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BY THE RIGHT REV. JAMES Z. FREEMAN, D. d, LII. D,
Bishop OF Washington.

would rise up to carry on in the face OF
growing problems and seemingly In
superable obstacles. Such periods re-
peat themselves in the course OF our
life. After they have passed, we are
amazed at our lack of confidence. How
often of late we have heard men and
women affirm that they believed the
church as an institution had reached
the period of its decline. How often
in our literature have we seen express
sions that implied the Christian faith
had run its course. A notable book,
and an attractive one, has suggested
that "unbelief is vacancy" Its dis
tiEguished author expresses the convlc-
ticn that the fine sentiment OF religion
can no longer appeal to reflective men
and women. Such representations have
been repeatedly heard throughout the
1000 years Of the Christian faith. A
great French philosopher and thinker
from his vantage point declared that
the Christian religion would not sur
vive another so years. Men have long
since forgotten his assertion and his
own people have repeatedly witnessed
retormations that have made them
stabler and stronger. In our individual
lives our Christian faith now and again
suffers an eclipse. The world inter-
NeneS between us anu our christian
ideals and purposes. The figure of the
lowly Nazarine. His perfect life and His
incompatible teachings cease to move
us. We lose our grip; to use the
language OF great teacher, We are
without God and without hope in the
world" Then new experiences and in
cidentS attend our course and the
banked fires Of our devotion are again
re-kindled. the old faith revives and
suspended habits of devotion are re-
Sumed. The present hour, with all its
complexities and difficulties, must wit
ness to a new and finer leadership than
we have ever known. Crises and great
occasions stimulate to action those Who
have hitherto been unconscious Of their
own powers and genius.
Once to every man and nation
Comes the moment to decide
In the strife of truth with falsehood,
For the good or evil side;
Some great cause, Gods new Messiah,
Offering each the bloom or blight,
And the choice goes on forever
Twixt that darkness and that light.
Tho the cause Of evil prosper,
Yet It's truth alone IS strong:
Tho her portion be the scaffold,
And upon the throne be wrong.
Yet that scaffold sways the future,
And behind the dim unknown,
Standeth God within the shadow,
Keeping watch above His own"
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Unwalled Prisons Relieve Congestion
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

