Evening Star Newspaper, February 22, 1932, Page 8

A-8 THE EVENTNG With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. MONDAY THEODORE W. NOYES. .. .Editor February 22, 1932 Men’ as well as a continual and cli { the city planned by Washington lnd!depenaenee which have issued from the AR \ | appropriately given his name. i The local pregr-m of events is full and premises a rich treat of eniertlin-l x ing inspiration. The local commission | for the prep-ration of this program has, worked arduous’y and effectively. lll oy N THi | mouths of Democratic leaders ever since the Lincoln day speeches of the Republicans, in which the President was given high praise for hir leader- ship. Speakcr Garner insists that if there is to be “co-operation” in Con- gress it must be a joint affair, with Re- The Ev’u’xinz Star Newspaper Company A has visioned the occasion in the broad- Dublicens as well as Democrats par- | \ ania_Ave. Eas. 42nd St n Builaing. . Londoa, Chicago Office European Ofice Rate by Carrier Within the City. The Evening Siar 43¢ per p.orith ne o 63c per month : 65¢ per month | e end of each m b mail or telephone | == | Rate by Maii—. :).0le In Advance. and and Virgini | 21000 1 mo.. 4uc ates and Canada. 13081206 1 mo.. 81 131 3800, 1 mo. 500 1 mo. All Other Sunday 111 .00 S0¢ | 1rien « of publy are A0 Ic The Amer.can Ideal. | Today begins & Nation-wide celebra- | tion of the biceniennial of the birth of George Washington. Ii starts, most | appropriately. on the day which has!| been accepted as the aciual day of his. birth in 1732. It wiil close on Thanks- | giving dey, nine months hence. Dur-| ing that period tae Am°rican pecpie will in a wide varicty of forms manifest their revcrence for the man who was most cefinitely of all his colleagues m“ founder of the Republic, who was lead- | er in the war of the Revolution, who was adviser in the days of org fon | 1f an inspiration that Hus} is of the two hundredth, of the birih of regardless of the observance anniversary American, a native services which he rendered and the exampl2 criticism and ridicule of fellow country- | vocal than actual, and that the Demo- which he set. That two hundrcd years | have passed since the great Virginian | was born, and with the Nation which mar.yrdom involved in a personal sac- | conditions in this country. he was so largely instrumel ing still cause for rejoicing. hundred and fifty-s.x vears have passed | since he was named commander in chief of the Revolutionary forces; more ! than one hundred and forty-three years | since he was chosen President. and | more than one kundred and thirty-two years since he cied. | This perspective of history is tribute | to the everlasting quality of the work which was done by George Washing- ton. The United States of America has survived all trials and tests, in great measure because of the character of the man to whom is owed the greatest dc‘b;“ of gratitude for the work of its creation; in great measure, too, because of adher- ence to his example and counsel after he had passed. The George Washington whom the Nation todey honors in this first of an unparalleled series of birthday celebra- tions is both an individual and an ideal. The man as he was is as highly respected as the man of the tradition that was created immediately after his Geath, a tradition springing from the earliest of the biographies. written with | a strange blend of emotion and com- | merciaiism. A great weaith of material for the disclosure of the man as he was in life has come to hand in the course of the decades. and now at last the true George Washington is seen. He is no smaller in stature. no different in char- acter, no less an inspiration for the revelation of his human traits. His wisdom of judgment, his spirit of jus- | tice, his sympetny and understanding are as dictinctly discernible as ever. The more that is disclosed of George Washingten's life, his thoughts, his' habits, his ascociations and emotions, | the greater his figure becomes. He was a man of the people, a man of toil though of gentle origin. He knew hard- ships and sorrows. It was not a mere chance that made him the champion ot his fellow colonists, who rebeiled agains® the tyranny of the selfish, shortsighted rulers overseas. Washington would hate been an American rather than a subject of King George in any case. It is impoesible to read his diaries and Jetters and his infrequent speeches with any otaer conclusion. Favored indeed are a people who can| have such a model figure for an inspira- tion. The American people today insti- tute the series of observances that, con- tinued for almest a year, will express thelr appreciation of that great privilege and blessing. The story of Washington, however familiar, will never grow old The youngest generation of today is no Jess stirred by it than was the youngest generation a century ago. A century hence the story will still be new and inspiring. For George Washington, whether viewed through the medium of the heroizing blographers or that of the humanizing researchers, stands be- fore Americans as thelr ideal of man- | hood. of citizenship and of patriotic | service. - Cynically inclined statesmen are ob-| serving that George Washington might have enjoyed this unrestricted praise more if he could have received some of "4t before his demise. ) Bicentennial at the Capital. Washingten the City will be the American Mecca during the year of Wz | jtin of a few dozen peoy est portikle 2spect snd has applied to| the particular problems of picgram making a high cdegree of :kil', the resu'l! of lorg exp nce. W-shirgtorians are bereft of political advan'cges, but trey | are expet in o'ga tion and efTect.ve | co-operation to gi2 expression to civi seniments. | Ninetcen huncred and thirty-two wiil | indeed be a festiva ye:r for th Capital. | it will be one long protraciei “Inzugu- >n Day” of th~ former sty'e. Some of the fratures vl bs on a small scai some of them will b2 of larg> propor- tions. Som: 1 involve t! participa- | others of | thous-nds. Som> will be simple but significant ceremoni others will be! r manifestations on a city- ge. Ctaer cities will observe the Bic {tennial as well es Washingion. Washing.on dors wil b2 mcre local in sgnificance and scope. there obee:vances, ures end cere- monials, wrerever they occur, will attest the Nation's sentiment. It so happens that this city, bearing the name of the First Presid-nt, the object of his own inspiration, £cene of his own activities | in the first stagc., located within a few miles of his birthplece and a lhmler‘ distance of his home and deathpace, | stands most definitely for tre great patriol to whese honor this year is dedic-ted. n- What | then ! All of | e A Task Left Unflnished.