Evening Star Newspaper, May 1, 1930, Page 8

A—8 THE EVENING STAR ___With Sunday Morning Faition. WASHINGTON, D. C. THURSDAY........May 1, 1830 THEODORE W. NOYES.. itor The Evening su: Newspaper Company s Office! 3 Pennsyivania_Aye. New Yotk Sfice: TiG East dand Bt tovean Ofice. 14 Regent S1. Lobdon: g Engand. Rate by Carrier Within the City ening Star.. .. ..45c ter month mlns and Sui Star Ty Brening 'aod’ Hundes Star s o mORtE 4 H (enen 5 Mundaye) *6s¢ oer montn i¢ Sunday Stai . 5e per copy lection made af the end of each monin. g’flll‘l may be sent in by mall or felephone [Ational 6000. it ;Ild, Sunday dasonty Member of the .issocfated Press. ‘The Associated Press is exclusively entitied to the use for republication of all news dis- rll credited to it or not otherwise cred- ited in this paper and -lge tl published herein. "All righ special dispatches herein a he local news ublication of also rererved. Science Honors Beauty. In this city yesterday the National Academy of Sciences awarded post- humously its public welfare medal to the late Stephen T. Mather of Chicago for his eminent services as director of the national park system. The citation singles out “his most meritorious work 1n the application of science to the pub- le welfare.” Had the academy seen fit to amplify this testimonial, it might have appropriately set forth in glowing terms Mather's rare contribution to the preservation of the country’s natural beauty. His conception of the United States’ park system was that it should con- stitute a National Gallery of American Scenic Masterpieces. To the realiza- tion of that ideal he gave the last and best years of his life. It was not as recreational areas that Stephen Mather thought of the Yellowstone, the Yosem- ite and the other primeval domains which an esthetic Uncle Sam has con- trived to keep from the enterprising, but marauding, hand of man. He sa in our national parks, essentially, things of beauty. He saw grandeur in the wilderness and glory in the untamed forest. He sought to maintain .them undefiled, as they were created. He peered down the centuries that are to be and dreamed of the spiritual satis- faction that would fill the Americans of days now far off, as they reveled in the richness of their ancestral civiliza- tion on both sides of the Great Divide. It was a fellow Californian, Franklin K. Lane, whom Mather first impressed with the idea of & unified national park control, scientifically organized and supervised. Then a wealthy Chi- cago business man, Mather came to ‘Washington in 1914 and accepted an in- conspicuous administrative post in the Department of the Interior for the pur- pose of carrying out his ideas. He did his work rapidly and effectively. He caused Congress to recognize the use- fulness of a National Park Bureau, ade- quately financed. Secretary Lane per- suaded Mather to remain as director of the system the latter had devised, and thenceforward the practical ideal- ist from the West threw into the Na- tional Park Bervice every ounce of his brilliant energy to the exclusion of: his private interests. In a very literal sense, he broke down in the service, but mot until he had seen it launched along lines which insured the perpetuation of his ideals. In bestowing one of its coveted dis- tinctions on Stephen Mather, the Na- tional Academy lets Science honor Beauty No American of his time did more to make certain that Mother Na- ture’s lavish gifts to Columbia shall be handed down in all their incomparable splendor to those who come after. et Welcome to Secretary Stimson in New York was a brilliant affair. It did not equal the enthusiasm shown in salut- ing Lindbergh. The stock market has had its ups and downs and there is a demand for economy which forbids a reckless waste of ticker tape and tele- phone directories in improvised confetti. e Statesmen are urged to ban politics from consideration of the arms treaty. An arms treaty is an incidental event. Politics is the habit of a lifetime, U} Need for a Change. There is much truth in the Bureau of Efficiency report which charges that control of traffic in the District of Co- lumbia is divided between three agencies of the local government and that “mani- festly intelligent study and the solu- tion of trafic problems” under this sys- tem is almost impossible. Pointing out that Congress, in adopting the trafic code, specifically provided for a direc- tor, who should have complete and un- divided supervision over all matters re- lating to this vital question and who would be responsible only to the Com- missioners for approval, the report states that both the Public Utilities Commission and the District Commis- soners have been usurping the rightful authority of the director and cites spe- eific instances in regard to bus and taxi- cab control to prove its point. This condition has been obvious for some time, but the Bureau of Efciency report stresses the necessity for a change. Naturally, there have been eriticisms of the Harland regime, but it is just as natural to suppose that many of these problems might have been ironed out in a manner satisfac- tory to all if the traffic director had not had to contend with other agencies in carrying out his policies. Certainly. the location of taxicab stands and the routing of busses should come under the | undisputed control of a man designated @s an expert to handle these vexing problems. Yet the Utilities Commission stepped in to settle the matter, and the Commissioners went still further when they ordered taxi stands on streets ‘which had been banned for parking by the director at certain hours of the day. In the traffic code the director is ! given Bpecific powers, and the only per- 5 sons to whom he is responsible are the Commissioners. That is as it should be. The Public Utilitles Commission, of course, should make recommendations to the director and should have the right to appeal to the Commissioners from his decisions. But for the com- mission and the Commissioners to make rulings without regard to the exigencies of the situation as to the co-ordinated traffic control of the city obviously les- sens the chance of reaching satisfac- | tory solutions of the manifold prob- | lems that arise. This is & real job for the new Com- missioners to tackle. Bus control and taxi control are important features in the general traffic scheme. It is a ques- tion in the minds