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Evening star., 1932-10-12
Cupola Cost Is Only One
Per Cent of Contract Price
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor OF The Star:
Permit me to thank you for the
very excellent publicity which you have
given to our controversy with the En-
gineer Commissioner with respect to the
cupola on the new Taft Junior High
School, both in your news articles and
publicity Of this sort that Is most help
full to the voteless citizens of the Dis
trict of Columbia, who have no other
means of calling their public servants
to account when the latter act contrary
to the wishes of the taxpayers.
Maj. Gotwals' argument with respect
to economy" is very weak one. The
original appropriation for the construc-
tion of this building authorized limit
of $500,000 and the final appropriation
was in the amount Of S450000. Even
with the 10 per cent reduction applied
to this figure. there still remains
5000 available. The bid which was
accepted was in the neighborhood Of
S338,OOO and addition of the cupola
would add only S3,875 to that amount
less than l per cent of the available
funds. Surely the District of Columbia
is not SO poverty stricken that it must
jeopardiZe the beauty of the City of
Washington for such a paltry sum.
The Engineer Commissioner is quoted
as saying that he considers himself
morally bound by a promise to Rep
resentative Simmons of Nebraska ito
eliminate unnecessary expense in school
construction where practicable" Be-
cause Mr.. Simmons happened at one
time to be the chairman of a subcom-
mittee of the House of Representatives
to which was delegated the task of
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District of Columbia, is there any rea-
son why he should set himself up as
a dictator of how the funds, which
are raised by taxation from the people
of the District of Columbia. should be
spent? The gentleman from Nebraska
was responsible for the expenditure of
some 100000 of the Taxpayers money
in the construction of a wholly unneces-
Sary addition to one of our local ele-
mentary schools recently. the construc-
ton of which at that time was opposed
by the school authorities and many
local citizens. That this addition was
unnecessary is evident from the fact
that, in an endeavor to use some of
those extra rooms, the school authori-
ties this Fall ordered the transfer of
some 80 children from another building
and only rescinded the order because
of the storm of protest from the
parents, who objected to having the
lives Of their children jeopardized by
being required to cross Rhode Island
avenue in order to attend that school.
As you have so ably stated in your
editorial of this date. it is not right
that the architectural appearance of
public buildings in the City of Wash
ington should be subject to the whinls
OF individuals who happen for the mo-
ment to be occupying strategic posi-
ticns in the government of the Ma
tion's Capital If the other two men,
bers of the Board of Commissioners
do not recede from their position in
support of Maj. Gotwals, the entire
board should be called to account By
some higher authority
KENNETH P. ARMSTRONG,
Member "Cupola Committee. Bur-
roughs Citizens Association.
Evening star., 1932-10-12
Maryland University
"ObjectOrs'' Sustained
To the Editor OF The Star.

To the Editor OF The Star.
Lees and Coale, Maryland University
students, are to be congratulated on
their plucky defense of principles. Such
courageous action is rare in this day OF
giving in" to the powers that be, right
or wrong. 1t is a great step toward the
glorificaticn of modern youth, so des-
perately in need of something to remove
the prevalent loose moral opinion
concerning it.
Perhaps now society will open its
eyes and focus them on military train
ing in schools, compulsory or otherwise.
If so, it will be performing duty long
neglected. 1t is safe to say that mill
tary education is one of the most detrl-
mental forces in America today.
l have two good reasons with which
to back this startling statement. First.
the fact that military education hast
ems war. How could it do otherwise?
We wish to practice that which We
learn One who studies law is anxious
to arise in court and defend mis- client.
The master of medicine wishes to save
lives by his skill. Then does it not
logically follow that men bubbling over
with their knowledge of military sci
ence will make it their business to look
for international trouble? One can
fuse to admit it. The greater the prepa-
ration. the greater the danger of war.
1t was preparation that brought on the
World War.
The other reason is from the stu
dents standpoint. The serious-minded
BOY has no time to study a subject
that will not aid him throughout his
life Other things are more important.
Furthermore. it is fact that young
military students rise to high officer
ship in the cadets or similar organi-
cations, is strewn with great pitfalls OF
conceit, and too many succunb to the
danger. Cocky, wrapped up in them
selves" these unfortunates are not by
any means prepared for the take
down" to be given them by world
not aware of their high rank"
These are my two main objections to
military education. But there are
countless other evils involved. Lees and
Coale were not "straining for spot
in the limelight" by their action.
knew Lees as high school student. He
is earnest and good thinker: boy
likely to succeed. 1t will be blot on
the University Of Maryland if he is
forced to leave. And DR.. Pearson may
or may not be interested to learn that
he has lost a potential student in the
writer of this epistle.
HERNDON PAUL MURRAY.
Evening star., 1932-10-12
Who's to Blame for
The Crash of 1929?
To the Editor of The Star.

