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Evening star., 1933-10-18
Why the Discrimination =?

If the Treasury Department in in
structions to the conservators of unli-
censed banks forbids the acceptance Of
Home Owners Loan Corporation bonds,
how does the Government expect to
build up market for these bonds upon
which success or failure of the projected
aid to home owners eventually depends?
The Government does not guarantee
these bonds, but only the four per cent
interest. That has already raised some
question as to their status But when
the attention Of administration officials
some time ago was called to the fact
that receivers Of closed banks, along
with conservators, had been notified by
the Treasury that "due to the functions
and obligations imposed by law in con-
nection with the liquidation of insolvent
national banks it would not be appro-
pirate at the present time for such
bonds to be acquired by receivers" a
protest was made by home loan of1l-
cials. Later the receivers of closed ma
tlonal banks were told by the Treasury
that u. it would be advisable to
adopt at this time general policy of
permitting receivers to exchange their
mortgages for bonds (of the Home Own
ers' Loan Corporation) where under the
circumstances Of the particular case
such course seems to be to advantage
Of the trust
Receivers, in the exercise of their dis
cretion. have therefore been permitted
to acquire the bonds in liquidation of
assets. But conservators still seem to
be under instructions not to acquire the
bonds. Why this policy should be fol-
lowed in relation to conservators, when
1t has been changed as to receivers, is
not clear. But such instructions GER
tainly do nothing to help the accepta- q
bility of the bonds.
Evening star., 1933-10-18
Sharpening the Eagles Talons.

While there is official cognizance of
only three cases where employers have
had their Blue Eagle insignia taken
away from them, there have been an
increasing number of complc ints against
those allsged to be displaying the in
sigma without living up to the agree
ments for which it stands. The ex-
ecutive order issued from the White
House late yesterday means the Blue
Eagles talons have been sharpened and
are now prepared to gouge when the
courts find owners guilty Of misrepre-
sentation.
Something of the sort has, of course,
been necessary. While the voluntary as
pect of the codes and other temporary
agreements has been emphasized
throughout the NJ R. A. campaign, it
was impossible to believe that human
nature had been transformed overnight,
and that the Blue Eagle would not be
as susceptible of cheap exploitation as
anything else. The burden Of that ex-
ploitation was borne by those who took
their code responsibilities seriously and
made a bona fide attempt to live up to
them. They have found themselves in
competition with others who were using
the protective services Of the Blue
Eagle without paying for them. If
such a condition were allowed to con-
tinue, the Blue Eagle would fall into
general disrepute. Now. with the
United States attorneys ordered to
prosecute offenders and with penalties
established which become all the more
severe by reason of the assured accom-
panying publicity. "chiseling" under the
codes will be diminished.
1t will be noted. however, that there
still is marked distinction between the
Governments attitude toward those who
do not display the Blue Eagle and those
who display It under false representa-
Evening star., 1933-10-18
Group disqualification.

The well-to-do and the very poor, 1,
would seem, have no particular dread Of
hospital expense. The former have the
! means to meet the costs of hospitaliza-
tion; the latyer are endowed by State
| or community philanthropy. But the
middle classes, constituting the largest
section of the population, fear hospital
bills and for very good reason. Thou
sands. physicians say. require the sort
of service which hospitals are equipped
to give, yet are denied it by the circum-
stance Of their inability to pay. To
meet the situation the group hospitali-
zation plan has been devised and now is
to be tried out in Washington under the
management of committee of repre-
sentative citizens.
In brief outline. the merits of the
plan are these: 1t will provide proper
hospital care and treatment for three
weeks in an institution of individual
choice for each subscriber qualified for
such service. To be eligible person
must be member of the association to
be organized and must be certified by
his own physician. In its fundamentals
the plan is a beneficent form of insur-
ance; it will be cooperative and non
proftmaking. Nine of the leading hos
pitals of the city have pledged their
help.
There appears to be no reason to
question the values of the project. Com
plete success, Of course, will depend upon
the number Of members secured. The
cost to each subscriber will be governed
by that element of the problem-if the
membership is large, the annual or
monthly subscription should be pro-
portionately small. A hundred thousand
subscribers at ten dollars would give the
association an income of million a
year, and such a sum, dedicated to such
use, would be a mighty bulwark
against disease and misfortune.
No plan is perfect and a certain al
lowance must be made for trial and
error. But the group disqualification
expedient is sound. 1t is based on the
principle of personal and social thrift,
and that. beyond all cavil, is a law as
fixed and stable as mathematics. The
average person, at one time or another,
wants hospital care. The wisdom Of
anticipating the emergency and prepar-
ing for it is too abundantly apparent to
require argument.
The public has heard of the plan
with interest, and it certainly will not
forego the opportunity to participate.
No more attractive proposal ever has
been made for the relief of sore need.
Evening star., 1933-10-18

