Evening Star Newspaper, January 20, 1933, Page 8

THE EVENING STAR " With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. FRIDAY.......January 20, 1633 THEODORE W. NOYES....Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company Business Office: 11th_8t. and Per.nsyl New York Office: 110 E Chicago Office: Lake_Michig: European Ofice: 14, Regent England ‘Bullding. St.. London. Rate by Carrier Within the City. Ihe Evening Star, ..o 4 ver month ™ “c:"!m':fi;ysi“’ . gttt ter month Tihen 8 sund 65¢ per month o Sunday 8t Collection made ¥ orders may be sent Rational 3000: Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. day....15T. $10.00: 1 mo.. 8¢ Baily ang Sundar..- 175 *1800: 1Mo soc Sunday only ! [Uyr. $4.00: 1mo.. 40c All Other States and Canada. .. 1vr.$12.00: Dally and Sunday.. 13r.$12.00: 1mo. 1yr. $5.00i 1mo. the e of each month ‘of exch mi 1n by mall or telephone Member of the Associated Press. The Associated Press is exclusiv b e e L iR L or oz therwise cred- e i gseer o el o L S e apaiches herein are also reserved. | = — Safeguards Must Be Insured. Every Washingtonian, whether he is for beer and against the saloon or for ‘beer and for the saloon, or against both ‘ beer and the saloon, will be anxious that the local beer bill shall have the community benefit of every safeguard | possible against the return of the | obvious and conceded evils of the old | saloon system. Since residents of the District are not represented in their National and local Legislature and do not participate di- rectly in the making of laws which gov- ern them, the necessity is greater and mere urgent that they scan closely pro- posed beer legislation for the District and by respectful criticism help to put the enactment in shape to inflict a min- imum of harm and confer the maximum of benefit upon the unrepresented com- munity. ‘The local Crusaders have suggested some changes in the original Black beer bill to this end. They propose, for in- stance, that instead of giving to the Su- perintendent of Licenses the unlimited power of issuing licenses to the sellers of beer, this authority be given instead to the Commissioners who may also THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY, JANUARY- 20, 1933. Iy and defectively drawn, since it will| his colleagues in the House something be replaced (it is promised) at the|about the intriguing activities of this special session of the new Congress by | very profitable unit, whose chief duties & model liquor regulation law that will| have to do with preventing and expos- be comprehensive, stringent and effec- | ing income tax frauds on the Gov- tive. ernment. THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. The pending beer bill will, as its main purpose, eliminate the Sheppard local prohibition law, which preceded nation- al prohibition. While the wets are winning this important campaign vic- tory, is not this the time for the drys to secure a maximum of concessions in safeguard against abuses and evils in the liquor traffic system which is to replace both national and local prohi- bition? Since all good Washingtonians, whether wet, dry.or moist, are interested primarily in the community welfare, is not this the time, when Congress is about to legislate on the subject, for all to get together to work vigorously in harmonious co-operation for the enact- ment of a “model” liquor traffic system now, and not slouch immediate legisla- tion and leave enactment of the “model law” to the uncertain future and a new Congress? The Soviet Way. Last week the Soviet revealed, mot for the first time, how it deals with insubordination within the Communist ranks by imposing stern disciplinary measures upon men even of the stature of Alexi Rykoff. Today come reports of the heartlessness that distinguishes the Soviet’s attitude toward the hum- blest of its subjects, the peasant farm- ers. The populations of three south- ern towns, it is stated in & Moscow dispatch, have been deported in their entirety to the lumt.: and mining camps of Siberia as an exemplary pun- ishment for their failure to co-operate with the program of speeding up agri- cultural production. Three Cossack villages—Poltavskaya, Medvyedevsky and Urupskaya—are in- volved in this enforced migration. Al men, women and children, after being deprived of all vestige of home and prop- erty, were driven from their abodes and ordered into exile in desolate lands near the Arctie Circle. Estimates of the number of mujiks and their dependents included in the exodus he total at no fewer than forty-five thousand souls. If they survive the rigors of the frozen North, they are to receive the chance of proving their loyalty to the Soviet cause and regaining the coveted “proletarian” status. As an indication of the callous cynicism with which the deportation promulgate thejr own rules and regula- tions “not inconsistent with law” for the operation of the licensee’s business. ‘There is also written into the bill as a proposed amendment the specific pro- vision that the Commissioners may | 5 satisfy themselves as to the financial | S€FVice to the Communist cause. One | of the villages has already been re- resp n:ibility and moral character of | d “Red Army.* The new owners name y. the .~ _licant for a license. 2 While the Commissioners by their | cf the sofl forthwith proclaim their in- tention of carrying out Moscow’s de- own regulation might forbid the sale | g of beer to minors, stipulate proper clos- | Mand for collectivized farming, the‘ ing hours, forbid the estabiishment of | System against which the deported beer selling places in certain disiricts | PPulation rebelled. Doubtless its ex- including residential (as was done un- i pulsion is intended as both a grim and der the old high license law) and may | & timely warning to other backsliders in prevent establishment of such p:acesj the rural secticns. Under !he”new sys- | within specified distance of churches, | tem of “identification cards,” familles schools, asylums, Soldiers’ Home oridesigmted 28 “socially undesirable” will soldlers’ barracks would it not be far | after April 15 be subject to forced better to include such restricions in | transfer to regions where the Soviet| | from the fertile Kuban country was carried cut, there is tQe detail that the | exiles’ lands have been divided up | among veterans of the Red army and other “loyal elements” as a reward for ! remain in conference indefinitely. | {and China to step in and try to stop| | the fight. More than 6,700 of these income tax cases have been investigated sincd the unit was established in 1919, From these careful, undercover inquiries have come more than 1,100 indictments, with resulting convictions of or pleas of guilty by more than 500 individuals. The total of taxes and penalties recom- mended for assessment was in excess of $286,000,000. Perhaps the Intelligence Unit cannot properly be termed obscure. Although its force is not large, its appropriation relatively small and its every-day routine little known to the general public, Chief Irey and his operatives have gained the spotlight an several notable occasions. ‘There was the case of Alphonse Capone, for example. Mr. Capone had suc- ceeded in evading justice in mapy high crimes and misdemeanors, but when he neglected to pay his income taxes he reckoned without the Internal Revenue Bureau. He is now repenting this over~ sight in Atlanta Penitentiary. More recently, Mr. Irey and his men hawe played an important role in the investigation of the Lindbergh kidnap- ing. They are still engaged in an effort to solve that mystery. Mr. Cochran paid a fine personal trib- uite to Mr. Irey: I am told he has made many ene- mies and any number of powerful men have attempted to have him dismissed from the service. Not only Irey, but| his men are threatened by those who are nffected by the unit's investigations. ‘This is to be expected when their con- tact is with thoge who would defraud | tol the Government, Again I state there should be no economy in the office of the Intelll- gence Unit of the Bureau of Internal Revenue, —_————— It is understood that James J. Walker is in line for a position as a French wine agent in case prohibition is dis- pensed with. Thinking up jobs for “Jimmie” has become a sort of inter- national responsibility. Eurdbean nations take little interest | in base ball and will hardly understand the willingness to cut the pay of Gov-| ernment wage earners while so much concern is expressed about a salary cut; for Babe Ruth. If the President and the President- | elect undertake to discuss all the mat- | ters now calling for adjustment, they may as well call it an extra session and ——————— A little patience on the part of the League of Nations 'may eventually en-} able it to consider a request from Japan | ——————— Wise Filipinos would rather remain contented-nephews of their Uncle Sam | than take chances on looking like some |- other nation's unhappy stepchildren. o It is now intimated that tempera-| mental Prance declined to pay simply | because she did not lixe the man at the receiving teller's window. | i e S | If domestic complications alone could make an artist, James A. Stillman would | “Don’t jump into beekeeping,” says & magazine article, No danger, sir. All we ask of bees is that they do not jump into us. Bees and cows have been, since child- hood; two creatures we have been very much afraild of. A rather tamus would not create quite the consternation in our breast as the sight of an unguided cow. As for beet, these are insects most ?enple like to keep away from, rather | tr han plunge into, even in the sense of harboring them for profit. No doubt there is a nice living to be garnered by the astute gentleman who really understands bees. But how many understand 'em? A bee is a curious thing, despite the laudable work of M. Maeterlinck and others to bring it down to the com- prehension of the “man in the street.” It is only when the man in the street leaves his concreted avenue and takes fo the and the dirt that he ces the full menace of the bee. s detest some persons, just as elephants are supposed to dislike those who are d to them. Bees do not seem to mind what one’s personal opinions of them are; they in- stinctively “go” for those unfortunates who seem to fear them. Merely to swagger before bees, how- ever, will get one nowhere. A bold front is wel? enough, in cer- tain situations, but it does little good in front of the apiary. Funny word, that. One would think, offhand, that an “aplary” was a place where apes were kept, would one not? Not if you know your Latin, of course. “Apis” means bee in that ancient ngue. “Aap” is Dutch for ape —no doubt where we got the word. In fact, old English had “ape” as the feminine form. According to language, at least, all apes are feminine now. The closer you get to & bee the worse off you are if it doesn’ the farther aw more room you will have to run in, but th~; doesn't mean that you will be any Eatter off. It will be able to catch you just the same. It flies- excellently. Its speed exceeds that of most ex- press trains, is pretty close to a good | automobile and is not far behind that of the average plane. Most persons’ initial experience with | bees comes in childhood, that impres- | ference. | slonable period, when even a bee can so valiantly to remember are not worth | make its deepest—er, impression. Perhaps memory calls up a great tree, in which the bees have swarmed. 1t is not the right place, and grand- father decides to bring 'em down. A legendary figure, grandfathe: All that one can see of him now is a happen to like | you are the| ‘They will not answer to the call of the hive, and grandfather is going aloft e et & T He carries & smoking pot well filled with_charred wood, or whatever it is which the expert apiarist uses in ar- guing with bees. L randfather approsches. gradusily as lather approac] 8. ly through the leaves of the old apple ee, A great tree, a tree such as no more, which grows, alas, or in childhood. The trees aren’t any way near as big now. There goes grandfather right up to the limb. \ The bees are buzzing their loudest. ‘They are extremely restless as grand- father attempts to shoo them away, or catch them, or do whatever it is one does when attempting to teach the bees the right way to go. How difficult it is to teach living creatures the right way to go, and how often one’s best efforts are met with a surly ungratefulness! An enterprising bee finds an opening under the full flowing mosquito net- ting, now blowing in the gentle winds. “Ow!” roars grandfather. More bees. “Ow! Ow!” ‘The situation is becoming serious. Some one will have to rescue grand- father. ‘There memory fades, one cannot see the rescue, or who did it, but legend has it that a badly stung grandparent was finally