Evening Star Newspaper, November 13, 1931, Page 8

THE EVENING STAR ‘With Sunday Morning Edition. WASEINGTON, D. € FRIDAY.....November 13, 1931 THEODORE W. NOYES. The Eveping Star N per Company Business Office: 11th St. and Pennsylvania Ave. New York Office: 110 East 42nd 8t icago Office: Lake Michigan Bulldine. an Office: 14 Regent .. London. ngland. Editor Rate by Carrier Within the City. 45¢ per month 60c per month ] “each month Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. {ly and Sunday.....1yr.. $10.00; } mo.. 85 En': only ... 1 . 11yl $6.00: 1 mo.. 50¢ ay only 17¥r. $4.00; 1 mo. 0c All Other States and Canada. 00 y snd Sunds : 1mo. 51 A ERET Member of the Associaied Press. e Aseociated Pres is exelysively entitjed use for republication of all “ews Gig- d fo it or not otherwise crid- in this pd, slso the local newy hed herein. richts of publication o al dispatches hercin are also ieserved. to B The Navy Budget. President Hoover has finally approved & slash of $59,000,000 in the budget es- timates for the Navy for the fiscal year 1933. This saving to the Government at a time when the Treasury faces a| huge deficit is a matter of congratula- | tion, especially since the cuts do not | recduce the personnel of the Navy and do not interfere with an orderly con- struction of the warships authorized by the Congress except for the postpone- ment of work on a half dozen destroy- ers. The President of the Uhited States has recently been criticized bitterly in certain quarters on the ground that his every move was to hamper and destroy the efficiency of the Navy. The plan now announced by Mr. Hoover refutes these assertions. The original budget estimates for the Navy called for appropriations for the fiscal year 1933 totaling $401,000,- 000, a sum much in excess of the ap- propriations for the current year. The sericusness of the Treasury deficit had not become fully apparent at the time these first estimates were prepared. But when the full force of the busi- ness depression on the revenues of Government had manifested itself it became the plain duty of the Chief Executive to slash the budget figures in every possible way without seriously impairing any branch of the Govern- ment. This included the Navy. With the assistance of the officials of the Navy Department, it has been found possible to reduce the estimates by $59,000,000, a great saving. Curtail- ments in budgetary estimates and eventually in appropriations are to come also from all other establishments of the Government besides the Navy. ‘The pruning knife has become neces- sary and it should be used. of the Russian army was low. That of the Japanese army was high. In vir- tually every engagement the Jepgnesc were successful. Their vietory astounded the world, but in truth was not sur- prising" in view of the far superior quality of the Japanese arms, the high spirit and excellent training of the men in the field and the heavy handi- cap of distance from base under which the Russian forces operated. In the present conditions these ad- vantages might not be as evident nqv in the event of war as in 1904-5. The Russian railroad communications are better, the supply is probably more efficient and the morale is doubtless superior to that of the Russian armies of twenty-seven years ago. Neverthe- less, a distinet advantage acerues to Japan in respect to nearness to base, in unimpeded water communication and in equipment, in which respect Japan is far advanced. Just how far the Soviet government at Moscow could go in putting a large and effective force in the field in Man- churia is a question which bears upon the internal conditions of Russia. De- spite the seeming solidarity of the Rus- sian people under Soviet rule there is a strong spirit of dissent. Would it be safe to lift the pressure of military supervision from the body of the Rus- sian populace, which is not wholly amenable to Soviet control? The dis- patch of a million armed men across Asia to “fight Japan in the event of war between those two countries might possibly open the way to the revolt against Soviet tyranny that, despite all the glowing accounts that have come from Moscow of a united populace, is known to be dreaded by the commis- sars at the capital. In all likelihood, if this situation de- velops into actual wearfare between Japan and China over the Manchurian question Ruscia’s participstion would, at least in the first stages, be limited to provision of supplies and perhaps to co-operative action by comparatively small forces. The memory of 1904-5, though a new generation constitutes th> great body of the Russian people and a new dispensation of government exists, is ‘likelv to act as a deterrent against a direct single-handed conflict with the Island Kingdom. J—— Public Garage Space. There is no apparent reason why the municipality should go into the busi- ness of constructing public garages, and | even with present conditions in mind it is difficult to“conceive the provision of automobile parking space as a govern- mental function. Nevertheless, the proposal by Willlam A. Roberts, as- sistant corporation counsel, that the next appropriation bill include funds for the purchase of land and construc- tion of public garages, to be privately operated under lease, i§ not to be dis- missed as fantastic and out of the | question. The more suggestions and the more study that is put into the complicated problems of transportation and automobile parking the sooner a solution may be expected. ! think one plan as good as another so THE EVENING STAR, WASHIN 0 Hoover might be the 131st instead of the 31st-Chief Magistrate of the Re- public. The Oslifornian himself, be- cause the soldiers’ bonus loan legisla- tion was enacted over his protest, would. according te the Paris rule, to- day be a statesman out of a job. A more genuine test of Prem'er Laval's parliamentary strength will bs forthcoming next Tuesday. To that day, at his request, has been postponed the report to the Chamber of Deputies on his recent trip to the United States. In America and in wide sections of his | from