Evening Star Newspaper, July 7, 1930, Page 8

L {THE EVENING STAR o With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. MONDAY..........July 7, 1830 THEODORE W. NOYES. .. .Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company Business Office: and Pennsyl rrier Within the City. ne Evenine .. 45¢ per month e Evening and Sunday Star (when 4 Sundavs) < 80c per month The ening and Sunday Siar ndays) .........65¢ per month (when § The Sunday Star Sc rer copy Collection made at the end of each morth Orders may be sent in by mail or telephone NAtionsl $000. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. ally and Sunday.....1yr. $10.00: 1 mo.. 85 ily only unday only 36.00: 1 mo.. 50¢ + $4.00; 1 mo.. 40c All Other States and Canada. {ly and Sunday..lyr. $12 5 ily only unday oniy . Rate by Member of the Associated Press. The Associated Press is exclusively entitled %o the use for republication of all news dis- atches credited to it or not otherwise ered- ited in this paper and aiso the local 1ews published herein. All rights of publication of special dispatches herein are also reserved. Instructing the Inquirers. An inquiry into the equities of Fed- eral-District fiscal relations by a House ©of Representatives committee alone will be helpful if it is conducted without prejudice and without reference to the attitude which the House has main- tained for several years. On the other hand, it will be actually harmful, lead- 1ng to future blockades between the two | houses of Congress, if it starts upon the | hypothesis that the nine-million lump- sum is a generous gratuity, to which the District is not entitled. On Thursday last, immediately after the adoption of the compremise con- | ference report, which effected the final passage of the appropriation bill, and the adoption of the resolution provid- ing for the appointment of a “fact- finding committee” of House members, Representative Cramton, speaking by unanimous consent, said: Here in the closing minutes of the session, the Senate having taken the unprecedented <position of refusing to pass a continuing resolution in case of an appropriation bill deadiocked, and in order that the business of the District of Columbia may proceed in gn orderly way, the House conferees have made some concession in the way of an in- crease in the Federal contribution to the expenses of the District of Colum- ‘bla. The Senate asked an increase of $3,000000. The conferees agreed to one-half million dollars. It is true that it is a contribution of a half million dollars from the Federal Treasury for which no necessity whatever has been shown. (Applause.) It is simply an ad- dition to the surplus in the District treasury. There is no logic back of it, but the House conferees and the House have wisely yielded 8 compromise, be- cause all legislation is built up on com- ymises, even though they are not al- ways wise. My purpose in rising is, first, to ex- 'ess my own personal appreciation of e splendid services of the House con- ferees and, second, to emphasize that the compromise is purely a compromise, not a recognition that there is any basis of logic or justice for the increase. (Applause.) That being the case, it is not a precedent; it does not mean that | must necessarily be an embarrasing situ- in the future the House will agree to $9,500.000, or even to $9,000,000, as the contribution of the Federal Government to the expenses of the District, but will continue to safeguard the Federal Treas- ury. (Applause.) ‘These remarks, punctuated as they were by “applause,” according to the Congressional Record, do not encourage much hope for a free, fair and im- partial inquiry by the House Committee of Seven, soon to be named by the Speaker. They may, indeed, be almost | developed months ago it was urged that yegarded in the light of instructions to | mr, the committee. Not content with con- | g chairmanship “under tinued ignoring of the substantive 1aw, | while the Senate Lobby Committee was which would have called for & Federal | gti1] investigating him and before it sub- contribution of $18,000,000 instead of | mitted a report to the Senate. Weeks $9,000,000, as the House proposed and al- most secured, nor content with beating down the Senate’s proposed $12,000,000 to $9,500,000, the House, through its spokesman and by its applause given to his words declares war upon even the $9,000,000 limit and serves notice, in ad- ‘vance of any findings by the Committee of Seven, in advance even of its ap- pointment, that the compromise is not & precedent and that it is going to con- tinue to defend the Federal Treasury from the rapacity of the District. ‘Thus there is but faint prospect of ‘equity through the inquiry of the Com- mittee of Seven, whatever the person- mel of that committee. But just as a sporting proposition it would be inter- esting to see a committee named that could and would approach the ques- tion without prejudice, in a judicial frame of mind, with a disposition to read the record and to respect the law and to have it Teport in accordance to the House, favoring return to the fixed Tatio principle When Congress adjourns there is much rejoicing. There is also a visible enthusiasm in reference to renewal of old associations, when it is time for Congress to reassemble. .- Farm debentures are being taken up for consideration with a view to seeing whether they might complicate finance by giving it still more negotiable paper to manage. —————— Noise as Man's Enemy. After a study conducted through six months, the Noise Abatement Commis- sion of Greater New York has returned # report which should give serious pause not only to the metropolis, but to other cities in this country. The following paragraph from the report is worthy of note and consideration in every large center of population: ‘This committee, after a study of data 80 far made avaflable through research, declares that the continual pressure of strident sound to which Ne'' Yorkers are subjected tends to produce impair- ment of hearing, to introduce harmful strain upon the nervous system, leading to neurasthenic and psychasthenic states, to cause loss of efliciency of workers and thinkers and finally to interfere so gravely with sound, refresh- ing sleep that rest is difficult and in eome cases impossible. ‘These conclusions are the result of scientific technical tests and are not merely the deductions of laymen pur- suing a theory. It i shown by detailed cases that sound actually impairs the efficiency of the human mechanism. It is demonstrated that repeated noises and incessant din lead to dv:fness and to derangements of the nervous system which invite disease ard collapse. cerns in curtailing whistling and other harbor nolses; also the co-operation of concerns