Evening Star Newspaper, June 9, 1932, Page 8

- A8 THE EVENING STAR With Sunday HcrAnh!' _FAIM WASHINGTON, D. C. THURSDAY... ..June 9, 1932 THEODORE W. NOYES. ...Editor ‘The Evening Star Newspaper Company ness Office: E: . ce: Lake Michigan Butlding. cago O: $orian Ommce. 34 Regent .. London, Engianc Rate by Carrier Within the City. Evening St .45¢ per 1aonth v ar R vhen 4 Sund *60c per montn i e i TRollection, made st tie end 6f exch month ar. 4 a_Sunday 8t ays) . 8t Collection me Orders may be sent in by mail or telephone NAtional 5000 Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. Daily and Sunda 1yr., $10.00: 1 m¢ Sc A 1yr., $6.00: 1 ma 0c All Other States and Canada. Dally and Sunday...1yr. $12.00: 1 mo.. §1.00 1 Daily only 8.00: 1 mo.. 79 Bunday cnly $5.00 1 mo.l 5. $tember of the * Tre Associated Pro . 10 the ase for republi-a.iox atches credited (0 1t or not otherwise cred- ted in this paper and also fhe iocal news publisned herein. - All rizhts of publication of herein are also reserved e The District Appropriation Bill. As the Senate Appropriations Com- mittee points out in its report on the District apprcpriations bill. the rec- ommended Federal contribution of $8,- 550,000 *“dces not refloet an equi- table settlement” of the fiscal relations uestion, but carries out policy. dictated by need for drastic Ped- eral retrenchment in all rxp(‘ndli\lrfl,‘ of cutting Federal b 10 per cent The amount recommended by the Senate committee for this year alone is not to be regarded. therefore, even in the light of a compromise figure. It does not represent the equitable contribution expenditures by the Federal Government in this or| any other year. It is an amount ar- fived at by an arbitrary process of re- duction adopted by the Senate in the name of economy and in the apparent belief that it is the only practica] expedi- et that can be made to work. And while it corrects in a degree the obvious inequitics and the practical defects of the drastic reduction in the lump sum proposed by the House, which would cripple the municipal government and threaten the local community with ex- tortionate taxation, it is to be regarded only as a temporary expecient on Appropriations recommended a Federal lump sum for this year of $10,183,391—this amount being based on the Bureau of Efficiency’s estimate of the Federal Government's obliga- tion as a mythical taxpayer, plus ob- | ligations arising from other considera. tions of the unusual character of the| Federal City. That figure would more nearly resent the eguitable Federal obliga —under the lump sum prin- ciple — although the formula upon which it is based does not adequately cover the ma ors that would go into its al d hination. The cut f 3,291 under this amount, ordered committee, is partial indi- | cation of the extent to which the harsh dictates of Federal economy have been applied to the District bill. By its increase over the House figure the Senate committee has been able to accomplish two things. The Ilocal budget, unbalanced by a falling off of local revenues and from shes made by the | Xi- ially important items, elimi- nated by the House. haie been restored, and a disruption or paralysis of mu- nicipal work prevented Elsewhere in The St teday those restored items are de- scribed. It with satisf: on that the local community notes among them the item of $600,000 “payzble fiom the revenues of the District of Columbis for the relief of residents of thi mpio; d columns is ) acherwise in > exsing emaiz be by tae B d of Public Welfare * * * by lhan. emplcyment or dizect rclicf, under rules and regula- ticns {9 be prescribsd by the Board of irne Fer that fund afforcs ry guarzntee against what easily might become a disesirous siua- tion with which the people of Wash- ingten would be powerless to deal ooon—s ion proceeds in an effort to n B 25 as one who does bad decds and does not blush to find them fame. v as e —— Herriot Takes the Helm. Edcuard Herriot has resumed the French premiership at a far graver hour than when he occupied it eight years ego. Europe in 1924, with the Brianc-Stresemann policies crystal'izis into promise, seemed headed for a period of political tranquillity and improved economic conditions. Today unrest and uncertainty are manifest in every direc- tion. International animosities go hand in hand with financial chaos, which in | Central and Eastern Europe has reached the stage of national bankruptey for soveral nation has a ance in the rise of Hitlerism and the recrudescence of militarist-monarchist sentiment in Ger- many. To take the helm in Paris at such a moment is a responsibility de- signed to test the mettle of a Metter- nich. a Bismarck and a Disracli rolled into one. On the eve of the Lausanne Cen- ference, M. Herriot signalizes his re- turn to power by winning a heavy vote of confidence in the French Chamber for its reparations and dis- armament program. It is the program on which the victorious Radical-So- cialist cozlition asked the French elcc- torate to intrust it with office. The Herriot government. in accordance with its campaign pledges, deciares it will k peace. economic and finanzial sta- bility and the reduction of srmament expenditures within the limits of se- curity. These are, of course, broad gen- eralitics, yet in asking the Chamber this week to sustain him in beating words into deeds. M. Herriot presented the aspect of a statesman who means business. He specifically committed himself to pursuing the policies and aims of Aristide Briand. Geneva, whither he is shortly proceed- ing to lend a more conciliatory hand toward disarmament {lian Andre Tar- dieu put forwa-d. cr rt L: ne later in tho r 5 it will eubmit Lo " 2 5¢ e | the Senate’s | Dis- | Either at| ! matum. How far he will be prepared to make concessions will naturally be determined by circumstances. The important and the hopeful thing is that the new leader of France reveals himself uhmistakably as liberal, pro- gressive and open-minded. ‘Two passages from M. Herriot's state- ~ | ment to the Chamber are revealing: arding reparations, France can- nummxt those rights to be contested which are the outcome not only of treaties, but of contractual agreements protected by the honor of the signa- tories. If the world is withdrawn from the sovereignty of law, it must sooner or later fall under the empire of force. In affirming that principle the gov- ernment of the republic is conscious of defending no egotistical privileges, but universal intercsts. For the rest, it is ready to discuss any pfoject, to take any initiative which