Evening Star Newspaper, March 18, 1935, Page 8

A—8 With Sunday Morning Editien. WASHINGTON, D. C. MONDAY.......March 18, 1835 THEODORE W. NOYES. ..Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company iness Office: New Yo Slichean Oiice. 14, Re uro : England. Rate by Carrier Within the City. Regular Edition. T Jremies S ity bl vening an Th(.'genNA sunddgsys) :i:?c per month e Evening and_Sun fi 4 85 per month Tne" Bunasy Bar 66 per copy Night Fin: teht Final ana Sund : ight Pincl Star. . r Tollection made &t the end of month. Orders may be sent b: telephone National 5000. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. Daily and Sunday. .1 yr., $10.00; 1 mo.. Dail: ly . “1yr. $6.00: 1 mo.. Bt Sinday onty 195 3200 1men 888 All Other s“‘"s"“!\ Canada. 12, oo I seses 1 - Sandayon 5:00: 1 mo-: Sunday only.. Member of the Associated Press. The Assoclated Press is cxclusively en, ication of al 15 it o ther- .redited in this paper a local news published herein. publication of dispatch are also recerved. German Militarism Revived. Civilization is startled and shocked by Nazi Germany's deflant reversion to conscript militarism. With Fuehrer Hitler's pronouncement on Saturday that the army clauses of the Versailles treaty have ceased to exist as far as the Reich is concered, the world is suddenly brought face to face with the grim realization that the blood and iron Germany of 1914—the goose- stepped Fatherland of Kaiserism—is born again. Compulsory military service is to be re-established on a scale which, it is estimated, will give the Reich an army of between 500,000 and 600,000 men and convert it at & blow into the strongest land power in Europe, Soviet Russia, with twice Germany's population, alone excepted. At the end of ten years, authorities calculate, Germany will possess 3,000.- 000 trained soldiers, elevating her to | the level of her pre-war might. That Europe is confronted by a grave menace to her tranquillity and security because of the Reich’'s pre- | cipitate action is beyond question. Hitler's step is «ot divested of its inherent threat by his affirmation of THE EVENING STAR |foroement oerives. Herettor thee \ THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY, MARCH 18, 1935. separate units of the Government’s agents have worked independently. Now they are combined under & uni- fled direction and the proof of their effectiveness afforded by the drive on Priday is calculated to strike terror into the hearts of all who flout the laws for illicit gain. Secretary Morgenthau yesterday de- clared that “the united forces of Gov- ernment agencies are determined to meet the challenge of crime syndicates and to stop the robbery of the Amer- ican people.” The members of these syndicates or gangs have no re_specc for the law iiself. They have no com- punctions about counterfeiting the currency, the distillation and distribu- tion of illicit liquors, kidnaping for ransom, the promotion of frauds of all sorts, the evasion of taxes on & large scale, the sale of narcotics, with a terrible effect upon the health and | morals of multitudes. Only the pos- sibility of punishment concerns them. Heretofore these criminal parasites have had much the better of the con- test with the law. Now they are con- fronted with a combined army of | trained men, co-ordinated into an ef- fective force of specialists, ably di- rected, their talents united through wise guidance, their field of operations broadened by legislation, dictated by experience and, as last week's results demonstrated, intimately acquainted with the personnel and the practices of public enemies. Washington Takes Charge. ‘The Federal Government is taking | over the handling of “relief” in Ohio. ‘Whatever the reason for such a step, it is a deplorable state of affairs when the Federal Government assumes | control of anything so intimately as- sociated with the people of a State as | the relief of the needy. And yet such i a situation has been in the makirg | ever since the New Dealers took charge of the administration in Wash- |ington. The dual system of govern- ment which has existed in the United | States since its beginning, with cer- tain functions, national in scope, | | placed in the hands of the Federal | Government, and all the rest of the functions and powers of government | left in the hands of the States, makes no appeal to those who believe that | the power should be centralized in | Washington and the people of all| | the States and all the localities | should follow one pattern. | John) Aelfredi Magni Anglorum Regls invictissimi Vita tribus Libris com- prehensa, primum Anglice conscripta, dein Latine reddita & Annotationibus {llustrata: with view of the Sheldo- nian Theatre, Oxon, on title, 2 plates of portraits and 5 of coins, besides 2 text-engravings, large follo, large pa- per, contemporary calf (jointg broken), £1. 1s., Oxonii, e Theatro Sheldoniano, 1678: Pirst edition of what is still the best known life of Aelfred. The Latin translation was by Christopher Ware, and the commentary at end by Oda- diah Walker, the Romanizing Master of University College, Oxon.” One volume, it may be noted in passing, is represented a3 containing “about 200 proclamations connected with Ireland, issued in Dublin from 1473 to 1716,” and indicating that the problems of that period were not vast- ly different from those which trouble the world in 1935—the royal broad- | casts dealt with burglary, the butter trade, coinage, contributions from per- sonal estates, false news, foreign serv- ice, forfeited estates, fugitives to the mountains, outlaws, protection of hus- bandry, rent, restrictions on traveling, suppression of vice, the wine trade and a score or more of other social issues. And the importance of the book is demonstrated by the price, £150. Granted that the publication is but a shadow of a shadow and that its | subject matter may be of academic interest only, it still has the value