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Evening star., 1932-09-30
Lop off All Cupolas
and Retain the Homes
To the Editor Of The star.

To the Editor Of The star.
The Engineer Commissioner of the
District Of Columbia has earned the
communication Of every thoughtful Dis
trict citizen and taxpayer by his eco
ncmical and considerable action In re-
moving a cupola from the plans Of the
Taft Junior High School.
The cupola Is a recent ornamental top
knot on public schools, useless ex-
crescence, or "doodad," marring the
sweeping lines Of the roofs expanse.
Firished white, easily soiled, it is a
continuing source of upkeep expense.
Built as an exposed rain catcher, snow
holder and dampness retainer, it usually
causes serious roof damage and more
expense. 1t Is the rejuvenation of a
rejected fad of fancy-free architects,
an expensive. unnecessary and damag-
ing establishment. The expense Of
putting them up will be followed later
by the expense Of taking them down.
Not only Is 1t economy these days to
cut out useless expense, but 1t is COM
mon sense at all times to prevent waste
Of public funds.
The cost of the cupola is S3,875. That
amount will keep two 81 300 men use
fully employed for year, two homes
intact, the children in school and pro-
vided for, and two homemakers out of
bread lines. 1t will do the same rela-
lively for three $1,200-a-year men and
their dependents, or four $9O0-a-year
men and their families.
II 1t be question OF building cupolas
or retaining homes, the Engineer Com
missioner Of the District Of Columbia
will get the approval of this taxpayer
II he lops of cupolas from every new
public school building In the District
to retain homes intact and prevent
suffering and privation therein.
JOSEPH w. CHEYNEY.
Evening star., 1932-09-30
Radicalism and High Taxes
Emphasized in Wisconsin

have difficulty in getting nourishinent
out OF the result" the Milwaukee SEN
tlnel independently remarks as to the
election: La Follette-Blaine brand of
political strategy has usually been as
tute and shrewd, but in this primary
campaign they engineered several things
which Topped badly and probably cost
them many votes" Among these things
the Sentinel mentions "the importation
of Senator Wheeler, so-called Democrat.
from Montana" and the fact that
Henrik Shipstead came down from
Minnesota to help those so-called Re-
publicans." The Sioux City Argus
Leader independent Republican, THINKS
that "the voters have learned that the
La Toilette regime was interested pri-
nlarily in the La Follettes, and that
the huge tax revenues we're sought for
the purpose Of strengthening and ex-
pandlng the La Toilette political ma
chine" The New Castle News (Re-
publican) asks If "this is the begin
ming of the end of the La Toilette dy-
nasty"
For some years. especially in recent
months" says the New York Times
independently, "the disposition has
been growing in the Republican party
to ask the Progressives to step wholly
outside or wholly inside. Faced with
the loss Of Progressive States in the
West, many leaders would prefer at the
same time, as in Wisconsin. to gain
control Of the party organizations and
begin the rebuilding process as soon as
the election Is over. Whatever happens
in Wisconsin now, Republicans will fall
or survive under the true party flag"
The proof Of the potency of the de-
mand for economy" is seen by the
Philadelphia Evening Bulletin (inde-
pendent Republican,, while the Nor
folk Ledger-Dispatch (Democratic) OBJ
serves that "the La Toilette policies,
which have held Wisconsin in their grip
almost continuously for 40 years, failed
to keep the populace pacified in the
present emergency"
"The taxation policies of the La Fol-
lette regime were particularly exasper-
ating to distempered citizenship" says
the Birmingham Age-Herald Demo
cratic). while the Omaha World Herald
independent Democratic) declares:
For the victorious fight against the
La Toilette machine in Wisconsin was
q fight against too heavy taxes. It was
night against extravaganza in gov
ernment. 1t was fight against over
cAPduoiOA VI kUVeillHneHt, dedlilsI eoF-
ernmental paternalism and govern
mental bureaucracy. 1t was a fight for
a return to simplicity and economy and
retrenchment in the management of the
public business. It all resolved itself
into campaign over taxation as the
dominent ISSUE"
1.-THE people of Wisconsin" AYERS the
Chicago Tribune independent Repub-
ncan), have decisively repudiated the
La Toilette program Of confiscation Of
private property for political advan-
tage. The people of Wisconsin think 1t
Is no time to leave their government in
the hands of a youth with political
program resting primarily on hate,
prejudice and envy"
Evening star., 1932-09-30
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

