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BiPiehs of pubiication of special dispatches herein are also reserved. Japanese Trade Visitors. Washington is privileged to be host this week to a distinguished delegation of Japanese business men, who are touring the United States to return the visit made by an American economic mission in their country two years ago under the chairmanship of former Ambassador and one-time Governor General of the Philippines W. Cameron Forbes. The commercial leaders from the island em- pire will be received by President Roose- velt, Secretary of State Hull and Secre- tary of Commerce Roper and be tendered hospitality by other important figures In official and business circles. The arrival of these industrial and financial leaders from Nippon makes it appropriate to consider the peculiarly reciprocal nature of trade relations be- tween the United States and Japan. It is so essentially of a mutual character, " o indispensable to the normal well- being of each country, that it is almost - unique in the tangled skein of inter- national economics. A tariff agreement of the type which Secretary Hull is promoting might extend in detail some of the benefits existent in our business traffic with Japan. Inherently that ex- change already represents a fabric of practical, two-sided advantage that finds hardly a parallel in the relations of any other two countries in the world. A few cardinal facts and figures illus- trate the situation. Japan is the chief consumer of our cotton. She buys more of it than Great Britain, France and Germany combined. Of her own prin- cipal article of export, raw silk, ninety per cent is sold to the United States. Fifty per cent of Japan's oil imports come from this country. Nearly all of her motor cars are of American make. Vast quantities of lumber, originating mostly in our Northwest, find their way an- nually to Japan. Even for fish, their principal food item, the Japanese look to American waters as a regular source of supply. After the British Common- ‘wealth of Nations, the Japanese Empire is the United States’ largest market. It takes more of Uncle Sam’s products than all the rest of Asia combined, in- cluding the Philippines. Japan sells us more than she sells to any other country, even China. But the general balance of trade remains substantially in our favor. Conditions like these are the mortar that cements international relations. They constitute the most solid, con- ceivable reason why war between Japan and the United States is unthinkable. The Capital's guests from the Far East have come here to lay still more deeply those foundations of common esteem and material interest which underlie our friendship. Washington, in the cherry blossom spirit, bids them cordial welcome and wishes them complete suc- cess in the promotion of the good will enterprise which brings them to these shores. It is a mission of peace as well as of trade. ———————— Moscow has set up direct telephone service with its newly established out- post at the North Pole. That is at least one line that will not be blocked to calls with the “line’s busy” response, or whatever its equivalent may be in Rus- sian. —_—————— The funeral of the red rider was prob- ably as popular as any since that of the late John Dillinger. ————— Who remembers when the regions around Warrenton, Middleburg, etc., were inhabited by Virglmnns?‘ —_———— That must be a real honest-to-good- hess old-fashioned war over in Spain. Generals get killed! e Carver of Tuskegee. George Washington Carver does not know when he was born. All that he can tell is that he came into the world & chattel and, several years later, was traded for a horse. His mother disap- peared during his infancy, and he at- tained manhood under conditions not notably friendly. But—explain the cir- cumstance by any of a dozen theories— he was endowed with a heart and a brain of superior character. Four decades back, Booker T. Washington identified him with Tuskegee's Institute, now the world's largest Negro institution of learn- ing. Both an artist and a scientist, Carver is predominantly a personality. A nat- ural capacity distinguishes him. He feels and he thinks with an efficiency rarely excelled in modern times. Those who know him best speak of him as being possessed of a rationalized energy like disciplined electricity. He conceives an objective, then moves straight toward it without deviation and without compro- mise—until it has been attained. The in- ventions he has perfected, the discoveries he has made are freely given to human- ity. He does not regard them as his Most of them, he says, have been developed from values created by God—such humble materials as trees, peanuts and sweet potatbes. Honors, naturally enough, have come to Carver in quantity. He is a member of the Royal