got down out of the tree to the tune of much swearing and gesticu- lation. Men swore in those days. And bees stung. Mostly they plunged their stingers | Into little innocent boys who insisted on treading gingerly around the hives | in bare feet. ‘The more cautlously one trod, and the more afraid one was, the surer the bees found it out, the more certain they were to use the excellent weapons with which Nature had provided them. In an article some place once we |read why it is that mosquitoes inject poison as they bite. It will not be sat- isfactory to the reader here, perhaps, memory is very poor, and if we could | remember that no doubt we could recall ‘;out of the apple tree. | After all it doesn't make much dif- Most of the things people try | so much trouble. | Whatever the reason is why mosqui- | toes inject go\son as well as bite, is ,no doubt the very reason why bee: find it necessary to make a similar in- | jection along with their sting. ‘To careless mankind it mivht seem that we can't recall why, but then our | fine white beard. that a good sting is sufficient, but It was in the days when beards were Nature says it isn’t. in great favor. | With every sting must come a cer- Grandfather thought he knew a lot | tain quantity of poison. If we believe about bees, but every ome else seemed ' in a moral Nature, the answer is plain to feel that he knew very little about enough! The lesson must be pointed them, after all. | beyond escape. ‘There he goes aloft, up a great long | There is little danger, however, of Jadder, to bring the erring brood down | any one escaping from a bee bite once to earth, where they belonged, mot up | the bee gets its little eyes on him. in that tree. The bees buzz and buzz, glving the | “beeline” for nothing. dark bough whereon they cling a dif-| 1It's the line the bee makes after you, ferent sort of dark color. land its end is a sting, sure enough. WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS BY FREDERIC W".LIA'M WILE. It somebody thinks there’s anything: sions intermittently during the past 10 remotely resembling party leadership| years. Since January, 1932, he has and cohesion left in the United States been roving ambassador in Europe on Senate, let him analyze yesterday's | disarmament and economic affairs. He Nine Democrats re- | knows intimately the leading states- Mankind hasn’t invented the term | the Jaw itself, thus guaranteeing those | masters employ their labor in connec- safeguards beyond a doubt? Weuld not failure so to include them in law en- courage legal dispute as to the extent of the Comrhissioners’ authority? tion with the raw-production program of the second five-year plan. Many indications point to the prob- ability of a renewed drive for Amer- wood. s SHOOTING STARS. |long since have been a star in Holly- | vote on cloture, The Crusaders, in their proposed | ican recognition of Soviet Russia. News emendment, wisely eliminate “eating | like that herein discussed should give places” from those qualified to be ‘ pause to the recognitionists. Uncle licensed for sale of beer to be con- | Sam ought not to be asked to condone sumed on the premises, specifying|a system with tyranny as its hallmark. “bona fide restaurants, clubs or hotels.” | To shake hands with such a system is That is a commendable change, al-| to be blind to its cruelty and vicious- though it is obvious that there should | ness. be further stipulation of when a ho'el or club ceases to be a “bona fide” hotel | or c'ub and becomes a ncn-bona fide hotel or club. An Ideal Inauguration Day. Under the new dispensation of the Section 12 of the rewritten bill, which | 1s the same &s section 6 of the Black bill, provides that “no brewer, manu- facturer, Wholesaler or distributor shall have any direct or indirect financial interest in the business of any licensee.” { ‘To make sure that the desirable aim of this provision is effective should not the ownership of the premises on which a beer business is to be con- ducted also be covered? The section of the proposed new bill (section 15) should be clarified and strengthened as to its provisions for fine and imprifonment. The proposed biil provides a fine of not less than $1,000 or imprisonment in jail for a year, or both, and revocation of license in the case of a licensee, for violation of any provisions of the act. But if a licensee willfully violates the regulations promul- gated by the Commissioners, he would merely be subject to revocation of his license for a year. If the sale of beer to mincrs was merely prohibited under a Commissioners’ regulation, while the beer law itself requires monthly re- port of the quantity of beer sold, it would be possible that the licensee who sold beer to a minor would escape pun- ishment with the loss of his license for & year, while the licensee who falsified the amount of beer sold in a month or failed to make his report would face & year in jail. There is no reason for this discrepancy in pehalties, and it is 2 question whether the penalties, at least for violation of the Commission- ers’ regulations, should not be made more severe, leaving to the courts the degree of severity with which they will be applied under the circumstances. The new amendments propose that the local tax on beer be reduced to| $1.20 from the Black bill's original pro- posal of $2.50 a barrel. It is under-| stood that this change was dictated by- the fact that Maryland is now -con- sidering the imposition of a 60-cent a barrel State tax, and that New York is discussing another figure based on per- centage of beer sold, and that the $2.50 figure for the District might be, rela- tively, exorbitant. In addition, those who would profit from the sale of beer are naturally in favor of lowering the tax. The matter of tax presents one of the surprising features of proposed lquor legislation. Before prohibition the tax or license was conceived as one instrument to discourage the consump- tion of alcoholic drinks, and the license was made higher and higher with the purpose and result of reducing the number of saloons. But now there is fear that if the tax or license is too high, the sale of beer will not be suffi- ciently encouraged: It is suggested that this beer bill is| merely a temporary stop-gap measure end may without much hn‘ be loose- d twentieth amendment, which is being rapidly ratified by the States, this day four years hence, January 