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A8 THE EVENING STAR | __wn ‘Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. WEDNESDAY. . . August 26, 1931 THEODORE W. NOYES....Editor The Evening Star N Company Fand Pennsyivanta, Bt e Rate by Carrier Within the City. 45¢ per month it 3y : o B3¢ oy %lfl sent in by mal Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. lay only * All Other States and Canada. y and Sunday...1yr.,$12.00: 1 mo., 81 Bl e i Member of the Associated Press. e Associated Press is exclusively ertitied lication of all news dis- : per and also the H eteln. * All rights of Hubll special 1ispatches hereln are wiso teserved. MacDonald’s Call to Duty. Nothing becomes Ramsay MacDon- ald’s fall from the leadership of the British Labor party so much as the manner of his accepting defeat. On the eve of the new government's en- try into office today, the prime min- ister broadcast to the British nation & moving appeal for united effort in the grim task of preventing the collapse of the country’s credit. That is the im- mediate, the supreme and the urgent need of the hour, lest disaster over- take the pound sterling and bring down the whole British economie structure in frremediable ruin. “I see it is said,” declared Mr. MacDonald in the open- ing passage of his radio address, “that I have no Labor credentials for what I am doing. It is true. I do mot plan to have them, although I am certain that in the interests of the working classes I ought to have them. Be that a8 it may, I have the credentials of an even higher authority. My credentials are those of national duty, as I con- ocelve it, and I obey them irrespective of the consequences.” It is easy to comprehend that Ram- MacDonald thus burned his party behind him under what he termed “unusual and to me rather sorrowful circumstances.” He comes near to being the father of the Labor political organization, which turned against him in the critical hour of his career. Yet when he realized that its spelled the collapse of the na- tional financial system, he determined to be a Briton rather than a mere o Ramsay MacDonald’s dis- gruntled supporters of yesterday may shielding themselves and others, “higher up,” from testifying by the ples that to do so would tend to “incriminate and degrade” them. The fury of denunciation expressed by Senator Dunnigan, the ~Democratic leader, was in large measure aroused by the fact that in celiing the session the Governor did not includs in his special message a recommendation that the Legislature enlarge the powers of the present investigaling committee to en- able and direct it to investigate other community affairs than those of Greater New York, Republican areas where graft prevails, if Tammany protests are to be belleved. The Governor in his message confined himself to the specific purpose for which the special session was called. Thereby he in effect rebuffed Tammany, which wants the inquiry spread in order to show that other municipal govern- 30c | ments are shot with corruption, But the Governor did not absclutely close the doors to other actions than that for which the session was called. Indeed, he said in his message: “It is my intention before adjournment to lay before you other imminent matters. did not do so at this time because I do not wish to hinder or impede your acticn on the question of the powers of this committee by simultaneously laying these other matters before you.” It is not expected that these “other matters” will include the suggestion that the municipal graft inquiry be extended to other sections than Greater New York. ‘The chances are that the Governor will ask for action designed to effect the relief of the unemployed in the State, in co-operation with the President's Nation-wide relief campaign. Never- theless it is not assured that the ques- tion of & broadened investigation will be closed. It remains to the Democratic members of the Legislature to offer bills looking to an upstate inquiry, but in- asmuch ss the Republicans contrel both Houses it is hardly likely that they would prevall, in such event. The net result of the affair to date Is that Gov. Roosevelt has incurred Tammany wrath, Whether this means anything in the national political sit-, uation remains to be seen. Make It Thorough! A grand jury investigation snd a quick trial of the four policemen sus- pended in connection with charges of brutality to a prisoner are two obvious steps that should be taken immediately. ‘The trial should be conducted by an extraordinary board which, under the law, the Commissioners are empowered to appoint. Whether its personnel may include men outside the municipal gov- emment apparently depends upon the ability of the Commissioners to com- pensate them for their service. At any fate the board may be made up of men not connected with the Police Depart- ment. But there is & third step which, by all means, should accompany these pre- ! i thought that of the cabinet §o to & Laborite. found for party forces. The sel cabinet is a matter of compromises. Taken all in all, it would seem that the ministry makers at London have in this emergency done an excellent job. S e — End of the “Flying Vacation.” The Lindberghs’ fiying vacation is over—that is, if the successful termina- tion of their seven-thousand-mile flight from the Eastern section of the United States to Tokio can be considered the end of their plans for air travel at the present time. Today they are being lavishly entertained by the Japanese, who gave them a vociferous welcome as their big monoplane dropped into the harbor twenty-nine days after leaving New York. It was a typical Lindbergh success. Careful preparation, no hurry, no unnecessary chance-taking. In other words, caution and skill that make for safety. Mrs. Lindbergh is thus the first wom- an to fly the Pacific. and she may have the satisfaction that she was an active co-worker in accomplishing the feat. The former Anne Morrow has made the team of “We” complete, and on this trip es- pecially was a vital factor in her dis- tinguished husband’s achievement. No flight is seemingly too long for her, but she i not content to sit idle. Since their marriage she has become a full-fledged radio operator and pilot, and when this couple take the air both are working for safety in the still infant art of fly- ing. The Japanese trip in {tself was no particularly difficult affair for the col- onel. although many perflous air routes were flown. The New York-Paris flight was infinitely more difficult, even dis- counting the improvements made since that time in airplanes. His South Ameri- can trip and his non-stop flight from Washington to Mexico City likewise were probably more hazardous. But the main point is that the colonel is doing much for aviation at the present time by demonstrating that with the normal de- gree of care a skiliful pilot can actually g0 to any part of the world he chooses with excellent chances for success, If every airman contemplating a trip, long or short and for whatever purpose, THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. October weather in August reminds us, and always will, of & Summer spent many years ago at Ocean City, Md. 8 ly, there is a certain type of gray, rainy Autumn day which makes us think of Baltimore. Y ber or October vflll make us think of our neighboring city. . Fires had to be bullt in laces at Ocean City on the Fourth of July, one Summer many years ago. Perhaps the coolness was no greater than e?eneneed here over the week end, and the great humidity prevailing pproxima the sure to come in Septem heré at this time aj ites conditions at the shore. Te was a cottage on the beach, a cottage painted yellow, with white tie- back curtains at the windows and doors, and white mosquito-netting screens. In those days copper screens had not yet come into their own, and other t; rusted out so quickly in the damp Everything was damp. The old piano in the living room had many keys out of tune, due to the salt moisture which settied on the strings. ‘The books in the single case by the fireplace were wet all the way through. The covers were lmp, and the pages curved together in the way pages will in a very damp climate. The keen wind off the ocean, how- g:r.' '?rewnm el;he humidity from hav- e same effect on the ki - tem that it has in the city, - In the first place, the breeze of the seashore keeps the face cool, and as Twfln face is cool a human being The fresh wind, too, enables one to be in the sun all day J g} mye long without * % % % A sand stos casioned by ' severc” wind, Bwise steadily up or down the beach for several days, is & much more memora- ble event in the life of the child. We can still see that sand, a foot deep on the front porch and piled up in drifts like snow, at points along the boardwalk where WAS some profection or tuft of grass to give it follows the Lindbergh lead in that rare | the blending of caution and skill there will be a sharp reduction in aviation fatali- tles. ————.———— Ordinarfly s mayor loves the com munity he serves, but present gang conditions in New York leave Mr. James Walker very little to get home- sick about. One reason why a gangster manages 50 often to keep several jumps ahead of his pursuers is that he never stops during the chase to theorize on the subject of crime. - ——————— A great chemist himself, Mr. Edison not be in mood to admit it, they will | liminaries. If brutal tactics have been |apparently regards the laboratory of & love to know that their deserted leader | used by some officers, such tactics have | physician as amateurishness with greatest blow for Labor | manifestly been condoned by higher | which he does not care to trifie. Labor party reminds it that no class would