Evening Star Newspaper, April 26, 1935, Page 10

A—10 THE EVENING STAR With Sunday Morning Editien. WASHINGTON, D. C. FRIDAY........April 26, 1935 THEODORE W. NOYES. . . Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company 11th 8t. 'lurf:!n%.e%l?s?lcvel‘ml Ave. Chlcaco Ofice Lake Michiean Buildine European Office; 1%, Regent St.. London. ‘England. Rate by c-rrlehr r‘i':lhm the City. Re The Evening Star ... . 'fll’ Evening and Sund. ‘when 4 Sundavs).. . ‘The Evening and Sunday (when 5 Sundays). ‘The Sunday Star Night Final Edition. Hl'hl Pinal and Sunday Star.70c per month ight Pinal Star. ;. . -55c per month ction made at the end of eacl mont| rders may be sent by mail or telephone National 5000. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia, Daily and Sunday. .1 yr.. $10.00; 1 mo.. & Duuy oniy. . 173r)726.00% 1 mo’. Sunday only . 15yr.. $400: 1 mo. All Other States and Canada. ity andSunday. 1 yr. $12.00: | mo.. $1.00 iy only, 1yrl $8.00: 1 mo. 75 Svnday only. $5.00: 1 mo.. Member of the Associated Press. The Associated Press is exclusively en; titied to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not other- wise' ciedited n this paper and also the local news published herein. ~All rights of publication of svecial dispatches herein Aare aiso reserved. | The Airport—Ad Infinitum. Not a single year since 1926 has | passed without the introduction in Congress of an airport bill of some sort, and there have been few ses- sions of Congress that did not wit- ness extensive hearings and favorable reports on one or more airport bills. | ‘This year has been no exception. And | the fact that this vear the House | District Committee began considera- tion of & bill to develop Gravelly Point as an airport and ended its consid- ‘45c per month Star 60c per month Star 65c per month + . Be Der copy train crews are not accountable, but their employers surely are culpable when they refuse to comply with the terms of statutes which have not been repealed or nullified by judicial de- cisions. It has been the often-repeated ex- | perience of public authorities seeking greater safety at grade crossings to meet this indifference and opposition on the part of transportation com- panies when measures are sought to abate the deadly nuisance. Here is a distinct case of deflance of the law. WIIl it be tolerated, or will steps be taken to bring about a measure of compliance pending the abolition of the crossing at grade, for which, it | would seem, the public is to pay the whole cost? ———s The Senate and the Bonus. The Senate Finance Committee acted with extraordinary speed on the soldiers’ bonus bill. However, the honus problem is one on which the majority of the Senators have long since made up their minds. There was no particular reason for delay. ‘Within a few days, probably on Mon- day at the latest, the bill will be laid before the Senate itself for action. The Senate Committee has reported a substitute for the Patman bill, which passed the House. It is the so- called Harrison compromise with some trimmings, among them a provision that the veterans may have cash for their bonus certificates or bonds, as they see fit. The large vote in the committee turning down the Patman bill, for the payment of the bonus with “greenbacks,” was both encour- aging and expected. The Senate has repeatedly defeated the Patman bill in the past. The committee voted in favor of the Vinson bill, supported by ’ THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY, APRIL. 26, 1935. century of wandering, investigation and toil that he had means enough to purchase @ small estate—now Audubon Park in New York City— and retire to relatively comfortable security. His monumental books on birds and quadrupeds, all magnifi- cently illustrated with plates of his original drawings, brought him more honor than money. He suffered the lot of dreamers in general, paying for his vision in the coin of hidden pain. But his soul matured under the in- fluence of his experience, and in the end he had spiritual laurels which never can fade, but which, rather, will be a continuing inspiration for all who choose to dedicate themselves to ideal purposes. - Eventually the world will know him better—today’s commemoration of the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of his birth should have the effect of promoting intelligent interest in him. | Yet it may be wondered if he ever can be more deeply or sincerely ap- preciated by the nature-loving fra- ternity in whose service his genius, his time and his energy were spent. —_— eaee The need of all authority possible for ocean airplane service has brought a request for a Farley communication to Congress under a special delivery stamp. —————————— The temper of American youth is such that any college must concede that one good foot ball coach is worth more than & dozen Communistic professors. — vt Soil erosion is causing so much con- cern that the eminent conservation authority, Gifford Pinchot, should easily be tempted to revert to his economic specialty. e Old books picked up in Washing- ton seem to have just a little some- thing extra. Perhaps this is because one always feels that historic hands may have held them. Here is an old leather volume, ex- posed in the sunshine of a real Spring day. A passerby turns the yellowed pages. He finds a bookmark. a slip of an- clent paper—at, page 10! That was as far as some reader got so long ago. was the reader, maybe it was cir- cumstance. At any rate, the mark shows be- yond dispute that the person who placed it there managed no more, though the book runs to 400 pages. PR Of the taking up of many books there is no end, of the finishing 'em— ah, that's quite another matter! At one time we thought this fail- ure was one of middle or old age, but of recent years we have discovered a number of very young persons who do not finish the books they begin. | With