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Evening star., 1932-02-11

munitions" buildings, which lie with
in the bounds Of the park: the pro-
jected national defense buildings. ten
tatively allotted sites north Of Con-
stitution avenue and west Of Eighteenth
street, and other Government struc-
lures In the vicinity.
There shoulc be no further delay In
the matter Of the definite emplaccment
Of the War and Navy Departments.
Time enough has elapsed since the
project for their construction was
adopted for = conclusion in regard to
site. The question specifically Is
whether they shall be placed west Of
the White House group or south OF
the Mall. The weight Of opinion favors
the former situation. The argument
for that location includes such consid-
erations as convenience Of access to the
White House and the proper co-ordina-
ton Of the Government equipment.
There h furthermore the factor of
trafic congestion incident to the estab-
lishment Of large units. One of the
arguments against q site south Of the
Mall is that the placing Of these large
buildings there would cause . heavy
addition to the trafHc across Pennsyl-
yania avenue. which with the structures
allocated TO triangle sites and now
under construction would gravely
complicate the situation.
The problem will not lessen with de-
lay. but rather will increase in diff
Guilty. II the Governments building
program is to progress systematically
and effectively every unit OF the series
contemplated and required should be
specifically assigned to a site. Delay
entails addition to the cost of land.
This was emphatically demonstrated in
the case OF the Mall-Avenue Triangle
which could have been secured twenty
years ago, when the great plan was
first definitely advanced, for undoubt-
edly half OF the cost that finally had
to be met-some estimates run to a
much higher percentage figure.
Even II 1t Is not the purpose to pro-
ceed Immediately with the new con-
structions, out Of consideration for the
state of the Treasury. the selection of
the sites for them should be made now
positively and not tentatively. There
can be no effective group planning
otherwise. 1t IS to be hoped that the
decision to go ahead with the heating
plant within the area favored by the
Public Building Commission for the
War Navy site will bring about an early
conclusion beyond reconsideration.
Evening star., 1932-02-11
A Surely Winning Combination.

. Political gossip, stimulated by the
announcement of Alfred E. Smith Of
New York that he is in a receptive
mood toward the presidential nomina-
ton of his party, is running to some
strangely interesting lengths. For ex-
ample, it is stated to be the purpose OF
"A New York faction Of the Democratic
party to work out combination that
will effect the nomination of Mayor
Walker for the vice presidency. No
particulars are given regarding the first
place on the ticket. Naturally 1t Is to
be expected that the nominations at
the convention will be somewhat dis
tributed geographically. The tradition
As that the two candidates of the same
party shall not be from the same State.
Usually they are from somewhat widely
separated States. Is Ohio far enough
'West" to permit Baker and Walker"
slate? Would it not be better, to make
the combination sartorially consistent,
to 90 a bit farther West than Ohio and
draft an Illinoisan for first place? One
stands forth pre-eminently qualified in
that regard, Senator James Hamilton
Lewis, whose personal equipment has
always been quite as precise and pic
torial as that of Gotham's merry
mayor. What q wealth Of campaign
nnheutal - elsh = A6 - A1pee& =
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The War.Navy Buildings.

Indecision regarding the location Of
the new structures to house the War
and Navy Departments is not, it would
seem, to cause further delay in the
establishment of heating plant to
serve the Government buildings sit-
uated within what has come to be
known Is the Potomac Park area
Steps have now been taken to proceed
with this construction, to be placed
between New York and Virginia ave-
nues and Twentieth and Twenty-first
streets. Within a couple Of months
specifications will be ready and bids
will be invited for the project, which
is to cost s75o,000. The appropriation
for the work has been made by Con-
gress, but with q time limit, which
comedies with the end Of the present
fiscal year. This decision to proceed
at once is impelled by the prospect OF
a lapse of the appropriation. The plant
will serve the White House. the State
1peetmant, ~ pressut WA1naE
Evening star., 1932-02-11
The Senate Rule of Delay.

