Evening Star Newspaper, January 12, 1932, Page 8

gl THE EVENING STAR With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. TUESDAY.....January 12, 1832 THEODORE W. NOYES. ...Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company Business Office. 1 . and Pennsylvania Ave. New York Office: 110 East 42nd St. cago Office: Lake Michigan Bullding. ropean Ofice 14 Regent ., London, aslan Rate by Carrier Within the City. vening Star...... . .45¢ per month g and Bunday ‘Biar undays) .........60c per month and Sunday ‘Star wh days) ... 65¢ per month The Sunday Star ...\ c_per copy Collection made at the end of each month. Qiders may be sent in by mall or telepnone tAtional 5000. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. Fi‘y and Sunday. .1yr., $10.00; 1 mo., 85¢ iy iy in 1yr, 3600: 1 mo. 50c ay only ' I1yr. $4.00; 1 mo 40c Al Other States and Canada fly and Sunday.. $12.00: 1 mo., $1.00 aily only .. dy inday only Illl 18.00; 1 mi Member of the Associated Press. $500; 1 mo.. Yne Associatea Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all Lews dis- Paiches credited to it or not otherwize cred- d in this paper and also the local rews published herein. All 1ights of publication of special dispatches herein —_— - i8¢ 0c e also 1cserved. Dawes for Hoover. Ambassador Charles G. Dawes has unequivocally and formally stated that he will not be a candidate against Presi- dent Hoover for the Republican nomi- nation. But he has gone much further than that. He has declared his loyal support of President Hoover amd his admiration for the work which the President has done for the country dur- | ing the economic crisis. Such state- ments by the former Vice President of the United States will fall heavily upon the ears of President Hoover's detrac- tors, both in the Republican party and out. His firm declination to be con- sidered in any sense & candidate for the presidential nomination and his an- nounced determination to support Mr. Hoover makes the Coolidge-Dawes Re- publican combination of 1924 to 1928 unanimous on this particular subject. Former President Coolidge months ago made his position entirely clear, as- serting that he believes Mr. Hoover thould be renominated. ‘The announcement of Ambassador Dawes is in & measure & blow to the Republican insurgents from the West, particularly those in the Senate. Not that they favor the nomination of Gen. Dawes, a banker. But they hoped that if Gen. Dawes could be brought to throw his hat in the ring it would make & mess of the Republican nztional con- vention, with many trials and tribula- tions for the supporters of President Hoover. They are the wrecking crew, hoping to gain some advantage for their group. At present they are eagerly seeking to obtain the consent of Sen- ator Hiram Johnson of California to enter him in the presidential preferen- sc | the public in succession to a monarchy, have been encouraged to participate in théir own government and to share in the enforcement of their laws and the laws of the United States. Of late, however, demoralization has been evi- dent. Moral laxitles have been con- doned. The courts have been inefficient in the punishment of crime. The security of the non-native inhabitants It is true that the courts and police processes in the States are not ideally effective. In many of the citles of the mainland crimes are committed with- out punishment. Judicial procedure is slow and uncertain. That fact, how- | ever, does not justify or condone any laxity in the island territory. Condi- tions demand the application of & remedy there, both as an example and for the protection of those whose duty sends them there for service. It would be lamentable if the United States in meeting this condition in Hawaii should have to withdraw from islanders such measure of partici- pation in their own government and in the administration of the laws as| they have been granted. Yet, if the conditions that have given rise to these recent tragedies and outrages cannot be otherwise corrected, that may have to be done. The Attorney General's re- port will bear upon this question as the Senate resolution stands. The hope is that permanent and progressive im- provement will be effected without re- course to so drastic a remedy. The Power of Hitler. Not since the National Socialists under Adolf Hitler's reactionary banner achieved political importance in Ger- mapy have the “Nazis” given such a demonstration of their power as came to pass in Berlin yesterday. After sev- eral days of negotiation with Chancellor Bruening, they vetoed his plan to pro- long for one year, without the formality of an election, the presidential term of President von Hindenburg. Action en- sued in collaboration with the “Nazis'" Nationalistic allies, the Hugenberg group, and the other Rightist faction, the Steel Helmets. They decreed they would not be perties to & recourse which runs counter to the Reich con- stitution. The Bruening program contemplated the retention of Field Marshal von Hindenburg in the presidency for the twelvemonth immediately ahead of Ger- many and in which the country will need every atom of political solidarity and tranquility that can be mustered. The old soldier-statesman’s term expires this year. He would be eligible, in the ordinary course, for another term of seven years. But the octogenarian’s advancing age seems to preclude the feasibility of thrusting another full term of office upon him. He is willing to consider remaining even another year only on condition that politics is ad- journed and the demand for his con- tinuance is spontaneous and unopposed. It was to meet the President's wishes tial primaries in North Dakota, which take place March 15. Their purpose is to carry these primaries for Johnson over the President and thereby encour- age the opposition in the Republican party to Mr. Hoover; to rally all the disgruntled elements in an onslaught on the President. Senator Johnson has twice tried for the Republican presidential nomina- tion, once in 1920 and again in 1924. His lack of success in 1924 seemed to have cured him of presidential aspira- tions. But this Winter the