Evening Star Newspaper, May 31, 1933, Page 8

s " A-8 {THE EVENING STAR o 0h Sundey Morning Efitlon. WASHINGTON, D. C. WEDNESDAY.....May 81, 1933 THEODORE W. NOYES....Editor N i &‘: 110 (1 5 e Gunaty ors may be sent in by mal Sl Yooo” Rate by Mall—Payable in Advance. Marylsnd and_Virginia. y N i mo. g only 1yr., mo.. EIII only 1yr, $4.00; 1 mo. 40c $8.00; isc 3$5.00; 1 50¢ mo., mo.. Assoclated Press. '-‘u-z.e‘a '1"‘}:“ s exclusively entitled Assoct republication of all ne o Srecied to b o Hot otherwise ered: ¥ god K ‘hl‘l'l':l‘n’.' l‘&hu of publication of special dispatches herein are also reserved. The Veterans’ Protest. Nobody ever expected plain sailing in peducing veterans' costs. As remarked ot the time, many of the members of Congress who voted to give & courageous President the power to reduce them did %0 in the spirit “We who are about to @e (politically) salute you.” But there was the element of & public sentiment, aroused over the mounting bountles to men who did not owe their disabilities directly to war service, strongly in sup- port of the President and those who were willing to go along with him in bringing to an end what many consid- ered & national scandal. This sentiment was even more powerful than the voice of the veterans or the strong lobbies which they have maintained in Wash- Now, however, the reaction has set fn and it provides a difficult problem for the President and an exceedingly dangerous one for the politicians. The National Government obviously erred in times of prosperity by saddling itself with all sorts of mounting indebtedness to the veterans until the size of the debt was staggering, threatening the national eredit. The fear now is that there may have been as much error in the other direction, and that in drastically wip- ing much of this indebtedness off the books acts of ruthless injustice to de- serving veterans have been committed. The President was the first to ac- knowledge this danger, and on May 10 s White House statement declared that “as a result of the spplication of vet- erans’ regulations, it now seems that the eut in compensation of service-con- EEu? g| Program, of course, is the knowledge sacrifices on the fleld of battle. The eriticism has been against the benefit payments to men—and women—who made no sacrifice on the field of battle, snd who incurred their disabilities, sctual or alleged, years after the war Was over. It is estimated that between sixty and & hundred million dollars must be added to the veterans’ appropriations if some of the injustices to the men who were disabled in battle, and to their beneficiaries or dependents, are to be corrected. There seems small prospect of recelving this additional appropria- tion st this session of Congress. The sddition of such an amount would esuse & dent of no small proportions in the President’s budget savings. The country, however, will not allow obvious injustices to the deserving vet- erans and neither will the President. If the slashing has gone too far—and there seems to be universal admission that it has gone too far—there will be remedial action. Whether it can be taken at this session of Congress is an- other matter. ———e————— Congress needs a vacation, but its ‘members will not all promise to refrain from getting busy by radio. | Home Run or Foul Ball? ‘When is a home run not a home yun? The Washington players yester- | dsy declared that the answer to this question is that a home run is not & home run when it is a foul ball The umpire in chief, in supreme com- mand of the game at Griffith Stadium, msserted that & ball hit over the fence within fair territory is a home run. Of the verity of both of these defi- nitlons there is no question whatever. Wherefore the twenty-minute dispu- tation that held up the game while the rain was falling, and pop bottles were likewise descending? Simply be- eause the Washington players—and several thousand of the assembled fans #s well—were positive that the ball ‘went over the fence on the fou! side Justice of the contest disdained to refer the matter to one of his brethren and so the appeals of the home players for a supplementary ruling were fruit- less. Consequently the ball was fair and the home run scored. Base ball decisions are always matters of instant judgment. The umpire must act immediately. If his eye betrays him his decision is wrong. Obviously it is difficult for an umpire standing at the home plate to determine whether a curving ball passes over the barrier on one side or the other of the foul line at the instant of clearing the fence. And it must be said, too, that the spec- tators, in even the most favorable posi- tion—and only a few are so situated— are no more capable than he of de- termining the fact. Furthermore, they are likely to be influenced by emotions of which the umpire is supposed to be wholly free. The game was played to s finish under protest, but unhappily for the home team the rules forbid any re- versal by the court of last resort of the decisions of umpires in matters of judg- ment. BSo yesterday'’s home run wil undoubtedly remain a home run and the game will stand as recorded, a vic- tory for the Yankees. It is just such situations that make the game of base ball so intensely interesting to the mul- titude, and there would seem to be no way short of some ingenious device such as an “electric eye” to avert them. Austria and the Nazis. Hitlerism has encountered the worst rebuff of its triumphal career in its effort to “sell” Anschluss (union with Germany) to the Austrian government. In the head of the Viennese govern- ment, Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss, the Nazis have run against a man of iron, who refuses to be intoxicated by their grandiose vision of a great Germanic empire, stretching from the Danube to the Baltic, in which, of course, Fascist Germany would be supreme and Austria occupy the ignominious role of & con- quered province. Recent Hitlerite emis- saries received a hostile welcome when they arrived in Vienna on s mission, sent to capture the Austrian imagina- tion for the glory of Anschluss. Im- poverished, depopulated and militarily impotent as the World War left the once proud realm of the Hapsburgs, there apparently remains a virile stratum of nationalism, which gives no indication of readiness to be submerged by absorption into Nazi: Germany, al- though in the past there has been some Austrian sentiment in favor of what, after all, is a natural ethnic and eco- nomic union. Drunk with power and self-esteem, Hitler and his minions seem blind not only to the events which drove Germany's foreign minister, Dr. Curtius, from office in 1931, after an incensed Europe, led by Prance, vetoed his Anschluss venture, later decreed by the World Court to be a violation of the treaties of Versailles and St Germain, but equally blind to the strong prob- ability that any German sttempt to revive the project now would provoke armed protest. That the French and their allies, the Ozechoslovakians, would not hesitate to mobilize and march to prevent fruition of Anschluss can hard- 1y be questioned. That would mean the long-feared rew European war. Un- der such circumstances, it is gratify- ing to feel that in Chancelior Dollfuss there exists & stern barrier to Hitlerite dreams of & “reborn Germany” to in- clude six million absorbed Austrians. Herr Dollfuss claims that the over- whelming bulk of the Austrian people supports his opposition to Nazl plans. Yet another hindrance to the Anschluss that Mussolini’s Italy would not con- template with satisfaction the. exten- sion of German Fascism's sway to the region of the Trentino. The Nazis are attempting to capture Austria politically and internally as they finally captured Germany, but all recent indications sug- gest that their prospects are far from bright. While Anschluss is therefore not imminent, it is not to be supposed that it has already faded from the hopes of the mad hatters of Berlin. ————— The Massachusetts judge who told the jury that a witness must be lying because his hands perspired while he testified went beyond psychosnalysis in court procedure and introduced a new form of palmistry. R The Saga of Berg. It may seem remarkable, but it is true that a considerable portion of the current news of any average day is con- cerned with dumb animals. Not by any means do human beings have an exclu- sive monopoly of the varieties of experi- ence which make the bulk of the con- | tents of the papers. Wild creatures of every kind and domesticated species of every déscription are reported at gen- erous length. Now and again an indi- vidual bird, cat or dog attains the dis- tinction of front-page mention. Of the last named class is the saga of Berg, told by the Associated Press corre- spondent at Halifax, N. 8. According to that chronicle, Capt. Richard Beadon of the cable ship Cyrus Field on May 11 was guiding his vessel through the ice floes of Bonavista, when Quartermaster Young happened to no- tice a moving speck on an ice sheet | far out over the water. Young di- rected the captain's attention to the ob- ject, and the captain reached for his telescope. Only a moment's study through the glass was required. “A castaway dog,” was the verdict. There was the problem: What should be done? Should the ship go on about its proper business, or should it engage in an act of mercy? Nothing in the mariner’s code compelled Capt. Beadon to change his course in & dog's behalf. Nothing, that is, except the unwritten law of man's regard for his most loyal animal friend. Nothing except the natural human instinct to give help where help is needed. But that was enough. The ship swung around in the right direction. The’ crew crowded to the rall. A crew formally adopted him as a mascot, and christened him, properly enough, Berg. It was surmised that he was one of a number of dogs lost by seal hunt- ers on the Newfoundland coast at the height of the season, and that he has been a prisoner on the floe for several weeks. A cheer is in order for Capt. Beadon and his men, and another cheer should be accorded the brave animal they saved. They did their duty, and he proved his right to their aid—with less stout courage and less ardent hope he might have perished long before they came. St. Francis of Assisi, who called even the wolf a brotner, would have loved the story. It may be presumed that many, possessed in some part of his spirit, likewise will appreciate the saga of Berg, and that his name, with those of his friends, will be enduringly remembered. ~ o More pay envelopes are going into circulation; which means more pur- chasing capacity, more manufacturing and more sales service. The point in