Evening Star Newspaper, August 3, 1933, Page 8

fTHE EVENING STAR With Sunday Morning Editloa. WASHINGTON, D. C. THURSDAY......August 3, 1933 THEODORE W. NOYES....Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company Business Office and Pennsylvania Ave Office: 110 East 42nd St Lake Michigan Building. 14 Regent St.. London, ngland. New Chicago Office: European Office York Rate by Carrier Within the City. The Evening Star.............45¢ per month The Evening and Sunday Star (when 4 Sundays) 7 The Evening and Sunday Star (when 5 Sunday: The Sunday Star ....Bc per copy Collection made a end cf each month Orders may be sent in by mail or telephone NAtional 5000. 60c per month | 65c per month Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. nd Sunday....1yr.$10.00: 1 mo., 88 g::}: :nIV su“ zid ¥yr., $6.00. 1mo.. 50c Sunday only 1yr., $4.00; 1 mo..40c All Other States and Canada. 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But it tightens the existing regulations, which called for “proper and adequate” margins, and makes the amount of coverage specific. The significant point concerning the new rules, which include other regula- tions regarding marginal accounts and customers’ men, is the fact that the| Board of Governors is awake to the potential dangers to a “free and open | market” involved when trading in Lhei market assumes the aspects of a| gambling orgy —and is determined to | do something about it. The recent break in the market after a period of | feverish speculation reminiscent of 1928 and the early part of 1929 brought | new rumblings from Washington more | potent in their warnings than any number of Senate investigations. These | were heeded. The new rules are de-| signed to increase the difficulties, if not to prevent the shoe-string plunges, of the man of small means who risks| everything he has in speculating on margin. As long as there is a free and open market there will be speculation, much of it entirely legitimate. One great source of evil has been the ease of speculating on margin and the em- phasis placed on the easy riches to be won through speculation, rather than the relative security to be won through sound investment. Anything done to hamper marginal trading by those who know nothing about it except what they read In the papers will be considered a gain. The Board of Governors of the Stock Exchange has taken praiseworthy action in cleaning its own house. A Kentucky Howler. Lee Chrisman deserves to be famous. In point of fact, he has attained celeb- rity. He has had a million dollars’ worth of free publicity in the Nation's press, and European exchanges almost certainly will repeat his story. Through- out the whole wide world his name will be known. He will pass into history as the greatest, the most talented and the most widely advertised howler of mod- ern times. By profession a farmer and an auc- tloneer, he has developed the most smazing vocal technique since Glen- dower and Mortimer. They claimed to be able to “call spirits from the vasty deep,” but he can bellow with such earth-shaking power as to be heard eight measured miles. Obviously, he is a noise-maker of unparallfed gentus. The wild bulis of Bashan must be turn- ing green with envy. Chrisman has demonstrated the grandeur of his art from the top of a mountain at Cumberland Gap. Listen- ers were stationed in three States to record his victory. At 3 o'clock on an unoffending morning he opened his mouth, and there came forth a “yee- how” which caused the hills to tremble snd the forests to shiver. The dis- turbance swept over the countryside ke a hurricane. The vibration rolled slong like Jovian thunder. The very beavens echoed with the reverberation. 3t was a marvelous exhibition. No wonder the newspapers noticed it. Kentucky has much to be gratefyl for. The blue grass, for example, the spirited race horses of Derby annals, the beautiful girls of Louisville and Texington, the perennial crop of colonels, Stephen Collins Foster’s song, and Bourbon whisky. But the howler tops them all. This is the age of noise, and Chrisman is its sovereign prophet. When he yells people eight miles dis- tant hear him. No one seems to care what he shouts about. All that mat- ters is the racket. ———————— Hitler is doing what he can to ren- der political quarrels so ridiculous as to make the thought of another war seem positively insane. —_— . “Let It Rain!” The genius of Providence is surely nowhere better demonstrated than in the invention of rain. Men of science have reduced the mechanisms of the phenomenon to the approximation - of mere mathematics, but to the lay public, unskilled in appreciation of the law of cause and effect, the spectacle of water falling from the sky is just ® miracle, a wonderful miracle, and pothing more. The average citizen does not know how it happens, nor does he greatly care. All that matters s that, when the heat of the sun has drawn up from the earth and the sea » sufficient burden of moisture, clouds form and, disintegrating, permit the flood to descend in torrential downpour or gentle showers, as the case may be. | World Economic Conference. The process is marvelous, It is so ac- oepted and so received. M is Gy to the philosopher thal emental. design ‘of rain is an triguing problem. The idea of it, the scheme of it, the whole magnificent conception of’it engage his admiration. It seems naiural to him that the primi- | tive savage mind of man should have visioned God as a pluvial diety, a rain- maker. Certainly, there must be an intelligence behind such an occurence, a causa causans. And if that be granted, it would follow that there must be a creative principle in everything. The name applied to the power so discerned is of little importance. Recognition of it is what is wanted. Its instruments are called the laws of cosmic arith- metic, gravity, relativity, evolution, ad- justment, survival. The names are le- gion, but their basic meanings signify the same thought. The dictionary authorities trace the customary term for “the