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The Washington times., 1929-06-14
General and Mrs. Fries
Win Entertain at Tea
In Honor Of Officers

Lieut.. and Mrs. Frederic A.
Henney are the guests Of the
latter's parents, Maj. Gen. and
Mrs. Amos A. Fries. Lieutenant
Henney has leave Of absence,
so they expect to remain in
Washington for about three
months. having just come East
from California. Mrs. Henney,
the former Elizabeth Fries, has
many friends here, having made
her bow to Washington society
two years ago--only to be mar
ried shortly after and "whisked"
away. So there are many friend
ships which she will renew during
her visit.
Major General and Mrs. Fries
win entertain at tea, Sunday, at
their home on WoodIey Road,
when their guests of honor will
be the survey officers of chemical
warfare Of Edgewood arsenal and
Washington. The tea Is being
given in appreciation of a beanti-
full silver tea service which this
group of men gave General Fries
when he retired from active
service several months ago.
The Director OF the Mint and
Mrs. Robert j. Grant left today
for Scranton. Pa. They will pass
the weekend motoring in Penn.
sylvania and New York State.
Mr.. Grant win return to their
apartment in the Wardman Park
Hotel the first of the week. Mrs.
Grant win remain in Scranton as
the guest Of Mrs. George Hail.
stead for two weeks.
The Washington times., 1929-06-14
WAR CHIEF IS
BACK FROM
THE POINT

The Secretary of War and Mrs.
James w. Good will start tomor'
row for Ann Arbor, Mich. where
the secretary will receive an
IL. b. degree from the University
of Michigan. They are due back
today from West Point. The Sec
retary made an address at the
commencement exercises at the
Military Academy yesterday.
Among the graduates OF the
Military Academy who are at the
point for class reunions are MAI
Gen. Briant H. Wells and Brig
Cen. George s. Simonds. MRS.
sImonds Is with the general and
they WIFI remain until the Iirs'
of the week.
W. H. Rapley has returned
from West Point, N, T., wnere ne
went to attend the reunion OF
class 10 of the Military Academy
of which he was one OF IA mem
bers present -o
The IL members of the 80
year.reunion' were Brig. Gen. J.
s. Johnston, e. Dickinson, A.
Campbell, Col. F. Dodds, Col. q.
J. Fieberger, Col. F. s. Foltz,
Col. w. w. Gibson, @. r. Bears
lee. Col. J. s. Mallory. Col. 5. W.
Miller, w. H. Rapley, g. A. Tay.
Ior, Col. C. M. Townsend and
Col. c. M. Truitt.
The oldest grad present was OF
the class Of '66. Among others
Mr.. Rapley encountered at the
reunion was J. r. Morrow, for
mer engineer commissioner of the
District, and later governor OF
the Canal Zone.
The Washington times., 1929-06-14

AS gay a collection of Summer
frocks as ever you've seen, in three
amazingly low-price goups. Come
in and judge for yourself how
much more these dresses are worth.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-14

