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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-14
The Park or Power Issue.

Hearings on the Cramton park bill
which began last night before the Sen
ate District committee served to en-
phasize the sharp line Of cleavage
between opponents and proponents Of
this important measure in so far as
it affects Great Falls and the gorge Of
the Potomac.
While the opposition, representing
power interests, was not given time last
night fully to explain its side OF the
case, that time eventually viii be given.
But its line of attack is pretty well
known by now.
Divested of the numerous arguments
on both sides. the issue before Congress
now is whether the Cramton park BILL
which in effect establishes a priority
for park purposes in developing Great
Falls and leaves the question of power
and navigation development for future
settlement, is to be passed now, OF
whether power development now is to
be given priority, with the park scheme
relegated to the inferior position Of
being made to At in where it can with
the plans for commercial development
That is the issue for this reason
The Cramton bill is not a power bill
but park bill. 1t provides for park
development Of Great Falls and the
Potomac Gorge, but it does not shut
out or eliminate the possibility Of COM
mercial development of these areas al
some future time when it may be
economically justified. If, as the power
interests desire, the question of i'm
mediate power development is settled
now, the only alternatives would bt
legislative authority for this power de-
velopment or legislative prohibition Of
power development. The former woulc
subjugate park development. The lat
ter would not be binding upon future
Congresses, for twenty years hence an
other Congress could take action re-
versing the action of this Congress anc
permit power development.
The only good reason that one car
advance for opposition to the Crantol
bill by the proponents Of power De
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OF the Federal organization. Every sep
arate income tax return has to be scru-
tinized and examined and the figures
tested and checked-and double checked
One factor stands in the way Of fore
handedness In fling the income tax re-
TURNS check must accompany It. And
there are many people who object to
paying bills before penalties begin TO
run on the ground that they are losing
interest" thereby. OF course, as a mat
ter OF fact, there is not one out Of TO-
600 income taxpayers who lose q cent
OF interest by drawing checks ahead of
time, Tor such checks are drawn upon
non-interest bearing accounts. What
ever may be the satisfaction derived
from withholding payments until the
last hour, Of Just getting in under the
wire, as it were, 1t is not at all equal to
the satisfaction Of getting rid of a
troublesome and unacceptable task we'll
ahead OF time. At all events, those who
made their returns a week or q fortnight
ago are much happier than those who
have put on this duty and who must
perform it between now and tomorrow
night
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-14
What to Do With Robbers

From the Chattanooga News.
What are we to do about the people
that rob the banks? A few years ago
professional bandits were operating so
successfully In Texas that the bankers
of the State, despairing Of relief through
normal methods of the police, embarked
upon a novel plan. Their association
made an offer of SIS 900 for each robber
who was killed while trying to hold up
or burgle a Texas bank. The plan
must have had merit to 1t, for minor
officials and even humble citizens began
to take potshots at hold-up men at
tempting to stick up" the banks. Con-
seuuently old-fashioned bank robberies
somewhat departed from the social code
of Texas crookdonn.
But what about the men who burgle
banks from the inside? In O recent
number of his Fountain Inn Tribune,
Robert Quillan calls our attention to
the fact that so far nobody has thought
to offer S. 900 for each dead crook who
violates public trust and bankrupts his
neighbors" 1T seems to me-" the
South Carolina humorist-philosoph
continues, at would be gallant ges-
ture If the bankers would get together
and make standing offer Of that kind.
1t would give the depoSitors chance to
win back part of their money"
It has been said before that many a
truth is spoken In jest. Robert Gull.
lan's plan IL wQth thinking about.
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velopment is that such opposition Is ex-
pressed in the hope Of throwing mon
key.wrench into the machinery that
viii jam the works; tie UP the Craniton
bill in the maze Of discussion over the
feasibility Of the plans for power and
navigation development. To tie up the
Cramton bill indefinitely might mean
the irretrievable loss of Great Falls and
the Potomac Gorge for park develop.
ment.
Representatives of the power inter-
ests sought last night to have the Jad-
win report on park-and-power develop
ment introduced. They also asked that
Maj. Brehon Somervell, United States
District Engineer, be summoned and
asked to present his views.
There is no great objection to either
Of these moves. except that the Jad-
win report and the concurring views of
Mai. Somervell are not germane. When
Gen. Jadwin made his report favoring
power and park development, his views
represented the opinion of one member
of the National Capital Park and Plan
ming Commission, as against the views
of the nine other members. This
minority view is Of no Importance In
relation to the expressed opinion OF the
National Capital Park and Planning
Commission, which has gone on record,
nine to one, for park development OF
the Potomac, as provided in the Cram
ton bill.
Maj. Somervell's views can be judged
by q former statement that 1.-THE Cram
ton bill will prevent the provision
of modern facilities and will involve
waste of S1oo,000,o00 of the countrys
resources in eliminating navigation and
power development on the river. There
is no reason to sacrifice these two high
ly important interests, as an equally
beautiful and far more useful park can
be provided in the vicinity Of Great
Falls in combination with power and
navigation than can one with the river
in its present state"
Leaving to the engineers the methods
OF computing this $100,000,0o0 waste, 1t
is difficult to understand how the Cram
ton bill, which merely preserves the
river and its shores in their natural
state. constructs roadways and possibly
provides a bridge across the stream, in
any way endangers or prohibits power
and navigation development If and when
their proponents are able to convince
Congress that both are economically
necessary.
In the interval, the taxpayers are
taking no chances now in acquiring the
land along the Potomac, preserving its
beauties and holding on to it against
the time when necessity may force them
to put 1t to other uses.
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BOnny Woman Senator
Enrolled i'm Canada

