Evening Star Newspaper, August 1, 1933, Page 8

A-8 ,THE EVENING STAR With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. TUESDAY. .August 1, 1933 THEODORE W. NOYES Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company Business Office 11 and Pennsvlvania Ave jew York Office: 110 East 42nd St hicago Office: Lake Michigan Building. uropean Office:_14 Regent St.. London. England. Rate by Carrier Within the City. e Evening Star . 45c per month e Evening and Sunday Star (when 4 Sunday The Evening and Sunday Star (when 5 Sundays) ™. 65¢ per month The Sunday S 5 5c per copy Collection made at the end of each month Orders may be rent in by mail or telephone [NAtional 5000. 60c per month | Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. ily and Sunday....1¥r. $1000; aily only 1yr, $6.00 Bunday only $4.00: 1 mo.. 85 3 1m 1yr. imi All Other States and Canada. Datly and sundas...1y 1mo., $1.00 aily only inday only $5.00: 1 mo.. Member of the Associated Press. The Assoctated Press is exclusively entitled lto the use for republication of all news dis- patches credited fo it or not ofherwise cred- fted in this paper and also the local news [published herein. All rights of publication of [special dispatches herein are also reserved 50c Compounding Felony by Ransom. pnot nesitated again to invoke it under | In a message to the Legislature, DOV the emergency powers vested in the | in extraordinary session, Gov. Lehman of New York recommends enactment| Thus is reopened the chasm of unrest | of laws to combat the evil of kidnap-|in India perscnified for so many years | ing, now so prevalent in all parts of the country, and lately in that State in a case mnvolving persons of premi- hence. He takes advanced ground ying: We have declared war against kid- napers. In this warfare, as in any other, we cannot afford to elfare of the people as a whole. On that basis. the Governor Urges had been opened the subscriptions had | hat the legislation enacted include & | far exceeded the sums desired by the | Jprovision making it a felony to agree 8¢ | | given until August 1 to consent to ne- gotiations. His response was the re- arrest of Gandhi and his crusading entourage. | These developments supply fresh proof, if any were needed, of the dis- inclination of Great Britain to tem- porize with the Indian Nationalists or to make concessions beyond the con- stitutional reform program decided upon at iast year'’s Round Table in London. Falling far short of that “complete independence” which Gandii and his fanatical fcllowers crave, they refused to accept the scheme of domin- ion self-government offered them and are determined to continue their fight for full liberation from the hated “Raj.” While it is difficult to withhold admiration from Gandhi for his te- nacity and pluck. it is impcssible to escape the conclusion thst he is con- tending against almosc insuperable | odds. Meantime, the mahatma seems ready to take refuge in martyrdom, At that forcible suppression of Gandhi by | imprisonment might precipitate a pop- | ular uprising of menacing, if not un- | controllable, dimensions, but the vice- roy’s prompt acceptance of the mahat- ma's latest challenge indicates that | Britain considers the iron hand to be | her wisest recourse and has therefore Delhi government and the viceroy. by Gandhi zealots. and his independenc The Government's Credit. As a demonstration of just how good | Uncle Sam’s credit remains with the consider | American people, the rush to subscribe | e feeling or interest of an individual to $850.000.000 in Government bonds | hen it conflicts with the safety and | and notes vesterday is entirely sufficient, | SUCh Surpluses eventually invite ex- | 2 | travagance, which in the end is hurt- { Within a few hours after the books | Government. Five hundred million | | one stage the British authorities feared ' THE fraud. But he had the genius to govern constructively. The fruits of his poli- cles still survive, influencing human so- clety after nineteen centuries. The fact is that his time was the Golden Age of Rome. There may be certaln parallels between that period and the era upon which the United States is supposed to be entering today. Perhaps America is to see an Augustan age under President Roosevelt and Gen, Johnson. e Release of Idle Money. Senator King, thoroughly investigat- ing the matter for himself before mak- ing known his views, has announced that he will co-operate with the Dis- trict Commissioners in their effort to obtain Budget Bureau approval of the | expenditure of surplus gasoline and water tax revenues. That is good news. The Senator can be of real service to the people of the District in seeking the release of this employment-giving idle money for the carrying out of neces- sary street and water system improve- ments. Congress linked the expenditure of this morey directly with the relief of unemployment. There are other rea- | the fact that it would give men work. One of these is that the money is being collected from the taxpayers for im- provements to the streets and the water system, and there is no justification for permitting it to accumulate with- out interest in the Federal Treasury, vailable for nothing else. Another { reason why it should be spent is that the unnecessary accumulation of surplus | appropriate tax money for necessary projects places the District’s financial situation in a false light. As in the case of the proposed Municipal Center, | ful to the municipality. On the ground of assisting employ- { ment alone, however, the gasoline and > or to pay a ransom or to negotiate dollars in 314 per cent bonds, maturing | WAteT tax surplus revenues should be or participate in negotiations for such at the end of eight years, and three | SPent immediately. With the Federal payment, or to refuse to divulge to hundred and fifty million dollars fn | GOVernment striving tooth and nail and the properly constituted authorities any | two-year 1% per cent notes were of- | borrowing money in vast sums to aid information concerning the crime or the | fered to the people. Abrogation of the | ©mployment, the inconsistency of shut- hereabouts of the kidnaper or the Jhostage, or wilfully to give false in- formation relative to the case. In short, it is the purpose of the overnor of New York to secure a law hich