Evening Star Newspaper, November 13, 1935, Page 10

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The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited 1o it or not otherwise eredited in this Paper and also the local news published herein. il rights of publication of special dispatches erein are also reserved — — Reassuring Bankers. President Roosevelt's letter to the American Bankers' Association—sent through Jesse H. Jones, chairman of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation— commented upon the strong position of the banks of the country today. The banks are in that strong position so long | ®s something does not happen to Govern- | ment credit. No less an authority than Senator Carter Glass of Virginia, former Secretary of the Treasury, has gpictured the banks of the Federal Reserve Sys- tem as holding Government securities in huge proportions. And Lewis Douglas, former director of the budget in the Roosevelt administration, has shown the manner in which Government securities have been sold to the banks and how these transactions have helped to boost the size of bank deposits. The President said to Chairman Jones in his letter that he hoped the members of the American Bankers' Association would take full advantage of the bank- | fng act of 1035 and provide credit. Credit, he said, should be accorded on a gound basis to business and industry and teal estate. The banks for a long time have been ready to advance money to business and industry, provided, of eourse, the enterprises to be financed were sound. Industry, ignorant. and perhaps fearful, of what it was to ex- perience in new legislation designed to control industry and curb profits. igno- rant of what might happen to the “man- aged” currency of the country, has been mary about investing in new enterprises or extending those already existing. In effect, the Chief Executive is telling the bankers and business that there is no longer reason to be'afraid; that the time has come for the banks, business and the Government to go ahead to- gether on the road to complete recovery. The bankers and business may be par- doned if they recall the story of the | mother, her small boy and a goat. The boy would not go out into the yard, he said, because he was afraid of the goat. *You know there is no such thing as fear, John.” said the mother. “Yes,” re- plied the small boy. “But, mother, what J want to know is, does the goat know it?” The President not long ago promised business a “breathing spell.” His re- mark was interpreted as meaning that there would be a let-up in legislation af- fecting business. There have been various opinions as to what may be expected from the new dealers when the “breath- | ing spell” comes to a conclusion. Fer- yently some persons hope that breathing’spell will be permanent. they are not sure. The members of the American Bank- ers’ Association are vitally interested in recovery. They are tremendously inter- ested in seeing the Government balance But Its books, bringing expenditures and re- | reipts into juxtaposition. They are in- terested, as every American must be, In the credit of the Government and its eontinuance on a firm basis. Not only does it mean an increase in business for the banks, but it means preservation it- self. Co-operation between the banks, busi- ness and the Government, as the Presi- dent has said, is a great need for the solution of the problems of the Eountry. Co-operation must be on the part of all three. The whole tenor of the Presi- dent’s message to the bankers assembled in annual convention is reassuring. It 15 in line with his promise to business at the close of the last session of Congress. e The demonstrations of the Mystic Bhrine immediately preceded a general fmprovement in the temper of business. Yhe fact may be only a coincidence, mlthough reminders of genial human fel- lowship at least show a tenacity of gen- erous purpose that must command re- spect in a troubled world. [ SN A press conference would be more ex- eiting if every participant made bold to tell all he knows or thinks he knows. ) Traditions of the Air. Aviation from the beginning has had {deals, but gradually it also is developing traditions. Thus it may be said to be following the customary pattern of hu- man enterprise, whereby new activities start with dreams, move forward by experiment and at last are codifled in governing pringiples. Medicine and law, obviously, reflect that variety of steady growth. The arts, the crafts and com- merce almost as definitely have grown to maturity through unnumbered cen- turies of time. Plain folk summarize the interplay of cause and effect when they speak of a captain remaining on the bridge of his ship the while it sinks and an engineer holding fast to the throttle In any emergency which may occur during the run of his train. Capt. Donald Buckman, perhaps, never paused to think of such things. He had been trained in the Army, and faithfuls ness to duty was instinctive in his mind. o it happened that, when he suffered a . [l the | heart attack in midair a hundred miles from Bakersfield landing field, he did not collapse in panic and wreck his P plane in the Mojave Desert. A power which he probably did