the active day, snuggling down |but he could drive one, just the same, own eountry the view prevails that the astute head of the French government returned to Paris with political lauccls of which he at least has no cause to be ashamed. The Young plan was re- affirmed at Washington as the binding financial-economic law of Europe. The American Government pledged itself to spring no more moratorium sur- prises upon France. M. Laval did nat vield an inch of the position that dis- armemept without security is unde- batable from France's standpoint. Yet politics, and especially French politics, being what it is, even the shield } M. Laval brought back from the United States is not held by some elements in | ence. Somehow it always seems to work | that? France to be wholly untarnished. The premier is about to sally bravely forth with it and fight for his masters' ap- probation. Like the warrior of anti- quity of whom it wes said, M. Laval will either leave the Chamber with his shield—or on it. — e The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has, following Ell Wheeler's motto, “Laugh and the world | laughs with you" awarded a prize 10| Marie Dressler, who, in addition to promoting wholesome cheer, has per- formed a service to society in calling attention to the A. M. P. A. S, which has not hitherto attained the popular recognition it obviously deserves. - - By actual measurement, Russia is by far the biggest country on earth. Be- fore deciding to do battle in Asla, the Soviet may be persuaded to remember the story of David and Goliath. ot Texas is chargi a Nation-wide con- spiracy to dominate the oil business In addition to resuming the discussion of free silver, the public is expected ‘o conduct archeological researches with reference to “The Octopus.” i o Kings, past and present, have become 50 unimportant in parts of Europe that | leading statesmen do not even trouble | to invite them when a formal dinner is arranged. - ‘There are German economists who | | long as there is no money to pay under either. France will regard its patterns for an enlarged navy as available for an exclusive model and not designed to sei @ world fashion. e e SHOOTING STARS. | his tas GTON, n. FRIDAY, NOV THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. A day in the life of an average man under civilization: Gets up at the sound of the alarm clock, a nuisance, but a necessity Arises, that is, about 15 or 20 min- utes after the clock sounds. ‘What is more luxurious, in the aver- age life, than the few minutes, caught beneath the covers before arising? Looks around at last for slippers and bath robe, and has difficulty in finding the right armhole. ‘Why the right sleeve is recalcitrant he_never thinks about. It just is, that is all. A, So much of the daily life is that It just is. One accepts it. To be dif- ferent is to be a rebel, and the man under civilization hates revolutions, in- ternal and e: al. Shaving, and taking a beth, and put- ting on cne’s clothes, and eating break- inst, and_so on—these arc customary to him, and he does not think or rebel- ling. 8tcaslonnlly he may go without a shave, and invariably on that very day he is called into an important confer- out so. He puts on the customary felt hat, badge of the American male, and his topcoat, and sallies out, either to the garage, to make his personal convey- ance snort a few snorts, or to the line of some public vehicle. If to the latter, usually he must walk a few blocks, and as he does so he looks at the houses along the way. He ad- mires enew a white picket gate whicl) he has alway yonder householder woulc have done better, at least architecturally, t> have left the new garage off. Every one to other matters. e e In the public conveyance, he is in- terested in his fellow passengers and the sights along the way. Fellow riders fall into two classes, those pleasing to him and those dis- pleasing to him. Among the former may be some old fellow who walks to work with his hat in his hand, the wind ruffiing his long gray hair and his square-trimmed beard. Our hero wishes he had the energy to walk to office, but doubts the wisdom of the procedure, especially hat in hand, on a snappy Autumn morning. That may do very well for these ng fellows—and these rare old boys th square-cut beards—but the great average man, whese name is truly Legion, will prefer to wear a hat when it is cold. * ¥ % ‘The hat—what an absurd thing it is, after all! Man's clothing at all points is rather ridiculous, but at no point worse than at the top of his head. He needs no protection there. Nature saw to that by giving him a suit of hair, as it is called. The young fellows prove it. gh school and college lads go around Stfn- mer and Winter with no covering ex- cept the hair on the top of their heads. They find it enough. Probably middle-aged men need hats to protect them, because they have got into the habit of wearing them. The hat is a badge, and no doubt had its origin, not in a necessity, but in the primitive desire to shine, whic is with us yet. ® And here at the elevator is Old Bill, with his shining morning face. s liked, and thinks that | te. however, in architecture as in | for so many years that no one knows 1whrn he began. Before that, legend has it, he pre- | sided on an ice wagon, and in the | dim past, now almost forgotten, was | engineer of a hansom cab. | Bill couldn't tell you to this day where the hansom cab got its name, | with its reins going over the roof. and | the whole affair looking as if it would | tip_over backward at any moment. No, it wasn't called hansom because it was handsome, or anything along that line. but simply because the pat- entee (1834) was a certain Mr. Han- som. Think of it —thousands of young men have never even seen a hansom cab—and even our_ hero had never ridden in one! > Old Bill, with his smiling morning face, has aciually driven one. Our hero takes off his hat as he gets into the elevator, ostensibly to the beautiful Jady. but in reality to a man who could drive a hansom cab. * ok ox % ‘The day's work, the day's work— pshaw, what