there are hun- dreds of men like that in Government and other service, who ean say? This man had come in at & iow elerk- ship, and had worked his way uj through the grades to a fairly responsi- ble pesition. He knew his work, and everybody else knew he knew it. His capacity for more and better work was not doubted, but no one even remotely thought of him in connection with it. One day a “key position’—as they do not call them in the Government—was to be filled. Two of the “higher ups"’ were conferring. The first of these was a man of splendid ability who had prof- ited by politics in a perfectly proper and legitimate way. The second was his right-hand man, one who had liter- ally worked his way from bottom to top. This man knew the value of the right he}: at the right time. e listened calmly while the ehief named over the possibilities. Each man named would have made a good one for the vacancy. Each one, loubt, would have thought to himself that he could have filled it just a little bit better than any of the others. The right-hand man listened peacefully to the list of names. He wondered why, his friend George was not mentioned. George was the old “war horse,” the man who did so much and said so little about it. Other more {llustrious names may r:b the limelight during the impend- g congressional campaign, but the two men whe'll really wage the battle are “Charley” Michelson and *Jim" West. Degenerated from the high es- tate of Washington correspondents into the publicity directorships, respectively, of the Democratic and Republican par- ties, they are the men behind the party guns. Each of them draws more pay than a eabinet officer. IVl be Pat Harrison or Tom Walsh or Jack Gar- ner who'll appear to be thundering for the Democrats from time to time, but they will merely be reproducing their master’s voice —the terse and telling tones of Michelson. Likewise, in the G. O. P. camp, when Jim Watson or Jack Tilson or George Moses says this or that in a Republican rejoinder to a Democratic onslaught, the chances are 9 out of 10 that it's West's words of wisdom which they're speaking. The Michelson-West duel is now on full tilt. The mimeograph is the Big Bertha. Michelson’s batteries have been in ae- tien for the past six months. At first the Republiean national committee pre- tended to ignore them. But the Demo- cratie fire ame 8o devastating that the Hoover organization determined the time had eome to bring up heavy ar- tillery of its own. * ok k% Was it an unconscious humorist in the Bureau of the Censu: who chose “Bach” (Henry B.) as the specimen entry for “lodger”, in the preliminary family schedule . which Uncle Sam's children are filling out this week? The mythical Mr, Bach is described ‘on the reverse side of the schedule, in the space for thé “‘unemployment report,” {as a musician who has been out of a job for six weeks because of an ‘“or- chestra disbanded.” As all the world knows, Bach (Johann Sebastian) was one of the greatest composers who ever lived. Probably he, too, was once upon & time an unemployed lodger in a garret where genius is d sprout. “Orchestra disbanded,” Direc- tor Steuart is destined to discover, is the principal reason why thousands of American musicians are now workless, The talkies are mainly to blame. L Herbert Hoover has a double in Lon- don by the fine ~Saxon name of urray. e Briton who looks like the President is director of public relations for the British Broad- | casting Corporation, the semi-govern- ment institution which controls radio, “wireless,” as it's called in John Members of the Ameri~ can Naval Conference contingent, Who met Murray, almost universally remark- ed his resemblance to ‘“the Chief. Mu is & native of the British Co- lumbia woods. After uation from MoGill University at Montreal, he be- came a reporter in New York, and wound up by being & Canadian Rhodes scholar at Oxford. His task in London keep public opinion safe for the B, C." As the owonmn has laid o e Pt the audience. wants, ot what the au ] s B “B. B. C.” thinks it ought the “B. e Murray's job lsm't alvays & roses. * % * * bed of The Federal Farm Board has cele. brated Lent by getting out & eatechism. It's’ an eight-page pamphlet of ques- tions and answers, designed to !