not suppose he possessed helped him to complete the trip, bring his three passengers down safely and preserve his transport ma- chine without damage. The ordeal was fatally seVere, but the man himself was greater than his suffering. Hé died be- foie assistance could be summoned, yet not before history had written his name on a page of an immortal book. ' To a philosopher the incident signifies a basic value in the evolution of the human race. Age after age, it seems, work increases in noble dignity and the competent performance of any assigned task takes precedence over purely per- sonal interest. Victory and success, of course, are expressions of the soul of man, not self-created values. But, especially when a social factor is in- volved, the job has an importance which transcends that of the individual re- sponsible for it. fficmrs epitomize the thought in the doctrine that “the show must go on.” Thousands of his countrymen paid Capt, Buckman the tribute of remember- ing in connection with his passing the beautiful words: *“Well dene, good and faithful servant.” He could ask no richer fame. no rarer homage. A universal pub- lic is grateful for his inspiring example. R Italy’s Alarm. If anything were needed to reveal the alarm and anxiety with whidh Italy awaits League sdnctions it is provided by the truculent note which the Rome gov- ernment has addressed te the various powers due to ber 18. In a manifesto which is a com- bination of alibis and threats, Geneva's program, especially the ban on imports from Italy of hostility to the present” the Fascists have not wished to leave the League because they destre “to prevent the conflict from giv- | there is definite implication that Mus- | solini will quit if the sanctionist powers fail to realize “the gravity of the conse- quences” they are provoking. In the course of his protest, breathing so clearly the fears now agitating Rome, Il Duce requests the several governments involved to state exactly how they propose to “conduct themselves.” and hints that | thev will be héld “individually respon- sible” for ensuing events. I In Dondon and Paris. in particular, | indications are premptly forthcoming | that Italy’s ominous remonstrances have | fallen on deaf ears. Even Germany and | Austria, whence Mussolini expected direct indirect aid in circumventing the boycott, are unsympathetic. or League Berlin has proclaimed, on the ground of | domestic necessities, a strict embargo on | important raw materials and foodstuffs. | Vienna announces that while Austrians, because of vital dependence on trade with Ttaly, cannot join in economic measures, | they League and join in its arms embargo. Mussolini’'s eleventh-hour hopes of avert- | ing the complete isolation destined sooner or later to overtake Italy are thus rudely | shattered. The protest against sanctions bristles with dire warnings of their after effects, not so much on Italy as on her “op- pressors.” These are admonished that | “an attempt to exclude from world economy a market of 40,000,000 souls runs thegrisk of drving up immediately and | surely the sources of sustenance and life | of millions of workers all the world over.” There will be “inevitable Italian counter | measures.” These will produce “a dis- turbance of outlook” which may last long after sanctions have fulfilled their purpose and “result in increasing economic disorder in the world.” Interlarded with these forebodingsare protestations by Italy that her “civilizing | mission” in Ethiopia, especially through abolition of slavery, has already been so successful that the League should re- consider the entire situation and recog- nize that accomplished facts impose upon the Italians “obligations of protection” which they cannot honorably evade. None of these belated arguments and specious pleas of justification is destined | to bring Mussolini the reprieve he craves. He can be in no doubt, after President Roosevelt's Armistice day address, of America’s state of mind. The President | effectively reflected public sentiment in this country when he declared in un- mistakable language that the United States is in “entire sympathy with the efforts of other nations to end war” and “disapproves steps taken by others to commit acts of aggression.” _— The stratosphere has been intimately studied. The question of what to do with it is one that cannot be decided by a straw vote. - Pudding Proof. Measured in terms of unemployment, recovery in the United States is afar off. Ogden L. Mills, former Secretary of the Treasury, speaking before the Rotary Club at Chicago yesterday, has effective- lv pointed this out. Unemployment in this country stood at 9,466,000 in Sep- tember, 1935, or less by pnly half a mil- lion than in September, 1933. In the opinion of Mr. Mills, this can be cor- rected only by a change in policies—by throwing overboard much that has been done by the Roosevelt administration. That unemployment “is the core of the recovery problem” nearly every one will agree with Mr. Mills. And nearly every one will agree that the proof of a pudding is in the eating. Despite the expenditure of billions of dollars by the Federal Government for relief and for the promotion of recovery, for “reform” in