Evening Star Newspaper, April 17, 1933, Page 8

THE EVENING STAR With_Sunday Morning Edition, _ WASHINGTON, D. C. MONDAY.........Aprl '7, 1933 THEODORE W. NOYES....Editor The Evening sl.?r Ne:mn Company sing 3 Bu Mce: 1ith_St. and Pennsylvania Ave. New York Ofmee: 110 East 42nd St. hicago Office: Lake Michigan Building, uropean_Ofice: 14 Regent 8t London, Enxlang Rate by Carrier Within the City. 45¢ per month | 5 60c per month The Evening and Sunday Star (when 5 Sundays! The Sunday Star. Collection made Orders may be sent in by mall NAtional 5000. Rate by Mail—Payabk in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. 1yr.,$10.00: 1 mo.. 1yr. 3600 1mo. 34.00: 1mo. 40c All Other States and Canada. | 12.00; 1 mo.. $1.00 | yr., $8.00: 1mo. T8¢ yr. $5.00; 1mo. B50c Member of the Assoclated Press. “The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dis- atches credited 1o it or not otherwise cred- Red in this paper and aiso the local news published herein. All rights of publication of special dispatches herein sre also reserved. == The D. A. R. Since Washington is their home and they always have had their national| c | service, certainly the Democrats would | November may yet be answered, | has headquarters here, the Daughters of the American Revolution, in conven- tion assembled, cannot be considered strangers in any sense, and & formal welcome to them partakes of the nature of contradictory redundency. But the impulse to give them a word of greet-| ing on the occasion of their annual | congress nevertheless is compelling. | Some recognition of them seems cnlledi for at this season of the year. Wllhi these apologies for what may be desmedl & repetition, The Star salutes those of | the Daughters who are permanent resi- dents of the city and, particularly,| those who never have been here before | the present gathering. | The D. A. R, as it is familiarly | known, is a remarkable organization. | the same operation would be in process of consummation. The Roosevelt administration, how- ever, has adopted the plan of cutting the Governmient to the bone, abolishing thousands of places. All of this is in the name of governmental economy. And in this process many of the Re- publican appointees will be dislodged. On the other hand, when the Roose- velt reconstruction program, with the ald of the Federal Government, is in full operation, there will be room for thousands of new appointments. With the farm mortgage bill, the farm relief bill, the home mortgage bill, the refor- estation camps, the tremendously ex- panded public works program all to be administered, there seems no other way out. Whether these new jobs will go to Democrats and to Democrats alone is a Question. If they are not under clvil appear to have the first claim upon them. And so perhaps the clamor from Democrats for jobs and more jobs which has gone up ever since the election last e New Safety in Flying. Though old enough to stand on its own feet, commercial aviation is still an infant among the industries. Like others, it has felt the blight of the de- pression. But during the lean years it nevertheless made tremendous strides nearer to the promising future that lies ahcad. One of the remark- | able achievements is in making flying | safer. A segment of public oplnion may still | associate flying with accldents. ‘That! is peifectly natural. i ciation was true of the railroads of an- | other day. But the science and in-| dustry of aeronautics have now pro- gressed to the point where there is no Justification for airplane accidents, al- | though there will always be accidents | in the alr, just as there will be uc(-l-! dents in other forms of transportation, because of the ever-present human ele- | ment. No device is so mechanically | perfect that it can offer absolute safe< | guard ageinst errors of human judg- ment, No regulations are so strict, nor were alio planted at Peitaiho, which is the Summer headquarters of the United States Marines on legation guard duty at Peiping. In the im- medite vivinity of the newly occupled ares there is extensive American Meth- odist missionary property at Changll. British interests within this latest ex- tension of Japanese power into “China Proper” are affected by the fact that Chinwangtao, important sesport south of Shanhalkwan, is the shipping port of the British-owned Kallan mines, with which a rising young American mining engineer named Herbert Hoover was connected some thirty-three years ago. ‘The sinister aspect of these widening Japanese military moves beyond the QGreat Wall, apart from their inter- national implications, is the fear that they may be the forerunner of the long- mooted occupation of Tientsin and Peiping. The Japanese sirategic theory since September, 1931, Las apparently been that until genuine opposition is encountered, it 15 not only safe, but permissible, to keep on going. To date no such obstructions have been met. The Japanese charge d'affaires at Peiping states that the occupation of Chinwangtao merely culminates a six weeks' campaign designed to remove “menacing attacks” along the Great Wall. When all menace “to the Jap- snese and Manchukuan positions” has subsided—when the Chinese have per-| manently evacuated several hundred more square miles of their own domain will withdraw to the Great Wall. The world would Lave more confi- dence in such comforting assurances if drawal record during the past year and & half were less spotted. Repeatedly, balling its way across Manchuria, pledges were forthcoming that Japanese presence in this or that strategic reglon was temporary. The rest is history, and, apparently, irrevocable history. ‘Tokio will comprehend world anxiety that some more history of the same | kidney may now be in the making in| the Shanhalkwan-Tientsin-Peiping tri- 8o vast is the influence which it ex-| g, rigigiy enforced, that they will not ' &VE'e: “ ercises and so constructively effective are the ideals which it serves that many, unschooied in its history, may think of it as being older than it h&,: In point of fact it cume into existence | commerce regulations and air traffic |©f “China Proper.” but at length im-| | last year ninety-itwo persons lost their | | campaign for the subjugation of China| of intervst. be Lroken. It is & revealing fact that| lives in_civil aircraft accidents o.curring during flights which violated the air Ii may be just within the reslm of poasibilities that now that the Japanese is not only being prosecuted on the soil as recently as only forly-Lhree VEA's | rules of the Department of Cummerce, | PINGes upon American and British in- ago, a.relatively short period of time, in the life of a Nation and not inordi- nately long in the life of a single in- dividual. Its birthday was October 11, 1890, and the wife of President Benjamin Harrison was its first presi- dent general. The society has grown strong and rica because of the central inspiration of patrictism which it was formed to conserve. Its objects are “to perpetuate the memory of the spirit of the men and women who achieved American independence; to promote institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge,; to cherish, maintain and extend the institutions of American freedom; to foster true patriotism and love of country; and to aid in securing for mankind all the blessings of liberty.” Such a platform deserves the admira-| tion and support of the whole people | of the United States. Only those de- scended from Revolutionary patriots | may join, but all may applaud, and it is a matter of common observation that the soclety is generally appreciated even by Americans of the most recent allegiance. The D. A. R. as an organization has no cfficial status, and perhaps it is just as well that it should be free of hamper- ing bonds. It is a volunteer sisterhood, entirely self-supporting and self-suffi- clent. Its contribution to American civilization has been valuable, and it may be presumed that it will continue %0 to be. This year's congress, like those of earlier years, will be a source of inspiration and strength to the country. Possibly, the 1933 conference may prove especially helpful. If ever the D. A. R. were necded,‘it is necded nor. No man enjoys a higher reputation for fairness and human sympathy than Josephus Dan'els. That any Mexican, however impulsive, should be so misin- formed as to shoot at him seems in- credible. ree e Federal Jobs. ‘The Roosevelt administration has no intenticn of breaking down the Civii' Service System in any way. according to Postmaster General Farley. Thi will be happy news to those officers and employes of the Government who | sre not already on their way out as & consequence of the drastic economy plans and reorganvizajion of the gov- ernmentgl agenc Mr. Farley, re-' garded as the great dispensir of Fed- eral office, both because of his posi tion as head of the Post Office Depar ment and as chairman of the Demo- cratic National Committee, speaks with authority. He has many jcbs to dispens: | in his own department. He intends to stick to the plan of having the Civil | Service Commission ccnduct examina- tions of applicants for positiens as post- master, he declares. To the ear of the Senator and Rep- resentative who may have become restive, the declaration by Mr. Farley that he intended to take the advice of members of Congress in the appoint- ment of postmesters will be entirely welcome. Indced, Mr. Farley has al- ready appointed postmasters to fill v. cancies on the advice of some of the. members of Congress. He now has about 2400 postmasterships to fill. and it is well understcod that when the terms of other postmasters run out, their positions al.o will be filled as promptly as possible. The Postmaster Gencral, however, has given assurance to postmasters now in office that they are not to be disturbad or turncd out if they wre rendering efficient serilee | to the Government. They will be par- | mitted to fill out their teims. With the advent of new administra- tions, particularly when there is a change of political party in control of the Government, it has always been thie custom to fill many Federal offices with new faces. The Civil Service laws have operated to protect the minor officers and employes of the Government to a very great extent. It was necessarily to be expected that many Democrats would | supplant Republicans in the Federal service when President Roosevelt en-| tered the White Kouse. If the Demo- crats Yad lost control of th vern- ment and Republicans had it, . shrouded 1mn.urmg and guiding its prcg.ess. | | the world reeds, as it does today, that | cause for a liltle anxiety, gt least, is| and that nearly half the vecorded' flights involving infraction of the regu- lations resulted in accidents. | teresis, the era of disinteresied observa- tion at Washington and London may be approaching its end. In any event, it house cleaning. longer has the glamor—and work—to it, s0 we under- stand, to atill make it important. We hope the ladies will consider walls. Bare walls, such as have been the fashion for several years, are not to our liking. Austerity has no place there, many a person will think. * & x % ' Let simplicity reign where it will, but permit- house walls to be adorned. Thst way “home-i-ness” lies, and nothing—not even interior decoration— can_take its place. The interior wsils ought no more to be wasted than a fence, If it takes planting to make a house & home, ss we have 30 often been told, surely the unplanted fence is nothing but @ barrier. Wreathed and twined, however, with glorious roses, wisteria, morning glorles, silver lace vines, and & host of others, a fence becomes a garden in its own right. * * % % Walls, too. Their decorative sanction is age-old. Over the ’rul stone blocks of the | baronial castles of the Middle Ages | huge tapestries were flung, not only to soften tl apbearance, but also for sheer decorative purposes. | A wall d indeed, make an un- | paralelled disp! place. Even a window, | Whgt is prettier, in @ home, than | properly curtained windows, with the sun coming through them? ‘This has been largely recognized in The same aso- | ()e Japanese military party’s with- | recent years, so that certain windows are kept rather as display places than as light sppertures. l Shelves built across the panes hold | while the Japanese army was cannon- Small art objects, pretty to behold either | from the outside or the iuside of the | home. ! LR ‘ ‘The vogue for simplicity may be | overdone. no doubt sbout it. | It 18, in most instances, simply @ re- | coll' trom the other extreme, the rather | dowdy fussiness of over-ornamentation. If there had never been too many ictures cramed onto a wall, there per- haps never would have bacn a movement | toward a rigid simplicity. | In its extreme form, this rigidity of | decoraticn calls for nothing on the wall at all | The surface itself must be the note | | %% Any one with half an eye for beauty can see the point in that. It is possible to creete a surface of such texture that it nceds no other