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Evening star., 1927-09-26

| The truth fs that American cities, al.
most without exception. UP to the be.
ginning Of the present century grew
and developed in haphazard manner.
There were, Of course, building laws
and regulations which were supposed
to safeguard life by requiring sub.
stantial forms of construction by i'm
posing inspection upon structural
work and. as the building art devel-
oped. by requiring the use Of fire.
proof materials. But heights were
not regarded as subject to limitation
nor was there any thought Of limit
ing uses or restricting areas within
which business could be conducted.
New York's coming movement was
due in large part to the realization
that the race to gain the maximum
use of certain specific area would, II
not checked, lead to the development
of an abnormal city OF deep chasms
The step back" principle was adopt.
ed. requiring successive recessions
from the frontal plane OF the struc-
ture beyond a certain height. Included
in this program of limitation was
series of use restrictions.
In Washington the coming law has
worked in general satisfactorily. The
city has been improved under 1t. Resi-
Dental areas have been preserved
from invasion by commerce and
trade and, in the main, equity has
been maintained In the various rulings
and prescriptions of the Zoning Com
mission. There Is no desire what
ever to go back to the old virtually
condition Of no regulation, save as to
security restrictions.
With the strict maintenance Of
sound zoning principles, In course Of
time old errors will be cured as new
ones are avoided. The decadence Of
structures, leading to their replace
ment, will eliminate many Of the blum
ders Of the past. Doubtless additions
will constantly oe made to the list Of
zoned communities, including those Of
smaller size which are in as urgent
need OF proper restrictive laws as are
the larger ones. For the small town
of today may be the city Of tomorrow,
and it should be given proper start.
Evening star., 1927-09-26
Attacks on Fascist
Oath Called Unfair

To the Editor of The Star:
So much has been written in the
last few days about a supposed "Fas-
cisti oath" that it Is only fair to ask
that your paper, with its characteristic
candor, publish the actual text of the
oath, so that your readers may judge
for themselves whether it is in har-
mony with the American spirit.
Mr.. Thomas, the Baltimore naturali-
zation examiner, who has won such
generous publicity by attempting to
bers of the Fascist League of North
America, speaks mysteriously of this
oath, as though it were some hidden
thing which had just come to light.
The unfairness of such an attitude is
apparent when it Is realized that this
oath has long been printed as an Off.
cial document of the league and has
been available for free distribution to
all who have visited the league to ask
for it.
The reason why Mr.. Thomas has
never heard Of it before is quite plain.
There Is nothing in the oath which
is any more reprehensible than the
oath Of any one Of the scores of other
organizations which exist with honor
in America. Others who have read
the oath, including American citizens
and officials of the highest eminence,
have praised it as document which
breathes the American spirit in every
line. 1t has remained for Mr. Thomas
to condemn it. 1t is significant that in
all the statements which he has made
to the press he has not quoted
single line of the oath. He has ex-
pected the American people to rely
upon his judgment that it is un.Ameri-
can, without citing single extract to
prove his charge.
The Fascist League of North
America. which is an organization en-.
tirely distinct from and unaffiliated
with any European body, takes pleas.
ure in quoting the exact language of
the only oath which our members
nave ever been required to take:
Il swear upon my honor,
ITO serve with loyalty and dis.
cipline the Fascist idea of society
based upon religion, nation and fam.
lily. and to promote respect for law,
order and hierarchy, and for the tradi-
ton Of the race;
ITO love, serve, obey and exalt the
United States of America and to teach
obedience to and respect for it's Con-
stitution and laws;
ITO keep alive the veneration for
Italy as our country of origin and as
the eternal light of civilization and
greatness;
ITO fight with all my strength the
theories and ideas aiming to subvert.
corrupt or 'disintegrate religion, love
Of country and family;
ITO make all efforts to better my
culture and myself. physically and
morally, so as to deserve to belong
to those who serve and guide the ma
tions in the greatest moments;
ITO be disciplined to the hier.
arches Of the Fascist League of
North America
The outstanding task of the Fascist
League since it's organization has been
to encourage American citizenship and
loyalty among the Italian population
of this country, while combating the
subversive organizations of the Com
munists and anarchists among our
people who have formed for the pur-
pose of discouraging Americanization.
Instead Of condemning and weaken
Evening star., 1927-09-26