dead letters because they were framed
to meet conditions that no longer
exist. The whole fabric was and still
Is in dire need Of renovation, and q
new and Simplified statute has been
drawn for consideration by Congress
1t is designed to replace all that has
gone before, to dispel the accumulated
fog of more than a century, to Substi-
tute for the present legal patchwork
single inclusive measure giving Gov
eminent and contractor square deal.
Real Estate Boards Work.
other efforts at coordination were
made. Among these was the establish
ment Of the Federal Real Estate Board.
Before its organization even so
elemental a thing as the value Of the
Governments real estate holdings was
unknown. There was nowhere in ex-
tstence an inventory of the Govern
course, knew Of Its own holdings (al-
though not always Of their value), but
there was no general inventory show
ing the Governments real estate.
The Federal Real Estate Board took
inventory and started Its work. One
OF the things it has now In hand is the
leasing Of space needed by Government
workers. No branch of the Govern
ment can go out and lease an ONCE
without consulting the board. Such
leases must clear through the board,
Otherwise the controller disallows the
rent vouchers.
The board has a full working chart
Of all space federally owned or leased,
occupied or unoccupied. If a branch
Of the Government wants space, let us
say in Cincinnati, the board ascertainS
II there is unoccupied space available.
II so the occupied space is allotted.
Only where no space may be had in
Government buildings or under existing
lease Is additional space granted. The
savings have been extensive and are
continuing.
So far as know the ruling has been
universally followed, with only single
notable exception. That concerned a
high official who, not recalling the rule,
leased space for an out-of Washington
activity of his ONCE. He was astounded
when his rental voucher was suspended
because he didn't have a clearance from
the real estate board showing no Gov
eminent space was available.
There are other coordinating boards
of equal importance, but the foregoing
illustrate the thought I have in mind.
They function under an executive or
der Of the President. No new legisla-
ton has been necessary TO start this
money saving machinery in motion.
No additional drain-pipes have been
laid into the Treasury. Members OF
these boards have their daily tasks to
perform in the Government service. al
most without exception. and attend to
their board duties in addition and with
out additional pay.
The idea has been growing during
the last eight years. 1t has spread until
II is now the accepted doctrine OF the
entire Federal establishment. Like the
idea of holding expense within revenues
II was a bit of a shock to many persons
at first.
some of the savings effected in this
manner have been rather startling,
One concerns the taking OF the 1880
census.
Ccopyrieht, 1929. by North American News
paper Alliance.D
(Next-Reducing the cost OF the
censuS.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-14

DETROIT. Mich, July 13.-"Faith
is the substance Of things hoped Tor,
the evidence of things not seen, ana
ST. Paul could have condensed the den
milton to three words, Faith is expert
ence," in the opinion of Henry Ford.
You don't get evidence Of any sort
or substance except wrapped up IN ex-
perience," Mr.. Ford said.
"A man has faith?-Yes: because Of
the great believers-because they know.
TO regard faith as a substitute for
knowledge is wrong. Faith Is knoWi-
edge; 1t is the quintessence OF expert
ence.
experience is the residue of things
forgotten. For example, can you recall
the details of what you did and thought
at 10 o'clock yesterday, not to say a
month ago or 10 years ago?
but what you are today Is based on
what was of value or use to you in every
mast experience. Now. it is that sub
stratum of past values built into expert
ence. and carried over, unconsciously for
the greater part, into the present, that
would call faith. That is the substance
and evidence we stand on and by which
we live. We may be as UNCONSCIOUS OF 1t
most of the time as we are unconscious
of the fact that We are breathing, but
nevertheless 1t is by this that we really
live.
Experience Produces Faith.
There's no use painting fanc1ful
picture OF the future, hoping 1t will come
true and calling that hope faith I
don't mean that people should not be
ambitious and dream dreams and work
toward something better than they now
are and have.
What I mean is that they should keep
their feet on the solid ground of their
own experience that produces the faith
that moves mountains. Nothing else
will. Some people have lot Of faith
of this sort, whether they are In the
church or not"
What do you think of the churches?"
Mr.. Ford was asked.
Good. All right. Doing lot Of
good" he replied. For one thing,
churches and social gatherings create
the chance for nice young people to get
acquainted with each other. A church
is a good place to choose a wife"
But you don't mean to put churches
and social gatherings In the same class,
do you?"
In the matter Of getting folks tc-
gether and getting them acquainted,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-14
Wood Filling for Tree Wounds.

A composition somewhat like putty
In its consistency has been recently
found of value in filling broken or
splintered woodwork. 1t has several
advantages over putty and other ina
terials designed for this purpose in that
the woody composition may be cut,
carved and treated as wood. whereas
this cannot be done with putty. BY
some modification the same idea has
been successfully applied to tree sur
gerry. Concrete has been used for the
purpose of filling cavities in trees
caused by rot. but because of the con-
slant motion Of the tree trunk this has
a tendency to break away from the
sides Of the cavity, and in order to hold
1t in place 1t is necessary to insert
metal strips. The wood composition
does not do this and really acts to a
great degree like the wood of the tree
trunk. contracting and expanding in
the same manner, so that II is quite
durable. The material was first used
by a Philadelphia tree surgeon, who
gave the new filler a long and severe
test before making any announcement
of the discovery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-14

"a new. exclusive material
with tweed1ike printings
49,. embarrassing sheer,
firm perfectly adapted to
soft draping, tailored plcating
and scanning. Others take
printed faille unusual crepes
Crepe satin. ..or Canton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-14
As Told to william P. Helm. Jr.