pressure brought upon him by the Progressive Republicans to get into the race against Mr. Hoover has been severe. Senator Johnson has several problems before him in this connection, however. In the first place he must decide whether he believes he stands & chance of win- ning the Republican nomination over President Hoover, whether the great States of the Bast and also his own Btate of California will send delega- tions to the Republican National Con- vention inclined to support him. If he cannot “stop” Mr. Hoover, how will it recompense Senator Johnson to pick up, say, the delegation from North Da- kota and a few other Western States? In the end he would cut a sorry figure, with the charge possibly brought against him that he sought Mr. Hoover's down- fall because of personal spleen. Ambassador Dawes, in his statement declaring his support of President Hoo- ver, has done more than to deny the reports that he is seeking to become & candidate for President. He has is- sued s ringing call to Republicans to rally back of Mr. Hoover. In recent months there have been too many Re- publicans of little faith. Mr. Hoover has stood four-square for Republican principles and against demagoguery since he has been in the White House. He has labored day in and day out in the interest of the country and the people. He has presented his program of reconstruction which is now receiv- ing the attention of the Congress. He has been constructive, Jooking tc the fu- ture in determining what emergency measures should be taken and striving to keep away from activities that might undermine the structure of government and the principles upon which this ocountry has been built. Gen. Dawes has sounded a note that should resound throughout the Republican hosts, Tilegal bass fishing has just cost a Virginia man $351. There is good news for decent sportsmen-anglers in every penny of that sum. Crime in Hawaii. i ‘The Senate has directed the Attorney General to investigate conditions in Hawall, a resolution to this effect hav- ing been adopted yesterday without op- position and without debate. It re- wnests & report at the earliest practi- cable date upon the administration and enforcement of the criminal law in the territory by the police authorities, the prosecuting officers and the courts, and whether in the opinion of the Attorney General any change in the organic law for the territory is desirable in the in- terest of prompt and effective adminis- tration of justice. This action is the result of & shocking happening in Hono- luly, itself the climax of & series of that Chancellor Bruening proposed s special act of the Reichstag which would have postponed an election until 1933 and prolonged the Hindenburg term by one year. These plans are now awry. It be- comes necessary at once to proceed with a presidential election &s pro- vided by the constitution. The Bruen- ing government was assured of Social Democratic, Roman Catholic Center and other Reichstag support, but the votes of the Hitlerites, the Hugen- berglans and the Steel Helmets would be required to produce the majority necessary for temporary amendment of the constitution. Herr Hitler intimated that he was ready to support the chancellor’s scheme, but the National- ists and the Steel Helmets demurred. Having proclaimed their personal ad- miration of President von Hindenburg, the Rightist opposition leaves it plainly to be inferred that their intransigeant attitude springs primarily from their undying hatred of the chancellor. The dictatorial authority under which Ger- many has latterly been governed never sat comfortably on the joint and sev- eral Hitler-Hugenberg-Steel Helmet chests. The reactionary groups have long thirsted to encompass Bruening’s discomfiture and downfall. Their ven- detta against him was not stayed by their inability to effect a bargain in the Hindenburg affair. They are sald to have been ready to approve the chancellor's project in return for a place or places in a reorganized Bruening government. Another piquant reason is assigned for the Brown Shirts’ dog-in-the-man- ger tactics. Had they assented to an extra-constitutional Hindenburg year, they would have had to occupy their places in the Reichstag and take an orderly part in its proceedings. That would mark an innovation they were not prepared to contemplate, for throughout the Bruening “dictatorship™ the Rightists have systematically boy- cotted the Chamber or entered it only to leave in disorder and bedlam. i ‘The first popular balloting for Presi- dent under the law is due in March and final election in May. Under the circumstances, the.desire to renominate and re-elect Von Hindenburg as an unopposed “National” candidate will have to be approached with extreme discretion. Whatever betides, Hitlerism has given a maiden exhibition of its strength, which its foes at home and abroad cannot afford to underestimate. —r——— — Fathers of American debutantes will, with tears of something or other in their eyes, read how Princess Eu- doxia of Bulgaria asked to have her royal allowance reduced. ————t Penalizing Dishonesty. The corporation counsel has before ( him for investigation additional charges | [ of “pay roll doctoring,” wherein & con- tractor is alleged to have required work- men to sign pay rolls indicating that they had been paid wages fulfilling the terms of the Bacon-Davis act, and then paid wages that in reality are below those specified in the Bacon-Davis scale. As such charges have been made be- fore, and in at least one case seem gen- erally to have been accepted as true, it is time that the Commissioners, through erimes against women which have in- flamed race antagonisms. This final tragedy was an act of private ven- geance incited by the fallure of the courts to administer justice. American administration of Hawail bas been efficient and liberal. The peo- | the corporation counsel, proceed to a showdown and make public all the facts, ‘The contrac z:con-mvn act requires that s on Federal and District work pay what is construed to be the “prevailing” wage scale. There has has been imperiled. | THE that act or disputes the reality