Evening Star Newspaper, October 1, 1930, Page 8

‘THE EVE.NING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1930. 1E MNING STAR |[ed ofl interests, not cnly failing to up- | The tree sifters certainly demonstrated Edition. . WASHINGTON, D. C. EDNESDAY . .. .October 1, 1930 ‘Rate by Carrier Within the City. nine Star. <4, 45¢ ver month and Sunday ‘Star ndays + ;. -60¢ per month nd Sunday Siar days) ..........8 Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. #nd Sunday... 1 vr.r10.00: 1 mo.. 85¢ enly .. 1yr. 36.00: 1 mo., 50¢ ¥y only 1yr. $4.00; 1 mo.. 40c All Other States and Canada. y and Sunday. .] vr..$12.00: 1 mo.. $1.00 iy only e | $8.00° 1 S lay only 5.00, 1 mo. Member of the Associated Press. Associnted Press is exclusively entitled #o the use for republication of all news dis- firhes credited to it or ot otherwise cred- in this paper and also the local news Jublished, herein, "All rights of publication of dispatches herein are 1lso reserved. -— The President’s Speeches. Not even excepting his speech of Mcceptance in 1928 or his inaugural @ddress in 1929, have any utterances by Herbert Hoover been awaited with such expectancy as those he is about to deliver in Ohio, Massachusetts and North Carolina. The President is off today on this partial swing around the circle, by way of the opening world series clash at Philadelphia. Tomor- Tow night at Cleveland Mr. Hoover will #peak before the American Banker: Association. Next week he will appear before the American Legion and the American Federation of Labor in Bos- ton. The day following the President ‘will be heard in Dixie on the anniver- sary of the Battle of Kings Mountain. ‘The variety of the occasions and the . differing nature of his respective audi- | ences will offer the Chief Executive ample opportunity to discuss the state ©f the Nation in the multifarious phases of it now engrossing the people’s atten- | tion. Naturally, his banking forum at Cleveland provides atmosphere in which it will be appropriate for Mr. Hoover | to deal with the overshadowing ques- #ion of business depression. In its offi- clal organ the Bankers’ Assoclation wventures to sound the keynote for to- morrow’s address before that body. since the President made his e public declaration on ess | conditions,” it says in discussing this ‘Week's conclave of high finance on the shore of Lake Erle. The new | tariff nas begun to work itself out, m;ohzlmenh have been made to Commission, commodity prices have continued downward, the drought has given the farmer an- burden, the census has of production, distribution tion have arisen, the has cl and theory the United States is in investigated by three tal bodies. Nation’s bankers, but try awaits, with burning Hoover's news and views subjects. The President is to the fact that he is blamed for the out-of-joint- of the times. The administration’s political opposition, with its clamor ‘about the “Hoover prosperity,” has ele- . vated that accusation to the level of the | paramount issue during” the pending | econgressional campaign. Ir so far as the Republicans have ment into the stabilization scales at a moment when panic seemed just over the horizon. No amount of sheer par- ' tisan attack can rob Herbert Hoover of credit for that achievement—action ‘which is destined to appear in its full magnituce in less controversial and economically happier times. The - President announces that his Ampending speeches will not be “politi- cal” in character. In the sense that he - will in no way intrude into the election eampaigns raging in the several States he is to visit, his declared purpose of eschewing “politics” will, of course, be #chieved. But in the realm of that higher politics, which has to do with “the affairs of all the people—which is the supreme province of government— Mr. Hoover has the floor, He is not likely to miss his opportunity for plain, helpful and informative speaking. ! Incidentally, his trip through Penn- #ylvania and Ohio and into New Eng- land and the South should supply a fair test of the President’s status, amid the prevailing unpleasantness, in widely separated and typical parts of the re- public. In all respects, the Hoover travels in October are of outstanding ignificance. ¥ ———— It is sald that the old-fashioned | “stump speaker” is going out of the political picture. In the process of de- forestation that leaves stumps in slight regard, the microphones stand ready 10 replace them in popular attention. ——— Mr. Kelley's 0il Scandal. Ong must of course credit Mr. Ralph Kriley with having fully realized in advance the grave consequences of charging the Secretary and the Depert- | ment of the Interlor with what Mr. ‘Wilbur interprets as “misfeasance in connection with the administration of public lands.” He could not have ex- pected that his letter would be accepted | ‘merely as a formal ground for severing his connection with the department after a service of twenty-five sears and that the matter would drop with ac- ceptance of his resignation. this, he is obviously prepared to submit specifications in connection with the rather general indictment of the Secre- tary and the Department of the Interior contained in his letter. This he will have plenty of oppor- tunity to do. The Secretury has de- elined to accept his resignagjon pending an investigation of the charges by the Department of Justice, while Senator Nye and others have indicated that the Senate will go into the matter. The quicker it is done the better. One may Test assured that no one will be more anxious than the administration for a|perches in which to Test for the sake | full and exhaustive inquiry. 