Evening Star Newspaper, October 12, 1931, Page 8

THE EVENING STAR ‘With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. MONDAY . .October 12, 1831 THEODORE W. NOYES. ...Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company us sylvania Ave. 110 East 42nd 8t. Take Michigan Bullding. ‘e: 14 Regent Lond i Chicago Office. §t.. London, European Ofc Rate by Carrier Within the City. The Evening Star 60c per month w! 65¢ per month The Sunday Star ... ... 8c per eony Collection made at the end of ‘each month. Orders may be sent in by mail or telephone NAtional 5000. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. Daily and Sunday. 1yr., $10.00; 1 mo., §5¢ i ay Sl : 1 mo., 50 Bindasony " iy 088 1 me. 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The League provides permanent machinery for handling such disputes, machinery that already has been tested and proved effective. The United States is interested in peace between the two great Asiatic nations, as the whole world must be interested. ‘The situation which has arisen in the Far East, however, again demonstrates the need of an adequate machinery for the peaceful settilement of international differences—such a machinery as has been set up by the members of the League of Nations. There is in effect the Kellogg multilateral treaty by which all the great naticns renounce war as a means of settling international differences. The United States is not only a party to that treaty, but took & foremost part in its negotlation. The treaty relies upon the good faith of the nations involved and upon public opinion throughout the world. Not only does it fail to provide any active con- certed pressure to hold its signatories to this important renunciation of war, but it sets up no machinery to bring disputants together for peaceful set- tlement of their troubles. The opposition of Americans to en- try into the League of Nations has been ‘widespread, on the theory that this country should not mix in the political affairs of the old world. But even the opponents of entry into the League in this country have expressed a hope that it may be effective in working out sat- isfactorily the differences which have arisen from time to time between for- eign nations. The present attitude of the American Government is certainly complimentary, at least, to the League and what it stands for. The United States today stands not only outside the League of Nations, but has so far 1ailed to beccme a member of the World Court, that permanent organization set up for the adjudication of interna- tional disputes. It is now proposed that the United States become a mem- ber of that court, with proper safe- guards for American independence of the political quarrels of foreign nations and for maintaining the right of this country to independent action. The Senate of the United States is soon to be called upon to act again upon a protocol of adherence to the court. ‘The protocol deserves the most serious consideration. The days when nation fought nation and the rest of the world looked on, comparatively free from the effects of the struggle, have passed into history. An international war today affects the peoples of far distant countries, al- though those nations are not directly involved. No one doubts that a seri- ous conflict between China and Japan would contaln the possibilities of & grave world situation. Anything that the League of Nations and the United States can do to avert such a conflict, either independently or co-operatively, should be welcomed. R All kinds of currency are alike in one | respect. No kind as a rule is easily acquired. This simple fact, aside from calculations as to ratio, is its chief ele- ment of value. i ———— e —— | Nations that start wars are often ! overgenerous in a readiness to invite the whole world to step forward and share in a glory the value of which is now considered dcubtful. ———— A Broadcast for the Boobs. I George Bernard Shaw wants a | new job he can probably find it in| Russia, as chief of the broadcasting ‘Which means that If we are called & “boob.” not overmuch is expected. world would be better off for more boobery. Whatever may be the failure of the immediate present to demon- strate extraordinary business ability on the part of the Nation, there is a pretty fair record of achievement and, déspite the pasuing phase of depression, a bright prospect of future accomplishments. Russia may scorn the American methods and principles of government and busi- ness management. Shaw may join in “capitalism.” But despite the pinch of a temporary distress that is common to all the other countries in the world, Russia included notwithstanding the clamors of her press agents, the mass of the American people are not shaken in their faith in the fundamentals of ithe American system. Shaw was running true to his form in broadcasting his smartly phrased in- dictment of the non-Russian modes of government. He is a showman, bark- ing his own wares outside of the tent. Perhaps he has fooled himself with | his harangues. Maybe he has come to belleve that he is the cleverest man who ! | speaks and writes the English language today. But such performances as that of yesterday will serve to diminish the | numbers of those who are disposed to ‘agree with him in that particular. em o 2 Signor Grandi's Visit. No doubt any longer exists that all roads this season are leading to Wasn- ington—and not to Rome, whence hails | the latest international personage to bulletin his approaching arrival in the United States. Signor Dino Grandi, foreign minister of Italy, has accepted Secretary Stimson’s invitation to visit Washington. He will sail from Naples on November 7 and spend ten days here, discussing with President Hoover and other high officials of the Government the world issues now clamoring for so- lution. The presence of Premier Mus- | solini, the State‘Department announces, | would have been extremely gratifying, but Il Duce is unable to come. His accomplished young spokesman will be cordially received. mier Laval's sojourn on the Potomac and the Rapidan, the importance of Signor Grandi's trip to this country jcan hardly be overgstimated. A firm believer in the efficacy of personal con- of removing misunderstanding, President Hoover has seized a wise initiative in bidding the French and Italian states- men to these heart-to-heart confabu- lations on American soil. It is impos- sible that practical good