Evening Star Newspaper, January 28, 1931, Page 8

THE EVENING STAR, WASH . W A8 : E : ON, D. O, KSDAY THE EVENING STAR e With Sundsy Morning Edition. WASEINGTON, D. C. WEDNESDAY . .January 28, 1931 THEODORE W. NOYES. ... Editor 4. AR il The Evening Star per Company Y, e Rate by Carrier Within the City, an Bunday ‘stary "o o 'wl ndays 60c per month fim Lfl‘”"’l"na...’ ‘flr-t ner month o e st the enid of each montn, . m-n‘lhunl oF ‘teledhone Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virgh 0.0 .. 40c All Other States and Canada. 1 mo.. 81 0 Associated Press i3 exclusively entitled ess 13 exclusively ent to the use 'e.r 'bllelthl\ all nes jex credited to it or not I {hs raper and also the loc published herein rig 1 dispatches herein ‘Dublication of 150 exerced Cashing the Bonus. Agitation for cashing the veterans' adjusted compensation certificates has undoubtedly received impetus thzough favorable action on the part of the Executive Committee of the American Legion, and the introduction of some * twoscore and more bills suggesting vari- ous plans for cashing the certificates is indicative of the great pressure on Congress for some sort of legislation at this session. Despite the objections of the administration, voiced several times by Secretary Mellon, and the huge drain on the Treasury thet such schemes| ‘would entail, it is probable that if any of the bills reaches a vote before March 4 this particular form of “rellef” will be enacted. ' There is already dis- cussion as to whether it would meet the fate of the original bonus legislation and be vetoed by the President. ‘The bills can be grouped generally into three classes. Some of them pro- pose cashing the certificates at face value as of the maturity date, 1945, at 8 net cost to the Government of about | '$2,700,000,000. Other bills propose cash- ing the certificates at their present value, at an estimated cost of $1,707,~ 000,000, less Joans that are outstanding, while a third plan contemplates per- mittee, reported that this plan would exhaust the loan value of the certifi- cates up to 1043, two years before ma- turity, and that it would probably pay veterans to take the loan and let Secretary Mellon. believes that any of not -come out of taxes ue. Special financing he necessary and the debt increased. adjusted service certificates are endowment insurance policies insurance feature was approved accepted by the veterans’ organiza- timfe of the enactment of arguments against il | a el i e ¥ The. ce policy, of course, case. The difficulty in that the veterans accepted the insur- the | : E iy 4 § i (EREEE Eg% E:§I i i ! | ; i S H # g | : E one or two per cent have made any effort to repay the loans. The demand for joans is increasing, and the present | £25! average of from five to seven millions month paid out in loans is expected reach $20,000,000 & month before the of the year. About the anly good points in the original bonus legisiation were the in- marked that the best Hungry people is 10| of maintaining the welfare agencies is always the means the meedful intelligence economic prop- Relief work has to go rapidly. Hunger Josephine K was struck beyond those ‘waters, then the Canadian government has at least the technical ground for & prot:st. No matter where the rum runners were, they were engaged in a flagrant violation of American laws. They were attempting, for sheer lucre representing heavy profits, to circumvent the stern restrictions imposed by the United States Government against the landing of liquor on our shores. They were on smuggl‘rs’ duty bent, and they were caught, literally, with the goods— $100,000 worth of them. The way of the booze pirate, like that | of any other transgressor, is hardg! When the Coast Guard lets its guns bark on such occasions, it is almost indubitably within its rights, and the American peopls will have slight patience with diplomatic quibbles over the meticulous maritime facts that may be involved. Fails to Back the Senate. An effort to line up the House with thé Senate in the latter's contest with the executive branch of the Govern- ment over three members of the Fed- eral Power Commission failed yester- day. Representative La GCuardia of | New York sought to have the House, during its consideration of the inde- pendent offices appropriation bill, insert a provision that mone of the money should be used to pay salaries of any of the power commissioners “whose con- firmation has been or is being recon- sidered by the Senate or against whom. ouster or removal proceedings have been instituted or authorized.” The proposal} of the New York Representative was | voted down in committee of the whole 102 to 37, and the bill finally passed the House without any such limitation. The flare-up in the House, however, is probably only a forerunner of what may be expected in the Senate when the