Evening Star Newspaper, December 12, 1930, Page 8

fTHE EVENING STAR b Sundsy Mocning Ndition. WASHINGTON, D. FRIDAY......December 12, [ 1930 45¢ per month ndays) .. 60c per month and Sunday Siar days) 65¢ per month Sunoay Star ....0. Sc per copy Collection made at the each month. {idors maz be sent {n by mail or telephons tional 5000. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. Member of the Associated Press. “The Assoclated Press is exclusively entitled %o the use for republication of all -lews dis- tches credited €0 it or not otherwise ered- in paper and elso the local news Bublished herein All rizhts of publication of ial dispatches herein are also reserved. -— Revising Local Tax Laws. The House resolution directing the present fiscal relations inquiry spe- eifically empowered the special com- mittee to “investigate fully the vari- ous sources of revenue of the District of Columbia and to recommend to the House such new forms of taxation and sources of revenue or such changes in the existing forms of taxation and sources of revenue as to them may seem just and fair.” In pursuance of this line of inquiry the committee has received suggestions from Dr. Thomas ‘Walker Page, member of the Tariff Commission and an economist of standing. While Dr. Page suggests certain sub- stitute forms of taxation for the Dis- frict of Columbia, such as the income tax and the inheritance tax, his em- phasis upon the fact that there should be no “additional” burdens of taxation thrown upon the already adequately taxed District of Columbia will, of oourse, be carefully noted by the com- mittee. ‘The Bureau of Efficiency report again shows the fact that Washington’s tax burden is already relatively high. Dr. Page states that the tax burden here 8 hish. All the expert testimony so far introduced before the committee shows that taxes in Washington are high; that the people of the District are not undertaxed. And an equitable Wweighing of the facts will show that the local community suffers more from over- taxation than from undertaxation. If Congress, in its exclusive legisla- tive power over the District, sees fit to Tevise the system of taxation here, such & revision should be attempted for the sole purpose of guaranteeing fair and equal apportionment of the tax burden. It should not be undertaken in order %o pry more taxes out of this already heavily contributing community. Experfence has amply shown the dangers to the local community that result when congressional committees undertake tax tinkering in the District of Columbia. Substitute taxes become additional taxes. The safeguarding “In Heu of” vanishes with a quick stroke of the pen and additional dollars are squeezed from the unrepresented tax- payers. ‘The primary consideration before the special House committee is the adequacy of the Federal contribution, not the adequacy of the local tax burden. Con- sideration of the one, however, natu- rally, and in this case specifically, in- volves consideration of the other. But it was not the failure of the local com- munity to contribute its share to ex- penses of the Federal City that brought sbout the investigation. It was the demonstrated failure of the Federal Government to contribute its just share, and the resulting legislative tangles re- sulting from inability of the two houses of Congress to agree as to what that contribution should be, that brought about the investigation. ‘The House committee must not be enticed away from the main trial. The same expert testimony that has shown the adequacy of the local tax burden has pointed out in dollars and cents the inadequacy of the Federal contribution. That contribution should first be in- creased. The committee should recom- mend or attempt to recommend’ some formula that will guarantee a Federal contribution representative of the Fed- eral obligation. It should bend its efforts to establishing, or re-establishing, a rela- tlonship between the local community and the Federal Government that will by reason of its fairness prevent the snnual repetitions of controversy that results now from unfairness, short- sightedness and shirking repudiation of the law by the law-making Congress. ' After th:se things have been settled the committee may with propriety un- | dertake the thorough study of the tax laws here that must precede any in- | telligent revision. ————— When Ben Franklin by means of | Kite drew an electric spark from a! thundercloud he had no idea of the future expense of electric lighting nor | the dangers of the airplane. As nl philosopher he favored scientific devel- opment on practical lines. He was wise, but like many thinkers he was not wise enough to see the greatness of the things he had started. —— e ‘Whenever public economy is demand- @4, a statesman usually arises who hon- estly believes he has done his en'.h'e‘ duty in trying to solve a complex na- $tonal problem when he suggests hold- g down the pay of Government workers. Hedeyo Noguchi. A peasant’s house in the mountain village of Inawashiro in Northern Japan has been made a national shrine. The story of the life which led to this apotheosis, as told by Dr. Simon Plexner of the Rockefeller Institution in the last Smithsonian annual repurt, should become one of the classics of human history—although, curiously enough, it is unfamiliar in the country where its greatest heights were reached. 