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A-8 THE EVENING STAR With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. MONDAY....February 11, 1935 THEODORE W. NOYES. . . Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company Business Office: 11th St. and Pennsylvania Ave. New York Office: 110 East Chicago Office: Lake Michigan Building. European Office; 14 Regent St.. London. Ensgland, Rate by Carrier Within the City. Regular Edition. The Evening Star_.. . 45¢ per month The Evening and Sunday Stir (when 4 Sundays) ... 60c per month ‘The Evening anc gundly Star (when 5 Sundays) . .65¢ per month ‘The Sunday Star . . .Be per copy Night Final Edition. Nieht Pinal and Sunday Star.70c per month Night Final Star 55¢ per month Collection made at the end of each month. Orders may be sent by mail or telephone National 5000. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. Daily and Sunday. .1 yr.. $10.00: 1 mo. $; . 85¢ Daily only . . $6.00: 1 mo., 50¢ 8undav only. $4.00: 1 mo.. 40c All Other States and Canada. 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Committees on both sides of the Capitol are now studying the national social security legislation proposed by_ the President. It is not yet definitely known what the final form of the bills will be, but their passage at this session in some shape is a foregone conclusion. It is probable that enact- ment of the national laws may be expedited by ‘the fact that most of the State Legislatures will withhold action on the State bills until the final form of national legislation be- comes known. Detailed consideration of a local unemployment insurance—or unem- ployment reserve—bill and an old-age pension bill should of course await the enactment of national legislation, as national legislation is being devised, in both cases, to enable full participa- tion by the States in making the plans effective. The same thing will be true as far as the District of Columbia is concerned. But it does not seem too early to suggest that the subject of local social security legislation lends itself well to the proposal by Senator King, last year, for occasional joint meetings of the House and Senate District Committees. One or a series of joint meetings of the two committees would provide for the thorough discussion by the Com- missioners and the groups of local citizens who have interested them- selves in such legislation that should precede decision on the form that the local legislation will take. Otherwise, there is some danger of conflicting measures in the two Houses that will require ironing out in conference—a process seldom as satisfactory as agree- ment at the outset on the form the legislation should take. Certainly there is an advantage in avoiding two sets of hearings which will cover the same ground. The principle of the national legis- lation is to provide for a Federal pay roll tax (in the case of unemploy- ment reserves) with credit up to 80 per cent for the amount the employer contributes under local law. In the case of old-age pensions, the National Government proposes to meet, on a fifty-fifty basis, the State or local pension up to $15 a month—that is, the maximum pension would be $30 a month. The Federal revenues will be supplied from another tax on pay rolls. The source of local contribu- tions to old-age pensions will be borne, presumably, out of general revenues. Last year the cost of old-age pensions for the first year in the District was tentatively estimated at about $250,000. Federal participation in the cost, to- gether with the anticipated savings which might be effected in institu- tionalized care of the aged, may Teduce this estimate. ‘The District is naturally desirous of “model” laws on social security, but the tendency should be to avoid the extremes which are sometimes also the | | increased recently and there are grati- fying indications that it is being sus- tained. But the moment there is a let-up, gambling will increase, as it always does. In the meantime, one |effective weapon against a relatively {new form of gambling, the insidious numbers racket, lies in strengthening the anti-gambling laws. Congress was asked last year to pass the new gam- bling bill. The Senate has already passed the bill, recommended by the corporation counsel, the United States attorney and the police. The bill is now before the subcommittee of the House District Committee investigating crime. Its early report and passage by the House, the police and the law en- forcement officers claim, would be ef- fective in curbing crime. When will the committee act? — The Thinker. ‘There is a celebrated masterpiece of sculpture, familiar to all American lovers of the art, known as “The Thinker.” It portrays a man peer- | ing meditatively into space while ap- | parently struggling calmly, but anx- iously, with himself to find a solution | for some of the problems baffling per- plexed humanity. Adolf Hitler at this hour presents a picture like “The Thinker.” Ever since the proclamation last week of | the Anglo-French plan for the pacifi- | cation of Europe, the Fuehrer has been in hermit-like retreat. He an- nounced that he had ordained for sion while he pondered the situation { with which the Reich has suddenly been confronted. !a decision vested in him, he is re- ported to feel that he faces the | gravest choice the Nazi regime has vet had to make. peace preservation Germany is of- | fered participation or isolation. ditions as an embarrassment, dis- patches from Berlin indicate that Hitler considers them an opportunity to turn the Anglo-French accord into he knockout blow he has long wanted to deal the treaty of Ver- sailles. The Germans have been in- | validating that pact