Evening Star Newspaper, July 15, 1932, Page 8

A8 THE EVENI THE EVENING STAR With Surndly Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. FRIDAY.. ..July 15, 1932 THEODORE W. NOYES. .. .Editor The Evening Star Newspapesr Company Business Ctice Chicago Office European Office_ 14 Rate by Carrier Within the City. The Evenine Star 45c per month The Evening and Sunday Star Uwhen 4 Sundas ndays) The Evening and Sunday Siar Txhen 5 Sundays) 65¢ oet month The Sunday Star B 5c_per copy Collection made at the end of cach month. Orders may be sent in by mail or telepnone NAtional 5000. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Mar;land and Virginia. Daily und Sunda; 10.00: 1 mo.. 85¢ Daily only 36.00; 1 mo.. 50c 60c per menth L1y 1yrs be asked planned? built the highway, but who supervised the designing of the route and who es- | tablished the policy in advance of mak- ing it & veritable commercial road? Col. Grant has reserved his decision, | with further testimony to be taken on | the subject. It is to be hoped that this question of the expenditure of a con- siderable sum for the erection of wait- ing rooms for bus patrons who may never use the line and who would have | difficulty in reaching them save by other vehicles along the road will be cleared. As the case stands, it would | seem that there has been a conflict of | purpose. The fact that somebody thought to build waiting rooms for a possible passenger bus line should not of itsvlf cause a decision to turn over , this national memorial route to a pas- by whose authority this was The Bureau of Public Roads | |these petitioners. A hostelry for those who want something that only Congress can give would meet the needs of the |lltuatlon. Its use might be regulated by law and its administration placed under the joint direction of the Speaker of the House and the Vice President, whose representatives could manage the 1 establishment in recess. Such a treat- ment of petitioners would be far more seemly then the camping of the horde upon the Aneacostia Park, still little ,more than a river flat, and in vacant land half-cismantled buildings on sites | pre-empted for future public use, with | no provision whatever for medical care |and with no funds for subsistence save | those that are dorated by charitable ! supporters of the cause. | Only a few days of the session re- ymain, perhaps cnly a few hours. but {an enactment of this sort might be NG ST AR, WASHINGT ON, D. © RIDAY THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. What has become of the old-fash- ioned boy, who said “Yes sir,” and “Yes ma'am,” who stood back to let others enter an elevator first, who was in all things truly modest and humble? We are glad to be able to tell you. We met him the other day, and the encounter was refreshing. He is still alive, and doing well. 3 What worried us, however, Wwas whether he wiil keep on doing well, in such a world as this, and waether or i not something could not be done for him, to insure him a success which he might otherwise fail to achieve. i Six months ago his case would have | been hopel but conditions have | changed somewhat recently, and men are more willing to put faith in modesty, in humbleness, in many of permit one of its vehicles deliberately |to draw away from the transfer point when the operator of the oncoming bus | loudly signaled him to wait, when the | orders of the company were for him to wait, and when the passengers de- | sirous of transfer privileges were stand- |ing up in plain sight, ready to get off. Yet such things have happened, rules or no rules. Now the point is, as we see it, that | such things would not happen if there | were ‘more of these modest fellows patted on the shoulder and shoved for- | ward into the limelight. Their very natures would be against | such_happenings, a hundred instances lof which will occur to almost any one, according to one’s personzl and pet “grouches.” Perhaps “the cop on the JULY 15, 1932 !Pleads for Bus Service On Memorial Highway To the Editor of The Star: 1 observe that those Who are opposing bus service on the Mount Vernon High- way base their objection upon a false premise. They oppose “ccmmercializ- !ing” the great drive. Everybody would be in opposition if that were the propo- | sition. " If it were proposed to have the | busses of numberless competing lines { “fghting for place and endangering ! lives,” there cculd be but one answer. | But this is not the proposition. The { hundreds who have homes on the high- way ask only for a bus line giving orderly service in return for the splen- 1 did electric service they had at the time | the Government caused the line to be | !abandoned. Undoubtedly it was the purpose to provide this, up to a short | time ago; the new highway was widened at practically every point where a sta- | tion had been maintained by the elec- ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC ). HASKIN. Did you ever write a letter to Frederic J. Haskin? You can ask him any ques- tion of fact and get the answer in a|who was deformed and could not ride personal letter. Here is a great edu-|astride. The fashion set by royalty was cational idea introduced into the lives | followed by others, until almost all of the most intelligent people in thefwomen of Western countries were using world—American newspaper readers. It |the side-saddle. is a parf of that best purpose of a news- ‘ —— paper service. There is no charge ex-, Q. What is the weight of the largest cept 3 cents in coin or stamps for re- | nugget of gold found in California?— turn postage. Address Frederic J. Has- | C. K. kin, director, The Evening Star Infor-| A. The National Museum has a rec- mation Bureau, Washington, D. C. | ord showing that the largest gold nug- b | get found in California was found in Q. Does the physical infirmity of | the Monumental Mine, in Sierra Coun- Franklin D. Roosevelt, Democratic nom- | ty, and weighed 1,596 troy ounces. inee for Precident. prevent him from | - - 5 taking anv form of exercise?—N. P. C.| @ Of what nationalities were the A, Mr. Roosevelt is an expert swim- | brides that members of the A E. F. mer, and this is his favorite exercise. | brought home with them?—O. O'B. | A Those reported up to March introduced in England in the four- teenth century for the use of a queen ! senger service of value to & very small | Tushed through, if the spirit is willing. | It would not affect the immediate sit- | patronage. | Jation. but 1t would at least be a ges. | According to all ordinary “go-get- | gressive, especially when asking you if 2ll this expense was in contemplation = : - 85| for' standards, which had such @ you know how to drive, and why. |of bus service; there could have been no ture of hospitality and would reassure vogue, this young man of whom we | Well, put one of these modest sort | other purpose; and these stations do not Q. How many women who desire work | 1920, were French, 2,295: British, 1,101 are unemployed in New York City?