Soclety of London and re- ceived the Spingarn Medal in 1923. His pictures hang in the Luxemburg Gallery in Paris, and his opinions on occasion are solicited by the governments of great nations. But fame, like money, does not bother him. A genius, he “plods along” from triumph to triumph and nothing else matters overmuch. Long past the prophet’s arbitrary threescore and ten, he asks merely the privilege of “carrying on” to the end. The tax collectors will get little from his estate. His rewards have been intangible. One of them is & bronze porirait unveiled at Tuskegee the other day by admirers who contributed a dollar apiece for its execution. Mails and Strikes. It may be quite true, as Deputy First Assistant Postmaster General Donald- son declares, that the Post Office De- partment “has no authority to settle strikes,” in his explanation of the refusal to deliver food through picket lines in a strike area. But that statement is strikingly at variance with the principle that the “mails must move” declared by President Cleveland in 1894, in con- nection with the railroad strike of that year. Forty-three years ago a labor con= test was in progress against the Pull- man Company, with Chicago as its cen- ter. The rail lines were tied up. Public travel was impeded. Industrial interests beyord those of the Pullman Company were affected. The Governor of Illinois failed to act. President Cleveland or- dered that the mails be moved and dis- patched Federal troops into the district to enforce the mandate. The strike was broken. There was in that case no Fed- eral intervention between the Puliman strikers and the rail lines. The Gov- ernment did not undertake to settle that strike. It undertook to re-establish mail service. In doing so it incidentally restored service on the rail lines for all purposes. In this present case the Post Office Department undertakes to discriminate between classes of mail matter. If the postal items it accepts for transport and delivery happen to be “munitions” in the conflict it waives its right of dis- crimination upon acceptance of the par- cels for postal transport and it is bound to make deliveries, regardless of any effect that may be had upon a labor conflict. It is not, of course, the function of the Post Office Department to under- take to settle labor troubles. If inci- dentally the discharge of its functions in the delivery of malls, of whatever character, should have an effect upon the outcome of a strike the fault, if any, lies in the acceptance of mails of that character for transport and de- livery. If the department refuses to transport and deliver articles which are by law and regulation not mailable, that is within its jurisdiction. But it cannot, in reason and indeed under the law, discriminate in mail deliveries because of the effect that deliveries may have upon an industrial dispute. Any other course is a trespass upon the functions of the labor relations branch of the Government, by whatever law they have been established. Twenty relief workers were engaged for three hours in scraping wads of chewing gum from the sidewalks of New York in the course of a “spotless town” cam- paign. Their efforts were not entirely successful, as after 19,200 wads were scraped away as many black streaks re- mained. Scraping gum from sidewalks is an effective method of spending public money, however ineffective it may be toward the immediate end that is sought. —————— A new set of initials has come into the picture of labor agitation in this coun- try—“S. W. O. C.,” meaning Steel Work- ers’ Organizing Committee. The poor old alphabet has suffered some severe assaults during the past five years and the end is not in sight. —————— New York is planning its World Fair on a big scale. An area of 280 acres is to be set aside solely for amusement, with capacity for the entertainment of a quarter of a million people. Nothing but record breaking will do for that town. ——————— Army Reserve officers have protested successfully against orders ousting hun- dreds of them on July 1. Those beans and pies taste just as good to shoulder- straps &s they do to overalls. ————— His Eminence Dizzy Dean appears to have “fogged one” right past President Ford Frick of the National League. ———————— Early in the Morning. If there is any better fun in the world than that which freely may be had by getting up early on a Spring morning and taking advantage of the opportunity for recreation, nobody has mentioned it. The pleasure of actually seeing the sun rise is of a kind which it would be diff- cult to overestimate. Also, the joy of walking or playing golf or tennis or even of motoring before the rush of the day begins is a glorious experience. Of course, a reasonable hour for get- ting to bed is indicated. There is no efficiency in rising with the earliest