will prevent, through definition pf negotiations for release as a com- Jpounding of a felony, attempts of the ftamily of the stolen person to secure release through ransom. The theory that if ransom is forbidden by law he stealing of & person will not promise financial success. The GOVernor recog- nizes that it may be difficult to secure onvictions under such laws, but he pevertheless feels that the State should not permit, by the absence of such enactments, dealings which are in hemselves conducive to repetitions of dnaping efforts. He says: Unfortunately, during the last two vears a psychology has grown up to he effect that the right and proper way for relatives or friends to handle kid- naping cases is to deal with the crim- inals direct or through personal inter- mediaries rather than promptly to in- ke the machinery of the law. This point of view must be broken down. e State must frown upon it and use ts power to destroy it. Ungquestionably, in a strict sense, pri- ate negotiation for release is a com- pounding of the felony of kidnaping. | Whether its prohibition, under penalty, | ould check all dealings for release is question. Theoretically it would seem o be an effective way of making kid- | the industries of the country. The | ;lbld clause for Government securities, |as well as for other contracts, appar- |ently has not lessened the willingness of the American people to purchase | their Government's obligations. | The officials of the administration | may well be satisfied with the demon- | stration. The President early in his | term of office declared that the main- Etemmce of the Government credit and 1ILS strengthening was an essential to | recovery in this country. His first move | was toward a reduction of the ordinary Eexpendltures of the Government. Al- most a billion dollers was lopped from }lhe budget. It is true that provision | has been made for other large expendi- | tures by the Government, but they have | been classed as emergency outlays, de- ! slgned to aid in the economic crisis that :hld the country in its grip and from | which the country is now emerging. | No one doubts that with a return of | employment and business these ex- penditures can be met through an in- | creasing flow of revenue into the | Treasury. | The job of the Treasury Depart- ment during the coming few years is likely, to be strenuous. The Govern- ment must have enough money to meet all these extra expenses, and at the same time it must not so encroach | upon the supply of capital as to pre- | vent an adequate flow of money into | ting up local tax money in a strong | spent to put idle men to work cannot be escaped. Within the week Alan | area of the Federal Relief Administra- }tion, found that local relief work must | be expanded and increased within the near future, and expressed the convic- tion that relief money in sight for this | city is inadequate. The unemployment | emergency will continue, of course, as long as employment-giving work is de- nied to 4dle men. There is no point {in taxing for unemployment relief funds, while tax money which would give direct employment at decent wages gog§ unspent. The Bureau of the Budget has had the mattes regarding expenditure of the gasoline and water tax surpluses |ably presented by the Commissioners. | A decision is possibly awaiting the re- | turn to Washington of Budget Director | Douglas. It would be helpful if the | decision could be expedited, and men put to work mmediately. A divorce will be featured in the ‘Rlngllng family, that needs no further | publicity in the way of regular business. ‘ll must be assumed that this is a very | serious separation and not one of those heal soon after being photographed. e haping not worth while. Actually it refinancing of Government obligations| No tarifl has been invented that can ight lead to the concealment of all | will require prudence and good judg-|8° on doing satisfactory work for an acts, with the police and the courts | ment. The Government has launched | indefinite time. Perpetual motion has ware of the commission of the crime |a public works program that calls for Dot been discovered in either mechanics pnly after release has been eflected | the expenditure of $3,300,000,000 as an |OF economics. d the chance of discovery of the aid to re-employment and business re- | riminals has passed. Yet in truth |covery. It has pledged itself to donate | e In a slight impetuosity the price of uch is now in many instances the to the States $500,000,000 for the relief | food got in with a raise a small jump , with negotiations for ransom well | of the unemployed. It is expending !ahead of the general run of wages. It der way or even consummated when | $200,000,000 for the reforestation camps |is a fact which at least shows mercan- e public authorities are notified that e crime has been committed. Accompanying this recommendation nother is made to the effect that the perialty for kidnaping where the host- hge has not been returned alive prior 0 the commencement of the trial shall 'wenty years to life, with death penalty bmitted in case of such return. The purpose of this alternative is to permit he imposition of varying degrees of enalty upon members of the kidnaping bang in case of murdef, in which cer- ain of the accused may have been Hirectly implicated, on the assumption at juries might not wish to impose e extreme punishment upon all. These recommendations are evidence either death or imprisonment from | and will spend more. It has under- | taken to provide directly $200,000,000 to aid distressed home owners. It has pledged itself as security for the in- terest on $2,000,000,000 of bonds of the | Home Owners Loan Corporation, and | for similar sums to care for farm mort- gages. Such a program is staggering in its financial proportions. The American people, if they are permitted to work and to earn, to pro- | duce and to consume to the capacity | to which they are really equal, will take | care of these debts which are now in- curred in their interest. It is because of the pressing need for employment and for an increase in the purchasing power of the people that the extraor- |dinary industrial recovery program | i tile confidence in the future. ‘ —_— et SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNEON. A Farewell. | Good-by, July! Our