Evening Star Newspaper, January 18, 1932, Page 8

A8 THE EVENING STAR With Sanday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. MONDAY. . .January 18, 1932 THEODORE W. NOYES....Edi The Evening Star Newspaper Company Bustness 11 . and Pennsylvania Ave New 110 East 42nd 8t icago Office: Lake Michigan Building. uropeas Office: 14 Regent M. Lendon, England. Rate by Carrier Within the City. vening Star 5 45c per month | venjug and Sinday Siar | 4 Sundayg) Lo 60c per month | and Bunday Star | days) .. 65c per month | tar Sc_per copy made at the end of each month Orders be sent in by mall or telephone National 5000. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. | {ly and Sunday.....1yr.. $10.00; 1 mo. 85¢c Efl y o 0 . onl 6.00; 1 mo.. 50c das "only i 40 | i 1mo.. All Other States and Canada. fly and Sunday...1yr.$12.00: 1 mo.. $1.00 | 7 only .. L.1yr. $8.00; 1mo., T8¢ nday only 50 {1yr. $500: 1mo. B0c Member of the Associated Press. The Associated Press is exclusively entitled 40’ the ‘use for republication of ull rews dis- atches credited to it or not otherwise cred- R 'in this paper and also the local news published hereln ~ All riehts of-pubication of #pecial dispatches herein are also ieserved “Alfalfa Bill. The latest Lochinvar to come out of the West to woo Miss Democracy, “Al- falfa Bill” Murray, Governor of Okla-| homa, does not think highly of his| rivals for the affections of his inamo- T In an interview with fe| tives of the press here yesterday, Murray discarded or waved aside Gov. Roosevelt of New York, former Go Bmith of New York, Newton D. Baker of Ohio and Owen D. Young of New York. He expects to have the Okla- homa delegation to the Democratic Na- tional Convention pledged to himself, although Gov. Murray declined to dis- cuss his own candidacy for' the presi- dentia! nomination. It is reported that | he intends to oppose Franklin D. Roose- velt in the presidential primaries which | are to be held in North and South Da- | kota. If he does, his prospects for presidential nomination are likely to be considerably lesc bright than even he has believed to be the case, if Dakota Democrats are to be credited with knowing about the situation in their | own States. “Alfalfa Bill” staged a spectacular comeback in Oklahoma politics a couple of years ago. He had been a member - of the House back in World War days, but fafled to be renominated in 1916. Later he moved to Bolivia, where he | engaged in the colonization of the Southeastern part of that country. But that did not pan out as well as it might ; and Gov. Murray returned to Oklahoma, jumped into a many-sided contest (or‘ the gubernatorial nomination and won | out. His political star was again in the | ascendency. He advanced for con- sideration of the people of Oklahoma a number of legisiative and executive remedies for the economic situation. In & referendum vote, however, his pro- posals were turned down, which took a bit of luster from the Alfalfa Bill| diadem. Gov. Murray's complaint against Roosévelt is that he “lacks courage,” and against Newton D. Baker that he is “a baby in politics” It sounds as though the Oklahoma Governcr had been reading some of the anonymous books on politics and candidates pub- lished in recent months. He insists, however, that it is time for the Demo- crats to get back to first principles, which sounds rather like the doctrine preached by Gov. Ritchie of Maryland. On the other hand, he asserts that prohibition should not come into the national campaign this year, and he would not have the Democratic party platform take a stand against prohibi- tion. Indeed, Gov. Murray is slated to| address the Anti-Saloon League con- ventlon in session here today. He might throw a sop to the wets in his| party by urging the adoption of a | declaration in the platform to the effect that the people have a right to amend the Constitution. b An interesiing, though fruitless, thought for the Bicentennial Year is: THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. ¢, MONDAY, JANUARY 18, 1932. 'tomewh.t below the present rallroad bridge, which would then be aban- doned. 1f that is adopted it should re- sult in the replacement of the present Highway Bridge with a structure more suitable than that truss span. The contrast between the present Highway Bridge and the Memorial and Key Bridges is strikingly unpleassnt. It should be replaced by one that har- monizes with its neighbors. ‘There will then remain only the Chain Bridge, if that is still in use at that time, to mar | the appearance of the Capital's river boundary, and, it, too, will doubtless be ultimately succeeded by a structure of handsome and dignified design. e Capitol Guides. Representative Cochran of Missour! has announced his intentlon to ask the | House Committee on Accounts to con- sider the introduction pf & bill pro- viding for the establishment of a free Capitol guide service. The situation at present, he declares, is outrageous fin | that Congress, by its failure to estab- | lish a proper guiding system, Is in efTect making the citizens pay for the privilege of inspecting the Capitol and thus “condones the worst form of petty graft.” This matter has been repeatedly brought to attention, but nothing has been done. The visitors to the Capitol are not required to engage the services of “authorized” guides who ere regis- tered and are fully competent to con- duct people through the building, but the practice of escorting parties abou | under these auspices has become so | firmly established that it is recognized as virtually the only w2y in which! strang'rs can be accommodated. No | other guides are 2llowed to enter the building for the purpose of escorting | parties. There should be no fee service of this | character in any of the pub.uc buildings in Washington. The guides chosen by process of careful selection should be salarfed and all fees and tips should be | forbidden. It is desirable that every person visiting this city for the first time should be given the fullest possible access and the most informative ac- count of the history and uses of the structure, without cost. It is expected that great numbers of people will come to Washington during the present year in observance of the bicentennial of the birth of the first President. The fees and tips paid to the Capitol guides by them will amount to a large tum in the aggregate—a veritable tax upon the patriotism of the visitors. The Capitol will be the only place at the scat of government where this practice prevails, and the effect will be to create the tmpression of a private enterprise for the benefit of a few fa- vored persons in the exploltation of the | national “state house,” which is always the chief point of interest to visitors. Representative Cochran's hope is that action will be had promptly to