3 Such an inquiry sheuld not be diffi-| Knowing | hold the rights of the public, but ap- parently to its detriment; and that the grant cf these concessions has been brought about by political and “other pressure™ on the Secretary of the In- tericr. The activity of these companies so favored by the Department of the Interior has been shown “in great de- tail” by reports from Mr. Kelley during a five-year period, he says in his letter of resignation. It ought to be a simple matter to secure the reports, examine the basis for recommendations contained therein and to obtain from the Secretary of | the Interior his explanation of the de- { partment’s policy, which was obviously contrary to what Mr. Kelley thought it should be. If the policy was dictated by political or other pressure, an ex- amination of the history of each case, together with the individuals interested, ought to show whether Mr. Kelley had just cause for his suspicions. Few questions are more subject to bitter controversy than those involving the correct administration of public |lands. Those who disagree with ‘he policy in force can always attribute sinister motives behind it. Mr. Kellcy, with a good record of lengthy Govern- ment service and familiar as he must be with the varicus phases of public | land administration, must have been moved by something more than mere personal disagreement as'to policy when he preferred his charges. If not, the results of his charges may be serious | to himself. But that is a matter that an inquiry wibl settle in short order and the Department of the Ihterior is as anxious for an investigation as Mr. Kelley is. ————— Smith and Politics. Alfred E. Smith of New York is at work again in his most familjar field —politics. The former Governor of New York and Democratic nominee for President in 1928, after two years of comparative quiet, is back in the arena again. His entry took place yestercay, when he nominated his friend, Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt, for Governor ‘at the Democratic State convention of New York. His address to the conven- tion was typically an Al Smith address. The kind that the people of New York have come to know and applaud. There was comedy and fight running all through it. Mr. Smith indicated in his acdress that he intended to be very active dur- ing October in the political campaign. Outside of New York, as well as with- | in its boundaries, the former Governor | said, he would have abundant oppor- | tunity to deal with the Republican ad- ministration. It has been reported that Gov. Smith would go into Massachu- setts to deliver one or two addresses for the Democratic candidates for Gov- ernor and Senator in that State, a State which deserted its allegiance to the Republican party two years ago and gave its electoral votes to Gov. Smith. He is slated to speak during the cam- paign over a national radio hook-up in the interests of the Democratic party generally. ‘The former Governor of New York clearly indicate¢ in Syracuse yesterday that he has lost none of his facility for public speaking The crowd roared its approval of his sallies. He waded into the Republicans and sought to an- swer their criticisms of the Democratic State administration. He chided the Republicans with going only part way in their right-about-face on the na- tional prohibition issue. The prohibition issue, a source of weakness to the Democrats in their 1928 presidential campaign, is a vastly dif- ferent thing for the Democratic party in New York. It is quite clear from the speech delivered by Gov. Smith yester- day and from the utterances of Gov. Roosevelt that the Democrats intend to cling to this issue, even in the face of the Republican platform declaration for the repeal of the eighteenth amend- ment. The Democrats have sought to make their own platform far stronger in their demand for repeal. The general impression prevails in New York, how- ever, that the Republicans have by their adoption of a repealer platform and the nomination of Charles H. Tuttle, who demands repeal, effectually taken this ' | issue out of the campaign. How far Gov. Smith’s incursion into | polities this month of October will take | him remains to be seen. Much will de- | pend upon the reception which is given | { to his campaigning in the national field. | Roosevelt y is the most-talked-of | presidential possibility of the Demo- cratic party for 1932. But there is the chance that Gov. Roosevelt may not ! make the grade in this election; that | he may be defeated by Mr. Tuttle. If he !should suffer such defeat his chances |for the presidential nomination would | shrink greatly. | Everywhere during the present year Democrats who deserted the Smith standard in 1928 have been disciplined | by their party associates. This has been true in the South particularly. There are followers of Al Smith who insist that were he to become the Democratic | standard bearer again in 1932 he would !fare far differently in all’ parts of the country than he did in 1928. Gov. Smith has never said that he would not be & candidate for President again. He | has declared, indeed, that any man who undertook to say what he would or | would not do several years in the future | was & fool. ———— Resentment is unavoidable when So- | viet Russia appears to assume more | expertness in the grain market than | the Chicago Board ‘of Trade itself. g i A Year of Endurance Tests. The “season” that is just closing has | been marked by a number of notable endurance contests, setting high records for American grit and persistence, folly and notoriety-seeking. There have been tree sitters and pole sitters, | in addition to the usual marathon | dancers and ple eaters. Early in the | season two young men out in.Illinois | made a new endurance record for fly- |ing ap airplane with refueling contacts {and a little later two other young men |at St. Louls broke that record and made a new one that will perhaps |stand for a year. Every city had its | tree sitters, both male and female, though mostly the former. Some of them came to grief by falling asleep ,and likewise falling to the ground. The wise ones were those who chose low ,0f a possible record. nothing of value to sclence or to society. So far as is known none of them is the richer for his waste of time unless here and there a long-dis- tance percher got a job from an emotional admirer. William Sullivan of Philadelphia makes a record for 1930 that stands out beyond the tree sitters. Just as soon as it was decided beyond question that the first base ball game of the world series would b: played in Phila- of the general admission ticket window at Shibe Park in the City of Brotherly Love, equipped with a folding chair and & suit case containing toilet necessaries. That was last Friday night. The first game is being played today. Sullivan had before um a wait of four and a half days before he could have the great honor and privilege of being the first through the gates into the arena of classic contest this morning. Soon after he took his position Frank Yaco- vone, also of Philadelphia, joined him in the line, and following Yacovone were Byron R. Anderson and wife of Belvedere, Ill. These names are worthy of note, for their owners are to be hailed as endurance competitors of high quality. Sullivan's fame has been assured by the taking of motion pic- tures of him engaged in shaving at the ticket window, surrounded by a crowd of admiring p:rsons to whom the spec- tacle of a man reducing his