Evening Star Newspaper, June 13, 1930, Page 8

Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. FRIDAY ' (THE EVENING STAR . With Santag M C. The Evening Star Business 11th Bt. and Pennsylvania A New ork Office: 110 East ug A | icago e: Lake Michigan Bullding. uropesn Ofiice. 14 Regent 8., London, Rate by Carrier Within the City. ;99¢ ver month 60¢ per month per month | it now to repeat that its conclusions | ithuanian-American, The Sunday Sta Collection made at the end of Orders may be sent in by mal NAtional 5000. Rate by Mall—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia, tly and Sunday.....1yr., $10.00: 1 mo. iy only 1 unday onl: i 36, P 23 All Other States and Canada. 'y Sunday..1 vr., £17. ily only unda: v only pMember of the Amsociated Press. e Al {ated Pt (2 i to"the se for Tepublication of L1l 5.-."%';3‘ Patehes credited o it ar not otnerwiss ere '!‘:g in this paper and aiso ;ht local M" ed herein. All rights of publication of Poccial “dispaiches herein are. aise sesrred per ench mon or trlep! 1mo. Defense of the Lump Sum. Representative Simmons speaks ae the advocate of a cause and not as a Judge of law and facts in delivering his report to the House on the District bill deadlock, and his statements therefore become a partisan brief in support of the existing lump sum instead of & judi- cial opinion that concerns itself with a careful weighing of the pros and the cons. He argues against the fixed ratio system, when the issue now is an in- crease in the lump sum. He conceives of increased local taxation as the re- sult of increased property value, blithe- ly dismissing the equally important factor of increased demands for rev- enue. He minimizes expansion of the Federal holdings when seeking to prove one thing, but emphasizes it in seeking to prove another. He compares the Federal City, established for and main- tained as the American Capital, gov- erned exclusively by the Nation, to the self-governing, self-sustaining and in- dependent cities, and he regards the Federal share of expense in maintain- ing the Federal Capital as a “gratuity” that is not enjoyed by other cities. His premises are so strange that his con- clusions run ,wild and one is left wholly in the dark as to why the lump sum should be $9,000,000 instead of $3.32, as his argument, with the revi- sion of a few figures, would be as ef- fective in support of the one as of the other, His discussion of fiscal relations may be divided into two parts, the first dealing with an explanation of the adoption of the lump sum, and the sec- ond attacking the position assumed by the Senate conferees in their efforts to Increase it. As interesting as Mr. Simmons’ elin- fcal report on the birth of the lump sum may be, the question now is the Increase proposed by the Senate. ‘The Senate conferees sald that if $0.000,000 was fair and just in 1925 waen the total of the bill was $31,000,~ 000, it cannot be fair and just when the total of the bill is $43,000,000 in 1631. Mr. Bimmons attacks this on the ground that the relationship between the Federal property value and activ- Ities and the District’s property value and activities does not remain constant; in other words, that the District's prop- erty values and activities have increased enormously, elting assessments and tax rates to prove it, but the Federal hold- ings and activities have not increased In proportion to the District increases. Mr. Simmons' logic here is that A (the Federal Government) and B (the District government) started out as equal property holders and as equal taxpayers, but while A has increased his holdings by 50 per cent, B has increased his by 100 or more per cent. Therefore the ratio between the value of their prop- erty does not remain constant. There- fore A’s taxes should not be increased #as B's taxes reflect such tremendous growth. That conclusion does not follow. It is misleading to cite tax rates and as- sessment figures as proof of increased property value and expansion without taking into account the demand for revenue upon which both are based. It is equally misleading to construe the amount of the lump sum as being based upon Federal property holdings alone. Mr. Simmons states that “figures and Btudies are ample to show that the tax rate in Washington is low when all elements are balanced off and con- sidered,” but analysis of the Bureau of Efficiency findings showed that with the United States participating as a theo- retical taxpayer upon certain of his real and personal property, Washington's per capita tax burden exceeded that of every one of the fourteen cities com- pared, with the exception of Boston. ‘Without the Urited States participation, Washington's per capita was greater than that of Baltimore, New Orleans, Bt. Louis, Indianapolis and Minneapolis and closely approximated those of Jersey City, Rochester and Cleveland. But here again Mr. Simmons avoids the issue, which is not the extent of local taxes, but the increased lability of the United States. ‘The Senate conferees cited a number of proposed municipal improvements and correctly asked where the money was to come from to pay for them. Mr. question by doubting the ultimate realization of Simmons answers the some of the projects in the first place; suggesting that it would be nice if the United States “would be their “(the District taxpayers') Santa Claus” in the ! second place, and by forecasting, in the | third place, that the projects can be paid for from current revenues “with- out unduly burdening the people of Washington with taxes.” For municipal development the people of Washington should look to their own resources, he says, “rather than ask the United States to carry their burden,” thus ignoring the fact that such developments are 2ald out on a scale commensurate with the needs of the Federal Capital and not the needs of the municipality; that they are planned and carried out by the TFederal Government or its agents and not by the taxpsyers of this munici- pality; that the resources of the people of Washington are strictly limited and that they do not ask the United States teessoiJune 13, 1080 THEODORE W. NOYES. ...Editor | Thus Mr. Simmons becomes a convert | skill, national sentiment—which in this to the doctrine that if four-fifths of | instance was hardly strong enough to Company | Washington's non-extensible area be-| be a factor—the final ten seconds of the Mr. Simmons tax assessor, Government in reality increase the District’s revenue-producing capacity. came tax-exempt the remaining fifth would be more valuable and productive of greater revenue than if the figures were reversed and