condensed vapor of the atmosphere falling to the earth in drops large enough to attain sensible velocity” to an ancient Anglo- Saxon root, “regn” or ‘“ren,” a word of imitative character, representing the sound of water in motion. Dean Swift's notion of the possibility of a shower of cats and dogs suggests that in the case of such a varlation it would have to be “bow-wow-meow.” Obviously, that novelty is not to be desired. When the fields are gasping, the cities stifiing in the heat of August, the prayer of nature and mankind alike is for the ideal relief of a thorough drenching. The author of the popular song may have written better than he knew when he composed the couplet: Let it rain, let # pour; I think T know just what it's rain- ing for! r——oe—s. Canada Borrows in London. While the American people this week were registering their unshatterable confidence in the credit of the United States by oversubscribing an $850,000,- 000 issue of Government bonds, Canada was arranging to borrow £15,000,000 in London. The loan was offered to | the British public yesterday and was heavily oversubscribed. The amount is of no particular importance—some $65,000,000 or $70,000,000 in dollar value at current exchange rates. But other aspects of the transaction are noteworthy. In the first place it is the first and prompt fruit of the all-British Empire currency stabilization compact formed by Great Britain and her overseas do- minions on the heels of the recent Secondly, the loan marks Canada’s return to cependence on the British rather than the American money market. The Do- minion for the past twenty years—ever | since pre-war days—has been doing practically all her external financing in New York, where Canadian credit re- mained consistently high. Now Canada breaks from the United States dollar and plights her faith anew in the British pound sterling. The loan is designed beyond all shadow of doubt to strengthen the empire’s sterling bloc, while Canada evinces the plain purpose of associating herself more closely with the British monetary unit and stabiliz- ing in terms of the motherland’s pound. The sterling bloc becomes a very tangi- ble reality in the presence of Great Britain's readiness to lend to the coun- tries within it. The wide discount of the Canadian dollar in relation to the United States dollar has, of course, operated against the profitable flotation of Dominion loans in the American market. This factor, plus the empire stabilization plan, sufficiently explains why Canada now is borrowing in Threadneedle Street, rather than Wall Street. But from every standpoint the present transaction is a great imperial gesture and bound to fortify the “empire move- ment” which set in with the Ottawa Conference of 1932. 3 G. Howard Ferguson, Canadian high commissioner at London, sees in the Dominion loan an answer to “the economic nationalist isolation of the United States and the European gold bloc and a recognition by the British Empire countries of the importance of their position and their mutual re- sponsibilities.” The realm on which the sun never sets is very evidently bent on paddling its own financial canoe as long as the rest of the world insists, as it has just done in London, upon remaining an international house hopelessly divided against itself. Viewed from that standpoint, the Canadian loan in London assumes symptomatic im- portance. That it will be an immense success is a foregoneé conclusion, for our great neighbor to the North is a gilt- edged credit “risk.” The loan will bear four per cent interest, and will be of- fered at par and repaid at the latest in 1958, with the right of redemption in 1953 and after. A sinking fund of one per cent annually for redemption will be established. e Chicago milk men who get into & wrangle over prices should remember Mrs. O'Leary’s cow who kicked a bucket, overturned a lantern and set fire to the town. “Uncle Arthur” Henderson. Among the many shining lights of the British Labor party, who were rele- gated to private life by the “national” elections of 1931, was “Uncle Arthur” Henderson, the party's veteran and venerated secretary and treasurer and long-time coadjutor of Ramsay Mac- Donald in building - the organization into that powerful political machine which achieved control of his majesty’s government in 1924 and again in 1929. “Uncle Arthur” became foreign secre- tary in the second MacDonald govern- ment, holding that proud office until Labor was ousted two years ago, leaving Mr. MacDonald and one or two old comrades like J. H. Thomas, who also went “National,” as the only two min- isterial survivors of the preceding Labor regime. Having been defeated for re- election to the House of Commons, Mr. Henderson, under the British system, was disqualified for continuance in the cabinet. Before his parliamentary misfortune Mr. Henderson had been selected by the League of Nations, in his capacity a8 British forelgn secretary, to be chair- man of the forthcoming Geneva Dis- armament Conference, and he officially presided over its opening deliberations in February, 1932. He still functions a8 the head of the conference and this Summer has been touring continental capitals as an advance agent for re- sumption of proceedings at Geneva next Fall under what he hopes will be more promising conditions. Under circum- stances always trying and frequently discouraging, Mr. Henderson has made as disarmament ehairman a record for EVENING zeal and tact which has won him golden opinions among all the nations participating in the conference. In the midst of his disarmament activities the British Labor veteran firfMs himself suddenly pitchforked back into the vortex of British politics. A House of Commons vacancy having oc- curred in Clay Cross, Mr. Henderson has been adopted as the Labor candi- date to succeed the deceased Labor member, and shortly “Uncle Arthur” will fight the by-election with a Con- servative opponent. As the Left Wing of the Labor party has decided not to oppose him, Hendegson's return to