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Federal Home Loan Measure
Believed Wise Legislation

The loss Of homes into which fam
ilies have put the earnings of years, it
Is believed by the country, will be
averted through the Federal home loan
bill passed by Congress before adjourn
ment. Beneficial results in the whole
Held OF home building and financing
are forecast as likely to come from this
plan, by which the Government enters
new field. bringing it into contact
with the affairs of the average citizen.
Nothing in the depression has been
sadder," says the youngstown Vindi-
Gator. than the sight Of families los
ing homes into which they had put the
savings of lifetime, because they could
no longer make payments on their
mortgages. The home loan banks
bill will assist and protect home owners
the great 1njusttces which this unhappy
time has revealed" The Topeka Daily
Capital declares that the bill has been
accepted by building and loan associa-
tions as a valuable contribution to
home owning and building; 1t has been
close to Mr.. Hoover's heart and is one
Of his own projects" while the Altoona
Mirror, holding that 'any program that
promotes home ownership is good
American doctrine" describes the
measure as zone of these achievements,
becoming more frequent in recent
years, which mark a closer contact of
the citizens at large with their Gov
ernment in Washington"
Several European countries" states
the Lexington Leader, ''have had the
system in operation for a good while
with the best results. The Government
has for a long time been engaged in
financing farm lands, and there seems
to be no logical objection to any sound
scheme which extends the same serv-
ice to the family wishing to buy home.
There is a great need for it and no one
can say that 1t Is not proper to give
equal treatment to rural and urban
property. This measure will bring new
hope to many thousands of citizens and
prove to be a factor in turning back
the tide Of prosperity by restoring con-
f1dence and stimulating construction"
THE new banks" according to the
Houston Chronicle, will not tmmed1-
ately flood the market with credit, OF
course. Their establishment Will take
some time, and then the relief will be
given through the concerns and instl-
tutions now dealing in securities on
homes. However, the rediscount facili-
ties provided for these institutions
will enable them to thaw frozen
assets, will enable them to extend loans
where present home owners can't pay,
and at the same time be in a position,
with the money secured on rediscount,
to make further loans. Thus, all evi-
dence is to the effect that the new
finance measure will bring early benefit,
and be q real factor in stimulating
building enterprise. Whether the more
far-reaching hopes Of loan people will
or will not be realized, there can be
little doubt that we can be thankful
for a certain assured measure of mort
gage relief and construction stimula-
ton"
LAS q relief to the general financial
situation" thinks the Philadelphia Eve
ming Bulletin, "the provision OF Spe-
cific credit resource for the service OF
home borrowing would liquefy lot OF
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frozen credit in the banks Of the coun-
try. AS a'result of this creation OF a
new credit reservoir the entire field of
nome mortgage enterprise in the United
states would be eased out Of its tangle.
An example of what might be expected
OF this bill is indicated in the initial
move OF the Young Committee of indus
tr1allStS and f1nanciers in New York for
the buttressing Of the Savings and Loan
Bank OF New York State. which Is A
mortgage rediscount agency. Leading
New York banks have underwritten
SlQ,00o,O00 Of the bonds Of this bank.
IN the full belief that it Is the key for
the unlocking Of an important corner In
the tangle."
While the theory of relief on which
the act IS based" states the Springfield
(Mass) Republican, sis that capital
would thus become available eventually
Tor new construction Of houses. It Is
EVIDENT that the immediate objective Is
70 stop the wave of mortgage fore
closures and auction sales of homes
throughout the country. The Federal
government thus goes into the business
OF reolScounting real estate mortgages
1nat much may be done to stop real
estate detiataion in the present emer-
gency Is probably true, and the act was
Ny SO4lSAcSS u1QeT the urgency
OF the crisis without enthusiasm. The
senate amended the bill so that the
capital of $125, ,000, 900 subscribed bv the
treasury would be subject TO retirement
through later subscriptions by private
nnanclal institutions. Time will deter
NINE whether such a shift from public
70 private control will ever take place
or whether, as a system, the Federal
nome loan banks will be permanent
Inc implications Of their permanence
under Government ownership are not
now widely understood"
The Newark Evening News noints
out that, unlike other features of the
Hoover relief program put through hv
the Congress, this bill has a permanent
purpose" Referring to descriptions of
II as "a Federal Reserve system for
financing American homes" the Eve-
ming News explains that "membershin
In the home loan banks Is restricted
to savings banks, insurance conpanieS
building and loan associations and Iike
organizations having a mutual char-
acter," and that "a Senate amendment
to include national and State banks
mortgage companies and other institn,
tlons conducted for profit was elirn;.
mated in the final conference"
1t Is indicated by the press that
there VIII be extensive national disc,,s-
sion OF the rider attached to this hill
providing for extension of the currencv
based on bonds.
Evening star., 1932-07-26
Junkers Ueber Allies.

