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Evening star., 1932-12-22
A Disgraceful Economy"

Under the economy act the pitifully
small pay of the unemployed men who
shoveled snow during the recent storm
was cut by one-eleventh, or approx
mately nine per cent. The deduction of
this amount is disgrao-iul. The inter-
pretations of the economy act may have
left the District officials with no other
alternative. That does not change the
situation. The cut was disgraceful and
one Of the most deplorable Of the many
deplorable applications of this so-called
economy measure.
Put yourself for a moment, gentle
reader. in the shoes Of the man who
shoveled snow Saturday and Saturday
night and Sunday. To begin with, those
shoes may have been leaky and worn.
But that is not all of it. Suppose you
had been hunting work, walking the
streets looking for chance to work.
The snow provided the chance. You
were told that the pay would be forty
five cents an hour. Glad of the oppor-
tunity. no matter what the work, you
shoveled snow. in eight-hour shifts, for
a total of seventeen hours. After sew
enteen hours, tired, exhausted, cold,
hungry, you stood in line for your pay
-s7-e5 for seventeen hours Your pay
envelope bore only $685. The great
United States Government. richest
Nation in the world, spending four bill
lion collars a year. had taken seventy
cents and pocketed 1t as a saving"
Saving for whom? Saving for what?
Men who receive the princely annual
income of a thousand dollars are spared
from the economy act. But men who
work five and half Gays week at the
rate of forty-five cents an hour receive,
in theory, about $1,029.60. That puts
them over the line. They must suffer
deduction of one-e!eventh. 1t is highly
debatable question whether they should
be put on the wrong side Of the line.
Per diem employees, it has been under
stood, were cut by being placed on the
five-day week. They were denied the
right to work day, or. a half day, as
their contribution to the cause of gov
ernmental economy. These men who
shoveled snow do not receive more than
a thousand dollars year. Some Of
them will receive, for actual work done,
nothing more than what they got for
shoyel.ng cncW, Taking cne-eleventh
of this hard-earned money IS an act so
contrary to elementary decency and
Justice that it should arouse wide
spread indignation and protest. The
private employer who would do such
a thing would be vilified as an atrocious
rascal. The employer in this case is
none other than the Government of
the United States. expressed through its
agency governing the District of Co.
lumbia.
Evening star., 1932-12-22
Distractions.

Distractions.
Well greet the merry flowered Spring
Just as in years ago.
But long before the robins sing
We've got to shovel snow
And so the ancient hardships cling
While hopes may be aglow.
Before you do most anything.
You've got to shovel snow"
Times sho' is different" said Uncle
Eben. Work used to be a duty. Now
it's q privilege"
Evening star., 1932-12-22
Surveying the Railroads.
From the Cleveland News


Study of the railroad problem by the
Coolidge Smith Commission apparently
has resulted in the conclusion that in
closer coordination among the roads is
to be found the way out. Senator
Couzens, chairman Of the Senate Com
mittee on Interstate Commerce. Is i'm
pressed with the similarity of the view-
points of the commission and con-
gressional students of the QUESTION.
The railroad investigators seem con-
the roads must be reduced If proper
return is to be made on investment.
They believe that certain expensive ap-
pendages, not connected with real rail-
roading, should be removed They
recommend that a lot of doubling up"
such as making use OF consolidated
ticket Offices, could be effected under
the Esch-CumulinS law.
A new angle to the rail problem Is
the matter of bus and air transport.
The roads have besn making use OF
motor trucks for short hauls. but a
movement Of much greater scope un-
dcubtedly could be instituted. Air car
rlers are comparatively new. Each OF
these forms of transportation has its
place to fill; there is no justification
for any claim that motor and airplane
have displaced the locomotive. The
three working in unison can achieve
more effective results and better serve
the investors dollar than the three
fighting one another.
Reorganization of the Interstate
Commission probably would follow any
attempt at readjustment on large
scale of the carrier industry in the
United States, but the identity and pur-
poses of this regulatory body need not
be destroyed. Somewhat increased Gus
tom for the carriers. together with the
help the Government loans has afford
ed them, may serve as stepping stone
for something in the way of business
revival for the roads.
appointment of Harry Guy Taylor as
Gear" CT the Western roads Is move
toward the coordination being sought
Tor the transportation industry.
Evening star., 1932-12-22

