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Evening star., 1932-07-13
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
~ FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

sistant to President Hoover, will blossom
out next week as a novelist. when his
hrst book, love story entitled Maid
OF Athens" will be published. 1t deals
with the romance of young American
diplomat stationed in Greece and a
beautiful Athenian actress The scene
is laid variously in Athens, Paris, Wash
ington and California. The books
theme Is to contrast the ideals and
conventions of Greek womanhood with
those persisting in modern America
Mr.. Strother absorbed his Hellenic local
color four years ago while in Greece
with former Ambassador Henry Nor
genthau, to whom the novel is dedi-
Gated. Morgenthau functioned on be-
half Of the League of Nations in con-
nection with the settlement of a mil
lion Greek refugees driven out of Asia
Minor after the sack of SMYRNA. The
Hoover literary aide took a Sabatical
year from White House duty to com
plete Maid Of Athens"
Believe 1t or not, Congress isn't
burning with anxiety to pack up and
face the folks back home. There are
various reasons why Representatives and
Senators aren't in a hurry to leave
realization that Congress is in bad with
the country at large. Another is that
every member knows he's going to have
the life pestered out of him for Jobs,
Federal aid, and what-have-you The
longer the evil day of homecoming can
be deferred, the better many statesmen
and StateSwomen will like 1t. Few Of
them expect to find the bands out and
Main street decorated in their honor.
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Speaker Garner has an inviolable
rule which his friends try to break at
their peril He insists that official
business and politics absolutely are ad-
1ourned after 6 pm, no matter how
urgent they may seem to others who
want the Texans ear. The Speaker
and Mrs. Garner live modestly in a
Washington hotel. Telephone calls and
visitors cards are taboo, once the Demo-
cratic vice presidential candidate and
his connubial chief of staff reach their
rooms. It's said that during the Chicago
convention certain distinguished
favorite son sent Jack an S o S on
the long distance. AS the hour was
past Mr.. Gamers dead-line, he told the
switchboard to say he couldn't be
bothered.
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Senator Gerald p Nye. Republican
Progressive, of North Dakota, takes first
Hoover blood in 1882. The Northwest
erner's smashing victory in the recent
senatorial primary over his regular Re
publican opponent, Gov. George F..
Shafer. amounted to a clean-cut defeat
OF administration forces. Shafer. at
any rate, ranked as the Hoover candi-
date. Nye is still one of the babies Of
the Senate-he won't be 40 till next
December He came to the Senate in
1925 by appointment for the unexpired
term of his deceased predecessor, Sena-
tor Ladd, and was elected to full term
on his own account in 1926. AS chair
man of the Senate Committees on Pub
lie Lands and Campaign Expenses, the
young editor statesman from the wheat
belt has made a real place for himself
in the Upper House.
(Copyright, 1922
Evening star., 1932-07-13
Point to Many Who
Now Receive ssDOle''
To the Editor Of The Star

To the Editor of The Star:
A. Mason's letter to The Star was
neither humane nor kind. It indicates
that he was one Of the many who sat
in swivel chairs during the war, on q
fat salary, while most Of his "unde-
sirables" went overseas.
They were forced from their jobs by
an inconsiderate Congress to protect
the invested millions lover there" with
glib promises of jobs on their return,
promises which were as glibE broken
by this same Congress these down
and cutters are "undesirables."
My opinion is that any one who is
so heartless and narrow and ignorant
and SNUG should be made to study
statistics of the "dole''-and find. there
who are the really "undesirables" Of
our great and glorious country. A
study OF the dole" handed to the Army
and Navy for free education, pin money,
rent, subsistence, retirement annuities
(pure dole), ETC., etc., etc.; ETC., ETC.;
dole" handed to the widows of Con-
gressmen and Presidents, dole" handed
out as franking privileges, dole" to
Congressman, their friends and fami-
lies for free trips on transports, dole"
pcrations, "dole" handed to Congress
men for transportation-all Of which
and much more these "dole" grabbers
accept shamelessly.
Methinks the "undesirables" OF our
country are not the jobless in poor
clothing and the undernourished fami-
lies, preyed upon by the "dole" grab
bers and taxgatherers, but the inhu-
man class of SNUG, unthinking, incon-
siderate and dishonest dole acceptors.
AMY r. WRIGHT.
Evening star., 1932-07-13
Letter Postage Increase
Studied as Budget Remedy

