Evening Star Newspaper, December 31, 1931, Page 6

THE EVENING STAR With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. THURSDAY...December 81, 1931 | THEODORE W. NOYES. ...Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company o SPEE OB oy Rate by Carrier Within the City. 'vening Btar .o 45¢c per month : E\'rnm n Bunday Star { (when 4 dY\fl;!-‘!' agEe 60c per monm; Erening and Sundsy ‘Biar | Chehen s Sapdnre) “"66c per month | The Sunday Star ~ Sc_per copy Moliection made ot the ené '3t each month Qrders may be sent in by mall or telephone NAtional 5000. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia, {7 and Sunday.....13yr.$10.00; 1 mo. ily only 1yr nday only .l > '36.00: 1 mo., 5 4.00; 1 mo., 4 All Other States and Canada. Sunday...1yr, $12.00: 1 mo. $1.00 | Sit7 Safy Senderd v P00 1 man Vike | nday only ... $5.00; 1 mo., 5c | i 0c 1yr. 0c e Member of the Associated Press, The Associated Press is exc ert! to the use for republication of atches credited 10 it or ted in this paper and a lished herein. All t cial dispatcnes here not 0 th s of Finland's Liquor Referendum. It will be several days yet before the final results of Finland's national ref- erendum on prohibition will be known, but early reports from Helsingfors, which casts fifty-five per cent of the country's total vote, indicate that the | proponents of repeal have won. Up to a late hour this morning returns showed that out of 132,730 votes, or 57 per cent | of the Capital's electorate, 82 per cent | voted for repeal of the prohibition | laws, while in 88 rural constituencies | the vote was 78,953 for repeal, 18,858 | for maintenance of the present law, and 905 for modification. According to | Pinnish wets, the drys silently assented to abolition by heavy abstention from the polls. Finland's referendum is interesting | from a variety of standpoints. It is the firs; consultative vote taken by the| people under the constitution since the republic accomplished its liberation from the Russian czardom. Prohibition came into effect in Finland in 1919, but has never been respected. The attempt to enforce the law became increasingly burdensome upon the national treasury because of the skillfully organized smuggling cberations directed against prohibition. The maintenance of the coast guard against high seas bootleg- gers has cast 25,000,000 finmarks—or about $400,000 at the present rate of exchange—a year. Hundreds of lives have been lost in the unceasing war- fare with the smugglers, who have comported themselves with the ruthless- ness of pirates These considerations, and especially In relation to finance, were upper- most in Finns' minds as they went to their voting places this week. The chairman of Parliament's finance committee, discussing the budget out. look for 1932, pointed out that many Pinns belieyed the treasury should no longer be deprived of the substantial income from excise taxes on liquor. These, it is estimated, would amount to $7,500,000 & year—a not inconsider- able item in a budget which balances at around $38,500,000. The Finnish referendum system, in- voked on the initial occasion in the prohibition question, is consultative and not definitive. Its purpose is to “guide” | the government in the formulation of policies, which then require parlia- mentary sanction and enactment. The Associated Press reports that early re- sults of the referendum are surprising, as even the opponents of prohibition had not expected so heavy & wet vote Political authorities believe that even | if only 40 per cent of the nation voted | for abolition of the law the government would argue that prohibition is no | | longer enforceable. Grateful Motorists. Tt was a very nice Year's present that the traffic authorities of the Dis- trict and those of Maryland and Vir- ginia gave to the motorists of this com- munity yesterday. Not only will they be permitted to operate their cars in Wash- ington with 1931 tags until January 31, but application for a title will be ac- cepted by the police as tantamount to | possession of a title. In addition to this the commissions of motor ve- hicles of Maryland and Virginia at the request of Mr. Van Duzer promptly ex- tended to District motorists the cour- tesy of using roads of those States | until January 31 with old tags. These two gestures doubtless will be much appreciated by the more than 12.- 000 delinguents of the National Capital, the majority of whom are wi itles | and tags due solely to universal bad ha In some cases, of course, titles have al- | ready been secured and spplications | have been made for tags, which because of the rush of b s at the Tr Bureau have not been delivered condition and during the closing days 101 apparently t of procrastination, | ic Thi oc- eurs annually of the year. B0 all the motorists who thought they were going to lose the use of their cars until they secured titles or tags should enjoy the New Year to the utmost. But | woe betide the driver who during Janu- Ary procrastinates about securing these necessary adjuncts to motor car opera- tion. After January 31 he will find him- | self d out of Juc = - ——— = California has a law prescribing a penalty for one who suggests or urges suicide. Probably the only examples of these offenses occur when one Cali- fornian learns of another being com- pelled to leave the State. . The Engineer Goes on Tour. John Draney, locomotive engineer on the Delaware, Lackwanna & Western Railroad, is retiring at the age of sev- enty after an active service of fifty- eight and one-half years. For for two years of that time he has piloted the same train, between Hoboken and Scranton, covering & total distance of 3,100,000 miles without an accident Now Draney is going to travel. He and his wife are going on & honeymoon trip around the world. As a matter of fact, this veteran of the rails has in the course of the forty-two years of his ex- press running spanned space enough to have circled the globe one hundred and twenty-four times. He probably knows every foot of the way between Hoboken nd Banton, every bullding, effry bl ,parlu, mountain ranges and lakes, tem- i less took their toll of his strength. His |and an THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY and tree. Now he wants to see some- thing different. He wants to see other houses and trees, hilis and stresms, other kinds of people. It would be interesting to have John Draney's story of his travels. What will he be most interested in whenghe goes abroad or when he tours through other parts of this country? The