A highly efficient organization. desig-
! mated by a iaw-breaking title-the IN
| terdepartmental Board Of Contracts and
! Adjustments--was set up by the Budget
! Bureau, and Gordon A. Ramsay. Chi
cago lawyer of ability was made chair
man.
That board started to find what was
what in Government contracts. It I'M
covered a situation so appalling as to
be almost incredible. In the first place,
I the Government was writing more than
200 kinds of contracts for supplies and
other requirements. Few contracts were
identical, even in the size of paper on
which forms were printed. There was
almost inconceivable variation in the
wording Of certain clauses covering gen.
eral provisions of law. The utmost un-
certainty and confusion resulted In the
minds of those who had contracGual
relations with the Government.
Indeed, more than a few firms de-
clined absolutely to do business with
the Government, saying the contracts
were ambiguous. vague, dtmcult 70 M
terpret and sometimes unfair to the
seller.
Deprived Of Some Competition.
Thus the Government was deprived
of some of the competition that would
have resulted for its business under
more equitable contract. Because OF the
form of contract. bids were high and
the Government was charged more than
private business.
why should do business with the
Government" one contractor asked Mr..
Ramsay Under the contract 1t offers
me the Government has all the adVan-
tage 1t doesn't interest me"
How dc. make up my bid, and why
&. l@YU onNthAr n
tractor. well, you see. it's like this:
I figure my cost and add my profit
Then 1 add 81 900 for each paragraph
of fine print. There are 10 in my con-
tract so add $4,000.
WHY do I do that? Because / don't
understand those paragraphs. They
NAV be all right and they may not. I
take the risk at 81 900 paragraph"
Harsh Penalties by Government.
Harsh penalties seemed the vogue In
Government contract making. one
man was fined 500 a day for falling
TO complete smokeStack on time. The
Government didn't need the smokestack
in hurry. The contractors failure 10
keep his contract to the minute was
due to a blizzard that tied up the rail-
roads so he couldn't get supplies
promptly. Under the contract the
Government had no option. blizzard or
no blizzard The fine was imposed.
Never again. the contractor swore,
would he do business with the Gov
eminent.
Mr.. Ramsay and his associates
tackled their Job and stuck to 1t. One
of their first accomplishments was q
standard lease which has saved the
Government many thousands Of dollars.
other standard forms followed. correct
ing Government abuses, clarifying pub
lie business. These resulted in lower
prices to the Government and savings
to taxpayers.
Many changes were worked out after
patient exchange Of views between the
board and representatives of industries.
Another thing Mr.. Ramsay discovered
was that there are nearly 300 separate
laws governing the purchase Of supplies
by the Government. Some date to the
earliest days of the Republic. Scores
are entirely out of date. Others are
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-14
Bright Berets Protect Tots.

Paris mothers have found new use
for the Basque head dress known as
the beret which has become so popular
ii, snort dress. Because Of the growing
dangers of the road, children are being
sent to school wearing berets Of brill
liant vermillion. Half the school chill
dren In towns and villages on the main
roads of traffic outside the city are also
wearing them. Motorists welcome the
red caps because they can see the
wearers at a distance, and the many
children playing In roads OF France
have become a nightmare to drivers:
The berets have averted hundreds OF
accidents
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-14