business and agriculture, nine and a half million workers remain unem- ployed. The Roosevelt New Deal pud- ding is not digesting. The national stomach is still decidedly upset. If Mr. Mills is to be believed, President Roose- velt has proved a poor physician, and the patient is in extreme danger. The Roosevelt treatment, he avers, has been wrong from the start. It has been bet- impose economic and | financial penalties on and after Novem- | is assailed as a “veritable act | " It is pointed out that “up | | restrict production. ing rise to wider complications,” but | STAR, ter calculated to perpetuate the illness than to cure it. The great mistake of the New Dealers, from the President down, Mr. Mills con- tends, has been putting the cart before the horse. They have sought to restrict production, to force up costs and prices and to bring about monopolies in both business and agriculture, Mr. Mills sald: s “There is only one way to cure unem- ployment—that is to increase produc- tion. The way to increase production is to stimulate buying by giving the con- sumer the benefit of lower prices for finished products, and simultaneously to create conditions which will invite the flow of capital into producers’ goods or heavy industries, thus increasing cur- rent purchasing power by transforming savings into wages.” The Roosevelt administration chose to do exactly the opposite. There was & demand to force up prices. The admin- istration devalued the dollar in this effort. And when it devalued the dollar and violated its contracts to Ppay in gold the Government took & long step toward retarding business expansion. Business lost what confidence it had—a confidence that had been increasing. The trouble about it all has been that a fise in prices caused by monetary manipulation or the threat of inflation does no good, but makes capital timid and discourages enterprise. This Mr. Mills very clearly points out. Production is the great basis of wealth and l\igher standards. Higher standards depend upon the purchasing power of the people. Purchasing power, in the final anal! depends upon production and employment, with the attendant wages. It is Mr. Mills’ contention that greater production with lower prices is the way out of any depression, the way to the greater employment of the people. With lower prices, purchasing proceeds rapidly, which increases production and, ultimately, wages and then prices. The program of the administration, on | the other hand. has been definitely to The N. R. A. and the A. A. A. were called into being to meet the situation. Mr. Mills classes both as monopolistic, designed to hmit | production and fix prices. The A. A. A. continues to do both, and if it so con- tinues, ultimately a new N. R. A. will | | A Lt rook Al o : : stry and labor to do | them whetting, vet baffing. Kit's efforts be sought, by industy:s | {o tear away the clouds of doubt and take away with competitive pressure and to | restrict prices and to raise prices by agreement, he predicts. Why not? It is even possible that the manufacturer of pay him—as 1t pavs the farmer—Ifor re- | stricting production, and that the pay- | ment come out of processing taxes which the farmer will have to pay. e Political groups in Europe are identified | by the color of shirts they wear. As usual, | the white-collar man is the last to be | considered. B Automobiles used to be inspected for bootleg liquor. As the war on crime proceeds they are inspected for machine | guns. are standing strictly behind the | o Shooting Stars, BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Youth Dependable. Oh. who has not read of the bad little boy Who grew up to honor and wealth | And breught his dear mother to afluent joy And sent father West for his health. Oh, who has not heard of the wild little girl Whose family fell into a rage, Yet gavly took part in society’'s whirl When she made a great hit on the stage. We fear we are leaving more burdens to | youth Than youth will be able to bear. Each new generation looks into the truth That old folks mark “handle with care.” | And no doubt we will work in the old- fashioned way While youth with its valor and charm Will return to “the light in the window” and pay The mortgage dad put on the farm. Displeasures of Hope. “Some of those foreign dictators have | antagonized one human sefftiment after another.” “When I studied politics,” said Senator Sorghum, “I was told to be agreeable, I am waiting to see whether a man can be a success by trying to displease every- Jud Tunkins says a kind word will help a lot, but it’s no good from a high-power salesman who gets you into an argument with the credit department. Honor Abroad. The words of good George Washington | From other nations praise have won; The Declaration which proclaimed Our Independence is far famed. John Marshall in his wisdom wrote ‘Words that the world will pause to quote. ‘When thus we score a foreign hit, ‘Why should home folks belittle it? Historic Pathos. , “Do ypu think communism should be studied?” said the member of the Board of Education. “Yes,” said Miss Cayenne. “But only as reminders of pathetic incidents in ancient higsory.” “My friend Hi Hat needs a