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Evening star., 1933-06-25
Eliminating the Worlds Slums
BY FREDERIC ]. H4SKIN.

ness and residential brilliance, White
chapel, Limehouse, the Minories are
at the other pole. Dickens knew the
London slums, but his Victorian audi
enceS were TOO nice to be told the full
details of their squalor, Thomas Burke
has described them for modern readers,
but 10 words can fully depict the depths
to which life sinks back Of st. Kath-
crimes Docks
There have been periodic campaigns
to improve the slums of London, but
the task has been so huge that much
progress never has been made. Now,
however, another effort is beng made by
the British government. Since the war
exchequer subsidies have been granted
for the erection Of workmen's cottages
IN various places, largely rural cGm-
munities, in England. A new policy
has turned all these expenditures to
cleaning up the slums. London is the
big task. but the campaign is directed
toward the slums of all cities of both
England and Wales.
A new exchequer subsidy Is TO be
granted to assist the private owners of
slum tenements to improve the housing
conditions. The imperial government
will allow grant Of about $40 for
every inmate of a slum dwelling cleared
out and given a better place to live
On top Of that the local authorities
in the case of London, presumably. the
London county council-will allow an
additional grant of about SIS for each
person removed. 1t Is not at all un-
usual to find 10 persons living in three
or four rooms in the London slums
This would mean a government grant
of some $3.50 for the improvement Of
the building.
World Wide Movement.
In most cases, it is hoped, the old
structures will be pulled down. In any
event 1t is planne: IS renovate them
completely, install better plumbing and.
in general. better the premises. To be
sure, new building cannot be erected
for $3.50. but that subsidy will 60 a
long way toward encouraging improve
ments, especially If on top of the grant
stringent sanitary and building inspec-
ton regulations are introduced max
ing it difficult for owners to refuse to
improve.
Berlin and other German cities also
are moving toward slum clearance. and
the cities Of Austria and Czechoslovakia
have similar programs. Paris, next to
London, is probably the most famous
slum city Of Europe. There, attenuated
mortals huddle in abject poverty, breed
ing disease and crime. Paris has spent
many millions in widening avenues, ex-
tending parks and generally beautify-
ing the city, but the slums have per-
sisted throughout the ages, there being
little improvement in some sections
since Francois Villon dwelt and sang
in them. 1t is possible that France
will join the crusade for city slum elm
ination.
In the United States there Is q cam
paign in progress for the renovation OF
dwelling houses, but chief attention
has been bent on middle-class houses.
largely of the suburban villa type. With
the new relief measure and the national
industrial recovery measure now In
force. 1t is not out Of the question that
an American campaign Of slum elimtna-
ton may follow. s
Evening star., 1933-06-25

There Is . possibility that the great
task which will lift the whole world out
of the slough of depression will be found
in the elimination of the slums of the
great cities. It has been remarked that
every previous depression has ended
only when people applied themselves to
some new line Of development. This has
been true In the United States and the
general theory can be identified in world
movements. For example, the whole
burgeoning Of the renaissance raised all
Europe TO q higher plane than 1t had
ever known before and ended the Dark
Ages which had endured practically
since the introduction Of Christianity.
Stun districts Of cities have been the
thinly veiled ulcers OF civilization since
men first began to congregate in large
numbers. In all ages every considerable
city has had its mean streets Such
sections formerly were regarded as a
matter of course, necessary growth
along with the healthier. more vigorous
developments. Only in the last century
have citizens become especially self
conscious about the slums of their cities.
That there now is a great deal of
self-consciousness concerning them is
beyond question. Organizations have
been formed for slum betterment or
elimination. Philanthropists have tried
their hands at reform and city councils
have put forth efforts. 1t will be re-
membered by some that the first Mrs.
Woodrow Wilson had no sooner settled
her residence at the White House than
she began q campaign for the elimina-
ton OF the slums Of Washington, TAX
ing the position that an example should
be set by the National Capital which
other American cities might well follow.
In the Willow Tree alley area her ef-
forts resulted In improvement, but
Washington still has slums, although
not 50 extensive nor SO squalid as those
Of many other cities no larger.
A remarkable movement was made in
New York City at the close of the last
century. undertaking journalists start
ed 1t by revealing that some of the
worst-kept tenements of New York's
Lower East Side were owned by the
famous and fabulously rich Trinity
Church. The pressure of publicity was
30 strong that many old roach ridden
structures were RACED and new model
dwellings erected in their places.
Periodic Improvement Campaigns.
1t was favorite jibe Of those who
opposed the idea Of providing comfort
able nVlng quarters 1or the poor that
such quarters were unappreciated. The
people preferred to live in squalor, 1t
was asserted, and examples were found
Of families, provided at low rent with
clean modern quarters, who used the
bathtubs to store coal. Doubtless there
were such cases and, certainly, bath
tub makes an excellent and handy coal
bin. Nevertheless, the movement for
the elimination Of slums has grown
and, at the same time, the slums have
grown along with the tremendous IN
crease Of the great centers Of popula-
tion
There are no more famous slums than
those Of London. The vast city of
seven millions, for so long the largest
city in the world and still leader.
has harbored q miscellaneous popula-
ton time out of mind and, while its
West End is the last word in exclusive
Evening star., 1933-06-25
LIVING AT THE CENTER
RIGHT REV JAMES E. FREEMAN D. D. IL. D. c. L.
Bishop Of Woshnston.

