Evening Star Newspaper, June 26, 1935, Page 6

THE EVENING With Sunday Morning WASHINGTON, D. C WEDNESDAY .. .June 26, 1935 THEODORE W. NOYES.. Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company. 11th 8t "snd Pei onfv'-:ng Ave. New Ycrk Office: 110 h:t 3nd 8t. European 3!-»:"1"%‘-::‘;“& &&‘fi"fl:ma Rate by Carrier Within the City. Regular Edition. e Evening St R‘- Evenine_snd’ sunday Star when 4 ays] and Sundsy Star STAR Edition. 45c per month 60c per month 65¢ per munth ¢ per copy T wnen b Budays) when 5 Sundays The Sunday Star ... Night Final Edition. Night Final and Sunday Star .. 70c per month Night Final Star .. .. B5b¢ per month Collection made at the end of each month. Orders may be sent by mail or telephone Na- tional 5000. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advancs Maryland and Virginia. Daily and Sunday. $10.00: 1 mo.. Daily only 1 1. $6.00 1 mo. Sunday only 85¢ B All Other States and Can: Daily and Sunday.l yr. $12.0 Daily only .....'17yr. Bunday only......1 yr. $5. Member of the Associated Press. The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this neper and also the local news published herein. All rights of publication of special dispatches herein are also reserved. a. 1 mo.. 1 mo. i 1 mo.. ‘Unemployment Changes. Senator Copeland’s subcommittee in charge of the Ellenbogen unemployment bill for the District is to meet this afternoon to consider amendments to that measure making it conform with the National legislation. There are at least five changes that should be considered: 1. The National bill, as it passed the House, affects employers of ten or more persons; as it passed the Senate, em- ployers of four or more persons. The local bill affects employers of four or more persons. The local bill should conform to the National legislation in this respect, whatever the National legislation may finally provide. 2. The maximum period of benefit in the local measure is twenty-six weeks. In New York and some other States it is sixteen weeks. The longer the period of benefit, the higher the cost, for the greater must be the unemployment re- serves. There is no need for the local legislation to exceed in period of benefits the legislation enacted by the States. For a period, at least while the results of the law are under study, the benefit period might well be scaled down and increased later if necessary. 3. The National legislation initiates the pay roll tax at one per cent, increas- ing it annually to three per cent—ninety per cent of which is allowed as & credit against local pay roll taxes. The New York unemployment measure follows the same plan. The District bill levies & three per cent tax at the outset. It 1s logical to levy the tax gradually, pre- venting the possible complications re- sulting from a sudden three per cent increase in the cost of production, which will be passed on to consumers in the form of higher prices. The local bill should in this respect conform with pro- visions of the National legislation. 4. The District bill requires, in ad- dition to three per cent pay roll tax levied on employers, a contribution from the local government amounting to one per cent of all private pay rolls. That provision is unusual and should be elim- inated. The prospective drains on local revenues from other measures are heavy as it is. One principle of the National unemployment insurance plan is. that 1t be largely self-supporting through the pay roll tax. The local government should contribute only as an employer of per diem labor. No further contri- bution should be exacted, at least until the needs for such additional revenue are made clear and explicit. 5. The Ellenbogen bill originally in- cluded a “merit clause” which by a re- duction in the pay roll tax rewarded em- ployers stabilizing their employment. As passed by the House there is no merit clause, only a penalty clause, distinctly illogical, affecting employers unable to stabilize their employment. A real merit clause should be included in the local bill. Some tangible incentive should be held out to employers who maintain steady pay rolls or increase their em- ployment. As it is, the reward for in- creasing pay rolls is an increase in the pay roll tax. The National bill, as it passed the Senate, makes this merit clause possible. e “Distribute the burden,” says Senator Borah, instead of “distribute the wealth.” It is an indisputable fact that men who have been forced into litigation have found wealth truly a burden. An inheritance might be made to re- lieve money congestion by allowing poli- ticians to squander wealth without waiting for heirs to do so. Ambassador Sze. ‘Washingtonians, who have long con- sidered him one of their own, rejoice in the appointment of Dr. Sao-Ke Alfred Sze as China’s first Ambassador to the United States. It is the result of recent arrangements between the two govern- ments to elevate