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THIS AND. THAT
BY CHARLES &. TRACEWELL.

India has its ''untouchables," America
It's invertebrates.
Almost every one who reads knows
that the former are men and women OF
the lower castles whose very touch is
believed to render man Of higher caste
impure.
An ''uncriticable" is our word for the
increasing number Of Americans who
cannot bear to be criticized.
At FIRST blush 1t might seem absurd
to put ones self In the position of being
beyond the realm of rebuke, censure
criticism.
Only God ought to be immune from
criticism, and even He has been CEN
sured by certain daring ones. His world
they say, is not what it ought to be.
That an ordinary American human
fallibility in word, deed and thought
would be unthinkable, unless he were
such common phenomenon through
out the land.
He is met In all walks of society:
every business is full of him; he Is in
every home. Sometimes he manifests
himself In the pure state, at other times
he is more or less covered up.
Wherever he Is found, and whoever
he Is, his personal creed includes the
following implied tenets:
IT am above criticism.
Call my attention to fault at your
peril.
mo matter how gently you do it, I
will resent it as If it were a matter of
life and death.
1T touches my pride, and my pride
Is untouchable, except It be stroked
gently by pleasing application Of APP
pie sauce"
It is a curious mental trait of the
average American that, although he
talks loudly of freedom of speech"
and might even go to the extent of
dying for It, he does not care for it
when applied to himself.
We refer here not to mean personal
remarks, but to ordinary criticism which
comes about through a difference OF
opinion. and especially when such diff
ferences involve pointing out of errors
of others.
No one is perfect.
Then why will We pretend to act as II
we were?
Any resentment Of criticism implies
that he who resents fancies himself i'm
mune to criticism, else why such tender
ness?
Give and take is Of the essence of
America.
Tolerance is something which has q
WAocH dPpllCdJlOH tildn 10 RELIGIOUS mat
tiers only; everyday living Is something,
too, and in its many fields liberation
perhaps comes more nearly into its own.
Above all, one should be tolerant Of
other peoples criticisms, for one not
only learns a great deal that way, but
he is in essence being fair to himself
How many thousands of persons each
day do themselves an injustice when
they become angry at the criticisms of
others made against themselves
Instead of feeling that malice led to
the opinions which they do not like,
they should give the other fellow credit
for having any opinions at all.
What difference does It make II they
are leveled at some one? Any one9
Ones self?
The interesting thing is that the
other holds an opinion Of some sort.
When one stops to think of the thou
sands of men and women who have no
ideas at all about anything, it is easily
seen that all positive thoughts, whether
regarded as good or evil, are to be well
coined II for no other reason than for
the good Of that intangible thing or
quality loosely called the soul.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-14
Memorial Would Honor
Knox the Artillerist
Prom the Bunalo EYeninr Neur

From the Buffalo Evening News
The movement that Is under wav n,
Thomaston, Me-, to erect q memorial to
Gen. Henry Knox directs attention TO
the fact that one of the leading figures
IN the American Revolution has been
Well-nigh unhonored. His name an
pears time and again In the record of
l775.63, he was chief of artillery in
Washington's army and the first Secre
tary OF War and Navy, but even In his
native State 1t Is found necessary to-
day to invoke unusual methods of pub
licity to awaken interest in his memory.
So an old bell that was cast by the
better known Paul Revere in 17eS and
purchased BY Gen. Knox for a church
in Thomaston will be sent on a pilgrim
age throughout New England. The idea
recalls the first triumphal trip of the
Liberty bell, to the Chicago exposition
IN 1898. II the Journey Of the KNOX
bell serves to bring into belated relief
the story OF the Boston bookseller. who
by study became an artillerist, worthy
OF the praise Of the seasoned French
officers during the trapping of Corn
wallis at Yorktown, the man who
brought the first cannon to the colonial
forces from Fort Ticonderoga, who was
one of Washtngton's mainstays in the
field and at Valley Forge-well 10 will
serve as needed lesson In American
history.
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Century-Old Dispute Settled
By Upholding of Pocket Veto

