Evening Star Newspaper, January 23, 1931, Page 8

—8 p TAR WASHINGTON, D. C. FRIDAY.......January 23, 1931 THEODORE W. NOYES....Editor R The Evening Star Newspaper Company lll&‘l B O fvanta_ Av n New Yor ce: 110 East 42nd St. icago °§§ ke Michlgan Bulldh Regent 8t., Londs s pnsiand. % Rate by Carrier Within the City. The B ey ‘st 5 PO momth el inday Star enen s Bundavy) . . 60c per month o0 2 ese ver montn S Der copy the @ each month. e b5 mall of Telepnone Rate by Mall—Payable in Advance. Saiyiand and_ Virginia, +$10.00; 1 Bl saf neer ot ek e e ay only m D1yr. $4.00: 1 m i O e ay..19r. 3 1" ;:5‘: undey: 135 "3.00: 1 mo. das"only yr. $5.00;1mo., Member of the Associated Press. The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news df atches credited to it or not otherwise ci tea in this oaper and also the local news ed herein. Al rights of publication of Special ‘dispatches hereln are also ieserred. The People’s Responsibility. Now that the Senate has approved one $25,000,000 food dole and lowered the bars, the Senate Agriculture Com- mittee has immediately responded with & favorable report on another. This second measure authorizes the Farm Board to give away 20,000,000 bushels of wheat to some agency authorized by the President to recelve and dis- tribute it as bread or flour. The bill is not clear as to who will bear the expense of converting the wheat into flour or bread. But presumably, and very naturally, it would be the Farm Board. ‘The Farm Board is probably ready and willing to give, sell or sink in the sea, millions of bushels of wheat bought by its subsidiaries in their at- tempt to stop the plunge of wheat prices last Summer and Fall. But as this measure is billed as relief for the hungry, and not as relief for the Farm Board, it can only be construed as the obvious next step for a Government that is entering the fleld of private charity. As the Farm Board's co- operatives also bought large quantities of cotton, to be held for better prices, It is altogether possible that later pro- posals will suggest that the Farm Board donate the cotton in the form of free clothing for those who need it. As to the need for food, for clothing, for medicine, for other necessities of life by thousands of our stricken popu- lation, there is no question. Conditions exist in many communities that are frightful and tragic. And there is bit- ter irony in the fact that surplus pro- duction and the Nation's overflowing food basket have contributed to the creation of some of the very conditions that now would be relieved—that ade- quate food is lacking while surplus wheat is a drug on the market. But is the Senate following the right course? In 1886 prolonged drought brought bitter suffering to farmers in ‘Texas, and Congress proceeded to rem- edy it by a relatively small appropria- tion for the distribution of free seed, over and above the amount then an- nually authorized. President Cleve- land’s veto message of that proposal ocould as well apply now as then. The sound principles on which his message was based are unchanged. Part of it bears repetition here: ‘Though there has been some differ- ence in statements concerning the ex- tent of the people’s needs in the local- | itizs thus affected, there seems to be no doubt that there has existed a condi- | watch further developments with un. impagsioned but keen interest.” Sooner or later American public opin- fon will demand that ways and means be found for undoing the affront which Congress offered the proud Japanese nation. It was an act taken in direct opposition to the wishes and advices of President Coolidge and Secretary Hughes. Congress was assured by the President and his Secretary of State that every vital American immigration interest would be safeguarded by a pro- | longation of the ‘“gentlemen’s agree- ment” under which the entry of Japa- nese in the immediate past had been satisfactorily restricted. Probably but for an unfortunate phrase in the communication addressed to Secretary Hughes by Ambassador Hanihara—the celebrated reference to “serious consequences” which would fol- low exclusion legislation — Congress would have deleted the objectionable feature of the new law, as it was urged to do by the President. Senator Lodge insisted that Mr. Hanihara's unhappy allusion constituted “a velled threat” which American self-respect could not tolerate. Forthwith the fat was in the fire. History will record that Japanese ex- clusion was enacted in pique. American statesmanship should be big enough, and the sooner the better, to recognize that fact and justify Japan's unflagging faith in our sense of fair play. Japan does not seek to flood us with her emigrants. All she craves is to be rid of the stigma of undesirable aliens which since 1924 we have fastened upon her whole people. Baron Shidehara says “there is no longer any doubt that Japan's position is now fully understood and appreciated by a large majority of the American people.” That is an undoubtedly ac- curate statement, but Congress ought to say it with a revisionary law. — —r———— An Appeal to the Courts. Senator Walsh of Montana proposes to take into the courts the legality of the appointments of three members of the Federal Power Commission whose nominations the Senate “reconsidered” after President Hoover had commis- sioned the appointees and they had as- sumed office. At first, after President | Hoover had flatly declined to return to| the Senate these nominations for further and unfavorable action by the | Senate, the Montana Senator said that 1t would not be possible to get the mat- ter into the courts for determination. But he now holds that under a law in the code of the District of Columbia a quo warranto proceeding may be insti- tuted in the Supreme Court of the Dis- trict which will reach the commission- ers’ case. In consequence he has offered & resolution in the Senate requesting the district attorney for the District of Co- lumbia to institute such proceedings. A decision by the courts, including the Supreme Court of the United States, v be advisable. As the matter stands and would continue to stand unless final determination is made by the courts, the Senate is left with the nominations of the power commissioners | on its executive calendar, or before its Interstate OBmmerce Committee, or the Senate may even “reject” the nomina- tions. The effect of any of these pro- ceedings would be rather like shadow boxing, since the commissioners are in office, are performing their functions and are drawing pay therefor. As Senator Walsh told the Senate yester- day, an examination of the law and the decision of the Supreme Court which held that under the statute no person is an interested person unless he has some other interest