Evening Star Newspaper, July 24, 1930, Page 8

EVENING STAR With Sunday Morning el WASHINGTON, D. C SHURSDAY.......July 24, 1030 -— THECDORE W. NOYES. .. ;Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company e Ceyivania, A Shice o Eash Tand o0 - IQER!I:‘H! !’l“ Londou, England. icago ropean Rate by Carrier Within the City. oo Frenine Sar g5 ver month ivening and Sunday Star mnen s Bundave) Lo 60c per month e Evening and Sunday’ Siar Uhen 5 Bundrys) ... 65¢ nes month Sunday Star 5c rer copy ilaction mads at the end of tach nonth fders mav be sent in by mall or telephene Ational 5000, Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. i 1 yri £10.00:1 o ASc 1 00 o All Other States {ly and Sunday ! iy oniy ... 8.00: 1 m | nday only . 5.00; | 6.00: 1 mo.. 50 1 54.00; 1 m.o.. 40c Member of the Associated Press. The Associated Prass is exclusively entitled to the vge for republication of s Cis- atches credited to it ted in fthis paper and published hereln. Al ri #pecial dispatches herein - — 50 the local rews ts f Bublication of Are also ieserved. | An Outpost of Communism. In the course of the inquiry by the House of Representatives committee | making a research ints Russian Com- munist, activities in this country, Peter | A. Bogdanby, chairman cf the organi- gation known As the Amtorg Trading | Corporation, the Soviet commercial | agency in the United States, has been | i placed under examination in New York. | Denying all allezations to the effect | that from Amiorg headquarters have | gone forth subversive literature that has ! been directing radical. Communist agi- | tations, Mr. Bogdanov shrewdly suggests | that it is not good policy for the United States to antagonize the Sqviet com- | mercial orgarization here, because it is | the ggency of an export trade to Rus- #ia now amounting to more than one| hundred millign dollars a year. Assrrt-‘r ing that the accusations zgainst Amtorg are without foundation, Mr, Bogdannv | says that the very fact that they have been made and widely circulated has made Amtorg's position difficult and has hindered it in its work. “For this reason we assert,” says the Soviet trade commissioner, “that the further de- velopment and even the continuance of Boviet-American trade will be an al- most imposeible task ‘unless the accusa- tions agaipst the company are thor- oughly investigated by your committee, and, as wé confidently expect them to be, found to be baselpss.” ‘This §s what may be called a_sporting proposition. virfually a challenge to the investigating committet to “get some- thing” on Amtprg. But there is an im< pudent quantity in the challenge. “Give us a clean ‘slate,” says Bogdanov in ef- fect, “or we will. stop buying from you. We will be the judges of the sufficiency | of your proof of Soviet propaganda con- ducted under the cover of our commer- cial organization.” | The bait of trade relations with Rus- #ia has been previously dangled before American eyes as a lure for recognition of the Soviet government. In just the same way the British were beguiled ‘when Arcos was esjablished in London. ‘Then Arcos was rakded and tons of sub- versive propasandai material were folind | on the premises and relations were dis- continued. Now they have been re- sumed, but with better behavior on the part of the Soviet representation. The Soviet organization at Moscow puts a money valuation upon American recognition. It has heretofore made overtures, with avowal of the pre-war loans, in part, as a consideration. Now & hundred million dollars’ worth of trade is mentioned as a quid pro quo. Bogdanoy's status in this country 1s ene of uncertainty. He is virtually in the United States on sufferance, for one of our Federal immigration laws prohibits the presence here of trade rep rsentatives of a country with which the United States has no formal rela- tions. By some hook or crook, Bogda- nov got a visa for entrance, but that can be canceled and his departure ef- fected if it #hould be deemed good pol- iey to hand him his hat. This has been stated frankly to him by the investi- gators at New York, and it is notigeable that upon that announcement the man- ner of the Russian Soviet trade com- missioner, which had been unpleasantly bumptious and defiant, changed greatly. Whether the propaganda material should be traced to Amtorg and proved ‘on that organization or not, there is no doubt that the Russian trading group 1s established in this country as an out- post of Communism. — ———— “Mr. Hoover is beginning to lose his temper,” reported one of the corre- &pondents listening to his condemnation of the pension bill. . Some Presidents, like, Jackson, Johnson and Roo: 1t, lost theirs much too often, and others, such as Coolidge and Harding, perhaps not often enough. But when a former engineer like Washington did it, it was surprising how the atmosphere cleared and matters progressed. Remember the fiction character, Uncle Egbert, who “could be pushed just so far"? e At Last—a Tree Sitter. Despite the many sterling qualities of this city giving rise to civic pride and setting the Capital of the Nation above and apart from other cities of the world,. the keen observer cannot fail to have noted the hanging heads and shamefaced expressions of the population this Summer over the lack of that one thing needed to keep Wash- ington in step with progress, While the city has sent men to war from the time there was a city and a war; while its youth has gone out into the world and left its mark; while within the space of the last week the Nation's Capital set a new heat record, with other citics merely perspiring in futile effort, and raised its car fare to ten cents; while our movies have as many electric lights as the best in the country, there is only one thing to do, which is to admit candidly that until yesterday evening the Nation's Capital was without a tree sitter, Some persons might point to this previous failure as denoting a lack of spirit and Initiative on the part of youthful Washington. Some might go %o far as to make it an indictment { contest? | than was at first indicated. was it & flag—that she waved in Stone- wall Jackson's face. But the real Washingtonian knows, deep down in his breast, that the Capital has merely delayed producing a tree sitter until other cities have perfected the sclence. It has held up and watched experience, that great teacher, point out the weak spots in tree sitting, the things to be avoided, the things to be emphasized. And now, when the time is ripe, Washington has produced a treé sitter who may—who knows?