Evening Star Newspaper, November 19, 1931, Page 8

THE EVENING STAR With Sunday Morning Editien. WASHINGTON, D. C. THURSDAY . .November 19, 1931 THEODORE W: NOYES....Editor - '“l:: Wt ¥ enin S Nessoe 11th St. d Pennaylvania Ave. New ‘ur dffice: 110 East 42nd St PR St Y Rate by Carrler Within the City. . .,...43¢ per month ¢ per month Sc_per copy ) month Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. Eny 1 a: ¥ : 1 mo.. §8c 1 e e 135 $400: 1 mo.. 40c All Other States and Canada. y and Sunday...}yr.$12.00° 1 mo. $1.00 g 176. 58.00: 1 mo. - 73¢ Bl RE o Member of the Associated Press. Press s exclusively entitied v Tibe e or Tepunfication of il Jews iz hes credited o it or not otherwise ercd 15 paper and also the local herein. - All riehts of publical eDecial dispatches herein are siso tese —_—ee John Bull Goes Protection. Any doubts about how the fiscal wind is blow{ng in Great Britain are banished by this week’s action of the House of Commons in voting, 396 to 51, for immediate enactment of a 100 per cent tariff on foreign manufac- tured products. This is the emergency project sponsored by the new National government to prevent dumping in the British market. The proposed measure, which is to | be rushed through successive parlia- mentary stages with all possible dis- patch, is not called s tariff bill. It has been dubbed an “abnormal imports act,” because its avowed purpose is to check a deluge of goods from abroad now streaming into Great Britain against the day when protective cus- toms rates will bar them. Six months hence this “abnormal” act is extremely | likely to be succéeded by a “normal”, tarift system. ! Under the anti-dumping law, which 45 expected to be in force before the present week is ended, the British Board of Trade—the government branch most nearly corresponding to our De- partment of Commerce—will be clothed with power to impose duties running up t0 100 per cent ad valorem upon imports classified as unfairly competing with British goods. This excludes foodstuffs and essential raw materials. It in- eludes manufactures, and thus strikes st numerous commodities which the British buy in substantial quantities from the United States. ‘While the bulk of our sales to Great Britain, which aggregated some $750,- 000,000 last yeax, comprised oil prod- ‘ucts, meat products, cotton, wheat, cop- per and other articles which are not within the purview of the anti-dump- ing law, automobiles, motor accessories, typewriters, office appliances, machinery of all kinds, agricultural implements and other American manufactures are cer- tain o be affected. Our trade in these categories will be disadvantaged still further by the plan to admit “Empire manufactures” free of duty. Canada is & lively competitor of the United States In many of these flelds. The mother eountry proposes to permit the daughter nations to do all the dumping they can. Ever since it became apparent that the Conservatives were destined to in- herit power in Great Britain, thus speed- ing the time when a protective tariff ‘would supplant her historic free trade policy, the outside world has been con- sidering the effect of the transition. ‘That it must restrict British imports of foreign goods is axiomatic. Such is the natural effect and express object of ; tariff systems, as we know_ here in our own highly protected land. But the cloud of lamentations over the protective prospect in the British Isles has a silver lining. If Britain goes over to tariff duties, the purpose will be that which is served by them in the United States and in countless other countries. Home industry will be bolstered, wages maintained, living standards increased, and purchasing power enhanced. Those conditions achieved, British prosperity will be headed toward revival, and the market- ing opportunities of foreign countries, despite the tariff walls they will have to climb, can only be correspondingly widened. i Certainly the American people, who have waxed opulent under protection, eannot and will not blame their British cousins for deciding, after generations of hesitation, to go on the same diet. y only ' et There is little fear of serious diff- culty at any time in collecting revenues sufficient for needs of government. There are so many different kinds of taxes available that it is always easy to try another for a change. et Legal Expenses in New York. Despite the reluctance of George W. Olvany, former leader of Tammany Hall, to disclose the sources of a remarkably large income received by him during his ncurbency in that unsalaried position, the New York Legislative Committee which is inquiring into metropolitan matters, under the counselship of for- mer Judge Seabury, is getting some in- teresting facts. It has been brought out that the promoter of a large real estate development at the foot of Forty-second street involving a very heavy expendi- ture was during the term of Mr. Olvany's Jeadership enabled through the employ- ment of his law firm to obtain valuable concessions in the way of changes in the 30ning Tules which permitted the addition of six stories to the proposed construction. According to testimony drawn from the somewhat reluctant witness who acted as intermediary at- torney between the builder and the Olvany firm, the total fee paid by the former to the latter was $75,000, of | Which for years has been known as the ":“kuegp'm sprayin of boards to go before, a great many figures, ‘descriptions of properties, va- rious plans to go over with the board of standards and appeals and other boards, and it Jooks like an expensive job." It was that. The buflder \got his conces- sion, the Olvany firm got its fee, and the recoghized attorney got his commis- sion. This cost, amounting to $106,- 500, went into the “overhead” for the tenants of the properties to pay in higher rents. And thus is explained part of the large fortune earned by Mr. Olvany during the period of his Tam- many leadership. Of course, there is no testimony of record to show that the zoning law concessions could not have { been obtained through the employment of counsel other than the firm headed by the highly influential leader of Tam- many Hall. He had no “wonder box,” but certainly his connection with the all-powerful political organization which controls metropolitan administration is likely to be