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Evening star., 1932-12-21
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

Cold weather, despite the i'll things
which may be said Of 1t, makes one
appreciative to an unusual degree.
Appreciative of physical warmth. Of
human kindness. of inventions.
Anything which tends to animate
this divine spark Is very much worth
while.
In order to be fully alive to the good
side Of cold, however, it Is best to be
"on the inside looking out" as the old
song puts it.
Yet even the man In the snow, there
because he has no other place to 60,
Of kindness.
One such was shufding down Penn
sylvania avenue last Saturday at the
height Of the snow.
His shoes were SO thin that he won-
dered how he was going to manage to
stick out the storm in order to try for
a job as a snow Shoveler.
He would go to a shoe store, he
thought, and apply for the Job Of clean
ing off their walk, in the hope that he
might manage to pick up an old pair
Of rubbers.
Unfortunately, the business estab-
AS the man hung around the store
before plunging out into the snow
again, he noticed a young man enter,
remove pair Of rubbers and purchase
pair Of storm arctics, as they are
called.
The purchaser, after donning the
CATERS, told the clerk to wrap up his
pair Of rubbers and departed with them
under his arm.
This was the jobless mans chance.
He sidled out the door and caught
up with the man in the new arctics.
Say, bucdy." he began. using the
old standard greeting, you amt got
an old pair CT rubbers, have you?"
Now the other, who happened to be
none other than our friend, Templeton
Jones. was a man Of ready wit, as well
as soft heart.
made In thoroughly decent fashion,
were very interesting to him, he told
us.
His first thought was one Of slight
anger, mixed with one part humilia-
tion.
He was slightly angry because the
fellow had so obviously taken advan-
tage of him.
He evidently had been in the store,
had seen the entire transaction, as we
have described it, and knew perfectly
well that Jones had pair of good over
shoes in the package.
Jones might have said "No" in one
sharp word and gone on about his
business, but Jones was not a liar in
any matter. and. Furthermore he real
lied instantly what must have hap
pened.
The man knew he had a pair of
rubbers.
Templeton looked down at the fel-
lows feet.
What size you wear?" he asked.
The man hesitated.
Ten" he said at last
Then this pair I have here won't
fit you," went on our friend. Il have
an unusually small foot and wear
size g.
The man recognized Jones was tell
ing the truth.
Furthermore, continued the latter,
'this is practically a brand-new pair
of rubbers, and I need them myself on
rainy days"
He looked down at the cloth affairs
swathing his shoes and the bottoms
of his trouser legs.
Il can't wear these things in any
but snowstorm, you know" he con-
Evening star., 1932-12-21
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

He is Kurt w. G. Ludecke. who has
press. Herr Ludecke, who has lived in
the United States on other occasions
says he has a dual mission-to provide
the American people with clearer and
fuller understanding Of the aims Of Hit
lerism and to convey to the 10000, ,00O
readers of "Nazi" (Naticnal Socialist)
newspapers in Germany better picture
Of the Yankee scene than. he claims, is
portrayed for them through existing
European press channels.
Senator James j. Davis. Republican
CT Pennsylvania, has resumed his place
in the upper house, apparently unwor-
rfed either by the lottery proceedings
pending against him in the Federal
Court of New York or by Gov
Pinchot's reported intention to give him
tainted election certificate. Mr.
Davis friends say the case in which
Conrad H. Mann, Kansas City Republi-
can politician, has just been convicted
on lottery charges is wholly dissimilar
from the proceedings in which the
Senator is defendant. If the seating OF
Davis In the new Senate is made q party
issue, his prospects at the hands Of q
huge Democratic ma jority, plus progress
slVe allies, are net considered very
radiant.
"Of Thee I Sing" Broadway
musical comedy success burlesQuing ma
tlonal politics. winds up record one
year run in New York this week and Is
headed for Washington, where it's due
at the end of January. Since the play
opened in December, 1881, it's done
81 100000 worth of business. United
States Supreme Court justices (the butt
Of precious ridicule in the piece) have
seen 1t. and SO have various cabinet Of
Ulcers and scores Of members Of Con-
gresS. Neither President Hoover nor
Vice President Curtis, as far as known,
has had a look at the satire deemed
worthy OF the Pulitzer dramatic prize
for 1882. Gov. Roosevelt was a visitor
to "Of Thee Sing" early in its run.
French Strother, White House research
secretary, saw it a second time last Sat
urday night. Perhaps he'll sell "the
Chief" the idea Of taking a night OF
when the show comes to Washington.
President Hoover, unlike the First Lady.
isn't theatergoer.
Now that disarmament Is about N
enter upon It's second year at Geneva
In the guise Of a pious aspiration, DR..
Mary E. Woolley, president of Mount
Holyoke College, and one of America Is
delegates at the conference, tells Of sup-
geStlonS which reached her over there
how to make the parley a success. She
thinks the most diverting one came
from New York East Slider who want
ed to know If it couldn't be arranged
to fight the next war with ripe toma-
toes and rotten eggs instead of machine
guns and heavy artillery. Armies could
do Just about as much damage to one
another" he argued, but melody would
be killed. They'd just loc.: bad and
smell worse"
(Copyright. 1922
Evening star., 1932-12-21
Capital and Labor Must
Cooperate for Prosperity

