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Rival Factions Represented
By Two Democratic Chairmen

Conflict between Gov. Roosevelt and
| former Gov Smith Is recognized as
motivating the selection of Senator
| Alben w. Barkley Of Kentucky for key
note speaker and Jouett Shouse for per-
manent chairman, the two representing,
respectively, the opposing interests.
Opinions will differ as to the COM
parative importance of the temporary
and permanent chairmen," says the
Providence Journal independently. with
the comment that "the former has the
advantage of being the party keynoter," !"
and that ''he can splurge rhetorically to
give the convention proceedings an in
itial hue Of his own" while "the per-
manent chairman has an important in
| fluence as the determiner of parlia-
mentary disputes.
Fortunately" thinks the Charleston
| Is. c. Evening Post (Democratic), i,
.'there were enough chairmanships to
| go around" That paper continues:
"Of course, the convention Is not bound
| by the recommendation of the commit
| tee, and, as a matter of fact, there Is
| serious question as to the propriety Of
the committee making a recommenda-
| ton to the convention of a chairman.
| But, since the course was agreed upon
\ Dy nuLud1 COnCcSS4OAl, ~ Will u4lOOuDl-
edly be carried through. Thus some
| thing like equilibrium between the con-
testing factions is established, a very
necessary thing unless the nomination.
| over which there Is almost certain to be
a stiff struggle, Is to be no more than
an empty honor"
The prospects Of carrying out the
| plan are discussed by the Charlotte OBJ
server independent Democratic) with
the statement: "Barkley is a Roosevelt
man; Shouse stands by Smith, so this
arrangement Is regarded as In the ma
! ture of compromise between the two
| factions, in the interest Of harmony
| While the National Committee Is TO
pass finally on the action of the Ar
! rangement' Committee, there Is but lit
tie doubt the plan adopted will be In
dorsed, even II radical departure from
the usual custom. The Roosevelt fol-
lowing might develop some dissatisfac-
ton over the permanent chairman ar
rangemert, for this element Is largely
in the majority and may take the view
that this tail should be given to Smith
and the head to Roosevelt, along with
all the hide between"
"The cause Of harmony probably
would have been served better had men
more nearly acceptable to both sides
been chosen" advises the Houston Post
CDemocratic), and that paper offers the
comment: The two extremes in the
party will be represented in the two
convention chairmanships. On the face
OF it, that might appear to indicate har-
mony. In all probability, however, 1t
presages an increasingly bitter fight be-
tween the Roosevelt and Smith fac
tions, and makes a deadlock in the con-
vention between those two aspirants
more likely"
Senator Barkley's selection may be
regarded as triumph for the Roose-
welt faction" says the South Bend
Tribune independent Republican,, al
though that paper. supporting the op-
position party. declares: THE New
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York Governors strategic position un-
questionably has been enhanced IN the
last month. His nomination, however.
Is far from certain. The Democratic
two-thirds rule fasors the anti-Roose-
velt faction. More. the Roosevelt pri-
mary and convention victories up to
date do not justify belief that he would
be a winner in the presidential cam
paign II the nomination went to him.
Most of the Democratic delegates
pledged to him during March were In
States which always have gone Repub-
lican in presidential elections
Senator Barkley has been a delegate
to every Democratic National Conyen-
tion since 192o,7 states the Butte
Montana Standard (Democratic). "and
has been high in the councils Of the
partyS national organization. In the
Senate he is a member Of the Commit
tee on Library, Interstate Commerce,
Finance and Banking and Currency.
Some months ago Barkley enjoyed a
mild boom as a Democratic presidential
possibility, which was rather of q
native-son character. but which attest
ed his high party standing in his own
State. AS Official keynoter, and in
spirational welkin ringer, Senator Bark
ley can be depended upon to deliver the
goods All Kentuckians are orators,
the only distinction being that some
ere better than others" The Rockford
Register Republic (Republican) assumes
that his selection as keynoter indicates
that he Is destined in the future to
play an even more important part in
national Democratic councils than has
been his lot in the past"
y
He will doubtless speak as a party
man." according to the Nashville Ban
ner, viewing the obligations and op-
portunities of his party rather than
service Of the political fortunes OF any
individual" The New York Sun (fn-
dependent) holds that his selection
will not please the wet Democracy Of
the East, but a bargain had to be
made
Democrats are justified" thinks the
Roanoke Times (Democratic), lin ex-
pecting finished oratorical gem when
the Kentuckian advances to the front
OF the rostrum and speaks into the bat
terry Of microphones which will carry
his words not only to the vast audience
before him. but to an even larger num-
Der Of unseen listeners throughout the
country "Are such exhibitions
worth anything" the Lynchburg
News inquiries, except to amuse the
cynical? In short, is it necessary for
'keynoterS' to be as they are? It isn't,
but it would be difficult to convince the
'keynoters' themselves of that fact.
They are as they are because politics is
what it is. Feed the people on bunk,
and make 'em like it-that's the way a
politician operates, and the proof Of the
fact that there must be something to
the system lies in the fact that he usu-
ally gets away with It."
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Higghlights ON the Wide World
Excerpts From Newspapers of Other Lands

