Evening Star Newspaper, June 16, 1933, Page 8

A—S) {THE EVENING STAR With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. FRIDAY..........June 16, 1933 THEODORE W. NOYES....Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company a Penm‘l:'-nh Ave. : 110 st 4 11 2 i3nd 8t. A tas i L “gneian X by Carrier Within the City. 45¢ per month unday Oollection made af Rirs mag be sen tional 6000. Rate by Mall—Payable in Advance. land and Virginia. ..1yr, $10.00: 1 mo.. 85c 1yr., $6.00: 1mo.. 50c 1yr, $4.00; 1 mo.. 40c iy only . | day only . All Other States and Canada. 1y and Sundsy...1yr., $12.00: 1mo., $1.00 Iy only . > 7$8100: 1mo.. 75 day only + $5.00i 1mo. 50c Member of the Associated Press. The Assoctated Press is exclusively entitied ai E Pcebis Eradited to it or ot otherwise cr this nd also the local news oEnsRed meroty Al Fights of publication of special dispatches herein are also reserved. The New Order. The first session of the Seventy-third Oongress has passed into history. What | will result from the remarkable recov- ery program put through the Congress | st the behest of President Roosevelt is ® matter of the future—the near future. Old ideas of the relationship of Gov- ernment to industry, to agriculture, to the railroads and to nearly every activ- 1ty In the country have been scrapped. The relationship between the individual units in industry has been changed drastically. A centralization of power in the hands of the Government—of the President himself—has been planned. At the same time there is to be a cen- tralization in industry itself. Upon the extent to which these extraordinary | powers are put into operation and upon the manner in which they work will depend the immediate future of 1.he" Unittd States. Under the new system | the United States will be a different place in which to live. Will it be a better? The legislation enacted by the Con- | gress is declared for the most part to| be temporary in character. Presumably 4t is to be abandoned at the end of a year or two, once there has been a real recovery in industry and labor. It is| true, however, that the proponents of | much of this legislation believe that once tried, their new systems will not | be relinquished but will become per- | manent. Here again the success or! fallure of the legislation will tell the | answer, ‘The President called upon the Con- | gress to respond to his recommenda- tions in the same spirit that it would respond to the recommendations of a Chief Executive during a state of war. The Congress has responded. Here and there individual members have re- wolted. In some cases whole groups have opposed recommendations of the President and his advisers. Rarely— perhaps only in one instance—has there been a complete party division. And that one instance was over the weterans’ compensation. The country demanded action. It was tired of the division between the Executive and the Legislative branches which during the previous three or four years had made action almost impossible. And, further, 4 was back of President Roosevelt. Now that Congress has legislated it remains for the President to put all Shese vast operations of government into effect. It remains, too, for the people themselves to respond to the stimulating influence of the legisla- tlon. They must adjust themselves to the new order if it is to be made a success. They must do 30 for their own sake or be prepared to scrap all that has recently been done and try some- thing else. ‘The powers given to President Roose- welt are so numerous and so broad that they stagger the imagination. He has eomplete control of the currency of the | eountry. He has control of industry, of the banks, of the railroads, of agricul- ture. It is a tremendous responsibility to place upon a Chief Executive. The President, with great courage, has as- sumed the burden. He is fallible, like &l other humans. He may make mis- tekes and undoubtedly will make them. But it his successes overbalance the mistakes, he will have done a great job for the American people. ———— Taxation without representation has been dispensed with—excepting in the five heavy cruisers, eight destroyers and two submarines. Under the terms of the London treaty remaining then upon the completion of both groups, those already under construction and those about to be laid down, will be $wo air- craft carriers, three light cruisers, sixty- nine destroyers and eightecn submarines. The disparity between the two programs, that under way and about to be started and that permitted by the treaty, might well be considered as warrant for fur- ther construction under the same emer- gency public works program. for the present the thirty-two-ship installment on the treaty navy is a most grati beginning from the point of view of both employment and economic recov- ery and of national defense. ‘Washington is directly concerned in this matter, for the armament for these ships now to be contracted for and con- structed will be fabricated at the naval gun foundry in this city, assuring con- tinued and probably increased employ- ment at that establishment. The as- surance of continued work there is par- ticularly gratifying in view of the men- ace of displacements in the departmental forces from which the Capital will suf- fer severely as present conditions indi- cate. The force at the gun foundry is highly skilled, and if dispersed would find no equivalent employment else- where owing to the highly specialized work in which it is engaged. e New Deals for Federal Workers. The eppropriations for the veterans carried in the independent offices ap- propriation bill placed in temporary eclipse other important provisions of that measure affecting the welfare of Federal employes. It may be interest-| ing at this time to review some of them | as finally agreed to in the amended bill, the enactment of which last night extra session. Foremost in interest to the govern- ment worker is the new experiment in “rotative” furloughs, the expedient adopted to permit departments and agencies to keep within their appropria- ployes. The new law says, in effect, that for the next fiscal year only, and when there are more employes than be done, the heads of departments and of the Municipal Government are au- essary