their respective lega- tions to ambassadorial rank. Great Britain and Japan have taken corre- sponding action. Coincident with it, the United States raised its seasoned Min- ister to China, Nelson T. Johnson, to the status of an Ambassador. Dr. Sze’s promotion comes to him at the end of a period of service in America which ranges back to 1921. His actual Dr. Sze represented China in the United States during the important period of the Washington Conference in 1921-32, which produced the nine- power pact designed to safeguard the territorial integrity of China, and from which there also sprang the agreement with Japan for restitution of Shantung. Previously, while Chinese Minister to London, Dr. Sze had served his country at the Paris Peace Conference. Follow= ing the Washington Conference, he was again stationed in London, and during that tour of duty it fell to his lot to plead China’s cause before the League of Nations, about the time Japan was launching her campaign for the occupa- tion of Manchuria. The American people have a tradition- al and abiding interest in the welfare of China, and have manifested it in practical form on innumerable occasions. The Western World's demand for the open door in that unhappy country, first voiced by John Hay, was conceived alike in the name of China's welfare and of equality of opportunity for all nations in her vast market. In the maintenance of the United States’ ancient friendship for China Dr. Sze has played a consistent and conspicuous part. A host of American admirers will" wish for him a long continuance in ambassadorial rank of the effective service he has always rendered as a spokesman of China in many lands, and often under difficuit and discouraging conditions. r—— Just Another Billion. Another billion-dollar bill is on .its way through Congress. By a vote of 45 to 32 the Senate has passed the Bankhead bill to have the Government finance purchases of farms for tenant | farmers. The measure proposes to set up & Federal farmers’ home corporation, empowered to lend money to purchase farms for tenants and to equip them. Sixty years would be given the pur- chasers in which to repay the Govern- ment, and interest charges at no time would be more than three and one-half per cent. During the debate on the bill in the Senate Senator Adams, Democrat, of Colorado remarked that in his opinion it was not the function of the Federal Government to buy farms for anybody. This, however, is an outmoded opinion. Under the New Deal the Federal Gov- ernment is expected to buy everything for everybody. The Bankhead farm tenant bill at best is a sham. It authorizes bond issues up to a billion dollars to furnish the money to purchase farms for tenant farmers, but provides that none of the bonds shall be issued for a year. It gives to the new corporation $50,000,000 with which to start operations, a sum that could take care of only a very small number of the tenant farmers who wish to purchase farms. 8o it is evident that tenant farmers who get this aid from the Government must be hand picked. The bill, however, while it will not take care of the great mass of farm tenants, will commit the Federal Government to great expenditures and increase the obligations of the Government. In addi- tion, the Government will be permitted to buy land at any price it sees fit and to sell at any price. Owners of farm land will be able, through the operation of this measure, to get rid of unproductive lands at the expense of the Government. In other words, they will be able to “unload.” And while the Government, on the one hand, through Secretary Wallace, Dr. Tugwell and the A. A. A, is curtailing crops—and paying for the curtail- ment—on the other hand it will be in- creasing the farm land in cultivation through its aid to tenants and would-be farm owners. The Bankhead bill is only the latest costly experiment proposed for the Fed- eral Government. It has yet to pass the House and run the gantlet of presi- | dential approval. Now that the Presi- dent has decided the time has come to levy increased taxes on the people, he may be less inclined to look with favor on another billion-dollar bill. The much- discussed tax program of the President to decentralize wealth—to make the wealthy pay the bills for the New Deal—has been brought to light in tax amendments now proposed by adminis- tration leaders. The annual yield of this tax program is a mere $340,000,000, ac- cording to estimates. When the bill for all these costly experiments is paid it will be paid by all the people, for only all the people could pay it. If the bill grows much larger, not even all the people will be able to meet these obli- gations. An unusually long, cool wave may be & cause of apparent indifference on the pari of some argumentative statesmen as to whether Congress adjourns or not. The Prince Plays Politics When members of the British royal