Evening Star Newspaper, December 2, 1932, Page 8

THE EVENING STAR ' With Sunday Morning Edition. WASBHINGTON, D. C. FRIDAY.......December 8, 1932 THEODORE W. NOYES....Editor The Evening Star an:yc Company isiness Office: 11th_St. and Pennsylvania Ave. New York Office: 110 East 42nd St icago Office: 1 cago M ding. uropean Offce: 14 Regent 8t.. London, England. Rate by Carrier Within the City. e Ereniny o iinaiy star rr"‘hg!n 0‘ Bum‘;yiv 3 .60c per month B Oy 2y Collecti t the end of each month. jers may be. in by mail or telephone Grders max be semt Ational 5070. Rate py mnil—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. {ly and sgmu. yr., $10.00: 1 mo., 85¢ ily only . 1yr. $6.00: 1mo.. 50 das on1y {1yr. $4.00; 1mo.. 40c All Other States and Canada. 1 1yr.,$12.00: 1 mo.. $1.00 fi\:"’ only .. 00: nday only imo. isc mter of the Associated Press. sociated Press 1s exclusively e ation of al or not othes The to the use for republic atches credited to it ed in this paver published herein special @ o5 ——— A Last Appeal. From London and Paris the State De- partment has just received, respectively eleventh-hour British and French ap- peals for suspension of the war debt payments due at ‘Washington on De- cember 15. Whatever other shortcom- ings can be attributed to their re- sponsible rulers by British and French taxpayers, they cannot accuse these governments of lack of persistence. It 15 the second time within a month that the United States has been petitioned for leniency by Great Britain and France. Refusal has only evoked a renewal of thelr claims. Statesmen on the Thames and the Seine evidently are inspired by the copybook aphorism that “Keeping everlastingly at it brings success.” In the case of the British, American denial of their request for postpone- ment of the mid-December payment was couched in terms that all but invited another presentation of thelr case, to be addressed to the American people rather than to the Hoover ad- ministration—a simplified Justification of the request for extension of the moratorium rather than a diplomatic thesis. The purpose of such a state- ment would be to present arguments lkely to affect the great mass of citi- gens in this country and influence them %o bring about a more favorable atti- ture on the part of Congress than has hitherto been evinced. Such is the “line” the British have now taken in their final supplication for temporary remission of the $95,000,000, payable less than a fortnight hence. The least that John Bull is entitled to s judicial examination of his plea at Uncle Sam’s hands. It is plainly and patently incumbent upon the American people to suppress their prejudices and weigh the British facts and figures not. only upon their intrinsic merits, but primarily from the standpoint of what 18 best, in the long run, for the United States. Congress in particular would be derelict in its duty if it proceeds on any other basis. In her 6,000-word message Britain 8ot only proposes postponement of the December payment, but invites this country to consider revision of the whole structure of war debts. The document 18 specific. It sets forth in detall the British government's grave budgetary difficulties and launches the theory that the whole world, including creditor America, would be benefited by sweep- ing reorganization of intergovernmental obligations. Britain suggests, in 50 many words, that the United States look at war debts through spectacles of the same color as those which Europe put on at Lausanne last Summer when it was agreed virtually to wipe out Ger- man reparations. Too far-reaching issues are at stake to justify any snap judgment at Wash- ington about the war debts. It may well be—almost every responsible utterance frem a member of Congress insists that no other conclusion is possible—that no argument the European debtor na- tlons can adduce outweighs America’s present-hour need to insist on the full letter of the bond. The right to do so s not questioned here. The the call of the moment is for calm, cautious and complete scrutiny of the other na- tions’ viewpoints and for due delibera- tion before decision. . d- news of The debt discussion has developed an interssting suggestion that American taxpayers are peculiarly equipped physically to endure privation with less discomfort than those of other natonalities. — e The Christmas Seals. When the Pilgrim Fathers first settled in New England they were sur- prised to find that the Indian popula- tion was exceedingly scant. All New England contained only a few thou- sand inhabitants. They had expected to find many more. planation? The Indians themselves could not answer the question satis- factorily. but what variety of disease they meant the Pllgrims did not know. Medical science generations later developed the fact that the Indian tribes had been decimated by smallpox and tubercu- Josis. 45¢ per month Wrat was the ex- | They spoke of “sickness,” | an anclent and cruel enemy. The little Christmas Seals, sold at a penny each at Christmastide each year since 1916, are symbols of that humane and helpful cause. To purchase and use them aids & eommunity endeavor than which there is none more truly worthy. ‘This year there are four thousand children in Washington suffering foom tuberculosis. They can be cured, but the treatment costs money. The sale of the seals will go far toward saving them. Hence the importance of the present appeal of the Washington Tuberculosis Association. The seals are available throughout the city. If some personal sacrifice is implied for those who generously bu: of them, let that offering, too, be cheer- fully made for the sake of the children. | Volunteers are wanted for the army of heaith, and Washington never has | failed to respond to such & call to arms. | ———— = | Ratification by Conventions. | It hcs been estimated that a consti- | tutional amendment submitted to State defeated by as few as 170 negative votes in the upper chambe:: cf the thirteen Senators, and five years ago the Anti- Saloon league Year Book emphcsized the fact that: So long as thirteen of the forty-eight | States nd firm the eighteenth |amendment cannot be repealed. In fact, so long as a single House in each of the thirteen State Legislatures stands for the eighteenth amendment it will remain in the Constitution. In other words, there are, all told, ninety-eight | State ‘and national legislative bodies in which the question of repeal would need to be submitted—two in each of the forty-eight States and two in Congress. Yet even if eighty-five of those legis- lative bodies were to