operating fleets of trucks and eliminating the opening of cut-outs and the non-essential blowing of horns; also the experimental installation of muffied turnstiles in one of the busiest subways; also the enactment of ordinances curbing the use of radio loud speakers. Certain nolses are inescapably inci- dent to city life. It is probable that only a small percentage of the din can be abated. But every vibration that can be saved is a help. Every hammer-blow upon the ear that can be avoided is a contribution to health. The teaching of the people that noise is harmful is a heavy task. It may never be accomplished fully. There are always those who will not recognize scientific truth, who are incapable of recognizing it and who will continue to rejoice in sound, even though it may be lessening their capacity for effective work and really shortening their lives. —————___ The Huston Controversy. With the congressional campaign just around the corner, the Republicans find their national organization at sixes and sevens, due to a controversy over its chairman, Claudius H. Huston. The case of Mr. Huston, if it may be so called, brings the interests of the indi- vidual seemingly ip conflict with the interests of the party. At least, this is the judgment of many of the leaders of the party, some of whom have urged Mr. Huston to take himself out of the picture by resigning. To deal fairly with Mr. Huston and also with the party is the problem. Mr. Huston's tes- timony betore the Senate Lobby Com- mittee, plus the testimony of other witnesses, has been the cause of all the trouble. It appeared from this testi- meny that Mr. Huston while president of the Tennessee River Improvement . THE EVEN walk of life. In many homes are litt] museums of curios, souvenirs of dis- asters, bits of wood and metal, buttons, shoelaces, railroad spikes, personal be- longings, all reminders of ghastly ac- cidents and catastrophes. One would think that the crowd at the Chicago airport would have been instinctively desirous of preventing any alteration of the fabric of the gallant little ship that had been driven for more than three weeks through the air. Every scar of use of the craft was an item of the record. But the swooping of the human vultures upon the City of Chicago betokened destructive desire, wholly selfish and inconsiderate of the | very circumstances that made the ship an cbject of universal interest. ——— e Another Victim, Another victim has succumbed to the mains unconquered save by a mere handful of adventurous persons. George Statahkis sought to win fame and for- tune by rolling over the Palls in a one- ton steel barrel. Crawling into what later turned out to be his tomb, he was strapped to a mattress, the hatch was closed and the barrel was shoved off into the river. Several hours later, be- low the cataract, the steel container was seen to have been caught in the current and held fast by jagged rocks. ‘With much difficulty it was towed to shore and opened. Statahkis was dead from suffocation. Such stunts, regardless of the often fatal consequences, are the result of a false sense of values. Certainly there can be nothing enjoyable in negotiating the rapids of Niagara inclosed in an airtight container and shut off from all view of the outside world. And cer- tainly there can be no great monetary rewards for such a feat, even it if turns out successfully. Add to these consid- Association obtained from the officials of the Union Carbide Co. a contribu- tion of approximately $36,000 to be used for the river improvement association, greatly interested, it seemed, in the de- velopment of Muscle Shoals. This money was deposited in a brokerage account of Mr. Huston. Subsequently the entire sum was turned over to the executive officer of the river improve- ment association for the use of that association. Because of the wide publicity given the whole matter, it has been declared by some of the Republican leaders that Mr. Huston’s availability and value as national chairman of the G. O. P. have been diminished. They do not undertake to say whether this is fair to Mr. Hus- ton or not, personally. They say that he made a mistake in judgment, and they add that for that reason he must step out of the party leadership. Mr. Hus- ton, insisting that he has done nothing wrong, has up to the present time de- clined to take the view of the matter advanced by the men who wish to see him eliminated. President Hoover, titular head of the Republican party no matter who may be national chairman, has been urged by those who desire Mr. Huston’s resig- nation to take steps in the matter. It ation for the President. Mr. Huston's election as chairman of the national committee followed the selection of Mr. Huston by the President himself, after various “possibilities” for the national chairmanship had been canvassed by Mr. Hoover and his advisers. Further- more, Mr. Huston was active in the national campaign which elected Mr. Hoover in 1928. When the Huston controversy first Huston naturally would not resign fire” and have passed now since the report of the committee was filled. That report set forth the testimony given before the committee, but did not make an attack on the chairman. Party chieftains now are complaining because Mr. Huston does not resign. The fact of the matter is that the Republican national organization has ceased to function actively, It is true that no presidential election impends this year, but it has become the custom for the national organization to work in harmony with the BSenate and House campaign committees in the bi- ennial congressional elections. This is no year, the Republicans say, for the party organization to break down. They face a strenuous campaign, with the Democrats claiming many gains in both the Senate and the House. The Re- publican administration quite naturally is vitally interested in the outcome of the elections. Should the Democrats make enough gains in either House to control that body it would be impossible of the administration. It would be to put through the legislative program |* erations the danger and the fact that the Falls have been ridden several times in the past and the result would appear to be that there is little to gain and everything to lose. Far better for these adventurous persons to engage in some occupation in which the advantages at least counterbalance the disadvantages. ————— Lindbergh has wonderful popularity. It is accompanied by a discretion which makes him evidently willing to leave the politics of the family to his distinguished father-in-law, ——————— “Foreign entanglements” have made no progress that indicates a willingness in to substitute any imported amusement for the Fourth of July for the truly American game of base ball. — et As a