Evening Star Newspaper, July 4, 1930, Page 6

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY, JULY 4, 1930. - Mm"'_—"_—“—' THE EVENING STAR |pius the arrogant refusal of the House| White and Blue,” and after the song With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. FRIDAY...........July 4, 1830 THEODORE W. NOYES. ...Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company u:':‘l Bt 8. ndom: Rate by Carrier Within the Evening Star. Evening and (when ;n& The Sunday Star Collection made at the end of each mor:th. Orders may be sent in by mall or telephone NAtional 5000. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Vl:gnwh ly and Sunday.....1 iy only . unday only ily only .. Member of the Associated Press. The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dis- Paiches credited to it or not otherwise er ted in this paper and also the local rews Published herein. All rights of publication #pecial dispatches herein are also reserved. — 60¢ per month The Inestimable Right. One hundred and fifty-four years ago today a body of Americans assembled in Philadelphia, representing the people of the colonles of England in this con- tinent, signed a Declaration of Inde- pendence which became the corner stone of American freedom and national ex- istence. A bitter war was necessary to secure that independence. It was won and with the victory was established & free and independent Government of the United States which stands today the strongest in the world. In the Declaration the citizens of the colonies who staked their very lives upon their demand for freedom from British dominion recited numerous grievances against the King of Engiand, whose rule had been tyrannical and un- Just. The statement of these political and economic cruelties constituted the body of the immortal instrument. In brief compass the case of the colonists against the King was set forth vividly eand completely. That document be- came the Magna Charta of America and inspired other peoples, in distant lands, to strike for freedom. Today, as for more than a century and & half, the signing of the Declaration is celebrated in America and by Americans wherever in the world they may chance to be placed. Throughout the Declaration runs the thought that representation in the law- making and taxing body that consti- tutes the actual Government is a funda-~ mental right of & free people. In one passage particularly this principle is declared: FIN ref B scnt 44 Tawe, 1 most wholesome and necessary for the public good. He has forbidden his*Governors to pass laws of immediate and pressing ttend to them. He has :t«hzr laws for the accommodation of large districts of people, unless those people would relinquish the right of Tepresentation in the Legislature, & right inestimable to them and formi- dable to tyrants only. Here in this free country, in this land established upon the principle of full participation by the people in thelr 45¢ per month | 4oc | fruitless, and small hope would have to compromise until the last minute of & long session, makes the Senate vic- tory more pronounced. The $500,000 ylelded by the House is a relatively small sum. The main thing is that the House, and not the Senate, yielded at the end, and that the lump sum, fixed and un- changing for the last six years, has been changed and revised upward in favor of the District. At one time the District was placed in the position of losing the 1931 ap- propriation or of seeing the Senate yleld once more to the domination of the House. If the appropriation had forced to undergo actual hardship and development of the Capital would have been serfously retarded. If the Senate had ylelded the long fight by the Dis- trict for fiscal equity would have been remained for a new deal. ‘The agreement, however, changes all this. The deadlock, and with it the fixed amount of the lump sum, has been broken. The Senate has ably demon- strated that there is spirit as well as trength in the District’s contention, and the attention of the Nation has been centered on a problem for which Congress in self-defense alone must pro- vide a sensible and permanent solution. Once again the Senate, taking the part of the unrepresented citizens of the District, has waged a good fight. But this time the Senate has won. Congress Adjourns. The Seventy-first Congress concluded 1ast night its second session, and, shak- ing the dust of the National Capital from its heels, went home. The Sen- ate was balky to the end, but inef- fectual. The accomplishments of the insurgents and the Democrats, united in & coalition, have been practically nil—except talk and delay. The Con- gress might have wound up its work two months ago and gone home with the same legislative results as have now been accomplished. The Senate coalitionists may urge that the time has been well spent in “educating the country.” ‘The proof of the pudding is in the eating. Much has been sald in the press and in the Senate about the ineptitude of President Hoover in dealing with the Congress. Now that the Congress has actually adjourned it is possible to assay more correctly what has been done, in ac- asked the class what “Cheer” meant. Up went & dozen hands or so, and a child was &sked for the definition. “Something you sit on,” said the young 100 per center, and pursuing the in- quiry further it was discovered that some of the children, at least, had con- ceived of three chairs, one for the red, one for the white and another for the blue—the concept being perfectly or- derly and with no overcrowding, as in the schools. In another case a child reciting the “Salute to the Flag” was substituting for the words “One Nation Indivisible” the shocking picture of “One Naked Individual,” while another, with some vague memory of the Lord’s Prayer, was adding “With Liberty and Trespass for All” Another child, who will probably develop into a realist as he waxes in years, was making more truth than poetry out of “The Star Spangled Banner” when he sang, “Oh Satan Can See, by the Dawn's Early Light,” and yet another was making 1t “Darned Early Light.” None of this proves anything in par- ticular, and all the incidents above recounted were, happily, not in the same class. But as the Fourth of July approaches it is well to remember that patriotism is one subject not to be mastered by rote alone and something might be gained by informing the chil- dren that the Fourth of July is ‘ot observed to commemorate the first man who lit a firecracker. On the other hand, it does not make a great deal of difference after all. B Washington, D. C., is the Nation's city beautiful. It requires the intelli- gent consideration of statesmen who do not regard a country town style of cap- ital as exemplifyfng the spirit of de- mocracy. B Criminals are no longer adroit. They proceed to regulate their own affairs and intimate that if let alone they will co-operate with justice to the extent of killing off one another. Few newspaper men aspire to be President. Several Presidents have aspired to be newspaper men. There is a fascination in printer’s ink that levels all distinctions. .