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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-25
Antarctic Land Issue
Is Held Important
From the Chattanooga Times.

From the Chattanooga Times.
Washington and London appear to be
on the verge of diplomatic exchanges
concerning title to certain lands in the
region of the South Pole. The London
Evening Star Is of the opinion that the
subject does not merit serious treat
ment. It printed picture of the frozen
Antarctic wastes and accompanied 1t
with the caption, Whats All the Argyll
ment About?" 1t is altogether probable
that many people In the United States
view the matter in much the same way.
Antarctic regions, because they are
frozen, remote, difficult of access and
uninhabitable except with special, high
ly expensive preparation, are considered
by such persons as being of little prac-
tical value. History is replete with such
mistakes as they may be making. For
centuries little importance was attached
to the new world which Columbus dis
covered. France lightly disposed of the
vast territory acquired by the United
States under the Louisiana Purchase.
Russia saw little reason for holding
on to Alaska, when she already had
more frozen territory than she could
use. Yet this once neglected new world
now "wags" the old, SO to speak; the
territory which Napoleon sold is today
"a vast empire" within the United
States, and Alaska has proved to be a
veritable gold mine. AS the old-timer
said, "You can't always sometimes tell.
So It might be just as well for Washing
ton to treat this Antarctic question with
due seriousness.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-25

upheld by an overwhelming majority OF
the House committee on agriculture?
The wise thing to do-and clearly the
farmers themselves will benefit by such
course--is to put the pending plan Of
the House and the President into effect
without further delay. The proof of the
pudding is in the eating. If the Hoover
plan does not prove effective as an aid
to the farmers, other legislation can be
put through in the future. It is quite
clear that the operation Of the proposed
law will be watched with hawklike In
terest, and if it fails to aid the farmer
there will be plenty to demand addi-
tional legislation.
The debenture plan, included in the
Senate bill by combination of Repub-
licans who are "off the reservation" and
Democrats who delight in embarrassing
the Republican administration. or are
anxious to give the cotton farmers of
the South bounty Of ten dollars bale
on their cotton, drawn from the rev.
enues of the Government, will not win
the approval of the Senate unless all
signs fail Senator Copeland Of New
York, Democrat, has no use for the
debenture plan, nor has his colleague.
Senator Wagner. Senator Copeland has
dug up the old equalization fee of the Nc
Nary-Haugen farm bill Of former days
and submitted it as a substitute for the
debenture plan in the pending bill,
There are at least another half dozen
Democrats who are not going to support
the debenture plan. A practically solid
vote of the Democrats in the Senate,
plus the Republican insurgents of the
Senate and Senator Shipstead of Min
nesota, could put the debenture plan
through that body. But the Democrats
are split on the proposal.
Both Chairman McNary Of the Sem
ate agriculture committee and Chair
man Haugen of the House committee
are going along with the adnlinistra-
tons plans for farm relief. Both be-
lieve, with the President, that begin
ming should be made in the matter Of
aiding the farmer, and that the estab-
lishment of a strong Federal Farm
Board will be great step in advance.
If further aid is needed, doubtless both
these legislators will demand it in the
future. But for the present they are go
ing to put through legislation which can
become law with the approval of the
Executive. The farm bill, when it be-
comes law, will be known as the NC
Nary-Haugen farm act. If there's any,
thing in a name, the farmers should
be pleased.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-25
THIS AND THAT,
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

