Evening Star Newspaper, June 25, 1930, Page 8

A_S THE EVENING STAR ‘With Sunday Morning “;thn. WASHINGTON, D. C. ‘WEDNEEDAY.....June 25, 1930 . ’ THEODORE W. NOYES. . Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company Business Office: 11tn St. and Pennsy’ York Office: ‘11 N 0 Ea: Ghicago Office: Lake Michis: uropean” Ofice; D 5 Bullaing. 14 Regent ndon, ngland. Rate by Cairier Within the City. vening Star.............45c per month and Sunday Star undays) .. . 60c per month and Sunday = o ay8) c per mon!| The Sunday Star . 0.0 ...5¢ per copy Collection made at the end of exch month. Orders may be sent in by mail or ielephone NAtional <000. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. g-uy and_Sunday $10. aily only ...... Sunday ounly . All Other States and Canada. DYy and Sunday 1sr.$12.00. §mo.. 5100 Bu s 1m 5¢ v only r. 0.0 unday only - 151l $5.00: 1 mo. Member of the Associated Press. ‘The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of wil news dis- | atches credited to it or not otherwise cred- ted in this paper ana also the local rews Dublished herein. — All rights of public special dispatches herein are also i Fair Play Demands Compromise. From renewed conferences on the District bill the unrepresented taxpayers of this community hope for a com- promise that will save them from the hardships resulting from failure of Congress to function. The first of these conferences yes- terday brought an offer from the House. One prefers to regard this offer merely as the “asking price,” however, and not as the final proposal which will end or make permanent the existing deadlock. An “asking price” may be construed as the starting point from which debate that ends in compromise begins. The House proposal, considered in any other light, is of course out of the question. It offers nething. It retains the arbitrary $9,000,000 lump sum. And one is amazed to learn that the proposed investigation of the fiscal relations controversy simmers down to the suggestion that the House and Sen- ate conferces continue their discussions next November as an informal joint THE EVENING S harmonize with that of the Library of | out clear and clean and complete to Congress and the United States Su- preme Court Building. Inside will be reading rooms, an ex- hibition gallery and a reproduction of an Elizabethan theater. The interior is to be of Tudor Gothic style. It is difficult to imagine a finer tribute to the things for which Wash- ington is coming to stand than the Folger Shakespearc Memorial. Ours is more than th: merely political Capital of the country. Boston's claims to the contrary notwithstanding, Washington is steadily becoming the Hub of the | American intellectual universe. Its i colleges and universities, its libraries and scientific establishments, its re- search foundations, its galleries of art, its ever-throbbing laboratory in the do- main of democratic institutions—the Government itself—these are the fac- ]‘wrs no doubt which led Henry Clay Folger to pitch his Shakespeare Me- morial in our midst. Washington is immeasurably richer for his perspicacity and generosity, and | posterity will echo its gratitude. i -t The Veterans’ Bill. President Hoover's denunciation of the pending veterans’ bill seems in a fair way to have effect on Congress, despite the flouting of the President's recommendations by the Senate. His willingness to stick to his guns and jlet the country decide, coupled with | the very excellent reasons he gave for opposing the proposed legislation, has given congressional leaders something to think about. The assertions of the President that the bill is founded upon a basis which sets up an untruthful and impossible presumption and that it gives relief to 100,000 veterans on such a basis and denies aid to 200,000 more equally entitled to aid are impos- sible of denial. The supporters of the legislation may disagree with the¥ecre- tary of the Treasury that the pending bill will bring about a deficit and force the country to additional taxes, although the country may prefer to take Mr. Mellon’s word, but they cannot avoid nor can they answer other criticisms made by the President. It is a hopeful sign that the House Republican leaders and many of the members of the party in the House are ready to go to the bat and substitute a committee and endeavor, with the as- sistance of the Bureau of Efficiency and the District assessor, to decide on the amount of the Federal contribution in the 1932 bill—the estimates for which are now tied up and hamstrung await- ing decision on this important ques- tion as it applies to the 1931 bill. Through this proposal the House tacitly agrees that an investigation might determine that $9,000,000 is- not an adequate amount for the next year's bill. But it is unwilling to grant that there is any merit in the findings of the Senate’s own investigation this year, which resulted in the recommended in- crease from nine to twelve millions in the lump sum. If there is any ground for a joint investigation next year, rea- son and equity and a grave emergency demand a compromise this year. ‘With the end of the session in sight and the Distriet bill blocked, the House is merely asking the Senate to take its view for the time being and hold a recess during the Summer on the pos- sible assumption that, meeting in ad- vance of the session next November, more time and less pressure will enable the House to have its own way again. Unfortunately for the District, the present conferences between House and Senate are deciding an issue that is even more fundamental than this year's | size of the lump sum. That issue is| ‘whether conferences between the House and Senate are merely to stamp with| blanket indorsement the views of the | House or whether divergent views are | to be compromised by the time-honored | method of surrendering a point here, gaining a point there and allowing no differences of opinion, however well! founded, to wreck the legislation under consideration. — e Aviators are fearless. The farmers whose houses and stock are liable to| be crashed by student fiyers cannot be expected to share the thrill which brings | aerial intrepidity. —— e Shakespeareiana in Washington. No more magnificent gesture in the direction of the Washington that is some day to be has emanated from any quarter than the testamentary details of the Folger $10,000,000 endowment for & “Shakespeare Memorial” in the National Capital. The project of the late Henry Clay Folger, Standard Oil magnate, is not a new one, for the building which is to incarnate his munificént purpose is already actually under way. It will stand in a command- ing position on Capitol Hill near the Library of Congress and the new home | of the United States Supreme Court. Any