affairs may presently be reached where economic difficulties may be cured by allowing nature to take it course. —_— et Demand for equality in armament might be met by a system requiring no armament at sll. At this point pthere would probably arise a demand for an international police system to prevent carrying concealed weapons. o American citizens who pay taxes abroad do not have the satisfaction of positive assurance that some of the money may come back to this country in the form of debt payments. ———— A certain degree of currency inflation may be easy because nobody pauses to read the fine print on paper money be- fore receiving or spending it. —— e ‘There is no assertion of reason why any member of the cabinet should re- sign. Yet it is a free country and there is no doubt that he can do so if he feels like it. —— e A cessation of argument by financiers and statesmen may help trade a little by restoring the 'demand for golf equip- ment. SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. The Ostrich Complex. How like the Ostrich is & man ‘Who when his step goes wrong Believes concealment is the plan To put him right and strong. He chides his conscience should it dare At devious deeds to hint And says with a triumphant air, “I kept it out of print.” The potentate will proudly rise His regal wrath to wreak. “It 1s my will that men,” he cries, “Shall suffer and not speak! ‘Though scandal may produce s thrill And fame that knows no stint, Mine is the truly worthy skill. I kept it out of print.” Slighted. “Did you feel indignant concerning the reports of magnificent generosities in Wall Street?” “I did,” answered Senator Sorghum. “T feel as if invitations had been issued for a great party and I had been left out.” Jud Tunkins says depression is a state of mind that maybe just naturally fol- lows undue exhilaration. Dignity. Our dignity must make a hit And, be preserved with pride. But too much worry over it May be a bit undimmeg. The Listening Hour. “What makes you listen every night to the radio lecturer?” “I am recalling my happy childhood days,” answered Miss Cayenne. “I can't g0 to sleep without my little bedtime story.” Thorns Out of Date. Now June draws near with gentle style Wearing a rainbow for a smile. Let roses grace a pathway rough. We surely have had thorns enough. “Teaching children,” sald Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown, “is not a one-sided benefit. If you can encourage them to speak without fear, you may learn much that will surprise you.” Getting too Wise, We brave indigestions Great knowledge to clutch. If you never ask questions You'll never know much. But wisdom works queerly. You soon know a lot That, speaking sincerely, You wish you did not. “Whenever some one says he’s ginter tell me sumpin’ foh my own good, 'cause he’s a friend,” remarked Uncle Eben, “I allus” braces myself foh a hard slap.” —————— The Modern Milkmaid. Piom the San Antonio Express. Columbia University will offer “a co- educational course in milking the " An old ditty calls for revision: going to milking class, sir, she ———— Tasting and Feasting. From the Philadelphis Evening Bulletin. After all, 8 man has a better chance of surviving a continuous fast for 21 days than he would of outliving a meal of that duration. e U e Pinchot’s Batting Average. From the Oil Oity Derrick. of the line, while the umpire held that it went over on the fair side. Who W8 7ight? It so bappens, however, . ) rthrill of excitement ran through the heart of each spectator. As the in- tervening &pace of water narrowed Gov. Pinchot approved 16 bills and vetoed 13 in one day, throwing out almost every other one—not & bad average. THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL, ‘Why lose any? persons have come to us re- Nature is in control of these little fel- lows more directly than of other pets. She seems to hover above the aqua- rium, telling all who will listen that her laws are her laws, and they must be _obeyed. This is true of all life, but somehow the glass tank containing a sector of animal and plant life seems to exem- plify it more directly than in any other direction. If the newcomer to this fascinating indoor sport will follow gertain plain directions, he scarce will lose a fish. There may be some loss, of course, be- cause he may encounter conditions which Nature herself cannot overcome. In the main, however, if he will follow certain plain procedure, he will have the satisfaction of minimizing losses. * ok kX ‘The first thing he ought to get is not a tank, nor yet fishes, nor yet sand or plants, but a floating thermometer. The thermometer is the most essential of all instruments in the proper han- dling of small tropical fishes in the home, but too often it is regarded as of secondary importance, Without it, one must guess, and na- ture doesn’t guess. In her grand spaces she keeps for her small charges certain fairly even water temperatures. Now if a human being aspires to keep the same animals in the home, he must keep his aquarium water between certain well defined limits, The bottom limit is 72 degrees Fah- renheit, in our opinion. Any one who wants to put faith in 70 degrees, or 68 degrees, is at liberty to do so, but if the fish develop certain diseases, let him not blame the creatures, nor high heaven, but himself. Seventy-six to 86 is the best