Evening Star Newspaper, November 19, 1930, Page 8

THE EVENING STAR o With Sunday Morning Edition. WASEINGTON, D. C. WEDNESDAY . November 19, 1930 THEODORE W. NOYES. ,..Editor Rate Payable in Advance. Mufli":s: “‘afiz HE80: 1 me: iber of the Associated Press. lmoe)-ud Press is exclusively entitled use for republication of all news Gis- credited to it or not otherwise cred- in shis peper god also herein. All right atches herein the local vews f publication of lso reserve ‘There are many advantages in ap- plying Civil Service status to some of the municipal employes, and the word- ing of the President's proclamation as well as Commissioner Reichelderfer's Interpretations and explanations of the new policy are apparent safeguards against its disadvantages. ‘The advantages lie in the traditional superority of the merit system, with its careful selection of qualified appli- cants for positions in the District serv- fee and the consequent removal of it sometimes becomes embarrassing pressure upon the Commissioners, ex- by influential members of Con- or of the community in behalf Job-seeking ‘constituents. There is the establishment of accepted and standards for positions as well 88 an eficient and orderly method in lvantages of arbitrarily cov- the Civil Service all of the ed. | one States of the Union and grant gains Commissioners, and is so worded that the manner and extent of carrying it enment or the classification by funé thon of the employes, to be placed urider the Civil Service. ‘The world's biggest telescope, with & reflector 100 inches in diameter, is at Mount Wilson. Through that mighty lens Einstein will gaze this Winter. May it be destined to achieve new glory as the result of his peeps into the celestial mysteries! B o —— Reapportionment. Reapportionment of the House is to take its toll of members from twenty- in membership to eleven other States. Bixteen States are unaffected by the reapportionment, which is made in accordance with the 1930 census. The Congress having acted finally, after falling to perform its duties under the Constitution with regard to proper ap- portionment during the past ten years, the changes are expected to go into effect after March 4. Indeed, unless there is further action by Congress in the interim, the reapportionment in accordance with the census figures an- nounced yesterday by President Hoover becomes automatically the law of the land and the individual States will be called upon to redistrict themselves or to elect their House delegations as “Representatives at large.” The States due to lose seats in the House of Representatives fought bitterly through their Representatives and Sena- tors the reapportionment law, which ‘was delayed ten years. But the law finally having been put through, it is doubtful that within the short session of Congress the opponents of the new apportionment will -be able to change the iaw. It is true that Representative Dickinson of Towa has said that he would offer a bill at the coming session of Congress proposing to increase the membership of the House from 435, its present h, to cover the 27 addi- tional to which eleven of the States are entitled. But the proposal to increase the House membership 50 a8 to prevent the loss of seats to those States which have not grown in tly to keep pace has been made States. Only ‘one New England State shows & gain, Connecticut, which will have an additional Representative. Four New England States each lose one seat. ‘They are Massachusetts, Maine, Rhode Island and Vermont. [ A young ice-wagon driver out at Stanford University has married a 1 | beautiful co-ed heiress. It seems that, thought of it. It is believed that the Commissioners, With the sympathetic co-operation of She President, have taken s wise step, e full advantages of which will in @ue time become apparent. A foot ball player is decorated for his Sravery as a Marine, and Marines are Being decorated for their bravery as foot ball players, and everything is & bit mixed, but they probably “win the next war” for us, just " —— Wwas innocent little mosquitoes ‘were responsible for the dis- ‘Tom blast. Perhaps at they are hovering happily . O'Leary’s famous cow. Einstein in America. compliment has been paid to , especially science, than upon !;ggz I !E% i in the the one bestowed us next . Albert Einstein comes The inventor of the , theory now celebrated as ®pelativity” purposes spending several 18 California on research. The his exploratory activities will be H 1 i b i The German ssvant, recently ele- ¥ated by Bernard Shaw to the giddy ! g | i fi ! i’ -3 i { i i lacking other vehicle, he once took his swestheart to a dance in his truck. Possibly he got this brilliant idea from the character Ole Skjarsen, lumber- jack, in Fitch's “Siwesh Stories,” who pulled his girl to the prom on a bob- sled. Anyhow, Red Grange never — et Al Capone has opened a generous soup kitchen for the benefit of Chi- cago's many unemployed. Yes, we have no pineapples. ——— ot If the parents of young Booth, Eli backfield ace, could have foreseen his adult size they might well have chris- tened him Telephone. —atee The Flower Capital. In recent years