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The Washington times., 1925-12-05

the free her little white hands to grope their way =
imprisoned BIRDS he has stepped where even an
angel hornet already agitated
Getting buttons dress bad enough Tor young
Bob who all gossps whisper not to stay poDDed
going be but dlo YOU
try of one?
husband mote it's the hoOkand
ladder "a lady needs NELL BHINhLAE1..
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-11
Frenchmen and the Debt.

French laborerS are reported as fol-
lowing the example of Italians and
sending small sums to the government
to aid France in its financial crisis.
NJ. BRAND has received a letter from a
French workman inclosing twenty-five
francs, his days wages, while Petit
Parfsien reports q sum of twelve francs
r"Nei"ed from n building yard watch
man, who urges that the government
organize national subscription, as
was done in Italy.
Whatever the feeling in this coun-
try regarding the French debt, and
the result of the recent negotiations,
actions of this kind should serve to
impress on the American public the
dire necessities of the French situa-
ton.
1t also gives an insight into the
average patriotic French mind, and
shows that the French people realize
the distressing conditions in their own
country.
NJ. BRAND, the premier, is urged in
one of the letters to be 1.-The Foch of
peace" to be energetic and to get us
out of this hole" He is assured that
all Frenchmen are with him.
Spirit of this kind augurs we'll for a
satisfactory debt settlement with one
of Americas heaviest debtors.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-11
Departmental Reorganization.

A bill has been introduced in both
houses of Congress which if enacted
into a law will simplify the process
of departmental reorganiZa ton, so
urgently needed for the greater eff
ficiency and economy Of the Govern
ment service. This bill provides for
the creation of a board consisting of
two Representatives. two Senators
and a chairman appointed by the
President, this board to consider and
recommend organization changes. bu-
reau transfers and consultations to
the President for his approval and
order. If this is adopted a simple way
will have been found to effect the re-
adjustments that are on all sides
acknowledged to be needful.
1t is evident that reorganization by
general legislation will he accom-
plished, if at all, with difficulty and
delay Every bill for that purpose that
is offered is subjected to prompt and
of the question by means of a direct
legislative action would necessarily, if
effected at all. be in the nature of an
unsatisfactory compromise.
If these pending bills become a law
the two houses of Congress will have
| in a sense delegated their powers tc
majority of the proposed board
These four members of the board will
| be named, respectively, by the Speaker
of the House and the President of the
Senate. Congress will thus, in effect
have the control in the matter. The
decision will be up to the President
But, inasmuch as appropriations must
be made by Congress, and no reorgani
cation can be effected without appro
priations for maintenance, the legis
lative body has the final word.
1t is needless to point out the
urgency of this measure of reshaping
the business organization of the Gov
eminent. The overhead wastage in
the administrative organization due
to the overlapping and duplication OF
functions and the illogical ALLEGATION
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-11
Watch the Planets and
Observe the Weather
To the Editor Of The Star.

To the Editor of The Star
No man knows what another man
knows. One should communicate with
another. We gather in groups Il
notice an eclipse. Thousands are in
t4reSted when Mars Is nearest TO the
earth, but millions should watch the
effects upon the weather when the
little planet Mercury starts toward the
earth and when ii is at stationary
position, moving directly toward the
earth, as 1t was December !. causing
the Miami flood and the Florida storm
followed by the coast storm and later
n the Week by the severe Winte CT
spells in parts of America and in F.u
rope. They should also watch the eff
feCts upon the weather when Mercury
suddenly withdraws its repelling force
from the earth, resulting in atmos.
pheriC contractionS, or Wintry spells
between December II and IS, then
warmer spells scattered between De
cember % and 80, when Mercury. as
IL reCedes, allows the earth to NOV.
in again toward the suns repelling
force
If hundreds of millions Of people
have noticed the planet Venus at sta.
tionary position. coming at 20 miles a
second directly toward the earth, Jan,
uary %, 1902, forcing the earth out.
ward from the warm suns force, re
sulting in wet spells in places, cool
spells in places and zero weather in
other places by January ga, they
would have been rewarded in their
three days of scientific vigilance.
Venus. the brightest star now seen
after sunset in the southwestern Sky
coming around the curve at 20 miles
"A second, will move directly toward
the earth about 4 pm, Washington
time, January Is, 1926 Other plan
etarv positions will vary the effects OF
Venus this January, but everybody in
the world should notice the weather in
his locality between January Is and %
and record any of the following
changes: Showers. SHOWS. cool. cold
and very cold weather. increased vol
canic pressure followed by earthquake
contracttons in places. This dash OF
Venus directly toward the earth will
last only a few minutes, but who can
tell what records afterward will result
during the four days between Janu.
airy 10 and 20? d. A. n. GROVER.
Kansas City. Mo.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-11
No Check in School Building.

