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Evening star., 1931-06-19
Supreme Court Upholds
Federal Oil POLICY
From the Flint Daily Journal.

From the Flint Daily Journal.
A significant decision of the United
States Supreme Court was the uphold
ing of the Interior Departments order
closing all Federal lands to prospecting
for oil and gas as a means for making
the administrations conservation policy
effective.
1t was perfectly natural that case
would be brought up to test the legality
Of the issue. Now that it is settled, an
obstacle to oil conservation is removed.
The future of the oil industry in the
United States remains one of our seri-
Gus economic problems. The industry
itself, through its trade associations, is
trying to bring order out Of chaos. But
1t has met with slow progress, at best
The situation offers an outstanding eX-
ample of the effects of destructive
competition. Unable to police its own
activities properly because of the anti
trust law, the various elements within
the industry have been warning for
several years.
Those interests which have the well
fare Of the industry as whole at heart
have been trying to bring about pro-
gram of curtailed production which
would stabilize the market for crude oil.
The smaller units, known as independ-
ents, have been battling against prora-
ton, unit operation of fields, and other
conservation measures. 1t is very much
to be regretted that an industry
through intense competition, can be-
come so divided.
Several mergers are under considera-
ton, pending court decision, and con-
seryation efforts have not been relaxed
Oil probably will pull itself out OF its
difficulties in time, but the process Is
slow.
Evening star., 1931-06-19
Frederick Lincoln siddons.

Sitting yesterday on the bench of
the District Supreme Court, of which
he has been a member for sixteen
years, Frederick Lincoln Siddons Is today
the victim Of fatal attack which
gave no warning, In his sixty-seventh
year. Justice Siddons was regarded as
assured Of much longer active serv-
ice, and his death is a severe shock
to the community, of which he was a
member for the greater part of his
life and in which he had served use
s:llly and with distinguished merit. A
native of England, Justice Siddons
came to America at an early age, and
soon he became Washingtonian. He
was educated here, and gaining his
degrees from then Columbian, now
George Washington University, he was
admitted to the bar and there eStab-
lished himself as competent, con-
scientious exponent of the law and an
advocate of unusual capacity. In 1913
he was named a District Commissioner,
in which Office he served capably until
he was appointed to the bench Of the
District Supreme Court. Meanwhile he
served on various advisory and con-
structive commissions, devoting much
time and energy especially to the re-
search into the needs of the District
in the matter of the public welfare
services. The present organization OF
this work at the Capital is largely due
to his devoted endeavors to formulate
the law co-ordinating the activities.
Throughout his busy career Justice
Siddons remained a student OF litera-
ture. A man Of culture, a distinguished
jurist, a charming companion and a
faithful friend, Frederick Lincoln Sid
dons is mourned deeply by the COM
munity of which he was for so many
years a member.
Evening star., 1931-06-19
The Pace Maker of the Air.

Breakfast kippers in London, lunch
con spaghetti in Rome, and tea in
London! All in the same day, the day
spent by that remarkable chap Hawks
in a round-trip flight from capital to
capital. He left London at half past
five Wednesday morning, reached
Rome at 10:15, spent two hours and
forty minutes in the Eternal City and
was back at Croydon, the London air.
port, at 555. The flying time was nine
hours and fcrtyAfour minutes, record
by about half an hour. The distance
was about 1875 miles.
Hawks has been winging his way
about Europe recently in an extraordi-
nary series Of flights that have made
new records. The London Rome Lon
don round has been his goal. He tried
it in April, but after making q new
speed record to Rome was forced down
by lack Of fuel somewhere In France
Now that he has accomplished this OBJ
iective, he is planning to do little
flying around England just to see the
country, and then, he says, will 'jacl
up his tent and head for home.
Hawks has contributed materially tt
the commercial transport phase CT avi.
alton by his remarkable flights. He ha.
demonstrated that high speed is no
inconsistent with safety. He has proyec
the possibility of remarkably lonl
flights at swift rates Of speed and thu.
has definitely established new standard
Evening star., 1931-06-19

