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A-S THE EVENING STAR With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. ....... veee.. August 23, 1935 e THEODORE W. P{O!!S-..........m —_— The Evening Star Newspaper Company. 11th St. and Pennsyl oOffice: 110 New York 1330, 1¢ Office: Lal m&:&u: 14 Regent St Rate by Mal—Payable in Advance. 1 i8¢ fly and Sunday...l yr.. $10.00; mo., 1 gt : § Be: " 00; 1 me: 408 Member of the Associated Press. ated Press 1s exclusively entitled to e e e b heation of all Bews dispatches credited o 1t of not othervise also the new: RIPFichta of ubleation of svecial dispatches Terein are also reserved. Compromise. The President has saved his utility holding company bill and the House has “saved its face.” In a final drive the President has brought about the consent of the House to & “compromise” of the original “death sentence” clause which had been adopted by the Senate and was then rejected by the House. A Jetter written by the Chief Executive to Representative Rayburn of Texas, chair- man of the Interstate and Foreign Com- merce Committee, expressing a hope that the House would accept the compromise, was one of the closing moves in this political melodrama which has been played over & period of six ‘weeks or more. Considerable difference of opinion was expressed in the House debate yesterday as to the real meaning of the “death sentence” compromise. A “death sen- tence” obviously is a difficult thing to compromise. For example, Representa- tive Huddleston of Alabama, Democret, who has been a leader from the start {n the House fight against the Senate clause, commenting on the proposal, #aid: “This compromise proposal is like {mposing a death sentence on a man and then granting him a reprieve on the condition that he eat a keg of nails each morning for breakfast. Only three or four holding companies in the entire country can survive if this bill is passed.” The compromise, however, is declared by its supporters, among them Mr. Ray- busn, to be less drastic than the original clause adopted by the Senate and a concession to the House. The language, at least, is different. The compromise directs the Securities Exchange Com- mission to require by order after January 1, 1938, that existing public utility hold- ing company systems be limited to one such company and one subsidiary and to prevent control by the two companies of more than one integrated operating system. However, if the commission finds that additional integrated systems now controlled by the two holding com= panies are not capable of independent economic operation, the present con- nection may continue. The effect of the compromise, never- theless, will be to require widespread in- tegration, or unifying of existing holding company systems by means of exchange of securities or public sale. It will mean & great shrinkage in the number of ex- tsting holding companies, and those which remain will have to give up con- trol over a large number of operating units. The vote in the House yesterday showed 59 Democrats and one Republi- can changing their position of August 1, when the House declared against in- structing its conferees to agree to the Benate “death sentence” clause. The parliamentary maneuvering to make it possible for this final measure of vice tory for the President in this contest has been effective, Not once has the Senate been given an opportunity to say whether it would recede from its original vote for the clause and accept the House proposal. And the original Senate vote showed the death sentence clause passing the Upper House by the margin ©of one. Belated Road Correction. ‘When the Defense Highway in Mary- land, leading from the Capital to the Severn River, was constructed it was immediately recognized as danger- ously narrow. The fifteen feet of driv- ing surface could not possibly accom- modate the traffic safely, especially in view of the numerous curves. Acci- dents occurred promptly. Cars went off the sides and crashed and lives were lost. This led to an “improvement,” the paved surface being widened to twenty feet. Still the road was dangerous. A “berm” or side surface of dirt proved a treacherous factor and the accidents continued. Barely adequate for week- day traffic, it proved again to be inade- quate at week ends, when the traffic greatly increased. The casualty toll mounted despite the extension of the pavement. Last Tuesday’s disaster, the worst in the record, with five persons killed, has brought the matter to the point of fur- ther action and nowr the Marriand State Roads Commission has moved to cor- rect this menace. It has decided to seek funds from the Public Works Ad- ministration for the widening of the highway to permit a three-lane course. It is to