which he does not act,'" notes the Fort
Worth Record Telegram, which sug-
gests that "if Congress wants to pass
the buck It viii have to convene daily
for 10 days after the last batch OF bills
has been sent to the President. Then
he will be compelled to fish or cut bait
politically-which, 1t is well to remenl-
Der. Is one Of the constant embattle-
ments between the Executive and the
legislative" In this manner, too, speaks
the Bangor Daily Chronicle, saying,
Congress, by remaining in session, has
the power to compel the return OF the
measure, or, If 1t is not returned within
the specified time, the congressional &C
ton becomes law"
sion7 Dramatically opposed opinions
on this question are expressed by the
Pasadena Star-News and the Haverhtll
Evening Gazette, the former saying,
1.-THE veto power Is q salutary preroga-
tive that should be retained for the
President without weakening or i'm
pairing it." and the latter declaring
that the pocket veto violates the usual
order and fails Of adequate disposition
and Is valid" the Gazette contends, Gin
dicates defect In our legislative sys-
tenn"
That such disadvantages as are In
the pocket veto are lessened by its in
frequent use Is the burden of some of
the comment. Says the Boston Evening
Transcript on this point: "As a matter
of fact, the pocket veto Is q device
rarely used by Presidents and employed,
as a rule, only under such circum-
stances that the country clearly COM
prehends the reason for its employment.
It Is to be hoped and expected that.
Notwithstanding the decision of the Su-
preuie Court, our Presidents will make
no larger use Of the pocket veto privilege
than heretofore"
AS to the origin of the pocket veto. /
the Oakland Tribune points out. THE
pocket veto was invented by a stalwart
Democrat, Andrew jackson, who first
used It at the close Of the 1829-3o SEES
sion on two bills for public improve
nients which had been passed in the
last 10 days Of Congress"
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Glover Park Entrance
Is Seen as Death Trap
70 The EDITOR Of Ths star:

TO tho Editor of Thu star:
The sad event which eliminated in
the death of the small child at the
corner Of Connecticut avenue and Abe
marie street Tuesday evening Is liable to
be duplicated at the entrance to Glover
Park at any minute.
The main entrance to Glover Park
is by an alleyway from Thirty-seventh
street known as Snyder'S lane, and is
children, who are compelled to use this
death trap in going to and from their
homes, and who are in constant danger
from the numerous machines and
trucks that tear through the lane at
full speed. For q number of years it
vas said that Spyder's lane would be
replaced by Calvert street. A condem-
nation jury was appointed, but for some
reason their findings were thrown out
matter. The District Commissioners
were petitioned to run a sidewalk
through the alleyway, so as to protect
the walking public, and they replied
that the lane was only twenty feet wide,
and therefore not wide enough to put
the sidewalk In. The Glover Park Cit
liens Association then asked that CAL
vert street be completed for the one
square from Thirty-seventh street to
1uIllhW IOdQY bkiCiCbJ OOAlB away Win
the death trap. The only response was
that the Commissioners were studying
some plan to relieve us. but the death
trap still survives. We have a nice
subdivision, with concrete streets and
high taxes, and something surely must
be arranged so as to protect the lives
and limbs of our residents. The i'm
provement Of the one square would be
worthy If 1t only saves one life, but 1t
seems hard to get the Commissioners
of the District of Columbia to see it
that way. BEN c. McQUAY,
Secretary Glover Park Citizens
Association.
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Written Examinations.