four-fifths of the area taxable and only one-fifth exempt. The assessor’s letter has previously been discussed at length ir. The Star; suffice are faulty as they are based upon immediate and temporary conditions and ignore the significant results that are final and permanent; because they take into account primarily the Gov- ernment tax collector’s interest, ignor- ing the loss or gain and distinct and differing interests of the taxpayers and }meo. $1,00 | because they overlook the difference in it conditions between other cities and ‘Washington, with its rigidly limited taxable area which cannot be increased -|as in other cities by extensive ac- quisitions of adjacent areas in the same State. A letter that men- tions the isolated case of the in- creased revenue receipts resulting from a single transfer of the Southern Rail- way from the Avenue triangle to a new location is interpreted as laying down a new theory in the economics of taxation—that the part is more valu- able than the whole. Mr. Simmons concludes with a declaration that “If the bill must fail by reason of the demand for a still greater contribution, let the responsi- bility for the fallure rest where it belongs.” With this the people of Washington will agree, and that responsibility will in their opinion lie with those whose stubborn and unreasonable refusal to grant that there is merit in the other side of the question which invites com- promise has left them blind to their own responsibilities and the demands of equity in the government and expan- sion of their Nation's Capital. — ot Stimson and the Admirals. It was a fighting speech for peace that Secretary Stimson delivered over the radio last night in behalf of the London naval treaty. He paid his re- spects in vigorous fashion to the “pro- fessional warriors” mnot only in this country, but in Great Britain and Japan, who are opposing ratification of the pact on the ground that 1t |imperils the naval defenses of those , Mr. Richards, in which the bizarre theory is advanced that|drams withdrawals of taxable land by the|and surprise is in drama. Disregarding all other con- siderations, partisanship, appraisal of four-round encounter were worth all the days of preparation and training and proclamation that preceded. A savage blow delivered with intent to cause a knockout, the victim shocked into helplessness, the round ending with the championship seemingly won by the then suddenly the discovery that the blow was foul, and the writhing, moaning German contender for the title declared the winner! There is no precedent for such a situation. To those who measure prizefight en- tertainment by the hourglass this show was & wretched failure. To those who like to see men mauling one another, battering noses into pulp and causing eyes to close behind swollen tissue, and finally one pounding the other into helplessness, this was & paltry pretense at pugilism. Some eighty thousand were present. It would be interesting to as- certain the sentiments of those people, to poll them upon the spectacie as & show. Not that this referendum would determine anything regarding this fight | or all fights in general, but it might afford a line on why people pay big money for uncomfortable seats at ex- hibitions that are promoted as & busi- ness, exhibitions that are neither edify- ing nor profitable and that do not promote good citizenship or sound physical training. So now the world championship goes to Germany, and there it remains until Isolation of the micrococcus coryza, or responsible fo: the common “cold,” has been announced by Dr. Pfeiffer, associate of the University of land Medical School. observing sneezers oh street cars for the past month, we arise to an- the “germ” of the common “cold” has been found, and we wre right glad of it. . At first we were inclined to believe that street car passengers are more addicted to “colds” than are bus riders, but now we feel that the increased amount of is due simply to the larger numl of fares. ‘The writer here is willing to offer his experience upon the altar of all those persons who honestly believe that think- ing is what makes the world go around. lere are the facts: He has been sneezed upon from 1 to 12 times on every trip, usually by the person in the seat just in front of him or by the wight in the seat immediately in the rear. ‘Thus the thing which he fears comes upon him, to use good classical lan- ,uut ‘The theory continues this way: f he did not expect to be sneezed upon he would not be sneezed upon. Fearing to catch a “cold” from others, others unconsclously try to givé it to him and hold in their daily sneeges until they can get within good firing distance, * ok % This pretty theory might be given credence by the victim of coryzaphobia (to coin & neat little word of our own), if he had not as persistently predicted for many a year that a certain bus line would send one of its busses off a certain bridge. He held this thought so persistently that if there had been any power in the simple use of thinkings no doubt some bruiser with backing goes overseas after the “diamond belt” and brings it back with a lucky blow. The circum- stances in which this young Teutonic successor to John L. Bullivan and Jack Dempsey won his title will undoubtedly stimulate this enterprise. . The New Judges. Passage by the Senate of the bill creating four additional judgeships for the District of Columbia brings this im- portant piece of remedial legisiation to the last lap in the long course it has run since the beginning of the session. The bill has been favorably reported and now is on the House calendar. Representative Simmons of Nebraska announced some time ago that he was convinced of the merits of the legisla- tion and would urge its enactment. So far as known, there is no opposition in respective powers. Secretary Stimson brands the op- position springing from these “fight- ing men” as the attitude of “men blindfolded to one-half of the horison —a very important half,” namely, the portion which takes into considera- tion “preventive measures of interna- tional relations which are intended to make war less likely.” The training of such men, Secretary Stimson argues, tends t0 make them think of war as the only possible defense against war. “They do not rightly evaluate,” he says, “machinery which will prevent war by substituting other remedies for the set- tlement of disputes between nations. Secretary Btimson reminds us that since the foundation of their Govern- ment the American people have placed the decision of these matters “in the hands not of their admirals and gen- eralsy but in the