\les tion most conimonly concerning the activities of the Legge men. Forty-three questions are posed, and anybody who reads the answers ought to be pretty well posted as to| heref of the :he whys and 'ha mlut el the name of farm relief, Answer No. 24 tabulates the 11 commodities already e e bemehit of ihe :mm}d F fil\l marketing act. In answer No. office forgot all about him. .When the | WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. The chief Jooked dumfeunded. “George?” he gasped. “Why, I never thought of him.” “That's_just the trouble,” replied the other. “But is there any reason why we shouldn’t think of him?” The other sdmitted instantly that there was no reason except that it sim. ply hasn't been doi He had been passed over, time a: time, not be- cause he wasn't good, but because no one had thought of him. * % w ok Well, folks, George got the job, and the chief is as proud of him as if he were his own choice from time imme- morial. If you speak in praise of George, the chief lets you understand that he was his own little inspiration. The world is full, however, of mute | ps i, who have no and Ln,lorloul Geor, e kindly friends behin Often one of them is tempted to complain of his | 3 pay to a mate. All that we can do is to 28y, “Don't.” v Do it not, O George, becausge he isn't the fellow to talk to. Do it not, George, because he is just as likely to blab as not, out of school, and gets you in wrong, s the saying is. Keep your mouth shut, my friend, and bear your, burden in silence, and, if you must talk, remember that home is the best place to do it. The little woman (although most of them are sturdy enough) has listened to your complaints often and enough, ln‘d'.h YOII“CIH be n'xre that she will neither pity you nor frown upen you. It you Inum on talking to mlg, Te- member that the cost you ean expect lack of interest. Recall these solemn truths: That one never talks about such matters without the hidden hope that something or other may come of it. That an additional reason is the immutable fact of human nature that confession is good for the soul. That no man likes to be pitied (except by a woman). That unless you know exactly what the other fellow is “getting” you deeply b{d ‘com| wages, which mi with his. © That of your y be th compared posiion, and that & st upper ueer proposition, ani stiff upper flp often is the best thing in ". e * o ok X ‘There is a hard but wise old maxim in circulation to the effect that “a man is worth what he ean get.” He may deserve more, of course, but there is many a slip between the cup of deserv- ing and the lip of getting. The only way that an employer, be he govern- ment, corgonlwn or individual, ean work out this mooted matter is approxi- mately. For that reason, if we were gov- ernment, corporation or individual em- ployer, we would permit no eompariso: of salaries. People on salaries get al fairly happily until they discov Bill is making. Then their day is ruined. The more or leas permanency of their pay helps make up for its in- sufficiency (if one may judge from the universal complaint), but nothing can quite take the joy out of life like dis- covering that some yap who isn't worth half that you are is making twice as much as you! A helpful solution would be to make each salary watertight, with no comparisons possible. How it could be done is a mystery, it must be ad- mitted. but bigger problems have been solved. Then every man would be happy and never be tempted to talk about how underpaid he was. Well, maybe! From the individual standpoint, com- plaining is just like worry in the per- sonal life. It is worse than useless; it not only does no good, but often it does harm by setting up chronic discontent. “Content is a continual feast,” said the old saying. It is better to be low paid and happy than to be high paid and unhappy. Whether there is such a thmtu being high paid and happy. too, is another question. ¢ the catechism discloses that other farm products will be “designated” later on. * % ¥ Eugene Meyer, former director of the War Pinance Corporation, divides his _ residential allegiance between | Washington and Mount Kisco, N. Y., where he “dirt farms” on a magnificent Westchester County estate. He has Just presented the new Westchester County Community Center at White Plains with one of the finest and larg- est concert symphony organs in the world. Eighteen trucks were necessary to land its various eomponent parts at the point of installation. Some of the pipes are 4 feet in diameter. The organ is of the “four-manual” type, with a “floating fanfare” division and 120 stops. The Westchester Center will be dedicated at & great music fes- tival