Washington has taken its place as the flower capital of the United States. The latest phase of this peaceful but picturesque conquest was the twenty-ninth annual “mum” show of the Department of Africulture, which was held in the green houses of the department. Following as it did upon the beautiful orchid show, the display of chrysan- themums served to accent the position of the National Capital in the horticul- tural world. While Washington per- haps never will oust various other cities in their proud positions as seed centers, secured long ago when the country was predominantly agricultural, the tendency toward making this city s floral display center is very well marked. | Surely the Washington of the present | is a fit place to put on display the newer varieties of all the popular & fair share of the floral “show” busi- ness seems 10 be gaining ground every year. Its prestige in this respect grows with every successful show. The annual government displays, such a&s the “mum” show recently ended, with its 1,200 plants in nearly 200 varieties, point the right way to make the Na- tional Capital the flower capital of the Nation. The Defense Highway. ‘The Maryland State Roads Commis- sion is to be congratulated on the com- pletion of the widening, throughout its entire length, of the Defense Highway. This, much-used artery has been a menace to motorists and has well de- served its name of “suicide highway.” Despite the fact that it would shorten the distance to Annapolis from Wash- ington by many miles and the knowl- edge that as soon as it was opened to the public it would have to carry a heavy volume of traffic, the Defense Highway was built only to a width of fifteen feet on the straightaway and eighteen on the curves. The result was sutomatic. Accidents became al- most commonplace. With the average car six feet in width it was palpably evident that too little space had been left for passing, and the scraping of fenders or the interlocking of wheels have frequently been the cause of fatal accidents. Now, however, the highway has been shouldered and the width increased to twenty feet, thus converting it from a narrow road of extreme peril to a thor- oughfare capable of accommodating in safety most of the traffic demands that are made upon it. Of course, even & twenty-foot road in these days of heavy squirrels were having a in the oak tree across the one of them would run the then the other. e first would run down, followed the second. Sort of hickory- d not help wond little fellows it we ot heip belteving that ving any ‘would mueg rather enjoy life become an m&m of even the fairest lady's outer < * ok % % At 1&1“?‘»"&&' o e et W es the non-expert We must insist on the ession character of our notes ;n“neurgeh. Wfi SEM RS - world about how take ‘upright ears, and you will thing of the family resemblance. gTay or also possesses another rat istic. He can deliver as neat & any rat. And probably one as poison. ous. EE Admirers of the squirrel, especially children, are warned to m&- no sud=- den movements Wwhen atter to T tnese interesting. ittle ‘The best way is not to at- fe¥ and perch on side one, especially if it hears the rustle of & paper bag, which experience has taught it to know may contain peanuts. We say “taught it to know”; of course, it doesn’t know, nor can it be sald to Ik |} ohe that the bag contains peanuts; It was in vain that we attempted to e e L e wanted them they they went. instinct fell down on_him, His traditional instinct false that time. b * % x % It may be believed that the hlfin'llmuch sense. R e is an animated, frisky bu actions and reactions. L:’v’unzngr !‘1’: does amid the trees, he 13 rather ill at ease down on the ground, and seeks the slightest excuse to scamper aloft, A pedestrian or automobile will cause him to run with much tail ‘waving. He always thinks he is in the air; he waves his tall as merrily on concrete, where he does not need such balancing, as up among the limbs, where he does, If the laundry wagon steers itself deftly up the drivi , When he is play- ing around his favorite he wflr run as if the very devil were ai him, We rather suspect that he is not as afraid as he acts, however. Else why these darts to left and right, these mad wig-waggings with his big bushy tail? package; e Goes Bot notics b, Buis 2 n A - R s o uf Man Squirrel pretends that Mr. Laundry Man is chasing him. Hence he tes travel is not considered a major artery; | then but on the safety side alone it was im- bl &d perative that something should be done about the Defense Highway. Maryland has made great progress throughout its road system in the con- struction of shoulders for widening. The Baltimore-Washington Boulevard— now & boulevard in every sense of the word, forty feet wide—is the finest ex- ample of Maryland’s program to i i il £ person and every organisation approves the “Buy now” cam- The point is whether they prac- Sy : SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Sure Relief. Oh, we very often raise Words the opposite of praise, Since the world is full of ways ‘That we blame. But amid complaint profound Consolation may be found, For Thanksgiving comes