pefl-mul the establishment of a free official guide system for the first influx of Bicen- tennial guests. The measure which he suggests could easily be framed and | enacted in season, if there is a dis- position at the Capitol to put an end to a practice that has long been ob- | noxious and that has no justification for continuance. —_— e Warrant Serving. Judge Hitt of the Polics Court is unquestionably right when he chides policemen for serving warrants for vio- lation of minor traffic regulations late at night, but a distinct feeling exists that all the judges in the court should get together and decide what consti- tutes a minor and a major offense. Otherwise Judge Hitt's ruling in a re- cent case may hamper the efficiency of the police in apprehending those who ignore traffic tickets for violations of a grave nature. No dissenters will probably be found {0 the argument that a policeman should not be permitted to arouse a motorist from his bed to serve a war- rant for overtime parking, even a mo- torist who has ignored a ticket placed in his car. This type of violator is en- titled to some courtesy and the warrant should be served on him at a convenient hour. On the other hand, it is hardly likely that much controversy can be raised over the question of whether the What if George Washington had had a son, the two forming a paternal-filial| combination on the order of the two, Holmeses? ——————————— One of the most sure-fire ways o) bring American college foot ball into ! further disrepute is to reduce the fees| of competent and conscientious field officials. BEPUSS Potomac Bridges. The informal opening of the Arling- ton Memorial Bridge, marked on Satur- | day by its crossing by a presidential party and yesterday by its use by more than 30,000 vehicles, adds a greatly needed traffic facility to the Capital “The completion of this work is the con- summation of many years of propecsal convenience of a motorist who has committed an offense which endangers life or property should be considered by a policeman serving the werrant. | Parking violations, tail or headlight | violations and others of this nature may well be placed in the category of offenses which are not serious. But passing a red light or a stop sign, re- fusing to yield right of way, road hog- gishness and others can hardly be lassed as trivial, because they directly menace life and property. Certainly the motorist who is charged with this type of offense and who con- veniently “forgets” the courtesy of the arresting officer who gives him a ticket | instead of taking him immediately to a precinct station should not have his | | been definitely allocated. Razers lre' at work clearing the site and excavation | and foundation contracts will shortly be let. Parther eastward is the actual! apex of the triangle, which is to be) cleared for inclusion in the park de-' velopment flanking the series of struc- tures and = completing the great thoroughfare newly designated as Con- stitution avenue. In a few weeks all of the old buildings in the eastern section of the triangle south of Penn- sylvania avenue will have been de- stroyed. There will then remain only the block between Tenth and Eleventh streets, which will eventually be in- cluded in the great construction now started with the Internal Revenue unit, facing on Constitution avenue, and the | former Southern Railway Building and | its immediate neighbors, which will fali before the destroyers when the plans | for the final unit of the group, adjacent to the District Building, have been perfected. Excavation work is proceeding for the | Departments of Labor and Post Office| and the Interstate Commerce Building, between Twelfth, Fourteenth and Thir- teenth streets. Foundation work Is like- wise proceeding there in part and m. the Department of Justice site, between | Ninth and Tenth streets. Rapid prog-| ress is being made there. In a very| few months construction work will be- §in, and then the tangible evidences of | the great plan will begin to show inf more definite form. Recently former Gov. Smith of New York in & publie address in this city chided the Government for continuing to-pay large rentals for quarters for ite offices and urged the adoption of & broad public building program, as & measure cf economy to give em- ployment to now idle workmen. No ex- planatich has been offered of thie astonishing tack of perception of & very tangible fact, apparent to anybody who passes along Pennsylvania avenue with eves open for evidences of activity in the carrying out of just such a program, conceived long ago and under way for half a decade. Washington expects to recelve many thousands of visitors during the present year of the George Washington Bicen- tennial, to whom these tokens of Capital building on a great scale will be pointed out with pride and satisfaction. It would, of course, be happier if this work could have been completed in season for | the national festival observance. But! the ragged walls of disappearing old structures, the vast pits of mud that; are evolving into foundations and thc towering cranes of the construction out- | fit that now make a picture of unlovely disarray will be shown as the signs of advancement toward an early consum- mation of a great plan that will place Washington in the front of all capitals of the world as a fitting exemplar of American progress and development. et Out in Evanston, Tll, a schodl teacher was reprimanded for using adhesive tape to bind the mouths.of her too- conversational second-grade pupils. A kindlier method would have been to equip each incoming cherub with an all-day sucker. e e ‘Why do not the State police forces of Maryland and Virginia enter rival teams in & news photographer slugging tournament? Dummies and eheap cam- eras, of course, could be used. An ap- propriate prize would be an empty plate holder. ———— ‘The primary election down in Louis- iana is described in dispatches as “like a dog fight.” Most will be surprised to learn that it is that rcfined. PR R, SHOOTING STARS. Ha BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. The Beginning. Oh, Feb'uary's drawin' near, A-peekin' crcst de snow, An purty soon we g'inetcr hear De March winds howl an’ blow. But never mind de freezin'. * Jes' do yoh best to smile. We 'spects to quit dat sneezin’ In a mighty little while. 