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ton that permits 685 stations on eighty
nine available wave lengths between
the broadcasting limits Only by am
pie authority, backed by the power Of
The Federal Government, can the group
Of jealous broadcasters be kept from
assuming absolute power. After all.
those directly affected are the great
anonymous. silent and usually uncom-
planning people. But II radio went back
to the days. of 1890 with Its peanut
whistles ane heterodyning sQueals. the
cry for Federal control would far out
voice the howls of the broadcasters. Is
it not, after ALL a public matter? And
IL there is a monopoly OF a kind. is 1t
not the benevolent monopoly that gives
GOOD programs at no direct cost to the
listener? And is It not automatic that
q group of companies. backed by ample
funds. regulated by the Federal Gov
eminent. do better work than those
engaged in nnregulated competition?
cut-throat methods should not be toll
Grated IN radio It means too much to
A public which has grown to regard
radio as a necessity. and has thereby
come to a better understanding Of
mutual problems and finer music. The
present commissioners. who have been
sincere and honest in the face of many
handicaps. should be confirmed and the
life of the commission should be ex-
tended for another year, at least. The
present problem is too complex and too
involved to work out in the short space
of twelve months. 80
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"New Trails"
"Lct as pass opcr unto the other.
sidc."--Mdrk, iU.3J.

"Lct as pass oDer unto the other
side. --Mdrk. iU.3j.
The spirit Of adventure is common
to all Of us. Like Alexander of old,
we are persistently seeking new worlds
treasure the incidents and experiences
sOf other days, we are ever eagerly an
ticipating wiiat Is to be on the morrow
10 would be a sad situation II this were
not 3d.. When we come to feel that
there Is nothing new or fresh that lies
ahead, that every trail has been blazed
and every path tried, we take from life
its zest and its enthusiasm and we rem
der existence htmdrum and common
place. There are those who walk so
constantly and unfailingly in one path
that they become literally ruts. ana
ruts do not make for mental or physical
exhilaration. A static condition Is un :
wholesome and unpromising. No mat
ter how hunbly or lowly our lot in life
may be, there Is always the possibility
Of Improving It. II this were not so.
then progress would cease and the
world would stand still. A spirit Of ad-
venture has marked every forward
movement of the human race. Were
it not for this we should still be light
ing our homes with tallow dips, travel
ing by horse-drawn stage-coaches. liv-
ing our lives detached and unrelated to
the world of large affairs. and pursuing
a course that Is colorless and uninter-
csting.
Because men have cared to seek out
new trails. to forge ahead In spite of
obstacles and seeming defeat we are
living in an age that Is literally incom-
parable and bewilderingly fascinating.
We owe an incalculable debt to those
fearless adventures who have gone
forth, sometimes not knowing whittier
they went. ever in quest Of that which
should mean the enrichment and bet
terment Of life More daring than the
Crusaders of old were these men; more
remarkable the results they attained
than those that are chronicled in the
tales Of Jules Verne.
A observation-disclosures policy means
stagnation and arrested progress. Among
the, worlds great benefactors Jesus
Christ stands supreme. His brief three
years ministry finds no parallel in the
history of mankind. At the very in
ception of His public ministry we read
that He came unto His own and His
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why am the president Of the. Blank
Railroad" answered the ensign. naming
one Of the largest rail lines in the
United States. And then the one about
Charles Levine. the hacker of Chamber
Inns historic flight, turning to the man
next him at the luncheon table after
telling of his own exploits as the first
transatlantic passenger and na!vely In
curing. Have you ever flown your
self?" To which Lieut.. Albert Hcgen-
berger replied. why. yes. I have flown
a bit. was with Lieut.. Lester Matt
land on the nonstop flight from San
Francisco to Honolulu"
The moral Of all this Is to learn the
identity of the person to whom you are
talking before you talk too much and
make yourself ridiculous. .~e
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The Thamer Flood.

An extraordinary condition prevails
in London with the Thames in flood
Never before In the history Of the Brit
ish capital in modern times has such
disaster occurred. The deluge Is due
to an exceptionally heavy downpour OF
rain and the river was unable to carry
off the freshet. Above London the
waters flowed out into the adjacent
fields and through the villages and
towns. but 1t was at the capital itself
that the greatest damage was done.
There the entertainments, while holding
for the most part, gave way sufficiently
to let the current into the streets and
at the latest reports twenty deaths re-
suited as the swift tide entered the
houses before their occupants could
flee.
