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Evening star., 1932-06-03
War Abolition Impossible
OF Accomplishment Now
To the Editor of The Star

To the Editor Of The star,
Statistics compiled by the Society OF
International Law and recently pup
lished reveal that history has known
only 268 years of peace. against 3.io3
years of war. The society, computing
history to extend back 3,421 years, estl-
mates that 5000 peace treaties have
been concluded, lasting, on an average
two years each.
Where could one find a better ex-
ample of history repeating itself? The
absolute abolition Of war would be an
epochal event, much to be desired, out
is impossible Of accomplishment: Az
the present time Russia and japan
(whose army is built along German
lines) have adopted the "Germania uoer
allies" idea, which is absolutely incom.
patible with world peace. am not at
all certain that peace Is assured IN
Central Europe. We have interna! as
well as external menaces and should be
prepared to protect ourselves from both
at all times, or We will be invaded as
Belgium and China were.
M. L. TURNER.
Evening star., 1932-06-03
Is Marriage in the
L. S. Service a Crime ?

To the Editor OF TIE Star:
There is a bill pending in Congress.
which has been passed b. the House Of
Representatives. a clause OF which pro-
vides for the discharge Ct either the
wife or the husband OF married couple
if both are employed by the Govern
ment
Most Of these workers are among the
lower-paid employees, whose combined
salaries are not more than is needed
to take care Of their necessities Of life
and. in many cases, those OF their de-
pendents.
The number Of cases where both the
husband and the wife are working for
the Government is very small in pro-
portion to the total number employed
in the Federal service. BY dismissing
them. little, If any. would be gained.
On the other hand. it would destroy
any merit system We have. seniority
Of service. etc 1t would undermine the
foundation upon which the morale of
the Government worker is built. The
thought, among the unmarried en-
ployes. that they would be dismissed
from their work if they should marry.
would have a very demoralizing effect
upon these workers.
These men and women went through
a long period Of training to qualify
themselves for their respective Jcbj.
This alone is an asset to their employer,
for it is costly to break in new workers.
Their records show that they ere EN-
cient workers Many of them answered
the call of the Government either in
the civil or military service when the
country needed them. Is Congress 60
ing to reward these loyal workers by
Il 1ot al in
single?
In most cases these married workers
were unmarried when they entered the
Government service. They are citizens
and in manv cases taxpayers In their
respective States. Are they to be pc
naliZed because they committed the
crime of marrying while In the Govern
ment service? Are We going to have
law on our statute books that viii pun
ish an employe of the Federal Govern
nent for having married?
Most of the workers affected by this
discrimination are those employees VINO
gave the most productive years OF thelr
lives to serve their Government ana It's
people. Will the Government and ITS
people reward their loyal. faithful ana
efficient service by dismlssing them?
Where would they get employment?
Under the present living conditions the
salary of either of them is insumcient
to support a family and in many cases
their aged dependents.
Will Congress in its present dilemma
of cunning for balancing the budget
and cutting expenses pass up the big
game, the bears" and the lions and
Shoot at the defenseless bee" the mar
ried worker of the Government? What
will Congress gain by Furnishing these
loyal workers. IT will gain contempt
and the destruction of morale In the
Federal service.
MICHAEL J. BUTZKO.
Evening star., 1932-06-03
BOrah's Policies and Politics
Inspire National Comments