and to distribute “as far as prac- ticable employment on available work in such service among the officers and employes in such service in rotation.” In the old law the heads of depart- loughs"—as distinct from the now abandoned “legislative” furlough—to employes in the avoidance of outright dismissals, but were advised that those with the higher salary ratings should be furloughed first, There is no such advice given in the new law, but the among all employes, without regard to Civil Service regulations, up to a period of ninety days. When furloughs ex- pliance with the regulations. But these, in the end, do not amount to much more than requiring written notice of separation from the Civil Service Com- mission. The new law permits the President to retire gmployes of thirty years or more service, regardless of whether they have reached statutory retirement age. Those retired will draw retirement pay, minus the three and a half per cent which must be collected annually until retire- ment age is reached. This is better than the original proposal of the Budgei Bureau, which would sautomatically have separated all such employes from the service, with the exception of those specifically retained by the President. But the House would not agree to the further modification, proposed by the Senate, which would have permitted voluntary retirement of thirty-year em- ployes—a principle long desired by the representatives of organized Govern- ment workers. Another important change made in the bill by the conferees was in elimi- | nating, and rightly so, all reference to the iniquitous “quota” law when em- ployes are to be selected for separa- tion from the service. The House wrote into the bill the provision requiring that the unworkable apportionment law be considered in making dismissals. This would have resulted, if literally fol- lowed, in discharging efficient employes who had registered from some State or the District of Columbia which, under the apportionment of offices law, has more than its quota of employes in District of Columbia. What is now be- ing considered 1is taxation without mis- Fepresentation. — e | According to Senator Vandenberg, earpet baggers have gone out of favor n politics. Most of the statesmen are satisfled to make little journeys with | g0l bags. ——— Starting Toward a Treaty Navy. | that efficiency, as well as apportion- | | tures of the civil service. | of &l this authority is another matter. the civil service. The Senate made & gesture toward remedy by providing | ment, should be considered. The con- | ferees chose the hest way out of '_hei mess by eliminating all reference to quotas This administration has authority to break down most of the protective fea- | But the use The President is not the man to take Naval construction costing $238,000,- | advantage of such authority to the 000 has been decided upon by the ad- | ministration, to start at once. ! injury of the Federal service. It is This | believed that Government employes will will include thirty-two ships of various | find in the President a friend and pro- classes for auxiliary service, with a|tector who will exert himself to the total of 111,000 tons. These, with the seventeen ships now under construction will leave the American Navy still 177, uf | tmost in the prevention of ruthless isregard of the rights of efficient men nd women who entered Government 000 tons short of the ratio under the | service with the intention of devoting London naval treaty. The mew pro- gram, as Secretary Swanson says, is a *start toward a treaty Navy.” This § good news, both as regards the restoration of the American Navy | to & closer approximation of its strength | permitted by international agreement | and with respect to the contribution to | the revival of industry in this country. | The bullding of these ships will give | employment at once to many thousands of workers now idle and to additional | thousands as the plans are carried further and actual fabrication begins The construction of a naval vessel di- | rectly affects sixteen major industries | end more than one hundred different mechanical trades. The indirect effect of this stimulation of work in mills and shipyards is sure to react helpfully upon other lines of business and bring beck into employment additional thous- ands now idle. Every dollar of the al- lotment for naval construction from the | $3,300,000,000 public works funds will| be spent in the United States. | Fhe ships now to be laid down in- clude two aircraft carriers, four light cruisers, twenty destroyers, two gun- ‘boats for the China service and four their lives to it, and for whom '.he1 changing tides of politics have been minor incidents. —.——. ‘Those who have contended for the dignity of the Senate are apparently willing to adjourn, but do not wish to allow it to appear that they are going on the run. r——— The Marathon Tomorrow. ‘Tomorrow afternoon the spirit of an- clent Greece will live again in Washing- ton when the second annual marathon, sponsored by The Star, will be run. A world record holder, two national cham- plons, several foreign title holders, a gal- axy of lesser stars and several score of hopeful young aspirants will participate for the prize of the occasion, the Na- tional A. A. U. championship. Starting at Mount Vernon on the stroke of two o'clock, the winner should reach the end of the twenty-six mile course back of the White House shortly after half- past four. ‘To those who never have witnessed a | marathon the spectacle of the finish is to be commended as an experience well worth adding to even the richest treas- submarines. Those now under con- sizuction comprise one alrcralt carrier, without a parallel. The air is electsic their traflic tickets. ury of memories. It is a thrill almost THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY. THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. with excitement. All eyes strain down the empty track. The minutes drag. ‘Then in the distance there is the sound of cheering, and, so heralded, the leader comes into view, sturdily pacing or wearlly staggering, as the case may be. Perhaps he is alone, far ahead of his rivals. Perhaps, instead, he is but one of a group, hotly pressed by his com- petitors. In