Evening Star Newspaper, February 13, 1931, Page 8

THE EVENING STAR With Sundsy Morning Editlon, - WASHINGTON, D. C. FRIDAY .February 18, 198 THEODORE W. NOYES....Editor per Company 1 i ey Ml EEiew th, sent in by mail or telephoné Rate nlll'—hil* in Advance. ryland and Virginia. .8 3 R mo., mo., mo.. & ily $1.00 Bl o R R Member of the Associated Press. ssoc Press 18 exclusively entitled A or Tepunfication of il news dis- it or ot atherwl m mo., mo.. s s herein are also reserved. The Mount Vernon Boulevard. As the early completion of the Mount Vernon Memorial Boulevard is at stake, it 18 to be hoped that Senator Howell of Nebraska will be able to satisfy him- self as to the justification for the ad- ditional appropriations provided in the | bill to which he has objected, and that | he will not permit the measure to fail and thereby halt the work on this great _project. Senator Howell has based his objec- tion to the bill on a practice that is not uncommon in financing large Gov- ernment projects. That practice is to obtain an initial appropriation from Congress, based on the estimated cost of the job, and then to seek further sppropriations over and above the origi- na. estimates as the work proceeds. In the case of the Mount Vernon Memorial Boulevard the right of way has been acquired through purchase,; condemnation and donation. The land thus acquired amounts to 806 acres. The work of grading and filling and the construction of bridges has almost been completed. The bill before the Senate now requests an additional $2,700,000. Of this amount $2300,000 is required for completing construction of the road- way project and was included in origl- nal estimates. The additional $400,000 now sought is for the acquisition of land bordering the highway and “nec- essary for the development, protection and preservation of the memorial char- r of the highway.” “‘::II additional land, to be developed 85 & parkway, includes about 689 acres, most of which is swampy and can be obtained cheaply. The remainder is more expensive land, some of which has already been developed for commercial projects which, considered in relation to the memorial boulevard, are objection- able. “Phe scquisition of this land was not ncluded in the original estimates for the parkway. But as the project de- weloped it became necessary to guard against the encroachment of objection- able ' commercial undertakings and the only feasible form of protection, les in purchasing the surrounding land. This purchase would ordinarily be placed in the hands of some other Government agency, such as the National Capital Park and Planning Commission. But as the Bureau of Public Roads had charge of the other work, it was thought better to place in its hands the pur- ehase of land as well, thus preventing & division of responsibility. Senator Howell does not object to the Mount Vernon Boulevard, but to & prin- ciple that enters into the method of its Snancing. The Senator may be counted satisfy himself as to the sound- of the principle without endanger- the completion of the highway, as work. under way will of neces- stop lack of funds if the addi- are not forth- now from 1 sppropriations ————————— Bandits took the trouble to steal money that had been mutilated prior to being zent to the United States Treas- ury to be destroyed. Only half of each bill rematned. It is often stated that . Society is fortunate Russians are said to be exceedingly docile as & rule. This estimate of char- acter may explain the ease with which & political boss of the Stalin type man- ages to establish-and maintain the most far-reaching authority. ——r—e——————— A radio message from the Pope is an event that will be remembered in his- tory. Never before was the voice of a | man high in religious authority so far- | reaching. No Weak Spots on the Front! Disclosure that the loot of the thieves who early yesterday morning held up and robbed a Treasury mail truck at, the Union Station was worthless— $807,000 in near-face value and only! 8 few cents in real worth—does not| lessen the gravity of the crime nor the need of strengthening the defense against perhaps more fruitful repetition. The Government must continue to ship currency and securities back and forth, | in one form and another. It is one of | the heaviest shippers of immediately | wvaluable materials in the country. The | fact that its record of loss in the course of the years of these movements of money goods is small does not render Jess significant and suggestive this latest abortive attempt at a large-scale Crime is & conflict between disorder It has become a well or- small compass, chiefly currency. Busi- ness establishments use them. Banks engage their services, Here in Wash- myton they are familiar sightd in the streets. They are a commonplace spectacle, attracting no attention. Yet at one of the most.vital points in the circuit of transportation from city to city, in the stretch from postal car to post office, the guard, as this happily inexpensive episode has demonstrated, been weakened to the point at which successful attack upon the treas- ure was absurdly easy. There must be no weak points in the 8o long as crime is rife, so long enlisted in the against property, every inch of the “front” must be held In full strength. Crime cannot be wholly eradicated. But through the maintenance of effec- tive barriers it can be made unprofit- able, laws it can be made too hazardous for habitual, professional