Evening Star Newspaper, May 21, 1930, Page 8

i | i | | | | | | | i | | i | | | | i | | | f | i | | | ! As- ' e TUE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. O, WEDNESDAY, MAY 21, 190, {THE EVENING STAR |ttat department. Sometimes It h-l: With Morning Edition. worked well, and again otherwise. -—'V'm“_!—__ now remains to be seen whether Com- WASHINGTON, D. O missioner Mulrooney, who has been & WEDNESDAY.....May 21, 1930 policeman for thirty-four of his fifty- six years, will be as competent in com- THEODORE W. NOYES. ...Editor [mand as he has been in’subordinate positions. Mr. Whalen’s tour of duty as commis- sioner of police of New York lasted about seventeen months. He went into the office with unusual eclat. He had been Mayor Walker's chief of staff on the social side for several years, serv- ing as a reception committee for in- coming notables and presiding on oec- casions of public ceremony with dignity, and grace and sartorial splendér. He was an admirable associate for the mayor himself, who is known as the best dressed executive New York has 5 jever had. But there was more than good looks and good clothes to Mr. ‘Whalen. He had ability as an executive and his service at the head of the police department of New York was competent and at times brilllant. He did not entirely solve the traffic prob- lems. Perhaps that is more than any man can do. But he tried some prom- ising experiments and he was at all times interesting and he held public s - attention. Now he goes back to a com- Davis Wins. mercial job for which he is highly Secretary James J. Davis of the De- qualified, probably continuing to serve partment of Labor has been nominated | gy); nayor Walker in his old capacity for the Senate on the Republican ticket | .o o master of ceremonies. in Pennsylvania, according to the latest Commissioner Mulrooney puts on the returns from the Keystone State. The | ool badge of office with a splendid victory of Mr. Davis over his opponents, | record as a policeman, a reputation for Senator Joseph S. Grundy and Francls | peing g strict though not tyrannical dis- H. Bohlen, will be variously interpreted. | eiplinarian and » capacity for keeping But whatever the interpretation, M. | his own counsel that should give value Davis' run in Pennsylvania is & Per-|to him in this new and difficult assign- sonal tribute to himself. The vote has|ment. His policemanship dates back to indicated, as did his campaign, that|the days of Commissioner - Theodore e had elements of strength which were | Roosevelt, during whose term at the unexpected when he declared his can- | head of the department young Mul- didacy. That he should have carried | rooney, just lately twenty-one, put on the City of Philadelphia with a greater | his first uniform. A good “cop” does lead than did his running mate for|not necessarily make a good commis- governor, Francis Shunk Brown, is one | sioner, but if knowing the force and of the surprises. For Mr. Brown is a|the city and the underworld counts for each mouth, or telephone Member of the Associated Press. sociated Press is exclusively entitled use for republication of all news dis- es credited to it or not otherwise cred- in this paper and aiso the local rews iblished herein. All rights of publication of special dispatches herein are also reserved. the potential revenue-producing area | that bears the major part of the burden of supporting the municipality. These factors must be borne in mind in deciding what constitutes a fair proportion to be paid by the Federal Government in financing the Capital. They have a direct bearing upon the amount to be carried in the current appropriation bill. They are strong arguments in themselves that support the Senate’s action in increasing by $3,000,000 the amount set by Congress six years ago as representing equitable participation by the Federal Govern- ment in the expenses of its Capital City. r———t—————— Mr. Roberts’ Confirmation. “ With almost precedent-establi-hing speed in the case of a nomination of such imporfance the Senate yesterday confirmed without a dissenting vote the appointment of Owen J. Reberts of Pennsylvania to the Supreme Court bench. Thus ends the period of distress for President Hoover which set in with the ill-starred nomination of Judge Parker and eventuated in its rejection. Once again our Federal tribunal of highest resort is equipped with its full quota of nine members. Apart from the signal tribute to hjs excellence, Justice Roberts’ prompt’ con= firmation carries a lesson which will hardly be overlooked at the White House or by the country. That lesson is that had the Parker nomination been that of a man of unquestionable eminence there is small question that it would have prevailed. The North Carolinian, de- spite qualities which even some of his foes conceded him, could not overcome the handicap of failing to measure up to that outstanding stature in the law which Americans traditionally associate native of Philadelphia and it was ex- peeted that the Philadelphia organiza- tion would make a strong effort to give Mr, Brown every possible vote, Itprob- ably did so. But Mr. Davis received over thirty thousand more votes in the city than did Mr. Brown. The nomination of Davis on the Re- publican ticket is regarded as tanta- mount to an election in Pennsylvania. The Davis-Brown ticket had the sup- port of the Vare organization in Phila- delphia and, despite all rumors spread by the Grundy camp to the contrary, the Vare organimation functioned swongiy for Mr. Davis. Reports that the Vare leaders would abandon Davis in the effort to nominate Brown ap- parently have been unfounded. 