adornment. But is this all? An exquisite plane, no matter how rightly considered, | | —the invading forces, it is declared, is & painting upplied on a house wall. MONDAY BY CHARLES E, TRACEWELL. others “no”; perhaps nine out of ten persons will answer in the negative. We might use the form of census figures and say that nine and one-balf persons would be in favor of the warm tone in interior decoration. It is an interesting experiment to try for warm effects without the expedient of wall embellishments of various types, but we believe it is one which fails in the average home. In that (rather mythical) structure, the l"llnnln!.ol wall warmth is color. It may be attained by papers of various types or by th"lu: \:( l‘mhl paints. Next come tapestries and hangings other than paintings (pictures, to most.) ‘There can be little doubt that the use of tapestries is confined necessarily to & comparatively few homes. Perhaps the average householder is afraid of them, reali that they strike & bold note and, therefore, one difficult to_handle. Let that be as it may, the well exe- cuted and Proportiomd tapestry, whether expensive or not, is a thing of supreme interest. There is surely a place for it on the modern wi Some- thing more might be done, with fine rugs as wall ornaments. ere are exquisite small samples, well within the range of the average purse, which would fit well into & moderate plan of decora- tion. ] Built-in wall aquariums m‘ht to be considered for the home where pets ure favored, especially in a home under construction, Electrically lighted and heated, they would present a new note in home deco- ration, and one unapproached by any other type of adornment, especially in the eyes of aquarists. By seiting a tank flush in the dining room wall, for in- stance, the back of it could project through into the kitchen, where |would” form an sdditional note of in- terest, and permit proper care. ‘This type of rnment, one may feel convinced, will be seen shortly in |newer homes throughout the Nation, | coming in on the wave of interest pre- vailing in the so@alled tropical fishes, ‘ No doubt there are other forms of {unique decorations which could be in- | corporated into the wall, but this one is of interest since its effect would be simply that of a li\ing picture. D Now we are back to pictures. Nobody ought to be sashamed of pic- tures hanging on the wall, but a great many unfortunate persons seem to be afraid of the famous Mrs. Grundy—or is it Mrs. Jones? If it is necessary to keep up with | Mrs. J. by eliminating framed pictures |-——even photographs—from one's im- maculate walls, maybe it is best to ;n:;lu no attempt to keep pace with the dy. Is a wall “spotty” if pictures are proverly hung. with due thought | totsl wall balance? | We do not think so. The main fault, APRIL it 17, 1933 The Political Mill By G. Gould Lincoln. Inflation is the watchery of the hour. By inflation through legislation the Senators and Representatives who favor that procedure mean inflation of the currency. means letting the pur- chasing power out of the American dollar and inflating it with wind. It is planned to have two dollars grow where now only one dollar flourishes, or even three or four dollars. A number of ways bringing about the inflation of the currency have been advanced, and even today the Senate may be called l:mn to vote on several of the days. One of the proposals is to re- monetize silver at a ratio of 16 to 1 or 14 to 1 or some other re. dollar and a third way is to start the I;;lnunc presses to work to roll out easury ‘These are direct methods of inflating the curency. Another and perhaps not £o direct method, but equally sure, is the issuance of a large number of Go ment bonds and to give those bonds the currency issue authority, For ex- ample, the ds which it is proposed to lasue to finance public works and ! relief of various kinds running into | the billions of dollars. * % % It looks as though the administra- some kind of inflationary measure even | it President Roosevelt and Secrctary Woodin of the Treasury are opposed to | such procedure. The sentiment in Con- gress is said to be very strong for it. indeed, it has been intimated in some | quarters that the President himself may sgree to at least & mild or regu- leted kind of inflation. If currency inflation is really de- | termined upon, it will be for the pur- | pose of increasil commodity prices. | The theory is that with an advance | in commodity prices the manufacturers, | the farmers and other producers will be encouraged to produce more, and that the wheels will start grinding sgain, giving every one work and wages. Benator Wagner of New York, a strong sponsor of & big public works program, takes the position that if currency is to be inflated, the Government must take the lead in producing work and Jobs, 50 that the inflated currency will circulate more freely. * ko o® What seems to be really needed far more than additional currcncy is a lot of work and jobs, a far greater produc- tion of all kinds of commodities to fill | & demand that is always there, although | the men and women of this and other | countr.es cannot satisfy their demands | because they are not permitted to earn enough money. or, rather, to share suf- ficiently in the profits or the products | of their labor. What has been going on for & num- to DT of years now is a constant reduc- ' | tien in production, in jobs and in | purchasing power. The Rousevelt pro- gram for additicnal jobs and to start But civil sircrait in the United DO longer seems possible that develop: autifully harmonized with its sur- | we are convinced, has been that a BT€3L | [ho wheels of industry—at least to en- States flew about 130.000.000 miles last ments in China will be taboco when roundings, is bare, Bareness, even when broken by relief year and safely carried sbout 1800,000 Viscount Ishi and Preident Roosevell! ) yierings no matter how decorative Civil aireraft carrizd more than four times the population of Washington around the world more than five thousand times. More then half & million of these passcngers weie Palrois of the scheduled airlines, and they fl:w during the period when the airlines were making new record for safety. In the first half of the year the wirlines few 368,185 miles for every accident; in the second half, 5‘7.173‘ miles for every accident. A'rcraft oper- ations, other than those of the sched- uled airlines, are the “miscellaneous activities,” such as racing, test flying, student instruction, exhibition