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A—8 THE EVENING STAR With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. TUESDAY. .March 14, 1933 THEODORE W. NOYES....Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company Business Office: 11th St and Pennsyivania Ave. New York Office: 110 East 42nd 8t. ‘hicago Office: Lake Michigan Building. uropean Oflceilldlflg ent St. London, nglan [ E ‘Rate by Carrier Within the City. The Evenins 45c per month vening The E ¥ .60c per month r .85¢ per month The Sunday Star.. -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. yr., $10.00; 1 mg., 85¢c mé, 50c 1mo.. 40c yr., $6.00: 1 Bunday only [1yr, $4.00: All Other States and Canada. Dally and Sunday...1yr. $12.00; 1mo., $1.00 1yr, $800; 1mo. T Daily only .. 5c Sunday only 1yr., $5.00; 1mo.. S50c Member of the Associated Press. The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dis- ccial dispatcnes ¥ Psychology of Leadership. President Roosevelt has quickly caught the public imagination. He has struck at the financial and economic situation with sledgehammer like blows since he came into office little more than a week ago. The psychology of leadership, with the quick knowledgé of when and how to strike, is a tremen- dous asset. Never before has the coun- try needed such leadership to a greater degree. it. No sooner have opponents of one cemand of the President set themselves for a fight than a new proposal has| come from the White House. In the midst of a stir yesterday over the Pres- ident's economy bill, opposed strongly by some of the veterans and Federal employes, the President sends to the Congress his message demanding the immediate passage of a bill authorizing the manufacture and sale of constitu- tional beer. No organization has been more active ! in its demand for beer than have the American Legion and the American Federation of Labor. The President, having demanded sacrifices from the | veterans and the workers in the mat- ter of pay and compensation, has given them hope for immediate beer. There will be millions who denounce the re- turn of beer--though not so many mil- lions as there might have been a few vears earlier. But the President has at least given the public, including the veterans and the workers, something to think about besides the proposed re- ductions in pay and compensation. ‘The banking bill was pushed through the Congress in a day. The very promptness with which it was handled, and the speed with which a reopening of the banks has been achieved, have restored the confidence of the people in their financial institutions and have | relieved the serious condition which ! confronted the whole Nation. The de- | termination of the President, an- nounced in his message to the Congress | accompanying the economy bill, to| balance the budget and thus restore to| firmer foundation the very credit of the Government itself, has been another factor in the restoration of confidence. Already the House has put through the economy bill by a huge vote. The Sen- ate, it is predicted, notwithstanding the | opposition of some of its members, will | take similar action in a short time, perhaps before adjournment tonight. Then comes the beer bill. It carries with it the promise of increased Govern- | ment revenue—perhaps $150,000,000 a year. The need for this revenue at once in order to help balance the Govern- ment budget has been urged as the principal reason for haste in the matter. In the immediate offing is another presidential message, dealing with emer- gency relief measures for the unem- ployed. It promises to be “different” from other relief measures which have been tried, ond its proponents will claim its effectiveness. And beyond re- lief other measures and problems are to be tackled. The country and the Congress are in the mood for action. And the President is affording | | banking is allowed within restricted | legal needs are, of course, immensely less than those of the United States. Be that as it may, the Dominion's ten chartered banks, all of them with their respective headquarters in either To- ronto or Montreal, handle effectively and, as events have proved, safely, the banking requirements of our great neighbor to the north. One of the ten banks has only two branches. The nine others have each from 140 to 880 branches throughout Canada, compris- ing a grand total of about 3.900. In addition, the Canadian banks have some 175 branches abroad—in the British West Indles, South America, Mexico, the United States, Newfound- land, England, France, Spain, Cuba and elsewhere. ‘These banks operate under charter of the Dominion government and are regulated by the Canadian bank act, which is revised every ten years. A revision was due this year, but is being postponed until 1934 so that it may incorporate more fully the experience of these instructive times. It branch banking is a demonstrated success in Canada, there is no reason to assume that it would not work out just as satisfactorily in this country. At present only nine states permit branch banking on a State-wide scale. These are Rhode Island, Vermont, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Arizona and California. In fourteen other States, of which New York is one, branch areas, such as the limits of a single city, township, borough or county. In the words of a statement just published by the National Industrial Conference Board, the American people need, among other things, a larger number of adequately financed insti- tutions to replace small ones "whlch’ have toppled over like tenpins in a! bowling alley at every disturbance of business.” o Beer and the District. In his short message yesterday ask- ing for immediate legislation legaliz- ing beer and other beverages of low alcoholic content the President, of course, addressed himself to Congress acting as National Legislature. Inas- much as the principles upon which Con- gress will proceed in legalizing beer have been pretty well agreed upon, Congress as National Legislature will probably expedite the legislation. There have been statements predicting that by Fri- day afternoon a beer bill will have been | enacted and signed by the President, making the sale of beer legal fifteen | days thereafter. But the National legislation specifi- cally reserves to the States the author- ity for making such regulations as they | deem necessary to control the sale of | beer, once such sale is pronouncedf under the Constitution. All Democrats and Republicans are