Evening Star Newspaper, September 13, 1937, Page 10

‘A—10 With Sunday Morning Edition, WASHINGTON, D. C. September 13, 1937 THEODORE W. NOYES The Evening Star Newspaper Company. 11th St ana Pennsyivania Ave New York Office: 110 East 42nd St Chicare O.%ce: 435 North Michigan Ave. Rate by Carrier—City and Suburban. Regular Edition. The Evening and Sunday Star ¢ Der month or 15¢ per week The Evening Star 45¢ per The Sunday Star ___ Night Fi T 10c per week ~5¢ ver copy "l:ht Final and Sunday 8t 70¢ per month ht Final Star__ Z—__5bc per month Collection made at the end ch month or gach week, Orders may be sent by mall or tele- Bhone National 5000. pressed by leading lawyers for years passed. Long before the “circus” at Flemington, N. J., in 1935, conservative observers had objected to the practice of “dramatizing” court procedure for the entertainment of sensation-seekers. The Hall-Mills case, beginning in 1922, was “kept alive” and repeatedly reopened throughout an entire decade for pur- poses unrelated to the orderly processes of justice. 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Governor Murphy of New Hampshire, 8ddressing a conference of New Eng- land Young Republicans, declared, *There is nothing organically wrong with the Republican party, all of its troubles are functional.” In a measure the New Hampshire Governor, one of the few Republican victors in the Roosevelt landslide of 1936, is correct. The G. O. P. has for %ears been torn by internal strife. It has had its progressive wing and its ‘reactionary wing. It has had its La Follettes, its Norrises, its La Guardias, its Johnsons and a host of others who de- manded more equal treatment. In recent years nearly all of these progressives abandoned the Republican party and its national candidates. The trouble, however, went deeper than mere functioning. A great mass of people lost faith in the Republican party, they came to Jook upon it as the agent and de- fender of the rich and of privilege. “This feeling was tremendously accentu- ated when the depression hit this coun- °try. If the Republican party is to sur- vive and revive, this feeling on the part of the voters must be dissipated. No party that stands in the minds of a great number of the people as the party particularly of privilege—meaning the | wealthy—can hope for winning support | at the polls. What can the Republican party do o erase from the minds of the voters— .millions of them—the belief that it stands for the privileged classes, so- called, and not for the common man? "Holding national conventions will not -clear away this belief. Its greatest op- -portunity appears to lie in State and National Legislatures, where the Re- publicans may make a real record for the party, and in State and municipal governments which the Republicans may still control. The Roosevelt New Dealers have given the people bread and some beneficial needs. In their demands for the estab- lishment of a “planned economy” the New Dealers have overstepped thém- selves, Many Americans today are asking | themselves what is to be the result of the concentration of power in the hands of the Executive in Washington. They became convinced that President Roosevelt was seeking control of the Judiciary when he advanced the pro- gram for enlarging the Supreme Court and the district courts. They have witnessed more recently the partisian manner in which some of the boards set up by the administration have functioned. This feeling of distrust has been manifested in the revolt against | the President’s program in Congress. The Republican party has an opportunity growing out of mistakes made by the Roosevelt administration rather than from anything that the Republicans have done. It must, however, convince the people that it is sincerely a sup- porter of their interests—and not pri- marily those of great corporations. The failure of the Roosevelt adminis- tration to bring the expenditures of the Government within hailing dis- tance of the receipts of Government, despite the high taxes, is giving con- cern not alone to Republicans, but also to many Democrats. It is giving even more concern to a number of American taxpayers. Its economy in Government expenditures is not in itself a flamboy- ant spirit. However, economy may yet become an important issue. Fear of dictatorial partisan bureaucracy, the cost of living and increasing tax burdens are issues which may play considerable part in the revival of the Republican party. It is issues popular with the people that the party re- quires, rather than the better function- ing of political committees, government, plus a of rise in | | | | s Japan and China have condescended to some shabby forms of attack. A Eu- | ropean discussion of fighting should | represent high ideals of civilization, | —————— Trials as Circuses. An American Bar Association commit- tee headed by former Secretary of War Newton D. Baker has reported against “vaudeville appearances