flying, crop dusting, aerial photography and pleasure flying. Some of these oper- ations are hazardous, and there are now close to 9,000 planes and 18,000 Lcensed pilots engeged in these mis- | cellaneous sciivities. Yet mil's flown per accident were about €0,000 during the last year. Possibly the same ap- proximate relation exists. as far as accidents are concerned, beiweern the scheduled flying on regular airlines and the miscellaneous fiying as b>tween regular motor bus lines and private moloring. Great credit is due to the Depart- ment of Comuerce for its activity! toward reducing accidents i civi)| aviation, which comes under its jufls-i diction. It is charged with the in-| cpection of aircrafl, examination of | airmen for compelency, enforcement oli alr treffic rules and the operation of some 19,500 miles of Federal airvays; which it has estab.ished. The opera- | tion of these lLnes includes mainte- | nance of the beacon lights, strung like jowels across the coniinent at ten to fiiteen mile intervals; lighted inter- | passengers. | mediate air-landing flields. radio range beacons, airway radlo stations for weather and emergency broadcasts to | aircraft in flight and 13,000 miles of | teletype circuits for collection and dis- semination of weather information. Right now the Department of Com- | merce is taking the second of two great strides toward disarming one of the major enemies of aviation—fog. In recent years great progress has b:en; made, through development of radio| and airplane instruments, in the art| of “blind flying.” Pilots, seeing noth- ing beyond thair cockpits, fly blind along & radio beam that shields them from harm. But the difficulty has been in getling into and out of fog- airports. Amcng solutions offered was one developed in Wash- | ington and tesled experimentaliy at College Park—historic merker of avia- | 56 | tion progress. There test pilots of the | Depariment of Commerce have made | more than & hundred blind landings, by “fying down" a radio beam project- | ed from the ground at the normal angle of glide. Recently the experi- mental installation was taken to New- ark Afrport, where landings were made in fog so thick as to discontinue all other aircraft cperation. No man can foresee all the possi- bilities that lie in the future of avia- tion. Few governmental activities are, fundamentally, more important than e | Impcriaiions of Ameiican &pples are | no longer encouraged by Fiance—a fact that may cause a slight decline in the world market quotations for apple sauce, | . — Japen Marches On. There is no occasion for undue alarm in Europe or Ameiica over the ccn- tinued . progress of the Japenese- | Manchukuan armias south of the Great Wall into “China Proper,” but l*hen‘ their advance now embraces uen'hory1 in American, end British occupation, | not unjustified. In the case of the United States, the ! invading troops late on Saturday cap- tured Chinwangtao, which is the trans- port base and Summer camp of the Fifteenth Infantry statioped at Tien- tsin. The fags of Japan and Manchukuo are conversing here in May. ————————— AL a Londcn banquet Charles Dawes scolded G. Bernaid Shaw for wasting his wit. After his American experiences, which he seemed bint on making es unplegsant as possible, Mr. Shaw may be inclined to belicve he ought to have considercd Mr. Dawes' remarks more respectiully. Soviet court procedure has developed charges of sabotage, espionage and the third degree all in the same case. The promoteis of the five-year plan were not sufficiently ingerested in Shakespeare but there are certain indications of rift | sue that Presi to take into consideraticn the law's delays. e Having shown that problems can be solved, President Roosevelt finds the usual demonstrations of eager readiness to co-operate in doing the same thing in different ways. e e — Arrangements are progressing which may insure to Americans abroad the same cordiality as that expressed in the steamship announcements. e SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Heard In the Capitol Grounds. I wandered where the robin flew Amid the ralnbow showers. I paused snd asked him if he kncw About the blossoming bowers That now should be upon their way. Response was brief but witty; He tessed his head and seemegd to say, “Ihey're tied-up in committee.” A Hailstorm called & conference fast, Then said “the gang’s all here.” An iceberg seni a chilly blast Aund sleet was quite severe. I sighed. “Where are those sunbzams bright That used to grace the city?” The robin answered most polite, “They're tied-up in comittee.” Safe Going. “What is your favorite song?” ““rhe Volga DBostman,” answered Senator Sorghum. “It's rather slow &nd serious. “That's why I like it. It doesn't sug- gest the possibility of anybody's rocking the boat.” Jud Tunkins cays one lecturer tells; you how to raise big crops and the next one cuggests that you'll do it at your Doctors and Delays. Some doctors are exceeding wise, But need much preparation, And s the patient as he sighs Awaits & consultation. Some doctors will with earnest zeal In leng Giscu:sion hover, And hope that nature will reveal The cures they can't diecover. A Task for Henrietta. “I think women ought to tell the news by radio,” said Mr. Meekton. “Do you think your wife would enjoy it2” “I'm sure she would. 8he'd have fif- teen minut:s to tell all the gossip, with nobedy getling s chance to interrupt her.” “However unimportant cur words ma be, id i Ho, the sage of Chinatown. we love them like children and,seek to give them prominent place when they sre our own.” Joyous Apology. This old world often brings regret, With tha:ries redundant. The facts are kind o' hard to Suspicions are abundant. And when by some disclosure strange Our faith is sadly shaken, We're glad if we our minds can change And say, “we were mistaken.” “It has been a wet, cold April,” said Uncle Eben. “'Stid o' sittig’ near beer, we's gittin’ near ice water(s in themselves, has a cold appearance. And should the note of any room in | @ modern home. with the possible ex- ception of the baths, be that of cool- ness? IR The human element comes in right ore, Some temperaments will say “yes,” th many percons have disliked to mar their walls with p ing. No inventor has put his mind on | this roblem. something might hangers. which would hold frames in | place without denting walls or necessi- | tating the use of ugly cords. Perhaps some wcman, in the Bpring house cleaning at band. will solve this prob- lem for a Nation which