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The Building Program.

The Building PROGRAM
The Presidents discussion Of the Gov
eminent building program for Wash
tngton again indicates his desire that
Uncle Sam, once having undertaken
the task of adequately housing his
Offices in buildings that will conform to
the high standard set for the Capital,
will go forward rapidly and steadily
to its completion. His determination TO
seek the appropriation Of more money
annually for construction work is
founded on the economies to be effected
hy permitting work to continue unin-
terruptedly until il is finished. instead
of by fits and starts that might be nee
cssary unoer the present plan OF limit
ing the total available for expenditure
each year.
Up to this time there has been total
Of s7s.O00,o00 authorized for the Gov
ernment'S improvement and housing
scheme. Twenty-Five million of this
amount was set aside for the purchase
of land, to be available when needed.
The remaining s5O,OO0OOO has been
made available over period OF f1ve years
at the rate of $l0,o00,O00 a year. The
President believes that this annual
amount should be increased by $2,S00.-
200. With this sum in hand the various
steps in the construction of the entire
group of buildings may progress with
out the intervention of extended periods
Of idleness.
The Government building program
will exceed the SIS 100000 that Con-
rress has authorized. All but four OF the
twenty-three blocks involved in the sites
for the buildings have been purchased or
are in the process Of condemnation and
in the next session Of Congress an sddi-
tionsl appropris ton is expected 10 COM
plete the purchase Of all the land now
sought. Contracts and plans for the
buildings themselves already contem-
plate the expenditure of about $4,000
200 and this sum does not include anv
funds toward construction of the De-
psrtment of Labor Building, the De-
0aFTmeDb OF VI 'IC IL
facing work on the State, War and
Navy Building. The President evidently
intends the next Congress to make
enough money available to complete the
plans and his statement enunciates the
policy of supplying money to f1t the
plans, instead of trimming plans to fit
the money now in sight.
Speaking some time ago of the &C
complishments already written in Capt.
tai building, Represents tive Elliott de-
clared that 1.-The Sixty-ninth and the
SEVENTEEN Congresses will go down in
history as doing more in a constructive
way for the remsking of the National
Capital and the providing of adequate
public buildings throughout the coun-
try than all the preceding Congresses
have done in this behalf" Such record
is worth while. The Seventy-f1rst Con-
gress may not be called upon to exceed
it. But it will have the opportunity of
continuing a new congressional policy
to make of Wa shington the Capital that
its founders conceived in the beginning.
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ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

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@. How many motion picture theaters
are there In the United States and how
many of them are equipped for talk
tes?-W. j. L.
A. There are about 20, 500 motion
picture theaters In the United States
and about 2,100 of these are equipped
for sound. This number is being added
to daily.
@. Why are married men not allowed
TO enlist for Army aviation?-C. K.
A. The United States Air Corps "a VS.
that the reason that married men are
not allowed to enter the Army avia-
ton school in Texas is, first, because
there are no quarters as yet built TO
accommodate the wives and families OF
such men, and second, the course is of
such q strenuous nature that a single
man has all he can do to keep up his
work without having the added re-
Sponsibility of family.
O. How many houses were there In
ancient Athens?-7S. w.
A. There were 10000 houses and
more in a space limited by a city wall
only miles in circumference,
@. Which river carries more water.
the Colorado or the Rio Ora e?--
J. A. A.
A. The Geological Survey says that
as far as its files show the Colorado and
Rio Grande are the same length, but
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Ratification and Reservations.