range. * x K % He has been too niggardly to buy a 15-cent thermometer, and then wonders at failure. Such is the indictment in many a case. As to how high the water may be permitted to get, this also develops dif- ferences of opinion, but the “too high” is not as important as the “too low.” Nor does fluctuation of temperature do Harm, as far as we can see, just so long as the change is not too sudden. A body of water does not change tem- perature as rapidly as air, which is a very fortunate physical fact for thou- sands of little fishes. Fluctuation in water temperature is natural, in the outdoors, as water is successively played upon by midday | fignes suns and the cool of night. * ok kX The second step is very simple: Use the thermometer. Know what the temperature of the aquarium water is, not now and then, but all the time. If it is too low, warm it up, by any one of several well known means, If it is too high, tone it down. ‘This knowledge is primary. After it come proper water and proper feeding. * k% Water from the faucets in the Na- tional Capital and nearby places is good, clean water, slightly alkaline, normally an excellent medium for fish life. to lose his fishes, buf Now comes & rule which troducing the fishes. * * * ‘That this is a it ourself, because we were too anxious to get the fishes in! ‘This is the case with most but all of us are wrong in doing it. * Certain bacterial actions take place in new water, and they should be per- mitted to occur in the planted tank be- fore the animals are placed in it. ioht e, e 20 lmpotant, 1 the cres: might not be so nt, e crea- tu‘r‘u were introduced slowly, pair by pair, as the animals were su| to into the ark. ALY ¢ hieny Every one n greal 3 however, and wants to have a flashing aggregation of swimmers in exactly no time at all. The result often is that small of whitish material completely the aquarium. LR ‘The plants (but not the inmates) have been in the tank all this time, of course. ‘Without good plant growth, the aver- age amateur will not be able to get proper oxygenation, which is essential, not only for the fishes, but for the in- | hibition of certain inimical bacteria, in- cluding those already discussed. ‘We are proceeding on the assumption that the average amateur will not have electrical oxygenation, not only because t costs money and clutters up the house, but more because he does not want it. His desire is for the “balanced tank,” in which plants produce oxygen for the animal life, and the creatures give off carbon dioxide for the use of the plants. A delicate balance is to be secured here; it is not easy of attainment; there is no ce of doing it unless the plants grow and are healthy, This means that the acquarium must have good light. Our personal belief is that there is no substitute for one or two or even more hours of e every day. * kKX “A green tank is a healthy tank,” say the old-timers, but then in the next breath they talk so much about algae, caused by light, that they scare the beginner from putting his tank in the sun. Put it in the sunshine, but remember to keep track of the water temperature with the thermometer. If this is too much trouble, then give up tropical and go back to dogs. Ninety de- grees is 3 Proper feeding, we belleve, is the crux of the whole matter. Too much food will help cause bad water, but too little will make puny, sick fishes, and too limited a variety result in certain disaster. A variety of foods is essen- tial. Practically all of the common tropicals available to the amateur may be kept on dried foods, but to attempt to do it with just one or two varieties is to court failure. Feed a little bit twice a day, in the early morning and in late afternoon, and change the food at every meal. The fishes like variety the same as you do. Above all, they like more than one meal a day, just as you do. WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS The Supreme Court adjourned last Monday for the Summer, not to convene again until October 2. The docket of the court is clear. The justices are scat- tering to their various Summer hab- itats. They will need all the rest and recreation they can get to store up energy for the mountain of labor for them which is ahead—the construction and interpretation of the vast legisla- tive potpourri of the present Congress. No one of these emergency enactments but what presents great constitutional questions and objections; no one of which will escape attack and review by the Supreme Court. The constitutional right of the Government to require pos- sessors of gold to surrender their gold is disputed. The attempt of the Execu- tive and Congress to annul the gold clause in Government and private bonds is challenged. The agricultural recovery bill is claimed by many legal lights to be chock-full of legal and constitutional pitfalls, The pending control of indus- try bill is attacked on constitutional grounds. The same holds true of prac- tically every one of the administration’s legislative proposals. * kX If the justices of the Supreme Court have recjlon to be perturbed by the grave questions of governmentzal policy upon which they must pass, no such perturbation plagues the President. No constitutional doubts assail him. One of the high lights of Mr. Roosevelt's inaugural address was his statement that “our Constitution is so