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have q special surprise for you today.
The Representative-elect from Flori-
fornia will sing, at the close Of the hear
ing today, Get Out and Get Under the
Moon"
There are certain difficulties which
must be ironed out before Senator
Nye's bill can be enacted. however.
The broadcasting station would prob
ably be attacked as putting the Govern
ment In the radio business end Compel
ing with commercial enterprises. And.
unless the Government erected station
powerful enough to stretch from coast
to coast, it would have to depend on
hook-ups with other stations to reach
the Middle West, where so many good
voters live. But these obstacles will
probably be ironed out by science before
the station Is erected. And when it Is
erected, every member Of Congress will
measure his place in the hearts of his
countrymen by the amount Of his "fan
mall" and the strength Of . statesman
will be gagged by the number Of radio
tuning dials that are set for Station
USA when he goes on the air.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-14

frequently happens that men are en-
barrassed and confused by the extent
of their gifts. The profundity Of theo-
logical knowledge Is no guarantee Of o
contented mind.
Again, we frequently find those who
are limited in both capacity and knowl-
edge who make the largest use Of the
limited gifts they have. The man in
the parable who hid his gift in the
earth had no evident Understanding OF
its purpose. The very limitation of his
holding rendered him Indifferent to Its
value. Every life, no matter how hum
BILE and seemingly impoverished, has
some quality or gift Of which the world
has need. recall the incident Of O
crippled child whose body was racked
with pain who, In the face Of her af-
Fiction, became one Of the benefactors
Of the community In which she lived
Helen Keller Is brilliant example OF
what we have in mind With every
avenue Of approach to life restricted
she has come to be one of the outstand-
ing dispensers Of happiness and peace
One OF the great preachers Of our
generation once told me that one of the
finest experiences Of his life came from
the simple expression of Christian faith
from the lips Of humble, unobtrusive
WOAAAoAA W WAkOAAl AAC 44SbCAS0 Al 0Il East
Side mission of New York. II It Is true
that the worlds battles are won BY
lieutenants and privates, it Is equally
true that the most beneficent service Is
rendered, in the main, by those who use
the few gifts, sometimes the single gift,
they have In enriching their fellows.
An inarticulate faith or an express
sionless form Of generosity, II there be
such, Is valueleSS. That we grow in
tensively only as we grow extensively is
universally true. 1t may be a poetic ex-
preston that afflrms.
What kept lost,
What gave away kept"
and yet we witness the proof of this
every day. Jesus declared, He that
loseth his life shall find It," LIES ac-
countability is inevitably disclosed in
the use we make Of the gifts which God
has given us.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-14
The Governments Theaters.

with the acquisition by the Govern
ment the other day of the old Ford
Theater, in the market district. Is part
Of the site for one Of the new public
buildings, the United States becomes
possessor Of no less than three places
Of dramatic entertainment, one being
Polls, which 1t has owned for many
years, another the President, which 1t
bought q short time ago. and now the
famous house which John T. Ford Sc
cured after the assassination of Presi-
dent Lincoln in his former theater on
Tenth street. This former home Of the
drama, which thus is the latest to be-
come the property Of Uncle Sam, has
not for a long period been the scene Of
public entertainments. It has been out
Of commission as a theater for at least
twenty years, and for o long time before
its passing 1t was styled, not by the
name which was nationally known,
''Ford's Theater," but Is the Bijou. It's
walls have In time comprised the offer
ings Of some of the Nations most IA
nous thespians. They were succeeded
by lesser lights Of the drama, and at
last the house was the scene OF less
than average productions.
ALL three Of these theaters have in
the past been known by other names
than those Of the present Polls Of to-
day was Chase's Of former times and
Albaugh's Opera House before then.
The President was Kernan's for many
years, and it had another name before
that, which has slipped from memory.
Ford's was the Bijou in after years, but
It was Walls Opera House before Ford
took it In his emergency Of 1855. It has
had other names in the course Of its
career, which were borne for brief
periods and dropped.
All three of these historic places OF
entertainment will be RACED In o little
while. They are landmarks, and they
vii be missed for q brief period. But 1t
is all in the line Of development that
these and other traditional places OF
local interest should pass to make way
for the great public building program
now In evolution. Polls Theater will,
with It's adjacent structures, be de-
stroyed to provide plaza to flank the
Commerce Department Building soon to
arise to the south. The others will
merge into building sites. In another
decade they will be but memories.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-14