of supporting a doctrine of evolution summarized in the remark of Andrew Lang to the effect that “the little present must not be allowed to elbow the great t out of view.” Publicity is evidently not expertly cultivated in Denmark. It is men- tioned that Queen Alexandrine has had a successful operation, but the | names of attending physicians and nurses are not conspicuously dls-‘ played. Some of those old world cus- toms still suggest themselves as de- sirable in ethical influence. e Fame is fleeting indeed. Earhart may be remembered as the first lady of the air, and, on the other ! hand, history may forget her as com- pletely as it has forgotten the young lady who was the first to swim the English Channel. —— e Feminism would achieve one of iis most notable triumphs if the brilliant Miss Earhart were to be called upon to organize an air corps of woman its peaceful intent or because he| The charge is made to the head of | pilots in case of a home defense justifies it with the contention that| tne Federal Emergency Relief Ad- emergency. Germany’s World War conquerors have failed to live up to their own | ministration, Harry L. Hopkins, that |the campaign committee of Gov. N —— e George Arliss says he is not “Sir pledges to bring about ngffsswe:Da\'ey of Ohio has been “shaking George.” With or without the title, disarmament. What the Nazis have | qown” men and business firms which America aegrees that he is a good done 1s to destroy, almost beyond the | were in the business of selling goods |actor and a credit to the English possibility of salvage, the whole laborious international effort to set up peace machaery through collective action among the nations. By its deflance of its Versailles obligaticns, onerous and humiliating as these no doubt were, the Reich has swept cnto the scrap heap Kellogg anti-war pacts, Locarno treaties and even League covenants. War-sick mankind over- night has been thrust back to the brink of the abyss where it found it. self twenty-one years ago. The pos- sibility that it will be engulfed in another such catastrophe as then ! ensued is brought dangerously near by Germany's reckless decisicn. | What Europe is going to do about | 1t becomes a terribly pressing question ‘That the Western powers will pattern after France's ill-starred example in 1923, when Poincare marched troops into the Ruhr Valley in protest against the Germans’ disregard of their reparation obligations, is hardly | debatable. But that Great Britain, | France, Italy and the states of the | Little Entente can stand by, with folded arms, and uncomplainingly see Nazi Germany brazenly flout her pledges at Versailles, as she proceeds | once again to make herself milltarily‘ pre-eminent in the heart of the Continent, is equally unthinkable. So far, Hitler has only indicated that the Reich proposes to be arbiter of its own destinies with respect to an army and air force. But it stands to reason that conscription will llso‘ be applied to the end of reviving German sea power on the grand scale. That phase of developments at Ber- lin gives special point to Sir John | Simon’s scheduled visit to Germany next week—if that now celebrated trip is ever made. Britannia iutferly] has been mainly concerned over the| Reich’s aviation plans. But her| anxiety with respect to a new Ger- man naval peril can be no less. It has, of course, not taken Eu- rope by surprise to learn that Ger- many is in position to carry out large- scale military expansion on the con- scription plan. That the Nazis were stealthily but steadily rearming has long been a notoriously open secret. Even Goering’s recent official acknowl- | edgment of the existence of a mili- tary air force—specifically barred by the Versailles treaty—Ilacked the qual- ity of news. But Hitler's audacity in abruptly, formally and completeiy re- pudiating Part V of the peace pact, containing the military embargoes, brings allied Europe face to face with & situation of indubitable seriousness. Reparations have gone. Now the mili- tary clauses follow them. Will the next development be a demand for revision of the European frontiers drawn at Versailles and for return of Germany's lost colonies and islands? These are questions, along with the paramount issue of imperiled peace, which Europe mus! confront, squarely and sternly, in the light of the bold challenge helmeted and spurred Hit- lerism has offered it. —————— The War on Crime. While the round-up of approxi- mately three thousand lawbreakers of various grades and lines of criminal enterprise effected last week is in its immediate effect important, in that it brings those offenders within the range of punishment, the greatest value of this concentrated manifesta- tion of Federal authority lies in the demonstration of efficiency on the part of the several groups of law en- 1 to the Ohio Relief Administration. The charge has been backed up ov | | President Roosevelt, who has directed ‘ that the Federal Government taxe over direction of all State relief involv- | ing Federal funds. The Federal Gov- ernment’s agent, Charles C. Stillman, is already in Columbus, the State capital, for that purpose. It is even | intimated that the Federal agent may be cn}led upon also to administer the | State’s contribution for relief. Mr. Hopkins notified Gov. Davey some time ago that Ohio must turn up $2.- 000,000 a month to'supplement the $8,000,000 which the Federal Govern- ment is sending into the State for re- | lief. 5 | If there has been an effort to shake down business men to square Gov. | Davey's political debts, it should be | investigated thoroughly. There are evidences that the State Legislature and the attorney general of the State will move promptly in the matm‘.