city in the world would have, cause to bubble with pride over such an | endowment. Accustomed as Washing-; tonians and the Nation at large are to! monumental enterprises in architectural | form at the seat of the Federal Gov- ernment, all American hearts beat faster in anticipation of the splendor of the “Folger Shakespeare Memorial.” It| will be a cultural landmark. | Mr. Folger—doomed, like the late creator of the Preer Gallery of Art, not 1o be spared to see the full realization of his genial inspiration—long planned to establish a memorial home for his ‘world-famous Shakespearean collection, ! for the use of students of Elizabethan | drama. He decided upon Washington as the ideal site for it. His will, just} made known, provides for a building to | coet $2,000,000 and a maintenince fund | ‘which is not to be less than $10,000,000. | The foundation is to be administered by | the trustees of Amherst College, Mr. Folger's alma mater. i The basic purpose of the Shakespeare | Memorial is set forth by the donor ln: these terms: ! That within three years from the date of my death said trustees shall install and establish my Shakespeare collection, consisting of books, pam- phlets, documents, manuscripts, pic- tures, art objects and other items re- lating to Shakespeare as a permanent library in a building in toe city of | Washington, D. C, said licery and! building to be known as th. “Folger Shakespeare Memorial,” and shall there- after maintain said library and all additions thereto as a separate and qil.-‘tm-z library under said name in said ty. 23 the promotion and diffusion of ‘¢dge in regard to the history and wi'.ags of S| the said library open to students Shakespeare under such reasonable espeare, and shall keep | of | measure more in accordance with justice to the veterans and to the whole people of the United States. The suggestion has been made that the House will agree to the Senate amendments to the pend- ing bill, send the measure to the White House, where the President will veto it and return it to the Congress. Enough Republicans in the House have signified their intention, it is said, to sustain the President’s veto. If they do, the pending bill will be dead as a door nail. The plan also contemplates the introduction of a new bill, which the House may pass without delay and send to the Senate. If this proceeding is followed the Senate will have to accept the new bili or block all veterans’ legislation. This may not set well with those Senators who prefer to override a veto of the President. But if the House Repub- licans stick to their present intention there will be nothing else for the Sen- ate to do. Again and again the President has made it clear that he believes there are deserving cases among the veterans which need legislative attention. The President, however, is opposed to the pending bill because it is fundamentally unsound, because it would establish a system that in the long run would prove a great detriment to the country as a whole. The President is to be congratulated upon having expressed himsdlf forcibly in this matter. “This veterans’ bill,” he said, “is just bad legislation,” and he gave his reasons for holding it bad. They are reasons which the supporters of the measure will not be able to controvert. ‘The Congress should act promptly on legislation necessary to give relief to the veterans, framed in accordance with sound principles. Any effort now to becloud the issue merely for the sake of “putting the President in a hole” will be of no benefit to the veterans and of little benefit to any members of the Senate or House who subscribe to it Europeans used to say they could not understand American politics. Ameri- cans in turn freely admit that Europe has them puzzled. Market tipsters have their value. ‘They represent great and permanent optimistic influence. ———————— ‘To some of the gang men even the Ohio Penitentiary may seem safer than Chicago. Modern Building Magic. Washingtonians are watching with keen interest the detailed development of the public buildings now under erec- tion in the first “fiight” of the great program of Government structures. ‘They are noting, almost literally, the daily detailed work of erection, taking pride in the development of the Capital plan. They have seen two units brought virtually to completion, the central section of the Department of Agriculture and the southern section of the stricture known as the Internal Revenue Building. They are now ob- serving the creation of the greatest of all the units of the new program, the Department of Commerce, covering all but a small portion of the Mall-Avenue site that twenty years ago was allocated for the construction of three buildings. In the day-by-day observation of this construction note is made by the watch- ers of certain apparent halts and hitches in the systematic erection of the fabric. Workers seem to pass around the walls from point to point in a somewhat haphazard fashion. Bits ot the outer skin of the structure are omitted from the sequential erection. To the non-technical eye of the ob- server at times it looks as though some- body ‘had blundered in the planning, perhaps in the synchronizing of mate- rial deliveries. Occasionally it seems though certain stones have been mis- laid, to be found later and put in place. Gaps are left in parts of the walls to await for a later stage of construction to be filled. ‘Then bit by bit the fabric is finished. The gaps are closed, the “missing stones” are “found. Derricks are | shifted out of the way by that myste- rious method of handling immense ma- | terials that is one of the miracles of the eye. To those in the street who watch, the construction of a great building is in- deed a fascinating enigma. The §truc- ture is, in fact, created on paper. Every detail of it is worked out in plan and specification before a stroke of work is done at the site. Every stone is provided for and measured, every iron or steel beam is fashioned even befors the ore is dug from the earth. The complex proc- esses of assemblage and handling and placement are all schemed out to the last rope and cable, signal line and boom, ladder and scaffold. ‘What appear to the non-technical ob- servers as accidental gaps and lapses, de- lays and misfits in the fabrication of the building are, in fact, part of the carefully planned system of assemblage. Space must be left for hoisting appara- tus until the last stage, and then sup- plementary or substitute “lifts” are em- ployed. Arrangements must be made for the stone carvers to reach places difficult of access. Every ons of these details is planned. Then when the outer fabric of the building is finished comes the lowering of the last of the hoisting and handling apparatus. Towering structures