Evening Star Newspaper, October 31, 1930, Page 8

{THE EVENING STAR e With Sunday Morning Editien. WASBHINGTON, D. C. FRIDAY........October 81, 1930 YTHEEODORE W. NOYES. .. .Editor Co: The Evening Star Ncmur mpany Business the City. 45c per month ) 60¢ per month 4" Buridy Bia andass) 65¢ per month ¥ e ma al 5000, Rate by Mall—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia, 1yr., $10.00: 1 mo., 15 $628 1 me. 3 All Other States and Canada. Ez!y and Sunday..l yr., $i2.00; 1 mo., $1.00 only ... vi., $8.00:1 a" only . 1yr., $5.00;1 50¢ Member of the Associated Press. soclated Press is exclusively entitled o U] for republication of all news Cis- atches credited to it or not otherwise cred. in this paper and aiso the net published herein. All rights of publication of #pecial dispatches herein are also 1eserved. g The Federation Election. The Federation of Citizens' Assocla- #lons elects officers tomorrow night, an event that comes as near as anything %o providing the people of Washington with an opportunity to express them- selves through the ballot. As a substitute for actual participa- tlon in their government, or as a means ©of expressing the sentiment of the tax- payers on important issues in muniei- @arkness and become creatures of the terrors. So Halloween was an oocca- slon when the utmost potency of magic and prayers must be exercised, to save the little island of light in the dark ocean of chaos. In the course of many generations this fundamental idea underwent varia- tions. The fear of the dead became fused with other and finer sentiments —love and sorrow. There came the conception of communion with those who had vanished into the dark—and thus & time of terror became, to & greater or less degree, a time of memo- rial. In some countries Halloween is still comparable to the Ametican Me- 5¢ id of each morth, | morial dy. As such the custom of its y mail or ielepnone | observance probably was brought to the New World. But now the festival has lost all its associations either of fear or sorrow. The burlesque may be an accompani- ment of vanished superstition which has been killed by ridicule. The slayer has appropriated the garments of his vietim. e Effective Enforcement. It is with a good deal of gratification that Washingtonians learn that the Police Department and the Public Utilitles Commission are making some progress in one phase of the reasonable attempt to enforce some sort of taxicab regulation. The public, while it ap- preciates the cheap transportation that has been the result of chaotic taxicab conditions, has had its appreciation tempered with the nervousness that comes from the realization that the majority of the drivers or companies operating the low-price cabs are not financially responsible for damage pal affairs, the election is a hollow and | caysed by their own negligence; and meaningless mockery. As an expression of interest in pure- 1y local and neighborhood affalrs, the election is valuable. The Federation of Citizens' Associations fills an im- portant role among the various organ- tzations of citizens in Washington, and the selection of officers, responsible in large measure for keeping alive the in- telligent interest of citizens in elty progress and city improvement, is & matter that rightly. demands serious thought. that In many cases identification of the drivers or vehicles would be difficult, if not impossible, because the cars bear no inscription other than the rate of fare. So it has been much like the timid person taking his first airplane ride. The cab would be engaged with the “I will take a chance” spirit, but with no prospect of tranquillity of mind until the ride was ended. Now, however, the police have dis- covered that the order can be enforced which requires that every taxicab shall The Federation campaign this year has been waged between Dr. George C. Havenner, who is seeking re-election for a third term, and by former Repre- sentative Charles I. Stengle. The cam- paign is unique in that it is almost wholly devold of any “issues.” Dr. Havenner’s friendly foes have opposed his re-election because he has already filled the office of president for two years and the “third term” is cited as something to be avoided. This has a strangely familiar sound. But Dr. Ha- wvenner’s friends counter with the asser- tion that third terms are nothing new in Federation rule, for William McK. Clayton, Charles A. Baker and William B. Westlake are former presidents who served three good terms, without injur- ing the city or establishing a dangerous dynasty. Mr. Stengle'’s friends are urging his cholce because of the interest he has manifested in citisens’ activities and the service he has rendered as a delegate %0 the federation, while Dr. Havenner's adherents point to the accomplishments shown under his proved leadership. But tive members of the community, work- for the best interests of the city, there are no spectacular attacks personalities or vilification of mo- ives actions that elsewhere serve such battles. capable, aggressive and in- leadership, the Federation has should continue to render valuable to the taxpayers whom it repre- A new Washington is being built. the course construction, many relating to such matters as zoning, the layout of highways, arrangements of traffic, present almost daily. The official dealing with such matters are truly representative of the average le-owning citizen. But the advice the Federation, the nature of which 48 reached after mature and careful delfberation, will always be gratefully Tecelved by those who must make the decisions. In matters that concern the fiscal relationship between the Federal Qovernment and the local community in their joint task of developing the Oapital, the Federation should be alert against unjust and unwise its protest quickly and