} The evidence in the case has been | collected, it is said, by the Federal | Government. Naturally the Federal Government has and must take an interest in the expenditure of money sent into Ohio or any other State. There is already talk of impeachment of Gov. Davey. It is an unusual situation, however, when a movement | for the impeachment of the Governor of one of the States grows out of | Federal activity in Washington. And | it has serious implications. Months ago Senator William E.| Borah of Idaho charged that the ad- ministration of reiief was honey- combed with waste and extravagance. His charges were denied by Mr. Hopkins. They went rather to the manner in which relief was admin- istered and the money loosely ex- pended than to charges that any one was being “shaken down” in connec- tion with contracts for materials to be used in relief. On the eve of an- other huge appropriation of public funds for relief the whole situation | would bear investigation. The suggestion has come from a| number of quarters in the past thnl‘ the American Red Cross should be | the agency to handle the Federal re- lief funds. That agency has been called upon frequently in the past to deal with emergency situations aris- ing from floods and other disastrous | conditions. Its administration has never been tainted with fraud. It has not been charged with playing politics, nor with waste and extrav- agance. ————————— “Yes” in Prench is “oui.” and in German, “ja.” In European political finance fortune telling goes back to the same old Ouija board. —————————— Bookseller’s Catalogue. A bookseller's catalogue sheuld be a work of literary art, and many such productions actually do meet the re- quirements. In current circulation, as it happens, there is a brochure of eighty-eight pages, sponsored by the Henry Sothéran establishment of Lon- don, which illustrates the fascination of a booklist properly and sympathet- ically prepared. Gratuitously distrib- uted and frankly an advertisement, the leaflet, nevertheless, is a worthy addition to any library. ‘The title is: “The History of Eng- land Exemplified in a Collection of 2,000 Books and Pamphlets: Part I: To the Death of Queen Anne, 1714,” and the first item offered is described as “Alfred the Great; Spelman (Sir 1 language as spoken here or abroad. ———————— Munitions makers are in a position to show patriotism by limiting their endeavors to a supply for defense of | the American home in case a foreign war should show a tendency to splash over the edges. ———————— Japan is not commenting freely on clearly what Stalin and Mussolini think about it. ———— In the excitement north of the Mediterranean, Ethiopia may decide to hope that Mussolini will be per- Amelia | | the Hitler announcement. It may be | | waiting for the translators to show | suaded to postpone aggressive opera- | tions away down in Africa. SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Envy. The crocuses in your front yard, Oh, honored friend of mine, To pen a passing line. Of all the gold you may possess, These nuggets from the sky Reflecting sunshine, I confess, Most, truly charm my eye, I do not envy you the art Which smiles upon your wall Nor all the revelries that start In answer to your call. To whisper something kind and true— I've whispered it of yore— Those crocuses I ‘envy you That grow about your door. Another of Those Novel Ideas. “What this Nation needs is more good music,” said the art enthusiast. “I agree with you,” said Senator Sorghum. “Maybe we could make these currency problems easier to |Are fit to tempt the humble bard | understand if we could enlarge the | coins to the size of records to be played on the phonograph.” Bills. "Tis not in treasure or in land That life its happiness reveals So much as dodging grip germs and Assimilating three square meals. And yet when for such joys you try Life's way goes on, at best or worst, | The warning comes with echoing sigh, “You've got to show your money first.” Discipline. “What was the idea of sending Mesa Bill to the Legislature.” “Bill was gettin’ kind of extrav- agant,” said Cactus Joe. “The Legis- lature don't pay big wages and we wanted to teach Bill some lessons in economy.” “Making known my enlarged in- come tax has been of some slight ad- vantage,” said Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown. “My neighbor Hi Hat now consents to bow to me.” Results, My Uncle Jim once made a speech. It was a fine affair. He had a lot of things to teach And told 'em all with care. He hollered ’em the best he could, His reasoning was deep. Some people said that's pretty good And some just went to sleep. “I likes & man dat hopes foh de best,” said Uncle Eben. “But I don't like to see him sit down hopin’ and call it a day's work.” \ A | actly to their liking. THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. Setbacks in the weather do not stop from growing those plants which have started. This should be kept in mind by all timid gardeners who fear for their precious flowers every time there is a frost. From now on, through this month and perhaps the next, the thermom- eter will go down to 32 degrees, or even lower, every now and then. No one should think, under such circumstances, of the dire things which may happen to roses, peonies and the like. The truth is that they not only will not stop growing, but will actually grow on the coldest nights. This is not always realized, even by ardent gardeners. ‘They picture the red tips of peonies shrinking and shriveling in the cold. Actually the tips grow half an inch overnight, even when the night tem- perature goes down to freezing. * % k% This real growth on cold nights is something to keep in mind. It will prevent much needless wor- rying. A garden ought to be a thing of peace and plenty, with as little worry attached to it as possible. In the face of world-wide trouble, the home garden more and more comes into its rightful place as a place fenced from enemies, including care and worry. The gardener not only must not worry about plants in the cold, but must assure himself that all is well with them, that instead of slowing down in growth, or even standing