vote for repeal and thirteen—one in each of the thir- teen States—should stand firm, the eighteenth amendment Wwould remain. Such facts, of course, are well under- stood by those favoring repeal or modification of the 18th amendment and account for the rather general agreement among spomsors of change that the repeal or modifying amend- ment should be submitted to conven- tlons called for the purpcse in the States rather than to the Legislatures. There is the equally important fact that the rural districts hold predominant repre- sentation in the State Legislatures, or{ mo:t of them, and that the rural dis- | tricts have been traditicnal friends and supporters of prohibition. ‘The election indicated a mighty tide of wet gentiment that was not confined to the urban localities, but seemed | pretty well distributed throughout the | country, without regard to gecgraphical location or dencity of population. As forty-one State Legislatures are meeting in January, there is the temptation among some wets, in view of the election results, to waive Fitherto accepted strategy and rely, after all, on the Legislatures. ‘One reason for this tendency to trust to the Legislatures, already noted by Mr. David Lawrence and other corre- spondents, is the uncertainty existing as to the method of creating the State constitutional conventions themselves. Such a method of ratification has been proposed many times in the past, but has never been tried. It is an open qQuestion whether Congress should de- cide, by appropriate legislation, possibly embodied in the resolution submitting the amendment to the States, the basis of representation upon which delegates to State conventions will be chosen, the time and place of meeting and whether the Federal Government will defray the expense—or whether such matters should be left to the States themselves, acting through their Legislatures. Representative Aldrich of Rhode Island, a leading wet, has held, In & written discussion of the subject, that| ratification of a constitutional amend- ment is a State function, and the nature of the ccnventions to be ecalled must therefore be left to the Legisla- tures in the States. According to his reasoning, necessity for action by the Legislatures in calling conventions merely interposes another delay in the process of constitutional amendment. And in those ,States where repre- sentation in the Legislature is based on what has been called “acreage” instead of population, much the same basis would be required by the Legisla- tures for the constitutional conventions. On the other hand, the United States | Supreme Court has held that: | The function of a State Legislature in ratifying a proposed amendment to the Federal Constitution, like the func- tion of Congress in proposing the amendment, is a Federal function de- rived from the Constitution and it transcends any limitations sought to be imposed by the people of a State. The Supreme Court has also held that the Ohio Legislature performed a “Federal function” in ratifying the 18th amendment and its action was final and not subject to reversal. Former Senator Wadsworth directed these opinions to the attention of the Senate Judiciary Committee last year in hearings on repeal of prohibition, and said that “of course, the same rule would apply to & State convention, * * * and if that is the performance of a Federal function, then I think it is within the powers of Congress to prescribe the unit of repre- sentation. * * * I suggest, with some trepidation, that if Congress should deem it wise it could meet the expense. I don’t urge it; I merely mention the | pocsibiiity.” | This view is also held by former At- | torney General Palmer, whose brief ex- | pounding his argument in favor of | ratification by convention has been laid | before members of Congress. One of its | | | Those two dreadful scourges have tenets is the expediency to be gained taken fearful toll of the human race. by establishing a machinery that would They have been chronic plagues to ! function alike in all the States. This afflict mankind. At one period it was idea is not shared generally, however, considered almost useless to fight | and will be the subject for prolonged against them. Only with the emergence and weighty debate once the Senate’s of medicine from the shadows medieval magic did the struggle begin | But gradually to seem worth while. smallpox was conquered, and during the past thirty years vast progress has | been made against tuberculosis. It | has been by co-operation, by social en- | deavor that these impressive gains have Seep made. wars between nations, the people on both sides conventionally organize. There is general realization of the fact that in union there is strength. A solidarity of the embattied populations Tesults. Each country struggles as one man. In the war sgainst disease the same psychology should prevail. The of constitutional authorities get warmed up. — e The “‘Hunger"” Petitioners. A self-appointed committee of women in New York and Chicago, socially and otherwise prominent, has protested the “antagonistic ~reception threatening representative unemployed workers now en route to Washington.” In a telegram to the President they “remind” him that these people are exercising their constitutional rights and ask that the marchers be given shelter and food and that no violence be used sgainst them. Members of this committee are com- ing to Washington to make their repre- sentation to the President in person. National Tuberculosis Association is a ‘group effort toward the creation of ‘such & Tesistance agalnst the white | Prisoners has promoted the writing of | idie time dat fust thing you knowsdolks a’m Hlaoss., At the same time the National Com- has tried to unify the people of the marchers and warning that if they are barred from the city or if their en- trance is made to depend upon “illegal conditions,” or if they are mistreated in any way, a spontaneous wave of pro- test will rise throughout the country. The writers of these letters declare that “at this moment of crisis officials are obligated to refrain from all acts of provocation and brutality which might precipitate serious disorder and vio- | lence.” | ‘'There is no obligation to house and | feed those who come to Washington in | exercise of their “constitutional right” of petition. The 2,200 or so who are ! now on their way here are not com\ng" on their own intiative. Their “march” | | has been promoted by representatives| | of radical organizations which avowedly | | seek the oyerturn of Government in | this country and the