Evening Star Newspaper, January 30, 1933, Page 8

A8 THE EVENING STAR . With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. MONDAY......January 30, 1833 THEODORE W. NOYES....Editor us! Office: 11 and Pennsylvania Ave. New York Office: 110 East 42nd St icago Office: Lake Michigan Building. uropean Office: 14 Regent St.. London. England. Rate by Carrier Within the City. -+ ....45¢ per month 60c per month 65¢ per month The Sunday St Sc per copy Collection made at the end of each month. Orders may be sent in by mail or telephone NAtional 5000. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. ~1yr., $10.00: 1 mo.. 85c 1yr., $6.00: 1 mo.. 50 ‘1yr, $4.00; 1mo. 40c ?my only junday only Member of the Associated Press. The Associated Press is exclusively entitled o the use for republication of all news dis- tches credited to it or not otherwise cred- ted in this paper and also the local news published herein. All rights of publication of special dispatches herein are also reserved. —_— Diplomacy at Warm Springs. That we live in unconventional times never better illustrated than by | z sudden arrival in Georgia last Saturday of Sir Ronald Lindsay for & conference with President-elect Roose- velt on current Anglo-American issues. Hearing that the British Ambassador ‘was starting for England this week, to discuss debt questions and co-related problems with his government, Mr. Roosevelt expressed a desire to confer with him on the eve of his departure; and it was so ordered. Diplomats’ time being precious, the statuesque envoy of his Britannic majesty piled himself into a fast airplane, reached Atlanta by nightfall, motored to Warm Springs, was yesterday in protracted audience with the President-clect, and, before the day was over, was en route to the north and his transatlantic steamer. Naturally nothing very informative is 85 yet forthcoming about the nature of the talk between the Ambassador and the President-to-be. Sir Ronald, tn a laconic statement to the press, said they had had “a wholly informal and unofficial but very satisfactory conver- satton concerning tentatively the ar- rangements for the coming meetings in Washington.” These meetings, it was added, “it is hoped it will be pos- sible to start early in March.” The King's English is the language of the Britons and no people who speak 4 are more adept in utilizing it for the concealment of the true inwardness of a given situation. The Lindsay Warm Springs communique is a model of their art, which, of course, finds its| highest exemplifications when it is ap- plied to the affairs of state and diplo- macy. Curiosity as to whether Sir Ron- aid was acquainted with Mr. Roosevelt's reputed purpose to link economic con- cessions on Britain's part with any debt ooncessions on America's part is left disconcertingly unsatisfied by the Am- ‘bassador’'s polite ambiguities. Meantime the Chamber of Commerce of the United States has voiced what 1s undoubtedly widespread public opin- fon in this country on the debts busi- mess. As a result of a referendum among its thousands of members, the national business body urges conces- sions by our debtors’ European debtors in return for any favors granted them by ourselves. The referendum showed heavy majorities in favor of the fol- lowing program: 1. Further postponement of payments on governmental debts due the United States should be authorized by Con- gress on a temporary basis in case of those debtor countries showing inabil- ity to make present payments. 2. Congress should give authority for hegotiation of a modified agreement that will promote the best interests of the United States, upon a debtor coun- try showing material changes in the besis of its existing debt agreement. 3. Any modification of an existing sagreement should be conditioned upon definite provisions for such treatment of our trade by the debtor country as ‘will assure access of American goods to its markets on fair competitive terms. 4. Any modification of an existing agreement should be conditioned upon reduction in expenditures for arma- ment, 5. Proposals to cancel war debts owed the United States by other gov- ernments should be rejected. —————— By traveling by airplane, Sir Ronald Lindsay recalled a historic incident of the Democratic convention, although he did not undertake a historic communi- cation en route. ot Minnesota farmers have a direct method of emphasizing the view that one phase of market depression is caused by overproduction of mort- gages. —_——e—— ‘The study of percentages in war debts involves as much of a tangle in various lines of economic and ethical thought as the study of percentages in beer. —_—————————— Sara Teasdale. ‘The name of Sara Teasdale must be | known to many thousands of her countrymen, for she wrote much and was fortunate in being able to print the product of her pen in publications of large circulation. Probably no other ‘woman of her time had a more numer- ous public, and among the company of her readers there were many who ‘were well qualified to appreciate her effort at its best—she was, indeed, a poet's poet as well as a people’s bard. ‘There was no reason why Miss Teas- dale should have been discouraged. Granted that she was extraordinarily sensitive by nature, it must be remem- bered that she had spiritual resources greater than those of most of her con- temporaries. Destiny accords the singer & keener perception of joy and sorrow, beauty and ugliness, truth and false- hood, than it allots to individuals not so fortunate, and normally there is a balance in the poet’s mind, a sanity constituted of a series of checks and recompenses, 50 that far from being ineffectively adjusted to life, as Lom- broso vainly imagined, a maker of music is apt to be more sane, more serene than 8 person who lacks the power to express the moods of the moment in measured phrases. Miss Teasdale’s verse was characterized by its common sense; &mm&hm-duar‘bmm about it. She sang the common things, finding in them new glotles, new power, new stimulation. Her early passing is tragic, but it is not s contradiction of her art. There can be little question about the durability of hc: work. She was not an occasional writer; her verse is not dated—it will last because it had no limitations of that kind. She may not have been consclous of the fact, but she raised her voice in a universal cholr which experiences little diminu- tion of popularity as the decades wax and wane. Half a century hence her themes