Northwestern University, 1t is an
nounced. plans to abandon written ex-
aminations to as great an extent as pos
sible.
This. we assume, means the old-fash-
Toned sort Of written examination, call
ing for the essay" type Of answer.
Who was Christopher Columbus? the
student is asked. He is supposed 10
write all he knows about the discoverer
of the New World. If he knows nothing
he writes something anyway, trying ia
make 1t as obscure and general as pos
sible, so that 1t will apply equally well
to an Arctic explorer or Chinese poet
The fallacy Of this type Of examina-
ton long has been recognized. 1t is
not test Of the mastery Of the SUBJ
ject. The grading may be conscien-
tious, but 1t Is highly subjective, de-
pending on the temporary state of mind
of the marker. Experiments have dem
onstrated that the same instructors
marks on the same papers vary greatly
from day to day. They vary according
to his state Of wearihess They may
vary according to what he eats for din
ner. There is no mathematical standard
which he can apply.
|. A new sort OF examination which
eliminates most Of these conditions is
advancing rapidly in favor. Questions
are formulated 50 that they can be an
swered in q single word. The answer Is
either right or wrong. 1t counts all or
nothing. The personality or the state
Of mind Of the person marking the pa
pers does not enter into the result.
There is no room for personal judg.
ment.
This relieves faculty members Of an
enormous amount of labor. It affords
a more comprehensive measure Of the
students mastery of the subject. Every
one must stand on his own feet.
In adopting this procedure North
western is following the lead Of many
other progressive colleges which have
become disguised with the old slip-shod
method by which the mark might be
influenced by whether or not the in
structor liked the color Of the students
hair. Eventually. 1t is likely, the system
will be extended to high and elementary
schools. 1t marks one of the real ad-
vances made by the science Of eduea-
ton in recent years. The time may
come when every school In the country
will give exactly the same examinations,
marked In exactly the same way. Then
there viii be real measure Of every
schools accomplishment measure
open TO only one Interpretation.
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Image of St. Paul's
unknown God" Faceless

A portrait Of that unknown god" tol
whom st. Paul observed that the Athe-
mans had erected an altar has BEEN
found near the town of Gir---ati, the|
ancient Agrigentuna, on the southern
coast Of Sicily. This part of Sicily was
once q colony Of Greek traders and
farmers, to which came also rich men
and deposed politicians, fleeing from
Athens much as modern embezzlers are
supposed to fiee to Central America. It
Is probable, therefore, that the Sicilian
image which has Just been found repre-
sents the self-saine deity honored in
the Grecian capital. The peculiar
thing about this image Is that 1t has
no face. 4 eirclet Of hair and two ears
surmount small terra Gotta column.
That Is all that there Is. Perhaps the
ancient Greeks, always logical even in
their mythology, decided that to put
face on q god supposed to be unknown
would be foolish Or 1t Is possible that
the idea Of the faceiess image was nnore
imaginative. Whoever designed the
two faceless ears on the little column
may have intended worshipers from
strange countries to supply in imakina-
ton each one the face OF his own d.
vinity between the listening ears. I'm
fortunately. st. Paul left no description
OF what image he saw on the altar Ia I
Athens. Perhaps IL was these same
ING tara 40 nQ &aeA
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-14
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

the Swarthmore chautauqua In central
Pennsylvania this week, speaking on
1.-The Revolution in China" Another
speaker, who follows in paternal foot
steps, Is Representative Ruth Bryan
owen, who also talks under Swarth-
more banners. Two Washington Am
bassadors, Senior Dayila Of Chile and
on the same platform during the
Summer.
There seems to be no end TO this
business of daughters or widows OF
famous men aspiring to ancestral
careers. Now comes the suggestion
from Boston that Woodrow Wilson'S
daughter. Mrs. Jessie Wilson SayFe, may
run for the Senate on the Democratic
ticket in Massachusetts, in 1890. Her
nomination is being openly advocated
by Larue Brown, president of the Jefier-
son Society of Massachusetts,, which is
next week giving a public dinner in
honor of Gov. Roosevelt of New York
Mrs. Sayre is to be one of the three
speakers at the banquet. Her candidacy
is said to enjoy the favor of Senator
David l. Walsh, Democrat, of Massa-
chusetts. who Is credited with looking
with disfavor upon the senatorial am
DibiotlS Oh money fltXBefalQ, IOfHleT
mayor of Boston. Mrs. Sayre spoke on
the same platform with Gov. Smith in
the 1928 campaign at Boston.
Paul Sega1, young Denver lawyer, Is
the first "ham"--amateur broadcaster--
to reach the highest rung of the official
wave-length world, the Federal Radio
Commission. Segal was recently ap-
pointed assistant general counsel Of the
commission, under Bethuel M. Webster
chief counsel, who is also from the
Denver bar. When radio was In it's
swaddling clothes. Segal was one of the
myriad Of American youngsters who
toyed with 1t. Herbert Hoover, jr., was
another. Segal joined the American
Radio Relay League, the ham" organ
ization. and wound up by becoming its
counsel. A couple Of years ago when
the Federal Radio Commission was con-
Quoting hearings In Colorado. Segal ap-
peared before 1t on behalf of the anna
teurs. His learning in radio law made
deep impression. Segal got his legal
lore at Columbia.
(Copyright, 1890
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-14
The House Has Voted.


