Evening Star Newspaper, November 13, 1936, Page 10

A—10 THE EVENING STAR With Sunday Merning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C FRIDAY November 13, 1936 THEODORE W. NOYES...........Editer —————e e The Evening Star Newspaper Company. Business Office: 11th 8t. anc Pennsylvania Ave ago Office: Lake Mic! European Office: 14 Regent St.. London. England. " Rate by Carrier Within the City. Regular Edition. The Zvening Star_ -45¢ per month The Evening and Sii (when 4 Sunday. -ea-t0€ DEr month The Evenine and Sunday Star “(whea 5 Sind The Sunday Star. ight Night Pinal and Night Final Sta Collection ma Orders may be sent tional 5000 c per month -5c per copy Oc per month 5c per month the end of each month. by mail or. telephone Na- ally only __. e : mo.. b0e unday only_ mo.. 40c ily only- Sunday only. Member, of the Associated Press. The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the 1se for republication of all news dispatches eredited to it or not otherwise credited in this Paper and also_ the local news published herein. {Il rients of oublication of special dispatches erein are also reserved. —_— New Alignments. Labor's Non-Partisan League, which went into partisan politics in a big way during the recent campaign, is to be held intact for another presidential elec- tion in 1940. That is the plan now of the league leaders, Major George L. Berry, president of the Pressmen’s Union; John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers, and Sidney Hillman, president of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers. ‘What this portends it is impossible now to predict with certainty. There is in it a threat that if the Democratic party and the Republican party do not place in the field presidential candidates sat- isfactory to the league, the launching of a labor party which will seek the co- operation of the farmers may be under- taken. President Roosevelt was satisfactory to the labor leaders. They took off their coats and worked for him. Their claim today is that they brought about his re- election. Their demands upon him already promise to be extensive. The President has expressed a hope that this coming year will see adequate legis- lation for labor. Whether the Presi- dent’s idea of adequate labor legisla=- tion will be on all fours with the ideas of the labor leaders is another question. With many evidences that the coun- try's business and employment are in- creasing rapidly and that America is riding toward an era of prosperity, the chances that the Democratic party can be dislodged from control of the Gov- ernment seem remote. If years of pros- perity follow, it will be remarkable if a new labor party or any other party can make Qeadway. The threat of Labor's Non-Partisan League, if it be a threat, may be construed more as a warning to the Democratic party than as a definite move toward a new national political party, The recent election has demonstrated again that the votes of the farmers and the industrial workers can control. It has been the practice of the two old major political parties, the Democrats and the Republicans, to woo these groups when election years roll around. It was only a few years ago that the Repub- lican party had the great bulk of these votes. This year they were cast over- whelmingly for the Democratic candi- dates. What, if anything, the Repub- licans can do in the interval between today and 1940 to regain its ascendency with the workers and the farmers is still clouded in doubt. Much will depend upon the success of the present admin- istration during its second term of office. More particularly will it depend upon the economic conditions which prevail, If workers and farmers are satisfied with those conditions to a measurable degree, and if the old parties put forward can- didates for the presidency who appeal to them, the chances of new political alignments will not be good. —_—re His son will accompany J. A. Farley on a trip to Ireland. The young man has enjoyed a thrilling opportunity, under parental care, to “see America first.” ——— Serious Music. Prof. Miles A, Dresskell of American University has come to the assistance of those patrons of radio who prefer serios music to what is known as “red-hot Jaz.” Some of the swing tunes that now agitate the air, he has suggested, “might well be replaced” with harmonies less violently blatant. “A steady diet” of sizzling syncopation, he says, “will not elevate” the musical taste of the Nation. On the contrary, its effect is degrading and demoralizing; it represents a cul- tural retrogression. To illustrate the point, a definition from the most recent edition of the New Century Dictionary may be cited. A jazz band, it seems, is “a band adapted for or devoted to the playing of jazz, which uses the cornet, trombone, saxo- phone, clarinet, piccolo, banjo, cymbals, drum, ete, producing peculiar effects . by sliding from tone to tone, by various unusual manipulations or