still believes in decorated walls. | WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS i BY FREDERIC l WILLIAM WILE, done with small vacuum-cup | courage them to start—will be waiched | with tremendous interest. The prob- iMlem 1 both national and international. | 3% % Ep:aking of jobs—the offices of Dis- trizi. Comunissicners are not likely to g0 begging. They are being gravely corsidered now by important members | of Ccngress, but more perticularly by ! applicants and candidates for office as | p.ums of considerable size. They pay | good salaries and in addition are offices |of power and patronage. President | Roosevelt, it 1s expected, will look on these District commissionerships in the | same light as he looks on other political pointments. While he will strive for | good men to fill the places, he will also | take the judgment of the chief advis on patronace, Pastmaster General James | | It would be premature to suggest|lisher of the American Hebrew and Jew- 1 A. Farley, who also happens to be chair- that the Roosevelt honeymoon is over. ish Tribune, susxuu in its current is- lent Roosevelt appoint ! man of the Democratic National Com- | ! mittee. In other words, Mr. Farley's in the lute which has twanged so mer- | Eerbert Hoover as & good will < oy to ' edvice and recommendations in con- ly since March ¢, and a_conssquent | ‘&Xuv.m[-uP of the New Deals pace. Partisanship begins to re-assert itself ' on Capitol Hill. Influential Republican newspapers are no longer as whole- heartedly with the President. Even Democratic solidarity in Congress hes ceased to be 100 per cent dependable. Germany. “to save the Reich .1 the | catastrophic blunders of the I.aei gov- | ernment’s anti-Jewish policy.” The proposal rests on the fact that the Euro- pean Children’s Relief, administered by Mr. Hoover after the war, saved the lives of thousands of German children, {and on tiat account the late President nection with the commissionerships are likely to be quite effective. There is no lack of candidates. Many |of the candidates are weil qualified for the places. Many of them have strong !indorsements. Only two of them can !be eppointed. To run over some of the names that have been advanced, Last week's straws showed how the wind | Weuld be fitted to impress upon the there are George E. Allen, one of the | may presently be blowing. The House | majority refused to be bound by the caucus. In the Senate, out of 55 Dem- ocrats voting on the cost-of-production amendment to the farm relief bill, 28 | cpposed the administration as sgainst 27 who stood by it. This does not mean that Mr. Roosevelt already faces an in- surgent movement within his party, of the sort that bedeviled Mr. Hoover. But it does indicat# that the Democratic [ mejority in the ~ Senate will stay hitched only when it is so inclined. To | what extent Democrsts are chafin | under patronage delays, there's no way | of telling. That something has hap- | pened to cool their Rooseveliian ardor | laurel-crowned, has just rg[mquhmfl' Gen. Pelham D. Glassford, is obvious. Whether the administra- | tion's lines will hold until &ll of the | President’s emergency legislative pro- gram is enacted into law now becomes |2 bit problematical. The congressional snail shows signs of fatigue with the dizzy gait at which iU's been asked to travel recently. * k%% Hitler anti-Semitic persecution has at length reached a German whose misg- | fortunes may sooner cr later have & | certain repercussion in the United States because of his important affilia- tiohs here. He is Prof. Dr. Maoritz J. Bonn, who was last week expelled, be- | cause of his religion, from the director- 1 ship of the Berlin School of Commerce. | the European Comumitiee of the Car- negie Endowment for Peace. The committee consists of 15 distingulshed scholars and economists. The trustees of the Carnegie endow- | ment are Amcricans of the caliber of | Nicholes Murray Butler, John W. Davis, Norman . Davis, Frederic A. Delano, James Brown Scott, Silas 1. Strawn, Charles 8. Hamlin, Alanson B. Hough- | ton, Frank O. Lowden and Elihu Root. It is not beyond the realm of possi- bilities that the influential Americans who administer the Carnegie Endow- ment may make representations on be- half of their oppressed German asso- ciate. * kX% Members of Congress who resent pub- lic assaults on their sacred honor have never received a gentler hint than fell from the lips of Senator Ashurst, Dem- ocrat, of Arizona, one day last week. Addressing his remarks to a supersensi tive colleague now under fire in his own State, Mr. Ashurst said: “Let us remember that he who lives by the in this world a law of compensation, which soon or late does iis perfect work. No one escapes thst law. It we in the Senate—and I apply this ad- monition to myself—were more careful respecting the tender subject of human character and respecting the reputation of other persons who cannot answer here, we would have more sympathy extended to us when we find ourselves | the cbjects of calumny, as we all do | now and then. It is an inescapable | lic life.” ‘p"““pub ® K X ¥ Meredith Nichoison, shining Lght in Hooslérdom’s galaxy of literary lumn naries, is being by Indiana | Democratic leaders for a Roosevelt dip- | lomatic appointment. The Indianspol's | novelist, who achieved fame with “T. % Main Chance.” “The Hous: of a Thou- sand Candles” and “The Port of Missing ministership to Greece or Porlugal by President &ilwn, but did not at that time care to tear himself :wrlaselrom his | books, Nicholson would fit ideally into | the picture which F. D. R. is steadily | liing up with Ambassadors and Min- isters chosen from writing ranks, Wocd- row Wilson had just named two Pages, Walter Hines and Thomas Nelson, re- spectively, as Ambassadors to London and Rome, when the Hoosier sage, Vice President Tom Marshall, was moved to remark that “the diplomatie service was bl!