- A great poem might be revealed to the world if D'Annunzio could feel ze- cure in liberating his muse from the cordance with the recommendations of the President. In the end Mr. Hoover has won all along the line. Yesterday, for example, was a big day for the ad- ministration forces on Capitol Hill. The World War Veterans® bill was put through in a shape which met the views of the Chief Executive, whose veto of the original veterans’ bill had been sustained by the House. Mr. Hoover also was successful in obtaining & $250,000 appropriation in the second deficiency bill to continue the work of his Law Enforcement Commission, and, finally, his insistence that something be done to break the deadlock between the House and Senate on the District of Columbia appropriation bill was suc- cessful. ¢ ‘The President, it is true, has had the support of & strong Republican organi- zation in the House. The combination of the Chief Executive and the House proved too much for the Senate coall- tlon. The very fact that a strong party organization has functioned in the Government, the principle of repre- sentation in the law-making body, “a right inestimable to them and formida- ble to tyrants only,” half & million Americans are today as they have for more than s century and a denied this very right, deprived of inestimable privilege of represental They are, by the most singular of anomalies, the residents of the very seat of Government. Today, on.this anniversary of the birth of the American Republic, on this day consecrated to the principle of gov- ernment by representation, the half million unfranchised Americans cele- brate the Declaration of Independence without any share in the supreme right of participation which that instrument proclaimed. Theéy join in the celebra- tion because they are by birth or by adoption American citizens. They sor- row becguse they are denled that which all other citizens enjoy without ques- tion or restriction unless they are crim- inals or insane. These unfrinchised Americans are not enduring this injustice in silence. They- are demanding & redress of this grievance of taxation and administra- tion without representation. They are asking Congress to adopt for submission to the States an amendment to the Constitution that will enable Congress in its discretion to admit the District to representation in House and Senate and in the electora] college. They will continue to demand this redress of grievances. They will continue to ap- pea] to the people of the country to ald House, while the Senate coalitionists have had no effective leadership, has given the House an advantage over the Senate which it has not been slow to . It has been clear that the House, nt met only two reverses stand out in the session of Con- gress just closed. His appointment of Judge John J. Parker of North Carolina to be an assoclate justice of the Su- preme Court was rejected by & narrow margin in the Senate and his veto of the Spanish War veterans' new pen- his contest with the Senate coalition on the “debenture” and the “flexible tariff” in consideration of the tariff bill. He won in his demand for con- tinuance of his Law Enforcement Com- mission. He won in the fight over the nomination of Chief Justice Hughes. He had his way in connection with the pension legislation for the World War veterans. His program of legislation for the better enforcement of the pro- hibition laws has been partially en- acted into law. ‘The record of legislative accomplish- ment during the special and reg- ular sessions of the Seventy-first Con- gress stands out es remarkable when compared to actual results with the ad- ministration which just preceded. The Coolidge administration tackled farm-relief legislation. It remained for them In their plea for enfranchisement. ‘They will persist in the hope and the fafh that through their complete ad- mission to American citizenship they will eventually be in & position to cele- brate Independence day without reserva- tion and with pride. ———— Suffering and privation are mot nec- essary to make s hero. Bobby Jones, 1dol of the golf course, is as great a hero as any of them. Victory for Principles. Long before the end of the fight over the amount of the lump sum the battle between House and Senate had narrowed to one that concerned prin- ciples more than mere figures. For this reason the settlements on the District bill can be counted as s distinct vie- tory for the Senate, and some of the fruits of that victory will accrue to the District, which in the fight has been the Senate’s silent ally. The principle, as far as the House end Senate alone were concerned, af- fected the fundamental rights of the latter body as a copartner in the busi- ness of legislating. The Senate has demonstrated that it is not to be bluffed or bulldozed. As far as the District was concerned the principle narrowed down to the old point of whether s few members of the House, disregarding considerations of equity and fair treatment, would con- tinue indefinitely and without rhyme ——— or reason to allot as the Federal share | an arbitrary and fixed sum to Capital maintenance without regard to the the Hoover administration to write the farm bill into law. The Coolidge ad- ministration did not tackle the tariff, and the Hoover administration did and put through a revision. The Hoover sdministration put through the trans- fer of prohibition enforcement from the Treasury Department to the Depart- ment of Justice. | ‘The Hoover administration has nego- | tiated a naval limitation treaty with { the other great naval powers of the { world, covering every category of naval craft. The treaty