Its power in the government of the ity 8 merely advisory. But t eriticlsm and sound recom- mendation will be felt, and these the Pederation is equipped to give. The Statue of Liberty in New York preserved, but, it must be admitted, a #rifle disillusioned and cynical over va- rlous matters which have come under her observation. — e Fifteen million dollars in gold has yeached New York from Brazil, and con- testing claims are said to be making an “orphan” out of ft. Never mind, some Kindly person, organization or agency will surely be found ready to adopt it. ————tnons. ‘Witches’ Night. Curious has been the fate of Hal- Joween. The mocking, noisy burlesque 88 the froth on the surface of the vast depths of fear and wonder from which man has emerged into the light-hearted present. The comedy is a rewritten tragedy. It comes up from the be- ginnings of magic and religion and the ‘wague gropings of the mind in the dark which preceded them. Halloween is the representation of & climax in the cogmio drama of light and darkness— perhaps the fundamental dualism in nature. Man has lived from the beginning In ® lighted circle—a fluctuating spot in chaos {lluminated by knowledge and faith. Here through the centuries he has crouched. Outside 18 the darkness, the unknowable, the dead. Out of the dark he comes and into the dark he goes. He has no secure bulwarks sgainst the surges of the dark beaten over the shores of light. In some fashion it entered into hu- man thinking that one night of the year was especially favorable for in- vasions from the outside—for all the weird and terrible forms with which carry on each side in painted letters, not less than two inches high, the trade name of the operating company, or, if there is no such trade name, the name of the individual owning or operating the cab. In addition, there must be on each side and on the rear & numeral distinguishing the cab from others op- erated by the same parties. Arrests during the past week or so have been frequent for violations of this order and in every case convictions have been ob- tained. Up to the present time per- sonal bonds have been taken from the defendants because of the fact that many of the great army of new drivers that now swarm the streets were probably unaware of the regulation, but in the future stiff fines will be levied. One of the first acts of Congress when 1t convenes should be to give the Public Utllities Commission the necessary au- thority to enforce its regulations. It is regrettable but true that in most every case of reasonable regulation of ve- hicles for hire the commission has found {tself utterly helpless as the result of the determined attempts of the taxicab regulation is & case in point. other city comparable in size to Wash- ington are taxicab operators allowed to roam the streets, free from any type of financial responsibility to the public. In many cases the drivers or com- panies merely have a small equity in the vehicles they own. A suit for dam- ages by an aggrieved victim would be of no avall. The commission, however, has been unable to enforce this regu- lation, and it is now tled up in court, with no apparent prospect of being decided one way or anotber. The thorough identification of cabs now made possible through the happy discovery of the police that at least one regulation of the commission could be enforced without court action by the taxicab companies will help some, but one of the fundamentals of vehicle-for- hire operation, that of financial re- sponsibility, must follow in order that & sense of security may be given the riding public. The bill for adequate regulation of taxicabs is now in Con- gress. Congress should pass it imme- diately upon reconvening. —_—aee— There are worse schemes than that of the Wisconsin Council of the Ameri- can Legion, whereby jobless men could enlist in the Army “for duration of de- ,” draw regular Army pay and benefit by a routine which would prove helpful to them and to the Nation, re- gardless of whether we ever have an- other war. —— It is announced that many Chicago voters will be hampered by being com- pelled to handle several voluminous bal- lots in tiny and poorly illuminated vot- !ing booths. Far too many others will be hampered by sand traps, crowded movie houses and congestion at filling stations. e Saving China With Silver. President Chiang Kal-8hek of China has a unique plan for solving the des- perate Chinese economic situation and producing other millennial results in the revolution-racked republic. It is proposed that this country should loan China 1,000,000,000 ounces of silver, worth some $360,000,000, for fifty years at two per cent. Judge Paul Linebarger of Washington, legal adviser to the Nanking government, has just arrived from China. He says he will ask Con- gress to suthorize the loan, the pro- ceeds of which would be used exclusively for productive and constructive pur- poses. Much is to be sald for the proposal, small as the prospect is that a coun- try plunged in China's difficulties could hope to receive such a credit at this time. Judge Linebarger was asked when he stepped from the ship at San Francisco yesterday what sort of se- curity China could offer. “Her na- tional honor,” he replied, “would be the best security. In addition to that, China would pledge repayment on the basis of increased domestic revenues and from customs duties derived from revised tariff schedules.” Chinese re- spect for financial obligations is pro- verbial. But to what extent a national government seriously and chronically his imagination peopled the vastness ouside the flustuating circle of the light to crowd in upon him. With them @ame the dead wio had gone into the harassed by its foes could carry out its obligations is a question sure to be pondered carefully before so immense - could