1t's April First an’ den it's May, An’ next it's blossomin’ June; 1 didn't 'spose dat Summer day ‘Was due 'roun’ here so soon! De days an' months goes spinnin’ To a tune so fast an’ light, De frost seems de beginnin' Of de blossomin’ so bright. A Quest Disdained. “My speech was rather lengthy, I am afraid,” said the young statesman; “but I assure you that it contains numero s | gems of thought.” | “Perhaps,” replied Senator Sorghum. “But I have never allowed myself to take the slightest interest in these stories of buried treasure.” Pertinent Query. “There’s a man who never finds fault.” “Yes,” replied Miss Cayenne; “but is it because’ he is patient and forbearing. or because he is too indolent to notice | He who thinks to mlr the petty mental irritations arising from contact with other human beings is laying up trouble for himself. He is going to be fooled. There is no- getting away from these small, every-day irritations, resulting not only from ccnflicts of opinion but also through sheer juxtaposition. Human beings were never made to live as close together as they do. That is the big fault of the city. But even if one were able to escape to do so. It would not be good for him if he could. Such antagonisms make thoughts, and thoughts are the very food of life. It will not make much difference whether these are great thoughts or new thoughts. It 1s given only to a few to think greatly and to be original. qun thinkers even have questioned the possibility of strictly new thoughts. | Ome of the oldest ideas in the world is that the round of nature is eternal and that what will be is what has been. A Kk The value of antagonisms in the every-day life is often overlooked by plain human beings who would lke nothing better than to live so that peace and happiness would be theirs every day of their lives. Trends of thought over the centurles conspire with them in dreem. A few human beings have been able to realize it, but most have been forced to regard it as the paradise of the future. as we are, conflict is necessary for a human being to bring out the best that is in him ‘The mental conflict is the essential type. Physical battles settle little, and are productive only of anger. Intel- lectual antagonisms, cn the other hand, produce a minimum of brute anger. heir yield of good is in proportion to the brains which fight the battles. People with ordinary common sense can manage to come out of intellectual battles with their brains still working. They need not brood over defeat, but may discover something of gain every blow. More than that, they keep the ideas which come to them from the conflict. It is here .that the ordinary every-day mental {rritations shine in particular. ¥ xx No matter how frritated one may become over the views of others or as the result of certain mannerisms in the way they are put, it is always possible to realize the truth when one hears it. And this is possible whether the hearer is able to admit it or not, even, to himself. For there is a quality in !truth which works its way quietly into the human mind and heart. It hits home whether one realizes it or not at the time, especially whether he admits it to others. ~After all, man- kind seems to have put too much stress on verbal admittances. Through the centuries man has seemed to work on the theory that all that was necessary for establishing the truth of any propo- sition was to get a lip service to it. A man was regarded with such dis- taste for his expressed ideas that he was put to the tortures, but the mo- ment he would say what the torturers wanted him to say he would be received as a brother. Postmaster General Brown or Ohio, long the administration’s political gen- eral and repeatedly spoken of as the soon-to-be chairman of the Republican National Committee, has now blos- somed forth as the undisputed foreman of the loyal band engaged in the pre- convention Hoover delegate round-up. Benator Fess, the titular national chair- man at present, is unreservedly for the President’s renomination. Executive Chairman Lucas has been unremit- tingly at work in Mr. Hoover's behalf. Peppery Geoge Moses, the canny poli- tician, has sounded the bugle and yields first place to no man in his pub- lic ardor for unanimous renomination of the President. Secretary of War Hurley is doing his bit in a big way for his chief. The ineffably affable, beutonniered James Francis Burke of Pittsburgh bobs up once more in tre front line. But it becomes perfectly apparent that all of these devoted and wiiling-to-be Hoover captains must take their orders from the Postmaster Gen- eral. Whether he will succeed Senator Fess as national chairman after the Chicago convention and carry the offi cial title during the campaign is still debatable. The President is said to aislike being required to find a new Postmaster Gencral, and it has been as- sumed that if Brown takes the chair- manship he must give up the cabinet post. Meantime, the President is re- ported as oblivious of the activities of his devoted friends in his behalf, too cngrossed in affairs of state to give thought of counsel to his own political fortunes. In this respect he is emu- lating Gov. Roosevelt of New York, who is too busy with officlal dutles at Al- bany to take cognizance of his own pre- convention presidential campaign. ¥R ‘The friends of ex-Senator Willlam M. Butler of Massachusetts are taking many liberties with his name. Since last Summer they have whispered suf- ficlently loudly to make the front pages of Bay State newspapers that Mr. But- ler was being solicited by the Presi- dent to take again the post of Repub- lican national chairman, which he hzld during the Coolidge campaign of 1924. Such reports have finally died & natural death. Now, no sooner had Gen. Dawes announced his forthcoming resignation as Ambassador at the court of St. James than the story was spread that Mr. Butler had been given the refusal of the London post and has it under consideration. By chance Butler had been at the White House, a guest at an official dinner, on the very day of the Dawes announcement. That served to lend mental friction, he ought not to want | this happy | They are fortunate. For, constituted | are able to| THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. The truth, however, large or small, ancient or new, is not changed by word of mouth, but remains what it is, de- spite what any one may say about it. It has a power which gives him who | disputes it an uneasy teeling.. He is not sure that he is right. In every-day conversations, wherein a great deal of mental conflict may be expressed with all the outward appear- ance of perfect good will, it is scarcely possible for an honest man to hear the truth and not realize it. An electric button is punched, as it | were, which rings somewhere in his | being. Newspaper men have the sate feeling when they run into a good story. It is a familiar experience with them. A few words, something tingles in their | brains. Others might not recognize it, | but they do. It is a story! Little truths and big truths have an electric quality which does their an- nouncing for them better than any biare of trumpets. The happy- part of it is that this form of electricity is quite as common as any other form, although equally inexplicable, We