Evening Star Newspaper, September 23, 1932, Page 8

A8 THE EVENING STAR With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. FRIDAY. September 23, 1932 rHEODORE W. NOYES....Editor Nhe Evening Star Newspaper Com s o ey ropean o Enxland. Rate by Carrier Within the City. e Evening S 4 h e ey a5 P month e Evening an unday Star (when 4 und;ygr TR 60c per month vening and Sunday Star P sy . 88 per month Y [1 1 "5 per copy the end of each month. ders may be sent in by mail or telephone mllfinfl 5000. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. d Virginia. B, : All Other States and Canada. i Ell\' and Sunday.. 1yr,$1200: 1 mo., $100 s oniy 8¢ yr., $800; 1mo., 50¢ v only . sl 13, $5.00; 1 mo. unday only ..... Member of the Associated Press. The Associated Press is exclusively entitled o the use for republication of all news dis- patches credited to it or not otherwise cred- ited in this paper ahd also the local news published herein. All of publication of Special dispatches he: d. in_are also reser Franklin Calls to Hiram. Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt has cor- @ially invited the anti-Hoover Hiram Johnson Into the Democratic camp. The bid of the Democratic presidential candidate to the disgruntled Republican Benator was made quite openly during his first address in California. What | Senator Johnson will do about it re- mains to be scen. Speaking before the California Federation of Labor a dav or two agn. Senator Johnson upbraided the Government, without mentioning President Hoover's name, for “failing to ald the destitute” while lending money to the banks. Gov. Roosevelt, who has taken much the same position in his eriticism of the Hoover adminis- tration. said that he agreed one hun- dred per cent with Senator Johnson California put Woodrow Wilson into the White House in 1916. It went Democratic in the presidential election of that year, because, it has often been said. Senator Johnson declined to support Charles Evans Hughes, the Re- publican nominee. Senator Johnson. then Governor, was disgruntled because Mr. Hughes. on a campaign trip to California, visited Johnson's enemies and failed to visit him. It seems in- credible that great events should be so | controlled, or that personal pique should | govern instead of principle. But that | seems to have happened in California in 1916. And now the California Sen- ator is again the target of Democratic hopes. on the theory that having thrown down his own party in one presidential election he will do so again. When Senator Johnson was running for Te- election in 1928 he remained regular enough, and made no motion to try to| throw California to Alfred E. Smith against Herbert Hoover. The California situation politically has its problems for the Democrats as| well as for the Republicans, however. Al Smith had and has a great follow- ing in Northern California. How will these Al Smith Democrats feel toward Gov. Roosevelt and toward William Gibbs McAdoo, who handed the Cali- fornia delegation, pledged to Garner, over to Roosevelt at the Chicago con- vention just in time to bring about the nomination of Roosevelt, for whom, it is reported, Mr. Smith has no use as a presidential candidate? California has long been & Repub- lican State. Its registration of voters shows the Republicans have 460,000 more enrolled voters than have the Democrats. It is still questionable | whether the Roosevelt. Garner, McAdoo | and Hearst combination, plus the dis-, gruntled Hiram Johnson, can upset such a Republican lead on election day. Senator Johnson, who was once stung badly by the presidential bee. has been | a President maker by indirection. and he may seek the same role again this year because of his dislike of the first, Californian to become President of the "United States. In 1916 his denial of aid to Hughes elected Woodrow Wilson. | In 1920 Senator Johnson entered the lists and because of the three-cornered | race between Wood. Lowden and himself brought about a deadlock and the nomi- | nation of Warren G. Harding. By de-| clining to become vice presidential | nominee of the Republicans along with Harding or with the late Senator Knox of Pennsylvania, Senator Johnson also by indirection made possible the ascen- dancy of Calvin Coolidge from the vice presidency to the White House. De- cidedly, the California Senator has had much to do with the White House suc- cession during the last sixteen years. Yet he did not care for any of the men politically for whom he made 1t possible to win the presidency. The only man whom he supported whole- | heartedly for the presidency fatled of | election in 1912—the late Col. Theodore Roosevelt, Johnson's leader in the Bull | ! own expense, and the meal was served ! appropriations made for these eating | | Capitol—makes the neva to chastise Japan, the isiand em- pire has all but formally signaled that its reply would be resignation from the League. What the debaters of Lake Leman would then do is something nobody has ventured to guess. They would have to do somethirg or subject themselves to even more of the world's disfavor and mistrust than their bungling conduct of the Manchurian issue has already earned for the League. Germany's refusal to participate in further disarmament negotiations unless her demand for arms equality is re- spected is accompanied by the threat! of eventual withdrawal from the League of Nations. If both Japan and Ger- many leave, there are definite fears that Italy, Hungary, Bulgaria, Austria, Turkey and possibly other countries will join in the grand exit. Russia is about to conclude a new treaty with Japan providing for recognition of Manchukuo. If Nippon boycotts the League on the ! Manchurian issue, Bussia might con- i sider it logical to follow suit. The Mos- cow government’s rapprochement with Japan coincides with increasingly closer relations between Russia and Germany. M. Litvinoff in a speech at Geneva| this week openly sided with Germany's arms demands and said the Soviet would, like the Germans, have nothing to do with the technical commission of the disarmament commission unless the Geneva disarmament snail mate- rially acoelerates its gait. Crises are not phenomena on the| Qual Woodrow Wilson, Compromise is almost as common in the League as conversation. Whether it can be in-| voked to save the cantankerous situa- tions which Japan and Germany have precipitated is a grave question. e Government Restaurants. The National Restaurant Associa- tion's protest against all eating places in Government departments has been | placed before the Shannon Committee of the House, investigating Government