parties" and other disturbances Of the
peace which plain and easily read city
ordinances expressly forbid.
We see dogs running wild through
out neighborhoods when the city
pound and pound wagon are in exist
ence for the one purpose OF putting an
end to such nuisances.
** $50
The answer usually made TO such
complaints is, We'll, what are you 60
ling to do about it,"
A home owner near q large apart
ment house recently telephoned US the
following anecdote: A young girl OF the
dapper type being asked to refrain from
parking her car on a lawn which did
not belong to her. replied: why, what
do you have grass for, II 1t worries you
SOP"
The one thing most people who cling
to the old standards can do about 1t Is
to discuss such matters largely and
freely and openly and vigorously.
Only by sticking up for the law IN
little matters can many city resident
whose backbone has been made soft"
by communal living get back the vim
and spirit of the old days.
n II X
Above all, thousands of men and
women in this country must get them
selves out of the feeling. into which
they have been led craftily by forces
of unrighteousness, that high and noble
considerations are necessarily "namby-
pamby."
Pretty soon, If this thing keeps up,
we will be afraid to admit that our
souls are our own or even that We have
any souls. We will be confined by
force of circumstances to the heated
discussion of the latest models Of the
newest cars, to the daring deeds" of
various crooks and to the number Of
distant stations to be secured by any
radio set. Before We know it our lives
will be. bounded by dream of getting
ahead" and the actuality Of being where
we are. We will leave all of the great
and good things of this world and the
next to the writer's of books.
Writers should not be allowed to have
a monopoly Of seriousness. What Is
written about, any one may discuss and
should discuss-sach is our thesis. Men
should roar their convictions from the
housetops, let who will term them fools
But, first, one must have convictions.
It will not do to have no ideas about
great matters Just because ones friends
prefer to discuss little matters.
Levity, however. Is the mood of the
moment. Everywhere life goes on to
jazz music, broken only by laughter
and the exhaust OF automobiles.
Nobility Is stuffy and old-fashioned.
One may speak easily Of the "flexibility"
of new car, but scarcely at ali Of the
nobility Of comrade.
The total effect of this way of think
ing Is to put gag in millions Of
to spread their own propaganda.
Thus, vulgarity. cheapness. crudity.
smart aleckisn1 are given full play,
occupying position totally out Of keep
ing with their importance, largely be-
cause those who neither believe in them
nor practice them refrain from talking
about their opposites. When will this
important civil war of morality begin?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-25
Do people stand for anything any

Do people stand for anything any
more?
Too many men seem to be afraid to
have convictions about any matter more
personal than an automobile.
They will fight for their favorite mo-
tor. but when 1t comes to their beliefs
as to property rights, law enforcement
ETC., they act as If afraid to express
their honest convictions, II any.
scene finds himself scored for his very
seriousness.ti it almost being an unwrit-
ten law that nothing must be regarded
In serious light.
Great speeches facing national prob
lens squarely must be apologized for
II they consider topics commonly dis
cussed in pulpits.
This country has arrived at state
Of sophistication In which the play-boy
attitude prevails, to the detrin1ent of
the old-ttrne seriousness Of the fathers.
Subversive elements In the body
polite, by centering the attention of
the country on amusements and their
concomitants, have made morality and
simple honesty seem old-fashioned.
Since Modernity has been exalted al
most to the position of a god, all that
is old and. tried is to be suspicioned at
the least, and frowned upon totally at
the worst.
To be ''in style" is the main ambition
Of thousands. And, unfortunately, so
they feel, the true and tried is never
new enough to be stylish.
One can go for weeks on end amid
cultured men without once hearing
anything fine or noble mentioned.
Down beneath the surface of this
apparent philosiphic calm the same old
sort of heart beats, the same brain
functions
The old ideals are known, but they
are not talked about. Everywhere one
meets chit-chat in the place of real
conversation.
In the name Of "smartness" the great
and holy things of the past are one
by one being ruled "out of meeting
widespread standards of a new sort.
Who is responsible for spreading
these lesser standards? In what subtle
way have Americans been made asham-
ed Of their birthrights?
** +
These questions are beyond answer
ing in few hundred words: their
presentation is all that is desired here.
When one is reading he is con1muning
with himself and with this certain
party" may discuss matters not the
subject of ordinary conversations.
Almost any one who is honest with
himself will admit that he knows few
persons who really seem to have down.
right convictions any more about any
thing.
It is too much troublei
If something Is wrong, maybe 1t will
right itself by and by; if 1t doesn't,
what can I do against so many?
Thus we see great communities toll
Grating deeds which so years ago would
have been ended in short order by the
Vigilantees.
We see city residents who believe In
law and order putting up with wild
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-25
The Tammany Leader.