independent offices bill reaches that body. It has been predicted that the upper house would amend the measure 50 as to prohibit the payment of salaries | to the three members of the Power Commission who have aroused the hos- tility of that body, Chairman Smith and Commissioners Garsaud and Draper. If that course is followed the matter will go back to the House and probably be fought out in conference. It may provide another of those ticklish sub- jects in appropriation bills which are now threatening a deadlock between the houses or between the Chief Executive and the Congress and the failure of one ew Congress after March 4. Already the demand of the Senate for a direct appropriation of $25,000,000 to provide { food for sufferers in the drought district | and for unemployed in the cities is in that category, and there is threatening a demand to pay & cash bonus to the veterans of the World War in place of their present adjusted compensation certificates. The Senate will soon have before it attorney for the District of Columbia to take the Senate's demand for ouster of the three power commissioners into the | courts for final adjudication. Senator ‘Walsh of Montana has a resolution for this purpose favorably reported to the Senate from the Judiclary Committee. | The expectation is that the resolution will prevail. Whether the Department of Justice will accede to the request is still another matter. It does appear, however, that the effort in Congress to lop off the salaries | of the three commissioners and to do by indirection what it does not seem pos- | sible to do by direction is rather a futile performance. It may be al threat to the executive department to permit the case to be taken to the courts, the threat being couched in the | terms of an extra session of Congress, ! which the President does not wish to' see materialize. However, there is a strong preponderance of sentiment | among the Senators themselves against a special session of the new Congress. If the matter were put to a vote today scarcely a dozen Senators would be found voting for & special session. ‘Whether the demand for the ouster of the power commissioners, for a direct appropriation for food for drought and industrial sufferers and for a soldiers’ h bonus will outweigh the desire of the Senators to. close up on March 4 still remains to be determined. What the country thinks about the matter may have something to do with the final answer. r—e—a Police cannot be expected to clear up all the homicide mysteries unaided; and | the clever detective story writers are of no assistance whatever in a genuine emergency. : oo ‘There has never been a doubt that Smedley Butler is a courageous man. Not content with facing trouble bravely when it comes his way, he sometimes appears to be looking for it. st el Give Again, and Give More! ‘Washington is thoroughly “sold” on the idea of a Community Chest. It s convinced that the proper method of the Capital is by a wholesale con- tribution to a single fund. The suc- cess of the Chest on the first and the second occasions on which the community was asked thus to consoli- date its charity and welfare gifts in- sures success now on the third oc-| and sickness progress swiftly and with Do restraint of fairness in a cruel race. The Josephine K. Now and then the Coast Guard has to fire & shot to remind the country foreement navy, on duty off Manhattan Island, intercepted and eventually apprehended early this week a small cagion as far as the principle of “gv- | ing all at once” is concerned. Again, the community is “sold” to| the merits and needs of the individual agencles and institutions that are merged in the Community Chest for sntee of the merit and worthiness of the organization or individual activity for the public welfare. The solicitors more? More must be given, for the need is greater. It must be given by some if not by all. More should be given by all so that the additionial bur- den will be shared proportionately by every member of the great partnership in the maintenance of the Chest. No fixed proportion or ratio can be prescribed in the matter of giving, al- though it has been roughly computed that the necessity this year is twenty- five per cent greater than a year ago. There is first of all the greater direct need in the increase of forced idleness and the diminution of earning power and the consequent greater suffering. There is then the additional need of the Red Cross, whose call for funds to meet the national conditions has been merged with that of the Chest for the convenience of the local community. If twenty-five per cent should be added to every contribution of record last year the Chest will be filled, to meet every dollar of obligation both to the Red Cross and to the local agen- cles. The very fact that “times are hard” makes the need to do this the more