The Senate yesterday confirmed the
retary of the Treasury with but single
dissenting vote, cast, as 1t were, by
proxy. 1t did not, however, do as was
done in the case Of Mr.. Mellon, when
it confirmed his appointment as Am
bassador to Great Britain and agreed
to notify the President Immediately Of
this action. By the interposition of one
objection-all that was necessary under
the rule of unanimous consent-it with
held the notification. Thus until the
Senate has held two successive execu-
tive sessions the confirmation Is not
fully effective.
The objection to an immediate noti-
fication OF the President was an echo
Of the dificulty arising over the ap-
pointment Of the members Of the Fed
eral Power Commission some months
ago. At once after the confirmatory
vote was taken the President was noti-
fed and he thereupon signed the COM
missions Of the commissioners and they
took the oath OF Office. Meanwhile,
trouble came in the form Of the dis
missal of two subordinates, which so
aroused the ire of certain Senators that
they endeavored to cancel the confir-
nations. They claimed that the Senate
rule of two executive sessions had been
violated and that despite commissions
and oaths the newly named commits
sioners were not legally in office. The
President held that inasmuch as he
had been notified he was within his
rights in issuing commissions and the
commissioners within theirs in taking
the oath and assuming their positions.
If the Senate waived its own rule, that
was the Senate's fault, If fault had been
committed, and 1t did not invalidate
the right of the commissioners to pro-
ceed as officers of the Government. The
District Supreme Court has since up
held this position, with the higher courts
ye. to render their decisions.
Thus the objection to immediate noti-
fication in the case of Mr.. Mills is mere
ly a gesture of precaution. There is no
likelihood whatever of the development
of any factor warranting the recon-
sideration of the conf1rmatory vote.
Probably the objector himself had no
other purpose than to emphasize the
fact that the rule of the Senate per
mits the withholding of notice for
two executive sessions. Meanwhile, the
newly named Secretary is acting as Sec
retary by virtue Of his former office,
the Treasury is operating As usual and
the Government at Washington still
lives.
Evening star., 1932-02-11
Roosevelt Holds
Aloof in Campaign
From the Baltimore Sun.

Northwestern States do not have
many votes in the electoral college or
in the party conventions, but they do
have party primaries, and those pri-
maries often bring interesting and
sometimes significant political develop
ments in their train. Especially Is this
true when there is q contest or a SEM
blance of a contest for the Republican
nomination, for the Northwest is the
traditional battle-ground between the
regular and the insurgent factions Of
the Republican party.
When there is no Republican contest
the Northwest is usually more interest
ing than significant. That promises to
be the case this year. The North Da-
kota primaries. in connection with
which presidential aspirantS are re-
quired to announce their candidates.,
have now served to effect the formal
launching Of the campaign to nominate
Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt Of New
York. In letter to the secretary of
the Democratic Committee in North
Dakota, the New York executive has
authorized the use of his name, and In
so doing has indicated the type OF cam
paign he intends to conduct.
1t promises to be an aloof campaign,
with the candidate formally ignoring
as far as possible the various measures
his organizers are taking to secure dele
gates in his own behalf. This is clearly
foreshadowed by Gov. Roosevelts dec
laration that, while he is receptive, he Is
obligated to still higher duty" from
which he cannot divert" his efforts in
furtherance of his "own political fu-
ture." These words leave no doubt that
Gov. Roosevelt hopes to preserve an at
titude of unconcern, while leaving the
real activity of his campaign to the po-
litical subOrdinates who are working so
assiduously In his behalf. Such an at
titude Is Numerically opposed to that
OF Gov. Ritchie, the only other avowed
candidate, who has indicated willing
ness not only to accept, but to seek the
nomination
The sort Of personal unconcern which
Gov. Roosevelt contemplates was highly
successful In the case of former Gov.
Smith four years ago. But at that time
Mr.. Smith was SO far ahead of all other
candidates that what they did did not
count and what he himself did was
equally unimportant. Whether Gov.
Roosevelt can follow the same out
wardly complacent practice In the face
Of the opposition which promises to de-
velop to his nomination remains to be
seen. All that We know now Is that he
intends to try, and that in SO doing he
will diferentiate himself decidedly on
the score of frankness from the only
other aspirant SO far in the field.
Evening star., 1932-02-11
Highligghts on the Wide World
Excerpts From Newspapers of Other Lands