Our professional and occupational
life has a tendency to restrict our vision
and to limit us to a small area Of serv-
ice. Yale University, taking cognizance
Of this, Is undertaking a mighty effort
through its School Of Human Relations
to break down the barriers that segre-
gate and divide men in their profess
sional and occupational living, and so
to establish a finer cooperation and a
more harmonious service. The multi
plying mechanisms Of modern life are
likewise compelling us to the larger and
more comprehensive vision. We can no
longer live our compartmented lives,
and we are learning that an excess OF
nationalism is a menace to the people
who practice it,
Applied to religion. how imperative
the need Is for the broader and finer
outlook. We set up our little groups
or sects, and with them we adorn the
periphery Of life, thinking the while
that in so doing we are contributing to
the enrichment Of the whole.
Jesus stands at the center Of life,
the worlds supreme exemplar Of the
comprehensive thinker who in His grasp
and reach Of vision surveys all life. ap-
praises 1t and gives Himself for its
complete redemption. Once q disciple
came to Him, saying with fine ZEAL
Master. we saw one casting out devils
in Thy name and he followeth not us.
and We forbade him." to which Jesus
replied: Forbid him not for there is
no man which shall do . miracle in
My name that can lightly speak evil
of me-"
In this word He recognized the vir-
tue Of one whose credentials He had
not seen. The whole scheme Of life,
and inclusive. No other religious
teacher ever saw and appraised life as
did He. It is by reason Of this that He
fits into every age and every race. He
lived at the center and knew life in its
every aspect: because Of this, He is the
Savior and Redeemer Of mankind.
Evening star., 1933-06-25
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
The Universal Explanation.

The Universal Explanation.
It's a comfort to know
Just what troubles us SO
When life isn't all that it should be.
The ills that we meet
Lose their mystery complete
And all is as lucid as could be.
For now we find out
Beyond question or doubt
We should all have enough and to spare If
We could but arrange
For the right Presto, changei"
In that magical thing called the tariff,
When your money runs short
Or you're summoned to court
Or your motor cars aged or lacking;
When the cash you invest
Shows a reckless unrest
And your hopes of great gain are sent
packing;
When your breakfast is poor
And your drink is impure
There is much less occasion to care If
Hard luck's evil train
You can fully explain
And lay the whole blame on the tariff
Evening star., 1933-06-25