pursuit. It is the duty of the Government, symbol of law and order, to go to the utmost extent in both lines. ——— An Interesting Invitation. ‘The North Carolina Assembly has in- vited former Gov. Alfred E. Smith of New York to address the Assembly. Gov. Smith is a guest within the bor- ders of the State, at Pinehurst, and the invitation extended by the Assembly will be interpreted in some quarters as a mere courtesy extended to distinguished visitors. In others, however, it is likely that some political significance will be attached to the unanimous vote of the | Assembly asking the latest Democratic presidential nominee to appear before the State Legislature. North Carolina was one of the four States of the “solid South” which turned from its Demo- cratic tradition and voted for President | Hoover and against Gov. Smith. On the surface it would appear that sentiment in the State has changed tremendously since the election in 1928, and that Gov. Smith, if a candidate for President next year, would sweep the State against a Republican rival. Perhaps he would, although there are those who doubt it. ‘There has been a recrudescence of Smith-for-President sentiment in recent weeks which has not been downed. Gov. Smith has never said that he will not be a candidate again for President. He has sald that any man who undertakes | to say what he will do in the future, when he cannot foresee the circum- stanc: which may arise, is silly. Many Democrats today profess to know what Gov. Smith will or will not do when | the presidential campaign rolls around | next year. There are those who insist | he will not be a candidate for the nomi- nation, among thek some of the lead- ers of his party. On the other hand, it has been the contention of many Demo- crats that Gov. §mith's 1928 campaign was just a warming-up gallop, an edu- cational process, and that when the people of the country, including the South, came to know Gov. Smith they would forget prejudice and place him in the White House. Gov. Smith undoubtedly continues to be an outstanding figure in his party. His acknowledged ability as an executive and his shrewd common sense, coupled with the prominence of his service in office, could not fail to distinguish him. He took a prominent part in the last congressional campaign, although he | madé but few addresses outside of his own State, one in Massachusetts and another in Rhode Island. It has been generally believed that he would have much to do with the selection of the next presidential nominee of the party, because of his great influence with the rank and file and with the leaders. ‘Until Gov. Smith issues an “I do not choose to Tun” stajement, his name will be linked with the coming presidential campaign, Even if he be not an active candidate he will be considered a “dark horse,” a candidate to whom the Dem- ocratic national convention, i dead- locked through many ballots, might turn. Indeed, there has been talk recently that a plan is on hand to stampede the convention for Smith aft- er a score of ballots have been taken By the prompt execution of the' in the expansion of the Federal equip- ment in Washington. That street has been regarded as worthy of being lined throughout its stretch from the Capitol square to Lincoln Park with public and semi-public structures of & monumental type. The Library of Congress flanks the western end and i a short time the Supreme Court Bullding will bal- ance that unit on the north. Imimedi- ately east of the Library of Congress— which is soon to be expanded—rises the newly finished Folger Shakespearean Library, a structure of exquisite classic beauty. The vision of the Capitol Hill | enthusiasts expands this array to form |8 vista of noble piles of masonry ex- tending for a mile to the eastward. Hence the alternative proposal now ad- vanced for the “accounting offices.” It is to be hoped that dispute re- garding the precise placement of the controller general and his outfit will not delay the undertaking. The Govern- ment building program is now advanc- ing satisfactorily, with few hitches. The decision must be made some time and it might as well be made quickly, so that all interests involved may be speed- ily settled, with the best site chosen and the greatest contribution made to the grand plan of Capital creation. ———— The Papal Broadea: 1If anything more were needed to con- vince a skeptical wotld that we are liv- ing in an age of miracles, yesterday's world-wide broadcast of two addresses by Pope Pius XI would supply the evi- dence. Enthroned on a dais in the 1 brand-new radio station of the Vatican City, the Supreme Pontiff faced a micro- phone which carried his voice and bene- diction to 300,000,000 Roman Catholic faithful throughout the globe and to Sthers, unaffiliated with the church, who were no less thrilled by the epoch-mak- ing transmission from Rome, Pius ranks as the most modern of Popes. He long since ceased to be “the prisoner of the Vatican.” He faces the multitudes outside the hoary walls of St. Peter's. He uses an automobile. On his desk is a telephone of latest pattern. It is eminently fitting that the first of the holy fathers to avail himself of the inventions and conveniences which sclence has placed at mankind's dis- posal should invoke the century's latest magic—radio—to commune with the Christian universe. As his holiness was inspecting the wonders of the installa- tion for which radio’s most celebrated ploneer, Signor Marconi, is