Evening Star Newspaper, June 11, 1930, Page 8

THE THE EVENING STAR |representatives of her thres grest par-|no plessurable or patnful sensations. With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. WEDNESDAY.....June 11, 1830 THEODORE W. NOYES....Editor The Evening Star N Business E and Pennsylvania Ave. Office: 110 East 420 e: Lake Michigan Buflding. .+ London. \per Company 11th Bt m-tgggc g opean Office: 14 R‘&enl 8t. Englan Rate by Carrier Within the City. | The Erenine s 48 ver month e Evening and T X {60c per month { 5 K fll.'hscur:!dli Sta L it c rer copy Corleciion made af the end of each montn, Orders may be sent in by mail or telephone NAtional 5000. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. fiy and Sunday.....17r. ily only . inday’ only " 151, 34. All Other States and Canada. Bapty n:dy Sunday. .1yr. $12 Daily oni unday only Member of the Associated Press. ‘The Associated Pres: lusiy to the use for repuhli‘ :ta‘:co‘; -'!:lze?:'% - rllchel credited to it 8!’ not otherwise ¢ Liblisned Rereia: Al Fiehis of Rubucatisn of 3 o EDeclal ‘dispatches herein are 4180 resérved. A Red Herring. The Senate foreign relations commit- tee, having been told by President Hoover, through his Secretary of State, that he would not accede to the request of Senator Hiram Johnson, a foe of the London treaty, for all the confidential memoranda dealing with the negotiation of the naval treaty, is about to state, as a matter of principle, its view of the right of the Senate cammittee to all information necessary to dealing with treaties sent to it for ratification. In some quarters the proposal of the com- mittee to adopt such a resolution has been interpreted as a censure and chal- lenge of President Hoover's right to withhold confidential data relating to the London treaty. Chairman Borah, how- ever, takes the view that the resolution, which is still to be finally drafted, i not & demand upon the President for the papers he has declined to send to the Senate. The chairman of the for- eign relations committee also asserts that the disposition of the committee is to regard the ircident over the London treaty memoranda as “closed.” He probably was speaking for a majority of the committee when he made such & statement and perhaps not for some of the individuals. President Hoover has sent to the Senate committee all the information it needs regarding the London treaty to act intelligently and squarely upon that pact. Two members of the com- mittee were themselves delegates to the London conference, Senators Robinson of Arkansas and Reed of Pennsylvania, and are entirely familiar with all the negotiations and in a position to answer the questions of any of thelr colleagues. The only information which has been withheld, it is said, relates to confl- dential conversations betweenthe dele- gates of this country and the delegates of the other powers. To divulge such secrets, with any chance of their be- coming public property, would not only be & gross violation of confidence, but also would place this country in & sorry Hght. ‘The opposition to the naval treaty has centered upon these confidential data in an effort to becloud the issue of the treaty itself. It is seeking to make the public believe that something sinister lurks around the corner. As a matter of fact, there is no secret agreement which goes beyond the terms of the treaty, and the treaty stands on its own bottom. The Senate committee and the Senate are in a position to act upon the treaty. But that is just what the opposition is seeking to prevent. ‘The so-called “challenge” to .the President, if Senator Borah is correct, is a statement of the committes to the effect that as a co-ordinate part of the treaty-making power the Senate and its committee are entitled to full informa- tion regarding the negotiations of treaties. No one will deny that. The President himself agrees to such a| proposition. Certain members of the | committee take the view that the com- | mittee, not the President, is to detas- mine what constitutes full informatiort. No power is given the Senate to com- pel the President to furnish it with documents which the President deter- mines shall not be given on the ground that such action would not be “com- patible” with the best interests of the country. It can demand such docu- ments, but it can go no further. Im- peachment of & President might be un- dertaken, but that must originate in the House of Representatives, not in the Senate. The Senate has it in its power, of course, to reject the London naval treaty by failing to ratify it, if it feels that it has not the full information it needs to act upon it. That is its only recourse. The country will not believe, however, that the committee has been left in ignorance of what the treaty means. Pull hearings have been held by the foreign relations committee. Two mem- bers of the committee, one 8 Democrat and the other a Republican, were im- portant members of the American group which negotiated the treaty., This does not seem like “darkness” nor secrecy. s ‘Washington is becoming so beautiful | & city that Senators may not care to leave it even in the Summertime. e Britain Looks at India. The long-awaited report on ' condi- tions in India from the commission headed by Sir John Simon has now been published at London. It is mere- ly a preliminary document devoted to presentation of basic facts, and is con- spicuously devoid of recommendations. The obvious purpose is to prepare Brit- ish public opinion for the subsequent report which, it is expected, will state some conclusions and propose certain remedies for coping with the political | crisis. The final section is due on June 24. ‘The Simon report just issued reaf- firms self-government as the goal of British policy in India, but does not disguise the vast difficulties which stand in the way. If “dominion status"— local self-government on Canadian, Australian, South African and Irish lines—is to come about the Indian peo- ple themselves are warned that they must put their house in order and give visible pledge that the mastery they ™ the initial Simon report evokes mixed led | native press, summarizing sentiment in ties—are comprised in the Indian com- mission. Sir John Simon, its chairman, is a Liberal, but Labor has two respect- ed spokesmen in Vernon Hartshorn, M. P, and Maj. Atlee, M. P. Both of them have become members of the Macdonald government since the com- mission was set up. That is a circum- stance of importance, because the Labor cabinet in all probability is the one which will have to cope with the In- dian situation, at least in its imme- diate phases. The conservative members of the