piecemeal. Its two principal features no longer exist, | Reparation payments have ceased. | The Reich has rearmed. In addi- tion, Germany has turned her back on the League of Nations and thus completely detached herself from that adjunct of the peace settlement. She has just recovered the Saar. Now that Great Britain and France have recorded their readiness to annul the armament clauses of the Versailles treaty and thus restore Germany to a status of military equality, the Fuehrer is credited with a desire for vastly further reaching concessions. He thinks the moment has come to ask for the return of Memel and Danzig. There is talk of his demanding the restitution of Germany's colonies. He would like the abolition of the de- militarized zone on the Reich's bank of the Rhine, so that it could once again be occupied by German garri- sons. In other words, if these are really the ambitions firing the Nazi soul at this time, Hitler seeks at almost one fell swoop to reconstitute pre-war Germany. It must be acknowledged that the Reich has had striking suc- cess in undoing many of the burdens imposed upon it at Versailles, but, anxious as the Western powers are to solidify the foundations of peace, it is extremely doubtful whether they will be willing to meet the terms now attributed to the Fuehrer as the price of German co-operation. Meantime the world waits anxiously for the conclusions to which the secluded “thinker” at Berlin may come. That they will largely determine whether peace or war is in prospect for Europe is beyond all question. e An extension of N. R. A. without Gen. Hugh Johnson may seem a little like “Hamlet” with the censo- rious yet adaptabl® Polonious left out. Fritz Kreisler's Confession. Fritz Kreisler, world-famous vio- linist, has confessed. In a cable to the New York Times he has admitted that he is the author of all the “classical manuscripts” which hitherto he had attributed to “old masters” of the seventeenth and -eighteenth centuries. The hoax, he says, began thirty years ago, when he found it “inexpedient and tactless” to repeat his own name endlessly in his pro- grams. Fellow musicians and pro- fessional critics were completely de- ceived, and the truth came to light only as the result of researches con- ducted by an independent investigator, confused with perfection in the dis- cussion of measures for the unrepre- sented District of Columbia. The Commissioners and local citizens might well begin now the study of the form of social security legislation that would be applicable to the Dis- trict, to be prepared in advance for discussion of the bills at the appro- priate time. Suburban Maryland sometimes finds the game of politics even more exciting than horse racing. —_— e Police Activity and Gambling. Lieut. George M. Little, head of the Police Department’s vice squad, has told the House committee investigating crime in Washington that there is less gambling here now than at any time in the past twenty-seven years, or since he ®ame on the force. One would hardly expect from Lieut. Little, Te- sponsible for police activity in com- batting gambling, the statement that there is more gambling here_than at any time since he came on the force. But at any rate, the amount of gam- bling here, and elsewhere, is in inverse ratio to the amount of police activity in suppressing gambling. Let that activity cease, and the gambling curve will rise. Let it continue, and gambling will proceed, but under difficulties which act to eliminate some of it. who tried in vain to discover a “Praeludium and Allegro” which Mr. Kreisler generously had added to the compositions of Gaetano Pugnani, an Italian maestro who was born in 1728 and died in 1798, But the sinner did not presume to deny the sin. On the contrary, when the investigator approached his pub- lisher with the problem Mr. Kreisler “came clean.” And one result of the disclosure probably will be a new en- thusiasm for the musicians of the past to whose fame the modern artist has contributed. Antonio Vivaldl of Venice, for example, was only a name to contemporary concert-goers until Mr. Kreisler revived him. Now, it may be that he will become a fad. Niccolo Porpora, Giambattista Mar- tini and Francols Couperin likewise emerge from oblivion by grace of their connection with the deception and are indebted to Mr. Kreisler for a momentary resurrection. Many, however, will hope that lesser geniuses than the beloved virtuoso re- sponsible for this trick will not follow his example. It is pardonable for a great composer to do such things, but it would be & source of confusion for composers not great to indulge such 2 habit. Willlam Henry Ireland, for instance, went altogether too far when he attempted to palm off as Shakespeare’s 8 miserable production of his own invention. And the un- | himself a period of ten days' seclu- | With all power for | In the realm of | Far from looking upon these con- | THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1935. THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. Cervantes’ “Don Quixote™ to be punished. ‘The difference, of course, is the in- definable distinction between what is worthy and what is not. Pugnani has been complimented by Mr. Kreisler, but had Mr. Kreisler been anything less than his peer the compliment would have been an insult. The Workers’ Morale. Just suppose that private industry in the United States, philanthropically inclined, should devise a plan to put 3,500,000 unemployed men and women to work at an average of $50 a month. Peonage would be the lightest of the charges brought against industry. ‘The Federal Government is proposing, in the work relief bill, to adopt such a program. And the Federal Govern- ment, if