Evening Star Newspaper, March 29, 1933, Page 8

" A8 THE EVENING STAR With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. WEDNESDAY. ... March 29, 1833 THEODORE W. NOYES....Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company Business Office: en 4 Sundays) The Evening and Sunday Stal (when 5 Sundays)... The Collection m: Orders may be sent in NAtional 5000. Rate by Mail—Payabie in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. Daily and Sunday....1yr., $10.00: 1 m Daily only .. 1yr., $6.00: 1m Sunday only All Other States and Canada. {ly and Sunday...lyr. $12.00: 1 mo., $1.00 ally only . Ji1yr, $8.00: 1mo. 75c Bunday only . A1yr, $5.00; 1mo. Member of the Associated Press. The Associated Press is exclusively entitled o the use for republication of all news dis- patches credited to it or not otherwise cred- ited in this paper and also the local news published herein. All rights of publication of special dispatches herein sre also reserved. = Economy Without Tax Relief. In other American communities cost of government is reduced—notwith- standing resulting hardships imposed upon individual members of the com- munity in government employ whose means of livelihood are reduced or who lose their jobs and swell the army of the unemployed—in order to gain the greater compensating benefit of relief of the whole tax-paying community from a substantial portion of the bur- den of taxation. With them there is & direct close relation between reduc- tion of governmental costs and reduc- tion of taxation. In the case of the District, which has no representation in Congress, its na- tional and local legislature, there is no relation between cost of government and tax burden. Cost of government, na- tional and local, is drastically reduced by the process of cutting salaries and wages and by discharges, converting hundreds from wage earners into relief- seeking members of the army of un- employed, thus increasing the already ‘unbearably heavy burden of unemploy- ment relief imposed upon the remain- der of the community which is still employed and earning a living or is| still self-sustaining from accumulated resources. Though a considerable frac- tion of our army of unemployed came | here from the States to seek employ- | ment or relief from the National Gov-: emment at the Nation's Capital, the ' Nation, through Congress, lnnounc; that it will not contribute to this worl of charitable rellef and specifically throws this burden entirely upon local individual contributors and local tax- payers. The District endures in large degree the sacrifices and suffering which the States impose upon themselves in order‘ to enjoy greater benefits from tax re- ductions. But Congress, its State and municipal Legislature, in which it is not represented, while imposing arbitrarily upon its ward the injury and distress | of discharges and wage cuts incidental to the reduction of governmental costs, grants no relief whatever from taxation. On the contrary, taxes are increased and further increases threatened. In local taxes increases are made or threatened by the Mapes bills and other legislative propcsals, in the gasoline tax, in the rate cf intangible tax or through the substitute of an income tax for the intangible tax and in a new tax on legalized beer. The too heavy local | taxes already imposed are mot fully| expended by our Legislature for the benefit cf the District, but are allowed in part to accumulate in sur- pluses to the injury of the District. The effect of new or increased local taxes is only to increace these hurtful surpluses which lie without bearing | interest in the National Treasury and | tempt to unwise and unjust forms of final expenditure, if expended over for the District's benefit. ‘The only contributor to the District's revenue whose burden is lessened by the reduction of governmental cost is the national lump sum contributor, whose lump sum contribution (itself a vio- lation of legislative pledge) tends to decrease as the local taxpayer's burden increases. In the campaign for the reduction of the tax burden, due to excessive gov- ernmental cost, the District enjoys no reduction of either local or national tax burdens. As national taxpayers, taxpayers of the District who already pay more na- tional taxes than any one of 27 of the States, must pay this year the tre- mendously increased super-taxes, the additional cent on gasoline and the internal revenue tax on beer. , In the light of these facts and figures and in fair play and financial equity, the proposals of the budget estimate for District appropriations for the fis- cal year 1934, just submitted, repre- sent the climax of unjust and hurtful discrimination. The direct relation between reduced | governmantal cost and reduced taxation should be established in District finance. To the extent that the proposed cuts are permitted to go into effect there should be corresponding reductions of the local taxes, especially of the exces- sive and burdensome taxes on realty. The District taxpayers appeal to Congress (their local Legislature) and to the President (their Governor and Mayor) to protect them with sympa- thetic consideration of their welfare sgainst injustice. s Hitler is in the position of the man who, having seized the reins of power, cannot be certain of preventing a run- away. ch month. by mail or telephons 80c 40c ——————— Airplane Hazards. The Star's comment upon the Cali- fornia air tragedy of a few days ago, when a plane flying at high speed crashed in a storm into & dwelling and caused the death of thirteen people, has brought a protest from a representative of an air transport company, whose Jetter appears on this page today. The facts regarding this deplorable happen- ing are such as to evoke vigorous criticism of the methods employed in subject has been to seek to lessen the chance of such accidents by more rigid control of the personnel, the maintenance of the highest standard of competence and the avoidance of needless risks in low flying in the im- ‘mediate neighborhood of occupied areas. More effective control over the use of airports, whether in interstate or cross- State services, is evidently required. Without question aviation is estab- lished as a factor in transport. Its ad- vance has been rapid and it will con- tinue. The problem of today is to effect the greatest possible