for the elevation of concrete are dismantled and disposed of piece by piece. Heavy steel beams and booms are gently and safely sent to the ground, and in a Jew hours the skyline of the building is cleared Meanwhile the work inside is proceed- ing, has been going on, in tact, from the earliest days, as soon @ space was available, floor-laying, wall-finishing, piping, plumbing, heating, wiring, deco- ration—a great co-ordination of dozens of activities in perfect harmony. Truly large-scale construction . by modern methods is & marvel of efficlency. —— —ate William Bruce King. ‘Though William Bruce King was not a native of Washington, he had lived in this city so long, from his early childhood in fact, that he was to Washingtonians a veritable son of the Cépital. He came here with his par- ents from Minneapolis at the age of five, and he was from then until his shockingly sudden death on Monday identified with the life and the welfare and the development of this community. A diligent student with exceptional ca- pacity for learning, he gained his de- gree in law before he was old enough to be admitted to practice. In all that he did throughout life, this trait of thoroughness and efficiency prevailed. In addition to his legal attainments he had to an unusual degree &, capacity for literary and musical expression and enjoyment. He was a large contributor to the cultural life of the Capital and & member of some of its most im- portant organizations making for ad- vancement along every line of progress. Best of all, he had to a rare degree the capacity for friendship, and now he is deeply mourned, for he has passed 50 suddenly as to shock the multitude of those who knew him and admired and respected him. e Possibility of war is not sufficiently remote to cause taxpayers of the world to consider the immense saving that could be effected by a universal deci- sion to build no hattleships at all. —— et “Wet” politicians proceed with the same confidence of the old-time New York ward-promoted Congressman who asked, “What's the Constitution between friends?” ———— New territory found by Admiral Byrd is the more welcome because it affords no new incentive to the speculative realtor. Germany is welcoming American tourists. The homely maxim, “Let by- gones be bygones,” is assuming its place in intermational relations. ———— Ocean travel is unusually heavy. Mo- tor-weary citizens may be attracted by the idea of a journey involving no ques- tion of right of way or parking space. ————————— Stock market speculation goes on. The hot tip is always more convincing than the sage platitude, “Don't gamble."” i SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. The Simple Truth. Much wisdom has been spoken ‘Which to this day we quote; ‘We hold in faith unbroken The fables Aesop wrote. However great a nation Or small a citizen, His fanciful creation Proves helpful to all men. Philosophies grow gloomy, ‘The poets sing in pain; Even the law books roomy ‘We may consult in vain. Jest and the true word meeting Display a task well done. Most seriously we are greeting ‘What Aesop said in fun. Philanthropic Silence. “Have you any ideas to advance con- cerning the crime wave?” “No,” answered Senator Sorghum. “I haven't been oratorically lucky of late. The more I talk about some matters, the worse they appear to get.”, Jud Tunkins say he goes fishing with a clear conscience. He never hooks enough fish to hurt his standing in the S.P.C. A. The Inevitable, The taxes never yet have ceased. As men require their further use, I'm sure that they will be increased, And do not ask for an excuse. Monstrosities, Animal and Mineral. “The prehistoric monsters were ter- rible to look at.” ’ “Our monstrosities have changed,” said Mr. Chuggins, “from form to color. I don’t know of anything more terrible to look at than some of the new gas flling stations.” “Two things,” sald Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown, “cannot be forgiven-—a dog that bites and a friend that turns traitor.” The Little Lindbergh. THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. Grass at this time of the year shows| the stuff it is made of. | Many a family now becomes grass- conscious as huge brown spots develop | in_the lawn. | Lack of rain, yes; but, more than| that, grass structure. faulty or good,| behind all. Grass is a great deal like a human being—what it is begins to show up in a time of emergency. There are hundreds of men and women who are pleasant enough when everything goes smoothly, but just let them be crossed in anything, their good nature blows up. Similarly many seemingly capable men go to pieces when a critical mo- ment arrives. . ‘The grass which carpets the world is a great deal like human beings. If a lawn has been made from first- class seed, which, growing into grass, has developed into a good lawn, it will show its breeding and care during times of drought. It will stand the gaff, in other words. If, on the other hand, the seed has been of poor quality and the lawn has not received the proper care afterward, hot weather will blight it in a few days. Home lawns are, after all, artificial| things, requiring constant care for their continued good appearance. A home owner has but to be away for & month, during which time the grass receives no care, to discover what | will happen -ven to a good lawn during that time. * ok ¥ ¥ He discovers that a carefully culti- vated lawn is by no means in the class of a_meatow. When he permitted the grass to grow long during the growing season he put an_almost irremediable strain upon it. Great areas of it killed out com-| pletely, and the remainder was in very poor shape. Of course, the season was exception- ally dry, but he was amazed, neverthe- less, to find that his lawns were in such poor condition. An intensive course of watering, fol- | low by an application of sheep ma- nure, helped to right matters to some extent, but the grass was far, far be- low the usual standard. Neglect had done it. T Neglect of grass, like neglect of a child, will result in ugly traits. ‘Unquestionably one of the chief things to be kept in mind in growing and| keeping a good lawn is regularity of | treatment. It iaust be remembered that a home lawn is a highly artificial piece of gar- dening, or landscaping, or whatever one chooses to call it. If it has become accustomed to being mowed once a week, it expects to be| mowed once a week; that is all there is| to _it. If & lawn has been cut every two weeks, then cutting at two-week inter- vals will be enough. ‘Whatever the custom has been, that is what the grass expects. If the hose has come to the rescue in dry spells, it must continue to be used, | or the grass will suffer severely. * K K K As for fertilizer, our experience has been