/ presidential gavel In 1929. There are
in all, two years of diplomatic ex-
perience In that career. The foreign
service OF Mr.. Fletcher covers q period
Of twenty-seven years, from second
secretaryshlp to several successive am
bassadorshlps.
If the matter were put to test 1t would
surely seem that the present chairman
of the Tariff Commission would be de-
clared the more fully qualified to
epitomize the requirements of diplomacy.
He has had to use both head and feet
in the course of the more than quarter
Of a century during which he has been
cookie pushing" and negotiating at
foreign capitals.
Yet the reply Of Ambassador Dawes
for he will, of course, make rejoinder,
unless greatly changed by his expert
ences abroad-will be awaited with
keen interest. For the present the
honors of the exchange rest with Mr..
Fletcher. But Gen. Dawes powers of
definition are such as to warrant the
belief that he will have something
worth saying when the time comes.
Evening star., 1931-06-19
What Stimson Will Find,

From the Providence Evening Bulletin.
II it's news Secretary of State Stim-
son is going to Europe after, he will
find plenty Of what city editors call
red-hot spot news.
He will find the Franco italian naval
deadlock still unbroken. He will find
statesmen openly peSSimistic over the
prospects or successful disarmament
conference. He will find a general
cynical attitude toward international
conferences for peace and order when,
behind the scenes, each nation is pull
ing and hauling for its own.
. He viii find a Europe fearful Of the
Russian threat He will find MuSsolini
in a grave internal dispute with the
Holy See. He will find Germany In
economic and political distress. He will
find the Danubian nations In state
of bewilderment over their agrarian
problems. He will find France still
with supreme faith in the need of
security, determined to maintain the
status quo of Europe as defined by
peace treaties and insistent upon con-
tinental hegemony. He viii find Great
Britain battling with her own pressing
problems and, at the same time, trying
to bring the continent to its senses.
He will find Europe divided by q
series Of tariff ramparts. He win find
everybody shouting to lower the tariff
walls, meaning thereby the next fellow.
He will find a virulent nationalism, In
tensifled and widened by the war. He
will find a continent playing politics
so furiously that American politics win
be like a gentlemen's game of ping
pong.
He will find out these things and a
lot more because there's q lot happen
ing In Europe these IAys.
Evening star., 1931-06-19

seems as though the end of the gang
ster'S reign may be in sight. We saw
may because it has appeared in sight
two or three times in the past. But at
any rate let us hope that it will be safe
eventually for citizens of Illinois to live
in their own State
THE Federal Government, through
It's prohibition forces" declares the
Kansas City Star, promises to meet
the challenge of AL Capone and his
ring. The Indictment by the Chicago
grand jury of Capone and So others
on charges of liquor violations, the
enumerated offenseS numbering 5000,
Is merely elimination of the new.
more comprehensive and more deter
mined policy of the Government. These
indictments, together with those re-
turned the other day in Joplin and
numerous Others affecting local rings,
are the results of a concerted drive on
the sources and main channels of the
Illicit liquor business. Collectively, they
give hope of such improvement under
the new policy as to make the merits
OF prohibition more obvious as the
scouting of the law becomes more dan
gerous and consequently less extensive"
Some years ago." recalls the
Charleston CIV. Va.) Daily Mail, che
was quoted as speaking boaStfully of
>-HS SeSSe-oo oAlN AdtA4SI COIlISIHpIuOuSly
OF this thing called Government and
probably, under the circumstances of
his environment. he was justified in
doing so. Now there are several adages
about the improperly, certainly about
the policy of being too boastful Words
are dangerous things at times and, like
chickens, come home to rooSt-often at
most inconvenient times" But the Chi
cago Daily Tribune fears that "the con-
ditions that produced Capone can pro-
duce another like him.
Evening star., 1931-06-19
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