competition with private business Should the protest be taken so seriously as to endanger the existence of these eating places, the question ‘would be raised immediately as to the fate of the House and Senate restaurants at | the Capitol. These institutions are, of | course, in competition with private business, just as are the barber shops. baths, gymnasium, etc.. maintained at the Capitol for the health and conven- ience of members and employes. They are, moreover, subsidized by the Gov- ernment, the House restaurant being | run under the House Committee on Ac- counts and the Senate Restaurant be- ing run by a subcommittee of the Sen- ate Rules Committee. Losses suffered ! by these places are made up out of | appropriations. A majority of the cafeterias, lunch; counters and one “soda luncheonette” | in the departments are operated by the Welfare and Recreational Associa- tion of Public Buildings and Grounds. | Inc., & private benevolent corporation, that utilizes its profits for maintenance #nd improvement of municipal golf courses, tennis courts, etc., located in the public parks. When the profit ex- ceeds a stipulated return, the excess is turned over to the Treasury. Its trustees are Federal employes, serving without compensation. Other eating places in the departments are run by the em- ployes on a co-operative basis. | When Secretary of Commerce Chapin | entertained at his own expense some | 320 members of a recent economic con- ference, providing them with luncheon in the Department of Commerce cafe- teria, any profits that might have ac- cried to the cafeteria through this windfall—at fifty cents a plate—went | into the fund for maintenance of rec- | reational activities, and some of it will probably go into the Treasury to swell the receipts of the United States Gov- ernment. But if a member of the House or Senate chose to entertain visitors at one of the Capitol restaurants at his | i at a loss to the restaurant, the loss would be eventually covered from the places. | If there is to be any abolition of eat- ing places on Government property, | those at the Capitol might be con- sidered as the first to go. But the na- ture of the Government establishment | in Washington—and this includes the | maintenance of these cafeterias and restaurants nec- | essary. They might be considered as necessary as the desks and the typewriters. The Government per- sonnel could not get along without them, except at great inconvenience. In the first place. the location of Govern- | ment buildings and the concentration of employes require ealing places within the buildings themselves. And while they are on Government property, using a varying amount of Government space and equipment, they should be run either on a co-operative basis. with no profit to anybody, or. as in the case of the Welfare and Recreational Associa- | THE EVENING the business of life. The tree % ® symbol of human struggle and human aspiration. The world of men is in many ways as bleak and barren as & concrete pavement. Even the most for- tunate of individuals must occasionally find himself with his back to the wail. No environment, however pleasant in theory, is entirely friendly. Each separate soul must find space and sus- tenance for existence. Edch must do for himself what the mulberry is doing. But more important than the sidewalk is the crevice, and more important than the wall are the sun and the air. The tree understands. And the philosopher visions the larger truth. The world is no more definitely hostile than it is kindly. Each soul can somewhere and somehow find strength. Each can sur- vive. ‘The tree may dream of a more agree- able location, and the struggling soul may long for a more congenial home. But meanwhile life goes on, and things are never so bad that they might not be worse. To passersby, thoughtful or not, the mulberry preaches a sermon of patient enterprise. Circumstances are both for nd against it. Living is hard, but it can be managed. The tree is not dis- couraged. Cramped and crowded, starved and frail it may be, but it cheer- fully continues to strive. And the striv- ing is not in vain. If a mulberry can survive and measur- ably prosper under such conditions, a man can do as much in the face of even greater odds. R Apples are bringing less than they brought & year ago. They represent undoubted value and another year should find Virginia rejoicing with the rest of the world in the discovery of a commercial system that will give sat- isfactory results in getting what is raised to where it is needed. R England’s famous hangman, John El- lis, stricken with remorse, committed suicide by cutting his throat. He had lost pride in his profession and went as far as circumtances permitted in showing a rather unpatriotic preference for something resembling the guillotine as compared with the rope. S Racketeers are being scientifically classified and labeled by expert crimi- nclogists. Their efforts, like those of entomologists, are appreciated, but the real thanks will go to some practical person who invents a reliable method of getting rid of tRem. - It is stated that former Gov. Al Smith wil! join in the campaigning early next month. This will remove the risk of his becoming one of the forgotten men of whom Gov. Roosevelt speaks with so much feeling. How long Mr. McKee is to continue a3 New York's mayor is not positively known. There is no doubt, however, that he is entitled to be classified as » willing worker who enjoys his job. SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. The Generous Attitude. ‘When Bliggins saw other men changing their minds Or heard each equivocal phrase From shrewd politiclans of various kinds. ‘Their conduct his soul would amaze. “The path that is narrow and straight,” | he'd exclaim, “Is the path for each citizen's use.” When any one sought to depart from | get cut of his way that same, | He couldn't see any excuse ! But the day came along when he had | to admit That speeches may change with the times: That the burden of thought may be shifted a bit As onward and upward one climbs The parallel columns and scrapbooks so grim With glee unrestrained they turned loose. But each fierce accusation meant noth- ing to him. It was easy to find an excuse. Manysidedness. “Every story has two sides,” said the fair-minded man “Yes." replied Senator Sorghum. “At least two. The number of sides a story has depends largely on how many po- litical parties happen to be in the fleld.” A Departure Approved. “I understand vour boy Josh Is ex- perimenting on the lines of perpetual motion.” replied Farmer Corntossel “And I feel