Evening Star Newspaper, April 5, 1935, Page 10

'THE EVENING STAR With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. FRIDAY.... April 5, 1935 THEODORE W. NOYES. . . Editor " The Evening Star Newspaper Company ‘Business Office * _ 11th St. and Pennsylvania Ave. New York Office: 110 East 42nd 8t. Chicago Office: Lake Michigan Bullding. ndon, European Office; 14 Regent 8t. England Rate by Carrier Within the City. lar Edi The Evenine 's'z'é'fvs;m‘ “"'4ru er month e Evening an a . (when 4 Sundays). 80¢ per month T R S ST Bt vr oy The" Sunday Star- - 5% Der copy Night Final Edition. Wight Final and Sunday Star.70c per month Night Final Star 55¢ per month Collection made ‘at ihe 'end "of each mont Orders may be sent by or “telephone National 5000. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. Daily and Sunday..1yr.. $ Daily only 1yr. $6.0 Sunday only. All Other States and Canada. Bally and Sunday .1 yr., $12.00: 1 mo.. 31,00 i T 13r. “ski00: 1 mo. e R A $5.00: 1 mo.. 50c Member of the Associated Press. Tre Associated Press is exclusively en- .titled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited o it or not others wise credited {n this paper and aiso th local news published herein. Al rights of publication of special dispatches herein are also reserved. —_—— Revised Ellenbogen Bill. The new unemployment insurance bill for the District which Repre- sentative Ellenbogen of Pennsylvania :has placed before the House District Committee is in some respects an im- provement over the measure as at first introduced. The new bill takes into account the fact that an employer who is successful in stabilizing his own employment should not be as- . 'sessed for unemployment or pay roll taxes at the same rate that the em- ployer who fails in that respect is assessed. After 1940 a sliding scale of pay roll taxation is established, with the promises of benefits by tax | reduction held out to the employer who stabilizes employment under his control. That is an improvement over the original bill's provision of an arbi- trary three per cent pay roll tax that would apparently continue indefi- nitely, regardless of the employer's success in retaining men in employ- ment. It is not as satisfactory as the Wisconsin plan, under which em- ployers are taxed until they accumu- late a specified reserve per employe, when the tax automatically is re- «duced. The new bill sets up a District Un- employment Insurance Commission of three members, to be appointed by the District Commissioners, to assist "the National Social Security Board— to be established by national legisla- tion. There is thus assured more local representation in the adminis- tration of the act than was originally contemplated, for the three members of the commission must be residents of the District, representing employers, employes and the local community. But the duties of this new commission are confined to nominating a director who will administer the local act, con- firmation of such nomination being left to the National Board, and to assisting the National Board. bill provides that this National Board shall “administer this act.” and on the next page declares that the local director, nominated by the local com- mission, is to “administer this act.” The truth of the matter is that the National Board will administer the -act, and the local director and local commission will probably advise and assist, without real authority. ‘While the bill requires no contri- bution from the employe to unem- | ployment insurance funds, on the theory that the pay roll tax will be | “passed on to the consumer, there is | specific provision against wage cutting ‘by employers as a method of passing on the cost of the tax to employes. If | such a prohibition can be maintained | in court, it will be fortunate. But there is no definite assurance that it can be. ‘The bill continues to provide for & contribution from District revenues, | possibly to be raised through the in- come tax proposed by Mr. Ellenbogen. ‘Would it not be a good plan to elim- “inate this provisiop until the experi- ence of a year or more with admin- istration of the bill demonstrates the | absolute necessity for this additional | taxation? The contribution by the local government is not contained in 'State legislation which has been under study in the legislatures this year. Certainly the bill should be held up now until national legislation, | which it is supposed to supplement, is out of the way. Nobody knows what the fate of that national legislation will be or the final form it will take if it is enacted. P Art and Taxation. By a sudden reversal of decision the Treasury Department holds that the projected gift to the Nation by Andrew ‘W. Mellon of $50,000,000 for a national gallery of art would not be exempt from taxation, and it is stated that this ruling places the project in serious Jeopardy. It would seem strange if this de- cision were final, to the end of probably preventing a donation which ‘would give the people of America for all time an institution of art at the ‘Capital. Whatever may be the merits of the claims now being made upon Mr. Mellon for taxes which the Gov- ernment contends have been improp- “erly evaded in the past, there can be no warrant in justice for the strained construction of the law to impose a penalty upon the patriotic benevolence which proposes the establishment of a center of art in Washington for the benefit of all Americans. For many years the establishment *of an art institution at the Capital .has been in evolution, with little prog- ress. A small space in the National Museum has been set apart and main- tained for the exhibition of paintings and styled a gallery. Proposals for the erection of a suitable building as & public project have met with faint encouragement. Now Mr. Mellon, The | to give that collection to the Nation