loan,” said Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown. “I weuld gladly proffer it were it notyfor’ his man- ner of superiority, which would place me under an eternal sense of obligation if he accepted it.” Phenomena. Uncle Remus had a rabbit ‘Which, we were surprised to see, Would abandon native habit ‘When obliged to climb a tree. Arguments which ‘wildly revel In a sert of psychic glee % Won't stay strictly on the level, "Cause they're ’bliged to climb a tree. *You don't make enemies,” said Uncle Eben, “you simply discovers 'em unex- pectedly and unintentionally.” " WASHINGTON, | it casts on the murmuring brook | other plans for the D. C, NEW BOOKS AT RANDOM Margaret Germond. SHADOW ON THE BROOK. By Elisa- beth Stancy Payne. New York: Dodd, Mead & Co. A mysterious family, eking out an un- certain living on a lonely Vermont estate, is the driving force behind the rather delightful romance which Elisabeth Stancy Payne has drawn from a deft combination of austere New Englandism and impetuous modern youth. The Teales are regarded in the neigh- borhood as a queer lot, and there is a sinister and mysterious atmosphere about Teale Acres that gives the place and its occupants an uncompromisingly unfriendly reputation. But the family is so hard pushed for cash that young Jule Teale defies the will of the clan and for the accommodation of any chance motor tourists who may be over- taken by darkness or storm on the long stretch of lonely country road between towns, erects two cabins beside the rest- less brook that runs through the grounds. There is a reminder of the “Jalna” theme in the dominant great-grand- mother, nearing ninety, who has ruled the men of the Teale family for four generations, and, though bed-ridden and | toothless, still holds the whip hand. Four selfish, worthless Teale men, Jule, the only girl child ever born to a Teale, and little David complete the household. Old Ez man of all work, is the only friend- 1y nd sympathetic human being of Jule's acquaintance, Kit Martyn, a promising young en- gineer, and his flapper mother are caught in a bad storm after dark and are grate- ful for the shelter to be had at Teale Acres. But they are both immediately aware of the updercurrent of mistrust and mystery that betokens unpleasant things to come. They leave the next morning.” but Kit beauty of Jule Teale, and is determined to return and dispel. if possible, the | shadow beclouding ger life and denying her the right to happiness. The engineering job—which brought | about his acquaintance with Teale Acres in the first place—affords the oppor- tunity to return and take up his resi- dence in the cabin. but. try as he will, he cannot wrest from Jule the secret con- cerning her relationship to David. and the child undoubtedly is a substantial stumbling block in the way of any at- tempt to rescue Jule from the indolent, grasping Teale men and the equally selfish old virago. There are other mys- teries that thicken the long shadow on the ceaselessly whispering brook, all of Jule and David into the security of his { love Youth and love are powerful enemies of arrogance and hatred, and eventually | Kit wins the confidence of old “Gran” shoes may demand that the Government i thereby given the kev to the mystery and the weapon with which to force the truth from the handsome, un- holy clan and to insure his own and | Jule’s happiness in a world far removed from Teale Acres and the long shadow It is a pleasing story that will be liked for its pure romanticism. T THE HUSBAND OF MARY. beth Hart pincott Co. In the development of modern liter- By Eliza- | ature along lines intended to give & clearer and more enlightened under- standing of the events of history there has been a highly commendable move- | ment on the part of trustworthy and | sincere writers to turn to the Bible for inspiration and to take from the count- | less events recorded in its pages the basic | material for enlarged and more specific | studies of stories with which a civiliza- | tion that is now mnearly two thousand vears old has only a vague understand- ing. The handling of these stories must be | carefully and conscientiously under- taken only after a comprehensive re- search and profound study of the com- paratively few authoritative sources of | information, and then a strict fidelity to the Bible version must be exercised if the work is to be accepted with any de- gree of appreciation. So far as a mere unprofessional student can judge, the author of this beautiful romance of Joseph and Mary has fulfilled these re- quirements. Beginuning with a scene in the streets of Nazareth as the pilgrims to the Feast of the Passover return to their homes, the reader is introduced to the com- munity. Joseph is lonely and keenly aware of the joylessness,of returning to a dwelling that houses no one but him- self. He is in love with Mary, the daughter of his cousin, but Toachim has lovely girl, and Joseph is filled with doubts and misgiv- ings. Many eligible girls in the village seek to draw the attentions of the young carpenter, for he is both industrious and attractive. but his interest is rooted deep- lyv and firmly in his love for this one strange girl of whom the villagers admit | they have no understanding. With