Evening Star Newspaper, April 27, 1931, Page 8

THE EVENING STAR ‘With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. MONDAY. . THRODORE W. NOYES. ...Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company et u?-;*:fix'nmy ia Ave. ve. o 3 gu'a'u % Lake unefi:g“i'flufm. ropean Ofice: 14 Regent M. London, Rate by Carrier Within the City. g: "‘n‘l:.lufi: iS¢ per month (when 4 ) $0c per month The Evening and Bunday Bar (vien & Sundass) 88¢ per m¢ ¢ Sunday Star -3¢ _per copy jon. nth. ma ch me Q3fiyrs maz be sent in by mail or ielephons tional 5000. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. 2 Maryland and Viegi and Sui 1yr., $) me All Other States and Canada, y and Sunday. ‘Member of the Associated Press. Press is exclusively entitied all news dis- per and also the local news All rights of publi herein are The Naval Disagreement. With Chancellor of the Exchequer also raserved. ...April 27, 1981 get, too, that the State Legislature, which certainly is not yet a “red” or- ganization whatever else may be sald of it, has ordered an inquiry by & com- mittee of its own into the government of New York City, an inquiry which promises to begin with the mayor's own record in office. It is exceedingly doubtful that he will be able to drape himself successfully in this cloud of red, as he is seeking to do. For the moment, however, it appears that the wise-cracking mayor has given up wise- cracking and is taking the situation more seriously. e ‘Why the Delay? | On the second of April the Commis- sioners directed the superintendent of weights and measures to investigate the action of the coal merchants in adopting the 2,000-pound unit for the sale of coal in place of the long ton of 2240 pounds. Very properly, the superintendent of weights and meas- ures had called to the attention of the , Commissioners what appeared to him to be an evasion of the law, which | specifies that “Coal shall be sold by : the long ton.” Some time later the corporation cation of | counsel’s office was asked to render an {opinion on the law and the Depart- {ment of Justice was requested to in-| | vestigate possibility of price-fixing | agreements. The opinion on the law Snowden rising in the House of Com- |5 expected any time now. mons today to disclose his pians for | raising the tax wind in Great Britain, naturally been under suspicion and in it 15 easy to understand the anxiety |effect charged with evading the law. and disappointment occasioned by the breakdown of the Anglo-Prench-Italian naval negotiations. fresh burdens for the British taxpayer ore inevitable, The sole purpose of Foreign Secretary ; ! guilty and subject to punishment or Menderson's 2eal in patching up the Pranco-Italian tonnage controversy was | to make sure that Britannia might con- tinue to rule the European, and espe- eially the Mediterranean, waves without undue expansion of her fleet. If French demands for additional replacement | ships between 1934 and 1936—the rock on which the London-Paris-Rome ne- gotiations have foundered—Iis enforced, Britain's cruiser quota under the 1930 limitation agresment’ with America and Japan will be thrown out of gear. The, sacalator, or “escape,” clause, providing for extra-treaty construction, can be invpked. If Britain builds beyond her treaty ratio, the United States would be at liberty to do so, too, as would, of | course, also Japan. “Thus the possibility of a new era of rivairy and competition in sea afma- ment definitely lies hidden in the failure of the European naval powers to get together on tonnage allotments. The disquieting aspect of it is what must be the background of their inability or un- willingness to do so. Obviously the gunpowder of suspicion is pot yet ex- tracted from the European situation. ‘When nations haggle and squabble over displacement, guns and armor it means that their faith in the preservation of peace is far from firm. Statesmen who engage in such maneuvers give piain evidence that they are operating under & war psychosis. They preach peace, but will not cease io plan against the moment that it may be broken. The proposed German-Austrian cus- foms union is cited, especially by the Prench, as the cause of the new ten- sion amid which the European naval states have agreed to disagree. Per- haps Prance is waiting & week or two 10 see whether the League of Nations Council at Geneva will outlaw the Ger- man-Austrian scheme. Paris will not be budged from the belief that customs Anschluss means eventual political Anschluss and a new Germanic menace i Europe. ‘With the “general disarmament con- ference” less than a year away, its prospects cannot be sald to be brighten- ing. Already the cables hint at a post- ponement of the League of Nations' most ambitious enterprise until the dove of peace is flapping over a Europe more nclined to adopt her as the Old World’s efficial bird. — et o Our downtown streets, uninfested by unnecessary automobiles, are to most drivers and walkers as pleasing as cu- linary concoctions without carrots. — et The Mayor Sees 4 Mayor James J. Walker, whose ad- ministration of the government of New York City is now the subject of attack, sees & “red” plot in the effort to oust him from office. This is & new wrinkle in Tammany tactics. Tammany has ‘been under fire many times in the past, but it has not before undertaken through i spokesmen to picture itself the vic- L tim of the reds. Much the same kind | of things were sald of Tammany and #4s system when Tweed was the boss and later when Crocker was the head of the organization, as zre said today. But it seems to kg popular today to blame everything on the “reds.” In & written statement the other day Mayor Walker denounced his chiel secusers in the City Affairs Committee @c members of the Socialist party, re- ferring to Dr. John Haynes Holmes and Rabb! Stephen S. Wise. He inti- mated that the reds were at the bot- | tom of the charges made sgainst him te Gov. Pranklin D, Roosevelt, It mot seem to have percolated through #he mind of the mayor