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b HE _EVENIN G STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C MONDAY, AUGUST 26, 1935. Soseun W 8 s e e UTO NI el e S e B e e e e el e e e THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. THE EVENING STAR With Sunday Morning Edition. m— e . WASHINGTON, D. C. MONDAY ...............August 26, 1935 —_———— THEODORE W. NOYES...........Editor bei e R S BRI The Evening Star Newspaper Company. Bustness Office: a Ave. Ch Ohes Lake Michigan “Buliding ol ) Furopean Office: 14 Rewent St.. London. Engiand. Rate by Carrier Within the City. Regular Edition. The Evenins Star... The Eveninz and Sund o ight Pinal and Sunaay Star___. ight Pinai Star.... Collection made ai d of each month. Orders may be sent by mail or telephone Na- tional 5000. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. 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The note presented yesterday at Moscow by Ambassador Bullitt cited the “activities, involving interference in the Internal affairs of the United States which have taken place on the terri- tory of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics in connection with the Sev- enth All-World Congress of the Com- munist International” as a “flagrant vio- lation” of that pledge. It points out that the aim and activity of the Communist Congress “cannot be unknown” to the U. 8. S. R. It notes that the names of representatives or officials of the Communist organization in the United States who were active in that congress and their admission into the territory of the U. S. S. R. were, “of course, known” to that government. These declarations definitely state the case of a specific breach of the agreement upon which the Soviet government was recognized by the United States. The premise that the character of the American delegates to the Com- munist Congress at Moscow was known to the Russian government is the basis of the protest. This precludes any denial of responsibility, short of a dis- avowal of such knowledge, which would be absurd in view of the known close relations—virtually the identity—be- tween the Communist Congress and the Soviet government and the fact that the character, identity and purposes of everybody entering Russia are fully known to that government. In the paragraph of the American note next to the last is a reference to “the most serious consequences” which are to be anticipated “if the govern- ment of the U. S. S. R. is unwilling, or unable, to take appropriate measures to prevent further acts in disregard of the solemn pledge given by it to the Government of the United States.” The most “serious consequences” conceivable would be the withdrawal of recognition and the severance of relations. Usually that phrase is accepted in diplomatic exchanges as a direct intimation of con- flict, which, of course, is not to be con- sidered as in the least degree likely. The language would seem to have been not altogether judicious. The utmost that can be looked for as & consequence of this altogether proper protest is a cancellation of the recogni- tion granted nearly two years ago. There is more than the specific ground of com- plaint now cited to justify such a can- cellation. The second stipulation made by the United States, relating to the discharge of debts owing to the United States, has never been satisfied. This country has been most patient with Russia. Its patience is now ex- hausted. The major premise of recog- nition has been violated flagrantly in the participation in the proceedings of the Communist International at Moscow of Americans who are maintained and abetted in their revolutionary activities in this country by that organization, which is the very foundation of the Russian government. Withdrawal of recognition would not of itself check that campaign of subversion. It would, however, satisfy the American sense of international self-respect. e Mussolini mentions the subordination of American Indians as an excuse for territorial aggression. The Indians had no such civilization as that of ancient Rome, and aboriginal intelligence has been offered every opportunity to grow up with the country. The Young Taxpayers. The President gave a pleasant ver- sion of the fundamental changes in American life and thought which have taken place between the years 1932, BR,, and 1935, AR, in addressing the Young Democrats and the Old Scoundrels on Saturday night. But there are always two sides to every story. And in the course of his speech against the rivers and harbors bill Friday night Senator Tydings of Maryland gave what might be consid- ered the other side of the story. A meaty portion of it follows: “The whole tendency today is not to be self-reliant. If a man gets into trou- ble he wants a bill passed. If a group gets into trouble it wants a bill passed. People want it paid out of the public treasury. Oh, it is all right when it is going out. Then everybody is for it. ‘While the money-s being