The resources of our free Informa-
ton Bureau are at your service. You
are invited to call upon it as often
as you please. It Is being maintained
solely to serve you. What question can
we answer for you? There is no charge
at all except three cents in coin or
stamps for return postage. Do not use
post cards. Address your letter to The
Evening Star Information Bureau,
Frederic J. Haskin, Director, Wash
ington, D. c.
O. VIII Thanksgiving day be cele-
bratca on the 23d or the 30th Of No.
vembefe-T. G.
A. The President of the United States
issues the Thanksgiving day proclama-
tion and sets the date for the OBJ
servance. In President Taft's admins
tration there were five Thursdays in
November and he designated the last
Thursday as Thanksgiving day. If this
precedent is followed, the 30th will be
observed this year.
@. Who designed the official medal of
the Century Of Progress?-F. A.
A. Joseph Buettas of Chicago.
@. What Is the difference between
distilled gin and synthetic gin2-W. E.
A. Synthetic gin, commonly known
as bath tub gin, has practically the
same ingredients as distilled gin, but
they are imperfectly blended. Distilled
gin is distilled after the ingredients are
combined.
@. Has a noiseless airplane propeller
been made?-J. B.
A. There has not yet been developed
a noiselesS propeller. The materiel di-
vision of the Army Air Corps has
studied the problem of airplane noise
reduction and has had considerable
success in reducing it. To date it has
established the fact that the tip speed
is the controlling noise factor, although
the thickness, width and pitch of the
blades are contributing elements. There
fore, it would appear that when a pro-
peller with the widest, thinnest blade,
turning at the minimum practicable tip
speed, is employed, the ultimate has
been achieved in propeller noise re-
duction.
@. Can the fruit of the Usage orange
be utilized?-M. S. S.
A. There is no commercial use to
which the fruit of the Usage orange may
be put. The wood and bark of this
tree are both used, but not the fruit.
Q. Where were pipe lines first used
for oil?-J. F. c.
A. The first pipe Enes-built in the
early Western Pennsylvania oil fields
were usually small lines which con-
nected the leases with the railroads.
They were of the type which today
would be termed gathering lines; that
is, they gathered the freight for the
railroad. Today gathering lines do this,
too but their principal function is as
feeders for the trunk pipe lines. The
first real trunk line was constructed in
1879. as a result of serious overpro-
duction of oil and the bitter feeling
existing between the oil producers of
Western Pennsylvania and the pur-
chasing and transportation interests.
@. What persons were at George
Washington's bedside when he died?-
w. L.
A. There were present in the room
DR.. Craik, Mrs. Washington and Tobias
Lear.
@. What is used to put the shiny
finish on walking sticks?-F OH.
A. The Forest Service says that
lacquer varnish and shellac are used
to produce the bright polish Gus
tomarily seen on canes or walking
sticks, but that ebony and rosewood
are among the few types of wood which
take a high polish with just wax.
Evening star., 1933-10-18
Objection to Default Chief
Consideration in War Debts