“'lumnd over to the literati, Page by " * % %9 David A. Brown of New York, pub- Prol. Bonn is the German member of | International | sword shall die by the sword. There is | Men,” lwu cflered the choice of the| | Berlin government the error of its ways. | In this connection, reports are current that there may be some rather con- part In naming a new American Am- | bassador to Berli A commentator | says: “This delay would be,motivated | by two things—first, a partial rebuke of the Hitler regime: secondly, a desire to sce how things shape themselves in Germeny before picking the best man for the job.” | %% x Lieut. Col. U. 8. Grant, $rd, director C. Havenner, former president of the | things,” | ¢f public buildings and public parks, who will shortly retire from that cffice, | another post he has held in Washing- | ton, the cnmmnndur-hxr of the local ommandery of the Military Order of {the Loyal Legion. He has served two terims d was urged to accept & third. But, evidenuly respending to the an- cestral call, he informed | Panions of the commandery that the third Ulysses 8. Grant doesn't believe in third terms. eiiher. | *x % ¥ |, Greater New York for a while was thinking of coming to Washington for | & police commissioner to succced Ed- | ward P. Mulrocney, who has just be- come Slate beer czar at Albany. Mayor O'Brien anncunced that among the m-n {he had under consideration for the pulice job was Maj. Gen. Hanson E. Ely. United States Army, retired. Fol- lowing his d pariure from the Army in 1931, on reaching the retirement age, Gen. Ely resumed his residence in Wachington. The hero of the battle of Cantigny came under Mayor O'Brien's eye while commanding the 3rd Corps Area at Governor’s Island. Just prior to that service, he was commandant of the Army War College in Washing- ton. The Manhattan police commis- slonership has finally gone to a profes- sional cop, Inspector Bolan. R Republican National Chairman Everett Banders. who went to hospital at the beginning of April, is progressing to- ward recovery. His friends say it wasn't an emergency operation that he had to underg), and that he'll come out of his enforced period of rest b:tter than ever. The Hoosler politician’s phy- sicians now permit him to receive callers, and one of the first to visit him at the end of last week Law- rence Richey, Herbert Hoover's right- hand man, who has just returned to Washington, after accompanying “the chief” back to Palo Alto and seeing him comfortably settled there. Mr. Sanders looks forward to early occupancy of the Maryland Colonial estate, Crestleigh, which he_recently acquired, 132 m! north of Washington. (Copyright, 1933.) From the Les Angeles Times. But the Beattle sclentist who expects to edd to the world's knowledge by waiching worms through window panes is concentrating on micrescopic speci- | mens that destroy timber and not on those who are forced to accompany | their w.ves cin shepping trips. ———es. No More Air or Aroma Prom the Litile Rock, Arkansss, Garette. Astronomers’ inability to find trace of atmosphere on the moon quite sufficicnt evidence that it is not }::-dak of green cheese or any of the pe e Ice Cutters. Prom tee Dayton Dally N In connection with cur comparatively mild Winter, some of our big men aren’t cutting so much ice. o O One Lively Job. From the Oskland Triduns. uum-mmuatu who carries the messiges to the fellow Congress. rdent workers for the Roosevelt cause n ghe campaign days, a ncphew of the late Private John Allen, and at present | spicuous delay on President Roosevelt's mi manager of hotel properties in Wash- ington: Melvin C. Hazen, surveyor of !the District and an official of long ex- perience and valuable service; John W. | Childress, formerly a member of the Fublic Utilities Commission; John B. Colpoys, Democratic chairman for the District and long a leader of organized labor; George W. Offutt, who has the | backing of the trade bodies; Dr. George Federntion of Citizens' Associations; Fred A. Emery, Ernest G. Walker and former superintendent of palice. The office of District Commissioner in more pros- perous days paid $9.000 calari With the present fiftecn per cent ¢ their pay has been reduced to $7,650, still a salary much to be desired. * k¥ % ‘Th: Home Loan Bank Board, which seemed on its way ou: of the picture after & few months of existence, is given a new lease on life under the terms of the new Roosevelt home mortgage bill. The board, under the terms of this measure, which is expected to pass both houses of Congress and become a law, will handle the refinancing of mortgage loans on millions of homes in the cities and villages of this coun- try, in an effort to give the home own- €rs a beiter break and also to ald the mortgage holders who are finding them- | selves up against the need of taking over properties for which they have no use and for which they can find no market. The proposed law will permit the issuance of $2.000,000,000 in | bonds to be exchanged for home mort- guges. * % % % . If the passage of laws permitting the i sale of beer with a 3.2 per cent alco- |hul£c content by weight in various Btates is to be taken as an indication of what will happen when those Btates, | through constitutional conventions, pass upon the repeal of the smendment, the situation is not very encouraging for the drys. Take, for example, the way in which North Caro- | lina, regarded in the past as one of the bulwarks of prohibition, has put through itz new beer law. The vote for the bill {in the State Senate was 33 to 11 and in the House 75 to 27. Not much hope there for prohibitionists. It looks as though the Virginia State Legislature, 1f it were called into session, would take same kind of action on the Reer i as did North Caroling, its neigh- 80 far the operation of the national | beer law, as carried out in the States, has not caused the troubles which the drys insisted—and some of the wets feared—might fcllow close on its heels. Yet it is clear, from the reports, that a huge amount of beer has been consumed over & wide area. There has not been | there been a great increase. as was pre- | dicted in many quarters, in automobile | accidents. e Poor Technique. From the Santa Fe New Mexican. A roadhog who narrowly missed run- ning down a tax collector in a French village was ducked in a river by furious ruurohy. That should teach the care- ! less fellow not to miss next time. | room—s | An Investor. Prom the San Diego Union. When the Senate Committee talks with J. P. Morgan the financier is liksly to come out of the affair with a 51 per cent interest in the United - Btates learning that put men to plan Another | would decrease the gold content of the | notes to be used as money. | tion might be compelled to stand for | eighteenth | ion Incress2 in drunkenness nor has| *{ volces the ent. that “one ’“‘fi success ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDZRIC J. HASKIN. Of the vast number of questions| answered by this department, only a | few can be publ in this column. | ‘The ones that are printed must be of general interest and not personal in their nature. Do not, therefore, merely :511 your initials to your letter and that the answer be published. Give | your full name and address so that you | amay receive a personal letter in reply. | Enclose 3 cents in coin or stamps for postage. Do not use postcards. Direct | our letter to The Evening Star In- {ormmon Bureau, Prederic J. Haskin, Director, Washington, D. C. Q. What golf course is farthest North on this continent?