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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-01

american Author Ruth KendeH. Rus
siG's only iOonl0n general sought her
sympathy in dark hour.
A S Minskaya told the writer in the interview
which followed the burberry pie course,
smiling little at his naive question about
democracy" in the Red Army the day Is long
past when the Red soldiers elected their officers
although they vote at elections to the SovietS
and thus are represented in the government,
ut wouldn't. be an ARMY, you know. if we had
democracy" she said. ....s
But there is nevertheless comradely spirit
among officers and men, entirely hacking In
social distinctions and striking contrasts I'M uni
forms, standards of living and advantages
Minskaya's little room. in the community
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-01

ing simple Summer dress and looking her
usual girlish and unaSsuming self. The Amer1-
can writer completely taken aback, dropped his
pie and stared at her. Instead Of surprising her
In his favorite role of cook, she had surprised
him in her favorite feminine role. He CON-
feSsed later that he had expected to see a
booted and Spurred masculine woman.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-01

she probably wanted to forget that she was q
soldier and be just woman--and bereaved
mother.
Two years later We visited her at the Sum-
neT encampment Of the War Academy near
Moscow. It was located in q beautiful grove
Of trees and Minskaya was living in one of
the log cottages. The room, of the community
Kitchen was only large enough to contain her
cot and the maids, the baby's crib and table.
Like many woman workers in Moscow, she
aired peasant girl to look after her child
Looking frail and feminine in cotton house.
dress she sat on the veranda and told us her
troubles, holding the sturdy baby while he tried
to walk on the railing. Her husband was on
vacation in the Crimea; her maid had gone
into town, had fallen Ill and was taken to the
hospital. .-
The general had no idea what had happened
to the maid, but waited for her return, trying
to care for the baby and unable to attend to
her duties. For three days she was up against
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-01

," HE only woman general in the world
is to be found in the Red army. The
principle of complete sex equality put
into practice by the Soviet govern
Evening star., 1929-11-17

eradication attempt would be inadvis-
able. Where for considerable portion
of the year there are no adults flying
and the habits are such that the other
stages are easily destroyed by thorough
work and the known distribution is not
too great, such an attempt would be
well worth while.
1T is obvious, then" concludes Prof
Smith. that the duty of governments,
so far as applied entomology is con-
cerned. lies in this program: Quaran-
tine, to exclude insect pests which have
not yet been introduced or which are
of very limited distribution; eradica-
ton. applied to those individual cases
where an introduced pest is or very
limited distribution and where a care
full biological and economic study of
the conditions gives reasonable hope of
success; biological control, to reduce
the population of an insect pest below
the danger line or to reduce 1t to the
point where mechanical methods give
more nearly perfect results. and, finally.
as an additional safeguard, to develop
the mechanical and cultural methods
of control to the highest possible de-
gree of perfection"
Evening star., 1929-11-17
Huge Task Faces Congress
Just Shhng,W FINAL Disposition

hang heavy over the head Of either
house, nor over Washington in general
for that matter. On the other hand, it
will be a Winter and Spring jammed
full Of important developments, legis-
lative, investigative, political and other
wise.
The fires of politics always burn
fiercely enough in any regular or long
session of Congress in view of the fact
it is the session Immediately preceding
congressional and general elections. In
the coming session, however, they may
be expected to flame up more f1ercely
than usual. One substantial reason for
this is to be found in the developments
of the extraordinary session. Since the
middle of last April the Capitol has
been swept by bitter controversies over
agricultural relief, tariff and other sub
iects. Especially farm relief and tariff
revision have stirred feeling.
This has been particularly so in the
Senate, where the struggle between the
regular or administration Republican
Senators on the one hand and the
coalition of Democrats and insurgent
Republicans on the other has been
marked by acute differences such as one
seldom sees.
To some extent the administration
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that it would It has taken on the
form of general revision instead of the
limited revision proposed by the Presi-
dent, and Is proving long, arduous
and bitterly controverted proposition.
For some weeks it has been plain
that the Senate would not pass the
tariff bill in the extra session and that
it would have the subject still on it's
hands when the regular session con-
vened; also that the troublesome, If
not impossible, task of the two houses
agreeing on q conference report would
not be accomplished until some time in
the Winter.
The regular session under such cir
cumstances has on its hands not only
the problems which ordinarily would
fall to it, but also the completion of
the business of the extraordinary ses-
sion. The revision of the tariff is not
only not yet completed but a large
share of the revising has yet to be
effected.
Policies Expected to Flare Up.
The regular session of Congress has
more on its hands apart from tariff
than 1t can possibly dispose of. Hence
it may safely be expected that time for
the next six months is not going to
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Only 81 of lS3 Insect Species on U. S.
Farms Found to Be of Foreign Origin