‘ “I could offer mysclf a willing sacri- | fice to the butchering enemy, provided ! thai would contribute to the peoples. easc.” wroie tie harried Washington ! ren dangr of defeat £t the hands of ' the invaders who faced him was less | cause for anguish than the stebbing | men who stcod at his back. Like many other men, the idea of | 1in creat-| rifice of some sort that would retire |culty lies in the fact that too many standing in strengih, is 2 !him to the reiative peace of surrender | hard words sometimes lead to actual More than one|must have appealsd to him mightily, | conflict, a danger that the Democrats for, above all things, George Was hmz-l ton was very human; not mere mii- | tary surrenaer, of course, but surren- der to the doubts that assailed him from all sides, su:render to the sight of suffering men, surrender to the theory, amply supported by plenty of evidence everywhere, that he and his hand:ul of | loyal followers had embarked upon a madcap enterprise that would surely bring failure and world-wide derision: surrender especially to the clamors of | | those who, because they suffer, demand | some victim in propitiation. | It required stubborn courage and acmirable qualities of ||muummx perhaps to genius, to con- {duct a military campaign under the | 0dds that faced Washington. But these | were as nothing compared with the | spiritual and intellectual courage that | enabled him, in the face of bitter per- | sonal attack at times and lack of real |support a large part of the time, to | make of his life the inspiring victory that this Nation celebrates today. In characteristically American fash- ion we have set about making this 200th anniversary of the birth of George Washington a celebration that in some respects. at least, is the “biggest ever.” The magnitude of the observance | planned is appalling. The money and the time and the effort that have been spent to resurrect the life and tre| achievements of this man as objects of public worship during the next nine months are probably unparalieled in modern times. This unique observance in all of its many phases will have been truly worth while if it is able to remove some of the folklore and manifestations of deification often associated with the memory of Washington, and, for the first time, to bring him down to the level of men who can understand a man, but who shy at a god. ‘Washington's greatness did not apring | from mastery of military science or mastery of statecraft, but from a depth | of character that mastered his fellow | man through steadfast devotion to ideals, at times all toc hazy to come | within the vision of the muititude. One of the greatest of his triumphs— | a victory we need most to emulate to- | day—was his triumph over the doubt of the ultimate wisdom and righteous- | ness of the cause he embraced. The | foundations that he and the men of | his time laid for a new Nation are too | strong and too deep to be shaken by! the passing tempests that time will al- | ways bring. His legacy is the founda- tions: our job is to continue the fabrica- tion of the structure that they support, a task that requires as much patience, as much courage. as much wis- dom, =5 much faith. There is danger in complacently accepting the belief that Washington completed what he began: that the perfections we cher- ish in his own character represent per. fection of the ideal toward which he, a mortal, strovi | SRR Censorship eannot expect to be thor- | ough In the theater, not yet having ar- | rived at the point where it can keep pernicious biographers off the family| book shelf. oo Japanese frankly indicate that China's punishment is her own fault in not sur- the bicentennial of Washington the man. Today the Capital is entertain- ing s multitude of visitors, many of whom are particularly in attendance upon a convention of educators. They have chosen this city in some measure because of the coincidence of the patri- otic celebration. This is but the first of a long series of conventions of na- tional organizations, the latest count of those that have already registered their | purpose to assemble here in 1932 indi-, cating more than one hundred and ninety. That this number will be in- creased is assured. The delegates to these gatherings will total many thou- | sands. With them will come members | of their families and friends. But there will be other visitors to the Cap- ital, men and women who have no organization affiliations, but who will select Washington the City as a touring point because of the celebration of the birth of Washington the man. Nowhere else in the country will the aignificance of the- Bicentennial be - fully as here at the seat \ for changes and very largely le2ve th> rendering more promptly. o The “Truce” on Capitol Hill. In a statement to the press, widely interpreted as heralding an end of the “truce” through which relief legislation has been hurried along in Congress, Speaker Garner of the House today critic.zss Republican leaders for claim- ing credit for the passage of these laws. The Speaker goes furiher and attacks| the President’s plan for reorganization of the Government departments, under whizh Congress would give authority | matter to the Executive. The Demo- cratic Speaker is clearly pained because Republican speakers have undertaken to claim for President Hoover credit for having taken the lead in the legis- lation to help revive business. He points out quite correctly that if the Democrats, who control the House, had not co-operated in the passage of this legislation it could not have been enacted into law. His statement i & continuance of the declarations of in- | crats will continue to act favorably on | gram that impiessed J. Hamilton Lewis | There is some hero from the past ticirating. And o it must. Why has there been at least the semblance of a political truce cn Capitol Eill this Winter in order to let the re- lief bills propoced by the aZministration €0 on their way and become law? It