The horror Of prison riots, attempted
jailbreaks and congestion has been
measurably diminished in the American
prison system by the introduction of
unwalled prison camps. Two thousand
Federal prisoners, or approximately Is
per cent Of all those incarcerated under
Federal jurisdiction, now are confined in
open-air camps. The results of this
type Of penal treatment are declared
by officials of the United States Bureau
of Prisons to be excellent and it is ex-
pected the system will be continued
even should the prison congestion which
prompted the innovation be cured.
In the last decade there has been an
important increase in the number of
individuals sent to Federal prisons The
prohibition law has resulted in an in
crease of nearly 100 per cent, while the
Federal act Furnishing movement Of
stolen automobiles in interstate COM
merce has been another modern source
OF matriculation In Federal penal in
situations. The United States was we'll
equipped with Federal prisons before
prohibition, and was adequately caring
for prisoners at cost of some So, $50, 900
a year. A decade later a different situa-
ton was presented. The Federal prison
population had been doubled, chiefly
through attractions Of sumptuary laws,
while the cost of maintenance and pro-
lection Of prisoners had nearly trebled,
rising to more than 100000.
While appropriating many millions to
apprehend violators of the prohibition
law, Congress did not appropriate at
the same pace to house the offenders
after conviction. A situation developed
in which, according to Federal prison
authorities, such institutions as Atlanta
and Leavenworth Penitentiaries were
housing 100 per cent more inmates
than they were designed to hold.
Criminologists recognize overcrowd-
ing as one of the worst causes of prison
riots and attempted jailbreaks With
men packed in as in a slave ship, con-
ditiOnS become so unbearable that in
mates are willing to face the guns of
the guards rather than endure the
insanitation and similar hardships.
Such a defiant attitude has been
strengthened by the fact that SO MANY
of the inmates have been imprisoned
not because Of the infraction of a moral
law but only Of sumptuary law. They
do not feel themselves guilty of crime.
under such circumstances. but rather
victims
Establishment of Camps.
Such was the background OF the
prison situation when conditions became
SO serious that the idea of the unWalled
prison was broa ched. The first step
was to appeal to the Army for assist
ance and a series Of road camps at
Army posts was established Four such
camps still are in use They are at
Fayetteville. N. C.: Montgomery, Ala;
Junction City, Kans. and Dupont.
Wash These camps began to receive
prisoners from four Federal prisons:
Atlanta. Leavenworth. Leavenvorth
Annex and Mcneil Island. The next
move was more pretentious The Fed
eral Bureau acquired one of the war
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Stephen is stoned, q great career Is
ended and a cause seemingly lost. AT
his execution stands young man, Saul
by name-a Roman citizen, scholar
q biased religious Zealot. Those who
stoned the first christian martyr laid
down their clothes at the feet Of a
young man whose name was Saul
Nothing Is recorded concerning his
emotions, nor Is there any evidence
that he put forth any effort to stop
the execution Of an innocent man. One
thing seems certain, namely, that he
received impressions that day that
never faded from his memory, and
when on the road to Damascus, he
heard the call to a great ministry, he
must have remembered the day Of
Stephens sacrifice.
Thus it is that in the course of
human events, when one leader falls,
another rises up to carry on the cause.
As we study the history of the world
We see this repeated again and again.
He is a superficial reader of human
events who fails to see the persistence
OF great causes in the face Of what
seems to be their defeat through the
death Of chosen leader. True, lofty
ideals and noble purposes must be
translated through personality, but their
pcTIllhIle1Ce Is not CONultlOLcQ ny Tie
genius or conservation Of any single in
terpreter. If they are worthy causes,
II they have to do with the betterment
of the world. if they are based upon
right principles, they persist in spite
OF defeated leaders. 1t frequently hap
pens that what seems like the failure
OF one leader proves but the new birth
Of another and greater. The most
cursory study of history shows the on
ward march Of great movements in
spite of the defeat of men. The world
is saved. noble causes are set forward
by those who have the will and the
capacity to light their torches at those
that have fallen from hands that are
impotent. We remember one great
English reformer declared. as the flames
destroyed his life, that he would light
q torch in England that day that, by
the grace Of God, would never be put
out. Reformers may die, but reforma-
tons 60 on. Those who destroyed the
life Of Stephen stirred to action the
latent forces Of a greater than Stephen
Saul Of Tarsus, who becomes Paul,
the mighty apostle.
During recent years We have passed
through period that has caused wide
spread apprehension There have been
those among us who have wondered
whether the destiny of a great republic
was to be interrupted, If not perma
nently impaired. We disclosed a lack
OF confidence in our leaders and had
almost come to believe that no one
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seething with speculation over the
name of Herriot's successor. The one
around which gossip RACES most cate
gorically Is that Of former President
CASTOR Doumergue. A. President for
seven years, he was above party preju-
dices and attained great popularity. In
politics he Is still radical. though re-
garded today as much more moderate
than when he went to the Palais
dElysee. M. Doumergue is widely con-
sidered a At leader of cabinet for
national union, which would take Office
under almost the identical circum-
stances which called the Macdonald ma
tional ministry" into Office across the
English Channel a year ago. Though
we'll advanced in years, the veteran
statesman is said not to be averse to
re-entering public life, while President
Albert lie Brun is accounted not I'M
willing. should the situation arise, to
offer the former chief executive the
premiership Of q government placed In
ONCE to salvage Frances finances.
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time cantonments-Camp Lee, in the
neighborhood OF Petersburg, Va. At
Camp Lee buildings Of the cantonment
type were erected. Accommodation for
600 men was provided. This camp was
designated as q Federal reformatory
institution. 1t received men FROM
Chillicothe and, later, by direct COM
mitment.
So successful was this experiment
that an abandoned Army post, Fort
EuStis. Va, next was taken over by the
Federal prison authorities. Another
600-inmate camp was put in order, this
one receiving prisoners of the peniten-
tiary type. Transfers were made from
Atlanta and, later. by direct commit
ment from the convicting courts.
The operation Of these camps is de-
clared to have been successful from
every point of view. Living in open
camps, sleeping and eating in unbarred
barracks. performing hard manual labor
IN the open air, the men attain excel
lent physical condition. Indeed, the
outdoor life at Camp Lee has been found
SO salutary that a 2oo-bed hospital has
been located nearby designed largely
for tuberculosis patients transferred
from various Federal prisons.
Morale Is Better.
Broad acres Of farm land surround
these camps and are titled by prison
labor. Instead Of being packed within
combining walls, where the ignominy of
restraint is constantly impressed upon
them, the prisoners enjoy a relative
freedom and soon develop an interest
and often pride In their farm work.
InaSmuch as mental attitude is regard
ed as one OF the most important ele-
ments in reformatory and correctional
work. Federal prison officials believe
that important strides have been made
In reducing the criminal population.
Unlike walled prisons. these outdoor
prison camps do not have the tendency
most ordinary prisons do, function as a
sort Of school for crime in which the
novice serving a first sentence becomes
hardened through association with more
experienced convicts. A study of the
results shows that recidivism is lower
among prison camp men than among
those confined within walls.
Coincident with the spreading Of the
congested prison population into out
door camps, an extension of the pro-
baton system was effected. With the
sanction Of Congress, the number Of
Federal probation officers was increased
from 8 to SO and full-time parole
board established to give constant at
tention to applications. The result is
that the number of persons on parole
has increased from 664 in 1929 to 1900
at present, while the number on pro-
baton has reached the high total Of
10000.
New penitentiary structures are near
ing completion at a cost of S13 900 900.
The Northeastern Penitentiary is To-
Gated at Lewisburg, Pa: a new indus
trial reformatory is at Chillicothe, Ohio,
while a similar institution has been
established in the Southwest. where
special hospital facilities are under con-
structon.
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Washington Cathedral.