that it matters little who brings charges against him of maladministiation if the charges ar: correct. Furthermore, his party, Rabbi Wise. {to Aix their status? If these come to naught, as the latest news indicates, | i { offenses against gang Jaw, But although Why has it required such a long time If the law says one thing, and the coal men do some- thing that appears to be contrary to what the law says, what is it about the riddle that requires nearly a month to solve? The coal men are elther they are within their rights. The public is either being imposed upon or has no legal ground for complaint. The question is important enough to be decided quickly. It ought to have been decided within twenty-four hours. The District Code says that “When any commodity s sold by weight, it shall be net weight. When any com- {modity is sold by the ton, it shall be understood to mean two thousand pounds avoirdupols. Coal shall be s-1d by the long ton, consisting of twe thousand two hundred and forty pounds avoirdupois.” . The question is whether the state- ment “Coal shall be sold by the long tcn” is a definition of & ton of coal, as ! distinct from a ton of something else, or whether it is a mandatory pro- nouncement that when coal is sold, it “shall be sold by the long ton.” As the District Code goes at length into the regulations for the sale of ccal in pound Jots without specifying any limit to the amount of coal that may be sold by the pound, there is naturally room for doubt as to whether coal men are not legally entitled t> drop the word “ton” as they have done, and comply with regulations laid down for the sale of coal by the pound. It is obvious that the law does not preclude the sale of coal in less than long ton lots. If %0, every coal dealer who sold 300 :umh of coal would be violating the w. But that, of course, is what the law- yers must decide. It remains that anybody accused of violating or evading the Jaw has the right to know what is what, and that right soon, and in this case the right is shared by the consuming puble. —_— e Drilling Holes in Diamond. ‘That eminent citizen of New York, John Diamond—who has an interna- tional repute under his professional cognomen of “Legs —evidently bears a charmed life. He must have the su- preme gift of invulnerability. Enemies he has in plenty—Dbitter, desperate en- emies, professional rivals and avengers, who are bent upon performing the | operation known as putting him on the spot for some rather vaguely understood they get & go at him now and then, they do not get him. They pepper him with missiles, but never reach a vital spot. Twice now within about six months these unnamed, mysterious foes have cornered Mr. Diamond in a place of public entertainment—a hotel in one instance and a road house in another— and have used him as a shooting gallery target. On the first occasion they did | fairly good work at the job, giving Mr. Diamond = long recuperation. Yester- day they bungled an exccptionally good | chance, when they had him trapped in a porch and used the wrong kind of accusers have promptly replied that at least one of the men whom he charged with be: ing Soclalist 1s, and has been for years, & registered member of the Democratic In an address de- Mvered yesterday at a meeting of the ammunition. They peppered him with i bird shot, which to & man of his ex- perience and Tesilience is merely an | annoyance, | It becomes & matter of some specu- {lation s to the motive of these suc- | | cessive assaults upon the gentleman | with the interesting name. If his en- | emies are in deadly earnest, they are poor marksmen. If they really mean | business, they choose strange weapons 'for the execution of their purpose. | Eventually, of course, “Legs” will take | the long ride, if the hostile forces really mean 10 eliminate him—they call it liquidation” over in Russia—and if na- | ture does not anticipate them by re- . moving him by normal methods. The ! man who is marked down for gang re- i vinge 1s doomed. There are no final | fallures of gang justice. Maybe the anti-Diamondites are just | trifling with their prey, piaying cat- and-mouse with him, teasing him with painful but not mortal wounds. The | Chinese used to employ a torture process | known as “death by the thousand cuts.’ | Perhaps Legs Diamond's former friends ! are adopting this method with western Holy Name Society of the New York | variations. Pire Department the mayor went more | - st length into the charge that Com- | o Rumor that the prolonged drought munists sre at the bottom of all the | Wore out many Maryland and Virginia rumpus over the government of New | York City. “In this country,” in the attacks that are being made ol men holding public office. of New York.” The mayor seems to forget that the other obscure recess of administration oharges against him are the culmina-|of the water-power resources of the tion of an exposure of gralt and wrong- doing by public officials in his adminis- tration. He seems to forget thas the said the mayor, “there is & subtle and hidden purpose | sun-dials is unfounded. e ! Power Commission's Power, operators of hydro-electric power proj- There s a!ects under Federal license to learn, very definite purpose of tearing down |among other things, to what form cf the structure of this municipality, | State rate, service and securities regu- which has won the sdmiration of the lation, if any, they are subjected, the people of the world—the imperial cuyi In the mean time, the coal men have | ! ministration stepped in. In sending cut & questionnaire to the Federal Power Commission has taken action designed to throw light into an- it may well be a step In clarifying the commission’s power. For while the scope of its authority is pretty well es- tablished in those States which do not themselves have regulatory agencles for utilities, its rights in States equipped to perform such sdministrative functions are not so clear in the important field of interstate commerce. ‘That old, worn suit! Despite the well