Evening Star Newspaper, December 4, 1930, Page 8

THE EVENING STAR With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. ?mr..“mm 4, 1030 ) THEODORE W. NOYES. A S, ding. .Editor Rt o Rate Mail—Payable in Advance. z-ryhll nz-l Vi BT ay only’ All Other States and Canada. fly snd Sunday. 1 cr. $12.00: 1 mo. i 1yr. 3800:1 b5 me ay only . 1¥r. $5.00: 1mo.. Member of the Associated Prgss. exclusively entitled | 1l news cis- erwica cred- paper and also the local 1ews | Ferein. Al rights of publication o spatches herein are aiso reserved. Dublishe i Foectal dy A Scathing Indictment. As a witness before the pecial Hous: committee inquiring into matters con- | cerning the fiscal relationship between the Federal and the District govern- ments, Representative Simmons of Ne- braska casts grave aspersions upon the Congress of the United States and in- cidentally upon the President with his veto power and as represented by his appointees, the Commissioners and the Budget Bureau, that should b2 made | the subject of immediate investiga- tion. Mr. Simmons stated that there has been no effort in Washington to curtall expenses and develop proper sources of revenue. “The efforts in Washington,” he is quoted as saying, “have st no time been to curtafl ex- penses or develop other sources of revenue. The efforts have been to get moré money from the Federal ‘Treasury.” This matter should, it is repeated, be looked into by Congress. Congress has sole legislative power in the District of Columbie. Congress, and Congress alone, is responsible for the amount of money raised by taxation without rep- resentation from politically impotent citizens of the District and for ex- penditure of that money. Unlike the citizens of other cities in the United States, who may increase or curtail ex- penditures at will, fix and develop sources of revenue, the citizens of Wash- ington are wholly dependent upon the National Legislature for action in such matters. If Congress has failed in its responsibility to the citizens of Wash- ington and has not curtailed expenses or developed proper sources of revenue, let Congress be brought to book! Mr. Simmons deserves the thanks of every one for his fearless exposure. Should the House take the initiative and begin the investigation, the first witness called should be the chairman of the House Appropriations Commit- tee. He would presumably plead igno- rance, as the details of curtailing ex- penses, etc., in the District of Columbia are of necessity left to the Subcommit- tee on District of Columbia Appropri- ations. The chairman of this subcom- mittee, charged with the failures al- leged by Mr. Simmons, should be placed on the stand and Mr. Simmons should be given the privilege of developing his charges through proper cross-examina- tion. The taxpayers here take no part in the Government which governs them, have nothing to say regarding its choice, have no rights of other Americans be- yond those of petition and protest. But as interested spectators on the side- lines, whose money is paying the major cost of Capital maintenance and de- velopment, they demand that Mr. Sim- mons’ culprit be brought to justice, In addition to Mr. Simmons’ implica- tions of misfeasance on somebody’s part, his appearance as a witness and the testimony of Representative Cram- ton of Michigan were valuable, in that they indicate a possible misconception in the public mind regarding the na- ture of the inquiry now under way. ‘The investigation by this special House Committee grew out of the dif- ferences between House and Senate over the amount of the lump sum that would Tepresent a fair and adequate contribu- tion by the Pederal Government toward the American Capital, the House hold- ing out for $9,000,000 and the Senate | for $12,000,000. As the end of the ses- slon precluded further debate, and as the funds of the dependent District ‘were already tied in a complex knot, a compromise was reached on the lump sum, and the House voted the inquiry that now is taking place, which, pre- sumably, is intended to discover pri- | marily what the amount of the lump sum should be. The general tenor of testimony yes- | terday, however, indicates that the citi- ®ens of the District of Columbia are to 0 on trial, the accusations, as outlined | in the opening statement of the prose- cution, being tax-dodging, extravagance, | opposing increasing taxes, maintaining the most expensive school system in the country, owning private property that *“does not add one dollar for utilitarian | purposes to the Federal Government,” sttempting to raid the Treasury of the United States and otherwise enlanger- ing the foundations of government to, such an extent that Mr. Simmons| warns the committee that the s of the United States”—who are repre- | sented in Congress by 435 Representa- tives and.96 Senators—need protection, and somebody should be in the commit- tee room during the hearings* to sce that they receive fair play when the de- fendant takes the stand. r—v—. A debate very often decides nothing, but is nevertheless regarded as valuable because of the mental exercise. e National Life insurance. . |of staff, | Government did not far exceed that | American to $946,289,758—an increase of $110,- 000,000 over this year's figures. In addition to labeling Army and Navy appropriations “national life in- surance,” it would be equally logical to designate veterans' relief as “cost of unpreparedness in past wars.” At any rate, the lion's share of the compensa- tion we so generously and so properly bestow upon ex-service men is a tribute we pay not only to them, but to Amer- ica’s incurable habit of remaining chronically unready for unexpected in- ternational emergencies. Gen. Sum- merall's recent farewell report as chief now before Congress, calls graphic and timely attention to that national failure. For the first time in the country’s history, the military and naval budget approximates & billion dollars. Time was, within the memory of Americans still alive, when the whole cost of the i i figure. Today the United States is a' family of 122,000,000 souls. A billion- ! dollar national life insurance premium | works out at something less than five | dollars per capita. That will not strike | the average citizen as an excessive rate | of protecticn. It can hardly be a flea- bite alongside the per capita annual expenditure on, let us say, automobiles | or movies, or, If statistics