Evening Star Newspaper, April 15, 1935, Page 10

THE EVENING STAR With Sundsy Morning Editien. WASHINGTON, D. C. MONDAY.......April 15, 1935 THEODORE W. NOYES. . . Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company 11th 8t and Pennavivinia Ave New York Office: 110 East 42nd 8t. h : Lake Michigan Building. Sulfimf“‘ Ofhce: u'lund nt 8t., London. Rate by Carrier m::nn the City. Regular on.. 45¢ per month The Sunday Star... . Night Final Edition. Night Final and Sunday Star.70c per month Night Pinal Star 55¢ per month Collect! ine 1 n.n made at end of each month. _Orders may be sent by mall or telephone National 5000. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland Da and Sund: Daily “only. * Sunday only All Other States and Canada. Daly and Sunday.1 yr.. $12.00; 1 y o . Bvnday only.. Member of the Associated Press. Tie Associated Press is exclusively en- titled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not other- wise credited in paper and aiso the local news published herein. All rights of publication of special dispatches herein are also reserved. _— Farewell to a Gentleman. Men are born into the world now and again to personify the Kkindlier virtues. Their destiny is not to win fame nor to accomplish mighty deeds. The circle of their lives may be lim- ited and their influence upon the larger aspect of their world may be scant and brief. But within the nat- ural orbit of their careers they have the power of their quiet yet pervasive example. Their modesty and reticence are inspiring, their honorable and courteous demeanor refreshing and remedial. They are doctors for their discouraged brothers and mentors for the puzzled or disillusioned young. Plain people respect and trust them, perhaps without understanding why, and little children unhesitatingly ad- mire and enjoy them. They rarely are conscious of their endowment. But their knightliness enriches mankind. And that explains the sor- row inherent in their passing. Espe- cially in the present age of struggle and strife, they are needed and fll can be spared. The elemental good- ness and charity of them is so sorely wanted that the loss of even one is to be deplored. Yet it is part of their special genius to triumph over‘ death, to have active immortality— they never are forgotten, the eternal ticking of the clock robs them of none of the warm affection they have earned. Their contemporaries cherish them gratefully, and their children grow up in the tradition of their merit. ‘They bear the “grand oid name” which Tennyson aepplied to his comrade, Arthur Hallam, and it does not fade with passing days. Saying farewell, then, is merely a momentary pang. Actually, the chivalrous friend is absent but by no means lost, and those who have cherished him have comfort in the knowledge that they possess him forever. | These thoughts are inspired by the| One is that the District's low tax | | rate, which required no extended in- passing of Beale R. Howard, long identified with The Star in an execu- | tive capacity, greatly belqved by his | associates, highly respected for his rare qualities by all who knew him. —————— Dust clouds may call on inventive | genius to procuce a type of anchor that will keep top soil from being blown out to sea in a windstorm. o Stresa, and After. Great Britain, France and Italy hav- ing agreed at Stresa to perpetuate their unity in behalf of peace and security, Europe's struggle to nmn‘ those goals is today transferred to | Geneva. There, at a special session | of the League Council convened to | consider the situation created by Ger- | many's rearmament, formal measures will be discussed for dealing with any | future violations of international trea- | ties as menacing as the Nazis' uni- | lateral repudiation of the Versailles | military clauses, What the Western powers have de- cided is in effect to recognize German rearmament as a regrettable but ac- complished fact and to condemn it in the sharpest terms as “undermining | public confidence in the security of | peaceful order.” Britain and Italy | support unreservedly the devastating French protest against the Reich’s ac- tion, filed with the League in a docu- ment which scathingly exposes and censures the hypocrisy and stealth with which Germany has proceeded to restore her military power. The Lon- don and Rome governments, too, agree with France that it is incumbent upon the League to “take decisions concern- ing the present state of affairs and safeguard the future.” In that phrase lies the kernel of the allies’ attitude and purposes. They assail what Ger- many has done as morally and legally reprehensible and basically destructive of the world's efforts to bring about disarmament. They intimate that no country henceferward will follow the Reich's example without the certainty of drastic penalties. It is generally expected that these will take the form of an economic and financial boycott. Germany's grave plight, especially the need of raw materials for her indus- try, undoubtedly was one of the fac- tors which persuaded the Nazi gov- ernment to agree to enter non-aggres- sion pacts for Eastern Europe. Apart from preparing a “united front for peace” at Geneva, the Stresa eonferees took comcrete action for preservation of Austrfa’s independence by calling a Danubian conference at Rome on May 20. They also made anxiety provoked by Hitler's deflant rearmament manifesto of March 16 comes to an end not only with the immediate erisis surmounted, but with tangible evidence that foundations have been laid: for preventing s re- currence from similar causes. Ger- many stands indicted, rebuked and warned before the world. Europe accepts the Reich's rearmament as irremediable, hoping thereby to ob- tain German co-operation in con- tinued efforts