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Evening star., 1932-06-25
A Humane Measure.

E1om the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin,
President Hover's signature of the bill
designed to transfer youthful offenders
caught in the tolls of Federal law to the
jurisdiction of Juvenile Courts in the
various States when such States are
willing TO accept the transfer puts on
the national statute books a wise and
humane measure.
largely unforeseen effect Of the ex-
tension Of Federal jurisdiction over the
Uuuor traffic and over automobile thefis
when the cars are taken over State lines
has been to place on the Federal ju-
dicial system a responsibility in the
treatment Of youthful delinquents to
meet which no provision has been
made This problem has long ago been
recognized in State jurisdictions, and a
large degree Of success has been
achieved in solving IT, 1t has been real
lied that in detention the young de-
cider and possibly hardened offender,
and that the atmosphere and methods
of the hearing room and the trial court
before which the mature defendant ap-
pears are not suited to the proper treat
ment OF the young. %
Handling Of the young offender is no
proper part OF the business Of Federal
courts and there is no reason why costly
special provision should be made for
him when the excellent facilities of
State systems can be used. Federal
courts have already been utilizing to a
considerable degree these facilities for
the care of young delinquents Now that
the transfer has legal sanction II can
and should become the normal proce-
dure.
Evening star., 1932-06-25
Higghligghts on the Wide World
Excerpts From Newspapers of Other Lands

now over great distances and at terrific
speed-they can be flown without men,
operated by radio power alone.
And there will be no mercy. no sports
manship in this hypothetical war be-
tween machines.
Save the Eyes" Drive
Big Success at Cairo.
Egyptian Gazette. Accumulation
another page we publish an article de-
scribing the American University at
Cairo's latest Save the Eyes" cam
paign. 1t is impossible TO overrate the
Importance of this movement. The in
cidence of blindness and eye disease in
Egypt has certainly decreased consid-
erably of recent years. thanks TO SINH
lar campaigns, and also to the work
Of the Egyptian government and the
many new ophthalmic hospitals which
have come into being, but there is still
more blindness here than in most coun-
tries.
The II rules for proper eye hygiene
stressed in the present campaign are
sound and should be followed wherever
possible. Unfortunately. however, many
Of them will not be understood, much
less followed by the poorer classes. in
which eye diseases are most frequent,
until there is a considerably higher
standard of general education.
Eye disease, or any other disease, is
mainly a question Of imperfect knowl-
edge of personal hygiene. Naturally
one cannot avoid illness by being clean
in ones habits; If one could, illness
would be confined to the uneducated
communities, but undoubtedly cleanli-
ness helps most considerably toward i'm
munity. The prevention of blindness,
therefore, is dependent mainly upon a
general spread of education.
But there are many ways in which
public bodies and the more enlightened
classes generally can assist their less
educated brothers and sisters. And one
of these ways is listed as No. upon
the II rules advocated by the Ameri-
can University: Swat those flies and
save your eyes. With the approach of
hot weather, flies also approach, and
already are numerous in certain locali-
ties This plague is one of the most
dangerous with which modern Egypt is
afflicted; for not only. blindness, but
probably the majority of the more
prevalent diseases, are directly or in
directly attributable to flies. And even
were they not dangerous, their presence
would still be an almost intolerable
nuisance.
Evening star., 1932-06-25
Revolution in Siam.

Ancient Siam has suddenly gone mod
ern and dethroned its royal house by
revolution. King Prajadhipok and
Queen Rambai, pleasantly remembered
from their visit to the United States a
year ago, are captiveS of the srmy and
navy, and many government oficials,
including cabinet ministers, are in the
rebels hands. 4
One Of the worlds few remaining alb
solute monarchies has vanished in the
twinkling of an eye, and on its departed
glories, at the demand of the revolu-
tionary elements. a constitutional mon
archy is TO be set up. Late reports
credit King Prajadhipok with readi-
ness to resume his sway as a ruler with
prerogatives limited to those granted by
constitution.
The situation In Siam is unioaeit para
Evening star., 1932-06-25