certain that vote for this billion-dol-
lar appropriation and that billion
dollar scheme and refusal to cut gov
ernment expenses would be followed by
defeat at the next election. the men in
Congress would act with more caution"
I'm addition to remembering the need
for a Scent stamp where a 2-cent
stamp has served heretofore" accord
ing to the Buffalo Evening News. the
citizen well may recollect that this is
one OF the substitutes for the proposed
manufacturers sales tax, which was re-
lected by revolt Of Congressmen claim
ing that they represented the interests
OF common people. The three-cent post
age Is pertinent example of the cost
OF substituting demagogism for sensible
reasoning in government"
OF all the nuisance taxes this stamp
tax Is going to be the most unpopular"
according to the Akron Beacon Journal
which states as to the average citizen:
when he sticks that extra stamp on
his letters he knows what offcialdom at
Washington has done to him, and his
complaining will be loud and bitter, and
become more so as he feels the pinch
OF otner Iev1es. The conviction that this
sacrifice need not have been exacted Of
nlm II Congress and the administration
mad slashed costs instead Of increasing
taxes will put him in better temper in
the Fall election. When he hears state
men boast of how they balanced the
budget he will know who really bore the
brunt of sacrifice to this end. and he
Will take pleasure in voting to end the
public career Of everybody responsible
Tor the squander that caused the
deficit"
Recalling the history of the hipher
letter rate, the Fort Worth Star-Tele-
gram says: "A Scent letter rate was
in effect from November 3, 1917. to
June 80, 1919. The additional revenue
produced during these 20 months was
SIG, 900 900, or $4,000, 900 annually.
In the IL months following June 40.
1919, with the 2-cent rate again in
effect the postal receipts were about
the same as in the preceding 12 months
under the 3-cent rate The Post
Office Department maintains that the
revenues held up in the fiscal wear
lSl9-20, as compared with 19l8-lo. pri-
marily because the later year was one
OF much better business conditions than
the earlier, and because many mail
order campaigns were delayed until the
2-cent rate again went into effect"
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prescriptions should always have that
limitation definitely In mind. The
Speaker will find another remark Of
Walton's seryiceable: You will find
angling to be like the virtue of hu-
mility, which has a calmness Of spirit
and world of other blessings attend
ing upon it." Philosophy learned with
rod in hand may have q great value
in the campaign soon actively to begin.
Again, there is this quotation by
Walton Of the words Of Sir Henry
Wotton, whori he calls "a most dear
lover and frequent practicer Of the
art Of angling: "Twas an employ
ment for his idle time which was then
not idly spent, a rest to his mind, a
cheerer Of his spirits. a diverter of sad
ness. a calmer of unquiet thoughts, a
moderator Of passion, procurer Of
contentedness, begetting habits Of
peace and patience in those that pro-
fessed and practiced it."
Surely the Speaker will profit by his
three weeks Of fishing at Uvalde If he
cons his Walton with an open mind
in preparation for three months OF
angling in the political pool for the
suffrages OF the people.
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Thanks The Star for
Aid to u. S. Clerks
To the Editor Of The Star:


As one of the many thousands Of
Federal employees who have been dealt
the unjust wage cut, may I personally
thank you and your staff for the won
derful way you have supported us in
articles in cur behalf, both in your news
and editorial pages?
I am writing 10 enlist your further
help now. The past few days have
shown how thoroughly unworkable the
present economy bill is. and how diffe--
ent from the intention Of President
Hoover when his furlough plan was first
presented.
Congress, now in session, should re-
main in session until a workable and
just bill is passed, abolishing the pres
ent bill with its untold miseries and
unfair tactics. 1t is not necessary to
wait until next session to correct the
evils. The undesirable features q the
present bill can be corrected and a new
bill written and passed in a few days
Personally, think the recent death
Of DR.. Burgess was caused by his trying
to plan the administration Of the econ
omy bill in the Bureau Of Standards.
Many more deaths, suicides, mortgage
foreclosures and heartbreaking mjseries,
which we at this time cannot foretell,
will result from this most outrageous
piece Of legislation.
ALLAN A. TAYLOR.
Evening star., 1932-07-13
The Speaker Goes A-Fishing.