uses of the Instruments, and by dissonances, inde- pendent tones, long-drawn wavering or wuiling sounds, etc, and often accom- panying the playing with singing, cries, and exaggerated gestures.” On the other hand, a symphony orchestra, the same refefence work explains, is “a company ‘of performers on various musical instru- ments, including especially stringed in- struments of the viol class, for playing concerted music” of & type “character- fzed by a harmonious combination of elements.” The word “conceried” gives & clue to the basic distinction. Jazz sim- ply is not concordant. Instead, its prin- cipal feature is an anarchistic incon- grulty, It is sound at war with sound. And it has the psychological influence - THE"EV of an inflammatory potson In the minds of many of those who are addicted to it. But it is argued that a majority of the people want that variciy of fever-pro- voking drug. Every effort toward. the improvement of radio program material is met with the theory that jasz is popu- lar and that, in a democracy, the masses are entitled to a pressed down and run- ning over portion of whatever they de- sire. Coercive correction of the existing evil almost certainly would create a storm of protest from those who would insist that music should be kept free, that the air waves should be exempt from censorship. Indeed, the ragtime public might suggest that, since it con- stitutes a majority, it ought to dictate broadcasting policy. It would follow that the serious music for which Prof. Dress- kell appeals would disappear altogether— a denouement which, experimentally, might be constructive inu its result, It is difficult to imagine a more drastic reaction than that which would ensue from obliging the partisans of jazz to listen to nothing else, Logically, they soon would be in the condition of the small boy who was punished for stealing chocolate drops by being given a barrel of them to eat. Meanwhile. the Federal Communica- tions Commission and numerous broad- casters are doing their best to promote & keener interest in music worthy of discriminating appreciation. — German-Japanese Alliance ? Evidently the Russo-Japanese accord granting Japan fishery and oil rights, respectively, in Siberian waters and Sakhalin, has not prevented her from casting an anchor to windward respect- ing the empire’s more far-flung interests, In any event, Tokio is now reverberating with circumstantial reports of a German- Japanese alliance in the form of & mu- tual assistance pact, whereby the two countries would establish a common Iront against the “Communist menace,” of which each incessantly claims to be in deadly peril. The reports are based on newspaper statements that the Tokio government will shortly submit “an im- portant diplomatic matter” to the Privy Council, which is charged with ratifica- tion of foreign treaties, Corroborative proof of allegedly com- ing events is seen in the fact that the German Ambassador to Japan recently returned to his post after conferences with Chancellor Hitler and other high Nazi officials following the Nuremberg congress in September., It will be re- called that Der Fuehrer on that occa- sion bluntly affirmed the Reich's lust to possess itself of vast expanses of Rus- sian territory capable of furnishing Ger- many with raw materials and foodstuffs. Yet another confirmation of the alliance story is supplied by the arrival of the German military attache from a pro- longed sojourn at Berlin and presumed discussions with his army superiors. There are even rumors that the text of an alliance was actually drafted in Germany and has been brought to Japan by either the Ambassador or the military attache. One of its supposed provisions looks to German recognition of Man- chukuo. Germans and Japanese see eve to eye on the red menace, though the outside world inclines to the belief that it is largely a bogey set-up to conceal what really lies behind it—territorial aggres- sion at Russia’s expense. The Com- munist scare, real or artificial, is so much of an obsession in Berlin that it has come to form almost the bedrock of Nazi foreign policy and the excuse for re- armament. Hitler's new Ambassador to the Court of St. James has publicly announced that his fundamental mis- sion is to enlist Britain's support in Ger- many's plan for a European combination against the U. S. S. R.