of many residents of the city whether too many taxis and busses are not already permitted to clutter up the streets. Busses, huge and cumbersome, make of Washing- ton's busy thoroughfares the next thing to & public garage, while if there are not enough taxicabs to accommodate the needs of the city there soon will be at the present rate of increase. These matters are related to proper traffic control and should be handled by the director. It is to be hoped that the new Commissioners will speedily make a change in the system that has pre- vailed. I Hazards of War vs. Traffic. There is nothing wrong with a Gov- ernment department’s use of propa- ganda as long as the propaganda is ex- ercised in a good cause and as long as there is no serious divergence of opin- ion over what constitutés a “good” cause. But there is some mystery, and it ought to be explaingd, over a “handout” from the War Department, released to the newspapers as follows: -V ar rea) toll of 102 w?&fim":fi%‘; 'aunngp:hde.u months we el in the World War. These vereng tle deaths and deaths from wounds. The monthly average was 5.4. Twenty officers were killed in action and six died of wounds. Fifty-nine en- | listed men were killed in action and 17 died of wounds: As a destroyer of life, the automobile is more efficlent by far, as shown by the District of Columbia Health Department reports. In 1928 the astounding num- ber of 115 Washis nians were killed by motor vehicles. The average month- 1y harvest was 9.6, as compared to the 54 credited to the God of War., What is the purpose of the War De- partment’s official handout, distributed to Washington newspapers for use in the District, and distributed to all corps area headquarters, suitably changed as to the figures, for like distribution to newspapers in the States? Is the War Department going on a safe-driving crusade, or is it merely attempting to prove that war is a relatively safe and sane form of recreation, “grim-visaged” as it may be? In either case the figures are obviously misleading. The casualties cited refer to the Army casualties alone, and do not include the Marine Corps and Navy casualties. But as there were 15,930 men from the District of Columbia serving in the Army, the percentage of those killed in action or who died from wounds amounts to .64%. In 1928 there were 146,143 automobile drivers in the District, if one may count one driver fot every automobile licensed. 8o the percentage of deaths from traffic among the drivers was .077%. But all the persons killed, unfortunately, were not automobile drivers. Thus one must compute the percentage of deaths as to the population of the city, as the entire Ppopulation is subject to the hazards of traffic. The figure in this case would be .02%. Any basis of computing the relative hazards of war and traffic that does not take into account the numbers engaged is, of course, worthless, so the War De- partment’s amazing discovery that traf- fic is more dangerous than war must be put down, in doughboy language, as “a lot of hooey” and the false impres- slon thus created should be corrected, else we might find the War Department placing posters here and there that in- vite the citizen to “Join the Army, Go to War and Save Your Life.” As far as the War Department’s cru- sade for safe driving is concerned—thdt is finel Everybody is in favor of safe driving, which is more than can be said about war, e Gen. Richard L. Hoxie. So long was he a resident of Wash- ington and so intimately did he enter into the life of the Capital, officially and personally, that Gen. Richard L. Hoxie, who passed away on Tuesday at Miami at an advanced age, was more closely identified with the community than ordinarily is the case with officers of the Army. He was assigned to duty here when a comparatively young Engi- neer officer, and he rendered valuable service in administration and in his technical assignment. He was a bril- liant member of his corps of the Army. Later he made this city his home, and the works of his talented wife, Vinnie Ream, the sculptor, became part of the art treasures of the Capital. He was | always interested in the welfare of | ‘Washington and always helpful in ad- vancing it. His exceptionally cordial and genial nature, his lovable disposi- tion, made him a 'host of friends, who | shared his sorrows and admired the . sturdy spirit with which he carried on in his later years of life. To the later | generation Gen. Hoxie was but a name, | whereas to its predecessor he was a | vivid, respected and beloved personality. | He lived to a ripe age, possessed in the end of his faculties and keenly interest- ed in the well being of his friends and of the city which he loved so dearly. ——— England is out in favor of free trade within its empire. Gandhi may feel regret in observing that the idea does | not include salt in India. Our “Talkies” Abroad. Ever since the movies became the talkies the peril of a serious slump in| exports of motion pictures has been a thorn in the side of this now giant| American industry. The language prob- lem offered no difficulties as long as it ' was merely necessary to put captions in the tongues of the countries in which the films were exhibited. But when sound succeeded silence on the silver screen picture producers were face to face with another proposition. The industry, has tackled the situation with characteristic promptness and en- terprise, according to news from Paris. There Jesse L. Lasky, speaking on be- | half of the Paramount organization, .as just announced that his company has decided to make dialogue movies in the countries in which they are to be shown. It is plain that this development may radically alter the present film produc-| tion system. It will inevitably affect the export of American pictures, which ac-| counted in 1929 for some $60,000,000 or $65,000,000 in our total volume of trade abroad. But the pusiness is not to be entirely lost by the American companies. They will henceforward produce abroad, in- stead of shipping the Yankee-made pie- ture abroad. .Studios owned and oper- b THE EYENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., THURSDAY, MAY 1, 1930. THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. ated by Hollywood and Long Island magnates are already functioning on the outskirts of Paris, They are to be immediately expanded to provide a production program of sixty