Evening Star Newspaper, March 25, 1931, Page 8

THE KEVENING NIPAR, 'WASHING D, ¢ ', WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25, 1931 ———eee———— e e e of nominating Gov. Pranklin D. Roose- | thing that the fans of Washington will l g THE EVENING STAR With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. WEDNESDAY....March 25, 1831 THEODORE W. NOYES....Editol Rate by Carrier Within the City. ening Star . o 45¢ per month ening and Sunday Siar i " 80c ver month unday Star B A R, Nt ar Collection made 8t the end 6f each montk: ders may be sent in by mail or telephone Ational $000. Rate by Mall—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. fly and Sunday.....] yr.$10.00: 1 mo., 88 §=u only ... 1899 1 mon 8¢ unday only .. 1y, 4 15r. $4.00: 1 mo. 40c All Other States and Canada. tly and Sunday.. ] yr.$12.00: 1 mo. aily only . 1yr. 48 inday only ¥ .00: 1 mo.. 5.00: 1 mo.s Member of the Associated Press. clated Press i3 exclusive publis special_cispatches herein are also Retirement end Promotion. The new regulations making retire- ment from the Police and Fire Depart- ments compulsary At the age cf sixty- four will be recognized as a move for greater cficiency, despite the immediate effect of removing from the services several fine officers fully capable of carrying on for years. In the end, owever,' the regulation will demon- strate its effectiveness, as have similar rules in the Army and Navy. Under present practice policemen and firemen have been eligible for retire- ment at the age of sixty, provided they had given twenty-five years of service. Frequently, and very naturally, the re- tirement was resisted and service pro- longed until death or physical dis- ability cut it short. With the maximum age for recruits for the services now fixed at thirty-five, there will be no tendency to lengthen service beyond re- tirement age in order to accumulate the years of service necessary fcr eligibility. As in the Army and Navy, the turn- over among higher officials will increase, and there will be more opportunity for advancement among the lower ranking personnel. The police forces of all large cities are realizing the need for the higher efficiency which comes from specialized training and more permissible leeway in selective processes among the offi- cer personnel. Officers are selected from the ranks and seniority and good ‘records now count most in their ad- lencemenc. This undoubtedly holds out 'an opportunity for promotion that does much to stimulate ambition and com- petition among younger members who hope to rise. But the next reform in the system of promotion in police de- partments undoubtedly will be the care- ful selection, from the ranks of the recruits, of men who are mentally and otherwise equipped to reteive special braining to be officers. The fact that a man may be an ex- eellent police private or sergeant is no sure indication that he will be a good officer, holding rank corresponding to the commissioned service in the Army “or Navy. And it should not require many years of service to determine those who are capable of holding high office and separating them, through specialized courses of tralning, from those who are not. The Metropolitan Police Department is recognizing the need of specialized training for some of its officers by sending them to North- western University, where they will re- ceive the benefits of scientific study in the detection of crime. That is fine 25 2ar as it goes. The time will come when Do member of the force will be con- sidered as even eligible for an officer- ghip until he has been put through a eourse of training that will extend for years, instead of a few short weeks. —_———————— Two topics relating to reform have been subjects of endless discussion. Prohibition has always weighed on the public mind and conscience and no street car system has ever been entirely satisfactory, both as to price and service. - The New York Investigation. Investigation of the government of the City of New York has at last been ordered by the State Legislature. The government of New York City is demo- cratic, from Mayor Walker down. The Legislature of New York is controlled by the Republicans. The charge has been made many times that the Re- publican Legislature, in its demand for #n inquiry into conditions in the me- tropolis, has been actuated by a desire for political gain. Conditions existing in New York, however, have come to light which have sroused the citizens to the need of house-cleaning. If the Republicans of the Legislature conduct the investiga- tion in & non-partisan manner, seeking gor the truth rather than for political sdvantage, the investigation will be of real benefit to the people of New York City, and, for that reason, of benefit to the Republican party, which has fos- gered the movement for the inquiry pver the opposition of the Democrats in the Legislature and of the Demo- eratic organization of New York City. Former Judge Samuel Scabury is to be chief counsel for the Legislative Com- mittee. His