sonians, who were at one time in the
running for acquisition of the Mclean
paper, were yet to walk off with the
bacon. Nicholson Is almost sure to fig
ure in such a set-up. He's a great
crony Of Baruch, who has just sweet
ened the Democratic kitty to the tune
of another $4,000.
y Il Il 4
President Hoover, back from the most
extensive speechmaking trip he's ever
made since taking Office. is now settled
in these parts for the duration Of the
Summer. There's said to be little likeli-
hood that he will make the long-pro-
jected tour of the national parks, con-
Guiding with a sojourn at his home in
Palo Alto. Week ends on the Rapidan
are to be the order of the day. AS
in the past, presidential vacations" at
the Virginia White House will be a
combination of rest and business, with
the accent on business. Now and then
Mr.. and Mrs. Hoover plan to stretch
their Rapidan week ends from Thurs
days to Tuesdays. or something Of that
sort.
They're throwing out their chests at
the Navy Department this week with
more than accustomed gusto, and there's
IedSoH. 1CS because the Annapolis
midshipmen won the boat race at
Poughkeepsie this week in one of the
classic upsets of the aquatic sport. The
m1ddies were not at all in the winning
calculations. Through constant shifts
in the shell during the weeks preceding
the race the eight'S morale was sup
posed to be sunk without trace. Yet
the huSkieS from the Severn came from
behind, overlook the giants from WASH
tngton State, beat of the desperate
squirt of Cornell, 1880 champion, and
rowed to victory with irresistible dash,
Secretary Adams, Assistant Secretary
Jahncke and other heads Of the Navv
in Washington have deluged the An
napolis crew with proud congratula-
tions.
Mrs. John Hays Hammond for more
than quarter Of century was one of
the great ladies of Washington and her
passing removes from national life n
distinguished and potent figure. Com
panion Of her husband In mining en-.
terprises all over the world, Mrs. Ham
mond knew her London and Paris. her
st. Petersburg and Peking, her Mel
bourne and Mexico City, as well as her
Washington. Her last activities were
devoted to the creation of the Titanic
memorial recently erected In Potomac
Park.
Copyright, 1931.)
Evening star., 1931-06-19
Protest Against
Public DISCLAIMERS

To the Editor of The Star:
Won't somebody start a movement to
check up on some of the habits of our
writer's and speakers? 1t seems to the
writer that too many of the evils of
the day are being attributed either to
the war or prohibition. It is not fair.
Evils are as old as the human race.
They are Speeded up along the way,
sometimes slowly, at other times
rapidly, but they have been here from
time iInmemorial. They change their
styles a little occasionally and thereby
make themselves more attractive as
the women sometimes do, but, at heart,
they are just the came
Do some women smoke and drink
now? Yes, but some women drank and
smoked even before the Civil War. Do
men gamble and practice burglary and
banditry? So they did in ancient
times.
These kiddiSh writer's and speakers
who do not know anything except
about the things that have come from
the World War and prohibition should
be sent to Summer school and given a
course Of instruction in the simple ele-
ments Of history for at least a half
century. Try to have a reel made and
put upon the screen.
VIM. BRADFORD WTTHERSPOON.
Evening star., 1931-06-19

Of performance for passenger planes.
Meanwhile commercial flying Is de-
veloping rapidly in this country. Ad-
ditional services are being established
and the number Of passengers carried
is increasing. The flight lane between
Washington and New York Is now the
busiest in the world and new ships
are being put into service as the trafic
increases. America, which brought the
heavier -than-air machine into being
and service and then Jagged lamentably
in the matter of practical utilization, is
now setting the pace fer the world.
Evening star., 1931-06-19
Thomas Johnson, Who
Nominated Washington
40 the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor Of The Star:
In an article in The Star Of the
18th instant the statement is made that
John Adams, delegate from Massachu-
sets. later to succeed Washington as
President, was one Of the strongest ad-
vocates Of the gentleman from Vir-
ginia'
This reference to Mr.. Adams makes 1t
ell the mere surprising that no mention
was made Of the fact that Washington
was nominated by Thomas johnson, one
OF the ablest men in the old Congress,
member OF the Provincial Convention,
from which he was elected a deputy to
the First Continental Congress at Phila-
oelphia, 1774 to 1777, from Maryland.
Volume II, Continental Congress,
records the fact that on June is, ITS,
Washington was nominated by johnson
TO command all the Continental forces
raised or to be raised for the defense
OF liberty. Hampton l.. Carson asserted
at that time: THAT the nomination of
Virglnian by Marylander to COM
mand local patriotic forces at CAM
bridge forced forward unity of action
and identity of grievances, and was a
bold conception and national in its
character"
Further, Thomas johnson was ap-
pointed by Washington, with David
Stewart and Daniel Carroll, as what
was termed "the Commissioners of the
Federal District" to lay off the Federal
City on the Potomac, the City of wash
1ngton, to select sites for the Capitol,
PRESIDENTS house and public buildings.
johnson was chairman of this commit
tee, and rendered able service.
A reading of Page 6, Part S, The Sun
day Star, Washington, D. c., April 3,
1927, gives a most interesting history
CT this man, whose accomplishments,
considering the age in which he lived,
were most certainly noteworthy. Atten-
tion is called to the fact that in line
2 OF paragraph g. column 8, of the write
up OF April g. your typesetter evidently
made an error, referring to Thomas
JEFFERSON" instead of Thomas john
SON."
AS a Observation-Disclosures Of
this patriot cannot but feel personal
interest that this great character, as
evidenced by his accomplishment. be
given honor where honor is due Your
article of April 8 stated mo one man
played more important part in mold
ing the deSttnies of this great country
The caption of the article in question
stated "One of Outstanding Figures in
Days OF American Revolution Has Been
Neglected in History" For this reason
this matter is brought to your attention,
as you may wish to keep it in mind in
connection with the coming Bicenten-
nial. JESSIE ELIOT PEREZ.
Evening star., 1931-06-19
Suppressed.
From the Richmond Times-Dispatch.

