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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-15
Wheat Seen Drawing
Europe Into Union
BY HARDEN COLFAX.

What Premier BRAND of France has
not vet been able to do politicaIy-that
is. bring about a United States of Eu-
rope-Wheat has begun to do economl-
cally.
That is what observers here see as
the chief significance of the proposed
worldwide agreement on grain pre-
sented last week to the representatives
Of some "a countries now meeting IN
Paris.
The immediate object of the gather
ing at Paris is to try to find way OF
disposing of the huge excess Of wheat
and other grains now in the storehouses
of the five principal producing states
of Eastern Europe, Poland, Rumania,
Hungary, Bulgaria and JugoslaV1a.
This desire was referred to by Andre
Francois-Poncet, the French economist
presiding over the conference, as a de-
velopment Of great Importance to any
movement for European union, since 1T
marks the beginning OF new kind OF
collaboration.
In spite of the fact that Europe as a
whole does not produce enough wheat
for her own needs, there are huge sur
pluseS of wheat and other grains in the
storehouses of the five countries men,
toned Something, obviously, must be
done to adjust production to ccnsump-
ton. The delegates at Paris, therefore,
seek to bring about some arrangement by
which the countries of Western Europe
which export manufactured goods can
aid the Eastern peoples and relieve them
of their surplus grain in exchange Tor
manufactured articles.
The United Kingdom holds aloof from
any agreement looking toward curtail-
ment, because she Is not willing to les
sen purchases from her own dominions.
Several of these countries depend upon
the export of grain for the maintenance
of their trade balances. Unless they
have ready money, they cannot buy the
manufactured goods of the countries
which need to sell and which, at the
same time, need the grain which their
Eastern neighbors desire to get rid Of.
The question of price is vital one
and wheat from the Danubian countries
is still high. In the Paris discussions 1t
has been agreed that, unless such prices
are reduced, the wheat importers of
Western Europe probably will stick to
their old sources of Supply-Canada,
Argentina and the United States. They
may, moreover, take advantage of the
same quality but lower-priced Russian
product. AS matter of fact, during
the first few days of March, shipments
of Russian wheat and oats, by way of
the Danube, arrived in Vienna.
The matter is one of ever widening
| concern. Several European countries,
notably France, have established by law
certain ntingents-prescribi the eX-
act proportion of foreign wheat which
may be used in baking. Some exclude
foreign wheat entirely. Only last week,
Mexico, which has enough for her own
needs, put an embargo on all wheat from
abroad.
The Paris conference, which after
general sessions is acting through COM
mittees, agreed that without the pro-
ducing states overseas, no permanent
solution of Europe's grain problem can
be reached. Hence the plans for an
other international wheat conference. to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-15
French Middle Class
Threatened by Crisis
BY G. H. ARcHAMBAULT.