decided upon policy Of restriction and
that it intends to stand by it until con-
ditions have changed.
X
Rebel Employees
Scored in Costa Rica.
La Tribuna, San Jose.-Senor Luis
wives OF the City Council will present a
resolution to the next meeting of the
municipality calling for the discharge
OF all those employees, both of the corpo
ration and private enterprises, who took
active part in the recent revolt He
Will also ask his associates to abolish
all the posts occupied by those who
nave been engaged in any partisan DO
ntlcal effort during the recent cam
paign and who are retained rather as
a reward for such activity than for any
need Of their services.
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nature. But man is wilier and more

nature. But man Is wilier and more
sagacious.
If you want bit Of specific proof
that sounds like the sheerest Of fiction,
read what Brigham Young and his fol-
lowers did and are doing to the Great
Salt Lake region. We for too long
withheld tribute from this great
pioneer and builder. this great man.
because we refused to swallow the
notion Of all those wives. And now,
today Well, this Is no social COM
mentary. Merely an allusion to an alb
sorbing chapter, along with IA others
Of equal interest, In q sober, scientific,
complete exposition Of outstanding as
poets Of the subject Of conservation
with q definite layout Of the next
logical step for the further promotion
Of the vital matter itself.
Evening star., 1932-04-19
Maryland Avenue Paving
Is Held Deplorable

To the Editor of The Star:
In your gravure section for Sunday
you published the picture Of PennsyI-
vania avenue taken IN the year the
Civil War closed, showing the paving 70
be crude" cobble stone Today Mary
land avenue from the Capitol to Four
teenth and B streets southwest is paved
with asphalt and block of Maryland
avenue northeast Is paved with crude
cobhle stone and both sections are as
bad as the paving Of Civil War days.
1t Is very disagreeab.e and trying on
ones nerves to have to drive over that
street every day going TO and from work
and an eyesore TO the visitors who ex-
pect to see o mo6ern city beautiful.
VIII you publish this letter in tae hoTe
that the deploranle condition Of the
street viii be brought to the attention
Of the city authorities and much needed
improvements be made.
JOHN 3. MARSHALL.
Evening star., 1932-04-19
Washington's Improvement Month.