come within the realm of the debatable in this or any other country. China takes shrewd cognizance of the surplus silver situation in the United States. She suggests that ac- tual silver money, no longer necessary as & foundation for American currency, be melted into bars. , These in turn would be shipped to China and there reconverted into coin of the realm. The next step would be to deal it out, through an American commission, in the form of wages to Chinese labor. Road building would be the first chan- nel into which this American silver stream would be poured. Farming and industry would benefit as transportation facilitles were improved. The where- withal for purchase of American goods would be brought into existence. The specter of bolshevism, now hanging over the young republic, would steadily disappear, according to Judge Line- barger, paving the way to that eco- nomic and political development from which China and the whole world would derive advantage. It is indeed a sllver lining which thus would be affixed to the cloud darkening China's future. A year or two ago the American Red Cross, sur- veying conditions at first hand, disap- proved the raising of a huge' famine fund for China. Doubts were expressed as to how many American dollars would reach famine sufferers, compared to the number that would be diverted to the war lords. Would the tuchuns keep their hands off an American silver loan? —ees Mr. George Bernard Shaw rolled on the floor in active demonstration of how & fight in one of his plays should be enacted. It is regrettable, but true, that | many persons wish he might have picked up In this process a couple of stray tacks to take his mind off his ego. ————————— One by one that vast audience of about 50,000 persons who attended the performance at Ford's Theater the night President Lincoln was shot drops away at an advanved age. The orchestra of 700 pleces took some sixty years com- pletely to disappear from the face of the earth. o One of the grandest ways to perpet- uate gangsters and gang methods is the publication of “gripping” stories of their s lives and activities. They may be grip- ping to the half-baked youngster, but they are griping to all sensible parents. ———r————————— “The position of the shorts is tight,” states a financial dispatch from New York. The tighter the better, say many, with wistful recollections of the “Iron Maiden” displayed here a few months since on the old convict ship. r—te s A pretty Denver co-ed has married & high-caste Hindu, representative in America of the organization headed by Mahatma Gandhi. Now he really will learn something about home rule. o Bernard Shaw tells the world he was born fifty years too soon. Make it & hundred and fifty, Mr. Shaw. —on—s. SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. A New Deal. On the wisdom of the ancients many & brain has pondered long In hopes to find & way to keep the world from going wrong. But hatred, greed and envy climbed, e'en to Olympus high, And the ancients had their troubles Just the same as you and I ‘The ancients couldn’t typewrite, and they had no telephones, Nor trolley cars to take them from their own restricted sones. Perhaps we'll have to put those classic proverbs on the shelf, And see what modern wisdom can accomplish for itself. Cemforting Assurance. “Do you dislike to have s man go to sleep when you are talking?” “I don't mind,” replied Senator Sorghum. “At least it assures me that nothing I'm saying is giving him any particular offense.” A Fall Definition. “What's your idea of & pessimist?” “A pessimist is & man who cries s0 hard over the departed roses that he can't see the chrysanthemums.” Habitual. Though over peace they jubllate, Men play the same old game. ‘They'll keep on building armor plate And cannon, just the same. Doomed to Disappointment. “Yes,” sald the condescending youth, “I am taking fencing lessons.” “Good,” replled Farmer Corntossel. “I allus sald you was goin’ to turn in an’ do somethin’ useful. What's your specialty goin’ to be—rall, stome or barbed wire?” A Superficial Impression. “Are you going to the foot ball game: “No,” answered Miss OCayenne. “I do not care much for foot ball. If no one gets hurt, it is not considered in- teresting, and if some one does get hurt, it is sad.” Urbanity Taxed. ‘The test of true politeness comes. Whene'er you meet the bore, Who tells the story that you've heard A dozen times before. “Some men,” sald Uncle Eben, “’pears to get so much fun out o tellin’ hard iuck stories dat it don't seem like it was doin’ 'em any favor to he’p ‘em along in life.” ot Real Season of Drought. From the Loulsville Times. This year should go down in history as the one in which even polishing the car didn't bring rain. oo No Air Hop Seizures Yet. Prom the Ann Arbor Daily News. Dry agents are now searching air- planes for liquor, but have not seen fit s yet to conflscate any of the hops found therein. ————————— PayRollRobber Thrown for Loss. Prom the Detroit News. A Toll robber in Queens, New York, maym'n by a ball ugue for a loss of 12 yards and 8-10 years. e A “A Little Learning.” From the San Antonio Express. A Cambridge professor is alarmed over the spread of university education —having in mind Pope's lines about & little learning? WASHINGITON, D. C THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. Sometimes one is inclined to think that there is too much stress placed iupon beauty, especially in houses. Comfort, after all, is something. ‘There are thousands of ugly but com- fortable homes in the United States. They are houses that have sheltered many nerations, comprising millions o e. eir essential duty, that of protec tion, they have fulfilled. Who would dare sneer at them because they are not in line with the latest trend in home construction? On the other hand, no