facial foliage was scemingly a novelty, Now that Sullivan has made a four- and-a-half-day record for heading the line of the world series base ball spec- year somebody will try to beat him to it. It may be that the standing at the gate will start even before the decision is rendered as to the line-up for the series. There may be contestants for the honor in half a dozen cities taking their chances on their favorite teams winning pennants. The game is coming even to rival the na- tional sport its°lf in variety and in the ardor of its devotees. ————— Another yacht will be built by Sir ‘Thomas Lipton for racing purposes. Perhaps Sir Thomas might do well to call in a modern business doctor who will subject his yacht building to un- compromising scrutiny on scientific lines of efficiency. e e+ ‘The average citizen appears to ask little more of prohibition enforcement than that it will, without danger to the innocent bystander, go ahead and en- force. e After the Dawes plan and the Young plan, Germany is confronted with the possibility of dealing with the rather radical ideas of a Hitler plan. - SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. The Life Mechanistic. We're making living easy As we use the telephone, And the radio is breezy ‘With a message of its own. Even though the snowflakes glisten. ‘We'll repose twith joy complete And be happy while we listen, ‘With the automatic heat. Philosophers discerning Still assume to have their say, But life’s lessons we are learning In & mechanistic way. ‘The speech that seems unending May bewilder, more or less; But our joy is now depending On the button that we press. ‘The Statesman-Philosopher. “Do you approve of the use of money in an election?” “Certainly not,” Sorghum. “It is reported that you have a very large campaign fund.” “I don't approve of it. But a modern statesman must learn that he can’t have his own way all the time.” answered Senator Jud Tunkins says the mince ple sea- son is coming along, but you've got to take care that the cook isn't a prohibi- tion agent. Super-Salesmanship. My Radio! My Radio! You make me wondrous wise. Each day a-shopping forth I go For what you advertise, And when an orater grows gay With his rhetoric tricks T really learn to like the way You sell me politics. Expert Supervision. beef goes so high?” “I can’t say,” answered Cactus Joe, movies.” “What our ancestors taught,” sald Hi no benefit when we forget even our ancestors.” Profit From the Soil. ‘The farmer toiled and studied how ‘To make his losses less. Unless he strikes an oil well now His farm is no success. “A hoss race,” said Uncle Eben, “is most always at least a four-to-one shot, dependin’ on de owner, de trainer, de Jockey an' de hoss.” ——— Diet Fad Helps and Hurts, From the Hamilton (Ontario) Spectator. It is estimated that the diet fad has cost the farmers of North America mil- lions of dollars—and made almost as much for the grapefruit growe: p o Life Cheap With Rest. From the Louisville Times. Tires, gasoline, automobiles and hu- man life never were as cheap as they are today. o Best Sellers of Wheat. From the Worcester Daily Telegram. ‘The question is whether in the Chi- cago Tnln pit the Soviet has any right to be listed with the “six best sellers.” Footnotes Are Brain Work, Prom the Savannah Morning News. It requires real head work to write footnotes—that is, to do it handsomely. And heartily. e Burglar Took No Chances, Prom the Toledo Blade, Just what all this proved is not ex- cult. Mr. Kelley's broad charg: is that actly clear outside of the possible | department. has practiced o policy demonstration of airplane stability in 3 concessions to certain favor- the case of the two refueltng flights. who jimmied the lock on the safe, not- lling the withstanding the tel bination, m'n at ::39 been fooled by the water delphia, he took his position in .front' tators, it is almost a certainty that next | i THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. It was an cld house, in which the former tenants seemed to have left their troubles and sorrows. ‘Why is it that some old homes affect one s0? Surely it was not a matter, merely, of gloomy rooms, caused by the late afternoon, and the dark woodwork, and the somber walls. Nor could the musty smell of long shut rooms explain the feeling of sad- ness which crept over one, as he walked through the halls, the silence broken only by the footfalls. The atmosphere of the whole place was of a pattern. Great hedges bounded it on the front, sides and back, and there were lower hedges within hedges, marking the places where formal gardens had been. Tightly locked from the front, the back of the house was wide open, entrance. being easy by means of a door opening from the back porch into the yard. But, somehow, the calm of the front yard set the tone for what one found inside. It is not often that one stum- bles into such a silent frontage near a busy city. Mostly lawns are wide and open; but this one was private. The hedge was too high, too thick, to permit the curi- ous gaze of passersby to penetrate much. The uninvited visitor had to walk up the driveway, along which lilacs towered to a height of 10 to 15 feet. What is more beautiful than a- real lilac hedgs? It was easy to imagine them in full flower. in those mysterious years when the lilacs bloom. ‘Those who love the clean smell of lilacs know that it is not an annual fragrance, except in a small way. Only every now and then, perhaps twice in ten years, do the lilac bushes of an entire city burst forth into the full, fresh fragrance which delights the world, WA One went up the front steps, onto the semizlarge porch, and peered into the vestibule, but it was so dark inside endurance | that it was impossible to see anything. A vestibule! No, builders do not build vestibules any more. The modern fashion is for a direct entry into the living room, or 11 hal Vestibules went out with latrobes, curiously but naturally enough called after their inventor, the French Maj. Latrobe. Here was a- vestibule, like the high hedges, setting the tone of the interior. One juggled the handle of the big front door, to find it shut tightly. There was no entering here. Yet curiosity was unsatisfied. The big “For Rent” sign which hung askew over the front wall spoke of interesting sights inside. Even if one had no tention or need of renting, houses are always interesting. Some persons are interested in houses, just as others make ships their hobby. One does not have to be a builder, nor yet & realtor, to have an abiding inter- est in the visible