Evening Star Newspaper, December 7, 1932, Page 8

\.THE EVENING STAR and Mr. Hoover himself addressed him- #elf directly to the country on the sud- . Wb Sunday Morning Blitton. |1 ' * WASHINGTON, D. G “'WEDNESDAY, . December 7, 1088 to It or B aRe o e s b ez The Proposed Pay Cut. To the severity of the blow to Fed- B0t E are pald to Pederal workers. Their pay— )averaging $1,400 & year when the aver- ‘age Includes the dally wage of the low- laborer and the salary i a8%s gals T U mittees of Congress for relief from one the most ill-considered pleces of ever enacted, there comes the proposal to continue all the re- strictive features of that legislation n the Government service it lay in the so-called administrative furlough, the It anybody expected, especially in Europe, that the President would seise the occasion of the message to Congress A world craving for wide indulgence to debtors, for greater access through reduced tariffs to the rich American market, for the continued flow of in- vestment dollars to capital-hungry lands scross the seas and for other favors which plutocratic Uncle Sam alone can bestow is likely to Jook upon the phraseology of the President's mes- sage as fine words that butter no parsnips. But in the implicit stress the message lays upon the paramountcy of America's domestic problems—in the between-the-lines doctrine it affirms at home—Mr. Hoover beyond the shadow of & doubt speaks the voice of the country and of the people. End of the “Hunger March.” This morning the last of the “hunger £ # ggéggag il [H ’FS’?EEE & for the management of the public It was a wise decision to permit the marchers to parade through the streets, administrative heads to keep within ap- | ¢, propriations by “laying off” employes without pay. Whether that feature will be continued is a question. The budget buresu has recommended certain “in- creases” in departmental estimates to avert further administrative furloughs, condemn them. In this connection, it is to be noted that Attorney Gemeral Mitchell, in his annual report published today, says that: ‘There is grave doubt whether we can keep within ou‘r" e m-lmum for ‘dt:!e tional ‘-m;mnn furloughs, which will necessarily reduce the amount of work performed and will impair effi- elency. ‘That is the rule and not the excep- #ion in Government departments today. . The Federal Governm>nt has set no example to industry, cxcept to cut salaries and lay off cnployes. This ‘@dded eleven per cent cut would give new momentum to the vicious circle of the “Taxpayers will be “saved” by pay roll cutting, and then forced to supply the money thus saved in order to feed the unemployed. It is robbing Peter to pay Paul, and then taking it away from Paul. The President alludes to the addi- The anti-dry vote went at least far enough to ease the demand for positions as prohibition agents by those seeking steady employment. ————————— Faces. It is a matter of ancient controversy index to his nature? OCicero said, “The countenance is the portrait of the soul.” Coleridge believed, “There is in every human countenance either a history or a prophecy.” George MacDonald held, “What & man is lies as certainly upon his countenance as in his heart.” And Thoreau declared, “We are all sculptors and painters, and our material is our own flesh and bload and bones. Any nobleness begins at once to refine a man's features, any meanness Or sensu- to imbrute them.” £ i B : s THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, them here cannot have it both ways— either their purpose was to threaten the national Government or it was not. Their attitude belies the latter motion. Altogether, the parade down the Avenue served a useful purpose. To those who witnessed it the question must have occurred: What would hap- pen to the country if these people by any accidental turn of the wheel of Fate came into control of the instru- ments and machinery of Western civ- ilization? ‘That torrent of faces will linger in the memory of the thousands who watched them pass. ‘Washington yields to no other com- munity in the world in degree of sym- pathy for human loss and sorrow, human pain. But Washington, behoid- ing yesterday's procession of “hunger marchers,” realizing the propaganda behind the demonstration, felt no tug at the heart. The fault was the pa- raders’ own. They advertised it iIn their faces. Among the most persistent exploiters of so-called fiaming youth