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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-07
Labor and Politics.

It is a safe prediction that Ameri-
can labor, certainly in so far as it is
represented by its national organization,
viii not respond to the appeals for
financial support which have just been
made by the British Labor party.
Through the executive committee of the
American Socialist party, the British
have asked for funds to help Mr. Ram
say Macdonald and his cohorts regain
power at this months parliamentary
elections in the United Kingdom.
Not because the British Labor party
stands for what it does-the establish
ment Of the socialist commonwealth
is the formal backing Of organized
American labor likely to be withheld.
The labor movement in this country, as
typified by the American Federation of
Labor, is definitely committed to non
political activities. In 1924 the railroad
brotherhoods, which are not afI1liated
with the federation, accorded their
powerful support to the La Toilette
third-party ticket, but many authori-
ties have ever since that episode been
convinced that organized labor in this
country is through with partisan poll
tics.
Under the leadership Of men like the
late Samuel Gompers and his aStute
successor, William Green. the fedora
ton has pursued the policy of leaving
it to individual trades unionists to mark
their ballots as they please. Organized
labor is accustomed ct election times to
reward its friends and vote against its
foes. irrespective of their party labels,
whether Republican or Democratic.
Labor's politics in the, United States, in
other words, is non-partisan and BIZ
partisan. There is no labor vote to be
delivered" en- bloc to this or that party
Even the "vote" of locals" in a. town
or county election is not an entity upon
which party managers can ever bank.
The political program Of the indie
pendent Labor party in Great Britain
doubtless commands the interest Of
American labor. even though the lat
teris dollars will not be contributed to
Mr.. MacDonald's campaign chest. The
Conservative wing remains in firm con-
troll of the British party, now the sec
ond strongest In the House Of Com
mons. Its leaders are conscious that
middle-class Britain Is not ripe for joy
rides into radical Utopianism, 30 the
MacD -Snowden platform care
fully sets forth that the Socialist mil
lennium Is to be attained "step by STEP"
with the consent ''only Of the majority"
and with due regard to the special
needs and varying circumstances Of Diff
ferent occupations" The party prom
iSes to readjust taxation, make in
creased provision for housing, health,
education and pensions, reorganize the
control of the Bank Of England and
place the import Of meats in the hands
Of a public corporation.
There is nothing alarming in such
platform. 1t contains many plank to
which the American working classes
would subscribe without hesitation. But
the essential thing is that In our coun-
try labor Is content to work for its eco
nonic and political salvation through
existing parties, without setting itself
up as q political organization under its
own exclusive label.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-07
Grand Jury Recommendation.

Instead of combining itself to the
emission of those broad generalities so
often and so we'll identified with the
subject, the grand jury, in its recent re-
port and recommendations on law en-
forcement, laid stress on enforcing the
eighteenth amendment. The grand
jury, through suggestion, questions the
practicability of trying adequately to
enforce prohibition here through the
efforts of eleven Federal enforcement
officers and the thirty-flve members OF
the Metropolitan police force detailed
to help them. The question becomes
more pertinent when one considers the
fact that the eleven Federal officers
spend most of their time in the five
counties of Maryland and one in Viz
GINA coming within their Jurisdiction,
and that the entire Metropolitan police
force could, through the passage of leg
tslation, become enforcement officers.
Congress has never passed q local
enforcement act. While the police
force. as a whole, is supposed to enforce
the provisions Of the old Sheppard act.
most of those provisions have been null
lifted, or superseded. by the Volstead
and subsequent enforcement acts, and
the courts have so held. Strictly speak
ing, the District is without an enforce
ment act, which explains the deputizing
by the prohibition commissioner Of
those thirty-fve members of the Metro
politan force who spend their time now
enforcing the eighteenth amendment.
Previous to the grand jury's report on
the subject there has been occasional
agitation in favor Of empowering the
superintendent of police to deputize
members Of the force as Federal en-
forcemnt officers, or In favor of passing
an enforcement act for the District.
But nothing has ever come Of this
agitation.
A policeman on the beat, cognizant
Of open infraction Of the law, can make
an arrest. The same right applies, 10
theory at least, to q private citizen.
But the work Of tracing violations, Of
obtaining evidence upon which to base
warrants for search and seizure, falls
upon members Of the so-called liquor
squad. They, in turn, have made much
use Of the VIGOROUSLY unreliable and
deficient police informers, who are dis
credited in the eyes Of the community
almost from the start.
The Metropolitan force, thus handi-
capped In lack Of personnel, faces an
other handicap in the lack Of suitable
equipment adequately to cope with the
lawleSs element. It's automobiles,
for the most part, are creaky In their
joints and wheeze when forced to exert
themselves.
As long as q Federal statute for pro-
hibition enforcement remains on the
books, the spectacle of police force
ina Federal territory unable to enforce
IL through lack Of proper authority re-
mains as peculiar paradox, hard for
anybody to understand.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-07

