Evening Star Newspaper, June 21, 1933, Page 8

{THE EVENING STAR With Sunday Morning Edition. " WASHINGTON, D. C. ‘WEDNESDAY. .June 21, 1933 THEODORE W. NOYES....Editor The Evening Star llaq;per Company o 11th St and Pennsylvania Ave -, New York Office: 110 East 42nd 8t. i S8 e dhcie Siaee s unday Star... 5c_per col Collection made at the end of each month Orders may be sent in by mail or telephone NAtional 5000. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Vll;‘idlolf. Daily and Sunday....1yr. $10.00: 1 mo.. 8¢ Daily only .. ? Sunday only 1mo.. 40c All Other Shs& .:‘xdz o(élnluh. e St “ . $12.00; 1mo.. B:fl; n',&‘} .u.nd'.’, 1yr: 58000 1mo., f5c Sunday only . $5.00; 1mo. 50c Member of the Associated Press. The Associated Press is exclusively entitled | to the use for republication of all news dis- | ‘hes credited to it or not otherwise cred- ted in this paper and also the local news published herein. All rights of publication of special dispatches herein are also reserve T, ¥ Ir. Stabilization and Inflation. Events in London regarding cur- rency stabilization agreements dem- onstrate that you cannot have your cake and eat it too. You cannot have the comforting solidity of an inter- pationally-stebilized currency and at the same time enjoy the temporarily intoxicating thrill of an experiment in managed currency inflation at home. One proposal aimed at immediate stabilization of the dollar with the pound has been turned down. Senator Key Pittman's proposed stabilization resolution, received with a show of favor, is inflationary in principle and would not become effective immediately, but at some time in the indefinite future which will be reached “as quickly as practicable.” How quickly it would be practicable depends, apperently, upon & point of view. Undersecretary of the Treasury Acheson has explained, in commenting on the first stabilization proposal, that something might be done tentatively, but— * = * We do not wish to say that any currency should be pegged at the pres- ent levels or at any certain level. We have not arrived at a place where we can pick out a particular point ‘where stabilization should take place. One confusing element here is that there has been so much talk recently, on the part of members of that infla- tionist school who have their eyes glued | on the wholesale price index, of doing | that very thing which Mr. Acheson 50 sensibly says has not been done—that 1s, picking out a “particular point ‘where stabilization should take place.” The suggestion has been made that some point should be selected as the desirable price level—say the year 1926 in the wholesale price index—and that the price level will then be pumped up to that point and, by some mysterious feat of legerdemain, made to stay there. ‘What disturbs the “sound money” men is that the pumping up might be done with a currency which is no Jonger anchored to gold. For the real- 1y solid pumping would more effectively be done in relation to control of com- modity production with a currency that is stabilized and backed by gold. In other words, a rise in prices measured in terms of a stabilized currency of & known value in gold is & substantial rise, solidly backed. A rise in prices in terms of a fluctuating, uncertain cur- rency, may in the end disastrously re- veal its artificiality. The idea that the wholesale price Jével of the year 1926 should be the ob- fective for currency stabilization s based, of course, on the Department of Lahor's selection of that year as the ed. | such problem. journey which marks s new traffic between Early explorers and pioneer settlers f the link which effected. lay be fected. Proponents of the idea argued for it with enthusiasm; critics contented themselves by the assertion that “it could not be done.” But when the Panama Canal had been put into service objections to the Lakes-to-Gulf scheme were contradicted. The work was be- gun, and now is finished. Of course, it was not an easy task— things worth doing rarely are. En- gineers speak of it as comparable with the mighty ditch excavated through the Isthmus of Panama. They have many characteristics in common. For ex- ample; it was necessary to build four powerful locks to lift or lower the barges over the one hundred and thirty-nine feet of difference in altitude between the upper and lower ends of the waterway. But the genjus of mod- ern man is not to be stumbed by any On the contrary, the challenge readily was accepted. In the future millions of tons of grain from Illinois, Jowa and Nebraska and millions of tons of steel from Gary and Hammond, Indiana, will go South over the new path. And equal millions of tons of cotton and other products of the Mississippi River States will go North by the same route. A new bond be- tween the two sections of the Nation has been created. ——o— The German-Austrian Crisis. Austro-German relations seem to be drifting irretrievably to a crisis. De- termination of the Hitlerite Nazis to extend their sway, in the old spirit of pan-Germanism, over Austria is the basic cause. Throughout the past month irritating episodes in both countries have followed one another in rapid succession. Nazl pretensions in Austria were only whetted by the opposition of Chancellor Dollfuss, who presents an iron front against them. ‘This week, as the result of a particu- larly grave series of Nazl terroristic activities, the Vienna government for- mally outlawed Hitler organizations in Austria and proclaimed the intention of suppressing them ruthlessly from now on. The decree followed g fatal bombing attack on a provincial de- tachment of the Heimwehr, the Aus- trian state police, who have been fight- ing sporadic pitched battles with Nazi elements since early Spring. Chan- cellor Dollfuss’ embargo on Hitlerism followed, too, on the heels of last week’s arrest of & member of the Aus- trian legation in Berlin and his ex- pulsion from Germany—en act in contravention of all diplomatic