mean that one does not have to be a statesman to be able to benefit from the recognition of truth. It rings the bell in the every-day walks of busi- ness and social life; it announces itself in small things as well as In great things; it makes itself heard above the busy hum of restaurant or theater. * oK ok ¥ A man or woman with the proper appreciation for the recognition of truth who honestly wants to know what is what, whether it helps or binders, will gladly put up with the incon- venience of dally antagonisms. ‘They are necessary. ‘There is no other way for most human beings to get the rest of their education! One would have to be stuffed and wrapped in cottcn batting to escape. Pormal education ceases with the | academic life, but the informal process | “bcgms immediately. And how! as the | young people say, or did say yesterday. | One is hot accustomed to look upon | crusty ola Bill Jones, who never agrees with anything, as a professor, but that 1s exactly what he is. He professes to put you in your right- ful place whenever you step out of it. | Because you resent this step on his | part and the invariable quality of it i3 no reason why Bill should not take it. | . Call him a nuisance all you want to, (he will do you a lot of good in all { probability if you will let him ramble on. | No man can say as much as he does | without hitting it once in a while. If | you can keep your temper and pour in- | tellectuel cold waters over the raw | places he leaves, you will find in the end that his influence is for good. | But it is entirely up to you. The same is true in every encounter—on the | street, in public vehicles, wherever one person pits his mind against the mind of another, whether in regard to a “Lrlvlal or a momentous matter. | " Life is not something to come, but it |15 now; and not so much {n prominent | places, for most human beings, as cast in humble or at the best ordinary roles. | It is in this every-cay, this humdrum | life, if one likes, that truth is to be rocess the qual- found, if ever. In this interesting ity of individual thought is what counts, And antagonisms make one think. We are all like cats’ fur, which sparks only | when rubbed the wrong way. WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS |gent expense fund. But Democratic \wnwhuugs on the Senate Audit and ’Comrol Committee have held up the | bill. No one has been found yet who will shoulder the responsibility for au- | thorlzing this new edition of the Wicker- | sham opus. * X ok % | . Ten years ago Henry Ford's offer for Muscle Shoals was the occasion of a bitterly waged congressional battle. The maglc of Ford's name almost put the | proposition across. In the end the | | Ford offer was refused largely through the heroic efforts of Senator Norris. Last week Henry's son, Edsel, appeared | before the House Military Aflairs (Muscle Shoals) Committee at its in- vitation. His coming was unheralded | and conditioned upon his testimony be- | ing given behind closed doors in execu- tive session. He was asked whether the Ford Co. was still interested in leas- ing the Government’s post-war white | elephant in the Tennessee River Valley and. if 80, on what terms. The substance of Edsel's reply was a simple but all- | embracing and conclusive “No.” | A N | Speaker John Garner’s fine record | to date as the directing genius of the fledgling Democratic majority in the | House has won_plaudits from friend and foc alike. His presidential boom, | though of recent inception, is showing considerable vitality. A notable addi- luon to the Garner encomiums is fresh |from the pen of that sterling Wil- | sonlan Democrat and warm-hearted Irishman, Joseph P. Tumulty of New | Jersey and Washington. To the editor |of & New York Republican newspaper, in whose columns Garner was referred to as a “sloppy-minded Southern Dem- |ocrat,” Mr. Tumulty has indited a | thousand-word public letter, in which he lauds Garner to the skies. The Wil- sonian White House secretary declares | that he has no wish to express “even | & personal preference” in the rivalries | for the Democratic presidential nom- | ination, but that “this attitude of neu- | trality ' should not prevent me from paying a tribute” He characterizes Garner as “the most genuine per- sonality that has come upon the stage | of our national Ilife in a generation.” He declares that “he has the equip- | ment which is a necessary part of real | greatness and does not suffer by com- parison with Woodrow Wilson, John W. Davis, Carter Glass and Joe Rob- | inson.” | B H ok | Belleve it or not, a “Moratorlum party” has-been born and duly chris- tened in Philadelphia, the Quaker City, | i | { !course in 1916, and, outside of his| | candidate will be the second choice of The Political Mill By G. Gould Lincoln. When Postmaster General Brown said in an interview a few days ago that, of course, President Hoover would stand for renomination and re-election he effectually laid the rumors that have spread here and there for weeks and months that Mr. Hoover might with- draw himself from consideration in connection with the presidential racel this year. A President of the United States serving his first term does not have to announce himself a candidate for renomination. His friends attend to that. And Mr. Brown is one of the friends of President Hoover. Froth a political point of view, his terse state- ment to the effect that, of course, the President would be in the race this year was well timed.. With the Re-| publican National Convention less than five months in the future, it is just as well to have a definite uhderstanding. It has, of course, been taken fcr granted that President Hoover would be put forward as a candidate for re- nomination. Speeches delivered by | Senator Fess, chairman of the Repub- lican National Committee, and Secre- tary of War Hurley at the Republican National Committee meeting -here in December were practically campaign speeches urging tge G. O. P. to rally beck of Mr. Hoover. But Postmaster General Brown's statement, coming from a member of the cabinet and from a Hoover pre-convention manager during 1528, was decidedly effective.