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Evening star., 1932-07-09
Economy Bill Runs Cantlet
AS Heavier Cuts Are Desired

paper, "it will have heard from voters
who in every State are ending the pub
lie careers of statesmen who are so de-
luded as to believe that the voice OF
Federal jobholders at Washington Is
the Nations voice. The final eviction
will come in the November election and
it will be done in the grand manner.
The Hartford Daily Times independent
Democratic) thinks the present measure
is "a mere forerunner of what the next
Congress must enact to preserve the
national credit" and predicts that "the
tax-ridden condition of the country will
become rather more than less acute as
the next few months elapSe."
AS to methods of saving prescribed
by the measure, the Salt Lake City
Deseret News Independently says: Con
gress did the unimaginative thing OF
meeting the country's demand by
cutting salaries" while citizens had
hoped that in such measure vast
amount of lost motion. duplicated ac-
tivities, obsolete practices and bureau
cratic waste could be eliminated from
government" AS the Cleveland News
Republican, puts it: THE backbone
of the present economy bill Is the
Presidents furlough plan, which, in a
word, prescribes vacations without pay
for Government employees. But the
real money saver was to have been the
doubling up OF Government bureaus
and the elimination OF those Of minor
Importance" This paper finds 1t
strange that 1.-The President was denied
permission to make the big economies
to be furnished by this plan just at the
time the Democratic convention IN
Chicago was adopting plank IN ltS
platform favoring consolidating de-
partments and bureaus in the Gov
ernment. Did its members in Con-
gress have a part in recommending
that plank?" asks this paper. While
noting that "the President is authorized
to make limited consultations in the
interest Of efficiency and economy,
the New York Sun independently de-
clares that IF put into effect these
will not be fundamental enough TO
disturb or dislodge intrenched bu-
reaucracy."
With all the known and recognized
and acknowledged waste OF pupnc
money in the operation Of -FOUR Dill
lion-dollar Government and with
deficit Of more than two billion dollars
in the fiscal year just ended, 1t Is I'M
believable that Congress was not able
to find as much as one-hah OF l per
cent Of these expenditures whlcn
might and which ought TO be cut out
in a time when real thrift is being de-
manded," declares the Port Huron
Times Herald independently. Accord
ing to the Topeka Daily Capital (Re,
publican), Congress has disappointed
the country with the little that results
from months of budget study. yet 1t is
something that Federal expenditures
will be reduced between 400 ana 300
million dollars"
Evening star., 1932-07-09
Highlights on the Wide World
Excerpts From Newspapers of Other Lands

medals, so much in evidence in this To-
cality, provided those who read its ad-
monitions will prove doers Of the word
and not readers only.
Nothing can happen to him. The
question remains, however, whether the
others will be satisfied. Many who
realize that constant complaining does
no earthly good persist in complaining
Just the same, as if the nature of things
could be changed by mere words But,
en- the other hand, the new motto or
admonition does not contradict the
facts. 1t is only a request to be kind to
a long-sufTering humanity.
Please do not mention the depreS-
stoni"
Love Letters Cheap
On Barcelona Streets.
La Vanguardia, Barcelona.-The cult
of the public letter writer is not a new
one in Spain, but we believe these
street-side amanuenses in Barcelona
offer a larger variety of their wares
than elsewhere. Not only are they
ready and competent to execute, with
one hand, letter upon any commercial
matter, but they keep in stock a choice
variety of love letters. You can make
your own selection from any number Of
more or less impassioned missives and
have them copied beneath the name Of
your inamorata in case you cannot
trapscribe them yourself The charges
are very reasonable masterpiece for
50 centimos something less than
United States nickel and less ornate
and captivating epistle for even less.
The ladies should not langllish for COM
plimentary and endearing effusions
when they can be provided so cheaply.
Evening star., 1932-07-09
Preserve the Highway