To the Editor OF The Star.
Don't blame the present administra-
ton for the Wall Street crash in No
vember, 1929. The United States was
in the peak of prosperity until then.
Don't blame President Hoover. Blame
the American people. Blame yourself
if you were one of the gamblers. Many
gamblers lost more than they ever
owned, dragging down with them the
banks that had loaned them money
This caused lack of confidence of the
depositors, who withdrew their money
from the banks and boarded it. No
bank can be expected to keep all its de-
posits intact. If it did that it would
have to charge for deposits instead of
paying interest.
Hoarding causes contraction Of the
currency ttakes money out of circula-
tion). This always causes a depression
We have been in vicious circle. The
banks were afraid to loan as long as
hoarders refused to deposit.
At the bottom of it all are the gam
blers in stocks and bonds, not President
Hoover nor any political party.
If you know how to get the money
back in circulation and keep it in legiti-
mate business tell President Hoover.
If you are boarding your money in
a safety deposit box, don't blame the
President nor the Republican party.
You are partly to blame. Take the
blame instead of blaming others.
PHILIP HAVESVRET.
Grand Rapids, Mich.
Evening star., 1932-10-12
Lublyana.

Only little city Of $4,000 people,
Lublyana in Carniola, now a part Of
Jugo- -Slavia, has seven bookshops, three
of which are more than century old.
There are eleven book clubs publishing
or sponsoring approximately thousand
books year. The people buy books
Is they buy bread and meat-because
they need them. Louis Adamic, in
Harper's for October, tells the story.
I'm two years." he says there had
been forty-eight performances of Ham
let in 1Nblyana. Most of the city'si
streets arS named after poets, noveiists
and grammarians. The largest monu-
Evening star., 1932-10-12

ment in town Is to poet" Students
hiking in the country usually have for
their objectives some literary shrine.
In coffee houses the talk Of the Gus
toners is about plays. books, music.
painting and sculptures, social and
economic ideas. Visitors from America
are asked about cultural and social
progress. The mind of the people Is q
cultivated, philosophic mind.
Mr.. Adamic was born in the neigh
borhood, and perhaps he is therefore
somewhat too enthusiastic. But, even
when allowance is made for his natural
patriotism, Lublyana seems attractive.
A modern Athens the place seems to
be, and it is worth remembering that
the ancient Attic capital was smallish
settlement. Huge hives Of human con-
gregation, it would appear, are not nee
essary to literature and art. The me-
tropolis draws its creative workers from
the villages and little towns of the
hinterland; 1t does not produce any
dominating quota of its own. London
obtained Shakespeare from a tiny ham,
let, Paris got Balzac and Victor Hugo
from the diminutive cities of Tours
and Besancon. 1t was Frankfort and
Weimar, not Berlin, that produced and
sheltered Goethe. In America the rule
has held good with respect to the best
brains is has booduced. Washington
from plantation, Lincoln from a Ken
lucky hill farm, Webster from the back
woods of New Hampshire, Emerson
from the overgrown village of Boston
as it was in 1903, Hawthorne from
Salem, Longfellow from Portland.
Whitman from West Hills, Long Island
they were small-town boys, repre-
sentative of their peers.
A realistic people, the rank and file
of the population of the United States
may never achieve the cultural heights
of Carniola, but their equivalents of
Lublyana should be we'll worth watch
ing for the creative genius which nor
mally ought to appear and to prosper
where it may expect to be appreciated
and helped.
Evening star., 1932-10-12