still, they are really growing at a normal rate. This comes about because, in the long memory of Nature, a lowered tem- perature, unless it be extreme, means nothing at all. She has been accus- tomed to such changes for centuries upon centuries. What strikes the human mind as “quite a drop” must mean little if anything to Mother Nature. Little primroses in the border con- tinue to increase the size of their rosettes of leaves, even on the cold- est nights we have had this month. Once started by the old alchemy of some warmth and much rain, these plants go right ahead growing. It is the same with the peonies, whose red shoots continue to grow on nights when the unobservant might think all growth would be suspended. The fact that growth goes on may amaze even the fussy gardener who thinks that nothing can happen in the yard without him noting it. ety Gardens are seething with activity these days. 5 Buds swell on the forsythia bushes, first traces of leaf buds show on the lilacs. Everywhere in the earth something {is going one. Already one will sce more garden slugs than all last year. If first indications can be believed, this is going to be one of the worst years for these curious, unwanted creatures. . The large amount of moisture is re- sponsible. They find conditions ex- They may be done away with by poisonous mashes, | but extreme caution should be used in putting such material out. The best way is to place it under rocks or bricks, so that it cannot be found by birds or small animals. The slugs, however, are able to get at it, to their undoing. Even the gardener most re- luctant about taking life—and surely a gardener ought so to be—will not find much heartache in slaying slugs, cutworms and other garden pests. slugs ruthlessly. A good sprinkling of salt will wither them. L Lawns appear in exceptionally good condition. From now on they should get better and better day by day in every way. Still there is no need for any ome to “rush the season” by raking them too early. This is the standard garden task beloved by a million gardeners. Many, indeed, find it the only such task they really enjoy. Somehow it fits in with the fine spirit of the season. It appeals to the mind as well as the muscles. Almost any pleasant day now which hap- pens to call one outdoors ,may be used for the purpose. As for the sowing of grass seed, this may be done at any tire from now on, the sooner the better. It will not make much difference whether the new blades sprout at once. If suddenly harsh weather holds them back, they will come up in time, un- less the birds get them. For this reason It always is best to put in a great deal mor¢ seed than one im- agines necessary. Even the newcomer realizes that no grass seed should be sown until the yard has been raked. As a general thing it is a good plan to count on putting in about four times as much seed as one thinks necessary. As stated, a certain per- centage of it will go to the birds, espe- clally in the neighborhoods where starlings descend just before dusk. These birds are great eaters, and al- though 1t is by no means their favo- rite food, still grass seed will be taken in large quantities, It might even be good practice for the sower of lawn grass seed to keep & watch-out for birds, especially if the seed is put out in truly warm weather, and frighten them away as much as he can, or has time for, until the seeds have germinated. One of the best and easiest ways to improve the quality of a lawn which is not as good as one might desire is to sow Kentucky blue grass every Spring and in early September. In a few years this will make the lawn appre- ciably better. The turf will be thicker and will be greener in late Autumn and in Winter than before such sow- ing. It will be thicker, especially in early Spring, when every one wants to see green grass and plenty of it. * * If one cdntemplit:s ; Ppool this year, there is no reason for hurrying its construction. All chances for freezing should be passed, so that some time in the latter half of April or early May will be soon enough. It will be about right for putting in goldfishes | then. but it must always be kept in mind that a concrete pogl must be soaked for several weeks, with repeat- ed changes of water, before animals are placed in it. If a wooden tub is used, this, too, must be soaked, for new wood is inimical to fish life. A gal- vanized tub, in our experience, is not hurtful to fishes. Some recommend | the coating of the inside with as-| phaltum. " | Pousibilities for a rock garden must |, ;¢ 1) would hand to the President be considered. There is usually some place in the average yard where the inclusion of a few stones and typical rock-garden plants would be a better- ment. Let us not overlook such oppor- tunities. The thing to do, in the average small garden, is not to work toward somebody else’s ideal, though set down in ever so fair words, but rather to make the most of what one has and work out the garden on its natural basis. The gardener who does szs will get more fun in the doing Many a fair lady who would scream | and achieve e better garden picture at the sight of a mouse will scrunch | in the long run. s WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. Administration victory in the Sen- | ate on work-Telief causes boundless satisfaction at the White House. De- feat would have jeopardized the whole recovery program. It might even have impaired the President’s political for- tunes, with 1936 not so far around the corner. All that is water over the dam now, and F. D. R. is confi- dent that he has taken the most for- midable legislative hurdle that con- fronted him. His senatorial marines believe they have the situation in hand, even though 19 Democrats stood out against the Roosevelt wage pro- posal to the bitter end. Their readi- ness to buck the administration on & cardinal issue indicates that the two- thirds New Deal majority in the Upper House is