beautiful city, Washington, D. C., offers the visiting public assurance that every dollar expended for its develop- ment produces visible results. — e Serious political economists do not value the “Reds” as an influence any more highly than serious musicians value the “Blues.” > on. SHOOTING STARS. ING lure for publicity and Niagara Falls re- | h; S AR, WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, THIS AND THATY BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. Have you kept your childhood library? Most men make the mistake of per- mitting the books which they collected as a boy to get away from them in the progress of the years. ‘The once proud collection is allowed to disappear, book book, until in middle manhood there is little left of it. Just a book, here and there, reminds the booklover of those precious volumes of his youth. Here is the worn copy of Swift's “Gulliver's Travels” and three volumes of James Fenimore Cooper, “Wing and Wing,” “The Two Admirals” and ““The Pioneers."” Not much, out of the many books which a studious boy collected for him- letg‘.’ How did the others get away from There were at least 50 volumes writ- ten by the indefatigable G. A. Henty. Today they are all gone. The question is: Who got them? Not even the favorite “Lion of the North,” or “With Clive in India,” “The Cat of Bubastes.” Ah! what a story-teller was Henty! An Englishman with a love of adventure himself, he wrote for the adventure-love in every boy’s heart. How many Washington boys have read “With Clive in India”? And how many, in passing, know that there was displayed in a movie theater recently as thrilling an adventure story as ever Henty wrote? ‘We speak of “With Byrd at the South Pole,” that splendid film which de- served a far longer run than the mere week which it enjoyed. Here is a great adventure story in film form, wonder- fullly‘ well executed, unique, picturesque, stirring. We would advise every parent of a boy to make sure that this film comes back to Washington, in order that they may participate in a great story. It is “Treasure Island” all over again, only it has the merit of being real. Among _the lost books of our child- hood library was an old battered copy of the official “Materia Medica,” which we discovered in the attic of a house. For many months it was a precious mine ot information. At that period we could have given the chemical names, com- mon names, and principal uses of the hundred and one mate; used medicine. The finding of the book made it especially dear. Somehow boys 1 : find things. “Pinders are keeper: ways. Another precious volume, discovered in the same way, and probably left by some one who had a hankering for the medical profession, was a “doctor book” of the t; once so popular, and still widely sold in country districts. Over the stretch of years we still remember the stress which this book put upon the use of camphor. There was a *cold” remedy which consisted of a certain number of drops of spirits of camphor water, * The medical practices of the Japa- nese were detailed at length. There is one statement we recall, which had to do with colds. It was to the effect that if one bathed his feet every night in cold water he would never catch “cold.” Another lost book was ‘“Through Swamp and Glade,” a well told story of the Seminoles, written by Kirke Mon- roe, whose death occurred last week.| him Another of his books, and even more fa- mous, is “The Flamingo Feather.” One who looks at the books of his childhood may be forgiven for believing that many of them were of better workmanship than much that is being produced today. After all, that is only saying that childish impressions are mighty. Yet undoubtedly life, as a whole, was BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Weapons A La Mode. As decorative fancies range Attire discloses points of change. Hints of the fray are always met, Even in haunts of etiquette. Each gentleman who could afford To purchase one must wear a sword. Still gayety attempts to please. Where beauty charms the hours of ease, ‘Though at some night club is unfurled The splendor of the underworld And “chivalry” no sword displays, But brings a gun to public gaze. Subtle Relationship. “When did you decide that.you were a ‘wet'?” “When some convivial ballad singer finally convinced me,” answered Senator Sorghum, “that there m'ght, after all, be some psychological relationship be- tweeh filling the flowing bow! and filling the ballot box.” Jud Tunkins says a few people he has met seem to think the war of the Amer- ican Revolution was fought mostly for | taken more seriously in the “gay 90s.” Even the sophisticates were not so so- histicated, as it were. On the other and, he who looks back at his books must remember that, in the average case, he has by no means kept up with children’s books. Perhaps there are just as good being wflfiux.l l: ever, * Barter was the time-honored method of adding to one's collection, especiall; of Henty. Boys dealt in “Henty books’ as they might in postage stamps. Often the son of an indulgent father would grow tired of his Henty library and offer to swap the whole for a .22-caliber rifie or some other object which at- tracted him. One curious group of books was bound | in paper and consisted of a collection of temperance tracts in story form. “Ten Nights in a Bar Room” was among them. Some smart-alec sophisticated writer of today is going to come across a file of those books some time or other and have a great deal of fun telling the present generation about them. It is not enough to have copies of the books one h: boy. If possible, one should have the identical books. We possess, for instance, a beautiful edition of “The Swiss Family Robinson,” but we would give 10 of it for the old book we had as a lad. Boys are always split in their opinion of the relative place of “Robinson Crusoe” and “The Swiss Family Robinson.” Perhaps as they grow older they tend to feel that the latter is the best of the two. Its hearty zest, descriptons of animals and, above all, its family life, the heritage of boys, makes it better for them and in the main more interesting to them. To solemnly purchase an old book, as an adult, because it was a favorite in one’s childhood, is not the same. One may have splendid copies of Andersen’s famous stories and of the Brothers Grimm, but they can by no means take the place of the large red and blue volumes of chfl;ihl;od;' . ‘We would advise every boy, there- fore—and every girl, too, for that mat- ter—to make a mental resolve to keep his present book collection, no matter how large or small. The difficulty of doing so will come in later school days, perhaps high school or college. Those years constitute a sharp division of a life, and in them the victim—should one say that?