hands of their civilian representatives.” It is on this account that the Secretary of State urges the country not to heed the demand of the “warriors” for rejection of the treaty, but to listen to the pleas for ratification’ which he and the other civilians who negotiated it are now putting forth. The administration spokesman intro- duces a new note into his defense of the treaty by pointing out what will happen if ratification is prevented at this time and the treaty is made a foot ball of senatorial politics in this year's congressional campaign. Secretary Stimson asserts that untold harm will result, from the international stand- point, if “the possibilities of war be- tween this country and Britain or Ja- pan are to be conjured up and paradied before the voters.” He is convinced that nothing but unfounded suspicion and fil-will can result from such an effort to “drag the treaty into party politics.” For the reasons which he so tellingly adduces, Secretary Stimson calls for prompt ratification of the treaty. He concedes it does not go as far as Presi- 4 dent Hoover and the American people hoped that it might. But he is unques- tionably right in branding it as “a definite constructive step on the long road toward international good under- standing and peace.” Its defeat, Mr. | Stimson assures us in considered words, in words that derive solemn meaning formed quarter from which they em- anate, “would undo the progress of many years.” The American people, in willing to let an admirals’ squabble over the question whether the Ameri- can Navy should have three more, or three fewer, 10,000-ton cruisers carry- ing eight-inch or six-inch guns, wreck gesture in the direction of a warless world. Secretary Stimson's address, which was presented in The Evening Star's National Radio Forum, deserves the careful consideration and the cor- dlal support of every true lover of his country and every sincere believer in defense. o Cheers are greeting King Carol of Rumanis. The world loves a lover, but romance does not rule politics in popu- lar adulation. o The New Champion. count of the affair by radio. because of the responsible and well in-| | their overwhelming majority, are not! this practical, even though incomplete, | peace bulwarked by adequate national | It cannot be said that last night's exhibition of fistic sport in New York was particularly satisfactory either to the spectators or to the more or less interested public listening to the ac- Much, of course, depends upon what constitutes a satisfactory bruising match. To the lover of gory spectacles this was a washout, for it did not cause enough bloodletting to shock a sensitive chid. To the lover of clever sparring it was deficlent, for the opponents were 8o inadequately matched that one could only reach his opponent with great dificulty, while the latter, by reason of superior the House. The closing Yays of the session are here, however, and if the final legislative steps can be speeded, so much the better. It is to be doubted if any local meas- ure considered at this session exceeds in fundamental importance the bill for the new judges. Vacancles occurring this year on the coust have added to the congestion already existing, and while these vacancies will have been filled with the confirmation of Mr. Adkins' appointment, the court as at present constituted will be able to make but small headway in catching up on its work unless the new judges are pro- vided. 1f the new positions are created now, the President’s selection of men to fill them may be possible in time to bring about needed reorganization of the court before the Summer recess. — The campaign which resulted in the defeat of Al Smith left over & consider- able amount of able oratory which has not lost its charm as radio entertain- ment. - The United States Senate has held many investigations. In many instances the main result is the ancient inquiry, “What is the answer?” —r———————— Jockey Earl Sande has in a short time acquired a small fortune which will enable him to live in comfort—if he refrains from betting on horses. e Excavations reveal many marvels, but even the most splendid tyrants were far behind the time. Not a tomb reveals a phonograph or a radio set. —_—— e The old Prohibition party still holds conventions and selects candidates. No- body cares. Theoretical ideals have been absorbed into practical politics, e e SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Beauty and Utility. A crab caught from the bottom of the bay Will never make a pleasant photo- graph. The lobster which the chef puts on aisplay 1s too grotesque even to bring a laugh! As patiently the years go plodding by Experience makes it sadly understood | That forms not beautiful unto the eye May represent what's genuinely good. Weighing the Answer. “Are you a wet or a dry?” “My answer,’ sald Senator Sorghum, “must depend on whether you are speaking as an epicurean connoisseur or as a practical politician.” Jud Tunkins says he hears a few |talks that make him think that the padlock has not gone far enough. Pad- | lockjaw might be a blessing. Farm Rellef. The realtor with mystic charm Evolves rellef that's great. He has renamed the dear old farm And called it “Real Estate.” New Phraseology. “You have changed your talk since you got to be a cowboy star in the movies.” “In what way?” asked Cactus Joe. “You used to say you were on the job. Now you say you are on location.” “To speak with a loud volce,” said Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown, “is to appeal to the judgment that regards sound as superior to sense.” i . Merely Preliminary. The orator makes hairs turn gray. When he exclaims, light-hearted, “And in conclusion, let me say—" He's only getting started. to carry their burden, but merely its own. ‘The Senate conferees cited the with- drawal of taxable property in Govern- ment acquisition a factor to be con- #idered in raising the lump sum, and speed and longer reach, was constantly landing his blows. To the admirer of “If T went up in a flyin' machine,” grit and gameness it was a fairly good | said Uncle Eben, “de best wish I'd have show, but it was too short to be fully'is to get back to whar I is. Here I is. satisfactory. What's de use o’ sturbin’ a satisfactory But the ending,was so completely sittivationd” ( one or more of those busses would have gone over the edge long ago. But nothing like that ever happened, much to the happiness of himself and all other riders. Wherefore he is re- duced to belleving that fate, or what- ever it is that causes Q.hlnf to happen, is not influenced unduly by what any one firm thinks. Wi