that there is nothing better than a mixture of sheep manure and bone meal. We say this with no disrespect of newer commercial fertilizers. Usu- ally their cost is high enough to pre- vent the average person from using them in sufficient quantity, whereas WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. Herbert Hoover had on his six-ounce gloves and his fighting face when he assailed the veterans’ bill at yesterday's ‘White House press conference. The 70 or 80 odd newspaper men who fore- gather at these semi-weekly pow-wows are the only ones privileged to see the President—on occasion—in battle trim. He certainly hit out with both fists and breathed Rooseveltian defiance when he lambasted the veterans' measure as| “just bad legislation.” The day was| muggy, the Executive mind was sorely troubled with a raft of tribulations, and a somewhat lugubrious cabinet meet- ing had just adjourned. But Hoover never appeared before the scribes in more belligerent mood and guise. In those torrid three minutes while he was reading his blast against the bill, he cut anything but the figure of a Presi- dent whose political fortunes are in a slump or who is particularly upset about | it. Rather, the Californian was an Ajax defying the lightning. * ok ok ok Mr. Hoover’s critics on Capitol Hill— need it be said that their name nowa- days is legion?—rise to remark that he habitually “gets mad too late.” Their point is that the President is too prone to,cry after the legislative milk has | been spilled. On the present cantan- kerous occasion, they'll tell you that he might_easily have avoided the mess if he'd let it be known long ago just what kind of veterans' legislation he would or would not approve. Anti- Hooverites declare that the President was similarly asleep at the switch in connection with last S’e‘” long-drawn- out fight over the debenture in farm relief legislation. Jle is accused of let- ting responsible” Republican leaders proceed on the theory that a deben- ture provision might be acceptable at the White House, only to wade into the fight toward the tail-end with a mani- festo six or seven weeks late. B Senator Pat Harrison, Democrat, of Mississippi, is going to breathe more easily after midnight tomorrow, for the hour will then be past when any- body can file against him for renomina- tion. There's been no indication that any Mississippian dreams of so ven- turesome a step. Renomination in the Magnolia State is, of course, equiva- lent to election. That means that Pat, still a year to go before he's 50, is headed for a third term in the United States Senate, a record which probably hasn't been equaled in our cay ard generation. The silver-tongued scourge of Congress, who last night lit into the “Hoover-Grundy tariff” on a coun- try-wide radio hook-up, is at his best when he's tilting at his pet aversion, | the Republican party. But it's herd to say on which side of the Senate 2isle he has more friends, for Pat is a past master of the gentle art of striking at political foes without wounding them * ok ok ok ‘When George W. Wickersham, chair- man of the National Law Enforcement Commission, stepped into the Execu- | tive offices one day this week to the President about the commission’s manicured budget, observers couldn’t help noticing the New York lawyer's brisk gait and debonair demeanor. Wickersham is 72 years young. He has the . appearance, the pep and the en- thusiasm of a man 20 years his junior. The law enforcement chief ascribes his hysical excellence to.a rule of conduct long ago laid down and religicusly maintained—to reach an appointed goal by a slow and steady stride in- stead of sprinting toward it. Wicker- sham says he learned that secret as| an_Alpine mountain climber and finds | it has its virtues in public life. | * koK ok Senator George Higgins Moses, Re- | publican, of New Hampshire, is one of | the few men who have the nerve to| face the microphone without notes. The | briliant Old Guardsman from the | granite hills hardly ever broadcasts A hero's life is very fine; We will discover, maybe, Millions of people all in line To help to name the baby. regulations as said trustees may from I modern construction, and as by a magic time to time adopt. L) process the jagged edges are smoothed, “A man dat knows what he wants,” ¢ said Uncle Eben, “kin always git polite The exterior of the building is to be the “roughage” of the bullding process service. ®f white marble, the architecture to is cleared away and the structure stands holles” A good boss never has to \ from a manuscript, no matter what the | subject. The other day he introduced | M. Simopoulous, the Greek Minister to | the United States, in the Columbia System's “Conclave of the Nations,” and rattled off four eloquent minutes about Hellenic glory as breezily as if he'd boned up on the subject for a zuim. Moses was Amej ll:lflm:m thens once upon a time knows his Greclan onlons thoroughly. . GTON, .D. € | idea that sodding a lawn or terrace is | a_terribly expensive proposition. | hibitive in price. A little good propa- WEDNESDAY, . TRACEWELL. sheep manure runs a better chance to be pu' on in sufficient quantity to do| some good. After all. the homr" owner wants to see his grass spruce up as the result of | his efforts. There is nothing more pleasing than to watch a dried-out lawn | respond to the effects of a good rain or to water applied with a hose. kven the birds in dry weather lose some of their timidity as they stand watching the householder sprinkle. Do |they smell the water? At any rate, they will fly from dry, harsh yards to | the one where water is and make them- | selves at home fearlessly. Robins in particular welcome the arti- | ficial rain. Even while the hose is | playing they will alight at one end of | ithe yard and begin to reach down their | strong bills for worms. * ok ox % | It is to be hoped that no reader will | | think that good lawns are not worth writing about. Take grass out of civili- | | zation and you would see. There are a | great many things of which the world might be deprived with far less loss.| | And this would remain true with espe- | cial emphasis in the cities, where there is so much concrete, so many miles of | sidewalks, so many bare walls. Every bit of lawn adds to the true| beauty of a city. It is interesting to| note that when a modern filling station sets up in business one of the first| things th> management does is to hire | a landscape gardener to freshen up the | appearance of the place. How much more necessary, therefore, ! is the lawn around a home? 