either event, it is an un- forgettable picture—that final effort toward the ultimate goal. The crowd cheers him on. But over the friendly din he hears the threatening rush of the runners behind him, He gathers all his strength, all his will, for the last effort. In an instant it is over. He| flashes across the line, a maker of his- tory. After him, near or far, comes the fleld, competing for the lesser honors, carrying on to the end because it is good sportsmanship so to do. The race should attract an excep- tional gallery. Thousands who ordi- narily pay no attention to the routine varieties of sport, it may be presumed, will wish to see this classic contest. In thelr thought, as they await the victor |at the Zero Milestone, may be recol- lection of their reading of the story of the first marathon that ever was run— the ordeal of Pheidippides, Olympic champion, in 480 B. C. There is no brighter page in human annals than| that which tells of his struggle from the battlefield of Marathon to Athens with | the glad tidings, “Rejoice, we conquer!” Not all the contestants tomorrow will know about the brave Greek athlete of old time. But in the imagination of some of them his bright shade will be present. The courage and determina- tion which he personified are immortal in the hearts of all who follow him in the great race of life. ———————— Currency expansion may relieve a sit- uation in which & dollar cannot travel made possible the adjournment of the | fast enough to perform its precious serv- ice in meeting obligations. In fact, when mills are closed and farms are abandoned the dollar is likely to stay in hiding for lack of a place to go. —_———— Investigator Pecora shows why it is tions without outright dismissal of em- | safe to reduce Government salaries, A man who is really interested in his duties will work as hard for $200 or $300 a month as he would for $10,000 necessary for the amount of work to|a year. .or—s A Missouri college has decided to per- thorized to furlough officers and em- | mit students to go without hose on the ployes for such periods as may be nec- | score of economy. No department store advertising manager has been so cruel as to remind them that stockings were never so cheap. ———— Discretion was shown by G. Bernard ments could give “administrative fur-|ghaw in using all the radio time avail- able at a single session. He has not been invited to take any encores. —————— ent essays are no longer referred to with patronizing toleration. ‘The graduate of today may in time reach political prominence as the col- furloughs are supposed to be distributedd lege professor of the future. —_——t——— In some respects Max Steuer is a conservative lawyer who is confident of ceed ninety days there must be com- |his ability to pull a client through with- out resort to psychoanalysis. ————————— It must be conceded that German standards are shifting when the nation takes more pride in a pugilist than it shows in Einstein. SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Unsafety in Numbers. That trouble loves company long has been known. One trouble’s not much when left standing alone, But when they're assembled in numerous array To think becomes hard, ‘cause there's too much to say. When an uproar arises on many old things, Which include protest running from serfs up to kings, These troubles might yield to intentions sublime If we only could tackle them one at s time. Lack of Post Card Cheer. “Summer conferences abroad,” said Senator Sorghum, “are often disappoint- ing.” “In what way?” “The communications lack gayety. Nobody sends home post cards reading ‘I am having a delightful time, wish you were here.’” Jud Tunkins says “society” has become so influential that the first thing a carpetbagger does is to forget the carpet bag and get a dress suit case. Too Easily in Agreement. A wise man says, “I may sometimes be wrong"— | And soon he meets with a censorious throng | That says “Your noble speech was not | amiss. We much suspect one of those times| is this.” Training. “Have you a soclal secretary?” “Yes,” answered Miss Cayenne, am not quite satisfied with her. “Why?” “She is too thorough. She wants me| to take lessons in jiujitsu, so that I can hold my own if there should ever | happen to be & rough-and-tumble rush | for the seat of honor at a dinner party.” | “Learning would be legs hard,” said | Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown, “if so| much were not constantly written to prove that what was previously taught is untrue.” Variety. My Radio! My Radio, A charm you never lack, As you variety will show Like my old almanac. You show us rhymes and merry jokes For entertalnment’s sake And tell of medicines which folks Should not neglect to take. anything or not.” — ey Long-Felt Want. From the Ashland (Ky.) Daily Independent. With all these improvements in the new autos, no one has yet suggested the | tion. “Some men,” said Uncle Eben, “runs | foh office like dey goes huntin’ or fishin'! | Dey enjoys de sport, whether dey catches | Regal lilies are in bloom again, much to the delight of the thousands of lovers of this splendid flower. Lilies have an air of mystery about them, despite the fact that they will grow in very prosaic American gardens. Maybe it is just this awareness on our Fun that they mostly come from far lands which gives them this very afr, Perhaps, of themselves, they are no different from other flowers. We do not stop to think of Holland every time ‘we plant tulips, nor of Mexico whenever we see zinnias blooming. Yet something there is about the average lily which sets it apart, just as the gardener must do if he wishes to grow it well. * ok * % We tend to think of Asia when we think of lilies of the Old World defi- nitely and ar such, although there are many strictly American lilies. The word lily comes to us from the Greek through Latin. the fancy of the race. as something quite surpassing in the flower line. From the glorious true such as the regal to related species, such as the calla, and the modest lily of the valley, these flowers are associated with purity. The truth is that lilies are partly what we read into them. They have so long been associated with the idea of g‘urlty that they stand for that quality. aybe this is