Evening Star Newspaper, January 26, 1933, Page 8

THE EVENING STAR With Sunday Morning Edition. T wasHI C. WASHINGTON, D. THURSDAY. ...January 26, 1933 THEODORE W. NOYES....Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company ¢ and" Penpetivania Ave 111 3 v New york Office: 110 Erst 4znd. St icago Office: Lake Michigan Building. Frorean Office: 14 Regent St.. London. ngland. the City. 45c per month 60c per month | (when 65¢ per month The Sunday Star Scper copy ‘Collection made at the end of each month. rders mav be sent in by mail or telephone [Aticnal 5000. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. ily and Sunday... :yr.ufl 00: 1 mo.. 85¢c 2 sr. ¥ 1y . yr., $6.00: 1mo. 50c Efi‘a.;"nmy 5 135, $400; 1mo. 40c All Other States and Canada. Daily and Sunday. } ¥ X{g 00: 1 mo.. $1.00 Daily only y 00: 1mo. 18 Sunday only .. $5.00; 1 mo.. S50c Member of the Associated Press. e Associated Press is exclusively entitled S0 ke Ane Tor republication of all news dis- atches credited to it or not otherwise cred- ted in this paper and also the local news published herein. All rights of publication of Speciul dispatches herein are also reserve Rate by Catrier Within e Evening Star.... ... e Evening Sunday Star (when 4 Sundays) A Kellogg-Briand Test. Secretary Stims'n has addressed 8 courteous but plainspoken note to Peru asking her to desist from further warlike activities against Colombiza. The State Department acted after consulta- tion with the Washington diplomstic representatives of Great Britain, France, Germany, Italy ahd Japan as co- signatcries of the Kellogg-Briand anti- war pact. Peru is- desired to respect her obligations under that treaty by settling the boundary dispute with Co- lombia amicably so it is not as “Colos- sus of the North” that Uncle Sam is now demanding preservation of the peace in South America. It will be interesting to observe Peru- vian reaction to this reminder and remonstrance from Washington. Possi- bly the Lima government may read something incongruous into the con-| sultation Secretary Stims'n had with the Japanese Ambassador before calling Peru's attention to her' delinquencies under the pact of Pari. The Peruvians conceivably may feel that if Japan's current conduct in China evckss noth- ing but epistolary rébuke from the out- side world they can afford to maintain the occupation of Leticia without fear | of any really serious consequences to themselves. Nor have the Peruvians obrerved that anti-war pacts serve to | check the sanguinary unofficial war | which has been raging for the better part cf half a year between Bolivia and Paraguay over the Gran Chaco. | The Leticia boundary controversy is ancient and complicated. Secretary Stimson's note to Peru recalls that she accepted the validity of the 1922 treaty by which Leticia was acknowledged as Colombian territory and that she dis- | avowed any official connection, when the episode occurred, with the recent seizure of the Amazon town by Peru- vian citizens. The United States Gov- ernment naturally cannot reconcile Lima's present war moves with these protestations. It was a Peruvian communication to the State Department a fortnight ago that precipitated Secretary Stimson's intervention. Therein it was an- nounced that the military measures now being undertaken by Peru are the answer to steps to which the Colombians felt obliged to resort to re-establish their deposed authority in Leticia. Secretary Stimson's anxiety over the gethering clouds was heightened by a blunt message from the Peruvian Am- bassador on Januvary 23, to the effect that even Brazl's proffered mediation, which was based on a temporary trans- fer of the disputed area to her, pend- ing an arbitral settlement, “would fail $o prevent war.” The gravity of the situation is in- disputable. Peruvian gunboats at this hour are steaming up the Amazon toward Leticia, where Peruvian troops | are assembled. A clash with Colombian forces is correspondingly imminent. Colombia has thus far refused all con- ciliation proposals unless Leticia is un- concitionally restored to her. ‘The efficacy of the Kellogg-Briand pact seems face to face with another acid test. Secretary Stimson has asked other signatories to join the United States in bringing pressure to bear on Peru. —_——————— A Logansport, Ind. man found that thieves had moved up a truck and carted away his house. The old comic scene showing a burglar walking away with & red-hot stove shows how mild the old ideas were. ot ‘The question of alcoholic percentage in beer is like that of oratory in legisla- | $ion, largely one of physical endurance. ——v———— Another Technocracy Chart. There should be sdded to the data assembled by the Technocrats a chart to show the effect on employment, under the price system, of the discov- ery of Technocracy. The curve on this chart should properly begin at zero, when nobody knew anything about Yechnocracy and cared less. The curve should show a sudden spurt upward when some newspaper reporter found out about the work being done by the engineers and architects at Columbia and wrote an article introducing Tech- nocracy to the public. And from then on the curve should show a grand and noble sweep upward. Magazine writers were hired to tell the people something about Technocracy; telegraph operators were hired to spread the word, lino- type operators were kept busy putting bhe words into type; proofreaders were hired to correct the type; clubs were formed to study Technocracy and pay lecturers to tell them something about #; a national magazine was born to carry the message of Technocracy and even the cables hummed at so much a word as the doctrine of Technocracy Jeft these shores and went exploring sbroad. It is even possible that deputy sheriffs were sworn in to watch out for and arrest any wandering Technocrat. At Columbis University the otherwise unemployed engineers and architects working on energy