meant jeers of In addition to golng into the ques- | iriends, tion of rates, services and securities, the questionnaire also will develop whether lcensees are doing interstate or intra- state business, if they are selling power direct or through an agent and to what extent their accounts are under State supervision. It also will show how many of the licensees are operating as public service concerns. Because of the physical conditions surrounding hydro-electric development in this country, only about a fourth of the total number of such developments is under Federal license, and perhaps only a third of this is interstate. The ques- tionnaire will furnish the groundwork for the commission to develop policles that will stand s a guide for the future. No power commission ever has at- tempted to exercise any rate-making prerogatives, and only in one instance, the Conowingo project, has supervision been exercised over the issuance of securities. In the Conowingo case, where power is developed in Mary- land and distributed in Pennsyl- vania, because of the interstate nature of the transaction, coupled With the fact that Pennsylvania did not have |an agency to regulate securities, the cabinet commission in the Coolidge ad- Rates, how- ever, were left a matter for State con- trol. The present issue is the second of major importance which the new com- mission has tackled since coming into operation as an independent agency of the Government, its decision in the anclent New River case having paved the way for determination of the Gov- ernment’s rights on water the navigable potentialities of which are in doubt. There are indications also that fur- ther studies are contemplated as suc- cessive steps are taken to the end of defining the whole subject of hydro- electric regulation. France contemplates & new hospital intended to cater particularly to the middle and poorer classes, There is no reason why they, just as well as those better off, should not have the pleasure of talking about their operations, e ———— Chinese bandits express willingness to accept partial ransom payments in the form of talking-machine records, ath- letic equipment and backgammon and chess outfits. No requests for mah- jong, it will be noted. B and green lights indieating port and starboard. In future times of crowded air lanes this alone should prevent any smart aleck from ever doing any upside- down flying after dark. . ‘Wilbur Glenn Voliva, now 61, de- clares that he will not die until he is 106. Even in that lengthy additional period of life it is doubtful if he soguires any common sense. — Democrats are hard at it planning to raise another million. They just never seem to get tired of playing those pres- idential races. e The depression has been widespread and lengthy. So was the drought. It is remarkable how Chicago police cap- tains have escaped both, SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. The Tempter. ‘When you're strivin’ to remember All the resolutions fine ‘That you made when old December ‘Was jes’ steppin’ out o’ line, When the first 6f January Made you talk reforms anew An’ the first of February Made you try an extra few— Along comes & May day a-peekin’ through the fence, A-sayin’, “It's & play day an’ the sport is sure immense!” ‘When with serious intentions ‘To the future you give thought And you ponder on conventions An’ the things the platforms taught; When you make a fierce endeavor Prom all folly to refrain And declare you'll never, never ‘Waste a precious hour again— song: better stroll along!” Sincerity Disapproved. “You at least give that energetic orator credit for belleving every word he says. “Yes” replied Senator Borghum. “That fs what makes me doubt his in- tellectual responsibility.” Resemblance Imponsible. “Does ycur son Jook like you?” he never will. persuade Clyde Corntossel to wear whis- kers and old clothes” A Slow Education. This world is very, very old; Yet men both eloquent and bold Prom year to year arise in turn Insisting it has lots to learn. Insidious. “Why ¢id you insist on putting that woman forward as a candidate for of- fice in your society? “She was getting too popular,” re- plied Miss Cayenne. “I wanted to see her make her share of enemies.” Getting Into the Wilds. “Where are you going this Summer?” “'Oh, somewhere close to the heart of nature, where motoring is good, the hotel strictly modern d the traln service perfectly reliable.” The Wisdom Seckers. In seeking wisdom men take pride; Por knowledge bravely they explore. Just now our souls are satisfied country, When we have asked, “What is the score?” Governor of the State has taken the' that this information will have been till his back aches wifout somebody charges seriously enough to demand that he answer them. He seems to for- Along comes a May day a-singin’ of & | “Oh, Mfe is in its heydsy an' youd “No,” replied Parmer Corntossel, “and | No power on earth could | |2t the Marion ceremones. why he weas ‘The answer He likes it! This is the simple confession which confutes alike friend and foe. Even clothing salesmen stub their toes against fond recollection. * ok k x Neither penury nor indolence can ex- plain that suit. ‘The case demands psychology. And shall have it. For the present, let us concentrate on _the suit. It was purchased in the early Spring of—well, when was the Shrine conven- tion here? That convention was held here in June, 1923, and that suit was purchased either in April or May. Wi hat & suit! ‘Eight years old this Spring, and about through. In fact, clear through, in places. As the boy in the funny picture sald, “That ain’t no patch, that's me!” * K ok K Sometimes one hears criticism «of the so-called “comics,” but they are at bottom very human. Humanity has a way of excusing -n{- thing which is basically human in essence. ‘What will appeal to many about the funny pictures is that they are un- compromisingly honest in their use of language. Let us differentiate. Honesty and plurltty of language are entirely dis- tinct. ‘The purist shudders