handed out nobody must protest. But wait until pay day comes—and it will come, Sen- ators—and we shall squirm here in our seats, not wanting to vote for this tax and that tax, saying that the poor A cannot stand any more taxes, and that the law of diminishing returns eventu- ally will bring less money into the Government by way of confiscation, if it is necessary, than Income taxes would bring in if the principal on which, the income is predicated is not diminished. ©Oh, we will squirm here. And I am not going to vote for the tax bill when i comes up, either. I do not feel called upon to vote for it. I have not voted for these large appropriations, and I do not feel called upon to tax the people. Let those who advocated the spepding of this money vote these chains and shackles upoa the bent backs of humanity.” ———— Fiasco. The adjournment fiasco on Capitol Hill Saturday night was a comedy of administration errors. The first misstep was made when the President and his A. A. A. organization announced last Thursday that the cotton loans would be reduced from twelve to nine cents a pound. There seems to be no vital reason why this announcement should have been made on Thursday. Had it been delayed until today, Congress would, beyond the shadow of a doubt, have ad- journed Saturday night. The announce- ment of the cotton loan last year was not made until August 27. The President, by this premature an- nouncement, made possible the legisla- tive jam which prevented adjournment. The Democratic Senate and House ad- ministration leadérs slipped, however, after they had placed the deficiency ap- propriation bill, with its obnoxious cot- ton and wheat loan amendments, in what seemed to be a straitjacket. Had a motion been made in the Senate to reconsider the vote by which the ad- journment resolution was passed promptly after its passage, and that motion been immediately laid on the table, the hands of the cotton and wheat Senators would have been tied. Noth- ing could have halted the adjournment, so far as the Senate was concerned. Or, when the Senate reconvened after its recess Saturday night with only two and a half hours to go until midnight and automatic adjournment, had one or two strong-lunged Senators taken the floor and “debated” until midnight, ad- journment would have followed. In the House, the leadership seemed in a posi- tion to prevent consideration of the Sen- ate request for a return of the adjourn- ment resolution by the simple method of not permitting it to come up. There was a lack of iron somewhere. Log-rolling in Congress is as old as Congress itself. It is merely the game of back-scratching, carried on at the expense of the public generally. The Senators representing the cotton States of the South and the wheat States of the West, with borderliners thrown in, took an opportunity to make a major raid.- They wrote into the deficiency appropriation bill legislation which would assure loans by the Government to the cottcn and wheat farmers. The wheat farmers have had no such loan privileges in the past. But the cotton Senators had to have the aid of some one to put over their loan legislation. It was natural that they should tempt the wheat Senators. The proposed loans may meéan another billion-dollar drain on the taxpayers. Speaking out of turn is getting to be a habit with the administration. Had the President withheld his now famous “share-the-wealth” tax measure to Con- gress, the joint resolution extending cer- tain excise taxes for another year would have been disposed of and the progres- sive bloc in the Senate could not have forced his hand and compelled addi- tional tax legislation at this session. And Congress would have been away from ‘Washington. e All towns see the same movies and read the same market reports. Travel is comparatively safe, but usually needless. e Mussolini’s plans go back of the old horse and buggy days and contemplate reversion to the old army mule, e Low-Cost Housing. Because of the long delay and the interveming period of mysterious silence since Secretary Ickes, about two years ago, tentatively announced that several million dollars had been set aside for low-cost model housing development in Washington, the announcements of three such projects, involving an initial expenditure of something more than $8,000,000, have come with rather breath- taking suddenness. The Public Works Administration is at last going to do something about model housing, and do it on an unexpectedly large scale. One of the most interesting projects in the country—involving three separate un- dertakings—is planned for Washington. Model housing development in Wash- ington has been popularly associated with alley elimination, although the two are not necessarily connected. But one of the interesting features regarding the Public Works Administration’s plan is that the new developmerts are to be carried out with some degree of co-ordi- nation with the work of the District Alley Authority. Mr. John