3 In the Davis-Grundy contest for the senatorial nomination huge interests were aligned-against each other. On the one hand was the power of the Vare organization in Philadelphia and the Allegheny County organization, and on the other was the Grundy organization backed by the Mellons, which has been effective in many a hard-fought cam- paign in the past. On the one hand ‘was Gen. W. W. Atterbury, president of the Pennsylvania Railroad and Repub- lican national committeeman, and on the other was W. L. Mellon, nephew of the Secretary of the Treasury and his official political spokesman in the State. On the one hgnd were the public utilities corporations, the coal mines, and on the other were the manu- facturing interests which backed Grundy. On the one hand was organ- izsed labor and on the other were the organized manufacturing employers of The wet issue really did not come between Davis and Grundy, both of whom had declared their support of the prohibition Iaws and indicated their willingness to go along with the Hoover administration in their enforcement. It was suspected that the candidacy of Prancis H. Bohlen, a wet, would mate- rially injure the chances of Mr. Davis and aid those of Mr. Grundy, But Mr, Bohlen's vote did not turn the trick anything New York's new chief of police should be a success. —a « Population and Taxes. Increases in population are accom- nied by increases in the total and per capita tax burdens, but until the figures become available that will yield exact comparisons it is difficult to be- lieve that the increase in Washington's tax burden during the last decade is either normal or fairly proportional to the increase in its population since 1920. ‘The census figures for Washington, in. this connection, become doubly interest- ing because of the comparison between the wth of population and the growtH of the tax burden and because of the trend of city population to the suburbs, which, while common to many other cities, emphasizes Washington's peculiar status as a city that cannot extend its boundaries to include the adjacent communities that are being swelled by Washington’s overflow. Between 1910 and 1920 Washington's population registered a 322 per cent growth. This growth was doubtless ab- normal, for it reflected the great in- crease in the city's population brought about by the influx of war workers and others whose presence here was due to the war. In the same period the local real estate tax yield increased 44 per cent, while the per capita real estate tax increased from $13 to $14. Between 1920 and 1930 Washington's population increased 11 per cemt. In 1920 the real estate assessment was $426,623,630 and the real estate tax yield $6,399,354. In 1930 the real es- tate assessment had increased to $1,- 182,463,345, or 177 per cent, and the real estate tax yield had increased to $20,101,877, or 214 per cent. In the same period the per capita real estate tax jumped from $14 to $41, or 52 per cent. : In 1920 the Federal Government's contribution to the District amounted to $0,953,255, and in 1930 it amount- ed to $10,105,000, including under pro- for Grundy. Senator Grundy stressed | test miscellaneous revenues credited the tariff issue, declaring for added pro- | WhOlly to the District, or an increase of tection for Pennsylvania’s manufactur- | 1288 than 1 per cent, compared to the in- ing industries. Mr. Davis declared | STea%€ in the city’s real estate tax con- himself a strong advocate of the pro- tribution, during the same period, of 214 tective tariff, too, which eliminated to|Per °nt- The real estate tax burden, 8 considerable extent thab issue when | Of COUT3e, does not include the other the balloting took place, tax burdens represented in taxes on tan- “Grundyism,” however, which has| S\ a0d intangible personal property, eome to be symbolical for the extreme in the gasoline tax—a new tax since of high protective tariff duties, received | 1927 —the Water taxes, which were in- & jolt n this election, It has peen | Tesed In 1026, or the tax on public known that Mr. Grundy did not sympa- | *7YIC¢ corporations, banks, ete. thize with President Hoover in his de-| BUb 8ccompanynig this enormous in- mand for. a “limited revision” of the | CT¢2% In the real estate tax burden tarifl. Indeed, Mr. Grundy has de- eclared in his recent speeches that he intended to take a Pennsylvania dele- gation to the next Republican national convention which would demand that a plank be written into the party plat- form pledging a further increase in tariff duties. For the Republican party in the coming congressional elections it is probably fortunate that “Grundyism” received this wallop on the jaw in yes- terday’s primai Por Grundyism has promised to be a strong telking point for the Democrats in the campaign this year. ‘The success of Mr. Davis, who has been a member of the cabinet under three Presidents and who now is on his way to becoming a Senator of the United States, has its elemeénts of romance, An iron puddler in Pennsyl- vania mills in his early youth, Mr. Davis has gone ateadily shead, with the respect of the people of his com- munity and of the State. It is true there has been the trend of city popu- lation to the suburbs. The Associated Press carries an interesting story of the effect of this trend as shown in the 1930 census figures. Washington becomes one of the Nation's outstanding examples. Its 11 per cent increase in population is compared, by the Asso- ciated Press, to the 33 per cent growth of Alexandria—a growth that is set down as probably representing a part of the “overflow” from the Capital. Complete figures on the growth in other adjacent communities will prob- ably repeat the same story. Cleveland’s population in the last decade increased by 12.6 per cent, but Greater Cleveland, embracing the coun; ty in which the city proper is located, showed a growth of 26.7 per cent. Baltimore increased only 7.6, but, to quote the Associated Press, “Many a stately residential section, titled Such- and-Such Forest or Thus-and-so- Shores, settled southward along the pike to Washington and up Philadelphia that the political set-up in Pennsylvania this year aided him materially. But [ V2V : Devertheless, the