commission are Viscount Burn- ham, Lord Strathcona and Mount Royal, E. C. G. Cadogan and Col. G. R. Lane Fox. The tripartite make-up of the Simon commission is, in any event, a prima facle guarantee that it speaks the voice of united British pub- lic sentiment, broadly considered. Dispatches from India reflect that emotions. Evidently the independent extremists expected a full gulp of grati- fication of their demands. Hindu lead- ers criticize the report severely. The the Indian National Congress—the po- litical organization behind the Gandhi movement—denounces the preliminary Simon findings as an “insult to India.” The Bombay Chronicle declares that the commission’s report “is infinitely worse than its critics feared.” The British Times of India retorts that the report “provides a comprehensive survey and review of conditions through- out the land.” The commission names among the most fundamental, and de- plorable, of those conditions the an- clent social and economic customs to which India’s hundreds of millions cling with such tenacity® Sir John Simon and his colleagues do not-shrink from describing these practices and shibboleths as evils gnawing fatally at the roots of progress. There is to be a round-table talk at London in October, at which both Brit- ish and Indian leaders hope to evolve acceptable plans for stemming the tide of revolt. The guess is safe that John Bull's genius for compromise will find the way. Center Market. By the signature yesterday of a joint resolution of Congress, the President condemned the Center Market to de- struction, to make room for & public building. The sentence may not be ex- ecuted for six months, but unless there is & change of the law, through another enactment with Executive approval, the market will be razed not later than the first of the coming year. If the ground is required earlier it .may be destroyed upon two months’ notice, but that no- tice may not be given until September 1, so that in any event the landmark cannot be removed and the food-vend- ing establishments dispersed before November 1. Although the improvement for which this famous center of marketing is 50 soon to be eliminated is high- ly important and welcome, the passing of Center Market is to be regretted. It has stood in its present form for many years, and for long before this site was the scene of enterprise in the buying and selling of food wares that was a picturesque and vivid feature of the city’s life. In the old days Center Mar- ket was a place of social gathering and communion. It was almost & forum. In the course of time the market be- came less and less of a social institution and more of a business place, & neces- sary and a useful mart for the public convenience. With the development of telephone service personal attendance at the market lessened. The “corner grocery” took a large percentage of the trade. And in later years the trafic congestion still further diminished in- dividual “marketing” as it became more difficult for housewives to go in person for their supplies. But these changes did not destroy the charm of the market or lessen its lure for many Washingtonians. It has remained a center of public interest, and had it not been for the need of site clearance to permit the location of a Government building this estab- lishment would doubtless have remained intact, perpetuated, and perhaps ex- panded, as a feature of the community’s life. The signing of the joint resolution serves notice of six and & half months, in all likelthood, that the occupants of the market must abandon their stalls and find accommodations else- where. No provision is made and none s likely to be made hereafter for & municipal market, similar to that which is soon to be removed. Private enter- prise may create & new center of food vending, and other market establish- ments, not fully occupied, will probably be used by the ousted merchants. The loss of the market structure, once regarded as attractive, will be easily borne by the community. It is “out of the picture” today. Its succes- sor, the new Hall of Archives, will be a monumental, attractive creation, har- monious with the great scheme of Gov+ ernment housings that are now in the course of erection. Washington will miss the market, but will welcome its successor. R Denials of presidential aspirations are now in order. Whatever hopes may be entertained, the season is entirely too early for public invitation to band wagon concerts. e It is the privilege of King Carol to enjoy more than the usual success that & man may expect when woman takes an authoritative hand in politics. ———r——————— Weather in the Mind. This has been, to date, an excep- tionally warm year. The accumulated temperatures since | New Year show an excess of 442 de- grees above normal, according to the official records of the Weather Bureau. 1Yet, strange to say, there probably is 2 majority opinion that it has been an exceptionally-cold year. Overcoat weather seems to have continued longer into the Spring months. April's shower of white petals was late in falling. May’s roses were late in blossoming. The solution of this apparent enigma | Hes in the fact that the Weather Bureau's instruments record actual temperatures and other meteorological | phenomena rather than the complex of sensory stimull which make up weather sensations. The statistical crave in their own house can and will be exercised in tranquillity, with effi- clency and without peril to empire unity. &l the politios! talwate of Beiiaite tables are compounded of facts rather than ideas. It would be difficult to find & better example of the great gulf that often exists between the two. The IATURORt Naa 0o Kess, B hee It has no memories. The thermometer responds to only one factor in the situ- ation—the actual temperature. A human being responds to & great many factors in the total situation and the result is the individual's sensation of temperature. So far as & man or woman is concerned the heat of the day or of an indefinite number of days depends not only on the actual heat but on mental states of depres- slon or exaltation, on the degree of physical well-being, on whether the sky is clear or overcast, on the con- dition of the foliage. The human organism is neither a good thermometer nor a good statistical machine. EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, 'Muzzling of Dogs THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. The most unfortunate reader is he who develops a spleen against certain authors. ‘We say unfortunate, because he de- prives himself of the fortune of happi- ness and interest which might otherwise await him. The open mind is valuable in