—tends to forget old things in the zeal for the new. It is easy foi bright young man to despise the boy that he was and to give away his book collections. But in many he will realize in later years that »| the boy he was was a pretty good kid, after all, with surprisingly good tastes, especially in books. Although the basis of hook selection in boyhood is made on the recom- mendation of teachers and books about books, a part of it comes from the in- ge of ideas among youthful nd especially from their taste for adventure, e ‘There is such a thing as adventur- ing among books. Picture a boy in xnickerbockers (only “sissies” wore them then, but “regular fellers” wear them today) bending his head over the mighty tomes of Motley's “History of the Dutch Republic”! We assert that boys have good taste in books. They never read suspicious “off-color” stories, but stick to the plain old adventure stories. In this regard, we are reminded of a 10-year- old boy who went to see the Byrd movie—and what do you think struck most about the ilm? “There are no old girls in it,” he related triumph- antly. Love scenes “made him sick,” | he_confided. | ., The writer here got the greatest “kick” in years recently at his first | seeing of Rin-Tin-Tin. It was at a small neighborhood theater, and the wonderful dog did his usual stuff and made his usual run across country. When he appeared away off on the horizon, the whole audlence of boys broke into cheefs and handclaps. Good old Rin-Tin-Tin! He would catch the villain! And he did, too, amid the thunderous applause of 99 small boys and your correspondent. WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. If Republican leadership in the Sen- ate doesnt take off its coat and roll up its sleeves for the naval treaty, it will not be the fault of President Hoo- ver. Management of administration affairs in the Upper House has not hitherto extorted any mad enthusiasm at the other end of the Avenue. But when the President was at the Capltol signing bills last week, he divested him- self of some real plaudits for “Jim" ‘Watson and other G. O. P. faithful who piloted Hoover policies to port through the session’s tempestuous waters. The Hoosier Senator, naturally, came in for the lion's share of Frelldenthl bouquets. They were well timed to fire Watson with zeal for the treaty fight. This calls for no drumming up of affirmative votes, for they are assured once a vote the privilege of shooting off fireworks | Can be taken. "“Sunny Jim's” paramount on the Fourth of July. Going Fishing. It's lucky not to be a politician When you decide that you will go a fishin’, And not be burdened with deep calcu- lation Concerning the great business of the Nation. Influence of Insurance. “What gave Crimson Guilch such a tough reputation in the old days?” “Lack of insurance protection,” an- swered Cactus Joe. “There didn't seem hamstrung for the next two years, with & national election coming at the end | of that period. ——e— cultural statistics indicate that this year's fruit is not likely to come up to the requirements for home consump- tion. ———— Closing days in Congiess are always has not yet succeeded in fully appreci- against procrastination. . Vandals. When John and Kenneth Hunter brought the City of Chicago to the ground Friday evening, ending her flight of more than 553 hours, the crowd on the field made a dash for the plane, both to congratulate the young flyers on their achievement and to obtain souvenirs of this extraordinary But for the prompt work of officials of aeronautical associations the plane would probably have been ripped to pieces by the mob. As it was, fortu- nately the crowd was kept off and the City of Chicago was saved intact preservation as an exhibit. Souvenir hunters are always on the job. They dash in at the most inap- propriate times and into places where decency would seem to forbid their in- trusion. In the case of an airplane crash they carry away fragments of the fusilage, bits of the wing covers and This is the premis: of the report. Remedies are to be found and if pos- sible adopted. Some progress has been already made in that direction. The committee has procured the co-opera- tion of steamship and tugboat con- even shreds of the clothing of the un- fortunate pilots. They are ghoulish in their desire for and attempts to obtain the relics of tragedy. This is an age-long trait of human nature. 1‘ manifests itself in every A foreign boycott on American fruit | becomes a matter of frony when agri-| crowded. The wisdom of statesmanship ! ating the ancient proverbial warnings | teat. | for later examination and probably for | anything to do except scare off hoss thieves with violence. We have auto- mobile insurance now. If he had had 1 hoss insurance then things might have been settled more peaceful.’ “Fame,” said Hi Ho, the sage of | Chinatown, “sometimes compels an ac- | cidental figure in affairs to appear as the star in a motion picture for which Popular Imagination has composed the scenarlo.” ! Prizes. Improvements in affairs must recorded | And Happiness will reign throughout ! the earth { be If all the prizes that have been awarded Can bring results that are the | money's worth. ‘I's §lad I didn’ git no regular mu- sical education,” said Uncle Eben, “It | might have ruined my banjo pickin’.” | ——lle- They Huddled Plenty. | From the Dayton Daily News. | Byrd says the members of his Ant- | arctic squad conducted themselves like well coached foot ball players. Only, of course, they didn't do much kicking, e i The Persistent Pup. From the Louisville Times. Next to wet salt, nothing could be | harder to shake than a pet dog that is determined to follow you from home to the office. | ——————— Perennial Pavements. From the Fort Wayne News-Sentinel. ‘The trouble with “through” streets is that they never seem to get through re- pairing them. o task is to keep the Senate boys in school until Teacher Hoover rings the dismissal bell A quorum—49 tired statesmen willing to stay hitched for another week or two—is the objective Watson has to attain. Tariff, Parker nomination, veterans' legislation, de- benture, Hughes’ confirmation—none of these was a tougher task. “Jim” admits he's up against the real thing now. ® A re Col. Henry L. Stimson, Secretary of State, teems to be qualifying for the Dwight Morrow absent-minded class. The day before the Fourth of July— last THursday—Stimson was encount- ered wending his way down the long State Department, steps leading directly across the street to the White House offices. Passing a friend, the colonel volunteered that he was on his way to the semi-weekly cabinet meeting. “But the cabinet meets on Pridays, doesn't it?" exclaimed the acquaintance. Stim- son stopped short. “By George,” he laughed, “I thought this was Friday!” and he retraced his steps. 