establishment of the Communist system. Their petition | could be as well and in fact much| better voiced without their assemblage | here. It includes a number of demands, | chiefly that for a dole of $50 for each | | dependent; the immediate payment of | | the soldiers’ bonus, and other requests | < | States with the smallest number of involving, if granted, a heavy drain upon the a'ready embarrassed Treasury. ‘There will be no-violence if those who come here for this promoted agitation | keep within the laws and regulations in | |force for the preservation of public order. There will be no provision torl their maintenance at the public ex-| pense while here. These so-called pe- | titioners are not entitled to any dole of; funds or shelter or food that is denied to the needy residents of this city. Their presence here must not entail an | added burden upon the charity of this| community. The scarcely veiled threat of violence and sweeping disorder to follow any rigorous measures for the preservation of peace in Washington voiced by the writers of letters representing the National Committee for the Defense of Political Prisoners will not deter the authorities in the District from the application of any such measures which may be necessary to prevent menacing assemblages and provocative demon- strations. The authorities at the Capi- tol have refused to permit a mass gathering of the petitioners there. The District Commissioners will permit the entrance of the marchers and their assemblage at a place of shelter which has been provided by their own agents. ‘There will be no feeding of these peti- tioners at the public expense. It is understood that they plan to leave the city as soon as they have laid their demands before Congress through rep- resentatives. If they do not, another situation will arise which will unques- tionably be handled effectively regard- less of the sinister inflmations con- veyed in the letters that have been sent to the President and the Com- missioners. e Charges that Prof. Einstein is a Communist will not be taken too seri- ously. The eminent mathematician is not likely to express his views of polit- ical relationships in terms that will be convineing or comprehensible. Germany has its discontents in spite of the fact that it is free from all prob- lems concerning beer. Prohibition repeal cannot be expected to assume the entire burden of economic recovery. Critics are having difficulty in de- scribing Al Smith’s voice. It might be put on the phonograph so that the public may have an opportunity to follow his advice and decide for itself by reference to the record. ——— e Europe might find it better to pay money back to America so that there will be at least one nation from whom money may possibly be borrowed in case another crisis comes. —————————— Stalin is said to be unpopular in his own country. Russians have had so many unpopular rulers that it may have developed a liking for them, R ———s SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Familiarity Favored. “If you run away from trouble,” Said Hezekiah Bings, “Your bothers will redouble With a lot of different things. Some troubles will at last appear. Acquaintances of old. ‘You're not surprised to find them near, So confidently bold. It’s chasin’ through the stubble That most difficulty brings. So don't try to dodge your trouble,” Said Hezekiah Bings. Abstruse and Unenlightening. “Do you consider anticipation a greater pleasure than realization?” “That's a deep question,” said Sena- tor Sorghum, “and I don't believe it will offer any pleasure to people who want the breweries opened as early as posstble.” Jud Tunkins says the less money & man has the harder he has to study finance—and mebbe he’s the one who has the most practical knowledge. A Cash-Dealing Saint. When Santy comes along this way, He tells you it is time to pay. “A moratorium,” says he, “Is not on this year's Christmas tree.” Explicit Reply. “Does your wife agree with you?” asked the lady on a visit to the tropic isle. “I do not know,” answered the stal- wart cannibal chief. “I have studiously refrained from eating her.” “To have no regrets,” said Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown, “is to enjoy the satisfaction of an uncompromising egotist.” Exceptions. There are some men throughout the land ‘Whose labors never cease; Men who must ever be on hand— And they are the police. There may be shorter hours for us That let us rest in peace, While various problems we discuss— But not for the police. For you and me a day may come ‘When salaries increase As merit claims a greater sum— But not for the police. “De shorter workin' weeks,” sald | way of keeping | many specimens he gathers, there are 00 1mo. 0 |y egislatures for ratification could be| unemployed worker, with $10 for each The man who hss books for his first and last love has one distinct advan- tege over the riders of all other hobbies. Most_hobbles are essentially collec- tions of some sort. ‘To keep up the interest in them one has a choice of three methods of ap- proach. : He may continue to increase the number of specimens. He may share his enthusiasm. He may read about his hobby. Since it is generally agreed that a hobby is a necessity with most human beings, it may be helpful to look for a moment at these natural methods of keeping alive the spark of enthusiasm. ‘The commonest approaci is through the continuing increase in the number of subjects, specimens, varieties or whatnot, But if one is half a philosopher he comes in time to realize that such a up one's interest in a hobby, whether it be stamps or tropical fishes, is not for every man. There is something lacking, whether one succeeds or fails. No matter how more to be secured; and if he manages to gather them all together, he lives to lament the fact, just as did the man who sorrowed \use there was no more Dickens to read. Viewed from a wide standpoint, there is not much difference, after all, be- tween a few and a great many. It is mhteher & befuddlement than anything else. He who has half a dozen good speci- mens may be just a beginner in some one type of hobby, but he who has 57 varieties may not have many more to secure, 50 narrow is the margin, after all. And there is realization, too, that quantity, after all, does not so much | matter. In a rose garden a man may have a hundred varieties and still not enjoy them any more, or get any more real pleasure out of them, than the gar- dener with his dozen types, from which he gathers both good flowers and a supreme _interest. Here begins the most difficult task of the