Cathedral churches necessarily are
long in building. They must grow as
the spiritual life Of the people expands.
The noble fanes of France and England
were centuries in the making, and the
same is true Of the beautiful temples Of
Italy and Spain. Exceptions to the
rule were the Mosque, as it has been
since the Turkish conquest, Of Sancta
Sophia at Constantinople and St.
Paul's in London. The former was the
creation of the empire, constructed I'M
der the personal supervision Of JUS
tinian md embelliShed with the loot Of
half the world The latter was financed
by a crown tax on coal and other ne
ceSsities and certain luxuries Of life.
Few indeed we're the temples quickly
raised by the voluntary gifts of the
masses. Notre Dame in Paris, Can
terbury, Winchester even the Victorian
Truro. all had aid from the sovereign
and the state. st. Marks in Venice
was endowed with the profits of har-
Dor charge and with the booty Of au-
thorized pirates.
Washington Cathedral represents in
its design as noble a vision as inspired
any sacred fabric of antiquity. If it
cannot be built by coercion or by the
sale of privileges, it is advantaged by the
circumstance. When at last it has been
brought to completion, it will be an
authentic expression of the piety and
beneficence of the people
On Thursday of this week the twen-
ty-fiftA anniversary of the beginning Of
construction work on Mount st. Alban
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will beeelebrated. 1t was on September
20, 1907, that the foundation stone OF
the Cathedral was laid by the first
Bishop of Washington, the well be-
loved Right Rev. Eenry Yates Satterlee.
His successors, the second and third
bishops, devoted themselves to the full
fillment Of his dream. The Right Rev.
Alfred Harding raised the apse in his
time, and the Right Rev. James e.
Freeman has seen the choir and north
transept completed and the south tram
sept begun. Each Of these successive
steps Of progress has represented love
and sacrifice on the part Of devoted
men. women and children throughout
the Nation. and each has been a mani
festation of a spiritual instinct by no
means limited to a single communion.
No Cathedral in the Capital can be
purely diocesan project, and the beau
tiful growth on the city's northwestern
rim is for that reason an expression Of
national impulse But Washington
ldilS VI CfCly VI Sih lotAuii VIC
lief feel a particular interest in the
work as it goes forward before their
eyes. They have the privilege Of init
mately witnessing its development day
by day.
The influence of such "a house of
prayer for all people" is widely dissent
mated, but it is especially important in
the Federal center of government.
Here the laws of the land are made,
and here the religious and ethical char
acter Of the people should be exempi
fed. AS the years pass and the Cathe-
dral is finished its purpose and utility
as an institution of religion, education
and charity will be increasingly evident.
Much has been done since 1907;
much remains to be done. Each days
work is a gain. The end is not to be
achieved without continued spiritual
development, but the task of the flu
ture should be vastly easier than that
Of the past.
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Signs of a Big Business
Recovery Encouraging
BY HARDEN COLFAX.