simple and practical that it is possible always to meet extraordinary needs by changes in emphasis and arrangement without loss of essential form. That is why our constitutional system has proved itself the most superbly enduring popular mechanism the modern world has pro- duced.” The President adverted to the constitutional aspects of his legislative program in his radio talk to the Na- tion on Sunday evening, May 7. He said then: “Congress is to decide what has to be done and to select the appro- priate agency to carry out its will. This policy it has strictly adhered to. The cnly thing that has been happening has been to designate the President as the agency to carry out certain purposes of | the Congress. This was constitutional and is in keeping with past American tradition.” * ok k% According to cables from Hawali, the little paradise in mid-Pacific is in an uproar over Mr. Roosevelt’s request of Congress that all limitations on his ap- pointment of a Territorial Governor be removed. Under the present law the President must name as Governor a resident of the island, and Honolulu is all cluttered up with candidates for the post. Mr. Roosevelt has said that he desired to be free to name some one from the mainland—continental U.S. A. He has given no intimation of whom, if any one, he had in mind for the post, but the friends of Judge Ben A. Lindsay of Denver, world-famous so- clologist, insist that if the President is made free to do so he will appoint Judge Lindsay. Presumably Hawaii would offer an interesting sociological laboratory for practical experimentation with Judge Lindsay's social ideas. In behalf of the administration it is said that it is neither the law nor the cus- tom to pick & Governor or Puerto Rico or a Governor of the Philippines from these territories, and that thére is no reason why there should be such a re- quirement with respect to Hawail. * ok ko ‘The composite average age of the Senate went up another notch or two last week when Judge Willlam H. Thompson of Nebraska presented his credentials as Senator to fill the vacanc; caused by the death of Senator Howell. Judge Thompson is in his eightieth year He has been a lifelong friend of Gov. Bryan, the “Brother Charlie” of the late Willlam Jennings Bryan. Gov. Bryan has ebeen reputed to have senatorial aspirations on his own ac- count, but, if so, he is holding them in abeyance. The appointment of Ji ‘Thompson by Gov. Bryan is & stop-gap designed 10 | hold the seat open. It will be filled permanently at the election next.year. Gov. Bryan, if he lives and if Nebraska Democracy continues in the ascendency, may come to the Senate then. * K ox ¥ Senator Thompson is the fourth new member of the Senate during the past 90 days. Gov. John E. Erickson of Montana resigned his governorship to facilitate his appointment by the Lien- tenant Governor to.the Senate seat vacated by the death of Tom Walsh, Senator Erickson's term (the unexpired portion of the Walsh term) runs through 1936. Former Gov. Harry Flood Byrd of Virginia was appointed to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Senator Claude A. Swanson. Sen- ator Byrd will come up for election next year. Nathan L. Bachman of Tennessee was the fourth senatorial arrival via the appointment route, tak- ing the seat made vacant by the resig- nation of Cordell Hull. Senator Bach- man will not have to face election until 1936. Thei:x were sixteen senatorial newcomers consequence of the 1932 elections. So that as matters now stand, with the four new arrivals, a total of twenty of the entire ninety-six are en- Joying their first taste of senatorial pomp and power. * k% % Viscount Kikujiro Ishil and his asso- ciates on the Japanese delegation to the London Economic Conference will sall from New York for Southampton on Friday, filled with impressions and ideas respecting America’s position at the conference as well as our position toward Japan, gained first-hand from six days in Washington and frequent Vvisits to the White House and to the State Department. The visit of the Japanese emissary was featured with the customary expressions of good will and the customary declarations of the need of the spirit of co-operation for world peace. Viscount Ishii declared that he found the traditionally amica- ble relations between the United States and Japan unshaken by recent events in the Far East. He confessed admira- tlon of Mr. Roosevelt's candor. Whether the President was impressed with the viscount’s candor has not been stated. Not the least interesting of the vis- count’s impressions must have been those he received as an amazed on- looker at one of the Roosevelt semi- weekly conferences with the press. The attendance at a White House press con- ference is a special treat which the President accords to all of his interna- tlonal visitors. EE Campobello Island, lying in the Bay of Fundy off the northernmost tip of the State of Maine, but actually on ihe Canadian side of the international boundary, is by way of achieving over- night international prominence because of the location there of President Rocse- velt's Summer home. The island was settled by Capt. William Owen of the British Royal Navy in 1770 and was named by him in honor of the then Governor of Nova Scotla, Sir Willlam Campbell. Capt. Owen received a grant of the island from the crown and