szliction is regarded as in- suring & fair and efficient and non- partisan investigation because of the ability and honesty of Judge Seabury eand because of the fact that he is & Democrat. He was a candidate of his y for Governor in1916. Already Judge bury has been drawn closely into the fproblem of ‘cleaning up New York City ghrough his appointment to inquire into Ehe conduct of the Magistrates’ Courts nd into the record of District Attorney Crain. When he becomes chief counsel, Boo, for the all-inclusive investigation the Legislative Commitice, Judge ury will stand out as the central figure around whom the entire probe of city government will New York’s Tevolve. The underlying purpose of the whole inventigation is to improve conditions for velt of the Empire State for President next year. The Governor has been drawn into the picture by many ap- peals that he stir himself to bring about an investigation of New York City con- ditions. He has had before him for the last week a recommendation of the City Affairs Committee to remove from office Mayor Welker, and his most re- cent move has been to call on Mayor Walker to make reply to the charges filed against him before the Governor acts. 1t is reported from Albany that | it Mayor Walker's reply to the charges is not sufficient, Gov. Roosevelt will ap- point a commissionér to investigate Mayor Walker's conduct of his office entirely outside of the legisiative in- quiry, thereby keeping a hand upon the situation and remaining in & position to remove the mayor if the develop- ments of either or both inquiries war- rant such action. For months the'reports of graft, cor- ruption and crime in.the city govern- ment of New York have been in the newspapers. Shocking conditions in the Magistrates’ Courts and in thé police force have come to light already. The contention of Mayor Walker and his s | supporters is that the great body of the public officlals in New York are honest and efficient and that only herei and there is to be found a grafter. But the suspicion has existed that the “system” has been responsible for a vast amount of graft and crime, and that back of that system lies the Tam- | many Tiger. It is time the truth be known fer the sake of the millions who ‘H'.'e end labor in New York City. The | country has a tremendous interest in | Traffic Revision. Both the Commissioners and the traf- {fic officials are to be congratulated on their decision to go ahead with the re- vision of the traffic code without wait- ing for the end of the fiscal year on June 30, when the Commissioners, un- | der the new act just passed by Congress, take over the reins of traffic manage- |ment of the District. Probably nine- tenths of the changes that are to Be made can be effected under the present code, and it is much to the benefit of Washington that they should be put into force gradually during the coming months instzad of being dropped en masse into the laps of Washingtonians after July 1. Two installments of revision have al- ready been made. These concern the es- | tablishment by colored curb markings of loading zones in the downtown section, the abolition of angle parking—an ex- tremely desirable move and one that has been practiced in most of the large cities of the country—the clearing up of safety gones by additional restrictions on parking between the zones and the sidewalks,’ creation of new boulevai streets and the barring of U turns certain congessted points. ‘The next batch of changes is now being prepared at the traffic office and will concern parking in the business district. From Ssventh street to Fif- teenth strest and from New York ave- nue to Pennsylvania avenue will hence- forward be considered the-central busi- ness zone and parking of one hour will be permitted after nine-thirty in the morning, & change from the nine-fifteen Uimit now in effect, in ordeér to do away with the all-day parker. Surrounding this zone will be another sone in which one-hour parking will be permitted all day and around that another with a two-hour parking limit. Following these parking revisions will appear what are considered the most important changes in Washington's traffic system. They will have to do with rules of the road and will consist of a change from ths rotary turn to the Hoover left-hand turn, modification of the right-side-passing regulation and other important rules to promote a Netion-wide uniformity in automobile operation. All of these changes will come about as the result of the intensive traffic in- vestigations conducted during the past year and are in thorough conformity with the findings of the National Con- ference on Street and Highway Safety, ]whuh is sponsored by the Department of Commerce and which was initiated by Herbert Hoover when he was Secre- tary of Commerce. The National Capi- tal will, therefore, take its place with other large cities in the practice of traf- fic regulations that have been found from Nation-wide use the best that can be devised, and by doing so will hasten the time