fact that erl., Davis| The census figures are mere corrobo- tive evidence of what every one knows was in » position to take advantage of [ ** these circumstances is due alone to the | 1as been taking 91::& Me: 1l;::»lwalh- advance -which he himself has made. | 30d good roads cient trans- o portation bringing the relatively wide _| open spaces of the suburbs within easy ”"“J‘D:":"“‘::';t“x:m ;n‘:‘u‘:‘h commuting distance of the city. But m'“e"m‘ e '6“ e ties | the point that applies to Washington, ( alone ot all the cities in the United of Communism is that it roams the | gy, ., o ghat once the property-owning world without appearing o have 1Y | .ypuponite has left the boundaries of SerGeulhefupases o6 19 ov)- the District of Columbis, he 18 lost as i : a taxpayer to the Washington com- New York's New Police Chiel. | it und becomes & patriatic, politi Yesterday Grover A. Whalen, loaned | cal and financial supporter of his gov- the eity of Greater New York by & | ernment in Maryland or Virginia. Cleve- large mercantile establishment for serv- | land, Baitimore, Alexandria—any other commissioner, vesigned | city may almost at will extend its cor- return to his business job. | porate area and exact tribute from those His resignation was accepted with re- | who seek the open spaces of the sub- ‘Walker, who immediately | urbs. In Washington the boundaries are definitely and with the Supreme Court. Chief Justice Hughes personified perhaps in far great- er degree the rights of property as against so-called human rights. But Mr. Hughes towered to such heights in the legal profession and had so unassail- able a record for fair-mindedness and acumen that opposition accusations fell hopelessly short of establishing his un- fitness to head the court. Justice Roberts goes worthily to the Supreme bench. He will adorn it. The predominance of the “North” in its new make-up happily had no influence on Southern sentiment in the Senate. It is a reassuring token that Dixie knows no sectionalism in a tribunal truly mational in its scope and purpose regardless of geographical factors in its personnel.” —_———e——————— Only the man who wants to revive the old one-ring circus is serious in favoring the idea of reducing public expenditures to the old-fashioned limi- tations which opposed improverents. ————————— Tt is not likely that Mr. Roberts, as & Supreme Court justice, will be re- quired to listen to arguments as long and searching as those to which the ‘vacancy on the bench gave rise —————— Alert tq picturesque advantage, James Hamilton Lewis may be able to capi- talize the unusual distinction of being & genuinely poor man in senatorial politics, Psychiatrists are naturally inclined to the idea that a man who will accuse himself of so atrocious & erime as the Baker homicide must be mentally ‘wrong. ————— When Charles Dawes arrives in America he will relieve unemployment to some extent by making more work for the camera men. ————— Presidential aspirations are attributed to Mr. Morrow. New Jersey is evidently determined to rival Ohio in producing careers of historic eminence. ———— A man of indomitable energy, Musso- lini pauses only briefly to enjoy the placid pleasure of being a proud father- in-law. ————— Commercial war in the oll business is being studied to ascertain whether Standard Oi] is due to suffer any symp- toms of Shell shock. SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. The Endless Game. Again the world beholds mankind To patriot earnestness inelined. ‘We hear the shout from shore to shore: “We voted; and we'll vote some more!” ‘The echoes of past ages bring Reminders of the balloting To wreck a leader or restore. Men voted; and they'll vote some more, Quest of position and of fame Stands as the great eternal game, Superior to wealth's glittering store. Tribes voted; and they'll vote some more. The same old record reappears ‘With hopes renewed throughout the years; And all will say, just as of yore: “We votéd; and we'll vote some more.” Investigation. “Many of us are as eager to go to the Senate as we are to go to Heaven.” “No doubt of it,” answered Senator Sorghum. “And in either case it is un- derstood that a candidate may have to face an investigation” Jud Tunkins says you can't always be cheerful. Every silver lining has a cloud. Theme Songs. Again the politicians croon, ‘While sentimental songs prevail, ‘We sing awhile of the full moon And next of the full dinner pail. Unkind Wish. “Dancing is the poetry of motion.” “I have heard so,” answered Miss Cayenne. “My casual reading makes me wish more poets would quit writing and take up dancing.” “There is no profligacy so great,” said Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown, “as that which squanders a cherished friendship in & needless quarrel.” Always Running. The tariff always makes a show, Like that old motor which proved BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. o ot Shout the. present over cups of ee, aboul state ofl?l”rllur! in the United States. Tt was agreed between them that the last year has seen mnothing really dis- inctive published, although “book clubs’ have worked overtime sending out new volumes. “There has been no work of adven- ture issued to be compared with ‘Treas- ure Island,’” said one. “Nor any book of essays which can touch Steves 's ‘Virginibus Puerisque,’ " said the other. The talk got around to fiction; they agreed that, in so far as their tastes were concerned, no novel was as striking as Cooper’s various Leatherstocking or sea tales. * o ok K ‘We fell to wondering whether mature readers prefer the old writers because they are familiar with them or whether they really are superior to the moderns. Our private opinion is that the older writers are superiof, 50 we may be ac- cused, with some propriety, of prejudice from the start. It was all we could do to keep from giving our open “amen” to the gentle- men over their coffee cups. A good cup of