Evening Star Newspaper, June 28, 1933, Page 8

" emment service. « beyond the boundaries of that one land. i With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. WEDNESDAY.....June 28, 1933 - THEODORE W. NOYES....Editor ' The Evening Star Newspaper Company b Penpsyivanta, Av Tt X on Yok Offce. 110 East dand Gt. g0 Office: Lake Michigan Building. opean Ofice: 14 Regent 8t.. London, Englan Rate by Carrier Within the City. Evening Star 45¢ per month e Evening (when 4 Bundass) The Evening and Sunday Star (when 5 Sundays) L The Sunday Sta: Collection mad rders may be sent in by ma! Ational 5000. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virgini only . y only Sinda: All Other States and Canada. Dafly and Sunday. Daily only ... Sunday only . Member of the Associated Press. The Assoclated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dis- atches credited to it or not otherwise cred- Red in, iis aper god gl fhe, Il atwy shed herein rig] g Bla diebatches hereln are also Teserved. = On the Eve of the Great Change. Not for fity years has there been 50 much uncertainty and anxiety on the part of the Government employes in Washington in respect to continuance in service as now prevails on the eve of the new fiscal year, when the re- ductions in force are to take place in consequence of the economy program. There has been no definite announce- ment of the policy to be pursued in re- spect to transfers, furloughs and dis- missals, It would seem that the vari- ous departments and bureaus are work- ing, if not at cross purposes, at least without any co-ordination in this mat- ter. The appropriations have been cur- tailed and it is up to the heads of the administrative units to determine their own methods of retrenchment. In some | cases the reductions of force are to bef effected by outright discharges and in| others by a system of furloughs and on the basis of spreading the work. In these conditions it is no wonder that there is misunderstanding and doubt regarding what will happen on Friday, the last day of the fiscal year, and what the state of the Federal serv- ice will be on Saturday, when the new year begins. There is evidence that sincere effort is being made to lessen the force of the blow that will fall upon " the various services of the Government. In the Interstate Commerce Commis- " slon, for example, it has been sought to minimize the outright dismissals in the most depleted branch of that unit by the adoption of & four-and-a-half-day ‘week and the allocation of the surplus force to various other branches. This, however, has not been found feasible and instead of reassignments a large number of the employes will, as plans now stand, be placed on ninety-day furloughs in the hope that by the end of that time some, if not all of them, may be assigned to other duties in the ~eommission or elsewhere in the Gov- +$12.00: 1 mo., $1.00 170 %800 Tmos %0 yr. $5.00; 1mo, 60c In the organization of the force to edminister the relief works to be Mfinanced by the Government in the various States there is opportunity to place numbers of capable, and in some cases technical, operatives in positions 4n the “field,” that is, in the States themselves. It is to be hoped that this .. will be done, not only for the sake of the workers who are ousted from their Jong-held positions in Washington, but for that of the relief administration itself. Such people, accustomed to Government procedure, and familiar in many cases with the details of the pro- posed projects, will be far more efficient than newcomers, chosen at random or through political preference by the State | administrators who are about to be named. As the time approaches for a great - change in personnel in Washington, it is pitifully certain that there will be - much suffering among those who are definitely dropped from the rolls. By ‘whatever rule or series of rules of pro- cedure that may be ndopted, there will be many worthy, competent and faith- ful employes of the Government, some | " with long records of service, to be sac- rificed. They should go upon a roster | of preferred availables, to be given first chance of employment which a change | of conditions may afford. ————————— The famous physiclan Dr. Hugh ‘Young reports that Senator Borah will be out of Johns Hopkins Hospital in three weeks unless - mplications arie. ‘The physician is to be congratulated on the fact that his patient is not likely | to develop complications physically as easily as he does politically. — v Mazzini Remembered. There is some controversy about the | date, but most authorities agree that it | was on June 28, 1808, that Giuseppe Mazzini first saw the light of day. Not many modern readers are familiar with his story, and there appears to be dan- "rHE EVENING STAR | Carlyle, who was acquainted with him|ton club, ousted from s major league when he was no longer young, declared of him: He, if T have ever seen one such, is a man of genius and virtue, one of those rare men, numerable unfortunately but as units in this world, who are worthy to be called martyr souls, who in silence, piously in their daily life, practice what is meant by that. Repeatedly imprisoned for his en- deavors in behalf of “Young Italy,” Italian independence and unification, frequently driven into exile, often ma- liciously persecuted and almost con- stantly ill, his soul grew with pain. Thus he earned the right to be regarded as a father of the people, isolated from them as he might be on occasion, but consistently devoted to their welfare, progress and happiness. Only when he died, March 10, 1872, was he adequately appreciated. For once the honor of a public funeral was a sincere expression of a Nation's thanks. Mazzini, perhaps, has had the dis- advantage of !dentification with lib- eralism, with moderation. Less at- tractive figures have had greater celeb- rity because of their connection with more extreme views, conservative or radical. He was a revolutionist by through a reduction in the circuit, took membership in a minor organization and proceeded to win game after game to reach a point so far out in front that the race was a farce. Attendance at the games fell off steadily until only & few score were present from day to day to witness the familiar spectacle of victory. The club went