at such an ex- pression as “It's me,” but just the same it is probably said a million times every day, by persons in all walks of life, by those who ought to know bet- ter and by those who, strange to say, do know better. ‘Who is there who, when entering his own home, perhaps late at night, has not been accosted with the plain ques- tion, “Who's that?"” And who is there who has not re- sponded, easily, colloquially: “It's me?” *xox % ‘There are hundreds of these honest, downright sort of statements which are ungrammatical, but pleasing to the mind that welcomes such qualities in language. This old tweed suit of which we speak here at length (about a column) sums up grandly these two essential qualities of language and clotiing. It is an honest suit. It is downright. jht of its existence for eight solid years it can lay claim to out- lasting and outwearing thousands upon thousands of suits of lesser quality. That it is frayed and worn is mot to its discredit, although perhaps it may be to that of its wearer; but when we know more about him, as no doubt we shall in time, we will perhaps see that such suit loyalty is not entirely to_his discredit, either. Perhaps there is too much talk, in | this fleeting life, of discredit and the like; maybe, if all of us looked harder might surprise ourselves—and them—by finding them. This grand purchased by the wearer, forms us confl- dentially, when he weighed exactly 130 ds. Now he we! 170 pounds. See what eight years have done to him in the way of aroirdupois, an ab- surd word, but not half so ridiculous as the thing itself. That the sult had that much stretch | 1t in it is due entirely, our friend believes, to the fact that it is & tweed. Some one is going to arise somé®day, perhaps & poet or other, who will sing in words of light the praise of the faithful tweed. 'l"hen this specimen shall lead all the Test. *x k% Eight years ago tweeds were not common. Today one sees them on every wight, but in 1923 the sturdy tweed ,com- pletely outclassed, except with a few of its devotees. Clothing statistics, to be secured from any manufacturer, jobber, retailer, will prove it to you. ‘The man who wore tweeds then had distinction which later years have not afforded him, since tweeds became as common as dandelions in the fresh Spring grass. A tweed is perhaps the most adapt- ale sult in the world. Not only will it “go” almost anywhere, but it has an elastic quality, due to its weave, which enables it to stretch and stretch. Hence it is possible for a man weighing 170 pounds now to wear the same tweed suit which he wore eight years ago at 130. ‘B\it it is a close fit. * * The psychology of the wearer is even more interesting than the history of this grand old rag. - Although he has never said“so him- self, one may gather from his words and actions that loyalty is at the base of his character. He belongs to the solld citizenry of one-tie men. Now a one-tle man is a peculiar creature, too. He may have a hundred cravats hanging on a rod, but he never wears but one at a time—and time, in respect to him, means weeks and months and maybe years. If a dark biue tie happens to be his favorite, he wears it until he wears it out. Even when such a tie becomes wrinkled he wears it. ‘Those who assume personal res 1- bility for his sppearance find T ex- tremely difficult, if not impossible, to get the tie away from him. Thus he receives a reputation for un- tidiness which he does not deserve, sl{n;'e an intense loyaity is at the root of it. The tle, not the man, should receive the blame, if blame there must be.’ But there should be no stigma, either with ties or suits. Let us see the good in things, if we can. Look well, therefore, at this old, worn suit, and recognize a remarkable production; one which ought to go into a museum, perhaps. It has defied sun, rain, jeers, sneers. Nor cleaner nor presser can do it any , & state of affairs which seems to more or less true at the end of all Airplanes, like ships. now have red| for qualities to credit to others, we'things. WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. President Hoover will shortly have before him for approval the tentative dedicatory program for the Harding Me- morial at Marion, Ohlo, on June 16. ‘The newest high spot in the arrange- ments is that Calvin Cool will at- tend and officiate as presidi officer. 20 to Marion was announced Jast Win- ter, news from Northampton was that Mr. Coolidge had not yet determined to participate in the ceremonies. According to present plans, proceedings will be opened with a brief talk by former Sen- ator Jcseph T. Frelinghuysen of New Jersey, president of the Harding Me- ‘morial Association, who will narrate the history of the o*;nl-uon and describe the memorial. e program will then be turned over to Mr. Coolidge, who will make some brief introductory remarl He will present the Democratic Governor of Ohio, George White, who will accept the memorial on behalf of the State. Thereupon Mr. Hoover, who is honorary president of the Memorial Association, will accept the beautiful $750,000 mar- ble temple in the name of the Nation. * X ok x It is tacitly understood, this observer is informed, that Mr. Hoover's address will be the cnly one devoted to the late President’s memory. On such occasions, with two or three preceding speakers, there’s danger of repetition and a deluge of eulogy. came rrom the White House that the President insists—in ac- cordance with custom—on having the topic of the day exclusively to himself. It has been so ordered. If Mr. Hoover approves, a band of national reputation will give a concert before the dedicatory program begins. Marion would like to have the Army, Navy or Marine Band come_out with the presidential party. Two large choirs of State-wide reputa- tion in Ohio (the Maschke Glee Club of Cleveland and the famcus Republican Glee Club of Columbus—the latter & frequent participant in Harding poiiti- cal campaigns) are to sing. Their num- bers will conclude with “The End of & Perfect