votes, says that he win fight TO the last
ditch against an effort to change the
rule. Senator Glass of Virginia, a sup
porter Of Gov. Byrd for President, Is
sues a statement to. the effect that
many Democrats might gravely con-
slider whether they should feel obliged
to support the participating beneficiary
of such an irregular proceeding" Alfred
E. Smith says: Leading Democrats
throughout the country will repudiate
any such action and it will be distinctly
harmful to the party chances in No
vember. no matter who is nominated.
James A. Reed of MISSOURI says that
any effort. after one hundred years, to
abrogate this rule might be serious and
even dangerous; 1t looks as II somebody
were scared" Gov. Murray of Okla
homa, himself candidate. says: "They
can no more change the rule now than
Congress. in the last three days Of
meeting, can change its rules of pro-
tedure; this would split the party wide
open" Others have spoken to the
same effect.
The movement to abrogate the rule,
started evidently in fear lest the two
thirds score could not be reached, is
unwise and should be abandoned. II
successful it might lead to nomina-
ton that would be worthless. II un-
successful and nomination should fol-
low it would weaken the loyalty of
many Democrats to the nominee. The
only good end to which this effort to
set aside the two-thirds rule can be
put is to direct it to a change of the
rule to govern the next convention.
Evening star., 1932-06-25
The Pork Should Be Eliminated.

In his second statement protesting
the pork-barrel provisions of the Wag-
ner-Garner relief bills the President
gives credit where it is due to the many
good points of both measures, but indi-
Gates the grave and perhaps irremedial
errors of including in the Hpal ANAL
gamation of the bills the proposed pub
lie works program. He sums them up
as follows:
They have the triple vice of being q
charge on the taxpayer. of unbalancfng
the budget and of providing only a
small amount OF employment. and that,
TO large extent, IN communities where
1t Is not needed.
The public works program in the
Wagner bill is less Objectionable than
that in the Garner bill 1t provides
measure of safety against outright
squandering of money on needless and
expensive public works by resting au-
thority as to the choice of the projects
with the Secretary of the Treasury,
who is to choose them from the list
Of buildings authorized but not ap-
propriated for But discounting the
objection to the obvious pork barrel"
principle of both measures, considera-
ton of the other weaknesses of the
public building program should be
enough to persuade the conferees to
eliminate that program from the bills
entirely. No matter whether the money
is to be raised by the bond issue pro-
posed in the Wagner bill or by the
extra tax on already heavily taxed gas
oline proposed by the Garner bill, the
expenditures In these bills under the
public works program mean an added
burden on the sorely burdened taxpay-
er. They mean that after all the shout
ing and hullaballoo over balancing the
Federal budget the budget will be
knocked askew by heavy expenditure Of
borrowed money. They mean that
more men viii be threatened with un-
employment than are given employ
ment in the building of post offices.
Surely such able legislators as Senator
Wagner and Speaker Garner will agree
that the Federal Government has gone
pretty far already in setting up q
governmental corporation with the ex-
elusive power to lend more than a
billion dollars Of public money to States
and cities and private corporations for
relief Of distress and for construction Of
self-liquidating projects. And surely
they should agree that while this
tremendous amount of work goes for
ward the Government for the time being
would be following the sane course in
watching its effect.
The many good features and the
beneficial results of the Wagner and
Garner bills should not be jeopardized
by making such measures the carry-all
for Federal building program that IN
the most prosperous of times, with
money in hand. would face the charge
of extravaganza. The conferees would
act wisely in eliminating further burdens
on the Federal Treasury at this time
and content themselves with the loans
which represent the fundamental pur-
pose of the bills.
Evening star., 1932-06-25

doxical. The King has ruled as an utter
autocrat, yet no monarch in the world has
been 80 practical an exponent of mod
ernism. Praiadhipok has no Congress
on his hands to thwart his ideas Of
what was good for the country, yet in
all directions he decreed many useful
reforms. including inland air mails,
radiophone to Europe and magnificent
automobile roads. Recently, TO meet
national financial stringency, he made a
large contribution to the public revenue
from his private fortune. When he
and his Queen were in America, in 1881,
the King declared his purpose Of estab-
fishing a constitutional monarchy as
soon as Siam was ready for it. Look
ing to that end, he initiated, under the
guise Of deSpotism, system of cabi-
net advisers and a privy council, which
met weekly and actively co-operated in
the conduct of the government.
The Siamese or at least the groups
which fomented and carried out the
revolution, apparently are no longer
content merely to rely upon the we'll
intentioned. ideals of a modern minded
monarch. They want a King who
must rule constitutionally in fact. not
one who is simply inclined or willing to
do so in effect. Praiadhipok impressed
all who met him In America as a King
imbued with q genuine anxiety to
serve his people. He Is not likely to
stand in the way of their desires If
they prefer a constitutional rather
restore his crown Whatever even
tuates at Bangkok, the old-fashioned
king business" has received a fresh
blow
Evening star., 1932-06-25
Replies to Critic of
The Bonus Marchers
To the Editor of The star.