—bring the tree-sitting record of the United States to our own doorstep. Such an accomplishment would be worth waiting for. Such a thing would dry our tears, assuage the deep and bit- ter pain that has rankled in the breast of every loyal son who, gazing into the leafy tops of Washington's fine trees, has heretofore fafled to find a tree sitter. Such a record may lead to bigger and better things. If the tree- sitting record is brought to Wash- ington, may we not hope, also, for the pole-sitting record? , And if we have the pole-sitting record, does this not open a limitless vista of even rosier prospects? How about the pie-cating How about the dance mara- thon record? Aye—how about the bicycle-riding contest? Remember that great oaks from little acorns grow and little drops of water, little grains of sand, make the mighty ocean and the pleasant land! ———— A Growing Record of Disaster. Ttaly’s disaster from earthquakes proves to have been greater in d%tent Yet even in the initial reports of the catastrophe thsre were indications of probably larger totals of casualties as communi- cations with the stricken areas were effected. The latest efficial summary places the number of dead at 1.788, the injured at 4,264, the houses destroyed at 3,188 and these damaged at 2,757. These figures are all likely to be in- creased as the devastated region is more fully explored by the relief workers, who have been sent out from Rome and Naples. Familiarity with the tremors of the egrth, which have racked Italy .for countless centuries, did not lessen the terror of the visitation. The S8hocks occurred at night, in short succession. Thrice the ground was violently shaken, each shock adding to the frightful dis- order and the panic of the people. They could see little, owing to the blackness of the night. Of public illumination there was none, as the electric conductors were severed. Thus the quake wreaked its maximum effect upon the hapless population. Comparative figures are immaterial in measuring the extent of a disaster. If in a village of a thousand inhabi- tants fifty are slain by the convulsion of nature, which wrecks half the dwel- lings, the catastrophe is one of terrible effect. Those stricken are unaware of the sufferings or the escapes of others in neighboring communities. To them 1t is as though the end of the world had comey, Now in the late reports of this woeful happening is added the note of an ad- ditional peril at Naples. Vesuvius, which has been more than usually ac- tive for some time, is “boiling,” and there are fears of another of its titantic outbursts. That thefe is a relation be- tween the volcanic -activity and the earth shocks seems to be fairly assured. The possibility of further tremors, even it the great vent does not pour, forth its molten stream in destructive vol- ‘ume, is dreaded by the countryside. The disaster of early Wednesday morning may be but a prelude to a greater one, though usually the shiftings of the crust do not continue in long sequence, es- pecially after a perfod of rest. The prayer of all is that the worst is over and that the toll of death and destruc- tion will not mount higher. —— e Uniformity Would Help. * Whether government employes should be kept at work during the intense heat of such days as last Monday, de- pends pretty much upon & point of view and individual resistance to the heat. Certalnly it would be risking the health and well-being of employes who work in the temporary buildings to keep them at it when their very desks seem to slzzle and there is lots of common sense in following the pre- ting and going home, no matter where the workshops are located. The real trouble is over the lack of unanimity of opinion concerning what should be done when the weather is in- tensely hot. lishments close and others do not. The wisdom of closing some of them is im- some do not close. And the wisdom of keeping some employes at work is im- mediately challenged by the. fact that others, similarly situated as to working conditions, are dismissed and told to go at work have a just cause for com: plaint. others were able to stand the heat. On the exceptionally hot days, such as marked the extraordinary weather tecently, it is either too hot to work or it is not too hot. The Government establishment should find some way of deciding—and stick to it. It ought to be relatively simple to have the Public Health Service decide what tempera- ture, in the various bulldings, consti- tutes a menace to health. And when the mercwy reaches the deadline, let the workers go home! But either let them all go, or, all stay, s seem that the velvet pajamas, promised by fashion experts, would be the Mnal word in discomfort. . - Glenn Curtiss. Another pioneer of aviation, Glenn | H. Curtiss, has joined his comrades of Great Unknown, leaving behind an- other name for the hall of air fame. He did not die with his wings on, though long since, like Col. Lindbergh, Curtiss had eschewed all forms of travel other than by plane. Only this Summer he flew to Washington to at- tend the Naval Trophy Competition for the cup which bore his name as founder of that classic. About the against all the fine children of the Capital, the. indictment including the counts of timidity, slotafulness, com- plete lack of enterprise or that pioneer spirit which sent Daniel Boone, into the wilderness and George Washington. across the Delaware, not to mention Paul Revere’s. ride, Molly Pitcher's » &&pnon or Barbara. Fritchie’s candy—or ’ same time Curtiss traversed the Hud- son River air route down the very lanes through which he blazed a then sensa- tional “two-stop” air trail twenty years before. Hammondsport, a New York up-State town where Glenn Curtiss was born, came to be known as the “cradle of aviation,” because of what he and his vailing impulse “in such weather—quit- | Some Government estab- | mediately challenged by the fact that home and cool cff. Those who are kept | Those who are dismissed ob- | viously “get away” with something, for Next to a haircloth shirt, it would the sky who preceded him into the | associstes wrought there in the days when flying was little more than an iridescent dream. Like the Wright brothers, of whom Curtiss was a cotemporary, he broke into aviation by the bicycle route. From tinkering with “wheels,” Curtiss evolved into an in- ventor of motors for balloons. After that successful venture, in 1904, his name was destined to be linked, in ever-increasing degree,'with the meteor- like progress of aviation, Four years later Curtiss won the Sci= entific American’s competition for the airplane that first would fly a kilometer at an announced officially observed test. Then he began plodding, testing and experimenting anew. His basic objective, a practical hydroplane, was an accom- plished fact in 1811. The World War | found