protection for groundlings with the least restraint upon the air services, to provide the safest possible airports with the surest means of safeguarding those who must of necessity reside near them. The Star has been engaged for many years—indeed since long before the com- ing of the airplane even as a scientific experiment—in an effort to lessen the dangers to the public security from rail- road trains at grade crossings and from motor cars. Great numbers of grade crossings have been abolished, by the establishment of overpass and under- pass intersections of highway and rail lines. Many remain to be thus elim- inated, and the fight to eradicate this evil will continue. Determined efforts will likewise continue to be made to abate the tragic peril of life and limb in the streets of cities and the highways incident to incompetent and reckless driving of motor cars. The airplane industry is the newest of transport enterprises. It may be made the safest, if the lessons taught by accidents, whether due to mechanical or human faults, are applied in correc- tion. For those who are striving in the industry to this end The Star has en- tire sympathy, and for their enterprise and their regard for the sanctity of hu- man life it expresses unqualified ad- miration and praise. —_— e The Pay Cut. The basic pay of the employes, civil and military, of the Federal Govern- ment has been slashed fifteen per cent by order of President Roosevelt under the authority given him in the recently passed economy act. After the stock market crash in 1929 and the business depression had set in, former President Hoover fought to maintain wage scales. When finally a year ago it was de- termined that Federal Government sal- aries and wages must be cut Mr. Hoover advocated a furlough system, which would save money to the Government without changing the basic rate of pay, in the hope that with better times the furlough could be abandoned and the rates of pay would continue as before. The effort of President Hoover was to have the Government offer an example through setting its face firmly against lower wage scales. ‘The Roosevelt administration’s econ- omy act takes a new slant. It proposes in effect that the wages and salaries of the Federal employes shall depend upon the cost of living, as compared to 1928. That is, if the cost of living is shown to be less than it was in 1928, the pay cuts shall be in the same ratio, but in no case shall they exceed fifteen per cent. Unfortunately, and in the opin- jon of many unfairly, the new law makes no provision for increasing the basic wage scale of Government employes if the cost of living rises above the cost in 1928. If the plan now developed in the economy act is continued in effect, there is to be a sliding scale of Gov- ernment wages, determined by future inquiries into the cost of living, made at the end of each six months. The fifteen per cent cut now ordered is effective from April 1 to June 30 next, and during that interval a new survey of the cost of living will be made. In the Executive order cutting the pay fifteen per cent it was held that the cost of living for the last six months of 1932 had declined 21.7 per cent be- low the cost of living for the first six | months of 1928. The new pay cut falls on all em- ployes of the Government alike. The old furlough system did not apply to enlisted men in the Army and Navy, nor to those civillan employes receiving less than $1,000 a year. The old fur- lough plan represented a cut of 8Y3 per cent. The furlough has been re- pealed. It is estimated that the 15 per cent saving to the Government on salaries and wages will amount to $190,- 500,000 in & year. The furlough plan saved approximately $84,000,000. The increased economy under the Roosevelt plan, therefore, will be $106,500,000. ‘Wages and salaries all over the coun- try have been cut with few exceptions. There has been an insistent demand from the country that the Government wages be cut, in order that the tax bur- den might be lightened. If the salary and wage slash now made by the Gov- ernment is taken as an excuse for fur- ther cuts in pay all over the country, those workers who have insisted that there must be pay cuts for Federal em- ployes may change their minds. Government workers will tighten their belts and make the sacrifice demanded of them under the economy act. If it should prove to be in the interest of the whole country and aids in busi- ness recovery, with increased prices, the Government workers may hope for eventually increased wages. Should the demand for increased prices of com- modities lead to a currency inflation that would shoot the cost of living far higher than it was in 1928—as cur- rency inflation might well do—the fail- ure of Congress to provide for increases beyond the old basic pay of the Govern- ment workers would be a terrible in- justice, one that Congress should im- mediately remedy. ‘The new economy act provides that the standard of living for the workers shall not go higher than the standard of living in the first six months of 1928. The law was written as an emer- gency act, however, and written quickly on behest of the President. Where it is at fault it may be changed in the future. As a practical matter, there seems no prospect, for & while at least, that the standard of living for workers and salaried employes may be raised. ——————— Hitlerism Runs Amok. ‘Today’s announcement from Germany that the National Socialist party on April 1 will enforce a rigid boycott against Jevish business and profes- sional men will shock the conscience of the world. It comes as a disigreeable surprise to this country, following on some cases in flying over closely in- habited areas and reasonable considera- tion of the chances of mishaps which may be regarded gs inescapable in the pre=cat state of the flying art. Star's ale tusm in its observati the heels of the State Department's decision not to press the inquiry insti- tuted last week by the American embassy and consular euthorities intc THE EVENING STA and Germans of Jewish faith. Becre- tary Hull indicated that all his advices foreshadowed & cessation of these out- rages and that the German government had taken steps to prevent their re- currence. ‘The heartless decision to embargo every form of Jewish public activity is a cynical commentary on these