To the Editor of The Star:
1 write in protest against a letter in
Fridays Star by Daniel C. bennett of
Winchester, Mass, who says that 'the
bonus seekers are not true patriots. "
First, the bonus marchers are here TO
claim what legally belongs to them. and
in the second place are here because
they are starving. with no work or no
relief where they came from. So there
was nothing left for them to do. /
think it is disgrace for any one to
write such letter describing the vet
erans as pack of wolves, and so on :;
also calling them despoilers of the Ne
ton. If these men had either got what
was coming to them or got work or re-
lief they would not be here. The big
question is, Why do they have to beg In
this country. where there Is plenty of
food and everything?
W. J. CARROLL.
Evening star., 1932-06-25

do. But this uncertainty cannot oper-
ate as a depressing factor indefinitely.
II 1t becomes fairly apparent that the
Worl0 mas taken notion to eat more
wheat. the market soon or late is going
to be affected by that fact"
FIVE States which produced 440, ,0OO,-
900 bushels of wheat last year" records
the Albany Knickerbocker Press, ARE
not expected to produce more than
l5o,0O0,oo0 bushels this year. Thls
shortage in crop is predicted in Kansas
Okiahona, Texas, Nebraska and the
Two Dakotas. Unfavorable weather is
tne cause. Dry and windy DAYS have
predominated. The best fields. it is
reported from Dodge City, promise only
~ 10 ID bushels to the acre. while LAST
year tney ran to 20 or 25 bushels MANY
tielos' ts' II Is said, will return not more
IMAM ., or 10 buShel yields-scarcelv
enough to pay for putting the COM
pines into the harvest. But there is a
!arge carryover from last year that stiII
remains ON the farms. The holders will
not De inclined to sell at present Offers
IL Is SAID they realize there will mot ~
surplus and the last years crop will
pc In demand In the face of impend-
1ns Cr9p Iaiiure their position seems a
natural one TO take. If there should he
any special demand for Arrertcsr aS D
CANADIAN wheat abroad, the urice wouIS
certainty rise to profitable figures. -" -.
The Red Cross can use fhat 1,h...
!or zoos, declares the Houston Chron-
lc!e, and can make an arranoen,sv,4
WIN the cotton mills of the cnIIntrv ~
tllaV the cotton turned over 10 them
can De manufactured into garments for
t.tGst., t-iISe IN neeo: Ifle agency for dis
slloutiHg tnis food and clothing is ons
Wnlch has the utmost trust and coneG
oence of the American peopIe Dal
Scrlolng the method OF distribution fba
r!,hllaoelpnia Evening Bulletin states
tnat Federal handling of free u,hee1
mas put TO constructive use a froze,s
Farm Board asset, while "CIoyernne,,t
iargeSse has not trodden painfully m
tne loss by private business, and its AZ.
tIloutlon has been accomplished in |.
cooperative spirit without Complaint -
injustice or waste" The SnoI.o,oa
Spokesman Review quotes tbe c1ar1oeS,ne c1oAane
wheat pool and the United States n m
partmert Of Agriculture to the effect
mat there is increasing stability in tbs
world wheat situation" The uyan
street Journal advises: Let us give tIa
trade free hand to dispose Of the Ia-1s
surplus that Will be on hand at the hsS
ginning OF the crop year-July IL
even II the new crop is as small as now
expected. That surplus must be re.
,,,o,-I-4 We Ndn expect the wheat
market to improve materially" The
6aItlnore sun draws the conclusion.
Wnether the price of wheat in the
united States will crash through ths
many artificial barriers now placed in
It's upward path and attain a level
which would seem to be in order as d
result OF the curtailment of production
remains to be seen At any rate, what
happens along this line is certain to
have both large economic and political
significance"
Evening star., 1932-06-25
Positivity.

Il am the kind of man" said the
boastful friend, who can take a drink
or let it alonep
That's interesting" said Senator
Sorghum, Sometimes wish a national
party platform could be more that way"
Evening star., 1932-06-25
Always an Element of Confidence.