rooster if one is weary and tired and drastically in need of sleep. A certain normal quota of energy is required for the full appreciation of the effort in- volved in awakening with a thrill at the privilege of being alive. People who drag themselves to routine business simply have not had enough rest. They are handicapped for their work as well as for the occupations of their leisure. Perhaps, “a planned economy” of time may be recommended. Eight hours of labor and eight hours of repose added together leave eight hours of freedom for whatever use a person may wish to make of them. If the daily calendar is prop- erly adjusted, the period of liberty may be divided between the start and the THE EVENING end, morning and evening. Both are good. The former probably is enriched with & fresher atmosphere, a more ex- uberant spirit; the latter is quieter in character. A further thought may be added— namely, that those who rise early are not hurried in the task of getting downtown to office or store or shop. If they man- age rationally, they may have their hike or their game and not be late for the duties of the day. The experiment is worth trying some morning. Eclipse. Washington will not see the eclipse of the sun tomorrow, but it is interested in the event just the same. On little Canton Island in the mid-Pacific the Navy Department-National Geographic Boclety expedition, including men whose homes are in the District of Columbia, awaits with nervous expectancy the darkening of the orb. Radio quickly will bring reports of their observations. A few days later the photographs they will take will be reproduced in the press and on the cinema screen. Seven minutes and four seconds of totality are anticipated at the center of maximum duration. If fortune favors science in that fragment of infinity, it may be possible to solve the riddle of the sun’s corona. Students of solar phenomena have sought for generations to analyze the composition of the pearl- white halo which extends for literally millions of miles outward from the rim of the whirling gaseous mass. Perhaps they may succeed in solving the prob- lem on this occasion. But they will not be discouraged by any failure. If their most ardent hopes are disappointed, they will not com- plain. Pledged to the philosophy of common sense as they are, they under- stand that there is no efficiency in pes- simism. Searchers for the truth must be equipped with confidence as well as courage. No great discovery, no useful invention ever has been made by doubt or skepticism. Columbus and Michael Faraday, Galileo and William Harvey, Henry Hudson and Thomas Edison had to believe before they could attempt the ventures for which they are de- servedly famous. Indeed, it seems that the only eclipse that anybody ever should worry about is that which darkens the spirit. But even that shadow also will pass, if given time. The basic law of human existence is the principle of triumphant good and not victorious evil. ——ee—s. Terrestrial Magnetism Laboratory sci- entists are investigating a force which binds the nuclei of atoms together and which is 36,000,000,000,000,000,000 times as great as gravity. Still, that is scarcely more potent than the force which keeps Congress in Washington. ——— New times, new conditions. Also new methods of transportation massacre. The old-fashioned train wreck, with its heavy casualty list, has been succeeded by the bus disaster, with proportionately heavy losses of life. Speed continues to take its toll. £ e Minnesota's “singing Congressman,” Representative John T. Bernard, is re- ported to be active in unionizing the iron miners in that State. He will doubt- less make use of some close harmony in the course of this campaign. In the minds of a good many P. W. A. stands for “Patient Waiting Allowed”; W. P. A. for “Whoa, pause afresh!” ———— How about official designation by the United States of June 15 and December 15 as “Finland days”? ———————_ Shooting Stars. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON, G. W. Mocking Bird. The mocking bird sits on a limb Of yonder cherry tree. The damage that is done by him 1Is often sad to see. I cali the bird “G. Washington,” Because he will confess. What to that cherry tree he's done, with stalwart truthfulness. And while admitting he was wrong My cherries to pursue, He makes an apology in song And wins respect anew. Great Problem. “Money is a great problem.” “It is,” answered Senator Sorghum. “People are not politely supposed to use it in getting votes or making marriages. Excluded from love and politics, of what use is money going to be anyway?” Jud Tunkins says polite people have to suffer a lot from folks that ought to be ashamed of theirselves, but dont realize it. Deceitful Appearances. A motor car so large and grand, A thing of polished pride, Is often driven through the land By some rough boob inside. Listener. “Do you ever talk scandal?” A “Never,” answered Miss Cayenne. “I sit before my radio and listen to it.” .