There is really nothing new under the
sun. Here is the French Chamber OF
Deputies, In the Summer of 1929, stag
ing reservations" controversy similar
in all essentials to the immortal strug-
gle waged by the Battalion of Death in
the United States Senate in the Sum-
mer Of 1919.
In Paris, as was the case in Washing
ton. hostile group opposes the rstifica-
ton of a covenant which the govern
ment in power warmly expouses. Wood
row Wilson wanted his Versailles treaty
cum League of Nations. approved by the
Senate. Raymond Poincare seeks hts
Parliament's concurrence in the Mellon
Berenger debt settlement:
The Senate withheld it's sanction
without reservat tons. The French
Chamber demands reservations before
it. will give its assent to the Franco
American debt accord. There is nm
nistakable politics in the monkey
wrenches that have been thrown int
M. Poincares machinery. There srt
cotemporary American historians who
avow and aver that politics, as well a.
patriotism, thwarted Mr.. wilson's am
bition to take the United States intt
the League.
The reservations which determined
faction in the French Chamber is TO-
menting comprehend the so-callee
Safeguard clause" which wrecked thu
famous Caillaux debt negotiations II
washington in 1925: France sought
but failed, to persuade the American
debt commissioners, of whom Mr.. Hoo
yer was one, formally to agree to re-
linquish her from obligation to pay a.
any time Germany defaulted on repara'
ton payments to France.
That demand is now revived at Paris
and couched in the form OF a reserys'
ton to be attached to ratification O
the Mellon Berrenger pact. Premiel
Poincare demurs. He belieyes-ans
probably with reason-that French
ratification so incumbered would defea
ratification of the agreement in tn
United States Congress. The Pari
government thinks an @cxprSssion Q
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For Immediate Farm Aid.

President Hoover believes that the
administration of the new farm aid oct
should begin without delay. He has
called, therefore, n meeting of the Fed
eral Farm Board for July is, despite the
fact that three OF the members of the
board are still to be formally appointed
However, it is probable that within the
next week the vacancies still remaining
on the board will have been filled.
The whole country will watch with
keenest interest the oraaniss ton OF the
farm board and the adoptionsof It's hrSt
program. Upon the vision of its mem
bers, taken collectively, aided by the
advice of the President himself will de-
pend In no small measure the success
Of this venture into the field OF Govern
ment activity for the benefit of the
American farmer While the farm aid
bill was under consideration in the
Congress, the prediction was made by
opponents Of the administration that
the proposed new law could and would
oSNSAiPASI All
Well. the test is about to be made. The
proof of the pudding is in the eating
The farm board under the law is
given wide powers both for advice and
actual aid to the farmers of the coun-
try. The supporters OF the plan for
the board believe that it can accomplish
a great deal. II will have at its dis
posal a huge revolving fund to be used
crops. The Congress has recently ap-
propristed $4,000, 900 of the half bill
lion dollars authorized for this fund
believing that is ell the money that
could be needed or expended at present
Already in some of the farm States
the mere psychological effect of the
passage of the long awaited Federal
farm aid legislation Is having q bene-
appointed members of the board, in
GLIDING Mr.. Legge. its chairman, have
wide knowledge of the farmers prob
lens. 1t is to be expected that the
board will look before it leaps: that II
will go carefully into the situation con-
fronting agriculture before it outlines
its program and its policies. The sea
Is still uncharted. misstep at the out
set would be unfortunate, even though
it might not be fatal.
The main thing. however, is that an
actual beginning is to be made; that
the Government is to put It's back into
finally real effort to put the farmers
On a parity in the matter of prosperity
with the other industries of the
country. The formulation of the farm
aid program by the new board and its
operation have their political aspects.
A failure to accomplish anything Of
value for the farmers would be seized
upon by opponents of the sdminiStra-
5ion. Indeed. while some of them would
solemnly express their grief that
nothing was being accomplished for the
fs rmer they would be secretly pleased
Who does not relish saying. L told
you So" particularly when its saving
NAV be of political benefit? But how
much more important to the farmers
and to the country at large would be
success under the new law than
the political benefits which might arise
to any group from it's failure The new
farm cid law is in the balance and
along with it are the hopes of thou
sands Of farmers
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-06
Tests in Schools,

