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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-01

A new method of assembling here In
washington every four years the eertiii-
Gates of the votes Of electors for Presi-
dent and Vice President will be put
into operation for the first time fol-
lowing this years election,
Heretofore the practice has been for
specially designated messengers to
make the Journey from each State to
the National Capital every four years
to deliver the certificates TO the PreSi-
dent of the Senate,
Just before adjournment last month
Congress completed the enactuiens Of
law permitting the states to forward
the electoral vote certificates to the
seat of Government by registered mail.
Thus do the wheels of Government ad-
lust themselves TO keep pace WITH mod
ern methods,
one of the committees Of Congress,
IN recommending enactment OF the law
doing away with the old procedure, said
the purpose was to moderniSe, make
more safe and less expensive the
method Of carrying out this Quadren~
NAL requirement.
The new law directs the electors In
each state "a sign six certificates q
their votes and dispose OF them as fN.s
lows. *eae u 10 nsak,&S - tie pteE~
dent OF sae senate 70 deliver two 10
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-01
BY THOMAS X. HENRY.

T NCLE SANS greatest expert
ment as an educator comes to
an end tomorrow.
" The last group Of trainees OF
the Veterans Bureau will re-
ceive their diplomas, marking the con-
clusion of a project that has continued
for more than eight years, rehabll1-
tated l28,500 men and cost more than
5000 900, 900.
1t mas been unique experiment. No
government ever before has attempted
quite the same thing on such a big
scale. Apparently 1t has been success
full. although just estimate Of its sue
cess hardly can be made for years to
come.
When the war with Germany came
to an end the Government was IN
generous frame of mind toward those
who had taken part in the strug-
gle-particularly those who had SUI
Tered any physical disability: 1t had
taken one or two years out of the lVeS
of three or four million men for the
benefit of the country as a whole.
These were years when the oppor-
tunities for material success outside the
Army and Navy were unparalleled. IN
duStries were fiouriShing. Skill IN any
work was at a premium. Labor coulo
set its own wage.
Had Great Sociological Problem.
Financially most of the soldiers and
sailors had lost They were thrown
back into the industrial structure OF
the Nation when good times were COM
ing TO an end, jobs were hard to ma
and wages were on the decline. Inc
Government was confronted with
rather complicated sociological problem
Some of the newly made veterans
we're physically unable to go back TO
their old jobs They were weakened
permanently by wounds and sickness
incident to service. Some were bind
Some had lost limbs. Some had con-
tracted chronic diseases. Thousands, In
some way or other, were not as well
equipped to earn livings as they had
been when they first appeared before
their local draft boards.
The Government could, and did, es..
innate the extent of the disability ana
compensate the veterans financially.
This was an obvious step. measure OF
common justice. If a man was 20 per
cent less able to earn living when ne
was handed his honorable discharge
than he had been in 1917 or 1918 ne
was entitled to 20 per cent compen-
sation until entirely recovered from MS
disability.
A sophist might have argued that here
the responsibility of the Government
ended. 1t had paid the man what he
had lost. It had taken something from
his potential earning powers and then
returned exactly what it had taken.
calculated on a mathematical basis.
But sophistry could not cover up for
long the fundamental fallacy of this
argument. The man had entered the
service in the days of his greatest
physical efficiency. He had stepped off
the threshold of career into the
Army and Navy. His possibilities OF
promotion. OF increased earning power.
couldn't be restored by cash payment.
There were no mathematical forrnuiae
by which they could be calculated. The
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-01
Why We Can't Run the Show
BY BRUCE BARTON.