Parliament becomes a foregone con- clusion, though he will probably have to conduct a heated election campaign. Labor is now “his majesty's loyal op-! position” in the House of Commons and the Conservatives lose no opportunity to reduce even its fragmentary strength. With “Uncle Arthur” back at West- minster, the issue of the leadership of the Labor party will almost immediately become acute. It is the practice of members of the Parliamentary Labor party to elect their leader at the be- ginning of each session. Now firmly rooted in this position is another vet- eran of the “movement,” George Lans- bury, who not only is leader of the Opposition, but in addition holds the post of national Labor leader, surren- dered by Henderson when he accepted the disarmament conference chairman- ship. London dispatches report that a strong challenge to the Lansbury lead- ership is certain to be forthcoming, once Henderson returns to Parliament, either from “Uncle Arthur” himself, or from party friends on his behalf. Should Labor by any remote chance again attain power in Downing street, Arthur Henderson would almost cer- tainly rate the prime ministership, for Ramsay MacDonald’s old party asso- clates will never forgive him for his treason” in consenting to head the present “National Government” after “Labor” was so ignominiously booted from office two years ago, and to which government the existing Parliamentary Labor party is now in bitter official opposition. Lamenting “Uncle Arthur’s” decision to re-enter political strife in Great Britain, the London Times remarks: “At the age of seventy, Mr. Henderson might have looked forward to ending his public life amid general good will in a mission which is far too high to be affected by party criticism.” —r—————— New York brokers always find pleas- ure in throwing ticker tape out of the window in honor of a hero. In the present erratic market condition, ticker tape does not mean much anyhow. R Any member of Congress who once favored an all-Summer session has re- cently taken an occasional glance at the thermometer and rejoiced that nothing of the kind happened. Mahatma Gendhi may succeed in making India more easy for England to govern if he succeeds in reducing the number of arbitrary and unrea- sonable class distinctions. Labor is candidly facing the idea that unless an employer can secure reason- able compensation for conducting a business, there is not going to be any employer. e ————————— N. R. A. is making such rapid prog- ress as to, suggest an irreverent post- script in the form of “P. D. Q" As a feature of national recovery baby bonds call attention to a fin healthy element of representation in the new generation. ———e——————— Blue eagles have stepped into decora- tive favor without waiting for an- nouncements of Fall styles. < —_— e SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Assuming Credit. To my thermometer I spoke In accents of reform. My words were treated as a joke; It kept on growing warm. I lectured on my growing grief At his relentless way, But whether he would bring relief He still refused to say, The climate showed a change at last. The old Thermom grew kind And seemed regretful of the past ‘Which it had left behind! And then my soul with pride was fraught Beneath & cooling shower. T said, behold what change is wrought By My Persuasive Power. Versatility. “You're not having as much to say as usual.” “I'm glad you observed the fact,” answered Senator Sorghum. “I have often been applauded for my eloquence. I wish also to assure my friends that I am capable of a highly intelligent silence.” Jud Tunkins says it made him kind o' mad to be accused of havin’ more money than brains, especially at a time when the most cash he could raise amounted to about two dollars. Overheard at the Shore. “Fashions are said to recur in cycles,” remarked the lady with heavy-rimmed glasses. “In that case,” answered Miss Cay- enne, “Mother Eve is surely having her day again as a fashion leader.” “Pursuing the study of your lan- guage,” said Hi Ho, the sage of China- town, “I find some delicate distinctions. While there may be an economic war- fare, no war is ever economical.” Precaution. I longed to fly across the sky And gravitation there defy— Perhaps I should have done it. And then there came the solemn thought, “When I an aeroplane have bought I won't know how to run it!” Oh friend! If you in joy serene Seek to acquire some big machine, When you at last have won it, If you would travel all secure Before you start from earth be sure That you know how to run it. “Mind yoh own business,” said Uncle Eben, “and if you ain’ got ng business make it yoh business to git e.” BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. H makes easy a rule of c:ol:l known in a tumultuous Don't go around with a chip on shoulder. Gt In a restaurant the other day we noticed one of these little fellows who feels himself offended at every turn. No one ought to expect hotel service or conditions in a dairy lunch; speed, moderate prices and good food, after all, are a great deal. Often there is a great clatter of dishes, coffee stains on the floor, soiled aper napkins about; sometimes the ables are jammed too closely together, with the result that customers’ chairs touch back to back. * % k% It was this latter condition which fired the readily aroused ire of the little man. How wonderfully true to type so many of these little men are! Psychologists have a name for it, but it is easier, and perhaps nearer the truth, to call it a plain failure to take life easily. Our hero properly drew in his chair as much as he could, as he sat down. ‘There was plenty of room for the big man to take his seat at the other table, and he knew it—both of them knew it. He was a scrupulous man in being ot weather aam. widely | polite, one of the old school. The big man knew nothing of that, evidently, for when he started to sit down he yanked back his chair as hard as he could. * k k% ‘The result was that our hero felt a disagreeable bump. Quickly he