imperative, ——— Burglary With Humor. A New Jersey burglar left notes be- hind h'm, “Why don't you put your money where I can find it?” “Why the deuce don't you leave this desk unlocked?” “Even this sweater doesn't fit me.” If burglars must operate, and the history of mankind seems to prove that they must, perhaps most home owners would prefer them to have a keen sense of humor. There can be Jittle doubt {that fun and jollity along the way would enliven the prowlings of any person given to felonious entry into private homes. Such a man—the chances are 100,000 to 1 that the intruder would not be a woman — would be looking for two things, not just ons thing. Instead of concentratng his whole mental ener- gles on the discovery of material loot, he would devote a part of them to the laudable aim of finding laughs as he went along. It is conceivable that in such an emergency as may arise in the night life of any burglar, such as that occa- sioned by the precipitate entry, of the rightful owner, the prowler would rather “wise crack” than crack his re- volver or the skull of the other. Humor thus would take its rightful place in the home, that of appealing 1o the sympathetic side of the audi- ence—of one. Come o think of it, crime in the United States during the past decade | has become terribly serious, devold of the bravado which once beset the ad- ventures of Jesse James and the Can- trill brothers. The American likes his Jjoke, and if he must have burglars and others of their ilk, let them leave jolly notes behind them, filled with fun, frolic and gayety. That way, at least, lies national sanity. r—oee From Nebraska comes a report that a railroad is asking for $239 damages trom & motorist who crashed a freight train and knocked three box cars into a ditch. It would be most unfortunate if this unique incident were to lend false encouragement to motorists who are already too reckless in their style of grade-crossing approach. ——— e A Nobel prize award is a stimulus to talents. Depreciating comment on the work winning it affords the comforting suggestion to genius that it may not be necessary to rise to transcendent power in order to enjoy an ovation, a goodly purse of cash and unlimited publicity ‘of inestimable value. e An appropriation bill may take pre- cedence in senatorial procedure when discussion seems about to become most earnest in some other direction. The maxim, “Money talks,” still has its an- cient significance. . " SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Beyond Science. Let me observe the universe, - Friend Scientist, with you And try, for better or for worse, To study it anew. And though great mysteries unfold As wonder-stories new are told, 1 value still the simple truth That you imparted in my youth. I know the stars will shine on high Each in the 'customed time and place. 1 know the seasons passing by With beautles new each year will grace. And as I gaze with reverent care On marvels as they shine up there, The greatest joys, 1 frankly own, Are things that I have always known. Compulsory Eloquence. “Don't you think you have said enough on this particular subject?” asked the close adviser. “Yes,” answered Senator Sorghum; “put so long as I have the popular ear I feel that in self-defense I must go on and on and keep the other fellow from getting a word in.” Jud Tunkins sa; their advantage in bringing the re- minder that human nature, that often seems so frivolous, is in fact mighty generous and sympathetic, A Willing Work. Our Congressman wins new applause. He says we'd be in clover If he could just take all the laws And simply write 'em over. Hospitality. “What would you do if Drohibition agents were to raid your home?” “As I'm an abstemious man,” an- swered Uncle Bill Bottletop, “I might squadron of rum: runners flying thé|for contributions do mot have to' .. . 4ple ¢ show. them the kind of flag. " ‘Unheeding orders to argue the merits of these cOMpONeNt . .. ioinment they cared about. But heave to and submit to search, the sent a shell into the §i§§§§§i§§%§ 3 elements of the Chest. ‘The question, then, solely is whether the Washingtonian, who is asked to contribute to the Chest, is able to give; if he can spare from his own funds some donation for this purpose. Then the question of how much hé give. If he gave last year he is obligated to give again, for contribution to the Chest means in effect a partnership, a guarantee of to aid in the mainte- these necessary works of and welfare. another question is being result of the unfortunate have prevailed for & gi g o I'd do my best. I'd turn on the radio and let 'em look at the family album.” “It s as great an error,” said Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown, “to believe in unchanging misfortune as it is to ex- pect perpetual prpcpemy." Bad Steering. John Barleycorn! John Barleycorn! No