to limit armaments and maintain peace. Hitler now has his choice between such co-operation and isolation and armed opposition by & Europe grimly determined to brook no further lawlessness at his hands. The Fiscal Relations Report. The Treasury Department's report to the President on certain aspects of the fiscal relationship between the District and the National Government is satisfactory to the District provided the report i accepted by all concerned ¢ | in the spirit in which it has been made. As for that spirit, let us suppose that a judge is called upon to decide a cause in equity arising out of the re- lationship between two partners, one of whom has no voice in the control of the joint undertaking to which he is the majority contributor; the other possessing exclusive control and con- tributing about fifteen per cent toward the maintenance and develop- ment fund of the undertaking, al- though the uncancelled agreement, written by himself, calls for forty per cent. After taking under advisement the chief issues as presented the judge delivers the following opinion: From the “crude and preliminary” evidence before me I conclude that the non-voting partner in this joint un- dertaking does not contribute as much as the sole proprietors of roughly comparable undertakings elsewhere contribute. I repeat, however, that the evidence is not only “crude and preliminary” but is subpect to reason- able doubt as to its admissibility because of its admittedly question- able accuracy. It is, furthermore, in- complete and does not take into con- sideration essentially important fac- tors regarding which the court has been unable to inquire, and which should be thoroughly examined. As for the obligations and the manner of their fulfillment by the controlling partner in this undertaking, the court can only state in bare outline some of the claims and counter-claims which have been made and does not attempt to make even preliminary de- cision, suggesting that further inquiry should be made. That is a fair statement of the case jas put by the Treasury report, which | Is subject to criticism chiefly for its | willingness to draw premature con- clusions from evidence which it thrice | condemns (Page 4, Page 8 and Page | | 13 of the report) as “crude and pre- | liminary” when used as “a measure of the comparative burden of tax- |ation.” As a concise statement of elemental considerations, both pro and con, entering into examination | of the issues, the report is to be com- ' mended for having sought an un- | prejudiced and objective point of view. | Two other thoughts may at this time be expressed, however, regard- ing the report on comparative tax statistics. quiry Yo reveal as relatively low, has become by a curious and unique para- dox an unmitigated curse to the local | community when used—as it is usually used—as a measurement of the local tax burden in comparison with the | prevailing high tax rates in other | cities, For it is the tax rate, and not the even more important elements of assessment standard, assessment prac- tice and the accuracy with which they are reported or estimated, that receives the emphasis in the Treas- ury report. The other is that in eomparisons of tax burdens, the object should be to select, for comparison the cities which have reached that desirable goal of good municipal government reflected in low city taxes and high standards of municipal service. While no legiti- mate objection may be sustained to the practice of letting the chips fall where they may by including all cities of roughly comparable population in the search for an “average,” commeon sense dictates the choice of the out- standing successful municipal govern- ments and not the notoriously extrava- gant or poorly governed municipalities, when the object of the comparison is the search for a measuring rod of sound, just taxation in return for & high degree of municipal service. ‘The main element of incomplete- ness in the Treasury report, to be remedied in further research, is the omission of comparison of the actual and per capita tax levies in well man- aged municipalities and reliance solely upon the comparison of tax rates modified by estimates or guesses widely varying in accuracy and re- Hability concerning the relation of assessed to true value. ———— Nobody can elaim that abolition of the income tax pink slip has served in the slightest degree to protect An- drew Mellon from publicity. Mr. Morgenthau's Report. Secretary Henry Morgenthau, jr., of the Treasury Department, in address announcing the call of the Inst of the Liberty bonds, issued to help finance the World War, reported to the American people that the “financial log jam has been broken.” To the refunding operations of the Government, with new securities of- fered at lower rates of interest and old securities retired in part through cash payments, Mr. Morgenthau gave credit for assisting in the breaking of the log jam. He continued that not only has the refunding opera- the initial move for permitting Austria, Hungary and Bulgaria to rearm be- yond the provisions of the peace treaties imposed upon those states. As a last but by no means the least result of the Stresa negotiations, Britain and Italy reaffirm the inten- tion of fulfilling, alopg with France, their Locarno military obligations for guaranteeing peace on the Rhine. Thus, & month of tension A tions of the Government, conducted on a huge scale, been of great aid, but that corporate refunding in this country has increased very largely in recent months. “These developments,” said Mr. Morgenthau, “have s very definite meaning in your everyday life. They affect not only the taxpayer, but every stockholder, producer, consumer and \ THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, APRIL 