by no means that 100 per cent dependable phalanx it was supposed to be. In the flush of triumph after the November congres- sional landslide, such a contingency seemed the height of improbability. * K Xk x No one, with the single exception of President Roosevelt himself, re- joices over escape from disaster on work relief more than the harassed Democratic Senate leadership, notably Senators Robinson of Arkansas and Byrnes of South Carolina. It was they who bore the brunt of the wearisome maneuvering that finally jockeyed the McCarran amendment into oblivion. While the adminis- tration’s cause in the Senate was at sixes and sevens, after the World Court reverse and later, cloak room chatter credited the White House with high displeasure over the way thingg were going, and there was talk of new field marshals. Victory hav- ing now perched on the Roosevelt banners, Messrs. Robinson, Byrnes & Co. are now covered with glory. They hope henceforward to pilot the administration bark into safe har- bors on successive occasifns, though conscious that other squalls and shoals will be encountered. ST Ninety days ago few politicians ac- counted G. O. P. 1936 presidential chances worth talking about, despite the vote of 13,500,000 which the Re- publicans rolled up in November. Today, with Huey Long’s third-party threat looming as more and more of a menace to the Democrats, the ele- phant is sitting up again and taking notice. National Chairman Fletcher finds the moment ripe for proclaim- ing that danger of a serious split in the Republican party is steadily dis- appearing and that there will now be no difficulty in nominating a pres- idential ticket on a “liberal” plat- form designed to attract voters, in- cluding Democrats, who resent the national swing to the left during the past two years. Senator Borah is quoted as not being so sure that Old Guard liberalization and con- sequent G. O. P. “unity” are under way. * k.. People have begun to wonder just what would happen if Congress should fail to renew N. R. A. before mid- night of June 15, in which event the Blue Eagle would give up the ghost because of statutory expiration. No mere executive order, authorities say, would avail to prolong its life. Codes, maximum hours, minimum wages and all and sundry of N. R. A's works would automatically go by the board, as industrial conditions reverted to their pre-1933 status, with confusion, chaos and uncertainty indescribable. It is for these reasons that N. R. A. / |advanced by the renewal stands high on the list of “must” legislation. If it isn't well time _President Roosevelt is back from a, in mid-April, Capitol Hill probably will experience more or less gentle White House pressure on the subject. % ¥ N Uncle Sam’s principal interest in Abyssinia, which may be turned into a war zone by Mussolini before Spring is very old, is the contract held by an American engineering concern, the J. G. White Co,, to build & dam at Lake Tsana. The lake lies within Emperor Haile Selassie’s domain, but is the source of the Blue Nile, from which the British derive irrigation for their great cotton development in the Anglo-Egyptian Soudan, bounded on the east by Abyssinia. The long- staple cotton grown in the Soudan gives the British practically a world monopoly of that product. The United States imports about 50,000,000 pounds a year. * ® x *x Representative Samuel B. Petten- gill, Democrat, of Indiana, who has introduced a less drastic bill for regu- lation of holding companies than the administration measure now pending before the House Interstate Commerce Committee, of which he is a member, was born on the Pacific Coast (in Oregon), brought up in New England (Vermont) and then settled in Indi- ana, bringing with him to South Bend in 1911 a Yale Law School degree. Mr. Pettengill thinks his bill provides all the regulation required in the pub- lic interest without forcing the aboli- tion of holding companies or the stat- utory liquidation of their securities. * * % x Organized labor emerges from the work-relief fight in the Senate dissat- isfied, but apparently with no animosi- ties toward Mr. Roosevelt. Labor is not likely to be found identified as a body with any third party movement in 1936. It is expected to pursue its normal non-partisan and bi-partisan course in national politicé, rewarding its friends and pi its ene- mies in individual cases. It has be- come a tradition that labor's vote is not deliverable, en bloc, to any party. * k% X President Roosevelt’s last activity before leaving for his Florida fishing grounds will be to dine with the White House correspondents on Saturday evening, March 23. He'd make a big hit with his hosts if he'd impart to them, “off the record,” that the lid is to be taken off press conference ques- tions about pending legislation. (Copyright. 1935.) Early Scratching. Prom the Port Worth Star-Telegram. Skeleton of another horse has been dug up in Western Kansas. It has four toes, indicating that even at that early period inhabi- tants of that region had to scratch for a living. ———————— Transferred. Prom the Providence News-Tribune. An investigator reports that in Missouri and Arkansas Hillbilly crime is decreasing. Probably not decreas- ing—just transferred to the radio. —————— A Worthy Remnant. From the Norfolk-Ledger-] teh. “Take sex out of motion pictres, and what would we have left?” asks an editor. George Arliss. 