yes" he replied. IF young man does
not happen to have come from family
and surroundings in which the church
figured as a social medium, naturally he
will go to the places where his kind Of
people congre; tie for social purposes.
That is where the good social club
serves lot OF people, just as the church
serves lot Of others.
Church Safest Bet.
But I see the drift of your question
the mixture of churches and dance
halls seem too far-fetched. Well.
will say that you may have to be more
careful in selecting your dance hall
than in selecting your church. There
are diSreputable dance halls, but no
6isreputable churches. The safest bet
is the church.
1T is different these days. When I
was young most of the young men and
women met at church. But nowadays
thousands of young people who are out
of tune with the church OF their child
hood, or never had any such connection,
must meet their kind somewhere. They
ought to. They should get acquainted.
and in the lot they meet they will find
their mates.
1T is a good idea to go into decent,
fun flowing society and look over the
crowd before making final choice. All
social institutions help in this. The
church does. And that has really been
one of the great contributions Of the
church in all times-getting people ac-
quainted with each other early In life
and enabling them to meet on high
plane"
But what Of the religious experience
and training In the churches?"
That is good, too. But ministers Of
religion have got to work hard to And
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-14
CANADA IN DRIVE
ON RAIL WAY PER|LS
Federal and Road Officials
Unite in Campaign to Elm
{: mate Level Crossings.
special DISPATCH to The star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
OTTAWA, July 13.--Another offlcial
drive to eliminate the level crossing
danger In Canada Is under way, with
the Dominion board of railway COM
nissioners, the road departments of the
provincial governments and the ~ailway
executives all cooperating In an en-
deavor to arrive at an agreement on
an immediate joint course of action AT
the present time, information and sta
tistics are being gathered from all over
the Dominion. and it Is confidently
expected in official circles here, that the
coming year will see big move IN the
interests Of safety.
Crossings Being Classified.
The provincial officials are now en-
gagged in classifying the crossings from
the point of view of the degree Cf
danger and the nature OF the protection
needed. When this has been done the
board. the provinces and the railways
will confer and decide where Inc
greatest urgency lies. These most Dan
gerous crossings will be eliminated or
protected first. 80,
The program to be drawn up Will
REQUIRE from $500 900 to 81 100000 a
year fro m the federal government,
which, means an expenditure OF $200O'-
600 to $4,000 900 annually. The GRADE
crossing fund which has been replen-
ished at the rate of 100000 year Tor
many years is proving insufficient since
the campaign of the last few years
inausurated by Hon. Charles Dunning
minister of railways.
Fund Reduced TO 100000.
At present it is down to about $l2O;-
600 and Mr.. Dunning probably will ask
Parliament next session to increase the
5000. 900 to the larger amount.
Under the provisions of the federal
grant the fund, which is administered
hv the railway board, will pay UP 10
40 per cent of the cost of any crossing
elimination and protection, the othfer
90 per cent being divided between the
RAILWAYS and the municipalities. The
hoard may order a railway or a munich
pality to pay the whole cost or the
larger share so that the fund Is only
fraction OF the amount to be acCuaIy
spent. ~
. CCopyriEht. 1920
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-14
AID Pillars Honored.