Germany's "monocle cabinet" as its
foes dub the militarist government
headed by Lieut.. Col Franz Won Papen,
won in the Supreme Court at Leipzig
yesterday the first round In Junker-
dom's fight for the control Of Prussia.
Prussia's ousted Socialist ministers
sought a temporary injunction to re-
strain the federal authorities from ap-
pointing dictator to govern Germany's S
largest state. The Supreme Court ruled
that the injunction, by causing two sets
of rival administrators to function in
Prussia, would only cause friction and
confusion. At the same time the bench
reserved judgment on the contention
that President Won Hindenburg's emer-
gency decree. which thrust the PruSsian
government into the outer darkness, was
illegal. A decision on that basic con-
stitutional issue will not be handed
down until after next Sundays Reichs-
tag elections.
Meantime the "vons" remain ueber
allies in Germany. Their undisputed
sway heartens the Hitler 'Nazis" and
the Hugenberg Nationalists, who are
licking their chops in confident antic-
ipation of inheriting the political eartn
on July 81. Gen. Won Schleicher, Chan
cellor Won Papen's army minister, an
nounces that the Reichswehr will be
mobilized to suppress any attempt by
the reactionaries to seize power If they
fail to get it at the polls. But even
this commendable blow for constitu-
tionality will not wholly remove the i'm
preston that the Wilhelmstrasse is
being kept warm by its present occu-
pants for the forces that banker for
the "old days" and for destruction of
the Weimar republic, now waging 80
precarious struggle for existence.
Such fears will only be strengthened
in Germany, as well as abroad, by the
experiences which the Reichstag Super
visory Committee had yesterday with
Baron Won Gayl, minister of the interior
in the Won Papen regime. The COM
mittee voted unanimously, with the ex-
ception of its Hitlerite- Nationalist men,
bers, to demand revocation of the die
tatorship DEGREES in Prussia. Baron
Won Gayl thereupon curtly proclaimed
that the cabinet does not consider that
the committee has any right to make
such a demand on the government,
which will therefore ignore 1t.
Two or three years before the war q
Junker deputy created furore in Ger
many by suggesting that If the peoples
representatives continued to make OBJ
streperous demands for their rights, ~
the Kaiser ought to send "a Prussian
lieutenant and ten men" and "close up
the Reichstag. Each day seems TO be
producing fresh crop of evidence that
| the lieutenant colonel and ten men, now
comprising the government of Germany
are bent upon closing up" all remain
ing vestiges of constitutional rule In
/ the Reich.
Evening star., 1932-07-26
Scores Injustices in
Government Service
To the Editor Of The Star:

To the Editor OF The Star:
Through your columns I would like
to call attention to a few Of the abuses
In Government offices. No serious COM
plant can be made Of the treatment &C
corded the workers in some Offices; in
others the treatment the workers re-
ceive is disgrace to the United States
Government. The writer knows one
person who suffered temporary men
tai collapse brought on by working con-
ditions allowed to exist in the Office In
which she was employed and by the
very unfair treatment accorded her.
Another person employed In the same
Office died Of an illness said to have
by the contemplate treatment she had
received In that office. Similar condi-
tions, I am told, exist In other depart
ments.
In some Offices the clerks hardly know
from one day to the next, even in ordl-
nary times, whether they have jobs or
not, and were 1t not for the protection
of members Of Congress undoubtedly
many deserving and capable persons
would be thrown out of their positions
merely because Of prejudice on the part
of division chiefs or the desire Of these
chiefs to install friends in the positions.
In some departments bureau chiefs
will not permit of positions being given
as high classidcations as they should
against the persons who happen to be
holding the positions. On the other
hand, persons who happen to be pro-
teges Of the chiefs are promoted In both
grade and salary beyond their Just
deserts.
Moreover, it would seem that time
killers are looked upon with more favor
than those who try to give an honest
days work
And during the past year, although
Government officials were supposed TO
be making efforts TO economic, some
Of them created jobs for persons they
wished to favor, thus contributing to
the necessity of now furloughing per-
sons who can Ill afford the loss In
salary.
And where Is the justice, or the
humanity, in compelling a clerk who
Is l minute late to lose day and a
quarter of pay? This, I understand,
Is happening under the economy Dill
| recently passed. Might there not be
| extenuating circumstances which might
make the hardness excusable?
Something should be done to remedy
these evils and to provide fair and just
treatment Of the workers in all Gov
| eminent oflces. M. BROWN.
Evening star., 1932-07-26
Salvationists Deplore
Principle In Blue Law.

