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Evening star., 1933-07-25
Pitifully Low Wages of
Construction LabOrers

To the Editor Of The Star:
1t seems to be the prevailing public
opinion that construction laborers who
get Is to IS cents an hour in the
District are receiving fair living wage.
We wonder If people know that a
construction laborer only works, at the
most, rs per cent of the time, due to
weather, lack of material, and one con-
tractor waiting for the other contrac-
tor to get his particular work done.
Then let US figure q little.
A laborer working eight hours a day
at IS cents receives $3.50 per day and
$14 per week of five days. Now, due to
causes over which he has no control,
he loses Is per cent Of this time, which
makes him average $l050 per week, or
$546 per year.
We wonder how many of our good
people that think our wages high
enough could live on this amount.
We are very liberal in allowing only
q IS per cent loss of time, as statistics
show that over . two-year period the
average loss Of time Is nearly 40 per
cent.
Now, what happens when man loses
more than the average time, which Is
often the case? He has to apply to
some charity or relief society for aid,
which must come from the people
thinking he is well enough paid
wouldn't 1t be much better II the Ia
borer was assured Of an average of $16
to $40 per week, thus enabling him to
provide for his family and at the same
time keep up his family's self-respect
i, and morale-at the same time taking
some Of the burden of Of the relief
agencies?
This is possible and not beyond rea-
son in the least.
Why doesn't our Government and the
District Commissioners establish q wage
whereby these conditions can be REM
ed3ed? LARRY KELLY,
Chairman Construction
LaborerS' Committee
Evening star., 1933-07-25

between the two girls the next morn
ing and plans were made for MANY rood
times together. Then Marion is found
dead as the result of q fall from the
parapet Of an ancient castle, and Rosa. .
mund Is crushed with grief. A time of
sorrow is most propitious for winning
the confidence and affection of a
woman. and Guy makes haste to grasp
thls opportunity to WOO Rosamund. In
a lew weeks they are married and en-
9oymg glorious honeymoon before 60
ing pack to England and settling down
to life Of welded happiness.
closing her beautiful estate of Raven
stoKe IS not q sad occasion for Rosa
mund, for she feels that she has been
It's prisoner long enough. Besides. she
is deeply IN love with her deliciously
irresponsible husband, and it is with the
utmost Joy that she accompanies him to
his own estate in the bleak marsh lands
by the sea. Shock after shock awaits
ner there, but being Of q valiant nature
she carries on and is confident that
eventually things will come right.
Among the shocks and surprises Is
the information from her lawyers that
Marion has bequeathed to her the yalu-
able pearls with the emerald clasp
Following quickly is the even greater
surprise that the pearls have been ap-
praised and found to be false. When
some days later the genuine emerald d
discovered In the desk Of her husband,
Rosamund finds herself in i situation
which reduces her to q state Of almost
mental and physical wreckage.
The actual climax Of the story ID 90
far beyond anything which may pos
sibly have been conceived during TIN
rather beautiful and picturesque early
stages Of the nov0 that It bursk& like
. master rocket, leaving the reader
amazed and breathless from the swift
Emerald Clasp, Is . notable addition
to the popular Beedng collection.
Evening star., 1933-07-25
High Lights on the Wide World
Excerpts From Newspapers of Other Lands

but even the approximate fulfllment
Of all the tasks that We have pledged
ourselves to do, then, but scarcely till
then. the fundamental purposes and
hopes of the President Of the republic
and of myself, his humble helper, will
be realized"
Belgian Dealers
Protest Beer Tax.
lie Petit Marseillais. Marseille
AS q protest against the constantly
increasing taxes on beer in Belgium 1t
is said that hundreds of those engaged
In the trade Of dispensing this beverage
are giving up their establishments and
retiring from business As the cost of
beer, either by the glass. bottled or
in the wood, mounts. in the same ratio
declines the consumption, until instead
Of deriving more revenue from the sale
Of native and imported brews the gov
ernment is deriving far less than for.
merly
Due to the decline in the number of
dispensaries, the breweries are closing
down. and recently q great procession
was held In Brussels by employees of
these enterprises, and their associated
interests, to exhibit their united dis
approval Of the governments action. 1t
Is estimated that nearly 10000 persons
participated in the demonstration.
Coupled with the irreplaceable loss in
excise taxes, there is also the fear in
o1icial and cultural circles that the
people, deprived Of beer. either directly
or indirectly through the action of the
government, may resort to more potent
intoxicants not yet penalized in such
proportion to their intrinsic cost. This
Is q contingency filled with grave con.
cern for all those unselfishly concerned
with the best interests of the country.
Evening star., 1933-07-25
Hitler and the Church.