these two examples before them, readers are entitied to take their choice between thought influence and the lack thereof. In the matter of colds, however, the persistence with which sneezers have singled us out is almost ridiculous; we would laugh heartily at the matter if we were some one else who were get- ting sneezed upon so regularly. We can tell a sneezer almost at a glante. Just how we do it must re- main a secret, but s0 far we have al- most a perfect record. Perhaps it is no more difficult than select the man or woman who sits immediately in front of us or behind us. Just when this sneezer will sneeze depends upon whether we have, in our innocence, begun to believe that we have escaped, for just this one morn- ing, at least. But no, we may be right down to the corner where we are getting off, only to have the sneezer go “ker-choo” right into our helpless face. It he does not do it the motorman or the conductor is sure to, -depending upon which end of the car we select from which to dismount. 1t has afforded us some grim amuse- ment to stand in the center of the aisle, be%trt before by a large lady and behind by an ever larger gentleman, and to realize that we, and we alone, possess the power to make either the motorman or the conductor snepze just as we choose, 4 WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. ‘Tariff bills excite only politicians and stockbrokers. The average man or woman knows nothing about them and is bored when explanation is attempted. This radioscribe's fan mail, off and on throughout the past year, has contained requests from all over the country to “lay off on the tariff.” When the Hawley- Smoot bill becomes law—or if it doesn't —the whole business is likely to be for- gomn as soon as the story leaves the ront pages. Candidates for Congress this year will do their best to whip the issue into life for their own benefit. Republicans who voted for the bill wili thump their chests and glorify it as the salvation of the republic. Democrats Who opposed the measure will denounce it as the rulnation of the country. As & matter of fact, party lines were broken right and left in the final shap- ing of the act. In both House and Sen- ate, members did not vote their parti- san views, but voted their home State's private interests. The tariff is a sec- tional, not a political, issue, It always was and always will be. * ok Kok Secretary Stimson had a pretty for- midable rival on the air last night when he pleaded for ratification of the naval treaty while Sharkey and Schme- ling were muung each other in Yankee Stadium. But this morning's newspa- pers throughout the length and breadth of the land gave conspicuous space to the Secretary of State’s powerful de- fense of the London pact. The adminis- tration remains unshaken in its faith that ratification is safe. What con- cerns President Hoover most is when the Senate can be brought to a vote. ‘Treaty opponents know they are beaten if action ensues now and concede that they're probably licked whenever it en- sues. But their strategy is to postpone discussion and decision as long as pos- sible. Their paraphrase of an ancient national slogan is, “In delay there is strength.” * ok ok % At a_Washington dinner table one night this week, while Aml r Dawes, who is about to reach America, was the topic of conversation, some one recalled a colloquy between him and Emil Ludwig, famed German biogra- pher. Dr. Ludwig visited Wasl while Dawes was Vice President and had luncheon with the ‘general at the Capitol. “I've been seeing so much of you famous Germans lately,” sald Dawes, referring to the German flyers —Dr. Eckener et al—“that I feel al- most half German myself.” Quoth Dr. Ludwig: “Well, Herr Vice President, why shouldn't you feel German? All Germany Ieel: D‘IW: * ‘The Indian independence agitators have made their first semi-official move at Washington. Through Sailendra nath Ghose, president of the India National Congress of America, they have dressed an appeal to the American Red Cross, protesting against alleged violations of the Red Cross covenants by the British police and armed forces in India. The remon- strance was addressed to Judge John Barton Payne, chairman of the Amer- ican Red Cross. To the International Red Cross organization at Geneva a the secretariat of the League of Na- tlons at Geneva similar complaints and appeals have been sent. ¢ * ok ok Hudcdil about the last thing in the world people would assoclate with the Interstate Commerce Commlssion but the “Interstate Male Chorus,” a choral organization, is one of the cher- ished institutions over in the big build- ing where railway rates are fixed and the fates of mergers decided. More- over, one of the leading members of e ion, Clyde B. Aitchison, di- chorus. He m;tl’nlltd &J‘o ars , being a music-lover, 8 !')6“[' n‘g: conductor. Mr. Altchison is an Iowan by birth, but grew up pro- fessionally in Oregon. He is complet- ing his thirteenth successive year on the Interstate Commerce Commission, of which he’s t‘ww: b‘nt: chairman. rects the Navy has made Army a campromise offer with & view to resumption of their annual foot ball game, according to re- current in Washington. - according to these stories, nounce in our turn that it is high time | Wi D. 0, BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. S ‘The extra fine maennm: which ns have ulged in ing the past month has been by the fickle weather, combined with a misguided sense of economy on the part of thousands of persons. ‘When the and 50 degrees outside, one may be sure that it will be down to 55 or 60 h.h 'll:wu latter temperatures are mucl wer mmwmle endure all Winter s ”nl'ven May, when it shows such tem- peratures, is Winter, and furnaces should be in operation. It is a false economy which will save the cost of a ton of coal and pay several doctor bills in preference, to say nothing of en- during the “‘cold” itself. “Everybody in my house is ill with a cold,” said one householder. Then, lg- parently apropos of nothing at all, he said, “Do you know, it was 55 degrees in_my living room this morning?” He did not seem to see the relation between the two statements, or facts, but it was there just the same. The modern city American is not the bluff, hearty man or woman Charles Dickens wrote about in “The Pickwick Papers. It must be remembered that the British of those days thought nothing at all of going out for a 25-mile walk in the afternoon. If any of our readers have ever taken a walk of that length he will know that it 48 no pleasure jaunt except for him or her who is used to it. Modern city Americans are not in the habit