and to provide a proper housing for it, as & national gallery. A ruling was made that no tax obstructions would be placed upon such a gift. Now, it appears, that ruling has for some in- scrutable reason been reversed, There should be another reversal, to the end that no obstacle will be placed in the way of this rich gift, which has no other object than the advancement of the American people’s appreciation and enjoyment of the greatest art the world has known. —————— A Change of Front. The administration, through the Department of Justice, has decided to 80 to the bat in the Supreme Court in defense of the N. R. A. Having side- stepped the issue of the constitution- ality of the N. R. A. in the Belcher case, the department is now demand- ing that the Schechter case be hur- ried to the Supreme Court and there expedited. Such a sudden change of heart may seem strange to the man on the street. But there are reasons. In the first place, the Government believes that it stands a better chance to win the Schechter case than it did the Belcher case. Furthermore, there was an immediate and, from the ad- ministration’s point of view, a most unfortunate reaction throughout the country to the unwillingness of the Government to meet the issue of the constitutionality of the N. R. A. Thef opinion spread rapidly that the Gov- ernment had no confidence in the| N. R. A. and its codes as constitutional | agencies. The morale of the N. R. A. itself received a bitter blow. The feel- ing grew in Congress that it was being asked by the President to put through | a new law extending the N. R. A. for | two more years without the adminis- tration being willing to permit Con- gress to have the judgment of the Supreme Court on the constitutional | questions involved. | Why does the Government, appar- ently, believe that it has a better chance to win the Schechter case than it had to win the Belcher case? | The lower court in the Belcher case, which involved the lumber code, had | decided flatly against the Govern- | ment. In the Schethter case, on the | other hand, the lower court had at llcast. given the Government a-more | than even break; it decided in favor |of the Government on seventeen counts and against it on only two | counts involved in the case. The | Schechter case involves the poultry | code. It happens that the Supreme | Court in other cases coming before | it has dealt rather severely with the handlers of poultry, and has given | them a more or less distinct status |in interstate commerce. The Second | Circuit Court of Appeals in New York, which decided the Schechter | case, upheld the constitutionality of |the N. R. A. and the poultry code ex- | cept as regards wages and hours of | 1abor. | Every effort is to be made to get| the Schechter case before the Supreme Court during the May term. The | Government will immediately file a petition for a writ of certiorari on the two counts decided against it by the lower court. It hopes that the de- | | fendants will courteously file just as | quickly their petition for a writ in the seventeen counts decided against | them. Unless, however, they are will- ‘x'ng to waive certain preliminaries the | case cannot be brought before the| | Supreme Court before the time of the | expiration of the present N. R. A. law, | June 16. And it will be impossible to | get & decision in any event before the | consideration of the new N. R. A. bill | begins in Congress. The enthusiasm of the Government | to get a speedy decision in this case | involving the poultry code is admirable. "I'he defendants, unless they are will- ing to suffer penalties for violation of the code, must go along with the ap- | peal from the decision of the lower court. No individuals in the Govern- ment were threatened with fines or jail sentences when the Government | withdrew its appeal in the Belcher | case. So the Government must feel reasonably sure that the defendants will not seek to avoid an appeal or to have an appeal dismissed. The Government is certainly in & better position than it was when it dodged a decision in the Belcher case. The country is entitled to a decision and so is the Congress in the matter of the constitutionality of the N. R. A. —r———————— One of the incidental burdens on the D. C. taxpayers is the expense of helping to police the alleged crime interchange with some of the suburbs. e A Gesture to Japan. For many weeks well-meaning groups of people in this country have been bombarding President Roosevelt with remonstrances against the forth- coming maneuvers of the United States fleet in the Pacific. Their pro- tests have been based on the theory that the nature and extent of the maneuvers—the number of ships en- gaged and the theater of operations in the Northeastern Pacific—are de-| signed to alarm the Japanese and that the project is therefore un- duly “provocative.” Although the President and his naval advisers do not share these views, inasmuch as the fleet’s train- ing plans are purely normal and customary, it has been decided to make a friendly gesture in Japan's direction. A “good will” visit to ‘Yokohama is to be paid in May by Admiral Frank B. Upham, com- mander in chief of our Asiatic Squadron, with his flagship, the new 10,000-ton’ cruiser Augusta. Admiral Upham will remain in Yokohama har- bor two weeks and will later spend a week at Kobe. From May 4 to May 17 a flotilla of eleven American destroyers will anchor at Kobe. These sojourns of courtesy in Japanese waters will take place on the eve of the United States fleet’s Pacific maneuvers, in the course of which, as Secretary Swanson has just taken occasion to repeat, none of our ships will ap- proach within two thousand miles of Japan. The operations in question will TFHE EVENING STAR, WASH THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. area, the Alaska-Hawali-Puget Sound “triangle.” They