will be as attractive as they are today. Perhaps these lines, written by Miss ‘Teasdale several years ago and widely reprinted, may be her best epitaph: So long as my spirit still Is slmd of breath And fifts its plumes of pride In the dark face of death: ‘While I am curious still Of love and fame, Keeping my heart too high For the years to tame, How can I quarrel with fate, Since I can see I am debtor to life, Not life to me? Cabinet Making. President-elect Pranklin D. Roose- velt is busy building his cabinet; select- ing ten men, or women, to head the great executive departments of the Fed- eral Government. There are scores of candidates for these offices. It is prob- ably true, however, that Mr. Roosevelt would prefer some who are not candi- dates, and that he is seeking today to persuade some of them to take positions in the cabinet, first sounding them out diplomatically. There is, for example, the case of Owen D. Young. Mr. | Young has been mentioned as a likely choice for Secretary of State ever since the election of a Democratic President became a practical certainty. But Mr. Young has, it is reported, written to Mr. | Roosevelt. asking that his name be mo | | longer considered for a cabinet office. His reasons are the same as those | which impelled him to cecline to be | considered for the Democratic presi- | dential nomination last year. They have to do with his own personal busi- | ness and the great business projects in | which he is a leader. Cabinet making is supposed to involve a certain amount of geography. It | would never do for a President to as- |sign 2l of these very large political | offices to one State, or even to one sec- | tion of the country. North, East, West | and South must be considered, particu- |larly in a Democratic administration. | The cabinet makers have been gener- | | ous to the Empire State in picking a | Roosevelt cabinet. They have sought to award the posts of Secretary of | State, Secretary of Commerce, Post- master General and Secretary of Labor to New York. Mr. Roosevelt himself hails from that State. To have the | Chief Executive and nearly one-half |of the cabinet officers all from there might appear a little overpowering to | the remainder of the country, no mat- | | ter how it looked east of Lake Erie. | The South is being carsd for by the | selection of Senator Gla's of Virginia | as Secretary of the Treasury, and possi- bly Senator Hull cf Tenne:see as head of the Treasury Department in case of 2 declination by Senator Glass. Mr. Hull also has been mentioned for two | other posts, Secretary of Commerce and | Secretary of State. The Wet and, Middle West apparently are to have the cffices of Secretary of the Interior, Sec- retary of Agriculture and Attorney Gen- eral. So far there has been nothing very definite regarding the offices of Secretary of War and of Secretary of | the Navy, although there are a raft of | candidates for both of these jobs. The Democrats have a large number of able men to place in the cabinet. ‘The selections, however, will be scanned | particularly for the political trend of | the men chosen. If a conservative is| placed in the Treasury, the sound money people of the country will heave | a sigh of relief. If an internaticnalist, | such as Newton D. Baker of Ohio is con- | sidered to be, should head the State De- partment, there will be much tearing of hair and loud outcries from & con- siderable portion of the people. Should the President-elect finally pick a man from the East and a recognized con- | servative to be Attorney General, the progressives who supported Mr. Roase- velt in the last campaign will beat their | breasts and moan, for they have con- sidered the office of Attorney General a key position which must go to a progressive. ‘The attention cf the country is turned | full upon the cabinet making of Mr. Roosevelt, not so much because of the | personalities of the men themselves who | may become members of the cabinet as because of the color which they may give to the Roosevelt program and administration. Mr. Roosevelt has promised the country a new deal. Just what he means is still clouded in fog. The announcement of his selections for the cabinet may give the country an Inkling of whet he has in mind. But of far more significance will be Mr. | Roosevelt's actual program which the country hopes will be outlined in his inaugural address and which must pe given in his message to the new Comr gress when it meets here in March or) April. In estimating the increasing deficit in the Treasury an effort might be made to put aside the old-fashioned calculating machines and use a speedometer. Folger Library Marbles. ‘The beautiful marble bas-reliefs on the north facade of the Folger Shakespeare Library, in East Capitol street, have been completed, and the work has been approved by the widow of the donor of the building. Designed by John Gregory, an American sculptor of English birth, the nine panels depict scenes in Shakespeare’s greater plays. In the series the figures of Hamlet, King Lear, Jullus Caesar, Portia, Juliet, Falstaff, and other famous characters sponsored by the genius of the bard appear. A glance is enough to show how thoroughly the artist has steeped his mind in the texts he was commissioned to illustrate. The very manner in which he has modeled the figures is Shakespearean. He had a glorious opportunity in the assignment, and he has made the most of it. Presumably, the work has established his name in the forefront of his profession. |15 waiting to see Henry Ford do his THE» EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. | to shelter it as an appropriate binding. ‘To achieve that ideal was the business of the architects, Paul P. Cret and Alexander B. Trowbridge. They solved the problem to the eminent satisfac- tion of all concerned, and Mr. Gregory's bas-reliefs constitute a large factor in the solution. The panels were needed to balance the lines of the edifice, to bind it to the earth from which it rises; they were needed also to label the structure, to announce jts purpose. These functions they serve to the full. As the carvers leave the scene, their task finished, those who have watched the library through its successive stages of construction during the past three years are mindful of the le:son which the creaticn of the monument has taught. They see that good work takes time, thought, strength and patience. They remember Shakespeare’s twenty- | five years of toil over