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Evening star., 1932-01-03

to agriculture, husbardry in all its
branches, agronomy, and agricultural
economics. Some 100000 volumes are
on its shelves.
In the field of business one nnds ths
Department of Commerce Library. Al
though next to the newest executive
department of the Government, this
branch already has collected library
of more than 100000 volumes. These
deal with foreign trace in all its
aspects, shipping, production, merchan-
dising at home and abroad, and every
other subject which comes under the
general heading Of eonnmerce.
Another library reputed to excel any
other of it's type In the world Is the
special library OF the United States
Geological Survey. More than 100000
volumes are found in this collection.
They are practically all of scientific
and technical nature.
Valuable Reference Libraries.
The Department of Labor has a
library of 115,00O volumes. The union
labor movement developed more rapidly
in this country than probably anywhere
else. Particularly in the last quarter
of century there has been an outpour-
ing of books on labor subjects and these
are all to be found in this Government
collection.
There Is world Of romance TO be
dug out of the archives treasured in
the State Department Library. White
papers, books of early diplomatic COR
reSpondence, together with vital his
tories bearing on State Department
business can be found there.
The Navy Department, in connection
with its historical section, has annassed
a ctYncfnTfiaI an a a I've
dealing largely with American naval
history.
In the various other governmental
establishments are to be found libraries
ranging up to 100000 volumes. These
may be consulted by the public with
the permission of officials in charge.
There is no regular borrowing system as
at the Public Library, originally the gift
of Andrew Carnegie, but books may be
consulted for reference.
Washington is the headquarters of
many private organizations. The Bu-
reau of Railway Economics, for example,
an organization supported by the rail-
roads, has a library Of 1875, volumes.
These books all bear on the railway in
duStry and constitute the most COM
plete collection of the sort in the world.
The Pan-American Union has q coll
lection of $4,000 books on Pan-Amer-
icana and there are the libraries of
Georgetown and George Washington
Universities, both substantial.
One of the finest collections of books
on the subject of Freemasonry in the
world is to be found in the Library cf
the Scottish Rite at Washington. Here
are some 100000 volumes dealing with
the history and the mysteries of this
ancient order In this library will be
found an outstanding collection of the
writings of Robert Burns, as well as
books written about him.
Altogether, there are 200 libraries, In
cluding the large and the small, and,
in addition, go statistical agencies.
1t is said that If man of normal
life-span spent IL hours day, from
the time he learned to read, in an at
tempt to devour all the volumes in the
Library of the Sorbonne at Paris, he
would die before he had finished those
in the first alcove. He would be dis
couraged before he started on the TO-
100000 volumes in Washington.
Evening star., 1932-01-03
Appointment Through Forgery

Former Attorney General Harry M.
Daugherty. in q book about to be pub
nsned, makes an amazing charge
against Albert B. Fall, his colleague in
the cabinet of President Harding. Ac-
cording to an advance statement re-
garding the forthcoming volume, Mr..
Daugherty, who was forced out Of Of
fee in 1924, at about the same time
that Mr.. Fall left the cabinet under
Executive pressure AYERS that the New
Mexican gained his appointment as
Secretary of the Interior through a
forged telegram 10 the President-elect.
His statement follows:
A. B. Fall and l could never have
been chums in any political enterprise.
! think at the last moment President
Harding began to feel the unspoken
antagonism between us and heSltated TO
make the appointment Fall met the
crisis in his usual bull-headed fashion.
He sent Harding an urgent telegram
asking his immediate appointment and
signed my name to 1t without phoning
me, wiring me or In any way limiting
his purpose. Which message he boldly
charged to A. B. Fall The appoint
ment was msdN and a mine laid for an
explosion about to shake the Nation.
This Is decidedly plain speaking
And it calls for more plain speaking. to
tell of Mr.. Daugherty's discovery Of the
improper use of his name; to tell Of the
relations between the two men during
the three years that elapsed before the
explosion. Perhaps there is more, In
deed, on this subject in the book itself
Certainly MIR. Fall, despite the fact that
he is now confined in prison, will say
something. Mr.. Daugherty has &C.
Evening star., 1932-01-03