of the scale pronounced by the District Com- missioners as the “prevailing” scale he is at liberty to proceed by regular proc- esses to an authoritative test of the law. But to falsify a pay roll and to com- pel men to sign it in order to escape payment of the prevailing wage scale is an act of dishonesty that should bar the contractor from doing business with the Government, ‘The law requires the award of a con- tract to the lowest “responsible” bidder. It should be obvious that & contractor who will resort to subterfuge to misrep- resent his compliance with the law is not a ‘“responsible” bidder. If he is dishonest he is irresponsible, no m: ter what evidence he may ptoduce to prove his financial backing or solvency. The charges against the contractors may not be true. Affidavits supporting such charges are to some extent offset by counter-affidavits discrediting the facts set forth. It is the business of the corporation counsel to discover whether the charges are true or untrue and, if they are true, to punish the contractor in a manner that will leave no doubt as to the mu- nicipality's insistence upon common honesty in the fulfilling of contracts. It is imposing a double, unfair pen- alty upon honest contractors to deny them contracts because they are under- bid by others who, by resort to trickery, can lower the costs. EVENING EIEEC L If only all women's patriotic organi- zations were blessed with officers hav- ing as good sense as the president of the New York Chapter of the Colonial Dames! Informed that the historic painting “Washington Crossing = the Delaware” had been removed from the walls to the basement of the Metropoli- tan Museum, she said: “The directors know their business, and if they remove & picture I take it they have good and sufficient reason.” —— e The Wisconsin scrubwoman who an- nounced she would float the entire length of the Mississippi has taken per- force to a steamer at Cairo, Ill. She accomplished half, at any rate, of what she promised. If everyone did that well the general average of performance would rise. e If the old man out in Missouri who claims to be the original Jesse James is, by any chance, telling the truth, how humiliated he must have felt during the past two decades, when reviewing his early, piffiling efforts. He seldom shot an unarmed man in the back and never killed a baby in his life. ——— Stanford University is the first col- lege to inglude in her curriculum a course in angling, with due attention to care of tackle, manufacture of flies, etc. It is suggested that the thesis in this interesting academic departure consist of a feast of fried trout for in- structor and classmates. Politiclans who, fed to repletion with banquet diehes and comforted by the delights of good coffee and fragrant to- bacco, enjoy verbal flaying of the party in power can perhaps feel for the hun- gry, cold and jobless fellow who does the same thing. e No one knows yet how much of & cut George Herman Ruth’s salary will suffer during 1932. But it is a safe bet that every salaried man in the country hopes his own pay may hold up, proportion- ately, as well as that of the “Babe.” ——— SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Ambftionless. I've envied the feller whose wishes attain A ruther diminutive size. In the joy of contentment he’ll mebbe remain ‘Without workin’ hard fur the prize. But & man once diminished his wishes 20 fast ‘That they soon grew remarkably small An’ we wasn't surprised to discover at last That he didn't want nothin’ at alll An’ was this man happy? He wasn't & bit. He didn't want sunshine nor rain. He thought that the music which cheered us should quit. 'Most everything made him complain. He feared to be lonely. He hated a crowd. ‘There was nothin’ that he could recall That would waken him up to be happy or proud. He didn’t want nothin’ at l‘]l. Novelty Demanded. “You don't say ‘Down with the trusts!” in your speeches any more.” “No,” replied Senator Sorghum; “mine are like other audiences. You've got to give ’em something new.” Hasty. “Is your boy Josh ambitious?” “Yes,” replied Farmer Corntossel. e's plannin’ to be so rich an’ suc- cessful that already he’s beginnin’ to look on me as & sort o’ poor relation.” Human Incapacity. The world pursues its 'customed plan For centuries together. Though you may change the weather man, You cannot change the weather. Responsibility. “Does your wife let you carry the latchkey?"” “She compels me to carry it,” replied Mr. Meekton. “I have to be sitting on the front steps waiting to open the door for her when she gets home.” More Difficult. “Most of us take things very seri- ously.” ; “Yes," replied Miss Cayenne. “And 1t s largely due to indolence. In order to seem serious it is necessary only to manage your facial expression. But it takes a great deal of time, money and ingenuity to be truly frivolous.” A Requirement. The man who speaks plain truth may pause In vain to win the public’s cheer, For he who seeks insured applause Must tell ‘em what they want to hear. “Many & man” said Uncle Eben, ple of the Mslands, which were acquired | been agreement on what this “pre.|“thinks he can tell you what you ought the Unfted States by annexation the estsblishment of & T~ X & ggmiagtor doubts the validity of to do himse't.” 53 e walling” wage . to do when he can't tell what he ought . STAR, WASHINGTON , D. C, TUESDAY. THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. Fireside gardening is the order of the evening with many, now that the annual seed catalogues have begun to come in. Householders interested in glrdenln( will find much to beguile themselves with in the new books, although they know every page in advance. ‘The seed catalogue, honored Amer- ican institution, is one of the few pieces of printed matter in the world of which this may be sald. Of course, most of the houses list “specialties,” as they call them, newer varieties of old things, often displayed in color; but, after all, these are not numerous, compared with the old standbys., It is the long list of the tried and true which intrigues the mind and heart—and pocketbook—of the friend of the