Negotiations looking to possible
agreement on the British war debt to
the United States are debated, with
evidence that there Is a growing belief
in the necessity for favorable terms
One point emphasized is that default
would be detrimental to all nations. It
is conceded that Congress must decide,
but with suggestions to the effect that
the Presidents views will be accepted
1T would be far better to let the ad-
ministration make the best settlement
it can with Great Britain and other
debtors, and get rid of the vexing ISSUE"
advises the Chicago Daily News, while
the New York Times agrees that "the
purpose to be sought is clearly an agree
ment which will finally nquidate the
available, within the next few years."
The Rock Island Argus, arguing that
almost any payment is preferable to
default on the part of Great Britain"
because such action would disturb the
whole debt morale Of the world" con-
tends that "the sensible thing is to
negotiate a settlement that will finally
liquidate the Indebtedness, making the
best terms possible" The Newark Eve
ming News concludes: 1.-The country
has co-operated with the President in
his domestic program. 1t will, no doubt,
support him in a wise and practical
policy for dealing with this awful busi-
ness"
mo matter what line of international
action is proposed" according to the
Philadelphia Evening Bulletin, whether
in the way of trade agreements. or in
the matter of monetary stabilization.
or in any other phase of international
relations, the war debts are found in
volved as a confusing factor" That
paper feels that debt adjustment "is
prime objective contributory to the ad-
justment of all these other problems"
The Wall Street Journal holds that "a
great need now is to restore the buy
ing power of our largest external Gus
TONER" and asks: "If a revision of
the war debts will contribute to that
end. will it not be good business to
do it?"
1.-The English-speaking people," AYERS
the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, "are
curious to see what adjustment of
debt can be made, when conditions that
existed when the money was borrowed
have been so changed" The Baltimore
Sun is convinced that while these
vexatious debts are by no means the
sole cause Of our Ills, and while their
elimination would not, unassiSted, bear
Evening star., 1933-10-18

us back to prosperity, they have brought
havoc to the vital interests Of this coun-
try" The Cincinnati Times-Star sees
lurking in the background the rea.
possibility of British default" and,
warns that those members of Congress
who still talk about collecting to the
last penny might ponder the fact that
a default in which the greater part Of
the civilized world participated would
lose its traditional stigma"
I'VE Cancelled about 80 per cent Of
the debt Italy owed u.s." recalls the
Houston Chronicle, ION the theory that
she could not pay. Britain Is now in no
better position to meet her bond than
Italy was then. Yet we may be sure
any such drastic reduction would be
hailed as cancellation in this country,
and bring down on the administration
all the accumulated spleen of the anti
cancellationists. Unfortunately we have
mlsled public opinion on this subject
The Jingoes and the narrow nationalists
have so muddled the waters that wise
action and popular action cannot be
had at one and the same time We
can expect from our administration a
very strong effort to do the sound thing.
regardless of whether it is popular.
Nevertheless congressional approval of
any proposed course must be had, and
there would be no point in agreeing to
a plan which Congress would not up
hold"
Little hope of debt reduction" is
seen by the Salt Lake Deseret News,
while the Oakland Tribune feels that
none OF the suggested moves are par
tlcularly impressive" and the Hartford
Times docs not like the idea of having
our British cousins calmly f1inging back
upon the shoulders of American tax
payers debts of immense MAGNITUDE"
The Danbury News-Tmes offers the
Judgment: IF the debts are approached
from the standpoint that changes in
the economic system have made them
much greater than they were, there
may be found reason and justice for
reduction. Again, If the British can
show that they are unable to pay, that
hence the United States will not be
paid in full, there exists the same war
rant for compromise that exists when
any debtor, private or public, comes to
his creditor saying: I cannot pay what
I owe you. I can pay you so much.
Will you take it?'"
Concessions by this country, believes
the Topeka Daily Capital, would be
made 'if the debtor powers would cur
tail their enormous preparations for
war" but the Boston Transcript advises
that "the time is not yet when England
can reasonably expect actual cancella-
ton or so great reduction as virtually
to amount to cancellation" British
proposals suggest to the Portland Ore
gon Journal that world disarmament
and guaranteed peace are the one
course by which to save ourselves from
having. later on. again to cross the At
lantic to settle another Et,ropaop uoro
The Charleston IS. c. Evening Post
declares: 'The war debts have been
said to have no more than a nuisance
value any more. They are subject for
constant friction and general bad feel
ing; there is nobody in this country
who seriously believes that they are
collectible in any considerable measure.
yet nobody in authority has vet shown
the wisdom or the courage to propose
a definite settlement Of them on
nominal basis
Evening star., 1933-10-18