do not deceive | us, even ice cream or cosmetics. The returns cn cigarettes are not in yet. If any army and navy in the world | are purcly defensive Institutions, ours| are. Theirs is the responsibility for safeguarding the thousands of miles of | seaboard on two fronts from the peril | of invasion; for watching over the jugular vein which is the Panama Canal; for essuring th> pro- tection of our outiying possessions in the Caribbean, the Pacific and the Far East; for guaranteeing the safety of a colossal seaborne commerce; for assur- ing respect for the flag both at home and abroad. These are the “military functions” for which the American taxpayer is asked to plank down a billion dollars next year. Pacifist piffie to the contrary not- withstanding, it is far and away the mostessential ‘investment the country makes. Upon the sure shield held aloft by the Army and Navy, America's whole national being depends. Without ft, | national welfare could not develop amid | tranquillity and safety. It is a vital and | an indispensable burden, which this patriotic people is able and proud to bear. ————— The Relief Program. Congressional leaders very properly have determined to give measures for relief of the unemployed and of the drought-stricken farm areas right of way. President Hoover in his annual message to Congress has recommend- ed that an appropriation of $100,000,000 to $150,000,000 be made to accelerate “all construction during the next six months.” The President has further proposed that “this appropriation be made distributable to the different de- partments upon recommendation of a committee of the cabinet and approval by the President.” This money is vitally needed to speed up construction work by the Govern. ment during the Winter -and Spring months, not because the Government is in a hurry to complete construction of projects—though avoidance of delay is desirable—but in order to give the maximum employment possible on those Pprojects, thereby materially lessening unemployment. Pre:ident Hoover has not asked Congress to hand over to him $150,000,000 to be used as he and his cabinet see fit. Every dollar is to be expended on construction projects, whether buildings for the Government use, waterway improvement or road building already authorized by the Congress itzelf. His purpose in asking Congress to allow the cabinet and the President to allot this money to the various projects, fully authorized by the Congress in past legislation, is to make it pos:ible to place money where it can be most quickly used to give employment to the workers. The pro- posal makes for efficiency in dealing with the major problem now before Congress, to give prompt aid to the unempioyed. Yet already criticism of the Presi- dent's proposal has been raised in cer- | tain quarters. Too much power to place in the hands of the President is the suggestion of the critics, and unheard of outside of war times. In an emer- | gency such as exists today the country should call upon its Chief Executive | for aid. Mr. Hoover is no stranger to relief work. He has a flair for it, proved | abroad as well as in the United States. His congressional critics prefer to make bard-and-tast appropriations of this |additional sum asked by the President | | to be expended on authorized projects.' Yet it is clear that it may be impos- sible to expend this money for weeks jor months on the projects designated by the Congress, due to lagging of plans, legal matters, the weather, etc. Under the President’s plan, it would be possi- | ble to hit hard at the unemployment situation with a mobile fund of money reaching into many millions of dollars. This $150,000,000 is not the sum total of the money to be expended by the! Government during the year on con- struction work. It is rather a small proportion of the amount to be ex- pended, which will run, including the new appropriation now asked, to $650,- 000,0600. Its appropriation, however, will | permit the Executive to deal more effi- ciently with the relief problem. There is implied in the eriticism of | the President’s plan a suggestion that ! ceftain sections of the country hostile to the administration politically might not fare so well in the distribution of the mobile appropriation as other sec- tions. If this be true, it is the concep-) tion of smali minds. Herbert Hoover would never deny to suffering humanity the relief which he might accord it, no, maiter where the relief were needed, ———a A gentieman who finds himself with | when they are offered you. merry little bits of colored paper with adhesive on the reverse side. The seals are a romance of social service. Their general acceptance by the public of the world has led to the proper continuation of work begun many years ago to fight the great white plague. It may not seem to the seal pur- chaser that he is doing very much when he buys a dollar’s worth of the seals, but if he will recall that thou- sands upon thousshds of his friends and neighbors are doing the same he will realize, perhaps with a thrill, that he is “doing his bit” in a great work: Not every one can be actively en- gaged in the fight against disease. Many are fortunate enough to be com- paratively free from physical affiic- tions. It is these persons, above all, who should seize the opportunity offered by the Christmas seals. A seal on every letter written from now until after New Year would mean that the sale will be a greater success than ever. It will mean that every letter posted will be the brighter in appearance. It will mean that re- cipients of such letters will think, too, of a good work. Buy Christmas seals They are small but mighty for good. ———— Robert M. Hutchins, youthful presi- dent of the University of Chicago, has launched a sweeping plan of educational reform. He is. undoubtedly a ‘“comer,” but he will not get the benefit of the full spotlignt as long as Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler has his health, —————————— ‘There have been labor leaders the world over, but none more picturesque and sympathetic than the late “Mother Jones.” She was one of the women who could take up a manful occupation and do the work in some respects better than men. e By looking over the records it will be found that a presidential message to Congress serves as a rule to bring out precisely the comment that was to be expected from the opinions that had been already formed. R A