- * K K K Mr. Hoover, President of the United States, is not expected to make cam- paign tours of the country as he did | when he was merely the Republican nominee in 1928. His predecesscr, Cal- vin Coolidge, except for a speech or| two delivered in Washington and broadcast over the country, made no campaign when he occupied the White House {n 1924 and was a candidate to | succeed himself. The late President | Woodrow Wilson, foliowed a similar speech of acceptance, did lLittle or no personal campaigning for re-election. But althcugh Mr. Cooldige and Mr. Wilson were occupants of the White House at the time, there was not the slightest doubt in any one's mind that either of them was a candidate for the presidenttal nomination or that they were candidates for re-election. It is the other side, the opponent of the incumbent of the White House, who warms the highways and railroads of the country seeking votes, as a gen- eral rule. The Hoover campaign this year, if the President is renominated, as the Republican leaders confidently predict he will be, is still in the mak- ing. Its official leader, the chairman of the Republican National Commit- tee, if yet to be selected if Senator Fess persists in his declination to fill the post after the Republican National Copvention meeting in June. Postmas- ter General Brown has frequently been mentioned as a likely choice for the Job, although he has told his intimates | that he wishes to keep away from the | chairmanship if he can. Some of the Republicans are talking of William M. | Butler of Massachusetts, who handled | the Coolidge campaign in 1924 and continued as chairman until Mr. Hoo- Ig&;ewu nominated in the Summer of * ok ok ok Among the efficient campaigners for President Hoover in 1928 were Charles | Evans Hughes and William E. Borah. | Mr. Hughes has since become the Chief Justice of the United States, and it is not in the picture that he will be cam- paigning this year. Senator Borah is at outs with the Hoover administratipn. It would seem that only an intense desire to defeat a Democratic nominee for the presidency would get him into the heat of the campaign this year, if Mr. Hoover is the presidential choice of the G. O. P. Whatever other Pro- gressive Republican Senators may do in the way of supporting a Democrat for the presidency, it is not likely that the Idaho Senator will forget his Repub- lican affiliations to that extent. It has been suggested by many of Senator Borah's friends that he himself be a candldate for the presidential nomi- natfon of the G. O. P, or that he run as an independent. L The proposed candidacy of Senator Hiram Johnson of California for the Republican presidential nomination will | face 2 showdown before long. A Febru- ary 13 is the last day, according to the North Dakota Senators, on which can- didates may enter the presidential pref- erential primaries in that State. Back in 1920, when Senator Hiram Johnson was a full-flledged candidate for the presidential nomination and went to Chicago with a large delegate following, Senator Borah was an ardent advocate of Senator Johnson's nomination. What is Senator Borah going to do if Senator Johnson gets into the fleld again this year, running in North Dakota and other primary States? There hasn't been that warmth of sympathy between Borah and Johnson that existed in 1920. And what will William Randolph Hearst do about the Johnson candidacy if it materializes? Mr. Hearst was a sup- porter of Johnson in 1920, and he snay be again, although up to date Mr, Hearst has contented himself with de- manding the nomination of Calvin Coolidge on the Republican side and Speaker John N. Garner on the Demo- cratic. * Kok ok The Garner boom for the Democratic nomination for President has grown considerably since it was first launched in Texas when It was expected that Mr. Garner would make a strong bid for the speakership of the present Con- gress. He is Speaker of the House now, an outstanding figure in the Federal Government as well as in the Demo- cratic party. It looks as though the | Texas delegation to the Democratic National Convention next June would be shouting Garner's name, and the Texas delegation numbers 47, a pretty good nucleus. Gov. Franklin D. Roose- velt and his friends, according to re- ports, had hoped to sew up the Texas delegation for Roosevelt. It may be that, the Roosevelt supporters will be able to have it so arranged that their e e S e T 2 o S ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN. Stop a minute and think about this fact: You can ask our information bureau any question of fact and get the answer back in a personal letter. It is a great educational idea, intro- duced into the lives of the most intelli- gent people in the world—American | paper readers. It is a part of that | pul of a newspaper—service, There is no charge except 2 cents i coin or stamps for return postage. Ge the habit of asking questions. Address your letter to The Evening Star Infor mation Bureau, Frederic J. Haskin, Di- | rector, Washington, D. C. | Q. Who is looked upon as the most | daring skier?—H. R. A. Usually this distinction is given | to Axel Hendricksen. He was a fine | jumper and won numerous prizes, but | was partic ly famous for making somersault turns when in midair. Other skiers known for somersault jumps are Hans Hahsen, B. Bishop, J. Carleton, | D. Bowler and John Rudd. A Q. Of what crime was Tom Mooney‘ convicted?—E. G. A. Thomas Mooney was convicted of the murder of Mrs. Myrtle Irene Van Loo, one of the 10 persons killed by the Preparedness cay bomb thrown in San Francisco, Celif. He was convicted February 9, 1917, and sentenced to be hanged May 17, 1917. He was reprieved by the Governor and his sentence com- muted to imprisonment for life. Q. How many nerves are there in the human body?—D. J. G. A. The number is countless. In gen- eral it may be stated that there are 12 pairs of cranial nerves which, with their branches, supply the entire body. Q. Who is in direct charge at Mount Vernon?—E. M. H. A. Col. Harrison Dodge is the super- intendent of the Mount Vernon estate. | Q. What English sovereigns reigned more than 5) years?—S. W. J. A. Henry 111, George III and Queen Victoria each reigned more than 50 years, Q. Are the statues which decorate the Rheims Cathedral made of stones cemented together? How do the figures rank?—S. D. A. They are generally of one piece of stone. Certain of the angels, carved about 1255, are said to be equal in point of execution to Greek statuary. Q. How long was the first wall around the City of Jerusalem?—N. K. A. There is much controversy as to the exact dimensions of the ancient wall of Jerusalem. The modern wall, which followed as closely as possible tce ancient wall, had & circuit of 215 miles, with an average height of 35 feet, with 35 towers and 8 gates (one | of which was walled up). Q. Is cashew fruit edible?—C. V. A. Cashew fruit is not only edible but very tasty and makes an excellent conserve. It also is used in a beverage very nfuch as lexons are used in this country. When pressed it emits a val- uable sweet oil. Q. What was the Hartford Conven- tion?