regarded as the equivalent of a Fortunatus purse. v ——— A Problem for Congress. Four years ago the Park and Plan- ning Commission recommended to the Treasury that the bulldings to be erected in connection with the Govern- ment's great housing program be self- contained as to garage facilities for the employes, but for reasons best known to the Treasury experts that plan was abandoned, in so far as the buildings now planned or under con- struction are concerned. The Treasury officials, however, received from out- side sources an appraisal of the garage problem that is said to fill a volume, and, it is understood, the results of gress. In the meantime, it is interesting to note that Col. U. S. Grant, 3d, at a meeting of the Federal Bar Associa- tion last night, added his indorsement to the plan of Willlam A. Roberts, as- sistant corporation counsel, for the cre- ation of a municipal corporation to go into the garage business. Col. Grant feels that such a plan is economically feasible and deplores, with all Wash- ingtonians, the problem that has de- veloped through the lack of adequate garage and transportation facilities for the city. ‘The outcome of the discussions now going forward may be that the whole problem will be dumped into the lap of Congress. As a matter of fact, Con- gress, with its exclusive jurisdiction, is about the only agency that can hope to solve Washington's parking riddles with any chance of success. There are 80 many independent agencies now con- cerned with it that they have been stumbling over each other's heels for the last decade without getting any- where. It would be a wise step on the part of Congress to order or to under- take a study of the public garage and transportation question with a view to accepting the best solution and pro- ceeding to carry it through. — e The Facts Should Be Known. It is most desirable that the Com- missioners, on receipt of the letter from the Board of Education, make some convincing reply that will explain to the taxpayers why the purchase of a school site in the Fort Reno section of Chevy Chase is still being delayed despite the fact that money for that purpose was made available by a sympathetic Con- gress as early as last February. This is a matter that affects the public interest and there has been too much mystery about it already. As early as October 10 the Board of Education’s Committee on Buildings, Grounds and Equipment called on the Commissioners to appeal for action in purchasing the land. The need for the school has been recognized. If the land has not been bought by the time Congress meets again, there will be dif- ficulty in securing the appropriation for beginning construction. There has al- ready been a delay of nine months in purchase of the land and there have been intimations that the Commis- sioners, for some unknown reason, are planning to let the matter rest where it is and go back to Congress for some authority that may now be lacking. ‘What is the real reason for this delay? Is it true, as stated, that one or more Senators, residents of the com- munity have persuaded the Engineer Commissioner, now absent on sick leave, to favor some site other than the one desired by the school officials and the {Park and Planning Commission? If | the Senators have a good reason for Eexertin[ their influence, what is that reason? Is the cost of the desired land prohibitive? Is there some fundamental objection to the location, by the Com- missioners, that leads them to favor a site far removed from the general area specified by Congress? E Whatever the reasons are, they should be known. It is unfortunate, but none the less true, that the ele- ment most emphasized in recent dis- cussions of the school bullding program has been the delay. It is rather too much to expect Min- ister Grandi to devote a share of his { limited time in America to a series of ! Joint debates with anti-Fascist speakers. ———— | New Style Booms Danbury. : Economists who are searching for | remedies for the prevailing depression |tn business and the high percentage of unemployment in this country have apparently neglected to consider the in- fuence of fashion as a factor for revival 10{ trade. It may be that they have not adequately gauged the effect of a change of styles, particularly in women's wear, !in the stimulation of manufacture. | Certainly the advent of the new mode of {women's headgear has not been thus far given its due award of credit for & stimulation of industry. This new hat, known as the Eugenie, from the French Empress who made the mode popular over sixty years ago, now worn literally by millions in this country, has revived this study will be placed before Con<|- > THE EVENING STAR., WASHINGTON, THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. business has spread far and wide and consequently Danbury has become & mecca for the jobless. They have gone there from every point of the compass hoping to find work. But there arg no vacancies in the shops, which are al- ready fully manned. A plea has been made by the first selectman of the town | that word be spread that Danbury hac no openings for workless ones. Dan- bury does not want to spend its municipal surplus, if any, caring for the families that have been flowing in for weeks only to find no jobs. During the past month he says fourteen such families “dropped in on us right out Y of the blue” Danbury has to take care of these people or pass them on. The new prosperity has been badly needed in Danbury, for toward the end | of last Winter many of the residents then out of work and in need of assist- ance had to,be cared for from public charity. Now they are thriving with the revival of trade, but the dilution of the labor market by the attraction there of hundreds of job seekers is glv- ing them concern. Fashion is a fickle jade. The Eu- genie hat may not last long. Such sud- den popularities have a way of waning quickly. But perhaps the style setters may find a mode in replacement of this piquant headgear that will stim- ulate business as greatly as the felt hat industry has been boomed of late. It is not the hats of yesteryear that make business, but the hats of next month. If the people have the money to pay for frequent changes in styles the ec- centricities of fashion are to be wel- comed so long as they make work