The War Cry, London-As nearly al
ways occurs when matters of religious
principle or moral conduct are con-
cerned, the Sunday cinemas bill pro-
duced a galaxy of fine speeches. The
point that comes nearest to Salvation
lists was expressed in the sentence, 1T
is a poor lookout for religion in this
country If people are to be driven into
church through excess Of boredom. "
Much as we deplore any tendency to
secularize Sunday as well as any at
tempt to turn to profit the complex and
unhelpful social conditions under which
many are compelled to live, We are con-
vinced that the only permanent way Of
keeping Sunday religious Is to make re-
ligion its most attractive feature. How
can that be done, in the face Of the
elaborate allurements held out by the
rivals? Only by an exhibition Of the
Joy that springs up like a perpetual
spring within the heart. A man made
radiant by the indwelling of Christ has
more real pulling power" than Sun
day or any other cinemas.
Evening star., 1932-07-26

| eel post. There are no Government
ships that carry mail.
@. How can rosebuds be kept from
| opening as soon as they are cut and put
| in water?-M. E. w.
| A. Ice in the water retardS the open-
| ing Of buds, as does dipping the stems
| in paraff1n.
@. What is meant by opportunismP-
V. NJ. B.
A. 1t is defined as the act policy or
practice of taking advantage, as in poll
tics, Of opportunities or circumstances.
or often of seeking immediate advan-
tage with little regard for ultimate con-
sequence.
Q. What party i5 now controlling Eng
land?-E. NJ.
A. The Coalition party, formed by
Premier ]. Ramsay Macdonald in the
Fall of last year. is nov the party In
control in Great Britain. This party
was formed by Premier Macdonald
after the defeat Of his Labor ministry
and includes members of all three OF
the leading political parties of Great
Britain-the Labor, Conservative and
Liberal.
@. Who built the mansion In Arling-
ton National Cemetery?-C. w. S.
A. The Lee Mansion at Arlington was
designed and built by George Washing
ton Parke Gusts, the adopted son of
George Washington. The mansion has
now been restored and furnished with
period furniture.
@. Please give a biography Of Adrnira.
Won Hipper, commander at the battle
OF Jutland-R. G. S.
"A; Franz Won Hipper was born at
WeHheim, Germany, on September l3,
1868. He entered the German NAVY In
1881 and became flag officer and COM
mander Of the first group of battle
cruisers in 1912. Took leading part in
battles at the Dogger Bank on January
"a, 1915, and at Skagerrak on MAY 81.
1916: Was promoted to the rank q
ao3o 1o1ifaI ana chlef OF the battle feet G.
1913. Retired after the war.
@. How many State and county fairs
are held?-B. P.
A. In 1929 there were 3,s7s county
IalrS reported to the Department Of Az
rlculture. AL the States hold STATE
lars. NO later figures are availabls.
Q, What is the amount of the salary
OF the President Of the United STATES
ana the amount allotted him yearly for
entertalnment?-M. s. F.
A. His salary is $4,000. and ha ba.
an allowance OF $25, 900 for trayeiin0
ana entertainment. President Hoover
IS returning $4,000 of his salary to the
Treasury this year.
q. Is it customary to hold a sports-
man s service in cathedral?-R. T.
A. 1t is most unusual. Such a service
(oelieved to be one Of the firnt) was
held In May in Chelmsford Cathedral
England.
Q. Is the word Cavalier" Spanish or
French?-M. B.
A. 1t was originally from the Suan-
1Sh, but this Is q French form. II
means "horseman" or Knight"
Q. Is it true that in Baltimore much
building is done on land leased for 90
years and at the end of that time the
improved property reverts to the land
owners or to the city?-W. F. B.
A. These leases usually contain q
clause renewable forever" so that they
are really perpetual. The idea that
they run out in SO years has caused a
great deal of useless trouble.
@. What was the distance at which
duel1stS stood when they fought?-C. C.
A. The distance in a duel was 10 or
! 20 PAGES or distance agreed upon.
Evening star., 1932-07-26