usage. Details apart, what Hitlerized Ger- many seeks is an “all Germanic” Nazi empire in realization of Hohenzollern Germany’s shattered “middle Europe” dream. This would bring about the “anschluss,” or union of the central powers, expressly forbidden by the World War peace treaties. The Nazis are proceeding in Austria as if the pro- hibition did not exist and are thereby courting inevitable international com- plications. * The present Austrian gov- ernment lends no countenance to these Nazi machinations and that explains the Hitlerites' plot to bore from within and destroy politically Chancellor Doll- fuss and all those who stand with him in defense of Austria’s political inde- pendence. That Europe scents peril in the sit- uation thus provoked is evidenced by & stetement in the British House of Commons on Monday. The spokesman of the foreign office told Parliament that the British government notes with sympathetic anxiety the efforts of Aus- tria to preserve its sovereign integrity starelard for & new statistical series of wholasale price indexes. The Depart- | ment ©f Labor symbolizes the relative | purchawng power of the wholesale dol- ; lar of t\at year as being 100 cents. | But this symbol is purely relative. | Confusion arises when this statistical symbol of r lative value is chosen as an | absolute des 'deratum. And the de<: Jusion becomrw's dangerous when it is| planned to afiain this desideratum by manipulating ¢he currency, although | previous rises and falls of the figure | expressing relatWe value of the dollar | take place, as deronstrated in the past, | without tinkering gvith the currency. The process of rising prices has| already begun. So.we of it appears to | be a substantial indi‘ation of improved business conditions, a ¢ there has as yet | been no direct and cpfessed currency | inflation. The price rise is to be alded by a great price-lifting qampaign. The | President has extraordimiry powers to, increase the price of cammodities by regulating production of certain over- | produced, or underconsumi, commodi- | ties, and, perhaps eventually, by in-| creasing foreign trade. | It is to be hoped that the -reasonable | and desirable appreciation in the price of commodities and the depreciation in the corresponding value of {he gold dollar may be effected, as in the past, without debasing the currency, to a given point, where stabilization % con- sidered in somebody’s opinion to be di- sirable. There may be sound reasons why’ the President and his advisers do not wish to enter into a stabilization agreemeat at this time. They are jealously watcly- ing the rise in prices and do not want anything done to place it in jeopardy even temporarily. They may be bar- gaining for something that has not been revealed. But it is sincerely to be hoped that whatever their reasons, they are not based on a theory of debasing the domestic currency until a fictitious price | level is arbitrarily established at some | prearranged point. It would appear | that one of the essential elements in sound recovery, especally as concerns international trade, would be the as- surance of a stable dollar. | —————— New Inland Water Route. Por two hundred and sixty years men have been dreaming of an inland water route between Lake Michigan and the Gulf of Mexico, and at last their dream s coming true. Tomorrow Secretary of War George H. Dern will dedicate a channel sixty miles in length, dug from Lockport, 111, to the Windy City to com- plete the national route connecting the metropolis of Lake Michigan with that of the mouth of the Mississippi and the Gulf of Mexico. Four huge barges, bear- ine thg equivalent of several trainloads . ok freight, are pushing North over the | enberg, the Hitlerite delegate, Who | “Far East and South America.” \ | time waw when their seniors were as against external aggression. Similar assurances of support were receved by Chancellor Dollfuss from other quarters while he recently was at the head of the Austrian delegation in the London Economic Conference. Whether such signs tbat Nazi attempts to submerge Austria are of direct concern to the rest of Europe will stay Hitlerism's hand before it is too late remains to be seen. Meantime it is unmistakable that the embers of another European con- flagration are being fanned in the same region in which, nineteen years ago this week, the World War was set alight. Nazi designs on Austria happen, by accident or design, to coincide with the amazing demand raised the other day in the Londen Conference for return of Germany’s lost colonies. Herr Hug- sprang this bombshell, was officially disavowed in Berlin, which naively ex- plained that the delegate’s suggestion that Germany needs more room in the sun did not refer to Europe, but to the | Tokio and Washington will take due note of this proclamation that Nazl aspirations are now globe-wide in ex- tent. Soviet Russia’s response to the | Hugenberg threat in London was to | the effect that any German attempt | to grab Russian territory might end in | Russian occupation of some German | domain, as the Red Army is thoroughly | capable of taking care of itself in case of raiding operations by Germany. | ——r—e— | Prance is unmistakably gratified by | the fact that there is no penalty among ‘nxuons for gold hoarding. s School Is Out! | This year the first day of Summer awd the last day of school are appro- printely identical. Even the most in- | cornigible oldster must feel in his helrti some echo of the joy of the boys and | girls @s they toss their books away and plungé into the holiday season. The | children may not grasp the fact, but young as themselves and felt the same emotions, champed at the same re- straint and rejoiced in the same release. That is one of the most gratifying of the realities of life—every grown-up once was & ¢hild. And the power of memory preserves recollection of the feelings of youth. Therefore, it is not the youngsters only»who are happy