for the jobless S Lawyers who expect always to ex- clude women from the bar association may find that the old members are not taking the benefit by training that should assist them in selecting the best end of an argument. e e Sound tests show that New York is noisier than Chicago. There is, how- ever, not enough difference to give either town the benefit of a residential Gandhi clings to native ideas, but at this time of ‘year may at least be expected to modify his costume by ac- quiring one of those large, warm Lon- don overcoats. RN = It will again become the duty of the Speaker to say “The House will be in order,” and then wonder how long it will continue to be that way. Making nine-year-old Michael King of Rumania may come up for discus- sion as another shocking example of {1l treatment of a child. ek ‘The general recovery of world busi- ness necessitates an occasional pause to inquire whether Germany is beginning to rest more comfortably. -t Business is recommending general confidence as a mixture to apply to motive equipment to prevent frozen assets. ) SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Special Talents Needed. George Washington great things has done To claim our admiration— But he was never asked to run A Birthday Celebration. A patriot hero will devote His energy untiring Nor call upon the world to note His efforts with admiring. He dealt with matters far too great ‘To make a festive story Such as is due to regulate ‘The fireworks and the glory. George Washington whose deeds have won All honor from the Nation— ‘With all his patience, scarce could run A Birthday Celebration. No Logical Candidate. “Are you what is called a logical candidate?” “I try not to be” declared Senator Sorghum. “Out where I come from iogic isn't nearly as influential as free lunch and & brass band.” Jud Tunkins says, speakin’' of those good old times, he'd rather hear the horn of a warm motor bus than listen to sleigh bells any day. Bold But Impolite. Our novelists will not behave; And one, who shall be nameless, Pretends that he is very brave ‘When he is only shameless. Ways to Wealth. “Are there still opportunities for a young man to make a fortune?” “Of course there are” said Mr. Dustin Stax. “More than there were when I was your age. The difference is that at present you have to be tre- mendously eautious not to get into bad company while you're doing it.” “Patience is admirable,” said Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown, “but it is of no value if while you wait you go to sleep.” Thermometric. That old Thermom disdainis repose And whether up or down it goes, It's like the statesman who must say Truth as he sees it every day. Once in a while he’ll make us smile And then assume & sterner style Like the Thermom, he'll be correct, But does not make facts nor select. “Some songs,” said Uncle Eben, “is beautiful but has foolish words, same as some folks dat sings ‘em.” ————— Dinosaurs as Flower Pests. Prom the Hamilton (Ontario) Spectator. We have it on the word of a Yale rofessor that flowers bloomed 800, the derby business at Danbury, Conn., which the witness vetained $4,000 as his | Nation's headgear center, ta a potnt commission. On other constructions for | where that town, hard hit by the busi- which similar soning law modifications were sought fees were paid to the amount of $31,500, of which the inter- mediary received $2,900. In all, the builder paid to the Olvany firm $106,- $00; with a net of $99,600 to the firm and 4 commission of $6,900 to the at- torney “of record.” The builder, it a) pears, according to his own testimony, demurred to the prospect of paying so heavily for the “legal services” involved, but was told by the one with whom he bad direct contact: “We have & number For the word of this spurt in factory than ness slump, is now booming. There are thirty hat factories in Danbury, capable of turning out fully eighty-five per cent of the head wear used in America. They are now running at full time. The total pay roll of last month has been estimated at nearly $1,500,000, its skilled workers making from $85 to $155 a week. But Danbury’s new prosperity due to the change in styles of women's hats has brought troubles to the towa. ,000 years ago, but we'll bet he can't solution was used dinosaurs off rose bushes. ————————— Consciences to Be Used. Prom the Toronto (Ontario) Daily Star. ‘The conservative who has announced that he will follow his conscience and no longer follow his party leader ought to make sure that his conscience did not expire during the period when he was not t. using i e B Sign for Encouragement. Prom the Port Wayne News-Sentinel. We take great encouragement from evidences that the University of INli-|bee: nois has h-:‘om.; more interested in th': '\n the discavery of Seet halfbacks: ¥n-n suspended In the atmosphere. og! ‘This old enemy of mankind, often encountered along the coast, at last descended upon Washington. Not often does thi= low-lying wetness settle along the stréets of the National Capital in enough strength to be noticed. On _this day. however, automobiles Lud their headlights lit on the way to ork in the morning. ‘This was not a fog of the seashore, or even the Longon, variety, but rather a general mist, Which hid things at a block’s distance, but made no per- ceptible blur close at hand Yet it held all the mystery, some of the | danger, and a great deal of the nuisance | of any fog anywhere. It blotted out houses in the distance and dripped from the trees in a way to make the timid wish for umbrellas. It held constantly before the les- trian an ever-moving vell, which ad- vanced as he advanced, and never left him for a second. ‘The walker realized that this was a real fog in every sense except thickness. One could not “cut it with a knife,” but a bit more concentration and it would be as thick as the proverbial pea soup. Just why pea soup should be held up as the zenith of the opaque it is difficult to imagine, unless due to the fact that in the days when this figure of speech was invented soup made from peas was one of tr~ thickest of thick soups. Good créam of tomato soup, for in- stance, would be every whit as difficult to see through as the very largest bowl of pea soup. ‘There is no good reason why soups of other vegetables should be dis- criminated