into the hands of a receiver because of this lack of competition and patronage. A tight race with any one of four or five teams a potential pennant winner, with a jump from the second division to the top of the list possible within a week, i3 the ideal of the base ball magnates. The present contest in the American League may develop into that sort of competition. Clubs that are now in a slump may suddenly take on new defeat, while clubs that are now in the lead may falter and drop back. The will hold its position to the end of the season. But if so, it will have been a better race and more conducive to public interest and more profitable for the owners if there are occasional set- backs, perhaps with lapses from the necessity, not by choice; his tempera- ment really was pacific, though his political convictions were rigid. It is interesting to note that he refused to indorse Marxian Socialism; instead, he was loyal to the end to the belief that the poor end distressed could find so- lution for their problems by evolu- tionary processes of education and lib- eral organization. Both as a philoso- pher and as a man of action, he left his stamp upon his own generation and upon that which has succeeded it. For his fine mind, his brave heart, his con- secrated spirit and for his constructive effect upon a changing civilization he should be remembered. Pathfinding. Representatives of industry, labor| and the consuming public, with the officers of the Federal Government as umpires, are meeting to draft the first code of fair competition under the in- dustrial recovery act. The industry in- volved is that of cotton textiles, with its mills stretching from New England far into the South. The proposed code, worked out by the leaders in the indus- try and subscribed to by the great ma- jority of the units in that industry, was the first to reach the administration of | the recovery act. It had, as a matter of fact, been drafted even before the re- | covery act was sent to the White House | for President Roosevelt's signature. Iti has been described by Gen. Hugh 8. Johnson, administrator, as a “beautiful plece of work,” although when he made the comment Gen. Johnson added that it might be changed before it was finally adopted. The submission of the code, reflect- ing the ideas of a majority of the cot- ton textile mill operators, is in itself a triumph. Many differences of opinion had to be ironed out before it could be drafted. Many differences of opinion between the mill owners and the rep- resentatives of labor and of the con- suming public still remain to be ad- justed before the final seal of approval is given by the Government. That an agreement will be reached, with com- promises here and there to make it possible, 18 not doubted. This great experiment, designed to aid in a recov- ery of business and the elimination of unemployment, will not be allowed to lag, either by industry or by labor. Already in their code the textile mill operators have made great changes in the system which governs today. From a work week that runs to fifty hours and more there has been a reduction to forty hours. Minimum wages of $10 for operatives in the southern mills and 811 for operatives in those of the North have been proposed, which represent increases, it is said, of twenty-seven to thirty per cent. Furthermore, it is made clear that these minimum rates are to be for the most poorly paid and inexperienced labor in the industry, with rates running higher for the more skillful. It i. not to be supposed that repre- sentatives of labor at the present hear- ing will agree to all the terms of the code submitted by the employers. They wil demand still fewer hours of labor and a higher minimum wage. Reason must prevail. No matter how beneficial or how wise changes in industrial condi- tions may be, too drastic changes may work to the injury not only of the in- dustry, but of labor. Here is a case where there must be co-operation and a forward movement of employer and worker. ‘The hearing in connection with the code of fair competition for the cotton textile industry is a pathfinder. It is momentous. Undoubtedly it will serve as a guide for procedure and for de- | | cislon with regard to codes for many other industries which are still to have their day in court. A minimum of bick- | ering, a spirit of willingness to co-oper- ate on the part of all parties involved | will go far toward bringing success to this experiment in industry. The code now proposed for the cotton textile in- ger that it may be entirely forgotten. | The years have been drawing a veil| over his name, and concentration of | the spotlight upon his success'rs im- plies neglect of his claims to enduring celebrity. But it would be regrettable if the! greatest Italian liberal patriot of his age were not remembered. Those who | now enjoy an enlarged measure of free- dom should know that they owe the| - privilege in some part to his labors and sufferings. Certainly, his work was " especially intended to ald in the en- .~ franchisement of his native country, .2 but his sphere of influence extended far He was the patron of the “Young ' - Europe” movement, whose disciples preached “a future of liberty, equality and fraternity for all mankind” He “yeached the entire world through the exercise of his voice and pen. His treatise “On the Duties of Man” had enormous circulatioh and still is popu- lar—when it first was published it was “ recelved as the authentic primer of eth- - - 4cs of the rising proletarian class. His *“Thoughts Upon Democracy in Europe” have been a critical source for whole schools of sociologists and economists. However, Mazzini deserves permanent place in the human pantheon of mod- ern times quite as much for what he was as for what he did. The beautiful * fact about his career is that he lived dustry is expected to put 100,000 opera- tives back to work immediately, with every prospect of much greater employ- ment as the purchasing power of the | workers in this and other industries widens. The Congress and the President have | acted to draft the law. The industries and labor have given their approval ery largely to the effort which is to be made to bring recovery to industry in this country. To falter now, to allow | selfish interests to block the