Glenn Curtiss ready to place his incomparable skill and experience at his country’s service, and his old type of plane, the Curtiss “Jenny,” proved of providential value. Post-war industrial and military developments brought the Curtiss and Wright airplane industries into prosperous combination. Glenn Curtis was a wWorthy companion of Langley, Manly, Wilbur Wright, Lieut. Selfridge and all the rest of their gallant tompany, American and Eug- pean, who will rank in the history of our time as the immortals of the air. ———— The French flag is folded. The last horizon-blue-clad regiment has marched away and the Rhineland is once more “free.” However, it may be well for the '~‘ter 1o realize that, in contradic- tion of the sports maxim, “they some- times come back.” - —————s England has *ordered the battleship | Ramillies to proceed to Egypt to safe- guard foreign lives and property. No, Willie, not the slightest relation to Rameses, although it is safe to bet that | several headline writers have made it the latter. PRI Tt P The United States Bureau of Stand- ards has installed a complicated device to determine the tenderness of meat. Up in the hills of Northern New Eng- land they have an unfailing test: “Ef ye kin chaw it, ‘tain't tough.” o According to some scientists, red win- dow panes will keep out house flies. And according to others, too much red light frazzles nerves and starts #ights. | Take your plek. It is a tough world. AR Col. Woodeock, the new director of the Prohibition Bureau, is forty-six years oid. About this time a couple of years from now he will be a hundred o Twenty new kinds of pneumonia have been’discovered in the laboratories of the New York Department of Health. The old standard kinds were so ample! ey b e If the Lindperghs continue to tl’nvl‘l: “en famille”. by air as much as for- merly, just when will little Charles Augustus III learn to walk? et “Welfare Work as Good Business”| runs a headline in the esteemed Literary Digest. Turn it around and it is just »3 true. AR ML ) France and England have finally de-| !cided to call the Channel tunnel off, and now hoth countries can breathe easier. | ————— S SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Migh Finance, ‘Willie had a savings bank; *Twas made of painted tin. He passed it round among the boys, ‘Who put their pennies in. ‘Then Willle wrecked the bank and bought Sweetmeats and chewing gum, And to the other envious lads He never offered some. “WHat shall we do?"” his mother said; “It is & sad mischance!” His father said: “We'll cultivate His gift for high finance.” Fair Warning. “I understand that Scotchman is try- ing to show us how to run street cars,” said the Chicago motorman. “Yes,” answered the conductor. “We'll stand a great deal. But if he ever tries to make us say ‘hoot, mon,' to the passengers instead of ‘all aboard’ there'll | .be one of the biggest strikes ever | ! known.” Getting Even, “Does your daughter enjoy practicing on the piano?” “Yes,” answered Mr. Cumrox. “The neighbors have made some remarks about her that she didn't like.” Disagreement. If man the weather's way could rule A lot of us would still ccmplain. Some like it warm, some like it cool, And some are always wanting rain. i Solicitude, “I hyah you is gone into business, sald Miss Miami Brown. “Yassindee answered Mr. Erastus! Pinkley. “I's raisin’ chickens and sellin’ ‘em.” “What's de matter? appetite?” "l Is you los’ yoh Automobile Luck. “Had wonderful luck on our run yesterday,” said the man with a patch over his eye. “Wonderful luck.” “In what way?” “The machine smashed up right in front of a doctor’s office.” A Fearful Test. None doubts that his affection is A true, old-fashioned flame— He saw her in a bathing suit, And loves her just the same. “I takes notice,” says Uncle .ben, at de man who tells you how easy it is to be contented wif salt po'k an’ beans giner'ly has as fine a appetite foh | fried chicken as anybody. ———— That’s Just One_ Change. Prom the Louisville Times. This would undoubtedly be an even greater country if ambition would keep men moving as much as “No Parking” signs do. r——— Or China. From the Racine Journsl-News. How America would worry about, those killed by fool drivers if it happened in Turkey! . .- It Works Out That Way. Prom the Charleston Evening Post. The ability to star in vaudeville s an- other thing acquired by staying in the long time in an airpl air a 3 | at an hour when his neighbors are try- BY® CHARLES E. In regard to sleep the world seems to be divided into two classes of people, those who go to bed early and those who go to bed late—very late. The re- cent hot weather brought this out strik- ingly. ~ In most cases it will be found that those who “stay up all night” do not belong to the almost obsolete classifica- tion of “flaming youth,” but rather are men and women in middle age. This is & surprisifig fact. Peer into almost any neighborhood midnight or 1 or 2 am. and look over those who are “throwing” what they fondly im- agine are “wild parties.” Their years will number 40 apiece, or 45, in aimost all cases. It is not the young fellow or the young girl who dis- turbs the modern neighborhood. It is the man or woman old enough to know better. Around 35 years of age is the gerous age,” so they say. At that time of life a man is more or less established in his business, a ‘woman in her home life, or perhaps business and home life. It would appear that they are anxious to take one last fling at life before set- tling down (an old phrass, but a good one) into the comfortable existence of honest, middle age. They have talked so much about the younger generation, and no doubt read a great deal more about 1t, that they are, in secret, jealous of ft. So what do they do? They select one of the outstanding distinctiens of youth, the ability to stay up late at night, and try their best to emulate it. There is another class, however, of these night owls, which comes by its | late sittings naturally The members of this class simply do not get sleepy. The natural drowsiness which seems to overcome ¢he remainder of the world somehow falls to get in its normal effect with them. They are able to sit up until almost any hour, without feeling in the least bit sleepy. The latest researches of sclen- tists, as published in newly printed vol- umes, showing the causes of sleep, its need, and the harm of not getting it, make no impression upon their mind: for they never read them, and wouldn't believe their authors if they did. Now there could be no reason for pro- test on the part of any one if such per- sons did not indulge in assorted notse- making activities, ranging from loud talking and laughing to radio and banjo