against. There is no good reason_excep ct. Usage is & stub- born thing. Grammar is not an exact science. As Dr. Vizetelly says, there are more exceptions to prove the rules than there are rules. ‘The figure of speech says “as thick as pea soup,” and pea soup & fog will be, must be, to the end of time. e Fogs prove interesting to Nature lov- ers because of the sense of isolation outdoors which they bring him. In sunlight he can see for miles in all directions. He is never alone, even with his thoughts, so long as a figure of a human being or a dog or a cat or even a bird is to be seen anywhere. Limpid atmosphere makes for ima nation in adults. As the lover of na- ture walks along a sunny road he finds his mind stretching out to take in those unseen. He is not and cannot Fog, on the other hand, wraps him | in a sort of invisible cloak, depending upon its intensity, wrapping him around and taking away from him his sense of being surrounded by other human beings, even those whom he cannot see. Not even night gives him such a sense of aloneness, because lights gleam everywhere when darkness covers the land, but here in the fog lamps are mere glowworms, fireflies out of work and seeking jobs. ‘The light fog gives this sense of being separated from one’s kind as well as the heavy, thick variety. The cur- tain, ever advancing, is just a little farther off, that is all. It is there, just the same. One can see houses at a distance of 300 feet, rather than only from 100 feet. It is a difference of degree, not of sort. * ok ok X For real fog, of course, one has to go to the sea or other great body of water. Even river fogs scarce can touch, for solid thickness, the dense mass of white grayness which rolls i THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1931.' The Political Mill By G. Gould Lincoln. The primaries held in the fifth New in from the sea and covers the sandy |Jersey congressional district on Tues, beach for hours at a time. It is no wonder that mariners are afraid of fog. and that aviators find it their worst foe. Even a motorist who has driven along California’s famous coast rond knows that driving through a fog is one of the most tiring jobs in all_touring. Seashore fogs can get so thick that it is impossible to discern another human being at a few feet's distance. Eyes were not made to look through mist. The light rays are refracted and cannot make their usual impressions. Hence fog is confusing to the mind because it blurs vision, and man is an eye-minded animal. The thick fog does not give a man time enough to make the necessary adjustments. He cannot face it tranquilly because it is too sudden and complete; it allows him no escape from its meshes, And fog is silent. If it made a noise, a human being could stand it better, for he is used to noises, and makes a great many him- self, being, all in all, the noisiest crea- ture ever to draw breath. Even snow flakes sing as they fall, but fog is as silent in its oncoming as the very wings of night. ‘The old conception of the stars sing- ing together was all very well in its day, but it appears now that the vaster operations of natural forces are cold and silent. Poets made the stars sing out of pure jealousy for their aloof appearance. Men sing, why not the stars? So the poets reasoned, if poets can be said to reason, which they cannot: and hence they spoke of celestial choirs, and the like. Man is afraid of silence. That is one reason, perhaps the largest, why he incessantly invents more and bigger noise makers. Nothing blights a party as quickly as a few seconds of lence. Every one present becomes ill at ease. Faces look furtively into faces. When some one at last “breaks the silence,” as it is called, vast looks of relief ap- pear everywhere, and the ensuing noise is twice as loud as any which went be- fore. * Kk ‘The lifting of the fog is & pretty sight at the seashore, especially if it clears up in the afternoon. This is a phenomenon which the city dweller knows nothing of. Fog in the city simply evaporates, ¢ At the shore fog goes away across the sea, breaking up, as it goes, into a thousand figures, gorgeous castles, and mountains, and cities, which loom above the waves as pictured dreams of mystics or of little children. Yonder boy, with big head, digging his bare heels into the cool sand, sees pictures which any poet might envy. He supplies what Nature has left out— Nature the undesigning artist. He is the designer, who, with one touch of imagination, completes a castled city, building it out of a vast bulk of fog fragment, now gradually drifting out to sea. To an unobservant elder, a fog going out over the ocean may be just so much vapor, but to the imaginative boy or girl it will be terraced gardens, with huge castles in the background, with their walls, and moats, and even drawbridges. ‘The young mind is the artistic mind, which can take masses of vapor and turn them into the substance of dreams. Out of this dreamery has come all the genius of the nations. Not always does it develop so far, but at its least it is something precious, a quality to cherish, Like a college education, it does not [ insure a young man a job, but it gives him something which he otherwise would not have had, and furnishes a background for all that he gets. Dreams are fogs—their very evaporation shows ‘what they have been. Highlights on the Wide World Excerpts From Newspapers of Other Lands RANSPACIFIC, Tokio.—Some dis- | cord has arisen between the lice and education authorities ere because of the dismissal by the latter of a number of school teachers, after the police had examined these teachers to determine whether | bord: they were radically inclined to a dan- gerous degree. The police contend they had no intention of causing the dis- missal of these teachers, and that the investigations were merely an attempt to prevent the development of radical- ism among those suspected of being inclined in that direction. * ok ko Americans Linked With Mantelpiece Thefts. | Daily Mall, London—A clever gang is believed by Scotland Yard to| be responsible for the many thefts in London of valuable mantelpieces, the | latest of which, the removal of eight valued at £1,000 from a house in| Cavendish Square, W., was reported | recently. ‘The Daily Mail learns that this gang, which has agents in America and other | countries, works chiefly on commission | as dealers abroad receive orders for Adams and other mantelpieces. A list of empty houses in which there are valuable mantelpieces s given to members of the gang, who, dressed in overalls, enter without being suspected, and remove the marble in sections to & van. A West End art dealer told a Daily Mail reporter that American con- noisseurs will pay exorbitant prices for Adam mantelpieces. “They are so easy to remove by an expert mason,” he said. “The sections are numbered, taken abroad in suit cases, and reassembled. * % kK Youth Tied to Rails Escapes to Accuse Robbers. La Nazione, Florence.