Text: Look therefore carefully how
ye walk, not as unwise, but as wise, re-
deeming the time "-Ephesisns, v.15-16,
In the King James version the apostle
speaks of walking circumSpectly, "
which literally means walking looking
about. 1t is suggestive of the old ad-
monition, Walk with your eyes about
you" The whole passage might very
properly be rendered, See then that
ye walk looking about you, not as fools,
but as wise, buying up the opportunity,
because the days are evil"
1t is an admirable admonition as we
enter upon the unknown and untried
days of the new year. We are moving
out upon strange paths, new expert
ences and fresh adventures. If we are
to enter upon them wisely, we shall do
so by observing carefully and refiec-
lively the circumstances and expert
ences that befall US; we shall have the
capacity to rightly evaluate in the light
of past happenings everything that
comes to u. There is a popular phrase
today heard on every hand, Watch
your step!" 1t Is designed to make
us careful, and in doing so to safeguard
us against mishaps and miSfortunes.
Reckless living no matter how it may
express itself, is perilous. To live with
out any proper understanding of the
relation we bear to the world about us,
or without a reasonable consciousness
of life's purpose and objective, leads
ultimately to tragic days of disillusion-
ment and disappointment. No matter
how lowly or exalted our lot in life may
be, we may make contribution pecu-
liarly our own to the world through
which we pass. Failing to do so, we do
not fulfill our destiny. There Is a fine
sentence which some one struck off in
which he said, II shall pass through
this world but once; any kind act that
I may perform or any kind deed that
l may do, let me do it now, let me not
defer it or neglect 1t, for shall not pass
this way again" If all Of us could begin
the new year with determination to
fulfill this precept, 1t would change the
whole critical situation In which we now
find ourselves, restore the worlds order
Evening star., 1932-01-03

is housed in one Of tire munitions
buildings" erected during the war in
Potomac Park.
This business Of moving the bureaus
about to make the best use Of avail
able space while the construction oper-
ations are under way is complex. With
each new structure added to the per-
manent equipment the shifts become
fewer and less difficult to manage Dur
ing the past few years the changes of
ONCE quarters have been so numerous
and frequent as to affect seriously the
efrioiency Of the Federal establishments
In some branches of TIE Government
the employees have been shunted back
and forth four and five times in the
course Of as many years. A grand and
glorious feeling" will pervade the Gov
ernment service when the moving davs
are over and everybody Is placed, pre-
sumably for all time.
Evening star., 1932-01-03

| furrowed broWs from that phase alone
not to mention the f1arebacks that may
result when the decision steps on COM
| mercial toes.
Here is an example of what can
| happen under the provision: Growers
of long-leaf wrapper tobacco, high
grade product, several months ago
asked the bureau to bar admission of
Sumatra tobacco. There has been NO
particular question that Sumatra plan
tationS were not using forced or inden-
tured labor, so the fact was easily de-
termined But the American growers
maintained they could supply Ameri-
can requirements and that was some
thing else to be decided.
The bureau had to study the ques-
ton thoroughly. 1t had to learn from
the tobacco manufacturers what guam
titles they used annually and from the
producers how much they produced
each year In addition, it had to sat
isfy itself that the American product
was commercially the equivalent of the
Sumatra product. Eventually, the
bureau was able to rule and it held
that Sumatra tobacco could continue
to enter the United States because the
Americans were not able to meet the
AiActi hSb AC11AuAAd'
An attempt has been made by the
bureau to soften its job somewhat by
drafting regulations carrying out the
provisions of the statute. 1t may be
said, however, that at best they are
mere generalizations and cannot re
move the milestone from the neck of
the bureau. The language of the law
is such, also, as to complicate the
work and it serves as an open letter
inviting almost anybody to come in and
complain. The statute says, respecting
determination of the question whether
forced or indentured labor is being
used, that the commissioner may in
vestigate of his own volitlon, or he
may make the investigation upon COM
plant of American manufacturers, pro-
ducers, wholesalers or importers rep
resentatives of American labor Organi-
cations 'or other interested parties"
When the provisions were being de-
bated in the House and Senate various
American interests whose source of
supply lies abroad were on hand to
make sure they were not cut off
Among these were the importers of
rubber and coffee. Congress recog-
nized the possibilities and included the
limitation of authority that has re-
suited IN making market surveyor OF
the bureau. Otherwise, there might be
only a small amount Of coffee and less
rubber imported, for there Is much use
of the Objectionable labor system in
the native habitats of those COM
modities.
Commissioner Eble says 1t Is a little
early to know just how many COM
modities and how many countries are
going to be adversely affected by the
provisions. Bureau officials have ideas
that many of them will have to be
watched and they are proceeding TO
look up the facts. In the meantime,
however, there is no disposition to
prejudice any country or commodity or
any individual case by stating bureau
opinion.
(Copyrisht, 1881
Evening star., 1932-01-03
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
A Planet With Speed.
When Shakespeare rnaSe the statar,e,