home, the house. | Ho, the sage of Chinatown, “becomes Ml ‘We know of a sailor who is building two houses just for the fun of it. One of them has been practically completed for several years and has never had a “For Sale” sign on it. We know a sub- marine officer who spends most of his spare time constructing, with loving care, & model of the home he hopes to build some day. It is a beautiful thing. Here was an old house of good archi- tectural lines, yet speaking somehow of a bygone day, wrh-n of the horse-and- carriage days gone beyond recall. The front door was shut tight, but experi- ence taught that there might be some way to get in. As one stood on the porch he saw that the grounds, broad and deep, looked surprisingly well, con- sidering the drought. ‘The visitor stepped forward to go down a flight of stairs, only to pause on the brink, as he discovered that there was only & removed railing there to give the illusion of steps. A 5-foot tumble, when one is not expecting it, is no light thing. Luckily he drew back in time, recall- ing as he did so the famous scege in one of Robert Louis Stevenson's rovels in which the young hero climbs a pair \of stairs in the darkness, to discover, Just in the nick of time, as the heroes usually do, that one more step and he had landed in purgatory. * ok ok x ‘The visitor walked around to the back, where he found the open door. Gingerly he trod across the porch and pushed it open. Yes, it opened. He was sure that it would. Somehow the ex- perience would not have been complete if the door had been locked. It is a curious feeling, this of sequence, in the small things and happenings of life. It was an old kitchen. Kitchens, like human beings, are young, have their middle ages and then grow old, and it is not with them so much a maiter of lack of strength as a question of being outmoded. This was an old kitchen. The way the gas stove was backed up to a chim- ney was old. The large cracks in the | celling were obviously old. The laun- dry tubs were at one side, maybe be- cause the basement would not drain. The visitor stepped almost timidly |into another room. It was very dark. | A queer fabric, almost a tweed, covered |the walls. Huge chandeliers of past dec- |ades hung from the center of three | ceilings he could see from where he, | stood, He walked into another room. Curi- ous wall lights, huge, ugly, stood forth primly. Sadly the visitor thought that in their day they must have been held to have been beautiful, or they never would have been permitted there, For this house obviously was a home of culture and wealth, The pine floors, in such a large house, spoke of past days, when pine floors had not given way to the vogue for hardwood. ‘These rooms were “parlors,” not liv- ing rooms. The visitor shuddered, How could any one live here, amid these memories, these gloomy memories? Like n‘;nve, a feeling of sadness crept over Those who had gone had left their sorrows and sadness behind them. No amount of paint, he felt, would blot it out. Surely it would be an interesting experiment, to come in with 10 gallons of cream-colored paint, preferably of a dull finish, and try to lighten the whole place with the magic of the painter’s brush. It would take more than 10 gallons, he kept telling himself, rather sadly. There are some things that cannot be blotted out by paint. This house was & good house, no doubt it was held at a very high price, but time had over- taken it, and left it behind. It was outmoded, Houses built within the past 20 years looked differ- ently. Here was a home which had passed its prime, and was now very old, ancient in those subtle things which g0 to make up the mind and soul of a house, rather than its muscles, bones and sinews. From the exterior it ap- peared a good house, but one step with- in brought the visitor to a realization that, had he wanted a house to rent, this one would never do—for him. Carefully he closed the back door, and went down the steps. It was good to get out beyond those hedges, into the clear atmosphere of the street, with its sunshine, its clouds overhead, its roaring motor cars. Is happiness, after all, on motion, rather than si- lence? He did not know. WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS BY FREDERIC Advent of Qctober ushers in the con- gressional campalgn 100 per cent. From now until Tuesday, November 4, the political welkin will ring with a vengeance. Heavy as the firing has been already, it was merely & skirmish compared to the battle royal to waged during the next five weeks. Not since the 1918 off-year election, in which Woodrow Wilson made his ill- starred effort to win & Congress sympa- thetic with his war and peace policiés, has there been a campaign of such in- tensity and bitterness. To date, apathy has prevailed nearly everywhere, except in spots where passions ran high in rimary fights. With election day near- g, interest is rising rapidly. Results are awaited with almost unprecedented concern by both Republicans and Democrats. There is deep-seated be- lief that 1930 will be a barometer for | 932, * kK X History may describe the pending fray> as the campaign of the mimeo- aph and microphone. Never before ave the two parties utilized on s0 ex- tensive a scale the typed statement and the radio for opinion-molding pur- poses. The net result is the practical obliteration of the old-time mass meet- ing and stump speech. All over the country candidates are haranguing their voters along traditional lines, but wherever possible they are broadcasting, in order to reach tens of thousands at one volley, instead of & few hundreds which attend “rallies.” The Repub- lican and Democratic high commands “Why do you suppose the price of lat Washington are concentrating on “news releases,” or what the press gal- lery irreverently calls “handouts,” and on the radio. Broadcasting facilities “unless it's because so many of the have been placed at the disposal of high-class cowboys have gone into the | both parties this year free, gratis and ‘They are taking liberal for nothing. vl .