family dabble in politics it is news, and, as even that highly privileged char- acter and popular young man, the Prince of Wales, has just discovered, it is sometimes bad news. The other day at the annual convention of British Legion, a coun! of ex-service men)s organizal highness made a speech in said he felt “there could be cial disavowal of the princely remarks. “I ne'ther approve nor disspprove of | them,” said the magnificently non-com- mittal Sir Samuel. “This is not & mat- ter within the competence of my office. It is the affair of the British Legion.” Thus were Paris and Moscow assured that Wales was talking entirely off his own bat and in no way reflecting the views of his majesty’s government. Since the heir to the throne made the friendly gesture to the enemy of 1914-18 the Reich, by grace of Britannia, has been restored to rank as a sea power, so the PFrench and the Russians may not think that the prince spoke so much out of turn, after all. In the interval, too, a group of German war veterans has arrived in England, to visit the graves of German soldiers and been cordially greeted by British veterans. The leader of the German party declares that the Prince of Wales is “the man of the hour” in the Reich and that ex-soldiers there are eager to grasp the hand of friendship that he has extended. The incident will, of course, be closed without serious international complica- tions, though that accomplished applier of diplomatic salve, Capt. Anthony Eden, now on a mission of explanation and reassurance to France and Italy in connection with Anglo-German naval plans, will probably be invited in Paris to clear up the affair a little more thoroughly. The prospect is that “Prince Charming” henceforward will be im- pelled to confine himself to the innocu- ous tasks of corner stone layings, ship launchings, bazaar openings, statue un- veilings and other activities in which the possibility of a faux pas affecting Brit- tain’s foreign relations is excluded. It has been demonstrated that a little blarney, at this acute stage of the Euro- pean situation, is a dangerous thing. A 'special tax on prize-fight admis- sions would be one means of Govern- ment revenue which would make de- mands only on wealth that is obviously superfiuous. Studying Asiatic industrial systems will be of little avail in so far as their basic idea is to compel the masses to eat less and less and work more and more. Abyssinia feels renewed regret that her leadership in the League of Nations roll call was only one of those alphabetical fictions. ? There might be some arrangement for & supplementary Nobel prize for a United States Constitution that will give universal satisfaction. ——————————— The will of Bronson Cutting shows that he was a happy man, with friends deserving of his love, The cog in the talon of the Blue Eagle looks to some economists like a remnant of a shattered cash register. Shooting Stars. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. The Game Goes On. At forty, in the base ball game, A man admits he’s not the same. To something else he has to turn; Nobody is too old to learn. A filling station he may plan And be a wayside friend to man. One simple truth he must recall: ‘There's lots in life besides base ball. Perhaps he’ll seek for rural charm And undertake to run a farm, Or take a flyer in the mart, Or be an entertainer smart. Again he strives to score a hit, ‘Wild umpires puzzie him a bit. But, he assures us, after all There’s lots in life besides base ball. Dawning Consciousness. “Do you understand music?” “I believe I'm beginning to,” said Sen- ator Sorghum. “Sometimes the debate sounds like the Wagnerian music mother and the girls have made me listen to.” Jud Tunkins says some ideals cannot be realized. There is no hope of making everyday life seem like a collection of magazine covers on a newsstand. Pride of Endeavor. A man on the dole may be hard to control If industry ceases to please; The blessing of work he may cease to extol, Contented to dwell at his ease. The man with a hoe is ambitious to know A way ancient custom to wreck, And he hopes all the toil life hereafter will show Is the labor of cashing a check. Retribution. “Have you quarreled with your law- yer?” “No,” answered Mr. Dustin Stax. *“I meet his demands without protest and trust in him for retribution. Maybe when they are soaking the rich theyll have to let me alone and go after him.” Residue of Fortune, When affluence goes On a splendid parade And nobody knows How expenses are made, ‘Taxpayers admire Some magnificent scenes ‘When their real desire - Is just plain pork and beans. Our gold'you may take And our raiment so fine, You may bid us forsake The aroma of wine, ‘You may stop the display That once suited our means, But leave us, we pray, Just our plain pork and beans. “Education is gittin’ so peculiar,” said Uncle Eben, “dat it's hard to keep