is there to say about ‘ The average man talks work all day long, but he does not say much about it, after all. ‘The joy of the club is in many a man's work, and related subjects fill his_lunch-time conversation. Here is the interesting subject of Jim, a fine fellow, but one who has | managed to rub every one the wrong way. | "Jim was divinely unaware of this| until he happened to fcel one day | that something was wrong. So he asked one—our hero—in whom he had confidence, if he had heard others call him “high hat.” High Hat, in case one doesn't know, is cne of the great American crimes. And, at times, tragedies. Suddenly confronted by such a ques- | tion, from an earnest fellow, the av- erage man hedges visibly. He wants to tell and yet he knows :hcmusulx fate of those who tell the ru ‘klle beats around the bush in fine style. | _ He says enough, howeve:, to convince | Jim that something i wrong in the personal relations of James with the little world he works in. He goes back and tells his office force mot to disturb him for several hours, he will be busy, very busy. He dces not tell them what he will | be busy about, but it is about Jim, the | man, himself. Poor old fellow, who tries and tries so hard, but cannot see himself as others see him! As to that, who can? R It is evening and our friend manages to slip away,a little early. He is a at the tremendous |number of ladics and gentlemen who evidently are doing the same thing. How do they all manage to get off ahead of time? It is a standing mystery. The streets are crowded with cars and the busses with passengers. On the latter the portly gentlemen | in gray coats and gray hats are telling one another about the wonderful things :h?y said and did at the last conven- ion. “And then I brought out my re- port and said, ‘Gentlemen, maybe this ill explain a few things—' " It _gets dark early these days. The Winter solstice is coming nearer and nearer, A squirrel bounds through the leaves and scampers up a tree. Yonder | othe EMBER 13, 1931. Nation’s Interests Demand United, Efficient Congress To the Editor of The Star: A new Congress is about to eemvere in one of the trying times of our national life. What will it do? Mil- lions are asking this question, and are looking to this to find and apply a remedy the ills that bset all. : Seldom has miore been expected of the national lawmakers, and yet there is endless talk of reorganizin Lower House, or swapping horses in the stream. The Nation naturally expects more of the political party which hap- pens to be in power. If the adminis- tration will not or cen not come up to tions, whatever they may be, them the people will look to the party. But this is oply the partisan view. In the broader national interest nothing could be more hazardous in such a crisis than for the Democrats to undertake to create a congressional division that might obstruct a respen- sible administration’s effort to.work out a cure. If both parties are going to disappoint the Nation, people will lose confidence in their form of government. That is an end to be contemplated only with dread. The electorate can well settle a score with one party but not with both with- out extreme measures. Excuses will not satisfy in @ time like this. The peo- ple will be even less disposed to allow either party with guilty hands to pass the buck to the other. If the Demo- crats reorganize the House and stall the administration’s effort to improve these intolerable conditions they will not hear the end of it in a long time. Damaige to T‘my is the least to fear. We cannot shut our eyes to unem- ployment with its barge of woe and discontent. Millions of unemployed will never take their eyes off those spots of great wealth which dot th2 land from coast to coast. It is the business of the Government and all political parties to divert the minds of the unemployed with such comforts as can be provided, and employment is the thing most wanted. Partisan considerations are now most stupid, and the administration and both political parties will do well to deal honestly and effectively with the public in this emergency. If the Republican party, established in office with all its power, should in this hour try to evade responsibility by relinquishing control of the Lower , or if it should stoop to trade with the opposition for its own parti- san ends, it will deserve the scorn of an outraged electorate. The least the in- trenched party can do with all fis levers of power is to maintain its lead- ership at all hazards at least until this unemployment is relieved. If it fail, | then let the cther party have its opp vtunity, but in the meantime that o party will twist and obstruct at its own peril. CHARLES M. CLARK. Parking Pits in Parks as Solution of Problem To the Ecitor of The Star: In view of the existing parking con- dilions and the need of correcting the | ever-increasing evils, as outlined by the Fine Arts Commission, it might | be well to consider the following plan* Reserve certain downtown _ publie park areas—for instance the Ellipse— for_“parking pits.” By means of tunneling under at the | walls or edges of same and erecting suitable and more or less ornamental 5:(‘1;; lndu:nlu’ln?e!n at e,lfltl;.r or both , @ simple solution of e 1 might be found. G The city could build these pits from time to time as needed and lease them for a term of years to individual firms. ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. Stop & minute and think about this fact. You can ask our Information Bureau any question of fact and get the answer back in a personal letter. It is a great educational idea intro- duced into the lives of the most intel- ligent people in the world—American newspaper readers. It is a part of that best — purpose of & newspaper service. There is no charge except tw cents in coin or stamps for return Get the habit of asking Address your letter to The tion Bureau, ‘Wash- aRation @ stions. Prederic J. ington, D. C. Q. How could Herndon and Pang- born drop their landing gear?