are the mo- tion picture directors and the radio lyricists. In the meantime, American youth goes to school, plays foot ball with intelligent moderation, marries re- spectably and devotes itself to the prob- lems which have been handed along as an ancestral heritage. —————— An air of artificiality about the so- called hunger march may justfy a wish that theatricism exported by Moscow would make a consistent display of such splendors as those of the Ballet Russe. It is well known to producets that a street mob scene is one of the most difficult of all stage effects to rehearse. ——————— Apparently Lady Astor is making & very searching study of radicalism. ‘When she completes her researches in all parts of the world, she will, no doubt, tell exactly what she is going to do about it. ——————— The opinion of Gov. Pinchot that the defeat last November will be found of benefit to the Republican party car- ries with it ‘the proviso that it will re- cover consciousness soon enough to g0 iInto training for the next event. —————————— Pears that stock quotations would suddenly go ballooning have proved un- founded. A slow, but steady, gain will do more to restore confidence than a market that goes skyrocketing. —o—————— Another example of overproduction is a consignment of gas bombs which can be sold cheap because the owners have no use for them. ————————— SHOOTIRG STARS. 80 let's sit down & While And talk it over. We've listened to the speaking And we've heard the music play. Our various objects seeking, ‘We have walked a weary way. It's time to wear a smilé And dwell in clover. So let’s sit down a while And talk it over. Advantages of Paradings. “Is there anything to be gained by having so many street demonstrations?” “Poseibly,” answered Senator Sor- ghum. “With only five days’ work per- mitted in a week, ther> will be much spare time, and those not engaged in parading can occupy themselves as spectators.” Jud Tunkins says Washington, D. C., always thinks something special is going to happen when a crowd of strangers comes to town, but things soon go on about as usual, even when the strangers are new Congressmen. Crash. Now many & man has grumbled! When beer seemed on the way Somehow the waiter stumbled And upset the loaded tray. Energles Absorbed. “Why can so few people understand Prof. Einstein’s theory?” “They haven't the time to study it,” answered Miss Cayenne. ‘“Energles available for complex calculation are now all used up in scoring contract “Each man desires to lve without working,” said Hi Ho, the sage of China- town, “but an intricate condition must develop when everybody demands the same privilege at the same time.” “Judgin’ fum de music I hear passin’ around,” sald Uncle Eben, “dar oughn't teachers.” Depression Credit. Prom the Dayton Dally News. An economist says we are now paying BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL, Blossoms extended for two along a few of the branches of the Forsythias. elcome, for they spelled harm to the plants, to some extent, at least. Evidently the children of Nature on roots have no way of knowing the %fimummwwmm- ure. ‘Warmth means Spring, to them, even in Winter. ¥ X x These untimely displays all the more strange, since they followed hard upon seasonably cold weather in late November. The entire latter half of that month, in fact. had seen temperatures such as one would expect to encounter in this vicinity. A few days of warmth, however, and the latent power in bud structures, hid within the very marrow of plants, as it were, pushed outward to the light and air. “Music in the air” — 5o went the title of & popular song of many years 280, “Warmth in the air”—such is the truly popular song of the plant world. Rain, as necessary and desirable as it is for the best growth, must come second to the proper air temperature. Even soil itself, an essential, can do nothing without heat. * X x % Amateur gardners need not worry overmuch about the ill effects of un- seasonable heat, as extreme as such manifestations may seem at the time. Nature is very old, and has been ex- E;Iendnc like oddities since time an. t is curlous, is it not, to contem- human being “getting into a stew” over or other which has been happening for a million years? Yet it is extremely human for him to do so. As he looks at his branch of For- |all the sythia, with its soms only three he is before Christ- mas, inclined to feel that his bushes will be ruined 1f this thing keeps up. * K ox % Before he took up gardening, as & side line to home owning, he paid lit~ tle attention to shrubs, except to ad- mire them in bloom in the parks. few ;zflw small_blos- it persons look . especially works of art of all sorts, actually see them, comment on their beauty, and yet never really see "‘%:fi..