— | Luxeuburgian, 92: Belgian, 79: Italian. C. N | 41; German, 31: Russian, 23; Spanish, A. The Welfare Council of New York | 7: Swiss, 5: Polish, 5. Greek, 4: Dutch, City says that the number is not known. | 3; Rumanian, 3; Serbian, 2; Jugoslav, tric line, and small stations were built; Sunday only 1¥r. $4.00.1mo. 40c the old-time virtues. | corner” doesn't suit you. He is too ag- All Other States and Canada. Datly and Sunday..}yr.$12.00:1mo . $1.00, Daily only 1y $800: 1o, 93¢ No Relief? detract from, but add to, the artistic Bunday only $3.00: 1 mo.. 50¢ Member of the Associated The Associated Press is exclusively o the use for republication of all patches credited to it or not otherwise cred- ited in this paper and also the lncal rews published herein. All rights of publication of special dispatches herein are also reserved. — ess. ntitled ws ~is- No Coercion of America. President Hoover has poured a blast of invigorating and clarifying fresh air into the miasma of assertion and counter-assertion enveloping current discussion of the reparations and war debt controversy. “Gentlemen's agree- ments,” new ententes cordiale, accords and pacts, secret or open, to the con- trary notwithstanding, the President, in an informal note to Senator Borah, sets forth the position of the Unitad States tersely and unequivocally. In a communication intended no loss for Europe because addressed to the Senate Foreign Relations Ccmmittee chairman, Mr. Hoover voices American gratification over the reparations settle- ment. PBut in the same breath the President brands reparations a “strictly European problem” and likens it to “any of the other political or economic questions that have impeded European recovery.” Having thus deftly labeled reparations as an exclusively European issue, Mr. Hoover makes it “absolutely clear” that the United States has had no part or parcel in any of the stealthy, devious or mysterious agreements recently con- cluded at Lausanne. The President adds, that “of course” our Government is in no respect committed to these deals or the arrangements by which they are documented. The kernel of Mr. Hoover's tacks contribution to the transatlantic orgy of rumor. recrimination and re- morse is the concluding passage of his message to Senator Borah. “While I do not assume it to be the purpose of any of these agreements,” the Presi- dent says in language that will not fail to soak in at Paris, London, Rome, Brussels and Berlin, “to effect com- bined action of our cebtors, if it shall be so interpreted, then I do not propose that the American people shall be pressed into any line of action or that our policics shall be in any way influ- enced by such a combination, either open or implied.” In the American vernacular, “that’s telling them.” Indubitably there is need of the telling, now that the world has before iis astonished gaze the brecise language of “the gentlemen's agree- ment.” The French government yes- terday unabashedly made its text public. British Chancellor of the Exchequer Chamberlain hastened to “cxplain” i The “explanation” does not, because it cannot, explain away the opening para- graph, wherein is set forth that “ratifi- cation of the Lausanne agreement will ot be effected before a satisfactory set- tlement is obtained between them (Ger- many's reparations creditors) and their own creditors.” Here is at least one instance where statesmen have not invoked the Talley- Tand theory of using language to con- ceal thought. They make it plain as a pikestaff that Germany is not to be let cff on reparations until the United States lets Europe off on the American war debis. French Senator Berenger, co-author of the Mellon-Berenger set- tlement, which funded the French debt, writes in the Revue de Paris with dis- arming frankness that “the gentlemen's agreement constitutes for the first time & European financial front against the American creditor.” Well, all concerned know that the *“European financial frent” is now faced by the Hoover front. Behind that front stand the American people, United Europe will tilt against it in vain. Nothing could conceivably have made it so impregnable a front as the blun- dering tactics of the bunglers of Lau- sanne. brass History has often shown & prankish inclination to elevate obscurities into memorable $mportance. The “Keep Off the Grass” sign has developed a na- tional authority far beyond anything originally contemplated. e, —,— Bus Booths on the Highway. In the course of the hearing yester- day before Col. U. S. Grant, 3d, di- i rector of Public Buildings and Public Parks, in respect to the use of Mount | Vernon Memorial Highway for regular scheduled bus service, against which vigorous protest has been entered and , voiced, a statement was made in be- half of the Bureau of Public Roads, i Which had charge of the construction ‘work on the highway, that it was es- ! pecially designed to accommodate local | bus traffic, with ten turnout points rrovided at considerable expense and a number of shelters erected persons waiting for busses. % ‘Those who have been using the high- way of late have noticed these rustic structures with some degree of curiosity. ,They stand out in striking evidence along the roadside, in all but one or two instances quite alone and detached from any sign of habitation. Open to the winds and rain, they could not possibly give any shelter to people in the event of a storm. With the traffic steadily speeding by, their use has been problematical. Parking along the road 1s not permitted except at certain places where lookout and observation space is provided for the viewing of river scenes. ‘These little booths do not coincide with l'any roads or paths leading into the lhighwuy. save in two or three instances, ¥ bring set down apparently by some rule ©f thumb. w the mystery of these kiosks is ¢ laincd. They eare wziting rooms. A~d it appears that it has always been 1in eEded that there should l‘ & pas- 2 service on the hichwais 1 may ‘The country still waits for the relief bill, promised for months, while Speaker °d | Garner of the House insists that the | Senate shall swallow “publicity clause.” Mr. Garner has taken another political turn. His present and previous efforts to make campaign capital have, however, had the result of holding up legislation | that would aid materially in the upward journey of business and employment, i and which would help to put food into | hunzry mouths. a surprise move. After the Democrats of the House had agreed to go along | with the recommendations of President | Hoover for the relief bill; after they | {had even gone so far as to dub the; |new relief bill “Hoover measure | on the insistence of Speaker Garner the Democratic members of the Wavs and Mecans