of taking such walks, nor are they qualified to resist the cold temperatures of queer Springs after they have lived all Winter in supeg- heated homes and offices. It is impossible to determine how FRIDAY, JUNE many persons have suffered from the common “cold” because the{ permitted their furnaces to go out long before they should, or did not build them up again when sydden drops in tempera- ture, if lasting only for & few days or week, made this action necessary, the health standpoint. It is possible, of course, to sit around shivering if one wants to, and often one is so placed that he cannot help it, but it would seem the height of folly to permit one's self to get the sniffies to save & few shovelfuls of coal, feet of gas or gallons of oil, or what have you (an expression which the so- called ‘“intelligentsia” of New ork several years ago found of exquisite humor). N ‘The question is, Why should one do it? Most people are in thrall to antiquated notions, and one of them is that there is no necessity for having house heat after a certain date. March 15 is the honored time, but _the weather has changed since that date was estab- lished, we do not care what the Weather Bureau says about it. The weather has changed, with the result that ofen enough in May—and it would seem in June, too—the outside temperature is low enough to make in- side heat necessary. It may be absurd, of course, to run a furnace in May, or June, but one ought to be willing to. keep it going in August, if necessary, t will prevent the common “cold.” The discovery of its ‘“germ,” or microscopic organism, may result in a great relief to the civilized world, and a lessening of sneezing, now one of the worst nuisances adeard public vehicles. But even this will do little good if people everywhere insist on sitting around in cold bulldings after having sat & in warm ones all Winter. its readiness, while itself adhering strictly to the collegiate rule forbidding any man to play more than three years of varsity foot ball, to let West Point have a four-year rule. The salors, in other words, will wontinue to sallow no man to play in the Annapolis team who has had three previous-years of varsity experience. But if West Point wants to play a man who has taken in three col gridiron seasons, he may do so for one additional year at West Point. Army reveals no enthusiasm for Navy's concession. * ok ok o J. Edgar Hoover, young chief of the Bureau of Investigation at the Depart- ment of Justice, made a strong impres- sion when he a) red thsi week before Representative Hamilton Fish, jr.’s, committee investigating Com- munism. Uncle Sam's boyish-looking Sherlock Holmes reeled off facts and figures that carried deep conviction to the committee, who soon discerned that it had before it a man who knows his onions. - Mr. Hoover has risen to the head of his responsible division of the Justice Department from a clerkship. His work promises to mount in both volume and importance, now that pro- hibition enforcement has been added to the Attorney General's troubles, (Copyright. 1930.) o English Schoolboys Will Visit Canada Prom the Ottawa Journal. A plan is under way to bring about 1,000 British schoolboys to Canada in the Summer of 1931 to tour the Do- minion. Ottawa, which will be visited by the boys, has been asked to entertain them when they arrive here on the oourse of their tour. It is the intention during the same period to charter a ship and take the same number of lcu;ldlln boys on a tour of the mother- and. This project, which was placed before the board of control on behalf of the School Journeys Association by Dr. J. H. Putman recently, in one which should be highly commended. The visit of such a large contingent of boys would mean, of course, considerable work in getting them suitable accommodation and also in arranging for their enter- tainment, but the good which would be derived would more than compensate for the trouble and expenditure. Boys from 15 to 18 are in their most impressionable years and both the British and Canadian boys would see much that would open their eyes. The less formal style of llvinr. the vast dis- tances, the great possibilities, the won- ders of mountain, forest and prairie would be a revelation to the boy from Britain, while that country breathing the glories of a mighty past, cultivating the best in literature and art and mak- ing & superhuman struggle against ad- verse conditions would be an equal éource of inspiration to the boy from ‘ana California Prepares For Olympic Games From the ®akland Tribune. ‘With the Olympic es now but two years off, California is sending out the reliminary publicity and information ro! events which will draw to the State gevm: from all parts of the world. aturally Los Angeles, where the games will be ield from July 25 to August 8 of 1933, is assuming the this work, but it is expected that before many months other communities will be Frcpnrlnz their messages that the vis- itors may be informed of the variety of attractions wh‘::r&m&am‘e offers. The values e Olympic are not all to be considered within the classification of regional promotion, says the Star-News of Pasadena. ‘“‘There will be values even greater and more importar ¢ than the dollar mark, “They will give impetus to clean ‘vhey will quicken interest in ~de~d sports here in this region, 18 the most favorable for all- whi ar-round outdoor sports of any popu- Tated civiti=oa mp:n earth.” burdens of | politics 13, 1930. Friend of the Dog Scores Rabies Cure ‘To the Editor of The Star: In the issue of The Star of June 11 appears an article from John Heap, secretary of the Washington Humane Soclety. Mr. lz:l:‘dllml that it is sheer propagan physicians, seek- ing trade, for the cure of rabies, and that in 25 years he has never heard of a single case of rables that could be proved authentic. ‘The writer has never dared to voice an opinion on this subject, but Mr. Heap has given him courage. As far back as history goes man has lost his life from every animal known; then why saddle all this Irnr-nndl on man’s best friend, the dog Of course, I don't count, but I con- sider the scare of rables the rankest bunk ever foisted on to an inexperi- enced public. The hum; race has died from the bites and scratches of every animal and insect. The bite of a cat and the rubbing of a shoe not so long ago took two lives. We read of deaths from all king of stings, from a snake to a wood tick, even the prick of a knitting needle, stepping on nails, and every tool has injured some one. But they never are accused of having rabies. y son, when small, was bitten severely by a dog. I