1t is the story of a poor, ragged, crip- pled boy born into an almost primitive environment who became one of the suprema henafactars of the human race. This boy was Hedeyo Noguchi, who died of yellow fever in Africa last year while close on the trail of the elusive | tives catering to the wants of anglers| “Some big speakers, officlal happened one | sens of Maryland, the District of Co- | The interest of this official started the boy on a career in which he was to achieve some of the most important ad- vances yet made against snake venoms, infantile paralysis, paresis, Rocky Moun- tain spotted fever, trachoma, yaws, yel- low fever and rabies. He became one of the greatest men of his age. Most of Noguchi’s work was carried on in the United States, where he found better laboratory and clinical facilities. Perhaps his greatest triumph came at the convention of the American Med- fcal Association in Washington four years ago, when he announced that he had isolated the micro-organism re- sponsible for trachoma, a disease espe- cially prevalent in the American South. Japan does well in making a shrine of the birthplace of Noguchi. It should be a shrine not only for the nation of his birth, but for the world. The little Japanese doctor is one of the shining lights of history. e ———— Prevent Motor Accidenfs! A new record for the past three years, and one not to be proud of, was set in the District for the month of November. There are records and records, and the District has many, too numerous to recount here, of which it may justly be proud. But there are others to be de- plored, and the one just established is not the least of these. A statement just issued by Inspector E. W. Brown, assistant superintendent of police, commanding the Traffic Bu- reau, shows there were more deaths, minor injuries and accidents in the month just past than in the corre- sponding month of either last year or of 1928. The ten deaths of November of this year represents exactly two and a half times the number of deaths from trafiic accidents in the same month last year and one more death than recorded in November, 1928. Likewise there were 302 minor in- juries in the month just past, against only 248 last year and 299 in 1928. An- other feature, which well might be con- sidered alarming, is the actual number of traffic accidents. Last month there was a total of 789, as compared with 542 last year and 607 in 1928. That accidents were on the increase last month over the number in the same month during the two preceding years should call for diligence on the part of every policeman and every in- dividual in the city. Automobiles can be replaced. But where human life is involved the loss is irreparable. ' There have been accident-prevention campaigns of great number and va- riety. All are useless, however, without individual effort. Therefore, as a part of the Christmas spirit, let every individual exercisz care with a view to preventing accidents, that some home may not be over- shadowed with sorrow and death on Christmas, the day which should be one of happiness for every one. —————— Time and Hard Times. In these hard times it is pleasing to read of the prominent Mid-Western clock company which reports that for the eleven months ended with Novem- ber, 1930, sales were more than four times larger than for the corresponding period of 1929. While this ray of ecoriomic sunshine may not appear so bright to the mil- lions out of work, it nevertheless has aspects encouraging in the general situation. lumbia and Virginia who like to fish for bass in the fresh water streams and for the rock, trout and tailors in salt water will no longer be deprived of their sport by commercial net fisher- men, whose trap nets have been work- ing day and night to exterminate these fish, It will mean that the money spent by the State for hatching and planting bass in the streams will no longer be unwisely spent in trying to maintain a game fish which was sold as a food fish. It was the unanimous opinion of the conference that the shad nets in the Potomac and Chesapeake Bay be re- stricted and spawning grounds provided. It this is dccomplished, it will mean more shad and better fishing for the anglers because the same nets which catch the shad also catch other fish. The visiting fish commissioners were enthusiastic over the success of the conference, and the hope was expressed that another meeting would be held in the very near future. This leading step on the part of the Bureau of PFisheries to codify fish laws and have more effi- clent laws enacted is highly commend- able and is also very pleasing to the fishing fraternity. —ate. The British shipping magnate, Lord Inchcape, contends that doles call for too great a burden on active earning capacity. The ideal solution of an un- employment condition would, of course, be one that stimulates a wage-earning pacity, with an assured market for the product. It is a solution which many minds, both ancient and modern, have sought to discover as various eco- nomic emergencies arose. No money is as highly valued or as useful as that which is commanded by serious and in- telligent endeavor. —— e An authoritative writer recently said: “Notre Dame men rejoice in the prowess of their gridiron heroes, but are prouder still of the less transitory traditions that cling to their alma mater.” If the tra- dition of a winner there is “transitory,” then that word does not mean what most of us think it does. ot oo ‘When Huey Long comes to flourish irf Washington, D. C, he will no doubt be permitted to wear pajamas if he wants to, although in recent times the political turmoil has become so strong that there is not much hope of getting a wink of sleep in the Capitol. B VY Out in Chicago a seventy-year-old ‘“‘confidence man” faces a fresh prison term, having already spent twenty years of his life behind prison bars. It would seem to be about time he lost confidence in this hazardous mode of gaining a livelihood. ————————_ Favor of the eighteenth amendment by Thomas Edison could not be ex- pressed more emphatically if he had in- vented it himself. His glory will be even greater if he can design some way of making it work as reliably as the elec- tric light. e London society dames are taking up fine needlework again, it is announced. It is those insidious long skirts, without & doubt. There is no telling where their influence may end—possibly even blush- ing will stage a come-| B e e — A general investigation of the ‘real estate business is not especially favored by Senator Tydings, who apparently believes that life is too short to be devoted entirely to the study of