have suffered more severely or destruction of s i ! ! i £ g i j | E E a | ,E | | : E 19 e With his “government of individ- usls” as Mr. MacDonald calls it into sction, heroic measures for regulating the financial situation rious civil service salaries and new‘ taxation. | The retention of Philip Snowden, | Britain's “iron chancellor,” at the ex- | tion requisite to the needs which pre- | cipitated the crisis. Mr. Snowden's in- | clusion in the temporary government of co-operation seems to banish, for the time being &t least, any recourse to tariffs as a fresh source of revenue. Whether that die-hard free-trader will be able eternally to ward off protection % snother question. If the Conserva- tives come back to office at the gen- eral election scheduled to be held as ‘scon as the budget issue is balanced, the tariff will Be promptly to the fore. Americans observe with more than ordinary interest the accession to the| foreign secretaryship of the Earl of | Reading, well remembered at Washing- ton as British special Ambassador dur- | ing the closing period of the World War. With Sir Herbert Samuel, Lord | Reading goes into the temporary ad-| ministration as a representative ur‘ Lioyd George's Liberals. i e England has always been a little boastful of a system which enabies her 1o effect & change of government with- out long stump speeches and investi- gations as to campaign funds. S——— Democratic Fury at Albany. “Unfair, unjust, inhuman, despotic, | high-binding, - high-handed, unneces- . Such were the adjectives used by | ! as first lord of the treasury, which was |in the former ministry. If a Laborite agency for making such an investiga- tion is Department of Justice. ‘The Bureau of Criminal Investigation police investigations, under un- circumstances, before. It does But this is a case lish the role. ington usual not rel which transcends the mere investiga- | Pill Jones has an honest, industrious | British crisis tion into the guilt or innocence of four policemen who have been charged with brutal tactics. It is & case which tran- scends the mere use of trained criminal investigators to discover whether or not & rubber hose was used, or a blow struck, in the examination of one prisoner. There should proceed, .concurrently with the trial of the four men under suspension, an investigation of the Washington Police Department. It should be conducted by the Department of Justice and it should be demanded | by the officials of the District govern- ment. This case must not be permitted to become “just another investigation.” — o Holidays are sald to improve moral- ity. Gangsters should be persuaded to take more time off from their profes- sional activities, even if forceful re- straint is necessary. e ————— | Cabinet Making at London. Study of the composition of the new coalition British ministry suggests that there must have been some delicate dickering at London between the party leaders to effect an agreement upon the allocation of positions. There are three parties, arid there were to be only ten cabinet posts, a reduction from the usual number. There were many more than ten “prospects,” men of high standing in their respective parties and in former ministries, men of eminent ability and wide influence. To choose | ten who would work harmoniously for the administration of the government in this crisis was no easy task. Certain | posts were sutomatically aliotted. The premiership went, of course, to Ramsay | MacDonald, who had been commis- sioned by the King to form a cabinet. | With that post went the assignment the specific office held by the premier was to be chancellor of the exchequer there was no other man to be con- sidered than Philip Snowden. If Stan- ley Baldwin, former prime minister, was to head the Conservative delegation in the new ministry, a more appropriate office than that of president of the council could not be found, carrying with it, as it does, the role of leader in Commons. Sir Herbert Samuel, SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. It's a 524 Stery! John Smith is & man with a wonderful wift Of speaking, the popular mind to uplift, acquires The gold that the average person admires. way ‘That helps him to add to his wealth, day by day. Yet Blll wasn’t happy. He wanted to shine As one of the stars in the statesman- ship Yine. The fall of the Labor government in England appears to be a severe set- back to Mr. Hoover's ambitions for a successful disarmament conference next Winter. For though Ramsay MacDonald remains as premier in the new coalition cabinet, and though he is the hero of the hour in the present , he is believed to have sacrificed his political career on the altar of his country’s need, and Mac- ld was Mr. Hoover's strong ally in the intricate international maneuvers relating to disarmament. Now, unless all signs fail. the stop-gap government in London will