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A-$ With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. WEDNESDAY......July 9, 1930 THEODORE W. NOYES. ...Editor The Evening Star N per Company - jess Office: Pennsylvenia 110 East & icato Offce: Lake Michizan Ave. 2nd 8t. Butlaing. Office; 14 Regent St.. London, England. Rate by Carrier Within the City. e Evenine Star... . ... . 45¢ ver month ¢ Evening and Sunday Star ) ~""65¢ per month N . TSe rer cop: ihe of each mor.th. in by mail or teleshone Qaders max be'senkt IAtionsl 5000. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. 1 mo.. 50c $4.00: 1 mo.. 40c All Other States and Canada. Mly and Sunday..1yr. $12.00: ily only . iy $800: 1 day only i1 Member of the Assoclated Press. ‘The Associated Press is exclusively entitled 20 the ‘ise for Tepubiieation of A1l news die atches credited to it or not otherwise cred- Bublished Nerein: ANl siehis of publication of reln. ATl TIRhts of Bublica(ion o Evecial dispatches herein are Also receried. - Hunters for New Revenues. Full consideration of all the facts re- Iating to the recent deadlock between the House and Senate over the District appropriations might, but for one word, lead to decision by the Speaker of the House to ignore the resolution passed in the closing hours for the appoint- ment of a Committee of Seven to inquire into the matter of the Federal contri- bution to District expense. The resolu~ tion as adopted reads, “The Speaker is authorized and directed to appoint a select committee of seven members of the House, whose duty it shall be to investigate the various elements, fac- tors and conditions which may be deemed pertinent and essential to the accumulation of data and information bearing upon the question of fiscal re- lations between the United States and the Distriet of Columbia,” etc. The word “directed” requires that the com- mittee be named, and the word “duty” requires that the committee, when so mamed, proceed to the inquiry indicated. So, if the Speaker obeys the orders ©f the House there is no way out of the appointment of the Committee of Seven. And if the Committee of Seven does fts duty as commanded by the House 4t must proceed with thé investigation into the “various elements, factors and eonditions which may be deemed per- tinent and essential to the accumulation of data and information.” But the Bpeaker is not required to select seven members who have already engaged in the contest against the substantive law and the principle of a definite propor- tion of Federal contribution to District maintenance. ‘The phraseology of the resolution makes it especially important that the the same sort of writing on golf that Tilden is not permitted to do on tennis. Certainly, if a man writing tennis ar- ticles in the newspapers is banned from play the same silly rule should apply to a man writing golf, particularly so as the two sport organizations work so closely together that even though Miss Browne never accepted a cent in her life for playing golf she was ranked as a professional because she had done so tor playing tennis. It is the public after all that sup- ports both golf «nd tennis and it would appear that & wise move on the part of the associations would be to sweep Y | technicalities aside and put on the best show possible. With Tilden playing i the forthcoming Davis Cup matches it is highly probable that the United States would regain the trophy. With= out him the chances are slim. obvious, therefore, that national pride comes after the enforcing of unrea- | sonable rules with the tennis associa- | tion, a situation that assuredly should not be permitted to continue. —————t—— A Non-Partisan Question. The London treaty limiting naval arnaument has commendably been con- sidered up to the present time outside of | the realm of partisan politics. Demo- cratic support for the treaty has been given as cordially as Republican. Presi- dent Hoover sent to the London Con- ference the Democratic leader of the Senate, Senator Joseph T. Robinson of Arkansas, and Senator David A. Reed of Pennsylvania. The services of Sena- tor Robinson in London were of very great value to the American delegation and aided materially in pringing about an agreement on naval limitation with Great Britain and Japan. It is proper that the treaty should be considered as a national policy rather than the policy of one political party within the Nation. Democrats and Republicans alike are intensely interested in the welfare of the Nation and in proper measures of defense. There is every reason why the Re- publicans should take pride in the fact that under the leadership of President Hoover the London treaty, regarded as a great step forward for the cause of international peace, has been negotiated. But it would be quite another thing for them to claim all the credit for this treaty, which obviously has had and is receiving the earnest support of Demo- crats. Chairman Temple of the House Foreign Affairs Committee in a state- ment issued through the Republican National Committee, however, has put forward a list of achievements of the Hoover administration in the fleld of foreign affairs, and heading the list is the negotiation of the London Naval Treaty. Quite naturally the Democrats have interpreted the statement—put forward through the national organiza- tion of the Republican party for pub- committee be most carefully selected to prevent further inequity against the welfare of the District. The committee 18 directed not merely to recommend to the House “what amount in their judg- ment the United States should contrib- ute annually toward the development and maintenance of the municipality,” but to “investigate fully the various forms of municipal taxation and sources of revenue of the District of Columbia and to recommend to the House such mew forms of taxation and sources of vevenue as to them may seem just and fair.” In other words, the Committee of Seven is to find ways and means of in- creasing District taxes. This proposed increase in the local taxation is obvi-| ously intended to justify a reduction of the lump sum contribution of the Fed- eral Government, even below the nine- million point. It is always to be borne in mind that the spokesman for the House on Thursday last, in his eulogy of the House conferees, declared that the acceptance of the compromise on $9,500,000 did not mean that “in the future the House Will agree