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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-21
Abuse Of special Pnvileges.

Everybody realizes the necessity Of
fire apparatus, police cars
and ambulances on emergency calls to
violate the regulations that govern
other automobile trafic. The absence
Of certain authority on the part Of
police cars and hospital ambulances, as
discovered by Judge Mcmahon in Po-
lice Court, should be quickly remedied
by proper amendment OF the traffic
regulations. But a. the same time
serious study should be given by the
traffic authorities to the question Of
protecting the public against abuse by
policemen and ambulance drivers OF the
special privileges that are given them.
Being human, the drivers Of police cars
and ambuIances do abuse these rights,
and everybody knows they do. Bqnip-
ped with high-speed cars and snrieking
sirens, no emergency errard is needed
to send them ON their way through
the streets. passing street cars on the
wrong side. disregarding trafhc lights
and otherwise endangering life and
property. The record Of accidents
among police radio cars IS nothing 70
be proud Of. And the unfortunate citi-
zan who Is injured or whose property
- damaged In collision with one Of
them has no recourse, unless Congress
chooses 70 % sonstlaing about his par
tieulnr smSs.
zhers s one regulation that should
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-21
Need of Aid for the
FOOdless Is Urgent
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor of The Star:
On the 14th an article appeared in
The Star written by Mr.. Robert F.
Jones calling attention TO the fact that
food now surplus viii be needed next
Winter and urging charity organiza-
tons to get together and purchase 1t
for Winter consumption. 1t impressed
me at the time as a most constructive
suggestion and set me to wondering
whether 1t would be acted upon. 1t
certainly should be. Time is passing.
Winter Is approaching. There is no
prospect of improvement. Chicago
shows 1909 families helped In June,
1881, as against 1874 in June, 1890
I understand that foodstuffs are going
to waste all about us, because prices do
not justify sending them to market
Can they not be conserved?
At least on a small scale something
is being done in Chicago. DR.. Johnston
Myers, pastor of Emmanuel Baptist
Church, Chicago, has induced business
men to loan trucks, manned by I'M
employed men, to go out through the
country and gather up food offerings"
from the farmers, who, unable to sell
their crops, are responding nobly. Nor
should the farmers give all, but should
be reimbursed slightly at least from
the funds for relief now In hand. This
would be fine work for churches and
young peoples organizations to under
take in cooperation with charity or
CARNATIONS and thus give the world q
demonstration of practical religion.
Whatever Is done should be done
quickly. For the time is short, and the
need urgent. A. H. THOMPSON.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-21
Opposes Parking Cars
Near II. S. Offices

To the Editor of The Star:
Apropos of the editorial and articles
in The Evening Star In regard to au-
tonobile parking space for Government
employees:
It viii be fine If eventually a con-
yenient place can be provided Tor the
parking of Government workers auto
mobiles. However, trust that TINS
space viii not be provided in or very
close to the Government ofhce build
ings.
For years private automobiles parked
in and about the garage OF the depart
ment In which work have been re-
paired, washed, ETC., during ONCE hours,
with the facilities OF the department
garage. The noise which Is an 1nsep-
arabic part of automobile repairing has
been at times very serious Interrupt
ton to the clerical work Of the depart
ment and an irritation to the nerves OF
the clerks. Hence, 1t is to be hoped that
no space viii be provided for the park
ing OF private automobiles on the In
side of, or very close to, the Govern
ment office buildings.
It is also hoped that facilities for re-
pairing the official motor vehicles OF
the Government viii be provided in a
building separate and distinct from the
Office buildings. An office building Is
not the place for the repairing of no
tor vehicles, and the practice Of per-
hitting the repairing, washing, ETC., OF
privately owned cars on Government
premises Is an abuse and an IMPOSE
ton that should be stopped.
M. MATTHEW'S.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-21
Germany's Breathing Spell
Stirs World Relief Hopes

direction Of aggregate prosperity OF Q
sort. There Is an extremely comfortable
feeling first following the removal Of
the shoe that Is aggravating the corn.
But the corn must be cured or the shoe
stretched before 1t is returned to the
foot or else the old discomfort win re-
turn almost instantly. The moratorium
is the easiest Of the activities neces-
sary for ultimate correction Of the dis.
ordered condition. While that shoe
is on the 'chiropodiSts' and shoe 1T
ters' of world affairs have their strictly
technical professional work cut out for
them"
That the Prl,ssian election "routsd
the republics enemies" is recognized by
the San Francisco Chronicle, which be-
heveS that "the moratorium was q de-
cisive factor" and is convinced that
had the malcontents won, It would
have been more than an opening wedge:
it would have been an explosion In tie
heart OF the nation" The Hartford
Times takes the position that eft seems
unlikely that next year viii find Ger
many so free from difaculty that her
pleas for relief win be much less in
sistent or plausible than was the case
this spring"
There is no reason to doubt dee
clares the Charleston Is. O. Evening
Post, that heed will be given 10 Ger.
many's representations that the tribute
exacted Of her by the PREPARATIONS secs
ton Of the treaty Of Versailles is be-
yond her ability TO pay. It was In.
eyitable that there should be such rep
reservations and 1t Is entirely probable
that they wiz be made continuously and
progressively and, In considerable meas
ure, successfully, until the total repa-
rations made by Germany to the victors
IN the World War will be thinned out
to mere shadow Of the sum originally
imposed"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-21
No Danger From Denmark.