not last beyond Novem- ber. A general election is promised, and deserted by s large section of his Labor will be out of office. rty, Macl Poor John as a teacher neglected hhogl.mtmwn-,nmmtmtur. chance, And got rather crudely involved in finance. Relations and friends were in utter When Bill bought a spot-light and posed In its giare. How many good men have confused life’s affatrs By coveting glory not meant to be thelrs; When each our respect on his merits might claim! Jobn doesn’t meed wealth and Bill doesn't need fame. Eloquence Appreciaied. Hoover will have to negotiate his dis-| g, armament plans all over again and with British statesmen who may have less sympathetic viewpoint. are running in favor of disarmament, 4 a Eco- | nomic factors, however, in world affairs | I big difference between such a day here and there is that the city lacks the salt air. Alr off the ocean Iy m'flm' d up an 8 and more surely than any amount of things which come out of . And the effect of it will last a great deal longer. Surely the good results of sea air cannot be because the air is simply fresh, or because it is fresher than city air. It must be due to the salt in it. It offers an in speculation, as to whether or not huge municipal salt works tht not be established, where salt would be dissolved in water, and this water then evaporated over the community by means Of great fans, | thus emulating as well as possible the g —— nger gs have happen: n this. Undoubtedly there is a mi something in air off the ocean which ord ‘humidified tain. It hufll very .ll,l ?ooa nlo:lnmmn‘ K we e good effect away by tkcln:fn‘ that while one is at the shore he lives more But if it were simply & matter of open air, one would get exactly the same resulfs by staying outdoors the same length of time in the city and suburbs. And one will not get the same results, no matter ::;; ‘many are spent at tennis or The happy result of sea air is not secured by every person, of course, but perhaps by the majority, and of these some more than others, of course. This revivitying effect normally takes about a week to begin to operate, and dur- ing this probationary period the visitor is likely to feel blue and out of sorts. That is why a week at the shore seldom gives any positive results, in a health way. Those who make it two weeks will begin to see results about the eighth or ninth day, and time 3-"3 Bave boen ‘&t 'the shove 14 days note positive benefit of the finest kind. Naturally enough, a month is better than two weeks and two months better than one month, three months better than two, an entire Summer better than part of one. * Kk K ‘The benefits of seashore sun and salt air have been known to the dis- criminating for centuries. The noble Romans had thelr favorite Summer resorts along the Mediterranean. Sikly wei-too parents nave aiwers erately well- ve always had the benefit J""' Summers spent at the shore, when they lived near enough to the :I:un to e such journeys able. To these children, now the e sunshine come as a sort of anti-climax, in which, however, they are glad to Jjoin, even though with a smile. They knew tanned boys and {lfll. men and women, when they were kids, in the days before the scientific facts as to the benefit of the uitra-violet rays ullthe o 'fl‘lll‘l':: mwb!mty. n early days laboring people and folks who went l{: the sea- shoge had tanned skins. It was called “sunburn” then, not “suntan.” ‘Today suntan is stylish, and one sees hundreds of women tanned arms the girls and boys who went to the ,Wlnmfinwvmflmny After all, there is a in if used with discretion, serve they would have laid the; pen to the White House taunt of *) lngvmlmu with hum: Rand. has the appem nd, appearance of tacit in- | dorsemént of an unemployment relief program which the Democrats in Con- | Bress, when the time comes, almost cer- | tainly are gof to rake fore and aft |for alleged inadequacy. In that cuse, | will Mr. Hoover be able to rely on life Ne- | to checkmate Democratic bluster? That In the welter of publicity of high in off ‘the telegraph | Mesers. Baker. Baruch and Young to | defend his new super-commission 'and is the question. ' * ok ok % in Reno, political developme; | vada are crowded Mihe. te and in these crucial times it may weli | Honde happen that stern necessity will dic- tate a mutual agreement for retrench- ment in the costs of national defense. * % x % Edward T. Clark, Mr. Coolidge's boy- | bood neighbor in Northampton, and his confidential secretary during the Coolidge term in the White House, now in law practice at the Capital, recently visited his former chief at P! ]:quan at a week end at the Rapidan. ational Committeeman Hilles of New York, a leader in the draft Coolidge “Does that man ever say anything | movement in 1928, came to the Rapidan worth listening to?" statesman. “I should say so0” Sorghum. “You ought to go