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The Washington times., 1932-01-20
SCHOOL BUDGET
CUTS ASSA|LED

Slashing of school budgets to
the detriment of health and educa.
tional advantages was denounced
yesterday by members of the ma.
tlonal executive committee of tire
Congress of Parents and Teachers
at the January meeting of the Dis.
trict group in the Wilson Teach.
ers' College.
Viewing of the wrong kind of
movies" by young children also
was opposed. The meeting was
presided over by Mrs. Hugh Brad
ford, of Sacramento, Calf, ma
tional president.
Miss Charl Williams. director
of education for the national con.
gress, and Mrs Hermann Ferper
national vice president. warned
against false economy in educa.
ton programs.
The Washington times., 1932-01-20

Heals tissue while it kills germs.
Reduces mouth bacteria o8%.
The Washington times., 1932-01-20
UNCLE SA|N,' 80,
PASSES AWAY
"uncle Sam" is dead.

Uncle Sam" is dead.
Picturesque, beloved. George
Campbell, 90-year-old Civil War
veteran, died Saturday at his
Baltimore home. He was buried
yesterday in Arlington National
Cemetery.
For more than 20 years no
parade in Washington was COM
plete without the tall, ramrod-like
figure of George Campbell, at
tired as Uncle Sam" striding
proudly at its head down Penn.
sylvania Avenue. He was self
elected as the nations Uncle
sam.,'' but his right was upheld
by a court decision.
His wish to be buried in his
favorite attire, striped red and
white trousers, starred vest and
blue tail coat, was complied with.
The Washington times., 1932-01-20
Passenger on Graf
Loses Cost RuLinn

Lieut.. Jack Richardson circum.
navigated the globe on the Graf
Zeppelin in 1929 but U. S. Comp
troller General J. r. McCarl has
ruled that this was not travel
status" under the law, so the
Navy yesterday asked Congress to
reimburse Richardson for his ex
penSes Of $143.5O.
The Washington times., 1932-01-20
.RITCH|E TO. SEE
! NEW WCOL|SEUM
DEDICATION

Ritchie Coliseum will be dedi-
Gated tonight at the University Of
Maryland. the ceremonies begin,
ming at 7;4s o'clock.
United States Senator Millard
e. Tydings. president of the alum,
nj association of the university.
will make the dedicatory speech.
Governor Albert C. Ritchie, for
whom the structure was named,
will be present.
Other speakers will be DR.. Ray.
mond A. Pearson. president of the
university. who will preside; Prof
Charles s. Richardson, public
speaking instructor, and John
T. O'Neil. president of student
government in 1880.
A feature of the ceremony will
be the unveiling of a painting of
Governor Ritchie, which will hang
In the trophy room of the coli
scum.
Following the dedication, there
will be basketball game between
Maryland and the Navy.
The Washington times., 1932-01-20
Democratic Leader
To Speak in County

T. Howard Duckett, Democratic
leader in Prince Georges county,
will speak at the meeting Of the
Democratic Club of the Nine
teenth District at 8 p. m. in the
Stephens Citizens Association
Hall in East Riverdale, Mark M.
Moran, chairman announced to
day.
The Washington times., 1932-01-20
Y. W. C.. A. to Elect
Directors on FridGy

A board of directors for the
Young Women's Christian AsSo-
citation will be elected Friday,
the voting closing at p. m. and
followed by the annual dinner in
Barker Hall.
The Washington times., 1932-01-20
ReUiUdL of Claims
Commission SOught

Revival of the Mexican-Ameri.
can Mixed Claims Commission,
which expired last August, was
recommended to President Hoover
yesterday by Texas Senators Shep.
pard and Connally.
The Washington times., 1932-01-20
FLOWER SOCIETIES MEET

The annual meeting of the Ma.
tional and D. C. Wild Flower
Preservation Societies will take
place at o'clock, tomorrow. at
the National Museum.
The Washington times., 1932-01-20

Your gas water heater let say operating steadily
and light to dinner That demands
from the pipe which moment carrying just
enough for the water heater alone.
Never fear will be here-penty of it, at ample pres
to give the heat want little device you
governor conro-takes of that for yOu
Somewhere your home is big transmission line
which feeds the main leading house. At the junction
is valve allowing just enough gas pass through
to meet the demands you put your main
But need that at ample to give big
enough flame that won't take all evening cook dinner The
moment light your range the control knows and in
mechanical language orders the open little wider
and give the for at the need
These governors and controls addition to
gas system They of the many have modernzed
that system to all the you want whenever
it, pressure sufficient to do the job you in hand
Evening star., 1932-02-27
China's Unexpected Strength.