read- ing, no less than in the other depart- ments of life. Reading is an ancient habit, yet it manages to hold its own very well in the face of the competition of the au- tomobile, the radio, even the “wild sk The instrument has nothing to do but | Party. record temperatures and it stays on the job 24 hours a day. The human mind has a great many other things to do. The actual state of the temperature, it is probable, only enters consclousness when 1t is closely assoclated with some- thing else. The temperature sensation of & day may become fixed in the mem- ory in a moment. Most deceptive of all is the element of memory. We think this Winter was hot- ter or colder than last Winter. Actually we do not remember how hot or cold it was a year ago. All that we remember— and very vaguely—is the state of the temperature on certain brief occasions in the past when it happened to be so closely assoclated with other elements in the situation that it was stamped in the mind. Our ideas of last Winter's temperature are derived from a few ob- servations, at the best, with a very in- accurate thermometer—the mind. The Weather Bureau is concerned only with facts. Meteorological phenomena depend entirely on facts. Sensations have no predicting value. Men and women, on the other hand, have no im- mediate interest in facts as such since they live in a world made up of the sensations that arise from facts. —— e As a political come-back, Carol's ex- perience in Rumania was a success. AS a family party it was a failure. ‘Well advertised books that once sold for $5 are now selling for $1. Literary problems are too abstruse to permit even tariff experts to undertake to solve them. —_—re——————— A world voyager, Dr. Eckener asserts the serene superiority of mechanistic skill over political economy and moral philosophy. His journeys would be much delayed if he felt obliged to study all the interests and contentions of the regions above which he travels. ———————— Gangmen create a longing for the good old days when it was possible to produce s Nation-wide agitation con- cerning a little thing like the Scopes —————— Discreet Chinese stay away from New York City, preferring their own coun- try, where wars are managed on recog- nized commercial principles, without the emotional intervention of tong leaders. ———— . As a high-minded representative of his honored profession, Charles E. Hughes from time to time reminds lawyers of their duty to maintain the strict standard that will qualify them for judicial responsibilities. Every &mall boy hopes to become President of the United States and every young lawyer hopes to become s member of the Supreme Court. —_————— It is well for Tlinois to have & woman prominent in politics. In the turbulent gang spirit which expands from Chi- cago it is desirable to have the refine- ment of feminine influence in political organization. SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Sylvia. “Oh, where is Sylvia?” I inquired— A lady that’s so much admired That it becomes the songster's biz ‘To ask the public who she is. Is she in some poetic bow'r More radiant than the Maytime flow'r? Ah, no, from her mamma, I learn ‘When I draw near and then return, Sylvia is at the base ball game, A horse race her attentions claim, A prize fight she observes with joy, A jazz dance doth her grace employ. Oh, who with Sylvia can compare? She’s here and there and everywhere! Not So Particular. “Do you object to spending the Sum- mer in Washington, D. C.?" “No,” answered Senator Sorghum. “As elections gradually draw nearer, I feel that a chance to spend any time in ‘Washington in an official capacity is too precious to allow anybody to be par- tlcular about the time of year.” Jud Tunkins says the farmer used to be pictured as wearing his pants in his boots. What some of the home brew boys now have in their boots is regarded 28 nobody’s business. Kid Glove Soclety. The gunman sald, “I now display A fiair for following fashion's hiuts. I wear kid gloves 'most every day To keep from making finger prints.” An Assertion of Taste. “Did your mother compel you to take music lessons?” “For a while,” answered Miss Cay- enne, “but father is the real musician of the family. He compelled me to stop.” “To think much,” sald Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown, “does no more for & light mind than to cause it to waver in indecision.” Vaudeville, Old and New. The radio may avold distress And wear a generous look By simply saying “SOS” Instead of “Get the Hook!” “A candidate,” sald Uncle Eben, “ghakes hands expectin’ votes foh nothin’. Figgerin’ on de usual price of votes out dis way he expects de equiva- lent of anywhere from 3 to 5 dollars per shake.” e Equally Unfailing. From the Buffalo Evening News. Doubtless that machine made to record & man's lies is something like the | score card used by golfers. o Stable Crops, Prom the Worcester Dally Telegram. about corn’ the Presiden ¥ So many authors have written, since | the world began, and so many works been printed, since the invention of art, that it is impossible for every reader to care for every author. One man will not like Browning, an- other will not care for Longfellow, third will read Conrad but dislike Kip- ling, a fourth be enthralled with Zol but immune to Dickens. These dislikes are natural; they are not what we mean when we speak of spleens against certain authors. No, the spleen is a species of positive hatred, and is a very different state of mind from that of the reader who sim- ply has his likes and dislikes. * ok ok ok Perhaps the “open mind” best ex- plains the necessary attitude toward various authors and their books, if one is to get the most from the vast sum of literature which awaits the modern reader. To have an open mind means, first of all, that one will be willing to admit good when he finds good. It is amaz- ing how many persons there are who early divide their minds into water-tight compartments and thereafter stead- fastly refuse to permit any infiltration of ideas from one to another. If they “do not like Dickens,” what- ever that may mean, they shy from Dickens as if he were absurd, his tales inane, and his work totally without merit. Now, such an attitude is asi- nine, on the face of it. Charles Dickens has_entertained too many millions of readers for any one to adopt such a way of looking at his novels. . What if he does lack the precise abili- ties and charms of some other authors? His merit is that he was himself, and that his characters, whether one pre- fers to regard them as caricatures or not, have entered into the very language and thought of the world. Just as we were writing the above