garden. It is the rose, it is the gladiolus, it is the zinnia, the salvia, the lowly pe- tunia, the tall dahlia— It is each one of thes&nnd all of them which catches the ¥ancy of the man or woman interested in & small section of the great outdoors which he calls his own. ‘The personal touch is what makes the garden what it is, and it is the personality of indlvidual flowers which constitutes the lure of the catalogues. * X ok X By the light of the fireplace the col- ored illustrations of great tomatoes positively gleam. They almost possess rotundity. It is probably true that the average fireside gardener looks more longingly at the vegetable section than at the flower displays. Especially if he has never grown vegetables. Even the most enthusiastic flower grower knows that he can never call himself & gardener until he grows pota- toes, tomatoes and the like. A radish, even, will qualify him. He may specialize on gladioli for years, or dahlias, but until he grows corn and beans and telescope peas he will have a garden inferiority complex. Now an {inferiority complex is sup- posed to be a terrible thing anywhere you meet it. Many people fear it so much that they become arrogant and ill bred, simply to dissipate the idea in their own minds. The home gardener who does not lay out a vegetable bed feels in his heart that he is only a play gardener, after all. * K K K To raise something to eat—ah, that is gardening! Such is man’s tribute to his internal economy. Beauty 1is necessary, but things to eat are super-necessary. They are the honest basis of esthetic appre- ciation. A hungry man is not likely to rave about the theoretical appreciation of beauty. He wants something to eat. When one is seated by the fireplace, with the flickering light of logs cast- ing their illusive radiance over the pages of a seed catalogue, he is in the best position in the world to appreciate the vegetable garden. Then he vows to grow some tomatoes this year or “bust.” All the time he may have a suspicion that he is going to do nothing of the kind. He recalls that he has said the same thing before, but that he never got ‘round to it, and he never got around to it largely because his yard was nof big enough. 3 Or maybe he was plain lazy. Or perhaps the well stocked shelves of the grocer, bulging with tin cans filled with succulent things fo eat, toned him down. But always those colored illustrations of the great tomatoes make his mouth water with high resolve. It was the' tomato, more than any other one thing, which put the seed catalogue on the printing map. The rroud position which it holds today is argely due to the tomato. No matter how large the ears of corn shown, the red, ripe tomatoes surpass them, mainly owning to their color. Tomato red is great—on tomatoes. Not so filne as a color for women's dress goods, although many girls seemed to think so, for a time. The tomato red is & natural color, beautiful in itself, but so utterly of and from the earth that it does not “go” any place else. * K K X | Those who look over the seedsmen’s catalogues at this-time of year will be | amazed at the num®er of things they | would like to try but never have. | " Many of the plants are old friends, | having been decided upon for etrial | year after yea ‘When the actual time for ordering came around, however, the householder found himself assailed with w strange timidity. He usually cast his vote for the old things which he knew about from ex- perience, rather than take a chance on the strangers. Gardeners are not pioneers. They like to work with familiar materials. | That is why one sees so many gar- dens which look alike, so few which attract by the strangeness of their plant material. * * Kk The home gardener is not altogether to blame for this. The men who make up the catalogues confuse him by too great & profusion of treasures. One can understand their viewpoint. Work- ing with growing things, making all of them their life work, they come to know and understand one plant as well as another. Instinctively they give one variety the right treatment, al- | though it may be an entirely different treatment from that accorded an- other. The hdfne gardner, with his limited resources, and lack of space for endless experimentation, is not able to differ- entiate, and so discovers that he is tak- ing & chance on ordering a new and untried flower. After several disastrous experiences, he decides that discretion is, after all, the better part of garden valor, * K kK Here is the section devoted to lilies. Consider Martagon lilies. There fis comething attractive about the mere name. The same may be sald of so many flowers. It is not for nothing that they are beautiful. Loveliness has attracted beautiful names to them. i ‘The Martagon lily is not seen very | much, but, according to the catalogue | section, is & beautiful thing, easily grown. |~ One decides to have a few Martagons. ‘Then here are the regal lilies. This is the plant discovered by the late Dr. Wilson in China only a few years ago. It is said to be one of the finest and hardiest of all the lily family, but | thousands of gardens lack specimens. | Why is this? | The fireside gardener knows. Garden timidity. This year, he swears, he will overcome this fear, and order several regal lilies, if he does nothing else. And grow some of those big red tomatoes. Highlights on the Wide World Excerpts From Newspapers of Other Lands ORTO RICO PROGRESS, San Juan.—The commercial fishing possibilitie s of Porto Rico have been very much neglected, and the catching and marketing of the fish is about 100 years behind the times, There are, by actual count, 1,403 fishermen in the island, depend- ing on_the whole or in part on fishing for a living, and in 1930 they caught 3,080,100 pounds of fish, with a value to the fishermen of $207,085. Based on these figures, the net earnings of the piscatorial experts was about $212 per year. While some earned more, others profited to the extent of $100 or less. x k x % Favorable Weather Aids Farmers In Denmark. Den Danske Landmandsbank, Copen- hagen.