15, 1935. THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. seeing the substantial benefits of this fundsmental change. There is no longer any reason why capital should not flow normally into the arteries of business.” The refunding operations of the Government, as pointed out by the Secretary of the Treasury, have re- sulted in & marked lowering of the interest rates. Despite the fact that the total of the public debt has in- creased, the carrying charges, because of the lower interest rates, are less. Por example, the refunding of $8,000,- 000,000 of Liberty bonds, the last $1,250,000,000 of which were called yesterday for redemption on Octlober 18, will result in the saving of $100, 000,000 in annual interest. ‘The total public debt as of March 31, this year, Mr. Morgenthau gave as $28,800,000,000, the largest in the history of the country. When the Roosevelt administration took com- mand the debt was little less than $21,000,000,000. The annual interest charges on the public debt today will run about $800,000,000, a tremendous sum in itself for the taxpayers to meet. With a mounting public debt, it is clear that had the interest rates not been cut smartly, the burden would have been much heavier, as Mr. Morgenthau pointed out. He said that the interest charges on the Gov- ernment were less now than they were in 1925, when the public debt was $8,000,000,000 less than it is to- |day. The Secretary spoke with justi- fiable satisfaction of the fact that these great refunding operations of the Government have been conducted quietly and without dislocation and without any appeal by the Govern- ment to halt private operations until the Government securities could be absorbed. ‘The hope and expectation were ex- pressed by Mr. Morgenthau that the total of the public debt on June 30, 1936, would be “considerably less” than the $34,000,000,000 figured in the budget estimates. While it is quite true that it will be a cause for satis- faction if the estimated total is not reached, it is also true that the public debt will be staggeringly large, so large that both Congress and the administration will do well to save expenditures where they can. Boiled down, Mr. Morgenthau's statement of the situation shows that the Government has made real steps |toward the lowering of interest charges in its refunding operations. It shows, too, that revenues are in- creasing and that there is some pros- pect of spending less than the budget estimates. These are hopeful signs. | Europe is suspected of an effort to | bring on another war, in spite of the act that any assumption of dignity |in past wars has largely depended on poetic imagination. The greatest wars ever described were reported by | Homer, John Milton and the poet- musician Wagner. ————— the possibility of teaching commu- Hable to be the first thing he thinks up for himself. Changes of mechanism do not alter the tastes and customs of men in any basic manner. Whether it comes by radio or by telegram, the news in this locality continues to discuss grade crossings and silver. B — A Summer resort has aroused great protest by a decree banishing dogs from the Boardwalk. Expert adver- tising would encourage pampered pets, confident that foolish spending would come along with them. —_————————— SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. The Probabifity., Oh, bitter was the Winter biast. Relentlessly it blew. But sunshine smiled and said at last, “I guess weTl all pull through!™” ©Old March grew flercer day by day, But April skies are blue, And laughing blossoms seem to say “I guess we'll all pull through!” Contentions harsh ‘'mongst men arise. The story’s nothing new. In spite of sorrow and surprise, “Somehow we all pull through!” Spectacular. “I suppose you regard all your dis- play of eloquence as beneficial to the cause.” “Well,” replied Senator Sorghum, “to be candid, that eloquence isn't so much for the cause as for the effect.” Sometimes Advantageous. “Don't you ever change your mind?” “Of course,” replied Miss Cayenne. “It is very desirable to change your mind occasionally in order to call attention to the fact that you had any in the first place.” The Old Song. ‘This is the burden of the song That sounds among the busy throng; “Oh, I am right and you are wrong.” Though for a time two men agree, A parting there is sure to be, And each the little book will read That shows the precept or the creed ‘Which to his special mood appeals. And so the hurrying world reveals Of thought a constant clash and play Which brings both pleasure and dismay. And still we hear the ancient song Resound among the busy throng: “Oh, I am right and you are wrong!” Consideration. “Has your horse a good disposition?” “Yep,” replied Farmer Corntossel. “But he wouldn't have if I worried him as much as he does me.” To the Relief. Ere long another man of fame ‘Will face harsh criticism’s test. The umpire will assume the blame And give some other folks & rest. “I is like mos’ of de folks dat gives good advice,” said Uncle Eben. “Dar’s 8 heap of it dat I ain’ prepared to and | worker. We are now on the eve of | guarantee f'um personal experience.” | Post Offices and A Perhaps too much stress is laid on | nism from books. When a man finds | he is going broke, communism is | “Summer, with its daisies, runs up to every cottage door.” ‘That is a beautiful sentence. When you can write like that, you can write, my friends. Just & sentence, but when Alexan- der Smith it long ago he must have felt the thrill which comes to every writer who is & poet. Not every writer is & poet, by & The best writers are, though, and you will know them by it. Sometody ought to stand up in & pulpit and read old Smith at least once every year, so that we of this hurry- ing, scurrying, slightly