paragraph a fellow worker in the great newspaper world turned from his desk suddenly, and asked, “If was Mr. Micawber, wasn't it, who was always waiting for something to turn up?” Dickens still enters into the affairs of men, and always will, no matter what any one chooses to think or not to think of his various novels, their situa- tions, characters and 50 on. To close one’s mind resolutely to his masterpleces is to cut one’s self off deliberately from some of the greatest books ever written. Yes, they lack the naive honesty of some of the great French novels. They are not as “true to life” as a hundred various works one might name offhand. But what of it? Verisimilitude is but one of the quali- ties which go to make a great work of fiction. There are many other qualities and Dickens has some of them. * K X % How much better an attitude it is, we submit, to try to find out why mil- lions of people read Dickens, by the sim- Pple process of picking up one of his best, say “The ‘Pickwick Papers,” and read- ing it. That is an action which may be rec- ommended to all those who have de- veloped a spleen against Dickens. You say you don't like Dickens, but how do you know you do not? Perhaps you were a child when {ou came to that unfor- tunate conclusion. Surely it is a mis- take for any one to hold so steadfastly to childish conclusions. You were in no position, with all due respect to your childhood, to pronounce such a severe judgment on one whose books sold into the millions, and which still sell into the hundreds of thousands of copies every year. You might be mistaken, you know. Out of a hundred adult readers who insist that they “do not like Dickens,” at least 50 per cent would come to like him if they read him. Time and expe- rience, two of mankind's best teachers, have taught them much since they blithely came to the conclusion (erro- neous) that they “hated” Dickens. Life itself has taught them that the books of Dickens have a great deal of life in them, after all, no matter how many pereous may ameer at them. There never s been anything worth while that®*has not had its fair e of “knockers.” ‘We have selected Dickens because his peculiarly hearty style fails to “regis- ter” with many readers. They concen- trate on what they do not like, instead of being interested in what they might like. Every one has seen some person who, instead of praising those around him' for the good points they possess, has merely concentrated on their bad points, or what seem to him bad traits. Such a man is making a big mistake, not only in being unjust to others, but above all in hurting his own heart and mind. What is true of Dickens is, of course, true of all other authors, ancient and modern. Some readers “cannot stand” Hawthorne or Scott or Dumas or Long- fellow. Every one of those writers has many lines which any one who is half- way fair in his judgments could “stand” very well if he would do himself and the authors the simple justice of read- ing them. * K K % Consider the case of Longfellow, he who wrote “The Psalm of Life,” “Evan- geline,” “The Skeleton in Armor,” etc. No writer of either prose or verse has received such a lambasting at the hands of the so-called “intelligentsia” (whatever that means). The campaign of sneering at his verse reached such a pitch about 10 years ago that no young man who desired to be considered at all intelligent dared admit, among certain groups;” that he could find so much as a single meritorious line in the works of the beloved American poet. Even Ten- nyson, who is today regarded everywhere as a truly great and who is gaining in esteem as tl ears pass, suffered from the onslaughts of those who pro- Tessed to find all things Victorian Is not the truth of things nearer to the golden mean, which says that where there has been so much smoke there must be some fire, that when a writer’s works manage to keep being printed long after he has passed on there must be some in them? The distinction must be kept clear between a reasoned lack of enthusiasm for an author—any author—and an unreasonable spleen conceived against certain names, works, writers. Not every writer can please every| by reader, any more than every reader can like every writer. Many sincere lovers of literature declare that they find Dante among the most enthralling poets, while other equally sincere read- ers (and quite as well informed) say that “The Divine Comedy” is not for them. Both are right. No man can read for another, any more than he can breathe for him. An unreasoning spleen, however, is an entirely different thing. It is a state of mind which the earnest reader of books must flee as he would the devil, if he is to keep the open mind and prevent himself from missing some of the finest things ever written. Often delightful things are hidden in rough wrappers. The going may be difficult, in many a book, but before the end one finds great things, worthy of all the effort expended to find them. Beware the spleen; keep the open mind. WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. Law Enforcement Chairman Wicker- sham’s remonstrance at Boston against drastic enforcement adds fresh fuel to the ‘ever-flaming prohibition fire at Washington. Liberals and modifica- tionists, or by whatever other name wets are known, acclaim it as fresh evidence of the rising tide of resent- ment against Volsteadism. It does not wholly satisfy the repealers, but even they welcome Wickersham's plea for saner liquor laws. They find in it com- plete confirmation of their theory that the eighteenth amendment is unen- forceable because of the harsh penal- ties for violation now provide for. Members of Congress paused in the midst of the end-of-the-season jam to comment vigorously on the Wicker- sham blast. So Nation-wide has be- come the ferment over prohibition, most of them declare, that if the Jones 5-and-10 law were to be before Con- gress today it is doubtful if it could command & majority in either house. The definite conviction on Capitol Hill is that modification is on the march. Prohibition is safe enough, political leaders say, but, before its second dec- ade has advanced very far, will have to get a new suit ot‘ clothes. ® kK % In politics, as in most other things, it's an ill wind which blows no man good. Senator Simmons’ defeat in the North Carolina Democratic primary is destined, according to “Joe” Robinson’s friends, to do the Democratic minority leader no end of benefit. The Arkansas Senator has a stiff, though not a dan- gerous, fight for renomination in his own prims on August 12—the same day Heflin faces fate in Alabama. In the Senate cloak rooms the story is now revived that Senator