mainly re- sponsible, Pius expressed the intention of broadcasting periodically over the globe-girdling wave lengths now at his command. The mind fairly staggers in imagina- tion at what the history of the world might have been if the Caesars, Hanni- bal, Demosthenes, Homer, Darwin—the conquerors and scholars and teachers of all time—had had dominion over the illimitable facilities which the micro- phone henceforward offers the Popes of Rome. If the messages of justice, char- ity and peace which the Vatican City radio station flashed through the ether of both hemispheres yesterday are sym- bolical of the future broadcasts from that exalted quarter, the world can only hope that Pius XI will be “on the air” often. ————e—. Rumors that Gen. Smedley Butler may 80 on the lecture platform may cause some needless disquiet. A public lec- turer is just now regarded as a privi- leged entertainer who can say what he likes if he lets it be understood that he speaks in a humorous spirit with no intention of offering substantial ideas. Speaking seriously to a small assemblage is a far more hazardous enterprise than offering generalities to a large audience that bought admission tickets. —————— When relief is required abroad, Uncle Sam only inquires “How much?” When it is wanted at home, delays may arise which make the question read “How long?” to those who walt in need. Friday, the 13th, is regarded by a speculator as lucky or unlucky, accord- ing to which way he happens to be without the nomination of a candidate. Doubtless a great deal will depend upon Gov. Smith's own determination in this matter, whatever it may be. ———— Great opera singers are greeted with the most affable deference by John D. Rockefeller. As a rule successful opera singers are qualified to command not only admiration for their talents but the respect of a man whom experience has taught to recognize true business ability when he sees it. Wsiwnindb indlaseioy Public Buildings on Capitol Hill. A lively discussion is in progress re- specting the site that is to be chosen for the new official home of the Con- troller General's Office, Originally it was proposed to place this establish- ment within or adjacent to the Mall- Avenue triangle, where it would be con- playing the market. ——————— SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. The Wicked Refuse to Flee. We used to see ‘The wicked flee When no one was pursuing. The racketeer Is drawing near, Quite safe in evil-doing. ‘The wicked stand, In bold command Where all the world is seeing. The honest man Must face a plan That makes him do the fleeing. Unwelcome Idieness. “Doesn’t your doctor ever tell you you cught to take a long vacation?” venient to the departments housed in that area. Then objection was raised that the office of the controller general should not be associated with the ad-! ministrative departments, inasmuch as that officer is not definitely a member of the administrative force, but holds| a midway relationship between the ad- ministrative and the legislative. There- fore it was suggested that a site for the new structure should be selected on Capitol Hill, within the range of the congressional establishment. Tentatively a square of ground was proposed, lying immediately east of the Senate Office Building. This proposi- tion caused an immediate disturbance. The headquarters of the Woman's Na- tional Party, ousted from the historic “brick Capitol” at the corner of First and A streets northeast, had been shifted to a large dwelling at the south- east corner of the block thus provision- ally chosen for the “accounting office.” tracted and persistent fight against the ouster from the structure that once served as the Capitol, during the period . | following the burning of the Federal “state house” by the British soldiery. It lost its fight, of course, for the Court, which is soon to be erected. Having acquired a new home, a block to the east, the party settled down for & permanent stay there, only to be menaced anew by the march of prog- ress. Now a counter suggestion is made for the location of the controller general's offices. Residents of the region known in local parlance as “Capitol Hlll” urge that the structure be placed on East Capitol street, as one of the units of Government utility certain to be created { ‘The organization had made a pro- ground was needed for the Supreme! “Yes,” answered Senator Sorghum., “I don’t mind so long as only the doctor says it. What I'm afraid of is that some of these elections the voters will get the same ideas into their heads.” Jud Tunkins says & great man who | endures sorrow and hardship earns a grand birthday party every year—after he has departed this life. Advice Gone Astray. The moral progress seems but small ‘Where men go to the bad. I wonder what's become of all 1 ‘The good advice we've had! Regrets but seldlom we'd recall And life would ne'er be sad, If we had only heeded all The good advice we've had. Feminine Mathematics. “He says you jilted him.” “I did nothing of the kind,” protested Miss Cayenne. | “But you promised to marry him.” | “He asked me a dozen times, I prom- | fusals due me if I choose to exercise them.” “A robber,” sald HI Ho, the sage of Chinatown, “must seek his compan- fonships among other robbers and live always in peril of treachery.” The Great Art Instrument, Musicians took our hearts by storm, But now all Art is slow Unless it's able to perform Upon the radio. “A dog,” said Uncle Eben, “is