Tne NaztS have captured another
stronghold-the German Protestant
Church. As result of Nation wide
elections last Sunday. that organization,
formerly the Evangelical Church, voted
overwhelmingly to be known hencefor-
ward As the German Christian
Church." and to accept the control OF
the Hitlerite government in al its af-
fairs. As . result. the Protestant con-
fession in the Reich becomes an integral
part Of the Nazi political machinery
Sundays vote, in which some twenty
million persons participated. completes
the Hitler scheme for turning Germany
into the "totalitarian," or one party,
state, which is the Nad goal
With Judaism all but exterminated
with. Roman Catholicism shackled for
their purposes by the concordat with the
Vatican. effected last week, and with
Protestantism now in their grip, the
Hitlerites may fairly claim to have
brought all forms Of organized religious
life under their domination. Hitler's
immediate purpose is to place one of
his minions, an army chaplain named
DR.. Ludwig Mueller, in the Protestant
Reich bishopric. in place of the Rev.
DR.. Friedrich Won Bodelschwingh, vet
eran and venerated humanitarian, who
was the choice of the elders and deacons
Of the old Evangelical Church The vote
of July % insures the appointment of
DR.. Mueller and his complete sub
servience to the Nazi program for using
the Protestant Church as a political en-
CINE. Even the protest Of President Won
Hindenburg, q devout member of the
Evangelical faith, did not deter Chan
cellor Hitler from imposing Nad Official
control upon that church and convert
ing its clergy into another brigade Of
Swastika storm troops
The concordat with the Pope specific
ally forbids the Catholic clerey's activity
in German political affairs. The con-
cordat which Hitler now proposes to seal
with the German Christians" will di-
rectly harness its ministers to the Nazi
political chariot.
These developments take their place
alongside the whole chain of amazing
events which have marked the course
Of German life since the advent of the
Hitler dictatorship. Subsection OF the
church to its will may strike the NaM
autocrats as incontrovertible evidence of
their omnipotence and invincibiIty, but
abroad it Is designed to convey the i'm
preston that the masters of Germany
are hard put to it to retain their iron
grip on the country when they must
resort 10 enslavement Of religious con-
science. The Pope last Spring expressed
doubt as to the permanence Of the Nan
regime. Perhaps the seizure of the
Protestant Church is an omen and ges-
ture of despair on the part Of the die
tatorship, that feels the time has come
when it must tighten up its strangle-
hold in every possible direction as a
means of self preservation
Evening star., 1933-07-25
Council of Chiefs Appraised
As Federal Efficiency Force