Committee reported to the House an amendment providing for full publicity of all loans made both under the relief bill and under the original Reconstruction Finance Corporation act. There had been no such proposal in the relief bill vetoed by the President, which was sent back to the House by the Chicf Executive because of its pro- | vision authorizing Government loans to | private individuals, another “Garner |amendment.” Mr. Garner apparently had 1t in his mind that the admini tration would oppose the publicity feature, thereby giving him an oppor- tunity to triumph over the President, or that a defcat of his proposal would igive at least another political issue to |talk about in the campaign. On the face of it. the proposal that | there should bs full publicity | loans made by the Government sounds reasonable. But the opponents of the | publicity feature insist that it wculd make the relief bill, designed to aid smaller as well as larger banks, of littie use to the banks, since if it were pub- lished to the world that a bank must borrow money, its depositors might be- come panicky and cause & run on the i bank secking aid. The Government | does not now publish the returns made to it by individuals and corporations under the income tax law. But, aside from the merits or de- merits of the publicity amendment now | placed in the relief bill by the Demo- |cratic House at the Insistence of | Speaker Garner, the tactics of the Speaker have been such as to make the | Democrats themselves restive. Many of them do not like to be continually placed in a position of holding up re- lief legislation. If there is need for publicity of loans made by the Recon- struction Finance Corporation, such publicity can be obtained through sep- arate legislation. The general public may grow skep- tical, if it has not already become so, of the desire of the Democrats to do anything at this time to improve the business conditions of the country and to start the wheels of industry again if this constant RQemocratic delay of the relief measure does not cease. It is too obvious that some Democratic politi- improvement in conditions in this coun- try during the next two or three months, it will be vastly easier for the Democrats to win the national elec- tion in November. Senate Democrats so far have failed to come to the aid of Speaker Garner in this lat>st attempt to make an issue with the President. Some of them are out of patience with the tactics of the Democratic Speaker. But they do not like to turn against their vice presiden- tial nominee. Yet the evident deter- mination of the Speaker to dominate all the Democrats in both houses of Congress is irritating to Democratic Senators, to say the least. ————————— Coney Island is accustomed to enter- tain on such extensive lines of novelty that some of the New Yvrkers who indulge in infrequent outings probably thought the five-million-dollar blaze was some kind of an epilogue edition of patriotic pyrotechnics. e | e { Government management of pay rolls is pretty sure to establish a highly sym- pathetic interest in the unbalanced budget as a matter to be considered not fonly in public business but in domestic economy. e What Congress Might Do. If Congress wants to tackle the lbcnu; marchers problem effectively it might well consider an enactment which would at least relieve the District of Columbia of a future menace to its peace and health. It might provide for | the construction at some p-int near the ! Capitol of a petitioners’ hotel, com- ! modious enough to accommodate many thousands, with kitchens for the pro- {vision of meals and with a sufficient appropriation to maintain constant { service, perhaps the year round, for all {who may come to Washington to ask for legislation or for relief. The right of petition guaranteed by the Federal Constitution has been exer- men from all over the country, for The burden of caring for them has in {effect been laid upon the municipas government. Congress has gone so far as to permit the use of the Capitol grounds a$ a meeting place, and for one night a camping place, and now a marching place for the most persistent unit of the great group. Nobody at the Capitol has said any- thing to question the right of these men to come to Washinaton to ask for on. Indecd it cannot be ques- {tioned. And so, es this is a national matter, not a local, Congress should, in all logic and fairness to the local com- munity, take over the entertainment of This latest effort of the Speaker was | of an' cians are figuring that if there is no ! jcised in this instance by an army of | whom no provision has been made. !as to the future the residents of the | District. who are now confronted with { ficult problem of ten or more thousand uninvited guests during the recess, if they persist in their purpose and remain here until Congress reconvenes. st Unfortunately, the bonus marchers are not, accofding to rules. eligible to jobs cutting the gras§ on the public |lawns in the District of Columbia. | There may be work for them elsewhere. No effort of generous ingenuity, how- ever energetic, can make any for them here. Intoxication is regarded as in part & temperamental condition due to soctal | as well as alcoholic exhilaration. may be that the discussion of It the thrifty peychoanalyst to pick up a little change here and there. 1t is announced by the administration that a diplomatic understanding has been reached regarding the St. Law- rence River without making it necessary for Governor Roosevelt to interrupt the { pressing demands on his attention by the current campaign. ————— Among nations, as among individuals, a debt fairly contracted can only be settled in one way, and that is by pay- ing it. Any other kind of transaction, '(lmugh seeming to dispose of it, merely leaves another irritating red ink chap- ter among the pages of history. s France now has so much gold that it requires a considerable fortune to meoct the cost of safeguarding it. Uncle Sam | s at least not being asked to bear the | expense of policing these remarkable | savings. B SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. A General Sentiment. Wise men always set the pace That the world should learn; Soon you'll hear it every place, “Move that we adjourn.” Bird a-singing in the tree Always seems to turn Just one bar of maedy, “Move that we adfourn.” Crov a-flying through the skies Pauses to discern Our discomfor:, and it cries, “Move tha’ we adjourn.” Summer breezes from afar Greet us as we yearn, ‘Wispering softly to each s:ar, “Move that we adjourn.” An Important Difficulty. “What 18 the hardest thing to learn 2bout farming?” inquired the Summer boarder. “Gettin’ up at 5 o'clock in the morn- in’,"” replied Farmer Corntossel. “You haven't lot this Baconian the- Shakespeare.” “No,” replied Mr. Stormington Barnes. “Even if Shakespeare was only a