turned, ferociously he EX "i !lm remarks were apt, but not essen- al. If the fat man heard them he paid no attention, but answered by rising and again thumping his chair at the | get other’s. back as he went to secure a forgotten knife. “Animal,” growled the little man, seizing his food, dishes, etc., and moving to_another table. He was justified, in the eyes of care- ful observers, but not in his own best interests. * o x X Such a ready response to the thou- sand and cne small and irksome details of life is a terrible thing in hot weather. When icy winds blow, when water freezes in the gutters and smoke issues from animals’ nostrils, it is all right to take umbrage at the slightest occur- rence. All right, that is, if one doesn’t mind flying off the handle at the smallest thing, and this type of person never does. of course. When the weather is warm it is well to take life as easily as possible. And this applies more to one’s mental attitudes than to such things as light clothing, light diet, plenty of water and % on. * K ok ‘Taking things easy in the Summer- time consists partly in refusing to be- come irked. Maybe it will require effort, but work Is as here as elsewhere. Honest endeavor to stifle resentments, fancied snubs and the like is work well done, espectally when the official ther- mometer climbs into the famous 90s. Never fear that there will not be ‘l:nty of opportunity to work at this ittle E If the heat increases the necessity for keeping one’s temper under control. it likewise multiplies the number of occa- sions when this will be essential. x x % % The man who can go through the heat without becoming angry over some- thing or other is a philosopher of the every day. ‘There will be enough occasion, no doubt, in his personal life for tem| recrimination without putting himself at the mercy of every boor who scrapes a chair into his back. ‘There is always some one doing ; why let it irritate one? If it irritates anyway, as it so often does, why show it? ' * k% Repression is supposed to be bad for the human spirit, but that theory must be taken with two grains of salt in hot weather. . The progress of intellectually aroused heat through the human frame is out- ward, always outward. Explosive words are no surer a relief than silence. Peo- ple just think they are. One must remember what it is about. If the matter is momentous, drastic action, in word and deed, may be necessary. Not even the most irritable person would say, however, that this fellow who stares so rudely at a stranger in a public place is deserving of the flood- fix:s of one’s wrath turned loose upon * Kk ok % A little well placed contempt is bet- ter and a great deal more cooling. Let moralists say what they will, contempt has its place, as well as re- ¥Ee sweets of the better types of revenge are well known; they have triumphed largely over the centuries. Ages have come and gone, but & decent revenge, according to the fair standards of righteous men, is not to be sneered at. Often this revenge is often nothing more than a failure to angry. Contempt of the better sort is some- thing to dally with in tight places. There comes a time in the average life when there is no better way, nothing more apt to be done, nothing truer to the self, than to reflect in contempt on the words or deeds of some other. Whether one allows this attitude to be seen of men must depend upon the temperament. Either way, it is sooth- ing, not only to the vanity of the sub- Ject, but also to his mechanism of heat and cold. * ok x % ‘There is the closest relation between physical and mental states, one so im- posed upon the other that there is no separating them, except at the point where they join. Where this point is few know, even doctors, who are supposed to. The best the average human being can do is to be mighty sure that he is angry when he becomes angry. Let him fix a certain percentage of ire as his standard of Wwhat anger should be, in his own case, then he will not so readily fly off the handle, go around with a chip on his shoulder. put himself so at the mercy of strangers. Petty honor is one of the states of mind which has been laughed quietly out of existence during the past hun- dred years. Like dueling, it is no more. Neither was more than a ready excuse for unrestrained anger and the love of a fight. ‘The modern chip on the shoulder is a pale imitation of an ancient priv- ilege mean and contemptible in the light of a new day. It is a failure to take life easily, an attenuation of force and power needed for times when |a frank and ready anger serves a | purpose. » High Lights on the Wide World| Excerpts ‘From Newspapers of Other Lands AGYAR KIRALYI ALLAMVAS- UTAK, Budapest—The open- | be air balls on St. Anna's day in Hungary have nothing in com- mon with n;e flu&hdmon Xtohr- mal splendor of parties held during the Wlnw'l" season. It has been a tradition for centuries to have a dance on July 26, St. Anna's day, at the Hungarian spas and country resorts. Then all the young people dance fo the tunes of gypsy bands, while their elders reflect with some little melancholy upon sim- {lar events of their own youth. These festivals date back to the early days of the sixteenth century. Anna is the patron saint of the guilds, and also of family life. This celebi tion in her honor was a fitting tunity to present grown-up daughters to society before permitting them to take part in the dances of the Winter season. These dances have also been | occasions for annual assemblies of Hun- gary’s literary and artistic people and ir wealthy and aristocratic cham The tradition of the outdoor | balls, in acknowledgment of St. Anna’s beneficence and guardianship, still pre- valls, and perhaps to a more marked extent than ever. Even the smaller Hungarian villages and watering places vie with one another in giving both residents and visitors the most enjoy- able recreations on July 26 each year. PR Schools for Jewish Children Urged in Reich. South African Jewish Chronicle, Cape Town—Six thousand Jewish children have already been registered with the Berlin Jewish community on a petition that the community should open ele- mentary schools for Jewish children. The parents of the children declare that though they are still admitted to the general schools, the atmosphere there is so anti-Bemitic that the chil- dren are unable to sit through their lessons. The community ha; now fig:lg asked the government for perm! open Jewllzno schools to be maintained at the cost of the community. * X x % Shanghai Population Estimated at 3,154,810. North China Herald, Shanghai.