yatience you made bold to try | And bade us pause and breathe a sigh jAnd wonder why | A flery plague should sweep the sky | And bring July. | We are rejolced to say farewell | As August comes and rings the bell To bring another torrid spell. Each laugh sounds like a funeral knell. pt & determination on the part of the | ot the administration is now getting | Some of the anguish it might quell— ecutive of the most populous State to o to the limit of law making in the prosecution of this war upon one of the eatest evils wh'ch has ever beset the try. ——— A merry mood on the part of Secre- ‘Woodin leaves a grave responsibil- ty with American composers. The retary is quoted as saving, “Com- s won't have to worry about codes only codas.” The utterance takes on yptic significance when it is noted t just now everybody is wondering | yhat the finish is going to be. Gandhi Jailed Again. Early this morning Mahatma Gandhi, is wife and thirty-two followers were ested at Sabarmati, just as the Na- onalist leader was about to embark pon another “civil disobedience” cam- baign designed to incite individual In- ns to resist British government ordi- ances. The mahatma planned to lrudge across the burning countryside | nd by a personal house-to-house can- | | rather than through the mass or bommunity uprising methods he in- ed in the past, rouse his people to| esist the British yoke by deliberate | jiolation of civil laws. Gandhi was released from long im- onment only three months ago and barely recovered §om the fast he hereupon underwent as a protest st “untouchability,” . the Hindu ste system, which puts millions of ndians beyond the pale and dooms hem and their descendants to social pstracism. The Nationalist idol attempted to re- ne the warpath yesterday as the im- pediate consequence of the refusal by ceroy Willingdon to discuss questions f peace with him until the mahatma d in advance to call off the civil obedience movement. A conference pt the All-India Congress, the Nation- ist organization, voted st Poona in ly, under Gandhis spur, that (Be irive shokld go on. The viceroy was | under way. Wrapped up in its success | lies the successful matntenance not only of the Government credit but of | the very people themselves. | ——o—s | New York’s Chinatown is threatened ! with a “tong” war. There seems little reason why bellicose Chinamen should |linger in America, with the present op- | portunity to go home and fight the | Japanese. August. August has had few appreciators. The poets do not sing of burning roads and steaming fields, of parched days and torrid nights. While the sun blisters the earth and meadows and woodlands shrivel music fades to nothingness, and only resentment stirs the hearts of the bards. Shakespeare, in “The Tempest,” speaks of the “sun- burnt sicklemen of August weary,” and in the phrase sums up the universal reaction to the month. It is, indeed, a tedious season. Bayard Taylor pre- served its character in the lines: Dead is the air, and still! the leaves of the locust and walnut Lazily hang from the boughs, inlaying their intricate outlines Rather on space than the sky—on a tideless expansion of slumber. And yet August bears the name of one of the most active personalities in the whole history of the world. The sixth month of the pre-Julian Roman year, it was originally Sextilis. Augustus, the first of the emperors, nephew and heir of Julius Caesar, gave it its present title in his own honor, explaining that the month was memorable to him be- cause it had seen his admission to the consulate, the conclusion of the civil wars and the subjection of Egypt. He could not foretell the event, but it was on August 19, 14 A. D, that he was destined to die. For fifty-seven years he ruled the Roman universe. His power was a product of war, botk formal and infor- mal; of proscription, of greed and | A rhyming word that best may tell | The mood that marks this flerce fare- well. Selective Worriment. “You worry a great deal about your | golf?” “It isn't really the golf,” answered Senator Sorghum. “I'm worried about so many things that I mention the golf to avoid an argument over some- thing more important. | Jud Tunkins says nobody ever has | enough trouble to make him forget to | mention such a simple matter as an | extra hot day. | Watching the Professor. We'll watch the professor With earnest respect. To answer with “Yes, sir,” We'll never neglect. Through jazz we have wandered At Pleasure’s command. At least he has pondered The question in hand. An Element of Myth. | “What is your idea of an aristoc- | racy?” | “Its something like Santa Claus,” | answered Miss Cayenne. “So many people believe in aristocrats that a few | people are simply compelled to M- | personate them.” | “Debate confuses,” said Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown. “Many an honest garden of thought is lost under an avalanche of words.” Misleading Motto. “The worst is yet to come,” say we; | And that's a motto strange. | When things are bad as they can be There’s GOT to be a change. “De trouble ‘bout idleness,” said Uncle Eben, “is dat it's natural foh & man to want to be makin’ somethin’. If he can’t be makin’ nufln“u. he's Hisble to make trouble.” EVENING sons why it should be spent, aside from | box at the Treasury when it might be| Johnstone, field representative for this| ollywood griefs which are likely to | STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. “Fireside gardening,” or looking over the season’s catalogues, still goes on. Hot weather or cool weather, there is no lull in this delightful diversion. Right now it is iris. ‘There is no time of the year better for their selection. No time, that is, except one, and that is at blooming time. But not every garden-minded person has the opportunity to wander end- lessly among hundreds of blooming varieties. Such is an ideal, seldom attained in this busy world, so filled with things of importance and delicidus trifies. * K % % The well illustrated catalogue of iris varieties must take the place, for hun- dreds of garden lovers, of tne personal rips which were made by the favored few during blooming time. It is pleasant, at this time of the year, to turn one's attention from the actual garden to more plans for the garden. Garden planning is as old as gardens. No garden ever came to