old-timers it was something | of a point of honor to complete the reading of any book begun. Even though the work bored one terribly, it must be finished. Today all that seems changed. Youngsters pick up some book, read a few pages, then if they fail to like it show no compunction at all in put- ting it out of sight and mind. XA Maybe there is a new deal in book reading, too, to suit the changing | times. Yet some of us will continue to be- | lieve that the old way was best. | " It made, for one thing, for better selection. Whether one purchased or bor- Maybe it-was the book. maybe it | THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. ‘The individual reader must be judge and jury. He has a right to make selections solely on his personal needs. A plain gain of this age is that more and more this privilexe is being ac- corded, without any particular discus- sion, It is more and more realized, with the widening of every type of en- deavor, that no one person or school can be a criterion any longer. ‘Whether this is altogether good or bad remains for the future, but it may be seen even now that it is a fact, and a fact which permits the individual reader either to judge wisely or be submerged completely in a perfect flood of books. * ok % K Submergence of the mind is not what we desire. Rather the mind must swim, must have complete control, must not go out of its depth, must make straight for its own shore. How much better off many readers would be if they would stay near the shore. ‘We may suspect that the gentleman who stopped at page 10, as instanced above, might have saved himself the ignominy if he had refused to be lured by somebody else’s advice. in with, and he knew it. ml‘!’;{ every one, truly, is interested in microscopy! * K X Staying close to one's own sure | shore, whatever iL may be, is a good way of avoiding this sort of trouble. The flora and fauna uf his shore will | he enough for the wayfarer. There is much point, in youth, in dippins into all sorts of books, but after one has begun to settle down a bit it is just as well if the reader re- alizes his limitations. As a booklover he has limitations, just as he has them in all other lines Favors a New Capitol As Symbol of New Era To the Editor of The Star: My attention has been attracted to “‘an article calling attention to the proposal to alter the Capitol. In Washington attending the D. A. R. convention, I took the opportunity of going to look at the east front of the bullding to see what it is that Congress proposes to do. I would like to protest against the proposed changes and also to protest against leaving the old building the way it is. I am proud of the history of our country and of all that we have ac- complished, but no nation can afford to spend its time looking backward, | even as no art can look backward and | survive. The Capitol is a mice old building | archeology it is not a Parthenon. It |15 a hodge-podge built by several of | our early architects and eventually was furnished with a foolish cast-iron dome which is a sort of cross between domes. ing sentimentalists try to tell us that in its way, but even as a picce of | several of the better known European | Some of our backward-look= | A reader can get the answer to any question of fact by writing ITne ~wasningion kveming Star Information Bureau, Frederic J. Haskin, Director, Washington, D. C. Please inclose stamp for reply. Q. Has the New York racing sea- son opened?—H. 8. A. It opened April 20 at the Ja- | maica (Long Island) track. Q. How many world series have been won by the American Base Ball | League? The National?—E. 8. A. To date the American League has won 18 world series and the National gue has won 13. Q. Ar | occurred lately a new thing in the | West?—C. C. | A. The Weather Bureau says that the West always had them. Until the last local. Several years of drought, on it 1s all fine and has spleadid *“Fed- eral character,” whatever that may | be, and that the seat of our Congress ought not to be changed in any way. I say that Congress has changed, | that we are in a new era and that we ought to signalize this fact by | tearing down the whole structure and erecting cn its site a grand modern monument to the new age. Why Perhaps the book was over his head, ! should the legislative branch of our | | Government be housed in a building | which is nothing but a stupid adapta- | tion of the architecture of bygone | ages? | Why should not the United States Government hold a great competition | | for a modem Capitol building for our | modern Nation? Imagine how inspiring it would be to look down Pennsylvania avenue | and see rising on Capitol Hill not the confused mass and antiquated dome which now meets our eve, but some | splendid structure of shining chromi- um and glass mounting heavenward, terminating in a mighty pinnacle | dominating the Nations Capital City top of the reckless denuding of thou- sands of acres of land where rainfall is normally relatively light, provided, in great abundance, the first ingredient | of duststorms. The high winds that | blow over the plains in Spring and }iummer brought the second ingre- | dient. i Q. Is there any standard set for raflroad ties?—E. A. W. All ties used in the railroad industry have to pass certain speci- fications set up by the Committee on Ties of the American Railroad Engineering Association. Q. Is there a difference between a nighthawk and a whippoorwill?— E. W. A. They belong to the same fam- ily, but are not the same species. Q. Which justice of the United States Supreme Court has the tenth circuit?—S. T. A. At the present time. due to the stress of business in the Supreme Court and in Washington, D. C,, the the duststorms that have | 0 years they have been | ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. the wearing of the edges was a fault which has been surmounted by mak- |ing them of a hard composition or of steel. Q. When were diplomatic relations established between the Soviet Union | and the United States?