—The ulation of Greater Shanghal, in- mlr‘ the International Settlement and the French Concession, is 3,154,810, N according to the latest census report compiled by the Greater Shanghai Mu- nicipal Bureau of Public Safety. Those living in the Chinese city and its suburbs total 1,702,660. * x % % French Novelists Win Suit Against Critic. Le Petit Marseillals, Marseille.—"“Le Syndicat des Romanclers Francais” (“Unfon of French Novelists”), insti- tuted some weeks ago in the Twelfth Correctional Court at Paris, chunr? the Abbe Bethleem with libel and defamation by reason of an article by him inserted in the Revue des Lec- tures, wherein he expressed opinion of the concepts of modern terature in general, and modern nov- els in particular. Some members of the syndicate considered themselves spe- cifically calumniated, and there being no adequate evidence that these an- imadversions were not deliberately in- tended for them, and capable only of such in tation, the clerical defend- ant was the sum of 500 La Razon, La Paz—The general ad- ministration of the department of pub- lic works in Tarija advises La Razon hnheenreul’mmmw or . | manufacture. Separate wings are to provided for juvenile delinquents and woman pi eTs, these re- | spective edifices and other units of the | group will evidence in every feature the ultimate word in penal sclence and hyglene. * x % % Turkish Baths Draw Many to Budapest. Magyar Kiralyl Allamvasutak, Buda- pest.—The Turkish baths of Budapest figure among the most important at- tractions of the city. Budapest has no their original ‘Turkish character, particularly the Csaszar bath, built by Kara Mustapha Pasha in 1560, and the Rudas bath, built by Sokoli Mustapha in 1570. Other architectural relics in Hungary are the former Turkish mosque of Pecs, now the parish church, and a smaller mosque, in the same town, with minaret still conjoined, at present used for a hospital. Another partly ruined mosque and minaret can be seen in the village of Bacs. The national museum at Budapest contains many historical objects pertaiping to the Turkish domination, especially arms and saddles. One invaluable attraction is the tent which belonged to the commander in chief of the Turkish armies which invaded Austria in ‘1683. This tent, with its important occupant, was captured at the gates of Vienna by Christian soldiery in the year mem- tioned. e A Tradition of the Sea. Prom the Oincinnati Times-Star. Eleven centuries ago, so the legend runs, an old Viking sea captain steered his dragon-prowed ship on her last voyage. Alone he stood at the helm as she stood out from the harbor into the darkening twilight. The faithful crew, his companions in many a skir- mish on her planks, stood on the bank in mournful silence. When a good distance separated the ship from land they watched the captain light a torch. Soon the growing flames lit up his proud face, and, enveloping the ship, cast a reflection on the water. He waved a farewell to those on shore, stood at his life-long post until death came, A few days ago Capt. F. L. Spears rescue and went down on the e of his burning tanker off the Carolina coast. Sudden disaster came in the morning. day the captain had struggled to save his crew. He ordered those picked up who had gone overboard, helped bandage the wounded, fought the fire and saw the lifeboats launched. Then as nightfall closed in, with the stern already under water and the sky and sea reddened by the Iast flames from the doomed ship, he watched the final boatload of sur- vivors &I:ll away toward the two rescue ships t now stood by. “He refused to come,” said one of the crew. “As t.h;tnpip was sinking he flashed his s very|bY hempen rope and the fragrant smoke of burning pine, sees the square, col- ored sail, and as the end nears, the old warrior, magnificent in skins and armor, a death to fit a life. In the ond, & smu of smoke, the faces mmtm{lu clanking it. sec of the engines, an electric flash- R ] the * fe” That of —'m'cum Service Petrol.’ Aridity. Prom the Bt. Louls Globe-Democrat. 'St less than 21 public baths, a number | pert “/of which have retained The Political Mill By G. Gould Lincoln. ‘The Governor of Massachusetts, Jo- seph B. Ely, undertook to lay down the law to the generalissimo of the Roose- velt public works 'am yesterday, Becretary Ickes of the Interior Depart- ment, and ran his head into a stone wall. The incident, which is full of po- litical implications, happened something like this: Gov. Ely called Secretary Ickes on the long-distance telephone yesterday and requested that before any of the money for public works projects in Massachusetts was passed out the projects should be given ap- proval by the Governor's own l, which has been looking into the finan- clal standing of the various municipal- ities. Mr. Ickes promptly replied that the moneys for public works were from the Federal Treasury and that the Public Works Administration had fits and would not make exceptions for Massachusetts or any other State. * x x % The Governor of Massachusetts be- came insistent. He told the Secretary that the Governors of States were not ::; given enough consideration in e gram, and that so far as he was con- cerned, he was ready and willing to make an issue of it. Mr. Ickes replied in effect that the Federal Government was the boss of this*job and intended to remain so. Gov. Ely pointed out that the municipalities in Massachu- setts were the creatures of the Com- monwealth