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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-25

Iaotse had taught his followers to meet evil
with good; Confucius asked: with what, then,
will you requiee good? Return good for good,
and for evil, Justice" Love all, but cultivate
friendship only with your equals
In the voice of Confucius hear now the
overtones of Aristotle and Spinoza:
The superior man is catholic, not partisan;
the ordinary man is partisan, not catholic. The
superior wishes to be slow in his words,
for men are easily ruined by the mouth. He
acts before he speaks, and then speaks in ac-
cord with his actions He does not dispute.
He conforms to the path Of the mean. Over
passing is like coming short OF the mark. Shun.
indeed was very wise. He took hold or two
extremes determined the mean. and employed
it in the government of the people.
Now there is no end of things by which
is affected: and when his likes and dislikes are
not subject to rule, he is changed into the nature
Of things as they come before him. The higher
man seeks all that he wants in himself: the
lower man seeks all that he wants from others.
The thing wherein the superior man cannot
be equaled is simply this-his work, which
other men cannot see He is distressed by his
want of ability; not by other mems not knowing
him. He is anxious lest he should not get the
truth: he Is not anxious lest poverty should
come upon him.
Produce such men, Confucius argued, and
everything else will be added unto you. The
old morality would remain; every Chinaman
would still worship the tomb and memory Of
his parents and honor his mother limitlessly;
but in his heart OF hearts there would be a
higher law-the accord of his own life with
that universal moral law whereby the part
must cooperate with the whole or perish. And
now it is the voice of Kant that we hear
when Confucus speaks:
The moral laws form one system with the
laws of which heaven and earth support and
contain, overshadow and canopy all things.
These moral laws form the same system with
the laws by which the seasons succeed each
other and the sun and moon appear with the
alterations of day and night. 1t is this same
system of laws by which all creative things are
produced and develop themselves each in its
order and system without iniuring one another;
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-25
Hard Times
BY BRUCE BARTON.

enough setbacks to keep the race
from growing altogether SOFT"
Years ago Roger Babson made
a chart on which one wavy line
represented national prosperity
and the other wavy line showed
church membership. 1t was de.
cidedly interesting. When money
rolls in too easily and too long
men drift away, not only from
their churches, but from hard
work and simple living; they
form extravaganza tastes; they
take long chances.
Then comes the panic. Their
easy wealth evaporates. They
clear their lives Of rubbish and
start in again on the sound basis
Of economy, worship and work.
Sometime the race may develop
to a point where it can stand
prosperity all the time, but in
our present state hard times
have still their needed work
to do.
ianatius, the grand old Bishop
Of Antioch, on his way to suffer
nartyrdom in Rome, sent this
ringing message TO MS younger
colleague Poiyearp, the Bishop
of Smyrna:
"Be diligent. Be sober. -.
Stand like a beaten anvil"
Il 10 the men who "stand like
a beaten anviW who have done
the big things. But men can't
stand like beaten anvils IL
they're made Of French pastry.
Or are wrapped up always in
the gentle softness Of prosperity.
J. 1927
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-25
By w. II. McCALLUM.