Day,” & long-time favorite of d Mrs. Harding. The are scheduled to last only an hour and & quarter. Mr. Hoover plans to be in Marion practically only for his 2 p.m. address. The home town folks think he ought to turn up earlier and stay Jater. e It had been assumed that the three other members of the original Harding cabinet, now in Washington, would join the President at Marion—Chief Justice Hughes, Secretary Mellon and Senator Davis. Only "“Jim” Davis is going. Neither Mr. Hughes'nor Mr. Mellon will be able to make the trip to Ohlo. Vice President Curtis, a crony of Harding in the Senate, will attend the dedication if his engagements permit. Little birds are whispering that President Hoover's ab- soiutely final decision to go to Marion dipended on the part Harry M. Deaugherty would have in the monies. ‘The probability is that the ‘General, though he has | boca very & sociation affairs, June 16. Former Fe« Governor D. R. Crl White House Secretary George B. Chris- tian, jr., will be other Washingtonians in the distinguished throng. * * % % Hoke Donithen, one of Mr. Harding's bosom Marion friends, ectimates that 1,006,000 persons contributed the $876,- 70%.36 paid into the memorial treasury. Expenditures aggregated $783,108.56. The balance, designated as an endow- ment fund, is invested in Government sccurities, or is in bank.. The difference Letween cash contributions and actual disbursements has been enhanced by interest income and other revenues, so that the endowment fund now amounts to $194,712.20. Just howu:n;se money |; e utllized perhaps wi sclose S Peremon School chil- dren in all parts of the United States are on the subscription list. In scores of cases, rooms containing 30, 40 or 80 chiléren contributed totals ranging from $5 to $25 or more. gavi. a nickel or a dime is down in the Yecords alphabetically alongside men like Mellon, who sent five-figure checks. * X x * Senator Borah is billed for a speech in Cainegle Hall, New York City, on the evening of May 5, under the aupices of the American Jewish Joint Distribution It is the first time since the epact- “People s natchelly so envious,” said | ccmmittee, which has charge of money ment of the water-power act of 1920 | Uncle Eben, “dat a man can't cut grass contributed in this country for Jewish reijel throughout the world. The chair- msn of the Senate Foreign Relations made available. It is necessary to carry imaginin’ he's havin' a good time 8N’ Gommittce will discuss conditions in out the intent of the act. Furthermore, hopin’ he busts hls lJawn mower." Fastern and Central Europe, especially cere- | The youngster who | is those affecting Jewish communities. Boieh will be introduced by former At- torney General Albert of New York chairman of the cam to raise Manbattan Island’s $1,000,000 quota of the $2,500,000 fund American Jews are |tuilding to ald their Old World core- When Mr. Hoover's belated decision to | ligionists. b B ‘Washingtonians this week need not have any jaw-breaking qualms over the way to pronounce the name of the King of Siam—Prajadhipok. ‘‘Your Majesty” will cg:‘l.u suffice for any com» moner in the trict of Columbia who is privileged to approach the royal pres- ence. That goes for Queen Rambai- barni, too, though her name doesn't suggest as many lingual complications as that of her consort. The official pro- nunciation of the King of Siam’s name is something like Prah-jaw-dih-pock. Here's another tip. The words Biam and Slamese are purely Occidental terms, like Japan and Japanese. Siamese call themselves “the Thal,” which means “the free.” Their country is called “Muang-thal,” or “land of the free,” even though Siam remains one of the handful of existing countries ruled by an absolute monarch. King never has a Parliament on his hands. He should be perfectly at home in Washington, where people can't | vote, either. * x x x Senator Henrlk Shipstead, balance of power, of Minnesota was w-m:m{‘ a movie news reel the other day. When President Doumergue and the Bey of Tunis were shown watching a mag- nificent review of Tunisian troops, Ship- stead remarked, “Well, those soldiers aren't among the unemployed anyhow, though they might as well be.” * X K Not long ago the officials of the Ni tional Child Health Conference laid on President Hoover's desk a sheaf of type- written reports a foot high. On top was ® brief digest of them. Hoover handed back the digest, saying he preferred to g0 through the reports ~themselves. Next day the President returned the re- ports to the committee with a scribbled memorandum reading: “I give up. Bring on your digest. (Copyright, 1981.) e Benefits Are Seen In Street Vendors To the Editor of The Star: | I was glad to see an editorial in The Star showing some interest in the flower and apple vendors on our streets. Doubtless I am one of many who would be sorry not to have the joy of seeing bright flowers at the corners and curbs of ‘our shopping streets. Ever since years ago they were banished from F street I have missed them. In other cities they may be seen. Why not in Washington, where our walks are broader? I used to hear of the charm of Lon- don when the Spring opened with its vendors of flowers making glad ang bright the streets. Perhaps they, too, have now been banished. But aside from the loss in beauty to our other- wise gray commercial thoroughfares, should we not think and be glad that these vendors of flowers and apples are doing what they can in these times of lessened employment? As for the shop merchants, they have a larger op- portunity through their regular cus- tomers. I have talked with many of these lngle men when buying their aj ples, both in New York City and Wash- ington, and have been impressed with their ability, many of them men fitted and having had well paying employ- ment in former years, and I have been repaid for my interest in finding them optimistic as to better times to come and courageous in doing what they could. And many of these men have shown real pleasure in just a human in- terest in their present