ol ganized a _company of Liverpool m chants to finance the settlement. Bene- dict Arnold lived on Campobello Island for many years after the Revolutionary War. and his home was torn down there not many years ago. The original Roosevelt home on the island was built by his mother when Franklin D. was very young. After his marriage he built a home there for himself. (Copyright, 1933.) No Till Tampering. Prom the Macon Telegraph. ‘While in ership with the Gov- ernment, which makes us feel more not to ring the Government’s cash register. Thrift. Prom the Bcranton Times. Uncle S8am was nonplussed the other day at being caught trying to pass counterfelt money. A Bureau of Stand- ards employe found s bogus half-dollar in his pay envelope, g0 | are not wanted their immigration laws so that those who are being persecuted in Germany ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. may enter this country to establish | rea: ‘homes. The article divided those who ited 1asses—Com. Thirkata, Jews and sl ot opposed to the Hitler regime. It was stated in the article that most of the |and Communists would go to Russia and the Jews to Palestine, but there was no refuge for the third class, which is said to consist of lawyers, physicians, teachers and other professional persons. t the last class in particular should be allowed to come, and the inference is left that our coun- try would be greatly blessed by their presence here. Ever Jaws. immigration were enacted repeated efforts have been made to tear them down. Althoug this country alread: contains nearly every race under the sun, many of whom are unnaturalized and can never be assimilated, there are those Wwho l'm‘)édhum“u h:l‘u m“ld"n?hw mak- ing a dumpf ground; ey would have us admit not only all those who desire to come. but also all those who elsewhere, regardless of the effects upon American economic, social and political conditions. They seize upon every pretext as an occa- sion for starting a movement to weak- en our immlg.- laws. Just now they are using alleged persecution in Germnniu for which we s}'e in no way , 88 an excuse for asking us to lift the immigration bars. Bills in- troduced are now pending for this very purpose and hearings are being held on these bjlls. A few days before the cmfil:ud article was printed, asking us to in the professional classes, a large dele- Pu«n of professional persons and col- lege graduates called upon President Roosevelt asking that he do something to give them employment. Those who would let in the German professionals would aggravate the deplorable plight of our own professionals. The American people should under- stand what is back of the efforts of those who keep forever trying to bore holes in the immigration walls. Whether the pretext is that we should take in those who are saild to be persecuted in Germany, or the pretext is that we should let in the aunts, cousins and other relatives of those who are already here, or the the fundamental purpose is the same. ‘Those gentlemen or their constituents are interested in their kinsmen in for- eign countries whom they would like to bring to our shores to share the beneau of a civilization created by our people. any of their attempts they will imme- diately start upon another, and there will be no end to_ their attempts until our immigraion laws are completely nullified and aliens to come again from-all quarters of world, as they did in previous years, at a rate in ex- cess of 1,000,000 a year. It is hoped that the American people will not be 30 absorbed in the it that will over] tacks tion since our bel Selling Worthless Stocks | America’s Favorite Sport To the Editor of The Star: . One of our legislators recently re- marked, “It is cult to enact legis- Jation to protect people against them- xelve‘u)':i e was :;(e';nng to jecposy legislation design preven! - national bankers and stock manipu- lators from flooding the country with ! worthless foreign bonds and equally ‘worthless stock. This is a little pastime that annually filches hundreds of mil- lions of dollars from the pockets of the poor dupes of this country who engage in it. The money is diverted from the legitimate channels of trade, and so we have es. pan! A beautiful stock p: tus and a | caused | glib-tangued salesman ve many men and women to lose not only their homes and the savings of a lifetime, but their lives as well. In most States of the Union it is unlawful for & person to take a nice attractive looking piece of meat wrap up & dose of poison inside it and scatter it around for the dogs of the neighborhood. Of course it is foolish on the part of the poor dogs to go around indiscriminately ea meat the history of which they really know nothing about. They will do it, how- ever, and I never yet heard their fool- ishness put forward as an ent to repeal the dog-poisoning law. Not that I intend to compare an interna- tional banker with a dog poisoner, be- cause, strange as it may seem, I once knew a dog poisoner who had & few decent traits. A few dusky gentlemen can meet in an alley and induige in a liitle game of craps, involving for all parties con- cerned about two dollars. Unless are very vigilant a limb of the law descends 3@ them and they are marched and duly puni . Of course if one of them introduces loaded dice into the e and it is found out by his would-be