talking films a year. These will be nroduced in half-a-dozen languages, with casts composed entirely of the nationals of the country for which each picture is being made. Thus, Swedish audiences in future will hear talkies featuring Swedish actors and actresses; Japanese will listen to sound films, in which Nipponese will be the stars, and so on down the multi-lingual line. In addition to the French international studios, the Americans will produce a certain number of talkies annually in the countries in which theyare intended to be projected. It is nevertheless manifest from these plans that the so-called Americaniza- tion of the world's screen is doomed to end. Throughout the British Empire, where English is spoken and American understood, our talkle stars will con- tinue to rule supreme. The British concede their inability to match Amer- dcan pictures, in either talent or pho- tographic artistry. But evidently the days of glory for our Clara Bows, our Harold Lloyds, our Janet Gaynors and our Charles Farrell—to name only a few of the brilliant galaxy—are no more, as far as non-English-speaking countries are concerned. It is to be home-grown stars hereafter who will twinkle there. The United States will lose'trade, but the loss which will be suffered “over there,” whether it be in Europe, Asia, Africa or Latin America, will be felt, too. Our movies have conquered the globe, and they will be missed wherever the impervious demands of language require their displacement. e o = Hacker Financial Responsibility. Regardless of the other phases of taxicab regulation which were dis- cussed at & hearing before the Senate District committee recently, it is vitally important that financial responsibility be shown by all drivers of public vehi- cles: As was pointed out at the hear- ing, many taxicab “companies” consist of one man and a cab, the man not even owning the car, and these “com- panies” are in no position to pay dam- ages caused by the driver's negligence. Cases are all too frequent of the victim of a driver’s recklessness being unable to secure redress. The big companies, of course, are financially responsible. It is the small companies and the inde- pendent hackers who must, for the pub- le protection, demonstrate that they are capable of meeting claims against them. It is to be hoped, therefore, that this provision will remain intact in the bill, ————— An ex-soldier sends a check for a little over $100 to the War Department, addressed to the Conscience Fund. He mentions small items of money pertain- ing to undeserved pay, with pathetic punctilio, which claims honor. It needs conscience as well as courage to make & true soldier e SO TS It has been admitted by Senator Borah that he is sometimes a politician and sometimes a statesman. Judge J. J. Parker may be excused for wondering which the Senator is at present. —oes Experts in criminology might be sent to Columbus, Ohio, to seek information as to how not to run a penitentiary. o SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. May. I dreamt of a May day; a blossoming play day With birds who sang sweet in the trees— With sunshine so golden, well fit to em- bolden The avarice shown by the bees. The daybreak is misty, the breezes are twisty 1In spite of a glimmering glow. The dream is most charming. climate's alarming— I hope it's not going to snow! The cloud’s silver lining may brightly be shining— ‘With thunderbolts hovering near; The fruit crop so cherished has pub- licly perished. 1t frequently fails once a year. I dreamt of a May day with Spring in her heyday To cheer a once sorrowful spot. Will May day be cheering? The an- swer I'm hearing 1s “Maybe 1 May or May Not!"” The Shifting Sentiments. “You sometimes vary in your opin- ions,” said the faithful friend. “Always with the highest motives,” answered Senator Sorghum. “I want to serve my country, but I can’t do a thing for it if I don’t retain the confi- dence of the fickle populace.” Jud Tunkins says you can turn the clock back for daylight saving, but it'll never make the mortgage any slower in coming due. Limitation. I study the restrictions met In traffic regulation, No further can I hope to get In higher education. Happier Home. “Has your wife made home happier since she went to cooking school?” “Much happier,” declared Mr. Meek- ton. “We have both learned to appre- clate plain, simple restaurant food.” “Rejoice not in another's misfor- tune,” said Hi Ho, the sage of China- town. “One misfortune leads to others that may reach even to your own door.” Penn's Woods. When William Penn took to the woods, He said, “I surely am the goods For prophecy. Men here will fix * Some grand lot-ro}un; politics.” “A spellin’ bee is discouragin’,” sald . Uncle Eben. “If you knew how to spell "lll de words dey is, you can’t be sure i you'd be able to string 'em together so’ dey'd actually mean sumpin’ i vy Time to Unlock Cell Door. From the Boston Transcript. Precautions against prison fires in Ohio suggest unlocking the cell door after the convict is burned to death, e o — Niblick Turns Up Ruby. From the Detroft News. A golfer in India turned up a precious ruby with a niblick. While we had heard of diamonds are unusuak in the rough, rubles ting togeth N Tribute to a House. On going back for a few minutes to our old house, from which we had moved several days before, the tears came unbidden to our eyes, we did not know why. Life had gone out of that house, and now its rooms stood cold and bare, trying bravely to be something which they were no longer. ‘This house was dead. Those well remembered walls, within which seven years of life had passed into the mysterious reservoirs of time, still held memories—memories which only we could know. To others those slightly solled places. where the pictures hung, might mean only dirt to be washed away. To us every corner held a dream, and now the dream, even, was vanish- ing, and shortly would be obliterated by strangers, who would paint their own dreams, and build their own memories. Poor little house, hail and farewell! we were; for every wall has written on “Love dwelt here.” May others be as happy in you as it, in invisible letters of white and gold: Tariff Held Closed Matter, Although. Debate Still Rages BY MARK SULLIVAN. The closing clashes on the tariff now taking place in the House about cer- tain rates will be duplicated next week by spectacular