—a project upon which the London foreign office promptly and emphatically frowned. Japan, too, appears to be afflicted with just as deep- dyed a Communist complex. The Tokio militarists continually justify aggressive policy in North China with the claim that it is necessary to build a Sino- Japanese bulwark against the spread of Soviet power across Asia, with danger of infecting and undermining Japan itself, as well as China. The creation of “independent” Manchukuo is some- times defended on the same ground. An offensive and defensive alliance between the two great European and Asiatic powers would confront the Scviet with a formidable military problem in the event of war, compelling it to divide its vast armies between fronts in West- ern Europe and the Far East. Such a contingency may have been in Mr. Lit- vinoff's mind this week when he publicly proclaimed that the Soviet’'s armed power today is such that it faces without anxiety any possible combination of forces that could be arrayed against it. Even a pay envelope message cannot draw interest from a report that Mr. Green and Mr. Lewis have definitely lined up for a feud. Childish and Petty. The deep-seated fundamentals which have brought about a split in the ranks of American labor reflect honest differ- ences of opinion over methods and ob- jectives which deserve and in most cases are accorded mutual respect by the dis- putants. By contrast, the attack on Wil- liam Green, president of the American Federation of Labor, brought in the form of charges relating to his conduct as & member of the United Mine Work- ers, is petty, unnecessarily- personal and spiteful. If John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers: and Mr. Green's rival for the leadership of or~ ganized labor, is responsible for the st- tack, it brings him no credit. Mr. Green has achieved the presidency of the American Federation of Labor through his membership in the United Mine Workers. The suspension of the United Mine Workers from the A, P. of L., along with nine other unions afli- ated with Mr. Lewis’ Committee for In- dustrial Organization, was concerned With! issues and not personalities, Bui |1 cailh play hs fip Until’Y colléets cash action he has been called on to answer charges which, if sustained,” probably would result in his expulsion from the United Mine Workers. The plain intent of the move against Mr. Green is to pull the carpet from under him, so to speak, with the thought that if he loses his union card he would no longer be eligible to hold office in the A. F. of L. But, as Mr. Green could obtain member- ship. in some other union, the attack on his personal status is a gesture mani- festly designed for effect in advance of the A, F. of L. gonvention in Tampa next week, A Aside from the merits of his cause Mr. Green has conducted himself with dignity during the protracted difficulties over the C. L. O, refraining from per- sonalities and keeping strictly to the issues, He has thus established a rule of conduct that might with profit be adopted by both sides, Justice Brandeis at Eighty. It would be difficult for his country- men to put into words the appreciation which they entertain for Associate Jus- tice Louis D. Brandeis. Such gratitude and respect defy expression. Also, it happens that the great jurist’s modesty prompts him to avoid acclaim. Well- meant attempts to pay him' homage usually have failed for lack of his own co-operation. But at the moment when he celebrates his eightieth birthday, Mr. Brandeis must not forbid his friends the privilege of a gesture of their affection. In the very nature of things, it may not be adequate; yet it is sincere, deeply felt and notably honorable in its inspiration. ‘The people he has served cannot be ex- pected to stifie their natural instinct to manifest the high regard in which they hold him as a man, a citizen, a patriotic liberal philosopher and an expounder of the fundamental law by which society exists, Mr. Brandeis represents in his per- sonality and temperament many of those characteristic values which the world Ilkes to consider necessary in the composition of the ideal American. He is democratic in thought, conservative in manner, generous and tolerant, altru- istic in the purposes of his life. His career already is one which youth may adopt as a pattern, and his example will be a light for after ages. Meanwhile, contemporary thousands respectfully offer their congratulations and the traditional wish for many happy returns of Mr. Brandeis’' natal anniver- sary. If his reticence inhibits a more fulsome display of their devotion to him, it 1s but another reason why they love him, e Cutting out reprisal should be easy. Even if it is conceded that to the victors belong the spoils, it may be suggested that in this case the victors had col- lected in advance. Press conferences are frequently held, with assurances invariably following that a pleasant time was had by all. —r st Shooting Stars. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON, Seats of the Mighty, The seats of the mighty Claim infinite care— A mahogany desk And an old swivel cha We exclaim “Hi-ty-ti-ty!" And sometimes declare They are growing grotesque And in need of repair, The seats of the mighty Make folks disagree ‘When banquets are gay With refined repartee. A mood growing flighty May cause us to stop And say, “On your way To the furniture shop!" Straws. “What was the matter with your straw vote?” “There was a pardonable confusion,” said Senator Sorghum. “The atmos- phere in which we worked was cozy and convivial. Somebody slipped in a choice collection of julep straws.” Language, The language of the witty French Will pleasantly resound. And German with & stalwart wrench Brings logic all profound. And other languzges are sent Where intellect awaits; But I henceforth shall be content To talk United States. I shall not seek a light guitar To sound with Latin grace, Nor ask a Russian dancing star ‘To set a rhythmic pace. With faith in heart and home renewed, ‘With debts I'll keep my dates And strive in homely tense and mood ‘To talk United States. Home, Sweet Home. “Do you think a woman's place is in the home?” “Yes,” said Miss Cayenne, “in some- body's heme. But with 50 many bright | parties going on, I scarcely know which home to select.” “Hi Hat borrows but does not repay,” said Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown. “He excuses this on the theory of heredity. He claims_that one of his remote an- cestors was a powerful empéror who did the saize thing on a much larger scale.” Older Than Horse 'n’ Buggy. Snowflakes will tumble from the sky In superabundant beauty. To clear the sidewalks we must try And do our honest duty. Though many gadgets skill contrives For mechanistic movement, That old snow shovel still survives, Defying all improvement. “When a man gives me a tip on a hoss race,” said Uncle Eben, “he gets off cheap. for Mr. Green's part in the suspension | tips amountin’ to at lesst a dollsr.” 2 3~ - ENING “STAR, “WASHINGTO . Government’s Future . Form Must Be Determined To the Editor of The Star: The tumult and shouting has died and the time for reflection has returned, Never before did the people give a Presi- dent such an unqualified indorsement and yet never before did they under- stand less about the policies for which they were voting. On November 3 the people confirmed the repudiation of the 1932 Democratic platform and approved whatever course the President may wish to pursue for the future without having any specific statement from him as o what the course shall be. We must abide ‘by the policies he may formulate for us and all we can do is to pray and hope that they shall be for the best. The people have not yet upproved a benevolent monarchy in the United States, but they have approved the near- est thing to it which is possible under our present form of government. In another four years the Constitution may be modified, paving the way for a monurchy if the people want it. After reading the quotation from Lord Macaulay in David Lawrence’s arti- cle in The Star of November 6 I am convinced that our Constitution, of its own force, cannot protect us from mon- archy, The people must choose between liberty under the Constitution or social security apart from the Constitution. On November 3 the people, knowingly or unknowingly, chose the latter. For my part, I should prefer liberty to security, The slaves prior to 1861 had security without liberty. They were fed, clothed and sheltered. All their wants were supplied by their masters. It was not necessary for them to save for & rainy day or to provide an old- age annuity, Though the Constitution was construed by Chief Justice Taney as giving them no rights which their masters were bound to observe, ghey nevertheless had security, a modified form of which the American people asked for by their vote on November 3. We may as well reconcile ourselves to our fate. There is no way to save the Constitution and our liberty if the peopie are unwilling to defend them. With the extension of suffrage to everybody over the age of 21, how can we expect a majority of the people to exercise the right of suffrage to defend the Con- stitution? Liberty is called forth by in- telligence; security by want, It was not the slaves of 1861 who clamored for the recognition of any constitutional rights. They had no cause to clamor so far as they knew, for they were clothed, fed and sheltered. They were freed and given constitutional rights by those who then had constitutional rights. On November 3, either know- ingly or unknowingly, the American peo- ple voted for security and a repudiation of liberty. F. WILSON, No Place in American Politics for Reprisals “To the Editor of The Star: It appears that Mr. Farley has injected 2 new and alien word into the political vocabulary of the United States. In a recent editorial in the New York Times, which was reproduced in The Star of the Tth instant, there is attributed to Mr. Farley the astounding and disquiet- ing statement “that none who opposed the election of the President need have the slightest fear of reprisals.” This is the first time in American political history that such a word was ever thought of, much less spoken, by one in public life. It raises the serious question whether or not under the new order reprisals may not be invoked in the future,.and suggests that the only reason they are not resorted to now is due to the magnanimity of Boss Farley, which he feels he can