one would speak against as much of loveliness as can be incorporated in the houses we live in. Beauty has its place in dwell- ings. But at times there comes the wonder if the talk of beauty has not been overdone. Overdoing seems to be & modern vice, but perhaps it was al- ways so—only in the past the overdoing came in other departments of life. As one reads back in the annals of four- teenth century life he may feel that religion was stressed too much. In our day the cult of beauty has invaded every walk of life. Color is its most prominent manifestation. But color i8 merely an attempt to bring more beauty in the dally life. Often the attempt is a failure. Who has not seen a kitchen, for instance, which so reeks of color that one longs for th quiet peace of the white “sanitary’ “new” bath rooms so garnished that one flees to the sanctity of white tile, glistening and immaculate. What ap- pears “snappy” and “chic” today may strike the beholder as stuffy and ugl tomorrow. Beauty, like morals, is a relative thing; that is why no one can be quite sure that he has achieved either; that is why too much stress sometimes is placed upon beauty in homes, to the exclusion of considera- tion of more solid characteristics. Beauty is well enough, but it is not all. Comfort is something. Comfort is in some senses all, especially when the snow piles around the foundations. * K x x Perhaps the reader was brought up in an ugly but comfortable home. Then he will recall & great many delightful things. Perhaps it was one of the grotesque, ornate frame which sprang up all over the country in the eighties and nineties. They were boxes ornamented with little towers, cupolas, crazy jigsaw ornamentations every- where. They had bay windows in de- flance of all Jaw and order. Surely anclent Greece 'would not have owned hem. Yet life surely went on in them as well as if they had been built according to the best specifications of a modern “house beautiful” As one looks back over that era of absurd construction, one wonders how the builders happened to overlook the. stately beauty of the typical Concord colonial or failed to note the simple charm of the Dutch | colonial or of the Cape Cod cottage. Yet overlook them they did. Show and ornamentation for themselves usurped the village scene. A likely ex- planation is that the carpenters- who built them, being simple men, without training in art, found them easy to construct 8o, and also pleasing to their sense of craftsmanship. Certainly many of them were marvelous to behold. The writer here a8 a child lived in just such 1 that he remembers of it was the tower. There was no reason for the tower at all, but it was con- sidered right smart in those days. The one ambition of the children was to be allowed to go up in it. About the only thing the tower did was to offer perlod- ical amusement to the little ones and kitchens of yesterday? We have seen wind blows and the rain falls and the to cause an expense in calling for blinds at each of its windows. Yet that unnecessary excrescence was what we recall the most vividly. It was, after all, an attempt at beauty. And yet, in relation to the house which it was sup- posed to adorn, it was ugly—as ugly as totally unnecessary things often are. x ok x ‘Today as one goes about the country- side he will still see many of these ugly old houses, relics of the United States Victorian period. Most of them ap- pear sound and substantial. It does not require much imagination to picture hlpgy people in them, well fed, well clothed—people who understand and appreciate beauty as well as the family in yonder beautiful home on the corner. Perhaps the Europeans understand beauty just a little better than we do. They know that the concentrate of beauty, such as an art gallery, or a vast park, or an unforgettable view, is something which may be enjoyed by rich and poor alike. Home beauty does {not worry them. They know that | beauty in most cases ~unfortunately hinges squarely on money. They know that the man who can afford to pay $15,000 for the construction of a e stone wall around his property can have—a beautiful stone wall around his Rmpeny. Often beauty is as simple as hat. ‘The real trouble with an ugly house | comes when the family in it worries | about its lack of beauty. Home beauty, nor its lack, should be permitted to | worry one. Yet there are many per- | sons living in unattractive homes who | perpetually spoil their tenure by com- | plaining because the place is not as beautiful as a palace. The family that makes an ugly house comfortable and goes right ahead liv- ing in it knows how to make the best of a bargain. The old hymn at which much fun has been poked, “Earth is a desert drear, Heaven is my home,” had aspects of common sensc. Since life must end for all of us sooner or later, in some moods it would be unseemly to put too much stress on earthly habi- tations. FEarth’s glories fade and flee away, indeed. No doubt the loveliest dwelling place in this world would &p- pear somewhat shabby. as viewed from the vantage point of a celestial dawn. Of course, we are not to fail to secure as much beauty as we can as we go along. But if the limitations of money, or of taste, of opportunity, or of train- ing, have imposed restrictions which make genuine beauty of dwelling place impossible, one should not lament it overmuch, There is a wide latitude of beauty and ugliness, after all. What strikes one man as beautiful seems merely mediocre to another. A house posi- tively hideous to a third turns out to be just the dwelling a fourth was look- ing for. One home owner will have nothing but a brick house, and wonders why any one would build a frame; but this rich man constructs If A | wooden house to resemble Mount Ver- |non, and takes great pride in it and gets more delight from