assur- ances. The anti-Semitic boycott is to extend even to children and youths. It is proposed to limit the number of the former who may be enrolled in schools and to impose the hated “numerus clausus” (closed number) upon young men seeking to enter the universities, whereby the eligible total will not outstrip the proportion which the Jewish community bears to the entire German population—about one per cent. 1t is offcially stated that the ban on Jewry has the “toleration,” though not the “support” of Chancellor Hitler ana his cabinet. This, of course, clothes it with all necessary sanction from the Nazi higher-ups. They have accordingly allowed to be promulgated without pro- test a series of systematized regulations for giving effect to the boycott. This is to be carried out under the formal aus- pices of the National Socialist party high command at Munich. Local de- tachments of Brown Shirt storm troop- ers, Hitler's private army, will conduct a hamlet-by-hamlet, city-by-city, street- by-street campaign to see that Jews are driven from business, from the law, from the practice of medicine, from the universities and from every other branch of activity which they have hitherto, like other law-abiding Ger- mans, been at liberty to pursue. With what callous disregard of for- eign opinion these merciless plans are to be executed is revealed by the state- ment that they are ordained as a repri- sal for the waves of protest which welled up abroad against the excesses committed by hot-headed llitlerites in | celebration of their conquest of power. ‘The people of the United States, re- gardless of creed, joined in these pro- tests. Men and women of every faith raised their voices against inhumanities which recalled the racial and religious | persecutions of the middle ages. Exag- gerated accounts no doubt reached the outside world, and our own Govern- ment was right in refraining from pre- | cipitate action in advance of definite ascertained facts. But with today's incontrovertible evi- dence of German official complicity in the cruel program to devastate Jewish economic life, it will not be surprising if governments everywhere, provided they cherish the humanitarian tradi- tions of the American Government, abandon a passive and reserved attitude and cause Berlin to know that civilized | mankind revolts at the spectacle it is | now afforded. American opinion toward Germany and the German people is no longer | | tainted by the rancors and recollections of the World War. If Herr Hitler con- siders the retention of American good will worth while he and his Jew-baiting | cohorts are going about it the wrong | way. r—————————— Solicitude for the working man is regarded as best shown in devising | methods that will provide remunera- tion to keep him at work. ———————— California sets a fine example to the world. Even an earthquake does not matter very seriously if you know what to do about it. SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNBOR. Eternal Reduplication. There was old Mother Hubbard, Who went to the cupboard And sorrowed to see it was bare. Now she looks in her stocking And says it is shocking To find no more gold hidden there. And young Mr. Horner, ‘Who sat in the corner, Again heaves a comforted sigh As with method exacting His thumbs are extracting ‘The plums from political pie. We try to be clever In life’s great endeavor, But whether we laugh or complain We're stopping or starting And smiling or smarting All over and over again. Discreet Assertion. obstructive,” said the friend. “Only mildly so,” answered Senator Sorghum. “But I've got to do a little something now and then to show my constituents that I am taking an in- telligent interest in what's going on.” Jud Tunkins says the farmer ain't as happy as he was when he and family were supposed to find all the relief they needed in a patent medicine almanac. Golden Rabbits. ‘The Great Taxpayer meets the condi- tion ‘That calls him, with emphasis flat, To appear as the tireless magician Pulling rabbits anew from his hat. Society and Soclety. “Are you fond of society,” asked the friend: “Which kind?” answered Miss Cay- enne. “Are there two kinds?” “Oh, yes; the kind where you go to meet friends and the kind you crash to defy your enemies.” Quest. The dreams we dreamed, the schemes we schemed, At last are a misfit. We get what once so splendid seemed And find that isn't IT. “Our ancestors have not been alto- gether successful,” said Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown, “when they leave us foes to fear instead of friends to aid us.” Mutual Interest. If you were a tight-rope performer, my And had me up there on your back, ‘Your pace I should never be seeking to mend Nor show you of kindness a lack. At least I'd be prudent and try to pre- serve Each other for joys that will come, And not do a thing that might weaken your nerve 3 And spoil our E-qui-lib-ri-um. “A man dat never made s mistake,” “You are showing signs of becoming | |seid Uncle Eben, “is very l'ble to be ' A2 came gemman dat never made any the acts of Nazi viclence against Americans serious effort whatsoever./§\ THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. shine s ol %o be & eat dea mare e is gol & greaf more popular from now on with many who ol did not feel like the Wintry gale. y is one thing to claim to like to ‘hike” in any sort of weather, and quite another to do it. If you will watch some of these brave pedestrians who talk the loudest about enjoying a walk,” you will find that they do the least of it. When Spring comes, however, with milder mornings and better chances of sunshine, even these lukewarm hikers turn out in surprising numbers. After all, unless one happens to be inured to cold, there is not much pleasure in ambling down a long road, especlally on the way to work and on the return therefrom. of pedestrian to whom we refer is very common in and around Washington. He is the man who either dispenses with his own car, or uses a public vehicle to and from office. Every one of these walkers has a system of his own. One (out of a thousand) will walk all the way to work, or all the way back in the late afternoon. One (out of 10,000) will walk both ways. He does not come within the scope of this article, for he is a hero, and t"ikwme not of heroes, but just ordinary olk. ‘Then there are hundreds of men