10 the Editor OF The Star:
The gravest and most perplexing as
pect OF our present depression Is the
diminished purchasing power Of the
masses, emanattng mainly from wide
spread unemployment. This low pur-
chasing power, with attendant pros
poets Of further reduction in profits to
capital, affords the latter an excuse for
expense and consequently increased un-
employment I'D inflnitum. A continu-
ance of this progression means the
final exhaustion and collapse of our
present industrial structure. The in
term, unfortunately, affords the Oppor-
tunity for q certain limited element in
both capital and labor to extend its
unwarranted and dangerous propa-
ganda. A certain small class Of capital
always seeks Just such situation to
reduce labor to totally subservient and
acquescent condition, while an equally
small percentage OF labor uses such
chance to force upon public attention
what they denominate as tyranny and
exploitation Of their class. In this
breach has developed the deplorable
conflict between the administrative and
productive elements of our industrial
ife-the growth OF inordinate greed on
one side and Of vicious vindictivenes5
On the other. So long as this spirit is
tolerated the deaf dealing chGsm be-
tween the two will l-ntinue to broaden.
Capital or wealth indefinitely unem-
p!oyed becomes non-sustaintng and un-
profitable; labor continually unem-
ployed becomes vitiated and inefficient,
and in this co.,dition both become de-
structive Of themselves and OF each
other. Since ouT present industrial
constitution proviSes no restraining
pQXer over such tendency, therein lies
its weakness and danger. Consequently
we cannot hope for satisfactory emer-
gence from our social morass without Q
complete reformation Of our industrial
ideals and policies. The first step in
this direction must be the elimination
Of distrust and misunderstanding be-
tween capital and labor, and instead OF
antagonizing each other. to the destruc-
ton OF both, We must adopt mutual
constructive program which will recog-
nize the basic and incontrovertible prop
osition that the two are component and
equally indispensable parts of one body,
in the products and profits Of which
each must equitably share. There are
various processes through which the
minutiae Of this consummation can be
worked out. all Of which. however, must
cooperation, both morally and physi-
cally. A model instance would be a
plant owned jointly by investors and
actual employees. this made possible by
the retention Of a small percentage OF
salaries to be applied to the purchase Of
stock up to at least half ownership.
This would not only conduce to efi-
cheney and contentment, but would pro-
vide for perpetual expansion and the
gradual return Of industry to those most
vitality concerned and upon whose in
terest 1t depends.
At all events. until capital and labor,
which in the ultimate includes all. can
decide to cease their emulation Of the
tabled Kilkenny cats and unite in
constructive program for the public
welfare We must all suffer the inev-
liable consequences of our own folly.
DAVID A TAYLOR.
Evening star., 1932-12-21
Protests Comment as
To Filipino Missions