>—C. B. A. A. They were established by an ex- change of notes vetween President Roosevelt and Commissar Litvinoff in ‘Washington, November 16, 1933. The | Ambassadors are William C. Bullitt J!nfl Alexander A. Troyanovsky. Q. If no cotton were raised for & year would the boll weevil survive? —F.W.C. A. The Bureau of Entomology savs that the boll weevil is known to breed | on only one other plant besides cit- ton in the cotton belt, namely, the | shrub-althea (Hibiscus sirfacus). If | no cotton were raised for a year in the cotton belt, most of the weevils would be eliminated. | Q. When were the first Negroes brought to the new world>—B. H. B. A. The first ship of Negroes brought to the new world came in a Portu- guese boat to Santo Domingo in 1503. | The first shipment of slaves to the | United States was on a Dutch ship in 11619. The Portuguese monopolized | the slave traffic for about a half cen- | tury. Spain entered the slave trade ! about 1517, England about 1553 and | France in 1624. Q. Why is the prison called Sing | Sing and the city called Ossining? —C.R. G. A. Sing Sing Prison is located just outside the city limits of Ossining. |N. Y. Ossining was formerly Sing Sing. The name Sing Sing, by which it was known until 1901, comes from | the Indian word meaning a stony place. After the State prison was located there and called Sirg Sing. the townsfolk desired a change of name of the town, and chose Os- sining. L rowed, one spent more time in pre- | of endeavor, both intellectual and the American Legion, as a substitute eration by reporting out a totally dif- ferent measure, leaving to a commis- sion the selection of almost any site but Gravelly Point, is indicative of the apparently hopeless confusion and in- ability to agree on anything pertain- ing to a local airport. For nine years Congress has been | subjecting the matter to close ex- amination, to the hearing of witnesses, | expert and otherwise, and to the an- for the Patman measure, and then voted to report the Harrison compro- mise proposal instead of the Vinson | bl It was not at al surprising that the committee should report a bonus bill to the Senate. The important thing is that the chairman of the committee, Senator Harrison, should | be so insistent that the President will | nual visitation of salable real estate, | which, in somebody’s opinion, would make a satisfactory airport. For nine vears the subject of a local airport has | been agitated; closed meetings, open | meetings and mass meetings have been held. And for nine years the latest decision of one group or another has been heartily condemned by some other group. | In the meantime, Hoover Field was | placed in operation in 1926 by Henry | Berliner's Potomac Flying Service, devoted to the business of fiying a few brave souls over the Washington Mon- ument, at so much a flight. In 1928 the Hoover Field was sold for a re- ported price of $300,000 to Interna- tional Airways, Inc, and the filling in of low ground around the Wash- ington Airport was begun with dirt | factory to the veterans who are de- ‘ | approve the bill. If this be true, n‘ marks a distinct step away from the | position earlier adopted by the Cmel} Executive, that q\zcre should be no | immediate payment of the soldlors'; bonus, which is not due until 1945.| The payment of the bonus would put an added burden on the credit of the | United States, which the President and his Secretary of the Treasury both hold would be an unwise step. ‘The Harrison proposal is not satis- | manding a cash settlement of their bonus certificates at the full value, barring loans, which those certificates would have in 1945. The veterans, | however, look with considerable favor on the suggestion that the adminis- | tration is willing to “compromise.” | They do mot believe that the Harri- The educational demands on citi- | zenship are especially severe when | bankers are expected to understand | farming and farmers are expected to | understand banking. The public has become indifferent to large figures, which may be created | by the stroke of & pen, and more alert | to the smaller computations as they | may appear in the grocery bill. —— v Local artists have recorded achieve- ments which make it plain that an Andrew Mellon art gallery will not have to depend entirely on old mas- | terpieces. ——r—————— A bold mentality must expect diffi- cult tasks. Whenever an especially hard job is mentioned there immedi- ately arises the suggestion, “Give it to Tugwell.” e Lindbergh will soon be back in ac- tive aviation, which will be good for all flying interests. He is a man whose reputation inspires confidence. liminary consideration. This is more ever before, with“the huge drift of books from the presses of the world. It is intensely difficui.. even for a trained mind, to discriminate, t make even an attempt to pick th enduring from the ephemeral. This comes about partly because of the increased number of works pub- lished every vear, partly because of the undoubted merit of a greater proportion of new bocks. * ok % X If we stop to think of the “good old days” of not so very long ago. we realize instantly that something has happened in regard to writing. It is simply that more people are writing. Universal education has-done its work, in this respect, at least. An author no longer 1s held in awe. Every one writes. The surprising thing is that such a large proportion of it is good writing. This means that a reader must be wary, indeed, if he is able to select the enduring from the well written of no particular lasting value. Perhaps no two persons would agree precisely on definitions of terms here, but this much may be said. that there is greater need than ever for good selection. B ) - | || WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS Foreign invaders of the American market have not vet done anything to cheapen beefsteak and potatoes. R cessary today than] physical. Happy is he if he recognizes them. | and makes the best of them. He then will be in a position to con- centrate on what most interests him. Interest is the keynote of the best nd happiest characters. | They are free from the harassments | commonly met by perspiring readers | trying their best to keep up with the new books. i * Kk kX Let no one, after a certain age, be {ashamed of his own likes and dis- ikes. Before that. let him suspect them | to be true to his own tastes. | It is in this being true. we never | tire of saying, comes the greatest hap- | forces over books in which he can sel- | dom get past page 10 will never know it. | This joy is reserved for those aspir- ants to knowledge who, though they | may never get very far, are certainly | on their way, in the manner of those good scientists who select their sub- | jects and remain true to them for life. ’ Science and literature thus become | reconciled. and the happy reader will | not leave behind him. as the unknown | did. a yellowed bookmark at a pathetic page. | Afterward there will be time enough | | piness of reading. He who scatters his | BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. B | and providing a fitting symbol of the ! new age. GERTRUDE B. WITBERG. [———— Time for All-American | Support of Government To the Editor of The Star: A member of a G. A. R. organiza- | tion has referred to Representative James Hamilton Fish of New York as “a Benedict Arnold” because he ad- vocated a statue to Robert E. Lee, at Arlington. _Several months ago I at Richmond, Va. In the course of his remarks he said “I do not know whether I am safe in mentioning the | name of Lincoln here.” He was visibly affected when he was inter- rupted by a storm of applause. I think Mr. Fish went to Richmond laden with certain sectional ideas. I think he came away convinced that he had been talking to loyal, patrioti Americans and he was man enough to meet them half wav and forget his own sectional views in the interest of National unity. In view of the openly stated deter- mination of the radical foreign groups in this country to destroy this Gov- | ernment, all individual property rights and all religion, it is high time for Northerner and Southerner, Catholic {and Protestant, Gentile and Jew, white and colored, to stand shoulder to shoulder to swat the traitorous ele- ment boring within our midst or there Supreme Court judges do not go on | circuit. as formerly. and each circuit | may be supervised by any justice | best able to serve, or the whole court | may take the matter under advise- ment. Previously, after the tenth circuit was established. Mr. Justice Van Devanter supervised this circuit | in addition to his own. | Q What 1is the Laxey wheel? —W. F. H. A. This wheel is in the town of on the Isle of Man. There are v lead and silver mines wheel is heard Mr. Fish address an audience =tr and originally used for pumping these mines. ? ' Q. What was a ship?—G. G. W. A. This was a ship which had re- ceived a license or extraordinary com- mission granted by a government to 2 private person to fit out an armed vessel to cruise as a privateer or cor- sair at sea and make prizes of the enemy’s ships and merchandise. Un- der such a commission the acts o committed were not considered piracy. Q. Why are seed pearls so called. and where do they come from?—G. F. A. They are so called because they are tiny and appear like seeds. They are the pearls found in the mussels in rivers of Germany, Ireland, Scotland, Russia and China. letter-of-marque Q. When and where were roller skates first used?—P. M. S. | bonnet instead of a crown. Q. How many Angora goats are there in this country?>—H. S. D. A. There are approximately 3.500.- 000. The States in which they ere raised principally are Texas, New Mexico, California, Oregon, Missouri and Arizona. Q. How long have book clubs been in existence?—E. F. A. The Roxburghe Club, founded in 1812, was the earliest English book club, properly so called. The Banna- tvne Club was originated by Scott in 1823. The Camden Society (1838) began the modern method of pub- lishing by the society rather than in- dividual members. During the Co- lonial period in America there were a number of such literary associations. The earliest and most famous of these was the Junto. founded by Benjamin Franklin in 1726 Q What is the vegetable called udo?—H. F. M A. Udo (Aralia cordata) is a Japa- nese vegetable cultivated for its blanched, edibl~ shoots. The plants are bushy and yield for about nine vears. They are planted three to four feet apart and cultivated like asparagus. Q. What is a bonnet piece?—H. J. A. It is a gold coin oi James V of Scotland, so called on account of the King's head being decorated with a James V was the first Scottish sovereign who placed dat's on money and the first son proposal is the ultimate step. | There is enough relief money to re- | | They look to see a more favorable | lieve almost anything except the sus- excavated from the Department of Commerce building operations. In who diminished the size of the gold may not be any country left to fight coins by increasing their thickness. A. Wheeled skates were used on the roads of Holland as far back as 1929 bids were opened and construc- | tion begun on enlargement of Wash- | ington Airport, $600,000 having been reported to have been spent by the| Washington Air Terminals Corpora- tion. In 1930 the Washington Airport and the Hoover Airport were combined | for operating purposes, and in 1931 the night airmail service was moved ! from Bolling Field to Washington Air- port, following the placing under- ground of telephone and power lines. | In 1933 the Washington Airport and Hoover Field were sold to the Na- tional Aviation Corporation of New | compromise measure emerge even- tually. There is not the slightest doubt that many of the Senators are | averse to having the bonus issue held over them in their campaigns for re- | election. They would like to be rid | of it, at least for 1936. | The fight for the Patman bill, and barring that the Vinson bill, will be continued in the Senate itself.; And if the Senate finally passes the Harrison compromise there is still the | House to be reckoned with. Through the aid of the Senate, the President nas been able to stall off a bonus bill | York for about $600,000, both Aa!es’ being at public auction. In 1934 a major advance was recorded by in- | stalling traffic lights on Military road | to warn vehicles that some plane was | about to land or take off across the | road, and after a short but fervid | Tow, the Army demanding to know by what authority the lights had been placed, it was decided that nobody had the authority to put up the lights, but they would be allowed to remain. | Today Washington Airport is one of | the busiest places around Washington. Four large air lines make it thei terminal or stopping place. Planes arrive from and depart for every part of the country. In three days last | week some 600 persons were flown on air tours above Washington. And no | famous aviator ever lands at or leaves | Washington Airport , without con- demning it as one of the worst in the country. Nobody knows what will have taken place in local airports and aviation nine years hence. But the prediction, based on history, is that nine years hence a committee of Congress will report out a bill which either favors or condemns Gravelly Point and the bill will be immediately criticized by those who favor or condemn Gravelly Point. And commercial planes, larger, speedier and more numerous, will still be landing and taking off from Wash- ington Airport, on which the Govern- ment has never spent a cent. The Railroad and the Law. Absolved from responsibility for the tragic grade crossing accident at Rockville, with the holding of the bus driver for possible prosecution for carelessness, the Baltimore & Ohto Railroad refuses to increase the safety provisions at the point of the disaster. Its refusal is couched in these terms: The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad contemplates no changes in the pres- ent system of protecting tHe crossing at Rockville. It is protected with the ‘usual signs, bells and watchman. ‘This declination ignores & erfilnd statute enacted twenty-three years ago requiring the railroad to maintain safety gates at this crossing and also to station a watchman at the intersection from six o'clock in the morning until midnight. There are | no safety gates, and the watchman goes off duty at ten o'clock. The law is & dead letter This attitude of the corporation is | characteristic. It should lead to & broadening of the field of responsibil- ity for casualties that may occur at highway-track intersections which are not provided with all that the laws require in the way of warnings. The up to this time. If the House and Senate are finally able to agree on some kind of a measure, then it will be up to the President to accept and approve the bill or to veto it. There is no just reason for the passage of | either the Patman or the Vinson bill. | The Government at present in its huge | relief program is giving assistance to | needy veterans. Indeed, it gives pref- erence to the veterans. The Senate should defeat any bonus cash payment measure at this time. If the Presi- dent vetoes a bill of that kind, his eto should be sustained. — e When a State talks about setting up an independent government even the | most -superficial historian is entitled | to yawn and say he has heard all that before. | —_—et——— Agriculture regrets that the Japanese | cherry blossoms remain for such & little while and the Japanese beetle prepares to linger all Summer. —_— e Audubon. ‘The name of John James Audubon | will be held in grateful remembrance | forever. It is synonymous with the! study. understanding and conservation of bird life and has an institutional memorial in the National Association of Audubon Societies and in the bird sanctuaries established and maintained | by the federation. It is known in the | fleld of science and in that of art, enduringly associated in both with eminent achievement and distinction. But the celebrated naturalist him- self remains romantic and myste- rious—a legend of vast attraction to & numerous public. The researches of modern investigators have disclosed facts which are almost as colorful as the myths which they are intended to replace. Audubon, it has been demon- strated, was not the Lost Dauphin, son of Louis XVI and heir to the crown of France, as many of his contempo- raries supposed. Neither was he a native of Louisiana, as his earliest biographers imagined. Instead, he first saw light of day April 26, 1785, at Les Cayes, Haiti, and was the child of s French sea captain and a Creole woman of Santo Domingo, born out of wedlock and curiously endowed in the circumstances as William the Con- queror, Leonardo da Vinci, Giovanni Boccaccio and others similarly disad- vantaged have been. Even as an in- fant he seems to have felt the need to “stand up to fate” and to make a place for himself by the exercise of his own merits and the assertion of his own personality. Success did not come to him easily. Indeed, it was only after a quarter i) pense. o A watch dog of the Treasury fs| likely to have to learn to recognize his master's voice. —— N. R. A. has 1ts confusions, but draws the line at a mix-up that might make the letters read RAN. Now it's a “baby” N. R. A. that has | same day this week. Frank C. Walker OV€r F. G. CAMPBELL. | been declared unconstitutional. A former Republican member of the House of Representatives. County Judge Homer W. Hall, at Blooming- ton, Ill. has just ruled