Always an Element of Confidence
In business there is no delay,
Though disappointment brings throb
Although they may reduce the pay,
Somebody always wants the job.
And still our heads well proudly toss
In greeting to the rising sun.
Well see no loss since every boss
Thinks he's another Washington.
Evening star., 1932-06-25

There is one element of achievement
in which Amelia Earhart surpasses
Lindbergh beyond question. Lindbergh
could not, in accordance with social
custom, be invited to dance with the
Prince of Wales.
Evening star., 1932-06-25

The President continues to attend
closely to the duties Of his Office, show
ing no trace of gratitude to the gentle
men in Chicago who are so willing to
relieve him of the responsibility.
Evening star., 1932-06-25

Jud Tunkins says every time his wife
starts going to cooking school he takes
the precaution of getting doctor friend
to put him on drug store diet
Evening star., 1932-06-25

OF course, the band will play Hail
the Gangs All Here" without under
taking to know more than outsiders
about whose gang it will prove to be.
Evening star., 1932-06-25

Camera men hastened to catch Al
Smith with a laughing countenance,
fearing, perhaps. that the expression
might not last far into the Summer.
Evening star., 1932-06-25

The list of Democratic possibilities is
long enough to provide candidate for
every problem if each gentleman had
decided to specialize.
Evening star., 1932-06-25

Having been in a position for many
years to hold neighborly viewpoint of
Washington D. c., Gov Albert Ritchie
decides that he should ike 1t as a place
of residence.
Evening star., 1932-06-25
SHOOTING STARS.
BY RHILANDER JOHNSON.

Government by Phraseology.
The gay comedian appears
To conquer all the sullen fears
Which Power might create of yore.
The famous Big Stick is no more.
The "wisecrack" offers in a phrase
What statesmen said in different days
The Slapstick, suddenly grown great,
The scepter would impersonate.
Evening star., 1932-06-25

Maryland has shade Of advantage
over New York in arriving with a bet
ter rehearsed favorite son demonstra-
ton.
Evening star., 1932-06-25

Taxation may seem easier when
statesmen cease to discuss it as if 1t
were something to be taken with gas or
a local aneSthetic
Evening star., 1932-06-25

The gentleman who said base ball
took precedence over politics in Ameri-
can interest inadvertently overlooked
his Chicago conventions.
Evening star., 1932-06-25
Chronic IIleealitv.

From the Nashville Banner
In Zion, ILL.,. it is against the law TO
make ugly faces at anybody. Some peo-
pie We know would be in e-nstant dan
ger of arrest in spite Of everything they
could do.
Evening star., 1932-06-25
Relics.
e Cleveland News.

e DIeVeIahu News.
ok ex-salconkeeper who died
, left sl,O00.o00 worth of an
What could they have been? Bar
: alshings, We understand, are in great
demand
Evening star., 1932-06-25

A moratorium was at the outset dis
cussed as something like dangerous
drug, soothing but habit-forming.
Evening star., 1932-06-25
Cowardsi

From the Miami Daily News
The Explorers Club Of New York City
has been forced to move into cheaper
quarters. Just imagine those daring In
yaders of the African jungles fearing .
little thing like the wolf at the door.
Evening star., 1932-06-25
Almost Snicide-

From the Hamilton tohiol Evening Journal
Executors in Kansas will take steps to
collect on q 81 bet made by the testAtor
that he could pun mules tail
Evening star., 1932-06-25
Ultimate Responsibility.

Responding to our countrys call
Well come as patriots one and all.
As leaders some the world will note.
The rest of us will think and vote.
Evening star., 1932-06-25
Bangkok Writer
Fears Future War.