—In October the weathes was mostly favorable to the different Autumn operations. Good progress was | made with the lifting of beets and turnips and in several localities some | and | plowing was done. The beet turnip crops appear to be somewhat less in volume than last year, but regarding the quality which, in importance, com- pares with the quantity, no opinion can as yet be formed. The confli'llon of the “cattle was good, and the yield of milk sufficient and normal for the sea- son. Besides, the “Rigsdag’ (Danish Parliament) has passed an act provid- ing for crisis relief to agriculture. The funds required for this assistance will be supplied by means of an increase in the taxes on income and capital, as well as of the dues on benzine, beer, and silk in connection with a new duty on the imports of apples, pears and other fruits and vegetables. x X X X Cost of Maintaining Walker Must Have Been Shock. The Evening Times, Glasgow.—One of the remarks directed at Europe’s royal families by Americans is that they cannot imagine why Europeans “stand for” the expenses of maintaining a royal household. With the publication of the expenses that will be required to maintain Mayor Jimmy Walker in New York for one year, those American decriers of royalty must have received a shock. The total cost of maintaining the mayor’s retinue of 29 assistants, stenog- raphers, chauffers, policemen and other office helpers is found to be £4,000 per year more than King Haakon VII| of Norway is allowed for maintaining his whole household. Figures are given comparing the cost of the mayor’s hcusehold with those of four European royal families: Mayor Walker and President McKee with staffs, £65,740; King Haakon, Nor- way, £37,500; King Christian, Denmark, £53,600; Queen Wilhelmina, Holland, £84.000. ‘The civil list income of the Duke of York is £25,000 a year, * koK x Post-War Age . Produces “Travel Snob.” Central European Observer, Prague.— An amusing but none the less acute sidelight on the manner in which Cen- tral Europe is viewed by a certain cat- egory of visitors is given in the Strand Magazine, in an article by the well known English novelist, Mr. J. B. Priestly. The article is entitled “Travel Snobs,” and the author thus describes one particular snob from whom Central Europe suffers considerably: L rought into existence & new and horrible travel snob. He is the new-country-secret- Ppolice snob, and he is usually & journa! ist, hanger-on to the League of Na- tions or assistant professor of modern history in some deplorable university. ‘The point about him is that he always travels in those new states that were created by the Treaty of Versailles, and that when he is in those countries he is always spied upon by the secret po- lice. You may ask why such an in- significant person should be followed by the secret police. He never tells you exactly why, but the inference is that he is not an insignificant person, that since he wrote that article on Yugo- slavia or gave that lecture on the Pol- ish Corridor all the secret police in g;:tral Europe have been waiting for “He sees himself as sensational novel of He knows the hero of a bags were searched that night in Dan- zig. Then there was the mysterious fellow in the cafe in Trieste. And who was it who refused to let him take that car in Sarajevo? Why were his pass- ports held up for five days in Prague. That girl in Warsaw—had he not seen «her before in Belgrade? And so it goes _on. | “These wild snobs return home to sit | complacently smoking their very foreign cigarets and taking up your time with | their legends and irritating you with their insufferable airs of superiority. | They are & menace to the great cause of international peace . . . we ought to put up & hand, lean forward and quietly say: ‘My dear chap, you are deceiving yourself in the most ridicu- lous way. I admit that secret police are very silly, but even they are not | silly enough to care tuppence about you, for the fact is, you are nobody in par- ticular. Your bags were not touched in Danzig. The mysterious fellow in Trieste was probably a commercial | traveler. Your passports were held up in Prague because a clerk forgot them. The girl in Warsaw was & third-rate cabaget dancer who stared at you be- cause she thought you were the young man once engaged to her cousin. You must really stop imagining things in this way. Next time you go abroad behave like & sensible tourist. And now good night’ That is what we ought to say, but we never do.” Anti-Lynching i.aw Urged Upon Congress To the Editor of The Star: This is the opportune time for the Republican party to introduce either & new measure or to revive one or the | other of the pending anti-lynching bills. ‘The House minority should force an anti-lynching vote and test the sin- cerity of Northern Democratic Repre- sentatives and Senators, many of whom have received and are seeking the re- cently much-talked-of non-partisan col- ored vote. The Republican party should not lose this golden opportunity, since it has a small majority in the Senate and is in control of the executive and judiclal branches of the Government. With the Democratic _party in control of the | House by five votes, due to Northern Democrats who expect to receive a large colored vote in the next general elec- | tion, this is the psychological moment for the Republicans to put the Demo- crats on record by forcing anti-lynch- | ing legislation. For those who contemplated intro- ducing and urging the passage of an anti-lynching bill to forego it at this time, although it should have been brought up in the last Congress, simply because the Democrats have a small majority in the House, will be an un- pardonable mistake, as the Republicans in the House, with a few Northern Democrats, are sufficient to pass anti- lynching legislation. ‘The constitutionality of anti-lynch- ing legislation is a matter for subse- quent consideration. While there may be strong arguments against this legis- lation on States’ rights grcunds, there are much stronger arguments in its favor on Federal grounds. Undoubt- edly, Federal anti-lynching legislation will be declared constitutional if the bill is properly drawn so that it