To the Editor Of fhe Star:
As a faithful and enthusiastic reader
of Mr.. Wile's columns I, a Filipino,
must, for the first time, say that his
column Of Monday about the Philippine
Mission and the Hawes- Cutting bill Is
loaded with inaccuracies. want to
point out those inaccuracies for the
reason that that column Is surely going
to be used IN the islands as q justinca-
ton for the expenditure OF $15O,OOO
which the five members Of that mission
have spent here since they came last
year.
In the first place. 'joy reigns uncon-
fined" among the missioners because
they had q bill passed, irrespective OF
whether that bill carries the worst pro-
visions imaginable. The entire Filipino
people are against the bill as passed.
The "politicos" In Manila are against It,.
How, then, could Filipinos be joyful at
such outrageous treatment that they
have received from the Senate through
the cooperation for personal purposes
Of the mission here.
In fact the mission will have to ex-
plain to the Philippine Legislature why
it has disregarded its instructions to
obtain immediate and complete inde-
pendence. It was very obvious during
the discussion In the Senate that that
kind Of independence could have been
secured If the mission had expressed
themselvs publicly and unequivocably
for it.
As to Senator Harry Halves being
considered among the Ftlipinos as the
Edmund Burke Of their fight for free
dom," Mr.. Vile Is most grievously mis-
taken. As long as Senator Hawes
worked for f1ve-year independence pc
riod, for which the Filipinos paraded
In his honor In Manila, he was their
hero, but when he sharply reversed
himself and advocated q 20-year plan,
with the most unfair import limita-
tions, the entire people Immediately
turned against him. II you could only
read some Of the Filipino newspapers
you would see that Senator Hawes is
considered as turncoat and q Tory.
He is now known as the imperialist, and
the fact that Senator Hawes was the
representative Of Hawaii In 1898 to an
mex that island to the United States has
now become known, and the result Is he
is considered as working In reality for
the eventual annexation Of the Philip
pines to the United States.
MANUEL ROJAS POCHERO.
Evening star., 1932-12-21
Toys-Ancient and Modern,

Goodness only knows when toys first
appeared in the world. Doubtless they
are as old as the race of men. Prob
ably the cave boys and girls of a mill
lion years ago amused themselves with
toys fashioned out Of the bones Of
dinosaurs and dolls dressed In the fur
OF the shaggy mammoth. A universal
phenomenon from that unknown day
to this, toys may be traced across the
face Of the earth wherever humanity
has wandered or paused. They sur
vive their owners. Archeologists dig
them out Of the accumulated debris Of
centuries.
The children of the Nile Valley had
toys of numerous and various kinds.
Some of their dolls, constructed Of
wood, earthenware, stone and metal,
grace the shelves and exhibition cases
Of the museums.
Greek and Roman children likewise
were rich in playthings. They had
dolls with jointed arms and legs. and
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household equipment survive from both
major divisions of classic times.
Balls, tops, rattles, the implements
Of various games, and reproductions of
all the tools and instruments used by
adults, have been collected from every
period and every racial and national
community to demonstrate how little
since the beginning the amusements Of
children have changed.
Little folk initiate the conduct and
employment of their elders, and ind
pleasure in pretending to be grown up.
That is a psychologist verify about
which there Is no serious argument
Toymakers are familiar with the fact.
and are creatively guided by their COM
prehension Of 1t.
At a recent toy exposition in New
York there were on display stoves that
cook, washing machines that wash and
iceboxes that refrigerate, not to men
tion equally practical children's editions
e ssh registers. adding mathines.
Evening star., 1932-12-21