even to $9,000,000.” So the Committee of Seven, according $0 the evident purposes of the propo- lication throughout the country—as & campaign document. Probably no more impolitic move could have been made by the Republican national organization. The London treaty is now before the Senate. Such opposition as has de- veloped in the Senate is found among the Republicans rather than among the Democrats. The treaty must be ratified by & two-thirds vote in the Senate, and obviously it will require many Demo- cratic votes for ratification. Further- more, the presence of the Democrats in ‘Washington at this time is essential if a quorum is to be maintained. Yet along comes the Republican National Com- mittee with a statement which has al- ready been taken up by Senator Walsh of Montana and answered through the Press Bureau of the Democratic Na- tional Committee. In his interview Senator Walsh says, referring to the Temple statement: From this statement it is reasonably to be inferred by the worldly-minded that President Hoover's insistence upon It is | THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D C., WEDNESDAY, JULY 9, 1930. THE EVENING STAR |one of the outstanding golfers is doing | ot triendships ror tne ridicule of con- temporaries, which ensued upon his espousal of the occult theory, deflected Doyle from his views. They. continued to be voiced with a profundity of con- viction that almost disarmed disbelief. When the World War robbed him of his son, Doyle hastened to supply “proofs” that father and boy remained in unbroken communication. My father fully believed,” said a surviving son of the departed author in London yesterday, “that when he passed over he would continue to keep in touch with us. All his family believed so, too.” So the sublime and compelling faith which filled Conan Doyle lives on, though he himself has left the ter- | restrial scene. A universe of skeptics | may not long remember his spiritualistic idapmfl. but the world will not soon for- get his contribution to English letters. e British Labor’s Crisis. ‘The British Labor Party is due for another crucial trial of strength in the House of Commons today. Virtually for the first time since Prime Minister MacDonald took office in June, 1929, he finds himself pressed—and oppressed— from two sides. Mr. Baldwin's Con- servatives are bent on the adoption of a vote of censure against the govern- ment on account of its tariff policy. Mr. Lloyd George's “little band of willful men"—fifty-eight all-potent Liberals— have a rod in pickle for the Labor min- istry with reference to income tax re- vision. While this morning’s London dis- patches suggest that the resourceful MacDonald may again wriggle out of his difficulties and save the Labor ministry, the apparent revolt of the Lloyd George cohorts is ominously sig- nificant. Labor holds office, as a mi- nority government, purely through the good will and fealty of the Liberal bal- ance-of-powerites, Their support once withdrawn, Labor, with its 189 seats, could not stand against the Conserva- tives with their 260 votes. Mr. Lloyd George, seemingly acting off his own bat and without any spe- cific mandate from his party group, de- cided to press an amendment to the finance bill which would have the effect of relieving business corporations from income taxes on profits when these are spent on extension or recons ditioning of plant. The Conservatives, representing for the most part British big business, would almest certainly and naturally support such an amend- ment. A combined Baldwin-Lloyd George drive against MacDonald would give Labor the happy dispatch. Mac- Donald has suffered two or three ad- minor matters. He sald in advance that the government would not resign if they went against it. But Lloyd George’s amendment could not be con- strued as & minor matter. It has always been feared that the Damocletian sword hanging over the Labor minority would descend upon its neck soon after the London Naval Con- ference. Partisanship in Britain was adjourned while Mr. MacDonald was negotiating a limitation treaty, which all parties favor. The hour may now have arrived when Labor's foes think it timely to reconsign it to the great outside. ———————— Discovery by science that noise affects the human brain adversely affords a new angle of study for the German psychological experts who declare that American jazz is distinctly demoralizing, A nation is compelled to take into account the fact that tariff legislation is something which no.one country is permitted to exercise as an exclusive privilege. i — et Small calculations never interested John D. Rockefeller. Even when he has a birthday he employs large and keeping Senators here to act on the treaty, notwithstanding the devastating heat of Washington in the dog days, is not so much concern for the peace of the world as it is to furnish campaign material for the congressional elections. Senator Walsh also charges that the Temple statement, if left unrefuted, will nents of this between-sessions plan of action, is to bring in & new budget of taxation, gulbranteed to raise enough vevenue from local sources to warrant the Committee on Appropriations in cutting down the Federal Jump sum even Jower. And that is another reason why the personnel of the committee should be chosen with great care to give the District a chance for equity. -—— A fugitive criminal makes trouble for the police, which is & part of a crim- nal’s regular business. R TR Tilden and the Davis Cup. It 15 small wonder that “Big Bill” Tilden has refused to reconsider his retirement and play again on the United States Davis Cup team in view ©f the manner in which he has generally been treated by the United States Lawn ‘Tennis Association. Scarcely a year has gone by or an important tournament scheduled that Tilden and the associa- tion have not been at odds with the tennis player in most cases conceded by the public to be free from blame. Last year in Frauce the Davis Cup organiza- tion made its supreme blunder when it first suspended Tilden and then with the situation unchanged in the least re- instated him, an act not calculated to ncrease the morale of the American players. “Big Bill's” retirement was accepted February this year. He was not re- to reconsider his retirement til last Friday. In the meantime he Bad signed contracts to write dally @articles for newspapers on tennis, the ®ld bone of contention between