Bangkok Daily Mail-As the world
continues to divide itself into two great
opposing groups and war becomes, II
not actually imminent. at least mat
ter for serious conjecture, the thougnt
recurs with increasing frequency that
while the militarists Of the various ma
tions concerned have perfected destruc-
tive machinery of almost unbelievable
effectiveness since the war against Ger
many, defensive measures have Jagged
far behind
It must be realized at the outset that
the war Of the future. upon which the
militarists are concentrating their en-
ergies, will not be matter of infantry
Of trenches, of opposing armies on q
field of battle. 1t will be, according TO
all the experts. campaign OF destruc-
tien directed against the civilian popu-
lation and the industrial centers OF the
besieged nation.
The prime object, as Ludendorh has
expressed It, will be to break the will
of the whole enemy nation and, by
paralyzing all It's productive activity
place 1t at the mercy Of the victor" 1t
is not quite correct to say that the next
war will be fought in the air; true, II
will be carried on largely by flying ma
chimes, but It will not be so much a
night" as a contest of ruthless destruc-
ton by bombs. Technlcians of the
countries that will participate in this
hypothetical 1--WE hope) war have con-
centrated on three types of bombs; The
incendiary bomb, weighing only kilo-
gram and capable of piercing steel and
developing a heat of 5000 degrees
Fahrenheit: the explosive bomb, greatly
reduced now in weight and greatly
increased in its destructive power, and
lastly, the gas bomb-most fearful OF
all.
The planes which win carry these
instruments Of death have, as we all
know, been enormously improved since
the last war. Not only can men fly them
Evening star., 1932-06-25

"Dar'd be no sense" said Uncle Eben,
in some folks tryin' to put up show
in dis world If any one was willin' to
buy a ticket TO see II"
Evening star., 1932-06-25
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Evening star., 1932-06-25
Dimdcnce.

Have you ever though Of making
campaign speeches?"
NO" answered Miss Cayenne. II
haven't had enough luck charming men
one at a time to think of trying TO make
a hit with a crowd"
Evening star., 1932-06-25
Soviet Failure in
Agriculture Seen.

Irish Independent, Dublin.-The Rus
slams are beginning to reap the flrst
harvest of Stains policy of collective
farming The system does not encour-
age industry. The worker on a collec-
tive farm never knows what is to be his
share of the crops; very often he gets
nothing as a dividend on his investment
of toll Last year the harvest failed
in many districts. This year Is being
admitted even by the Soviet's organs
Isvestia and Pravda, that there Is
food shortage in the eastern provinces.
Even more significant is their admis-
sion of widespread scarcity Of SEED
Half the grain needed for sowing Is noU
available. The peasants are cling1ng
desperately TO such little noards as tney
have in one region guards had to be
placed over the granaries because the
hungry populace was bent upon
plunder.
Evening star., 1932-06-25

1T is possible" :" said Hi Ho, the sage
of Chinatown, for a man to go on SO
long in study that he loses alertness in
applying the knowledge he has already
Evening star., 1932-06-25

dez. recently disappeared from
the home of his father. The authori-
ties having been apprised of this fact,
an Investigation was made which re-
vealed that Herminio, accompanied by
another lad, aged years. had gone TO
play in a barn not far from their par
ents' abodes. They took with them an
old musket. which was supposed to be
unloaded While playing at soldier, the
older child shot the younger one.
Greatly distressed and alarmed at this
tragic occurrence, the elder boy, Manuel
Seoane, concealed the body Of the small
victim in a heap of straw, and returned
home without uttering word of what
had happened to any one. This SAD
event is but another warning to those
accustomed to keep loaded or unloaded
firearms In their houses.
Evening star., 1932-06-25
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Evening star., 1932-06-25

A BIC. Madrid.-In the hamlet OF
" Galende, near Zamora, boy
"A of years, whose name was
4 \ Herminio Rodriguez Fernan-
Evening star., 1932-06-25

@. Has Abyssinia a telephone sys-
tem?-D. N.
A. Telephones were introduced there
in 1895, but at the present time there
are only three real exchanges in active
operation. They are in Adds Ababa.
Two are for government service and
one Tor private service. This last has
about $50 Subscribers.
Evening star., 1932-06-25

@. What Is the variation from cor
rect time in the Naval Observatory time
signals-R. A. P.
A. Errors as large as 1-10th of A
second sometimes occur, though the av-
erage error does not exceed 5-l00ths
Of a second
Evening star., 1932-06-25

@. Does an ordinary window screen
keep out ultraviolet rays, as ordinary
window glass does?-A. M. S.
A. Not to the same extent, since the
light which comes through the mesheS
of the screen is entirely unobStructed.
Evening star., 1932-06-25

@. What is the area of the modern
City of Jerusalem2-W. WI.
A. The estimated area of modern
Jerusalem Is 1000 acres. of which one
fifth lies within the walls.
Evening star., 1932-06-25

@. Where was Harry Horlick, the
radio violiniSt, born?-M. G.
A. He was born in Cheringow, a
hamlet near Moscow, Russia. He studied
music in the Conservatory of Tiflis,
and has wandered in many parts of the
world, listening to the melodies of the
people.