Rockefeller donation to relieve un- employment comes from a source that cannot only contripute large sums, but that can create enterprises that will keep human earning capacities in active circulation. Squandering or speculation is not to be advocated under any circumstances. The sensible citizen, however, knows that money is good for what it will buy and not especially helpful when held in idleness. e Prof. Albert Einstein's contention that everything in the universe is curved and that all lines return eventually to their starting point is beautifully illus- trated by that toothsome product of his native land, the pretzel. ——— . When a box of variegated chocolates is opened, did you ever notice how in- tently the average man hunts for pleces that are all chocolate, innocent of inner pink, purple or green “goo”? — eaee Communism as ordinarily explained by its teachers suggests so many com- plications in governmental processes that the probability of keeping out the grafters seems unlikely. ————— “Jimmy” Walker says being mayor of New York is a hard job. It is not a wholly original remark. Many another mayor of New York has said the same thing. —————— It is never a bad idea to search for the probable secret compartment in South American cabinets. [ —— SHOOTING STARS, BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Our Congressman. Our Congressman is gentle. siderate and kind, In spite of all the trouble that he has upon his mind. He'll argue with a foeman in an un- relenting style And when again they meet he'll greet him with a genial smile. He's con- Our Congressman is generous. It's only just hecause _ He hasn't the equipment, that he's not a Santa Claus! He knows all public questions that per- plex us far and near. He also knows the answers, which so few will stop to hear. Our Congressman will always show a bright, courageous face And smile, though now and then he may be loser in a race— If you would lead your life upon an admirable plan, Keep up a brave endeavor to be like our Congressman! Changing Sentiments. “Aren’t you old-timers glad to greet one another again?” “We are just now,” answered Senator Sorghum. “Later on, when contentions grow warm, we're liable to be sorry we ever met.” Jud Tunkins says one reason foot ball is so popular is that it's in reality & peaceable way of conducting what looks frcm a distance like an unrelent- ing combat. Perfect Trafic Rules. In heaven, where streets are paved with gold, He who its glory gains | May find new traffic rules, we're told, Of which no one complains. Safety in Romance. “I am told you have fallen in love with a motion picture star.” “It's the truth,” answered Cactus Joe. “I go to sce every film she's in and sit in worshipful silence—knowin’, of course, I'll never have a chance to meet her personally—which after ail is the safest way of fallin’ in love I *Military functions” of the United "the balance of power in legislating mrik.nuw of.” States, according to the budget just submitted to Congress by President Hoover, will cost during the fiscal year | 1931-32 the sum of $1,616,387,115. That fs a lot of money. The Commander in | Chief of the Republic’s armed forces would have done better to speak of it #s the annual premium on Uncle Sam's | Ufe insurance. That is exactly what it is—or, at least, that part of the total | which'is spent on the Army and Navy. | M addition to the $920,667,757 allotted | o our land and sea establishments, the | ‘eggregate for “military functions” in- | . €ludes roundly $700,000,000 for veterans' . @elief. The gross budget ”“R for the ship of stat: is expected to be par- | ticulariy careful not to rock the boat. St Christmas Seals. One of the quist but inspiring fea- tures of the modern Christmas ssason lies in the sale of Christmas seals. The formal sale of these bright “stick- ers” will be launched in the National Capital tonight by the Washington Tu- berculosis Association at a meeting at the Y. W. C. A. which will be attended by city officials and others, “Merry Christmas, Health to All” says the 1930 seal, and it is this mes- sage, and the fine work which les Time to Circulate, When folks of business complain And find of current cash a dearth, Don't speculate in projects vain, But Buy and Get Your Money's Worth! “He who is obeyed by the people,” sald Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown, “must learn to make the people believe that he is obeying them.” “Dey tells me,” said Uncle Eben, “dat a myth is somebody dat never did live. My idea of a myth is somebody dat knows all about whut race horses will do. | whose n THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. Window gardening is essentially & woman's _occupation. We thought of this the other day as we traveled by one of these huge apartment houses, where floors rise one above the other stretch out by the hundreds. Modern, to the last degree, yet in many of the windows there stood flower pots, each holding some green thing— flower containers as old as time, almost. No man put them there. In each case it was a woman's hand which filled the pots, and planted the flowers, and daily tended them. Perhaps not one man 4n a million has the hankering to grow flowers in pots, or to secure the beauty which their presence brings to a home. Indoor flower gowing to _most men, is simply too much trouble. Few will be found to fuss over begonias and other things grown inside in Winter. Yes, the begonia is one of the old- est of plants used for such a purpose, but, like backgammon, the game, it is coming into popular favor again, if, indeed, it ever went out. W Perhaps the majority of the window flowers seen in the big apartment were in kitchens, although there was no exact telling from the outside what rooms they graced. Adorned? Women like them, most men secret- ly think of them as messy-looking. If they are left in the care of the man of the house, they will end by wither- ing away, in all probability. Just how much flower pots add to the appearance of a home, whether it be house or apartment, is a question. Except for the sense of home which they brought, the pots in the windows of the large apartment scarcely added to the “looks” of the place from the outside. The chief trouble was that the ob- server wes too far away to catch any- thing but the general effect, and this, like that of the window curtains, differ- ent in every individual apartment, was | not particularly