around Just the same. ‘Mid the tumult or applause, 'Mid the jeers or the hurrahs In the battle for a cause Or for fame, All the bustle of the throng Halts & moment for a song As Thanksglving comes along, Just the same. Carrying a Point. “You made some enemies,” said the consoling friend, “but you carried your point.” “Yes,” TYeplied Senator Sorghum, “sometimes & man carries & point with about the same amount of personal comfort that he derives from sitting on a tack” A Proverb Challenged. “A rolling stone gathers no moss,” sald the readymade philosopher. “Yes,” replied Mrs. Corntossel, “but that's no excuse fur & man devotin’ all his time to settin’' in & rockin’ ehalr, raisin’ whiskers.” Cumulative Manifestation. ©Oh, argument will never cease, However loud or strong! In quantity it must increase As people march along. For every orator who tries To have theé final say ‘Two more are certain to arise And talk the other way. Marked for Honors. “What makes you so anxious to send Three-Finger Sam to the Legislature. He isn't so very populsr.” “No. We citizens of Crimson Guich figured that it would be a great savin’ to the general community to get a poker player like Sam located somewhere .| York City.” o be % buw 4e e President Willlam Green of the Amer- Federation of Labor has been tendered the Labor portfolio in the Hoo- ver H]bél;:t. lowrdl:w to rt‘ ‘wholly nn; official persistent report now curren in the Capital. If the veteran labor leader can be prevailed upon to accept, he will succeed Secretary of Labor Davis when the latter's retirement is required by his entry into the Senate on Decem- ber 1 as the new Senator from Penn- sylvania. M;ns GI;QB::) is knovmnt‘a extremely reluctant accept the - 5, because he is loath coveted by some of his friends and associates, notably President Lewis of the United Mine Workers and William | 3 N. Doak of the Railroad Brotherhoods. Mr. Hoover is sald to be bending every effort to obtain Green's acceptance, though the odds are against his suc- * K K X Thousands of letters to the Interior Department inquire how to obtain work on the mammoth $100,000,000 Boulder Dam project, on which actual construc- tioff is to start within the next two weeks, Advertised from coast to coast as a project equal in magnitude to the igging of the Panama Canal, it appears to have raised (llue{o in the hearts of the Nation's uneffiployed, for all the letter writers are destined to disappoint- ment. The Interior Department states that not more than 500 additional men will go on the pay roll, either in the Government service or in the employ of the private contractors, in the near future, and not more than 1,000 when the werk is in full swing & year or two hence. It appears that already 5,000 men are camping out at Las Vegas, N. Mex., ready to crash the gates of the employment office as soon as the office opens. The Government pro- poses to seek Nation-wide publicit to contradict the notion that Boulder offers opportunities for jobs. * K X * This week witnesses the widely her- alded “White House Conference on Child Health,” which was conceived and t in motion by Mr, Hoover, financed anonymous private philanthropists, and which has” been over a year in preparation. It brings together more than a thousand volunteer expert com- mittees and investigators and educa- tors. Indicative of the fact that its sponsors are leaving no stone unturned to advertise the conference to the ut- is publicists who are aitached to its stafl. Thus the latest letterhead bears this legend: “General Consultants—French Strother, Washington, D. nd George Barr Bukke‘r. New York Ci it ! ceeding. ; Assistan Director of Public Relations, Mrs, Alda de Acosta Breckinridge, New French Strother is at the White House as the President's ministrative assistant.” Mr, Baker is Mr, Hoover‘m c'g'nfldl;ll;ull nd; on 3 “Director o m ufim that is the only title press agents are nowadays known in polite Washington society. *x % The new Tariff Commission there is some sort of instinctive re- lationship, however, between the and eating, which the rodent catches. Do not attempt to stroke the squir- rel, because he does not understand that motion; he may turn on you, quicker than s flu!:&m sink those sharp teeth clear to bone. He can do it. And quick as a wink, and quicker, he will forget all about his peanuts, and deliver a keen bite. It is not ingrati- tude, but self-protection, with him. He is obeying his first great law. * kX % No doubt the dry Summer was & difficult one for the squirrels, as it was for the birds, but the former seem to exist in large numbers still. ‘Those who live in the suburbs where squirrels commonly play around yards will discover about as many of them this Autumn as ever. It may be that hunger is bri them in from the woods. But if i f real l‘:'y‘mu-nh as if of o , known nothing but automo- 1 18 he has odern motor all 1ives. lively as the his master in m . The As met who noticed the in- that bus would have run uch action was to be applauded. | i It it were imitated by all drir the benefit of all nx:-lly unlmmymh{z ing d¢ and cats, there would be far e Giving & aniresl 3 chanee by slow £l nce, @ & 50 Geed o indnees, a1 + ook indness, - manlike action, hlch' bee. It is doing its best to make the President’ that on promise flexible provision of the tariff act be made to “flex” and that iities J. P , Wit prospect that if not now, then when the next Senate is ornnuedmn year hence, he may have his choice of & &l:w on the Forelgn Affairs Commit- hlfilorb:thl: Plr;tnce Committee, or per- , 'or a award of high honora, o s * x x % Commuters between Washin and New York now travel by Alrpm at & oost slightly less than the combined railroad and Pullman fare. This serv- ice has been in operation since Mid- summer, and is reported to be dmn1 such a land office business that a rival e has announced it would shortly n- sugurate a service. A rate war is in prospect which may cut the fare below the railroad cost. The present line is entirely a private passenger service. The newcomer is the company which has ‘t:k;; ;-t:\‘r:n u;:l Government af 3 companies will use the same landing flelds and operate on the same schedule. The new service will offer eight airmail schedules day between Washington and New York and fl; ':Mly between Washington and At~ (Copyright, 1930.) Use of Wasted Food For Jobless Advised To_the Editor of THe Star: It is well known that hundreds of carloads of produce are dumped every day and some is not even shipped allowed to go to wastage. Cannot some good-natured scout be found, flush with a surplus of money, 80 that the unemployed could use produce? By gome arrangement it could be g:ieu to the gen- maintained in not injuring re Leler S : are now objects of charity; and not enough. We will through somehow this time without uprising, but it may not be so eight ten hence. wi demands that we find cause and remove it. b will doubt involve some change in our laws. Our stupidity and cupidity are un- questionably responsible for all ills that beset us. We must repeal the laws enacted in the dark 283 8§ SEE i, 1] % H g L - g i g 3 g 3 Charity Plea Is Made For Nation’s Miners ‘To the Editor of The Star: Every known agency is doing LR ag =g § ——— s mee s Georgetown Incinerator Location Is Protested | %,® poiticsl To the Editor of The Star: Pl brought to the attention of neighbors in the vicinity of this plant by of . Washington editor of the Negro Year Book; -3 Dubois, writer, lecturer an the Association for the Advancemen lored many Vice Presidents have H‘ !guldgnt- of the United States? Nine Vice Presidents have become its, three A. Theodore were later elected Presidents. Q. Can women vote in Belgium? A, Women do not vote in Belgtum. ¥, 5ESEE rpE . What 1s & Gierk of the Hamper? A. The original title of the office, Bipartisan*Co-op_erationh | Produces Political Debate o R EEE armistice ror the Quite appropriate B 5 § %i . ¥ J fike ERt 1A H surveyors inspecting the land for the |, erection of said incinerator. It is tu;; Komted th their community, and if mentioned is true, it is believed that the District of Columbia will soon up and find that the Georgetown certainly do not care to have the bage can” of Wi placed wake folks | Tn support afore- | both parties to stand together.” * K % % of the Democratic obliga- tion “gar- to the voters who expressed flt cholee MXM polllg, the Roanoke Times ks mi , especially after only | says: .rwmnflrlor they were able to get rid of & odor as will be detected from a plant of this sort. J. FRANK Growing Prizes Asked In Garden Contests To the Editor of The Star* In served your interesting editorial on the lawnmower as & prize in a garden con- test. Although there is cer! to be gen- eral agreement over the suitability and practical nature of such a prise, the suhea" ‘waraen-contcer prists of 8 garden-con pos- sibly still merf I refer i giving prides of small treek, shrubs in o 3 and other plant material for the beau- of community, =~ Such trade. We are living in a rich country, and ' of the unemployed have the getting one or three meals & da; It would help & lot even m..i some 5 will not have a roof to shelter them from the piercing cold which now is ap- e proaching on their heels. “Man’s inhumanity to man” now hangs as a pall on our atmosphere Ours is the richest coun in the w‘::' “ll'ld m)tlmhn contributed tc mal 80 in fleld of usefulness. ‘We should all be fed. then we can -ty B K NrCHAKL BLIS. Wants D. C. to Foster World United States To the Editor of The Star: | | plants are also suggested the consideration of those who eonduct of garden contests. Vacant Farm Working For Jobless Approved To the Editor of The Star: I have just read the letter of Mr. your letter et g ségieéi eaaiiien g E 1 the custom of the American | 1081c ‘Association | Sedulously or sponsor various kinds | € grea any Democrats throughout the country have shared in the ishmen! i Senatdr ‘there rocking of boat’ in the ocontinued bat control of the next ttle ¢ K:lmu\ Om(re-m‘ ¢ might hinder America's administration policles” is voiced by the Baltimore Sun, with commendation of Senator ‘'valuable analysis and irrefutable and that r finds that “ cultivated notion that Demo- crats are ‘bad for business’ sisted Foot Ball Team Vaccinated. - from the Indianapolis Star. KETs: 4% Ants