should fail to flow from them. Equally inconceivable is it that either M. Laval or Signor Grandi would detach himself from the grave preoccupations absorbing Euro- pean statesmanship at this hour if each was not convinced that concrete bene- fits are obtainable from Intimate con- sultation with the leaders of the United States Government. America and the world will not be mistaken in concluding that disarma- ment is the theme song which will permeate President Hoover's inter- changes with the distinguished guests from Paris and Rome. Other burning issues—reparations and intergovern- mental debts—will, it goes without say- ing, be discussed. The question of extending the one-year moratorium will | be brought up. But Mr. Hoover avoids hardly any opportunity of linking all these questions, jointly and severally, with his underlying pregram for bring- ing about substantial reduction of armaments. France and Italy were unable to bury the naval hatchet at the London Conference of 1930. Their irreconcilable views on parity required Great Britain, Japan and the United States to content themselves with a three-power limitaton agreement. As long as Franco-Italian sea rivalry is unabated the heavens of dis- armament will remain cloudsd. Presi- dent Hoover faces a unique opportunity to harmonize the French and Italian viewpoints. In passing, the moment is not in- appropriate to remind the peace-loving American puulic that President Hoover at no time has advocated that “total disarmament” for which a group of well meaning American women, meeting in Washington yesterday, raised an earnest plea. The disarmament Mr. Hoover seeks to bring about by inter- ! national agreement is only the reduc- | tion of military and naval establish- ments to a point commensurate with national safety. The United States is ready to go as far in that direction as any other country. But the time has not yet come—it is unquestionably afar off—when it would be prudent for us, or any other nation with vast interests to safeguard, to scrap all our ships and i throw away all our guns. - When men at Detroit adopted the simplified slogan, “We want beer,” terse phraseology did not permit them to in- clude “light wines.” The trade boost, therefore, could not cover French bev- erages and went entirely to Germany. ——— New Pressure Regulations. ‘The Public Utilities Commission has made permanent its temporary order relating to allowable gas pressure mini- mums and maximums, permitting maxi- mum pressures to stand at eight inches |and increasing the minimum pressure In explana- | from two to three inches. | tion, it seeks to remove what may be a ! ballyhoo force for the Soviet govern-|pnonilar misunderstanding of the tech- ment. Yesterday he gave what may be styled, in quite modern stage, con- cert and opera parlance, an “audition” from London, speaking over an inter- national network to a probably very large audience, his subject being the glories of the new Russian system of government, the failures of other forms of government, the superior civilization of the Russians, the lamentable short- comings of America and England. It was a long broadcast, and a loud one, a veritable tirade. Was it tiresome? That depends upon the viewpoint of the auditor. It was characteristically Shavian. impudent, half accurate, smart and—no, egotistical is not quite the word for the acknowledgment of im- mensely superior wisdom that flowed from the bearded lips into the micro- phone. The English language fails of a term for that particular quality that ! distinguishes G. B. S. from all other know-it-alls. Has it hurt the feelings of the Amer- ican people to be called “bgobs” by 8| ? Hardly, inasmuch as themselves harsher namef. It is, imdeed, sometimes comforting to be y often * { nical subject of gas pressures by ex- i plaining that low pressure is more un- | desirable than high pressure. It is doubtful that many persons have been led to believe that relatively high gas pressure is in itself a thing to be oided or that it alone is responsible for unduly high gas bills resulting from waste or inefficient combustion. As one understands the pressure business from the various experts who have from time to time sought to explain it, the proper adjustment of gas appliances is more | important than the maximum allowable gas pressure. And while it is generally understood that the gas company, in secking to furnish an adequate flow of gas pressure, the Public Utllitles Com- company was permitted to exceed pres- sure regulations without making the preliminary adjustment of appliances. That, as a matter of fact, was the real jpoint in the recent row over gas pres- { sures. Instead of telling the people of Wash- ington that the flame on the gas stove can be adjusted up or down by turning Following close on the heels of Pre- | | tacts and conference as the best means | . THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY, 0(*:1‘0BER 12, 1981. THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. the valve, the Public Utilitles Commis- sion might have made it plain to the ——— |a nation of boobs, then perhaps the|gas company that deviations in the al- lowable pressure range will not be per- mitted hereafter without formal per- mission, and never permitted without notification and s proper adjustment, by the gas company, of appliances that would be affected by a change. ——— An Ambitious Flyer. aj. James H. Doolittle is an ame bitious flyer. One of the foremost aus thoritles on “blind” fiying in the 45c per month | the Russian Communist dlatribe against | world, one time winner of the famed Schneider Cup race, and more recently the holder of the transcontinental speed record, when he crossed the United States in eleven hours and fif- teen minutes, beating Capt. Frank Hawks' record by more than an hour, Doolittle is not yet satisfied. He now plans, and the start is set for Monday, todrop in on the capital of Canada, the Capital of the United States and the capital of Mexico in one day, a flight of twenty-five hundred miles, which he hopes will require less than twelve hours. Aviation needs such men as Hawks and Doolittle and the rest of the small group who, by their exploits, show the way to safety and speed in the air. Every flight they make offers fresh proof that the art of flying is progress- ing rapidly and this progress is reflected in the growth of commereial transport in all parts of the world. . Some of the homes of Russia are re- ferred to as not being required to con- form to standards of neatness. This may be due to a reluctance on Stalin's part to interrupt conditions to which more or less conspicuous elements of the population have been described by travelers as conforming for many years, —.