2 prehistoric | The Political Mill By G. Gould Lincoln. The Senate fight over the work-re- lief bill has demonstrated a revival of spirit of independence on Capitol Hill, if it has done nothing else. The willingness of Congress to accept any legislation, or proposals for legisla- tion, transmitted from the White House—which was 5o manifest dur- ing the Seventy-third Congress—has subsided. Senators on the Demo- cratic side of the chamber are not at all dissatisfled by this apparent change of sentiment. They have been restive for some time over what they call dictation from the White House. This does not mean that they have abandoned President Roosevelt. But it means that they have desired to be given more consideration by the White House and that they have be- come fed up with the idea that they were, after all, merely rubber stamps. From now on it looks as though the Senate, if not the House, would take & real hand in the framing of all legislative proposals that come up for consideration and action. * ¥ ¥ % ‘Two Senators, both Democrats and members of the Senate Committee on Appropriations, will have their names indissolubly linked with the consideration of the President's $4,- 880,000,000 work-relief bill. They are McCarran of Nevada and Adams of Colorado. The first sponsored the “prevailing wage” amendment to the bill and the second the amendment to cut the total appropriation almost in half. The McCarran amendment was as vigorously opposed by the ad- ministration as the Adams amend- ment. Victory finally went to the President in the fight over the pre- vailing wage, although the admin- istration was compelled to exert its whole influence finally to avoid de- feat. The Adams amendment, lop- ping $2,000,000,000 off the appro- priation for relief, is still to be acted upon. The administration forces are expected to win here, again. But the victory will not be accomplished with- out a thorough demonstration that there is a growing sentiment against | the huge Government expenditures | to which the administration has been | and still is committed. * X X x Neither Senator McCarran nor Senator Adams come up for re-elec- tion until 1938. There will be no taliation possible, therefore, by the ad- | ministration in next year's general | election against these two recalcitrant Democrats, even if the administration | desired to retaliate. Doubtless they | will be found actively campaigning | for President Roosevelt in 1936. But | | the administration may feel for the| moment that it has no great cause for | love of these two Senators. Labor took a licking in the fight | for the prevailing wage and against the President’s “security wage” plan.| M It is true that labor has beem well treated by the Roosevelt administra- tion. But labor does not relish de- feat, and particularly this defeat, which labor fears may react unfavor- ably on the wage scales in private em- ployment. xi% . & It looks now as though the work- nearly five billions of dollars to use pretty much as he sees fit, and, further- more, that this big sum would be in use during the months of the 1936 presidential campaign. Senator Long of Louisiana, during the debate on the bill, called attention to the political implications of the appropriation. Less than & year ago the country had a demonstration of the powerful influ- ence of Government money in a politi- cal campaign. Millions were on re- lief rolls during the 1934 congressional campaign. They were taught to be- lieve that only through Democratic victory would the relief be continued. * x * x The work-relief bill is the first of the important measures which the President has proposed to Congress. It has still to become a law, although Congress has been in session for two months and & half. The President’s victory in the prevailing wage fight is being interpreted as meaning that the rest of the program will go through as the President desires. It may, and then again it may not. In- cluded in the rest of the list are the economic security bill, the N. R. A, bill, which has yet to be written; public utility bill, dealing particu- larly with holding companies, and the ship subsidy bill. There are tough fights facing all these meas- ures. There is an increasing willing- ness on the part of Congress to fight the New Dealers, the economic plan- ners. One reason for this is found in the anxiety which is growing over the fiscal situation of the Govern- ment,” which is tending to make Con- gress more conservative in its atti- tude. A second reason is found in the fact that the millions of unem- ployed are still unemployed and the millions on relief are still waiting with hands stretched out for, relief. * *x * X The show-down in the House over the soldiers’ bonus is expected this week. Legislation affecting the war veterans has been a thorn in the side of the administration for the last two- and-a-half years. The President has declared against the present cash pay- ment of the soldiers’ bonus. But the administration leaders in the House have been powerless to stem the tide of sentiment in favor of the bonus bill, otherwise they would have bot- tled up the measure. In the Senate the bonus bill will command a ma- jority. too, although it is expected that the President will get more sup- port for his attitude in the Upper House than in the Lower. Had the administration been compelled to take a licking in the Senate on the prevailing wage amendment, just prior to the action of the House on the bonus bill, the psychological ef- fect would have been not so good for the administration. * % k%X The lowly Republicans have quite naturally taken heart because of the rift between the President and the Congress. They are not making claims yet of victory in 1936. But they read into the revolt against the New Deal real hope for the G. O. P. next year. They are pointing more and more shafts against the admin- istration, and they are not at all ad- verse to playing the game of Senator Huey P. Long when he throws his criticisms at the administration. They feel that the following which Long has out through the country has in the past been favorable to the New Deal. Every time Long delivers a blow at the New Deal the Republicans hope that it will lessen the hold which the New Dealers have on this group. They look with favor, too, upon those more conservative Democrats who have little use for the New Deal pro- gram, and who are beginning more and more to say so openly. Full Dress at the Block. {Prom the Cincinnati Times-Star. ading as a method of execu- tion seems no less medieval when it is done by a gentleman in full evening dress. ——— All on the Stage. Prom the Rockford (Ill.) Register-Republic. Another stage and screen comedian has been divorced by his wife. So g comedians are not funny at 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. Can a United States Senator who has been duly elected and seated be expelled from the Senate?