comment, even argument. And that
is fine. One of these days some. one
is going to say that the system OF ex-
aminations as 1t is now sustained and
practiced Is as futile as it is outWorn,
and that the custom of holding children
back a year from promotion to the sue
that should have moved out of school
economics several thousand years ago,
provided that schools bearing any
resemblance whatever to the modern
pattern existed then or permitted such
unethical, uneducational and even un-
enlightened practices as these, One of
these days when some one does mention
these two vain scholastic practices-and
another one or two besides-what
clamor Of indignant dissent will gather
around this simple mention of an over
loaded and crippled, system Of modern
90 education.
Evening star., 1932-07-26
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
An EssenfiaI Fxpey

An Essential Expert.
Whenever I some work would do
Which quite expensive looks,
I first proceed to interview
The man who keeps the books.
A monarch has my high regard;
A good dictator seems
Sometimes, when he Is working hard,
The idol of my dreams.
The organizer in the lead
OF industry so great
With great respect I always heed
In the affairs of state.
But every time you take a chance
On money hooks or crooks
You must consult, about finance,
The man who keeps the books.
Evening star., 1932-07-26

Introduction of incidental entertain
ment at the Chicago convention now
seems especially commendable. They
were the only opportunities the cam
paign is likely to afford for the intro
duction Of legitimate comedy.
Evening star., 1932-07-26
Buy So That Others
May Have EMPLOYMENT
To the Editor Of The Star.

TO The Editor Of The Star:
Will you give little space to thsse
few lines? I will try to be brief 7
have always paid my debts promptly
and am now doing the same thing but
In so doing I have deprived myself of
all luxuries, new clothes, entertaining
and no vacations. 1 am not saving 3
cent-in fact, using the little sayings I
nave TO meet my small expenses. MANY
people | know are not spending, others
are spending and not paying their obli-
gauons. Is it. not better to pay 80
otners can spend? Many could do this
II tney would. G. B. HOOVER
Evening star., 1932-07-26

Canada disapproves of interviews of
prominent women by social columnists.
1t may as well be recognized that poll
tics has never yet been kept out of
society and probably will be so In eyi-
dence forever.
Evening star., 1932-07-26

Illinois desires ten million Of the re-
lief loan with as little red tape as
possible. Even two national conventions
arriving In one Summer Is not enough
to create a sense of financial security.
Evening star., 1932-07-26

Just to show that there Is no kind
Of trouble they are afraid Of, the bonus
boys are now getting all the expert
ences that can go with starting a
newspaper.
Evening star., 1932-07-26

One OF the notable achievements of
Won Papen is to give Germany a chance
to show superior skill in handling some
new complications in problems relating
to states rights.
Evening star., 1932-07-26

AS a generous old relative, and a
lover Of peace. Uncle Sam is tempted to
feed financial candy In unlimited
amounts in hope Of persuading restless
European nations to behave.
Evening star., 1932-07-26

Men Of high financial standing
frankly complain of reduced income.
Perhaps Government workers on fur
Tough can gather q little small change
by giving expert instruction in economy.
Evening star., 1932-07-26
Get Them Going and Coming,

from the Goshen Daily News-rimes.
More than half Of the customers of
one light company are paying their
plls IN cash to avoid the check tax.
But congress outguessed them on that
one. There's a tax on electric current,
Evening star., 1932-07-26

Great Britain's embargo on Soviet
wheat and lumber is likely to bring
Uncle Sam into still further attention
on the part of Russian high-power
statesmen.
Evening star., 1932-07-26
The Cow Problem.

from the Toledo Blade.
Farmer drops wallet containing $77o
Cow finds and eats it. Here's q test
OF the dairyman's feeding philosophy
that you get out Of o COW what you
put into her.
Evening star., 1932-07-26
White Ants Help
Free CeyIOn Prisoners.