him #nd the association. Under the amateur rule the association has the power to permit Tilden to fulfill his contract and still play on the team but this it yefuses to do. Tilden consequently has spurned the offer to play, giving as the reason that he feels duty bound to earry out his obligations and that the pequest to reconsider came too late. ‘The shilly-shallying of the associa- tlon with the man who only a short time ago was probably the world’s greatest tennis player, has not favorably fmpressed the public which supports it. In his writings Tilden may have tech- nically violated a rule of the organiza- tion, but such a rule is assuredly not necessary to insure strict amateurism. In fact the whole set of rules for both tennis and golf amateurs could well un- revision, as witness the anomally | he had so long adorned to devote him- | me,” said Uncle be- Mary K. Browne playing professional enmls oul A do more “to defeat the treaty than any- thing that may be said by Johnson, Moses or the Indiana Robinson.” The Montana Senator says that it is not conceivable that the inference to be drawn from the Temple statement re- garding the President’s plan to obtain action on the treaty now “is justifiable.” But Senator Walsh adds that the Presi- dent’ 3hould hasten to remove the unfortunate impression “that some of his indiscreet friends are creating.” ‘To have the London treaty fail be- cause of partisan politics would indeed be a-reflection on the intelligence of the Republican leaders. ————r——————— As an expert student of fishing, Pres- ident Hoover may feel inclined to wonder whether some of the Senators regarded as whales in the seas of states- manship are not turning out to be Jonahs. ——— Sherlock Holmes’ Creator. It is glven to few authors to live themselves into the hearts and thoughts of their fellow men as thoroughly as did Conan Doyle. Nor is it vouchsafed to many writers to invent a character who achieves, in readers’ minds, almost the dimensions of actual existence. The creator of Sherlock Holmes, who now “explores the dust” and is face to face with the occult mysteries to which in later life he devoted himself, attained those distinctions. Wherever the English tongue prevails Conan Doyle and his master, detective were characters and household words, and in many non-English-speaking lands, besides. “A very great man has left us,” says William Gillette, who im- mortalized Sherlock Holmes on the American stage. It is not an exag- gerated tribute to a rare literary and psychological genius. All the world loves a lover, it is sald, Equally it may be asserted that all men love detective storles. Nowadays it is common to hear of eminent persons who confess a fondness for books of crime mystery. Priests, prophets and presidents are addicts to Sherlock Holmes literature. Doyle undoubtedly did much—certainly most among mod- ern writers of fiction—to popularize detective yarns, Three years ago, though there was Ao sign that his gifted pen was dulled, Doyle formally withdrew from the feld exclusively to spiritualism, He impressive figures. ——— e e A good tip on the stock market is a great asset. The value of a tip is as variable as that of the stock to which it may relate. R SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Joyous Future. ‘We've sung of April showers And we've caroled of the May. Now we hear in Summer bowers, “We'll have Wintertime some day.” ‘The honey bee that's winging On his swift and frugal way With the mocking bird is, singing, “We’'ll have Wintertime some day.” A snowflake has more beauty Than a flower, so they say. If this old year does its duty, We'll have Wintertime some day. ‘When the atmosphere is torrid, Hope will leave us ever gay. Though July seems hotly horrid— ‘We'll have Wintertime some day. Dangerous Sense of Humor. “Do you think a statesman ought to have a sense of humor?” “No,” answered Senator Sorghum. “Many a statesman, if he knew when it is time to laugh, would never be able to impress his public by taking himself seriously.” Jud Tunkins says daylight saving time is all right until it mixes you up so that you lose several hours be- cause you got the railroad time table all wrong. Y Restraint. Had T an explanation Of Einstein clear and pat, "Twould stop the conversation— And where's the good of that? The Political Feminine, “Do you approve of women in politics?” “Certainly,” answered Miss Cayenne. “Only I don't like the sort of lady poli- tician who tries to introduce neighbor- hood gossip as & campaign argument,’ “In our short-sighted way,” said HI Ho, the sage of Chinatown, “we blame the doctor for the passing pain and forget to be grateful for the cure.” Fishing Trip. I'll go a-fishing for repose. ‘Though fish prove either more or less, If I my office desk may close, Tl call the trip a grand success. “When a politician shakes hands wif “I feels com- plimented even verse votes before, but they concerned | its it politician does’ 1t is time for our annual article upon the gladiolus, is it not? Having grown none of the king of i Summer-flowering bulbs for the past two years, we are in a better position to appraise this beautiful flower, ‘The active fancier, whether of books, dogs or flowers, is prejudiced in favor of his specialty. The man who likes collies usually hasn’t much use for bulldogs. He may agree that the bulls are nice dogs, but his agréement is merely so much good nature, It is theoretical, rather than actual. So it is with flower lovers. The rose “fan” admits that all the other plants are fine, but he had rather grow roses, talk rodes, buy roses. * ko Kk ‘The most dyed-in-the-wool floral “nut,” perhaps, is the gladiolus “fan,” or “glad fan,” as he has been called. ‘The gladiolus is not a flower which one likes instinctively, in the majority of cases. Usually one has to fall in love with it through some special occasion, or person, or in some roundabout way. It belongs to the group of plants which somehow do not seem to belong, as by right, to the heritage of every one, Daisies, for instance, are known and liked the world around. It is a natural, downright sort of blossom. ‘The blossoms of the stately hollyhock appeal to men and women of all de- grees. Every one is attracted to them and most remember. them from child- hood days, which fact proves what a strong impression they make on the beholder. ‘The gladiolus, on the other hand, is a flower which most must see many times