he hasn't made the party" Picturing
him as "a near-stranger at the White
House" the Akron Beacon Journal calls
Bcrah "a canny statesman: in this year
Of grace he Is not candidate for re-
election and may walk his accustomed
path OF independence
THE Idahoan's defection-if such 1t
becomeS-probably will cause little
anxiety among Republican leaders"
says the Charleston tW. Va Daily
notes that "Borah has given little
support to the Hoover administration
and has sought to hamper the latter
in many ways. He can't prevent
Hoover's denomination or his re-elec-
ton. He is afraid to take upon his
own shoulders the burden Of an in
dependent candidacy or to throw his
influence to the organization of a third
party" continues this paper, as 1t
predicts thai he may sulk awhile
and secretly delight in the publicity
to take the stump" The Lynchburg
News (Democratic) does not agree that
the matter Is being taken lightly in
Republican ranks and says: What
ever attitude the G. o. P. leaders may
adopt for public display, they cannot
fail to view the situation seriously"
since, this paper states. 'at election
time he has always supported the
party nominee and frequently. as in
1928, has been tower of strength on
the hustings."
Referring to the differences that
arose between the administration and
Senator Borah. the Chattanooga Times
Democratic) says: mo sooner had
Mr.. Hoover been elected and assem-
bled Congress in special session than
the Idahoan began to cool toward him.
The Senator arrayed himself against
the Presidents program then and he
has been arrayed against it much Of the
time since" The Baltimore Sun Qnde-
pendent Democratic) declares: The
news that he will not attend the ma
tional convention at all-even to look
on-suggests that this time he may
be made and mean it," But the Bir-
mingham Age-Herald (Democratic) de-
clares: Whatever he may be. ready
to say about a Republican President
between elections, he cannot bring him
self to speak evil Of a Republican can
didate during a campaign. That's
Borah."
The Port Huron Times Herald dn-
dependenD wonders. with all the third
party smoke that has been rising during
the last two or three years" If It
doesn't seem as though somebody
would be likely to fan little fire be-
fore the season Is over"
Evening star., 1932-06-03
Heartless Custer of
Badge.LOsing Veteran
To the Editor OF The Star:

I wish to protest against the ousting
of one of the veterans at Eighth and
streets southeast simply because he
failed to display his badge in the mess
line. After coming across the continent
with the rest of the veterans how could
they be so heartless as to throw him
out on his own in q strange city! II
they can't treat one Of their own COM
rades in a human manner, then why
should the people Of Washington, or
Congress, for that matter, be expected
to appropriate money to feed them? I
was willing to do my share, but not
after reading the article in Wednesdays
Star regarding the ousting of one OF
the veterans simply because his badge
was on his coat which he didn't happen
to be wearing at the time. The drop
ping of this veteran means Just cne
more homeless, friendless man wander
ing the streets Of a strange city. look
ing hopelessly for work / feel so sorry
for him I would rather help him than
all the rest Of the men. down there at
Eighth and 1 streets. and 1 hope you
print this. so they can see what effect
their action has on human beings.
M. Z. YATES.
Evening star., 1932-06-03
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC HILLIAW VILE.

Ais we'll on the Potomac and the
Government at Washington still lives.
The billion-dollar tax bill is about to
become law The budget will be bal
anced. The Nations credit is unlm-
paired. The dollar continues to be
worth 100 cents, and before long Con-
gress will adjourn. Probably nothing
the House and Senate have done to
grapple with the Federal financial crisis
outstrips in Importance the fact that
they have nearly talked themselves out
and are soon going home. That pro-
ceedings in Congress during the past
the depression is beyond all dispute
The slump in Wall Street prices is
almost flea bite compared to the
shrinkage IN :he value which the busi-
ness world has come to place on Con-
gress. What Ambassador Mellon in
London the other night apologetically
termed "our way of doing things" is
said TO be the price a democracy must
pay for liberty. An amazingly large
number of American citizens, alarmed
by the uncertainty and chaos which
reigned at Washington all Winter ard
Spring. think it's high price and one
the country should never be asked to
pay again.
Members of Congress, Senators and
Representatives alike, resent a reputa-
ton they claim they don't deserve. Our
system OF government being what it is,
particularly the matter Of designing,
discussing and deciding revenue legis
latlon, Capitol Hill contends it moves
with all the celerity compatible with its
grave responsibilities. Members point
out they're dealing with the vital af-
fairs OF l25,000,000 souls and with bill
lions OF dollars. They argue that haste
under such circumstances must be
made slowly They resolutely refuse
to concede that wisdom resides eXclu-
slVely In the executive branch of the
Government. They hold themselves
to be representatives of the people in a
literal sense. They maintain stub
bornly the right to be the spokesmen OF
the people, or any section of the people,
no matter how often or how long it is
necessary to cross White House pur-
poses Senator Bob La Toilette, on the
day President Hoover was at the Cap
ltol disclosed that the current revenue
SAAA woo III VIC 0CIldIC OLlly ~ u SAoyp'
or about the average for revenue bills
since 1918, except the 1921 bill, which
took 40 days to pass the Senate.
When Mrs. Hoover lunched this week
with the Senate Ladies' Club the
guests invited to meet her included
four attractive Filipino women. They
are the wives Of the delegates now in
Washington to plead for the inde-
pendence of the Philippines. Each one
Of the fair visitors from Manila had
special hostess of her own. The Sen
ate ladies who introduced them were
Mrs. Pittman Of Nevada. Mrs. Hawes
Of Missouri Mrs. Kendrick of wyoming
and Mrs. Keyes of New Hampshire.
1t is said to have been the first occa-
sion Of its kind in Capital history.
X
In the midst of momentous business
on May 81 the House Of Representa-
tives paused to listen to tribute to
the man who coined the slogan I'm
from Missouri" Representative Mel
son. Democrat, Of Missouri, secured the
floor to pronounce brief eulogy on his
late fellow townsman. Col William D:
Vandiver OF Columbia, who passed
away on Memorial day. It was Champ
Evening star., 1932-06-03