by jurors and other trends tending to transform & public trial into a spectacle.” The find- ings of the group specifically condemn “public discussion of trials by witnesses In speeches, magazine articles or news- paper interviews; broadcasting of argu- ments and giving out argumentative press bulletins by lawyers and public criticism of the court or jury by lawyers during a trial” Aftendance during & criminal trial, the committee recom- mends, should “be limited to the seat- Ing eapacity of the court room.” Buch an opinion, certainly, has been principle. reservation that application of the Amer- ican thesis must accord “full recognition and practical consideration of the actual United States all there is to know about a criminal personality. The curiosity of the masses is frequently altogether legitimate. Mr. Baker’s committee appreciated that side of the question from the start of its study of the problem and, wisely, in- vited the co-operation of the American Newspaper Publishers’ Association and the American Society of Newspaper Editors. The report, therefore, repre- sents the judgment of the press as well as that of the organized legal profession. But the remedy lies in the gradual development of civilization. Only when people have attained spiritual maturity will great trials be conducted with per- fect dignity. Meanwhile, there has been progress. For evidence of encouraging advancement, let the skeptic consult the records of the trials of Sir Walter Raleigh, Captain Kidd, the followers of the Duke of Monmouth, the Booth con- spirators and Charles Guiteau. A Nudge for the League. On July 16, soon after the Japanese and Chinese launched their undeclared war, Secretary Hull issued his now- famous “preachment” on behalf of world peace. Presently it was communicated to all the nations with which the United States has diplomatic relations, with a request for individual replies. Answers came from each of them except Afghanistan. America's views—calling for respect for treaties, abstinence from the use of force in international dis- putes, and non-interference in the in- ternal affairs of other countries—were universally indorsed, in detail or in Only Japan submitted a particular East.” circumstances of the Far On August 23 Mr. Hull took occasion to emphasize, despite Tokio’s inhibitions, that his statement has un- qualified Japanese “situation.” application to the Sino- The State Department has now put the July 16 manifesto formally before the League of Nations, together with the favorable responses it produced. Wash- ington's action is timed for the an- nual League Assembly meeting, which, at Nanking’s instigation, is about to concern itself with Japanese aggression in North China and at Shanghai. The obvious purpose is to make yet another effort, however hopeless, to mobilize world opinion behind the principles es- sential to decent international relations. America is telling the League directly, in effect, that this Government will follow with close and sympathetic atten- tion any organized movement aimed at restoration of peace. Geneva will hardly misinterpret the true inwardness of this step if it sees in it a hint that the would welcome more vigorcus League action on behalf of orderly world relations than is custom- arily forthcoming from that inanimate quarter—as on the occasion of previous Japanese provocation in Manchuria and Shanghai, or of Italy’s depredations in Ethiopia. Or, it might be added, when Secretary Stimson in 1932 proffered American co-operation to curb Japan, only to have the League, under Sir John Simon’s tutelage, summarily reject these overtures. “Preachment” is Secretary Hull's favorite idiom for the recurrent state- ments he has made during the crisis in Asia and at other times of international disturbance. Certain powers have not hesitated during the era of American isolaticnism to stigmatize & policy marked by a maximum of preaching and a4 minimum of performance, as far as actual participation in collective peace action is concerned. The circumstance that Secretary Hull filed his latest ob- servations with the League coincident | with President Roosevelt's affirmation to do everything in his power to keep this country out of war may impel Geneva to sneer that Uncle Sam is only preach- ing again, though people who live in as glassy a house as the League should be careful about throwing stones. Secretary Hull at any rate keeps the record straight and gives the old lady of Geneva needed nudge, — it Able and eloquent prize fighters have asserted themselves to indicate that an encounter with the gloves is a method of developing conversational powers and not a relapse into manners of cruelty, R As Russia is competled to consider war threats Trotzky remains in a posi- tion to operate secretly and with how much effect nobody can say. r——— Control of Flying. Two accidents recently have raised the question about what should be done to control