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Evening star., 1932-05-13
Married Women Clerks
With EMPLOYED Husbands

To the Editor of Ths Star:
As one of the underpaid Govern
ment employees ] want to commend you
for the recent editorials regarding wage
cuts. They have been splendid
1t occurred to me that this is an
opportune time to bring out the injus-
tice OF married women whose husbands
are gainfully employed, working. VIII
you please publish some additional
articles on the subject? If it does not
help the situation now it may at some
future time by arousing public opinion
l cannot name the Office in which ]
am employed, but I happen to know
that there are IL married women with
no children, whose husbands are work.
ing-most of them in the Government
service-who would not starve If they
lost their positions Our assistant COM
missioner has no children and his wife
Is also employed. We were compelled
to give our three days salary OF the
Cnest and needless to say none of those
people offered to pay more so it would
not work such hardship on the low
salaried employees here.
realize the matter Of dismiSSine
married women will have to come about
through legislation and that it will be
hard fight as Congress is the guiltiest
party In this respect. However, 1 feel
that II the press would publish much
information on the subject it would at
least be step In the right direction
Tor one shall appreciate anything that
can be done for some of us who are
1mparing our health working SO hard
and would love to get out of 1t If we
had other means of support. can
truthfully say that the majority OF
employees in this large division earn
their money and much more.
GERTRUDE EBERLY,
Evening star., 1932-05-13
Relief Programs.

President Hoover has outlined, after
conferences with Democratic and Re-
publican leaders in Congress, the relief
program for which the administration
will stand. 1t is a sound program. II
calls for no deviation from the Pres
ident's opposition to a Federal dole
1t turns its back squarely upon a great
governmental construction program fol
which the people will have to pay
whether they wish these so-called i'm.
provements or not. 1t proposes an ex-
tension Of the loaning power Of the
Reconstruction Finance Corporation sc
that organization may lend up to So
coo, 900, 900 instead of $500, 900 900
and permitting a wider scope Of loan.
ing Not more than 100000, 900 is
TO be available for loans to States
which are in need of funds for relic!
of distress. The responsibility for car
ing for the unemployed, however, Il
not TO De transferred from the States
municipalities and private charities tC
the Federal Government. The money
loaned by the Finance Corporation tt
the States for relief purposes is loar
to be secured and repaid. The second
part of the Presidents program con-
templates loans by the corporation tt
private corporations and other organ
izations, to be used in productive in.
dustry and TO give employment to tht
workers
The President has expressed a hope
that the Democrats will cooperate ir
the passage Of legislation for such a
relief program. He has indicated thai
the Democrats, through their leader ir
the Senate, Senator Robinson oi
Arkansas, have shown a willingness tc
get down to brass tacks and work oui
an emergency program. The Democrats
on the other hand, have advanced
through Senator Robinson q program
that calls for an extensive outlay ol
money for public works. To this pro-
Evening star., 1932-05-13

! posal the President is strongly opposed
while the Democrats seem definitely
committed. In addition : to Senator
Robinson, the titular leader Of the
Democratic party, Alfred Z. Smith, and
Owen D. Young. who has recently been
didate for the presidential nomination,
have both declared themselves favorable
to great public works program, to cost
upward Of a billion or two dollars.
The contest in Congress over relief
programs may center largely on this
public works feature, although there
will again be those who demand the
appropriation of money from the Federal
Treasury to dole out directly to the
distressed and unemployed.
The country today is suffering terribly
from an overexpansion of public works,
by the Federal Government, by the
States and by counties and municipsli-
ties. It Is this huge expansion in pub
lie works of all kinds which has nearly
bi OhCil OAAC DdOhS Va WIG <AAhCAAOoh OAA-
payers, which have made 1t impossible
for the American farmers to hold on
to their lands because Of high taxation.
The proponents Of great public work
programs as measures Of relief today ap-
parently lose sight of the fact that the
people will be called upon to pay for
these improvements, many of them i'm
provements which the people can well
do without. The supporters Of these
programs see only that they will give
temporary employment to thousands Of
workers. They do not stop to consider
whether the people actually need these
proposed new buildings and works Of
various kinds. A French King who ex-
pended huge sums of public moneys for
all kinds Of extravagant enterprises and
whose people we're ground down by
taxes once exclaimed: After me the
deluge."
President Hoover in his statement of
the relief program now advocated by
the administration declared the desir-
ability Of increasing employment
through restoring normal occupations
rather than works of artificial charac-
ter. His plan is vastly different from
the proposals to use large sums Of
money-which must eventually come
from the pockets of the people-for
unproductive public works. And finally
the President said:
An examination shows that to in
crease Federal Government construction
work during the next year beyond the
amounts already provided for would be
to undertake works of largely artificial
character far In advance of public
return and would represent a wasteful
use Of capital and public credit.
Evening star., 1932-05-13
Face Traffic in Walking