man with a hobby—keeping it within bounds. It is & hearty wisdom, however, one which he must master, to some degree, at least, if he is to keep his respect for his avocation. More hobbies have been ridden to than have died in any other way. And the first warning comes, in any collection, when one discovers that he is putting too much stress on mere numbers. Often this is a bitter wisdom, one much resented, even disbelieved, by some enthusiast, especially the new- comer. “Bigger and better,” that foolish hob- slogan of recent years, assails the byist from every side. Especially is he in danger if he goes in for another of the three primary ways of keeping up his interest, that of sharing his enthusiasm with others. Often this takes the form of joining some sort of club or association, where men of like minds and interests gather. ‘The trouble with this is that no group of men contains like minds. Minds are just as different in asso- ciations as they are outside them. Wise is the enthusiast in any sort of hobby who takes up his fancy accord- ing to his own whims, and never finds it expedient for him to join with others. He is, indeed, the true fancier, be- cause he possesses enough of the vital interest in a subject to carry it on by himself, “on his own.” It will seem to some that he gathers more solid| rewards than the man who depends get-together meetings of various to fan the spark of his en- thusiasm. “You get all sorts of helpful pointers upon sorts BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. and suggestions from such meetings.” er. be passed on to others in a very slight degree, Experience is personal, and what one does not learn for himself, and by himself, often does little good, because he is not in the right mood to receive it nor has the background of experiencé wherewith to appreciate it at its real worth. Out of a city of half a million per- sons, containing several thousand en- thusiasts on some given hobby, & call for a meeting to form a club will bring forth only & hundred. ‘What does this mean? It shows that the “club” formx of ex- pression is not essential to the lives and wellbeing of the remaining hundreds. Among those who do not “join” may be many who know far more than those who do, and who put a greci deal more time, money, inteiligence and work on their hobby than some of the “loud- speakers” who form the association. ‘These remarks are not made to be- little clubs and associations in any way, but simply to point out that, while “jining” such organizations is one way of helping keep alive a good enthusi- asm for some men, it is not necessary to many others, who go ahead, oblivious to all organizations, in the pursuit of their precious hobby, whatever it may be. This leaves reading about one’s hobby, the last of our trio, and. all things considered, by far the best for the man who finds it so. For the man who finds 1t so! Many a “fan,” on a given subject, never finds it necessary to read about his hobby to enjoy it to the full, but such a person must be ranked as the exception to the rule. The “literature” of a subject is one of its chief joys to the average hobby rider. Nothing pleases him quite so much, after chance, or the word of & friend, or natural “bent,” has put him on the One may wond can track of his favorite recreation, as to dip his nose into some good book which helps him to greater knowledge and ap- preciation. Especially is this true when his hobby possesses, as so many of them do. a scientific basis, wherein certain jaw- breaker names constitute & chief charm. The delight of being familiar with the scientific names, so-called, of plants and animals, for instance, is a very solid one. While to the person “not in the know” such names may sound pedantic, the truth is that they are easy and right, when one gets to know hem. : ;‘?;ny of them can be abbreviated to the most charming nicknames, which lend a certain preciousness, in the best sense, to the component members of a collection and to the entire art of col- lecting. He who has made the collection of books his lifelong hobby will find i adds zest to every later hobby, no mat- ter what it may be, for there is no subject under the sun which does not have its “literature,” much of it val- uable and interesting and some of it of an amazing size. Every booklover who also has other hobbies ought to have one or more bookceses in his library devoted solely to his “hobby,” books. Fortunate will he be if he has managed to keep some of those associated with earlier hob- bies, from childhood up. Then he will be able to recall, at a mere glance, many privileged hours, when time did not exist at all. A few good books upon each hobby will suffice. Here, too, moderation is the best plan. One may love Shake- speare without owning such a collec- tion as is now housed in the great Folger Library. Whatever your hobby, collect books upon it, for nothing else makes it so real and helps keep it alive 50 long. WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS altogether from what is act- mcompulhed on Capitol Hill in the immediate weeks ahead on such par- amount issues as the repeal of the eighteenth amendment, the immediate return of beer, the international debts, the balancing of the budget, the instal- lation of governmental economies, and the crucial farm problem, the last ses- sion of the Seventy-second Congress, | which convenes December 5, is practi- cally assured of a place in history. It will be in all probability the last “lame duck” session. The Norris amendment to the Constitution abolishing so-called hold-over sessions has already been ratified by 17 States. With 43 State Legislatures to convene early next year, there is little doubt that enough States will act favorably on the amendment to assure the requisite 36 in season to affect the term of the next Congress. The fact that the session which con- venes next Monday contains more lame cucks than any session in recent his- tory, together with the important prob- lems confronting it, comes by way of a climactic argument in support of the long ficht waged by Senator George W. Norris of Nebraska. * K K ok ‘Well-informed circles in Washington and elsewhere attach tremendous sig- nificance to a statement attributed to Bernard M. Baruch of New York dur- ing the recent huddle between him and Gov. Roosevelt on the foreign debt problem. The re] has it that Mr. Baruch opined that European debts to the United States should be regarded as “blue chips in a poker game.” There is always a premium on blue chips, no matter what the game is. They rep- resent