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Evening star., 1932-06-26
Chicago's Racketeers.

law enforcement official in Chi
cago advances the theory that "the next
rattle Of ganglands machine guns may
also be the death rattle of the gigantic
crime syndicate built by Al Capone." !"
AS he spoke he had before him a
diagram Of the branches Of this vast
empire OF crime from which the jailed
gangster derived his princely income,
that income on which he failed TO pay
Federal taxes, lapse that landed him
in the penitentiary.
Here is an illustration of the i'm
potency of the law against organized
crime in certain centers of population
in this country. The men who are
engaged in these illegal enterprises,
ranging through minor forms to the
most serious. are known personally,
their Affiliations are known, their en-
mites are known. Yet they cannot
be caught by the law and punished as
, they deserve. Their eradication must
] be left to their own murderous Jeal-
ousies and reprisals.
In this present situation in Chicago
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France and Germany.

Last week was marked by develop
nents Of paramount importance for
world peace, including, as the most
significant of them all. President Hoo
ver's proposal of a horizontal cut of
one-third in existing military and naval
establishments. High place among Eu-
ropean statesmen's efforts to put their
chaotic house in order must be given
TO the current attempt to bring about
a Franco-German entente.
The new political rulers Of the two
countries, Premier Herriot and Chan
cellor Won Papen, are collaborating to
that end in Lausanne along lines
which, II good will should continue tc
characterize them, presage results oi
immediate and lasting benefit. No sin
gle issue in Europe or the world out
strips in Importance the ancient rivalry
between the great nations on either
side OF the Rhine. Until Franco-Ger-
man suspicious and antagonisms arr
obfiterated peace is condennA to re-
raaain an ideal. fraught with uncertain
Evening star., 1932-06-26

Government employees dwell in the Ma
tional Capital.
Taxes are levied by the District Of
Columbia in the same manner that
States. counties. and cities levy taxes.
Although the residents Of the District
have no vote, they must contribute to
these District taxes. In addition, they
must pay the Federal Government In
come and other taxes. This applies TO
one-thirtieth of all Government EN-
ployes. The twenty-nine other thr-
tiethS pay their taxes 20 the various
jurisdictions throughout the length and
breadth of the land where they reside.
The money spent on Federal Govern
ment employees is distributed widely
through the States in the same manner
that the money paid to local Govern
ment employees Is distributed.
AS a matter of fact the Federal Gov
ernment's chief function might be de-
scribed as distributing money to the
rest of the country. At one time in
American history direct dividends were
paid out Of Treasury surplus into the
treasures of the several States. Today
the distribution Is directly into the
pockets of the citizens.
Treasury Disbursements Cover Country.
vi lLlG LOtdl fEQeEdl LAX TcNSlpbS, 70
per cent. according to the composite
calculations of the three organizations
named. goes for war purposes directly
or indirectly. The veterans Of American
military forces received hundreds of
millions Of dollars annually. Checks 60
out from the Veterans Administration
at Washington, falling like confetti over
the entire country. This largess is con-
stant, goes on year In and year out. No
other government in the history Of the
world ever was so generous to It's vet
Grams. These recipients perform no
present service for their money.
The men In the military service have
not been included in the numbers of
employees dealt with above. Their pay
is small but it adds to the sums dis
tributed Throughout the country. Almost
all of them are outside OF Washington.
No garrison whatever is maintained at
the National Capital save a sort of cor
poral's guard at the Marine Barracks
and few hands at the Navy Yard. When
distinguished foreigner is to be re-
ceived in state with military escort
1t is necessary to send over to Fort
Myer, in Virginia, to get the men.
The interest on the public debt, an
other war expenditure, goes almost
wholly outside the National Capital.
| This year the Treasury will make in
terest payments on United States bonds
to approximately 100000 private cred
itors scattered throughout the United
States.
In sum, here is. how the cost of Fed
eral employees and Federal Government
compares with the cost of local govern
ment employees and local government.
The Federal tax bill is approximately
S4 S4,00O,000,000. OF this about $1,000
100000 goes for war and pension pur-
poses for the benefit of the entire Ma
tion. Only $1,000, 100000 goes to other
activities: The State and local bill is
10,700, 600, 900. Inasmuch as nothing,
save small sum for the National
Guard, is spent for national defense, all
this vast sum is spent by the local COM
munities on their own people, their own
government employees.
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Democrats to Have Five Distinct Fights
AT Chicago Nominating Convention