actions in the Senate about the debenture plan and the flex- ible provision. To any one moving about among Senators and Representa- tives, however, it is apparent that the " { framing of the bill is in their minds ady & closed chapter. They are l]reld;Y looking forward to how the bill will be regarded by the country, and to its effect upon the political fortunes of individuals and factions. Among the parties and factions, it is the Democrats wi re clearest about their course. Regaf®ess of the outcome of the still undecided controversies, the Democrats are going to take the posi. tion that the bill is wickedness incar- nate. ‘They are going' to accept the role to which they were assigned in the “Mr. Dooley” story about the two parties matching coins to see which should have the permanent franchise to use certain political phrases. The Democrats won—if won is the word— the exclusive right to use “we denounce and deplore.” The l;)emocrlu determined their at- titude about the bill when they voted against it in final passage in the Senate. In the form in which the bill then stood it_contained the’ debenture plan for which the Democrats had fought and won. It also contained the form of flexible provision for which the Demo- crats had fought and won. It con- tained scores of important rates for which the Democrats had fought and won. Nevertheless, as a matter of party policy, they voted against the bill in its completed form. On that position they will go into the campaign for Senators and Representatives. * ok x % As for the insurgent Republicans, they, too, it is safe to say, will ultimate- ly take the attitude of disapproval of the bill, although up to cate their atti- tude is one of nominal approval. When the bill in its Senate form was on final roll call in that body, most of the in- surgent Republicans voted for it. Their motive, however, was not affection for the bill. Their motive was strategic. They voted for the bill in the form in which it passed the Senate merely in order to be in a better position for the last-ditch battle on the debenture after the conference. ‘This final fight to keep the debenture plan in the bill will take place next week. Almost certainly it will be lost. ‘Thereafter, the insurgent Republicans will say that the only thing in the bill that was worth anything to their farmer_constituents was the debenture plan. Upon this position the insurgent Republicans will go to the West de- nounc! the bill. At the same time they will begin another chapter of their fight for the debenture plan by taking this issue before the people. “If the debenture plan is taken out of thc bill,” said Senator Borah, “the fight will have Jjust begun.” The insurgents will under- take to elect Senators and Representa- tives pledged to vote for the debenture plan to future sessions of Congress. As part of the same process, they will try to defeat Serators and Representatives from Western States who in this Con- gress failed to support the debenture plan. On this narrow issue there will be some bitter local wars within the Republican party in the West this Summer, * ok x % As for the regular Republicans in the East and elsewhere, they will fill the other role in the “Mr. Dooley” story by exercising their franchise to use the “we commends” and the “we point- with-prides.” Their pointing with pride, however, will be perfunctory and half-hearted. Most of the Eastern Re- publicans are dubious about the bill as respects the individual commodities in which they are interested. At the very moment when the West is blaming the East for a bad bill, much of the East, with a sincerity at least as great, will blame the West. The Eastern Repub- licans with strong conviction blame the representatives of the Western farmers for the first and fundamental misstep in this bill. At the very beginning, the representative- of farm organizations took the ground that sugar is a_ farm crop and must have a hlfh duty. It was the trading and log-rolling done with other commodities in behalf of sugar that initiated the disasters that have attended this bill, * X ok % That the bill is a bad one from the standpoint of Eastern industry is the belief held by the most orthodox Eastern Republicans. Grundy of Pennsylvania, in his home State, con- demns the bill in terms which include such phrases as “worst ever.” In this attitude of Mr. Grundy, connected with the probable outcome of his own campaign for re-election, lies one bit of potential humor. Grundy dislikes the bill, is not responsible for making fit, and would have made it utterly dif- ferent if he had the responsibility. Nevertheless the Democrats, with shrewd strategy, are attaching Grundy's name to the bill in their campaign speeches and literature. In a statement two paragraphs long, Democratic Senator Pat Harrison, th other day, three times used “Grundy” as a slogan of tariff odium: “Grundy tarif,” “Grundybund” and “Grundy act.” Another phrase with which the Democratic national committee peppers its campaign literature is “Grundyism.” The potential joke in this lies in the fact that Grundy comes up for re- nomination in Pennsylvania on 20. The best present judgment is tha he will be defeated. In that event, the Democrats will be obliged to do some hurried revising of their campaign literature. Highlights on the Wide World | Excerpts From Newspapers of Other Lands ANCHESTER GUARDIAN.—The cinema’s advantage over the stage lay in its freedom of imi- tations of space and time. All the world is the camera’s scen- ery, and the camera, waiting for the right moment and the best shot, can be a monument of patience. The introduc- tion of talking films drove the producer back into the studio, so far as the dia- logue was concerned. He could portray stout Cortez silent upon his peak, but if he wished to record the opinions of Cor- tez on the undesirability of stoutness in mountaineers or on the climate of Da- rien, he had to take that pioneer back to the studio and place him on a bogus pinnacle among the recording appara- tus. Now it is reported from Hollywood that the difficulty which seriously ham- pered the production of talking films has been overcome by the invention of a button microphone, which is connected by wireless with the sound recording im- plements. It sounds a trifie vague. But it seems that the Cortez problem. can be solved on the mountain being brought sufficiently near to Mohammed if Cortez carries one of the new gadgets in his buttonhole and declaims into it. Undoubtedly the scope of ‘“talkies” could be much enlarged by independ- ence of the studio, but there is no nee for alarm lest the new weapon should prove fatal to the old sta lay. Al that has resulted from the “talkie” in- vasion of London has been a theater- boom, and it is now perfectly obvious that the public will support what is good of its kind, and not just anything of | one kind. Good “talkies” are the ene- mies of bad “talkies,” and not the ene- mies of good plays. * K ok % Cites Need For Public Spirit. Cork Weekly Examiner.