—The Mafia may be exterminated, or practically so, in Sieily, but that there still exist in other Italian compartimentos criminals equal- 1y ruthless and ferocious is a truth much too frequently demonstrated. At Viareggio recently Felipe Mauri, 23 years old, a native of Fiorence, and the brothers, Armando and Leonido Zuppelll, seamen, aged 22 and 30 years, Tespec- tively, attacked and robbed Octavio Bar- selotti, & youth of 18, living in Venti- miglia, and then placed him, bound hand and foot, upon the tracks of a railroad, first waiting until the whistle of & locomotive announced the comin; of a train, Barselotti, giving proof o a courage and coolness truly extraordi- nary, struggled in his bonds and exerted superhuman efforts to_escape from his desperate situation. Sad to relate, he did not succeed entirely, and the trai severed one of his legs below the knee and his left forearm. He was found in this pitiable plight a short time after- ward by a signal man, who halted the next train_and conveyed the suffering boy to the hospital. There Barselotti was able to give the authorities the names of the scoundrels who had attacked him, and they were promptly arrested, much to their con- sternation, as they Arst ed that theirdvieum had returned the other world to accuse them. The three criminals confessed that they had designed to do away with Bar- "bberymt.h‘c;c I:l:h. mfi? \nx;:'h}: Tol E:DG 3 own to him. * % % for they were -‘11 Depression Drives Mexicans to Homeland. . El Universal, Mexico, D.. F.—It is es- timated that within the last year more than 100,000 Mexican citizens have re- turned to their own country after resi- dences—in some cases of years' dura- tion—in the United States. In most instances these repatriations have been voluntary, but of late some coercion has n by the authorities in the Northern Republic to compel the return of Mexicans such ‘have to their natis ‘when | tha native land o] to unemployment and exhaustion of their savings. ‘Within recent weeks Mexicans have been returning from the State of Cali- fornia at the rate of several hundred a day. Ports of entry in other American ler States announce regressions most equal in importance. The gove: ment is providing passage at the boun- darjes for destitute Mexicans unable to feh’ly their own transportation to their bomes. Other aliens in the United States are being confronted with the same dis- qualifications, and if this period of financial reverses has no other merit, it has certainly been prolific in home- comings, whether desired or not. * ook Jews Evince Strong Desire to Emigrate to Spain. A B C, Madrid.—Since the removal of any religious qualifications for cit- izenship and other civil rights under the republic, Jews in many countries have evinced a strong desire to emi- grate to Spain. Such manifestations are particularly marked in Bulgaria, where some 12,000 are eager to make such an exodus, understanding that Jews, under the new government, will possess precisely the same privileges as any other race or creed. There is, moreover, & much larger number in Turkey and other European countries who are now disposed to come to Spain, | POS The government, however, is reluctant to encourage such immigration, how- ever desirable it might have been at an- other time, in making a valuable addi- tion to the social and industrial devel- opment of the country. Such an influx now, it is felt, would lead but to fur- ther unemployment and aggravation of the unsatisfactory economic conditions now distressing the country. Hiring of Cripples Held Up as Exemplary From the New York Herald Tribune. ‘The decision of the Western Electric Co. to hire cripples or vocationally handicapped persons to work at the same rates of pay as other workers in all its plants is an example which may ::l!rll:::loell":yed byfilher industrial call’l- er such a policy 1s feasible. The Western Elecult'lvgechlon foliows & year of experiments, according to J. W. Dietz, superintendent of the com- pany’s industrial relations at Kearny, N. J., and cripples will not be hired be- cause they are handicapped, but be- cause they are especially adapted to zk‘:‘e“ performance of some particular A comparison of the incomes of handicapped persons during the Kearny experiments showed an increase of 4.6 per cent, against an even 4 per cent on | day have decreed that the wets are to gain another House seat, irrespective of Republican or Democratic victory. The late Representative Ackerman, Wi death made the seat wacant, was a dry. The Republicans have nominated Don- ald McLean, in a four-cornered race, and McLean is an avowed opponent of national prohibition. The Democrats, on the other hand, have nominated Percey Stewart wilo also has announced himself in favor of a change in the eighteenth zmendment. The election es yllczon Tuesday, December 1, and will defermine whether this hither- to strongly Republican district is to be held by the G. O. P. or go over to the Democrats, it did in the recent gubernatorial election when Harry Moore, the Democratic candidate, car- ried it by some 10,000 votes. Ackerman carried the district last year by an almost two-to-one vote. But the late Representative had a strong personal following in the district, which McLean has yet to obtain. A victory for the Republicans there will be heartening to the Republicans and in some measure give the lie to the claim of the Demo- crats that New Jersey is safely Demo- cratic, a claim which they made fol- lowing the election of Moore by an unheard-of Democratic majority. * ok k¥ Two other House vacancies, one in New Hampshire and the other in the ‘Wurzbach district in Texas, are still to be filled. The