stakes of such high value that they can often control the development of the game. Put tersely, those who attribute so much importance to the Baruch observation take it that he meant simply this: That the Demo- cratic administration, which comes into power next March 4, has its own diplo- matic game to play; that it must play it with a due d to all its alms and commitments; that these aims include such matters as tariff agreements, re- duction of armaments, debt policies and s0 on, all of which must be considered Jointly, and that the status of the debts, now advantageous to the United States from a bargaining standpoint, at least, should not be radically altered until the game gets under way. Incidentally, Baruch’s familiarity with the problem goes back to the very beginning of reparations and debt understanding, since he was chairman of the War In- dustries Board when European nations were using American credit to buy war materials and was adviser to President Wilson during the formulation of the financial sections of the Versailles treaty. * K kK There is always something admirable and gallant about Lady Nancy Astor of London, who is now sojourning in near- by Virginia and has hosts of friends in ‘Washington. No matter how thick the fire, this brilliant member of the British Parliament always sticks to her guns. During her 12 years in the House of Commons she has, in season and out of season, directed her most telling blows at the hated tribe to whom she was wont to refer as the “beer barons, whisky lords and ticket-of-leave men from the drink trade.” And now she beats the prohibition leaders in the United States to it with an almost unanswer- able explanation of what happened on the liquor question on November 8 last. “Not & wet victory,” says the indomi- table member from Plymouth, “but a protest against too much drinking under prohibition.” * ¥ kx ¥ Probably no statement hurtled from the ramparts of either party in the recent unpleasantness created more wides] comment, coupled with deep querters, than the son Square Garden would grow in the our cities if the G. O. P. was not given & mandate to continue in charge of the mittee for the Defense of Political | Uncle Eben, “is goin’ to leave so much With considerable success, it letters to the President and to the Dis-'is gineter kick fob free v ke Government in Wash! of those curious particular occasion was - identical with that used byprwlfi- tically ~ liam Jennings Bryan in his famous “Cross of Gold” speech to the Demo- cratic National Convention in Chicago in 1896. The only difference was that Mr. Hoover was predicting the dire consequences that would ensue from such Democratic foibles as tinkering with the gold standard, while Mr. Bryan's jeremiad was predicated on the “curse” of gold. * > x Economy in the use of words, for which former President Calvin Coolidge was noted—at least before they car- ried a per word price—has brought out a new story regarding his ability to put himself on record in terse manner. M. Coolidge was Summering at Swamp- scott. He wanted a report from a gov- ernmental egency on some pending matter in which he was interested. That the report was satisfactorily pre- gred and promptly transmitted to the esident was evidenced by the fact that it was returned bearing the nota- tion “0. K—C. C.” * ko k * A committee of the Senate has for some months been making a quiet but rather exhaustive study of Indian af- fairs, Whether the report of the com- mittee will result in a new set-up in Uncle Sam’s handling of America’s first citizens is a matter of speculation. The report, however, will contain testi- mony of & very wideawake Indian who bears the name of “Charlie-Never- Sleeps-at-Home.” * ok ok % After March 4 rolls around Uncle Sam will donate eleven chairs. This will follow the custom of allowing the President and the ten members of his cabinet to take with them the chairs they occupied during the sessions of | the cabinet. They are all luxurious, high-backed chairs of fine leather, and each bears a plate giving the official rank of the occupant. Incidentally, Vice President Curtis, who attends catl;mec Aess’w:g by ‘Tr\'xtanon, does not rate one of 0se ts. Some cynics would have it that knowledge of this perhaps accounted for the sumptuous- ness of the appointments of Vice Presi- dent Curtis’ own office in the Senate Office Bull * ok ok Rev. Edwin Ryan, professor of his- tory, St. Mary’s Seminary, Roland Park, Baltimore, and former member of the faculty of the Catholic University of , Washington, D. C., is the au- thor of “The History of the Church in South America,” the first volume on the subject in the English language to be published at an early date. This is to be one of the works in the “Science and Culture” series sponsored by the St. Louis University. Dr. Ryan is a mem- ber of the Latin American Affairs Com- mittee of the National Catholic Welfare Conference and chairman of the Na- tional Catholic Welfare Conference Committee receiving donations for Puestq Rican® hurricane relief, (Copsright, 1932.) —_———— Apologies in Order. From the Pasadena Post. Ten aldes of Capone have just been put in jail at Chicago. There remains only the formality of turning them loose, and the incident will be closed. | s Snapping Still Possible. From the Toledo Blade. “Ely Culbertson fears an epidemic of slam bids after the new rules go into action.” Still, the elimination of the flying tackle ought to remove one dan- gerous feature of the game. Seems Important, Though. From the Lowell Evening Leader. There's one advantage about the col- lege foot bell games. Nobody argues that the salvation of the Nation de- pends on the issue of the contests. International Utilities. Prom the New York Sun. With the exchange of ratifications of the exts Ireaty with Greece made jc, Mr. Insull has more light and United States more power, lShonld Government Hire t | Both Hasband and Wife? To the Editor of The Star: same family—has not heen clearly to, public attention. Under the law, the husband Is charged with the support of his wife. He is required by law to provide for and maintain his dependent children. This lawful duty is so binding upon him that the power of the court may be invoked to compel obedience. Failure or neglect on his part so to provide may become such an offense under supplementary law that the court will deprive him of his liberty and imprison him for that debt in the common jail. The wife’s part under the marriage contract is to make a home—the wark of the Nation—for the family. The marriage vow obligates her to devote her time and energies to that home as a foremost vital consideration. With promptings of love and loyalty it impels her personally to look after the husband and give devotedly to any children of the union that motherly care, especially in the formative years, 5o necessary to the development of the family strain and individuality, which will be perverted and lost if given into other hands—so lost, indeed, that many realize some reckoning day that the mother does not know her child and the child knows not her mother. 