than such as per- tains to the ordinary taxpayer of the THE EVENING the disclosure. The search for the specific organism of “poliomylitis,” or infantile paralysis, has been persistent and with no success until quite recently. Meanwhile, the victims of this dread- ful disease have multiplied. Attacking chiefly the young, though occasionally adults have been afflicted, it has left great numbers of virtually hopeless cripples, while taking heavy toll in death. Now, through animal experi- mentation, a serum has been found which it is reported establishes im- munity and protection. It is not yet disclosed to what extent human beings have been treated in this research, but the fact that announcement has been made formally by a high medical au- thority indicates that the serum is re- garded as an established remedy, pre- ventive, if not curative. To what ex- tent it can be applied and in what circumstances to effect the greatest benefit remains to be demonstrated. - Pavlova. A supreme artist, even in her ad- vancing years, Anna Pavlova has passed away suddenly, just as she was about to renew her active work in a tour. She was one of the great dancers of all time. For some years she had been compar: tively in retirement, making only occa- sional appearances on the stage, showing no diminution in her artistry, though naturally somewhat less intense in her performances than a decade ago. The announcement of her shockingly swift illness and death brings vividly t¢ mind the thrill with which America wit- nessed her superb performance twenty vears ago, when, after gaining fame in Russia and winning recognition in other European lands, she came to this coun- try with her then dancing partner, Mordkin. Hers was almost & new art, though it comprised the elements of the most anclent of arts. Her vivid personality, her marvelous grace, her poetic expression in terms of movement and rhythm made an instant appeal and won the warmest plaudits. Her success brought many into the field who had less talent and whose per- formances were less artistic. It re- vived a vogue for the classic interpre- tive dance and undoubtedly abated the trend toward vulgarity in the dance that eventually, however, gained head- way and for a time prevailed. The highest artistry fortunately remains the ideal and Pavlova's contribution to the world's enjoyment has a permanent value that cannot be lessened by passing lapses. e The people of the theater will be on hand, as usual, to aid in collecting funds for the relief of distress. It is a fine example of human resourceful- ness when honest laughter can be made a quick and practical means of assuag- ing sorrow. A laugh may help us mo- mentarily to forget our own troubles, but it does not cause us to forget the misfortunes of others. - To the average movie enthusiast, wishes come true for specially favored ones. Unhappiness of many kinds so frankly revealed in print does not serve to dispel the idea. A grateful public always wishes to regard those who en- tertain it as immune to the common experiences of sorrow. e ‘There is in some circles a tendency to Commission as if it might disclose surface. There may be a “fourth di- mensfon” concealed in it somewhere. ——— et It has been suggested that a gang leader may, in a romantically inclined tion calling for relief, and I am Willing | py ¢rict it would seem that the United | iMmagination, be compared to Robin o believe that notwithstanding the aid | already furnished a donation of seed | grain to the farmers located in tis ' region to enable them to put in new crops would serve to avert a contin- uance or return of an unfortunate plight. And yet I feel obliged to withhold my approval of the plans as proposed by this bill to indulge & benevolent and charitable sentiment through the ap- propriation of public funds for that purpose I can find no warrant for such an appropriation in the Constitution, and 1 do not believe that the power and duty of the General Government ought to be extended to the relief of individual suffering which is in no manner properly. related to the public service or benefit. A prevalent tendency to disregard the limited mission of this power and duty should, I think, be steadfastly resisted to the end that the lesson should he constantly enforced that though the people support the Government, the Government should not support the people, ‘The friendliness d charity of our countrymen can alwavs be relied upon to relieve their fellow citizens in mis- fortune. This has been repeatedly and quite lately demonstrated. Federal aid in such cases encourages the expecta- tion of paternal care on the part of the Government and weakens the sturdi- ness of our national character, while it prevents the indulgence among our people of that kindly sentiment and conduct which strengthens the bonds of s .mml.n?‘_r;l bl;o(herhnodv ¥ e failure of the proposed ap- mvfllum * ¢ * to meet their rvm-l:- wants will not necessarily result in ;.fi}tylnu:d‘;x d{nnfis if the emergency is made known to the peo) DTy people of the r——— A Winter with no snow to shovel 8dds in some degres to the difficulties of an unemployment situation. —————— The Thorn in Japan's Side. ‘The American visitor to Japan is seldom inveigled by an inhabitant of States attorney for Columbia “has the right to institute or decline to institute these proceedings.” If this be the case, the executive branch of the Government might deny to the Senate the opportunity to get this matter into the courts. The A-| torney General, the superior officer of | the United States attorney for the Dis- trict of Columbia, has already given an opinion to the effect that the Senate has not the right to recall these nomi- | nations and by the device of a vote of reconsideration remove them from office. The President of the United States has taken the same position. What the Senate cou'd do in the face of | a refusal to institute the proceedings requested has not yvet been made clear. It is to be assumed, however, that the | Attorney General and the United States attorney, believing in the soundness | of the position assumed by the Attorney | General, will not object to the adjudi- | cation of the matter by the courts. The three power commissioners, who aroused the wrath of members of the | Senate because they let out of office | two officials of the old Power Com- mission whom these Senators con | sidered opponents of the “power trust,” were duly “confirmed” by the Senate | and the President was properly notified |that the Senate had advised and con- sented to their appointment. Chief Executive then appointed the commissioners and they took cffice. | But later the Senate majority. aroused by the dismissal of the officials of the old commission, sought