movement would be the supremest folly. No such blockade is expected, nor will public opinfon tolerate it. ) | A Government worker is glad to be| | notified that his job is still intact, though | somewhat mutilated in the pay en- velope. | | R “You Can't Win Them AlL” No base ball club can win all the games it plays. No follower and patron of the game, however ardent and loyal to his favorite team, should expect it to do s0. “You can't win them all” 18 the comforting slogan of the fans who see their home teams slip when the race is tightest. Such was the reaction yesterday when the Washington team, with a two-game | lead over the Yankees, faltered at Cleve- |land after winning eight straight con- tests, and the nearest contenders for his ideals. Even his fellow students * ' &t the University of Genoa appreciated his “remarkable the pennant won in another city and cut in half the local lead in the pennant generosity, kindness | race. { and Pftiness of charactesy” Thomss A good many yeass ago the Washing- when all he's got is & careless memory.” ymhl lead, to be followed by struggles back to front rank, with the final issue determined in the last days of the season. e Our Good Offices in Cuba. Without benefit of ballyhoo, but, ap- parently, with considerable success, the good offices of the United States are now being used in Cuba to bring about & subsidence of the political turmoil that has kept that country in all but an island-wide state of revolution for two| years. Through the quiet efforts of Sumner Welles, President Roosevelt's Ambassador at Havana, something sa- voring of a reconciliation seems to be in progress between President Macha- do's government and the bitter opposi- tion forces of reform which he has been opposing and suppressing with iron- handed ruthlessness. Many political prisoners have been liberated or brought back from exile; a semblance of free speech and free press has been restored; the universities, long barred and bolted by Machado as sources of endless stu- dent agitation against his regime, are reopening, and on both sides there has been a cessation of the reign of terror which ever and anon turned Havana and the provinces into shambles, with bombings, killings and gang murders of ordinary occurrence. Evidently because of Ambassador Welles' mediation, the great A. B. C. secret soclety, an organization of the younger Cuban professional and com- mercial classes pledged to political re- forms, is being permitted to recruit its forces and take its place as a legitimate political movement. The Cuban junta at New York, headed by Dr. Carlos de 1a Torre, announces its adhesion to the A. B. C. group, which now represents the general opposition to President Machado’s government, with a claimed membership of fifty thousand citizens. The A. B. C’s purpose is not only to abolish Machado and all he stands for, but to bring about a permanent break with that system of corruption which, ever since the birth of the republic, has polluted and paralyzed government at Havanas. Gold hoarders, when exposed, will be reprehended by their neighbors, and yet, such is the popular respect for any- thing traditionally preclous, mineral or metallic, a little envied. Opponents of repeal of the eighteenth amendment will now make inquiries in Southern States, hoping that they can- not be wrong all the time. Ocean travel is so prominent in states- manship that the phrase “Ship ahoy” hope here is, of course, that Washington | | the uprooting method. x Behold the man squatting on his lawn, hour after hour, pulling some- thing out of the grass. | What is it he is pulling so per- | sistently out of his lawn? | It is what he calls crab grass, but| the more he pulls the more it seems to | grow, he says. The gentleman is wasting his time. He will get his legs all sore and a “crick” in his back, without harming the weeds much. e A better way to rid a lawn of un- | wanted grasses—for such they are—is | to plant more of the grasses one does | desire to live there. | Yet this plan, so beautifully simple, | life and snap out of the doldrums of | is scorned by the lawn pickers. They |one, and wherever one sees weeds, it like the direct method of kneeling | down and pulling out, they say. “It's the only way to get rid of the pesky stuff,” they declare; but they are mistaken, at the same time they make | themselves sore and lose their tem- TS, It might seem an easy job to get rid | of crab grass and other unwanted things, but it is a difficult job only if | | one insists on attacking it squarely by | The better way is to get so much of the desired grasses growing that there | will be no room for the undesired. | This advice, like most, is easier said | than done, perhaps, but if the lawn- | holder will give it a fair trial he will discover that it has the merit of being eminently practical. It works. And, after all, the world of gardeners, as of all other worlds, loves an action which works. { ‘Theory is fine, but makes a hit with | humanity when it may be translated into action which “works out” in prac- tice. There are many theorles which will | work out in practical life if a certain | amount of patience is used. : Conversely, if patience is lacking, or if one doubts too much the theory, even when he begins to apply it, he will seize upon the first excuse to give over the whole affair. | | * % x % ‘Thus, in relation to lawns, the weed fighter often will not give the theory of control by grass a fair trial. He would rather grub around on his knees. Well, if he enjoys it— But the point is that he does not seem to enjoy it at all. Forever and a day, according to our observation, he is complaining about the weeds in his lawn, and “how they come back, no matter how many are uprooted.” He has learned part of the lesson, but not all of it. He proves to himself quite forcibly that his method will not end the nuisance he is fighting He does not go far enough, however, to find out—for himself—what will do the trick. R If hand-weeding will not end the trouble, Nature's method of forcing out the unwanted by growing the wanted might work out very nicely. It will not occur overnight, it is | | | e. It requires time and persistence, some work, and some money. With ordinary attention to these things, under average growing condi- tions, any lawn can be made compara- tively weed-free, or unwanted grass- free, which is almost the same thing. The attack on the undesired guests may be begun at any ‘time, preferably | in Spring or Fall, but at this time, | too. If Summer is selected as a be- ginning one may combine some of the old weed-pulling practice with the new theory, because it will be necessary to uproot patches in which to plant new From top to bottom the Navy re- Joices in President Roosevelt's impend- ing trip down the Atlantic Coast aboard | U. 8. 