Protest is voiced by civic leaders,
heads Of organizations of citizens and
others concerned in the proper de-
velopment of Washington's school sys-
TEN against the proposed cut i'll the
appropriation for new construction.
According to them and officials of the
schools. the cutting of the funds in the
next appropriation bill would put in
jeopardy the tive-year building pro
gram.
1t is most urgently TO be hoped that
there will be no check in the CON
struction program Of the public
schools They have suffered for years
from inadequate quarters. Any delay
in any phase of this program means
the piling up of more arrears, and
consequently a further complication
of the problem and heavier costs in
the end.
II was the confident expectation Of
the people of this city when the five
year program was adopted that there
would be no lack of funds for carrying
II
Of systematic building provision was
predicated upon the assumption of an
uninterrupted series Of appropriations.
The school building program is not
subject to any reasonable curtailment
on the score Of economy. For there is
no economy in delay. On the con-
tary. the Withholding of a million dol
lars now means the necessity to spend
more than a million later.
Each year the school population Of
the District increases. Its rate Of in
crease will advance as the Capital
community grows. for the rate of
growth is always an acceleration
when a city reaches the half-million
point. Suburban Washington, the
Washington that lies beyond the
boundaries of the two adjoining States,
will continue to depend upon the local
school system for educational facili-
ties. and unless Congress prohibits
the enrolment Of children from be
yond the borders on any terms the
congestion in the District schools will
increase at a more rapid rate than at
present.
All these considerations should be
taken into account by the appropria-
tons committees in framing the Dis
trict bill. Holding the District budget
down to a certain figure is not to be
justified on the score of Federal econ
omy, especially if the lump-sum pro
vision is adhered to by Congress in
the shaping Of this new bill, The
school item of all those in the budget
should be maintained at the figure re-
quired by commitments already made
and the actual demonstrated needs Of
the system.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-11
Occoquan Highway
Is Opposed as Unsafe

To the Editor of The Star:
| am not opposing the location of
the District Of Columbia workhouse in
Virginia. On the contrary, | believe
il is an excellent institution, very we'll
managed and accomplishing all that it
should The superintendent and Off
Gals are very competent men of high
character. The WorkhouSe has taken
a very rough and untillable piece of
ground and by labor and good manage
ment has transformed ii into a very
desirable part of the landscape
Nor do / oppose the road through
it as n private road. The people in
the Observation-Disclosures man, woman
and child-know every local automo-
bile at sight.
But / do oppose this road as a link
in n national highway over which pass
necessarily every few minutes of the
day string of automobiles from all
parts of the country. These automo-
biles offer the easiest possible methods
of escape. Only the dumbest of pris-
oners will not avail themselves of 1t.
All that a prisoner has to do is 10
step on the running board of some
automobile coming from New York.
Pennsylvania, or anywhere else, and
he is out of reach in few minutes,
for no one knows the machine in
WnlCn ne SpeU away. IL II were Only
a private road this machine would at
once be recognized.
Another objection is that the road
from Washington to Richmond is the
old colonial Kings highway, which
followed the easiest ascents and de-
scents. In the detection which has
been made through the workhouse .
climb has to be made to 800 feet
above the level of the sea, and then,
on leaving the workhouSe, Il descent
of 800 feet must be made to sea level.
This is very tortuous and exceedingly
dangerous. The climb must be made
| out of this hole to regain the coastal
! plain on which the main road runs.
All the prominent men who have
| studied the problem recognize this
blotch on the main highway. The
| Virginia highway commissioner and
others interested in the matter have
recognized this and sought to change
| it. AS for my part, / object to the
! taxpayers ,of the District of Columbia
| being assessed to make this unrea-
sonable detection as a public high
| way. 1t adds greatly to the expense
of the highway and should not be
made. JOHN McELROY.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-11
The Parkway Bill.