that the | Illinois State industrial recovery act is illegal. His finding involved the automobile ccde. A firm was charged with violating the code by selling a used car as new and allowing a cu | tomer more for a used car in a trade- " SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Heritage of Custom. | A cannibal bold had a lincage long That inherited some of his ways. Though his progeny hadn't his appe- | tite strong, | His memory called for their praise. He often would pause for a moment of mirth And he sang with a voice far from small, “I haven't an enemy left upon earth— | Because I have eaten them alll” An able descendant who toiled in the mart Amassing a fortune so great, Made other folks poor through a system so smart, While he dined in magnificent state. The men that he broke by some!it One of the points F. D. R. stressed masterful stroke Have answered Oblivion's call. He hasn't en enemy left—it’s no joke— Because he has eaten them all. Still a Student. *“What are you studying?” “A book of synonyms,” said Sen- ator Sorghum. approaching a state of affairs in which @& smooth politician needs a rough vocabulary.” Jud Tunkins says a man whose| heart is in the right place is more to be relied on than one with a super- abundance of brains that won't stay anchored. Starting Over, Father, dear, is feeling queer, For daughter’s a co-ed. His boy at foot ball wins a cheer Which dad has often led. Some communistic teachings, too, Occasion him distress. And father has to start anew A life of loneliness. Ups and Downs, “Of course, life must have its ups and downs.” “The people rather approve of the idea,” said Mr. Dustin Stax, “other- wise the roller coaster wouldn't have been so successful.” More Argument. Somewhere ‘doth dwell Prof. Scopes With evolutionary hopes ‘Which were defeated by decree 'Way down in dear old Tennessee. No doubt he studies now and then The theories which rise again. And hears the oratory vexed While wondering what may happen next. “A man dat hasn't any troubies,” said Uncle\ Eben, “would have so little to talk about dat he wouldn't be good company foh nobody.” “We are evidently | in than the “book value” fixed by the code authority. instituted on complaint of an agent of N. R. A. Judge Hall ruled (1) that the transactions in question were in- trastate and consequently State mat- ters only: (2) that the State Legisla ture has no right to delegate its au- | thority to the Federal Government, and (3) that the Federal Government has no intrastate police power. Judge Hall served in Congress for several terms preceding his defeat for re- ' election in the 1932 Roosevelt land- slide. His decision in the Illinois Tecovery act case attracts special at- tention because it coincides with ac- ticn by Congress that will decide the fate of N. R. A. P President Roosevelt is concentrat- ing intensively, and practically to the exclusion of everything else, upon the gigantic work-relief enterprise, of which he will be the big boss. He held forth at his recent press confer- |ence for a solid hour—a record ses- | sion—while explaining the staggering | scheme and his set-up for handling |is that it's a $4.000.000.000 and not | & $5.000.000.000 proposition. The extra 1$880,000.000 commonly mentioned rep- resents the tail-end of relief funds | and has nothing to do with the work- relief program. While reeling off tne dizzv variety of construction jobs to be undertaken, Mr. Roosevelt chuckled when he came to swimming pools. his favorite playgrounds. ingly explained that “political sub- divisions,” to which funds are to be loaned, mean cities, counties and States and not congressional districts —a subtle suggestion that ladies and gentlemen from Capitol Hill will have no special status at the pie counter. * % Xk X Augustus E. Giegengack, public | printer of the United States, who pre- sides over the biggest printing shop in the world, hopes that, now that Uncle Sam is going in for gigantic building operations, Congress or Presi- dent Roosevelt will recognize the de- sirability of constructing a new Gov- ernment Printing Office. The Public Printer considers the present anti- quated building hazardous in the ex- treme, from the standpoint of the 5.000-0dd men and women employed there. He urges the early erection of ment responsible for production of the Congressional Record and some 50,- 000,000 other public documents a year. * Kk kK Secretary Hull withholds confirma- | tion of reports that Leland Harrison, former foreign service official, is to become American Minister to Ru- mania, but it is well understood that the appointment is imminent. A for- mer Assistant Secretary of State and successively Ministgr to Sweden and Uruguay, Mr. Harrison left the serv- ice several years ago, after having spent nearly a quarter of a century in it, including duty in the State De- partment and at Tokio, Peking and Paris. In view of the administration’s reciprocity program, Secretary Hull will find Mr. Harrison’s experience of special usefulness, because the sea- soned diplomat once served as chief of the International Relations Division of the United States Tariff Commis- sion. The recall of a career man indi- cates that the foreign service has not become a happy hunting ground for New Deal patronage seekers. * Xk X X Notre Dame University saw two of its sons nationally honored on the A I The prosecution was ; He also laugh- | a modernized home for the establish- of Montana, class of '09, was reap- | pointed director of the National Emer- gency Council and named head of the work relief division of applications and information, while Father Julius A. Nieuwland. professor of organic ¢hem- istry at Notre Dame, received the American Chemical Society medal for his achievement in preparing the compounds without which synthetic rubber would never have been made. The society hailed Father Nieuwland as a “soldier of science” who