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Evening star., 1933-09-03
MEDALIE DEFENDS CHARGES.
u. S. Attorney in New York Denies
Politics in Racket Accusation

NEW YORK. September P.-
United States Attorney George z.
Medalie issued a rebuttal by telephone
today to Col. Franklin S. Hutchison's
statement that Medalie had made
political use of the recent open hearing
of the Senate subcommittee en- rack
eteering.
Medalie, who is vacationine by motor
through the Adirondacks with Mrs.
Medalie, fatty denied Hutchinsons
charges that political eXpediency lay
behind MedalieS assertions before the
committee.
Medalie indicated at the hearing that
he knew OF all alliance between
Racketeers and four local Democratic
district leaders. Medalie is Re-
publican.
L said to the committee that the
conditions l referred to existed in other
cities as well as in New York
Mcdalie declared today. and that no
Cne party participated in it alone. Ny
statements, therefore. we're not political
since they struck at both parties.
Bad advice, false cries and inspired
attacks should net be permitted to stop
investigation by competent. impartial
bodies with judicial power 1t i'll be-
GENES the chief investigator for 4
Senate Committee TO be the apologist
fo- conditions that should be wiped
out"
Hutchison is chief investigator for the
Senate Committee before which Medalic
testified. Medalie's charges caused the
New York county grand jury. acting
independently of the district attorney
to summon him.
After hearing the testimony, the
grand jury recommended that the New
York State attorney general conduct a
vigorous investigation under a new law
which gives him broad powers.
Evening star., 1933-09-03
appeal as a pauper was taken under
advisement.
KIDNAP BILL SIGNED.
Death Penalty t. Be Imposed Under


New Jersey Law.
TRENTON. N. j.. September 2 P.-
kidnapping for ransom now is punish
able in New Jersey by death.
Gov. A Harry Moore signed today
the Richards bill imposing the extreme,
penalty on convicted ransom kidnapers
unless the jury recommends leniency,
in which event the punishment would
be 80 years to life. Where no ransom
is demanded, the lesser penalty would
be imposed. Under existing statutes.
life imprisonment is the maximum
penalty for abduction.
Evening star., 1933-09-03
Delta Phi Delta Elects.

CHICAGO, September 2 (P).-Mrs
r. B. Steward of Lafayette, Ind, was
elected president of the Delta Phi
Delta Art Fraternity here today.
Evening star., 1933-09-03
BITTERMAN FREED.
Police Undecided Whether Denver Man
Was Kidnapped or Amnesia Victim.

SEATTLE. September IP,.-Bern-
ard P. Bitterman, young Denver de-
partment store executive. was released
from Jail today AT the request of Den
Yer police before officers here deter
mined whether he had been kidnapped
Or was the victim OF amuesia.
Chief of Detectives Luke S. May.
Northwest criminologist. SAID Denver
police informed him they did not
particularly want" Bitterman investi
gated further. Bitterman was released
in care of Dr. Alexander Grinstein.
leaving police to sort ont lumbled frag-
mentS of a story in which he said he
apparently had amnesia but remem
bered being carried off in a taxicab
in Denver August "a a fight. much
travelling and some ships.
Despite the statement in Denver of
Walter Appel. attorney for the Simon
Bitterman family. that young Bitter
man had told him by telephone Of being
kidnapped. Bitterman told newspaper
men today he had te!ephoaed no one
but his mother.
Asked Where He Was.
Bitterman was picked up early Friday
morning when he approached two
police Cars and asked Who he was and
where he was. Well dressed in a gray
suit without hat or tie. he was booked
as John Doe. gray coat" and only
recalled his nsme he said, when asked
last night.
He talked freely today to newspaper
men. He denied knowing anything
about purported kidnap note posted
in Cheyenne, Wyo.. and received in
Denver the day after he disappeared.
Bitterman said he did not recall eat
ipG or any personal attention. He de-
Aimed tho jail food Union r,joloi
Physicians said he had been we'll
nourished and shaved since MS growth
of beard was only two days old He
was embarrassed while being questioned
because he had no tie. Chief May lent
him tie.
Harry Boyaner of Vancouver. British
Columbia. brother-in-laW of Bltterman
arrived here today to care for him.
Puzzled by Money.
Bitterman said he was puzzled be-
cause he had Sl8.55 when picked up
here. as he believed he had only $40
or SIS when he left his office Ec wore
. valua BILE wrist watch
The 28-year-old Denver man said the
boats he saw made a profound impress
sion upon him. IS he visited New York
recently as buyer for his store and
saw ships for the first time N his life
Police said his recollectiOES of
~hght" and the boats would apparent
ly indicate he was kidnapped and taken
10 Pacific Coast city. They said the
condition Of his shoes showed he had
walked a great deal since leaving
Denver
The letter Alfred Triefus. manager
of the Denver store. received from
Cheyenne the day after Bitterman dis
appeared, said your nephew is safe"
Bitterman is not relative OF Triefus,
hut called him uncle" Authorities
said efforts to trace the note Here un-
successful.
Evening star., 1933-09-03
MEMS FURNISHINGS