pledged, | under their party platforms, to work for the prevention of the return of the| saloon, and State legislation will, if | | —have ‘They have waited for four months since | the national election until the “new deal” could begin to function. They promise, at present, to see it through. — . ‘There is no approval in evidence for any effort to declare a holiday for senatorial courtesy. Politeness is not current coin but it facilitates business nevertheless. — Branch Banking. Although the Senate during the clos- ing weeks of the Seventy-sccend Con- gress struck from the Glass bill the provision for legalization of Nation- wide branch banking, it is- regarded as certain that when the recent emer- gency bank legislation is supplemented with a broader program of reform ways and means will be fcynd for a far more extensive system of branch banking than now prevails in the United States. Senator Glass spared no effort to have it enacted without de- lay. There are some who contend that the crisis which led to last week’s bank holiday might have been averted if the Virginian's point of view could have been written into law. What Senator Glass wants is to make avail- able over a wide area the scrvices of “strong banks, capable of supplying sufficient capital to minister to the commercial and industrial nesds of the community.” The New York Times performs a timely service in describing in detail the experience of Canada, which fosters branch banking. During the past four years there have been five thousand bank failures in the United States. Since the beginning of the depression Canada has not had a single bank failure and only twenty-six since the confederation of the Dominion, fifty- seven years ago. No Canadian bank has closed its doors since 1923. Only two have been declared insolvent since 1910. During the tragic period since the Fall of 1929 no depositor in a Canadian bank has lost a dollar. Under precisely the con- ditions which forced thousands of American banks to suspend payment, every such institution in the Dominion has met its obligations in full. The reason is that the most insignificant of Canadian branch banks has behind it the full authcrity and resources of its Farent erganicat! this pledge is not repudiated, be framed with that end in view. Making legal the sale of beer is a| less intricate legislative task than mak- | ing suitabie regulations controlling the sale of beer, once beer is made a legal beverage. Only a few States thus far have approved—in advance of congres- sional action—the legislation by which | they will control the sale of beer. A| recent summary by the Associated | Press showed that only three States— Missouri, West Virginia and Wyoming, completed such legislation, although in Indiana legislation is awaiting the Governor’s signature, and in Utah a measure authorizing manu- | facture of beer for sale outside of the State has been enacted. Should Con- gress complete action on the beer bill | within a day or so and then recess, allowing 15 days before sale of beer is permitted, the States that desire beer will rush their own legislation to com- | pletion. But what action will be taken re- garding the District? Congress must act first_ as National Legislature to legal- ize beer. But for the District it exercises the equally important function of acting as local Legislature in making suithble [ regulations for the control of beer locally which will prevent.the return of the saloon and the evils associated with the saloon. In the rush to authorize beer as a revenue-raising agent to help balance the national budget Congress cannot slight its responsibilities to the local community by failing to give careful consideration to the sort of regulatory measures it will enact for the District. It is not necessarily the case that quick action precludes careful consideration. But if the situation is such that careful consideration cannot be given a local beer measure before Congress takes a| recess, the proper committees of Con- | gress should be empowered to sit dur- ing the recess and draft a suitable measure for local control of beer sales, having it ready for congressional action before the resumption of the special session. B Beer may not arrive as early as ex- pected, but there is nothing to prevent beginning to circulate the free lunch immediately. Karl Marx. Karl Marx, sponsor of ‘orthodox so- cialism, died in London fifty years ago today. The anniversary is being ob- served among his followers in Europe and America, and the occasion offers an appropriate opportunity for a re- view of his influence upon political thought during the five decades which have passed since his demise. There can be mo question about the reality of his contribution to demo- cratic doctrine. Amcng modern apos- tles of economic freedom he takes first place. He was the most conspicuous radical philozopher of the nineteenth century, and his shade has dominated the advanced thought of the first third of the twentieth. Of course, there was soclalism and there were Socialists be- fore him, but he constitutes the focal center for both. The whole Socialist universe revolves around his name. And his effect has been real. He has been a source for parties and individuals much more moderate than himself. For example, Woodrow Wil- son, in “The New Freedom,” repro- duced many of his more practical no- tions. Others who were directly or in- directly indebted to him were Theodore Roosevelt and Robert M. La Follette. He came to them in diluted form, per- THE EVENING - STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY. MARCH 14, 1933. he has been a fountain of ideas for propagandists and agitators much more extreme and violent than he personally ever was. Lenin and Trotsky were his disciples, and the Bolshevik regime in Russia claims him for its own. Musso- lini, also, and the Hitlerites of Ger- ‘many, though they disown the connec- tion, are obligated to him in a very high degree. But he has not been thoroughly un- derstood. Possibly, the reason derives from the contradictions which are so conspicuous in his work. He demanded a dictatorship of the proletariat, on the one hand, and insisted upon exclusively political methods, on the other. In theory, such an end might be accom- plished by such means; in fact, it was impossible. No “working class” ever can vote itself into control of the state. Hence, it follows that Marx has not been and cannot be taken literally. The spirit, not the letter of his doc- trine, is thérefore the only