This is a special department devoted
to the handling Of inquiries. You have
at your disposal an extensive organtza-
ton in Washington to serve you IN any
capacity that relates to Information.
Write your question, your name and
your address clearly, and inclose 3 cents
in coin or stamps for reply. Send to
The Washington Star Information Bu-
reau, Frederic J. Haskin. Director.
Washington, D. c.
@. What motion pictures were the
most successful last years.. N.
A. The box offlce champions" Of
1881 were Trader Horn" "City Lights"
'c-imarron," Strangers May Kiss" Lit
81 Caesar" "Hells Angels" THE
Man Who Came Back" Daddy Long
Legs" Monkey Business" Five Star
Final" Susan Lenox," "Frankenstein,"
Politics" "A Connecticut Yankee" and
Reducing"
Q. Please give the seating capacity
Of the stadiums at Harvard, Yale and
Soldiers and Sailors Field.-E. v.
A. Harvard seats about 10000, Yale
Bowl almost 10000 and Soldiers and
Sailors Stadium about 100000.
@. Is John Garner a rich man?-
q. N.
A. He is said to be worth a million
dollars. He began with nothing, but
with shrewd judgment and untiring
makes him the leading banker Of
Uvalde County, Tex.
@. When was Navy day first cele-
A. On October 27, 1922. This date
marks the anniversary Of the founding
of the United States. Navy. On Oc-
tober 27, IT'S, special committee pre-
sented a bill to the Continental Con-
gress, providing for the construction
of the first ships of the Navy.
@. How much money did George
Eastman leave?-H. w.
A. The estate of the late George
Eastman has recently been appraised
at S25, SCI 900. The great proportion
Of the estate was left to educational
and philanthropic institutions.
@. Should a person try to return a
banded pigeon to its owner?-R. P.
A. Pigeons are generally banded by
fanciers who raise them for sale and
little interest in the fate Of bird that
fails to return to its proper loft, as
they consider such failures indicative
of lack Of strength or homing instinct.
@. What caused the red day in the
early 80's?-A. M.
A. In 1883 the great volcano Of
Krakatoa. ON the Straits Of Sunda, be-
tween Java and Sumatra, erupted with
the most violent volcanic explosion
known in historic times. A cubic mile
or so Of finely powdered volcanic dust
foated in the atmosphere, spreading
through the air, over all the earth.
When the air is exceptionally dusty or
filled with the smoke Of forest fires, or
other haze, even the MONDAY sun
seems, red. The cause Is the same as
that which makes the sunrise and sun
set red. Communal prayers were said
in churches and public squares. 1t
was considered certain prelude to the
end of the world.
@. How much wood does 1t take to
make a ton of paper Of the kind on
which newspapers are printed?-G. c.
A. One ton Of newsprint requires
1877 cubic feet. or 2.728.8 pounds, OF
oven-dried spruce wood.
@. Are Weber and Fields Of German
descent?-W. H.
A. They are both Polish Jews.
O. Is domestic Angora wool as desir-
able as the imported variety?-F. K.
A. 1t is not very popular in the textile
Evening star., 1932-09-30
Macdonald Loses an Arm.