- In 1932 time and advantage of them. 1| space on the wave lengths will cost real money. * %k X % This ubserver is just back from a dash into the Middle West. In this typical cross-section of the American people in terest is discoverable in only two ques tions—business depression and prohtbi- tion, There's boundless eagerness to know Washington's view of the outlook for better times. Largely as a result of the Democrats’ merciless propaganda, blame 15 widely attached to the Hoover administration for the slump now skid- ding into its second ycar. Here and there one encounters indications that the President is not coming under quite so ferocious attack as in the past. The explanation is that Hoover has been “knocked” so violently that a reaction in his favor has set in. He will disap- point a multitude of expectant ears all the way from the Atlantic to the Missis- sippi if he does not say something worth while about business to the Lankers at Cleveland tomortow. * X ¥ % At Boston on October 6 Mr. Hoover vill face two of the most powerful or- ganizations in the United States—the | American Legion and the American Federation of Labor. Neither of them is bone For some reason, escaped general notice that Represen tives Cramton and Hudson, Republica; of Michigan, were denied renomination last month mainly because the new ex- service men’s an'i-prohibition otgani- zation, the American Veterans’ - tion, singled them out for slaughter, Two years hence, according to present plans, the association will clear for ac- tion against all dry congressional can- didates regardless of party. The fights on cr‘nmn and Hudson were waged as @ test®f the body's strength. The Fed- eration of Labor will go formally cn rec- ord at Boston in fayor of 2.75 per cent beer, Whether tae President will select either his Leglon or federation speech as the vehicle for an up-to-date pro- nouncement on “the noble experiment” 1t is now believed the Boston burglar | decidedly remains to be scen, L If anybody has doubts as to the over- smaowh ‘importance the world llo arrangements for October remove them. It was criginaily it has WILLIAM WILE., planned to broadcast both of Mr. Hoover's Boston speeches, morning and afternoon. But as it was discovered that the Federation of Labor sddress would conflict with a clash between the Athletics and the Cardinals, it was un- hesitatingly decided to “can” the presi- dential broadcast and give way to the ball game. It is said that Hoover him- self s0 ordained. * ok x % From Illinols comes word that “Jim Ham” Lewis is rousing the rabble with a prohibition wisecrack that unfailingly gels across. “A man was making & speech,” says Lewis, “and declared that if he had his way, he'd take all the wine and beer in the country and dump it into the deep, deep sea.” Somebody in the audience yelled out to the speechmaker, ‘What are you, & pro- hibitionist?’ The speaker replied, ‘No, my {riend, I'm a deep sea diver.’” * k *x x Allen Sinclair Will of Columbia and Rutgers, the gifted biographer of Cardinal Gibbons, was in Washington the other day. He said he was almost tempted to write a third volume be- cause of a brand-new story which only recently came to his attention. Gibbons was a great diner-out in Baltimore and much in demand as an honor guest. A hostess more famed for the brilliancy of her entertalnments than for her tact once fired point-blank at the cardinal this leading question, “Your eminence, do you really believe in the infallibility of the Pope?” The cultured old prelate P:used a second, and/then, with one of his most engaging smiles, replied, “Well, madame, when I was last in Rome, the holy father said, I was taking leave, ‘Farewell, Jibbons.' * ok ok x Harry F. Gu[ie-n eim, American Am- bassador to Cuba, has just had pub- lished in a de luxe edition his essays on aviation, under the title of “The Seven Skies.” The edition is limited to 100 coples and many of the aviator- diplomat’s Washington friends are the happy recipients of personally inscribed volumes. ~Mr. Guggenheim is Lind- | bergh's closest personal friend. He calls the colonel “Slim,” Lindy's old nick- name in the airmail service. “The Seven Skies” pays the world’s most famous flyer eloquent tribute, * K K x Raymond T. Baker of Nevada and points East Is back in Washington from a year's trip around the world, as debonair a fashion-plate as ever, The former director of the mint and Mrs. Baker have toured Russia, Japan, China, Siam, India, Egypt and most of Western Europe since October last. Mr. Baker was particularly interested in obs:rving under Soviet conditions the Czarist Russia he knew as secretary to the American Ambassador at Petrograd in 1914, 1915 and 1916. “Red Russia,” says the sheik of the sagebrush, “has undoubtedly many pluses to its credit, but a great many minuses, as well. The day may come when it will be all right for the United States to recognize Moscow, but if my advice were asked, I should say that we should move slowly in that direction.” (Copyright, 1930.) o Mayonnaise Too Often. From the Ashland (Ky.) Daily Independent. Life is not all dark. Every once in a while the wife serves something without mayonnaise dressing. ———— Once More Recognizable, Piom the Savaunah Morning News. At least three Latin American coun- tries have become recognizable again— at least Uncle Sam recognizes again Peru, Bolivia and Argentina. e r——— TInterest of Different Kind. From the Huilton (Ontario) Spectator. W. R. Angell, president of Continental Motors Corporation, says: “The uncer- i1y e rest on the \mortgage, {Baa 'Nation’s Future Rich With Possibilities To the Editor of The Star: Since the World War the prediction is frequently made that the total col- lapse of our ‘American civilization s inevitable. A review of our previous history produces an optimism that positively precludes any such probabil- ity. It may be true that we have reached another crisls in our national progress—that we are passing through | & transition similar to or, at least, no more cminous than previous ones, only to emerge more self-cognizant and self- confident for the experience. We admit that there are elements of weakness in our present social and economic struc- ture, but at the same time even the amateur analyst must concede _that there is abundant evidence of undefly- ing forces fully adequate and depend- able to remedy these weaknesses before they develop into catastrophe. The most obvious and deplorable weakness in our present life is the al- most total absence of poise and seri- | ousness in our young people, who ap- parently lack the dominating stamina and decision that must underlie any stable, secure and satisfactory national structure. This condition may be due to the fact that no special emergency exists to call into exercise the dormant forces that would quickly spring into action and control at the beckon of an incent Again, our national destiny is not so obvious as at some previous periods; our immediate future is beclouded and complicated by perplexing problems pressing for solution. This makes the planning of a career on