today. Parents in general and prohably a large majority of those adults who do not happery to be parents also are glad that they are free. They join toh wish them a good vacation. But the ~thoughtful person, THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. idle is not worth having, and the boys and girls now exempt from application to lessons will not wish to vegetate until the school bells ring again. Rather, they will want to take up new activities of their own choice. Woodland camps will attract some, mountain and sea- side resorts will beckon others. A few, surely, will seize the chance to read |some books they ordinarily have been too busy to attempt. A few, again, will ex- press their innate interest in the arts and crafts. All will store up health and strength for the work which still lies before them. The holidays represent a phase of the best philosophy of modern times. They are a period of rest and constructive change. So viewed, they appear to be as useful as the rest of the year. But possibly their most authentic asset is that they do not signify a lasting varia- tion from normal routine. After all, this is a world of work, and even chil- dren have their share of duty. It may be presumed that a few weeks hence the youngsters will be looking forward to their return to their desks. Then they will understand that school is not a prison and education is not a penance. ———ra—————— Activities on the Stock Exchange prove that there is still money and that Herbert Spencer's idea of evolution from the homogeneous mass to hetero- geneous identities is all that is needed to make business travel in regular orbits. e — An old time comedian used to sing “When I Walk Along the Bordebelong With an Independent Air.” Jimmy ‘Walker intimates that he would still prefer to join in the chorus of “Side- walks of New York.” — e Restrictions of crop production will bring humanity into closer sympathy by enabling the farmer to~understand the feelings of the white-collar man who takes a furlough whether he likes it or not. ] European travel has lost some of its fascination. It cannot be doubted that some of the United States’ representa- tives abroad would, in their hearts, prefer to be at the big show in Chicago. ——— American statesmanship requires so much ocean travel that the price of liberal supplies of medicine to prevent seasickness should be included in each expense account. —— e Vacation days find the indoor sport of budget balancing superseding to a large degree the usual outdoor enter- tainment. The title “Doctor’ is freely awarded by Germany, but those who bear the disinguished designation at present are not effecting any cures worth noting. ————————— In an age described as dangerously mechanistic, the operations of Pretty Boy Floyd’s machine gun appear espe- cially objectionable. Old King Cotton is required, like other Kings, to remember the possibility of curbing his grandeur under an eco- nomic dictatorship. A conference is necessarily delayed in its results when it has to devote unlimited time to the selection of & topic for discussion. It was Hetty Green's privilege to show the world that a woman may defy customs and become a great financier without smoking large black cigars. ————s. SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Looking and Listening. That Independence day Is not so far away We find as older grows the rosy June. Of quietude we tell— None the less we know full well ‘We'll be looking at the fireworks pretty soon. Pyrotechnics as a sport Has a very loud report ‘That may interrupt some gratifying tune. From both near and far away Prophecies unite to say, “We’ll be listening to the fireworks pretty soon.” Laissez Faire. “Isn’'t our friend, the political boss, rather abrupt and dictatorial?” “Yes,” answered Senator Sorghum. “He won't last much longer.” “What are you going to do about 1t?” “Nothing. Simply let ill nature take its course.” Jud Tunkins says he hopes economy will succeed enough to let him under- stand the news without having to count up to a billion. Investigating. The lightning bugs again appear. Like old Diogenes, they bring Thelr lanterns glowing every year And never seem to find a thing. Improvement. “Do you think the depression has passed?” “About,” answered Mr. Dustin Stax. “Everybody has been in a hole long enough to realize the advantage of being on the level.” “If we knew what will happen to- morrow,” said Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown, “a life of only today's would be like reading one small chapter of & book over and over again.” Severe Science. “The old swimmin’ hole” That Riley made charming, Has need of control, Its ways are alarming. Though it may display A group that is merry, Stern science will say It's not sanitary. Though science may bring A click from Arcturus, The cruel old thing From joys will immure us. Here on our own earth We are told by some college Each moment of mirth Shows a sad lack of knowledge. “Some folks can't believe all dey say,” said Uncle Eben, “ 'cause dey don't understand it deirselves.” Mystery. Prom the Lowell Evenipg Leader. old or young, must Bz conscious of the truth that lifgsty 1s used. The opportumity to be stupldly Reading an article lauding the intelli- gence of & certain young movie star we haa value only s 1t l5til] fail to understand the motive for | harbored different copyrighting it “What did you say?” is & habit with persons, and a very bad ome. ‘They invariably ask that question be- fore they will deign to answer another. Even plain statements of fact from a comrade bring forth the invariable “What did you say?” Sometim ir- es this becomes a vastly ritating “What say?” Or again, “What?” or “Huh?"” Sometimes it “Well?” or “Yes?” or even “How?” * ok ok % ‘The idea, it seems, is to be on one’s guard, to stall, to be very cagey, as slang has it. Children often ask the same question when a remark is addressed to them, but one may feel certain that mostly