before it makes an equal im- pression. ‘This is not because it is not lovely, or interesting, but because it is strange. Its habits of growth, the individual flowers opening on a long spike, al- though resembling the flowering ar- rangement of the hollyhock, is different enough to create a distinction. One does not “feel at home” with the gladiolus as one does with the rose, the violet or the petunia. These may be called natural flowers, whereas the gladiolus somehow strikes many of us as artificial. * K ok ok We hdVe said before that liking the gladiolus assumes almost the form of a conversion. One has seen it many times, but paid no particular attention to ft. ‘Then, on a happy day, one sees it again—and behold, one asks, “What is this beautiful flower?” ‘The name invariably strikes the new fancier as somehow wrong, infelicitous. The perpetual wrangle which has grown up over its pronunciation does not add anything to the bulb or its growth. The gladiolus by any other name would be as sweet and a great deal easier to talk about. Indeed, at one riod it was known as the “sword ily,” which, of course, is derived from atin name, which means “sword- like,” and refers to the shape of its leaves. As a matter of fact the leaves of the irls, which many regard as a more beautiful flower than the gladiolus, are every bit as “sword-like,” in fact are nearer to a resemblance to the short THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. | Roman sword with which the legions made history. e No doubt the names of flowers have | bad a great deal to do with their suc- cess, although truly fine ones will make their way despite the most awkward ones. Are many flower names beautiful in themselves, or only through their as- sociations with Spring, love, youth, | béauty and so on? | We leave this question with the read- ers. beautiful. Perhaps this is due to the fact that the flower itself is a lovely thing. Perhaps it may be that it comes | about because the word has intriguing syllables. There can be little doubt that the word “rose,” a favorite in many tongues, has helped the propagation of the queen of flowers. But what can we say about “gladi- olus,” at least in its favor? It may be pronounced either as Latin or English, both of which it now is, and in each it may be pronounced with a variety of accents. Surely it may be said of the gladiolus that it has “succeeded” in American gardens in spite of, rather than because of, its name. * k ok % Perhaps the average amateur grower is too finicky about his gladioli. He in- sists on planting them just so far apart, and must stake them up to prevent the winds from blowing them down. Is this not treating an African wild- flower as if it were a hot-house plant? We would like to see some one try the experiment of planting his corms as he pleases, i. & big bed, and per- mitting them to die down in the Autumn, as the tulips do in the late Spring. ‘Then the leaves might be cut off, to- gether with the spikes, and the beds covered over with a bit of protection for the Winter. In this climate we believe bulbs planted at least 5 to 6 inches deep would go through the cold months with a very small percentage of loss. ‘The problem of bulbs losing their pristine force would still remain to be dealt with, of course. The enthusiastic amateur is told that his corms will “increase and multiply” forever, but ex- perience over several seasons shows him that they will do nothing of the kind. If he wants big flowers, he discovers that he must purchase new bulbs from professional growers at least every two years. The bushel or so of his home- grown bulbs somehow do not possess the vitality to produce satisfactory flower spikes. * ok kK ‘This is no more than the amateur should expect. The professional makes the gladiolus his business, whereas the home owner merely wants good flowers. To get them at their peak growth, he must purchase new large-sized bulbs each year. After he has experimented with the named varieties, and discovered that they are all beautiful, he will be willing, in most cases, to go back to the row Ve of inexpensive mixtures, which give him beautiful flowers, too. The other solution of the “glad” problem for the amateur is to select one or two favorite varieties, and grow them exclusively. There is perhaps no other flower, not even the rose, which gives bigger dividends of beauty. WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS BY FREDERIC Statements that Chairman Huston sticks to his G. O. P, national com- mittee job because President Hoover de- clines to sacrifice a personal friend clash with counter allegations that Huston'’s retention is simply good Re« publican politics. A committee chief- tain, himself a strong possibility for the ’succession, assures this observer that if Huston remains, it will be be- cause party interests would suffer through letting him go. His departure, avers the seasoned veteran in question, would be tantamount to confession of his guilt in the Muscle Shoals-Stock Exchange mess. Huston denies any and all wrongdoing. Whatever he did, his supporters further contend, was done before he was Republican national chairman. To “fire” him under all these circumstances, they argue, would be to hand the Democrats 1930 cam- paign material on a silver platter, Everybody who knows Hoover's loyalty to his one time Assistant Secretary of Commerce comprehends the President’s reluctance to dumping Huston over- board. But they've been learning the value of aalltlu rapidly at the White House lately, and the considerations Hereinbefore narrated are not without weight there. o e e It was an old and practiced hand that led off for the naval treaty in the Senate yesterday when Senator Claude A. Swanson, Democrat, of Virginia, took the floor and held it uninterruptedly for 2 hours, No man in Congress knows gls ngval onions more thoroughly than vanson, He was Senate naval affairs chairman during the World War admin- istration of ' Woodrow Wilson. ~The United States’ vast fleet expansion in 1917 and 1918 took place directly under Swanson's leadership. He piloted through to passage the famous 1916 program which, hadn't the Washington Conference intervened, would have made Uncle Sam supreme at sea. There is another reason for Swanson having been thrown into the breach at the outset of the treaty ratification fight. On neither side of the Senate aisle is thete'a man with greater personal in- fluence