indulge in because of the almost unanimous verdict of the people in favor of the President, The idea of “reprisals” upon political opponents is not only alien to America, but is a negation of our form of gov- ernment, which contemplates the exist- ence and rivairy of political parties, and is a repudiation of the Bill of Rights. Reprisals upon the members of the losing side in a political election have been usual in South American countries and in Mexico and explain the revo- lutions, disorders and assassinations so common in those countries. This statement of Mr. Farley has a sinister meaning and bodes no good for the future of our country and is sug- gestive of what may be reasonably ex- pected in due course if circumstances necessitate. I wonder if Mr. Parley thinks that the 16,000,000 people who voted for Mr. Landon would supinely submit to reprisals. I think not, and unless he wants to deluge our country in blood it would be the better part of wisdom to cease talking of reprisals. ALEXANDER SIDNEY LANIER. Recalls Fine Address of Henry C. Hall in 1920 ‘To the Editor of The Star: In the death of Henry C. Hall, Wash- ington attorney and former member of the Interstate Commerce Commission, the Nation has lost not just another prominent personage, but a man who thought of 'his work as a mission and with whom even the grosser aspects of dally living were but the dross in life’s gold content. = On Armistice day I recalled vividly and with emotion ihe striking address Mr. Hall delivered in 1920 on the -occasion of the unveiling of a tablet in honor of those Interstate Commerce Commission employes who had fallen in the World ‘War, No one could have brought home ‘more strikingly’ and appealingly the les~ sons of that war and the meaning of Armistice day. Speaking of the 2,000,060 we. had sent across. the séa and of the 2,000,000 more heid here in' re- Quotation on Voice of the People Credited to Homer To the Bditor of The S(ar: In your issue of the 6th, in an edi- torial ‘titled, “The Voice of the People,” D.-'C; FRIDAY; R oS ‘NOVEMBER - 13; -1936:: THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. “To speak in literature with the perfect rectitude and insouciance of the move- ments of animals, and the unimpeach- ableness of the sentiment of trees in the woods and grass by the roadside is the flawless triumph of art.” So said Walt Whitman years ago in one of his curious prose passages. ‘We would like to add to his list the flight of a flock of starlings, as seen over - the city which he loved. v Look into the sky almost any morning and the chances are you will see two dozen or more starlings, fine black birds, “indeed, winging in perfect movements. In some mysterious way all the mem~ bers of the flight know exactly what the others are going to do at precisely the same time, There is no follow the leader about it. If these birds were planes, each manned by & human being, one would initiate the movement, the remainder follow. Not so with starlings, ‘When they wheel, dip, fly out again, the entire two dozen make exactly the same wheel, dip, flight at exactly the same time. * ok k w Watch for these evolutions, then, as these really fine birds scout around the city and suburbs in their little bands. Fortunately for householders, the star- lings are no problem, outside the roosting places in the deep city. In the garden they become just inter- esting creatures, to be watched and fed along with the other wild birds which come to the feeders which all bird lovers are putting out at this time. Starlings like breadstuffs, meat and salmon. If one does not desire starlings in the yard, the best way to discourage them, then, is not to put out any of these things. An innocent householder who placed a plate of salmon on the back porch for wandering cats was amazed one cold, snowy Winter morning to see a band of starlings crowded around the platter. ‘The picture of those glistening green- ish-black birds, with their fat bodies and absurdly stumpy tails grouped around the plate was one which he will not soon forget. ) Even more interesting was the after- math. While the birds were enjoying their feast an old dog poked his head over the top step. It was difficult to tell which was the most surprised, the starling band or the dog. There was a mighty flopping of strong black wings as the birds soared up from the porch fioor. This alarmed the old dog to such an extent that he fairly fell down the steps. ‘The salmon in the meantime was for- gotten of both birds and dog. It was a comical incident, all told, but just one of many such which occur in the delight- ful Winter sport of feeding the songbirds which stay with us. * x x ¥ Starlings care very little for the seed and grain used in mixtures intended for wild bird feeding. They will sample such fare, but really care nothing for it. Often on cold Winter days they will seek the refuge of the feeding device, but only for the shelter it affords them. They