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Evening star., 1932-10-16
Mr.. Gamers Radio Debut.

Those familiar with the public speak
ing of John Nance Garner, Speaker of
the House and Democratic candidate for
Vice President, were surprised on Fri
day night by his lover the air" Of
fering to the campaign. He WAS
not in his fluent, easy form of
address He was quite a different per-
sonality from his usual self. He was
distinctly nervous, and his speech was
hurried and somewhat confused The
fact was that he was suffering from
microphonitis, which plaques most
radio beginners.
The rnicrophone has terrifying in
f1uence upon those who face it for the
first time. The little dial leads to mil
lions of ears and will give them every
sound. 1t will transmit every flutter of
the manuscript, every cough or harsh
breath. The misspoken word goes forth
as distinctly as though it were q cor
rect pronunciation. A carelessly elided
syllable cannot be supplied or surplus
syllable recalled. Provincialisms cannot
be interpreted or colloquialisms deleted.
Mr. Garner had trouble Friday night
with the word budget" and doubtless
many Of his radio hearers were un-
aware that he was but following q fash
ion in speaking 1t as "boodset" That is
common in England and in some parts
Of this country. OF course. his context
supplied the assured application.
II the Speaker uses the radio again
for campaign purposes he will probably
be easier than on his first appearance.
For one thing he will, If well advised,
reduce his speech to shorter measure
and not be under the requirement to
Evening star., 1932-10-16
Calendar Worship.

Dr.. Walter r. Miles of Stanford and
Yale Universities, addressing the Amer
ican Psychological Association, dealt a
telling blow at what he aptly denomi-
mated calendar worship "Psycholo-
gists," he said, have exhibited great
interest in the first two and a half
decades of life But this still leaves five
or six decades of human adult life rel
atively untouched. Maturity, later ma
turity and senescence are still in the
realm for folklore, anecdote and per-
sonal impression. Guessed on
the basis of what industry has said OF
the old, the situation Is far harsher
than the objective data warrant, espe-
cially if selective sctivity in terms OF
their best functions could be utilized
for older workers"
The peak of base ball players abili-
ties. DR. Miles explained, probably lies
in his legs The time when the legs
slow down determines when he's
through But lawyers peak depends
ON abilities which carry further through
life, and therefore his period OF greatest
usefulness comes much later"
DR.. Miles called on his professional
brethren to challenge the disinclination
of industry to employ men over forty
years of age That was the apex of his
address, and that is the crux of the
problem of calendar worship" as a con-
trolling factor in human affairs today.
Even the Federal Government has
bowed to the fetish of purely arbi-
trary age limit. Extremists. like the
late Sir William Osler. consider ma
turity a liability. and until the present
their notions have been accorded a
surprising degree of credence. DR.. Miles
turns the burning spotlight of science
on the dogma, and 10. it is disclosed as
q cardboard monster!
Testing 663 persons, ranging in age
from six to ninety-five and about
equally divided in adult decades, the
Stanford and Yale scholar reported: :
Although younger adults tend regularly
ments. it is by no means true that all
the high scores belong to the young
In reaction time twenty-five per cent
of the people over eighty years of age
we're as quick as the average for the
total group. In intelligence approxi-
mately a quarter Of the oldest subjects
score, even when speed is factor, above
the general adult average
The whole subject is vastly compli-
Gated 1t is impossible to be scientifi-
cally dogmatic in the circumstances
Different persons mature at different
average age. Decline begins early for
some, late for others A base ball players
leg power is no proper yardstick for
human value. To deny arbitrarily en-
ployment to mature intelligence is a
wasteful as we'll as cruel and ugly
practice Calendar worship" is un-
worthy of any apology. It is unscien-
tific. It is contrary to common sense
Both youth and age have a place in
the world. Both are needed. To deny
either would be as foolish as to deny to
any single individual his personal youth
or maturity.
Evening star., 1932-10-16
Confidence IN the. Dollar.