20, 1937, will| be inauguration day in Washington. Unless the Constitution is further amended in this respect, Mr. Roosevelt will be the last President of the United States to take the oath of office on the 4th of March. This would be an ideal inauguration day, far better than most of those that have occurred in March. It is not, however, an exceptional day for late January in this region. Indeed, the final fortnight of this month, as a rule, is marked by clement conditions. The chances of a fair, mild day occurring at this time are really better than in early March. ‘The records go to prove that Wash- ington’s real “Winter” falls within the six-week period from February 1 to March 15, which is why so many of the inauguration days of the past have been cold and blustering, stormy and a | danger to the health of those assembled here to witness the inaugural cere- monies. That was the reason for the movement for the shift of the inaugu- ration date to the last Thursday in April, approximately colnciding with that of George Washington's first in- duction into office, which came so near to success a little more than twenty years ago. —————— The bucket shop may eventually claim credit for providing the means.of baling some of the water out of the stock) market. ————at— A Good Investment. Discovered—a governmental bureau that pays Uncle Sam a 4,000 per cent retwrn on. his investment. | The Ponzilike financial operations of | this somewhat obscure branch were ! brought to the attention of Congress the other day by Representative Jjohn J. Cochran, Democrat, of Misscuri. Tak- ing the floor during a discussion of economy legislation, Mr. Cochran said: | I want to express the hope that the mew commissioner of Internal Revenue who will scon take office will learn | something ebout the Burcou of Intelii- gence as soon as he assumes control. He will find it his most valuable asset in | administering the laws. ! In the fiscal year 1932, ending June 20 last, this unit was allowed $626,000 end it brought into the Treasury of the United States $27,322,555. The head of that unit (Elmer L. Irey), while testifying before a House committee of which I was a member, made the state- ment that if he could get additional! mer. to run down the frauds that have been perpetrated against the Govern- ment he could bring in millions and millions of dollars to the Tnk:ury 1t seems to me when, by the appro- priatign of & few hundreds of thousends of doflars, we can bring into the Treas- ury millions of dollars that belong to it it 'is unwise not to do so. Mr. Cochran then procesded to tell BY PHILANDER JOHNBON, Yes and No. I'd like to loiter day by day In blissfulness, ‘While all I ever had to say ‘Was “Yes.” I wish that life were frank and free From any fraud, And I could, in perpetual glee, Applaud. While one and all assume to seek A righteous show, The hardest word you have to speak | Is “No.” { Special Service. “While you are engaged in this mem- | orable filibuster,” said the confidential | friend, “I want to commend a friend | of mine as practical assistant.” “An expert politician?” “No. A throat specialist.” Jud Tunkins says a moratorium looks to him like an overcapitalized form of procrastination. Guileless Assumption. My Radio! My Radio! Your songs confuse my humble lot. You tell me things I ought to khow | And hint at some that I ought not. | | Discussing the Absentee. “Can you understand why she con- sented to marry so wild a person?” asked the inquiring lady. “Yes,” answered Miss Cayenne. “She couldn’t make the movies and this was the only way she could get her picture printed.” “However wise your words may be,” sald Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown, “they are valueless unless the thought behind them is honest.” Parachute. ‘When high finance is on the wing In wealth's pursuit. Each aviator ought to bring A perachute. To lofty ventures we're inclined With hope immense, ‘That faithful parachute, you'll find Is Common Sense. “Technocracy may be somethin’,” said Uncle Eben, “but de machinery dat I has to depend cn is de ax an’ de chovel, which hasn't yet been elec- trified. Full Training Required. Prom the Los Angeles Times. Chicago is offering a day-time course in the care of babies for fathers. Pre- vious along this line has been available in the “night school” variety. ——— No Moratorium. From the Sloux Falls Daily Argus-Leader. rural credits promoters were right in cne respect. They said it would be a paying proposition. How correct they werel pay and we pay. vt Antipodal Bait. From the Minneapolis Journal. Bass Valley, in Australia, again in- imes grow long. might be Fing ascertain the size of the interesting fish that got away, | fused to follow their chosen captain, men of Great Britain, France, Ger- | Joe Robinson of Arkansas, and-24 Re-|many and Italy. If these aren't up-to- publicans did not choose ‘er:drun (wi;n the-lgle:uv.:a credlengéals rorhlln A:nerl- 1t f Indiana, ler of the' can retary of ate, what are? Senate, against cloture. One of the| Indiana limestone met a Waterloo in confidential stories that gnn ft(hrm:g: | Washington this week in a finish fight the cloakrooms immediately a ersé | with Vermont granite. The occasion e Treas unctioning s referee, fire by just the single vott needed 10, over the material to be used ‘i building make up the two-thirds he requmd-;me huge new $6,000,000 Feceral court The vote which failed to materlalize house in New York City. The granite of his lminzmup with the nntl-clogglrlelor 'gongms. Between them they man- forces was that he was aware h | aged to overcome the limestone forces, of the plan to reconsider, if necessary, | captained by Senator Jim Watson. and the substitute arrangement later | Under that influential Hoosier's long- adopted to limit debate. Mrs. Caraway | time advocacy of limestone for Federal We pay and we| T of Arkansas had her first opportunity to | :‘;ildlngs, ‘W:shington in recent years register gratitude for the support Huey Long gave her last year when she was up for nomination. ~She cast what might have been the decisive vote against cloture. x K % % No member of the Senate has a longer or more honorable record against fili- bustering than Senator Wzlsh, Demo- crat, of Montana. On March 7. 