this plan is made effective, need not be particularly surprised if the men and women employed at this so-called security wage early come to | resent it and to feel that the Govern- | ment itself is taking an unfair ad- vantage of the workers. The morale of working men and women is to be revived through the operation of the work relief plan, it |is argued by the administration. When they are taken from the relief rolls and given employment on work relief projects, they will have their self-respect restored. The “security ! wage,” which could not be much | more than $50 a month if the 3,500,- 000 unemployed, to whom Presi- dent Roosevelt plans to give work for | a year, are all to be employed with | the $4,000,000,000 work relief fund, it is urged, would be more than the dole, the direct relief now granted. | It would give men and women some- | thing to do with their time. The | working man who becomes convinced, however, that his employer is “graft- irg” off labor, does not have his morale lifted or his satisfaction with | life generally restored. If the laborer :Ls worthy of his hire and he believes | that he is worthy, it is not a cheering | thought that the Government is pay- | ing him far less. | Under such conditions, it would not be surprising if men and women were | found loafing on the job. | The Government, it is said, cannot afford to pay the “prevailing wage” |on all these work relief projects. It | would cost too much. The bill would (be too high for the people to pay. | Either these public works projects are | valuable to the people or they are not. |1f they are not valuable, then any- | thing which the people pay for them | is too much. If they are of real value, |is there any reason why a fair price | should not be paid for them? deserved —en— | The United States Supreme Court | cannot be hurried. Its discussions, if | the public could hear them, might be as enlightening in an economic way as the opinion itself. —_— e | John D. Rockefeller, sr., never de- manded public office, and an inherited modesty may prevent John D., jr., | from demanding the title of mayor of | Radio City. ———————— Some of the politiclans who par- | ticipated with affectionate zest in President Roosevelt’s birthday now | revert to type and plan a few surprise parties. | ——— | The world is giving more attention than ever to detatfs of a judicial sys- ! tem ranging from the World Court | down to the police court. SHOOTING STARS. | i Mine of Literary Wealth. , Advice we hear of public waste | And energies too long misplaced. i St. Valentine good stuff might show ! To help along the Ra-di-o. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. | St. Valentine arrives each year | With verses that seem quaintly queer— Set them to music fast or slow, jAnd they may fit the Ra-di-o. [ St. Valentine much skill allots To true love and forget-me-nots. The comics, too, bid laughter flow— Let’s have 'em on the Ra-di-o. These verses are with art combined, Although unsung and all unsigned. Let genius get its chance tc glow— Let's have 'em on the Ra-di-o. Respite. “Are you going to start any more investigations?” “No,” answered Senator Sorghum, | “I'm brain fagged. I'm willing to call for facts and figures, but it's hard for a man accustomed to a small in- come to learn to calculate in billions.” Jud Tunkins says if penguins could talk as wise as they look, they'd be worth associating with for months. Degraded Beauty. Masses of bloom for a gunman’s bier! The perfume whispers of vengeance near. Masses of bloom that are boldly hurled As a challenge straight from the underworld. Strange and cruel powers That blend disgrace even with the flowers., Preserving the Proprieties. “What is your favorite author?” “I decline to say,” answered Miss Cayenne. “I don’t think his books would be proper for a gentleman to read.” Fascination of the Incomprehensible. Great theories are on display, We read of them and sigh, But cannot clearly find a way To know the how and why. The vocalist a cadence flings Across the listening land To tell of love and other things That none can understand. “What you don’t know don’t hurt you,” said Uncle Eben, “but it don't these sudden Police activity against gambling has ' known hand that dared to “improve” ! git you nothin’ either.” A / One of the sad things about life is that too often the knowledge one needs comes too late for any good use. It is easy enough to see—after- ward—that, as a young man, one should have dictated one’s own life, and not have permitted it to be or- dered either by circumstances or others. As a young fellow, however, one was only anxious to succeed. That $5 raise looked bigger than the wealth of Morgan. By the time one gets old enough to see that it didn’t amount to very much, after all, one is too old to do much about it. S And now here is another young | man, going through the same process, {and permitting others to dictate his life for him. He wants so to succeed! But now is the time, out of all the ages, for him to dictate his own life, if ever. He won't do it later. He thinks he may, but he won't. When he, in his turn, arrives at the age Prof. Pitkin eulogizes, he will (find himself the product of forces other than himself. Maybe that would be best for him, after all, just as millions of men solace themselves with the thought that perhaps it has all been for the better. L But if this young man wants to be the architect of his own fate— Great God, now is the time for him to try! The oldster looks at him with un- derstanding sorrow. Now is his chance, in all the ages, in all the centuries— And he is going to fumble it. Instead of coming in here, and letting others tell him what to do. and how, he ought to rise