it than if it had been built from the very rocks of the pyramids. Do not repine, therefore, if the house you live in does not meet the “latest” dictates. They in their turn will be old soon enough. Be glad you have & house. See that it is livable, that it is comfortable, and that it is as free from bickering as you can make it. | Such a home, even if it is ugly to out- ward appearance, nevertheless has a great beauty in it. It is like a fine bulldog—so ugly that it is beautiful; one must revise his definitions of ugll- ! ness and beauty. WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS BY FREDERIC It is all over but th: counting. For every practical purpose, the congres- sional campaign of 1930 closes with the end of October. The three days re- maining before Tuesday, November 4, when the die i to be cast, will be devoted to “mopping up,” including lnttnslv:flpllnl for getting out the vote. An indifferent electorate, from party managers’ int, is almost as bad as & hostile electorate. As the zero hour approaches both Republican and Democratic managers are skeptical as to the size of the congressional poll. Though it has been an exceptionally hot and bitter off-year campaign, feverish excitement for the most part has been confined to the politicians. There are few signs of anything re- sembling & popular uprising among the voters, The commonest explanation is that people e here have their minds attuned to the business situation and are not worrying about “politics.” X ko In that very state of affairs lies the chief Democratic hope of sweeping vic- tories all over the country. Messrs. Raskob and Shouse are convinced that voters are in a punitive mood and will mow down Republican candidates for House and Senate right and left. The Democrats are relying upon the anclent American custom of rebuking the party in power when the times are out of joint. They themselves have been the victim of that habit and do not see how the Republicans can expect to ward off political fate. Making due allowance for Democratic super-optimism and serene Republican confidence, it is this observer's judgment that the G. O. P. will emerge still in nominal control of both houses of Congress. But the control will be so narrowly nominal that it will border on the precarious. It wil organize the House of Representatives and the Senate and little else. The outlook for Hoover administration measures after March 4, 1931, will be dark and dismal. They will face ship- wreck any time it suits the whim of the Democratic-Republican Progressive coaltion at ll'.h.cr ‘ens a: the Capitol. Unless Democratic gains assume land- slide proportions—as Jouett Shouse thinks they will—the Republicans should see their present majority of 103 in the House dwindle to a frag- mentary 15 or 20. That would repre- sent net Democratic wins of anywhere from 34 to 39 seats. The Democrats need to make 54 net gains to rule the Jower branch by a mere majority. They face the test with a practical assurance of scoring at least 27 wins, that being the number of normally Democratic seats lost in the Hoover avalanche of 1928. The full extent of Democratic victory will depend the Republi- cans’ ability to hold 27 other seats ordinarily safe for the G. O. P. If these are lost, Republican control of the House is lost. The supreme battle is being waged around them. Some are certain to go. The principal fighting ground 18 in the so-called border States of Indiana, Kentucky, West Virginia and Missourl. * % % If the contest for the House is close, the struggle for mastery of the next Senate 18 no less intense. Republican or Democratic ascendancy there may hang on the margin of a single vote. This radioscribe’s estimate is that the Democrats will roll up no fewer than six net senatorial gains. If that result ensues, the incoming Senate will num- ber 50 Republicans, 45 Democrats and 1 Farmer-Labor member. Tt will re- quire 10 net Democratic wins to wrest majority control from the Republizans. Senator Millard E. Tydings of Mary- land, astute chairman of the Demo- cratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, in his most sanguine moments has rot identified himself with any such hopes. If the Democrats elect Gerry in Rhode Island, Coolidge in Massachusetts, Bay- ard in Delaware, McNeely in West Vir- gmu, Bulkley in Ohio, Logan in Ken- m::z and Gore in Oklahoma, they will r they've done a good day's work. losing As they count on Steck tn Iows, permit the Republicans to | year: WILLIAM WILE. this tabulation represcnts & net of six Democratic lll;m‘ S But this does not exhaust Democtatic expectations, National headquarters tabulates as something better than a fair certainty the defeat of Ruth Hanna McCormick in Illinols and the capture of the Deneen Republican Senate seat by James Hamilton Lewis. With Demo- cratic fighting chances in Minnesota, South Dakota and Colorado besides, the resigned to Heflin will meet a bolter's doom in for “Tom” Walsh, in prognosticated with definiteness in any quarter. ‘The race in the copper coun- try between the incumbent Roman Oatholic Democratic dry and the rival Roman Catholic Republican wet is & neck-and-neck affair. Steck and Walsh are the only sitting Democratic Sena- tors in peril, * ok oE X Because of what might portend for either or both of them in 1932, the gubernatorial contests waged by Frank- lIin D. Roosevelt, Democrat, in New ‘York, and Gifford Pinchot, Republican, in Pennsylvania, rivet national atten- tion as closely as the congressional cam- paign. The writer deposes and says that Roosevelt's victory is a foregone conclusion and that Pinchot will squeeze through by an adequate majority, That will put Roosevelt out in front for the Democratic presidential nomination two s hence and make ible & for- midable bid by Pinchot for the Repub- lican