Clark who credited Col Vandiver with
the immortal declaration. The occa-
sion was an impromptu address before a
Phila ladeiphia club in 1899, when Van
diver said: Il cCme from the country
that raises corn, cotton, cockleburs
and Democrats I'm from Missouri
and you've got to show mel Repre-
sentative Nielsen described Vandiver "as
e man of fine mind and dist nguished
appearance, much resembling Mark
Twain"
Another depression yarn. officially
vouched for. A midweStern man. once
immensely we'll of. turned up in Wash
ington at the end of May to receive ar
87.50o tax refund granted him by the
Treasury. He told his lawyer, as they
walked away from the Treasury with
Uncle Sans voucher in their posses
sion. that the refund represented every
last cent he had left.
*
Senator Capper, Republican, of Kan
sas. who as chairman CT the Senate
Committee on District OF Columbia
affairs, is ardently interested in bring
ing down rents in Washington. might
care to know how the tenants of a
small fiat building recently took the
law into their own hands. They
learned that the colored jan.tor had
just been compelled to take a SIS cut
in his wages. The twelve tenants noti-
fled the landlord they'd decided to
make up the deficiency by giving the
janitor $1.25 month apiece. and until
rents were reduced, would deduct the
amount from their monthly payments
One Of Gen. Dawes Reconstruction
Finance Corporation directors is author-
ity for the statement that the r. F. c.
has had $4,000 applications for the 1,1oO
jobs at its disposal, and that about 900
of them come from this years college
graduates. Some 500 of the corpora
tons employees are in Washington and
the 900 others are distributed throughout
the field organization in various parts
of the country. Speaking of college
graduates, Columbia University, at New
York, on June l. issued sheepskins TO
5,927 young men and women.
Is worry a cause of badness? For the
first time since he took Office, the SEN
ate press gallery had opportunity 10
survey President Hoover upside down. as
it were, as he stood en- the Senate
rostrum delivering his tax message. To
the astonishment of most observers. the
Chief Executive has developed wide
open spaces on the top and at the back
of his shapely crown. In pre-White
House days the Hoover hair crop could
fairly be described as luxuriant
X X ~
Senator Jim Watson of Indiana
G. o. P. leader in the Senate. goes
heartily along with the President in
branding the Garner public works pro-
gram as pure pork. Jim cites the
$1O0, 1000 post ONCE put up couple Of
years ago in his own home town OF
Rushville, Ind, as an illustration of ex-
pensive Federal buildings in places that
don't need them and can't support
them. As a compliment to former Rep
resentative Dick Elliott, then chairman
of the House Public Buildings and
Grounds Committee, Rushville (Which
was in his district was awarded q
splendiferous new post Office. 1t is now
costing the Government $4,000 a year
to heat, light and take care Of the
building. Before it was put up Rush
vile had a perfectly adequate post
ONCE, whose upkeep cost only $l,500.
tcopyright. lsS2D
Evening star., 1932-06-03

kindly nature, his friendliness and his
sterling integrity made for him a host
of friends during two generations.
Though he had Of late months been
rendered comparatively inactive by
physical afIiictions, he retained undi-
minished his concern for the Districts
highest welfare. He was native son"
Of whom Washington was proud.
Evening star., 1932-06-03

Indictments Of Teapot Dome celeb
rites are dropped because they have
become obsolete. Public interest Is
tickle and these cases. prominent as
they were in print, did not develop
enough genuine sensation to make a
first-class movie scenario There is
safety in dullness as well as in
Righteousness
Evening star., 1932-06-03