and women who make it a regular routine to walk part of the way to work, or part of the way home. If they live far out, or at least what used to be regarded as “far out,” they may get off their bus or car a mile or so from office, and walk the remainder of the way. Some, but not so many, reverse the procedure; they go out of their way to walk a few extra blocks, or maybe miles, before they board their con- veyance. * ok ok % We would say & good word for the so-called lazy man who has to force himself to take this walk. He is not lazy, of course. So much must be said for him, in the beginning. Other people only call him 80, sometimes. It is very easy to call other persons names, especially when he who calls is not in possession of the facts in the case. Facts are inconvenient things. ‘There are few who have not found that out, at some time or other, in re- gard to something or other. Facts are stubborn, it has been said; they are more than that, in many in- stances they are messengers of good will. No doubt if all of us had the facts, the real facts, in regard to many a per- son and many a thing, we would not be so quick to leap at conclusions, and especially to pin harsh and often false labels to others. ‘This gentleman who has to key him- self up to take a long walk may be more | t: of a hero, after all, than we had given | him credit for being. How do we know precisely what pre- vents him from taking a walk? He may have some disease which makes his breath come quickly, even after a short exertion. He may have a perfect knowledge of the workings of his bodily machine, with the further realization that a walk, unless the temperature is just right for him, will result in him getting “in a lather.” as they sdy of race horses. ‘There are a great many features which are no oné else's business, after all, but which may affect one, in this or any other matter. * Xk X Even these finicky ones, however, will be able to do their daily walks down the road, and up it again, too, if they so desire. WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. ‘This observer brings back from the Middle West the evidence of his own ears that President Roosevelt's capture of the popular imagination is wellnigh complete. There are Republican die- hards, here and there, who sourly con- cede that on the whole he's doing pretty well, but with these rare exceptions comment upon his record is enthusi- astic among people of all political com- plexions. In cities like Detroit and Chicago, which are by no means out of the depression woods, men and women will tell you that F. D. R. has injected into the business situation an atmosphere of good cheer and hope- fulness that they never thought pos- sible. If the President carries out his promise to the late Mayor Cermak to open the Chicago Century of Progress World Fair in June, he is assured of an all-Western welcome the like of which few Chief Magistrates ever ex- perienced. ‘There's a string attached to all this, of couse. Things will have to keep on coming Mr. Roosevelt's way. On the face of present-hour conditions, ‘Westerners say their part of the world is his oyster. Chicago, as the scene of his nomination for the presidency, feels a proprietary pride in him. * kX % Folks who live between the Alle- ghenies and the Mississippi make only one reservation in their exultation over Roosevelt. There's a widespread con- viction among them that he’s set just a little too rapid a pace for himself and fcr the country. Richard Henry Little, famed Chicago Tribune columnist, hit that idea off with a squib last week. He told of a lady who spends all her spare change buying hourly editions of Lg: newspapers, to see what the Presi- dent had done since the previous one. One highly placed commentator in the Chicago business world, a Republican admirer of the big chief, calls the slow- ing up of the farm bill a good thing, because it gives the country time to “digest” the Roosevelt program. date, he thinks, t&m‘ Plresig:en; l}u been breaking all tical s] aws 50 reckl:ss?y thntpnoeonle have hardly had time to familiarize themselves with even the good points in his achievements. * ok ok * Former Senator George H. Moses of New Hampshire yesterday made his first appearance on the Senate floor since his_official disappearance from |has the chamber on March 4. Cloakroom friends were informed that he has had the choice of seven or eight “alluring” jobs, but hasn't made up his mine just what to do. They include maga- zine and newspaper editorships, news syndication, lecturing, political broad- casting and other semi-public work. Mr. Moses will remain a resident of ‘Washington at least during the Winter months, and is already looking for office quarters-in the downtown region. He and Mrs. Mr:sa wfllu rmt.lfl l:hell; Capital a] , 8s well as their ol hox‘:ltz at pmmmm The late president pro tem of the Senate, among several private interests, is a stockholder and director of the Rumford Press, at Con- cord, a vast printing business. He in- dicates that he’s through with politics, at least for the k;d:t‘lnllc future. * Pat Hurley, Hoover lame duck, as handsome midtown office building which now houses half a dozen members of the lately departed administration, doesn’t feel a bit lone- . Charles Curtis is one month he'll move into nearby which, so little birds whisper, are really to be lookout posts for Herbert Hoover m'\n{hrtil: next few years. No fewer former White House private secretaries Hurley tenants— Sanders and t 1932 candidate f¢ York. Bou;inu lubeLwnlnr e invitation which he's juse accepted— to deliver the Cutler ’:“' lecture at i o A o Va. On May 1, Frease: | wight To | concerns the Committees on Education d [of Colorado. ey, whl bs Spving winds, and, while pring ; w] fresh, will not be quite so much so as the Winter winds. The temperature will be just a bit higher, not very much so, but quite noticeable to such persons as are con- :muunnuw adverse to low tempera- ures. There will be enough increase in warmth, and decrease in wind velocity, to suit exactly the gentleman who realizes that he would never make much of a success as a lumberjack in the great N ‘woods. High-ho, a cherry-oh, it takes all sorts to make this world! This is a very comforting sugges- tion, when the early morning pedes- trian feels slightly ashamed of himself, in comparison with the