charts of North America found their task had become highly important. There were pros- pects that the successful man of the next few years would be he who could draw two Technocracy charts where only one had been drawn before. -But suddenly the curve s and at the present Te- stationary. The ome hundred tion of Mr. Scott at Columbia Uni- versity in the preparation of tie Tech- nocracy charts are no longer working on the charts and face the loss of thelr | Jobs because of the enforced severance of relations b>tween Mr. Scoit end the university. Reporters found one of | them spending the time yesterday rad- ing » magazine article entitlei “What Is Technocracy?” and awaiting the re- turn of Mr. Scott from Chicags—where he hes delivered a lecture on Tech- nocracy—when he will decide the location of new Technocracy head- | quarters, where the chaits amd the chart-make's ¢&n be housed, providsd money can b: fcund somewhere to pa; | compilation of new encrgy charts and | the perfection of those a'ready drawn. Whether the employm=nt curve frem this peint wi'l rise or fall remains in Icur.smergble doubt. It dipends alto- | gether on whether the public interest in Technocracy is maint>ined. One is apt to fear, from a study of the hisiory of tree-sitting and channel-swimming, | that popular interest in Technocracy | will now begin to decline. And if that |1s the case, a new study should imme- diately be undertaken et some other - university to find out how to avold the | sudden rites and falls in employm=nt ldue to the discovery of things like Technocracy. The new study would ai lease provide emnployment for thos: who are apt to lose their ciamce to work becaus: of the deciine of Tech- nocracy. | ————— i Unilateral Monrce sm. At the mcment chescn in Toklo for the prociamaticn of a Japanese Monroe Doct=.ng for . ., it is noteworthy that the actual Monroe Doctrine—the policy laid down by the United States one hundred and ten years ago covering the Western Hemisphere—is an issue of current interest at Geneva. In recently ‘nutharmng the Buenos Alres govern- ment to rejoin the League of Natlons, | the Argentine Chamber of Deputies un- | mistakably stated the position of the republic toward the Monroe Doctrine. ‘While communicating the adhesion of | Argentina to the I®ague's secretariat, the Chamber directed the government to point out that “the Argcntine Re- public regards the Mcnroe Doctrine, mentioned in Article XXI of the League covenant, as a unilateral political decla- ration which in its time performed a notable service to the cause of American emancipation, but holds that it does not constitute a regional agreement, as stated in the aforementioned article.” In 1931, when Mexico accepted the League’s invitation to become its fifty- fifth member, the Mexican government anticipated the language just used a Geneva by Argentina, saying: “Mexico considers it necessary to make it known, in accepting, that she has never ad- mitted the regional understandings | mentioned in Article XXI of the League | pact.” In The Sunday Star, Gaston Nerval, well informed writer on Central and | Scuth Americap affalrs, recalls that Latin-American editorial commentators | rejoiced at the announcement of | Mexico's admission into the League by unanimous vote, after her frank de- { nunciation of Article XXI. They did not | tail to.recall that Mexico, out of Gen- | eva's deference for the United States— then without diplomatic relations with | | Mexico—had not been among the na- tions originally invited to join the League. Mexico's admission, twelve years later, in spite of her reservation, was hailed throughout the Western Latin world as an acknowledgment of the er- ror previously committed in qualifying the Monroe Doctrine as a regional | understanding. The United States has never dissem- | bled its position that the Monroe Doc- | trine is, in fact, a unilateral policy. Commenting upon the Mexican reserva- tion to Article XXI, the State Depart- | ment was most emphatic in restating that Monroelsm is a policy of the United States, “not a treaty or agree- ment with any other government, and | may be changed only by action of this country.” Pending the arrival of an actual test of its applicability, those who derive satisfaction from quibbling over inter- ! national terminology may split hairs over the fine distinction between & “re- glonal understanding” and a ‘“regional agreement.” The proof of the pudding | will come when the Monroe Doctrine is confronted by a practical emergency. Should such an occasion ever arise, it is more than questionable whether either Argentina, Mexico or any other of the sister Americas—in case one of them were the object of external ag- gression—would reject the intervention of the United States. At such a moment discussion as to whether the Monroe Doctrine is “unilateral,” a re- glonal “understanding,” or a regional | “agreement” would automatically cease, as the Western World coalesced in pan- American defense. Meantime little harm is done by academic debate over the true inwardness of Monroeism. ————————— Columbia University has withdrawn support from “technocracy.” There are a few things that even s univer- sity cannot be expected to know all about. The U. S. Constitution has seven original articles and twenty amend- ments. Constitution avenue might be connected up to & lengthier thorough- fare called Amendment avenue. Last Night’s Storm. Yesterday the Weather Bureau issued a storm warning for the Atlantic sea- board from Cape Hatteras to Eastport, Me. A disturbance of marked intensity, the announcement said, was central over Kentucky and Eastern Tennessee, “moving rapidly east-northeastward, at- tended by easterly gales.” ‘Washington had not long to walt. By midafternoon the city was assalled by the violence of mixed rain and wind. By evening & fair imitation of a hurricane was tearing through 'the streets and over the houses of the