—N. A. L. A. A convention of delegates from the New England States to protest against the continued prosecution of the War of 1812. It met at Hartford, Conn., December 15, 1814, and sat for about three weeks. George Cabot of Massachusetts was chosen president. New England was known to be out of sympathy with the War of 1812, as it interfered with overseas trade. While stories circulated to the effect that the convention planned to turn New Eng- | land back to the British Crown to be | made into a duchy, the actual propgsals | were milder. They included a denfan that each State of the Union be per- mitted to defend itself, having taxes | partially remitted for that purpose. ' Seven amendments to the Constlmnaz were proposed. The war having ende about this time, nothing came of the proposals. Q. Is Canada larger than continental United States?—J. W. A. It is larger by about 500,000 square miles. The land area of the Dominion of Canada i3 3,547,230 square miles and of continental United States 3.026,789 square miles. Q. right A. Who said “I would rather be than be President”?—V. H. C. 1t is attributed to Henry Clay. Q. How should a meerschau.. gzpe be smoked?—T. R. A. Ordinarily the pipe is boiled for coloring in a preparation of wax, which is absorbed, and a thin coating of wax is held on the surface of the pipe and made to take a high polish. Under the wax is retained the oil of tobacco, which is absorbed by the pipe, and its hue grows darker in proportion to the tobacco used. A meerschaum pipe at first should be smoked very slowly, and before a second bowlful is lighted the pipe should ccol off. A new pipe should never be smoked outdoors in extremely cold weather. Q —L. A. It is a drama of which the out- come 1is bad, often fatal, for the hero or heroine; that quality which places grief or catastrophe on a plane which com- mands deep sympathy and respect. Q. What caused the financial crisis of 1837?—M. L. B. A. It grew out of the refusal of President Andrew Jackson to renew the charter of the Bank of the United States. This institution, privately owned, sought to become the unofficial bank of issue of the Nation with spe- cial privileges. It was widely extended, ‘What kind of a play is a tragedy? T. L. | and when a renewal of its charter was | refused it was compelled to close its doors, with serlous consequences to all who had dealings with it. Q. How long is the frieze in the rotunda of the Capitol of the United States?>—J. K. G. A. The rotunda is 300 feet in cir- cumference at the height of the frieze, 65 feet above the floor. Q. Have private loans to foreign countries amounted to as much as our Government loans to them?—R. H. E. A. The amount of private loans to forelgn countries is approximately $5,000,000,000 and Government loans approximately $10,000,000,000. Q. What is the difference between table linen made of single damask and double damask?—T. W. A. In weaving linen the use of a single thread makes a single damasl two threads a double damask. The deuble damask weave is the more desir~ able, and the pattern stands out dis- tinctly, due to the play of light and shade on the threads. However, a good quality of single damask is better than a poor quality of double damask. Q. Who was the founder of Willlam | and Mary College?>—M. M. H. A. The college was chartered in 1698 by the English King and Queen whose names it bears and fostered by royalty and the care of the Bishop of London. The College of William and Mary soon after its establishment became asso- ciated with all of the activities of early Virginia. Dr. James Blair was the moving spirit in the organization of William and Mary College, and was the president from 1692 to 1743. Q. How is wool made to bend in circular shapes and stay that way efterward?—M. B. A. In order to bend wocd it should rst be put in a frame after steaming, which will hold it in dest Ukl 16 s driey - Conired posttion Majority Sentiment Favors Federal Money Corporation With some few exceptions, press com- | ments approve as a means of giving greater elasticity to the business of the country the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, provided by one of the measures on which President Hoover has urged speed by Congress. It is held by the more optimistic that the exist- ence of such provisions in itself gives confidence, but mild criticism is based on objections to Government control or a feeling that the tariff should be con- | sidered as a preliminary step. Referring to- the measure as a re- sponse to public demans, the Harris- burg Telegraph (Republican) states: “As Mr. Hoover has pointed out, it is nesded to support enterprise tempo- rerlly embrarrassed in the emergency, | as, for example, companies with bond is- | sues falling due that ordinarily would be | refinanced as a matter of mere routine, | but which are in difficulties cwing to | the present demoralization of the bond market. Knowledge that such a means | of refinancing was ready at hand of | Itself would do much to restore confi- dence and stabilize credit.” Describing the Reconstruction Cor- poration as the “key measure in the general plan of constructive relief,” the | Pasadena.Star-News (Republican) holds | that action by Congress “should help greatly in restoring general confidence | throughout the country and in assist- | ing to restore normal conditions.” | “It seems to be agreed by the leaders | of business, finance and industry,” says the Akron Beacon-Journal (indepen- dent Republican), “that such a cor- poration would be able to put into effect measures which would overcome some of the influences which contribute to depression. Included in these influ- ences are panic fear, hoarding, lack 0!‘ confidence and the drying up of credit resources. The set-up proposed for the corporation would have the added merit of not plunging the Government into debt. Such securfties as it would issue | would be purchased in large measure by | the very money which has been with- | avers the Charleston (S. C.) Even! Post (Democratic), “all the elements o & sound economy, but the deflation has been so rapid and so terrific that the public morale has been broken and there is almost an epidemic of despair. If this can be halted and courage and confidence recalled, a quick recovery may be brought about.” * ok ok ¥ ‘The purpose of the corporation, as defined by the New York Herald Tri- bune (Republican) is “to help those banks with which for the most part the little fellow ceals and"on which he de- pends, to rescue those insurance ccm- panies which find themselves hard pressed for money to meet the avalanche of loans demanded by indigent policy- holders and to save from bankruptcy the railroads that furnish the securities by which these institutions live. “More Government in business,” ex- claims the Lynchburg News (Demo- cratic), “but not a word out of those Wwho for so long have ralled agalnst Government in business. It illustrates what has often been noted, which is the cry against Government in business comes when Government is undertaking to make business behave itself and not when it undertakes to give it assist- ance. That Government has come to the assistance of business at times is | true, and it is perhaps true that, gen- erally speaking, President Hoover's rec- | ommendations are good ones, even if :};le IDEI‘II?QS have no hope whatever that ey will prove panaceas, but it is to be hoped that nobody whose special privileges are being hurt by future pro- posed legislation will have the brass to squeal about the iniquity of Govern- | ment in business.” Favoring the removal of excess tariff barricades, the Asbury Park Ei:!