a faith- ful friend, but he ain’ allus smart enough to pick hisself out de kind of an owner dat’s worthy of him.” |1sed only once. So I have a dozen re- | 1€ THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. Even those who ordinarily no attention to changes in the weather no- ticed the fine rainy day recently. Rain is that rare! It was Arthur Guiterman, the who _ immortalized ~W! and Rain-in-the-Face. One does not have to be & poet, ex- actly, to enjoy & rainy day. Nor need one be out in it for long to get its full aspects. A short walk will do. If one can take this walk in the “city proper,” as the taxicab lingo calls the downtown portion, he will discover the best charms of the sepson. * K K K Something there is about falling rain in the downtown districts which makes it a thing apart from rain in resi- dential sections and the suburbs farther out. the so-called marts of trade. So many hundreds of cabs, so many thousands of persons, so many drip- ping umbrellas, so much glistening, black concrete, so many bright eyes. Here the falling water becomes but the reflection of the people it falls upon. At one corner it gleams soggily on the new straw hat of a young gir) who with spots on her light silk stockings. She is getting to be, what Grand- mother called, soaked, but she won't wear rubbers or carry an umbrella. ‘Women detest foot coverings, and com- monly loathe umbrellas. Rubbers and umbrellas are masculine, not feminine, as many suppose. * x k% Old clothes, including shoes and coats, are necessary if one is to enjoy a walk in the rain. With the excep- tion of increasing the traffic hazard, already too great, an umbrella is hindrance. » As a traffic incumbrance, however, an !old-time umbrella has its drawbacks. It would be interesting to know how many accidents are due to bumbere shoots (a word not in the dictionary, but often in the mouth). ‘When one is walking along a_ busy modern thoroughfare with an umbrella over his head, he has blinders on, as well, although he may not regard his protective coyering in that light. More than ordinary caution is neces- sary when carrying an umbrelia. Often it is the wisest policy to close the de- vice when crossing the street. Every one has seen man or woman blindly crossing & street in traffic with an umbrella slanted across face, i)brlivlmu to what is coming to right or eft. ‘This course, it must be submitted, is all wrong, and no one with an ounce of caution in his 11l get caught in the path of nowad: traffic wi his face covered with an umbrella. I‘! is much better, much wiser, to get wet. no _ P To get & bit wet from the rain won't hurt any one, and it may do a lot of good. Good, be it asserted, if it brings home the wetness of the wet, as it were. To view a rain perpetually from the cozy depth of a car, or through & window Modernization of the archaic archi- tecture of the State, War and Navy Building is to proceed this year as scheduled, but the modernization of ships of the battle fleet is a horse of quite a different color. Congress is once more balking at authorizing $30,000,000 to modernize three of the older, yet mighty, battleships—a bone of conten- tion of several years' standing—and, in- deed, seems in a mood to halt all naval construction, the implications of the London naval treaty—the naval parity x\edle——lnd our own large naval de- iciencies in that to the contrary notwithstanding. annual congres- sional battle over naval appropriations is now in full swing, with the “Iittle Navy” side holding the whip hand, due to scarcity of legislative time before March 4. The naval supply bill itself, minus any provision for building new ships, minus anything for moderniza- the $30,000,000 m: 000,000 naval construction bill seem likely to dle. Of further signifi- | That cance is the fact that the naval supply bill is $36,000,000 less than last year, this economy being secured by further reductions in naval personnel, officers and men and by decommissioning some of our present fleet. Mr. Hoover's si- lence in the face of prospective naval slashes is pleasing to the pacifists, but distressing to the preparedists. *ox ‘When the “Reds” stage their periodi- cal “marches on the Capitol” the cus- tomary ratio is three cameramen to one Red, ten policemen to each cameraman and two dozen curious and harmless by- standers to each policeman. Fourteen humble and forlorn “Reds” climbed the Capitol steps one day this week with the usual fanfare, bent on presenting Speaker Longworth with a petitiop for Federal unemployment insurance. did not see Nick and one of them achieved the distinction of being ejected from the House gallery. Truckloads of rifles, hand grenades and tear gas bombs were in readiness to repel massed attack, but were not required, much to the disappointment of the photogra- * ok x % ‘The Senate committee investigating postal leases has obtained a two-year extension of time in which to prosecute its probe, to the discomfiture of many highly placed personages who have no relish for political “muckraking.” The administration has already conducted its own survey of this subject, given the Post Office Department & clean bill of health and has moved to eliminate practices luscerllbh of abuse. Inci- dentally, the old controversy of Maas vs. Moos cropped up again this week. Maas is Representative from St. Paul. Moos is the postmaster at St. Paul. ‘The latter's term expired a year agb, but he holds over, with administration