has been reported favorably from the Senate Foreign Rela- tions Committee and will be ratified at & special session of the Senate to be called by the President almost imme- diately. It appears that a supplemen- tary chapter dealing with the alleged “ineptness of Mr. Hoovey' must be written before the book is closed. ! Chicago racketeers are not as much afrald of the constituted civil authori- ties as they are of one another. i e { Patriotism by Rote. Writing in one of the reviews that ; takes a pessimistic outlook on the striv- | ings of humanity in general, an author Tecounts the fact that he never sees the American flag proudly waving with- out experiencing a secret desire to heave a rock at it, not because of any { subversive philosophy that he has em- | braced, but because, as a school boy, he was once required to stay after school and practice the “Salute to the Flag” Mussolini censorship. ———— America has provided Spain with one of her greatest bullfighters. What the New York Stock Exchange is looking for is a good, reliable bearfighter. Limitations of ship strength lead to minute calculation, which shows no present sign of limiting the possibility of atrship strength. B Communistic activi are arousing protest in various parts of Asia. Ex- periments in that line have been under- taken by Asia for centuries past. ———— It is not belleved that continuous in- vestigation is of benefit to basic finan- clal interests. Wall Street needs rellef at times, as well as agriculture. —— e Athletic games still hold their popu- larity, although aviation, at present, is undoubtedly the world's greatest sport. SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Celebration. Proud is the boast on the Fourth of July, ‘When matches with firecrackers flirt, If we can remark when the day has one by, “Nobody Hurt!” QGreat is the day and sublime is the fun As we Independence assert, If we can observe, when the fireworks are done, “Nobody Hurt!” Swift is the pace we are setting today, And we move with our senses alert, That hour brings a triumph in which we can say, “Nobody Hurt! Braving the Future. “What do you know about the tariff?” “A great deal” answered Senator Sorghum. “A tariff always leaves a great many people dissatisfled. My im- pression is that it is another of those things they call & noble experiment.” Jud Tunkins says he goes fishing when real amusement gets so scarce that there doesn’t seem any other place to go. Personal Viewpoint. Each theory that I call nice I advocate as good advice. And each that brings my mind distress Is “propaganda”—nothing less. Honest Admiration. “Are you interested in the Russian drama?” “Very much,” answered Miss Cayenne. “I don’t understand what is being said and I must admire the intellectual su- periority of the actors who unquestion- ably do.” “If all our wishes were fulfilled,” sald Hi Hi, the sage of Chinatown, “life would be sorrowful, with nothing left to wish for.” Brief Authority. ‘The chain store makes a haughty show That leaves its patrons at a loss, While new directors come and go, Each showing clerks just who is boss. “Dar is heaps of automobile drivers,” sald Uncle Eben, “but mighty few men wif sense enough to drive a mule. Ma- chinery is useful, but animals still pro- vide de sportsmanship.” June Time for Showers. Prom the Lowell Evening Leader. And in the merry, bridal month of June little Dan Cupid will be safe enough in predicting showers. —p———— 20,000 Tariff Mistakes. Prom the Tulss Dally World, It is said the tariff bill has 20,000 ';-a‘huku, That comes from rushing ngs. PSR TR Shooting to Continue. Prom the Des Moines Tribune-Capital. Apparently there are so many rack- while his comrades stood around and made merry over his shortcomings in number, nature or cost of Capital City | mastering the prescribed formul projects to be charged to the taxpayers by an slien legisiative body. The protracted fight between the Sen- ‘The other day one of Washington's kindergarten teachers thought she heard s discordant note in the class rendition of “Three Cheers for the Red, eteers in Chicago that the shooting will be good for some time to come. — et Unimportant News. Prom the Tulsa World. Our idea of unimportance is matri- ‘monial allied Tnews concerning mnawwmwfin“guum THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. ‘The Senate's troubles with the au- tomatic phones are as nothing com- pared with the trials of a man who can't get his own home because his wife insists on talking so long with-a friend. Such a gentleman is always willing to swear that no woman in the world can talk so long on the telephone. Per- haps this is a slander on & good woman who, after all, is no mote talkative than the next. One Washingtonian solved this prob- lem in a masterful manner. After he had called his home several times, with the unvarying reply that “The line is busy,” he decided to try headquarters. Calling up the telephone company itself, he explained his dilemma and asked that an interruption be made in the talkfest in progress, and that his wife be informed that her husband de- sired to talk with her on urgent busi- ness. ‘This scheme, which worked out suc- cessfully, is recommended to all busy executives who find themselves foiled in this little domestic matter. ‘The telephone company is willing to please at all times. EEE ‘When one stops to think of the mul- titudinous human relations involved in the successful working of this modern utility, he will be willing to admit that, on the whole, that working is carried out with great smoothness. Just whether the dial phones will add to or end the troubles of subscrib- ers remains to be seen. Those who have have had experience with them in other citles declare that they are a great improvement over the old manual system. At present there is a great deal of confusion in the minds of many tele- phone users, owing to the fact that often they use a dial phone to talk to some one who is still on the old-style system. They do not realize that their call does not go straight through, as it will when the dials are in universal use throughout the eity, but that it must go into a regular ‘“central” and then be completed by hand, as it were, One of the most exasperating things about the dials, as some see them, is that the user has such a helpless feel- ing when the dialing does not work out correctly. Especially is