they are day-dreaming. With adults, however, the case is different. Occasionally one may be “wool-gathering,” but mostly hears quite well the speech of others. Why, then, this incessant parrying on their part? * ok % % Are they slow or just dumb? ‘The first is the most charitable, as well as the most accurate, diagnosis of the average case. ‘The man or woman who is not able to answer at once in ordinary conver- sation, but finds it expedient to ask for a repetition of the remark, evidently wice as much time as most of needs t us_do. 1t is necessary to proceed, of course, from the basis of that they understand quite well what is said to them. They know English and one's enunciation is good. How, then, can they not hear? * K % X ‘The answer must be that they do hear, but that they want more time to formulate their answers. This argues a very cautious nature, one which is not satisfled with the ordi- nary give-and-take of normal conver- sation. If one needs the time, well and good. But another must have the suspicion that the time is not needed, that the whole thing is at bottom a bad habit and nohing more. ‘You meet Marie aboard the street car and drop into the seat beside her. “It's a beautiful morning, isn’t 1t?” you declare. “What say?” asks the beautiful Marle. “Lovely morning, ain't it?” “Oh, yes; beautiful.” “Do you use this car line frequently?” “What say?” “Do you travel on #is line all the time?” You thought, of course, that maybe she didn’t understand such a long word as “frequently.” "qh, I take the same car every morn- “You get up early?” “What say?” “I said you must gei up early.” “Oh, yes.” * k % % Conversation with such a person is exhausting physically as well as men- tally. It is, indeed, & sort of nagging, be- cause you understand quite well that your remarks are heard. They must be, because you have taken particular pains that they should be. After a while you become determined to understand everything. . One thing saves you fram vast irrita- tion. You, too. become initiated into the habit. You know, even as you are talking, that repetition will be necessary, so you Treasury finance in these days of the new deal presenis some startling con- tradictions. On the one hand, it ap- pears that Uncle Sam’s ready cash available for immediate disbursement is the largest in a long time—well over a billion dollars. On the other hand, the Government closes its fiscal year on June 30 with a Treasury deficit of close to two billion dollars without counting another billion dollars of cash paid out for the account of the R. F. C. Were the latter to be included, the total 1933 deficit would be nearly three billion dollars. On June 30 a year ago the deficit for the 12 months was $2,885,362,000, & peace-time peak. billion dollars advanced by the Treasury to the R. F. C. is now being treated not as an “expense,” but as an “investment.” The President has announced that the 1934 budget is “in approximate balance,” yet Government expenditures are being doubled and trebled. Congress has ap- propriated twice as much money for 1934 as for 1933. It is all very baffling. 1t is all & question of bookkeeping. Every economy is being matched with new and greater expenditures. Each is being well advertised as a virtuous accomplishment. Jobs are being abolished on the one hand and multiplied on the other hand. All Government expenditures are pass- ing through a separator, the “ordinary” expenditures are in the budget, the “extraordinary” expenditures are outside the budget. The administration is tak- ing a leaf out of the book of big busi- ness. Many a private corporation has showrl a handsome operating profit by the simple expedient of throwing a lot of its expenditures into the category of “new construction” or ‘“capital ex- penditures.” * X K % No Congress ever was quite so smothered with bouquets as were the solons who last week ended their titanic Iabors in legislating the new deal. First came the flowery message of congratu- lations from Mr. Roosevelt. This was followed by Prof. Moley's syndicated article extolling the skill, patience, courage, conscience and intelligence of Congress. Last but not least are the little personal notes of commendation and gratitude from James M. r- ley, the Democratic national chair- man. To his loyal congressional hench- | men big Jim writes: “I want you to know that I greatly appreciate the support you gave to the administration pro- gram. I feel certain the people of the country generally - realize that more beneficial legislation was passed &t this session of Congress than ever be- fore in the Nation's history. For the part you played in these remarkable accomplishments, I want you to know that I am personally grateful.” * ok x % The Herculean labors of Congress has taken 8 heavy toll on the health and strength of “the legislators. Repre- sentative ‘Bolivar Kemp of Louisiana died of a heart attack en route home. Representative Edward B. Almon of ‘Alabama, chairman of the House Com- mittee on Roads and active in Muscle Shoals legislation, is prostrated and in critical condition at his home here. Senator Walter F. George of Georgia is in the Naval Hospital for an thdefinite stay suffering from prostration and overwork. Senator J. Ham Lewis of Tlinois has entered the Garfield Hos- pital to rest and recuperate. * k¥ % Washington is overrun with job hunters big and little. The greatest ple rush in history is now on—a rush not only for jobs but also for contracts and loans and bounties. But “believe it or not” the recipient of one large big slice of pie, a Roosevelt appointee to mem- bership on one of Uncle Sam’s largest and most active business recovery boards, carrying a ten thousand dollar salary, has just written to the Demo- cratio’'Senator of his State for informa- tion about the job and to find out whether it is necessary for him to come to Washington and if so when to come. The nomination of this gentleman un- known to fame and little