when a motorist will operate. his car in exactly the saxme manner in 50 far as fundamental rules are con- cerned in the East or the West or the North or the South. . e il T Among the charges brought against Mayor Jimmie Walker is that he i addicted to what Broadway con- temptuously refers to as “wise cracks.” Evidently some of the professional comedians are resentful of the effortless manner in which this light-hearted amateur produces material so often re- quiring laborious effort and which i frequently precarious in result. —— e One of the delicate responsibilities economists have to undertake is that of announcing the end of bad times with- out giving unfortunate encouragement to the indiscreet market speculator. ————— ‘The word “Viking” still stands forth corspicuously in significance of bravery in facing the perils of the ocean. et The “Hitless Wonders.” | Tnis business depression and the drought and the unemployment have been bad enough, but for Washington base ball fans the final blow of gicom |has been struck. It has been well known to those who have followed the fortunes of the Nationals in the train- ing camp at Biloxl that the team was not hitting. Joe Cronin, Helnie Manush, Sam Rice, Joe Judge and other stal- warts at the “tee” have been popping up easy flles or grounding out weakly to the infield, a horrible situation for a potential champlonship outfit. But yes- terday will live long in the memories of those who read of the catastrophe. It has been bad enough before, but now it is fust too bad. When Al Schacht can hold the regulars to four puny little blows in five innings, the end has come, the neven million and more persons who and that is exactly what happened. live within the limits of New York City. ©Of course, grand old Walter Johnson, probably learn is that Altrock Pas shut out the regulars for nine innings, or even that President Griffith has done A comeback against the “hitless won- ders.” ‘The only eonsolasion is, however, that the season is still quite a way off and the boys have plenty of time to regain their batting eyes. S0 “den't give up the ship, fellows,” evén if the bat boy should take the pitching hill and make monkeys out of our favorites. Preparedness Wins in Iowa. Customarily the country does not look for a lead in such matters as na- tional defense to the regions of the Midwest, far removed from salt water or the borders. Yet from Iowa, heart of the corn belt, has come news de- signed to hearten those forces at Washington which always must be on their guard against the elements sleep- lessly at work to nibble the Army and Navy into impotence. For many months the State Legisla- ture at Des Moines has been discussing the Torgeson-Pattison bill which was designed to make military training in land-grant colleges purely optional. The pacifist brigade in Iowa and be- yond actively fomented the measure. Deaf to its urgent pleadings, the Hawkeye House of Representatives by & vote of 63 to 42 defeated the bill, which means its collapse. Hencefor- ward, as in the past, young men who avall themselves of the advantages of inexpensive education at land-grant colleges will have to take the mild course in military training there pro- vided, unless there are valid physical or conscientious barriers. ‘The attempt to do away with such education by law originated a few yéars ago in Wisconsin, where the BState Legislature abolished it. In the United States Congress, in one form or an- THIS AND THAT : BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. Many an ambitious home gardener, lookin, t-hro:'fn the seed ca s these days, will be perplexed at the finite lety of plants available. Here are flowers he nover heard of, gt glowingly described, each one more autiful than the last, if the word pie- tures are to be believed. Shall he experiment this Spring? This is the hever-settled question which confronts each earnest gardener at this time, when the balmier air, like a floral sandman, begins to waft strange dreams into nower-\oflnf heads. To stick by the old, well known things, or to become adventurous, this is the S‘.muon which 80 often is never settled. us leaving a perpetually dissatisfied gardener, . * ® k% ‘The nearest to settlement it will ever come, for most of us, is to compromise. ‘The best determination of the ques- tion is to stick closely to the best of the familiar, as one happens to know the tried and true flowers, and at the same time to try some of the unfamiliar ones. As with most compromises, the result is not entirely satisfactory. One misses the mental satisfaction of ploneering with all-new plants, and does not have the entire satisfaction of harvesting crops surely, as he would have done had he stuck closely to the old-timers such as zinnias, petunias and the like. * K X X ‘There are few amateur gardeners who have not decided, at the opening of some one glorious Spring, to order from the catalogues as many strange, new and fascinating plants as they could find money to spare for them. And there are few of these