will produce the compensation of greater world stability or loyal reconcillations in peace. M. Herriot defined his armament pol- icy in terms no less precise: In accord with the covenant of the League of Nations, the fundamental chart for the future, and in the spirit of the pact of Paris, we shall seek se- curity. not for ourselves alonc, but for all nations, all of which, small or great, have equal claims in our cyes. Within this general framework the government will favor all solutions, €ven those which are partial, which, without compromising national security, = | will permit the lightening of military charges and represent a step toward progressive, simultaneous and controlled disarmament. At once, so as to associ- ate itself with this effort, the govern- {ment will put in force all possible econ- omies which can be undertaken with- out imprudence. e #Roosevelt and the Walker Case. Samuel Seabury, counsel for the | Legislative Committee investigating af- fairs in Greater New York, has filed with Gov. Roosevelt the evidence | taken by that committee in respect to the conduct of Mayor Walker, with fifteen virtual, though not formal, charges of malfeasance and non- "(oa.\anre He specifically states that he acts in his individual capacity as a citizen and not as a representative of or as counsel to the committee | He places the record *before the Gov- crnor, as he did in the case of Sheriff Farley, for the information of the State executive for such action as he| may deem just and proper | premises. This presentation of the case is at the implied invitation of the Gov ernor, who recently in a statement challenged the counsel of the com- | miitee 1o “stop talking and do some- |'thing” In his letter to the Governor | Judge Seabury recites in brief the j substance of the testimony, which in- | dicates, as he ecxpresses it, that mayor has “conducted himself in a | manner so far unbecoming the high i‘..mcp which he holds as to render | himself unfit to eontinue in the office | of mayor.” In the orderly procedure in this case | the Governor will probably first ac- in the | quaint himself with the nature of the ! { testimony. He may ghen, without fur- ther hearing, decide that there is no evidence of improper conduct on the part of the mayor and dismiss the case. Or, as is more likely, he may cite the mayor to present his defense !and then require the accuser to appear |2t a hearing to justify his charges { with opportunity for the mayor to re- i fute his arguments. Public interest outside of New York as well as within the State centers upon | the effect that the disposal of this case | may have upon the Governor's political | fortunes. He is the outstanding candi- | date for the Democratic nomination for | President. The convention of the party { will be held in Chicago June 2 weeks from next Monday. In ordinary circumstances there would be no haste in reaching a decision. The question of moment now is whether the Governor will rush the proceedings. To do so would be an acknowledgment th: | consideration of the case | with his candidacy. To allow the mat- | ter to take the usual course, with ade- Guate time allowed for a full perusal of | the testimony and a proper period | granted to the accused mayor for reply land for a chancé to meet his accuser | at the final hearing, would postpone ac- tion until after the convention has ad- | journed. If Gov. Rocsevell is nomi- ! nated at Chicago and this case remains { for action afterward it will figure in |the national campaign. There is no | escaping a political effect unless the | Chicago convention chooses another | candidate than Franklin D. Roosevelt. \ So widely exploited is the Walker case as a matter of national interest that it is inescapably connected with | the Roosevelt cand | nation and for election in the event of | nomination. Dismissal of the mayor is | certain to create an intense hostility to the Governor on the part of the domi- { nant political party in New York City, possibly to the end of costing him the | electoral votes of his own State in No- | vember. On the other hand, such action | would perhaps win him support else- | where, Just a$ failure to dismiss the {m wor would cost the Governor votes | in the country at large, without surely | balancing this loss in New York itself 1t is, indeed, a Pandora’s box that has been placed upon the desk of the Gover- nor of New York. p— | Congressmen are frankly puzzled about | what to do concerning the bonus situ- | ation. The topic is extraordinary, but | the state of mind is not unusual. { — [ The Timbre of Time. | The years are like harp strings { drawn taut across the face of a planet | as a sounding board. : Upon them the winds of light are playing a wild, strange melody. whose fundamentals are Winter and Summer Springtime and harvest. But these tones of the harp of time have an infinitely complex timbre. Hidden un- | der the major vibrations are a vast !intricacy of secondary pulsations which | give to the song of nature its un- earthly, mystical quality. There are the inexplicable, intangible rhythms underlying the majestic march of Win- ter’s white blizzards and June's flood- tide of rose petals. finitely more complex minor vibrations and love and death, of jesting and | prayer. This strange song of life has re- mained through the ages incompre- hensible to the mind of man, itself & part of the rhythm. It has transcended |man. He has been able, at the best, to catch stray fragments of the melody in the noblest flights of the inspiration of the poct, the musician, the mathe- matician, the metaphysician. He has heard the fundamentals. The secondary vibrations have escaped him. But one wonders if Dr. C G. the | two | t his' is coupied | —for the nomi- | Tnere are the in-j of the emotions of mankind, of birth! THE s — | Abbot, secretary of the Smithsonian In- stitution, in a modest way, has not opened the path to a clearer under- standing by inventing a machine which, far better and more accurately than the mind itself, can analyze these vi- brations of time and detect the hidden secondaries under the fundamentals which are responsible for the mystical timbre, It may well constitute the corner stone of new science. With the aid of this machine Dr. Abbot has succeeded in drawing out of the complex of climate, all in the course of a few months, numerous hidden frequencies, minor wave-motions within the major wave motion of the seasons. But there may be. just such in- | tangible minor vibrations within the major vibrations of all the phenomena of nature. The progression