will no more menace Japan or impirge upon her rights and interests than the Japanese navy's maneuvers on the other side of the Pacific later in the Summer will im- pinge upon ours. Both fleets will be engaged in useful, legitimate practice activities, rooted In tradition, justified from every standpoint of national de- fense and in no wise prejudicial to friendly relations between the two countries. Japan is sure to welcome Admiral Upham, his ships and his men in the cordial spirit which inspires their visit. If it serves to dispel any groundless apprehensions which the United States fleet’s plans may have aroused, the American Government and people will heartily rejoice, because, as far as this country is concerned, there is not the remotest suggestion of ulterior motive in the maneuvers, which are to be held in accordance with a program projected long ago. s Foreign titles are objected to by Representative Knutson. He does not go quite so far as to demand that no purely honorary designation shall be valid unless countersigned by the Governor of Kentucky. ——— . There is necessarily some argument as to the administration of big sums for public service. The fact that the funds are available is the important consideration, apart from the work- ing out of details. —— e The crime conspiracy alleged in Rockville, Md,, may yet be psycho- pathically defined as an effort of artistic conscience to test out an underworld scenario in real life. e It may incur expense, but farm in- terests may demand that the Depart- ment of Agriculture devise some means of keeping a topsoil anchored in a wind storm. ————————— Economists differ on old age pen- sions. Some think it most desirable to give the faithful toiler and tax- payer a chance to save up something on his own account. e The Dionne Quins assert popular appeal, which indicates the latent de- mand for an aristocracy based on birth under conspicuous and extraor- dinary circumstances. ——————————— Few readers care much for the old poets. Instead of sighing over the snows of yesteryear, they are bluntly demanding to know what became of the taxes. o History continues to repeat itself in an effort to arrive at a perma- nently comprehensible elucidation of the treaty of Versailles. e ‘Women who demand that alimony and “heart balm” be abandoned will | be a source of considerable disappoint- ment to some of the gigolos. e The quiet life in the suburbs adver- tised by realtors is not having the full support of the able and impartial police correspondent. ——rat————— That there will be a vigorous presi- dential campaign can not be doubted. There is already enough oratory on | display to make several of them. | - Propagandists do not agree among themselves. There is bound to be some contention when they undertake to censor one another. ——— e Much use of the first person singu- lar is in evidence. An “ism” is in danger of being disregarded unless it is spelled with a capital I. ——————— Drafting money in time of war would test the ingenuity of the chis- eler on new lines. e SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Doctor. Oh, doctor, dear, I often hear Your title with respect. ‘With theories you're drawing near ‘Which no one may neglect. Yet my affections fondly dwell On that old friend of mine ‘Who used to give me calomel Or ordered up quinine. He did not learnedly describe ‘The orbits of the stars Nor bring strange hints about a tribe Of mystery men on Mars. I reverence those who can unlock Deep secrets with such skill, But more I prize the good friend Doc. ‘Who hands me out a pill. Moral Caution. “Is your unfriendly colleague a thoroughly conscientious man?” “I can't say,” answered Senator Sorghum, “I never knew him to be tested with the sort of temptation that did not involve the possibility of being found out.” Jud Tunkins says he likes his weekly paper better than radio. The paper is a real help in lighting the fire, Speed. Some racing tips I have at last, I shall enjoy a speedy thrill, If my selections don't go fast, I'm certain that my money will Expensive Art. “Your picture show mekes an un- usually high charge for admission,” said the traveling salesman. “The expense is heavy, Cactus Joe. “Our audience is so sympathetic in hating the villains that every screen is riddled with bullet holes.” Pictorial Glory. Oh, do not trust to the acclaim Appearance may command. It brings you only fleeting fame In this observing land. Oh, do not trust to the applause That borders on a laugh. Nobody votes for you because He likes your photograph. “You loses time,” said Uncle Eben, “if you kicks too much 'bout de cost spossessor of a private collection of great value and rare guality, proposes ) comprehend an exclusively American b of livin' instead of hustlin’ foh de Who is Templeton Jones? ‘That is & question which comes to this desk on an average of once a week the year around. Our latest answer is as follows: ‘Templeton Jones is the semi-famots Washingtonian of whom his friends say: “For a man who wouldn’t hurt a fiy, he can say the meanest things!” Jones has no apology to make for “saying things” now and then. Most. people deserve it, he believes. ‘They ought to get more. 1t does 'em good. * * ¥ X Such is the Jonesian philosophy, and how can & man be censured for living up to what he preaches? Mr. Jones believes that modern life has taken the starch out of folks. ‘The old backbone has limbered up to_an unbelievable extent. Perhaps the worldwide flirting with war is merely a practical way, on the part of different peoples, of offsetting the plain disuses of civilization. There seems to be something cursed in the human heart, something that survives civilizatiors and religions. The best that men have thought is always taken with a grain of mental salt of the worst they have imagined. Hence the idea of the devil, as old as mankind—and