—It is a good sign that frequent references are being made in the Irish Free State to the de- velopment of the civic sense, which is a necessary preliminary to the develop- ment n{’; generous public spirit. Until every citizen and citizeness of the Free State feels that he and she is an impor- tant unit in the state, and that the citizen has a duty to perform toward the community, rapid progress cannot be expected. But if we really possess that patriotic feeling on which we used to pride ourselves very much not so many years ago, we ought to try to show the outside world !h:l ttg",h"ihh l!n;! nation are, in proportion eir means, at least as puglsc-spmud as their next door neighbors. Very often one can hear people dilat- ing upen the delinquencies of the Eng- lish, Welsh and BScots, especially the English. A sort of belief exists that they do not in any sense come up to the Irish standard of perfect ljving, and 50 on, and no trouble is takeh to state their good points. In fact, it is scarcely -gmmed have any good points at all. Yet, if an impartial observer looks into the matter, he will find that one of the strong points of the English char- acter ix public spirit, which is often displayed with generosity in causes which the average Irishman cannot ap- preciate, 1Indeed, voluntary effort does many things in England, Scotland and in Wales, also, which, of the channel fiople usually regard as within the province of the government. Recently we directed attention to some of k which Scots who acquired great wealth abroad have done for the higher education of the youth of Scotland. Irishmen who left their native land and succeeded in put- er millions could, without any loss to themselves, and with great benefit to their people, follow the exam- ple of the Scots. * k% % Urge Consideration For Street Car Employes. A Noite, Rio de Janeiro.—Our street car employes are a forgotten people whom we should show more considera- tion to, for their continuous and self- sacrificing labors. We are all of us more or less dependent upon them, and we are very impatient when the car does not come just at the moment we expect it, but we rarely stop to think what it means for them to render such faithful and valuable service in all sorts of weather, under all sorts of conditions, and under such heavy demands uflm their moral and physical being. ot only the motorman and conductor hi to be tireless, patient and vigilant at all times, but similar service and patience is required of all other employes of tramways, whether in the office or in the shop., but the men who actually operate the system of transportation, we believe, should have more frequent and more gracious recognition of our grati- tude to them for all the conveniences and benefits we enjoy in our municipal d | tramway system. The work of the em- ployes of these lines is certainly the equivalent in importance and necessity to that of the firemen and police, and their remuneration and their status should also correspond. We trust that the National Labor Council, alert to the deserts of these faithful workers, will seek an early occasion to bring about an amelioration in the condition of these loyal workers. These men, like other citizens, have their famiiies to keep; they are exposed to the same jeopardies of sickness and accident in their households, but be- cause of the nature of their work they can render little help at home, because they must work all hours of the day and night and upon all days of the year. * ok ok X Wide Trousers | Typical of Luxurious Indolence. El Tiempo, Bogota.—One of our co- temporaries has referred to one of loge | political do-nothings at the capital as a | man of “large (wide) pantaloons.” |'allusion and censure is well Justified. | To our mind, the wide, flowing trouser | 1& typical of the luxurious indolence of the day. How can any man weari pantaloons many sizes, apparently, too large for him. pe energetic or ambitious? | Men wearing trousers 50 wide at the bottom and equally roomy at other points are more concerned with sartorial perfection of the moment than they are with the grave problems, social, in. dustrial and financial, confronting the state. Before a man can do any kind of work, eyen political work, he must get | Hnnw ;nhu- k!ndl“n( tIu'mhm. Mascu- | line leg garments of present, | 1m--lyne action and stupety the tndu:l! gence. —————— Crime Commission Activity, | Prom the Fort Worth Record-Telesram. | The American public is marking time as patiently as it can while the Crime Commission is trying to force its way onto the front page with the commis- sion of crime, e — Traffic Campaign Effective, Crom the New London Day. | New York cops handed out | on the first day of & uw:‘hww Pretty soon motorists will be so of New York that they'll ask for their tickets Y §o driving, before they is | recognized that in some of The Political Mill By G. Gould Lincoln. It won't be long now in Pennsylvania. In less than three weeks the Repub- licans of the Keystone State will have determined upon their candidates for Senator and for governor this yea: But as the campaign approaches its finish, the situation is still decidedly complex. Senator Grundy has at length made a statement aligning himself with the drys. Grundy has no official run- ning mate in the shape of a candidate for governor. His man Lewis was with- drawn from the gubernatorial contest. The Mellons, who are supporting Grundy, have also declared their sup- port for Francis Shunk Brown, who came out more or less wet. Of the other candidates for governor, Gifford Pinchot is bone dry and the other, Thomas W. Phillips, is wringing wet. Mr. Grundy's opponent, Secretary James J. Davis of the Department of Labor, is on the ticket with Mr. Brown. So far Mr. Davis has