Evening Star Newspaper, November 1, 1931, Page 34

2 THE EVENING STAR ‘WASHINGTON, D. C. SUNDAY...... November 1, 1031/ THEODORE W. NOYES. . . Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Butiogss Offiee 11th 8t and nnsyivanis Company 4 Ea agd oA Ry A e uropean 14 megens' W Lovdor. Rate by Carrier Within the City. th R BIins B wisans wiscqne oo oo ) 60c per month The Evening and Sundsy iar | (when 5 Sundsys | Ay ; Ational $000. Se i e oo clamch month Rate by Mall—Payable in Advance. Ma; o #erit in by mailfor telephone ryland and Virginia. ! ily and Bunday 11Lllfl§ gz] 1o ) H EQ’Z.""'.’JM 1 o | All Other States and Canada. ! I[y ang Bunday...1yr.sizon: §me. o, nday only iyr. mo. 18| Member of the Associated Press. imo. The Associsted Press is exclysively entitied o the Use for republication of ali hews is- wiches credited (o it of not otherwise ered- ted in This paper and slao the igcel nevi published herein All rirhts of publication of apecial dispatches herein are also ieserved 1mo. i mo imo Much Ado About Nothing. When the Wheeler Committee on Unemployment Plans and Suggestiops made its report to the White House it directed attention to the possibility of spreading employment in the civil serv- ice and discussed the fact that “there remains a vast reservoir in which pro- duetive action may be had—wives whose husbands eam sufficient for normal re- quirements,” etc. It summarized its proposals concerning the work oppor- tunities in the civil service group as follows: As an important element in the work- ing population this public employment cutegory should be the first to recog- nize voluntarily their responsibility in the general plan. If statutory restric- tions prevent extension or spread of employment, such statutes should be suspended for a speci time without prejudice to essential public rights or to private rights such as senjority prefer- lleves that much of the m&w fmern‘ncy spread, especially in municipal service groups, would be re- moved if substitute employes were drawn from lists provided by relief agencies dealing with this SEEERY. These statements have been inter- preted, and by very reliable authority, to mean that the Wheeler Committee has proposed part-time work in the Federal service and the elimination of wives with working husbands from the pay rolls—if not the elimination of those now employed, then the elimina- - | of California to great heights of passion the Federal service, the law forbids dis- missals except for “such cause as will promote the efficiency of such service.” And whether a staggered system for classified employes would “promote the efficiency of such service” is really the nut of the whole matter. It would not. It would be a dismal failure, in so far as clerical employes are concerned. It is well known in the Government, as well as in other establishments, that an employe does not earn his salary until he has gained experience and knowledge of the work at hand. There is always & permissible interval for the acquisition of such knowledge and ex- perience. The Gavernment would lose in efficiency what relatively few unem- ployed persons would gain, if & part- time, staggered system were made ef- fective. In the case of mechanics and laborers the general possibility of enlarging the number of work opportunities by some stagger system might be practical. For the major portion of Government em- ployes it would be impractical. The proposal of such schemes without a careful study of its consequences and a clear statement of what they will be does more harm than good. If the| Wheeler Committee is recommending | the adoption by the Government service of the five-day week, that is another matter. But the committee did not make that recommendation —————— It is evidently the intention to hold | the Navy League to the status of an un- official observer, to be enc:uraged collecting informaticn, but not in of- | fering comment publicly SESERRRS - The Frigate Constitution. Considerations of Federal economy | heve caused the decision to berth the old frigate Constitution for the Winter here in Washington at the Navy Yard. | This honored relic of the early Ameri- | can Navy is now on its way here, beine due on November 6. It was originally planned to send her on a long voyage. %o visit a5 many ports &3 possible, to display her to the greatest number of people. Here at the Capital she will be seen by multitudes, and it may be {and establith an emergency regime in THE SUNDAY STAR. WASHINGTON, mmmmmmnulnxmeorWABCum.mw rated as unnecessery | Truth is that there is in fact no| necessity for keeping the Constitution | the American people may see it. Here resentatives of the people from cvery section, every State, particularly the | ton annually in great and increasing | numbers. | The American Constitution itself is | enshrined st the Library of Congress | where it is viewed by a ceaseless flow | of visitors to the Capital. It is one ©of the most significant features of the | “sight-seeing” program set forth for the edification and pleasure of the thousands who troop into Washington | at all seasons. The frigate Constitut- | tion, placed at the Navy Yard, or per- haps more conveniently eisewhere