chances are that round houses and rail- road yards, stations and sidings will attract him more than monuments and packages were presented for mailing, and they probably could be identified. It may be possible to trace the ma- terials with which the deadly con- trivances were made. Today upwards of one hundred inspectors are at work on the case. Not for a long time has there been such an outrage. Mail bombs were not | uncommon some years ago, particularly during the prevalence of the Black Hand crimes, and many lives were lost through this method of murder. The law against the malling of explosive material is explicit and the penalty for s0 doing is severe. Unfortunately the violator of that law is almost invariably beyond reach—is not, in fact, known to exist until his major crime is committed through the explosion of the package. The presence of such materials in the mails is & menace to those who handle them in transit. Often, as in this present case, the victims are others than those to whom they are being sent. There 1s no more villainous crime than that of murder by the parcel post, and every effort should be bent to the end of finding those who handed in the six packages at Easton yesterday. r———— Those killed in the obsérvance of Christmas in the United States totaled 200 this year. New Year eve will ac- count for perhaps as many more, with Independence day also always depend- able. Yet there seems to be no great concerted move to eliminate any of the three, as there is toward foot ball, with its long season and its 31 fatal- ities. ples and museums. In the raliroad services of this coun- try are many men who have been faith- fully and skilifully pulling trains for years, who have seen little or nothing of other parts of the country than those over which their tracks run. They have hauled hundreds of millions of people safely and speedily and on time. They have piloted their trains over a total mileage that would require almost astronomical figures in representation. Some of them have retired to enjoy their leisure, but few of them have had the desire, perhaps the means, to travel. Most of them have wanted to rest from incessant movement and responsibility. They have had few adventures. The railroad engineer wants no happenings out of the normal. His ideal of life is a clear track, dependable rails, trust- worthy signals and fidelity to rules and schedules on the part of all his fellows. ‘The people who travel owe him a debt of gratitude for his skillful service. If John Draney goes traveling he will have the heartiest wishes of the multitudes whom he has taken over the line of the Lackawanna for an ideal “honeymoon.” Richard V. Oulakan. Richard V. Oulahan stood for the best in journalism in America. His sudden death caused a grievous loss to the newspaper world, not only be- cause of the eminent position which Mr. Oulahan had attained and his widely recognized ability, but because of the affectionate regard in which he was held. The “Dean,” as he was called by his associates of the corps of Wash- ington correspondents, had received the highest honors that can go to & work- ing newspaper man in this country. He had, however, far more than the mere recognition of his services as a journalist. He had the respect, the ad- miration and the love of his fellows. Mr. Oulahan was proud of his call- ing. He believed that a newspaper reporter is & public servant and that| it is the duty of & reporter to be far more than industrious; that he should be painstaking, fair, a seeker always for the facts, an honest analyzer and interpreter of the news. Mr. Oulahan epitomized in himself these various qualifications. He had a keen sense of responsibility to his paper, the public and the country. The veteran correspondent of the New York Times was at the height of his usefulness at the time of his death. He was an active news gatherer in the prime of life, working long hours, which doubt- e The ticking and chiming of a tall clock which belonged to Mary Ball Washington and which told the youthful George the time of day will be broad- cast to usher in the Bicentennial year. Mother Nature, human nature and the length of an hour are about the only things unchanged since the Pather of | His Country first gazed up at this tail timepiece. s Radlo listeners have heard the rum- bling and hissing of 2,000-degree hot lava erupting in far-off Mount Kilauea They will have to stay content with that, for Senator Moses has just refused an offer of $15,000 for & weekly broad- cast of congressional comment. [ In Italy there are “Black Shirts” and once there were “Red Shirts.” Now in India has sprung up an organi- zation labeled by the latter term. The world is walting patiently for a great national or international movement entitled “Clean Shirts.” r——— If the business of choosing & “queen” of this, that and the other section keeps | on, it will not be a. great while until | sealskin-booted dusky belles are com- peting for the title of “Miss Arctic | circle.” —— e —e— Ghandi, in his declaration that he will not flinch from sacrificing the lives of a “million” persons as the price of India's liberty, now enters the John W. Gates class. circle of friends and acquaintances— of his acqusintances were friends—wes wide, stretching across the United States and far beyond its con- fines, for Mr. Oulahan’s work had car- ied him into many countries. He was a4 native of Washington, and most of the forty-five years in which he was engaged in newspaper work were spent in the Capital City, which he had seen grow from a smell and rather drowsy town into a world center of news and of power. Mr. Oulahan’s was a delightful per- sonality. He had the wit and humor of his Irish forebears, and & great kindliness. He was an inspiration to e As the bridge tournament goes along many turn their thoughts more and more to that scrubwoman who is satis- fying her life's dream by floating down the Mississippi. — e Once it was “Plke's Peak or Bust.” Now it is “Hollywood or Bust.”” And, in most cases, what a bust! e ——— 1 | pressed by these cynical observations, &s DE JCEMBER 31 THIS AND THAT A four-point program for success has, been drawn up by an intelligent but sarcastic gentleman, who may or m"i not know what he s talking about. | We present it to the rising genera- | tion with the gentleman's blessing. Its component elements are as follows: “1. Talk about yourself all the time. “2. To anybody who will listen. | '3. Tell how well your work is catch- lng on.. ‘4. Go Into details of all compli- ments.” By