the part of our young generation a somewhat difficult and hazardous undertaking, which may, in part, account for their apparent in- difference and lack of seriousness. For years the jazz characteristic has dominated our music, but is now de- cisively on the decline. The flimsy and jazzy has permeated our literature, but is now remaining unsold. It has af- fected our art and architecture, but the public is surfeited with the superficial in all lines and is reacting with a most healthy and hopeful disapprobation. Yet with all these positive reactions our immediate future reveals a field rich with opportunity for those who will recognize life as real and earnest and ‘who will respond with a serious and de- termined will.to the call for men to blaze the way to a new national life. If our young people can inject a little more soberness and practicability into their outlook upon life and come to a fuller realization of the part that they must inevitably play in our future civilization, we have no fear of the success of the high ideals which have hitherto guided our course. DAVID A. TAYLOR. ———— An Earnest Plea for a Cleaner Washington To the Editor of The Star: I have a_suggestion to make. It is that The Star make a campaign for clean streets in our beautiful city. We used to have them before the automobile came into such general use. Now the people who ride in automo- biles drop papers or whatever small waste they have in hand into the street and are whizzed away so fast from the place where it dropped that they hardly see the untidiness they have made. Then the pedestrian comes along. He has a letter in hand which he has finished with. He tears it to bits. What shall he do with the pleces? Why, there is already trash in the street, a little more or less will make no difference, so down onto the street, or sidewalk, go his bits of paper. The next person to come along is en- joying a nice piece of chocolate candy. He has no use for the tinfoil in which it has been wrapped, so onto the street it goes to join the rest of the trash. Besides, it is the business of the Street- cleaning Department to clean it all up, so what difference does it make how much trash we drop about. It makes just this difference: We never see the streets clean any more, for as soon as the cleaning is done the dropping begins again. And the clean- ing is never thoroughly done—it can’t be, for the wind takes a hand and puts many a bit of trash beyond the reach of the cleaner and the big street brooms always leave a residue of small trash in the corners. Only if every one in the community will stop dropping trash around will we again have clean streets. For the automobilists who come in from out- side we might put up signs on the main thoroughfares leading into the ecity, something like this—‘Welcome to our clean city—please help us keep it so.” ‘We might offer prizes for the shortest and best legends to put on these signs. The police might help the campaign by having any one they saw dropping anything stop and pick it up again. The District government should buy vacuum cleaners for our streets to take the place of the out-of-date apparatus now being used on them. If you will just start & campaign for clean streets, and get the com- munity interested and everybody work- ing for it, individually and collectively, we can have them, and this, our city, will be a much pleasanter place for each and every one of us to live in. People used to refrain from dropping paper in the street because it would scare the horses. Get them to think! of another reason just as good and you will see that they will respond. Take and large, we are not such a t in this city. . rd ETHEL OWEN, et Better Street Car Service Would Draw Patronage To the Editor of The Star: In s recent issue of The Star Mr. W. E. Ailen hits the nail squarely on the head when he says that the “Street Cars Are Doomed,” and gives the outstanding reason, the proneness of the traction companies to fight the public and give as little service as possible. 1 wish again to call attention to the outrageous condition of the street car servi in .Southeast Washington on Pennsylvania avenue east of Eighth street, low joints, flat wheels, rough tracks and old dilapidated cars making day and night hideous with a never-end- ing nerve-racking noise. & Wiy is it that street car corporations are not compelled to keep abreast of the times with modern equipment such as motorized cars with noiseless tires, comfortable seats and sheltered stations and rest rooms? Why are they not com- pelled to keep their tracks smooth and in good repair? Why are they not com- pelled to have a schedule that will meet the requirements and necessities of the traveling patrons? If the street car companies would merge their interests and cut their over- head cxpenses in two, glye comfortable quick service, reduce the fare to 5 cents and show & disposition to serve their pa- trons instead of gouging them, they would | soon find their patronage more than doubled and a profit instead of & deficit in thair monthly reports. C. G. DEGMAN. r——— Safety Zone Should Be Inviolate Even at Night To_the Editor of The Star: In reading the editorial in a recent issue _of The Star headed “Unreason-|C] able Erforcement,” it becomes apparent that the motorists are once again being eulogzed. The implication is that their movements are always 100 per cent per- fect. I am not a motorist myself, and do not want to get into any argument regarding this question. In this particu- lar instance you say here was no other traffic on the street when a mo- torist, at a late hour, ran through a “safety gone.” Such being the case, why was it necessary for the motor car to pe criven through the safety zone, since it is the law that you are not to drive through them whether they are occupled or not? This law is sometimes violated, end it has been known that people have besn knocked down when standing therein, waiting for the street ‘oam J. HALLAM. ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC Few Americans realize how much their Government does for them. Read- ers of The Evening Star can draw on all Government activities through our free information service. The world's greatest libraries, laboratories and ex- Perimental stations are at their com- mand. Ask any question of fact and it will be answered, free, by mail direct to you. Inclose 2-cent stamp for reply postage and address The Evening Star Information Bureau, Frederic J. Haskin, director, Washington, D, C. Q. What does the abbreviation Q. How many people in the United States live in cities of 100,000 or over, and how many of these cities are there? A. According to the preliminary fig- ures of the 1930 census there are 94 cities of 100,000 or more in the United States, and they have an aggregate population of approximately 36,400,000, Q. How big a harrow can be used with a tractor?