In an endeavor to safeguard the lives
of school children, the Maryland State
Road Commission has recently issued
instructions to school superintendents
to warn students to use only designated
parallel lines in front of school houses
to cross the highways and to walk only
on the left side of the road, facing
traffic. TO and from their homes. The
commission believes that by strict ad-
herence to these two fundamental
rules of safety the fatality and injury
rate Of school children in rural sec
tions will be materially reduced.
Maryland Is one of the most progress
sive States in its handling of the ever
vexing traffic problem. Not only was 1t
one of the first States to establish an
eficient motor cycle constsbulsry and
other measures which go to promote
safety on the highways, but it was like
wise one of the first to reach the con-
clusion that pedestrians should always
walk facing approaching vehicles and
to erect signs which instructed those
afoot In that procedure. This under
taking alone has paid priceless divi-
Evening star., 1932-05-13

consulate general in the course Of his
tour Of walking around the world back
ward. Representative Tom Blanton' S
fellow townsman is perambulating with
the aid OF pair of 'periscope spec
tacles" which, he says, reveal the world
from q new viewpoint. There are good
many people in the United States who
think that Congress Is walking back
ward nowadays most Of the time, but
without . periscope.
Il r
Several Capitol Hill statesmen, dis
cussing the advisability or otherwise of
reassembling Congress after the nation
al conventions, advanced new reasons
for doing so. The argument ran that
lot of members OF both House and
Senate whose seats are imperiled this
year would strengthen their chances
for reelection land in some cases for
renomination) II they could cut the
figure of sticking around Washington
all Sumer saving the country" In
stances were cited where that sort of
thing has actually happened, especially
during the World War sessions Of 1917
and 1918. With the anvil chorus re-
verberating throughout the Union, it is
affirmed that plenty Of persons now on
the congressional pay roll are far safer
at Washington from the wrath Of their
constituents than they would be at
home next Fall. especially If they can
at that time still be going through
the motions Of serving the public good.
Lieut.. Col. H. Edmund Bulls, Re-
serve Corps. U. S. A., produced for the
benefit OF fellow Masons attending the
George Washington Masonic Shrine
dedication in Alexandria a fascinating
booklet entitled Washington, the Land
of Masonic Romance" Among other
interesting information, Col. Bulls
discloses the preponderantly Masonic
character Of the present Congress OF
the United States Sixty per cent OF
the membership of the Senate are
Masons, i.e., So out Of S6. In the
House Of Representatives there are 2s1
Masons out Of ABS members, or 81 per
cent. In both houses there are 349
Masons, or 66 per cent Of the totaI
roster. Alabama. Delaware and South
Carolina have 100 per cent Masonic
representation in the Senate and the
House. Twenty other States have 10C
per cent Masonic representation In
either the Senate or the House.
Associate Justice Brandeis Of the
United States Supreme Court is about
to lose his highly priced young secre-
tary. Henry NJ. Hart. jr. Mr.. Hart will
go to the Harvard Law School, oi
which he is an honor graduate, next
September as assistant professor OF
legal history. Justice Brandeis. ever
since he came to the Supreme Court
has selected his secretaries from among
Harvard Law School honor graduates
4 X
Among the incredible provisions fol-
making appropriation cuts in q GER
tain Government department is one
that would leave scores Of American
ofilcials and their families stranded
abroad, without any sort of allowance
for their return journey to the United
States.
An Eastern Senator who doesn't like
the tax bill submitted by Senator
Smoot's Finance Committee Is un-
willing to be quoted for the statement
that its trainers reminded him of chill
dren playing with dynamite.
tCopyrisht. lss3)
Evening star., 1932-05-13
California Voters Create ]
Expectation of Party Fight