‘”a ething and seeing it som: see! are two different things. smoke of the opening cannonade the eighteenth amendment on a pretense of looking and appreciat- ing. That is why one may declare, with some truth, that real appreciation is an art, and that it is not met with one- tenth as often as it seems to exist. * kX Often what masquerades clation is merely a lack of “htiative, combined with a Iaziness of criticize adversely. This is human, this is being social, and there is not much to be said against it; but at the same time one must not look upon it as being a true a:::uesuuan of interest or apprecia~ In instances it Is nothing but mouthing, of the better sort; it harms no one, except the person who utters it, and him only because it prevents | an him from coming to & true understand- ing or appreciation at the time. Some days later, maybe months or years later, he will find himself con- fronted with exactly the same thing, but this time his eyes will be om, be- cause somehow the Spring of own personal interest has been touched. He will actually see, this time; he will be able to discover why this exhi- bition is surpassing; he will make de- lighted comments to ‘others, not out of liteness’ sake, but solely because his eart and mind have been moved. He will have the eye of the enthu- siast at last. EE I The home gardener, then, will not be unduly alarmed, if he finds that warm weather, following cold, causes unseasonable gro He_ will remember that Nature is old, and has been meeting such conditions in_her own for a long time. Presumably she knows how to handle situations which may arise. But since she is both the cause of the conditions, and the conditions themselves, one may doubt ber ability, at times? Of cours2! Nevertheless, Nature does know what she is doing. Her branches, her boughs, her buds, are hardy to an amazing ex- tent. They have to be, since they are there is. t again, follow- ing on a warm spell, nips the ends of canes of common ? i Let them alone, now, but next 3 before growing commences, prune the dea mg.‘ o There seems to be a great deal of misunderstanding in relation to the pruning of this popular old plant. Some persons have the idea that the canes should be cut back severely in the Fall, but if that is done there will be few, if any, blossoms, next year. ‘The canes be left alone, just as the leaves fall off them, until early next Spring, and then pruned as_indicated above. with Speaker John N, Garner | diana, who f artilleryman in chief, has away and it is possible to accurate evaluation of what and what lies ahead as re- e resurrection of John Barley- Defeated by a tally of six votes— tide on the . On the other hand, the chances of avoiding a Singres: whic from the Handpoint of Wi it the Democratic chieftains was “devout- the dramatic roll call of Monday. * X ok ¥ Contrasted with the stirring scenes witnessed by crowded galleries in the House of Representatives, the opening session of the Senate was a colorless affair. It was the first time members had unity to extend their distinguished list of Watson, Moses, Bingham, Oddie and others held “open house” at their desks for some minutes. Arthur H. Vanden- berg, Republican, of Michigan was the first Senator to arrive on the floor. Senator Hattie W. Caraway, Arkansas, exchanged friendly munp with Sen- ator Huey P. Long, . Senator John 8. Cohen of Georgia was “joshed” by some of his colleagues at the pros- pect of bec “Mr. Secretary.” Senators Smith W. Brookhart, Iowa, end Gerald P. Nye, North Dakota, were on the hospital list, but answered pres- ent. Senator Robert R. Reynolds, North Carolina, one of the trio of “plebes,” was obfious!t’ymmul as t.hel pproached. ‘The gavel sounded, the roll was called, resolutions in respect to the late Senators Wesley L. Jones of Washington and Charles W. Waterman of Colorado were and Senators Smoot, | - Amidst the milling scenes in the House of Representatives and the con- version of the floor into something re- sembling “Old Home week,” the fem- inine contingent came in, as usual, for & good deal of attention. As if to