on his hind Legs and tell 'em what he is going to 0. “The temerity of the beggar,” they might say. He should let thm. This is his day. * ¥ % % Only, of course, if he makes it so. It was in this spirit, truly enough, that the poet proclaimed himself the master of his fate, the captain of his_soul. Nobody is master of his fate or cap- tain of his soul if he doesnt know right from the beginning that he has a soul and a fate. It is the knowing that counts, and the young fellow who somehow knows, from the beginning, has a big jump on the rest of the world. Maybe the kings of industry were that way. Maybe the great artists, the magicians of the true type, per- haps one and all are that way. No doubt one has to be. * % % % Every young man—when he is young—ought to look over his soul very critically. He should determine, first of all, if he thinks he has one. Senator Carter Glass of Virginia exemplifies the new sign of the polit- ical times in Washington—the readi- ness of Democratic members of Con- gress, especially in the Senate, to speak right out in meeting on the Roosevelt legislative program. The President remains the master of the situation. He has ample support in either house to impose his will on major controversial occasions. But F. D. R. is confronted by a spirit of rugged independence that has been conspicuous by its absence on Capitol Hill during the past two years. There is notably less reluctance among Democrats to take the bit in their teeth. The rubber-stamp atmosphere is not so omnipresent. ‘“Yes-men” are fewer. Current insurgency on the work relief bill symbolizes the new state of affairs. It will probably have its counterpart when economic secu- rity is up for action. Washington is wondering if the present session will find Mr. Roosevelt content to calm the troubled waters merely through the gentle methods of concession and conciliation, or whether he will wade into them on occasion wich a big stick. Whatever betides, the impres- sion is taking root that }oneymoon days are waning and that the admin- istration from now on is often going to have to fight for what it wants. * ok ok % Discussion is again current as to whether the late Cecil Rhodes’ idea in founding Rhodes scholarships at Ox- ford is working out. It was the fa- mous “empire builder’s” hope that his grandiose scheme would breed emong its British, American and German beneficiaries a race of young men who would go in for public servicz as a career, especially as international statesmen. Washington contains a notable galaxy of Rhodes scholars. They include Erwin D. Canham ot the Christian Science Monitor, Er- nest K. Lindley of the New York ider- ald Tribune, Raymond P. Brandt of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Felix Morley, editor of the Washington Post; Charles D. Mahaffie, a member of the Interstate Commerce Commis- slon; Dr. Stanley K. Hornberk, chief of the Far Eastern Division of the State Department, and Willlam T. Stockton, assistant general counsel of the Home Owners’ Loan Corporation. * k% ¥ ‘There are now in private circulation in Washington copies of the poem entitled “To Rush Drew Holt, My Son, Newly-Elected U. S. Senator,” written by the 84-year-old father of West Virginia's boy solon, Dr. M. 8. Holt, who is still in active medical practice at Weston, W. Va. The poem is dated Thanksgiving, Novem- ber 29, 1934. Here are the first two verses: Now is your time for reflection Upon a Nation in distress. Corporations need correction, They put it in this mess. You should not feel elated . With undue ecstatic joy, Because you're elected ‘While yet you're call'd a boy. The concluding verses read: The credit that is yours alone ‘Was your youthful preparation. You sowed good seed and it has grown, And the fruit is your election. Now. if to self you'll still be true, You will not betray the people, As leader they have chosen you. May you rest beneath Fame'’s steeple. * %% Admiral Cary T. Grayson, who has just been appointed of the Red Cross, has frequently been men- ‘Then he should try to find out what he thinks of it. Only by examining his soul will he be able to know much about his fate, and whether he, and not somebody else or some group of somebody elses, is to be master of the blamed thing. * kX X | The real trouble with the real young man is that he has been “educated” out of being his own boss, and into ‘;h:llunxnm to let other people boss | i His fate and his soul, he has been quletly led to believe by the old, far- famed educational processes, are not 80 much in his custody as in that of others. How soothing to age the belief that | souls and fates are in bigger, better hands, hands that, if they wavered ever, waver no longer or very little! The young man, the younger man, succumbs to this ancient racket. And always there must be inserted, in all fairness, this proviso, that if | the young man is dilatory about rec- ognizing his soul's worth, and his ultimate fate, he may be much better off, in the proverbial long run, if he trusts them to experts. Of experts in the lives of others, there are very | many. * % ox % | The real trouble with the young |man is that, alas, he is feeling his | way, and unless he possesses what the | world vaguely calls “will power,” he may not recognize how trustingly he turns his life over to others to run for him. The real trouble is that he often needs an experience which he has |not had in order to recognize the | need of trusting in himself, even to the limit of self-denial and poverty. | Martyrdom seems to have gone out of style. “Why, the fellow " but no good man Young men too often are willing to exchange their chance for real suc- cess, the sort that makes a soul shiver | with delight forever, for