—H. L. A. The Constitution of the United | Btates says that each House of Con-| gress may determine the rules of its proceedings, punish its members for disorderly behavior, and, with the concurrence of two-thirds, expel & member. Q. Please give the percentage of electrically wired homes that are equipped-with vacuum cleaners, wash- ing machines and refrigerators —R. G. A. As of January 1, 1934, 48.5 per cent of these homes were equipped with vacuum cleaners, 43.9 per cent with washing machines, and 24.6 per cent with electric refrigerators, Q. What is the savage tribe of Af- rican Negroes that is found in South America?—T. N. A. The Bushnegroes are such & tribe living on the upper reaches of the Surinam. Their ancestors were slaves brought from Africa some 200 | years ago when the Dutch settled on the coast of Guiana. They escaped | to the jungle and established them- | selves. They now number about 30,000. Q. What is the status of woman suffrage in the Philippines?>—C. T. B. A. Suffrage was granted the women of the Philippines November 9, 1933, | marking the first extension of the right to vote to the women of an Oriental country. Enfranchisement came through action of the insular Legislature on recommendation of Gov. Frank Murphy. By the action | women are placed on the same elec- toral basis as men. They must be 21 years of age, able to read and possess | property worth at least $250. Q. Under what edministration are | the cafeterias in the Government | buildings in Washington?—H. B. T. A. They come under the direction of the Welfare and Recreation Asso- ciation, with offices in the Navy Build- ing. | Q. Does not the western line of | Kentucky lie at the low-water mark on the western shore of the Missis- sippi?—N. R. | A. The boundary line between Ken- | tucky and Missouri is the middle of | the Mississippi River, as fixed by treaty in 1783. The Mississippi River differs from the Ohio River in this re- spect as regards State boundaries. Q. What does “aloha nui” mean?— H A. Nui is an Hawaiian superlative. It means “very.” Aloha is an un- translatable word of welcome, gretting and ferewell, carrying with it love and best wishes. Q. What is mead>—C. P. F. A. Mead is a fermented drink made of water and honey with malt and yeast. Alcohelic drinks made from honey were common in ancient times and during the Middle Ages through- out Europe. The Greeks had a drink called hydromel and the Romans one calied mulse (Latin, mulsunf, which consisted of wine boiled and mingled with honey. Metheglin (a Welsh name) is one modern form sometimes made with spices. face lifted?>—T. C. A. He did have the operation per- formed by Dr. Wilhelm Loeser, with D;; Harold Cassidy administering the ether. Q. How many pounds of fish, oys- ters and sea foods are consumed by the average American each year?—J. G. W. A. The approximate annual per capita consumption of all fishery Q Is it true that Dillinger had his | products, fresh, smoked, dried and canned, in the United States amounts to about 15 pounds. The annual per capita consumption of commercial production of fresh water fish is l:bout 2% ‘;‘)tound‘s. Because of the arge quantity of fresh fish caught by local fishermen and oansuxged without passing through the regular channels of trade, it is not possible to ascertain with any degree of accu- racy the production of fresh water fish in the United States. The per capita consumption of canned oys- ters amounts to approximately one- half pound per annum. No figure is available for the consumption of fresh oysters. Q. What sort of dope do most dope users in this country use?—B. T. A. It is believed that the most drug addicts use heroin. Q. How many people had money in savings deposits in 1933? How much did it total?—R. L. 8, A. ‘The total savings deposits in the United States banks as of 1933 were $1,379,180,000. The number of depositors was 36,366,874, Q. How deep is the Pacific Ocean | near Wake Island?—E. 8. A. Wake Island rises very abruptly from the ocean floor. The depth 10 miles from Wake Island is between 15,000 and 20,000 feet. Q. Did Nijinsky dance with Pav- lowa in America?—N. E. W. A. Nijinsky toured the United States with Anna Paviowa. Q. Was Albert I, King of the Bel- glans, on friendly terms with his un:lle,cuopold II, whom he succeeded? A Albert returned from the Bel- glan Kongo several months before Leopold's death. It is said that he spoke plainly to his uncle concern- ;;:g the n;cmsuy for reforms in the ongo, and that his uncle never spok to him again, e Q. When was “America” first sung in public?>—C. B. A. It was first used publicly at a Sabbath school celebration otyinde- pendence in Park Street Church, Bos- ton, on July 4, 1832. Q. Where mTewond price of arrowroot fixed>—B. W. A. In the Island of Grenada, i Lesser Antilles. e Q. To whom do the Jacob Ruppert :}1’1()B gear of Oakland belonp‘p;—— A. Admiral Byrd purchased these ships. | Q. When is Tulip Sunda; - lem?—F. G. : K A. The Netherlands Legation says | that every year the city of Haarler: celebrates what is known as Tulip | Sunday. Like most flower festivals in | this country, the exact date depends on the weather and the sppearance of the tulip blooms. However, it is generally the second Sunday in April, When the tulips are about to burst | forth the various tulip growers’ asso- | clations announce the fact and the | next Sunday is proclaimed as Tulip | Sundey. Q. How long is whisky considered | “new”?—S8. 