Following President Hocver'S speech
at Des Moines on october Z, In which
he disclosed for the flrvt time the mar
row margin by which the United States
escaped being driven of the gold stand
ard last Winter, there were develop
ments in the international money mar
ket which seemed to pfesAge b new
drive on the dollar The President'a
revelations were interpreted, for the
most part by those to whom the wish is
father to the thought, as indicating that
even now this countfy's, national flnan-
ciAl structure Is not impregnable.
Yesterdays issue Of the London Econ.
omist, authoritative organ Of British
high finance, takes occasion to point out
that the latest scare over the strength
of the dollar, In the wake of the Des
Moines speech, is illogical and unius-
tifiable." The Economist says: THE
much-criticized French action in con-
nection with gold Withdrawals from
New York last Summer has left Amer
lCd CulACASy POSAtAOA CoCChei0Asy
stronger There is every reason to Be.
lieve now that there is no external fac.
tor which can be expected in any fore
seeable circumstances to drive the dol
lar OF gold"
After setting forth this view. the
Economist gives a hint that timia citi.
zens of the United States, who played
no inconsiderable role In creating thu
gold crisis of eight months ago. would
do we'll to take to heart. II the dollar
is ever driven of gold," the London
financial journal asserts. 1T could only
be as a result of lack Of conndenee
among the American public itself, lead
ing to large-scale boarding. This dansei
is very much more remote than 1t ~
during the cycle of bank failures and
before Lausanne had given an impetul
to the recovery Of public ccnfdehct
throughout the world
Evening star., 1932-10-16
WISER MEN WORSHIP"
BY THE RIGHT REV JAMES E. FREEMAN, b. D.. IL. D..
6iskop Of WAskinktsn.

mad search has spent itself and now a
deep inquiry is being made concerning
the value and application OF religious
truth to our most immediate concerns.
In q ministry covering nearly 40
years I have never known people Of all
kinds and classes to respond more read
lily to a plain, simple and direct presen-
tation of the Christian faith than in
these more recent days. It is quite OBJ
vious that there Is q demand, and 10 Is
widespread, for presentation Of reli-
gious teaching In terms of applied re-
ligion. The workableness of the teach
ings Of Christ as applied to present
world problems is compelling the teach
ers Of the Christian faith to stress more
fully the so-called implications of the
Gospel" The youth ir particular, es-
peciAlly in universities and high schools,
are demanding. Show me thy faith by
thy works" They are seeking for a
demonstration of the value OF that
which we preach. They will not take
they accept as a substitute for real re-
the agencies the church has employed
to intrigue and fAscinAte them Thomas
Hughes, in another day, presented to
hts virile students THE MAnliness Of
Jesus" and the appeal he made to them
was Irresistible In every sphere Of our life
today, even to those who seem careless
and Indifferent to the appeal Of the
church, there Is an opportunity for pre-
sehting Christ and His teachings that
has never been equaled In modern
times. As q journalist has said, In
large way. He Ii the man whom no
body knows" and 1t is to this wide
spread and prevailing ignorance that We
may trace most Of the Apoetasy Of our
generation. II the churches over this
land could focus their whole thought
and practice upon the one supreme bus-
iness of making Christ freshly evident
to our modern age, His kingdom would
be extended and its adherents multi
piled As never before in our time
worship. no matter what form 1t may
take, Is common to men the world over,
and what . Frenchman once said ID lit
orally true, IF we take away the peo-
Piles God today they will invent . new
god tomorrow" America will not be
threatened with q society OF the god
less" II the preachers and teachers OF
religion adhere to their main purpose,
which il to present the saving gospel
of q living Christ. Not only wise men,
bat all men worship where the object
Of their worship b irresiStibly appeal
ing, and that object In our Christian
concept is the worlds Master and Re-
deemer.
Evening star., 1932-10-16
Radio Resistance and Scarcity Of Funds
Make Campaign Strangest on Record