music. There is perhaps no neighborhood free from one or more of these nuisances, and one is enough to disturb the sleep of an entire community. To the person reared to be considerate of the rights of others, the man or woman in question presents an interesting study. In a day when great cities everywhere are taking the question of noise seri- ously, the person who devotes his sur- plus energy to disturbing the peace and | happiness of others, and those others his neighbors, is a curious psychological stucy, and one which would well repay the intensive study of such hodies as the New York Noise Commission. After all, most of the noise, particu- larly In residence sections, is made by this man and woman, this fellow (and his lady) who has not managed to get even the most elementary conception of the rights of others. The cardinal principle of such a man is that he has a right to do as he pleases in his own home. -The curious thing is that this “right” almost in- variably consists In making loud noises ing to sleep. Perhaps it gets down to the funda- mental difference between one who is considerate of others and one who has | no thought for the welfare of others. The first, by universal definition, is A gentleman; the name of the second | do so, either by regulations . TRACEWELL. would not look well in a family NeWs- | for the Summer. Party politics must be [ joof er. e L Is it not & curious thing how some people can entertain company, talk and laugh without disturbing their neigh- bors, while others cannot put the cat out without disturbing the entire neigh- borhood ? ‘The fundamental difficulty lies in the different living habits of the two classes of human beings we have instanced, those who go to bed early, and those who “never go to bed.” East and West have no more difficulty meeting than do the members of th two classes. There would be no hard- ship imposed on either, however, if the members of the night hawk class would think of others, As it is, all too many of them, if they think of others at all, secretly he- lieve that they are impressing them with their “pep,” their jollit; wondering if those old slow pokes won't think them devil-may-care persons, really young, although the number of their years speak against them. Municipal authorities may pass regu- lations against various noises, limiting their time. and so on, but as long as people with no regard for the welfare of others exist, the very basis of anti- noise work is untouched, even unno- | ticed. We suppose some attempt might be made toward self-justification by th declaration that nolse and hurl; 3 late at night showed the vim and vigor of the American people. The answer to that would be that soldlers, athletes and other men who possess real vigor and power invariably g0 to bed early, are, in fact, forced to or by the mandates of the best training method: 3} statement that midnight is really not late at all, but, in fact, is early—compared with 5 a.m. ‘The fact is, however, that the num- ber &f homes in which there are “lights out” between 10 and 11 p.m. so far out- numbers the homes with blazing lights that the latter can have n» standing as an argument in the case. ‘The noise factors in the modern com- munity are the following: Children, dogs, radios, men and women 40 years and older, automobil garage doors, . street cars. - These eight of the noise. i makers mosf ly in the daytime; dogs usually, and in some sections, run on a 24-hour sched- ule; radios may run as long, but most often only about 18 hours, at the worst, with preference given to the hours between 8 p.m. and midnight. The “wild party,” or convivial gath- ering, is the outcropping of the men and “women 40 years old, and older— old enough to know better—who are try ing to impress themselves with their own “pep,” and their neighbors with their power and ability as “mixers.” (?) Automobiles, with their never-end- ing swish down streets, constitute per- petual noisemakers, but it s a noise to which most ears get used. Street cars belong in the same category. We have included garage doors, because they are formidable noisemakers, especially at late hours, Milk wagons must include milkmen. for the rltllh‘)g of crates, and the clanking of bottles, depends entirely upon the way in which the delivery men perform their tasks. ; ‘Thus the conflict between those who 80 to bed early and those who go to bed late continues to be waged in every city, in the land. The hope of the former lieg' in the new urge which 4s going over the country, looking to a solution of city noises, More and more scientists are backing up the kicks of those who in the past were set down as “grouches” by their more vigorous compatriots. It is being realized everywhere that noise is a sort of municipal dise: as bad in its way as too much quiet. The best living calls for a happy moderaticn, tlighlights on the Excerpts From Newspapers of Other Lands. MATIN, Paris—When the code | of the telephone demands much courtesy and considera- | tion in the matter of private calls as it does for public busi- ness, then the advantages of this won- derful invention ‘will be greatly multi- plied. We are not talking of the tele- phones installed in offices, stares, fac- tories and other places of business, where they are part of the mecessary eqipment, and should continue acces- sible to every appeal. But are private, residence telephones used In the same way? The. private telephone, most of the time, is used for a succession of ab- surdities, It is subject to all the ca- prices of our friends, and any other people who telephone because they have a voig in their soul, five minutes to spend and nothing special to say, They never ask if they are diverting you, or disturbing you. In fact they are not thinking of you at all, but only of themselves. They chatter for their own gratificdtion, not for yours. And little it bothers them that they make you lose your time, provided they occupy their own. The task of womankind Is to per- petuate a high level of courtesy. Be- hold the opportunity for a much de- sired crusade! Park Commission Looks After Parked Cars. Irish Independent, Dublin—Every day more than 2,000 motorists leave | their cars in the streets of Dublin, and | expect to find them all right on their return after an absence, whether of hours or of minutes, but only a very small per cent of owners appreciate the protection afforded them by the corps of motor parks comissionaires. These commissionaires are a body of 42 men, who voluntarily look after the cars left in the parking spaces. They are all ex- soldiers of the British or Irish Army, and whether requisitioned to do so or not, look after all cars left in the parks, throughout the day and far into the night. Their remuneration is just what the owners wish to give them, but most of them drive off without even a “thank you" ‘There are not more than 200 owners in Dublin willing to pay as much as 5 shillings a month for this pro- tection, which wouid give each volun- tary watchman 11 shillings & week. Honolulu Protects Bathers. Star-Bulletin, Honolulu—The Board of Harbor Commissioners has again es- tablished rules to prevent the decapita- tion of some defenseless bather at Waikiki by a charging motor boat. Now the only need to relieve an annoy- ing and dangerous condition is enforce- ment. Motor boats may not speed within 300 yards from shore. This pro- tects not only swimmers, but surf board riders and canoeists, as wéll. Violators of the new rule will be heavily* pun- ished. There is plenty of water suited to motor boats that is not in the prox- | imity of bathing beachea Unemployment Diminishes in Colegne. Cologne Gazette, Cologne.