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Evening star., 1932-02-28
Roosevelt's Friends Believe the "Stop"
Campaign of Rival Democrats Halted

rival candidates at the polls may have
decisive effect on the pre-convention
campaign for the next three months.
The days of big claims by managers
and boomers are at an emo NOW the
votes are to tell the story.
Gov. Roosevelt is the central figure
in all the five State contests and con-
yentions next month. In New Hamp--
shire. on March s, he battles with Al
Smith. and it is hot primary. The
result there will materially influence the
outcome in Vermont and Massachusetts
where Mr.. Smiths friends are numer-
Gus and plan stiff fights. In those
Eastern States the two sons OF New
York contend.
In North Dakota Mr.. Roosevelt tries
it out with Gov. Murray Of Oklahoma
in a far different setting, with wholly
different issues and with Westerner
in Western territory. In Georgia tnere
may be no contest, Speaker Garner
having withdrawn rather than risk the
fight and Gov Murray having filed too
late, But that is Southern territory
and the first vote to be cast below the
Mason-Dixon line, where Al Smith
Jared so badly only four years ago. In
Minnesota and Maine Democrats In
conventions will show their preference
Should Mr.. Roosevelt carry the pri-
mary preferentials it would be heralded
by his managers as big boon. A sweep
in the primaries undoubtedly would give
him a great push forward. Victory for
Smith in the New England States would
LEND new impetus to the campaign OF
the former Governor and probably per-
suade him and his friends to extend
their activities to other States in April
and May.
Evening star., 1932-02-28
SELF-RECONERY
Ry THE RIGHT REV JAMES E. FREEMAN, D. D. ILL., D,
Bishop Of Washington.

animal nature. A dramatic touch is
lent to the picture where Jesus said, he
ate of the husks that the swine did
eat. The picture is not overdrawn, even
though II may be painted IN Iurlo
colors.
One may not drop to the low level OF
the swine IN the pursuit of self-satis-
faction ana the qualification OF the
passions. on the other hand one may
so far forget the higher claims of life
as to be immune DO their appeal and
ultimately lose both self-respect and
reverence for God and His laws. When
Stephenson wrote his dramatic book,
"Dr. Jekyu and Mr.. Hyde" he showed
the two contending elements that
struggle for supremacy in human ma
ture-the higher and the lower, the
man and the animal. When Mr.. Hyde
was dominant and in control, there ap-
peared no evidence of the refinement
and splendid qualities of DR.. Jekyl.
DR.. Jekyn was dlspoSSeSsed. This dual
ism in life is repeatedly made evident
to us. The normal condition of home
life and fidelity to the things of our
better nature are represented in DR..
Jekyll Far country living with loose
ness of living and grossness of inoul-
gence find their portrayals in MI. Hyde.
Probably for most of us, and happ1y,
these extreme conditions do not find ex-
preston, but it Is true with practically
all of us that repeatedly we get into
drifts and tendencies that take us away
from those higher ideals and purposes
that contribute to nobility of character.
We have sometimes wondered in these
difficult days whether the very exigen-
cies of the present hour might not issue
in the recovery of the better and finer
things of our nature. Is it not reason
able to expect that the very exactionS
of the present world crisis will stimu-
late us to f1rmer resolves and determine
us to return to the Fathers house and
to resume those normal ways Of living,
those ways that make for quiet and
conte11tment? Jesus insists that normal
living is fellowship, close and unbroken,
with the Eternal Father. To have
deep religious conviction and to live by
It is to be normal, sane and satisfied.
This season of Lent might very properly
be used for the recovery of our better
selves.
Evening star., 1932-02-28

buster" Of the town lots could look with
some confidence for an opportunity to
crash the gate and replace faltering
veteran of mighty batting records.
The base ball public, though often
disappointed, annually looks with eager
ness to the Spring training camps in
hopes Of seeing phenomenons develop
there, batters, pitchers or fielders. It
reads the reports, written always in
terms Of kindness for the youngsters,
with a feeling of sympathy for the
aspirants and trust in the judgment of
the managers. There is always joy over
the development Of a Spring prospect,
even though experience teaches that
most Of the trianing camp finds who
get on the pay rolls fade away like the
crocus before the season runs into warm
weather.
Evening star., 1932-02-28
NDIA'S JUTE MONOPOLY
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