——— Expert accountants are men of pa- tient industry in working out compli- cated calculations. Suggestions of debt cancellation will cause unprecedented demands on the bookkeepers of the world. e If, as has been reported, the once implacable Chinese tongs have decided, as a result of Asiatic hostilities, to make peace: among themselves, War may at last claim some little credit as a civi- lizing influence. ‘There could be no further doubt that Edison was falling in strength and con- sclousness when the physician's bul- letins were permitted to elaborate at much length on the depressing news. e Capone's trial brings to Chicago's rec- ollection the old wild Western days when a prudent judge required all weapons to be checked outside the court room. ———— By promising to secure national unity to Germany, Hitler stands ready to back an implied self-estimate that promises a career as great as that of Bismarck himself. e SHOOTING STARS. * BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Geld and Sliver. The values that things used to show Are changing here and there, And price tags as they come and go May land 'most anywhere. The corn n opulence will gleam Out yonder in the fleld; And here a standard true would seem Unto the world revealed. A touch of glistening frost will make The yellow seem more bright As early morning comes to wake ‘The world with gentle light. The symbols that are here displayed Bring cheer to every eye . With gold, and silver, too, arrayed, Beneath the Autumn sky. Ambition Clings. “My colleague is occasionally annoy- ing,” remarked Senator Sorghum, “but I can’t help liking him for his youthful buoyancy.” “But he is pretty well along in years.” “That makes no difference. He re- tains his boyish hopes and ideals. He thinks that some day he may be Presi- dent of the. United States, the same as he thought the first day he went to school.” Jud Tunkins says one of the smartest financiers he knows is a woman who can manage a two-dollar bill so as to make it buy dinner for the whole family, Solving a Situation, When any crisis comes to view Folks say they know just what to do To meet the most exacting case And benefit the human race. And yet the orator may reach No further than a fluent speech, And seem to think all's well because Kind friends are there with the ap- plause. Seeking Happiness, “What made you refuse to marry Dustin Stax?” “He's uncomfortably well off,” an- swered Miss Cayenne. pect & man to make home happy or be the life of the party when he insists on turning off the radio so he won't be dis- turbed while he worrles about his taxes.” “There is confusion,” said Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown, “when Wisdom vain- ly strives to show authority or when Authority does not succeed in showing wisdom.” Matter of Dignity. “Dou you carry & gun?” ,“Certainly not,” answered the gang- ster. “I employ men to carry my guns, just as I hire porters to carry my other luggage.” New Costume. Unless the weather makes a change And checks this Summer climate strange, Old Santa Claus, that patient man, May want a straw hat and a fan. “When Old Man Worry knocks at yoh gas to all points, had to increase ih{door," sald Uncle Eben, “shut him out .an’ be thankful you didn’ find him mission fails to explain why the gas' waitin’ inside for you.” oo Soviets Ban Heat. Prom the Salt Lake City Deseret News. For the good of Soviet Russia and the five-year plan, house heating has been banned in Moscow, regardless of freezing temperatures. . Now if they would forbid eating, wfilw solve the problem. Those who always see things in an inimical light for the other fellow are among the most curious of mankind. Yet there are any number of them, 50 the conclusion must be that man of one’s fellow human be! fall within one's personal definition of curious. - These specimens instinctively reach for an explanation of another’s con- duct which will divest him of every shred of self-respect. They never look into their own minds and hearts and try to reason out why they would do o and so and then ascribe a like reason to the other, Or, if they do, it is some miserable crawling trait which they glimpse in themselves, instinctively do not like, and therefore delight in shoving off onto some one else. * ok ok X It never seems to occur to such people that any other reason for an action can be possible than the one which they prefer. Mostiy their judgments are of the sheerest snap varlety, caught out of the air, without one basis of real rea- son behind them, bullt in all likeli- hood on a compound of dislike and eqvy. The real harshness in this sort of thing comes in the fact that such a judgment, once made, is seldom ever given over. Especially if some one tries to point out the real reason for the action of a third party is this queer snap judg- ment held tq tenaclously; in fact, bolstered at ever{ word thereafter as if t:lte very life of the holder depended on ‘Thereafter the spectator has the pretty spectacle of a human being arguing not for what is right, but for what he has said. * Kk ‘The late George Dorsey, in his big book, “Civilization: Man's Own Show,” pointed out the large part words have played in the life of mankind. Sometimes it seems to the careful observer that the less that words mean to a speaker, in all honesty end truth, the more he clings to his own assort- ment of them. and another for those but tries his best to he does not like, use the same standard on all people. * ok % % Often he finds this of immense dif- fAculty. It is one thing to aim to be fair and quite anotber to be fair. “Talk not about being a good man, but be such,” sald Marcus Aurelius & long time ago. Surely there is a difference between the two, but one 15 necessary to the other, and sometimes he who does the most talking ends up by doing the most doing! Being fair to the other fellow, in most of the ordinary walks of life, ;X;mu largely of trying to be fair to If one actually succeeds, sometimes | that is not as much as making the at- | tempt. It often is impossible for human beings to be just, so curiously con- | stituted are we, but any one can try to be fair, * ok ok K This