who have ever taken such a ruthless Ylunge into the sheer joy of floral experimentation. It takes real merve to do it, and a great deal more money than most pco- ple seem to possess. One is forever com- paring results from such strangers with the usual results secured from the old stand-bys, usually to the vast detriment of the former. Not only is the gardener displeased with the conduct of many hitherto other, drives against military training in schools or colleges are incessant. During the late Congress there was warded off at the eleventh hour an Insidious effort to cut down the ap- propriations providing pay for retired Army officers assigned to instructors' duty. The Davenport Daily Times, which was in the forefront of the fight to rout the pacifists in Iowa, declares that “the House vote will be a painful shock to many well-meaning but misguided souls who fatuously cherish the belief that it is the mission of Uncle Sam to go about the world turning the other cheek as a contribution to the peace of the world. * * * The young man who is unwilling to devote the hours which military drill entalls to qualifying himself to take his place in the fighting forces of the Nation when an emergency arises i unworthy of the expenditure which his education requires. The Iowa House has per- | Amerk formed a patriotic servioe in refusing to untried flowers, but his garden is'de- prived of the sheer beauty which the older things would have given him. % % Yet to plant oniy known things is to deprive one's self of cne of the most :mmun. pleasures of the small gar- n. While one must take the descriptions in the seed catalogues with several grains of salt, there can be little doubt that conservatism holds back many a gardener from many a glorious floral discovery. There must be, he ‘tells himself, scores of lovely flowers &hich neither he nor the average person has ever heard of, much less seen. 1t is impossible to believe that Nature, snce she had turned out the common | everyday list which every home owner | knows, calmly shut up her book and remained content with them. No; Nature, in infinite variety, creat- ed eli sorts of plants. ,Many of even after all these thousands of years, are just ccming to light. There is the regal iily, for instance, known for centuries in China, but only within the past five years brought wo ca. * kX X Perhaps the best plan for the average be stampeded by the pacifist lobbyists, whose expenditure of efforts suggests nothing as much as an ineapacity to some to grips with reality.” Bravo, the corn belt! ——— It has been the privilege of San Juan, Porto Rico, to enjoy what thousands of communities will envy—a personal ad- dress from the President. With Gbv. Roosevelt as the formal host of the oceasion, Porto Rico enjoyed & con- centration of distinction that calls up suggestions of the past as well as of a brilliant present. —— e Many farmers are learning much about financial details with which they were previously unfamiliar. The informa- tion may be of value when conditions permit the farmer to assert himself as & business man with money as well as erops to be prudently managed. ———— - America possesses untold wealth and unsurpassed financial genius. Anxiety 2s to the state of the United States Treasury may reasonably be expected to show little delay in finding classification among the incidents that are closed. SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON, Taste That Does Not Change. A reckless boyhood friend I knew. Upon his slate he often drew A picture of our teacher dear With features twisted and severe, And by our laughter long and loud We made the artist truly proud. It held &-meaning very small, This portrait which amused us all. ' ‘The teacher smiled and said, “Some day They'll turn unto & wiser way. ‘The teacher with respect they’ll hear Nor cultivate an idle sneer.” Time hurried on. These lads were known In busy life as men full grown. The kindly hopes that teacher knew, Alas, have never quite come true! Still where the drama calls the throng To passing hours of speech and song, ‘We will disdain the thought that's best And love the superficial jest. Studying a Settlement. “How do you think the prohibition question will finally be settled?” is already settled,” answered Sen- ator Sorghum. “The only difficulty is to decide whether there is any reliable way of getting the situstion properly policed.” Jud Tunkins says he tells his wife all about his business. It is safer than to let the neighbors do it. When Praises Expand. ‘There never was a churlish elf So fixed in misanthropic ways Who was, when speaking of himself, Sparing of the most generous praise. Family Questionnaire. “I try to answer every question my “Hard work, isn't it?” “Not so hard as formerly. He's one of these juvenile geniuses who under- stand all about radio. I now keep him 50 busy answering my inquiries that he no longer has time to take much inter- est in my knowledge collection.” “A good name,” sald Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown, “is