daily risked his life in the laboratory in or- der to provide the corner stone for a new branch of the chemical industry. * ok ok % Prospective additions to the New Deal alphabet are W. R. A. (Work Relief Administration) and D. A. L (Division of Applications and Infor- mation). D. A. I will have the first crack at proposed projects. Then W. R. A B. (Work Relief Allotment Board) will settle their hash. There will probably be alphabetical designa- tions for most of the 40-odd bureaus and agencies to be charged with work- relief activities. So the Capital faces the ordeal of learning its way through the alphabet soup all over again. * ok ok x Chairman MeSwain of the House Military Affairs Committee opposes enlargement of the Military Academy. He would give Re- serve and National Guard officers commissions in the Regular Army in- stead of graduating more cadets. Gen. Summerall, former chief of staff and now president of the Mili- tary College of South Carolina, says that while he would offer second licu- tenancies to R. O. T. C. graduates, enlisted men and members of the Na- ticnal Guard and Organized Reserve, | the difficulty would be the effect upon West Point graduates. merall states: “I believe our history has vindicated the maintenance of the Military Academy. While all of its graduates have not demonstrated adequate efficiency, there is no way of eliminating those who fail until they are tried. Many of our ablest standing at the academy., I believe both_justice and wisdom require that all West Point graduates be commis- sloned.” * k ok % Guessing when Congress will ad- journ is now Washington's favorite indoor sport. Optimists say it will re gust 1 more likely. A conservative guess is July 1. legislative jam is a certainty, Many authorities believe President Roose- velt will have to trim his “must” legislative cargo if a Midsummer ses- sion is to be avoided. (Copyright. 1 —_— Remedy. From the Portland Oregonian. A physician explains that when we are at a loss for words it is due to an insufficient blood supply in the brain. When embarrassed by inability to think of the right thing to say try standing on your head. —— . Busters. Prom the Kansas City Star. It appears that most small boys known as “Buster” grow up to be quiet, peaceable citizens. But boys aficted with names like Huey and Huhgie sometimes grow up to be busters, —_——— Ttaly’s Reserves. From the Seattle Star. An Italian reports the discovery of four planets beyond Neptune and im- mediately named two for Mussolini and King Emmanuel. That assures Italy some surplus territory for its fast- growing population. ,\ United States | Gen. Sum- | officers did not have a high class | around June 15. Pessimists think Au- | All agree that a| — Criminal Procedure in England and America To the Editor of The Star: I have observed that very frequent- ly comparisons are made betwcen the inexorable swiftness of justice in England-—as compared with the lei- surely and somewhat lax fashion in which it is meted out in this coun- try. With regard to criminal appeals, an appeal has to be lodged within 10 days of the conviction, the Court of Criminal Appeal sits as soon as pos- | sible, generally within a week or so The appeal can be made only on a question of law or of fact or partly one and partly the other, and a ver dict can be upset only if it is un- reasonable or not supported by the evidence—to prevent a miscarriage of justice. From the Court of Criminal Appeal a further appeal can be made to the House of Lords—on a certificate from the attorney general that there is a roint of exceptional importance. Very few appeals go to the House of Lords. One has just been heard there—within three weeks of the hearing by the Court of Criminal Ap- Ipeal. In this case the convicted party got off on a misdirection to the Jury by the judge. The case was that of a young wite being shot dead by her husband. The death took place just before Christmas, 1934, so that the case has gone through three courts in less™than four months. If the House of Lords had not reversed the verdict of the lower court the death sentence would be carried out in a few days. This contrasts greatly with the procedure in this country. ALEX POLLOCK. v Protests Housings in Owner-Occupied Areas To the Editor of The Star: It is very interesting to read of the administration going into competition with property owners, erecting houses | that will rent from $5 to $10 per room. ‘Who remembers the Government tell- in a home; you can't lose; buy a home; it makes better citizens"? Well, thousands did it; paid the mar- ket price; built up nice sections of the city—such sections as Brookland- ‘Woodridge. This section consists of at least 95 per cent owner-occupied, de- tached homes. Now the Government comes along and says, “We are going to erect cheap housing for Govern- ment_workers near Fourteenth stres and Rhode Island avenue northeast.” I can only see after the experiment the Government housing passing from Government owned and operated to private business at & sacrifice price— a loss to the taxpayers and eventually another slum district on our hands. It would not be so bad if this expcri- ment would be a loss to the taxpam:rs as a whole, but should it turn out as I have stated it would cause the loss of many hundreds of thousands of dollars in depreciation to the property owners of this section. If it is intended to go ahead with such project, it should be undertaken in a rental section of the city, and not in a detached, residential, owner- occupled section. In the interest of the taxpayers, before attempting to execute any housing proposition the Government should investigate the matter from an investment standpoint, taking into consideration the loss of rent that is suffered by the property owners from vacancies over the last four years, together with the records from the Municipal Court of suits for possession for non-payment of rent. After doing this, I believe they will find that to rent on the $5 and $10 per room basis will just add another lburden to the taxpayers. L. V. THACKER. * < I | the eighteenth century, but it was) the invention of the four-wheeled skate, working on rubber pads, by ! J. L. Plimpton of New York, in 1363, that made the amusement popular. Still greater advance was made by thg Raymond skate with ball and cone bearings. The wheels of rollers were first of turned boxwood, but In beauty of workmanship they ap- proach the Roman coins. These bon- net pieces are among the most valued curiosities of the antiquary. Q. In what kind of meter is Long- fellow’s Hiawatha written?