o+ dren from- tellin’ things deir par.usws give way to Berlin, still magnificent in her inanimate and decorative beauty, but restless and unhappy under the monotonous display of Brown Shirts. Through Nazi Germany to Prague, beau- tiful, noisy, exhausting, and then to Vienna, lifeless in spite of its attractive- ness in Summer and pitiful in its pov- erty and threadbare pride in Winter. There is & chapter on Paris during the riots of 1934, and another relating amus- ing and humorous experiences in the famous “flea market.” Buying flowers in St. Germain-en-Laye, bull-baiting at Arles, the plight of a gallant little Frenchman ensnared by a possessive Englishwoman, weeks of rain in Austria, a trip up the Jungfrau, & visit to Bern and an adventure into an estate housing a group of female “seekers after beauty” and harboring & mad deer as well, are some of the experiences, somber and frivolous, humorous and dangerous, ac- cumulated in Central Europe. Keen observations on Moscow and Russis occupy the secornid part of the book, and the third is devoted to Ireland and England, with experiences as s member of the jury in Old Bailey, at- tendance at a dog show, broadcasting, s Socialist Summer school and other interesting incidents, told with sincere simplicity. Stories of Cork, Kerry, Con- nemars, Limerick and Galway, the an- cestral home of Miss Mannin, present an Ireland rarely sensed by tourists or writers. The unconventional tales of a lone nomad are these provocative and candid impressions of the Old World at the crossroads, majestic in its natural and structural beauty, bewildered in the grip of elemental humanity seeking a new civilization. * x % % AWAY TO THE GASPE. By Gordon Brinley, New York: Dodd, Mead & Co. Thirty-two hundred miles around the Gaspe Peninsula in & motor car is the subject of this delightful book of travel experiences and pleasures enjoyed by the author and his wife on a trip em- bracing one of the most enchanting yet least known regions on the North Amer- jcan Continent. From Connecticut to Quebec and then over the territory which saw the landing of Jacques Cartler, in 1534, the itinerary of the drive around ‘the peninsula is set down in a breesy, g alluring story of camping, dancing, fish- ing and motoring in all kinds of weather, together with & complete picture of the country, the people of its villages and towns, the occupations and crafts in which they engage, the wild flowers, fish, game, sea birds and vegetation peculiar to the location. Mr. and Mrs. Brinley started off alone, expecting to find gorgeous scenery in abundance and a scarcity of humanity. Their first encounter with mankind hap- pened to be an impromptu call from a man described as a jovial pessimist. The incident provided a note of com- edy that became a stepping stone to other ludicrous and amusing situations and meetings with strangers along the way, each one of them adding its share of fun to four leisurely months of happy vacationing. The book is profusely illustrated with handsome pen-and-ink sketches and full-page brown tone plates by Putnam Brinley, and the inside covers are lined with illustrated maps of the entire region of the St. Lawrence River and the route around the peninsula. The book also con- tains statistical tables of routes, giving the mileage between towns, populations and other information of value to motor travelers. For those who~ have been around the Gaspe the story will have an intimate appeal, and for those to whom the pleasure of such a trip is still in the future it holds an irresistible allure. * ok ko THE SPIRIT OF LONDON. By Paul Cohen-Portheim, author of “Eng- land, the Unknown Isle.” Philadel- phia: J. B. Lippincott Co. ‘Here is an unusual two-way picture book of the largest and the most intriguing city in the world. Not entirely an illus- trated work, for the accompanying text is an encyclopedia of information, writ- ten in narrative style and revealing the intangible spirit’ as well as the stone and mortar, the tangled streets, the in- and the noise that is London. Publication of the book comes after the death of its author, and in & brief preface concerning his work and the un- timely ending of his career Mr. Ray- mond Mortimer says: “The premature death of Paul Cohen- Portheim is tragic not only to his many and devoted personal friends, but to those who share his bellef in the con- cept of Europe. In itself it is a small thing to be at home on the Zattere and the Kurfurstendamm, in the Rue ‘wrote: this sort ceases to be purely descriptive, and becomes explanatory or critical, it is bound to encounter opposition. Where the author i s selith THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. strangely enough, hasn't the slightest qualm about the matter. He knows something the others do not know. He knows how he feels. ‘While they are anxiously peering at him to be sure of noticing the first