has not been because of any love for| the Republicans or for Mr. Hoover on | the part of the Democrats. It has been because the Democratic leadership wise- ly saw that the party would reap credit and would gain support throughout the country by such a course. The Demo- crets have reaped such credit. Their own orators have not hesitated to call} attention again and again to the man- ner in which the Democrats have acted solidly together under the leadersaip of Speaker Garner In the Interests cf the country since Congress openes. ‘There have been plenty of Democratic claims of credit for speeding the relief Iegislation on its way. 3But it is easy to understand that any Republican claims would be disputed quickly by the Democrats. Yet had the House been | Republican, as it was in the last Con- grees, would this legislation have gone through any less quickly? It would not. | The Democrats, and particularly Speaker Garnel ave reaped much benefit alrcady and general praise for the marner in which they have con- ducted themselves. Are they going to spoil it all now by kicking over the traces and beginning a partisan war- fare against all relief measures that | may be proposed hereafter by Presi- | dent Hoover? It does not scem possible they would be so stupid or would per- | mit themselves to lose the esteem which they have gained in the country up to the present time. It appears that, after all, the breaking of the “truce,” as it has been called, will be more measures de:'gned to relieve business The diffi- must guard against. There is plenty of time for them yet to make mistakes in the House. The Democrats of the Senate wisely refrained from giving their approval to a Federal dole meas- ure. Such a bill may yet be brought up in the Hcuse. It may even be passed by the House, perhaps with the | feeling on the part of some of those suppo; either because of the Senate or because of a presidential veto in the offing But the House Democrats will have to stand on the record they make in the House and not on what the Senate or the President may do. ] The Father of His Country was like many fathers who do an immense; amount of hard work to enable their! progeny to go on playing through fu- ture generations. ——— Newspaper gossips are being drama- tized in New York, restoring the stage players to the status referred to by Hamlet as the abstracts and brief chronicles of the time. P ] g it that it cannot become law, | Japan has made an energetic start, but has as yet shown no inclination to begin on the elaborate transpacific pro- as a possibility. ——— In spite of discouragements New York State continues to assume that her patience and perseverance will enable her sooner or later to present another President. R S SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. In Remembrance. The bulls and bears may vex our minds And also wound our purses, Yet happiness each being finds In spite of all reverses. Though trials may seem most severe And cause deep perturbation, ‘We know some date will soon draw near For some new celebration. When skies are cold and overcast | And storms seem threatening near us, | Whose words still hope to cheer us. Again we answer to the call Of men who led the Nation, We're at attention, one and all, It's time for celebration, Persuasion of Print. “Do you regard printers’ ink as an ef- fectual means of guiding the tastes and | opinions of the people?” “It works in my own case,” answered Senator Sorghum. “It has persuaded me several times to change my brands of cigarettes and shaving cream.” Jud Tunkins says the way & man can ' slack on the job may make the pay | seem like about fifty per cent dole. i Elegy in a Crematorium. The poet Gray was on his way Far from this life material; For he dwelt in an olden day Of dignity funereal. Said he, “Not yet does ghostly cheer Reflect some gay emporium. I'm glad I find a churchyard here And not & crematorium.” Restraint. “George Washington set a fine ex- ample in a literary way,” commented Miss Cayenne. “His style was simple and sincere.” “Yes. But what I most admire about him is his restraint. If he disapproved as a statesman he didn't show his dis- like by getting somebody to write & mean book about him.” | “To bring sorrow to others even in your own triumph,” said Hi Ho, the sage | of Chinatown, “means that you have incressed the sadness of your own sur- roundings.” Mechanistic Dominance, My radio! My radio! Your methods are perverse, Your inside works improve, we know, But your tunes keep getting worse. “De weather,” said Uncle Eben, “is & good friend dat gits unpleasant some- times, but leaves you lort of knowin' he's sure to mind." | To SUAR, W ADHIAGION, THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. 8moking preserves what little leisure men have left. It beats down the common, grubbing “what-do-I-get-out-of-it” sort of mind. If it were not for the cigarctie. the cigar and the pipe, mankind would be entircly in thrall to the idea that men should be Eecs. Perpetual busy bees. Peripatetic ants, always on the run.| Man merely in one of his phases, not a balanced combination of them all. Once a human being gets this idea of being continually on the move, he finds it difficult to treak awav from it.| support his own uneasiness he wants to compel all other human beings to be as silly and resticss as himself. | *xox o | Somehow, the b:lief has got around that constani busy-ness, whether over something or nothing, is a strictly mod- ern attitude. As a matter of fact, in the “De | Rerum Naturac” of Lucretius, publish- ed nearly 2,000 ycars ago, satirical mention was made of thcse Romans | who found it necessary to be forever on the road in their chariots, rushing | first from thelr town house to their country house, and then back again. | The idea of perpetual motion, in human form, is no more modern than man himself. The hue and ery which goes up about “modernism” strikes the student of history as somewhat absurd. Such a phrase as “ultra modern.” | for instance, has no more real meaning than the combination, often seen. “very unique.” Unique means one, solitary: | if a thing is unique, it can be no more. “Modern” means now, and there can be no other now but now. If a thing o new that it must be described as ltra medern,” the very combination c-stroys meaning, for if it is on the market now it is modern, and