Ihlder, di- recting the work of this agency, has wisely established as basic policy that no alley dwellings are to be eliminated until housing is provided, in one way or another, for the ousted occupants. And discussion at the Housing Division of the P. W. A. suggests that the new develop- ments planned for Washington will be carried out with that thought dn mind. As for the success of that part of the scheme, only experience can tell. The three projects for Washington pro- vide for a $3,000000 development in Southwest Washington for colored, pro- viding 508 housing units—at present tied up in condemnation litigation which may test the Government'’s authority to proceed; a $3,500,000 development in Anacostia, for white, providing 700 hous- ing units on fifty-five acres of land. which has been acquired; a $1,800,000 development on Benning road, for coi- ored, providing 323 housing units on & ) thirteen-acre tract, already contracted for or acquired. The total development will house some 1,531 families, and the projected cost per room, which is to cover all services, such as heat and light and carrying charges, will be six dollars a month. Whether the housing can be provided on the scale contemplated and at that price is one thing. The selec- tion of the tenants, at that or some other rate, is another. It is to be doubted that many of Washington's real “alley dwellers” would prove themselves financially or socially desirable tenants for the Government’s model communi- ties. The idea has been, however, that as the Government tenants took posses- sion of the new homes they would vacate dwellings of lower standard which would, in turn, become available to those now housed, for want of better places to live, in the alley shacks. The whole effort, in other words, will be to raise the standard of low-cost housing; not merely through the provision of Gov- ernment development, but by enlarging the supply and lessening the demand for private low-cost housing. It is gratifying that Secretary Ickes has decided to make the low-cost home demonstration on such a generpus scale in Washington. The undertaking should not be viewed with hostility merely as denoting Government competition with private builders, but in the broader light of demonstrating the possibilities of good and attractive housing for a low-income group of tenants who other- wise have had to take what was left. Anything tending to raise housing standards is beneficial to the community. The progress of a new experiment here, under the best of auspices, should be watched sympathetically. - wor N. R. A. is reduced to a skeleton. Many experiments in revivification are being conducted by scientists and it is obviously not intended to allow N. R. A. to remain a skeleton in the closet. - —— Publicity as a professional task has two distinct functions; first, getting a man’s name into the papers and, should conditions require, keeping it out of them. e The League of Nations was meant to keep us out of war. There are hints of impetuous determination to get the League itself into the same old fight. —— e Even when the Constitution of the United States is called into question, the flercest debate sometimes centers on a | minor political pay roll. el An old-age pension bill will not dis- courage thrift. will not go far toward buying pork chops and potatoes. — et Members of Congress have been anxi- ous to get back home and study any “must” schedules their constituents may have been preparing. —— et One distinct advantage is held by the ruler of Japan. His decrees are nhot subject to reversal. If a citizen does not like them, he can commit harakiri. ———— A state of sentiment has arisen that will make it impossible for munitions makers to enjoy wars in comfort. Shooting Stars. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Adjournment. “What's good for the Nation?” ‘We're asking aloud. An echoing oration Is thrilling the crowd. Of work and of dollars We're trying to learn While every one hollers, And each out of turn. To curb the unlawful They've had to rehearse. The night has been awful, ‘The morning is worse. “What's good for the Nation?"— Instead we will quote, In sad peroration, “What's good for sore throat?” Words. “Did all of those final arguments make sense?” “Usually,” said Senator Sorghum. “At some moments, I admit, the effect was that of a crow” of people solving cross- word puzzles at the tops of their voices.” Framing Youth. On Youth admiring eyes we set. From youth will be exacted The payment of full many a debt ‘That older men contracted. The real good that youth has gained Is known by how he has been trained. Let Youth achieve athletic skill, Or speak in public loudly; He'll prove an individual still, And claim attention proudly. One youth will be a “Fauntleroy,” Another just a “Peck’s Bad Boy.” Dealing On and On. “Is Crimson Gulch in favor of the New Deal?” “Of course,” said Mesa Bill. “When the bets on one deal are cashed in the boys who have