Democrats insist they will carry the Texas district, notwith- standing” the fact that on the ballot will be several Democrats and one Re- publican candidate when the election takes place. The New Hampshire elec- tion has aroused a great deal of interest in the first district of that State. Five Republicans are already in the race for the nomination to succeed the late Rep- resentative Fletcher Hale, and it is also possible that in the case of a deadlock in the party convention, to be held there on December 4, & compromise candidate, & dark horse not yet mentioned, may be the outcome. It has been suggested in some quarters that if a compromise candidate must be selected the Repub- licans might turn to former Gov. Hunt- ley Spaulding. However, that is still a remote contingency. One other former Governor, John H. Bartlett, who in the Coolidge _administration was First Assistant Postmaster General, is an out- standing candidate for the nomination. He has four competitors, Ferdinand Hartford, mayor of Portsmouth; State Senator Hart, Secretary of State Fuller and Mayor ‘Trudel of Manchester. Trudel is of Prench descent, and the French vote in New Hampshire is strong, for the French-Americans make up about 28 per cent of the population of the State. The Democrats have pur- suaded former Representative Rogers to enter the lists against John Hurley, an attorney in Manchester, who early an- nounced his candidacy. * ko K A new biography of Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York, by Ernest K. Lindley, just off the press, has set tongues wagging. In this volume is found the basis, it is sald, of the l':g- position now reported to exist on the part of Chairman John J. Raskob to the nomination of Roosevelt. Gov. Roosevelt, the book asserts, was op- to the selection of Raskob to head the national committee, although Alfred E. Smith, the presidential nominee, insisted upon Raskob as his campaign manager. According to the book Roosevelt “tactfully suggested that, as a very pronounced wet and a very prominent Catholic, Raskob would intensify the prejudices against Smith in the South and West without helping him on either score\in the East. He questioned whether some of the dyed-in- the-wool Democrats would respond favorably to a Republican in the purely party post, and most tly sug- gested that the corporaf with which Raskob was identified was “too big.’ Smith ruled out these misgivings.. He and most of his ‘kitchen wabinet’ thought that since Smith was a Catholic and a wet the fact that Ras- kob was also both would make little difference.” 3 R In another part of this new Roose- velt book much attention is paid to the fact that Gov. Smith made strong per- sonal sppesl to Roosevelt to for Governor of New York. heaith gh Rcosevelt sought to decline the Demo- cratic nomination. The book says, for example, that in a long-distance tele- phone conversation with Roosevelt at the time Gov. Smith said: “Frank, I told you I wasn't going to put this on a personal basis, but I've got to.” ‘While the book may be used to ter up the cause of the Rooscvelt presi- dential boom, it may srouse the further enmity of the Roosevelt opposition. But perhaps the Roosevelt forces, believing they must face this opposition anyway. prefer to bring it out into the open at this time. i Democrats throughout the country watched with interest the luncheon party to which Gov. Roosevelt invited his old friend Al Smith yesterday. Gov. Smith is much sought after these days by prospective Democratic candi- dates for the presidential nomination, perhaps with the idea not only of win- ning his support, but also for the pur- e of learning whether the former Governor is desirous of becoming a can- didate himself for the presidential nomination next year. long ago Gov. Ritchie of Maryland called upon Smith in New York and had a long talk with him. As far as can learned, however, Gov. Ritchie obtained no promise of support from the former New York vernor. The Smith- Ritchie meeting was reted in some Roosevell quarters as the begin- ning of a “stop Roosevelt” movement. Gov. Smith, however, still maintains his silence as to his p! for next year. Nor did he break that silence, so far as could be learned, at his luncheon party with Roosevelt yesterday. Both men insisted they talked about State finances. And perhaps they did. A discussion of the national political sit- uation might be far too delicate a sub- ject to eome up between them. * X K K Another drive by the wets, or some of the wets, in the Republican party to get Senator Fess of Ohio‘out of his chairmanship of the Republican Na- tional Committee is on, following an exchange of letters between former Sen- ator Wadsworth of New York, wringing wet, and Senator Fess. Wadsworth wrote askingsthat Fess give considera- tion to a proposal to resubmit the eighteenth amendment to the States, and Fess replied that he would have no hand in such a matter. Three Repub- lican members of the House, La Guardia the part of non-handicapped empoye® |of New York, Britten of Illinois and during the year, while only 7.4 per cent of handicapped persons assigned to po- sitions in the works were removed as not being suited to their duties. Acci- dents were more than 5 per cent more :l;n:l;:lt among :lgn-hnn icapped 'o;lkl- n amon| ose of impaired o ities selected for the trials. 2 ey have " peouned s s S are y notable because they are burd on cold statistical findings ?nu uninfluenced by mpfl.hxm:: sentimentality. They are fin of a realistic-minded industrial concern in a fleld which usu- ally is dominated by other instincts than those ndered by hard facts. 1f vocationally handiea) persons are such competent workers that they ean prove themselves of more value than unimpaired employes a whole fleld of possibilities for useful labor is opened dlcoveria that the*bgioa avoree e e crl al worthy of his hire. V. e vt Armistice Day in Manchuria. 