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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-05
Geneva Tackles Depression.

g Geneva Tackles Depression.
That day may almost be counted lost
whose low descending sun sees nc
worthy task essayed by the League Of
Nations. 1t has now turned its versatile
hand to q study Of depression. Rep
resentatives Of the economic councils
and national economic research in
stitutes of fifteen countries began this
week at Geneva what is intended to be
an exhaustive survey Of the Gauss OF
business declines The United states
the only non-European country partici-
psting in the inquiry. is represented by
Edward T. Hunt Of the Department OF
Commerce. He is taking part in his
capacity as secretary Of President
Hoover's committees on recent economic
changes and on unemployment.
II the commonly assigned cause OF
the upheaval through which interna-
tional finance, commerce and industry
have been struggling since the Fall OF
1s29-"world depression"-is founded
on fact, the Leagues study is thor
eughly justified one. President Hoover
from the outset Of our own economic
vicissitudes year and half ago has
consistently identified himself with
that theory. In his message to the
late Congress last December, Mr..
Hoover bracketed the collapse Of the
sugar market in Cuba, the nitrate mar
ket In Chile, the coffee market in Brazil,
the silver markets in China and India
with the slump in American agricul-
tural and industrial fields as prima
facie evidence that the economic ills
depressing the United States were but
part and parcel of conditions paralyz-
Ing business the globe round.
With our ten-billion dollar stake in
foreign trade, no one has more direct
interest In plumbing the mysteries Of
the periodic international business cycle
than Uncle Sam. The world long ago
weaned itself from the archaic theory
that one country, or any one group Of
countries, can remain continuously
prosperous II any other considerable
portion of the earth is condemned to
bad times. Trade Is an interlocking
and interdependent thing nowadays,
with virtually all countries leaning, to
greater or lesser degree, on others for
vital necessities In either food supplies
or raw materials.
Before the Leagues survey has gone
very far it Is bound to encounter the
fact that the barbed- wire entangle-
ments Of tariffs and kindred artificial
barriers play an inevitable, and prob
ably an ineradicable, role in the veal
or woe Of the business nations. But,
apart from tariffs, there are innumer-
able factors, the exploration Of which
should bring forth new and useful light.
Mother Earth hungers for ways and
means Of ameliorating. If she cannot
wholly escape, such calamities as have
arrested her normal economic progress
during the past dismal eighteen months.
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trious products of all the foregoing ages
OF mans life and labors and thinking.
We may yet hear and see fruits of this
tremendous spiritual plantation"
1t would be interesting to know"
states the Springfield (MaSs) Republi-
can, what proportion of the students
of the experimental college were at
tracted to it because of sympathy with
what were believed to be the personal
views OF some OF its instructors and to
what degree, If any, the instructors
succeeded in keeping their own opinions
In the background more than most COL
Iege teachers do. In short, the expert
ment has been an experiment with GER
tain teachers and certain pupils as well
as with certain methods and certain
courses of study. AS to the feasibility
OF an experimental college, whatever its
program, there is room for difference of
opinion. Both DR.. Meiklejohn and DR..
FRANK suggest that experimenting with
still other methods and programs may
well be continued at the university,
though they do not specify that it shall
be done through a special college"
Simply because 1t has been a thorn
IN the side OF academic complacency,
rejoicing at its possible elimination
should not cutlery serious evaluation,"
thinks the Madison Wisconsin State
JourHal, WlCn the turther comment.
DIR. Meiklejohn indicates that the i'm
portance of the first two years of COL
lege work has been enhanced by the
recent decision of the faculty TO elm
mate considerable percentage of the
students at the end of the second year.
II students are to be thus denied the
privilege of further study in the uni
versity, he states, the teaching ar
rangementS must be as good as we can
make them In regard to his certainty
that the problems of these two years
can be met effectively, he adds that
especially are We sure that the ar
rangements for the student-teacher re-
lationship can be improved These sug-
gestions-that the crux of the univer-
slty problem Of instruction lies in the
f1rst two years, and that the results of
the experimental college show at least
one way out-form the essence of the
report. They constitute a challenge to
the Letters and Science faculty, and
likewise to higher education from one
seaboard to another, which cannot 90
long unanswered if education is to con-
tinue its major role in the progress of
the Nation and in the wider experiment
Of democracy"
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THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