1t is the general understanding that there are no financial obligations rest- ing upon the wife. Whether she pos- sesses money of her own, acquires it by gift or inheritance, or accummulates it by labor or service, that money is hers to do with as she pleases. So far as home needs are concerned, the wife may say to the husband: “What is yours is mine, and what is mine is my own.” Times change, but fundamentals of existence inexorably abide. New trails are blazed and followed, but the law of compensation still operates—unalter- able, unrepealable, and with the same relentiess force and effect as of old. Justifiable barriers may be set up | against human selfishness to protect, | breserve and Perpetuate homes, but it |is not possible to declare and enforce |a moratorium against starvation | therein. A nation that legally taxes the hus- band with the lifelong obligation of financially maintaining the home should experience some qualms of con- science if, in times of widespread dis- tress and privation, it does not feel morally bound, to the extent of its powers and opportunities, to uphold the prior right of the husband to employ- ment to preserve the home and fulfill his greatest duty to the nation. When it is led to do otherwise, there is al- ways the question whether the nation is Jax in binding the citizen in loyalty to his ccuntry; callous toward preser- vation of the home; recreant to its paramount duty to give its work oppor- tunities to the provider rather than to the one with no financial responsibility to maintain or provide for the home as the nation’s most priceless posses- | sien. OSEPH W. CHEYNEY. |Let the Public Have a Chance to Buy Bonds | To the Editor of The Star: A few months ago Secretary Mills of the Treasury Department offered a one- year Government bond, short and long time notes to an investing public (?). ‘The million, more or less, of the bond offering brought offerings of $4,000,000,- 000. Now another Treasury bond sale of $600,000,000, more or less, is offered again to an investing public (?). ‘These bonds and notes are non-tax- able, but interest-paying. Denomina- tions of bonds, $1,000 up to $1,000,000 each. Who are the buyers of these va- rious offerings of non-taxable, interest- paying bonds and notes? The larger banks, investment banks, the great cor- porations and the millionaire Ameri- cans—surely not the general run-of-the- mill Americans. Lowest denominations of bonds, $1,000! Why not $50, $100 and multipliers thereof, and give us lit- tle fellows a chance to buy non-taxable, interest-paying United States bonds and notes, and buy them “over the counter,” too, in the Treasury Department, Wash- ington, D. C,, or the Subtreasury De- partment, New York City? A few ex- tra unemployed men, women, girls and boys might be utilized. So with millions, billions of dollars offered to buy bonds, non-taxable, free- ing the great banks, investment banks, great corporations and American mil- lionaires who can offer $4,000,000,000, while 122,990.000 run-of-the-mill Ameri- cans are called upon to be willing to pay a prospective “manufacturers’ sales tax.” Who said “sock the rich”? Not Secretary Mills with $1,000 and $1,000,~ 000 non-taxable, interest-paying United States bonds. W. E. RYAN. Producer of Milk Also Protests Rates To the Editor of The Star: I was delighted to read in your col- |umn Mr. W. Z. Willhide’s protest of ‘war-time prices on milk. I speak from the viewpoint of a pro- ducer and a customer who sells milk for .0108 cents per quart and purchases it at 13 cents per quart. I have before me a statement of a previous month of milk produced on my farm, consisting of 10,300 pounds of milk, which is the equivalent of approximately 5,150 quarts, and for which I received a check of $65.83 from the distributors, or .0108 cents per quart. Had this milk been sold at retail in the City of Wash- ington at prevailing prices, it would have brought $669.50. Buffalo, Rochester and Batavia, in New York State, are retailing milk from 6 to 9 cents per quart. If these prices prevailed here in Washington, it would g0 a long way to alleviate suffering and want. Consumption would increase on nature's health food, and the law of supply and demand would be allowed to operate unhindered by exorbitant prices and the surplus would be taken care of. It is time the proper authorities took this matter in hand or independent companies started competition to correct this unwarranted condition. E. L. FOSTER. ] A Father Goes to the Opera From the Worcester Telegram. Billy Sabino of Boston went to the opera the other night. Billy's euphoni- ous Latin name indicates that he would be a patron of opera. Billy is the brusher-off of tonsorial patrons in & Boston hotel barber shop. And he had a good seat at the San Carlo 1Co.’s per- formance of * letto.” For Billy’s daughter—"“Lady Joe” he calls her— had the principal feminine role. She was & success. There was a typical Latin scene in the dressing room after his daughter’s triumph. es, em- braces, tears, laughter. * * * It sounds kind of press-agenty. But it isn't. Billy, the brusher-off, saved scant tips to give his little girl a musical education. He sent her to | | school. Patrons of the barber shop heard. Their tips became sometimes more genérous. Mrs. Alvan Fuller was told; she helped. BE'/'y's bambina was sent to Europe to st y—her dad still i;xpplylnx pennies and nickels from his ips. Billy now has got his name in the pa- pers—where his daughi.r’ ises to appear often, v claim. But how muny fathers, like Billy, in devotion and self-sacrifice to their children, are unlike him in public acknowledgment of what do? Sometimes it seems almost as if fathers were ignored in the gl —gen- erally justifiable enough—of 3 fl%'l make them like modern An Oklahoma Omission. Prom the Oklahoma City Dally Oklahoman. The absence of a dome tm;: ol'g same defect t%.; premises, is over had | Dr. Lowell to look on it with satisfac- BY FREDERI Have we had the pleasure of serving| through our Washington Informa- | Can't we be of some help | to you in your problems? Our business | is to furnish you with authoritative| information, and we invite you to ask us any question of fact in Which you! are interested. Send your inquiry to| The Evening Star Information Bureau, | Prederic J. Haskin, Director, Washing- | :‘:zl,ml:. ‘C. r:tndmep(:txe:" in coin or | or return . Do not Ppostcards, S Q. Has Alaska good air tra: - uesz. L vel facili. t has 31 planes and gives air transportation to practically every :o;n]}mumt}l;eig 1:“:: lmer&o? It has large, l-equip) ding flelds at Anchor-~ age, Fairbanks and Nome. Q. How soon after Congress adjourns, on March 4, are the President and Vice president inaugurated?