of great value no less in mercantile announcements than in moral reputation.” Modern Wealth and Wisdom. King Solomop was very rich It conditions are disclosed which re-|ascending the mound for the first time| And he was also very wise. fiect on the city government, that gov- | since 1927, did the same thing to the|Could he have made a merger which ernment will have o bear the blame, , | rookies. But that could easily be ex- . | pected, because Johnson when he is Ranked with what men now advertise? to face yoh trouble,” said L by P gordener is to try a few new ones each season, merely by way of experiment. WASHINGTON in- | yem them, | ‘Then, if they he may order his common sense told him before drawbacks. They may be ers, requiring a particular ditions, or may be subject to pests and blights. other and more {i Often they lack tinction which keeps their better known brothers and sisters in the gardens of the land. * ok x % By all means let the home gardener do a bit of experimenting. Maybe one or two new flowers may satisfy him. His choice may be a new annual, biennial, perennial, shrub, evergreen, He may go in for a new sort of grass seed. e may try some of the large-flowering cannas of the softer shades of pink and yellow, if he has always longed for cannas but has fought shy of the blazing red varieties so often seen. *An hour spent with any cne of the grower’s catalogues, or in any of the shops devoted to garden supplies, will give the ambitious experimenter more ideas than he can use in the remainder of his gardening days. P In the main, however, he wil] do well to stick to the cld, familiar flowers. This must be said deliberately, for there are some gardeners who seem to think it expedient to logize for the ever-faithful flowers of everyday gar- dens. They grow zinnlas, but they grew them with a faint heart, inste of be'sxr_lg pmufluot them. e zinnia needs no apology. An; human being with a W:‘fl L]lnceg sense of proportion, who welcomes the dependable as well as the beautiful, will plant zinnias. He will find them as good this year as they were last, and Jjust as beautiful, in their faithful way. He will not sneer at their stiffness, in comparison with the wavy frills of sweet peas, the silky petals of iris or gladiolus, but will wish the latter were as sure to do well in half-shady places. * ok ok The time-tried annuals and peren- nials, with favorite shrubs and ever- greens, must comprise the basis of every worth-while garden, on the aver- age scale. . The grass and the trees are departments by themselves. vorite things are favorites, in the last analysis, because they are worthy. Let us never forget that. The fact that they are, in most cases, easy to Eow is but one of the factors enter- g into their wide selection. Mostly they have intangible qual- itles, which have endeared them to generations, and which make sure that as long as men love gardens they will plant these old things which are for- ever new. In dcing this, however, they may make sure of added pleasire and gar- den 1nterest if they will take the time, trouble and money to plant each season & few things which are new to them. A rose by any other name will be as sweet, and there are many other little roses. OBSERVATIONS BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. Without as yet causing any public re~ verberation, the opening ‘were fired this week in what is destined to become one of the major battles of the next ess. It concerns the make-up of Senate committees. Sénator Joe T. Robinson of Arkansas, the Democratic leader, has delivered what amounts to an ultimatum to Senator Charles L. McNary, Republican, of Oregon, chair- man of the Committee on Committees. Robinson demands that during the coming session the Republicans shall not have a majority of more than one on the 10 or a dozen principal Senate committees. Hitherto the G. O. P. has laid claim to, and maintained, a ma- J%m of two or three, in the ratio of 1 Senator Robinson's contention springs from the certainty that in the forth- coming Senate, with Shipstead, Far- mer-Labor, voting on organization with the Republicans, the latter wil | marshal only 40 to the Democrats’ 47. |That is so niear a tie that the minority leader insists his party is entitled to everything in the way of committee power short °‘. equallty. TFor the moment Senator McNary is standing publicans to 8 or 7 Demo- crats, or thereabouts. To accept a majority of a single vote would, the egonian points out, amount to & volutionary change of Government.” It would be tantamount to handing over the control of vital committees, like those on foreign relations, finance, judiciary, appropriations and interstate commerce, to the unholy alliance of Democrats and Republican Progressives. Borah and Johnson, in combine with the minority, could boss foreign rela- tions at will; Couzens and La Follette, making common cause with the Demo- crats, could dominate the Finance Com- mittee; Norris and Borah between them could, with Democratic aid, command Jjudiciary; Nye and some other Progres. sive who will be on the next Appropria. tions Committes would be able, in all ance with the opposition, to dictate ap- propriations. 