When Shakespeare made the statement
that this world is all stage
He pictured what we must regard as
quite a different age;
An age when men gave study to the
roles they undertook
And forms and courtesies prevailed
which none might overlook.
The merry villagers came forth in song
upon the green;
The aristocracy with easy grace OBJ
served the scene.
There was in truth a deal Of superficial
show,
And the action OF the drama, though
intense, was often slow
At present we are going at a swiftly
modern pace;
There's real ginger in the troop they
call The Human Race.
The aeroplanes are buzzing and the
lights are all ablae.
And we do in twenty minutes work that
formerly took days.
We take our pleasures swiftly and our
griefs are soon forgot;
No permanent emotion animates our
earthly lot,
And we're forced to the conclusion that
the days of long ago
Have vanished and the world is now a
moving picture show.
Evening star., 1932-01-03
Forced.Labor Goods
Banned From Import
BY HARDEN COLFAX.

The Bureau of Customs in the
Treasury took over a new Joo Satur-
day, the effective date OF provisions
Of the tariff act which bar the entry
into the United States OF goods, wares
and merchandise produced by forced or
indentured labor.
That is not all of the story: Hence
forth the bureau must serve as Judge
and jury and technical surveyor OF
the country's needs OF any commodlty
which by any chance reaches Afneri-
can shores from lands wherein 1t is
suspected that forced or mdentured
labor is used. Such is necessary pc
cause Congress prescribed IN the law
that these products, tnough prouuceu
by forced or indentured labor, are ad-
missible if American supplies are in
sufficient to meet American demands.
Thus Commissioner Eble OF the Gus
toms Bureau foresees plenty OF trouble.
He saws the task is certain TO De Dur :
densome and difficult, but he addS tnat
the Customs Service as acquainted WIN
extraordinary jobs and is hope1u1 tnat
1t will measure up again.
Although the provisions laying down
an American policy denounelng tne use
of forced and indentured labor are just
now going into effect, the policy was
decided upon by Congress ana enacteo
as part OF the tariff act OF 1880, When
that measure became law IN June, 1881:
It coupled the ban on TINS type OF
product with that prooucea py coti-
victs, which long has been relusea au-
mission and which itself mas kept ou-
reau officials awake at night on nu-
merous occasions. ~,
Mr.. Eble explains that it is not the
matter of determining where or When
forced or indentured labor is used tnat
constitutes the great worry for the
bureau hut the new duties Of de-
termining whether American produc-
ton is sufficient to supply the coun-
try's demands. There, Is 50 much pos
stbiiity of doing Injustice tnat any con.
scientious public Official Is IlKely 10 get
Evening star., 1932-01-03
Slightly Monotonous.

II suppose you are happy now" said
the slightly envfous friend. You have
everything absolutely your own way"
Yes" replied the successful man,
but having everything absolutely your
own way is something like turning the
game of life into solitaire and stacking
the deck"
Evening star., 1932-01-03
1899 Settlement Year.

From the Worcester Daily Telegram.
If things keep on at their present
speed we probably can have joint
celebration of the settlements of the
Manchurian problem. the war-debt
problem and the prohibition problem
in February 1899.
Evening star., 1932-01-03

A suspicion prevails that Tyrone
Power will be remembered when the
names of some Of the present outstand-
ing leading men mean nothing to any
one except their direct descendants.
Evening star., 1932-01-03

1t is getting so that the Etnstein
theory is disproved on Mondays, We'd
nesdays and Fridays and confirmed on
Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays
On Sundays the originator tinkers with
it a little himself.
Evening star., 1932-01-03
Rate by MaiI-PayabIe in Advance.
MARYLAND and Virginia.
Am Other States and Canada.
Member Of the Associated Press.

The Associated Press is exclusively ertitled
TO the use for republication of all news dis
patches credited TO 1t or not otherwise cred
tied in this paper and also the local news
published herein. All rights Of publication of
special dispatches herein are also reserved.
Evening star., 1932-01-03
Kaiser Was Right.

From the Fort Worth star-Tslesram.
II Bill Hohenzollern of Doom were
inclined to be egotistical. he might
spring huge II told you 80" on the
world. Remember that elaborate plan
Of his TO make America pay for the
war? Well, aren't wei
Evening star., 1932-01-03
Reporting Progress.