practice and pleasure flying over inhabitated areas. A plane carrying two “joyriders” crashed into the roof of a house at Valley Stream, Long Island, and wrecked the dwelling, endangering the lives of a number of innocent bystanders. Another “crate” with a pilot-teacher and 8 girl pupil on board nose-dived into a house in Minneapolis with similar tragic results, Of course, Federal regulations exist to govern licensed aviation. But the States thus far have been remiss in their ob- take care of the local aspects of the problem. The subject deserves study at the hands of municipal authorities / like irresponsible motoring, requires to be disciplined. Nobody wants to interfere with the legitimate development of aeronautics as a business or an amusement, yet it is obvious that the best interests of all concerned should be protected against the risk and the hazard involved in the unregulated conditions which now un- fortunately prevail. —_— e There is much to be thought of be- sides money. A peculiar hardship falls on the world when it is compelled to think of nothing else under conditions that may cause serious mistakes. The management of world wealth continues to be one of the heaviest responsibilities to which man can aspire. —————___ There are in Shanghai people entitled to shelter, who prefer duty and even self-sacrifice and will insist on remain- ing where they are. They will be honored for courage even by those who honestly believe that self-protection has become a duty. ———— As the days go on, it falls to Mr. Sol Bloom to call attention to the neces- sity of thought concerning the activities of George Washington at a time when peace was his ideal and war a grim necessity. The task is one of dignity and Mr. Bloom discharges it with honor. ———— Hitler and Mussolini may be persuaded to talk things over concerning the Mediterranean Sea, but the man with the submarine is the person who for the present assumes to have the last word. oo Admiration is edrnestly extended to Justice D. W. O'Donoghue, who gives to a judgeship the dignity of a life’s devotion. The law confronted with various problems has also its consistent standards of idealism. —————. The germ that carries strange illness is always busy when men fall to in- discriminate fighting. People who know little about it are often to blame for much sorrow because of mismanagement or neglect. . Shooting Stars. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. ’ His Busy Day. My Uncle Jim’s a truthful man, But now and then he acts Like many folks and shows he can Be supple with the facts; Although he is a friend of mine, I feel a vague dismay ‘Whenever he hangs up the sign, “This is my busy day.” When no one climbs the shaky stair Up to the room so far, Where he sits in a tilted chair A-smokin’ a cigar; He says, “It's time some one should be A-steppin’ round this way, So hang it up where he may see This is my busy day.” *An’ then a fishin’ trip will claim His time the whole day long, Or mebbe at'a base ball game He'll lift his voice so strong; And when of sport he’s had enough, He'll view the sign and say, “That notice isn't any bluff, It was a busy day.” A Liberal Sentiment. “You musn't blame a man because his opinions differ from yours.” “No,” answered Senator Sorghum, “a man’'s opinions are his own. All I want to do is to hold him down so that his vote won't differ from mine.” Perfection. “There is no such thing as perfection in this world.” “No,” answered Miss Cayenne, “the only person I know who comes near attaining perfection is the one who sets out to be a perfect bore.” A Strange Possibility. With machines to save talking And working and walking We'll find that this planet so small Is run by the lever, And human endeavor Will not be considered at all. . Diogenes and His Lantern. “How do you use a lantern in your search for an honest man,” asked the citizen. “I lend it to a man” answered Diogenes, “and if he returns it I know he’s one in ten thousand. You see, the lantern test is the best available. The umbrella has not yet been vented.” in- No Relief to Him. “When you are angry,” said the man of gentle instincts, “stop and count a hundred.” “A hundred,” echoed Mr. Sirius Barker, “If T could stop at a hundred in count- ing up my wife's milliner's bills I wouldn't be angry. In the Offing. The foot ball player from afar Now comes to take a chance On having a triumphal car Or just an ambulance. “One thing dat's liable to make a man complain of hard work,” said Uncle | Eben, “is loafin’ on de job an’ gettin’ out o' practice.” ——o—e. Criminals and Heroes. From the Worcester Gazette. Attorney General Cummings properly. says the criminal is no longer a hero, but one still can’t be sure about some of our heroes. - Ambassadorial Risks. | Prom the Kansas City Star. ligation to provide needed legislation to | The unhandy thing about being Am- bassador to some place these days, is that you never know when you'll be forced to change from morning clothes to & bullete proof vest. .