—The num- | bers of the unemployed in Cologne are steadily diminishing. The peak was reached March 5, when the municipal | records showed that 27,673 who desired work, were unable to obtain it. A/ check taken less than two weeks later, | showed a total of 27,313 out of work. | It is expected that the number of those not working will be reduced at a Ilslcl’! rate in the ensuing weeks. The revival | of business seems most pronounced in | the agricultural, bullding materials, hotelkeeping and clothing manufac- | turing lines; though improving slowly, | the trend scems definitely for the bet- ' ter. The metal industries, too, are be- | ginning to show signs of life. * K k¥ 1 Brazil Loses Ttalian Emigrants, A NOITE, Rio de Janeiro—The num- ber of ts from Italy to Brazil, in 1929, was 2,303. In the same ycar, . . however, 2,950 Italians, who had prev- 8s | jously emigrated to Brazil, returned to | 8" their native country, showing a net Italian immigration loss to this coun- try of some 647 persons for 1929. * o ok ok Reject Proposal to Standardize Social Work. COLOGNE GAZETTE—The General Synod rejected at Berlin, recently, a proposition to standardize the social work of the church. Under provisions established in the assembly of 1004, re- strictions were minimized in regard to the active channels for church work, and effort to regulate these activities by conformity to a definite and prear- ranged schedule has since been con- sistently disapproved. Conditions differ 50 much in various districts that the social service units and programs of the church must be left to meet their dis- tinctive problems in the ways that seem best to them. * Kk Bilbao-Manila Steamer Line Suspended. El Sol, Madrid.—The line of steamers between Bilbao and Manila has been suspended because it was not financially lucrative. There is now no_direct line between Spain and the Philippines, much to the dissatisfaction of the Philippine press and chamber of com- merce, who have lodged a protest for resumption of the service. They claim this discontinuance will limit sales of archpelago products to the North American markets. Mr. Sackett on Power. ¥rom the Brooklyn Daily Eagle Ambassador Sackett, thanks to Sam- uel Insull, has focused American atten- tion on the World Power Conference now in session in Berlin. Asked to address the conference, Mr. Sackctt prepared a speech for delivery and had advance copics made, as is the custom. His address might have been delivered® without attracting more than passing attention but for the in- tervention of Mr. Insull, the power and uiflities magnate, who objected to cer- tain passages in the Sackett discourse. The point that caused Mr. Insull to attempt the role of censor was the following, relating to the cost of power to_consumers: “I know of no other manufacturing industry where the sale price of the product to the great mass of consumers .5 fifteen times the actual cost of the production. of the article sol This observation on the power ques- tion does not come from a radical or an amateur student of the subject. And 1t does not come from a politician seek- ing votes by criticizing the power com- panies. Ambassacdor Sackett is a con- servative Republican, who was formerly the head of gas and electric light -om- pantes in Kentucky. And his words were for the ears of the great power experts of the world, who were asked to qive attention to this phase of a great ' industry, s ‘We are glad that Ambassador Sackett refused to bow to the censorship of Mr. insull, and that he will deliver his interesting ,and thoughtful address. He has hit upor one of the mast viial aspects of the power problem and one that should engage the thought of all the men meeting in Berlin as well as those concerned in public utilities everywhere. By his ill-considered act in calling attention to Mr, Sackett's speech, Samucl Insull has unintention- ally performed a public, service. . R Player With Sleuth’s Name. From the Detroit News. Then, again, Mr, Sherlock, the Phil- lies’ first baseman, might be just the chap to run down some one who was stealing. ‘They are | The Political Mill By G. Gould Lincoln. The congressional forum has closed discussed by Republicans and Demo- |crats outside the Senate and House | chambers until after the Fall campaign |1s over and done. But the members of the House are a forcnanded lot. They | succeed in having placed in the Con- gressional Record, under “leave 10 print,” speeches which they have not iound time to deliver during the ses- | sions of the House. They are speeches intended for use particularly in_their own home States, or even throughout the country, during the campaign. In the Senate there is ho “leave to print” or { “extension of remarks.” A Senator has to make all these speeches on the floor | {of the Senate while his colleagues find | something else to do. That’s one of the | reasons tne sossions of the Senate take Iso much time. To get things across to heir constituents, via the Congressional | the republication of their | |speschés in pamphlet form and the | tranking privilege, the Senators must deliver those speeches on the floor. * * ¢ So the Congressional Record has ket | ! on -appearing, although Congress quit| | back on Juiy 3. Each volume of the| | Record—called appendix—cariies ores of speeches by members of the House. All of them are for distribution, one way or another, and for publication in the permanent record. hepresenia- tive Wi R. Wood of Indiana, chairman of the Republican Congressional Cam- paign Committee, has one in the latest of the Record which is full ot pep | and ginger, and designed to give the Democrauc’ critics 0i _Smoot-Hawley | tarifi bill something to squirm over. | Mr. Wood carries the War