coffee, at the beginning of the working day, induces a certain mellowness of disposition and state of mind making for clarity of judgment. The ballyhoo of the recent has no more effect, at such times, than the claim of antiquity and of the proprieties. Most mature readers were “brought up” on the so-called classical authors, but that does not mean that they can- not see the worth of the new. 1t does mean, however, that they will not accept the new just because it is Bew. * X % We fell to thinking about James Fenimore Cooper. . There was a man for you! A two-fisted, rustling, bustling fel- low, who did what thousands of us have thought we could do; reading a poor novel of his day, he threw it aside with the remark, “I could write a better story than that myself.” How many of us have made that :me rfi‘nu‘l; m:re are no records to ow, but re are lpfl:d!lml 100,000,000 readers in United States, are about 100,000,000 ple, then, who have said it, at some e or other in their lives. Cooper’s _distinction was that he went ahead and tried it. The result, “Precaution,” novels ever written. It did spur Cooper on, however, to try again, with the result called “The Spy,” still read around the world. It is questionable whether any other American writer has been translated more than Fenimore Cooper, with the possible exception of Mark Twain. It is said that Cooper's stories are better in translation than in English, owing to the fact that his English was of the sloppy order. He cared little for -ammar, and often his sentences were long, clumsy and involved. His “style” was not precide, nor yet grand. He had, however, such a fund of native talent and 30 vast an amount of energy that he wrote continuously for many years, leaving a vast output of books, of which a dozen or so are still well known. * ok ok X In his -famous ‘“Leatherstocking Tales” and his various sea stories Cooper found two lines of fiction entirely his own. In a_day when Americans looked first to England in all things—above all, writing in the best traditions of the mother country—Cooper struck out for himself, wrote about men and scenes he knew. His great contribution to was one of the worst |im] prises the immortal “Deerslayer, “Last of the Mohicans,” “Pathfinder,’ “P;.gnf:fl" I-Ind “Prairie.” perhaps not gengrally realized that these storles, gz ‘t.he yuquanee named, constitute one running tale of early America. integral in cl and scenes. The characters of Hawk- eye and Neity Bumppo were unique when conceived and so remain. stories were published in the following “Ple 182 “Mohicans,” 3. 1827; “Pathfinder,” 1840, and “Deerslayer,” 1841, Cooper achieved the impowsible, al- most, in writing “The Deerslayer,” perhaps the best of the lot, last in order of time, llthnush it comes first in chronological order, and pictures the outh of a character whom he ad killed. * koK ok ‘The youth of every man is poorer if he has not read “Red Rover,” “The Pilot,” “The Water Witch,” “The Two Admirals,” best of the sea tales. Great writers who came after—Marryat, Mel- ville, Stevenson, Conrad, Dana—imi- tated Cooper. ‘The literary curious may spend pleasant hours by reading—or attempt- ing to read—Iless well known novels by Fenimore Cooper. There are plenty of “The Wept of Wish-ton-Wish,” “Lionel Lincoln” (which first put a future great American name in fiction), “The Headsman” “The Heidenmauer,” “The Monikins,” “Home- ward Bound,” “Home as Found” (slaps at his native land), “Mercedes of Cas- tile,” “Wyandotte” (worth reading). “Ned Myers,” “Afloat and Ashore,” “Satanstoe,” “The Chainbearers,” “The Redskins,” “Crater,” “Jack Tier,” “Oak Openings,” “The Sea Lions,” “Ways of the Hour.” Some of those titles carry mediocrity in their very words, others intrigue the imagination, ~Surely there must be something interesting to be found in “The Sea Lions” or in “Ned Myers.” ‘The latter is perhaps the first realistic account of the life of the able seaman. It must not be forgotten that “Two Years Before the Mast” was not pub- lished until 20 years later. * ok ok ok Cooper went to Yale at an early age. s boys did in those days, and promptly got himself “fired” on account of in- subordination. The latest edition of the “Encyclopaedia Britannica” de- clares that the faculty was “unaware of the fact that he was to be the most rtant man of letters ever connected with Yale.” We wonder if that is the consensus of Yale men. Cooper served as a common sailor on a merchantman, and entered the United States Navy, but later gave up the sea for the retired life of & country gentle- man. His writing career was inci- dental. " His life was a stormy one, evi- dently, if one may judge from the records of lawsuits which come down to us, mostly in connection with his books. He was forever suing newspa- pers for libel and alienating the sup- port of his readers by his quarrels. But out of that tempestuous disposition came the great energy which gave us his best stories, the merit of which is %o great that readers of today can easily forgive him for quarrels which they only learn about by reading a his- tory of his life. His pugnacity need no longer concern us; what interests the reader today are the “Leather Stocking ‘Tales” and the “Sea Tales,” with which his name is inseparably linked forever. When one becomes somewhat tired of the ultra-sophistication of the modern novel, with its incessant harping on sex and its problems, he may turn with vast relief to the novels of James Fenimore Cooper, sure that there he will find the primal sanities of great woods, pure our native Amefican literature com- streams and fresh air. WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS BY FREDERIC WILLIAM . During these recurring days of May- time national conventions in Washing- ton—of business and professional men of all ranks—President Hoover is enjoy- ing unique opportunities for hearing from the country. “Key men” who gain access to his desk are