sumo that the farm bill which b put
through win be In line with the recom-
mendations of President Hoover rec
concentrations which he has yet to SUBJ
NIT to Congress In his message. The
farm organizations Of the country have
indicated at least willingness to 60
along with the administrations pro-
gram, anG If after 1t has been tried out
they desire more they will come knock
ing at the door again. But this Con-
gress is ready to put through farm
bill. It must put through a farm bill
that The Chief Executive will approve
for there would not be the slightest
chance, in the opinion of leaders, OF
passing measure over the presidential
veto.
The tariff revision problem Is perhaps
more ticklish for the administration
than is the farm-relief bill. It must
hold Q course which will carry it safely
between the scylla Of inadequate pro-
lection for American products on the
one hand and the Charybdis Of de-
struction Of American foreign trade on
the other. The whole world is watching
the course Congress and the Presi-
dent will pursue with regard TO the
tariff. The President has let it
be known in clear tones that there Is
to be no blanket upward revision Of the
tariff, with enormously high rates. The
tariff bill is to be in reality . mere
supplement OF the existing law, with an
adjustment Of rates, particularly de-
signed to aid the farmers and certain
manufacturers who have need Of fur
Their protection.
As the new session opens II Is i'm
possible to predict with any certainty
when the Congress will wind up its
work and adjourn until the regular ses-
sion next December. There is talk Of
taking up the census bill and reap
portionment Of the House membership.
the question Of national origins and
the transfer of the prohibition enforce
ment from the Treasury 10 the De-
partment Of Justice. July, August and
even September may see the legislators
still hard at work. The hope Of the
administration, however, Is that Con-
gress viii tackle It's Job, the job for
which it was called, and complete It Is
speedily as possible, so that the farm
ers and the American manufactures
may have promptly the beneflt Of legis-
lation which they were promised during
the campaign.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-14
The Special Session.

The new Congress meets In special
session tomorrow, called here to tackle
two problems of major importance to
the country-farm relief and tariff re-
vision. It is little more than month
since new President moved into the
White House and took over the admin
istration of the Government. One Of his
first acts was to issue proclamation
converting Congress in extraordinary
session April Is. And now the new
President and the new Congress will,
t1guratively speaking, face each other
ct opposite ends of Pennsylvania ave-
nue-tomorrow. Upon the measure Of
cooperation which is developed and the
leadership viii depend the success Of the
coming session Of the National Legis-
lature and of the Chief Executive.
In both houses of Congress the Re-
publicans hold control, and President
Hoover Is fortunate to have with him
. greater margin Of Republican votes
In the Senate than did his predecessor.
Furthermore, the Republican members
of Congress are well disposed toward
him. Even the so-called radicals,
Brookhart, Frazier, Nye and others
supported the President vigorously in
the national campaign last year. On the
other hand, there is nucleus of mall
contents in the Senate, headed by Nor
ris of Nebraska and including Blaine
and La Toilette Of Wisconsin. They
doubtless will seize upon any pretext
which they can md to make trouble
for the new President; and there may
be others who, having swung safely
into port in the last election, will be
ready to join with the malcontents. The
Democrats a Republican President has
with him always. It is to be expected
that the minority party will make him
as much trouble as it can, in both
houses Of Congress.
Already the committees of the House
and Senate have practically completed
farm relief bills, and it Is planned to
take such q measure up without delay
and put It through while the House
ways and means committee Is placing
the finishing touches On the tariff bill.
Generally speaking. It Is safe to as-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-14
The Five-Year Budget.