Cap- ital. But in the night the tempest ex- hausted itself and this morning & drenched city wakened to find it spent. Such & night is useful now and again to remind humanity of the value of homes. It is all very well to be “on the go” evening after evening; the quest for innocent pleasure has abundant excuse. But it also is good occasionally | to spend a few hours at one’s own fam- | ily fireside in the company of one’s own kin or with one's own personal choice of books. Even Cicero, living nearly two thou- sand years ago, knew that “there & place mare delightful” than the sheltes, | end six men working undér the direc- them for the energy expended in the | THE_EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY. : grand or humble, rich or poor, which protecis a family group from all the | threats end ills before which mankind i has learned that it is wise to retreat. A thousand later philosophers, a thou- sand poets have echoed his thought, and | all have been approved. It follows that the community may !be greteful for the downpour and the g:le. They drove the wanderers home cnd kept them there. Outside the black | heavens rocked with turmotl, but be- hind the ramparts of domestic refuge there was peace and decent comfort. | Familles renewed scquaintance with each other and with life itself. i Possibly there was a symbolism in the tcrm. For three years past civilization | h2s been assailed by another, a greiter blast. A cyclone of economic troublc | has swept over the earth. Perhaps it.| toa, like yesterday's disturbance, has driven men and women home, driven them b-ck to the homely virtues, the homely happiness, which hitherto had | becn neglected. If so, there may bs an advantage in the circumstance. “8o the Bill Was Passed.” “So the bill was passed.” These five words, following the list of Senators voting yea, Senators voting nay, and Cenacors not voting, brought to & close | al 7:30 o'clock last evening an episode vhihy will prcbably not be repeated | | in the upper chamber of Congress for time to ccme, & fi ibustet agains. | & meazure of major wmporicn-e. The Senate begzn the discussion of the Glass benking bl on the 5th of January | and pacsed it on the 23th. It could have disposed of it in one-tenth of the | tim> had it o desired or had its rules permitted. The filibuster not only de- | laycd the passage-of this measure, but consumed precious time at a short session rigidly limited in length. It blocked not only the bill under de- bate but other bills that are essen- tial to the proper maintenance of the government functions. It effected lttle in the way of changes in the measure, but in view of the condition of the calendar in the House of Representa- ! room and its cecorations.” tives it probably prevented final enact- ment at this session. In that it was| sucsessful if the real purpose of the ! blockade was to kill the bill in the Seventy-second Congress. | With the ratificaticn of the twentieth | amendment to the Constitution there will be no more short sessions of Con- | gress. When the Vice President's gavel falls at noon on the 4th of March | it will sound the knell of the fldbuster. | It may not be that those last five | | words, “So the bill was passed,” will | more often occur in the Cangressional | Record in its report of Senate proceed- | | mgs under the new dispensaticn. But | there will be more orderly, more logical I‘ rocecure in the Upper house. Per- {baps there will be less oratory. It| | may be that there will be a closer ap- | plication of speech to the merits of the | | legislative proposals under considera- tlon. The contents of the pages of the | Record preceding the five-word sentence | will be less encyclopedic in character, | more concentrated upon the immediate | issues of the subjects before the Senate. It has been sald that this country suffers from a plethora of legislation. | It may be that the last five words | denoting enactment are not assuredly tokens of national welfare. But at least the business of legislation will probably be more expeditious and the proceedings | of the Senate more consistent when the filibuster has passed into history as a strange phenomenon of democracy. e History repeats itself—a systematic | recurrence of 16 to 1 as a monetary formula. It is a phenomenon worthy of study by even so great a mathe- ‘matical genius as Prof. Einstein. —_— cae—— International finance brings up the possible need of s world-wide credit men’s association. SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Technocracy. Technocracy! You came and went, You leave us in a plight. ‘We couldn’t learn just what you meant Before you took your flight. Like Einstein's theory so deep, You held a mystic charm. You helped us think ourselves to sleep And did no serious harm. It is a very wondrous gift That clever men display. A word our fancy will uplift And cheers us day by day. A word will bring us hopes or fears That oft seem incorrect As we attempt to think by ear More than by intellect. Solo. “Every once in a while an aggrega- tion of men leaves all the work to be done by one person,” remarked the ob- servant visitor. “It isn't right!” exclaimed Senator Sorghum. “It's the sort of thing that shows up in its worst aspect in a fili- buster.” Jud Tunkins says finance depends on accurate figuring, but speculation is a form of fortune telling. Castle of Refuge. The gangster plays tennis and wears siiken hose, ‘Within prison walls he enjoys sweet re- pose. He vowed that his residence filled him with pride, ‘waiting outside. Presiding. * “What are the duties of the Vice President,” inquired the visitor. answered Miss Cayenne. “Is that all?” is to keep the Senate aware of the fact that he is doing so.” “It is well to be silent and patient,” sald Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown. °| most rigorously selected, and elaborate- :| each component, and it is expected with For a crowd