litical convention Of either major party
has hitherto condemned Federal pro-
hibition-or advocated tin and Of it
self. The most that the Anti-Saloon
League ever demanded of a major po-
litical party was that 1t should promise
loyalty to the eighteenth amendment as
part Of the Constitution. Why now should
the vets wish to go beyond the Anti
Saloon League and demand that the
Democratic party bind its members on
the merits-or demerits-of the Federal
prohibition principle as principle?
Why should they not be satisfied with
committing the Democratic party to
give the people an opportunity to pass
new verdict upon the principle? Such
are the contentious of the drys in the
Chicago Democratic assemblage; and
the bout thus produced may be an ex-
tremely lively one.
\ 4
The bouts on the presidential and vice
presidential nominations cannot be ac-
curately predicted till the exact pro-
spective behavior Of Alfred Emanuel
Smith Of New York is known. If he
persists in believing that he himself
should be and can be nominated, the
course of events will have a strongly
Rooseveltian color from the start. If
as is prophesied by many-he stands up
before the convention and rejects the
presidential nomination for himself and
then tears Roosevelt to tatters or tries
to-in a speech sublimely dedicated to
party welfore, the Rooseveltian current
may be muddled and checked at the very
outset
1t would be hazardous to do any for
tune telling on the outcomes of the
Democratic presidential and vice presi-
Dental mass maneuvers till the in
dividual intentions in the head under
the brown derby are more adequately
X-rayed.
Copyright, 1922
Evening star., 1932-06-26

ty and disquieting possibilities. 1t Will
be truce, rather than peace.
Chancellor Won Papen came forward
day or two ago with dramatic pro-
posal He offered to make a German
military pact with France Nothing
else he argued, would so effectually
Danish French fears Of an armed at
tack by the traditional foe or guaran-
tee France that security which her
statesmen necessarily describe as the
essential which must precede disarma-
ment. Probably the German plan
is doomed to remain gesture, and the
pending negotiations for an economic al
lance will enter the sphere OF more
debatable proposition, from the French
standpoint.
To that end the responsible states
men, from Paris and Berlin, are now
concentrating on such practical issues
as tariffs, finance, reconstruction prob
lens, budget deficits, and, of course,
above all else, reparations. Germany
on her part is bent upon convincing
the French that the Reich's plight is
of the most necessitous character and
utterly devoid of desire to escape con-
tractual obligations. France, revealing
a commendable spirit of conciliation,
appears ready to examine the German
case on its demonstrated merits. Out
Of such spirit as these common sense
negotiations reflect should come
marked improvement in European politi-
co-economic conditions 1t cannot be
repeated too often that the chances Of
further help from the United States in
the task of European recovery are cer-
tain to be enhanced by progressively
determined effort on Europe's part to
help herself. Nothing can conceivably
advance matters in that direction more
definitely than the early burial of the
Franco German hatchet.
Evening star., 1932-06-26

Text: Revelation, iv:10, 11-"They
cast their crowns before the throne,
saying, Thou art worthy, Q LORD, 10
receive glory and honor and power.
In his vision of the final consumma-
tion of all things, the seer Of Patmos en-
visions the ultimate recognition OF the
utter sovereignty of God. Before Him
all distinctions and powers lay down
their crowns. It is the abdication OF
all forms of human power and great
ness in the presence Of the Supreme
Sovereign of Life. 1t is a great vision,
and a fascinating one.
The crown has ever been the symbol
of achievement and power. Men nave
priced it above all else: they have
sought for it, striven for it and mace
irlcalculable sacrifices to attain IT.. Inc
story of the search for that which the
crown expresses is one that speaks OF
efforts legitimate and illegitimate, OF
worthinesS and unworthlness, OF lIag-
edy, gross SelflshneSS and Iust. Inc
suggestion which this remarkable VISION
of the seer sets forth is that life comes
to its highest attainment When II apol-
Gates to a power greater and mlghtler
than It knows or possesses. 1t is un-
thinkable that we should recognize the
sovereignty of God in all the concerns
of life unless we are willing to yield to
Him those conceits and ambitions that
are characteristic Of our search for
selfish satisfaction. There are three
crowns for which we commonly strive
that must be yielded before we can
recognize and enjoy a sense OF fellow
ship With the Eternal Father. The
first of these is the crown OF the Will.
Tennyson declares:
"Our wills are ours, we know not why,
Our wills are ours, to make them thine" 7"
Possibly no surrender that we make
is more difficult than this, the subordi-
nation of our wills to the sovereign will.
Nothing is more difficult in our domestic
Evening star., 1932-06-26
ATTAINING LIES ULTIMATE
By THE RIGHT REV. JAMES E. FREEMAN. D. d, IL. d,
Bishop of Washington.