money left will naturally hang around for another.” “The world will not easily attain peace,” said Hi Ho, the sage of China- town. “Even If men cease to fight for women, women will continue to fight among themselves.” Actors AllL “This world is but a fleeting show.” When actors do not measure Quite up to form, let us not throw Tomatoes in displeasure. When as to merit were in doubt, With terror do not thrill ’em And send a fleet of bombers out And actually kill ’em. “I's waitin’ foh de camp meetin,’” said Uncle Eben, “where we can all raise our woices foh what we believes, 'stead of L2 ‘ The sum of $30 & month | 1o’ eoms clear that if the Government is THE POLITICAL MILL By G. Gould Lincoln. The first session of the Seventy-fourth Congress, which on Saturday seemed about to die, came to life again. An alli- ance of cotton and wheat State Senators to prevent the President from reducing the loans on cotton from 12 cents a pound to 9 cents and force him to allow loans of approximately 90 cents a bushel on wheat sprang into existence as a result of the administration announce- ment that the cotton loans would be reduced from 12 to 9 cents. The ad- journment jig was up. * oK K % There are ‘plenty of political impli- cations attached to the situation. The Roosevelt leaders have talked glibly of throwing New England, politically speak- ing, out of the window, and some of the other Eastern States along with it. They have pinned their fgith on union of Southern and Western States to return Mr. Roosevelt to the White House next year. And now what do they find? The West and the South joining hands in a revolt against the President in Congress—joining in a game to “shake” the administration down for the benefit of the growers of cotton and of wheat. If the President refuses to be shaken down, what then? Will these cotton and wheat States rally to him in the elec- tion next year, after all? There is Huey Long to campaign against him in the South, and plenty of others to do the same, on this issue, in the West. If Congress passes the deficiency appro- priation bill with the cotton and wheat loan amendments and sends the meas- ure to the President, he will have to fish or cut bait, he will have to permit the measure to become law or veto it. * X ¥ ¥ This is a problem which the political strategists of the administration are dealing with today. If they can quell the revolt in Congress they will have demonstrated plenty of skill. If they can extricate the President from this mess, they will have accomplished a real job for their leader. Some one in the administration apparently blundered when he permitted the reduction of the cotton loans, made public last Thurs- day, to be announced before Congress had gotten safely away from Washing- ton. As the President had to approve this order, he can scarcely escape re- sponsibility for what happened. * %k k% 1t is reported that Secretary Wallace of the Department of Agriculture and Chester C. Davis, A. A. A. administrator, were ready to resign if the wheat and cotton loans were written into law. This step might not break the hearts of a lot of the members of Congress. On the other hand, there is always the chance that the wheat and cotton members of Congress might find some one in office in the places of these gentlemen who might not be so friendly to the outpour- ing of money to farmers for not produc- ing corn and pigs. cotton and tobacco, etc. to guarantee to the cotton and wheat farmers hard cash up to 12 cents a pound on cotton and 90 a bushel on wheat, there will not be so great a motive for curtailing crops, and, further, that if the loans are to be continued year after year the Government will be loaded down tremendously with surplus cotton and wheat. Already it has mil- lions of bales of cotton on hand as a | result of the cotton loans in effect in the | past. * X x % Congress has been in session long enough almost to get out of hand. By narrow margins the President won out finally in his fight to put through the Guffey coal bill and the utilities holding company bill. He lost his fight for a new inheritance tax in his “share-the- wealth” tax law just enacted. If the revolt against the President on his cot- ton loan policy is successful and if Con- gress stays around, out of hand, there is always the chance of anything happen- ing. The President and his leaders on Capitol Hill will have to decide rather quickly what must be done. S It was one of the President's most ardent supporters who stuck the knife into adjourment Saturday night—Sena- tor Byrnes of South Carolina. But Senator Byrnes has the interests of the cotton farmers at heart, and the howls that were going up over the lowering of the Government loan on cotton were too much to be born. Senator Byrmes, a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, took the lead in the fight for the cotton amendment to the deficiency bill. Other friends of the President were involved in the revolt, as well as enemies. The