with machine guns was | “He must preside over the Senate,” | started 8] | fect “No. The hardest thing about his job “Yet there is a warning in the fact that the first article of furniture to wear out is & door mat.” Collegiate Sufficiency. A college lad was in a huff, He gave the faculty & pain. This foot ball stuff was * Por war he did not wish to train. THIS AND BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. “Rockers are back,” some one says, with an air of discovery. They have never been out with some of us. Those who are brave in the lesser affairs of life, which include one's per- sonal likes and dislikes, have kept rock- ing chairs despite the interior deco- rators. There are fashions in such things. If one holds onto any article of furni- ture long enough, it will be right “in style” at lact. Evicently this is what is happening to the old-fashioned rocker, but many a householder will proudly declare that it does not apply to him. H~ will pcint with pride to an old rocking chair, sitting in the best posi- tion in the living room. ‘Timorous persons who for many years were under the spell cf the decorators | occasionally remonstrated with him for | his obduracy in the face of greater wisdom, as they thought. | “People don't use them any more,” they ®&aid. “They are out of place in the modern living room." | The stubborn fellow, unashamed, | looked complacently at the world from | his comfortable rocker. “Can’t see anything wrong with it” he is said to have declared. “Looks all | right to me. Goes perfectly with the “But the rockers themselves—" Unuiterable scorn was in the words. He rocked stubbornly—and comfort- ablv. “The rockers themselves” he ad- mitted, “are not an interior decora- tor's dream. But they a-e quite service- | able. Quite! And if som> one stub his or her toe on ‘em, that is thelr fault. | “Right here” he continued. “let me put in a good werd for the form ‘their,’ following ‘his or her. “Custom in time will make the usage perfectly proper, as it is most sensible now.” The friend of rockers smiled. “Just as time will make the usage of the rocking chalr proper again, I feel sure.” Well, so the rocker is coming back! No wonder. Of all the types of chairs invented since man began his slow fall upward | through the centuries this one llane‘ manages to suit every one who is with- | out prejudice. Which is just another way, of course, of u“vin( that it doesn't suit every one at all. | But it would if every one were un- | afraid of the critics. JThe critics alone have made the | rocker have its period of de-uetude. If it hadn't been for them, living rooms, stylish or otherwise, would have been crammed with good, honest rock- | ing chairs. ‘They would not have been pushed oft onto porches of Summer hotels and city and suburban homes, as if the only place a man had a right to be comfortable | was in the open air. True, few rooms have railings upon which the feet may be elevated to the relief of the brain. They, too, would il to meet the approbation of the | experts | Nothing soothes the mind like elevat- ing the feet. This action reduces the rush of blood to the heac, takes the | pull off the larger muscles of the legs, | quite the largest in the entire body; causes ‘a comfortable pressure on the Putting one’s feet up on a railing or other high support tends to do more— it enables & human being to have the High Lights on the Wide World Excerpts From Newspapers of Other Lands L TELEGRAFO, Guayaquil—In the confidence that without much trouble or importunity, a considerable trade in fresh fruits | could be developed between Ecuador and Germany, the chief of the vegetal health division of the depart- ment of agriculture, has®certified for immediate shipment a sample assort- ment of native products comprising 1,500 specially selected oranges from Daule, and 50 pineapples from Milagro. | ‘These specimens have been delivered in carefully constructed crates to the steamer Carigo, whose destination is Hamburg, on a voyage, as it were, of experiment. These products have been ly packed, with individual wrappers for a great deal of assurance that buyers for the German market will be much im- pressed with the merit and beauty of the consignment emanating, as it does, from a country where a scientific and painstaking control is exercised over all articles exported, and particularly over all such ble commodities as rare and delicate fruits. * Xk % Bachelors Will Lose Unemployed Relief. Ceylon Daily News, Colombo—Bach- elors without dependents are to be ex- | cluded from unemployment relief, ac- cording to a decision arrived at by the Rellef of Distress Committee of the Co- lumbo Municipal Council. It has fur- ther been decided that an endeavor should be made to limit relief to the most deserving cases by eliminating the less deserving, and steps are being taken to have a list of the less eligible cases submitted to the committee. As a result of & memorandum u:lcm chairman of the Colombo Municipal Council, the comittee considered the question of reducing the number of working days per week at the Munici- pal Relief Work Center, but it has been decided that the suggestion is imprac- ticable, and that the present system be continued as regards hours of work and the task required. * % % x Yugoslavs Revert To Stone-Throwing. Egyptian Gasette, Alexandria —Short- ly before the war an attempt was made to supersede the ancient Balkan grort of stone-throwing by foot ball. ince then Yugoslav foot ball has reached s standard which no country can afford to despise; but, it seems that the old ammunition with them in case of an emergency. ‘The player in question was not per- turbe&f. he dodged the stones until the | the experts finally decide to rick their | and then he acts up to them. | cepted opinion, all well and good. | and dignity of the Costa Rican govern- tightly | Ottawa La Noticla, Managus.