thrilling. No doubt indoors the flowers in their pots looked better, for there one could see the individual containers with their foliage and blossoms. * Wiy The old adage about luck with flow- ers probably arose with window gar- dening, for there is no phase of horti- culture which contains more fortune. In the older days, when homes were not so well heated, it was easier to grow plants indoors. But nowadays steam and hot-water and hot-air heat from a central plant have made most of our homes too dry. The resuit is that plants find them- selves trying to grow in an atmosphere commonly said to be dryer than that of the far-famed Sahara Desert. We do not know whether this state- ment is true or not, but certainly it is one which has been given much circu- lation and probably represents some ap- proximation of the truth, o We discovered last Winter that even cacti would not live in the atmosphere in which we live. “Too bad for both you and the cacti!” | some one shouts, but, as for us, we en- joy it and thrive in it, even if our cacti didn’t. Where we made our mistake with our high-priced but small bowl of cactuses (good if not elegant English) was in only a teaspoonful of water every two or three weeks. After we had exa:i.mented with it for & couple of months, we came to the conclusion that the cactus in captivity is decidedly different from the cactus in the Sahara Desert or the Mohave Desert, or wherever it is cactuses (or cactl) grow. We would have done much better if we had given the bowl, which was about 3 inches across, a half cup of water every week. A ‘Water is the point upon which most indoor gardeners founder. m;ll':uy either give too much or too They think to counteract indoor dry: ness by floating their pots in liquid, bu the plant is given more than it can handle. The result is that its earth gets soggy and its leaves moldy. . Or they withhold water to such an extent that the poor specimen gives over the task of Iife and kerflops, as| the children say. To water or not to water, that is the question, and it is one which only women can answer, for they seem to have keener eyes to catch the signs of plant distress. * ok ok % No lady ought to feel complimented bv the above paragraph, however, for the truth is that, as they comprise the bulk of the indoor Winter gardeners, so also they constitute almost the entire list of failures with plants at this sea- son. Some people do not seem to be able to raise even the paper-white nar- cissi, and as for hyacinths all they get is leaves. ‘The main difficulty must be tempera- ture, usually too high, and not moist enough. Unheated porches which open into heated rocm-, with doors left open between, constitute good indoor flower grounds, It is noticeable that many such glassed porches in the greater apart- ment buildings are filled with what seem to the passerby to be horticultural specimens in prime condition. At one time in this country no home was complete without its ferns. One still sees many of these in the porches mentioned and in the older homes of the city, houses with huge windows reaching from ceiling to floor, in which usually repose several potted plants, ranging from ferns to the almost ex- L{nct rubber plant, at least upon occa- slon. * K oK K Is it significant that one seldoms sees a fern or other house plant in the newer homes? The place of honor in the window is given to a pretty lamp whose main purpose often seems to be to flash forth the opulence of the house- holder. A plant is scarcely a flashy thing, except something such as the poinsettia, | used largely at Christmas time on ac- count of its contrasted green and red. Yet there is nothing nicer—we believe that is the exact word—in a home than a well grown specimen of some beauti- ful house plant. Whether it be tulips, or begonias, or the old favorite gera- niums, or lilies of the valley, it gives any home, the smallest or largest, a note of genuine interest, appreciated by those who may be left cold by the finest display of furniture or interior decora- tion. - Flowers are, in fact, real interior the matter of water. ‘We had been warned to give the bowl Highlights on the Wide World Excerpts From Newspapers of Other Lands ONOLULU STAR-BULLETIN.— There bably never will be a completely satisfactory traffic ordinance, not only because of the divergent opinions of mo- torists, but because of the physical in- capacity of most citles to accommodate themselves to the ever-swelling number of automobiles. Most of the streets of Honolulu, for instance, were laid out and developed before the motor came into general use and now it is a prob- lem of keeping the automobile adjusted to the streets, the adjustment of the streets to’ the automobile being possible only in a few instances. Added to the unavoidable congestion is the human tendency toward carelessness, and, al- together, the contriving of a workable set of traffic laws is the most difficuit preblem the city confronts. The police, the Trafic Committee of the Chamber of Commerce, and automobile owners generally should unite in preparing a new traffic law, by making suggestions for improving the utility and safety of our streets. * x ok x Buenos Aires Newspaper Has Half Million Circulation. La Presna. Buenos Aires.—The great- est daily circulation attained by La Prensa so far this year was on the 25th of May, when net sales Teached the unprecedented figure of 553,743 cop'es. The circulation since the first of the year, however, has been around the 500.000 mark and we are ccnfident that the near future will es- | tablish a circulation of half a million as our normal average. Our entire staff is working toward that and we are all constantly striving to improve the ap- peal, authenticity and individuality of the grand Argentine journal. * % Kk X Aims to Stop Suppression of Names of Thieving Girls. Evening Post, Wellington.