known even in his own State was sent to the Sen- ate on the spur of the moment in the losing rush of the session and he ol romptly confirmed. The appointee’s knowledge of the matter was when he read the newspaper announcement. It was & bolt out of the blue. He had passive for a very make the person of this type hear and | g R b T RSN RS WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS | qualifying D. C., WEDNESDAY, mfln_m' your comments as brief as pos- sible. It is & habit, one which finally takes possession of both partles to the con- versation. * ok k% A model talk, built upon this lne, might run as follows: “It is a beautiful day. It is & besu- tiful day.” “Oh, yes. Oh, yes' = “You mvell this line all '.hefltlmz. ‘suppose. sup| travel this uney-u ;h:.k o “Yes, e this car every morning. Yes, I take this car every morning.” “You must get up early. Yes, no doubt, you must get up very early.” “I get up early. Yes, indeed, I get up very early.” x % x % Perhaps our musical comedy choruses were constructed after listening to such & conversation. “Oh, he's the man from Peiping. Yes, he's the man from Peiping.” In conversing with such a person the plain man or woman who Believes that one statement ought to be quite enough is at loss how to continue, upon occasion. Especially when the one addressed insists on shortening the slogan to “What say?” In the course of an hour such a person would save several hundred “did you” phrases, but that cannot be the reason for it. Economy of expression is not one of their virtues, else they would not insist on asking for a repetition of what they already have heard and no doubt understood. * k ok “What say?” is not, therefore, & con- traction, in any sense, but simply a habit. 1t is probable that once upon a time such a user heard some one else use it, some one who, for some reason or other, impressed him as mighty clever. ‘That he was mistaken had nothing to do with it. The other put such breeziness into his way of saying it that he made an impression upon the listener. The latter started to using it. “What say?” struck him as snappy, vigorous, to the point. All the time, of course, it was un- grammatical, illiterate and a plain vul- garity of expression. IR May such people be hard of hearing? This is always ‘& ‘which arises in the person who is at first amused, then bored, by him who in- sists on an immediate restatement of all statements. There may be such cases, but habit explains 75 per cent of them, and in- attention almost all of the remainder. ‘What, no doubt, is shown in some in- stances is a lack of respect for the person with whom such users happen to be in conversation. It may be taken as axiomatic that if they were talking to “the boss,” or other person for whom they had a natural or enforced re- spect, they would hear everything that happened to be said to them—and hear it the first time, too. The unfortunate part of this habit | basis is that it is easily fallen into by those who do not like it in others. They abhor it, but fall into it. The way out is to pay attention to what others say at all times. If time is needed for answering, it may be secured by the expedient of being rather slow and de- Iliberate in reply, which is a great deal better than forever barking “What did you say?” or “What?” at one’s fellow | human beings. lifted a hand to promote his own for- tunes. After reading of his appoint- ment he waited for some official com- munication but none came, sc he wrote his Senator. The latter had had no hand in the appointment and hence had not communicated with the prize winner. The Senator told him that it was all right for him to pack his bags and come to Washington, that he was indeed expected here. 5 * ok k% Administration denials of an early| resignation from the cabinet of Secre- tary of the Treasury Woodin fall on deaf ears. The expectation that the genial Mr. Woodin will shortly retire, to be succeeded by “Lew” Douglas, Mr. Roosevelt's director of the budget, still persists in political cricles here. Nor- man H. Davis, the administration’s special Ambassador abroad, client of J. P. Morgan & Co., and too inter- nationally-minded to suit such national- ists as Congressman Tinkham, is leaving the European conference front to return home to report to the President. Re- ports are persistent that Ambassador Davis will soon drop out of the inter- national picture. Attorney General Homer S. Cummings continues to be pl with resignation rumors, all of he vigorously denies. * x x % ‘The old Daniel Webster room on the gallery floor of the original part of the Senate wing in the Capitol Building is to be “restored” during the Summer congressional recess. It is located near the head of what originally had been the “grand stairway.” The latter has long since disapgeared from view and the Webster room, pocketed by what is| now the Senate document room, has re- mained for nearly a century sort of lost in the shuffie. Now it is to be cleared out, cleaned up and refurbished, and melbly will be added to the Senate brary as a conference and study room. Some of the original documents in the Senate files, bearing the signature of Daniel Webster, are to be framed and to adorn the walls. Incidentally, it may be noted that within the Senate files is an almost priceless collection of auto- graphs and historic original documents from George Washington to date. * K K x Representative Allen T. Treadway has represented rural Massachusetts con- stituency in Congress for eleven con- secutive terms, a span of more than twenty years. Republican pluralities in Representative Treadway’s district, once overwhelming, have been dwindling. Last November the incumbent, now by virtue of his seniority holding key positions on the Republican side of the House, found his re-election contest uncomfortably close. He is taking time by the forelock with respect to the 1934 elections—no happy and well-deserved holiday for Mr. Treadway. Armed with & batch of laws and copies of presiden- tial executive orders, and accompanied by his trusty secretary, the Bay State veteran has embarked at once upon a pilgrimage to every town and hamlet in the Berkshire Hills, his district, to explain to his constituents what the laws mean, or what he thinks they | mean. He has a full-time Summer job ahead. (Copyrs 1933.) —— e —e—— Roman Holiday Prom the Omaha Evening World-Herald. The annual Indianapolis Roman holi- day was a highly successful affair this year. Three men were killed, one was badly injured and the winner of the five-hundred-mile automobile race per- formed the amazing feat of driving eighteen one-thousandths of & mile per hour faster than the same course was ever driven over before. That was only the grand . Two other men had been killed the day before, during the trials. The one hundred thousand cheering spectators must have felt that they received their money's worth with something for lagniappe. Get Them Now. Prom the Ronoke Times. A feminist leader predicts that the | engage in a free-for-all. It is like the | greater, but not necessarily prohibitive, ‘the District of Columbia. His diploma JUNE 21, 1933. Resignations to Follow Delegates’ Return Home To the Editor of The Star: It was impossible for me to suppress & smile when I read the two articles on page 2, under the heading: “Rift Seen in U. 8. Delegation,” meaning, of course, the delegation of these United States Tepresenting this Government at the Economic Conference in London. One of the articles quoted the Morn- Gation, Tound N J:;‘Em‘ A o deny s nf own child.” This tish Mn?hfi reference to a brief, said to have borne the initials of Secretary Cordell Hull, composing the alleged agenda to the conference submitted by the American delegation, and advocating a fiat 10 per cent reduction on e: tariffs being in effect on June 12, 1933, which was the opening date of the conference. ‘The whole affair seems to be more or less of a repetition of the incident in London in 1930, plainly showing again the degree of inconsistency, and petty animosity which seems to run through the ranks of a group of more or less | inexperienced “statesmen” who sail forth to international conferences in behalf of this Government. Quickly and with little hesitancy it was suggest- ed that the error of allowing the brief | to be made public could be attributed to Prime Minister Colijn of the Neth- erlands, the chairman of the Economic | Commission. However, I beg | vouch for the fact that suc! BY FREDERI Any reader can get the answer to, any by writing to our Informa- | tion Bureau in Washington, D. C. This | offer applies strictly to information. | The bureau cannot give advice on legal, | medical and financial matters. It does | not attempt to settle domestic troubles stamps for return postage. Do not use post cards. The reply is sent direct to uhe inquirer. Address The Evening Star Information Bureau, Frederic J. Haskin, Director, Washington, D. C. Q. Are bicycles used much in Hol- land?—sS. L. A. There are 2,000,000 bicycles to the 7,500,000 inhabitants. Q. When was the Amos Tuck Grad- g‘lu School of Business established?— . W. A. The Amos Tuck School of Admin- istration and Finance of Dartmouth College was established in 1900 by Ed- ward Tuck. Q. Why is a stupld person called & dunce?—J. M. C. plied by their opponents to the Scottists or followers of Duns Scotus, the great schoolman. When, in the sixteenth In| century, the Scottists obstinately op- the latter part of the pre century. He has held cabinet posts since 1907, when he was minister of war in the cabinet headed by Prime Heemskerk. He was of finance in the cabinet of Jhr. Mr. Dr. J. Ruys de Beerenbrouck, and at present we find him prime minister. Unlike the American “statesmen,” most of whom are obtained by the “grab-bag” system, Mr. Colijn has de- voted his life to political science—hon- est political science, mind you—and he does not obliterate after four years of public service to his country in order | to return to “private interests.” He re- mains a public servant, schooled and trained in the ethics of political sci- ence. He does not write absurd news- paper or magazine articles, as he does nob-assume to be a writer, nor does he venture into commercial schemes to enrich his own purse; he remains sub- Ject to recall at all times. It seems, therefore, incredible to be- lieve that Mr. Colijn would commit himself, or any member of his secre- tariat, to such an unethical act. We may lament and all blame on foreigners, but as far as pointing with pride to any previous accomplish- ments of an American delegation at any such international conference we can only repeat a line in the L’Echo de Paris (March, 1930): “It seems that the purpose of this conference has dropped out of the minds of some of the delegates and that they are only here to forcibly make names for them- selves and turn the conference into a general target at which they fire their proposals, which to be sure, find their first light of day overshadowed by the thickly printed names of the author (or authors).” Personally, I may add that in view | of developments at London and on the of past experiences I predict a number of resignations soon after the return of our delegation; these resigna-. tions may be forced upon the individ- uals, but they will be there. The rea- son for this will be the fact that rank and authority are so often overlooked by our delegates in their mad scram- ble for “accomplishments.” Advisers and alleged experts may speak in hushed voices when “Mr. Secretary” or ... hush ... “The Ambassador” comes strolling through the hall, but as soon as one or the other personage has gone out of sight it is only a signal to re- motto of a certain automobile, “. the man who knows.” ak CHARLES A. GREFE. Suggests Track Tunnel Under Thomas Circle To the Editor of The Star: of bring the tracks through the-center of that pf:{ reservation instead of leaving