authentic value of his labors. His famous book, “Capital,” is impracticable as well as largely unreadable. It is important merely in its aspect of being a social protest. No denial of the compelling energy inherent to Marx is attempted by his critics. They freely grant the tremen- dous vitality of his theories. What they cannot concede is the perfect ap- plicability of them, the complete utility of them. He lives and functions today quite as truly as he did when he was writing the “Communist Manifesto” with Engels, quarreling with Proudhon and digging in the archives of the Brit- ish Museum for data in support of his economic and political convictions. But his net effect is negative. Marxian so- cialism is a blind alley up which hu- manity can go only so far. blank wall at its end retreat or com- promise is inevitable. It has been the delusion of millions who have sought in vain to escape from natural social evo- lution. Marx personally was more interesting than his notions, He had a hard and bitter life, but Heine spoke well of him and his wife loved him with a com- plete devotion beautiful to read about. Psychologists provide a key to the un- derstanding of his career when they say that he tried to compensate him- self through his writings for the sor- rows and sufferings of his experience. ———————— Japan and the U. S. A. might be of much assistance to each other by getting together and exchanging data At the | Never let go of a dictionary without getting more than you went to it for. This is one place where playing the hog pays handsomely, and is not just mere selfishness, It is always possible, no matter how great a hurry one is in, to drop the eye down and take in the meaning of another word. Often the chain thus begun will roll one back into past centuries, for our great modern dictionaries are filled with interesting facts, not just words and meanings alone. Look up such a word as “quote,” or “‘%uomtl&n," for h;unce: lox;&gm note 0 other words, “quietism” d tely a strange, dramatic story of religious thought and contro- versy unfolds itself. Before one gets through he has brought out the great Fenelon, caught a glimpse of Jeanne fisne"Gulygn. of Miguel de Molinos imself. ings and Popes live in. The Inquisition breathes, = There s & man in prison for life, a short life, and a small book, “The Spiritual Guide,” to g0, v‘:"’b'é"u the 1};““'1 i ‘ebster’s New Inf tional gives lhg following primary definition: g “Quietism: A system of religious mys- ticism based on withdrawal of the mind from worldy interests and anxieties and its constant employment in the passive contemplation of God and His attri- butes, especially as practiced by a sect founded in the seventeenth century by Miguel de Molinos, a Spanish priest living in Rome. * * * He considered abstinence, maceration of the body and g:nlnces of little value, except at the ginning of self-discipline. * * * The Inquisition took up the matter and Molinos was sentenced to perpetual im- prisonment.” ‘The secondary meanings follow: Peace or tranquillity of mind, calmness, indif- ference, apathy, dispassion. inaction. These are the generally accepted | meanings today. The former is merely historical background now. | The wcrd “quietist” is at hand. Let | us look at it while we are here. There | are three definitions: One who believed lin or practiced Quietism, one of the | sects of mystics founded by Molinos; | |one who advocates or practices some similar form of religious mysticism; one who adopts an analogous attitude in respect to political or social mat- ters. Ah, ha! * x % % |in a lot of people, then, but they didn’t realize it, perhaps. The great rank and file of the peo- ple have been forced by circumstances to become quietists in fact if not in theory. | They realize that they have nothing | at all to do in the ruling of the realm. | that they are cogs in the wheels, that | they could talk their heads off, still no- There is a great deal of the quietist | THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. which goes on around them, is manifest, and especially to themselves. ‘They do not labor under the slightest delusion as to their relative importance. In this respect, at least, know as much about relativity as Prof. Einstein * X k% Hence, they become essential quietists, in fact if not in theory, and the wiser ones become 5o in theory likewise. Let others rave about indifference; there is always some one to tell you what you ought to do (and how much it will cost you); the main thing is to be true to the self. After all, this form of quietism is what enables the American people to find something wholesome, even thrill- ing, in great national emergencies. Just as long as we are all in the same boat, we all figure that we have plenty of company—-130,000,000 or there- abouts, which ought to be enough. We are all in the same boat, and he who rocks it is a scoundrel. Conversely, he who keeps a level head and sits tight is doing just what he ought to do. It i5 the easiest thing to do, and at the same time it is the best thing to do. Happy coincidence! * kK % - ‘There is a great deal to be said for the attempt to cultivate peace or tran- quillity of mind, no matter what one calls it, whether quietism or what-not. If it runs off to indifference at one end, it wears the odor of sanctity at the other. It is as old as the hills, under its vari- ous forms. It is one of the golden threads of all religions, the eternal search after God. ‘The “soft and savoury sleep of noth- ingness,” as Molinos called contemplas. tion, holds out its arms to all mystics, strange holy men and women of all times and places who have attempted to see in life more than these eyes see. Every day the discoveries of science | show the most doubting that there is more to be seen. Whole worlds have emerged from single substances, such as coal tar. ‘The magic of chemistry, rapidly be- coming the magic of physics again (probably to remain there forever), is the magic of mystery. Mysticism 1is mystery, the attempt to solve by sheer thought, or even lack of thought. the problems which mere practical characters attack with patient plodding. Mysticism is a brave endeaver to see into the heart of life, and out of it to wrest the heart of death. ‘The chemist and the physicist ex- plain, but in the end their explanations | mean nothing. | ‘They have pushed back the curtain 'a way, have shown what the edge is ‘made of, but still the veil stretches | deep and impenetrable before us. ‘Their little