The Governor of Georgia, addressing
the National Education Association now
IN annual convention in Atlanta, made
Two suggestions which hardly will be
allowed to pass without challenge.
First, he said, he would like to see
every child In the public schools finger
printed" because he believes that
every gray cell in the mind is repre-
scented by corresponding territory in the
periphery of the body" and I'VE will be
able to associate mentality and finger
print reading and determine normal
mentality of the students"
Just. what this means it is rather
difncult to say. 1t looks as if it meant
that the governor thinks there is some
mystical correlation between the pat
tern of convolutions at the tips of the
fingers and the nature of the cerebral
hemispheres. This, of course, is an
utter absurdity.
So long as gentlemen of the political
prominence OF the Governor of Georgia
continue to advocate such things the
public schools will continue from time
to time to be laboratories of worthless
and costly experiments
Furthermore, Gov. Hartman is re-
ported to have suggested the establish
nent Of q system Of character tests in
the schools, with records kept Of the
character OF students.
This is approaching closer to common
sense-but it still probably is a lont
way on. In the first place 1t is doubt
full whether any character test eVei
has been devised which is either re.
liable or valid. In the second place Il
is doubtful ii one ever can be. fol
character is not, like intelligence. I
fixed factor. 1t is merely reaction Il
environment influenced by innumerablt
enyironmental elements, With one com
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that four times the amount Of water
goes down the Colorado.
O. What papers have been merged
into the Chicago Herald and Elk
aminer?-B. T.
A. " represents the merging of the
Times, the Record. the Inter Ocean,
the Herald and the Examiner.
O. What Is the highest ONCE that Is
held in Chicago by a womanP-c. OBJ.
! A. The highest woman official in
| Chicago is MIS-. Anna l.. Smith, COM
missioner Of public welfare.
O. How many beauty shops are there
! In the United Ststes?-F A
| A. There are about $4,000 Their
annual business amounts TO 9270.-
OO0, 900.
| @. In sailing eastward from the
| United States to Europe, does the
moon appear at about the same place
at the same time each night?-E. Il. d.
| A. The Naval Observatory says that
the change in an observers position
! from day to day on an ocean "trip would
affect the moons apparent position so
slightly as to be scarcely noticeable
/, that is the moons local time OF rising
would change from day TO day just
about as IL would il the observer were
STATIONARY. however, IL t1S TISnB u
the moon we're timed by q watch keep
inf, for instance, Eastern standard time,
the speed of the ship might be such
that the risings on successive nights
would be at approximately the same
watch time.
@. When is the planting season for
pineapples in BaWaii?-A. y.
A. The Department of Agriculture
says that, due to the climate of hawaii.
pineapples may be planted any time OF
the year that the rain is right. In other
words the planting of pineapples is d.
rectly dependent on rainfall rather than
on weather. 1t takes q year for the
plants TO mature and produce fruit.
@. What is the derivation of the word
economies ?--P. D.
A. II comes from two Greek words
which mean 'househo mana cement"
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Valuable Flights.