decent attempting, what is it but a specles of that overcoming which the Bible praises so highly? Here is a fellow one does not like. | He says something or does some- thing which rubs one the wrong way, as_the saying says. Instantly the mind puts a most un- | favorable construction on it. |, “Just what 1 might have expected | from him,” says the vigilant mind. One part of the mind says that. The other, and more worthy part, declares ell, let us see. What would | I have done in a similar case? If I | had said that, what would have made | me say that?” In this way the thinking part of the | braln corrects and chastizes the in- | stinctive part. Maybe this is hashed | philosophy and psyehology in equal fmeasure, but it is an honest attempt |to put an idea into words, and ideas | are hard things to put into words, for words are not ideas, but only the best approach to them we have, The dream of mankind is the apprehension of thought without the intermediary of ‘words, | * k% % That is, what he says tends to take on, for him, tae aspects of truth to 2| The individual life s a queer mix- much greater degree than the words, | ture of twe critical attitudes; one, that and therefore thoughts, of & much reserved for one's self, partly offensive, more capable user of words. partly defensive; two, that reserved The latter, realizing that words are for others, largely critical. after all oniy symbols, knows enough | This critical faculty is, seldom in- to beware of belleving that definitions | voked in regard to one's self, except really define. | where life forces one to take it up in Psychologists, for instance, develop (a throe of self-defense. new words and combinatichs of old| It is extremely natural, however, to words to define the concepts Wwhich ibe on the alert abcut other people. The their struggling brains are attempting | divine ego will not permit one to be to clarify for themselves primarily and | too critical about itself (as witness other people afterwards. Robert Burns' lines about “O would They know enough to know, however, | some power,” etc.), but renders it very that their big and strange-sounding | easy—indeed pleasant—to be censorious terms have only pushed the mystery of | apout the other fellow. life and intelligence back a few degrees. * ok kA ‘The honest man, who takes pride in being fair in his thoughts toward others, will never be satisfied with a | first impression, especially if it inimical. The very fact that it is not good makes him suspicious. He does not feel that good must be invariable, but he wonders if he is not making a mistake. He hates making mistakes, not only in relation to himself, but also in re- gard to other people. 'He is not afraid of the good, nor does he overpraise it. He desires to be fair, and especially | to others, because he knows that being fair to others is the surest way of be- Ing_fair to himself. He does not have one standard of conduct for himself and those he likes Some one asks for specific examples. | Any one can think up a dozen in a dozen minutes, out of his own life; we | glve but one here, which had to do with two eminent gentlemen, both s with sons in their own professions. One wanted to bring the son of the |other into a public performance with his father, upon which the latter de- murred, The first thcught he did it out of jealousy, and thereafter thought less of him. As a matter of fact, the father was tremendously proud of his son, but held an idea, successively held by generations of his breed, that one | should nct bring one’s family into the | public eye, parade one’s loved ones, and | therefore one's emotions and loves, be- fore the general public. An old-fash- | loned idea, perhaps, but a noble one. WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS BY FREDERIC Signor Dino Grandl, the Italian for- eign minister, who will visit Washington WILLIAM WILE. | Senator Tom Walsh, Democrat, of Montana, carries & handsome gold- in November, is one of the shining headed ebony walking stick, for the lights of the Fascist party and fre- continued possession of which he thanks quently named as Mussolini'’s heir. Washington police efficiency. A couple Still two or three years on the sunny | of years ago, after paying an evening “You can't ex-| side of 40, Grandi has had an excep- tionally brilllant career at Rome. Washington will welcome him for the second time. He accompanied the Volpi Debt-funding Commission to this coun- try in 1926 in the capacity of under- secretary of state and played an impor- tant role in the readjustment of that $2,000,000,000 transaction. Signor Grandi joined the Fascist ranks in the movement's earliest days following out- standing war service with Italy's Alpine troops. Having resumed private law practice in his native Bologna, he was elected to the Chamber of Deputies, promptly attracted the notice of i Duce, and as soon as Mussolini divested himself of the half dozen cabinet port- folios he was filling Grandi was named foreign minister. His rise in public esteem, not only in Italy but abroad, was the consequence of his progressively skillful conduct of Rome's international relations, especially with France. At the London Naval Conference Musso- lini’s youthful, studious, bearded spokes- man was a dominating figure. He learned to speak English during the pre- | ceding six weeks in order to address plenary sessions of the conference in the language of MncD:nnld and Stimson. w ok K K Recurring Pan-American events like the Fourth Commercial Conference, which came to an end at Washington today, always emphasizes the impor- tance of the job which Dr. Leo 8. Rowe has held down since 1920. The direc- tor general ot the Pan-American Union has come to be about as indispensable a public official as Washington ever had. He is really Uncle Sam’s min- Ister for Latin American affairs—a | cabinet officer “without portfolio.” Rowe's immaculate Spanish is the won- der of all Latins who encounter him. It's one of five foreign languages he knows, the others being French, Italian, German and Portuguese. Dr. Rowe loves to tell of a friend who heads a famous institution for the feeble-minded in Philadelphia. “Have the feeble. minded an aptitude for anything in particular?” the Pan-American chief once asked him. “Yes,” was the reply. “A gift for torii': ]:ng*ungu." In the banking crisis, with which the President is now at grips in co-opera- tion with the country’s 400-odd clearing