perfection, or near perfection, without plenty of con- { sideration. Pianning goes on all the time in this pastime. And a delightful mulling over it is, too, free from embarrassment, on one hand, and from too much consider- ation, on the other. * Xk * Whatever one plans, for the garden, most often it is not imperative. ‘This alone is a happiness, in a world where so often—we almost had said too often—planning and compulsion go to- | gether, in the very necessities of the | case. | There is no force needed in the home | garden, but only peace and quietness. revenues by the arbitrary refusal (o) Given those charming factors, and the | | gardener has everything he needs, ex- cept & few seeds, and a few plants, a ‘(!w' bulbs, some tools, plenty of ferti- | lizer, rains adequately spaced, and sun- shine. EE The iris catalogue has & special ap- peal to many gardeners, whether il- lustrated in color or not. Few flowers show up to better ad- vantage in black and white alone. ‘The curious construction of this blos | som makes it stand out from all others its color descriptions, to any one who has ever seen any iris at all, instantly | come home to the mind and heart. | onstration to appreciate these scores of | beauties set out so engagingly. | He sees them in his “mind's eye,” a very good place to see anything, after all. * K % % July and August, as every one knows, are the two best months for planting | most of the iris. July is gone, but August is left. Plants put in this month will stand every chance in the world of blooming next Spring as if they had never been moved. ‘Wherefore, those who pine for.iris, or more iris, will do well to bestir them- sel-es, browse over the various descrip- tions, look over their gardens to see where more may be planted, order them, and actually do the planting this { month, because there is no time better than the present, in this case most truly. It is true that there is some dispute as | to the very best time to move iris, and that some hold that it should be done immediately after blooming. on the theory that new root growth develops then naturally. A RAZON, La Paz—The hospitals established for the war-wounded at Cochabamba have sent out an appeal to all the country for cent soldiery. Magazines and new: papers from the various regions of the Tepublic are especially in demand. for many of the patients receive no periodi- cals from t of what is transpiring in their native districts, It is characteristic of the hospitality of the German factors in our composition that the director of the “Colegio Aleman” was the fir® to gratify our patriotic defenders with a splendid literary donstion for their instruction and entertainment. * % % % Semi-Fascists F:'III“. Hongk: Organization. .r.::n:"chm- Herald, Shanghai.—A gang of semi-Fascists known as “Blue Shirts” have established their head- quarters in a luxurious flat in Caine road, a high-class residential district of Hongkong. The members are all Chinese and are said to receive finan- cial support from the Nanchang and Nanking. The 'Blue Shirts are reputed to be admirers of Benito Mussolini and favor fostering a government in China based on dictetorship and the ruthless sup- pression of the opposition. Many high military commanders in Kiangsu, Ki- angsi and Hupeh are reported to be supporters and members of this new poflm.l party. “Their activities in Hongkong' are quite peaceful, and what they desire is to recruit members who can either wield the pen or engage in daring acts. New members without employment are about $30 per month, though in time they have no special ob- the party except to stand by for orders. Many unemployed but ambitious youths in South China have joined this faction. * Kk % % Czechoslovakia Bars | Disloyal Employes. o | Central European Observer, Prague. —A measure which public opinion has long called for in Czechoslovakia will shortly become law. Ever since the establishment of the independent state in 1918 cases have from time to time occurred in which persons occupying posts in the civil service and blic administration have been guilty of con- duct detrimental to the interests of the state if not directly treasonable. The new law provides that persons in the employ of the State or local au- thorities, school teachers and university professors, ministers of religion, reserve officers and all persons in receipt of & pension or similar income out of public funds shall, if they indulge in activity directed against the sovereignty, pendence, integrity or constitution of the republic, or incite others to such activity or conceal such activity on the part of others, be liable to punishment which may take the form of summary dismissal from their pasts, loss of pen- sion for themselves and their depend- ents, and in the case of the clergy sus- pension from the ministry and loss of emoluments. It is improbable that this measure will prevent certain extremists from in- dulging in activities that are rightly | discountenanced by any self-respecting country, but it will no longer permit | them, as is the case at present, to draw |an ample monthly salary from the | funds of the state they are designing to injure. given the mean ligation to * % % % Marseille Citizens Disturbed by Noises. Le Petit Marseillas, Marseille —Fresh complaints are reaching us about noises which in so many parts of the city con- tinually disturb peaceable citizens, and deprive them of their repose. One of our readers writes us that it is not pos- sible to sleep tranquilly anywhere in Marseille, either in the mansions along the Boulevard Lieutard, or in the tene- ments of the Rue Fongate. On the Boulevard Lieutard at present there are passing many vehicles used by the | maintenance department of the tram- ways, carrying repairs for the lines in outlying districts. The racket from these lorries is both intense and per- sistent. It is impossible, these n S . | | | | fect so many other flowers. The iris lover needs no ocular dem- | High Lights on the Wide World Excerpts From Newspapers of Other Lands books in behalf of the convales- | heir friends, and know little | For all general purposes, lally with' the favorite bearded, m-ex:mln iris, so-called, this is as good a time to purchase and plant as any. The main thing for the amateur to keep in mind is to plant them shallqw. ‘Too