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Evening star., 1932-09-06
OUR CHILDREN
BY ANGELO PATRI.
Inner Peace.

\ NE is happy only when there is
4 peace within. So long as there
J is conflict in ones own mind
there Is distress. How is one to
anhian,n that flairal-
Evening star., 1932-09-06
n A T i r E. S
C. IL ID r E n
BY LILLIAN COX ATHEY.
LICHENS.

. REAT glacial bcwlders are the
favorite home sites of the
r lichens. Sometimes the entire
- surface will be covered with
this fungus growth. When it
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-04-15

Twenty-eight years before George Wash
ington was born, the first American news
paper was established. Increasingly, dur
ing the two hundred odd years that have
intervened, the newspaper has become
matter of course in the American home.
In this day and age one can scarcely con-
ceive a world without newspapers. They
are very part of the fabric of daily life,
universally in demand-a running record OF
world events, human achievements, pathos,
tragedy, scientific progressively conceiv-
able activity. Kentucky Press.
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-04-15
By-Passing Meters

Some of the Citizens of Bisbee have been
caught using what is known as a Jumper,
whereby they reduce their electric bill great
ly as all the electric current does not pass
through the meter, therefor it is not regis
tered. There is quite a severe penalty TOR
this practice and the small amount saved IS
nothing compared to the fine and jail SEN
tence if caught.
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-04-15
Merging Counties

The matter of merging several Of Arizo-
mas counties has come to the front IN re-
cent discussions Of economy movements,
and it commands the respectful attention OF
Arizona citizens.
The latest suggestion is given by M. A.
Murphy, member Of the state tax commits
sion
''My contention is and has been for some
time that we will have to retrench, and con-
solidation of counties is one plan" he SAID.
'"They are dropping in valuation and Will
probably fall into lower classticatons with
consequent loss in departments and officials.
The great problem of consultations
probably would be in handling present IN
debtedness of the separate counties to be
combined. but if the mining industry fails
to revive. Arizonas will be forced to consoli-
date counties in order to maintain any de-
gree of efficiency in government.
There would be plenty Of problems attach
ed to such practice, but when hard times
strike counties, they must face them just as
individuals do.
1t is the cost Of county governments which
send taxes into high levels. Reducing costs
of such governments by half would greatly
benefit the taxpayer, even if he were incon-
venienced somewhat by being forced, in
some cases, to travel farther to the county
seat.
Consolidation of counties is a matter
which should not be overlooked by the citi-
zens in their attempt to cut costs.-Winslow
Daily Mail.
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-04-15
When To Stop Advertising

When every man has become so thorough
ly a creature of habit that he will certainly
buy this year where he bought last year.
When younger and fresher and spunkler
concerns in your line cease starting up and
using the newspapers in telling the people
how much better they can do for them than
you.
When nobody else thinks " 1t pays to ad-
vertise"
When population ceases to multiply and
the generations that crowd on after you, and
never heard of you, coming on.
When you have convinced everybody,
whose life will touch yours, that you have
better goods and lower prices than they can
ever get outside of your store.
When you perceive it to be the rule that
men who never do and never did advertise
are outstripping their neighbors in the same
line of business.
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-04-15

When men stop making fortunes right in
yoursight solely through the discreet use
Of this mighty agent.
When you can forget the words Of the
shrewdest and most successful business men
concerning the main cause Of their pros
perity.
When you would rather have your own
way and fail than take advice and win.
when you want to go out of business with
a stock on hand
When you want to get rid Of the trouble
of waiting on customers. .-EX
Evening star., 1932-03-16
The First Box Score.

It was only an exhibition game, the
first of the season. but to the dyed-in-
the-wool washington fans the old IA
miliar box score in today's papers is
probably more interesting than most OF
the other news. Joe Cronin, single,
a double and triple. 1t bodies Ill for
American League pitchers in the reg
ular season If Joe can regain his bat
ting pace of 1880, and three hits the
first day out is good start. Sam
West two singles and a double. To
the always optimistic fan it means that
Sam, who led the team in batting last
year, is beginning again where he left
of. Ossie Bluege, cutting off hits down
the third-base line as If it were mid
season, and lastly forty-year Sam
Rice, sprinting across the outfield like
a deer to save the game with one
handed catch of a liner that was
ticketed for three bases. All sorts OF
news Is interesting, but none more so
to the old-time rooter than the news OF
his favorites as they prepare for the
long grind ahead. What the year will
bring forth for the Washington team
cannot be prophesied, but at least the
optimistic feeling regarding its chances
can harm no one and 1t does take the
mind off some of the narrowing worries
Of the times.
Evening star., 1932-03-16
One Pathetic Scene
At CardOzO's Seating
To the Editor of The Star.