some encouraged about it. I thought for awhile that the only thing Josh was goin’ to take in was perpetual rest.” Inevitable Adjective. Moose campaign. Col. Roosevelt's widow | tion, the profits should be utilized for Great changes now are under way, and his sons and daughters this vear | are supporting Herbert Hoover and op- posing the DemocTatic Roosevelt. & e Towa is awaiting President Hoover's address with the deepest interest. The President was originally a mining engi- neer, but there can be no doubt that in the past few years he has learned a great deal about farming and farmers. | League of Nations Woes. If there be superstitious folk at Geneva, they probably await the open- | ing of the League Assembly on Monday | with fear and trembling. It is the thirteenth annual session of the world’s most famous debating soclety. Some- thing far more tangible and disquieting dominates this year's Assembly than its | hoodoo number. It meets in an; atmosphere of international controversy that bodes little good for the organiza- | tion that assumes responsibility for | making the world a more peaceable | place to live in. Indeed, there are eX- tremists who say the League will be lucky if it survives the approaching Assembly—survives, at least, in respect ©of maintaining its present membership. Manchuria and disarmament are the ! twin thorns in the side of League solidarity. The Lytfon Commission’s report, a terrifyingly formidable docu- ! ment of 100,000 words, has just been freighted into Geneva from the Far East, where the League’s neutral in- vestigating body spent six months fer- reting out the true inwardness of the benevolent purposes. i If there is criticism of these eating places, it should lie on the side of lack | of uniformity in maintaining them. De- partment of Commerce employes have their own well-equipped cafeteria in the building. With only half an hour allowed for lunch, the dining room must be on the premises. But the Treasury employes have only a lunch counter. where no food is cooked. The Depart- ment of Agricuiture employes must go outside for meals, as must those of the Department of Justice. The prices, as well as quality of food. vary. Serving, as they do. only one meal. these eating places should be maintained for the employes and the cost of food kept at the minimum. This is one form of competition with private business in which the Government should excel. ———— So many excellent spea’ers are listed in the campaign make-up that it is reared there will not be enougn radio spare to accommodate the reguiar ad- vertisers. e A Mulberry Tree. In a crevice in the sidewalk at a right | angle of the east wall of the old Post Office Department Building, in Eleventh street near Pennsylvania avenue, there is a mulberry tree growing. It has been there for a long time, perhaps for a decade. Today it is some ten feet tall.| Its trunk is a slender stem and it3 leaves are a pale green, but it is a Fkealthy growth. Passersby notice it Sino-Japanese conflict in Manchuria. If the League Council, and later the Asspmbly, find in the Lyttog/Commis- slon’s report anything that impels Ge- the subject the téxt of s discourse on 800,000 miles & minute. and wonder how it gained foothold and nourishment in such an unlikely spot. A chance philosopher might find in And as the years keep slipping. Perhaps some day we’ll see a play That's not described as “gripping.” A Serious Conclusion. “Is your daughter still taking ‘music lessons?" “No," replied Mr. Growcher. “After hearing her sing and play lately, I have concluded that she doesn't need a teacher any more. What she wants is a censor.” The Long Talk. “After I got through with my re- marks,” said the orator, “the people applauded loudly.” “I joined in -that applause,” replied Miss Cayenne. “You were interested.” “Yes, and grateful. I was afraid for \awhile that you had grown zbeent- mind=d and thought you were filibus- tering.” One Consolation. The lady smoked a cigarette. Away our tears we wiped, And said, “It might be wusser yet, She might have smoked a pipe!” “De man dat said he's discouraged,” caid Uncle Eben, “is mighty liable to find cut dat he’s hankerin’ to quit work an’ go fishin’ ———— Despondent Slow Poke. From the Springfield (Mass.) Union. It is only fair to point out that the|jhonq ™ we is considered something automobile official who committed sui-|a Latin American specialist. cide in a moment of despondency had "just read about the mew planet which 3“’0 rate of of washington, an heiress in her own travels through space | | | | sive machi L | dential ticket in 1928 STAR, WA THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. “God help a dog on a road like this,” said the pedestrian to himself. His remark was caused by the sight of an old country-looking dog slowly crossing the way. Even the diffidence of a chicken, achieving the same end, was as nothinj compared with the dog's amble. Cars were darting along at 40 miles an hour, but the big dog moved slowly over the concrete shoulder as if he were in the middle of a meadow. He did not hurry, but kept steadily on_ his way. It was not, however, his lack of fright which saved him, or any evident desire on the part of motorists not to hit him, but solely chance, fortune, which so worked itself out that he passed between the hurtling vehicles. The pedestrian marveled that not a soul seemed to make any particular effort to miss the creature, but rather depended upon him to get out of the way. This was the feature of mctoring which the spectator told himself he would never be able to master, and was the one big reason why he never took up motoring. His nature was such that he would be forever thinking of the rights of those afoot, whereas he plainly saw that to be a successful driver in modern traffic one must not only expect that pedestrians will get out of yhe way but confidently believe that they will. The observer knew that while he might hope that those afoot, including all the smaller beasts, would get out of the way, actfally he would not expect them to, but would picture them failing ;n do s0. (As, alas, they so often do ail.) Modern _traffic conditions, on the other hand, are built solely on the basis of driver expectation. He figures that it is not up to him to slow down in order to be on the safe side in passing those on the road. He reserves his slowing down. his effort to avBid hitting somebody or some thing. for the period immediately after he sees that he is going to hit them. This is the one big cause at the bottom of the modern toll of the automobile. If something could be “done about it” along these