—F. C. A. The poem is written in trochaic dimeter, which was suggetsed by the Finnish Kalevala. Cordial approval is given by the press to President Roosevelt's decision to spend $200.000.000 of Federal work- relief funds for the elimination of grade crossings on railroad main lines For years there has been agitation in r of ridding the country of these highway death traps. but the normous cost involved has made progress slow with local, State and railroad financing. Now. the Presi- dent, spurred by the tragic destruc- tion of a school bus in nearby Mary- | land. determines upon an immediate and wholesale tackling of the problem and the newspapers reflect public acclaim. “The shocking accident in Mary- land." says the Philadelphia Evenir Bulletin, hastened the announce- ment of the definite policy to be | Acclaim President’s Project | To End Crossing Death Traps emergency is greater than sings. we have not been in- lormed.” declares the Wilkes-Barre (Pa.) Times-Leader. while the Lin-" coln (Neb.) State Journal regrets that some communities “are not in a posi- tion immediately to offer necessary land.” SESER— Matthew Arnold’s Poem Descriptive, Prophetic To the Editor of The Star: The following excerpt from & poem by Matthew Arnold is submitted as descriptive of the present and pro- phetic of the future: Nor doth he know how there prevail, Despotic on that sea, Trade winds which cross it from eter- pursued. and has riveted attention on the importance of removing this haz- ard of the hichways, which takes an annual toll which ought to be startling —1.511 were killed and 3,697 injured | throughout the country in 1933. The | sum of $200.000.000 carried in the preliminary allotment for expendi- ture up to July 1. 1036. will provide for only a start at elimination. A plan submitted to Secretary Ickes some time ago called for the expendi- ture of $865.000.000 on an elimination program, and some estimates place the cost of total removal at several billions. The Government proposes to defray all expenses save for land. | As work-relief projects, crossing re- | dustry by extensive orders of primary | materials The Providence Journal comments: | “A better regulation of highway trans- | portation in the neighborhood of rail- way crossings is imperatively needed | The whole question of gates and sig- | nals should be restudied. Where it is at present economically impracticable to separate grades, the utmost care- fulness of all concerned must be in- | sisted upon.” “Criminal negligence,” in the judg- ment of the Roanoke (Va.) World- | News, is responsible for most of such tragedies, and the Birmingham (Ala.) Age-Herald states: “The President has | referred to the ghastly Maryland |lesson. The country as a whole is not likely soon to forget it. Mr. | Roosevelt has outlined four basic | principles to guide the grade crossing | elimination program. They are that | the States or localities shall provide | the land; the crossings shall be on | main line railroads; the Federal Gov- ernment will pay the cost of the work: the work shall be completed by | duly 1, 1936.” “Every dollar spent for this work will serve the dual purpose of giving | work to the unemployed and saving | lives,” is is pointed out by the Asbury | Park (N. J) Evening Press. The Charlotte (N. C.) Observer observes as to the practical side of the Federal project: “Neither the individual States nor the privately owned rail- roads have been in position to ac- complish this reform on the basis of their own resources, and this, there- Judged by the standard of public in- terest, than which there is no higher P fore, becomes a sound program when | nity. A“n‘n‘e(’n.- holds some false way, un- debarred By thwarting signs, and braves The freshening wind and blackening waves. And then the tempest strikes him, and between The lightning bursts is seen | Only a driving wreck, And the pale master on his spar- strewn deck With anguished face and flying hair, Grasping the rudder hard, Still bent to make some port, he knows not. where, Still standing for some false, impos- sible shore. ing the people for the last 15 years,|movals have the advantage of Pro- | anq‘sterner comes the roar “Buy your home; invest your money | viding many jobs and stimulating in-| o¢ cea and wind, and through the deepening gloom Fainter and Minter wreck and helms- man loom, And he, too, disappears and comes no more. ALEXANDER SIDNEY LANIER. ———- | Bridge Rules. ; Frcm the Indianapolis News. | New bridge rules are not of great | moment to somebody who never took the trouble to learn the old ones, | —— e The Old-Fashioned Man. From the Nashville Tennesseean. | A reactionary this Spring is the man | who still maintains it is his wife's duty to keep his buttons sewed on. A Rhyme at Twilight By Gertrude Brooke Hamilton Code of Life To hold my friend. To rout my foe. { In human contacts as I go | To keep the law within my heart | Tempered by joyous love. Apart ir‘mm all mankind to ponder out | The right and wrong beyond a doubt. To go when I have drunk so deep | Of life’s full cup that only sleep Can clear the way and offer me The cup of immortality. To give good dust back to the sod— And learn why I have lived from or.