—F. R. A. Harrows to be drawn by tractors have been built that are 65 feet wide in 16 sections. Q. What is the greatest pressure that can be created?—F. D, A A. The record pressure s said to have been 600,000 pounds per square inch with which Prof. Percy W. Bridgman of Harvard University turmed water into ice hot enough to boil an egg. Q What ship has the highest masts? A. The transatlantic liner Majestlc, l\:z,}lmse mast tip is 229 feet above water e. Q. What does the word “cover” mean in stock market transactions?—L. O. A. Cover is an English expression and is rarely heard in this country., It is the equivalent of margin—the money deposited with a broker when one does not purchase stock outright. Q. Do royalties call each other cousin because practically all the royal fami- lies are related?—T, C. F. A. Since the sixteenth century the word “cousin” has been used by sovereigns as an honorific style in addressing per- sons of exalted, but not equal sovereign rank, the term “brother” being the style used by one sovereign in address- ing another, Q. What kind of a flower is the gewan?—D. 8. A. Gowan is the name popular], given in Scotland to the daisy, i X Q. How much money did Henry Clay Frick leave to charity?—M. K. A. Mr, Frick divided his residuary estate, estimated at $50,000,000, among various hospitals and educational and charitable institutions, Q. What is a gambrel roof>—R. E. S.. A. A gambrel roof is one in which, on each side of the ridge, there are two slopes, the lower more steep, the upper less so, and which has gables at the end walls. It is particularly character- istic of Colonial construction in New England, New York and New Jersey. Q. What is the origin of the word Go'l: as applied to an Italian?— A. “Dago” is believed to be a corrup- o. J. HASKIN. tion of the common Spanish and Portu- guese Christian name “Diego. Q. How did the expression “With a i?{o‘h‘:‘ ;t her masthead” originate?— | . A. Admiral Van Tromp, who was the | hero of 30 sea fights, defeated the Spanish fleet, then the English one. After this he fastened a broom to his masthead to show that he had swept the English from the sea. Q. Is steam visible?—R, C. L. A. Steam is the invisible gas into which water is converted when heated to the boiling point. The white cloud of vapor which rises from boiling water, commonly called steam, is a vapor com posed of small particles of water sus- pended in air and formed by the con- densation of the true steam. gas coming in contact with the cool air. ks Q. Did Franz Shubert compose an | “Ave Maria”? How many “Ave Marias” are ther;n . M. _A. There are 64 “Ava Marias ub- lished, besides many variations lndpdll- ferent arrangements of the original song. Franz Schubert composed one of the best known. Among the other well known composers who have written | songs by this title are: Cesar Franck, | Franz Lisst, Pletro Mascagni, Saint- | Saens, Giuseppe Verdi and Johannes Brahms. Q. When did Shadwell, the birth- | Place of Thomas Jefferson, come into | the possession of the Jeffersons?—T, P, | A Peter Jefferson (father of | Thomas Jefferson) in 1735 patented 11,000 acres of land. Not long after- ward he “purchased” as the family | land rolls specify, 400 udjoining acres of another tract. An authenticated copy of the deed shows that the con- sideration paid for the 400 acres was “Henry Weatherbourne's biggest bowl of arrack punch.” This was somewhat characteristic of the times and entirely characteristic of all the intercourse be- tween these devoted friends, Q. Is there a simple way to clean flalxmum rings set with diamonds?— L1 C. A. Immersing them in a bowl of water to which ammonia has been added, and scrubbing them with a small, soft brush which has been dip- ped in the water, is eficacious, Q. In the Jewish Feast of Lights are ;}l (v,)he candles lighted each nl::fl—A. A. The Feast of Lights is Hanukka, the Jewish Feast of Dedication. The dis~ tinctive ceremonial feature of this festival today is the kindling of lights in the home and in the synagogue, one on the first evening, the numi being in- creased by one on each consecutive eve- ning, until eight lights are lit on the last evening of the festival. Special prayers inspired by the historic event commemorating the triumph of mono- theism over heathenism, of the forces of light over the forces of darkness, are recited. Special scriptural portions are read in the synagogue. In modern times, children’s festivals, in which the story and significance of the feast are recounted, have become a marked fea- ture in the celebration of the Feast of Dedication. j Q. Until what age is education eom- pulsory in Scotland?—A. D. P. A. Education is compulsory in country to the age of gb y.r"n by Americans Debate Results Of Russian Dealings in Grain Despite much interest in the reports of Soviet Russia’s alleged attempt to demoralize the American grain market, there are wide differences of opiion as to the intent of the recent transactions. Some Americans doubt that the volume of trading by Soviet agents was suffi- cient to have an effect on the market, and hold that the Russian action repre- sented only a part of world trading by that country. Others charge an evil purpose and hold that there was a defi- nite effect apart from domestic trans- actions. It is suggested by some editors that the Government statement was in- tended to excuse fallure of the Farm Board to achieve what it had under- taken, 5 Seeing “a fit of hysteria” in the dis- cussion, the New York Times argues the question to this conclusion: “To serious- minded readers, the confused jumble of news, rumors and conjecture has prin- clpally served to show how stupidly the Moscow dictators are being served by their foreign agents. The Soviet's im- perative need is to increase the money value of Russian sales abroad, whereby purchase of much-needed foreign mate- rial might be facilitated. But their commissioners on the markets of grain- consuming Europ appear to have made their sales at the greatest disadvantage to the Moscow treasury. Their. agents in America have been speculating at Chicago in a way which, so far as it had any influence, would be prejudicial to Russia’s European market. There must have been a dreary sense of amusement ing | when the