true of all flowers, but surely none more than this; the name and the quality are popularly associ- ated. * kK x Yet few lilles surpass, for integrity of outline and classic feature, many of our best gladioli. And many of them are a great deal more difficult to grow successfully in the average home garden of the sort most persons know. ‘That is why, without doubt, one sees so few lilies in city back yards. A few tiger lilies, a few so-called “day lilies,” Here and there is some ambitious gardener who, lured by the rich his- toricity of the subject, has planted many sorts of lilies. ¥ In the main, however, there is far less planting, and hence far less knowl- edge, of these wonderful flowers that one would expect to find in view of their most mm:nt' hmn:n‘ * flni‘:ha Teason, of course, is not hard to ‘They are not easy to grow. And a flower, whether ancient or modern, must be comparatively easy to handle before it popular in amateur gardens. A lily here, and a lily there, yes, but not lilies everywhere. They are hard to grow, let those who do happen to have solved the problem say what they will. ‘They are rather finicky about their soll, and especially about the position in which they grow. It is often impossible- for the average gardener, under average city and sub- urban conditions, to give lilies exactly what they want m* fl:fle‘ respects. * ‘The home gardener, no less than his flowers, is faced by certain rigidity of conditions. This is one of the reasons why such gardening is more of a test of skill than is generally realized. Limitations of time and money are It is a word which has always caught | Most persons tend to think of a lily‘ and that is about all, as a general thing. | but two handicaps; another, and still greater, in some res) , is the gen- eral lack of scope, very rigidity of 50 many square feet of ground, defi- ‘nitely placed, shaded, and so on. Calvin Coolidge opposed the bonus for the World War veterans. H® opposed it in vain. Congress overrode a Coolidge veto. Mr. Hoover was equally unsuc- cessful in stemming the congressional tide as far as the veterans were con- cerned, and during his term the vete- rans’ benefits, compensations and pen- sions were enormously expanded. The President opposed, but bowed to the inevitable. Mr. Roosevelt for & time seemed destined to have a simi- lar experience. The economy bill, giving Mr. Roosevelt & free hane to cut pensions and compensations, was passed at an when the country was still in the throes of a banking panic and when a new Con- ess was in a daze. The ink was hard- ly dry on the economy bill before many | members of Congress regretted their recipitate vote for it. Congress has gem doing an about-face, so far as| economy with respect to the veterans is concerned ever since. But what has happened in the closing days! of the present session is not a circum- stance to what may be expected to eventuate when Congress reassembles next January and when congressional rimaries are just around the corner. E{ost. political observers are now pre- dicting that within another 12 months the slashes in veterans’ payments which Mr. Roosevelt inaugurated will have been almost entirely obliterated. If business and industry continue on the upswing and if prices and the cost- of living shoot upward, the demand for the restoration of the old scale of pen- sions and compensation will be well- nigh irresistible. * % % An acute shortage in well-aged medicinal whisky is envisaged by Dr. James M. Doran, commissioner of in- dustrial alcohol. He issues a warning| that with unrestricted prescription | privileges the whisky is moving out of | the bonded warehouses at an enor- mously accelerated pace. Irrespective of the early repeal of the eighteenth amendment, it looks as if whisky dis- tilleries will soon be as busily engaged as are the breweries. Maj. Dalrymple | of California, director of prohibition, re- | cently startled the administration by announcing that he was opposed to repeal of .the eighteenth amendment, | the Democratic platform and the presi- dential proclamations to the contrary notwithstanding. Maj. Dalrymple, how- ever, looked with favor upon the pro- posal to legalize the sale as a non- intoxicating beverage of 12 per cent California wine. I that were done| | California wine growers would have no further worries, * ok ok % The State of Texas will commemo- rate the 100th anniversary of its in- dependence in 1936. The American Legion Texas Centennial Committee | has the celebration in charge, and Con- gress has now authorized the coinage of a special 50-cent piece for the Texas celebrants. A million and a half of the new coins will be minted, but will be issued only to the American Legion Committee, who will pay the Govern- ment their face value and then sell them as souvenirs at a premium, and the difference will go toward defray- ing the expenses of the show. When the time comes, doubtless President Roosevelt will be asked to make a per- sonal appearance in Texas in con- nection with the celebration. * o ok o Henry I. Harriman, president of the United States Chamber of Commerce, bestowed blanket approval upon the Federal control of industry bill at the very outset of congressional considera- Mr. Harriman declared he was speaking not for the chamber, but for himself. Nevertheless, his words were construgd as the Chamber of Commerce indcrsement, and some in- dustrialists seem to feel that Mr. Har- riman had spoken a little out of turn and with undue precipitance. The Na- tional Association of Manufacturers, through its counsel, James A. Emery, and its president, Robert S. Lund, St. Louis drug tycoon, declared the ad- ministration’s objectives were all right. ‘They said_industry was anxious to co- elimination of the windshield wiper so the cops would have no place to put 5 operate. But they raised several and serfous objections to clause | | the lleensihx;fi and the labor clause in the the U If a certain type of lily likes to be well shaded, it is extremely difficult, in some gardens, to accommodate it. If another type prefers a little sun, the well shaded garden does not suit. So it goes. In addition, there is the plain handi- cap of competition from the trees and the other flowers, many of which the home gardener