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Evening star., 1932-11-16
Altogether for Better Times

TO the Editor Of The Star:
That was splendid eulogy of Presi-
dent Hoover in your editorial of NO.
yemhsr 10. He deserves every word of
praise you uttered for his noble fight
Tor the preservation of American prin-
clpleS OF business and government.
Even the millions who voted for his op-
ponent VIII now indorse your appraise-
ment OF our Chief Executive. Swept
out of Office by the resistless tide of
pubic opinion, he still has the supreme
satisfaction of realizing that he "kept
the faith," and that the priceless in
heritance of sound principles of indus
Try nnance and government which
our forefathers established are still in
tact and working basis for any pro-
gram OF business recovery President
Hoover. in congratulating the winning
candidate, promptly pledges his support
to all such efforts.
In giving credit where credit Is due
let us not forget the sound money
plank adopted by the Democratic party
at Its Chicago convention last June.
That was the first ray of light in the
universal gloom and despair that
marked the low point in security prices.
Whoever wrote that plank Is entitled to
the everlasting gratitude of all citizens,
"a PoAl ~ SLiCChCo Iklt
reckless efforts of the radicals in Con-
gress to plunge this country into the
wave of fiat money which would have
added untold misery to all our other
woes. Without that reinsurance fear
would have developed money panic, to
have accelerated the security and bank
panics, which then threatened our en-
tire economic life.
Now that the struggle for party
leadership is over and the vote so nearly
unanimous Let us all join President
Hoover and give wholehearted support
to every effort to restore prosperity and
happiness In this great resourceful
country.
No doubt Mr.. Roosevelt will choose a
cabinet Of able men who will COM
mand the confidence of business lead
ers and thus enable them to go forward
in the great work of giving employment
to all who need jobs. With everybody
busy, many of the problems that now
vex or perplex us would fade away.
EDWIN MEAD,
Chevy Chase, Md.
Evening star., 1932-11-16
Much Work to Be Done.

Bidding good-by to friends and ad-
mirers in Glendale, Calf, few days
ago, President Hoover reminded them
that 'the majority Of the people have
decided to intrust the Government to a
new administration. The political
campaign is over"
The campaign is over, but for the
President, returning this day to Wash
ington, great deal of work must be
packed into the three and half
months that remain before the close
of his administration. The nature of
this work might be likened to the final
lap that must be run by the racer in
Evening star., 1932-11-16
Biggest Lame Duck Session
May Say Historic Farewell

The public looks with satisfaction on
The TACT that the largest lame duck"
contingent In . session of Congress Is
likely TO have the historic privilege Of
voicing its farewell for all future time.
The Norris amendment has been rati-
fled by nearly 20 States, and with the
approach OF January sessions Of Leg
islatures, 1t is expected that the Job
will be completed, and an awkward
system will pass into the discard.
The amendment will be effective, Z"
says the Youngstown Vindicator. when
1t is proclaimed that three-fourths Of
the States have ratified, and Congress
thereafter will not spend as much time
in Washington as its predecessors. The
Congress elected now will not assemble
ment Is carried, instead of in Decem-
Der of next year, and there will be no
more short sessions. The election of
Congress 13 months before convening
has been a question before the country
for some years, and at last it bids fair
to be settled by providing for sessions
to begin two months after election"
Pointing to some of the disadvantages
of O lame duck" session, the Union
town Herald states that some short
sessions have failed even to pass all the
appropriation bills, with the intention
thereby Of forcing special session Of
the new Congress-" and that lame
duck members are frequently given
Federal appointments-one method by
which a President may put through
would probably not be passed In the
new Congress" As to this years Ses-
sion, the Boise Idaho Statesman de-
clares that many vital issues are in
volved" and adds: -@The ridiculous part
about it all Is that q large number of
the men In the Senate and the House
Of Representatives who will vote on the
Observation-Disclosures affecting every Cit
izen in the United States-wili be men
who have been defeated for reelection,
or who have not sought reelection, 1t
is gratifying to contemplate the fact
that the lame duck session of Congress
will soon be thing Of the past"
"The country has been waiting long
time for this amendment" states the
Buffalo Evening News. "The resolution
for 1t had been passed six times by the
Senate and twice by the House-but al
ways with irreconcilable differences
before it took form in the way that it
now Is under consideration by the
States The eagerness which legisla-
lures have shown in approving 1t in
dicateS that early next year it win have
the necessary So votes to incorporate it
in the Constitution as the twentieth
amendment"
''The new Congress" according to the
Hartford Times, will hold but one ses-
sion in the course of 1884 and will vote
but one set of appropriation bills in
stead of the customary two Federal
budgets. While this transition will
seem a somewhat lean period for the
new Congress, the change will be largely
to the good in bringing the legislative
activity Of Senators and Representa-
tiveS more promptly in line with the
verdict Of the voters at the polls"
THE long interval between election,
Inauguration and the opening of the
Evening star., 1932-11-16
Another Consideration.
70 the Editor Of 1hs star:

TO the Editor OF The star:
The proposition advanced by q well
known automobile association to ex-
clude from the public streets all auto
which way the wind is blowing from
certain direction. Why not forbid hu-
man beings who are in any way de-
crepit? But then the reckless motorists
would have nothing to shoot at; to
lame. MAIN and kill, and part Of the
Joys Of the road would be omitted from
their lives and great excitement would
be cut out of their gasoline-saturated
existence.
The idea Of cutting down the beauti-
ful shade trees in order to widen the
streets and then to allow parking all
night Is so funny; it is silly and very
sad.
Referring to your correspondents
whose letters were published in The
Star of November 4: Government clerks
with low salaries would be better off
without cars and traffic conditions
would be improved thereby. Any hard
working woman who lives between CAL
vert Street and Klingle Bridges would
do well to dispose of her Ford and Sc
cure plane. Perhaps q hangar could
be found for her after she comes down
out of the air.
The streets of the most beautiful city
in the world being transformed into a
public garage is tragic. The men who
clean the streets are unable to perform
their jobs in thorough manner be-
cause of the parked cars, and the
streets are acquiring an accumulation
of filth, on account of dead automobiles,
that will be menace to the city.
Human beings were not permitted to
park indefinitely on the public reser-
vations, but the modern juggernaut is
allowed to hog the city streets. After
exposure all night the peace and silence
of the frosty mornings are violated by
the most awful noises and the air is
polluted with vile odors when the cars
are made to start. This is because they
have not been properly protected all
night.
|" These few remarks do not apply to
all OF our fellow citizens who have cars,
but If your number is among those
mentioned please try to do better.
CHARLES J. SIMPSON.
Evening star., 1932-11-16

Uncivilized Nature, we have been
told so persistently, has an irritating
way Of being very harsh.
Any one who has ever watched, for
any certain length of time, an aquarium
in operation knows that this Is more
or less the truth.
In the fish world the law is that the
big ones eat the smaller ones, and 80
on up and down the entire scale.
All that is necessary for one Creature
to attack another is that the latter be
enough smaller to permit its ready in
PRODUCTION into the digestive system.
Often even this is not essential; II a
fish can manage to seize the head, he
is willing to part company with the tail
after time.
The great danger, in the home aqua
rum, as many an enthusiast has found
out, lies in the disparity in sizes of the
various inmates.
To put very small fishes In with much
larger ones, especially the tropicals, as
they are called, is to invite ready and
instant murder.
Consider the case of the newcomer
to the aquarium world, who takes the
strange and beautiful ''angel fish" at
their name.
Surely such curious creatures would
entirely live up to the popular name
which has been wished upon them, he
thinks.
But Pterophyllum scalare, as science
calls him, is by no means mild fellow,
and if tiny "guppy" thoughtlessly is
placed in the tank the chances are
that it will scarcely hit the water before
there Is flash of silver, and the Cup"
will be gone.
This is a tragedy of the miniature
watery world, none the less a tragedy
because it happens in mere slice of
that vast world, enclosed in glass, and
reposing quietly in home.
There is Nature, ladies and gentle
men, in all her glory, and in all her
cruelty, her indifference, her calm
ignoring of good .and evil.
What happens In Nature is inevitable.
This is the greatest shock which the
student of what used to be called. in
the old days, natural philosophy, meets
in his peering into the ways of the uni
versal mother.
There is no release In her war.
There Is no appeal.
What Is done, is done forever; and
all mans tears will not wash out q deed
accomplished.
So 1t is, if human being, thinking
human thoughts with some admixture
of pity and love, rather thoughtlessly
decides that the "guppies" ought to go
into the larger tank with the angels, "
shining In their silver crossed with dark
bars, and their extended dorsal fin,
tinged with faint pink
He finds that there is no pity in this
queer world of water, no love, no
knowledge, even, in the sense Of human
knowledge, and pity, and love.
Children sometimes call the 'angel
fish" the "up-and- down" fish, owing to
the fact that it is taller than it is long,
what with its dorsal fin and its two long
'feelers" on its under side.
There is nothing in the wstery world
quite like Pterophyllum scarlare, and
those who investigate the miniature
cosmos Of the so-called tropical fishes
never forget the sight of It, For sheer
interest and beauty in the aquarium
few fishes equal it.
X < 4
The "angel fish" is an uncanny
creature. showing more curiosity, per-
haps, than any other thing which has
| fms. :,
1t is this teeming curiosity, at all
Evening star., 1932-11-16
Congress and the Debts.