scandAlised that those provisions have
been used so profusely.
Mr.. Glass thinks that Mr.. Hoover II
as "unsound" "A Mr.. Hoover thinks that
Mr. Garner IL 'unsound" and much Of
wall Street agrees thoroughly both with
Hoover about Garner and With 1lase
about Hoover
This country has seen many cam
paigns In which one presidential can
didAte was satisfactory to wall Street
and the other candidate unsatisfactory
It even has seen campaigns in which
both presidential candidates had Wall
Street approval. This campaign il per-
haps unique in that neither candidate
n able to claim. or can be obliged to
admit. that Wall Street views him with
enthusiasm.
II can be said that Wall Street Il
poor at this time and cannot afford to
subscribe to campaigns. Certainly Wall
Street Is poor-for wall Street-but II
could subscribe much more than 1t Is
subscribing now for party purposes and
for the saving Of the country" The
parties are thereupon obliged to try to
appeal to the populace.
Arthur Mullen of Nebraska, in the
Democratic national headquarters here
Is making vast efforts to persuade the
populace to buy medallions of Roose-
welt and Garner. carved by the famous
sculptor, Gutzon Borglum, at 81 a
throw David Hinshaw of Kansas, IN
the Republican headquarters here. IL
valiantly endeavoring to enroll the Re-
publicanS of the grass roots In small
subscriber league for listening to Re-
publican rabble trousers on the air and
for paying the radio stations to let them
rouse and exhort
Mr. Hinshaw entertains the lofty hope
that some day he will transform the
Republican party into a party supported
not by future aspirants to ambassador
ships. but by its own rank-and file
members. who will find their satisfac.
tion simply in their partys success and
in the triumph Of its glorious principles
Mr.. Hinshaw. as BELTS a Kansan, has
noble ideas.
Meanwhile, the only rAnk-and- file
members of a political party who sub
stantially support it themselves by
their small offerings are the member.
Of the Socialist party. Nevertheless
their candidate, Norman Thomas, while
his major opponents travel in special
trains, makes his way across the con-
tinent. travelling in an ordinary Pull
man In an upper berth 1t is feared
that the ma jor candidates will be using
Mr. Thomas type of railroad accom-
modations presently unless they become
more pleasing to our plutocracy.
tCopyrisht. 1881
Evening star., 1932-10-16
Hiph Local Assessments.

Baltimore's total assessment for the
current fiscal year, 1888. announced last
week, has revealed a shrinkage in the
city tax basis of some $23s 5000 and
brings the total valuation for tax pur-
poses back to the level of 1927, thus
wiping out the gains recorded since
that year. The depression, the Balti-
more sun reports, has for the second
time in the city's history-in this
century at least-prevented gain in
total valuation. The first time was last
year. Even the disastrous fire Of 1904
failed to halt the heretofore steady
increase from year to year in the city's
total valuation of property.
Baltimore's experience is interesting
TO washington. This city's total tax
assessment for 1892 fell OF slightly
below that of 1881, and the total figures
: for 1888 may show decline under 1882.
The 1882 drop was due to the shrtnkage
In value of intangible personal property,
and another decline will probably
be shown from the same source in
1888, when the figures are made avail
able But Washington real estate has
not declined in total taxable value and
has continued to increase, while there
is an enormous decline in the COM
parable item for Baltimore. Real estate
valuation for 1898 in Baltimore fell of
$23.ss7,5l5 under 1892. For the COM
parable period Washington real estate
gained $2,667,6l8 over the year before.
It may be, as Assessor Richards be-
lieves, that Washington has not been
hit as hard by the depression as Bal
tinore has been hit. Washington's two
chief industries, it might be said, are
the Federal Government and the tourist
trade These at least, are the source Of
most of its money Despite the blows to
the former industry in the form OF
drastic economy, lay-offs and salary
cuts, the conditions resulting are some
times pictured as less severe here than
elsewhere The increase in total realty
assessment this year over last is at
I tributed to new construction. There
have been some reductions in assess
! ments in some sections of the city. The
Z remarkable thing Is that the relatively
I small amount of new construction has
: been able to Offset the effect of declin-
ing values, and that vast amount OF
local real estate is assessed now at the
same figure that it was valued for tax
purposes in 1929. 1t is difficult thing
to explain to the taxpayer, who knows
the value of his property now as COM
pared with its value in 1929. how the
assessed valuation can under any theory
remain stationary. The truth of the
matter is that Washington real estate
is valued for taxation more thoroughly,
and at q higher actual ratio to true
value, than that of any other city in
the United States. The depression has
served to accentuate the thorouehness
Of this local assessment.
Baltimere's total assessment, as re-
vealed in the municipal authorities re
port last week, may not be strictly COM
parable With Washington's, as it con-
tains some items not included In local
assessment figures II is. nevertheless,
interesting to compare total assessment
figures. as given by municipal authori-
ties In the two cities, since 1925:
Evening star., 1932-10-16

rush his words. A rapid-fire reading Of
a manuscript Is not particularly con-
vincing. Mr.. Garners maiden micro-
phone performance Friday night WA
entirely too long to be effective, to say
nothing Of the content Of Mn nessAse
itself.
Evening star., 1932-10-16

1t is no time to criticize spelling or
pronunciation. If Mrs. Malaprop her
self could be lifted out of fiction and
reincarnated as an American citizen,
her vote would count for as much as
that of any other resident of her home
State.
Evening star., 1932-10-16
New Home Loan Banks
Are Now FunctiOning
BY HARDEN COLFAx.