feels that he must ve. His lilles—the few he has—will have to get along the best way they can. Maybe this is not fair to the lilies, but it is the case. * ok k% Whether the small place, therefore, is the place for lilies must be left to the discretion of the individual planter. Amateur flower gardening, after all, is for personal satisfaction. In the great majority of cases home flowers are grown for home use, not for sale to_others, or even as gifts for others. ‘What one grows ought to be decided, therefore, mainly by the likes of the home gardener. In this sphere, at least, of his activities he normally does exactly as he pleases. If he wishes to grow lilies, he grows ‘em, but many a home owner finds it | more to his purpose to plant the| gladiolus in any one or more of its hundreds of varieties. It is, of course, a sort of lily, once known as the sword lily many years ago; it will be enough of a liiy to satisfy many. * ok ko The glorious regal, or royal, lly, now in bloom, is so adaptable to av- erage conditions that it may be recom- mended to the veriest tyro at the garden game. It propagates so well that enormous stocks of it have been collected and large-sized bulbs may be secured at very nominal cost. This alone makes it especially to be recommended to the home grower, who often has neither the money to purchase very expensive varieties, nor the patience to search for rare ones. g The regal lily is, as most persons know, every inch a lily in appearance. One fault, if such it may be called, and which it shares with many other sorts, is the tendency of the stalks to m:p Off under the stress of storms mmoull:::tm“n “Nfic&h especial e way to avol ) lly after the buds begin to show, is the %me&hod of staking. Slender blnbl; stakes, green, may placed in the ground back of the plant, and encircling bands of twine extended or looped around the indi- Mwu.hfll mlgg advic e e generally given calls for wide bands of cloth, ordinary heavy twine, of the variety called mule cord, will do very nicely. Stalks of most flowers possess plenty of elasticity, but what they will not stand is & sudden snapping motion, and this JUNE 16, 1933. Delegates to London Should Travel by Air To the Editor of The Star: lega to a slow, inconvenient—but American —ship provokes some additional con- siderations. On our entry into the World War, an allied mission came over here on one of the fastest British cruisers—partly for their protection (although & cruiser did not succeed in ting Lord Kitchener on his mis- sion to Russia). It is reported that our latest-built treaty heavy cruiser is being held in readiness to dash the Commander in Chief across to the London parley in record pace at somg timely juncture. S0 a cruiser coulc also have been lVlfl‘:blc to ou; :}dltd?{s delegation, giving them man: - tlor::l‘ dule(l-lgxfllyl both in Washing- ton and London. Or, if the enactments of Congress had been effective in encouraging the American merchant marine to provide express liners of adequate size (to com- pete with the Bremen and Europa, for example), then these delegates woulc have needed neither a cruiser, nor to pay their own way on a foreign ship. to save time which would have been of great political value. Were such an express liner of the flush-deck type used, as was once proposed (making her avail- able as additional airplane carrier in event of war), even more time could have been saved by the delegates fly- ing on snd off her at_elther shore, using the mail planes. If a presiden- tial nominee can fly to a convention, and prepare his address en route, a te could surely fly to ship. This brings us to a further consid- eration. In 1930 there was held in London another imperial conference— the predecessor of the one at Ottawa, the effect of which was to shut us off from British Empire markets and the | aftermath of which is the assembling of the present world economic parley. again at London. Raising the empire trade preference issue, the Conserva- tive, Bennett, won a Canadian election and the premiership, convoked a rapid- fire session of Parliament to pass emer- gency enabling legislation, and closec its session in time to head his own delegation. Meanwhile H. M. A. R. 100 (his majesty’s airship) flew to Canada with many official ngers, flew about Canada a bit, and returned tc England with added members of Cana- da's press. The services of this air- ship were offered to the Canadian del- , the ship proposing to come mk on nhednl: and fetch them. It was_precisely to speed empire com- unicat t ger than (United States “t.:'hhl‘:p)' % acceptance E FH‘:}. is for “duration,” that is, fiying steadily for a relatively long period of time. This alrship could very easily and comfortably have picked up the undergo- of the staking and tying help obviate, to | Lal & great extent. Lilies, when once set out, should be let alone, even for several years, be- cause not all of them will come up the first year and, even if they do, they may be rather weakly in appear- ance, but constantly moving them around the garden will do little good, unless one is perfectly sure that the situation first choseri was & mistake. Unless one has the seeds of a real gardener in him, he perhaps will do best to let the lilies alone. This is said not to deter any one, but merely to make it plain that if one doubts his abilities along gardening lines he should be satisfied with the things generally grown and loved throughout the land. After all, they are very [ WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS and to the absence of any provision for the control of imports. Some of these objections bore fruit. The licensing clause was modified and an import- control clause was added, and Mr. Lund, in behalf of his organization, an- ncunces his approval of the bill as en- acted. * K X % Joseph B. Eastman of the Interstate Commerce Commissicn, long noted for his vigorously dissenting opinions, espe- cially on questions of railroad finance, is to take over the job of Federal co- ordinator of transportation, created un- der the emergency railroad bill signed this week by the President. Just how much Mr. Eastman will be able to ac- complish under the extremely limited powers which the bill in its final form confers remains to be seen. The