Evening star., 1932-08-30
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strengthened with Government funds
and many business failures obviated by
compounding private liabilities. We
have by no means completely emerged
from the obscurity of this depression
but we are beginning to see at least
faint CLEANS Of brightness in the dis
tance which presage our ultimate es-
cape from its fantastic clouds Of gloom
and fear If we courageously press on,
faithful to the conviction that patience
and effort will have their triumph over
all adverse circumstances"
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Mexican Officials
Hold Action on Strike.
Ell Universal, Mexico, D. F.-The
secretary Of industry, commerce and
labor, Gen. Abelardo Rodriguez, has Is
sued public statement which declares
that the governmental Office under his
supervision will make no further effort
to placate the disagreements between
the tramway workers and the tramway
company. The reason for adopting
this attitude, according to Gen. Rodri-
guez, IS that, while the demands Of the
men are growing more firm and definite,
the reaction of the company to these
petitions evidences more f1exibility. The
officials have already granted several
points, and will likely make other con-
cessions rather than have the strike
continue. For these reasons, Gen.
Rodriguez believes that formal inter-
vention by a national department, and
in this case the one under his juris-
diction, Is neither essential nor desir-
able.
With the recession Of the company
from its original stand, the desires of
the men have been expressed In still
more exaggerated terms, until now
agreement can scarcely be reached ex-
cept by the operating company accept
ing the terms of the strikers in toto.
As for wages and salaries due when
the strike commenced, the company
wishes to pay these at their Offices,
but the strikers are petulsntlv insist
ing that these payments be made
either at the offices of their union or
at some neutral location in one of the
public streets.
French Woman's
Daughter Is Detective.
LIE Matin, Paris.-"Can a woman
become good detective?" asks a ma
tron, not without trace of appre-
henSion, whose daughter seems to have
CHOSEN LnlS deHcate career At nrSt
sight, considering the perils, the dam
gelous contacts, the fatiguing voyages,
the protracted vigils and the constant
hardships, the vocation seems scarcely
one suitable for feminine pursuit,
despite all the risks and discomforts
with which most Of our younger wom-
anhood Of every class has become &C
quainted, particularly in the realm of
sports. But that Is Just one side, and
perhaps the less important side Of the
question. Looking at the other side
we see that q woman's instinct and
intuition are much keener and finer
than the corresponding capacities of
man. She has, too, superior facul-
ties Of deduction and penetration. She
has inexhaustible patience and tnvinci-
BILE obstinacy. Many of Of them have
been amateur detectives on their own
account, which would give them the
advantage Of certain experience even
before they embark upon professional
activities. We believe that after a
very little technical training and
physical toughening women may be
transmitted into most capable detec-
tives.