of birth and death follows some similar pattern. Depres- sion and elation, there is reason to be- lieve, are regularly alternating phases of the same pattern. It runs through history with the cresis of peace and the deep troughs of war. It runs through | the mind of the ages with such alter- { nating periods as the intense and fruit- | ful activities of the Elizavethan era giving way to the dull sterility of the | Restoration. | { Can the periodometer, perhaps great- {ly improved, split into their constitu- | ent parts the strange timbres of these tones which make up the weird song of time? Men may be approaching a far clearer understanding of them than ever has been possible during the long ages of the race. This may be a long step forward toward a knowledge of those hidden natural laws which con- | trol mankind but of which it has, at the best, only a vague consciousness. - r—ee Radio needs no advertising of itself and asa matter of public news service is en- | titled to the announcement that now is the time to buy new tubes and have the general mechanism overhauled. Con- vention time approaches and the vast 2udience may look for programs more interesting even than concerts and repartee. | A peculiar phase of solicitude may arise in conventions because so many visitors to this city are now writing long | and earnestly to family and friends in- | stead cf sending post cards and souve- ! nirs. o e Familiagty of address is usually a | sign of popular approval. There is | something slightly ominous in the grow- | ing tendency to refer to the Mayor of New York as “Mister” instead of| Jimmy."” oo Decision of Senator Borah to remain |away from the convention may be due to | la courteous disinclinatlon to dash cold | water on any wet program that may be regarded as advantageous. v | 1If Mr. Rockefeller can persuade both | nation: s to combine against th2 | eighteer amendment he will effect one of the most remarkable mergers yet | recorded by history. 2 oot Political scientists have decided to have the old oaken bucket's contents {ahalyzed to make sure there are no un- | desirable economic germs. e SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Too Fasily Dismissed. When promises that were so gay Meet with reverses sad We smile too carelessly and say That it was *just too bad!” But hearts are ever beating strong With purpose far from slight, Never forgetful of the wrong Until it is made right. The memories bring us deep dismay Of sorrows we have had, Yet who shall find no more to say Than it was “just too bad!" Overshadowing. “Have you studied the | amendment?” “Certainly,” answered ghum. “I am like m of us. I have | studied that particular paragraph so | much that I have almost forgotten | about the remainder of the magnificent | document.” eighteenth Jud Tunkins says the bonus march- | ers who, come along into this Bicehten- nizl don't leok as if they were dressed for a holiday—but neither did George Washington's army. New Entries. | With beer demands still growing bold, | Daik horses may be able : To turn that brewery so old Into a racing stable. Business Bab; “Is little Willie sulking? “Not exa-tly. He's on strike. His par- | ents regard him as a prodigy and he won't say anything for fear it might be clever. You see his parents recently sold one of his bright sayings to a | magazine for a dollar and neglected to | divide up with him.” Dozs it matter greatly what kind of moncy we have,” asked Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown, “if we can make or grow what we need and depend but little on traffic?” | | Economy. We may have to dofl clothes that look funny And stay home from tie pugilist row. i But the future is sunny. We'll save up our meney And balance the budget, somehow! “A tricky man,” said “goes on tryin' to be | smarter till finally he fools R T Can but Doesn’ From the Florence (Ala.) Herald | A scientist says a mosquito can fly 14 smarter an' even hisse’f. | do vt Counter Irritant. | Prom the Schenectady Gazette ! It would be more endurable if some eloquent genius could make us think it a depression to end depressions, e ]:liglll Have Been. From the Hamilton (Ohio) Evening Journal. Had that Hawaiian hailstorm come several years sooner it might have checked the ukulele scourge before it got out of control. e After the Operation. I From the Inciznapolis News. Veu can't tell any more what a tax bill ‘coks like until the bandages are removeds | not Senator Sor- | Uncle Eben, ! hours without alighting. But it seldom | GTON, ! BY CHARLES E. One of the best ways to pose as & Rose Expert is to pretend that you do think Red Radiance much of a flower. Admit that it is “very nice,” but in- sinuate that it is far surpassed by some rare bushes you 3 Talk about its rable short tems,” and declars, ¥ith a knowing air, that it “bullnoses” in wet weather. ‘Then go into any garden in which this old reliable is well grown, and ad- mit to yourself that for all-around gar- den satisfaction there is no rose bush to_touch it! There can be little doubt that M’ Radiance far surpasses its older sister, Radiance. Both in habit of bush and beauty of flower, the red variety is superior. It is, above all, the amateur garden- er's stand-by; he should never’ feel downcast for a second when someone attempts to “damn it with faint praise.” ‘There are many approaches to rose growing. Not every one can take the same path, nor is it necessary or desirable he should. ‘Walt Whitman said of himself, “I am large. I contain multitudes.” The rose world may more truthfully it something for every home owner. It is a curious trait, found in many in it 3 The question remains: (DId they ever nave any % Thus some profess to see nothing lovely in the old favorite gladiolus, Mrs. Frank Pendleton. Immediately they being to sing the praises of some variety which is new to the market, and whose bulb costs $2. In a few years, if the new variety of Mrs. Pendleton. its corm will be selling for 10 cents. too, and these floral snobs will be off on a new trail of something so new that it is neces- sarily expensive. given, perhaps, of the false hold which the acquisition of money has on the American mind than this worship of the thoroughly new and thoroughly ex- pensive, to the detriment of good old things whose only fault is that they are now known and beloved by millions. In the rose world the victim of this sort of thing is at his—or her—worst. Every gardener knows some one per- son. at least, who makes a vast pre- terse ot keeping up with the new roses Any one may secure a catalogue of ros>s and shortly become an “expert” on the latest things in the field. Wheth- er the ncw plants will be as good as the old ones, in the long run of actual experience, not even their originators would dare to say. They hope they will. ‘The ture’'s kind help, to give the flower-lo ing world a new tint, or a new combi- ration of tones, or a real old-time fr: grance in a bud which formerly knew net They attempt to make climbers, which normally bloom but once, break forth into blossom at several times dur- ing the growing season. They search the world for new bushes, in the hope that in the end they may equal, if possible, the popu- larity of Red Radiance! 