standard-bearership, if the G. O. P. should take the prohibition side of the presidential argument. It would be the wildest of guesses to foreshadow that the Republican National Conven- tion in 1932 will go wet. Indeed, pres- ent-hour indications are all to the con- trary. If it does go damp and Herbert Hoover for any reason chooses not to run again, Dwight Morrow of New Jer- sey, will win Y,h‘e nomination in a walk. * x % Anybody with access to the inner councils of the Republican high com- mand knows that the Hoover adminis- tration views events of the next few hours with anxiety bordering on alarm. Its fears are of the future rather than of the present. They are born of the knowledge that the American reog:e usually put in office at a presidential election the party that won the pre- ceding off-year congressional election. That's what happened in 1912, follow- ing Democratic conquest of Congress in 1910. It happened again in 1920. after the Republicans had swept the Democrats out of congressional control in 1918. Politicians have a deep re- spect for the repeating habits of his- tory. In addition to this nemesis of precedent, which is sending cold chills down their spines, Republicans know they are the victims of the most merci- less succession of “breaks” which have gone against any political party in recent history. If the G. O. P. survives them, we shall know that the age of miracles is not wholly past. * KoK K The Seventy-second Congress will be wetter than its predecessor. Just how much wetter cannot be foretold with any de of accuracy. The anti- prohibil tion thinks there will be six itional votes for in the Senate, and between 60 and 70 in the House. That means it will still be & long time drinks. (Copyright, 1930.) o Needed Energy. Prom the Seattle Bunday Times. Sclentists at the University of Call- fornia are at work on the problem of cceed should each Sholn 25 T 2 o worm " KRIDAY, OCrtuBLER 31, 1930. Urges Mailing of Auto Tags To Aid Jobless To the Editor of The Star: ‘The following suggestion is submitted as & possible slight contribution to the allevation of unemployment: o In many jurisdictions automobile license tags must be procured in XI'lnm by the owner or his agent. or nearly all of these tags could be de- livered by mail. Of course, a few would prefer to procure them in person, the great majority of owners would Hke to receive them by mail. The applica- tlons could be sent in by mail, accom- panied by & check for the required amount, plus 20 cents to cover ig’muge. registration and return recelit. eliveries could be made during the month of January and perhaps begin immediately after Christmas. This would permit of four weeks' additional employment for the temporary postal employees hired for the Christmas sea- son, The money received by the postal authorities would be more than ample to pay the wages of these temporary employes, as only short hauls would be involved. There would be no danger of increasing the so-called postal defi- cit, as there would be no long hauls. There are approximately 25,000,000 passenger cars and motor trucks regis- tered in the United States. The postal revenue incident thereto would be about $5,000,000, which would provide one month’s employment at $100 per month for 50,000 persons during that month of the year when the need is most acute, at the cost of but a few pennies on the part of those more fortunate. Some allowance must of course be made for those States wherein deliveries ; are now made by mail, but at least 30,000 to 40,000 persons could be pro- vided with one month’s emergency em- ployment of this nature if this idea is adopted throughout 48 States and the District of Columbia. This plan would also obviate to a considerable extent the registration of motor cars in fictitlons names and ad- dresses as 18 now possible when delivery of tags is made in person. HERMAN C. GAUSS. T i Destructive Pranks Strongly Condemned To the Editor of The Star: Today is Halloween, the eve of the Feast of All Hallows or All SBaints’ day. Instead of being observed as a day of fasting and prayer, it is given over to pagan rites of superstition and to riot- ous merrymaking. In this suburb gangs of ill-bred schoolboys go about at night seeing what destructive mischief they can do. In this neighborhood last year they misplaced for-sale signs, they threw stones at windows in vacant houses, they broke down a fence, they overturned stone flower boxes and com- mitted other depredations. Parents should be ashamed to allow thelr children to act like criminal hood- lums, annoying their neighbors and de- stroying property. They wouldn't con- sider these malicious pranks so awfully funny if they were the folk that suffered from them or if they were compelled to pay for the damage done. Respectable people will keep their | young sons at home that night. LOUIS REILLY, D Empty Corn Cribs May Be Result of Drought From the Wall Street Journal. Not since 1816, when there was a frost every Summer month, has the United States known what it i to have an empty corn crib. This year, however, if figured on a per capita basis, the estimated production, en in connec- tion with other feed crops, makes a total that indicates that with ordinary feeding the bottom of the crib should be reached before another crop is harvested. The important question now is the effect this situation wiil have on live stock feeding and on prices. The official estimate as of October 1 indicates a crop of 2,047,000,000 bushels of corn. A number of prominent crop experts claim that on account of the drought and hot weather during the period when the embryo ears are fer- tilized by the pollen, actual husking will reveal less corn. But takipg the offi cial estimate at this time, compares with 2,614,000,000 bushels in 1929, and t | the ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. Many readers send in questions signed only with initials, asking that the an- swers appear in the . The space is limited, and would not accom- modate s fraction of such requests. ‘The answers published are ones that may interest many readers, rather than one who asks the question only. All questions should be accompanied the writer's name and address and cents in coin or stamps for reply. Send your question to The Evening In- formation Bureau, Frederic J. Haskin, director, Washington, D, O. Q. Why was Lord Birkenhead known as “F. E"?