signs of imminent breakdown and dissolution, he goes right ahead enjoying life. He is on a par with that other Wash- , who never made the head- lines, but no doubt should, who lived an entire Summer, while the family was away, on ginger ale and buttered crackers. There was & man after his own mind! A lagging appetite, it seemed to him, meant just one thing sensibly. Less food. “If & bird won't sing, make it sing,” went the old proverb. There was another one, however, of equal antiquity, which said, “You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make him drink.” LR Evidently the proverb makers got mixed up or something. The man who decided to go on & diet of crackers and water—for that, in a sense, was what it was—stuck to it all Summer. When the family returned, the mem- bers thereof accused him of patronizing the best hotels and restaurants, he looked so well. Only the evidence of 976 gingerale bottles, piled high in the kitchen, proved his diet. Since that day this man has largely given up the senseless mixing up of scores of different edibles in his stomach every day. The world does it, he knows, and he has no kick at the world. (What's the use?) Let those who have the means eat to their taste, he will follow his own, and gather such health from thé foods as Nature puts into them. * kK % Probably Nature, herself, with all her munificence, never foresaw what & huge list of things man would eat. Within & few days Joseph Clark Grew, American Ambassador to Japan, plans to leave his post for a leave of absence in the United States. It will be his first | vistt in this country since President Hoover appointed him to Tokio three years ago. Besides enabling Mr. and Mrs. Grew to renew home ties, the Am- bassador’s sojourn will afford President Roosevelt and Secretary Hull welcome ty to check up on the Far | Eastern situation, particularly in light of Japan's new activities in North China. Last Winter reports were published in | Tokio that a certain United States Sen- | ator prominent in the inflation move- ment was slated to supplant Mr. Grew, | but there have never been any develop- | ments in substantiation of the story. ® A ox x Ambassador Grew is regarded at Washington as having made a highly creditable record in Japan. He has been conspicuously alert and energetic in representation of American interests, both official and commercial. Despite the vigor with which he habitually clears for action, he has retained the esteem and confidence of the Japanese govern- ment and public. Mr. Grew’s educational background parallels that of the Presi- dent, including Groton and Harvard. ‘The Ambassador was at Harvard in Mr. Roosevelt’s time, although they were not classmates, Mr. Grew having been two years ahead of him. One of our fore- most career diplomats, the Ambassador is completing his thirty-first successive year in the foreign service. He was on duty at Berlin when the World War broke out in 1914 and was secretary general of the American Peace Mission at Paris. From 1924 to 1927 he was Undersecretary of State. * K K X something for silver, and bringing them up to date on the mining situation. Thayer, a native Hoosier, has been s long-time political crony of former Sen- ator Jim Watson. * x * % President Roosevelt’s Summer plans are dependent on the course of legis- lative matters in Washington, primarily the faje of his tax program. A to for a visit Col. Edwin P. Thayer, former secre-- will do well to look around a bit, and xuy::mummmmmmm- ments. of “crank,” “faddist,” and the like, at the wight who endeavors to adjust food are he has discovered a few things for him- self. If they take soda tablets afterward, no wonder. The liquid, or semi-liquid, diet is a thing, especially at this time of year, if plenty of milk is included in it, in all probability there must, since WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. fixed plans for a°trek so far afleld. Sooner or later there will prospectively be the annual protracted stay at Hyde Park. When the work-relief State ad- ministrators were at the White House the other day F. D. R. intimated that he just ahead to absent himself from this neck of the woods. . *x % x Although the Senate had already passed the social security bill, the walls of the chamber were still adorned early this week with a big ‘chart entitled “Estimated Annual Costs 6f the Social Security Bill” It displayed some stag- gering figures, namely, that old-age benefits will cost $23,000,000,000; old-age assistance, $10,000,000,000, and unemploy- ment compensation, $11,000,000,000. An unofficial calculation now making the rounds is that social security ultimately will impose taxation of $3,000,000,000 & u%fis 45 Bisut aut a Government-guaranteed $1,000,000,000 bond issue to aid tenant farmers, made a parting but futile ap- peal to the Senate to look before leap- ing into legislation of questionable legality. “T really think this body,” said Senator Adams, “having already rebuked upon several occasions by the Court, little scrupulous in n at least doubtful constitutionality.” * kK % Surprisingly little doubt is expressed at the Capitol as to the ability of Presi- dent Roosevelt eventually to enactment of his wealth-tax program. ‘Widespread House sentiment is reported i i1 EH H ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS By Frederic J. Haskin. A reader can get the answer to a: question of fact by writing The washing. ton Evening Star Information Bureau, Frederic J. Haskin, Director, Washing- ton, D.C. Please inclose stamp for reply. Q. Who was Gnlll__-a]m'. - bend?