houses (representing $47,000,000,000 of deposits), nobody contributes more ex- pert counsel than John W. Pole, con- troller of the currency. Mr. Pole has up his sleeve, for submission to Con- gress in December, & far-reaching pro- gram for speedier relief of depositors waiting for dividends from insolvent banks. He calls it “the Spokane plan,” because shortly after he became con- troller, three ago, it was success- fully invoked in the case of a big bank failure in the far Northwestern city. Controller Pole looks like a twin brother of Woodrow Wilson. He was born in the famous little town of Kings Lynn, England, but has lived in the United States of America most of his mature life. In his day he's been a civil engi- neer, lumberman and banker. * x x % A well known Washingtonian was in Madison, Wis., the other day and dined at the Governor's mansion with “Young Phil” La Follette and “Young Bob” La Follette. “Which of you brothers is going to be the first to run for President of the United States?” the visitor from , the National Capital . “We're going to toss for it!” Gov. La _Follette flashed back, with Senator La Follette offering no de- murrer. The recent primary in the late Representative Henry Allen Coop- er’s district, resulting in the nomina- tion of a Progressive against a stal- wart Republican, mnwrtelly enhances the La Follette s in ‘Wisconsin. Coo] for Congress b\ltp:ru anti-La Follette in carried it by 26,000 T in stalwart, sives espects. Hoover 1928, and ex-Gov. Kohler, a G. O.P. | ing. twice defeated the Progres- all in Massachusetts avenue, the Sen- | ator found his car, which he pilots| himself, missing from the place where he'd parked it two hours before. He phoned police headquarters. “We'll have your car for you in the morning.” was the reply. Sure enough, while the | Montana sage was shaving about am. next day, his telephone rang, and | this was the message: “This is the seventh precinct. Your car has been recovered.” In it was Senator Walsh's prized cane, bequeathed to him many years ago by his old law partner in j Helena, - | EEE I | _As a lasting testimonial to the friend- | ship betwcen the Marquis de Lafayette | and George Washington, Lafayette Col- | lege, at Easton, Pa., under the leader- | ship of President William Mather Lewis, |1s promoting a project to have the | replica of Mount Vernon now at the | Colonial Exposition in Paris moved to | Chavaniac, Prance. Chavaniac is the birthplace’ of Lafayette, and, if Dr. Lewis' plan pans out, the Paris Mount | Vernon will be used as one of the | school buildings at the Lafayette Col- | lege there. Through American gener- osity the chateau of the Marquis de Lafayette at Chavaniac has been reno- ivnted and turned into a Franco- American memorial to Washington's great Gallic lleutenant. During the Winter it is a college, while during the Summer months some 400 or 500 under- nourished and underdeveloped French children are housed and instructed at 2 minimum fee. During his trip to France 1ast Summer Dr. Lewis discov- cred that the greatest need of the col- lege is a preventorium. If Mount Ver- non is transplanted to Chavaniac the building will be used for that purpose. * ok x x Gov. Ritchie of Maryland, who led off the other night at the series of Governors' dinners to be held during the Fall and Winter by the National Woman’s Democratic Club, divested himself of a striking (Democratic) phrase. He called “the United States & leaderless country in & planless world.” * k% % “U. 8. Navy Review” is the name of a sprightly new weekly now being pub- lished in Washington “in the interests of United States sea power.” Its edi- tor is Maj. Harvey L. Miller, a war- time, two-fisted fighting Marine. David A. Smiley, formerly editor in chief of the Philadelphia Public Ledger and later general manager of the North American Newspaper Alliance, has just become publisher of the Navy Review. The periodical has stripped for action against administration plans to cur- tail naval expenditure. (Copyrisht, o 24 Years Paying Off Father’s $400,000 Debt Prom the Wilkes-Barre Times-Leader. ‘The papers carried a little story from Long Island the other day that con- tained encouragement for a cynical world. It told how a Long Island man had succeeded in paying the last cent of a $400,000 “debt of honor” be- queathed to him by his father, who had been head of a chain of banks that failed and who on his deathbed his son to see to it that the d were d in full. It k the son just 24 years to do the job; but he did it, and the last 1031) moral responsibility which inspired this man and his father before him is less rare in the business world than we ordinarily suppose. Storles of this kind ar ‘unusual. ‘There are plenty of “hard-boiled” busi- ness men who realize that an obligation not binding in law: bind- Business is 3 the cut- throat game that’ some its erities pretend 1t is. ¥ | [The Political Mill By G. Gould Lincoln, reeping ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. This is a special department devoted solely to the handling of queries. This . mer puts at your disposal the serv- collected by Tammany leaders, is & huge registration of "voters for the election of Assemblymen in Novemoer and for offices in New York City. It is the old strategy of defense through a |You counter attack. If Tammany, in the face of the scandals which have been and are being shown up, can elect its own and perhaps pick up an office here and there, what will the organization care really for the black picture of its operations which go o to the public? There is even talk among Tammany leaders of carrying the Assembly in the coming elections, so as to put an end to the investigation by the Legislative Committee into New York City affairs. Once the organiza- tion can pass safely through the politi- cal test which the present investigation is bringing in its wake, once it can run the gantlet, there will be no limit to the activities to which its leaders may aspire m‘un future, LN Some of the Tammany leaders are referring to the present investigation by the Legislative Committee, dominated by the Republicans, as an effort to provide a smoke screen behind which the “sins” of the national Republican administration may be hidden. The chief “sin,” according to these Demo- cratic leaders, lies in permitting the present business depression to happen. In this way they are seeking to turn the attention of the people of New York City