and should be dealt with certainly through the State Govern- ment. The Secretary of the Interior refused to budge from his position. ‘Whereupon the Governor of Massachu- setts suggested that the Federal Gov- ernment was but the creature of the States anyway. This was t00 much for Mr. Ickes. “I don't like your tome” the Secretary said. “And I don't like your policy,” was the reply of Gov. Ely. Whereupon the Secretary and the Governor banged off the telephone, and that was that. * % x % T?;! n'}-uplu the Public Works Ad- ministration for co-operation with the States in the public works program in- cludes regional directors, with one for all New England, and State advisory boards in each of the several States. The personnel of the Massachusetts State Advisory Board set up by the President and the Public Works Ad- ministration is as follows: Former Gov. Alvin T. Fuller, Republican; John J. Prindaville of Framingham and James P. Doran of Brockton. Fuller not long 8go announced' that he would be a candidate for Governor next year, and ! in some quarters it is said that Ely will seek renomination and re-election, too. Gov. Ely in his telephcne conversation with Secretary Ickes yesterday made no criticism of the members of the Massachusetts board set up by the Pub- lic Works Administration. He just :nnnlted a b:ardlo( his own to have the al say when it came to pass | the projects. i * % x % The Democratic organization in Mas- sachusetts, of which Gov. Ely, Senator David 1. Walsh and Senator Marcus A. Coolidge are bright and shining members, is said to be decidedly dis- the prize plums from the Federal patronage tree, have been passed out recommend. internal revenue coliector for the dis- trict of Massachusetts was named— Joseph P. Carney of Garden. one of the most important of the Fed- eral offices in Massachusetts. Mr. Car- ney’s appointment came as & siunning surprise to the Democratic leaders oi the State, who had recommended at least one other man for the job. There have been other jobs passed out in the same way in Masschusetts. *x % When President Roosevelt, then Gov- ernor of New York, became an avowed candidate for the presidential nom- ination, the Elys and the Walshes did not jump on the bandwagon, although Mayor Curley of Boston, their politi- cal enemy, did. The Elys and the Walshes held off and finally came out strongly in support of Al Smith for the presidency—Smith the idol of the Bay State democracy. At the Chicago convention the Massachusetts dele- gation yelled itself hoarse for Smith and stuck to him and against Roose- velt to the end, which was very bitter. After the nomination had been made Gov. Ely held off for weeks before he came forward and declared his sup- ' for the Roosevelt-Garner ticket. Senator Walsh and other Smiths said right away that they would go along with the national ticket and did all they could to help in Massachusetts. Because of the disgruntled Smith Democrats, things looked bad in the Bay State for velt for a while. But then Al Smith himself finally gave the ticket his open support and the situation changed greatly, with Roosevelt on election day carrying Massachusetts by a big vote. The administration handlers of patronage, especially Chairman Far- ley of the Democratic National Com- mittee, Postmaster General, have clearly indicated that the Federal jobs are 1o go to Democrats who were “for Roosevelt before Chicago” if they be qualified. It's not strange, therefore, that the Democratic organization in Massachusetts has not been getting all it wants. Whether Gov. Ely's re- quest for virtual control by a State board of the public works program in Massachusetts was a reflection of the feeling that has been growing up there is only a matter of conjecture. However, it is quite clear that such control, if vested in the Governor of Massachusetts or any other State, would be a powerful political weapon. Any Governor who did not like a cer- tain municipality and who preferred others, would be in a position to turn thumbs down on the projects of the first and give the money to the favored municipalities. That would be putting politics into the public works pro- gram with a vengeance. Mr. Ickes has laid down a broad, general policy that politics are not to govern in the pub- lic works program of the Government and that projects are to be selected entirely on their merits. * x x % ‘The administration, in passing out patronage, apparently is taking into consideration the fidelity of the 0- crats to President Roosevelt before and after the convention, and also is takin, into consideration the manner in whic! they have performed in the special ses- sion of Congress. The failure to recog- nize Senator Huey Long, Louisiana Kingfish, in making a lot of Federal a] tments in his State is a case in pol Roosevelt had half of the New England States at the time of the Chi- with delegations from while Smith had Massachusetts, Con- necticut and Rhode Island. It is likely that the Roosevelt forces will plod land in preparation for what is to come. * x x x Senator Joseph T. Robinson of Arkansas, Democratic leader of the Senate, was given a great reception at Little Rock terday, a regular home- coming celebration. It was a great turnout of honor the man who has kept Arkansas right. on . Senator own set-up for passing upon projects| dling of the public works pro- | gruntled because some of the big jobs, | o men whom the organization did not | Only the other day the | This is | good itial | hand. ANSWERS TO. QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. ‘Thousands of Government experts are working constantly for the benefit of all citizens of the United States. ‘They will work directly for you if you will use our Washington bureau. This newspaper employs Mr. Haskin to act as an ‘agent for its readers. He will take your matter to the proper au- thority. State your inquiry briefly, write clearly and inclose three-cent stamp for a personal letter in reply. Do not use post cards. - Address The Evening Star Information Bureau, Frederic J. Haskin, Director, Wash- ington, D. C. Q. How old is Gama, the wrestling marvel of India?