that is all it can be Modernity is what every age knew, In its time. When the greatest Roman of them all set foot in his chariot, he was just as modern as the American who buys the very latest thing in motor carr. He thought he was. They think they aro in Anc fsn't “moderniiy” an idea, rather than a fact? What is 30 compeiling today will be ol:-fashioned tomorrow. Nothing shows this quite as well 2s women’s fashions Look at the old piotures of “bicycle girls” in their bloomers and funny hats. Notice that self-conscious smirk. Each last one of those girls thought of herself, at the time. as representing the very essence of “chic,” of up-to- dateness She was modern because she thcught she was That was all, and that is all. * oo “The great delusion of tobacco.” the wise Emerson once wrote, “is the believe ing_we do something when we do nothing.” Again he wrote. “The scatterbrain tobacco. Yet a man of no conversation should smoke." The sage meant these as criticisms, as no doubt they are. yet they may be | taken as pointing the way to that pres- ervation of leisure of spoken Fortunately. the ‘“believing we do something when we do nothing” is not confined to the smoker The spectator of the smoker is a victim of the same illusion! The smoker and his beholder, both | feel that he is doing something. which we have WASHINGTON OBSER The administration is putting its best foot forward in dealing with the Treas- | ury deficit. It has set up the budget | estimates on the most favorable basis possible in arriving at the totals of the apparent deficit this vear and next. ere is a_darker side to the financial picture. The two-billion-dollar figure set by the Treasury as the probable to- tal of the current deficit on June 30 next takes no account of the 125 million dollars appropriated as an_emergency contribution to the Federal Land Banks nor the 500 million dollars appropri- ated for the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. With these items added in and other emergency expenditures in prospect. the current defieit is apt to be nearer three billion doilars than two. The 1933 budget estimates exceed four billion dollars. Secretary Mills now estimates that the 1933 revenues with- out new taxes will fall short of ex- penditures by $1.750,000.000. 1f foreign debt payments scheduled for next year fail to materialize, that will increase th gap between income and outgo by a further three hundred million dollars. On that basis, as matters now stand, there is a total of about five bil- | lion dollars this year and next to be | absorbed ecither by bond issues or by | new tax receipts. | * ok x Acting Chairman Crisp of the House | Ways and Means Committee and his | stalwart Democratic lieutenant on this committee. the veteran Representative Rainey of Illinois, are in disagreement as to just where they are at with re- spect to the forthcoming tax bill, which the committee is now engaged in writ- ing. “We are in a wilderness” says Chairman Crisp, “and are trying to find a path out of it “It is no wilder- ness,” says Rainev. “because if it was, all we would need would be a com- pass; it is a labyrinth we are in, and lhrreil seems to be no way out of it at all.” oo Henry J. Allen, one-time Governor of | Kansas. and veteran newspaper ed:tor and publisher, continues to be of the highest “persona grata” with the Hoo- ver administration. He was Mr. Hoo- ver's first friend in Kansas in the pre- convention campaign in 1928. when the rest of the State was backing Charlie Curtis for the presidency. After the Kansas City convention he was in- vited by Mr. Hoover to be director of publicity for the Republican National Committee. After election, at the in stigation of his friend in the White House, he was invited by the Governor of Kansas to represent the State in the United States Senate. After the termination of a brief Senate career, he was invited by the State Dtl).rt-‘l ment to be its adviser in the St.| Lawrence waterways treaty negotiations with Canada, and has been busy at| that job for some time. Last week he was invited by Gen. Dawes, president of the Reconstruction Corporation, to | serve as his special assistant in charge of public relations. Gov. Allen now observes that “I have found there are plenty of good jobs around Washing- ton for men who are willing to work without salaries.” ERE Young “Jimmy” Roosevelt, who will be 25 years old next June and who is holding down a lucrative berth in & Boston insurance office and residing in Cambridge, Mass., is now out on the firing line for his distinguished father, and according to press reports is taking & leading part in launching & drive in the Smith stronghold of Massachusetts for pledged Roosevelt delegates. Jimmy is quoted as saying that in a pinch he is willing to run as a delegate at large himself, pledged to vote for dad. He is making speeches, holding conferences and announcing plans and is in the papers every day. All of which, ac- cording to local observers, may or may not be heipful to his father's cause, so far as Massachusetts is concerned. Most reports from the Bay State agree that since the Smith statement the Demo crats there have solidified rapidly be- neath the Smith banner. * ok ok Sol Bloom, director of the George ‘Washington Bicentennial Celebration, has just circularized the newspapers of the country to say that the commission is making a collection of all feature articles, supplements and souvenir edi- g:nl . with tne (mcmwnnm. asks for four copies of every news- isus containing such material Jzel ready to think. | in Virginia and know how fast they can F1 | . YAY, TRACEWELL. This_enables a man to hide behind A cigarct'e more effectively than the small boy did in school bchind a great geography book. As small ss it is. a cigarette is encuzh (o give # man & breathing spell, especizlly when he is doing bis best to ok ok ok Countless mcn believe they do & great deal of thinking under the in-| fluence of tobacco smoxe, but one may well question that impression, not to ! the detriment of tobacco, either. Tobacco sm-ke is the friendly haze which cnables one to give oihers tre soothing bellef that some profound mental work is going on. It i a ma:culine tradition, but it ic mostly bunk. The real help of the cigarette, pipe or cigar is the delusion 1" sets up in another's mind that the smoker is thinking. Men