—“I am go- ing to stop the suppressing of names of young girls who thieve,” said Mr. K. M. | Hunt, 8. M., in the police court, when a charge of stealing 2 pounds was pre- ferred against a waitress, aged 20 years When the girl appeared, Subinspector Shanahan asked for a weck’s remand, which was granted. A condition was that the girl should remain in the cus- tody of the Salvation Army. “I will suppress the girl's name until the case is heard,” said the magistrate when the female probaticn officer, Maj. Annie Gordon, asked for suppression “But,” he added, "I am going to stop suppressing_the names of girls who steal from their mistresses, and go from one household to another, with nothing known about them.” * ok ok % Peiping Residents Want Marine Guard Maintained, Manchuria Daily New: community of Chinese residents in, Pei- ping equal to a good sized town has been alarmed by the prospect that the Amer- ican Marine Guard and the American Legation will be removed from Peiping to Shanghai. For more than 25 years thousands of Chinese have depended wholly or in part for their support upon the employment which the American legation and guard offer, Withdrawal of the 600 Americans compcsing the | guard and the legation staffl would be | particularly distressing to the Chinese in Peiping because the city is already suffering ~ from unemployment and hundreds of Chinese servants have grown up in the service of Americans as houseboys, cooks, chauffeurs, jinrikisha pullers and coolies. They are hardly prepared to work for other foreigners, or even for wealthy Chiness families, . of _ housckeeping and cooking are very different. * K ok % Prohibition Campaign Gains Headway in Chile, El Mercurio, Santiago.—The prohibi- tion campaign is gaining headway not only in this city and in Valparaiso, but throughout the country. eetings at- tended by many thousands are being held by the anti-alcohol crusaders, and large posters are displayed on bulletin boards in places of public resort every- where, showing the effects of indulgence in potent liquors. Though it must be admitted that a lot of this propaganda concerns itself with the extremes of the enormities traceable to the liquor traf- fic, it is apparent nevertheless that .| suffering from the infestation. Today, 10 % to the conclusions of the Law Enforce~ the | to be its conclusions. decoration, and those who can grow them by all means ought to do so. speakers are listened to attentively and the posters contemplated with interest. ‘The latter could scarcely fail to attract attention, due to the liveliness of the scenes depl with such exuberance of coloring and delineation. But there are some, of course, to whom even the most vivid and horrific of these present- ments are indeed stark and tragic realities. - Eradication of Tick Progresses in South From the Houston Post-Dispatch. Some phases of progress achieved in the South receive little attention. They |are no less important to the welfare of this section because they are not put upon the billboards. Tick eradi- cation is one of se. When public authority entered upon | the campaign of getting rid of the cattle tick in the South, 14 States were of these States are entirely free of the destructive pest. Eighty-three per cent of the territory originally infested has | been cleared. Of the four States not | vet clear, three are actively at work in eradication, and the time will not be long before they, too, will join in the tick-free area. | It has not been an easy task. It| | has required much work and much edu- | cation of public sentiment. Many cattle- men originally opposed tick eradication, and the movement does not yet have | unanimous support among owners of | herds, but opponents are now in the | minority, and the work goes forward. | | To tick eradication the South owes | no small part of the progress it has made in the development of the dairy- ing industry. Successful dairying is difficult if not impossible in tick-in- fested districts. To the South the dairy- ing industry has been looking in recent | years. Establishment of milk plants {at many points in Southern States at- tests the new interest in the milk-pro- ducing industry in all this section. Wisconsin and other Northern dairying States must in the future look to their laurels. There should be no let-up in the fight on the tick in the districts still infested. Texas should be made ab- solutely free at the earliest possible moment. The greatest cattle-producing | State should set an example to the | other States in this matter. Seares Crime Body Report Whisperers Rebuked From the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin, In disavowing unfounded reports as | ment Commission with respect to pro-| hibition Chairman Wickersham directly | rebukes the authors of surmises lbuu* what the commission will report, and! indirectly warns both drys and wets| that taking for granted any rumored decision of the commission is without warrant. The spectacle is undignified. Here Is | | & national body appointed by the Presi- | dent of the United States to consider & field in which prohibition enforce- ment is but one factor. It is composed of men of national reputation, some by pre.dlection wet, others dry, but none | of them, it is to be presumed, so blinded | by either predilection as to be unable | to view facts impartially and arrive at | conclusions judicially, regardless of per- conal preference. It is not an instru- ment for prejudgments or a plece of machinery set up for a prearranged pur- pose. The commission is no more a wet or a dry implement than it is committed beforehand to proportional representa- tion or the curfew law. Any member of the commission who would permit his | personal preferences to override honest | investigation and impartial considera- | tion is unfit for the job. The mass of people not extremists on on. side or the other have confidence |in the commission and are prepared to support its conclusions as expressing the soundest opinion obtainable as to the action which the country should Urges Half-Holiday For Federal Group To the Editor of The Star: Although there is & law on the statute books of the District of Colum- bia that specifically declares that “every Saturday after 12 o'clock moon shall be a holiday in the District for all pur- posés * * * just the same as Christmas or the 4th of July or other legal has an it legislation affe ployes alike. passed the Senate at the last session but falled to pass the House. However, it is believed that it will be acted upon favorably at an early date in the coming session. ‘That Controller General McCarl fa- vors this legislation is shown by the following statement: s ~“In view of the lack of uniformity and because of the long-existing prac- tice of the executives of requiring a full day's work on Saturdays except during the Summer months, it would no doubt avoid much confusion and complaint if the matter should be covered by specific legislation * * * as the administrative head of the general accounting office, I would favor the granting of Saturday half-holidays to all Federal employes whose services may be spared, which would be in harmony with the trend of employment policies in the commercial world.” The League of the American Civil Service has been sponsoring such legis- lation for several years, the Civil Serv- ice Commission is favorable to it and we have every reason to believe in the early passage of the bill. ‘The cost to the Government of the proposed legislation cannot very well be estimated, since it does not involve direct cost, but there is no evidence that the granting of Saturday half-holidays for four months of the year has resulted in any increased cost, therefore we are persuaded that the quantity of work performed will not be materially les- sened by the enactment of this legisla- tion. MARGARET H. WORRELL, President League of the American Civil Bervice. N Gridiron Crisis Near Due to Dollar Craze From the Omahs World-Herald. A crisis is approaching in the realm of foot ball. The most thrilling and spectacular of America’s outdoor games, foot ball, is being prostituted to the dollar. The Carnegie Foundation report on the tendency toward professionalism gave public warning of the menace to the amateur spirit in the game, which has been one of its chief charms. The warning was given, but not heeded. Right now the “Big Six" Con- ference is agitated over charges and counter-charges concerning the “sal- arles” paid players, with the Kansas star, Jim Bausch, as the center of the hi fight. In Omaha the high schools have fallen victim to the dollar craze, and some of our high school games are being played at night, by arc light. The only purpose of this is to attract the larger gate receipts. It seems unwise to trans- fer a game in which the chief specta- tor-interest should be young boys and girls to night contests in which the ap- peal is to crowds of men and women who could not attend the afternoon games. All over the land enormous stadia have been erected, at the cost of hun- dreds of thousands of dollars, to ac- commodate the foot ball crowds. To pay for the games the teams must be victorious. To be victorious they must be coached by professional experts who are paid large salaries. To hold their jobs the coaches must have winning teams. To get them they must scout for high school stars, and win the help of generous alumni in providing the players with nominal jobs at wages sufficient to keep them in school. The viclous circle widens year after year. ‘The chief victims are, of course, the Instead of feot ball ating sport, for those it becomes an avoca- activities of youth. The boy who es natural skill becomes the topic for countless newspaper headlines. His name stands out above that of all others in his college. Hundreds of thousands of persons refer to him familiarly, He is as much a pet of the mob as the gladiator in ahelent times who most quickly and skillfully slew his opponent in the arena. This is unfair to the boy. He loses his innate dignity. He becomes a ecir- cus performer. He is as a finely trained animal, prized for his muscles, speed, his agility. For two or three years he is placed upon a false pedestal. He must meet the demands of his pub- lic, if he is to stay there. Should he wish to withdraw from foot ball he cannot, lest the crowd call him yellow. The whole purpose of his educational years is lost. His entire sense of values is distorted. He leaves his school handi- capped for the realities of life, instead of being armed to meet them. ion other ‘This is the situation confronting the ! parents and the educators of America today. They find themselves the spon- sors and the protectors of an amateur sport which is becoming professional- ized in spite of them. South Showing Progress Despite Economic Backset From the New Orleans States. The Manufacturers’ Record calls at- tention to the interesting fact that, de- spite the nation-wide economic depres- | sion, the South is not slowing up in its growth and development. . Tllustrating its point, the Record points out that new. construction ir the | Southern States thus far this year has already exceeded the total during the 12 months of last year. During the first 10 months of 1930 more than $814,000,000 of new con- struction was started in the South, or $28,000,000 more than the entire total for 1929 and within $77,000,000 of the figures for 1926, when ail records were broken. Construction awards _in October amounted to more than $65.000,000, an increase of $19,000,000 over the previous month. _Construction work proposed and in sight at the end of October to- taled $100,000,000, $7,000,000 more than the total for the same month in the | record year of 1926. Here are compara- tive figures for construction contracts in October for the last five years: 1930, $65,658,000; 1929, $53,711,00 1928, $47,913,000; 1927, $46,257,000; 1926, $58,663,000. ‘These figdies prove that the South hasn't quite got the blues; that it has confidence in its resources, and that it is satisfied that the existing depression is only temporary, and that when we get back to approximate normalcy the South industrially will go forward faster than ever. All this building construction has, of course, contributed to the relief of un- er.ployment, and so the South is in line with the policy that one of the most vital factors to national recovery is provision of jobs for the idle through public improvements. It was that thought which made possible the re- cent overwhelming ratification by Louisi- anians of the program of Gov. Long to spend $100,000,000 or more for bridges, roads, port development and other improvements. oo Broad Responsibilitf. Prom the New London Day. Heflin accuses Tammany of respon- sibility for his defeat in bama. Which will almost make people believe that Tammany's recent derelictions are balanced by its recent good. ———— o Police Will Learn Later. take cn prohibition. But they are will- ing to wait patiently for the report and tlLey deprecate snap judgment on what are represented, without any authority, From the Detroit News. have been mov- If thi in O} S A & was ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. turn postage, and address The ning Star Information Bureau, ebfltcl. aHskin, director, Q. What is a gigolo?