statisti- cal details. —————————— The large sums alleged to have been circulated in certain elections ought to 80 a little way toward temporary relief of the stress of circumstances caused by unemployment. D There is at least enough cordial un- derstanding left to permit statesmen to Time is something which the poorest man has as much of as the richest. The man out of work feels that time hangs heavy on his hands, while the man employed sometimes spends the time, so it is said, watching the clock. It would seem to the general observer of things American that clocks stand on the border line between luxuries and essentials. An alarm clock is an essen- tial to some sleepers, but not to others. Ornamental clocks may be necessary to some and utterly beyond the pur- chasing power of others, and hence luxuries. * Only the individual case can decide. If four times as many clocks were sold this year by one company, it is likely that the entire clock industry is increasing its business. If the clock manufacturers do well, the chances are that other house-furnishings manufac- turers will enjoy a greater volume of sales. Maybe this time the “clock trade is the proverbial straw which shows which way the trade wind blows. ————— ‘The fact that Bishop Manning and former Judge Lindsey feel strong mutual disapproval cannot prevent them from making each other more famous day by day. - Better Fishing. When Commissioner Henry O’Malley of the United States Bureau of Fisheries called a conference of the Fish Com- missioners of Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia and Pennsylvania at the bureau last Tuesday his action marked a big step forward in the lives of fish in our neighbo:ing waters and bright prospects for the sportsmen in the im- mediate future. ‘The bureau and the visiting con- servation offieers went on record favor- ing a closed market for the members of the bass family in our neighboring States of Maryland and Pennsylvania, the abolition of the deadly purse net in the waters of Chesapeake Bay, the re- striction of shad nets in the Potomac and the bay. and a representative of the Biological Survey advocated that the Bureau of Fisheries ask Congress for a migratory fish law the same as the migratory bird law. The Ma:yland Conservation Commis- sioner said his cffice had prepared bills | to close the markets of his State to | the sale and shipment of bass and to stop for all time purse netting in the send one another the customary Christ- mas cards and New Year greetings. SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Reform Reincarnate. “Of outlaws once I led a band ‘The very boldest in their land. As reincarnated we appear We now behold the racketeer. And as the bullets grow more dense Where general crime becomes immense, I do not like the neighborhood. I'm going to be good!” Says Robin Hood. “Where once as archers we'd compete Now gunmen hurry through the street; Light-heartedly we went along To take a purse or sing a song. ‘We were bad men, but we did not Put one another ‘on the spot.’ This trip, I want it understood, I'm going to be good!" Says Robin Hood. Difficult Harmony. “What you statesmen ought to do,” | get together and harmonize.” “No doubt of 1t?” answered Senator Sorghum, “but we get confused by the unexpected rapidity with which what starts as a love duet may change to a battle song.” Jud Tunkins says a lot of folks would be happler if they didn’'t put in so | much time worrying about whether they | are as happy as they might be. Fashion Note from Chicago. Of a new average we're aware, As barbers’ records we explore: The girls no longer bob their hair, But men wear whiskers more and more. Not Much Difference. “Einstein has discovered a new uni- verse.” “I have been reading the newspapers closely," rejoined Miss Cayenne, “and I can't see where it is any great im- provement on the old one.” | “Our close friends,” said Hi Ho, the | sage of Chinatown, “have so much op- | portunity to observe our faults that they | generously cease to be interested in them.” ‘Wedding Announcements. No matter what the gossips say bay. Just what such action on the part of the Maryland Legisjature will mean in dollars and cents to Maryland na- ©Of matrimonial manners new, Folks marry in the good old way And live for an affection true. said the man who gives advice, “is to | | said Uncle Eben, | o 0. grange Will . THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1930. MM Japanese | [The Political Mill THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. “Dear Sir: I was interested in read- the account in -your column in Monday’s Star of the attempted wanderings of the 25-year-old collar button belonging to your friend. “However, 1 strongly suspect it was your own button you were talking about. If it was your button and you were ashamed to admit it because you thought you were the only man in the United States who possessed a collar button he has been wearing 25 years and was obsessed with a horror of losing it, just you rest easy. “There is one other and it is your humble servant. Just after my mar- riage, a little over 24 years ago, my wife, in going through some of her effects, resurrected this old friend of mine, and it has tried to give me the slip in all the ways you describe, and then some. “At times it has seemed to display a positively malevolent cunning in gain- Ing its freedom and at other times its attempts at escape have been tinged with a sort of sly jocularity. However, I have, up to the present, been able to outwit it and it is still my captive. “My button has a history, even though it be only ‘poor thing of bone,’ as you characterize your ‘second but- ton.” Pardon me, your friend'’s button. “My wife had five uncles who were officers in the Union Army during the Civil War. One of them while re- cuperating in hospital from a severe wound found time hanging rather heavily on his hands and, being an adept in the use of a pocketknife, carved this old friend of mine out of a bone in order to while