PARIS, March 14.-At a time when
under the influence Of Andre Tardieu,
former premier, France is becoming EN-
pire conscious, 1t Is coming simultaneous
ly to the painful realization that possibly
the empire may become a shell without
kernel, for the French middle class,
the mainstay of the country for two
centuries, bids fair to disappear under
the stress of economic difhculties.
At its meeting this week the cabinet
discussed the ever-increasing cost of
living. There Is no doubt that it will
do so again. The fact is not mem
toned in the statement given to report
ers after the Sittings, because the PROB
lem demands much consideration before
any decision can be reached. More
over, 1t Is connected with another.
It was the middle class, the third es-
tate, that made modern France. It
brought about the French Revolution
and every other revolution that has sue
ceeded 1t. The present constitution,
that of 1875, is a middle-class consti-
tuition. Bourgeois governments have
made France a financial power as well
as a colonial power. It is the bourgeois
who created that French Empire to
which M. Tardieu alluded for the first
time at the Naval Conference in Lon
don and to which he has referred on
several occasions since-an empire sec
ond only in extent to the British, an
empire based ION the collective con-
science of those who inhabit It,"
M. Tardieu himself is a leading ex-
ample Of the bourgeois who have made
modern France, the class that bought
rentes as matter Of tradition and civic
duty, that made industries possible by
It's investments, that entered the liberal
professions, that applied the laws, that
administered the public wealth and that
governed the common veal
In trial a few days ago in Paris q
bourgeois witness, reputed to be wealthy,
remarked, Most of my possessions have
dwindled and are dwindling steadily"
to which the bourgeois judge replied,
THAT is the case with all of US to-
day"
Statesmen do not conceal the fact that
this question is causing them great con-
Germ, as it is Of vital Importance to the
future Of the nation. OF the three great
estates that existed when democracy
began to become a power in this coun-
try, the nobility has gone-it retains its
titles, but they are empty titles-and
the clergy has been diseStablished. The
third estate, the bourgeois, for many
years was the great support of the re-
gtme. Now 1t Is going, removing that
all-tmportant intermediate stage be-
tween opulence and perjury.
1t will need many cabinet meetings
to deal with the problem.
(Copyright, 1917
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-15
Prgressives' Economic Council
Plan Seen Their Most Vital Act

pect of governmentalized organizings Of
business into collective responsible
groups, he would take the groups al
ready existing-namely, the trade aSso-
ciations-and would have them perform
a social service which, he hopes, would
overcome some Of the suspicion now d.
rected at them and would help to get
popular approval for their trade prac-
tees.
BY the time the next Congress con-
venes there should be a considerable
race in progress between Mr.. Barnes
Business Balance Committee" and
Senator La Follette's subcommittee for
studying the problems involved in
planning for stabilized industry"
Meanwhile the American Engineer
ing Council is promoting a series OF
studies on the topic of Balance" One
Of these is on the balance" that
the one hand and production and
distribution demands" on the other.
These studies are likely to have a per-
suasive influence upon legislation In
view of the fact that the American
Engineering Council is clearing house
of thought on public affairs for some
so, 900 engineers Of high standing in
numerous national specialized engineer
ing societies, such as the American
Society OF MCCIldk1Cd1 GA1SAA1CS4St JAG
American Society of Civil Engineers
and the American Institute Of Elec-
trical Engineers.
The American Engineering Council
has let it be known that 1t supposes
that out of such studies as it is now
undertaking there would ultimately de-
velop an economic council" or Gin
dustrial strategy board of some sort.
1t has not indicated whether in its
option such a council or board should
be lodged in the Government or in
wholly private hands. Some leading
engineers think that the council or
board should grow out Of public and
private enterprise both.
It is beginning to be believed here
that this depression in business will
have for the United States its great
est historical Importance in the impetus
which it will have given to business
cooperation and Indignation for pro-
ducing continuity of employment and
Of prosperity.
Copyright, 1917
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-15
The German Republic.