1917, just before we entered the World War, Walsh delivered a powerful attack in the chamber on the system whereby, as he put it, “one man may, by his physi- cal prowess alone, defeat a vote, invite calamity unspeakable and expose the | Senate to the well-deserved contempt of manklind.” Those words, uttered be- neath the dome 16 years ago, might have been spoken of late events in the same loguacious locality. Senator Walsh concedes that a filibuster may serve a useful purpose. He cites the unlimited debate on the original reve- nue bill of 1922 as an example. brought to book by the determination of Congress to talk it to death. The Montanan thinks it oughtn't to be for- gotten that it was the notorious force bill, introduced in the House by Henry Cabot Lodge, then a young Representa- tive from Massachusetts, that brought the filibuster, as we now know it, into existence. It was due entirely to the unlimited debate tactics of Southern Democrats in the Senate that the force bill was killed. Seven out of the nine Democrats who opposed cloture this weel are Southern Senators. EREE Well, there seems to be no doubt thet President-elect Roosevelt is going to consort freely and unashamed with the Republican progressives who bolted Hoover in the Governor's favor. F. D. R.'s first batch of callers in Washington yesterday included Senators Johnson of ornia, Cutting of New Mexico and La Follette of Wisconsin. Presently, Mr. Roosevelt will go sightsesing at Muscl Shoals with Senator Norrls. The progressives are caid to cherish only one burning wish with regard to the Rocsavelt cabinet—namely, that 1t shall not include Newton D. Baker. The Ohican long ago was elevated to the dimnity of their pet aversion, be- caus> of hs rll-7-1 identification with the “power trus..” At Chicago last June the cir was thick with rumors that the only recl opposition to Gov. Rooceveli's nomination was fomented by “power” cni in the interest of Baker. Hucton Thempson of Colorado (and Washington, D. C.) would be highly acceptable to the Norris group as Roosevelt's Attorney General. * K ¥k ¥ Arrival of Norman H. Davis in Washington on Gov. Roosevelt's spe- cial train naturally revives vigorous! the persistent belief that he is to be- come the New Deal's Secretary of State. Nobody can extort a definite word on the subject from the Presi- dent-elect, and Mr. Davis himself -is less cagey when put on the spot. But the circumstan evidence in the cese is all in favor of the soft-spoke! ‘ennessean-New Yorker's selection for the premiership of ‘Roosevelt. Cabinet. It's impossible to recall in our time an appointment that would have so much logical reason behind it. Davis was Undersecretary of the 1919-1920, in 1 charg2 of war debts. He was Under- sacretary of State during the last year of the Wilson sdministration. He has served on League of Nations commis- Two | vears later the Mellon tax plan was | . | coming presidential household. filled up with them. The mam- | moth Department of Commerce is the | most notable example. Former Repre- | sentative Dick Elliott of Indiana, who hailed from the limestone belt, was also | a worthy foeman in its behalf, as chair- man of the Hopse Committee on Public | Buildings and ¢o-author of the plan for \{nndcmmng and beautifying Washing- on, n;r * X ok % fore many days elapse W |1s to be the scene of ?‘nm“‘fi;‘é‘;‘m | of an elaborate motion picture entitled “Mussolini Speaks.” Produced by a leading American movie organization, | the PFascist chieftain enacted the title |role at Rome under the personal di- | rection of one of Hollywood's foremost craftsmen. He threads in and out of the picture on different occasions, in the guise of an orator depicting the glories of ancient Rome, with appro- | priate historical background, and also as an interpreter of modern Italy under Fascist reconstruction. Il Duce will be | heard in English, because the film was ;spechlly designed for American audi- ences. * X x % Gov. Roosevelt came into town on Thursday in an ordinary Pullman com- | partment car bearing the commonest | name in the United States—John Smith. His apartments at the Mayflower Hotel are in what is known as the “76” sector. He occupies the same quarters for the second time, having expressed to the management a preference for “the spirit of '76.” * k % & | William H. Woodin, president of the American Car & Foundry Co., who trav- leled to Washington on the Roosevelt special. is one of the favorite candidates of cabinet guessers for a place in the The Secretaryship of Commerce is the port- folio most commonly associated with his name. He's been a Rooseveltian for many years and was a liberal contributor to the late Democratic war chest. For the past 12 years he has been closely identi- fied with the President-elect as a co- trustes of the Werm Springs Founda- tion in Georgle, to which Mr. Roosevelt is about to repcir. (Copyricht, 1033.) .- Knockers and Knocked. From the Nashville Banner. A fellow promises a “knocked-down autcmobile” as cne of the novelties of the new year. The knocking-down kind gives us more cause for thought. ———————— Mah's Task. From the New York Sun. ‘The Chinese Gen. Mah, immured in & | Russian jail for crossing the border ly | without a permit, may have to work out his own five-year plan. In the Back Lands. From the Pasadena Star-News. A horse thief has been arrested in Texas. The startling thing about this &:lt any thief would thln': enough of value of a horse steal it. : Skepties. Prom the Miam! Dally News., A doctor asserts.that an office work- er uses only one-fourth' of his native ene 0 a e ¥ but think this ated. Crusaders Are to Present Model Liquor Control Bill ‘To the Bditor of The Star: In your leading editorial of January 17 entitled “Local Beer Bill Prema- ture,” the following statement is made: “As a matter of fact, enactment of any local beer law now is premature. Such a law should follow the Na- tional beer bill, if there is to be one, in/end the repeal of the eighteenth amendment.” The rest of your editorial iz devoted, for the most part, to criticism of the original draft bill, which makes certain that the Sheppard bone-dry law will be repealed, prepared by the Crusaders. ‘The bil}, ordl.:x to your editorial, permit many of the evils of the old saloon system. For the sake of argu- ment, let me admit that these fears are well grounded. But suppose that there is no beer reg- ulation, as your editorial favors. What would be the situation in this city if the Collier beer bill becomes law? The corporation counsel has said on more than one