The encouraging signs for general
business just now are not only the net
advance. despite setbacks, in the prices
of securities on the exchanges and COM
modities in wholesale and retail sales,
but the fact that We seem to be wit
Messing reverse of the developments
which brought on, or at least accom-
panied, the depression. This, naturally
points to the return of some sort Of
normal conditions, in the opinion Of
keen observers in Washington, both in
and out Of the Government.
Just three years ago, these observers
point out, the stock market break made
us aware of condition which we had
not noticed-that prices of commodities
had been falling for several months.
Soon thereafter, with diminishing con-
f1dence in other parts of the world, gold
began to leave the United States.
In spite Of these conditions, American
business staged a partial comeback in
1880 and again in 1881, giving evidence
of our national powers of recuperation.
Then, as pointed out by Treasury and
Commerce officials, events in Europe
over which We had no control brought
on a relapse. The failure of continental
banks, the abandonment by Great Brit
ain OF the gold standard and the dan
gerous condition in which Germany
found herself financially cast us back
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-09-25
Hot Dope on the Election.

The Washingtonian who is anxious
to know how the country will vote in
November can learn lot by question:
ing the automobile tourists who are
returning to the city in droves after
restful trips into the hinterland There
Is certain technique to be followed in
questioning a returned automobile tour
ist, but 1t Is simple and need occasion
no embarrassment. The tourist should
always be allowed TO tell about the ex-
cellent meal he obtained for twenty five
cents at some out of-the-way stopping
place, and should be given plenty Of
time to furnish full details. II he Is
not permitted to do this before taking
and will constantly mix his politics with
fried chicken, which Is a low sort Of
practice that gets nobody anywhere
But after he has finished his descrip-
ton Of the meal the question may with
propriety be put: We'll, what do you
think about the political situation? How
do the people feel about the election?'
This opens the hoodgates and good
sound. straight from the shoulder dope
on the election follows. The people are
tired and want q change. President
Hoover will hardly poll a vote. A dis
tir guished Republican is authority for
The statement that the G. o. P has
resigned itself to defeat in 1882, but is
planning now for 1885. At the last mo-
ment AL Smith is coming out with a
plea for Roosevelt. Everybody will
heed this plea except those who are
man who has voted the Democratic
ticket all his life and is close friend Of
Gov. Roosevelt says that while he likes
Roosevelt personally he cannot trust
him with the country and will vote for
President Hoover. An honest farmer
says If Garner would not answer the
telephone for Al Smith he would not
answer it for anybody. and remember
what happened when Dawes was late?
A lot Of people are going to stay away
from the polls this year because they
do not want to vote for Hoover, al
though some will vote for Norman
Thomas. A lot Of people are going to
stay away from the polls this year be-
cause they do not want to vote for
Roosevelt. although some will vote for
Norman Thomas. Nobody but radicals
will vote for Gov. Roosevelt this year.
and everybody knows they are in the
minority. and the radicals are disap-
pointed in Roosevelt, who Is really more
conservative than Hoover, and will vote
for Norman Thomas, which means that
Hoover will lose the vote Of the radicals
who had hoped he would ruin the coun-
try by this time and as he has not
they will vote for Norman Thomas or
else stay at home In protest
As for the vets and drys-but how
much time can you spend questioning
tourist?
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The Telephone Rate Case.