—F. C. A. Immediately. This year it will be necessary for John Nance Garner, who is Speaker of the House of Representa- tives, to proceed from the House wing of the Capitol to the Senate wing, where he will be sworn in as Vice Presi- dent. After this ceremony the com- pany goes to the east portico of the Capitol, where the President will be in- augurated, unless the usual procedure is changed. Q. Who was — 2 Thorfinn Karlsefni?- A. He was a Scandinavian navignt ;lem“nos\trli,sheddbetwefin 1002 :u;wluo'aelt. posed to have coast of New England. SR e Q. May a person use United States postage in sending a letter to the United States from abroed?—W. F. A. Either postage of the country in which the letter Is mailed must ber{lsed or an international reply coupon may | to pay the postage on this side of the ocean. Q. What is applejack?—G. 8. A. Dr. Harvey Wiley, in his book on beverages, says that when the juice of apples is fermented the product is known as hard cider. When this is subjected ce:;) dl.smlmlon apple brandy is produced, commonly known by phrase applejack. . Q. Where was the first ;uu}:i to honor George Wu:l‘m;n——c ‘A In Baltimore, Md. ‘The stone was laid July 4, 1815, nn?rfis: ;xg;gument was completed in October, r’:;ighz of‘th& shaft Js 188 fect and the ument rises to a height of 28 above tidewater. - " ont Q. How much calcium arsenate is used uz&npmsecticlde';ln the United States? A. The Bureau of Chemist; that calcium arsenate is uneryut ‘:ry:: most largely used insecticides in this country at the present time. More than 30,000,000 pounds are used annually, chiefly in dusting cotton for boll weevil :ne\:;mé& Some :;lcéum arsenate has ve n_spra; - cent xzmm.h.mp T TR Q. Why were the Chinese troo) called Boxers during _the upm,u?: against foreigners in 1900?—G. S. A. The Boxers was the name of a secret society in China. The Chinese name was Gee Ho Chuan, signifying “righteousness, harmony and fists,” and implied training, as in athletics, for the purpose of developing righteousness and harmony. How are dog races run in the QU | United States>—H. E. A. A. There are two types of dog racing in the United Stetes, differing accord- ing to the breed of dog used. The first and oldest is with greyhounds and the second is with whippets. The gray- hounds run on a circular track sim- ilar to that used in a horse race. The incentive in the case of the greyhounds ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS be sent to a person abroad if one wishes | Built of white marble, the total | C J. HASKIN. is a mechanical rabbit which runs on a rail near the inside rail and is always kept just a short distance ahead of the leading dog. There are no indi- vidual lanes in a greyhound race, the dog getting the inside track having the advantage. Whippet races, on the con- trary, are usually run on a straight | course and each dog is required to stay in his individual lane—otherwise he is disqualified. The lanes are marked by strips of ribbon or ropes stretched on short pegs. The handler or trainer of the dogs generally stands at the far end of the course, with a rag or piece of cloth, which he waves in order to attract the dogs’ attention. Very little incentive is actually needed, however, to make these dogs run, since the racing instinct is in their blood. The whippet is merely a miniature edition of the greyhound and both breeds have beenm developed largely for racing purposes., Q. Who wrote the inscription for the Confederate Memorial in Arlington Cemetery?—J. G. H. A. It was written by Randolph Har- rison McKim who for many years was pastor of Epiphany Church in Wash- ington, D. C. Q. Why are some cigars called stogles?—H. S. A. The story runs that the drivers of the Conestoga wagons which crossed the country were addicted to the smok- ing of strong cigars. Often they rolled tobacco leaves into crude cigars. These became known as Conestoga cigars and finally the name stogy was evolved. Q. Did the Pennsylvania Ralilroad ever have a train which was called the “Yellow Kid"?—J. J. C. A. During the term of office of the late Frank Thompson, president of the Pennsylvania Railroad, the cars on the Pennsylvania Limited, as well as the Congressional Limited, were painted yellow and, while these trains main- tained their official names, the employes themselves dubbed them Yellow Kid. This color for these two rains cone tinued for possibly five or six years, when it was discontinued. Q. How many Negroes are there in England?—G. T. A. There are about 75,000. France has about the same number. These countries have more Negroes than any other countries in Europe. » Q. Is swimming an all-around exer- cise?—R. J. A. Tt is recognized by athletic teach- ers and health authorities as one of the best forms of exercising, as in swimming nearly every muscle in the body is brought into play. Q. Are people still filing on vacant public land?—N. H. A. In the fiscal year ending June 30, 1933, citizens filed on 4,551,774 acres of land. Q. At the end of the Franco-Prussian War was the indemnity paid in money or in goods?—M. T, A. It was paid in money. The in- demnity was five billion francs—one billion in 1871 and the balance in ine stallments extending over three years. The last installment was paid Septem= ber 5, 1873. The government procured the funds by means of three great loans—the first borrowed from the Bank of France, the two others by pub- lic subscription. These two were to & great extent made up by foreign sub- scription. Q. Where did chimes and carillons originate?