enforced condi- tion. I think many more apples have been bought this year than usual, which for all if the quotation is true— ‘an apple a day keeps the doctor It seems to me that those who are comfortably supplied with this world's should for the sake of brother- stand for these vendors, In case they are too crowded in any one spot, why not make a law regarding the num- ber at a given e? But I sincerely hope that the law will not banish men on our streets until we can offer them some other employment. PIOITICR ADELE GREENS, : for the theless the information is that the voters out on the Pacific Coast look with more favor on Gov. Roosevelt than on any of the other Democrats now in the talk for the presidential nomination next year. Perhaps next to Roosevelt these Westerners like Newton D. Baker of Ohlo, former Secretary of War. The Pacific Coast Democrats 3 y States of the West like Roosevell be- cause of his name and the fact that he comes of the same family ‘as ‘Teddy” Roosevelt of other days. They like him also because he does not make 30 much noise about prohibition as other Democratic _presidential pos- bilities, even though it is known he ‘revision of the present national prohibition laws. They like his stand on waterpower problems. * x k% During the course of his travels in the West Mr. Shouse found also that there has been a subsidence of the strong dry sentiment that led be- fore and immediately after national prohibition became the order in this country. And Mr. Shouse did not w(t—vdnl on the wet and dry question in his talks with Western audiences, but declared that something should be done to remedy a situation which has played into the hands of the bootleg- gers and the criminal classes generally. He found a growing tendency in the West to listen favorably to such argu- ments today. Out In the Far West, as in the Mid- dle West, the Democratic party has been flat on its back for years. There is lots to be done if the Democrats are to have a chande of winning the elec. toral votes of the Pacific Coast States. However, there is dissatisfaction with hard times and depression in those States just as there is in the East. It is that dissatisfaction which will do more to win votes for the Democratic candidates next year, provided hard times persist, than all the arguments of the Democratic spellbinders put to- gether. * ok x % ‘Thomas Jefferson, the third Presi- dent of the United States and patron saint of the Democratic party, has cer- tainly been having a_grand birthday celebration this year. In fact, the cele- bration of his birth has been confined to no one day, but has been going on all over the country for & month. Jef- ferson day parties were staged in Los Angeles, Calif., and other Pacific Coast cities when Mr. Shouse arrived to talk to the leaders in those cities more than two weeks ago. And how last night in Providence, R. I, Mr. Shouse was the fiflnctpc.l aker at a dinner given in onor of memory of Mr. Jefferson. The memory of Mr. Jefferson offers & good excuse, however, for Democrats to get together at any time. Mr. Shouse, in his address in Providence last night, told the dinner guests that he found in the Pacific Coast States “the same esti- mate of the inadequacy, incompetence and inefficiency of the Hoover adminis- tration that is such a familiar phenome- non in Rhode Island, New York, Massa- chusetts and others of the great indus- trial States on the Atlantic seaboard.” * ok k% After talking about the delinquencies of the Hoover administration, so far as the tariff and farm relief are concerned, Mr. Shouse turned to prohibition, say- : “I do not list prohibition as among the administration’s mistakes, because that is one subject on which it has been found impossible to get any expression whatever from the White House. indications are that, as usual, the Re- publican candidate for President next | ¥i year will bs presented as inferentially ‘wet in the East and as uncompromis- ingly dry in the West. It is not an issue which can be dealt with by pussyfooting or evasion.” Well, Mr. Shouse may be right. But if there is anything in past history the G. O. P. and its candidates for the presidency have done pretty well - by following that pussyfooting course. It may be that the time has come when the country is ready for & leadership that will denounce national prohibition from one end of the land to the other. Time will show. But at present there are quite a lot of damp, not to say wet, Democrats who are afraid of such a program for their paity. Mr. Shouse did add that “I would mnot have prohibition over- shadow the other matters of tremen- dous importance that confront the American geofile " including loy- ment, the and the farm problem. But if the Democratic party, in its national piatform, comes out squarely for repeal of the eighteenth amendment, even through the home rule plan advo- cated by Mr. Raskob, which is a kind of backhanded repeal of the prohibition amendment, the issue is bound to over- shadow all the others. As Al Smith has said cogently, every one knows what a mug of beer is, but not a great many know what a horsepower and a kilo- watt hour are, * K K K Spokesmen for the two political par- ties have been devoting a lot of atten- tion in recent weeks to the South. Just suj that, despite the upset in supposed that, despite the upset in North Carolina, Virginia, Florida and Texas in 1928, all the Southern States will go Democratic next year, unless, indeed, former Gov. Smith of New York should again be the Democratic nominee for President. A lot of the Governor's friends insist, however, that he would carry the South in 1932 if he were renominated. However, Robert H. Lucas, executive director of the Repub- lican National Committee; Assistant Secretary of Navy Jahncke and other Republicans have been busy telling the South in radio and other addresses what a mistake it would be for the South to elect a Democratic President, and that the G. O, P., after all, is the real friend of the Southern States and