Kremlin learned of the in- terpretation which the forsign wheat trade had placed on such bungling.” * K K X Commending the full investigation of the subject, the Harrisburg Telegraph | declares that “either Russia is holding back for export wheat which it should be feeding to its own people—a fright- | ful indictment of the Russian govern- ment—or it is willing to take severe losses in America in an effort to stir up discontent here.” That the Russian trading is unfriendly to the United States is the belief of the San Francisco Chronicle, the San Antonio Express and the Chicago Daily News. The last men~ tioned paper holds that “it has been no secret that the Soviet government was driving its preparations forward for the attainment of precisely the results in the world’s grain markets which of late it has sought to bring about.” That paper argues further: “Russia has regi- mented its peasants, taken the land and the live stock and established communal wheat growing on a gigantic scale, the agricultural workers getting their keep in barracks and nothing more. That it 1s dumping wheat and speculating in the cereal partly for the purpose of demoralizing ‘capitalistic’ markets, sow- ing seeds of discontent and furthering its design of world revolution is not a violent assumption in view of Soviet Russia’s heralded designs. However, it is clear that' Russia's desperate eco- nomic situation and its financial needs go far to account for much dumping of grain by the Soviet government at prices so low that they threaten ruin to farmers and other producers in free countries.” Russian hostility, with the danger of ! “burned_fingers,” is emphasized by the Sioux Falls Argus-Leader, while the Lincoln State Journal sees argument against recognition of Russia, in “sin- ister intentions,” but the South Bend Tribune points out that “those indus- tries that hope to cultivate the Rus- slan market are studiously ignoring Russlan trade practices which do not affect them,” and maintains that “the prospects for a boycott, official or un- official, are, therefore, not bright.” The ‘hattan vs believes that “such ulators will be merely vocal and that “possibly the disclosures will delay re ition of Russia.” “It would be a happy thing for the administration, doubtless,” thinks the Charleston Evening Post, “if it could make the farmers believe that the dread- ful bolshevists of Russia were responsible for thzjmor state of the grain market. It would relieve the administration of the blame which properly attaches to it, not for fallure to relieve the farm sit- uation, since that may well be beyond the power of the Government, but for ;pumlslng a rellef it is unable to give.” 'he Morgantown Dominion-News, with a similar point of view, declares: Secnhr!-}ly: will onlLb res: lame ean the slate of our troubles clean and leave the administration with a spotless rec- ord. 11;1]9 Red lme':.d" mx:emx to have completely supplant Yellow in this country.” 5 Charging that “the Red menace has been feverishly pressed into use,” the Omaha World-Herald exclaims ‘What a pity that the simple facts dissolve the base suspicion! How unfortunate that the Chicago Board of Trade admitted that it ‘is a recognized world market, and hedges, protecting grain in all po- sitions all over the world, are cus- tomarily placed’ with it.” The Salina Journal asserts that whatever the Rus- slan influence, it “must not remove responsibility from the machinery of the Farm Board to show effective results.” * Kk ok “Secretary Hyde reveals,” ace to the Louisville couriu—.!oum-l‘.”'i‘.gh‘:f the total of all the Russian sales dur- ing four days was 7,500,000 bushels, Obviously, this amount ‘spread over four days could not have influenced greatly the price on a market where the daily turnover Is from fifty to sixty million bushels.” “Thinking people,” maintains the “should not allow {lndsidlmpu]l'{ Star, leir attention to be turned fr real and fundamental pmble:l’:‘ "Ig: volved in the agricultural situation and in the relief policies of the Farm Board. The American farmer is not likely to be persuaded by these revela- tions of Russian trading in the Chicago market that his troubles are traceable :al ghe rlr:(llevn]ence of Moscow. That is ving Moscow credit f power th‘ln it is able to !xel‘c&:."mo" ‘Even if their motives were as base as their bitterest enemies 'imagine,” says the’ New York World, “the net Te- sult of their short selling would do little more than create a ripple in the mar- ket.” The New York Sun states: ““The politician dresses his malefic spook in Barb to suit the times. Cobden Club of the 80s, money barons of the in- ternational bankers, imperialists ' and Bolshevists of this century, all are the same gobble-uns, evoked by the same | processes and parads e Do P led for the same pur. The Springfeld Union, on of hand, contends that R-uul:::m thg rWheat “is quite enough to force down the price by underbidding the market,” and the St. Louis Times concludes that 1o doubt the Chicago board will see to it that whoever plays ‘short’ in the fu- ture will have a legitimate business rea- son and that no trader will be per- mitted to act for Communism in dis- turbing prices.” The Erie Dispatch- Herald emphasizes the charge that Rus- sia “is starving her own peasants to build up & vast export surplus and to sell it under the cosi of production.” Taking a similar position, the New York Herald Tribune advises: “The lesson of the present situation for the farmer is | inescapable. It bids him curtail his grain production within or close to the limits of domestic demand. Only then can he enjoy the protection of the tarifr :1-.1 ‘:n;mr‘e l:‘l‘:‘ lnde)aendence of a world rket at the tender et 2 mercy of 3 Suggestions of general reform in - ket methods are made by the Worcester ‘E\l'enfl.;llf G‘;hz:tfi, the Houston Chron- icle, the rlotte Obser: Janesville Gazette. TRG T R — Heroes, If They Succced. From the Florence (Ala.) Herald, Flyers who make it are heroes, those who don't ought to have k than o try, 8! nown better | e | Fish Reported Friendly, From the Memphis Commereial Appeal. A California scientist announces | discovery that fish are friendly, but ofl- stock promoters found that out long ago. Briand Plan Pigeonholed. From the Toledo Blade. | M. Briand's United States of Buro) | plan has been taken over by the h’fi’: of Nations, the only organization ha g a desk with a vacant ;'teflnhok, o South Ameriean Tranquillity. Trom the Springfield (Mass) Daily Repub- tVlll‘rn South Amel;ll)(‘l fiisfl: %mplelfi of new presidents, wl tran- ‘quil again? D