a second- hand car. and a whirl at the night clubs, and a belief that these consti- tute success. * * k x A success the soul loves need not be experienced to be understood. There is the young man who spent | few bought, and fewer still read. He almost starved doing it—but he was doing exactly what he wanted to do, not what some one else, or some system, told him to do. of his fate, captain of his soul. | In time he turned out a story that | sold into the hundreds of thousands of copies and has been called “the best beloved book of our generation.” | He became part of the minds and | hearts of his countrymen. | Cannot all of us rejoice at his suc- | cess, bigger than dollars, his hopes fulfilled, his dreams come true? Stand up, young man, and look the | lopsided world in the eye. Tell it what you propose to do. | Don't let it all be the other w: | 'round. But tell yourself first. You've ot to. WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. | medical and humanitarian background, Admiral Grayson now embarks upon work for which he is especially fitted by temperament and experience, and | his admirers predict a brilliant ad- | ministration of Red Cross affairs under his direction.#One of his asso- clates in his new activities will be a celebrated brother Democrat by the name of Alfred E. Smith, who is a member of the Red Cross Central Committee. * % % % | _ Urey Woodson, director of the Alien | Property Bureau in the Department of | Justice, with particular regret finds it impossible to attend tomorrow night's New York dinner in celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the first inauguration of President Grover Cleveland. Mr. Woodson atterded both the first and second Cleveland inaugurals, as well as the two inaugu- rations of Woodrow Wilson. He missed the induction of Franklin D. Roosevelt into office because of illness at his home in Kentucky. Among Mr. Woodson's otier claims to fame is the fact that he has attended every Dem- | ocratic national conventicn from 1880 to 1932. He 1s a veteran editor and publisher at Paducah, Ky. where | Irvin S. Cobb broke into the news- | paper game. | &8 8 Mrs. Garner, wife and secretary of the Vice President, has sent the Demo- cratic Digest, official organ of the | Woman's National Democratic Club, “Jack’s” favorite recipe, which calls | for squirrel stew. It reads as follows: | “Cut very small two squirrels, four medium-size white potatoes, two me- dium-size onions, two carrots, black pepper and as much salt as desired, plus approximately two dozen chili- pitines, which are small hot peppers native to Southwest Texas. After several hours of slow cooking, and when ready to serve, add butter and, if necessary, more salt and pepper.” * ¥ ¥ X New York State believes in State rights. Tabulation of 1935 automo- bile licenses shows that Gov. Lehman has tags Nos. 1 and 2 and Franklin D. Roosevelt No. 3. * ® k% Senator W. Warren Barbour, Re- publican, of New Jersey, has intro- | duced a bill calling for withdrawal of | the United States’ recognition of the Soviet Union. It has been referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and is concurrent with a resolution to the same effect offered in the House of Representatives by Representative George H. Tinkham, Republican, of Massachusetts. Senator Barbour as- serts that Soviet Russia has violated its promise to discontinue radical agi- tation in the United States, and that from a purely commercial viewpoint recognition ot the Communist govern- ment has proved a “disillusion.” (Copyright. 1935.) Dreamers’ Day in Washington. Prom the Toledo Blade. Any one of the dozen or more “leftist” movements which have been forced upon the attention of national leaders in Washington makes Presi- dent Roosevelt, in all he ‘has advo- cated, look like a conservative. This is the day of the dreamers in the Nation’s Capital. In the early days of the depression every tenth man busied himself tell- ing, as was his privilege, what country needed. He has now multi- plied and been adopted by various utopian organizations. How tame the populists and free silver advocates of another day now. Coxey's march ‘was nothing. ‘Washington is now being attacked by ideas. More Idle Dog Owners. Prom the Beattle Star. A daily dog-walking service has been started in New York, so now the dogs’ owners won't have to take even that | years writing two big volumes, which | He was learning how to be master | ThePolitical Mill By G. Gould Lincoln. Former President Herbert Hoover is to talk to Republicans tomorrow night at the forty-ninth Lincoln day dinner given by the National Republican Club. Lincoln day dinners, given by Republicans, are usually political in their tone. What Mr. Hoover has to say will be heard and read with the keepest interest. He has maintained an almost complete silence on things political since he went out of office nearly two years ago. His main con- tribution to the discussion of public questions and issues was his “Chal- lenge to Liberty,” published last year. * X ¥ x The fact that Mr. Hoover is to step into the G. O. P. spotlight again is interesting. There are Republicans who think that Mr. Hoover sunk | them and the party and who are| willing to place the blame for Demn-‘ cratic_victories in 1932 and 1934 on Mr. Hoover’s shoulders. It begins to| look, however, as though the number | | The Republican party got it where the chicken got the ax in 1932 not because of anything that Mr. Hoover did or did not do. No man on earth could have been re-elected President of the United States in that year, after the depression had done its deadly work. Perhaps had Mr. Hoo- ver been willing and able to convince Congress that he should be given sev- eral