has brought about their industrial birth through the protective tariff. The Democrats the other night put on the Southern air | Charles Michelson, director of pub- licity for the Democratic National Com- mittee, who has been credited by the Republicans with stirring up more trouble for the Hoover administration than all the rest of the Democrats put Instead of quoting other Democrats, . Michelson spoke for himself in the Dixie network of the Co- Jumbia B Syste: of 1t. & good job as ject, “Somebody Is Always Being Mean to the Hoover Administration.” It was his answer to the charge of Republicans that the Democratic publicity bureau has been e ed in ‘“‘sme " _Presi- dent Hoover. e said that the Demo-~ cratic publicity bureau attacked the President because of the Smoot-Hawley tariff bill, which Mr. Michelson sald “has resulted in absolutely killing our foreign trade.” He said that the - dent had signed the bill “that has cut two billions of dollars off our foreign business, with the natural result that our big industries are running their factories on half time. That is a tion,” would naturally suppose swer would M’elthzr a defense of the Grundy tariff or a denial of the ac- curacy of the figures uucdun the * k%K The | American press as the ¢ | and privilege of vindicating democratic Any reader nnmm answer o by _wril to our Informa- in Washington, D. C. This y to s ‘The Evening Star Information Bureau, J. Haskin, director, Wash- Q. Were Memorial day and Decora- :‘l:n,dn‘y .l’l'.yl observed on the same y?—B. J. usually had public exercises. Q. How are citrus fruits colored for market?—C. E. A. It is a delicate process which is carefully done. Kerosene burners are still used to some extent, but ethylene is now often used. Q. Was Alexander Graham Bell born in this country?—O. M. A. He was born in Edinburgh, Scot- land, March 3, 1847; moved to Canada in August, 1870, and came to Boston in 1871 as a teacher of deaf-mutes. Q. What is the tion for the gender of a noun which is not deter- mined naturally?—A. T. T. A. Gender is either natural or gram- matical. In the latter case there is no necessary coincidence of gender and sex. Q. How can one obtain the glossy chocolate candy?— . P, A. Chocolates derive their glossy S oty e ipp! perature (al ees Fahrenhelt) and quick cooling at 50 to 65 degrees Fahrenheit in a relatively dry atmosphere. Q. What is tapa cloth?—R. G. A. It is a fibrous sheet obtained by mmdlnw the bast of the paper mul- Ty tree in the Fiji Islands and is used for clothing by the natives. Q. Was Herbert Hoover's father a preacher?—W. D. A. He was not, but his mother was & Quaker preacher. Q. Is there a city named Carcassonne or is the poem about it entirely fanci- ful?>—M. 8. A. Carcassonne is an actual city situ- ated on the canal of the Midi in South- ern France. most beautiful of the waterways of France, over 100 miles being lined with magnificent trees. Carcassonne boasts a fortress which has stood for 15 cen- turies. Q. Why are the chapters in Dickens’ “Christmas Carol” called staves?—C. F. rA. Shvctll another word for stanza or verse of a poem or song. Since s carol is literally a song u?efimnu the nativity of Christ, it is quite appropriate that the subdivisions be termed staves. The Midi is one of the | hang gourds on trees for purple mar- tins and other lnlecfimuunp bl‘r’u. Q. What State hias the greatest per- Nl;ll:! of land capable of cultivation? A. Iows claims the largest propor- tion of actually arable land. Q. What preparation do acrobats use on their joints to make them more pli- able?—R. B. A. The flexibility of acrot-'. is due to constant exercise and intense train- ing and not to any preparation which they apply to their joints. Q. What was the first organized army in the history of the world?—V. M. 8. A. Historians say that t was the first country to have s organi- The Rist iitary ‘organiacs of X o T o 620 Bo): Palsmedes, in 1193 B0 was the first to form an army in & regular line of battle. The first guards and regular troo; of = standing army were formed by Saul in 1093 B.C. Q. Which one of SBhakespeare's palle bearers emigrated to Virginia?—J. F. A. Dr. Weldon emigrated to Fred- ericksburg. Here he was buried. His tombstone was recently found. Q. Who prepared the famous address of the citizens of Salem to Gen. Gage? —B. T. A. This address, relative to the Bos~ ton Port Bill, was written by Col. Tim- othy Pickering. Q. What States have avenues named for them in the Nition's Capital—S8. W. A. All States in the Union except the States of Montana, California and Washi are represented in the City of Washington as avenues. However, California and Washington are repre- sented as streets. his el cution for the Rosenthal murder?—D. 8. A. Before his electrocution, on 30, 1915, he said: been the husband of legacy I can lea only ve - M. | Becker’s statement was: “In all the 10 | years of our married life I never had occasion to regret that I was his wife.” Q. How many there in the United A. Statistics bowling alleys States?—M. C. that there are now by bowling it the general age is eight alleys to each place. means t there are 160,000 bowling alley beds in operation. Q. n _and by whom were for the lans the Brooklyn Bridge made? glhln was it bullt?