For month or more coalition o.
Republican, Insurgent and Democratic
Senators insisted day in and day OH
that the House vote on the debentur,
export plan in the farm relief bill. The
House has voted. It has showed under
the debenture plan by more than two to
one votes. Coalition Senators who SUP.
ported the debenture plan were crest.
fallen, but they continued to assert q
victory because the House in the enc
had been compelled to take a vote Ill.
rectly on debenture. Indeed, some oi
them assert lit was a famous victory.
But they may have difficulty in ex-
planning to the country what it was all
about.
As the matter stands the American
farmer and President Hoover - not to
mention the House-have won In this
contest. The Senate coalition, by its
action, has delayed for weeks a final
enactment of farm relief law. thu
establishment Of Federal farm board.
with wide powers to aid the farmers,
and the creation of a 100000, 900 fund
to help the orderly marketing of crops,
This delay may require some explain
ing on the part of the Senators who
were responsible. If the coalition SEN
ators live up to the statements which
they have made In the last week or
two, the House having voted decisively
on debenture, they will no longer hold
up the farm bill.
The insistence of the Senate coalition
upon a vote in the House on the de-
oenture plan and the result of thaSNote
have Debated debenture as a political
issue. When the roll was called In the
House yesterday "a Democrats cast
their votes against debenture and only
IL Republicans were reported In favor
OF 1t. The vote was $50 against de-
oenture TO 1l3 for ii. Yet the de-
benture Senators professed to see in it
an issue which may wreck the Repub-
lican party and bring about the estab-
lishment Of a controlling third party,
Should a third party grow out of the
debenture fight, where. by the way. will
1t leave the Democrats of the Senate
who stoutly fought for debenture dur
ing the consideration Of the farm billp
President Hoover and the House have
prevailed in this contest. 1t is proper
that they should have done so. The
establishment of debenture could have
had but one result-an increase in over
production, already too great. There
is grave doubt, too, that debenture
would have reached the pockets of the
producing farmers. More likely 1t would
have helped line those of exporters and
SPECTATORS.
The debenture fight, according to its
supporters In the Senate, will be carried
on In connection with theg tariff bill
which is to come before the Senate as
soon as the finance committee has
completed work on that measure, 4Che
Senate coalition may again be able to
muster majority to insert debenture
as an amendment In the tariff bill, al
though that Is not certain. But what
ever the Senate coalition may do In
connection with the tariff bill and
debenture, 1t is quite clear that 1t has
succeeded in placing the House on
record as overwhelmingly opposed to
debenture. And having once taken such
a position, there Is grave doubt that the
House win ever be persuaded to
change 1t.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-14
Freedom of Life Seen
In Need of Salvation

From the Philsdelphia Record.
The Moofestown, N. j., murder and
suicide case must have some suggestion
for those who are ct grips with the
problem Of bringing UP young people to
happy and useful lives.
What is back OF the tragedy? Is the
social system to blame?
Such tragedies were not wholly I'M
known In the so-called Victorian days
| when young men and women did not
mingie so freely and with so little
restraint--the days OF chaperonage.
And there are many, many young
men and women in these days Of COM
paratively unrestrained association, who
get along without heartbreak, without
cause for self-pity or the pity Of others
without thought of tragedy.
The inevitable conclusion is that the
system Is not wholly responsible. That
individual responsibility exists under
be ever wise, knowing when to keep
still, when to speak up-and what to
say when they do speak up, so that
the impulsive, impetuous nature of
youth may make It's necessary adjust
nlents to life the more easily and salts
factorily.
This tragic occurrence must cause
many conservative elders to long for o
return to the ways Of yesteryear, when
young persons were held In bonds by
the tether Of the proprieties more or
! less.
But the wise parent sees further than
that. The father or mother best fitted
| for parenthood must perceive the fact
I that, whatever the social system paren-
tai direction is essential. and the task
is to reduce its irksomeness to a
minimum.
Fer old and young alike, the lesson
IN this sad AFFAIR Is that Of individual
responsibility under any social regime.
.AaXsA .anlE -tl3Ralaah haiu8 yaaaatlR ned.
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Church Peace in Mexico.

