Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-28

IL makes little oluerence W VIZ
Government whether the person Is
operating a small hand press on
meager salary or is superintendent
of division on a nanosom as.o Sa tSon
If a $40 bill is short on a cnecK; tnen
the one on whom the responsibility Is
fixed must pay.
And the face value Of the shortage
must be paid, be 1t large or small. Inns
anplies to every sheet of paper, whether
IL is blank or printed. One would Stand
a much better chance to get money II
he were to stage daylight hoid-up on
a downtown bank than he would 10 uy
and get away with bank note from
the Bureau of Engraving and Printing.
For through a system of reports the
movement of this paper money from
one division to another is flxed as soon
as the transfer has been accomplished.
A group of auditors from one Drancn
of the Treasury Department not con-
nected with the bureau is at work con-
stantly verifying the balances as re-
corded in the accounting division.
Actual securities are on hand In the
several divisions to determine that
securities have not been removed
maliciously without detection.
Everything must be accounted for In
each division before any employe OF
that division is permitted to leave the
building at the close Of work. This
means that 5000 persons have gone
through the most careful tests ana
checks before they are told that they
may 60 for the day.
These employees are not even per-
mitted to leave the building during the
noon lunch period or at any other time
during the day.
A good example of the eternal vigil
lance practiced in handling this paper
money is to be had in the way the old
issue of currency will be disposed OF
a'i As I ths a old bills come into the
Treasury they will be carefully col
lected and recorded, bundled into bales
and carted to the steel money
There are three keys to one Of these
macerators. One each is held by the
Secretary of the Treasury, the treasurer
of the United States and the con-
troller of currency, and on each
macerator there are three locks.
These three officials or their repre-
sentatives, in company with fourth
representative of the people and banks,
will each day personally unlock the
macerators and place In them the ola
currency. Inc uuS WILL tAich oc AS~NSA,
water poured in the macerators, and
$50 knives will reduce the bills to pulp.
When President Hoover announced
the appointment of Charles Evans
Hughes. ir.. as solicitor general Of the
United states, more than passing m
terest was manifested in the CHIEF Ex-
ecutives selection.
II was heard on all sides that 1t was
q matter of congratulation. Inc lntro-
duction of young blood of Hughes char
acter-he will not be 20 until next NO
vember-into the public service was
held to be q splendid thing.
Chief Justice William Howard IaIt
general at the age of 80. And 1t was
an important step in his distinguished
career.
Friends of the younger Hughes de-
clare that his most outstanding char
acteristic is his modesty. 1t was this
quality that set him apart as one OF the
most popular students at Brown UNI
versity, where he graduated in 1909.
Even ut that time his fathers name
was powerful Everywhere he went ne
was pointed out as the son OF Cnarles
Evans Hughes. While he was sopno.
more ut Brown his father was elected
Governor Of New York. He was sub
jected to much kidding from his fellow
students, for Brown has ever boosted OF
the fact that 1t Is one Of the most
democratic institutions in the world,
and that it matter little what the
mans father Is.
The Liber Brunensis, the university
annual, gibed young Hlghes in its cal
endar of events Of that year with the
following paragraph:
Nov. Election returns come in.
Brown men win all around. Charlie
Hughes. jr., celebrates his fathers VIC