assiduously following these sugges- | tions, he avers, any young fellow of ordinary intelligence stands a much better chance of “getting somewhere” in thes world than by being modest and humble. The propounder of these roads to suc- cess declares that he has been studying human beings for years and that he has | come to the conclusion that blowing | your own horn covers it all. | Given a certain amount of ability and energy, he continues, the young | man who wants to get there as quickly | as possible must be ready to speak up | for himself in the presence of people | who do not count, no less than before those who do. Too, he must speak | loudly in his own behalf upon every and any occasion. Let him be called a braggart, the lessons he seeks to inculcate will sink | in, maybe in the quarter he wants them | to percolate the deepest. " | “Talk about yourself all the time.” | That is the first law. It shows to the world in general that you are inter-| ested in yourself. How can & young fellow expect the rest of the world to| be interested in him if he is not in-| terested in himself? But to be inter- ested in one’s self so shyly that no one else knows about it—ah, as our gen- tleman would say, s that not tanta- mount to not being interested in one's self at all? This, of course, is nothing but a small lesson in publicity. Gilant lessons, such as certain very well known aerfal flights, | have shown what world-wide publicity | will do for & man. Very few human | beings can_expect such & thing, but every one has a small fleld of opera- | The little world of the individual | is as important to him as the big world | of the famous character. In fact, it is | more important, if he expects to get | anywhere, for he has much less scope, | therefore his task will be the harder, in | some ways. He lacks latitude. | Now it is certain that a man is going | to talk, unless he is that one individual in & thousand; and if he talks at all, he might as well spice his conversation with himself, Surely he knows more about himself than any other person in | the world. He should be able to talk longer and better about that precious | individual! This applies both to the born boaster and the applied braggart. | The born boaster, as our friend dis- | criminated him, is the fellow who sim- | ply cannot help talking about himself If he were set down in the midst of the mightiest company of geniuses the world could conceive, he would find no man | there quite as well worth discussing s | himself. Celebrated warriors, great au- thors, mightly geniuses of all sorts shortly would find this born braggart turning the conversation away from | wars, books and science and bringing it | squarely around to the fine plece of | work that he, Templeton Jones, did last week, when he managed to outwit | a fellow mortal. | The applied braggart is the descrip- | tive of the man who must work to| boast. His genius may creak, but he | gets 1t to going at last, so that the ordinary observer cannot tell that it needed & bit of oiling. The ambitious young man who happens to be im-| tions. handed down by our friend, will be the perfect type of the applied braggart. It will not come natural to him, but he will make up his mind to try it. Find- ing the recurrent topic a pleasing one, as what man would not, he will be anxious to go on to the next step in the system. ; “Talk about yourself all the time BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. yes, but the second point is just as important, “to anybody who will listen.” ‘The born braggart, who always must be taken as the model, never discrim- inates; that is, he does not pick and choose when it comes to those he prac- tices on. The glories of himself, he | seems to reason, are too great to be held a secret, or to be reserved only for a few. Let them be spread to the wind! Perhaps this humble person, here, who was trained to humility at a good mother's knee, might be helped by the recital of the successes of an onward- rushing type. One must either go for- ward or backward, of course. There is no such thing as standing still. Any successful man will tell you the same. No one would stand still for anything. It is against the principles of really successful men. They go forward or backward, like pendulums, but they never stand still, like posts. The applied braggart Tn('kly learns, from the born boaster, that no fry is too small to listen to him. Tell about the glorious things you are doing to the boss, 1f you can get him to listen to you, but, lacking him, try it out on the ‘office boy, or the elevator man. The humble student of braggartry falls down completely at this point. He, simple 1, thinks that the one who may be o help genfus in its colossal rise to fame is the only one to whom to No mistake could be greater. Just as little pitchers have big ears, so small people are among the best listeners, and often are the best retatlers of what they hear, Never think scornful.y, ¥en, of the lowly fellow. (He may be the very blabber who will get your mexsage to the right ears.) Just 0 long as he has ears to hear, let him hear. Regale-him with all your exploits, large and small Tell him the same thing, over and over again, if you cannot think of anything | new to tell the sap. Go on the assump- tion that he should be grateful to you for speaking to him at all. The two main things to tell him are comprised in the wise gentleman's next two points, Nos. 3 and 4, to be precise about ft. “Tell how well your work is catching on. ere is nothing better than that for hemng the prospect, but he will have 19 listen to you, for fear of of- fending you, The American people are very touchy, after all, especially when it comes to such matters, although many of them profess to believe that they are not. Reduced to its simplest terms, this enthralling message is noth- ing more nor less than, “I am succeed- ing.” The office boy tells the elevator man, “That chap is succeeding.” The elevator men tells the chief charwoman, “That guy says he is succeeding.” You see, the average elevator operator is in- clined to be something of a cynic. The chief charwoman forgets the reverse twist and retails it to the postman simply, “That gentleman is succeeding.” So it goes up and down the line until it comes out, in the rooms of the junior and senior officials, as “Templeton Jones is succeeding in a big way.” And that is just dandy for T. Jones, esq. The junior and senior officials never realize for an instant that they have been swallowing large, easy doses of personal