2oes right ahead planting this fine bush for the e of its flowers, its shapely bush, and its sturdy. healthy growth. He plants it, above a! satistaction And grower, of course, we mean j the average home owner, that person wno is by no means interested in his plants to the exclusion of the other af- fairs of life, nor in raising roses to the det-iment of other types of flowers. He has neither the time, the patience nor the desire to devote his entire L UNIVERSAL, Mexicc. D. F— This capital, with a population excceding & million persons, has long been considered one of the most interesting and beautiful | cities of the world. Its public build- | ings are for the most part modern in { style. but show a European, rather than a North American. influence. The are ornamental, as well as convenient in design. and some of them are con- | structed almost entirely of marble and other stone. Some of them remind us. for all their solid masonry. of fairy 1 palaces. while older buildings. of the Spanish colonial period. built both of stone and wood. perpetuate all the { charm and romance of the epoch that | gave them birth. The churches, convents and monas- teries are particularly impressive, and i prove that the old Spanish conquista- dores were masters of the chisel and trowel as well as of the fire-lock and sword. Then there are, too. along with | these. many structures of the conven- | tional Mexican type. one or two stories in height, and made of adobe. comfort- able and substantial for all their sim- plicity and inexpensiveness. Cool in Summer and warm when more rigorous days or seasons threaten. they are typical of the architecture in every town of the republic. And as in its buildings, so in its peo- ple, Mexico City is truly cosmopolitan. Every race of mankind is represented therc, and of some nationalities there are large colonies, all living in har- mony and security under the Mexican | banner with its red. white and greet. | The Mexican constitution has con- | stantly extended the prerogatives of | life. liberty and possessions to all with- | In her boundaries, and the disputes and | disorders of a few decades ago are now ! only historic memories. Mexico City has | acquired modernity without losing its | fascination. And there is still an oc- casional burro to be seen upon her streets. * X ok ok Irish Complain About U. S. Postal Rates. | Irish Independent. plaints have bcen mecde that | recipients :in Ireland of letters addressed i to them from New York bearing a 2- | cent stamp have had to pay 3d. extra | postage on delivery here. An Irish Independent representative authorities in Dublin that as the United States Government has increased the Free State. a 2 ficient now for the conveyance of a lgt- ter from New York to here, and on a letter which bore a 2-cent stamp the extra postage was charged on delivery here. The Irish Free State had not in- creased the postal rate to America. *ou ¥ Envoy May Quit Because of Dog's Death. La Opinion, Santo Domingo.—The envoy of Great Britain to Venezuela. Senor W. E. OWReilly, is at this moment disposed to surrender his ambassadorship in consequence of 2 vehement dispute he has had with the Venezuelan ministry of foreign relations Last October the municipal health department of Caracas had em- powered an ordinance stipulating that all dogs allowed upon the streets of the capital must be provided with a8 collar and muzzle and that those not s> safeguarded against giving Dbites would be taken up by the department agents and destroyed. Senor O'Reilly protested the application of this ruling to his mastiff, stating that it was & sedate and gentle dog and had mno intention of biting any one. Also that I the meantime the sensible grower | pany “nCihing ‘quite so good as biood was officially informed by the postal | postal rate between America and the | -cent stamp is not suf- | anent the death cf his valuable mastiff. | make the same claim, for there is in | by many amateur gardeners, who would flower lovers, that once a certain plant | get them to admit that “the growing becomes widespread they lose interest of some roses is too much trouble,” in | interest in | w has one-half the real worth and charm | | tribulation to another, but they are to No more striking instance could be | | and worry, it delivers at once a neat have done their best, with na- | for grower | Highlights on the Wide World Excerpts From Newspapers of Other Lands TRACEWELL. gardenin to cod buxhu'nm dling rose He knows, from some years' experi- ence, that the real rosarian must do Jjust that. ‘The true rosarian will not mind. To him there is no flower in the world to equal the rose, and he is prepared to spray and fertilize and devote count- less hours to difficult varietles. Our average gardener, for whom sole- ly we speak, agrees with the rosaria that the rose is “the queen of flowers. ‘To him, however, she is a difficult queen, a too exacting flower, in many ways, to receive the tribute from his hands which rhe expects. ‘This man may call himself a rosarian, too, if an honest admiration for roses makes him such. We believe that the American Rose Society would agree to this definition. He is not the dyed-in-the-wool sort, however, and so much he will be will- ing to admit. After a determined attempt to grow roses well—the only way they should be grown, of course—he has come to the decision that many varieties are too much trouble. This decision, being an essentially honest one, is not openly expressed agree with him in private nevertheless. Not for gardening worlds could he plain words. This gives them one of the chances hich some folks, ever ready to seize opportunity when it comes their way, never miss. “What!" they declare. “Beautiful roses too much trouble! Of course, if | cne deesn’'t want roses——" Go visit their gardens, and the chances are the visitor will find far poorer roses, and fewer, than in the garden of the honest