With tens Of thousands of people
pouring into the Capital from all parts
Of the country in the tide of George
Washington Bicentennial visiting to
the national shfine of the First Presi-
dent it Is desirable that the COM
munity put on its best appearance
Therefore the District Commissioners
have proclaimed the period from April
18 to May 18 to be Home Improve
ment. and Work Creation month"
They ask all property owners in the
District to take inventory of conditions
and consider the possibility of making
needed repairs, structural and other
wise, including painting, cleanup, i'm
proving lawns, planting and care of
trees. This is for two purposes, to
make Washington attractive to the
utmost degree and also to provide en-
ployment for those who are now forced
into idleness by the adverse economic
conditions. Those who cannot afford
to engage labor for these betterments
should do the work themselves. In all
cases where 1t is possible, however,
these 'odd jobs" should be given to
persons who are not otherwise en-
ployed.
The combination Of making Wash
ington most attractive to the visitors
and giving work to those who are idle
through no fault of their own should
appeal to every property owner, every
resident in fact. There are countless
ways in which this can be done. Pride
In the appearance of the Capital should
stimulate these endeavors and expendi-
lures to the end Of putting the city
in its best dress. An inventory of needs
and opportunities will reveal some
items of possible work to be done in
virtually every household and on every
lot of land.
1t matters not whether the works so
undertaken will SHOW" to the guests
whom the city is going to entertain
during the months Of the Bicentennial
celebration. The upkeep Of property, in
exterior and in interior equipment and
in surroundings, is essential to the
maintenance Of proper pride. The
neglected premises betoken lack Of the
spirit that Is requisite in the facing Of
unfavorable conditions.
The painters proclaim an evident
truth when they aver that to Save the
surface saves al {" coat of naint is
an investment of property preservation
A bit Of carpentry work done now may
save a larger expenditure later. Pro-
crastination adds to the ultimate cost Of
maintenance. Wornout equipment rem
ders inadequate and eventually expen-
sive service. The "hoarded" dollar can
be put to no better use than to be ex-
pended for work that must ultimately
be performed, ard If done now will cost
less than later
During these weeks set apart for
Spring Observation-Disclosures and out
Washington can, with cooperation on
the part Of all householders, be greatly
| improved in appearance. The effect
upon the thousands of visitors will be
that Of community which is r1aintain-
! ing its pride, looking with confidence to-
! ward the future and providing to the
| utmost of its ability work for those who
have been temporarily reduced to idle
ness by the adverse conditions that
| beset the land.
Evening star., 1932-04-19

Market manipulation is always Sus-
pected by the lambs who seek good
grazing in the New York Stock Ex-
change. The present investigation oi
bear raids may be made the means oil
removing the unjust suspicious of ILL.,
informed losers. In this way experience
may be the means Of learning some
thing definite.
Evening star., 1932-04-19

Probability of any participation in the
Lindbergh kidnapping by Al Capone
seems less as suspense is prolonged. If
Capone had been the business man
aser Of the enterprise, he would have
found way to close the transaction to
the relief Of everybody concerned.
Evening star., 1932-04-19

Summer will soon bring the circus and
no doubt Tammany will be on hand to
cheer the charioteer who is trying to
manage two impetuous steeds at once.
There is no use of saying "Whoa!" to
either Franklin or Alfred,
Evening star., 1932-04-19

Chicago will take special precautions
to prevent bootlegging during conven-
tion time. Drys will suspect a wish to
stimulate abnormal alcoholic thirst so
that prohibition will find as little en-
couragement as possible.
Evening star., 1932-04-19

It requires no great intelligence to
steal q child, but it needs more sense
than a criminal is likely to possess to
collect the ransom even when it Is Of
fered in absolute good faith and with
every assurance Of safety. The guilty
conscience has lost none of its terror.
Evening star., 1932-04-19

Japan declares that she has no desire
for Manchurian territory -. Russia is
credited with more or lets willingness to
see that no one forces any on her.
Evening star., 1932-04-19

There is nothing new In the theory
that good government can be con-
Quoted by badly paid workers.
Evening star., 1932-04-19

1t may reasonably be assumed that
vets could rehearse speakeasy film
that would be as shocking In It's own
modern way as Ten Nights in a Bar
room"
Evening star., 1932-04-19

Discouragement OF Wall Street may
extend its effects even to theatrical
art. Broadway can hardly be itself
without the tired business man.
Evening star., 1932-04-19
Automatic Lighters"

From the Fort Wayne News-Sentinel.
Wen never believe that automatic
lighters" had anything to do with the
Swedish match kings sNicide.
Evening star., 1932-04-19
U. S. Cities Also Sunk. "

From the Indianapolis News.
One Italian town sank into the
ground. and American tax spenders
have several large cities half sunk.
Evening star., 1932-04-19
Fewer Chinese
Emigrating to Siam.