When he swings his gavel to sound
the signal for the adjournment OF the
House of Representatives, perhaps at
the end OF this present week, Speaker
Garner will 60 to Texas for a rest,
much-needed rest, indeed. He has
been very busy man for the past
eight months. He is tired. He has
presided over the House in a difficult
time, a time of change, Of contest, of
stubborn problems, of important politi-
cal developments, of persistent polemics.
He has become the candidate of his
party for the Office of Vice President.
In these last days of the session he
has carried a double burden and 1t
has weighed heavily upon him. So
now he is going back to Uvalde, where
he intends to forget visitors, kilograms
and letters. II want complete rest,
and I don't want to be bothered about
anything but fishing" he says. After
three weeks of fishing he will go to
Albany to confer with Gov. Roosevelt
on the campaign.
Although the Speaker does not care
TO be bothered with kilograms or letters,
he would better take some reading
matter with him to his fishing grounds.
There is one book that he should by
all means have in his hand while 'he
waits for the fish to bite, Izaak Wal
tons classic manual, from which he
may derive comfort and perhaps
guidance. Having just engaged in dis
putation concerning Government finance
he may find a lesson in Walton's
remark that angling may be said to
be 50 like the mathematics that it can
never be fullQ learnt" The statesman
who essays the eompounding Of fiscal
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disclaims any and all part in the LAu-

disclaims any and all part in the LAu-
same arrangements.
Nothing whatever is or can be gained
by letting this tissue Of statements and
counter-statements tangle itself into a
still more confusing collection of claims.
President Hoover or Secretary Stimson,
or both, would do well without unneces-
sary delay to clear the air. There is no
fear that they have departed from the
well established American policy on
reparations and debts, as it has been
openly and often proclaimed since the
Hoover moratorium was projected In
June, 1881.
But European statesmen are bandying
with the name and reputed purposes Of
the United States Government in a
manner that calls for the speediest pos
sible declaration Of the facts at Wash
ington, whatever they are. The Ameri-
can people are entitled to know them.
They should be brought out before mis-
apprehensions become rooted in the
public mind and do injustice without
warrant.
Evening star., 1932-07-13
Thomas Jefferson on
Legislative LOquacity
To the Editor of The Star.

To the Editor Of The Star:
1nclosed you will find a short quota
tion from Thomas Jefferson so apropos
OF the present situation that I THOUGHT
you might care to publish it. It is to
be found on page lit of Ebert Hub
bard's Scrap Book"
Il served with Gen. Washington in
the Legislature of Virginia, before the
Revolution, and during it with DR..
Franklin in Congress. I never heard
either Of them speak 10 minutes at O.
time, nor to any but the main point,
which was to decide the question
They laid their shoulders to the
great points, knowing that the little
ones would follow Of themselves. If the
present Congress errs in too much talk
ing, how can it be otherwise, in a body
TO- which the people send $50 lawyers,
whose trade 1t is to question everything,
yield nothing and talk by the hour?
That $50 lawyers should do business
together ought not to be expected"
ELIZABETH N. HAMM.
Evening star., 1932-07-13
Mount Vernon Memorial
Highway Is Correct Name
To the Editor OF The Star:


have noted the prevailing tendency
Of the public and the press in referring
to the new Mount Vernon Memorial
ward or often Mount Vernon Memorial
Boulevard This is not strictly correct
nor desirable and I should appreciate
| hazard reference to such splendid
American memorial to our First Presi-
dent, and especially during this Bicen-
tennial year when our anniversary
visitors are with us.
"Boulevard' is a French word used
often, and meaning more or less
formal city avenue. Its formality was
usually emphasized by its display Of
trees along its borders; for SHOW" in
the French style.
Highway" is a more Latinized-Amer-
ican word substituted for "via," the
Latin word for road or way: highway
of travel or traffic; a public thorough
fare: common or open way-a public
road.
The congressional act calls 1t The
Mount Vernon Memorial Highway. This
is the only really correct title that
should be used and I would appreciate
your doing whatever you are able in the
press to correct this misuSage. The
Mount Vernon Memorial Highway is de-
veloped informally throughout. Every
effort has been made to have it appear
natural, as though it had been there for
years without the appearance of the
hand of man having taken a material
part in its development in the least.
There are no formal rows Of trees. there
are no usual straight avenues of foliage;
on the contrary, natural groupings Of
foliage masses have been planted with
studied informality so that nature may
do her part in creating the final results
of this memorial with the maturity Of
the years. 1t is simple and unostenta-
tious. it is democratic, it is not regular
as the French term boulevard" might
, imply.
Therefore. urge the more liberal use
of the word highway" and the aban-
comment of the ill-chosen French
boulevard" in reference to this splendid
and truly American memorial highway.
WILBUR H. SIMONSON.
Evening star., 1932-07-13
Buses on the Memorial Highway