Auditor Donovan's suggested f1ve-year
financial program for the District, re-
ported elsewhere in today's Star, is an
excellent description of what the Wash
ington community can and cannot do
in the next five years under the exist
ing rate of taxation and the existing
system of congressional appropriation
for the Capital. The Commissioners
are careful to explain, in submitting the
budget for public consideration, that
the plan is only tentative. In addition
to their statement that financial rela-
tons, upon which the budget Is based,
may change, they might have added
that the necessity for such q change
becomes obvious through the most
casual study of the proposed budget.
Mr.. Donovan's budget contemplates
The expenditure of about sixteen mil
Ion dollars in the next i've years on
extraordinary improvements for che
Capital. These improvements include
the purchase of land for the municipal
center, a children's tuberculosis sani-
tarium, bathing pools, elimination OF
grade crossings. construction Of two
new bridges, farmers market, expan-
SION of the public library system and a
new incinerating plant for refuse dis
posal. The remaining two hundred and
fourteen millions to be available under
Mr.. Donovan's plan in the next five
years would go for maintenance and
0pkeep.
The budget further shows that about
Fhirty-two million dollars worth of sug-
gested improvements are unaccounted
az under the five-year plan. These in
Gude the general administration build
hg for the municipal center, eventual
d to replace the present Municipal
Building; National Guard armory, an
airport, new jail, improvement of the
washington waterfront, approaches to
the Arlington Memorial Bridge, sewage
treatment works, land for which has
been acquired, and five bridges which
villa probably need replacing within the
period covered. The proposed budget
does not provide salary increases for
the Police and Fire Departments.
One of the improvements listed in the
hNdget is for parks, and Mr.. Donovan's
pan presupposes the expenditure of
million dollars a year for five years.
This is in line with the expenditures
provided for in the Cramton park bill,
BUT the million dollars year would
be continued for sixteen instead of
I've years.
Under Mr.. Donovan's plan the budget
for the next fiscal year, including de-
hciency items which will be asked upon
the reassembling of Congress in Deem
bof,, would be s44,965, 900. The second,
and largest. budget would be in 1881,
when the figure would reach $4S.552,-
co., The third would be s44,662, 900,
TIE fourth s45,sso,ooo and the fifth
~, 100000.
In 1921 Uncle Sans contribution to
the budget for the Capital represented
forty per cent. In 1881 1t would rep
resent about twenty per cent. Who can
explain this fifty per cent decline in
Uncle Sans responsibility for main
tanning his Capital?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-14
Special Interests Have Found That the
Country Elected a President in November

using Federal Reserve credit in stock
market operations Is not the big right
answer. But can they make the Federal
Reserve Board stop? They cannot. The
board keeps pummeling right on.
Oil men are trodden under foot,
traction interests are trodden under
foot, bankers are trodden under foot,
and so are manufacturers. The Presi-
dent tells them that they can't get any
regular normal. old-time unanimous
tariff boost. All they can get is ere
vision and they can't get even all Of
that. First it's a revision" and then
it's q revision" that's limited"
And Mr.. Mellon has gone and lin
tied the secrecy and privacy that we
used to enjoy in getting our refunds Of
He's gone and changed over to pub
licity. He's caught it, too.
And the prohibitionists! They thought
the President was going to spend all
his time on prohibition enforcement"
Then he broadened 1t out of their field
by making it general law enforce
ment." Now he announces that all
Federal law enforcement officers have
got to be polite and respect the consti-
tutional rights of citizens. and he's
made 1t into lawful general law en-
forcement." Where does that leave the
drys who want to shoot up the country
with everything it's got leveled at one
target2
And the farmers! What do they
want? They want the equalization fee.
At any rate, that's what most of their
organized representatives say they want.
But do they get it? No, they don't
and they hardly dare even to breathe II
in the Presidents presence any more.
Say. who's running this country?
You used to be able to see who was
running it. It was the fellows who
we're in right. But who's in right now?
Who are they? Who's getting what
they want?
At this point in his discourse the
veteran New Yorker sighed. His serious
ness overcame his POPULARITY. He
gloomily remarked:
IT guess we weren't electing a bust
ness man or O millionaire. ! guess we
were electing q President"
There's something In that, but 1t
certainly isn't the whole Of it. The
President isn't bossing everything. He
is giving all sorts Of leeway to the
rightful privileges and duties Of his
CdBllACb HlnllSUCIS Akla VA bLAC uiCLllDCto
Of Congress. He Is q million miles from
being dictator. His influence, how
ever, is In harmony with new era
which he embodies and which he for
wards. In this new era here in WASH
ington now no class Of people can come
along and establish class domination,
not the bankers, not the manufacturers,
not the oil men, not the farmers. This
is O classics era In Washington today;
and 1t shows In the administrations
attitude toward society as well as In
its attitude toward political and indus
trial issues. We seem to have come to
moment when the only thing really
on top in washington is what might
be called the combined "all Of us"
That fits Hoover, and Hoover rides 1t
with his toes firmly in the stirrups.
(Copyrisht, 1890
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-14
Station UsA.