to reconsider and recall the nominations under the terms of a Senate rule which authorizes a motlon to reconsider the vote of {confirmation within the first two | executive sessions of the Senate fol- the District of | | that charming clime into a discussion of Japanese exclusion from the United States. Common courtesy, seasoned with & sense of international tact, evi- dently has brought about an island-|and the commissioners were Jegally ap- | wide determination to avoid public agi- | Pointed, the President holds. One part of ‘ tation of a question which has seared | (he Senate rule, which seems in a meas- & deep wound across Nippon's soul. On each recurring reopening of the Japanese Diet the imperial govern- ment's foreign minister takes occasion o make practically the one annual ref- erence to exclusion which is forthcom- ing in Japan. Addressing the Diet yesterday, Baron Kijuro Shidehara, who 18 now at the head of the Tokio for- eign office, thus reminded the world afresh of his country's abiding resent- ment of our discriminatory immigra- tion law. Contending, as Japan does, that the exclusion act is aimed directly at the « faland empire, Baron Shidehara likened 1t to “a live thorn in Japan's side” and one that is “sinking deeper and dceper.” For seven years, this Americanophile Par Eastern statesman lamented, the exclusion issue “has been weighing heavily on Japanese popular sentiment.” Baron Shidehara, in words addressed unmistakably in our direction, led fllk observation that “ | Jowing confirmation, The Senate, how- ! ever, waived this rule when it sent to the | Precident the notification of the con- | firmation of the power commissioners, ure contradictory, provides for reconsid- eration of nominations even after the President has been notified that the Senate has advised and consented to the appointments. It is on this part of the Tule that the Senate bases its case. The President, on the other hand, insists |that the matter of appointment has igone beyond the reach of the Senate. It 1s a nice question and one which should be determined. ‘The | Hood. The outlaws ‘of Sherwood For- est never made a steady practice of put- ting one another “on the spot.” o AR LS Political prediction is rendered safe and easy by the fact that even when it is all wrong the public accepts it as passing entertainment in the line of fiction. B — Investigation 1s always possible, even probable. But no matter what hap- pens, the United States Senate causes it to be regarded as a downright cer- tainty. . ———- SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Variety of Prisoners. | How oft on history’s page we view Great plans that fail; For scientists, and martyrs, too, Have gone to jail! Awakening comes to brightest dreams J1 Whose colors fail. Philosophers with eplendid schemes Have gone to jail, Upon the vast array we look Where men sought ball, And even here and there a crook Has gone to jall! A Modern Inspiration. “That woman has a perfectly expres- ““That is one reason,” answered Sena- tor Sorghum, “that I like to converse with her. Her lack of expression makes me feel as if T were before a micro- phone addressing millions.” | Jud Tunkins says it's easy to find | fault, but hard to tell what to do with | it after you have found it. That Gloomy Temperament. The Russian finds his greatest joy When he new sorrows can explore And every passing hour employ In making present troubles more. Always Just Like That. “You should spend all the money you can,” said the economic student. “I've always done my best in that line,” answered Miss Cayenne. “If you doubt it, ask father.” | “Civilization,” said Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown, “is not always deeply | discerning. It often teaches us to sus- ) Economists advise the average cit- sible, but not to the extent of buying speculative stocks on margin, ———— A Serum for Infantile Paraly From London comes announcement of the discovery of an inoculation for izen to spend money as freely as pos- | pect a fellow man because of the lan- |guage he speaks and the clothes he wears,” | Situation Easily Manage When people rather wildly ‘talk But do not misbehave, A peaceful path we still may walk And just say, “Let 'Em Rave.” “A loafin’ disposition,” said Uncle infantile paralysis. If it is efective as its use to date indicates, it i in- deed “epoch making.” as expressed by Eben, “wouldn’ be s0 bad if it lef’ a man contented Jes' to loaf. But nine times out o' ten it makes him wapt to borrow Wil the medical authority fzom Whom comes moDey 10 it W0 & crap ¢ Hollywood is a sort of fairy land where | discuss the report of the Wickersham | deeper thoughts than appear on the | STAR, WASHINGTON, D. 0. THIS AND THAT Perhaps Shakespeare would have been nearer to the point if his famous in- junction, “neither a borrower nor a lender be,” had applied to advice rather than to money. There is no commodity more eagerly sought or more willingly given than advice, and mostly it redounds neither to the good of the asker nor credit of the giver. Children, the only ones whose lack of experience might make them ask it legitimately, mostly never seek advice from any quarter, but blindly plunge into their little affairs without benefit of consultation. 1f it turns out well, they are happy; if {ll, they cry. ‘Their elders might well emulate them, it would seem, for who are these others we all ask advice from? Are they any wiser than we, or what do they xnow that we do not know? They are, as Shylock said, fed with the same food, and breathe the same air. The knife that cuts us will cut them, too. In no way are they better equipped to solve problems, but we run to them for a solution of life's difficulties. the little as well as the big. The foolishness of the action is revealed in its true light by the fact that the average man or woman is more likely to seek advice on small matters than on large. In so doing he merely exposes himself to the ridicule with which the other may re- gard his request. If the other stopped to think about it at all, he would won- der why one should come to him, since he is in no superior position. ~Ordi- narily he does not think much about it, but blurts forth a soluticn, the first one that comes to mind. Then if you do not follow his plan, he forever is displeased, since you_have rejected the ifruit of his brain. It is amazing, the |fondness which the average human being can work up for the results of his own cogitations. Instead of regarding scheme of an idle moment, rather done with the tongue than with the mind, he assumes an intense attitude of ad- miration, being willing boiar to argue and to fight, If necessary to uphold the majesty of his own ideas. Nor ‘s this all. He will labor long