‘ A MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1937. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., O ' THE EVENING STAR foreshadowed by the sentiments ex- | Irresponsible flying, S T BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. Housebreaking Epidemic Shows Need for Security To the Editor of The Star: I am one whose ship struck a snag Sunday on my return from an overnight trip to the mountains and who is anxious to impress on others the necessity of keeping the waters clear of derelicts. The derelict in my case was some one who evidently knew of our plans, and who took advantage of our absence to rob our house of valuables and other property made doubly valuable by virtue of the sentiment attached. Such sup- posedly human derelicts are increasing in number, and their trade is flourishing to such an extent that all feeling of security is gone and the sanctity of the home can no longer remain inviolate. Maybe derelict is too complimentary a designation and termite would be a more appropriate name. As termite then there is no means of keeping him out or of catching him when he enters. He roams all over the house at will, choosing here and there, and prying into sacred belong- ings with gain his only object. He then, as in my case, looks over the larder to appease his wants created by the tire- some work of looting, then leaves, having accomplished his onery purpose, not giv- ing any consideration to the distress of those whose loss cannot be replaced or caring that his action has destroyed that feeling of security which should differen- tiate the citizens of our country from those unfortunates whose belongings are subject to seizure without notice. How much of a step is it from that state of affairs created by the fear of leaving a home unguarded for a moment knowing that some one is constantly on the watch for that occasion to rifle your personal effects, to that condition brought on by the knowledge that others with more muscle than brains are at liberty when their inclination so directs to de- prive you without fear of retribution of those belongings held dear by long years of patient labor? To prevent the latter, it is necessary to nip the former in the bud. Again metaphorically speaking, the boy who is now causing uneasiness by taking pot shots with his air rifle and pea shooter, if not deprived of his com- paratively harmless instruments will soon reach manhood and create irrepairable havoc with his blackjacks and machine guns. To get down to the bottom of the mat- ter, is it not possible for those who have selected Washington as their domicile by virtue of memories and a true love of the city and surrounding country to regain that feeling of pride and security which were once their enviable lot? C. J. ODEND'HAL. ——e—s Suggestions for Amending The Federal Constitution To the Editor of The Star: The papers report that Senator Burke will propose an amendment to the Constitution limjting the presidential tenure to two terms and making the incumbent ineligible for the office there- after. I ask the privilege of suggesting through your columns the following amendments to the Federal Constitution: 1. The presidential term to be for six years. The incumbent to be forever ineligible for the office thereafter. Upon expiration of his term the President to become ipso facto a member of the Senate for life, but without the right to vote. We rarely have more than one ex-President at a time. He acquires an experience and knowledge of domestic and foreign affairs that would make him a valuable member of that body. 2. The President to be empowered to veto several items of a bill without having to veto the entire bill as at present. This would prevent attaching unmeritorious measures to general ap- propriation bills and would break up pork barrel legislation. 3. Heads of the department, or the so-called cabinet, to be given the privi- lege of the floor of the Senate and House to answer questions and to ex- plain and discuss matters pertaining to their respective departments. This would greatly facilitate legislation and save much time of the Congress. 4. Membership of the Supreme Court to be definitely fixed at a given number, with a provision that the justices shall retire at the age of 75. This would obviate forever the danger of the court being packed. 