This idea Of Senator Nye's, TO give
Uncle Sam q broadcasting station In
washington and let him broadcast to
his hearts content, has some great pos.
sibilities. Used to supplement the Con-
gressional Record, for instance, 1t would
undoubtedly serve good purpose. It
Is one thing to read in the Record the
remarks Of Senator Blank after they
have been carefully edited and inter.
spersed with such kindly comment ~
"(Applause)" and "(Laughter)." But It ID
another thing to hear Senator Blank
and to realize that the correct versions
Of the senate's reactions should be
"(Groans)," "(sighs)" and "(snarls). !"
Over the radio Senator Blank would be
more careful to mind his P's and Q's.
It is enough now for him to promise
In his campaign speeches tariff revision,
farm relief or marble post once for
every village. If the broadcastine sta.
ton we're effectively used, he would
have to promise interesting and short
radio addresses, with good jokes.
II a broadcast.ng station could make
available to the Nations taxpayers the
word-by-word proceedings Of congress
sional hearings on proposed lesislation,
few weeks would probably bring dras-
tic changes In the established procedure.
Between the appearance Of proponents
and opponents on the stand, the chair
man would perforce adopt the habit Of
speaking into the microphone, and an
nouncine, "You have just heard Mr..
A. B. Smith speak in favor Of the bill
TO make It felony to indorss . cieA-
rette. The Marine Band Orchestra will
now play you're the Cream h NY Cof-
fee,' following which Mr.. >. A. Smith
win speak IA favor OF the proposal.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-14
Uncle Sam Helps to Solve
Returned Goods Problem
BY HARDEN coLFAx.

Uncle sam Is extending q helping
hand to the merchants Of the country
who are seeking to solve the returned
goods" problem. an incident Of mer-
chandising which probably taxes retail
trade alone something over $4,000, 00C
year In direct cost, not to mention
the expense of the same item in whole
sale business.
In launching field work in It's dry
goods distribution survey in the South
west area this week, the domestic COM
merce division Of the Department Of
Commerce dispatched questionnaires Il
some 625 retailers In 50 cities which
include inquiries regarding returned
goods. When the replies are analysed
several months hence, valuable data are
expected.
For several months, the domestic
commerce division has been conducting
special study OF returned goods In
Baltimore, in cooperation with the
group Of controllers Of that city, IN
ID stores In different lines, but all
with departmental arrangement. Re-
suits thus far obtained from this study
indicate valuable conclusions. Reports
to be received this month, for Marcel,
operations, will include for the first
time statements of the reasons assigned
by customers who return goods, the
program In the previous nionths--the
study began In October-having been
confined to statistical analysis to de-
termine the departments having the
highest, lowest and the average per-
centage of returns.
y y 4 4
So great Is the agitation among mer-
chants Of the country over returned
goods that plans are being made for q
general conference on the subject to be
held In Washington next Summer. One
result Of such q conference probably
would be extension of the intensive
study to other cities, for the Baltimore
program does not mean that all the
facts developed there can be applied
generally to all communities, for Gus
tom, competition and other factors
make all elements of merchandise vary
as between communities.
The merchants of the country are
not seeking to abolish the return priv
ilege: they desire to see customers sat
isfied. But they do hope to find way
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-14

1.-THE assertion that the laws are
growing more intricate and more pro-
yocatiye Of litigation as result Of the
conscious efforts Of the lawyers to frame
legislation in such manner as to create
business for themselves is pronounced
absurd. The increased intricacy Of law
and the growth of litigation Is ascribed
to the thickening of population, the
multiplication Of industries and the ac-
emulation of wealth. It Is asserted
that In the last 80 or 20 years lawyers
have wrought great simplifications and
that as far as the United States Is con-
cerned the work of law reform has been
taken up and performed almost entirely
BY lawyers serving in Congress and the
State Legislatures"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-14
This and That
By Charles E. TracetCeH.