aspects of aviation. with alarm beholds
herself losing little by little to the ad-
vances in this science made by other
nations. There is Germany. for in
stance with her Zeppelins. and Italy.
with her formidable fighting and ef-
hcient commercial planes
French sentiment Is beginning to In
sist that her aerial equipment be made
at least the equivalent Of that belong
ing to any other colDtry. The plight Of
Spain. however, is uetle regarded in the
lucubrations of her army and navy Of
ficials. And the 0ll always alert to
vision her possible enemies. France. con-
sistently enough, feels neither much nor
little trepidation because Of Spain. And
this is true not only in a military sense,
but commercially as well. though Spain
is on the direct route to South America.
This is a theme we would like to en-
large upon, for if Spain has lost her
supremacy upon the sea, she can regain
her fortunes and her trade by building
up q mighty commerce Of the air. More
favorably situated for this traffic than
any other country In Europe, and bound
by ties of blood. affection and tradition
with all of South America, a new op-
portunity is offered her to retrieve her
ancient prestige and engage in a new
conquest, not Of arms or force. but OF
humanity and service to all her trans
atlantic daughters and herself.
Evening star., 1932-02-11
The TWo.Man Bob Runs.

With the American skaters furnish
ing the impetus for victory by taking
all four major races, the two-man
United. States bobsled team went out
yesterday and did itself proud. And
it had to do it to overcome the stiffest
kind Of competition from Reto Capa-
drutt, the Swiss marvel, who by daring
driving was four seconds in the lead
when the final heats were begun. In
the preliminaries Capadrutt had twice
broken the world record and this made
the Stevens brothers, composing the
American team, a little mad, as they
thought they had corner on this
fastest of runs. So Hubert Stevens,
who weighs two hundred and twenty
pounds, took Curtis, the youngest of
the four brothers, but who is nearly as
heavy as Hubert, as his brakeman and
they determined to do or die.
What they did Is now matter Of
history. With their heated steel run
ners whining on the ice. they took the
turns at seventy miles an hour, hur-
Ting through the air as they reached
the straightaways, and broke two min
utes for the mile-and- -one half run for
the first time on any course for two
man bobs And just to prove that it
was no f1uke. they went at it again
and set the new world mark at one
minute and fifty-Seven seconds.
1t is now up to the four-man Ameri-
can team to match this performance
and give the United States a clean
sweep of two of the major Olympic
events, skating and bobsledding. The
record for the run with the big teams
is one minute and fifty-two seconds
but records are falling so fast in this
greatest carnival of Winter sports that
1t would not be surprising If new and
astonishing figures were set.
Evening star., 1932-02-11
COttoBan Muddles
'armers of Texas

01- ''- tie Observer.
il1S tton-reduction law they
were eaiis other Southern States
W aoop' anu "nst which Gov Gard
i'ei hi"iiiu' d his ground-well,
'iie Same rmers that insisted
oH 'iie 'A4iiiie y special session to
ehae' 'ii"' Ia" ai W urging a special
session to repeal it-,a r.d,ct,on ,au
@ ls optia'tis las as ~ ot feared 1t might
" ope' a. .hs+ S So ;e cotton farm
eis Vi .iia. S" ~ muddle. A
.n;tt uo.tV., Gnu S,ariiregislature has
nit'1n ,"in heavens
repeal the law. No othtt tato SaS fol-
lowed the Texas exampltsd +,,a ,ros
pect that Texas alone W. ' reoi,irsd
to cut acreage does not tsosa The
Texas law had no provisfa;s,; o,hsr
States should enact simil iaw and
now the Texas farmers, to 49, ianN
guage of the Houston PoS;.natoh
"are left holding the sack in, ,1,atter
Of acreage reduction" And ain ~ tbn
wisdom Of the North Carolina go.
in electing to pursue the volu, -, 70
duction course is vindicated. TG2ost-
Dispatch reminds that while t. 80
age reduction agitation in tha,tato
was at white heat the questi{wse.
asked. Why do the farmers denJ a
law to force them to do what thu
ready want to do?" Now that they,o
the law and the cotton surplus is ki,o,
to be greater than it was estims
when the law was passed, rendering,
need of reduction greater, they wan
Would not Texas give I
world laugh by having its Legislatu
meet in expensive session now to un
what it did last September!
As the greatest cotton-growing Sta
Texas can afford to set the example
cUrtailment. Any sacrifice it may ma
in SO doing should be more than cor
pensated by the benefits of diversific
tion, which the cotton-reduction law
designed to encourage. However,
other States do not follow the examr
this year without compulsory legisl
tion, the whole South bids fair
get less for its staple product than
all should reduce.
And even II the Texas law Is declar
constitutional, 1t Is not going to be e.
forced to any greater extent than Il
farmers want 1t enforced. The Tex
cotton planting experience this year
going to show the farmers of Nor
Carolina to what extent they have saw
themselves by not inviting legislati
action in control of their own oper
tions, but rather determining to sett
the reduction problem by their ov
wise voluntary action.
Evening star., 1932-02-11
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWEyH.