simplicity and sincerity the story moves forward to the days of the dis- covery by Ioachim that Mary is in love with Joseph and of their promised mar- riage, and then to the journey of Mary to a far city for a visit with her coysin Elizabeth, who soon is to become the mother of John the Baptist. The return of Mary with the extraordinary story of the miraculous visitation from the angel Gabriel and of his declaration that she shall be the mother of the Son of God is related with an artistic finish that wins immediate admiration and appreciation. From the return of Mary %o Nazareth to the memorable journey to Bethlehem the story of Joseph and Mary is woven inte a romance that throbs with human sympathy for these two whose lives be- come complicated and then blessed by the advent of the Infant destined to bring a new philosophy into the world and to change the whole of civilization. kRN HIDDEN WAYS. By Frederic F. Van de Water. Indianapolis: The Bobbs- Merrilk Co. David Mallory, & young newspaper re- porter who is down and out in New York and working as a switchboard operator in a fashionable apartment house, and Miss Agatha Paget, an elderly cripple with a keen sense of humor, are the high lights of this interesting and mysti- fying tale of murder in a locked and empty apartment. Not empty in the sense of being tenantless—for a most peculiar family occupies the rooms—but the murder seems to have been commit- ted when the three Ferreters were absent, and the victim appears to be an unknown, black-bearded man whose entrance jnto the closely guarded abode of the exclu- sives is as much of a mystery as the identity of the person who killed hifn. While David is rescuing Miss Agatha from the wreckage of her wheel chair she discovers that -he is no menial by choice, but an intelligent young man re- duced by necessity to work at anything he can get. She hires him to do some genealogical writing in which she plans to disclose all the family scandals and skeletons and thereby make of her beau- tiful niece and worthless nephew two honest, upright citizens without the backing of the family name. David accepts the job because of the pay and the unity to be near the Mvely ‘lece, but he also cherishes the %upe WEDNESDAY, is intrigued by the | | used to it—and Philadelphia: J. B. Lip- | | economic nationalism is NOVEMBER 13, 1935. THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL, “Readers ask many questions. The latest of these follows: “When is the best time to walk, the morning, on going to work, or the evening, on returning?” The answer must be entirely personal. If a sedentary worker, the sort who needs walking most, wants to take this type of simple exercise, he must study his own make-up and needs, and then abide by them. To walk when and where some one else suggests, just because he suggests it, is almost sure to be the one wrong way. In the main, in so far as walking is concerned, humanity is divided into_ two classes, those who perspire freély,”and those who do not. , Those who belong in the first class had better do their walking on the way home, then they will be in & position at the end to take a shower and get into clean clothing. Especially during Fall and Winter must the sedentary worker fear getting into a perspiration, then standing on a corner waiting for a bus, or in some other way cooling off. The plain fact of sweat will keep any but the most hardy, from walking to work. It is not altogether a matter of hardiness, however. for often very healthy people break into perspiration very easily. * x * ¥ Whether absolutely healthy or only halfway so, as s0 many persons are, get- ting into a small or great sweat and then cooling off by drying off in a wind or simply a cool place is very dangerous business. We were talking the other dav to a very hardy old gentleman who told of | a recent long walk he had taken on a semi-cool day. He felt so good that day, he said, that he purposely extended | his ‘walk and increased the pace of it until he was in a mild perspiration. His objective had beefi a library, which was kept warm enough, but, being rather large,. was somewhat drafty, at least enough 50 to cool him off too rapidly as he sat reading. The result was that he was in bed with a very severe cold for a week. Upon getting out he made this re- solve: That hereafter he would take a | | long walk only when his home was at | the end of it Y * %% This is a very good rule. one which | young and old can adopt with profit. It seems that moderns are not as hardy, in respect to colds, as the people of many vears ago. They did not keep their homes so warm. in the first place—were simply not so there was not the difference in temperature between in- doors and outdoors which one so often encounters today. There are a great many persons who | do not, through one reason or another, pay any attention at all to thermome- ters. Some of them actually of them One of the resuits of this is that they sit for hours in a room where the tem- perature is nearer 80 than the theoret- ical and murch-praised 70 degrees. Upon several occasions, in office build- ings, we have tested the temperature WASHINGTON seem afraid and found it to approximate 90 degrees, much