caucus in your life, and prob
ably don't even vote; and you
ask us to hand the first prize to
some outsider just because you
think he's the man for the place.
ITS just as IL came to you
and said: 4 have an excellent
man for president OF your bust
ness You would answer;
That's all very we'll, but we
have some plans of our own as
to who is to have that job.
That sort of talk may not be
first class patriotism. but there
is no question that il is human
nature. II sent me away from
Kansas City thinking good and
hard.
We good citizens, as we like
to call ourselves, regard active
membership in a political or
ganixation as rather beneath US
something not quite becoming
in gentleman.
When we want TO get a thing
accomplished politically, we
organize ourselves into Farm
ers' Union or an Association OF
This or That, and try to bring
pressure from the outside upon
the party. II seldom occurs to
us that we might get better re-
suits IL we were TO go inside and
exert our pressure there.
And therein lies one OF our
real troubles in Ameriea---that
politics is left to the few. while
the rest of us organize and seek
by petitions and by threats to
persuade the few to act,
II a lot of us will decide 10
look up the party organization
in the section where we live, and
Join, Just as a private in the
ranks, we will be in position
to exert some real influence at
the next convention.
But we can't sten inside the
bio tent Just once IN four years
and expect TO run the show.
inns
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-01
Uncle Sam MOulder of Lives
soOoOooOoo Spent kCome
Comes to End Tomorrow

e-bodied fellows panhandling on the
streets. They have decided that the
world owes them living.
This class has, in fact, created what
is almost a new type of mental disease
which physicians at st. Elizabeths have
termed compensation neuroSis." They
are neither a large nor important ele-
ment however, in the veteran popula-
ton of the country.
other men were matured and
steadied by the rigid discipline OF the
service. Wild, cratic fellows came
home ready to settle down and become
substantial citizens.
Another Glass of Veterans.
But there was still third class
particularly among enlisted men, For
these war experience served as spur
to the ambition, such as they might not
have had otherwise. They were hurt
in some cases terribly hurt-by the
thinly yelled class distinctions which
obtained in the Army. They came out
restlessly ambitious with the determl-
nation to rise in the world so that they
never again would be caught in such
a position of inferiority. They were
thrown back again into civilian lie
lighting mad-determined to rise In
the world despite all obstacles. Lack
of early training handicapped them.
In some few cases they may have been
handicapped by lack of intelligence,
which may not be such handicap after
all If the will to succeed is strong.
To these men also the Government
offered a chance---a compensation for
that to which it had subjected them.
For such men cash payments meant
little. Money might, in some instances,
pay for an arm riddled with machine
gun bullets It never could pay for a
pride and Self-reSpect riddled by the
bullets of inferiority.
This was essentially a healthy reac-
ton. Sometimes, with weak charac-
tiers, it went to extremes. A few men
of this type became bomb-throwers and
agitators. A far greater number be-
came physicians, lawyers and business
men. The war created what might be
termed an ambition neuroSis" - the
exact opposite of the compensation
neurosis" discovered by the st. Eliza
beths physicians
When these men came out of the
service they needed help and guidance
Just as much as the men who had
/ lost legs.
Rehabilitation Work Needed.
Out of such conditions arose the re-
Mobilization work of the Veterans Bu-
reau--an effort to pay for disabilities
in education and permanent earning
power instead of spot cash. The Gov
eminent tried to compensate with last
ing human happiness instead of month
" checks, which, however necessary,
often would serve to foster discomfort.
The youthful pensioner is seldom very
happy The human character was not
constituted that way. Out of these
conditions was born the rehabilitation
work of the Veterans Bureau.
From the first 1t was experimental.
There were no landmarks in the past
from which to chart the course. Men
themselves didn't know what they
fContinued on Fourth Page
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-01