billions of dollars to hand out to the unemployed in the years 1931 and 1932 he might have had a bigger vote. But even so, it is not probable he could have been re-elected. And the chances that the Congress of those days would have given Mr. Hoo- ver any such sum of money to spend, with no string attached, amounted to nothing at all, £ oo ‘The very fact that Mr. Hoover is to make a Lincoln day address in New York, the Empire State, has plenty of political significance. It by no means must be interpreted as a gesture on Mr. Hoover's part to as- sume leadership and to seek a presi- dential nomination in 1936. The significance, however, may be found in the fact that the G. O. P. is listen- ing again to Mr. Hoo! that it is tired, perhaps, of its attitude of per- petual apology. Other speakers at the Lincoln day dinner of the Republican National Committee will be Gov. Harold Hoff- man of New Jersey and Glenn Frank, president of the University of Wis- consin. Gov. Hoffman won a sur- prise victory in Jersey—a surprise to the Democrats—last November. Some of his friends say that any man who {could land a winner in New Jersey | in a year so Democratic as 1934 must have “possibilities” By possibilities they mean presidential possibilities However, @ number of things entered into the Jersey gubernatorial race last Fall, one of them being the fact that the Democratic candidate was not strong, and Hoffman had a big personal following. President Frank has been a keen critic of some of the New Deal economic philosophy. In some quarters Dr. Frank is consid- ered a potential candidate for the Republican presidential nomination. The speaking program, therefore, of the Lincoln day dinner should be of considerable interest. * * % * In a year from now the first of the presidential preferential primaries will be nearly at hand. The race for delegates will get under way before long. As a matter of fact, it is al- ready getting under way. There are Republicans whose States are almost bound to send delegations to the next Republican National Convention, in- structed for these gentlemen. There is, for example. Senator Arthur Van- of these critics is growing lmallenld denberg of Michigan and Senator Charles McNary of Oregon, the Re- publican leader of the Upper House, not to mention Gov. Hoffman of New Jersey and Gov. Landon of Kansas, { who also won a victory last Novem- ber. How much the G. O. P. presidential nomination will be worth is still a question and will continue to be. If there is a real and perceptible upturn in business and employment during the ccming year it would be reason- able to expect that President Roose- velt could and will be re-elected. But let there be a continuance of the large unemployment, increased taxation, a dissatisfaction with the agricultural program, and a very different polit- ical situation would be created. e The Democrats are insistent that business conditions and employment of labor are on the up and up. They point with pride to the fact that the farmers’ income for 1934 was up a billion dollars. Senator Robinson of Arkansas, Democratic leader of the Senate, recently had inserted in the Congressional Record dispatches pub- lished in Western and Eastern news- papers showing that there was a great spurt in the automobile industry, that bank deposits were rising rapidly, that hog prices had soared and that much greater quantities of gasoline were used by motorists, all tending to prove that times are improving. { This is the line of argument that | Democrats will advance—if they can— up to and through the next national political campaign. It is easily the most effective line of argument, if it is borne out by the facts. ¥ k ¥ % ‘The House last week passed the bill offered by Representative Bland of virginia to repeal the citizenship status of alien seamen who have not been naturalized, but who under ex- isting law are permitted to serve on American merchant vessels as Amer- ican citizens. The bill is a step in the direction of compelling an Amer- ican-manned merchant marine flying the American flag. It has passed the House before, but has been tied up in the Senate. It should pass and become law. It is in line with the policy of Secretary Roper of the De- partment of Commerce, who is strongly in favor of a merchant marine 100 per cent American. Under the present law, passed during the World War, a man who has served for three years on American vessels and who has merely declared his intention of being naturalized, is held to be an American citizen so far as his right to serve on American merchant vessels is con- cerned. * K x % Mr. Bland told the House that in the port of New York alone these 3-year certificate men filled 8970 jobs that otherwise would have gone to Ameri- can citizens. Although the Merchant Marine act of 1928 provides that on American vessels carTying ocean mail 6625 per cent of the crews must be Americans, it is perfectly possible under the provision of law which per- mits 3-year certificate aliens to be classed as American citizens to have an almost 100 per cent alien crew aboard such a vessel. The Virginia Representative, supporting his bill, pointed out that if the measure had been passed by the Senate in the last ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. A reader can get the answer to any question of fact by writing The Washington Evening Star Information Bureau, Frederic J. Haskin, Director, Washington, D. C. Please inclose stamp for reply. Q. What is the population of the Saar Basin? Is it a Catholic dis- trict?>—E. L. W. A. The population of the Saar Basin s approximately 770,000. The valley lies north of Lorraine and contains ahout 738 square miles. The popu- | |lation is overwhelmingly Catholic. It | hour heforehand. is estimated that there are less than 100,000 Jews and Protestants. Q. What size man’s hat is most often sold?