The Mount Vernon Memorial High
way was designed as q means to permit
the people of this country TO visit the
home Of George Washington and as a
commodious and attractive driveway for
public pleasure. It was not planned as
an ordinary traffic route for commercial
purposes. 1t was conceived as part Of
the park system Of the National Capital.
Application has now been made for
permission TO operate passenger buses
on regular schedule over the highway
between Washington and Mount Vernon.
A hearing will be held on July IA be-
fore Lieut.. Col U. S. Grant, Sd, director
of public buildings and public parks,
who is charged with the regulation Of
this memorial route. Opportunity will
be given 10 those who demur to this
proposal to present their objections to
the application. There should be no
lack OF arguments against It.
The Memorial Highway was informally
opened for use on February q, the use
bSlilE lEokl ACtEQ az 4llSt 70 oAlOdSb. VII
May 9 it was opened to full traffic over
the entire distance, after partial use
had been permitted for some time
From the beginning it has been used
daily by thousands. 1t has become the
most popular route of pleasure travel in
this section of the country. The COM
fort and safety of those who traverse il
have been assured by the absence OF
road-crowding and rushing commercial
vehicles operating on schedule. There
Is indeed no occasion for regular pas
senger service along this line. The
highway between Alexandria and Mount
Vernon is practically lacking in popu'
lation Immediately at hand. A sched.
uled passenger service would render nj
accommodation TO the residents of thu
area.
Sightseeing vehicles now operate ovel
the highway. being the only means out
side OF the steamer service for, visitors
10 Wpaington to reach Mouns Vernon
Evening star., 1932-07-09

unless they have their own transporta-
ton. Although these busses sometimes
crowd the road, they must be permitted
in order to bring Mount Vernon within
reach Of the thousands who visit the
Capital and naturally include the home
of George Washington as one of their
objectives.
Already the highway between Wash
ington and Alexandria is being mis-
used and trespassed upon by passenger
buses marked special" returning
after the rush hours from this city to
their garage This practice should be
stopped and these vehicles required to
use their ordinary routes on such oc-
casions. The Memorial Highway should
at no place, except that portion which
traverses Alexandria be used for pub
lie vehicles out ~ide of those which are
chartered for through trips for tourist
parties.
To make the Memorial Highway a
business route would be to lessen its
attractiveness greatly, to add to its
congestion and to imperil those who
seek 1t now as. a park driveway and
as a means of pilgrimage to the ma
tionaI shrine. This proposition should
be effectively stated at the hearing to
be held before Col. Grant on the l4th.
1t is not to be contemplated that
this highway. already one of the
most significant in America and GER
tain to become one of the loveliest i'll
the world as its l-ndscaping develops.
should be turned ccr to commercial
uses.
Evening star., 1932-07-09
Mr.. Garner Sets the Pace.