this true when the call must be completed as above outlined, and the “hello girl” declares that you have not dialed the numbers correctly. “But I know I did!” you assert with some heat. The truth often is that you did not; that you have not yet got so used to the dial that the instrument is handled without mistake. It must be kept in mind that “Figures never lie,” and that if the dial numbers are done correctly the call must be completed correctly, * oK X % Many users do not seem to realize that the dials are pure mathematics. The letters on them, for instance, are in reality numbers. Thus if one wants to call National 5000, what he really dials is 62—5000. Suppose it was & party line, and had a “J” on the end of it. dial in reality would be 62—5000—5. The greatest difficulty with the dials is not with the manipulation, but with the powers of memory, or their lack, of the user. Perhaps it would be nearer the truth to say that their use requires a_co-ordination of hand and mind which approaches, in some slight de- gree, the abilitles of & good tennis play- er or golfer. By this we would not imply that dialing is a sport, either indoor or out, but simply that the use of the dial In that event, what he would | h phones does introduce a totally new equation into this t necessity and utility. We do not know just what the proportion is between famillar calls which one makes and unfamiliar, but probably most men in business call more numbers with which they are un- familiar. Under the old system it was easy enough to look at a strange number in the book, repeat it to one’s self a couple of times, and then remember it long enough to give it to the operator. After that it was her lookout. The patron’s responsibilty was ended. ‘With the dial phones one is required to keep track of two entirely different matters, the handling of the right hand, and the handling of the memory. This is further complicated by the use of the letters, especially with three to every number, and the use of the two upon the same spots. An old saying declares that “No one can do two things at the same time," yet that is exactly what the dials call upon one to do—to do a little fancy twiddling with the finger, while at the same time keep in mind a sequence of numbers, * K K % It will be found helpful to most users of the dials to write out on a piece of paper the number which they want to call. This applies particularly to the unfamiliar calls, Often the dial will slip, or rather one will dial clumsily. Immediately the at- tention will be called to one’s poor han- dling of the mechanism, just long enough to permit the mind to forget the next number to be twirled. Those who dial seem to be divided between the use of the right forefinger and a lead pencil. Just why some take to the use of the pencil is a mystery, when the index finger serves very well, indeed. We heard of one woman who asked for a pencil to make a call, thinking that the job could not be done with any other instrument. Use of the dials in the flat position seems easy enough, but to many their placement in an upright or vertical position makes for clumsy handling. Their use in this position in the booths peculiarly complicates difficult telephon- ing. Some inventive genius ought to do something to improve the booths. They are hot, stuffy and uncomfort- able, especially in hot weather. Now, with the coming of the dials, they are particularly disagreeable. If one finds it necessary to write out the number!| in order to have it before his eyes while he is dialing, he will find that there is no place to put the slip of paper. Ho, hum! * X ok % Yet surely one is going to miss the “hello girl” and the opportunity she offered of some one to “talk back to.” It is amazing how quickly the aver- age male telephone user can “fly off the handle,” especially in the morning hours before he has warmed up to the day. It is no mystery—especially to tele- phone girls and stenographers—that the average business man does not smile until about 10 or 10:30 a.m., no matter ow good a breakfast he has had. It is during these early morning min- utes that the “hello girl” gets /'bawled out” the most. Then she is submerged beneath a barrage of masculine sar- casm. That she remains as pleasant as she usually does is vastly to her credit. The dial phones, we are told, will offer a mute mechanism, infallible, re- lentless and remorseless, instead of a very human being. If you dial it cor- rectly, it will respond correctly; if it does not uce, the user has made a mistake. e machine wins again, WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. When President Hoover was at the Capitol late last night signing eleventh- hour bills observers thought they de- tected just the semblance of a smile on the face that hasn't often been so adorned in recent times. Congress was off the Chief Engineer’s hands at last. It has been on his hands for ail but six weeks of his presidency. Mr. Hoo- ver has the Senate still to deal with for a spell in connection with the naval treaty. But his principal trials and tribulations on Capitol Hill are over— for the time being. What the remain- ing two and a half years have in store for the administration is on the lap of the gods. If the Democrats capture either branch of Congress in November or make G. O. P. control of the House or Senate more precarious than it now 1s, Hoover's trnuglea will pile up. De- spite taunts of his lack of leadership the President can contemplate Wwith | bert, in satisfaction his first slege with Con- gress. He was beaten on the national origins immigration repeal, on the Parker nomination and on the Spanish War Veterans’ bill. But otherwise the Hoover legislative slate is clean. In- stead of wielding big sticks he issued statements. In nearly every case they accomplished the White House purpose. P . No stone will be left unturned by the administration to get prompt and affirmative action on the naval treaty at the special Senate session opening Mon- day. The President regards the London pact the brightest feather in his cap thus far. He doesn't intend to have it droop in ignominious defeat if he can help it. The first fight of the ratifica- tion forces will be to keep & quorum in the chamber. Senator Watson, Repub- lican leader, confesses that's a tall order. Cool weather will help. If blistering Midsummer heat comes along next