How are you getting on in society?"
First rate" replied Mr.. Cumrox 81
observe that we are inviting an entirely
different set of people from those who
came to our first party. And instead of
laughing and enjoying themselves they
stand around awhile and then say,
Good night. We've had charming
evening"
Evening star., 1932-01-03

In Sumatra monkeys are trained to
climb trees for coconuts. In South
Africa, it is said, baboons are trained
to work in the fields of the Boer farm
ers. 1t may be noted also that there
is little unemployment among gorillas
in the U. S. A.
Evening star., 1932-01-03

"ski-jumper" once was just a slang
phrase for q Scandinavian kitchen
mechanic" Now, like ss not, it may
refer to society belle.
Evening star., 1932-01-03

All regard 1882 as q good year for
one particular reason. May 1882 be
viewed as fondly, and for many of
them.
Evening star., 1932-01-03
The Purpose.

You don't remember what was In
your party PLATFORM"
Not exactly" replied Senator sor-
ghum. "A party platform is made to be
listened to, not remembered"
Evening star., 1932-01-03

Far too many District motorists ap-
pear to be of the opinion that right
Of way" applies 10 q railroad track and
nothing more.
Evening star., 1932-01-03

Some would like to read about q
tug-of-war between teams representing
the Hefiin election contest witnesses
and the Ella Wendell heirs.
Evening star., 1932-01-03
Eavesdroppers on Phones,

From the Topeka Daily Capital.
Kansas is reported to be second
among the States in number Of rural
telephones, but it is safe to claim that
Kansas doesn't take second place to
any State in the amount of rural tele-
phone eavesdropping
Evening star., 1932-01-03

An Austrian ex-diplomat says that
the United States Is not q democracy.
1t can scarcely be called a republicancy
just now, either.
Evening star., 1932-01-03
Fiction Beaten at Polls.

From the Dayton Daily News.
Edgar Wallace, a detective story
writer, was defeated for election in
England 1t seems voters prefer their
fiction in party platforms.
Evening star., 1932-01-03

When In doubt" levy a new tax"
seems likely to be 1925 outstanding
slogan.
Evening star., 1932-01-03

Even non-bridge players now owe a
debt of gratitude to the great tourna-
ment, for has it not given US the
elegant epithet, Big hunk Of beef
steak?
Evening star., 1932-01-03

consideration I think + will direct the
marshal to remove him to the dock"
When the trial was resumed the next
day Guiteau was given a seat in the
dock between guards and remained In
that position to the end OF the trial.
Evening star., 1932-01-03

1t is curious coincidence how often
impetuosity is followed by irnpecuniosity
Evening star., 1932-01-03

Add SMILES: As tnsttnctively as one
circles a plump panhandler.
Evening star., 1932-01-03
Reflections in q Restaurant.

Oh the oysters are not SO inviting
And the soup and the fish aren't much
The chef seems inclined to be sighting
Each dish that he chances TO touch.
The roast isn't what you expected
And the service is marked by delays.
But cheer up! You've not been neg
lected-
How sweetly the orchestra plays!
The strains of q beautiful ballad
With keenest enjoyment are heard,
So who shall find fault with the salad
Or speak with disdain of the bird7
Mere food Is not worth admiration,
while art is a thing to adore.
Don't eat, but observe with elation
The dancers trip out on the floor!
II can't help noticin," said Unclt
Eben, dat Sanity Claus an his sleigh
goes out O. business mighty quick, while
de ambulance driver keeps comm
around regular all year"
Evening star., 1932-01-03
A SeasOnable Confession.

We sing about the Wintry snow
And vow its Joys are many,
But just the san1e-oh, whisper low
We're glad there isn't any.
Evening star., 1932-01-03
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Evening star., 1932-01-03

It can thereupon be fairly reasonably
maintained that almost all of Washing
ton is today, in one way or another,
"infiationist." Senator Shipstead of
Minnesota, most heroic of all Washing
tonians in his "inf1ationism," demands
that It be produced through deliberate
expansions of the currency. He is for
Evening star., 1932-01-03
The Evening Star Newspaper Company

THEODORE W. MOVES. 3. Editor
Evening star., 1932-01-03

furrowed brows from that phase alone,
not to mention the flarebacks that may
result when the decision steps on COM
mercial toes.
Evening star., 1932-01-03
Fifty Years Ago
In The Star