into the Democratic camp. He makes no apology for the Republican tarifi law, but seexs to show up the Democrats as anti-pro- tectionists despite the claims made qur- ing the Smitn campaign in 1928 that they were not averse tothe principle of the protective tariff and that business had nothing to Wworry about if they came into power. Mr. Wood does not | mince his words in his remarks about the Democrats. He insists that the at- titude of the majority of the Democrats toward the tarifi, as shown by the de- bates in Congress and out, is distinctly the protective tariff, Says Mr. Record, 185U, x ok ok X “The greatest political deception, and the most deliberate, ever sought to be imposed on the American people was the subtle but persistent attempt on the part of spokesmen of the 'Democratic party in the last presidential campaign to convince the voters that they had been won over to the Republican prin- ciple of protection, or at least that they would not cisturb its application, the benefits being so apparent, if the Demo- cratic party shouid be returned to power. The greatest outstanding fact in the political situation between the two parties as we bring this session of Congress to a close, and enter upon the congressional campaign of 1930, is that the Democratic party stands where it has always stood, as opposed to the Re- publican party, oa the tariff question though covertly and with secret misgiv- ings, and that the Regublican party stands where it has always stood, openly and_confidently. “Their platform at Houston was very cunningly devised. It fooled many edi- torial and head-line writers into an- nouncing that the Democratic party had come over to the Republican position on protection, overlooking the fact that the Democratic platform writers had not failed to embody and bury in its ambig- uous phrases and among its ‘weasel words,’ a declaration that they favored duties that would permit ‘effective com- petition.’ Every business man knows part of § competitor that has some form of advantage—such as cheaper rents, cheaper clerk hire, or cheaper goods as a result of quantity buying. It even- tually puts him out of business, just as the cheaply produced products of Eu- { rope, in unrestricted competition with rqr products would paralyze our indus- ries. “It is evident that all the old ‘props and fittings' used in the debate on the tariff bill to affright doubtful mem- bers and their constituents are going | to be {rotted out in the Great Demo- | eratic ’oad Show of the 1930 Con- fonai Campaign. | _“They will tell us in one breath that ‘(he farm tariff will be ineffective. and in the next add every farm rate in full to the price of the food ;we put on our dinner tables. “They will tell us one day there is no prosperity and the ppxt that the Hawley-Smoot bill will yestroy pros- perity. “They will tell ‘us, while calling it the Grundy bill, that it will close the manufacturing plants of the country, including, as a matter of course, we would naturally suppose, Mr. Grundy's manufacturing plant.” Mr, Wood apparently has cast aside the friendly fellowship of the House in discussing his Democratic colleagues in this address, which is now published in the Record for the first time. What he says is doubtless calculated to stir | the Democrats to a white heat. But | that is part of the political game. The campaign is on and there are signs it will be waged bitterly. The Democrats have been beating a tatoo on the tariff bill.for weeks and months. They will soon be on the road telling the farm- | ers and the workers in factories that | all their ills come from the Republican | tariff. It certainly sounds like the | year 1922, e B The political situation in Pennsyl- vania, due to the fact that supporters of Francis Shunk Brown, candidate for | the Republican nomination for Gover- nor, but defeated by Gifford Pinchot, are’ contesting Mr. Pinchot's nomina- tion continues abput as clear as mud. The Brown people are trying to have the vote in Luzerne County thrown out. If they were successful, Brown would be in’the lead by a small ma- jorily. The State Supreme Court will not decide the matter for some time, and Mr. Pinchot has decided to “pre- empt” the independent ticket field so as to be ready for any emergency. If the courts rule him out, he will then {be in a position to run as an inde- pendent, as he has promised fo do, | making it a three-cornered race, be- tween himself, Brown and the Demo- | cratic nominee, John M. Hemphill The Liberal party, the wets who sought | the Republican gubernatorial nomina- tion with former Representative Phil- lips as their candidate, will either put a candidate in the field or support Hemphill, - b S | Pinchot has invited all the other suc- cessful candidates for cffice in the Re- | publican primary, including Secretary | James J. Davis of the Department of | Labor, who was nominated for Senator, {to get aboard his independent ticket. {This creates somewhat of a situation {and Mr. Davis and others are still | thinking th® thing over. They might | have their names on both the regular Republican ticket and on the Pinchot | ticket, if that were possible. But the Philadelphia organization, which went to the front for them and for Brown, might not_look with favor on such a | proposition. R The Democrats in Pennsylvania_are not without their troubles, though why a Pennsylvania Democrat should woity over the coming elections is not very clear, Vance C. McCormick, former chairman of the Democratic National Commiitee and an ardent dry, has come out in his newspapers in support of the candidacy of Gifford Pinchot for Gov- ernor. Hemphill is a wet and the party platform is wet. Mr. McCormick failed | to support Al Smith in the campaign in | 1928, but he did not come out for Hoo- ver. Mr. McCormick also wants to make sure that the candidate for.Gov- ernor_of the Philadelphia organization, what ‘effective competition’ is on the | ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS i BY FREDERIC ‘This bureau does not give advice, but gives free information on any sub- Often to be aceurately informed | is to be beyond the need of advice, and | information is always valuable, whereas advice may not be. In using this serv ice, be sure to write clearly, state your inquiry briefly and inclose 2-cent stamp for reply postage. Address The Evening Star Information J. Haskin, director, it Bureau, Frederic vashington, D. C. Q. How does ¢.. a.rplane manage to | stop on an airplane deck of & ship?