- ning Press (independent Democratic) declares that “it is a vain hope to sup- pose that inflationary artifices can defi- nitely remedy a situation for which the inflation of a few years ago is directly | feclings hurt very much by the noc- turnal serving of the warrant that was | necessary to bring him to trial. ome color of plausibility to the | Butler London Ambassadorship report. | Mr. Butler has the sime habit of responsible.” The Yakima Daily Re- public (incependent) offers the criti- cism: “All such proposals mean more drawn from circulation by its fright- | in the midst of intrenched wealth, con- ened owners, thus thawing the frozen | con- | many of the Texas delegates—perhaps servatism, Republicanism and Vareism. what is going on?” the first choice at heart. Just where and endeavor. Fully four decades ago the plan to span the Potomac at that Mr. point as & symbol of the reunion of the | sections was advanced. The Long Bridge and the Aqueduct Bridge were then the only means of crossing the riyer south of Little Falls, where Chain Bfidge spanned the stream. S8ince then the Key Bridge has replaced the Aque- duct and the old Long Bridge has been supplanted by two structures, one for highway and trolley service and one for railway use. The opening of the Memorial Bridge in advance of cere- monial dedication was justified by the traffic requirements, which have taxed the capacity of the two other structures | and on special occasions have greatly | exceeded accommodations. When the Arlington Bridge plan was | first advanced there was no thought of the location on the north bank ef the Lincoln Memorial. It was, indeed, the establishment of this great nadonal tribute to the war President that led to the definite adoption of the bridge plan. Yet it is to be believed that even i the memorial had gone elsewhere the Potomac would some day have been spanned by a structure which marked the restoration of the Union of States. Together with the construction of the bridge has come the building of a boulevard connecting the Capital with Mount Vernon. That work, while com- plete in the sense of affording a through traffic way, is still in progress in the finishing of details, though it It would appear obvious, then, that scme set of rules should be laid down by the police or the court to designate which offenders should receive consid- cration and which should not. A chart of this kind will go far in promoting cordial relationship between the police and the motorist. ———— ‘That famous corner—or, at least, one angle of it—must be getting pretty crowded. It appears that Winter is around there, too, with the rest of the gang. e Evolving the Great Plan. Steadily the program for public byild- ing constructions in the Mall-Ayenue | triangle is progressing, and though at present the conditions in that area ap- pear to be somewhat chaotic, as & mat- ter of fact everything is developing according to a definite schedule, the results of which are already in evidence in some measure in the great Com- (merce Department and the Internal Revenue Office. The latest move is the opening of bids for the foundations for the Archives Building, which wili ' occupy the sitt of the old Center Market. There has been some delay 'in this item beciuse of the necessity for the revision of the plans to effect a more perfect orientation of the struc- ture with other Government buildings in the srea. In a short time the work will 'be in full service in & fcw weeks. A-plan has recently been proposed to eon! will begin. Immediately to the east of this site & tunnel for railroad use will rise the so-called apex bullding, likely to be sorry fur, jec Potomao River at & point the occupsdon of which has not yet of takin' a chance.” Air in Motion. ©Oh, words are trifles light as alr, And yet it's very plain That if they're not restrained with care They'll start a hurricane. Flight Restrained. “Riches have wings,” remarked the ready-made philosopher. “Yes," replied Farmer Corntossel, “but that ain't goin to prevent men from coopin’ 'em up fur their own use.” The man who says he was never scered in all his life ought to begin right now to be afraid of what eternity holds for those who do not tell the i truth, | Achievements. Furgivin’ an furgettin'— They're the hardest jobs of all. The toilin’ an’ the frettin’ As you answer Duty’'s call ‘Wil show your brain an’ muscle An’ your courage all secure, As you worry an’ you tussle Showin’ what you kin endure. But whether you're a winner Or a loser in the fray, Whether you're a common sinner Or & scint in white array, You will‘find no use in pettin’ Your resentments, great or small, Fur furgivin’ an’ furgettin’ Is the biggest things of all! sphink-like silence so characteristic of | his former chief, Calvin Coolidge, so no denial and no affirmation is ever {Iorthcomlflg ;mmd hllm. The report, owever, has found little acce) Washington. g * o ok ok The London Ambassadorship, the most luscious, is by no means the only choice diplomatic plum which Mr, Hoover soon will be. called upon to be- stow. W. Cameron Forbes of Massa- chusetts is resigning as Ambassador at Toklo for reasons that are still obscure. The importance and the delicacy of this post at the present juncture of af- fairs cannot be overestimated. Abra- ham C. Ratshesky of Boston, wealthy banker, whose lifelong ambition for diplomatic honors was gratified by ap- pointment as Envoy Exiraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Czechoslo- vakia, hastened home last month when storm clouds gathered on the bankin horizon. It is understood that he will follow the example of Gen. Dawes and shortly retire to resume the banking business. Last, but not least, the pro- motion of Teddy Roosevelt, the younger, to the governor generalship of the Philippines leaves a vacancy at Porto dR;]clonx BMPY vafl'bls not looking for -a-year men, but for $130,000 3 year mer’ or $50,000 and * K x % ‘The Wickersham Commission'’ Tepo) on prohibition has been "dlges:ed Axl"’dt indexed and compiled and collated” and now makes its appeal thick volumes com A T e turned out b; ¥ the Govel Office R and the handiwork of Ansel Printing, and the young lady assistants in this committee's office. ‘%he bill for $15,000 for the stupendous clerical labor “Solme men is sech gamblers,” sald Uncle Eben, “dat dey say