'lovn; H’tllt Ann Arbor Daily News. ‘e have h e Dave heard rumors Vo the effect was of » fop. tion in head the Re) - though Schaefer of Wisconsin, promptly de- manded that Fess quit’ the chairman- ship of the party committee. Probably they have taken the best possible means to cement Senator Fess in the chair- manship, whether they want him out or not. To get rid of the Ohio Senator as now would be inte: ted all over the country as a surrender to the wet element in the G. O. P. No one with much political acumen .e?oeu this to BIV?HL Among some the Republican leaders there has recently been a suggestion that the national com- mittee should undertake at this time to pick the man who will handle the cam- next year, since.Senator Fess has declared that his as chairman would not last beyond the national con- vention, where ‘the nominations for President and Vice President are made. Generally speaking, however, the publican leaders have acquiesced in the plan of President Hoover to retain the services of Chairman Fess up to the convention anyway. The activity of the wets means that Senator Fess cer- tainly will not quit “under fire” in any event. Perhaps the wets believe that a wet Republican might be selected to blican National Commit- ‘hardly seems possible, tee, Re- | the League is the indispensable condi- ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.: "This | the manufacture of soap, candies and . Your obligation is only 2 cents In coin or stamps inclosed with your inquiry for direct reply. Address The Star Information Bureau, Frederic J. Haskin, Director, Washington, D. C. Q. In foot ball, are all the men on & team in every play that is made, or go anma take care of certain plays?— A that no play is a good one which does not use every man on the team. Q. When did the present trouble in Manchuria begin?—C. ®. A. On Saturday, September 19. 1931, the Japanese troops, ha bombarded the arsenal, occupied Mukden. Q. Should a reading light always shine over the left shoulder?—L. E. G. A. For a person who is right-handed the light for ri should come over the left shoulder. For a person who is left-handed the light should come over the right shoulder. This is done so that neither the hand nor the arm will cast a shadow upon the book. Q. How many States have their own anuon picture censorship boards?—E. 'A.” Six—Kansas, Maryland, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Virginia, Dumber of municipalities also have rés. Q. How long was Jack Dempsey away from boxing when he first met Tunney?—N. N. A. Three years. He knocked out ;‘lr&o se;:lemb:fi ;‘4. l"t:"n.un\: did_not ght again until he met » Sep- tember 23, 1926. i Q. How old was Roland Hayes when he began his musical career?>—A. T. A. He was born on a farm in Georgis in 1887, where he lived for 14 years. He then moved to Chattanooga, Tenn., and in five years was made foreman of ia core bench in an iron foundry at & wage of $3 per day. Establishing a measure of economic inde, was able to attend Fisk four years, pursuing a literary an musical course. In return for musical favors he was given excellent training in voice and . It was not until his 18th year, however, that he was discovered to have great musical talent by Arthur Calhoun. In order to get money for music lessons he became a waiter at the Pendennis Club, Louisville, finally f¢ the he received the opportunity of going to Boston with the Fisk Jubilee Singers. Shortly after he became the pupil of Arthur Hubbard, and from then on his success ard fame have grown. Q. Who was the author of the “pound of flesh” story?—W. O. R. A. The bond story as told in Cursor Mundi, which dates from about the end of the thirteenth century, is taken by Miss L. earliest reference to the bond story in English, Q. What is the correct way to eat po- tato chips and also bouillon?—V. E. A. Potato chips are eaten with the fingers. Bouillon, which is usually served in a two-handled cup, may, and in fact should be sipped after the first two or three spoonfuls. Q. What is copra used for?—F. 8. A. Copra is the kernel of the coco- Roper, the Princeton coach, says | dence, he | niversity for | ‘Toulmin Smith as the very | ed b nut dried for Tt 15 used hi coco butter, to limi . exten addition to other ‘XM pmutfil, I;fl!:: ' a fodder. i Q. In the early days how did’ they ' know the shape of the land to m% ¢ maps?>—C. R. A. The earliest maps are not ac- curate, but are based on the knowledge of the world as it was knéwn at the time the maps were made. Only those countries whose inhabitants were known ! were depicted, some parts were marked unexplored and some boundaries were left unfinished. As maritime discov- ery progressed maps developed. Later actual surveys and measurements were made. Regular topographiec surveys were begun in many countriés about the middle of the eighteenth century. Q. How much money is realized from egg production in a year in this coun- try?—G. A. R. from eggs is esti- A. The income fr mated at $1,175,000,000 yearly. Q. When was the American n‘ph!l:a:. s&cm;;d &mded?—‘r. . e ol geographical so- ciety in the United States and was founded in 1852. Q. For what or whom the of tie week named?—J. m . A. Sunday was named for the sun, Monday for the moon, Tuesday for ‘Tuesco, Wednesday for Woden cr Oden, Thursday«for Thor, Priday for Frea, and Saturday for Saturn. Tuesday, ‘Wednesday, Thursday and Priday were ' Geo- E. . A ! nay : ‘sich | Pamed or Norweglan gods QIn whet dsé{wmlnluonl are the regular Un! ates age stam issued?—P. W. G. W - A. One-half to 15 cents inclusive, 17, 20, 25, 30 cents, $1, $2 and $5. Q. When did Phidias, the great sculptor and_architect, live?—M. S. A. He was born in Athens, B. C,, 4 and died there in B. C. 432. He died in prisoy, & martyr to his friendship for Pericles, on whom his persecutors l‘x‘:?ed by this action to inflict suffer- Q. How much destruction does light- ning cause in a year?—S. G. A. It causes an annual fire loss in the United States of $12,000,000. Proper protection would reduce the amount. Q. To what Indian tribe did Hlawatha belong?—C. W. M. A. Hiawatha is & name and s title of a chieftainship hereditary in the Tor- toise clan of the Mohawk tribe; it is the second on the roll of Federal chief- tainships of the Iroquois Confederation. The first known person to bear the |name was a noted reformer, stat legislator and magician, justly celebra as one of the founders of the e of the lr%uots, the Confederation of Pive | Nation® Tradition makes him a pro also. He probably flourished 1570 A. D. Q. How many people did Pompeli's TR S variousty £ ly stated as seatin 10,000, 17,000 and 40,000. It was erecl! the great Pompeii and completed in 52 B. C. It was the first stone thea- ter in Rome, and had & marble interior, {t fln;lly'J collapsed in the sixth cen- ury, A, D. Q. Where can petrified wood be found, except near Winslow, Ariz.