them on the mrmmd% roadways as at presen Tt is potnted out that this projecs, if adopted, precedent.” would prove a “ It is, of course, that if this is a suitable treatment at [ }1'¢ this place, 1t would be an equally proper one in the case of all the nameroul other circles upon Massachusetts avenue. vgc%n ;slg-vfimn editorial is con- 2, every automobile user in Washington well knows the desirability— indeed, the necessity—of reducing or eliminating the present troublesome and | Y€nta8 dangerous driving conditions, not cnly of Thomas Circle, but at each and all of these many circles, not only on Massachusetts avenue, but elsewhere in ‘Washington. Would it not prove feasible to solve this problem by carrying the car tracks through the center of Thomas Circle underground? A suitable tunnel is surely possible of construction with- out endangering the foundations of the erected memorial. I do not know whether it is pro- posed to make the center of the circle a stopping place for the cars. That may not be felt to be a necessity. But if thought desirable, a car stop or station with convenient entrance and exit by stairs could be constructed with much less ent of the park surface than is now proposed and could be so designed as to be an ornament instead of a defacement of the park And such car stop or station would be of great advantage in times of inclement weather. The tunnel en- trances from the streets could not only be made practically safe, but could also be artistically designed. If adopted at Thomas Circle, this method could be carried out gradually at all the circle circle. arks. Of course, the expense would be much and the necessary constructions would be permanent, serving our citizens for a long period of time, over which long time the costs would be distributed. THORVALD SOLBERG. An Intelligence Test for Public School Officials To the Editor of The Star. As there are intelligence tests for scholars, it might be appropriate at this time to present an intelligence test for teachers and school officials. Here it is: “What is the VALVE of education?” ‘To get the answer, you wander back over some 400 years of schoolmanic unprogressiveness—or _you attend 8 graduation assembly where diplomas are zh“rded to students who have earned em. “What is the VALVE of education?” A pupil, for instance, attends the Paul Junior High School. He completes that course of study in the public schools of is signed by the president of the Board of Education and the superintendent of public schools. But on graduation day there are many surprises for the lad. He learns for the first time that he attended the PAVL JVNIOR High School; that he pleted the COVRSE of STVDY in the PVBLIC schools of the District of CO- LVMBIA; that his diploma is signed by the president of the Board of EDVCA- TION and the SVPERINTENDENT P’VBul(‘:n :thmul ‘That d:glu&l must ap- pear al as foreign graduate as a sheepskin from the of VLADIVOSTOK. “What is the VALVE of education?" Of course, you must have the answer such broad . The “VALVE” of education is the “VALUE" of education—when you anchor your in- telligence in the sixteenth century on the obsolete form of the letter U and are unable to conform to_ correct * | slight changes from posed the new learning, the term duns or dunce became, in the mouths of the :xummlsu and reformers, ml :r;? of , & for one incapable of XY Q. By his marriage to Dorothea von Salviati did Prince Wilhelm renounce his claim to the throne?—T. O'D. A. Prince Wilhelm with his mar- riage automaticallly renounced all claim to the German imperial throne that the monarchists hope eventually to restore. The day of the wedding a representa tive of the former Kaiser in Berlin sued this formal statement: “Prince Wilhelm of Prussia, on attaining his majority, renounced all rights derived from his status as the first-born in the event of his entering upon a marriage contrary to the constitution of the royal house. His marriage to Fraulein Doro- thea von Salviati constitutes such a case.” Q. Is there anything that can be gora' to custard that has curdled?— A. A vigorous beating with the egg beater often corrects this condition. Q. How long is the new Wawona road in Yosemite National Park?—W. 8. ngth exter the foot of Bridalveil Falls to the Mari- posa Grove of Big Trees. Built jointly by the National Park Service and the Bureau of Public Roads, this road is one of the country’s outstanding pieces of highway construction. Q. How many boys and girls belong to the 4-H Clubs?—A. D. A. Enrollment in 4-H Clubs through- boys and girls.~ Q. deaf first attempted in the United States?—F. K. A. The first attempt to teach deaf-mute recorded ~the United States was Philip Nelson’s in Rowley, Mass., 1679. From 1773 to 1776 there was a deaf boy in John Harrower's School, Fredericksburg, Va., but not until the early nineteenth century was When was the education of the | fes ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS C J. HASKIN. then estimated 500 deaf in the United States and urged the creation of a special school. Q. 1Is it permissible to take a dog on l_‘lyena.hc 1;;» the World's Pair grounds A. are not allowed to walk through grounds even on & ——— Q. What is the meaning of the word “rinceau”?—F. H. A. In architecture and the decorative arts, rinceau is an ornament of a continuous wavy line, from the sides of which there branch at inter- vals lines or forms that twist into spirals. Q. Has Vice President Charles Cur- tis entered business?>—H. Y. A. He has recently been made - dent of the New Mexico Gold L] Corporation. Q. Did Sidney Blackmer ever play in a movie serial>—R. T. A. He was in both “The Perils of Pauline” and “Exploits of Elaine.” Q. Please give some facts about the town of Ste. Anne de Beaupre—T. L. H. A. The town is situated in Mont- A. Duns or dunsman was a name ap- | morency County, Quebec, Canada, at the junction of the Ste. Anne River with the St. Lawrence. It stands in a rolling cultural country and near- by are tiful falls and excellent fishing. For over two centuries Ste. Anne has been known as a place of i , and many miracles are still said to be performed through the intercession of the saint, the mother of the Virgin. The famous church and shrine were burnt down a few years 8go, but have been restored and pilgrim- ages are made in great numbers. Q. Was Christina Rossetti, the Eng- lish poet, beautiful?