and State away from the graft which has been uncovered. ‘The picture of graft in New York City and the fortunes which Tammany | leaders—holding offices under the city government—now unfolded is a black page in Tammany history and in the history of city government in this coun- try. The sheriff, Thomas M. Farley, has s0 far given no good explanation for his $360,000 bank deposits in a period of six years, nor has James A. McQuade, register of Kings County and Demo- cratic nominee for sheriff, who banked $500,000. Other city officlals with big bank accounts and small salaries have made no better explanations of their gains than Farley and McQuade. High police officers have testified to the gambling which has gone on in the clubs headed by some of the Tammany lead- ers, and crimgs of various kinds, even murder, that have gone on in these clubs without any one being brought to Justice and punishmen. But Mr. Seabury plans to give an even more complete picture of the way in which the Tammany-ruled city gov- ernment has bzen conducted. He is reaching out now to learn what the bank accounts of John F. Curry, Tam- | many's head, and Mayor “Jimmy" Walker and other organization leaders | will show on examination. Many of | these men apparently have big in- comes, although the reason for the big incomes is more obscure. * K % % Tammany went through the elections | of 1930 successfully in the face of | charges of corruption and following the disclosures of rottenncss in municipal courts presided over by Tammany ap- pointees. It successfully put Mayor Walker back into office and carried | the city overwhelmingly for Gov.| Franklin D. Roosevelt. Some of these | Tammany ~ Democrats have about reached the conclusion that corruption as an issue in New York politics amounts to little or nothing as & | faithful. They have registered an un- usually ge number of voters for an off year—when there is no city-wide election. Charges have been made that they are using repeaters. But these charges are denied. i This Tammany expose may or may not have national repercussions. Governor of NeW York State, Frank D. Roosevelt, is the leading ca right now for the Democratic m nation for President. If he is to be nominated and to have a chance for election next year, Gov. Roosevelt must make it very clear to the rest of the | country outside of New York City that none of the Tammany mud is clinging to his boots. Corruption may be no issue in New York City, but it will not sit so well on the stomachs of the rest of the country. Gov. Roesevelt up to the present time has handled the situation with a great deal of skill. He has given the impression—and un- doubtedly it is a correct impression— that he is not Tammany's man and that he has no intention of shielding corrupt Tammany leaders. It has been suggested that if he keeps this .up he may find the claws of the Tammany Tiger sticking in his back next year. But Tammany, if Judge Seabury has his way, is likely not to be an im- portant factor in deciding what candi- date the New York delegation to the Democratic National Convention shall support. hether the power interests are really carrying on an undercover cam- paign against Roosevelt or not, they are getting the credit for such an a tack today. Roosevelt's attitude on the power and public utilities problem is too radical to suit the power people, it is declared. But in certain quarters it has been reported that these power in- terests have really little hope of being able to “stop” Roosevelt in the com- ing Democratic Nl:lo\;l-\ Convention. * * Out in Arkansas the House of Rep. resentatives has just put through a re: olution unanimously indorsing Go Roosevelt for the Democratic preside: tial nomination. This action is partic- ularly remarkable in view of the fact that for years Arkansas has been send- ing delegations to the Democratic Na- tional Conventions instructed to vote for semsor Joseph T. Robinson for the presidential nomination. In 1928 Sen- ator Robinson was the party selection for Vice President, and today he is the Democratic leader of the Senate. Sen- ator Caraway, his colleague from Ar- kansas, has publicly expressed the oph jon that Roosevelt would be the nomi- nee for President next year, and now this action by the Arkansas House of Representatives urging the State dele- gation to back Roosevelt seems pretty well to have eliminated one “favorite son” candidate tro;n :he*ncld next year. * 1 Vice President Curtis still is keeping his own council regarding his future political plans. He may make an an- nouncement in November. . So far he has the vice presidential nomination in his vest pocket if he elects to make the race next year. If he decides that his duty is to run for the Senate and redeem for the Republicans the seat he formerly held in that body, but which has since fallen into the hands of the Democrats, then the Republicans will have to find another candidate. There are plenty of gentlemen who would like to have a place on the national ticket next year with President Hoo- ver. The death of Senator Dwight W. Morrow of New Jersey has removed from the field the most talked of candi- date for the vice presidency. Some of the Republican leaders believe it would be strategy to have a ‘Roosevelt on the Republican ticket next year, a son of the late Col. Theodore Roosevelt, particularly if the Demo- crats are to nominate Franklin D. a fi‘th cousin of Col. Roosevelt. There !1s something in a name after all in this game of politics. But Gov. Theodore Roosevelt, jr., had been rather slated for the post of governor eral of the Philippine Islands. It will be in- teresting to see whether he is sent to the Far East since the death of Mr. Morrow. The Republican leaders of both Houses of Congress have been mentioned as possible vice presidential nominee of the party next year, Sen- tor Watson of Indiana and Repre- sentative John Q. Tilson of Connecti- cut. Senator Watson insists, however, that it is his duty to run for Senate again next year and that he is not a candidate for the vice presi- dential nominad ent e himself nominated and of the House. If he succeeds wish to hold on to that job of taking a fiyer at.the vice presidency. of an extensive organization in ‘Washington to serve you in any capac- ity that relates to information. This service is free. Failure tor make use of it deprives you of benefits to which are entitled. Your obligation is only 2 cents in coin or stamps inclosed with your inquiry for direct reply. Ad- dress The Evening Star Information Bureau, Frederic J. Haskin, Director, ‘Washington, D. C. Q. When did organized base ball come into existence?