Evening Star Newspaper, April 12, 1933, Page 8

i o e e e———— A, e . e e e e e e e e " e S T e R T e e THE EVENING STAR THIS AND THAT ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ry Bt familiar with that WABHINGTON, D. C. which reads: “The BY FREDERIC ). HASKIN. BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. WEDNESDAY.....April 12, 1983 too much.” Propagands too much may be worse 2R tons of tes and coffee 4 tons of fresh water, - 3, il FWH L e st 't :—gq vanta, A s e Rk, - m mfi st. i’;l %g b 9 inada. e e et sL00 3 -t Recruiting the Forest Army. Because of the method with which the Nation's relief agencies have gone about the selection of men for the President’s first army of foresters, the recruiting to date has been rather slow, slthough such large cities as Philadel- phia and Newark have siready filled their quotas and New York City is ex- pected to complete its allotment within the next twenty-four hours. ™Here in Washington, with an allotment of 500 men, there bavé been less than 200 chosen up to this morning. Inother} cities the enlistments are just be- The explanation is found principally in the fact that the first effort has been to confine the choice of applicants to the unmarried men, between the nges of 18 and 25, In families that are already on public relief rolls. The method has been to examine the names of members of these families and to send welfare workers to seck out the single men who come within the speci- fied age limit. These are then recruited the best propaganda she could possibly have is that which Hitler and his Nazis are now conducting against Germany. Even the French could hardly do a better job than that in their own be- half. ———————— Reaction in the Senate. President Roosevelt’s legislative pro- gram met its first opposition from Democrats of the Senate yesterday. Senator Ellison D. Smith of South Carolina, for twenty-four years a mem- ber of the Upper House, and Senator Huey Long of Louisiana, one of the youngest members, jolned in the as- | sault. Particularly did they focus their criticlsm upon the economy act, the reforestation act and the pending farm bill. But Mr. Long, with that buoy- ancy and self-assurance for which he | is famous, ridiculed the whole Roosevelt | program, asserting that while the ad- ministration had cut governmental ex- penditures to the bone through the economy act, at the same time it had provided for spending $500,000,000 for relief in the States, another $200,000,- 000 for reforestation and was planning still further outlays calculated to leave the Government's budget—*booget,” he called it—as unbalanced as ever. It is no news that Senator Smith has been unfriendly to President Roosevelt's farm bill. He tried to start a revolt against the measure in the Committee on Agriculture, of which he is a mem- ber, but the President called the commit- tee members to the White House and Mr. Smith found that he could get nowhere with the revolt idea. The bill, it has been said, will pass no matter what Mr. Smith thinks about . Just what burr has been fastened to the seat of Senator nor did those who heard that part of the speech which was broadcast by radio, or that which has been printed. All knew that this shrewd showman has been“making capital for years out of his contempt for them. At leas, there was no deception on his part. An extraordinary character, this veritable human volcano. And an lava flow to feel the scorch of its heat. Perhaps the very massing of the multi- tude within the walls of the first and probably the last forum of this amas- ing critic in this country is, after all, some corroboration of the truth of his often repeated refrain: “What fools these American mortals be!” ———————— A proposal to reduce -the salaries of $100,000 railroad presidents does not take into generous consideration the income taxes they pay and other extra- ordinary expenses they must meet. If the idea gains momentum enough it may yet be demanded that they serve as dollar-a-year men. The facial expression of Senator Carter Glass is commented on as indi- cating dissatisfaction. The Senator is undoubtedly an expert in the higher branches of finance, but he is not a poker player. Pay cuts for school teachers repre- sent a form of economy that robs pos- terity more directly than any method of meeting & tax situation yet con- parading as “the bear ich of fergeity with an appetite for the golden honey of commerce. —————r———— Breweries have risen to such popular esteem that they now have waiting lists made up from all strata of soclety. ———————— bills, saying, “I have not voted for these bills because I feared I was not going 1o get any patronage. So far as I am of pay, through the War Department, for the support of relatives. It will no longer be necessary, however, that the dependents The army that | =§g8 ¥ giE! | Eggggigfiiz BEED : 41 4 i §s Hili .