No matter what happens to old King
Alcohol, there will always be prohibi-
tion party to oppose him. Present ten
denotes may enable it to claim an in
crease Of membership from the ranks
of the dry workers who have merged
independently with the old-line political
parties.
Evening star., 1932-12-22

A little preliminary practice with the
snow shovel may come in handy for
the blizzard crisis that so frequently
asserts itself just prior to March 4. The
crisis will, Of course, be met. Inaugural
ton is one part of every administration
that Is an unqualified success.
Evening star., 1932-12-22

Some grouchy French gentleman says
that his country would be well rid OF
American tourists. If this feeling
grows. persons who insist on spending
money abroad may, for purposes of
comfort, feel obliged to send 1t by mail.
Evening star., 1932-12-22

The decision sgainst liquor cases
founded on "entrapment" handed down
by Chief Justice Hughes suggests that
the old idea, 1T takes q thief to catch
a thief" has been somewhat overworked
In underworld practice.
Evening star., 1932-12-22

Civilized human beings do rot quarrel
seriously except when a mater becomes
complicated By ingenious modts Ct dis
cussion They are eg-eed the world
over as to the desirability of some such
simple and basic proposition as shop
early"
Evening star., 1932-12-22
Tickets and Taxes.

From the L3u.sv.rc Courier-Journal.
One CT the most conspicuous changes
the last three years have brought about
is that civic intere1t In New York has
been diverted from the extortion OF
theater ticket speculat61 to exorbitant
taxes.
Evening star., 1932-12-22

So many Of his old associates have
gone from familiar places that Capone
when liberated is likely to feel less like
a returning Napoleon than like Rip
Van Wrinkle.
Evening star., 1932-12-22
Counter Irritant.

From the Macon telegraph.
II Congress can't see Its way clear
to give the Filipipos the independence
they are seekingfit might slip them
our Farm Board(f.e take their minds
on 6f It for awhile.
Evening star., 1932-12-22
Lack of Safe Room.
. Phoenix (Ariz.) Republic

From the Phoenix tAriz) Republic.
The Nebraska farmer who offered to
pay his 50 subscription to the county
paper in corn must have found that the
editor didn't have a place to store so
much corn.
Evening star., 1932-12-22
Perhaps Too Many for Him.

Prom the Sioux City Tribune.
Nothing has been heard Of the evan
Relist who recently went to Washington
to tight the devil" so one infers that
he hasn't had much luck.
Evening star., 1932-12-22

Worldwide economic discussion must
be recognized as requiring time. Eco
ncmic questions have always been asked
faster than they could be answered.
Evening star., 1932-12-22
Quick Action for Once.

From the Louisville Courier journal.
Representative McFadden of Penn
sylvania can testify that so far as his
most important measure is concerned,
the House is not pursuing a dilatory
course.
Evening star., 1932-12-22

1t might have been different war
If loans had been discussed at as much
length in the prologue as in the epi-
logue,
Evening star., 1932-12-22

Wars are expensive. Unlimited inter-
national indifference to financial obli-
cation Is reprehended as a possible
encoura cement to a free-for-a1l fight.
Evening star., 1932-12-22
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

Precedent.
I puzzle like the rest of men
On things I can't explain.
I study them awhile and then
Affect a deep disdain.
And nearly all that I can see
'Twixt earth ard Heaven so far
The reason that they have to be
Is just because they are.
It's gentle custom that imparts
Stability to life.
So soft and subtle when it starts,
Yet ordering JOY or strife.
So why should mortals disagree
And passing pleasures mar?
The reason why things have to be
Is just because they are.
I've questioned often, why is fear?-
Or love or hope or hate?
Why does old Santa Claus draw neal
To brighten human fate?
Though theories are offered free
From atom unto star
The reason why things have to be
Is just because they are!
Handicapping the Joy Of Evasion.
How 90 you stand on prohibition?'
I'm still in favor of it," answered
Senator Sorghum.
Then you voted against becr?"
mo. think it may help the cause Of
temperance to get rid of conditions that
encourage the smartaleck who think.
it clever to cheat the law"
Jud Tunkins says politeness compel
you to wish a man Merry Christina!
even in cases where you may not hon.
eStly believe he deserves It,
Evening star., 1932-12-22
As Fashions Vary.