Aside from its route, connecting the
City of Washington with the home Of
the first President, the Mount Vernon
Memorial Highways particular attrac-
tion lies in its almost complete exclusion
of commercial features, to detract from
the beauty Of the scene. Save in the
short stretch where 1t comedies with
the principal street Of Alexandria, it is
, free from all business factors. There
are no filling stations within the area
of the highway reservation, although
one is situated upon private land short
distance toward Mount Vernon beyond
Alexandria, and efforts are now being
made to acquire that land in order to
remove this establishment from view of
the users of the highway. There are
no billboards, save one that denotes the
presence nearby of tea house There
are no lunch rooms or hot dog stands" "
1t is the fixed policy Of those in charge
of this beautiful memorial road to keep
it thus free of Objectionable and dis
figuring structures.
To permit the use Of the highway
by passenger busses. as now asked by
number of interests, seeking to main
tain regular scheduled service between
Washington and Mount Vernon, would
be in direct departure from the policy
of preservation that has thus far kept
it free Of all commercial intrusions.
1t would diminish the enjoyment Of
the route by the thousands who use 1t
weekly for pilgrimage or pleasure drives
to and from the home of Washington.
1t would endanger them with a hazard
Of traffic that could not be avoided
by the strictest guardianship.
There is no occasion whatever for
the maintenance of scheduled pas
senger service on this road, dedicated
as national memorial to the first
President. 1t traverses an area that
contains in all only one or two hun
dred permanent dwellers, practically all
OF whom have their own means of
transportation. The so-called pas
serger service, if permitted on the road,
would be simply scheduled sight-see-
ing rum competing with the chartered
buses that are the only means of TAX
ing great numbers Of tourists to Mount
Vernon and that must be permitted to
use the highway. although their pres
ence adds to the congestion and some
what to the danger of traffic.
A short distance from the Memorial
Highway is a road that forms the link
between Washington and Richmond.
1t is now the route of scheduled bus
service, which it is proposed to aban-
don in case the application for use Of
the highway is granted. This change
would deprive many people, those uv-
ing on or near that road and those
visiting them, Of service that Is now
necessary for their convenience. BY
use Of this road the passenger buses
can approach very close to Mount
Vernon-can, in fact, virtually reach
it. They should be kept there They
should surely not be allowed to make
a commercial passenger route of the
roadway that was built at great cost
for the pleasure and the patriotic pill
grimages of the American people who
visit Washington.
Evening star., 1932-07-13

Europeans have often criticized Amer
leans for being boastful. 1t may be
doubted whether there be any great sat
isfaction abroad in seeing Uncle Sam
in humble confession to his tax payers
that his immediate pecuniary resources
are nothing to brag about.
Evening star., 1932-07-13

Nobody thinks Of suggesting fewer
working hours for members of Congress
in one Of the busiest Summers states
manship has ever known. Unfortu-
nately this kind Of employment cannot
be passed around with view to making
the available pay go further among fel-
low workers
Evening star., 1932-07-13
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Human Ambition.

Human Ambition.
Talkin' bout the weather,
An talkin' bout the crops,
Talkin' bout the tariff, too.
The talk that never stops;
Talkin' bout the riches
Another man has made.
Talkin' bout our chances,
II we hadn't been afraid;
Talkin' bout election,
And a candidate,
Talkin' harder every day.
From early morn till late;
Talkin' to your neighbor
In an easy tone.
Tellin' things by telegraph
Or by telephone.
For his turn at talkin'
Everybody strives;
Conversation seems to be
The object of our lives.
Evening star., 1932-07-13

Fishing with the Japanese has al
ways been serious business. Never.
theless there is surprise at seeing it
developed to a scientific degree that
equips fishing boats with surveying in
struments.
Evening star., 1932-07-13

Even If debt cancellation is denied,
there Is always scientific interest in the
pursuit of the irreducible minimum,
however miscroscopic.
Evening star., 1932-07-13

Occasionally the highly financed play
parties grow SO wild that even an al
legged suicide, instead of seeming a
melancholy event, takes on the aspect
Of a boisterous incident.
Evening star., 1932-07-13

Eminent Democrats now appear con-
fident that large collection of favorite
sons can be organized into a happy
family of campaign warriors.
Evening star., 1932-07-13
A Personal Prerogative.