—D. M. B. A. Tradition goes back to the twelfth century and the Abbey of Egmond, in Holland. But it is not until early in the sixteenth century that Authentic records, principally in certain Low Country towns, appear. Louvain had 8 bells in 1525; Hoorn, 10 in 1528; Oudenburg, 10 in 1539; Alkmaar, 11 in 1541; Ghent, 16 in 1543. Thereafter the development of this musical in- strument was rapid. Lowell Guidane Announcement that President Abbott Lawrence Lowell of Harvard University will retire after the present academic year brings from the country full rec- ognition of the contribution that he has made, not only to his own institu- tion, but also to general education. It is declared that marvelous material growth has been matched by wise pro- visions for effective handling of the students. “Not only has he achieved wonderful results in Harvard, but he has been one of the strong influences in uphol the principle of high and ever higher standards for education in general” says the Buffalo Evening News, while the Providence Journal remarks that “‘he has stood consistently for quality in scholarship,” and the New York Sun declares that “his presidency has been marked by maintenance of the spiritual and academic standards.” The Boise Idaho Statesman holds that he “has shown sincere devotion to higher educa- tion, and the stamp he has left upon it will never be erased.” The Jersey City Journal records that “he was noted for his broad vision and for his understand- ing of the problems of the most humble of his students.” The Salt Lake Deseret News says that he “served his institu- tion most intelligently for nedrly a quarter of a century and has kep Harvard in the forefront of education.” With the tribute that “he has built up the greatest and richest educational ant in the history of the world,” the Richmond News Leader feels, neverthe- less, that there has been a “failure of academic education, there as elsewhere, to satisfy the yearnings of the thou- sands of boys who look to colleges for guidance.” That paper concludes: “What an opportunity for a great man!” The mruardm'l‘lgdu attests the "mlviellec}:‘ufl leadersh: prestige generally whicl have advanced with thegnwrm plant.” * Ok % X “Perhaps Dr. Lowell will be best re- membered in the future,” thinks the Louisville =Courler-Journal, “for the dream of his life which he brought to realization in modern Cambridge. This innovation, known as the ‘house plan,’ is an adaptation of the English system of dividing a large university into a number of smaller. units of colleges, with the members of each college housed | together in a common building or quad- rangle. In many quarters Dr. Lowells plan was considered unfeasible, too revolutionary or not adapted to Ameri- can conditions. Today the houses of the new colleges stand cs though they already had beeen rooted for centuries in the soil of Cambridge, and the sys- tem has come into its own in time for tion before the hour of his retirement from the president’s chair.” “Few university presidents,” in the opinion of the Baltimore Sun, “have been more successful in building an in- stitution according to a concrete and definitely conceived pattern. With re- lentless energy, Dr. Lowell has remade Harvard College, encouraged the im-| provement and augmentation of the professional schools and at the same time contributed- mighty | e at Harvard Seen as Creative Influence into application.” ‘The Springfield Union states: “If students at Harvard today enjoy ‘planned freedom,’ it is not the easy freedom of a few decades ago, when they picked their own courses and floated about the campus almost at will, to appear for their diplomas on commencement day. It is the freedom which involves the choice of serious ef- fort, which alone conditions the mental and moral discipline that President Lowell has always insisted upon to make education really worth while. ding | With his well-rounded program of cole lege life completed, he is now ready to step aside and turn his continuing task over to younger hands. He may do so in the full confidence that it has been well done.” * ok ok X “Under his direction,” records the Scranton Times, “the number of stu- dents has increased from 3,800 to 8,000. The university property has been en= larged until today the Cambridge in= stitution is one of the most beautiful and complete university plants in the world. The endowment fund has grown from $22,000,000 to $123,000,000, Harvard the richest institution of higher education in America. While I after the material affairs of the uni- versity, Dr. Lowell did not neglect the professional and educational side.” “The far-reaching personal contribu- tion which President Lowell has made to Harvard’s growth during the 23 years past is a matter of historic note,” declares the Boston Transcript, while the Chicago Daily News sees significance in the fact that “to him maney was only a means of engaging the best ob- tainable professors and provi them with adequate laboratories and es, and of housing the students in conducive to the richest cultural and social life.” Maine Poses a Problem. From the Minneapolis Journal. It the State of Maine is right—and the United States Supreme Court ime plies that she is—motorists whose States have no driver license laws had better stay away from the common- wealth that glorifies the pine tree. The Maine Supreme Court has upheld the arrest and conviction of a driver from Florida who could show no driver H- cense from his own State. There was a reason for this. Plorids has no such law. But Maine does not recognize such deficiencies. Maine be- lieves the driver license law makes for greater safety on the highways. If some other State hasn’t reached that conclusion, it's just too bad for the outlander who noses his car across the Maine border. The Florida man has asked the United States Supreme Court to note that Maine is discriminating between citizens of Florida who have complied with the laws of their own State, and citizens of other States who have simi larly met the requirements of their own laws, That, says the Florida map, f something prohibited under the teenth amendment to the Federal stitution, which declares that no State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immuni~ ed " recognizes his ti of | ties of citizens of the United Stat “the jum, with its re- | And_Florida—believe it or nob—u'-‘h : 1d of knovledgel as well as at thzmlz ms%'n?ied States Supreme Teast some work 1n “ihe" rts. ‘sclens | Court refuses to tntertere, the social studies,” and finds ———— that “he sought, with clear vision to Defi integrate the life of the student and cit, = Prom the Minneap:lis Journal. * x o % . The Democratic National Committee to Dr. lal’:ell‘n pride in the rmm%%%m there is m this was | that they don’t feel it. e that ed for Princeton ‘Wood- —————— Tt ‘more " fortunate ‘than M. Wilson It Just Had to Come. in having trustees and bene- | Prom the Omaha Evening World-Herald, - factors to enable him to put plan conenlmhn—mmmm;‘