out with him and hear the way he can order & dinner.” A Philosopher’s Purpose. “I am looking for an honest man,” said Diogenes. “What do you want with one?” “Oh, nothing in particular. My real philanthropic purpose is to show the world how to conduct a long and re- sultless investigation with as little ex- pense as possible. Bileat of a Lamb. “*Twas ever thus, from childhood fond,” He murmured, with a hopeless frown. “I never bought & stock or bond Whose price did not next day go down.” Her Conclusion. “I do not write poetry for vulgar con- siderations of pecunlary reward,” said | the young man haughtily. “I see,” said Miss Cayenne. “It's not a business with you; merely a habit.” Assistance. Susette talks of art in an erudite way (Her right name is “Susan,” her rela- state for home affairs, or, as the title is abbreviated, home secretary, a position of great importance. Selection of the tives say), She boxes the ears of her brother. While never attempting the household to run, par! She tells what is what and how things |of the should be done— She's a wonderful help to her mother. She plays the piano or sings them a song, In various duties to cheer them along, For all should assist one another. Each lke & queen. She's & Wonderful help to her mother! | vited by Mr. o “Advisory “If tumin’ de laugh on & man sho- |ment Rellef repiied Senator | meantime made asked the cynical | the following week at the President's vitation. Jjournalistic Mark Sullivan, Mr. Hoover's confidant dge ington and New York. here that the insiders are certain that the sage of Northampton has no de- sire for his own nomination next year, that they are positive he will not coun- tenance any concerted effort to ditch Mr. Hoover and draft Coolidge, that the latter cannot take himself out of the pre-convention campaign, because he is not in the campaign. In a word, that all the Coolidge talk going the rounds from one end of the country to the other is just another of those Coolidge “myths?” * * k% A syndicate newspaper article from Plymouth from Mark Sullivan’s pen portraying the old Coolidge homestead as a natjonal mecca, with hundreds up- on hundreds of visitors daily, attracted wide comment. Mr. Sullivan wrote that every tourist asked the question “When will Mr. Coolidge run again?” and further that “Plymouth neighbors think firmly that Mr. Coolidgs will run again and be elected again” and further that Mr. Coolidge “on the evidence of the @ tide of visitors to Ply- mouth is entitled to fecl that large numbers of his countryman would be lad to have him President at any time fie might choose to run.” Mr. Hoover's journalistic friend, however, reported that these Coolidge well-wishers “ignore the obstacles to Mr. Coolidge being the Republican candidate in 1932—ob- stacles residing in Mr. Coolidge's own mind, in the minds of the Republican ty leaders and in the very nature | situstion.” That was the nub article, the utter political im- if_not impossibility of neyt year, and in Mr., Cool- of the [t inevitable that the inclusion N of Newton D. Baker the names # S Clee“m at present Franklin . that the soene may be neat | 00 SN0 *torimicanie rival for Democratic - the Street Democrat, in the list of the Hoover ‘Committee’ ‘would 3 ite Raymo; | Metropolitan Club of practices law | family “has vada affairs in San Francisco, but his been identified with Ne- since its earliest days. His Tymouth, | N Vi, and subsequently was Mr. Hoover's derson came to the Senate gubern appointment, and in N:! ember, that year, was elected for the unexpired term. Oddle succeeded him |In the Harding landslide of 1920 and In 1926 Oddie defeated the Eureka-born, lobe-trotting darling of fortune, the immaculaf nd T. Baker of the Wi n. Ne- usually rates as a Demo- * ok ox % vada, however, cratic State, erued in” revise 7 revised George | g Tom the pen of a woman well known in Washington, Rose Gouverneur Hoes, the D:l‘flnl&or of the collection. ‘l;hg book is illuminated by photograpl tol each gown on their respective wax ‘displly dummies. An irreverent New | York columnist, after viewing these photos, was prompted to wisecrack that he marveled how Americans dared to | criticize Queen Mary's millinery. ‘ * ok x % | ,, If the death angel now hovering over ‘.‘he aged Oliver Wendell Halmes'mea | the beloved jurist from the scene of his | earthly labors, that long-mooted ques- | tion of his successor on the Suprems | Bench will come to life in quick order. It will be Mr. Hoover's third oppor- | tunity in the short space of 18 months to name a member of our highest tri- bunal. The supposition is that he will {now name a Democrat, though he is not bound to do s0. Newton D. Baker is universally recognized as of Supreme Court_caliber and, though with many corpo nnections, is not subject to the incubus of Wall Street money, as is John W. Davis, for instance. Baker in times past has been credited with Supreme Court aspirations. His ele- vation to the bench now would remove a dangerous contender for the presi- | dency. Political considerations enhance the covers v,?