>—F. C. W. A. It is estimated that 25 per cent of the hats sold to men are size 6 Q. When is National Defense week? —N. P. A. It is to be observed from Lin- coln’s birthday to Washington’s birth- auspices and direction of the Na- tional Reserve Officers’ Association. Q. What work is being done on the Nicaragua Canal>—L. B. S. A. This is not a live project and no work is being done at the present time. Q. Is there an animal which can- | not breathe through its mouth?—C. R. A. The whale is the only adult mam. mal unable to breathe in this man- | ner, the respiratory system being es- pecially adapted to prolonged periods of submergence. Newly born mar- supials also are unable to breathe through their mouths. Q. What is done with the old gold which is sold to dealers?—A. A. M A. The old gold that is being bought throughout the country by people licensed to carry on such a business is being sent into the Treasury of the United States. Q. How long did it take to write and adopt the Constitution of the United States?—H. C. A. It was drafted and adopted in less than 100 working days. Q. How many plant patents have been issued?>—W. W. R A. At the close of 1934 there were 116. The first was issued in Au- gust, 1931. Q. What is gag rule>—A. R. A. This refers to the practice in legislative bodies of limiting or sup- pressing debate on matters which come before the assembly for decision or action. Q. What States are in the tornado belt?—D. M. A. It is usually presumed to in- clude Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa, Tllinols and much of Kansas and Nebraska. Tornadoes occur, however, outside of this belt. In 1934 there were only 76 true tornadoes. Louisiana, Ohio and Indiana were visited during the |F. year. Q. Is there a monument to Bene- dict Arnold in this country?—E. M. A. The only monument to Benedict Arnold is a slab erected by John Watts de Peyster, brevet major general, State of New York. The monument is a plain slab on which appears the fol- lowing inscription: “In memory of the ‘most brilliant soldier’ of the Con- tinental Army, who was desperately wounded on this spot, Burgoyne's ‘great (western) redoubt,’ October 7, 1777, winning for his countrymen the deci- sive battle of the American Revolu- tion and for himself the rank of | major -general.” ay, February 12 to 22, under the! Benedict Arnold's name is not mentioned. | Q. Did Secretary of the Navy Ed- iwhs‘ ?{enby serve in the World War? | & He was siecestary of the Waiy % the Harding-Coolidge administration. He served as a private in the Marine | Corps during the World War. | Q. How long before the hour for & | wedding should the ushers arrive at | the church?>—B. v, A. They should arrive about an | Q Has the summit of Mount Everest | ever been reached’—W. L. B | A. It has not. Three expeditions | were conducted: a reconnaisance ex- | pedition in 1921. The first attempt | to ascend was in 1922 when an alti- | tude of 27,300 feet was reached, and the second attempt, 1924, when 28,200 | feet were reached. Q. Can drums be used In broad= casting music?—L. V. H. A. The use of drums in & | recital is entirely practicable. wholly a matter of placement. Q. What does W stand for in the name of Gov. Henry W. Nice of Mary- land?’—E. S. A. His middle name is Whinna. radio It is Q. Please name the cathedrals of the Old Foundation.—N. R. A. York, St. Paul's, Salisbury, Chi- chester, Wells, Exeter, Lincoln, Here- ford and Lichfield Q. How was the Fine Arts Commis- | sion created?—H. L. A. A. It was created by act of Con- gress. It is composed of seven well qualified judges of fine arts who are appointed by the President and serve for a period of four years, or until their successors are appointed. Q. How far from the ground should a thermometer be hung?—A. L. G. A. About five feet. Q. Did Queen Victoria have a collece tion of dolls?—M. M. A. Charles Morris’ “The Life of Queen Victoria” says: *“We are told that at one time she was the proud possessor of 132 dolls. Although very ordinary little Dutch toys, many of them with painted wooden faces, they have all been preserved with other mementoes of the childhood of Eng- land's remarkable sovereign. Most of the dolls represent ballet dancers of the Queen’s childhood in cos- tume.” | Q. Who are the artists commise | sioned to execute the memorial to G. ' R. Clark?>—W. H. A. Albin Polasek, Hermon MacNeill and Emilio Angela. Q. How long is Mobile’s azalea trail>—H. H A It is 18' miles in length. Q. What are flowage rights>—J. R. A. The expression refers to the right of overflowing land when a dam is | built for the purpose of furnishing | irrigation or power. The person whose | land is overflowed has a right to com- | pensation for any loss. When the | right of overflowing a person’s land |is purchased, this is referred to as | flowage rights. | Q. When was the linotype machine | invented?