—P. G. A. His name was Frederick Edwin Smith. Therefore, the “F. E” He re- ceived the title Baron and later was made Earl of Birkenhead. Q. What scientists were inocluded in Dr. Free's list?—R. M. A. Dr. E. E. Free recently named what he considered the greatest scien- gsru of today. They are the following: W. Hull, Dr. F. F. Lucas, Dr. Claude Dornier, Dr. Frank Baldwin Jewett, Dr. Woifgang Kohler, Dr. Werner Heisen- berg and Prof. Gilbert N. Lewis. Q. 1Is the thoroughbred horse as large as an Arab?—H. 8. A. The thoroughbred is larger, swifter and at least as hardy and gentle. Q. When did the railroads stop issu- Ing passes to Senators, Representatives and others?—R. E. W, A. The Pennsylvania Rallroad direc- tors voted December 13, 1005, to dis- continue the issue of passes and free tickets of all kinds from and after Jan- uary 1, 1806, and other big railroads took similar action shortly thereafter. All issuance of Lguse- was not stopped, however, until the Interstate Commerce law was amended, une, 1906. Q. How many hot springs are there in Yellowstone National Park?—T. D. L. A. There are more than 4,000, large ?{:& small, and 100 geysers, big and 0. Q. Can you locate and repeat for me the ludicrous example of how the word “foolish” might be spelled that went the rounds a few years ago?—H. F. A. The word “foolish,” a spelling ormer sald, might be spelled in one of 613,975 ways, the extreme Te- spells “I"; “ul,” ag spells “1,” and “psh,” as in “pshaw,” spells “sh.” This example is cited by Mark Suilivan in his book, “Our Times,” and credited to an article on simplified spelling by Godfrey Dewey in, the New York ‘Times, January 16, Q. Where is helium found?—H. McD. A. The United States is the only country which has developed helium. It has a monopoly on its use so far. However, helium is likely to be found wherever oll is found; for.instance, in Alaska, Russia and Siberia. The rich- est helium section is in Northern Texas quantities sufficlent for extraction. Q. What is the origin of the expres- sion “The Marines have landed and e the situation well in hand”?—E. Harvey C. Rentschler, Dr. Albert|of Wwas necessary for life more than amount of pure carbohydrates, pro- teins and fats needed to satisfy the ani- mals’ requirements of energy and of material for new growth and the re- placement of waste tissue. A complete comprehension of the conditions was only attained after the discovery that not one but two “accessory” substances were fequired in addition to pure car- bohydrates, proteins and fats. For con= venience these accessory factors were termed fat soluble A, water soluble B. Punk first named vitamins in 1912, but did not classify them. Q. Who started the Rookwood pote tery works in Oincinnati?—I. G. F. A. Mrs. Bellamy Storer was the founder of the Rookwood pottery, Q. Were pitchers permitted to use wrodnln the ball in the world series?— A. One of the rules of world series base ball games that & bag of rosin should be available, . How much money is spent with in this country?—T. G. A. An estimate has been made, based on a survey of 11 cities, and leads %o the conclusion that the annual retail business of the flower industry ls $360,000,000. . When were “colonial days"t— A. It is customary to reckon colonial days from approximately the time when the English colonies settled in James- m.n. Va., in 1607, to approximately Q. When was Purdue University es- R.hbl.bhw ied? For whom was it named?— A. Purdue Ind., was established by eral Assembly of the State of following the act A. The origin of this phrase is not known. Q. Did Pranklin invent an imple- Zionist protests the British comm: t the report of mww a five-year average of 2,700,000,000. In | the ome years the production has gone be- yond the 8,000,000,000-bushel mark. Practically all of the corn we raise is consumed home. pu while economic conditior : also are Industrial uses take about 225,000,000 | baf bushels, and assuming that amount will be used this year there would be 1,822,- 000,000 bushels for live stock feeding to keep up the supply of meat, d: and ros- poufiryymdnct.uwenuw?:,dm draft animals at work on the farms. The principal value of corn is for ducing meat and there is no other that is “just as good” for this purpose. There are other grains that can, and will, be used, but unfortunately the total supply is short. ‘The estimated total of corn, oats, barley and sorghum grains is 3,865,- 000,000 bushels, compared with 4,252, 000,000 & year ago and a five-year aver- age of 4,443,000,000 bushels. The short- age 18 578,000,000 bushels. Then too, the hay crop is 10 per cent less than average; pastures are far below aves ), which will necessitate more feeding. The shortage in feed therefore is consider~ ably more than 578,000,000 bushels. ‘There was & carry-over of about 276,~ 000,000 bushels of wheat and the pres- ent crop of 840,000,000 bushels should yleld another 150,000,000 bushels to that exportable supply. Wheat is not an ideal stock feed, but when ground | f¢ and mixed with other grains is usable, and probably more than usual will be fed. If 150,000,000 bushels are fed, that will be three times as much as is ordl- narily used. The feed shortage may be helped, but will not be remedied, by using