be assumed that this improve- ment will include the abolition of the dangerous abrupt drop from the con- crete surface to the dirt abutment, which was the immediate cause of the accident of last Tuesday, in which five lives were sacrificed. J It is an infinite pity that the obvious dangers of road construction are not cor- rected before, rather than after, fatalities occur. This condition on the Defense - Highway has been patent for years. It r not otherwise cedited in this’ has taken ten lives at the same point where the car and bus collided on Tues- day. The curves need correction as weil as the surface. They have been evi- dent perils ever since the road was laid out. If the State had been held re- sponsible in monetary damages for the maintenance of this dangerous thor- oughfare in the case of all the casualties that have resulted from it the correc- tion would have been assured long ago. But the theory prevails that the road user assumes his own risk and conse- quently there is no compensation when the faulty planning and construction of the road result in accidents. There are many other dangerous places and dangerous roads in the sub- urban area which require correction. This present case is simply the most tragic demonstration of a long-neglected duty. v A Stop-Gap Measure. Like the worried old lady, who, ha- rassed over the prospect of leaving the children alone during her absence, flung back the parting admonition: “Don’t let the cow swallow the grind- stone,” Congress rushes toward the de- lightful prospect of adjournment with strict orders to the President not to get us mixed up in this pending European war while it is away. The Pittman neutrality resolution, im- perfectly drawn and in itself incapable of effecting its high purpose, opposed by both the President and his advisers at the State Department, has been com= promised by limiting its provisions to February 29, 1936. By that time Con- gress will be back at work. The role of a neutral nation may be studied against the background of actual condi- tions, and legislation then framed to fit the case. ‘That sort of compromise is about all that could be expected without delaying the long-sought adjournment for an- other indefinite period. As a declara- tion of basic policy it undoubtedly rep- resents a solid public opinion, unalter- ably opposed to war. It gives the Presi- dent needed authority in law to place embargoes on munitions and other ship- ments of war materiel—authority the lack of which might be embarrassing. And in case of an emergency of some sort between now and next January, in which the President would be seriously handicapped in the conduct of foreign relations by the terms of the neutrality resolution, a special session of Congress could be cohvened on a few days’ notice to deal with that emergency. As a declaration of permanent policy the Senate resolution is unsatisfactory. Its arbitrary terms are in a manner contradictory to the obligation of = world power to use its influence to main- tain world peace. The resolution affords no real safeguard against the very entanglements which are feared and which are best prevented by leaving with the President the discretion in foreign affairs entrusted to him under the Constitution. The people of the United States do not want war. There is no mistake about that. But war entangle- ments cannot be avoided by mere statu- tory declaration that there are to be no entanglements. Gas Tax Diversion. Gas tax diversion to usés other than those which benefit the special class of taxpayers from whom it is collected is to be fought as a vicious abuse of the principle on which it was first levied. The facts that it is easy to collect, and that a moderate tax is relatively pain- less—like all sales taxes—have led to this abuse in some jurisdictions, which have squeezed gasoline taxes to the point of diminishing returns, and used the pro- ceeds for a variety of purposes totally unrelated to the tax-paying responsi- bilities of automobile users. In Washington the gasoline tax has yielded more revenue for needed street and highway work than properly should be charged .to automobile users, and more revenue than Congress has been willing to appropriate for the purposes to which it is confified. Should the gas tax proceeds be available for use as part of the general tax fund of the District, the prospect would be excessive and unreasonable taxation of a class of taxpayers already heavily taxed. Gas tax diversion is not only unfair, but dangerous and represents a prin- ciple that should be fought to the end at the District Building. . —e—————— An African-European war is feared. As events develop Africa may figure s0 obscurely as to leave Addis Ababa only a modern substitute for Serajevo. A “Fifth Estate.” Radio is becoming a “fifth estate” in America. Such, in any case, is the judg- ment of Federal Communications Com- missioner George H. Payne, who, in & speech to the American Association of Agricultural College Editors at Cornell University, warned against the dangers of permitting the broadcasting business to win political power. The networks, he insisted, are generally motivated and controlled by commerce. Unlike the newspapers of the land, “the radio battles for no rights” save those of its own selfish interests. Such an indictment is perhaps some- what too inclusive. The public prob- ably will not forget that there are many programs on the air which are entirely unobjectionable. But it also will re- member that in more than one recent instance there has been gross abuse of the privilege of utterance over the ether. Freedom of speech, it seems, may be perverted. And Mr. Payne is well within the facts of the matter in his com- plaint against the sale of radio time to irresponsible demagogues. The great broadcasting chains undeniably are at feult when for a consideration they admit to their programs propagandists of discontent, promoters of anti-social mischief. e ‘The press faced the same préblem long ago. It was obliged to practice a degree of discrimination. The loss in terms of money was serious, but the gain in terms of self respect was worth the price. Radio K THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, doubtless will have & similar experience. Supervision already exists and may be strengthened, if the networks remain uncorrected by their owners. Mr. Payne ‘would have the support of thousands in any campaign he might launch to rid the air of nuisances thus far too patient- ly tolerated. The public resents the misuse of the principle of free expression. But = “fifth estate” is not in itself a perilous development. Radio has a cultural significance which camnot be questioned. To hold the good will of the populace, however, the networks must be mindful of their obligation. Unworthy program material i§ a danger. Listeners-in, it should be remembered, have the privilege of quitting, and when a sufficient num- ber exercise that right the broadcasting business will feel the force of their dis- approval. Timg¢ on the air can be sold only to sponsors assured of a public. The question, therefore, is one for the Nation to decide. If the people want & “fifth estate,” they will say so. “I Object!” Pederal employes, ruefully contemplat- ing the wreckage of the leave bills today, will be pardoned if they conclude that Justice can be stretched to the point where it ceases to be a virtue and be- comes what is commonly known as a pain. Arguing that any mew legislation should result in the same treatment for everybody, Senator McKellar of Ten- nessee yesterday blocked action on the measures to restore the thirty days’ an- nual leave and to standardize sick leave, declaring they would do too much for some and not enough for others. “The bills ought to go over until equal justice can be done to all employes,” was his premise. Supported on the one hand with s letter from the Navy Department asking exclusion from the legisiation of fleld empioyes now on the forty-hour-week basis, the Tennessee Senator cited the case of these—unless the law were changed—as & horrible example of leave prodigality. The other side of the pic- ture, he amplified, was presented in the mail equipment shops here, for which the bills made no provision. These em- ployes, he said, receive neither sick nor annual leave. The Post Office Depart- ment reports that they get fifteen days’ annual leave, just as do other postal employes. In the fleld of controversy, at this stage of the congressional session, the bills of course went “out,” thereby get- ting, as Senator Copeland, Democrat, of New York aptly put the case, equality for everybody—or precisely nothing. It, is regrettable that Senator McKel- lar, the lone dissenter of the Upper House, could not have seen the advisa- bility of passing the leave bills “as is” for the benefit of the overwhelming majority of the Federal force and then legislating for the minority at the next session or, meanwhile, relying upon an executive order to effect a correction of the inequality. ————roee Country roads are not as highly con- sidered as big, well-gardened boulevards. This is fine for the big city tourists, but rough on the farmer seeking to get his crop residue to market. ————————— The only man on earth who retains the title “czar” is Will Hays, and there are signs of dawning dictatorship even in his background. Shooting Stars. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Catching a Train. The statesman with his suit case packed Will hurry down the street; His explanation is exact To friends that he may meet: “Adjournment day is on its way, With new importance fraught; I'm making haste to catch, I'll say, Another train of thought.” Perilous Heights. “Are you going to run for a higher position?” “No,” answered Senator Sorghum. “As T look up the ladder of fame I see so many broken rungs that L've decided to stick to earth and do my running on the level.” Jud Tunkins says when 50 many folks are being cracked down on you can't be surprised to see some tax dodgin’. Bombing Planes Instead of Sleighs. The pines are growing right along Beneath a Summer sky, And we shall sing s Christmas song Quite gayly, by and by. The pines are sighing in the breese, With gloomy disposition; Oh, what's the good of Christmas trees Trimmed up_ with ammunition? Bill Says “Not.” “Is there any graft in Crimson Guich?” “I should say not!” protested Mess Bill. “Why so emphatic?” “It would be indiscreet to say any- thing different.” 4 PDon’t Shoot. ‘We used to pray for blessings great And happiness at home, But now strange powers in the State, All heartless, seem to rcam. For benefits we used to ery, But now we're mute, Except as now and then we sigh, “Don’t shoot!” The bandit prowls where lights are gay, To show & scene of strife. You tremble as you hear him say, “Your money or your life!” The husband on his wife bestows No kiss as a salute; His hands go up; his words are these: “Don’t shoot!” “Politics keeps up so much loud talk,” said Uncle Eben, “dat maybe folks has whisperin’ ¢ampaigns cause dey done lost thelr voloes.” . > \ % It is indorsed by millions.’ Eastern Shore Verdict Applicable to New Deal To the Bditor of The Btar: Over a year ago the writer, in a letter to The Star, predicted that the adminis- 3 1936. True, it has sent the and pork out of sight, bu has it been to the producer consumer? Since the and pig massacre the few hogs to sell, even at The millions of Bill Smiths wi fortunate enough to still have which they can tote a dinner growing more and more resentful they fail to find the good old beef sandwich reposing in its when the noon whistle blows. That line “and now, my friends,” is to seem & poor substitute for the succu- lent ham and beef. In other words, instead of “bull” on the radio Bill i i1 ¥ fit sefsh et Smith wants beef or ham in his sand- wiches. The A. A. A. program has turned mil- Hons of hitherto upstanding, indepen- dent, self-respec shiftless, half-ashamed mob of vote sellers and charity recipients. The Bill Smiths who still have a job in other same time help to pay the salaries of the thousands of political henchmen and parasites with which the country is cursed todsy. My business brings me into contact with people from all over the country and, boy! after hearing all the Westerners with whom I have talked, I don’t need a special election in Ohio to tell me what is the prevailing senti- on the Eastern . It was in the old days when ce of shanghaiing men to work boats was in vogue. Taken drugged, they were poorly fed, abused, worked almost to not at all. If they fell thrown overboard. one of these poor victims washed ashore and & coroner’s jury was impaneled. The old fisherman who acted as fore- man announced the verdict as follows: “Wal, sir, we find this here man was hit over the haid with a marlinspike and killed, throwed overboard and drowned, washed up and died!” S. H. MUMFORD. That Mellow Voice and That Pleasant Smile To the Editor of The Star: Rightly have the citizsens questioned the program and proposals of the New Deal. The astounding thing has been the soundness of the sleep of the vast citizenry, which within the past month has awakened from its lethargy and is wondering just what has transpired in the interim. The leader was once ac- claimed as the Moses we needed. But his promises and his subsequent acts have not been in agreement. As Frank- lin D. Roosevelt sought the vote of the people in 1932 he said: “One question, however, must be answered first, be- cause of the simple fact that these public works cost money * * * and in the case of the Federal Treasury thor- unsound financial policies have made its situation not exactly desperate, but at least threatens its future stability if the policies of the present adminis- tration (the Hoover administration) are continued.” Then in another speech Roosevelt boomed out: “If in some crisis it lives beyond its income a year or two it can usually borrow temporarily on reasonable terms; but if, like a spend- thrift, it throws discretion to the winds, is willing to make no sacrifices at all in spending, extends its taxing to the limit of the people’s power to pay and con- tinues to fill out deficits, it is on the road to bankruptcy.” The “two” years Candidate Roosevelt referred