Mitchell rode to fame and glory last
night before one hundred thousand
wildly cheering persons when they
landed their endurance plane. the City
of Cleveland. after more than one
hundred and seventy four hours in the
air. Almost overcome by fatigue but
happy in the realization that they had
broken the record by two hours, the
flyers we're triumphantly escorted from
the field TO obtain q well deserved rest.
Damage to the plane in refueling op-
erations alone brought them down.
Their goal was two hundred hours. but
in the contacts made in bunny"
weather with the nurse" ship part Of
the fuselase was ripped open. and after
breaking the record the flyers were
content to take no further risk.
Much credit is due to the Army Air
Service for being the pioneer in this
kind of aviation. 1t Is safe and sane
and eminently valuable 1t tests men,
motors and plane structure. 1t teaches
valuable lessons which will rebound 10
the benefit OF air-mlnded America.
When the Question Mark, the Army
plane, was outfitted for its refueling
trip over California doubt was ex-
pressed as TO how long it would stay
up. The pick of the service was as
signed to the task of keeping the giant
plane in the air longer than any ship.
dirigible or airplsne. For five days the
Question Mark, appropriately named
scared aloft, finally being forced to de-
scend because Of valve trouble in its
motors.
Then came the gallant flight in q re-
m&de plane and rebuilt motor Of James
Kelly and Reginald Robbins. without
much backing end with only a deter
mination 10 succeed, they set out In
their ship, the Fort Worth, for the
record established after months Of
preparation by the crew of the Cues
ton Mark. They had learned les
son from the Army ship and ingeniously
constructed q catWalk around their
single motor so that the rocker arms
on the valves could be properly oiled
in order to avert the motor stoppage
that forced the Question Mark down.
For more than a hundred and seventy
two hours they few without 3 stop, bet
tering the Army record by two days.
They had established q fine mark, had
conquered the trouble which brought
the Question Mark 10 earth, but had
discovered a new trouble of their own.
Their propeller, nicked by the bullet
like raindrops of the repeated storms
that they passed through, was thrown
out of line and. at the time OF their
descent, was rapidly tearing the motor
TO pieces.
And so, each flight has taught its
Iesson-the Question Mark the neces-
sity for rocker arm fabrication. the
Fort Worth the Vuners bility of wooden
propellers and the City of Cleveland
the dangers incident TO transferring
bulky articles such ss oil cans from
plane 10 plane. Each one of these les
sons will result in better motors, propel-
lers ard plane structures at vital points
Such tests are deserving of whole
hearted public support and the crews
of the three planes should be hailed
as benefsctors of mankind.
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binstion of these elements q man ts
q sneak-thief. With another combina-
ton he is a hero and a saint. This
Is afirmed continuously by the records
of experience. II there is any funda-
mental unchanging element in char
acter ltself---if there is entity which
can be called "charscter"-it thus far
has eluded all search for 1t.
We can hardly conceive of q more
tragic thing than to give school chill
tiren character record" in black and
white-to stay with them through life
and continuously to influence. the atti-
tude of others toward them.
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SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Sudden Fame.