Having defied President Hoover and
continued his demand for Government
loans to private individuals. Speaker
John N. Garner yesterday defied the
Democrats of the Senate on the same
subject. The Speaker, who is the vice
presidential candidate of his party, is
taking the lead in making issues for the
campaign. The Democrats are Begin
ming to wonder whether the tail Of their
national ticket is to wag the whole.
They think that their vice presidential
candidate is talking mighty like" a
President himself
The soreness of the Democratic SEN
ators from the big Eastern States like
New York and Massachusetts, over the
stand taken by the Speaker is keen
There are muTmurs to the effect that it
is about time for one man-and that
man Speaker Garner-to get over the
idea that he is the entire Democratic
party In Congress. They do not care
for the issue which Mr.. Garner seems
L4bG1lb OlA PACSGt4lAAlB w NAAG ANSPNb-
licans. They consider as absolutely
tndefensible the proposal that the Gov
ernment enter into the business of
making loans to individuals. Nor do
they think that the Democratic House
should continue to back up the Speaker.
While the Senate Democrats now op-
posing the Garner idea on relief are
anxious to avoid handing their vice
presidential nominee a black eye, they
think it is in order for the Speaker
to listen to the counsel of other mem
bers of his party.
Perhaps Mr.. Garner is correct in
estimating the value Of the issue he is
now creating, or perhaps he does not
care for the feelings of the more con-
servative East, relying on the support
of the Democratic party and its ticket
in the South and the West. At any rate,
he seems intent upon driving all the
conservatives into the Republican fold.
No one can say with certainty today
whether there are more conservatives
UIORIGcSthES hA4C OA4ASCN OboNSS' Az
has been historically true, however, that
when the country is in trouble there
has always been a swing to the con-
servatiye side. That is what is worrying
the Democrats today who do not care
for the course the Speaker is pursuing.
The present prospect is for the adop-
ton of the conference report on the
relief bill In the Senate so that the
bill may be sent to President Hoover.
Democrats and Republicans alike ex-
pect the President to veto the measure
as it is now shaped because of the fea-
ture of loans to private individuals it car
ries. Then the task of the Congress
will be to frame a bill which can obtain
the approval of the Chief Executive. 1t
is either that or abandon relief legiSla-
ton. No one believes that the measure
as it stands today could be passed over
the presidential veto, such action re-
curing a two-thirds vote Of both
Houses of Congress. When the measure
comes back from the White House to
the Congress, if passed in its present
shape and vetoed, what then will be
the stand taken by Mr.. Garner? Will
he consider that he has done enough,
or will he undertake to tie the legisla-
ton, which is SO urgently demanded by
the country, into another double bow
knot? Such tactics would be indeed a
blessing to the G. o. P.
Evening star., 1932-07-09
The Bonus Army Melting Away

Gratifying evidence is Immediately
offered that the bonus marchers are
disposed to accept the opportunity to
return to their homes by means of
funds advanced by the Government as
loans to be charged against their ad-
justed compensation accounts. Several
hundred applied yesterday to the Vet
erans' Bureau and were promptly ac-
commodated. Many of them are al
ready on their way with subsistence
funds in their pockets. Efforts are be-
ing made by the leaders to dissuade
the remaining thousands to refuse this
Evening star., 1932-07-09

@ How long has the National Elim-
! nation Balloon Race been hald?-B. F.
A. The first of these annual free bal
loon races was held in 1909. There has
been a race each year, with the excep-
ton Of 1917 and 1918.
@. What is the exact meaning of
''revered senior" as used by the emu
rnerator of census of the inhabitants
Of Maryland in 1776? L. N. G.
A. The National Genealogical Society
says that the abbreviation. Rd senr.,
standing for revered senior, Is generally
accepted as meaning grandmother"
@. Was there ever a blind Doge Of
Venice?-P. r.
A. The great Henry Dandolo was
blind.
@. What is the best size for a bass
drum?-G. T. H
A. The Etude says that proper reso-
nance and variability cannot be Sc
cured in bass drum smaller than "a
to 36 inches in diameter. A drummer
must Shun the dead spot at the center
Of the drumhead. striking near the CEN
ter for greater volume and less reso-
nance and nearer the rim for less
volume and more ringing and sustained
tones.
@. Who was the first Pillar Saint9--
E. c. H.
was Simon Stylites, who in 420 in
vented a new kind of asceticism pro-
Tossing a desire to do public penance
and make YicariouS atonement for
others sins. Accordingly, he built a
pillar Is feet high and feet wide at
the summit. This he eventually raised
to 60 feet high and feet broad. There
he lived for 81 years. His example was
widely followed by a succession of her
mits, who. however, died out before the
beginning of the thirteenth century.
@. Who calls out the National GuardP
Who orders it to appear in process
sions?-F. B. NJ.
A. The Governor of the State is the
only one who has the authority to- call
out the National Guard. National
Guard units often voluntarily offer TO
walk in parades and such public ad-
ministrations, but they cannot be COM
manded to do so except by the Gov
ernor.
O. When a physician swears to the
disability of a war veteran, does that
give him his pension?-V. H. B.
A. The Veterans Administration
says that in order to establish the ex-
istence of disability veteran must
be examined by a Veterans Admins
tration physician. A statement Of
veterans own physician is not conclu-
sive and can be rebutted by the Veter-
ans Administration Office.
@. How much silk does one cocoon
make?-J. R. N.
A. 1t has been stated that single
cocoon Of good quality may furnish
from 400 to 800 yards Of reliable fla
ment.
@. What was the alcoholic content
Of beer before prohibition?-J. w. p.
A The Bureau of Prohibition says
that the approximate alcoholic content
Of beer prior to prohibition was from
to 8 per cent.
@. How does unemployment in other
countries compare with that of the
United States?-J. M. D.
A. The latest available figures from
the International Labor Bureau in
Geneva indicated that there we're more
than IL ,962, ,786 unemployed persons in
the IS industrial countries reporting,
besides the unemployed in the United
States They indicate that the per-
centage of unemployed relative to the
total population in some countries are
as follows: United States, GA; Aus
tria, 5.4; Germany, including the Saar,
9.6; Great Britain and Northern Ire
land, 81; France. 0.6.
Evening star., 1932-07-09