are among the very few birds which seem to care for protection from the weather. This often may be seen in the starling, especially in its selection of roosting placgs. Every one knows how it prefers a warm place, protected from wind, even to the extent of a little steam heat seeping from windows. TRACEWELL. " Yet it is a hardy, tough bird, one which evidently needs no such refinements. ‘Why does it seek them, then? Because it likes ‘em! This is & human sort of bird, one which knows what it likes and looks for it, unmindful of the opinion of others, including man. Such actions are very human, are they -not? But this is an essentizlly human bird in more ways than one, not only in its love for herding together in large cities. It is said that London suffers from starlings as much as Washington, which some will think serves that great city right, since all of our starlings are the result of several pairs sent to New York in 1890, The European starling, Sturnus Vul- garis, is found in Europe, Asia and India. Accounts generally agree that their flights are fetching, their simultaneous turns i the air being very remarkable. ‘The bird is about the size of a thrush, but appears very much larger, owing to its thick body and very short tail. Its coloring is really very beautiful, black glossed with purple, green and steel-blue. It nests in holes in trees, when it can find them, but almost any place when it can’t. One of the severest counts against the starling is that it tends to wwarp the nesting places of other birds. The eggs are usually four to seven, of & pale blue-green color. It is said that the young become very noisy as they become older, a perfectly natural thing, indeed. * ¥ x % Watch for the starlings in their flights about the city and see a fine sample of the “perfect rectitude and insouciance of the movements of animals.” Flights of wild ducks are pictured for us on Christmas cards, but really the movement of starlings would be just as fetching. It has to be seen to be ap- preciated. No doubt thousands of per- sons, idly looking at nothing, see them and do not realize that they are starlings. Most of us have a habit of deprecating what others deprecate, and few birds in recent years have suffered so much as the starling in this respect. Yet as time passes the good points of these birds are being brought to the fore. There is every indication that in time much of the ill will which has been heaped upon them in the past five or six years will be lifted, and people everywhere will stop talking about them. Evidence is being massed to show that the starling does a great deal more good by devouring caterpillars and other forms of insect life than it ever does ill. * X ¥ ¥ Keep an eye opened for the fights mentioned, watch something thrilling at no cost. It is an amazing sight, fairly viewed, if the watcher forgets a things said against these natural and joins in the spirit of the flying. What are these flights? There can be little doubt what the starlings are up to—they are seeking places to feed! They have their bright eves wide open and are on the lookout for feeding stations! They are not going to be disappointed, however, if persons interested in birds will remember their delights—bread, meat and salmon. Provide for the seed eaters and let the starlings forage for them- selves, which they are capable enough of doing. They will sample the seeds and grains from time to time, but will not eat much, | and in time will leave the feeding sta- tions for those places where breadcrumbs are put out in abundance. WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. Prophecy can safely be risked that when President Roosevelt wields his buaged-balancing blue pencil the round $1,000,000,000 nowadays allocated to the Army and Navy will be among the items likely to be spared. F. D. R. is a eon- firmed advocate of international dis- armament, but pending that millennial | achievement he favers keeping Uncle | Sam's sword sharp and powder dry, at whatever cost. Steady expansion of the military, naval and air establishments during the New Deal, especially legisla- tion to complete the treaty fleet by 1942, had the President’s consistent support. While losing no opportunity to avow America’s devotion to peace, he always stresses the disturbed conditions in the world, dictatorial and otherwise, which require even pacific-minded nations to remain on an adequate preparedness | basis against emergencies which cannot | be foreseen. Mr. Roosevelt thinks cer- tain administrativé economies may per- mit military and naval expense to be | cut here and there, but there's no ex- pectation that the budget will be cur- tailed to any appreciable extent at this | incalculable period of world affairs. *x ¥ X x Justice Brandeis’ 80th birthday anni- versary evokes tribute to him through- out America and Europe as the world's greatest living Jew, as well as one of its foremost liberals. Jews rejoice in the