place for you there seems to be, For as a landsman you're forlorn And you seem even worse at seal “A lazy man,” sald Uncle Eben, “is slow-goin’ till he gets in vver, an’ den he seems mo’ anxious one | THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL, Are we going to have an early Spring? ‘Turf is as spongy now as it normally is in late March or April. ‘This may or may not be & sign, but it | real is an interesting thing to note. Cold weather, of course, will be able to reduce the ground back to a frozen state in no time, so that it will not do to_become too optimistic. How much pleasanter warm weather e gl:‘ll? 5 4 ) ly 98 cent of the people feel that way mut the weather, al- though perhaps 50 per cent like to in- sist that they like cold weather best. No doubt they are the same persons who say they like the dark meat of turkey best, and prefer (or so they say) to sit at the rear of a theater. * %k % % ‘These touches of warm weather in Winter, these Springlike days- which come with lower air pressures, give an admirable foretaste of what is to come. They lack, however, the genuine “feel” of approaching Spring. There is something about the real thing which is unmistakable. The air is softer, as we say. The sun is & new sort of sun, with more ultra-violet in the composi- tion of his rays. But we do not intend to enter into praise of Spring at this time. There will be plenty of time for that. What interests one now is the condi- tion of growing things, especially in re- lation to their state a few months from now. * % % % ‘The softness of the turf is natural, and does it no harm, a'though it yet remains to be seen what the unusual amount of alternate freezing and thaw- ing has done to it. One can never be too sure. This is one of the charms of interest in the out-of-doors. Many persons seem to feel that one must induige in ice skat- ing, fishing, hunting, or go skiing, or at least go for long hikes, to. be inter- ested in the things outside the house. Nothing of the kind! Perhaps he who rather shrinks from the cold paws of Winter is in the best position to appreciate the outdoors, after ail. He has, as it were, a grandstand seat, from which he may observe everything that goes on. This seat is not necessarily his eas; chair at home. It may be his offic window, the window of ‘his car, the window of street car or bus. ‘These are the four main lookouts for the indoor student of the great out-of- doors, LR ‘The burly individual who prefers his skating and his sledding and that sort of thing has much iIn his favor, and no one who fails to indulge in such sports would want o say & word against him or_them. He is to be congratulated; but it may be submitted that he is g0 close to the outdoors itse'f that he is in an excellent position to fail to see it. He i more interested In his sport than in Nature. If he notices the weather at all, or takes cognizance of the spongy turf, it is only because these things help or hinder his activities. Now, there are some outdoor Nature lovers, of course, who combine sport with a keen observation of everything around them. These are the exceptions. The average person is better able to note things for himself when he sits outsideé' them, becoming their judge, thefr critic. - * ok ox ¥ Judging Nature is not donc critical slant. Crif with any ticism, ha it applied to things of the outdoors. Even the most captious person real- izes that trees and bushes and plants and know nothing of him, and therefore are not attempting to spite him by doing poorly. They are forever outside the realm of petty criticism. When Nature does poorly, in the eyes of man, as in the drought, or in a flood, she is only reacting as conditions cause her to react. There is no will-of-her- own in it, no conscious effort to become too dry, or to remain too 3 Nature only asks to function® as she has been accustomed. She has, how- ever, a tolerance, as the scientists say, or leeway which enables her to make the best of conditions as they are. Mankind, being a part of this self- same Nature, also has a wide tolerance, It does its best to make the best of conditions, not only those of Nature, but those self-imposed. * x4 ox An excellent example of this is in the mental attitude of the man or woman who- dislikes Winter, who yet manages to get & great deal of amusement out of it. Physically he shrinks from the cold blasts, the sleet, the rushing winds, the tendency of the human nose to play tricks in cold weather, the air which Insists on rushing down the back of one's neck, the mga' public vehicles, crammed with snuffling, sneezing hu- manity. He stays indoors as much as feasible, from which vantage point he is able to appreciate with his mentality the good poinis of the season. Surely snow is beautiful. There is not another phe- nomenon in Nature which can touch it for sheer picturesqueness. Old