While there may be some anxiety at
the Department of State respecting the
reported bombing of Danish ship by
Cuban federal forces, lest that action
may precipitate an international diff
Guilty involving the United States, the
chances are altogether that the incident
win prove innocuous. II the ship was
engaged in the transport of supplies for
the insurgents, it was rightfully target
for the guns of the Cuban government.
If, as seems established, the vessel was
innocent of filibustering activity and
was bombed by mistake undoubtedly the
government at Havana will offer
apology and make reparation for any
damage that has been inflicted. The
United States could be brought into the
matter only through failure of Cuba to
atone for injuries done to the Danish
ship and a demand by the Danish gov
eminent for reparation at the cost of
military onset against Cuba in the event
Of denial of justice. This is a very re-
mote contingency indeed. The Cuban
government has no desire to incite
foreign hostility and the United States
is in small danger Of being compelled
to intervene in behalf of a European
claimant. It's effective advice for settle
ment would be brought to bear upon
the government of Havana before such
a case approached possible crisis.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-21

apply to IRE engines, police cars and
ambulance drivers, and that is the
regulation against reckless driving.
Whether one accused Of reckless driv-
ing is guilty should depend upon the
circumstances. 1t might not be reck-
less driving to proceed at all possible
speed to put out a fire, to answer q
robbery alarm, to save life. But the
act of speeding and violating safety
regulations becomes reckless when con-
ditions do not warrant the risk. A
policeman or an ambulance driver
should be summoned into court when
there are indications that he has
abused his privileges, and made to as
sumo the burden of proof that he was
justified And the traffic police should
be as much on the alert to prevent
abuse Of the regulations as to prevent
their violation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-21
American Communism.

In all frankness, what Is the differ
snce IN principle between the Russian
Soviet five-year plan and the proceed
fngs down In Oklahoma and Texas for
the curtailment Of the output Of oil
and the consequent infiation Of the
price Of petroleum? In Russia the
state is undertaking to increase prodnc-
ton on a vast scale and TO lay the
foundations for further increases IN
production IN the future. The people
are being made to work in mass forma-
ton on the farms and in the mills and
In the construction Of factories. The
amounts and numbers of yield Of these
enterprises are determined and fixed,
and by lash and spur millions are being
driven TO attain these results. In
Texas and Oklahoma production is
being limited by force directed by the
State. The owners Of wells are pre-
vented at the bsyonets point from op-
Grating their property 20 produce more
petroleum, this for the purpose of run
ming up the price to an arbitrary figure
fxed in Oklahoma by the Governor at
81 q barrel
Between price-fixing BY limitation Of
production, which Is the case in okla
h0nnA and Texas, and price-1xing by
compulsory stimulation Of production.
which Is the case in Russia, there Is IN
fact no difference In principle. II Cows.
through the force Of this militia. mag
they not with equal righteousness COM
pei the opening Of old wells and tia
drilling Of new wells to lower the price
Of the comnodfsy7 who Is 10 deter
mine which course b 10 be pursued
me cotton destruction project b
f,l.eemsnt of the 0oRsrnq % aftesr
son-rrowing states failed because u
inck Of unanimitV. But there s talk q
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-21
SHOOTING STARS.
ny PHrI.ANDzR JOHNSON.