and assiduously to convince himself that he is right, when all the time he knows in the bot~ tom of his heart that he is wrong. * k% % ‘The one you look to for advice knows no more about the problem than you do, besides he can consider it only from his own standpoint, not yours. There are perhaps only a few persons in the world, comparatively speaking, and beliefs in the desires and thoughts of others. ‘The rest of them are in- capable of giving good advice; they are not interested very much, in the first place. and then they cannot grasp the other's individual problems because they will not give the time to it. If any of us were serious in this business of ng mental help, we would go to an utter stranger and pay him for his services. If he were an ordinarily honest man, and you paid him enough, no doubt’ you might run some chance of recetving something back in return for value received. He | actually might try to help you! As it is, the friend or acquaintance to whom | we apply. for, advice on a project, or | scheme, or contemplated change, or | purchase, makes no attempt whatever | to be of real service. It is another case | of easy come, easy go. Also—and this is more to the point—it is a clear in- stance of “in ope ear and out the other. He pays no aftention to what you s because he is t0o interested in what he i goIng to sav. It is a bad psychological sit- uation. Instead of concentrating on your WASHINGTON It is the evident purpose of the much- maligned members of the Wickersham Commission to stand by their guns, beat no retreat and offer no alibis. This observer has had access to the reply addressed by one of the commission’ most scholarly souls, who was given an opportunity to broadcast over a coun- try-wide radio hook-up his “reaction” to the Nation's reception of the report. “I feel very clear,” he said, “that I ought not to think of taking advantage of your invitation. It seems to me that we ‘should not put ourselves in the po- report to the public. We are not ad- vocating anything, and discharged our whole duty when we investigated the subject fully and reported our conclu- sions to the President. I have no pro- gram to promote, no political ambi- tions, and nothing to say to the people beyond what I have said in print in the report.” Commissioner Loesch's eleventh-hour cancellation of a pulpit appearance in Washington last night indicates the commission’s desire to rest on its laurels, * ok % % At least one of the Wickershammers hes lost no time in removing himself from the embittered scene. Newton D. Baker has reached the high seas, bound for Europe, by the time the com- mission report was bewildering the American universe. Astonishment is particularly great that the former Sec. retary of War turned out to be one of the ten commissioners collectively dry and one of the seven Individually wet. The Ohjoan was also paired with Lemann of Louisiana in outright ad- vocacy of repealing the eighteenth amendment. Except for his straddle in signing the joint “conclusions and rec- ommendations,” Washington politicians | say Baker would have put himself far out in front as the Democrats’ wettest hope for 1932, Now, they argue, his John Hancock on the document that “opposes” repeal and modification, despite his personally declared opinions to the contrary, will rise up to smite the little giant of Cleveland at the Democratic National Convention, and long before. * x % % The Wickersham report, as such, is safely and indefinitely interned in the the House and Senate y Committees. But any hour it “will be dragged out into the open as a debating issue and shot to pieces. The signal for hostilities will be the appearance of the Department of Justice appropriation bill, carrying some $2,000,000 additional funds~ for Col. Woodcock's new enforcement army. Passage or rejection of that proposal will be a pretty clear indication of what Congress thinks of the commis- slon’s findings. Paragraph 9 of the collective report recommends ‘“sub- stantial increase” in the enforcement budget. Events beneath the dome are about to show whether Congress thinks more cash ought to be lavished on the noble experiment. Odds are offered, in light of the week’s hectic happenings, that Capitol Hill will turn the proposi- tion down on the old-fashioned theory that good money should never be thrown after bad. * ok ok X “Dave” Ingalls of Ohio, Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Aeronautics, has earned the reputation of being one of the nerviest men in the whole naval establishment when it come to flying. One of his favorite stunts is to take his hands off the controls when in the ar and steering with his feet. More than one tenderfoot who's gone aloft with Ingalls has gasped over the latter's complete nervelessness. He learned how not to be afraid in an airplane while serving as a combat aviator in France. Secretary Adams’ young aeronautical chief rides in trains and automobiles as little as possible. In numerous Ohio political campaigns Ingalls has flown from one end of the State to the other in his own ship. All his service trips away from Wash- ington are by air, as well as most of his to and from Ohio. American Legion men eal honors, * % % ark- e - who is gradually at the White George Akerson. up his di it as it deserves, as the illy thougnt | who are able to sink their own desires | Ingalls is | BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. likes and dislikes, your wishes, he is too busy turning over in his head his own likes and dislikes and wishes, as if the situation threatened him, he to pay the penalty in case of failure or to secure the rewards in case of victory. The affair, instead of remaining yours, becomes through a strange alchemy. He foels ealled upon for an instant so- lution, as he sees you there waiting ex- pectantly for the pearls of wisdom. He must not disappoint you. No, he will not disappoint you. He never does. To hesitate would be to lose your respect at once. Have you not asked his advice, and do you not expect it? LR ‘The upshot of experience along these lines is that the sensible man turns more and more to the integrity of his own mind. He knows that no one else, no matter who he is, or how ex- perienced, can know the half concern- ing the question that he does. He re- alizes that no one else has the same in- centive for arriving at a just solution. He also feels that this solution is, after all, largely & matter of—he will not say chance—but of the way things turn out. If all happens for the best, he will pride himself on his astuteness. If ill, he will blame no one but himself. Many & man knows well what a fraud he is. for the success which is his resulted from a “lucky break.” If it had chanced otherwise, he might