Advertising pays and pays we'll. So
well, in fact, that radio broadcasting
that infant industry which has
grown TO mans estate almost over
nights beset today with a new
bogie, and one that is certain to make
itself heard in the halls of Congress
when the spokesman for the people
get together early in the Winter to
determine what form radio legis-
lation for 1928 will take. Radio used
to be plaything of the mechanically
minded, an indeterminate something,
and something of a puzzle to the many
who could not fathom out how a few
wires and a few batteries with mystic
rious contrivances called tubes" could
pull music out Of the air. 1t was so un.
til certain commercially.m minded gentle
men got together and quickly saw the
commercial possibilities Of this new
method of selling merchandise, whether
it be artistry, canned pickles or wom-
ems dress goods. Lately much of
the radio conversation, by way of adj
vertising, has turned to rugs, and
seeds, and farm utensils, and no little
propaganda for radio itself. But in the
East at least it Is disguised, somewhat
thinly to be sure. but still travelling
under the guise Of indirect advertis-
ing.
Out in the open spaces Of the Middle
West, where men speak their minds,
the phrase indirect advertising" has
gotten on the nerves of some broad
casters and they have taken the bull
by the horns, flown in the face Of
public opinion, literally twisted 1t
around until now it sits on their door.
step and proceeded to reap the golden
harvest by directly advertising mer.
chandise and all sorts of marketable
commodities via the air. And the
queer part Of 1t Is that the farmers
and the workmanship fact, virtually
every consumer of a commodity for
Sale-like 1t. Or at least the direct
advertisers say so. 1t must be good,
and it must fill the bill in some
measure, at least, for it is spreading
throughout the West and finding its
way into the East, with some sta
ton going ION the air" to advertise
a product directly almost every day.
Bugaboos of Radio.
Direct advertising, as such, has been
one of the bugaboos OF radio since the
| magical new science reached out and
| touched public fancy on a tender spot
"a spot so tender that John X. Public
reaches down into his jeans and
spends something like a half billion
dollars every year for radio in some
form. The fathers Of the art. in the
early days, frowned horribly down on
direct advertising via the ether route,
holding that no listener would care to
hear the merits of a particular kind
of canned fruit juice, the market
! prices of lima beans. or what not.
And u was so, at least In the minds
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-25
FEDERAL EMPLOYEES TO SEEK
MUCH REMEDIAL LEGISLATION
Pay, Redistribution, Leave, Overtime and Exten-
sion of Saturday Half Holiday Are Points at Is
sue-Congress to Be Asked for Assistance.

still feel they are underpaid. Retire
ment also is the ground for some of
this remedial effort, together with
various phases Of the subject of work
ing hours and the amount of leave.
Program Recently Mapped.
The program of organized Govern.
ment workers was formulated at the
recent national convention of the Ma.
tional Federation Of Federal En-
ployes held at San Antonio, Tex. In
regard to many of the items, the
federation is on record as advocating
them. But it reaffirmed its stand and
served notice that the organization
is prepared to exert the greatest pos
sible endeavor to have as many Of
the changes effected as practicable at
the Forthcoming session OF Congress.
Summarized briefly, this program
proposes the following:
Abolition of the Personnel Classifi-
cation Board and transfer Of it's func-
lions to the Civil Service Commission.
Establishment of civil service
court Of appeals.
Salary increases in all grades, with
the stipulation that no full-time en-
ploye shall receive less than $500
year. ...-......
Liberalization Of retirement law so
as to increase the maximum annuity
and make a greater number of en-
ployes eligible to retirement at an
earlier age.
Extend the Saturday half-holiday
throughout the year.
Establish annual leave for Federal
employees as a matter of right and not
as a privilege, which it is at present.
Granting of sick leave at the rate
of Is days year with pay, cumu-
lative to go days in any one calendar
year.
Observance of the six-day week in
the Government service.
Payment for overtime work, now
largely performed without extra COM
penSation.
Classification Board Opposed.
The National Federation of Federal
Employees is unalterably opposed to
the Personnel Classification Board. 1t
views that body as "manifestly not in
harmony with the will of Congress as
expressed by legislation" This stand
Is based on the fact that the classifi-
cation act Of 1923 provided for the
classifying of all Federal employees.
But the federation points to the lapse
of four years without classification be-
coming a reality LOT any Dut tiic VIZ"
ers in the District of Columbia. The
organization repeatedly has urged the
classification of field positions, but not
even a survey has been made looking
to the extension of the system.
This is by no means the only ob.
lection, however, which organized
Federal workers have to the personnel
board. It's tactics generally l. We been
distastefil and its handling of ratings
CONTINUED on Fifteenth Pagel
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-25
FRAUD In RADIO ADVERTISING
is NEW POSER FOR CONGRESS
Federal Commission Adheres Strictly to Law
Holding Censorship Is Unallowable-Victm Is
Seen Without Remedy at Present Time.