mad era would be able to recognize real writing when we see and hear it. * x % % All the ham-fat “authors” who are rushing pot-boilers into print might withdraw some of them, at least, to the eternal betterment of mankind, then. For facts are not enough. A true writer has to have some- thing besides facts. He has to have imagination; nd that is where the poet comes in. ‘The poet is not necessarily a mystic, although he may be. He is just one who sees a thing a little bit differently from most people. Not every one who sees “differently” is & poet, of course. It is not the dif- ference, exactly, that makes the dif- ference. It is the imagination. * %k Consider the line above, about Summer, with its daisles running up | to every cottage door. | That’s the sort of thing that hits | the reader right between his mental eyes, the sort of thing you'll never |find in just pot-boilers. Any one can say that daisies grow around the cottages, but only the real | writer can make 'em run right up. That's the difference, and one has to read only a few lines in “Dream- | thorp” to find it, the poet in every- day prose. | * k x ¥ Consider the following line from another of Smith's essays: “My books open of themselves at places where I have been happy.” Every reader, even the most hum- ble, has had the same idea of the book which opens of itself. But no one before or since has written it in just that happy way. Most of us would say, and correctly encugh, that our books wanted to open at places we had read some- thtnc‘v.hu made an especial appeal to us! ‘The Scotch writer. who, by the way, was secretary of Edinburgh Univer- sity, knew better. His books, he said, opened of them- selves “at places where I have been happy.” Why can't the rest of us think of something as good? - e ‘The name of Alexander Smith, for | some of us, is a greater name than “hl of Adam Smith, whose “Wealth | of Nations™ is more famous than “Dreamthorp."” Alexander Smith lived between 1830 and 1867, being at one time in his early youth heralded as a greater | poet than Tennyson, as difficult as that is to conceive today. Perhaps the two quotations given at random above will help us under- | stand. France’s first lady of the land, Mme. | | Albert Lebrun, wife of the President | of the republic, will arrive in the | United States during the first week of June. She will be a passenger on the maiden trip of the giant new French liner Normandie, the world's biggest ship, which will sail for New York from Havre on May 29. Although no official arrangements have as yet been | perfected for Mme. Lebrun’s brief visit | on these shores, it is taken for granted | that she will come to Washington and | be entertained by President and Mrs. Roosevelt at the White House at least for a portiom of her sojourn. Pre- sumably Mme. Lebrun will return to France on the Normandie's home- bound trip. She was the official sponsor of the mammoth vessel when it was launched two years ago. In addition to the President’s wife, it is expected that some Freneh cabinet ministers and other distinguished Parisians will make the Normandie's first trans-Atlantic crossing. * kX ¥ ‘President Roosevelt clearly still “trusts brains,” as he once put it early in the New Deal, when mildly rebuk- ing those who taunted him with ha ing a “brain trust.” tion’s new congressional contact man, former Representative Charles West of ©Ohio, is, like s0 many New Dealers now in the seats of the mighty at Washing- ton, & Harvard man, as well as & one- time professor of political science at F. D. R’s alma mater. He is a post- graduate of the University of Naples and has taught at the College of Wooster, Tufts College and Denison University—part of the time as a lec- turer on international relations. Pre- vious to entering Congress Mr, West had a brief experience in the Amer- ican consular service in Italy. In se- lecting a former member of Congress as a g§o-between on Capitol Hill, Presi- dent Roosevelt emulates Presidents Coolidge and Hoover, both of whom at various periods had former Repre- sentatives—Bascom Slemp, Everett Sanders and Walter H. Newton—as their respective political adjutants. It is already suggested that sooner or later Mr. West will wind up at the White House as a regular member of the presidential secretariat, with Con- gress as his field of operations. The Ohioan is youngish, just turned 40, and & man with marked political fiair, spite his scholarly bent. He was the ministration’s candidate for the Senate in Ohio last year, but succumbed to that champion Buckeye vote-getter, who is now Senator Vic Donahey. % k¥ Former Democratic Representative W. D. Jamieson of Iowa, who prac- tices law in Washington and edits a nationally circulated weekly news let- ter called the Window Seat, tells his constituents that “a group of thought- ful Republicans” is reported, with all the earmarks of authenticity, to bé fomenting a quiet movement to bring about the nomination of Chief Jus- tice Charles Evans Hughes for the in 1936. Mr. Jamieson's informant claims that Mr. Hughes is in the Barkis-is-willin’ class. The editor of the Window Seat comments: gone extremely liberal, and I believe he is at this writing, despite his 73 years, the strongest man who could be nominated against President Roosevelt. What a campaign that would make!” * k % X Bankers throughout the country are much interested in the bill introduced by that other Jim Parley, tive James I. Farley, Democrat, of Indiana, to reduce the rate of interest paid on new postal sav- ings deposits from 2 to 1 per cent, effective July 1, 1935. The bill is now before the House Committee n; AN He who can give common things & new “slant” puts us all in debt, if we like good writing. The difference between good writ- ing and