usually in- vited to speak out their hearts about the state of the Union, and do so in most cases. Making due allowance for the apple sauce the average person ladles out on such occasions, a fair con- sensus of opinion is finding expression in Mr. Hoover’s office. It is to the effect that he is immeasurably more popular with the people than ‘Congress; and es- pecially the Senate, is. Many of the President’s callers urge him to capital- ize that fact and go to the mat with his congressional carpers and _critics. Some of them have the hardihood to urge “H. H” to be a “T. R.” and go out for his foes on Capitol Hill ham- mer-and-tongs. They tell him that the country likes a scrapper, that he has a strong case, and that all the psychology of the situation justifies him in battling for it tooth and nail. How deep this friendly counsel has sunk in—well, that's another story. * K K ok Stories persist that Ambassador Dawes is coming home from London to Tesign, perhaps not right away, but sooner or later. The reports are so cir- cumstantial that the rumor-mongers have already picked his successor—viz., former Ambassador Henry P. Fletcher of Pennsylvania. One of the yarns spun to lend verisimilitude to an otherwise bald and unconvincing narrative is that Gen. Dawes wants to take charge of the 1933 Chicago World's Fair, for which he is credited with having raised $5,000,- 000 by his own powers of persuasion. Yet another explanation of his desire to quit diplomacy is the soft impeach- ment that he has his eye on the Re- publican presidential nomination in 1932, * e 3 Former Gen. “Bllly” Mitchell of the air divides his time nowadays between horse-breeding_in nearby Virginia and book-writing. He has a new volume in hand, entitied “Skyways” which will deal with aviation from its earliest in- ception and conception. Organizers of ‘Washington spelling bees are invited by this observer to concern themselves with a word which figures in the open- ing chapter of “Skyways.” It's ptero- dactyle, the flying reptile, which was one of the animals that lived before men. Mitchell says that the pterodactyle was the first and most perfect glider ever known and that no gliding machine ever invented has succeeded duplicating its precision and grace. P e o Representative Edith Nourse Rogers, Republican, of Massachusetts is a sportsman of spartsmen. She has paid a bet that she won. The wager was made in October, 1928, the day Mr. Hoover spoke in Boston on the eve of the presidential election. Repre- sentative Tread Republican, of Massachusetts offered to risk a din- ner for the whole Bay State dele- WILE. One of the most sweetly contented men in the Senate these troublous days is Carter Glass, Democrat, of Virginia. The editor-statesman from Lynchburg is up for renomination this year. Once upon @ time, especially following Bishop Can- non's success in taking Virginia into the Hoover camp in 1928, there were those who looked upon the bishop as a serious rival for Glass’ He calls himself a Democrat. But such events as those now transpiring at the Texas convention of the Methodist Epscopal Church South—and all that led up to them—have relegated the Cannon sena- torial ambitions to the land where the woodbine twineth not. None of Glass’ friends ever conceded that Cannon in any event could have broken their idol. But the bishop's stock-dabbling adven- tures blasted any hopes of political pre- ferment he might ever have cherished, in the opinion of most Virginians. * % koK Soviet Russia bought about $100,000,- 000 worth of stuff in this country last year, being as much as she purchased from Germany and Great Britain com- bined. But it appears that the Com- munist government is not to have henceforward such easy access to Ameri- can trading opportunities as in the past. Credit conditions are to be tightened up, ‘Washington authoritiese hear. Hitherto Soviet buyings have been roughly on the basis of 50 per cent cash, and the rest in three-month and six-month install- ments. What effect less attractive cred- its will have on Russian purchases here remains to be seen. They have consisted chiefly of machinery of indispensable character, so the probability is that business will continue to be done. (Copyright. 1930, — People of AmericaComing Now Into Closer Contact ‘To the Editor of The Star: Mrs: Henry Ford takes a very com- mendable stand when she recently urged before the Women's National Farm and Garden Association “better understanding and closer contact be- Aween women of town and the country.” But while the slow and gradual working of social changes often leaves much to be desired, isn't this very leveling up” of social interests con- tinually going on in various ways right in front of us? Mixing of city and country children at consolidated schools and the bringing of school problems home for parents to help solve stimu- lates much the same mutual aims and interests in these city and country The automobile and trolley are bringing country women and their families to the same “movies” and the same athletic and other intellectual and recreational events enjoyed by city ‘women and, therefore, feminine minds, whether country or city, are tending more and more toward the same chan- ne? hzf thought in these matters. tion that Hoover would carry the [ tate. The gentleman from Stock- bridge might have been influenced by the statement he’d just heard Gov. Fuller make at the luncheon table that Massachusetts was safe for Hoover and Curtis by 250,000, Mrs. Rogers took Treadway on. Treadway gave his dinner in Washington last Summer. Mrs. Rogers, the only woman present, such a good time at her first stag that she volunteered to throw a win- occasion. ner's dinner on_ some later place in Washington. hadi ‘party |95 can also the the ater without driving out gu:(yhrn:on !e;r evening theaters. And determining that the isolated sections mitll:ltr Ilnlln I;en "levele: up.” the Department of the Interior