8o it would go all along the lin®, Senator McNary argues—and fears. As certain as the stars will twin- kie over Capitol Hill next Winter is it that the committee situation contains all the ingredients of & senatorial knockdown and dragout. * kK Chairman James C. Stone of the Federal Farm Board lit out for the Kansas wheat belt at the beginning of the week, just as' Washington began to roar with protest over the board’s de- cision to quit pegging the price of wheat by purchases from the 1931 crop Whether the trip bas saytning to do with the price-stabil question is not yet disclosed. Insiders have known for some weeks that the board's decision was imminent. Stone and his col- leagues, including the vew dirt-farmer member, “Sam” Thompson, have their jaws set and are not likely to be stam- peded out of their program to let the agricultural Georges do it hencefor- ward, without dependence on Uncle Sam. Stone is warning people that the time for the country to squeal about the Farm Board’s 200,000,000-bushel fiyer in wheat will be when the coun- try is really hurt. Nobody knows—not even the board itself—tiy chairman says, how much stabilizati@ # going to cost the Treasury, if an; g. It may turn out that it cost nothing at all, or at least was a bagatelle compared to what the farmers would otherwise have Jost through low prices. * K K K Miss Vera Bloom, daughter of Representative Sol Bloom, Democrat, of New York, speaks fluently nearly language represented in the diplomatic corps. She won e other night at an embassy dinner party. Her table partner, know- iing of Miss Vera's s tic talent, rashly assumed it could hardly by any ' chance include a knowledge of d:w- breaking Polish. “I'll lay you a dollar,” he said, “that you don't know how to pronounce the name of my friend, Los, sitting just opposite.” Miss Bloom re- jed, “You're on,” and publicans to 8 er 7 Democrats. | ‘&n on the old alignment of | giobe ‘Washington for an indefinite sojourn. Somebody asked him why he doesn't hie himself to Rushville, town, and take things easy and com- . “His own Stale is no place for a Senator to vegetate in,” retorted the sunny Jim. “There are too many postmasterships and other jobs waiting to be filled.” * % x % What's in a name? to say what's in this one: The air attache of the British embassy at Washington 8 Wing Comdr. the Hon. L. J. E. Twisleton-Wykeham Fiennes. He is & son of the fifteenth Baron Saye and Sele. The Saye and Seles go in for names. Twistleton-Wykeham's elder brother and heir to the title is the Hon. Geoffrey Rupert Cecil Twistleton- Wykeham. The family traces back to the fifteenth century, apparently pick- ing up names all the way. * ¥ % x Just off the press in New York is a of timely value, in connection with the Austro-German customs union, author is a young American, John O. Crane, younger son of Charles R. Crane, ‘millionaire philanthropist, diplomat and trotter, once upon a tim ister to China. e book, entitled Little Entente,” deals with the political alliance between Czechoslovakia, Ru- mania and Jugoslavia. Mr. Crane writes from the inside. For several years he was private secretary to Dr. Thomas G. l‘l&lrz’lk, perennial president of Czech slovakia. Crane declares that Ansch- (the Austro-German unification scheme) is anathema in the eyes of the Little Entente and that its opposition has the firm backing of France and Italy. * kK k The Interlor Department is breath. lessly awaiting returns from the “illif racy clinic” opened 10 days ago on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation, in Mon- tana. The object is to determine how much adult literate Indians can learn in two weeks under specially trained teachers. Two hundred ns, men and women, among them Chief Bird- Rattler, Pish-Wolf-Robe, and Mary. ‘Wades-in-the. ter, are . have a good average of intelligence and are undergoing intensive training in readin’ and writin’, with a touch of ‘rithmetic. The textbook was p: ed under the auspices of the National Ad- visory Committee on Illiteracy, of which Secretary Wilbur is chairman. Its 72 )efons are tended to enable the illiterate Indian to read “The Blackfeet which has been published ‘dur- Many of the students mes in print for the first time. It was decided not to initiate them into the mysteries of the comic strip or the crossword puzzie, (Copyright, 1931 R Demands Half Holiday For Clerks of Stores To the Editor of The Star: Now that the Government clerks have gained their victory in having the Sat- urday half holiday granted, what are we going to do about the store clerks? 