A Vice President is not usually ex-
pected to be very prominently active In
affairs. The Office Mr.. Garner no"
holds is not calculated TO make him
comfortable If he attains the quietudc
of the Office for which he has been
nominated.
Evening star., 1932-07-09

Logical thought is now demanded Of
the people. With Al Capone and Gas
ton B. Means out of the way for awhile
there may be opportunity to direct at
tention away from the romances Of the
underworld.
Evening star., 1932-07-09

Radio and aviation permit a candidate
to be comfortable on his front porch,
assured that he will miss no important
news and that he can, on short notice.
be personally present wherever required.
Evening star., 1932-07-09
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Question.

Question.
There will often come a qaery
To the conscientious mind
That is not so very CHEEKY,
For the answers hard TO find.
AS we look into the distance
OF the future, oft we say,
When we think we're Of assistance,
Are we only in the way?"
Men are often made to wonder
When their well meant words go
wrong
That some slight impetuous bIunder
In result should be so strong.
Often one who brayely chatters
Brings but little, day by day,
To the world that really matters,
But is only in the way.
Evening star., 1932-07-09

Close bargaining as to military and
naval strength, though permissible. is
inevitably depressing to citizens who in
sist that there will be no future war
excepting, of course, the war
among gangsters.
Evening star., 1932-07-09

Einstein himself cannot be persuaded
to undertake a solution of the rela-
tivity problem involved in the proper
tionate naval strength to be assigned
among world powers.
Evening star., 1932-07-09

1t is recognized in political affairs
that a favorite son must never become
as much of a pet as to permit himself
to sulk in public.
Evening star., 1932-07-09

Another disadvantage of unemploy-
ment is that it gives people more time
to disturb political proceedings with
applause from the galleries.
Evening star., 1932-07-09
Prophets Do Not Bet.

From the Minneapolis Journal
The wise political prophet tells you
what is going to happen, but does not
bet on it.
Evening star., 1932-07-09

Radicals" permit themselves much
talk without assuming the responsible
ity of providing a precise definition of
the title they have taken.
Evening star., 1932-07-09

Another benefit that the consumer
might hope for from wet" victory
would be a reduction of the obvious
overcharges for most of the soft drinks.
Evening star., 1932-07-09

As sensible men, the bonus marchers
are expected to 20 home because there
appears to be absolutely nothing else
to do.
Evening star., 1932-07-09

heavy tax on fire arms would
doubtless be helpful in some degree,
although accredited gangsters would
probably eVade it as usual.
Evening star., 1932-07-09
Belated.

From the Detroit News.
If the bonus expeditionary marchers
had just landed on Washington three
years sooner they might easily have con-
nected with Job apiece on the COM
missions.
Evening star., 1932-07-09
Preparing.

From the Ashland Daily Independent.
Politicians are thinking up some kino
OF unemployment insurance scnems, 70
be put ia TO effect as soon as everybody
Is employed again.
Evening star., 1932-07-09
An Urgent Need

From the Lowell Evening Leader.
Maybe vocational training ought now.
adays to include course on how -
get a job. W
Evening star., 1932-07-09
Stimulus to Employment.