backing. Assistant Postmaster General Arch Coleman declared this week that it is the “present intention ultimately to recommend reappointment” of Post- master Moos. Representative Maas, balked in attempts to force ouster of Moos, is trying to legislate him out of office with a bill making one year the time limit within which a post office vacancy must be filled. Mr. Coleman declares that no blame attached to Moos in the matter of the St. Paul post office lease, but it was deems “discourteous to the Senate” to send {n the Moos nomination while the sena- torial investigation of post office leases ‘was in progress. LR Days lengthen into weeks and still Senator Dwight W. Morrow of New Jersey refrains from speechmaking on the Senate floor or statement-making in the Senate lobby. He spends long hours in the Senatg chamber as a spectator and is ready to answer to his name whenever the roll is called, but as yet has not sought to offer advice or plea or explanation or comment. An extraor- dinary example of shunning the lime- ht. Not even the advent of the Wickersham prohibition report induced him to break his silence and of all the 96 Senators his ccmment on that docu- ment and subject would have riveted public attention. e % di it seems in to be without the slightest tangible ruheu|ltA 'n;e Senate lel‘ %a times over- whelmingly appro e resolution, sponsored by Senator Norris of Nebras- aiming at abolition of the short sessions of the old Conj , subsequent to election, and providing for the con- vening of the newly elected Congress in January follo ehemw rather than su i s Plsconholed the Notris -.nlihmuorehudmemh- bas ing. Now it proposes to,vote on its own t, ind-in-the-Hair | the Rain humanizes itself, as it were, in |com , but llndA* %3 | They were opposed v{mofluorhmo,hmtwmwm rain. One sees the rain through a one may enjoy it, one may appreciate it so, but he can scarcely know it in way he knows the sunshine on the beach, or the water of the waves, or the fresh air of the shore or mountain. ‘These things cannot be taken second- hand, and neither can rain—not, 't is, if one wants to get rain in the face and wind in the 3 I Out on the long Avenue the rain comes down much as it is falling on shorter avenues, roads and streets, but here it adds to itself by perspective, just as the latest type o puts a long air “baffie” behind its dynamic speaker. re. Here on the Avenue the trees and e shrubs look greener already, despite the Winter tinge of gray which e into them, alded by the long and still-continuing drought. Did any one think the dry spell over? Far from it, alas! And unless meteoro- logical matters change largely for the better, 1931 will see a worse drought than 1930. For that reason every rain now is an event, and this one is (perhaps we should say was) no exception. In addi- tion to the normal picturesque quali- ties which any good rain possesses, this one is an aid toward restoration of nor- n(‘r.eld precipitation, so much to be de- si L While walking through the rain one should not do such a childish thing as splash through the puddles, but if he is able to see uty in them, he is so much the gainer. “Look up, not down,” some one has said, with much truth, but he was not thinking of a rainy day when he said it. When the rain is falling, and run- ning down the gutters, and flowing off roofs (why not rooves?), and making irregular puddles in uneven places, it is almost irreverent to stare stonily at the gray sky and not spare a glance for these most interesting manifesta- tions, the puddles themselves, A puddle is simply a miniature ocean, or lake, or gulf, formed exactly the same way the great bodies of water are created. Here, at the Intersection of these streets, is & tremendous puddle, about which the citizens of the community will hold an indignation meeting later on. No doubt they should. In the meantime, however, the chil- dren of the aforementioned community are hmuug1 a grand old time, running, wading, shouting. ‘They can tell you what big puddles are for, if you haven't already gus s One of the finest things about a rainy ith | day is the getting home at last. No matter how much you enjoy your walk, how gloriously Rain-in-the-Face performed for you, it is a relief to come out of it at last, and to get off wet coats and stultifying overshoes. ‘This is the best time to enjoy looking through the window at the rain, after one has come out of it, and is dry and warm, where formerly he was wet, chilly ane . Contrast! Tt is one of the homely but real joys of life. WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS formula_with the full knowledge that there js 1o chance of the Senate accept- ing_the House resolution before March | V' 4. With the expiration of this Congress the favorable vote in the Senate on the Norris resolution and the férthcoming action of the House on its own resolu- tion will count for nothing. R TR Representative Robert Luce of Massa- chusetts, frequently bracketed with James M. Beck of Pennsylvenia as the most_scholarly man in ‘the House of the present day, has no middle initial in his name, but on most of his matl, and usually when his name appears in t, he is credited with a middle “Most fréquently it appears Robert E. Luce,” he says, “presumably from a subconscious association of ideas. My correspondents, trying to recall a wholly non-existent middle initial, try Robert Robert C., Robert D., and sound right. their familiarity with the famous name Robert