week, administrationists admit it's going to be a tough job to hold enough Senators in Washington for business purposes. Transatlantic sailing plans, vacation ar- rangements at home and congressional campaigns in many States are factors which have to be combated. Perhaps the treaty's deadllest foe is apathy. Sev- eral of the men in whose hands the ratification battle will rest are for the pact, they say, because it's “harmless. Not of such lukewarm stuff is the fight- ing spirit made. * ok ok Col. Amos W. W. Woodcock, newly created prohibition director in the De- partment of Justice, will spend the next two weeks at one of his 1avorite occu- pations, soldiering. He is about to join his regiment, the 1st Maryland Na- tional Guard, for a fortnight's tour of duty at Camp Meade. The regiment is oing to engage in some particularly ?lscmlllng activities. It intends t carry out a plan of cumgnls‘fl ot dis- similar from that which the British Army conducted when it sacked Wash- ington in the War of 1812, Some of Col. Woodcock’s friends suspect that his main interest in the operations is to find out just how a British rum fleet, acting in co-operation with American land forces, might maneuver in the waters adjacent to these arid shores. Folks who dote on_coincidences have Jjust discovered that Bishop Cannon and the new prohibition “czar” were born in the same town, Salisbury, Md. RER Dr. Friedrich Wilhelm von Prittwitz, German Ambassador to the United States, will make his radio debut on Sunday afternoon, when he speaks in the Columbia Broadcasting System’s “Conclave of Nations” series at Wash- ington. The talk will be in the nature of a temporary farewell, for the Am- bassador and his family are sailing for Germany next week on an_annual leave of absence. Dr. Von Prittwitz has seen German-American relations substantially solidified during his two and a half years in this country. Rep- arations and war claims have been defi- nitely adjusted. Investment of Amer- lcan capital in German industrial enterprises’ has taken place on an ex- tensive scale. We have had visits from to| “Jack” Garner Speaker, World War seems as far away almost 88 if it had nzv:r :uppened. * * Suggestions are forthcoming that 8. Parker Gilbert, young American wizard of finance, may be invited by President Hoover to take the chairmanship of the reconstituted United States Tariff Com- mission. Gilbert’s job as agent general for reparation payments at Berlin came to an end a few weeks ago with the in- ception of the Young plan. He can have his %l.ck of a dozen New York banking jobs at fancy salaries and may prefer that kind of a career to con- tinued public service. Gilbert, who is only 37, would meet with Mr. Hoover’s uirements for a tariff chief, wholly isolated from politics and political en- tanglements. His four ‘yeln in Europe have given him a deep insight into eco- nomic conditions “over there.” As these will be the bedrock of tariff re- vision under the flexihleul}'mm. Gil- many respects, is ready-made for the job in question. * K x % Dean Roscoe Pound of the Harvard Law School and one of the members of the Wickersham Law Enforcement Commission has gone to Ireland for a walking tour. Perhaps he wants to as- certain at first-hand just what it was that St. Patrick did to drive the snakes from the Emerald Isle and see how far the methods of Erin's legendary hero can be invoked for certain purposes in the United States. Pound is an inde- fatigable knight of the road. He made himself an authority on Civil War bat- tleflelds by tramping over them. * ok K % Representative Robert Luce, Repub- lican, of Massachusetts, ranking mem- ber of the House Committee on World Wai Veterans’ Legislation, receives the lion’s share of credit on Capitol Hill for the final termination of the recent scrap along lines satisfactory to the adminis- tration. The cultured author of “Legis- lative Procedure” and “Congress: An Explanation” rates as the strategist who evolved the rapid-fire scheme of sustain- ing the Hoover veto of the first veterans’ bill and then trotting out the Johnson substitute, which now is law. There's nothing in recent annals to equal the deftness with which the White House face was saved and Congress extricated from a predicament by one and the same token. Luce is a past master of the ins and outs of legislative magic, and he drew triumphantly on his storehouse of knowledge 1:; the veterans’ mess. * ok ox ‘While veterans’ legislation s still fresh in mind comes the story that Represent- ative John E. Rankin, Democrat, of Mississippi, sponsor of the original House bill, aspires to be majority floor leader if and when the Democrats or- ganize the lower branch and name Rankin is a World War service man himself. To him is credited the grandiose plan of seeking to wrest for the Democratic lpm the leadership of all veterans' egislation, in order that it may reap the rower and the glory so long enjoyed by he Republicans as the political spon- sors of the Grand Army of the Republic. (Copyright, 1930.) Questions Justice of Skid-Death Penalty To the Editor of The Star: I read in The Star the account of a man being sentenced to five years in ail because his machine skidded and led & woman. I know neither party nor have we any mutual friends, but I did not know any one could be held re- sponsible for his car skidding. How can a skid be prevented? The account said the car skidded 50 feet before striking the woman. Surely the driver was in very great danger himself and must have been doing everything in his power to stop the skid. I would be glad to know the reasoning of the jury in this case. B. 8. GOODWIN. . Does Own Angling. the Graf Zeppelin, German transatlantic fiyers and Prof. Max Schmeling. The with Bremen and the Europa have the blue ribbon of the ocean and the From the South nd Tribune. It 13 now lent that President Hoover’s fish are not caught for him by his secretaries, Absurd Parking Light Rule Enforcement To the Editor of The Star: ‘The District police may not be able to catch & murderer, but they are won- derfully clever at surrounding & parked car and attaching a ticket to it for some petty violation of the traffic ordi- nances. Mine was parked in front of my residence, within 20 feet of an arc light, but clear visibility of the offend- ing vehicle is no excuse. Two thousand other Washingtonians are in the same fix, which works