dupes, it is just too bad. They do the punishing themselves —with a razor. In strong contrast is the selling of worthless bonds and stock by the in- ternational bankers and stock manipu- lators. This cancerous growth on the body economic, propagated and fostered by these human vultures, is the biggest gambling game in the history of the world. And yet, paradoxically, it is not & gamble. " The poor fish who plays in the game long enough will find that the dice are always loaded. The game is legalized. The license fee for run- ning it is the amount of the income tax which the operators pay the Fed- eral Government. They are not even ying that now. p.lt ghe activities of these “financial moguls” are not to be curbed by the law, then the moral of this tale is: If you want to steal and get off with a oo eaiing smals, renl b of s B al big. A Nuisance North of Chevy Chase Circle To the Editor of The Star: Your good editorial protesting against the cutting up of Thomas Circle will be very much appreciated by the thinking people of the Nation's Capital. well point out, a dangerous precedent will be established and it seems so un- necessary. Just what is all this hurry? During the rush hours morning and evening the average automobile driver is cer- tainly & curious animal. Folloying that editorial I see that Mr. Justice Peyton Gordon has ren- dered a very important decision in re- gard to zoning of what is left of Chevy Chase Circle in the District of Co- lumbia. I presume that it will not be possible to get Justice Gordon to extend his jurisdiction about three hundred feet onto the Maryland side of that circle, now being beautified with a fountain. The situation on the opposite side of the circle is simply ridiculous and it will only be corrected, I presume, when some one is killed in the bottle neck be- tween the strect cars, the ice cream wagons, the venders, the taxicabs an the busses that now infest that inter- section. It is hardly possible to get through the bottle neck for two hours in the imj nt, one should be very careful | of 1 A 5 i § ersa. pretext is something else, | Postal Union (regular) d men to work; Q. How did the internal revenue col- lections last month compare with those o Abei. 1033, ihe total was 455 201,196.56. In 1933 the total was $89,- 062,187.56. Income taxes fell off about $1,000,000 as compared with April a year ago, but malt liquor, gasoline and oil, cl electric energy, automobiles and tires and other taxable sourcer brought the amount up to the new high level. Q. How far from the Wilson Dam is Cove Creek Dam?—M. G. A. The site of Cove Creek Dam is sbout 300 miles upstream from Wilson Q. How old is De Wolf Hopper?— Q. How much opium and coca leaves are imported into the United States?— 1 134,847.64 pounds of crude imported, and 481,}:1.37 ‘Consequently, the entire amount on articles Selivesy in ' Tore o try, and vice ] 8 for country, ce If these gentlemen succeed in | inf the country of origin. Q. When was the United Daughters of the Confederacy organized?—R. 8. A. In 1894. There are about 30,000 members. Q. In what time does the Royal Scot th éhe trip from London to Glasgow? uAt:h?gent 2 Prorr";’:he:hm of ), M trip in 7 houre 40 minutes. The dis: tance is 401 miles, Q. What bird sings at night in South- | em California?—E. McD. A. The mq e ! singer and may be heard at night. The long-tailed chat is also known to | sing at night in Southern Q. Is there any other country to | which Italians have emigrated to the | extent that have come to the United States?—F. J. P. A. They have gone in great numbers to Brazil and Argentina. Italians in | lost. the United States number 1,800,000, in mnrull. 1,700,000, and Argentina, 1,200,- the selec- ber is very limited. Rogers in vaudeville be- a stage star?—H. F. M. TS Was on the vaudeville he was in the Ziegfeld He became pu;tuuhrly famous were comimon in ancient icularly in Thessaly, and at in Rome under the emperors. . How can a person have his name lly?>—H. E. 8. d be necessary to have an tition to present \W up & 1 court. there was no ob- Q. What are the two lea agri- E}hx;u countles in the um&"suun potatoes, is second with $54,000,000. Q. Is there a ceremony attached to '(.Jhe ‘:nrdinc of the Pulitzer Prizes?— A. In the formal sense of the word the Pulitzer Prizes are really announced, not awarded—that is to say, there is no attached to the winning of ceremx ? | one o!azue prizes. Q. Why was the three-toed sloth given the name “ai"?—P. A. T. A. The name is an imitation of the animal’s cry. Q. How deep is the foundation of the Empire State Building?—H. H. A. It extends about 40 feet below the surface. It is of massive concrete con- struction, built to support the large steel columns which form the frame- work of the building. Q at was the Black Code?—T.C. A. The Black Code, or Black Laws, were those before the Civil War in many of the ‘border States which discriminated aga freed Negroes, who might, otherwise, become citizens and prove a factor. Such laws excluded Negroes from the public schools and from the military, forbidding them to testify in court against & white man or in cases where whites were interested. The object was to prevent erfranchised or freed Negroes from obiaining polif | power, used from 1186, were buried in that one cemetery. Q. Who , “Count that day lost whose sun views from thy hand no worthy action done”?