OF the experts, as late as last year,
when the fourth national radio con-
ference again adopted a platform of
opposition to direct advertising. All
this while Congress was giving birth
to the new radio law-the law under
which the Federal Radio Commission
now controls the air.
Congress, whether wisely or unwise.
ly remains to be seen, failed to write
into the radio law any provision for
Federal censorship of programs, eX-
cept to say that political speakers
must have Equal opportunity to pre-
sent every side of their particular
case through a broadcasting station.
Further than that Congress did not
go. 1t. said nothing about direct ad.
vertising, and the Radio Commission,
going strictly "by the book" an
nounced that it could not consistently
0tonfinued on Third Papel
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-25
GENTLEMAN, whose name

A MAN, whose nan1o
~ 10 90 we'll advertised that
II we need not mention it, has
4 Apredieted that the United
States is about to enjoy 100
years of uninterrupted pros
perity.
When that prediction was pub
lished, ! happened to be with q
man wise in these affairs.
"WilI there be a hundred years
Of uninterrupted prosperityw !
asked.
He shook his head.
"Why not?"
I expected him to show me a
hart or say something about
he business cyie" or Economic
fundamentals" or to use some OF
he other we'll worn phrases. But
my relief, he took an entirely
.i,fferent approach.
"There will not be a century Of
Uninterrupted good times, be-
p. ause the universe is not ar
1nged on that basis" he said.
What 10 taking place on this
1rth 10 a great experiment in
he development Of human char
ter. The Creator is not. inter,
,tsd in money or markets, but
i more enduring men.
"Such men are not developed
Then everything 10 easy. They
1,ver come out Of countries
here the sun shines every day.
rails develop them; problems
ieveiop them; suffering develops
them. As long as the present d.
vine plans continue to operate,
we eshaii continue to have
fCopyrj
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-25
BY w. j. VOSS.

A comprehensive program Of RENE
dial legislation will be urged upon the
SEVENTEEN Congress by organized Fed
eral employees, who are insistent that
working conditions in the civilian
service of the United States are any
thing but what they should be.
These employees look to Congress to
bring about certain changes In ex-
listing conditions which, in the Gov.
eminent service, they declare, are in
some quarters thoroughly unsatisfac'
tory and many decades behind the
Announcements which workers in pri-
vate industry have obtained through
the continuous efforts Of cooperative
bargaining.
Salaries, as might be expected,
constitute an important item on this
program. Despite the ado over, re-
classification, Government workers
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-25
Cuba Big Candy Buyer.

Cuba is Uncle Sans best customer
for chocolate candy, the island re-
public consuming yearly more than
ten times as much as any other
country. The best all-round buyer of
candy generally is the United King.
dom, which imports some four or five
million pounds year. The next best
is tiny Porto Rico, which buys about
rs per cent as much. Cuba is third
on the list, Alaska fourth and Canada
fifth
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-25

Note: The third installment of DR..
Durants 1.-THE Story of Civilization" to
be published next Sunday in the Editorial
Section of The Star, will deal with
Chinese civilization, European exploita-
ton of it, and the rising of young China.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-25
His Habit.

From the Boston Transcript.
Former Emperor William says an
other World War is coming in 1887.
The throne may be lost, but the habit
Of rafting the saber is not cured.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-25
BY EMIL LUDWIG,

Distinguished German historian and biog-
rapher author of Life of Napoleon
and Kaiser Wilhelm"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-25
BY FRANK H. SIMONDS.