had warned him not to treat the dog so roughly in play. I had over 100 guests in a hotel and the most of them tried to take the matter into their own hands and send the boy to a Pasteur institute, The man who owned the dog, nearly scared to death through all this gossip, offered to have the dog killed. I waved him away with the hilarious assertion that my boy had too much Irish in him to be polsoned by a friendly dog. He played with that dog for years after, and is now 40 years of age, with a mother hoping that he will never break loose with anything worse than rabies. :{"the :/ny. it wuh an old doctor who put me on the warpath against this thing. He told my mother that there was no such animal as a rabie. The greatest story that ever was told was when the Hhuskies carried the serum to Nome. It read: “Not in the heat of battle, but calmly and de- liberately knowing full well what was in store for them, dogs and men faced & screaming 80-mile-an-hour blizzard and fought their way doggedly onward, blinded and half frozen. When Balto, the lead dog, reached the end his feet were frozen and bleeding as his master Rimand, 1 the Tidhs of pensen e and; e midst of bro} m;';hd ‘Balto, Balto, ” o 0 would muzzle man's only true friend? Never will our people lfilild for it. I will unmuzzle them and they can throw me in jail if they wish. ALICE T. HARRISON, o Government Liquor Selling Advocated From the Philadelphis Bulletin. Former Senator Frelinghuysen of New Jersey, in his camy declara- tion on the prohibition , advocates Tepeal of the eighteenth amendment and follows the lead of former Gov. James M. Cox of Ohio, in advocating Government control of the manufac- ture and sale of alcoholic beverages. The Ohio proposal forbidding the man- ufacture and sale of such liquor by private or corporate interests leaves the ’| field open for State or Federal enter- prise. ~ Mr. Frelinghuysen apparently leans to Federal control of manufacture and sale, Direct Government sale of liquor is not wholly unknown in the history of the attempted regulation of liquor traf- fic which runs back for many years. There had been State dispensaries and State agencies years before Federal pro- hibition came ‘into sight. The propo- sition cannot be regarded as wholly riginal pro- moters rejected it and wets and drys alike denounced it. Nine years after the adoption of the plan the records of the Internal Revenue Bureau showed that there were over 400 retail liquor dealers in the State, and there were only 104 legal dispensaries at that time. The internal revenue laws were enforced; the State dispensary law was not. Corruption was widespread. There was keen competition for dispensary Jobs and political machines were buiit around the privilege, In the course of 20 years official monopoly of liquor sales was tried in 142 counties in the Southern group of States and the experience of 'E'i time had not a little to do with turning :.:m sentiment of the South to prohibi- lon. The Canadian system, varying some- what in the several provinces, contents itself chiefly with strict Government control of the sales of hard liquor and does not involve Government manufac- ture. Nova Scotia for several years tried an experiment in prohibition of private enterprise in the liquor trafic and the maintenance of a system of {ovemment vendors, which, on the au- horityof a survey made last year by the Association Against the Prohibition Amendment, “was described by com- petent and unprejudiced observers—gov- ernment officials or employes, newsp: ger editors and business men—as being shot through with greed, hypocrisy and cor- ruption.” the statement being made elsewhere in the survey that “blind pigs were running throughout the Dmv‘gu:e and rum running on an extensive scale was done with impunity.” Probably the most successful form of government participation, such as is suggested by Gov. Cox and Senator Frelinghuysen, is the Bratt system in Sweden, where a royal board of control, appointed by the King, has supreme Jurisdiction over all liquor traffic, a limited-dividend _corporate monopoly, under government supervision, with all earnings over 7 per cent going to the state, controls manufacture, importation and wholesale distribution, and retail sales are handled by a hundred or more supervised corporations, with dividends limited to 5 per cent and all surplus going to the state. To those ‘who regard the solution of the prohibition problem as deter- minable on the basis of expediency, any plan which promises an improvement upon the present conditions of boot- leggin; 1 receive attention. Bub even for that ‘firopm’uon of the public mind there will be needed a definite exposition of the program to be sub- mitted and a reasonable demonstration of its efficiency to overcome a cautious hesitancy which “makes the ills we have than fly to others that we know not of.” Prince Carol’s Return Continues Romance From the Asbury Park Evening Press. The return of Prince Carol to the throne of Rumania adds another chap- ter to a tale which reads like the ro- mance of George Barr McCutcheon. Exiled five years ago for amours that were considered without the province of a prince of royal blood, Carol con- fined himself to the gayety of Paris while his father died and his young son was placed upon the throne which was rightfully his. In reality, of course, the boy Michael never became King, for his soverelgnty was under the care of a regency, but for almost three years he has worn crown that had been withheld from his father's grasp. Now 1t and sentiment, in that queer combination that characterizes ~ the states, has conspired to de- throne the youth and place his dashing father on the fickle throne. Carol has accepted the new role with all of the illmour that has marked his exotic life. pparently without even a sigh he has forsaken loves in Paris and sped by airplane to Bucharest. Generals and peasants alike have greeted him cordially, and now he has acquired his inherited rights. From the Lothario of ;lm he has become overnight King of umania. Such a sudden change in ties can be understood only in m% of Balkan temperament. ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC question? Whatever it it be & for legal, ial advice, it will be answered without cost to you, and you Wiiie'3gur teston ciearly’ and briei ‘Write r ques clearly an 3 lnelm’?-‘emqr stamp for return postage and address The Evening Star Infor- mation Bureau, Frederic J. , di- rector, Washington, D. C. Q. Who has written the most success- ful song of modern times?