r HAVE two dissipations. |
always attend the Repub
lcan National Convention,
= and the world series of
base ball games.
This year | went out to the
convention on a special train
with the delegates from an
Eastern State. And It inter
ested me intensely to hear them
talk. They talked politics the
way an old fan talks base ball.
The old ian can tell you who
played third base for Pittsburgh
in 1896, and who made the most
home runs in the Three Eye
League in the season Of 1904.
Those delegates chatted of So
and So, who was sheriff OF Hud-
son County in 1900; and Such
and Such a man--why he voted
as he did, and who could in"
fluenee his vote.
Several hundred other men
and women made the trip to
Kansas City, giving up time and
money to do it. They went to
urae the claims OF their favor
tie candidates, not for any per
sonal advantage, but because
they felt they were doing "A real
public service. And most OF
them were Just about as futile
and as useless as could be.
A seasoned politician took me
into his confidence and gave me
something to think about'
what can folks like you es-
pect to accomplish" he asked
me in frank surprise. "A polit
zeal party 10 an organization.
1t is made up Of men who start
at the bottom and work up,
Just the way men do in business.
There are delegates hero who
have worked for years Just for
the reward OF being delegates,
"And along come a lot OF folks
like you, who do no work for the
party, who never attended
n itanett
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-01

element of individuality entered the
problem to such an extent as to render
worthless all the tables of the actuaries.
The man, it was obvious, could not be
given an entirely square deal with
money. Something was involved Of
which money is not symbol. The in
dividual will and ambition could not be
translated in terms of dollars and cents.
The Government. in order to be just,
not only was obligated to restore the
veterans earning-power balance to its
pre-war condition but to restore his
ambition balance.
The war, after all, might have taken
a mans eyes or arms and not crippled
him half so seriously as II 1t had killed
his ambitions by making them inpos-
sible to realize. The Government, in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-01

HEN congress FeCoHEeAes III
Il December the Senate may
wv find itself debating the
problem of reapportionment
of the membership of the
House to meet changes in population
that have taken place throughout the
country since 1911, a question the
House itself has been endeavoring to
solve without result since the last
census-of 1920.
The proposal to have the Senate
originate legislation on this subject,
which concerns more directly the otner
branch of Congress, is somewhat novel,
but there are signs that 1t will bob up
in the Senate at the next session.
Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg. Re
publican of Michigan, appointed during
the last session to I'LL the vacancy
caused by the death OF Senator Ferris.
has prepared a reapportionment blll ana
has given notice OF his intention 10
| seek its consideration by the Senate IN
the short session Whether the Senate
will make any further progress toward
solving the problem than the House
| time alone will tell. OF course, II the
| Senate should act on such measure
ii still would go TO the House Tor con-
| sideration.
Similar to 1921 Bill.
Senator Vandenberg says he is aware
of the argument that reapportlonment,
APPLYING as it does exclusively 10 the
| House. should be left as primary pre-
negative of that branch OF the Congress
| IT Ia his contention, however, That the
Senate has a concurrent responsibility
in the matter, and that the senate
should not entirely leave It's RESPONSE
| bility to the House.
The bill he proposes Is similar 10
measure which passed the House III
| 1921, using the 1920 census as pasls
In support of his contention tnat the
senate should take up the reapportlon-
nent problem at this time, the Mlcni~
pan Senator refers to the fact tnat the
| Senate failed TO pass reapportlonmeht
hill acted on by the House seven yeats
ago. x,...1.uo.o ..a,,..
nortioned the membership OF the HOUSE
every 10 years, following each uecentIai
census, and q compilation Oh tneSe acIs
shows graphically how the total lIlt Iii'
bership of the House has grown Steauiay
With the increase OF population lllfouElt"
o,t the country. starting with 65 mem
bers in 1890 and climbing 10 tIie pfeee''1
total OF 435 seats 81.
This mounting of the size or the
uoise has been one Of the chiei issues
L
in recent debates. especially since Ille
1920 census. The only variation from
the steady increase IN House metipel r,
shin occurred IN 1910, when the Iotai
was reduced from $40 to 225.
In the discussion since 1920, one OF
The main questions has been whether
the size of the House should be kept AZ
435 which would mean reducing ue
REPRESENTATION of certain States. or to
increase the total number OF seats 10
prevent reductions In some States would
have required raising the House To 4b3
| members.
Seen AS unwieidIy.
| In 1920 q plan was advanced to m
| CREASE the House to 400, which would
| not have taken care Of all the STATES,
| but the objection Was made 70 mat
| proposal that 1t would make the House
| loo large and unwiedy, A reappoftidn~
! ment based on the 1920 census and re-
tainins the limit Of membership at sse
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-01