lines, the number of ac- cidents might be reduced, but just what sort of education, resulting in a changed outlook by the bulk of drivers, would secure this desirable end is something for educators, drivers and traffic ex- perts to work out between them. The problem will never be solved any the pedestrian thought, as he paced along the concrete shoulder serving in lieu of sidewalk. He walked north on the left side of the road, fac- | ing the oncoming stream of traffic. The effort to avoid hitting must be made scores of feet in advance of where it is now commonly begun. That is the problem in a nutshell of statement. The onus of hitting must be put on the man in the machine, not the man afoot, if there is to be any let-up in the preseat national proportion of fatal accidgnts and maimings. The flexibility of the motor car bears in itself the solution. Quick stopping and starting, with every degree of in- crease and decrease in between, points the way. If automobiles were not so perfectly flexible, and getting more so every year, there might be some excu.e for the sad accidents which disfigure every highway, especially at week-ends, and which end in disaster for 50 many. The modern automobile, however, is a marvel of handling. not so much from the standpoint of getting it around as from its ability be slowed up and slowed down gradually or abruptly, or to any degree between. This power. in the possession of the operator of the leest costly car, gives him the ability to begin making prep- arations to avoid an accident many feet in advance of the point where such preparations are normally begun. If he sees an old dog, for instance slowly crossing a road, the said dog evi- | dently not having enough common sense to make & dash for it, he is able to recognize this fault in the dog as well as any pedestrian can. ‘The walker cannot hurt the dog, the | man in & car can. It is sort of up to him, then, is it not, to act on the theory that maybe the creature does not see him, and will not be able to If this seems to be asking too much of any motorist, the only answer is the question, Why should it be? Something of the duty of protecting those afoot ought to be placed upon the man at the wheel as well as upon the walkers themselves. Self-protection is Nature’s first law, no doubt, but that is very little reason why, in modern associations of human beings, called communities, and claiming to be civilized, the entire responsibility should be placed on the man who wants to avold being hurt. There ought to be a similar responsibility to avold hurt- ing, and there is, of course, but some people pay no attention to it evidently. This taking thought-on the part of the motorist, not on that of the walker, is particularly necessary in the case of children, dogs and cats, to name but three of the smaller creatures. It is of no use to say that “they should look out”; the reason for this action is only too plainly evident. But the truth seems to be that they are too small to “look out” in the way the onrusher demands; the four-legged ones do not possess the understanding requisite for this self-protection. There is nothing in the whole race history of the animals which gives them the slightest understanding of the speed of the modern automobile. Indeed, there is some question whether man- kind is much better off in this respect; airplane speeds of 300 miles an hour are almost astronomical, compared with the average man's genuine con- ception of them. This is plainly shown in the tragic accidents at railroad crossings, where so many cruel collisions have proved that even automobile operators, faced with a smooth gliding train coming at | 60 miles an hour, are in danger of un- | derestimating the speed. It is no wonder, therefore, | creature on four legs (as well as many a little one on two), who cannot read. | write or estimate—in fact, | speak, or read. or scarcely know its own | name—is not in the least able to real- |ize that a motor car is coming after it | at a speed of 40 miles an hour, and will | actually catch it before it has time to | cross the road Looked 2t in this elementary fash- |fon_ it is instantly sensed, a pedestrian may well believe, by almost any one, | that there is no hope for a lessing of | traffic _accidents unless the motorists take to their own hearts and minds the necessity for some action on their part. rather than their present system of not | only believing that walkers will get out | of their way, but of confidently expect- ing that they will Particularly the small creatures need some one to stick up for them, to voice their lack of understanding, and their | inability to - comprehend modern speeds. If any one doubts the need for | this spokesmanship, he will be remind- |ed of 1t some day by the sight of a dog bathed in its own blood, lving by the side of the road like an old doormat. Even sensitive persons. who are in the habit of giving consideration to the rights and happiness of others, includ- ing the brute creatures, are inclined at times when driving to forget the plain needs of the creatures. Although they have the largest theoretrical comprehension of the necessity for slowing down to see what an animal is going to do. in actual driving they. too, often act solely as if they expected the creature to know enough to get out of the way. ‘Thelr speed shows that they confl- dently believe that it will go right straight ahead, whereas experience often demonstrates that the glare of the headlight may Blind 1t. confuse it. and cause it to turn in its tracks just as it is getting across safely This is & small tragedy of the road no doubt. in comparison with the value of automobiles wrecked, lives lost, and limbs maimed on the grand arteries of the Nation week after week, month after month, and year after year. Yet perhaps it is a tragedy which points & moral even more plainly than the grievous aceident which is fcllowed | by human sorrow, pain and lawsuits. The small creatures which are killed on our roads, especially at night. have few spokesmen, and fewer yet to do them reverence. Perhaps that is the r son why all their fellow pedestrians should speak yup for them now and then. They are one in the brotherhood | of the open roed, a relationship which | many a motorist has yet to prove. WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS BY FREDERIC Grains of comfort for the Republi- | cans are few and far between these drab Autumnal days, so they're extract- ing all the traffic will bear from the La Follette-Blaine debacle in Wisconsin No matter what betides in November, the G. O. P. feels it is rid of an incubus