—S. T. | A. The. one located at Chesterfield Inlet on the Northern shore of Hud- son's Bay in latitude 67. Only three holes have been completed and zhe, “club” has four members. Q. How long has Mae West been on the stage?—T. T. A. 8he was born in the Flatbush district of Brooklyn on August 17, 1900. 8he has been on the stage since she was six years of age Q. Did Mrs. Belva Lockwood win any electoral votes when she ran for the presidency of the United States?—M. C. A. The Equal Rights party did not win any electora] votes in 1884 or 1888, and was not represented on the ballots in all the States. Q. When &wo persons tie for high core in a game for which prizes are awarded, and cards are cut to deter- | mine which shall take first prize, dces the other take the secand prize or is he eliminated, the second prize going to a ' g‘ornn with the next highest score?— . A. B. | A. 8ince the prizes are for the high- | est scores, the person who wins in' cut- | ting the cards should be given the first prize snd the person who tied his score | should be given the second prize. | ‘ Q. When was the public debt of the | Unn’;d States at its highest point?— | A In 1919, when it was $25482,03¢, | 419. In 1933 it was 319487002644, | Q Can 8 son_ erson motor across the | | continent entirely on Canadian high- | ways?—P. S. . The tour ecan be made with the exception of one stretch of country in | Northwestern Ont:rio. Motorists cross | into the United States for this part of the trip. The distance between Halifax | |and Vancouver by the shortest motor | jrouta is about 4,000 miles and the trip is \;sunlly made in a little over two weeks. | 'Q Where was the first ofl well in the | world drilled>—P, B. A, i A. The first successful well was | drilled on Oil Creek in Veningo County, Pa. It was drilled by Col. Edwin L.| Drake ard the Drake Well Memorial Park marks the spot. Q. How much is charged to the movies in Italy?—C. A. Sidney A. Clarke writes from Italy that the best seats in the movie | houses are 8 cents, ordjnary seats, 4 cents. | for tickets named Denver?—J. C. | A. Therxe are thirtsen which have | @ city or town named Denver: Arka sas, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, lowa, Kentucky, Missouri, New York, | North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania | and Tennessee. Q. Why are many small wires used in an electric light cord instead of one | of larger size?—FP. L. A. Many small wires are used in or- der to make the cord more flexible. | Q. What R:rcenuge of adults wes fln;ez;) What percentage should?— A. The Better Vision Institute says ! that about 30 per cent wear them. For greater comfort, health, and ef- ciency sbout 70 per cent should, Q. What kind of wood i§ used In making a violin?—H. R. A. Eeveral varleties of woods are used in the construction of the violin: maple or planewood; fir or spruce, and ebony or rosewood. Maple or plane- wood js used for the back, neck, ribs, and bridge; spruce is used for the belly, the bar of the corners, the molds, lin- ings, and sound post; ebony or rose- 'Ioo;i x;lxfid for tde t;,nzer-bo.rd nuts, 3 piece, and the tallpiece but- which supports it. BES Q. What cou—; hy h .r:.y??;‘.‘;\ & ry has the largest : na has an active army of 1922200 men, which is the l;ile!t standing army in the world. TQ}.‘ Who invented locks for doors?— "A. They are of ancient origin. The urlzluygmm used rude wooden locks. been-tound b 15 P ot omapmt g ns Herculaneum. Gl Q. What is the name of the mosaic decoration in the entrance hall of the gurrltu ;ublhhinl Co. in Philadelphia?— 'A. This mosaic is favrile glass, exe- cuted by Louis C. Tiffany, is frem a painting by Maxfield Parrish and is entitled “The Dream Garde: Q. What is meant by a light year?— e Y & light year ‘A1t is the distance traveled by a ray of I'ght in one year. It is the unit o{ measurement in stating distances of stars. . How do officers in the Navy get promoted”—T. C. W. A. ' Recommendations are made by the Selective Board for the Promotion of Officers of the Line of the Navy, and the President approves them. Q. How many members has the Fu- ture Farmers of America?—T. H. A. There are 1800 local chapters ;31;:)03 total membership of ut Q. Who were the commissioners of | the American Commission for Devastat- ed France?—J. E. P. A. Myron T. Herrick, Anne Morgan | and Anne Dyke were commissioners. Q. Has there ever been an automo- bile cn the market which did nct have & generator in it?—C. B. W. A. The Bureau of Standards says that none of the early automobiles had & generator. Scme used dry batteries and some magnetas for ignition. Acety- lene or ofl lights were used. The gen- erator came In with the self-starter. Q. Which country has the oldest fiag?—E. M. D. A The present royal standard of Denmark is said to date from 1219 A.D. King Waldemar at a critical mo- ment in his career averred that he had secn in the heavens the cross, which was placed on the flag. The Danish . ! flag is therefore the oldest of modern How many States have cities | fiags. Q. How is it known that the planet, 'e;uu],! is surrounded by atmosphere? A. ‘The presence of gas or atmos- phere around a planet may be deter- | mined by observation through a tele. | scope and by photography. 1t is known that Venus has a fairly dense atmos- phere for it is plainly visible.when the planet is between the earth and the sun. Then the illuminated disk appears 23 a very thin crescent. The apparent | distance of the planet from the sun is about 2 degrees or less; a compiete ring of light is visible due to sunlight illu- ?l;:‘n'.