tinued. with the well known Jonesian
grin.
The man out Of "a Job caught the
flash of that smile and knew he was
talking to a kind-hearted man.
Msybe Hs Gs you might nigh he help b'H In, ,+
Jones came to his rescue.
Glad to-" he said, reaching into his
pocket.
A smile Of genuine appreciation
wreathed the weather-beaten face.
That's more money" the man said,
than I have earned in year."
Jones suddenly wished his rubbers
were the right SiZe-he would have
given them to him, too.
Wished he had more money to give
to the man. Wouldn't it be great to
dispense largess with free hand, in
stead Of with the comparatively mig
gardly one which necessity imposes
upon the vast bulk of mankind?
Or would it?
Jones never could make up his mind.
He had read the words of q great
Frenchman that one robbed another
human being Of self-respect when one
gave aims.
Jones wondered. Maybe it was bet
ter to lose ones self-respect momen-
tarily and receive q little hard cash in
the palm Of the hand wherewith to
alleviate very present hunger.
Templeton Jones decided that he
would continue to give as he could
and let those to whom he gave run the
risk Of q theoretical loss of self-respect.
I'D rather be on the inside looking
out than on the outside looking in"
So went the old popular song. It
fits the situation as to appreciation Of
cold. Not much fun trying to sing
praise Of cold out in 1t. Get inside,
then look out-everything becomes rosy.
But not indeed, unless O:.2 is warm.
Physical warmth is the basis of
physical life. And an appreciation of
heat and its necessity is the theoretical
fundamental appreciation perhaps.
All living creatures, except the So
called cold-blooded animals, love to be
warm, and it is probable that even they
prefer it.
Certainly among human beings there
Is no substitute for the right tempera-
ture. Hence the appreciation Of those
clever devices which permit entire
houses to be heated with one central
heating plant.
in past years where drum stoves" were
the only means Of heating can possibly
appreciate what central heating means,
and this whether the fuel is coal, oil or
gas.
Thoughts OF appreciation extend to
the men down in the mines. on the oil
wells, at the gas works. Those who cut
down wood for fireplace use, those who
garner the wood for homes and make
the insulation materials to keep out
cold blasts.
Satisfactory physical warmth. based
on human inventions, and the laws OF
physics, leads one on to proper appre-
ciation of that spiritual warmth which
We call human kindness.
This is warmth which may come
to man in the snow as he receives 1t
from another. 1t is. in sense, the
finest type of warmth, growing from
despair and all inimical conditions
1t is easy to be appreciative when
one is sitting warmly indoors, COM
fortably housed, well fed; quite another
thing to show genuine appreciation
when things are otherwise. Let no one
forget that among all appreciators the
best and finest type is he who appre-
ciates the approach of human kindness
when life seems against him. He does
not lose his self-respect, but increases
his own store and the store Of those
who help him.
Evening star., 1932-12-21
A British Lion Roars.

Just about the time last week when
Senators Of the United States were in
dulging in the unwonted practice of
bridling their tongues and suppressing
prepared speeches on the debt ques-
ton, respected spokesman Of British
public opinion, the Saturday Review of
London, was letting itself go in the
best lingo fashion. American
outbursts have been periodical through
the years in that particular quarter,
yet even the Saturday Review, 1t might
have been supposed, would control its
habitual Yankeephobia at an hour
when statesmen in both London and
washington are doing their human best
to extract the poison from one Of the
most malignant situations that has
ever arisen between the two countries
In an editorial headed God Help
America!" the Saturday Review says:
ica-for no one else can or will lift a
finger. The economic consequence is
clear enough to all save those who de-
mand it. 1t is the price which they
and we have to pay. as we have paid
before. for the peculiarities of the Amer
lean Constitution, and the divorce Of
America reason and experience from
the control of American affairs. /"
There is scarcely a man or woman in
England who does not bear in the inner
heart a positive dislike of America and
Americans in the lump.
The editors of the Saturday Review
will probably be disappointed to OBJ
serve, as they must be observing II the
British press is accurately rejecting
current American public opinion, that
sentiments like those Just quoted are
conspicuous by their absence over here.
Comments are almost exclusively in the
other direction. But 1t requires little
stretch of the imagination to compre-
hend that the American people, being
after all merely human, might not be
inclined perpetually to restrain them
selves In the teeth Of such provocation
as the Saturday Reviews outburst of
spleen.
President Hoover is about to send an
other debt message to Congress. He
has assured Great Britain in the course
of recent diplomatic correspondence
that the administrators inclination is
to recommend careful scrutiny Of Lon
don's claims. Congress is known In ad
vance to be none too favorably disposed
Evening star., 1932-12-21

toward even so non-committal q pro-
posal as that. A few more "God Help
America!' editorials like the Saturday
Reviews. and that undesirable denoue-
ment colloquially known as the spilling
of the beans might suddenly ensue.
Or If a more pat idiom is called for. a
goose may be killed that is possibly
about to lay some golden eggs.
Evening star., 1932-12-21
A New Farm Bloc.