-L. F. C. AN b : . Galli-Curci’s first hi was Marquis Luigi Curci of !tm:'nh:: whom she married at Rome in Il:lg'::d from whom she was divorced Q. When was the late Viscount B; mm.knuh&udwhnmvnn!:x'x N:l :’ymhflhmn—fl. w. s . Byng was created a knight in 15. On his retirement in 1919 he re- t Q. What is the origin of the term sybarite?—F. R. H. A. The inhabitants of Sybaris in South Italy were proverbial for their luxurious living and self-indulgence. A tale is told of a Sybarite who complained that he could not rest comfortably at night because he found a rose-leaf doubled under him. The term has thus become applied to self-indulgent persons and lovers of ease. Q. What fee do ranchmen pay for let- ting cattle and sheep graze in the na- e fees for cattle u) the national forests durln(n“jll;gs m average 8 cents per head per month. | The fees for sheep during 1935 will average 2.7 cents per head per month, Q. How many States have duck refuges?—E. M. A. Since March, when the refuge . movement started, 223 refuges have been established in 43 States. Each of these will provide resting facilities, food, shelter and protection for the birds. ‘The largest refuge to be set aside com- prises 53,000 acres on the Sulphur River near Texarkana, Ark. ' Q. What is the correct title of the ' painting popularly ealled “Whistler's Mother”?—V. L. A. “Arrangement in Gray and Black” | is the name which Whistler gave the | painting. H Q. What is the origin of the com- | munity Christmas tree movement?—C. F. A. The comm: Christmas tree was initiated in New York with fes- tivities for the children at Madison Square in 1912, Even before this at S8an Francisco, the public singing of carols was an annual event. Q. What does the winged horse sym- bolize on the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D. C.?2—F. C. A. Pegasus here represents lyric poetry. Q. Has the number of mental cases in hospitals increased in the last five or six years?—R. C. A. In 1927 hospitals in the United States provided 373,000 beds for nervous and mental cases. In 1933 the number had increased to 513,000, Q. Has Norway much unproductive land?—S. S. A. Three-fourths of her land is un- productive. A Q. Please describe the Jonker dia- mond.—B. M. A. The weight of the Jonker diamond is 726 carats (about 5 ounces); length, 2% inches; height, 1% inches; breadth, about 1 inch; circumference, length- wise, 6% inches, at broadest point, 4% inches. It is described as a soft, silky blue in color. Emerald cut, the Jonker would be the world’s second largest cut stone weighing approximately 425 carats. Q. What is the origin of the expression “brand-new”’?—M. M. W. A. Some believe it to mean s0 new that the mark or brand of the maker has not yet worn away or rubbed off. ‘The expression was formerly used only of things made of metal. Q. Who founded the Oneida Com- munity?—PF. K. A. The Oneids Community was founded by John Humphrey Noyes in Madison County, N. Y. Q. How long has the lion been used as a figure in heraldry?—V. L. A. Ever since 1164, when it was adopted as a device by Philip I, Duke of Flanders, the lion has figured largely and in an amazing variety of positions as an her- aldic emblem, and, as a consequence, in public house signs. The earliest and most important attitude of the heraldic lion is rampant (the device of Scotland), but it is also shown as passant, passant * gardant, salient and even dormant. The device of Venice is the winged lion of * 8t. Mark. Q. Is yeast fattening?—W. F. A. Yeast contains nothing to“make any one gain or lose weight. One cake of yeast contains fewer calories than a sods cracker. It does enable one to assimilate better the food that is eaten ° and gives a normal appetite. 4 Q. At commencement exercises where ! an LL. B. is being conferred, on which side of the cap should the tassel be © worn?—E. W. T. A. The faculty for exercises granting degrees of LL. B. would wear the tassel ' to the left. The class would wear the tassel to the right until each diploma was presented, whereupon they would * immediately shift to the left. Q. In what year was adulterated lard - shipped in large quantities from -the United States?—F. 8. 8. A. Between the years 1880 and 1890