Mrs. Blackie sat proudly In the soau
box with her i've kittens.
Her large. luminous, green eyes
seemed to suggest that perhaps no cat
IN world history ever had finer looking
kittens.
Surely 1t was a fine brood.
There was one dark tiger striped, one
light tiger, a maltese. black and white
spotted and pure black.
The dark tigey kitten was distin.
guished by the pattern Of the stripes
on the head, which ran around in q
circle. instead Of following the usual
method Of up and down.
The result was that this kitten
seemed to be wearing a sort of crown
or hat Of some sort. AS far as we
know, this was most unusual marking.
The dark tiger kitten was the first
TO get its eyes open, z days after
1t was born, and its brothers and sis
tiers opened theirs at varying intervals,
ranging from 8 to is days.
The largest and most vigorous was
the black and white spotted fellow, who
displayed to the admiring world q band
Of pure white around his neck, like q
necklace of fur.
Perhaps he was the only kitten IN
existence with ears trimmed in white.
With his Eve suppose) white trimmed
ears and white neckband he, too, was
more or less unique.
~ ~
The black and white one was the
nrSt OF the kittens to peer over the
edge Of its home. Raising itself on its
wobbly little legs, its tiger-striped tail
weighing, 1t took its first look into the
unknown.
What staring little blue button eyes
kittens have! The black and white
fellow chung to the rim for q few Sec
onds, then dropped back to the security
Of his soap box home.
All Of these cats, with the exception
Of the coal black one, possessed tiger
striped tails. even the maltese. The
The dark tiger was the smallest Of
the brood His face was the prettiest
and his meow, or squeal, quite the
loudest Of the batch.
\ + \ 4
Kittens merely squeak for the first
10 days they are In the world; after
that they begin to develop regular
feline voices.
The behavior of the kits differed
when they we're taken away from their
mother. The dark tiger Squalled
Justify, whereas the black one scarcely
chirped.
Mrs Blackie did not seem much
worried by the absence Of one or more
from the nest, but would stay In 1t with
one kitten.
She permitted no one to investigate
the brood, however, without being there
herself. If any one went down into
the basement to look at them she was
sure to come along.
Her greeting to her family. after
she had been away from the box few
minutes, was In the form of q long,
inquiring trill, somewhat resembling
that OF hoarse canary.
No sooner did the kittens hear this
call, even though they were sleeping
soundly, than they awoke and began
to answer with q varying assortment Of
squeaks and chirpings resembling the
cries of little chickens.
Then Mrs Biackie would Jump into
the box and the kittens would begin
to crawl around. At last the family
would be settled, and the mother cat
would look UP proudly. now and then
giving her inquiring trill, which seemed
to say. Well, did you ever see such
nice children?"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-14

Total abstinence is said to be prac-
ticed by Texas Guinan. 1t may be for
this reason that, as Mrs. Willebrandt was
mentioned, Texas said, Give my love
to Mabel" The two have, ct least, q
point Of sympathy in distrusting the
demon rum.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-14
SHOOTING STARS.


The Banquet.
When to o banquet now I 90,
OF precedence I think,
And see the cool, pure water Tow
AS o convivial drink
taste the viands rich and rare
Whose titles cut q DASH
And long, while I am dining there,
For steak--or even hash.
While seeking joyousness complete
The food viii make no hit
/ do not ask what I shall eat,
But where I'm going to sit.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-14

The public still eagerly awaits Lind
bergh wherever he may make landing.
Early predictions that his popularity
would be short-lived have proved en-
tirely erroneous.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-14

The King of England offers no sup
port to rumors of q regency. Retirement
to private life is no more agreeable to
o monarch than to minor oficial.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-14

Even the Great Lakes are joining
with the racketeers to show Chicago
some Of the widest times In its his
tory.