5. Subjection of Government obli- gations to taxation. There are billions now invested in Government obligations that contribute nothing to the support of the Government thereby increasing the burden of taxation upon the general public. ALEXANDER SIDNEY LANIER. N ’ Mail Trucks a Menace To the Public Safety To the Editor of The Star: I dare say there are few of us who live in Washington as well as those in other cities, who have not at one or many times noticed with disdain the reckless and careless manner in which the truck drivers of our Post Office Department stop their vehicles at street corners for the purpose of gathering mail from the collection boxes usually located there, I have no way of knowing the number of accidents caused by this ill-permitted practice, but I do know that it should be stopped. Why are mail boxes on corners? For the same reason as fire hydrants, to make them more accessible to the largest possible area when they are needed. Our modes of street transportation and methods of controlling it are undergoing changes to insure the safety of the citizenry. Intersections are being simpli- fied and redesigned for safety. Many municipalities no longer place obstruct- ing fire hydrants and other necessary adjuncts to a well protected city at intersections of their streets. In a further attempt to increase the safety of our thoroughfares I recom- mend the relocation of all mail boxes to positions between intersecting streets and adjacent to reserved street spaces of sufficient size to allow the collector’s truck ample room for stopping his vehicle near the street curb and out of moving lanes of traffic, In the interest of a safer Washington, Tam, RAYMOND J. ROSENBERGER, Unionism Does Not Make For More Perfect World To the Editor of The Star: I was sitting in an avenue lunch room when a lady wnlkeg in and sat down at my table. She ordered a bottle of beer. As it looked, she already had one in her, or maybe two. “They are trying my husband next door.” “Next door” is the headquarters of the Laborers’ Union. “What are they trying him for? Has is killed anybody?” “No, he is behind with his dues, and they want to throw him out. I have a good notion to go over and tell these big bosses a thing or two. What do you think of it?” I advised against it— strongly so. And so even unionism doesn’'t make this a perfect world. FRED VETTER. —————— Legislative Costumes, From the Clev d News, The Cleveland girl who said State Leg- islators should wear knee pants and roll hoops came pretty close, They wear baggy pants and roll logs. The wisdom of keeping warm is never better shown than at this time of year. It is easy to become chilled indoors or out, when capricious changes of weather from hot to cool and back again cause the human skin much trouble in keeping up with them. It is only”in such seasons that the average person stops to consider what a marvelous organ, for such it really is, the skin is, after all. Yet as divinely appointed as it is for helping keep the blood at the standard temperature of the human economy, whether situated at the North Pole or in the tropics, the skin cannot do it all withcut some help. Hence, clothes. It is comparatively easy at this time of year to forget the necessity for coats and sweaters and other wraps. Just as it is difficult, on chilly morn- ings, to reach down to the foot of the bed to pull up a blanket, so it often becomes a bother to dress be- fitting the weather. We fail to warm up quickly enough, by one means or another, and so come down with the famous Autumn “cold,” which some persons think is just a little worse than a cold at any other season of the year. * ok K % Theoretical consideration of the ques- tion will do litfle good, unless it is aided by actual recourse to added cloth- ing at the moment a chill becomes manifest. This chill, the forerunner of a cold, is not of the old-fashioned “fever and ague” sort, but simply a plain feeling of coldness on the skin. There is some reason to believe that a simple warming upat this immediate time, will actually stop a “cold” be- fore it has a chance to begin, in many instances. j The simplest and cheapeést way to achieve this warmth is to put on more clothing. What a nuisance it is, upon occasion, to go to the intense trouble of putting on_clothes! There is something old-fashioned about it, something which seems to many persons to lack the verve and “pep” of the so-called up-to-the-minute way of doing things. Yet it is plain that such “pep” is not for every one. The biggest fool in the world is the old-fashioned person who permits him- self to be lured into believing that he ought to attempt to be “modern” in all things and ways whether he wishes to be or not. Let such a man or woman keep se- curely in the back of the head the idea that “today” is yesterday tomorrow, that this idea of something essentially better about the new is partly delusion, or worse, because there is nothing new the moment it grows older, even by a day. Try and sell your house or car, and see! * X X % The person who needs to be essentially old-fashioned in regard to reaction from sudden cold is the person who knows he is a cold susceptible. There are such persons. It is all very well to sneer at such ideas, and claim that any one can “harden” himself to the danger of colds. Just as there are certain persons whose one weak point is the stomach, so there are others whose lungs are the weakest link. It might seem unnecessary to say this, were it not for the