the manuscripts of | his unparalleled dramas. They recall the devotion of Heminge and Condell, the first editors, and of Jaggard, the printer, ‘They think of innumerable disciples and appreciators of the poet who kept his fame bright through long centuries. They do not forget the fact that Mr. and Mrs. Folger spent nearly fifty years in their quest for their bibliographic treasures. The library, in its completed condition, they know, represents a cul- mination of generations of toil. That is part of its glory. The Nation’s Capital is enriched by the library, its books and its building. Washington, as Mr. Folger believed, was the right choice for the site. The whole American people now beccme the protectors as well as the benefici- arles of his gift, and they will be faith- ful to their trust. It was Mr. Gregory's privilege to sign the library for Shakespeare and for Mr. Folger. He deserves congratulation. — e The sale of David Belasco's art col- lection aroused comparatively little in- terest. He was an implacable com- petitor in the theater, and while idolized by his public, he left behind many enmities too sincere to do him ‘rev- erence. Yet his fame stands secure in the records of his career, a record that stands out in world recollection and in many a library. The honor in which he was held was too subtle and endur- ing to be interpreted by the sacrilegious chant of a public auctioneer. Program presented to Mr. Sherley in his survey for the purpose of reor- ganizing the Government includes three | topics—reduction of personnel, con- | solidation of agencies and readjust- ment of overlapping functions. It sounds simple enough, but it may prove one of the hardest cases a business docter ever undertook to handle. —o——s A New York pay roll bandit dressed himself as a policeman. There is no law violation too small for the racketeer to utilize in his business, even to that of “impersonating an officer.” r———— ‘The simplification of international finance is now promoting inquiry as to the possibility of an arrangement among all trading nations to utilize the same kind of money. ———e—— Prohibition agents will be forbidden to resort to wire tapping. Whether they like the dial phone or not, they will be compelled to use it like ordinary citizens. “Money tall but a mismanaged fortune like that of the Insulls may come to a place where it has little to say except “Good morning, judge.” e e e It has been the privilege of Huey | Long to demonstrate that a Senator | can waste time in a futile flutter with- | out being a lame duck. e —— Having established a record as a financial wizard, an admiring public next trick. [ SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Basic Permanence. One day I looked around and said: “This world is turning fast, The consequence I truly dread When changes seem so vast.” And then the sun came smiling out, A sparrow chirped in glee, “Things, I should say, are just ‘about | The way they used to be. “The clouds are bringing days of gloom That soon will break away. Fantastic shapes our fears assume That vanish in a day. The Hope will triumph over Doubt. From what I hear and see, Things, I should say, are just about The way they used to be.” Plain and Fancy. “I have lost faith in the wisdom of the plain people,” said Senator Sor- ghum. “And that means the great majority,” commented the friend. b “I'm not so sure. If the public keeps swinging on to fancy ideas, there will soan be very few of us plain people left.” Jud Tunkins says it's hard luck when the only farm relief folks can figure out is to sell out for taxes and get rid of the farm. Brief and to the Point. The Nation will observe with pride Inauguration simplified. However much the storm may bluster ‘There won't be any filibuster. Genius. “Finance requires genius,” said the admiring associate. “It does,” answered Mr. Dustin Stax, “but there must be discrimination as to the kind of genius. It's a mistake to work on a ledger in a way that makes it only a fascinating work of fiction.” “Silence is valuable if it encourages thought,” said Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown. “If it leads to slumber, it may benefit only a robber.” Mechanisms. | offic Before with our machines we're done ‘We'll ind a way, no doubt, To have cash registers well run, And cut machine guns out. “Congress,” u!d Uncle Eben, “sounds to me fum a distance purty much de same as any other meetin’ where Henry Clay Folger visioned his library as & single precious book, the building man wants to rise up an’ do all de talkin’.” ‘THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. ‘The art of tellhg a good story prop- erly is not everybidy's. Only & man hereyr there possesses it. He may be an intillectual, or & “low- brow.” but at any Nte he knows how to tell stories. On;g)s people like to hear him tell ‘em, He is, as every omt knows, in his element when he is requnting a good story which is not so “good,” in the old-fashioned acceptancé of the term. Watch the group of mé& huddled to- gether in the corridor, 01 on a street corner, or perhaps at a td\le in a res- | taurant. It is possible for the astye observer to know “what’s up” merelypy looking at the sly-dog look in their yyes, their mouths all set to grin broady at last. Not all of the so-called ‘ff-color” mlest :dxe as bad as they are Smetimes pai inted. Many of them, while not itted ::' theory, in the telling are quittamus- There are here, as elsewhere, didinct- ly two sorts, the story with a point and the story without a point. If the point is good enough, if the story does not offend beyond a cerfiin point, both story and “point” will be well received. Just where the line is to be draw of course, is another matter, and pe: haps no two persons would agree on it. ‘What all will agree to, however, is\ that there are certain persons blessed beyond their companions with the abil- ity to tell a story, and to tell it well, no matter what its type may be. Almost any one can reel off & narra- tive, broadly called an anecdote, wheth- er good or bad, but not every one, cer- tainly, can “get away with it.” It is one thing to go through the motions of speaking a piece, as the children used to do in school, and quite another to hold one’s audience. Now perhaps every human being, at some time or other, has found himself in a position where he can point a moral or adorn a tale, as the saying had it, by & personal recourse to some anecdote. “That reminds me——" and away he