Ihe Zlhlman bill to appropriate
5000 900 to complete the Rock Creek
Potomac parkway and TO carry out
driveway and landscape plans in Rock
Creek Park north of Alaska avenue
has been introduced in the House.
The provisions of this bill are an
agreement between the Rock Creek
Potomac Parkway Commission. the
National Capital Park Commission and
the Fine Arts Commission. With COM
pletion of the parkway between Rock
Creek Park and Potomac Park, the
being and further park development
will be carried on by the National Cap
ital Park Commission. The appro-
friation carried by the bill will per-
NIT the purchase of the land needed
for the parkway. Land values have
considerably increased since the prof.
ect came into public notice, and the
value of land needed for this District
improvement is still rising.
Acquisition Of land, parcel by parcel,
has been going on for several years
covering Rock Creek Valley between
the Zoo and the upper part of Po-
tomac Park, and completion of the
project seems in sight and could be
quickly brought about by the enact
ment Of the pending bill. The result
would be that the lower section Of
Rock Creek Valley, which is far from
being a thing Of beauty. will be made
over that it may resemble the valley
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-11
Doumergue Draws the Line.

Hats off to President Doumergue Of
France, He has won In a contest with
the Soviet Ambassador at Paris on a
matter that may seem trifling, but is
nevertheless vital in the realm of SEN
timental politics. 1t is the custom
ceived at the Elysee Palace for the
band to play the national anthem of
his country. When NJ. Rakovsky some
time ago announced his intention to
call upon the President of the republic
to present his credentials, it was made
known that the band would not on
that occasion play the "Internation-
ale" which is the official hymn of the
red government at Moscow. There
upon NJ. Rakovsky sent word that he
would not go to the palace until the
strains of the battle hymn of com
munism were sounded. NJ. Doumergue
replied that the Soviet Ambassador
could suit himself on that score, but
that no revolutionary song should
echo in his official residence while he
was its tenant. Recently the Russian
envoy realized that he was getting no.
where by holding to the "Internation-
ale" as his reception music, and he
has just made his formal call to the
notes OF a flourish from the bugles of
an infantry battalion drawn up in
front of the Elysee. OF course, this
does not affect his status as the for
mally accredited representative of the
Soviet government to the French Re
public, but il is nevertheless crafty
ing to sound government supporters
everywhere that France has not rec
Ognized the music Of murder.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-11

before 1t was encroached on by dumps.
An attractive section of the District
would be preserved and devoted to
park use, and as a connection between
Rock Creek Park and Potomac Park
it would greatly increase their useful
ness.
Development of Rock Creek Park
north Of Alaska avenue to the District
line will make more useful to the pub
lie the large tract of Land already
owned by the Government, and this
would be of particular benefit to the
new sections of north Washington,
which have built up east and west of
Rock Creek. one object of the Ma
tional Capital Park Commission is to
preserve streams that flow into Rock
Creek. The topography Of the country
has already been much changed. The
supply of many of the old brooks has
been cut off, and the wales Of the
brooks are being fast filled and built
on. Preservation of the streams that
feed Rock Creek is desirable itself.
The brooks and wales are worth pre-
serving in order that people may look
on what may be called bits OF the
original scenery of the District. If the
feeding streams are not preserved,
Rock Creek will become a bed of dry
powders, and the only water to pass
down the valley will be the rain that
Zihlman bill should have the sincere
consideration of everybody interested
in preserving certain parts of the Dis
trict for public use and for reasons OF
sentiment
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-11
Fair Pay for Teachers
Who Hire Substitutes +!