words, as interesting as concerning causes of earthquakes and body would pay much attention to them. | they are, and so great in human what to do about them. Such an inter- view might serve as a reminder that there s more human distress than can be properly cared for without intro- ducing the artifices of war. e | Improvements in wireless transmission | After a time they give up calling i public men names, come to take on| more the attitude of a spectator at a | great and sometimes fearful, but always | | interesting, show. | | , They attempt to cultivate, as well as 1theyd can, peace and tranquillity of mind. Calmness is something they are achievement, do not satisfy us with the great satisfaction which the human mind and heart demand of life. Life itself does not satisfy. It is quietism to a degree, even in its stormiest moments, quietism bordering on indifference. The loudest pleas echo back from the mute lips of the ages. The dictionary is filled with continue to be made, although doubt is | forced into, as a matter of natural (and , Words, but they explain only what man beginning to be expressed as to whether the world is not already supplied with more radio than it knows what to do with, | national) course. | | The “pep” boys, enemies to this sort of thing, tend to brand them indiffer~ ent, filled with apathy and inaction. | The truth'is, however, that they are has done or found out. They explain his_explanations. They are hollow at last, with all the pomposity of a little creature, trying mightily. If we go to the real things. themselves, which they | at bottom quietists, who have tried to | represent, we find we are helpless be- R ( withdraw the mind from worldly inter- | fore the same old surface manifesta- To some extent Gov. Ritchle and | ests and anxieties, not particularly be- | tions. The essence is beyond us, and it as to rights for State banks, but their | methods of impressing ideas are totally different. -t | About the only social benefit con-| tributed by a burglar lies in the “in- disputable argument his activities pro- vide in favor of putting gold safely into | the bank. SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. After. The buttons and the banners that were | glittering down the line In a single day have blended till there's | one design; ; The Babel that we lived in while each | voter spoke his choice Is still. A solitary name sounds from | the Nation's voice. | Fraternity in spite of miles Sings o'er a task that's done: “There used to be full many styles, But now there's only one. We have passed the mists of morning and the sun shines bright at| noor; The country’s come together and the bands all play in tune; The oratorical confusions into slxénbe‘ fade; Vain hopes will slumber when the hum- ming workshops serenade. Unanimous the country smiles From east to setting sun; ‘There used to be full many styles But now there’s only one. | Opinions, “What is your opinion of the tariff?” “It's a great question,” replied Sen- ator Sorghum, “on which I do not permit myself personal views. My pub- lic opinions are regulated largely by the lines of business in which my most influential constituents happen to be engaged.” In the Era of Billions! How oft economy grows gay And boasts of its efficient work, When it has merely stopped the pay Of some two-thousand-dollar clerk! ‘Variability. “Do you regard poker as a gentle- man’s game?” “So far as that goes,” replied Cac- tus Joe, “it's like every other game from politics to penny ante. Whether it's a gentleman’s game or not depends entirely on who happens to be playin’ it ‘One-Way Traffic. ‘We will not sorrow for the past, Nor view the future days with dread. The seasons change with action fast. This world of ours must go ahead. The skies are blue or overcast, Each mood in turn has quickly fled. Through sunshine warm or wintry blast, ‘The world has got to go ahead. “In order to tell de exack truth all de time,” said Uncle Eben, “a man 'ud have to be terrible hard-hearted.” Dust and Depression. From the Indianapolis News. They are dodging depression effects with gold dust in Alaska. It is a little awkward to handle, but wholly con- vincing. Sartorial Complications. From the Roanoke Times. Fashionable L | sma1l shops have remained open in the dress | | Huey Long appear to be in agreement | C3Use they want to, but simply because | is the essence we want. there is nothing much else to do. | Their impotence, in the hurly-burly | Excerpts From Newsp: E MATIN, Paris.—There elosed yesterday, precisely at noon, by mutual agreement, fully 70 per cent of the Parisian shops. It is understood that they will remain | clased until this gesture of protest has | its effect in bringing back to some sane | and normal level the excessive taxes | imposed by the fiscal department, These merchants declare with unanimi ty that as the buying power of their | patrons diminishes, the prices of com- modities constantly mount, an adverse | process which virtually extinguishes any | surviving, opportunity to conduct a Te- | tail establishment. | The most unusual spectacle was pre- | sented, for the remainder of the day, ! of the Rue de la Paix being almost deserted. Shoppers no longer thronged | the sidewalks, though here and there | a group of the curious public gazed fascinatedly at the drawn blinds of quarters which ordinarily at the same hour were replete with bustle. and ani- mation. Téstumers, perfumers, chapeau and bogt-shops were as if hermetically sealed. There was no sign of life in any of the premises, but only con- spicuous in each plate-glass window the significant placard reading: Closed in Evidence of Protest. No new taxes!! Fiscal equalization!! All of the larger stores have joined in | the movement, representing, as already | stated, about three-fourths the apparel shops, and including some of the im- portant emporiums selling paintings. art objects and books. Some of the hope of capturing part of the patronage ol?rfienarily accorded to the grand estab- lishments. But as they are subjective to the same imposts, their profits will reach gratifying figures only should the bulk of such retail trade be transferred to them. * X X % Huge Reich Blast Laid To Hammer Blow. Berliner Tageblatt.