Bangkok Daily Mail.-For those who
have been insisting for months that it
is poor policy to continue to admit
thousands of Chinese immigrants into
Siam each month when there are no
jobs for them, the figures published re-
Gently are definitely reaSsuring These
figures show that In the first full month
o: the new immigration regulations the
number of Chinese immigrants dropped
from 9,579 tin Noyember) to 1856 Gin
December).
But 1t is not yet clear whether the
government intended to cut down immi-
grafton to this extent and 1t Is not
unlikely that the government will revise
the immigration fees once more IL the
decrease registered in December con-
unues through the months to come.
Some months ago the ministry Of
finance, alluding to the new immigra-
ton regulations, announced that addi-
uonal revenue could be expected from
this source. This would indicate that
the ministry OF finance then expected
that the same number of immigrants
would continue to come to Siam. but
that they would pay the increased fees,
thus producing more revenue. The
December figures indicate that the same
number OF immigrants will not come
under the new regulations. They indi-
cate that, despite the increased fees, the
revenue from this source will be consid-
erably less for this reason.
We hope that this announcement
from the mll..s.ry Of finance was merely
polite way OF soothing these persons
who insist on mixing sentiment with
common sense when they think about
restricting immigration. We hope the
government viii not revise the present
regulations now that 1t Is indicated that
they viii have the effect of cutting
Immigration down appreciably. We
nope that the government has finally
Evening star., 1932-04-19
"Overbalancing' the Budget.

From the Toledo Blade
Though It Is possible, there seems to
pc little danger Of 6serbalancing the
Evening star., 1932-04-19
RISH INDEPENDENT, Dublin
The bootlegging industry In Amer

AAc DOOtlekBluB INDUSTRY In Amer
lea has taken on cigarettes as a
i profitable side line. Cigarettes
have always been heavily taxed
by the Federal Government and now
1t is proposed to tax them still more.
At present the Federal Government
takes cents Of the is paid by the
smoker for the ordinary packet of the
more popular brands. But that is not
what gave the bootleggers a start in
business. No fewer than 13 State
Legislatures have now put on a local
tax in same cases as high as 20 per
cent, in addition to the Federal tax
The immediate result has been an
enormous Illicit traffic across the bor-
ders between these 13 tax States and
the neighbortng non-tax States. To
make matters more ludicrous, the State
Legislatures are, by the Constitution,
deprived Of all power to regulate in
terstate trade, SO that they can neither
levy import duties nor check the grow
Ing parcels traffic between the non-tax
States and their neighbors.
Evening star., 1932-04-19
German Industry
Moves TO England.

Cologne Gazette-The firm of Peltzer
Bros. Is moving its mandatory to
the City OF Bradford, In England, from
krefeld. This company has for nu-
merous decades been engaged in the
fabrication of fine velvet cloth, but has
found its markets constantly diminish
Ing because Of the embargoes raised
against importations Of nearly every
sort by foreign governments. As the
chief consumer of PeltZer velvets was
England before the new tariff restri,-
tions went into effect, they are seek
ing to evade this discrimination by
making their industry a British one,
though the Krefeld branch will still
function for the trade in Germany
The British branch, which will be
united with Bradford firm already
manufacturing velvet in England, will
thus be enabled to trade throughout
the British Empire without discrim-
nations.
Evening star., 1932-04-19
Member Of the Associated Press.

The Associated Press Is exclusively entitled
to the use for republication of all news dis
patches credited to 1t or not otherwise cred
ited IN this paper and also the loea! news s
special dispatches herein ere also reserved.
Evening star., 1932-04-19
Under the Roof.

My radio! My radio!
I listen by the hour
To words and music as they flow
With notes both sweet and sour.
My radio! My radiol
You nearly have me sunk.
My mind. Is like an attic; so
You're filling it with Junk.
Evening star., 1932-04-19
Current Demand.

81 should like to print the story Of
your life" said the publisher.
Sorry to disappoint you," said Sena-
tor Sorghum. But in all the years 1
have been busy I haven't been sus-
pected Of enough misbehavior to make
it interesting"
Evening star., 1932-04-19

Jud Tunkins says he likes horse racin'
better than politics. An election
compels you to take all kinds of chances
on q man you don't know personally.
You don't have to bet on q horse race
unless you feel like it.
Evening star., 1932-04-19

"Chillun." said Uncle Eben, de real
day OF punishment ain comm till you
has to talk to yoh own chiltun de same
way % us old folks has to talk to you"
Evening star., 1932-04-19

Rate by Mail-Payable in Advance.
MARYLAND and virginia.
Evening star., 1932-04-19
As Farmer Corntossei Sees II.