@. Can aliens who served in our
Army during the World War be nat
uralized without taking out first pa
pers?-C. p.
A. Those aliens who served In our
Army during the World War and who
have received honorable discharges may
secure second citizenship papers with
out going through the formality Of
securing first papers until May IS, 1884.
No fee is charged for the issuance Of
these papers.
@. What is the device called which
Is used to soften or modify the tone 81
an instrumental. F.
A. 1t is a mute.
@. How many millions Of money
have been loaned to foreign countries
since Hoover became President?-J.
M. N.
A. Cash advances made to foreign
countries since President Hoover took
Office total s12,167,O00 This amount
was authorized on February IA, 1929,
and was lent to Greece.
Q. When did Joyce Kilmer dep
A. He died in the fighting along the
Ourcq on July 20. 1918.
@. Are palms plentiful in an Indian
forests. T. N
A Palms are hardly to be found in
the Indian forests.
@. Who first discovered that steam
would move bodies?-M E.
A. The power of steam and employ
ment of that fluid in various sorts Of
engines has been familiar to mankind
frcm an unknown and possibly pre-
historic period. The earliest known
record Is that of Hero, who in his
"Pneumatica, of which the manuscript
was produced at Alexandria about 120
BIC. described a steam turbine and
several forms of steam fountains and
steam boilers. So far as known, none
OF them had any useful application and
tney were simply toys or impracticable
schemes. Steam power first became an
acknowledged industrial agent and use
ful as prime mover when Savery at
the end OF the seventeenth CEN
tury 1888, made Worcester's steam
fountain practically applicable to the
drainage OF mines and the elevation of
water for water supply generally. Thomas
Newcomer and his partner John CAL
ley, are credited with the introduction
of the modern steam engine with all its
essential elements as pumping engine.
1t was the improvement of this engine
by the addition of various valuable de-
vices which gave James Watt his fame
and fortune. He produced the modern
types Of reciprocating engines.
@. What are the various types Of
canopies on four-poster beds M HIM.
A. They are field top tent top and
square tester.
@ How are the gendarmes in Paris
selected?-H E. A.
A. A gendarme is one of a BODY of
policemen, military and rural, organ
lied, armed and drilled as soldiers in
France and other European countries.
In France the gendarmerie comprises
both the cavalry and infantry The
corps is part of the army, but its
members receive higher pay. They are
drafted from the line for this service.
@. What is granite?-E. T. B.
A. Granite is an unstratifled rock,
normally consisting of three simple
minerals-feldspar, quartz and mica.
Granite in which the mica is the va
rlety biotite is called biotite granite:
if musconite, mlsconite granite; If
much hornblende is present, it is called
hornblende granite.
Evening star., 1932-10-12
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHnANDER JOHNSON.
Individualism.

Individualism.
When I've gotten through the various
dissertations
Essential to campaigning CONNIE II
faut;
When I've helped to referend affairs
of nations,
And have tried to give the working
man a show,
I can seek my own front porch, near
by the clover,
From which the Summer blossoming
has flown;
I can pause a little while to think
things over,
And remember have troubles Of my
own.
I can do the painting that is neces-
Sary
To prevent the shack from drifting
to decay;
I can ask my favorite apothecary
Just how to keep the rheumatic
away;
can call the hired help for a re-
hearsal
On some points toward which in
difference has been shown.
When I've gotten through with prob
lens universal
I can mind some little business Of
my own.
Evening star., 1932-10-12
Honoring Columbus.

America today celebrates its birthday.
1t was on October II, 1892, a small mat
ter of four hundred and forty years ago,
that Christopher Columbus landed on
some undetermined island of the Ba-
hama group, and the curtain rose on
the pageant of the New World.
Granted that the Western continents
had been discovered before and that
their existence probably was known in
every sailors tavern in Europe, as
scholars now declare, it is difficult to
deny to Columbus just credit for his
achievement. He was man of mystery,
myth and legend, and not an especially
admirable character if all that is now
said of him is true. Historians have
called him a prevaricator, a fraud, a
cheat. His own journals testify against
him. He was greedy and cruel, proud
and mean. He began the determination
Of the Indian race and was responsible
for the introduction of Negro slavery
in the Western hemisphere. He made
many tactical and ethical mistakes, and
complicated his offenses by refusing to
admit them. He denied that he had
found new continent, and died in his
error. Psychologists have believed him
insane But paint his portrait as hid
eously black as it may be, something
essentially noble and grand remains,
something worthy of honor. No in
dividual is faultless. Columbus was a
creature of his times, and that implies
that he was not perfect. In only one
particular did he ever claim to be an
idealist. Slander and libel him. drag
Evening star., 1932-10-12
Strife Within the Soviet.