—The official in- vestigation into the cause of the gas reservoir explosion at Neunkirchen has resulted in the almost unanimous con- clusion of the board of inquiry that the catastrophe was occasioned by the blow of 8 hammer. Some workmen had been engaged in making repairs to the giant receptacle, and elimination of the other possibilities one by one has neces- sitated the ‘finding that one of these, in his zeal to wedge more firmly a rivet in one of the supports of the chamber, either by igniting a spark, or by the very concussion of the blow, precipitated the calamity. The little shock was thus responsible for the colossal calam- ity which has thrown a pall over all of Germany. There was first a _deafening roar, and then a burst of flame and smoke which leaped fully 50 meters into the air, and remained burning at this altitude for the space of more than five minutes. It was 15 minutes before the survivors and other helpers could approach near enough to ascertain the extent of the calamity, or render any aid to the victims. A wreath from the Kaiser was one of the tokens hox griet ll;d‘ fiym::‘tll_g laced upon the grave of the ?hree score of these mariyrs at the fu- neral services. * k X ¥ “Make Haste Slowly” Is Recovery Advice. and applies no more to the of human, conduct than efforts we sometimes make to impro ve With the abbreviating of the r p“ t and the increase in no em- ployment at all for some that been a tendency to mitigate penal in cases where offenders have been guilty of minor infractions of the law, espe- cially when they plead the stark neces- :l‘!y mg{r m situation as the motive This may be the proper procedure whmthehmo(lge(mnyhde- absconding with a loaf from tailors prescribe coats with longer tails, gray tuxedos and silk waistcoats in shades. haps, but effectively, nevertheless. And, by much the ,same processes, pastel Jf it isn't one thing to worry about, it's another, a bakery, or a sausage from a meat- Shut the dic- tionary, with a sigh. There is too much in it. High Lights on the Wide World apers of Other Lands surely too precipitate and compassion- ate an attitude has been assumed in the courts toward those apprehended | for the commission of more serious | misdeeds. There has been too notable a tendency to release all first offenders regardless of the nature of that first offense. When the first offense is really a crime of some magnitude and gravity, that culprit should be judged and | punished with an austerity egual to the occasion and not accorded the privileges of the blanket exculpation lately recommended for petty violators of the code. Even reforms should be | wisely restrained, and sometimes al- | most_ dilatory. T Development Praised In Holy Land. . ‘The New Judaea, London.—In the cours> of his address at the Macabee reception in Haifa in honor of Lord Melchett, the Right Hon. Lord Conway | of Allington, Litt. D, F. S. A, said that he was one of the very few Eng- lish politicians who took the Balfour | declaration seriously from the very start | and gave it warm support. “Now, after 12 years, I return to the Holy Land, and what do I see? I see much that was hoped for brought to fruition, mucn that was feared non- existent. I see a material development | far beyond expectations. I see villages | established and supporting happy com- munities in places that were barren | and uninhabitable. I see electrical un- dertakings, factories and drainage ac- tively functioning in this primitive world. I see in existence a network of excellent roads, enabling transport to be cheap and remote places acces- sible. T see the Jewish population mul- tiplied more than three-fold. I see a handsome and sturdy stock planted upon the soil, and a folk everywhere {)asghnntely devoted to labor on the and. “If the Zionist movement did mno more than increase the acreage brought under cultivation and merely multiplied the pecple settled on the lond it would be a purely materialistic movement, profitable to immigrants, but unimpor- tant to the rest of the world. “I, however, envisage for Zionism a nobler aim and a grander ideal. What | has the Hebrew race given to the world in the past? It has opened the gates of spirituality and poured forth on the world the glory of divine revelations; and that not merely once or twice, but again and again, in spite of oppression, persecution and scorn.” — e Death and Taxes. From the Los Angeles Times. The 20,000,000 motorists of the coun- try who pay 55.4 per cent of the taxes, and who are killing some 30,000 an- nually, seem to qualify along both lines that there is nothing sure but death and taxes. [ Army Horses. Prom the Boston Globe. The broadcast of the inaugural pa- rade made one fact abundantly clear: The Army Remount Service has greatly improved the quality of Cavalry and Artillery horses. PO — Safeguards. From the Indianapolis News. Some one in Cleveland is urging safeguards for the investor, while Chi- cago lawyers are interested in safe- guards for promoters. A Scotch Budgeteer. Prom the Cincinnat! Times-Star. An Arizona Scotchman named Doug: las will be the next director of the bud get; that ought to mean something. ———————————— Abolish the Bills, Too! From the Buffalo Evening News. Discussing economics, if abolishing AWFUL RAINBOW. By Angela Mor- man. New York: Harper & Bros. Having slready become recognized internationally as a poet of noteworthy ability, Angela Morgan has now pro- duced a novel which is destined to add to her fame and perhaps to her favor, for “Awful Rainbow” is un- doubtedly a reversion to the one-time popular novel with a purpose. The entire theme .of this narrative is love, and its purpose is the preachment of a doctrine which is as old as the world itself, but which modern concepts of civilization and some religions have never permitted to be openly recognized. ‘What might be called the text of “Awful Rainbow” is that all personal, possessive love is wrong. The burden of the sermon is that love is not a material, but a cosmic force, a spiritual experience reaching beyond all earthly and earthy things, and that man- made bonds by which love has been | shackeled and matrimony too often | made into a farce are wicked. It is a courageous thing to under- take the setting forth of so stupendous a subject in a novel, for it directly m- poses condemnation of the public avowal of an all-powerful love, no mat- ter upon whom it may be bestowed. be come readers who will find food for controversy, but for thos: | who are blessed with a deep under- standing of the spiritual and intel- lectual as well as the human element of living beings, “Awful Rainbow” of- fers an intensely vivid portrayal of the souls of two people, a woman and a man whose love must be sacrificed on the altar of custom. Had the author chosen