—E. L. A. They planned to do this before they started. The landing gear was fasiened on loosely and it was simple for them to reach down the furelage and pull out the pins holding the gear. Q. What is meant by a psychic bid in contract bridge?—P. P. A. It is a bid without the values to Jjustify it, made for the purpose of con- fusing adversaries. Q. What does Tuscaroras mean?— P W A 1t is an Indian word for shirt- wearers. Indians mowving into New York from North Carolina were given this name by the New York tribes be- cause they wore white men's shirts in- stead of buckskin. Q. How long did Hank O'Day um- pire in the National League?—@. V. H. A Henry O'Day umpired in the | National League for 22 years. Q. Is water a food?—D. A. A. The National Institute of Health say: that it 1s necessary to define the word food before attempting to_say whether water is a food or not. If by food is meant an element which nourishes the body, water would not be considered a food. If defined as an element necessary to maintain lfe in the body, water is a food. Q. How is the article the pro- nn:nfirz.—cu. C. J. L pronounced as if spelled thee when used before ord with a consonant. . Is the United States Public Health Service a part of the United States ‘G&n/‘ernment?—li‘. J. F. Q. Who discovered the pygmies in | Afrjca?—L. W. A. The race of pygmies known as the Akka race was first seen by G. A. Schweinfurth in Q. What are words called which are " spelied alike but have different mean- ngs?—L. D. A. They are homographs While { identical in spelling. they are derived from different roots and have different meanings; as lie, to prevaricate, and lie, to recline. Q. What are the names of the :hgle_e Fates in Norse mythology?— A. They are With (Past), Verthandi ! (Present) and Skuld (Future). They are similar to the Greek Fdtes—Clotho, | Lachesis and Atropos 13 3 TERA ST ogpe e 12 for t ?—S. W. A. A 12-pound t1 wkey will give gener- ous for 1@ guests. The in- | edible part, viscera and bones, of the turkey will amount > perhaps 4 pounds, leaving 8 pounds of eiible meat. Q. What is the 1bpst durable strest pavement?—G. H. F.. A. Granite blocks. Q. How much watcw is sent into the air with an eruption (' the Old Faith- ful geyser?—J. R. A. . A. The rate of flow irom Old Faith- ful is about 12,000 gallcwis per eruption. The pressure at the orifiae of the geyser is about 75 pounds at th> beginning of the discharge. Q Who was America's frst great humorist?--S W A. Benjamin Franklind was ungnes- tionably America’s first gaat humorist. Q. What are the five Jargest cities | in California?—F. V. | "A. Los Angeles, San Priwmcisco, Oak- land, San Diego and Long Beach. Q. How many tints or shedes can be derived from the three painary col- ors?>—S. G. A. About 2,000,000. Q. Why does the ostrich seek to con- ceal itself by burying its hend in the sand?—W., Y. A. The ostrich's proverbial foolish- ness in hiding its head in :the sai and thinking it is thereby cvncealed is one of the myths that hawve been discredited by modern science. The ostrich is a very alert and w:Wwy bird | and, except for its habit of running in a circle, could rarely be caught.. Q. What does Pactolian mean?—V.F. A. Of or pertaining to Pactolus: hence, golden. Pactolus was a brock in Lydia, the golden sands of which, were believed to have been the sourte of the wealth of Croesus. Q. don't thunderstorms ccur at sea?—E. J. C. A. They do, but are generally of Jess violence than on land. The cause of thunderstorms is overheated air at dhe bottom of the atmosphere, and there is less likely to be much of this oves- heated air mext to the waves. Q. In what occupations did George ‘Washington engage?—O. M. A. H> was a surveyor, soldier, com= mander in chief, farmer, business man, engineer and citizen. Q. Was the “Rakoczy March” written | expiessly for the “Damnation of Faust”? foal It was interpolated. tune. Ber- 1t an old Hung an BYPSY lioz first heard it in the City of Pesth in 1846, as near as is known. A friend, probably Lisat, had loaned him, the e;w his departure from Vienna, a c of popular songs. _Berlioz chese the theme of the “Rakoczy March” and reclothed it with magnifi- cent orchestral color. Q Is there much difference between compound interest and simple interest of years?—D. T. Mathematics for Ac- Exscutives says that !Machine Ela;xled for Defeat The country will welcome the assur- Bill has been running an elevator |gleam the lights of home. Certain areas might be reserved for | ance by the President that there is to| In the columns of The Star recently be & material saving in naval expendi- | there appeared an interview with A. B. tures and at the same time men in the | McDaniel, an engineer, who has made Navy and in the Marine Corps are not [ study of a plan whereby the con- to be dropped from the service and |Struetion of public garages, by private that there is to be no dimunition of iDterests, was linked with condemna- the work in the navy yards or on ship |tion by the Government of alley prop- BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. The Dream Songs. Poor child—to me it very clearly seems That it is living in “a world of dreams,” Apart from Earth such as all human kind WASHINGTON OBSERVATION BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. free parking for Government employes. It is well known that hhwrlcplofl- | ton Common has a tunnel under it | (which is leased to the Boston Elevated Railroad) at the Tremont str 11 Some such idea is bound cue:‘ ::n‘s | sooner or later. JOSEPH A. construction. Much irritation arose in various parts of the country because of proposals that the pefsonnel of ‘the Navy be re- duct :, that certain navy yards be abandoned, that the frigate Constitu- tion be laid up again and that the Navy Band be disbanded. President Hoover has made the cuts in naval ap- propriations without accepting any of | these proposals, which came from the | officials and officers of the Navy. The reductions in expenses have been ar- rived at in other directions, the details | being withheld until the figures of the budget are transmitted to Congress. President Hoover's duty under exist- ing