said little or noth- ing about the wet-and-dry issue, al- though Representative Beck of Penn- sylvania. one of the wet leaders of the House, now_representing the old Vare district in Philadelphia, has cast the mantle of approval over the Davis- Brown ticket, urging the wets not to bother with Mr. Phillips or the wet candidate for the Senator, Prof. Bohlen. Senator Grundy's statement on pro- hibition was made before the Repub- lican women of the forty-second ward in Philadelphia. He said: “I have been asked to comment upon prohibition. As a delegate from the ninth -congressional district to the Re- publican national convention in Kan- sas City, I feel that the prohibition plank upon which Hoover was nomi- nated is a binding obligation on all the delegates who took part in that con- vention. “President Hoover has now appointed a commission to investigate this prob- lem. When that commission reports to Congress and any legislation bearing on it comes up I will support it, pro- vided it is in harmony with Republican principles, “In the meantime, I will stand by the existing Constitution, with i amendments, and all legislation. “If nominated and elected for the next two years, I will stand by the existing order in any new legislation, Fmv!dlnl that, too, is in harmony with he Republican rm!um. Fortunately, the flexibility of our Government en- ables legislators to express the popular thought of the moment both econom- ically and socially.” A reading of the statement would seem to leave Mr. Grundy rather free to act as he sees fit in the future on this prohibition question. But ap- parently it is satisfactory to the drys, and certainly of the three principal candidates for the Republican sena- torial nomination, it is the driest pro- nouncement yet put forward. ik Senator David A. Reed, a delegate to the London Naval Conference, did not return to this country with the other delegates. He is expected back here in a week or 10 days, it is said. And when he gets back to the United States, there will be a strong demand for his pres- ence in Washington to deal with the London naval treaty in the Senate for- eign relations committee or in the Sen. ate itself as the case may be. Furthe; more, the Senator is likely to be in <demand to vote on the tariff bill. Under such circumstances, it may not be pos- sible for him to mix to any appreciable extent in the Pennsylvania primary campaign, with the primary election falling on May 20. * ok ok % Out in Oklahoma, where the Demo- crats are hoping to win a Senate seat from the Republicans this year, it has been suggested that former Senator ‘Thomas r Gore, the blind Senator, may have the backing of the wet Demo- crats for the nomination. At present here seem to be plenty of Democrats who would like the senatorial nomination, particularly because it is believed the Democrats have a chance to win. Sen- ator W. B. Pine, Republican, is up for re-election this year. Former Gov. Harry 8. Johnson, who was ousted by the Legislature, is reported to be seek- ing political vindication at the hands of the voters and as b2ing more than| willing to come to the Senate. Former Gov. Lee Cruce and C. J. Wrightsman, oll cperator, are other Democrats whose names have been put forward in con- nection with this nomination. Okla- homa has' had a record for turnover in ‘senatorial employment in recent years Former Senator Owen and Sen- ator Gore, Oklahoma after it was admitted to the Ualon as a State, each were elected three times. successors have not been so fortunate. * Kk % ¥ Dwight W. Morrow, Ambassador Mexico, candidate for the Republican senatorial nomination in New Jersey, is expected to clear up his immediate })lms for the future after he has con- erred with President Hoover today. Originally it was planned that upon his ceturn to this country Mr. Morrow would be appointed to the Senate and that Senator Baird, now serving under ap- pointment of the governor, would with- draw to make this possible. But today the New Jersey Republican leaders who are backing Mr. Morrow for the sen- atorial nomination in the June 17 are now urging that he remain as Ambassador to Mexico and outside the Senate, so that he may have greater opportunity to campaign in the State. Ever since Mf. Morrow agreed to run for the senatorial nomination, except for & brief visit before he went to Europe, he has been out of the State. Only a few weeks remain for him to make his campaign now that he is back ih the United States. Former Senator Joseph S. Frelinghuysen, who is seeking the nomination, has been working like a beaver all over the State for more than a year. Furthermore, it is argued that if Mr. Morrow goes into the Senate now, he will be compelled to be on the job steadily in support of the naval treaty, when he is needed in New Jersey. Incidentally, there are a couple of vexing questions outside of the naval treaty upon which Mr. Morrow would have to vote if he went immediately enforcement | Rey. the first Senators from | Thes ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC What is imn- question? Whatever {t s ununrq}uut for legal, medical or financial advice, it will be answered without cost to you, and {ou will receive the reply in a personal let- ter. Write your question clearly and briefly, inclose 2-cent mm&lw return and address The Evening Star tal mmtm Bureau, PFrederic J. Has- kin, director, Washington, D. C. Q. How long has there been an an- almA regattl at Henley-on-Thames?— A. The Henley Royal Regatta, the principal gathering of amateur oarsmen in England, was t held in 1839 and usually takes place in July. Q. When will the Canadian census be taken?—M. H. A. The decennial census will be faken in 1931, Q. What does the name “Hiawatha” mean?—W. B. T. A. The Indian name means “he makes rivers.” Hiawatha was a legendary chief, about 1450, of the Onondaga tribe. The formation of the League of Six Nations, known as the Iroquois, is attributed to him by Indian tradition. Q. How many Canadians have the Victoria Cross?>—G. A. A. The names of 66 Canadians are on the list. Q. Please tell something of Lily Damita’s life.