-‘u:x book, ington descriptive oo Juns . The Modern Hand-Washing., From the San Prancisco Chronicle. ‘The old to relieve himself modern toots & horn. Just Keep on Trying. the | ' | the desirability of Baker" | | e Gont y ker's appointment. Asks Inheritance Tax To Aid Needy Homes To the Editor of The Star: May I ask whom will it hurt? It cannot hurt the owners of the . For the rich, as & class, volun- never have nor never will give T will tell you what I think this caption mesns: It will hurt" to the quick the pride and honor of the wives, sons and daughters, who will receive & mere pittance of this uncalled-for charity. The hi usbands and fathers who tolled all their lves, and without any fault of theirs, find themselves unable to feed their loved ones; these it will hurt. Ask any one who has had the ex- perience, how much it hurts to stand with bowed head, at charity's gate, be i Red Cross or any other charity rellef. The writer ventures an opinion that this hlcw organized and carefully planned effort is doomed to failure, as far as getting adequate funds is con- cerned. to and, headed the richest Nation on earth, to collect alms to feed so large a cross-section of our soclety that helped create so a share of this wealth. f | Kiwanis Clubs. it is dollars without begging or stigma at- tached. ‘When Congress convenes, let it inheritance tax W, cent tax on ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. Q. At what time will Autumn begin i oo S ctom tie Hgaee 3 sun going south at 7:24 p.m. September 23. At this time day and night will be of equal length over all the world. Q. Where was money first loaned at interest?—E. 8. A. It is believed that it was first done in Babylonia. Q. How old was Robert M. La Fol- lette, sr., when he entered Congress for 000; | the first time?—N. S, ing Co., 2039 New Hampshire avenue northwest, Washington, D. C. Q. How many crusades were there in the Middle Ages?—L. K. J. A. There were eight principal and ":lfi:y minor crusades between 1096 and 1 Q. What does Kiwanis mean?—W. W. A. It finds its origin in & word in | one of the Indian Kee- wanis. This may be transi lish, to make oneself known. plishing of worthwhile things. accom) of worthwl h Their slogan is “We Build.” Q. Did anclent Rome have a fire de- ent?—J. P. W. A, The Vigiles, the police of ancient Rome, were required to prevent and ex- tinguish fires, There were 7 cohortes, » | Or battalions, and 14 station houses. be modern _clamor about_the ts of | o and wrong. Fair Retirement Pay Urged for Officers ‘To the Editor of The T . ‘The heading, “What of Our War Vet- in The Star of Au- on account of 40 years service, may, in of the President, by and , or after the discretion with the consent and advice of the Senate, be placed on the retired list of the Army with the rank and retired gly of one grade above that actually eld by him at the time of retirement.” This also applied Police were stationed at public places and, as firemen, were provided with axes, ropes, buckets and also a kind of hand fire engine known as the sipho. The whole force numbered about 7,000, Q. How is the name “Mackinsc” pro- R I T, premcunoed e it speied . . “Mackinaw.” s Q. What makes an undertow at an vegetation fly near it ul‘fltE‘; 1 A. He was elected to the House of Representative at 30 years of . His son, Robert M. La rougm..’r‘.. was elected to the Senate at the same age. Q. How 1s it possible to tell what s |kind of disaster caused a city to be D The sl that buried cit; - sof covers a Was for i lbechyhburbdlnnndlfil"mw- able to believe $hat some terrific sand- storm enveloped it. On the other hand, it the overlaying earth is volcaniec in character, it is indicated that some caused the loss of the city. For many cases historical records are available telling of the nature of the catastrophe. The city ly origin. It became subject to Rome in 80 B. C. At the height of its great- ness, in the twelfth century, it is thought to have had a population of 150,000, In the Ppopulation address at the time of the open- "one station (HY3) roadease” g . e LS ) the Pope’s address during the opening ef ‘Vatican station, and approximately 300 stations throughout the world re- A It is named after Caspar Wistar (1761-1818), an American anatomist. De te on Cotton Problem Reveals No Clear Solution National discussion of the cotton cmpmlaurevuknomnrm which is likely to win general support. The Farm Board suggestion to destroy one-third of the growing crop rejected ‘various reasons. Diversification is upheld in some mmmewnu as a future 3 - | crops?” asks the Atlanta Journal. Sug- ry Affairs and no subsequent bill has been reintroduced to carry it on. This bill, if passed, would