Now that the sun Is getting up late
around 7 o'clock, even the lazybones can
watch it rise.
The observer must live in the suburbs
however, to get the full effect of this
ancient but always interesting phenom.
eron.
There he may see the alternate bands
of crimson. purple and blue-green which
some mornings tinge the Eastern skies
There are horizons out here.
No rows of chimney pots, but Just a
chimney here and there.
Not so convenient" but so peaceful.
Not so CLOSE to things" but so quiet
When Kate Smiths moon comes over
the mountains, you can see it.
Real mooni
Not too much street light to fade
real moon.
Same thing with sunrise.
It is questionable whether any one
ever sees true sun-up in the city.
who wants TOP" some one asks.
All! that is just the point.
Every one ought to, and would, II
they could see it free from clutter.
City living cutters the soul.
Too close.
Can't see the woods for the people
and the houses.
Can't see the moon come over the
mountain, or watch the sun rise, ever
when it comes up at the highly re-
spectacle time of 7 o'clock.
There are plenty Of trees out our
way, and there are few things equa
to trees for filtering sun-up and sun
down, putting lights and tints in Their
proper places.
There are squirrels and rabbits and
birds-you should hear the birds, al
ready beginning to tune up for the big
| Spring symphony.
Birds, as well as the sun, refuse tc
get up early these days. There are
for the birds, as for the sun and moon
The feathered creatures cannot read
They go by the light.
A bird Is sort of sun dial.
He, too, marks only sunny hours, OF
light hours, that Is better.
The birds rejoice in the light. At the
first glimmer. even before dawn, just
as the sun starts to come up," they
begin to murmur and cluck.
You can hear them now If you are
in the suburbs, clucking away in the
early hours. Already strange calls art
floating around
There is persistent whistle, loud
clear. ringing one bird calling to an
other from tree to tree. from street ts
lane. from lane to street.
Yes, some of our streets are narrow
and that makes them lanes" Who
said street had TO be so many fee.
wide? A street is a street. and II II
slides through green lawns and shrubs
and trees, it is ell the better thorough
fare, some think, for not being SO wide
X y
The birds out our way can't tell the
streets from the lanes. and the lanes
from the lawns so they make them
selves at home everywhere.
Soon now they viii be staging again
their real tuning up. Those who live
in the concrete know nothing about this
business. They may think they have
heard the bird prelude. but what they
hear is only a poor imitation Of the
real thing. Go down into Rock Greek
Evening star., 1932-02-11

o'clock; or into PotoniS i psrs s s:yo s;so 81
you will hear the same Ting mere hi
Tootlc-tcote. to-tle! SGn cA,lD
OF violin strings, such &unnfa -
scales on hutes such clar}t No.. @ o. hi
cymbals of bid life! n une tn
| almost sees q great orchela
through what is called "tuninS,n Ps ~
It Goes n.t take much imagftjos. 81
put these fiddlers INTO seats, am D
them In an orchestu pit, an6o y,
Instruments in their claws, ant ~ ~
bird alive saving auey. and StiT :, -
aSn away; y. and ni,, humping ara beating snti a. a.
This is the birds moniis sympAA 3
Furry creatures are stirrirs as thu
sun comes up.
Great-tailed squirrels, seeking, out
their buried treasures, dart along the
parking. over lawns. up trees.
| Stevenson merely emulated NatuN
when he became interested in hi
treasure island. and made the world in
terested in 1t. too.
The squirrels know all about burie'
treasure. They bury it themselves
They dig down and dig up other burie'
treasures-tulip bulbs, for instance
which they deftly proceed to make thei
own
There are rabbits in those hills t,
the east. They. too, feel the stir of In
sunrise. They want to be up and do
ing, with heart for any fate. Do
or cat fate. Dog after them. cat afte
them: Legs work like pistons, BROW
streak along the brown ground, whit
I G0OS with ufl~itn hor elnco 4,
heads, necks stretched out, old ira
dltlonal dog yelp when chasing rabbits
Away they 60. across the hill, dow
the hill. over the lane, across lawns
around garages, rabbit making tremen
dous giant rabbit jumps at every jump
dogs baying old dog bays at rabbi
ccent
Well bred cats crouch in grass. watch
ing amazing chase. They would lik
to join. but are afraid of dogs. Rab
bit afraid Of dogs. cats afraid Of dogs
dogs afraid Of nothing
Rabbit leaps 10 feet wide and fee
fsgh at every jump, dogs legs cas-
In and out like pistons, plenty of steam
but slow. slow, compared with rabbit
legs, propelling up and out, sort Of ami
NAL flying.
The moon is just going, going dow
over the mountains. after the sun ha
replaced its lavender and pink with on
uniform deep red.
Sun coming up, noon going down
we say up and we say down" bu
actually is neither one nor the ether
What We see We really do not see.
II We think We see thing. mayb
We do see 1t, after all. The sun ha
been coming up for too many milliol
years to enter into any dispute abou
It, Not worth while. 1t Is too beau
tiful. Whatever it does. it does. Ho,
We see it makes no difference.
The main thing Is to see it. Ou
here you can. Watch the lavende
streaks turn into pink. and the PIN
into old rose and old rose into Grim
son, like fire in the mountains, away
way off.
1t is the cool Of the morning. q we'll
bred sun-up, peace and quiet, and goo
| morning TO youi
Evening star., 1932-02-11
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