just ordinary writing was again forcibly brought home to the present reader just this month by s sudden interest in the lterature of Possessing one English work on the mmhcmchtmmmm other and older work. Pot-botlers, in other words, shunted off onto the much-abused public. When you see a subject through the eyes of Alexander Smith (the greatest of all Smiths, some will think) you see it clean and fresh. It is interesting to know that a son, Alexander Smith, II, born in 1865, came to this country and be- came professor of chemistry at Wa- bash College, 1890-'94. He held the chair of chemistry at Columbia Uni- versity from 1911 to 1921, in which year he died. L Some day the poems of the elder Smith will be revived, and we shall be able to judge whether he was the poet, in verse, many of his contem- poraries thought him to be. are enough, however, to one | sissified Such an idea is wrong, of course, but no doubt an amazing number | of persons, if you could get at their honest beliefs, would be found to hold it. Even in the year 1935 few young men would be willing to proclaim themselves poets, just so. * % k x Yet nothing is surer than that every prose writer of any ability is some- thing of a poet, too. He has to be, if his work is to be anything but a retelling of things others have told better. It may be only a word, now and then, that sets him apart from the mob of “ready writers,” but if achieved seller” lists, to be gone from it in a month, 8o resistlessly are they pushed from it by ever-crowding aspirants, but the good book of “Dreamthorp” collects just a lttle more dust down- stairs, waiting for the happy descend- ing footsteps of its chosen reader. Rest assured that he will come. John | Burroughs, no mean author, wrote of more than human beings when he penned these great lines beginning, “The friends I seek are seeking me.” He meant writers and their readers, too. Every one of us is a little of a poet. Even the most practical business man, as he stands looking down at a writer, may be moved to say, as one did say recently as he looked st a sheet of paper in a machine, “And now you are going to make something where only blank space exists.” The old definition of poet was ‘“‘maker” and he who makes words sing, in any form, or hearts sing, in any way, is | a poet. WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. meets with favor among bankers be- cause they think it would tend to re- duce the competition in some parts of the country between postal savings and the banks. Some think that the proposed interest cut might merely induce people to turn to baby bomds. * * x % Senator Barbour, Republican, of New Jersey told a club group in his | home State the other day that he lieves most of the Huey Long-for- President talk is sponsored by the Demoerats, who are using Huey as a bogey with which to build up a Re- publican vote for President Roose- velt. The idea is, according to Sen- ator Barbour, to scare G. O. P. adher- ents into supporting Mr. Roosevelt out of fear that the Kingfish, as an independent candidate in 1936, might manage to squeeze through to vic- tory. Mr. Barbour is quoted as say- ing that Long “is grestly overrated |and is far from being a threat in | the next presidential election.” *x x Not long ago Senator Tom Con- nally, Democrat, of Texas was asked by Rip Miller, line coach of the Navy foot bell team at to dig up a perfectly good Texas goat as a mascot for the Middies. The goat now in commission, it appears, is approaching the retirement age. Mr. Connally hastened to oblige and spread the news through Texas. It wasn't long before he had offers of no fewer than half a dozen animals that measured up to Navy specifica- tions, only to learn that on recon- sideration the Annapolis gridironers, having gone through a triumphant season in 1934 with its present mas- cot, had decided not to make 8 change. As things turned out, Sen- ator Connally is inclined to feel that he is the goat. * %k % Virginia's scholarly senior Senator, Carter Giass, will acquire his fourth honorary LL. D. degree on June 10, when William and Mary College will confer one upon him. The veteran statesman-editor is already an LL. D. of Lafayette College, Washington and Lee University and the University of North Carolina. Willlam and Mary several years ago made Senator Glass & member of Phi Beta Kappa. Glass ‘l-'lh not a university man by training. vate and public schools and in the newspaper business.” * x * % Those State Governors who pre- sented the woes of the New England cotton industry at the White House the other day found President Roose- velt surprisingly well posted on the details of their trade. He explained that in early life he had spent a good deal of time at New Bedford, Mass., one of the important seats of the industry, and, because he was related to about half the people who owned textile mills in that region, had become Intimately acquainted with their problems. The President was & sympathetic listener to every- thing the New England cotton people got off their chests, but, on the basis of figures showing that Japanese cot- ton goods “flooding” the American market do not represent more than seven-tenths of 1 per cent of our total domestic , Mr. Roose- velt told his visitors that he sees ?| President for his approval or veto. .