8. Indianapolis, latest of our 10,000-ton 8-inch gun cruisers, most powerful men-of-war Uncle Sam is permitted to build within existing | treaty limitations. - The Indianapolis was commissioned on November 15, 1932, having been recently completed at the New York Ship Building Co. works at Camden, N. J. She has al- ready made one short cruise to the| West coast of South America as a may soon be recognized as one of the regular phrases in formal diplomacy. SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Daily Doubt. Life used to be easy As days went along, With sentences breezy Or bits of a song. Now life is in tether. So ill have we fared, We do not know whether ‘To laugh or be scared. ‘With promise so charming One day comes the news. ‘The next it's alarming And tends to confuse. As hope comes a cropper We're left unprepared ‘To know if it's proper To laugh or be scared. Not an Exclusive Accomplishment. “What do you think causes the delay | in the foreign conference?” “I can’t say, for sure” answered Senator Sorghum. “But you must re- member that the United States Senate isn't the only place where a good job of filibustering may occasionally be done.” Jud Tunkins says a good many ten- nis players make a mistake of being photographed too much, believin’ that every picture taken on the jump is goin’ to make ’'em look like Helen Wills. Wide Variation. The Bay of Fundy’s tide is high; Quite soon it will be very low. And that’s the way, none can deny, That public sentiment must go. Value of Impression. “Do you deny that you were on the gift list of that Wall Street Santa Claus?” “Certainly not,” answered the small | time spender. “Whether it's true or| not, the report helps to improve my credit.” “Gold,” said Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown, “is a good friend; but it has & roving disposition.” Habit. When nations have to cross the sea, By some shrewd stroke perplexed, | The greatest question seems to be | Whose move it will be next. And Uncle Sam, with nature soft, May hear somebody say, ‘Good loser he has proved so oft, He'll always be that way.” “shake down” trip—that is to say, for the preliminary training of officers and crew of 700. A lean, speedy ship, Wwith 600 feet of graceful stream lines, the Indianapolis’ powerful engine can drive her easily at 31 or 32 knots. She in- corporates every attribute of modern | navg) construction and the sailor Presi- dent will see at first hand what the last word in this type of warship em- bodies. It is safe to say that every officer and man of the Indianapolis’ personnel will be keen to demonstrate the possibilities of this latest unit of our sea power. Also it is a foregone conclusion that the President will con- duct a bombardment of questions as to | the qualities of the ship, to answer which will keep his shipmates of the moment on their toes. Mr. Roosevelt’s love of the sea and knowledge of naval history are proverbial. In his recent Congressional Directory autobiography, F. D. R. proudly records that as As- sistant Secretary of the Navy he had charge of the inspection of United | States forces in European waters in| 1918 and their demobilization in 1919.i * %k k kx Ambherst College is coming into al- | most as much of its own under the new deal as it did during the Coolidge regime. The former President’s nlmn‘ mater now claims no fewer than three | distinguished sons in high places at | ‘Washington—Speaker Rainey, Budget Director Douglas and Federal Railroad | Co-ordinator Eastman. Mr. Eastman | is afraid that the urgencies of the hour | may rob_him this year of his coveted | annual Summer outing with his Am- | herst, classmate, Fayette B. Dow, Wash- | ington lawyer, with whom since college days, more than 25 years ago, Eastman | has always gone camping in the Cana- dian woods. Another Washingtonian who was at Amherst with Messrs. East- man and Dow is Albert W. Atwood of the Saturday Evening Post staff. Once upon a time, Eastman, Atwood and Stanley King, now president of Am- herst, constituted its debating team. The railroad czar’s favorite method of keeping fit is hand ball. * kK ¥ As they're still razzing Secretary of State Hull for having committed the faux pas, while tarrying at Cork en route to the London conference, of re- ferring to the “Irish Republic,” it's worthwhile recalling that even the Mayor of Boston, hub of American cul- ture, once made a break in Europe quite as egregious. He was the cele- brated “Honey Fitz,” John F. Fitzger- ald, who headed a delegation of the Boston Chamber of Commerce then touring Germany. At a luncheon in its honor at the Berlin City Hall, “Honey Fitz” declared that the Bostonians, having already seen Hamburg, Bremen and Berlin, now looked forward to visiting “those two other great Ger- man cities, Vienna and Budapest.” It was about the same time that an American admiral in th‘e nl;llrbfl;\; of Copenhagen, by a slip of e gue, mmdzge t & welcome from the head of the Danish navy, by proposing a toast to the German navy. And there was the distinguished United States Senator at Rio de Janeiro, who, re- sponding to a toast to the United States Pan-American Conference dele- {gation by the President of Brazil, de- | plored his inability to reply “in your | beautiful Spanish language,” the Ama- zon republic being the one Latin | country in_which Spanish is despised | “Sometimes,” said Uncle Eben, man thinks he's got a clear conscience, and only Portuguese recognized. | 2 x % % H. Kahn of Kuhn, Loeb & Co. now the Senate Banking Committee’ THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. | area, with any good fortune of rain- |and heightening into grass blades, is | ing for themselves by perpetually fight- WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. . previous