There are two ways Of seeing LIE,
the one from the center, the other from
the periphery The first is from within.
looking out, seeing life in the large and
over broad areas: the second is seeing
life from its outward edge, looking
within; it Is the restricted, narrow view.
Our outlook is not necessarily deter
mined by the size of the place in which
we live. It is generally conceded that
the provincial outlook or point OF view
is largely determined by the limitations
of our place of occupation. A distin-
guished American novelist wrote of the
sordid life of a small western town and
he made all his characters small-town
people. They were on the periphery;
they were ever looking within their
small community. The world was no big
ger than the place of their immediate
environment. They fed their starved
souls on the petty details Of their COM
munity life. 1t was an exaggerated
picture, but it has ample demonstration,
not only in some small provincial town,
but even in the streets of q great city.
Over against this We set the lives Of
others who have made major contribu-
tions to art and literature While they
had their habitat in some small, pro-
vincial town. in imagination they
roamed the world and saw life In its
larger and finer proportions. Robert
Burns, the music Of whose poetry has
fascinated the world, even from the re-
stricted area of Scotch village caught
visions Of a human brotherhood that
was all-enbracing in its scope. Charles
Kingsley, in the little English village
of Eversley, lived so large a life that
he was enabled to interpret to those
who lived in the great metropolis their
responsibility to the less fortunate and
the less favored. These men lived at
the center and not on the periphery.
They had the comprehensive vision.
not the narrow and provincial. Within
the compass of their thinking they
comprehended the larger meaning and
the larger issues Of life.
Evening star., 1933-06-25

As 1t Is seen, since the beginning OF
the year the prices received By the
farmers for the commodities they sell
have gained eleven points, wholesale
prices have gained almost two points,
while the farmers costs have fallen by
four points. In other words. he Is re-
ceiving more money for his products,
but what he buys Is cheaper. That IS
clear gain for him in the purchasing
power Of his dollars.
Today wholesale prices have risen
since the end Of May to 64.5, and the
rise in agricultural prices has been even
greater. The process Of what happened
to the farmer when wholesale and agri-
cultural prices began their fearful slump
in 1925 is being reversed today. From
1925 until the end Of 1882 the prices
received by the farmers for the COM
modities they sold decreased by 90
points, while the prices paid by the
farmers decreased by only So points.
One Of the reasons that many farm
ers are whooping it up for imitation is
that during . process Of imitation farm
prices scoot higher than anything else,
including the prices paid by the farm
ers for commodities they buy. But II
there Is resort to direct imitation or cur
rency debasement In behalf Of the
farmer he will not want it to stop at
the level Of 1926, for instance, which
has been considered by some as the
desirable level. He will want 1t to
proceed to the level Of 1918, when farm
prices were represented by the index
number 200. as compared with the point
attained by the prices paid by the
farmer, which was 17e.
It Is interesting to speculate now on
the question whether farmers, should
they be led to anticipate direct imitation,
and encouraged already by rapidly ris-
ing prices, are going to reduce acreage
even IN expectation of q Government
bonus for doing 20. Unless the specu-
lative element in human nature can be
eliminated by act Of Congress-whith
may be possible in the day OF the new
era, who knows?-the farmer will con-
slider whether 1t will pay him more to
raise everything he can plant or rely
on the sure thing that may come his
way by reducing his acreage.
Evening star., 1933-06-25
Cooperative Plans Under
Industrial Recovery Act
BY HARDEN COLFAx.

Few pieces Of national legislation in
volving SO much for the welfare of the
American people have found business
and government SO well prepared to CO.
operate in carrying it out as has the
national industrial recovery act.
PRESIDENT Roosevelt's partnership
between government and business" has
already elected the Cooperating zeal''
OF more than 400 national trade asso.
Citations which have already taken ac-
ton to organize for activity under the
provisions of the new act. Fully 800
more are expected to do 50 in the near
future. Nearly as many individual
associations have either formulated
poileies. drawn up programs or taken
steps to do so.
The Federal Government PROMISES IN
deal with any coherent inteorat ted
groups which have definite proerans
since some Of the larger groups are al
Ieaoy SO organized, attention is first
oeing given to the five major industries
employing about 10 per cent of the
country's labor-steel, coal, oil. textiles
and automottves. Organized labor has
also signified its approved. Representa- :
yves OF textile, iron and steel, automo-
Die, coal, clothing, electrical equipment
and other key industries have been In
touch directly with Gen. Hugh johnson
ana his staff Of co-ordinators in the
last lew days. Over the country other
meetings are going ahead.
x X
The Chamber of Commerce of the
United States the Nafionol A.e1o;okxz..
OF Manufactures and number of
other organizations with broad gen.
eral field for their activities are sup
plying information and assistance to
the various trade associations, including
samples Of model codes Of fair COM
petition" This mobilization of Ameri-
can Industry into trade associations is
regarded by keen observers in WASH
ington, both in and out of the Gov
ernment, as the greatest opportunity
which has come to any economic or
ganizations to serve business since the
days Of the medieval trade guilds.
Moreover, 1t is said in administration
circles that the establishment of a
consumers advisory board"-to rep
resent the great mass Of the buying
public, which Is usually inarticulate-
Will be recognized as one Of the most
essential parts Of the set-up Of the new
law. Preparations for such q "coun-
sell have been under way for months
* X X \
The Government itself Is rendering
yeoman service to business in carrying
out the new deal. In the Department
OF Commerce a co-ordinating unit of
the Bureau Of Foreign and Domestic
Commerce has been assigned to collect
information concerning the activities
Evening star., 1933-06-25