out at $4,000 in for- feited collateral for one night's work. Not bad! I hereby propose and offer myself as signatory to a petition to Congress for modernization of the traffic rules. Why should cars parked under an arc light need a parking light? Of course, “it is the law and therefore it should be obeyed,” but why are the police so ca- pricious in enforcing it? About six weeks ago some local business man abandoned his car in front of my res- idence for three days, naturally without parking lights, and I had to call up the Ppolice twice to notify the owner of my innocent desire to have access to my own house. For weeks and months cars in my street are left without park- ing lights and there is never a sign of a summons. Then the police flop on & big murder case and show their au- thority by holding & battue of parked automobiles, All we can do is to petition Congress for relief and for a recognition of the fact that the police are not our masters, but our servants. They exist for us and are paid by us to protect us from each other. Is it too much to ask Congress to protect us from the police? I sug- gest a petition, but if any more prac- tical method can be suggested for put- ting an end to the arbitrary exercise of petty authority on the part of our po- lice servants, I shall be glad to co- operate. JOHN CARTER. Error as to House of Marshall Corrected To the Editor of The Star: Mr. James W. Brooks, who wrote the article in Sunday's Star, “American History by Motor,” was misinformed in regard to Rosebank being the home of Chief Justice Marshall and a soldier under Lafayette naming the village of Paris. I was born in Fauquier County, Va. 81 years ago, between Markham an Piedmont, the latter now called Dela- plane. Rosebank, which is at Mark- ham, was the home of Gen. Turner Ash- by's father and Turner himself was born there. It was purchased from Turner Ashby’s mother after his father's death by Edward C. Marshall, & descendant of the Chief Justice. The Ashby family were my relatives. ‘The home of Chie! was called Oak Hill, and it is still stand- ing between Delaplane and Marshall. I was there many times in my youth, visiting and attending parties, and a great-granddaughter of the Chief Jus- tice was one my most intimate friends. I motored over this route three years ago and saw many of the %ldkplx_nlfiu. including both Rosebank and al A great-uncle of mine, Thompson Ashby, was keeping the tavern at Paris when Lafayette stopped there and he himself gave the village its name. ‘Thompson Ashby was a lleutenant in the Revolutionary War. MRS. BLANCHE ASHBY LAMBERT. —————— No Pedestrian Safety in Red Lights or Zones To the Editor of The Star: Is it lawful for autos and cabs to run through safety zones? We have al- ways been told that this was not lawful and that the red light meant safety and we could cross while it was on. But it seems that the public must have been misinformed, for a few days since I came within & few inches of being run down crossing directly before my home, 1736 Connecticut avenue northwest, from one platform and on the red light, when an auto came dashing through and almost ran me down. Several peo- ple saw this. A poor woman who has to earn her living shortly before this was run down early before dark in an- other place—(safety zone)—and was so badly injured that she was taken to & hospital with a badly Hurt hip from which she is still suffering. The offender told the policeman he either had to run into her or another auto- moblle. Has it come to this pass, that & human life is worth much less than a thing of iron without feeling? Some times 10 and 15 cars will pass between these safety zones, in a few moments, and when getting off a car it is im- possible to see them running through | Tre: behind the car, Every one is talking about this point and we would be glad to know definitely what we are to ex- pect, as to the law upon this point. MADGE 1. McLAUGHLIN. N Better Standards In Government From the Chicago Daily News. . Sir Josiah Stamp, the British econ- omist and financier, in an address before the American Academy of Po- litical Science, expressed the hope that before long the constructive thinkers and business leaders of the world would put as much driving force behind economic questions as they do behind chemistry and physics. In order to do this they must take an active part in public affairs, Why should they not? Those affairs have a direct and important bearing upon business, just as do the discoveries of the experts in physical science. Politiclans and holders of iblic office have much to do and say B gard to economic matters. It would be difficult to take economics out of politics. The tariff, the reparations question, waterway development, the idea of European federation and many more illustrations of this truth readily come to mind. But the social sciences are not exact. Thelr conclusions can- not be tested in laboratories. Hence every person has his own notions— and emotions—about government, eco- nomics, international relations. When one's emotions are excited, one has little respect for expert opinions, As Macaulay pointed out many years ago and Spencer after him, bias, per- sonal interest, fear and habit stand in the way of ready recognition of truth in the domain of social relations, whereas in the domain of the exact sclences one encounters few such ob- stacles or none at all. Discoveries and generalizations make thelr way largely because their ultimate effects cannot be foreseen or measured. Selfishness and timidity may delay the use of an invention, but cannot long prevent that use. In the social and political sciences the whole situation is different. Issues are confused; appeals made deliber- ately to prejudice and common; dema- gogues care little for truth, sacrificing everything to ambition, love of power and desl.l"e !f;: gain. Men o nce and men largy affairs and sound moral lblnd::dl l.r: needed to combat these evils by going into politics, taking office and, at the risk of defeat, educating the eiectorate in essential, if unpopular, truths. Where the leaders are in earnest .and have courage and integrity, truth ulti- mately prevails, Little Difference. From the Helena Montana Record-Herald. It makes little difference to o uunwhohubunmmfl;e yfn automobile whether ths car was a br:imz-nzw model or one of the used variety. — Doesn’t Work, From the Topeka Dally Capital, If they keep arresting Al Chicago gangster, in flnng',pf.:enm change his mind about Southern hos- pitality. - ————_____ Might Croak, Justice Marshall | the ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC clearly, briefly and inclose qu! 1 1 . Star gn’rm Bureau, Frederic J. Haskin, director, Washington, D. C. Q. On & hot Summer day does a alrplane ride have a cooling effect?