will stand the acid test of the courts, as the subject matter is primarily Federal and secondarily State, H. A. CLARKE. o No Censor There. Prom the Florence (Ala.) Herald. A Los Angeles preacher who has been ruled off the radio threatens to run for the Senate. He knows where he can talk without let or hindrance. - And Who Used a Jawbone? From the Manchester Union. Tunney has been almost floored by a lecture. The spoken word is mightier than the wallop. . Canny Finns. From the Columbus Ohio Stats Journal. The Finns they ought pretty much, I take it, as Dars socseiiine o gnntflnu;'flm-emuum JANUARY 12, 1932. NEW BOOKS . y AT RANDOM THE LOST CONTINENT OF MU. By James Churchward, author of “The Children of Mu.” Illustrated. New York: Ives Washburn. Upsetting times. Every new day of- fers the incredible as truth, the un- believable as fact. Does more than to proffer merely. For its kit is packed with “evidence,” ponderable stuff, measurable, responsive to sight and sound, to scent and touch and taste, to those sequences of thought and rea- son drawn off, primarily, from these basic sources of all information, all knowledge. Nowadays myth is no longer just myth and nothing more. Plaything of poet and nursery rhymster. Legend is no longer sheer invention. Rather are these wisps of truth persisting out of an infinite past. Firefiles of illumination along the road of actual human exist- ence. The ancient tale of bard and trouba- dour has entered upon & Dew CAreer. The vision of the seer, the metaphysics of the philosopher—old kneading-pans for the molding of creation and life and destiny—these are proving their true validity by becoming an element in the stupendous revelations of the present and the future. B Quite apart from the sturdy intent and homely outlook of Edwin Mark- ham, it is his “Man With the Hoe"” that typifies & vital part of modern advance. It is the spademen who are rewriting astounding chapters in the history of mankind. Backed by learning and ex- pert training ip original research, pos- sessed of vision and the will to convert this to actuality, these spademen are extending the past almost inconceiv- ably. These are literally digging out of an older earth than we have known early civilizations and cultures and races, layer upon laygr of growth and decay, of rise and decline and oblivion. Conclusive these findings? Maybe not, probably not. There is more, there ill be more to the old story. Of tre- endous effect, so far. The immediate, individual effect is to reduce the hu- man, the you and me, to a thing im- measurably below the zero mark. How- ever, that is not important, not so very important. * K K K The recall the unbelief with which you received the story of Atlantis, that submerged land beyond the Pillars of | Hercules, a great continent off the West of Europe, a_stormy sea holding the two apart. Pure invention you named the rumor, calculated to serve the uses of ancient and classic writers, make believe for poet and philosopher and playmaker. ® ki And now here is another story of a lost continent, away on the other side of the world from Atlantis. But before a tale that is calculated to invite unbelief, repudiation and the rest of the condemnatory tribe of con- clusions, let us for & minute consider the author of this fabulous matter. A student and investigator for 50 years. His fleld, pretty much the world itself—India, Egypt, Arabia, Mexico, Central and South America and our own Southwest, so recently stepping out as a vital part of ancientry itself. The special line of research, such re- mains of old record as buried columns and broken temples revealed both in themselves as architectural fragments or in bits of carving, dlagram, glyph, or other sign and symbol carried by these. A comprehensive field, impor- tant material for investigation, a singu- larly competent power of co-ordination, of weaving parts into an intelligible whole. One other point, and that vital. James Churchward does not concede the evolutionist's theory that man de- rives from his own potentialities of growth, from simplicity to complexity, from an elementary man to the present high estate of the human. No, he talks of a special creation. And that in many & quarter throws him out of serious considéfation. But, Who knows? The last word'is still a long way off, is it not so? s In the meantime take up a deeply fascinating account of travels, explora- tions, findings, all bent upon an illumination of the greatest puzzle of life, man himself. Here is the story of “The Lost Conti- nent of Mu.” The Pacific Ocean be- comes the theater of a cosmic over- turning. The Pacific Ocean becomes the scene of earth's ntic “growing pains,” convulsions, floods, ice belts, zones of potent and destructive gases, earthquake—and, indeed, of every con- ceivable overturning and uprising, in- definite in duration, destructive in effect. * Kk kK And over this area lay ajgreat con- tinent, just as over on the other side of the earth Atlantis is said to have had existence. In the great turmoil of the earth, during this vast period of elemental destruction and new formations, the great continent of “Mu” went to the bottom and tie subsiding seas settled over it. That is the story. The record left behind is to be found only in the Polynesian and _smaller groups of islands of the Pacific, the topmost heights of that continent that was sub- merged. It turns out, therefore, that the story of “Mu” is the record of an exhaustive research of the land crests that rise above the waters of the Pacific. It is a study of the South Sea Islands, Easter Island, New Zealand, the Ha- waiian group and so on. The story, too, of Central America as a colonial possession of “Mu,” its people allied racially and culturally. Both, powerful and productive in science, art, industry, political organization and military pow- er, many, many thousands of years prior to the time accountings with which we are familiar, And the people of this region were white, so the living descendants de- clare, so the expert measurements of the long dead declare. And perhaps here is the point where the modern of certain theories and