“Peace,” said Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown, “is a mysterious word, whose sound every mortal loves though very few know its real meaning.” The Merry Million. “A million dollars used to be A fortune high in fame. Just now it is, folks all agree, A white chip in the game. When to the few luck brings s sum That leaves all others broke, ‘This thing called “money” must become A universal joke! “Some men,” said Uncle Eben, “runs foh office like dey goes huntin’ or fishin'l' Dey enjoys de sport, whether dey catches anything or not.” A A STAR, WASHINGTON D. ¢, Errors in Statements at Cantigny Day Celebration To the Editor of The Star: “War refought by 1st Division. The World War, especially the Battle of Cantigny, the first major engagement in which American troops participated, was fought all over again at the Brood- moor Hotel May 28. Maj. Gen. H. E. Ely, who, as a colonel, commanded the first American troops to se€ action under fire, was the speaker.” A file-closing buck private begs to cite a few historic facts in correction of some statements made at the Cantigny day celebration. Cantigny, May 28, 1918! On the night of February 19, 1918, Sergt. John Letzing of the 104th Infantry led a raid and brought back the first prisoner taken by American troops, and on the 23rd of February, 1018, a raiding party of the 101st Infantry captured 24 prisoners, in- cluding 3 officers. This was the first time the American Infantry went over the top behind a barrage laid down by Amer- ican Artillery. Now for more war before Cantigny. On April 29, 1918, after the Battle of Bois Brule at Apremont, the 104th Infantry was cited in G. O. No. 737 A, Hgq. 32, Army Corp, French, and had its colors decorated by Gen. Passaga of the French Army, the first regiment in all American history to have its colors dec- orated by a foreign government. The folldwing facts give the history of successive periods in the lines of the 26th Diyision: February 5, 1918, entered north of Soissons in Chemin Des Dames sector; departed March 321, 1918. April 3, 1918, entered north of Toul in La Reine and Toul, Battle of Seichprey, Battle of Xivray; departed June 28, 1918. July 10, 1918, entered Chateau Thierry in Second Battle of Marne; departed August 4, 1918. September 8, 1918, entered 8St. Mihiel in Rupt and Troyon, Battle of St. Mihiel; departed October 8, 1918. October 10, 1918, entered north of Verdun in Meuse Argonne; departed November 14, 1918. February, March and April all come before May. The 26th Division was the first Na- tional Guard division to land in France. ‘The 26th Division was the first fully equipped and compietely organized division of the entire American Army to land in PFrance. The 26th Division was beaten to France by only the 1st Division, but the 1st Division was not complete when the 26th landed. The 26th was the first full division on the front. The 26th was the first full division to take over and occupy a com- plete divisional sector as a complete division. The 26th was the first to cap- ture any Germans. The 26th Division won the first Amerigan victory at Seichprey in April. Cantigny was the second American victory and was won by the 1st Division. That was in May. The 26th Division goes shoulder to shoulder with the 42d Division (Rain- bow). We were commanded by the best general who ever set foot in France, a man who had the respect of his men and who will always be remembered as “Daddy Edwards.” Let me ask you how many battle clasps that great 1st Division has on its victory medal? We of the 26th have five. I am a file-closing buck private, en- listed April 7, 1917; discharged April 29, 1919, not a soldier by profession. W. D. SHARPLES, e Florida Evoelving Tax Law Exempting Home Owners To the Editor of The Star: The District of Columbia is still a pretty good place to live despite its botched-up tax mess, its voteless status and its horde of politicians. After all, there are no earthquakes, tornadoes, nor volcanoes here. We have reason to be thankful also that Mussolini and Hitler, who are apparently trying to get them up a war, live beyond the Atlantic. A correspondent hints we should be thankful the District is free from taxes on household effects. I lived in one State for 25 years and never heard of this form of taxation, although our neighboring State of Kentucky was afflicted with 'it. I once saw a tax assessor invade a man’s home and make out an assessment on his furniture. In the District of Columbia every sort of tax suggestion imaginable has been sifted to meet the $6,000,000 deficit for the next fiscal year. While District tax committees hem and haw about more and bigger taxes