man- ager. it must be admitted that he was a mighty good judge of material.” Brave Fellows, A slight neglect inspires regret, ‘Midst the awards to various men. Why don't the base ball umpires get Some hero medals now and then? In Doubt. “Mrs. Bliggins says his youngest is the image of his father,” remarked Miss Cayenne. “What did you say?” “Nothing. T didn't know whether to congratulate Mr. Bliggins or sympathize with the baby.” The Desire to Confide. “Why do you consult a doctor when you are so careless about taking his ad- vice?” asked the physician. ‘Well,” replied the hypochondriac, “it's worth what it costs to find a man who is willing to sit down and listen to my troubles.” Classic Raiment. Oh, for the good old classic days, When, as they went their various ways, The men in Summer, as & rule, Appeared in togas, loose and cool. “When a man thinks it's up to him to show his wife who is boss,” said Uncle Eben, “dat's a sure sign dat he ain't.” ——or—s. Protests Park Littering By Thoughtless People T the Editor of The Star: Over 100,000 persons witnessed the fireworks at the Monument Grounds on the night of July 4. most of us at not & penny’s expense. Apparently every single one left behind as much litter as possible. The sight that night and next morning was sickening to spot. An army of liborers endeavored to pick up by nand scraps of news- paper no bigger than a coin. Owing to the dampness it was worse than usual, i the paper having fallen into millions of pieces. The same thing happens sev- eral times a week at the band concerts, and on Easter Monday at the White House. Children, who on their own school grounds would not think of dropping a lunch bag or touc! + flower, are witnesses to the fact that iadults fill the grass with peanut hulls and a mass of torn paper. - At the con- icerts when the National Anthem is i played we stand at respectful attention, then calmly leave the Capitol, Monu- ment or District Memorial a disgrace- ful sight. It is true the waste are so few and far between one has to carry his trash home. However, a large cart with chicken. wire around the sides could be placed on the grounds >nd peonle encouraged to deposit their , papers in it. Where we acquired such a { habit, it wouid be hard to sav, but if we have eny civic pride such a habit shouid be broken. Even though it may be the custom in other cl:!n% t:lnltth w_suit. r. no reason why we the possibility of coping with this dif- | eighteenth Amendment will enable the | ory interfere with your admiration of | |any one who knows the beauty of the i speak hadn't a chance. He was licked before he started. He was not brash enough, not push- ing enough: he did not claim the center of the stage on his entrance, and monopolize the attention of the entire company all the time he was present; he did not leave it with some startling act or word on his part, 50 | that he would be remembered. | The confounded young fool was really Christian. Somewhere in his ancestry the old perfect ideals had been loved and acted on. Maybe those men and wcmen did not “succeed,” in the modern money sense. but thought their lives Wwere better because of their beliefs. And here was this youngster, coming into buciness with the simple idea that a lack of assertion would get him somewhere. A year or so he would not have had a chance, but today his prospects are brighter, and do you know why? Be- cause a new faith is grow:ng up in the profundity of those old rules and | preepts. It is not unreasonable, as many see it, for modesty and humbleness to be- come the keystones of character, and that these qualities will enable a capable young man to success in a “big ‘way." No doubt there are thousands upon thousands of people in all lines who have become slightly “fed up.” as the saying has it, on the tremendous self- sufficlency which would push a young man with no experience into pretend- ing that he has had a great deal. Too long the earmarks of success have been set up as success. Bold ex- teriors have been mistaken for bold interfors. Much writing and much reading have given a uniformity to human beings which actually does not exist, The real aim of a cultivated society should be to bring out the true nature of its members. within the law. “I would rather live wild in the woods than in a community without law,” said Napoleon. And he was right Consumers of all types are becoming rather tired of finding the article they paid a dollar for last week sold to a friend for 39 cents the next. Putting the old two and two together, they figure it out that the thing never was worth more than 39 cents. * modest young fellow, if his mode:ty ever puts him at the head of things, won't “pull” such stunts. For the time being. however. he must be content jus’ to get al Respectfully it may ng be suggested to establichments of all kinds that there | i a market value in the old virtues. Executives conceivably might do a bit more looking around for themselves than they sometimes have been in- clined to do in the past Instead of permitting the mouthed members of the outfit to bel- low, “Here I am, look at me they conceivably might initiate the looking for themselves. ‘This has been the big idea. in the past. of course, at least on paper. but every one knows that there is quite a difference between theory and practice. in all things of moment to mankind. One might feel reasonably sure that no traction company in the world would WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS BY FREDERIC Little birds are whispering that President Hoover is only wailiing for Congress to adjourn to issue a series of blasts on the economic situation. They'll be in the nature of aggressive “let’s go” me:sages to the country and take the form of public statements. In a way, the Republican nominee for the presidency will thus fire his own open- ing guns in the campaign for his re- election. Every sign available at the the gravity of the struggle that lies ahead for the G. O. P. His closest advisers, especially those whose b ness it is to study political trends, con- cede that as of today the tide is flow- ing Rooseveltward. But “the Chief" doubtless takes comfort from the erally win in July, only to lose in No- vember. This is, it goes without say- Barring cardinal blunders in polic especially injudicious statements by their candidates, for the 1932 fray confident that nothing can prevent their victory. About the only thing that could dim their pros- pects, Roosevelt leaders declare, is a wholly unexpected improvement in business conditions between now and election time. * ook % It would seem that a Col. Howe, and | not a Col. House, is the man behind {the Roosevelt throne. Washington !knows him well. He is Louis McHenry Howe, the Governor’s confidential right- hand man, general factotum and all- around personal adjutant, assistant and adviser. Friends call_him