To the Editor of The Star:
Tuesday and Wednesday The Star
printed articles on substitute teachers
pay. No teacher should be expected
to work for less than 81; it is little
enough, but it should not be taken
from the salary of the teacher stricken
by contagious disease contracted in
line of duty. During the school year
If teachers are infected and have scar
let fever, measles, diphtheria or
whooping cough, to continue the pres
ent system of requiring the sufferer to
pay the bills incident to medical care,
pay the substitute and in many cases
carry on" the rest Of their life with
organs permanently injured by the
disease is wrong. It should not be
necessary for the teacher to prove that
she contracted the disease outside of
her school if the disease developed dur
ing the school term.
Here is IL case: A teacher living in
home properly heated, going to
school in a coupe motor car to avoid
exposure in wet or cold weather, re
| turning home for hot lunch at noon
and dressing properly. This is men
toned to show that she did her part to
keep fit. Her portable school was on
her arriving frequently as cold as out
of-doorS, and the week before she was
stricken it rained several days, and
tllc iODl ltdhcu. one LOOK COlu, WHICH
prepared the mucous membrane of
nose and throat for diphtheria infec-
ton. The Health Department found
carriers in her room. This teacher
must bear the physical suffering, pay
her bills to regain health and perhaps
recover from this disease with nervous
system, heart or kidneys damaged.
n Government clerk, wearing high
French heel slippers, while negotiating
a perfectly good flight OF stairs in her
office building was picked up at the
| bottom with her nose broken and
otherwise in need of a beauty doctor. "
She received compensation. But a
teacher laid low by a disease con
tracted in the line of duty gets nothing
)ut the sympathy of her Co-workers.
Many teachers must earn their own
living, some must aid in the support
Of others, and sickness TO them is a
calamity.
Congress has required them to work
for the wages of an unskilled laborer,
and but for the war they might yet be
working for less than the janitor' 5
pay.
District officials should take enough
interest 70 see that this branch of its
public service receives the same pro
lection as other branches.
EUGENE c. RICE.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-11

he buried himself in a Washington
dispatch telling of the Wisconsin
House insurgents defiance Of Speaker
Longworth. Mrs. Coolidge extorted a
smile from her liege lord by calling his
attention to a cartoon welcoming them
10 Chicago. President Harding once
told a United States Senator that the
comic-Strip section was the thing he
first looked at in his favorite news
paper.
Here's Chicago -Washinston 'ob-
servation." The other night there was
organized in the Windy City a focal
branch of the Jewish Theatrical Guild
a charitable society. \ well known
actor told of a member of his race
and profession who habitually claims
as Jews all men and women who
achieve celebrity on the stage. The
speaker said it reminded him of a New
York East Side Jewish boy who re-
Gently stood up in an AmericaniZation
class and. in answer TO the question
who was Abraham Lincoln?' said:
"A jew" When the astoniShed teach
or asked why the lad thought Lincoln
was a Jew, he replied: well, his first
name was Abraham. He had a black
beard, and he was killed in Ford
Theater"
x X =
Representative Fred A. Britten OF
Illinois faces pretty fight with a
pretty widow in 1926. She aspires to
his seat in Congress and is now an
openly aVowed candidate for the Re
publican primary nomination. Her
name is Mrs. Jacob Baur of the Chi
cago (ninth) congressional district
which Mr.. Britten has represented
continuously since 1913. Mrs. Baur
is one of the young Republican
woman leaders of Illinois. She was
almost Graded in politics, having been
Il stenographer at Mark Hanna s
headquarters in the 1896 campaign.
There she learned the G.. O. P. game
from so astute teachers as Charles
G.. Dawes. w. T. Durbin and Albert
Y. Cummins. Later Mrs. Baur was
private secretary to three Chicago
Npostmasters in succession. During
the war she made a reputation as
chairman of the Illinois women'S
liberty loan committee.
I: ~ = !.
Speaking engagements in Milwaukee
enabled this writer to sound Air Serv-
ice sentiment in Billy" Mitchell.s
home town. Milwaukee is 10 per
cent pro Mitchell. He has been I'M
officially adopted as its favorite son.
If there's truth in current rumors
that Mitchell is coming home next
year to run for the United States
Senate, the section of Wisconsin
where he spent his boyhood will APP
parently be for him with a Whoop.
The Mitchells still rank among the
F. F. VS. along the southern shore
of Lake Michigan. Alexander Mitch
ell, the colonel's father, was pioneer
Milwaukee banker, and his father,
John L. Mitchell, was a United States
Senator. BILLY" is remembered by
Milwaukeeans of his own years as a
dashing, daredevil youngster, who
gave certain indication of being a
"hell-raiser" in whatever field he de-
cided to invade. In Milwaukee, what
ever happens to Mitchell at the end
of his court-martial. his halo is on
Ice and ready foS delivery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-11
Public Demands Economic
Basis In Coal Settlement