publicity. Or do they? “Go into details of all compliments.” This is an easy one. Every man alive, as well as every woman, loves to receive compliments. ~ Some call it “apple sauce.” But it doesn't make any dif- ference what you call it, it is just the same thing. Praise is sweet in the ears and inordinately easy on the tongue. No one can blame any one for telling the fine things that may be said about him and his work. So, if you would boast to the limit, never miss a chance in this easy fashion. It is just like taking candy from children, as they used to say Now, whether all this is true or not we do not know. We merely present it with the compliments of the cynical gentleman and the best wishes of the season, with charity for all and with malice toward none. Glooms of Yesteryear. Prophets of gloom have raised their voices in this country often in many younger men, some of them start- ing in his chosen profession, and an aid to them whenever opportunity offer- ed. He was an honor to his profession. He will be long remembered by those who knew him as slways a gallant S8HOOTING STARS, BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Responsibilities Disclaimed. I shall not turn the past in times of national depression and economic stress. Their predictions of evil and misfortune have been as often disproved by subsequent events. In 1857, when America was in the grip of “hard times,” such a forecast was made in Harper’s Weekly of October 10. Again in 1886 in the first report of the United States Commissioner of Labor a prophecy of economic ills was advanced. The following ex- | them A New Year page. No more T'll yearn With moral rage My ways to heed ‘That do not suit. T have no need To resolute. figure. - —— Fine Work! In oversubscribing the million dollars allotted to them as their quota of the Community Chest fund the Federal workers in Washington have set an in- spiring example for the rest of the city and have come through with fly- ing colors. They are to be congratu- lated. Washington's Chest fund bene- fits, and it is particularly pleasing to note that the welfare funds of nearby communities will probably gain more through the fine organization and the | admirable spirt among the Government personnel this year than ever before. The outcome of the campaign in the Government departments has been a notable success, especially in view of the unfortunate cases of overzealous- ress on the part of a few officials, whose anxlety to make a good showing led at first to adopt tactics that Lrought protests against the use of ob- lectionable forms of pressure. It is well that the protests were made in time to prevent petty tyranny, and better stiM that the matter of enforced glving was | sufficiently aired to emphasize the fact that the Community Chest depends upon willing givers alone. Everybody knew in advance that the fine body of men and women who con- stitute the Government personnel would | shoulder their share of tve 1oad, and do | it gladly, as always. It only remains for | |the rest of the community to do as| The laws, you see, Are now up to da Our habits free To regulate. Gambling bold Gets many & call And so does Old King Alcohol, The taxes break My greed for wealth And fool laws make Secure my health, Bince laws discern And cure each grief, What need to turn A New Year Leaf? Drawing the Distinction. “You are an orator,” sald Senator Sorghum, “but you're no politician.” “What's the difference?” “An orator uses figures of speech; but when a politician uses figures he puts a dollar mark in front of 'em.” Perils. “Does that play tend to remind you of the dangers of & great city?” “In my opinion,” replied the uncom- promising critic, “it goes further. It's one of 'em.” Recreant, Old Santa Claus effaced each frown From all the faces that he knew, But cautiously forsook the town Before the various bills come due. A Sincere Tribute, “I once paid that tenor a thousand dollars to sing at my wife's musicale,” said Mr. Cumrox. “You must have a great admiration for him.” “I have. He is one of the best busi- ness men I ever met.” iurl] ————————— ‘What the American reading public is now really panting for is a “Sino- | Shavian” controversy. ————————— Murder in the Mails. If & post office clerk at Easton, Pa., | had been indifferent to the suspicious nature of six packages which he had just received for mailing, thinking it strange that all of them, though of precisely the same appesrance, were described as holding different contents, he would be alive ay and probably | the persons to whom the parcels were | addressed would be dead. For these packages were infernal machines, in- geniously and skillfully made. A clerk opened one of them and was killed by the explosion. One of his fellows was desperately and perhaps fatally wound- ed. Later one of the bombs was opened in & quarry outside of town by an ex- pert in explosives and he was mortally wounded by the blast which re- sulted. These packages were addressed to men in different cities, four of them Italians, and the theory is that they were marked for death by anti-Fascists. A man makes fug of the cigars his wife buys. Yet many & woman suffers in silence while a man smokes the cigars he bought himself. Sense of Obligation. Resolutions on New Year! What good they might do As bravely we set them afloat, If we watched them with caution a8 constant and true As we show toward & ninety-day note! “Don’ get indignant wif de man dat tracts are reproduced here as evide: The Lesson of the Day. | From Harper's Weekly, October 10, 1857: It is & gloomy moment in history. Not for many years—not in the life- time of most men who read this paper —has there been so much grave and deep apprehension; never has the fu- ture seemed so incalculable as at this time. In our own country there is universal commercial prostration and panic, and thousands of our poorest fellow citizens are turned out against the approaching Winter without en-| ployment, and without the prospect of it. | In France the political caldron seethes and bubbles with uncertainty; Russia hangs, as usual, like a cloud, dark and silent upon the horizon of Europe: while | all the energies, resources and influences of the British Empire are sorely tried, and are yet to be tried more sorely, in coping with the vast and deadly In- dian insurrection, and with its dis- turbed relations in China. It is & solemn moment, and no man can feel an indifference (which, hap- pily, no man pretends to feel) in the issue of events. Of our own troubles no man can see the end. They