goes. If he does not possess the knack of doing it properly. however. he will dis- cover that before very long the eyes and attentions of his listeners begin to wander. No matter how good the story, how clever, how funny, how much to the | of point, if the narrator is a failure at story telling he had better keep his “good one” to himself. He will in time come to realize, although perhaps sadly, that such per- sonal story telling is not for him. He relishes a ‘un as well as the next fellow, but for the life of him he cannot put the thing over sufficiently well to make the tale take on life, to excite the interest of his friends, to make them see the “point” with all the freshness and vividness with which it appealed to him in the first place. At times such a man has come into possession of what is termed, in street parlence, a “pippin,” a sure-fire mirth maker so good in general outlines that he felt that even he could not fail with it. “I know T can't tell a story well.” he told himself, at the first opportunity to “spring” his new one on his friends. “But this is so good. here goes.” And away he went. He had imagined fondly that this time he would have the satisfaction, which belongs by right to the born story teller, of receiving the undivided interest cf his audience. For him would be the tell-tale smirk, 2nd the eyes of anticipation: this tim he was going to knock ‘em cold. He didn't, however; and ever there- after he held his tongue, no matter how good his story. He felt, and rightly, that it was no use, he couldn’t do it the way it ought to be done, and therefore he wouldn't even try. No one admired the real story teller more than he; in fact, he envied his genius 0 much that he left the entire fleld to him. At times the failure in this very hu- man endeavor tried to figure cut what it was which made the other a success at it, and how he managed to hold his audience. Confidence, he believed, was as near as one could get to a complete ex- planation in one word. ‘The gocd story teller has confidence, and plefity of it, not only that his tale iv & “pippin,” but that he, himself, can put it over. He is, ebove all, at his ease. Evidently there is no doubt in his own mind that he can tell the story the way it ought to be told. This puts his audience at ease, too. ‘There are as many styles of narra- tion as there are good narrators, but every last one of them evidently uses the same method. ‘Whether the success at this business speaks slowly or fast, or loud or soft, he somehow manages to keep the entire attention of his audience, which may consist of cne or more persons, usually two or three. There are no side glances, no evident vish on the part of Lis liteners that | ‘e had not begun, or that he hurry up | ad finish. This fact alone gives his slight nar- ralve a solildity which inspires him to dohis best with it. Te man who cannot tell a story Proprly often wonders what would hap- pen o the expert if he were greeted with the same show of indifference and restleyness which he so often faces. No Youbt it must be wonderfully en- couragng to find all eyes fixed upon one, many minds eagerly waiting for you t0“go on.” The man who has given W trying to tell 'em evidently is in the Rsition of the soap box orator, who mbt interrupt his discourse, every nowand then, to cry out, “Don't go, friend: there is more yet.” This mut is probably true, that the | born_ story teller has better command over his maerial. The amateur often finds himselin difficulty over the exact order of his wrrative; he has to think | of “what coles next,” as he is talk- ing, and alma}, always is so afraid that he will forget e “point” that he does, indeed, waver & the very time when he | should be fully in possession of his| story. The great faul of the poor teller of | tales lies exactly yere, that he seldom knows his story @jte well enough. He | is usually well awre, even before he | begins, that he my make a mistake | | at the very place hehould not, that is, at the grucial momer, in driving home | | the *point.” | | If there is any posible way of get- | ting this wrong. or lusting it back- | ward, or getting it upsie down, or so mixed up that it is no hint at all, he will do it | ' His audience, sensing nis, - | rassed with the feeling tha e 1o oy to fall down before he géy through. | | The English people, while haing a very | thorough sense of humor, &k possess | a remarkable faculty for twking the | “point” of an anecdote until \ is not | sharp at all. | How differently the born stor. teller | handles all this! Sure of his step. con. fident of himself and of his aunce, he launches forth as if he Wwerc re. counting the most important tale irg) history and time. He is the real teer of anecdotes, and nobody else shou.l | | | be allowed to tell 'em at all. WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS BY FREDERIC Roosevelt cabinet decisions are just around the corner. The corner 1s likely to be turned, though not immediately 1or publication, with this week’s arrival at Warm Springs ot the President- elect’s two political aides-de-camp, Col. | Louls Mchenry Howe and National Chairman James A. Farley. With his inauguration now less than five weeks away, Gov. Roosevell's mind about his 1 household may be regarded as pretty well made up. He is ready for a final check-up with Messrs. Howe and Farley. There are various geographical angies and political equations still to be straightened out. Some invitations have been accepted. To others only tentative replies are in hand. A third category includes men whom the Presi- dent-elect is anxfous to have in his cabinet, but upon whom pressure has had to be exercised, to overcome certain objections they have raised, sucit as a reluctance to sever important private business ties at so critical a time. Gov. Roosevelt cannot have feiled to en- counter another consideration that habitually deters many eminent Ameri- can citizens from accepting Federal office, i.e, an unwillingness to become targets at Washington tor political gun- men, otherwise known as character assassins. * x % ¥ Democratic leaders declare that the | President-elect’s Job of choosing & cab- | inet is a particuiarly tough one because of the unusual wealth of timber at his command. With the aid of an authority who should be in a position to speak with some inside knowledge,- this ob- server has been enabled to compile & tabulation of what the informant de- scribes as the “embarassment of