~ ENEVA.-Last week de.
scribed the growing skepti-
T cism and disappointment all
~ over Europe resulting from
the double phenomenon of
mounting international friction and
diminishing prestige of the League of
Nations.
There is a, steadily developing sense
that new wars are possible. Along
with this has come the feeling that
the League, so far from increasing
it's power to meet this situation, is
losing its authority.
This sense Of dissa tisfaction has sup
piled the main action of the recent
meeting of the Assembly itself. Some
thing little short Of revolt against the
strangling control of the great pow
ers was precipitated by many of the
smaller powers, whose efforts Centered
about proposals coming on the one
side from Holland. on the other from
Poland. In all frankness, one must
say that in the end neither produced
useful results. Both combined to
show that the League Is for the mo-
ment dominated by the influence of
the great powers. and, in fact, was
halted in its work by the ,bsolute
refusal of Great Britain to permit any
reconsideration of the protocol or ex-
tension of the idea of a mutual guar
antee against aggression.
Attempts Revolt Against Britain.
In larger sense, the Assembly has
therefore little more than attempted
revolt against British dominatio
From first to last the League MEM
hers have disclosed their resentment
of British policy. Nor could any one
exaggerate the discomfort of the role
which Sir Austen Chamberlain was
forced to play. At every turn he was
conscious of the fact that the vast
majority of League members held his
country responsible for sitting any
attempt to general arbitration of mu-
tual guarantees, and thus far barring
all attempts at disarmament.
Almost without exception, the small
powers Of the League. together with
France. advocate the application of
by them in 1924 with vast enthusiasm
and abandoned only because of Brit
ish veto in the next year. The pro-
tocol would have bound all the men,
her nations to agree to arbitration of
disputes, to mutual action against
any aggressor, and on this basis to
undertake the work of disarmament.
But the British are unprepared to
accept arbitration, alleging that the
responsibility for this lies with the
dominions and America. They are
unwilling to agree to mutual assist
ance because they maintain that
neither their people nor the citizens
of the dominions are willing to guar
antee frontiers in remote regions Of
Europe. But without arbitration and
security, disarmament has been again
and again demonstrated to be impos-
sible.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-25

w WHAT Confucius wished to do was to
n put an end to disorder and barbarism
" " in his state. Like Plato he had his
theorv IF rolitical reconstruction,
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Continued on Third Page.)
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I1dNN VI A<CNRH II t1'O''1'
xIastly-and this is perhaps the
most important factor of all-there is
The remarkable lack of real talent and
ability among the possible claimants.
There are at present at least 90
sons alive of the dethroned German
princes, and not a single man among
them has proved himself capable Of
achieving anything since the debacle
Not one Of them has set himself TO
learn a profession, to become lawy r
or q journalist, a horse breeder or
film star, so as to show the German
people that he can at least earn ms
own living. No. they have had only
Evening star., 1927-11-02
BERGDOlL ENVOY
TO j. S. CAPTURED
Deported After Seizure on
Way to Get Money From E
Draft Evader's Mother.

By the Assocaated Press
GRAND FORKS, y. Oak, Noven.
her 2.-Capture of messager seeking
S5 900 for Grover Cleveland Bergdoll,
notorious American draft evader, was
revealed here yesterday by immigra-
ton officers, who said they believed
Bergdoll intended to use the money TO
return to the United States.
The messenger. 26-year-old GER
man named Martin Scheuch. was cap
tured at St. Vincent, Mimi, the point
of entry from which Bergdoll / re-
ported to have fed the country. The
capture was made some time ago. the
officers said, and Scheuch has already
been deported to Germany.
O. B. Hollon, district director of the
Federal immigration service. said that
Scheuchs identity was not made pub
lie at the time of his arrest as both
the immigration service and the De-
partment of Justice were working on
the case.
Authorities said that Scheuch car
ried note from Bergdoll to his
mother asking that she send him
IS. 900 as soon as possible and saying
that he would be in the United States
soon, returning my way" They as
sumed that my way" meant through
st. Vincent, where he left the country
When captured, Scheuch attempted
Evening star., 1927-11-02
FREIGHT RATE CUT
BY BARGES SEEN
Hope for ''.lidWest Agriculture
and Industry Held Out
by Davis.