This is a special department devoted
solely to the handling Of queries. Thls
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Frederic ]. Haskin, director, Washing
ton, D. c.
@. Is as much money spent for
liquor in Russia as it was in the days
OF the empire?-L. f. NJ.
A. The Soviet Union Information
Bureau says: I'm 1913 the Czarist gov
eminent collected 5l1, 100000 rubles in
excise duties on vodka, beer and other
alcoholic drinks, or 62.9 per cent of
the total revenue from excise duties.
In 1928 the Soviet government col
lected 697, 900 chervonetz rubies
from the same source chat is, about
$50, 100000 rubles, in terms of the pre-
war ruble), which amounted to sos
per cent of the total revenue from ex-
else duties. AS regards the production
of vodka, 4,636, 900 hectoliters were pro-
duced in 1913, as against 100000 hec-
toliters in 1862. The consumption
per person in 1928 was 40 per cent
of what it was in CzariSt days.
@. Is it possible to observe the sun
drawing Water?-M. r.
A. The Weather Bureau says that
the sun does not pull water vapor to-
ward itself. Water is just evaporated
by heat and thus made a portion of the
air. In speaking of the sun drawing
water, you probably refer to the COM
mon phenomenon Of seeing rays of light
from the sun to the earth, which is
merely due to dust particles floating in
the air, being made visible when the
sun shines between clouds.
@. What is the name of the Oldest
existing newspaper?-R. E. K.
A. I'll Chan, or the Picking Gazette,
the first printed newspaper, is proba-
bly, the oldest daily in the world. 1t was
first issued in 1910 A. D., and Is still
an official journal. At present 1t is a
pamphlet of 20-40 pages of coarse pa
per, printed on one side only, having
colored paper cover.
O. Name some of Warner. Baxter's
pictures before his success in "Old
Arizona. w. S. w.
A. "Craig's Wife," "The Great
GatSby" Ramona" "AlOma or the
South Seas" He has been in the
movies for years and on the stage
10 years.
O. Which Presidents died inside the
White House?-G. M.
A. While other Presidents have died
in Office, william Henry Harrison is
the only one whose death occurred
within the White House.
@. Where is most of the tobacco
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-07
A Congressional Recess,

Talk Of recess Of Congress during
practically the entire month Of June
increases In the halls of the Capitol.
The plan, which meets with approval in
certain quarters, looks to a vacation for
the Senators and Representatives while
the Senate finance committee struggles
with the tariff bill.
Such plan on its face is fair enough.
At the close Of June, however, comes
July I, and on that date the national
origins" clause Of the immigration law
goes into effect Action by Congress
suspending the operation of the national
origins clause has been recommended
by the President, and Is supported by q
very considerable number of the mem
-bers Of Congress. There is pending
other legislation, which has been recon-
mended by the President, which in the
past has been highly controversial and
which still has its strong opponents
the bill for the reapportionment Of the
House in accordance with the census
soon to be taken. A recess at the time
the House passes the tariff bill might
well result in delaying action on these
measures in the Senate. And as it is
planned to bring up the tariff bill upon
the reassembling Of the Congress after
the suggested recess, the delay might be
decidedly indefinite. Congress, after II
has disposed of the tariff bill, perhaps
In Midsummer, win be inclined to fold
its tents and vanish from the Capital.
The farm-relief bill, which has beer
passed by the House, may come to
vote before the close Of the present
week In the Senate. The tarih bill, j
Is said, will come from the ways and
means committee Of the House by thu
frxt Of next week II not earlier. Thu
farm bill will go to conference as soor
as It has been put through the Senate
While the conferees are working on tn
farm bill and the House Is dealing will
the tariff the Senate Is expected to tackl
the combined reapportionment and cen
sus bill, already reported to that bod
from the committee on commerce. ]
has been suggested, too, that nationa
origins might have its day in the Sen
ate at that time. But that is an idl
suggestion. .Therests-a-d determined %
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-07
Sees VindicatiOn of u. S.
Course in Nicaragua

40 O1 4hc SLdI'
The Evening Star OF May 3 an
nounced under authority Of the Asso-
ciated Press that the Nicaraguan Con-
gress had decreed May as a national
holiday to commemorate the Stimson-
Moncado peace pact, which ended the
last revolution and paved the way for
free elections under supervision Of the
United States Marines. Also that it
had authorized President Moncado to
change the name of the town of Tipi-
tapa, where the famous peace pact was
signed, to Villa Stimson in recognition
of the part played by Henry L. Slim
son, now Secretary of State of the
United States, in ending the civil war.
This is well deserved rebuke to
paciflsts and others who have criti-
cized the Spanish-American policy of
the United States Government. A
stronger Endorsement of this policy from
any quarter could not be given, and
coming as 1t does from Spanish America
itself It disarms all criticism.
'N.... .s.., ~,>..4.'. 9~@S CALEB s.. MILLER -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-07