Announcement by the national ad-
ministration of creation Of q co-ordi-
mating council to facilitate the whole
recovery program is received with gen.
eral approval by the public. The mag
nitude Of the task before the Govern
ment is seen as so impressive that the
chiefs of the several branches Of work
must be kept in touch through some
means not previously available. Good
results are expected from the regular
sessions of the new council and from
the selection Of Frank c. Walker as ex-
ecutive secretary. The council will in
clude the cabinet members, the director
of the budget and the chairmen of the
recovery agencies.
In place of former Tuesday cabinet
meetings" explains the Columbia Is. c.
State, the President has provided for
q frequent joint meeting of the regular
cabinet with all the administrative big
chiefs-director Of the budget. chair
man Of the r. F. c.. governor of Farm
Credit Administration. etc. Frank c.
Walker. q rich man. formerly Of Mon
tana, now Of New York, Is to be 'ex-
ecutive secretary with no salary. The
President expects to attend one meeting
q week; all meetings will be attended
by Executive Secretary Walker. who, it
is assumed, Will lead in co-Ordinating
the work and will keep the President
informed"
1T seems a simple and obvious meas
ure of reorganization" according to the
New York Herald Tribune, compelled
by the policies which the administra-
ton has adopted. When you are at
tempting to regulate wages and prices,
to say nothing of hours of labor. in q
Nation of 125 900, 900 inhabitants, the
task of administration at Washington
is simply appalling" The Herald
Tribune adds that the President hopes
to produce harmony by assembling all
the co-ordinators once q week and
teaching them all the same tune" That
paper, however, warns against the
danger Of Colossal bureaucracy"
Commenting on humorous references
to the new body as a "supercabinet, I"
the Chicago Daily News declares: "The
truth is as prosaic as it is creditable to
the alert and resourceful Chief Execu-
tive. What he has called into being is
. supercouncil. composed Of the mem
bers OF his cabinet and the heads of the
principal new administrative agencies
Evening star., 1933-07-25
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES 1. TRACEWELL.

The paucity Of the average vocabu-
larry 10 nowhere better shown than IN
the prevalent use Of . limited number
OF adjectives.
Everything is sweet" with some
personS. especially women, from the
latest motion picture to . poodle dog.
Another person applies elegant"
from beefsteak to works of art. Usu-
ally this limited user Is a man.
Swell" great" lovely" every one
can add to the list. especially one Of
such.
Yet dictionaries and word-books Of
al kinds. especially works on synonyms.
are crowded with excellent suggestions
to ut all manner Of cases.
The use Of favorite adjectives in most
instances comes about because Of men
tai laziness, to some extent, and appli-
cations to practical usage
There can be little doubt that the
worst offenders ut times realize their
own lamentable lack Of vocabulary.
Often they hesitate, grope for another
word, cannot find 1t, then use the old
stock phrase.
"spiendid!" they blurt out. whether
graph or 'round-t world flight.
Everything IS Splendid" with them.
++
Practical use of language, in conver-
sation. must supersede the theoretical
use, that Is, one may make habits OF
words in talking which would not be
tolerated in writing.
Thus in conversation a person will
use sweet" at least half a dozen times
in 100 words or SO; in writing he would
catch himself, and either not use 1t
more than twice, or 60 back and erase
all except one.
The latitude of conversation is ad-
mittedly greater than In writing. It
must take into account the visible per-
sonality Of the speaker TO larger
degree. Some men SO specialize on the
use Of elegant" that it becomes posi-
lively a part of them the same as their
ties and hats.
If q certain young man did not de-
scribe everything as elegant MS
friends would think him suffering from
some strange inhibition.
Limited use Of adjectives. therefore,
cannot be regarded as serious speak
It is practical, and 1t works. For
tunately, the majority Of men. whether
lettered or illiterate. are not finicky
about such matters in conversation.
What they want is to understand.
and II a word conveys some meaning to
them they will accept it at its face
value, which may not be very large, but
which, nevertheless, Is sufncient 1or
them.
Consider these women emerging from
q motion picture. Ten years ago the
subject matter of the Aim would have
shocked the most daring Of that age.
Today no one thinks q thing about 1t
and, upon emerging from the dark. each
woman, in turn. pronounces 1t sweet"
play.
It was evident to the observer. as 1t
would have been to the speakers, had
they thought about it. that they did
not mean in any sense that the film
tasted like sugar. but only that 1t was
to them highly agreeable, attractive or
gratifying
Therefore. its usage at the time. and
under the circumstances, was practical
enough, since each lady managed to
convey to the other that in variety Of
ways the film was pleasing to her.
When one of them went on. however,
to call a rag doll in drug store win
dow by the same descriptive, one Won
Evening star., 1933-07-25