— | A. An airplane alighting on the deck of an airplane carrier lowers a hook | which is attached to the tafl of the | plane. This hook catches on the cables stretched across the deck. These cables | e constructed in such a way that | when they are pulled to any extent by | the hook, the rockers on which the | cables rest are upset and the hook is released, only to engage ‘in another cable until the plane is stopped. be sent by parcel | D. | Q. Can packages post to Cuba?—N. D. A. Since March 1, 1928, there has! been no parcel post exchange with Cuba. Negotiations are soon to begin looking to the re-establishment of a parcel post conventios { Q. What became of the stadium which was built in Philadelphia for the Sesquicentennial Exposition?—J. A. A. The stadium was removed in sec- tions and erected at Starlight Park, Borough of the Bronx, New York City, and is now known as the New York Coliseum and used for boxing exhibi- tions, mass meetings and the like. Q. Who can change the time used in a city from Central to Eastern standard time?—A. W. A. The Interstate Commerce Com- mission passes upon such changes. Q. Has the Newberry Medal been awarded this year?—S8. E. fm"" l:‘he l‘;jlv‘*;berry Dg;g\al was awarded e ¢ ren’s k “Hitty,” by Rachel Field. " ) Q. Why do some brick walls exude a white substance which stains the brick?—L. R. A. It is probably a white alkaline solution which exudes from the pores of bricks which have been imperfectly miked or burnt. When the mixture of clay which is to be put into a brick mold is uneven or unbalanced, especially if an alkaline clay is used, the inside of the brick is not properly baked to the same consistency as the outside and consequently the moisture which is con- tained in the solution in the inside of the brick works out and streams down the side of the wall of which the brick is a part. Q. Are Indian head pennies to be worth a dollar or a dime at th Fair in 1933?—E. D. S A. The widespread rumors that these pennies will have increased value at that time are without foundation, o & Where is Bliss Carman buried?— A. He died in Connecticut, but was buried in his native town, Fregericton, New Brunswick. On the house where he spent his boyhood days, a bronze tablet has been unveiled, bearing the inscription: “In this house lived Bliss Carman, Canadian bard and interna- tionally Tloved poet. 1861-1929. This tablet is erected by the Imperial Order, Daughters of the Empire in New Brunswick. Earth of my mother earth, spirit to Thee.” 1. HASKIN. A. It is estimated that there are about 15,000 conventions of various kinds each year. THe cbst of them approximates $225,000,000, and about 3,000,000 people are in attendance. Q Why was Rio de Janeiro so named? A. Translated, it means River of Jan- uary. An early explorer, De Sousa, sail- ed into the bay upon the 1st of January. He thought it was a river and gave it the name. The city took its name from the bay. Q. Pleass give a biograp! original Tom Thumb.—C. F. A. Charles Stratton, known as Tom Thumb, was born in 1837 of normal parents. He showed no peculiarity untii the agé of 7, when he ceased to grow normally. In 1842 he was d covered by Phineas yior Barnum. When he was 25 years old he had reach- ed the height of only 31 inches. In 1844 he visited England and was an extraor- dinary success. After extensive travel he again visited England in 1855, In 1863 he married Lavinia Warren, the minute American. Tom Thumb was perfect in proportion, active and intel- / ligent. ¢ hy of the B. © Did the Indians communicate with each ?'thvr at night by flaming arrows? A. James Mooney gives the followi regarding shooting a_ flaming arrow at night as a signal: “Methods of setting fire to an enemy’s camp or fottified vil- lage by means of lighted combustibles attached to arrows were in general use down to a recent period, but the state- ment by one author that the Sfoux had an elaborate system of signaling at night by means of fiery arrows requires confirmation.” R What is the secretion thrown off Q. by :mgs which discolors the water? A. The Bureau of Fisherie~ says tha Sbrimps do not throw off a n’croun; Which discolors the water, but that this fluid is discharged by the squids, which frequently travel in schools of + shrimps. This discharge is a thin black fluid which oceurs in sacs in the bodies cgc:li,lnag'npndil and Is used as a pro- enable the animal when being pursued. Jry e Q. Who was Trilby - pression “Trilby fou{"?flawg‘.' o A. Trilby, & model, was the heroine of a novel by du Maurier, and a Trilby ;:z means a small, perfectly formed What is the new plan of the Gen- ]‘:‘.’I?ctflc Co. to aid its unemplny:g? A, Through equal contributions by the employes and the company, Gen= eral Electric will raise money for an un= employment fund, enabling its workmen who are laid off through bus \de= pression still to be kept on the pay roll, Any employe with continuous service with the company of a year or more , may agree to pay into a trust fund about 1 per cent of his earnings for a period of three years, so long as they are {9 per cent or more of his average full-time weekly or monthly earnings, Of the total fund thus created, up to 3 per cent will be available for the relief of employes or former employes in need. The General Electric Co. would itself contribute to an equal extent to that of the participating employes. Q. How many loaves of bread will & * hundred pounds of flour make?-—J. M. L. A. It depends somewhat upon the formula used, size of loaf, and the method of baking. Ordinarily, 145 to 150 loaves are made to a hundred eral’ Q. How many conventions are held in the United States each year?—B, N. pounds of flou Primary Tri(;l; Wins Symp While many are inclined to class Senator Norris of Nebraska as an inde- pendent rather than a Republican be- cause of his record as a member of Congress and his support of the Demo- cratic nominee for President, the coun- try is unanimous in condemning the strategy that Plnced a practically un- known man of the same name in the running against him for the Republican nomination. The court action deciding against the other Norris because of de- lay in filing is looked upon as a fortu- nate solution. “It 18 one thing for his Republican opponents to beat him, if they can, inl a fair and square primary contest, or for his Democratic opponents to try fairly and honestly to defeat him in the | election,” declares the Omaha World- Herald. “But it would be quite another thing to retire him on an election law ambiguity that denied him a show for | his white alley.” . “'A scurvy trick seems to have been squelched in court,” avers the Balti-| more Sun, “but if it had not been | squelched in that way it would have been in some other. Voters are too de- | cent to put up with such barefaced tricks. Nobody but a pack of fools would have tried it. The trick was so stupid and transparent, indeed, that it suggests