From the Oakland Tribune.
There is nothing like a national con-
vention for giving employment 10
badgemakers. peanut sellers ana famous
writer's.
Evening star., 1932-07-09
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Almost a Tie

From the Rutland Daily Herald.
Proving mans ability to hold his own
under all conditions, in India last wear
l,o5S men were killed BY tigers, whiis
LOGS tigers were killed nv men.
Evening star., 1932-07-09
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Evening star., 1932-07-09
Evading Final Authority.

do you object to remaining on Sum-
mer duty?"
NO" answered Senator Sorghum,
its little more comfortable trying to
answer questions here where they don't
vote than out home where they do"
Evening star., 1932-07-09

Jud Tunkins says politics is the only
game he knows that lets man make
the public pay when he guesses wrong
Evening star., 1932-07-09
No Saloon.

No Saloon.
IT don't believe even Crimson Gulch
wants the old saloon"
You're right" answered Cactus Joe.
"A speakeasy don't have no swingin'
doors that you can look under and
identify patrons by their boots. A
saloon is altogether too public"
"It is strange" said Hi Ho the sage
Of Chinatown, that men who have
tried diligently to provide for the fu-
ture should so frequently find them
selves unprepared for the present"
Gathering Mushrooms.
The economic theories we follow
Show beauty most surprisin'.
A few, they tell us, we may safely
swallow.
The rest are simply "pizen."
After movin' into town." said Uncle
Eben, II had decided dat de only thing
dats ever given out free is some kind o.
noise or 'nuther."
Evening star., 1932-07-09

Washington, ID. C., Biography.
1t is the same old story
OF the Congressman who came
Expecting grateful glory
And who only got the blame.
Evening star., 1932-07-09

@. Was there ever a blind Doge Of
Venice?-P r
A. The great Henry Dandolo was
blind
Evening star., 1932-07-09

facts and new knowledge. These new
facts and this new knowledge were
thrown on the study tables Of the
educators. Before long it became ap-
parent that the new knowledge was
coming faster than the educators could
fit it intelligently into any formula OF
education. And there happened in the
field of education what 1 saw happen
in a Missouri bayfield, many years ago
Six of us were putting up hay on Cal
Shinn's farm. Among the six was a
sWashbuckling braggart who offered to
bet five dollars that he could stack all
the hay that the other five of us could
pitch to him. We took the bet, pro-
rating it at a dollar apiece, laid the
base for a stack, and began pitching
in earnest. The betting braggart
managed to keep his head above hay
for a while, but before long he was up
to his neck in hay he could not handle.
He managed TO extricate himself from
the mass of unstackable hay, slid off
the stack, stuck his pitchfork in the
ground, and said, Damn it, stack it
yourSelfp In like manner, overwhelmed
by new knowledge that the researchers
were pitching to them faster than they
could manage 1t, the educators slid off
the stack and, turning to immature
students, said, with the profanity de-
leted, Stack 1t yourselvesp 1t was thus
that the elective system was born"
Another contribution to d. H. Law
renee literature, containing some of his
letters and an estimate of him by a
friend, is Lorenzo In Taos" by Mabel
Dodge Luhan. Mrs. Luhan considers
herself responsible for the years spent
by Lawrence and his wife in New
Mexico and, herself a Lawrence wor-
shipper, represents Lawrence as a spirit
ual leader with a destiny to destroy the
"old modes, the evil. outworn ways Of
the world, as well as the new, equivocal,
and so-called aide to life called the in
ventions Of science"
Evening star., 1932-07-09

@. What was the alcoholic content
Of beer before prohibition2-J. w. p.
A. The Bureau of Prohibition says
that the approximate alcoholic content
Of beer prior to prohibition was from
to per cent.
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1932-04-28

of both Houses is being literally de-
luged with letters and kilograms from
constituents demanding radical econ
omies in government expenditures.
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1932-04-28

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