Refuting the commonly made charge
that most of the insect pests that af-
f1ict agricultural crops are of foreign
origin, Prof. Harry S. Smith of the Uni
verSity of California citrus experiment
station gives figures to show that less
than half of the major insect pests have
been imported. Prof. Smith heads the
biological. control work at the station
in Riverside, Calf.
of such insects. OF these he finds that
81 are undoubtedly of foreign origin,
a total Of 44.2 per cent. OF the re-
naming 102 species 1t is entirely prob
able. he says, that some are of foreign
origin. He includes the entire North
American continent as native, and
therefore classes the boil weevil as not
foreign.
OF the seven orders in which the 1873
species OF insect pests fall. says Prof.
Smith, the Hemiptera, or bugs, are most
numerous, with 54, of which % have
been introduced and 81 are native. The
Lepiloptera, or moths, are second, with
SO, of which 81 are native. Others are
Coleoptera, or beetles, ~, of which %
are native: Diptera, flies, IL, of which
6 are native; Hymenoptera, waspS, 8,
half native and half foreign; Orthop-
terra. grasshopperS. cricketS, ETC., 7. all
native; Thysanoptera, thrips, 6, OF
them native.
OF the number introduced bugs and
moths tie, with %; beetles come next,
with IL; flies, S; waspS, 4; thrips, 2,
and hoppers, none.
Discussing the possibility of eradicat-
ing or controlling insect pests, Prof.
Smith says that introduced pests which
have become firmly established in fauna
here often present possibilities of bio
logical control that should not be over
looked. In the case of those species for
which no satisfactory control method
has been developed. parasite introduce
ton becomes an absolute necessity.
There are, he points out, many cases
Of introduction Of pests in which an
Evening star., 1929-11-17
Irish Capital Lacking
Benefits of Library

When Northern Ireland set UP state
with its capital in Belfast and with
separate judiciary and administration
Of all departments it remained without
some of the advantages enjoyed by the
Free State capital, Dublin. Belfast has
no national library. Dublin has not
only great national library, but Trinity
College Library Is one of the finest Il.
Europe. and Is still entitled by law TO
receive free q copy Of every book pub
hshed. Belfast now proposes to eaten
up by establishing o state library.
Evening star., 1929-11-17
What Makes Us What We Are?
BY BRUCE BARTON.

dowed at birth with all the quail
tiles which subsequently become
a blessing or a curse.
Said such a man: "The domi-
nant characteristics are easily
discoverabIe even at the age of
two or three years. From baby
hood ! was an incessant worker
and my brother idIsd. Time has
not changed us. have worked
always and he has only drifted."
Another told me that he and
his wife went to an orphan
asylum to adopt a little boy.
For a couple of hours they
watched two hundred youngsters
playing on the floor. One of
them was trying to fit the cover
onto a tin can. Time after time
he struggled to push it into
place, only to take it off and
start all over again.
"We'Il take that baby" said
the man. "He will be q worker"
! discussed this subject once
with q shrewd observer of the
human race. He mentioned the
man who had been the leader
of his class at college and has
never been heard of since.
"Perhaps he had some hidden
illness" | said. "Perhaps he just
couldn't amount to anything"
My friend disagreed vigorous
ly. "Hs could have changed
himself" he said. "Deep down
in his heart that man knows
why he has failed"
Personally, I believe this. The
pictures of my five friends tend
to confirm this belief. They are
what they were as children, but
they are also different.
Each has nodded himself, and
not merely been nodded. Not
birth alone, but will power, has
made them what they are.
1927
Evening star., 1929-11-17
BY JOHN SNURE.