to have we are con- “to fill out deficits” he referred 1932 in warning tones. What do we see under Roosevelt, not the candi- but the President? For three the appropriations are equal to years 1790 to 1913. Some on the national debt (not including State or city) are: Mississippi, $500,000,000; Ohio, $1,500,000,000; Michigan, $1,000,- 000,000. Maryland, which prizes herself on her State solvency, has a national debt of seven times her State debt. People have not sensed that the legis- lator who votes billions is giving him or her a bill which must be paid. Eng- land shows a surplus of several millions, the United States a deficit of several billions. The mellow voice has been too much of an opiate; the results are far short. This holiday spirit of spend- ing must give way to such common sense ideas as those of Senator Vandenberg as outlined in his radio speech. Cer- tainly no truer words were ever spoken than those of Senator Tydings in the Senate: “Debt never was a blessing to any ene and it is no blessing to the Government of the United States.” ANTHONY Q. BONFIELL. Asks Same Title to Letter on Parking ‘To the Bditor of The Star. ‘Would it be too much to request that the caption of Mr. Harry Brainard's letter in your issue of August 20 be made the title also of the very few words that follow: “Capital’s Streets Are a Mess of Stalled Cars.” No city can be found that is any more beautiful than the City of Washington; no limit of expenditure to increase its beauty; but, alas, it is only a great big garage. Would it be possible to start some kind of a campaign appealing to the pride of the people in this respect? Why spend millions to beautify a city and then allow that beauty to be covered up with automobiles? It matters not whether they be new $6,000 cars or $50 second-hand, unpainted cars. Wash- ington is just a garage. ‘WM. K. SINGLETON. —————————e Reverse Finance. Prom the Hartford Times. A typical American is a man who works this month to earn the money he spent two menths ago. ——————————— | Three Doses Needed. Prom the Salt Lake Deseret News. A cynic says there is no cure for gul- libility, but he should persevere. The third dose of oil well stock often does it. A Classic Reminder. Prom the San Antonio (Tex.) Express. recall. Toarus. FRIDAY, AUGUST 23, 1935. THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. An ambitious ladybug rode downtown on a suburbanite’s collar. Seven miles by motor coach, then it went up in an elevater, by electricity. Thus Nature's primitive modes of travel, legs and wings, were aided within half an hour by both gasoline and electricity. ‘The joke of the matter was that the suburban gardener didn't know the ladybug, beloved of all gardeners, was a passenger on him. If he had known, he might have re- called the old story about the lady gardener who was showing the garden to an Englishman. N:nm.- she said, pointing, “is & lady- The Englishman surveyed the small spotted creature gravely. “My word,” he said, “but you have good eyes.” * %% ‘The English, of course, know our ladybug strictly as ladybird. Even in American dictionaries you will find the description of this group of more or less hemispherical beetles under the latter designation. “Ladybug” is designated “United States.” It is said that the colloquial use of “bug,” to designate any insect whatso- ever, as used commonly in America, is not in good standing at all in Great Britain. With them a “bug” means just one creature, and a most unfortu- nate one, at that. The avidity with which Megilla maculata, its scientific name, feeds upon smaller insects and the eggs of larger ones, makes it a desirable beetle for the home garden. Almost every newcomer to the joys and trials of gardening is warned by older hands to learn to recognize the ladybugs, so-called, and to let them alone, in the interest of better and larger flowers, Just what the creature really does for the home garden is & question. That is, it is impossible for the gardener to see what it does, if anything, or in any other way to learn of good results. Yet he has heard so often and so loudly of its good deeds that he is willing to take them for granted. *x x x And surely the small creature, with its shining, colorful shell, its tidy appear- ance, fully lives up to the “maculata” part of its Latin name. A great many insects, regardless of size, strike the observer as unclean. Perhaps this comes about through the association of crawling things with the idea of dirt, in general, but it is a surety that few persons regard the ladybug as dirty. Rather, it has a strikingly clean air to it. In this it resembles the lightnin’ bug, so bright in our Summer nights. Both of these are beetles. Scientists hold that there is no more desirable creature in