to the astonishment of workers to whom we showed the thermometer. ‘Whereas they had been sitting very calmly before, without feeling in the slightest bit warm, after they were con- vinced the thermometer was correct they began to complain of the heat. Such is human nature, This instance may or may not bear out the old saw, “What you don’t know won't hurt you.” * ok % ¥ Just how far one should walk is a moot question, but it, too, must be set- tled by the individual. While it is a fashion to declare noth- ing short of 4 or 5 miles worth anything, there is many a person who can get real benefit from a 2-mile, or even a mile, walk, if it is in the right direction and at the right pace. The direction, we believe, is home- ward, as stated, for all except these supersturdy persons who do not sweat | when they walk vigorously. The right pace is fast—at least fast for the individual. Not a racing pace, by any means, but somewhere in the neighborhood of a mile in 15 minutes. This is not exceptionally fast walking, but perhaps the average sedentary worker, who has walked little, will find 20 minutes per mile a bit too speedy at first. Fifteen minutes per mile means about 128 steps a minute. Yet all such directions are bothersome to keep in mind, and do detract from the sheer pleasure of the walk. The best way, therefore, is just to step out at a little fasteg pace than one's usual walk. Most sedentary city people will find, on careful check, that their usual walk | is rather more of a stroll than any- thing else. It is a sort of an amble. scarcely to be dignified by the name walk. It gets one there in the end, but is such a bore- some business that it is no wonder so many persons prefer to ride, and do ride, even for short distances. * ¥ x x The “best time to walk” probably would be the morning. if one could end at home, or where it would be possible to take a bath and get into clean linen. Since this is scarcely possible for most of us on going to work, it must be as- sumed that late afternoon, or “evening.” as some persons call any time between 4 and 6 o'clock. is reallv the best, since it is the most practical time. One handicap of this latter period is | the lack of “pep” commonly experienced by the office worker after a dav's work. | one’s heels at | may as easily, in some cases. walk home Often he feeis like doing anvthing in the world except walk. Perhaps that is the very reason he should. The driver of his own car is mostly debarred from this sport. but the user of public transit can drop off car or bus at any point. Thus the company provides him with a readily adjustable machine which en- ables him to lengthen or shorten his walk to suit himself. By taking to the sidewalk at a chosen point one may get in as little or as long a walk as desired. Instead of cooling a transfer point. one in the same time, with benefit both to body and mind. OBSERVATIONS BY FREDERIC Canada and the United States both is hardly a case on record of a major international deal having been put | through at the rapid-fire rate which marked recent reciprocal tariff negotia- | tions between President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Mackenzie King. They were able to announce, after barely three | davys of direct discussion, the conclusion of a treaty which has been in the hopper here and at Ottawa, with discouraging prospects, for the better part of a vear. The final result hangs up a brand-new speed mark. No one is happier over the outcome than Secretary Hull. As Uncle Sam’s banner reciprocal achievement to date, it may prove to be the spark plug nec ry to push to a quick conclusion negotiations pending with other coun- tries. Undoubtedly Secretary Hull had a hand in bringing about the announce- ment of the Canadian bargain on Armi- | stice day, thus linking it with the anni- versary of the World War's end. During his two and a half strenuous years at the State Department Secretary Hull has become increasingly convinced that one of chronic breeders of war. He is eagerly hopeful that the world at large will be duly impressed by the example Canada and the United States shave just set and will decide to emulate it. Peace fol- lows the flag of trade reciprocity in Hull's judgment. * x ¥ ¥ Budgetary matters are now the New Deal’s all-absorbing concern and will be until its expense account for the fiscal vear 1936-37 is ready for Congress in January. President Roosevelw deprecates guesswork about figures, but persistent reports credit the administration with a desire to produce a budget totaling around $6,500,000,000, as compared to the current $8,000,000.000. All concerned, from F. D. R. down, are mindful of the vital political importance of the budget. Every energy is being strained to evolve a set-up that will convince the 1936 elec- torate of Rooseveltian zeal for economy. The executive branch, among other rea- sons, is spurred to do its utmost on that score by the revelation that the House Committee on Departmental Expendi- tures, under the leadership of its chair- man, Representative Cochran, Democrat, of Missouri, has embarked upon a drive to cut Federal costs to the bone. Treas- ury and co-related quarters are also im- pressed by the National Economy