Primitive methods Of transportation
survive regardless of new inventions.
The wheelbarrow is necessary in spite
Of the motor. The gas balloon, once
valued only as feature at q county
fair, becomes an object of especial study
In aeronautics, regardless of the marvel
Gus progress made by aviation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-07
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

A General Suggestion.
The breezeS singing low
Out where the lilacs grow,
An earnest tone assume
Amid the languorous bloom.
The schoolboy hears a call
That greets US one and all,
Who tire Of duty stern
II move that We adjourn"
The bird who sweetly trills
Out In the wooded hills;
The wave whose rhythmic beat
Tells stories strangely sweet;
The ruStling leaf that sways
Beneath the warmer rays,
Each murmurs, in It's turn,
II move that we adjourn"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-07

the two ladies, famous ladies, lovely
ladies, not understood, deeper-oh,
much deeper-that the rest; subtle oh,
subtle past untangling! 1t is the boy,
Nichols. who quite seriously reports
these tragic cases. Well, it is all true
this Is a charming fellow who. with
his other virtues, possesses clean lik-
ing for this country. And that will
please his otherwise delighted American
readerS.p
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-07

It Is declared that youth needs dis
cipline. The educator who can enforce
discipline as well as a foot ball coach
would be q valuable intellectual adjunct
TO civilization. -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-07

Dollar bills will soon be made smaller.
It is cheerful to know that the pur-
chasing power Of a dollar bill is not TO
be measured by It's superficial area.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-07

In order to dispose Of the question Of
social precedence at a party it may
occasionally be deemed necessary to
decide that there shall be no party.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-07

Various travellers are now demanding
q special guarantee from baggage
manufacturers to secure non-leakage in
trunks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-07

The world is interested In Lindbergll's
marriage. As an expert aviator, he can
have his public observing the entire sky
as the scene of wedding celebration.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-07

Kansas used to be famous for lorna
does. 1t is now apparently deserted
even by the whirlwind orator.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-07

Children are now beginning to COM
plain that home might be happier II
parents would stay home at nights.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-07
The Same Tune.

The Same Tune.
No matter who the man may be
Whom people celebrate,
The brass band sounds with wonted
glee
And doesn't hesitate.
And though each year may bring q
cheer
For still another name,
The tune that rises loud and clear
Is pretty much the same.
It's See the Conquering Hero Cemss !"
There is no thought of gloom,
Amid the din of horns and drums
For those who must make room
We move with far too swift a pace
For aught but victory's shout.
There is no tune to fit the case
OF heroes down and out.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-07
Whimsical Activity,

The sunshine as its way it takes
Fair fruits and flowers may disclose,
And then, sometimes, it merely makes
A freckle on lady's nose.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-07

Convictions Of eminent men in affairs
may lead to movement for more and
better jails.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-07

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M.mber of the Associated Press.

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10 the use for republication Of all news dis
patches credited TO 10 or not otherwise cred
tied in this paper and also the local news
published herein All risl1tS of publication CT
special dispatches herein are also reserved.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-07
Practical Politics.

The man who would advancement win
Apologies must ne'er begin,
But meet all questioning with disdain
And make the other man explaiEaEs
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straight. And his words have a way
of going along. with that kind of seeing.
And, again, they do such good team
work as to deliver both the truth-or
as much of the truth as can be told
from the outside of the specimen in
hand-and its immediate setting. More
than this, he has the gift of laughter.
Nobody laughs-really laughs, almost
nobody. don't know why any one on
this big earth should laugh, do you?
Yet the other Woodworking, for 1t
was around 3 o'clock, reading this
book, heard myself laugh, right out
loud, and long, too.
That's the way with this Beverley
Nichols, yet I'm sure he'd hate to be
dubbed "humorist." To be sure he
would and he is not that at all. Only
frank. This would be a most interest
ing world if all of us, Just for five min
utes, said exactly what We were think
ing. Clever, too, we would find our
is open-wide open. To get along, he
here goes up and down the land, talk
ing about men and women and places
and things. Harlem and Palm Beach,
HOLLYWOOD and Chicago. Abraham Lin
coin, Calvin Coolidge, Andrew Mellon,
otto Kahn, Henry Ford-theSe indi-
cate the selective quality Of the man.
lone of the most lovely memorials il
the world . Lincoln must have come
to know me quite well. 80" glanced at
him, rather shyly, but he was still look
ing out into space-out through the
pillars into the white city that he had
saved. "*+A last look at Lincoln. One
had the feeling that perhaps he had
risen from his marble and had stalked
out, white, lanky ghost over the hills.
But no. He was still there. II walked
away in a trance" This Is the Beverley
Nichols who sees Calvin Coolidge, that
other Coolidge. This is the one who
gives us rich minutes with Mr.. Mellon
and Otto KAhn+Ss. The. ona~ who meets
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-07