a preference for purchasing the burlap
itself from the Indian mills which have
sprung up around Calcutta. Even bur-
lap bags, readymade in India, are pur-
chased for export. This purchase OF
the finished material has been specially
followed by the United States. Ger
many still imports a good deal Of raw
jute for weaving in that country and
quite an industry has grown up in Dun
dee, Scotland, where special burlap
weaves for particular purposes are
made. The Calcutta mills are designed
for mass production and are not inter
ested in special Weaves.
Less active industry everywhere in
the world may have something to do
with the figures, although it is not
wholly responsible for the decline in
raw jute exports. The policy of foreign
purchasers buying the finished bur1ap
and bags is regarded as particularly re-
sponsible for the decline. In 1929 total
exports Of raw iute amounted to 997,-
S63 bales. In 1881 this had declined to
6l9,705 bales. Exports to the United
States declined from 1884 bales i'll
1929 to $4,000 in 1915. Germany is the
largest importer OF raw jute, the
United Kingdom second, France third
and then the United States. Exports to
all Of these users have declined.
Where Burlap Is Bought.
On the other side of the picture Is
the increased export of burlap cloth and
burlap readymade bags. Here the ef-
fectS of depression are to be noted, in
contrast to the change in trend. Ex-
ports Of cloth and bags were greater
in 1880 than in 1929, but fell off again
in 1881.
The United States is far and away
the largest user of burlap cloth i'm
ported from Calcutta. In fact, it takes
almost twice as much as all others
combined. In 1929 imports of burIap
amounted to l ,02l ,816000 yards and in
1881 to 653,798 900 yards. All countries
took in 1929 a total Of 1868 293, 900
yards, compared with 1870, 0,999, ,999 in
1881.
Australia. where wool Is packed for
shipment in burlap bags, is the largest
importer of readymade burlap bags.
Australia took 81 ,306,000 bags in 1929
and 86,S04,000 bags in 1881. The United
States took only 19,907,00 bags in 1929
and 10,585 900 in 1881. Total exports
Of burlap bags from India in 1929
amounted to 497, ,685, 900 and in 1881 to
434, ,045, 900.
Like the rest Of the world, the grow
erS and Weavers of jute have suffered
acutely from the price decline Raw
jute exports in 1929 were valued at
$1l8,074,000. In 1881 that figure had
dwindled to only S47,029 900. Exports
of burlap in 1929 were valued at S115,-
475,00O and in 1881 at only SOL ,442, 900.
Exports of burlap bags in 1929 were
worth $50, 900 and in 1881 S53,-
355,000. Here, in three years, was a
loss to the India jute industry Of Sl62,-
0000o-S71 .0O0, 900 loss to the growers,
$4,000, 900 to the weavers and S37,-
100000 to the bag makers. 1t will be
noted that the jute farmer suffered
more than either of the manufacturing
branches. But all are in the same
boat
Evening star., 1932-02-28
Need for Improvement.

From the number of recent accidents
it behooves aircraft engineers to get to
work and design "foolproof" retract-
able landing gear In various parts of
the country during the past few months,
since ships of this type became the
vogue due to their greater speed with
the wheels folded into the fuselage,
nearly twenty belly landings" as they
are called, had to be made by pilots
who found that they could not unwind
the wheels. And just the other day
Capt. Ira Eaker, crack Army pilot, made
his second landing without wheels with
F. Trubee Dawson as a passenger and
the fifth in his career. Eaker's wheels,
it seems, just will not behave, and it is
tribute to his prowess as a flyer that
he has not been injured In any one of
the five mishaps, although the plane
in each case suffered damage.
For skilled pilot with light plane
it is not particularly difficult or dan
gerous feat to perform provided that he
he have to make forced landing on
uneven terrain, however, the results
might well be entirely different. With
heavy plane carrying a large num-
Der OF passengers it is difficult and
dangerous business to slide 1t in on the
fuselage, no matter how smooth the
field. Many of this type Of ship are
being used on commercial lines, and the
chances Of serious injury to passengers
are great If the landing gear fails to
function.
With the progress that plane manu-
facturers have made In design, safety
and speed, 1t seems little ridiculous
that the problem of building a fool
proof landing gear should be particu-
larly difficult to solve. The idea in
itself of pumping the wheels up into
the fuselage while in flight Is sound
Wind resistance, which all builders are
trying to lessen by stream lining and
other refinements, materially affects
the speed of a ship. With the wheels
concealed fifteen or twenty miles an
hour is frequently added to a planes
performance. So 1t is distinctly up to
the builders to make the retractable
landing gear a safe instead Of haz-
ardous feature Of an airplane.
Evening star., 1932-02-28
Henry Ford as a Symbol.