bullies of the North woods. They could stand anything, evident- ly, if half the tales one reads about them are true, and one feels reasonably sure that they are. No lumberman would think a thing in the world of walking 90 miles to work in the morning, even with the temperature down to 40 degrees below zero. Here it is about 40 degrees above the mystic mark, and still an effete city man feels that he must walk just a bit faster, in order to rouse the old blood to its warming action. EREE ‘There is so much more to look at, these days, especially if one’is for- tunate enough to live where the way to the more traveled thoroughfare lies down a real road, the sort the poets write about, a road without any side- walk, The houses, some amounting to man- sions, sit well back, faced by great lawns, which are getting greener every morning now. Nature is picking up, after the drab- ness of the past four months. ¢ Her assorted facts, now creeping into prominence, bit by bit, help the walker enjoy his walk, They take his mind off the lamentable necessity for pro- truding one foot before the other end- lessly. Wilkma. intellectually, is a silly per- formance. It is automatic, but unfortunately needs the directfon of the mind, at |least to start it going. After the initial urge, if one is able to find occupation for a bored mind, he will be able to declare, at the end, and | | somewhat to his own astonishment, that | | he enjoyed his walk. | Here are some squirrels, recently arrived, flaunting their tails in the | fresh atmosphere, darting from tree to | ree : | Here is a fresh crop of birds, includ- | ing several old favorites, the robin, the | blue-jay and the cardinal. One would have to walk a long way, | | indeed, to find better birds. And’ here are three fine old shrubs, | | one in bloom, one all reacy to flower, |and another trying to clothe itself ln‘ | green leaves. z { | The forsythia, which, in the recent | snow, looked for all the world like a, lemon pie with meringue top; the Japa- | nese quince, and the lilac. Yellow cups of the narcissus flaunt themselves beneath the shrubbery. Tulip | lemves are well up, one notes: the last of | the crocus family is blooming, yellow and purple. | We'll go walking down the road, in| the early, early Spring, on a sunshiny day (because, of course, one doesn't| walk when it rains). form occupied on other occasions by men like Charles E. Hughes, Newton D. Baker and John W. Davis, Pat will | hold forth on the subject of “Cen- | tralization and the Constitution.” * x % X Uncle Sam's interest in religious per- secution in Hitlerized Germany had its counterpart in the first year of Abra- ham Lincoln’s presidency. In 1861 Lin- coln directed the American diplomatic agent at Cairo to protest to the Egyp- tian authorities against outrages com- mitted upon American Christian 1nis- sionaries in a province of their country. Assurances were promptly forthcoming that the missionaries would thencefor- ward be fully protected in tac perform- ance of their duties. * ok ok ¥ Prom the Department of Agriculture comes this thoroughly uuthenticated story. On the evening of March 4, though his official career had termi- nated at noon of that day, Arthur M. Hyde went back to his late office, to gather up a few personal belongings and papers he'd left behind. At the desk of the Secretary of Agriculture sat an upfamiliar figure. “Well,” said Hyde, “and who are you?” A young sn:lll:n;l’lmedh‘;nd replle?s: “I'm_your ¢ . name Hen: A Wallace.” i * K %k Dixie is in the saddle on Capitol Hill, all right. The spukershipp of the House is about the only juicy plum it hasn’t in the new Congress. Jack Garner of Texas is Vice President and boss of the Senate. Of 33 Senate chairmanships, 19 are in Southern hands, including all the blue-ribbon committees, except Foreign Relations, which went West (to Pittman of Nevada) by seniority. On the House side, 27 out of 44 committee chairman- ships are now held south of Mason and Dixon's line. A queer committee quirk and Labor. In the Senate, they're com- bined in one committee, now headed by Walsh of Massachusetts. In the House there are separate Committees on Education and Labor, but both have gone to the Bay State—education to Douglass and labor to Connery. * K k% Senator Henry F. Ashurst of Arizona been pushed out of the place he's so long held as No. 1 on the Senate roll-call. ‘That alphabetical distinction now_belongs to Senator Alva B. Adams It isn't always easy for the first man whose name is called to be sure he’s getting off on the right party foot, especially when the chamber is entangled in parliamentary ma- neuvers. LI Bartenders of the Nation are prepar- ing to resume operations a few days hence with an old professional custom. All meetings of their union, known as the Hotel and Restaurant -Employes’ International and Bartenders’ League, are opened with prayer. The ancient practice is to be adhered to when mem- bers are at work again on the other side of the rail. “The prayer,” says and old hand, “expresses thanks for the blessings bestowed upon us and asks divine aid in'our efforts to resist temptations. As far as I know, the bar- tenders in former days were the only union Mmen to start their business pro- ceedings with prayer.” (Copyright, 1933.) ———————— A Frozen Asset. ) Tax and Taxes. Prom the Dayton Daily News. The at Pittsfleld, Mass., has asked for bids on one ”l':‘ckln , this is down than brass WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 29, 1933. A Man Unafraid and The Nation’s Needs To the Editor of The Star: ‘What is necessary for an existence this or any other day? Sufficient cloth- ing to be comfortably dressed. Sum- clent food for sustenance. A comfort- able bed on which to sleep and rest. Necessary medical attention. ‘We don't have anything when we come to this world and we don't take anything with us to the next. ‘There are a great many eIloyed and the movce k. 3 sy an e needy, but couldn't draw what they call a good salary for handing out Charity to the unfortunate, supplied by donations from thelr Shieret i e veoyen iy rest in the unem needy would vanish. e During the epfire period of this de- g:eulon there have been untold num- Ts of public men and officials who Wwere perhaps honest in their desire to help our unfortunate citizens, those out of work; they have advanced numerous