horses with caution, and invariably have
attempted to placate them by using the
favorite word of the Army mothers.
"horsie," and by prefixing the adjective
mice" and sometimes old
One will find it expedient, too, when
approaching an unknown horse, to keep
ones head well away from its mouth
and to have the feet in readiness to exc
cute a quick shift in case the nice old
horsie takes unkindly to such approaches.
We envy these people who can go
right up to one and whisper sweet moth
ings into his ear and get an answering
whinny from the creature.
No doubt horse has to be handled
firmly and without fear. Just as a good
dog will run after him who shrinks
from it.
An integral part of every child's edu-
cation ought to be familiarity with the
horse. the COW, the dog, the cat, chick
ems; ducks and the average run Of farm
and barnyard animals.
Centuries ago mankind turned these
creatures to his bidding, until today they
know nothing else.
In one way or other they respond to
The demands of man, the master, who
has exalted some Of them above the
others.
The horse, along with the dog, holds a
very high place in the affection of man
kind. Sometimes, however, it is abused.
II not actively, then passively.
We never see an old horse in a rick
ETY. wagon without feeling a bit sorry
for 1t and wishing it we're in a MICS
pasture somewhere.
r X x X
We have notion to try lump sugar
on our old friend across the street.
He stands without hitching, unrnind-
ful OF the automobiles which honk and
pack around him.
His wagon is very old, and commonly
there is frayed green blanket thrown
back across the seat. His harness.
while worn, seems stout enough, though
tne praSs gadgets on it would very well
submit TO a polishing.
There seems to be no driver hit NJ
course, there must be one. He is never
there when we pass, and say, Nice old
horsie!"
The administration of lump sugar to
strange horse is by no means a project
to be approached without due consid-
Grafton of all the factors involved.
The largest factor, Of course, is the
horse.
The remaining factors of note are the
horses teeth.
Just how many he has we do not
know. Plenty" some one says. Well,
any one would know that!
1t is fact that d person who is not
used to handling equine creatures can
have his hand bit badly by horse with
the best of intentions.
Surely our nice old horsie would not
bite us Intentionally, but he might make
the slight mistake-from his viewpoint
of taking off hand with the sugar.
And that, We must submit, would take
MIN clear out OF the class of nice old
horsies.
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Safety at Boiling Field.

The recent crash at Boiling Field due to
Navy plane sinking into mud hole on
the take-off, in which fortunately no
one was seriously hurt, draws renewed
attention to the fact that the Army
field in the National Capital is in
imperative need of repair and construc-
ton in order to safeguard the lives of
flyers. Never finished and at such a
low level that adequate drainage has
been found impossible, Boiling Field
has for years been a menace in wet
weather. That the Army Is soon to
abandon this airport in favor of one
situated slightly farther south and at a
higher level has nothing whatever to do
with the question. The Government
should at once take steps to make the
present field safe while the planes are
upon the ground.
Considerable difference of opinion
exists as to the proper surfacing for
airports, although most flyers agree
that turf is the ideal. Grass, however,
is difficult, If not impossible to main
tain successfully on a field used for
planes. Oil from the motors, blasts
from the propellers and the impact of
landing heavy ships destroy it. Con-
crete has been tried, and while it has
been found effective for the take-off,
tires are ruined by it in a landing.
Gravel and macadam are also used at
many ports, but both of these materials
have been found to have their disad-
vantages.
The Army, however, in connection
with Boiling Field, if it is eventually to
be abandoned, may not seek ideal con-
ditions. The need there is safety
Certainly, some method can be found,
at a small outlay, to insure safe take
offs and landings for it's extensively
trained flying personnel. For the
Government to spend thousands of dol
lars in grooming a man for the air
service and then to force him to oper-
ate from an inadequately equipped field
is false economy. 1t may be years be-
fore the appropriations are secured from
Congress to move the airport. In the
meantime Boiling Field should be re-
paired at least to point of safety.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-05