and . prestige, Swanson’s whispered confabs with colleagues at crucial moments on the floor are famed for their effectiveness. A party com- rade calls the Virginian the noblest pinch-hitter of them all. * Ok K K Mt Gen. Wendell C. Neville — “Neville of the Marines” — who has Jjust left the embattled scene he so long adorned, was famed among the Leath- ernecks for his love and consideration of the enlisted mai ‘Throughout the service Gen. Neville is still revered for & characteristic act in France, A Marine recruit, lately come to the ranks, saw an officer’s jacket flapping on the clothes line for an airing at & spot apparently far remote from any headquarters. It was the best looking garment the rookie had run across “over there,” with its nifty sleeve braids and gayly colored ribbon insignia across the breast, The devildog didn't see anybody about who seemed likely to claim the coat, so he made off with it. Later he faced court-martial for theft of Gen. Neville's property. ~When Neville learned that the lad simply wanted the jacket as & “souvenir” from the front, he ordered the Marine re- Jeased. Two years later Gen. Neville was greeted by & shell-shocked man at Walter Reed Hospital in Washington. He turned out to be the boy Neville saved from disgrace in France. Next day a parcel, containing the coat, ar- rived at Walter Reed with the general's compliments and good wishes for the Marine's recovery. * ok kX L Bishop James Cannon, Jr. been “doln‘"vt.he legations and embassies in Washington this week, getting his pass- ports visaed for a protracted trip through the Caribbean area and South America, The British authorities fixed him up to tour the West Indies. Brazil will be visited by the czar of all the Southern drys for a considerable period. Whether Cannon plans to sell prohibl tion to Latin America or whether he's crossing the Equator just to forget the Caraway committee and corelated woes has not been disclosed. The Methodists have a foothold in several Latin coun- tries and church affairs prospectively will engage some of the bishop's atten- tion while down there, * kK X ‘The Navy League of the N, United) WILLIAM WILE. with & plan to bring about greater co- ordination of American diplomatic and naval activitles. Walter Bruce Howe, chairman of the board, announces: “The Navy League will henceforth ad- vocate close and constant consultation between an especlally qualified group of officials to be created in the State De- partment and a similar group in the Navy Department. Thus the President may in future receive the co-ordinated advice of those departments on the many problems which currently concern both departments. This would be a re- sult not hitherto achieved, and which should be assured long before the coun- try enters the next naval conference.” The State Department “admirals” got badly on the nerves of the professional saflors at London. Even the fact that one of Stimson’s aides in chief was a Marriner didn't seem to help matters. * x ok x “Coffee is mow the official beverage for the drinking of toasts in America,” solemnly announces the Coffee Club of New York, the organization recently formed by the Brazilian-American Cof- fee Promotion Committee. The prece- dent was set, it is asserted, at the Pan-America Society’s dinner to Presi- dent-elect Prestes of Brazil in New York on June 17. Warren Delano Rob- bins, American Minister to San Salva- dor, who represented President Hoover at the dinner, was called upon by the 600-0dd_guests to toast Dr. Prestes in “good Brazillan coffee.” He did so. ‘The Brazilian Ambassador to the United States, Senor Amaral, thereupon pledged President Hoover’s health in coffee, while the banquet company sipped and cheered. i O Gandhi’s “Ambassador to America,” an Indian Nationalist named Sailendra Nath Ghose, has come to Washington to observe official sentiment, particularly in thegSenate, with regard to Indian in- dependence. Ghose represents the In- dian National Congress in the United States, with headquarters at New York. He is bent particularly, it is presumed, upon establishing contact with Senator Blaine, Republican Progressive, of Wis- consin, who last Winter introduced a Senate resolution providing for Ameri- can recognition of India's independence. * Ok kX State Senator Henry W. Toll of Colo- rado, director of the American Legis- lators’ Association, has just launched a Natlon-wide appeal to writers, public men and women and citizens generally to curb the habit of unbridled criticism of Congress and State Legislatures, “If people will temper their ridicule,” Toll says, “with some appreciation of the problems which all legislators expe- rience and of the public spirit many legislators have, they will encourage good men to become legislators.” * ok ok K Secretary of the Interior Ray Lyman ‘Wilbur was told by a proud father the other day that the latter's son had just been admitted to a certain re- nowned institution of learning. In- stead of offering congratulations, Wil- bur—himself a university president by profession—snapped back, with a twin. kle in his eye: “When sre they going to throw him out?” Forty per cent is nowadays the average casualty record in a freshman class by the time it ought to be graduated. (Copyright, 1930.) —————— Mussolini Causes Alarm. Prom the Detroit Ne What we are another war, is thal be overtrained. ——————— Greatness Hard to Judge. From the Little Rock Arkansas Democrat. Fortunately you can't judge a great man by the foolish look he wears when he adds up his golf score. Real Sympathy for Gandhi. Prom the Duluth Herald. As it is we have more sympathy for Ghandi than if he had started a re- volt for mayonnaise dressing. They Found Out From the Ann Arbgr Daily News. ‘That Chi enduran ht been nmfllm humgu m‘m‘ h‘: d of, in case of Mr. Mussolini will e vy ondertn ST oo ‘To most of us the word “violet” is: The President’s Approval Of the Brookhart Bill To the Editor of The Star: Now that the President has signed the “pay increase act,” the Brookhart bill, S. 15, emasculated by Congressman Lehlback of its retroactive feature of two “steps-up” pay, as of July 1, 1928, I submit that, had the President vetoed the amended Brookhart bill he would have deprived the already wronged, low- paid employes of the second step-up that Congress intended they should have received July 1, 1928, to wit: Two steps-up, not one. Permit me td direct attention to the fact that those Federal employes who received but one step-up July 1, 1928, have lost the pay or wage of one step-up for two years, July 1, 1930, while other higher-pald Federal employes have been paid their annual increases since July 1, 1928, Congress did not intend to make flesh of one class of employes and fish of another, especially not fish of the poorly, low-paid Federal employes the act had primarily in its intent. So the one-steppers-up, up to July 1, 1930, isince July 1, 1928, have lost their wage or salary for two years. The sole object of the Brookhart bill, 8. 