virtue, as one might say?
Surely such great things cannot
come into the ordinary life
| They must, however, If the day by.
day life of q human being in suc.i q
world Of turmoil is to possess ary o1
the divine things Of which men nave
so long thought and taught.
In the everyday, and everyday, one
must display some tranquility Of spirit
OF soul, else 1t will forever escape us.
There is no better place to begin. II
| would seem, than with this very small
but very human, personal problem
which is far more widespread, we are
convinced, than many busy persons
would believe.
These things are hidden, few discuss
them. many do not know even how to
go about considering them In their own
minds.
They let Sights" as they call them
get them down. They believe that an
old friend has suddenly grown cold.
They do not realize that they are
utterly unfair to such friends.
Why should they grow cold?
What has there been about them In
the past which would permit one for q
second to suspect that they are going
back on one?
The truth is that II one Is going to
sudden, 1t should be the precise oppo-
site, that they would stick to one
through thick and thin.
Such has been their record, surely
they would not mar 1t.
Above all. one should put out Of the
mind. as determinedly as possible, the
wondering question, What have ]
done?"
Thou hast done nothing, as the old
writings would put it.
Thee is a fool, and 1t Is about time
that some one told you.
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One may pause to wonder why 1t is
so much easier to believe evil Of ones
fellow men than good.
Here is a genuine good fellow" as
Mrs. Pearl Buck uses the term in her
great new translation Of a famous
Chinese novel. whose title she has
rendered as "All Men Are Brothers"
This good fellow suddenly puts on a
long face and actually passes one with
out so much as a glance.
1t would be great deal more sensible,
and vastly nearer the truth, to say to
ones self: Nov what on earth has
happened to him that he seems so
gloomy? Never in his right mind would
he pass me up thus"
Then one searches around to dis
cover the reason for this sudden and
unexpected change.
+
One can find no reason.
But wait while!
Do not 60 yet, there is still more.
One discovers at last that a great
responsibility has been placed upon the
man. one to which he must give every
ounce Of energy.
1t is only reasonable to believe that
no man could exactly smile under the
burden.
He is making the best Of it. and II he
forgets at times such humble ones as
the rest Of us. then that Is our mis-
fortune, not his fault.
On our part. it Is necessary to see
that We, too, never fall into the same
slight to courtesy. If possible We, If
we wish to be different. must always
keep in mind the other fellow, and
realize that he may be a sensitive soul
God pity him-or bless him, which shall
it be?
Evening star., 1933-10-18
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRAcEWELL.

The sensitive person who forever Il
expecting friends not to speak to him
IS storing up great deal OF trouble for
himself
Perhaps there are more of this type
especially among men, than is COM
monty realized.
Often enough he does great injustice
to these others. because they have nc
desire to trample on his toes.
1t may be that circumstances have
arisen which make 1t impossible for
tomary CHEEKY fashion.
Business affairs of one sort or an
other make deep impressions upon some
natures. They do not seem to be able
to keep their business and their every
day courtesy in top notch at the same
time.
This should be realized by every
sensitive human being.
II one firmly keeps this in mind, and
reminds ones self Of it upon the neces-
Sary occasion, 1t will DO much to re-
lieve a very considerable tension in
ordinary human relationships.
Yet it Is well known that Just exactly
the opposite course is most often the
case. It Is here exactly as with gossip
Of the hurtful type. Even the person
who realizes the innate absurdity of
listening to such stuff knows that he
really puts more stock in it than he
should. Let him be fortified against
1t never SO well. he is unable to put out
Of his mind the inimical things that
another is supposed to have said about
him. for instance. Instead of going to
that other and asking him If the report
is true, he realizes the absurdity of such
a situation, he fails to say word about
1t, he merely nurses a grievance.
\ X x
When We consider the sensitive
human being who Is perpetually look
ing for his friends not to speak to him
by no means uncommon type-we
deal with somewhat similar problem.
What Is needed is a new orientation
of the mind, deliberate realization
that there are many angles to every
character, and that no one is in a posi-
ton to command these angles.
Therefore, the sensitive one should
realize that he cannot reduce the thing
to just himself and another. There
are too many other persons in the world
for that
1t is always helpful If our hero will
hCCP IIlt pldlll ldCt LlldJ, JuSJ
as many other human beings impinge
upon his life, so also do they upon
every one he knows.
If an associate does not respond with
his usual CHEEKY greeting. or seems dis
tant In any way, it will be we'll for the
other to think of something else than
the possibility of his having offended
in some unknown way.
Yet this is precisely what leaps-we
say leaps advisedly-into the mind of
the sensitive man or woman.
What have I done?"
That is the universal question, one
which in nine times out of ten is
pathetically absurd, for one has not
done" anything at all.
1t is some one else who has done
something to the mans temper, to his
equanimity, to his placidity.
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The old placidity Of human being
Is very touchy thing. after all.
Ones placidity is more easily over
turned than anything else.
After all, some may ask, what busi-
ness has any person to possess placidity
in such a world as this?
Have we not been told. time without
number, that tranquility Is a religious
Evening star., 1933-10-18