been pretty well examined. Criss-crcssing
over the chart are the route lines Of
about . hundred different expeditions.
The alumni of each have hrUught back
data carefully gathered, and the as
sembling Of this material, 1t would
seem, has rendered the once prob
lematical polar territory almost as
completely and accurately known as
any more congenial section Of the globe
But Bartlett is qualified to judge. If
he declares there is an UNEMPLOYED area
in the North, It must be true The
public. taking his word for it. perforce
must await his return for further in
formation.
Bartlett, it Is worth mentioning, is
modernist explorer. He is skilled in
the knowledge Of the kind of data
science wants. His eyes are trained
for the things that really are important.
When he comes back from . voyage he
brings not merely . fascinating story
Of adventure. but a treasury of facts
of the type definitely desired. Ocean
ographic and meteorological records,
specimens OF fora and fauna, archeo-
logical items for museums-these are
his stock-in-trade. He Is not content
merely to take soundings or measure
land. keep colorful literary records and
accumulate photographs. On the con-
trary, he belongs to the new order Of
Arctic searchers. Thus, each of his
voyages contributes to organized COM
mon SENSE" as Huxley defined scientific
culture.
A crew Of old-timers goes with Capt
Bob. Their progress win be watched
with authentic interest A multitude
wishes them well Their destination
may be unknown, but it does not lie
beyond the reach of the good will of
their friends.
Evening star., 1933-06-25

will wish to Join in the endeavor to
stamp out the source Of so much pain
and discomfort.
Ragweed is a nuisance; 1t serves no
useful purpose Of any kind. It should
be exterminated wherever found Those
who labor toward that end will have
the gratitude of multitude of their
fellow creatures
Evening star., 1933-06-25

undertaken by organized business in
anticipation of the operation of the
recovery act, as well as to supply in
formation and extend aid to industries
and trades which may be useful as
background. The department will also
furnish inquirers with full information
concerning the trade practice confer
ences Of the Federal Trade Commission,
which may serve as guide for similar
agreements now necessary or desir" be.
All of the trade associations, in y
plans, frankly accept the provision
restrictions of the new law and r. .. i
its offer of code of fair competition"
as the salvation Of industry, If industry
is to bring into line what Charles
Schwab, chairman of the Bethlehem
Steel Corporation, has referred to as
those selfish interests which persist In
unfair practices that are contrary to
sound public policy and are ruinow to
busineaS."
o.. (Copyright, 1933.)
Evening star., 1933-06-25
Studied SuperficiaIitjes.

There were some things in your
speech that didn't quite understand"
Probably" replied Senator Sorghum.
Those were probably the topics 1 re-
ferred to in confident, o1hand way,
so as to avoid disclosing that I don't
understand 'em either"
Evening star., 1933-06-25
4 Break for the Farmer.