en May 22, when the Meyer organ will be played publicly for the first time. * k¥ ok ‘Washington's growing galaxy of fer- eign newspaper correspondents has just had a distinguished addition in the per- son of Herr Paul Scheffer of the Ber- liner Tageblatt. He succeeds Dr. Max Jordan, who for the past four years has been & popular figure in the Capitol press gallery, and is now on a voyage of journalistic exploration around the world. Herr Scheffer until last Sep- tember was stationed at Moscow. He spent six or seven years in Russia, but became persona non grata to the Soviet autocrats because of his too-faithful reporting of bolshevist life and times. * ok X Colombia’s Presitient-elect, Dr. En- rique Qlaya, is on his way to Wash- ington to present his letter of recall as Colombian Minister to the United States. He is tarrying a week in Panama, main- ly for treatment of his threat, which underwent a strain during his recent and triumphal clmpufi Dr. Olaya will complete next month a sojourn eight consecutive years at Wufimt\on He presented his ‘credentials to Presi- dent ledinf cn May 33, 1932, A square deal for foreign capital in Co- lombia is to be the keynote of Presi- dent Olaya’s administration. Many mil- lons of American dollars are invested in Colombian oi! fields, which are said to be the richest untapped depos! extant. doiti * ok k% Dr. Wilhelm Kiesselbach, the German member of the German-American Mix- ed Claims Commission, has just re- turned to his duties in Washington after 8 holiday at home. He arrived aboard the new Lioyd fiyer, 8. S. Europa—his twenty-seventh crossing of the Atlantic since his judicial d:':.“" set in here five or TS ago. the meantime, Dr. Kiesselbach, one of Europe’s most dis- tinguished jurists, has been elevated to the chief J]\utlcuhl of the Court of the Free Cities of Hamburg, Bremen and Lubeck. (Copyrisht. 1930,) Pt RS When Fighting Was Fighting. From the Helena (Montans) Record-Herald. A boxer at 74 expects to get a job teaching fighters to fight. He was once welter champion of d. That e eimeaThiing war ) ‘aghiing, Relief Map Defined. Prom the Fort Wayne News-Sentinel. Relief map: The face of & dhevvm'.h’llhfllln't Mm::';“l? take on his recent income tax o The Rising Generation, From the Utica Observer-Dispstch, ‘When the light sona t] Beethoven's mq to that's lkely to exciaim, K Seventy-Year Provision Should Be Repealed To the Bditor of The Star: of physical and ymm le- termine the fitness of any worker for further "'"“'w“flfi'i"&":" '3:0“ necessary to retire ess: than was expected. 1t seems hardly neounry'w refer to birthday. How would it have worked to have Thomas A. Edison, etary Mellon, Mr. Justice Holmes and the 90-year banker, George F. Baker, shelved by legislation? The writer knows a clerk who will have to retire | 8| this Summer if the bill stands as written, and who, al veral years ast 70, his term ha been_twice extended, is still the most efficient worker in his bureau, His more than 0 years of service has given him @ mastery of his special and difficult work that no young clerk possibly could have; he is constantly consulted about deli points cf the work by his con- ferees, and {5 more valuable to his de- partment.now than he was five years ago. A well spent life has equipped him for several years more of efficient service, and he is naturally- depressed at being con- demned to separation from duties in which he is pre-eminently expert, and to a life of inactivity, for he could not learn any other profession at his age. His department needs him he needs the work for his comfort and support. Didst ever hear of Procrustes, a fabled Greek robber wha,had a bed that all his captives were made to fit? 1If!ing is a silent pity or, worse, a complete | the ey were too tall their limbs were cut | down to the length of the bed, ete. Procrustean tactics should not be ap- plied to our Civil Service. Behold yon sycamore and the elm trees that shade the White House grounds. Buppose some smart expert should y: ‘“Those trees are over 70 old; they have outlived their usefulness, and muat be cut down to make room for younger trees. Oh yes, they still make good shade and are fine to see, but they are too old!" And then the same line of reasoning might be applied to yon stately old mansion that has gheltered several generations, and might serve many more; but wisdom declares that the house is over 70 years old, and must come down at once to make room for a