| soldiers pension troubles which grew The Political Mill Pinance Committee, to which the Pat- man bill, passed by the House, has been referred, discussed the matter with the President at the White House yesterday. Growing out of the con- ference are rumors of a “eompromise,” ‘which would satisfy both vhe President and the great majority of the vet- erans. The veterans, however, have been insistent that they shall have cash settlement immediately of their adjusted service and that the interest due the Government on loans they have made againgt their certificates be remitted. The Presi- dent, on the other hand, has been equally insistent that the Government shall not have this additional expendi- ture placed upon it right now, partic- ularly since the money is not due for another 10 years. * k% % Unless the plans for & compromise work out, the issue will have to go to a showdown. No one doubts that a majority of the Senate will support a bonus cash payment bill. If it does, then the measure, after conference with the House if the Senate amends, the Patman bill will go to the Then the question as to whether the President or the veterans are the stronger will have to be settled, if the President returns the bill to the House without his approval. Two- thirds of the members veoting in each House will be needed to override a presidential veto. While the friends of the cash payment are confident they can muster more than two-thirds of the House to support the bonus bill, they still have doubts about the Senate. It is this doubt about the Senate that might lead the veterans and their friends to accept a compromise, pro- vided it hurried up the chances of cash payments. Whether the Presi- dent will be willing to compromise 1s still another question. Senator Har- rison apparently is hopeful that some kind of legislation can be worked out that the President will accept. One plan, it is reported, looks to the pay- ment of the bonus in 1938 instead of | 1945, on the theory that the 20-year period of the certificates should really have dated from the time the armistice was signed and the war was over. This | plan also contemplates the issuance of negotiable Government bonds to | veterans who wish to exchange their honus certificates for such securities. Such a transaction, it is urged, would enable the veterans who so desired to “cash in" without further delay. The veterans, however, have insisted that they should not be compelled to mar- ket bonds to get their cash, but that ft should come direct from the Treasury and without further delay. * k¥ % 1f the principals in the discussion of a bonus compromise find it impos- sible to reach a satisfactory conclu- | sion, then the Senate leaders will have | to determine whether it would be bet- ter to pass the Patman bill of the House or some other measure. The | b Patman bill calls for the payment of c. the $2,300,000,000 bonus total in “greenbacks,” Treasury notes. It seeks to set up what its supporters eall controlled expansion of the eur- rency. Its opponents say that there is no such animal as controlled ex- pansion or controlled inflation. Once currency inflation or expansion gets under way, they contend, there can be no control. A presidential veto of the Patman bill, it is said, might be easier to sustain than a veto of & bill which | provided for the payment of the bonus | without ihe inflation feature of the Patman bill. So the administration leaders might be tempted to let the| Patman bill go through, believing that they could kill it in the end. * % x X% ‘The bonus issue has been knocking | at the door of every year for some time. Many of the members | of Congress would like to dispose of it | once and for all. It is one of those issues that bob up to give them trouble with this or that group of constituents. The question arises in many minds, bhowever, whether the payment of the bonus will not merely be a forerunner of further trouble, with demands for pensions for the World War veterans soon developing. Every effort was made during the war to so arrange war risk insurance and other benefits, and later through com- pensation to injured veterans and the | bonus certificates, to avoid the old | out of the Civil War. There is talk now of writing into a compromise bonus bill & declaration by Congress that the Government is against fu- | ture for the veterans, where disability is mnot traceable to war| service—and then the veteran will be | cared for not by pension but through | the compensation features of the ex- isting law. k¥ X The possibility of former President Hoover entering the contest for the Republican nomination next year is discussed by the Wheeling Intelli- gencer editorially. It is said in in- formed quarters that the editorial re- flects rather correctly the attitude of West Virginia Republicags. After stating that the InteMigencer has seen nothing in any thing that Mr. Hoover has said or done to justify the assump- tion he will be a candidate next year, the editorial continued: “As a candidate for the presidency, however, Mr. Hoover is out of the question, and undoubtedly is aware of the fact. No matter how sound he may have been as a President, he is not the man to Jead the Republican party in this campaign. Nor is any other figure who was prominent in his administration the right man. Justly or unjustly, the American peo- ple rejected the leadership of such men as Mr. Hoover, Mr. Mills, Mr. Reed, Mr. Mellon, Mr. Watson, et al. The fact that they now have lost faith in Mr. Roosevelt, doesn’t necessarily imply that they have regained faith in the other gentlemen here mentioned.” H. G. Ogden, publisher of the Intel- ligencer, was the host of the former President only a day or two ago at the Fort McHenry Club in Wheeling. * x % Senator A. Harry Moore of New Jersey, former Governor, addressing the Cliosiphic and American Wig So- cieties at Princeton University last Priday, declared that “greater partici pation in business by government is inevitable for some time to come.” nothing in thet particulsr situstion | $icr to be alarmed about. (Copyright. 