life than the bending of the wills Of our
children to the will of parental control
and discipline. The only thing that
hindered and thwarted the ministry of
Jesus was the unbending Wills of these
to whom He sought to minister. Speak
ing of the deep significance Of His
teaching. He said: IF any man willeth
to do My will, he shall know Of my
teaching" He sought to substitute His
finer, nobler will and purpose for those
that were less worthy. Nothing so re-
veals or makes possible the will of Jesus
as the subordination of our wills to His.
A second crown that we must sur
render to Him is the crown of selfish
desire. 1t is irreconcilable that we
should hold to our unrestrained and un-
regulated passions and desires and ex-
pect to have fellowship with Him. The
Apostle Paul speaks Of bringing into
captivity every thought to the obedience
of Christ" Many of us seek to fulfill
without regulation or discipline our
selfish desires and at the same time to
profess allegiance to Christ. Obviously,
such a course meets with inevitable
failure
A third crown that we must lay at
His feet is that of our intellectual con-
ceits. Kepler, the great German scien-
tist, once said: Il find within me the
God whom find everywhere about me "
Robert Louis Stevenson. in physical and
mental anguish, affirmed, There is a
manifest God in the world for those
who care to look for Him" 1t is con-
ceivable that we may recognize mani
fest God and yet fail by reason of our
intellectual conceits to honor and obey
Him.
If we would know the peace and sat-
isfaction that issues from an unchang-
ing faith; If we would attain ultimately
the crown of everlasting life. we must
surrender our wills, our selfish desires
and our conceits 10 Him who is worthy
to receive glory and honor and power
Evening star., 1932-06-26
National Policies Govern
In Disarmament Issue
BY WILLIAM BIRD.

PARIS. June 25.-President Hoover's
manifesto for a reduction OF armaments
is interpreted in almost all the countries
of Europe as chiefly intended for cam
paign consumption, but the reaction in
each nation is necessarily determined
by national policy.
The French, as usual have rushed in
where the bullets are thickest and will
no doubt again take the bulk Of the
blame for the plans failure. For no.
body supposes it can succeed.
England, for example, certainly will
not agree to reducing the number Of
battleships, and this point alone Is
enough to reduce the plan to zero. But
the British admiralty prefers to let the
French bear the odiom Of killing 1t.
X X X
The whole problem Of many little
ships versus a few big ones was threshed
out in the London Conference of 1880.
The British with many convenient
naval bases. need many ships, and do
not care how small, so long as nobody
else has bigger ones. The United States,
with few bases but long communica-
tions. needs big ships capable of carry
ing large supply Of fuel, but can get
along with comparatively few, having
fewer overseas possessions to defend.
1t is extremely difficult to see any pos
sible basis for compromise.
This does not necessarily mean that
all disarmament is impossible. The
French are now working on another
plan, wherein they hope to couple dis
armament with reparations "a is sur
prising how admirably the German
junker chancellor, Franz Won Papen.
and the French idealist Premier Ed
Guard Herriot, are getting along.
-
Herriot's only object so far as repara-
tions is concerned is to save the prin-
ciple of the thing and insure that
Germany shall not later enrich herself
at Frances expense. Perhaps some
agreement is possible whereby French
industry will receive aid from Germany
in lieu of cash reparations payments,
thus starting practical cooperation be-
tween French and German industries
which ultimately would appreciably les
sen war risks and render armament re-
ductions possible.
The progress Of these negotiations Is
being watched with a skeptical eye by
the British Anything resembling a
Franco-German entente threatens pri-
marily Britain's privileged position as
arbiter of continental quarrels, and un-
questionably to that extent menaces
British security. In smaller degree
American policy Is rather against such
an entente, as 1t would by combining
French capital with German machine
resources greatly favor the competition
Of European goods with American.
(Copyright, ls329
Evening star., 1932-06-26
Most U. S. Employees Not Federal
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