financial conditions of the Govern- ment is to demand a rigid economy in Federal expenditures. No government can successfully operate and hold ' the confidence of its people if it con- tinues to expend huge sums of money at the same time that its revenues are falling off. Mr. Hoover has again and again stressed the need of reduced Gov- ernment expenditures. Within a short time the Congress, which makes all ap- propriations for the Government, is to mssemble. It will become the duty of that body to co-operate in every pos- sible way to keep diwn the depart- mental expenditures. New projects, no matter how worthy, must be scanned and avoided if possible. The President has set the pace for economy. It is the Congress, however, which holds the purse strings and which should tighten them. e ‘When threats are circulated of plot to abduct a malefactor of wealih, it- is regarded as only fair to remind gangsters that they are facing seri chances of being lured by him into some bad investments. R If Russia Should Fight Japan. Contemplation of the possibility of a conflict between Japan and Russia, de- spite the efforts now being made to adjust the Manchurian situation peace- fully, involves a comparison between the armed forces of those two countries. On the bare figures alone, as far as they are now available, Japan will be outnumbered in the field about two for one. This is based upon the under- standing that the Russian army com- prises roundly 600,000 men of all arms of the service, while Japan, at its most recently stated strength, has a little less than 300,000 men in the organ- ized military establishment on a peace basis. Statements have been made to the effect of a much larger Russian army, rising even as high as four mil- lion men. That, however, is not cred- ited in terms of a definite military or~ ganization. In 1904, when Japan de- clared war upon Russia because of the latter country's rcfusal to evacuate Manchuria, the occupation & which ! ‘was viewed by Japan as inimical to its erties, or, if mot the alleys, certain land within the center of blocks now utilized for other purposes. His theory was that as the Government has se- cured title to the public streets, so it should proceed to obtain ownership of off-street land that could be utilized for the storage of automobiles. Such land, owned by the Government, would | be leased to private interests for the erection of garages. If the location of | land within squares is such that the garages erccted thereon would be ac- cessible and convenient for all-day storage purposes, this plan, too, de- serves due consideration. It has been determined by accurate investigation thet Washington is lack- ing in garage space, although it is far above normal in the registration of au- tomobiles per capita. Elsewhere in today's Star appears a complaint from ! a man who has gone into the business | of building garages and has lost money | because of a shortage of tenants. But | as long as the public streets are utilized for automobile storage, tenants for the garages already bullt are going to | relatively scarce, and, furthermore, | little or no encouragement will be of- fered to private interests to make the ! heavy investments required in the con- struction of public girages. There will be no provision of off-street parking space until the elintination of street parking space creates the demand. The question eventually to be decided by the Commissioners is whether to eliminate all day and all night street parking by a gradual process of extending the forbidden areas, or to clamp on & ban | that will end it once and for all. The reasonable step, it is believed, would be | 15 | the former, permitting a natural ad- | He'll be expected to turn out Jjustment with the minimum of incon- | venience. The provision of adequate public garage space would probably fol- \l.w in accordance with the tested laws of supply and demand. - i e | Actuarial information that the span of human life is lengthening is espe- | clally encouraging to those of the uldcr‘ | generation who find the new compli- ::xuom of the world s0 interesting that it would be a pity to have to leave it. M. Laval's Narrow Escape. Less than a month ago Premier Pierre Laval was sojourning in the United States as the all-powerful head of France and negotiating with Presi- | dent Hoover on issues fundamental to the peace and welfare of the world. Yesterday in the French Chamber of | Deputies the Laval government, in a | total vote of 583, was able to marshal | a majority of only 39. The cabinet was supported by 311 members and opposed by 272. It is true that a purely parliamentary question—whether dis- cussion of state railway deficits should ensye at once or®begin later—was in- volved, yet the closeness of the vcte In struggling with ‘life's dull routine must find. To such fixations it, I see, will add A love of simple music, goed or bad, Which prompts the repetition of some phrase And, plainly, “echolalia” displays. Sadly I turned to seek surcease of care And heard the babbling music in the | alr. The singers all announced—some were admired— To live in Dreams was all that they | desired! And memory caught the words, echoing | the sound Until half meaning phrases would abound. I thought that Dreams were only child- hood's right That brought escape from care by fancy's flight. When jazz imaginings thus leave us sad, I'm* a8king, does this world risk going mad? Confusion. “The next Congress may remind us of the Tower cf Bab:l,” said the citizen who is a'ways apprehensive. “It mey be worse than that,” rejoined Scnator Sorghum. “At the Tower there was a confusion of tonguss. At the Capitol we'll all know exactly what is being seid and possibly lose our tempers all the oftener for that reason.” Jud Tunkins says every person fis ashamed to take what he hasn't earned—except mebbe a gunman. World's a Stage. A great man has his cares no doubt. And yet with cordial style ‘To shake your hand and smile. The world's a stage. Hard is his part As every little while He hastens forth with genial art To shake your hand