1985.) Art and Applause. Prom the Worcester Evening Gasette. A stage actress dislikes the screen because she can’t hear the audience's reaction to her work. Doubtless some prefer the screen for ur great development in America.” It is the fear that too much government in business will retard individual enterprise that has criticism. A ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC j. HASKIN. Q- Are Liberty engines still being used in Government airplanes?—T. N. A. Instructions have been given to dispose of all engines, spare parts, 2quipment and accessories except those obligated for school loans and three engines, etc., for the maintenance of the C-IC airplane at Kelly Pield. Q. How many miles of water mains are there in Washington, D. C.>—C. S. A. There are 879 miles of water mains in the city. Q. Who donated the Shedd Aqua- rium to Chicago?—M. M. A. A fund of $3.000,000, created by the late John G. Shedd, Chicago mer- chant long associated with Marshall Field, I, provided Chicago with this aquarium, Q. What does H. G. Wells regard a8 his best book?—E. O'C. A. “Tono Bungay” is said to be the work of which Mr. Wells is most proud. Q. How long have stage properties, scenery, etc, been used?—F. C. A. Before Shakespeare died there were such stage properties as beds, tables, chairs, dishes, shop wares, and perhaps some artificial trees, mossy banks and rocks. A theatrical man- ager in an inventory of stage prop- erties (1598) mentions “the Sittie of Rome,” which probably was a cloth painted to represent the city. Q. Is air conditioning of stores and office buildings increasing?—D. H. A. One company in the business of selling such equipment says that this Winter has broken all records in sales volume and that the trend in- dicates that 1935 will see three to five times the volume of sales of 1934. Q. How many Pederal game war- dens are there?—D. 8. A. There are only 23. State game and fish wardens are under the juris- diction of the State game commis- sions. Q. Who holds the strike-out record in base ball>—R. R. A. The record for strike-outs for a season is 343, made by Rube Waddell, Philadelphia, American League, 1904. Q. What is to be done with the money made by the sale of the Texas Centennial half dollars?—C. C. A. The profit goes to a fund for the construction of a Texas memorial musuem to be built at the University of Texas, in Austin. The coin com- memorates the 100th anniversary of the winning of independence by Texas. Q. How many motor cycles are in use,in the United States>—P. A. A. There are about 100,000 regis- tered. Q. How deep is the Red Sea?—R. M. "A. The greatest depth of the Red Bea is 7,254 feet. Q. How long does a camel live?— . H. A. From 40 to 50 years. Q. What became of the Globe Thea- ter in London?—R. J. A. It was finally destroyed by the Puritans in 1844. Q Is there enough hard money to| redeem all the paper money in cir- culation?—R. V. metal to redeem all money in circulas tion and leave a balance of more than :mmm of surplus monetary Q. How can photographs and old newspapers be cleaned?—O. B. G. A. Photographs may be cleaned with art gum or sponged off with water, Newspaper clippings can also be cleaned of surface soll by means of art gum. When the clippings have yellowed with age, nothing can be done to restore them. Q. What is an ambivert?>—D. H. A. The well-marked extrovert is & man whose emotions and impulses readily and freely express themselves in action, in words, gestures and all the natural channels of emotional expression. The introvert, on the other hand, is & man whose impulses and emotional stirrings are apt to remain bottled up within him, de- termining brooding and reflection rather than expression and action. Ambivert is the type intermediate between these two. | Q What was the first ship in the American Navy to be driven by elec- tricity?—J. E. K. A. The aircraft carrier U. 8. 8. Langley, formerly named the Jupiter | and built for a collier, was the first electrically-driven ship in the United States Navy. Q. Is it true that Jesse James rob- bed the rich and gave to the poor?— ‘P. W. L. A. There is not a definite state- | ment to this effect. He was a famous | outlaw. One account of his life says | that he was far from the criminal des- perado many have represented him to be. He was chivalrous to women and during the long years of his struggle with the law committed no crime with the primary intention of taking human life, but was solely actuated | by the motive of maintaining his status as a free man. Q. Of the men who die in the | United States, how many do not leave | income-producing estates>—W. M. 8. | A. Court records show that out of | every 100 men who die, 82 leave no income-producing estates. Q. What foundation in history is there for the screen play, “Clive of India"?—E. K. L. | _A. Clive was born, Shropshire, 1725; died, London, 1774. He became em- | ployed as a writer with the East In- |dia Co. and went to Madras at 19 |years of age. Madras was attacked and surrendered to the Prench. Clive escaped and entered military service. | He rose steadily and had many bril- | liant successes, one particularly at Plassney, when with 3,000 he defeated 50,000. He entered Parliament later. He was obliged to return to India, | where he reorganized the army. Later many of his acts were questioned, |and while he was commended by Parliament, the worry affected his mind and he committed suicide. Ac- cording to historical records he is | named as “the creator of the British | Empire in India, the foundations of which he laid in 12 short years.” Q. Are any of the interiors of the In"MerlD - 1 buildings done in colors? —A.D. J. A. The Department of Justice Build- ing is noted for its brilllant colored mosaic ceilings covering 11,000 square | feet. This is the only spot of color {in the $100,000000 worth of new Government buildings in the triangle. These mosaic ceilings are the largest