9 Throu%hout the higher circles of the United States Army these days the theme song is “Who'll Be the Next Chief of Staff?” Gen. Charles P. Summer- all's tour of duty in that rank termi- nates in November, Half a dozen ma- jor generals are in the running for the blue ribbon post, which is exclusively within the gift of the Secretary of War, acting in a recommendatory capacity at the White House. Among the men con- sidered to be conspicuously with n the orbit of choice—in the order of their rank in the Army list—are Majs. Gen. Dennis E. Nolan, Willlam D. Connor, Fox Conner, Preston Brown and Frank R. McCoy. Two other generals out- rank these five—Hanson E. Ely and Douglas MacArthur. In Ely’s case that brilliant soldier’s impending retirement age is thought to militate against his selection. MacArthur, now commander in chief in the Philippines, is contidered a bit youthful for the job—he's still on the sunny side of 50. i % The Georgia Democratic senatorial primary later in the Summer will wit- ness the re-emergence into politics of a former Governor of the Cracker State, Sladen, who seeks the toga now worn by Senator Willlam J. Harris. The lat- ter is a candidate for a third term. Sladen vanished from the Georgia scene soon after his term of office, which was featured by his prominence in the cel brated Frank murder case at Atlanta. Whether the former Governor can make any headway against a seasoned sena- torial gladiator like Harris is extremely doubtful. One of Senator Harris’ claims to fi low-Geeorgians, is the fact that he is ghter o1 “Fighting Joe" Wheeler. That's as big an asset Dixie as being the father-in of Lindbergh-is in a New Jersey senatorial contest. Slippery Chance. From the Ann Arbor Daily Ny Pennsylvania Democrats, adopting a bassador, Sir Ronald Lindsay, wet platform, evlden'ta'l hope that some of their candidates lfi into office. R R ) Lady Lindsay, wife of the British Am- was one of the first American girls to learn to drive an automobile. The New York | City motor license authorities discovered that, not long ago. On applying f-r a new card, Lady Lindsay set down that her first license was dated 1897. “Stop you kiddin',” said the license clerk, as he scanned the application. “Automo- biling hardly existed in 1897,” he added. | “That's the date, all right,” Lady Lind- ay smilingly insisted, and then she | suggested: “Look up the record and | see.” She left the City Hall and a day | or two later got an apologetic letter reporting that 1897 was the correct date, as she'd alleged, and her new license was now ready. When the chatelaine | of the new British embassy was El | beth Hoyt of New York, her father ol tained for her, as a girl of 12 or 13, the first license for motoring ever issued to anybody that young, probably any- where in the world. She could drive, too, and still does, skilfully. * koK % Labor, the rail brotherhoods’ sprightly to join the prevalent hue and cry of adulation over the efficiency of the House of Representatives. in its cur- rent issue, Labor charges that the lower branch is “hog-tied as completely as in the days of Czar Cannon.” It calls Upon c]nndldtutesfl f;r Congress to pledge emselves to t “the present rule,” Labor . oeth, Ty and Snell as The Speaker is pilloried as vho inherited wealth and mar- ried celebrity.” Tilson is tagged as in- spired mainly by the ideals and interests of “Connecticut munition makers,” and Snell is called “a machine politician of the New York Up-State variety.” _l:lsouus: member‘sc themselves will not Tt a_ revolt against autocracy,” thunders Labor, “the voters will.” ¥ * ok ok % Senator Borah just had a birthday— he was 65 vears old at the end of June. One of the presents he received from Idaho was notice that some Republican, Who had been thinking of running in the primaries against “Big Bill" Summer, had come to his senses, and decided it wasn't worth while. So the seasoned veteran from the big-potato term in the Senate, to which he first came in 1907. The Idahe g‘}:o hmmd wit oD rah is one of his avowed enemies, But, in & public statement, he confessed that there’s about as much chance of Idaho relegating the foreign relations chairman to private life as there is of making Boise City the Capital of the United States. Distinguished foreigners always wonder why Idaho—which is one of the smallest States in the Union, ranking forty-third in population—is looked upon abroad as the b Congress. s (Copyright, 1930.) . Biting Season Well Advanced. hoAm b ul:nmlhn Spectator (Ontario). orthern correspondent informs us that the biting season is well ldvnnsctl:l. With the blackfiies and mosquitoes displaying more energy than the v Match Lenders, Beware! From the Loulsville Times. 1f matches are really made in Heaven, the fellows who borrow them are going 0 be just as great nuisances as they are on earth, R —— Who Cares? Prom the St. Paul Ploneer Pr To the Munich professor's statement ;}::'t‘ l&ldlllm ‘lflncomz; l;lfl in 1,860 e world. no doubt. returns in chorus, “Isn't that too bad?" ] What Old Glass? | Prom the Charleston (8. C.) Evening Post. | In view of the latest Supreme Court | decision on the Volstead act, will an- | ique dealers have to start tlegging | their old glass? e . r organ in Washington, resolutely refuses | Ir this | country is headed for his fifth successive | h the idea of opposing | represented in the Senate by the man | in is predicted in some quarters. JULY 17, 1930. The Political Mill By G. Gould Lincoln. The expected showdown on the much | discussed retention or evacuation of the Republican national chairmanship has been postponed apparently until Thurs- day. Chairman Claudius H. Huston, | whose political scalp has been de- manded by a number of prominent Re- | publicans " because of the unfavorable publicity given him by the Senate Lobby Committee, called a meeting of the of- ficers of the committee and of Senator | Moses, chairman of the Senatorial Cam- ! palgn Committee, and Representative ,wm Wood, chairman of the House Cam- paign Committee, for today, but later tponed the meeting until Thursday. n the meantime Republican leaders have been discussing the chairmanship matter further. Most of them profess the belief that Mr. Huston in the end will eliminate himself. But Mr. Huston 80 far has given no indication that he intends to do this thing. It will be re- called that a few weeks ago, listening to a flock of his committee- men and other Republicans at a meet- ing here in which they pointed out to him the advisability of vacating the chairmanship Mr. Huston declared he had no intention of quitting. * x ok % The Democrats are laughing up their sleeves while the Republican leaders are mulling