President faces a real test, appar- ently, in this fight. Whether Congress would go to the extent of passing the cotton and wheat loan amendments over his veto is doubtful. But that is not the point. The President and his friends do not want to have the Chief Executive placed in the position of vetoing such loans. * % * X Only last year a last-minute filibuster in the Senate for enactment of the rail- road pension and farm moratorium laws forced the Democratic leadership in Congress to postpone an adjournment of the session from Saturday night until the following Monday. These bills were, like the cotton and wheat loans, not on the administration program. In the end both the railroad pension and the farm moratorium laws were enacted, and the President signed them. Since then the Supreme Court has declared both unconstitutional, and the present Congress has within the last week en- acted new laws seeking to accomplish the same things in a constitutional man- ner. Huey Long of Louisiana and others were prominent in the filibuster that halted adjournment a year ago. The session had been scheduled to end Sat- urday, June 16. It did not close until Monday, June 18, and the proponents of the farm moratorium bill and the railroad pension bill emerged trium- phant. Perhaps history will repeat ft- self and the cotton Senators will take the administration for a ride. * X * *x President Roosevelt, under the present plans of the Republicans, is not to be allowed to go unanswered when he takes to the radio or issues public statements. A case in point is the radio address delivered by Representative Snell of New York, the Republican leader of the House, in reply to the President’s ad- dress to the Young Democrats on Sat- urday. Snell raked the President’s whple statement to the Young Demo- crats in a radio broadcast last night. ‘The President had spoken on Saturday. ‘The new policy of the Republicans not to permit the President to have the spotlight to himself, but to make reply to him whenever he opens his mouth, is indicative of the approaching- political campaign, and, more than that, ‘of re- vived Republican hopes. ° The Better Way. From the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin. Motorists who object to having wheels taken from their cars for brake inspec- tion feel they could have them taken off tree in case A Caterpillars make the whole world kin, evidently. Since writing recently about a gigantic worm found on the rhododendrons, a resplendent creature of red, green, yellow and blue, we have been deluged with letters. Almost every correspondent wants to know what we did with the worm. It will grow into a beautiful butterfly, says one; into a beautiful moth, declares another. Having cats and tropical fishes, how- ever, we could not see adding to the menagerie either butterfly or moth. Hence we bottled the creature in an old mayonnaise jar, bored a few holes in the lid, gave it a few “rhody” leaves for sustenance, and put the whole in the garage for the night. By morning the caterpillar had spun himself a cocoon which filled the entire ar. 1Jm'. cocoon and caterpillar therein inclosed were delivered over to the trash man, with instructions to bear them as | far away as possible. That worthy assured us that he would see personally to putting the outfit in the fire on the dump. £ 4 %% These pre-cocoon stages of butterfly or moth life have great interest for ill persons interested in Nature. The unfortunate thing is that the worms are so intensely greedy. The worm in question had consumed 45 rhododendron leaves before we found him. At that rate he would have riddled the prizes of the foundation p)anting over- night, for we were practically sure ihe had not been in the garden the evening before. - E The home gardener has neither the time nor inclination to make an inten- sive study of all such creatures which in the fullness of time find their way into the yard. The best he can do is to destroy them, for the amount of food they demand is unbelievable. N. A. W. of Severna Park, Md, writes as follows: “Your column of the 19th instant. If you find out what to do with that rhododendron worm, lemme know. My catalpa trees are loaded with them each year, overnight. “Let them alone for two days, and there isn't a leaf left. “Can't knock the pests off, they hang on tightly. Then most of them are out of reach. This year 1 wound cloth around the end of a long pole, dipped it in kerosene. lit it and sailed in. “Gave each a scorching. Tedious work, but I saved half the leaves. That really discourages them, but care must be taken not to burn the leaves. “Here's an idea I was going to pass on to Ritchie. Maybe you can hand it on to Nice. “Make the first week in May officially caterpillar week. “I saw millions of nests, it seems, neglected this year. They should be | burned out.” * ok k% From the owners of one of Washing- ton’s fashionable private schools we re- ceived the following: “In last Monday's Star we read