have been & falr and just reward for Spanish- American war service. Recent to officers War. Some of these officers so pro- h?htlon ve war-time rank | change ‘who le'rve:l during the World that “the only | of crop control in Shese Dnited States s the passage of a twentieth amendment, | N¢ Departmen! giving the it of Agriculture absolute control over all agriculture.” the Fort Worth Star-Telegram satirical- ly advises that “if it is n to cl the present democratic form of government, it would be better to construct a lease treaty with Italy for the use of Mussolini for a couple of . | presidential terms.” adjustment after the war through fail- ing to oguury upon examination or be- cause of their war records. Yet, by rea- son of this recent legislation, these men are permitted to be placed upon the retired list with the rank held by them during the World War and so rank with or above officers who have had mnonble service and in some i s hold medals of honor, mdahm of foreign governm‘ '.h:ntél or ct.hzr'.h serv! . Some of the officers thus d‘il’lcflmlnlt:: against have served over sp-numh-'Am wving seen service in the ‘War, Cuba, Porto Rico, Halti, Nicaragua, Philippine cam- paign, Boxer Rebellion, Mexican eam- paign, Yangtze River i).l‘n (observer in certain foreign wars n which the United States took no part) and were actually in combat with the enemy or under fire. This letter is written with the hope that it may help deserving officers who have been discriminated against and also to assist the person or persons writing the articles for The Star by placing before them facts which can be verified through examination of serv- ice records or by interviewing certain retired officers. ALICE CAMPBELL, i Headline Mathematics Surprises Star Reader To the Editor of The Star: I was very much surprised to read in yesterday's Star that the “District’s the 1930 census enumerators made their rounds,” and that “this figure repre- sents a decrease of more than 100 per cent in 10 years. as there were 894 farmers in the District at the time of the 1920 census.” 1t is an obvious fact that a decrease ! of 100 per cent would mean that there was not a single farmer left, and a decrease of “more than 100 per cent” is an impossibility. However, it is not uncomon to hear or to see in print the same error, when the decrease is about 50 per cent and thus leaves a And this error is not committed by the laymen alone, for some years ago one of the foremost economists of my native country Roman washed his hands | 55 Tesponsibility. The “The only to do,” thinks the Savannah Morning News, “is to har. vest the crop as cheaply as possible, put it into hondeg w:nmue-‘.n:h;e such disposition possible, - termine now and finally that next year's acreage will be cut one-half, the Test of the place being planted to food and feed crops for man and a lot more live stock than usual on Southern farms.” The News refers to the fact that “much of the crop is mo )’ and asks “how a third of the collateral crop is to be released, when the loans extend out to millions interested in the | 1 banking institutions.” As to laws requiring acreage reduction in the interest of “soil conservation, the Chattanooga News states: “Whether it will work is, o‘l w‘f“:%tu: l::hr;lfl estion. Wil juries o n - 3“:1 find their neighbors guilty of mis- demeanor, and fine them for planting cotton?” The News, however, (c:rl; cludes that “the very passage of 1aw would sharply call attention to the magnitude of the cotton-planting crop, and might, in this way, have a very general and beneficial effect.” ‘The News believes that “the South’s real tlon of cotton farmers, and tenants, from cotton types of livelihood.” * ok * % “Such a welter of impossible schemes was never before let loose in so short a time,” declares the Charleston (S. C.) Evening Post, advising that “there is no way in which any law for control of cotton planting throughout the area cultivation can be made enforceable. to other figure which is equal to the reduction, | PFoSTam, Congress should do_to deal with the cotton situation. It should abolish the Farm Board utterly, and it should put the store of cotton that board has purchased in the hands.of a receiver under rigid instructions to dispose of ik ] f 5 DR task is to shift the energy and atten- | 1932 both owners | O There are just two things that|of it in equal annual portions over a period | plt of, say, five years. The law of supply and 'demand would do the rest, not without hardship, perhaps, but eqm- tively. All else is sound and fury.’ is way of Denying that there lnym y g “forcing acreage reduction,” coln State Journal contends that less all growers enter into the reduction the few who do will Lin- “un- i il : i 3 wif Pl For Cuban Sugar To the Editor of The Star: Why can't the Farm Board trade Cubs few million bushels of wheat for a ewmfluonmdn'mra