to doing so he spent five years | New York World and a string of other | metropolitan papers throughout the DAY Not too much can be expected of | grass seed sown at this time, there- fore it is essential to purchase a mix- ture with which one is familiar. It should be free from timothy, as this stuff is worse than weeds. Wherever a weed is taken out, even if only a very small hole is made, as much seed as can be picked between the four fingers and the thumb should be placed in the earth. If this is done fairly persistently, over a scattered fall at all, the lawn maker should have hundreds of new grass blades shortly. * 0k If this procedure is kept up, from time to time, whenever the mood seizes is quite evident that by Autumn many thousan@s of real grass blades will be growing where before only weeds grew. If this is not killing two birds with one stone, it is the next best thing to | it, and will do a great deal of gced | of the sort one desires. Do not worry about the crab grass. A few of the long runners may be ripped up, from time to ime, if this is done carefully, but no attention should be paid to it, as a whoie, and especially one should refuse to get down on hands and knees about it. One of the two objectives of this| combined theory and practice is t> take the gardener off his knees. The -ther, of course, is to get better grass and more of it, in particular. * ok % Then when Fall comes, when lawns | show a tendency to die out, the grand | opportunity, next to Spring, has ar-| rived. Sometime in early Fall a real re-| seeding should be begun. The weeds | and pestiferous forms of grasses have ! been growing all Summer; they are | about tired out and willing to rest until Spring. This is the gardener’s opportunity. By throwing in plenty of fresh seed he will get the jump on the weed, and the crab grass, and all the rest of them. The ‘new seed, never having experi- enced sunshine and growth, moisture eager for the experience. It comes right up, and starts to grow. | In its lusty arrogance it pushes ou | the old plants, and may do the same | to some of the good grass plants, but | it will not make much difference. | It will be the old struggle, called the | survival of the fittest, going on right | there before your eyes. * x ok % Next Spring may see bare patches; these should be utilized, in March, for further onslaughts ‘against the enemy. Sow seed thickly, then, in order to take advantage of every opportunity. Dandelions, especially, should be up- rooted, if practical, and if one believes in uprootings, and in the places left grass seed should be put. It is not necessary to uproot a dande- lion, however, but merely to pull its sprawling leaves off at the ground. This leaves a nice patch of eartn showing, in which grass seed may be sown, and left to fight it out with the dandelion tap root. In a surprising number of cases the grass wins easily. Do not become obsessed with weeds, in grass or elsewhere. Many amateur gardeners spoil the pleasure of garden- | | | ing weeds. They get “weeds on the brain.” It is good to fight weeds, but not to the extent that one sees nothing else. A few good weeds in a lawn will not hurt it—if the weed is of the right green! There are few perfect lawns, and one may wonder, in all honesty, if their attainment is desirable, or worth | the trouble. A good lawn is work enough. probably a unique type in the United States. A native of Germany. he came | a this country exactly 40 years ago, but in England, serving a financial appren- ticeship in the London branch of the Deutsche Bank. During the World War there were reports that Mr. Kahn was thinking of resuming his residence in England and aspiring to a seat in Par- liament. One of his daughters had meantime married into an aristocratic Scottish family—the Mariotts. Mr. Kahn gave his beautiful London town | house in St. John's Wood—“St. Dun- | sfan’s”—to the late Sir Arthur Pearson, | blind publisher, as a home for British officers blinded in the war. He ren- dered other conspicuous services to the allied cause here and abroad. His book, “Right Above Race,” published in 1920, completely burned Mr. Kahn's bridges with his native German land. * * %k Robert Peet Skinner of Ohio, dean of the American foreign service, who has been appointed Ambassador to Tur- key, won his earliest fame as press agent for Coxey’s army, his friends| recall. The r 1894, when that IB-I mous ragmuflin host marched on Wash- ington, found Skinner a young news- paper editor at Massilon, “Gen.” Coxey's home town, in William McKinley’s Con- gressional district. In addition, Skin- ner was local correspondent for the country. Coxey's army was the biggest news of the day, and it fell to skln’fz'er’l lot to exploit it on a Nation-wide scale. The other day, when he was back at Massillon, the newly made Ambassador Ppaid his respects to “Gen.” Coxey, now its respected mayor and possessor of a comfortable fortune, made out of the slag industry. * * ok x is for a chronological incon- Senator fioml:x.l now recover- an_operation a Baltimore | hospital, is the father of the Senate. | i. e, the member who has served in the | chamber the longest, continuously since 1907. Nevertheless, he is 12 years yeunger than “the baby” of the Sen- ;Leesr\vx‘l(m.mh}t. hfiofipson. Democrat, of aska, who in th only a month. i chaber How’s thi sistency? ing from * ok ok Senator Homer T. Bone, Washington was the guest speaker re- cently at the annual dinner of secre- taries to Senators. For that occasion the secretaries rented the auditorium of the National Press Club, Evidently there was failure to convey to Senator Bone a clear idea as to the group he Was addressing. Apparently impressed with his surroundings, he started his talk by addressing the 8roup as “gen- tlemen of the press,” and his entire dis- course dealt with matters Ppertaining to newspapers rather than the relation- “flfu between Senators and their secre- Democrat, of * Ok ok ¥ A lot of fault is being found with the tax regulations drawn up during the late Hoover regime. This is in decided contrast with the far more complicated regulations drawn by Daniel C. Roper when he was commissioner of internal Tevenue. The regulations under which Uncle Sam collected his ungrecedently large war-time taxes were accepted by the