Simmons’ party faithlessness in 1928 was direct less against Al Smith than against “Joe” Robinson. The reason the veteran North Carolinian bolted the Democratic national ticket, according to this tale, is that he resented the elevation of Robinson, instead of himself, to_ the Democratic Senate leadership in 1923. Simmons entered the Senate 12 years before Robinson's arrival, and is said to have claimed the leadership on seniority grounds. % Representative John Q. Tilson, Re- publican, of Connecticut, majority lead- er in the House, will deliver a Fourth of July oration at Jonesboro, Tenn., near which he was born. It will be the 150th anniversary of the town's existence. Jonesboro is the county seat of Wash- ington County, which, at the time of the State's creation, comprised the en- tire commonwealth. Tilson is spending the tail-end of the session in his office ust off the House floor, listening to tales of woe from restive Republicans, who contemplate the ides of November with anxiety and -alarm. Hardly an hour passes that the House leader isn't assured that this, that or the other measure pending or projected is going to cost the G. O. P. at least 25 seats in this year's :lec‘tlona. * x What Pennsylvania’s senatorial twain —Reed and Grundy—will do when the Hawley-Smoot tariff bill comes to a vote this week is understood to have been decided at a swagger and ex- clusive dinner party in Philadelphia last week. The joint hosts were E. T. Stotesbury, banker, and Cyrus H. K. Curtis, magazine and newspaper mag- nate. The Senators were guests of honor, along with -Andrew W. Mellon, Secretary of the Treasury. Talk around the festive board was informal, but thorough. Messrs. Reed and Grundy came back ‘Washington officially un- committed 8#nd non-committal, but those who were privileged to sit in at the Stotesbury-Curtis feast got a pretty good idea of what Penn’s brace of solons will say when :he roll is called. Ol George Akerson, presidential secre- tary, has just given the Nation's radio audience a close-up of Mr. Hoover in his working clothes. He did not men- tion an observation recently made by t when somebody ssked the Engineer about Wavelng niata, A vacstian.” BoaTe said, “is the hardest work a man does in the whole year.” * ok ok The Washington police force, whose pay everybody except Representative Simmons of Nebraska wants to see raised, evidently has some good pals among the traffic officers of a certain State adjacent to the District of Co- lumbia. At any rate, Representative Vestal, Republican, of Indiana, thinks s0. The Hoosier statesman was motor- ing back to Washington from outside the District at a pretty good clip the other day. Presently he found himself being hedged in by a bluecoat on & speeding motor cycle. The cop asked the Representative to move curbward. Instead Vestal went into conference with the officer. While somewhat wordy exchanges proceeded, the Indianan drew nearer and nearer to the District line. As the Capitol dome hove into view, the officer threatened to invoke his authority. “Don’t know whether you can, buddy,” Vestal rejoined, cheerily. “You see, I'm on my way to the House to vote for tthmllce pay-increase bill.” Smiles wreathed the cop’s ruddy face, as he waved his hand, and ejaculated, “Step on it, old-tlmerl". B0 X Ferdinand L. Belin's retirement from the foreign service is the latest—but probably not the last—resignation to be attributed to our diplomatic ‘“career men’s” downheartedness over their fu- ture. Minister Phillips’ resignation from the legation in Canada, Minister Mac- Murray’s abandonment of the Chinese mission and Minister Young's relin- quishment of the Bolivian post are all interpreted as signs of disgust with the present trend in the foreign service. Career men who've been llvl.ng their best for years in minor and unpleasant posts, counting on advancement, see the ministerial and diplomatic plums sys- tematically given to deserving business men with political recommendations. Mr. Belin has spent 13 years in the service, including assignments at Peking, Constantinople, Paris and London. He was intrusted with the task of making all the preliminary arrangements in London for the American naval con- ference delegation and did a good job. Belin, now first secretary at London, is a Pennsylvanian, a Yale man, and rich. * K K * “Young Bob” La Follette reminded the Senate yesterday that “Friday the 13th is an excellent date for a vote on the tariff bill.” (Copyright, 1930 oo A Tribute to Late Police Capt. Reilly To the Editor of The Sta: A policeman’s job is generally con- sidered an enemy-making position, but such was nob the case with that of the late police captain, Martin Reilly, who recently commanded the sixth precinct, 431 New Jersey avenue, and the regrets of his fellow officers are also shared by the law-abiding citizens of his pre- cinct. Capt. Reilly died on Friday, June 6, at Georgetown Hospital, and resided at 2528 Wisconsin avenue. No. ing officers, bej Lieut. John F. Kelly and Capt. Robert E. Doyle, now in command of the eighth precinct. When desirable men are pug in such responsible posi- tlons its reflection extends through the whole department and meets with the approval of all good citizens, including those in the legislative branch of the Government, whose positions make them temporary residents here. H. T. McCONVEY. e Such Publicity! ¥rom the New Bedford Evening Standard. Mayor Curley threatens to sue the Harvard and editors of o% college publicati must be Thelt Jotth 10 sAVE. JUNE 11, 1930. Is Opposed by Heap To the Editor of The Star: In the issue of The Star of May 31 appears an editorial “Problems of the Pound Master” in which it is_stated, in effect, that all dogs in the District should be muzzled from January 1 to December 31, each year. Which means all the time. This statement is bolstered up by citations of numerous items in the press noting cases of children being bitten by dogs. As far back as history goes, people have been bitten by dogs, but only in comparatively recent years has any more attention been paid to it than to any other injury. Now, it seems, owing to the continued propaganda of physicians seeking trade and serum manufacturers g a market for their output, if a person, especially a child is so much as scratched by the teeth of a dog, a great hullabaloo is raised over it, the child is Tushed to a hospital and undergoes treatment far more painful and dan- gerous than would have resulted from the original dog bite, and the offending animal is sent to the pound or some other place for observation, or his head is cut off and its brain subjected to irfspection and analysis. If a small black spot