The American Congress, and not the
President, will have the final decision
In the matter Of foreign debt suspen-
sion or debt reduction. Individual men,
bers Of the Senate and House now in
Washington, Republican and Demo-
cratic, have expressed themselves hos
tile to any further reduction Of the
debts owed this country by the foreign
nations. The Congress itself, when It
put through resolution authorizing
the Hoover one-year moratorium on
these debts, wrote into the resolution
language which declared clearly against
cancellation of the debts or any part
of them. Nor do the members Of Con-
Msaas interviewed since tie receipt ef
Evening star., 1932-11-16

Times, was necessary In the beginning
because OF meager means Of communf-
cation and transportation. That neces-
sity has long since passed away. Despite
the abuses which have developed In
practically every lame duck session of
Congress-that is, the session In which
defeated members are permitted to con-
tinue to function-it was no easy mat
ter to secure adoption Of the Norris
amendment. Public opinion strongly
supported the amendment. Certain
legislative leaders-like the late Speaker
Longworth-were able to hold up its
adoption by Congress. From the
promptnesS with which the Legislatures
which have met in the interval since
the adoption of the amendment have
proceeded to ratify, it is safe to say
that the proposal will not have serious
opposition to ratification when the
Legislatures meet in January"
-
AS the lame duck members slt.
beginning next month, they will wit.
ness one State after another voting 10
eliminate their kind from the Fed
eraI Government" says the Rochester
T1mes-Union, while the Baltimore Sun
advises that "the first business to Be
transacted by the coming legislative
sessions In the States, the first day they
assemble, should be ratification Of the
amendment" The Roanoke World
news comments: "One other reform
Is needed: The nominating conven-
lions OF the two major parties should
be moved from June to September The
month Of October gives an ample time
1or tne country to be kept In an up-
roar by campaign methods. It Is now
generally admitted that the issues of
tne campaign this year we're settled
early in October, and that all the cost
and confusion of the latter weeks Of
the campaign were meaningless, so far
as influence on the result was con-
cerned. There seems no sense
IN taking q year to bring about an
election and Inauguration. With some
OF the delay chopped OF by the lame
duck amendment at one end, as much
or more could be eliminated by post-
poning the dates of the nominating
conventions at the other"
II VIII be interesting" In the opin-
lon OF the Lowell Evening Leader. Ito
see whether the proposal for lengthen-
ing the presidential term to six or
eight years and limiting the ONCE to q
single term will ever be brought for
ward seriously. There is reason to sup
pose that 1t would enable the Nations
Executive to free himself from at least
the bulk of the political considerations
in shaping his policy for the national
welfare. Certainly political expediency
would be eliminated to q great extent.
1t would at least relieve a President
Of the necessity Of interrupting onerous
duties of office 10 enter into a cam
paign for reelection and the country
from the confusion and uncertainty
which inevitably comes In the case Of
a presidential election every four years"
Evening star., 1932-11-16
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

Storm Subsidies.
Oh, politics is like storm, which RACES
then subsidies.
We listen to the bowling and observe
the winds and tides.
We cali each other dreadful names from
wildcats" down to germs"
And now we find, with great delight,
we're all on speaking terms.
We hear of retribution that's deservedly
intense,
And next the proposition is a courteous
conference.
Prosperity is near us now, the market
man affirmS.
We are surely closer to it since we're
all on speaking terms.
Evening star., 1932-11-16
Robert Somers Brookings.