plans for such help, but the fear of individual loss or the dhglmure of their constituents caused their failure to suggest any plan with a foundation that could be built upon and supported by the majority of thinking people of the Nation. Our President is the only man in private or public with the courage to lay down a concrete plan for the benefit of the down-trodden citizen, re- gardless of public opinion. His plan may not be perfect, but it will cure a multitude of sins that have been perpetrated on the Nation as a whole. It not only gives the unem- ployed, destitute and needy a chance for existence and respect, but aids the taxpayer who will eventually join the ranks of the unemployed if government is permitted to drift in the future as it has in the past decade. Had Chairman Connery of the House Labor Committee, together with Mr. Green of the American Federation of Labor, been without employment during the last six months of the depression they would no doubt be among the first to apply for work in a reforestation cemp and rejoice to jingle a coin of their own. These men scorn the word wage, they demand and must have a salary far beyond their capacity to enjoy. In my opinion the members of Con- gress and union labor as a whole re- ceive too great a salary for the ability they show and the benefit they render the people. Their time and ours is wasted in much talk and no accomplish- ment in these days, when action and service is needed. What citizen of today who is work- ing for a meager salary or wage would not exchange his lot cheerfully for the guaranteed necessities of life and a dol- lar a day to call his own? Now when we have an able, vigorous leader—a real man, unafraid—who holds the welfare of our people sacred and acts the “modern father” of our Nation, why not accept and follow with assurance his good advice. THOMAS G. DAILEY. ————————— The Truth About the Original ‘““Casey Jones™ To the Editor of The Star: In the words of the song “Casey Jones,” the song writer has Fictured him as a brave engineer running past Reno Hill into Prisco. Many persons know differently. The original and colorful Casey Jones whose heroic deeds inspired the song writer was a faith- ful and efficient engineer on the South- ern division of the Illinois Central Rail- road with his run usually from Memphis south to Canton or Macomb City, Miss. He was extremely popular with railroad men and the public, with a sense of humor and kindness of heart well re- membered by the people who came in contact wtih him. I happen to be in possession of some facts concerning the original Casey Jones, picked up some years ago when I was a fleld examiner of the United States Pension Bureau operating in Mississippl. He will live long in story and in song along the line of the Il- linois Central Railroad in the South. Wallace Sanders, a colored laborer ‘n the railroad yards at Canton, Miss., is the first person known to have chanted the song “Cascy Jones. San- ders had a melodious voice, and was well known in local musical circles. As the engineer came down the track past Sanders and his colored cohorts, who would be pitching railroad iron from a handcar. they would commence to hum: There goes Casey Jones A riding in his engine, ‘There goes Casey Jones, Don't you hear me sing; ‘There goes Casey Jones A riding in his engine, Coming down the track Like a railroad king. The song spread up and down the railroad line. and became very popular. The similarity of the tune to the pub- lished song “Casey Jones” seems to }::&e no doubt as to the origin of the T, Casey Jones met his death in a wreck near Winona, Miss., while carrying out misleading orders of the chief train dispatcher. He was born at Cayce Sta- tion, Ky., and derived his name in that way, the name becoming changed to “Casey” later. The aged widow, who lived alone near the railroad tracks at Durant, knew Jones well as he dashed past her house with a smile on his face and waving his cap, his fireman never failing to roll off a large lump of coal in front of the home of the widow. And the school children at Water Val- ley, or Hollow Springs, who strewed his engine with flowers as he pulled into the station after som= heroic deed, the exact nature of which I cannot recall, will never forget Casey Jones. - The song was published, it is believed, to meet the exigencies of a moving pic- ture, the song writer probably living at Los Angeles or Hollywood, and that was the cause of his n!flm:lnz the scene of Casey Jones’ exploits as in that section of the country. It is believed, as I have stated, that the Casey Jones of the I C. Railroad lines is the engineer whose history inspired the song. ‘W. H. STOVALL. Protest’s Star Comment On California Air Crash To the Editor of The Star: Your indictment of the air transport industry appearing editorially in The Evening Star of March 27 cannot go unchallenged. Specifically, you indict the whole in- dustry because of an unavoidable un- fortunate accident several days ago outside of Oakland, Calif., where thir- teen persons lost their lives as the result of an airplane crash. In all your sweep- ing charges you forget to compare the toll of pedestrians killed by automobiles in the hands of good, bad and indiffer- ent licensed drivers. No form of legis- lation has been produced to act as a panacea for this annual slaughter. ‘What about the toll taken by the rail- roads at grade crossings? Has any form of control been invented to guarantee against this ever-existent danger with which the railroads menace the public daily in order to conduct a transporta. tion service necessary to the country’s progress? The answer is quite clear! ©Of course not! I wish to take this occasion to up- braid you for your unsportsmanlike in- dictment of an industry which has done and will do more as time goes on to factlitate the transportation avenues of the country, lessen the distance be- tween cities antl form the backbone of national defense in a manner compar- able in safety and sanity to any form of modern tion with us today. HN S. WYNNE, General Manager, . Atlantic Seaboard Airways, Inc. ———————__ Always on the Job. From the New York Sun, 2 Much of the wooden money recently put in circulation in a Pennsylvania community has disappeared, that the collector is never at a no L&flc how unprecedented ‘the situs- ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY, FREDERIC J. HASKIN. 