newer, even if a more flimay structure. If the congresaional conferees on the Dale-Lehlbach bill make up their minds to retain her 70-year clause as it now stands, there is nothing to do but to work for a later amendment to remedy what now seems in conflict with Justice and efficiency, to ssy nothing of commen sense. LINDSAY 8. PERKINS. American Trail;i—n_g_l\;akes For a Sound Citizenship To the Editer of Th e This writer has noted quite a bit of comment and eriticism the press lately on the London Naval Conference. Many critics are of the opinion that this country is in danger of involving itself in_the so-called European messe: ‘This country at this time has a very powerful Government with vast re- sources, It is in a position to take its | place among the nations of the world | and protect those inalienable interests which have made it what it is today. ! Its past eonduct has proved conclusively that this is its aim. | In taking a vistic view of this Gev- ernment today it seems to have one outstanding characteristic, training. It is a training that is different from any form of training that has ever been initiated before. Ancient history reveals that the Greeks were subjected to very rlwro‘u training, as were some of the other early peoples to enable them to C8rry on w From that time on down to the ‘)o\vo ul military machines of ' the World War that has been generally the object of training. eountry is proud to show to the world | the results which have been obtained | under the training which its Govern- | ment indorses. It is a training which | has bullt up good citizenship, and they in turn have built up its resources which today stand unexeelled. ! It is & Government which can draw | no eensure and one which all men can | feel proud of. PERCY GILLESPIE. — Bill for War Veterans Disapproved by Mellon | From the South Bend Tribune. Representati has introduced a bill providi for cash redemption to the extent of 35 per eent of the face value of the adjusted com- pensation certificates possessed by World War veterans. In a letter to the chair- | (; man of the House ways and means committee Secretary of the Treasury Mellon points out that the Cochrane proposal is based on the false rssump- tion that the $635,000,000 reserve au- thorized in the adjusted compensation act is now available for distribution. It looks as if Representative Coch- rane and those responsible for his act should have consulted the Treasury De- partment before drafting the bill. The fact that the proposed cash distribution could be financed, as Secretary Mellon points out, only by increasing the Fed- eral tax burden or by floating a bond issue, must outweigh other considera- tions. In the final analysis, most for- mer service. men probably are satisfied with the certificates, which have already Tun a substantial part of their 20-year course. They are insurance now and they will be cash eventu,.ll". The various methods” were threshed out thoroughly when Congress was con- sidering adjusted compensation. It was | possil argued then, and the argument still holds. that the compensation would be vastly more beneficial to the former service men when they reached middie age. In the meantime their descend. ents are protected by the loan provi- sion and by the life insurance feature. T s e ! | Discipline at Amherst Faces Difficult Test Prom the Worcester Evening Gazette. Disquieting news comes from the Ambherst campus. On Washington's birth- day an underclass rush, in which sopho- mores carried flaming torches and sprayed the freshmen with kerosene, re- sulted in serious face and body burns for five of the latter. The administra- tion, mindful of student government, asked the senior honorary society to in- vestigate. The society investigated and recommended that underclass conflicts of the rougher sort be abolished. It recommended also, however, that no punishi..ent be inflicted upon the soph- omore torch-bearers throwers. ‘Without possessing more of the facts than are available, one cannot pass Jjudgment upon the wi of the rec- ommendation to inflict no punishment. At any rate, the faculty has rejected it and has put'the entire sophomore class on probation and deprived it of all “cuts” until June. “Cuts” are allowed from college recitations. The by without some | houses it may win friends. ve Cochrane of Missouri | '} and kerosene- | pered ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN, euunofrmn through our Washington