A Significant Sentence.
The typist. though conely and graceful
in looks.
Like prophecies sat at her sibyIline
books.
Her air was distract as she hammered
away.
Her skill on the brand-new machine to
display.
The thought was sublime,
As lightly it ran
From the digits Of Hortense Nc
Carly:
Now is the time
For every good man
To come to the aid Of his party.
And many a statesman has fixedly gazed
on that sentence with sentiments sorely
amazed.
Its meaning is clear, though q trifie
severe,
And finds application right here and
this year.
His hopes as they climb
He pauses to scan
The fray will be ruthless and hearty.
Now is the time
For every good man
To come to the aid Of his party.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-21

reduction Of cotton acreage not merely
by general agreement. but by force OF
law. In the latest issue OF the Texas
Weekly, published at Dallas, is the
following:
Reduction by law looms, and we VIII
not be surprised to see special sessions
of the Legislatures of all the cotton
producing States held between now ana
the next planting season to consider
such q measure. The prospect OF nve-
cent cotton is creating sentiments Tor
effective action to reduce nSxt season
acreage radically, and it is undeniable
that State government control is being
uroposed as ''the only way to do 1t by
a growing number of farmers and own
ers of cotton lands. 1t is known tnat
Gov. Sterling is not averse TO giving
State government control trial, and
if it should develop between now and
the end of the year that q majority OF
the two Houses of the Legislature have
come to the same view, which might
easily happen, it is hardly likely that
he will hesitate to call a special session
to enact such law.
Suppose the acreage reduction law
is passed in Texas and in other States
similarly minded and bent upon State
Soviet control, and suppose as result
cotton rises to q higher point in the
market and the farmers want to take
advantage of the higher rates and in
crease their yield. VIII the State Leg
islatures be called in special session to
repeal the acreage limitation laws?
Probably they will. And then, the
parallel between Russian quantity fixing
and price fixing and American guam
tity and price fixing win be continued.
For there is no difference in principle
the two.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-21
Suggests Free Wheat
For Underfed Children

To the Editor of The Star:
The public prints indicate that thou
sands OF children are starving and that
hundreds OF thousands are under
nouriShed. The Farm Board has mil
lions OF bushels of wheat on its hands
Whole wheat, boiled until soft, with a
little salt, makes q fine porridge, can be
eaten hot or cold, and is practically a
complete food, containing starch, vege-
table albumen, fat, mineral salts, the
principal vitamins and roughage
Wheat pounded or ground into meal
can be made into coarse, wholesome
cakes or brown bread of the greatest
nutritive value. Wheat can even be
eaten raw, becoming, by thorough chew
ing, a gummy gluten, which children
cali chewing gum
Suggestion Is made that possibly 1t
might be good plan for Uncle Sam,
through his Farm Board and other
agencies, such as churches schools and
charitable institutions, Gc give 10 pounds
of wheat each week to every under
nourished child who asks for il, as
long as the wheat lasts. This ought not
to interfere with the sale OF wheat In
other forms, viii help dispose Of the
Farm Board wheat question, and win
save some lives and relieve much suf-
fering.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-21
Urges U. s. to Help
Jobless Purchase Land
TO the Editor Of The Star:

TO the Editor Of The Star:
The plan for speeding up industries.
building OF houses, automobiles, ma
chinery and products Of oil kinds, adj
vocated last Fall to help unemployment,
has helped in small way in COM
parison to the great need. We had too
much of those products last Fall, more
than the market could handle, and now
with the cities and towns of our land
full of empty houses, automobiles and
other products, what is to be done?
Idle workmen cannot live in the
cities or at the mines. What will they
do? The United States Government
will have to feed them until the Gov
eminent can help them to help them
selves. Our Government tried to help
the wheat growers by buying up wheat,
which / think they did, but at great
cost to the Nation.
Why not help the workers who can't
get work? Il do not believe 1t will cost
as much to help them to help them
selves as to feed them in idlenesS.
We have $4,000, 900 acres Of land in
Minnesota alone, all In the rain belt.
1t viii produce all kinds of grain,
spuds, sugar beets and garden truck,
SO bushels of corn to the acre in the
southern part and 80 bushels to the
acre in the center of the State, red
and sweet clover and all kinds OF
grasses and has fine climate, with
more sunshine than IN Iowa.
The prairie land is raising in price
from $40 per acre on the Canadian line
to $50 per acre ON the Iowa line.
Much Of this could be bought by the
Government from the State OF Mime
sofa. the Joint Stock Land Banks and
private parties who hold large tracts
II could he bought In 40 and 30 acre
tracts and sold to the unemployed, the
Government to advance some help to
make improvements and for stock and
charge 3 per cent interest after one
Part of this land in Northern Mime
sota IS cutoyer land, and Wisconsin has
much more, with open, clear spots.
This land can be bought at from 81 to
IS per acre and opened to homesteaders
in 160-acre tracts.
Why not ship also some OF our idle
with their families out to the beet fields
nf the irrigated Western States instead
of importing thousands Of Mexicans N
the Spring who go back to Mexico in
the Winter? Many Of these families
would stay and make homes for them
It would cost the Government some
thing, but would be paid back in the
end.
Federation of Labor estimates 5000, 900
persons to be out Of work next Winter.
At a $3.50 q week dole this would De
$45, 100000 week and pay nothing
back.
OF course, they should be cared for
until something more lasting can be
found and more details worked out.
THOMAS KELLEY.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-21
The Extra Session Talk.