Robert Somers Brookings died yes
terday, but it is dificult to think of his
life as finished or of his work as COM
pleted. Even at eighty-two years of age
and in defective health, he did not rest;
his mind marched on from one achieve
ment to another without pause. OF
course, an eventual conclusion was in
evitable, but now that it has come, 1t
has the quality of being premature.
A native Of Cecil County, Md, Mr..
Brookings had little Of what Is called
formal education" Possibly the def
cheney may have been an unconscious
stimulation for the labors Of his later
years. But freedom to engage in COM
mercial pursuits while yet mere youth
was a distinct advantage at the time.
Before he was old enough to vote he
was able to make an important place
for himself in the business world of
St. Louis. Beginning in the wooden
ware trade, he expanded his interests to
include banking, transportation and
real estate. For eighteen years he de-
voted himself to creating a fortune.
After that he took business less seri-
ously, but he did not finally retire from
commercial activity until 1896. That
date marks the end of the first major
phase Of his long career.
His new work lay in the field of
higher education. He refounded and
refnanced Washington University, and
from 1897 to 1928 toiled to perfect the
several branches Of that institution.
He built new study halls, secured new
endowments, developed new methods of
teaching and research, and promoted
In countless other ways the prosperity
and standing of the school. The World
War interfered with his program, but
he did not permit it to halt its ad-
vancement. The emergency called him
to Washington. He served as chair
man Of the Price-fixing Committee of
the War Industries Board and was a
member of the Capital and Labor Com
mission. He was instrumental in the
organization of the Institute for Gov
eminent Research, designed to increase
the efficiency and economy of the ma
tional business administration. The
institute at last was merged in the
Brookings Institution, which he for
mally established in 1924.
A conservative liberal, Mr.. Brookings
had creative and critical bent, which
was bound to find expression in literary
form. 1t did so in a series of CLOSELY
but generously reasoned books on eco
nomics and democracy, the last Of
which appeared only a few month";
since. The welfare of mankind was hi
theme from first to last, and within
that bracket he included everything
human and helpful. But Mr.. Brooking
will be especially remembered, not onl,
for the multitude Of things he did him
self, but also for the myriad of thing
which he prompted and inspired other
to do. He was the godfather and pa
tron of an army of young economists
These men and women will carry for
ward the torch which he has beel
obliged to relinquish. Perhaps that /
one reason why it is difficult t
think of him as gone from the worlc
No man may be considered dead who's
influence continues to live.
Evening star., 1932-11-16

this year, however, Is almost confined to
the United States. An actual increase
in the output in India, China and
Russia is certain.
II the uses of cotton should be ex-
tended in the next five-year period as
they have been in the last, this factor
in the situation will contribute heavily
toward the solution of the surplusage
problem, particularly as the purchasing
power of the American people will in
crease with the economic recovery of
the Nation.
The textile industry, taken as q whole,
is displaying stronger powers Of recovery
than any Of the major industries.
Evening star., 1932-11-16

There Is ethical restraint even in an
era described as intensely mercenary.
President-elect Roosevelt has had a bad
cold. What would the manufacturer
not pay for the privilege Of telling the
world what cured It'll
Evening star., 1932-11-16

Beer racketeers are said to be laying
plans for special activities and in
creased prices for the next few months.
The humane inclination to release the
many prisoners convicted of liquor law
violation may, after all, have to be fol-
lowed with more or less deliberation.
Evening star., 1932-11-16

OF course the general public would
like to listen in on a conference be-
tween President Hoover and Gov.
Roosevelt. But the talk would be long
and the funds for craftsmanship by
radio are by this time much depleted
Evening star., 1932-11-16

However desirous of making goods
take the place of money. no foreign ex-
porter viii be expected to take I. o. us
for his shipments. subject to cancella-
tion at convenience.
Evening star., 1932-11-16

In all the furry about Samuel insult
nobody remembers about Ponzi, whose
financial dealings, though ingenious,
now appear like transactions in small
change
Evening star., 1932-11-16
insults Rain Check.