ress simultaneously. In all likelihood
many individuals and interests will
desire to be heard on the subject. 1t
has been suggested that to conserve
time and expense the congressional
hearings should not be held until the
technical report on the subject is be-
fore the committees. Should there be
conflict or difference of view between
the House and Senate on the subject,
the same groups would naturally
wish to be heard in both wings OF the
Capitol But it would seem possible
for one branch of Congress to initiate
a legislative proposition assured of
acceptance by the other.
This is a vitally important matter.
1t will involve a huge expenditure.
It should not be hurried to the preju-
dice of the solution of the problem on
the basis of certainty Of results. But
it should be settled at this coming ses-
sion. If it is postponed to the next
session it will stand little chance OF
decision, for the time will then be
short, with a heavy legislative pro-
gram to be completed before adjourn
ment on the fourth Of March.
1t is accepted that flood control can
be effected and that the only question
is as to the means and the cost. The
magnitude of the problem does not
render it unsolvable. II the Panama
Canal could be constructed the Mis-
sssippi and it's tributaries can be
harnessed and confined. 1t is simply
a question of by what method and at
what cost this end Is to be accom-
plished.
Evening star., 1927-09-26
Zoning Laws in America.

Statistics compiled by the Depart
ment Of Commerce throw an interest
ing light upon the spread of the zon-
ing principle in American cities. In
one form or another zoning laws are
now in force In forty-six States and
the District of Columbia, to the effect
at least OF permitting municipalities
to zone themselves for the purpose of
regulating the character and use OF
buildings in communities. The effect
is that more than 30,OO0,000 people,
representing over fifty.fve per cent
OF the urban population Of the United
States, and comprising $50 cities,
towns and villages, were on the first
of July last living under different
forms of Zoning regulations.
New York City enacted the first
comprehensive zoning ordinance in the
United States in 1915, although Bos-
ton had regulated the height of build.
ings twelve years earlier and Los
Angeles had adopted a partial code Of
building regulations affecting uses
and sizes in 1909. The real progress
of this principle dates from the New
York enactment. The United States
Supreme Court has upheld the prin.
ciple Of dividing cities into districts
or zones in which the use, height and
area of buildings may be regulated.
In four cases within the past twelve
months that court has sustained laws
from which appeals had been taken,
and it is now accepted as definitely
established that 1t lies within the
right of the municipality, provided
basic legislation has been enacted, to
impose limits on not only dimensions
but the use of structures.
Unfortunately, in many cases the
coming principle has been applied too
| late to prevent the development Of
undesirable conditions In many cities.
Evening star., 1927-09-26

cause he's held to be ''the only man
who might beat Shipstead."
No fewer than three first-class con-
firmation controversies will disturb
the peace Of the Coolidge administra-
tion next Winter. Senate approval
is required of the recess nominations.
respectively, of Robert E. Olds to be
Undersecretary Of State. of Joseph C.
Grew to be Ambassador to Turkey
and of Dwight w. Morrow to be Am
bassador to Mexico. Will there be
0. X s or K. O.'s of these good men
and true?-that's the question. The
President hasn't had much luck with
his major nominations on Capitol Hill.
Three appointments in which he was
vitality interested were rejected
Charles Beecher Warren Of Michigan,
to be Attorney General; Wallace Nc.
Camant Of Oregon-"the man who
made Coolidge Vice President be
Federal judge, and Cyrus E. Woods
of Pennsylvania to be an Interstate
Commerce Commissioner. There be
those who say the Democrats and Re-
publican insurgents are bent on es.
tablishing a Coolidge non-confrmation
record.
Mrs. Emily Newell Blair Of Mis-.
souri,, vice chairman of the Demo.
cratic national committee, asserts that
reports of her resignation from that
post are, like the celebrated advance
news Of Mark Twain's demise, prema.
ture. She has no intention Of relin.
gushing the vice Craftsmanship, which
holds until after the next Democratic
national convention. But Mrs. Blair
Is not standing for reelection as a
national committeewoman next year.
AS her name Is now regularly in the
leading magazines, she's apparently
forsaken politics for literature.
X X
DR.. Julius Klein, Uncle Sans over.
seas commerce sleuth-in-chief is about
to tour what he calls "the new foreign
trade centers of the South" These in.
clude Mobile, New Orleans, Birming.
ham and Memphis. Dixie now plays
the kind Of role in our business rela.
tions abroad that has traditionally
been the monopoly Of the North and
East. So. DIR. Klein is going to spread
through the Southland the gospel on
which he is now concentrating-the
necessity Of industrial America to grid
it's loins for ''the coming competition
with Europe" Southern Chambers of
Commerce have prepared a series of
rousing meetings for him in October.
(Copyright. 1927
Evening star., 1927-09-26