—R. E. D. A. Carrle Jacobs Bond is recognized as the most successful song writer of modern times, as her song, “The End of a Perfect Day,” has totaled a greater number of sales than any other song. Q. How many Canadians cross into the United States dally to work?— . 8. 'A. There are 8,600 aliens who live on the Canadian side of the border and ds | cross to the United States almost dally. In other words, they cross at least four times & week for work and have crossing cards. There are 13,000 people who come over the border fewer times than four each week. Q. How many yards did Old Ironsides carry?—J. W. O. . The Navy Department says that Old Ironsides had five yards to each mast when rigged with a skysall, Q. Please give a short biography of Amy Johnson, the flyer.—P. A. * A. Amy Johnson, who flew 10,000 miles from London to Australia in 19Y; days, is 27 years old. Formerly she was a Sunday school teacher in the Wesleyan Church at Hull, her home town. In 1922 she went to Shef- field University. which she attended three years. She intended to teach aschool, but changed her mind and went to London in 1925, where she took up secretarial work. In September, 1928, she joined the. London Airplane Club. Thereafter all of her spare money went for flying lessons and her spare time was spent working on airplane engines. Working on engine main- tenance and rigging under the ground engineer, she finally became one of his apprentices. On _September 15, 1928, she made her first flight as a pupil. Her first solo flight was made on June 9, 1929. On June 26 she ob- tained a private pilot's license and afterward soon for a ground engineer’s license—the first woman in England to win the latter. For her :chucul-r flight, which was accom- plished in a 2-year-old Handley- Page Moth, the London Daily Mail cabled her $50,000, the largest amount ever paid to any woman for a feat of daring. Q. What kind of rock is the Gar- d!;x‘ oé the Gods? Why the name? A. The Garden of the Gods is a grotesquely curfous rock formation of brightly colored sandstone. “Origin of P Names in the United States” says that Lewis N. Tappen and three others | of went from Denver to select a site for & town. ey stood upon a_ rocky prominence and exclaimed, “A fit gar- den for the gods!” hence the name. Q. How many soldiers were there at the close of the Civil War?—G. L. G. . There were still living 1,760,420 Union soldiers and approximately 741,- 000 Confederate soldiers. Q. Are railroad earnings increasing or decreasing?—B. V. 8. A. The net earnings of class 1 rail- roads during the first quarter of this year showed a falling off of 32 per cent, as compared with the same quar- ter last year. Q. How long did it take to make the Statue of Liberty?—G. L. A. The Statue of Liberty was 12 years in preparation in France and ‘was J. HASKIN. mounted and exhibited in Paris in October of 1881. The American pedes- tal was commenced in 1883 and was not completed until 1886. The statue itself was of hammered copper sheets and weighed 450,000 It was mounted on an iron framework covered with wood and so arranged that it could be taken down and shipped in sections. It was taken down and was shipped in 310 cases on the French state vessel Isere, salling from Rouen, France. Q. How can a liquid be prepared to be used for finger waving?—M. J. pe A. There are a number of prepara- tions used to set the wave in the hair, In finger waving. The following is a' popular one: ce seeds, 3 ounces; cologne water, 3 ounces: oil of cloves, 10 minims; ofl of lavender, 12 minims, Q. What does the word “Graf” mean W. J. A. The German word “Graf” is from the Middle High German Grave, which is the same as a count or the English earl. It also is related to the Latn Comes. The title originated in Ger. many during the Prankish and Caro- lingian times and was given to special officials appointed by the King. The title “Graf” occurs widely among the German nobility. o Q. What is the origin of the expres- sion, “castles in Spain’’>—G. C. B. A. Castles in Spain is from the ex- pression Chateau en Espagne, found in 1400-1600, occasionally as a Gallici¥m in modern times. It appears that the phrase at bottom meant only to build castles in a foreign country where one had no standing-ground, Spain being finally taken as the nearest Moorish country to Christendom, or perhaps with some reference to the Castile. Q. What did Jumbo weigh?—E.RE.E. A. ‘The largest elephant on record was Jumbo, an elephant in the Barnum & Balley Circus, which was 11 feet 8§ inches in height and weighed 8 tons. The average weight of an elephant is 4 tons. arms of Q. How much cheese is manufac- tured in Pennsylvania?—H. C. A. About 5,000,000 pounds of cheegs is manufactured yearly in Pennsylvania, Q. Do the stores lose much money on accounts?—T. O. A credit records show that less than four-tenths of 1 per cent is lost on charge accounts. Q. Please describe the new Board of Trade Building in Chicago—H. F. A, A. The bullding, which is 44 stories high and cost $22,000,000, is construct- ed of Indiand limesf teel dnd mar- ble. On the apex of the tower, 612 feet above street level, stands a 30-foot metal statue of Ceres, goddess of the growing grain. The clock has & 13-foot dial which can be read from a distance & mile. It is crowned by a bro: eagle, while on one side is an Amenéf Indian bearing a sheaf of mai: n the other side an Armenian farmer - ts agriculture in the ancient days. xchange Hall extends from the to the ninth floors, As there are no pillars to sustain the weight for the 14 floors, up to the first set back, the hall has been bridged over with struc- tural steel girders. This work is concealed by the corridors. The pits are of surmounted by teakwood to withstand the shuffling of feet. More than 3,000 miles of wiring has been installed, Q. When was the public school - tem inaugurated in England?—C. Af’l‘!. A. The public school :i!tem of Eng- land was introduced e Foster edu- cation act of 1870. fore the pubile schools were introduced into England the schools were largely denominational, == Voice of Towa Is Accepted As Potent Tariff Factor National significance in_the success of Representative L. J. Dickinson in the Republican United States senatorial us rather bear [ maj primaries in Iowa appears in.many rrels comments. Farm support for President Hoover and for the pending tariff bill is believed by some to be indicated, though others would await the Novem- ber elections for more accurate deter- mination of the facts. “The result appears to show,” ac- cording to the Buffalo Even News, “that farmers of the Corn Belt want this tariff and that they have not been favorably im| d with the ition which has been holding it up for so Ionfi in their name.” The Sioux Falls Daily -Leader feels that “it will not surp the East to hear that Iowa does not consider the tariff a bit of atrocious blundering”; that “the East 1lf!v,'.l,{lolx'r.msdlyl"l:npt)&ed to th’es pbl'e-nt tar- an opposition ased uj the high schedules on foodstuffs.” 