American. The native bald eagle vss
adopted for use ON our seal June 40,
1882. and appeared In l7o5 on the first
United States coin.
q. How many people 70 TO New Or
leans for the Mardi Gras?-H. I,
A. It attracts from $4,000 to 100000
visitors.
9. What Is the oficial language
the Union Of South Africa?-S. z. z.
A. It has three-English, Dutch and
Africans. The last is q colloquial tongue
OF Dutch origin, somewhat modified In
grammar and containing many native
and English words.
Q. When did Epicurus live?-J.
A. He lived from about 342 to 270
BIC. He was Greek philosopher who
taught that the desire for pleasure,
physical. mental or spiritual, deter
mines all human acton.
@. Is the Catholic Church forbidden
In Sweden? Are Jews and Russians
permitted to do business in Sweden?-
w. R.
A. The Roman Catholic Church Is not
forbidden in Sweden. Most OF the peo-
pie are Lutheran Protestant, which is
the state religion, but complete freedom
OF worship exists. The Swedish lega-
ton says that there Is no discrimination
whatever IN Sweden against Jews and
Russians.
Q. Which college at oxford University
is the oldest? M. d.
! A. University College. 1t was found
ed about 1850 through bequest Of Will
liam, Archdeacon of Durham.
@. What kind of dog is a turnspit?-
A. The breed Is practically extinct.
The dog was somewhat like a dachs-
hund, and was used in the kitchen of
great house to turn the spit upon which
meat was roasted before an open fire.
The dog Travelled in a small treadmill
geared to the spit.
@. What caused the peculiarity in ex-
preston Of Joseph Conrad's eyes?-N.
o. A.
A. The eyelid Of Conrad's right eye
drooped because of an injury received
in childhood.
g. How many Americans live abroad'
| A. About 400, 900 reside outside Of the
United States OF these more than half
are in Canada. About 100000 live in
Europe.
Q. When was the largest Of the
asteroids discovered?-L. S.
A. The four asteroids which were first
discovered and which are among the
largest and brightest are Ceres. Pallas.
Vesta and Juno Ceres was discovered
by Piazzi on January /. 1901; Pallas
by Olbers in 1902, Juno by Harding in
1904, and Vesta by Olbers in 1907. No
more were discovered until 1845.
@. When was the sport of bull-baitirg
stopped in England?-B. S.
A. It was declared illegal In 1885.
@. Are there any newspapers in
Greenland?-B. A. L.
A. There are two newspapers, both
published at public expense and de-
livered free of charge everywhere. They
are both written and printed by native
Greenlanders.
@. When was the Merry Widow"
first produced?-M. G. M.
A. 1t was originally produced in
Vienna as die Lustige Witwe" on De-
cember 30 1905. The outstanding
dramatic event of 1907 was the first
American production of the merry
Widow" 1t was first produced in
Syracuse, N. Y, on September %. 1907.
Evening star., 1933-07-25

dered II this could be, In any sense,
proper usage.
A few steps after the trio, and the
listener was fortunate enough. in his
linguistic pursuit, to hear the word
sweet" used twice more before he
gave up q queer chase.
No doubt they went home in . sweet
car. and walked up to sweet door, or
several Of them, and were met by sweet
husbands, and had . sweet dinner.
Such limited usage Is not always
caused by ignorance, or by indifference,
Of talking like book"
Perhaps this fear enters more LARGELY
into conversation than the average per-
son realizes. Every one knows some
man who does, indeed, talk like O book.
He talks well, In other words. He uses
language as 1t should be used. But 1t
sounds odd.
He talks as he writes. How seldom
this Is done may be gathered by listen
ing to the conversation Of any group,
no matter how brilliant its members
may be.
There is a tacit conspiracy to avoid
long and involved sentences, to fee
from the use Of words of any type
which might impress the others as
'highbrow," to say the thing which
will cause q laugh instead Of create
thought.
These are few only of the limita-
lions OF spoken word, as commonly en-
ployed; a refusal to vary the adjective
to the case. therefore, cannot be re-
garded as very serious among them.
interest -
the fact that most persons at times
realize the paucity Of their everyday
speech, In this regard, and would like
70 make some amendment to it.
This may be done, in part, by a de-
termination to fit the penalty to the
crime.
This may be achieved by a study OF
root forms, especially those in the latin
and Greek. There is little use, In Later
lie, IN knowing entire pages of Latin
text by heart" as we say, but everyday
need for thorough knowledge of the
famous old roots" Of our English
tongue
With these firmly in grasp, one may
write and speak with a fundamental
ability, as it were. utterly lacking to
MIN or her whose vocabulary is limited
to the bare minimum
y y
1t cannot be promised that such
knowledge will make one famous over
night, or grease the slide to prosperity
or turn the laughter of ones iil-bred
! friends to looks OF sheer amazement and
wonder.
What it will do, however, II one is SO
constituted. Is to add to the enjoyment
of life. To listen to some persons now
adays you would think life had no pur-
pose except to make money. that the
more money the better the life, that
nothing which does not result in money
or look toward it can be in any degree
worth while
The enjoyment Of life. which is just
another way to say the wonder of life
is worth something. it flowers in wor-
ship Of the stupendous cause. 1t pre-
sents many gay blossoms of interest as
one goes along. bright, colorful. a great
purpose seen dimly in its heart.
BY words, and through words. we ap-
proach the mystery. While they are
frail guides. at best, they are all We
have; we must try to make the best OF
them. We cannot do so If We put the
same word to multitude of uses. We
| cannot use English words as good Eng
lish If the English is all We know about
them.
Evening star., 1933-07-25