—For the first ime in 'l;.e history of the Latin American legations at Washington there is an wherein one of them fl_‘l;h‘h ment to and use lquor on their if the respective consuls 3o desired, regardless of the embargoes applying in the case of North Ameri- can executives of the same who because of the well known eigh! were not allowed own THAT No, we do not mean 80 com- monp:ace s the “suppressed desires” of the old-time psychoiogists. All that is meant here is the small deed of the every-day, which some authority or :fler, for some reason often known t to himself, declares is not pre- cisely the thing which he thinks ought to be done. One of these heinous sins is the ele- vation of feet after one is seated. Yet there is no more natural act in the world of acts. And hitherto man has been restricted to the rocker on the Summer hotel porch, and this mostly after the sun goes down. The rocker in the home, if permitted there, has allowed for a natu-al back- ward inclination, and scme relief to the large muscles of the legs. The great popularity of the desk chalr in modern offices has becn duc largely to the fact, not that it suj ported the back, but mostly to the phm fact that it is really a rocking chair in disguise. Its fourfold rockers do not rock, but exactly the same motion may be im- parted to the chair by the very strong and capeble spring or springs. Indeed, the true backward tilt of the genuine rocker, so beloved by human beings when untrammeled, is given by the American office chair. Too often the only place a business | man is allowed to enjoy this seated | ease is at his place of business. The old comfortable rockers had been barred from the living quarters of the modern homes for many years. And now they are coming back! It is always a pleasure for a man to arrive at an expe:t conclusion ind-pend- ent of the experts. Mostly such wisdom is nothing more pretentious than an orcinary share-of common sense mixed with one part of bravery in the smaller affairs of life, It is satisfying for such a man to realize as he goes along that he comes to much lauded conclusions years before | reputations on a change. He finds that his unexpert expert- ness, his perfectly unpretentious author- | ity, runs into as many flelds as he uses | his mind in. This happy state comes | about because common sense operates everywhere. All one has to do is to be brave enough to experiment, to try something | new when the old fails, or when for some reason or other the old does not leave him satisfied. | He experiments, he keeps his eyes ' open. he draws his own conclusions— If his actions agree with the generally ac- | hid they do not—all well and good, just | the same. Thus every man with any claim at | all to common sense is his own au- thority, just so long a&he possesses al medium amount of taste. In the humble matter of the rocking chair he has defled the so-called laws p of interfor decoration for the past 15 years or so, ever since household fur- ' nishings became a bore instead of a delight. He has kept a fine old rocker in his living room, a capacious old rocker, with rockers upon which one occasfon- ally stubbed one’s precious big toe. All these years he has enjoyed the comfort of it, while at the same time it has fitted in very well with the rest of his furniture, because he used some is old rocker is to be * once more, it has been in style all the: years, "although the “experts” hadn't quite caught up to it, isn't that it? dors, for many years hesitated not to indulge in bubbling champagne and eny other exhilaratives they might fancy, sometimes with results which unfortunately did not make for sobriety and decorum, nor did to the prestige | ment. Then, happily, slong came Don Madnuel' "Gonzales-Zeledon as charge d'affaires of the charming South | American republic, following a change | of government in that country. He, & man of genuine character and merit, sought with energy and devotion to redeem the good name of his country and resolved first of all that convivial gatherings and drinking bouts in the | Costa Rican embassy must immedi- | ately be terminated. So even when the | day arrived upon which with much joy and abandon had always hitherto been celebrated, the anniversary of Costa Rican independence. he stated that his orders would not be rescinded, even for that momentous occasion. This determination of the charge d'affaires was received with mixéd emo- tions. Some of his compatriots ap- proved; others did not. There was an infinitude of comment upon this de- cision of Senor Don Gonzalez-Zeledon, both from these individuals and a host of other persons not connected with the Costa Rican embassy, for the most part, no doubt, those pertaining to other consulates, who protested against this restriction of consular freedom and privilege. The Ambassador stood firm, however, and since that time has been applauded by many members of the diplomatic corps for his faithful ad-|the herence to the principle of aridit) his official quarters. = e Will Newfoundland Join? From the Schenectady Gazette. ‘When, 60-odd years ago, the Canadian confederation was formed, now known as the Dominfon of Canads, the vari- ous British provinces and crown col- onies in North America were given the opportunity to join. The province of Canada (upper and lower), or, in other words, Quebec and Ontarlo, with other territory, as well as the western section, including British Columbia, and, in the East, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island, participated establishing the confederation. possess , NOW Newtwndhfia. rllfh h:l‘zm‘ a ™ sources, althoug! ew e habitants. In a way, in recent years, the island Jjoined hands to aid it. The islanders are assistance and there more hope at today than in the past that soon the whole of British North America may daries of | slon by Congress of tax refunds. | the House, and both bodies must agree | thoulders and the remark: “Oh, well, | Congtess, they will merely add to.the | sion harder? The Democratic Congress | challenges the right of the NUARY_ 2. 