Informa- Bureau? Can't we be of some help to you in your problems? Our business is to furnish gw with authoritative we invite you to us any question of fact in which you are interested. Send your inquiry to The Evi Btar Information Bureau, Frederic J. Haskin, director, Washing- ton, D. C. Inclose 2 cents in coin or stamps for return postage. Q. Please give some information about Nina McKinney, the young col- uuAd irl who has gone into the movies. —A. McK, A. Nina May McKinney is 17 years old. She went on the stage at the age of 15, in a Harlem Negro revue. is not dark, but s ung:r{ color. Her mother is her maid in Hollywood. She is about 32" years old; has light skin also and claims to be part Spanish. Nina May's father runs a cafe in Har- lem, New York. As a child Nina was a maid to a wealthy North Carolina family. While she was singing in “Black Birds” in Harlem, King Vidor saw her and put her under contract for a picture, ‘Q. What is the correct pronuncis- tion of Edna Ferber's novel, “Cimar- ron”? What does it mean?—W. 8. W. A. The title of Miss Ferber's book is pronounced Cim-a-roon, with the ac- cent on the last syllable, In Spanish Cimarron means wild or unruly. Q. What is the technical name for & tree which sheds its bark? For one which sheds its leaves?—B. 8. A. A tree which sheds its bark dur. certain intervals of the year is called 8 decorticating tree. One which sheds its leaves is called deciduous. Q. Is it better for any one to sleep | in a narrow or wide bed?—A. L. A. In a book entitled “Sleep: Why | We Need It and How We Get It,” by‘ Donald Laird and Charles G. Muller, the statement is made that beds should be at least 39 inches wide, This book i3 a report of the researches conducted | by Dr. Laird and his assistants at the p-yc‘l:olonw laboratory of Colgate Uni- versity. g, .thsv. is the climate of Panama? A Most of Panama is tropieal, hav- ‘The ing warm days and cooler nights. temperature of Colon ranges from 68 to | 95° Fahrenheit. Similar temperatures prevall in Panama City. The wet sea- | son is from April to December, when | the rainfall is from 85 to 155 inches | vearly. | Q. What is the official name for the | game called contract?>—F. E. H. | A. Contract bridge is the official name. 1s glass ever found in natural | tion?—D E. H. | Glass {s a man-made product. ’ Q. Did Moliere die while enacting | the role of a sick man in one of his | own plays?—A. O. A. Moliere's last play was “Le Malade | Imaginaire” and the story of that piay | is the history of his death. While critically ill, he wrote this, one of his, best comedies, around the figure of a | man who was sick only in imaginatton. | When it was produced he played the | part of the man with the feigned ill- | ness. The night of its fourth produe- tion found Moliere much worse. He re- | fused to disappoint his audience and went en. During the performance a onvulsion seized him which he covered | with a laugh. At the end of the eve- | ning he died. | Q formal A. Tariff i3;ll May—Win Friel;ds After Conference, Say Some Enthusiasm is lacking as the Senate's final mark of approval is placed on the cmended tariff measure, over which leg been fighting for months. pressed range from condem- nation as the werst bill of the sort ever enacted to suggestions that after confer- ence in the committee from the two It gets some praise, ile the several adminis- trative features added are believed to be subject to vigorous attack. “Now that it goes to conference for the adjustment of differences between House and Senate, as expressed in the two versions of the measure,” says the Chicago Daily News, “it is likely that there will be a trimming of excrescences that will develop a product of consider~ able merit. ope, will harmonize fairly well with the President’s desire for better protection for farm products and modern readjust- ments of schedules related to manufac- tured products. It may be assumed that the President realizes the importance to administration and the country of a fair and reasonable tariff. The confer- ence committee, working under the shadow of a possible veto, should be especially amenable to suggestions from the White House.” L “Farm product rates. finally to be agreed upon,” in the opinion of the Wheeling Intelligencer, “will doubtless be such as to bar much of the food that is now imported at the expense of our producers. This will aid materially in solving the farm problem, by bettering the American farmers’ home