as new. . * % ok X ‘This plain “cussedness” in human nature is undoubtedly what Templeton Jones aims at when he says something that hurts a friend. He means,no harm. Perhaps he is just thinking aloud, always a dangerous thing to do. If ever the end justified the means, however, this is the case. ‘There is no real reason why human- ity should be so “touchy,” unless it is afraid of being revealed. The fact that the average human mightily resents an honest statement shows that the same average human is rather shaky in his own self-estima- tion. * % ¥ X He is so perpetually scared that some one will get “onto him,” evi- dently, that he will not permit, any more than he can help it, anything that seems to strike him as the truth, particularly about himself. Anger, manifesting itself in many forms, is the quickest and most expedi- ent way of stopping such honesty. Slapping back in kind, is the usual form anger takes. Failure thereafter to speak to the plain speaker is the follow-up of this method. A blow to the ear. jaw or nose, of course, is a time-honored method, often used in rural communities, where the laws of etiquette are not so highly | regarded. Call a liar a liar, for instance, he | will slash back furiously, whereas the | man who is not a liar, and who knows it, and knows that you know it, will Dot be nearly so inclined to resent the statement. Resentment, then, is a dead “give away,” and this is so commonly under- stood that modern mankind, especially in the cities, has substituted “kidding” as the honorable answer to anything one does not like. “wisecrack” is aimply the innate coward's weapon. He “saves his face” without the danger of soiling his hands. But, my! what he does to his tongue. Pl Simple failure to show resentment is better than a “wisecrack.” The latter has rather doomed itself. It no longer is held in repute, even among the wisecrackers, ¢ As far as the quasi-famous Jones can see, there is no real reason why the extent of conversation cannot be increased. ‘There is no necessity for confining remarks to the weather, and the triangular debate between Long, Coughlin and Johnson. Most people are as tired of the weather, as a subject for talk, as they are of the triangle. ‘Whatever honestly pops into & mind, between friends, ought to be able to pop out, without upsetting the friend- ship or the universe. Ought to, but can it? Every one knows the answer. S8eldom can the honest thinking man “get away with it.” Usually he is met as aforesaid, or later he finds himself dropped out of the bridge party. Old-time freedom of approach is at an end. And all for a word or two, It is just too bad. * X ¥ ¥ ‘Templeton Jones, however, is not the man to go back on himself He feels that being true to the self is all there is in life, after all. Everything is comprised in the per- sonality. Life, love and art—these, and a thousand more, mean something only as they mean something to one. He who is afraid to be true to him- self, within reason, had best reform himself some way or other. Everywhere we see men trying to reform somc habit which does not need it. Here is a man trying hero- jcally, in his old age, to curb a too quick tongue " Let him speak out. He will do so, anyway, with suffi- cient provocation, and that may be just around the corner. His attempts to be other than him- self are heroic, maybe, but will get him nowhere. It is a question whether any one ever really changed the personality much, except in isolated cases, and these are the heroes and heroines of the race. * % % ¥ ‘Templeton Jones has never said anything to another but what he meant, and believed. Those who take umbrage at his re- marks are very easily upset, are they not? They ought to look into themselves more, and not so outward to others. It is not Jones, after all, they re- sent, but their own great inability to “take it.” Lifeis a le, and every one knows Love is an oasis. He who can't “take it,” even when the admittedly kindly Jones says only the truth, s in danger of losing both love and life at one fell swoop. Templeton Jones has put himself in the class with Socrates, the gadfly of Athens. And if the cup of hem- lock at last shall be his, he will drink it like a man. For he believes, with his great predecessor, that no harm can come to & good man, either in this world or the next. it. WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. In addition to unseasonable cherry blossom weather, Washington’s Spring- time visitors have run into an uncom- monly dull spell in Congress. Hope-| | ful of New Deal fireworks, they find current proceedings in both houses incredibly tame and unexciting. They are particularly disappointed about the Senate, always the magnet for tour- ists at the Capitol. The galleries were crowded all this week, but soon emp- tied when the wayfarers from the provinces encountered nothing more thrilling under discussion that Dr. Copeland’s pure food, drugs and cos- metics bill. Those who lingered did s0 mainly in the hope that Huey Long might suddenly put on a shovw, but even the Kingfish failed to de- liver, so that the out-of-town cus- tomers feel on the whole that, as far as Congress is concerned, they've had no run for their money. The best the Senate could do in the way of furnish- ing entertainment was to clear the galleries on April 2, only to discover that the noise which was disturbing proceedings was made by Senators themselves and not by the proletariat, which came to be inspired and re- mained to be bored. . * X X X Rising food prices, particularly for meats, are & matter of growing and Nation-wide concern, according to many indications reaching Washing- ton. Nobody seem: to know just what can be done about it, if any- thing. Politicians are reluctant to initiate any movement that might result in injury to the farming com- munity. But if existing conditions