1t Is a lonely figure that Ramsay
Macdonald now cuts at the head Of his
national ministry with the detection of
his oldest political associate, Viscount
Snowden. That veteran pillar of the
Labor party, together with two fellow
free-traders, has just carried out his
threat to resign from the government in
protest against the tariffs adopted at
Ottawa. If Prime Minister Macdonald
was doomed by the iron logic of events
year ago to lead ministry in which he
and his political friends were hopelessly
in minority, the departure Of Viscount
Snowden leaves him today indeed for
saken and forlorn.
For forty years Philip Snowden and
Ramsay Macdonald ranked not only as
founders Of and moving spirits in the
independent Labor party, they were the
party. They saw it grow from impo-
tence to the rank Of government party
in 1924 and inherit a second lease Of
power five years later. 1t is no dis
paragement of MacDonald'S intellectual
capacity to say that Snowden was the
brains Of the Labor party. His genius
for economics marked him as the inevi-
table chancellor Of the exchequer when
Labor would rule. Twice he was master
Of John Bulls purse strings. The Lon
don city" seat of high finance, first
feared, then respected Chancellor
Snowden. Its respect mounted into
something like affection when the Grip
pied ascetic and uncompromising pacif-
ist stood at The Hague like a rock
against the principle of condemning
Great Britain, as in the past, to enact
singly the role of the sacrificial lamb
In European readjustment.
In the Autumn of 1884,. when con-
ditions forced the British off the gold
standard. Snowden took his place man
fully at the side of Macdonald and with
him proclaimed the doctrine which
CHALLENGED the country's admiration
that they were Britons first and doc
trinaire Laborites second-Snowden es-
capped the fate Of Macdonald in being
read out of the Labor party. and per-
haps lodged defeat for parliament by
declining, ON account Of his health, to
stand for his former seat. When the
national ministry was formed Mac
Donald elevated his old comrade to the
peerage, in order to command his in
valuable aid in the House OF Lords, and
gave him the post Of lord privy SEAL
Viscount Snowden pledges undimin-
hhed personal loyalty to Prime Minister
Macdonald, but they part cabinet COM
pany with the singing taunt by Snowden
that the government surrendered Brit
aims fiscal autonomy at Ottawa" and
handed over to the dominions control
Of British trade policy, reducing the
kingdom below the status Of q domin-
ion." That is the sort of plain speaking
which marked Philip Snowden's forty
tempestuous years in public life, which
he thus deserts with the old colors de-
family flying. Without him Ramsay
Macdonald will function like a man
suddenly deprived Of his right arm.
Evening star., 1932-09-30

Child Labor and the Depression.

The root of the evil Of child labor
In this country was nourished In the
beginning by a shortage OF all forms OF
labor, and later, when the struggle was
to produce enough, by competition to
manufacture at minimum OF cost. Tne
depression is merely one indication OF
the extent of the revolutionary changes
wrought by invention and machinery
which have transformed the age-old
problem of how to produce enough into
one of how best to utilize what Is so
plentifully produced A shortage OF
labor has, in turn. become surplus OF
labor, While the specter Of famine may
still haunt us, 1t has assumed new form.
In his address yesterday to the New
York Herald Tribune's VSomen's Con-
ference on Current Probhins the Pres
ident took as his text Our most i'm
mediate question" which is the strain
Of the depression upon the children y
In addition to the greater responsible
tiles for edequate protection to children
against tAe ravages of want and disease.
the President sees an opportunity
growing out Of these times to advance
the cause of children" One answer to
the problem caused by archaeological
unemployment is the unem-
ployment resulting directly from scien-
tific improvements in methods OF pro-
duction-is the shortening Of hours OF
labor. to spread employment, but an
other, fundamentally as important, is
"the steady elimination OF child labor
The President noted that:
A great deal has been accomplished
IN this direction in past years. But 1t
would not only help childhood, put
would aid in the better distribution OF
work among adult breadwinners, II more
children were eliminated from those
few Industries where they are still EN-
Moved. 1t would be q step toward the
permanent elimination OF young chill
dren from industry.
The progress that has been accom-
pished has been written through the
tedious process of State legislation. the
child labor amendment to the Constl-
tuition, submitted to the States eight
years ago, has been ratified by only six
Of them, and rejected by one House In
eight States. The pressure for this
amendment and for the State laws en-
acted has been exerted by moral force
asainst resistance largely based on eco
nomic grounds. As the President points
out, the depression has brought into
play new economic force arising from
the competition of child labor with
adult labor. At time when there Is
q surplus Of unemployed adult labor
the pressure for removal Of child labor
competition, which keeps men idle. may
accomplish what those who have Ia
bored in the name Of altruism, and
from an enlightened social concept,
have been unable to accomplish.
Child labor still exists. The depres-
sion has presented an opportunity for
its complete abolition.
Evening star., 1932-09-30
Nanhattan's Political Melange.