labor clause, written into the bill by Congress at the behest of the Railroad Brother- hood, provides that consolidations must not deprive railroad workers of their jobs, and consolidations without reduc- tion in cperating personnel may be of very little account. Mr. Eastman vig- orously npfx:sed the “hamstringing” of the consolidation authority with this labor amendment. But his protest was unavailing. The railroad bill repeals the recldpture clause and brings rail- road holding companies under the juris- diction of the I. C. C., so0 it will not have been in vain, even if it does not promote railroad consolidation. * k% % Other Presidents have had one, some- times two, and infrequently three homes of their own, but, so far as the record goes, none of Mr. Roosevelt's predecessors at the White House has had as many as four establishments of his own; and PFranklin D. has four— his New York City town house, his an- cestral and magnificent country manor at Hyde Park, the “Little White House” at Warm Springs, Ga.,, and the cozy cottage on Campobello Island, in the Bay of Fundy, on the Canadian side of the international boundary line. Right now the eyes of the country are turned toward Campobello, where Mr. Roose- velt will pass at least one night at the conclusion of his Maine coast yachting cruise. * ok % % It is small wonder that with such a variety of homes of his own the Presi- dent has evinced no interest in prof- fers of Summer White Houses for presi- dential use. Incidentally, Mr. Roose- velt turned thumbs down on the Rapi- dan camp in Virginia, where Mr. Hoover loved to seclude himseif and fish, and upon the house atop Mount ‘Weather, in West Virginia, Government owned, which was proposed as an offi- cial Summer residence for the President during the Coolidge administration. One look &t both places was enough for Mr. Roosevelt. * Kk ok * The National Screw Thread Com- mission, abolished by the President's reorganization orders, seems scarcely to deserve the characterization “a costly, unnecessary bureau.” It may be unnec- essary, but the commission itself has cost the Government hardly a penny. | With Its memberships, even including its sec- retary, are Army and Navy officers and Bureau of Standards officials, and their commission membership gives them an extra title but no extra pay. The work carried on under the commission’s di- rection will go on as before under De- partment of Commerce direction. The Jjob is to bring about a standardization of the threads on bolts, nuts and screws so that, irrespective of their brand and origin of manufacture, they may be interchangeable. It was a carryover of wartime measures. Its abolition now will at least do away with the butt of many a journalistic ‘jest. (Copyright, 1933.) —_— e Straight Flyer. From the Oakland Tribune. A robot pilot on an airplane is one who does not go off his course to fly over the bathing beaches. v Out of Date. From the Sioux Falls Daily Argus-Leader. Viscount Snowden, former chancellor of the English exchequer, believes that Great Britain should pay her debts to nited States. He's old-fashioned. and plenty of sufficiently disciplinec men arms to receive, dock and service our airship. ,Or she could even have gonc to the Zeppelin port in Germany (about the same distance as Geneva) the delegation then proceeding by plane or train in a very few hours to London. This practical duration test of the ship would have supplied a demon- stration much needed while Congress is Sides serving I & igh way i pib: a way - -speed adminis- the Lindbergh precedent. -May I add that U. 8. built torbe able to make a round-trip fuel, and carrying a sul tc deposit at destination. Compared with liner or cruiser, actual hours will be given. Scout cruise: U. S. 8. Omaha steamed to Hawaii a! | 28 knots, almost exactly the same speec 4S the Bremen. Hence New York tc | in four days and about 14 | hours. Adding train time Washingtor | to New York, and Plymouth to Lon- | don, five hours each, we get a tota’ of just five days, or 120 hours. A. 8. Graf Zeppelin has crossed to_Europe, coast to coast, in Jjust under 50 hours. U. 8. A. Macon, with her fine speec 8¢ 85 miles an hour, and being pushec by the normal wind from the west tc nearly 100 miles, should make it, Wash- ington to London, in 36 to 40 hours The train trips are eliminated, as the alrship goes over both sea and land. |, Had Lord Kitchener proceeded tc Russia in a then existing English air- ship, he would have been safer, as wel' e Unj States and Germany are | the only nations having this ux’flqur speedy ocean transport. Ocean planc flights are still hazardous stunts, anc normal wheel planes should never risk crossing large bodies of water, wherea: | the Zeppelin continues her h American schedule, for whll:r she was launched five years ago. R. EMERSO] Correction of Article About Queen Family To the Editor of The Star: The splendid article by John Cl: Proctor in last Sunday’s Star on Wm ington suburban developments contains an error about the Queen family of Wi due to incorrect data fur- nished to him. Nicholas L. Queen proprietor of early W: hotels, did not marry a daughter of John Wight, as stated, but,married Eleanor (Nelly) G. Boyd, daughter of Thomas Boyd and_ Charity Duckett of Prince e a gentleman of Prince Georges ity from 1777 till his death in the Winter of 1796-97, and was first lieutenant and adjutant of the famous 5th Maryland Regiment, War of the Revolution, and mustered out that regi- ment at Annapolis in 1785. He was a charter member of the Maryland So- clety of, the Cincinnati. Nelly Boyd Queen’s brother was Washington Boyd, who is said to have been the first mar- shal of the District of Columbia, d1 the administrations of Jefferson an Madison. Nicholas L. Queen and wife and Thomas Boyd were buried at the Queen place in Brookland, D. C., the bodies later being removed to the Queen vault in Rock Creek Cemetery. Wash- ington Boyd is said to have married an English lady late in life and removed to London, where he died. His estate in the District of Columbia was quite large, but it does not appear that it was ever wound up. Thomas Boyd was my great-great-grandfather, and the facts herein stated are not only veri- fled by the records, but were confirmed