are, fortunately, as yet mainly commercial; and if we are only to lose money, and by painful poverty to be taught wisdom—the wisdom of honor, of falth, of sympathy and of charity—no man need seriously to de- spalr. And yet the very haste to be rich, which is the occasion of this wide- spread calamity, has also tended to de- stroy the moral forces with which we are to resist and subdue the calamity. Good Friends—Let our conduct prove that the call comes to men who have large hearts, however narrowed their homes may be, who have open hands, however empty their purses. In time of peril we have nothing but manhood, strong in its faith in God, to rely upon; and whoever shows himself truly & God- fearing men now, by helping wherever and however he can, will be as blessed and beloved as & great light in dark- ness. From the first report of the United States Commissioner of Labor in 1886: The rapid development and adapta- tion of machinery have brought what is commonly called overproduction, so | that machinery and overproduction are two causes so closely allied that it is quite difficult to distinguish the one without taking the other into consider- | atlon, | In England, Belglum and France | railroads and canals that are really | refuses to give you credit at de store, said Uncle Eben. “Maybe he'll be de means of savin’ you some worry in de future” L ‘The reason for the attempt on the lives of the other two is not evident. It is plain from the character of the bompbs that those who prepared them needed have been built, Germany is provided with a full netwoFk of rail-| roads, and in the United States rafl- road ponstruction has been out of all| limitations op how nce of the tendency to foresee the future in terms of immediate despondency: proportion to the increase of products | to be carried. Harbors and rivers are sufficiently developed, and warehouses, water and gas works, tramways, etc, are largely provided for; the Pyrenees and the Alps are tunneled, and the Suez Canal has been buflt. Terrestrial and transoceanic lines of telegraph have been laid, and the merchant ma- rine has been transformed from wood to iron, The nations of the world have overstocked themselves with machinery and manufacturing plants far in excess of the wants of production, On all sides one sees the accomplished results of the lubor of half & century. What| 18 strictly necessary has been done oftentimes to superfluity, This full supply of economic tools to meet the wants of nearly all branches of com- merce and Industry is the most impor- tant factor in the present industrial depression. It is true that discovery | of new processes of manufacture will undoubtedly continue, and this will act &s an ameliorating influence, but it will not leave room for marked extension, such as has been witnessed during the last fifty years, or afford employment to the vast amount of capital which has been created during that period. The day of large profits is probably past. —— ,——— New York Plans Fight Against Billboards From the Schenectady Gazelte Steps are to be taken by the New York State Conservation Commission at she forthcoming session of the Legis- lature to secure passage of & law plac- ing control of billboards in the hands of our public officials. The object, pri- marily, is to end a menace Which has been growing year by year with in- creasing highway traffic Years ago the Consumers' League fostered & campaign against billboards because they defaced the landscape. Erected along roads that had been im- proved, they constituted un eyesore, The lengue did effective work, materially checking the spread of this form of advertising. Due to its campaigning many persons refused to buy articles advertised in that manner Since that time another movement against billboards has been gaining momentum, because of the danger they create at many points along highways, This is the basis for the Proposal by the conservation department that they be brought under public control. At highway and railroad intersections billboards are often found, cutting off the view. Responsibility for many crashes can be laid directly at the door of these structures. Those erecting them have thought only of their value from the advertising standpoint, not taking into consideration the fact they create a menace. - The propased regulations. in addition to fixing a license fee for those seeking to make use of billb | third party. The Political Mill By G. Gould Lincoln. The third-party idea crops up peren- nially, but, like the century plant, it seems to bloom effectively about onee a hundred years. It has been taken out and dusted off in the last few days again. But there seems little substance to the suggestion that a third-party presidential ticket will be launched next year. In the first place, although the progressives insist that a new party movement must come from the ground roots, meaning the common people, such a movement must have a leader capable of inspiring his followers There is none today, unless it be the Senator from Idaho, William E. Borah, and Senator Borah is not likely to undertake the job, though he has been urged by many friends to get into the presidentiel race next year. It is true jthat he has appeared to be more friendly to a third-party movement and leadership in recent months. But that is still & long way from taking the plunge. e i A third-party movenent takes money and organization. The political ma- chinery is in the hands of the two old parties, and the building of a political machine is no overnight job, Then & third-party movement to be successful must have some great basic principle in politics to inspire it. At present none of these requisites seems to be in the hands of the progressives. The pro- gressives who belong to the Democratic party are intent this year and next upon bringing about a victory for their own old party. And the Democratic platform next year probably will pledge to the voters everything that a new liberal party platform would pledge, barring certain radical experiments which would not appeal to a large part of the voters. It looks as though the third-party movement would wear itself out in talk and more talk. Theodore Roosevelt, in 1912, with plenty of mone- tary backing. was unable to get any- where in his race for the presidency. A dozen years later the senior La Fol- lete, who also had & great personal fol- lowing in the country, had even less success in his attempt to launeh a new party. It is said that there is more unrest in the country today than there