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Evening star., 1933-06-07
Better and Bigger Kits.

| When all is said and done about the
knatter Of the contract for the kits"
Nor the conservation workers. which
has caused much pother OF explanation
hnd cross explanation and confusing
khifting Of responsibility for the trans
hction, the final question is why there
khould have been provision OF better
Equipment for these temporary workers
bf the army of the unemployed than
Tor the members of the Regular Army.
Ehe only excuse for the higher price
ahat was so oddly arranged for by the
seritable chain Of authorities was that
khe kit was to be larger, containing
more articles and of better quality.
Naturally, such kit would cost more.
Even SO, the Army authorities declare
that the larger. better kit could have
been provided in the open market fol-
q smaller sum than that agreed upon
- mysteriously.
The difference in the COST ON thu
basis of a 100000 order, works out int
4 goodly sum. That in itself is wortf
considering. in these days of Salar.
cutting personnel dismiTals end -bthe
pxtreMe ways and means Of economy
But the question persists, why thes
tcrest wogkers. hired fcr the sumne
Evening star., 1933-06-07

! Federal Reserve banks In stock specu-
! lation. 1t would make it impossible for
private bankers. like ]. P. Morgan &
| Co, to remain banks Of deposit and
also to engage in investment banking.
1t would make 1t impossible for officers
or partners of banks like the Morgan
| firm to remain as members of the
boards of directors of the great indus
trial and commercial corporations of
the country.
The deposit insurance feature Of
the bank reform bill has drawn the
fire of many bankers ana of the ad-
ministration. As the bill passed the
House the insurance of deposits Sec
tions were not to go into effect for a
year. The Senate inserted the so-called
Vsndenberg amendment, providing for
immediate insurance Of bank deposits
up to $500. Opponents of insurance
of deposits say that it would put
a premium on bad banking; that some
Of the weaker banks would Immediately
close up and let the insurance fund pay
of their depositors. and thus enable
the stockholders and The directors of
these banks to escape their personal liza
bility under existing law. The answer
to this latter criticism is that the weak
er banks have not been permitted to
reopen. and that until they are in a
position to do business soundly they
are not likely to reopen AS for
putting premium on bad banking,
the system is likely to make the con-
tributors to the insurance fund careful
to compel good banking by all
What the country needs is fully re-
established confidence in its banking
system and It's banks. The American
people have been greatly concerned to
learn that during this depression in
Great Britain and in Canada there
have been almost no failures of banks
Of deposit there, while in the United
States they have run into thousands. The
supporters Of bank deposit insurance
urge and with justice, that proper re-
forms in the system, separating abso-
lutely the commercial banking busi-
ness from the investment banking, plus
q reasonable insurance of bank deposits,
will not only restore confidence, but
will also help develop an impregnable
banking system.
Not only will the failure Of bank re-
form legislation be a real blow to re-
covery, but it will continue system
which has been shown to be a failure.
Too many bankers, In their efforts to
reach out to make more and more
money, have been permitted to engage
either directly or through "affiliates"
in many kinds of business which have
jeopardized their depositors' earnings
and savings After all, what a de-
positor requires first from a bank is
the surety that when he needs his
money he will be able to obtain it.
Evening star., 1933-06-07
Great Lakes Water Decree
May Prove Costly to States

This water belongs to the Great Lakes
and the Niagara and st. Lawrence
Rivers" :
Chicago now gets ready to dispose
Of its sewage by other means than
draining the Great Lakes into the Mis-
sissippi River" AYERS the Dayton Daily
News The Rock Island Argus. re-
marking that nobody knows where all
the money is to come FROM" COM
ments "The highest tribunal In the
land has held that the Chicago sani-
tary district is the baby of the State
Of Illinois. This attributed relationship
will cost Illinois about $139, 900 900.
The district, whose treasury was looted
in the whoopee days, has furthermore
been 'exonerated.' Illinois, resentine
the imputation of parentage, will en-
deavor to persuade Uncle Sam to take
over the founding, left on its door
STEP"
What the Governor of Illinois and
the taxpayers outside of Chicago said
when they heard of the decision hasn't
been reported yet," says the Escanaba
Daily Press. but possibly the Cover
nor and the Illinois Senators will not
hereafter be so Jealous in helping Chi
cago oppose the st. Lawrence water
way because she resents interference
with an unlimited supply of lake water
for her sewers"
Evening star., 1933-06-07
Disabled Veteran
Asks for Justice
To the Editor Of The Star:

10 tne Eoltor OF The Star:
I read in the papers where the
House members have been Informed
that they would be violating the prin-
ciples of the Democratic party if they
passed certain legislation affecting dis
abled war veterans
l read further where a certain sec
ton OF the platform reads, I'VE ad-
vocate the full measure OF justice and
generosity for all war veterans having
a seryice-connected disability"
How inconsistent Is the above state
ment! I remember how good your
paper was while We boys were in the
Walter Reed Hospital at Washington
after the war. Hence I ask the favor
that you publish my little story, SO
that the House can read it and see
just what actually happens to the real
disabled veteran. proving that the men,
berS Of the House are right and know
more about veterans pensions than they
are credited with knowing.
The writer served with a combat
outfit and was severely wounded in
action. I have an amputation of the
right leg and gunshot wounds in the
left hip. was receiving $9960 per
month. which was little enough, all
considered. Within the past year
have been cut to $50 per month, effec-
tive July /, 1888. This is a cut Of ap-
proximately 40 per cent. All that I
ask Is to see some Of the Justice"
that Is being so much talked about,
am married and have child. My
physical condition prevents me from
earning a sufficient amount to support
my family. While am willing to take
a cut within reason, and l don't feel
It is coming to man who is inca
pacitated, ] do not see why we. the
disabled, should suffer
Evening star., 1933-06-07

New Mexico, according to the glowing
prospectus. II these treasures be now
lOcatcd our money troubles may diSap-
pear as If by magic and President
Curtis may be the hero of the hour, as
well as rich.
The Roosevelt plum tree bore addi-
tional fruit this week, and, as before,
the plums were bestowed upon those
who were aboard the Roosevelt band
wagon before Chicago'-who helped
in the pre-convention fight. M. S.
Szymczak Of Chicago landed a place on
the Federal Reserve Board as a post
humus award to the late Tony" Ce~-
max, Chicago'S mayor. According to
the legend. it was at Miami-on the
very day When Mayor Cermak was the
target Of an assassin's bullet-that he
had obtained promise from IF. D."
and from Jim Farley that the mayors
given "a good job in Washington.
That promise is now fulfilled, for a
Federal Reserve Board membership is
rated super er-excellent job Carroll
Miller Of Pittsburgh was given a place
on the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion. His politics Is in his wife's name
Mrs. Miller is Pennsylvania Demo-
cratic national committeewoman, and
her brother is Joseph F.. Guffey, Penn
SylVanla Roosevelt leader.
Another title for the Tennessee River
Valley Authority, as now constituted,
may well be Morgan, Morgan q Co.
Mr.. Roosevelts chairman of this board
is DR.. Arthur E. Morgan, president of
Antioch College, Ohio. Another Nor
gan is now added to the board and, like
MS Morgan colleague, he is college
president, toO-president of the Uni
verslty Of Tennessee. The Tennessee
Mr.. Morgan is an entomologist. geolo-
gist and horticulturist He was con-
nected with the Louisiana State Uniyer-
sity and Agricultural Experimental
Station from 1889 to 1904, when he
became entomologist for the Louisiana
experimental Station and crop pest
commissioner He went then to the
University OF Tennessee, where he be-
came director of the agricultural ex-
perimental station. In 1913 he was
made dean of the college of agricul-
ture OF the university and six years
later became president. He was food
administrator for the State of Ten
nesSee in 1917. The third member of
the board-the 81 Co." part of Nor
gan, Morgan e. Co.'S David E.. Lilien-
thai of Wisconsin, a f1awless pro-
greSsiye.
X
Restoration Of the old fortress of
Louisburg in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia
which was captured by an expedition
ary force from New England in l745,
Is being undertaken by Canadian gov
eminent engineers. The fort, built by
the French in l700, was at one time
the strongest fortress in North Ameri-
ca and its capture by the expeditionary
force from New England was one of
the major military exploits of the
eighteenth century. Engineers in charge
OF the work Of restoration are keep
ing in touch with these who are under
taking some Colonial restoration work
in Virginia
Copyright, 1933)
Evening star., 1933-06-07
The Bank Reform Bill.