This abnormal condition is due in
large part to the great height to which
the tides rise at the mouth of the
Thames. The tidal waters reach back
as far as the locks above London. At
the capital there is a fiuctuation OF
many feet at times of unusual tides.
and 1t appears that such are now &C.
curing.
The Thames Is not a great river. but
1t takes the drainage Of large area.
In normal conditions It Is able to carry
of the rainfall without any danger Of
inundation. The present catastrophe.
which is still potent for further destruc-
ton. Is evidently due to the coincidence
Of abnormal rainfall and unusually
high tides.
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EVERYDAY RELIGION
BY THE RIGHT REV. LANES E. FREEMAN. D. D.. LII. D.
Bishop Of Washington

own received Him not" His whole way
was beset with difficulties and at the
end OF the road He saw cross. Even
those he gathered about Him failed Him
In His great crisis Undeterred by every
obstacle placed in His way, He moved
ma testically on to the great purpose he
had in hand to accomplish.
The incident from which the above
text Is taken is strikfngly illustrative OF
His methods. Having ministcred to the
multitudes that had come out to hear
Him. He said to His disciples, Let US
pass over unto the other side" With the
certainty of an impending storm. He
embarked with His little company upon
an overcast and ciouded lake. Sudden
ly there arose great storm Of wind.
ana the waves beat into the ship SO
that 1t was now full" In spite OF the
peril OF the situation, we read that He
was In the hinder part Of the ship
asleep on pillow" Presently His dis
ciples aroused Him from His slumbec
saying. Master, carest Thou not that
we perish?" Then 1t was that HE
arose and rebuked the wind and said
unto the sea: Peace. be still. And the
wind ceased, and there was great
calm" That He designed this expert
ence to teach q great lesson Is clearly
obvious. here, as In other nOtaple
cases, He would seek to make clear to
His disciples that life is a supreme adj
venture-an adventure in which trust
In experimenting and directing God,
who shapes events and directs the
course of human affairs. Is indispen-
sable. For that which men call
chance" He would substitute conscious
reliance upon God. He would remove
the element Of fear, and in its place
would put G6ddependence. Such a
philosophy of life renders it more APP
pealing and reassuring. What the year
ahead has in store for any one of us.
no one may venture to forecast. How
shall We enter upon these new trails?
How shall we approach experiences that
may tend to try us to the utmost?
Shall We not believe that life has def
niteness OF purpose. and that before
each one of us. If we shall but seek to
attain 1t, is great objective? Let us
pass over unto the other side," and let
us do SO with the sure confidence that
II God be for us, who can be against
us. We dare to cross over to the other
side in sure confidence of that word
spoken to one of old, Il. the Lord. will
hold thy right hand, saying unto thee.
Fear not, / will help thee"
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The Radio Situation.

Intensified by the announcement that
On February nearly half of the present
number Of radio broadcasting stations
viii BE- denied licenses 10 continue op-
Grafton On the crowded. ether lanes, the
radio situation. with its cr!gs-crosx.ne
OF tangled ambitions and It's background
Of overbaianced financial pyfainid!ng
is at last being brought out into the
op~n. a little more than two months
before the present Federal commission
IL TO cease It's statutory existence. Al
ready a definite un6ercurrent OF opin-
ION expressed by Senator Dill Of Wash
3'sgton. eo-authOr of the 1927 radio act
Is setting In toward extending the life
81 the commission beyond March IS
when IL Will expire under the present
Law;
9eanyiaiie mary bfoadcgstefs. watch
Ing tie extension u chain pyograms
afi6 TIE tendeucy 10 minimize tie ef-
f1fts III the individual hsoadcaster, fore.
s3e radio OF the future placed In the
lands ~ tight monopoly They claim
that the RADIO Corporation of America
dominates the Federal Radio Commits.
sion and arc es43tefing their attack
against confirmation OF the nomina.
tons of three members VI the commits.
zion, Orestss H. Caldwell Of New York
former magazine editor: Sam Pickarf
III Kansas. former bf0adeastar. anf
Harold A. Ia Fount u Utah, business
man.
~ fitting the intricate component
~ wxing puzzle into more complies
harmony Ia relation 10 ihe wh0ls Tia
commission hiss aided ~ considersbl'
measure in relieving tie situation thai
eAisLed duy1pg most III 1928 when Eu
gene Macdonald threw b monkey
wrench into the machinery ny ''p'Taf
Ing" Canadian wave length. and wa
sustained ny tbs courts, This commits
siaa hAs not brought final order osi
u chaos. by any means, but II Ina
helped materially in reducing tntsffsr
sass W 3 minimum IN yisw VI sitaAa
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Aggressive" Wars.