certain lines of lore will withdraw from the engrossing story of “Mu.” Man is a special creation of God, not a de- rived product of evolutionary activity through uncountable periods of time. The orthodox accept that where the pure sclentist may deny. Listen to this: That area of white occupation, the continent of “Mu” in the Pacific Ocean, was the original birthplace of man. The Garden of Eden I take it that this means. Now it is easy to see that on the one hand this long record of many researches and much study will be called fanciful, maybe iantastic. On the other hand, however, it will be accepted as an engrossing experience set down in the spirit of true investi- gation, and certainly in the form and colors of tremendous adventure. More- over, the adventure is in.the line of modern activity, engages itself with the stupendous matters that, right now, are of vital moment to wakening minds everywhere. It is convincing in its ac- tivities, both careful and comprehensive in its reports. A great story; that fits current action in definite flelds of scholarship; that agrees with the pur- pose and spirit and effects of many another archeological enterprise. Naming but & slugle point of my own pleasure in the book, I recall my joy over the study of Easter Island, that point not far off the coast of South America. Innumerable references to the historic value of this bit of out- cropglnl land had left me with only touches of fact, hints here and there, assumptions that everybody knew the story and so on. Here for the first time 1 came upon the whole of Easter Island —that is, the whole of it up to now—to the record of an old and highly de- veloped life as this is made by the ruins of that place. Maybe this warmed me to the whole story. I certainly am warmed with this treatment of a sub- ject that, to me, seems to be one ‘of primary importance. Life is not all of the future, not all of it. Much, very much, lies in the old, old ways of the earth, when life began upon it and took its necessitous ways and days, 15 being done ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS™ BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. Take advantage of this free service. If you are one of the thousands who have patronized the bureau, write us again. service, begin now. It is maintained for your benefit. Be sure to send your name and address with your question, and inclose 2 cents in coin or stamps for return postage. Address The Even- ing_Star Information Bureau, Frederic J. Haskin, Director, Washington, D. C. Can a person set a watch to the Q. exact second by receiving the time over | the radio?—W. W. M. A. The Bureau of Standards says that the lag in the signals would prob- ably be less than 0.1 second. Q. What clothes are appropriate for a young man to wear on shipboard on a short cruise?—R. E. M. A. Men’s Wear says that young men usually wear flannel slacks and berets, rubber-soled sport shoes and pull-over sweaters during the day, and change into evening clothes at dinner time. Both tuxedos and tail coats are seen. Q. How many dramatic societies are there in the United States and C ada?—V, T. A. 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The sweet potato is the root of a vine of the morning-glory family, while the yam is the root of a plant of a distinct family, dioscoreaceae. The only species in this country is dioscorea villosa, which occurs wild in the Southern States. The yam and sweet potato are similar except that the latter has a much more delicate taste and is more suitable for food, hav- ing been cultivated for generations. Q. Is Stratford-on-Avon a compara- tively new town?—J. J. A. It probably dates from the Roman era. Q. What is considered the most im- portant work on geography which has come down from early days?>—G. T. A —The great geogrpahy written by | Greek historian and Strabo, the geographer. Q. Why is the stonechat so named? —A. T. 8. A. This bird takes its name from its note. The sound is that of two pebbles being struck together. Q. When Staten Island was bought from the Indians what did they receive in return?—D. D. A. 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The first Chief Justice was John Jay. Q. How_many people will attend the General Disarmament Conference in Geneva in February?—D. C. A. 1t is estimated that there will be from 2,000 to 3,000 delegates, and that this number will be increased to 6,000 by members of families, members of staffs and unofficial visitors. Q. Are the hoods worn with gowns of Oxford ,College graduates large or small?—S. M. M. | A. Two types of hoods are used in | Oxford College. One is a simple and | relatively small hood, and the other a full and more complicated hood. The | colors and style of the hood depend on | the degree. Colleagues See in Oulahan Highest Type of Journalist Richard V. Oulaban, newspaper re- porter_is dead, but he has left a record of distinction behind him that has called forth a sincere and widespread iribute from his associates of the Fourth Estate. “With deep regret and a keen sense of public as well as personal loss, the Times records the death of the able journalist and courteous gentleman who had been its chief correspondent in Washington since 1912, says the New York Times, and it notes that “for more than 40 years Richard Victor Oulahan chronicled and interpreted for leading newspapers and news-gathering organi- zations the work of American statesmen and public officials at the National Cap- ital.” This newspaper says of his work: “Whatever he undertook he did well. Modest, thorough and efficient, he lived a full life. His Irish ancestry bestowed upon him the gift of facile and grace- ful expression. His thirst for exact in- formation and his indefatigable indus- try in obtaining it from original sources rounded out a journalistic equipment unusually complete. He was a living compendium of American political his- tory and precedent.” “It is of interest to know that as a young man just beginning his newspaper career Dick Oulahan came to Roanake and cast in his lot with one of the earlier papers published in the city’s in- fancy,” says the Roanoke