and smile. Exercise. “A financier should cultivate a mem- ory for exact detalls.” “It all depnds,” observed Mr, Dustin Stax, “on whether he’s a regular financier or one of the kind who have to consider the possibility of eventually doing business with a grand jury.” “My ancestral pride s saddeney Hi Ho, th> sage of Chinatown, “by the discovery that I have more important | things to learn from the modern news- paper than from the writings of ' Confucjus.” No Inertia. Good times or bad times Still require endeavor. Gay times or sad times Cannot last forever, “De small voice of conscience ain't enough dese days,” sald Uncle Eben. “If you wants to keep safe you gotta listen out foh all kinds of automobile horns.” President Hoover and Secretary Stim- son are ardently hopeful that the pipe Ambassador Dawes smokes at Paris next week will turn out to be a pipe of peace. All doubt of the administra- tion's determination to throw full American influence into the League of Nations Council meeting is removed by Gen. Dawes' participation in the pow- wow. His formal instructions are to hang around and wait until the Council pages him, but this official arrange- ment is a good deal of a bluff. Its main purpose is to soothe the nerves of Senator Hiram Johnson and others, who think that Uncle Sam is being bootlegged into the League, body and soul. It goes without saying that no serious decisions will be taken at Paris, with a view to chaining up the Japanese and Chinese dogs of war, without con- sultation with Ambassador Dawes. “Hell and Maria” isn't much of a fellow to =it by with folded arms while big things are being done. When the fireworks begin, it is a 100-to-1 shot that the composer-banker-soldier-diplomat ~ will not be far from the scene oz action, anx- ious and ready to take a vigorous hand | in the fray. In Washington’s inter- national set the conviction prevails that Amerios holds the key to the situ- ation. It mey fall to Gen. Dawes’ his- toric lot to use it and unlock the door 10 a peaceful settlement of the Sino- Japanese conflict. * oK K K ‘What is about to happen in Paris is almost a counte t of the famous “conference of Atibissadors" convened in London in July,»1914, on the eve of the World War. 8ir Edward Grey, then British foreign secretary, thought a meeting of diplomatic minds could avert the rapidly approaching conflagration. But Austria had sent Serbia the ulti- matum which the Germanic powers knew would make war inevitable, and the Ambassadors conferred in vain. It is a different set of circumstances under which statesmen are now fighting for the preservation of peace. ' Led by the League of Nations, Japan and China are confronted by demands backed by prac- tically the whole civilized world, whereas only half a dozen European powers put their heads together in 1914 to prevent the outbreak of war. On all hands in Washington, both American and forelgn, the atmosphere is tense Wwith ex- pectancy. Another week, and we should know whether the covenant of the League and the Kellogg pact are what they are cracked up to be, or scraps of paper. * kK * Former Gov. Harry C. Byrd of Vir- ginia has been in Washington looking over the Demogratic presidential situa- tion. The Old Dominion fs going to send a Byrd delegation to the 1932 con- vention cn the off chance that a dead- lock might give the Winchester apple grower-editor-statesman first place. If Byrd can’t make the grade, the move- ment sponsored 12' the Portsmouth Star for a Baker and Byrd ticket will be pushed to the limit. Publisher Nor- man R. Hamilton, who has copyrighted the slogan “Baker and Byrd—Two B's and Honey.” thinks that Newton Baker is destined by the logic of convention developments to bring home the bacon; that Baker is ancther Wilson: that he can win next year, and that Harry Byrd is the man to help him do it. PEER] If Mr. Justice Brandels, who is 75 years old today, is deluged with tele- grams of congratulation, it will not only be because the eminent jurist has a world of well-wishers, but also be- cause one of the telegraph companies | ha: n_drumm! up business in his "(ls heenlme. F‘nllsnhers of persons in collision in the United States. The prize boner was pulled by a Capital soclety dowager, who wondered if Grandi would wear his loin cloth and shawl when he calls on President and Mrs. Hoover. ¥ “To my father, Willlam J:nnings Bryan, Vir Benus Dicendi Peritus, this study of “the art in which he excelled is affectionately cedicated,” is the filial | sentiment expressed by Representative Ruth Bryan Owen of Florida, in her new book. “Elements of Public Speak- ing.” Willlam Lyon Phelps, professor of English at Yale, supplies the preface to th> compact little volume, which deals with spellbinding in its varied forms. Mrs. Owen is a chip of the oratorial old block. She is one of the few members of Congress who eschews notes and speaks extemporaneously with fluency and eloquence. A chapter of her book is devoted to “Speaking Over the Padio,” which., sh> says, “has created a number of problems for the speaker.” i ik One of the most vigorous exponents of the wet cause, the monthly maga- zine the Periscope, goes out of exist- ;en‘f::n vylflh u‘l‘e Novedr:lber issue after ears of crusading against pro- hibition. The editor, Hfig;‘?. !b: of New York, has been associated for many years with the United States Brewers’ Association. In an editorial entitled “Hail and Farewell” he la- ments that he higs ot been able to build up a paying circulation, but de- clares that the Periscope has won the approval “of a- distinguished list of | publicists and statesmen and been in constant demand in the leading libra- ries and colleges.” Mr. Fox leaves the | firing line convineed that the thing| he was mainly fighting for—beer—will | soon be quenching the American thirst | again. s {* * ok % lembers of the diplomatic , company of some 500 or 600 sm.cnfsr,p:e;;tE resenting 56 different nations in Wash- ington, didn't take very kindly to the new act of Congress, requiring them to fill out before a rofary public an ap- plication for automobile