From the Richmond T1mes-Dlspatcn'
It will come as a shock to many
people to learn that Lewis CarrolPS i'm
mortal "Alice in wonderland" has been
banned in the Chinese province OF HUI
nan. The order that Chinese children
are to be protected from this dangerous
book was issued by no less dignitary
than Gen. Ho Chen, censor for the
province.
The generals chief objection to the
book lies in the fact that animal CHAR
acters are made to talk. Says the war
lord: Bears, lions and other beasts
cannot use a human language, and TO
attribute to them such a power Is an
insult to the human race" Since TINS
Alice would teach the Celestials to re-
gard human beings and animals as SINH
lar and that "thiS would be disastrous,
he has forthwith suppressed the book.
The censoring of Lewis Carroll book
is q strange commentary on the CEN
sor's mind. Perhaps the general does
not know that in fairy tales not only
animals but also trees and stones are
made to speak. Rivers sing, clouds weep
tears and mountains converse amicably
with mice Can it be true that Chinese
babies enjoy some Of the stories In
which our infants take such delight?
The child's world is filled with many
marvellous things. Life to him is not
that sternly decorous thing adults have
made of it. His Imagination gives
voice and movement to all objects; he
invests richly animate and articulate
world.
We suspect that the Chinese general
Is distressingly literal-minded. Sup
pressing Alice will not teach Chinese
children to have greater respect for the
human race. Those slant-eyed little
youngsters win continue to endow their
toys with far more life than the char
acters of any book can ever have; they
will talk to these toys and hear them
reply, and in later years when they are
generals their opinion of the human
race will have. suffered no disaster. Had
they read Alice, they would have not
only q pleasant memory Of her expert
ences but also body Of shrewd and
adult observations which would tend to
make censors such as Ho Chien look
slightly ridiculous.
The problem is not teaching children
to respect the human race but to main
tain that respect after reaching ma
turity.
Evening star., 1931-06-19
Canada's New Envoy.

Canada and the United States have
had direct diplomatic relations Tor
only two or three years, and today the
second minister from the Dominion to
present his credentials to the Presi-
dent and Secretary of State otficially
becomes accredited to this country.
washington, which will be the scene OF
his activities, offers q cordial welcome
to Col. William d. Herridge and wishes
him abundant success in the task OF
cementing friendly relations between
the two great North American COM
monwealths.
It is not a bed of roses into which
the new envoy from over the border
has come. About the time Col. Her
ridge was arriving on the Potomac
yesterday, the Canadian House OF
Commons voted in approval OF the
Bennett governments revised tariff
program, embracing drastically higher
rates on a variety of American imports
To Just what extent trade with our
best foreign customer will eventually
be affected remains to be seen. These
matters sometimes have a habit OF
adjusting themselves without those
dire results which the prophets OF
gloom foresee.
Canada does not buy heavily from
the United States because of the color
of our American eyes. She has spent
hundreds Of millions a year for our
. automobiles, our agricultural machin-
cry, our manufactures of all sorts, even
for some of our farm produce, because
. they were better and cheaper than
could be had elsewhere. American
purchases in Canada have been made
on the same basis. There will always
be a substantial commerce flowing
across the far-fiung, invisible line to
the north, because it is trade that
has its roots in mutual interest.
Nor has any American the right to
register displeasure with Canadians
for invoking the protective principle
! in their tariff policy. Nobody in the
world sets country so lofty an ex-
ample In that direction as the United
States. If the new Dominion tariff
hits American business, our cue is tc
grin and bear it. And we shall be
setting the aggrieved countries beyond
our own high tariff walls a laudable
example If we do so unwhiningly.
Should 1t fall to the lot of Minister
Herridge, during his tour Of duty in
Washington, to bring about better
tariff relations between Canada and
the United States, he will accomplish
something that will evoke as much
satisfaction here as there. Certainly
there are few, If any, countries with
which we crave economic peace and
happiness so much as with the virile
daughter nation of Britannia, which
shares with us three thousand miles of
undefended frontier.
Evening star., 1931-06-19
,m the Fort Wayne News-SentineI.