Fine in appearance, it must be ad-
mitted that Rockville's new court house
is not yet large enough to accommodate
the crowds that attend whenever a
popular county official goes on trial.
More and better court houses may vet
be suggested as means OF giving
employment
Evening star., 1932-06-03

Fond memories persist of the old
days when even war threats could no.
destroy the joy of a general summons
to everybody to come to this Nations
Capital and pick out any kind of a
job that suited him; days when dinner
pals were full and fortunes were so
secure that able business men could
afford to work for 81 year.
Evening star., 1932-06-03

Tips are out that Wall Street quota
tions are as low as they are likely to
go, and that seat on the New York
Stock Exchange will soon have the old
large figures on its price tag.
Evening star., 1932-06-03

When men demanding the bonus
decide to march to Washington, D. c..
they bring no real news. Congress has
for a long time known exactly what
was in their minds.
Evening star., 1932-06-03

A 100 per cent tax on bootleg profits
leaves the relationship between gangs
and Government pretty nearly as be-
lore. The recipe provides that you
must first catch your bootlegger.
Evening star., 1932-06-03

Quarterly installment of the income
tax is nearly due. Notices to this effect
identify these as the happy days OF
comparatively small taxes.
Evening star., 1932-06-03
Small Change, Big Total.

From the Cleveland News.
French waiter who accumulated $780,
900 from small tips might be envied by
lot OF feminine sold diggers.
Evening star., 1932-06-03
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Evening star., 1932-06-03

Answers to questions of whether rents
are too high depend on viewpoint.
Landlords and tenants never answer the
same way
Evening star., 1932-06-03

Predictions are confidently made that
Won Papen will not last any longer in
his new Office than he did in the
position he held over here.
Evening star., 1932-06-03
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

Laughter in the Galleries.
There comes a grave Iumor.
strong sense of humor
Must refrain from disturbing the peace.
smile too sardonic
Must not become chronic,
And audible laughter must cease.
The Senate's new ruling
Sedately is schooling
All merriment seeking release
So tighten the buckle
To check any chuckle,
For audible laughter must cease
When you feel an elation
That suggests demonstration
Like the noise Of Wild Asses or Geese,
Never cackle or nicker-
In your sleeve you may snicker-
But audible laughter must cease.
Funs tricky self-starter.
Should remarks become smarter,
It's in order to call the police
To ring down the curtain,
For this much is certain,
All audible laughter Must Cease!
Managing a Delicate Matter.
You disapprove of dole?"
Strongly" answered Senator Sor-
ghum. The very word is universally
resented"
"Yet what would you do in uncom-
promising necessity?"
I'D still avoid the word However,
my earnest sympathy might lead me to
suggest an unsecured loan, then ap-
prove moratorium and next proceed
to work out some polite method Of debt
cancellation"
Jud Tunkins says George Washing
ton, as the Father of His Country, had
about as much luck as the average
father in getting respectful attention to
his good advice.
Desperate Determination.
You are indulging in puns a great
deal of late"
Il am trying to be personally merry"
answered Miss Cayenne, Ito counteract
the influence on my own disposition of
the melancholy news articles write"
But why should you become a sob
sister?"
1T seemed the only way I could be
sure Of subsistence"
wealth." said Hi Ho, the sage OF
Chinatown, rs desirable because it may
enable US to conceal behind a gilded
screen the sorrow which Poverty would
pitilessly compel US to reveal"
Question and Answer.
Investigation comes along
With charges numerous and strong
Concerning persons great and small,
It's hard to recollect them all.
However much We may regret it.
The usual answer Is, Forget IT.
Evening star., 1932-06-03
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Question and Answer.