riches” confronting F. D. R. It con- sists of men who, at one time or an- other, and in many cases at this hour, were (or still are) in the cabinet run- ning. For the key portfolios of State, ‘Treasury and Justice, the line-up con- tains the following eligibles or possi- bilities: Secretary of State: Owen D. Young of New York. ‘Thomas J. Walsh of Montana. Newton D. Baker of Ohio. Norman H. Davis of New York. John W. Davis of New York. Bernard M. Baruch of New York. Frank L. Polk of New York. Walter D. Hines of New York. Bainbridge Colby of New York. Secretary of the Treasury: Carter Glass of Virginia. Bernard M. Baruch of New York. Melvin A. Traylor of Illinois. Owen D. Young of New York. Cordell Hull of Tennessee. ‘Willlam H. Woodin of New York. Attorney General: ‘Thomas J. Walsh of Montana. Arthur F. Mullen of Nebraska. Burton K. Wheeler of Montana. Albert C. Ritchie of Maryland. James A. Reed of Missouri. Felix Frankfurter of Massachusetts. Huston Thompson of Colorado. Joseph E. Davies of Wisconsin. Homer Cummings of Connecticut. * ok % % Speculation and competition have ranged around the State, Treasury and Justice portfolios, but not exclusively. For the seven other cabinet plums de- serving and worthy Democrats, imbued with the emotions of Barkis, are hon- orably and persistently mentioned. Here's how the contest for the War, Navy and Interior secretaryships looks: Secretary of Wai am of Kentucky. Louisiana. Robert W. Bing] James M. Thomson of Breckinridge Long of Missouri. cA O'Brien of Washington, Secretary of the Navy: O. Max Gardner of John S. Cohen of North Carolina. a. s their WILLIAM WILE. For the Post Office Department the cabinet polls are closed. Unless there is an act of totally unexpected renun- ciation, the postmaster gcneral.shigo nailed 'down. riveted and copper-bot- tomed for Jim Farley of New York. Roosevelt's Warwick. No_ other name Left to be accounted for in this sched- ule of possibilities, probabilities, hopes and expectations are the Agriculture, Commerce and Labor portfolios, which stack up something like this: Secretary of Agriculture: Henry A. Wallace of Iowa. Henry Morgenthau, jr., of New York. Carl Schurz Vrooman of Illinois. Harry F. Byrd of Virginia, Secretary of Commerce: Jesse I. Strauss of New York. William H. Woodin of New York. Evans Woollen of Indiana. Alfred F. Smith of New York. John J. Raskcb of New York. Secretary of Labor: Daniel J. Tobin of Indiana. Frances Perkins of New York. John L. Lewis of Indiana. William Green of Ohio. Ruth Bryan Owen of Florida, * X X ¥ Fran| Warm Springs on Saturday with his '07 law class at Columbia gives time- liness to the wisecrack now making the rounds about the mammoth insti- tution for the higher learning, over which Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler pre- | sides and where technocracy was born. It's said that the university has a new college anthem: “Columbia, the Germ of a Notion.” * X % * Capitol Hill has a diverting explana- tion of the sudden burst of activity which distinguishes Senator Arthur R. Robinson of Indiana. After March 4 Robinson will be the sole and singl Republican member of the Hoosier dele- gation in Congress. His future senator- ial colleague, Van Nuys, is a Democrat, and all the Indiana members of the House are of the same persuasion. Senator Robinson is said to be planning to capitalize his lonely eminence as the last of the G. O. P. Mohicans from his State with a view to re-election in 1934. To that end he has already be. gun to fashion what is described as “ipersonal platform,” consisting of three main planks—(1) Prohibition unde- filed; (2) no cancellation or reduction of war debts, and (3) no tampering with Federal appropriations for World ‘War veterans. * x % x Parents and guardians of Annapolis midshipmen have received a remark- able form letter from Rear Admiral ‘Thomas C. Hart, superintendent of the Naval Academy, admonishing them to require midshipmen to desist from speedy joyriding in automobiles. Dur- ing the late Christmas leave period, Admiral Hart states, middies figured in 17 accidents. One of them was killed and 10 injured, including 3 who needed prolonged hospitalization, with full re- covery in doubt. “There is a similar history after every leave period,” the superintendent says. (Copyright, 1933.) Cracked Wheat and Quail. From the San Antonio Express. A physiculture expert tells how a man could live on cracked wheat for a quarter cent & day. However—like the grand monarch’s quail—the diet might grow monotonous. Honesty and Fortune. From the Miami Dally News. ‘The successful man we like best is the onekwho attributes hll:. ml?v{‘.n.‘: 211 h:rhd ‘work, perseverance, clean e $100,000 left him by his late uncle in Oklahoma. Poor Haul. Prom the Nashville Banner. A gang of robbers tore down a marble 2-ton safe on a truck, had & brush with sherifl’'s posse and finally escaped with has ever been mentioned for that post. | in D. Roosevelt’s reunion at| .. MONDAY, JANUARY 30, 1933. - The Political Mill By 6. Gould Lincoln. In the closing days of the present old Congress there is to be a last drive for direct Government aid to the un- employed. Ahuhuhearmdm from the Committee on Manufactures by Senator Robert M. La Follette, jr., of Wisconsin and is now on the Sen- ate calendar, calling for a Government centribution of $500,000,000 to relieve the destitute. The same members of Congress who fought tooth and toe nail for direct Federal contributions to the unemployed — for a Government dole, in effect—during the last two or three years are fighting again for this measure. No one will deny that there Is unemployment and destitution in this country on a large scale today. The only question is whether, once the Federal Government has undertaken to feed millions of citizens, these citizens Will ever be content again, or a large portion of them, to live through their own efforts and hard work, * % % % _Federal ald—a Federal dole to mil- lions of citizens—has much the same drawback as currency inflation under- taken by a government. Once it is started, there seems no way of checking it. Yet both the dole and the currency inflation are ;y:n&ored now by grou in Congress. e Senate last week, g; a vote of 56 to 18, turned down the first inflationary measure to come before it, in the shape of amendments offered to the Glass banking bill by Senators Long of Louisiana and Wheeler of Mon- tana. The Wheeler amendment was the old Bryan 16-to-1 and free silver proposal. It