continue somebody in either House or Senate may demand that one of those “consumers’ advisory boards” in N. R. A. or A. A. A. get busy on food price gouging and profiteering, if such there be, ere roast beef, steak, pork and lamb chops vanish from the American family’s bill of fare. House- wives, facing more and more difi- culty in making budget ends meet, are in the van of the folks back home who are letting themselves be heard from. Women spend the vast bulk of the money that goes into house- hold upkeep. * k% k¥ Department of Agriculture officials will tell you that, despite sharp ad- vances in food costs, they are still relatively below other prices; also that as a group the advances are about over. Between July, 1934, and mid-February, 1935, all food prices rose 11 per cent, including meats, 17 per cent; dairy products, 15 per cent, and eggs, nearly 40 per cent. Cereals advanced only 1 per cent, while fruits and vegetables declined 5 per cent. After this Spring, Sec- retary Wallace's people say, any fur- ther advance tendency in meat prices will be offset by lower prices of other products, unless the unprece- dented drought repeats itself. Fur- thermore, they claim, the higher level of food prices already attained this year affects only about 30 per cent of the things consumers buy at re- tail. With other items in the cost of living remaining practically un- changed, it's contended that the total cost of living during 1935 will be only about 3 to 4 per cent higher than in 1934, and, given business improvement, will be more than taken care of, as far as townspeople are by expanding income. Food prices are officially described as still low, compared with other living costs. * x % % Senator Millard E. Tydings, Dem- ocrat, of Maryland is the target of many bouquets from congressional colleagues and other quarters for his recent sledge-hammer attack on the New Deal, and on what he dubbed those twin “monstrosities,” N. R. A. and A, A. A, in particular. It's many ) & moon since any member of the ad- ministration party has taken his courage in both hands and spoken right out in meeting as Tydings did in the Senate on April 2. The young Maryland statesman is evidently bent upon rivaling Senator Carter Glass of Virginia as an unabashed Democratic critic of the present state of the Union, let the chips fall where they may. Tydings still has few enough years to his credit to aspire to national honors at no too distant day, and his | admirers think he is going about it }the right way to convert himself into presidential timber. ‘With Gov. Ritchie out of the picture, Maryland | rates fresh White House talent. * % % % Wall Street’'s latest wisecrack Is that some of our would-be currency reformers seem bent upon paraphras- |ing Tom Marshall's famous witticism | with the claim that “what this coun- try needs is a good five-cent dollar.” * ¥ X X It is suggested that the formal authority of the House Committee on the Disposition of Useless Executive Papers may be required before the Treasury Department and the Bureau of Internal Revenue will be at liberty to destroy the several million income tax pink slips filed on March 15. There is no similar committee in the Senate. The chairman of the House committee is Representative Charles J. Colden, Democrat, of California. ¥ ok Xk Senator Wallace H. White, jr, Re- publican, of Maine, says that not long ago he narrowly escaped ruin in the estimation of a group of visitors from his home State who were surveying the Senate scene from the galleries. Armed with one of thc diagrams showing the location of members’ seats, they observed, to their astonish- ment and dismay, that in the place designated for White a gentleman was lolling in his chair, unmistakably sound asleep. It happened not to be the junior Senator from Maine, but s fatigued colleague from another State. Not wishing to disturb the slumbering solon, Mr. White tip-toed away and sat down at a desk several yards distant. * Kk X Friends of Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg think that Republican victories in Michigan this week ma- terially enhance his presidential availability. Even though Mr. Roose- velt carried the State in 1932 by 132,- 000, Michigan chose a Republican Governor to succeed & Democrat in 1934 and re-elected Vandenberg to the Senate by 40,000. On April 2 the entire G. O. P. State ticket won a 3-to-1 landslide victory, notably in Detroit. As the elephant will prob- ably want a leader in 1936 who is sure of carrying at least his own State, Vandenbergians are more per- suaded than ever that their candi- date is the man. * k% * | Political Clearance Is Now an Essential To the Bditor of The Star: ‘The New Deal has given birth to a new term in the realm of politics. refer to that euphemistic expression, “political clearance,” heard so fre- quently in Washington these days. If not euphemistic, it at least sounds innocuous. All of which goes to prove that you can call a rotten egg a rose and it will continue to smell bad. The first time I heard the term “political clearance” it was being bandied back and forth by the mem- bers of a group of job hunters who were discussing their chances of get- ting their feet in the Government feed trough. It seemed that most of them had “political clearance.” One of them, however, did not have it. The others were all agreed that this poor sap had as much chance to swim up the Potomac with his arms full of eels without losing one of them as he had of getting his feet under Uncle Sam’s bountiful table. At the same time they were heatedly won- to the feast. I was curious about this “political clearance” thing that was so vital to the job hunters, and here is what I learned: Suppose, for instance, you are seek- ing one of those terribly important jobs like taking the farm census, where you have to ascertain why a speckled hen lays