would be similarly an objective through- out the year and for countless years to | come. It is perhaps fortunate that the | naval economies have been under-| taken just at present, in respect to the decision to lay up the Constitution at this city. For this ensures that the old ship will be here throughout the George Washington Bicentennial year. ‘Though the craft came into being and gained its great renown after the days of the First President, there is a defi- nite connotation between the celebra- tion of his birthday anniversary and the relic of the nava) power that carried on his work of Nation making. o Johnson's Threat. Hiram Johnson, who has been be- seeched by some of the Progressive Re- publicans to get into the presidential race next year against President Hoover, is giving signs at last that the ferment is workis In a speech made for the “talkies” the California Senator attack- ed the Hoover administration because it sent an American representative to sit with the League of Nations Council in its deliberations on the Sino-Japanese row. He asserted with Johnsonian vigor that such action “takes us into Europe's political controversies, in violation of the Constitution and in deflance of the people’s will.” Senator Johnson added significantly: “The only remedy left the people against their betrayers is the ballot box.” And he thereby started speculation all over again about the presidential race next year. Should Mr. Johnson decide final- 1y to cast his hat into the ring for the Republican * nomination for President against President Hoover there would be a showdown early next year in this contest. For California holds a presi- dential preferential primary to decide whom its delegations to the national conventions shall support for the presi- dential nominations of the Republican and Democratic parties. There is grave doubt, however, that Senator Johnson could stir the people over the League of Nations issue, espe- clally as the President has made it clear that the presence of an American at the meeting of the League Council is not & move to take the United States into at the Chicago convention, but got no- where in the three-cornered race be- tween bh'msq)f, Frank O. Lowden and the late (en. Leonard Wood. In the son again advanced his banner, but lost sadly in some of the Western State presidential primaries to then President Calvin Coolidge. Thereafter Senator Johnson settled down to senatorial poli- tics and philosophy. Now, it seems, he is aroused again, almost as he was aroused in the old Bull Moose days of 1912, when he ran as vice presidential candidate an the Progressive ticket with the late Theodore Roosevelt. Ever since the Hoover administration came in Senator Johnson has been inimical. Mr. Hoover is the first Pres- ident of the United States from Cali- fornia, Jogunm coveted on at least two occa- sions. In the 1928 campaign the Sen- ator did not cross swords with Mr. Hoover. He was himself a candidate for re-election to the Senate. Had he turned against Mr. Hoover in California he might have fared ill in the senatorial race. But if he heeds now the buzzing of the presidential bee and enters the race, California will furnish an interest- ing test in the fight for the presidential nomination of the G. O. P. G S i The names of Ed. Stokes, Jim Fisk and Josie Mansfield are revived by the death of the last named. A lonely and aged woman in Paris, she probably read of gang life in New York and thought with a téuch of pride of the old days when even crime might hold a tinge of sentiment and a trace of picturesque romance. —_————— Paraguay Follows Suit. It has taken some time for her to do 50, but little Paraguay has now joined the Latin American revolutionary pro- cession. With the political upheaval that took place at Asuncion last week, almost unnoticed amid world events of wider magnitude, Paraguay becomes the seventh country among the Americas to throw off a discredited presidential yoke its stead. The Paraguayan upset is the latest-—is it destined to be the last? in the chain of revolutions which be- gan in Bolivia sixteen months ago. Today Uruguay., Venezuela and Co- iombia remain the only South Ameri- can states that have not indulged in the luxury of a revolution since the Spring of 1930. countries are nominally stable, though Tumbles of unrest periodically are heard even among them. Venezuels is held that she will remain indefinitely. As 3 matter of fact, it was long ago proposed that the Constitution, when restored, should be brought to Wash- ington and kept here permanently as a symbol of the first American naval force, to which the Nation in large measure owes its preservation. This suggestion was not approved It was found to ertall & heavy expense, and just now, with economy the rule in gav- within the iren grip of the Gomes dic- tatorship. agsinst which there is always a distinction which Senator Cenditions in those | be revolution-proof, but she, t0o, a few Ecuador went the same time months ago, su through the spasm | shifting around the coast in order that | Now Paraguay follows suit The Nation known collectively as the | at the Capital it will be visited by rep- | Colossus of the North can