the amount wine cask lacks Of being
full?-T. C. N.
A. The term is ullage.
@. What Negro weekly newspaper
has the largest circulation?-M. p.
A. The Chicago Defender Louis
Shores, librarian Of Fisk University.
says that more than zoo Negro news
papers are published in the United
States-one or more for nearly every
community which includes a consid-
able Negro population.
@. Where do cashew nuts come
from?-R. L. T.
A. They grow on tropical American
trees in the West Indies, Central
America, North and South America.
@. Is tie Caspian Sea the largest
lake in the world?-G. H. S.
A. 1t is the largest lake either fresh
or salt in the world, with an area vi
10000 square miles. The largest fresh
water lake in the world is Lake Su-
pericr, Canada and the United States,
with an area of 3l,200 square miles.
Q. How is the Geological c>sden IN
Philadelphia supported?-E. r.
! A. The maintenance Of the garden
|
the dues of members and by an annual
appropriation from the City OF Phila-
delphia for the purchase Of tickets for
the use Of the children of the public
schools.
Q. What causes a ring around the
moon?-R. N.
A. The ring is a halo While all
! ha.os are cue to ice crystals. some ar
! caused by the refraction of light, pass
! ing through the crystals and others by
| the reflection Of light from their sur
faces. The differences in shape and
the positions of the crystals account fer
the great variety of halo forms. Tho5,
! caused by refe ection are white; those
! by refraction are colored.
! @. Can you tell me what victory
| is called that is disastrous TO the vic
! tor as well as the vanquished?-J. L. c.
A. It is called Pyrrhic victory, in
allusion to the exclamation Of Pyrrhus,
King OF Epirus, after his defeat Of the
Romans at Asculum in 279 B. c.. when
! he said "One more such victory over
/ the Romans and we are utterly
undone."
@. Please explain how airplanes are
catapulted off ships.-M. F.
A. There are two methods Of cata-
putting aiplanes off ships, the gun
powder catapult and the compressed
air catapult. These devices work in
much the sane way as does a sling
shot. The plane is placed on a car
which is on a track on the Gecl; Of a
ship. The releasing of compressed air
CT of gunpowder at the back of the
plane assists it to pick up the necessary
flying speed.
@. Is there any person living who
collects pension from the War Of 1912?
k. K
A. On February /, 1882. there were
widows Of veterans who served In the
War of 1912 receiving pensions.
O. Please define patent pending. pat
ent applied for and patented.-O. G. T.
A. The terms patent pending and
patent applied for mean that an appli-
cation for patent has been filed at the
United States Patent Once. but the pat
ent has not yet been granted. When
the word patented is used it means tha,
a patent has actually been granted.
@. Why are some surnames folliott
for instance. written with a small initial
,etter?-E. S.
A. There are certain English sur
names. such as ffolliott, french. foulkes
in which the initial letter is not capital
ized. Fl was merely the method OF
indicating the capital letter in the early
documents.
Evening star., 1932-02-11

France desires and will work to
establish an international police force
to put a quietus on would-be belliger-
ents. And, in spite of the million OF
so Of digs at him and wheezes about
him, can any one suggest better chief
for this great force than . certain
Italian gentleman whose name ends
In "ini"?