things take on new beautjes, garages become coated with sughr, fence posts wear gigantic loaf hats, di- }llpldl'nd fences become things of love- City noises are dimmed, muted by the universal application of this coat- ing of soft stuff to the streets, lawns, trees, bushes, shrubs, roofs, automobile and bus tops. Lovely but disagreeable—such is the verdict of the one who takes his Nature from the Inside as much as he can in Winter. It is a verdict which will be agreed to by many people. *x % % Cold weather places in high relief those two marvelous institutions of the modern home, the ba'h room and the furnace. Only those who come from the small towns of the late '90s are able to appreciate them properly. Winter makes even a cold house seem warm, by contrast with the cold streets. A really warm house is more appreciated than a feast. The glint of blazing logs in the fireplace diffuses a soft glow over everything. From such an observatory one is able to appreciate the good points of Winter, but even this does not prevent him from wishing heartily for the advent :L)spr]n. and Summer, with their open | rs and windows, blooming flowers, soft air and happiness on a grander WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. Business executives throughout the country who derive their inside knowl- edge of events at Washington from a confidential “news letter,” rather than from the papers, have just received a straight tip about prohibition. It's to the effect that modification of existing laws is probably 6 or 8 years distant. Another arresting statement is that it will be 1933 or 1934 before Congress even bej to get to grips with prohibition under any conditions assuring legislative action. Agitation, the same prognosticator con- cedes, will continue and become in- creasingly insistent. But he thinks it will take at least two or three more congressional elections to produce in both houses majorities capable of up: setting _ Volsteadism. The Natios principal financial and industrial ca) tains, it appears, maintaln & ly stream of jpondence with the wiseacre here cited. His latest ency- clical says he can no longer keep his head above the flood of uiries ing in about prohibition. They indicate that it is head and shoulders above any other issue now before the country. x ok K % Herbert Janvrin Browne, long-distance crop and weather forecaster, was chal- the other day to justify a public statement that he knows a man whose bustness has been steadily and consist- ently increasing ever since the 1929 stock crash. “Who is h was the de- mand of Browne's hearers. manufacturer of red ink” crushing rejoinder. * * K K Hel P. Fletcher, chairman of the vmu?fl"sutn Tariff Commission, ap- pears to be after George Arliss' laurels. At any rate, the debonair Pennsylva- nian turned up recently at a fashion- able bal masque in Was 50 com- pletely disguised as Disraell that it was some time before other guests discov- ered his real identity. Where the one- time Rough Rider and Ambassador learned to twirl & monocle in the best Beaconsfield manner still remains to be explained. Fletcher had & glolmxoml make-up artist convert him into & counterfeit of the great “Dizzy.” While the process was under way, he says, “I wasn't sure whether I was going to turn out to be William Jennings Bryan or Tom Heflin.” Alice Roosevelt Long- worth's appearance as & Florodora girl was another of the party's big hits. * % x x Somebody was twitting Pat Harrison in the DJI’IOCYIMC cloakroom of the Senate about his party's search for a winning issue in 1932. The razzer sug- that in desperation the Demo- crats might have to fall back on Tom Marshall’s theory that the procurement of a good 5-cent cigar is Ennclpll question before the country. “We al- ready have a good 5-cent cigar,” re- torted Pat, “only it sells two for a quarter.” * k%% “Cimarron,” the stirri picture of the Oklahoma land nllh‘:fl!fll. which recently had its first official opening in a Washington theater the next night be- fore President Hoover's guests in the White House, has set Vice President Curtis to reminiscing. “One day ‘l.n the early 90s” says the Kansan, saw & familiar-looking nag hitched in front of the court house at 'Ilm»n. As its owner came up and called the horse ‘Ruth,’ 1 was sure 1 knew that ked, ‘where’d you get ti He replied that he'd bought it_to make the dash across the Kansas line when the Government opened up the Oklahoma Territory and that the horse had carried him 6 miles to & stake in record time. Ruth was my old racing pony, which I'd ridden as a_jockey at a hundred county fairs in the Southwest.” One of the big lines in “Cimarron” runs, “He's the only man I know who can strut while sitting down.” The quip is famous in Arkansas, where it originated with the late United States Senator Jefl Davis. He applied it on & famous occasion