a woman of a little more knowledge of the every- day world as the mouthpiece of this| doctrine her story would be more con- | vincing and perhaps h:r argument less misunderstood. Janet Sturgis is_a| strong and compelling character, but not quite suited for so big a role. She is wealthy and has been protected and sheltered against the ups and downs of life to the point where upon finding | herself alone in a room with clothes | to hang up and boxes to put away she | is as helpless as a savage who had never seen clothes might be expected to | be. Having had no contact with in-| dividuals outside of her own set ex- cept the servants of the household, and | never having experienced a ride on a | bus or any other public vehicle in her life, she is hardly acceptable as a pro- found thinker for the welfare of the human race. The heroine need not have been a woman nearly thirty years old who had spent more than half of her life at toil, but with a woman of the same number of years who had soms | semblance of knowledge cf humanity, | a mere believable story would have been the result. Janet is twenty-eight years old and unmarried, a condition both inexcusable and incomprehensible to the aunt who is | her guardian. She rebels violently against | all attempts to shackle her to a life | which she hates, but from which she is powerless to escape. Her ambition is to write, and through her pen to enlighten | the world and bring it to a conscious- ness of the beauty of love. A little volume of hers which was published and received some circulation brought a note of appreciation from & man who had reached heights of promi- | nence through his own writings and his social work. They meet, and they fall deeply and wholly in love. But ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. This is & special department devoted solely to the handling of queries. This paper puts at your disposal the services of an extensive organization in Wash- ington to serve you in any capacity that relates to information. This serv- ice is free. Failure to make use of it deprives you of benefits to which you are entitled. Your obligation is only 3 cents in coin or stamps inclosed with your inquiry for direct reply. Do not tcards. Address The Washin J. Haskin, Director, Washington, D. C. Q. What is the* origin of the cricket expression, “ashes,” used when England plays Australia?—N. T. A. In 1882 Australian cricket play- ers won on British soil for the first time. A sport paper, in reporting the match, facetiously said that English cricket had died, the body would be cremated and the ashes taken to Aus- tralia. The ashes now signify victory. Q. What is the term of the chap- plain of the House of Representatives and ci'mfisemu of the United States? The chaplain of the House of Rep resentatives is appointed for the dura tion of the Ccngress, while the chap- ?ln of the Senate has an indeterminate erm. Q. How big are the letters of the inscription on the Mount Rushmore Memorial>—L. D. D. A. They are 3 feet tall. Q. What instrument does former Vice President Dawes play?—R. F. N. A. The musical instrument on which former Vice President Charles Gates Dawes is most proficient is the violin, for rlhll:h instrument he has composed music, Q. variable—scme others?—L. O. A. Both tree rings and varves are mute witnesses to weather fluctuations. Very old trees show thick and thi rings. Layers of clay, called varves, found in the former beds of ancfent Have Summers always been much warmer than lakes fed by melting ice sheets, form | another record. These layers are due to the annual deposit of sediment. Thick layers were deposited in warm | Summers when melting was rapid, and thin layers in cool Summers. Q. Who called the first international peace conference?—M. T. A. It was called by Czar Nicholas of Russia, May 18, 1899. This was a preliminary conference and a second was called for Octcber 21, 1904. Q. How fast does coral form?— S. M. A. A. Little is known regarding the | rapidity of growth in corals. A speci- | men of Mocandrina labryinthica meas- | uring a foot in diameter and 4 inches thick in the most ccnvex part was taken from a block of concrete at Fort Jef- ferzon, Tortugas, which had been in the water only 20 years.- It has been calculated that the average growth of a Mocandrina observed at Key West was half an inch a year. — | Q. At what distance from the earth does the stratesphere begin?—C. K. A. The stratosphere is the area of | upper atmosphere believed to commence rome nine miles above the earth’s surface. Q. Please describe the Damascus sword blade—V. M. A. The Crusaders first drew atten- tion to Damascus blades. They were blade. In genuine Damascus blades the designs run through the substance of the biade and the watering on regu- lar, almost symmetrical figuring is not worn off by friction or even grinding. Q. Why was a church which Gen. Washington ~ attended called Pohick Church?—W. A. A. The church was given this name on account of its proximity to Pohick Run. This was probably so named because of the many hickory trees growing there. Pawcohiccora, a food of the Algonquin Indians of Virginia, was made of the pounded nut kernels and water. The name was transferred by the whites to the tree bearing the nuts, and was shortened to pohickery and finally to hickory. Q. What happened to hills intro- duced in the last session of the Seventy- ;‘ect}x;d Congress but not acted upon?— A. They died with the Congress. Q. Do the natives of Africa send inessages with their drums by means of a code or do they make them “talk” by pronouncing syllables?>—B. L. R. A. The Smithsonian Institution says: “In the Eastern Belgian Congo, tribes, particularly the Batela, have evolved a system of telegraphy through use of a wooden drum, the system of sig-2ls ap- proaching that cf a code. The drum vibrations are not articulated as in human speech; rather the message is recognized thrcugh intensity of volume, rhytom, kind of drum used, time of day, etc. In a jungle environment much information may thus be signaled.” . Had Confederate veterans ever marched in a body in an inaugural pa- rade before the Hoover inauguration? K. kind. Q. Have postal savings deposits in- cr@xgseé! noticeabiy in the last year? A. They had more than doubled at the end of the last fiscal year, when they amocuntcd to $784,820,622. At the end of the preceding fiscal year they amounted to $347.416,870. Q. Which signer of the Constitution had a wooden leg?