away the time. “Nothing particularly original about that, you say? But this old fire-eater, in telling the story of the button to his little nieces and nephews, always in- sisted that he had carved it from the shin bone of a leg amputated from a Confederate soldier. “Now, sir, I had an uncle in the Confederate Army who lost a leg in battle, and I am wondering if I am indulging 1in the quaint practice of wearing part of my uncle’s shin bong at the back of my neck. “At any.rate, the button is bone and 1t is hand carved, but further than that, sir, I absolutely refuse to make affidavit. Yours very truly, S. H. M.” * Ok K % Many a man has a shaving brush which he has used 20 or 25 years, or watch which he has carried all his life. Or a “charm,” as they used to be called. We recall seeing an advertisement of a certain make of shaving brush sev- eral years ago which carried a photo- graph of one of these old veterans. At the time we thought with satis- faction that our own brush was then | older than the one in the ad, and today it is several years more so. ‘We looked at it the other morning, and thought that it looked as if it needed retirement. The bristles are worn down, but mostly there. It still does a good job of lathering. Yet there is a certain sentimental attachment to such old things which keeps many a man from discarding them long after he should purchase new ones. Such old implements, no matter what their usage, show good care and proper treatment. Articles so handled will far outlive the expectations of their pur- chasers, and especially of those persons who are careless with their personal belongings. We have seen razors, for instance, which have done duty for more years than even the manufacturers would give them credit, but this was not the re- markable part of it. The amazing ‘thing was that they might have been put back in the sto: and sold for new, so scrupulously ha they been handled. o This sort of care is not natural to every one. We have seen phonographs which were kept in such an immaculate state, despite constant use, that even the bright work, as they say on the ships, showed no sign of blur, We have seen other instruments which looked ready for the scrap heap in a few months. Pawing over tone arms and such things with sticky hands and failure to dust will dull any metal or wood. This applies with even more force to radio sets. * X K * ‘The junking of furniture presents the hardest problem in the average home. What shall be done with old pieces which are serviceable, but which should be_replaced? Fashions in home furnishings change, and, above all, the tastes of individuals change. While it may be true that none of us realizes he is growing old, he is, just the same, and this curious process, which most of us do not like to admit, probably largely because we do not feel it, brings with it many changes of Jjudgment. Perhaps in no single matter is a change for the better more pronounced than in that of furniture and household furnishings in general. Few human beings, as children, pay much attention to tables, chairs, beds, wallpapers, draperies, lamps, clocks and the hundred and one other articles with which most of us are brought up. ‘When the time comes for them to set up homes of their own, unless they are blessed with a sure tast: which is a gift, born with them, they fail to buy for the future when time surely changes personal likes and dislikes. ‘Then they will find thems:lves look+ ing askance at their own living and dining rooms, and wondering why they ever purchased such and such things. * kK % But what shall be done with them, when they are yet so scrviceable, and K: ml;ul;d with the romance of everyday g A In yonder chair some one has sat for many years. that carry in their pages the light of romance, love and adventure have been read from its comfortable although unfashionable depth. Yonder sofa, with its overstuffed cushions and arms, may seem too long for the present era of house furnishings, but it has held many and many a guest, who always seemed grateful for its soft curves. This splendid old rug, which once was a thing of beauty, now has lost some of its sheen, its nap has been worn com- pletely away, and its colors faded. But what shall be done with th-m, all these things which now must meet the critical inspection of knowledge built up by the simple process of living? Piece by piece, let us say, they are discarded, to make room for newer and brighter furnishings, more in keeping with modernism. Perhaps the Colonial has gained another adh:rent. Ah! Good! But still the thought whispers, “When these fine new things are as old as these old things, how will they seem, then, after the luster has worn off, amd the cushions have begun to sag?” No doubt they will seem just as poor then as these present things do now! So honesty responds; and common sense ends by putting up with the old, and being satisfled with what one has, For a chair is not so easily discarded as a shaving brush, nor as’ easily lost as a collar button. Highlights on the Wide Wor]d Excerpts From Newspapers of Other Lands ONOLULU STAR-BULLETIN.— Bill Blank is an average citi- zen of Hawali Nei. About four months ago he began to “draw in his horns” on legitimate little luxuries, such as shows, candy, cigars and the like. He had no real reason for doing so * * * his pay was the same * * * but he 'had heard some one talking about “hard times.” A few weeks after Bill had begun to “hoard” perhaps a total of $2 to $4 a week that way, his boss called him into the office. Times are bad, Bill!” said the boss. “We've got to start cutting down * * ¢ won't need you after Saturday!” Bill is mad * * * but Bill asked for just that, when he started to hold his weekly $2 or $3 or $4 out of circulation, because what he did, a hundred thou- sand others also did, and for the same reason * * * which, you will remember, was really no reason at all! A word to the wise is sufficient! ikt Newspaper Illustrates Pulling Power of Advertising. Diario del Comercio, Barrgnquilla.