was in 1912 and in 1924, due to hard times. This may be true, but the voters are more likely to use the Democratic party as a club with which to vent their disapproval on the G. Q. P. than to seek new alignments. And the group of Republican progressives who are dissatisfied with the Hoover admin- istration probably realize that they have no real chance of winning with a third- party ticket anyway. I O ok A split among the Republicans would, of making a Democratic victory certain, just as the Bull Moose split in 1912 brought Woodrow Wilson and the Demo- crats into power. In 1924 the progres- sive movement helped Coolidge instead of the Democrats. But the Democrats had split 50 badly as & result of the rows in the Madison Square Garden convention that there was no hope for them. In that year Progressive Demo- crats, like Senator Burton K. Wheeler of Montana, joined the La Follette movement. It does not seem that the the President and the regular Repub- licans in the 1932 campaign. The Democrats are too intent upon sticking | together and winning. The next Demo- cratic National Convention has, it is true, possibilities of another Madison Square Garden affair if the factions seeking the presidential nomination go to the mat as they did in 1924. But ing harmony and the Ku Klux Klan issue is not now so virulent. i ‘The Republican fortunes look to be at low ebb today. Whether they can im- prove in the next six months is doubt- ful. Only a great reversal in the economic situation can help much. Pres- ident Hoover has laid his cards on the | table. He has his policies for the re- construction of business and industry in this country., It does not seem likely that he will deviate from the course which he has picked out. If he goes down it will be with his flag flying, which is & lot better than striking his colors. He is not likely to attempt any fly-by-night panaceas in an effort to rehabilitate himself and his party in the good graces of the voters. Even his enemies on Capitol Hill among the Re- publicans, and the Democrats as well, admit that he is trying to do the best he can for the country and that his is a clean administration. Their claim is, however, that it is not & popular admin- istration, and that he cannot win, T ‘There are some of the Progressive Republicans who have to run for re- | election to the House and Senate in 1932. Some of them much prefer to run as Republicans, with the Republi- can nomination, than as members of a There is Senator Nye of North Dakota, for example, who is up for re-election, and Senator Brookhart of JTowa, Blaine of Wisconsin and Nor- beck of South Dakota. Brookhart had an unfortunte experience in Towa in 1924 when he sought re-election as a Republican at the same time that he supported the La Follette-Wheeler third party presidential ticket. The regular Republicans turned on him and elected his Democratic opponent, Steck. All the progressive Republicans in the House must seek re-election, too, or stand aside, which they are not likely to do. These are matters that have to be taken into consideration when there is talk of a third party movement. £ x The friends of Gov. Albert C. Richie of Maryland are taking heart over re- cent gossip about the Democratic pres- idential situation. They see Baker of Ohio fading out of sight because of his utterances favoring American adher- ence to the League of Nations, They have heard that Gov. Roosevelt’s band wagon has run into some deep ruts They believe that the Governor of Maryland is going to be very much in the running when the time comes for balloting in the national convention of the Democrats. They do not believe that the Democratic party at this junc- ture is likely to turn to the head of a big corporation, like Owen D. Young, or to a Chicago benker, llke Melvin Traylor, or to a dry, like George White, Governor of Ohio, or to Southerners, like Robinson of Arkansas and Garner of Texas. The logical man for the place, they assert, is Ritchie, provided Roose- velt fails to get the nomination in the opening ballots of the convention. They do not believe that Alfred E. Smith is going to be a candidate or will permit & movement to stampede the conven- tion to him. Further, they do not be- lieve that such a movement would be successful even if it were attempted. X € & It Roosevelt gets the nomination of the Democratic party for President there will be a great field of aspirants for the vice presidential nomination. Such a nomination would go either to the West, Middle West or the South, Walsh of Montana, Wheeler of the same State or Dill of Washington, all might like a try at the vice presidential office. In the Middle West there are Gov. White and Senator Bulkeley of Ohio, Senator Lewis and the majority leader of the House, Representative Rainey, both of Illinois. Looking to the South, there is Ritchie of Mary- land. Gov. Ritchie has been Governor of his State almost long enough for the present generation to have forgotten who was Governor before him. He probably does not wish to be Governor of Maryland for life. He has to look to the future, and the office of Vice President of the United States is not to be sneezed at. Farther South there are Senator Pat Harrison of Mississippi, former Goy. Harry Flood Byrd of Vir- ginia, Senator Barkley of Kentucky nd Senator Robinson of Arkansas, t‘he Democratic leader of the Senate and running mate of Al Smith in 1928, The Maryland Governor might be a good bet for the place, however. He is wet enough to please the extreme wets in the party and conservative enough to please those who consider 1 progressive. ds, place stringent. % shall be placed, Roosevell too in all probability, merely have the effect ; creation of & new party now would help | , the wiser heads in the party are council- | ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERI What do you need to know? Is there some point about your business or personal life that puzzles you? Is there something you want to know without delay? Submit your question to Frederic J. Haskin, director of our Washington Information Bureau. He is employed to help you. Address your inquiry to The Evening Star Informa- tion Bureau, Prederic J. Haskin, direc- tor, Washington, D. C., and inclose 2 cents in coin or stamps for return postage. Q. How many countries does the United States reach by direct telephone service?—J. P. A. There are now 35 foreign coun- tries which have direct telephone serv- ice from this country. Q. How many students are there in the colleges this year?