League’s poll, showing that 359 out of 377 newspapers throughout the country. of varjed political affiliations, demand budget balancing with the governmental year beginning July 1 next. x k X X Gov. Landon of Kansas having called for “horse sense” in national financing, another Midwest Republican presidential aspirant, Senator Dickinson of Iowa, ad= that some.New York editor will vet weaken and put him on the pay roll. JThen the black-bearded man is found stabbed to death in a nearby apart- ment, and there is reason to believe that Miss Agatha's nephew may be in some way involved. The 'police are called, of course, and Captain Shannon works hard to prove theories that he is evidently intended to. conceive. David and his crippled employer, how- ever, apply their intellectual faculties to the case and eventually lead Captain Shannon and the minions of theNew York Police Department to the murderer and reveal the astounding method by which entrance and escape from the murder apartment. was achieved. Action, excitement, romance and good wholesome humor make the story an en« Joyable and satisfying treat for a reiny evening at home. believe in shirtsieeve diplomacy. There | relief. 1t 8| 3 | State Senator Dickinson said: | possible to build agriculture into a pros- the | RILLIAM WILE. vocates the same prescription for farm In a recent speech in his home “It is perity that will be permanent and last- ing without reliance for its accomplish- ment upon political miracles. It will be founded not upon optical illusions pro- | duced by Government magicians. but upon self-reliance and common sense. It will be grounded upon the solid and basic American conviction that you and I can | manage our own affairs better than any outsider who happens to wear a Gov- ernment badge.” As the G. O. P. must win the West, or a husky section of it, to beat Roosevelt, Dickinson's friends think the Senator’s claims on the nomi- nation are not to be disregarded. His qualities include the fact that he’s prob- ably the most presidential-looking entry in the race. Eastern interests are said to view with favor the Towan's availabil- ity. if the elephant must seek a leader in the open spaces. e Washington's Town Hall, which will begin operations for the season on No- vember 24, will go international in a big way, with the most distinguished program of foreign speakers heard here in many a day. On December 1 Germany will be represented by Emil Ludwig, famous historical biographer; on Decem- ber 8 Great Britain, by Sir Norman An- gell. former Labor member of Parliament and Nobel peace prize winner: on De- cember 15 Italy, by Goetano Salvemini, member of the pre-Fascist Italian Par- | liament, and on December 22 France, by Andre Siegfried, economist. author | and former foreign office official. After these various overseas spokesmen have dealt with problems germane to Europe and their respective countries the Town Hall will go native, with a list of eminent Americans who will fill programs running up to April, 1936, including Mrs. Roose- velt's February 2 talk on “Should Women Be Allowed to Work?” * ok ok * From Michigan comes word that when Incumbent Jim Couzens, Republican, tires of running for the Senate his son Frank, just re-elected mayor of Detroit by & four-to-one majority, will aspire to the paternal seat in Congress. The chief magistrate of the motor metropolis, a chip of the old Progressive block, will be only 34 years old in February. His friends think he is at the outset of a public career destined to carry him far beyond the ‘Wolverine border. As a native Detroiter he is eligible to the presidency, a quality not posséssed by his father, who was born in Canada. * % * % Representative John W. Flannagan, jr., | Democrat, of Virginia has broken down | into political statistics the various acts of Congress declared unconstitutional by | the Supreme Court. He states that of 67 acts invalidated during a period of 146 years only 20, or about 29 per cent, were d by Democratic Congresses. Forty- two, or around 63 per cent, were the acts of Republican Congresses. Four of the other unconstitutional statutes were passed by a Democratic House and Re- publican Senate and one by the first Congress, which was non-partisan. The Old Dominion Representative thinks these figures are a knockout answer to the cry of the “Tories” that Democrats are the “Constitution-wrecking” party. * x x % Not often since the Harrison-Van Buren campaign of 1840, when “Tippe- canoe and Tyler, Too” was the victorious battle-cry, has a presidential contest been fought and won with a rhythmical party slogan. If farm relief is to be paramount it's suggested that the New Deal may take the fleld in 36 with a jingle running, “A. A. A. Is Here to Stay"—that is to say, unless the Supreme Court says nay. «on?mht. 1935.) 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 Burean, Frederic J. Haskin, Director, Washing- ton, D.C. Please inclose stamp for reply, Q. Do newspapers ever use carrier pigeons in transporting news?—E. L, K. A. A recent instance of their use was when pictures taken at the University of California-Santa Clara game, in Berkeley, on October 19, appeared in that afternoon’'s papers. Use of the birds enabled the papers to have pic= tures in the office only 27 minutes after leaving the gridiron. Q. Who was Lone Wolf?