the garden than the ladybug, hence for many years a Nation-wide propaganda has gone on in its favor. Whoever composed the famous “Lady- bug, , fly away home,” rhyme did more than all the scientists, how- ever, for its safety. Its mltr\wfim‘:.lowlx1 would have come more rapidly ugh thoughtless persons, who might have crushed it when found on plants or indoors, had it not been for this pretty rhyme, known and be- loved for generations. The idea of releasing the creature to “fiy away home” somehow struck the fancy of mankind. It is the custom, therefore, among all peoples to hold the ladybug, or ladybird, on the tip of the finger, while repeating the old lines, and then gently puffing the breath at the beetle. The small gust of wind causes the ladybug to flap its practically invisible wings, aud rapidly fly away, to the invariable delight of the human being, young or old, who thus helps it. How fortunate it would have been for giving them their freedom as a result of it. ‘Then, perhaps, the bunnies, most innocent of living creatures, would not have been slaughtered to line fresh- men’s coats at our colleges and prepara- tory schools. * % ‘The ladybug which rode to work In style, neatly resting on the suburbanite’s collar, camz into sudden activity as the man sat down at his desk. Suddenly he felt something crawling down his neck, as the idiom has it. This is a vastly uncomfortable feeling. Every one who has been on a picnic, American style, has known it. A highly uncomfortable, natural feelin’, an ins_: ' crawling around on the skin. Gen. Johnson put it bluntly when he issued his famous statement about “ants in the pants.” Our suburbanite found the neck enough. Slapping vigorously at his coat collar, he went on with his work, only to be reminded forcibly a few seconds later that something or other really was crawling around beneath his shirt. He rammed a hand between the first and second shirt button, felt around madly, felt nothing, went back to work. He looked down at last, just in time to see the ladybug calmly crawling out on his shirt front. * * ¥ % As he posed it on his finger, pre- paratory to launching it into the morn- ing air of downtown Washington, he wondered at the journey it had taken and how calmly it accepted its migration. All ufimru. except man, take things calmly. “What is, is; and what will be, will be.” That is the motto of all life, except man, restless, dissatisfled man. You can take a dog or a cat off the street and in a few hours it will be at home in the finest living room. You can put it back in the gutter and by nightfall it will have adapted itself to that life again, accepting it for what it is. * % % % And the ladybug, too, the suburbanite thought, as he prodded it away into the downtown air. He watched 1§ go, but it was soon lost to sight, being very small against the bulk of one of the largest of large Government buildings. It would seek and shrubs and trees and it would find them shortly, thanks to Maj. L'Enfant and others. There it would be at home, forgetful of its past life, no matter how sagely it looked out from its little eyes. Ladybug, ladybird, lady fern, lady finger, lady fish, lady-love, lady-killer, ladyship, lady’s mantle, lady’s slip- P All these are in the dictionary, but only one of them ansyers to the poetic title, bird of our lady. Maybe that did as much to save it as anything. WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS Congress in its closing days is always a center of national interest. This year the eyes of the whole world have been focused on it due to its consideration of neutrality legisiation. Many of the other proceedings of America’s national legislative body are watched by other nations, either individually or in groups, because of their possible effect on in- ternational relations, but nothing which has transpired at the Capitol during the present session has been the object of such world-wide attention as the neu- trality program of this Government. The present critical situation in Europe created by the demands of Italy on Ethiopia and the importance of the United States in all great international problems has emphasized the signifi- cance of its attitude on the neutrality issue. The question as to how far the Congress of the United States would g0 in defining the position of this coun- try on that subject is one which has been scrutinized with intense and grow- ing interest throughout the world. EE R So kaleidoscopic have been the changes in the political picture in the United States during recent months and with such suddenness have some of the shifting moves of an economic and financial character been thrown upon the screen that many trained observers here say it is the first time in their long experience that