An announcement these days by any,
body that $500, 0,00o,0 900 is to be spent
this year in putting new product on
the market would be Of great i'm
portance. But when Henry Ford makes
that announcement the news bids for
public attention, and gets it, on the
first page Of any newspaper in the
country.
Why? 1t is probably explained simply
by Henry Flord's unique position on the
American scene as symbol Being a
human being, and not corporate
aggregation of impersonal wealth, he
has been symbolized from the beginning
as the poor mechanic who made good,
the level-headed business man who
made money, the model employer who
raised wages, the public benefactor who
sought to cater to the needs Of the man
in the street and the farmer on the
farm and let Wall Street and "the
bankers" fend for themselves.
And, remaining a symbol, he became
the personif1cation of all that was
wrong with our economic structure when
the depression set in. He was the fel-
low who lured the workingnan to his
factories by the promise Of good job
and a fat salary but who turned him
loose upon the street when the clouds
began to gather. He was the cold
hearted capitalist whose efficiency ex-
perts discharged highly paid man and
hired him back at lower wage, who
closed his plants, who left his help IN
destitution and misery. He was the
man who was hit by competition and
who carried down in his fall his tens Of
thousands Of workmen.
And, remaining a symbol. he is now
the wise man who has seen that there
Is break in the clouds, the storm is
almost over and the sun is about to
shine. He has enough faith in his con-
victions to plan the expenditure Of
$500, 100000 this year, and everybody
knows that even Henry Ford could not
spend that much money in a philan-
thropic gesture. He is the man who Is
confident enough in the future to put
on one hundred thousand employees at
a base minimum pay Of Sc day, to
order S52 1000, 900 worth Of material a
month, the supply of which will give
Jobs TO 100000 more men. He Is the
fellow who is going to inject new life
blood into the automobile industry by
HeCinrir1C hattie for T1ltIic favor that,
must make his competitors spend more
money, hire more men, or fall behind in
the big parade. He Is the man who,
despite the curtailed buying power of
the American public, believes that this
buying power is strong enough to alb
sorb a million and half of his new
automobiles within the next twelve
months.
Congress can investigate short SELL
ing on the stock market, it can create
emergency finance corporations backed
by two billion dollars in public funds,
1t can pass bank relief measures and
farm relief measures and empty the
Treasury Of millions for employment on
public roads and public buildings.
But Henry Ford was the man who
ran to shelter when the storm broke.
And he now believes that it has stopped
That is what people have been waiting
for Henry Ford is q symbol that
everybody understands,
Evening star., 1932-02-28
Pledges of the Future Washington.

1t is expected that several million
people will during this Bicentennial
year visit the city that bears the name
of the great American whose birth is
being commemorated. They will come in
groups and Individually. They will come
from all parts Of the country, all the
States. Some will stay here for only
few hours, some for several days. Many
of them will be making their first visit
to the Capital. All Of them will un-
questionably find 1t Of great interest.
1t behooves the people Of Washing
ton to constitute themselves the guides
to this throng Of guests, to point out to
them, whenever occasion offers, the
significant features of the Capital, espe-
cially those of historic interest, while
not neglecting the newer aspects OF the
city. One Of the most important Of
these latter phases of Washington,
which should be particularly indicated
and explained, is the building pro-
gram" now under way, which when
completed will effect the transforn1a-
ton of the Capital.
So long has the work Of providing
the Government with an adequate and
suitable housing for its administrative
services been in contemplation that the
definite undertaking Of construction Is
actually surprising to the residents OF
Washington themselves Construction
work is seemingly slow, but in point OF
fact and in relation to the length OF
time that has been required to bring
about a definite execution Of the long
contemplated plans 1t Is progressing
| rapidly and the Capital is evolving at
| a pace that calls for constant observa-
| ton.
The great pits that now disfigure the
heart of the city, sites for public build
ings that are soon to be occupied, are
themselves interesting evidences OF de-
yelopment which should be identified
and explained to the visitors Of the city.
The home folks should learn the names
Of the structures that are soon to rise
at these places, should acquaint them
selves with the details Of the grand
plan and the order Of its execution.
They should take it upon themselves to
make the city's guests, especially during
this Bicentennial year, in turn &C
quainted with the steps that are being
taken to evolve the washington of the
founders ideal Capital Of noble pro-
portions.
There should be no apology for the
disarray which Washington suffers just
now in consequence Of this great work.
Rather should the evidences Of con-
struction, which mar the immediate
picture of the Capital, be noted as well
come tokens of advancement. To those
who view them for the first time they
may be identified as pledges Of the
Capital that is to be within decade.
Evening star., 1932-02-28
Rockies at the Training Camps.