deep planting results in no blooms. About one-fourth to one-half of the rhizome should be above the surface of the ground. This is a requirement very easily overlooked by the newcomer. All of the rhizomatous iris like lime, and bone meal, but these should not be given at this time of year. Fertiliza- tion is best done in ,early Spring (as early as February) or in the Fall. 3 * ok % ‘The iris is one plant that, for all practical purposes, is disease-free in the average garden. In this year of “bugs,” this is a virtue. The iris does have its troubles, of course, but as far as the average home garden is concerned, the plant may be handled as if it were immune to the thousand and one troubles which af- Many persons who use iris in many positions around their grounds never know whether their plants are dis- eased or not, and still manage to have plenty of blooms and good foliage. The iris leaf, of course, remains one of the true beauties of the plant at all times; the individual plant can suffer from sz}x‘:e borer and still put up a brave oW We know iris beds and borders in- fested with the borer, and even with the pernicious root rot, which yet make a good appearance at blooming time. * Xk X The prevalence of such diseased conditions, while it is not to be recom- | mended, often acts as & sort of prun- | ing process in bed or border, and makes up, although in w rather dangerous | fashion,” jt must be admitted, for the ignorance, laziness or indifference of the owner. ‘Thus many a diseased plant is weed- ed out by Nature in drastic fashion, to make room for the healthier plants, which have managed to resist these | two chief enemies of the iris. And there are beds and borders which never seem to be infected in any sense; they go right along from | season to season with good leaves and blossoms, until the growth finally chokes out the flowering. * % x % Lifting and dividing is advised every four or five years. This gives the gar- dener more iris, in every way, since | what is left in the old beds and bor- ders will do better, and he will have more to put elsewhere. There are many situations in every yard where more irls plants could be | placed, with benefit to the general ap- pearance of the entire place. If some thought is put on colors and types, so that each is fitted to what is already there, real improvement may be made. If proper division results in too many plants, these are always accept- able to those who have not as yet be- come real iris “fans.” There is always missionary work. to be done in this No garden facet is more il- than this, to bring the light of beauty to those to whom it has been a stranger. Despite the huge plantings of iris made every year, there are still hun- dreds of persons who would not be able to name the flower, and there are, \no doubt, thousands, who scarcely | realize that named varieties may be | secured and planted in _their own | | yards. ‘These timid gardeners need | | help, and interesting descriptions at | | this time of the year give it to them. | any slumber normal or re- | freshing. In the Rue Fongate there is | |no such traffic of vehicles. In fact, | there is comparative calm until 1 o'clock in the morning. “This would be de- lightful” confides our correspondent, except at that hour emerge from their | grattoes many girls and women of the | demimonde, who promenade along the sidewalks, talking and laughing at the top of their voices, as well as disputing and shrieking. Naturally the sleep of the neighborhood, under these condi- tions, is seriously compromised.” | Scme petitions have been addressed | to the authorities with the moral puri- fication of this thoroughfare in view, an effort which should have happy re= sults in advancing the peace of its' inhabitants. The municipality cannot | , very well ignore the just grievances of | those who wish to profit by their right | |to rest, in all quietude, through the| hours consecrated to sleep. * % k% | Defective Radio | Deplored in Peru. El Ccmmercio, Lima—Our neighbors at Bellavista have asked us to call the attention of the municipal authority of that district to the defective function- ing of the radio apparatus placed in the principal. plaza of the quarter for their solace and diversion. They say that the amplifiiers have been reduced in number and that either faults in the wiring or deterioration in the batteries cause the various programs to be heard very feebly. This entertainment is still | provided twice a day, but many families | which used to listen to the music have now desisted from their excursions for | the ample reason that they can scarcely distinguish one number from another after they reach the plaza. The complaint appears to us a very just one. If the municipality is under- going expense to afford these people a little distraction and pleasure it should provide against the technical deficien- | cies which defraud the intended bene- ficiaries of these privileges. We trust that the publication of this grievance will result in the prompt removal of these very needless and provoking dis- satisfactions. Farm Laborers Omitted From Recovery Program To the Bditor of The Star: Evidently farm laborers are to be left out of the recovery program, at least temporarily. There has always been suspicion that most of the demand for farm relief was being made by, and for, the owners of farm land and land speculators, rather than for the direct good of agricultural laborers. Farmers never should have been grouped all into cne class, because their interests are not identical: now the N. R. A. has separated them. Owners of farm land stand to gain from any recovery in prices of farm products, even farm capitalists (tenants who own live stock and machinery) |to enjoy | the medium of redemption is subject | to change. TUESDAY, AUGUST 1, 1933. Rep. Beck’s Pessimism A Mere Technicality To the Editor of The Star: Representative James M. Beck of Pennsylvania has many admirers, even among those who do not share his political views, In his public life Mr. Beck has shown a wide range of vision and a clear understanding of many difficult political problems. It comes, therefore, as somewhat of a surprise that he should take such a lugubrious view of some of the doings of pres- | 1s ressed It should be no news to Mr. Beck that the situation which confronted