—G. T. A. The Office of Education says that the following are the preliminary figures according to recent surveys: Total number of students in 1,076 in- stitutions, men 602,492; Women, 365,716, Q. Are all Army, Navy and Marine Corps decorations procurable by mu- seums for exhibition purposes?—L.E.J. A. It is not possible to secure the decorations through these departments for exhibition purposes. Museums ob- tain decorations from individuals on Q. Why was the group named Dry Tortugas?—N. A. Tortugas is the Spanish word for turtles. Ponce de Leon gave it the name. Dry was prefixed because no fresh water is found in the group ex- cept the rain which is eaught when falling. of islands T. 8 Q. How far is it from Vera Cruz to Mexico City?—N. B. A. It is 263 miles by rail. Q. How many professional photog- raphers are there in the United States?—H. H. S. A. There are about 15,000. Q. Has the River Nile in Africa many tributaries?>—W. T. H. A. The Nile is unique among rivers of the world. Although it is 3,500 miles long, it has no tributaries for the last 1,700 mijles of its journey to the sea, largely through desert. Sev- eral streams discharge into it above this point. The flow is so light in Summer that the mouths of the Nile are entire- ly closed by dams, but at the height of the flood season or inundation it is a torrent discharging 13,000 cubic yards per second. Q. How is silver bought and sold as a commodity?—E. E. A. Silver is traded in on the National Metal Exchange in New York City: Traders speculate, deal in futures, em- ploying the hedging methods as they arising from the arbitrage. Q. How many —Avnxorn goats are there in our Southwestern States?—H. M. L. goats clipped in 1930 in the six mohair producing States was 3,780,000. The yield of mohair for these six States in 1930 was 16,000,000 pounds, which had an approximate valile of $5,287,000, or about 30 cents per pound. Q. How soon after leaving a plane does & parachute jumper open his parachute?—B. G. A. Most parachute jumpers count to 10 before pulling the rip cord. The reason they do this is to be sure that they are clear of the plane and that the parachute will not become entangled. Q. When were special delivery and whom the medals have been conferred. do in wheat and cotton trading, profits | A. The estimated number of Angora | C J. HASK postage due stamps provided’—G. 8. A. Special delivery stamps were au« thorized by the act of October, 1885. Postage due stamps were issued in 1879, under an act approved March 3 of that year. Q. How many beoks, periodicals, etc., have been copyrighted in the United States?—N. M. ) A. Over 7,000,000 books, maps, musical works, periodicals, prints and other "articles have been deposited during the | past 34 years. Q. Which operas are sung oftenest at the Metropolitan?—T. A. A review of Gatti-Casazza's 24 seasons shows that “Aida” leads with 170 presentations; “La Boheme.” is sec- ond, with 15%; “Pagliacci.” third. with 149, and “Mme. Butterfly” fourth, with 143. Q. When economy must be effected, what part of the children’s diet is most important?—H. T. A. For children the Government home economists say that the food dollar | should be divided as follows: 25 cents | for milk and cheese, 20 to 25 cents for vegetables and fruit, 15 to 20 cents for bread and cereals, 15 to 20 cents for butter, lard, or other fats and sugar or molasses; 15 to 20 cents for meat, fish and eggs. A family of adults wotld | need less milk and cheese, and cor- respondingly more vegetables and fruit. Q. While passing through Marl- boro, Mass., I noticed a small sign pointing into the woods which read: “Mary Goodnow's Grave.” Why is her grave pointed out?—T. C. N | 7 A. Mary Goodnow was the daughtes of Samuel Goodnow. On August 1* 1707, she and Mary Fay were gathering herbs in a meadow near a garrison designed for use by her family, and others. Indians approached them. Mary Fay ran toward the garrison, but Mary Goodnow could not, because of lameness, Some of the Indians followed the fleeing girl; the rest attacked Mary Goodnow. She was killed and scalped. Her body was later buried at the spot now marked by a stone. | Q. Why is removing an opponent's | man from the checker board on account ‘o( his failure to jump called huffing? —W. B | A, There is a strict rule against talk- |ing during & ghecker match. When | this move was made the player called | attention to it by holding the piece | before his mouth and blowing or | “huffing” on it. | Q Who are world champions in hockey?—I. L. A. Canada won the world amateur hockey championship in Europe last Winter. The world professional cham- ! plons are the Montreal Canadians. | Q. How much malt is sold in the | United States for beverages?—C. A. T. A. In 1930 133,061,550 pounds of malt was used in the production of }cerea] beverages containing less than one-half of one per cent alcohol by | volume. Q. How old are most of the people who appear in Who's Who for the first time? Are most of them college men and women?—@G. L. A. The list has been increased by 3,931 members, according to the last | biennial edition of Who's Who in America. Of the new reciplents of this honor 3,764 are men and 167 are | women. The average age of these new members is 51.17 years and they have had active careers averaging 26.21 years; 83.05 per cent of them have had | college training: 83.5 per cent are mar- | ried; their average age at marriage was | 28.44 years, and they have an average of 2.1 children. Approved in Departure from tradition in the ap- pointment as one of the American delegates to the Geneva Conference on Arms of Miss Mary E. Woolley, head of Mount Holyoke College, is rec- ognized by the press. Her lifelong inter- Miss Woolley on Arms Boa;'d Press Comment | and consistent advocate of a large Navy | for our national defense, yet was & leader in the fight for the ratification of the London naval treaty of 1930. In placing Senator Swanson upon the | American delegation the President has | chosen an outstanding Democrat, as did Warren G. Harding when he selected est in peace measures and her personal | Oscar Underwood of Alabama as & fitness are considered important to the member of that group Whm;n res;;‘rleunt- 1 ed the United States at the Washington negotiations. Selection of Gen. Dawes | conference of a decade ago. The capa= and Senator Swanson, also, is held to | ple Senator Swanson will not dissppoint be favorable to wise measures at the | the people of this country when he goes meeting of Nations. to Geneva next year.” “The sending of a woman to a mo- mentous arms conference is an epoch- making event,” states the Chicago Daily News, with the further comment: “In questions of armament policy women are vitally concerned. Mr. Hoover's decision to give due recognition to their devotion to peace should impress Eu- rope, and gratify the liberal and demo- cratic forces of the world.” The At- lanta Journal also is of the opinion that “women have a profound interest in disarmament, and deserve repre- sentation upon a body whose mission it will be to bring stability to one of the foremost international issues without thereby _undermining any _ nation’s sense of security. ‘The Cincinnati Times-Star finds it “significant that Hoover's decision follows closely upon the award of the Noble Peace Prize to Jane Adams.” 