The so far effective resistance of the
Japanese advance at Shanghai by the
Chinese forces has caused much sur
prise, inasmuch as the prowess and the
spirit and especially the equipment of
the former had been rated as greatly
superior. The explanation is advanced
that the Chinese troops have for some
time past been under the instruction of
former German officers, who have been
developing native drill masters who, In
turn, have been directly teaching the
men in the ranks the methods employed
by the Germans in the Great War,
which enabled them to hold their lines
for many months against at times
greatly superior forces. Some observers
CT the Shanghai fighting, at a distance,
have conceived evidence Of this German
instruction in the manner in which the
Chinese dig in during bombardment and
emerge upon its cessation for the de-
livery Of counter attacks.
It may be true that this factor OF
training has been added to the immense
man-power strength of the Chinese
Heretofore, in the civil wars of the past
few years, there have been slight indi-
cations Of any such influence. The
armies" Of the various war lords have
blundered about, clumsily and ineffect-
lively. ynaneuvering slowly and loosely
Evening star., 1932-02-27
The individual Chinese soldier Is capa-

The Individual Chinese soldier is capa-
bic Of guidance He Is by no means q
craven. but can be drilled into an ef-
fective trooper. II now he has leader
ship Of intelligence and skill he may be-
come formidable fighter.
The Japanese are thoroughly "regi-
mented." The boys are trained from
childhood IN patriotic devotion and
uniformed even in the lowest grades OF
! school, are drilled as potential soldiers
Of the Emperor. To them military serv-
ice is an accepted phase Of normal ex-
istence. That they are natively
courageous was demonstrated dramatt-
cally in the course of the war in 1904-5
when the little brown men" Of Nippon
mastered the Russian bear despite heavy
odds Of numbers and position. They
are well equipped and amply supplied
with munitions. Yet they are not in
this campaign making progress, and the
check of their onset must be grievous
shock to them, and especially to their
superior officers and to the statesmen
at Toxic, who undoubtedly expected q
swift and easy victory.
If the Chinese supplies of arms and
ammunition are adequate they have a
distinct and heavy advantage in the
Shanghai campaign. They can match
the japanese in numbers easily five to
one. If strategy compels them to re-
treat they have all of China behind
them, and the farther back they go the
greater the risk assumed by their foes.
There is no vital objective for an in
vading force, the capture Of which
would destroy or even seriously cripple
the defenders.
These circumstances must be evident
to Toxic. And II 80 1t must be plain
there that the situation calls for an
early, If not an immediate, change of
policy.
Evening star., 1932-02-27
Parading the Bears.

There seems to be little doubt about
the determination of the adminlStra-
ton to have showdown on the ques-
ton of bear raiding and to bring it
about BY a parade of the bears through
the Senate committee rooms while an
indignant public and an indignant ad-
ninistration looks them over. The
straw that broke the camels back was
the decline in the market after the rise
which followed passage in House and
Senate of the Glass-Steagall banking
bill. Other financial relief measures
had produced comparable results on
the market, despite repeated warnings
from Washington and despite action by
the Stock Exchange to put curb on
short sales.
Wall Street regards the agitation
against the bears as a hysterical de-
lusion arising from the belief that short
selling is q cause, and not an effect, Of
present conditions. The attitude from
Wall Street all along has been that just
as the bulls are in evidence on a rising
market, so are the bears most in evi-
dence after q long decline; that there
Is no more reason to regard the activ-
tiles of the bears as sinister than to
regard the tactics of the bulls as sinis-
ter, both tribes playing their part in
the conduct of free and open"
market.
Heretofore the attack on the bears
has been confined to generalities, and
their defense has been likewise confined.
But it is one thing to denounce prac-
tice and another thing to single out
and denounce the individuals suspected
OF that practice. The effect of sum-
Inoning the bears, as such, to Wash
ington and putting them through their
ought to serve the double purpose of
getting down to specifications in the
general indictment Of the practice of
short selling and of obtaining from the
any explanations they may make in
defense. In addition, the moral effect
Of q senatorial bear hunt will not pass
unnoticed.
In way. the senatorial investigation
now threatened might have been re-
garded as inevitable for this reason:
Rightly or wrongly, the stock market
has been viewed as the important
barometer Of conditions, and the belief
has become fixed In certain influential
minds that while no one can justly
blame the barometer for not rising If
the weather itself refuses to clear, there
is cause to believe that somebody is
tinkering with the barometer and has
been deliberately setting back the hand
every time it tried to rise toward
clear"
Wall Street will probably take the
view that the present effort will end in
busting the barometer" because the
Senators are going to explore the works,
and from the looks Of things they are
going at it with a hammer.
Evening star., 1932-02-27