—L. C. C. A. The name of the author has been Tennessee Vinlley Project Launching the the Tennessee Valley development under Government au- spices after years of effort under the leadership of Senator Norris is called and| the realization of a great dream. The of power, the manufacture thul-rudoum'rommmb Jects of comment, but the complete pic- ture, it is admitted, is beyond ordinary vision. Selection of Arthur E. Morgan, president of Antioch College, to direct the ent inspires only favorable y. ““Universal recognition of its tremen- dous moment,” is seen by the Nashville Banner, which avers that “although Tennessee and Alabama, in & sense, are the more immediate beneficiaries, 10 States are diree::ll{l concerned in the movement in its scope.” The Ban- : “Muscle Shoals is ner further explains. they | {ne ‘key ot the Industrial and power arch, but the proportions of the struc- ture as contemplated by the President will touch more than 60,000 square miles of territory. His signature to the Muscle Shoals bill possesses, therefore, 8 significance nothing short of epochal. It marks the assurance of the creation of the most extensive and importan! natural - laboratory that the Federal Government ever visualized or it 1o Forces, each of h has recognized by the Government as & factor for the development of locali- ties and_sections, be co-ordinated for the first time in one it project. Power, while vitally im t, it must ke recollected, is only one of the great objectives. Flood control, navigation, ref tion are correlated, and yet distinct, and will be held steadily to the front. Decentralization of industry will be a resultant of the co-ordinated activ- ity of power, improved na tion, re- forestation, flood control. ture ;:g d’fdc‘;.om mrto erxpmd ll%u side. poor for farming Te- forested and reforestation will stimulate flood control, and flood control is basic to the stabilization of navigation.” “While it is clear there is no market at present for the large increase in Rochester si1 may prove cheap.” Charleston (5. C.) Eve- ning Post adds: “In the end, it will add an enormous volume of electric power to the resources of the Nation and espe- cially to a very wide area of the South. ‘The administration of this great plant by the Government will involve many difficulties and the experiment u) which the Nation is entering with «it presents numerous questions of far- reaching significance. They will have to be met as they arise. We are fully embarked at last on the big undertak- m%n the question of the cost of power clares: “The new administration has become the champion of every con- sumer of electrical energy in the coun- try by accepting the power trust’s chal- lenge. It will learn thrmxg!: the opera- tion of Muscle Shoals whether power can be supplied at a reasonable price. And, this determined, it will compel pri- vate operators to meet that price.” Rec- ognizing the part that the Government will play in future proceedings, the Oak- land Tribune offers the judgment: “There is the prospect that the plans, as they are developed, will put many daaie POk | president. the Asbury Park Evening Press de- | o pu also that it may put out | nem certainl d $20 or less would have been r Called Great Dream ligglized h;‘ pent-up emotion in s celebration, Daily News argues that “the adminise tration’s vigorous support of the bill was manifestly inconsistent with its advoe cacy of economy.” eering ge! “put through the flood control system* in its own region. The Cleveland Plain says of him: “He has devoted much of a busy career to successfully taming wild lands and wild waters. He is an expert on valleys, as well as skilled , & practical farmer .and a genius for proving the worth of new and untried ideas, rubbing off their rough edges and making them fit into novel but workable designs. He has chased the floods out of the Miami Val- ley and run a lot of moss-grown tradi. tions out of education as rejuvenator of a_once dying college.” The Scranton Times calls him “a real find,” and the Louisville Courier-Journal _emphasizes the fact that “he was chosen from a list of 150 outstanding conservation en- gineers.” Morgan Stock Sales Just Good Business Judgment Tq the Editor of The Star: Three or four years ago a motor mag- nate sold in one block one hundred nd shares of stock in a company of which he was then and is now The stock was then quoted at $136.00 per share. He sold at one hundred do per share. It was not 8n act of altruism, If the s been peddled out in small I it is doubtful if the sales would have aver- aged $100, and, if the soureeiof the selling had been known (and hli' would have been) the en ket for motor and other shar have been adversely affected. erally conceded that the sale evidence of good business jue The sale of two hundred thousand shares of Alleghan: tion at $20 was neither flhg unwise. Mr. Whitney said ters offering the stock “the price is now between $35 and $37; this, of . course, means little except that people:like to speculate.” i If Morgan brokers (and offered. the 30 ly & Stock Exchange ey are k the t ice of jed be- fore many thousand shares been -t aith o1's Smicut b P on the of a nd lic” it is because the m& shares S AL s € el & who ac er. HOWARD PITCHER OKIE. Hitler’s Restraint. Prom the Oakland Tribune. Hitler is one who made a