Republican minority of ,that day Wwithout a ripple of objection. ' The rea- son only recently leaked out. Diplo- matic Mr. Roper, now Secretary of Commerce, drafted his regulations in co-operation with Boles Penr the big boss of the Senate an in the Finance Committee. Republican member started in to be crtical of some regulation or other he soon was informed that he could make Do political capital out of it because of Republican participation in the draft- ing of the regulations. (Copyright, 19! ——— e Changed Snnd;l._ From the Fort Wo:th Star-Telegram. ) JUNE 28, 1933 Upholds ‘Marriage Clause’ Of the New Economy Act To the Editor of The Star: The authors of section 213 of the economy act (the marriage clause) had a real sincere interest in the welfare of the unemployed, and the taxpayer also, when they had this fair and prac- tical clause incorporated in the act. The fair-minded citizens and the un- fortunate unemployed should be thank- ful that our courageous and charitable leaders are enforcing this clause, and that they are not affected by the self- ish influence of the opposition. The “forgotten man” was promised a new deal, and it appears that sincere ef- forts are being made to keep that promise. ‘When the employed married couples and their supporters attempt to argue this issue, what is their opinion of the intelligence of the average fair-minded citizan? Regardless of the various rea- sons that may have caused this de- pression, the fact remains that the Ppositions of employment are not suffi- cient to employ married women and at the same time insure an income to all who have dependents to support. It is folly for the taxpayers to ex- pect a substantial reduction in taxes while we are assisting millions of un- employed by means of the hi un- employed relief funds. Let us fair in this matter and study the question with an unbiased mind. I am sure that such a study would prove that the employed married woman has caused most of the unemployment and increase of taxes. Were the qualifications for civil service chan to meet the demand for an increase of personnel during the late war? How did the clerks of the Army and Navy Departments change their military status to & civil service status? What happens to the dual salaries of these employed married couples? Is this money squandered or hoarded while the unfortunate unemployed gre starving? A study of this phase of the situation will prove that the married woman emloye deserves absolutely no sympathy in this matter. Is it fair for a family consisting of man, wife, son, daughter, son-in-law and daugh- ter-in-law to be employed while other families are suffering from the deplo- rable effects of unemployment? There are thousands of such families who are unemployed. How may we ex- pect to lift the load of this industrial and economic catastrophe from the shoulders of the taxpayers and the un- employed when, according to depend- able statistics, we have 9,000,000 em- ployed married women? It is the patriotic, charitable and | Christian duty of every citizen to study this situation carefully and sincerely and then bring to bear the full force of their influence to assist those who deserve such support. Our recovery | from the present destructive situation may be hastened by the discharge of these employed married women and the unselfish influence of our press and our citizenry. I am not a member of that huge army of the unemployed, and I have no fear of being forced out of my em- ployment by a married woman. My interest in this problem is for the wel- fare of the unfortunate victims of this depression, the unemployed. We demand fair play in our sports; let us practice fair play toward our fellow men. .o Japan’s Mandated Islands And Control of Pacific To the Editor of The Star: Japan, for her part in the World War, acquired certain unimportant ter- ritory. ‘The islands which she acquired in the Pacific were considered un- important by the principal powers on the allied side. Certainly they are un- important to any European power. Do they mean an to us? Certainl; look at the squabble raised when we wished to protect cable rights in the Yap Island controversy. ‘There are three pflndnl the mandated islands, t! Carol the and the Marshalls. They are mostly reefs, and of no value com- melfchltly. :l‘her{eror:al they are practi- cally of no use for colonizing purposes. stuK there has been considerable im- provement of the few unimportant rts. There is a_ chance that sub- marine bases may be constructed and utilized here without interference from outside powers. Indeed,.there seems little likelihood that there will be any investigation of reports that the agree- ment under which Japan took over the islands has been broken. Our cable to Manila runs between these groups, and the distances are not far, as steam- ing distances of warships go today. The following distances are not exact in all respects: Manila to Yokohama, 2,023 miles; Manila to Guam, 2,000 miles; Manila to Tainan-fu (Formo- sa), 800 miles (though Formosa and Northern Luzon are only about 200 miles apart). Guam is only & short distance from the administra- tive seat of the Mariannas at Saipan, and abdut 500 miles from Yap Island, which may be classified with the Pelew, or Palau, group, which is also under Japanese mandate. This_group is about 500 miles from the Philippines. Bases here and in the Mariannas would embarrass us. Then, considering the other two groups, the Carolines and the Mar- shalls, Yokohama is about 1,700 miles from Ponape, Caroline Islands, and possibly 1,500 from Guam. Japan’s base in the Bonin Islands, south of Yokohama, is considerably nearer. Comparing this with Honolulu, our fleet base, it is almost 4,000 miles to Guam (Agana) from there, and about 2,600 miles to Pago-! , Samoa, where there is a small United States naval station, one of the finest harbors in Oceania. In the Marshall Islands there is a harbor at Jaluit, Jabor Island. This is approximately 2,500 miles from Hon- olulu and 2,000 miles from Pago-Pago. Jaluit is a little over 2,800 miles from Yokohama. Modern battleships have a crui radius of around 4,000 miles, and mod- ern cruisers may go up to 10,000 miles. Oil-burning ships have made a vast difference when stacked up against the old coal burners. However, distances