market. I all industry is as well cared for, in the final draft signed by Mr. Hoover, a good job will have been done.” The Little Rock Arkansas Democrat urges: “Let us wait until after the revised bill is passed and sent to Mr. Hoover for his signature before paasing final judgment. The measure is bad enough as it is. It may be that it will be made even worse, or, bly, & trifle better.” “Incomparably worst ever enacted by a_Congress of the United States; and, bad as it now is, it will be worse when it comes from the conference committee,” is the verdict of the Louis- ville Courfer-Jeurnal, which feels that “the sufferers from this legalized ra- pacity will be, first, the American con=~ sumers; second, the American farmers; third, the American President.” The Columbus Ohio State Journal sees it as “written in terms of human greed and loaded with political dynamite.” The Chattan News explains “the breakdown in * so-called coalition,” with the statement that “Senators could not resist voting to hand out tariff plums to their constituencies, and the coalition celhp:efl;' T The Roanoke World-News calls the measure one “that may be regarded as the most inequitable and oppressive tariff bill in the history of this coun- try,” though it concludes: “So resilient is American business that it can stand almost anything. It has lived and pros- before under unjust tariff sched- ules, and it can do so again. What it cannot long survive is uncertainty.” Need of wtun{"m end promptly to iff legislation is em. phasized by the Oklahoma City Time: the Lexington Leader, the Oakland Trib~ une and the Providence Journal. The Charleston Evening Post states that “business will be glad to have the bill guug o: g‘e ‘way, no matter what kind of % 1 4 “Only occasionally or accidentally,” declares the New York Times, “has any e So far the Senate‘is consumers.” nate * hlvn‘l.’n:luhflked and it over an outrage. Bre Democrats Progressive Repul and has forced the Old Guard into standing up for reaction.” “All pretense of scientific revision, of 5| which much was héard in ‘The final verdict, one may | Q. Who suggested the plan of mni statues l.nn'iw Ca) ,ol pro’n’llnen men from each State?~V. C, A. Justin Smith Morrill suggested it. The National Statuary Hall, semi- circular in shape and ~designed by Laf ', after & Greek theater, is one of the most beautiful rooms of the Capitol. On the north side it has a colonnade of Potomac marble with white capitals, and a screen of similar columns on the south side supports noble arch. The domed ceiling, deco- rated after that of the Roman| Pantheon, springs 57 feet to a cupola bg which the room is lighted. Above| the door leading from the rotunda is| Franzoni's historical clock. This room| was the Hall of Representatives, and was the forum of debates by Webster, Clay, Adams, Calhoun and others whose names are indelibly associated with the history of Congress. In 1864 at the suggestion of Senator Morrill of Vermont (then a member of the House) the room was set apart as a Natipnal Statuary Hall, to which each State might send the statues of two of its distinguished citizens. Rhode Is- Jand was the first to respond, choosing Roger Willlams and Nathanael Greene. Q. Do most earthquakes happen near large bodies of water?—H. McM. . Most earthquake regions lie near the edges of the continental platforms which are produced by the collapse of large areas of the earth's crust. These are the zones which are undergoing the most rapid change of level at the pres- ent time. In many cases the deeps have become filled with water, produc- ing seas and oceans. Q. When was installment selling in- augurated?—R. P. A. Installment selling is of consid-| erable antiquity. It was introduced into the United States in 1807 by the firm of Cowperthwait & Sons of New York. Q. Is a good luck chain letter mail- able?—E. J. R. A. The Post Office Department say: that such a letter, if mailed in envelope under cover, is not unmailable. When written on a card it is unmail able, since it contains a threat of bad luck if the chain is broken. Q. How long have the starlings bee: in this country?—B. M. A. The starlings now found in alm every part of the United States are al believed to be descendants of 50 pairs of] starlings that were released in Cen! Park, New York City, in 1890 and 1891 Q. Is there any cure for a cobra bite?