be out there on the corner now selling apples with the rest of them. If he is of a religious nature, he will lift his eyes to the hills whence his help comes. He will see above the play of day and night, above electrons and vitamins, a gulding intelligence which s itself not above failure, but which more often achieves astounding and unsurpassed success. But in neither instance does this intelligence which resides in all things ask outside itseif for help. It seeks no advice. but con- tains within itself inexhaustible reser- voirs of wisdom. The mind that stays itself on the Eternal will feel ashamed when it falls, as it 8o often does, to the level of scek- ing advice from mere human agencies. Yet these are often necessary, and shame is good for us upon eoccasion Shame is a sign that we have not be- come so sophisticated that we cannot blush for ourselves and others. In one of the most strangely beau- tiful poems in the English language | (“The Pulley”) George Herbert shows | that it is human to seek advice, but ;dl\'lne to find it rightly. We can do i no better than to end this discussion with his beautiful lines: When God first made man, | Having a glass of blessings standing by— Let us (said He) pour on him all we can: Let li‘he world's riches, which dispersed e Contract into & span. So strength first made a way, | Then beauty flow'd, then wisdom, honor, pleasure; ‘When almost all was out, God made a stay, | Perceiving that, alone of all His treasure, | Rest in the bottom lay. | For if T should (said He) Bestow this jewel on My creature, He would adore My gifts instead of Me, And_rest in Nature, not the God of Nature; So both should losers be. | _ Yet let him keep the rest, But keep them with repining restless- least, | If_goodness lead him not, yet weariness | May toss him to My breast. ness: ‘ Let him be rich and weary, that at OBSERVATIONS BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. | House, is by way of becoming & factor in the radio game as well as in the movies. Paramount. of which President | Hoover's departing aide will be an exec- utive after February 1. is heavily inter- ested in the Columbia Broadcasting System, now the world's largest radio network, with 76 stations. Akerson has just learned that his future duties will include “sitting in” et Columbia head- quarters on occasion as Paramount's official spokesman. * ox ok x po- | , e |sition of explaining or defending the | FUSN® Meyer, governor of the Fed eral Reserve Board, has been consigned to sematorial purgatory by dictum of | his anclent archfoe, Senator Brook- hart, but the financier-statesman’s | early emergence from that intermediate |state is certain. Meyer's friends have been counting noses, and are convinced there won't be a dizen votes against his confirmation. _All over Washing- ton the view is held Hoover has made few finer appoint- ments than Meyer's selection to head | the Federal Reserve system. Certainly |no governor of the board ever went to it with the unique background the | world-trained ~ Californian-New Yorker possesses. Brookhart says Meyer “con- spired” against agriculture in connec- tion with (he Federal land banks. The fact is that few men of Wall Street rigin command the intimate contacts and confidence that Meyer has acquired | throughout the rural West. He's par- ,ticularly strong in the cattle country. Incidentally he's a Westchester County dirt farmer. * %k x X Many lights of the Senate Progressive | group are lined up behind the Indian independence group at Washington. | When the “Independence League™ cele- | brates the first anniversary of the “In- dian declaration of independence” here |on January 26, Senators Blame of Wis- | consin, Brookhart of Iowa and Frazier | of North Dakota "will deliver addresses. Other spopsors of the celebration, which will take the form of a banquet, in- clude Senators Norris of Nebraska, La Follette of Wisconsin, Nye of North Da- | kota and Wheeler of Montana. * ok Kk | Senator Walsh, Democrat, of Mon- | tana, has just read into the Congres- | stonal Record a novel plan for relleving unemployment. It originates with Mrs. Wilbur W. Hubbard, one of the great ladies of the Eastern Shore of Mary- land. Mrs. Hubbard spends her Win- ters in Washington, where she is a pillar in the Democratic women's or- ganization. “Plant trees!” is her pana- cea for putting people to work all over America. She would have the trecs placed along the roadsides of the land. | The forest service of the Department. of Agriculture has assured Mrs. Hubbard that “there is great need for tree planting on our roadsides in practically every community.” and, if carried out |on a comprehensive scale, “the results would be 100 per cent beneficial.” Mrs, Hubbard believes that hundreds of thousands of both skilled and unskilled hands would be immediately busied if towns, counties, States and Nation joined in a bigger and better tree- planting campaign. (Copyright, 1931.) —_— et An Astronomical Tip. From the Springfield (Mass.) Republican. | Pluto, alias Planet X, is to be nearest the sun at 5:20 pm. Eastern standard | time, November 6, 1989. .Don't forget the hour. —— e Betwixt and Betwee: From the Richmond News Leader. ‘The period of adjustment is always painful. Ask the girl whose hair is/ {t00 long for a bob and too short to| put up. — e A Lapse of Memory. Prom the Detroit News. that President | pe A local toastmaster talked against | time 38 minutes before the nam: of the next dmmlum speaker on the program came 1o hiT FRIDAY, JANUARY 23, 1931 Says Manor Park Secured Fund for Whittier School To the Editor of The Star: Referring to the article of Mr. Degges on the school building program in your issue of January 14, I note certain in- accuracies and a failure to give credit to the Manor Park Citizens’ Association for the part it played in securing appro- priations for the Whittier School. Mr. Degges state: y way of con- trast and illustrative of the speed which may be attained in schoolhouse con- struction in the District when sites do not have to be bought are the recorded stories of the Whittier and the Con- gress Heights Schools’ additions. These structures, the first providing accom- modations for 320 pupils and the latter for 160 pupils, will be in use approxi- mately 2 years after the Board of Edu- cation first sought them.” As a matter of fact, the board had no part whatsoever in securing appro- priations for the Whittier addition or the original eight-room school, as the appropriations for the land and the two eight-room structures were secured by the aforesaid association as a result of its recommendations to the Budget Bureau and the House Committee on Appropriations in the face of the oppo- sition or lukewarm attitude of the