The French modification Of Secretary
Kelloggs proposal for multilateral
treaty between the powers OF the world,
drafted with view to outlawing war.
should be and undoubtedly will be re-
garded as a serious setback to the quest
for world peace. The modification pro-
posed is that the contracting parties re-
nounce only wars Of aggression" The
American goal was a strong condenna-
ton of war itself as a means of settling
any differences which might arise be-
tween the signatory powers.
The practical value of the entire plan
would be forfeited were the French al
teration accepted. For that value lies.
not in the probable efficacy of any
treaty to hold two war-enthused ma
tons apart, but in so strengthening a
worldwide creed that modern warfare
Is too horrible business to be resorted
to under any circumstances, that the
public of no nation can. in future, be
propagandized to point where 1t will
endure war.
The treaties as promulgated by the
State Department had this end in view.
The modification suggested by BRAND
could not have had. For through his
insistence upon the announcement Of
only aggressive warfare he. by implica-
ton. asserts that nation is entirely
justified in fighting swi.at 1t believes to
be a defensive VIZ. And II this con-
cept is fostered rsshsr than repudiated
future wars are inevitable.
There is alreAHv no civilized nation
which could successfully prosecute a
confessedly aggressive war. 1t Is even
to be doubted whether this were pos
sible prior to the tragic lesson Of 1914
1918. The task Of the modern leader
of public opinion. once he becomes con-
WINGED Of the necessity Of war Of any
nature whatsoever. is 50 to play upon
the popular credulity as to persuade
his people that they are answering a
hleie call sounded in defense Of the
sacred national security and honor.
This can always be done. 1t viii al
ways be possible through strategy and
propaganda so to shape affairs as to
lead armies-each sincerely convinced
Of the righteousness of its cause
against each other. until there becomes
inbred in the hearts OF all civilized men
and women an unassailabie conviction
that no war, whatever excavations may
be advanced In Its favor, is or ever ear
be justified.
In the light Of history and common
ssnse the outiawipg Of aggressive war
by treaty would be an empty gesture
end q backward step In that il would,
b. .ndirec:lon. indorse war Of another
tEpe. In that same light the forraa!
liquidation Of war Of any sort, as pro-
p3Sed BY Secretary Kellogg, would at
last serve to focus the worlds atten-
ton upon the truth that civilization
cannot survive another major conflict.
II Is Only when that truth, combined
With international tolerance and good
faith. shall have rooted itself deep In
the hearts Of mankind that the menace
Under which We today suffer may be
counted as removed.
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This and That
By Charles E. Tracescel.

Dear Sir: Some months ago wher
you announced that there had bee.
some objection 70 your numerous cal
stories. vas enc OF the frieacS witt
wrote and said hoped that you wculc
continue with these delightful s;o-ies
In fact. you we're good enough 70 quote
from my letter In one OF your articles
mentioning some books which I har
mentioned IN my letter 20 you.
In Sundays article, I noticed tina:
your little Nipper is fond OF batter
which seemed surprise TO you.
raised Maltese kitten. giving him al
least three times week either tea
spoonful Of butter or tsaspooaftil oi
oil mayonnaise. both Of which he liked
very. very much ana the fat or oil Kept
MIN in very good condition.
i should like 10 mention some II
his other likes and dlSakes. He WAS
very fond OF milk cho>rtate~ In fact.
still Is. II he has been given what We
think Is enough for him and put the
rest OF the cake on table. he stands
up and tries to reach it and is restless
and uneasy until he Is SVEN the REST
Of e or IL Is 50 completely concealed
That he can't set any tansalisins whias
Of II,
"He does not like eatnip, lie Is very
fond Of raw string beans and canta-
loupe. also raw tomatoes, taught him
% eat fresh cooked vegetables trotn the
time when he was kitten ard every
thing tasted good - am. He Is a hand
some. big fellow With never SICK day,
He also had an egg every morning Toe
breakfast, either scrambled or raw, and
his milk usually warmed Now, he Is
very fond or bread and mllk-~-wsa est \
great howitut
"Kittens and cats and all that per-
tasns 10 them Is Go me saSeiuatInS
subject. but must stop, You. know,
are too busy 10 read long letters, and
am too busy 10 write them even oa
this subject. Thanking YOU lor the cat
stories which we hope will continue,
Sincerely, Il, w r."
While most cats make raw nsea, their
principal fare~-if they can get it-~un-
douetedS there are seores " these amt
mails which have mere varied dietary.
The cat ~ our correspondent. however,
We SHAH continue % think unusual
Picture u cat eating bread and milk !