A poet, as a poet, does not amount
to so much, nowadays; but when
Alexander Pope was writing verses
in England, the poets status was en-
tireiy different.
One of Pope's poems was an event
in the polite world Of London, where
he was the leading literary light" for
many years.
1t is almost impossible today to
realize what an effect the poems OF
the cynical. sarcastic poet had upon
the reading public Of that day and
generation.
They were perhaps more eagerly
awaited, in a sense, than election re-
turns in the United States; at least
there was a comparable interest
aroused.
While one would not say that new
poem, In I'LL, from the biting Pope
was received with the palpitating in.
terest Of the modern American public
as 1t listens in on the radio account
of the latest pugilistic encounter, il
is true that every one who was any
one wanted to know whom Pope was
taking out his spleen on.
X X X X
In that year his Essay on Criti.
cism" was given to the world anony.
mously, although every one in town
knew who wrote it.
In it Pope took few slants at John
Dennis. a mediocre writer of poems
and plays, who also essayed the role
Of critic with some success.
1t Is said that Dennis, Immediately
the book appeared for sale, went to
Lintot's bookshop, and stood at the
counter reading the essay, until he
came to the following lines:
Some have at first for wits, then
poets pass'd,
Turn'd critics next, and prov'd plain
fools at last"
Dashing down the book in a rage,
Dennis roared, He means me, by
Godr'
So Pope had made another enemy.
X X y
The above anecdote we take from
the memoir of Pope by the Rev. Alex
ander Dyce, to be found in some OF
the older editions of the poets works
DR.. Johnson and other literary
worthless have written at length OF
Pope-the "ape of Twickingham," as
he has been called by some of the
most severe of the critics of his time
was nothing II not picturesque.
He spent his life turning out per
fectly polished verses-so perfect, in
deed, that one finds himself repelled
If the reading is persisted in. But fol
sneer perfection. perhaps there has
been no work in the world that ex
celled certain portions.
The mans mental traits, his fre
quent quarrels, no doubt, were the
proper reflex Of his sickly physica
nature.
Had Pope been an athlete there
never would have been any Pope as
we know him. Perhaps his relatives and
friends would have had a mellowel
friend and acquaintance, but there
could have been no couplets, none OF
the keen bite which is still comic tc
jaded readers.
X X X
Spence, in his Anecdotes" relates
the following story of Pope and Lore
Halifax, which contains so much hu
man nature that we retell 1t here:
Lord Halifax, according to the
story, was rather a pretender tc
Evening star., 1927-09-26