they have been unable accurately to gauge general “trends” in public affairs. Previously, they say, they have been able through their broad knowledge of situations to “put two and two together” and calculate with reasonable certainty the way in which political currents were running, but recently, they claim, it has not been possible to make such predictions with any assurance of success. * * ® % If any one word were to be used to sum up more succinctly than any other the characteristics of the present age, it would be “speed.” In transportation, communication and almost every other field of human activity, the methods and the machines of a decade ago—in many instances, those of & lesser “antiquity”— are now obsolete or obsolescent. The extensive Army maneuvers now taking place at Pine Camp, N. Y, furnish & striking example of this rapid trans- formation of modern armies, both in methods and equipment. Nothing more than 15 years old is being used there. Motorized units travel in an hour and & half distances that would have re- quired & day in 1917; and divisions reach and attack positions 24 miles distant in an hour and a half, as against a day and a half only a few years ago. * k% % Formal reception by President Roose- velt of three diplomats in one day this week constituted a precedent, as far as State Department officials were aware, in the presentation of credentials by foreign envoys. On several previous occasions, two diplomats had been re- ceived on the same day, but there was no recollection of the number having been extended to three. On Wednesday afternoon the Ambassador of China, Sao-Ke Alfred Sze, ¥ho previously filled the post of Minister here, having re- cently been raised to the rank of Am- bassador; Phya Abhibal Rajamaitri, Minister of Siam, and Povilas Zadeikis, Minister of Lithuania, were received by the President. Richard Southgate, chief of the division of 3 Julis ‘Holmes, essistant Cooke, ceremonial officer, acted as their respective escorts to the White House. * %k X X “What's the ‘box score?’” That's the way in which the United States Forest Service is now keeping record of the fire “outs” in the forest regions of the coun- try which its men patrol. Thus the “batting average” of Uncle Sam’s forest fire fighters is shown in an appealing manner. The “box scores” are being issued every 10 days, and the excellent work being done is revealed in the latest report, which shows a great reduction in every region of the country except one in the number of “extra period” fires. In one region there were no such world, is the ambi- s Y L. Austin. In recent appointment of Dr. H. L. Dunn, Dr. John “motivated by consideration of public | service, scientific progress and merit as a guide in the selection of personnel.” L “Bad blood” between two Indian tribes, the Shoshones and the Arapahoes, which has led to frequent trouble be- tween them ever since they were placed on the same Wyoming reservation many years ago, has been wiped out by the emergency conservation work camps which have been established there, ac- cording to reports to Washington. These former feudists now work together in a friendly way, it is stated, and compete in base ball and other athietic games with no more than the expected dis- putes over the umpire’s decisions. * X x % Secretary Hull's desire to further the President’s “good neighbor” policy in Latin America, was manifested in his appeal several days ago to Senator Pitt- man, chairman of the Foreign Rela- tions Committee, on behalf of a sani- tary convention with Argentina nego- tiated some months ago which would permit importation into this country of {frozen meat, from Patagonia, in South- ern Argentina, where the records show no infectious cattle disease to have ex- isted during the 30 years since such records were Kkept. The Secretary pointed out there was no danger what- ever of any d!u;u“ being imported from t-hour rush, it is feared, will prevent action on this treaty. (Copyright, 1935.) ———. The Only Way. Prom the Indianapolis Star. New York racketeers are said to be fleeing the city as a sweeping probe gets under way, and the only way they should be allowed to go is east. Rowing and Reaping. From the Burlington (Towa) Ha! Gazette. Two sensible farmers at Saginaw, Mich., have agreed to postpone & law- suit until after harvest. ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS By Frederic J. Haskin, A reader can get the answer to any 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. What kind of a car did Petillo drive when he won the Speedway race this Spring?—M. J. A. Kelly Petilio's car was a Gilmore Special. The weight of the car was 1960 pounds and the qualifying speed was 115.005 miles per hour for 23 miles. Q. Since helium is so light, why doesn’t a cylinder of helium rise in the air?