veteran jurist's enthusiastic devotion to Zionism. He is credited with having already given close to a million dollars for settlement of the Jewish National Home by oppressed co-religionists. Some admirers are convinced Brandeis in- tends to bestow his entire fortune upon that object. Among the projects in this country to mark his birthday anni- versary is the raising of special Zionist funds to be spent at his direction. He has described his gifts to Palestinian enterprises as his “best investment.” Though the justice has refused the presi- dency of the World Zionist Organiza- tion, he maintains intimate contact with developments in Palestine, amid abiding faith in the enduring success of the ex- periment, despite vissicitudes like Arab- Jewish friction. * ok ox % - , Mrs, William D. Wrightson of Wash- ‘ington is on-her way home from Holly- ‘wood. where she went to confer with the motion picture company which is pro- ducing a flim tentatively titled “The Panama Canal” and which will have as its central figure her late father, Maj. Gen. William C. Gorgas, conquerer of yellow fever and engineer in chief of the great isthmian waterway. The picture will lay equal stress upon Gorgas’ achievements as a sanitarian, along the lines of the movie epic of Louis Pasteur, and upon his work in superintending the construction, of Uncle Sam’s big ditch between the Atlantic and the Pacific. established international reprisal prac- tice, to which Washington has more than once resorted or threatened to resort. At present we are represented at Moscow only by a first secretary of embassy, who hasn’t much to do. Soviet Ambassador Troyanovsky continues to function at ‘Washington in full capacity and to be widely esteemed. He is regarded as hav- ing, to the extent of his opportunities, rendered a creditable account of him- self over here. e Advice on publicity at the Inter- American Conference in- Buenos Aires will be forthcoming mainly from Secre- tary Hull's. fellow Tennessean. George Fort Miiton, editor of the Chattanooga News, who is attached to the delegation as a counselor. One of the aides of Michael J. McDermott, seasoned chief of -the public information division of the | State Department, accompanies the dele- gation as press contact man. Editor | Milton, in 1923-4, was nationally promi- nent as publicity director of William G. McAdoo’s ill-starred campaign for the Madison Square Garden presidential nomination. He is one of Dixie's fore- most publicists and has written biog- raphies of Andrew Johnson and Stephen A. Douglas. Milton is also chairman of the Southern Commission on the Study of Lynching. * * ok X Frederick Moore, Washington news- paper man, author and lecturer, who has long been connected with the Japa- nese government as an American special- ist, has just returned from a four months’ visit to the Far East. He comes back an enthusiastic admirer of what the Japanese are accomplishing in Man- chukuo, describing its capital, Hsin- king, as probably not only the most mod- ern but most modernistic seat of gov- ernment in the world. Its public bulld- ings and streets, he says, would do credit to Washington. Moore, who won fame as a correspondent in China 20 years ago, is sure the Japanese crave interna- tional recognition of Manchukuan in- dependence, but are not upset over their failure to get it and are going about the business of developing the former great Chinese provinee -in businesslike fashion, all the same, through the in- vestment of enormous capltal. * *x % % One of the Roosevelt plums about to be dropped into the lap of some worthy Americgn is the special ambassadorship to the coronation of King Edward VIIL President Taft designated his friend, the late John Hays Hamm: 1o serve in that capacity at the cro g of George V, in 1911. Indications foreshadow a lively competition for the honor of repre- senting Jacksonikn " simplicity &t the royal doings in Westminster Abbey next May. T - xxx b Robert W. Woolley of Washington, for- mer insterstate commerce éommissione! claims to be the . original Roosevelt landslide” man. Last May, when Landon’s nomination seemed a certainty, Woolley . Wrote President Roosevelt that he belleved the. Demo- crats would carry every, State “outside ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. A reader can get the answer to any question of fact by writing The Evening Star Information Butreau, Frederic J. Haskin, Director, Washington, D, C. Please inclose stamp for reply. v Q. Is riding in open automobiles bad for a dog's eves?—A. D. Z A. Riding hzs 1o appreciable effect upon dogs’ eves. Pekingese and some other breeds of dogs have watery eyes, but this condition is not causéd by auto- mobile riding. Q. Should new cards always be pro- vided for card games?