about their party’s national chairmanship. They would be entirely satisfied to have Mr. Huston continue in the role of campaign leader for the G. O. P. Huston was selected as national chair- man to succeed Hubert D. Work, who said he was tired of the job, the ac- tivities of the Republican National Com- mittee have been at a standstill. In all that interval the Democrats, through their national committee headquarters in Washington, have been nlastering the press of the country with attacks on the Republican administration and the Hawley~-Smoot tariff bill, not to mention the farm relief act put through at the instance of the Hoover administration. The Republican National Committee has done practically nothing to offset these broadsides of "the Democratic party. They have held their hands while the Democratic Press Bureau has filled the newspapers with columns of denuncia- tion of the tariff bill. If Mr, Huston is going to stay on the job, it is high time that he did something. If he is going out, the sooner the new head of the national committee gets to work the better. A great deal of time has been lost and thousands of voters have been told so often that the tariff bill is an iniquitous plece of legislation that many j of them belleve it to be so, although few of them know what it is all about, * K K ok Some of the Republican leaders are selfish enough. from the point of view of Mr. Huston, to wish to make a sacri- fice of him for the benefit of the party. Mr. Huston's attitude has been that he has done nothing wrong and that it is merely a cowardly attitude on the part of the Republican leaders to urge him to resign at this time. It scems to be the interests of one man against the interests of the party. A suggestion has been made that Senator Simeon D. Fess of Ohio be made chairman of the Republican National Committee in place of Mr. Huston to carry on during the coming congressional campaign if not longer. Senator Fess' name has come into the discussion largely because of his success when he was chairman of the House Republican Campaign Committee back in 1920. Purthermore, he is recognized |as a stanch supporter of the Hoover administration and a strong party man. Personally Senator Fess has not the slightest inclination to become national chairman at this juncture, his close friends say. The chairmanship of the Republican National Committee, with the party in power, is a very consider- able office. The constant demand, however, to scttle questions of patron- age, etc., makes it a burdensome job. * ok ¥ ok Senator George Moses of New Hamp- shire, the chairman of the Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee, would soarcely view the selection of Mr. Fess to be national chairman with equanim- ity. Mr. Moses and Mr. Fess are not Slikely to trot well together either in | tandem or doubles harness. And Mr. Fess does not care particularly for the manner in which Mr, Moses conducts party affairs, according to reports. The President and some of his advisers have been looking over the situation for weeks, it is said, in the hope of select- ing a national chairman, who will be satisfactory and efficient, whenever Mr. Huston should step out. In some quar- ters there has been a hot tip out that the choice would fall on Postmaster General Walter Brown, and that if Mr. Brown_step) out of the cabinet to take the job, Walter Newton, one of the President’'s secretaries, might go into office of Postmaster General. * k% K The Senatorial Campaign Investigate ing Committee, headed by Senator Nye, is to take up July 14 its further in- quiry into the primary campaign won last April by Mrs. Ruth Hanna McCor~ mick. ~The report has been circu- lated in a number of newspapers that Mrs. McCormick’s campaign cost a great deal more than quarter of a million dollars to which she testified sometime ago before the Senate committee. Mrs. after | —8, Practically ever since Mr. | g, i ple who ride at night about the MoCormick, taking note of these pub- lished reports, has written a letter to the New York Times about the matter. | In that letter, Mrs. McCormick says that the only other expenditures were by three ‘“volunteer organizations, | which totaled about $67,000. making the total expenditure in her campaign ap- proximately $319,000. This is a tidy sum, but Mrs. McCormick explains that she was up against the Deneen organi- zation and she had built up a State- wide organization of her own. She in- sists that she made no deal with the City Hall crowd in Chicago and that expenditures by the organization there, in opposition to the Deneen ticket, were | not chargeable to her campaign for! the senatorial nomination. o s “Those who are interested in my large vote in Cook County,” said Mrs. McCormick, “are prone to overlook the fact that I carried 55 counties in addi- tion to Cook and had a majority of 49,528 outside of Cook County. «I do not believe that even the least informed commentators on Ilfinois politics believe | that the ‘Chicago City Hall patronage machine, which wields no power out- side the Chicago city lmits, was busy in my behalf down on the banks of the ‘Wabash or in the Corn Belt, or away down in Pulaski County, where the | Ohio rushes to meet the Mississippi.” ! * ok ok X Mrs. McCormick is a clever and re- | sourceful politiclan as she has already | proved. She is not likely to wait to be | attacked, and she will give J. “Ham” | Lewis, the Democratic nominee, plenty | to do when the campaign gets under way. The odds, despite the liquor ques- tion, seem to be decidedly in her favor when it comes to the election in No- | vember. The Senate will have a hard | Job disqualifying her because of her ex- | penditures, if it undertakes to do so, as | Unless the Senate sets up a hard and fast fig- | ure, bevond which campaign expendi- | tures for senatorial nominations shall | not go. 1t 1s impossible to sce how she | !is to be turned down. Commenting on ' the report that “much more money | was expended” than was reported by her_under oath, Mrs. McCormick said: | “Before the Nye committee,” she said. “under oath I testified that my | expenditures were $252,570.96, and, as 1 | then testified, the only other expendi- | tures on my behalf were by three vol-l unteer organizations, which spent, 1 am now informed by them, an egate of | $67.214.10. This and the $252,570.96 were all that was spent by me or on my behalf.” Her statement is a good campaisn document. The Senate Investigating. Committee has been laying its wires for some time to go ahead with the inquiry into the Illinois senatorial primary, and what its hearings develop 10 days from now will be followed with great interest. The ap- | pointment is a tribute to his character ' forcement act of its own, seems to have ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC Any reader can get the answer to any question by writing to our Informa- tion Bureau in Washington, D. C. This offer applies strictly to information. The bureau cannot give advice on L medical and financial matters. It not attempt to settle domestic troubles Shy Subject. - Write your question plain: any subject. your question plain- ly and briefly. Give full name and ad- dress and inclose 2 cents in coln or stamps: for return postage. The reply | is sent direct to the inquirer. Address | The Evening Star Information nurnu.; !