From the Montreal, Canada, Standard.
At last the cruel strain is over. The
first woman Senator for Canada has
been appointed and she is an excellent
choice. Mrs. Norman F. Wilson of
Ottawa is young, comedy, and a mother
of eight. Womanhood and motherhone
are honcrSd in her appointment. ssA
will be an ornEssSnt to the Red Chan.
Der and the dim-eyeG old Senators viii
have bonny face to look upon.
Mrs. Wilson has been a salutary in
fluence among woman Liberals tor
actuated by fine sense of public SER
ice, she has never been a haranguer or
a clacker. When the office came to her
We can well believe that she was sur
prtsed, as she had never sought for 1t, or
limited, or wheedled, as most of the other
candidates have been doing. These pro-
fessional self-Seekers, who have been
great nuisance to Premier King since tlSa
Privy Council decided that woman wa
a person, have been definitely put in
their place and can now gnash their
teeth at leisure.
Mrs. Wilson, being in her middle 3Os,
win probably wear well and last . long
time. She has before her an expecSa-
ton Of life in the Senate for, say, to
next 40 years, during which time sfN
will not only uphold womens rights In
the scheme Of things, but viii act as a
beacon to her sex throughout the length
and breadth Of Canada. They win see
tavortng onnens in her.
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Land, Labor and Money
Factors in Production

TO tlIs Editor Of The Star:
A correspondent of The Star, Mr..
Bien, states that ''rationed work" is
the best unemployment cure.
This writer seems to have all the ear
marks Of an overnight reformer. He
blithely tackles q problem which has
banned the greatest minds of history
and settles IL off-hand by telling US
what every one already knows, namely,
that 1t would be fine to put all persons
to work and thus iron out our glazing
inequalities of social service and benefit.
Beautiful! The only thing lacking Is
the modus operandil Like so many
budding sociologists, Mr.. Bien just begs
his conclusion. This saves bother and
thought.
Did Mr.. Bien ever hear Of Karl Marx,
three devoted their entire lives to doing
what he would accomplish by writing
one short letter to q newspaper. The
above prophets differed fundamentally
in their specifics for the elimination OF
cur social evils, Of which unempl0vr1 49,
Is only one, but they were all II
realizing that you cannot lick the devil
by anathemizing him in one pretty,
little, very respectful billet douxl
Does Mr.. Bien know what James
Holden, often called the FIRST monetary
ways Of furnishing eainfui work for
every one who wants It? Holden, with
far more perspicacity than any of our
current suggesters of unemployment
remedies, assumed that those who are
to receive jobs must be paid! What
they are to be paid with doesn't seem
to worry a particle the host Of loose
thinkers who over their after-dinner
coffee condescend to prescribe for our
public ills.
Mr.. Bien categorically states that
there is mo shortage of money" Holden
demonstrated with absolute logic and
facts that the legal tender shortage in
the United States amounts to the total
of bank credit" (now some 40 billion
dollars: bank credit" being in reality
a huge debt-owed by all industry to the
money lenders-that accurately meas
ures the exact sum Of circulating me-
dunn needed to transact the vast bust
ness of the Nation.
Where Is the money coming from" Is
the poser which invariably puts a quick
quietus upon all aspiring young re-
formers who haven't taken the trouble
TO study the currency and its all-em-
bracing connotations.
Holden, however, gave the world a
prompt, adequate answer He said:
Monetize productive land, or public uttli-
Ties, such as the railroads. until enough
cash is placed in circulation to drown
bank debt and thus enable employers to
carry on business and pay the "help"
without constant fear of financial break
down and panics-panics now due to the
exacting OF billions and billions of dol
lars by dealers in money who toll not
neither do they SPIN
Unemployment, or what is much bet
ter called Chance employment" would
thcn become thing unknown.
AS Holden so aptly put it: There are
three factors in production, land labor
and money. We have no fault to find
with either land or labor Then the
third factor, money. must logically take
all the blame! VICTOR MARSDEN.
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Parliamentary Politics.