only hope that the housecleaning through which ts sister peoples beyond the Equator | younger citizens, who come to Washing- | have gone will accomplish the cure they craved from the strong medicine they prescribed themselves. Clearing the Siate. When the late lamented grand jury delivered its ry and extra- jegal report asserting that ex-Police- man Orville Staples had been “framed” in his dismissal from the force and ac- cusing by name and-innuendo members of the Police Department alleged to have participated in the framing. the Commissioners were forced either to-as- sume that the grand jury was correct and to proceed on that basis, or to as- sume that the persoms placed under suspicion by the grand jury's report were innocent until definite evidence to the contrary was presented. The Cemmissioners asked a group of outstanding lawyers to unearth, if pos- sible, such evidence. The lawyers have not been able to find it. The men are still presumed to be innocent, in the syes of the law, and the presumption be- comes, as far as the community is con- cerned, a certainty because of the cir- cumstances which marked the grand jury's methods as against those fol- lowed by the®lawyers. The committee of lawyers deserves the thanks of the community for having undertaken an onerous business in the spirit of unselfish and disinterested service to the people of this city and for having disposed of it with dignity and dispatch. It is unfortunate that the mischief makers who stirred up the mess cannot be held accountable for the trouble they have caused. e~ Apparently Hindenburg does not &s- pire to be known as a dictator, but will be content if he can retain the un- official title, “grand old man.” It is one of the most difficult titles to secure, re- quiring faithful service, high character and in addition a certain share of per- sonal good fortune. ————— Soviet Russia commands so much territory that it will need more than a five-year plan to have it completely policed with a reasonable degree of honesty. B — Having had & variety of experiences in leadership, Ramsay MacDonald be- comes an exceptional individual exam- ple of coalescence. . ————t——————— Debts and plans for naval construc- tion have changed the meaning of the word “holiday” so as to give it serious economic significance. ——————————— A boss racketeer resents going to jail in spite of the fact that he is provided with more reliable guards and becomes a much better life insurance risk. ——————————— Wise statesmanship has made the slogan “See America First” apply to al- most every transaction that comes up for attention. . —— et Japan allows it to be understood that in arranging to leave Manchuria she will take care to dr nothing hasty. ——— SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. In Advance. Apology I'm offering. TFor what, I do not say, But a provision now I bring Against a future day. For as events are going now Some utterance unwise I shall be guilty of, somehow— So I apologize. Some hasty word is sure to sound In sorrowful mischance, And there my regret profound 1 offer in advance. Things must occur to spoil our bliss And bring a sad surprise. Something is sure to go amiss— So I apologize. If words on injudicious larks I'm tempted to let fiy, Perhaps I shall use ditto marks ‘To strengthen the supply Of deferential forms of speech Which I must advertise. Into the future I must reach— So I apologize. Chance for the Wets. “A-e the wets making much progress out your way?" “Folks are regarding other topics as more important than prohibition,” answered Senator Sorghum. ““Then the wets haven't a chance?” “Yes. One slight chance. If these other problems become any tougher they're liabie to drive a lot of people to drink.” Jud Tunkins says bein' a good loser keeps a man cheerful, but as a habit it gets tiresome. Quaintness. It's all & wondrous masquerade In which we mortals mingle. Discoveries are often made Which cause the pulse to tingle. Disguises lead to much complaint. Tlusions must diminish, And people whom we once called “quaint” Are Business, to the finish. Fashion's Change. “Why do fashions for women change s0 often?” said the inquisitive man. “As & matter of hopeful persistence ™ answered Miss Cayenne. “If a girl can't be sufficiently attractive in one costume to win an engagement ring, she is at liberty to try others as often as she can afford them.” “A generous spirit,” said Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown, “is desirable even | when a robber has yeu in his power. It may not lessen your losses. byt ft incipient and potential revolt. Central America has enjoyed its normal crep of revolutions. Stince the epidemic among the south- ernmost Latins broke out, their three most powerful republics, Argentina, Brazil and Chile. have had revolutions. will at least save you physical dis- Power of the Unserious. Advice, however good and great, Is frequently neglected. A laugh will always “crash the gate,” Bishop of Text: “In quietness and confidence shall be your stremgth” — Isaiah 22215, In reading the Old Testament I am more and more struck with the ex- traordinary application of many of its striking passages to the .present world situstion. It