the_ahso- lutely original No. 1 Franklin Roose- velt man. Howe first knew the Gov- ernor when the latter was a young State Senator from Dutchess County. He accompanied Roosevelt to Washing- ton in 1913 and was at his elbow lo( the presidency, it is dead certain that Roosevelt—and Howe—will rule the roost at No. 1600 Pennsylvania ave- nue on and after March 4 next. * K K K Sir Ronald Lindsay, P.C,G.C. M. G., K. C. B. and a lot of other 2lphabetical appendages, was asked the other day to i make a speech before & local organiza- tion. Successfully pleading his inability to oblige at this time, his Britannic maj- esty’s Ambassador said he'd be glad to come to bat on another occasion. “All right,” his caller observed. “I've got a rain check, then.” The visitor there- upon ventured to explain to the monu- mental British envoy what a rain checl throughout F. D. R.s assistant secre- taryship of the Navy. When the New Yorker became chiel executive of the Empire State, Howe, as usual, was in the Albany offing and has been there ever since. At tne Chicago convention Col. Howe played an invisible but potent role 1n organizing victory for Roosevelt. If the fates decree his hero’s conquest is. “Oh,” Sir Ronald interrupted, “I guess I know as much about base ball 1 as you do. By the way, what's hap- pened to the Nationals? I can't account for their slump. The only way I can punish my favorite team is not to go to Griffith Stadium as often as usual.” ® Kk % x Next Monday in the United States District Court at Norfolk, Va., the Fed- eral Power Commission will attempt to have dismissed the bill of complaint brought against it by the Appalachian Elect: Power Co. The Appalachian corporation consists of a number of merged companies. It in turn is part 'o( a merger that belongs to the Ameri- can Gas & Electric Co. The latter has | been associated with the Electric Bond ‘& Share Co. Two members of the Wilson _ administration, Newton D. Baker, Secretary of War, and Huston ‘Thompson, an Assistant Attorney Gen- eral, will face each other as antagonists they | Toud- | White House indicates that the Cali- | | fornian faces the fight in high fettle. | Mr. Hoover is under no illusions as to | ancient quip that the Democrats gen- | ing, not the Democratic view this year. | the Democrats gird | |0 fellows on the corner, and see how | | you would like him. ~Or would you spced by him, branding him Casper Milquetoast at a glance? | Perhaps you may resent the treat- | ment accorded you, upon occasion, at | any one of a thousand different estab- | lishments where employes are told what | !to do, and how to do it, but do not | always do it. This is one of the perennial prob- lems of management, but it has always struck us that more obedicnce to well thought out rules end regulations might | be secured if a little critical observa- tion were made by executives the selves, instead of relying upon “kicks” | from the outside. ‘The trouble with such a system of appraisal is that perhaps 99 out of 100 persons suffering from some form of , righteous indign:tion. over some slight | or other which they either have re- | ceived, or think they have received, will not go to the trouble of registering their complaints | They had rather nurse their griev- | ances Now this is perfectly human. and management_ought to make allowances for it. There is a form of inferiority | complex, if one wants to call it that. which seems to strike many workers in | | many forms of business or industry. They “take it out” on customers in | perfectly well-bred ways, so that he who would register a complaint has his | work cut out for him. ~ Energy and ' | brains which might better be turned | | | to individual profit are used to put a | consumer “in his place.” The relationship of clerk and cus- tomer, or any sort of man or woman who renders public service to another, | and that other, is based exactl tpon | the same set of laws as prevails in| society at large. | it is perfectly possible for any one. | no matter where he is placed. to snub| another human being. and to do it | so cleverly that there is no real “come- | back” for the victim If executives of various sorts would play the Caliph role for a time, don big whiskers and a slouchy hat. and walk into their own firms some day or other, they might be surprised at the indifference with which they were greeted by doormen, messenger boys, elevator men, and so on up and down the_line. . One way out of this impasse of the business world is to put more accent on the very qualities or heart and mind which the world has for so long said it wanted. but which too often are hon- ored by neglect It may be submitted that the gen-| uinely polite young man or woman. who has been brought up in a Christian | home. and who is not ashamed of it, will have more of a personal urge to be polite than a young Mohican who | has no other conception of meeting the | public than showing it how smart, | clever and “up-to-the-minute” he is. Such youngsters have their uses in a complex world. but one may seriously question whether their use is not htly overdone. The tendency seems to be toward a return to the “ves. sir.” and “yes, ma'am” type, not because he fawns. but solely because he represents if he is genuine | i something fine which ! should no more be permitted to go out of business than out of society. WILLIAM WILE. at Norfolk. Baker represents the power company and Thompson the Power Commission. The case is said to in- volve the very life of Federal super- vision of power projects in navigable waters. The constitutionality of the Federal water power act is also a stake. Power and anti-power interests are watching the litigation with su- preme interest. * X Xk X Out where the Middle West centers, in Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas and Mis- | souri, they're far more interested in the repeal of the agricultural marketing act than in the repeal of the eighteenth amendment. It's the region where the Federal Farm Board enjoys its widest unpopularity. Some of Senator Norris’ constituents have been expecting him to force a congressional investigation of the Farm Board. The understanding in Nebraska is that the administration does not think such an inquiry is de- | sirable at the present time. A poll of farmers in the corn. belt. it is said. would reveal a 98 per cent vote in favor of abolishing the Farm Board lock, stock and tarrel, especially the barrel, which the board has tapped for grain- buying and price-fixing purposes. _Se: ator Brookhart's defeat for renomina- | tion is attributed in part to his devoted support of the body set up by Congress | | in" 1929 to make the world safe for agriculture, * ok ox % | In the midst of national convention | excitement and other absorbing news it escaped general notice that Greece is | the first country to come forward at | Washington and ask for