honestly believe it themselves, but the truth is nearer this. tkat it gives a breathing spell, during which the mental energies collect themselves for the final rush, It is this final rush which is the real thinking. ~The prelude is a precious mental blank, during which time the r0om of tke brain is swept clean of al! extraneous ideas. Thet s as far as the preliminary “thinking” goes, and it is quite far enough. One cigarette will do. ke ok Behind the heze of the modern (a-hem) cigarettc. wrapped in ultra- modern transparency, one comes to & little time of peace and quieiness amid the hurlyburly. The precious blokes around cne. each blissful ard imagining he i3 thi you are thinking, too Yeu know better, The thinking will come later. Con- scious effort is at a standstill. New | impressions can come onlv where old ones are absent. What the mind of man struggles for daily is a fresh slate, whereon ~ something new may be written, | The old thoughts are not enough Give us something new, O cigarette, and receive our blessings. Maybe a | different sort of habit would have been | quite as good. but life evolved this one. | Out of the new world, out of the cld | world, from Indiens, from English- | men, came the weed, as it was once called Today it is a social habit. * % | king, think Conversation is a social habit Emerson said, “A n tion should smok true thing. as he one recognizes his When an of no conversa- | he said a very most often did, if | special standpoint. | It is one of the good points of to- bacco that it inhibits conversation. | Most people talk entirely too much, & fact which has been known for a long | time. If cne happens to be in no mood | for conversation. a cigarette will Al | the bill. One human being can stand to sit by another without talking, if | one or the other is smoking. but let | both of them have their mouths free— they feel embarrassed and ill at ease unless they say something. | A man of some conversation, too, may smoke, since it enables him to stop thinking for a time, and to seize, | out of the precious moments forever | disappearing, a few in which to do | nothing. One has to be a brave and determined man, sometimes, to do nothing, but a good smoke will help. ‘ i | | VATIONS ! to have them bound and deposited in the Library of Congress for permanent use of students of history.” Of such stuff is history made. | o oxox ; A current press release from the| Interior Departmexnt recites that F. E. | Lurton, superintemdent of schools of Frazee, Minn, :gintained a minute record of his activities and ascertained that in the couras of a vear he per-| formed “more than 17.000 duties.” Mr Lurton’s tally sheet showed that he received 3.275 letters and 2366 pieces of other mail; that he wrote 1.717 let- | ters, audited 102 bills, received 457 phone calls and himself made 90 phone calls and “handled” 68 long-distance | calls and calied to the telephone a total of 179 pupils. He held 193 “office con- | ferences” with teachers. 279 confer- ences with students, 51 conferences with parents. received 147 calls from | salesmen, carried 105 messages to stu- dents, received 417 applications from teachers, held 24 teachers’ meetings. | attended 24 board meetin made 48 annual reports and checked 6,830 report | cards, received 157 packages, and so on and so0 forth ad infinitum. In between times, according to the press release, Supt. Lurton ‘“read educational maga- d books t0 keep abreest of the * ok ok X ‘The Democratic Convention at Chi- cago “will_witness a spirited contest and will effect its nominations within 25 ballots.” according to Chairman Jouett Shouse. The 25-ballot limit set by Mr. Shouse will strike most ob- servers as a safe and conservative esti- mate, but will not enthuse the Roose- veltians. (Copsright. 1932) SR Fox Den Near Memorial Brings Thoughts of Rome To the Editor of The Star: In the local press I notice that a fox’s den has been discovered near the Lincoln Memorizl in this city and that Reynard is not to be disturbed. When I read this news some lines by Edmund Clarence Stedman came into my mind: “O Liberty, white goddess, is it well To leave the gates unguarded?” ‘And where the palace of the Caesars stood, The gaunt wolf, unmolseted, Made his lair!” Now I wonder if history is repeating itself here? There is no doubt what- ever that the fox was a aunt” fellow. because he immediately took into his home the food that Commissioner Meyer and his son left nearby for him. While the published item says that the fox is living in a den, he has, in reality, “made his lair,” for a den is nothing but a lair. Then, worst of all, he is to g0 “unmolested”—and the fox is first cousin to the wolf! So the simile between modern Wash- ington and ancient Rome, as Stedman described it, is almost complete. Of course, “one swallow does not make a Summer,” but what makes me indig- nant is the fact that this advance guard of “the gaunt wolves” that will in the far distant future “make their lairs” where our palaces now stand should have dared to make this initial lair near the Lincoln Memorial, one of the two most sacred shrines within our gates! ‘The news item says that evidently this fox “wandered from his old home™ in Rock Creek Park. I don't believe one word of that. That fox came right over the Arlington Memorial Bridge from “Ole Virginny” because the “gates (approaches) were left unguarded” on the bridge at night, as the lights are not yet installed. I have hunted foxes; run, and a hungry Virginia fox could negotiate that bridge on a dark night in less than two minutes! Another sure sign that that was a Virginia fox is the fact that it was a hungry fox. Most Virginia foxes are hungry, while the foxes in Rock Creek Park are sleek and well fed. CHARLES F. . TANSILL. Plenty of Others Left. From the Toledo Blade. This 's presidential campaign will in the % fo the of lssues P Dartias s Bt > Sliotia SBRUVARY (saved. ](l the candidates. [the passage of | not take it seriously 29 1932, The Political Mill By G. Gould Lincoln. “Nobody can dictate to the Demo- cratic group in Congress,” says Speaker John Garner of the House in a state- ment issued today through the press bureau of the Democratic National Committee. Mr. Garner himself comes nearer to telling the Democratic House what to do than any other Democrat has been able to do for years. And what he has told the