confirms the oid observa- tion that human nature does not change. Conditions and practices may change, but we suffer the same mis- fortunes and mishaps, and enjoy the same satisfactions and joys that other generations experienced. It would seem on the face of it improbable that, in a time remote and in places far re. moved situations should develop | logous to those we experience toda: The prophecy of Isaiah is filled with the most picturesque accounts of con- ditions that in many respects parallel those in our modern life. In the thir- tieth chapter, from which the above text is taken, the prophet-statesman is dealing vith a condition where the people rad lost their sense of reliance upon God. They had become rebellious and for the assurance that had stood them in stead they were seeking be- yond their own confines for that wkich stabilize them. to tell them that the help they were seeking would prove “vain and to no " He reminded them that it ‘were better that they “sit still,” repos- ing their security in the God upon whom they had long t-usted. To “trust in and perverseness and stay reon” was the part of folly. His admonition was that “in quiet- ness and confidence shall be your stre) E Quietness suggests repose and repose inevitably leads to serenity and peace of mind. There could be no confidence without this. To the mind of the prophet, confidence was fundamental and indispensable to both security and prosperity. This.is as true today as when it was spoken of old. We are being told on every hand today that confidence is basic and essential to the stabilizing of our industrial and com- mercial life, even as it is indispensable to every other aspect of our life. Where confidence is impaired, whether in men or institutions, fear follows, with the BY THE RIGHT REV. JAMES they believed would strengthen and | )i prophet undertakes | D. C., NOVEMBER -1, Confidence S E. FREEMAN, D. D, LL. D, W ashington. | inevitable consequences of & break- | down in_the whole social and economic order. It has been said with wisdom of late that credit is only a synonym for confidence, that the terms are in- terchangeable. The implication is that there can be no c~dit without confi- dence. This is abun.antly demonstrated in our present world situation. It would be reasonable to ask upon what confi- dence is based. It certainly requires something more than financial ability or capacity, something more than seem- ing industrial or commercial security. There are institutions of one kind and another in this country that for gen- erations have been as stahle as the Rock of Gibraltar, and yet at the pres- ent time they are imperiled because for the while people generally have lost confidence in them. Now as never be- fore it is clearly evident that comfi- dence, which is our strength, has its security in deep moral and spiritual convictions. Better tban any instit: tion, however stable or seemingly se- cure it may be, is the moral chAracter of those who administer it. When the late Mr. Plerpont Mt was asked what kind of collateral firm required where a loan of a mil- dollars was sought, he replied: o acter.” He was entirely correct. | We need to be reminded in this connec- | tion that character rests upon the sure lounu% of & \‘n"cg;'n mg'uncmn‘b; i Tel con 5 may 1&:-:1: at times to define what we hold of reutgmu convictions. That they | constitute the stabil: element in our | lite, in every aspect of it, is demon- strab! 3 | Ex- ent Coolidge was right when | he said, “The government of a le never gets ahead of the religion of the people.” Could oyr leaders think more seriously today of the need of rehabili- tating those institutions that stand for | high moral and spiritual ideals, we | should be more cestainly on the road to returning peace and prosperity. Some- | thing has ;one out of our life. Our | recent brief period of prosperity wit- | nessed an orgy of loose living and dissi- | pation to which we can trace many of | the ills of the present hour. It is as | true today as when it was spoken of | old, “In quietness and confidence shall | be our strength.” Senator La Follette Given at Recent Une BY WILLIAM HARD. ‘The youthful senior Senator from Wis- consin, Mr. Robert Marion La Follette, stands forth at this week end as the chief organizer of proposals for enlarged Fed- eral activity regare unemployment next Winter in opj ion to the em- phasis placed upon local activity and private activity by the Hoover adminis- tration. This has resulted largely from the hearings now being conducted by | the Senator on Capitol Hill in prepara- tion for the reintroduction into the Congress next December of his bill for a national economic council. These hearings have attracted dis- tinguished witnesses, such as President Gerard Swope of the General Electric Co., and seem likely to become a sort of bible for Progressive oratory and argu- mentation as soon as the con- venes. Accordingly, this writer sought light upon the Progressive program from Senator La Follette. * % x “Senator, is it your contention that relief of unemployment distress throi local private charity and local public funds next Winter will not be ade- quate?” “It will not be adequate