titles. Enjoy- ing immunity from many laws which govern American citizens, their Eu- ropean, Latin American, Asfatic and South African excellencies, and their sisters ard their cousins' and their aunts, were a little peeved over the idca | of having to visit a notary for the pur- | pose of proving proprietorship of their own cars. The State Department came to the rescue and told off its veteran ceremonial officer, Charles Lee Cooke, to look after the foreign envoys' car- title affairs. They ncedn't see a notary, and have only to leave it to Cooke,” " * ok % ’ ‘Who says Herbert Ve “ - mally 1gnorant” of the gusstions ol | Navy? On September 10, 1923, when the President was Secretary of Com- | merce, he declared: “An efficient Navy would be necessary, even though we had no problems of national. defonse. The arms conference, through interna- tlonal co-operation, has engbled us to reduce the volume of defense equipment we need at sea. We cannot reduce its strength below the Limits to which we fan carry such agreement with'others cum fecd an, e INInces we will always iavy for the main- fi"”u" " ) | tenance of order upo: (Copyrig Borah's, Silence, | From the A Arbor Dail; When asked about his " prospective candidacy for ‘the presidency, Senator Borah refused to talk,. thereby estab- | Som«; Q;; GOLDEN, Hyattsville, Md. —————— stions as to Clerks’ Retirement To the Editor of The Star: Why should the retirement of Fed- | eral employes be so complicated? There are at present more than 50 kinds of employment in one group in the me- chanical trades mentioned in the re- tirement handbook to determine the age of retirement. Why not simplify th: g:tfim by giv- en al loyes ler 30 ing optional retirem on service at 60 years of age years and make the retirement uniform for all employes? The matter of dis- nbmttmcnn Temain the same in the handbook, and the simple change in the retirement bill to 60 years of age after 30 1)rnrl of service optional will make quite a difference in disability examirations each year and lower the disability retirement considerable and relieve the situation of keeping numbers of positions open for those out on dis- ability. Why is not the strain upon nerves, eyes and muscles as great on the clerk in a seated capacity as upon the me- chanic? 1 dare say that mest of the disability retirement is in the clerical forces rather than the mechanic at the present time. ERWIN LATIMER. D — Great Smoky Park Progress. Prom the Rochester Times-Union. Plans for creation of Great Smoky Mountains National Park were ad- vanced toward realization by presenta- tion to the Federal Government re- cently of deeds to an additional 138843 acres of land. On February 6, 1930, the Governors of North Carolina and Tennessee made the first gift of deeds to 156,876 acres in the same region. Congress has provided that when a mimimum total of 427,000 acres shall have been deeded to the Government, the area will be developed as a national ark. pA]!hough one peak east of the Mississippi. Mount Mitchell, is_slightly higher than any in the Great Smokies, these mountains as a whole are the highest in the eastern part of the United States. They are in a region of heavy rainfall and mild climate, are clothed with heavy forests. The forests were_about to fall before the ax of the lumbermen when private citizens of North Carolina and Tennessee in- duced their Legislatures to back the idea of a national park. National parks, as a rule, have been carved out of the national domain. The Government does not buy the land, though it expends money for roads and other pu in the parks. Great help in ecqu this land has been re- ceived from the Rockefellers. Through the interest of John D. Rockefeller, jr., the Laura Spellman Rockefeller Me- morial Foundation agreed to duplicate contributions from other sources up to $5.000,000. There is every reason expect edm“ the 427,000 acres will be acquired. “Thus one of the finest national parks will be within reach of the people of the Eastern States. A Near Thing. Prom the x-mm;m ant:.ru)':“uum rgeons of Whi ins, N. Y., semaEup s Tazor wound in & Negros heart and gave him an even chance of surviving. This is believed to have been the closest shave on record. —————— to| ! says the Bloomington | the comm argued that the system is onzur:uu in many other but kind of government they deserve, of the time.” The Baltimore that “the revclt in Cleveland Soaa to Gond yovarnment, and governme: untlrtn‘-fiio of the t Wi from the evils con’ any ;mdh of operation is good enly so men are. elected and the pul con- tinues to support *; that “just as that through any system or sch t is up to them to pass intelligent judg- ment upon the men who seek office.” “The mnhr;w is ng;!, th;m n“.umst significance,” dcclares nce Journal, “as a demonstration of defects in the system.” That peper points o that “there are more than 400 Amcri- can cities which are operating under the Council-manager plan,” and that “the best system of organization is likely to be pulied sadly out of shape by the weaknesses to which human na- ture is subject.’ The Allentown Morn- ing Call contends that “the political organizations, as a matter of political principle, disliked the system, as it did not provide the control and the that a pure political system offers, “The ation of the manager sys- tem at Cleveland,” avers the Dayton Daily News, “was bedeviled from the first by the manipulation of the bosses. ‘They operated in the Council. They ex- torted concessions from the manager. The supporters of the new form of gov- ernment took no trouble to help it against these enemies. At Cincinnati a hard-hitting crgenization of ‘citigens served @s interference for the eity against the plunges of the old machine. | Nothing of the kiad was done at Cleve- land. Now Cleieland, in the disheart- ened mood which characterized much of the voting, ditches the system. The spoilsmen first discredited, then de- stroyed it. For lack of eternal vigilance on the part of the common citizen to match the etes vigilance of the spoilsmen Cleveland has fallen back.” ‘That the city