For several months the attention of
the country has been fixed on the Fed
eral employe and he has been laden
with a large share of the blame for
heavy Federal expenditure. Radio or
ators and orators before legislative as
semblies have declared that the people
are sustaining a bureaucracy Of highly
paid civil servants while millions OF
the public are out Of jobs. The idea OF
Government employe has come to mean
in the minds OF a large majority Of the
American population, Federal ennploye.
The precise truth of the matter is
that Federal employees are very much
in the minority in the total number OF
American Government employees. The
overwhelming majority consists Of en-
ployes of the city, county, and State
governments.
Approximately 100000 Americans
are Government employees. Yet of this
huge total only 650000, or less than
one-third, are employees Of the Federal
Government. Moreover, nearly half OF
the Federal Government employees are
attached to the postal service, a branch
of the Government which Is largely self
which to view the Government employC
situation, but it is a light which has
been obscured by failure of the loca
Government employees themselves to re-
aliZe their position. A county schoo
teacher is likely to speak Of Government
employees as persons in a remote class
Yet she is one Of them. A traffic police
man in Sioux City often forgets he is 8
Government employe.
New figures quoted are based on 9
careful calculation made from statistic:
gathered from official sources and COM
piled by three of the foremost analyticf.
organizations in the world. They are
the National Bureau Of Economic Re-
search, the National Industrial Confer
ence Board, and the International la
bour once.
Another familiar mistake made BY
the average citizen Is that Washington
the National Capital, is a haven oi
persons who would be INDECENT were il
not for the easy jobs they hold and the
rich pay they receive from the Federal
Government. Washington is looked
upon as remote and desirable center
of luxury surrounded by a desert oi
unfortunate taxpayers. Some speaker:
have gone so far as to compare Wash
ulBJUu W EdIS OI JIl6 eve VI lIls
French Revolution. The real situation
is quite otherwise, according to these
new compilations.
Federal Employees Widely Distributed.
It Is found that nine-tenths of al
Federal employees live in the 48 State:
of the Union and are not concentrated
at Washington at all. They live in these
several States and pay taxes there ir
addition to whatever income and other
taxes they pay to the United States
Only one-tenth of all the Federal en-
ployes live in Washington.
Inasmuch as the Federal employees
constitute only one-third of the total
Government employees Of the Nation
and inasmuch as only one-tenth OF
the Federal employees live in Washing
ton, it will be seen that, instead Of being
the concentration point of such work
ers, only one-thirtieth of American
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it Is expected that Capone's mortal
enemy, George Moran, whose followers
Capone's men were instrumental in
removing" in the st. Valentines day
massacre of 1928, will be the one to set
the spark that will cause the ex-
plosion to rid the city finally of the
gangsters. A thug named Barker was
slain last week and was buried in
splendor. Capone's lieutenants bore
his casket to the grave. Seventeen
auto loads Of flowers followed him to
his last resting place. This mans am
bition was to- control everything in
Chicago that moved on wheels. He was
credited with being the author Of
twenty-eight separate rackets. Every
body seems to have known of his enter
prises, but the hand of the law did not
gangster to put him on the spot, to
hire a squad of aSsassins to remove
him few days after one of his lieu
tenants had been peppered with eight
cen bullets.
What a situationi What travesty
upon American lawl If gangland could
be relied upon to exterminate itself,
there might be some cheer for the law
abiding citizens. But the very feuds,
however decimating they may be, breed
new organizations to replace those that
have been moved down in the war Of
rivalry. Meanwhile the victims Of the
rackets, merchants of every grade and
their patrons and customers, who must
pay the cost through higher prices, are
the real sufferers from this breakdown
of law. No one cares how many gang
sters are murdered, but 1t is matter
of deep public concern that the vicious
system of unchecked racketeering con-
tinues.
Evening star., 1932-06-26
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHLANDER JOHNSON.