10 the Edltor OF The Star:
Many were they who came earlv and
stood long at the entrance of the United
States Supreme Court on Monday, hop
ing to see Benjamin Nathan Cardo2o
take his oath of Office. Among them
was one OF the city's unemployed, a
man who had served his country in
time OF war. He was poorly dressed,
but decently. wearing as an outercoat
a leather windbreaker. which, he later
explained, was his best"
After standing in line fer an hour
and a half this man was approached by
an offlcer and told that he couldn't ex-
pect to enter looking like that-you've
got to have an overcoat." And in a
democracy
The scene was pathetic. Every one
felt that an injustice had been done.
Every one saw that this sensitive man
was deeply wounded, and the scar will
be long in healing. Declining the coats
Of sympathetic listeners, he quietly left,
bearing the humiliation as might be-
come a Chief Justice.
Who honorS his country moSt-he
who appears in purple and ermina from
necessity, or he who stands through
weary hours. ragged, from necessity?
How can we afford to kill enthusiasm
in time when there Is little zest for
anything smelling of the governmental,
thereby planting the seeds Of Com
munism?
Much less can we afford to discrim-
mate against men, during these dread
full days Of hunger, because they are
poorly clad. 1t Is not the outer gar
ment that invests ones being with re-
spectability, 1t Is dignity OF mind. Ger
tainly the latter covering is sufdcient
to admit its wearer to a seat in the
public gallery. MARTHA WILSON.
Evening star., 1932-03-16

followed by the other powers Is not to
be forecast, but It Is to be expected
that no definite acceptance Of this or
ganization will be given, certainly not
for a considerable period. Events In
Manchuria may develop that will de-
termine the status Of the so-called
puppet government at Mukden more
definitely than any diplomatic ex-
changes
Meanwhile all is not we'll within China
proper, as regards stability of govern
ment. Just what faction is in nominal
control at Nanking is matter OF
doubt. Chang Kai Shek, who is sup
posedly commander of the military
forces, appears to have no civil au-
thority, although his influence is
doubtless for the present dominant. The
Communists Of the southeastern prov
inces are becoming active and serious
military movements directed against
the Nanking authority are threatened.
A turmoil of domestic politics has been
raging since the first few days Of the
Japanese invasion at Shanghai, the
"defeatist" policies of the Chang Kai
Shek group being bitterly denounced by
his enemies. 1t would not be surprising
to find China in the throes Of another
civil war as soon as the menace Of
Japanese attack is removed by the
definite establishment Of peace at
Shanghai.
Evening star., 1932-03-16
Taxis Are Criticized,
Street Cars Upheld
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor of The Star:
The failure of the 20-cent taxis to
function during the past storm period
is clear warning Of future inconvenience
and lack of service, particularly If the
unfair competition between taxis and
traction companies eventually forces
the latter to reduce service or forces
them into bankruptcy.
1t is time that the interests Of the
street car riders be given some consid-
Grafton. They cannot receive the best
service unless the companies are pros
porous.
Every restriction Of profitable opera
tions, whether chartering buses for
sightseeing purposes of operating taxis,
is Of distinct disadvantage to the street
car users, and there does not appear to
be any equitable reason for giving some
companies a monopoly of the sight
seeing business.
There can be no gainSaying that the
traction companies will be able to pro-
vide a more dependable and RESPONSE
BILE service than the present unregulated
taXis.
After all Is said about depriving peo-
pie of work by regulating taxis, there
is only certain number that can be
supported by the community, and
whether they are irresponsible individ-
uals or responsible, or employees of
auto-selling companies operating as
taxi companies, or of responsible taxi
companies, or of the traction companies
Is immaterial. Their number will re-
main the same.
There is, however. no doubt which
class of drivers would render the most
dependable and responsible service.
GEORGE H. HEITMULLER, M
Evening star., 1932-03-16
A Railway Automobile.