Here Is a feline With quite n human
complex, since thousands ot ehlsdrSa
and hundreds Of their ektess delight
IN nothing move than \ bowl NJ bread
broken into milk,
We have never seen 4 cat. either, tina,
cared Tor candy In any iclm, Perhaps
u II only fair that CAT. II IL eases
for candy at MI. should FvlsSh MIX
eheeosate, Very few et these animals
win eat raw tomato although We have
heard es another that drsnka grange
hltee,
Nippes Il sender Of an egs eeatsn W.
than ~ heetseeak, and VIII leAve the
latter for the segaes any time NJ day,
TITS latest sustatory performance Mas
with a sltce Of sweihasS rA,S IN hesA
dawn with one black -l,ttSAneSl paw, tho
while snAwuAg away with his sharp hgs
tie teeth III a most professional manner
IN \ feM minutes he had consumed
s,erhaps ~ much rs a quarter ~ che
nsese hut after tAiA he siyeA at the
walk, and went bach ~ plaNiAs With
\ eatnlp Massse, fgNhAhN he aAassSAs
swlehAok not worth ths tF0.iAsA
e
fashAlss car easseSfoAaents sAsSNs.
tieh that 4 eat rs 4 kltsen may ha
tas&ht ~ eat almost anything u las.
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eedure. Il Is obvious that II such a law
DO enacted. discretion must be vested
In some authority to refuse. AS we'll ~
To accept contributions, OTHERWISE, the
department soon might ind itself lend
lng It's prestige and authority Ia ven"
lures unworthy CT msddlcsnine'
American business men have not neen
slow to take advantage Of some OF the
activities ct the Federal uoNaFnn,eat
which now arc accessible 20 restricted
ero,,ns only ON eontfthutafy haAls.
Thlrty eight Industries and trade AS
soeiatians maintain total oI sixty
three research associates at the hitteAu
Of standards, which Is part M tho de-
partnaent IT Commerce, under n plan ny
which these scientists work cn specific
pruiects, but under the general dirvctien
1T bureau officials, and with bureau
facilities, their salaries being paid ny
private agencies In addition, the ea"
reaN conducts tests at materials Tor the
public ON a tee basis aud UAVon Items
were tested last year under this plan, IN
contrast with 81. 600 tou wears asn' The
Department VI Agriculture ana altSaN
Is authorized by law Ia accept eahttls
bntiana for same M It's M,Hk, hW
neither IN the Department Ut Asfieuis
tu,e nor IN the Bureau ~ standards
has anything heen undertaken which
would Involve the questions raised IN
connection with the ptopasal u have
nfivate Interests tlnanae speeistN trade
aud industrial investigation activities III
the Department ef SiaN,MateA
ttsas,ssas anaa( ~s~~
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Fifty Years Ago
I'm The Star

The possibilities Of the telephone IN
! Its infancy half a century ago evoked
Wonders Of the The STAR y JAM
Telephone. p-:n,ed .rS.n n.
London Tines tire following eor,mer-
tary upon the wonders" CT the new
device:
II. wanted. the telephone VII es
o-cuga. 10 the same pitch II perfection
rs Telescopes. watches, sewing machines
photography, iuc!ser matches. ioco-,E>-
lives. e-eschloaGsgS heavy ordnance
ard many other thi,sSS that within
living rseeilect.cHS were either very
clumsy affairs o. not yst even invented
A time is coming when everybody. vV
presume. viii carry his cWn telephone
about With him, Wherever re gVcs Ne
Will be able 10 step into q telegraph
cftsce. apply his own wire 10 the pGogac
wire. and hold private conversation
with wife. or son. or q customer. a.
political friend at the end. without
she intervention Of pubic service Ne
Will pay BY the minute, The wire. q
IS stated. natlst be q que: ofse. tos ts IS
apt 20 pick I'D stray sounds On the
other hand II Is row announced that
remedy has been found for this. and
that n wire thus esscumesred can ~
cleared os strange asssraaees hegn-~ :,
eoisscS to the scisplsone> PERHAPS tAe
Use &C underground wires. rsow oSa cskSE
accounts much insisted oes, may s.
found \ FsNTv estectssal remedy.