Brevity.
The Positive must have its say,
The Negative no less.
And there are others, in the way,
Who simply wait and guess.
But some one in the mighty plan
OF years that come and go
Must claim our difference, as the man
Who Just says "Yes" or NO"
Though in our intellectual pride
Fine words are flung afar;
BY some approved, by some denied
They leave us as we are.
The most that we can hope to learn
AS problems come and go,
Is brought by one who does his turn
And just says "Yes" or NO"
Evening star., 1932-06-26

Effort is being made to find a con-
genial occupation for CASTOR B. Means.
To leave him with a mind unoccupied
would be dangerous. The amount of
mischief he could figure out in so many
years of idleness would be unthinkable.
Evening star., 1932-06-26

Hammering away at statistics, the
vets have the opportunity to claim they
have clearer heads for calculations in
big figures than the drys. According to
the original calculations, the vets would
by this time be extinct or hopelessly
befuddled.
Evening star., 1932-06-26

While the mutual opinions of Raichle
and Pitts are important to themselves,
their expression is of no value to pub
lie that has made no bets one way or
the other.
Evening star., 1932-06-26

Numerous aSpiranrs to the presi-
Dental nomination are SO flercely in
earnest that sure way to provoke deep
indignation would be to suggest any
prominent Democrat as the vice presi-
Dental choice.
Evening star., 1932-06-26

A cynical proverp has 1t that 1t is
cheaper to move than to pay rent. A
few of the Anacostia campers merely
refer to the fact that they are paying
no rent and have no place to move to.
ANYHOW.
Evening star., 1932-06-26

The edge of any reference to the
army Of ofhceholders under Republican
control is somewhat dulled by the Gov
ernment wage cuts and other economies
calculated to diminish enthusiasm.
Evening star., 1932-06-26

Movers for third party may be per-
suaded to desist when it is pointed out
to them that the public is already
spending more money on its politics
than it can reasonably afford.
Evening star., 1932-06-26
independence.

From the Lynehburg News.
The trouble with independence is that
so many persons construe 1t as meaning
to do the wrong thing just because
somebody suggests doing the right thing.
Evening star., 1932-06-26

Calling the New York Stock Exchange
Americas Monte Carlo" fiatters the
exchange, which is wickeder in some
respects and not nearly so beautiful.
Evening star., 1932-06-26

Calling on him to referee Tam
many promoted political contest would
give Mr. Baker the best opportunity he
has had to show his mettle as pacifist.
Evening star., 1932-06-26
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Dodge Faster. OF Course.

From the springneld (Mass) Union.
An autoist Is going 10 put gun sights
on his car to steer by. What will the
poor pedestrian do now?
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Spreading.

From the Detroit News.
According TO the 1882 swim suits,
ultraviolet rays are extending their
jurisdiction into o lot Of new territory.
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80 you're going to the big conven-
ton" said Lariat Bill.
yes" answered Cactus Joe
Whats the idea?"
"Philanthropic. I'm going to dress
up comic and mingle scatterin' merry
sunshine for all"
But that's a mighty serious occasion.
It'll be hard to make folks see any rea-
son to laugh"
Serious is no word for it. Those boys
will be so disciplined they won't expect
any reason TO laugh. All they'll want
is permission"
ITO accept honors you have not de-
served" said HI Ho, the sage of China
town, may doom you to forget your
true self and live in perpetual disguise. "
Superiority.
Roses blossoming in Junei
Bees that hum the same old tune!
Men that gloriously orate
AS to the affairs Of state;
Seeking to effect a way
To establish human sway.
When we're gone-and that seems
queer
Bees and blossoms will be here
In their generous endeavor,
With no thought of man whatever.
"Tellin' man de plain truth" said
Uncle Eben, is liable to make him
wonder whether you ain so much a
friend as natural born detective"
Evening star., 1932-06-26
Finance.

A golden dollar is a circle yellow,
Which goes around so fast
That it leaves many a poor benighted
fellow
In dizziness at last.
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