—L. 8. J. A. In 1903 the American League and the National League and National As- sociation of Minor Leagues—now called National Association .of Professional Base Ball Leagues—banded together as organized base ball. This was the re- sult of the friction caused by the dif- ferences in the different teams and leagues. Q. Why does & person get thirsty?— A.E. P A. The -gastric, or tenth cra- nial, nerve supplles the stomach with the desire. When the body becomes dehydrated, or the amount of water runs below normal, this nerve conveys to the brain the sensation of thirst. Q. Where is the dog Strongheart at present?>—C. J. T. A. Strongheart, the famous motion picture dog, is dead. Q. How much has King George re- duced his own salary on account of hard times?—L. D. A. The civil list of the King of En land is 470,000 pounds, of which 110, 000 pounds is for their -majesties’ privy purse. The equivalent in dollars of this sum depends upon the current rate of exchange. King George V has just an- nounced a reduction of 10 per cent in his annual income for the duration of the period of stress. The reduction is estimated to be approximately $243,000. = — What is a milline?—W. P. A. The word is a contraction of mil- lion-line, and is a unit of space and circulation, equivalent to one agate line, applied to the mountainous and prc- turesque district of Greece, inhabited by a simple, pastoral le, distin- guished for contentment mfl rural hap- Pplness. Q. Is Boulder City, Nev, to have s city manager?—M. P. - A. Secretary Wilbur of the Depart- ment of the Interior has appointed Sims Ely as city manager of this new town. Mr. Ely will be in charge of the organ- ization of Boulder City and its opera- tion during the years that Hoover Dam is under construction. Q. Should woolen garments be dried slowly or rapidly?>—C. N. A. To avold shrinking, they should be dried slowly in a place of medium temperature, Q. Are the new $500,000 and $1,000,~ 000 bills issued by the Treasury bills in the sense of being a circulating cur~ rency?—A. A. B. A. The new Treasury bills are no¢ currency in the sense of Treasury notes or bank notes. They represent a form of public debt security, and while ne- g;;llhle readily are not of the currency e. Q. Why is there a scarcity of wild | ducks this year?—J. D. 4 A. It is due to the cumulative ef- fects of drought, drainage and over- |shooting. ~ Sportsmen are being asked !to take less than the limit this Fall and the hunting season has been short- ened in an effort to correct this shortage. Q. What is glass paper’—E. R. A. Glass-paper consists of thick car tridge paper coated with powdered glass, Q. How long has the pari-mutuel scheme of betting on horse races been in use?—F. G. \u:é It has been used in France since Q. Where is the coldest place that people actually live?—L. R. A. Verkhoyansk, in the Province of Yakutsk, Siberia, is believed to be the coldest inhabited spot in the world. It |is known as the Pole of Cold, and tem- | peratures as low as —90° ¥. have been | recorded. !land when it was discovered by a a column wide, about 2% inches, aj oy pearing in one millich copies of a pub-| Q. How many Indians were used in lication. It is obtained by multiplying the round-up at Pendleton, Oreg., this the number of agate lines by the num- | year and were they paid for their serv- ber of copies circulated and dividing ices?>—C. B. T. by one million. The term was defined | A. A record number of 2,300 Indians in a letter of Benjamin H. Jeffetson,| were camped at Pendleton this year, September, 1921, to Dr. Vizetelly. ilnd, as usual, they were paid in cash —_— head f Q. Why is the Rosetta Stone in Eng- | brogram. " CoC *Ppearance on the Frenchman?—M. G. | Q. _Are Puliman sleeping cars used on A. While it is true that the Rosetta any English railroads>—J. W. N. Stone (so named from the place where| A. Sleeping cars built by the Pullman it was found in Egypt) was discovered Co. of America were introduced on the by a French Army officer, Boussard, in, Midland Rallway of England in 1874. 1799, and that through its means the | They are now operated on the Midland deciphering of anclent writings was | the Southern, the London and North- made possible by another Frenchman, | eastern, the Metropolitan and the Great | Rome in 264 B. C. on the occasion of | | the funeral of the father of Marcus and | Father the system of correction. of the | handicap. So they are lining up the | B, D. C Champollion, the stone itself remained | the property of the Egyptian govern- ment and was ceded to the English at| ;);8’ capitulation of Alexandria, Egypt, Q. When were fights between gladi- ators first held’—I. G. T. A The first gladiatorial combats are said to have been held in the Forum at | Decimus Brutus. Q. How does the size.of Brazil com-| pare with that of the United States?— A. Brazil is larger. The area of Brazil is officially estimated at 3,285,319 square miles. The total area of Conti- nr‘;\hl United States is 3,026,789 square miles.’ e | Q. What is the origin of the name | Arcadia?—A. S. H. A. Arcadia was the name originally Southern (Ireland) Railways. Q. When was the eruption of Mont Pelee in the early 1900s, which de- stroyed St. Pierre, Martinique?>—E. D. J. A. It occurred on May 8, 1902. Q. How are people punished in Soviet prisons?—E. M. E. A. It has been noted by students of the question that the prison system, or Soviet Union is in accord with the most modern concepts of penology. It elim- inates the element of punishment and has as its aim rather the rehabilitation of the prisoner and his return to the activities of normal citizenship. Q. How does the consumption of kerosene compare with that of gaso- line?