There is a big horse which stands
hitched to an old wagon just across
the street every morning.
Most horses are large, of course, with
the exception of Shetland ponies, and
the like. but no one would want one
of them to step on ones toes, either
The smallest possible hGEse weighs
so many stone and stands so many
hands high, according to Che horse
measurement language.
This old horse is particular friend
of ours, and we greet him every morn
ing.
Mice old horsie!" is our invariable
salutation.
The nice old horsie always gives us
disappearing look. in which we try
hard to detect some sign of interest.
We like to believe, at least, that he is
trying to see if he likes our smell.
Perhaps we should explain why we
call him 'horsie." and not just plain
horse"
We picked up the former word at the
Army show two years ago, which we
attended with much pleasure.
There were at least 10000 mothers
there, attended by about 10000 chill
dren, and each child, naturally enough,
was tremendously interested in the
horses, especially those from Fort
"Oh, look at the horsie!" each mother
exclaimed as so great cavalry horses
swept down the field.
"Oh, see the horsie!" 1t was "horsie"
this and "horsie" that all afternoon.
x X X
Since then we have never thought Of
an equine creature except as a "horsie."
Hence it is that we invariably greet
our old friend in his wagon with the
same sentence or greeting:
Mice old horsie!"
We praise him because we are some
what afraid of him as the result OF a
bitter experience with horse and an
apple in our youth.
1t happened this way:
He was standing by the curb, looking
rather hungry, for horse. Horses or
dinarily wear neither their appetites nor
their hearts on their sleeves
But this one looked hungry
He seemed to be eying an apple in
our hand with great approval.
r X
"Here horse" we said. You see. we
had not been to an Army show, as yet.
Gently we held up the apple to his
nose. Perhaps he thought we were try
ing to put his eye out, or something.
Instead of selling the fruit in his
great teeth-and also our hand with
the merely swung his head around,
with very angry CLINT in his eyes.
Using his head as a sort of battering
ram, he swept the apples out of our pa
thetically juvenile hands, and then
landed his great jaws upon our unsus-
pecting face.
II you have never been approached by
horse in this fashion, you really can
have no idea of the tremendous power
in one of those long necks.
X
Ever since then We have taken our
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-05
Hits Borah's Stand
For Soviet Recognition
To the Editor of The Star:

TO the EDITOR Of The Star:
Apropos Senator Borah's advocacy of
our recognition Of the Soviet Republic,
the viciousness of which he so well
presented in his speech in the Senate
yesterday, would like to remind the
Senator that evil communications cor
rupt good morals among governments as
well as among individuals. The present
Russian government Is q negation of
and uncompromiSingly opposed and
hostile to everything we hold sacred
in our social and political relations. It's
avowed object Is the destruction Of all
other forms Of government particularly
our own, and it is doing all 1t can by
propaganda and otherwise to promote
its diabolical purpose.
While it is probable that the great
majority Of our people are too INTEL
ligent to be seriously influenced by the
vile and destructive propaganda of the
bolSheviki, nevertheless if we take the
Senator's advice and recognize them
they would Immediately establish a
legation in Washington and consular
and commercial offices throughout our
country, which would be the centers
of propaganda against our Government
and social order, with resulting unrest
and disorder among large class of our
people who are already communistically
inclined. 1t seems to me that we have
enough crime, turmoil and disorder
among us now without having it in
cited and augmented, as 1t certainly
would be, by official bolsheviki pro-
paganda in our midst. They are well
come to any kind Of government they
want, but for one would prefer that
its present brand be kept in Russia.
and not transplanted to this hemis-
phere. A. S. LANIER.
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Highlights on the Wide World
Excerpts From Newspapers of Other Lands