1 wonder if we ever stop to think about this class of workers, who stand on their feet and serve the public for eight long hours each day. And I wonder if the men at the head of the “eight-hour law for women” in the District have made it their business to find out how many of the clerks work overtime, week in and week out, when it is against the law. If it would be detrimental to good business to give the clerks half a day on Saturday, why not give it to them one day d the week, and close all stores that day, just as all Goy- ergment offices close on Saturday after- noon? The merchants would do just as much business, and ‘haps more, as the clerks would do better work after having the much-needed rest. If clerks who work seven hours a day need a half day for rest, then why don't the clerks who worX eight hours & day need the same? When clerks are overworked and underpaid they are not going to give the that is in them to their emp! Now let somebody with influence get busy and it this over. 'u! lnltt’::ltd that this letter isn't written out of prejudice, for I am not ve themselves to him, em in quantity the next T, In many cases he will discover what e crdered them—that they have positive xfnd of soil. They may not flower under certain con- certain Even when they do well, many of the less well known flowers will be discov- ered to have no particular merit over |and will continue to to A which has all Europe by the ears. Its Traction Heads Lauded For Good Service Here To the Editor of The Star: I have no financial interest whatever in any street car or bus company, but I am interested in “fair play" d in lities for w‘lng- panies hAlV opera rs. All-night pari {"hnunnd. of private auf ers. This is, perhaps, & wholesome sit- aation, although the beauty of our city is marred and almost unbearable con- is caused on many of streets. In the last year cheap taxicabs ha been allowed to roam our streets in un- limited numbers, practically without any regulation. Congress agd other authorities have either refused to assist in curing the evil or profess an inability to do #0. No one seems to have dared to actively champlon any such re- llef. Many, if not most, of the cabs are without financial responsibility, and any ger in them or pedestrian in- jured by such cabs has no redre en a bill requiring taxicabs to show some sort of financial ability to meet damage claims came up for considera- tion in the Congress, I understand that it was passed over with a comment by 3 1?11 ator xthn!e the ;tnet car com- panies were in favor of its passage. Next followed a requirement that the street car companies pay about $400, 000 to change their tracks in the viein- ity of the Capitol and Union Station. change will not only fail to add nything to their revenues but will, it is stated, reduce their revenues by reason of making their lines less ac- cessible to the Capitol. The street car companies have agreed to perform the work and not delay the improvements with court action. Then followed a requirement, which has been the joy of all “public lead- ers” and agitators, namely, the 3-cent school fare. The street car companies ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS - BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. Q. What per cent of men are bald- headed and what per cent are red- headed?—H. N. About 50 per cent are more or bald. Q. How many adjusted service cer- tificates are held by veterans in the State of New York? In California?— V. W. W. A. Three hundred and sixty thousand six hundred and ninety-nine certificates are held in the State of New York and 191,038 in Californis. ?—C. H. Vi and weighs 940 . It h!llnch.linmmfllml four-cylinder engine. It is to have seating capacity of three. novel features are the ventional chassis the elimination of ‘The base of the body tal and is 42 ‘inches wide. It has an 87- have stated that each ride costs 6 cents or more. The traction industry is at present the least able to bear such an added expense, and yet it hi singled out to financially aid the chil- dren up to 18 years of age who will ride for this nominal fare. Undoubtedly many of them have parents who can well afford the regular fare. One wonders why it is not as logical to demand that electric light and gas service be furnished at half cost to families with children. Nevertheless, the traction companies have expressed their willingness to obey the order of the Public Utilities Commission with- out contest, provided that any further loss which they may sustain from their already slender revenues be made up in ::r::. ;the‘r :elyA That seems reasonable , since we cannot have our cake S cidentatly. ntally, the increase in fare last Summer, to obtain which the car com- panies were forced into expensive court litigation and for which they were eru- cified, amounts to less than 1 cent per ride for all except very occasional pas- sengers. It also has some virtue in that @ less investment at one time is re- quired than under the old schedule. Probably for the reason that street cubie-inch mctor and four-cylinder en- gine. It-is a coupe model, Q. Did the late Frank Munséy make all his money in the publishing busi- ness?