more eggs than a black hen and whether a white hen lays one or two eggs on Easter Monday and if not, why not. Or maybe you want the job of assistant lullaby singer to the boys in a C. C. C. camp. Or maybe you are seeking the oner- ous job of helping to count the votes of the citizens of the District of Columbia on election day. Very likely you can get any of those jobs if you have “political clearance.” All that is necessary to get “political clear- ance” is to secure a letter from your county committeeman, ditto from your State committeeman, ditto from your Representative and Senator to the effect that your Democracy is as pure and undefiled as the driven snow. If you have ever been guilty of associating with a Republican, even though it happened away back in your childhood days, that act con- stitutes a bar sinister on your Demo- cratic family tree, and you get no “political clearance.” You can just go hide your head in shame and starve in silence, along with the Republicans. It is a beautiful and elevating spectacle that is being pre- sented to the country. As jobs get scarcer it would not be surprising to see the requirements for “political clearance” become more stringent. For instance, Gen. Farley may make it incumbent upon the job hunter to prove there are at least 10 votes in his family and that he can deliver all 10 of them. Of course, he may let him in if he hes only nine, provided he can prove he poisoned a Republican voter. Oh, no, I'm not a disappointed job hunter, either. I have never even asked for one. 8. H. MUMFORD. ———— Communists in the Defense Services ‘To the Editor of The Sta: It is not clear to many people why the naval officer who reported to a congressional committee that our navy yards were honeycombed with communistic elements said that these traitorous individuals could not be discharged until they had given cause. Is it not true that those who hold Government positions take an oath to bear true faith and allegiance to the United States and to support the Constitution against all enemies, do- mestic and foreign? Why is not the violation of that cath sufficient reason for promptly kicking traitors out of the service of the United States Gov- ernment? Congress is about to appropriate $400,000,000 for the Army. If it would appropriate $1,000,000 to establish a penal colony on some distant island and enact legislation providing for the prompt deportation to that colony of | any person seeking the destruction of the Government of the United States by force, we would, at the end of a year, have saved $399,000,000 and yet have had a net increase in the na- tional safety. In the event of war with a foreign nation the primary danger to this country would not le outside our own borders. The great danger would reside in the destruc- tion of bridges, tunnels, power trans- mission lines, etc., by the disloyal forces which have been coddled and encouraged by the namby-pambyism of our own Government. " And while looking into the matter | of disloyal elements in navy yards, it might be well for Congress to realize that thousands of loyal, patriotic | descendants of the founders of this | country are on the relief rolls, while the pay rolls of our Government are studded with the names of Pinks and Reds, many of whom still speak the English language with a marked foreign accent. A complete investi- gation of the records of those draw- ing Government pay should be made, and disloyalty to the Government that feeds them should constitute sufficient reason for separating these vipers from the pay roll. If our Government would show a little more backbone in these matters there would be less disloyalty. 'The time has come to “put none but Americans on guard.” FRANK G. CAMPBELL. - Should Make and Keep Washington Beautiful To the Editor of The Star: All residents that have regard for the beauty of Washington are grate- ful to see the fountains once more playing in the parks and also are glad indeed, for the sake both of beauty and of health, to foresee the final abatement of the smoke nui- sance. Now let us all unite in a campaign against strewing the streets and side- walks with litter and trash and against destroying any more trees, so that our Nation’s Capital may once more lay valid claim to being one of the most beautiful capitals of the world, and not merely the most dirty and slovenly. It is well that merchants and other dering why they had not been called A business men are beginning to see, be- fore it is too late, that their greatest hope of increasing business lies in the charm and cleanliness of the city as a whole. Visitors will be attracted here the year around, not merely in cherry blossom time, by playing fountains, flowering trees and gardens and shaded streets. They are not at- Perhaps to ascertain for himself| tracted by endless vistas of outdoor whether racket in the Senate gen-| parking lots and streets that look like erally originates among members of | garbage dumps. And retail business the chamber or in the public gal-|is not improved nor will the “traffic leries, Vice President Garner now oc- problem” ever be solved by simply casionally leaves the presiding offi- | slashing more streets wider for m cer’s rostrum for a listening post in | cars to rush through faster. 3 THERESA » seat on the Democratic side of the floor. (Copyrigh*. 1935.) — e Cuddling the Oldsters. Prom the Seattle Star. RUSSELL. —_—————— Sign of Recovery. Prom the Shreveport (La.) Journal. Farmers at a convention in North Carolina had their pockets It’s parents who talk baby talk, | picked, according to news dispatches. says & Chicago doctor. The babies | This shows, at least, that the farmers simply do so to humor the old folks. | are getting back to normalecy. Lots of Little Ones Left. Prom the Toledo Blade. think it one of the | The wonders of national misfortunes that only the|Now we are ———————— Foundation Work. Prom the Lowell (Mass.) Evening Leader. sclence never cease. told that the modern A ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J]. HASKIN. A reader con 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. Who holds the altitude record for amphibian planes?