—A. 0. K. A. It was :nvented in 1885 by Otmar Mergenthaler, a German living in Baltimore, and was first put into operation by the New York Tribune in 1886. Distrust of Europe Seen In World Interpretations by the press of the failure to obtain a two-thirds vote in the United States Senate for adher- ence to the World Court take several lines without showing any clear ma- jority views. An outstanding thought is that the Senate action represented much distrust, among the people of this country, of the judicial standing of nations which are subject to dis- turbed conditions, as among the Euro- pean governments. On the other hand, it is still argued that American participation would give greater force to the Court. Sen- ate jealousy of executive power is mentioned, and appeals to sentiment are believed to have been influential. The press is divided as to the prospect of future attempts to revive the sub- ect. : “It is a curious thing,” remarks the Worcester (Mass.) Evening Gazette, “that the United States, which re- gards itself as pre-eminently a peace- loving Nation, seems destined forever to play the role of the thrower of the monkey wrench into machinery de- signed to promote peace.” The Kansas City Star, however, argues that “the whole effect of membership in the Court would be to set back the cause of arbitration; to carry the Nation into entanglements abroad with which we have no concern; to lessen its influence for peace and to invite needless hazards.” The Canton (Ohio) | Repository concludes that American sentiment for the Court has lost in- tensity, with the comment that “this may be a great tragedy, but it also is & plain fact.” “In urging ratification,” observes the New York Times, “the President risked much—probably more than he knew—but lost. This should not, however, impair his prestige in the conduct of foreign affairs, nor lead to attempts, in a small and partisan way, to break down his hopes and plans for further recovery. The long-time and consistent advocates of the World Court may prefer to have it beaten outright rather than to have it loaded down with insincere and hypocritical reservations which would have made a farce of ratification and deepened the impression at home as well as abroad that the United States Government is seriously weakened by the apparent intention of the Senate to take for itself all the power and authority which should belong to the Chief Executive in doing business with other nations.” Conviction that the World Court issue is dead is voiced by the Reno (Nev.) Evening Gazette, the Tulsa (Okla.) World, the Shreveport (La.) Journal, the Columbus (Ohio) Eve- ning Dispatch, the Roanoke (Va.) Times, the Macon (Ga.) Telegraph, the Springfield (Mass.) Daily News, the Lexington (Ky.) Leader, the Gales- burg (Ill.) Register-Mail. the Grand Rapids (Mich.) Herald, the Manches- ter (N. H} Union, the Geneva (N. Y.) Daily Times and the Lowell (Mass.) Leader, With the declaration that “Cali- fornia 1s stirred with a feeling of justified pride that her favored son (Senator Johnson), in an hour of peril to the Republic, again made the good fight, again kept the faith,” the Sacramento Bee states: “Fortunately for this country, fortunately for the coming generations of Americans, for- tunately for the best interests and welfare of the Nation, the United jected the Court’s Defeat presidential pressure or international- ist hysteria in voting on the Court issue.” “The triumphant minority,” con- t:nds the Newark (N. J.) Evening News, “was variously motivated. Obstinacy, pride of opinion, lack of | international - mindedness, supere | nationalism. jealousy over the Sen- | ate’s rights and privileges, phobias and other emotions played their part. At the same time thers were honest convictions. reverence for traditions, disillusionments over the imperfec- tions of international agencies, fears that with all the conflicting political. trade anc national interests the United States might be short- | changed: in sum, a reluctance to ad- venture on the international seas. * * * | The mnon-co-operative spirit, which | makes us all mad when displayed by | other nations. overrules this country’s majority will do its part in world affairs.” An unwarranted emotional attitude | is emphasized by the Charlotte (N. C.) | Observer, the Gary (Ind.) Post- | ‘rribune, the Jersey City Journal and the Bloomington (Ill) Pantagraph. rhe Milwaukee Journal advises: “We should withhold our customary criti- cism of the Old World, its fears and hat2s and prejudices. For its nations have been willing to submit disputes to the civil, judicial determination of a court the civilized way. and we have | refused.” ——rw—————— Three-Cent Postage. from the New York Sun. As did the President’s message on the budget, the annual report of the Postmaster General points to the need | for continuance of 3-cent postage for non-local first-class mail. Mr. Farley asserts that restoration of the 2-cent rate for all first-class mail would re- | sult in a loss of $75,000,000 in revenue. ‘The 2-cent rate for local letters has not brought the expected increase in volume and revenue; in fact, restora- tion of the 2-cent rate for drop letters is charged with the loss of $21,000,000 in revenue. The 3-cent rate for other | first-class mail continues in effect only | until July 1, 1935, so that it will be necessary for Congress to draft the necessary legislation at the present session if it is to comply with the President's wishes and meet the indi- cated financial necessities. Three items in the report are of particular interest. One notes an in- crease in postal savings deposits of $10,000,000, bringing the total on June 30 last to $1,197,000,000. The second records the sale of $811,000 worth of stamps by the Philatelic Agency in the past fiscal year. Sales during the calendar year 193¢ were greater by $100,000, indicating that the number of stamp collectors is steadily increas- ing. The third minor item reports the experimental purchase of 15 asbestos mail pouches, for use in carrying the airmail. ———rwtes Wildness. From the San Antonio Express. A wild girl captured in the Indian jungle couldn’t stand civilization. One suspects that wild youth in the cities also would succumb to the civilizing process. Another Series. From the San Antonio Evening News. ¥ “Peiping fears new Japanese in- vasion of China"—but it would be merely the first invasion of the 1935 [}