ton. The former are within their
rights in refusing to adopt this emblem,
and there is nothing that can be done
to make them adopt 1t. The N. r. A..
has left the business Of persuasion to
public sentiment-as far as Blue Eagle
display Is concerned. But 1t correctly
assumes a different attitude toward
those who voluntarily adopt the emblem
and then repudiate it by evasive nom
conformance. The first employer who
goes to Jail or pays fine for misrepre-
sentation under the N. r. A. will make
a name for himself-in more ways than
one.
Evening star., 1933-10-18
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

| O. About what time did q vehicle
called the victoria begin to be used?-
E. w. C.
A. This vehicle, named for Queen
Victoria, became fashionable about 1870.
@. What are the requirements In
joining the r. o. T. CPS. M. D.
A. The Reserve Officers Training
Corps consists of training units of sew
eral arms and services established in
civil educational institutions The
senior division consists Of such units
as may be organized at approved col
grees. The junior division consists Of
such units as may be organized at ap-
proved public or private educational in
stitutions, which do not meet the re-
Quirements Of a senior division class.
1t is necessary to be attending one Of
these institutions in order to become
member Of the R. o. T. C.
@. Which are the four greatest rivers
in the United States in volume Of water
f1ow?-A. H. G.
A. The Mississippi-Mis 675,000
feet per second; the Columbia, 280, 900
feet per second: the Ohio, 158,0 900 feet
per second. and the Colorado, 800
feet per second. These figures repre-
sent the average mean flow.
@. Did Sacajawea accompany the
Lewis and Clark Expedition from st.
LouiS?-W. N.
A. She did not. She was living in
the Dakotas when the explorers reached
there. She was a member Of the
Shoshone Tribe. After the valuable
aid rendered to Lewis and Clark
Sacajawea disappeared. Subsequently
an old woman was found in the Sho-
shone agency who was identified as the
Indian guide. She died Of old age
when about one hundred.
O. What is "cold light"?-F. M S.
A. 1t is bioluminescence, which
means that only very little heat ap-
pears as compared with ordinary meth
ods of illumination. The light Is no
different, physically, from any other
kind of light, but there are no infra-red
or ultra violet radiations produced.
@. Is it best to drink distilled
Water?-R. D.
A. 1t is generally regarded on the
whole that distilled water Is not to be
recommended for drinking purposes for
the reason that distillation removes
certain mineral substances which are
necessary for the proper health Of the
body.
@. What countries are now sending
the most immigrants to the United
States?-G. w. K
A. In 1882 the five countries sending
the largest number were: Canada,
1927: Italy, 6,662: Germany, 2,670;
Mexico, 2,171, and Great Britain, 2,o57.
O. What fish feed on oysters by
cracking the oyster shells and sucking
the contents?-W G. B.
A. The black drum, Pogonias cromis.
and the tautog. Tautoga onitis are well
known enemies of oysters.
@. How far does the city Of Chicago
extend north and south?-B. E. r.
A. Chicago has an area Of 210 square
miles and is about Is miles long north
and south, but only 10 miles or less
wide east and west.
@. Was Ella Wheeler Wilcox mar
ried?-W. A. H.
A. She was the wife Of Robert M.
Wilcox Of Meriden. Conn.
@. What proportion of the land sur
face of the world is included in the
continent Of Asia?-G. N.
A. Asia embraces more than one
third of the land surface of the globe.