the State Legislature down at Talla- hassee has for the past month been working feverishly in the opposite direc- tion. The homestead exemption amend- ment to the State constitution, which proposes to exempt homes from taxa- tion all through the State of Florida, has been the subject of much debate with & view to perfecting it so that boarding houses and tourist homes can- not get exemption. It provides that “only bona-fide homes resided in by the owner thereof shall be exempt from taxation up to, but not exceeding, $5,000 in value.” In other words, hotels and rooming houses and rented houses shall not be exempt. That, of course, narrows the thing down considerably, but even so it is a perpetual mystery to the skeptics how this can be done. It is said there are more poor people in Florida than in any other State of the Union. The theory is that other States and Territories are gradually choking their citizens to death by excessive taxes, and it is believed that many will eventually locate in Florida rather than have everything they own taken away from them. The District of Columbia is a pretty good place to dive if you can “take it and like it.” Diamond Rewards. From the Worcester Gasette. What a thrill it must be to a ball player drawing ‘down $25,000 a year to hit & home run with the bases full in the ninth inning—and then discover his feat has won him a new $2.98 derby from the local hatter. Losing Houses. From the Newburgh (N. Y.) News. It must be awkward to find a glacier in one’s front yard, like that one in Alaska, yet possibly losing one’s house in that way is less painful than a fore- closure proceeding. Turkish Amazons. Prom the Dallas News. Turkey plans to send all women to war except the married ones. Islam evidently prefers the volunteers to the regular fighters. No Politeness. Prom the Troy (N. Y.) Record. It's got s0 & boss in the industrial centers doesn't know whether it's safe to ask the job applicant to have a seat. e e The Last Dose Best. Prom the Newburgh (N. Y.) News. A good cold remedy is anything y happen to take before the cold mtunlly wears off anyway. A} MONDAY, JUNE 7, 1937, THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. Those underdogs of birdland, the Eng- lish sparrows and starlings, always win the admiration of bird watchers at last. It is particularly gratifying to have a pair of the latter nest in the yard, for then one is able to see the starling as it really is. In the flocks in which it congregates in~Winter the single bird is engulfed in the mob. Senor Ortega, in his “Revolt of the Masses,” used the term “mass-man” to indicate the crowd of men as dis- tinguished from the superior individual. Similarly, we might say mass-starling, to denote starlings in flock, as differing from the {ndividual bird. The mass-man, as psychologists brought out many years ago, makes something different out of the indi- vidual components of the crowd. The crowd mind, now an old concepr, makes brutes, and worse, out of other- wise normal individuals. People 1in a crowd do not act as people by twos and threes. L Perhaps the same holds good of star- lings. Certainly the pair nesting in a hole dug out of & poplar stub are very decent birds. They make very little noise, practically no confusion. A flicker “sings,” if his loud noises come under that classification, all day long; he fairly makes the tree tops split with his cries. Those who fancy all bird songs pretty will have to revise their opinions after listening to Old Man Flicker for a while. A splendid bird, he is so little of a singer, at least at this season, that his sounds are noises, rather than notes. The wren's utterances take on the semblance of sweetest music, by contrast. * X X X Btarlings are not a bit gregarious in Summer. They separate to attend to their Sum- mer duties, but come together again in the Fall, when the first chills fore- cast the rigors of the Winter. Wise birds, these, to understand that in union there is strength—when neces- sary. J Starlings are not theorists, evid They know perfectly well that easy for any bird to find its living vher\ tne weather is warm, not so easy when grubs and other foods are lacking. By herding together in flocks, in the cold, each bird finds what any bird finds. “All for one, one for all” is a basic maxim known to the starlings centuries ago. It was of service a comparatively few years ago to the few dozen which were first brought to thesa shores. By sticking to it assiduously, those starling pioneers managed to weather the Winters in a strange land. and gradually increase themselves until today it is their country, too. “My country, 'tis of thee, Sweet land of liberty, Of thee we sing.” 8o sing the starlings, with perhaps more right than some. * ook x By what mysterious arrangement do they get together next Fall? Perhaps