‘;n‘ the planet’s atmosphere from ehind. | New leadership for President Roose- velt is observed by the public through | the conversations with representatives ! | of 11 nations in Washington. The con- | ference is preliminary to the more for- | mal world economic gathering, and it | is predicted that much attention will | be given to existing tariffs. It is gen- | | erally belleved that the key to wide- | spread depression will be found in the | policy of “give and take.” | “The scope and bold sweep of the project are the best hope of important i says the Oincinnati Times- 1Sur. believing that “together they can | stralghten things out. k Evening Ne ," with the reservation “the only danger is that, in an endeavor to {l\'e air play to efery- Dbody, the multiplicity of issues will bog down the copference.” | The New Or- | leens Times-Picayune finds it fortunate | that European governments ‘“perceive both the wisdom and the need of these | advance parleyz,” and that “they sin- cereiy desire an international agree- ,ment,” while the Oakland Tribune ob- | serves that “it is egreed that the forces | of depression must be considered as a whole; that their aspects are world- wide, and that a conference of the leadirg nations at this time may be of large service.” The aha World-Herald holds that it Is suth leadership that is restoring hope to the world, and making faint hearts strong.” while the Butte Mon- | tana Standard appraises his broad pro- | gram as “involving world co-operation to a degree never before attained by _!.he leading nations,” d as raising | “the hope g millions ol'ngople in this | country and abroad.” e Cleveland | Plain Dealer remarks that ‘“Roosc- | veltian directness, already famlliar in the field of domestic concerns, is thus | applied to the solution of questions which worry the world.” “A process of give and take” as ap-, plied to tariff matters is weleomed by | the Baltimore 8un, with the thougnt | that i; “involves no loss of netionai | independence, but rather great gain in | | national welfare,” a view which is ex- pressed also by the Asbury Park Eve- { ning Press. The Atlanta Journal offers | the estimate: “The new administration | minces no words in saying at home | that our foreign trade policy is no bet- | ter than junk, the obsolete instrument of & dead economic order; nor in say- ing abroad that we propose to bargain with our customers for a new deal. We want them to buy from us; wherefore . We are ready to make it easy for them | to sell to us. We stand for mlpmlt{, |*which is the restoring as well as vital- |dzing factor in trade. We have ceased mere professions and are getting down to works.” Indorsement of tariff pros- pects is given also by the Rochester Times-Union, the S8an Antonio Express and the Cloveland News. . “If the conference will resolve itself into a progiam of geiting together as barterers of merchandice essential to the people of the nalions, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, shall be progressing towsrd & perma- nent chjective. Our exports are worth wo:ih the turmoil required to collect the installments. (If the conferees will hold round-table discussions on tariff walls and the international exchange valuzs of the money of the participants, they are easily capable of talking them- selves out of such controversials as causes of war™ “America stands to gain largely if the President’s policy succeeds,” in the opin: fon of the Jersey City Journal, the Ok- lahoma City Times, the Louisville Cou- rier-Journal and the Houston Chronicle. The incidental fact that Presidenc. Roosevelt emerges as a world leader is emphasized by the Charleston (S. C.) Evening Post and the Boston Tran- script, while the Charlotte vmm stance which icateg for the B F Bargaining Between Nations ; Forecast for World Parley nal describes Premier MacDonald of Great Britain as “a figure of great in- fluence in world affairs, a statesman of real quality and dignity.” and one who faces with ability “the controversies and emergencies that throng about him.* The Rockford Register-Republic sees “advantages in the formal exchange of views prior to the London conference,” and asserts: “It is the newer diploma Ys | and there is little question but that peo- ples of the world have a great deal more confidence in it than in the older form where intrigue and selfish maneu- vering played so large s part.” Referring to the influence of the Brit- ish premier. the New York Sun states that “no other in that position in our time has been so able and willing as he to leave Dovxninmnreet in the care of others and carry his message in per- son to foreign lands.” “The key to permanent betterment lies abroad,” in the opinion of the Bir- mingham Age-Herald. while the Indi- anapolis News feels that “if the Eure- Pean powers find that the United States Wwill exchange debt adjustments tor trade advantages, the President may have chosen the right time to prepare for the London conference.” The Rock Island Argus suggests that “he mignt ask Congress for authority to make some sort of a bargain,” — e Less Costly Rail Reorganizations From the Chicago Daily News. Developments since the Missouri Pa- cific Raiiroad system applied for pgr- mission to reorganize under the tq¥ms of the new Federal bankru law in- dicate that the era of co'-’:‘fy’ railroad receiverships is over. Soon after the application, a Federal judge ordered the existing executive personnel to con- tinue the operation of the road, ©On the day following, the Interstate - merce Commission submitted to the court a list of names from which to choose trustees. The list was accom- panied by a recommendation that. no trustee be paid more than $25,000 & year. 3 That was all in start] cantuxlo former procedure. The cost of the Chi- cago, Milwaukee & St. Paul recejver- ship, which lasted from 1924 to estly in 1928, was estimated at one time: being between $4,950,000 and $6,495,000. Two barking houses sponsoring the re- organization were to receive $1,044,600 for their services. Renlvenh? - penses cleared through the Federal m?o :&r’e fl;:!d betw‘z‘e’n dsel.nm!.mm sod 1,260,000, while spec] posit d Btock and Bond Holders’ Commnnt;ye gfl accounted for the remainder. e actual receivership expenses were than the estimate. A final court order aliotted the receivers approximately $1,500,000 for their services' and se D& their special legal and accounting siffls. No comparable final figures on tae other items were made public. The Miseouri Pacific is the first rail- dollars, while our war debts are noc‘:,:"fl lo zcek capital readjustment un- T the new law. It is apparent -that further payments of the exorbitant fees of earlier days is improbzble. The se- glrlxty %Ide!sl should benefl{.“ l:'co:g- y, e_only mourners w e Interits which formerly Tound the te- o) ization of railroads & very profit- able business. ) Half Empty or Half Full? From the Port Worth Star-Teiesram. An lish visitor sends word back home fit the huge New Yeork scrapers are “half empty.” Couldn't he see they were half filled? r—too— A New Question, Prom the Chicago Daily Nevs.