— We take this opportunity of reporting a little incident which we believe will be of value and interest to advertisers. It will be remembered that in a recent edition we gave an account of the find- ing in the street of & number of articles of clothing by the police. The owner of the apparel was invited to call the Eastern Station where, upon identifica- tion, he would be able to reclaim his property. The voices of the vendors had not been heard many minutes, soliciting the sales of our periodical, when not less than 20 people presented them- selves at the Eastern Station, one of whom, Senor Luis Jorge Silva, was suc- cessful in proving proprietorship-of the garments in question. This episode shows clearly the avidity with which everything appearing in the Diario del Comercio is read. * ok % ok Venezuelan Motorist Displays Willingness to Aid. El Nuevo Diario, Caracas.—There is one phase of motoring in Venezuela which we believe has no counterpart, certainly not in the same degree in any other country. And that is the willing- ness of practically every automobilist, when he sees another one in difficulty, to help the latter out of his trouble. In most other countries when one driver goes into the ditch with his car, gets two punctures simultaneously, or breaks an axle, other cars roll complacently by without even so much as a wave of the hand in sympathy. In Venezuela, both the plebeian Ford and the aristocratic Packard will stop to render every assistance in their wer to other distressed vehicles of igh or low estate, lending tools, sup- plying gasoline, and offering tows with most unselfish interest and generosity. Such phenomena are everywhere ob- servable upon Venezuelan highways, and prove conclusively that all impulses of fellowship and courtesy are far from being extinct in human breasts. * K ¥ % ‘Wars and Rumors Cause Jump in Vegetable Prices. A Noite, Rio de Janeiro.—Because of wars and rumors of wars, prices have recently mounted exorbitantly in the public markets of the capital regardless of federal enactions which have been supposed to regulate these sales. Prices of some vegetables have qundrug‘ll& ‘Thore are fish and poultry in abun- dance, but they are not cheap. Most of the marketmen have announced thelr intention of not returning with other offerings until the political affairs of the republic are more settled, and ap- rently wish to derive all the profit rom present sales which might other- wise be derived in a month. We would direct the attention of the authorities to such irregularities, * X ok K terable virus which he belleved 1e- is hard to estimate, but it is safe to'“sound like dey couldn’t get sho’ nuff ' n¢rigues French Press. o o . say it will be up in the hundreds of interested in de subject in hand wifout . The story, as told by Dr. Flexner, is thousands. It will mean that the citi- losin’ deir tempers over it.* sponsible for that malady. > A Le Matin, Paris.—An American jurist, dying, left to the municipality of his natal town a legacy for founding a library. Bfit he forbade that this library should contain a single book written by a woman and, moreover, that periodicals and reviews containing articles written by women should be also proscribed absolutely. It wouid be interesting to know the reason for this misogyny. Was the judge during his lifetime mortally wearled by feminine trifling and frivol- ity? Did he resent the effort of some women to take the offensive against the natural establishment of masculine au- thority, or was he simply one of those woman, who made her art a more im- perative duty than the maintenance of a_comfortable home? Alas, we do not know! The gentleman has taken away his secret with him. * k%% Tokio Schoolgirl Travels 100 Miles Daily. Asahi, Tokio.—Miss Shinako Yaguchi is 16 and a student at the Girls’ Higher School at Tenjin-cho, Ushigome. She lives in Ibaragi Prefecture and so travels nearly 50 miles every morning to attend school and the same distance back her home in the evening. The girl has a regular schedule, which she follows diligently. She gets up at 4 am. and has breakfast, after which she sets out before 5, upon a bicycle, for the Ryuga- saki Railway station, 5 miles distant, where she catches the first train. After making one change of cars she reaches goes via electric line and on foot to the school, arriving in time for class at 8. Miss Yaguchi leaves Ueno by the 3:50 train in the afternoon, arriving home for the family dinner hour. She has not mssed a day from school in the last year. * k% % Municipal Leader Pays Tribute to Gen. Weyler. El Sol, Madrid.—The president of the municipal council expressed in behalf of that body an eloquent tribute to the memory of Capt. Gen. Don_ Valeriapo Weyler, whose lamented death occurred recently. The president spoke of the general's glorious and important services to his country all through his life, which from early youth until the maturest age was dedicated to military pursuits. Gen. Weyler rose from the humblest to the highest rank in the profession of war, and it will be long before Spain is fortified with such another hero, The interment ceremonies in San Lo- renzo Cemetery were of the utmost sim- plicity, and took place more than an hour before the published time, so that its decorum would not be marred by the alt&n&nnce of wst multitudes, r Gen. Weyler will be eulogized for his brilliant and courageous pafi-lot- in a public recognition to be ace corded In the Church of San Francisco el Grande. ] Good Prices Expected For Carolina Tobacco From the Asheville Times. Unless officials of the Carolina ’To- bacco Corporation are mistaken in their estimates of market conditions, the | growers of the leaf in this section will recelve good prices when bidding be- gins at the Asheville warehouse. bacco is now pouring from the farms of Buncombe and adjoining counties. The quality produced here has heretofore commanded high prices, the returns last year being especially profitable to_th