'The many readers of this department will be interested in the announce- ment that & second volume of “Answers to Questions” " is tains of carefully seKzted material in 75 chapters. There are about 5,000 new questic all diff ent from those contained in the first ‘This collection is a valuable source of reference, and shows the wide extent of American sendintheirordmno'.uuleoz)y. postage prepaid, will receive an a graphed and numbered copy. ress Frederic J. Haskin, Twenty-first and C streets northwest, Washington, D. C. Q. Is real ice used in the rink at Madison Square Garden?—J. M. D. A. Ice is used in the arens for skat- ing and hockey. It is frozen by the Garden's own refrigeration plant on the floor of the arena prior to each event. Q. Who supplied the car in which Sir Malcolm Campbell made his record m:?—g.i P. Q. 3 ir Malcolm Campbell d ed his automobile, the Blue mm% financed the building of the car and the trial run himself. The motor of the Blue Bird was designed by Rolls Royce, Ltd. Sir Malcolm rented the motor from the British government. The British government charters a company for a year to experiment and develop certain types of motors. The govern- ment rents these motors that are de- veloped to responsible people, such as Sir Malcolm Campbell. He must pay {;r. 'Lh’et r’escu?:n&nmz of the motor, o e same condif when he rented it. 08 Q. Who was the most scientific boxer the world has ever known?—J. J. A. Heavyweight, James J. Corbett. All classes, a matter of opinion, between Abe Attell and Jim Driscoll of England. Q. Please give some information | about the Great Wall of China—P, F. A. The Chinese Wall is over 1,500 miles lgng and extends between Mon- golia and China proper, from Suchau eastward to Shanhaikwan, havi a It is generally about 22 feet high, 20 feet thick, and has towers 40 feet high at intervals of 100 yards. The wall is ‘bullb of brick or pressed granite filled .’wnh earth and covered with a coating | of brick in lime. Its course is irregular. The wall actually dates from about the latter part of the 14th century. ! Q. How swift is the current i | Van Kull>—F. V. W. n R A. The Coast and Geodetic Survey | says that the current in Kill Van Kuli, | New York Harbor, both at strength of | flood ‘end at strength of ebb, has a | velocity of approximately 2 nautical | miles per hour. 1 n"Q’_;lh[y: ig‘t butter served at a din- dinne | permit it. Little bread is eaten. At a | dinner where hot rolls are served there | is sufficient informality to permit the | serving of butter. Q. Where did the colonists get the wall paper to use in their houses?—V. C, A. Many of the heuses were not pa- pered. The walls were tinted. Wall | paper was imported from England and | France by the early settiers. The first | factory for making wall paper was ee- | tablished in this country in 1790 by John B. Howell at Albany, N. Y., but ;g?n second one did not appear until branch northwestward to Sungari ‘Efver., Q. Can a drinking glass be broken by the vibrations of a n or clarinet?>—J. R. 8. o A. The Bureau of Standards does not s | believe it possible to break a glass with the vibrations of a note of violin or clarinet. The vibrations Il': m.' for a sufficient Jength of Q. How did the figure of speech, E application of to test the purity of gold. o Q. Please tell me how large erticl are placed in containers that, gnve smn.i.l Phicedin “Jortia Pt piarse fhios Mx-"fi'r- - at have small ey may be built inside, or may be built’ outside and nnppedmg without masts, etc., which it in place with special tools. Anotgzr mlm ‘c:; out the bottom of the afterwal i rd fuse it onm Q. Of what nationality was Hofman ¥ho painted the famous “ he : p}l:"?—l-. 7 ‘Christ in the . He was a German, born - stadt in 1824. He died in 13‘02’?‘%: Ratrwtive Ta1cms s it o s 11 of biblical events. S g Q. What 1s courtesy of the port W:}:;:’n is it extend{ed?-)f D. e e courtesy of the port is ex- tended to foreign dlplomnu,pgome &:n- sular officers, some distinguished for- elgn visttors and to members of ex- ecutive departments who have been abroad on official business. This cour- tesy is requested by the Department, cf State or the Treasury Department. The term means that the person to whom this courtesy is extm(?eed is permitted to enter without paying duty. Q. In conversati 1s It correct o address’ o cTEVIAD, Brownte v & address him as Rev. A. 1t is incorrect. If he is a of divinity, one may address hffi: Dr. Brown; otherwise, as Mr. Brown. Q. zhm is the city of Magallanes? . This is the new name of Pun g;ma.s, the most southern city : uth America and also in the world, Q. What people first ‘sw‘:st_ixlfha as a s}?mbol?—-G?n;}lfloyed e . The origin of the swastik: | definitely known. It was us:i i-'iasno: symbol in China, Japan, and India from very early periods. Its original significance is unknown, but has been | the object of much speculation. Some pscholars believe it to be a solar symbol Tepresenting the male and female forms. By some authorities it is said |to have been derived from the cross; | by others, from the circle. The swastika appeared as early as the Bronze Age. | Q What is the early history of Sea v!.s}agd,Jefl the coast of aorgu?— A. Sea Island, formerly known as Long Island, was owned by John Cou- | per, who 2lso bought the northern end |of St. Simon's Island in 1793. Long Island wes used as a pasture for his | cattle. The island was sold in 1895 to a company which planned the erection |of a hotel on the beach. The Cloister Hotel was subsequently built and the |island was renamed Sea Island. It is noteworthy for the many specimens of shells that are found on the beach. | . Q. How many policemen are thers |in the United States?