From the Columbus Ohio State Journal
OF course, Alfalfa Bill may have
reprirpanded that man for patting him
on the back because he was accus-
Evening star., 1932-07-13

1t Is estimated that a normal and
reliable expansion can be effected If an
arrangement is made to give the
L. o. US taken from Europe a gold
standard backing.
Evening star., 1932-07-13

There might be benefit to farmers in
limiting crops If they had a stake to go
into the market and take speculative
profit on the higher prices that scarcity
causes.
Evening star., 1932-07-13

argument as to war guilt calls for
fltlther explanation by historians as to
how the greatest conflict in history
really happened.
Evening star., 1932-07-13
Puzzled.

From the Nashville Banner
1t Is perfectly maddening for things
to be in such a confused mess that q
politician can't tell half the time what
the peop2e want him e Be 1oA
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Fiftv-Fiftv.

From the Hamilton Spectator.
The sentence of their leader Veregin,
having been cut in half, the very least
the Doukhobors can do to show their
appreciation is leave their underwear on.
Evening star., 1932-07-13
Too Much at That.

From the Dayton Daily News
A psychiatrist says that the average
person retains only one-ffth OF what
he hears, and yet we had no idea the
lAVerage peyaon was 50 foEtQpetA
Evening star., 1932-07-13

Romance is hindered by police reve-
lations that those who appear to love
most deeply often shoot quickest.
Evening star., 1932-07-13
Chicago's Considerate Gangs

From the New York Sun.
Chicago's mayor reports that crime in
that city dropped last year below a
10-year record, partly the result, no
doubt. of a rise in the efficiency. of
gangdom's system of self-annihilation.
Evening star., 1932-07-13
Spinach and Pie.

From the hamilton Evening Journal.
Spinach" asserts a packer, lis good
for the nerves, the teeth and the com.
nlexionS H1hile nh \ aood r. eaA
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Cold Criticism,

do you consider him a great ora
tor?"
NO" answered Senator Sorghum,
"he IS one of those men who get repu-
tations as orators simply because they
happen to have a few easy audiences. "
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in vogue when We were young"
Investigation.
Alas the days are very few,
Such is the minds inquiring state,
When no one digs up something new
For Congress to investigate.
Jud Tunkins says he never yet saw
man who said he loved work that
wasn't more or less tickle In his affec-
ton.
Preference.
which do you prefer" said the ar
tistic young woman, music or poetry?"
Poetry" answered Miss Cayenne.
you can keep poetry shut up in a
book. You don't have to listen to it
unless you choose"
The Campaigners
Each lifts an Ananias club
And smites the nearest head.
The old-time wounds with salt they rub,
And fill our souls with dread.
The spear which brothers shall not know
Ferociously they raise.
Man waits in ambush for q foe
And fells him with a phrase.
With friendships Of the past forgot,
They rally to the fray.
The Golden Rule is quite forgot
In this fierce game they play.
Yet hope survives that Peace will reign,
Despite these methods rude.
Cheer up! It's only campaign.
Thank Heaven it's not feud.
Patience Is fine" said Uncle Eben,
"ef it keeps a man workin'. But 1t
aim much good eff it keeps him stick
in to a crap game"
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A Natural Result.

A Natural Result.
do you think that the reading a boy
does affects his career as a man?"
I'm sure of it," answered the pro-
fessor. The era of graft now upon us
is the natural result of the juvenile
literature about pirates and brigands
in vogue when we were young"
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Speaking of "Cal," and during these
days of rumor, recrimination and re-
morse over war debts, Washington re-
calls the immortal Coolidge wisecrack
on the subject, when visited by dele
CATION advocating cancellation. well" "
drawled Cal, the President, they hired
the money. didn't they?"
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