The bank reform BILL passed by huge
votes in both Senate and House, is in
danger of being sidetTacked, first, be-
cause of the failure of the two houses
to agree on it's final terms, and, second,
because OF the opposition Of the admin
istration TO any immediate guarantee
of bank deposits. No other legislation
proposed during the present session OF
the Congress is more vital to public in
tertst and to recovery in this country
on permanent and stable lines
than this bank reform measure. If 1t
fails to become a law the people Will
have just cause for complaint. The
differences which exist are not In
superable and are capable Of adjust
ment. Stir-necked opposition at this
juncture. with Congress approaching
adjournment, Is, after all, merely play
ing into the hands of those bankers
who are opposed to this kind Of legis-
lation.
What does this bank reform bill seek
to do? 1t would confine banks Of de-
post TO q commercial banking business
and compel them to give over the bust
ness Of dealing In securities and real es-
tate. 1t Is no secret to any one today
that many Of the bank failures that
have occurred in this country have
been due to the combination Of COM
| mercial banking and so-called invest.
ment banking. That is the reason why
so many of the closed banks today are
unable to reopen. The bank-reforn
bill also would provide drastic rule.
against the use q the resources q thl
Evening star., 1933-06-07
Gas Tax Makes Motor
Owners Pay Too Much

To the Editor of The Star:
All this gasoline tax controversy
around the District of Columbia but
goes to show the inequality Of the whole
tax system. Virginians seem to be put
ting up the biggest kick, and with
reason, for their tax is the highest, but
the discrepancy between States and the
District is not the fault of the oil
companies. If dealers and citizens
want change, let them go to their
Legislatures; legislators knew what
would happen when they imposed the
lndefensible gasoline tax
Users of roads ought to pay for them,
and in proportion to benefits, but the
gasoline tax makes users pay too mucn.
The cost of all roads should be as
sessed, first, against all land according
to actual and potential rent of same,
preferably by the Federal Government:
II this were done, landowners would
of necessity collect the extra amount
from motorists in proportion to use Of
roads, and with little or no unfairness
to anybody. Landowners now collect
rent from tenants for availability as
well as use of roads; this is double
taxation. in part, the landowners
keeping one tax.
The oil companies ought never to
have assumed the difference in gas
taxes; If this had not been done, deal
ers would have gradually moved to the
more favored locality, restoring the
balance. Every new tax on sales puts
somebody out of business, and the gas
tax is no exception. Any tax which
does not bear on every citizen In pro-
portion to service rendered Is dis
usually favoring one 'busi-
ness man at the expense of another.
If the oil companies know what is, good
for themselves, they viii let the citizens
work out of their difficulties by the only
logical method, repeating unjust laws.
Monrovia, Md. w. C. DUNCAN.
Evening star., 1933-06-07
Lower Interest Rates
A Financial Paradox
To the Editor Of The Star.

To the Editor of The Star:
Much has been written of late about
the justice OF lowering interest rates
because Of the dificulty experienced by
borrowers in finding funds wherewith
to meet their obligations.
However, it would seem that this
question might assume a different
aspect according to the standpoint
from which regarded
AS matter of fact. when the dollar
Is scarce and is therefore said to be
worth more than 100 cents" why
should not the amount charged for its
iShed?
Suppose that several years ago. when
money was low and commodities high.
wished to buy farm held at $1,000,
but, having only $4,000 available, de-
clded to lend the money to B at 6
per cent. Along comes the "depres-
sion, bringing prices down, and the
aforesaid farm drops correspondingly to
$4,000. A asks B to repay the loan
SO that he may take advantage of the
low prices and buy the farm with the
proceeds, but B alleges slack times as
a ground for inability to repay. and
not only demands moratorium. but
reduction of interest. and even hints
aC paflng down of the principal
itself! Where is the justice here?
Would it not be trebly unjust to A to
nave to accept less interest, sacrifice
part OF his capital and forego the
opportunity offered of acquiring his
coveted rural domain all at the same
time?
Would 1t not be sort Of financial
paradox If one man enjoying the use
OF another mans savings should be
authorized to pay only go per cent of
the original charge for such use at
tne very time when the money had
risen 40 per cent in purchasing value?
Perhaps some may say that these
arguments are all from the lenders
point of view. So be it! They are
submitted with an invitation that ef-
1ectual counter-arguments be brought
to bear in refutation.
WILFRED STEVENS.
Evening star., 1933-06-07