wheat. ‘These are the facts; the eonclusion to be drawn from them is that for the feed grains this is a seller's market and corn should not be cheap; that, with the bottom of the corn ecrib in sight, farmers and feeders will econo- mize, and will put less cattle on feed this Winter with a corresponding reduc- tion in the beef supply a few months hence. - Recalls Vote Upset Of Half Century Ago To the Editor of The Star: Mr. Sullivan’s article in last Wed- nesday's Star on “Coolidge District Hotly Contested” reminded me of an historic scene enacted more than fifty years ago. Even then the district was strongly Republican, and ordinarily there was no chance for a competitor. But in 1874 my father, Julius H. Seelye, then & member of the Amherst College faculty, was nominated by & group of his admirers on an independ- ent ticket. So confident of success was the Republican nominee that he had arranged for a grand celebration in his home town even to the extent of en- mlnqr: band to sound the note of vic- tory. Tense excitment reigned through- out the district on election night, as suc- cessive reports brought word of alternat- ing ups and downs; but the result was an anticlimax for the Republican candi- ‘Times, vernment etatement, following cation report, appears Zionist leaders in London to m tirely impracticabls is upon Arab all recognition the em| Arabs constitute seven-eighths of date, and my father served the term sitting beside Gen. Garfleld. ‘To his speech on the Indian ques- tion is chiefly due the change for the better in our Government's policy to- ward the red man. My father was an intimate friend of Senator Hoar, then senfor Senator from Massachusetts, who suggested that he run for Senator in the next campalgn. But the partisan spirit and the fallure of ostensibly honorable men to their promises were uncongenial to ideal of true manhood, and in 1876 he ac- cepted the presidency of his alma mater, where he had taught for eight- een years. His campaign, in which he took no part, is probably unique in our political history in that it was with- out pecuniary cost to him. The state- ment, sometimes seen in print, that it cost him a postage stamp for his letter obtaining energy from the atom. If of acceptance misses the fact that the an committee in charge returned the cost of postage, ‘WILLIAM J. SEELYE. & tionalism many sensitive and from Jerusalem. An that tical expediency has Bri to turn & cold shoulder to Zionism.” “Tmm! % igration is the heart of the. whole_matter,” declares the Philadel- ghll Evening Bulletin, “since it is only y establishing colonists in considerable tion of ‘prompted | 0 American Sympathy Shown For Britain as Well as Jews g 5 it §ELE i ; is manifestly influenced by and impressions of an excep- e, but unfortunately has noth- ting that, with modification %5% ik § g gs'l i § i gas - 54 £ numbers that \the future of Zionist |8 effort can be saf adds: of establishing & measure of self-gov- ernment must be taken immediately in hand will Jead to fears that concessions to the Arabs dangerous to the success of Zionism are contemplated, even though the government declares it will grant the Arabs no terms inconsistent with the mandate. The Zionist hope and demand was that after the outrages of 1929 the government would make clear to all opponents of Zionism that it was going through to the end with the project of a national home for the Jews, to which it was pledged by the Balfour declaration. T be now that the government is at best lukewarm, and that concessions incon- sistent with the attainment in predictable future of the aims of Zion- ism are to be made to its enemies.” “Even before Allenby took Jerusa- lem,” recalls the Cincinnati Times-Star, “the British government pledged itself by the Balfour declaration to establish in Palestine a Jewish national home. Under the mandate from the League of Der | Ctifling the scheme, idealistically. centuries to ;nflo ‘e-nm'n be thhuflt in ';n decade. not a poem it is bein| built in lestine, but a country bricks and flelds, mortgages and side- e istake made in br b e made in promising con- flicting national states cannot now be rectified,” in the opinion of the New York Evening Post. “The only course Great Britain can follow is one of com- promise, in which, under the terms of the mandate conferred by the League of Nations, the TM ble considera tion is given to the its of both Jews and Arabs. If the balance has swung too far one way, as the report of Sir John Hope Simpson has indicated, there is nothing for England to do but. ate tempt to redress it. It is a thankless task. England cannot succeed without Jewish-Arab co-operation. But it is time that American and English Jewry recognized the realities of the Palestin® situation and appreciated the diffioul- ties of the position in which England finds herself.” Nations, by which Britain governs Palestine, she was required to facilitate the settlement of Jews on the land. Now that Jewish immigration is stopped, the main grounds for the mandate are removed. In Britain’s favor it may be argued that Arab population ?\m&n the ewish immigral 1926, and that the influx of Jewish cap- ital has made the of land qx_;; hibitive to the indigent Arabs. real reason for throwing overboard the Balfour decl however, was the demand of AnE b_mx which, as Britain well knows, reac] e e e A or the will the Jewish seven to one; that Soat | which ition has fallen off since | p! the | alis? Many perso: nn-n-{ i Revolutionary Like Foot Ball. Somenow Bouth Au Ame to mind the. game. ot oot the cowboys went ahead layed anyway, in the story, when they couldn’t find {he bt!l? Investment Opportunities. ":h;;: Rockford Illinois Register-Republic. & sclentist is harnessing the Gulf Stream for power why not harness the trade winds and the aurora bore- would like to e