The hope of cheaper freight rates
for agriculture and industry in the
Middle West, through the medium of
the Upper Mississippi barge line setv.
ice. due to open next Spring, with
four towboats and so barges, was held
out yesterday by Secretary Davis of
the War Department
Forty.one States may be reached,
the Secretary said, through action by
the Interstate Commerce Commission
in designating waterfall routes. and
petitions now before the commission
seek to give similar routes to all
States.
Mr.. Davis pointed out that when
these avenues of cheaper transporta.
tion exist the farmers may expect TO
compete for export of corn with South
America and export of wheat with
Canada. Likewise. he said. thousands
of those served by the existing lines
will enjoy the benefits of cheaper coal
and coke. cheaper steel products and
a long list of other essential com.
modities.
The Secretary declined to discuss
recent proposals by barge line ship.
pers for increasing capitalization of
the line corporation to $4,000, 900
He recalled, however, that he has
requested the Commerce Department
to make commercial survey. to be
Evening star., 1927-11-02

tn, General Confederation OF Labor
and all workmen's organizations
which do not submit new articles of
association before November Is.
Evening star., 1927-11-02
Labor in Portugal Warned.

LISBON. Portugal, November 2 up
The cabinet has decided to dissolve
Evening star., 1927-11-02
MOTHER DOUBTS RETURN.
Never Told Her He Was Coming
Back. Says Mrs. BergdoIl.

PHILADELPHIA, November tP).
Grover Cleveland Bergdoll, draft
evader, never suggested to her that
he would return to the United States
when she saw him in Germany last
year, his mother, Mrs. Emma c. Berg.
doll. said here Yesterday.
Commenting on the deportation of
Martin TScheuch. said to have been
bringing messags from her son ask
ing for $4,000, Mrs. Bergdoll declared
that she never had heard of Scheuch,
and was unaware of a-y effort on the
part of her son to send a messag ge to
her
There have been frequent reports
that Bergdoll contemplated return.
ing to the United States, but so far
as can he learned. he has remained
in Germany since fleeing to that
country years ago.
Evening star., 1927-11-02

up production. including a complete
body-ma king outfit Of the most ad.
vanced type.
The machine being exhibited to
dealers. although completely Assem-.
bled. still Is subject to some minor
changes before being placed on the
open market, it Is understood.
The new body-making system, &C.
cording to the organ. will bring about
assembly of all body models on one
enormous assembly line, instead of
separate ones for each body type"
Evening star., 1927-11-02
PLANE CARRIES DEALERS
TO SEE NEW FORD CAR
Cleveland ~ n Travel by Air to De-
troit in One of Magnate's
Craft,

By the Associated Press.
DETROIT, November 2.-Inspec-
ton of the new Ford automobile by
a party of Cleveland Ford dealers
occupied a part of the program yes
terday incident to inauguration of
early passenger air service between
Detroit and Cleveland by the Stout
Services, Inc. controlled by Ford.
The Cleveland dealers were brought
here in one OF the giant all-metal
Stout ships. and as they took off
from the Ohio city a similar plane
bearing Chicago and Detroit business
men left the Ford airport here for
Cleveland. 1t was announced the
passenger service will be maintained
throughout the Winter.
Coincident with the inspection OF
the new car an announcement was
published by the Ford News, COM
pany house organ. indicating prepa-
rations were being made to begin
mass production of the machine. The
organ set out that new lines Of ma.
chinery are being installed to speed
Evening star., 1927-11-02

completed by December l.. which will
give Congress a basis of facts on
which to determine future policies"
The faith of the Middle West in
inland waterway transportation is
quite impressive" Mr.. Davis said.
dubuque, for example, a city of less
than $4,000 population, has bonded
itself for S350.O00 and built a water.
rail interchange terminal for transfer
of freight between water and rail
ia cilifieS
Evening star., 1927-11-02

to get a revolver out of his baggage,
intending. he said. to commit suicide
because he felt disgraced through his
failure to carry out an errand of
honor. He refused to say anything
about Bergdoll.
Evening star., 1927-11-02

The imposing Masonic Temple
which is being erected in Cincinnati Ii
at cost of more than s400O,0O0 is
expected to be ready for dedication by
January 1.
Evening star., 1927-11-02
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GIN RI fNllNllN0
Bridge Parties
Festivals and Fetes
Games, Indoor
Games, outdoor
Old Fashioned Dances
Party Menus, Prizes,
Favors
Unique Shower Parties
Valentine Parties
Wit and Humor