4 “Mr. Hoover has shown jmagination and insight in deciding to place a woman on the Geneva delegation. * * * His choice of Miss Woolley is certain to receive the widest approval,” thinks the New York Herald Tribune, point- ing out that “her point of view has always been that of the informed stu- dent of international affairs,” and that “she has never aligned herself with those extremists who have tended to view disarmament as an end in itself nationalism.” “The President makes no mistake in selecting Miss Woolley,” in the judg- ment of the Topeka Daily Capital, which offers the further comment: “Her scholastic degrees and the number of organizatlons, both national and inter- national, of which she is & director or member testify to her position among the leading women of the world. Noted &s an educator, she has been president of Mount Holyoke for more than 30 years, her students are scattered well over the United States and in foreign lands. American women will unani- mously indorse the appointment of Miss Woolley along with Ambassador Dawes and the other delegates selected to speak for the United States at Geneva next February.” S2E3 “Miss Woolley is just the type of capable, learned and engaging person- ality to give*womanhood first-class rep- resentation,” avers the Jersey City Jour- nal, while the Port Huron Times Herald believes that she will be “a good deal more than a figurehead,” and that “the appointment is something more than a gesture.” The Charlotte Observer is convinced that “no one in the confer- ence will prove more deeply concerned in bringing about & reduction of arma- ments of all countries than will Miss Woolley.” The Louisville Courier-Jour- nal avers that “her presence at Geneva in February will lend an added dignity to the participation of the United States,” and the Buffalo Evening News attests that she “has been one of the most earnest supporters of the disarma- ment doctrine.” “Virginians are gratified that Senator Claude A, Swanson has been chosen,” says the Lynchburg News, remarking that “he has given years of study to naval affairs and should be familiar with the fundamentals at Geneva.” The | Roanoke Times records that he “has | long been known as an advocate of & strong and adequate Navy,” and “at the same time he is a stanch champion of | world peace.” The Houston Chronicle | voices the opinion: “With Senator | Bwanson a representative of the United | States, the people of this country ean unrelated to the broader problem o(; & ek ‘There is wide approval of the quals ties of Ambassador Dawes. The Bches nectady Gazette makes the “He has, as our envoy to the court of St. James, learned much of the inner | workings of diplomacy. In de | with men thoroughly versed in this he will not be at the disadvantage many others would be. Last, but not | least, he is familiar with world finane | cial conditions. These are likely to | prove an important factor at the con- | ference. Gen. Dawes is a practical | man, not a theorist. He will not enter into the deliberations with the idea that a few strokes of a pen can ac- complish miracles. Rather, he will see the limitations to any undertaking which has to do with nations, and con= sequently with human nature.” Ap- | pointment of Gen. Dawes appeals to the Atlanta Journal as evidence of “a policy of straightforward negotiation which, if adhered to, will at least have the effect of making our voice dis- tinctly heard.” “Selection of Gen. Dawes as chalr- lman of the delegation will be well re- ceived here,” declares the New York | Sun, “and, it is likely, in Europe. More | than the ordinary art of diplomacy | will be required at’ the February meet= |ing. The experiences of our Ambas- sador to the court of St. James have been valuable. He knows the mechan- | les and costs of war, having learned | in the practical school as chief pur- chasing agent of the A. E. F. He knows world financial conditions, and | these will have much influence at Geneva. He knows American tradition and his mind has not been clouded by foreign propaganda. What is highly important, he will not set out to per- | form miracles or to do in a month | more than mankind has been able to | do_in many centuries.” | With praise for Ambassador Dawes as one who “Is acquainted with Eu- | Tope’s most prominent statesmen and | diplomats,” and for Senator Swanson | of "Virginia as “an authority on many | international questions, who always | discusses them moderately,” the San | Antonio Express concludes: “The na- | tions are preparing to send thoroughly | representative men and women to | Geneva. Their services will be needed |to call a halt in the armaments race, | which, unless checked, ultimately would cause another major war.” e ' Farmers Win in Fight On Oleomargarine Prom the Duluth Herald. | Several hundred Wisconsin dairy farmers stormed the State Capitol at | Madison the other day to show the | legislators that they were very much in |earnest in demanding that oleomar- garine be driven from the State. The Senate responded promptly by passing a bill imposing a heavy tax on butter substitutes and, in addition, praised the farmers for their demonstration, There is everywhere a great deal of sympathy for farmers in their fight against cheap butter substitutes, not only because real butter is better food, but mainly because the welfare of thousands of individual farmers is more important than the profit of a few cor- rations. But courts cannot decide aws on that basis, if they conflict with the Constitution. The new measure is designed to remedy that defect, but its depend upon it that their right will be fully protected. As a member of the | Senate, M&l always been a strong | opponents say that its effect will be to prohibit the use of oleo, and the Con- stitution Wikl not permit that,