if by ade- quacy we mean the maintenance of normal heslth and o normal decent Standards of living for the unemployed and their dependents.” “Have you any basis of fact, Senator, for that view?” “I most decidedly have. I refer you to the testimony before our subcom- mittee of Miss Frances Perkins, indus- trial commissioner of the State of New York. She showed that in that State the wage loss this year from unemploy- ment will be approximately $800,000,- 000. She showed at the same time that relief expenditures in that State this year from local private charity and from local public funds will not exceed some $35,000,000. You need only a pencil and paper and the skill to sub- tract 35,000,000 from 800,000,000 to- see that there will be a big gap this year in the State of New York between actual relief and lflequlng “What, then, Senator, you pro- pose?” ‘ * % ok K “I corftinue to believe in the principle of the bill introduced into the last ses- sion of the Senate by Senator Walsh of Massachusetts. The Federal Govern- ment should grant to local governments a sum of money e;flnl to the excess ex- nditures which the present emergency as imposed upon them. There might also be need of an emergency Federal | body which would allocate special sums to communities in special local financial weakness and helplessness.” “But, Senator, ll‘eh'ihlhz un;:.v;o‘yved ‘worrying through somehow an; ?' “Only at _extreme cos: to coming gen- erations. I direct your attention again to Miss Perking' testimony. She showed that the hospitals are reportin, an alarming rise in the types of phy: ical trouble due to undernourishment. She showed also that the sehools are reporting a marked decline of mental alertness among pupils and a marked appearance of physical lassitude among them. We cannot even estimate the tragic consequences which will flow in future years from such developments. * k% ¥ “Why, though, put tne burden on the !‘eden{ mp‘:‘yerl instead of simply on the local taxpayers?” “Because lney:l taxation doudmv:; o} reach the incomes Frotm, u;or instance, securities. Local taxation is based primarily on real es- tate. The Pederal income tax touches incomes from all sources. Securities are still producing large incomes, which should be taxed further in this crisis. L. H. Sloan, vice pr Standard sutmudco'hum n.z:wg "2-:: the dividends pai yei 550 largest corporations Will probably total approximately $1,500,000,000. That is 75 per cent of what they totaled dur- ing the prosperity of 1929. Such money should bear its “u‘l';lh-“ loy! :B:’v'ln-““ unusual burdens. e onl complish that end effectively is through Federal action.” HE W “I observe, Semator, that you also favor large additional expenditures for Federal public works for the giving of more employment. °T carhestly do. The only concrete suggestions made to our subcommittee by any of our witnesses for anv pro- gram to overcome the present uncon- been in the direction of enlarged public works. Myself, I am convinced that the appropriations for such public works must be conceived in terms not of thousands of dollars or milliens, but billions. The period during ghich this work may be necessary as & for employment is likely to be quite jong. “Why so, Senator?” * % % “Well, I rely in this matter en the experts. I quete to you our witness Mr. Slean, whom I have already quoted. :l‘!ll company ‘l‘l most um\nlfl \:: ;Iu’:- Propagandist company. e the other way. He stated to us that, in his judgment, it will be many years before—even with good luck—we can regain the sort of prosperity that we had two years ago. I think that we should be prepared to supplement pri- trolled deflation and depression have Analyzes Testimony mployment Hearings eral intervention in the matter of un- employment insurance?” “Not_equally, but certainly partly. The Federal Government, think, should encourage and stimulate the growth toward whet is called unem- ployment insurance. I prefer to call it the accumulation of reserves for the payment of unemployment benefits.” * K X x “So you do not fear the demoralizing effects of what is called the dole?” “May I quote to you a statistical fact? Britain is the classic land of what is called the dole. The claim' is made that unemployment insurance in Britain induces numbers of peo- ple to live continuously on the dole without work. Now let me give you the statistical fact. Of all the many and many millions of people enrolled in the unemployment insurance funds of Britain there are only 3 per cent who have ever been on the dole for a longer period than six months. That one fact disposes by itself of the fairy tale that the so-called dole in Britain has produced a nation of slackers.” “Just what would you have the Ped- eral Government do to encourage and stimulate unemployment reserve funds?” o s “I think serious consideration should be given to & suggestion on that point made by our witness, Mr. Henry I. Har- riman, the"' New England Power Co. organizer. He said that ly the Federal Government should grant some concession in taxes to companies which would voluntarily undertake to establish unemployment reserve funds in their trmurgumllr Harriman was for voluntary action by the