D2mocrats up to the present t:me has been both sensible and constructive. Indeed, the manner in which the House has conducted itself | ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. Thousands of Government experts are working constantly for the benefit of all citizens of the United States. ‘They will work directly for you if you will use our Washington Bureau. This newspaper employs Mr. Haskin to act 25 an agent for its readers. He will take your matter to the proper author- ity. State your inquiry briefly, write clearly and, enclosing two-cent stamp for a personal letter in reply, address The Star Information Bureau. Fred- cric_J. Haskin, Director, Washington, | under the Garner leadership, for that | G is what it amounts to, has won praiie in many places and from many per- sons. After an outburst of political talk following the opening of the ses- sion, the Democrats sottled down and put legislation through that has been needed. But now there seems {o be an inclination to get back to politics. ‘The Democrats are irritated because Republican speekers claim credit for the rellef legislation which has passed or is on its way through the Congress. So they have started telling the world just what they think about the Presi- dent and the Republican partv all over again. If they would take it for grant- ed that the world nows what th: th'nk of the Repubiicans and the ' President, there would be a lot of time LRI As long ss the Democrats do not permit their irritability to get the bet- ter of their common sense and do not undertake to sidetrack legislation be- cause It is recommended by the Re- publican_President, although it is nec- essarv legislation. the country will probably pay little attention to the Democratic clamors. But if they, tha Democrats, begin throwing menkey wrenches into the machinery just be- cause the Republicars are seeking to direct the operation, they are likely to loose caste with the country. The job of the Democrats is to travel along on an even keel. Berring stupid mistakes in Congress by the Democratic leader- ship and cut-throat competition among the Democrats seeking the president!al nemination, the Demo ts stend a good chance to win the national elec- tion. | Speeker G presidential upg.ade. His own f for him, not to me many Demo- crats who care more f°r cefrating Gov Frenklin D. Reosevelt than they do for | Mr. Garner. So far the Sneaker has aid nothing about his candidacy. He is letting nature take it sooner or later he will ha out into the cpen along with There is a big Gar- ner meeting of Demoerats in Tex s to- day. Furthermore, there are a lot of Democrats, both drys snd wets, who | wart to know just where the Speaker | of the House stands on national prohi- biticn. He voted against the resolu- tion proposing the eighteenth amend- ment when it was before the House some 15 vesrs 2go. At that time it was suppesed his oppesiticn to the pro- | hibition amerdment was because he | believed prohibiton was a State affair ' and shculd be 1 wanted to adept it left to the S'ates if thev | Later he voted for | the Volstead act and other dry enforcement legiclation. Now: | the drys want to know whet Mr. ! Jarner is for the ccntinun tional prohibition or aga: tinuance, the wets anxious to know where he stands. The Speaker alreicy is receiving communi- | cetions frem drys asking fust how he stencs. He has plenty of courage and | d-ubtiess wil tell them. The Demo- crats, it has been conceded generall will not this vear nominate a dry candi- date for Pres Or if they do. they are lik-ly to have a hard time electing him. It would be cifficuit. for example. 1o get Democrats of Mo s chuse York, New Jersev, I other States to go along unit>dl", with a dry Demo-:ati~ presidential nominee, unless they went a'cng against him. = s o e Some of Mr. Garner's friends in Texas have been disiutbed because he ha- refralned from saying anrthing about his presidrntial candidacy. They are afraid that the pecple back home wiil Indeed. they are reporting that the supporters of Roos velt in Texas and of “Alfalia 2 Murray are urging the people to send | not a Garner delegation to the na-' tional convention, but a delegatior which will support a man who is real'y a candidate. Senator Tom Connally o Texas, who joined with Senator Mo Sheppard, his colleague, in a state- men® asserting that Texas Democrats would send a delegaiion to the con- vention instructed for Garner, has sent a telegram to Jesse M. Brown of Fort ‘Worth, Tex., seeking to explain the situation. He said in the telegram “While John Garner is not a candi- date in the common acceptation of that term. but is busy with his duties as Speaker, no American citizen is in- sensible to the efforts of his friends in advancing his cause toward the presi- dency of the United States. “On my own responsibility, I feel warranted in assuring you that the spontaneous efforts of his friends will not be unwelcome to those of us who are advancing his cause.” xoxox % ‘There are other candidates for the Democratic nomination who are becom- ing more and more active. For exam- ple. Gov. Albert C. Ritchie of Mary- land is speaking in all parts of the country. Some of his most recent! speaking engagements have besn in Kentucky and in Detroit, Mich. Ritchie is by no means out of the picture. If there is a real contest for the nomina- tion fn the convention and a deadlock ensues the Maryland Governor will have a real chance. The Ritchie peo- ple have been at work on the situation in many parts of the country for eight years. Many of them believe that this is to be Ritchie's year. They insist that if he could be nominated he could be elected without difficulty. * k% % “Alfalfa Bill” Murray is out after the nomination hot foot. Not only has he challenged Gov. Roosevelt's claim to the North Dakota delegation, but he is go- ing into Georgia, which generally has been conceded to Roosevelt for a long time. The Murray campaigners insist that in the present hard times the Governor of Oklahoma will make more of an appeal to the rank and file of the voters than will Roosevelt, a New Yorker and held by many to be a mem- ber of the “upper crust,” a silk stock- ing. A few weeks is likely to show just how much stock the people really take ! in a candidacy such as that of “Alfalfa Bill” Murray submitted his Demo- cratic platform to the Democratic