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Evening star., 1933-09-03

Therefore, it is commonly whispered
i'll business circles that about next
February. it will be necessary for Hit
ler to begin to shoot a number of his
really Socialist followers"
Hitler also IS saving the country
from the so-called bondage Of interest.
This is formula without literal mean
ing. But what the NaIs understand
by it is relief from doctors. and par
Evening star., 1933-12-18
Ambassador Saito.

Seldom has any country appointed
as its envoy to the United States q
man with a more appropriate back
ground and equipment than are pos
sessed by Hiroshi Saito, who has just
been named to succeed Ambassador
Debuchi at Washington.
Still on the sunny side of fifty, Mr..
Saito is younger than the average dip
lcnat upon whom Toxic Is accus-
toned to bestow ambassadorial rank,
but his outstanding merits in other
directions evidently stamp him in the
governments opinion as the logical
choice for the American mission.
Nippon's new envoy. who is expected
to take up his duties here early in
1884, has two qualities which doubt
less led to his Washington assignment.
He is famed throughout official Japan
for his complete mastery Of the Eng
liSh language. In addition, Mr.. Saito
has an uncommonly wide acquaint-
ance with the people of the United
States and their institutions. He has
been on duty in this country on sew
eral different occasions. After serving
as consul at Seattle he was for five years
consul general in New York. Between
those two stations he was attached to
the japanese delegation at the Washing
ton Armament Conference in 1922.
American officials concerned with dis
armament affairs encountered Mr.. Saito
again at the London Naval Limitation
operated effectively with our repre-
sentatives in the achievement OF the
three-power treaty. Last year. during
Mr.. Debuchi's absence in Japan, Mr..
Saito was charge d'affaires Of the jap
anese embassy. His steady advance
ment in his nations foreign service is
a source of pride to his many Amer
lean friends, who expect confidently
that his ambassadorship will be marked
by progressive solidification of Jap
anese American relations.
in the United States, Ambassador Saito
is not unaware that many current
manifestations of Japanese interna-
tional policy do not command Ameri-
can approval, but he must also be
conscious that there is a very solid
and widespread spirit of friendliness
here for his country and for his people
and an earnest wish that nothing may
ensue to sever the ties that have so
long united in amity and mutual COM
mercial benefit the island empire Of
the East and this great Republic Of
the West.
By temperament, experience and ca
pacity, Mr.. Saito is ideally suited to
the task of promoting American un-
derstanding of Japan and her aims.
Washington, which looks upon him as
an old friend. wishes him well in the
fultillment of that responsible mission.
Evening star., 1933-12-18
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

he will manage somehow to feel that
he needs another one.
No sooner had Jones spotted the
black fellow with the bright red eye,
glowing like a jewel, than he felt an
urge for new aquarium. All his
tanks were full, and 1t was considered
highly unethical to keep goldfshes and
tropicals together. anyway.
Jones failed to grasp the Importance
OF his find at first. 1t was swimming
around sluggishly with some thousand
or so OF its mates, trying to look as
happy as it could
Then Jones noticed that eye.
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The right eye was black, but the left
| looked like nothing SO much as traf-
nc light.
Whether the fish could see with 1t
or not, there was no way telling. There
| did not seem to be any pupil, or iris,
but the entire eye was of an even red
nefs, with sort Of glow to it.
Jones thought, "Oh, I haven't any
tank now" and dismissed the fish.
A lady standing by the tank bent
forward.
Jones gallantly called her attention
to the fish.
Never saw one like that before" he
said. with the comradeship of the
hobby.
II have two goldfish have kept for
more than year." replied the lady.
That shows you have taken good
care CT them" said Jones.
He looked at his prize specimen for
awhile, then decided that he didnt
know whether he wanted it or not.
He turned away.
There would be plenty of time to get
1t later, If he decided he wanted it.
Surely, with so many hundreds of
fishes swimming around In that tank,
no one would notice the one with the
red eye.
1t was right there, of course, that
Jones made his big mistake.
1t is common one. not only with
Jones. but with this great and varied
| humanity at large, to underestimate
the other fellow, to think, even uncon-
sciously, that one knows and appreciates
just a little better than the bulk OF
men.
Jones had proved the thing to his
own satisfaction, in the case Of books,
now he vas to learn the same wisdom
in regard to these small creatures of
the water.
He was not to learn it, however, un-
til exactly an hour later.
y 4
Back at the Office, every now and
then, he thought of the dark goldfish
with the red. red eye, and the more he
thought Of 1t, the more he felt that he
should have it.
The price was but a few pennies-it
wasn't the price that mattered, 1t was
the tank.
Then Jones suddenly thought of an
old aquarium he had stored away
Eureka!
Clapping on his hat, ne hot-footed
1t back to the store.
There was the tank, there was the
girl with her net, there were the thou
sands Of fishes, touching sides, almost
as they tried to swim. No wonder they
swan sluggishly.
Jones looked for the red-eyed fish he
looked and he looked, but he looked
in vain.
Where is that black one with the
red eye?" he inquired at last.
"Oh, sold that one" she Smirked.
Templeton Jones felt like killing her
on the spot, but he said nothing. II
was his own fault. Somebody had a
fine fish with a red eye like "a traffic
light, and he had another lesson.
Evening star., 1933-12-18
Battle Over Tax Measure
Expected to Be Vigorous