| program. Particularly did he resent the very short notice, been given a tre- mendous task. They realize how quick- ly blame will follow error and how easily the purpose of this entirely new experiment can be placed in jeopardy by false moves. They are establishing their own precedents as they feel their ‘way along. Their job is not merely to send 250,000 men into the forests, but to make the selection of these men accomplish the greatest good toward the relief of distress from unemploy- ment. ————— ‘The Akron disaster will not be for- gotten when the expressions of deep and sincere emotion are through. An investigation, cold and relentless, may avail to prevent similar sorrows. —— e “True Light” on France. Prance, according to a project just recommended to the Chamber of Depu- ties, thinks of spending $1,000,000 on “propaganda” abroad, especially in the United States, in order to counteract anti-French “propaganda” in foreign parts. A Paris dispatch states that this flow of Gallic enlightenment, as far as America is concerned, is to be filtered through the Associated Press via the Agence Havas, with which the “A. P.” has long had working relations. The Associated Press promptly declares that our foremost news-gathering organiza- tion “is not -engaged, never has been engaged and will not engage in any propeganda service for any country.” To make PFrance known in her “true light” throughout the world is the an- nounced purpose of the Qual d’Orsay’s plans, “There is no question of organ- fzing the distribution of misleading news,” their author, Deputy Dariac, says, “but to spread rapidly accurate news of government policy and events interesting the nation.” M. Dariac sug- gests the spreading of propaganda through lectures, personal contacts, arti- cles supplied to the press, radio, movies and “an ective campaign against Ger- many to establish war guilt and treaty violations.” A superior “propaganda council,” centralizing all activities and dispatching g corps of “missionaries” overseas, is provided for. On its face there is nothing fantastic, | of events at a distance. But, deeming fllogical or reprehensible in France's|himself qualified to analyze everything desire to turn on the “true light” about | in nature, by virtue of extraordinary herself. If there is anything about it| gifts which he has been the first to @at all deserving of critical comment, | proclaim, he has not permitted this perhaps it is the somewhat too over- character of the scheme—the |of his opinion. He has delivered his concerned in voting, they can take my patronage and go.” So it cannot be that Mr. Long has been disappointed or |has not been able to get from the White House what he may have asked for. ‘Whatever the motivating causes behind THAITRIT T E§EEEEE§! E EEEE 3 | LI HH T : remains the 2 g ] Sena Robinson of leader of th house, Tose to the defense of the President’s ] | éz criticism of the President made by Mr. Long, who asserted that 150,000 more wonderful work,” and added, “For God’s sake, let us uphold his hands and give him a full measure of encouragement ang assistance.” ——— Americans disclose an instinctive love of art as they come in throngs to see the famed cherry blossoms around the Tidal Basin. There are many places more impressive in historic in- terest in Washington, but none more beautiful. ———— The U. 8. A. has always made a spe- cial study of 'intelligent educational methods, and many citizens are gratified to find that intensive studies in politi- cal economy can be made so interesting. PRI (SRR TS Pilloried in Their Own Stocks. Some five thousand Americans paid good prices’last night in New York to hear a visiting Englishman—an Irish- man by birth but acclimated in pros- perity as a subject of King George— speak for one hour and forty minutes on the subject of the shortcomings of the people of this country, the absurd- ity of their Constitution, their moral deficiencies, the debasing qualities of their motion pictures, their mendacious history books, their scandalous and dis- gusting political meetings, their mania for hospitality and other delinquencies. It was an interesting, if not an edifying, spectacle. The speaker, perhaps