the incoming administration on March 4! last was without parallel in our his- tory. Political, financial and industrial leaders were helpless and bewildered. All attempts to apply old panaceas to new ills had ended in failure. The g- litical philosophy of those who d wielded governmental powers for sev- eral years was not comprehensive enough to deal with present-day con- ditions. Organized greed had secured a stranglehold on the medium of ex- change, but lacked the courage and public spirit necessary to use it sanely and intelligently. Farms were de: factories idle, men walked the roads, despairing of finding employment, while women and children were suf- fering from cold, exposure and hunger. Murmurs inst the Government were frequent; ricts had occurred and Na- tion-wide unrest threatened lawful au- thority. The incoming President was faced not merely with a desperate situation, but with a phalanx of desper- ate situations, each requiring a drastic remedy. In view of all these matters, Mr. Beck’s plunge into despair over the lost—the irreparable loss—of the honor of the American Nation seems not only rather premature, but also| somewhat childish. Or it is quite pos- sible that Mr. Beck has adopted the! good old congrescional pastimes of | raising up phantoms for the pleasure of knocking them down. Mr. Beck bemoans the power con- ferred upon the President to change the gold content of the dollar. If the gold content is the true basis for United States credit. then it has never been other than chimeric and phan- | Mr. Beck knows, as well as that our national debt is ly $20,000,000,000, and that each certificate carries the standard gold guaranty. Inasmuch as our total gold supply is less than four and one- half billions, it is at once apparent that the Government promised per: formance of a physical impossibility on at least three-quarters of its obliga- tions. The answer, of course, is plain. The gold supply is not, and it never has been, the true basis for the credit of the United States. The credit of this Nation is founded on the wealth of its natural resources and the in- dustry and integrity of its people, and this is a foundation which will never Ceterlorate or crumble. Mistakes, to be sure, will be made, but the credit of this Naticn will not be seriously impaired, at least by the present ad- ministration. Going right to the merits of the par- ticular case which Mr. Beck views as the bar sinister on our escutchecn, the plain import of the legal tender cases cited by him is that all obli gations arising out of contracts are subject to the constitutional power of the Government, and that the power of Congress extends to that of making paper money the lawful currency for all pu Consequently, the pur- chasers of United States securities are not without notice as to the fact that | And whatever may be the case for the purchaser, there is little merit in the contention that the securities were accepted by the present holders without notice. The vast bulk of United States obligations have been absorbed by banks and bankers in this country and abroad, and this class of security holders are not accustcmed to acquire any bonds without full investi- gation of their legal rights. As to the claim that there is any moral obli- gation to redeem these notes or bonds in dollars of specified gold content, to any practical man that is sheer non- sense. k has, however, picked | out a real plausible technicality and clothed ft in° dramatic and high-flown language, embellished by _scriptural and poetic quotations. Doubtless, if ex- tended in the Congressional Record, it would make Me;:euent. reading for the folks back . ROBERT CONROY. A Plea for Animals In Midsummer Heat ly voice an appeal through the press, asking us all to endeavor to | ‘tontribute something toward our local charities’ Summer camps for the city's hundreds of underpriviliged children, who otherwise would not see a green field this vear. The Winter has been so hard, the need is so great, how can we refuse to share our slenderest vaca- tion funds with them? Communicate with proper authorities today. . may hearts be big enough to please help send some poor man’s faithful, underfed and tired horse for a few days to a. green meadow, where rest may replace toil and soft, green grass the city'’s burning streets. Arrange- ments may be made through the Ani- mal Relief and Humane Education League, Garrett Park, Md. The following actual incident was related to me as occu just this Summer. The setting—a bby, un- employed man, sitting dejectedly on a park bench; a thin homeless, pant- ing little kitten timidly creeping in from the street toward a bubble foun- tain nearby. But no low side cups are provided on fountains for thirsty cats and dogs, and the little creature must have turned away still thi had not the poor man noticed its plight. Looking around for some sort of con- tainer, he suddenly fished out of a trash receptacle nearby an empty ice-cream carton. He washed it out carefully, filled it With cool water and offered it to the thirsty kitten, who lapped eagerly and gratefully. The man’s coat was shabby, but his heart was gold. Who could do less? The Midsummer heat is upon us, and likely to continue. Trash-filled alleys and back yards in congested sections, with a few uncovered garbage cans, are poor places to assuage thirst and little empty stomachs. We need only place a pan of cool water in the front yard for the birds and dogs, and one in the back for the ever-present alley cats, whose very existence many seem never to realize, much less provide with food and water. But where they are noticed day by day, and known to be home- less, the Animal Rellef and Humane Education League will be glad to make efforts humanely to capture such, even if untamed. Especially have pity on dog and cat 3 bravely trying to_eke out existence for themselves and little ones. Many of these were once family pets, through ignorance or willfulness left behind when lack of rent money forced their may also gain slightly; but as long as there is any surplus of farm labor farm cmployers are nct bound to pass ti prosperity along to hired help. With- out a code to protect them it is not at all clear how the purchasing mwer of agricultural labor is to be reased under the “New Deal.” ‘W. C. DUNCAN. Chicago Advances. Prom