‘redrflcc.v. Haskin, director, Washing- | ton, D. C. Q. How many ‘miles of highway are there in the 1:"«7,;‘!;‘, 8. Q . A. The world’s way mileage estimated at 7,800,000. . Please name some popular son, th?z are reminiscent of cl-u?gu mme':. . W. . A. Paul Whiteman writes that Han- del's “Messiah” and “I Dreampt That I Dwelt in Marble Halls” furnished the for “Yes, We Have No Ba- Chopin supplied “Alice Blue Gown"; “Avalon” “Tosca”; “Mar- cheta” is reminiscent of “The Merry Wives of Windsor,” and “The Love Nest” is Tschaikowsky. Q. gvhgt is the international candle? A. The unit of light now used in this country, Great Britaln, France and ussia is known as the international candle. Q. Which was the first radio station in the United States, and when did it first broadcast?>—M. V. D. A. The Federal Radio Commission says KDKA, Pittsburgh, Pa. is the pioneer station, inasmuch as it broad- cast programs long before Government licenses were necessary. One of its first programs was the Harding-Cox presi- dential returns, which came through this station on November 4, 1920. 1’%2 first broadcasting license in this coun- way x:sbl:luedc;o sttltlnn WBZ of the ‘estinghouse Co. at 8 eld, Mass., September 15, 1921, i Q. Can two or more persons a seat on the New York Stock Exchange together?—B. T. A. The price of a seat on the Stock Exchange may be paid either by an in- dividual buyer on by a firm or gro of irms who to purchase jointly a seat from which & representative may do business for the company or group. Q. What are_the duties of a shom: 1nAPflls!x:tme?—R4 “l, s i . Shomer is literally a watcher. The Shomrim are a buntlfv of young peo- tle- ments of the Jews and war marauding Bedouins, b Q. What causes mildew?—F. A. M. A. Mildew g are growths of some species of mold. They appear on cotton materials and sometimes on woolens which have been left in a damp, dark place. Leather, too, s e very susceptible Q. When were Isaac Watts' hymns % Shnac Watia st published his . ac ' volume, “Hymns,” in 1_’0{11 Q. What is the “cumulative system” referred to in connection with voting in the State of Illinols?—B. G. F. A. Members of the Illinois Legislature are chosen by districts, three Repre- sentatives and one Senator to each dis- J. HASKIN. Africa in Yorubaland, is the largest Ne- §ro city in Africs, with a population of more than 175000 or, Including its farm suburbs, more than 238,000. q. How many volcanoes are there in Iceland?—P. D. A. Altogether 107 volcanoes are known to exist in Iceland, with thousands of craters, great and small, Q. What is the home port of the U. 8. S. Denver?—J. O'B. A. Its home port is the Canal Zone. It is attached to the Special Service Squadron and travels between Guan- tanamo, Central America, and the Canal Zone. Q. Was “Journey’s End” first written as a play or as a book?—B. J. A. It was first written as & play. Q. What kind of trees are planted along the Champs Elysees in Paris?— w. . T, A. This famous thorougkfare is lined with chestnut trees. Q. What is meant by patent flours? ~—R. M. A. Patent flours are classed as long patents or short patents, depending on what proportion they represent of the total flour milled from the grain.* A short patent may contain less than 50 per cent of all the flour milled from the grain, and is seldom made except for commercial bakers, who want a flour of maximum bread-making power. longer patent, which contains perhaps 60 or 65 per cent of the total flour, is more common. Q. Who was_the original of Whit- Sler's Barefoot Boy?—A. M. A. Peter Bartelsen, now 83 years old, fnspired the famous poem. He is now & retired minister living in Nebraska. . Where did the new British Am- bassador attend college? What is his height?>—A, M. J. A. Sir Ronald Lindsay attended Winchester College, England. He 15 6 feet 4 inches tall. Q. What is the tree which has blos- soms with purple petals? There is one in Rock Creek Park at the south end of the Calvert Street Bridge—K. L. F. A. It is the Royal Paulownia, or Em- press tree. ' Q. What is the English name for the parti-mutuel system of betting on horse races?—L. D. B. A. The English use the word totall- sator. Q. What are the first and second laws of thermodynamics referred to in a discussion of the possibility of a fuel- less motor?—D. W. C. A. The first law of thermodynamics says that energy can neither be created nor destroyed; the second, that you can- not get energy a transfer of heat from a cold to a hotter body. . Are rickshaws used much in China now?—D. K. A. The China Weekly Review sa that there are more than 10,000 rick- shaws in use in Shanghai alone. They are plentiful in all of China’s big cities. In Hankow there are 12,500 rickshaw coolies and 3,066 rickshaws. . What is the name of the synthe- tic alcohol about which the Government has recently issued warnings?- . E. M. A. This product is methanol. 1Its di- trict. In order to insure minority rep- resentation, each voter in voting for State Representatives may cast three votes for one candidate, or one and a half votes for each of two candidates, instead of one vote for each of three candidates. A similar system of cumu- lative voting for aldermen may be pro- vided for by ordinance of councils in cities nized under the general State law of 1872. . Q. Is hynor an annual or a peren- nial plant?>—S. W. H. (o A. Hyssop is a perennial. Q. What is the largest Negro city in Africa?