The discovery has easae AAppssy saa
at the time when there had arisen a
SrSaSy feeling that We had arrived ~
the end ~ orES:ssa, discoveries. and had
nothing - d. but wvssS eslt car ~
osleS. II IS true Ne have been peUsN-
syati,g continents, sounding the SsSS
sea. hunting matter 1cwe - uaclecGssS>
finding perfume IN filth. dyes IN Gsrs
and to<sd IN refuse, II Is also true that
The annual catalogue Of new factS IN
>c!eace has neSa stated ~ amount ~
n Thick. elIsSey printed ecsasrsA HIt
these arN no. matters HAT ce9sesa
eyesye>><iy. as least esgsctS> They ~
Mes teyctNssNatss the writ WnAi tAs
Telephone psNsnSSes Is hardly SsNt ~
this
There Is No s~aS>0 why mar
should not a>>sa SSsssSsgs~assea With y SsN'
AZ the aAtlkNNseS> C@SsGN&NssA ssSS NSs<sa
a3at his esvAtssissS, ami u the t,a>lrsS,
asens * al,s,hSd As \ StethSsSxssseI osSsE
his hearts EAtcA NeNs - SSsssssS~~ 1l&s,
rather than SeSisslS ~wslAs aeessi gAISSs.S
kNe 81 hear the very VSSesA tsss tAnsssSE
saHsh the taNogsss Selss, " ths cAsM
Aa.s separated by Mild mass SAS
MlsaS IN asAnsSsSra Tae sSNaSeeke -
eSNN y rsselSansAssSNs M tAs eva AMI ere
Telephone Is eaAS 4 S<SfSsad ear
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Services to Industry BY
Commerce Department
BY HARDEN COLFAy.

Out OF the deluge Of requests by bust
ness and industry for special services
from the Department Of Commerce
there will cast into the lap Of Congress
soon bill to authorize contributions
by private agencies TO defray expenses
OF such activities. on the theory that
those who benefit directly should pay
directly.
This does not mean that there In In
tent to ciirtaii the general services Of
the department through which specific
benefits are given first To one group and
then 10 another. But there have arisen
such heavy demands upon the Depart
ment OF Commerce for special services
tn selected groups Of restricted scope
Of business or industrial activity that.
III the case OF some OF the bureaus and
divisions, all could not be granted even
were the funds available doubled or
tripled,
Congress has taken cognizance Of this
situation. The debate In the House
this week on the annual appropriation
bill for the department has developed
the thought that somewhere along the
line oil march halt must be called IL
is the Legislative branch OF the Govern
tnent this time, rather than private
business. which Is reaching out TO re-
tard the advance OF Government into
the field OF business.
In It's report TO the House. the ap-
preparations committee points out that
Ia grant all the requests for special
services by the Department OF Com
mtrce when were placed before II by
spokesman for large or small groups
would require an appropriation. for the
next fiscal year alone, of mora than
81, 600 900 above the increases which
the committee felt were Justified In tho
general public interest
The committee definitely turned It's
face against pleas for special SURVEYS In
the field Of economics for the benefit
OF restricted groups. without attempt
ing 10 pass upon the merits OF how de-
sirable 1t might be to have tho data
thus sought, such atudies, tho conn
mittec reported. more properly are
"within the province Of commercial or
ganlaations whose facilities are more
national both IN local ngenolea and
more rightly concerned with sueh UNI
dertakiags" Aud at the san,e time the
committee decrlcd extension Of the
practice of sending specialized com.
modify experts Ia the foreign FIELDS, 10.
Qieata for which were received In large
number
Inasmueh an business continues IN
compliment tho Department Of Com
metoa by requesting It's assistance In
increasing volume, II II clear that ~
leaHt acme of tho groups are willing b
pay all expenses II only the department
vii, conduct the work deaifed, givins
tho procedure and the conclusions the
cloak at governmental sanction and int
partiaiity, Hut legislative authority II
necessary betnre contributions for such
purposes may he received, Authority
nav Is limited 10 few llnea Ut work,
cooperative In nature,
4
The proposal 10 antha,lsa the depart
mant 10 receive contributions tar aelv-
Ices desired by business aud industrial
nroll,s undoubtedly will open Wide Oan-
fliot Ut apiniun, In Congress- and ont, IN
" The pslnelple underlying saeh pso.
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There are hundreds Of persons In hos
pita!s who are @daoTned 70 death-~per-
sons Of the highest character and the
most important. usefulness Mo public
mention Is made Of them In the morbid
annals OF fame because they are not
under sentence for homicide.
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reSan that back SsSats. SssN tSssAS VII
eat nosAlas Nas raw naeaa ~ q ksetSss'
NSsua NM saneA u,
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shaala aas be vAsSA NNs saSAAA -
allowed ~ e>aMs Vs. = .aagaAAl lS>sAa
sssapssasssss esleEa essas keA 10 Ne
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