—E. M. G. A. Gi is a Prench esignate & man who lives on women's money, specifically one who is paid to dance with women patroniz- ing public tea rooms, hotels, restaurants, etc., in France. Q. Is Willilam Jennings Bryan's grandson who was studying art abroad now an actor?—T. §. A. After st art in New York and Paris, John Bryan decided on a :t:&e career. Last season he played a stock company and was seen by Fritz Leiber, who engaged him for the Civic Theater Co., Chicago, where he is now playing Shakespearean roles. Q. Where do we get the word “hik- ing"?—T. B. A. It is a soldier's slang word brought back, it is said, from the Phil- ippines some 30 years ago. Q. When did they have an 18-hour train service between New York and Chicago?—I. 8. W. A. In June, 1905, the Pennsylvania Railroad announced an 18-hour train between New York and Chicago and in a trial run made the trip in 17 hours. Q. Was the late Vice President Fairbanks & native of Indiana?—O. L. A. Charles Warren Falrbanks was born in Ohio, near Unionville Center, Union County. Q. Who built the first seaplane?— LGP A. The first seaplane, the Loon, was tried out by its builder, Glenn Cur- tiss. in December, 1908, but it was not until 1911 that the toon attachment was perfected and the first flight made from water. Q. How long have there been day xéumrlu in the United States?—R. A. The first permanent day nursery was founded in , N, Y., in 1858 The decade from 1905 to 1915 witnessed the greatest growth in -their number There are now more than 600 in the United States. Are pastels framed under glass or t glass?—S. M. . _An art dealer says that there are few things in the world more delicate than a pastel. To tect them pastels must be framed under glass. Q. Is camel's hair goods actually flug from the hair of the camel?—J. A. Camel’s hair is a textile material made of hairlike wool a camel, generally light brown in color. The value depends upon the quality of the fibers. A good grade is very light and soft. The cloth is usually twill. The finer underhair of camel is about 1 inch long and is soft and silky. The long, coarse hairs from the camel are three-fourths of an inch long. In the shearing process, they cannot be sepa- rated and are baled and exported in a mixed condition. When spun the hairs Q. withou A are 3 the material m.mw giving & Q. Dia the ns dine at Mount Vernon in the middle of the day or in the evening?—R. N. A. In his diary, George Wi e i g time meal. He recounts guests dined at Mount Vernon, then sets down how the afternoon was spent. Q. When was the original Standard Oll Company fogmed?—P. O. N. A. In January, 1870, Q. How much of an estate did Payne Whitney leave?—W. A. 8. A. When Payne Whitney died, on May 27, 1927, he left the largest estate on record in the United States or in any foreign country. The net estate after all debts, taxes, etc., were paid was $178,893,655. Q. What six flags has Texas existed under?—R. T. A. That of France, planted by La Salle; the Spanish flag, the M the Lone Star banner of the Republic of Texas, the Stars and Stripes and the flag of the Southern Confederacy. Q. Please tell me how much fce cream, cake and coffee and how many sandwiches to prepare in serving 100 people.—C. G. A. Five gallons of ice cream will serve 100 persons. Brick ice cream will cut seven pieces, three-quarters to seven-eighths of an an inch thick per brick. Two pounds of coffee, me- dium ground, will serve 100 ?enon;. Six pints of cream is sufficient for this amount of coffee and 2 pounds of loaf sugar, 1 pound equaling 100 cubes. Twelve cupfuls of any sandwich filling will spread 100 sandwiches. A loaf of bread 23 inches long cuts 58 slices three-eighths of an inch thick, or 30 ordinary slices. Two pounds of but- ter will spread 100 sandwiches. Five medium sized cakes will cut 100 pleces. Q. What is a port of call?—G. E. A. It is an intermediate port at which a vessel puts in for discharging or tak- ing on cargo or passengers, en route for her final destination. Q. When was Chaminade's “Scarf Dance” performed?—E. D. A. It is a part of the symphonic bal- let “Callirhoe,” which was performed for the first time on March 8, 1888, at Marseille. Mme. Chaminade says in the Etude: “It will be well to describe the idea of the ‘Scarf Dance' since the majority of the foreign editions do not contain the ‘Veil Dance’ (Pas du Voile), which is, however, an integral part of the Scarf Dance’ The first portion of the composition, that in A-flat, is an ensemble danced by the corps de ballet. This dance is inter- rupted by the ‘Veil Dance,’ which is a continuation. It is danced by the pre- miere danseuse and is a solo dance only (in C-sharp minor), This solo 18 followed by a repetition of the ‘Scarf Dance' by the corps de ballet. It is unfortunate, therefore, that the compo= sition should be 80 often mutilated. For, if the subject in C-sharp minor is omit~ , there remains only a third of the original dance, a fragment, which ar- rahgement does indeed mar the eff of the whole.” Q. What is meant by disagio?—B. D. A. It is the discount charged for cashing foreign or depreciated currency; also a discount upon a depreciated cur- Tency and for abrasion in metallic cur~ are sometimes separated but more often rency. Has Strong ‘The 'Wl by !enlw:“ David A. Reed of nsylvania that all immigra. tion be cut off for the next two years, years of age, husbands and American citizens, and the parents of citizens, subject to the general restric- tions of the immigration act relating to literacy and mental, moral and physical health.” “Unanimous approval in both houses is anticipated by some of those favoring the proposal,” stat th ‘bor ' tes e Ann Arl Daily News, which thinks that, “for the good of the country as a whole, from the labor standpoint, Congress should act with alacrity in favor of the ban.” The Manchester Union considers the step as “both logical and reasonable,” and predicts that “it will doubtless re- celve unanimous su * “The situation is not at all compli- cated” reasons the Danbury News. “We have in the United States some 122,- 000,000 people. From 3,000,000 to 5,000,000 of them are out of work. Shall we import those who would swell the ranks of the jobless? Or shall we shut the gates for a time?” asks this paper, and, answering, 2 What Senaior Reed proposes what , a good proposal.” So also the Detroit Free Press, in whose opinion “it is only sensible to prevent further.increase of the population of the country through influx until the present unemployment ends and the country is running pros- perously once more. Nothing is to be gained for anybody by allowing contin- uance of the incoming stream of aliens as long as there is nothing for new- comers to do after arriving, and the more quickly and the more thoroughly an emergency lid is clamped down the sooner the economic situation is likely to warrant lifting it again,” declares this paper. The New Orleans Item sees “no forceful argument against such a suspension.” 