a postponement ! on her war debt., A principal sum of 18130.000 fell due cn July 1. The debt- | funding agreement of May 10, 1929, covering a total of $31,760.000, gives Greece the right to ask a two-and-one- | half year period of grace if capacity-to- | pay conditions require it. The Hellenic Minister, Mr. Charalambos Simopoulos, who., among his varied accomplish- | ments, plays bridge like a Culbertson, having represented to Secretary Mills that_recent developments in ~Greece impef it to take advantage of the post- | ponement option, the Treasury so or-| | dered. Greece will pay 4% per cent in- | terest semi-annually on the postponed | | stipend. * x % % | Postmaster General Brown says that | postal revenue is already substantially on the increase as a result of 3-cent | letter postage. Twelve big cities during' | the first three days of the boosted rate | registered a 33!3 per cent boost in| |stamp receipts. Every indication, Mr. Brown declares. points to .the fulfill- ment of the $130.000,000 estimate thc} Post Office Department made when it recommended the raise of the letter rate. * x % ¥ PFrom North Carolina comes word | that it wasn't only his dry views which | blasted Senator Morrison's hopes for renomination in the recent Tarheel pri- mary His support of Frank R. Mc- Ninch, 1928 Hoovercrat, for a place on | the Federal Power Commission in 1930 is said to have been, especially in East- ern North Carolina, a heavy factor in Morrison’s defeat. Only 14 Democratic fizx;auns voted for McNinch's confirma- e Cryptic Signals. From the Ashland Daily Independent. If there is such a thing as mind reading, it should be a great help when the driver in front holds out his hand. _— Count on the Fingers! From the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin. Now that everybody has to pay so many taxes, there ht to be an im- proved demand for! machines, | | Every d 2 | other beauty of the highway. It i3 said that the commuters can use the busses they are now using. which run over country roads, in getting to and from Alexandria and Washington. Except for the small settlement near the golf course, where all are owners of utomcbiles, the busses as now routed a Lrun over & comparatively homeless, un- nteresting country road. The maay who reside on the highway must travel over bad roads, from a half mile to a mile, and then wait, without protection from stcrms or cold, until the bus comes along. If bus service is not put on the highway the many who do not have. and cannot afford, automobiles will not be able to enjoy the beauty and have the convenience of the great drive unless | they “hitch-hike,” which is against the law in Virginia. ‘The highway runs near my home, and T have good opportunity to observe the traffic. Probably 8 out of 10 of tho who go over it are Washingtonians. cu for pleasure and to enjoy the gran views which the drive affords, and the number will never grow less. This is | as it should be and no one objects. But, also, there are joyriders, some sober, some not. and these constitute a greater menace to safety every hour of the day and night than would the running of a bus hourly by a responsible company. Washingtonians will get a hundred-fold mcre use and pleasure from the highway than any other people in the Jand, and they, in fairness, should not object to their rural neighbors having the con- venience of properly regulated bus service. It is well enough to give proper at- tention to art, and certainly the public safety should be guarded. The cperation of a bus service wuld not detract from the former nor endanger the latter. What we wish to make plain is that the people along the Iighway ask only for a well ordered bus service which will permit them to enjoy the highway, send their children to schcol and at the same time enable them to carry on their jobs —a very necessary part of the scheme | of parental life in these trying days There will be gradual development in home-building along the highway, and the question of transportation will press stronger and stronger until it is settled right. One bus an hour will not cause congestion ner endanger pleasure traffic. a fleet of busses, often 8 or 10 in ne, is run over the highway carrying sight-seers. Certainly one more bus, carrying the people who live along the drive, will not matter. These people ask only that they have equal privilege with the citizens cf other parts, a most reasopable request when it is considered that the building of the highway de- prived them of good transportation— transportation which they had enjoyed for yvears before the highway was thought of and which was the great in- ducement for building homes in that section. JOHN BRIAR. e Notes Rem To the Ed The Star: ‘The interesting article in The Star of Tuesday showing the pictures of heroes of the Civil War interested me very much, particularly the mention of the remarkable wound of Mr. Elnathan Meade, whose picture, among others, was shown “giving him a most remark- able wound of the Civil War veterans now living.” Remarkable as the wound of Mr. Meade, I would like to submit the wound of Brig. Gen. Gabriel R. Paul, a kins- man of mine. On the first day of July 1863, at the Battle of Gettysburg. Gen. Paul was commanding a brigade of Wadsworth's Division of the Ist Army | He was | Corps _under Gen. Reynolds. shot through the temple, totally de- stroying his eyes, and reported as one of the killed by Gen. Meade in his report of the battle of that day. After. when the burial of the dead was taking place, Gen. Paul was found to be breathing. He recovered his health, being there- after totally blind. He was retired from the Army according to his rank, and lived in this city for many years, dying after the inauguration of President Mc- Kinley. He rests in Arlington Cemetery, where his monument stands as you go into the cemetery from Fort Myer on the left- hand side of the road as you go toward the mansion. AARON BRADSHAW. Citizens Suffer While Police Watch Marchers T> the Editor of The Star: Isn't it time for the taxpayers and residents of the District of Columbia te Tecelve some police protection, rather than devote the work of the entire Police Department to this army of bonus naggers? Why are they not forced to leave this city, and why should respectable citi- suffer continued burglaries and offenses because a few politicians are aching for votes from these men? Our office has been broken into and valuable books and other property stolen by sneak thieves, even after the Police Department had been v-arned three days ago that an attempt had been made to jimmy the door. But the police claim that so large a part of the pelice force is needed for this bonus mob that de- | cent citizens are left without protection, in their offices and homes. We pay taxes for such protection and these vagrants from other States crowd in here and