it is through nothing more and mysterious than sight, always mystery enough. (Ask any eye man.) Old birds, carefully herding the young, see each other in their rambles. Instinct tells them, somehow, to sitck together. Hence, comes the annual return to congregational roosting. Sleeping in the same outdoor dormi- tory, however, is but part of their mutual help. Sharing of the same food supplies, wherever discovered, is the great gain. Since these are husky birds, each one for himself is not a hardship, when it comes to gathering up a fair share of dinner. Each starling has as much chance as another. No doubt the weakling of the flocks, if there are any, are weeded out at once through plain survival of the fittest. * ok K % Starling bands might draw the envy of the crassest dictator, the domponent members are so fit, so ready to do every- thing necessary for the welfare of tre individual and the flock. They are individualists in Summer, collectivists in Winter. Though they know nothing whatever about such things, they exemplify them perfectly, and demonstrate that man need not be afraid of words, or of the things words mean, provided only that he keep his common sense. Starlings act as they do out of instinct, which may show that in the vast patiern of Nature there is room for more types of action than one. Nature is, then, trying to tell us to be tolerant, not to get red in the face because some one differs from us. ok kK The starling babies can be squeaking in their nest in the Norm: poplar stump. Already the parent birds are search- ing the yard, looking for succu morsels. It seems strange to see them at this time of year. This is the first year in many starlings have been seen there hot weather. Before this no starling v Summer. Perhaps the right was not available. Those two flicker nests, drilled the formidable bill of that fanc: pecker, attracted the pair of s The lower nest was occupied, t I} one empty. Into this latter went t starlings, which are still there. * x x % Stubby tailed starlings give an unust and interesting note to any June garden. Bird watchers are a med to ook for novelties. Well, he: one, at least in this garden. If starlings were never known parts, their advent would be he) far and wide Bird watchers are always new species to identify. by Old Man Starling! good bird, after all, watching. Maybe he shows that individua good, that only when the massed stincts of man or bird come into ylay does the trouble begin. these led looking for Do not be f He is old, but one well wort WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. President Roosevelt has taken to the tall timbers of metaphor, to cover what smacks strongly of retreat in his Supreme Court fight. He is now inter- ested only in the “forest” of reform and not in the “trees” F. D. R. insists that his judiciary ideas are those of the country, contrasted to the opposition views rampant in Washington, and sig- nals that he intends fighting it out on this line if it takes all Summer. The most valiant White House press-conference efforts to draw the President from the metaphorical into the categorical were a complete flop. He specifically declined to say whether two justiceship “trees” would constitute a “forest.” Despite the smiling evasiveness and studied ambigu- ity of Mr. Roosevelt's refusal to indicate what sort of compromise court bill, if any, would be acceptable to him, he leaves the distinct impression that he is, in fact, ready to take the best he can get. Unless his Capitol scouts have lamentably led him astray, the Presi- dent must be aware that the cards are hopelessly stacked against him. His sunny confidence that a judiciary bill will be enacted at the present session can only mean that Senator Robinson now has administration authority to be thankful for half a loaf if that's all the bread to be had from the con- gressional oven. Bakers Burke, Wheeler, McCarran, etc., all say it won't yield even that much. * k% X Mr. Roosevelt's insistence that Wash- ington’s rebellious court attitude is out of tune with that of the Nation re- flects his favorite theory that the Capi- tal generally lacks the “perspective” of the people at large, far from the Poto- mac’s madding crowd. Now that the President has brought up the question of official vacations by reproving the Supreme Court for playing four months’ hooky, it's worth recalling that he habit- ually Justmes his own periodical long absences' from the White House by say- ing that they give him an invaluable “perspective” on public affairs—which cannot possibly be had by any man who stays on his job for too protracted a period. * ok X % ‘When the judiciary debate is shaking the Capitol, somebody is certain to challenge the administrationist conten- tion that the country—or at least a prepondgrant majority—favors court