in the United States, and are the | first to be executed entirely with Amer- !ican materials. Cotton Goods Process Tax Assailed in Trade Debate Much of the comment on the com- plaint of cotton manufacturers that the processing tax injures their busi- ness is sympathetic toward the posi- tion taken by the mills. Competition from Japan and other foreign coun- tries leads to the demand that action should be taken for relief of the do- mestic producers, “The processing fax,” according to the Macon (Ga.) Telegraph, “seemed sound at the time it was adopted, but all theories have to stand the test of experience; and if the tax is placing such a burden on cotton goods as to slow down consumption to a marked | degree it may be that the situation calls for further study. It may be that Senator George is right in his view that while benefits should still be paid to the cotton grower as part of the plan to control production, the payments might be made from the enormous five-billion-dollar works-re- lief bill.” “The causes of the ills of the indus- try,” declares the San Jose (Calif.) Mercury Herald, “are doubling the price of cotton, the imposition of proc- essing taxes, the decrease of exports, an alarming increase of imports—es- Japan—an abnormally restricted domestic demand for cotton goods and the danger of a price col- lapse. These conditions are the result of the cotton reduction . The theory of it was that raising prices would expand employment, which in turn would increase consumption. It had the opposite effect. The high price of cotton goods decreased con- sumption to the point where the mills could not dispose of their products. A partial shutdown became necessary to prevent a breakdown.” Light on the Oriental competition is shed by the Portland Oregonian, which says of the present trouble from that source: “The Japanese, in the rapid industrial development of their island , have taken to the man- ufacture of textiles as if it were de- vised for their special benefit. Cli- mate, & multiplicity of nimble fingers and interested adaptability have fa- vored the spinning of yarns and the weaving of fabrics in Japan; ingenious Japanese mechanics, unhampered by patent rights, have much improved textile machinery, simplifying the processes and speeding up production; workers are willing to spend long hours at ihe frame and loom for wages that would be a pittance to American mill hands.” “The American consumer,” thinks the Pittsburgh “does not relish paying a tax which benefits for- eign manufacturers, exploiting cheap labor to compete with American mill owners, paying wages figured on the besis of American living standards.” ‘The new Bedford (Mass.) Mercury com- ments: “The situation presents a pic- ture of adversity and suffering that cannot be dismissed with the Wallace suggestion that ruined mills and job- less operatives are only ‘a little sort to the future price situa- to come out with the ‘alibi’ pme.mtnx tax is to blame for evident,” contends the . C.) Observer, “that if be secured, it must be ted by the Chief Executive in of the positive and adamant stand that has been taken by Secre- tary Wallace against removal of the processing tax which the cotton man- ufacturers claim is standing between them snd continued operation of t their plants on as good as a break- even basis.” “The cost of finished goods has ad- | vanced far more rapidly than the buy- | ing power of the American public has | increased.” states the Boston Tran- | script, while the Providence Journal advises that there is “need for sub- jecting the Department of Agricuiture | to a campaign of education regarding the cotton textile business.” The Sioux City (Iowa) Tribune takes the position that the American textile in- dustry “has too many obsolete ma- chines,” while the Japanese “have | thoroughly modern textile plants.” | The Danbury (Conn.) News-Times be- | lieves that the N. R. A. “saves units whiclf are sometimes too weak to be wortl saving.” The Salem (Mass.) Evening News is convinced that “it | would have been far better if the attempt to raise the price of cotton had been a more gradual one.” “A delegation of representatives of the textile industry in Georgia.” says the Nashville (Tenn.) Banner, “waited upon Mr. Wallace to protest against the tax and to emphasize their opinion that it was largely responsible for the distressed condition of that industry. ‘They took the position that the tax of about $20 a bale, though in the first instance paid by the manufacturer. | was passed on to the consumer and that the resultant increase in the price of cotton goods had lessened the demand, and the decreased demand had been reflected in the depressed . The leaders in that indus- try propose that the tax should be paid out of the work-relief fund of nearly $5,000,000.000 placed at the President’s disposal.” Dessert. From the Boston Transeript. Three elephants escaped from s circus in England the other day, stole a lot of food from s market, and ended up by eating quanities of soap. Probably just their way of washing down a meal. . Bugs on the Greens. Prom the Gulesburg (IIL) Regisier-Mail Chinch bugs are now said to be attacking and destroying golf greens of the East. One awaits more detailed information. One thing certain is that they cannot get nourishment from the golf balls. Higher Visibility. Prom the Worcester (Mass.) Evening Ga- ‘Times change rapidly. Willlam Allen ‘White says we must look to the Republican party. And only a few months ago we were looking for it with a microscope. | A Rhyme at Twilight By Gertrude Brooke Hamilton. Evening Processional Driving out of the city at twilight. el b After the buying and selling, After the stress of the town, + The rolling flelds and homesteads, ‘With an amber sun going down.