things dey's ‘?h de sake involved in this under:aking is unpaid, however, and there is considerable un- certainty as to whether it will be paid. Chairman Moses of the Printing Com- mitt has lp?mved the bill and is asking its payment out of the Senate contin- though | prising 31,000 pages | nment Printing Wold, clerk of the Jotnt Committce on | The timely title of the new party has | been pre-empted and politically copy- | righted by a small band of zealots | who announce their party principles as the nationalization of finance, indus- try, commerce, agriculture and in- surance; the permanent closing of all stock, commodity, bond and realty ex- changes and the suspension for 10 | years of all public and private debts. (Copyright, 1932.) e Back-Home Issue Do From the Columbia (8. C.) Btate. One thing, it was noted, President | Hoover did not emphasive in his mes- sage tc Congress was the back-home movement. —— vt Has Income Tax Laugh. From the Miami Daily News. Thin' ~f the laugh that Heron Lake, Minn., ..an with 19 children has on the income tax collectors. P Wrong Either Way. Prom the Columbus Oblo State Journal. The man who spoke so feelingly about rather being right than Presi- dent knew, of course, that if he were President he'd be in wrong most of the e. dged. —e———— Easy to Quit Work Now. From the Miami Dty Rews. Western railrond men are threaten- ing to quit work and we can't think of anything these days that is easier to do. — e ————— Family Plate May Help. Prom the St. Louis Times. y 1f the Smoot plan to accept silver for our golden debts goes through, there will ge a m of European family in plate unappr " Garner i5 to obtain other dele- gates to the convention is not clear. Oklahoma and Arkansas, neighboring States, have favorite son candidates of their own. But Mr. Garner, even if he does not have the nomination him- self, may be in a position to throw the Texas delegation to the man who will win at the psychological moment, which is something 'to think about. * ok owox Not since 1924 has there been such a scramble for the Democratic nomi- nation for President. In 1928, former Gov. Alfred E. Smith had the nomi- nation well in hand long before the national convention met in Houston. Indeed, in the fall of 1927 it was ap- parent that there was to be no stop- ping the Smith bandwagon. There were protests from the South, but the Southerners had no rallying post. The favorite son candidates melted away in Houston like the snow beneath a Sum- mer sun. But this year these seems to be a lot of bitterness, fostered by the Democratic leaders themselves, over the nomination. Whether this bitter- ness reaches down to the rank and file of the Democrats throughout the coun- try has not yet besen demonstrated. If reports are to be believed, there is a growing demand on the part of many of the Smith adherents in 1928 to have their champion get into the race for the Democratic nomination again. Gov. Smith has taken no definite step yet to halt this drive for his nomination. He may make his own position with regard to the presidential race clear at any time. If he does get into the race for the nomination there is likely to be the hottest kind of a fight both before the convention end during it. The agitation for an investigation of “short selling” on the New York Stock Exchange and other exchanges of the stream of credit at its source.” Xk £ Quoting Eugene Meyer, governor of the Federal Reserve Board, as “describ- ing the proposed institution as a ‘mov=~ able fortress,” not merely for defense, but mobile for offense in the war| against the forces of depression,” the Roanoke Times (Democratic) adds: “A | fundamental idea entertained by the | sponsors of the measure is that the | admnistrators of it should be able to pick out certain key spots in the na- tional business structure, the stimula- tion of which would tend to turn the tide for all. The reliance on the effi- cacy of the measure when in operation is very great.” With the suggestion that “combating & depression 1s, as the President states, like fighting a war,” and one which “is not a battle on a single front but upon many fronts,” the Manchester Union (independent) comments: “All the | measures recommended, inclucing, in addfitxon to creation of the Finance Cor- poraticn, the strengthening of the Fed- eral Land Bank system, the creation of a system of home loan discount banks, | the liberalizi; of the discount facili- | ties of the eral Reserve banks, and revision of the laws relating to trans- portation, dovetail together. No less important is the prompt adoption of adequate measures for budget relief. It is not incorrect to say that the con- fidence of the public is built upon the | | | debt or more taxes, or both. In the | last analysis the Hoover scheme means | Government interfering more in busi- | ness and taking away from the indi- vidual citizen some of his oppertunities and taxing him for his loss. Thought- | less people turn to the Government for |all sorts of help or relief in their strictly business undertakings. Gov- ernment never yet has come. along on a pretense of helping that it has not hurt in the end. The Hoover scheme is based on a principle that has been so thoroughly discredited in actual experi- ence up to date thet the man who proposes it should be run off the lot.” Mistaken Identity. Toronto (Ontario) Daily Star. Those Japanese sentries who beat up the United States envoy at Mukden :hegflhe re;nc‘hed t?fieare by train will oubtless explain that they mistook him for the President of Chinn. ———— Reels and Pay_};-lj From the Dayton Daily News. & Dry leaders say drinking men are the first to be let out in times of de- pression, despite the fact that many firms are adopting the stagger system of employment. From the ) anticipated efficiency of this program to meet the present situation.” “There are present in this country,” York State Legislature, where State | Senator Burchill of New York City is | demanding an inquiry by a legislative | committee. Pigures have been pro- | duced recently showing that the sell- | country is growing. The agitation manifested itself first among members of the Congress, with Senator Capper of Kansas fathering a resolution for the purpose. It s spread to the New ing of stocks short on the New York | Exchange has been a material factor | in the trading, despite the arguments advanced tegthe contrary by President ey of the exchange. Keep It Dark! From the Philadeiphia Evening Bulletin. They are cleaning some of the win- dows of Merten Chapel, Oxford, for the first time in 620 years. This news should be kept from janitors of our municipal building- Continental Cares. Prom the Harrisburz Telegraph If it isn't one thing it's inother, and m;’r n;lexz blg' :«no;ry will be as to whether or n groun: his’ shadow, g ol o »