AS the war debt suspension agree
ment Is supposed to be ratified before
December Is, and Congress will not con-
vene in regular session until December
7, the eight days intervening leave a
close margin indeed when the political
complexion of the new Congress and
the expected difficulties of organizing
the House are taken into consideration.
This fact may lead the President to
summon the Congress a few days or
weeks in advance of the regular date.
On the other hand, it Is to be doubted
that the failure of Congress to ratify
the agreement before December is would
hasten the end of the world. The ma
tons whose payments are due on that
date would in all probability default,
assuming that Congress win not repudi-
ate an agreement already made and
viii ratify it as soon as it can get itself
set for the task. They would merely
be exercising ordinary common sense If
they took that view, and nobody would
blame them. The world has taken for
granted that the plan is in effect, re-
gardless Of the fact that the agreement
has not been ratified by Congress.
President Hoover, of course, weighed his
responsibilities in committing the United
States without the formal approval Of
Congress, although assured by its lead
ers Of their individual support.
Aside from the debt agreement rati-
fication, there is nothing that demands
the summoning Of Congress IN special
session. The Nation is faced with an
emergency. But is 1t one with which
Congress can deal more adequately than
the citizens Of the Nation are preparing
to deal with 1t now? Is 1t one that de-
mands the immediate appropriation Of
huge sum of money? Is it one that de-
mands the enunciation of q new ma
tional policy TO deal with q complex
economic condition? Is it one where
the amelioration of suffering, the pre-
vention of a great national calamity,
loss of life or Of established order can
be accomplished by summoning into
extraordinary session politically mind
cd Congress?
Those who are demanding this extra
session are long ON generalities and short
on specifications. They assume that
something good would come Of it with
out saying how or why. The idea Of a
rump session has been advanced, per-
hitting the members Of the next Con-
gress, who are so disposed, to come to
washington and do something" which
presumably means that they would come
to washington and discuss their plans
and reach an agreement that would be
Immediately made effective when the
regular session convened. BY all means
Let them do It! 1t is an excellent idea
and it would serve two purposes. If the
members Of the rump Congress were in
reality able TO formulate program that
struck the countrys fancy and appealed
10 reason, there is no ground TO doubt
that the President would quickly comply
by converting Congress ON an hours
notice. If they were unable to agree
ON a program, the runp session would
enable them TO get large number Of
things or their chests, relieve them of
unspoken words and clear the atTnos-
phere Tor the real work that should be
seriously undertaken when the Congress
does assemble.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-21
Suggests Amarillo
AS Name for DirigibIe
To the Editor Of The star:

AZ tic 6u1bOT Ox IDe OLaEs
As the Akron was launched last week
BY Mrs. Hoover and win take It's initial
trial trip in q few days to show that
the worlds largest airship Is a success,
and as I understand the United States
Government win build q sister ship to
this great air giant, the question is:
What win be q hitting name for this
great masterpiece Of hghter-than-air
craft?
Akron was no doubt proper mama
for this "air queen" as It was built in
the city whose name It's bears, and
also by the company organized to COM
struct this large dirigible. 10 make this
airship safe from the elements, it had
TO be filled with q non-inflammabls
gas. This gas was first discovered in
Texas in the Electra gas and oil field,
near Wichita Falls, in the northern and
eastern part of Texas. This gas l.
called "helium'
The United States Bureau Of Mines
got interested and constructed plant at
Fort Worth, directly south. over 100
content were not SUFFICIENT TO initiate very
large size airships, the Government
was continually on the lookout for q
greater supply of this non-inflammahle
gas, and after q considerable research
they naturally had sent their biologists
and engineers to the worlds greatest
gas-producing field" known as the
Amarillo" gas field, and today the /
United States owns and operates the
largest producing "helium" gas plant
In the world, just few miles west %
Amarillo, called the capital Of tha
Panhandle Of Texas" A hustling CITY
OF some $4,000 inhabitants, and called
the "Ctty Of Roses"
Now, what more right has any place
In this country being honored than this
city of Amarillo. As the Amarillo Raa
fields have made It possible for this
giant Of the air. Akron, 10 ny IN safety
land not have the misfortune, as the
Shenandoah suffered several years ego,
being struck by Ightningl. ] wish 70
ask every loyal. broad-minded, patriotic +
American to sponsor the second great Z
airship to be constructed BY the United
States to name It Amarillo
Whyf Because e IS estimated that
there IS enough heIium NAs % supply +
the needs OF this country Tor 100 years.
and hope the great STATE - Texas
win thus be honored. am
Yours very tgI1ly, II
i.