gle, picked one OF them 10 head the
organization. John F. Curry was theil
selection.
Mr.. Curry is the leader today. Mr.
Curry has said nothing and Is saying
nothing about the candidacy Of Gov
Franklin D. Roosevelt for the Demo
cratic presidential nomination. He has
said nothing about the removal OF
Sheriff Thomas NJ Farley Of New
York County, big-wig in the Tam
many organization, recently accom-
plished on order of Gov. Roosevelt
But doubtless Mr.. Curry expects to be
consulted about the man whom Gov
Roosevelt will appoint to succeed Far
ley of "tin box fame. And If Gov.
Roosevelt should name a man who has
been picked for the job by Tamrnany
Hail. Judge Seabury may have some
thing more to say about the candi-
dates for President who lie down with
the Tiger and expect to get up uncon-
taminated.
1t has been suggested in some quar-
ters that Judge Seabury is himself a
rk-horse" candidate for the presi-
Dental nomination Of his party. His
speech in Cir innati is hailed as an
opening gun in o campaign to keep his
name in the foreground, ready to be
advanced when the Democratic Nation
al Convention meets.
One paragraph in Judge Seabury's
speech stands out particularly when it
is considered in connection with the
aspirations of Gov. Roosevelt and for
mer Gov. Smith to be President. He
said speaking Of public men in New
York:
When they hold public Office and are
forced to rule adversely to Tammany
Hall they soften their opposition 60
that, while the public will not regard
them as pro-Tammany, Tammany Hall
will not regard them as opposed to it.
Speaking cynically or practically, the
leaders who are able to bring about
such q situation are clever politicians.
Judge Seabury demands in his candi-
date for President something more than
cleverness.
Evening star., 1932-02-27
Seabury's Attack.

Judge Samuel Seabury, independent
Democrat and tmplacable foe of Tam
many Hall, warns the country against
the peril Of Tammany dominance Of
the national Government. The address
OF the counsel of the New York Legis-
lative Committee investigating the gov
eminent of New York City delivered in
Cincinnati last night is reminiscent OF
the Republican attacks on Tammany
Hall and Alfred E. Smith IN 1928.
Judge Seabury, however, is apparently
directing his barbs not only against
former Gov. Smith, who has admitted
a receptive candidacy for the Demo-
cratic presidential nomination, but also
against the present Governor, Franklin
D. Roosevelt. Perhaps the speech may
be considered only a warning to Gov,
Roosevelt that he is treading on dan
gerous ground If he looks conlplacently
upon the activities Of Tammany in New
York City. Certainly it may be inter-
preted as a call to Roosevelt TO break
absolutely with the ruling organization
in the Democratic politics of the me-
tropolis.
No halfway policy toward Tammany
will suit Judge Seabury. He has the
crusading spirit. He is determined to
break. If possible, the grip that Tam
many and the Tammany system have
upon the City Of New York. There Is
10 be no yielding, no softening before
pledges by Tammany leaders that the
organization will be good" in the fu-
ture. During the campaign Of 1925
efforts were made to show that new
Tammany" had sprung into existence
and that the new spirit in Tammany
was entirely benevolent and honest
The friends and supporters Of ALFRED
z. Smith were particularly active il
this campaign to paint the Tammanl
Tiger in softer colors. But following
that campaign, in which Judge Georgt
Washington Olyany, then head Of Tam
many Hall, had prominent part, ther,
was demand by the district and mino
leaders of Tammany that this silk ha
stuff" be laid aside. And when i
came to electing new leader of tn
hall on the resignation OF Judge Olvan
they would not listen to Mr. Smith an
others who had Usualised the "ne'
Tamraahy" They went back to thei
district leaders and, after bitter strug
Evening star., 1932-02-27
Gain in Power of Congress
Seen I'm Lame Duck Action