man who says, because he knows, that some rosesare simply too much trouble for him to grow. They may not be such a trial and him, and so tn the end he begins to “weed out” his rose beds, getting rid of those varieties which show them- selves too susceptible to black-spot and the like. He pins his faith on Red Radiance. There is a rose for you! ‘With a minimum of trouble, expense bush and scores of beautiful flowers. These only, of course, when certain requirements are met. ‘These are proper pruning, fertilizer and lack of water. All roses are camels, growing best| when thirsty, but scarcely another is such a “dry” as the Red Radiance. The less water it gets the better it does. ‘We mean little water not only on the foliage, which dry state tends to keep down the dreaded “black-spot,” but alzo little at the roots. More gardeners ruin good Toses by to0 much watering than by too little Red Radiance is a bcauty which de- mands but one thorough scaking a year. ard that is in early Sprinz. after the pruning. which must be within a few inches of the ground. ¢4 The more one prunes Red Radiance the better it grows. For large flowers of the proper color— nd many affect to sneer at this rose' because they have never seen its blooms with the true coloration—there is. per- meal. Applied generously when the growing season begins. this fertilizer will make gcod canes and good flowers as nothing else will, especially on Red Radiance And Red Radiance scems to thrive bet- ter on blood meal than many other varieuies. It has a “taste” for it. finds it its own food and blooms accordingly To be right, Red Radiance. as most roses, must get the sun all day long “Dry. and warm, and beautiful,” is its motto. was not granted, but nevertheless Senor O'Reilly continued to allow his mastiff the liberty of the streets. until late in December, when he found it dead—apparently poisoned. Senor O'Reilly * immediately trans- ported the defunct animal to the offices of the department of health and left it there with a card pinned on it. which read. “Esto es obra de usted>s. Muchas graias!” (“This is vour work. Many thanks!") | No further observation was made by ecither party to the altercation until tre month of February. when the Venczuelan ministry of health advised the British Ambassacor that they had considered his message, regarded it as pointed and personal and would appreciate an explanation. This was rendered, but was as little satisfactory as the original allegation. It was forwarded by the sanitary, autherities to the Venezuelan foreign ministry. which likewise pronounced ! the explanation unacceptable. Seeing that the breach between the repre- centatives of the two governments was likelv to grow worse instead of better. Senor O'Reilly then solicited the British foreign office to relieve him of his p><t. an eventuality which is likely to be realized. So far as we know, a foreign envoy has never before resigned because of the demise of a dog. A YVital Necessity To the Editor of The Star: Mr. Henry Ford's otherwise accurate statement of the present nesd of the United States lacks consideration of one vital factor. Mr. Ford, although entirely blameless in th> matter, is, himself, largely re- cponsible for the present condition of azricu'ture and he may well bend his ! efforts toward curing the evil which he Dublin—Com- | the | | | | has helped to bring about. i He must appreciate that although all wealth originates in the solar radia- tions, these are impotent without an earth-born aid. This is furnished by the decomposi- tion of organic matters. and without the products of this decomposition, the pro- cess of photosynthesis, on which he relies to bring back prosperity through the organization of foodstuffs, cannot go on. i ‘The United States has never replaced even to an approximate extent the ex- cess drafts on its agricultural soil, and since the machine age has come to be | realized the overdrafts have increased in an appalling ratio. I have repcatedly pointed out that garbage, sewage residues and other ma- terials can and should be used to re- place these tremendous losses. How this is to be done has been answered by the results of twenty years ' of research and I am now demonstrat- ing the manufacture of material con- taining all the elements necessary to plant growth. The raw materials are practically unlimited in quantity and are being and will be delivered at the point of manufacture without cost. Experience shows that this fertilizer can be manufactured, including over- head, at a price at which, if more and cheaper fertilizer really means anything to the Nation or any State or munici- pality, the existence of an opportunity is obvious. H. C. GAUSS. ——————————— Making Copy. Prom the Santa Monica Evening Outlook. A Philadelphia woman who took a wild airplane ride into Alaska to get material for a book complains that since returning home she has been snubbed. hi; ine, beiny important part | If she views this in the right spirit she nf! tfl.en British f'el:tx;qn. ‘:u enm.led{ will regard it philosophically as mate- to special privileges. The exception 'rial for a second | Congressman who hos th ray ‘ chance of getting further into trouble | The Political Mill By G. Gould Lincoln. It took & world war to get the United States into prohibition; it apparently is taking & world depression to get the country out of prohibition. Had times | remained good, there would have been! little threat to political leaders and the political party in power, and with little threat to the party in power the anti-prohibition movement would have made, in all probability, little progress to what has happened. The effort is made by political leaders to keep prohibition divorced from politics. It capnot be done. Even if both the Republican and Democratic National / Conventions wrote into their national platforms identical planks declaring for resubmission of the eighteenth amend- ment, prohibition would still continue to be a dominant political issue in the coming campaign. It would be an is- sue because the wets and the drys would compel each candidate for House and Senate to say whether he stood | for repeal of the eighteenth amend- ment or preferred its retention. Fur- thermore, it has long been well under- stood that the Democrats will nomi- nate as their candidate for President a supporter of repeal of the eighteenth amendment. No dry need apply at the Democratic National Convention, which meets June 27 in Chicago. The Re- publican candidate for President has so far given no indication that he in- tends to support