been read with interest and astonish-
ment. This novel has given the Latin
Americans a new conception of the
American people, especially the lower
strata of society, many of whom are
forced to all sorts of subterfuges and
d1fhculties to perpetuate their existence.
Mr.. Lewis describes his characters only
by reference. We must paint our own
portraits OF them, and we are given
plenty Of material for such understand
ings in the presentation of their speech
ana actions. Just what vitality and
color has been lost in the translation,
we do not perhaps appreciate.
Porto Rican Gets Contract
For 100000 Hats for y. s.
La Opinion, Santo Domingo A Porto
Rican hat factory has secured an order
Tor 100000 straw hats to be delivered
to a wholesaler In Atlantic City in the
United States during the approaching
season. This vast requisition for its
product was secured by the company
IN competition with the hats Of manu-
1acturers in many other countries.
Straw hats made in China, especially,
have long enjoyed a popularity in
North America.
Member of Expedition
Victim Of Poisonous Snake.
FL Diario Del Pueblo, Santa Ana
Tragedy accompanied an expedition
into the virgin wilderness of South
western Colombia, according to &C
counts. Thirty Psychologists and SCI
entistS, coming from Cali, with their
guides and helpers, penetrated into the
deep forest and found the ancient and
mysterious city of Toro Veto, founded
TNOYa T7hrnV IL -.
out overcome and demolished by the
Catian aboriginals a few years later.
An assistant with the expedition, Senior
Aldemar Garcia, was bitten by q
"berrugo" Ca small, amphibious trop-
ical snake). and expired within q few
minutes, despite the frantic efforts Of
Senior Guillermo Herrara, a geologist
with the company, to nullify the ef-
fectS of the venom.
\ y y
New Invention May
RevOlutiOniZe Industry.
FL Cronista, igalpa-According
to newspapers from Portugal. the pro-
prietor of a landed estate in the
province of Almentejo whose name is
Senior Joaquin Goncalves Felipe. has
invented an engine or dynamo which
operates by means of the currents Of
tides and rivers. No fuel, or other
power, is required, the generating ap-
paratus consisting of two water wheels
which revolve with the currents, and
transmit the force thus obtained to
machinery geared to their axles. This
novel turbine can be placed either in
a permanent position, or upon float
ing structure enabling it to be moved
about wherever power is to be applied.
This invention. with a little further
development, is likely to supersede
steam and gasoline engines and electric
motors, and, costing nothing to operate.
is likely to revolutionize modern in
dustrY.
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Government. This proposal was not
accepted. rs it was against War De-
partment policy. The alternative was
to have the Federal Government build
the road, WHICH would skirt, but at the
same time penetrate, portion Of the
military reservation. This proposal
was embodied in the Moore Swanson
bills, which failed to get attention.
Virginia is getting to work now on
the link of the Lee Highway that will
come as far as the western boundary
Of the Fort Myer reservation, cutting
across country to join the Alexandria
Falls Church road. BY next Winter the
road will be completed. In the mean
time the Government officials concerned
should have their plans ready for the
next Congress and push the bills for
the connecting link between the bridge
and the highway. 1t is to be regretted
that lack of authority and appropria-
tons prevent the completion Of this
portion of the Virginia approaches to
the bridge in time for the Bicentennial
visitors next year.
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One Unfinished Job.

1t Is unfortunate that the closing
rush Of Congress buried measure that
appropriately should have accompanied
the bill 10 finish the Mount Vernon
Boulevard. The bills by Representative
Moore and Senator Swanson Of Virginia
to construct highway skirting the Fort
Myer reservation 10 connect the Lee
Highway with the Memorial Bridge
were lost The result is that while the
Memorial Bridge Is expected TO be open
20 trafic the early part Of next Winter,
together with the Mount Vernon Boule-
ward, there will be no connecting link
between the bridge and the Lee High
way The military reservation will
separate the finished bridge from the
Lee Highway.
virginia offered to run the highway
through the Fort Myer reservation To
connect with the bridge. and to take a
Iong-term lease on the right Of way
leaving ownership with the Fe6eral
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-05
The Worlds Most Moral Citv.