in the smashing of the Badger Progres- e. Though the Hoover ad- ministration. was not directly an issue in either the gubernatorial or senatorial primary. the La Follettes and Blaine have at no time concealed their bitter hostility to the President and all his works. Blaine's votes in the Senate have been almost consistently anti-adminis- tration, both during the Coolidge and Hoover regimes. He tastes now the dregs that await all party traitors—the same kind Tom Heflin had to swallow for deserting his organization's presi- Blaine bolted ! Hoover to support Smith. and Hefln bolted Smith to support Hoover. —Pail La Follette is rolled in the mud. but “Young Bob" is far from down and out The latter has three more years in the Senate before his present term expires. He has grown in stature on Capitol Hill The dynasty may pull itself together again by the time “Young Bob" seek re-election in 1934. Incidentally. Blaine deteat causes the third “B° o tumble from the Senate roll call—Bro khart and Broussard being the others, Its an unlucky letter this vear. * % % % Gov. Roosevelt had the stellar oppor- tunity of his Western trip at Portland to blossom out as & radical. but he chose not to run in that direction. His power speech bristled with thrusts at the public utilitles and stirred the enthusiasms _of the multitude out there, where kilowatt hours and hydro- electric energy are paramount issues.| But. closely analyzed, theres little or nothing in the Rooseveltian regulatory program that should kecp any power magnate in the land awake at night. The Portland address is fresh evidence of the Governor's determination not to | stir up the capitalistic animals unnec- essarily. Mr. Roosevelt obvidusly con- siders this the cagiest strategy. Even Democratic _newspaper _correspondents with the Governor report that his pussyfooting is getting the Western | goat. J. Fred Essary of the Baltimore Sun, in the dispatch from the Roose- velt special, says: “To the great dis- appointment of one Western audience 2fter another Franklin D. Roosevclt is not making the aggressive campaign expected of him. He is not hitting out. and particularly is not aiming sledgehnammer blows at Precident Hoover, is not walloping the adminis- tration in the spproved Western man- ner and is not making the iscues be- tween the two parties stand out.” - x ok % Of course, ii's counting chickens a ‘long time before they're haiched, but Washington's gossip factory has already chosen ~“President™ tary of State for him. He is a form. well known member of the forcign servics, Sumner Welles. It appears that Mr. Welles is an occasional visitor to Gov. Roosevelt at Albany and Hyde Park, presumably for the purpose of advising him on foreign affairs. Welies is & man of wealth, culture and rris- tocratic background and has served both in the State Department an? o e years ago he married the former Mrs. Peter Goslet Gerry, a daughter uf the late Mr. and Mrs. Richard 1lownsnd Roosevelt's Secre- | WILLIAM WILE. Henry Cabot Lodge, grandson of the late Republican Senator from Masca- thusetts. whose famous name he beears. has now embarked upon the ancestral political career by winning & nomina- \tion for the Bay State Legislature from his home district on the North Shore. Senator Lodge entered public life by the same route, wh-n he wes elected to the Massachusetis house in 1880. at the age of 30 grandson is just about that vintage Until a year ago the present Henry Cabot Lodge wes a Washingion news- paper correspondent. He 15 now on the editorial staff of the New York | Herald Tribune, specializing tional defense mattcrs. Harvard grac uate, tall, handsome and brilliant, he has ‘also_inherited the tribal flair for politics. His friends predict he'll go far. *ox % % ‘Washington has more than a pass- ing interest in the lively congressional contest in the fifth Michigan district, where Representative Carl E. Mapes, Republican, is seeking an eleventh term in the House. He is the statesman who, as chairman of the special committee on fiscal relations between the Federal Government and the District of Co- lumbia, favored the Imposition of heavier tax burdens on disfranchised | Washingtonians. He's now up against & SUIT fight. His Democratic opponent is Winfield H. Caslow, who calls himself | “the Main Street Crusader For the | past three years Caslow has been mak- |ing the Wolverine welkin ring from a | Grand Rapids broadcasting station with a drive against the chain stores. He is trying to unhorse Mapes on that issue. | The incumbent Representative usually | wins by big Republican majorities, but | November, 1932, may tell a different | story. . o oxox At an American Legion post meeting |in Washington this week an ingenious way was proposed to Gov. Roosevelt | for straddling the bonus issue. A service man suggested that if the Democratic presidential nominee came out for im- mediate payment of the bonus balance only to unemployed veterans he'd take the curse off any charge of being pro- bonus. Tt's estimated that some 750.000 men might qualify under these circum- stances and that instead of costing the Treasury $2,300,000,000 Uncle Sam might get off with a mere bagatelle of $600,000,000 or 0‘100.000.000. * x % ¥ The Marquess of Reading of England will not be the only distinguished stranger at the American Bar Associa- tion convention here next month. France will be rep esented by M. Paul Reyiaud, former minister of justice and of finance in various Tardieu cabinets. M. Reynaud has also been “batonniere” (leader) of the Paris bar. He is now in Mexico, looking after some extensive ivate investments, and will come to ashington.directly from there in time to address the lawyers on October 14. e wow Had not the exigencles of the Re- | publican presidential campaign made their services more necessary here, it's understood that President wented Senator Dave Reed of Pennsyl- vania and Ambassador Walter Edge to represent the United States at the Geneva Disarmament Conference steer- ing committee sessions now in b Their mandate would have been to hammer into the consciousncss of the reluctant Eurcpean brethren that the United States means business on dis- armament and doesn't want to see the Geneva engine stalled. Senator Reed is to be used forfgleventh-hour cam- RaarcAs - e that a ' Hoover | Apartment Architecture Not Conducive to Health To the Editor of The Bta-. ‘What would be thought of the home builder who planned a house contain- ing windows only on one of its four sides and provided for bath rooms and kitchens without windows and rooms un- connected by halls? Doubtless he would be regarded as