The rise in wholesale prices at this
time is encouraging to everybody as
indicating an upturn in business, but
for the farmer it Is spreading happiness
and Joy. For every time the wholesale
price level rises the level Of agricul-
tural prices rises much faster, while
the prices paid by farmers for COM
modities which enter their cost Of living
lag behind. Thus, gain in agricul-
tural prices Is gain in more ways than
one for the farmer.
What has happened this year can be
understood by the following compari-
sons in price indexes
Evening star., 1933-06-25

On July 8 John D. Rockefeller will
attain his Gath birthday anniversary
His remarkable age may be taken as
measure Of the tremendous vitality
which enabled him to accomplish tre-
mendous things.
Evening star., 1933-06-25

1t has been asserted that Franklin
D. Roosevelt would reassert the spirit
OF Woodrow Wilson. 1t cannot be sus-
pected that as magazine publisher
Alfred z. Smith is a reincarnation of
George Harvey.
Evening star., 1933-06-25

Mahatma Gandhi contributed mel
ancholy suggestion in the present eco
nomic situation in showing that a man
may manage to go without food and
raiment and still survive.
Evening star., 1933-06-25
Amenities.

THE way they talked about you was
most violent and depreciative, said the
sympathetic fan.
Yes" replied the umpire; "you might
almost have thought was a candidate
for office in hot campaign"
Evening star., 1933-06-25

Since Congress adjourned there is q
disposition to wonder whether 1t would
not be well for the London conference
to speed up and do the same even in
the face Of unfinished business.
Evening star., 1933-06-25

The world is engaged in a study Of
credit, with incidental efforts to find
dignified names for documents which
in smaller transactions would be desig-
mated as rubber checks"
Evening star., 1933-06-25

No feature of the income tax has
proved more "paternalistic" than the
revelation Of fatherly solicitude shown
by Lawyer Max Steuer toward Mr..
Mitchell.
Evening star., 1933-06-25
Triumph of Science.

From the Chicago Daily News.
Victory for science over parental pride
is represented by the Indiana Univer-
sity professors frank admission that a
baby chimpanzee responded to training
better than did his own infant son.
Evening star., 1933-06-25
Transmutation,

Oh, gold is something Of bluff
That won't content the soul
Till you get out and trade the stuff
For pork and beans and coal.
Evening star., 1933-06-25
The Difference.

A pessimist is sad, indeed,
Because his garden went to seed.
The optimist. with courage true,
Just plants the seed and hopes anew.
Evening star., 1933-06-25

Gifts to Harvard have decreased by
several millions in the passing year
Even the knowledge market apparently
participated in the recent slump.
Evening star., 1933-06-25
Learning.

rs your daughter learning TO sing?"
That isn't what's bothering me-
What remains to be seen is whether I
can learn 10 listen to her without start
Ing a family row."
Evening star., 1933-06-25

Chile will ship beer to the U. S. A;
which seems a little like carrying Goals
to Newcastle.
Evening star., 1933-06-25

Hitler, not Of German birth, is doing
his best to register in historic attention
as carpetbagger who made good.
Evening star., 1933-06-25

Nature" said Uncle Eben, "doan'
nebber bestow all her gif's en- one in
divijjle. De lightnin' bug ain got no
singer, an de skeeter ain got no lamp
Evening star., 1933-06-25
Fifty Years Ago
In The Star

"The tempest in . teapot" says The
Star of June 81, 1883, stirred up by
Evening star., 1933-06-25
THEODORE W. MOVES. Editor
The Evening Star Newspaper Company

1ltn ST. ana PennsyIvama ave
New York ONCE: ITO East 42nd st.
CHICAGO once: Lake Michigan Building.
European once: IL Regent st., London
ENGLAND.
Seward gateway., 1933-10-21
EFFECT OF NEW GOLD PRICE

Nothing affecting the industrial life of he Territory could be more beneficial than the new ruling which gives the United States gold miner world markets for his product
 The price of gold ranges around $30 per ounce, against $2067 the price set by the terasury of the United States On the basis of an average of $O per ounce Alaskas gold output for the just ending based upon the figure of 1932$9 000 will be worth $12,40O000
 co mn % csn m e~ ro % ready feeling the stimulus of the new price Snpers who have been just able to sustain themselves by hand meth ods, find themselves emerging with surplus.
 The effect is being manifested in quartz.
 The longawaited renaissance of Alaska's gold indus try looms bright for the coming year, and every claim owner is laastening perfect his title while pros of Working under the old pice t of the yellow low metal