As Fashions Vary.
What kind Of taxation do you
favor?"
Something that's new" answered
Miss Cayenne. Taxation seems to me
like clothes. Many people don't object
to the expense so much as to the kind
that has gone out Of style"
ITO think always of the past" said
Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown, "is like
trying to drive one of your wonderful
machine wagons always in reverse"
Evening star., 1932-12-22

N0n-Partisan Old Saint.
Old Santa Claus Is doing biz
And what endears him most is that
Nobody asks him If he is
Republican or Democrat.
Evening star., 1932-12-22

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Evening star., 1932-12-22

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Evening star., 1932-12-22
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Evening star., 1932-12-22

Jud Tunkins says politeness compels
you to wish a man Merry Christmas
even in cases where you may not hon.
eStly believe he deserves 1t.
Evening star., 1932-12-22

NCLS UilCl llUllQdN SettIlS SOuiiQ tIlc
surface. When the actual situation in
the Congress Is considered. however.
and the fact develops that because Of
the existing political divisions in that
body it is practically impossible to get
passage of the appropriations. it does
not seem to matter whole lot whether
Congress takes. its two weeks of or not
The repeal Of the eighteenth amend
en- the opening day of the session largely
because no chance was given to offer
amendments thereto has been before
a. subcommittee Of the Senate Judiciary
Committee and that committee has
drafted q tentative repeal resolution for
submission to the full committee which
proposes to give Congress the power to
bar the old saloon. II the full COM
mittee should adopt this resolution and
report 1t to the Senate, soon that body
would have another topic Of absorbing
interest to many Of its members. The
Democratic platform calls for straight
repeal. with all powers Of regulating the
alcoholic liquor traff1c restored to the
cratic members Of the Senate and the
House, however, who cannot quite
stomach the proposal and prefer to re-
tain a ban against the saloon. The
desire to get the Federal Government
out of the business Of policing the liquor
traffic is strong, on the other hand, and
there seems no way to accomplish that
end without turning the whole thing
back to the States. Some Of the Sen
ators, including Borah Of Idaho. take
the view that once liquor Is leealised In
this country. the Federal Government
could not as practical proposition.
control It's sale. In view Of the large
number Of speakeasies now In operation
In spite Of the edict against liquor, Mr..
: able. 9 ~
Evening star., 1932-12-22

@. Is the monument on the Gettys-
burg battlefield erected to the memory
CT the North Carolina troops standing
on the section where the North Caro-
lima troops fought?-E. w. B.
A. The North Carolina monument
stands on a spot occupied by some of
the North Carolina troops in the Battle
of Gettysburg, While this site is not
Evening star., 1932-12-22

@. What Is the composition of the
gum used on postage stamps?-N. P.
A. The gum consists of So per cent
dextrine, SO per cent water and per
cent glucose.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-07-19
THE FRIENDLY BEAR.