—A. L. J. A. In her girlhood she had a grave, religious beauty of feature and sat as |a model not only to her brother | Gabriel, but to Holman Hunt, to Madox | Brown, and to Millais. 15 QH Lw'hzn was Reuters established?— | 'A." Reuters, the principal British and international news agency, was found- ed over 80 years ago by Baron Julius de Reuter, who established a system of offices and correspondents t ;me world. I}h concentrated in London e news from these corr and then redistributed it. e A. Put a little vinegar, lemon julce or cream of in the water in which they are boiled. Q. Istlt tmred:.hn all liquor in Gov- ernment warehouses is aged A i n s oo is to be aged four years before it tributed or sold. e "mmmma strike & mov- 3 ?—H. B. lncA. B. M. out the country for 1932 totaled 925,612 | very to the that they are lower than most rounding objects. Q. When was the Golden Rule first so called?>—J. C. H. A. ‘l‘t is not known just how the verse of scripture was first named Golden Rule. Xth!md!ntbaln“: as early as 1674, when Murray’s Oxford Dic- concerted action taken to educate deaf children. Prancis Green of whose deaf son was sent to Edinl to be educated at 's institution, became much interested in the problem. With some ministers, he attempted a census of Massachusetts, 1803, when 75 deaf were found. They To Army as Credit is given to the United States 'lthwhh:hm:: scale to humanitarian causes. Now it is at work on something new and yet quite in line with its usual peace-time tasks. At its camps it is cond!tlonm.z 250,000 young men for the President’s Civilian “Conservation Corps, which is to work in the Nation’s public forests. Not all of these young men- have yet presented themselves, for the law mt:r- bids bringing any pressure upon m, but so far as they have appeared, the Army has fed, clothed and equipped , officers and privates have discharged with skill and the task of conditioning them. Nobody else in the country could have ac- complished or even tackled the job. With the Amerlc;n Army it is just another day’s work.” “The plan to enlist forestry recruits for the Conservation is a splen- lens Pasads Tt not only will provide living and a small wage for those who go out in the woods to work, but it will be & very commendable moralizing influence. Army discipline will maintained in the camps and the men will be required to keep themselves physically and morally clean. The ef- fect wouid be to deter many men—par- ticularly young men—from yielding to temptation and start upon careers of vice and crime. This is one.of the most wholesome unemployment_projects yet devised by the National Government. The effect of the formation of the Conservation Corps on the Army per- sonnel is discussed by several news- papers. The Philadelphia Public Ledger, taking into account the plans for both military training camps, : “After all the threats establishment, it is nounce will be held this Summer with former years. The Reserve officers will be in camp only four weeks ch:h:he 1‘:::“:1 six, lnp«: e contingents at citizens’ cam] :hl.ll be limited to those who have had the basic course. These changes are minor. They will mean a slight saving in the War Department budget, but they will maintain intact the training pro- z imy t that is has been trated by the strain put on the by the Civilian Conservation Corps. To handle the forest recruits, I b, et cai on 1400 ular Arm rs and c: B SJgerve nflu{n as well. With such measures necessary to give the mere rudiments of discipline and - tion to an army of 250,000 volunteers, how much greater would be the strain if a combat army were e.lled‘fi into being on short notice? By means, the training camps which de- velop officer material should be con- tinued, and Secretary Dern min] tion acted wisely no measurable cuts in this “Welcome news” is found sas City Star in $he announcement Army personnel will be main! e cl‘v?ld jan Conservation Corps was established, it was decided to call out a sufficient number of Reserve officers for active duty on reforestation and other . At the same time it was contemplated officers. No in decreeing that day will come when women will be get- ting men’s wages., As though they don't do :.b“ very thing every Baturday St BTN BR w on diploma day? i accomplished by pay- ing Reserve Forest Work Bring and the ad- |; lish language it is cited in tionary. Q. How far the Mississippl thmlflde?——b.w‘.‘& - Mississippi River as far up as River Landing, which miles the mouth. _ s s Credit Efficient Fort;e Register-Republic, while the Yo town Vindicator feels that “it is to the credit of the Army that this has been servation . holds that “it has been a striking dem- onstration of what rigid discipline, com- bined with example from its own State, creation of a future for timber through the activities of the Conserva. tion Corps. ve | Evil Effects of Spoils System on Community To the Editor of The Star: Anent the article, “A tragedy of the time,” from the Charlotte Observer, reprinted the other day in The Star, I might, without effort, '&l&up a lk‘: ment would not only be ture but a crime in ¢, omy. The bi progeny of the riff- with us keeping our well filled. Not only that, the biggest aid that the Soviet ever had. The bewhiske of Russia will call home other precursors of evil and more wreath to the catafalque of Lenin. JOHN FRANCIS STEELE. Give Marathon Runners A Free Road for Contest To the Editor of The Star. by pay- for active duty when could be used for JOSEPH W. CHEYNEY, the same And there was no