do count when a fleet is in a hurry, and distances in the Pacific are against us. Reading these figures may be a bit tedious, but they tend to show that Japan may have the idea of contesting for the supremacy of the Pacific. WILLIAM P. THOMAS, JR. Dry Goods Wage Code an “Insult to Humanity” To the Editor of The Star: I heard Gen. Johnson'’s speech Mon- day evening about bringing back buy- ing power by short hours and a living wage. And then I read of the great “generosity” of the National Dry Goods Association’s code, For e ced saleswomen, 48 homs'&er week, $10-$12 minimum (and few ever get more). For this a woman must dress neatly, pay for room and board and other necessities. It is an tnsult to humanity. Undoubtedly they believe others should get good pay, so they can sell, but it shouldn’t apply to them. J. M. McCARTHY. Approves Editorial on Consistency and Economy To the Editor of The Star: 1t hits the spot. You might that every move of the last Congress appeared as if that organization be- lieved the Federal employes to be exclu- sively a lot of Republican enemies. It is well known, on the other hand, that the rank and file of federal employes pay no attention to politics and, in fact, are forbidden by law to take any active part in political matters. Your article of the same date on the Bureau of Standards applies equally well to every scientific organization ‘: the Government service. With ?tna;e :noreb' the h(:v:ll Stream is re- por o changing its course. Probably gans off the coral standasd. scientists the work is everything and no sacrifices to further it have been too ook, L MeATRE. ything 4 they mean something to Japan, for |M. ising | coast of New England and coming into ‘This is a special department devoted solely to the handling of queries. This paper puts at your disposal the services | of an extensive nrnm:nm in m}:- ington fo serve you any _capacity that relates to information. This serv- ice is free. Failure to make use of it deprives you of benefits to which you | are entitled. Your obligation is only | 3 cents in coin or stamps inclosed with | your inquiry for direct reply. Do not | use post cards. Address The Evening Star Information Bureau, Frederic J. Haskin, Director, Washington, D. C. Q. What causes the noise in an air- | plane?—E. F. K. A. The principal sources of noise in are the propeller, exhaust, engine clat- | ter and whistling wires. Q. To what does George Bernard | Shaw attribute his good health?— A . D. C A. A recent biography of George Bernard Shaw says that he attributes his vitality largely to his mode of life, is extremely fond of outdoor exercise and was a cyclist for many years, took lessons in boxing, he takes a daily swim and is a vigorous walker. Shaw detests tobacco and uses no intoxi- cants or even mild stimulants, such as tea and coffee. He drinks barley water, milk and soda and table water; he eats no meat. Q. Has Saint Gaudens ever executed & nude figure?—O. N. A. Only one. This was “Diana,” which was designed for the top of the tower of the old Madison Square Gar- den. Q. What kind of money is in great- est use by classes?>—T. D. A. Federal Reserve notes lead, with national bank notes second, then sil- ver certificates, gold coin, gold certifi- cates, United States notes and sub- sidiary silver. Q. Please list some prominent - sons who are opposed to war.—E. P. A. Persons who are opposed to war, who are prominent in public life, par- ticularly in the United States, include Senator William E. , Jane Ad- dams of Hull House, Charles W. Shel- don, clergyman: Bruce Barton, news- paper writer; Bertrand Russell, au- thor and essayist; Albert Einstein, Ger- man scientist; S. Parkes Cadman, Harry E. Fosdick, Danlel A. Poling, all prominent ministers; Kirby Page, Sher- ‘William wood Eddy and Merrill, writers. Q. Is it correct to say “I eat soup” or “I drink soup”?—G. M. A. The idiom in general use is “I eat soup.” In a literal sense, one does not drink it. Soup is sipped either from the spoon or the cup. Q. Where is the poetry magazine, Inspiration, published?—L. G. t A. In St. Louis, Mo.,, at 6270° Han- | cock avenue. Q. If the soil of China is so fertile, w}x dcoen & drought cause a famine? A. The soil of China, while ex- tremely fertile, is too porous for suc- cessful tion, and the crops de- pend entirely upon favorable rainfall. Tt S WS esiden use augural address?>—M. B. A. He placed his hand upon ana quoted the 8th verse of the 6th of Micah: “What does Jehovah re- quire of thee but to do justly, and to {love kindness, and walk humbly with thy God.” ended, “This I pledge | an airplane in the order of importance |than ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. or castles or buildings of a d%:n ap- parently seen in the sky most, B example of the Pata Mor- gana occurs between Italy and Sicily. The mirage is made by light rays bent in layers of cold and warm alr. Q. What is the largest and heaviest insect which can walk upside down on a ceiling?—W. H. A. It is probably the gecko, the general term applied to any lisard or the family Geckonidae. The group is cosmopolitan in distribution, occurring anywhere in warmer climates, even m the remotest oceanic islands, and Is adapted to very diverse habitats. The geckos are for the most part not larger the common American chamelon, that is, nine inches, including the tal. Q. Are all babies cross-eyed at birth? —G. N. A. At birth an infant's eyes are not co-ordinated or capable of working to- gether. In about two months ihe eyes begin to work harmoniously and when the child is about a year old ¢he habit of parallel vision should be established. Q. What is the differcnce between a gourmand and a gourmet?—H. G. A. A gourmand is one whose chief pleasure is eating. A gourmet is a connoisseur of food and wine. The first regards quantity more than quality, while the latter chooses quality rather quantity. Q. When was the word “welcome” first used?—A. A. K. A. The various forms of the word were used as early as 890. Welcome was used in its present form with the exact spelling in 1375 by Cursor Munal as follows: “Thyne offering is wel- come,” and “Biddis welcome home.” Q. How many of the Washington quarters are being coined?