15, was to right a wrong, to carry out the intent of the Congress, to give the one-stepper two steps-up and pay for two steps-up they have been deprived of since July 1, 1928, How can Con- gressman Lehlbach justify his non- retroactive amendment of the Brook- hart bill, S. 15? From January 6, 1930, to June 25, 1930, Congressman Lehlbach had full knowledge of the Brookhart bill, S. 15. Between. these dates a whispering prop- aganda was more or less extant that: President Hoover would not sign the Brookhart bill, S. 15, with the retroac- tive feature in it. Did this word come from the White House direct? Did the Washington newspapers print such an item of news? No. In both cases no. I do not believe President Hoover ever informed or even intimated to Congress- man Lehibach that he was not in favor of the retroactive feature of the Brook- hart bill, S. 15, or that he would veto the bill if the retroactive feature of it was not amended. I personally believe President Hoover to be too honorable, too just, too humane, too knowing of the faithful service of 99 per cent of the faithful, loyal, poorly-pald Federal em- ploye to deprive them of the two years' pittance of wage that the Congress in- tended that they should have, as well as those who 1eceived $1,000, $800, $600, $500, etc.,, increase since July 1, 1928. ‘The one-steppers needed that two years’ vay they were wrongfully deprived of, especially hundreds of women employes with others depending upon their wages. They needed the last two years' wage. ‘They live from hand to mouth day after day, month after month, year in and year out. Cost of living s just about what it has been for past four or five years, Though wheat is 89 cents a bushel in Chicago, bread in Washing- ton, D. C., is at the same war price. Several millions of Americans are un- employed. This has not lowered the cost of living, though there is under- consumption. There are thousands out of employment right here in the Capi- 1 of the Nation. Poor time, Mr. Lehl- bach, to deprive the one-steppers of two years' wage. There are hundreds of one-steppers, especially women with dependents upon them, who have lost more in wages in last two years than the increase in their one step- up since July 1, 1928, owing to furloughs of two days without pay each month. The two years' back pay would just about put them on an equal heretofore usual yearly wage. Again this loss of two days’ pay each month, of course, lessens their annual ‘wage and the lessened annual wage will lessen their annual retirement annuity. May not the Lehlbach non-retroactive amendment to the Brookhart bill, 8, 15, be the killing of two birds with one amendment, to wit: of two years' pay and loss in retirement lnnulg? I am sure President Hoover would not approve of this two-edge sword-thrust for the one-steppess. W. E. RYAN. R Protest Against Three- Day Mail Stoppage To the Editor of The St I wish to voice emphatic protest against any repetition of the experience through which the people of Dis- trict have just passed with respect to the delivery of mail. The service, so far as private residences are concerned, was completely suspended from Thursday afternoon to Monday noon, the hour at which the carrier arrived at my home with more mail than he could well carry. Of course, the Fourth of July holiday intervened. ~‘Then Saturday was made a special holiday by act of Congress, and Sunday followed, when delivery of mall is always suspended. Hiding behind this accumulation of holidays, our local postal service just quit and left the public helpless. I am wondering whether our postmaster delivered mail at the White House, at the legations, and to various officials of the Government during this long period of holidays. I wonder if the postmaster himself refrained from receiving any mail for the three days of this suspension. Now, there is no excuse—valid excuse —for submitting the people of our city to any such suspension of an established public service. The street cars and the bus lines did not suspend, when they might have done so with as good rea- son. The newspapers did not suspend, the public carriers of the country did not suspend. The city police did not knock off and take three days' holiday. ‘Why not as well as the letter carriers? ‘The point I make is that the letter carrier service is a public service and should not be interrupted in this way. It would not be, except through official indifference. I am not advocating that the carriets should not have had some time off during this period. But I see no reason why mail should not have been delivered on Saturday morning, at least. That would have relieved the situation considerably. The people of the District ought to make it very clear to our officials that this sort of thing must not be repeated. ‘The thing was silly in conception and reprehensible in execution, and our offi- clals, in my opinion, ought to be made to realize that such action on the part of our post office does not set well upon the good graces of the community. J. C. RANSOM. Joint Sereen Attacks Of Mosquitoes Rapped From the Albany Knickerbocker Press. ‘Word comes from Tarrytown that mosquitoes there have taken to push- ing one another through the apertures in the screens that guard entry into human domiciles by way of window and door. This report deserves to be taken with considerable doubt. Not only does it imply an esprit de corps more highly developed than ordinary observation would accord to the most widely ob- served of our wild creatures, but it runs at_variance with other known facts. In particular it does not jibe with the common observation that ‘the mos- quito screens on most houses contain occasional gaps allowing free entry to the mosquito of reasonable enterprise. He does not have to jimmy his way m&'fififimifl“fl“‘” ers ellow house to shove him :hmwh. P The present