—J. C. A. Helium weighs about 1-7 of the weight of air. However, when com- pressed into a steel cylinder, it is so dense that it weighs about 17 times as much as air and does not exert any lifting power. Q. What is the meaning of Hafls, the name of Iran's lyric poet?—R. H. A. The Persian name Hafiz is really only & title meaning gifted with a good memory. It was bestowed upon the poet as & pupil because he could recite the whole Koran. It has clung to him by fame instead of his real name which was, in full Muhammad ad-Din, or Mohammed, the sun of religion. Q. Is Labor day observed throughout the United States?—T. T. A. It is observed in all the BStates and Territories. Q. What was the first railway to reach the Missouri River?—FP. N. A. The Hannibal Road. It was in- corporated in 1847, but the line was not finished until 1859 and through trains began operating on February 15. Q. How many States can be seen from Lookout Mountain in Tennessee?— E. O.C. A. The claim made for this mountain is that seven States can be sewn from it, namely: Tennessee, Mississippi, Ala- bama, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carclina and Kentucky. Q. When were weather observations at various places first collected and charted?—A. V. T. A. The idea of recording observations of weather made simultaneously at nu- merous places and forming these obser- vations into charts was first realized by Brandes, a German physicist, in 1830. These charts were not published. The first that were published were produced by Prof. Elias Loomis of Yale College in 1843, and represented the weather of the Eastern United States on February 16, 1842. Telegraphic reports for the pur- pose of weather forecasting were frst suggested in 1842. Q. How did the Democratic donkey and Republican elephant originate? —C. H. A. Both originated from cartoons by Thomas Nast. The cartoon depicting the donkey was published in 1870 and the one depicting the elephant was published in 1874. Q. What is the cost of supporting a candidate at a citizens' military train- ing camp for one month?—D. L. M. A. Exclusive of transportation and mileage, it averages from $40 to $50. Q. How many Mohammedans sre Yhere in the United States?—V. A. O. A. About 25,000. L —_— o Q. What cities of less than 150,000 population have zoos?—H. M. F. A. Hershey, Pa; San Diego. Calif; Jacksonville, Fla., Madison, Wis, and Salt Lake City, Utah. Q. What is a pyrophone?—E. M. A. This is the name of a curious kind of a musical instrument invented by Georges Frederick Eugen Kastner, son of the German composer and musical theorist, Jean Georges Kastner. It con- sists of & set of tubes, from which the sound is produced, not by wind, but by jets of gas. b Q. Who was Thomas of Celano?—H. T. A. He was a Pranciscan friar and disciple and biographer of St. Francis of Assisi. Born at Celano in the Abruzsi, he joined St. Francis about 1214 and appears to have been one of the first band of friars who went into Germany. Q. Does Death Valley have sand- storms?—A. L. 8. A. Ssndstorms and dust whirlwinds- of a few hours’' duration are common. Q. How many Girl Scouts are there? —W. F. A. The active, paid-up membership, as of October 31, 1934, totaled 355,752, inclusive of Brownies (girls between 7 and 10) and leaders. Q. How much rayon is produced in this country?—L. C. A. The 1934 production of rayon was 210,331,100 pounds. Q. How is the word, cantaloupe, pro- nounced?—W. §. A. The preferred pronunciation gives | the last syllable the same sound as “loop,” but the usual “lope” is also cor- rect. Q. Please give some information about the Junior Achievement Society.—L. J. A. It was organized in 1919 and the name changed in 1926 from the Bureau of the Eastern States Agricultural and Industrial League. Its purpose is to fur- nish leadership and direction for leisure time to young people associated in small groups or clubs, who are engaged in simple hand-processes by which objects useful and artistic are manufactured and through which they gain experi- ence in business procedure, buying and selling, principles of co-operation, mare keting, management, wages and COsts. A Rhyme at Twi ight B, Gertrude Bro:kq Hamilton Were I the Queen You are the King. And in the royal place 1 but a singer—one whose song would be ‘With the first frown or shadow on your face Gone like the wood thrush in nocturnal space, An echo in your heart of melody. Were I the Queen and you a serf whose eyes On my calm passing watched the sun- light seek My amber hair under the Summer skies And saw my court, my chess-board pawns and spies, Yet dired not make outery, or even speak— Were you my slave, with pomp and power between, How lost to love and life the lonely Queen!