install receiving sets mzo'g ‘i‘lgjf: Permanent Peace Not _For Mere Man to Seek *| To the Editor of The Star: Can war be permanently abolished? Is disarmament the solution? Evidently the question of a perma- nent peace is as hard to solve as per- petual motion. Neither is likely to be< come an accomplished fact yet awhile. that an everlasting peace greater than human nature is_able to bear. ‘Take jealousy selfishness and add greed to these. The result is bound to be envy and strife. Agreements between nations may be all Tight as far as_they go, but they cannot go very far when everybody distrusts everybody else. circumstances an unprepared nation will be out of luck. Might may not, make right, but ng}n backed by might is almost impregnable. Bad boys are not apt to pick on the | N. lad who is strong enough to stand up for his rights, and a good, strong man has a better chance of than a good, weak man. I'm no authority on war A, or peace. ‘What I think and write will have no great influence. But there are a great number of citizens who think somewhat as I do, but hesitate to express them- selves openly. Therefore I am taking this privilege of expressing, however in- adequately, the viewpoint of many others regarding this serious subject. I, for my part, cannot see where there is any ude trying to deceive ourselves into thinking We can establish perma- nent peace upon earth as long as there is such clear evidence that other nations covet power at any cost. Efery one wants every one else $o throw down the marbles and quit. Then there is bound to be a mad scramble to see who could grab most of the other fellow's marbles. Naturally, some one would get angry eventually and a “free-for-all” would follow. During the melee_agreements would be forgotten. Judging myself to be in my right senses, I would not be so irrational as to advocate war, but I do most firmly believe in preparedness. History shows that in our dealings with other nations we have been most liberal. It .is high time we let them know we are capable of minding our own business and resent being dragged into controversies which do not concern us or help posterity. Permanent peace is & problem of such magnitude that only God can solve it. The nations of the world have already proved their inability to cope with so great a problem. There is nothing like authority to establish order and peace. And there is no greater authority than preparedness. God helps those who help themselves and the nations who have God on their side shall know eternal peace. WM. T. W. GRAVES, Money ’i‘;]ks, in Big Sums and in Small To the Editor of The Star: The significance of the Illinois elec- tion is that money talks. And money talks in the proposal to add one billion | M. dollars to the country’s naval expend- itures. Money talks in the proposal to increase the tariff on many of the necessities of life. What will all this mean to the small folk whose backs are already bending under an ever-increasing burden of taxes? A little more on a pair of shoes, a little more on a hat, a little more on a pound of sugar will cause no loss of sleep to the rich. They have ways of discounting all this. But where there are four or five pairs of little feet to clothe, where there are several hats to buy, where there is a table around which a family of six or seven gather, and only a small salary or smaller wages to meet the expense, the result will be disastrous. < ‘The other day & man in the House, who no doubt is a great statesman, caused uproarious laughter and applause when he turned his wit loose on the subject of the proposed increased tax on tombstones. Excruciatingly funny were the remarks. Yet an increased tax on tombstones will bring added hardships to the people of small means. Such people now often strain every nerve in the effort to provide a mere marker for the graves of those they have loved and lost awhile, What will an increased tax mean to them? ‘The folly of it all cuts deep into one's consclousness. That the little | people, who bear the major part of the tax burdens and furnish the majority | of the votes, should let themselves be | so deceived by self-seeking politicians! MARY WOLCOTT DURHAM. B ] Proposes Two Names for | New School Bnildings! h To the Editor of The Star: At this time attention is directed toward the naming of school buildings nearing completion. In this connec- tion I suggest the names of two out- standing citizens whose memories should | be perpetuated in this manner: Col._Archibald Hopkins, soldier of the Civil War, brilliant and astute writer, distinguished official and leader of the civic and_ social life of the National Capital. The naming of & school build- ing for this useful citizen would also be a graceful compliment to his estima- ble widow, Mrs. Charlotte Wise Hopkins, president of the Home for Incurables, who is doing so much for humanity. It is particularly riate that a school building should be named for Judge Terrell, for as professor of Latin and English, as headmaster of the M Street High School and as a judicial officer of the District he honored this Capital. Education is the full and harmonious development of all those faculties dis- tinctive of man. It is not merely in- struction or learning—learning is an instrument of education, but not its end, The end is culture and mental and moral development. Consequently school buildings should be named for men who are distinctively representa- tive of the cultural attainment and civic development. - The school ings are the symbols of education and civic betterment. ’ MANNING C. JONES. Housewife Never Idle Despite New Inventions om the Chicago Dally Ne Pruch has been said nt years about the alleged destructive effect of labor-saving inventions on the old-fash- joned home, By some persons whose knowledge of housewives is those imj t members of society are supposed to have been relieved of the necessity of doing any physical work. Excessive