—P. H. A. He is' 55 years oid, is b feet 7 inches tall and weighs 260 pounds. It is believed that he is the strongest man in the world. He has been wrestling nearly 40 years and has never been defeated. Q. Who are somie of the professors ;DD;;LHM by President Roosevelt?— A. Among the educators now in office are James H. Rogers, George F. Warren, Raymond Moley, M. L. Wilson, William I. Meyers, Rexford G. Tug- well, Adolph A. Berle, John Dickinson, Howard E. Babcock, Herman Oliphant, Manley O. Hudson, W. M. W. Splawn, Isador Lubin, Mordecal Ezekiel, O. M. W. Sprague, George F. Zook, Arthur E. Morgan, Harcourt A. Morgan, Lind- say Rogers and Earle Dean Howard. Q. Why is the Brazilian three-toed sloth named ai?—F. P. x_yAA The name is an imitation of its cry. Q. Is tennis popular as a college sport?>—C. C. A. It is constantly increasing in pop- ularity. In reply to a questionnaire sent out by the United States Lawn Tennis Association, of 150 coileges re- plying 143 include tennis in their sports programs. Q. How many people are employed in making the floats used in the an- nual Mardi Gras parade in New Or- leans?—W. S. C. A. At least 25 families—about 100 ‘work on the floats throughout the entire year and about 2,000 e are employed in attending to the detalls of this historic celebration in the course of a normal year. Q. Mas Lois Moran gone back into the movies?>—W. 8. A. A. Lois Moran, the Mrs. Wintergreen in “Of Thee I Sing.” will appear this Fall as the same chazacter in a sequel to the Pulitzer Prize musical comedy called “Let 'Em Eat Cake,” by the same authors. Q. What is a barcarolle>—S8. N. A. It is a song of the gondoliers at Venice, often composed by them, sung to some simple and pleasing melody that may be timed to the stroke of the oar. Such melodies have been intro- duced into opera and written for in- strumental performance. Q. Why was Mary Queen of Scots called the White Queen?—A. T. A. It was because she wore white | mourning for her husband, Lord Darn- ixan much of Belgium forested?— A. Nearly one-fifth of Belgium is cov- ered with wood. Scientific methods of sylviculture are used and this natural resource is exploited to the fullest ex- tent. Q. What will be done with the land ‘_!Jur \‘Jc: Century of Progress closes? . McC. A. The land on which the Century of Progress Fair at Chicago is located reclaimed land from Lake Michigan and will become the property of the State and be used for park purposes at the conclusion of the fair. An enabling act of the Illinois Legisiature permitted the exposition to be held on the newly made State park land lying along Lake Mich- igan opposite the heart of the city. Jurisdiction over the land lies in the South Park Commission. Q. Can all animals swim?—K. R. A. Man is the only mammal that does not swim instinctively. In very rare cases, some human does have the in- stinct for natural swimming. Q. When was the precedent estab- lished of the President’s wife riding with him in the inaugural parade?—R. B. A. In 1909, when Mrs. Taft accom- | panied her husband. Q. Are many children crippled from m’.:nf\n:ow“”“?‘A' H. D. . About one out of three led children have had the disease. cr}fpu. counts for about 120,000 crippled chil- dren in the United State. Q. Who is Lai Choi San?—E. B. A. Lai Chol San is reputed to be a : woman pirate who controls a large fleet of junks and is said to have allegiance E:ld to her by scattered forces which ve been estimated as high as 40,000 men. Her bandit forces have fortified islands off the coast of China and con- duct expeditions into the interior. Q. What was the phrase William Jen- nings Bryan used concerning friendship among American countries?—V. A. A. He sald, “God has made us neigh- bors; let justice make us friends.” Q. When a prisoner is released is he given transportation back home?—M. C. A. The Prisoners’ Relief Society says that in the case of a Federal or State prisoner transportation is furnished a released man to the point of conviction, He is given in addition a good suit of clothes and either $5 or $10, depending on circumstances and the State. It is sometimes possible for an arrangement to be made by the prison authorities in conjunction with friends of the prisoner to allow the transportation to be to the place of residence, rather than place of conviction. — Q. How many islands has New York City?—E. L. D. A. Government charts show 38 istands in New York City. Q. Can cuMivated magnolia trees be grown from seeds in Virginia-—M. B. A. They can. This is the time to col- lect pods, take out black seeds, and plant immediately in soll % inch deep in a well protected cold frame. Seeds must not be permitted to get dry before planting. Q. How many different titles there ! which have been used by rulés‘?wun- | fries or people?>—M. B. 8. | _A. There are more 50. Among them !“i!l d;:}: klrlx‘g. . GRAT, | mikado. rajah, gaekwar, tyeoon, dey, emir and inca. Q. What is the tical theory of sell-“lzv.ermknt'lon?;’g,i N. A. It is the theory in econ- omy that every nation, no matter how small or weak, has the right to decide upon its own form of government and to manage its own internal affairs. Q. Do rural or city school children have more physical defects?—E. L. F. A. Rural school children are found to have more. Q. How long has Washington, D. C.. had a Community Chest?—M. K. | _A. It was incorporated September 13, llggu. The first campaign was held in 9. | Q. What kind of a ship is a wind- i8 | jammer?—L. H. | A It is a merchant sailing vessel as | distinguished from a steamship. Wiley Post’s feat in circumnavigat- ing the globe by airplane in a little more than a week is hailed by the press as one of the great achievements in atiation. Its conspicuous character is emphasized by the fact that other air- men were performing at exactly the same time as he held the center of the stage. He is lauded by the Rockford Register-Republic as “the sturdy little Oklahoman who offered an almost un- paralleled exhibition of grit. stamina | and fearless determination.” ‘The “Pol’!