is no sounder to expand Federal ald unti! it becomes a dole to miMions of citizens than it is to inflate the currency until the dollar becomes practically worthless. However, the Fed- eral aid bill now reported is believed to have much support. It has the support, indeed. of a majority of the member- ship of the Senate Committee on Man- ufactures. Recently Senator La Fol- lette visited President-elect Pranklin D. Roosevelt at Warm Springs, Ga., and came away, it is reported, pleased with | the attitude of Mr. Roosevelt toward “relief.” Many of the Democrats in Congress sougt to force a Federal dole on the country, and more particularly on President Hoover, a vear or more ago. They may be intent on doing the same thing now in the closing days of the Hoover administration. It is not likely, however, that many of the Re- publicans in Congress are willing to have such a measure placed on the statute books during a Republican ad- ministration that winds up five weeks hence. They would prefer to see this kind of an experiment undertaken, if it is to be undertaken, with the Democrats in_full control. ‘The funds which must be raised for a Federal dole must come eventually from the pockets of the American people. There is no real reason why the State governments should not get this money, if the States need to do so for reliet purposes within their borders. Yet it is proposed. as usual, to put the burden on the Federal Government. * k% % ‘The situation in the country, how- ever, is none too good. Reports from the agricultural States of the West and Midwest show that groups of farmers have banded together to prevent fore- closure sales on farms and the property of farmers to meet mortgages on which the farmers have defaulted. In many cases hundreds of farmers have intim- idated the representatives of the hold- ers of the mortgages and brought about the buying in of the farms and live stock practically for a song. The people in this country who still have great wealth are much to blame for the situa- tion that exists, however. They have refused to make use of their money have hoarded it in many instances, 4§t lie idle in banks or deposit boxes, ' have bought avidly of tax-free Gov- *nment securities. Unless these people | O-wealth wake up to the situation, they My find some day that their efforts "0 'vake themselves safe have resulted in tnditions n this country which will | dedTie them of the wealth they have It iS pusiness and employment for whichthis country is starving today. | It canit be had ‘while huge sums of | morey & tied up and @ comparatively few O%is decline to allow it to be * ox ok % Some daSthe Government, or rather Congress. Wi.wake up to the bad situa- tion it has \rmitted to exist because of the failurcto tax Government se- wealth. Withbillions of dollars in vested in thesétax-free securities. a considerable portyn of the people, or of | the wealth of thientire people, is tax free. while the reminder staggers alon under this burden. Not long ago Sen- ator Ashurst of Agona introduced a resolution_proposingyn amendment to the Constitution doin away with these tax-free securities. 8 least so far as future issues are concCéed. His amend- ment would give to thevederal Govern- ment and the State gyernments the right to levy taxes onwny securities issued by the Federal Geernment and the States, but provides yere shall be no discrimination by the \ederal Gov- ernment in the matter of gx rates in favor of its securities, or b.the States in favor of their own bonG If some such amendment could alsche made | to reach existing Governmet bonds, | 5o much the better. Before Icg it will be necessary for the Federal5overn- ment to refinance many of il Joans. In the reissue of these security pro- vision should be made against u ex- | emption. If all this wealth now i tax. | empt securities could be subject ftax, | it would be a comparatively easy yat- ter to balance :hi chgmment buyet. * ‘Working quietly, but nevertheless j-_ sistently, are interests and Ktoupsg this country to prevent, if possible, Walsh of Montana to the post of Al appointment of Senator Thomas the Roosevelt cabinet. and has had it under consideration, in the end the appointment will not be made. The Montana Senator, it is said by those who do not wish his appoint- ment, might be too active in stirring’ up suits to enforce Lhe*mu-ttun laws. * *x x ‘The self-styled “Kingfish,” Senator Huey Long of Louisiana, may not be in a position to do much filibustering in the Senate for the next few weeks, even if he wished to do so. The Senate Com- mittee on Campaign Expenditures, headed by Senator Howell of Nebraska, is soon to open hearings in New Or- Jeans to ascertain whether charges of gross fraud in the conduct of the nom- inating primary and election of Sen- ator-elect Overton, a protege of Long, are true or not. The committee has had investigators in the State for the last two months and they have turned up, it is repprted. a situation that has warranted the committee in going to Louisiana to make the inquiry. Two of the members of that committee are Democrats—Connally of Texas and Bratton of New Mexico. Neither of them, it is reported, will go to New Orleans for the investigation, but will leave it in the hands of the Repub- licans on the committee—Chairman Howell, Carey of Wyoming and Town- send of Delaware. Whether the two Democratic Senators have no heart for this inquiry into the operations of the Long ol'&ln!ntlfln in Louisiana or whether they do not be! lieve the charges are justified has not been disclosed. ‘The Senators have been quoted as say- Whshington Just now” rather ihan in now ral an New Orleans. Unless the entirely incorrect, the senatorial in l;to the election is like sensational. Senator-elect William Gibbs McAdoo's in are in Mount Ids, Ark., | Elliott partition, moved a loot. P. 5.—The safe was empty. Democral curities of allyinds. as it taxes other | ANSWER ‘What do you need to know? Is there some point about your business or per- sonal life that puzzles you? Is there thing you want to know without Submit your question to Fred- , director of our Washing- ton Information Bureau. He is em: ployed to help you. Address your in- quiry to The Evening Star Information Bureau, Frederic J. Haskin, Director, Washington, D. C., and inclose 3 cents in coin or stamps for return postage. Do not use post cards. Q. What is the average mileage cov- ered by the steamers that make the tropical cruise?