the best advertised man in the world today, the most successful propounder of para- doxes, had dropped off s round-the- world cruiser for a few hours, after having contacted, for a few days, with the people of the west coast of America. His judgment of Americans—save in the few associations grudgingly granted in his own land—has with the exception of these two very recent impacts been gained througn his own interpretations limitation of view to narrow the scope organized danger that its obviousness may defest | judgment, and with extraordinary is | generosity, in violation of his hitherto #ts purpose. Successtul SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. mm&fl—nflm “Do you get angry when you do not bave your own way?” “No,” answered Senator Sorghum. “If I'm sure I'm right, I remain quiet and feel sorry for the other fellow when his ideas go wrong.” Jud Tunkins says more people would be keen for forestry if they were passin’ out fishin’ tackle instead of axes. Speed! The time for Winter long since passed, Yet frost is lingering 'round the place, This world just now goes round so fast Miss Springtime can't keep up the pace. Art Relief. “Do you admire an Easter egg?” “Rather,” answered Miss Cayenne. “It relieves the egotism of the artistic mind that undertakes to improve on nature and can't believe even s hen understands her business.” “A learned man,” said Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown, “is in danger of knowing ture to express.” Needful Relaxation. The problems that have come our way We'll gladly put aside today. So shut the desk and close the door— We've got to watch the base ball score. No one can tell just how and why To base ball for rellef we fly, But we are wishing, just the same, All nations would take up the game. “De man dat talks too much,” said Uncle Eben, “kin nearly allus draw a crowd of folks dat listens too much.” Cure for Unemployment Lies Not in Dismissals To the Editor of The Star. Your recent editorial on “Cure for Unemployment” surely is very appro- priate. How can any one ever expect to cure the unemployment situation by throwing out the employed and place them among those who, as your edi- torial states, will need a Federal dole? There never has been a crisis where the welfare of many has been placed in jeopardy but what relief has been sought through self-destruction. How can it be otherwise in a wholesale dis- missal such as is contemplated? Upon whose shoulders, may it be asked, will the responsibility rest for this flow of to think that all this could be or could have been avoided by the enactment of & small manufacturers’ excise tax, as cited in your editorial and which has been urged by many of our leading Americans! Not only those dismissed will be suf- ferers, but the large number of those depending upon them. Multiply the number dismissed by at least five and you have & fair estimation of the imme- diate extent of sufferers. To add this great number to these unable to pur- chase the necessities surely does not in- crease the purchasing power of the Chasing pover By addeq unemployment chasing power by a unemp! will never help to increase prices, which is 80 much desired. Of all inopportune times to make wholesale dismissals it much which a wise man does not ven- | more blood and_self-destruction? And then ! same size. One gl:nt of eel grass, watched a half , scarcely varied the follow- ‘The bubbles arose in a steady stream during the 15 seconds, all of the same size, and most evenly spaced. Just_how m’o\'fl‘x’im bubbles were each volley we be impossible to by guess, and that would be two or hundr ‘To the eye of the unscientific ob- server there seemed to be no definite ghce in the various plants where the les had their origin. Some came from points along leaves which looked no different than other merh'nyuutuyuu'mzlmn- gle in your aquarium, plant Anacharis, Whereas the average amateur likes plant precisely because it will grow so H e gl g ¥F WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. R =E§§§Eig ix zEs§§§§§ RE ga%?g ! ‘g b i X % § : g i =k Bz 5 & i ég g. Esf §E E Eg E) *;;Egé Exggg g than any recent tration. Seven oluolt.hem rsl:;bm:ehlnd &“ long_poli experience m. eral Cummings was - |the one so ch] Becretary Swanson, beside having cap- tained victorious forces in Virginia, was having fought, bled and died in Wood- row Wilson and William G. McAdoo campaigns. Becretary Ickes conducted Hiram Johnson's various pre-conven- tion presidential contests and several campaligns for