season, moreover, is pe- culiar in that it has thus far ymv!g:fl much less than the normal mosquito crop. While wheat, cotton and unem- ployment were present in more than normal abundance, the 't mosquito- producing centers near }gw York report an unusual dearth of their chief prod- uct. From points in New Jersey and elsewhere comes news of a serious scarcity. Some people have not even found 1t necessary yet to put up their screens. Naturally, when, mosquitoes they need take less trouble t arn thelr living. The relatively small numbers now operatin, mn;- fat, for they have sngerted X from unde toes the tale Eviown UGNt Appeat eredibia. ot 35 5 ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC le:rt researchers, who can get you any information on any subject, are at ycur command, without charge to you. A 2-cent stamp will bring you a perso- nal answer to any inquiry of fact you | may make. Thousands of newspaper readers use this great service. Try it today. Make your inquiry easily read | and easily understood and address The Evening Star Information Bureau, Frederick J. Haskin, director, Washing- | ton, D. C. Q. Please give some directions for one preparing a short talk to give over the radio.—S. F. A. A prominent educator gives the following suggestions for nreparation of material for broadcasting: “Write out | your exact wording. Begin with one or | more striking statements, Do not over- rate the intelligence of your listeners. Use & few pertinent historical allusions. Give .nformational details of your sub- Ject, even though these seem too simple to you. Anecdotes, short and to the p.int, are good. Avoid too much gen- eralization. Minimize preachment and advice. Close with three or four short sentences, of five or six words each, clinching the main points presented. Revise for clearness and delivery. Re- read aloud several times for practice, or, better still, memorize the talk. Do not change position while speaking. Sitting position is preferable.” Q. When did Lindbergh’s change his name?—P, D, A. It was the grandfather whose name was changed from Manson to Lindbergh after he reached America. Q. What is meant by a hard spot in the stock market?—G. H. *A. Strength in a portion of the mar- ket as a result of considerable buying is called & hard spot. Q. Please give a short blography of Paul Robeson, the Negro actor who played “Othello” in London.~H. T, J. A. Paul Robeson is the son of & minister. His father was a college man and his parents were North Carolinian slaves of reputed royal Bantu descent. His mother’s people were of Indian- Quaker-Negro stock, a family of teach- ers. Robeson's first fame was acquired in winning a succession of victories for the foot ball team of Rutgers Univer- sity. Obtaining a law degree from Co- lumbia University, he began working in a law office until the onportunity came to join the Provincetown Players, Here he played leading roles in “The Emperor Jones” and in “All God's Chillun Got Wings,” His wife, Eslanda Robeson, is the avthor of his recently published life. Q. How is the name of the French town Hyeres pronounced?—R. T. A. As if it were spelled E-air, Q. Why aren't walks built for pe- destrians clong the highways?—A. C. L. A. Such walkways are being consid- ered by so e States. New Jersey has recently passed & law permitting the Highway Commission to build sidewalks along State highways. Delaware and V{:lst Virginia also have made such pro- vision. Q. Were women interested in pub- lishing English newspapers in the early days?—S. K. N. A. The ploneer daily paper published in England in 1702 was published by a woman. .S Why is the Preakness so called?— "A. The name Preakness, as applied to the $50,000 stake run at the Pimlico Spring meeting, is so called after the horse that won the first Dinner Party father J. HASKIN. Stake, at Pimlico in 1870, the most fa- mous racing event of the time. The farm of H. M. Sanford, owner of the winner, in New Jerser was called Preakness and the horse was named after his home. The Preakness Stake was first run for at Pimlico in 1873 and was won by John F. Chamberlin's Sur- vivor, Q. What do the abbreviations mean in the following: Ob. Oct. 5, 1794, AE 46 years?—G. K. s A. Ob. is the abbreviation for ubiit, meaning “died.” AE. is the abbreviation for the word “aetatis,” meaning “of the age. Q. 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Unless the conversion is made by practical me- chanics the engine will be a source of l,rou:ale and not give very satisfactory service. ©. Which were the first troops to reach Washington after Lincoln's first call for volunteers?—G. A. Z. 'rhe’nn; to ;n‘lve lvere‘.flu com- panies of the Pennsylvan ‘which arrived in Washington on April 18, 1861, and were afterward as the 35th Pennsylvania Milif unteers. Q. Does dsry air weigh less than wet air?—A. M. 8. Damp air weighs less than d&ry alr, as the dampness is due to the of water in the air, and vapor of is lighter than most of the other gases of the atmosphere. el S \ Q. Who is the “Major Jack” Cohen of Atlanta there was so much talk about over the radio at the Bobby Jones cele= A. He is Maj. John 8. Cohen, the ublisher of the Atlanta Journal, who geaded the delegation of Georgians who went to New York to welcome Bobby Jones, s Q'B.xs Sanskrit a Hebrew werd?— M. S. A, It is an ancient Hindu word and signifies perfection or perfect. Thé Hin- du word is Sanskrita. Sanskrit was from the earliest time a classical lan- guage and between 2000 and 1500 B.C, was the language used in the writing of the Vedas or sacred books of Hindustan, . Where was Sir Harry Lauder born?