The Tammany Tiger has turned his
back on window dressings" The new
leader of Tammany, John r. Curry,
cannot in the opinion Of New Workers
and New York politicians qualify as an
exenlpliflcation Of the so-called new
Tan1many'.-the Tammany Of Smith,
Olvany and Foley. So the interpreta-
ton placed upon the selection of Mr.
Curry for Tammany leader by ardent
supporters Of former Gov. Smith is that
the organization has turned back to the
old style of Tammany, while the Re-
publicans of New York-and elsewhere
Insist that there never was any such
thing as a. new Tammany," exploited
during the last presidential election.
Mr.. Curry is a district leader Of Tam
many. He came up from the ranks.
Like many another successful politician
in New York City he was Irish born,
and was brought to this country when
a baby. He has risen to his present post
In the Democratic organization Of New
s@--==ss.----..- -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-25
Zoning for Necessary Nuisances.

Court interpretations Of the coming
regulations have brought the District
authorities face to face with problem
of no small proportions in the future
location of such necessary establish
ments as fire houses, police stations,
pumping stations, Fairgrounds. recrea-
ton centers and swimming pools
Briefly stated, the problem Is where to
put them If they are debarred from
residential areas by the zoning regula-
tons. On May solution will be
attempted when hearings are opened
before the Zoning Commission on a
proposed amendment to the regulations
redefning residential areas to include
the types of institutions listed above.
The objections to such changes were
emphatically demonstrated recently IN
two cases. In one the District sought
to erect a fire house in the residential
section on Sixteenth street. In another
the District tried to turn an erstwhile
apartment house on B street southwest
into a modern House of Detention. In
both cases the protesting citizens in
these neighborhoods prevented the ac-
ton. In the case of the fire house, the
zoning regulations were not invoked
directly, but in the case Of the House
of Detention they were. One may easily
visualize the merry battles Of the fu-
ture when the coming regulations are
changed in favor of the municipality.
The question is unusually involved.
The citizen regards a fire engine as
a real friend in time Of need. He sleeps
more soundly at night If he knows that
there is police station not far away.
He looks upon the playground as an
altogether sound and valuable institu-
ton, and he is favorably impressed with
the need for more and better swimming
pools. But Just attempt to place one
of these In his block, or next door to
his home! He Immediately anticipates
the clang Of bells, the sight Of prisoners
arriving in a patrol wagon, the cease
less shouts and yells Of happy children
at play or bathing in the swimming
pool and makes known his protest in
no uncertain terms. Enthusiastic over
the prospect of having one Of these es-
adjustments In. the next block, near
the residence of Mr.. John Smith, he
becomes indignant If the site selected
is in the vacant lot adjoining his own
home.
Other localities have taken the step
contemplated by the District authori-
ties and have exempted the Govern
ment from the application of coming
regulations. And while at this stage Of
Washington's development the zoning
Commission might attempt to look far
into the future and set aside certain
areas for the use Of municipal insti-
buttons, the only practical solution ap-
parent Is to rezone residential areas
specifically to permit them and leave
the locations to the discretion Of the
Commissioners.
This will be done, of course, with the
understanding in advance that some
householders eventually will suffer for
the benefit and protection Of the ma
jority.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-25
Joseph W. Bailey Placed High
Among Statesmen Of South