to Lieut. Gov. X. O. Pendall of Chicot County. L Hayes, New York banker, who the King of Siam's press in the United States while that i is in our midst, is war _historlan, the young Ohioan brings many qualities to the task of ballyhooing hh‘ S‘hn:ue‘ majesty. Pred K. Nielsen, who has just been appointed American commissioner of the Special Claims Commission between the United States -and Mexico, probably holds more presidential appointment certificates than any lawyer in the Government service, Woodrow Wilson named Nielsen solicitor of the State Department. Warren G. Harding ap- ?omma him agent and senior counsel for the U. 8. A. before the last Ameri- can-British claims arbitration. Before Nielsen was named to the Mexico Clal Commission the other day by Herl Hoover, Calvin Coolidge had -made him American commissioner on the General Claims Commission adjudicating our Mexican affairs. Nielsen is a Nebras- kan and carries the scars of foot ball battle from his days on the Corn Husk- ers’ eleven. L L Here’s & new story about Edward Douglass White, late Chief Justice of the United States. Often, during the after- noon of his life, White expressed to in. timate friends the hope men might be his Bharies Evans Hughes. Dot rles .Evans the distinction. £ . * “Bill” Castle, accomplished Assistant Secretary of State, ulkplu corking story about his special mission to Japan a year ago du: the London Naval Con- ference. Unc! Ambassa- mem| in full dress regalia, to be escorted to the Imperial Palace to pay their respects to the Emperor and Empress. The hour of newly anived American tairiss ley newl v into Ih{ hotel 3 e birds,” remarked of “Been up 2ll night, I suppose. (Copyright, 1831.) Statement Regarding Gen. De Leon Corrected To the Editor of The Sta I have been follow! with great in- terest the weekly lulv:;ol utfnr Amer- ican affairs published by Mr. Gaston Nerval in your Sunday edition. He is, in my opinion, one of the best informed writers on the subject. Not without a certain reluctance, therefore, I am called now to correet, in part, events in_Guatemala. “Gen. Lazaro Chacon,” Mr. Nerval says, “the constitutionally elected Pres- ident, gave up his dutles on account of his broken health * * * and Senor Baudilio Palma, the nominal second vice president, was sworn in as Chief Executive of the Central American republic. The first vice president, Gen. De Leon, did not entirely approve of the arrangement and soon started an armed revolt in which he unfortunate- 1y lost his life.” ‘This appreciation of Gen. De Leon's attitude is not exact. Certainly the first informations arriving in Washing- ton, l!ul'r larations made by the Minister of Guatemala, Senor Recinos, are respon- sible for that misleading assertion, but as subsequent information from the most reliable sources has since arrived, I believe it just, in consideration of Gen. De Leon’s standing as a soldier, to state the truth on the matter. Gen. De Leon at the time of the revolt was not a vice president, because, if he had been elected to that post about March of last year, he accepted thereafter the charge of minister of war, and the Guatemalan constitutibn declares both functions to be incom- tible. This he well knew, and at time of the he was ‘at his desk in the war derrunent. Sur- prised by the noise of musketry a-‘thlm nul.lfi. he left at once lent palace on pmgfi:‘iz::c he_fell wfim hul!‘z shot by revolting forces In One Round. ‘Omahs World-Herald. couple #n married in box- o, | o the fight out al il the fight | Congressional Aid his mu‘:nent about recent | as JANUARY 28, 1931 1 Asked for Veterans! To the Hditor of The Star: help the It Congress really wants to , there is and now pending wm ly to veterans of the ‘orld War of the full value of their ad- money to better advantage than at any vesty of justice had to wait rgenc This amount would Lzve j..d the vet- erans the amount of their certificates almost twice. A further payment of $468,509,905 is expected to be made on the principal of the public debt during the coming year. This amount should be diverted to the relief of the patient veterans in- stead of applying it t & debt that is $7,000,000,000 ahead of what Congress required. This, added to the reserve fund of $748,222,715 in the Treasury for the re- tiring of the certificates when due, would leave a very small remainder of the $3.500,000,000 required to pay the cer- tificates. s the Government is now borrowing | mey at 1.7 par cent annual interest, it would be good business to borrow the remaining money at such low interest and pay off this debt. The Government would scon save this amount in over- head, as it r & large office force to handle the applications for loans on the certificates. The Government only charges the veterans 6 per cent for the use of their own money! ‘Why wait until 1945 to put that money into