Of the Constitution Congress could noe
assemble for IS months after its elec-
ton unless summoned by the President
Now it meets regardless Of his wishes,
and continues in session indefinitely, II
this amendment is ratified.
X 4 x
'1t is regrettable that q mere change
in the congressional calendar should
require the slow, cumbersome process
Of amending the Constitution" thinks
the San Antonio Express, and that
paper points out that under existing
circumstances, an antiquated system
renders the popular will ineff ective from
November until March, and IS able
to defeat it altogether" The Port
Huron Times Herald voices the opinion:
1T is not likely that this will make any
better government or insure any better
legislation. But 1t viii simplify the
methods of operation somewhat"
The San Francisco Chronicle holds
that "for years the country has viewed
the absurdity of a Congress voted out
but continuing to legislate while its
successor, with a fresh mandate from
the people, twirled its thumbs in idle
ness. A change in conditions is noted
by the Boise Idaho Statesman, since
the days when "the appropriations to
were small in comparison with present
appropriations, and could be readily
handled in three months, without any
necessity for calling special sessions"
This latest constitutional change"
according to the New Orleans Times
P1cayune, 'ts so strongly favored that
the requisite number of States should
give 1t formal sanction within the next
two years." but the Toledo Blade esti-
mates that mot many of the present
members of Congress need worry about
having a term of their own shortened
not until about 1940."
Recognizing the unique character Of
basic constitutional change affecting
Congress, the Columbus Ohio State
Journal comments: Placed against the
background of depression, where all
things political take on added signifi-
canoe, 1t promised a change in Govern.
ment that suddenly seemed imperative.
1t was born of Congress nurtured and
brought to life In a season of diScon-
tent with things as they are, and its
purpose conceded exactly with the pur-
pose of the times 1t promised
quicker reflection of topical public Senti-
ment in Government. 1t will, If rati-
fled by the Nation, assure a better
obedience of Government to public
fency; it will speed the death Of the
old, outworn Congress and hurry the
birth of the new. From the stand
point of common sense 1t is an amend
ment that should have been voted to
the Constitution when railroads were
first established, and should by no
means have been delayed beyond the
turn of the century"
Evening star., 1932-02-27
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

Concerning Love Songs
The cruel cynic used to say
That love was only folly.
The love songs that We hear today
Attempt to make it jolly.
But phraseology, alas,
That seeks to sound ecstatic,
As wordy wonders come to pass,
Grows more and more erratic.
Love" was a word we once admired
So magical and thrifty.
But now it somehow makes us tired.
It's getting old and silly.
And Cupid, who was once sublime,
First of the cherub friskers,
Begins to look like Father Time,
Bald-headed and with whiskers.
Evening star., 1932-02-27
The German Presidency.

The stage is set for the German pres
writing the reelection of Field Marshal
Won Hindenburg seems assured. The
octogenarian soldier statesman did not
seek to perpetuate himself in Office. He
has served his fatherland for the past
seven years, and as faithfully In peace
as in war. It is dificult to imagine
what, might have been the fate Of the
Reich during his stormy period at the
helm If his patriotic and resolute hand
had not been upon it.
To the outside world it is unthinkable
that the German people, at this crisis
in their affairs, would displace through
their ballots the one man probably
alone capable today Of keeping the
ship of state on something like an even
keel. In reluctantly consenting to
stand for second term, President Won
Hindenburg declared that his sole
motive is to continue to be, II he can,
that welding force which Germany so
sorely needs unless conditions are ire
sistibly TO drift from bad to worse.
Herr Hitler and the National Social
lists have carried out their threat to
place candidate in the field against
Won Hindenburg in case he declined to
break with Chancellor Bruening and
scrap the domestic and foreign policies
with which that high-minded and firm
handed German has been identified
during the past year. Hitler himself
now. made eligible for the presidency
by a diplomatic" appointment which
effects his naturalization as q German
citizen, Is to stand as his party's selec-
ton. He is bound to poll heavy vote.
It will almost certainly exceed the vote
by which the "Nazis" were landslided
into the second strongest Reichstas
party In September, 1880. 1t will be a
vote of lack Of confidence in DR..
Bruening rather than in President Won
Hindenburg. A sorry day for Germany
be Of sufficient proportions to swamp
the vote for the veteran now in chief
command of the Reich's destinies.
Paul Won Hindenburg has been about
the only agreeable postwar surprise
the world has been vouchsafed. The
nations shuddered when a monarchist
and rnilitarist came to power in 1925
Many people throughout the world, no
doubt including a large number in
Germany, conjured up the vision of q
restored Hohenzollernism in spirit and
theory, If not in actuality. They
reckoned without their Hindenburg
When the hero Of the Masurian Lakes
stood on the steps of the Reichstag
building and took the inaugural oath
Of ONCE, swearing devotion to the
Weimar Constitution, he plghted his
word to the German people that their
republican future would be safe in his
hands. He has kept the faith. The
Reich and the world are the better for
his refusal to temper his course TO the
winds that have ragged around him.
Ordinarily 1t would be beyond the
province Of outsiders to express any
hopes with respect to another country
| domestic politics. But Germany today
presents no ordinary condition. 1t lies
in the interest of European peace that
President Hindenburg should continue
| in Office.
Evening star., 1932-02-27