the party as q man who can succeed
IN the election, Gov. Roosevelt will be
nominated"
"It doesn't seem at all likely that Mr..
Garner, a good and able Democrat, VIII
be nominated" advises the Omaha
World Herald Independent Demo-
cratic), with the further estimate OF
the strength Of candidates: Roosevelt,
as every delegate anxious for q party
victory will know, has an enormous
popular following throughout the coun-
try. The leaders and the city bosses
and the big business contingent may be
hostile, but the people are for Roose-
velt. And it is the people, in this year
of grace and disgrace. who are going TO
do the voting and the electing. The
delegates will be keenly aware Of that.
They will be eager to have candidate
who will insure victory in their own
respective States. And Roosevelt towers
head and shoulders and trunk above
the crowd"
There is now pronounced resistance
to the Roosevelt campaign" according
to the Hartford Times independent
Democratic), and the Chattanooga
Times Democratic) holds that the
primary results give Garner the status
VI q W UC ItCkOIlCu WIN.
The Minneapolis Journal independent
Republican, thinks that Gov. Roose-
velt's campaign loses its band-wagon
character" The Scranton Times Dem
cratic) sees "A serious blow to Gov.
Roosevelt's prospects" and the Lynch
burg News (Democratic) sees prospects
Of dark horse, with the possibility that,
If an outsider is named, 1t may be
Garner" The Birmingham Age-Herald
(Democratic) suggests that "the power
disclosed by Garner Is something which
may turn out to be a mortal blow to
Roosevelt's presidential ambitions"
+
The Providence Bulletin Gndepend-
ent) emphasizes the possibility Of "se-
lection by the Democratic Convention
Of a compromise choice" The Column
bia (S. c. State (Democratic) thinks:
Every State lost makes a two-thirds
ma jority much more dificult to attain,
and such losses by a leading candidate
strengthen the hopes of those who
might be drafted in case OF q dead
lock. and Garner now steps into that
group. However, while we would not
take from the Texan the pleasure Of
this thrill, the hope Of his friends seems
slim"
with the convention less than two
months away" In the Judgment of the
Roanoke World News (Democratic),
the Democratic contest is a wide-open
affair, with Roosevelt against the field.
And the field is right on the leaders
heels and determined to pull him down.
The outcome in California has inn
proved the prospects of the field con-
siderahly. 1t is certain that Roosevelt
has a real fight on his hands. AL
thought Of a walkover is out"
"Mr. Garner" says the New Orleans
Times-Picayune independent Demo-
cratic). ran 10000 votes ahead of
Roosevelt. CALIFORNIA; A delegates ac-
eordingly are placed In the Garner col
umn, giving the Texas leaders candi-
dacy an encouraging and, to most long
range observers, an unexpected boost
Gov. Roosevelt's failure to win Califor-
mia causes rejoicing among his foes,
who are much more deeply interested
In the stop Roosevelt movement than
in the Garner candidacy, which does
not seem to be taken very seriously as
yet even by Mr.. Garner himself"
Evening star., 1932-05-13
Chevy Chase Circle
Decoration Assured
To the Editor Of The Star:

TO the Editor Of The Star:
With some interest I have Just read
In your paper that the city plans and
Deautiflcation will be held up pending
the financial situation solution.
ThlS does not worry us out in Chevy
Chase, and I am sorry to say that your
very good news staff has been scooped
We do not worry about Identification
plans for Chevy Chase Circle, for which
the money has been voted, believe, to
erect fountain or something. is being
rapidly beautif1ed without cost to the
taxpayer.
We have on two sides of the circle
now lollypop wagons who take up their
stands every afternoon, obstructing
traffic.
We also have very well equipped
truck full OF oranges, said to come from
Florida, and when any person comes
10 buy from the huckster the traffic at
the bottle neck going out Connecticut
avenue Is again obstructed.
In addition to this there are two well
placed broken-down taxicabs standing
just over the Maryland line.
This, of course, has nothing to do
with the regular Identification of two
or three busses and two or three street
cars standing in their accustomed places.
/ have letter from the commission
ers of Montgomery County which says
they have no jurisdiction over the roads,
and as some Of these grabbers of public
space camp over the Maryland line and
over the District Of Columbia lire
would like to know who has.
In any event the two beautiful
churches on the corner win soon be
submerged from view by the beautifica-
ton development
RUSSELL T. EDWARDS.
Evening star., 1932-05-13

dends In the conservation of human
life.
Especially at night the pedestrian
who fails TO heed this sensible warn
ing is In grave danger. A motorist
facing battery of oncoming head
lights is often temporarily blinded so
that he is unable to discern a walker
who is at the edge of the road. On
the other hand, the pedestrian, If he
is facing the headlights approaching
him, can readily step aside If two cars
are passing opposite him.
Every State in the Union would do
well to follow Maryland's example. Not
only school children, but adults will
be benefited.
Evening star., 1932-05-13