circulation? By that time most of the veterans will have borrowed to the limit in small amounts, and the Government will have received more in interest than the veteran received on the principal of his certificates. It does not take a financier to know that a lump sum is of more benefit than a lot of small installments. If now is the time to buy, Tet the | e advan- | veteran have his money to tage of lower prices, Let him have it help provide a home for his family and not withhold it from him until he Is the inmate of a veterans’ home. ‘We_ loaned foreign countries billions el p:ople cannot understand where we will get the money to pay our own. Enough has been sacrificed for nd gllzry. Let the Government show tangil evidence of its appreciation of the veterans. ANDREW HAMILTON. Kindness for Cats Of Capital Is Urged To the Editor of The Star: I noticed an article in The Star last’ evening to which I wish to add a word to remind the human to be kind to dumb animals kinds, but especially cats. «Ritchie Wins New Attenti(E the Animal Rescus League if one does not want them, as there is an opportunity to place them in homes from there. I beg of you, let your children have s cat and 't_ehllfh them kindness to an! ‘mt. since there l:zn’z‘lmmhe. la! teseh UHoughtless pecpie. humanity 1a dumb animals. 4 JESSIE K. BIDDLE. . Use of Word “Dole” At Capitol Criticized To the Editor of The Star: ‘Why is legislation to provide food for our lllrvl;r citizens often spoken of at fi:gw pitol and in newspapers as a Immediately following the close of the World War, ss appropriated —with little discussion—one hundred miilion dollars to buy food for the peo- ples of foreign countries, shortly aug- me'nndtlnl it ,wlu'lmover & hundred t;mll- sand more for the same purpose, food, and yet the word “dole” was unheard of in connection with this money for European relief. It would seem semewhat humiliati to any red-blooded American to have this pernicious word used in relation to his emergency needs. And, please, why two hundred millions dollars for the Boulder Dam project? It is rather inconsistent to open up thousands of acres for till the future, when the Farm the farmers they must “curtail” acreage. “‘overproduction” is the cause of all their woes, and at the same time the e all it can to show the farmers how to make “three heads of wheat grow where one grew before.” MRS. C. M. CLARK. - 'Bird Lover Is Hostess To Southern Mocker To the Editor of The St I was very much interested in the article which apj ed in The Star. one evening about a week ago, giving an account of a blue warbler which is Ependln' the Winter in or near Chevy I have a like story to tell of & South- ern mocking bird which is remaining with me, been spending his nights in a large and very dense arbor vitae tree at the southeast corner of my house. On sunny afternoons I see him in the baek yard helping himself to the crumbs and suet that jAlaskan soll, the cats | 8 to T keep | soctety and also succeeded Frank in the role of Lightnin' Bill Jones. ‘What is the aver salary for ur%olmhen?—ul,? A. In 1929 in the United States the median salary was $2,063. Q. Was Emperor Constantine a [into the Ch‘x;n;lu when he ascended the throne? A. The Emperor Constantine of was at the time of his accession an, but he became converted to a Christianity and did much to advance " | the Christian religion during his reign. . Who is the guitar glayer with the —J. C. 8, o QJ l;ow was Alaska's flag selected?— A. The contest was held by the American Legion, Department of Alaska, in the public, private and native schools in the Territory for the purpose of se- lecting an official flag for Alaska. law by the Legisiature of the passed Department of Alaska on May 2, 1927, gods gmvldfi: lh:nt "II. delltnwn)o:.the Om.c";dl lag (the winning eight stars in a fleld of blue, so selected for its simplicity, "its originality and its symboiism. The blue, one of our na- tional colors, typifies the evening sky, the blue of the sea and of mountain lakes and of wild flowers that grow in being significant of the wealth t lies hidden Alaska’s hills and streams. And the ,=):l lnlso vm'LMu that the Governor sl cause the original design to be encased properly and phm in the Algska Historical Museum, and that du® credit be given to Benny Benson, aged 13 years, a student in the seventh grade of the Mission Territorial School, near Seward, Alaska, the designer of the flag, herein described and adopted as the officlal flag of Alaska. Q. Was the Hoover Conferent Child Welfare the first of its kind a President has called?—T. A. C. ce on which called by Presicent Roosevelt. Q. There is & ‘monument in Vermont erected to Thomas Davenport by the General Electric Co. Why was the com- pany especially interested?