school authorities. On_request of the association the Budget Bureau included and Congress provided in the District bill passed in 1924 $20,000 for a half square of land for the building. At the request of the assoclation Congress at its session in 1925 provided $140,000 and subsequently $27,500 for the construc- tion of the first unit of eight rooms, which was opened in September, 1926, after the board in November, 1924, had declined to estimate for it and E. C. Graham, who was chairman of the board's Finance Committee, made public announcement of the board’s rejection of the construction request. In July, 1930, Congress in the District bill pro- vided $120.000 for the eight-room addi- tion to the building on direct application of the association to the House Appro- priations Committee. Not only did the school authorities make no efforts to secure any of these funds but at various times, and in some instances in public addresses by the superintendent of schools, opposed or refused to recom- mend appropriations for this school construction, as the records will show. This school addition, authorized in July, 1930, will be available for use in Sep- tember, 1931, or 18 months after it was requested of Congress by the association in February, 1930, and not as the result of any efforts of the School Board. Later in the same article Mr. Degges says: “The House itscif inserted an item of $120,000 for the construction of an eight-room addition to the Whittier School. This amcunt also became avail- able last July.” This statement con- firms our opinion that the action of the House was independent of any efforts of the School Board. It is further stated by Mr. Degges that contracts for these schosls, includ- ing the ‘Whittier, rot yet been awarded. As a matter of fact, contract was awarded by the Commissioners January 8, 1931, for the Whittier addition, which is to be completed by July 16, 1931, I call this matter to for the sake of accura association for the part it took in the matter, which can be verified by official records. Yours very truly, H. PULLMAN, Chairman Law and Legislation Commit- tee, Manor Park Citizens’ Association. D ——— Army Cooks as Relief For Hungry Are Urged To the Editor of The Star: If the Government desires to give the suffering people of Arkansas and other States some real and immediate relief, why not take advantage of our trained and efficient Regular Army cooks that have been graduated from the cooking schools of the Avfay? The surplus roll- ing kitchens we have in the storehouses, of which there are many hundreds, could be put into action with little delay, have them manned by the trained cooks, and let them issue the “Mulligan stew” like the “chow” that was issued to our fighting men oversea and in the training camps during the World War. The Army is well and favoral known for its promptness in coming to the relief of suffering people during a calamit; Rolling kitchens could be taken out of the Army warehouses, cleaned up, and put in charge of a chief cook, with five assistant cooks detailed from the enlisted force of the Army or from our National Guard. Excellent stew, coffee and bread could be served to a line of hungry people a couple of times every day. The food could be issued in the fame manner as was done in.he Army on'the order to “Fall in for cho local relief unit cculd put up temporary buildings in the parks to be used as mess halls to shelter the hungry while feeding. With this method of feeding the hungry people in cities, relief could be given to people in outside districts or those that are ill or unable to fall in line. A supply of Army rations should shipped to various points in the hun- gry districts and placed under the su- pervision of efficient commissary offi- cers of the United States Army with instructions to issue 10 days’ rations to people living a distance from the supply stations. In all cases where 10 days' rations were requested the people should be instructed to call on the local relief unit for cards of identification as to the number of people in the family. A full Army ration of meat, potatoes fee, sugar, flour, salt, etc., could T tioned out with very little trouble and with no waste if under the supervision of the United States Army. The details of this method of relieving the hungry | and distressed people could be enlarged upon as the necessity demanded. Let the Senate, the House and the Red Cross settle their controversy as to the 25,000,000 by appropriation or the $10,- 000,000 by popular subscription and pass the question of immediate relief up to the Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy, who has had experi- ence in relief measures on a large scale, This subject of immediate relief is and should be made urgent. It would save the United States, the richest country in the world, from ridicule abroad, but more important is the alleviation of the hungry and distressed. and avoid the iscontent-and deplorable conditions of own citizens. The situation is criti- ering the widespread un- employment and the political upheaval we have just gone through, makes it necessary that the best thoughts of our leading ‘men and women should be given to the possible disaster that might happen to our beloved country. H. L. WILSON. 1601 Argonne place northwest, —_— Fair Trade Bill Favored As Aid to Small Business To the Editor of The Star: I note in The Star of January 21 that a Mrs. Baggs, Mrs. Wiley and Lucie Border Bantz oppose the Capper-Kelly fair trade bill, and the latter is in- clined to think if this proposed legisla- tion is enacted, the United States will become a Russia. This is absurd. I suggest that all persons interested get a copy of this bill (H. R. 11) and read it. It is self-explanatory. Congress controls retail prices on stamps and Government publications. Also prohibits ticket scalping, thereby controlling prices of railroad tickets. There are statutes by which insurance agents are prohibited from splitting their commissions on insurance as a means of lowering price below that established by the company which is selling the insurance. Also publishers control resale prices of their newspapers and periodicals. Congress should control resale price of trade-marked merchandise, It my contention that the law should be made fair and equitable, that either the little manufacturer and the little retailer should be able to pro- tect the retail prices by means of in- expensive contracts or else the law should be changed so as to prohibit your attention | and in order | that proper credit may be given the! wei |age and over in gainful occupations in | Who are in need, as a result of condi- | b2 made, a great national debate de- | Cross, |1t is still more baffiing to the thousands ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS . BY FREDERI ‘There is no other agency in the world that can answer as many legitimate questions as our free Information Bureau in Washington, D. C. This highly organized institution has been built up and is under the personal direction of Frederic J. Haskin. By keeping in constant touch with Federal bureaus and other educational enter- prises it is in a position to pass on to you authoritative information of the highest order. Submit your queries to 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, Wash- ington, D. C. Q. Hciw many people in the United States play golf?