—P. C. A. It 15 about 4300 miles. The Italian liner Conte Grande made 4,357 miles on its 12-day holiday cruise. It called at Kingston, Colon, Havana and Nassau. Q. What is the “hair shirt” story about President Hoover to which the newspapers refer>—R. B. H. A. The so-called hair shirt letter was the letter written by President Hoover to Dr. W. O. Thompson, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, on Jan- uary 10, 1930. In that letter the Presi- dent, among other things, said: “You well know of the wearing of halir shirts in the Middle Ages by way of reminder of sin and trouble. Somewhere lately I said that every man has a few mental hair shirts and that Presidents differ only by their larger wardrobe—for cer- tain individuals, newspapers, associa- tions and institutions officiate as hab- erdashers in this regard, with a high generosity which guarantees both hu- mility and urbanity.” Q. When did influenza first appear’ in this country?—S. T. M. A. The first record of it is in 1627. Q. Is there a new autogiro without wings?>—S. L. M. A. Juan de la Cierva's latest auto- giro is entirely without wings or mov- able elevators and consists of fuselage, engine, rotor, rudder and two small fixed stabilizers at the tail. Complete control in the air is obtained by tilt- This is accomplished by mounting the | rotor on a two-strut pylen and running | a shaft through the cabin roof. Inside the cabin, attached to this shaft, is a control wheel. Q. What is the total amount paid to postmasters by the Post Office Depart~ ment’—J. G. W. A. According to the audited expendi- |tures for the fiscal year ending June 130, 1932, the compensation of post- masters in that year was $50,479,451.14. | . Q Which Caesar was it whom George Bernard Shaw incorporates in his “An- | drocles and the Lion™?>—T. S. A. Shaw himself says: lish critics persist in describing the Em- peror as Nero, apparently believing that Nero was the only emperor who persecuted the Christians. But he is |not Nero, and not any particlar em- peror: ncr is the persecution any par- ticular persecution.” ! Q May I keep a banded pigeon | which landed at my home?>—H. M. P. | "A. Pigeons are generally banded by | fanciers who raise them for market and | racing purposes. These persons show little interest in the fate of a bird that | fails to return to its proper loft, as they | consider such failures®indicative of Jack of strength or homing instinct. Tens of thousands of racing pigeons are | banded and flown every year in this country, so that it is not surprising that many should be lost. ‘When a fur coat is wet, should it i be. bruéh?d at once or after it has dried? | A. It should be brushed at once in | order to keep the fur from matting. A sea] coat may be wiped with a cloth, stroking with the nap, not against it. S TO QUESTION ing the angle of the rotating vanes. | Some Eng- | BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. Q. Who called England a “nation of shopkeepers”?—J. J. K. A. This expresion was used by Na- poleon.. The ph-s comes from Adam Smith’s “Wealth of Nations” (iv.7), a book well, known: to tiae Emperor, in which he says: “To found a great em- pire for the sole purpose of raising up a people of customers may at first sight appear a project fit only for a nation of shopkeepers.” Q. When was the U. S. 8. Constitue« tion first called Old Ironsides?—L. N. G. A. She was 50 named by the sailors when she won the famous battle of the Guerriere, August 19, 1812, when she wnlll'\swod the shots of the British so well Q. When did the manufacture of artificial silk begin?—s. H. A. The development of artificial silk on an extensive industrial scale began with the discovery of viscose by C. F. grlr:‘&su?nd EJ gevnln in 1892 and cer- ventions developed in 1900. B 1910 viscose had a s!mgmd start. % Q. What is an item veto?—L, L. A. Some States and municipalities give to their Governors or mayors the power to strike out items in appropria- tian bills without vetoing the whole bill or ordinance. There is no such leeway given to the President with re- | spect to acts of Congress. Q. May a Filipino be natus the United States?—P. N. gt A. There are no provisions for the naturalization as citizens of the United States of persons in the Philippine Is- lands. In the case of Hidenitsu Toy- ota vs. United States. 268 United States, 402.410. the United States Su- preme Court held that PFilipinos other than those rendering .. ice in the United States Navy, Marine Corps or | Naval Auxiliary Seryice (this service 1§ | specified in section 7 of the naturaliza- tion laws) are ineligible to naturaliza- tion, since they are not whit> persons |or of African nati or descent. GQAWhodn'.emcd the paper bag?— ‘A. The paper bag is said to have been | Invented by Miss M. E. Knight. Q Why did Lawrence Washin, leave Mount Vernon to his half brother, | George. when his own wife survived him?>—W. T. K. A. Lawrence Washington left Mount Vernon to his infant daughter Sarah, with a life interest to his wife Anne. He further provided that in case Sarah died without issue the estate should pass to his brother George. Sarah sur= vived her father barely two months, Mrs. Lawrence Washington returned to her home. Belvoir, soon remarried. and sold her life interest to George Washe ington. Q What color was the first of the aniline dyes’—H. C A. Mauve, a soft lilac or delicate reds le. t of the aniline dyes. It was made from coal tar by | Sir William Perkin in 1856. Q What is the opening sentence of | Samuel Johnson's “Rasselas”? | A. Tt begins as follows: “Ye who lis- | ten with credulity to the whispers of fancy and pursue with eagerness the phantoms of hope: who expect that age will perform the promises of youth and that the deficiencies of the present day will be supplied by the morrow; attend to the history of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia.” Q. Do_ Frenchmen serve in the French Foreign Legion?