—T. H. hl.lA.f m)lnmym lfi:ld fl;’e foundation of une e publishing business, but he is reported to have made a great deal of money by inwe in the stock of the United States Corporation. Q. How much is the new Dorchester bed and sitting be opened in April in the King George V and Queen Mary. How much _did house in the Wi H. G. P A. It cost about $200,000. car fares l'eal;ll’e & constant payment of | v, money in driblets, the traction com- panies from time immemorial have been the butt of agitation by so-called “pub- lic leaders.” It is a cheap and easy ay to arouse interest in the average citizen, who.does not have the time or :l!;téllmuhn to thoroughly study the sit- on. In spite of all of these handicaps, street car officials seem to have = their heads and tempers and quief continued to furnish good service. Un- doubtedly if given half a chance they would give even better service. Their companies have never paid excessive ggdends to their owners, I have been There must be a breaki some- where and before our :Q'-‘ci’:'fi .-rviu degenerates under the strain let us de- clare & “moratorium,” at least for a Ly. It is obvious that street b tion is & positive neces- ylnlcuythellnotwnmncwn be so for Saturday Half Days : Cause Leave Question To the Editor of The Star: Quo from ‘The | of "so'i'flfwr General Thacher,” “Saturdays held as half work annual leave,” but, “count as full & when figuring sick time,” The Star re- ports: “He (Thacher) ruled that a Federal employe absent all day on Saturday should have four hours of ]v:‘cxiol‘x, :nkien from his total annual , but in compu Saturda; = as a f ‘Thousands of Federal employes, most ly women and girls, of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, now being cut three days in pay each month, are al- lowed 30 days annual leave, but no annual sick leave (the only bureau of the Treasury Department not allowed annual sick leave). This is flesh of the major number of employes, and some of these in“the bu- reau, and fish of a minor nymber. Why? Now, as Solicitor General Thacher makes a distinction between annual leave and sick leave, as to “four hours vacation,” or no “four hours’ va- cation,” and bureau employes are al lowed annual leave, but no annual sick leave, under which ruling do these bu- reau employes come? As they-have 30 Seave, are ey 1o be Changed as absents eave, as absent, it absent and sick on a Saturday, four hours only or a full day? If they have | but instead prodt us=d up their annual leave and are on a Saturday are they to lose a full day’s wage or a half day's wage? I am the opinion that Solicitor General er was izant of the fact that thousands of graving and ting Bureau employes are de- prived of all annual sick leave. So with these¢ facts here set down, an addendum opinion, covering these thousands of bureau Federal employes, would be most welcome to them. 1 of Saturdays being charged off against sick leave may be of little moment to employes who are allowed 30 days annual leave plus 30 days sick leave, but it is of great moment to the thousands of women now'being cut in wage three days each month. W. E. RYAN, ————————— ‘Writer Not a Golfer. From the Little Rock Arkansas Democrat. The fellow Who Wrote that “out of sight, out of mind” proverb never aj proached & three-par hole with green just over the hill. Good Suggestion Anyway. From the . If only wars were like phnics, and you couldn’t have another until you got the last one paid for. oo Jake Paralysis Incurable. Prom the San Antonio Express. After 13 months’ no cure for “jake paralysis. p'r‘:;enuve remains —don't drink the 8 . Rocket Sled Good Leaper. Prom the New York Sun. The rtocket-propelled sled invented a piversity student leaped. R g i Efihgg :?i’ ; g i g i i i E : Al : the world considers human to and increase the estate—therein lies the material for a story as tragic as we have heard!” exclaims the Providence Bulletin, apj this devotion as “admirable in its inf y, but inhuman in the waste of human beings.” Of the brother’s rule of steel, the Bulletin says that it “broke the spirits of the others,” and that paper concludes: “It was not Siess S uls pay e the estate. We' a g:ml ive man bowing down a - then idol in some South Sea the Two per cent have red hatr, [ How many of our Marines are | throughou Q. Who described architecture as frosen music?—I. G. A. Goethe, Q. How many golf courses are there in the United States?—L. C. . ghdwed thaf some £200 goif ourees ) had been bullt in the U Btates. ‘What does g S :gm? g it i to think, niston (Ala.) Star, “tha lady, so unpretentious with all her of New Yo! Ty,"” 8P phones, She kept the family coaches,” continues that paper, “until Je died in 1929. And then, h £ 5 5 % H i fi ] 4 - o | i : o s £ | E i i i P g / - I j j E : § i i E E ; : i B % E , 3 i | i 28, §e ' H §Est g g *Ei E ? é : i i i i 5 ] P B Bi | i 58 L £ g ;E i i ; : 1 i g K £ I3 the scraggly farm, the death in a -stone mansion breath- ing the decay of years. Contrived by . ‘Menander and Life, Menander and Life,’ a Greek once asked in honor it dramatist, ‘which of you the ?" ‘The story of the Wendels only renews the question.” | Phone User Can’t Get - Excited Over Rate Fight