is discovered on any part of the brain, the dog is said to have the rabies and the child is given the so-called Pasteur treatment and its family goes into hysterics. Eminent physicians state that these black spots on the brain of dogs are common to numerous other diseases in no way related to rabies. ‘The writer has been secretary of the Humane Society of Washington for the past 25 years and in that capacity has had occasion to observe and come into contact with dogs under all conditions and has yet to hear of a single authentic case of genuine rabies in dogs or human beings in the District. I regard the bite of a dog as no more dangerous than a similar wound from any other cause. ‘This society is opposed to the muzzling of dogs at any time, believing it to be entirely unnecessary, cruel and useless. When any one is bitten by a dog it invariably will be found on investigation that the animal was being tormented or abused in some way by the person bitten, or was guarding the person or property of its owner. If children were taught to let dogs alone, especially strange ones, not tease or mistreat them, and stay off the premises where there was a watchdog on guard, fewer cases of dog bites would occur. The remedy lies, not in muzzling dogs, but in exercising common sense in their treat- ment. JOHN P. HEAP, Secretary, Washington Humane Society. o Salesmen Are Skilled Professional Workers To the Editor of The Star: Selling is a profession ges Iy un- appreciated by the public. e aver- age person looks upon & salesman as & nuisance and a bore and classifies him as “a peddler.” But you have the same thing to conterd with in the sell- ing business” that you have in other ""’{he”'g’.id’_"” good are often judged e bad. A first-class salesman, is instantly recognizable. He is courteous, tactful and well informed, has a practical abil- ity to understand conditions and is considerate of his prospect. He is a good listener as well as a good talker. His approach is frank and his selling methods are honest. He likes you, is interested in you and seeking to learn your needs. Necessity s the great motive for his desire to sell you. but not the only one. A true salesman loves the game, likes to meet people and really has their inter- est at heart. He is a hard worker, and in order to succeed must live a clean. wholesome life. He has his successful days and his days of failure. He has his triumphs and his heartaches. He does not expect to sell you as soon as he talks to you—he may never sell you But he considers his time well spent if he has interested you. His products are of fa?quesumb]s merit and always use ‘The good salesman is & falist in his line, and his life is d'epd'ft:lhd to serving you. By serving you honestly he is earning his living, and also help- ing you to fulfill dreams. Yes, helping you to realize the fulfillment of dreams your foreparents neixr even dreamed cf. ‘The good salesman is to the commer- cial world what gas is to an automobile. He is the moving power behind every marketable product. Without him com- merce would become stagnant and pros- perity & myth. WILLIAM T. W. GRAVES. e Wants Public Protected From the Ill-Bred Dogs To the Editor of The Star: On the morning of May 30, 1930, about 8 o'clock, I was walking north- ward on Eighteenth street between U street northwest and Columbia road. As I neared Wyoming street I was at- tacked by a police dog, who held me at bay for five minutes or more before the janitor of an apartment house came out into the street and called the dog in. I did not see the dog until I saw him rushing toward me, barking and snapping his teeth. When I passed the house I told the janitor g‘n‘ra he ought to keep his dog on the side. Why that dog attacked me I do not know. I am sure I never provoked him or did him harm. I have seen other dogs challenge the right of a stranger to pass in front of his mas- ter's dwelling, and we all know that the public highways are for men and women and children, and these deserve protection from ill-bred dogs. It is possible for one to care more for the life and safety of a dog than for the life and safety of a human be- ing. Let the people who must have dogs give them the freedom of their own premises, and let men and women and children enjoy the freedom of the public streets in safety. WALTER H. BROOKS. Reckless Bicycle Riders Are Classed as Menace To the Editor of The Star: As some fatal accidents have been caused by the reckless operation of bicycles propelled by pedals and as they are continually increasing in number, some definite means of identifying their riders should be required by our Dis- trict Commissioners or the Traffic Bureau. The .white and colored boys who use these machines often operate them on the sidewalks and the wrong way on one-way streets, endangering pedestrians and themselves. Every one of these machines should have a legible number conspicuously attached to it, the name and address of the rider reg- istered at the Traffic Bureau, and these riders should be subject to similar rules and regulations as those applying to auto and motor cycle operators. An age requirement should be needed to operate these machines on the roadway, and operation strictly &\;ohlblted on the sidewalks and crosswalks. Before these machines became s0 numerous as they are today it was all right to let them operate without safe- guards such as here suggested, but any casual observer will agreesthat the time has come for the authorities to require some such precautions to protect pedes- trians and the riders themselves. They are becoming a menace to this com- munity and badly need regulating. H. T. McCONVEY. Spelling Contests Abroad. From the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Europe, it is reported, is taking up the idea of radio spelling bees which ted in America. No doubt some of the stuff we thought was superstatic was actually the broadcast of a Russian contest. ——— Gandhi’s Chief Diet Goat's Milk. g '-:‘mflun'nu (Ala.) Herald. ndht’ B P e Panes o E may account apparent designs on John Bull's DADLY. ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC Thousands of Government experts are working constantly for the benefit of all citizens of the United States. They will work directly for you if you will call for the fruits of their labors through our Washington bureau. State your | inquiry briefly, write clearly and, in-| closing 2-cent stamp for a personal let- | ter in reply, address The Evening Star Information Bureau, Frederic J. Has- kin, director, Washington, D. C. | Q. Are automobile fatalities increas- | ing?