companies. he simultaneously frankly declared on that point.” “Which brings me, Senator, to the final element in your . You Rave spoken of relief, of public wprks, of unemployment benefits. You also propose a national economic council. Mr. Harriman, on behalf of the United States Chamber of Commerce, desires such a council, too, but he wishes it to be under private auspices. You wish it to be a public body. Why?” R “For a reason basic to the whole | proposition. The task of a national | gconomic council is to try to do some | Sort of broad, accurate national planning in reference to credit, in reference to | production, in reference to consump- | tion, in reference to our whole national economic life. The first step in such a task is the gathering of the statistical facts. A private body cannot compel the production of those facts. It can- not compel the opening of the books of | finance and of industry. A public body | can. That one reason is sufficient, in | my mind, all by itself, to prove that the National Economic Council, which now the bulk of thinking opinion all over the country demands, should be established as a public institution.” * ok x % ‘Whereupon the Senator smiled his amiable smile and departed to another of his amiable hearings, where he treats reactionaries as politely and kindly as if they were real ‘“patriotic pr sives.” But he suddenly turned wl;l: rkr:w that pl i “Don't t planning, national planning, with the help of a nl:’h;mn:l economic council, is the main thing. 1f we could make such planning success- ful we woyldn't need to talk so much about Federal relief and Federal public works and Federal encouragement of unemployment reserves. are ex- 'v:dlenh Plan to try to prevent disaster.” (Copyright, 1931.) e | Lumber Survey Shows Heavy Stock Surplus BY HARDEN COLFAX. | . The outstandj problem of the Amer- lcan lumber ustry today—next to maintaining and exte; the use of 'g&) prod' tlu:ru—l is. b: ”!:l r'lldl:r 4,500,000, eet of lumber which it now hand nl;love its needs. TS This is the judgment of the Federal { Timber Conservation Board. The opin- {don is based on a report just submitted to it by the special Lumber Survey Committee, appointed in July by the g&cref-lry of Commerce, to make an ianalysis of current lumber preduction {and consumption as well as of stocks on hand and prospective consumption. the year great history.” A same the volume of lumber has declined nearly one-half during the past three years. The great problem of the industry today is to further reduce its surplus The committee estimates that on Oc. tober 1 “the national excess beyond vate em ployment with public works | ¥ employment throughout the period of our slow dustrial activity. “Are you equally inclined toward Fed- . 4 prospective return to full in. the B to mitigate disaster. We ought | 1931—PART TWO. Capital Sidelights BY WILL P. KENNEDY. With the world and his neighbor making pilgrimage to Mount Vernon. the premier shrine of States, next year over the new Mount Vernon Boulevard. which is considered the finest riverside drive in the world and which is to be part of the George Wuhl:f‘nfl Memorial Parkway on both sides the “Historic Potomac” from Mount Vernon and Fort Washington to the Great Falls of the Potomec, interest has been aroused in w'gm- posed restoration of old Marghall Hall, across the river from Mount Vernon. For years Marshall Hall has been known as a riverside, boat excursion amusement park, but recently the Maryland Daughters of the American Revolution brought Marshall = Hall mflnenuv into the picture of the ntennial Celebration by placing & marker on the old mansion, which dis- closes its true history, and sets it right in American history, where for many years xt rt;u been camouflaged in a false story. Many have believed and still be- | lieve that this old mansion, still in a wonderful state of preservation despite public lect for many years, was once the home of Chief Justice John Marshall of Virginia. But Miss Minnie Kendall Lowther, author of the new Mount Vernon book which has been adopted in the District of Columbia schools and of Marshall Hall, us that “Marshall Hall was lace the William Marshall II of the - land family obtained 200 bt the mansion now stands from the Em- peror of the Piscataway Indians. He dled in 1673, one year before John Washington obtained title to Mount Vernon, and his son, William Marshall II. who lives in history as “Ye head :( V'Acomlco River,” fell heir to this ract. William Marshall II is accredited with the building of the mansion near 1690 and no less an authority than the old family Bible states that Thomas Marshall, his third child, was born in Phor i generations six genera it passed 'from father to son until the family lost it in the misfortunes that followed the ‘War Between the States. But the cdm- etery was reserved, and it lies undis- turbed with its historic dead, unchanged in title since the red hand of the chieftain transferred it to the first :vuu.m Marshall so many generations g0. Thomas Hanson Marshall of the third generation of this mansion was the outstanding master, since he was a contemporary with Gen. Washington or Washington City even dreamed of it was a