require the police. whose sal- aries are paid by our taxes. to keep tmml 1‘;1 ?rden It is time they were arrested for vagrancy and the city ridded of them. e y EDITH B. NEWMAN. oo Fix Wheat Prices To Help the Farmer To the Editor of The Star: In helping the farmer you will help every one. During the World War the wheat prices were established by the Government at $2.08 per bushel at the elevators in Minnesota. Let the Gov- ernment establish & price of $2.06" at the elevator anywhere in the United States for one-half the wheat the farm- ers raise and sell wheat to the flour mills at $2.09 at the elevator, allowing the cz:vator 3 cents per bushel for handling it, but only buy one-half the wheat the farmers raise and require them to keep the other half at home unless the half crop should not be enough to feed the American people, in which case the Government could call for more. If the Government got too much wheat, it could dispose of it to some foreign nation at the best price pes- sible. That would give the wheat farm- er enough to pay his taxes and inter- est, and he could live from his cows, hogs, chickens and garden. The price of bread should not advance encugh to hurt any cne if it did not advance any more than it came down when wheat took a drop from $2.06 to 50 cents and THOMAS KELLY, | United States Nav; arkable Wound | Of Gen. Gabriel R. Paul | Between 800,000 and 1.000.000 people are unemployed and scores of thousands of them are women. The council warns] girls not to come to New York City at present with the object of finding work. Q. Are there as many children under | 1 year of age now as there were 10 years ago?—B. C. | A. The Bureau of the Census says | that the number has decreased. In| 1920, there were 2,257,255 infants under a year old, while in 1930 there were 2,190,791, | Q. How many eggs are there in average serving of shad roe’>—F. S, A. The average serving of Toe in restaurants is half of a large shad roe. | or from 10,000 to 15.000 eggs. The total number of eggs in the roe taken from a single fish is from 23,000 to 32,000. Q. What is the largest ship in the R. J. D. A. The U. S. S. Saratoga. airplane carrier, 1s the flagship of the carrier division, and is the Jargest ship in the United States Navy. Q. How is the glazed finish put on chintz?>—N. R. A. The Textile World says that the glazed effect on chintz is produced in the finishing plant by passing the cloth through the crdinary friction calender after the fabric has been finished with a mixture of cornstarch and a softener. Paraffin or beeswax is often passed over the hot bowl of the calender to aid in getting a high luster or glaze. Q. How long should it take to milk a cow?—E. R. F A. The time required to milk a cow is between 2'. and 15 minutes. the average being approximately 6 minutes. The difference in the time is caused by the temper of the cow in letting down her milk ard is not dependent on the abil- ity of the milker Q How far is Bermuda from New York?—H. N A. The Bermuda Islands_ are about 675 miles southeast of New York. The climate is picasant without extremes of heat and cold. Q. How many acres of land have been donated to cities and towns for use as parks and playgrounds?—L. D. A. The National Recreation Asso- ciation says that about 75,000 acres of land, valued at more than $100.000,000, have been donated to municipalities for park and recreation areas. This amounts to about one-third of all such areas, the . L. Q. In a word which contains a dou- ble vowel, what is meant when two dots are placed over the second one?’—S. P. A. The dieresis over any vowel in- dicates that this vowel does not coalesce with the preceding vowel, but has a sound distinctly its own. Q. Since women rode horses astride in early times, why was the side-saddle invented-—V. M. A. It is said that the side-saddle was 2: Czech. 1; Mexican, 1: unknown, 14: total, 3709 "The husbands of these women include men of the Army, Navy and Marine Corps. It is understood that a total of approximately 5.000 members of the American expedition- ary forces married foreigners. The list includes only the brides of whom there is record. Q. What national forests are named fflrPl’(!slden!S of the United States?— s. P, A. ‘There are four, The Roosevelt National Forest, In Colorado; the Lin- coln, in New Mexic e Cleveland, in California. and the George Washing- | ton, in Virginia and West Virginia. Q. What is the cheapest first-grade cotton sold in the United States?—J. S, A. The Bureau of Agricultural Eco- nomics says that the lowest price for which middling or first-grade cotton ever sold in this country was in 1842, when it brought 4!, cents a pound on the New Orleans Cotton Exchange. The records of the bureau extend back through the vear 1831, and this is the lowest price Tecorded in all the years since that vear. The second lowest price occurred twice—in the vears 1847 and in 1898. This was 47, cents a pound. Q. Wimt was Bishop Potter's attitude toward the saloon>—J. H. P. A. Bishop Henry Cadman Potter of New York was greatly interested in wel- dare work among the working classes. e held that the beer saloon was ac- tually the poor man's club and was a necessity in a city like New York, and that the church, far from seeking to abolish the saloon, should help to in- stitute saloons, or clubs, where a work- ingman might drink glasses of beer, meet his friends, discuss politics and be elevated from the cares of evers In 1904 he established a tavern know: | as the Subway Tavern, in downtown N York. which was designed to be run as an ethical saloon. It was not well pa- tronized and was made the subject of cule by many newspapers The ject was abandoned and the Sub- Tavern closed August 31, 1905. Q. Where is Papeete>—E. L. S. A. It is in Tahiti, one of most important and populous of the South Sea Islands. The chief town. Papeete, has about 4,600 inhabitants. The climate is agreeable and the natural vegetation beautiful and luxuriant. Tahiti is & French colony. Q. Where do accidents rank as a cause of death among men in the United States>—F. R. A. The National Safety Council says that they rank second. Heart disease is the only cause of death outranking ac- cidents. Q. Where Is the largest ball room in Europe’—D. T. D, A. The ball room in_the royal palace in Madrid is said to be the largest in ope &nd possibly the largest in the world. Viewed as | ‘To many Americans, as shown by public comments, the statement by former Gov. Alfred E. Smith that he will support the Democratic party ini the present campaign is in harmony with the record of the man. His in-| fluence is recognized and it is believed | that many members of the party will | continue to follow his leadership. Some profess to believe that he will appear on the stump eventually. “The most human among all Ameri- can statesmen shows that he is also & sportsman in defeat,” says