manager regime failed to eliminate control by political bosses is the conclusion of the Minneapolis Star, the Buffalo Evening News, the Louis- ville Courjer-Journal and the Morgan- town Dominion-News. The Cleveland Press states that “betv. ~n a city man- ager plan operated on a spoils and a mayoralty regime operating on the same basis there is little to choose.” The South Bend Tribune offers the | judgment: “The abolitionists contend- ed that political machines had lated the city management. gt | pose_of eliminat “There has Cleveland, and of a worse Wwhile the Escanaba Daily Press m%mt; fundamental the last year than perhaps ever before,” Of Cleveland City Manager clear.” the plan,” remerks the Roa- , “cl that it failed, but is that it was never given a to live. The story goes and willing to give it support. Cleveland voters did not the requirement. has had :‘:’ngt foes from within as from wi . The best sys- the world could not withstand combination.” Reeapturing Unearned Profits. From the Wercester Evening Gazette. Daniel O. Willard, president of the ut | 3 leaders who have risen | from the ranks to a place of exceptional influence. He began at the bottom and worked to the top in the field of rail transportation, and at all times on the way up he has made the most of his powers of olservation and judgment. As a result, he is consulted by many as man of elear counsels. Before the special committee of Con- holding hearings the on for a national recapture” clause of the transporta- tion act be repealed. This is the pro- vision that, when the carriers’ earnings exceed 5% per cent, the excess shall be set aside angl one-half of it returned to the Government. Mr. Willard con- ceded that the plan was theoretical, for the simple reson that the railroads as a whole never have earned even as much as 5% per cent since the trans- portation act was passed. But If Uy should succeed in doing 5o, on rates allowed by the I. C. C, then, he con- tended, the carriers should be permit- ted to retain the whole of any excess, for use in duller times. Force is given to this contention by the ruling of the I. C. C. last montn, which permitted the carriers to increase their rates on certain commcdities and shipments about 10 per cent, provided v W pool the new money s added to their revenues and distribnte it in such a way that even the weakest of the solvent roads could meot their fixed charges. Insolven' rouds, under the ruling, would retain their and we not enter the pool. While the reasoning is not precisely of the logic is sion would still retain authority to Teg- ulate rates. But if, under the lawful illustrates the precariousness of !rench{ governments. ! A change of twenty votes would have ' placed M. Laval in & minority, and, in | situation as having been an instence in which “a rival gang of paliticians went into, office.” The Toledo, Blade makes the explanation: “One serigus objection | —perhaps the most serious—to t he | operation of the mansger n Vashing and elsewhere received a ?x-kmfnu"'nnfly this weék reminding them that Mr, Brandeis is ce]epratlng his diamond jubilee on November 13,] and sugresting that “you might like to wire him.” | lishing one of those precedents. e Highlander and Hindoo. From the Lowell Evening Leade) Having visited Ireland, Mr. Gandhi Hardened. From the Escanaba Daily Press. Now that Laval has faced batteries of American cameras, he should be able p 8 effects of any future depression could be_considerably. mitigated. ‘The carriers use from 25 to 30 per cent of all steel, from 25 to 30 per cent of all coal, 30 per cent of all lumber security and \inwarranted by recognized treaties, there was & similar heavy pre- | ponderance of Russian troops. Japan, however, ,won the war. The Russian|accordance with French practice, he A Royal Economist. Prom the Port Worth Star-Telegram. King Carol has asked for a 22 per cent cut in his royal selary. You see, government found it impossible to sup- | would automatically have been called ply its army in the fleld adequately.| upon to rosign office. How forlunate The long haul from Russian bases in | American national administrations are Europe and the lack of supply sources | compared to French governments! If in Siberia at closer range kept the|the White House ruled under the Czar's fleld forces at a fatal disad-lparliamentary system and Presidents vantage. Bad leadership led to numer- had to retire every time Congress re- ' -r-d-lu- The mosals jected their legislative proposals, Herbert t» see his picture anywhere without a check. S ——— Cause and Cure. Prom the Florence (Ala.) Herald. We read that chemicals may be used to check insanity. Well, some synthetic chemical no doubt served it to * ok ok X Italian Ambassador de Martino and his staff are hopeful that there will not be, during lg: impending Ameri- can visit of Mussolini’s foreign minis- ter, Signor Dino Grandi, a continu- ance of the recent mix-up of his name ally and in newspaper type Gandhi have been coming into regular | may next tour the ‘Highlands of Seoi- |1and, where he wi whom he has nan‘:‘ilng.nd Emerfvan ———eeoary Synthesis, From the'Philadelphia Evening Bulletin. When synthetic rubber is added to synthetic gas, all we will need is a syn- i pow that he has settled down he does not need 50 much money. R - Superfiuous. Prom the Fort Wayne News-Sentinel. Brazil is disposing of three letters of e e Siet B P50 could pro an U without much trouble, Cleveland is the proportional represen- tation system of electing the Couneil~ men, who elect the manager. The voter doesn’t know vhecher his ballot counts icaic of his first choice or Declaring that “return to a plan aban- doned in the interest of economy better administration will be closely watched the Btats,” the and huge quantities nf other supplies. Yet, becauss of the slump in traffic, the Baitimore & Ohio alone has had to cut its pay :oll from 63,000 in 1929 to 41,- 000, or roughly on>-third. If reserve funds had permitted, the men might :‘l:eflm?-k:%'t‘ ';vurk ‘l: *n been uel woul bought, and unemployment to that ex- tent pravenied.