From the Fort Wayne News-Sentinel.
While there will be much difference
of opinion with regard to the Wicker
sham Commissions most recent conclu-
sionS, the findings embody some state.
ments and suggestions that merit care
full peruSal.
The report criticizes the "intrenched
custom" of Senators in choosing men
for appointment as United States dis
tr1ct attorneys, and emphasis is given
to the thought that such custom "opens
wide the door for political appoint
mentS," with little consideration given
to the experience and ability of the men
picked to administer the Republics
criminal laws. However, it is not clear
what can be done by way of remedy.
Somebody has to recommend the men
for appointment.
On the other hand, If States want
stronger administration of their crimi-
nal laws, the commission observes, they
may have it by electing stronger and
more experienced men as prosecuting
attorneys or by giving to good men
more adequate facilities for proceeding
against violators.
The Wickersham Commission renders
valuable service in emphasizing that
the cure for weak prosecution is in the
nanoS OF the voters. 1t speaks a good
word for the work of jurors. holding
that juries are more dependable than
prosecutors. Having in mind what hap
pened In the Kirkland case, Hoosiers
may wish that the commissioners had
had more to say about the jury systems
abuses. But the real point of the re-
port, and one that cannot be too
strongly stressed, is that the blame for
ugly conditions in the agencies of law
enforcement rests on the people at
home and that they have the cure in
their hands. The report was scarcely
needed to make that fact cl.ar, but It
Is never an effort ar1iss to call atten-
ton to the virtue of thinking before
going back OF the little green curtains
that shade the voting machine.
Evening star., 1931-06-19
Heads or Feet in Diplomacy?

Recently Ambassador Charles G.
Dawes, at London, remarked to the
world at large that diplomacy is easy
on the brains but hard on the feet"
Which was acclaimed as contribution
to the good feeling required in these
trying times of business depression.
Now Former Ambassador Henry P.
Fletcher, at present serving in an ad-
ninistrative capacity, has, upon inquiry,
given the ripostc: "It depends upon
whether you use your head or your
feet" And that sets things going
Let the records be observed of these
two distinguished contributors to cur
rent literature, that is to say, their
records In diplomacy, to reach an under
standing of their relative qualifications
for defining the exactions of diplomacy.
Turn to page 825 of the current Who's
Who in America and there will be
found this summary of the foreign
service of Henry P. Fletcher, abbrevia-
tions expanded:
Second Secretary American Legation
to Cuba, 1923, to China 1903-5;
Secretary American Legation to Portugal,
1867; First Secretary American Lega-
tion to China, April, 1907-9; charge
d'affaireS, October /, 1907-April Is, 1908,
and June l, 1909-April 2, 1910; ap-
pointed Envoy ExtraoI dinary and Minis
ter Plenipotentiary to Chile, December
81, 1909; appointed Ambassador Extraor-
dinary and Plenipotentiary to Chile
October /, 1914; to Mexico, February 25
1916; resigned February, 1920; Under
secretary Of State, March 8, 1921-Marcf
6, 1922; Ambassador Extraordinary and
Plenipotentiary 10 Belgium, March g.
l922-24: Ambassador Extraordinary and
Plenipotentiary to Italy, March IS, 1924
June, 1929, when resigned. Chairman
u. S. delegation to Fifth Pan-American
Conference, Santiago, Chile, 1923: dele
gate to Sixth Pan-American Conference
Habana, 1928.
Turning now to page 654 Of the same
work, and there appears the name
Charles Gates Dawes, followed by 9
long, compact list of activities in the
political, business, financial and govern
mental fields, climaxing in the position
Of Vice President of the United States
OF record Of diplomatic service there i
merely the single word Ambassador,
following the name. This refers to tht
present post occupied so effectively ant
brilliantly and at times vocably by Charlie
Gates Dawes, to which he was named
shorH after he laid down the vic