'We do not believe too much care and trouble can be put upon it. It is regularity of treat- ment which means success or failure with a lawn—after the grass is secured. Getting grass to grow in certain local- ities is considerable of a problem, as | every one knows, but one which can be solved in most cases if the owner is really determined that it shall be solved. | The rub lies right there. The owner must first see a good lawn in his own mind before he will be willing to put his mind, time and money into a real one, i More home owners ought to become “sod-conscious,” we are convinced (to paraphrase a ‘saying which is being w:rk‘:d bu{enl‘:?efi nowadays, one may admit, but which is a good S after all). o i The use of sod would solve many a lawn problem which appears almost hopeless. Most householders have an The truth is that such work may be done very reasonably, especially in small jobs, the sort where such work is needed most. Those who specialize in this type of work perhaps fail in permitting home owners to believe that sodding is pro- ganda no doubt would result in a much wider use of sod, with a resulting gain in home satisfaction and better appear- ance of communities and the city at large. Sodding may be advocated particu- larly for small patches in otherwise good lawns. Often a few square feet of dead grags may develop. Filling in such spots by planting seed is problem- atical, at best. A nice hunk of sod, deftly placed and kept well watered for a week, gives one a completely good lawp instantly. A lawn is the back- ground, or frame, of a house. It should come before flowers or shrubs, or even trees, in every garden consideration. ‘The Greeks did their best to rob Con- gress of a shining light. They employed Moses as their fiscal agent in the United States for two years after his diplomatic | service. That was 18 years ago. * K ok K “Young Bob” La Follette took a sav- age crack at Secretary Mellon during the veterans’ bill debate this week. Per- haps he'll learn some day to acquire as profound respect for the Treasury chief as the elder La Follette did on a certain occasion. Uncle Sam was by way of putting up a fine new Federal building at Madison, Wis, “Fighting Bob” had no use for the Harding ad- ministration or any of its works, in- cluding Mellon. But one day, while the Madison project was under discussion, one of Mellon's adjutants suggested it would be a nice thing to invite Senator La Follette to express his views about it. Mellon eagerly acquiesced, though he was skeptical as to how La Follette would react. To the surprise of the Treasury, the old Senator registered de- lighted readiness to sit in on the Madi- son scheme, and did so. Something like a Mellon-La Follette entente cordiale ensued, * oK ok % Representative Edgar Howard, Demo- crat, of Nebraska, who looks like Bryan and Idolizes his memory, gets the Pulit- zer Prize for the most amusing House resolution of the waning session. It was introduced on June 23 and reads as follows: . Resolved, That the Speaker be and is hereby earnestly requested forth- with to appear before the President of the United States, and also before the Secretary of the Treasury, and there carry in his most pleading voice the united prayers of the mem- bership of this House from the farm States that the President and the Secretary of the Treasury may be pleased to refrain from uttering any more prophetic warnings that the bejeweled goddess of Prosperity in her ship with silken sails is in the offing. “Laughter and applause,” says the unerring Congressional Record. How- ard is the man who always includes in his Congressional Directory autobiog- raphy the fact that he is “still married.” (Copyright, 1930.) ———— Historic Song Rides Over All Opposition From the Chicago Tribune. As national songs go, “The Star Spangled Banner” leaves a good deal to be desired. Poetically it is seriously misshapen. Musically it climbs to un- gainly heights that men's voices seldom reach. They claw wildly for breath and altitude, but the tune goes on regard. less. It rides over them and goes be- yond, like Nature in her crueler, more indifferent moods, and the voices that set forth so hopefully come limping in after a verse or so three leagues behind, With words poor and with music worse the old “Star Spangled Banner” still maintains its elevation and pres- tige agalnst the cannonades of singers, of musicians, of peace people and of others who want another tune. To sing it is an ambition that few Ameri- cans, attain, -but the song goes on, in- strumentally, if not vocally, down the course of the years. Made-to-order songs appear, claiming the right to be called national, but disappear again, as made songs always do, while “The Star Spangled Banner” is still there. With voices cracked and ruined trying to negotiate “the rocket's red glare” and the next passage, “tum tum tum tum tum air,” Americans still stand by and to the old song. * * * It was written during the British de- feat at Fort McHenry, and commemo- rates at least one of the high points of our national life. No other one has been so commemorated in a song and “The Star Spangled Banner” lives deep- ly in our tradition. It has imaginative hold upon us that is hard to break. 4 - Plays Both Roles. From the Toledo Blade. There no allel in the case of Carol with that of the or Ia:; al son. King Carol is himse! m:;u. Frediiints !“Senfimenlalist” Scores Cruelty of Vivisection To the Editor of The Star: As I happen to be one of those senti- mentalists, if you please, who are actually mawkish enough to believe that animals can and do suffer tortures at the hands of vivisectionists. I dare to challenge the urbane, cool state- ments of the scientists wherein they lind the eyes and benumb the sym- pathies of the public at large by claim- ing that it is “necessary” to make animals the victims of hideous ex- periments in order to benefit the human animal. ‘What good to the human race comes of coldly racking the dumb animal with intolerable agony, of causing the moans, the shrieks, the quivering pant- ing struggle to escape from the steel- hard fingers of the scientists, the whimpers of pain, the eyes glazed through deathly agony, of merciful death withheld, that humanity— humanity, God save the word—may purchase a possible immunity from disease through making existence an inferno for the dogs, the cats, the other poor creatures who are unfortunate enough to be at the doubtful mercy of this we call the human being. An editorial in the Star of June 19 defended vivisection on the ground that these men who practice it are also willing to experiment upon themselves in cases where ‘the lower animal will not answer as a subject. Granted that this is so, all honor to the men who thus dare and serve humanity. But— what of the other experiments which cause unspeakable torture through aclds eating into the flesh of writhing dogs, cats? Just to see how they “re- | act, eh?” How about tiny puppies, mere babies, being