The first agency ever set up by the
Government of the United States for
the express purpose Of protecting and
encouraging home ownership began to
function this week. Yesterday the Fed
eral Home Loan Banks were opened for
business and hereafter home owners
will be able to secure mortgage money
for long periods at q moderate rate OF
interest and will be asked only for
modest and regular repayment sums on
the principal
OfiiciAls of the board. which is housed
in the new Department Of Commerce
Building In washington, commenting
on the opening Of the II regional Home
Loan Banks for business, pointed out
that these banks will now provide new
foundation for home ownership to re-
place, once for all. what has always
been a fundamental weakness in Dur
general economic structure. Hereto
fore. these officials point out. safe and
inexpensive credit on home building has
been enjoyed in normal times chiefly
and most easily by the upper income
groups. Now the man OF small means
may also enjoy them easily.
The new organisations. however, are
uscO = ACAAlIO SCAiCht W tAAC CutAS U0AA.
ing structure.
II
Enacted into law late in July, just
before Congress adjourned, the idea had
been gradually taking shape through
series of conferences with national and
State ofnciAls and representatives Of
such institutions as are eligible to bor-
row from the system-building and loan
associations, savings and loan associa-
tiuns, cooperative banks, homestead As-
sociations. insurance companies and
savings banks.
The country has been divided into IL
districts, generally following the lines
of the IL Federal Reserve districts. The
regional banks, however, are in cities
other than those having Federal Re-
serve banks. Speaking of this district
ing, Chairman Franklin w. Fort said
this week:
I'VE approached the matter Of fixing
the districts by having prepared q series
of maps, On the faces Of which VA
written the holding Of mortgages BY
building ana loan Associations, by saw
ings banks and by insurance cornpAniea
within each state, wherever the mort.
|. sased property was located These
Evening star., 1932-10-16

With Mr.. Pickwick the mutability of
human affairs was a subject for serene
meditation. In the present course of
events it summons many well-meaning
men to vociferous eloquence such as
might in the days Of T. r. be referred
to as "a calamity howl
Evening star., 1932-10-16

Put up or shut up" was 4 favorite
expression with Woodrow Wilson. When
heckled in Idaho, Vice President Curtis
attained greater effect Of brevitS by
looping Oh the first three words.
Evening star., 1932-10-16

Admiration Of James J. walker Il
STRENGTHENED in his circle BY the dem
onstration that he II the kind OF Tam
many brave who takes his medicine
gracefully.
Evening star., 1932-10-16

maps instantly showed 4 tremendous
shortaee Of mortease lending capital IN
vast stretches Of the United States and
4 corelAtive concentration Of such cap
ital in very small sections.
we, therefore, adopted Is our farst
principle that 50 far ~ possible we
would couple In every district States
possessing substantial mortgage lend
Ing institutions With States where the
shortage Of such capital existed, In the
hope that through the viAduct afforded
by the Home Loan Bank System, cApi-
tai might be slowly but surely siphoned
from the financially stronger States to
the weaker. This We believe In time
will inevitably result in the creation
and growth In the financially weaker
States Of self-contained mortgage lend
ing units, which viii bring back home
the ownership Of local lnortgases And
viii retain at home the vast sums OF
times remote sections Of the Nation"
The board conSiSts Of fvH members,
representing the country ut large, under
the chAlrmAnship Of former Represent
Ative Foft OF East Grunge. N. J. 1ub-
scfiptions to the stock Were sold dur
ine September and October In so1Ae et
cities, chambers Of commerce and
boards Of trade acting a volunteer
akents, And when the banks Of the syStem
itself were opened for business yesterday,
prospective borrower on mortgages
found AVAILABLE to them facilities which
are capable Of expanding to more than
ti3o,o00, 900 Of capital. The system
operates on flo-cash basis, trAnbAceing
its business entirely By checks. Hence
large amounts Of money viii never Be
on hand ut any one time ~ In COM
mercial banks.
me inception of this home loan bank
idea dates back At least II years. Prep
ArAtion of the data on which the legis-
lAtion were based was begun BY DR..
John M. Cries. now one Of the board
members, At the request Of President
Hoover practically ut the beginning Of
his term As Secretary Of Commerce In
1921. Fur d duaen yoAr8 the Depart
ment Of Commerce wAs preparing the
data, collecting the facts and making
the studies.
The new banking system creates .
central mortgage reserve from which
institutions engaged In home financing
can always hereafter extend 10 bor-
rowers long g-time credit. Of which they
have been 80 long in need. It Is de-
signed to Be TO the home financing
structure OF the Nation what the I'D
efAl Reserve System = - the national
banking structure.
tCesyrisht iDesl &,
Evening star., 1932-10-16