feminine hdul&nu in amuse- ments is assumed to be sorry result. Systematic inquiry shows a very dif- ferent state of things. The Bureau of Home Economics in the Federal De- partment of Agriculture reports that in country districts and in cities of less than 50,000 population n ‘women work their homes heaw?;:‘bl: over 42 hours week, while verage Q‘.hmnnda okl ‘women questioned is 5. hours a week. Plainly, vacuum cleaners, eleotric washing machines, telephones, canned foods, delivery service and all the rest of the time-saving and labor-savin, - viges have not reduced the housewife to i sy, e B tened el 3 no Efil d‘;nger of her finding too much isure on her hands. Worry over her mental and moral condition in her sup- m.uteoxlmdamn-ommuu,w s Everybody Is Singing. Prom the Albany Evening News. 1C ite song Of some motor-" - Soerss 10 o ~Oay One More Red ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. ‘This is & S af e e ington to serve you in any capacity relates to information. This service is free. Failure to make use of it de- prlvenexou of benefits to which you are entitled. Your obligation is only 2 cents in coin or stamps, inclosed with your inquiry for direct reply. Address The Evening Star Information Bureau, Frederic_J. Haskin, director, Wash- ington, D. C. . How old was Strongheart, the moqvle dog, at the time of his death?— . 8. A. Strongheart, the first of the dog stars, was 13 years old when he died. . Why are a few pitchers in the big 1 - allowed to ppitch spit balls?— fR. A. By a concurrefit act of the Na- tional and American Leagues, taken in 1920, it was agreed that all bona fide spit-ball pitchers then remaining in the National and American Leagues be ex- empt from the operation of the rule against the use of the spit ball during the remainder of their major league ca- reers. The pitchers so exempted iso ';hke Douglas, Dana Fillingin, Ray Fish- fl’l,lirvm ‘Goodwin, Burleigh Grimes, Clarence Mitchell, Richard Rudolph. Those in the American who were ex- empted were A. W. Ayres, Ray Cald- well, Stanley Coveleskie, Urban Faber, H. B. Leonard, Jack Quinn, Allen Rus- sell, Urban Shocker, Allen Sothoron. Q. What of the brain does the thinking?—P. L. A. 'r!w gray matter, or what sclen- tists call the cortex. This is a thin layer from one-tenth to one-quarter of an inch thick, spread over the surface of the upper part of the brain. 3 . Is there a memorial to the Cuban Hbgmtor. Gen. Calixto Garcla, in Wash- ington, D, C.2—J. E. C. A. He dicd In Washington at the Raleigh Hotel, and that building bears a tablet to his memory. S . What kind of animal is it wn?cd is hen‘fl? in flvx'( gpnnz and is called & —G. W. 8, e B tree frog, 1t is'a small climbing frog about 2 inches in’length, Q. Why is the 1805 dollar scarce?— G. W. M. . W. M. A. The 1805 dollars are rare because only 321 were coined. Q. are the people of the Saar Basin to decide whether they wish to be under the French or under the Ger- man government?—B. F. F. A. The plebiscite is not to be begun until 15 after the treaty of Ver- sailles—that is to say, in 1935. Q. What time is the best % reach folks on the farms with radio pro- grams?—M, P, A. A recent survey indicates that the noon hour is best. Q. Why does Minnesota own a small section of land extending north of the rest of the boundary line?—W. 8. M. A. The northern boundary of Minne- sota was settled by the treaty of Ghent terminating the War of 1812. By it the Lake of the Woods was to be the north- ern boundary. At the time, it was supposed that there were any rivers flowing from the lake eastward, and the United States was to have the land - drained by them. When the actual survey was made, it was found that there were no rivers flowing eastward, and so because of the intention, and after many surveys had been made, and commission appointed to settle the mat- ter, the small piece of land called the Northern Peninsula was ceded to the / United States in 1873 and the question finally settled by the United States and England in 1877. Q. When was the scenic_china made in England by Adams and Sons?—L. B. A. Willlam Adams and Sons’ inal works opened at Stoke, England, early in the 1800's. Some years later fac- tories were opened at Tunstall and Greenfield, England. Most of this china was _distinguished by the printing of ;(ienli(c views in blue, red, mulberry and ack. Q. What country is known as the Land Without Women?—T. W. A. Mount Athos on the Macedonian coast of the Aegean Sea is so known. This holy mountain has, since the early days of Christianity, been the retreat of monks and no women have lived there. ¢ 'Selection of | but he is credited with ability in the| Q. In what cemetery in Washing- ton® are the wonderful rhododendron bushes?—P. C, A. Rock Creek Cemetery has beauti- ful rhododendrons. Q. Who was the first graduate nurse in the United States?—H. A, B. A. Linda A. J. Richards, who was born July 27, 1841, and died April 17, 1930, was the first graduate nurse. She was graduated in 1873 from the New a color which matches tree bark so ‘!’:{Mely that it is seldom recognized. 1t has an opposable thumb and a suck- ing disk on the end of each toe, which enables it to climb trees, although it seldom ascends more than 20 feet. Q. When did John Alexander t the picture called “Memories” A. It was painted in 1904, in Onteora, Greene County, N. Y.. It now belongs to the Brooklyn Museum, Eastern Park- way, Brooklyn, N. Y. . How many baggage and express cart ars there 1 the Upited States?— A. " There are 14,731 baggage and ex- press cars in the United States, and 275 baggage and coach cars, which are dren. Q. How long have organized police been known?—L. W, A, The first organized police dates from Charles the Wise, who reigned in | Prance w 1384 to 1380, He -mz usually. called combination cars, -In- | lished a body of permanent officlals cluded under the heading “All others” | cnforce the law. are 6,420 cars. * Q. What is the ingredient in paint 00d ?