extremely eccentric or the dwelling a freakish abode. Windows on two or more sides of a house have too long been recognized as assential to proper lighting and ventilating to be dispensed with even in this progressive age of artificial illumination and me- chanical ventilation. Without windows facing the sun and opening on oppo- site sides a dwelling would be cheerless and stufly indeed. Yet the apartment bullder who plans numerous housing units under a single roof contalning windowless bath rooms and kitchens and suites without halls and with but one exposure, is esteemed house hunters are beguiled by the glamour of showy entrances and other non-essentials designed to offset the lack of sound house planning. Artifi- clal ventilating and lighting have not attained the stage where they can be satisfactorily substituted for ~windows, although they may be useful in supple- menting them. So long as the sun con- windows will perhaps remain the best means for lighting and ventilating homes. In The Star of April 17, 1932, ap- peared a map of Washington prepared by the Association for the Prevention of Tuberculosis containing 590 dots showing the former address of a person Who died tHe vear previous from the disease, an increase of 20 fatal cases over the preceding year. Modern apart- ment house planning would indicate that lighting and ventilating are of sec- ondary importance, and the medical and | undertaking fraternities solemnly ac- | quiesce in this form of housing. In- | quiry has disclosed the only efforts made by the United States Public ! Health Service to better housing condi- vermin proof. So inviolate are the sacred rights of property, especially of the small city | lot providing & compact location for 50 | families where but one or two formerly were housed. that the building codes of our largest cities are extremely con- servative, containing no harsher meas- ure than to require the whitewashing of the nadequate light and air shafts prescribed and through which the ten- ants breathe and look heavenward. The elimination of halls in apart- ments has resulted in economy of space although the size of rooms in the newer buildings has diminished and rentals in- creased. The overnight guest occupying the living room couch must intrude upon the privacy of the host, passing through his bed room to reach the bath. If the host arises first, he must pussyfoot | through the improvised guest room =~ | order to prepare breakfast in the con- | necting kitchen. The aparimcnt without a hall is | particuiariy unsuited for a family con- sisting of father and daughier, or mother and son, or friends occupying ! separate sleepiig rooms. Even the married couple finds it inconvenint to | entertain a guest overnight because of the inaccessibility of the bath rcom and kitchen The building codes of a perfectly rational human being, and tinues to shine and the winds to blow | - ! read. | tions were to make bulldings rat and | ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. When troublesome questions arise, avail yourself of the service of this de- rtment. It costs you nothing—you ve only to send three cents for post- age on the personal letter you will re- ceive in reply. subject of fact will be answered. Ad-| dress your letter of inquiry to The Eve- | ning Star Information Bureau, Frederic J. Haskin, Director, Washington, D. C Q. What do the words on the Olym- pic insignia mean?—W. T. W. A. The words Citius Altius Fortius on the Olympic insignia mean: Quicker, | higher, more strongly—it is significant | to note that the meaning of the word “fortius” is accepted by the Interna- tional Olympic Committee as more strongly and not stronger—indicative of the athlete’s endeavor to run faster, jump higher and throw more strongly, | always, in fact, get a bit better than iyou were before. Any question on any | Q. How many little children are sent | to _kindergarten in the United States? —T. T A. About 800,000 This is about one- third of the 4 and 5 year old children in the large cities. Q. What kind of architecture is that which is called Early English?>—G. N. A. That name is given to the first pointed Gothic used in England, about the end of the twelfth century. ! @ How much aust is there in the air T {in 8 house?—A. | A It would depend upon eircum- stances. It is said that & room near a | ceiling has been found to contain 188,000,000 dust particles to the cubic inch. It is estimated that a cigarette smoker sends 4,000.000 partieles into the air with every puff Q. How did Martin Luther die? —E. A.G. | A He died as a result of exposure while attending a dispute at which he arbitrated between the Counts Albrecht and Gebbard of Mansfeld. He success- fully accomplished his mission and | preached several times to crowded con- gregations, but the exposure to inclem- |ent weather on the way to Eisleben {and protracted negotiations proved too | great a strain on his infirm bcdy, and on | the early morning of February 18, 1546, he gassed quietly away. Q. What State has the most ' mountain peaks?—J. G. A. Of the 55 named mountain peaks of the United States (exclusive of Alaska) which exceed 14,000 feet in ! height, Colorado has 42. There are probably at least five more peaks of this altitude in Colorado which remain un- named. | Q Do milk?—R A. The use of goats’ milk is common in Switzerland, Germany. Cuba. Mexico, and other countries and even our own country in certain sections anfl the larger cities. The goat takes up little room and produces quite a g v of | good milk. Goats’ milk has been used extensively in infant hospitals and other | places as a substitute for cows’ milk. high many people drink goats M. D some cities require that access to the bath of an apar.ment shall be through & hall, but the District building regula- tions make no provision for such privacy The utilization of & clothes closet as a connecting passage between the bath :nd other rooms is a poor makeshift tor a hall or closet-lined passage. The poricu ar host is somewhat sensitive 1o cxposing to the furtive glances of pol guesis a clothes closet with Irish bed aiversified wardrobe, housecleaning weapons and other unornate articles here are comr v few build- ings which do not suvites or apa:;tments difficult to kezp occupled. It has been estimated there |are some 4,000 vacant Washington. This condition probably , could be avoided were the planning and | conatruction of apartment houses regu- {Iated and supervised like a public |utility. Bui'ders who plan improve- ! ments which are likely to prove poar ! investments as well as inferior liviny | accommodations should be piaced in