packing. That claim can hardly be mathematically sustained, on the basis of the State-by-State opposition re- flected by roundly half the membership of the Senate. Making full allowance for the fact that population statistics, like any others, can be twisted to prove almost anything, it remains true of nearly all the most populous States of the Union, including New York, Penn- sylvania, Ohio, California, Texas, Massa- chusetts, New Jersey, Michigan, Indiana, Iowa, Missouri and Maryland, that Senators representing those respective Commonwealths are either a unit in opposition to court enlargement or divided on the subject. New England is almost unanimously anti. Even in the Democratic South, revolt is rampant, as typified by the attitude of Senators from Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Texas. Through- out the Middle West, Northwest and ‘West about the same ratio of hostility prevails, based on the senatorial line-up. *x x % Canada’s province of Quebec is in the threes of agitation like that now raging in this country over the Connery- Black labor standards bill. Premier Duplessis is sponsoring a “fair wages” law providing generally for such govern- ment control of working conditions as it is proposed to set up in the United States. The Dominion Trades and Labor Congress opposes the measure as aiming at “political dictatorship” over workers. The plan is assailed as Fascist in trend, mainly on the ground that the govern- ment reserves for itself the right to decide just which unions workers may join. Canadian labor is seeking legis- lation by the various provinces to guarantee workers the legal right to Jjoin organizations of their owr on. ‘The Quebec premier is the of Ontario Premier Hepburn in rombanng John L. Lewis’ attempt to gain a foothold for C. I. O. in Canada. ¥ ok ok % ‘When the joint committee of Congress turns the searchlight on alleged ta evasion or avoidance by certain rich Americans, it may delve for s e material into a volume sho: to leave the press under the au ship of Ferdinand Lundberg. His book, entitled “America’s Sixty Families,” is devoted to Uncle Sam's so-called “dynasties of wealth.” Income reports to the Internal Revenue Bureau were used as a basis for listing threescore families possessing outstanding fortunes. x ok % ox Honors are coming thick and fast for Japan's aristocratic Konoye family. Last week the head of the house, Prince Fumumaro Konoye, was chosen premier. Next day the prince's son, Prince Fumitaka Konoye, a member of the Jjunior class at Princeton, was elected captain of the varsity golf team for the coming year. Formerly boy cham- pion of Japan, the young prince was captain and No. 1 man on the golf team at Lawrenceville. at which he prepped and was graduated in 1934. Princeton recently took second place in the Middle Atlantic division of the Eastern Intercollegiate Golf League and Prince Konoye placed No. 3 on the team. While a freshman, he led the Tiger yearlings as captain and No. 1. * ok ok x Current Washington figures about gold and Government borrowing leave the average patriot-taxpayer dazed by the eccentricities of Federal high finance. On the same day the United States’ monetary gold stock reached an all- time high of $12,027,000.000, it was made known that Secretary Morgenthau will today, June 7, float $800,000,000 of new Treasury notes for “working balance” purposes, including early retirement of $300,000,000 of maturing discount bills. John Q. Citizen has to do a lot of head-scratching to figure out why his opulent Uncle Sam, possessing 52.7 per cent of all the world’s gold, finds it necessary to borrow more money. The present gold hoard reflects an increase of more than 76 per cent over the total held in January, 1934, immediately after dollar revaluation. The latest billion was piled onto the stack within eight months, or at a rate exceeding $125,000,- 000 a month. Incidentally, this week’s Treasury financing raises the public debt to the record peak of $35,700,000,000. * koK ok Mrs. Roosevelt on June 16 will join the ever swelling ranks of Washington's holders of LL. D. degrees. John Marshall College of Law at Jersey City will bestow that distinction upon her. Herself a product of private schools, the D. H. L. of Russell Sage College is the only de- gree listed by the President’s wife in her “Who’s Who"” autobiography. The John Marshall award will be conferred “in recognition of her untiring industry in the interest of broader and more liberal educational activity and of her splendid contributions to the general public welfare during the last 20 years.” (Copyright, 1937.) The Amazing Lindbergh. From the Birmingham News. What can the world do with a father like Lindbergh, who can keep from going" to the housetops to proclaim a new- born son? that | ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. A reader can get the answer to any question of fact by writing The Evening Star Information Burcau, Frederic J. Hauskin, Director, Washington, D. C. Please inclose stamp for reply. Q. How many highway-railroad grade crossings are there in the United States? —T. M. A. There are 234,231, Q. Were there any Jews honored in the coronation list?