—J. H. A. According to Rose Gouverneur Hees, Gouveneur Morris Jost one of his legs in an accident. Q. What Russian city has been re- named for Maxim Gorky?—M. R. A. The city of Nizhni Novgorod, on the Vclga River (the name in Russian means lower new city), has been recent- ly changed by the Soviet government to Gorky in honor of the Russian au- thor, Maxim Gorky, who was born there. The official name is simply Gorky, but the city is sometimes spoken of as Gorod Gorky in crder to distinguish it from the vill:ge of Gorky near Moskva (Moscow), the capital city. The | word “gorod” means city, but is some= | times spelled “grad,” as in Leningrad, | the new name of St. Petersburg. Q. What country is_second to Africa |in geld production?—R. C. A. In 1932 Canada was second, with ‘3‘000,000 fine ounces of gold. Q. Where is the Shwe Dagon pa- . b goda?—W. R. It is 368 feet in M. Tnis was the first occasion of the A. It is in Burma. | height and stands cn an eminence 168 | feet above the level of the city. The building is covered with gold from base | to summit, which is renewed once every | generaticn’ by public cubseription, The pageda is a solid stupa of brick in the found to possess mot only great elas- ticity, b“?m: ‘wlthnconsidernble hfll’g& ness, but their surfaces were cover . b g Tk Dohutil Gifigns” focmea by A Liy A engins Blaciorm wih @ perien tissue of dark lines on a light ground, | gy or light lines upon a dark ground. and| Q. In how many S.ates were there occasionally by the inlaying of gold on | lynchings last year?—B. N. the steel-blue ground. Gold and silver | A. In cnly eight. Two of the victims are inlaid in the higher class of sword were white and six waie colered. he is married. It is in the face of this catastrophe and the long months of agony which | follow that Janet becomes a philosopher and endeavors to interpret love in its highest and noblest sense. On the other hand, she does nothing and accom- plishes nothing until tragedy awakens her to a sense of responsibility. She might have saved a soul had she known that humans less fortunate than herself possessed such things. Even breaking away from home and form of a cone, raised over a relic chamber, and the place of wership is . ‘Raine living alone in a New York apartment | fails to produce any reaction within herself except a sense of freeom until she learns that the long procession of | dreadful looking creatures visible from | y Expected to Develop House Control by Committee Choice of Representative Henry T.|though unsuccessful, efforts in 1932 to it was explained that those creatures Rainey of Illinois as Speaker of thei balance the budget by measures for the were hungry and standing in line wait- | House is expected by the country to|adequate increase of the revenue and ing for food. Even that sight affected | establish a spirit of co-operation, es- | his arguments against inflation, par- her windows is a bread line. She did | not know what a bread line was untii | stall, particularly when the misde- meanor is the initial one, but of late taxes would make prosperity, why don't the millions of uncollected an:’mlke everybody rich?, S beonrlonay e her only slightly until she spent a few | pecially between the executive and leg- | ticularly in connection with the pro- days with a cousin who had been ban- |islative departments of the Federal | posed veterans' hounty. ished from the family because he had gone into social work. A few hard and fast lessons in a settlement house finally take effect, and then Janet becomes an almost believable individual. but ‘the conversion is so violent and so rapid that she still fails to measure up as a truly convincing heroine. It may be difficult to accept whole- heartedly a novel of such powerful im- port and of so magnetic a quality through the medium of Janet Slllr%is. but, 211 in all, the story itself rises so far above its interpreter that it is almost possible to forget her shortcomings and to believe she has grown big enough to be entirely worthy of the immeasurable love of Barton Page. Maybe the world will some day ac- cept the doctrine which Angela Morgan has pronounced in this novel. Maybe that is the trend which civilization is now taking. No present-day prephet can foretell. ER YOUNG MR. X. By Elizabeth Jordan. New York: The Century Co. A novel by Elizabeth Jordan is always acceptable, for there is always the ac- companying certainty that it will be a story, well told, and usually of a different character from others she or any one else may already have written. Young Mr. X is no exception to these specifications. ‘The story cerives its title from the {"mysterious ~ behavior of young Perry Norris, whose Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde performances from the days of his life in college have caused his friends to mistrust_him, to discount him, or to ignore him altogether. This combina- tion of conditions, together with a num- ber ‘of queer happenings, gives a sense of the mysterious to the whole novel, and yet there is no serious crime com- mitted, though two individuals come to an untimely end because.of the unusual circumstances attending the existence of this attractive Mr. X. 1f Penelope Lowell, pretty, rich and altogether charming, had not fallen in love with Perry, maybe all the queer things would not have happened. But she did fall in love with him, and he with her, and the complexes and dis- appointments, doubts and fears, mo- ments of bliss and hours of uncertainty came tumbling upon one another at a rapid pace. New York gambling houses and speak- easies, plus a racket of a minor natuve, add to the zest of the hide-and-seek game of love between these two, and with her usual ability to keep her people moving, Miss Jordan has given another rapid-fire story, full of life and anima- tion, to her long and loyal list of readers. — e An Important “If.” From the Buffalo Evening News. How easy it would be to settle those great questicns if all of the dumb were on one side. Mute Wisdom, From the Dayton Daily News. As a general rule the man who says “I say whai I think” would, if he lived up to that statement, be rather silent. Dubious Reward. From The San Antonio Express. Nicaraguan ‘The government _has fivm every former insurgent a farm his own. 1Is that any way, asks the Iowa farmer, to cure a rebel? . Japan and Armaments. From the San Diego Union. 