your description of a very extraordinary worm, and we thought you might be in- terested in a nearly similar one we found in 1921 on an elder bush in Falls Church, Va. “The colors were somewhat different; the upper part of the body was green and the underpart light blue, very deli- cate pastel shades. “The red *protuberances on the head were surrounded with black spikes, as well as the yellow ones on the body. “We carried the beautiful creature home. We kept it in a basin, and sev- eral times it wandered into the woods. Thanks to its size, and the brightness of its colors, we contrived to retrieve ic. We made daily trips to obtain some leaves from the elder bush, and we were worried for fear we would not have enough to continue feeding it, when after approxi- mately three weeks it suddenly refused food. “We continued observing it and were surprised to find it oneamorning with a new skin; the colors were as beautiful as before, but interverted; it is so long ago that we don't remember exactly Jjust what the changes were. From then on it did not eat and soon made its cocoon on a bough we had provided. “The cocoon was as large as a hen's egg. We took it with us to the city and kept it hanging on a wall near a window. It remained there many months; we thought it was dead, when, one evening in March, it began showing signs of life; the bough was rocking on its string, and ominous cracking sounds were coming from the cocoon. In the morning the head of & moth, or butterfly, emerged. It took, as we remember, more than 24 | hours for the whole of the creature’s body to disentangle itself. The wings were fully six inches across, with beauti- ful colors and spots, mostly red, like velvet. “It never flew, but crawled all over the furniture and walls, leaving every- where hundreds of yellow eggs the size | of a grain of rice. “We meant to let it die its natural death, and then preserve it in some way, but, unfortunately, we had a cat, and the first time we forget to close the door of the room where the butterfly dwelt the cat went in and it was the end of the gorgeous creature; all that was left were pieces of the wings scattered on the floor.” * % * X So there, folks, you have three ways of treating a worm, and the flame treat- ment wins. Yet for any one who has the patience, and the desire, among the most interesting of all forms of life. We will never forget the visit we paid some years ago to an old lady whose son was a Government scientist. She led the way into a back room, where there were many tall cabinets, filled with thousands of varieties of mounted moths and butterflies. In boxes arranged around the room reposed scores of cocoons. In other trays were living moths, some just hatched out, resplendent creatures, every one. The difference between a butterfly and a moth is not well marked. Moths are more likely to be nocturnal in_habits. Butterflies are harmless, preferring the nectar of flowers for food, whereas moths are usually very destructive to leaves of various sorts. Gypsy and brown-tailed moths are well known destroyers. The silkworm, so-called, is one of the few moths help- ful to man, and even it must be fed huge quantities of mulberry leaves. It may be realized how destructive moths are by the fact that there have been named, in this one article, the leaves of the rhododendron, catalpa, elder, mulberry, on which they feed. And how many just one worm will eat! The larval stages of clothes moths do untold damage, to the despair of tidy housekeepers and the delight of tailors. WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS “Why, we thought you had gone home,” said the majority of Washing- tonians to Congress when they picked | up their Sunday morning newspapers and saw that the expected adjournment of the national legislative body had been postponed by the inability to agree as to whether there should be a 9 or a 12 cent loan on cotton. The rest of the country likewise was surprised. To many of the members of Congress, weary from a long session, one which has been espe- cially trying during these closing days, the delay was more than a surprise—it was a keen disappointment. With eyes turned homeward, they had been wait- ing anxiously for the final drop of the gavel announcing that the first session of the Seventy-fourth Congress was “ad- journed sine die.” Parliamentary tac- tics, added to the ever-present fickleness of politics, forced them to remain until there could be a “meeting of legislative minds” on the controverted cotton question. * ox ox x Diplomats here were busy today dis- cussing the note sent by the United States to the Soviet government, with its threatened disruption of the friendly relations between the two countries re- newed almost two years ago after many years, during which there had been no formal exchanges between them. The effect of this action not only on the intercourse between the two nations di- rectly involved, but also on other coun- tries, was seriously considered. Atten- tion was directed to the strong and em- phatic language used by the State De- t in the note presented on its behalf by Ambassador Bullitt to Mos- cow, and of the evident purpose of this Government to forestall by every means at its command activities of representa- tives or officials of the Communist or- ganization involving interference in the internal affairs of the United States. Close observers of international affairs here were of the opinion that the step taken yesterday by this Government, although not entirely unexpected, will have repercussions in many foreign capi- tals, where its effects will be carefully analyzed. 