State Convention in Oklahoma City on Saturday. His platform contains about 3,500 words. It declares that the para- mount issues in the country today are unemployment, old-age pensions and the economic betterment of the great middle class. He is against having any banker on the Federal Reserve Board, but prefers men engaged in manufac- ture, transportation, production and marketing. He favors basing bank notes or currency on products or articles of value. “We hold,” he says, “that since Congress, under the Constitution, is au- thorized to coin money, that it is the duty of the Government to coin both gold and silver in sufficient quantit meet the regular or normal demands of commerce and business.” In his pla'- form Gov. Murray proposes to tax high-paid executives of business con- cerns to the limit to discourage high saleries, on the ground they are unfair | to the stockholders, and he urges that the Government pay to the veterans of the World War the soldiers’ bonus as speedily as possible. * Kk K X From now until election day there will be polls and more polls on all kinds of questions and candidacies. Out in Iowa the Des Moines Register has been conducting a State-wide poll on prohi- bition and on presidential candidates. ‘The poll has shown the wets to be far A e Wy for the Democratic nomina- are cqual Q. How old is the sport of ski-jump- ing>—E. J. B A. Ski-‘umping became a competitive sport in Norway In 1860, and spread to other snowbound districts soon after that. Q. Did Floyd Gibbons lose his right | eye or left eye in the World War?—T. T. A. He lost his left eye. Q. How long will the George Wash- ington quarters be coined?—L. M. A. Indefinitely. This is not a com- memorative coin. It is a change in the design of the quarter in r cir- culation and will be issued through the banks. Q. Can Roman meal be used instead of flour in cooking for a family?—P. N. A. It lends itself to this use perfectly. Substitute one-third to one-half Roman meal for that amount of flour. —— | Q. What are proprietary medicines?— AL A. They belong to a class of medical preparations which are put up in uni- form packages and offered for sale under a distinctive trademarked name. Many of these remedies are widely used and are frequently prescribed by phy- sicians and are aliy combinations of well-known drug: Q What was the name of Vice Presi- dent Curtis' wife? Has he any chil- dien?—A. W. C A. Charles Curtis married Annie M. Baird. There are three children—Mrs. Prrmelia George. Henry K. Curtis and M:s. Leona Knight. Mrs, Curtis is dead. Q. How through i cerns?- D. A. Worthless investment fi epproximately $500.000,000 year h money is lost in a year ments in fraudulent con- take Q What is the meaning of a monu- ment in Fairfax County. Va. whica bears inscription, Kearny's Stump? —R. W. S. A. Wien Gen. Kearnv was wounded in fighting on the Ballard farm in Vir- ginia. during the Civil War. he was carried to a large stump of black oak which was four feet across. Hcre he died in a short time. The stump therefore. was alwavs known as the Kearny stump. After it decaved and crumbled, a stone marker replaced it How many eclpses will there be in 1932>—H. T. H. A. Trere will be four—two of the sun and two of the moon. The sun's eclipse will occur on March and August 31 The moon's eciipre wiil occur on March 22 and September 14 Q. What can be done to remove the odor from woolen blankets>—D. D. A The National Association of and Cleaners says that the teristic odor from woolen blan- kets Is due to dressing ofls which have | turned slightly rancid and which can be removed by a proper dry-cieaning process. Q. Should enough vacancies occur in the membership of the House of Representatives to give the Republicans a majority. would the House be reorganized’—M. F. A Before the session began it was agreed that the party organizing the House uid continue in control dur- ng the session regardless of changes in voling strengih. : For Place on The public appears to be unanimous in its approvel of the selection of Ben- jamin N. Cardozo, chief justice of the New York Court of Appeals, as succes- sor to Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes the Supreme Court of the United iates. Although he will be the third member of the Court from New York. his great ability as an interpreter of the law is considered «ufficient to jus- tify his selection regar.less of this fact. He is accepted as a liberal. and credit is given to President Hoover for cross- ing party boundaries in his search for the jurist most likely to meet the needs of the Nation. “Judge Cardozo is generally recog- nized as one of the outstanding judicial figures of the day, one who is respected for his character. his logical processes and his thorough scholarshi the Buffalo Evening News, obse: that he “should have many years of usefulness before him." Stating that “every opportunity for unlimited per- sonal fortune was open to him had he chosen to remain at the bar.” the Gharlotte Observer declares that rejected it all in favor of th rewards he received from serv! bench,” and that “in his mind the law ing force, growing. delevoping, clearing new tracks through the confusing maze of changing condi- tions, to reach the goal of justice.” “The selection is approved,” accord- ing to the New York Sun, “wierever masterly interpretation of the law 1s appreciated.” That paper also says: *“Those who have watched the career of Judge Cardozo are inclined to remem- ber Disraeli's definition of justice— ‘Truth in action.’” The Sun comments: “We know of no case where an As- sociate Justice entered the Supreme Court with greater fitness. in this country has there been a pre- siding judge so noted for expressing the opinion of an urdivided ccurt pressing it so clearly as to make his writings treasured by those who like to view the law as a clear and moving stream.” * ok ox o “A splendid appointment” is lauded by the Rochester Times-Union, cbserv- ing that “Mr. Hoover replaces a great Judge and eminent liberal with another distinguished jurist reputed to be also a liberal.” asserts: “Once in a while in this im- perfect world a perfect thing happens. The a) tment by President Hoover of Judge Cardozo to the Holmes' va- cancy on the Supreme bench will be generally regarded, we believe. as one of those best possible events.” The Mor- gantown Dominion News