>—H. M. A. Bobby Jones says that it is be- lieved that more than 4,000,000 people in this country play the game. lakhkahtla, Alaska, on the mainland or on an island?>—R. M. R. A. It is a small village on Annette Island in_the southeast waters of Alaska. The Indians living there formerly lived in British Columbia. They embraced the Episcopal faith, and be- cause the authorities attempted to force them to comply with all the rituals of the church they left and settled upon Annette Island. President Cleveland suggested that this island be set aside for their use. Q. How much are hydrogen and helium compressed for shipping?— . 8. N, A. The Bureau of Standards says the pressure to which hydrogen and helium may be compressed, and correspondingly the amount that can be compressed into a cubic foot of space, depend upon the compressor available and _the t0 2,000 pounds is the pressure em- ployed for the shipment of these gases. Neither gas is explosive by itseif at any pressure except as the pressure may be too great for the container to with- stand. The strength of the container, of course, does not depend upon what gas is in it; hence, the danger from this source is the same whatever the gas compressed. Q. Who won the Pulitzer Prize for a cartoon in 1930?—J. 8. A. Charles R. Macauley of the Brook- lyn Daily Eagle won with his cartoon “Paying for a Dead Horse.” Q. How old was Robert M. La Fol- lette, sr, when he entered Congress for the first time?—G. W. A. He was elected to the House of Representatives at 30 years of age, His con, Robert M. La Follette, jr, was elected to the Senate at the same age. Q. How long was the ministry of John the Bantist?>—D. H. T. A. The ministry of John the Baptist is said to have extended over a period of about three years. Q. How should ice skates be cared or?—B. C. for? A A. After using, ice skates should be carefully dried and put away. It is well to use a little kerosene on them to keep them from rusting. Q. How many women in the United States are working, and_in what lines are they employed’—R. I. L. A. The figures for the 1930 census are not yet complete. 8,549,511 females of 10 years of the United States. These were divided as follows: Agriculture, forestry and animal husbandry, 1,084,128; extracting minerals, 2,864; manufacturing, 1,93t 341; transportation, 213,054; trade, 66° 792; public service not elswhere classi. the staff of experts whose services are | Q. Is the Indian village of Met- | strength of the container. Usually 1,800 | In 1920 there | C J. HASKIN. fied, 21,794; professional service, 1,016,~ 498; domestic personal service, 2,186, 924, and clerical occupations, 1,426,116, Q. What were the first two countries to recognize the American Republic— the United States>—M. L. A. The first European nation to grant official recognition to the young | American Republic was France, whose | government concluded a treaty with the |newly formed United States on Febru- |ary 6, 1778, while the war was still in ! progress. The second nation to recog- nize the United States was Holland, | which did so just before the conclusion |of the treaty between Great Britain and the United States ending the war and recognizing the independence of the colonies, which was signed at Paris on September 3, 1783. Q. What is the meaning of the ex- pression “o'er-sib” used in Kipling's “Tomlinson" E. M. | A. It means “too closely related.” Q. How much was paid for the origi- ' nal land upon which Boston was butlt? | A The Rev. William Blackstone, the | original settler of the land on which the City of Boston now stands (1623), | sold the land to Gov. John Winthrop's colony of settlers in 1634. This land amounted to 800 acres and was sold for £30 (about $150). The Rev. Blackstone then left for Rhode Island, where he was also the first white settler, and where he died in 1675, Q. Does it lengthen the life of silk stockings to dip them in a vinegar bath?—E. V. 8. A. The Bureau of Textiles and Cloth- ing says that a vinegar bath will not help the wearing qualities of hosiery. Q. What States have the largest per- centage of Catholic population?>—R. M. A. Rhode Island, New Mexico and Louisiana have about 50 per cent Catholic population. Q. How much paper money is lost or destroyed?—J. M. A. The Department of the Treasury says that there is no accurate way of arriving at a figure. Q. What is & person called who s half-Negro and half-Mexican?--T. H. A. The word is “mestizo.” ve & list of names of for- Q. Please eign cities whose spelling is changed in English—C. C. A. A partial list follows: Havana, La Habana; Rome, Roma; Leghorn, Livorno; Naples, Napoli; Genoa, Geno Milan, Milano: Turin, Torino; Venice, Venezia The Hagu®, ’s Gravenhage; Gene Geneve; Brussels, Bruxelles; Munich, Munchen; Vienna, Wien; Warsaw, Warszawa; _Copenhagen, Belgrade, Beograd; Bucharest, Bucuresti; Moscow, Mosk: Athens, Athenal. Q. Is it possible to make a straight line?—R. A. A. The Bureau of Standards says that it is not possible to make a perfectly straight line, although with the use of instruments available at the present time the degree of error is so small as to be negligible. Q. What color is jadeite?