—A. Sy . 11| which preserves we Q. What did the French people call | e e i called a . the war machine which we that paint 48 not & prese: k?—A. J.. ca(erp_;};: !t;ennch name for the tank is | sense that impregnation treatments are. By forming a more or less im] SA. e | coating, it tends to prevent weathering. loyes_has the | peit chhs;l!\? o Ralirosd oW, . G- Q What country in South America 'A. There were 160,201 employes car- | manufactures lace?—H. W. ried on the pay roll of the Pennsylvania | A. The Pan-American Union sa; Railroad System as of March 13, 1930. | that Paraguay is the only country This figure does not include the em- | South America that manufactures lace ployes of the Lang Islend Railrcad Co. ' in antities. bwen Rol:erts Receives Popular Approval Owen J. Roberts appears to have the sons in this great commonwealth, none practically unanimous indorsement of | Stand higher, none can point to more brilliant records, none can show an the press for membership in the United | ceeyteheon more stainless thap he” States Supreme Court. There are dif-| The Harrisburg Telegraph recalls that ferences of opinion as to his liberalism, | “ihere was a movement afoot in Penn= Ivania to ask the President to nomi- handling of the ofl cases, capacity for | nate Roberts following the resignation public service, professional training and | of Judge Taft”; that “Iriends of Roberts distinguished position before the coun- | stood aside when it became known the try. | President favored Justice Hughes.” “Throughout his career he has evi-| Mr. Roberts’ one-time reference to denced a high conception of public duty | the prohibition amendment as having which, coupled with natural talents,| “the status of & city ordinance™ is re- should particularly recommend him for | ferred to by the South Bend Tribune as post,” declares the Pittsburgh Post- | important, while the Muskegon Chron- Gazette. The Altoona Mirror com- | icle feels that antagonism on that ments: “We should like to believe that | account “will merely discredit the move- every member of the American judicial | ment itself.” The appointment is viewed system, from the lowest to the highest, | by the Lincoln State Journal as showing is governed by an implicit love for right, | that “Herbert Hoover is a conservative. a high sense of justice, and that his |The Richmond News Leader offers the judicial decisions are always made in |suggestion: “It remains to be seen accordance with the law and are not | whether the liability of brains and suc- England Hospital for Women and Chil- ' ‘ influenced by any personal opinions or prejudices he may happen to cherish. We think Mr. Roberts will conduct his official life in accordance with that ising him as an advocate of popular rights, the Scranton Times as- serts that “the public here at least is convinced that he is a_free man—the eeded on the Supreme OCourt bench. ‘The New York Evening holds that the President has picked * man of liberal views and of distin. guished public service.” The San An- tonio Express views him as “an ardent devotee of the law, dabbling in neither politics ‘big ess,’” and one who has “kept the ‘human touch.’” The | his Post | ing Call, cess will be offset by his successful gfi:‘fi against political contractors in Pl SO0 against e ennsyivaria Raiiosd, t the Pennsylvania lnd_lgt. course, his notable work in the cution of the despollers of the ol Recognition of Mr. Roberts’ stature | as a prospective justice of the est court is given by the Allentown Morn= , the Indianapolis Star, the Newark Even! News, the Martinsburg Je Baltimore Sun, the goester characterized as a conserval philosophy and his active dicial Supj of judicial reform place him, professionally at least, among the pro- gressives in law.” P “There is nc to indicate that he is any better led for the place than the man who has been rejected by the Senate,’ Meridian Star concludes: “He thought nationally in his Prooecu'.lnn of the ofl cases. It is virtually certain that he will think nationally and deal fairly for the best interest of all the people in his high place as a member of the august Supreme body.” * ok ko . “His long career in public service distinguished him as one whom the ordinary citizen may count upon for|gan just” representation,” in the opinion of Asbury Park Evening Press, al- though that paper sees him as “per- haps not the liberal mind that the pro- gressive element in the Senate have considered desirable to more evenly bal- -ance the personnel of the court.” Rec- ognition of his service in the ofl prose- cutions is given by the Seattle Daily Times and the Lexington Leader, -The of the demand Roberts tion.” out that “his fitness has been previously | wart attested by the Senate.” “Approval from conservatives and liberals alike” is recorded by the Provi- dence Bulletin. The Des Moines ‘Trib- une- ital states as to his record: “There is nothing in the prosecution | the of the oll cases that would identify Roberts with liberalism. Any eonserva- tive lawyer of ability and integrity would have found those cases to his liking. The successful prosecution of Rt.b:u cales, hmuv‘e’r. h:a.e:tmn“ )&r berts tion and pres e - gliwn will not attack in lorce.” ‘A North Carolina Republican, known as an able Ji ,” remarks the Roanoke World-News, “is refused a seat because he prefers white-man government in the South. A Philadelphia attorney of unproved ability on the bench may get that seat mes because he has never been called upon to express himse! the same issue. Roberts to*be another Holmes ov an- other Brandeis. The cause of liberalism ced by this lDMhlmena as it would not have been advance the Pg.n:d lnpolmnbunt. and is not town | Prom the Ann Arbor Daily Wants to Read Dr.Brady’s Health Hints Regularly |, To the Editor of The Star: If_on | Wil No one expects Mr.|The ANNE RODGIN. ————— Nobody Will Object, — e Probably Wearing Spats. News. th his boots o ‘wears