Petersburg Progress Index. Senator
Bailey probably was the best informed
public man in the Senate or in the
House of Representatives during his
term of service at the National Capital,
although among his colleagues were
George F. Hoar, Senator from Massa-
chusetts, to whom the term walking
encyclopedia was frequently applied,
and John Sharp Williams. Represent
alive from Mississippi, whose broad and
thorough culture and whose vast store
of knowledge on multiplicity OF sub
jects helped to make him famous"
The Syracuse Herald remarks that
This death. following that Of oscar w.
Underwood after a brief interval. leaves
John Sharp Williams of Mississippi the
only important living representative OF
the second chronological line Of that
once famous group Of Southern states
men who had occupied the senatorial
stage since the Civil War-pohtical
legatees of the earlier Morgan of Ala
bama, Hill and Gordon of Georgia,
Lamar of Mississippi, Harris Of Ten
nessee, Butler and Hampton of South
Carolina and others of their imposing
type" The Boston Transcript finds
similarity between Senators Bailey and
Borah, with the conclusion that "the
two men were singularly alike. at least
in their oratorical powers and their
status as opponents of the undiluted
doctrines of the Constitution"
X
His rigid position as an exponent OF
States rights is a subject of comment
by the Bellingf1am Herald, the Houston
Chronicle and the Tulsa World. The
New York Evening World believes that
Ca odtyNnoto I10 hoe had four 11a1c
In the entire history of the Senate and
no superior in his generation" The
Charlotte News expresses the view,
There is none to take the place Of
man like Senator Bailey, whose bril-
liancy as a debater. whose eloquence as
an orator and whose satire as a de-
nouncer have been the despair Of many
others who have followed since he left
the halls Of the Senate"
His career at its very height was
suddenly shattered" states the Roanoke
World-News. Bailey as a lawyer saw
no improperly in accepting as a client
Henry Clay Pierce, oil magnate, and
advised the Pierce interests, ousted from
Texas, how to get back. Under
the storm of disapproval Bailey resigned
from the Senate In 1912, ending his
public career at the age Of 49, when
LIE people OF texas were freely pre-
dieting he would one day reach the
White House. In more recent years
United States Senator has been coun-
sci for Henry Ford without word Of
protest from any one. For a lawyer
Senator to have an oil magnate as his
client In 1912 invited howl that no
man then in public Office could have
withstood. Today it would probably not
occasion ripple"
THAT eclipse was one Of the really
poignant tragedies in the country's
political life" according to the Biz
mingham News, while the Raleigh News
and Observer concludes. Most tragic
was the life Of this great advoeate-for
such he was-as there is no piece of
legislation that bears his name" The
Canton Daily News calls his career "one
Of the major human tragedies Of his
time."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-25
Brookhart's Attack.

Senator Brookhart of Iowa finds 1t
I impossible to go along with the admin
istration in its plans for farm-relief
legislation. The Iowa Senator during the
campaign supported President Hoover's
candidacy vigorously. But now Mr..
Brookhart asserts that the President
has gone back on his campaign pledges
to the farmer because Mr.. Hoover will
not stand for the so-called export de-
benture plan. He takes unbrage at the
fact that the President said during his
speeches that something must be done
to solve the farm problem and in his re-
cent message to Congress the President
said legislation could not solve all OF the
farmers problems.
Nowhere in Mr.. Hoover's campaign
speeches can the Iowa Senator find any,
thing that pledged Mr.. Hoover to the
debenture plan. Indeed, the President
made it clear he was opposed to sub
sides as well as to the equalization fee.
His attack upon the President. therefore,
because Mr.. Hoover has turned down
the debenture plan fatty is not justi-
fed, Notwithstanding the fact that the
Iowa Senator may have believed in his
own heart that the President would ap-
prove such plan.
Nor has the President weakened IN
his stand that the farmers, problems
must be solved, notwithstanding the
criticism leveled at him by Senator
Brookhart. Rome was not built IN a
day nor will the problems Of the farmer
be solved in day. But If the Brook
harts, the Norrises, the Copelands and
the Blaines have their way the day
Of the farmer is likely to be Lluch longer
delayed. It has become evident thai
only such legislation as the House Is
putting the finishing touches on and a.
is contained in the Senate bill minus
the debenture plan can become law
why in the name of common sense dc
= members of Congress who claim to be
friends of the farmer persist IN delay
ing the enactment Of such legislation
They insist that such legislation VIII mo-
be a real aid to the farmer. But tina
is merely their opinion-an opinion thai
Is clearly in the minority. Why not ap
prove the PRESIDENTS plan md the plaz
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-25