repeal of the eight- eenth amendment. * % k% With the gathering of the Republican National Committee in Chicago today preparatory to th» opening of the G. O. P. Naticnal Convention there on ‘Tucsday, the prohibition issue thrusts itself still more prominently forward. For within a few days the Republicans must determine whether they will ac- cede to a mounting demand for resub- mission of the eighteenth amendment or whether they will stand by the ardent drys and refuse to pledge the G. O. P. to such a program. The argu- ment of the drys is that the proponents of resubmission do not propose any alternative plan for the present control of liquor. They are mistaken. The proponents of resubmission are for re- peal, and repeal means a return to State instead of national control of the liquor traffic. It will be for the individual States to determine—just as it was before the eighteenth amendment was ! adopted—whether liquor traffic should | be permitted and how controlled. The | Federal Government would levy a ta: on alcoholic beverages. It would un- dertake to sce that dry States wers orctected from a flood of liquor from . their wet neighbors. That. however, i as far as the Federal Government would g0. The ban ag-in-t the saloon would have to be apnlind bv the individual State, if it desired su~h a ban. | *ainn John D. Roc! r. Ittr to Dr. Mi Murrav Butle~ “u=p-rtne 2n ent t renezl nlan* “~* the Renublican ra‘io-~2l pletform aroused tremendors interest, and | 3 hi grasn of th~ siiuation s/ e draft of a substituts for th~| | eller, jr . whose recen* 5 7th amendment is concerned. ‘ “Tr my judgment it will be so dilfi-} cul* for o= peonle to agree in advance €1 vht the cubstitute should be. and sn mnlite'r that anv one method will} 6t e N-tiom. that reperl will b~ thle if ccuoled with an t~ measure. For that reason I ~ more sirengly approve the simple. cut position you (Dr. But'e-) are to recommend and which I t it not only a duty but a 5 SUnpo | ter what kind of jockeying is h the national platform of the | Republicon snd Demoeratic parties on the matter of prohibition, resubmissicn or repeal. in the final analy: the ! members of Congress who renomiration 2nd re to tell their constituents whether they are for rcpeal or egainst it. It is th~ e a proposal for reper] sho1l ba cuhreit 1 to the States. Unde" th» Con: a revision or amencment of the Cen- | stitution originates v the Co: s by a two-thirds vots »~cnt= » rascluts propoesing such an zm-ndment to the Constitution. elections the battle will be won or lost for repeal. L ‘The first of the “Progressives” of the Scnate to come up for re-election this | year has been defeated for fenomination —Senator Smith W. Brookhart of Iowa. The conservative Republicans in Wis- consin are to take a shot this year at | Senator John J. Blaine, and out in North Dakota they will seek to unhorse Senator Gerald P. Nye. The conserva- tive outfit has taken “first blood” and has set people to wondering if in these hard times the country is not really growing more conservative and less 1adical minded. more ready to protect | what they have left than to take a| by following after will-o™-the-wisp panaceas proposed by the Progressives. In Wisconsin primaries not so long ago | the conservative Republicans won a | victory, electing a majority of the dele- | gates to the Republican National Con- vention. This hadn’t boen done for | years. The Progressives say it was be- | cause so many voters went into the | Democratic primary. If these continue ' to vote with the Democrats, however, | 'they will not help Mr. Blaine next| September. * K ok % | ‘The wet-and-dry issue did not crop up openly in the fight between Senator Brookhart and Henry Field, the seed man in the Iowa senatorial primary. Field has been considered dry. But there is reason to believe that some of the wets in Jowa took an opportunity to rap at Senator Brookhart, who has, been the dryest of the dry in the Sen- ate for many years. The Democrats heve nominated Louis Murphy for the Senate, a newspaper publisher in Du- buque. widely known and considered a strong candidate. He is a wet. Mur- phy walked away from former Senator Steck in the Democratic primary. But despite tha fact that the turncut in the Democratic primary was larger than [for years, Jowa locks to be a Re- publican State next November. * % x * Of more concern to the drys, how- ever. was the primary for the Demo- ciatic senatorial nominaticn in North Caroiiva. There a wet, Robert R. Rey- nolds, took Senator Cameron Morrison “for a ride.” No one, not aven Brook- hart, has been dryer than Morrison. On July 2 there is to be a second primary. with Reynolds opposing Morrison and all other candidates out of the picture. | The candidates who ran third and fourth in the recent primary are re- ported to be wet and inclined to support Reynolds for the nomination, while the fifth candidate was a dry, and his fol- lowers, few in number, may turn to Morrison. If in North Carolina _the ! Democrats nominate a wet for the Sen- ate and elect him, then, indeed. it is time for the defenders of the eighteenth amendment to look out for squalls. * X Kk ok Probably the Democrats would be more exercised over the prohibition as it affects their own party il they did net feel that they have the “solid South” nailed down again. They be- lieve that any wet Democratic nominee tor President can carry the South ex- cept Al Smith, What has just hap- pened :n the North Carolina primary would seem to indicate even more strongly that they are correct in their, estimate that a Roosevelt, a Ritchie, a Baker could sweep the South this year. Outside of the South, the Democratic party for the most part has been con- sistently and overwhelmingly wet in re- cent years. Even in the West this has been true and is becoming more and more true. Under these circumstances, the Democratic leaders have made up their minds not only to nominate a wet candidate for Presicent, but to put some kind of a wet plank in their platform. ‘The degree of wetness is the only ques- tion that remains to be settled. There is no suggestion that the plank will be | signed by the President. And in fthe ccngressional | EVENING STAR, WASHIN , D. C, THURSDAY, JUNE 9, 1932. THIS AND THAT ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. Few Americans realize how much | their Government does for them. Read- | ers of The Star can drew on all Gov- formation service. The world's great. est libraries, laboratories and experi- | mental stations are at their command. Ask any question of fact and it will be answered, free, by mall direct to you. Inclose 2-cent stamp for reply postage and address The Star Information Bu- | reau, Frederic J. Haskin, Director, Washington, D. C. Q. Where are the headquarters of the British Broadcasting Co.?