occasion, that in his judg- ment, the Sheppard bone dry act was repealed by implication when the Vol- stead act was . If this be the case, when the Colller bill becomes law, and it will at this or the extra session of Congress, Washington will have no regulations whatever concerning the sale of beer. It could be sold the same 8s any soft drink to anybody at any time, regardless of age. If the Sheppard law has not been repealed by implication, then nearby wet Maryland Free State will not only people will go into Maryland to dine, where beer is sold. It does not take much imagination to picture the many beer taverns that will spring up in Montgomery and Prince Georges Coun- ties, where Washington residents will spend money that ordinarily would go to_Washington business men. ‘The Star’s position, since it opposes & beer control law prior to repeal, when analyzed, boils down to this: If beer is | legalized by Congress and the Sheppard act is no longer the law, then beer may be sold here without the sem- | act is the law, beer will be bootlegged |from Maryland into Washington. The Crusader beer control bill is a temporary measure to provide reason- | able regulations for the sale of beer | pending the repeal of the eighteenth | amendment. We expect to present to | Congress when the extra session con- | venes & complete liquor control mian | that will meet the needs of this World | Capital. | RUFUS 8. LUSK, who it was who got grandfather down | Vice‘zxecuuve Commander, The Cru- | ers. 'Minister of Norway | Checks Sardine Figures To the Editor of The St ‘ In your issue for January 14 appears an article by Mervin H. Browne en- titled “Depressed Currency Nations | Ruin Fishing Industry Here,” in which is stated that in 1930 the imports of | sardines from Norway totaled 387672 cases, in 1931 777,972 cases and during the first nine months of 1932 906,348 | cases. As a result’ of these figures the | | author has made the conclusion that| imports from Norway in these three years have increased nearly 300 per | cent. | Allow me to point out that the basis | 'of this statement, viz, the figure for the year 1930, does not correspond | with” the official American_statistics as compiled by the United States De- partment of Commerce, according to which the imports of sardines from | Norway in said year totaled 17,194,025 pounds, or 687761 cases, taking 25 pounds’ as the equivalent of one case. It is furthermore to be remarked | that 1930 was the lowest year since | 1925 ‘With regard to import of sardines | ‘from Norway and is consequently not |a fair basis of comparison, for the | reason that the pack of 1930 was un- | usually “short.” The average annual import of sardines from Norway to the United States during the more normal years of 1927-1929 was about 21.760,000 pounds, or about 870,000 cases. It will thus be seen that there | can be absolutely no question of an in- | | crease of 300 per cent, as alleged. H. H. BACHKE, Minister of Norway. ————s |Parked Cars Make Capital |Like a ‘One-Horse Town’ | | To the Editor of The Star: | It appears from the letter that you| published from Mr. Metcalfe that he | must come from & one-horse town. The | old wrecks parked all over the Capital | are a great joke all over the United | States. Oh yes, the Capital is a won- derfui city! "The first sight that greets your eyes is a lot of old cars as far . “Why, our little city San Antonio, Tex., has far better traffic laws than the wonderful Capital of the United States!” These are the remarks that one hears on’the Mexican border. Inasmuch as the District of Columbia allows all this mess of car garaging on the streets, why not let us demand from the District free garages to store our cars in, leaving the streets open to drive our cars with less fear and far fewer accidents? LA LEDENDECKER. ————— Proposes ‘Budgeteers’ in Each Congress District To the Editor of The Star: ‘The country is in need of a thorough awakening and demonstration of the demand by the people for the passage by Congress of a budget that will lift the country out of threatening bank- ruptcy and the ruin it would invite. I propose the formation in each Con- gressicnal district of the United States of a body which will represent that district, under the name of “Budget- eers,” to make known to Congress di- rectly that the time has come for ef- fective and speedy legislation. GEORGE G. ———o—. Persuading the Hogs. William Allen White in the Emporia Gazette, Legislative wheels are grinding. | Every one now and then throws off a spark whose fleeting glimmer illumi- nates their plans so that we may glimspe what destiny holds for us in the next four years. Their farm plan is to be based on a subsidy for those who voluntarily control production, which is easy for the small grain farmer. All he will have to do is to cut his acreage. But it is also to be lzgued to hogs. Now when you undertake to teach a hog to control his production—gen- tlcmen, let us speak plainly—you have & job on your hands. We cannot deny that there are many eloqucnt arguments for volun- tarily controlled production which will appeal to the enlightened self-interest of an adult hog, but what is to be done with the young sow of subnormal intelligence _and bad home eénviror ment, or the headstrong individual- ist who would set her own impulses above the somber judgment of the Democratic party and insist on hav- ing 8 or 10 little piggies to the litter instead of the alloted 6. We assume that in this kind of a litter only 6 would be safe for the bsidized home market and the rest | blance of any control. If the Sheppard | ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. Have we had the pleasure of serving you through our Informa- tion Buresu? Can't we be of some help to you in your problems? Our business is to furnish you with authoritative in- formation and we invite you to ask us et S A 5 your ¥ Evening Star Information Bureau, Pred. eric J. Haskin, r, Wi n, D. C. Inclose 3 cents in coln or stamps for return postage. Do not use post cards. Q How od i Eddle Cantor?— "A."He will be 40 years old on Janu- ary 31. Q. How many Americans are there in Auméun—n. D. eorge F. Kelly, vice consul at Kingston, says that there are about 500 Americans in Jamaica, three-fifths of whom are missionaries, Q. How long after President Hard- ing’s death was President Coolidge in- ducted into ‘office?