Evidently it takes more than the
greatest power plant in the world at
Dn1eprostroy, ''unveiled' this week with
mighty flourish of Bolshevist trumpets
to make the course of Soviet true love
run smooth. Yesterday at Moscow the
Communist party, which Is another
name for the Russian government. ex-
PEELED tWenty-four Scvist leaders for
party treason" They include such
shining lights as Gregory Zinovieff, long
power in the party and the Third In
ternationale; Leo Kameneff brother in
law of the exiled Leon Trotsky. and
Nlcolay Uglanoff, a leader of the
Moscow Communist organization. The
ousted group is charged with being
traitors to the party and the working
class for trying to form by under
ground methods a counter-revc Iutionary
organization to re-establish capitalism
in the Union of Soviet Socialist Repub-
lies"
Messrs. Zinovieff and Kameneff are
not accused OF active participation in
the conspiracy" but they are charged
with having received counter-revolu-
tionary documents and kept in touch
with the movement despite their prom
Use three years ago, on their readmis-
sion to the party, to give answering
loyalty. They had been expelled as
followers of Leon Trotsky, now engaged.
especially in Poland, so Moscow con-
tends, in an attempt to mobilize all
opposition Communists throughout the
world in a crusade to dethrone the
present czardom of Josef Stain.
Walter Duranty, the New York
Times exceptionally well-informed and
Well-poised correspondent in Russia,
summarizes current events at Moscow
in these terms:
AS In the case of previous opposition
movements, this conspiracy tried to
capitalize the immediate difficulties of
the Soviet and declared the farm and
collective system proved a failure. The
1omenters Of the plot demanded re-
turn to kulak methods of individual
farming and "a transfer to capitalists
as concessions of enterprises created bv
the heroic labor and enthusiasm of the
working class" This would have gone
further than the new economic policy
IN. E. P). Leaders of the Communist
party held that these "defeatists" were
wrong and merited punishment, espe-
clally because the agrarian revolution
OF the past three years has been car
rled out with SO much difficulty and
involved SO much loss that any weak
ness OF nerve or attempt to impair party
unity is nothing less than treachery.
Either you are building Socialism or
not" the Stalinites declare, "and WHY
wall over broken eggs when you try to
make an omelet?"
One thing seems manifest-that the
red citadel at Moscow is not the i'm
pregnable fastness Stain and his IRON
listed clique have represented it to be.
The circumstance that the Communist
dictator refraihed from attending the
recent dedication of the Dnieprostroy
hydroelectric plant is now attributed to
fear on his part of hostile demonstra-
tions. Be that ss 1t may, he has not
shrunk from moving vigorously against
his party foes.
Evening star., 1932-10-12

In the theater of days gone by Minnie
Palmer was MY Sweetheart" and her
press agent was Yours Merrily," John
Rogers. 1t was time when playgoers
took charming actress more closely
into their affections than is possible in
the rivalrous notorieties of the present
and when press agents were expected
to limit their exaggeration, even as this
gentle veteran did when he wagered
that he would live to be one hundred
years old and missed strict accuracy of
statement by eight years. His ninety
two years measure life of success as
he interpreted the word; a life that
earned him the cherishing regard Of in
Vulnerable friends.
Evening star., 1932-10-12