naive belief, on the part of so many, that this idea, too, is essentially old-fashioned. The “big idea” of so much false modernism seems to be that no old idea can be true. And, of course, this idea of a weak link in the personal machine is a very old one. It was intimately linked with a now obsolete theory to the effect that the character could be told from the bumps and depression in the skull. Phrenology, in other words. Many phrenologists undertook to put each patient into a class, by pointing out his weaknesses in physical structure. There have been many revivals of old ideas; while it is not possible that phrenology, as a “science,” will come back, there would seem to be a bit of common sense in the idea of each person discovering for himself the weak part of his physical machine, and tak- ing care of it from that standpoint. * X % % Every one knows some one or other who is forever getting “sick at the stomach” from something he eats. Such a person needs. to mind his eating. Another catches cold easily. He needs to look tc his outer defenses. In going around town in Fall one is always hearing sneezes. Inadequately dressed people do not keep themselves warm enough, in nany instances. They would do better by themselves to recognize their deficiencies, in this respect, and take steps to mend them. It is easy. but often overlooked, as the obvious so often is overlooked. In- deed, there is even an attempt on the part of some to make a virtue of this overlooking, utterly regardless of whether one should do so or not. Like most sweeping procedures, it may not harm nine, it may hurt the tenth. * X oK % Since the person inclined to take cold easily has poor defenses, as far as his skin is concerned, he ought not to make this integument weaker than ever by putting on the heat too early. The better way is to put on more clothing. This helps the skin to help itself by giving it precisely the century-old aid it expects. There is nothing “modern” about skin. It is as old as the hills, and func- tions precisely today as it did centuries ago. Too much artificial heat is not good for it. The person who is a real cold sus- ceptible must see to it that his skin is not coddled, but yet receives protec- tion of the natural kind, which may not be necessary for the person who is not particularly subject to the common cold. There is a difference, and the wise person realizes it, and acts accordingly. The difference is not shown outwardly. Some of the huskiest looking people have the most “colds.” Such a person will do well by himself if he keeps in mind, especially at this “in-between- season,” the need for plenty of cover- ing, both awake and asleep. WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. Apropos the Federal Bureau of Investi- gation inquiry into Nazi activities in the United States, it develops that Hitlerite propaganda on our soil has more than once been the object of in- formal representations to Germany. Their purpose was to make it clear to Der Fuehrer’s people that Nazi propa- ganda is fully as repugnant to this country as Communist intrigues are. Washington received the impression from Berlin that “cultural” maneuvers over here would be curbed, but the zeal and aggressiveness of the goose-steppers and swastika-flaunters have increased from year to year. It is one of the main pur- poses of our Government to determine exactly to what extent these Nazi mani- festations are directed or encouraged from Germany, as well as to establish whether the participants are violating their oaths of allegiance to the United States. The State and Justice Depart- ments presumably will take such steps as F, B. I findings warrant. * Kk % Attendance of United States Charge d’Affaires Gilbert at the Nazi jamboree in Nuremberg was authorized against the advice of Ambassador Dodd, who does not believe American officials any- where should by their presence counte- nance demonstrations in which all de- mocracies are attacked as “anarch There have been certain episodes in American history of somewhat similar character. In 1811 President James Madison was attacked at a Boston public meeting in which a foreign diplomat participated. Secretary of State James Monroe thereupon handed the envoy his passports and he was asked to leave the United States. The other classic case is that of Sir Lionel Sackville-West, the British Ambassador at Washington, who received his walking-papers from Grover Cleveland in 1888 for having blundered into the American presidential cam- paign of that year. Ambassador Dodd has maintained the position that it is not the duty of American representatives abroad to take part in party or partisan demonstrations. The Madison and Cleve- land precedents, Dr. Dodd’s friends think, strongly sustain his attitude. * k ok % Uncle Sam’s native-born children are not going to have the sesquicentennial of the Constitution of the United States all to themselves. At least one group of