What may be regarded as an acid test
Of the stability of the German Republic
is impending in the state which is the
Reich's principal constituent. Prussia,
which accounts for 1883 Of Ger
msnys 1sl, 720 square miles, and some
100000 Of the country's 65,O00,0 900
population, will shortly hold q referen-
dunn TO decide whether or not the ex-
listing Landtag Estate Parliament)
should be abolished
On the ground that the Landtag, as
now constituted, is no longer repre-
sentative Of public sentiment. the Hit
lerite National Socialists called for a
referendum on the subject. The Prus-
sian minister Of the interior, a member
Of the "Weimar Coalition" which
founded the republic and now con-
trols the present Landtag, acquiesced
in the proposal with little hesitation.
His decision indicates that the Conserv-
stives and Moderates Of all parties in
Germany are confident that the repub-
lie is safe and that its cause may safely
be risked at the Prussian polls.
A few days ago, Brunswick. small
but influential Reich state, held local
elections which we're not unsymptomatic.
The Hitlerites were loud in their claims
that at the first important trial of
electoral strength since the September
Reichstag landslide, they would emerge
even more triumphant. They made
only trifing gains in Brunswick. The
Social Democrats, still Germany's larg-
est party and supporters Of the repub-
lie, suffered some losses The Com
nlunists. who hate both Hitlerism and
the republic, made the only substan-
tisl gains. Most German commentators
deduced from the Brunswick results
that the Hitlerites have reached the
crest Of their strength, and, in another
Reich-wide election, would probably fall
far below their September peak Of 100
odd Reichstag seats.
The Bruening government at Berlin
has survived a number of onslaughts
and shocks. The theatrical tactics OF
the Hitler faction in walking out" Of
Reichstag sessions and abstaining from
voting on critical occasions caused only
derision and contempt in the country
Their action was not only ineffective
but generally looked upon as childish
In the realm Of foreign policy, Chan
cellor Bruening and Foreign Minister
Curtius have maintained a strong hand
obliyious to the assaults and obstruc-
tions of the Hitler wreck1ng crew.
No German government can close its
ears TO the popular demand for revision
Of the Versailles treaty, a scaling down
Of repsrations and European disarma-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-15
Cleaning Up" the City.

Whether or not the unemployment
situation would be affected much one
way or the other, the District govern
ment could accomplish a great deal by
Joining the householders of the COM
nunity in the cleanup campaign"
planned for this Spring. The average
property holder is jealous Of the APP
pearance of his own lawn, his residence
and the garden plot in the back. But
the domain over which he is lord and
master ends with the sidewalk. Across
the sidewalk there begins No Mans
Land which for years has suffered from
neglect. If the municipal government
could enter the lists this Spring as
crusading cleanup advocate, deter
mined to make its own property be-
tween the sidewalks and curbs as at
tractive as it might be, anxious to re-
pair ugly terraces, bare of grass and
torn by storm, and bent on removing
the sore spots that are made by I'M
authorized dumping, some real results
would be apparent at the end Of Clean
up" week.
In some sections Of the city the
spaces between curb and sidewalk are
as bare Of grass as the Sahara Desert
The neglect of some of the tiny parks
at street intersections is well known
Terraces leading from the sidewalk to
the streets below, over which property
owners have no jurisdiction, are often
bare walls Of clay. And the home
owner who discovers that the alley in
the rear has been made the dumping
place for a CARLOAD of old automobile
parts, several bushels of oyster shells
and bale Of waste paper knows from
the experience the rather complicated
task ahead Of him If he seeks their
removal and the accompanying assur-
ance that such things viii not happen
again. The municipal government, II
st wanted to clean up the property over
which 1t has control in the District, has
q job ahead of it that would outlast
the campaign planned for this Spring.
The funds for good job may be lack
ing If there are available funds they
could be well spent
More than a thousand persons have
registered at the District Building as
applicants for work during the cleanup
campaign in April. The householders
who depend upon outside help may find
jobs for some Of them. There would be
Jobs aplenty for all Of the able-bodied
If the city government could undertake
the work that really ought to be done.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-15
A Poor Exchange.