>—M. E. N. A. It occurs at other places in Ari-: zona as well as in the northeastern’ art. It s found in New Mexico. and ere are many s, some upright, iny the eastern part of the Yellowstone National P-rk‘.’ { % al i Peace Progress Reviewed On Armistice Anniversary: Speculation on peace and war, in- spired by the celebration of the anni- versary of Armistice day, reveals hope for the future in the modern tendency to omit praise for the “pomp and cir- cumstance” of battle. Satisfaction is expressed that the world is giving in- creased attention to the meansdf ban- ishing war, even if immediate pros- pects for such & consummation are slight. “Our Armistice celebration this " ac to the Omaha World- Herald, “is a more serious and solemn one than it was November 11, 1918. Our_admiration for the gallant dead is nc less. Cantigny, Chauteau-Thierry, g:‘ St. Mihell, Meuse-Argonne are Wwords that forever will ring gloriously in American history as demonstrating the courage and devotion and heroic sacri- fice of the American people. But we hope they will prove to be the last names of battles in which the precious toll of youthful American lives will have to ge sacrificed. No more fitting tribute could be paid today to the dea in France than a consecration of this Nation, heart and soul, for lasting ace ’e“hn't 1t meaningful,” asks the At- lanta Journal, “that in all the talk on Armistice day mot a syllable is heard about what Othello called ‘the pride, pomp and circumstance of glorious war'? The most frequent tribute to our boys who rest beneath white crosses in France and to those who came home with broken bodies or blinded eyes is that their valor was given and their youth snuffed out for the peace of the world. On no other anniversary in American annals, and on few in human history, does this feeling prevail. Other days enshrine victory or defeat, and their music sings the oldest passions of earth, but Novimber 11 is dedicated 'k“ln ,new hope, a new faith of man- “Here and abroad,” thinks the Char- lotte (N. C.) News, “war Is hated with an implacable fury, and with .the ex- ception of sentiment which still pre- vails in jingoistic circles, restricted to the traditional war-mindedness o3 mil- itary organizations, the ideal of peace has taken deep root in the sail of the heart of the human race, and the mo- tive that led millions tc, give their lives in the welter of the World War increasing strength and momentum as the swift nlrs‘ roll nlo:u." * * A note of warning against a too hopeful attitude is struck by the Sa- vannah Morning News in its comment: “Human nature is human nature, self- ishness and passion will forever be expressions of an imperfect human nature, and there will always be classes, differences and wars. But there can be fewer in the future. As people un- derstand each other better they will be less likely to differ, quarrel and fight.” Continuing, the News argues for preparedness as an anti-war meas- ure: “But until human nature changes we shall have to employ policemen to preserve the geu:n at home and main- tain reasonable national armies and navies to insure order about our coasts. ‘We cannot have peace uniess we are g:eplred for best way to png:red pared 2 _gum» defensive way “The Des Moines Tribune-Capital feels t w in the it ‘i‘l‘:s in working ‘3{ 1 mu&n& oll‘uu wul;ld. ‘That paper ‘comments: “Membership in the League of Nations may be qu& ry. The future, haps the dim future, can be left determine that. But close and ndable co-operation with tion of any successful efforts by the nations to preserve the peace. Ouf co- operation must be dependable. . The Test of the world musi be able to rely on 'l‘g« ‘There must be no blinking thal * R ok K ey avoid being actually engaged, yet are threatened with eco- nomic run in the event of war among the militant powers. Militarism among the six armed powers therefore is not & menace or a question involving them only, bui ore that takes in the scope of the entire planet. The independent un- armed states in the final resort by their united protests and de ds for disarmament can become a|factor far from negligible, and their Interest in :ge q;xe;:ion dls manifest. They ha;: e right and power to organize n with military force, but with moral and economic force to compel the same dis- :‘rmnment which they themselves prac- ice.” ' Four States Contest Rural and City Votes Prom the New York Times. th‘(e‘\:' ka"i; one ’:lh{o\lr States in ich a controversy progress aver the apportionment of seats in Congress. The others are Illinois, Minnesota 4 Missouri. Circumstances vary, but the fundamental issue is the same. Rural and urban districts disagree over the number of votes which each shall have in_the House of Representatives. The issue has been raised by, thé Federal reapportionment act of 1929, distributing seats among the States in accordance with their population as revealed by last year's census. States have gained representation, oth- ers have lost. Where a change has' been made in either direction it is necessary to define new districts with- in the State itself. é question arises: Shall tricts retain the privilege of overrepre- sentation which they have enjoyed for many ¥an. or shall & new and more eduitable basis be provided? How large an adyantage the rural districts now command not com- monly realized, though this arrange- ment s a basic factor in the Ameri- can system of government, determining in large measure the attitude of Con- gress on such important questions as taxation, farm relief and prohibition, In New York, each member of the pres- entanun from New’Y;::a%ty nn!l!- sents an average Of people., each member from a district: outside , _The T Desce i o be pre: | L, Chictgo, iderably larger number of siderably n than of rural tation in the House as 289,000 throughout the rest of California. Michigan it takes two voters in to, _lggullld one outside. 5 » districts rests, in turn, upon s similariy, one-sided system of representation in ‘which a) mwhl;e 'Nfl)gdn&-..l:( a “sincere desire r & just an peace among all Bations” the San Anionio News the State seats i Congress. 1t 1s sn advaniags the; ve naturally been ex¢ to surrender, : which