| spade was turned on the wind-swept
shores of Lake Michigan, out where
Chicago begins.
| X
One of the distinguished figures at
the American Bar Association conven-
tion in Washington this week is Judge
Joseph Burlington, presiding justice of
the Third United States Circuit Court
| OF Appeals. at Philadelphia. He is the
served longer than any other United
States judge, even including John
Marshall. who held the record until
Judge Burlington broke it. When Presi-
dent Benjamin Harrison in 1892 was
asked to appoint Burlington to the
United States bench, the President
said: What are his qualifications"
The friend replied: He is the kind of
fellow who can dance the legs off you
Saturday night, spread inspiration and
uplift in the Sunday school class Sum-
day, and lick hell out of you in court
Monday morning." The story pleased
Harrison so much that the appointment
ensued. Judge Burlington is hale and
youthful at n and enjoys Nationwide
repute as jurist.
Proudly the American legislators
Association records in q recent bulletin
that 19 out of 81 Presidents of the
United States have been graduates of
State Legislatures. If Franklin D.
Roosevelt is elected, he will make the
twentieth legislative alumnus. Virginia
supplied fve Presidents who once served
IN State assemblies; Massachusetts,,
three; New York, three, and Ohio, three.
D-
lessor of political economy at Wellesley
Elections" works out an interesting
analysis of what it costs the American
electorate to buy" q President. She
finds that the small contributor is pass
ing out of politics and that campaign
support has been left to the wealthy,
who appear to look upon contributions
as an investment. Each vote for Smith
in 1928, DR.. Overacker narrrtes, cost the
Democratic campaign fund IS cents,
while each vote for Hoover cost the
Republicans A cents. The cost of
Democratic votes ranged from SAG
apiece in Nevada to nothing at all in
Maine and Vermont. The Republicans
spent SITS per vote in Arizona and only
cents in Maine. Votes for the G. o. P.
in Maine probably will come higher this
year, SctulS WlldI LdpptIlcU IIlcTe III
September. Bankers and brokers, the
Wellesley professor discovers, are gen.
orally the most generous providers of
slush funds for both parties.
X X X
During the past 10 or II years WASH
ington has filled up with lame ducks,
Republican for the most part, who have
hung up shingles as lawyers, tax ex-
perts, lobbyists and what-not and cap
italized their one-time official CON
facts" for private business purposes.
One Of the most eminent Of these in
huential pullers Of wires and pressers
of buttons laments to this observer that
the outlook will be bleak indeed for the
profession he is an ex-departmental
chief of renown If the Democrats
should take command next March. Re-
publican contacts" will, of course,
disappear and with them, it's feared,
any further excuse for existence at
Washington Of many hitherto useful
"dxers."
(Copyrisht, 1922
Evening star., 1932-10-12
Since the wish for an American Kip

Since the wish for an American Kip
ling cannot be gratified, ex-senator
Reed Of Missouri contents himself with
recalling that quaint humorist, Bill Nye,
who we'll deserves to be rescued from
the ranks of forgotten men. There is
an implied tribute to him, such as he
probably never hoped to earn, when he
is recalled as one who shared with
Artemus Ward himself credit for afford
ing relaxation to craftsmanship in hours
of great responsibility.
Evening star., 1932-10-12

An old-time actor often earns liberal
pay in Hollywood, but it is hardly worth
the sacrifice of pride in tolerating the
motion picture directors abrupt assur-
ance that he knows nothing about mod
ern acting.
Evening star., 1932-10-12

The amount Of advertising time given
up as favor to campaign speakers is
so great as to justify the fear that the
usually well groomed public will become
careless about its tooth paste and shay
ing cream.
Evening star., 1932-10-12

Farmers are interested, like all other
citizens, in the preservation of sound
money standards. Very possibly they
enjoy an incident in international
finance which causes Wall Street to be
scared a little-but not too much.
Evening star., 1932-10-12
CarelesSness.

What made you have that heckler
put out of the meeting?"
"He was no good" answered Sena-
tor Sorghum. He failed to attend
rehearsal and got his questions all
mixed up"
Evening star., 1932-10-12
Proper Caution.

For whom are you going to vote?"
Before I attempt to answer" re-
joined Miss Cayenne, "let me under
stand whether this is a request for
information or an invitation to joint
debate"
Evening star., 1932-10-12
An Old Wheeze.

From the New York Sun.
That automatic spanking machine in
vented in Australia automatically de-
stroys the old excuse that it hurts
father more than It does son.
Evening star., 1932-10-12

Present conditions are compared to
the hardship of war. There is an ap-
peal to the imagination in the thought
OF the splendid picture that would be
created by an impetuous rush of gen.
erosity from Europe to rescue the Amer
ican taxpayer.
Evening star., 1932-10-12
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Evening star., 1932-10-12

In spite Of our schools and colleges.
it is not uncommon for one statesman
to assert that another does not even
know his own biography.
Evening star., 1932-10-12

Madison Square Garden was made
the scene of another notable event. a
great political rally with no mention
whatever of the eighteenth amendment.
Evening star., 1932-10-12
Another Olympic Record.

From the Cleveland News
Socialist member of the Irish Parlia-
ment who threw the mace across the
ord in mace hurting.
Evening star., 1932-10-12
Plain People Now.

From the Ashland Daily Independent.
It Is hard to find anybody in Amer
lea with the grand manner, now that
head walters have changed.