Ranked as a great orator Of the old
school and a man who possessed not
able knowledge Of constitutional law,
Joseph w. Bailey, once Senator from
Texas and a leader in Congress, Is
praised by his countryn1en as death
ends his active career. It is recognized
that he was of presidential callber.
Reference is made to relations with the
oil interests which touched, tragically
his political life, but his defenders
point out that this age would hardly
have condemned his course.
Probably no man in the public life
of the past half century developed
a greater following Of nilitantly loyal
friends" says the Fort Worth Record
Telegram, than did the former Sena-
tor from Texas. And none, probably
was opposed by similar aggregation
of implacable disbelievers. Today,
those who never sverved in their 10y
atty and those who were adamart In
their aninosities are combined in re-
spect for the memory of a man who
never turned his back on any man or
set of men. In MANY respects
he was characterized as was Old Kick
ory' Jackson. Contact with him emitted
a positive or negative spark
He was a worthy and notable Texan.
AS such, he is entitled to the respect
of this and succeeding generations.
Bailey belonged among the magnifi-
cent. though perhaps not among the
great" according to the Little ROCK
Arkansas Democrat. which recalls that
throughout his political career-and
his life as a citizen too. for that mat
ter-Joe Bailey commanded attention.
While he was recognized as a man
learned In the constitutional law, his
real strength was In his ability as a
speaker"
'He served 10 stressful years in the
House and IL in the Senate recalls
the st. Louis Globe-Democrat, "and
during that time his party was in the
majority only 4 years in either body.
No other member impressed himself
more wildly on those in touch with
congressional circles during those %
wears" The Texarkana Gazette states
further that when he, died. his former
political foes were among the first to
pay him tribute, recognizing that ne
was one of the great men OF Texas"
"He was not of the pale breed which
comes, goes and Is not remembered by
IllOSG WIFI WLlOul LAG OC4NC0 IA wa
gress," declares the New York Times.
Ellis powerful voice, his impressive
presence, his fine abilities and his high
courage marked him out among his
fellows" The New York Sun recog-
nizes that his qualities distinguished
him even in period in which the sil-
yer tongue commanded more attention
In politics than it does today" The
Buffalo Evening News, calling him "a
man OF exceptional ability" records
that "his name frequently occurred in
discussions of Democratic presidential
timber" The Shreveport Journal re-
calls that "a generation ago he was
regarded throughout the length and
breadth Of the land as the greatest
authority on constitutional law this
country has produced"
X X
Next to John r. Morgan, Senator
from Alabama" in the opinion Of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-25
College Educators
Cash Value Held Low
From the Newark Evening News.


A new effort to put a cash value
upon higher education has been made
by Prof. Harold F. Clark of Teachers
College. After studying the economic
aspects Of education for year, he re-
ports that a college course does not
increase the recipients earning power,
but may have an opposite effect. This
is so contrary to the common idea that
today, more than ever before, higher
education is a necessity for those who
would go far that it challenges atten-
No doubt there Is congestion In the
professions, but there is no better way
for Prof. Clark to get himself into hot
water than by pushing the recommen-
dation he is expected to offer to limit,
by State control, the number entering
the professions so as to keep salaries
lower. The Constitution has something
to say about "abridging the privileges
and ir1munities Of citizens" that would
command consideration.
This report may have good effect,
however, il 1t breaks down the idea
that there are only certain occupations
betting college man or woman's
dignity. The idea Is not so potent as
it once was. All sorts of businesses are
appealing to collegians, including some
which have been much neglected in the
mast
1t Is a tragedy to force youth into
occupations they dislike and for which
they are not fitted by Nature because
Mrs. Grundy says that is the thing for
college men and women TO do. There
may be an escape from it in recalling
Shakespeare's words:
"a man of sovereign parts he is es-
teem'd;
Well fitted in arts. glorjous in arms;
Nothing becomes him III that he would
do we'll"
If the college boys and girls thought
as much about increasing their earning
power through a college education as
DR.. Clark does. not so many would be
in college. With a great many Of
them, that is not the prime motive.
They are in college because they want
an education. The true collegian would
rather have it than great riches.