The public. IN view of the present
situation produced by the anthracite
strike. is inclined to believe that the
ultimate settlement must be made
upon a sound economic basis. and that
neither side should be stampeded into
an agreement The operators are held
by many to be unjustified in rejecting
the proposals of Gov. Pinchot of Penn
sylvania. which provided a tentative
plan for a fiVe-year wage agreement,
a modified check-off and a commission
TO consider wages in their relations to
prices.
In attacking the position of the
operators, the Indianapolis News re-
views the history of such Controver-
sizes and of the present attempt at
adjustment. The miners have many
pages in their record of action in coal
controversies, states the News, that
do not meet with public approval.
There is much OF a regrettable nature
in their course in the present anthra-
cite dispute. Now, when they begin
TO act in Il more moderate manner,
the operators might at least have met
with them for discussion. That can
be said without asserting that they
should have accepted the PinChot pro-
gram, which is impra ctiCable in many
respects and could not be entertained
without modification To this the
Baltimore Sun adds: The weakness
of the attitude of the operators is that
both Mr.. Pinchot and the miners have
assumed the position of welcoming q
negotiation on a basis which would
clearly insure the protection of the
public interests. while the proposals
of the operators themselves. appar-
emily at least, seem to have been
framed purely with their own inter
eStS in mind,
Unless, however. there is a meeting
of minds between OPERATORS and
Miners according to the Pittsburgh
Gazette-Times, there can be not set
tlement." The GaZette-TimeS further
believes that ''it We're better they be
permitted to fight out their differences,
even at the cost of considerable incon-
Venience to a part of the public. than
to compel resumption of operations
on an uneconomiCal basis that would
not endure" But the declaration that
public sympathy is likely to swing
strongly to the side of the miners" is
made by the Philadelphia Public
Ledger, in reviewing the flat rejec-
ton of the Pinchot plan" by the oper-
ators. who, in the opinion of the
Ledger, take upon their own Shout
ders, so far as public opinion is con-
cerned. the burden of full RESPONSE
bility for continuing the present dead
lock-
'On the whole says the New York
World, the operators letter is an in
adequate justification Of their refusal
even to begin parleys. The least they
can attempt is to make a genuine
| counter proposal along the lines traced
! by Gov. Pinchot.' Credit is given to
the miners, on the other side, by the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-11

of duties and responsibilities to depart
ments and bureaus is enormous. True
economy demands concentration such
as in any business establishment.
In its organic scheme the depart
mental administration is as loose and
unbusinesslike today as it is in its
housing. Physically the departments
and bureaus are scattered all over
the lot" Organically they are dis
jointed and poorly co-ordinated. The
important question is how to correct
this condition. The bill now before
Congress is probably the most effective
answer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-11
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON
A Statesman Obliges.

A Statesman Obliges.
In politics an enemy his ancient
grudge will hold.
Pursuing it unto the bitter end
No matter what you ask fellow mem
Der of the fold,
He'll do it as a favor to a friend.
If in the Constitution there are things
you diapprove
And he can pass a motion to amend.
You simply have to ask him to be up
and on the move.
He'll do it as a favor to a friend.
The praises of the Eagle Bird he's
never known to shirk
And yet if very closely you'll attend,
You'll find a wonderful amount OF
oratoric work
Is largely as a favor to a friend