—V. G. R. % A. Thad town of British Bouth' on the version as a beverage constitutes such & menace to drinkers that an interde- rtmental Government conference was ld in Washington recently to deter- mine means of meeting the situation. Methanol is the ierm now applied to synthetic Mh{l alcohol, It the same chemical formula as wood alcohol, which term is no longer used by the trade. The synthetic product is iden- tical with the distilled product in chem« ical composition. The taking of methae nol internally has serious or fatal re- sults. The Bureau of Standards has issued a warning to the effect that methanol containers should be labeled, warning users against breathing the osrk lallovdng the liquid to remain in. Woeodcock Faces Rigid 'Ir‘restA 3 ~In Dry Enforcement Change New duties as director of the Bureau of Prohibition, which have been as- sumed by Amos W. W. Woodcock, as the work is transferred to the - partment of Justice, are believed to offer a rigid test of his executive ability. The tormer district attorney in Maryland is credited with high legal ability as well as a record of success in a less important position. His de- votion to strict enforcement within the law is commended, and his record for energy and integrity is declared by some to be likely to please both wets and drys, though others doubt that either side in the prohibition battle will wholly approve of his measures. “A presidential appointment, which does not have to be submitted to the Senate for approval or disapproval, puts President Hoover in charge of prohibi- tion enforcemen says the Louisville Times, recalling “the title of a once much read novel by Bulwer-Lytton, ‘What Will He Do With It?"” Ob- serving that the appointee was chosen “from the ‘free State of Maryland, which has no enforcement law,” that paper continues: “A President who was the tandidate of the drys now has personal responstbility, self-sought, for dry enforcement. * * * If the Presi- dent, elected by the drys, cannot show that the situation can be bettered, his case, and that of those who elected him, will suffer, for the question will be asked, ‘If not I{oovtr. who?'” * ok % ¥ “It is creditable to Mr. Woodcock,” thinks the Baltimore Sun, “that his record as district attorney in Maryland and the impression made by him upon the Wickersham Law Enforcement Com- mission, which drafted him to aid in its work, were responsible for his selec- tion for the trying and difficult posi- tion to which he now goes. ap: as a lawyer, as a man and as an ad- ministrator. Both wets and drys should applaud his selection. The drys should be pleased because his heart is in the cause and he has demonstrated that he is both vigorous and fearless in prose- cution of offenders. The wets should be pleased because he will have an op- portunity to show to what extent these qualifications can succeed in making the law_efTective. “His good record as a single-handed fighter for prohibition enforcement in wet Maryland has won for him the dis- tinction of this appointment.” it is sugs gested by the Los Angeles Express, with the added comment: “President Hoover has selected a man who believes em- hatically and enthusiastically in_the law which he is to administer. As Fed- eral district attorney in Maryland, the one State that never has enacted an en- forcement law, it fell to the lot of Mr, was respected, a task whicl formed surprisingly well. law enforcement are well pleased with the appointment.” o “There is every evidence,” in the opin- jon of the Springfield (Mass.) Unios “that Attorney General Mitchell taches much importance to this ap- pointment. nited States attorney since 1922, the appointee h: d valu- ble experience. He has an excellent war record and his professional career, along with his experiences in a State which has co-operated well with the rohibition forces and the United tates courts, though having no en- fitted him to direct enforcement under the Department of Justice.” “He lays down a set of fundamental rules, which he asserts will govern the licy of the prohibition office under about through trickery, asserts that the sanctity of the home must remain in- violate, and declares that enforcement must strike at the large sources of liquor and transportation. If this is a fair in- dication of what is to be expected from & Prohibition Bureau administered un- der the Department of Justice, citizens will whole-heartedly agree that a great change for the better has been effected. Belleving that most persons will reserve ]udfinent as to his success, the Senti- nel holds that “he will discover that the law he is attempting to enforce is itself the corrupting influence which has driven his predecessors to the counten- ancing of trickery and the violation of the homes of citizens, and to the per- secution of casual offenders, while the big operators roll up the profits which have financed gangland.” The new director is advised by the Newark Evening News that “little luse ter has been added to the reputations of those who have essayed to keep the Nation dry.” The News recalls: * Haynes, Ohio politician of the Harding era; the sincere and likable Jimmy Jones, and later, Dr. Doran, for almost two generations a high-grade civil serv- ant—each In his turn discovered the coln C. Andrews, who for a time was high priest of aridity, had the same experience. For this reconstituted job the administration sought a superman from private life. Time was abundant, but for obvious reasons it did not find him. As a last resort, it reached over into a neighboring district and dra- gooned an able Federal prosecutor for national policeman extraordinary. Mr, Woodcock may make a better fist of enforcement than his predecessors. Let aan us hope “He has the experience sufficient to carry on his new duties,” in the judge ment of the Memphis Commercial Ap- 1, though that paper holds that “the r::wm be no easy one.” Tt states fur- ther as to the situation: “With a er- ful organization alread: fetenc ly in existence and working for the ultimate repeal of rrehlh"lon Mr. Woodcock must be care- ul that no mistakes are made. The Jaw must be enforced fully and fearlessyv, and yet enforcement must be such that it will not arm the enemies of the law with weapons for attacking it. * 1 ¢ The new director has one of the most im- portant jobs in the Government and one of the most thankless. He must use his legal ability, his good judgment and hy sound sense honestly and fearlessly Then, if he should fail, the fault will b othgrrhthnr:, his.” “The job of purging and keeping hi: field army clear of dishonest p?lflu!lr‘" and of inordinate zealots who think that liquor selling is a capital crime to be dealt with s' nmarily with a pistol shot, will probably be a continuous uphill task. Nor can the colonel reasonably expect to satisty people, even if he succeeds in realizing his ideal of the way dry en- forcement should be carried out. The more sensible part of the populatio. may approve, but the extreme wets will be angry because there is any sort of effec. tive enforcement, and the extreme drys will be restive and prone to condemn, because their pet law ie not given pre- cedence above all others. ——— Opinion of 1,000,000, m:mm- Florence (Ala) Herald. T our first Summer picnic we are convinced of our attractive personality, A million chiggers can't be wrong. ————. Just Make Excuses. Prom the Port Worth Star-Telegram. Some people know how to make such is regime, ites the Milwaukee Mt- tinel. "H: ounces arrests brought good excuses thaf S vtning eise. t they don't try to do