who marketed their product in Tenne X As the marketing season begins, present evidence indicates a confirma~- tion of all the forecasts that were made concerning the possibility of establish- ing here a tobacco market which will be the foundation of a thriving in- dustry. The prospects are all the brighter because t| Western North Carolina tobacco farmers are growing the weed as a cash crop and are not tempted by the dangerous lure of the one-crop system. unhappy husbands, married to a literary | the Ueno station at 7:19, and from there | ranks is President Hoover and his critics in the Senate have come to open grips at last. United States and making facetious re- marks about him has been a pastime in the Senate for months. What the Democrats and some of the insurgent Republicans have said about Mr. Hoover fill many pages of the Congres- sional Record. Until a couple of days ago Mr. Hoover falled to make any public reply to these senatorial sug- gestions that he was a nit'wit, inefficient and merely seeking political advantage. But on Tuesday the President saw fit to issue a statement to the press charg- ing that members of Congress were proposing measures, allegedly for re- lief of unemployment, which would swamp the Treasury of the United States by adding a total of $4,500,000,- 000 to the appropriations for the re- mainder of the present fiscal year and the next. He added that some of these members of Congress were playing politics with human misery. * ok ok % That got under the skin of Mr. Hoover’s most active critics in the Senate. He had mentioned no names, Ihad not even mentioned the Senate as distinguished from the House. But whether some of them thought that the glove fitted or merely because they saw another occasion to open fire on the Chief Executive, they opened with all “their broadsides at once. It is one thing to bait the President of the United States on the floor of the Sen- ate, but quite another, apparently, to have the President of the United States just where the rumpus will end. The only jury in this case is the people of the United States. & Peghaps President Hoover became a little " weary of the personil attacks leveled against himself and his pro- gram of legislation and believed that, since the Republican leaders in the the administration was under attack, he had better take a hand in it him- self. At any rate he struck back. And ccused of losing his temper. It almost seems that the President had as good an excuse for losing his temper as any man has had in a lol‘xglume. But Senators are aroused now that the Chief Executive should come back at them. 1It's a new experience. Whether the President was politically wise in issuing his press statement time alone will show. Certainly all of his critics are insisting that it was the most stupid thing he could have done; that it “busted up” all chance of co- operation which had been promised by certain leaders of the Democratic party. But were there any evidences of co- operation? Democratic leaders had at- tacked the proposal of the President that the emergency appropriation for construction work, to give added em- ployment, should be left to the discre- tion of a board composed of the Cab- inet, with the President as the final arbiter. It was explained that this money was to be used only on such mecu as already have been author- by Congress itself. The senatorial critics of the President were busy broadcasting statements to the effect that the administration had gone sleep for months and had done noth- ing to meet the unemployment and drought situations. They were declar- that the President's prm for relief was utterly inadequate. may have sounded like & hymn of co-opera- tion to members of Congress, but it is now apparent that it did not have such & sound to the Chief Executive. i ‘The campaign for the election -of a President in 1932 is on. In fact, it probably began soon after the election in 1928. It is a campaign in which both sides are engaged. And both are playing politics. There is no time in this broad land, it seems, when politics are not played. The Senate accuses Mr. Hoover of playing politics and Mr. Hoover comes back at the Senate with an assertion that it, too, is engaged in that gentle pastime. The situation existing between the White House and the Senate was none too good at the very opening of the oresent administration. It rapidly grew | ¢ worse during the special session of the present Congress, called in the Spring of 1929. It looks now as though it would be open warfare from now until March 4, 1933, or certainly until after the next presidential election is held. The President is accused of being no politician by members of his own party, inept at the great American game. At e same time he is constantly accused by his Democratic opponents of play- ing politics. Perhaps what the Repub- licans mean is merely that he does not play the game expertly enough. If it 1s, good politics to get along well with the Senate, Mr. Hoover has up to date failed absolutely. It may be that he is more concerned with getting results for the country than in being friends. with the Senate, although his ecritics ¢ will laugh at such a suggestion. * %k % It is beginning to look as though the to|G. O. P. will never be able to get to~ gether again until after it has been well drubbed by the Democrats in a national election. After the Republi- cans, including the insurgents, have been “out in the cold” for a few years they may attain a different point of view. They may even reach the con- clusion that co-operation in their own somewhat to be desired, * ok oK K ‘There is trouble for the Republicans in the Northwest. Nothing new perhaps, but it is even more threatening n has been the case. Take Minnesota for example. Republicans split widely over both the Many of the regular Republicans fought Senator Schall bitterly. He nosed out & winner over his Democratic oPponent. ‘The Farmer-Labor candidate ernor was elected over the Republican nominee, giving the