8 Japan will not quit the Disarmament Coniefence, but believes the way to get 7id.of arn@ments:is to Wear them out. Government. He is rated as a pro- | nounced liberal and a supporter of the | President and the Democratic plat-‘ | form. His low tariff views are empha- | sized. Much attention is given to his | belief that the party should rule, and | | that the Steering Committee of his ;;Arty should direct the business of the | | House. | “Under his proposal to discard some of the Speaker’s authority,” says the | | Springfield (Mass) Union, “the mem- | |ing Committee will assume the powe: that the Speaker loses.” | believes that “there is an essential difference between one man and a the Speaker may yet be needed.” nizes a “repudiaticn of arbitrary domination of the House by | Speaker and the Rules Committee.” the “from the Illinois district which was | represented in iura by Abraham Lin- coln and Stephen A. Douglas” the ment of his position: “He is & vigor- ous veteran of 73, of long House experi- {ence, large of frame, with a colorful | personality and a mop of white hair. On the side, he is a prarie farmer with | | aggressive views as to what the Natloni {should do for all farmers. What is| | more important than his views is his | pledge to get bshind whatever pro- gram is inaugurated by the new Presi- dent, and his statement that the | Democratic majority, which has never had a Steering Committee before, is | going to try one. What is most impor- | tant will be the qualities of leadership which he shows in handling his own party. While the last Speaker from Illinois, a Republican named Joe Can- non, was denounced as a czar—perhaps {among others by Rainey himsel{—the | latter could study his ways to advan- | “Hereeing tnat ne “wm not | the independence in matters of policy with wl Mr. Garner was invested, the Baltimore Sun voices the opinion as to his place in the organizaton: “Mr. Rainey’s task and the task of those who have been elevated with him to positions of leadership in the House will be to keep the unwieldy party ma- jority in line for administration meas- ures and to suggest amendments to those measures, rather than to initiate ective Speaker has to rash and inconsiderate pronounce- ments, it may at least be said that he is a man of just and humane im- pulses and that his long experience in the House gives him a proper under- standing of the role he will be required to play and of how to play it.” The Sun adds thet, “tactfully handled, the g Committee and the caucus ‘would go far to secure prompt and orderly legislation in accordance with the recommendations of the new President, without dflmn‘._ into autoc- racy and “The 3] goe: and the majority leadership to the South,” it is ted out by fi&le New The Union | | support to President Roosevelt. Referring_to the fact that he is| Cincinnati Times-Star offers the judg- | to In these mat- ters he has exhibited courage and good judgment. There is no reason why the victory of Mr. Rainey should not be considered a reason for increasing con- fidence in the ability of the Seventy- third Congress to keep clear of wild measures.” “The new House is in line,” records the Charlotte Observer, “with the or- ganization of the Roosevelt adminis- tration, in that it is ‘liberal’ which looks to full co-operation by the House bership may have a larger measure of | with the Roosevelt policies.” The Merid- | liberty in theory, but in fact the Steer- | ian Star, stating that the new Speaker “regarded as a liberal” adds that “he has proven fearless in debate and action and appears to fit in well with the Democratic pictures.” The Roanoke committee in facility and ease of de- | Times describes the Speaker as one who cision,” and that “the mailed flst-r;‘lf' e | Chicago Daily News, however, recog- | “has been deeply interested for years in farm legislation and as Democratic floor leader made a reputation for courage.” That paper adds: “The new Speaker should prove a strong arm of For they see alike as to many of the prob- lems embodied in the Democratic na- tional platform, and both believe that platform was not merely an instrument catch votes, but Is a pledge to be redeemed by definite action.” “He stands squarely,” says the FPort | Worth Star-Telegram, “on the Demo- cratic platform, upon which President Roosevelt received more votes than have been given to any other candidate for Presiaent in the history of the country. Probably no member of the House i3 better equipped with personal charac- teristics, political background and party regularity for the important position he will fill in the ‘new ‘—which 1s nothing more or less than the job of demonstrating the libel in the Repub- lican charges of Democratic govern- ment incapacity and inefficiency.” Expecting him “to make a record of whick .llinois will be proud,” the Rock Island Argus avers that “his years of experience and his recognized ability qualify him for this position of great influence and power,” while the Scran- ton Times predicts that as “a stanch supporter of President Roosevelt, he will throw the full power of his office into making it possible to put Roosevelt policies into effect at a very early date.” The Asbury Park Evening Press ma tains that “like President Roosevelt, Mr. Raincy is a Progressive who re- alizes that only through the adoption of new and more liberal policies can the Nation be lifted from the ruts of the depression.” “He is a hard and consistent worker,” according to the Rochester Times- Union, while the Sioux Falls Daily Argus-Leader holds that he “is like.y to be a helpful aide to the new Ex- ecutive,” and the Lexington Leader ad- vises that “he will make a good pre- siding officer because of his thorough acquaintance with parliamentary law, and the customs and practices of the House, and because of his genial ways and capacity for friendship.” “When issues are joined and the battle is on,” suggests the Omaha and " disciplined respect for he. migh an Tes] or command. If companies, battalions, regiments, privates, sergeants, colonels fall to disputing and fighting each other, defying the general, rout and chaos follows. The people are with Roosevelt—those that voted for him Rainey | and those that voted against him. They feel that upon him their hopes de- pend and that without his leadership there can be no leadership at all, which might well prove fatal. Therefore they want the House to stand with him, as Rainey and Byrns have promised. They. want the Senate, ugually a cave of the winds fenanted by Yampaging individu- alists, to yield pride of opinion and stand with him, to0. For our country firm, than an armed in is at war with a more dangerous enemy vldu."n'