In q seesaw of judicial opinions the
question Of mayoralty election this
year, precipitated by the resignation of
Mayor Walker while faced with the
possibility of removal by the Governor,
now stands in the Affirmative. A Judge
below" held that Acting Mayor Mckee
must, under the law, hold on to the
end Of the unfinished Walker term. BY
four-to-one decision the appellate
division Of the Supreme Court holds
that an election must be held in
November next. There now remains
the ANAL judgment of the State
Appellate Court, to which the question
is to be carried speedily, in the hope
Of securing Q conclusive ruling in season.
II ruling cannot be had by the time
for the filing of nominations, prepara-
tions for the election will be made, on
the ground that the latest ruling
governs until overturned by the court
Of last resort. 1t is therefore possible,
although not likely, that an election
may be held, only to be upset by an
eventual decision adverse to the latest
opinion rendered.
This reversal Of Judge McGeehan's
ruling that Mayor Mckee is to hold
office until January l, 1894, sets in
motion again the processes of nomina-
tion. And by one Of those strange re-
versals of political prospect that are so
frequent in New York it now appears
that Tammany, with the abetting con-
currence of Boss McCooey of Brooklyn,
is again favorable to the nomination Of
none other than the lstsly rc-,3Eed
mayor, now at sea Oh his Va, ii .a- -
Evening star., 1932-09-30

Gothic which John Ruskin was sup
posed to sponsor. Again wave Of
building enthusiasm swept the land. 1t
was as unintelligent, unfortunately. as
1t was vigorous. A few truly lovely
buildings were erected in the old tradi-
tion. but they were overlooked in the
prevailing confusion. Some veritable
monsters Of architecture, like the State.
War and Navy Building. were set up in
fragrant defiance Of every decent canon
Of good taste, but to the eminent salts
faction Of the deluded multitude. Cottages
were adorned with pinnacles and nina
rets, country residences were endowed
with towers and parapets, city houses
were decorated with bay windows, tur-
rets, impossible balconies, gorgons and
gargoyles. Motifs were juggled regard
less Of the consequences. Nothing was
spared. The period was an architectural
nightmare, and it lasted until the Great
War.
Now sanity is returning. Under the
and the municipal architect the new
civic structures on Warrington have
been built in the Georgian manner.
The Roosevelt High School, the several
buildings for the Fire and Police De-
partments and various smaller units
are examples Of the principle officially
adopted for civic use. Private builders,
it may be supposed, will fall in line.
They already have made a splendid
beginning in the outer suburbs Of the
city.
The Capital was meant to be as it
is now very likely to become-a re-
Election of the classic spirit in its mon
umental edif1ces and an adoption Of
the same esthetic harmonies for mu-
nicipal and domestic purposes.
Evening star., 1932-09-30
Georgian Redivivus.

The Georgian style Of architecture
was not invented for American use. 1t
represented in its origin q British re-
action to the stimulus OF the Renais-
sance. It's creators were lingo Jones
and Sir Christopher Wren, and its ini-
tial popularity may be traced to the
enormous productivity Of their genius.
Opportunity, likewise. had something to
do with the case. They were available
at q moment when new buildings for
public. semi-public and domestic use
were in high demand. The great fire OF
London, in 1866, gave Wren . city to
rebuild, and the increasing wealth of
the rising middle class gave them the
means to initiate in the provinces his
successes In the metropolis. The we'll
to-do merchants and planters in the
thirteen Colonies modelled their cultural
standards to conform with those OF
their friends and kin in England. So
Georgian crossed the Atlantic.
On this side 1t was received with
enthusiasm. 1t fitted into the American
landscape. It was equally suitable for
town and country use. It was not an
Unfortunately expensive fashion. Beauu-
full and comfortable houses were built
at moderate cost and their number was
legion. Noble churches and town halls
were raised to express the growing re-
ligious enthusiasm and civic spirit OF
the people. The movement may not
have been completely understood, but
here and there scholars existed who
knew and appreciated the Georgian
sources in ancient Greece. 1t was their
privilege to approve the mode. George
washington and Thomas Jefferson set
an example for their neighbors at
Mount Vernon and Monticello. The
Federal Capital, under their guidance.
began with Georgian.
The troubles of the first quarter OF
the nineteenth century retarded prog
ress and the Civil War destroyed not
only many of the finest Southern struc-
lures Of the type, but also the psyche
logical background against which it had
crown. As the country reorganized in
the last three decades Of the century, .
new style was imported-the chaotic
end pretentious revival Of debased
Evening star., 1932-09-30
WESTERN OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