Rockies at the Training Camps.
This is the rockies season Of hopes in
the base ball training camps. Several
dozen young men are at work in the
balmy cline of the South getting the
Winter kinks out of their muscles, run
ming, working off superfuous flesh, get
ting ready for the tests that will come
in the course of the exhibition games
that precede the regular season. Some
of these lads have had minor league
experience. Some Of them are just
sandlot players. All Of them hope to
make the grade of the big time. And
the managers hope so, too. They are
just as keen on developing new talent
capable of meeting the requirements Of
major league work as the rockies are
keen to find berths in the top circuits.
But very few of these rockies will
survive the Spring tests. Perhaps one
or two to club will stand up in the
competition for place, and the others
will go directly back to the minors or
to the sandlotS. Some Of those who go
back will try again next year, and they
may succeed, after bit more ex-
perience.
1t is complained by managers that
there Is scarcity of base ball talent
just now; that the percentage of &C.
ceptable rockies Is lower than in the
past. Perhaps this Is because of tbt
high standard that has been estab.
lshed for admittance to the ranks Of
major league base ball. The game i.
being played on amateur and minol
league fields as extensively as ever. II
has not lost its appeal to the public
There are as many aspirants for the
big game as ever, perhaps even more
Truly, 1t must be that managers are
harder to please than a few years ago
when a youth with good curve bal
! could get q chance for the pitchers
box, or one with agile legs could com.
pete for an outfelder's job, or 'fenc<
Evening star., 1932-02-28
Alfonso and Carlos Join Hands.

Alfonso and Carlos Join Hands.
A joint call to the Spanish people,
issued by former King Alfonso XIII
and his uncle, Alfonso Carlos, described
in the dispatches as traditional pre-
tender to the throne Of Spain, to over
throw the new republic effects a union
that will doubtless induce a study Of
Spanish history in order to compre-
hend the meaning of this strange al
11ance. Don Carlos is the uncle Of the
edled King, himself descendant of a
line OF exiles. There has been Carlist
candidacy for the Spanish throne for
full century, marked by repeated
conflict. Ferdinand VII, of the House
of Bourbon, who acceded to the throne
in 1908, was deposed by Napoleon in
1903, and Joseph Bonaparte was given
the Spanish crown. In 1914, on the
downfall of the Napoleonic empire,
Ferdinand was restored to the throne,
and his title was confirmed in 1923
after an Intervention by France
Ferdinand was married four times.
There were no surviving children by
his first three wives, but his fourth
marriage yielded two daughters. one of
whom, Isabella, was. under the ancient
law Of CASTLE and Leon, proclaimed
Queen upon his death in 1888, with her
mother as regent. A conservative fac
tion refused to accept this rule and de-
Cared the late Kings brother Carlos to
be the King.
That was the beginning OF the Carlist
wars. which ragged at intervals unti
1875. Isabella, whose reign was marked
by constant conflict and by grave
scandal, was expelled from Spain ir
1858. and after regency the HOUSE
OF Savoy was established in royal power
with Amadeo as King. His rule, how.
ever. was brief. and in 1875, with Spair
Evening star., 1932-02-28