@. II the figures being carved on
Mount Rushmore were full length, how
tall would they be?-P. NJ. H.
A. Senator Norbeck, in speaking Of
the memorial, said that each figure OF
the group scales to the proportion OF
men ass feet high, fading into the
ledge at the waistline, the tops of the
heads being upon the sky line. AL are
in the round.
@. How many Liberty motors were
made for the World War?-E. e. r.
A. The total production Of Liberty
engines to the date Of the Armistice was
1854. OF this production 4,435 were
shipped overseas to the Expeditionary
Forces and 1,025 were delivered to the
British, French, and Italian Air Serv-
ices.
@. When was the home rule for
Ireland movement started?-N. B.
A. This term in British politics
designated a particular movement be-
gun in 1870 to secure for Ireland a
local Legislature and thus recognize and
satisfy persistent sentiment for Irish
nationality.
animal?-C. M.
A. Fowls were first so far as history
records.
@. When did the Indians leave the
country around Washington, D. CO.
A. In 1895 the Indians made their
last stand at Tidewater, now Fort
Washington. In that year Col. John
washington, with a force of I,50O
Maryland and Virginia militia, met and
oefeated horde Of about $500 Indians.
Inc defeat was so decisive that the
Indians left this section Of the coun-
try.
@. How long Is the coastline Of
Alaska?-H. z. o.
A.. The coastline Of the mainland Of
Alaska Is 6,542 miles and that Of the
adjoining islands Is $500 miles.
@. Upon what did people sleep in
England before the Introduction Of
beds?-K. T.
A. In the time of the Normans,
chests and benches we're used for beds.
The bedding was kept inside.
Q. Who are the Plymouth Brethren,
L. M. B.
A. The sect known as Plymouth
Brethren was founded by an Irish
clergyman, DR.. John Darby, in 1927.
The headquarters were made at Ply.
mouth, England, whence the name,
Missionary efforts were highly sue
cessful in Switzerland, Germany, Italy,
France and the United States. The
doctrine, besides being evangelical,
believes in predestinarianism and mil
lenniumism, and the body does not
believe in ministry set apart believing
all men are equal in matters Of faith
and doctrine.
a. How was the date of Fire Pre-
vention day f1xed?-O. H. F.
A. 1t was decided to observe the day
on the anniversary of the great Chi
cago FIRE, October S-11, 1871.
@. Were African or Indian elephants
used in filming "Tarzan"?-L. w. C..
A. One Of the outstanding differences
between the African elephants and In
dian elephants is the great size Of the
ears of the African species. However,
the African elephant has never proved
tamable and has never become the
friend Of mankind that the Indian ele-
phant Is. In filming a picture such
as "Tarzan" It was necessary to use
Indian elephants, but to make them
appear Ike African elephants artificial
ears we're fastened on.
@. How old was Jefferson Davis.
President Of the Confederacy, at the
time Of his death-K. J.
A. Davis was born in 1908 and died
In 1882
Evening star., 1932-05-13
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Civilization.

Civilization.
Our pride Is great. We're met the test
That shows us what we are,
We're certain that we have progressed
But not so very far.
Fine mechanisms bring the news,
The good as well as bad.
There is so much from which to choose
Yet most Of it Is sad.
Men struggle on and will not quit,
Led by Hopes guiding star.
We have progressed, We must admit,
But not so very far.
Evening star., 1932-05-13
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