2wy Success in diplomacy depends in large measure on the ability to “say the right thing at the right time.” Friends here of Ambassador Bullitt today recalled an instance of this quickness on his part on the occasion of his recent visit to Washington. Having been introduced rather casually to a person one morn- ing, he met the same gentleman at a social gathering that evening. The lat- ter spoke without addressing him by “Bullitt’s the name,” said the Ambassador. “Oh, yes, Mr. Ambassador; I met you this morning,” was the reply. “But I thought you might have forgot- ten the name” was the Ambassador's diplomatic answer. - ins e Because of his prominence in Jap- anese affairs and his friendly feeling for the United States, the visit to this country of Count Aisuke Kabayama, member of the House of Peers, now en route to London via the United States to attend the meeting of'the Interpai- liamentary Conference, is awaited with interest. Count Kabayama, who has States. He is a graduate of Ambherst College and received an honorary de- | gree from Ohio Wesleyan University. * ¥ ¥ x High tribute to faithful and efficient service was paid by President Roosevelt several days ago when he authorized the continuance in office for a further period, not to exceed five years, of Wilbur J. Carr, Assistant Secretary of State. As chairman of the Board of Foreign Serv- Carr doubtless has a wider acquaintance with the members of that service than any other Government official. During his more than 40 years in the Depart- ment of State his interest has been man- ifested on numerous occasions in all that pertains to the welfare of this Gov- ernment’s representation abroad and of those who serve it. * ¥ * % President Roosevelt's smiling inquiry of the congressional group gathered about his desk the other day as he was about to sign the banking bill, when he asked whether any one there had read it, might be applied to many other meas- ures adopted by Congress. So lengthy and complicated are many of them that they are read in their entirety by very few members of the legislative body which adopts them outside of the chair- man and members of the committees in charge of them. * K ok X At various times the suggestion has been made, either in humorous or seri- ous vein, that people should subscribe to the Congressional Record. The sug- gestions, however, are not reported as having ever swamped the Government Printing Office with new orders. It has even been proposed that illustrations might be used to “brighten up” the pages of this daily congressional report. Oc- casionally, however, the subscriber to this publication would feel himself well repaid. One such instance was fur- nished by the filibustering speech of Sen- ator Tydings of Maryland last Friday evening on the river and harbor, or “pork barrel.” bill. Delivered in a light, sarcastic vein, this speech was punctu- ated throughout with “laughter.” ok o x Although the Irish are not noted as linguists, Michael MacWhite, popular and witty Minister here from the Irish Free State, takes high rank among the Washington diplomatic corps for his ability in speaking a number of foreign languages. Purthermore, he is “at home” with the different dialects of a number of the countries in which he has been stationed. (Copyright, 1935.) —————————— Fearsome Fellows. Prom the Marshalltown (Iowa) Times-Republiean. Those Ethiop soldiers aren't hand- some and the€: shins curve, but how'd you like to meet one when he was good and mad? JREE, SIS Bad Manners. Prom the Grand Island (Nebr.) Independent. A detective hired to watch for pick- pockets at a recent public performance had his own pockets picked. In the best criminal circles this is considered a breach of etiquette. oot Going Up! Prom the Duluth (Minn.) News-Tribune. A seasonal upturn in business is noted, with an increased demand for sunburn and mosquito lotion. these creatures are | | Sydney, New South Wales. | is the cormorant. ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS By Frederic ). 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. Why can't Government salaries be garnisheed?’—H. G. C. A. The prohibition against gare nisheeing the salary of a Government official goes back to the theory that the Government is not amenable to suit; therefore, Government disbursing officers are free from proceedings of this kind. Q. Is glass a liquid or a solid?