A Poor Exchange.
"For my people haze committed
ttDo epils; they hare forsdken me.
the fountain of living t0dterS, and
hetged them out cisteTnS, broken
cisternS, that can hold no mater"
Jeremiah ills.
What an age this is for substitutes !
On every hand we are hidden to ex-
change the old for the new. We
change our conventions and our habits
and practices as readily as we change
our fashions. Let some modern teach
err with a novel theory of life present
it in an engaging way and Immediately
he draws to his side group of curious
men and women. We are not unlike
those AthenianS of whom the apostle
spoke, who are ever running about
seeking to find some new thing. No
matter how long tried and tested and
proved the theories of life may be,
there is always some one with later
and a more fantastic scheme. 1t is
an age Of substitutes.
No one wishes to stop the wheels OF
progress or to halt the forward move
ment of the race, and there are doubt
less newer and better ways to be dis
closed as the world progresses. Not
withStanding this, we need to be re-
minded that there are some old and
tested ways that, unlike the timetable,
are not subject to change" There
are some things that concern our do
nestle, social, economic and religious
life that have reasonable fixity. 1t Is
pretty hard to improve on the old,
wholesome ways that conserve the fine
and high things of home life. 1t may
be that the new ideas concerning the
upbringing of children have meas
urable value. We are being told that
it is impossible to maintain the ideals
of home life that some of US Of an
older generation have come to regard
as constituting the genesis of every
thing we have attained or accom-
plished. Behaviorism, which is seeking
to effect a new cult, would remind us
that our whole habit in life is gov
erned by impulses and that rules and
ideals are old-fashioned and out Of
place. We can readily see where this
dictum would land us in our intimate
domestic relations, so far as the de-
cencies and time honored conventions
of social practice are concerned. An
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-15
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
The Life Beautiful

The Life Beautiful.
A lady shot her husband dear.
A husband shot his wife.
And all the wondering crowd drew neal
And said, How strange is life!"
A lady ran away and left
Her husband far behind.
A husbands wife is now bereft
Because he changed his mind.
Now every week and every day
Brings forth assurance sad
That human nature has a way
OF going to the bad.
In spite Of much that's surely wrong,
The poet keeps his pull;
And still he sings his little song
us not life beautiful"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-15

Ohio has been called the mother Of
Presidents. There are favorite sons
from other States who hope there will
be a change that will prevent them
from feeling little like neglected step
children.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-15

Partisan politics reveals the tendency
Of questions Of alcoholic thirst to depart
from the old consideration Of individual
morals and to arrange themselves In
accordance with certain patterns Of
geographic alignment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-15
Wakes Not Talkies.

From the Charlotte News.
Charlie Chaplin refuses to make talk
ing moving pictures. The public might
add touch Of novelty, however, by re-
ferring to the Chaplin comedies as the
wakes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-15

A million-dollar gem theft calls at
tention to the fact that Florida has
progressed to a point where some Of its
most remarkable values are no longer
measured solely by real estate.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-15

A number of New York officials wish
they could follow the example of Mayor
Walker, by following the rule of the
political game: When in doubt, take a
vacation"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-15

With so many presidential band
wagons available, the presidential aspir-
ant is likely to be confused by strange
chaufeurs whose intentions may be
merely Ito take him for a ride"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-15

Tammany Hail has given many an
able young statesman start, but has
seldom provided any reliable guarantee
as to how he would finish.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-15

be held in Rome on March 26, under
the auspices of the International In
stitute of Agriculture, to which Canada
and Argentina are expected to send
delegates and at which the United
States has been urged to have q repre-
sentative.
Copyright, 1878
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-15

Matrimony is more successful when a
charming bride does not decide to trans
fer her interest from curling irons to
shooting irons.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-15
Just Recreation.

From the Altoona Mirror.
Italy has adopted base ball as one Of
its national sports. It seems impossible
that Mussolint will be able to umpire
all the games.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-15
For. Benefit Of Royalty.

From the Boston Evening Transcript
Perhaps that new revolution in South
Prince of Wales and his brother one Of
the familiar sights Of that continent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-15
Poetry by the Car.

From the Hamilton (ohio) Evening Journal
Britisher who says America has no
poets never studied the names Of our
sleeping cars.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-15
Member Of The Associated Press.

The Associated Press is exclusively entitled
70 the use for republication OF all news dis
patches credited to it or not otherwise cred
tied in this paper and also the local news
published herein All rights of publication OF
special dispatches herein are also reserved.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-15
Words Means Onlv Dollars.

From the Akron Beacon Journal.
To the masculine eye the chief diff
ference seems to be that dress costs
$9.9e, frock $49.50 and a gown Si65.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-15
A Time Saver.