order to be Just not only must restore
the man in statu quo, but 1t must re-
store him with the capacity to rise
above circumstances.
There we're others who came out OF
the war with actual earning ability very
slightly impaired-whose disabilities
hardly amounted to 10 per cent. These
also offered problem.
The war had curious effect on the
characters Of men. The most ardent
advocate of the character building value
Of military discipline hardly will argue
that it was always a good effect. 1t de-
pended on the sort of character thrown
into the mill hopper.
A small number were restored to
civilian life as buns" They were not
very numerous. but the fact Of their
existence is demonstrated any day by
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-01
REINFORCEMENT BILL
DUE IN DECEMBER TERM
Vandenberg Expected to Propose Revi
sion to Senate, Although Many Believe
House Should Settle Problem.

would have resulted in IL States OF the
Union losing total Of IL.
Another decennial census is due TO
be taken In 1890 and it Is being esti-
mated that the population of the coun-
try then will be 123,000000. If after
that census a reapportionment is made
by the same method followed in 1910,
and the total membership is kept at 435,
it is estimated that total OF % would
be lost by II States. while ii other
States would gain in representation.
During the session just ended the
House failed to pass bill seeking to
pave the way for a new apportionment
following the 1890 census, 1t would
have provided for an automatic reap
portionment on the basis Of tables to
be submitted by the Department of
Continued on Third Pagel
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-01
BY JOHN GUNTHER,

European Correspondent for The Star and
Chicago Daily News.
TINE Balkans are great region
for paradoxes, and 1t is interest
ing that the word you hear most
i after hate" is peace"
Suspicion, jealousy, disorder
line up on the hate side. and have been
the rule for so many generations here
that hate probably will be the rule for
a couple of generations more. But just
the same people talk about peace. Often
when they talk about peace. they think
of peace merely as balancing of hates.
of an arrangement whereby hates. like
war debts, can be Cancelled. But they
do talk about peace--more and more.
And they mean 1t,
I have just interviewed Prime Min
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-01
New Machine
Conserves Seed

newly invented German machine.
designed to do for Occidental grain
fields what eoolie labor has done for
centuries IN the rice fields Of the East.
Is attracting considerable attention ON
the part Of British agriculmriStS. m
stead OF sowing seed like an ordinary
tvNln grill, = see cut sprputed and
rooted seedlings al the rate OF $4,000
s.Nnts per hour. one 10 every square
foot q
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-01
Registered Mail to Simplify Task
of Assembling States Electoral Votes

the secretary Of state for the State.
two TO be mailed 20 the Secretary of
State mt Washington and the other TO
the district judge Of the jurisdiction in
which the electors meet,
IL is provided In the new law that
IT, by the fourth wednesday OF JAM
uary. the certificates Of State have
not been received In Washington the
President of the Senate or the Scci etary
II State has authority 10 send special
messenger 10 obtain the duplicate that
had been filed with the district iuage,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-01
BY ]. A. OLEARY.

w YHEN Congress reconvenes in
n December the Senate may
wv find itself debating the
' problem of reapportionment
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-01
Seen as unwieIdIy.