>—R. K. M. A. There were 6,248,800 Wi quarters coined in the year 1932. were the only quarters coined in that year. These coins were widely eircu- lated. They were minted at all three mints. This new design for the quarter has been adopted and will be used for future coinage of quarters. Q. How many shades are used in mlA‘un' mosaics?—N. have 40,000 varying shades to use in the creation of mosaics. Q. Have any Americans become citi- Zens of Russia during the last three years?—E. 8. ireclmfm‘d’mhfii A. Please gl milk shake—C. QU zhnhuamm— A. It '1s & mirage in which towers Country Shares People of the Nation take pleasurs in the President’s vacation. They see in his method of resting from official cares further evidence of the vigor that is as- sociated with the Roosevelt name. Preely giving credit for the things he has accomplished since he entered office, they voice appr eciation of the freedom that is to be found on shipboard, and mm!h Recreation Of President Aboard Vessel Pictorial ‘Thelps.” even the storm is a welcome interrup- | goies tion of routine. “This 45-foot schooner, the Amber- Jack II, becomes for a time the world’s foremost ship,” says the Toledo Blade, with the suggestion that “with the Na- tion’s Chief Executive sailing the sea in such a boat, the democratic_traditions .” The Blade with the description: “The sea-loving Navy. “does” not Tequire the. mightie: avy, n battleship of the fleet for his vacation. A small two-master with bunks aboard for six is enough. He may take a turn at the wheel whenever and as often as he likes. Certainly that will be a pleas- ant diversion and from the helmsman’s it he has had since March 4. Nosing in and out of the tiny harbors along the North At- lantic coast, he will certainly encounter quieter waters than he has been on in recent months. If he cares to, he may open a can of beans in the galley, and even spill them, without causing col- umns of comment. As skipper of his own borrowed boat, he may lounge about, skip a shave if he likes, without dAnAzer of dlplomii‘cl m'{teg." “A very proper " is recog: nized by the San Francisco Chronicle in “the story of the Amberjack II beat- ing out a storm off the rock-bound port under’ full foresail and forestaysail, with the mainsail hauled down.” The Chronicle records that “Skipper Roose- velt is sald to have enjoyed the adven. ‘millions of Americans enjoyed reading about it.” That paper continues: “They like to think of their Chief Magistrate as a devotee of the adventurous life, and they are con- vinced that sailing a 45-foot schooner should prove a relaxation after the feat of sailing the ship of state for three months, during which it would seem he kept nearly a 24-hour watch on the bridge. Few Presidents have been so constantly on the job as Mr. Roosevelt has been since March 4. Cer- tainly none has made so many new charts while navigating the craft. Presi- dent Roosevelt has earned his vacation. His prodigious labors are enough to make the onlooker weary merely by thinking of them.” “If anything were needed,” suggests the Texarkana Gazette, “to prove that the President belongs to the same fam- ily as the former President Theodore Roosevelt, a8 vacation. There seems to be just one word to describe the Rooseveltian attitude toward recre- ation—gusto. Teddy Roosevelt showea it constantly. Whether he was hunting in the Far West, roughing it on the | plains or trailing big game through Africa, he never left any one in doubt that he was thoroughly enjoy! every minute of it. And you need only read the accounts of Franklin Roosevelt’s trip on that little yacht to realize that he, 0o, gets a tremendous soul-satis- % klcw out of his rect:gm. _'The ability one’s ‘whole- heartedly into play in that s tremendously valuable l.et."w Other factors than the it of the opinion of some newspapers. The Lowel Leader feels that “while the President’s cruise gives some op- portunity for relaxation, he cannot shake off all his official cares. Witness the interviews en route,” continues that | paper, “with Prof. Moley, Budget Di- | rector Douglas, Col. House and others, the convoying vessels, to which he must give some attention. But at least he for once the ending of that automatically gives the signal, will start a stampede of job outnumbering all the mob used in mm.u.utall:mt and silent, since Cecil B. De first a bathtub and found it art. 'ruwm usual appointments as collectors, , district attorneys and what not, add the 30,000 political jobs to be created in connection with the new ‘re- covery’ n, and you'll have some idea of thundering herd about to swing into a gallop.” A current controversy over the pro- priety. of giving the name of the Presi- dent’s craft as “‘the’ Amberjack II” Providence Journal, and that con- cludes: “The truth is that thg. Influ.lh-m of ‘the’ in giving the name of & ves- tional quality to the designation that is appropriate. We agree that the growing custom of recent vears in yachting circles of referring to a yacht without the ‘the’ as an intimation that there is something more personal about yacht than about a merchant ship 8 naval vessel is unwarranted. Neither side of the controversy, however, Tefer as_‘Amberjack II" or as ‘the Amberjack I’ Botl’: forms enjoy abundant usa d usage that makes the mné’..'é'} e D. ——oe C. Intangibles Tax An Inequitable Levy To the Editor of The Star: Kindly permit me the privilege through the columns of your valuable paper to join in and coincide with the views expressed by Mrs. P. R. ‘Whitman and Mr. J. F. Smith, under the dates of June 20 and 24, 1933, relative to the District of Columbia intangible tax, which T think and believe is not only unreasonable but unjust. There are many reasons why this tax should be abolished in justice to the many over- burdened taxpayers. I have on a few occasions noted, through the press, that some Senators and Representatives in Congress are opposed to this intangible tax and are in favor of an income tax for the District. I quite agree with them and would suggest that an in- come tax, with certain exceptions, be proposed, which would be far prefer- able and more advantageous, especially as far as the revenues of the Dis- trict are conce: In enjoymen! recreation are not to be overlooked, in | gress Trying to to say nothing of messages relayed to|the Federal attends to these duties in different sur- soundings. Khumflc;-_ -