" oNFRoNTED by long and dif-
ficult series of legislative prob
lens, the second session OF the
~ Seventy-flrst Congress, the reg
ular or long session of that
body, will open December 2.
In both Senate and House, majority
and minority leaders already are look
ing forward to the opening OF the regu-
lar session and making plans for its
program. Beginning on the first Mon
day of December, it will continue, with
a brief recess for the holidays, until late
next Spring or early Summer. Con-
tingencies might arise which would
cause it to lengthen out still farther.
It will be impossible in the next six
months to dispose of the tremendous
mass Of proposed legislation which the
two houses will be called on to con-
slider, or to deal with more than
fraction of the great issues which Will
be presented. But the coming year is
the year for the biennial congressional
campaign and because of the exigencies
of politics the chiefs Of both parties
will attempt to end the legislative ses-
sion about June and give over the
Summer and Fall to the business OF
nominations and elections and to car
rying the record of Congress to the
people for their verdict.
Just Starting to Fight.
One house or the other Of Congress
has been active since the middle Of last
April. So much has been heard of farm
relief, tariff, prohibition, lobby investi-
cations and the like that 1t may seem
strange to say the real work OF the
Seventy-first Congress is just about to
begin. This, however, is the case. In
spite of the long months of debate over
farm relief, tariff and other subjects,
Congress is just starting to fight
The extra session, important as 1t has
been, has been concerned with only
limited program, chiefly with farm re-
lief and tariff. The committees of the
House, with certain exceptions, have not
been organized. This policy was adopted
for the very purpose of blocking gen.
eral legislation and centering attention
on relief for agriculture and tariff re-
vision. The multitudious issues which
demand attention in the regular ses-
sion for the most part have been un-
touched.
President Hoover, in pursuance Of
pledges he made in the 1928 campaign,
called Congress in extraordinary session
last Spring for the primary purpose OF
enactine farm relief legislation and re-
vising the tariff law. 1t was generally
supposed when the extra session con-
| vened that long before this the task
| mapped out by the Executive would
have been completed.
Tariff Measures still Up.
The farm relief measure was passed
and its provisions are now being ad-
ministered, but the revision Of the
tariff has dragged, just as few of the
veteran legislators predicted last spring
Evening star., 1929-11-17

ECENTLY there came into
- my possession the photo
graphs of five brothers
Il y whom ] have known very
we'll all my life. The pictures
were taken when the eldest of
the five was only 8 years old.
The first thing that impressed
me was the resemblance of each
one to all the others. Anybody,
looking at them, would have
known at once that they are
children of the same father and
mother.
Even more striking was the
fact that today, when their aver
age age is 20, they seem to have
changed very little. had no
difficulty in laying the baby
pictures on the desk and saying,
"This is Joe, and this is john"
One might almost jump to the
conclusion, from such an exhibit,
that experience and will power
have. very little to do with
character.
Vet I know that each of these
five boys has been changed, and
by the exercise of his own free
will
\ 4 X \
The hot temper Of the eldest
has been cooled by self co ntrol;
he has become far sweeter and
more tolerant.
The impatienee of another,
which made him quick to start
new things and quick to leave
them half finished, has been
transformed into steady staying
power.
BY exercise and self discipline
the physical weakness of a third
has been built up into solid
health. There are many men
who seriously question whether
we humans have any free will.
They believe that we are en-.
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change can be brought about, there
ought never again to be general tariff
revision; the thing is a scandal polio
ically and a disaster economically"
The wish to get away from the old
method of tariff-making is probably
stronger at this moment than at the
close of any previous tariff revision. If
there is any way of escape from tariff
revision of the old kind, the path to
rescue lies along the lines of the Tariff
Commission and of one variation or an
other of what is called the flexible
provision" The flexible provision, the
alternative forms of 1t and the ramifi-
cations Of 1t are going to come much
to the front within week or so. 1t is
going to be desirable that the public
should understand it. But 1t is COM
plex matter and must be made the sub
iect Of q later article.
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an etched seal OF the United States.
The chinaware is a simplified design in
ivory color on the general lines Of that
now in use at the White House. On the
outer rim is formal band containing
stars, and the decoration is completed
by the gold seal of the United States.
The silk for bedroom curtains and car
pets for the upper stories were pur-
chased in the United States from the
lowest bidders on specifications prepared
by the Bureau of Standards and the
Federal Specifications Board. The AM
bassadors residence itself was the gift
of j. Pierpont Morgan.
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the furnishing of the American Ambas-
Sador's residence in London. and it ap-
propriated the sum of $4,000 for the
purpose The specifications for the
furniture provided that the designs fol-
low the lines of certain pieces on exhibit
tion at American museums, thus max
would represent less the taste and Sc
lection of the individual than the ex-
ample of the best in American designs,
as approved by Americans over period
of years.
The glassware follows q simple Co
1onial design, and its sole decoration is
Evening star., 1929-11-17