1933, The Political Mill By G. Gould L'ncoln. With virtuslly only five weeks left of the present session, the Benate to- dsy tackles the first of the regular | annual supply bills for the Goyern- ment, the Treasury and Post Office bill. Previously, it had passed a de- ficlency bill carrying approximately $31,000,000. This, however, was vetoed by President Hoover because of the Senate amendment providing supervi- Not cnly does the Senste have to con- sider originally the many big appro- priation bills, after the Senate | shall have amended these measures they must b€ sent to conference with to the conference reports before they are findlly sent to the President for his spproval. There has been in evi- <ence a growing indifferencs on tho part of both Democratic and Republic- an members of the House and Senate to the fate of the appropriation bills in the present session of the old Con- gress. With the full knowledge that a cpecial session of the new Congress must Be called soon after the Roose- velt administration moves in, these members of Congress have come to look cn the tituation with a shrug of th: thcse appropriation bills can be put through in the special session.” *x % x If some of the appropriation bills | finaliy fail of ecliin at the present bu.aea ¢! the incoming Congress and the ncw Fresident. Already a legisla- tive program almost staggering in ex- tent looms up for the consideraticn and action of the new Congress in the spe- cial session. Why make a hard se: w11 have before it the reccmmendations of the Democratic President undertak- ing to carry out the platform pledges of the Democratic party. It is quite clear now that this program will include repeal of the eighteenth amendment, Pplus enactment of a bill to modify the Volstead act s0 as to permit the manu- facture and sale of “non-intoxieating” beer and possibly wine. In addition there will be farm relief legislation, Muscle Shoals legislation, other meas- ures of rellef, possible debt settlements, | tariff legislation, and last but not least, revenue legislation designed to balance the budget. To superimpose on this program the supply bills of the Gev- | ernment would be to assume a continu- ous session of the Congress up until next Winter, decpite the heavy Demo- cratic majorities in both Senate and House. Perhaps th» time required fer the appropriation bllt would be s» great that much of the rest of the ' rrogram could no be taken care o, cer- } 2inly not with the speed which has' been promised. o *xox ok The announc:+ ‘doci-fon of Senator Smoot of Uteh, c~f man cf the Senate ce Comm e, rot to t-ke up the er bill ur’il M-nda¥, ¢ni then to hold hearirgs not cnly oa the revenue | feature of the measure, which authorizes | They were likened to the political out- | | the manufacture and sale of bcer and | laws who tcok refuge with David in the [ | wine with an alcoholic content not in excess of 3.05 per cent by weight, but also on the problem whether it violas the eighteenth amendment, 2nd whether it is-not violative of the whole prohl-[ bition idea, is a check for the supporters | of the beer bill. Senator Harrison cf Mississiopi, ranking Democratic m-mber | of the Finance Committee, cne of those who demand prompt acticn on the beer | biil as a revenue measure end also as |8 measure complving with the pled-e of the Democratic national platfom, airman to decide how Icng the hearings shall run | | and who shall be heard. He makes the point that the Senate Judic'ary Com- mittee has already passed on the | legality of the measure; that the bill before the Finance Committce mer:ly | for consideration of the revenue tures. Mr. Smoot, however, says thrt he has received requests from dry leac- ers and wet leaders asking to be heard on the bill and he prcpotes to hea- them. Whether Senator £moct. t'e chairman, or Mr. Harrison, will prevail in this matter of the hearings remains to be seen. * X % % The chances for a vote on the beor bill in the Senate before the conclusion of the present session seem remot~ enough to please any dry. The beer bill will have to take its chance with the a; propriation bilis- if and when it is re- ported favorably to the Senate from the Finance Committee. The hearings may last & week. A relief bill, calling for direct Government appropriations for the destitute, is about to emerge from the Manufactures Committee, headed by Senator La Follette of Wisconsin. Is this relief measure to be sidetracked to give the right of way to a mere beer bill? And the reli€l bill itself is likely to lead to a lot of debate. If the beer bill is put through the Senate, how- ever, it must enter the conference l'.lg with the House, be agreed upon both houses after it leaves conference and then go to the President for his approval. President Hoover, it has been , will veto such a measure, be- lleving it violative of the Constitution, or at least a mere effort at nullifica- tion. But from the present outlook, he probably will not be called upon to say yes or no to the measure. * %% * ficflotuenoodout_rlk:)rls.zne‘:c::: vine. e Sena Sereed o feduce the aicoholi. content to 3.05 cent, on the ground appar- ently th‘:tr the House bill is not within meaning of the constitutional amendment _ prohibiting _ intoxicating . ‘The Senate has also in- cluded wine of 3.05 per cent alcohol in its bill. These are real differences, al- though quite capable of adjustment. The supporters of beer legislation, how- ever, may wish to walt for the next Congress, however, in the hope that a beer of at least 3.2 per cent alcoholic content can then be put through. The Senate Judiciary Committee amend- ment, prohibiting the sale of this “non- intoxicating” beer and wine to minors has been almost enough to laugh the . Whether the take to deal with this amendment re- mains to be seen. It