The United States evidently does not
intend to let Germany and other ma
tions run away with all the laurels in
the development Of automobile trains
that run on rails. Notably in Germany
the idea OF the substitution Of gasoline
for steam or electricity for propelling
vehicles over rails has gathered much
support, and many successful expert
ments have been conducted. In Florida
the other day, however, Harvey s. Fire
stone, jr., put his new pneumatic-tired
automobile invention on the Seaboard
Railway tracks at Miami. 1t is four
hundred and six miles from that point
to Jacksonville. The distance was COW
cred In three hundred and seventy-eight
minutes ct the rate Of nearly sixty-hve
miles an hour. with o top spsed Of
sighty-seven miles IN hour. Ths esr
Evening star., 1932-03-16
Shakespeare Was Hardly
A Stickler for Rules
To the Edition of T-he Star.

To the Editor Of The Star:
On the editorial page Of March Ia
some slight criticism was offered Of
Shakespeare's philosophical accuracy.
and a quotation out OF the mouth of
Polonious in Hamlet" is given as an ex-
ample-"Neither a borrower nor a
lender be-" realize that the obserya
ton was made humorously and only to
point quirk in international finance
StlIl 1t IS an amazing thing that nearly
everything which ShakeSpeares char
acters utter Is accepted as the poets
personal philosophy l beg TO submit
that Shakespeare subscribed to no such
philosophy as that uttered by Polonious
or If he did. only with reservations
Polonious indeed is satirically treated,
and Is represented as the true type of
pedant in personal affairs. business or
craftsmanship. 1t Is only fitting that
pedant should utter such platitudes as
does Polonious. Therein. of course lies
the art Of Shakespeare's Character
drawing.
The poet himself was hardly a stickler
for rules, except in matters of the most
abstract morality, where he never failed
to differentiate between right and
wrong. He would put into the mouth
OF the greatest villain charming truths,
as, Tor example, the words of Iago:
Who steals my purse steals trash: but
he that filches from me my good name
robs me Of that which not enriches
him and makes me poor indeed" This,
Of course, is done to demonstrate the
guile and hypocrisy of Iago. oddly
enough, it is easy to assume that this is
Shakespeares personal philosophy and
not that Iago is a character to initiate
because he expresses himself so ad-
mlraply. The poet was not one likely
10 pirate OF rules and principles" as
our Statists do" those statesmen in
our time who choose TO see people go
hungry for the sake of a s'principle'"
the truth of which never can be proved.
ALBERT LEVINSON,
Evening star., 1932-03-16
Personnel Reduction
Without Hardship
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor of The Star:
With Congress and the President
vying with each other in endeaVors to
reduce the Federal personnel and there
by decrease expenditure, it seems pass
ing strange that what is probably the
most likely field to enter, even if not
particularly large one, should be en-
ttrely overlooked or else ignored. 1t Is
the enactment Of Senate bill 1920, in
troduced by Senator Dale of Vermont,
providing for the voluntary retirement
from the Government service upon a
small annuity, Of persons who have
served 80 years or more but have not
reached the compulsory retirement age.
There is probably not a bureau, Of
flee or service under the National Gov
ernment wherein there are not a num-
Der OF employees of 80 years service or
more who would gladly retire were the
existing law amended so as to allow
them to do so on an annuity. They do
not wish to remain in the service until
the day they are compelled by the
terms OF the present law to leave, but
cannot afford to retire unless their
limited means are somewhat augmented.
The maximum retirement annuity
now available is $1,000 year, the aver
age being considerably less. Whatever
its amount, it would be drawn, not
from the United States Treasury, but
from the Civil Service retirement fund
In some cases the person retiring would
not even exhaust the amount of his own
payments into the fund. Under the
present Government practice the posi-
tions vacated would not, unless in ex-
ceptional circumstances, be filled, so
that salary would be saved in nearly
every case of retirement. Our British
cousins, faced with a similar situation,
are actually offering inducements to
civil servants to anticipate the date Of
their retirement.
Here, then, is simple, practical plan
by which a substantial saving to the
Government may be effected without
hardship to any one; indeed. to the
distinct satisfaction of the persons Who
would be thus enabled to retire from the
service. GEORGE A. WARREN.
Evening star., 1932-03-16
Peace Prospect at Shanghai.