—E. C. 8. A. The official altitude record for amphibian planes is 18,642 feet made by Harry Richman at Miami, Fla., on January 29. Q. How many broadcasting stations has each foreign country?—W. R. A. In Europe there are 227 broad- casting stations; in South America, 189; Asia, 115; Oceania, 98; European Asia, 58; Africa, 17. Q. Is the head of the Indian head penny the likeness of a real Indian?— . W. A. The Indian head first appeared on the 1-cent piece in 1859. No par- ticular Indian served as a model. The head is that of an idealized type. Q. Is there a hotel where tourists may stay in Death Valley operated by a borax company?—H. V. A. At Furnace Creek Ranch there is both an airport and hotel. The ranch consists of & strip of 65 acres owned and irrigated by a borax company. It has been kept up since the last 20- mule team left the valley about 30 years ago. Q. How large an American flag should be displayed on a 30-foot pole on a 70-foot-high building?—E. McD. A. The executive order which estab- lishes the proportion and sizes of the United States flag calls for 12 different hoists ranging from 1.31 to 20 feet. ‘The hoist is the width or short dimen- sion of the flag. For use on a private or public building other than one in an Army or Navy post any convenient size may be used. For a 30-foot pole on a tall building a flag with a hoist of 10 feet would be about right. This corresponds to the post flag of the | Army. Q. Please give some information about the Negro who is taking the late Richard Harrison'’s place as the Lawd In “The Green Pastures—E. F. A. Charles Winter Wood was born in Nashville, Tenn, the son of a Methodist parson. He was educated | at Beloit College, Wis., and at Tusko- | gee Institute became a teacher of Eng- | lish, drama and public speaking. Mr. Wood is 69 years old. Q. What was Dr. Barnardo's theory | regarding heredity and environment?— B.E. “If the children of the | slums can be removed from their sur- | roundings early enough, and can be | kept sufficiently long under training, heredity counts for little, environment for almost everything.” From 1867 un- til his death in 1905 Dr. Barnardo's | homes had rescued, trained and placed 60,000 children. Of the thousands| sent to Canada less than 2 per cent | were failures. Q. Has Egypt many miles of roads | suitable for motoring?—F. C. | A. There are approximately 4,000 miles of roads in Egypt. Q. How many prisoners are there | at Sing Sing now, and how many are serving second terms, and how many are third terms?—I. F. A. Prison population today: 1984, including one woman in the death | house, who is awaiting execution. Of | these, 66.5 per cent are first offenders; 33.5 per cent are serving second, third and fourth terms. This recidivism does not necessarily mean previous con- head be cared for? —H viction in New York State, but any | and all previous felony convictions, no . matter where given, are taken into consideration under Section 1941 of the Penal Law. Q. How should a mounted deer’s M. McC. A. The Biological Survey suggests that during the Summer the mounted head be brushed thoroughly, then dusted with napthalene, or that it be taken to a fur cleaning establishment and blown out with compressed air. Q. go' is & thermos bottle made? A. The thermos bottle consists of two bottles, one inside the other, sealed together; the outside of the inner bottle and the inside of the outer bottle are silvered. The space be- tween the two bottles is a vacuum. The vacuum between the walls is an almost perfect non-conductor of heat. Q. Who defeated Gene Tunney? —G. U, A. He retired from the ring un- defeated. Q. How many marriage ceremonies have been performed in the Little Church Around the Corner in New York City?—D. F. A. It is estimated by the rector that there have been over 60,000 marriages in the church, and more than 25,000 funerals, Q. Why are red hunting coats called pink?—A. J. G. A. It is not definitely known. One authority suggests that it originated with the cavaliers when they met for fox hunting and sported the royal livery. The word pink was possibly used through fear of offending the Cromwellians and dissenters through wearing the royal red. Another au- thority suggests that the word pink probably arose from the discoloration caused by weather and that old coats really are more pink than red. Q. What was the original cost of gilding the dome of the Iowa State capitol building?—C. F. T. A. The original cost of gilding the dome of the Iowa State capitol build- ing was $155. This gold was applied as gold leaf. Q. What was the name of the Amer- ican wife of Napoleon Bonaparte's | brother?—P. W. A. Jerome Bonaparte married Eliza- beth Patterson of Baltimore, December 24, 1803. The marriage was not recog- nized by “ Napoleon, who separated them. A son was born of the union in 1805. Q. How many different operas were presented at the Metropolitan Opera House during the regime of Gatti-Ca- sazza?