—R. K. ! A. Counting all types, the census enumerated 131,867 in 1930. Butter is nct served at a formal | W T simply because usage does not | ‘Three phases of the President’s pro- grams for employment are debated as offering a moral force that is valuable to the country. Attention given to the idea of reforestation is accompanied by statements as to the ease of putting the plan into execution, while the need of pushing public works and giving aid to States has heretofore been indorsed. ‘There is a strong chorus of approval for all three, although the Boston Transcript upholds the idea of caution, and emphasizes the point that “each State, or preferably each city, should aid its own.” That paper believes that “the money so expended should be raised by local taxation, for the double them should be borne by all persons | able to pay taxes, and not by the will- ing few.” “There are untold opportunities,” ac- cording to the Uniontown Herald, “of throwing open minor public works pro- such as cleaning up of highways, including city streets; minor improve- ments on streets and roads; cleaning and repeairing of public buildings in the municipal subdivisions and cleaning banks and beds of streams.” The Her- ald adds that “any number of taxpayers would be glad to mcet their taxes if they had the opportunity to work them out.” The Miami Dally News says of the general program: “There are now unemployed somewhere between 12,000, 000 and 15,000,000 men. To give, say, $500 worth of work in a year to all would require a wage fund of $6,000,- 000,000. By forestation, flood control, or by whatever means are employed, this form of relief takes on an enormous expense. It is not necessary, of course, in order to start the wheels rolling, to put everybody to work at once. The re-employment of even a million men would give, through the consuming power which this préduced, a percepti- ble impetus to economic recovery.” Denying that there is any “danger to wage scales” in the relief program, the Rochester Times-Union points out that “it is provided that skilled workers, em- ployed at their trades, in connection with this program, shall receive the prevailing wage of the locality for the particular crafts in question.” That paper emphasizes the point made by President Rooseve!t that there is “moral gain in giving men an opportunity to maintain themselves in really useful work.” " The Hartford Times feels that “the underlying thought is that Uncle Sam'’s helping the uhemployed shall be a temporary accompaniment of the other measures that are being under- taken or will be proposed for improving economic situation generally.” “The _dispiriting and demoralizing effect of prolonged unemployment,” in the opinion of the Indianapolis News, “is a matter of great social importance to the country. During the years of economic recession, many young men have come into the age of normal self- support without knowing the satisfac- tion of continuous and profitable em- ployment. They are subjected to the temptation of trying to live without thought of a gainful occupation. Men accustomed to employment, and to re- liance on their own efforts for support, are, of course, affected in another, and perhaps more serious, way. They feel that they have been defeated in & struggle unseen The Morgan| reason that the needy are a public| charge and that the cost of caring for | the | er’s brutal law’ Programs for Employment Credited With Moral Force | to the surface for which provision could | be made. Those who may be quick to criticize should bear in mind the mag- | nitude of the problem.” In discussing the forest work, the Buffalo Evening News states that “jobs | for 250,000 men will make a small dent | in the great mass of more than 10.000,~ | 000 unemployed, but every little helps, and reforestation would be an entirely legitimate project for the Government, | even if labor conditions were normal” | The Altoona Mirror concludes: “The President is not recommending work! merely to meet the present emergency. His plan is more far-reaching than thai What he aims to do is to engage in work of a more permanent character, and, as he points out, work that will return a profit to the country, as, for | example, his proposal with regard to forestry and flood control.” “The program,” as viewed by the Cincinnati Times-Star, “has the sanc- tion of necessity, utility and popular conviction. Though exploitation rather than conservation of our national re- sources has been the practice, no argu- ment need be made for either forestry or flood control. These are major American needs. Vigorous attention to them will set unemployed men to work and promote national policy.” Replying to the head of the American Federation of Labor, the Louisville Courier-Journal declares: “There is to be no forced labor, for no man is under compulsion to enlist for this Govern- ment work unless he desires to do so. * * * The men would be enlisted through the regular enlistment stations of the War Department, so that there would be no need for the establishment of an expensive machinery to handle the ap- plicants. It is expressly stated in the measure, furthermore, that the enlisted men would assume no duty to bear arms | for the Government.” “One has only to recall,” advises the Chicago Daily News, “along with the President’s great Tennesses Valley proj- ect, the immense projects which engi- neers have devised for impounding flood waters of various great rivers to be used the year around for power, irriga- tion and navigation purposes in order to realize that there are illimitable op- portunities for employing work armies. If the necessary accompanying finan- cial wizardy could be readily visualized, the President’s large-scale planning would cause universal acclaim.” Wild Animal Pictures Brutal and Degrading To the Editor of The Star: 1t is regrettable that three theaters in ‘Washington have stooped to the brutal- ity and degrading influence upon the public of showing wild animal pictures. Is there anything brave about wild game hunting—taking a cowardly advantage with gunpowder over poor creatures whose enemies are already legion? I have been told that no wild animal ever lives out his natural life, or ever rests without fear, so numerous are his dan- gers. And is man proud to be listed as one more enemy? Is there anything n or inspiring about ‘“real fights among wild animals”? Stimulated by such examples of brutality, what can be of children but hold-ups, fist Hehis and romberies. As for circus performances and all trained animal shows, the tortures do not show on the screen or stage. But hysteria, under the train- no humane person could enjoy such exhibits. Humane Sunday is April 17-23, when the world is to reminded that man's dominion over ani- by | mals makes him responsible for ihe pro- than | tection of animals, as far as possible, from all suffering, both the wild animals and the domesticated. “Blessed are the MBS E D ALRIN,