that Senator Norris' success in the past in Nebraska has not been due solely to his merits. The asininity of his enemies may also have cantributed to his victories. One must seek rather far to find political strategy feebler than that which at one stroke gives a man like Senator Norris the benefit of popular sympathy and also advertises that his strength is so great that his foes do not believe they can beat him in a fair fight." * x %k “This is political chicanery of the | tawdriest character,” asserts the Buffalo Evening News, while the Hartford Cou- rant, conceding that “the Nebraska Sen- | ator may seem a bit too radical in his | views on public questions,” and that “he may at times show a spirit of per- verseness and vindictiveness,” yet holds that “nobody can entertain any ques- tion as to his honesty, Ris sincerity of purpose or his courage,” And concludes that “attempts to defeat him by under- hand methods probably will have no other effect than winning for him sym- pathy which may easily be translated into votes.” Recognizing “an element in Nebraska politics determined to beat the Sen- ator,” the Waterloo Tribune is of the opinion that of the severay regular can- didates against him in the primary, | “none looks of sufficient strength to re- | tire the veteran, who has served almost 18 years in the Senate and before that | 10 years in the House.” Of the second George W. Norris, the | Broken Bow grocer. the Chattanorea News remarks: “We are rorry the | court didn't throw his name out on the ground that his filing was an example of political trickerv and sub- terfuge " The News adds: “Petty elec- tion officials in this country have all sorts of liberty in throwing out honest ballot« after they are cast. and. in counting corrupt ballots as legal We do not see why the courts occasionally cannot protect the sanctity of the ballot box in advance by showing initiative and courage. “Obviously the hope was to confuce the voters,” thinks the Columbus Ohia State Journal, with the statement that “unfortunately such trickery % npt for- bidden by law.” The Syracuse Herald. suspects that “the grocer who hes <o | suddenly leaped to national fame on | account of his name had little or noth- | iig to do with its origination” and | views him and his name “simpfy as a | handy lever for the machine politicians who have been trying to down the other Norris.” The Houston Chronicle feels that “some way should be found to eliminate ‘joke’ candidacies from ‘he primaries of the Nation.” The South | Bend Tribune points out that “duplira- | | | | | Mr. Brown, shall not be elected. OSSO S But Others Do. From the Savannah Mornide News. It does look as if only a goose would commit his case to a quack doctor, tion of name, perhaps resorted to in most instances to split the vote for the benefit of certain candidates, exists in the Nebraska campaign in a volume | robably unequaled in any other | :nyt‘ning for pothing as the re in Nebraska athy for Norris irregular as a man in politics can be* says the Kansas City Times, “yet he always takes advantage of the Re- blican label in running for office. ut, in spite of this record, it was & pretty cheap trick.”. The Times con- tinues: “If Senator Norris had been disposed to be scrupulous he would have flled as an independent of his own cheice, for he has little claim on the Republican classification. Never- theless, neither his alignment nor the free choice of the people should be sub- ject to this cheap and unworthy po- litical trick, which has failed.” “People generally like fair play. This , isn't.” states the Louisville Couriere Journal. “The regular variety of Ne- braska Republicans may resent what they consider Norris' party heresy, but they ought to beat him in a straight- out contest, as the North Carolina Democrats beat Senator Simmons. Their leaders manifest doubt of their ability to do so by this transparent trick. It magnifies Norris." The Bangor Commercial calls the at- tempt to defeat the Senator “clumsy and certain to fail,” although it be- lieves “it might not be unmitigated error if Norric were beaten.” The Charleston Daily Mail contends that if the Senator had run as an inde- pendent “this would not have changed conditions much, for, although he pre- fers to run for office as a Republican and thus have the support of the or- ganization in the election, no sooner has he been elected than he discards all party obligations.” “There are a good many persons in ‘Washington and Nebraska and el where,” thinks the Manchester Uaion, “who will take the view that if Sena- tor Norris were to run as an inde- pendent he would be classifying him- self more properly than he could by the use of the Republican label.” The Madl'on, Wis., State Journal says: “We believe Senator Norris should be defeated, but we do not desire his de- feat shall be encompassed by methods plainly intended to mislead the voters.” Upholding a sense of fair play, the St. Paul Pioneer Press yet records: “Senator Norris bolted the Reptblican party in 1928 and is one of the stanch- est of the senatorial irregulars. It is, therefore, not without rcason that he has become anathema to the regular faction of the Republican party, -both in Washington and Nebraska." e ) ’ Public Always Pays For Price War Fun From the Ann Arbor Daily News. Out on the Pacific Coast motor car fucl has been dirt cheap lately. Five cents a gallon was the price quoted in some cities. It seems reasonable ‘o ask how the oil men can make money at such prices, but the answer is, of course, that they don’t. There are more gasoline price wars than any other Kind in thess United , States. And it is rather nice, from the public point of view, to have cheap gasoline _occasionally. Unfortunately, fev operators of automobiles are pro- vided with the storage facilities to iake full advantage of the bargains wnen they are offered. Keen competition is the causs of the | veducticn, and the public usually bene- fts from competition in the sale of mer- chandise. It is well for those benefiting from the cheap gasoline to understand, however, that the motive of such a price war 18 to eliminate competition. Uni- form prices are sought, and that amounts to a monopoly, so far as the buying public is concerned. ‘THe public pays eventually in some way. What appears superficially to be a public benefit is really a step in thg opposite direction. Nobody s getting t of ny price war. ————— o Elks Threatened With Blessing. From the New London Day. Boston Elks can have back their char- ter If they go out of the hotel business. A ot of hotel men in these not-so- ping t'mes of ce will tell the Bos- tate.” “Senator Nerris Jwn Ween about ab ton sort that penalty 15 really