What appears to be an effective truce
has been finally arranged at Shang-
hal. AS result of conference be-
tween representatives Of Japan and
China and Of the United States, Great
Britain, France and Italy, an agree
ment for a complete cessation Of hos
tilities, based upon concessions by both
sides, has been reached. The Chinese
have agreed not to attempt to advance
their troops beyond the lines now held
west Of Shanghai, and the Japanese
have agreed on their part to send home
a division and a mixed brigade, main
tanning q greatly reduced guard over
the area evacuated by the Chinese un-
I'll plans are agreed upon for defl-
mite lasting" patrol. A commission
with neutral members will supervise
the Japanese retirement and when it
Is completed general negotiations over
the entire Shanghai incident will be-
gin. China abandons the demand that
the status Of Manchuria must be con-
sidered simultaneously with the Shang-
hal problem, while Japan abandons the
point that the status Of Shanghai must
be fixed prior to her withdrawal.
Seven weeks have elapsed since the
Japanese made their first moves al
Shanghai. In that period enormous
damage has been done and many live:
have been lost. Nobody at this time
knows Just what the total destruction
Of life and property has been. ANY
''bill of damages" as the basis OF pos
sible reparations against Japan vii
mount into high figures. That Japar
will resist a settlement on such
basis appears now to be a foregont
conclusion. Yet the position Of tha'
government, in the face Of an undi
vided international sentiment advers'
10 It's defiance of treaties, will be II
that event one Of undoubted peril.
Omission of Manchuria from th'
reckoning in the settlement Of the i'm
mediate problem Of the Shanghai ad
venture does not necessarily mean tina
Il Is not later to be considered by th'
united powers. A somewhat informa
application of the newly-formed Man
churian government for recognition b,
the United States has been ignored. 4
more Npectnc request for recognition
MaAeh, may follow. 10 Aksly t6kbe de
tBsd. whether sucai course would b
Evening star., 1932-03-16
Reports on the Tax Bills.

Whatever else may be said at this
time about the report sent TO the Sen
ate District Committee today by the
Bureau of Efficiency. recommending an
increased gasoline tax and modified
automobile weight tax, it becomes most
apparent that the plot thickens."
1t is to be recalled that the Bureau
OF Efficiency was asked to report on five
bills. It now has reported on three
the estate tax bill, the gasoline tax bill
and the automobile weight tax bill. Its
reports on the income tax bill and the
bill to abolish the fixed ratio provisions
Of the amended organic act are yet to
come. In the case of the three meas
ures already reported on, the bureau
has favored an increase in the local
tax burden. 1t remains to be seen what
the bureau will have to say regarding
the fundamental issue of the whole
business-which is the form and the
amount of the Federal contribution.
None of these various bills can be con-
sidered alone. Each Is component
part of a proposal regarding redistribu-
ton of the tax burden in washington
and a recasting of the fiscal response
bilities between Nation and Capital in
development of washington. The
bureau is still to report on the pro-
gram as a whole.
But without going into the merits, at
this time, of the separate tax proposals
or the bureaus views regarding them,
1t is obvious that the principle outlined
by the bureau in its report today on the
gasoline and weight tax bills is unac-
ceptable, from the viewpoint of equi-
table fiscal relationship, to the local
community. That principle is that the
support of the highways and half the
cost Of bridges and the cost Of traffic
regulation of ashington-outside of
the public parks-should be borne by
the owners of automobiles. The prin-
ciple Of putting such a burden wholly
on the owners of automobiles is open to
question under any condition. In
Washington it is totally wrong, for 1t
means that the street-owning and street
planning Federal Government escapes
all financial responsibility in upkeep and
development OF what is, relatively, the
largest street area in great cities in the
United States, possibly the world. The
Federal Government pays no gasoline
tax, and, obviously, the Federal Govern
ment will not tax itself on the weight
of its trucks. To place all the burden
Of highway maintenance and develop
ment, large part Of bridge develop
ment and all the cost Of traffic law
administration on a portion OF the
population and at the same time to
withdraw all Federal support is on its
face grossly inequitable. To consider such
q program without even the partially
compensatory elements Of relief to the
taxpayers in the form Of abolition OF
other taxes, such as the Borland assess
ment tax and the personal property
tax on automobiles, Is obviously un-
reasonable.
Evening star., 1932-03-16
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