torn by civil war, due to the conflicts
of the Carlists and the Bourbons and
the Savoyards, settlement was effected
and Alfonso XII, son Of Isabella, was
proclaimed King and took the throne,
which he held until his death, in 1886.
Through military action and by brib-
cry the Carlists were dispersed during
Alfonso's reign. His son, Alfonso XIII,
was born after the Kings death, and
Maria Christina Of Austria, Queen
mother, became regent. The Carlists
revived for time, but without effect
ing any influence upon the course of
the Queen regents administration. The
young King was enthroned in 1902,
being then fourteen years of age. His
rule was not marked by any trouble
some revival of the Carlist pretensions,
although his uncle remained always
possible factor of disturbance. Now
they have Joined hands against the
newly formed republic. Both are in
exile.
Ffonso, according to dispatch from
Paris, accepts Carlos as the head of the
family, having, it is reported, formally
resigned his immediate rights to the
elder. In turn, Carlos declares that
upon his death all his rights will de-
volve to Alfonso. This touching spec
tacle of Boufaon reunion is not likely
to effect a revocation in Spain. however.
The Carlist strength there has been
practically extinguishaa in the course
of the century of conflict and intrigue
and defeat. Don Carlos hifSself Is but
symbol Of long discarded slement
of royalty. Yet it is interesting to find
tho cycle closing thus. with the two
claimants for the Spanish throne unit
ing to seek the restoration Of the crown.
Evening star., 1932-02-28

Allusion in expletive to relations with
the inferno was carefully guarded by
Charles Dawes in the name Helen
Maria" John Garner, had he not
been speaking in hurry, might have
strained point and, instead Of invok-
ing the bells Of the neither world di-
rectly. have made polite, circumlocutory
reference to La Belle Helene"
Evening star., 1932-02-28

A thorough enforcement Of prohi-
bition would be of especial value in pre-
venting the offhand assumption at
hospitals that any person who loses
consciousness is suffering from alcohol
ism, even though he may just pre-
viously have been hit by truck.
Evening star., 1932-02-28

OF course the progress Of the world
would have been much easier II the
laborious biographer could have been
a prophet. Even then he would have
to show a better average Of accuracy
than he now does in order to be ap-
preciated
Evening star., 1932-02-28

Emergency Is again calling attention
to trait Of Chinese character which
enables even the most patient and phil
osophic person to produce unsuspected
resources when they are absolutely
needed.
Evening star., 1932-02-28
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Mernher of tha Associated press

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TO the HN- for republication of en lays dis
patches ASYdited to it or not othervIsc 1re<4
tied in tAss paper and also the local news
published ~erein. All rights Of publica ton OF
special dyshatches herein are also reserved.
Evening star., 1932-02-28
Conkling Named
to Supreme Court

New York, to be an Associate Justice
of the Supreme Court. Mr.. Conkllng
had resigned from the Senate only a
| few months before because President
| Garfield had appointed and the Senate
had confirmed certain OF his pontlcal
enemies to positions Of high Importance.
He then had been defeated for re-
, election by the New York Legislature.
The Star of February 25, 1882, states
that when the nomination was an
nounced Senator Hoar of Massachusetts
took the floor and warmly said that,
| while he conceded Mr.. Conkling's great
abilities and that no man since Webster
had surpassed him in intellectual force,
he believed that Mr. Conkling had used
| his powers for bad purposes and he did
not believe him to be honest" Mr.
Hoar objected TO an immediate con-
sideration and so the nomination was
sent to committee. The Star said
editorially:
This nomination is especially dis
tasteful to that element of the Repub-
ican party which sustained President
Garfield in all the acts of his admins
tration, as Mr.. Conkling was regarded
| by them as the head and front of the
antagonism of the late President. 1t is
very unusual for an objection to be
| interposed in the Senate to the i'm
mediate confirmation of either a mem
; ber or an ex-member of that body
| Indeed, the custom is to confirm such
nominations promptly, without refer
| ence to committee, and the fact that
a Republican Senator yesterday pre-
vented the confirmation of Mr.. Conk-
ling by exercising his right to object
| indicates the nature of the opposition
| to the ex-senator of New York. If Mr..
Conkling wishes to accept the appoint
ment, there is no doubt, however, Of his
ultimate confirmation. Speculation is
rife as to his intentions, and as he
declines to enlighten the public in this
| regard there is nothing for it but to
wait and see the outcome. The impress
| sion seems to be that Conkling was not
consulted in advance of his nomination
| and that he is therefore entirely free
either to accept or decline. Some of
his critics say that would be triumph
enough for Mr.. Conkling to decline the
| position that many distinguished men
| would be glad to have and that he was
appointed in order to give him an
opportunity to thus manifest his tndif-
ference to distinguished preferment.
But this Is mere speculation"