Premier Macdonald survives the at
tacks made upon his ministry at Lon
don. A vote Of sos to 235 defeated a
motion of censure made by Stanley
Baldwin, former premier and leader of
the Conservative party. 1t is therefore
assured that the Labor ministry will
continue for q time In charge of the
British government and that the Lon
don Conference on naval limitation will
not collapse for the lack Of sponsorship.
The other day q vote in Commons,
in committee, on the pending coal bill
was unfavorable to the ministry. The
premier promptly announced that he
would not regard this as a denial of
confidence and that he and his ministry
would not resign unless they were de-
feated on a major issue. He virtually
challenged the opposition to propose
custer through vote of censure. This
challenge was accepted. with the re-
suit of yesterdays vote favorable to
the ministry.
In these proceedings the Liberals in
Commons hold the balance of power.
Lloyd Georges party, lacking his i'm
mediate leadership in person through
his illness, is taking no chances on a
reversal Of the ministry, which would
result in an appeal TO the country" or
general election. Such an election
was held last Spring and evicted the
Conservatives from power. Another
might conceivably restore the Conserva-
tives. Certainly there is little likelihood
Of Liberal victory.
This escape from censure and defeat
is tantamount to notice by the Liberal
party that the Laborites are remaining
in power on sufferance. The day may
come when it viii be to the advantage
of the Georgeites to throw the final
challenge, to precipitate the defeat
and custer Of the Labor government
and, with general election resulting,
to go after plurality If not majority
of Commons seats, for return to power.
But the Labor party is not to be ex-
tinguished by any such maneuver, and
even If the Liberal party were to gain
more seats in Commons than the Con-
servatives, in a general election. it could
hardly expect to secure better than a
plurality, with the Laborites as balance
of power, thus being precisely in the
position that the Liberals are today.
Short Of a coalition, definite and COM
plete, between the Liberal and Labor
parties England must continue on a
three-party basis of political govern
ment. But David Lloyd George is not
amenable to any proposal to unite the
two organizations which are naturally
akin. Perhaps as long as he survives
this contamination will remain impos-
sible.
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Congress Dry-Law Hearings
Produce Various Reactions

laid at the doors Of prohibition is utter
"The picture painted by these wet
witnesses has been q gloomy one" states
the LiAcoln state Journal. "If their
evidence could be taken at face value.
the American citizen, traditional lover
OF honest government and freedom
would do well 70 pack his bag at once
and strike out for some other land"
What is wanted" argues the Chat
tanoogs Times, is q more common
sense and more workable plan of deal
ing with the liquor Question-one that
VIII minimize the evils Of alcohol with
out outrag1ng the common sense Of mil
lions OF American citizens and breeding
an enormous train Of deplorable evils
such as have grown out of Volsteadism.
That paper points out that many of
those who testified for the vets are
recognized leaders Of thought, business X
INDUSTRY and society. They are not
concerned with the liquor business. .
Their testimony was. therefore, repre-
sentative of the knowledge and convic-
lions OF Q large and substantial ele-
ment OF the thinking people of this
country"
Observing that 1.-THE drys now have
their day In court" the Cleveland News
remarks that It had hoped-yaiuly. it
seems-that the vigorous and plausible
attack of the vets (who deserve a
more accurate appellatiVe) might spur
the drys into some new kind of action.
something other than their SNUG and
insupportable claims It appears con-
tinues that paper, that either they
cannot muster any new defense or do
not think a new defense Is needed.
Their opening guns, expectedIy, were
messages from Henry Ford and Thomas
Edison. Both gentlemen express the
opinion that prohibition should be re-
tanned, and it Is operative to the good
OF the land. These first declarations
were followed by fusillade of stale
cream pufs. fred at random by the old
guard. And it is safe to guess that the
balance Of counter bor1bardment will
involve no heavier ammunition" The
News concludes as to Mr.. Ford and Mr..
Edison, We suspect that both gentle
men still believe In the eigfteenth
amendment because they do not know
what it has done to the country"
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WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS

sonal reference: 1T count It as a priv
ilege to have been born within so miles
of the boyhood home Of Lincoln, and in
two respects my early career was some
thing in keeping with his, in that
left the borders Of Indiana when IFbe-
came II years of age. and my circum-
stances were such that took no more
with me than did the Great Emanci-
pator." Chairman Huston's address
also contained very fattering references
to Senators Watson and Robinson Of
Indiana.
The friendly sectional rivalries and
jealousies Of members Of Congress crop
menu card in the Capitol restaurant of
the House has recently listed Baked
Idaho potato" and Special Cotuit Oys-
tiers" in red ink. Such prominence TO
Idaho was displeaSing to representa-
tives from Maine, where potatoes are
also raised and members from other
oyster areas along the Atlantic Sea-
board did not relish the special en-
phaSiS on Cotuit. So the restaurant
managers have prudently decided to
dispense with all special red-letter list
ings on the menu cards.
+ \
1OW ul-bOunoeQ were the 1nnue1QOeS
that the return from the London
Naval Conference of Rear Admiral
Hilary P. Jones, our technical adviser,
was due to dissension and dissatisfac-
ton within the American group, rather
than to illness. is evidenced by the fact
that Admiral Jones has been confined
to his bed at the Naval Hospital here
ever since his arrival back in this
country two weeks ago. His host Of
friends are encouraged by reports from
the hospital that the admiral Is resting
comfortably, but there Is no minimizing
the seriousness of his illness.
X X
Among other signs betokening the
coming of Spring Is the announce
ment that squad e. 90 Marines have
been this week dispatched to the Hoover
fishing camp on Rapidan Greek in Vir-
ginia, to resume their patrol duty
there, from now until another Winter
rolls around. Twelve Marines. under a
non-commissioned officer, have been
stationed at the camp all the past
Winter. But the augmented guard is
In anticipation Of the early resumption
of presidential week end visits.
(Copyright, 1902
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Pushing Ahead Vigorously.

Another encouraging advance in the
movement to Americanize the Wash
irigtonian is seen in the unanimous
favorable report Of the District Com
missioners on the joint resolution pro-
posing through constitutional amend
ment national representation for the
District of Columbia.
The Commissioners state that it is
their carefully considered opinion"
that the proposal applies a fundamental
American principle to the residents of
the District of Columbia and is IN
strict conformity with the constitu-
tional provision regarding the exclusive
legislative control by Congress Of the
seat of government. They declare en-
phatically that the passage Of the
Joint resolution and any subsequent
legislation hereunder makes no change
in the local government"
Referring in definite terms to the
provision of the proposed amendment
to the Constitution that would en-
power Congress to admit to the status
of citizens of State the residents OF
the District Of Columbia for the sole
purpose Of representation in the Con-
gresS by one or two Senators, and
by Representatives In the House of
Representatives as determined by the
extent Of population, and in the
electoral college. the Commissioner
state that in their judgment there
exists no sound reason for Withholding
such increase of power, and that the
effect on the District Of Columbia
would be beneficial. They are unable
to see any possible partisan political
issue involved In this matter for the
reason that local leaders of both major
political parties are outspoken in its
advocacy.
The public-spirited and patriotic
Americans Of the National Capital COM
munity who have been hoping and
working earnestly for the recognition OF
these basic American rights should feel
encouraged In the first place by the
reference Of this matter to the District
commissioners 1OI b1lcn Opil41OAS aAAO
secondly, for the clean-cut report made
by the Commissioners thereon. 1t is
through such successive encouragements
that final success in this campaign is
assured.
Senator Capper, in recent address,
closed with these stirring words, which
cannot be too often repeated:
In waging this commendable war
against a form Of autocracy. peculiarly
repugnanU to patriotic Americans, you
win find that your greatest enemy Is in
difference. Therefore I charge you
never cease to agitate your cause
spread the fire of your zeal throughout
the city and kindle the dormant sentt-
ment Of the Nation. If anything ever
was worth fighting for, 1t is national
representation for the District of Co
Iurnbia. And am confident that finally
your campaign will be victorious, as 1t
well deserves to be.
4 The report Of the District Commits
sioners is a distinctly helpful contribu-
ton to the extensive literature on the
subject Of national representation, and
should be Of real aid to its advocates
as q concise and clear statement Of the
case.
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SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHnANDER JOHNSON.
The General Decention.

The General Deception.
oh. many a man has sneered at song
AS but a slight and trivial thing,
Who when with a convivial throng
Has desperately tried to sing.
And many a man you've heard declare
That politics brought tickle fame.
Yet there was none among them there
Who did not long to try the game.
And many a man in scofdng pride
Has rallied at poetry as CUFF.
But is there one who hasn't tried
At some time to compose the stuff2
And many a man who jeered at wealth
And vowed no wise one felt its lack
Lost sleep and jeopardized his health
Endeavoring to pile UP stack.
"Contentment," 50 serenly praised
With philosophy immense,
May prove when once the mask is raised
A shallow and sad pretense.