—B. T. A. Sir Herbert Samuel (statesman) was named Viscount and Julias S. Elias (publisher) was made a baron. Q. How old is Paul 'V[hn ?—H. P, A. He will be forty next September At the age of fourteen he played the part of an old man successfully, and hi whole acting career has been peppered with such parts. Q. Is Gruzia a city or a sia?—S. A A. Gruzia is Russian for Georgia, & state in Russia. state in Rus- Q. What does Carl Hubbell of the New York Giants do when he is not playing base ball?—H. L. A. Mr. Hubbell is a pecan farmer in Oklahoma when base ball is not in season. Q What is a French commune?—E. v of Franc: is 1 organizations number exceeding in size and Paris are gov- comprised called communes, 36,000. They var population. All erned un le brief code, the mu xm,)a.l f 1834. Each commune al council composed of 6 members, elected by ale suffrage for 4 the ssisted adjoints, phy of Asa G ca-Cola fame—E. M. H was born near Vill He was educated In 18:3 he a, v\herp he became a ie firm of Hallman & ng the foundation of hi ne by the manufacture of In addition to extensive in- banking uar?hnu ing and in- toward efiu\hh'\mnz Emo! Universit: and made many donations to philan- thropic enterprises. He died in 1929, wild ducks and geese United States last W many here in the Winter?—N. G A. It is estimated that there were about 38,000,000. In 1930 the numbe: was estimated at 100,000,000. Q. Is there a thing as earth- quake weather?—A. D. S. A. The expression is not generally recognized by meteorologists. The s called earthquake weather is describec as still, sultry and humid, conditiol which are generally related to high aix pressures. Some authorities believe th; there may be some relation betwe changes in pressure and earthquakes. although this is a matter which ha not been definitely proved. Q. Who is ra'led !he child’'s poet?za W. F A. Eugene Field's poems of childhood gained for him that title. Q. Who was the famous humorist who became a minister?—H. W. A. Robert Jones Burdette. He was on the staff of the Peoria Transcript and later became associate editor of the Burlington. Towa, Hawkeye and of the Brooklyn Eagle in which his humorous sketches won him considerable fame He began to lecture in 1876. In 1887 he was licensed as a minister of the Baptist Church and held a pastorate at Lo Angeles until 1909. He was the author of a number of humorous books. the Department of Justice Alcatraz Prison, how manv Q. Since took over | prisoners have attempted to escape?— H. L. J. A. The only attempt was made by a prisoner named Joe Bowers, a mail robber. He tried to climb the barbed wire, was told to halt by guards, & when he kept o mbmz was fatally shot, falling to t s below. Q. What is the in Watt's statue in W —C. L. A. It is as follows: “Not to Perpetuate a Name Which Must Endure While the Peaceful Arts Flourish but to Shew That Mankind Have Learnt to Honour Those Who Best Deserve Their Gratitude the King His Ministers and Many of the Nobles and Commoners of the Realm Raised this Monument to James Watt Who Directing the Force of An Original Genius Early Exercised in Philosophical Research To The Improvement of the Steam Engine Enlarged the Resources of His Country lncreased the Power of Man and Rose To an Eminent Place Among the Most Illustrious Followers of Science and the Real Benefactors of the World Born at Greenock MDCCXXXVI Died at Heathfield in Staffordshire MDCCCXIX.” ption on James stminster Abbey? Q. Do owners of big orchards have to keep bees to assure pollination?—H. N. A. Some fruit growers do keep bees, but others rent colonies of bees for the season that the trees are in blossum Such colonies of bees are uncertain honey producers because of frequeni injury from sprays and of the moving disturbance. Q. Where is the Kentucky McGuffey Memorial?>—H. W. A. The shrine is a one-room log school bouse at Ashland. It was taken from the Kentucky Mountains to serve as a memorial to William Holmes Mc- Guffey, who, while living in Paris, K conceived the idea of his famous readers. Q. Why is forsythia so called?—E. H. A. The ornamental shrub is named for Forsyth, a British botanist. A Rhyme at Twilight By Gertrude Brooke Hamilton. A Vernal Downpour Fresh and clean adown my window pane Flows the rain. Running rivulets of silver gleam In the stream; Sparkling diamonds fall upon my sill As they will; Sweet, moist odors pierce the cooling pane From the rain; Odors of wet earth and distant seas, And of trees.