is rather ridicu- lous that the measure should have been handled by two of the standing com- mittees of the Senate, anyway. In the House the Ways and Means Committee alone framed the beer bill and reported. ‘There was no conflict there of jurisdic- over the measure at least. * % k% Next week Senator Harry B. Hawes of Missourl, Democrat, will step out of the Senate, resigning his seat 50 as to permit the new Democratic Governor to appoint as his successor t Clark, Senator-elect. Sen- ator Hawes has been anxious to retire mmesemulmmeumetofi: gue!no&her'orkmt e stuck to his | council form of governym I ANSWERS TO QUESTION BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. This great service is maintained by The Evening Star for the benefit of its readers, who may use it every day with- out cost to themselves. All they nave to do is ask for any informaticn desired and they will receive prompt answers by mail. Questions must be clearly written and stated as briefly as possible. Inclose 3-cent stamp for return postage. Do not use post cards. Address The Evening Star Information _Bureau, h‘edel;lccd. Haskin, Director, Washing- ton, D. C. Q In cutting for deal in cribbage can one player ‘turn the next card to another player's cut?—O. F. A. According to the laws of cribbage, a cut must consist of at least four cards. In cutting for deal the player cutting first must not cut more than | half the pack. Q. Why does honey vary in color and flavor?>—M. F. A. The flavor and color of honey de- rnu upon the flowers from which oney is gathered. Beekeepcrs now are making & blend of various extracted honeys, 5o that the product will be uni- form at all times. Q. How many cities of 10,000 popula- | tion and over have the mayor and ent?—J. M. 8. A. In 1932 there were 546 cities of 10,000 population and over having this type of government. Q. What is the function of the Bud- get Committee of an organization?—M. 0. 8. 'A. Its duty is to prepare a list of the | R proposed expenses and the probable or known income of the orgamization, to present to the body of the organization or its governing board for action. instrument reaches D. M. H 5 It reaches a much higher note than the piccolo. The pic- colo reaches the highest note of any wind instrument. Q. What position did Baron von Steuben hold in the Continental Army? —M. N. A. Baron von Steuben arrived at Portsmouth, N. H., December 1, 1777. He offered his services to Congress and began drilling the inexperienced soldiers at Valley Forge. In May, 1778, he was appointed inspector general, or drill- master. He prepared regulations for the order and discipline of the troops. Q. How far is it from Westminster Abbey to the Bank of England in Lon- den?—G. E. N, A It is about three miles. Q Who was the first manufacturer of fowelry in the United States?>—D. F. 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Why did Colonial cradles have | hoods?—G. R. A. The hoods were a protection from drafts. Colonial houses were not so warm as the modern houses. Q. What rule governs the use of the title “esquire”?—H. B. A. “The Secretary’s Handpook” says “The title esquire is used with the fo! lowing Government officials: Chief clerks and chiefs of bureaus of the executive department, Commissioners of the District of Columbia, mayors of cities, American diplomatic officers be- low the grade of minister, American consular officer, clients of the Supreme | Court of the United States.” Q. To what American was the first patent granted?—A. T. A The first patent granted to an American antedates the United States. It was granted to Sybille Masters of Pennsylvania. It was issued by the British Government to Sybille's hus- band, Thomas. It was a new invention for cleaning and curis Indian corn. He made a notation on the patent ap- plication that the invention was found | out by Sybille, my wife. Both law and |custom in those days were against women doing “so bold a thing” as to turn inventor. Therefore Thomas Mas- | ters secured the patent. Qc. ‘What was the whisky rebellion?— | A. The whisky rebellion was an up- | rising in Western Pennsylvania in 1794 | against the Federal Government, occa- | eloned by the attempted enforcement of | the excise law on domestic spirits. Q Is a homemade mail box permis- sible on a rural free delivery route?— C A. The Post Office Department says that it is necessary to have a mail soXx approved by the department for the receiving of mail. It is not permissible | to use & homemade mail box. Q. When was Communism first prac- | ticed in America?—N. H. | A. The first English settlement in America was Communistic. For the first | years of the settlement at Jamestown |all land, and even all such personal property as cattle, tools and the like, | were held in common. It was not until Sir Thomas Dale, a new governor, ar- rived with additional sottlers that a division of properiy was effected. This was the beginning of private property in America. Q. Is it the temple or the tabernacle in Salt Lake City to which Mormons only are admitted>—C. Y. H. A. It is the temple. It is used for marriages. some forms of baptism and | all the rites and ceremonials of the | Mormon Church. Q. What is sea bread’—G. D A. Sea bread is another name for hard tack, or ship biscuit. It is a hard, unsalted cracker. Q. When were stockings first worn?