This is a special department devoted
solely to the handling OF queries. This
paper puts at your disposal the serv-
ices of an extensive organization in
Washington to serve you in any capacity
that relates to infO0 0ation. This serv-
ice is free. Failure to make use of 1t
deprives you of benefits to which you
are entitled. Your obligation is only
cents in coin or stamps inclosed with
your inquiry, for direct reply. Do not
use post cards Address The Evening
Star Information Bureau, Frederic J.
Haskin, Director. Washington, D. c.
@. What is the purchasing power of
farmers compared with the beginnings
of the last two decadeS?-T. r. T.
A. Using the last pre-war year, 1918.
! as base representing 100, it is found
that farm purchasing power now is 109,
or points higher than it was then.
In 1880 it was l46, in 1920 1t was 206
and in 1910 only 98.
O. Who started the Gold Star Mother
trips to the cemeteries abroad?-K.
A. w
A. The Gold Star Association of
America organized a pilgrimage to
France in 1927, and it was the main
organization interested in pushing the
bill through Congress which authorized
/ the sending of Gold Star Mothers to
France to visit their sons graves The
act was signed by President Coolidge on
March 2, 1929.
@. Why are gray-haired japanese
seldom seen? Do they dye their hair?
E D. w.
A. There are many gray-haired jap
/ anese A few of them dye their hair
but this is not the usual custom.
@. What is meant by hot-house
lamb?-L. M. D.
A. The term is applied to any Winter
| lambs born out of season. which are
prepared for the market about Easter
time. Such lambs have to be housed
indoors, hence the term.
@. How long have railroad passenger
trains been air-cooled?-R. D.
A. The first air-conditioned car was
a dining car on the Baltimore & Ohio
in 1890 The next year a completely
air. conditioned train was put in serv-
ice on this railroad for the first time.
O. How old is Lenore Ulric?-M. T.
A. This American actress was born in
Minnesota in 1892.
O. Were Romans required by law to
wear certain costumes?-G. N.
A. Custom rather than law governed
most costumes. The toga was worn by
Senators as a matter of custom. How
ever, law Of Constantine required that
Senators and comedians must wear diff
ferent garb so they could be told apart.
@. How much is the admission to the
fair grounds in Chicago?-S r.
A. The admission to the fair grounds
is so cents. The majority of the ex-
hibits are free.
@. Please name some of the products
manufactured of woods. c.
A. Smokeless powder, oils. insulating
materials, rayon, cellophane, dyestufs,
soap.
@. Where did the Marquis de La
fayette die?-N. r.
A. He died in Paris, May 20, 1884.
Funeral services were held in this
country. when the news of his death
was received because of the services
the Frenchman had rendered in the
Revolution.
@. What can be done to get rid OF
crabgrass in a bluegrass lawn?-T. l..
A. The Department of Agriculture rec
ommends letting the lawn grow from an
inch and half to two inches high and
Evening star., 1933-06-07
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKTN.

not watering it more than once week.
Set the lawn mower so 1t viii cut the
grass high. Government specialists
found that crabgrass can thrive when
clipped closely, because 1t spreads
along the ground, but that the blue
grass must have considerable Leaf
growth to develop a root system to
Compete with crabgrass. When given q
chance to grow. the bluegrass can choke
out the crabgrass. 4
@. What papers written by famous
magazine author set forth the opposi-
tion of the Wings to our war with
Mexico in l848?-T. A. r. .-..s
A. The "Biglow Papers, by Joseph
Russell Lowell. humorously set forth
the opposition Of the Wings. s
O. Who is the legal adviser to the
Chinese governmental. S. q.
A. Judge Paul Myron Linebarger
is. and has been for many years, the
ment in China Judge Linebarger re-
| turned from China last November and
spent part of the Winter in Mexico in
| the interests of the Chinese domiciled
| in that Republic. He is sailing soon
| for his post in Nanking.
| G. How much freight Is hauled on
{ u.
| A. Erie Canal, 3.722.00 tons; Sault.
Ste. Marie, ASIA 900 tons.
O. Is an improvement on a machine
| patentable?-S. D.
! A. In the case of Smith VS.. Nichols
! 81 Wall. ll8, the court said. "A new
| idea may be ingrafted upon an old in.
vention, be distinct from the copcep-
ton which preceded it. and be an i'm
provement. In such case it Is patent
| able. The prior patentee cannot use
| 1t (the patented improvemenD with
cut the consent of the improver, and
! the latter cannot use the original in
vention without the consent of the
| former
G. Did a son of Alexander Hamilton
| fight a duel?-S. G.
! A. Philip Hamilton fought duel At
| Weehawken, N. j., in the place where
the Burr Hamilton duel occurred three
years later. Young Hamilton was shot
and mortally wounded, dying 20 hours
later.
9: What is meant by silk sailors7"
M. M.
A. This term is applied to people
making emergency parachute jumps
from airplanes in the United States.
They are also spoken of as belonging
to the Caterpillar Club. The member
ship is now 552 Twenty-three OF this
number have escaped death more than
once in this manner.
@. Why Is so much work In marine
biology done off the coast Of Bermuda?
IN. B.
A. The climate is such that work can
be carried on throughout the year, and
the waters furnish excellent examples
of marine life. The Bermuda Bio
logical Station has recently been erected
and equipped with the latest laboratory
equipment.
@. How did cigarettes get their
name?-G. D.
A. The word is French, being the
diminutive of cigare The latter Is de-
rived from the Spanish, Portuguese and
Italian cigarro, which was originally the
name of a kind of tobacco grown in
Cuba.
@. Is the name Of Lots wife men
toned in the Bible?-C. H. N.
A. 1t is not. Biographical data con-
cerning Lot simply state that he was
the son of Haran Ca brother OF Abra-
ham), who died before his father,
Terah, who brought up his grandson,
Lot, with Abraham and his other son.
Evening star., 1933-06-07
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