—C. H. C. A. Sir Harry Lauder (family name MacLennan), the Scottish singer, was born at Portobello, Scotland, on August 4, 1870. After working as a mill boy and coal miner, he took to the variety Stake, afterward known as the Dixie stage. There is much commendation for President Hoover's leadership in, defeat- i | espectally ing the original World War veterans’ measure, resulting in substitution of a bill which calls for much smaller ex- penditures. The new bill, as passed by Congress after conference, is subjected to eriticlsm because it inaugurates a mshn system which is interpreted as ly to be costly in the future. An Incidental feature of the discussion is recognition of Speaker Longworth’s in- fluence in the support of the President by the House. ‘That President Hoover “has every reason to feel unusual satisfaction over the outcome of his fight against an unjust and wasteful bill” is the opinion of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Tha per believes the President “approached problem with the desire to do the right thing for those who suffered dis- ability in the war, but with & determi- nation not to saddle an unwarranted burden upon the country with & meas- ure that did not discriminate between those who deserve Government aid and those who have no real claim for it.” A similar position is upheld by the Topeka Dally Capital, the Rock Island Argus, the Wheeling Intelligencer, the Worcester Telegram, the Ann Arbor Daily News and the Ithaca Journal- News, “This compromise measure may seem like sheer extravagance,” says the Bir- mingham News, “but if it gives comfort to men hurt during or because of those flery engagements overseas or by reason of invalidism at home, and if, further, it will in_future years serve to arrest spur jingling and vicious militarism, the billions we spend will not have been squandered.” The Salt Lake Trib une looks upon the substitute as “a harmonious compromise which will satisfy the President and Congress, as well as the veterans affected.” The generosity of the new bill is attested by the Yaunn:‘m;n Vindicator. * % ‘The Milwaukee Journal avers that “there is a ringing note of conviction and a clarity in discussion in President Hoover’s veto of the veterans’ bill that makes it as different from his apology for signing the tariff bill as sunlight from fog.” The San Antonio Express thinks that “evidently his appeal to the Eeople over the lawmakers’ heads struck ome.” P General satisfaction that President Hoover took & courageous position and established his leadership is expressed by the Saginaw News, the Wichita Beacon, the Syracuse Herald, the Day- ton Daily News, the Kansas City Star, the New Castle News, the Salina Journal, the Janesville Gazette, the Little Rock Arkansas Democrat, the ‘Waterloo Tribune, the Flint Daily Jour- nal and the Grand Rapids Press. ‘That the President should have ex- erted his influence in legislative matters at an earlier date is the conviction of the New York World, the New York Times, the Schenectady Gazette, the Asbury Park Press and the Seattle Daily Times. The Lexington Leader, however, referring to Roosevelt and Wilson, re- marks that “their methods amounted to a sort of dictatorship and left many sore spots.” It concludes that “a Presi- dent on occasiohs is no doubt wise in cl a middle course, such as Mr. Hoover has followed in the case of the ‘The Hartford Times re- t, “after reading Mr. Hoover's masterly and convincing veto message, we are filled with astonishment at the misjudgment of the Congress which made necessary his action in defense of the veterans, the people and the ‘Treasury.’ “The American people,” in the opin~ fon of the San Francisco Chronicle, “are unanimously for all proper veterans' reltef legislation. We might go further Hoover Power Is Recognized In World War Veterans’ Bill the substitute measure as one that “taps the Nation’s generosity as it never has been so copiously tapped in such a short time after the close of an American war.” “The President’s vigorous and emi- nently just protest” is seen by the Chi- cago Daily News as having “produced a remarkably sobering effect,” while the Cleveland Plain Dealer calls the result “partial_success,” and the Fort Worth Star-Telegram finds evidence of an “administration bloc” which it describes as “something new in the way of congressional blocs,” The Spokane Spokesman-Review maintains that “the President, alone, was @& good government and t | sound lefls]l"tion than all the members of Congress. * ok ok % In opposition to some of these argu- ments is that of the Louisville Courier- Journal, which exclaims: “Truly it was ‘a famous victory'—that of President Hoover in getting his veto sustained by the House of Representatives at the cost of signing a worse bill. He has ‘saved his face, but in order to do so he has surrendered ingloriously to the pension raiders and let down the bars to a pen- sion system that will cost the people of the United States more billions than any country on earth, including our own, ever before paid for pensions, He has ‘jumped from the frying-pan into the fire'—a fire which inevitably will expand into a conflagration to which there is no calculable limit.” “The first bill,” declares the Charles- ton Evening Post, “carefully preserved, or attempted to preserve, the idea of compensation to veterans for disabilities sustained during the war, * * * While the first bill would have cost the country more immediately, the new one lays the ground for future extravagance far greater” The Lincoln State Journal argues, however, that “the bill, as finally passed, is much superior to the early draft, the most objectionable features having been eliminated,” and the Jersey City Journal states that the later bijl ‘retains most of the features to whicl the President had objected in the bill he vetoed, but making smaller amounts of 'éll:l ;:emlonx." “Cincinnati may well be proud of outstanding part taken gy its. o?v,: Representative, Speaker Longworth, in writing new and creditable history,” declares the Cincinnati Times-Star, with further comment: “It was party rule which saved the day. Political l‘oy:mes are observed in the House, * The majority thought of the President, the honor of their party, the public welfare and the merits, or other- Wise, of the measure before them. Those in this country who would challenge party loyalty may well ponder this.' The Columbus O:}l‘lu nsme Journal “‘the finest displa; leadership in House or Senate pq ing the present session.” The Asbury Par) g‘ixx:.a:nmn’ rlezm"xhbl!l““ in “in- ajority of a House o sustain & vetor o cent ———— The Putting Craze, n;‘m ‘:’u{;fl Worth Record-Telegram, [us] le vacant lot, don’t You'll be a golf links hyl'lnd Ir.yw“ e W And Short Coats. From the Milwaukee Sentinel. Crash sults, it is reported, will be ot the Wall Street patte: ason, With frayed trousesss ‘T8 o€ —— ey Peace Comes Through War. and say that the American people would indorse legislation improper to a certain degree if that were really nec:ssary to meet the needs of its disabled soldiers. *.* * But sometimes Congress dis- burses with a free hand before élection, when the increase in tax rate Profn the Ann Arbor Ne Senators are up in arms over the g:apect of a