—P. H. H. A. Broadcasting House is in Lang- bam place. London. It is a magnificent new building with all of the latest im- provements for broadcasting. The con. ger'. hall is the third largest in Lon: lon, Q. Does a Pederal law go into effect as soon_as nvivs signed by the Presi- i dent?—R. M. W. A. Some laws take eéffect as zoon as Others take effect as provided in the bill. Q. How lorig has the American eagle been used on our money?—E. M. A. This emblem appeared on the’ first_coin issued by the United States | in 1795 and on a majority of the sub- | sequent coins. . Has the State of Rhode Island ever been dry?—A. W. A In April 1886. Rhode Island adopted as an amendment to its con- stitution article V, reading: “The | manufacture and sale of , intoxicating | liquors to be used as a b‘verue shall be prohibited.” A later amendment, known as article VIII, adopted in June, 1889, reads: “Article V of the amend- ments to the constitution of this State is hereby annulled.” Q. How much money do tobacco advertisers spend in newspaper adver- tising?—N. C A. Last year their bill was $28,- 620,000. Q. When were the fortifications of Quebec begun?—E. W. A. Quebec has been fortified from the earliest times the first structures teing built by the French. In 1783 a temporary citadel was begun and the remains of these works, still visible, are erroneously referred to in some guide books as of French origin. In 1823 the British government undertook a com- prehensive scheme of defense, the main parts of which are in excellent repeir today. Q. Is the practice of cribbing for zlmmanon.s a modern practice?—W. - A A. On the contrary, a recent silk kerchief presented to the Field m of Natural History, covered thouands of Chinese characters. | d-ntified as having probably been “d as a crib to enable a Chinese ~udent of the Kang-hi period—1562- 1722—to pass his civil service exami- nation, Q. What kind of surveying instru- ments did George Washington use?— W. RN A The George Washington Bicen- tennial Commission says that the es- sential instruments used in surveying during Washington's period of activity were the chain and an instrument for | measuring angles. For the first, Wash- ington used what is called the Gunter chain. The insiruments for measuring angles then in use were the plane table, circumferentor and theodolite. The first was of restricted use, being con- “ned to small inclosures, and it is not ly that Weshington used it to any exteat. if at all. The theogolite then, as now, was elaborate and costly, and it §s doubtful whether Washington ever had one, aithough it would probably be necessary to gd through his invoicos carefully in oraer to determine the mat- ter finally. It is known, however, that he did have a circumferentor, so that it is safe to consider tnat this was his chief, if nct his only, instrument. He may have had a protractor and, of course, he possessed other necessary in- struments for plotting, including com- passes, scales, etc., but these were not outdoor instruments. His tripod is still at Mount Vernon. Q. What bird was regarded as the Hapsburg bird of misfortune?—R. A. D. A. The raven. Q. What is the diameter of the clock in the hall of the House of Representa- tives?>—8. B. A. It is about 18 inches. Q. Do the Canary Islands take the name from the birds of that name? - D. N A. The islands were first referred to as the Canaria Islands, meaning Dog Islands, from the Latin, canus. Pliny, writing of the discovery of the islands by the King of Mauretania, reported how the King had found them to be in- habited by dogs of unusual size and thereupon named them the Canaria Is- lands. Q. For what is the Roosevelt Go!d Medal awarded?—E. M. R. A. The medal is awarded annually by the Roosevelt Memorial Association 10 persons chosen for distingished service in the administration of public office, international law, industrial peace, con- servation of a: resources, social justice, natural history, outdoor life, na- tional defense, leadership of youth and literature. The 1931 winners are Jus- tice Benjamin N. Cardozo. Hamlin Gar- land and Dr. C. Hart Merriam. Q. In what play is Ase a character?— A K A. In Henrik Ibsen's play “Peer Gynt,” incidental music for which was written by Edward Grieg. Ase is the mother of the hero, Peer Gynt, who s severely mistreated by her irresponsible son and who dies in the second act of the play. Grieg's funeral dirge, “The Death of Ase,” is one of the classics of contemporary incidental musie. How much does it cost to get into the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York?—S. K. A. There is no fee except on Mondavs and Fridays, when the admission charge is 25 cents. Q. How many people become per- manently disabled through accident and disease each year?’—E. D A. The Federal Board for Vocational Education says that in Tnited States 355,000 people become pi y handicapped each year. Q. Can the na.ive place of a tiger's skin be determined by its fur when made into a rug’—H. E A. There is considerable difference in the skins of tigers. The Bengal tiger has a short coat of dark orange-brown color with black stripes. Those from other parts of India are of the same color, but have longer hair. Those fare ther north, such as China and Mo golia, are not only large in size. b have very long soft hair of orar brown with white flanks and are ge erally marked with black stripes Q. What was Dolly Madison's name before her first marriag E. H H A. Her name was Dorothy Payne Q. How long was Monaco an inde- pendent nation before being ruled by France?