— H.J A. Aside from the motion, there is a second reason which makes an airplane ride cool: For every 1,000 feet ascended there is an acti drop of 3 degrees in temperature. Q. Are there any Negro jockeys in the big-time races?—L. B, 8. A. Although Negro boys are employed as exercise boys and stable boys at the big race tracks, they are not employed as jock The number has been de- creasing rapidly for the last five or six years, and they do not usually ride, even on the smaller race tracks. Q. Did Lindbergh actually deliver the letters of introduction which he took to Paris?—T. W. A. Ambassador Herrick said of this: “When I greeted him he handed me his three letters of introduction with a happy smile.” Q. Of the money spent by American tourists, how much is spent in the United States?—C. A. A. It has been estimated that Ameri- can tourists spent $4,000,000,000 in 1929, Of this, about $3,000,000,000 was spent in tourist resorts within the United States, $800,000,000 went to Europe, $350,000,000 to Canada and $24,000,000 to Cuba. 2-cent_stamp Q. Where is the famous Endicott pear tree? How old is it?—F. L. A. This tree is at Danversport, near Danvers, Mass. It was planted in 1632 by Gov. John Endicott on his land there and is still the property of the Endicott family. Willlam Crowningshield Endi- cott, owner of the tree, believes that it was planted in Gov. Endicott’s garden at Salem even before it was planted at Danvers and that it was brought from & nursery in England in 1630. The tree bloomed this Spring preparatory to bearing its annual crop of sugar pears. What is the origin of notches 1 coat lapels?—T. B. ;."’ 2 A. The notch is sald to have origi- nated through the rivalry of Gen. Mo- x;:‘:xm:n: Nlpfl&cn. Moreau's followers levised 1t as a secret ba of ir partnership, G Q. Who was master of ety 9 3 , husband of Adams Smith, was on S Q. What is meant by the Brattsys- tem of Sweden?—M. "y i A. The Brattsystem refers to Sweden’s system of liquor control, organized by Dr. Ivan Bratt. Under its workings Sweden is divided into 121 liquor con- trol districts, with a separate system company to each district, the company having the monopoly of the retail trade in its district. Each of the 121 system companies buys its liquor from a sin- gl:! Wholesale system company which the monopoly of th business tn_ Sweden i Q. What is being done to save the Leaning Tower of Pisa?—H, K. A. A commission of experts has been appointed to check the increasing list of the famous monument. It was found J. HASKIN. that water, 1l tower, is respo strength- rough injections of cement is g'r:mmmemm.:um:?m Q. How long is the Petomac River?— Address The Evening | P. B. "A.It 18 about 550 miles in length. Q. Who originated the chambermald or parlormaid comedy character !—G. E. A. Kitty Clive, who flourished in the early part of the eighteenth century, wn'.s famed for depic such & char- acter, Q. What is a clerical linen collar called?—W. W. A. Tt is called a rabat. ¥ Q. Why do sea gulls face the wind when they fly?—P. D. B. A. They can balance and steer better when flying in that position. Q. Where is the best port in Cen- tnlDAmerlu on the Atlantic side?— H. A, The most imy t Atlantic port in Central America is Port Barrios, Guatemala. Q. What is catnip tea?—R. M. A. Catnip is a synonym for catmint. Catmint is an aromatic herb of the mint family of which cats are fond, and which is used as a domestic rem- edy, being slightly stimulant and tonie. Catnip tea is simply made by steeping catmint leaves in water. Q. What 1s the length of time an average popular song holds the public's favor?—M. T. H. A, E. C. Mills of the National Broad- casting Co. says the modern popular tune has a life span of 90 days. It is this situation which has given rise to such new methods of distribution as s::lu&: phonograph records at the news- stands. Q. Where was Pocahontas® reared?—F. A, L. A. An_uncle in England reared Thomas Rolfe, Q. How old is Gene Austin?—R. T. 24“ This popular singer was born June , 1900. Q. What do the initials A, J, O, J mean when used in connection with stocks?—P. L. A. They stand for April, July, Octo- ber and January, meaning that quar- terly interest, or dividends, are payable in those months. Q. How long have we had free pub- ;ldc !Hb{'lrlu in the United States?— A. The modern public library, main- tained by the municipality or some other unit of local government from the proceeds of taxation, dates from about 1850, but its real development began in 1876. The earliest tax-sup- ported library is said to have been the town library of Salisbury, Conn., es- tablished in 1803. The oldest existing library of this kind is the one at Peter- borough, N. H,, established in 1833. Q. In casino, playing a four-handed fl: nership game, can a partner assist 8 build which has already been started, even though he has not the ?r% in his hand to take the trick?— 'A.'The rules provide tha S 2 ¢ this may KQ, How old is the British Museum?— A.“The British Museum was gpen to the public on January 15, 1759, e Country Is Unable to ee On Law Enforcement Board Few subjects before the country in secent months have brought otltl.