—K. M. A. During his twenty-seven seasons as director of the Metropolitan, Gatti- Casazza has provided a repertory of 172 operas. Q. What kind ranga’>—H. L. C. A. The Caranga is a combination of dance movements derived in part from the Fandango, the Jota, the Passacaille and the Zapateado. It is an example of the Aragonian type of provincial dance, deriving its name from Chara-Anga, a village in the South of Spain. Q. How tall was President Monroe? —H. B. A. He was about 6 feet tall but, being somewhat stooped, seemed less. g. :lhu is the origin of mummers? A. Mumming seems to have been & survival of the Roman custom of masquerading during the annual orgies of the Saturnalia. of a dance is the Ca- Attack by Hoover Arouses New Deal Friends and Foes Pormer President Herbert Hoover | attracted the attention of the entire | | country in his message to young Re- publicans in California, devoted largely to an attack on the New Deal. His plea for a return to older policies arouses both friends and foes of the | present administration, leading to in- evitable comparisons between the Hoover and Roosevelt periods. His purpose to rally his own party for the campaign of next year is widely recog- | nized. It is not, as a rule, conceded | that he would be an available candi- date for 1936. “Mr. Hoover has drawn a strong indictment of Mr. Roosevelt’s admin- istration,” says the New York Sun, which summarizes several counts in the condemnation of the present leadership: “The repudiation of Gov- ernment obligations, the rise of the public debt, the devaluation and un- certainty of the dollar, the central- ization of Government under a huge and confused bureaucracy, the com- petition of Government in the fields of private business, the violations of the Constitution, the artificial in- crease of prices, with a corresponding decrease in consumption of goods, and, above all, the failure of all the nostrums. Perhaps delicacy kept Mr. Hoover from calling attention to the fact that Mr. Roosevelt defeated him on a platform the planks of which, like the promises of Mr. Roosevelt himself, have been in nearly every case neglected or reversed.” The Sun remarks, however, that “Mr. Hoover, condemning bureaucracy, may be sd- versely criticized as a pot who calls the kettle black, for he had a fond- ness for bureaus and commissions.” Drawing another parallel, the Buf- falo Evening News remarks that while Mr. Hoover lamented the fact that “‘the Nation s faced with the greatest public debt ever known to our country,’ his party associates in the House of Representatives at Washington were supporting the “greenback” Patman bonus bill, adding two billions to the tremendous burden which the tax- payers of the future will have to earn for their Government.” One of the most outspoken of the defenders of the administration is the Charlotte (N. C.) Observer, which charges that the former administra- tion “ran the country into a heap of wreckage,” while the Columbus (Ohio) Citizen, stating that Mr. Hoover offered “no definite program,” argues in reply to the Hoover message: “Gov- ernment is taking & hand increasingly in economic affairs not because it wants to, but because it must. It stepped in after so-called individual- ism broke the farmer, the banks, destroyed the industrial market and profits, and drove the workers out of the factories into the bread lines.” Indorsement of the Hoover criticism of the New Deal is voiced by the Dan- ville (Ill.) Commercial-News, the Jer- sey City Journal, the Jamestown (N. Y.) Post, the Cincinnati Times-Star, the Charleston (W. Va.) Daily Malil, the Marshalltown (Iowa) Times-Re- | By publican, the Indianapolis News, the Seattle (Wash,) Star, the Alton (Ill.) Evening Telegraph, the Reno (Nev.) Evening Gazette and the Philadelphia Inquirer. Mr. Hoover is assailed by the Charleston (S. C.) Evening Post, with the statement that he “symbolizes to the present generation the blow-up of prosperity,” while the Birmingham (Ala) News declares that “his mes- sage dealt in generalities,” and the Rochester Times-Union comments “Mr. Hoover has pointed out some se- rious faults in the administration's policy. Now it is his task, or that of his party, to state what constructive measures they themselves advocate.” Observing that “the low mark in conditions coincided with the end of Mr. Hoover's term and there has been some minor recovery during the Roose- velt administration,” the Lowell (Mass.) Courier-Citizen concludes: “There are the facts, and they un- doubtedly are damaging to Mr. Hoo- ver's prestige in the popular judg- ment.” Interpretation of the Hoover mes- sage as a rallying cry for the Repub- lican party, preliminary to the com- ing campaign, is made by the Colum- bus (Ohio) Dispatch, the Portland (Me.) Press Herald, the Elkhart (Ind.) Truth, the Schenectady (N. Y.) Gazette and the Oshkosh (Wis.) Daily Northwestern. Denial that Mr. Hoover, although he wrote as the present leader of his party, could be a candidate for 1936 |is made by the Watertown (N. Y.) Times, the Canton (Ohio) Repository, the Boston Transcript, the St. Joseph (Mo.) News-Press, the Baton Rouge (La.) State Times, the Newport News (Va.) Daily Press and the Bergen (N. J.) Evening Record. “If not Mr. Hoo- ver, who then?” asks the Pasadena (Calif.) Star-News. e A Bonus Plan With Everybody Gaining To the Editor of The Star: Why all this wrangling about the “bonus”? With so many plans pro- posed on how to pay it, I would like to offer another, a simple, easy method, with everybody the gainer. Here's how: There are thousands of people who have large amounts of money idle in banks for which there is no safe investment. Let Congress pass an act ing the certificates ne- gotiable at a present-worth discount of 3% per cent, holders to be paid off in full in 1945, tax exempt. Here's a chance for some of our big-monied men to go down in his- tory as helping the ex-service man when he most needs it. I can already see myself being paid off. And do I need it? ROBERT M. FORKISH. A Rhyme at Twilight B s At s Mellowed Light I turned to look at a face so young That for a moment my heart was anything so gay and fair, So utterly free of pain and care. I turned away with thoughts unstrung By a face so young! so young! I chanced to look at a face deemed old; My heart was stirred by the story told, By the psalm of sorrows written there, In the eyes, the mouth, and the sil- vered hair. I found the courage to endure From a face mature, mature. A