Berlin. Germany, recently celebrated
the seventy-fifth birthday anniversary
of the "Litfass" pillars, the unique adj
yertising posts at nearly every street
corner in the city and in many subur-
ban streets, by erecting the three thou
sandth pillar Until the World War the
pillars kept out the disf1guring posters
on boardings. Since then the neat lit
Tie advertisements on the pillars were
replaced by large and glaring ones that
took up the entire space. The pillars
we're named for Litfass, q poster-sticker,
who erected about the street pump q
fenee on which TO- paste his stickers.
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out what It IL the people need and give
1t to them" Mr.. Ford replied.
Religion either nils q need or It does
not. Men either have a religious need
or they have not. II they have no such
need religious effort is useless. If they
have such q need and 1t is not being
filled. then the church has proved it
self useless.
Church Must Fill Need.
you always see people fockine where
they can get WI at they need. You don't
have to coax hungry people to go to
the bakers shop. II there is q falling
of Of in.:"est In the churches, It must
mean that there is a shortage in the
service which the church renders to
the needs of men.
II don't mean new fads and fsncies.
Some Of the old doctrines which our
smart generation derides possess q
spiritual reality which. 1t seems to me,
is fundamental in the thought and in
buttons Of the race. II ministers are
fully meeting q Iced, they are not corr
planning Of lack Of opportunity
Take. for example, this doctrine Of
immortality. It has always been be-
lieved, in one form or another. 1t
seems to me an essential part of the
deepest human experience It is the
faith that is summed US In the hui
man experience Of millions Of years.
Il think We are living right In the
midst of immortality and eternity now.
don't look for eternal life to begin at
some distant day or at the beginning
OF some new and so-called divine dis
pensation. Eternal life Is not a length
of life, but kind of life.
I'VE are all immortal-now-butm most
Of us do not realize 1t. We i've as
though we had only few days and
not the spacious ages before us. The
Divine diSpensation is here. Now. Tho
past and future have always seemed
more sacred than the present. What
a loss we have suffered through that
error!
I'VE Are Here TO Learn"
lone of my articles OF faith is that
we are here on earth for experience.
Not to be happy, not to be successful,
but to learn. The man or woman who
finishes the course of life here little
wiser has lived a successful life. That
is permanent gain.
The sum total Of experience gathered
III ally HUMAN IllC HCIC IL SOllu NhuICS
which accumulate and grow until in
some other later stage of human life
we become more finished characters.
Every human being Is placed here for
some purpose and tha& purpose is
personal education by experience.
Il see no argument for the PROPOSE
ton that when our bodies die our spirits
also die, or. as I prefer to say. instead
of spirits, our personalities. OF course,
do not think the matter is for argu-
ment at all. The mind either has at
tanned the apprehension Of immortality
or it has not. If 1t has not, it will at
tain 1t some day.
There is no use damning people for
what they do not or cannot believe
We are not all in the same grade in
the school of life What is true shall be
believed and known by all of us one
day. That also Is my faith. The race
shall all come TO the unity Of the faith
and the bond Of peace. never doubt
that"
But what of faith defined in terms
Of religious doctri1es?"
Il don't know why We should worry
about doctrines. either new or old. The
Lord has to stand a lot Of different
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creeds. It seems that we ought to stand
them If he can"
And what or who is the Lord of
whom you have Just spoken?"
1.-THE Lord is the purpose of the uni
verse as we know 1t in the mind Of the
people" was Mr.. Fords reply.
(Copyright, 1929. by North American News
paper Alliance)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-14

During a recent election campaign at
Acton, England, the three rival candi-
dates Joined together and held a reli-
gious meeting at one TO the churches,
one presiding, another reading the les
son and a third speaking on the text,
Silver and gold have I none, but such
as I have I give unto thee"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-14
TALKING 1T OVER WITH
HENRY FORD
administers of Religion Hare Got to York Hard TO FIND
ONT Ehot the PeOple Need. and Gire IL to Them

which Henry Ford Is
Alliance exclusively
reUpotnt on SoectS OF
both nation International
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Spending a Billion Dollars
HERBERT NJ. LORDS OWN STORY
ector of United States Budget.

Director of United States Budget
Of a
the expenditure
thnn$ n funds.
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$3.50
We're $3.50
to SOS

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COTTON HITS
STEADY PACE
Mill Consumption Figures
Brace Trading After
Easy Opening

NEW Or MS, June 10.-CP-
Lower cables and favorable weather
yer responafble for an easier OPEN
ing in the cotton market. Selling
continued moderately carrying July
off to 1850, October 1856 and De-
cember 1857. or IA to Is points I'M
der Sat .-T's close.
iowa S the end of the first hour
the market steadied on expectations
Of bulliSh consumption fig.res by
domestic mills during May. Prices
rallied few points from the lows.
New crop months rallied 2 points
later with October selling for 1852
and December 1874. Prices were
still 8 to IL points under Satur-
days close. Business was moder-
ate, traders appearing reluctant 10
enter upon new commitments In
advance Of the textile report 70
be issued after the close. AT mid
session the market was quiet
and near the lows.