8. A. Generally speaking, whisky | kept in the wood four )'5"5 before : | has improved sufficiently so that it is | considered a mature product and loses the “new” appellation. Q. How large are the cables which | support the world's largest suspension | bridge?>—P. D. ! A. The Hudson River or George Washington Bridge is the largest sus- pension bridge in the world at the | present time. Each cable of this | bridge is made up of 61 strands of | 43¢ wires each. A 12-cylinder hydrau- lic jack traveled the length of the | strands, squeezing them into mile- long ropes of hard drawn steel, ca- | pable of supporting 350,000 tons, Floor Privilege Thought Worth Consideration In the opinion of many of the news- papers, the measure introduced by Rep- resentative Byron B. Harlan of Ohio to give cabinet members the privi- leges of the floor in both houses of Congress should receive careful con- sideration. It is generally thought that closer co-ordination between the executive and legisiative departments of the Government would be benefi- cial, but some fears are expressed that the independence of the two branches as foreseen by the Constitution might Suffer from such an innovation. “The idea in view,” explains the Nashville Banner, “is to bring the of Government in closer contact. As matters stand now, there is no direct communication between the Presi- dent and the Congress. except through the executive's regular and special messages to Congress, and the cabinet members are heard by the legislative branch of Govern- ment only when they appear before congressional committees. The Har- lan bill proposes to assign members of the cabinet seats in both houses and allow them to address either house when occasion arises. ical cabinet members would nat- urally be at a premium.” Science Monitor observes: “It is easy to imagine an Ogden Mills mak- ing full use of his ‘seat’ in Congress as Secretary of the Treasury, and carrying the Legislature with him. It is more difficult to fancy his predecessor, Andrew W. Mellon, ex- posed to the give and take of pub- lic debate. Undoubtedly the pro- posal would affect the type of men chosen for responsible cabinet posts, and the proposal deserves to be weighed carefully.” “There is a good deal to be said for the plan,” in the opinion of the Los Angeles Times. “It would tend to improve both the legislative and the administrative branches, by pro- viding Congress with first-hand in- formation, and by requiring cabinet members to be up to the minute in what is going on in their depart- ments. Cabinet members not up to their jobs would be more quickly discovered, and the administration would be compelled, by the necessity of preserving its own good reputa- tion, to have thoroughly able men as department heads.” It seems to the Flint (Mich.) Daily Journal, also, that, “in these times, which are more than ordinarily-con- fused and troublous, there is more need than ever for a clearly defined and well-understood administrative policy,” and that “few things would cabinet members in debate.” The Port Huron Times, however, questions such a change and asks: “Would this better co-ordination in- terfere with that independence and authority ‘which the Constitution- makers decided was most important and necessary?” The Boise Capital News also is doubtful, making the comment: “Such arrangement would draw us & step closer to the English A executive and legislative departments | Orator- | In this connection, the Christian | contribute more substantially to this | than the right of Congress to question | for Cabinet | parliamentary system under which cabinet members are closely involved in the parliamentary process. It is not clear, of course, that we should go all the way in copying the good points of this system, but to subject Federal department heads to congres- sional quizzing at regular intervals might be exceedingly wholesome re- form. Under Representative Har- lan’s plan, a cabinet member would appear on the Senate floor each Tuesday and on the House floor each Thursday. He would be entitled to participate in the debates and he would be required to answer such questions as the members might put to him.” “Undoubtedly an arrangement of the sort proposed would be subject to abuse,” concedes the Kalamazoo | Gazette. “It is conceivable that efforts |to put the administration ‘on the spot’ for purely political reasons | might be made from time to time i“ cabinet officers were accorded the privileges —and responsibilities — of | open congressional debate. Yet the potential benefits of such a plan | should far outweigh its dangers. The direct placing of responsibility, which should always be a foremost objective | of any representative governmental system. would be greatly facilitated.” Suggesting that there is nothing new in the proposal, the New Haven | Journal remarks: “Back in 1864 a | special committee of the two houses | proposed that cabineteers be present Monday and Thursday mornings and | have permission to battle in debates. During 1881 another committee suge gested floor privileges. Both were re- Jjected with summary dispatch and | the topie languished until 1925, when another licking was administered. Will the present proposal receive similar treatment? News reports of present congressional attitudes sound a re- sounding affirmative.” Food Prices. From the, Owensboro (Ky.) Messenger. | Another prospective rise in food- stuffs is forecast by Secretary Wal- lace. It will be O. K. with John F;rmar. but tough on Lizzie House- wife. A Rhyme at Twilight By Gertrude Brooke Hamilton, The Heart of the City Rushing crowds in strident dusk, Roar and racket from curb to dome, Speeding, jostling, break-neck pace. Call it a day. Get home! Get home! Street cars, busses, automobiles, Atoms of whirling human foam, Hordes of people, fleets of cars. Call it a day. Get home! Get home! A sudden lull in the traffic, A halt in the perilous fleet. Only the sound of a tapping stick— A blind man crosses the street. 4