Ceylon Daily News, Colombo.-How
the destructive work Of white ants was
responsible for the escape Of three pris-
oners from Welikada Jail in the early
hours of Saturday morning was related
by the acting inspector general Of pris-
ons yesterday to representative Of the
Daily News, who was assured that the
men would not long be at liberty, as
the whole island had been notified OF
the escape and the neighboring coun-
tryside combed out to discover possible
hiding places. Till yesterday evening,
however, no clues had been discovered
and the men are still at large.
The method of escape was disclosed
when the warders examined the cell.
The iron bars Of the window had been
violently wrenched apart, leaving room
for a man to wriggle out.
An examination within showed that
ventilator frame had been removed
from its place and this used as lever
to move the bars.
1t was found that the wooden frame
of the ventilator-a perforated cast iron
plate-had been eaten by white ants
and strong push had diAcdged the
entire frame.
Evening star., 1932-07-26
Big Job.

TT takes all kinds Of people to make
a world" said the ready-made phi
losopher.
How true!" agreed Senator Sor-
ghum. But it's such big job that It's
hard to find boss who can complete
it to anybody's complete satisfaction. ="
Jud Tunkins says he never yet saw
an argument that was ended when a
crowd gave three cheers.
Evening star., 1932-07-26
Colombian Boy
Seeks Air Career.

Diario Del Comercia, Barranquilla.-
Erasmo Pueblo G. Is boy who has
been rendering his services as a me-
chanic in the hangers Of La Scadta.
Little by little Pueblo has become &C
quainted and enamored with all phases
of the profession and now desires, ac-
cording to what he told us yesterday, to
polish off his studies and experience In
the hangers of the Pan-American Air
Lines at Panama.
Unfortunately, Pueblo Is provided so
far only with the ambition. He has no
funds to defray his transportation to
Panama-scarcely enough, in fact, to
pay his expenses to the next corner
He would appreciate it, therefore, If We
would appeal to his former associates
and co-workers, and also to those en-
gagged in other industrial and CONNER
cial pursuits, for little pecuniary as
sistance to maintain him until he could
negotiate arrangements with the Pan
American people.
Pueblo told us that the crew Of the
Narino, due shortly to leave this port
for Colon, had offered to pay his pas
sage that far on the journey, but he
needs other aid besides. Would that
Pueblo had conceived this notion of his
O little sooner; at a time, perhaps.
when his aspirations would not have
been so rudely interfered with by the
handicaps Of this terrible crisis. 1t has
certainly embarrassed and bafled us
all. For our own part, we have not
seen two pesos together for a long time
Evening star., 1932-07-26
Higghligghts on the Wide World
Excerpts From Newspapers of Other Lands
! COMMERCIo, Lima. - The

I'll COMMERCIO, Lima. - The
l. minister of public works has
published a report Of highway
IL construction in the republic dur
ing the past year. Several hun
dred kilometerS of cement paving has
been laid, bringing the good roads to q
total of 1000 kilometers (2,500 miles,.
The great central highway between
Lima and Huanuco will soon be fin
ished. AS far as Choeica, distance OF
40 kilometers, this road is broad and
smooth, with cement paving. Fifteen
kilometers remain to be constructed. A
similar road is being surveyed between
Arequipa and Puno and work will soon
start on this project from both termini.
The completion Of these main arteries
and some tributary roads will greatly
promote the transportation of fruits,
produce and other tropical commodities
from the interior to the seaboard and
other parts Of the country, enhancing
both the distribution and enjoyment as
we'll as the profits from our natural
yield.
Evening star., 1932-07-26

Sometimes" said Uncle Eben, "our
troubles Is due to worlxin' toos hard at
maxim de same old mistakes.
Evening star., 1932-07-26
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Evening star., 1932-07-26
Light and Heat.

Light and Heat.
The spotlight swings from man to man
Upon its plant hinges.
Sometimes 1t glorifies q plan.
Sometimes 1t only singes.
Evening star., 1932-07-26

Progression.
For any debts that I had due,
I sought q moratorium.
But now for any I. o. q.
I ask a crematorium.
Evening star., 1932-07-26

Out Of the Competition
did you ever enter q beauty con-
test2"
NO" answered Miss Cayenne. II
have had my ambitions, Of course, but
my doctor warned me explicitly that
the costume required might endanger
my health by giving me chill"
"a man who Is truly great" said HI
Ho, the sage Of Chinatown. "is one who
can be remembered for his merits and
not for his faults"
Evening star., 1932-07-26
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