Secretary Hoover,s report showing
conditions in the lower Mississippi
flood area to be better than many
had supposed has not quieted discus
sion of the possibility of special ses
sion Of Congress.
"The probability Is that there will
not be a recurrence in 1928 of the
flood conditions of 1927" says the
Kansas City Journal-Post Gndepend
ent Republican,, "but such disasters
have often travelled in pairs, and
ordinary prudence would suggest safe.
guarding against such danger so far
as repair of existing levees may con-
stitute a safeguard. But even II
this may be safely delayed, it would
appear that it would be an obvious
advantage to have the sensational
senatorial election contests from two
of our most populous and wealthy
States. Pennsylvania and Illinois,
brought to a speedy conclusion, so
that more time may be given to the
numerous pressing problems" The
Journal-Post believes that "there
should be at least an extra session of
the Senate and that great caution
should be shown in tax reduction"
On the other hand, the Boston
Transcript independently states: "If
it were true that the early assembling
of Congress would be the means of
alleviating human suffering and the
saving of human life, then it is i'm
possible to escape the conviction
that Congress should so meet. But
the President, relying on Secretary
Hoover, who spoke with personal
knowledge of the conditions in the
flooded 6anIino6 N no
off his feet. Now his course is vindi-
Gated by the report which Mr.. Hoover
has made to him. The Secretary
finds that of the $4,000 flood VIC
Tins at one time dependent upon aid
only $4,000 are now unable to care
for themselves. In other words. about
80 per cent Of the total number are
again self-sustaining. Red Cross
funds are sufficient to take care of
the others until the first of January
and, perhaps, leave an unexpended
balance of $1.000,000. If
Government aid is necessary in
financing the farmers another year,
there is no good reason why provision
cannot be made for it during the early
weeks of the regular session."
X X X
Unfortunately, there is a chance"
in the opinion of the Kalamazoo
Gazette independently. that the re-
pair work now being performed by the
War Department may be seriously
delayed for lack of funds. Secretary
Davis estimates that there is only
enough money on hand to continue
this work until November, and it is
doubtful If all the levees can be
closed by that time. Since Congress
does not convene regularly until De-
cember. it probably will be necessary
to arrange some sort of fund trans
fer so that the work may be con-
tinued. Up to the present (Septem-
ber 20) efforts to effect such a trans
fer legally have failed. Inasmuch as
failure to repair the damaged levees
may result in further de-
the problem of obtaining
the funds needed is one which calls
Evening star., 1927-09-26
SHOOTING STARS.
ny PHnANDER JOHNSON.

The Old Locomotive.
Good old locomotive! You're not so
very swift,
Although your pace
Once led the race
To give the world lift.
You're now on exhibition. None view
you with disdain;
We yield applause.
Nor sneer because
You're not an aeroplane.
Good old locomotives! Tho bygone
days not far
When should he think
He'd like a drink
The brakeman stopped the car
Men feared while they admired you
as on your way you'd go;
You seemed so fast.
We VOW, at last,
You once were safe and slow!
Evening star., 1927-09-26
Going Back.

Having won again the heart of
Paris, the Legionnaires, turned tour
lists, are revisiting parts of France
which hold glowing memories for
them. Some are f1ocking to the sun.
shiny Riviera. where nine years ago
they were disporting themselves as
soldiers on leave. Many others are
turning north from Paris and, with
faded maps, perhaps compasses, are
orienting themselves again to find
landmarks in their lives. Much of the
searching will be in vain. In their
minds they retain a sharply outlined
picture Of the torn villages of Cuisy,
Montfaucon, Nantillois, Septsarges;
roads gaping with smoking shell holes
groves of grotesque skeletons of trees;
snaky walls of crumbled stone, behind
which they dug themselves fox holes
and slept in pouring rain; the Fall
tinted leaves in the Argonne and the
miles upon miles of tangled, rusty
barbed wire; the thick hedge rows.
where machine guns hid; Daily Mail
Cross Roads, which, as they remem-
Der it, was piled high about with the
carcasses of horses, rolling kitchens,
ammunition carts-and other things.
But all this is changed now. The
landmarks are gone. To the Legion
naire seeking out the site Of the shell
hole on the edge of the Bois de la
Hesse, where he last saw his mess
mates, there must come the thought
that Nightmares live in darkness, but
that dawn dispels them and the clear
light of day shows them only as bad
dreams to be shaken off, the quicker
forgot the better
Evening star., 1927-09-26

Paris has taken pride in welcoming
American comrades in arms. Matters
Of mere financial detail are not per.
mitted to disturb the spirit OF gen.
uine sentiment, whose importance
transcends all other considerations.
The long human struggle will enable
nations as we'll as individuals to under.
stand one another.
Evening star., 1927-09-26