600, 900, Representative
Stephen G. Porter OF Penn
sylvania, chairman of the Foreign Serv-
ice Buildings Commission, will soon have
to seek from Congress additional funds
to carry forward the commissions pro-
gram to provide every diplomatic and
consular post abroad with an American
owned building.
Progress already made in carrying out
the program and the great advantages
found by American business men in the
buildings so far completed have made
Chairman Porter hopeful that the COM
mission can obtain from Congress the
funds it needs. About 40 projects are
under way, and when the program is
completed about ITO embassies. legations
and consulates in foreign countries will
be housed in buildings owned by the
United States.
Act Passed In 1926.
It was in 1925 that Congress. spurred
on by the demands of American busi-
ness men, as well as by representatives
of the State Department, passed the
foreign service building act. This set
I'D a commission, whose members In
ciuded the chairman of the Hours For
eign Affairs Committee and the Senate
Committee on Foreign Relations, the
ranking minority members of these two
committees and the Secretaries OF State,
Commerce and the Treasury. The pres
ent cabinet members are Secretaries
StimSon, Mellon and Lamont.
Until he resigned, few month before
the Republican national convention,
President Hoover was member OF the
commission, and took an active part in
formulating its program.
One of the first acts Of the commits
sion was to authorize the completion OF
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The Paris embassy is the biggest
project of the commission up to date.
On March IL, 1928, the commission
allocated $1.250,00 for the purchase of
site on the northwestern corner Of
the historic Place de Ia Concorde for
an office building to house all American
activities In the French capital. The
final payment and transfer Of title were
made August 4, 1928. Throughout the
hearings on the bill oficials expressed
the desire to consolidate, so far as pos
sible, all the business activities of the
government in the principal foreign
capitals.
Central Site Selected.
Callers at these offices average 100 a
day. The commission wanted to put
into effect the principle of consolida-
ton first at Paris, a city visited annu-
ally by hundreds of thousands of Amer
ican tourists and business men. Here
tofore our business activities have been
carried on in about Is separate offices,
and an American might have passed an
entire day visiting three or fouN of
these. At the consulate general alone
callers number 600 daily.
The commission selected a site on the
Place de Ia Concorde for two reasons.
In the first place, it wanted to locate
the American Office building as near
the center of activities of American
visitors as possible and, in the second
place, 1t wanted to protect these offices
from the noise and darkness of a
crowded community by installing them
in a building with a sunny outlook,
fronting on wide open space. The Place
de la Concorde has been an open center
for more than 100 years and the au-
thorities Of the French capital intend
to keep it so.
The city of Paris has a requirement
that building constructed on the Place
Continued on Sixth Page)
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w YITH close to $4,000, 600 already
allocated, out of an original
wv authorization in 1925 of $10,-
100000, Representative
Ctanhay, n porter IF Penn
Evening star., 1929-11-17

- ONFRONTED by long and Diff
4 ficult series of legislative prob
I lens, the second session of the
~ Seventy-first Congress, the reg
,,lor m. long session Of that
Evening star., 1929-11-17
BY FRANK H. SIMONDS.