There seems little reason to doubt
that religious peace In Mexico Is now
assured, and that only the formal sane
ton of the Pope is required to give ef-
feet to the pact sealed between Presi-
dent Emilio Portes Gil and the Roman
Catholic prelates. Their agreement Is
the amicable outcome of many months
of negotiation, during which matters
more than once threatened to go from
bad to worse.
In that spirit Of compromise of which
the recent PREPARATIONS settlement at
Paris is 10 noble an exemplar, the N,ex-
lean and papal authorities found Q way
to end their bitter differences. The
government does not repeal any of the
religious laws, the drastic enforcement
of which led to the Episcopate's &C.
ton In Withdrawing priests from the
churches In 1926. But the laws hence
forward are TO be more broadly inter-
preted. That means liberal and con-
ciliatory enforcement Of them along
lines to which the Pope's representa-.
tives will make no objections. The
church, on its part, is apparently to re-
! frain from certain activities which In
the past occasioned the protests Of the
government.
The details of the Mexican papa
concordat are of minor consequence
The major importance attaches to tn,
basic fact that religious rancor beyone
the Rio Grande has given way to ar
entente cordiale. Mexico Is one Of thu
worlds great Roman Catholic countries
The church has rights, born Of tina
circumstance, which no government Il
entitled TO Aout. Unquestionably bott
sides, during the past few acrimonious
years, have given occasion for indigna
tion ana justifiable resentment. Vine,
men and governments fall out over -
j lisian. 4 ~ AarA tn Anasina n man
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fertile field for national discord. IN the
case Of creed with the far-iiung rani-
flcations of the Church Of Rome, ma
tional discord might easily become In
ternational.
For many reasons the United States
rejoices that long-smoldering cause
of domestic unrest in Mexico has been
obliterated in honor to all concerned
and to the indubitahle benefit Of our
great neighbors to the south.
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SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.


Unforgotten Friend.
We say that we cannot forget
The faithful favors of friend
But new ones easily are met
Before we find the journeys end.
And as we go along the way
Where hope is mingled with regret
We find a friend most every day
One whom I'VE never shall forget"
1t is the friend whose "salesmansnip
Is managed with exceeding skill.
His Arm" date viii never skip
When 1t is due to send q bill.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-14

What is known as the young" plan
is In essential substance a good old
timer, introduced to diplomatic sbciety
under the tutelage of Mr.. Dawes. 1t is
q wise little international idea that
knows its own father.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-14

The cordial democratic manner Of the
Prince of Wales offers suggestions to
any one who seeks to be popular in
governmental affairs. A monarchy is
wisest when 1t seeks to make itself more
genuinely republican in spirit than
many republics.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-14

Many prizes are continually offered.
Anybody with q good idea should be
cheered to note that in providing re-
ward, money will be no object. And
yet truly good ideas remain curiously
scarce.
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Well, What Next?
From the Cleveland Plain Ieal.r

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
New York scientist discovers that
insects live most happily In glass houses.
NOW tnat we know Just how to promote
happiness among the bugs and the ants
and the mosquitoes, what do we do
next?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-14

1t is the privilege of Mr.. Coolidge TO
refer to the fact that, although he
worked the veto pretty hard, he did not
exhaust its possibilities of service.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-14

AZ violinist Einstein challenges no
rivalries. He Is content with being held
superior, as mathematician. to Fritz
Kreisler.
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Might Work Too Well.

From the LynehburE News.
Most Of the complaint heard about tia
Hoover crime commission seems 70 be
based on the theory that 10 may really
investigate rather than seek 70 confirm
preconceived theories.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-14

A seat on the New York stock Elk
change has become so expensive as to
create apprehension that ticket specu-
lators are extanding their activities.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-14
something to WorrY About.

From the Pittsburgh Post-0ssette.
The Paris reports that skirts are
much longer and that some dresses have
trains ere more than disquietiag 70
these who planned to make ever last
Seax;A MaIdEehas
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-14

Germany talks in language'of states
manship, but continues to think care
fully in terms of finance.
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A Prize-Winning Plan.

From the TeSre Haute Star.
That priEe-winning peace plan win
haa hsen Awarded