—J. H. Y. A. He was sworn into office as Presi- dent 4 hours and 17 minutes after the death of President Harding. Q. knitting stockings?—T. T. A. It was invented in 1589 by Wil- liam Lee, an Englishman. Very little Q. How many Christmas cards are sent at Christmas time in this coun- try?—G. C. A. During the holiday season of re- cent years more than 300,000,000 cards were in circulation in the United States. Q. How much money is being vested in permanent buildings for the xloxflshlr at Chicago this Summer?— A. The Century of Progress says: “Either at the gateway or within the grounds of Chicago's 1933 World Fair stand more than $20,000,000 in perma- nent buildings.” Q. What is the size of the average family in the United States?>—F. D. A. ‘It depends upon what is consid- ered a family. Including resident lodg- ers and resident servants, the average is 4.10. Eliminating all persons except those related by blood, by marriage, or by adoption, the average is 381 Fa illes consisting of two persons consti tute 23.4 per cent of the whole number. Who invented the machine for | change has been made in principle since | bootleg beer into the Capital, but our | that time. used exclusively within Arkansas?— A. Since the transportation involved is wholly within the State, the Inter- state Commerce Commission has no jurisdiction, ' Q. How many full-blooded bison are there in North America?—C. P. B. A. The American Bison Society says that there are 18,379 pure-blood bison in North Amer.ca. The number of bison in the United States is 3,385 About one-third of the number in the United States are located in the State of Wyoming. The remainder are wideiy distributed throughout various States. Q. Is it necessary for a Senstor to resign his office in order to become a clr'sdltgu M!m' President or other official? A. There is no law which obliges a candidate for office to resign his seat in the United States Senate. Q. Of the people on the Vetersns' Bureau pay roll, how many are in Wash- ington?—J. T. W. A. There are 5058 at headquarters. Q. What can be done to cure or re- lieve the pein in feet which were frozen years ago?—C. B. A. The Public Health Service says that there is no suggestion which could be made of any value concerning the relief and treatment of frozen feet as it would be necessary to see the individual and to be able to determine his indi- | viduzl. reaction, such as whether or not | the biood vessels and their vasomctor | (nerves) control are affected. | . Q. Where is the largest cattle ranch in the United States?—W. McK. | _A. The largest is the great King Ranch in Southeastern Texas, which has | more than a million acres and covers | more than three counties. There are | millions of cattle on_ this ranch, and more than 100,000 cilves are branded each season, | @ Where is the frigate Constitution? j A ‘She Is now on her way to the West Coast. She has passed through | the Panama Canal. . | Q. To what forces in this country | did the earliest Marincs belong?—T. D, The earliest ships, as also the | earliest Marines, belonged to the Colo- nial or State Navies. During the Ameri- can Revolution, three general classes of American Marines served—Continental Families of three or fewer persons con- | OF regular Marines, Marines of the Co- stitute 521 per cent of the whole number. Q. Who conceived the plan of pnlnt-‘ lonial or State Navies, and Marines of | the Privateers. Q. How many organizations belong | ing the Pantheon de la Guerre?—L. T. | to the American Association for the Ad- A. Plerre Carrier-Belleuse was the moving spirit. He died recently in Paris at the age of 82. Q. What instrument was Nero play- ing while Rome burned?>—T. N. V. A. The instrument of the day | vancement of Science?—G. A. A. There are now 132 officially es- | sociated organizations, of which 100 are officially affiliated, including 26 affiliated academies of science. which| Q. Is there 2 window in the Wash- | venience in discussior. it is divided into Hront, Baltic front, Turkish front and |Commerce Commission regulat ero is supposed to have played was a | ington Cathedral which includes pic- fidicula. tures of an airplane and a microphone? b | Q. What is the average temperature | in Honolulu?—R. P. | A. The mean annual temperature of Honolulu, Hawall, is 74.6 degrees F.: the maximum, 88 degrees F.; the mini- mum, 56 degrees F. The average an- nual rainfall is 28.6 incaes. Honolulu is not subject to strong winds. 1 —A. M. A. There is a window in the Cathe- dral depicting the means by which the gospel has been spread. The micro- phcne and airplane are included. It ghcne of the windows of the Gre:t ofr. . Q. What is the difference in official time between New York City and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil>—A. N. A Two hours. Pr cally all of the eastern or inhabited portion of Bra- zil has zn offici] time two hours fast on Eastern standard Unit 2 number of fronts—the Western front, | time. e Eastern front, Italian front. Rumanian | Q. In what war was the front line, facing the enemy, the longest>—F. W. | A. In the World War, the front was the most extensive in history. For con- . Q Is the present pay of a Federal juryman the sum stipulated in the Fed- eral Code?—R. B. A” The pay w2s affected by the 5_for|economy bill of June, 1932. For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1933, the per diem pay of Federal jurymen was reduced to $3. the colonial fronts. Is it a violation of Interstate the Arkansas Railr give free r2ilroad and bus tranc; tion to members of Legisl:tuie to bz \Transfer of bollege ijai;'yw | tween Harvard and Princeton, after a | public to create a more satisfactory protected | & peculiarity To Athletic Field Applauded Resumption of foot ball relations be- | weary of the tastelessness of collegiate foot ball in recent years,” thinks the Baltimore Sun, with the suggestion that “even Yale and Harvard go at eacn other in the spirit of two effete insti- break of eight years, is expected by the Spirit in intercollegiate sport. Transfer tutions which scorn the perfection of of rivalry to the athletic field is lauded, | panthers, bearcats, gormaspe and golden and while it is observed that foot ball | bears, but are determined to show the =kill is more widespread than it was in | Nation how gentlemen should block and the days when these old institutions be- | tackle,” but “with the Princeton- gan their contests in a former genera- | Harvard game back