forced to keep awake days, nights, by ruthless hands, until they fall into convulsions, or a stupor of near death, just for the scientific experiment of seeing how long they can survive without sleep? How about the bleeding bodies, quivering under a knife, as it pieroes and cuts and digs without mercy, while the dog, his eyes dark and agonized with terror and deathly sickness, screams with the inferno of it all in his torture, that a human race may be benefited—human beings who ought to dd more for themselves in observing decent sanitary laws and right living to preserve health, rather than owe im- munity to sickness through the hideous experiments upon the animal kind. No animal possesses the human organism. Why torture that which is not, then, of the human kind? Can good come of such monstrous advantage taken of creatures who cannot tell of how they suffer? No, it cannot. It is not weak sentimentalism to urge that this monstrous advantage taken of the smaller creatures of the animal world— that advantage called ‘vivisection"— be rigidly banned in this Capital City of these United States. It is strange that the apathetic and the indifferent to the welfare of our dogs, cats, birds, other creatures at the mercy of the human being, always denounce kind- ness and mercy toward these creatures as _“sentimentalism.” ‘The general health of the human race would be im- proved if they entertained a bit of this “sentimental softness” to a much greater degree as a race, since kindness to animals means few diseased animals to spread germs. Let them look to that side of it, I say. May our legislators realize that the “sentimentalists” have cause to speak, | and that they are in the right when they cry out to abolish vivisection. | ADA LOUISE TOWNSEND. No Radical Tendency Among Colored People To the Editor of The Star: Despite dissatisfaction with condi tions in certain areas of the countr; and with restricted opportunities, Which | the present general unemployment gitu- ation has shown to affect many other peoples among us, there is no tendency fA’;Wll’d radicalism among colored peo- ple. Coming into intimate contact with many social levels in my work as edu- cator and journalist, I am in position to hear the comment freely made upon our situation and aspirations here in America. It does not involve disloyalty. Coloréd youth, as well as the mature people, believe that there are many things that we must do ourselves, as| well as have done for us, to alter our unprivileged status. Employment and promotion on merit, fair and equal schooling, just police protection, removal of segregation and discrimination on a basis of color, the | fair and equal operation of the guar- antees of the Constitution and political privilege and right without prejudice as to standing for or holding office, con- stitute the demands of those who are disgruntled, but who feel that they are prevented enly by the mendacity of a minority group. As a teacher of civics and American history for many years I have yet to| hear any criticism of the principles of this Government. Every intelligent pupil realizes that the ideals of the Nation must be slowly worked out by the people exactly as their home life and community relations are due to| compromises among conflicting wills and actions. Only last week did 40 undergraduates express themselves in writing a thesis for high school civies in ich they supported, without dissent, “democracy as the best form of government,” dis- counting the disadvantages which they noted in passing. Attempts to arouse interest through interracial dances recently held here were fruitless because our youngsters treated the occasions merely as “an- other place to dance,” and so outnum- bered the sponsors of the affair that they were lost in the crowd. An improved economic status occu- pies the attention of the more intelli- gent leaders of church, fraternal and | educational _institutions, _while the| steady progress shown through the decades since 1900 has inspired a seri- | ous ambition in young men and women | of color in all sections of the country. Nothing operates so strongly to pre- vent the spread of Communism as the belief that “the open door of hope and opportunity” continues to exist under American 1institutions and that the a: Jority of dominant America means keep it open. Colored America asks only fair and equal opportunity, and believes that it can be secured through the impartial applications of the rules of the Ameri- can game, with just courts as umpire, good schools as training camp, employ- | ment as the chance to play ball and an | unbiased press keeping score in plain sight. CHARLES M. THOMAS. ————— Vivisection Obso](-te— As Well as Inhumane To the Editor of The Star: I would like to say a word or two through your valuable paper in regard to the discussion of the bill exempting the dog from vivisection. I followed the articles carefully, and it was_claimed that the practice of vivisection had been a great asset in the cure of hook worm disease. Does the doctor making that statement think that 25 years or more of torture to countless thousands of | animals justifies the end? I would not |say a word of condemnation of our | doctors, servants of the people, who come night and day in answer to our | |call. But I do condemn heartily this | | terrible practice that is growing obso- | lete, as it is bringing no results. Cancer, | infantile paralysis and other scourges are taking the lives of thousands and | our doctors stand helpless. What doctor Wwhen called upon today would drain the life blood of his patient as they did 50 years ago? And what doctor do you think would expect to find a cure for man by vivisecting & dog. Then let us cast out this obsolete custom from our medical profession and seek in the min- eral and vegetable kingdom of the earth the cure for man's diseases, if he must ‘have them. E. CLABK, ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC This great service is maintained by‘ The Evening Star for the benefit of its | readers who may use it every day with- | out cost to themselves. All they have to | do 15 ask for any information desired and they will receive prompt answers by mail. Questions must be clearly written and stated as briefly as pos- | siblf. Inclose 2-cent stamp for return posiage and address The Evening Star Information Bureau, Frederic J. Haskin, director, Washington, D. C. Q. Who invented Tom Thumb golf? -N. P, O, A. It is the invention of Garnet Carter of Lookout Mountain, Tenn. Q. What is the trend of population from the country to the city and vice versa?—S. K. A. Last year the net mur:tlonl from farm to city was 619,000. During the year 1,876,000 people moved from the country to the city, while 1,257,000 left the city for the farm. Q. Why won't white rats live with brown rats?