many years ago by Thomas Boyd Queen and his two brothers, proprietors of cigar stores at the old National and St. James Hotels in this city. In company ‘Thomas Boyd Queen, I visited the old Queen place, Rock Creek Cemetery and Queen’s Chapel at the time of the dedication of the new Catholic church of that name some 20 years ago. and all the facts herein stated were con- firmed by him at that time. Thomas Boyd Queen was a_ descendant of a brother of Nicholas L. Queen. John Wight, mentioned above, mar- ried Cary Boyd in Montgomery County, Md., on May 21, 1797. His wife was undoubtedly a sister of Nelly Boyd Queen, for she fell heir to Lieut. Thomas Boyd's Revolutionary land grant of 200 acres of land in Ohio, which she sold for cash, according to a copy of an old record in my possession. is grant was from the Federal Govern- ment. A similar grant of 200 acres of land from the State of Maryland, lo- cated west of Fort Cumberland, long since passed into other hands. LEROY STAFFORD BOYD. o With-holders. From the Loulsville Courler-Journal. Those ccrporations organized to exe- cute a transfer of stock to evade income tax might be called with-holding com- panies. 3 these | oped into the first commercially ‘machin her royal air force and other | Did you ever write a letter to Frederic J. Haskin? You can ask him any ques- tion of fact and get the answer in a personal letter. Here is a great educa- tional idea introduced into the lives of the most intelligent people in the world —American newspaper readers. It is & part of that best purpose of a news- paper—service. There is no charge ex- :?mmcmumeolnmmmmtm urn postage. Do not use post cards. Address Frederic J. Haskin, Director, The Washington mation Bureau, Wi Q. When are the National Air Races to be held?>—R. A. will be held in Los Angeles during the first four days of July. On those same dl{da the American Air Races are to be held at the Municipal Alrport in Chi- cago. Q. What is the history of the Gen. Andrew Lewis Oak?>—I. B. 8. A. The Gen. Andrew Lewis Oak is at the foot of Marlin’s Mountain, Marlinton, W. Va. It was marked the general for whom it was named, on October 6, 1751, as a corner tree of the Greenbrier Colony. A% the time this colony, in what is now West Vir- ginia, was established, it was thought that it was in the Atlantic watershed. A. The National Air Races for 1933 | ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. tions. There will never come an to the good that he has “done.” Q. What is the fastest speed for a sustained bird flight>—R. T. J. A. The fastest bird whose speed has been measured is the West Indian cloud- swift, which is capable of 100 miles per hour sustained fiight. g. I’:'l?el Aviv an up-to-date city? A. With a population of 70,000, Tel Aviv has all the conveniences of a mnromls such as theaters, cafes, clubs and shops. In and around the city there are numerous factories. In addition to its commercial aspects, it | is a center of cultural activities. | Q@ Who was the first United States consul at London?—V. P. C. A. Joshua Johnson was the first United States consul in London. He was & merchant who had settled in London and was appointed consul from 1785 to 1797. Q. How many paintings, relics, etc., are thére in the Louvre?>—W. H. | A. An inventory of the ministry of | education lists the following: Greek and Roman antiquities, 22,000; Eastern antiquities, 35,000; painting and draw- ings, 82,530, sculpture, 2,098; furnit: and art objects, 8,228; Far East objects, end It later turned out, however, that the | 2923, tree marked the site of the habitation of the first white settlement west of the Divide. Q. Has Ed Wynn ever played in a movie?—C. C. A. He appeared in “Rubber Heels,” a silent picture, and “Follow the Leader.” Q. What is the origin of pugilism? —O. M. D. . The word comes from the Latin word meaning boxer and a Greek word meaning with clenched fist. The first mention of such fighting in literature is found in the 23d book of the Iliad; m;not}‘);r full description is in Virgil, Q. What is meant by radical em- piricism?—M. L. C. A. In philosophy, radical empiricism is the theory that experience is the only test of reality and truth. This is the view of Willlam James and was 80 named by him. Q. Who invented the Burroughs add- ing machine?—S. L. A. It is the invention of Willlam Seward (born in 1857; died in 1898), who inherited his mechanical ability from his father. He was work- ing as a clerk in a bank when he con- ceived the idea which he later devel- success- ful adding e, sutobiographical?>—W. V. A I Q. How oid i Chancellor X Dollfus of Austria?—W. L. oot A. He is 42 years old. We can judge the effect from | boulde: voyage to Eurcpe without stopping for | and states bstantial load hing which its areas shall be developed conserved unimj Among Great of 83, is remembered as one who rose from poverty to t wealth through his ability to unfimmnd the a taste of the American people and his judgment in selection of writers and m:t suppo terprises vocacy of high standards are lauded by the press. “He will be remembered as a great publisher and as a great public bene- factor,” declares the el&hh l’en- ing Bulletin, with a tribute to his *im- portant service in stimula the na- tional spirit of individual ment,” and the estimate that “his t bene- factions were conceived with the defi- ite purpcse of advancing welfare, as material, and of widening the opportunity for individual advancement and achievement.” paper mentions especially ments of the Drexel Institute, of Tem- ple University and of music and its development.” Mr. Curtis’ talent in “proving that there are romance and charm in the everyday business world, and that the average American family is interested in reading about them,” is attested by the Jersey City Journal, with the thought that “he unquestionably had much to do with the molding of public opinion, and, to the lasting credit of his name, he never abused his influence pyumomwmmotm- {sational” The Texington Leader avers that “the truly s mntunnsinuwlwryol his life is the simple fact that his suc- cess was due to hard work, great in- dustry, imagination, foresight, the ca- pacity to gauge publie opinion, and those qualities of character which gave him the trust and affection