on the schedule, all tion, the struggles of the old “Big | that will be changed and real human still hold the attention of the | antipathy will be restored to the grid- country. {iron.” ~ That paper continues: “The ‘From the jungle in Princeton town,” | Harvard Lampoon wiil depict Prince- says the Jersey City Journal, “came the | ton's athletes as razorbacks, and the contented purr of a scarred and some- | Princeton Tiger will decorate its cover what battered Tiger. Great news had with Harvard players, each ‘with a just come to the lair of the striped pcppy or a lily in his medieval hand.’ beast, and already he was sniffing the | The game will be punciuated by shouts air for the scent of good, red Harvard of ‘Watch for that blackjack' and meat. Up in Cambridge, hearing that | ‘Don't let him kick you, Saltonstall’ his old opponent of happier days was | The subsequent Winter will find the on the warpath again, John Harvard |magazines filled with articles by Har- was _sharpening his many weapons to|vard players accusing Princeton players get him a nice new tiger skin. Which of *wearing spiked mail under their explains the smile on the face of the | jerseys, and at the Princeton Club of Tiger. It was good news not only to| New York graduates will say to each undergraduates, but also to graduates|other: ‘A guy whose brother is on the of the two ancent institutions, that|Harvard squad told me that it's their Harvard and Princeton young men |ambition up there to cripple the out- would once again meet on the athletic | standing Princeton player every sea- feld in friendly rivalry. It seems too|son.’ In short, foot ball is itself again, bad that the relationg between the two |and, what with the Army and Navy should ever have interrupted, as{libeling each other again at the same their meetings on field, track and water |old stand, the season of 1934 should be always had the spirit that makes such | pretty nearly perfect.” meetings a thing of joy to spectator and contestant.” Reviewing the broader in the cpinion of the Asbury Park Press, athletic developments, the Journal adds: | “takes on major proportions in the “With the Army and the Navy breach | minds of alumni and other supporters healed, and Princeton and Harvard cn outside the student body. The students, speaking terms, and Yale and Pennsyl- | both in high schools and colleges, are vania booked for & game in the near | usually indifferent to the petty wran- future, the foot ball horizon seems clear | gles, but the adults enter the fray as and rosy. It is even hinted that Cornell | though the honor of their country were and Syracuse are again nodding to each | at stake. However, after a few years other, and that Pennsylvania and | of hostility, Princeton and Harvard, like Princeton may eventually consent to|the Army and Navy, have signed a appear on the same gridiron. In this truce. They will clasp hands and then age of strange happenings almost any- | cbserve their revived friendship by thing may come to pass.” | battering each other all over the foot “The sporting world,” according to ! ball field.” The Hartford Times holds the Louisville Courier-Journal, “will give | that “the publie & relieved at learning a real cheer when Harvard and Prince- | that, instead of the conflict of official ton meet again on November 3. 1934.” | statements, there is to be the sensible That paper adds that “the teams may | combat of the gridiron” while the not be the best in the country, but|Boston Transcript reports as to the there is a percnnial excitement and |original cause that “a short circuit oc glamor about & game between any two | curred and a fuse blew out, but nothing of the old Big Three of the East.” The | happened to hurt the main dynamos.” course of the quarrel is mentioned by | New foot ball prospects are described the Louisville paner, with the statement: | by the New York Sun in the comment “A few minor ep sodes brought the affair |on the breach: “Those rough old, to a head. An attempt at wit produced | tough old days have passed. Foot ball by a Harvard undergraduate paper at | is getting so refined nowadays that even the expense of Princeton caused resent- | the smoothies contemplate a whirl at it. ment, and the authorities of both uni- The ball, for instance, is down when versitles felt that it was time to call its carrier so much as touches the a halt to a series of contests that had ground with his knee. To establish a continued without breek since 1877. down, it is no longer necessary for thé There was probably nobody at either |center to hit him in the midriff. the college who rejoiced that hostilities had | tackles to slam him, the guards to caused such a breach, but since 1926 | clamp his shoulders, the ends to seize no game been played between his legs and the quarterback to sit on Harvard and Princeton teams. The day .his head. Now, if he crawls after he is is now long past when a small group of | down, the Teferee will make him apolo- Eastern colleges held the championship | gize. To block an opposing player by of the foot ball world balanced between | punching him in the jaw is considered them. Harvard, Yale and Princeton have | bad form, especially if an official can all declined in ranking as Western and | see it. Softer manners, naturally, mean Mid-Western universities have risen, but | softer language. There should be no the rivalry between these three old in- stitutions still remains a matter of vital | next the athletes from Princeton and Inf Harvard meet on the gridiron Pacification in Order. From the Roanoke Times. d. It is| - Now that the Army and Navy are college ferences that | on good terms again, and Princeton and four years usually sees a falling | Harvard have agreed to bury their feud, in- bitterness, corresponding with | all that remains to be done is to per- of the usual college course. |suade China and Japan to bury the Which is as well. Really, college stu- | hatchet—but not in each other’s ne dents do not bear grudges. They have e e quality of youth to aid for- After all, most young men ceton end Harvard aré the virulence of China’s Shining Example. From the Butte, Mont., Standard. Just when all the other nations were :’nnderlnlm l'5 t:_re': &o\;ld rln‘:vc to chip in or & fune: or he-, nounces that she has—of all balanced her budget. further occasion for complaint when . “A breach in athletic relationships,” China an- ; 1l things— A