—W. F. N. A. Lily Damita was born in Paris, where her father was an engineer with De Lesseps. She was taken in her in- fancy to Egypt and sent to a confent in Portugal in her early girlhood. Run- ning away from the convent to join a traveling show, she was sent later to another convent in Madrid. Her father, who had enlisted in the war, was killed in 1915. This necessitated her going to work. Her first job was as a ballet dancer. Subsequently she organized a small company of her own and played in various European cities. Noel Cow- ard saw her in Paris and selected her for the leading role in a movie. Since coming to America she has (gol:yefl in “The -Eyed such successes as k- ts | World” and “The Bridge of San Luis At present she has deserted the movies for musical comedy and has the gmlnlm_ in the hit, “Sons o luns.”+ Q. Do many public schools give group truction in Y‘hm p! ?—8. D. A. About half the public schools in the metropolitan cities of the United States give piano lessons by the grou instruction method to children. bl Q. What four lan, are most widely spoken?—J. B!:V"u o A. English is first. It is spoken approximately 160,000,000 people. Ger- flll)'; and Ruul%n M;_- oéonrmueo%ond x;lmie, each spoken by ,000,000 le. French comes next with n,?&'»’,«'%oo users, y ruling against freak addresses?—H. A, L. 5 A. The Post Office Department has announced that hereafter letters bear- ing freak addresses will be sent to the Q. Is there an; Estimates of the results of the poli- cles that have guided the work of the Federal Farm Board range from strong disapproval to earnest support. Changes in the price of wheat during the period of operation of the board headed, by Alexander Legge, are studied in connec- tion with purchases of wheat. Demands for a change in the law, from a group led by the Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce, afe met by statements that the Farm Board either has wisely met existing conditions or that it is entitled to carry its plans to completion. “Chairman Legge's ition,” accord- ing to the Fort Wayne News-Sentinel, “is simply this: If speculators on the exchanges have a right to set aside the law of supply and d from time to time by fixing and not reflecting prices, the farmers have the right to do exactly the same thing to their own advantage and to the advantage of the market in general. In conns with the price of wheat, of course, the board has already demonstrated its power to make fairly effective application of this principle. re was definite threat of an early panic in the wheat market when a Gov- But more recently their | in to | The board’s plans are to get more and ernment stab corporation stepped and soon was able to control some- thing like 33,000,000 bushels of grain, thereby averting a disastrous situation. more commodities out of the hands of speculators and into farm-owned chan- nels, and then, through organizations to estimate the demand for these - ucts, regulate the supply accordingly. To that end, of course, it is, as Mr. Legge declares, ‘the farmers’ move, * ok % * “The grain men may well reflect,” in the opinion of the Milwaukee Jour- nal, “that they are starting something Which they may not be able to finish. If they destroy the Federal Farm Board now they probably will get McNary- Haugenism which, after all, is the far- mers’ favorite plan. And they'll be worse off than they are in dealing with Mr. Legge, who has promised that any grain dealer who serves a useful pur- pose has nothing to fear. We com- mend for the thoughtful consideration of the Minneapolis exchange the atti- tude of the Milwaukee exchange, as ex- pressed by its secretary: ‘That if the ard program is funda- mentally wrong, which we believe it is, then it will fall of its own weight, and if it is fundamentally sound it will suc che:d. and protests will not decide the ue.” “Thg Minneapolis Chamber of Com- merce,” says the Portland Oregon Journal, “doesn't want the farmer to market his own crop. The great busi- ness group that it is spokesman for doesn’t want the farmer to be salesman next into _the Senate. One of them is the tariff bill and the other is the nomina- tion of Judge John J. Parker to be as- sociate justice of the Supreme Court. * X k% Prelinghuysen has declared himself wet Mr. Morrow has yet to make any statement regarding the prohibition is- sue. He is expected to talk over his platform with President Hoover. Mr. Hoover has 'lx"""dmsl'{f'"" g"'thit‘hl: enforcement_of pro on. Buf o Illp ‘Llugfil Gk Republicans will run as we s year, lngult is not believed that the Presi- dent is asking candidates for the Sen- ate and House to abandon their convic- tions in regard to the prohibition issue to stand on any particular platform. One of the President’s mos® cordial sup- porters in the House, Mrs. Ruth Pratt of New York, has recently announced her candidacy for re-election on a wet platform. Certainly Mr. Morrow's friends are urging him to stand for modification or repeal of the dry laws. R The letter of First Assistant Secretary of the Interior Joseph M. Dixon to Walter Newton, one of the President’s secretaries, yrging the appointment of Judge John J. Parker of North Caro- lina .c the Supreme Court on the ground that it would be a master political stroke and help kecp the Tar Heel State Republican, now that it is published, is decidedly not a master political stroke in itself. Here are Senators Overman and Simmons of North Carolina, both Democrats, who have been supporting Judge Parker on the ground that he is an eminent jurist ll;d weg :Iélol‘l‘l::dAf:‘); a tment to the Supre! nmr. Dixon's letter is dugup at the gchol jcal moment by Senator Mc-| Lord, lar of Tennessee, a Democrat. It makes barrassing situation to say the lun“t: the two veteran Democratic Senators from North to foreign and other buyers of the wheat he grew in his own fields with his own labor and at his own cost of produc- tion. That group wants to_market the farmer’s wheat for him. It wants to make a profit out of the farmer’s wheat whether the farmer makes a profit on his work, his risks and his enterprise or not. And all of that is to say that the powerful group for which the Minneap- olis Chamber of Commerce speaks sim- ply claims that the farmer should not | implication is that Mr. Newton con- veyed to his chief, President Hoover the recommendation of Mr. Dixon that Judge Parker be appointed to the Supreme Court. There is nothing in the record to show that the President made the appointment for political reasons or because he belleved that it would help keep North Carolina Re- publican, but the Dixon letter makes a good talking point for the opponents of the Parker nomination. Hov it got into the files of the Senate udiciary committee is somewhat of a mystery. The very fact that it was sent to tne Senate committee, however, would tend to prove that it was not regarded as a very important document af House. * ok ok o Recent comment on the proposal ad- vanced by Daniel C. S J. HASKIN. dead letter office if addresses of senders. i and post cards should bear proper ad- dresses, but this recent decision would indicate thak it was forced by an in- crease of first-class matter bearing freak addresses. Q. What was the name of the British ;hlp on which the nut.h:; of “The Star Key was held prisoner on His Majesty's ship Surprise. Q. Please tell me about using lime to itch biras.