citizens of foreign extraction—the Polish National Alliance—plans to celebrate the historic event. Its festivities will con- sist of a banquet, concert and dance in Washington on Monday, October 11, with speakers of national prominence supply- ing oratorical fireworks. Poland looks upon Woodrow Wilson as the architect in chief of its own constitutional struc- ture and independence. A statue of the World War President occupies a prominent place in Warsaw. Col. Ed- ward M. House is another of the Poles’ adopted national heroes. * % X % Reinstatement of Franklin Mott Gun- ther in the foreign service, through his recent appointment as Minister to Rumania, calls attention to the cir- cumstance that President Roosevelt, a firm believer in career diplomacy, has in no instance displaced a foreign serv- ice officer to make way for a political appointee. Various career men, especially during the recent cyclonic State Depart- ment shake-up, have been shifted to other posts, but none, it is said, has been “purged” in favor of a merely de- serving New Dealer. Mr. Gunther, formerly Minister to Egypt and Ecuador, is one of a distinguished quartet drafted back to the active list after temporary n retirement. The group includes Under- secretary Sumner Welles, Ambassador Willlam Phillips and Leland Harrison, Minister to Switzerland. During his own detachment from the service Mr. Gunther gratified a hobby by founding the American Institute for Persian Art and Archeology, of which he has been president since 1930. At Bucharest Gunther will be a near neighbor of his brother-in-law, Ray Atherton, an- other seasoned career diplomat, who is now Minister to Bulgaria. They mar- ried sisters. * %k ox Louis Brownlow, chairman of the President’s Committee on Administra- tive Management, has just sailed for Europe to recuperate after a protracted illness from which he was convalescent in Atlantic City several weeks this Sum- mer. The Warren bill and other meas- ures comprehending renovation of the Federal structure passed the House in July and August, but were caught in the adjournment jam and are now gathering dust in the Senate Committee on Gov- ernment Organization. It’s expected Mr. Roosevelt will beat the tom-tom for reorganization during his planned trip across the country—a project which, by the way, according to late word drifting down from Hyde Park, F. D. R. is less confident of being able to carry out. The Far East is to blame, * % * ¥ Mrs. Irene de Bruyn Robbins, assistant chief of the foreign service buildings divi- sion at the State Department, recently cleared for action to make life endurable for our envoy at Monrovia, capital of Liberia. The celebrated hinges of Hades swing at their hottest in that tropical clime. Plans were drawn for a new legation, supposedly in keeping with Liberian architecture. They called for a one-story establishment, so designed as to exposures, windows, etc., as to at- tract a maximum of sun in a climate where 100 in the shade is considered a cold wave. Mrs. Robbins and her late diplomat husband never sweltered in Liberia, but she needed only a glance at the blue prints to convince her that Uncle Sam might at any time find him- self with a parboiled envoy on his hands there. At Mrs. Robbins’ instiga- tion, specifications were altered so as to provide for a house with fewer of the qualities of an oven. * x ok % Mr. Roosevelt's Constitution day speech will be his first prepared public utter- ance since world peace was endangered by the Sino-Japanese war. The ad- ministration is under such a hot cross- fire respecting the neutrality act that it wouldn’t be surprising if the President uses his opportunity at the Washington Monument Friday evening to discuss the Far Eastern crisis and his intentions regarding it. The recent Hyde Park statement that American citizens remain in the war zone at their own risk has churned up about the bitterest criticism Roosevelt-Hull foreign policy has ever encountered. * ok ok % From the publicity wing of the Cham- ber of Commerce of the United States there has just been issued a 30- bulletin summarizing the late session of Congress. It’s the meatiest treatise of its kind Washington has perused in a long time. The bulletin tabulates every- thing that happened ol Capitol Hill from January 5 to August 21—details of appropriations, bills which became law, resolutions of investigation and in- quiry, bills vetoed or rejected and meas- ures advanced but did not pass. In every case there is a terse digest of the content and present status of each act in question. (Coprisht, 1087.) P ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. A reader can get the answer to any question of fact by writing The Evening Star Information Bureau, Frederic J. Haskin, Director, Washington, D. C. Please inclose stamp for reply. Q. Is Bernd Rosemeyer, mobile racer, married?>—W. H. A. His wife is Elly Beinhorn, well= known aviatrix of Germany. the auto- Q. Are monkeys looking for fleas when they scratch each other?