,o,o+io,icts of the "lunatic fringe" type who novo been endeavoring to lock up Alaska for bear reserve have been trying to convince the country that the brown bear is just as friendly as 0'' Bernard dog" One of the most persistent plopoh- ents of this silly proposition-John M Hoz"orVh oi New York-went to New York zoo ana entering q bear cage fed the animal therein from his hands Inckily he came to harm and got ms picture spread in the rotogravure sections of the ouhoay newspapers.
 few days ago. Thomas Earl, an animal Keeper at the Brookside Zoo in Cleveland Ohio, unoerIook to emulate MT Holzworth. Unarmed he went lhVo the den of a brown bear with breaktast oi raw meat carrots and bread for the bear Wmch hao been named Sunshine because of it's normally even good temper Earl locked the door behind hm' lie attempted to force Sunshine into the pit where he was ordinarily fed and the bear turned on mn He circled Ears shoulders with one paw and with the other clawed him to death. Another Keeper ran to Ears aid but the locked door prevented any rescue Finally two deputies fired five shots with reyolvers and succeeded in killing the animal TWO of the bullets hit Earl but an inquest heo la'ei' showed he was dead at the time
 MT Holzworth and others like him. have sought to convince the country that the brown bear IS harmless; that unless attacked himself or alarmed through surprise or some other unusual crcuhi- stance he never attacks human being. The death of Earl proves the 1aldClOuSIltSo ol u1eiA c" In this case the man not stranger to the bear which was so good-natured usually that he was named Sunshine Earl did not attack the bear He came as undoubtedly he had done innumerabe times bearing food He did not surprise the brute, nor was there anything transpired out Of the ord- nary routine Yet the bear turned on thls man whom he knew and without warning tore nm to death with his claws.
 This merely substantiates the position taken by Alaskans on the brown bear out of knowledge that the casual visitors here cannot hope to acquire Every bear is potentially dangerous Today ne may not be a menace Instead, most days he may not be But any day he is likely to be. He was not made to be pet and amount of contact With man will turn him into companion that can be trusted with impunity. That is not cause for his de- struction however. He has an economic value to Alaska in his wild state and scientific value to the whole nation which are important enough to iustify his preservation. But no one should fail to realize his potential menace nor neglect adequate measures for self protection should the need arise That was the real of Earl's death
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-07-19
Father Duffy.
CNew York Herald Tribune.)


 It is impossible to understand the almost uni lversal admiration and veneration which Father Francis P Duffy attracted to himself if he is re- membered a wartime chaplain only. To be sure, the bright particular uster which attached to his name derived much of initial brilliance from his heroic efforts in the service spiritual and also very personal and practical of the of the Fighting j69th" during the dark hours in France when the fate of half the world hung in the balance, but It was also the less dramatic and less emphasized services to the people of New York which he per formed as parish priest which endeared him to lcountless thousands In the words of Cardinal Hayes he was in fact "the ideal army chaplain and the ideal parish priest and in estimating the Ichurchman the cassock should not be forgotten for the military tunic.
 Father Duffy, despite his Canadian birth, was 2 New Yorker of New Workers. If anybody sticks ia pin into me-" he liked to say "hell find that am very American, very Irish and very Catholic, but if he'll leave alone, I'm just plain human. " AS a wartime chaplain he was not chaplain to Catholics alone. . could not obtrude his religion lupon those who did not share it," never shrank from the discomforts and hardshipS endured by the enlisted men, but from which his position would have exempted him. As peacetime pastor of Holy Cross Church in West Forty second Street. he dis played the same unsuitable capacity for being of Service to those who had need of him. and hundreds of acts of personal charity and kindness are held in grateful remembrance by many who benefited iby them and became his friends
 In any walk of life men of Father Duffys in tense enthusiasm and vibrant personality are rare He had that transcendental faith in men and in his religion which enabled him to overlook anything but the dominant characteristics the essential quail ties of both He did not think it unseemly that a man of the cloth should partake of very great gusto for the things of this world. His passing is loss to the Catholic Church, to New York and to all who knew him, just as his memory must be a satisfaction to all of these.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-07-19
Interdependence.
(New York wo-.d-Telegram.)


 Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler in his Fourth of July address before the American Society in London pointed out that magnificent the Magma Charta and Declaration of Independence, the time has come for declaration of interdependence of the nations of the earth
 said this coordination of independent units each with its own point of view each with it's own traditions each with it's language, if you please each with it's form of political and religious faith in matters of detail, but working together as units with great purpose-to keep this world lin peace, to keep this world free, and, so far as human effort can do it, to keep this world prosper ous and happy"
 Dr. Butler voices not ideal but an actual trend. Both major parties in Chicago wrote into their platforms unprecedented blanks urging American participation in conferences of powers in of breach of the Kellogg Pact.
 To clarify this idea Dr. Buffers own Twentieth Century Fund Committee Economic Sanctions yesterday urged immediate initiation by the United States of a protocol to the Pact of Paris under which signatories may vote simultaneous embargoes upon pact volators without the use of armed force Tor entanging alliances The Democrats urged World Court participation tariff conference, arbitration Interdependence is a big word in size and inn lportance That it is being recognized as the twen- teth century corollary of independence shows that the nsensate nationalism stirred by the World War lis dying out. We big family and common woe is drawing closer together
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-07-19
LABELS TELL LIMITATIONS USED IN
 MAKING CANDIES.

Boys and girls who, 20 years ago went to the store for a bag of stick candy gumdrops hcofce' or other confectionery are now buying most ol their sweetmeats in boxes or in transparent wrap pers says J. w. Sale, of the Federal Food ana Drug Administration In those days, says Sale there was little to be found on confectionery lapels WHICH would aid the buyer in making purchase bu' candy labels are more informative today.
 "Chocolate- coated candies, such as bon-pons creams and fruits generally bring the highest price of any confection on the market Sale says. Ana when the word chocolate appears on the label the nt,rchaser may be sure that genune chocolate was used Cheaper ingredients such as hydrogenateo coconut oil are sometimes used to adulterate choco- late coatings When these substitutes are whole some as is usually the Federal food officials do not object to their provided the label plainly states this fact.
 Many kinds of nuts also go into the manufacture of confections and it is the duty of the Federal Food and Drug Administration to see that only zo,nd and wholesome nuts are used The admin stration removes from the market every year num-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-07-19

erous shipments of imported and domestic nuts because the goods have been found to be wormy moldy or otherwise unfit for food The pure food law requires that all packed foods entering into interstate trade bear plain quantity contents statement upon the label. Some boxes of candy look as though they hold pound, but actually con tain only IA ounces
 During the past few years there has been a marked increase in the sale of candy bars boxed or wrapped in celophane. These, too must be lab eed with a quantity -of-contents statement. Any other declarations made upon the label must be truthful Packaged hard candies such as fruit drops Tor jelly beans with fruit centers also on sale When the label on the confection bears the name of a fruit, unqualified the flavor used must actually have been derived from that fruit If imitation favors used the of the fruit must be pre- ceded by the word imitation
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-07-19
NO BRITISH COLUMBIA ELECTION.

Announcements from members of the CohserVa- tive Government of British Columbia, which mas been in power since the summer of 1928, make IL clear that it has no intention of going before the electorate this year for test of it's strength About six weeks ago Premier Tolmie indicated there would he no election in the Province in 1882 However rumors continued to spread that campaign was approaching These became so pronounced that two weeks ago Attorney General Pooley was constrained to deny them categorically. It seems that about all the election excitement that our nearest Canadian nejghbors can look forward to next Fall will be the national campaign in the United States This rom early advance steps will be warm enough to furnish thrills for both this country and Canada.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-07-19
A Boost for Chadwick.
(Port Angeles News.)

The Democrats have mighty capable young fel- low running for the Senatorial nomination in Stephen Chadwick Steve is personabe chap with la wealth of ability and host of friends. And if lyou are bound to vote Democratic vote for him will be well spent Steve favorS modification of the Vostead Act in such manner as to restore to
 the States the power and authority to act with ference to intoxicating beverages with the power in Federal and State Government to derive benefit lby taxing same He opposes the League of Ma tions and the World Court. He believes our tariff Legislation is faacious, governmental cost too high
 depores hiding of -gotten gains of bootleggers and lstock gamblers in tax-exempt securities as a menace
 to this generation and lets go turret savo against the manipulations of foreign bankers. If Steve comes this way, hear him. He is an orator oi
 ability a square shooter and human dynamo.