the Indianapolis News. The decision of a Chicago judge that two women must alimony also sounds something a century of progress. ———— Roosevelt's Missile. From the Newark Evening News. It may have been only a monkey the Economic Conference, but it looked curiously like the old big stick. ——————— The London Huddle, From the Toledo Blade. owners to move. The president, matron and other officers of this league are busy all during the week, searching around alleys and vacant } This is a special department devoted Yook pte st your disposal the services paper puts at your services of an extensive organization in Wash- ington to serve you in any capacity that relates to information. This service is free. Failure to make use of it deprives The | YOu of benefits to which you are en- titled. Your obligation is only 3 cents in coln or stamps inclosed with your inquiry for direct reply. Do not use post cards. Address Evening Star Information Bureau, Prederic J. Has- kin, Director, Washington, D. C. Q. How old is Kenesaw Mountain Landis>—S. H. A. He 15 now 66 years old. He be- came commissioper for American and National Leagues of professional base ball clubs in 1920. Q Why was the swastika adopted as | an embiem by the Hitler party?— J. W. K. A. The swastika is an ancient anti- Semitic cross and was adopted by Hit- ler and his party as their banner in the color scheme of red, white, and black, in memory of the colors of the old army. Q. What is_the name of the new court in New York City which will re- place the Children’s Court?—S. L. T. A. On October 1. the new Domestic Relations Court will replace the present Children’s Court and the Family Court. Q. What does Peking mean?—E. L. A. Peking means northern capital. The name of the Chinese city was changed to Peiping, which means northern peace. 'Q. Who holds the record for com- secutive loops in an airplane?’—L. B. G. A. On March 17, 1928, a world's rec- ord of 1433 consecutive loops in an uirplane was established at St. Paul, Minn., by Charles (Speed) Holman, who has since been killed. Q. How is the yucca fertilized by & mot! F. A. A. The yucca-moth emerges at the time of opening of the flowers, which frequently remain open only for a sin- gle night. The female moth rolls to- gether a ball of pollen, fiies to another flower, lays four or five eggs in the pistil and inserts the pollen mass in the opening thus formed. Each larva, on hatching from the egg, requires about 20 seeds of the yucca plant as food. As the plant produces some 200 ovules, this leaves about 100 seeds over to perpetuste the plant. The yucca can be fertilized by no other insect. Q. Are there more or girls in the United States?—D. P. A. According to the census of 1930, there were 24,013,886 boys in th United States under 20 years of age, | and 23,595,107 girls. Q. What are shards?—B. F. A. They are thin, brittle fragments of earthenware or pottery. Q. On what principle does the Maxim silencer work?>—F. B. A. It is a tubular device attached to the muzzie of a firearm that renders the discharge practically noiseless. The device has an interior spiral which, while permitting the ejection of the bullet, gases by causing them to rotate before escaping. Q. When did George Washington be- gin to wear spectacles>—D. R. to use spectacles for A. He began | reading in 1778, when he was 46 years | old. Q. Is it known who were the first bridal couple to ride on a passenger train during their honeymoon?—G. H. A. Mr. and Mrs. Henry L. Pierson of Ramapo, N. Y., were in Charleston, 8. C, in January. 1831, on their wed- ding tour. They heard that the South Carolina Railroad would take passen: retards the explosion of the to Hamburg, & gers from Charle] of on Jan! distance six n They took the trfp. regular train tihat carried pe ssengers in the United States. / Q. Did Jo Paul Jones ;/loce his American citfzenship when under the Russia?—R. §¢. E. A. He carefully reserved can citizensipip. He died in iton. iles, t having from the . D. b British equivalgnt is King's leen’s—evidence. was a transpajent ater trickled thrgugh a hole in at such a r the District of of the Potomac, historic grounds now contains 23 have come from ’s of the United are td, be planted. trees, 'most of whicl homes \of Presiden States. Q. Is militar: numu-;fic. = A. Military servide is compulsory in the Sovie*. Union, ?e_zon.m soldiers bee ing avails-ble each ;year. About 250.000 are called upon to iserve, the remainder being trmined on ;a territorial militia system. - 4 ;r;v{ce compulsory in / Q. Wiyat are pirdion nuts?—J. @. A. pinion aut is a large edfule seed of fany of several species of pines called But pines. “They are smail trees with Jeaves in .one” to four-leaved clusters, globose cCnes, and large seeds. They. are found, in hilly country throughout the Sjuthwest. They may be guthered any time after the cones fall from the trees. Heat cracks open nuts may be taken out. These nuts pre gathered by Mexi- cans and in the Southwest by wal until thef ground squirrels store them caches. jand then robbing the cach#. The nufs are cured by drying ¢ Indisn tomahawks wk, which is some- a weapon peculiar to dian, was originally a some convenient shape. mmoniy & stout stick [to in o Delds called by the mme | tern, were gnot i ry weapons, but hanical Jtools. i 1 ring?>—H. C. en old-style wedding ring of two loops. e was the Kingdom of lohn?—N. T. kingdom has never been iden- e was supposed to have been a n king and priest living in the Ages probably in Asia or Africa. from this mysterious personage to the Byzantine Emperor Pope were circulated, describing m!nm bitants and the wealth of the Q!, Does lightning make a noise?