>—J. T. A. White rats will not live with brown ones because they are two dif- ferent species of rat and the brown ones are inclined to be much more vicious than the white ones. Q. What is Shetland wool?—I. C. R. A. Shetland wool sometimes refers to English two-strand fine knitting yarn, but its real meaning is very fine and lustrous wool yielded by the Shet- land sheep. The real Shetland wool has an undergrowth found under the long hairy wool, and is not shorn but “roo'd” or pulled by hand in the Spring. It comes in white, gray, or brown, and is one of the costliest wools known. The wool is scoured and spun by hand, then treated with fumes of sulphur and made up into hosiery, underwear, crochet work, and very fine shawls. Q. In what line of engineering are the most people graduated?>—F. W. A. In 1927-28, electrical engineering led with 2,565; civil engineering was next with 1.874; then mechanical engineering, 1,622; chemical engineering, 702; general engineering, 387; mining sngineering, 286; architectural engineer- ing, 172. Q. Upon what occasion did say “War is Hell"?—A. G. M A. The expression “War is Hell” is attributed to Gen. Sherman, although it was not remembered by him. John Koolbeck of Harlem, Iowa, who was aide-de-camp to Gen. Winslow, testified that after the Battle of Vicksburg Gen. Sherman was watching the crossing of the Army over a_pontoon bridge at the River Pearl and he (John Koolbeck) distinctly heard Gen. Sher- man say “War is Hell!” Q. Is Charley Chaplin an American citizen?—A. R. A. Me is not a citizen of the United States. He is a British subject. Q. How much current does an eight- tube radio set consume? As much as Sherman cC. | & 75-watt light?>—J. P. W. A. The Potomac Electric Power Co. says an eight-tube radio set consumes | between 90 and 100 watts, and costs about half a cent an hour. It consumes as much power as a 90-watt light. Q. What is the difference between pale dry and extra dry ginger ale?—K. A M. "A. Pale dry has less sugar than regu- | lar, and extra dry the least sugar of any ginger ale. Q. What per cent of the infants born J. HASKIN. :3“1: die within the first six months?— A. The Children’s Bureau says that § per cent of the total number of live births die in the first six months. The following statistics are for the year 1927, and are for the birth registration area of the United States, which represents 94 per cent of the United States: 15,041 children in the United States died before | reaching the age of six months. This is 83 per cent of the total deaths in the first year. Q. What is the value of this eountry's apple crop?—B. F. A. It is valued at about $100,000,000. ‘There are about 32,000,000 barrels of | apples sent to market each year, | Q. Is Lake Lure, North Carolina, an artificia) or a natural lake?—P. T, A. It is artificial. It lies near Ashe- ville, and was made by damming a small stream in a narrow valley in the mountains. It has a shore line of about 50 miles, while its width is seldom more than a quarter of a mile. It is one of the scenic marvels of North Carolina. VTQI.‘ Is the Labrador duck extinct?— A. The Labrador duck and passenger pigeon have become entirely extingt among American game birds, and the Eskimo curlew has been almost extermi- nated, Q. Please describe the new vlcklbl\lr[ Bridge.—W. C. A. The Vicksburg Bridge, a $7,000,000 combination highway and rail bridge across the Mississippi River at Vicks- burg, was opened to motor trafic on May 20, 1930. It is the only bridge across the Mississippi River below Mem- | phis, and it enables the motorist to drive from the Atlantic to the Pacific Coast on U. S. Highway No. 80 without having to cross a ferry. The bridge is 50 constructed that it carries a single- track railway and an 18-foot concrete highway on the same level. It has total length of 15,997 feet. Clearan from low water to bottom of steel uncer the channel span is 112 feet. Q. In proportion to the size of novel, how does a 48-page newspaj compare with the average book of fi tion?—V. T. A. Such a paper contains as maiff words as two novels. | Q When was a law made to the effect that lottery tickets could not b sent through the mail>—F. W. L. A. By act of Congress in 1890 trans. mission through the mails of lotte: advertising and all registered lette: addressed to the lottery or its agent was prohibited. By an act of Congre: in 1894 importation of lottery ticket§ or advertising material relating to lote tory tickets into the United States was forbidden. | | | | @ Who is called “the keeper of the King's conscience”?—S. A. A. The term “keeper of the King's conscience” is applied in England 'to members of the Privy Council, notably | the prime minister. Q. What can be sprayed on ever- greens and hedges to keep dogs away from them®—E. F. A. The Bureau of Animal Industry says that a solution of nicotine suls phate, one ounce to a gallon of water, sprayed along the hedges and on the evergreens, is reputed to be somewhat efficacious in keeping dogs away. Morrow Victory;_Applau(!ed On All Sides as Nation’s Gain Hope that other men of high attain- pressed in the comment on the over- in his New Jersey campaign, where he won a three-cornered fight for the | Republican nominaticn for United States Senator. The Paterson Press-Guardian death knell of the professional poli tician,” and that it “will do more th anything else to encourage men of high caliber, intelligence and ability to run for public office.” Similar comments come from Demo- cratic and Republican newspapers, the chief dissenting voice being that of the Raleigh News and Observer, which, while conceding that “Morrow had the prestige,” assumes that “he had to be wet to win in New Jersey.” and offers the further verdict: “The eflect is clarifying to the whole political situa- tion. * It shatters the fiction that the Republican party has carefully nurtured where the nurturing was desirable that the Democratic party is the wet strong- hold. It emphasizes the truth apparent all the time to those who cared to see that the Republican party plays wet in wet States and dry in dry States, but | sticks to the Republican game in all the 1( demonstrates as nothing po- | States. litically has recently demonstrated that there are wet and dry elements in both parties. It strengthens the observation that nothing but disruption awaits any party when one group of it insists upon paramounting prohibition above all other considerations as a national issue be- tween the parties.” 