1&"-’1 paper continues: “Before permitting our- selves to forget it entirely, we should be reminded that the present tariff con- tains the highest levies ever placed upon the importation of farm products. It also contains, however, some high in- dustrial levies that are not desirable from an lfllcullur‘l viewpoint. The bill, as a whole, is an inefficient piece of work and may produce international rg- taliation. Agriculture will be hlpw,ril course, if it can be revised with the re- tention of the present schedules on foodstuffs. But if the question is thrown wide open, some bf them may be lost in the shuffie.” * ok ok % Emphasizing the points that Repre- sentative Dickinson “defended the tar- iff bill” and that he was “a victor with a clear majority over the field of three opposing candidates,” the Long Beach Press-Tel points out that. “Gov. Hammill, his chief competitor, 'vigor- ously attacked the national adminis- tration's efforts for agricultural relief and was especially critical of its tariff policies,” and concludes that “the vote in Iowa may be cece{pud as forecasting executive approval of the measure, un- less unexpected changes are made.” “The real issue was Hoover, not the tariff,” in the opinion of the Jamesville Gazette. “The voters of Iowa, in select- ing Dickinson, have said to the Nation that they are not pleased with Brook- hart and his sniping policy. They did not care to give the insurgent bloc an- other vote with Hammill, and they have therefore repudiated him by a great ority.” Contrary to this view is that of the Dayton Daily News, which declares that “the nomination of Dick- inson means that a second Iowa Re- ublican will vote with the insurgent publican bloc in place of a nominal Democrat, Steck, who, owing his the Republican regulars, usually with them when there was any special need for his vote. * * * The Iowa primary, the South Dakota primary, and the general prospect in the West confirm ;!hen view that the hl;v.:‘t:: of the Corn elt are firmly set ir insurgency,” states the Daily News. it * xox “Apparently the victory of Mr. Dick- inson on a clear tariff ‘issue against Gov. Hammill, who denounced the bill,” contends the Springfield (Mass.) Union, “has served to put a complete quietus on the Grundy bogy. The whole politi~ cal theory of the coalition was to form an anti-administration union between the South and the agricultural States t to The importance of the verdict is questioned by the Louisville Courler- Journal, with the statement: “The farm- ers, who constitute the bulk of Iowa's population, may resent the action of a Republican Congress, but they do not carry their resentment to the polls. They mliv. rebel against the injustice of & tariff law, but if it is a Republican tariff they invariably stand by the Re- publh?u party when election day comes around.” * kX this respect,” adds rears tice—and occasionally elects a Brookhart. And with that it subsides into a state of 1 resistance that is more peaceful than resistant. It takes what the party gives it, supports the ticket in November, and hopes that better crops will atone for falling prices and tariff extortion.” It 1s obvious,” in the judgment of the Akron Beacon-Journal, “that in Iowa at least the Republican voters are satis- fied with what Chairman Alexander Legge has done. The relief he has givén is largely vocal, but, such as it is, it has appealed to the favor of the people of the State.” “The choice of Dickinson,” says the Lowell Evening Leader, “will be inter- Kmd as indicating a feeling that the terests of agricuiture have not been neglected in the tariff measure.” The Topeka Daily Capital remarks that the successtul candidate was “able to con- vince the farmers of his State that they will gain more than they lose by the conference bill.” The Lexington Leader states that ‘“generally the people of the agrarian West have become convinced that higher rates are demanded by changed conditions. Of Mr. Dickinson’s position the San Antonio Express offers the opinion: “Less radical than Senator Brookhart, he is, nevertheless, the ‘farmers’ fried,’ and also of atr insurgent leanings: but, broadly considered, the nomination may be labeled an administration vie- tory. And it was to have been expected that President Hoover's native State strongly would indorse him at the polls.” Assertion that the real test will come in November is made by the Davenport Democrat and the Charleston (W. Va.) Dally Mall. Abbett Appointment Is Held No Innovation From the Brookiyn Datly Easle. ‘Washington may stand aghast at the notion of having & woman in the Presi- dent's cabinet, though London has stood & llke shock without any earthquakk striking the houses of Parliament. Mr. Davis is to a8 Secretary of Labor. Miss Grace t, mmmo of the ¢ Bureau of Child Labor, is urged as successor, Whether President Hoover will stand for such an innovation no politician knows. The politicians have never understood Mr. Hoover. Miss Abbott has the advantage of be! charter member of the Federal Employes’ Union, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor. She is & unionist with a card. Also she has west of the Mississippl. There is no | don question that had Gov. Hammill won the nomination on his issue of opm-‘ tion to the tariff bill it would have hailed by Senator Harrison and other Democratic political spokesmen as a public revolt against the measure in the agricultural as well as industrial States.” Suggestion that “perhaps the blunder that can be credited to - mill was his attack on the tariff bill, his criticism of Dickinson for having voted for it,” is made by the Waterloo Tribune, while the Spokane Spokes- man-Review sees Gov. Hammill as “lured on to political destruction” in lining up of Nebrasks in favor of her candidacy for a place in what is called the Presi- den! ‘official family.” Questions and Answers. Prom the Racine Journal News. ‘Why is it so hard for the law to find & fake stock promoter and so easy, for the victim to find one? Diverting Period. “campaigning sgainst the Prom the Memphis Commercisl Appeal. must have been enjoyed as 8 interluds, ' “In the Omath ‘World-Herald, “Iowa Republicanism is* fairly typical of Midwestern Republican- ism. A large part of it every so often up on its hind legs, screame defi- :nu at its oppressors, roars its demands or