—C. W. 8. A. Thomas Davenport, the inventor, was born in Willlamstown, Vt., July 9, 1802. In 1833 he saw an exposition of an electromagnet. He purchased it, and after long tation con- ctructed an engine having all the fea- tures of the modern electric motor. He exhibited it in various towns and ob- tained a patent in Pebruary, 1837. A joint stock company was formed in New York, but did not succeed. After his Tredto . farm near Salabory, Vi, a farm near . where he died on July 6, 1851, Q. When did James A. Balley, the circus owner, die2—C. B. \ A. He died in 1906 Q. Why is the elephant of the Re- publican party called Bolivar?—N. N. A. Bolivar was a Spaniard, who has ® | been called the Washington of South A|Putnam said the Q. Why was the p the name Pluto?—R. {.."W three—Minerva, Pluto and Cronus. 3 various sclentists in- terested felt that the line of Roman for whom other are should not be broken. The name is symbolic of the dark and distant regions through which the travels in its orbit about the sun. Q. If a suit is brought against the overnment, who defends it?—A. C. R. A. The Department of Justice de- fends the Government in all suits in | brought against it. Q. Who gave the first ch: to the Cif “.W lon‘l-—cr.r,. g.lfl A. In ', 1909, the munici- ‘{:n. presented to the ton. in January, 1910, but inspection by experts States A. Tt was the second. The first was | Certain heavy as 40 pounds. v“b?n: average. —— " As Advocate advocacy of decentralization in national affairs, though some who approve his utterances declare that the Democratic party, has its position on this policy. He is smong the possible candidates for the Demo- cratic presidential nomination. . “His steadfastness has been of inesti- mable value, and if the party has & re- birth his sérvices cannot be been loyal to its own traditions it have become confused and says ent), had ternalism” as ‘“false ferent factions in the party have wor- !m’rh: addre is regarded L - Wfl as & definite bid for the presidential according to the Roanoke World- (independent Democratic), which de- clares that “for years Gov. Ritchie has been the leading exponent of State rights against constant Federal aggres- sion.” The World-News offers the ap- “It is a frank statement of principles he, h: If ‘the consider the Virginia- of Maryland as its champion in 1932, it Bovermment e 1 Gefniiely committed: government he el L And it must be admitted that those are the principles on which th’ Democratic party was founded, and for'which it has in_some 1932 praisal clear-cut vocated. of ./ ciés 0ld Po hhnlmhumvmrmlddd- nmpmmflew B him the elec- !m" Ritchie practices ‘as d - only the party | The attract attentiom, rt dation.” pendent Republican), “i} ment has a duty to late ment in its own sphere, and owes the coun as long ad- Democratic_party is to | th -born Governor stood, with some unfortunate exceptions, | in for more than a century. : * k% x “The forms an admirable guide to American statesmanship in this eration,” in the opinion of the Chicago Daily Tribune (Republican), which pro- claims that “the Nation is indeed in tem of . paper, however, criticizes the Governor's atti- tude toward “reduction, if not cancella- | 0 , [ tion, of the debts owed by the allles” as & means of hastening “a world-wide economic rehabilitation,” and advises: “Mr, Ritchie might well give the matter | ! further study. There is small reason to believe that the depression in Ew was caused by the debts or ing the debts would hasten of good times. There is little question, on the contrary, that cancellation would add. to the immediate burdens of the American taxpayer, even as it would enhance the value of f bonds in the vaults of New York financiers whose advocacy of cancellation may well be colored by their interest.” “A remarkable statement of the pur- poses of government” is seen by the Davenport Democrat (Democratic) in the address, and that paper adds: “The deep study of government which Gov. Ritchie has made led him to the con- clusion that government should stand for ‘toleration in all things and to all people, ordered liberty for the indi- vidual and tlie right to follow his own rope | be preserv that forgiv- the return | Wildern “A Toview. o afl ¥ Tevi airs at Washington,” states the Buffalo :wnm:' News (Re- publican), * ts that the! :.:{.e'umwhlch u:m’:l are' f;nmmuuzmm!mm Iarged activiiies. 1o st o] 8 served to the States.” Tigs pursuits in his own way as long as he | ¥ does not interfere with the like rights of others or the sanctions of , and a self-governing State, free to settle its local problems in conform- ity with the n of its people, who should be unhampered by an excess of rnment from within ‘and by undue vision or interference from super without.’ Such, he holds, are the tra- the | ditions of Maryiand, and they may well be the any State and of w which the great State of Maryland must be given national traditions 11| consideration,” declares the Memphis