E. Lee.” LRI ‘The research department at Repub- lican National Committee headquarters has worked out an interesting h: 7 esis to explain the Democratic “land- slide” last November. In 1928 Mr. Hoover polled 21,302,190 _votes. Al Smith received 15,018,443. In 1930 all the Republican candidates for the Lower House received 13,070,980 votes and their Democratic opponents polled a total of 11,018,642. ese figures in- dicate that about 13,000,000 voters who participated in the presidential contest remained neutral in the congressional | o battles last Autumn and that practically two-thirds of the absentees were Re- publican Hoover voters two years before. This proves, according to those whase sympathies are with the President, that the 1930 results were no accurate measure of the popular mind with re- spect to the presidency. (Copyright, 1931) e Human Natuvre of It. From the Fort Worth Record-Telegram. The attitude of the American public on the development of some project without “precedent is one of the out- standing reasons for the growing im- portance of the profession of psychiatry. The story of the vote in and around San Francisco on the erection of & bridge across San Francisco Bay is a concise example of the vagaries of the community mind. Some of the citizens bitterly opposed the idea because it would destroy the natural beanty of the “Golden Gate.” Others worked Inst it for the declared reason that it was “too large a project.” Another opposi- tion developed use of the belief that “San Francisco and Oakland are getting along all right as they are.” Those favoring the $33,000,000 proposi- tion rested strictly on the assured safety and convenience of the transbay transportation. The latter were vic- torious by a vote of three to one. Many of the railroad systems of the | D country encountered the exact type of opposition refl in this instance. to the idea and used the first argument available—logic im- material. They are operating today in the expansion of the highway systems of the country. Water conservation projects bring them to the surface at election time. The Trinity Canal will find the ubiquitous small percentage of opposition on the familiar job. ‘There is something about growth, ex- pansion and development that appears to “bow the necks” of a certain portion of the human race. “We are the same as our fathers have been,” they say. “we are not going to build anything that our fathers didn’t think of build- ing.” When the automobile made its appearance, they literally endured, then pitied and reluctantly embraced its usurpation of the vehicles of their fathers. ) They were on the job when Socrates | the became too advanced in his notions, when Copernicus introduced a new idea, ‘window, | and essed. | Within Urges New Tax Basis As Depression Cure principal cause of those who will put intelligently consider what indicate cure—the In 1800 its rental value was $4,000 a year; in 1830, $40,000; today, $4,000,- 000 a year. ‘This $4,000,000 a year rent for a very small part of the land of New York City is nat being earned by the man who died 130 years ago. 1t is being earned today by labor and capital, and when $4,000, taken from labor and capital for mere g;rmhnlon to use a small plece of land, | th wages and interest are cut down Titles to land were originally intend- ed to insure a man agal losing his savings. . ‘They have been twisted into to enable some to get without ), w‘:’z’fxrxl means that many earn without ge 8. The only way to fure and prevent hard times is to take these enormous land values which are due to increasing population and public improvements in taxes for the use of the community which creates them and to abolish all taxes which take from labor or capital any part of their gs. ‘WILL ATKINSON, Blocking of Streets Protested by Doctor ‘To the Editor of The Btar: Traffic congestion in the environs of the American League base ball has | Jong been the bane of those w) tivities necessitate duties in that area. Physicians find it particularly discon- certing, frequently being unabie to park three or four blocks of their pa- tients. This situation was not so diffi- cult of measurable relief, for three streets thereabouts, ending blindly, could have been cut through. Volumes of north and south bound traffic—and east and west bound north of the. park— could escape the busy corner, Seventh street and Florida avenue, were these streets continued. To end this matter of blind streets seemingly ought to be & year 18| himsel an 088’ ‘business answers 1 says thal ing Q. briefly return postage and address ning Star Information Bureau, Fred- Haskin, director, Washington, Q. Which State has the most broad- casting stations and which State has thi fewest?—J. rx'.m .ot The Department of Commerce t according to the latest record New York leads with 45, while Wyo- mi foots the list with 1. . How much money did Herbert goover administer for Belgian relief?