—G. M. A. Glass is physically classed as an extremely viscous liquid rather than a solid, because it lacks crystalline struc- ture and has no definite melting point. Q. When did a race riot occur in Atlanta, Ga? It was some time between 1905 and 1910.—K. McD. - A.From September 22 to 25, 1906, there were a series of race riots in which 18 Negroes and 1 white man were killed. Order was restored by sending several companies of State troops into the city. Q. How many covered bridges are there in Massachusetts? In Connecti- cut?—E. B. A. Massachusetts has 26 covered bridges and Connecticut has seven. Q. Do ants recognize members of their own tribes?>—G. P. A. That ants possess highly developed senses and the power of communicating with one another has long been known to students of their habits. The insects are guided by light, being vemw sensi- | tive to ultra-violet rays and also by scent and hearing. Experiments by A. M. Fielde show that an ant follows her own old track by a scent exercised by the tenth segment of the feeler, recognizes other inmates of her nest by a sense of smell resident in the eleventh segment, is guided to eggs, maggots and pupae, which she has to tend by sensation through the eighth and ninth segments, and appreciates the general smell of the nest by means of organs in the twelfth segment. Q. In how many cases has the lie detector been used?—S. M. A. This device has been used to ex- amine nearly 4,000 individuals involved in crimes ranging from petty theft to murder. Q. Please give a biography of Annie Yeamans —W. B. A. Annie Yeamans (1835-1912) was born on the Isle of Wight. While a child she was taken by her parents to In 1853 she married Edward Yeamans. Her first ap- pearance in New York City was in Cen- drillon. She entered upon a long en- | gagement with Harrigan and Hart at the heater Comique, where she became noted for her impersonation of Irish characters. Q. What is the bird which is trained to catch fish?—R. T. A. The bird which is trained to catch fish in the Orient, especially in Japan, This is a water bird with a long neck and hooked bill which feeds exclusively upon fish. The Japa- nese tie a strap around the neck so that the bird is unable to swallow the fish it catches. Trained cormorants have been known to catch as many as 100 fish in an hour. Q. How much of the weight of the brain is gray substance?—W. E. A. The gray substance represents 37 to 38 per cent of the total weight of the brain. Q. What are industrial fruits?>—H. L. A. Those products of the soil which are sown and planted and upon reaching maturity are garnered or harvested, such as grain, vegetables and other crops. | They are distinct from the natural fruits | such as trees, grass, etc., and are con- sidered as personal and not real prop- erty. Q. What is the origin of the name jay- ice Personnel, and also of the Board of | hawker?—H. J. Examiners for the Foreign Service, Mr. | A. The name originated in Kansas during the slavery and anti-slavery | warfare and was applied to a few free State men who organized a system of retaliation against pro-slavery outrages. Gov. Lane of Kansas in 1861 declared that “the people of Kansas were neither thieves, plunderers nor jayhawkers.” Q. What is known as the crossroads of the Pacific?>—T. L. A. The Hawaiian Islands. Q. What caused the collision of the U. S. S. Aeolus and the U. S. S. Huron, April 25, 1918, on a bright moonlight night?—K. C. A. It was due to a casualty to the steering gear of the U. 8. S. Siboney, one of the ships of the convoy. The Aeolus changed course suddenly to avoid being struck by the Siboney. There were no casualties to the per- sonnel of the Aeolus or Huron, but both ships were damaged and put back to New York. Q. What was the first ehildren’s periodical?>—F. K. A. The Lilliputian Magazine, published by John Newbery (1713-1767), a book- seller of London, for whom the John Newbery Medal for children's literature is named. Q. What is the extent of the salmon industry on the Columbia River?—R. K. A. Approximately $10,000,000 a year is made in this industry. Q. Where is Goldsmith Maid, the fa- mous trotting horse, buried?—E. F. A. She is buried in Fashion Stud Farm, Trenton, N. J, and her monu- ment bears the following inscription: “Here lies Goldsmith Maid, queen of trotters for seven years. Born in Sussex County, 1857, died here September 23, 1885. Best record, 2:14, made at Boston in 1874. Earned $364.200, the world’s record. Driven by Bud Doble. by Henry N. Smith.” A Rhyme at Twi_light By Gertrude Brooke Hamilton Sing Once Again Sing me the song that made me love you so When we first met, The melody of dusk, when lights are low And suns have set. I want the solace of that sweet refrain. As shadows throng I want the ease you bring to heart and brain, You and your song. And at the end lean through the lin- gering light ‘That I may scan A face enchanting as the stars of night 'l‘o'tindmnn. \