From the st. Louis Times
President Hoover might find it con-
venient to get up standard form for
veto purposes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-15
Supremacy of Man.

From the Akron Beacon Journal
Woman may be mans equal in many
ways, but she can't read on placidly
while the phone continues to ring.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-15
The Understanding Heart.

From the Hartford Daily Times.
That judge who says a golfer needn't
yell "Fore!" probably knows how 1t feels
to knock grounder with everybody
looking.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-15
The Key To Situation.

From the Fort Wayne News-sentinel.
Up at Michigan, none of the fra
ternity keys seems to fit the prohibition
padlocks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-15

prospect of the establishment by Con-
greSs Of q general civil service system
Is not very hopeful" e &
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-15

Fortunate.
You have been exceedingly fortunate
with the stock market"
IT have" admitted Mr.. Dustin Stax.
IT was fortunate in inheriting fortune
and I have never speculated with a
cent of It,"
AN idol can confer good luck in these
irreverent days" said Hi Ho, the sage
of Chinatown, only in case it is sufi-
GENTLY rare to command high price
from a museum"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-15
Hindrance to Growth.
The farmer, in bad shape
About his seeds,
Remarked that this red tape
Is worse than weeds.

de smsrtest man in dis neighbor-
hood" said Uncle Eben, don't have
much to say bout politics. He claims
dat year or so after election heap O.
folks claims dey voted wrong; an what's
de use takin' de sponsibility?"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-15
Harvest Time Is Always.

From the Columbus Ohio State Journal.
The bumper crop nowadays consists
Of pedestrians
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Liquid Luggage.

The trunk inspector with a troubled
mind
Exclaimed, What nils my intellect
with care
Is that while with ease locate the key,
cannot find the corkscrew any,
where"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-15

All Other States and Canada.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-15

Leadership.
What you should do is to assert
yourself as leader in affairs"
I'm a little discouraged about that
line Of glory" answered Senator
Sorghum
by whom?"
by my wife. She SCOTS at the idea
Of my being great leader in anything.
She says don't even know how to lead
in a card game"
Jud Tunkins says his idea of an easy
job is to be game warden In one of these
counties where there isn't any game
left.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-15
The Evening star Newspaper Company

w. MOVES. >. Editor
The Washington times., 1931-03-12
HUSBAND SEEKS.
|. To REGAIN WIFE

Declaring that his 17-year-old
bride, Mrs. Evelyn Brent AIRING
ton, who left him three months
after their marriage last Novem-
ber, does not wish to obtain an
annulment of the marriage and
signed recent petition to pre-
vent her mother from having
another breakdown" Milton T.
Arlington, 1880 Park Rd. N. W.,
today asked that the bill be dis
missed.
The marriage first attracted at
tention when Arlington filed suit
for a writ of habeas corpus to re-
quire his mother-in-law, Mrs.
Corinne Brent, 4831 Sixteenth st.
N. w. to produce his wife in
court. Later the suit was with
drawn.
Several months later Mrs. Ar
rington filed the annulment suit,
asserting that she was under the
legal age.
Through Attorneys William r.
and Saul G. Lichtenberg, AIRING
ton insists his mother-in-law
coerced his wife into applying
for an annulment.
The Washington times., 1931-03-12
Roosevelt to Ignore
Letter of Protest

ALBANY, March IL QN.S),
Governor Roosevelt, it was broadly
intimated today at the capital,
would give little or no considera
tion to a letter sent to him and
members of the legislature by
the Society for the Prevention OF
Crime requesting an investigation
of Mayor Walker.
"I haven't received tile liter
as yet and have nothing to say, -
was the only comment Governor
Roosevelt would make, however.
Persons close to the governor
however, pointed out that the
executive has made it a hard and
fast rule never to pay any atten-
ton to letters or requests for in
VeStigations which are published
in the press before being received
at the executive office.