— . E. K. A. The Belglan rellef operation in- volved the handling of approximately $1,000,000,000. It involved the drafting of agreements with half a dozen gov- ernments. It meant the operation of a fleet of 200 ships and the develo] ment of a fantastic accoun nique because of the multitude of ent operations, the many accounts in- volved, and the fact that Mr. Hoover f had in & sense become a public trustee of Government funds as well as private charitable contri st. :hynrethelullmnnunndf—— A. The Balkan Mountains have given their name ‘o the Balkan Penin- sula, area between the Black, Zgean and Adriatic Seas, and this in turn has given its name to the coun- tries into which it is divided. Q. Are Washington, D. C., and Rich- mond, Va., in what is known as the Tidewater Country? B. A. Paul Wiistach’s “Tidewater Vir- ginia” contains a map of this part of Virginia. Richmond, Petersburg and Predericksburg are on the western 1limit, and Washington, D. C., is also included. . What the mobilized strength onLhe Alllu':.nd that of the Central Poz!l'l‘)—d. P. i Allies was 39,676,964 and E\:":t'ot the Central Powers was 19,500,000. M. 8. ‘A. Darrel Duppa, an Englishman and member of an irrigation company, gave the settlement its classical name. Q. Does the Cuban governmen Mrs. Leonard Wood a pension?—D. B. A. Cuba did provide by act of Con- gress a pension of $5000 & year for Mrs. Wood shortly after the death of Gen. Wood. Q. What is the biggest contract ever_advertised by our Government?— a desideratum of modern municipal street | w. P. planning. The streets in question are Vermont avenue northeastward and V and W streets eastward. Habitual users of area were recently astounded when & corporation erected a mammoth structure in the middle of the W street line, soon followed by another in the V street line, both on Georgia averue. But their astonishment knew no bounds when what ought to be V t through blind at both ends. It misses its continuity westward, and ‘ermont avenue as well, by some sixty feet, while W street eastward is closed O Vergea upon fying to print, as 1s ve! Jupon nt, as the way of those who would relieve their chests, in praise of a local municipal betterment whose merits are inescapa- ble, ie., the placement of corner lamp- street tions on different planes and not higher than, say, 9 Teef and autoists con- line. Traffic is thus expe- enience of the. stranger -within ‘the venience of E gates. But this matter of erecting pri- vate structures in the courses of neces- sary street extensions so opened my eyes that soon I saw the street nl.mlen{flnu were haphazardly—some high, some , some ome plane, some an- lane, and some not plain. It is that Vermont avenue will Garden-Raising Seen Antidote for Trouble To the Editor of The Star: Some 30 years Detroit was in the midst of a .flomlne; starvation threatened the poor of the city. The then Mayor Pingree called the city A. The contract for the construc- tion of the Hoover Dam and its acces- sorles is the most stupendous one ever advertised by the Government. Q. How did a certain drink of pre- prohibition days get the name ecock- tall>—H. G. B. A. There have been several explana- ) but ps the one conce a Mexican beauty. cocktail nmmn%m.mmbm tech- differ- | the ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. Inclose & 2-cent stamp for | girl, ‘The Eve. simplified the Aztec name into and brought it back with them. Q. How many admirals are there in the Navy?—A. O. C. A. There are at the present time 89. Q. How far did the Bookmobile travel?—L. A, A. During two years of uninter- rupted travel it covered 40,000 miles, visited 1,800 libraries, and about the same number of . will then be sold. Q. Where is the hole made by the fall of an enormous ms in one of ‘Western States?—A. A. 8. A. Probably you refer to Coon Butte, which is a large depression near Canon Diabolo, Arizona. The crater 18 4,000 feet across and 550 feet deep. Since several tons of meteoric iron have been found nearby, it is believed that the crater was formed the fall of A. Some of them are: Columbine in Colorado, trailing arbutus in Middle West, trilllum and fringed gentian throughout the United States, holly through the South, and dogwood, par- ticularly in the Eastern and Middle Atlantic States. Q. How many post offices are there in the detached territories of the United States?—H. O. W. A. Porto_Rico, 108; 176; Guam, 1; Hawali, 108; Virgin 6: Samoa, 1; Canal Zone, 12; pines, 97¢—total, 1,386, Q. How many bays are there on the coast of New Jersey?—A. J. 8. A. The U, 8. Coast and Geodetic Survey says that there 20 which are named on the charts of coast of New Jersey. The principal definition of bay, but which are desig. nated sound, harbor, inlet or lake, Q. Is Rosa Raisa an American cit- izen?—A. M. A. She has been naturalized, as has her husband, Giacomo Rimini. Raiss was born in part of Russia, but now in Poland. Her name was Ros#l Raisa Burschstein. At the age of 14, a_pogrom forced her to flee to Italy. There she received jer mt education. Who was the in Q. French general m:“w‘ofl‘q'wu who had but one arm? raud and Gen. Paul Pau. New Zealand Quake Reveals World at Mercy of Nature Bympfih:lndluinnflechdln the comment on New Zealand's recent ith pastors to his office and said to them, | and “Preach what you please Sunday noon. but at night I want you to preach ‘Food or Your Families,’ " e said: “For the poor I will have their yards and patches plowed. I will furnish seed potatoes and other seeds, and there must be some food raised or I will raise & row with beg- gers.” ‘The result was wonderful gardens of potatoes, beans and all sorts of veg- etables for the families and much for sale. For years the mayor was known as_ “Potato Patch Pingree.” Later “Potato Patch Pingree” was elected Governor of Michigan, deubt- less as ah appreciation. Wise Will says, “This cruel crisis can nardly pass until another crop is raised.” Would it not be well for our to “advise their listeners es in Pacific h in the case