— 8 E A. Lightning is an abrupt eleciri | discharge of great magnitude throug! | the air. It is not a sound of any kir | It produces thunder by suddenly he: ing the air along its path to a high temperature, and thereby ca it to expand in an explosive mann ‘Hitler ControilA of ~I‘{eli,giOn Called Tyranny’s Last Step Complete domination of German sources of opinion is observed as the aim of Chancellor Hitler, when he ex- tends his dictatorship to the Protestant churches of the country. It is held that there is doubt of his ultimate suc- cess in holding all branches of na- tional life under his banner, and pre- dictions are made that factions within his own organization will endanger the chancellor’s position. “By seizing control of the Protestant Church.” according to the Miami Daily News, “he has embittered every sincere churchman of that faith, and by his at- tempt to interfere with the Roman Catholic Church, a strong force in South Germany, he has completed the job of setting the entire religious world against him.” That paper also remarks that “by his persecution of the Jews, from whom Protestant and Catholic alike de- rive their basic religion be aroused international enmity.” The Daily News concludes: “The compulsory salute of the church to Nazi authority may easily prove the most costly tribute ever pur- | chased to satisfy his vanity.” “There must be perplexing days for the devout citizen of Germany,” thinks the Chicago Daily News, declaring that “by the same tactics of force, misrep- resentation and control of the organs of public information which brought | Hitler to power, the German or Hitler Christians won control of the German Lutheran Church and are in process of | converting it into an arm of the state, like the press and the radio.” The Daily News concludes: “For the mo- ment, all seems to capitulate befare tri- umphant Hitlerism, but history records the fall of many such attempts of states to dictate the religious beliefs of citi- zens and there is no reason to think that the German scheme will prove an exception to the rule. Whether a new church will rise from the blood of Ger- man martyrs remains to be seen. Cer- tainly a people like those of America, who scrupulously divorce the state from the church, have much to be thankful for as they contemplate the spectacle of German Protestantism under Hitler." “The Naszis,” says the Fort Worth Star-Telegra; “are going extensively into the church and state business. Chancellor Hitler emitted an epigram on the subject. ‘The church expects protection from the state, which. in turn, is entitled to expect allegiance from the church,’ he declared. ‘A church which is unable to support the state is just as worthless to the state as a state which does not protect the churches is to the church.’ Henry VIII said practically the same thing about it, except that nobody was protesting except Henry. The Nasis' hen the sign of the drooping swastika is used as a gonfalon. Henry had little | but a list of church officials when he started his church and stat Hitler reverses the i et & congregation by counting the votes of those who voted according to orders. ‘Then he announced that approximately ?J}O%ltlden would be elected.” The -Telegram asks “if wasn't a piker.” S “An amazing object lesson in the peopl the secretary, Mrs. Fortney, 303 E street northeast, who will direct the local temporary receiving wrench- President Roosevelt threw Into | pe; to wilifully desert any animal, and there is a fine, with rfl. imprisonment, attached when offender is appre: Since January the Animal Relief and Education League has taken 500 animals. most of which difficulties. g W. SBARGENT. } | pathy with these docile ‘Nordi§s’' is | total loss.” “The Nazis propose,” states ¥1e Day- ton Daily News, “to take comfaand of the whole life of the people tfey rule. That is the necessary condition of any real dictatorship. They mukt either go on and convert the chunches into | an army of the Nazi party, a¢ the Czar | did with the old Russian é¢hurch: or | they must forego power in Lis field, as | Mussolini had to do, cla.ming the bodies of their people but' conceding their souls to themselves.; The de- | cision has not yet been fmade.” “Hitler's most vital task is before him,” concludes the Proyidence Bul- letin, indicating that it s to “discip~ |line ‘the wild spirits aplong his own followers.” The Bullelin concludes: “If these cohorts gain/power, the ex- cesses of Hitlerism w seem mild in comparison to the reign of terror they will invoke. And Hitkr has some dan- | gerous lieutenants; h¢ needed them for | the gaining of power. They. too, have hunger for power. Germany needs | more than anything .lse a long period of stability in which work can be found | for the millions of unemployed and re- assurances of peaceful intentions given to the rest of Europe. Stability is none too inviting to wild heads after the exhilaration of the Nazi revolution; they want action and still more ac- tion. The test of Hitler's strength is yet to come.” ——o— | Furloughs at the Engraving Bureau To the Editor of The Star: In The Sunday Star, July 30, is a |local news item headed: “Long Fur- | loughs Given at the Bureau.” This in- | crease of furloughs from 3 to 10 days |a month—some women are now being | furloughed six days—is stated to be for the purpose of keeping within the ap- propriation and to prevent dismissals. Not a word now comes from the bureau about being overmanned. Again, the public is informed that “the furlough, in one form or another, has been ef- fective at the bureau for many years.” This excuse-statement for the 10 days' furlough conveys misinformation. For |a long time, up to just after the issue of the Mellon paper currency, furloughs at the bureau were of the utdown™ nature, for a day or more at a time, to install new presses, etc. Just prior | to the entry of the United States into | the great war hundreds of temporary | women employes were taken on at the | bureau. After the armistice these tem- | poraries were dis; . Then came the change from the most artistic, best printed, most lasting note currency in the world to the Mellon issues, poor in quality, easily counterfeited. The bue~ Teau called for hundreds of women teme porar; ployes. Were these tempo- raries let go when the work was done? No. An executive order covered them | in as permanent employes. Then began | the 1, 2, 3, 4 days’ furloughs without pay of women. Owing to the “cover- ing in” process these furloughs affected those with years of service. Had the temporaries been let go after the issue of the Mellon currency, as was done after the armistice, they could have ad- Jjusted themselves to other employment. ‘There would have been no necessity for these present 10-day furloughs, in these and A Capable Understudy. Prom the Oaklsnd Tribune. ‘The King of Italy will visi' America Sres adiairs over there will be Jott a capable hands. 5 Always Buyers. Prom the San Antonio Express. } Raising prices o e SR T et - ¢