The taxes at your wallet Jerk
For money; and, gol dern 1t,
They criticise you If you work
All week, and try to earn It!
Evening star., 1932-04-19
Touched.

you wept when you saw our play,
Ten Nights in Maroon said the
manager OF the Town Hall.
Yes" answered Cactus Joe. "I
couldn't restrain my tears don't know
when anything has so touched me by
bringing up fond memories"
Evening star., 1932-04-19
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Evening star., 1932-04-19

TOO much admiration OF ancient
heroes is dangerous" said Hi Ho, the
sage of Chinatown, "since 1t is easier
to initiate their personal follies than
their public services"
Evening star., 1932-04-19

An Other States and Canads
Evening star., 1932-04-19

himself.
Conservation Of the child brinxs out
the story OF the United States bureau
OF Education. Thirty million children
are in its public school houses. In a
position to see the whole field, this bu-
reau Is able to collect from one source
and another facts and programs and
usages that are useful to ali. It does
this. Education Is never at a standstill.
since life itself Is not, so 1t Is vital for
some high and overlooking agency to
point upon change and advance for all
to see and follow. And how different
the schools are coming to be under the
new order! More attention to the
bodies, more JOY in the game of learn
ing more life in the school room and
in the text books.
Read the Indian story, from the COM
ing of the Spaniard to the West and
Southwest on to his ultimate defeat
and degradation. Read of life on the
Indian reservations now. See what you
think about IT. See what you are going
to do about 1t. For, after all, 1t Is your
business and mine, since we make this
Government-so W, are told-just what
we will to have it. So-what about the
Indians on the reservations?
To name even the high points Of
this book Is impossible. To indicate
the absorbing interest of it is not easy.
And the average reader, the lucky
reader, is likely to lose the argument
for an intelligent concert of action be-
tween State and Nation, and this Is
the point of the whole matter. No, not
to lose 1t, but to forget 1t now and
then in the complete fascination Of
the astonishing facts that come out
here in this struggle Of man to make
conquests Of nature that shall serve
him, man, usefully. A willy creature,
Evening star., 1932-04-19

@. Who was the first Emperor Of
Japan?-C. w. S.
A Chronologically, japanese history
dates back to $50 B. c., when the
Emperor Jimmu, the first Emperor Of
Japan, assembled the throne.
Evening star., 1932-04-19

@. What Is meant by pompier used
in fire fghting7-A. r.
A. Pompier is a French word lit
orally meaning q fireman; from pompe
meaning a pump. In its modern use
In English the word Is used In the
sense Of a firemans scaling ladder.
Evening star., 1932-04-19

@. What is done with the funds
raised through admission fees charged
visitors to Virginia gardens during the
week they are open to the public?-
s. d. E.
A. The admission fees are pooled and
devoted to the restoration OF some pub
lioly owned garden. This year the fund
will go to Stratford, the famous home
Of the Lee family.
Evening star., 1932-01-13
VOLLMER ATTACKS
CRITICS OF POLICE
Professor, Berkeley Chief,
Warns Nation in Message
to Retirement Club.

II "brainleSs or crooked politicians"
don't quit kicking policemen around
like foot balls" and II the American
people do not vigorously support their
guardians of law and order, the coun-
try will pay dearly for its folly.
This was the keynote of q message
from Prof. August Vollmer, professor
of police administration at the Univer-
atty OF California, made public here to-
day by the National Retirement Club
for Firemen and Policemen
I'm emphasizing the disparaging con-
ditions under which police of the coun-
try are laboring, the professor said that
mo group of men can keep its morale
unimpaired indefinitely under such
brutally unfair treatment as has been
given the police. and policeman whose
morale is bad is a menace to the COM
munity."
Commencing the National Retirement
Club for its statement that these
guardians of life and property deserve
the same honors and applause as the
men of the United States Army and
Navy, Prof. Vollmer, who also is chief
Of police Of Berkeley, Calf, stated in
his letter:
but what does the average police
man get? He is denounced by the pub
lie, criticized by preachers, ridiculed in
the movies, berated by newspapers, and
often unsupported by prosecuting off,
GERS and judges. Though hated by
criminals, he is unrewarded by popular
applause, kicked around like foot ball
by brainleSs or crooked politicians, con-
demned when he enforces the law, and
dismissed If he doesn't"