FVFFFt HW NFFWRNFsF'JF
In 1920 n plan was advanced 10 In
CREASE the House to 400, which would
not have taken care OF all the States.
but the objection was made 70 mat
proposal that 1t would make the House
Too large and unwicldy A reappoftion-
ment based on the 1920 census and re-
tainine the limit Of membership at 45b
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-01

European Correspondent for The ST
Chicago Daily News.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-01

w WHILE for obvious reasons
n the foreign comment upon
wv the nomination of Hoover
serves rather to disguise than
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-01

Fl was customary for the members
III tae House end Senate belonging 70
ne same party 10 meet semi officially
usually III the building Or hall where
Congress held It's sessions, and make
tneir selections. These selections would
be communicated 10 the voters by
yeeans Of procIamatj0ns which would
b. signed individually by the members
attending tie caucus and sometimes
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-01

CONTINUED on Fourth Page
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-21
REAL ESTATE
Houses For Sale
SACRIFICE

West decentralization modern
two-story stucco home; only been
built 5 years; beautiful shrubbery.
terraced lot; cash or terms. Apply
NJ. T. Kaplan, kaplan's Store.
Brownsville. JOSS
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-21

FOR SALE-At Mission, Texas,
Home Of the Grapefruit" corner
Lomita Boulevard and 2 mile line.
exactly I 1-2 miles north OF city
limits. Contract let TO pave Lomits
boulevard, work starting Immediately.
20 acres high class sandy loan.
improvements house, garage, barn,
r2knt house, large cistern, insured
si,f00.
8 acres citrus fruit planted so can
subdivide il desired into eight . 1-2
acre tracts with / acre trees at rear.
Each acre containing 6 varieties
fruit. Ideal for small homes.
Cheap at $1,000 per acre, but IL can
sell right now will accept $4,000
half cash. balance liberal terms.
Z. V. Sprowl. owner, Mission, Texas.
J-l35
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-21

FOR RENT: Office rooms over City
Drug Store. 1l16 Washington street.
Cool, modern, and centrally located.
SIS per suite. J-15i
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-21

WANTED FOR CASH: $40 acres
good citrus land near hard road.
Address J-165. Herald. J-i65
FOR TRADE for Valley land, 900
acres in Guadalupe county. New
Mexico; 124 acres in Howell county
Missouri. with some improvements.
F. n. Schlieht, Burlington, Okla.
J-60
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AUTOMOTIVE
How to Diagnose
Brake Trouble

TELL IT 10 HANK
Phone los
We have u complete stock OF
GRAY ROCK BRAKE LINING
And use modern equipment wher
applying new lining
Special discount 20 garages and
dealers when we mount new lin
ing on brake bands.
Harry's Vulcanizing and
Auto Repair Shop
l2th a Mkt. Phone los
J-l5s
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-21

FOR SALE: New five-room house
with bath and all modern %convenien
ces. Garage: on paved street, with
having paid. Now renting for s35
per month. Small down payment,
balance like rent. or viii trade for
lots in good location. Phone a55-J,
or call at 1880 West Washington
~RrnHnsYille.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-21

LAND BARGAINS-152 acres-235
-acres-Donna district. cultivated.
Nothing better. Priced low. Wire.
write or Gallo H Swallow Alamo.
Texas. 1-235
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-15
ARMY BOARD IS UNABLE
TO SUMMON WITNESSES
Controller McCarl Holds Group
Powerless to Cite Civilian
Testimony.

BY the Associated Press.
Basing decision on an old ruling that
a special Army board is without au-
thority at law to summon civilian wit
mes .es before 1t or require them to make
dispositions, Controller General McCarl
has rejected four claims for witness fees
for citizens of Los Angeles, Calf.
An Army board on October 6. 1927
which investigated the death of Staff
Sergt Wayne A. Hoover. summoned
as witnesses Drs. Allan P. Miller and
Chester w. Packard and Harry G.
Webster and George A. Cook. Vouchers
calling for So in each case as witness
fees were rejected by the controller
general
The board of officers said McCarl,
was without authority of law TO sum-
mon civilian witnesses before it or to
require them to make dispositions, by
any compulsory process, and there is no
provision under existing laws or APP
preparations for the payment of witness
fees to the four civilian residents of Los
Angeles who appeared before 1t and
gave their testimony"