National attention was centered upon
the trial Of Guiteau so years ago and
the extraor-
Judge Cox's Conduct dtnary con-
Of Guiteau's Trial. duct of the
Evening star., 1932-01-03

OhE 81 ONE, TWENTY ARnEn SWISS
sTEAITHIly CLIMBED A ROPE TO TIE
MAPS CHAMBER A W44,spEpep COUNCIL
oFWAR AND THEN TIE TWEATy RUSHED
TO THEIR APPOINTED STATIONS WITH
DRAWN SWoRrS. II
The Washington times., 1932-03-03
JOB BPLEDGES UP
To S11,000,000.

NEW YORK, March 8 U.N.S) .
With active work of putting idle
persons in jobs still going on
throughout the nation, the United
Action for Employment group
today reported nearly $l1,000,000
was pledged in II communities to
pay workers wages.
Positions for those previously
unemployed were obtained, &C.
cording to latest tabulations. in
Mendoza, Calf, Detroit, Dallas,
Baltimore, and Cory, Pa.
In Emrie county, including Buff
falo, N. Y, 2,940 workers were
given employment. Of these. 2,640
are being paid from the $52B, 900
pledged for labor.
Wilmington, Del, reported 100
women were given gainful work.
From Chicago came word en-
ployers adopted a plan of stag
gering work hours to keep full
forces employed or use additional
labor.
The drive in Atlanta induced
many employers not to order any
seasonal lay-offS.
The Washington times., 1932-03-03
AID
JOB FINDERS

Necessity for creating work for
10000 men by April 1 will be
stressed in all Washington
churches this weekend.
Catholic and Protestant
churches and Jewish temples are
to appoint committees to assist
the District work creation COM
mittee, headed by Col. E. G. Bliss,
in accordance with plans made
at a series of meetings this win
ter.
Funds of the District employ
ment committee will be exhaust
ed by April /, according to El-
wood Street, director of the Com
munity Chest, and the work crea-
ton committee hopes to make up
the $185,000 shortage in the
Chest drive by obtaining employ
ment for persons who would
9th erwise be dependent on
charity.
The Washington times., 1932-03-03
HUGE FEDERAL
! FORCES JOINS
F., BABY HUNT

Several thousand agents Of the
Department of Justice and Treas
ury today were thrown into the
unprecedented hunt for the kid
naperS of the Lindbergh baby.
This marks one Of the few
times that Federal authorities
have taken a direct part in the in
vestigation of a crime against a
State law.
Dry Agents Aid
In addition to the Department
of Justice, which through j. Edgar
Hoover. chief of the Bureau OF IN
vestigation, and special agents IN
New Jersey and New York, is keep
ing in touch with the latest de-
velopments, several hundred pro
hibition agents, under Admins.
traitors Andrew McCampbell, OF
New York. and John D. Pennlng-
ton, of Philadelphia, are assisting
in the search for the kidnapers.
Col. Amos w. w. WoodcocKS,
prohibition director, instructed all
agents in the East to assist state
police in every way possible. Ii
was thought some valuable IN,
formation from under Wor d
sources might be obtained by the
prohibition service.
In Touch With Police
In the Treasury the Narcotic
Bureau, with many agents ir the
large Eastern cities; the Coast
Guard, with scattered stations
along the coast and lakes, and
the Customs Bureau, which guards
the international borders and las
hundreds of agents at ports, were
cooperating and seeking informa-
ton which could be made avail
able to the State investigation
forces.
These agencies were in con-
slant touch with the New Jersey,
New York and Pennsylvania State
police.
The Bureau of Identification,
which holds millions Of finger
prints, photographs and other de-
Scription OF criminals, violators
both of Federal and State laws,
was ready to examine immedi-
ately any Identification records
sent here.
The Washington times., 1932-03-03
DateLess 2Bits
Good as Gold,
Says Mint

If you have any quarters
that do not bear a date, do
not be alarmed. They are per.
fectly good
Discovery was made recently
that many quarters now in cir
culation have no dates, and it
has been assumed in some
circles that they are the work
of counterfeiters. This is in
correct, according to the office
Of the Director of the Mint.
The die used in stamping
these quarters left the date in
a very exposed position, and
the figures wear off quickly by
abrasion.
When Treasury officials
learned that this was happen.
ing, they prepared a new die,
which sinks the figures a little
more and makes the dates
more permanent.