of New Zealand vol- canic openings are a more direct cause.” A et aloepeak . at s s Jand has been convulsed pastors to get busy”? May be better to raise |and gardens than rear runts. ‘Too many are complaining about the Government and praying for a dole. This world has known seven years of famine. Who would have believed that this awful condition was coming? I am no friend to old Grouchy Gloom. I hate hthe uh;nlg ravers, but bad times are here, and the prosperity predicters g:.nnue nothing. Those who can had tter try garden-raising t trou- against ble-raising. Leave that job to the Com- | assist munist. Banner Good Roads Year. Prom the New Orleans Times-Picayune. ‘The whole wide world is going in for good roads this year on a greater scale than ever before, if the national rograms are outlined at the twelve month’s beginning are carried into effect. On the basis of reports received from 110 “nations and political subdivisions,” our Commerce Department estimates the world expenditure for highway construc- tion in 1931 at $3,000,000,000. Ap- proximately two-thirds of this huge total nt, it is explained, here in the Unit States. But dozens of other nations either are increasing their budgets for general highway building or are making special and tional allotments for specific highway projects, * * ¢ This international “good roads con- sclousness” is largely a product of the world-wide depression, As a general thing, it is explained, the increased ex- penditures for highways are provided as “a direct measure of rellef for unem- But it is pointed out that A. J. WARREN. “the permanent: character of the worl will, of course, bring lasting benefits to countries concerned.” Incidentally it should stimulate and stabilize the when Newton's apple fell on his brain [in their his skull and instead of on when the people of the colonies went “haywire” on the subject of a government of the people. They jeered at Fulton's Cler- mont and disdained Howe's sewing machine. They fought bitterly it church organs and opposed anesthesia as a_product of the inventive genius of the Prince of Darkness. ‘Their children and their children’s children are with us in the flesh. If there were more of them than there are of us, we now would be concerned about {.Ihe market price of thatches for our uts. 1t is some kind of a lawl e 50 called, to an inds the United States nm%p may mrompud the world survey of road- g activities by our own Govern- ment agencies. Pounds and Publicity. From the San Antonio Express. gt I e s s #t. That's ~HTC Ppress agent \t | are *x x ¥ Describing the disaster, the St. Louls Globe-Democrat states: “The survivors of few other visitations of the kind have had a more fearful ce. Tidal waves, furious winds, ignited gas from broken mains and extensive fires were added to the affright of crashing buildings.” The Hartford Courant states that “Napler, with its 20,000 in- habitants, may be abandoned, the de- cislon depending upon the condition of its harbor. * * * A seaport from which the sea has been removed is not a town with a great future ahead of it. I it is found necessary to don the :'ll'fi, geqa loss of its survi mht n‘:m greater than they thought when the earthquake had passed,” declarcs the Couran Regarding the origin of archi- pelago, the Richmond News Leader points out that it is ftself “a strange relic of an ancient, globe- m heaval, in comparison with w] ‘worst cal of historic times seem a light tion. A continent once stretche New Zealand to South America, logists say, and at some distant date was d ks mmanmmm e it seems, in 1a 4 'y a worl large ‘Wwith population so sparse in parts of it, that great cities are built and enormous wealth is invested and m:‘flyw“tflum{': a thermal activity so apparent and so tremendous that a mountain is moved seaward and a deep harbor becomes vir- tually dry land!” exclaims the Toledo it notes that “the world's face Indications 8f seething activities in Nature's subterranean laboratory,” the Blade asserts. - News says: § iy g ] ] origin, eruption of nearby peaks, ts, cone that “Na " As the “More 223 i e much to be learned about them, espe- is cially as to their distribution.” * k * % ‘The Commercial adds: “Not only does man s: im- potent before this display of natural force, lm.'t, ;m ‘xi;";nrfi he stands and kindred sciences may have their ideas about the cause of these earth convulsions, but their ideas amount to little more than reasonable theories or They are not all and the bottom of the sea is pushed up into sight,” concludes the Commercial Appeal. As to the future of the stricken New rtland Oregon Jo nsature, not by weight of conflicting views and preju- dices held by mankind. And it will con- tinue to exist as formerly, strong and able to work out its own destiny in the " this paper predicts. & “In the great scl e of making and turmh;&n Elmet., méh seems to be only an incident, and not very important at that, however powerful and efficient he may be in his own realm.” muses the Port Huron Times-Herald, while the Altoona Mirror comments: “We are in the habit of speaking of ‘the solid’ eart And te all human appearance it is very solid and durable adventure through space. Yet we have e assurance that it will continue its Journey, bearing upon its ampie bosom ever-increasing numbers of that tran- sitory creature we call man. The chances favor its continued press our spirits or quench our desire to know the worst.” Urges Lower Ages On Workers’ Poligies -