2, W “On the strength of Mr. Morrow's overwhelming victory,” says the Newark Evening News, “Republican leaders are looking for a similar entry for the guberpatorial race next :ear. The les- sou. they rightly draw from the conte: is that primaries must be made attrac- tive to draw the voters out. The vote was the largest that :.as been polled at a Republican senatorial primary., At least 100,000 more votes were cast than in_the Edge-Kean primary contest in 1924 and 50,000 more than in the Kean- Stokes-Frelinghuysen contest in 1928, both presidential years. More than half a million Republican men and women went to the polls and registered their preferences on a muggy, rainy day in June, with all the distractions of the opening of the vacation season. The prohibition issue i; a partial explana- tion; Mr. Morrow's personality is an- other.” “The whole country will look forward eagerly to the time when Mr. Morrow will take hi: seat in the Senate,” de- clares the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, ad- vising that “without disparagement of the Democratic candidate, Mr. Simpson, the extraordinary fitness of the Ambas- sador presents an opportunity to be viewed above partisanship.” The Akron Beacon-Journal states: “It will be ac- claimed as a major victory for the wets, One doubts, however, whether it can be considered a true test, for many citizens who are normally dry vote for Morrow because they consider him as having the best mental equipment for the office.” * ok ok % The Kansas City Star comments: “Those who disagree with Mr. Morrow's position, as the Star disagrees with it, may welcome the unevasive discussion of the repeal issue that may be ex- pected from him in the Senate.” That the drys were willing to forgive his wet- ness is the conclusion of the Lincoln State Journal and the Baltimore Sun, while the Lexington Leader agrees that “his willingness to assume the respon- sibilities that go with the office will encourage other able men to enter pub- lic service.” “Mr. Morrow is a*man of exceptional ability,” according to the Chicago Daily News, “whose distinguished services have demonstrated his qualities of leadership. ‘Whatever may be his personal opinions. it is not likely, as very many of his fellow citizens of New Jersey recognize, that he will go far wrong on any great | national issue after considering it in all its aspect . “A victory f . the people of New Jer- sey and for the country at large" is seen by the Jersey City Journal, which congratulates the State on the “oppor- tunity to contribute to the government of the Nation a mind which thinks and speaks and sharply, & person-| | al.ty which charms, ® character of force | ments may seek public office is ex- and industry.” Otheéf papers which pay Y | tribute to “a remarkably fine citizen, | whelming success of Dwight W. Morrow | man of “truth, simplieity and couraj | one of “‘brains, judgment and foresight” and a “finely equipped statesman” are | the Hartford Times, the New York E ning Post, the Manchester Union, t| | believes that “his victory sounded the|Rutland Herald and the Syracuse Herald “It was first of all the victory of & yman,” says the Atlanta Journal, with I the further explanation: “Most of those | who differ with him rolitically can but | admire, him personally and be refreshed |by his freedom from cant. It is & | healthy omen, this wide and warm re- | sponse to a candidate who gave himself! | no_airs, truckled to no prejudice, in- dulged in no rant and professed no | panacea. We are likely to have better | government when common honesty and ' common sense are duly valued.” ,._“It was plainly a 'man’ and not ® | ‘party’ or ‘anti-prohibition’ victory,” as- | erts the Little Rock Arkansas Democrat, and the Passaic Da.ly Herald lauds the |man as a victor, while the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin concludes: “Thousands |of dry Republicans followed the leader- |ship of some of their most eminent | advocates of prohibition and voted for Mr. Morrow because of his outstanding capacity, regardless -of the difference. of his views on the prohibition prob- lem.” The Roanoke Times observe. “convincing testimony to the fact that in at least one State the voters are ready to jump at the chance to send an outstanding man of marked ability to the United tes Senate.” The Detroit News emphasizes “proof that the in- stinct of the mass is sound wherever a patently superior candidate is offered for its suffrage.” * K K % “He desires to continue his public career in the Senate. Even his political oes will concede that he could be very usefu there,” avers the Birmingham News, whic! also attests that “he is highly regarded in all parts of the coun- | try, notwithstanding his advocacy of | repeal of the prohibition amendment.” | The Savann 4% Morning News holds: “If he goes to the United States Senate, as it seems assured he will, New Jersey | will know that in him it has a Senator |of full senator‘ai size, able to under- stand every major problem which willy | confront him. He is a fine American citizen.” Mr. Morrow’s suggested qualifications for the presidency are noted by the Tulsa World, the Louisville Times and the Scranton Times, while the Rock |Island Argus states: “It will be in | order to discuss Mr. Morrow in relation |to further political honors when he is | Senator-elect. His vote would indicate that he has every prospect of success in November.” The Waterloo Tribune quotes predictions that “he will go far.” The Harrisburg Telegraph voices the judg- ment, forrow’s nomination will spur on the ‘wets,’ who are now as rabid as | the ‘drys’ used to be to further activity, | but that it is going to land him in the ;wmu House is a development that is | not_yet apparent.” “It was inevitable that the electorate’s | sentiment on prohibition as now con- | stituted would be a deciding factor,” in the opinion of the Asbury Park Press, which also emphasizes “the Ambas- dor's ability as a statesman and man of affairs,” and the fact that “behind him stood the strongest political ma- chine ever assembled in the State.” The Richmond News-Leader sees in the re- sult the prospect of “the coming into the United States Senate of a man of extraordinary power, who can supply what the anti-prohibitionists have long | needed—a definite, reasonable substi- | tute for the eighteenth amendment.” | Mr. Morrow’s theory of dealing with | the prohibition question inspires the | statement by the Charleston Evening Post that he “was the first Republican of the front rank in ability, character and freedom from political device to present it as a straight issue upon which to rest his candidacy,” and the con- clusion that he “instantly stood forth |as the leader of a real and striking policy within the Republican party.” ‘The Chatlotte News believes that “if he |should win, the victory would be inter- |preted as = definite trend of Republi- can leadership away from the eighteenth amendment and in favor of some other method "0( dealing with the liquor i