—E. T. C. A. The French Foreign Legion is a military organization recruited from citizens of other countries than France, and from Frenchmen who have done their compulsory military service. En- listment is therefore voluntary. and. while it is for service in any French colony, the volunteers are generally sent to North Africa, where the regiments | are garrisoned. ‘Approval oi’ Lame Duck Ban Emphasized by Its Unanimity the prompt approval of the so-called | “lame duck” amendment to the Fed- eral Constitution by the various States. In view of the 10 years required to get congressional approval, it is held by | some observers that there is evidence | that the national legislators have failed | to keep pace with public sentiment Much credit is given to Senator Norris for his long-continued efforts to achieve this reform. | “Senator Norrisf says the Buffalo Evening News, “began his fight against the short session of Congress about 10 years ago. But eftorts to do away with ‘lame duck’ sessions go back much further than that. In 1795 a proposal was advanced to end the Congress term on June 1. In 1808 a move was made to have Congress sit for an en- tire year. from April to April. Be- tween 1876 and the passage of the Norris resolution about 100 attempts were made to change the order for congressional sessions.” The Evening News states that “in less than a year the necessary 36 States went on rec- ord for the amendment.” and inci- dentally mentions the loss of pay in| the period of change through tempo- rary shortening of terms of President and Congress. * % ok X “Only two amendments to the Con- | stitution, the twelfth and thirteenth,” | according to the New York Sun, “have been more speedily ratified. Had the | amendment been submitted in an odd- numbered year, when ail but a few of the State Legislatures sit, there is lit- tle doubt that it would have been rati- torney General of the United States if fied even more speedily and that the In some quar-record for dispatch established by rati- ters it is asserted that, despite the factfication of the twelith amendment, that Senator Walsh has been ap- pine months and thirteen days after proached in regard to the appointment |\ '\ was proposed, would have been | ‘oken. * * * As the most persistent mpion of the twentieth amendment, ator George D. Norris of Nebraska hi earned the distinction of being knyn as its father. Sponsors of the andobstacles in Congress, but the ::Otment itself went uninterruptedly latu ] ve the remarkable fact, mentShe Dayton Daily News. measu! g, presenf, ‘once it is before the people, was folyears prevented from coming before t people. One is forced to the view thi the reasons which held the measure yck were private, not public: selfish, % patriotic.” e Newirk evening Nys sees “proof of the argu- ment Congress lags behind the Nation in onstructive progressive ac- tion,” and \ggests that “a new amend- ment to real the eighteenth might not have _fl trouble foreseen in the o Rock(udrd Mon;\ng News amendment as gone through withit controversy because it represented % studied opinion of the States. We Qfess that a strict inter- pretation of otargument leads one into the logic thathe Constitution should follow rather tn lezd public opinion. But is that nca Constitution’s func ton? It is 8 cument of all the peo- ple, not of conyversial minorities.” ‘Eag ;‘ et “Eagerness of ye States to approve,” in the opinion Cthe Roanoke World- News, “is not cuplimentagv to the present session of . Wniformity of sentiment frofcoast to coast, and part. that the short ses- the election com- hat a to|in November shoy be abolished has received its c from the rec- which has Almost a record has been made by | November election, amhdment overcame many difficulties | tification in the State Legis- | inst which no argument is | should follow the schedule laid down in the ox-cart age.” thinks the Abilene Reporter, whi he Danbury Evening News argues ‘There was ample rea= son for the lapse of several months be- tween election and inauguration when the Nation was young. Communica- tion was slow and travel difficult in those days, and life was not as swiftly- moving as it is now. But the Const: tution skould have been amended 50 vears ago. for with the introduction of the telegraph and railroads there was no longer any reason for the long delay after the election of a President and the new Congress. ke “When the original provision was placed in the Constitution.” remarks the Pasadena Star-News. “it perhaps was given no particular framers of that great in: perience has proved ti is being remedied none too soon. It is now possible for the people, having chosen a new President and a new Congress, to have the change of admin- istration take place without undue de= lay.” The Asbury Park Evening Press comments: “The task occupied Sena- tor Norris for 10 years in the face of a hostile Senate, but it required less than a year for the States to ratify his plan.” The Connellsville Courier concludes: “Under our democratic form of govern= ment it is frequently desirable that the wishes of citizens, as expressed at the hould be crystallized into laws as soon thereafter as possible. With the ‘lame ducks’ retirad to private life such a procedure will now be prac- ticable.” The Milwaukee Sentinel adds: “We may not get any better Congress- men than we have been getting, but we shall be able to learn sooner what they are and what they are going to do | for us or to | —_—————— “Survey Shows Confidence” From the Fort Worth Star-Telezram A comprehensive survey of a cross section of the American industrial citizenship is declared to show .“that by far the bulk of replies indicated a conservative and confident viewpoint.” ‘That report was made at a luncheon of Hndx;{stnal leaders in New York fast week. It might easily be that the report contains very much more of value than ‘(lasu.l reading of the statement dis- clo: A strictly American trait is displayed to excellent advantage. “Hope springs eternal in the human breast never is, but always to be blest Alexander Pope definition | greatest Americanism. be down, but never out ys the Sal- vation Army and proves every day within the very dregs of that same Americanism. We are going to “beat the gam vhat the “game” is, and | nothing ever is so bad it may not be worse—generally with illustration. | American industry “doesn’t know where it is going. but it is on its way.” | The statistician making the report en- countered that “confidence” wherever and whenever. It may be in a different way to the idea of the report, but the American public is entitled to a fervent paean of thanks to the great molder of des- tinies for making us that way. Its prese ence among us has not permitted our soldlers ever to know defeat, and our political and economic entities have been for 150 years almost completely “fool proof” because we can “whistle ourselves past graveyards” better than dny race of people in history. That one characteristic will end this depression—eventually. Ta~== and Safety. of