A change in governmental methods is
often welcomed by the people. Nc
method of securing revenue is likely to
be permanently favored and a number
Of economists think that q sales tax
might as well have its turn at becoming
unpopular.
Evening star., 1932-02-27

Wherever there is a war, there are
American soldiers Of fortune distin-
gushing themselves and lending con-
tradiction to any belief that normal
youth is any more pacifist in sentiment
than it Is elsewhere.
Evening star., 1932-02-27

A proposal to forbid the sale OF goods
for less than the cost OF manufacture
did not find favor in the House of Rep
resentatives. 1t may have come to at
tention that 1t may often be cheaper to
get rid Of old material than to pay the
cost of storage.
Evening star., 1932-02-27
Entertainment or Excuse ?

From the New Orleans Times-Picayune.
w. j. Henderson, New York music
critic, says: Opera in the United
States is a social entertainment" !"
Hardly even that! It's nothing more
than q social excuse.
Evening star., 1932-02-27
Weather Note.

From the Springfield (Mass) Republican.
Heavy SHOWS prevented the filing Of
Mr.. Smiths name for the Democratic
presidential primaries in North Dakota,
but the SHOWS will be well matched by
the killing frostS that later will strike
some Of the names that were filed.
Evening star., 1932-02-27

Americans will not be criticized for
boarding if they decide to save the cost
of habitual Summer trips abroad. BY
spending at home the money they cost
a considerable percentage of the unem-
ployment might be reduced.
Evening star., 1932-02-27
Darning and Statesmanship

From the Oakland Tribune.
The difference between our woman
Senator at Washington and some Of
the men Is that she darns socks In her
leisure time and they darn everything
in sight.
Evening star., 1932-02-27

If China should put in appearance
with unsuspected war resources, some
of the Japanese oticials will possibly
want to have her arrested for carrying
concealed weapons.
Evening star., 1932-02-27
Seasonable Enterprise.

From the San Antonio Evening News.
An oregon sportswoman flies TO the
Arctic to search for lost ship laden
with furs. She expects TO release the
cargo In time for Summer wear.
Evening star., 1932-02-27
And Protective Too.

From the Roanoke Times.
A medical expert claims that singing
is extremely beneficial In certain types
of deafness. As to that, our expert
ence is that deafness is extremely
beneficial in certain types Of singing.
Evening star., 1932-02-27

It has been Lavals fate to suffer the
embar. ASSment Of high-power sales
man who has permitted the home office
to expect too much from him.
Evening star., 1932-02-27

missioner, gathered crowds like a
Snowman and dressed like cheap jack.
Politics was the breath of life of both;
literature only pamphleteering; rhetoric
a loud advertisement"
Evening star., 1932-02-27
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 m, news rs
special dispatches herein are also reserved.
Evening star., 1932-02-27

Threats Of trade boycott are met by
reminder in terms Of Oriental express
sion of a proverb to the effect that the
silkworm will turn.
Evening star., 1932-02-27
Careless.

From the Dayton Daily News.
The recent Staying of a New York
gangster while he was In phone booth
shows what can happen TO those fel.
lows when they don't keep their ears
to the ground.
Evening star., 1932-02-27
Times and TRANSFORMATION.

From the Toronto (ontario) Daily Star.
In hard times fewer people ride on
the street cars and more ride on the
water wagon.
Evening star., 1932-02-27
GeAturek

When Russian politicians try
With gestures grand to rally
The crowd, 7 must confess that I
Prefer the Russian Ballet.
Evening star., 1932-02-27
Otherwise All Right.

From the South Bend Tribune.
That nine-power pact has everything
except power.
Evening star., 1932-02-27

If dey has another war;" said Uncle
Eben, Il hopes dey kin at least post
pone it till everybody understands
exactly whut de last one was about"