—C. R. A. Figures indicate that they are. In | 1929 there were 31,000 motor fatalities, & 10 per cent increase over the previous year. Q. Of what nationality is Paul White- man?—G. N. T. A. Paul Whiteman is an American. His mother’s father, Sam Dallison, was a yoeman in Queen Victoria’s guard. His father's name was originally Wight- man and on that side of the house he is & mixture of Irish, Scotch, English and Holland Dutch. Q. Were soldlers in the Revolution required 10;0 pay to send letters home? —M. M. A. In the United States the privilege of not paying was accorded by statute to Revolutionary soldiers in actual service. Q. Where is the monument to the Rhode Island Red fowl?—S. A. E. A. Tt is in Little Compton, R. I. The first ancestor of the breed was a Chit- tagong cockerel which was brought over from Bengal, India, by a sailor. Ben- jamin E. Tripp bought it from him and crossed it with some Cochin Chinas. The breed known as Rhode Island Red resulted. Q. What part did Wally Reid in the “Birth of a Nation"?—J. P. E. A. He took the part of a blacksmith. He was 6 feet 1 inch tall and at that time welghed 170 pounds. Q. How long does it take alcohol to digest in the stomach?—A. E. F. A. Alcohol is rapidly absorbed from the stomach. It does not require di- gestlon, no part of it is excreted by the intestines, but part escapes by the kid- neys, lungs and skin. Q. Does Turkey belong to the League of Red Cross Societies?—T. H. A. Turkey has recently accepted an invitation to join. The Turkish so- clety is known as the Red Crescent. Q. What was the first denominational college in the United States to admit women?—K. D. A. De Pauw University, at Green- castle, Ind., claims the honor. Q. Why do gold rings and necklaces make black marks on the skin of some people?—J. T. A. It is not the gold which makes the mark. It is necessary to use some alloy with gold in order to make it hard enough to make jewelry. These alloys develop certain sulphides as a result of chemical reaction between the metal and slight amounts of sulphur which may be in the atmosphere or in the perspiration of the skin. Q. What is the TALA?>—W. N. A. The International Auxiliary League Association is commonly spoken of as the TALA. It advocates the develop- ment and establishment of one neutral language, secondary to all national lan- guages and in conflict with none. Basically a research organization, its take E activities are divided into three lrougl S. v —sociological research, directed Herbert Shenton of Syracuse Univer- sity; linguistic research, under the di- J. HASKIN. orary secretary of the movement, and educational research, headed by Dr. Stephen Duggan of the Institute of International Education. The associa- tion is working for governmental recog- nition of the language problem. In America it is working in conjunction with the Institute of Educational Re- search at Teachers’ College, Columbia University. Q. Is the correct quotation “Far from the maddening crowd” or “Far from | the madding crowd”?—B. N. O. A. “Far from the madding crowd” is | correct, if you are inquiring as to the quotation from Gray's “Elegy.” Q. Do all Catholic nuns vote in Amer- ican elections?>—G. A. T. A. Only non-cloistered nuns vote. These have been registering and voting 'e;:r 'a‘!nu ‘women were given the right vote. Q. How does the number of musicians in the United States compare with the number of lawyers and doctors T. W. N. A. The 1930 census figures are not yet available. In 1920, lawyers, judges and justices numbered 122,519; icians and surgeons, 144,977, and musicians and teachers of music, 130,265. Q. Why has crime decreased so re- markably in England?—W. J. D. A. In Britain the apparent decrease of crime that followed the World War was due to causes independent of the moral well-being of the community. The Borstal system for the treatment of young offenders and the probation act had come into force a few years before the outbreak of war and both have undoubtedly had some influence ml reducing the volume of professional crime. Q. When was ostracism introduced into Greece?—B. P. A. It was instituted by Clisthenes «about 510 B.C. Aelian says that Clis- thenes was the first to be ostracized. In 488-487 B.C, Hipparchus was ex- iled and a few years later Xanthippus and Aristides were banished in this fashion. Q. Is it true that the elements of our body are constantly changing?—H. A. B. A. Dr. Edward F. Adolph of the Uni- versity of Rochester has stated that the elements in our bodies undergo the following changes: Water changes every three weeks; salt every 22 days; potas- sium, 72 days; magnesium, 103 days; nitrogen, the fundamental element of muscles, 200 days; iron, essential ele- ment of the blood, changes about every 300 days; phosphorus, 800 days, and ]'lme. 2,300 days. Certain cells, such as “l’:xel brain cells, apparently last a life- e. Q. Was the Community Chest sug- gested by the War Chest?—B. E. A. The Community Chest is the out- growth of the Federation of Charity and Philanthropy, a pre-war develop- ment, and the War Chest. Q. Why are society people spoken of as the Four Hundred?—E. F. A. The Four Hundred is a phrase coined in the gay nineties which refer- red to the relatively small number of New York society people who were deemed eligible to be guests of promi- nent hostesses. The phrase has become a figure of speech. Q. If one of a child's first teeth has to be taken out, should the other teeth be Ber}l:nmd to crowd into its place?— "A.'If ‘one of the temporary teeth is lost, the space should be retained by a simple appliance to keep adjacent teeth rection of Mrs. Dave H. Morris, hon- apart. Problem of Traffic Perfis Is Impressed Upon Country Deaths and injuries in the traffic record of the country have impressed upon the public the need of definite arrangements to meet the problem. As a result of the sessions of the National Safety Conference in Washington much discussion of remedies for present con- ditions has taken place. ‘Among the requirements suggested are yniformity in regulations, proper inspection of cars and nation-wide co-operation. It also is argued that all States should require that drivers be licensed. “The problem, serious as it is, will yield to earnest and sustained effort,” contends the Atlanta Journal, after noting that “fresh admonition to care- ful, competent and courteous driving is found in figures presented at the con- vention.” These figures are quoted by the’ Journal, showing fluctuations and reaching the point of 117 mortal acci- dents to every 100,000 automobiles in 1929, other figures having been 136 in 1920, with a decline to 110 in 1925 and 107 in 1926. That paper also states: “In the last decade motor vehicle fatali- ties in the United States have