the category of promo.ers of worihles | stocks and other questionable enter- prises | Maintaining a home in a small private house is not rhe burden of a decade ago. The oil-burning furnace, | mecnanical refrigrrator and automcb.l> { have simplified the probiem. No longer is At necessary to handle coal and ashes tend the furnace. and wait for the ice man and trolley or train. Unless apar \ments are planned to embody the ica- ilures of a private house which m1 tor health and comfort the apartme | may be brought into competition w | the small house | The costly fire-resisting and other materials requircd by municipal ¢ | nances and which tend to mak> apar { ment renta’s hizh do not enter intc t construction of the small private house. | which can be erected on a less exp nsi: site It ic prooable that the smal! house or bungalow can be msin‘ained |at a figure not exceeding the rental of an apartment of a similar number of | rooms. Certainly the private house | possesses features which are far more conducive to b-tter living and 1if in- corporated in avartmen:s would sat's = long-felt need. LEWIS L. YOUNG. Orient Not to Blame For Psychoanalysis To the Editor of The Star: Permit me, in the interest of justice and accuracy, to take issue with a state- ment in your editorial of September 14 on psychoanalysis. I have no q with your denunciation of Freud' wholesome concepts, but. in the name of fair dealing, why attempt to fasten the blame for them upon the Orient? The Austrian, Sigmund Freud. certain roduct. and a thorough- going materialist into the bargain. The literatures and philosopinles which the East has treasured from antiquity have an idealistic and spiritual basis, far re- moved indeed from the erotic specula- tions of Freud. | Al of the great world religions and spiritual movements have come out of the East, and it is to the Orient that Western psychology will ao well to turn for inspiration and guidance in its study of the baffiing problems of human ~on- sciousness and the powers latent in man. E. M. HOUGH. N Russian Progress. | From the Springfield (Mass.) Daily Republican ! Russian vodka is being converted into | synthetic rubber. This should improve | automobile driving in Russia as well as | lower the cost of tires. ————r e Health and Percentage. From the Cleveland News. Omaha’s plan to provide medical care in return for 3 per cent of family i | come should be acceptable to large, careless or unemployed families. e | Fish Fiction. From the Lowell Evening Leader. i The impression Is that the ficher- men’s college organized in Florida ought to include in its curriculum a course in fiction, Some of the fish stories re- wn‘:ged as literary efforts are deplorably crude. Properly Titled. From the Salt Lake City Deseret Ne The New Japanese radio station at Tokio is initialed JOAK. Persons who have tuned in and tried to uncerstand | what was coming over the air admit im station is well named. ————- Discovery Needed. Prom the Indianapolis News. At the rate transatlantic flying at- {hropie gboraphica) seiety mignt s c gt phical soc! t see wrffltmdoumn!wmmb tered at reasonshie apartmen's in | Q. How much money did Lotta Crab- tree leave?>—E. D. L A She is said to have wealthiest player in America $3,000.000, most of it to cha | Q When were the Father Mathew temperance societies started in this country”’—W. D. i A Father Theobald Mathew of Cork. Ireland. began his campaign for tem- perance about 1838 and within three | vears gathered about him more than 14.000,000 followers. 1In 1850 he came to America. where he founded the nu- merous Father Mathew Total Absti- nence Societies. Q. What is the unusual bed of flow- ers on the west side of the Washington Monument in Washington, D. C.? =TG: A 1t is George Washington's coat arms. Lights have been arranged been the She left taw Demanded to play on the garden on special occas sions. Q. Is it true that a person sleeps better with his head to the north? —W. N. D. A. The Public Health Service says that the position a person sleeps in does not affect its healthful quality. | It is sound sleep in any position which is healthful. Q. How far can the Gulf Stream be distinguished?—J. W. P. A. The Gulf Stream flows north- eastward along the American coast, but. can no longer be distinguished from the | rest of the ocean drift after it hag passed latitude 40 degrees north and meridian 60 degrees west. When it leaves the southern edge of the banks of Newfoundland it is no longer sidered a current. but a drift. The d tance to which the extensicn of the Gulf Stream is felt in a northeasterly direction has been the subject of much discussion. By measurement on the map the distance may be given approx- imatelp as 3,000 miles Q. When speaking of a hill as hav- ing a 10 per cent slope, what is the basis?—C. P. A A 10 per cent grade means that there will be a rise of 10 feet in each 100 feet. e in Balti- shington?—W. A S, Washington. D. C.. according te the census of 1930, has a Negro popu- lation of 132,068, or 27.1 per cent of the total. Baltimore has a Negro popu- lation of 142.106. or 17.7 per cent of its tctal population. usua'ly made called be of 80 pa f The proportion of tin from one-third to one-fifth weight of the copper. according sound required, the size of the bell and the impulse to be given. The clearness and richness of the tone depend upon the metal used, the perfection of its casting and also upon its shape, it having been shown by a number of experiments that the well known shape with a thick lip is the best adapted to give a perfect sound. The depth of the tone of a bell increases in proportion to its size Q B A cusps Hew is a horse’s age determined teeth?—M. W. A horse's age is known by the in the surface of his teeth up until he is about 8. After that it is rather difficult to horse. all H the length ar Q. Is the organ in the Convi Hall at Atlantic City owned by city>—F R A The organ in the Convention Hall is now virtually complete and is the largest organ in the world in the number of pipes, size of pipes. wind pressures used and horse power e ployed. This was necessary, due to t immense size of the auditorium, which is the largest building of its type in the world. and has a total seating capacity cf 41,000, The organ is being built from the general bond funds is- d by the City of Atlantic City e building of the auditorium proper and its equipment, and its cost is $368,000. Q. How large would the container of compressed air be to hold enough air to inflate a foot ball?