Sudden Fame.
Willie brought us great content.
He never cut caper-s
Put on sporting toys and sent
His picture to the paper!
Maggie held gentle place
In our estima ton.
Now In Sports" she sends her face
For general publication. p
And so the parents gentle love
Must meet new condition;
Authority can't rise above
Athletic competition.
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90 slowly in his collecting. or else he
will NOT only waste much good money,
but md his enthusiasm waning as his
inner eve realizes the uselessness of
many poor specimens.
X u
The gem Of the cat fsncier's galaxy
rs q striking oil painting Of a cat with
green eyes, which hangs over the fire.
place in the living room.
The eyes are dead center, which ac-
counts for the fact that no matter
where one is sitting those green orbs
look at him.
Many guests do not realize at first
what IL lie In the room which attracts
them. In. few instances, 1t must be
admitted, q repulsion has arisen, since
some men and women do not care for
the steady stare of the house cat.
The portrait Of the great tiger cat
whose lambert eyes follow you Is the
masterpiece of the collection.
1t is 50 attractive that even a cat
fancier is in the home some time be-
fore he realizes that cats are every
where.
BY the Preside and harmonizing with
the duh black andirons sits q black
iron cat, done In the "modernistic'
manner.
1t Is a curious piece. When one flrst
looks OF it he knows 1t for a cat, a
good looking cat. A second glance
shows that it is composed Of series OF
tris ngles. with short Sits denoting
eyes.
third glance, and the cat resolves
itself into q mere mass Of iron.
The visitor, after a slight shake OF
the head to get the geometrical illu-
sion out of his mind, discovers again
that he is looking at representation
OF a cat, and a very good one, too, all
the more faithful because of its curious
evolution.
There sits al one end OF the mantel
short row Of books held IN place by
pair OF cat ends, done in q dark
green enamel or lacquer, with exquisite
patina.
These are representa- lions OF the an
cient Egyptian cat Mish, cstlike. yet
different, with the mystery of ancient
days.
A yellow pottery cat from Japan lies
curled in front Of the fireplace. From
the same land have come q tiny cat and
even smaller mice. carved In ivory
which forever chase and are being
chased in front of the row of books.
A doorstep shows q white cat with
green eyes. and one rather suspects
There Is q white china cat and q
candy jar from Germany with q cat
mounted on the cover. The collector
has q bowl with black cat heads on 1t
and O. cream pitcher showing o black
cat climbing over the rim.
He has O large pitcher with gray CO
as the handle. The roof of his dwell
ing is orna mented with an iron cat in
black and his door knocker is a brass
cat
He has q lamp in the form of a cat
and a terra Gotta cat In white which
climbs realistically up an interior door
He has D paper weight glazed pottery
cat in gray which he purchased q few
days before q diss Strous fire which de-
stroyed the store where he bought it.
He has small cats in chocolate
UNITED States. soap France and
wood utslyD. There is even a rubber
cat with seueaker for the children. And
Viennese postcards showing kittens
with voice.
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A more prosperous career might have
been historically noted il Kaiser Will
helm had been content to remain as
patient and unassumins as President
Hindenburg.
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President Hoover is said to have en-
ioyed seeing groups of boys playing
base ball. There is pleasure in friendly
contest which can involve neither
publicity nor politics.
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Lindbergh is affable in front of the
camera, though perhaps JUSTIFIED In
wondering what the admiring public
can at present want with any more
photographs of him.
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The Japanese beetle has a lustrous
green head end body with golden
stripes. 1t contrsdicts the poet. A thing
OF beauty is not necessarily a JOY for
ever.
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There is a certain encouragement
connected with official hsnd-shs king.
Events have often proved that in actual
election it does not mean a thing. .
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Trotsky is not welcome anywhere. But
he has one advantage oyer his old part
ner Lenin, In being still alive.
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Sidewalks of New York" is agreeable
in sentiment. Additionally, Tsmmsny
keeps drawing closer to the skyscrsper
region.
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From the Ann Arbor Daily News
A popcorn wagon blew up in Detroit
the other day. The corn we've been
trying to pop on the old gas stove Is
perfectly safe, hoNeyet.
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Versatile

From the Detroit News.
If dampened slightly and put into .
bag, bran makes a good wallpaper
cleaner" 1t was feared for q minute
it was a recipe for puddin~
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Even lie Ii Hurts.

From the Fort Wayne News-Sentinel
A great inspirational write: advises
that the time to pay debts is when you
have money. but some creditors are so
unreasonable.
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Mutual Reminders.

What are you going to say to your
constituents when you get back homer"
That's a minor matter" said Sen
ator Sorghum. "The thing I'm con-
cerned about is what my constituents
are going to say to me-"
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Jud Tunkins said he was glad to buy
the boys and gals plenty Of fireworks,
slone as none Of EN- insisted on
breakin out with sawed-oH shot
gun.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-06

"An airplane," said Uncle Eben,
don't interest me whstsomeyer. Its
all wings an no white meat"
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As Far as Part Of U. S. Knows

From the Syracuse Herald.
Canada complains about our tariff,
but her principal export comes In scot
Iree.
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It's natural to sound self-prsise.
Even the hen can't doubt 1t.
And every time an egg she lays,
She stops to brss about 1T.
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to the use for republication Of all LEWIS dis
patches credited to 1t or not otherwise cred
ited in this paper and also the local news
published herein. All rights of publication OF
apecial dispatches herein are also reserved.
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Knockers at Court.

And still the patient public begs
OF an ambassador to find.
Not what he's wearing on his legs,
But what he has upon his mind.
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