From the Cleveland News.
Story of Samuel insult that he now
has no resources except a pension Of
$4,000 a year, may not suggest the
absolute limit df hard luck.
Evening star., 1932-11-16
Modern Mary's Little Lamb.

From the Helena Independent.
Himalayan sheep can run 40 miles
an hour. The lamb would have had 70
travel as fast as that to follow Mary
nowadays.
Evening star., 1932-11-16

A landslide which resembled a po-
litical skid of huge proportions has not
prevented Henry Ford from keeping his
hand firmly and courageously on the
industrial wheel.
Evening star., 1932-11-16
Direct Action.

From the Boston Herald.
Just when we are losing hope for
disarmament we read that Bolivia and
Paraguay are actually trying to do it
to each other.
Evening star., 1932-11-16
A Sure Fire.

From the Oil City Derrick.
The public utility probe being con-
Quoted in Pennsylvania seems to be
reasonably safe, Two men who are
being investigated are both dead.
Evening star., 1932-11-16
Russian Resolutions.

From the Roanoke Times.
Returns from Russia agree that the
Soviet Is determined to carry out the
nve-year plan even II 1t takes % years ]
TO do L.
Evening star., 1932-11-16

Germany remains an illustrious ex
ample of capacity for starting trouble
without ability to finish it.
Evening star., 1932-11-16
DeDresgiOn Talk.


"Will you be at home, as usual, next
Winter?"
"I hope So" answered Miss Cayenne,
although the way father keeps talking
about taxes and mortgages makes me
afraid there isn't going to be any
home"
"An problems" said Hi Ho, the sage
of Chinatown, ARE alike in one respect.
If you make slight error at the be-
ginning of a calculation, the more
diligently you labor, the further away
you get from the answer"
Hard Work.
The candidate no longer speaks
In phrases long and nice.
He'll he engaged for several weeks
In listening to advice.
He must be patient, though he hears
The same thing more than twice.
His hardest duty, it appears,
Is listening to advice.
t"De folks dat's been goin' to Europe
so often" said Uncle Eben, "acts an
| talks like de most benefit dey got out o
de trip was gittin' homesick an
preciatin deir own folks.W
Evening star., 1932-11-16
WatchfnI of Adyanfage.

Everybody stood up during the cam
paign whenever the band played The
Star Spangled Banner"
"Of course we did" said Senator
Sorghum. There was never any know
ing when hostilities would start. And
a man couldn't expect to defend him
self sitting down"
Evening star., 1932-11-16
The Great Chinese Change.

From the Oklahoma City Daily oklahoman.
For centuries the Chinese were known
as q people who would not fight. Now
they are known as q people who win
not do anything else.
Evening star., 1932-11-16

An Other States and Canada.
Evening star., 1932-11-16

Rate by Mali--Payable I'm AdvaHce
MARYLAND and virginia.
Evening star., 1932-11-16

Jud Tunkins says q racketeer always
says crime doesn't pay, but maybe that's
because he wants to discourage COM
petition.
Evening star., 1932-11-16
Universal Attitude

The European nations say
They really do not wish to pay.
We're sympathetic as can be,
Because, you see, no more do We.
Evening star., 1932-11-16
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@. Why weren't the frst japanese
cherry trees which were sent TO WASH
tngton planted?-T. G.
A. They were 50 infested with insect
parasites that they had 10 be burned.
They were replaced by others which
were Kept under special observation In
Japan until their could be no doubt OF
their healthy state.
Evening star., 1932-11-16

@. How is blue coal tinted blue?-
J. P. D.
A. A harmless dye is added as the
coal comes over the lip screen into the
freight cars.
Evening star., 1932-11-16

q. What is the origin Of the oath,
BY the face of God"?-R. d.
A. It is derived from the famous
Volto Santo or Holy Face at Lncca,
which Is carved on, an early Byzantine
crucifix brought to Lucca from Palestine
in 7S2.