7 OWEVER brief the stay Of Andre
Tardieu in office-and all pres
ent estimates give his cabinet
i 4 but a brief existence-hiS ar
ritual as rarasidert of the council
Evening star., 1929-11-17

Continued on Sixth Page.)
Evening star., 1929-11-17
BY MARK SULLIVAN.

w YE shall see very shortly some
AI kind Of dramatic climax to
wv seven months Of tariff
V making-seven months al-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-07

nn. 1d 5% s1a sutton has to be handled pretty carefully and a girl had best
hot ead u p to IN cupldsa II wedding cakes o quickly. Let her. rather ask
a few Intelligent Questions about his business as a starter. thereby gaining
ms confidence n showing him that she is interested in his career. Donald,
IN nen young man. man OF the porch swing. and Bereniee. his girl friend, have been
nf wd BerenIGe is lot rushing matters however; She is talking brightly
iona is assistant to a fashionab embalmer and doing very we'll oh. Don."
is asking, did o rave any nice orpsc in the establishment TO-DAY?
Do tell m about themE
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-07

Games are a great help in aSSuaging baShiulncss in a
suitor-eSpeclany II the girl being courted Cor about to be
courttd) is somewhat bashful herself. Prisoners ba c.
by a mlniSter-and ministers are exceedingly bashful on
account of their Sprituality-a good, healthy, rolicking game
OF croquet is unequaled as a means of promoting a kindly
feeling all around.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-06
By ALICE ADAMS PROCTOR

(K/HY do some children "gee ahead" faster
than others in school?
firmly believe-and I've had my opinion con-
frmed by leading child experts-it is largely due
to proper food
After many years as dietitian, have learned
that it is possible to control child health through
diet by observing few simple rules.
Children need, first of all, food that is whole
some and simple Wholesome, so that it will sup
pythe proper elements for growth of strong bodies
and active, lively minds; and simple, so that the
young digestive systems will not be overtaxed in
assimilation.
With this thought in mind, I have prepared
special dishes for school days that give children the
lively energy that enables them to win. offer
you here several practical suggestions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-06

less gift of energy to carry them through child
hoods hearty and exhaustng days.
OVER THE RADIO-At 7:30 every Wednes-
day evening the Happy Wonder Bakers present
Ike Wcrder Period over WRC and q as.
ISOLATED stations of the National Broadcastins
Company. Tune in and hear the famous Happy
Wonder Bakers Trio. and their orchestra, con-
Quoted by Frank Black.
Let me send Won nv new sandwich booklet
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-03-06
SILK "UN|0N'
HEAD RESIGNS
Rumors Slate Him for
City Hall Job

PATERSON, N. J., March g.
Fred Hoelscher, secretary-organizer
of the Associated Silk Workers
Union, who led in carrying out the
expulsion of left wingers from that
organization, an action which broke
the recent silk strike and reduced
the Associated to an empty. dis
credited hulk, has resigned. His
resignation is the most conclusive
proof of the fact that the Associ-
ated is breathing it's last.
Hoelscher's action in itself is no
great surprise to the silk workers
of Paterson. Because the only ac-
tivity and power left to his organ
ization was that of legalized and or
ganized scabbirg on the striking
members of the National Textile
Workers Union. Its membership
had left and Joined the N. r. w.
locals when that union was formed
under the leadership of the expelled
progressives.
But tire surprising element in the
resignation is the substantiation o.
the rumor, which has been aflcat
Continued on Page Two)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-03-06
!. |. D. BAZAAR
OPENS TONIGHT
Class War Play and
Chorus on Program

Thousands of workers, coming
from every section of New York and
vicinity, will gather tonight at
o'clock to attend the opening of the
big annual bazaar of the New York
district of the international Labor
Defense at New Star Casino, 107th
st. and Park Ave.
The bazaar this year has been
planned on scale never before at
tempted. The many class war cases
now being handled by the Interna-
tional Labor Defense, for which
funds will be provided by the ba-
zaar, together with the general
growth of the influence of the l.
L. D. make the bazaar this year one
of the most important Left wing
activities of the year.
The bazaar will be formally OPEN
ed by Norman H. Tallentire, acting
national secretary of the Interna-
tional Labor Defense, who will talk
on the work of the /. L. d. and its
significance in the struggles of the
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