{ 80 many differing opinions as the contro~ versy over the appropriation for Presi- gieont Hoosver'lrl':rw !orgment - n. Supporters of e commissio) that is headed by Mr. Wickers! n ¢ g‘en inspired *b; hers, commen vements of the commission L date, belleve that the $250,000 asked should be granted for further work. There are cqnfllcun% views, also, as to the suggestions thaf private contributions be made in the absence of adequate funds from the asury, and that the inquiry should be_confined to prohibition. The theory that both sides to the controversy are wrong is held by the Milwaukee Journal, whose position is set forth® in the statement: ‘“President Hoover's motives in defying the Sen- ate’s limitations on his Law Enforcement Commission are doubtless good, when he announces that he will seek private funds to carry on the part of the work the Senate refused to approve, he is setting a precedent which has dangerous possibilities. The propriety of a President of the United States soliciting funds for any public purpose, other than in behalf of the Red Cross or similar charitable enterprises, is ex- tremely doubtful, for it will always be difficult to divorce from such funds a political implicatio: In reply to this argument, the Phila- delphia lfiuhr states: “Such action is not thout precedent. An act passed to forbid it during the Roosevelt administration was interpreted by the Attorney General as ‘not intended to cover services rendered in an official capacity under regular appointment otherwise permitted by law to be un- salaried’ Since the members of the Law Enforcement Commission are serv- ing without salary, this ruling obviously applies to them.” The Inquirer charges policy of harassing the President” and contends that “there will be scant sympathy with any attempt to hamper the President by methods of interfering with the work of an important commission appointed by him for a highly useful purpose. P A “Pin-pricking _hostility to President | 2K Hoover’" is seen by the New York Herald Tribune, which maintains that “the commission was created for the broader purpose of recommending improvements in the whole field of law enforcement. * * * The members of the commis- slon are public-spirited citizens serving without salary. * * * It shows petti- ness of mind on the Senate's part to| refuse to support this work to its con- clusion. * * * Its gesture is one largely of futile ill-will.” “As for the public generally,” in the opinfon of the Chattanooga Times, “some will agree with Senator Glass that those private individuals who may finance the commission will be foolishly wasting their money, while others wiil hold with Senator Jones that Congress ought to feel humiliated. One thing, at least, is clear: Congress has got very much out of the hands of the Presi- dent. And the body’s action in connec- [~ tion with this commission appropriation may be taken as further indication that Congress is not likely to pay much at- tention to the commission’s report when it is finally issued.” The New York Evening Post sees “more than a ti of personal spite in this congressional attack” and states that “to limit the commission is to give it a function half public, half private, is to reduce the value of work done and to lessen the .%u:lnln‘t‘y of any \:‘mfi or lv;‘erdm.s The value of the work done by the commission is questioned the Balti- more Sun, with the added comment: “In all probability the commission is making useful studies in certain fields, but so far little has been advanced save suggestions for greater efficlency in en- forcing laws which millions of people regard as unjust and unworkable. Find- ing in the commission no interest in that aspect of the question, the public is tired of the commission. It is that fact, over and above senatorial ill nature, :lhlch explains the act of 3 ham t:lt senatorial criticism has|The such"plcayunish | & Telegram, “the American public feel easily justified in beliey e e Claus once more.” The World is convinced that has arisen over the appro) the commission’s work is a the confusion of its policies. ent of funds was virtually the denial of a vote of full confidence.” ‘No one has been able to give any assurance” says the New Orleans Item, "&uc ;he commission has & render greater service future than it has already mdeud.m o The evidence indicates that it has been an important ugencg and is likely to continue so. Why, then, spend $250,000 more upon it?” The Bi m News voices the view that “findings of & com- mission financed by private and not by Ppublic funds may become cloud~ ed” The Lynchburg Advance offers the criticism, “The le of ti States are vastly mmanleru"rfl‘l’x’:”m dry question than they are in a m% of general crime, and had the commis~ slon followed the general purpose for Which it was created, the country might have been on the way to a solution of a perplexing problem.” “That the “Wickersham ecommission should be adequately financed in the completion of the work on the broad lines hitherto projected seems a pers fectly reasonable proposal,” states the Springfield Republican, expressing its sympathy “with the President’s purpose to finance by means of private funds the commission's requirements in complet= ing its program unhampered by the limttations which the Senate would impose on it.” The Louisville Times comments: “The results of the work may be or may not be worth the outlay, or worth a farthing. But why investi~ gate one form of crime only?” The Asheville Times “finds itself in sympathy, speaking in general, with the President’s defense of his commis- sion,” but adds, “It must be confessed that it is not difficult to understand the impatience that marks the criti- cisms, in the Senate and elsewhere, of he law commission’s necessarily slow labors. “Sine lhem;ommn has under« cording Erie Dispatche Herald, “the huge task of h‘ufl(lwblba the whole subject of law obedience an enforcement, with special reference to the prohibition problem, it should go through with it. The commission accomplished somethi: substantial, glvu-mt.hope of a final constructive report.” o Parents Responsible For July 4 Injuries To the Editor of The Star: May I suggest that you call to the attention of your readers: 1. The “Glorious Fourth” in 30 years has cost U. S. A. more lives than the war that made its celebration worth while. 2. Parents never expect their children will l;e z&a&:fleren. a 3. It parents' direct n~ sibility if they are hurt. Ten 4. Powder injuries are peculiarly sube Ject to infection. There’s a reason why fireworks must be “bootlegged”—and there is still a big work to be done by the peo- ple of the suburbs. Move to Check Sale of Fireworks in Maryland To the Editor of The Star: The Decatur Heights Citizens’ Asso- ciation wishes to commend your edi- torial “The Barrage Descends,” which appeared in the issue of The Star of July 1, 1930. This association by & unanimous vote has passed a resolu- tion favoring the restriction of the sale of fireworks in the State of Mary- mayhem. “If the lon gives out a quar- ur-mflnonm' worth of informa- tion,” suggests the Fort Worth Record- land in conformity with the Teguy lating the nle’ln the l;:lfier.m * bia. GERTRUDE I%