landing p! for the mercantile business of later, and they lived as neighbors un- til the death of Gen. Washington in 1799. The Hanson Marshall lived on for two years before he was laid in the family cemetery. He was a cap- tain in the Continental Army, a: is the 200th anniversary of irth. He was just one year older than George ‘Washin, ‘The marker erected by the Thomas ggl-!tnnn Chapter, D. A. R., records at: - i “This mansion was built by William Marshall II about 1690, a balf century earlier than Mount Vernon. William Marshall I obtained title to this tract of 200 acres of John Ackelahama, the Emperor of the Piscataway Indians. For six generations Marshall Hall passed from father to son—a period of 176 years. From 1756-1801 Capt. Thomas Hanson Marshall of the American Rev- t | olution, a neighbor and lifetime friend of Gen. Wash n of Mount Vernon, was master of mansion.” Gov. Ritchie of Maryland presented the State flag to the historic mansion. Mrs. Cora Marshall Somerson, the last child born in the mansion of the Mar- shall line, participated in the cere- monies. * K Kk ‘Whenethe Notre Dame eleven plays thé Navy at Annapolis on November 14, one of the most enthusiastic rooters will be Representative Willlam J. Granfield of eld, Mass., ‘the first Demo- crat to be elected to Congress from that district in Mdel.rl. For after gradu- ating from Wiiliston Academy in 1910, “Billy” Granfleld went to Notre Dame, ‘where he played star base ball and basket ball. Upon his ation he signed up to play prof base with the Cincinnat! “Reds,” Base ball players then did not get the fabulous sums that stars get today, still $500 or $600 & month was a big help to the . He soon broke away from profesdional base ball to study law. He is one of the most loyal of the Notre | Dame alumni and takes a keen interest iin their athletic schedules. The Notre ! Dame team will be his guests at the | Capital. 500,000,000 board feet. ‘The further reduction recommended by the board | should comprise about 3,250,000,000 board feet of soft wood and 1,250,000,~ 000 of hardwoods. * ok Kk Pointing out that farm communities normally consume more than one-third of the total lumber cut, the report states that the ratio in August was the lowest recorded since 1910. Purther substantial reductions in most building materials have not,yet been generally followed by various reductions in other building costs. During the past three years the decline in residential building has been very marked. The report states that stocks should be maintained at a relatively high level in order to provide the assortment of items necessary to meet the more exacting demands of the trade.” As to “any substaptial general in- crease” in ordinary building the com- mittee sees no indication of such until readjustments of the cost of building and home own have come into more normal relation to the continuing decline ding material _prices. ‘The experts believe the small dwelling field still offers the best potential mar- ket for lumber in construction. S Any increased demand for lumber for building purposes cannot reasonably be expected during the first half of next year, according to the investigators, ror are there any indications of a sub- stantial increase in farm bufldings be- fore next Summer, if n, A planned and persistent restriction of production id be continued, the been reduced to a level reasonably com- mensurate with éeonomy and stability in the l!llrl!fll!’ and distribution of From 192! mately 600 identical mills there has been a decline of some 50 per cent and a decline nearly equal in sales volume. experts believe, until the stocks have | portant | America Sets Cleanliness Standard BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN, America is doing more than other nation in cleaning up the worl This is meant in a wholly literal Ilnd the statement refers to the ress made in the United States in de- veloping not only plumbing, las machinery and the like, but in chemical | cleansing agents. The characteristic American preoc- cupation with sanitation has long been almost a joke to some of the elder na- scrubbing her front doorstep, but no other people have quite gone the lengths that Americans have in keep- ing clean and especially in devising new systems of keeping clean. Plumbing seems to have moved in cycles in the history of the world. It has proved a source of amazement to archeologists to find, in excavating such remains as Roman villas, 2000 years |old, brass pipe plumbing still in good condition and indicating no little skill in design and construction. In the much destruction of such works, but; more importantly, forgetfulness of the arteof sanitation. Although the period was the worst sanitized in history, there was no enlightened work done along this line. Superstition was rife strange systems were ldghd The touch of blessed waters and of kings was m« nml':h emu';alaul in the heal- isease than °’If — simplest forms ‘was not until the nineteen e tury that sanitation began to 3!.