| W. C. A. There are anti-venins that ma: be administered with a certain degree] of success to a person who has been bitten by a cobra. This medicine must] be given immediately, however, which 1| rarely possible. Several thousand per- ;o::. die annually from cobra bites ir ndia. Q. When does water have its smallest| volume and maximum density?—L. B. A. This condition prevails when the temperature is 39.2 F. (4° C.). Water expands when its temperature is raised, above 39.2* F., and when lowered below. Q. Where is Miquelon?>—H. P. 8. A. It is an island south of Newfound-| land. It is divided into two parts, Grande M,telun and Little Miquelon.| The isignd belongs to France. Q. When -vere travelers’ checks first| introduced?—S§. A. M. * A. Travelers’ checks were first placed| on sale in 1890, but were sold only to| the value of about $3,000 that year. back to their tents. The seasoned vet: erans of the Old Guard have had the! w Doubtless the President will also g:"v.‘helr ‘way, 8o the quicker the job the| T * % X “Difficulties which have been en-| countered in revision” are pointed out by the Utica Observer-Dispateh, with| the advice to “remember that we are many, with differing occupations and interests, conflicting with each other's affairs and aspirations, each anxious and selfish for his own gain.” The con- tention that the tariff should be kept out ef politics is upheld by the Indian- apolis Star and the Pasadena Star| News, while the Fort Worth Star-Tele«| gram argues: “Whether economists like| or not, the tariff is a political ques-| tion in the United States and likely| always to be. And until voters realize| that the tariff affects them more than| probably anything else they vote upon,) and realize that they can vote upon the| tariff only indirectly through the vote| on Senators and Representatives, there| will not be much further progress to- ward making the tariff’s application| universal.” . “If the Senate bill is to be preferred| in respect of its rates” thinks the New| York Sun, “it is by far the poorer in respect of administrative proposals.| Three of these are sufficiently unsound and dangerous to warrant the House in refusing to caneur, or to warrant a Executive veto in case the House does| concur. These are the export-debenture plan, the scheme for administering flexi- bility and the so-called anti-monopoly ovision.” On the other hand, the St. 'aul Pioneer Press observes that ‘“there are some who believe that with all its faults the bill would still be worth assage if only for the administrative eatures.” The Cleveland Plain Dealer &edicu trouble over these features, and e Detroit Free Press concludes Senate provision taking the flexible tariff power eut of the hands of the Executive and vesting it in Congress, and another creating the office of con-, sumers’ counsel, a sort of devil's advo- cate, who would represent the people| &t future canonizations of tariff rates, are lmnng the administrative features that will have to be compromised. — et Twenty Navy Middies Permitted to Resign Prom the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin Acceptance of the resignations of 20| middies who will be graduated at the United States Naval Academy in June| marks a radical change in policy by the| Navy Department. Heretofore a refusal to accept the commission as ensign which is equivalent to a diploma, hag subjected the recalcitrant cadet to se- vere discipline. A minimum of twq years' service was exacted by the Fed eral Government as part return for the superfor education, with free board| quarters and pay to cover cost of eloth. ing and other incidental expenses Public opinion sustained this ruling| and its relaxation is significant. Presumably, the Navy Department id convinced that there is an oversuppl; of junior officers, and that more can b spared from the June class of 409 tha the 14 per cent who seem likely to fail in physical or academic examinations| For the view that the Nation's busines: will be benefited by the release int( civil life of a score of rigorously trained young men something may be said., Bu the Naval Academy at Annapolis’ waj created and has bun‘mnlnu.lnad fo] ic_purpose of supplying th needs of the l?:lvy. and the old hllng'.h- the beneficiaries of its opportunity owed something to the Government in way of service was sound and worthy. B i A, It's a Hard Life. ¥From the Indisnapolis S One of the chief ulties confront- 'ng the restauratenr these days is the ability to manage a side line of drugs. " -o—— What Are Diamonds? shown to ‘the mass of the | the