increased from 12,500 in 1920 to 22,000 in 1925 and to 31,000 in 1929. * * * Offset- ting this sad account are comparatively small increases in casualties at rallway grade crossings and ‘a relative improve- ment’ in lll!t.y‘lor clmdren." * K ¥ “The material cost of traffic conges- tion” impresses the lapu Beach Press- | 1 Telegram as “startling,” a report to the conference being quoted to show that annually this was “in excess of $2,000,- 000,000, and that the cost is increasing each year.” That paper points out that “speedy action by individual communi- ties to correct this mended,” and it advises that “the fact that days and days frequently pass in a given city of average size without loss of life from highway mishaps proves that continuous immunity is possible. “Nearly every one,” according to the Minneapolis Star, “is in favor of laws that will promote safety in the traffic of automobiles. The question seems tc be only one of getting together on laws which are practical and workable. In commenting on possible remedies, friends of safety laws show a wide divergence as to how far law should go in the matter of regulation of automo- biles. * * * To be effective, laws for safety must not be so radical or drastic that they become unworkable and dead letters on the statute books.” * ok ok x “This problem may well engage the best minds of the country,” declares the New York Evening Post, directing atten- tion to the point that “the steady in- crease in the rate of fatalities does not suggest the hopelessness of preventive efforts, but the need to make them more intensive.” The New Orleans Times- Picayune, maintaining that “in every city the problem of effective enforce- ment cries out for solution,” suggests that “until it is solved model regula- tions can do little to help the traffic_sit- uation. The fact-finding search by Gov- ernment agencies, as proposed in the conference recommendations,” continues | the New Orleans paper, “should throw | some light upon the enforcement short- comings and their causes. But we sug- gest that the remedy for these condi- tions depends upon the communities| themselves. The national conference might help, however.” “Just how many of the thousands of accidents annually are due to the sence of uniform laws is says the Lynchburg News, confident that the number must large. * * * Uniform laws would be a boon to motoring. Not only would they contribute much to safety on the highways and streets, but the make traveling more convenient Richmond News-Leader, along this same line, complains that “too often and too long drivers have been victims of small- town policemen and magistrates over. zealous in enforcing some edly | obscure quirk of local traffic laws. * k x % Charging that “reckless driving—not ponsible for situation is recom- | to effective means of enforcing safe con- duce at all times by drivers is the threat of losing the privilege of driving which a licensing system holds before their eyes. States like Texas that fall to license motorists and chauffeurs cannot escape moral responsibility.” The Bir- mingham News adds its testimony that “obviously the States in which no license is required—and Alabama is one of them—are in greatest need of uniform- ity and standardization.” That paper also advocates ‘“employment of traffic lanes on country highways.” Progress in safety eff is seen by the Oakland Tribune in “a co-ordinated program, with leadership and supporters in every State,” and as an example of effective effort” it holds that “educa- tional work conducted in the schools, with young drivers and with boys and girls as safety officers at the crossing when school ing &ismissed, has saved many live Pigures from the Department of Com- | merce are quoted by the San Antonio Evening News to show that “in 78 large | cities during the four weeks ending May |17 traffic accidents caused 605 deaths. As the identical number was killed in the preceding four-week period, there is ground for thankfulness that the condi- tion did not grow worse, as it usuall does with the coming of warm weather, thinks the News. Referring to local statistics, it finds “abundamt room for provement.” ‘It is incontrovertible,” believes the | Helena (Mont.) Record-Herald, “that the modern motor car can be driven with greater safety at higher speeds in city traffic than models of four or five years ago, but it behooves every driver bear in mind the destructive force of speed.” As a contributing factor, it quotes reports that 15 per cent of the fatalities in.- 1929 “were caused by de- fects in motor vehicles,” and holds that this “vindicates the spreading practice of compulsory periodic inspections The Zanesville Signal also emphasizfs the fact that “many accidents are caused by faulty brakes, batteries and T mechanical parts of cars which have not had frequent inspection.” Pennsylvania’s inauguration some months ago of the practice of “inspect- ing cars, testing brakes and looking over equipment” is mentioned by the Youngs- |town Vindicator, with the statement of | results: “About & million and a haif cars in that State were inspected, two- thirds of which had faulty lights, 80,000 needed new brake linings, more than 130,000 had unsafe steering apparatus, | and more than three times this number | needed steering apparatus adjustment; | about a third were without rear-view | mirrors.” Indorsing conclusions to be | drawn, the Vindicator also notes efforts toward improvement in Massachusetts and Ohio. ] Senate Should Have All the Treaty Data To the Editor of The St I cannot agree, in whole or part, with the philosophy of your editorial of Sunday captioned “Respecting Confl- dences.” You go far afleld to try to convince your readers of the correctness of your reasoning. You quote, but only in part, from a communication of President Washington to the House in re the Jay treaty. You either willfully, or otherwise, suppress that portion of President Washington's communication to the House, wherein he tells the House he had sent all the communica- tions in re the Jay treaty to the United States Senate. Why did you suppress the latter portion of President Wash- 1d | ington’s communication? Is The Star trying to bolster up Secretary Stimson and down Senator Hiram Johnson? ‘Two treaty-making partners should each have every fota of information first hand, not through second hands or paraphrases. The United States can only make a treaty with the consent and advice of the United States Senate. How can the Senate advise and con- sent unless it has every fact, either rior to or during the drawing up ly speed—is res) most of the accidents,” the Fort Worth : ““The most ef- e treaty? - the bef