Better understanding with the
U. S. A. Is desired by Russia's Soviet
Government. Conferences have seldom
secured any decisive results. Cn the
other hand, they do no harm, and
there is always the possibility Of
results
Evening star., 1927-09-26

The Letter estate brings reminder
that the larger the property the more
likelihood Of litigation. The admirals
historic remark, There 10 glory
enough to go round" can never be
stretched to make it apply to money.
Evening star., 1927-09-26

European statesmen used to profess
scant information about American
politics. Now there Is hardly one of
them who does not feel perfectly COM
petent to tell Uncle Sam all about how
to run his business.
Evening star., 1927-09-26

A number Of representative Repub'
licans were so much impressed by the
brief speech, "I do not choose" that
they will probably give its distin-
guished author time to take an encore
and maybe two or three of them.
Evening star., 1927-09-26

Interest is already warming up for
the national conventions in 1928. The
sale Of ringside seats would be a
means Of bringing great revenues to
the campaign funds.
Evening star., 1927-09-26

In old.fashioned romance the woman
who discovered she had married the
wrong man used to take poison. Sen
sational news print now indicates that
she feeds it to her husband.
Evening star., 1927-09-26
Discreet DisapprOval.

do you approve Of the use Of
money in politics?"
mo, SIR" answered Senator Sor'
ghum. IF ever have a campaign
manager who uses money, he's got to
be smart enough not to let me know
a thing about It,"
Evening star., 1927-09-26
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Lives must be risked from time to
time in order to develop flying. 1t is
surely needless to waste them indis.
criminately.
Evening star., 1927-09-26

ing. an official In Mr.. Thomas posi-
ton should welcome and encourage
the Fascist League as a militant
force for American ideals among the
3,500,000 Italo-Americans.
f-- DIR. +. MACALUSO. :
Evening star., 1927-09-26

While the airplane has made Won
derful progress, the perils attending
landings indicate that the parachute
industry is still in its infancy.
Evening star., 1927-09-26

Flights Of rhetoric have their perils
as well as aviation, as critical sub.
officials frequently discover.
Evening star., 1927-09-26
No Subject for Levity.

They told us it was wrong to jest
Concerning prohibitions way;
And such advice was for the best
'Tis strewn with tragedies today.
Evening star., 1927-09-26

Dempsey Is still willing to fight
anybody, including the referee.
Evening star., 1927-09-26

More Illumination Needed.
From the Fort Wayne News-Sentinel.
When old Diogenes associated with
a certain class Of politicians, he needed
a searchlight, not $Santern.
Evening star., 1927-09-26

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inc edition is delivered by carriers within
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Evening star., 1927-09-26

Great inventions, said Hi Ho, the
sage Of Chinatown, "enable us to
travel the skies, yet they bewilder the
mind and do not inspire our philoso.
pliers to loftier thought"
Evening star., 1927-09-26

Jud Tunkins says one Of the hypoc.
risies of civilization Is compelling
pugilists to shake hands.
Evening star., 1927-09-26
SfODpinC Points

He started for trip sublime,
With famous destinations;
The places where he spent his time
Were mostly service stations.
Evening star., 1927-09-26
Little Difference.

II understand you have a new
cook?"
II can't realize it," answered the
weary housekeeper. "She seems like
the same old cook in Disguise"
Evening star., 1927-09-26

when I hears a man talkin' loud
an fast" said Uncle Eben. IT kind o.
speck dat II he yuthuh feller could be
heard he'd have da. best .pf dc argu.
msnt.. ....xaa txNsaA
Evening star., 1927-09-26
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Evening star., 1927-09-26

@. What are poker chips and bill
lard balls made of?-A. B. ID.
A. Poker chips are made Of cellu-
loid or other composition. Ivory
balls are generally used in billiard
playing, although composition balls
are also used.
Evening star., 1927-09-26

o. What is a wheel window -
NJ. I.
A. In architecture this term is ap-
piled TO a circular window with radi-
ating mullions resembling the spokes
of a wheel.