—B. J. A. The Smithsonian Institution says that when monkeys pick and scratch each other they are not looking for fleas. They are simply grooming each other. They remove particles of dandruff and any foreign matter and keep the hair and skin in good condition. Q. What country has miles in the world?—K. L. A. The miles in Norway are the longest, one Norwegian mile being equivalent to seven American miles, the longest Q. TIs schizophrenia a common mental disorder?—E. J A. Approximately 18.7 per cent of all hospital beds in the Upited States are required for victims of this disorder. Q. In spelling a word over the tele- phone what are the best words to use to indicate the various letters?—G. H. T. A. Reader's Digest gives what is known as the standard ‘“christened" alphabet, approved by telephone author- ities: A as in Alice, B as in Bertha, C as in Charles and so on through David, Edward, Frank, George, Harry, Ida, James, Kate, Louis, Mary, Nellie, Oliver, Peter, Quaker, Robert, Samuel, Thomas, Utah, Victor, William, X-ray, Young and Zebra. Q. How many people speak Chinese? —W. L. A. It is said to be the language of 400,000,000 Q. Is there a real city or place called Timbuktu?—K. L. A. Timbuktu is a city in Africa that can be reached by an 18-hour airplane flight from Algiers, or.by crossing the Sahara by regular desert motor transport in about a week’s time. Q. What is the shortest Shakes- pearean play?—W. H. A. Tt is Macbeth. Q. How many men are killed in boot- leg coai mines?—H. L. A. A preliminary State report in Pennsylvania shows that more than 100 unauthorized miners have met death in the last two years. Q. Can coffee be used for anything besides a beverage?—H. G. A. Brazilian scientists are constantly experimenting with new uses for coffee. Laboratory research has resulted in the extraction of alcohol from the coffee pulp and after further treatment has produced a liquor of delicate bouquet. Caffeine oils and fatty acids have been extracted from the beans and used for soap. From the bean pulp cellulose stock has been obtained for the manufacture of paper and cardboard, Q. Did Queen Victoria of Great Britain have a half-sister?>—L, B. A. She had a half-sister, Princess Feodora, who married Prince Hohenlohe. During her stays in land, Queen Victoria showed great affection for her. Q. What colleges admit Indians with- out tuition fees?—A. P, A. Dartmouth College admits Indians free of tuition. A junior college at Fort Lewis, Colo., also admits them without tuition fee. Work in this school leads to the work for a degree in the Colorado State College, where it would be neces- sary to pay tuition. There are five free scholarships given at the University of Minnesota, but there are certain definite requirements in the way of preparation. Q. In what year did the New York Police change their helmets to the peaked hats?—J. J. McC. A. The change was made some time in the Spring of 1907. Q. Isit true that the Dionne quintup- lets will appear at the 1939 New York World's Fair?—L. H. K. A. Dr. Allan Dafoe has rejected an offer of $500,000 for the appearance of the children at the fair. The direc- tors offered in addition to that sum to have exact reproductions of the nursery and grounds at Callander. Dr. Dafoe gave as his reason for refusing that it 15 necessary to safeguard the children’s health and that they belong to Northern Ontario. Q. How long did the Siege of Vicks- burg last?—D. B, A. There were three major attacks and forty-seven days of siege before Vicksburg surrendered to the Union forces in the Civil War. Q. How long and how deep is the Cresta Tobogganing Run at St. Moritz, Switzerland?—E. H, A. It is the fastest ice run in the world and is 4,038 feet long with a 426~ foot vertical descent. Q. Was the sale of James Farrell's novel, “A World I Never Made,” pro- hibited in New York City?—E. H. A. The New York Society for the Suppression of Vice seized several hund- red copies of the book in New York and brought action against the pub- lisher on obscenity grounds. After hear- ings before a magistrate, at which many prominent literary people testified, the complaint was dismissed. \ CQli How high is Mount Vesuvius?— A. Tts altitude is about 4300 feet, et et A Rhyme at Twilight y Gertrude Brooke Hamilton, Even the Tree Shading my porch a tall, green poplar grew; Ugly apartment walls it hid from view, Birds nested in its branches every year, ‘Thru it gay little sun-rays used to peer, Above it slowly twilight dimmed the sky And in it the night winds sang lullaby, But nothing remains stable, as we know . . . A flash of lightning laid my poplar low! Blind Marksmen. From the Chicago Daily News. Military aviators in the Chinese war evidently shut their eyes before they shoot. e —ee— Sustaining Curiosity. From the Toledo Blade, Always there is something to live for, 1t nothing more than to see how the trouble ends. L}