Times, which records that “he remained here only a few months, however, returning to Washington and joining the United Press bureau there. In 1912 he became head of the Néw York Times’ Washin, ton bureau and continued in that posi- tion until his death, filling it with rare dignity and marked ability.” The Roa- noke World-News also pays tribute, showing that there are times when & prophet has honor in his own country, as it says: “He will be missed by the great newspaper he has helped to build, by the correspondents at Washington, who regarded him as their dean, and to an even larger extent by readers throughout the country, who have been aided by his efforts in getting a clear picture of men and events.” “A man of strong personality, he loved and lived his profession, had the : full confidence of every one in official life; a confidence he never violated,” says the Scranton Times, recalling also that “notwithstanding his eminence in the newswriting profession, his prestige generally, he preferred to be known as & reporter.” The Philadelphia Evening Bulletin declares that Mr. Oulahan was “inspired by high ideals of newspaper service. He comprehended the full measure of the requirements for that service and the obligations it involved.” The Houston Chronicle, speaking of the fact that “America has seen in re- cent years deliberate attempts on the part of gramatists and scenario writers to create the impression that the news- paper man is utterly lacking in ideals,” declares that “the life and attainments of Richard V. Oulahan give the lie to that distorted picture.” In the estimation of the Lynchburg News, Dick Oulahan was ‘“dccurate, reliable, courteous, hard working, with knewledge of what is and what is not news, and able to get it and, hawng to write with facility and with . Mr. Oulahan stood at the fore- front of Washington correspondents, He was respected by statesmen and the confidant of Presidents, He was one of those who honor the profession and would have honored any profes- slon. His loss is a public loss,” con- cludes the News, As the Buffalo Eve- ning News says: “The life of Mr. Oulahan was marked throughout by devotion to the best traditions of jour- nalism. In his particular field he ren- dered fine service to the Nation.” To the Janesville Daily Gazette “Richard Oulahan ‘wu tnmhnot:hle figure in Washington m _in a cen- tury. Of x':;l! Fourth Estate, Dick Ouiahan was the chiefest in America.” The Rochester Times-Union is im- pressed by the fact that “his writing was unprejudiced, recording that *he ted his subjects in & most at- » while “his fine mind made it possible for him to lay before his readers & clean picture of conditions, open in honesty and charming in directness.” Describing his personality, the Bal- timore Sun says: ‘“He never lost the chivalrous ideas of boyhood. In & world of hurry and brusqueness and in & position where lesser qnen swell with their importance, Oulahan was distinguished above all his fellows for a kindliness and courtesixsmd gentle- ness as conspicuous as very high talent. There have been plenty of men of talent in his fleld. There have been few in whom were 8o exquisitely blended talent and gentleness such as in his case inspire a whole professiol As to. the praise which has been given his memory, the Providence Journal says: “No one Who reads these tributes can fail to recognize their sincerity or be unconscious of their extraordinary sco) They are no mere perfunctory laudations, but spontaneous and comprehensive ex- pressions of admiration and affection.” ———— Appeal for Funds for The Humane Society To the Editor of The Star As a friend of all animals, working for their welfare, I appeal for aid in behalf of the Washington Humane So- clety in its efforts to secure new members now, acutely feeling the effects of the general business depression in its rapidly decreasing funds, which will necessarily curtail much, if not all, of its valuable work untess new members are secured and financial aid given. Dependent wholly upon its yearly dues of $2 and infrequent do- nations, its appeal for new members i8 of vital importance for the continuance of the society. Out of a population of 552,000 there are but 285 members—un= believably small for such a community. ‘There are still many horses needing the attention and protection of the society, working on the streets of Washington as there are in other cities, notwith- standing motorized vehicles. Its work is not confined to any one animal, but to all—children, horses, dogs, cats, birds, fowl, etc., all come upder its pro- tecting care—and its office, at 1231 New York avenue northwest, is open and welcome to visitors at all times. Char- tered by an act of Congress approved June 21, 1870, the society has had a long and honorable record, and should not cease ta function from lack of funds, which I am sure will not hap- pen when its friends discover its pres- ent needs, ELEANOR W. HITE. Hits Cruel Treatment Of Some Dairy Horses To the Editor of The Star: On Wednesday morning the writer saw two living pictures—one s movie and one a still. ‘Two dairy wagons were standing on Fourteenth street, just below Fairmont, about opposite the Wardman properties and minature goll links. The reasor. one picture was still was because the horse attached to the wagon was wear- ing a comfortable breast collar and was_entirely unchecked and was quletly resting and conserving its strength for further usefulness. Teason the other ture wa & “movie” was be- cause the horse was wearing a torture- some hames collar and was cruelly overchecked and because of the pain in the muscles in the top of its neck and perhaps because of raw flesh at the corners of its mouth, it could not stand quietly and rest and conserve its strength, but moved and tossed its head in a vain effort to relieve fis sufferings. The comfort of the horse in the still plcture was due entirely to its intelli- gent and humane driver. Incidentally, it might be added that it was raining and the pavement was slippery, and if ever a horse the use of its head, a check rein, it is on a slippery way. NRE. ADAN B NENTMDIPS r———