remarks: “If we are to acknowledge that Mr. Jus- tice Holmes is without a peer as = Jjurist, we may also believe that no one comes closer to the high plane which he nglcuplu alone than does Mr, Car- dozo. Voicing the demand for “judges who glve to fresh thought and who are themselves capable of original thought,” the Baltimore Sun observes: “The pointment of Judge Cardozo adds other such man to the bench and as- sures the continuance of the mental and moral force that Justice Holmes gave in generous measure s0 many years. With Chief Justice Hughes, who turned out to be a literak in the sense outlines with Justice Roberts, who is the reward of the stubbsrn fight egainst the political appointmant of Judge Parker, and with the old Roman, tion, and has shown more votes cast against the re-election of Senator Brookhart than for him. Figure it out anyway you like. If Jowa has become wet territory, the drys are surely on the tol n, and probably so is Senator Br¢ art. :’nyvny. the Democrats HM nominate a wet to run in the senatorial Nowhere | d ex- | The Dayton Daily News Q. What is the origin of the bugle call Retreat?—C. §. A. It is of very ancient origin and i one of the few calls known to have been used by the Crusaders. Q. What makes railway from side to side when rapidly?—A. J. A The Bureau of Stancards savs that unevenness of the track and poor condition of the running gear cause the rocking of cars from side to side cars rock running Q. What is the floor area of the Empire State Building and the new Department of Commerce Buiiding’— JH C. A The Commerce Building covers much more ground, but the Empire State Building has about twice as much floor space. Q. What proportion of the total number of babies born are triplets? —W. F. J A. In a recent year. out of 2,208,784 live births there were 285 cases of triple births. Q. What is the kind of lacquer ware czlled which seems to have a sprinkling of goid in the finish?—S. N A. Aventurn lacquer is the lacquer whose characteristic i5 a sprinkling of gold pariicles either uniform in char- acter or in cloudings. Q. how Is the water impounded by | the Hoover Dam to be aistributed in the Imper.al Irrigaticn District in Cali- fornia>—N. L A. The All-American Canal is to be constructed at a cost of $34,000,000. It is predicted that it will be the most spectacilar artific waterway e built. The lend to be benefited by il will return the complete cost to the Government. How many of the American soldiers who died overseas in the World War are bured in Arlington Naticnal Cemetery? 2 A. Approximately 5600 World War dead were returned to Arlington for burial. Q. What was the of Post and Gaity the world and_e<s cid they fiy—T. R A. The actual flying time o Gativ was 4 days 10 hou 2 end it is estimated that they t 15,474 miles. Q. What kind of government has Hung —C. G A since theory the r have repuciated neve republic in 1918 at Austral-Hungarian elected to remain a k since had a Regent von Horthy, as sion in midal Q Is Mrs “School for Rivals?"—M. S A. She is a_characte comedy. “The Rivals.” § her blunder name being mal & propos. Q. What degree of sprinkler heads in buil A. The sprinkier heads at the present time fo systems are of two t head and a solder t :ange from low throi to kigh temperature releas~ being between 135 and 360 degress Fahrenheit. ca e Europe Malaprop & char Scandal” or s Candens Callud Ideal Chioice Supreme Court Justice Brandeis. the new Justice Care dezo will g he Naton i men cn the supply an in A numerical m lightened ju “Law. to I istns Item. less im- n the equiiies in causes " The Philadciphia Eve- tin adds that “Judge Car- known the c-untry over as a man who combines with a great knowl edge of the law a broad-minded co ception of the role that it and its in- terpreters. the courts, must play in the development f the social system.” The Bulletin also says: “Justice Holmes left a place hard to fill. but those who most_regretted his leaving will be dis- posed to admit he has a worthy suc- cessor.” The Co'umbus Ohio = State Journel sees “one of the m-st popu- lar appointments of President Hoover's administration.” and as to the ap- pointer it avers: “Cardozo is being publicized as a second Holmes. al- though it is seldom that ore genera- tion is so fortunate as to see two men of that greatness in same posi- tion™ The Schenec g lieves that “as time recognized that in na dozo the President has made one of the very best appointments of his term,” and feels sure that “the Su- preme Court and the country will bene- fit from the accession of Justice Car- dozo.” fr. Hoover has scored magnificent- v." according to the Birmingha Herald. which pays the tribute New York jurist towers as one of the truly great figures in the legal life of the country. His literary gift is espe- cially fitting in a man who will take Justice Holmes' place. * * * Justice Cardozo's superb standing as a jurist and as & man is recognized. Libcrals will join conservatives in doing honor to a mind and nality so brilliant |and satis! I Indianapolis | News states: “In naming a Democrat the President blished a political balance, as nearly as possible. w.th five Republicans and four Demccrats. In naming a man of liberal tendencies, he supplied the attitude which Justice Holmes o finely maintained for 30 vears. In overcoming the objection to | three New Yorkers on the bench, the | President undoubtedly was strongly moved by the unusual merit of the Cardozo suggestion.” “It is & rare tribute to Judge Car- dozo’s competence, record and integ- rity.” states the Boston ‘Transcript, “that the geographical nandicap which would have barred a less able jurist has not been permitted to operate. * '+ o Certainly there will be no more scholarly member of the court than Justice Cardozo.” v Big Chief’s Cryptogram. ‘From the Nashville Banner Former Gov. Al Smith's long-awaited | statement reminds us of the historic cccasion cn which an Indian chief was asked a question of some moment and, after profund deliberation, replied, “Maybe 5o not.” | | | ———— The Real Loscr. From the Duluth Herald. Carrying a rabbit's foot for good luck means nothing mcre than that the rabbit had bad luck. e Complimentary But Innocent. From the Davton Daily News. ‘That Britain author who said Ameri- can women n:uw beautiful that they can wear any old thing evidently never married one of them. k