of all who worked with him in his creative ef- forts.” The Rutland Herald credits him with “high ideals.and a strong sense of public responsiblity.” while the Osh kosh Daily Northwestern holds that his publications had a deep and lasting in- fluence on the lives and habits and cus- toms of the millions of Americans who read them.” To the Miami Daily News “the best of all his gifts is the example of a life that was successful, even as measured the standards of the money-worshiper in the days of fabu- lous fortunes, and was untouched by so much as a breath of scandal.” “His life proves,” according to the Salt Lake Deseret News, “the common- est of all lessons—that ideas are and always will be the best currency to buy power and influence in the world,” and the Danbury News-Times says that he “lived longer, worked harder, made more money and was more useful than most have the privilege of being.” The San Antonio Express offers the judgment: “Himself unschooled in books, he reached millions of readers, informed them, and helped mold and direct their ht. That service was kept up through the half-century while the Na- tion was being transformed an agricultural land into an industrial em- pire.” The Houston Chronicle calls him “American to the core, a representative of the America that was and which may never be again,” and sees in him a pub- :i;l;:r “dev o .‘m iInterests of that ess an ve middle class which was then in the ess of leav- ing the farm and the present industrial civilization of the Nation.” “Into his ,gmug of publications,” states the Buffalo ing News, “were drawn editors and writers who fairly may be said to have held and often to have set the highest standards of their time. . Curtis was one of the most noteworthy men that ever ngpenod in the difficult field to which he devoted himself.” Others recognizing the tech- nical merits of his work as a publisher Q. Is Butler'’s “The Way of All Flesh” | I Q. What is pot-metal>—A. R. A. The glass employed in stained- | glass windows is colored in the making {by tinting in the melting pot with | various metallic oxides. The self-col- ored glass is called pot-metal. Q. Where does Dorothy Harrison Eustis train her police dogs and main- | tain the Seeing Eye?>—H. J. A. Mrs. Eustis’ kennels are just out- side of Morristown, N. J., on the Whip- pany road. It is here that the Seeing Eye supplies traffic guides for the blind. The dog and master are brought to- that after four weeks the blind master is safe even in heavy city traffic. Q. What is tilleul>—E. B. D. A. It is a Yea made from the leaves an aquatic life; for instance, whales, dolphins and porpoises. 0 . Q How long have Piat cars been made?—K. McD. A. The Piat (Fabbrica Italiana Auto- mobili Torino) Italian motor car com- pany was founded in 1898. The origi- nal car was specially designed to cope "l&xv mountain conditions in Northern Q. What are the oldest pulp maga- and With | sines?—H. G. A. The veterans of this type are the Argosy, started in 1882, and the All- Story, in 1889. Q. Who was Gambrinus?—E. B. A. Gambrinus was a mythical Flem- ish King who is credited with the first bm;t‘r? of beer. His name is usually derived from that of Jan Primus, & e., Jan (John) I, the victorious Duke of Brabant (1261-94), who was president of the ls gild of breweries; his Curtis as Publisher Ranked Public Leaders Curtis as having achievemen readers, quotes Mr. verage | stated that “credit for his ts the Tlght Jen 1 the signt plamoar men 'y The Newark Evening News e artistic angle; as the second, he voted attention to the public service beug'ved newspapers capable of render- “It was rather fitting,” according to the Altoona Mirror, “that in the height of his success he should become the owner of the publication which Prank- lin, whose career his own so much 1e- sembled, had founded. This publication attained the world’s leadership In cir- culation during the Curtis ownership.” The Topeka Daily Capital suggests that he gave to the publicatian “wider fame than its founder probably ever dreamed of.” “A great journalist, philanthropist and business organizer has passed from the scene, but his works and his influ- ence will go on,” says the Birmingham Age-Herald, a thought which is voiced also by Boston Transcript, while the Providence Journal believes that his pub- lications, as “real American institutions, will stand as his best memorials.” The Dayton Daily News calls him “the most successful periodical publisher of all time,” and the Sioux Falls Argus-Leader declares that “his power was perhaps as great as that of any private citizen in the world.” The Indianapolis News holds to his credit “the value of his ef- forts in developing unity of American thought and purpose.” | Cleanliness Is an Urgent American Need To the Editor of The Star: . A distinctive feature of American life is Clean-Up week, during which the accumulated rubbish of the past year is disposed of. During the hot weather garbage should be promptly burned, or else kept tightly covered until the garbage man comes around. Vermin and bac~ teria of all kinds multiply rapidly when they have access to food. Every city, and every town of any size at all, should have a municipal street clean- ing and garbage removal d ent. Night sofl in farm privies uld be i:g;:ered with dry earth or chloride of e. Cleanliness s next to godliness. May I say in passing that we Americans understand cleanliness better than we do godliness. We like a clean man, but we have a peculiar notion that a :oodkmln is either a hypocrite or a crank. Recently a visiting British author criticized our American countryside for its ugliness, its unattractive and inar- tistic vista and panorama of totteri: fences, unpainted wooden barns an outhouses, corrugated iron structures, ruhbmlx heaps, tr:: w:l;wndl ‘unsightli- ness of scenery railroa view for hundreds of miles, ey If I were Roosevelt, I would put the young men of the country along the railroad trachs to clean up the scenery. It may be all right to send the boys to the woods. But after all a forest is only & forest. Let us put spruce down in the woods; but let us also are the Lincoln State Journal, the Hart- ford Times, the Baltimore Scranton Times, the Yakima gether and the training is so skiliful . 4| S