- land Oregon Journal calls him “king of the sky.” Aviation - experiences of a limited period of two or three weeks are found by the Boston Transcript to be remark- able, not only in the stories of personal experience, but also in the light that is shed on the science of flying. Re- ferring to the results of the enterprises of the Italian squadron, of Wiley Post, Mattern, the Mollisons, the Lithuanians who crashed, and the Lindbergh search for commercial routes, that paper states that “it may be a long time before there is again such a combination of events”; that “there is nothing in the past that is quite like it.” The Transcript de- scribes the reaction to these events in the comment on “this chapter in the story of a mew science: “Americans have witnessed the ar- rival of the great Italian planes. No longer is the crossing of the Atlantic the accomplishment only of the planes that fly alone. At the same time, the public has followed the efforts of Mat- tern and Post to fly around the upper portion of the globe, and das taken pride in the dogged determination of the one and the notable success of the other. To add to the appeal which the tale makes to sympathy as well as to admiration was the transatlantic flight of the Mollisons, which may be counted as a sucess despite the accident at the end. A more forcible evidence of the dangers still encountered in these long flights was the fate of the two Lithu- anians who crashed to their death as they also neared their goal after set- ting forth from New York. Less spec- tacular than these exploits, successful voyaging of the future, is the present undertaking of the Lindbergs seeking a route for the commercial planes that may yet cross the Atlantic in regular service on a route following the course of the Norsemen a thousand years ago and more as they moved from Iceland to Greenland, and from Greenland to Labrador and beyond. Gen. Balbo in his westward flight followed a portion of the route. He, too, indicated that Iceland may yet be a way station on scheduled transatlantic journeys.” Wiley Post’s circling of the globe is described by the New York Times as “a revelation of the new art of flying,’ and “of first-rate technical importance.” equipment,” and voices the conclusion that, “by winning a victory with the wise use of gyrostats, a variable pitch goodly part of it by air—the luck of alighting in some unknown spot with a machine shop truth is that agie feslast Post Called “King In Period of Achievement and spare parts at | thing. es, of Sky” * ness of radio beams and navigational instruments.” The Cincinnati Times- Star calls the achievement “probably the most remarkable in the history of flying.” and concludes. that “this gen- eration is right in regarding its record- | breaking aviators as sportsmen and, ;when they win such dramatic victories over time and space. as heroes.” “Great as was Lindberg's contribu- tion,” according to the Eureka (Calif.) Humboldt Times, “his flight in 1927 has been dwarfed by the consistency of Post's avhievements. 1In a foreign country me would be knighted and be- come the national hero. The values of his flight cannot be counted so soon, but aviation itself counts him as one of the world premiers in the advance- ment of science.” The Altoona Mirror declares that while “flying around the world may some day be common, the pathfinder’s name will never be gotten”: that “sclence has learned much through men like Wiley Post.” ‘The Atlanta Journal holds that “in ev- ery respect Mr. Post’s flight is among the more significant of all that have made history in the last 10 years.” “Stunt flying supreme,” asserts the Newark Evening News, with the ver- dict that “it has been a great time for individual and mass eminence, if not for advancement of the business of aviation.” The Charlotte Ob- server feels that Post “incarnates the multiplied powers in the possession of modern man,” and says of the circling of the globe that it is “‘one of the most epochal iliads in all the epic of hu- man achievement.” The Observer adds: “The accomplishment is distinctly per- sonal to Post. That stands out as among the more unique phases of this marvelous exploit. It tained by the Oklahoma fiyer, for one important thing, because he had the physical stamina to endure the rigors of an ordeal of this kind. That is no insignificant phase of this fiight. To race for multiplied thousands of miles through the universe of the sky at a rate of from 100 to 150 miles an hour takes its toll of humnnmendumnoe Few men, even among the htiest of America’s it birdmen?nghlve the physical fortitude and resources to hold up under the terrific bodily and nerv- ous strain of such a flight in such an incredibly swift time. To fly through the blackness of the nights, to cross the Atlantic twice and the Pacific | once, to traverse spreading miles of | bleak and sterile Siberian deserts, to skirt the rim of the globe's mystic wastes and experience the hazards of flights over wilderness, sea and desert. is a program to challenge the molt rr;luculn and versatile among the sons of men.” R ° Two Philosophers. From the Cleveland News. ‘Two philosophical Americans cele- brated t! birthday anniversaries last month. They were John D. Rocke- feller, 94, and Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, 92. Mr. Rockefeller’s credo has been often given and often quoted. He believes in hard work as a conditioner for young men and as a solace for old age. Justice Holmes, speaking from the legal point of view, has just delivered the opinion that “the rule of law of duty are one " He ventures a little over into ce of education life-saving medical research and through the benefit of his sprightly of personal cheer. Neither Justice Holmes nor Mr. Rockefeller knows the secret of longevity. Probably the years “just grew,” but these two men know how to enjoy them. Mature reflecticn over a well done usual the mmz& ulé:"lz any