A new farm bloc" in Congress has
been formed, one hundred and flfty
strong, according to the representatives
of the American Farm Bureau Fedora
ton, to press for farm relief legislation
at the present short session. Presum-
ably the bloc will carry over into the
new Congress after March 4. This may
or may not be good news for the farm
ers. 1t is not particularly good news
for the incoming Democratic admins
tration. Congressional "blocs" have
caused more trouble for legislative pro-
grams sponsored by various admins
trations, Republican and Democratic
alike than any one phase of political
activity on Capitol Hill. When a mi
nority group undertakes, in order to
favor any single class, farmers, veter-
ans or what not. the trouble begins.
They are usually fanatical in their
demands to degree that reason flies
out Of the doors of Congress.
What farm bloc can accomplish in
the present short session is problemat-
ical both because of the lack OF time
in which to get consideration and &C
ton on farm legislation and also be-
cause of the lack of agreement on just
what should be done. 1t looks today
as though the farm problem will have
to go over until the next Congress-and
it may 90 to many succeeding Con-
crosses. There is at least one demo-
cratic member of the House, Repre-
sentative Nelson Of Missouri, himself
for years a farmer, who takes the view
that what the farmers really need Is
a respite from so-called panaceas. Ac-
cording to Mr.. Nelson, measures that
would reduce taxation and relieve the
farmers from trade barriers would In
large measure solve his problem. There
is much in what Mr.. Nelson has to say
about the panacea form Of legislation as
directed at the farmer. After all, no
system, however clever, can stand for
a period of years against overproduc-
ton. And no system that requires an
army of government agents to see that
it Is enforced can relieve the farmers.
Indeed, it would only add to the weight
of taxation under which he suffers
today.
With huge Democratic majority in
the next House and Senate. ready, 1t
would seem, to put through Demo-
cratic program worked out by the
Roosevelt administration, it would be
unfortunate to find the Congress split
into blocs, agricultural or otherwise
Attempts to fix prices for the farmers
on their produce, irrespective OF the
amount of production and the demand
for the produce, can only bring grief to
the Roosevelt administration and the
whole country.
The new farm bloc, 1t Is reported,
stands back of a four-point program
which sounds well but Is indefinite in
detail. 1t proposes to expand the cur
rency, lower the value of the dollar, halt
farm mortgage foreclosures and give
agriculture equality with industry and
labor. The best minds have struggled
necessarily for years with the problem
of placing agriculture on an equal foot
ing with industry. Industry, however,
must be governed by the law Of supply
and demand, and it is. The farmers
continue to insist that something be
done for them which makes it possible
for them to forget all about this eco
nomic law. It cannot be done.
Evening star., 1932-12-21

Beer may be legalized, but there IS
no chance that racketeers who have
been engaged in its Illicit circulation
will suddenly Become law abiding. The
greatest misfortune Of crime wave lies
in the boldness and ingenuity developed
in the underworld.
Evening star., 1932-12-21

The probability of bad weather in
early March is no longer urged as a
reason for changing the date of Inaugu-
ration. The move now is to get the
new hands working early even II they
have to break into the season when
billiards. are normally due.
Evening star., 1932-12-21

A complicating situation might be
simplified If France and Germany could
be persuaded to appoint responsible
representatives to shake hands and
positively mean it.
Evening star., 1932-12-21
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PH1LANDER JOHNSON.

:
Elephant and Donkey Superseded.
Santa Claus, they say, is meant
For little girls and boys,
And yet we hope he will consent
To. aid maturer joys.
His sleigh, they say, is near at hand
No politicians rant.
Let's think about the Reindeer and
Forget the Elephant.
The Reindeer brings the holiday
And is of greater use
In bringing generous display
Than Tiger or Bull Moose.
So let's salute him In our pride
While trying to keep cool.
In harness bid him trot beside
The Democratic Mule.
Evening star., 1932-12-21

Government workers who cannot be
spared will not receive the three days
Of holiday leave. This may encourage
them to hope for automatic exemption
from any payless furloughs.
Evening star., 1932-12-21

The holiday rush is likely to cause
irritation Just at time when courtesy
lie obligation. Shopping early will help
to avoid shopping surly
Evening star., 1932-12-21

In international relations course Of
disarmament Is being advised which will
20 even so far as to disarm suspicion.
Evening star., 1932-12-21

The Persian government is engaged
in an argument with British company
concerning oil. In commercial conten-
ton, oil continues to speak all languages.
Evening star., 1932-12-21

Stocks have been behaving rather
well and brokers may yet feel sufd-
GENTLY enthusiastic to use ticker tape
for Christmas tree trimming.
Evening star., 1932-12-21

A new administration cannot reason
ably refuse information from the old
but may feel hesitancy about agreeing
to take advice
Evening star., 1932-12-21

France finds 1t easy to secure a new
cabinet, but difficult to discover talent
that can work the combination to the
safe.
Evening star., 1932-12-21
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