No Alibi.
My Radioi My Radio!
When you directly quote
No young reporter you can show
Who ''garblcd" what you wrote.
There's nc compositor to take
The customary blame;
There's no proofreader you can make
A martyr with no fame.
My Radio My Radio!
Though your assertion fiat
May bring embarrassment, We know
You said it; and That's That.
Evening star., 1933-06-07
Space Is Not Empty.
From the Danbury News-Times.

FTOm tHe Danbufy NeWs-Times
DR.. Otto Struve assures his fellow
scientists that space is practically
empty. All the gas and solid matter
through which the light from distant
stars must pass could be compressed, he
thhKs, into cube only half an inch
on side. This is proof that mater is
scarce. but not proof that suace is
empty. Space can be filled with MANY
thlngS, and matter perceptible to us be
as scarce as that.
Matter is kind of emptiness. 1t is
more space than anything else. II
shoots oil parts OF itself and in time
disappears. The parts that. u shoots OF
exist somewhere, perhaps u some ws(
Evening star., 1933-06-07

Diplomatists sometimes find them
selves handicapped by the fact that
while formal foreign audience does
not take their remarks in absolute
seriousness, the home folks may insist
on doing So
Evening star., 1933-06-07
The Grim Future.

How are you going to enjoy yourself
this Summer"
I'm not going to enjoy myself" an
swered Senator Sorghum. I'm going
to put in my time. as usual, worrying
about next Winter"
Jud TunkinS says it begins to look to
him as if 1t were either wonderfully
easy TO make money or absolutely
impossible.
Evening star., 1933-06-07
Polite Silence.
rom the Scranton Times.

From the Scranton Times
The American Railway Association
announcing from its Washington head
quarters that not a paying passenger
was killed by any road last year, has
the self-restraint to omit referring to
the record Of the lines great rival, the
auto
Evening star., 1933-06-07

The cotton crop will be marketed
at a profit this year. experts declare.
Women have again asserted economic
power by their decree that cotton shall
be fashionable
Evening star., 1933-06-07

BY the time the eighteenth amend
ment Is dispensed with alcoholic rev.
enues may be rendered comparatively
small by the fact that so much taxes in
other directions have been required OF
the consumer.
Evening star., 1933-06-07

Henry Ford lays down the simple
rule that the way to meet a situation
involving taxes is to pay them from
the profits of carefully
business. Mr.. Ford may yet be men,
toned as possibility for Secretary of
the Treasury.
Evening star., 1933-06-07

A tax may be equipped with as many
disguises as the detective In a melo-
drama, but after much dialogue it AL
ways turns out to be the same old
"Hawkshaw."
Evening star., 1933-06-07
The Evening Star Newspaper Company
nat. nv Carrier within the CITY.

The Evening 45c per month
The Evening and Sunday Star
(when 4 Sundays ....... 6Oc per month
The Evening and Sunday Star
when S Sundays ......... 65c per month
The SUNDAY star SC per copy
CoiIection made at the end OF each month
orders may be sent in by mail or telephone
National 5000.
Evening star., 1933-06-07

Marchers constitute problem which
unfortunately cannot be completely
solved even by admirable tact in get
ting them out of town peaceably.
Evening star., 1933-06-07
Rare Rird.

From the Columbia IS. c. Rssord.
1t might be possible to get a Secre-
tary of the Treasury who had never
even heard of j. p. Morgan & Co, but
what kind Of Q Secretary Of the Treas.
uyy would be O. che he2 -.