bolize their victories in the recent ‘am Noy ary hibition views, which were and soppingly wet. LI More than passing interest attaches to the entry into the national political arena of two prom! sons of two brilliant fathers, who iyed a major role in American public life. The new- comers are Bennett Clark of St. Louls, Mo., and Joe Balley of Dallas, 2 Bennett Clark has won a seat in the United States Senate, while Bafley has consistent WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER % 1932. “E8 Figaiee £ E approval of po-tbb” -flufim' liquor traffic problem.” h 1, Constitution, Section 10, paragra) f icle I very plainly United States, of t says “No State shall enter into any treaty, | ed V: ederation.” alliance or confe . ‘The States surrendered all treaty- power when the Constitution m, wflp ::’ch a any . It is questionable also whether the plan he proposes on 2 1is not an alliance or confederaf for some - cannot enter Which interfere with the wen granted to the United States under the Consti- tution and exercised by such authority. ¥ The juxtaposition of “treaty” and of compact” in its limited sense and Milk in Cartons Urged To Reduce Its Price To the Editor of The Star: One knows that we are an economic sett! e35 it a§§§ Beer-Wine Exclusion If Europe Defaults oot gk foEfE £ fought his way into the House of Rep- | Sta! resentatives. - Senator-elect Clark is the son of the former Champ Clark, Wwho came within an ace of winning th Democratic nomination for President in Baltimore in 1912, Joe Bailey is the son of former Senator Joe Bailey of Texas, who came to the lower House comes fresh laurels earned in the field of lit- ture. His book, “John Quincy Ad- e the ams, Old Man Eloquent,” has been very favorably reviewed and received. LT Cynics on Capitol Hill are gett: chuckle u?t of a nmtmtcl‘l Jowa, that erstwhile blican to the teh, ts, who have swept the State for the first time in history, esti- Norton of New Jersey wore large cor- ing Ii' of orchids, and held court in style. Of the seven women now hold- ing seats in the House only three will Teturn to to be any unemployment for singin’| Massach for Pederal offices, but h Execu- tioner.” Will it be Jim Farley? ° (Copyrisht, 1933, Today’s Four Hundred. ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. you? at all except 3 cents in coin for return . Do not cards. Evening Star Inf Frederic J. Haskin, Director, Wt ton, D. C. Q. How many base balls are used in A. Schuyler Colfax. He was Speaker curing the Thirty-eighth, Thirty-ninth and Fortieth ice Presido . He Q. How much does a cubic foot of air weigh?—D. L. A. One cubic foot of air at 32 de- - grees F. and atmospheric pressure Weighs 0.080728 pound. Q. What do stamp collectors mean hen they talk about “first day cov- ers"—S8. N. . A first-day cover is an envelope & stamp of & new issue that has W. When was Vi 's carillon me- morial to her World War heroes dedi- cated?—G. H. A. It was dedicated October 15,1933 Congresses. He was elect- | phygicians and more in New York. Q. What is a juba dance?—M. P. A.ltmlhre:‘kdm.dmcedwm ¢ i 3 > 4 ; & b S B .g{ W »_ asE uP Bg¥ B> Meets Vigorous Comments After considering the problem for five years, the Committee on the Cost of Medical Care has submitted majority and minority reports, showing wide di- | man Wilbur of the Department of the Interior and is made up of 48 experts Tepresenting private medical practice, institutional and special interests, pnbuN lic health service, the social sclences and the public. The majority report hcrmdaflbym.hnmdottheau American Medical Association. The formuls offered by the majority is: “The committee recommends that medical service, both preventive and therapeutic, should be furnished large- ly by organized groups of physicians, dentists, nurses, pharmacists and other associated personnel. Such groups should be organized, preferably around a hospital, for rendering complete home, Vice President-Elect | tession. To the Editor of The Star: It seems to me that in thess times of unemployment Mr. Garner should give the secretarial position of his office woman who really needs 3 does not need Hanged as a Spy ‘To the Bditor of The Btar: REfE B et i 2g ih 25 ¥RE E?F - # i b i i 5 sgé | ] § H i i 4 i § g 3 i i g E | i E i & £ ] i gif 380 H t: E ] ) § i BREE Ege 1 2 g EE i i EE £ g | I i Egg A g { £ i | E EE i § ; i i % E ! : i E i §§ 8 5 | ! { ] ] i E%ER i i i i jiE il 5 § g? i X i g ]