“:: & scientific status. The Law of Leviti- cus, it is true, furnished one school of | sanitation, but was peculiar to a single people, the Jews. Again Hippocrat laid down certain tenets of health<but these efforts were confined either to merfmmupl of the people or to cycles of time. ‘While the ninetcenth century saw the beginnings of enlightened “zmuum the twentieth century has seen its greaf est devel:?ment and it is only now that the American systems are being intro- duced in many countries of the world. Finest System in World. It was not an idle joke that certain , on emigrating |Sewed tneir _children in_ garments. for the entire Winter months, and it is a matter of record that the Cincinnati g:lyllchn who first prescribed regular thing was regarded as desiring to in- crease his practice by producing a larger | In heaith. amount of poor Now we find so marked a change that the chemical division of the De- rtment of Commerce is able to report o and dye establishment in an effort = :um cleanliness. = ly the finest in the world. Pure waters are/piped, if necessary, hundreds of to insure a service, and the per gallon person con- sumption, looked u as a minimum necessity for an Aplsflun , is & source of amazement even to the most advanced Europeans. The money in- in these waterworks astounds long night of the Dark Ages there was | and |0 important | water at ex rates which is pure enc to a as |its flows from the tap. countries drinking must from sources and is sold {n small quantities. not infrequently at prices nd | pigher than those | An interesting index to the extent of | American cl operations is found in the fact that the American soap bill is in the neighborhood of $300,000,000 e amount of cleaning done in con- | nection with containers and with places of public entertainment is almost be- yond calculation. Campaigns carried on in connection with the maintenance of dairies and milk service have produced & whole separate science of cleaning. | Systems of great elaboration have becn | worked out for cleaning the nachinery bottling works. ~Restaurants are sub- Jected to periodic’ by health authorities and ma; busin American water systems are admit- | world. British Election Has No Historic Parallel BY A. G. GARDINER. LONDON, October 31.—The political world is still dazed by the of Prime Minister its promises to cure unem; and resentment of the public at refusal of MacDonald’s_colleagues, on _dicta- tion from the Trades Union Council, to support cuts in the dole in order to help balance the over, Labor's attack on the banks lfi small that part con- u!mvmd the women's vote pl in the result and the clusive that an im | Labor realized that | of the dole system ul the working classes. Broadcasting was & it factor in the election and Phfip- Snowden's devastating exposures of his late col- leagues’ refusal to face the facts in the rational situation and their subordina- George's appeal, voted government, led to the elimination of | triangular contests and & straight | issue between the government and Labor. * ok kK ‘The most dramatic personal incidents MacDonald’ in the election were 's wonderful victory in the strongest b !"1 g5 £ i it ! £ En £ i i ] ! ; § H : 4 i E : % | § { 2 4 i gi i P | | I : - i E- E g H g i i 2 i E | F ggg; REEIgiEEE ] ‘*ggig % i il 2 Labor constituency in the coun- try and the defeat of his for- mer colleague, Arthur Henderson, now the leader of the Labor y, in_an- other purely Labor ency. the election. His vast majority consists of 470 Conservatives, 70 Liberals and & handful of Labor members, but the im- t offices of the government are held in nearly equal % The question is discussed as to how long the Conservatives, in oveswhelming command of the House of Commons, will consent to keep the bond of Na- * o ox It is the opinion of the e: the lumber industry, as a whole, been substantially depleted of worl capital and that the depletion is con- tinui 1t appears also from compe- tent testimony that “the capital strue- ture of the lumber industry as a whole will not, without general final disin- tegration, long withstand the continu- ing depletion of its capital assets. and that king | tenants out of the nest in its eagerness to secure a full protectionist program, which was advocated from mnni Con- servative platforms during the k. * X% There is no expectation of an early that the correction of Lh;l condition is ; win, it of & e sup- and demand, without any abrupt ing' of stocks.” The ber Conservation Board is plnnnn;s‘ to make gflifl oo sur- e ine Jumaber supply and demand e board, which I: a tz-mm. acting under presidential a) but st by private funds, establis! on January 1 and tinue to operate unf The Secretary of Commerce is of the board, and associated are the msmm:“ot Agriculture o Int , 88 as representatives ou(”the r:lnu!uluren of hardwoods and softwoods, of the owners of timberlands, e i forestry, and | § EEe T H ggégi i i i g § | £ g% : : g gfii, i55 i 3 g g g 8 ; ¢ | 1 tactics on the I i i ! ! 2 H] E T2 S» H L] = 3 & g £ 2 ] FH g% i i H H i E g The of October in full the report Lieut. Hoxie’s Plan for River Work. of m;bllc works at the following treatment of W the matter ; i . Richard = o 3 o Ll . i f I He ;Eg‘ i e E i i g _E § i £ H i 3k i E; 5 ¢ EEH 3k i ! 4 f E ; | £ il 5 1 i g E{ Eg i 2 5 5 2 AT, i 5 g 55 bl il g5 § i H : ;fifi ;E = i . £ £ y i i i 8 - § g ol i ! i 1 i : !