Great Day.
The air is chill, the ground Is white
Our heads have low been bowed,
To estimate the taxes right
Due to our land so proud.
But presently Springs gentle call
VIII animate the scene
And find US gayly, one and all,
Awearing Of the green.
The weariness must soon pass by
In Just little while.
We've had the frown upon the sky
And now we'll have the smile.
So round the corner let us glance
Where waits March Seventeen
Whose sunbeams call the world to dance
While wearing Of the green.
Evening star., 1932-03-16
bettered the best time ever made b,

bettered the best time ever made by
train by more than an hour.
The Firestone invention is particu-
larly interesting because SO far. at any
rate, 1t applies only to small automo-
biles and does not include. as the Euro
pean inventions do, any plan for mass
transportation. Some of the big stream
lined cars on the German railways
carry as many as sixty passengers, but
the American idea seems to be to equip
the individual motorist with facilities
for travelling on railway lines. Just
how 1t could be worked out with the
railroad remains to be seen, but In
any event, it has interesting possibil-
tiles
Evening star., 1932-03-16

New York finds herself with two con-
testants for the proud title ''favorite
SON." In the meantime campaign prep
arations will be going on briskly through
the country with a few States taking
sides in what might have been regarded
as q local controversy.
Evening star., 1932-03-16

Agitators who advocate boycott OF
United States products unless Philippine
independence is conceded are, of course,
playing upon the word independence, "
which is dear to the heart of every hu-
man being. In this case what is termed
independence" would be only with
drawal by large and powerful country
Of support needed by smaller and less
resourceful one.
Evening star., 1932-03-16
Both Sides Are Given.
m the Yakima Daily Republic.

From the Yakima Daily Republic.
Senator Wesley L. Jones addressed q
radio audience the other night on How
We Treat Our Presidents" Somebody
had It printed In the Congressional
Record alongside numerous remarks by
other Senators On how our Presidents
treat us.
Evening star., 1932-03-16
Member Of the Associated Press.

The Associated Press is exclusively entitled
TO the use for republication of all news dis
patches credited TO IL or not otherwise cred
tied in this paper and also the local news
published herein. All rights of publication CT
special dispatches herein are also reserved
Evening star., 1932-03-16
The Two Travellers.

Two men we're running for Charons
boat across the Styx.
why this haste?" asked the vener-
able ferryman. Your passage was
booked by Fate for long time hence.
Yet you demand a special trip. What
prompts your impetuous wish to leave
this world at a season when life should
be most beautiful?"
"I was weary Of the world" said one
yoyager. Accustomed to wealth, ]
found that sudden reverses Of fortune
had left me penniless. could not buy
happiness. So why remain?"
IT, too, was weary" said the other
IT had wealth beyond my power to
compute. Yet no generosity could win
the sympathy that I craved. I toe
could not buy happiness"
Here" said Charon, you have each
found companionship and understand
ing"
Smiling on them gently, he sped
them swiftly and silently into the dark
ness.
WAR is the more terrible" said HI
Ho, the sage OF Chinatown, because 1t
compels strangers to kill one another
without even the excuse Of honest
hatred"
Evening star., 1932-03-16

1t may be necessary to give up war
entirely. 1t seems impossible to get up
q prospectus that will be sufficiently
convincing to finance it for the large
amounts and liberal terms now required.
Evening star., 1932-03-16

No one wants the open saloon. In
fact. saloons were reputed to close at
midnight. There is now demand for
restrictions on the speakeasies that re-
main open all night.
Evening star., 1932-03-16

Foreign comment refers to prohibi-
ton as American nonsense; again max
ing it plain that United States politics
is hard for Europe to understand.
Evening star., 1932-03-16

Taxpayers will surely be patient
when they remember what good time
Uncle Sam had spending his money
abroad while 1t lasted.
Evening star., 1932-03-16
Dempsey KNOWS How.

From the Miami Daily News.
While politicians are throwing their
hats IN the ring. Jack Dempsey juaA
climbs Ia and passes his.
Evening star., 1932-03-16

do you believe all the personal
anecdotes about George Washington"
inquired the lady with q notebook.
mot implicitly" answered Senator
Sorghum. Washington was particularly
fortunate In being written up at time
when biographers were supposed to be
effusively complimentary instead of
scandalous"
Jud Tunkins says nature surpasses
art; otherwise 1t would be sufficient to
look at the pr y picture on a package
Of garden seeds without taking the
trouble to plant them.