—E. M. A. In 1929 the apparent consumption of kerosene was 37,306,000 barrels. The apparert consumption for gasoline in the same year was 371,852,000 barrels. Gifford Commission Advice On Buying Impresses Nation Walter S. Gifford, chairman of | as they are now there is a real induce- President Hoover’s Unemployment Com- | ment to make them. For such, it is & mission, in urging the public to “buy ‘ pity to allow a state of mind to delay now” has considerable support from |pyrchases which would help to give the editors for his thesis, but many seem | general buying movement momentum,” to have some questicns to ask. | insists this journal. Commenting on Mr. Gifford's state- | Stating that “there is more to the ment that “if the public buys neither | story than this” the Wheeling Intel- ‘work nor goods, it is the public that is | ligencer suggests that “if the consume indirectly discharging men.” the Buffalo | ing public is to undertake greater pur- Evening News say “The most es- chases the great industries and the sential point to be impressed upon the | wealthy individuals must lead the way, American people is that the surest and | and notes that “it is not very con- quickest way to overccme hard times ' vincing to the man in the street to is to do it themselves. The kind of urge that he spend more money when political thinking which attempts to ' he is either idle, working part time or tell everybody that it is the duty of |at reduced wages while the great cor- somebody else to do something is the porations and wealthy individuals are ‘most ruinous influence that can be |restricting their own expenditures.” exerted toward preventing improve- This paper calls attention to the fact ment.” | that “when Mr. Gifford talks about the “In the long run, the public has & | lower cost of living he neglects to remedy in its own hanas,” advises the mention that telephone service, such Davenport Democrat, declaring further: | as provided by the great corporation he “If it buys and hires, men will be go- | heads; gas, electricity and other utility ing to work all over the country and | services cost just as much as they did prosperity will be on its way back.” | in boom times. If the cost of living has The Altoona been reduced generally, then Mr. Gif- ford's corporation and kindred interests are enjoying increased profits,” claims this paper. ‘The Portland Oregor. Daily Journal, while approving Mr. Gifford's theories, does not consider they will meet the situation of the need that is immediate and pressing, with Winter almost here and 7,000,000 out of work. This paper, therefore, argues: “Since the Federal Government has met economic and financial emergencies when certain in- dustries needed aid, since it met the emergencies of the war and since it has met similar emergencies in other countries, how on earth can it sit back and deny the needed aid when a serious business depression is on in the United States and since hundreds of thousands of Americans are threatened with desti- tution this Winter?” A Horse Runs Away On Busy Broadway From the Rochester Times-Union. A lean, lanky, speckled nag-of-a- horse, whose only claim to fame had Mirror states its convic- tion that a “wise expenditure of money | now for goods and work will not only | relieve the situation durmg the coming Winter, but will put us on the highway to prosperity in the Spring.” | * ok ko As the Atlanta Journal sees it, “the ultimate consumer is the sovereign power in any economic empire. By his | conduct of his own personal and pri- | vate affairs he guides the wheels of | industry and fixes the employment of millions.” In its analysis of the buying and selling situation in this country, the San ‘Jose Mercury Herald say: “More than 80 per cent have steady work or incomes that have not been impaired. They can buy more goods with the same money than they did before the crash in 1929, because prices have sharply declined. They can build end repair at less cost because material is cheaper. The more than 80 per cent who are in this fortunate position owe a duty to the unfortunate to give them jobs, and this can be done by buying and spending normally,” asserts this paper. “Each person who spends a dollar— wisely and intelligently, of course—is | peen to draw a laundry hack for 10 doing something to make business bet- | years, took the bit in his teeth and ter,” contends the Roanoke Times. But |showed New York's Broadway what a indiscriminate buying is not the goal. real horse race looks like—free of As the Pasadena Star-News advises: | charge, “Do not waste your money. Do not squander it. Do not buy bevond your means. But buy as liberally as your means will allow, of things that you need—things that you naturally would buy if there were no depression.” The Yakima Daily Republic also sounds & note of warning: “Walter S. Gifford is urging the consumer to buy as & means of curing depression, which is good advice under two conditions; that the consumer has the price and that he needs what he contemplates buying.” The Worcester Telegram indicates that it might be well for people to buy be- yond their actual needs at this time, rguing in support of this idea: “Such | cong a buying is highly practical. It is not charity. It means an exchange of goods or services for other goods or services. Such buying, however, must be on a wide scale to be effective.” ‘The Newark Evening News condemns the mistaken idea that “hoarding is the only form of thrift. That is not true,” it protests, since “the thriftiest person is the one who uses his money most advantageously, and just now that can ;I'e“done by using instead of hoarding | x X X X “When funds that are hoarded 1s of trade,’ rding to the Harrisburg Telegraph, “there is at once a Louenlng of the bands that restrict all "activities and accentuate a difficult situation.” The Lowell Evening Leader is of the opinion that in many families * ts which would have been made without a thought under If there was a depression on in this country the nag paid no attention to it. He went through Times Square like Congress going through the Treas- ury's bank roll. He knocked down news stand like James Goodwin Hall's plane hitting a Long Island bungalow, and laid out three widow women (no “tiny tots”) for the ambulance. standers stood in & cold sweat. had never seen a horse run. Six blocks up Broadway the critter, having shown what he could do, aban- doned the project and stood ready to bow to applause. But all he got was a few dozen strong hands from traffic . Then he was led back to ob- scurity, to draw the eternal wet wash. ‘The casual read it won Just this: ler “Well, wot about it?” this nag can shake off a 10-year equine inferiority complex amid 10,000 gasoline buggies and 20,000 doubters, a great big country like the United States ought '&rlb‘uhmgo!lhcmp‘g at a two-year depression both its flat on the mat. But what bout Believes “Bill” Forgotten. mir e %t Times. ices have ' been neimur;lemd. when, as a matter of fact, “with prices