The telephone rate case, which now
begins its journey through the courts
with the filing of the company's bill of
complaint contesting the commissions
order reducing by ten per cent
charges for home service, contains the
usual elements Of controversy SO con-
fusing to the layman and which,
broadly speaking preclude rate adjust
ment except through litigation. That
the case would be taken to the courts
by the company was practically con-
ceced at the outset Of the hearings. And
now that it has gone to the courts, it
emphasizes the essentially important as
poets of another case pending in the
courts, this being the commissions pc
tition for instructions on methods of
valuation of local utilities. Until there
are such instructions, practically every
rate order by the Public Utilities Com
mission will be transferred, as q mat
ter Of course, to the courts There
should be simpler and less expensive
process.
After extensive hearings, the Public
Utilities Commission found that q ten
per cent reduction on private telephone
bills for local service rendered after
September 80 could be made without
bringing the company's return below six
per cent on rate base which the COM
mission found to be not more than
s29 $50, 900 At the same time. ordering
some changes in accounting methods,
the commission determined that six
per cent rate of return was, under pres
ent conditions, reasonable.
The telephone company claims a
valuation for rate-making purposes of
not less than $4,000, 0OO-practically
seven millions in excess of the COM
missions determination. 1t contends
that the estimated net earnings for
1882 will represent a return Of only
So per cent on this rate base, and that
the 6 per cent return fixed by the COM
mission Is unfair and unreasonable. i"
of return should not be less than Z
per cent.
There may be little hope Of obtain
ing arbitrary agreement on what con-
stitutes an adequate rate Of return, be-
cause of the many factors that are
necessarily to be considered in every
case. But it is illogical to assume that
a process for valuations cannot be
agreed upon, out Of the wealth of
judicial and other opinion already as
sembled In this Jurisdiction the deter
mination Of such a method, without
constant resort to the courts, should be
relatively simple.
The court fight over the telephone
company's valuation for rate m king
now becomes a continuation Of fight
begun back in 1924, when the Public
Utilities Commission valued the COM
pany at s18,578956. That figure was
contested by the telephone company
and taken into court, but the company
dropped its fight as the result OF
compromise with the commission, which
was reflected in a rate reduction or
dered May 13, 1925. The commission
has left those rates undisturbed since
that time until its order of Friday,
September 16. 1t may be as well, now
the fight is renewed, to see it through
without compromise on either side.
There are other questions than those
relating to valuation raised by the COM
pany, but it is to be assumed that the
real issue now is an acceptable rate
base.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-09-25

The announcement by Alfred E.
Smith that when he has anything to
say he will print it in his magazine is
likely to be criticized as an effort to
establish a new kind of monopoly.
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Far-Reaching influence.

"How's prohibition working in Grim
son Gulch?"
Changed the architecture Of the
whole town." replied Three-Finger Sam.
"A lot o. business houses is bein' built
with nothin' but back doors to EN-"
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According to Mr.. Norman Thomas a
Socialist party will demonstrate its rea-
son for being if he can persuade enough
ioiners to lend their influence.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-09-25

Iowa farmers plan a protest parade
to impress the President 1t should
have some influence If there Is any
lingering charm in APT ALTERATION.
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The Right of Search.

Trouble at home?" inquired the
sympathetic friend.
Serious" replied Mr.. Meekton. MY
wife went through my pockets last
night"
And you are highly indignant"
mo. She Is. She didn't find a
thing"
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OutclaSed.

The teacher sighed: Il would that
In discipline might e'er approach
The fond obedience rendered by
My pupils to the foot ball coach"
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