Will Herbert Hoover point the way
to a ruthless, no-quarter, hammer-and-
tongs attack on the enemy position
from now on? That's what Republican
national headquarters is burning and
yearning to know. Only by hell-bent-
for-leather tactics every minute until
November 8, headquarters bluntly says,
can victory be snatched in the remain
iLg 81 days Of the contest. If some
leaders out here could have their way,
Mr.. Hoover wsuld wage the kind Of a
combat they used to delight in. hitting
hard, hitting everything and hitting all
the time. Gov. Roosevelt's vagueness,
soft-pedaling and several -facedness-
as they envision his stump performances
to date-lend themselves ideally to at
tack, but the Presidents, hired men at
Chicago are persuaded that that attack
must be made with brass knuckles and
not kid gloves. And no one. in their
opinion, is so definitely indicated as the
one to conduct such warfare as the
President himself. Belief that he should
do so is far stronger than confidence
that he will.
There is conspicuously little concern
at the G. o. P. citadel over Senator
Norris identification with Gov Roose-
NCAb IsOII ID ldutO " UdkC
Nebraska into the Smith column In
1928 and he's not expected to swing It
or other progressive territory into the
Roosevelt column. Rosy nonchalance
on this score leaves out of account the
vastly different temper In which West
ern farmers will vote this year. II
Illinois, for example, goes Democratic
for the national ticket, of which there
are plenty Of indications. 1t will be 23-
cent corn, not any particular fond.
ness for or belief in Franklin Roose-
welt. that will be primarily responsible.
Senator Norris, in other words. speaks
ticularly want Roosevelt, but for those
filled with a blind resentment against
Hoover.
The Republicans are about to use
Roosevelt's forgotten men" against him
in a novel stunt. They have drafted
Whiting Williams, who has glorified the
American hobo much IS Flo, Ziegfeld
glorif1ed the American girl, to stage .
series Of human interest radio inter-
views with workingmen, farmers, small
tradesmen and other humble citizens.
One by one. class by class, these for
gotten men" are going to plead with
their fellows in economic distress not to
cast off the Hoover substance of hope
for the Roosevelt shadow Of promise.
The theme song of the Whiting Will
liams show is apparently to be the
dont-swap-horses- in -midstream stuff
that ancient recourse of all 'ins" against
the crslaughts of outs" since the time
when the memory Of man runneth not
to the contrary.
The Republican women's division has
coined new name for Dolly Gam. 1t
calls her the Molly Pitcher" Of the
campaign and says that Brother Charlie
Curtis sister "has taken her place in
the ranks much as Molly Pitcher made
her .llustrious name in the Revolution"
Evening star., 1932-09-30

Won Papen accuses France of misrep-
resenting the German attitude with ref
erence to disarmament. Since he be-
came q chancellor Won Papen regards
equivocation with a disapproval which
he was not always permitted to show
when serving his country in less con-
spicuous capacity.
Evening star., 1932-09-30
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Boomless, But Happy.

Boomless, But Happy.
My Uncle Jim, he says he's missed
A lot O. things that give
This world disconcertin' twist
An make life hard to live.
He says that when he's feelin' sad
1t nghtens up his gloom
To think as how he never had
No presidential boom.
Says he: "1d surely shake with fear
If took up the task
OF answerin' all the questions queer
That any one kin ask.
So let the other fellers shout,
An will give 'em room
An be content to do without
No presidential BOOM"