—R. B. A. The Biological Survey says that it is very dangerous to use bird lime for catching birds, since harmless and in- nocent birds can be easily trapped in this way as well as harmful ones. In fact, it is against the law in most States to use bird lime for this purpose. Con- sequently it is no longer being made in any considerable quantity, and it would | probably be better to employ some other | method” for catching birds. Q. Please publish the story of Mar- garet Haughey.—R. C. A. Margaret ighiey, after being left an orphan and later losing her husl and baby, went to work as a laundress in & hotel in New Orleans. She spent g:‘n of every day Visiting the orphans’ me and taking food to them. She secured this food by asking various merchants for it. Later she established a dairy and bakery which were very successful. The money which she made she spent for her orphans. Through her generosity three large orphan homes were erected in New Orleans, besides a home for the aged and in- firm. The statue erected in her honor in New Orleans is sald to be the first statue of a woman ever erected in the United States. Q. What is the baby Volstead law?— A. The Bureau of Prohibition says that newspaper writers have referred to the Massachusetts prohibition en- forcement law as the Massachusetts baby Volstead law. Q. Has the Memorial Church at Grande Pre, Nova Scotla, been com- pleted?—T, M. A. This national monument of the French Acadians is nearly finished. The one hundred and seventy-fifth anniversary of the expulsion of the Acadians will be observed on August 20, when Acadian descendants Louis- iana, New England, Quebec and France are expected. Q. What monarch succeeded Queen Elizabeth?—J. K. L. A. Queen Elizabeth was succeeded by g:m‘:. VI of Scotland, son of Mary L Q. How is outdoors?—F. the game of bowls played E. C. A. 1t is played with biased balls on ;e 1:’7"'&;"‘%1 olt greensward, “t‘t:a aim g rol hem near a lonary ball called a jack. Differing Estimates Placed On Progress of Farm Board market his own wheat, but should let them market it for him so they can make a profit out of it.” * ok kX “The agricultural marketing act,” ad- vises the New York ‘Sum, “should nof be tinkered with until it" has been i the Board should be allowed to prove itself. The present system of farm relief is at least the best that legislative ingenuity in the United States has thus far been able to devise in years of laborious effort.” The Sun quotes what it describes as appearing t. be “the dominant conservative opinion of the Corn Belt,” in a statement by the Indianapolis News: “While not even agriculture is agreed that the Govern- ment-aid experiment is altogether pra ticable, as formulated, the premise on which it rests is approved and . This is that farmers, in or gain a reasonable financial ‘return on their investment and labor, must have more of & voice in the disposal of their mglc.’hm?uex' t from the tical comment comes which ‘contends that wheat is the sole crop, Istic, unpractical, and The Syracuse Herald points out thas “the Stabilization Corporation has re- moved more than 100,000,000 bushels of wheat from the competitive market by cash purchase, but no relief is visible in the current prices of free wheat; and, what is more, the existence of the enor- mous stored surplus, with its implica- tion of future difficulties, has ex- erated the existing price depression.” ifficulties that have been encoun- tered in world markets by producers of rubber, coffee, sugar and copper are mentioned by the Detroit News, which concludes: “The wheat and cotton in- terests are in different hands. They have back of them the almost unlimited resources of the United States Govern- ment. What will be the outcome? The whole ‘world is watching.” * ok k% The situation is described by the Chicago Daily News in the statement: “The exportable surplus of wheat and other cereals, experts say, must be wiped out by organization and enforce- ment of an agreed program of curtailed production. The soundness of this ad- vice cannot be doubted, the situation in world markets being what it is. But what of the wheat surplus which now is causing so much troubleand loss? Cannot private and public benevolence take the American oversupply to China’s starving millions? The demand for American wheat in that quarter is in- tense indeed, though ineffective eco- | nomically because of the poverty of the stricken provinces.” “It seems that the Farm Board should prove eventually succ says the Zanesville Times-Recorder, while the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, observing that “the Farm Board is wisely taking one thing at & time in prosecution of a job that is long and complex,” and that it “is entitled to a sympathetic hearing on its fully con- sidered proposals,” continues: “It may be that the nmsect of inducing the farmers to hold down their production will fail. That has been the invariable record of similar projects in the past. But this is the d The appeal of the Farm Board plan to the ’?rme‘r; lltlt:teaghd by u“k Cham- paign News-Gazette. The Topeka Daily Capital states: “Reduced acreage is a speculative question and the Farm Board plan an experiment, as the entire farm act is. It has seemed to us rea- sonable to give it a trial. * * * Mean- while those who are so the White grain su internal revenue commissioner and in- | ‘home fluential Democrat, that Demq national conventions ke broad at a world price ore than & lished wmfly”-‘nr "“-m:x. mn‘?:' the suggestion to the Democratic The pariy. o .| and maintain the ‘home market’ for the rest, as we do for the industries? mmm we lcd)on';:e :xl:eory for 2 dustries and on other theory the farm?”