>—1I. L. A. The plans for the were made by Willlam 5% 3in0, completsd od opened , A zuNk: May ;‘l, 1883. Its total 6,016 feet; its height, 135 feet. aver- Pan-America Idea Credited With Lesson for Wide World Example of the Pan-American Union for the world as a means of better re- lations among nations is lauded by the forty-first anni- versary of the organization is observed ith an address by President Hoover. Efforts toward harmony are declared to have been highly successful, with pros- pects of closer relations in the future and growing devotion to the idea of peaceful settlement of disputes. “Today the friendly relations of these American republics,” declares the Pasa- dena Star-News, “is one of the most remarkable political and developments in the history of the mod- ‘The United States has won the confidence and the ition of its sister nations by proving to them that it is their friend; that it has no schemes of conquest, and that it would emphasized the San mmflmmmt“ flected fornia peoples “the countries common purpose and a ence and a le destiny”; share Lllkldi:. sentimental | bear protect any American republic against | * attempted aggression from Europe or any part of the world. This confidence is at _the foundation of the Pan-Ameri- can Union.” “The power and prestige of the Union | gal should grow steadily, with benefit to the clvu.uul world,” says the Chicago Daily News, quoting “European statesmen who are not given to employing empty rhetoric” as stating that “‘upon the west- ern republics rest the high prerogative institutions and republican ideals.” The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette offers the opinion: “Through the various Pan- American conferences there has been produced a spirit for international peace over the Western Hemisphere which has deep significance. On the other hand, of course, the nations have the right to settle their internal affairs in their own way. It is significant there, also, that results have been accomplished with a minimum of bloodshed. * K % K “There are dictators in many coun- tries—Peru, Cuba, Venezuela, to name Jjust a few,” concedes the Worcester Telegram, with the conclusion: “The proportion of dictators to constitutional Tulers is probably less than it has been since the United States established a New World precedent and attained its Independence. Why? Even Old Spain, mother to Latin America, held a fair election the other day, and the hand- picked cabinet of King Alfonso per- mitted the ballots to be counted so fair- ly that the Republican candidates won all the big citles! The processes of democracy evolve slowly, but they are evolving more surely in the New World ";:n ever be!orl:. ml:uuuy‘ ul‘te hemi- sphere approaches a homogeneity never before approximated. Culturally, there is more difference between the United States and Canada-and any country south of the Rio Grande than between us and any northern European nation, but politically the pan-American ideal is making headway.” It is felt by the Champaign News- Gazette that “the program outlined by the United States and the pan-Ameri- can countries may be the forerunner of & world awakening”; that “some time | the world must learn that arbitration is | possible and far more desirable than war,” and that “the New World can teach the Old World.” The Port Huron Times Herald sees significance in the fact that “there has been no conflict of major proj between the na- tions of the Western Hemisphere since the Union was formed,” declaring that it is “prophecy of something greater and more mutually beneficial in the years to come.” President Hoover's proclamation for the observance of the anniversary is through & redistricting bill which the Governor, Floyd Olson, a Farmer-Labor- ite, has vetoed on the ground that it was unequal in the matter of popula- tion assigned the districts. The matter has to the courts. If the courts susf the veto, then, unless the Gov- ernor calls ial session of the Legis- lature and & is drafted which can meet his approval, Minnesota must elect its nine members of the House at large, or in & State-wide election. This might ‘The Governor and the State Legisla- ture of Minnesota have fallen out final ly over the redistricting of the State meet the requirements of the new a) portionment law for the House of Rep- resentatives. Minnesota under this new Ia 3 Legislature, before it adjourned, put not only give the Farmer-Labor party a chance to elect more than the one mem- ber of the House it now has, but also it might make it possible for the Farmer- Labor narty to elect & majority of the delegates to the next Republican ni Ppassenger service between United States and Chile requires 6 days. Last y-r,htb.:o, telephone service ica, tively new and undeveloped oonf the volume of lnur-M%.t‘fiun trade will expand enormously. The Southern States of this country, incidentally, have particular reason to give thought to the growing countries of the lower continent. The South is closer to them than any other section of this country.” The New Orleans Times-Picayune states that “old bitternesses and prej- udices survive here and there, but they are beautifully less, we be- lieve, as the peoples of the several re- publics come to know each other better h travel and study and the steady expansion of their commercial rela- tions.” The St. Louls Globe-Democrat concludes: “We need a reminder that while we must of necessity have rela- tions of importance with each of the other principal nations of the earth and hope to maintain those relations on & mutual basis of esteem and amity, nature has after all decreed that our destiny shall be bound up with the side of the big earth on which we find ourselves. That this group of peoples of like government and aspirations have more things in common than any other group should be emphasized until it be~ comes & part of our mental background.” Canadian Finds Parking- Too Difficult to Stay To the Editor of The Star: ‘When I was cut of the office at - time today a motorist, whose urn:‘ license plates of Ontario, Canada, ap- :mmcm hed t.l:ewc:un:.k wm‘rz lkP;re e space park, and as| me if it would be all right to park in the B Tl R % woul able pzrwdn' of m)evlv-mlnlnr.I i sald, “Well, I will give it up, I have been trying to find a place to Dpll'k 50 that we might be able to see some of the build! pul’llntl:l; :ll\yi but I have been unable a here w;l:d urle;y lc:v;. the cup."w' ¥ 4 ‘would no difficult to the impression these people had vg= they left our city, nor is it difficult to imagin ‘hat they pression relative to nr):. hoping s when many tors will have every cause to be glad they have come Washington, should not something done t> eneble them to stop in our eff tional e t is & nice tangle, with plenty of p nvolved. for mors than “one hour"? :