—W. F. A. While it is not necessary to have packs of cards with unbroken seals, the hostess should be sure that the cards are in good condition. Q. Is the Governor’s palace at Williams- burg, Va., now completely furnithed? ~—H. L. A. The furnishing is not complete. This work proceeds slowly, since all fur- niture must be an antique of the cor- rect perfod and conform to the known contents of the various rooms, Q. Do more young chidren or children in their teens have infantile paralysis? ~—M. H. R. A. Eighty per cent of the cases of in- fantile paralysis occur in children unde 10 years of age. . Q. Please give the names of some of the musical numbers that will be used at the coronation service—E. R. A. Some of the coronation music 13 traditional. Tallis’ setting of the “Lite any” is more than 350 yeass old. Handel's setting of the anthem, “Zadok the Prjest,” was first performed at the coronation of George 11, in 1727. The psalnr, "I Was Glad,” first sung at the crownin® of Charles I, in 1626, has also been used at every successive coronation. Q. Do ali States have State parks?— J. W.B. A. Every Btate in the Union has State par except Colorado, which has a metropolitan park system. Delaware has oniy one State park. New York has the greatest number, 70. Michigan comes next with 66, Q. How much will motion picture houses pay in rentals for films this season?—W. W. A. It is believed that rentals for the 1936-37 season will reach $200,000.000. This will exceed the business of any former year. Q. Is it harmful to burn charcoal in a closed room?—B. 8. A. It is not safe to burn charcoal unless the air supply 1s sufficiently large to in- sure a complete burning of the charcoal, If there is not sufficient oxygen in the room the carbon combines with the oxy- gen to make carbon monoxide, which i5 a very deadly gas. Q. Please give some information about Italy's World’s Fair—R. W. A. The opening daie has been set for October 28, 1941, the nineteenth anni= versary of the Fascist march on Rome, The fair is to celebrate the twentieth year of fascism and the fifth year of the new Italian empire. A plot of land em- bracing 625 acres fronting on the Tiber between Rome and the Tyrrhenian Sea at Ostia will be the site. The Tiber will be widened and a special airport will be built ‘just outside the fair grounds, The exposition will last on¢ year, Q. How many books has Upton Sin= clair written?—L. T. A. He has lately published his forty- third. t is called “Co-op” and is » story of the self-help co-operative movee ment in California. Q. Why is some ryve bread so much lighter in color than other rve bread? —A. W, A. There are five grades of rye flour— white, light,” medium, dark And extra dark. These vary according to the amount of outside coating removed. In making rye bread, from 5 to 50 per cent of rve flour is used and wheat flour is added to it. The color of the bread depends on the type of rve flour avail- able where it is made. Some bakérs pre- fer one type and some another, Q. What was Kipling’s nickname when he was a boy?—H. J. A. According to “School Days With Kipling,” by G. C. Beresford. the author was known as Gigger by his school com= panions. Q. When was aluminum discovered? —E. P. A. The existence of aluminum was first suspected in the eighteenth cen- tury. Experiments were attempted in France, in England and in Germany. Sir Humphrey Davy, however, who failed to isolate the metal, suggested aluminum as a suitable name for it. The French scientist, H. Sainte-Claire Deville, dis~ covered a successful technical process for producing aluminum, and caused a medal to be struck and presented to Napoleon III. The Emperor became much interested in the possibility of us= ing aluminum for helmets and armor for certain of his soldiers and encouraged Deville to continue his -experiments at his (the Emperor's) expense, The first article made of aluminum is reported to have been a baby ratfle which was pre- sented to the infant Prince Imperial, Q. Who owned the land on which Keeneland, the Lexington, Ky, race track, is built?>—F. M. # A. The land was purchased from John Oliver (Jack) Keene, who had estab- lished there and still ‘operates on the land he retained the noted Keeneland stud. His love of horses and racing led to his beginning the plant ‘which the . Keeneland Association has completed. Q. How does the amount of trading on the New York Stock Exchange now com=- pare with the hectic days of 19297—T. P. A. On October 29, 1929, transactions on the New York Stock Exchange set a new high of 16,400,000 shares. On the same date in 1936 there were transactions in- volving 1,600,000 shares. Q. Why is it correct to say. coleslaw Instead of coldslaw?—J. H. A. Cole is derived from the Dutch word “kool,” meaning stalk of cabhage, while slaw comes from the. Dutch for salad. A Rhyme at Twilight By ¢ < Gertrudea Brooke Hamilton Love Knocking. Although it seems’ our destiny That you and I should parted be, I know as day grows shadowy You hear my knock—~and love mie, For when dusk brings your facé to view, And slindows gather 'round me;, too, ~ Although T falter; yet dnew 1'hear your knock—and love you, §