Farmer-Labor part new life. It is noticeable that none of the Democratic candidates was elected in Minnesota. The State is not Demo- cratic. That's the reason. The Farmer- Labor party is the g‘nty of opposition to the G. O. P. in that State. It may| | become the party of opposition in other | Northwestern States. Now what is to | prevent the Farmer-Labor Minnesota and these other States of the | Northwest from placing a presidential | candidate in the fleld in 1932? If it does, the Re%ubl(un goose may be ! cooked quite thoroughly, for those are | States usually counted upon to help roll | up & majority in the electoral college ‘l’ur :;he Republican candidate for Presi- | len i ‘The prohibitionists, meeting in Wash- ington, are talking not of putting a third party ticket in the fleld in the next presidential election, but of im- prissing their will on the old parties and thereby bringing about the nomina- tion of candidates for President by the Republicans and Democrats who are wedded to the eighteenth amendment. This is political scnse. There was a prohibition party for years before the eighteenth amendment was adopted, but it never got anywhere with its can- didates for President. It was only when the drys were able to work through the old political parties that they won a! victory. The fact of the matter is that the people, generally speaking, are in- terested in a great many things besides prohibition. A party which offers a single plank as its platform cannot get very far. Whether the prohibitionists of the country could ever agree on measures of farm relief or tariff revision hblver{o duu\tnml. n;lc far %hey ha&e’ been able fi together only on wet and dry e. Dr. A. G. Barton of Wilmington, N. C., chairman of the Board of Social Service of the Southern Baptist Con- vention, is quoted as saying that the Democratic States of the South would be just as much opposed to the electioft of Gov. Roosevelt of New York, a sup- porter of repeal of the el‘hkenyh amendment, as they were opposed to hit back. And now there is no telling | Senate were willing to sit silent while ' In the last election f-hl] senatorial and gubernatorial candidates. | for Gov- | | refusi party in fre | stabilizing ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS . BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. ‘The! Attacking the President of the | qu and other educational enterprises it is in a jon to pass on to you au- thoritative information of the highest order. Submit your queries to the staff of experts whose services are put at ! your free disposal. There is no charge except 2 cents In coin or stamps for return postage. Address The Evening Star Information Bureau, Frederic J. Haskin, director, Washington, D. C. Q. How tall are most of the motion plcture actresses?—E. B. | ~A. Most of them are of heights be- |tween 5 feet and 5 feet 5 inches. A | few are shorter, and a few are taller. Q. In playing poker with deuces wild, which hand wins—A has three aces and BHhu an ace and two deuces?— G. L. H. A. In a tie the hand containihg fewer wild cards wins. Three natural aces beat one ace and two deuces. Q. Do old electric light bulbs use the same amount of current when giv- ing less light?>—C. L. C. . A. Old electric light bulbs give much less light in proportion to the current comsumed. It is therefore inefficient to use them. Q. Why does a_locomotive sit left-handed to his engine?—H. P. A. It is because in America a train runs on the right-hand track, and the |egxlne§r should be on the outside of the cab. Q. How long does it take the Big | Dipper to_revolve around the North Star?—B. D. 8. A. It revolves around the Pole Star once in 23 hours 56 minutes, moving in a counter-clockwise direction. Q. Why are so many of the natural springs in the West hot?—W. L. A. Tt is due to geological conditions, much of the Western country being of volcanic origin and affected by volcanic conditions. the quotation from Dr. books which help me out of the va- ;tn;y and dupth? of a frivolous life.”— A. It is from “Ideals and Applica- tlons” and reads: “I want the books that help me out of the vacancy and despair of a frivolous mind, out of the tangle and confusion of a society that is buried in bric-a-brac, out of the meanness of unfeeling mockery ahd the heaviness of incessant mirth, into a loftier and serener region. There, through the clear air of serious thought, I can learn to {ook soberly and bravely upon the mingled misery and splendor of human existence, and then go down with a more cheerful courage to play & man’s part in the life which Christ has forever ennobled by His divine pres- | ence.” Q. Is there any | when dissolved in water cannot be sep~ arated by distillation?—K. J. 8. A. Hydrochloric acid and water purchases in "r‘niu publ’lz, rwhll":(t.he scheme for m{ this grain for feeding purposes - with open minds, particularly because of the possible effect on acreage planted. There are still its of success. * For has saved the farmers of the grain belt from a crisis far graver than any they have yet encountered in falling prices. ready to u‘l‘:ervedno ulmofun u‘:'n may be necessary to end pan: selling. If, in the weeks immediately ahead, the wheat market demonstrates the sound: ness of the Farm Board'’s ‘an- other foundation stone have been laid for a new structure of stabilized business.” large operators in the grain market who were 50 open in their criticism of the board, when, earlier in the , it first made grain purc! volumes,” n Wiscon- American market was to a panic, and that, had it not been for the con- sistent purchases by the Farm®Board, the wheat A:rlce would have tumbled to such a figure as to have rendered American agricultural conditions pre- carious.” The State Journal concludes its discussion with the quotation from Chairman Legge of the board that “the consumption offered in the f of wheat cattle creates a market n'hollld place wheat at 76 cents,” * kK K Tll‘le sou!l'lhsflfndmmb\:ne :;:),ld. :‘h;l “so long as the grain