Investigation comes along
With charges numerous and strong
Concerning persons great and small,
It's hard to recollect them all.
However much we may regret it.
The usual answer Is, Forget IT."
Evening star., 1932-06-03

IF had race hoss," said Uncle
Eben, I'D call it Money cause don t
know anything dat kin 30 faster
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A Shake From Bill
\ hF'ALFA BILL MURRAY shook

a LFALFA BILL MURRAY shook
hands with me as cordially as
If I were delegate. I was disap-
pointed in Governor Murray. 7 don't
think his makeup is more than
mildly funny I wonder if he ever
has considered backing up?
The Democrats are SO enthusiasts
tic and unspoiled that they include
among their number scores of people
who even want to run for the vice
presidency. 1t must be great to be
young and a Democrat. So few of
them have suffered the bitter disil-
fusion of getting elected to office.
SO far, this show has been run bv
amateurs. BY people like Jim Far
ley and Huey Long, who are sup
posed to know more about pugilism
and pajamas than about politics.
1 don't know what will happen
when the professional touch comes
to be applied. I only know that a
David who has slain not one but a
score of Goliaths is sitting polishing
pebbles and that he has taken down
from the wall the old sling with
which he once did battle.
The army massed against him is
multitude. His chance is dim. But
he will meet them in the pass. This
is the bitter warrior.
(Copyright. 1882. by The Tines
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Exit, Another King

0ialn' famous Tor twins, cats and white e1enhants
the scene of the latest revolution The tall oo1don
pagoda OF crown has toppled on the head of its
"orshlpful king, possessor of stwentvfo, oo1dor
umbrellas" 4 eo4"0ii
Inc smiling little monarch, who made s,,cb . s+ir
on MS recent visit to America virtual prisoner and
vows 10 the authority of revolutionary soldiers The
aSC out one of the absolute monarchs on earth soon
may become plain Mr. Prajadhipok.
The sudden end of siamese absolutisn came as tho
result OF two causes-one an ancient myth that the
CnaHrln dynasty was destined to fall in this its 15otb
year. The other the thing that turns gray the hair If
western rulers the depression
slams peasants, better off than most o,ian+o1.
nave been feeling hunger. While their king with =
salary OF 100000 year, 100 cars in his garage od
no. doubt two chickens in his pot was living the life
Oh Fey the plain folks being forced to "balance the
0uogeV" by new taxes with decreased incomes
fortunately, the revolution was an affair NJ the
army only and the only life lost was that Of the chief
OF staff who made the mistake of thinking ba wov
the boss ~ We"
Should Siam adopt limited monarchy sc seor,s
nkey there will be only one real absolute monarch
left, Emperor Halle Selassie of Ethiopa .onoror,.
Lion OF the Tribe of Judah, Select of God and Pos
of Raises" ~'''
OlVlne right, in political sense, is about to he
come legend of the past.
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! There were also changes in his
brain and spine.
Other members of the family were
lightly affected with the disease,
except for one girl, 10 years old,
who became seriously sick with sim
liar symptoms, but who did not die.
The father and mother and an
other sister were sick from seven
to ten days.
1t was found that some twenty
five people in the vicinity had eaten
of this meat and there was serious
illness in many of them.
This is the first time that the
meat of bear shot ION the hoof"
has been found to be infected in
this manner. There is far greater
danger from raw or partly cooked
pork.
Medicine knows no specific treat
ment for this infestation. All that
can be done is to support the pa
tent in every way possible until the
tissues of the body take care of the
invasion.
The cases teach, however. the i'm
portant lesson of avoiding meat of
any kind that has not been looked
at by an expert and that has not
been properly cooked or prepared.
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Alphonse and CASTOR

unless he wins an appeal Castor B. Means, con-
Wcted OF taking 100000 fraudulently from TRUSTING
MRS. Edward Mclean of Washington on promise tn
restore the Lindbergh baby, may follow into At
1anta penitentiary that other interesting American
Alphonse Capone.
1hese two cheerful indicators worked in different
vineyards. Capone of Chicago was one of the rohber
oarons OF the new neither kingdom fostered nv the
eighteenth amendment. Means of washington was of
Che upper world one-time government spv and nrd-
Vate detective of coorful, if spotted, career
Yet both have common quality of brazen di-
rectneSs and spontaneity that seems to stamn them
as survivors of an earlier era.
FaScalS OF DID, according to Professor E. A. Ross,
STUDY OF Sin and Society,"" came face to face with
IneH crimes and their victims. Because of modern
Socletys high completely, a latter-day sinner NAV
ROD ana plumber his victims by the thousand and vet
remain highly respected citizen
Alphonse and Castor were modern niscresn+s
VINO had elected to apply their talents in Wall ~
LaSale streets they might now, at the worst ho nm
oergolng quiz at the hands of the senate bantioo
committee like their spiritual brothers the stool
Rigging Swlndle-s being exposed on Capitol Hill