@. What is the population Of Mexi-
COW. c.
A. 1t is about $4,000, 900.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1929-02-01
1T. GOVERNOR HAZEL
FLAYS BOXING BILL
rContinued from fri paae1

Senator Green said that boxing
was taught in the army during the
war, to which the Lieutenant-Gov-
ernor replied that while boxing
was taught in the army, we were
fostering a fighting spirit then, but
now we are not in a fighting mood
but creating a peace spirit. Mr..
Hazel said it was his opinion that
it was no mothers ambition to make
d prize fighter out of her son.
In reply to the State official, Sena-
tor Green said that if the bill passes
the sport would be clean in every
respect and that physical examina-
tions of all participants would be
required three hours before each
bout. He also stated that &c states
now permit boxing bouts.
Following the discussion the MEM
bers of the Joint Legislative Com
mittee appointed a committee con-
sisting of Mrs. Petricha Manchester
and Mrs. Clarence Fraim, both of
Wilmington, to compile a digest of
the bill and present their findings
next Monday at which time action
will be taken by the committee. This
is the usual procedure for all bills,
and following the vote next week,
the digest will be announced.
Mrs. A. D. Warner, of Wilmington,
chairman of the committee, presid~
ed at the meeting which was at
tended by two women as delegates
from Is organized State groups.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1929-02-01
SEND QUESTIONNAIRES
ABOUT ALFALFA CROP
rcontinned from fri faael

sion department of the University
of Delaware in cooperation with the
U. S. Department of Agriculture.
Many interesting comments and
statements concerned the results
which different farmers are eXper-
fencing with alfalfa, and the value of
this legume as a hay crop for dairy
cattle and other livestock, are he
ing received from various sections
of the county, and the majority of
these questionnaires indicate that
most of the farmers are having
fairly good success with the alfal-
ia which was sown in the summer
of 1927 or 1928. The alfalfa on
some of the farms, however, was
not in first class condition to with
stand the~usual alternate freezing
and thawing reactions that prevail
during the winter months. This
unfavorable condition of the crop
may be attributed to number of
different factors such as the wrong
time of seeding, an unknown source
of seed, poor soil, or the lack of
incubation and lime, for in prac-
tically every instance where all of
these essential points have been
taken into consideration the alfal
ia is hgrowing successfully with a
promise of producing a profitable
crop of hay.
That the alfalfa campaign is
proving to be a success is shown by
the fact that during the past two
years over 2300 acres of this valu-
able legume have been sown by
the farmers in Kent county, accord
ing to a survey of the total amount
of seed sold by the various local
dealers and distributors in the
county. With the cooperation of
these local seed dealers in the
handling of the northwestern-grown
alfalfa seed, which is the strain
recommended for this section, and
the use of incubation, in addition
to the sowing of this seed at the
proper time on land that is in a
high state of fertility, should re-
suit in a continued increase in the
alfalfa acreage until those farmers
who need this legume for hay pur-
poses will be sufficiently supplied
in the future, and Delaware will be
recognized ash one of the leading
alfalfa-producing states in the
Union.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1929-02-01
WILL USE SURPLUS
FOR INDEBTEDNESS
REDUCTION IN DEL.
ICentinaed from Erst fagel

the same source within the next
few months and it is this money
that is going to be used to reduce
the States bonded Indebtedness.
Under the inheritance tax law the
first 100000 received goes to the
general fund and the remainder to
the Sinking Fund so the total
amount to the Sinking Fund from
the one estate may reach nearly $4,-
100000. This large tax from the
William DUPONT estate was made
possible by law passed by the Leg
islature two years ago amending the
law to meet a reciprocal agreement
with the Federal Government where
by the State receives a large amount
OF the inheritance tax from large es-
tates that otherwise would have
gone to the Federal Government.
The State Sinking Fund Commits
sion consists of Governor c. Doug
lass Buck, Secretary of State
Charles H. Grantland and State Au-
ditor of Accounts Edward Baker.
State Treasurer Ward is the State
Sinking Fund Commissioner.
Because of Thursdays action,
dreams by some persons of raidins
the surplus have been shattered.
Some had thought that there
might be a possibility by legislative
enactment of having this large sur
plus which has been accommodating
in the Sinking Fund transferred to
the school fund or the general fund
to be expended for other purposes.