Mayor Jimmie" Walker Of Greater
New York has q wide, almost O world
wide, reputation as a humorist, perhaps
even as a wit. Some there are who
deride him as being merely a wise
cracker, short-range producer Of quips
But, whatever his category in the way
OF laugh-producing capabilities, Mayor
Jimmie almost invariably scores, when
ever he speaks Sometimes the laugh
that Is induced by his words is not al
together to his liking, however. This
was perhaps the case the other day
when, in addressing group Of social
workers whom he had summoned to the
City Hall in Manhattan for a confer
ence, asking them to help him find the
weak spot in the city's war on vice.
he said:
We will all agree on this, am sure
that as far as vice is concerned we
don't want it, and we are determined
not to have 1t. believe we should get
right at the fundamental side of the
question. We are determined to main
tain the reputation, justly won many
years back, as being the cleanest, most
moral city in the world.
A valuable contribution to the pic
torial history Of Americas greatest and
most moral city would have been q
fiashlight photograph of the mayors
hearers. Did they keep their faces
straight while these words fell upon
their ears? Did they betray any ap-
probation Of the mayors exquisite satire
as he proclaimed New York TO be, as
for many years back" the cleanest
and most moral city in the world? Such
a description surely merited some out
ward reaction.
II many years back" New York
justly won the reputation which Mayor
Jimmie broadcasts, somebody has been
grossly libeling 1t. Somebody has been
tampering with that fair name and
fame. Somebody has been bruitins
abroad vile ISLANDERS about the morals
Of the metropolis. There has been, in
deed, dirty work at the cross roads
What Is needed, for the sake Of thai
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-05
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

are there In the United States and how
many for women and for n1en?-F.
M S.
A. The latest survey, that Of 1927,
| showed 400 co-educational institutions;
1913 for women and l1s for men.
Q. What kind Of an acid is used to
polish glass; j.
A. The Bureau of Standards says the
| effective constituent of the acid dip
used in polishing glass is hydrofuoric
acid. The strength of the acid required
depends on the nature of the surface
and the composition Of the glass.
O. When was irrigation first used in
Arizona ?-McF. r.
| A. It was used many centuries before
the coming of the white man. Early
Spanish travellers found Indians using
water carried by bitches for their crops.
O. About what river is Longfellow's
poem THE Bridge" written7
A. The original name of the poem
was "The Bridge Over the Charles"
The reference concerns the small
stream along which Boston lies.
@. If boy runs away and joins the
Navy, can his parents pay something
and have him released?-M. ]. v.
A. The Department Of the Navy
says that 1t Is not possible for a man TO
buy his way out of the Navy. If cir
cumstances are such at home that
members of his family become depend
ent upon him for care or support, he
may be discharged from the service of
the United States. However this will
have to be taken up with the Bureau
of Navigation, Navy Department, Wash
ington, D. c.
@. Do many Canadians who come to
the United States to live change their
minds and return to Canada?-G. p.
A. Canadians who came to the
United States to reside and who re-
turned to Canada in 1880 declaring
their intention of remaining perma-
nently in that country numbered 81, 500
compared with 30,479 in 1929.
@. How many years did Ty Cobb
play base ball?-N. B.
A. He played "a years, participated in
1898 games, was at bat 11,429 times,
made 2,244 runs and 4,l9l hits.
@. Lately a radio speaker attributed
the expression "Hobson'S choice" to
Capt. Hobson's feat in Santiago Bay.
Isn't the expression older than that?-
A. NJ
A. 1t is much older. Tobias Hobson,
who died in 1880, was the first man In
England 10 leu OUT hackney nOrSeS.
When a man came for horse he was
led to the stable where there was
great choice of animals, but he was
obliged to take the horse which stood
next to the stable door, so that every
customer alike was well served accord
ing to his choice. Therefore, it became
proverb that when what ought to be
ones selection was forced upon one to
say TN take Hobson's choice"
@. Where is the school established
that is sometimes called the West Point
of the AIRY. v.
A. The school which is being built at
Randolph Field, San Antonio, Tex, Is
to be for the training of the flying
cadets. At the present time, however,
these cadets are trained at Brooks
Field, Tex, and March Field, Calf.
@. What language is spoken in Jueo-
Slavia?-J. ".
A. The principal language is what is
known as Serbo- Croatian It is spoken
by nearly 100000 out of total Of
100000 people.