—L. G. A. Absolutely pure jadeite should be white without a tinge of color. In | general the green color of jadeite is due to chromium, the coloring matter of the emerald. but jadeite is never transpar ent as is emerald. Jadeite is one | of the three minerals known as jade. The others are nephrite and chioro- melanite. It js remarkable that men from the earliest times found small blocks of jade suitable for utilitarian purposes, as well as for artistic uses. Jade was treated with the greatest reverence by rulers of the East. ‘While efforts to provide food for those tions following the drought, continue to velops over the question of Federal appropriations or reliance upon the Red Cross as a m-ans of applying contribu- tions, The unprecedented emergency is declared by some to warrant Govern- ment ald, while others believe that private contributions are needed to maintain the effici:ncy of the Red “Theoretically the Nation is opposed to the dole. Without doubt, loans that share the nature of the dole should be made only as the last resort,” says the Asbury Park Press, “but when hundreds of starving people in the richest Nation of the world clamor for food it appears time that the last resort were adopted. . The Santa Rosa Press-Democrat com: men up, as governments usually ' are, precedent, red tape and politics. But who have no food for themseives or ir helpless animals.” “It may be fairly questioned,” thinks the Rock Island Argus, Government should exercise such pater- nal care. Maybe Grover Cleveland was right when he affirmed that such a practice ‘weakens the sturdiness of our national character’ He meant, of course, that relief should be a matter for private individuals and societies, not a governmental function. But it the Congress of our time favors such ap- propriations, the grant of money should not be held up for weeks on account of wrangling. “‘Although Mr. Hoover refrains from saying it,” according to the Chicago Daily News, “the alternative to relief by the Red Cross and similar agencies, State and local, is relief by the Federal Government through so-called food loans. That would require increased | taxation. 1In Congress appropriations | for such loans are not sufficiently pop- | ular to threaten the enactment of legis- | tion’s expressed wishes. But were pri- | vate gencrosity to fail in the crisis the demand for Federal aid would become irresistible.’ . * ok ok Paying a tribute to the efficiency of the Red Cross, which “already has its local agencies established and function- ing in the distressed areas,” the New Orleans Times-Picayune points out that “the ‘food-loan’ Senators’ estimate of the drought relief need in effect stands| acknowledged and confirmed.” The| Raleigh News and Observer advises that “certainly if any deviation from the| strictest State’s rights doctrine was ever | justified, feeding the starving in this| depression 1s the exception.” That pa- per also declares: “If the Federal Gov. ernment is to send money to feed starv. ing Russians, to build roads, aid educa. tion and health and do other things not contemplated b{ it when Washington as elected, shall the strictest construc- tion be invoked to prevent feeding starv- ing people whose situation was brought about in half the area of the Republic by a disaster for which they were not responsible?” “If ft is logical to lend & farmer money to feed his horses, cows and nd to buy seed, fertilizer and in order that he may make a in the opinion of the Fort Worth Telegram, “it is just as logical to public interest, that system should be extended by repealin statutes which | protect the retail prices on stamps, life insurance, railroad tickets, Government 1t like. 1In other price-control sy the organjzations of large capital from controlling their retail prices by means ' of consignments, refusal of sales or vast chain store systems, and that if price cutting and premium giving are in the mere syste: iarge eapital can control its but small cepital must be de; “whether the | | made bad matters worse.” Iation in opporiion to the administra- | O Methods of Drought Relief Widely Discussed by Press lend him money in order that he may not starve to death before his crop is made.” The St. Louis Post-Dispatch contends that “famine, like war, is an emergency,” and in the face of an emer- gency of that kind the ordinary rules and traditions of governmental policy Anniston_Star lose their force. ‘The | holds that “it is the duty of the Ameri- can Government in the interest of the | public welfare, no less than as & mat- ter of justice to citizens, to see that the | bare necessities of life are provided. The Chattanooga News charges th: “Congressmen who are willing to see their fellow countrymen suffer rather than break precedents are a shabby excuse for lawmakers.” The M Commercial Appeal states, ve always opposed doles or indiscriminate charity, but we realize that either is much to be preferred to starvation.” * X x % “The Red Cross appeal puts the re- sponsibility where it belongs,” says the ed | Indianapolis Star, with the conclusion: | “The tendency to dip into the Federal | Treasury is a dangerous one to encour- age. The business of the Government is to govern, and the closer it sticks to | that province the better. The Hart- ford Courant finds in the experience of Europe that “invariably doles have The Spring- field (Mass.) Republican feels that through Government action “the eventual outcome might be the shell of a Red Cross organization.” The Newark | Evening News is convinced that “the volunteer and conscript systems cannot exist side by side in charity any more than they can in itary service.” The Wilmington Delmarvia Star avers that “the dole is to be feared. “With the Red Cross call and the President’s warm indorsement,” states the 8t. Louis Globe-Democrat, “a great opportunity comes to these Congress- men. With their official salaries and perquisites all are in receipt of very comfortable incomes. They can pay out of their own pockets alms they planned to pay out of the taxes. Congress ought be good for & round sum in Red Cross contributions, and it will be in- teresting to note the total. As for the rest of e have a special obligation to see that the quotas are filled. Un- questionzbiy this is the way, and the only way, in wkich to meet this pitiful problem. Because the Red Cross can minister to these unfortunates as Con- gress never could, and becausé no con- gressional preceaent is being set to plague in tne future, we should be all the readicr and prompter and more genercus and ungrudgingin meeting the presidential call.” Appealing to its own communities for generous response to the call of the Red Cross, the Little Rock Arkansas Demo- crat says: “The greater part of the money is needed to aid the Social Wel- fare Bureau and s agencies in caring for the needy in Little Rock and North Little Rock, while the remainder will, of course, be spent in the rural dis- tricts. The money asked for in the Senate proposal would be used as food loans to farmers, who would be allowed 24 Cress is to be distributed as relief with- out any consideration of repayment-— that is, it is outright charity, That ex- planation, we hope, makes it plain that, regardless of what appropriations Con- gress may make, Pulaski County needs and must have as quickly as possible money to care for the thousands of residents and transients who have ap- p~aled for help. Knowing that fact, the good people of the county should, and we believe will, give freely and cheerfully. Gt Fiction. #rom the Toledo Bl We believe bank robberies have in. creased the popularity of deiectie and driven ggito ruin. tori: People like to read how bandiis