2 ERE O ‘The history of the United States in the matter of welcoming the stranger is a generous one, many papers point out. As the Altoona Mirror says, “from the beginning our gates have remained open constantly. We have cordially welcomed all comers without inquiring too carefully concerning their anteced- ents or their qualifications for citizen- ship. The Lancaster Intelligencer- Journal considers that “it is unfor- tunate that America (the United States) has to close its doors to those of the| world who seek better conditions or more freedom of thought and action, but times have so changed that there seems nothing else to do. Considering the matter from the int of view of the immigrant, the Du- luth Herald argues: “Until the labor already here is fully employed, it seems & needless cruelty to permit hopeful seckers from other lands to come in and meet the disappointment inevitable in an overloaded labor market,” while the Wheeling Intelligencer looks with favor upon “the prevention, for two years at least, of hundreds of thousands of new aliens coming to the United States an- nually to swell the ranks of unassimi- lated citizens and jobless workers, fros which criminals are usually recruited. The Harrisburg Telegraph advises that it is “better to think of those born in this country and those who have come here with reasonable expectation of im- oving their condition than to open gates to the entry of thousands of others who will leave work at home in 2 vain search for employment here.” ‘The Portland Oregon urnal would provide for Americans “before more wcikers are permitted to come here.” Among those g:‘p,en that ?;:nlon the wisdom of the or are frankly op- ed to it is the Richmond News- er, which says: “The gain to America in any case will not be great, and the {ll-will that will be engendered by exclusion may be a serious matter. z'hh;‘.:nt ren.rlgl.m o{xminunui‘l:yrl'ilm among most_salu aws passed by Congress since the war, made many enemies for America, especially in Southern argues contel the n paper, iber of those enem General Ban on Immigr ation Public Support translated into trade boycotts,” it con- cludes. * o ox % Recalling the attacks that have been made on the restrictive immigration laws now in effect, the Milwaukee Jour- nal says, “Today it has come at last to be generally ac , and any de- pT'hml o lerll it ‘h‘l,n t:hbe it s journal sees e proposed new law an entering wedge for demands of another nature some time in the future, uunenmun: that the time might come cess—that the quotas be doubled for a year or two. That would be bad for American labor, as labor itself can really see. Men once let into this coun- try, if they behave, stay,” it warns. ‘The objection of the Kalamazoo Ga- zette to the proposed new law is that the “public charge” clause of our pres- ent immigration law, if conscientiously enforced at all times, would automati- cally meet the demands of varying labor conditions in this country, ind it sug- f!stz that “under present circumstances It would not be unreasonable for the Government. to insist that every alien admitted be able to show sufficlent s | financial resources lo sustain himselt for a stated period for a year.” In the viewpoint of the Chattanooga Times one “argument against the pro- fi“l is that it would prevent increase demand for food, clothing and other supplies by just so much as the number of immigrants excluded. and that in- creasing demand is certainlv one way to relieve unemployment. All of which would seem to indicate that the Reed plan involves a question of relativity which one of the seven men who under- stand Einstein's theory might be able to answer,” this paper concludes. Mean- while there is the opinion of the New York Sun: “It is apparent that the resolution will not accomplish exactly what its proponent suggests. Elimina- tion of alien competition with the American worker, even for a limited period, implies even more drastic reme- dies. ‘The Louisville Courier-Journal finds authority in the State Department for the belief that already “the con- sular service has greatly reduced the number of incoming aliens and has kept out of the country those who might become public charges.” Further steps are urged by the Los Angeles Express, which assails the large number of aliens smuggled into the country and advises that “all that are in the country illegally should be found and deported.” months, or even Confereuce on India Draws Varied Groups From the Wheeling Intelligencer. ‘The London Round-table Conference on Indian affairs brings some strange company together. Mohammedan chief« tains and Hindu scholars who have been bitter and traditional enemies for centuries unite to plead eloquently for the cause of Indian independence. The daughter of a British admiral, repre- senting the liberal element of the Eng- lish intellectuals, joins them with an impassioned demand as eloquent as even Gandhi himself could make. Premier MacDonald wisely permits the delegates to say what they will, to stray from points of order as much as they like. He knows the value of let= ting people with a grievance—real or imaginary or part of both—relieve themselves with denunciatory words. Free speech has always been the public safety valve of Anglo-Saxon peoples. It is even better that this privilege be abused than that it be suppregsed. Any violence is possible then. Great Britain cannot afford, of course, at this time to grant complete inde- pendence to the 300,000,000 ignorant and polyglot population of India. Neither would full dominion status as the civilized peoples of A - ada and Ireland have be safe for India. It would mean dictatorship by a few, with social and economic demoraliza~ tion. But that a large measure of In- dian self-government will result from the conference seems ce: . The will e where. . Complete exclusion walld add for it is tremendous, both in India and in the minds of liberals the warld over,