— A. The use of stockings originated in the cold countries of Northe rope. The art of knittin | Q How many towns does the C necticut Light & Power Co. scrve’— F.J.C A. The Connecticut Light & Power | Co.. with its main offices fartford, Conn., serves 62 cities and towns. It also sells electric current to other public . ce companies and supplics power for the operation of several trolleys, leand to the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad. Secession Resolution Viewed As Protest Back of the secession resolution in- iroduced into the North Dakota Legis- lature the public recognizes a condi- tion that is a matter of great concern to the count ‘The measure would create two nations, one of them, “the Financial East,” to include New Eng- land, New York, New Jersey and Penn- 1 While the measure was or- is interpreted as satire, the people are advised to give more attention to agri- cultural conditions. “Its purpose,” suggests the Scranton Times, “was simply to draw attention to what the Western agriculturists feel is a situation in which_they are being made the goat.” The Times concludes: “As might be expected, the introduc- tion of the proposal has received wide publicity, which was probably what its author aimed at, hoping in this way to focus the attention of the country on what he and others in the wheat and corn country consider discrimina- tion against the agricultural section by the financial e * X x x “It indicates a psychological trend,” according to the Asbury Park Evening Press, “that the Nation cannot afford to | overlook. Thousands in the Midwest are dissatisfied with conditions to the point where they believe drastic meas- | ures are necessary. The Iowa farmers’ strike prior to the election and the re- cent refusal of farmers to subject them- selves to foreclosure and tax ceedings indicate this. * * ‘The average cltizen in the Eastern States has not felt the brunt of the depression 5o severely as the Midwest farmer. A glance at Midwest newspapers, with their page after page of sheriff sale advertisements, indicates the gravity of their plight. In many cases the ma- jority of taxpayers in the community have been sold out of their homes and the lands from which they should be able to derive their living. They have suffered not merely reduced incomes; they have lost everything. * * * cession is impossible, but the East, hav- ‘t:fc, should heed the psychological ten- dency that ests it. estiny of America calls for something better than ne secton. Justunly Segnortied be. tled Dbe. cause it has not received a fair share o econorgc welfare. When the East again gets on its feet it should help the Mid- west do likewise, with national plan- ning on a scale that includes every sec- tion and every class.” * k% % “There are well established and ap- parently insurmountable differences be- tween the East and the West,” declares the Lincoln State Journal. “They prob- ably cannot be overcome entirely. At best only a partial solution is possible, and that after both groups have made considerable sacrifices. The industrial large measure opposed to each other. North Dakota man was only voicing complaint_of agri sale pro- | Se- | long ignored the fate of the farm | of Agriculture | & good old-fashioned love feast, or, any- how, a revival. Too many loyal Ameri- cans are presently glowering at each other over the chasm of sectional preju- dice and cross purposes.” * ok ok % “The North Dakota solon obviously aims to be fair.” declares the Spokane | Spokesman-Review. “He would not have his new federation hog everything. It would retain the stars on the flag, he points out. but would give the out- cast States the stripes. Following this line of thought, the East no doubt would keep Washington, while the West would enforce a residuary claim to Lincoln. Such properties_as the Congressional Record and the Unknown Soldier could be awarced by arbitration. North Da- kota, on the face of the returns, is not unpatriotic: she is just terribly hurt. The Federal Government was her man, but he done her wrong. State Senator Martin, who introduced the resolution, admits that his real motive was to call the country's attention to North Da- kota's plight. He wants the wicked Eastern States to read. reflect and re- | pent. New York and New Jersey may yet hope to be forgiven. There is & light in the window for them.” “Senator Martin,” observes the Port Huron Times-Herald, “attempts in his resolution to emphasize the belief of certain radical elements in the Nation— & belief which is rampant in the ‘finan- cial East’ even more than in the agri- | cultural West—that this ‘financial East’ has ‘grown rich’ at-the expense of the rest of the Nation, because ‘it has so manipulated Congress and congressional legislation.” Which, on the face of it, makes the rest of the Nation, as at present constituted, accessory both be- fore and after the fact. The idea of nine Eastern States ‘manipulating’ con- gressional legislation against the will of the other 39 is at least open to the suspicion of exaggeration.” * x % x “Senator Martin deman according to the New York Sun, “that the new country of the West have ‘no treaty or trade relations, no agreement or under- standings whatsoever, no business or so- clal connections’ with the nine forsaken States. It is all very well to consider with a calm mind the constitutional and economic changes that would have to be made in the event of the secession of the 39 from the 9, but it is another thing to think of a land into which no communique of Senator Borah would be allowed to percolate, upon which would never fall the brazen and unceasing voice of Huey Long, into which the counsel of the Brookharts and Nyes and Schalls of the prairie lands would never penetrate. That, with the thought of a million Basterners being cut off simul- taneously from a million aunts in Cali- ro:nbin. makes talk of secession intol- erable.” ————— Clear Road Up TRere. Prom the Oakland Tribune. Stratosphere travel is predicted in a short time, and the stratosphere, as we understand it, is a place where there are no hitch-hikers. & ————— Einstein’s Classification. From the Port Worth S:ar-Telegram. Prof. Einstein says he is a lone wolf. There goes the evolution theory again. ‘We thought he was a math hound, —_————— Ahernative Exit. From the Schenectady Cae It seems 50 strange for anybody to from a high window when he coul offer to testify against racketeers. ——— — The Real Test. From the Roanoke Times. mmmimuuu':l's p Just