History has revealed many states
man who has made speeches because
he thought 1t better to ride In the band
vason than to be run over by 1t.
Evening star., 1932-10-16

College professors have been 20 much
in evidence as TO warrant the suggestion
that the ditty school Days" be read
justed to serve As d campaign song.
Evening star., 1932-10-16

Speakers who quote Shakespeare In
the campaign show no regard for the
students who rate the great Elisabethan
poet as inclined to natter power instead
Of sympathizng with the workineman.
Evening star., 1932-10-16

If MIR. insult can keep working far
enough to the east he may arrive in
troubled territory where people care
nothing about what happened in
Chicago.
Evening star., 1932-10-16

CONFIDENTIAL advisers are said to be
telling the ex-Kaiser to keep his MUS
tache In training for the upturned cor
ners that were displayed on occasions
Of public appearance as IN Autocrat.
Evening star., 1932-10-16

Black shirts ARE adopted Is MARKS of
distinction by group q bandits IN
Maryland. In IN Industrial crists the
most expensive ana NAst Influential
uniform Is that OF the white collar man.
Evening star., 1932-10-16
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHYLANDBR JOHNSON.
Mechanics.

MOenenlcS.
A mans a wonderful machine,
Propelled by psychic force;
He should be polished, neat and clean,
For labor fine or coarse.
He has . foreman called The Brain,
Put there B supervise,
And to be supervised again
BY other brains more wise
Machines ali stand in daily need
OF fuel and Of oil;
Their shelter must be given heed
AS they assist in toll;
And when some little thing soes wrong
They're liable to stop,
And then the doctor comes along
And sends them to the shop.
With overwork they soon wear out;
With much repose they rust,
The Brain is often left in doubt
As to what stress Is just.
Although this great machine We see
So oft misunderstood,
This much we know: It's work must be
For some eternal good.
Evening star., 1932-10-16
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Drawink the Line.

II suppose you have d hight to spend
your money As you choose"
II don't know about that" Answered
Mr.. Dustin Stax. Il can have all the
limousines I want. But I'm obliged TO
be very careful about acquiring any
interest In . political band wagon"
Evening star., 1932-10-16
ObeyiAs Orders.

you are using gestures in your
speeches more freely than you used to. !"
YES" answered Senator sorshurn.
'"rhe doctor told me I'd have to take
more exercise"
Evening star., 1932-10-16
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Evening star., 1932-10-16

About All some meetings ever Ac-
compiish," said Jud Tunktas, 'is to
take the music out Of Hail, the Gangs
All Here and turn the words into
Ions. winded prose"
Evening star., 1932-10-16
Making Sure.

Charley, dear said young Mrs.
Torkins, Il am glad to Sc YOU tAkins
as much interest IN politics As you
formerly took IN racing"
1T is the duty Of every man and
woman to take an interest in politics :"
DO you wish me to vote for the
same candidate that you dor"
why shouldn't your"
II thought It might be q good idea
for me to vote FOR the other one. II
would be q satisfaction to feel that
one or the other Of us has at last
succeeded In picking 4 winner"
Evening star., 1932-10-16

Rate BY Mail-PAyabIe In Advance.
Marv1aud And Vif1inaa,
Evening star., 1932-10-16

Lambs anA GSAtA
They led the little lamb away
En- route for table d'hote.
It bleated, Every lamb Seme day
Is apt to be the eoat.'"
The butcher said, with grief I note
Your doleful dithyranb.
Fate squares accounts. Fun many toat.
Is vended As q lamb"