—D. McK A. Previous to the French Re when the reigning P: was dispossessed. it independent principeliy The line of princes v in 1814 and Moraco cor absolute monarchy until 1 constitution was promuigat:d Butler Win; Few Converis For Third Party Movement Is there a real movement toward a ird party? The pronouncement by . Nicholas Murray Butler in a recent peech that that is what is needed is #nalyzed by editors, who find a need, but not a prospect of any direct action. Discussing Dr. Butler’s view that “the «wo major political parties in this coun- try have become mixtures of conflict- ing cpinions and aims, vehicles of plati- tudes and indefinite pronouncements | and under the control of office-holding, | inccmpetents,” the Springfield (Mass.) Union suggests tEat this statement “wil | find a wide response in a public that would not. however, fully agree with his conception of what parties should stand for." The Union continues with the thought: “Most people would like their party to stand squarely and unequivocal- ly for what they individually believe in. That, in reality. is Dr. Butler's desire, which he embodies in 14 points as a ‘splendid break with tradition,’ could it be brought about by conference in party conventions.” - “D:. Butler's proposal will be called impractical.” declares the Wall Street Journal. “And so it is; almost as im- Pracical as our present scheme for cultivating political disorder. Dr. But- ler is just too right for any use.” Quoung the 14 points outliped in the proposed parts’s platform, 'the New London Day concedes that Dr. Butler has “first-class issues for his party. having borrowed a number that both major parties have long been concerned with, but has included so many other hotly disputed problems that it is| doubtful if he could gather and Hold any considerable number cf voters who would agree with all of them.” The| San Jcse Mercury Herald emphasizes the lack of accord in the public at tnde at the present time. and adds: “Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler says that | the two old parties are bankrupt on the vita] issues of the day, and that a third nartv should be formed to enable the intclligent progressive citizens to unite, | i/Len there is an accord among thesc on nuestions on which existing parties ~void taking a stand the time is rioe for a third party.” comments this paper. as it asks® “On what questions avoided bv the old partics is there an accord among the fencral body cf intelligent | citzens.” It thcn proceeds to quot> eminent authorities on both sides of such vital prcblems as the tariff, pro- hibition, war debts, World Court and others. ‘e shall have to continue in the historic American way. with the Re- publican and Democratic parties each going it alone.” suggests the Providence Journal remarking: “Of course, if Dr Butler wishes to organize a ‘Liberal’ varty on his own hook and invite al the discontented Republicans and Dom- ocrats to_join it. that is something 1 - But we d believe he would get ve: far with .1 a scheme. Indeed, th- rec encoursge the formation of another | party of any sort just now.” The Hart- ford Daily Times comments: “Some- times we are temnted to agree with Dr. | Nicholas Murrav Butler in the text of | his speech to the National Industriai Conference Board. He said the Nation- wide Republi-an perty of Lincoln is dead. and the Nation-wide D:mocmli{" varty of Jeffrsen is dead. Often it seems as If both parties were worse | than dead, fessilized.” derlares th» Mt qualifies its statement by | ‘There is evolution and change | in parties. We do mot consider that | the Democratic narty is dead, or that the Republican party is dead. if for a few years, cal'ed upon to face such to- tally new prob'ems as h-ve come up in recent years, neither of them seems to know preciselv ‘where it is at’ each army consisting of a surplusage of lead- ers and lack of followers, the leaders h-aded every which way, and the result | being no pregres: Time should su-u;m:: out the march, reorganizing nks.” | the ra The Fort Worth Star-Telegram sees | “no third party yet” on the horizon, although it believes that “few observ- ers will contradict the assertion that the two major parties nced to be reanimat- ed with a spirit of unselfish service for the Nation as a whole, in harmony | with the fundamentals of true democ- racy. But dispassionate examination of these recent third-party utterances fails to disclose any real reason for a political uprising outside the existing parties.” Of the opinion that it “is generally true that a new party requires a dyna- mic pclitical leader to sway a con- siderable fcllowing.” the Oklahoma City Times fails to find one in the piciure. Revieving the posibilities for leaders of such a party, the Times states: “Al Smith has wide popular appeal, even if he hasn't a chance of being elected President. There is not a remote chance that he will desert the party that has carried him far on the road to fame and fortune. Franklin D. | Roosevelt is more of a libera] than | most of the Democratic aspirants | With a strong delegation backing him for the presidential nomination, there is no chance to swing him from party regularity. Among _the Republicans there are Senators Borah. Norris and La Follette. - The strongest of these, perhaps, is Borah, and he has resisted similar calls befcre. Young Bob La Follette saw his father fail in a similar effort. Senator Norris left his own party in one presidential campaign to no avail. There are few. if any, others in ~ public life or politically prominent who have the gift of leadership or a na- tional following of much consequence,” concludes this paper, Third party or not as an outcome, the Milwavkee Journal thinks “Repub- licans and Democrats both need to realize that the country is pretty well disgusted with the way in which both, are manipulated for the same old in- terests.” The Worcester Telegram con- siders there can never be a perfectly deinite division between two parties on all big issues and state: “That is why it is futile to be alwa: ‘ocating new parties and new align- Neither the Democratic party nor the Republican party is responsible for human nature. for the diverging opinions and clashing purposes of in- dividuals. * * *° Democrats and Republicans are, however, responsible for occasionally pretending that there are more and greater differences be- tween the two parties than actually exist.” The St. Louis Times remarks that “the prohibitionists long ago learned that a separate party was of no avail. It didn't get enough votes to wad a shotgun. It was only when the leaders began to operate within the old parties that they ‘arrived’.” o — Hitler’s Chance. From the Chattanooga Times. opportunity to show the German people whether they can work miracles as readily as they can promise them. —e——s To a Finish. From the Lynehburg News Maybe Wall Street is only stand,” as Gen. than one kind o! there, a “peanut Dawes says, but more f nut has been roasted - Topsy Turvy Taxation. From the New York Sun. The new revenue bill taxes incomes received from violation of Federal or State laws 100 per cent, thus making the underhand all overhead. e At Last! From the San Antonio Evening News Justice sometimes is done according to modernistic standards: A Norfolk court sentenced & woman to 60 days in Jail for beating her husband.