>—J. L. A. A container the size of a standard cigarette would hold enough compressed air to nflate a foot ball gh d posi n the for Q. What makes peppers so hot? M. W. It is a glucoside con’ n the close to the spot where the seed 1s attached. The pungent prin- ciple derived from this glucoside is an essential ofl. A peppers to Prevent Perilous Flights by Children The attempt of George R. Hutchin- ‘s wife and two daughters, 6 and rs old. to cross the Atlantic by ges, fiying over Greenland, is con- demned by the public because of the peril involving the children. Their fortunate rescue after disaster to the plane is a subject for rejoicing, but it is held generally that the children were not competent to exercise judgment in their decision to accompany the par- ents. A law to prevent endangering the lives of young fiyers is demanded in some comments. “It is hoped that in the near future when stunt fiyers feel the urge to make transoceanic attempts they will not take children along.” says the Toledo Blade. and the Miss.. Star declares: “No glamour. no romance, no glory attaches to little children freez- ing and starving to death.” TRe Port {Huron Times-Herald comments: “We have become quite inured and almost callous to the voluntary sacrifices of human life in its maturity. as men and , women have set out to win fame and fortune in the air. But taking the chil- dren along on such a perilous exploit with the small chance it offered of be- ing able to get through at all. savored too much of & ‘massacre of the inno- cents’ to set well on the national con- science.” “Children are neither capable of un- derstanding the danger nor of deciding whether they will risk it." in the jude- ment of the Cincinnati Times-Star. which advises: “To expose them to is in effect to take advantage of the innocence. Indeed., they run a greater rick than adults, being less able to withstand hardship and exposure if ma- rooned or injured in a crash. Happily the Hutchinsons are apparently none the worse for thelr mishap. Under the | circumstances. one feels free to say that it is a good thing the expedition came to grief, for by illustrating the almost criminal foolhardiness of taking chil- dren on dangerous flights it may serve to discourage similar undertakings in the future.” “Undoubtedly. the children were in- fuenced, directly or indirectly. by their elders,” thinks the Escanzba Dalily Press, with the conclusion that “it does | Lol seem proper that parents should | offer up youth as a sacrifice upon an altar of sensationalism.” The Oaklind Tribune finds that “there are many who will say it is too bad journeys of the 1 kind cannot be prevented by’law.” That poper holds that “if the childfen had choice in the undertaking, it was one without understanding.” afd that “avi- ation gains nothing with the establish- ment of a record for family flying, and | the public. with the thought of chil-| dren exposed to needless risk, is given | cruel hours of concern.” The Dan- | bury Evening News agrees that “some | law. some enactment, some power should be able to prevent this sort of thing, and remarks: “If a man wants to risk his neck in an airplane journey that's his business. If his wife wants | to go along and risk her neck. too, that's her business. But if this couple wants to take young children along that ought | > be the public’s business.” “It is too bad.” similarly advises the | Lexington Leader, “that authority does | not exist in governments to prevent such exploits.” That paper states as | to the flight: “It is a relief to know | that the children have not been sacri- ficed to the foolhardiness of the | parents. It is true that the family has flown together many thousinds of miles in the past few years, but the voyage to England by way of Labrador | {and Greenlend at this season Wwis & | particularly perilous adventure and the | varidus governments concerned did not approve of it. Whan the Huichirsens disappeared America. Germeny, Nor- way, Denmark and England were rep- resented the hunt which was made for them. *X very large sum of money ! has been spent in the effort to find the fami “The fact that disaster came in al- most the identical fashion that the Danish officials predicted it might fur- ther demonstrates the folly of ignoring the warning,” according to the Dayton ews. while the Altoona Mirror ny. short of a n holds that to withstand the North At tumblin h¢ k that the death.” San Antonio Express, voyage on the groun press concludes: “Evidently the north- emn tran pended on for n in the year, in the present stage of air- plane ‘development. Flyers doubtl will pay more attention to the Ber Azores rou cable for a merchantmen stationed between Ham: capital) and Horta. an locked Azorean port.” While conceding that “Hutch pluck and daring command tion.” the Roanoke Worls “But. after was to from dence Journal obser stage of the developl tinental airways, Gre s a ha intermediate goal at best, even hardy men of experience who are wi ing to gamble with their liv The Nashville Banner holds that “the one potentially valuable result of the focl- hardy venture has been the chorus of disapproval it evoked from all over the world.” The Philadelphia Evening Bulletin is convinced that “if he had succeeded. his voyage would not have proved the practicability and safety of such an avenue of intercourse between America and Europe at the present stage of aviation development.” Uphili Coasting Tllusion Also Near Sperryville, Va. Editor of The Star The item on page 1 of Wednesday's Star about “Cars Appear to Coast Up Hill” must have met with considerable interest. There is a similar pheneome= non just the other side of Sperryville, Va., where the motorist approaches Panorama. For all the world the car appears to be going slightly down hill and yet the motorist has to step on the gas as though he were going up hill. as, indeed, he i§. A brook running along the road seems to be running up hill The phenomenon is attributable to the lay of the land—to the slope of the surrounding hills, I recall some years ton (Bermuda’s almost land- ment of intercon- h | ago paying 10 cents to enter a “Crazy House™ in an amusement park in Louis- ville, Ky. There the walls, the floors, the ceilings, various sets of steps and the furniture were all built 2t peculiar angles, forming such an optical illusion that one appeared to be traversing a floor sloping downward, when in reality the floor sloped upward. In other words, this uphill and downhill busi- ness depends largelv upon the sur- rounding medium. _Hence the illn-ion GEORGE T. WARREN. - Out for Good. Fitm the Ercana®a Dailv Press Mexico has at least one ndvarfi;’a over the United States—when it elimi- nates & idate he stays eliminated.