corporation main- tains its position in the wheat market, criticism will be minimized.” That paj also says as to prevention of a t break, “This is a service which can be nop‘?:echud by virtually e Sebar S ) an ipeg add to business y.” Janesville Gazette finds assurance that the Gra supports the board, and adds, “With other farm organizations to take the bait of the private marketing organizations, there appears b2 harmony in support of the board by the farmers.” “Tendency to criticize the board,” avers the Lexington Leader, no means so strong as it was. The farmers ‘beginn! to wak> up to what has been accomplished and what is possible the act which the board is ad- ring. ‘The St. Paul Pioneer Press feels that, “in the absence of any other explanation, the purchases of the Farm Board must be given credit for the market at Chicago, so normally several cents be- , it is now vf!ll above that e I:flc{.ties of “tw Fed- eral farm " ‘Tha also concludes that “the conlru'.eg' .pl:_r uation at Chis a.ndhwlnm strates that, operations, board has found sible to make the tariff effective on wheat to a degree.” The re-entry into the market im- presses the Mo'nes Register as “erasing the supposed ‘failure’ of mar- ket intervention last Spring” and “in- furiating the bitter opponents of all Government aid to the farm.* The Register concludes as to future pectx “More leitulluon ‘will come before the over. The a time to consolidate the already . The farm act and the Farm Board ma; be more wisely defended as the found: tion than attacked because in so short that, wl low Winnj market.” the sides pos~ ikely Alfred E. Smith. This may be merely At eep up e Unless there is a tude on the part leaders in a great man the South—the ominee for Preside) very different atti- the Democratic of the States Dem¢ verybody, for | stages 'h would cept tem unless The | {iEmsetver adjdied Moflh&ldmmll or visions, But Mr. me the | it is basically is an 'give & mixture which cannot be s-mbymnm S T Vio 9 llun_;eflng " hcorired k Jon: Alaska. Bering Sea and Bering Strait ‘were named in honor of him. Q. How_did the 10 Upson_scholar- ships at Rutgers originate?—J. N. U. A. The Irving S. Upson scholarships at Rutgers University were established in 1922. They originated through the desire on the part of a number of alumni to provide aid for worthy young men on_the basis of Rhodes' scholar- ships. For four years funds were pro- vided by interested alumni. After that the scholarships were given directly by the university. 'y are awarded by & committee of the faculty. . How many members has the New York Stock Exchange?—E. P. T. A. The number of members on the New York Stock Exchange is limited to 1,375 by the constitution of the ex- change. It is a voluntary association and its constitution is a contract be- tween the members. Q. How do Arabs bury their dead in Axster’:—;ihu poorer class is referred to? A. In Algiers the body of a native is usually put in a cheap pine box and carried th the streets on the riends, who transport it to the burying ground. Arab ceme- teries are near every Zfllnfi Pmndu'; form a procession ‘and take turns the coffin. Little solemnity is observed. The friends chatter and laugh and greet the passers-by. At the burying ground the coffin is simply put into the ground with practically no cétemony. Q. How many educational institutions have their own broadcasting stations? C. A. There are 22 institutions which own stations. Several others broadcast from time to time from a station not owned by the institution. Q. Please tell something of the work of the American Association for Better ng'Dyn &'fin begins, “I want the | §Tam to of lectures, concerts, activities to stimulate appreciation in audiences. Its an is a monthly magazine, the Movie Builder. The ad- visory board consists of Ruth St. Denis for dancing, Katharine Cornell and Mrs. Fiske for drama, and Fannie Hurst and Blair Niles for scenario writing. The executive chairman is Marietta B. Koop. Q. How will a mallard duck dive to get food off the bottom of streams?—A. H. G. A. The wild mallard duck is the poor- substance which | 15 the P §0 to feed from the bottom. However, other ducks have been known to dive as deep as 100 to 150 feet for food. Farm Board’s Latest Move Wakes Favorable Comment a time they have not become more than of persons who Board, and And it is probable that the board stands | to become “The silence at the present time of | noing man H st oo lus the market and h.rmmm stabilization efforts could succeed, €x- 3 the farmers 3 truth remains equally clear in the later stages of the board's work, and to forget or to ignore it would give positive indorsement to ac- ceptance of a fallacy that has already proved expensive to the Nation and which, if to, may bring disas- ter to the community.” The Charlotte News quotes Mr. Legge’s advice to mill- ers to adopted by a government brazenly on_ the territory of private ‘The Memphis T8 to organize with the com- ment that it “implies an appeal from the Farm Rellef Board to the farmers, a plea to the farmers to get together and relieve the Relief Board.” demon- | bY o Daily tin, referring to Mr. Legge’s advice to buy and feed, says, “Let’s m; mllht and that his words be f¢ by deeds.” The !prl.nx field Massachusetts Republican hols that “the board's recent success” means that “attacks on it at this session seem to have been called off.” The Topeka Daily Capital is con- vinced that Chairman Bas fought Off his critics, and offers the comment: “The marketing act and the Farm Board are going an experience common to every novel or experimental m}efl, whether concerning _agricul- or “i other object. ‘They en- counter , opposition, - clsm and pass through a phase char- acteristic of n in any i e, e, e pal ll trial and one way or another be prejudicial to getting re- The act may require amend- revamping in some of its pro- 's assurance that to be a supporter of re eighteenth amendment, w! Roosevelt or another, o~ outgiving from. the e: man who heads the G