—J. C A. He was a Kiowa chief who led a hostile faction of his tribe on the war- path in 1874. He was quickly defeated and, with a number of followers, was de- | ported to Florida, where he remained in | military confinement for three years. Q. What changes have there been in President Roosevelt's cabinet?—C. H. G. | A. The changes in President Roose- | velt's cabinet were occasioned by the | death of Thomas J. Walsh, Attornev | General-elect, who was succeeded by | Homer S. Cummings, and William H. | Woodin, Secretary of the Treasury. who resigned because of ill health and died | within a few months. He was succeeded by Henry Morgenthau. Q. What is the origin of “almighty dollar"?—E. E A. The earliest use of the phrase “al- mighty dollar,” in literature is believed to be by Washington Irving in “Wolfert's Roost. a Creole Village.” in 1837. The idea, however, is older than this the term | Q. What is meant by com sioner’s share of world series receip F.M. B. A. The commissioner's share in the world series receipts goes 1o Judge | Kenesaw M. Landis to pav his salar | office expenses and the salarics of his staff for the year’s work done by that commission. Q. Is there a food called ¥ W A. “Jerky” is jerked meet. ucually venison; that is to s lean meat cut into strips and dried over a siow fire or in the sun. Q. What is the longest of an insect?—J. K A. The life cycle of most insects is very brief. Many do not live longer than a single season. The longest period in the life history of any insect is un doubtedly the space of 17 years whic lapses between the burial of the larva and the emerzence of the adult insect in the case of the periodical cicada. life history Q. Please give the names and loca- tion of naval institutes in Italy.—J. V. A. The naval institutes in Italy are the Regia Accademia Navale and In- | stituto di Guerra Marittima, both located at Leghorn. Q. How does the amount collected by the Government for cigarette taxes now compare with that 35 years ago?—S. S A. For the year ending June 30, 1900, the Government collected $3696.191 in cigarette taxes. For the same period in 1934. taxes collected amounted to $350, 299,442, Q. Please givi me information about the “black mass.”—G. H. A. What was known as satanism, diabolism, or the black mass. was the practice by organizations in the middip centuries in Europe of a form of worship which was the opposite of the Chris- tian worship. in that the devil was hel as the supreme being and orgies of the | most violent and obscene description took place in his honor. During the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries there was in Europe also an outbreak of row- dyism and buffoonery connected with | the religious feasts and holidays. In | Prance, the Feast of the Ass was a trav= | esty of the Nativity and the flight of the Holy Family to Egypt. Services were held in some of the churches in which & ribald congregation and mock priest conducted a litany in which the re- sponses consisted of a series of brays by the “worshipers.” The affair became so | scandalous to decency that it was pro- | hibited by law about 1500. Q. What is the best method of whit- ening the tile floor of a bath room?— L. 8. A. Javelle water, which can be ob- | tained ready prepared at drug stores, | is used to whiten tiles. Dampen the surface of the tiles with clear water and | then apply the javelle water. diluted with four times its volume of water. Do not let the javelle water come in con- tact with metals or fabrics. Q. What is ruler of Andorra | called?—W. S A. The ruler of Andorra is known as the Syndic. Q. Please give some information about the Yukon River—A. M. P. A. The Yukon River is the largest in Alaska. Its total length is about 2300 miles. It begins in the Yukon district of British Columbia, near the Pacific Ocean, and ends at the Bering Sea coast. The river is unique in that it rises within 15 miles of tidal waters, in the Dyea Inlet on the Pacific Coast, | and reaches the ocean finally nos far ,from where it rose. the Q. How many horses were exported from the United States to Russia in 1934?—A. B. C. A. The Bureau of Agricultural Eco=- nomics says that no horses were ex- ported to Russia during 1934, or the fiscal year ending in June, 1934. Some American trotting horses have been ex- ported in years prior to last vear. since trotting became very popular in the Soviet Union. Q. How many drug stores are there in the United States?—O. C. A. A. The Bureau of the Census savs that there are 58,407 drug stores in the United States. R ] A Rhyme at Twilight By Gertrude Brool.e Hamilton The Timeyiece In auction rooms the old warrior clock Marks off the hours high over the block, Pendulum swinging in even “tick-tock.” Above th; taut bidders and mellowed stock: Diplomat bids in & Roman chair; Freshman hits high for a spinet fair; Merchant wins shawl of camel’s hair; Savant acquires harp table rare; Globe-trotter knocks off a saber bare. Year in and year out the warrior clock, Pendulum swinging in even “tick-tock,” Of the humar. buyers takes quiet stock—" Top tgfd: for Time on the auction ol