the Phila- delphia Record (Democratic), with the advice that his followers “should follow their chief.” The Columbia (S. C.) State (Democratic) holds that “so far as the technical regularity of New York's former Governor is concerned. there has really been no haze in the atmosphere to obscure the vision of those under- | standing the situation.” The Omaha World-Herald (independent Democratic) declares that he “is too big a man and too thoroughly a Democrat to permit personal differences to influence him | against what he regards as his duty to | his party and his country.” That paper concludes: ““The battle cry that Smith | has sounded is & call to rally to the colors.” “He will bring whole-heartedly into line also.” according to the Scranton Times (Democratic), “an army of de- voted followers, who, while disappointed | that he was not the convention's choice, | will join him in supporting the man who won the honor.” ‘The Birmingham Age-Herald (Democratic) avers that | “Mr. Smith has pointed out the path | which well balanced Americans who may not be altogether pleased with the outcome of the Democratie convention must take if they are not to be petty, giving up to personal chagrim what be- | 'longs to the Nation.” The Youngstown | Vindicator (independent Democratic) | remarks that “the country will admire | { him the more for his decision.” and that “he is too big & man and too use- ful a_statesman to be spared from po- | litical life.” The Vindicator feels that there is a place “for a man of his na- tional outlook and influence in the United States Senate.” | * kX x | convention, the Roanoke World-News | (Democratic) asserts that “he is the last | man to deal in weasel words or double | meanings.” The World-News recognizes | that “he has won many of the issues | for which he stands, in thre Democratic | platform,” and concludes: “The candi- dates were not of his choosing, but they and the party for which they speak will have the full measure of his support. On the skill and vigor with which that | support is exercised must depend in some measure, at least, the chances for Democratic victory in New York State; | and victory there would insure victory | in the Nation.” The Oklahoma City | Times (independent) states that “vic- tory next November, probable before Smith spoke, becomes more probable now.” The Asbury Park Evening Press (independent Democratic) observes that “between New York’s two Governors there exists a unity of sympathies that not_even political animosities can cor ceal” and that “the Democratic pla form is largely the exclusive handiwork of these two men.” The Columbia (S. C.) Record (independent Democratic) concludes: “There was nothing else for him to say. The party supported Smith in 1928 and he ought to have won. He would have made a great President.” The Providence Journal (independent) voices the belief that “he will be found in the role of party speaker.” The Meridian (Miss.) Star (independent), observing that he “decided to repay verly fickleness with fall-measured | Democratic_loyalty,” calis it “a noble pesture v"'cll worthy of the leader and did not have L"fl"mm’" lon quietly could to defest the man Smith Su}port of H;s ?arty Referring to his statement after the | P | blunder, nfluential Move that won,” in the judgment of the Du- uth Herald (independent Republican), “nobody ever had. And he must have been conscious. perhaps painfully 5o, of these temptations. Yet he is & bigger man today, however disappoint- ing his stand may be to Republicans, because he has chosen to play the game as he always has played it—as a smiling winner and a smil! loser and as an always loyal member of the party that has honored him so often.” Charging that the Roosevelt managers cam- paigned against Smith “months before any delegates had been chosen.” the Minneapolis Journal (independent Re- publican) declares: “That Rcosevelt should have done this to the man who made him Governor. to the man who originally made it possible for him to run for President. naturally rankles in the bLreasts of Al Smith Democrats throughout the land. Al Smith himself .as formal obligations that require him to swaliow a harmony dose of nauseat- ing size. No such obligations bind the rank and file of his millions of ad- mirers.” #0040 There Is criticism of Mr. Smith’s fail- ure to put enthusiasm into his state- ment of party loyalty, and especially his silence on the nominees of the con tion. The Newark Evening News (in- dependent) says: “Roosevelt is not men- tioned at all in the statement. That is too small an action for a man as big as Smith js.” The Nashville Banner (in- dependent) states: “Mr. Smith seem- ingly has forgotten 192§; the country has not.” The Hartford Times (inde- pendent Democratic) avers: “As a for- mer nominee, Mr. Smith is not yet tak- ing the position toward the party he should. As a beneficiary of great loy- alty from Gov. Roosevelt, he disappoints many admirers.” The New York Times (independent) and the Cleveland News (Republican) feel his restraint is “not like Al Smith.” The San Francisco Chronicle (independent Republican) of - fers the comment: “Mr. Smith is rightly conscious of the fact that on the one question which dominated this year's Democratic convention and swung the Democracy into a new,and aggressive policy, he was four years ahead of his arty. * * * Having blazed the way in the bitterness of foregone defeat, Mr, Smith would be less than human if he were not chagrined to see the banner of leadership passed to other hands now that the Democrats—perhaps with un- founded optimism—believe they have a chance of winning and have embraced the very issue on which they repudi- ated him four years ago.” “Southern Democrats that voted against Smith four years ago long since realized their mistake and will not be misled again into committing such a ""in the opinion of the Texar- kana Gazette (Democratic). The Phil- adelphia Evening Bulletin (independent Republican) declares: “He is a Demo- crat, and that implies the support of the party ticket and the platform, part | of which is much to his liking and more in line with his openly avowed position and determination than with anything Gov. Roosevelt ever had said previous to his speech of acceptance, notably the ‘repeal’ plank.” I “Roosevelt welcomes,” according to the New York Sun (independent), “the crumb thrown to his cause in Mr. Smith’s statement. Smith will support the ticket. That may win back to the Democratic ticket thousands of votes which would follow Al Smith wherever he went. But it will not appease all the Smith followers. Their anger is too great to be mollified by their hero’s regularity.” ! —— -t Good Time to Quit. From the Detroit News. A Parisian waiter has just relired | with a fortune of $500,000. Now would seem to be the time, with tourists get- ng keenex minute at acitbmetic, eyery-