reform mayoralty candi- dates in Chicago. Secretary Woodin, Secretary Wallace and Secretary Perk- ins are the only Roosevelt cabineteers who haven't had rough-and-tumble practice in organization politics. PR Although the American Pederation of Labor is no longer unreconciled to pet- ticoats in the Department of Labor, there appears as yet to be nothing to the story that Edward F. McGrady, legislative representative of the federa- tion, is to become First Assistant Sec- retary of Labor under Miss Perkins. McGrady has refused to confirm the re- port, but admits that it’s keeping him broke answering telegrams and writing letters denying he's been offered the job. * x * % Organized labor didn’t bag the cab- inet En.(olm it wanted, but in appoint- ing bert Fechner of Massachusetts as director in chief of the Government’s reforestation program President Roose- velt has named & labor leader of high repute in organization ranks. ~Mr. Fechner is general vice president of the International Association of Machin- requiring him to be on his way. As & “boomer” Fechner worked all over the is at a time when the purchasing power should be increased. Your editorial should be in the propaganda @ublls propagands. It must be impal- | invarisble rule, he has given 1t gratis ’ e Troughout. the comiry and. coveall ol ‘coun those ‘within'the District " of Cotumbia, L. D. THOMAS. United States, Mexico, Central Amer- ica and South America. He handled the campaign which won the eight-hour day for New England machinists. Fre- mfl’ he has lectured at Harvard, and other colleges on Jabor subjects, EEELigE i g | ] sk i B gt oy » - Ruth Bryan tment as Minister k draws attention to the fact that women haven't, so far, left much of & on the foreeign service. Not eld by a woman occup) by Mrs. Ruth B. Shipley, chief of the Passport Division in '.he‘ State Department. car conductor run- ‘There's & nmzmtwund‘%m‘tmmd 1| O Fne Tiverty Limitea of the Penasie 15y1- vania Railroad who's told at least & couple of times a day that he’s a dead ringer for Franklin D. Roosevelt. His name is E. R. Bates. He has the - dent’s build, well-shaped head and ex- pansive smile. + * * Between the trials and tribulations imposed upon the only Democratic Senator from Maryland bI hordes of Jjob-seekers, Senator Millard E. Tydings has !o\;nd time i';z)gmhde:l. bulwglto- viding for sweep economies. to consolidate inf by bring them under one umbrella. He -would regard it proper to exclude the Philippines from the projected new deal, owing to the independence legis- lation recently enacted by Congress. (Copyright. 1933.) The Political Nose Bag. Prom the Rochester Times-Union. President Roosevelt probably calcu- lates ad! ‘when he concludes that the Democratic congressional nag will not travel well after it puts on the feed bag. Which accounts for delay in pat- ronage bestowal. ——————— “Pleasing” Taxes. Prom the Boston Evening Transcript. is | the Juvenile Court, it T § LI 470,000, which far exceeded their quot and amounted to almost two-thirds of the entire amount contributed by the District. This in spite of the fact that they represent less than 40 cent of the working class in Wi , Dot mention moneyed and leisure class that should have doubled amounts tributed by needy Government Congressman in his statements and it s doubtful if he get between $800 T, gEE il it i T i ESEEERES il i Qualifications of a Juvenile Court Judge To the Editor of The Star: As to qualifications of magistracy in be assumed that the committee will be- tween wisdom and knowledge. Thus, even if a is possessed of both, | the Roanoke lqflmmmdlocu.muex- still be vestigated and legisiated against the beef trust, ice trust, Standard Ofl, | John tobacco, United Staf mudm&mavnwsm Q. What is the difference between is 5o | flotsam and jetsam?—D. T. A. Flotsam applies e o FHEL T ;Egfiiggggnz fi I ] i gF .:g & o5 E §§ 2 i large , to the present emergency of '.hne-dngl-l-mk em] BEF, i I b agE g8 H ééfi’ ; i : ¥ sg i wh gégggigée 13 | ¥ Ea il A § - -] il o LY j | b gz i i i g Esperanto Advocated As Universal Tongue To the Editor of The Star: P Your editorial, “English from Latin - and Greek,” has been read with keen In spite of lh'rodiahn of “ulti- mate predominance” of English, further investigation shows that ours is not to for the memorizing of illogis and exceptions. Subject almost any mupnefhmm-Ammeam:inltems:m; pronunciation, immar and spelling— and undennnfinnw difficulties that pu'mu:: As the case for English seems strong to us, so does that for French to the