There is no other agency in the
world that can answer as many legiti-
mate questions IS our free information
bureau in Washington, d. c. This
highly organized institution has been
built up and Is under the personal d.
rection Of Frederic ]. Hhskin. BY keep
ing in constant touch with Federal bu-
reaus and other educational enterprises.
1t is in position to pass on to YOU
authoritative information of the highest
order. Submit your queries to the staff
OF experts whose services are put at
your free disposal. There Is no charge
return postage. Address The Washing
ton Star, Information Bureau, Frederic
j. -Haskin, Director, Washington, D. c.
Q. Can a foot ball be thrown as far
as 1t can be kicked?-E. H.
A. A foot ball can be kicked a greater
distance than it can be thrown. Seventy
yards Is the longest forward pass on
record. Though the kicks other than
field goal are not kept in the record
books, q foot ball coach says that col
lege players have kicked balls farther
than 10 yards. strong wind Is neces-
sary to secure a great distance In kick
ing as well rs in throwing.
@. How are the radio receiving sets
Of the world divided as to continents7-
w. K.
A. North America has about 17,40I, :
500; Europe, 1883, 900; Asia, 910, 900; /;
South America, 1000; Europe-Asia
countries (Russia and Turkey, 561, 900;
Oceania, 428.700; Africa, 4s,600.
@. BY whom was the warrant for the
arrest of Al Capone issued and
signed?-H. L.
A. George E. @. johnson, United
States district attorney. says that there
was no warrant for arrest on complaint
In the Capone case Indictments were
returned and bench warrants issued on
the indictments.
@. What is the three-stringed musical
instrument used in Japan which resem-
bles a banjo?-M. C. N.
A. It Is q samisen.
@. What should be put in the barrel
of a gun when not in use to preserve 1t
from rustic. w. L.
A. It should be closed up when stored
by filling it with q good gun grease.
This automatically closes it and pre-
vents rust.
@. How many railroad companies are
there in the United States?-L. L. T.
A. There are 377.
@. What countries were included In
the Roman Empire?-S. G. II.
"A. The Roman Empire included the
present countries of Italy, Great Brit
ain, France, Spain. Austria. Hungary,
the Balkan Peninsula, Asia Minor, Pal
estine and Northern Africa.
@. Who invented modern water color
painting?-C. T.
A. Turner, the great English land
scape painter Q77s-1s5l), Is given the
credit.
@. In what years did Lafayette come
to this country?-M. G.
A. LAFAYETTE came to the American
colonies in 1777. He returned to France
in 1779. and again returned to the
United States in 1880. He visited in
this country In 17S4 and again In 1924
and 1925.
@. What is the brightest star In the
sky at present?-W B.
A. The most brilliant object in the
sky at the present time Ia the planet
Venus.
q. How is putty made?--D. r. H.
A. The Bureau OF Standards says
that putty should be made Of pure lin
seed oil and good grade Of whiting In
the proportions of about II per cent
linseed oil and SO per cent whiting.
@. What is the meaning Of the Welsh
world nadolig?-E. H. =
IT means Christmas
Evening star., 1932-05-13

There are a couple of fresh-water
anglers of national prominence who in
variably wear high, stiff, closed-front
linen collars when on trout stream.
They have perhaps attained that pisca-
torial "Nirvana" wherein one can con-
troll his Adams apple on the occasion
Of a humping strike or powerful rush.
Evening star., 1932-05-13

Every citizen is now free to dismiss
the caution requiring silence concern
ing details OF the Lindbergh case. A
hunt for band of criminals may
now be taken up without restraint by
millions Of decent men and women
weary Of the insolence OF underworld
domination.
Evening star., 1932-05-13

Abiding faith in Supreme Wisdom
was never more needed than 1t is to-
day. Overturning of customary de-
pendences and guides for human con-
duct are amusing when comfort and
them in times Of deep public distress
is indeed cruel clowning.
Evening star., 1932-05-13

Tariffs require close, studious analysis
such as Is admittedly difficult in a pres
idential year calling for promiscuous
debate on every question from diplo-
matte relationships to underworld
control.
Evening star., 1932-05-13

Everybody comedies that people must
pay taxes. more at some times than at
others. The assessment Of them with
out causing excessive pain is one Of the
highest arts known In politics.
Evening star., 1932-05-13

Confidence cannot be expected by
nations abroad in policy which makes
a forgetfulness of just debts an incident
of budget balancing.
Evening star., 1932-05-13

II all the boarded dollars in the
country were placed edge to edge and
kept moving, they would reach the end
of the rainbow of hope.
Evening star., 1932-05-13
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Evening star., 1932-05-13
Calm and Neutral.

From the Toledo Blade.
30 far. personally we a-r not angry
enough at any can iidate to vote for
anybody at the primary.
Evening star., 1932-05-13
Percy's Pence.

From the st. Louis Times.
Percy Rockefeller's profit Of half n
million in the stock market ought to
keep Uncle John in gift dimes from
now on.
Evening star., 1932-05-13

Names make news" says journalistic
cynicisn. Very few make as much of
1t as Castor B. Means"