1t has shut the university, the college.
the high school door to Thousands Of
boys and girls. In consequence, they
will b obliged to shoulder the responsi-
bilitiss Of adult Life without proper
preparation. s
It may be that the Federal Govern
ment should take over the schools, that
society ~ = whole should pay for the
education Of the Nations children. Dr..
John K. Norton, chairman Of the Joint
Committee on Emergency in Education,
declares that general taxation for such
. purpose 10 really social investment
and one that brings large dividends" /"
The cost Of training men for the Army
at West Point and for the Navy at An
napolh long has been borne by the whole
people. It would be but . minor step
If the obligation were extended to other
useful forms of national service. The
subject Is eminently worthy of thought
full consideration.
Meanwhile, what about schoolhouses
in the public works program of the ad-
ministration3 Bridges and post ofices
are all very we'll; they have pragmatic
value. But there are approximately
100000 old-fashioned, one-room schools
in the United States which ought to be
replaced with modern structures, equip
ped for "the Nations most important
business"
OF course. the philosophy Of "the
New Deal" is doctrine Of expediency
No one pretends that it is anything
else. And, since this is undeniably the
case, 1t is fair to ask: Is 1t expedient
to neglect education in the mobiliza-
ton Of the peoples resources in the
war against poverty and disaster?
Evening star., 1933-07-25
"The New Deal" and Education.

AAC NCW OO04 0AU ouuS0I4VAs
Teachers and a goodly company of
parents are concerned about the omis-
sion Of education from the program for
"the New Deal" President Roosevelt
has taken the people into his confidence
on all sorts of other themes, but he ap-
pears to have failed to consider the fate
of the Nations cultural institutions
The problem, however, has become
acute, and time for solving it is abun-
dainty ripe.
Robert e. Simon, education chairman
OF the United Parents Association, says:
In Washington our representatives
are talking about "the New Deal" en-
acting laws eliminating unfair competi-
tion and child labor, regulating hours
and wages, voting vast sums for the
benefit of farmers and mortgagers, aid
Ing States In building roads, bridges and
other public improvements. But not
one word has been heard about keeping
schools open or maintaining proper
educational programs. Who Is going to
maintain the spirit of this New Deal''
and carry on in the future II our school
Cfl1lQISu u6tc LOt UCCA PAVPVAAy nv
pared to do 50?
That is one way of stating the issue.
The fact is that the depression has
bankrupted the universities. colleges and
the common schools Of the country.
Their endowments have disappeared,
taxes in their support have been i'm
possible to collect. In large sections Of
the States most drastically affected the
schools are closed. the teachers unpaid,
the children running wild. How many
will be able to reopen in September is
. question no one yet can answer.
| The shadow of tragedy hangs over the
situation. II relief is denied, the cul-
tural future of the Nation will be inn
poverished. Youth is . fieeting season
and its educational opportunities must
be seized on the wing. The slump haa
worked wicked mischief In this regard