The new attitude would extend the
soaking process to everybody, including
the already heavily burdened middle
class"
In the opinion of the Springfield
Union, the avowed policy of the ad-
ninistration is to secure more even
distribution of wealth by restraining
business profits and increasing wages"
The same paper feels that "Such poll
icy, if intelligently followed, may be de-
sirable, but it will tend to starve the
Government, unless the exemption from
income taxes is lowered to bring in
more taxpayers or unless new internal
revenue taxes to be paid generally by
the people are instituted"
"LegaliZation Of the liquor traffic
says the Chicago Daily News. affords
a welcome additional source of revenue.
1t should serve to relieve the public
from some of the nuisance taxes. The
existing producing tax struc-
ture otherwise will remain for further
adornment with annexes, porticoes, bay
windows, cupolas and penthouses. For
the climbing costs of government: in
Guiding gigantic sums expended in
fighting the depression with the various
Federal mechanisms alphabetically ex-
pressed, signify concretely more taxes
regardless of rainbow visions of the in
fationists"
The Santa Monica Evening Outlook
is likewise concerned primarily with the
burden of Federal taxation" which "in-
creases from year to year as does the
burden of State, county and local taxa
ton" This paper adds: Unless some
means can be made effective to reduce
Government activities. the oppressive
and excessive taxation will be destruc-
tive to business and to the general well
fare. No country or community ever
taxed itself into prosperity"
The Oakland Tribune reminds us,
however: There is little point in be-
ing unduly exercised at this stage OF
the deliberations, for it is a long. jour-
ney from the House Committees De-
the reyenue bill >,
Evening star., 1933-12-18

Templeton Jones, great tropical
fish fan, has never lost his liking for
the humble goldfish.
There are many tropical nuts" to-
| day who resent even the mention OF
the bright colored carplets.
"Goldfish!" they sneer
Not SO Jones, complete fish fan.
He likes 'em all, believing that a
| goldfish Is just as much Of fish, in
its way, as the fanciest BETA that ever
turned cornfiower blue.
If any one doesn't think that. Jones
says, he should go over to the aquarium
in the Department OF Commerce
Building.
The exhibit that fingers in your mem
ory. after you come out, is the big tank
Of goldfish.
That was why Templeton Jones, who
owns many fish of various types. was
very much cut up because he lost the
red-eyed fellow at the store.
Jones wouldn't have minded 1t so
much, If he hadn't gone back on his
own motto. that when you see some
thing you want, and have the money to
buy, you should take it at once.
II you don't, as Jones has said be-
fore. some one else will.
Then. when you go back to get it,
having made up your mind at last, you
find that some one else. with more de-
cision, purchased 1t just few moments
! ago.
Jones never saw book which he fam
cied. but did not buy, but some more
aStute purchaser beat him to it,
More often than not. however, one
! may recorder a book. so that no par
ticular harm is done by passing up a
good one when one sees 1t.
But an amateur fish enthusiast is
not going to find black goldfish with
red eye like traffic light set for
stop
| No. not once in a blue moon.
| Every time Jones thinks Of that fish
he feels like kicking himself.
There are thousands of black ones
with queer google eyes, but never will
he find one with a ruby-red, phosphor-
escent eye.
The full force of this small holiday
tragedy can never be understood by any
one except a fish fancier.
/ These are the original nuts" Of the
modern world
They live, think. almost eat, in terms
OF small aquarium fishes.
Nothing pleases them more. In the
| daily life, than to find a new food. or
some gadget which gives hope Of bet
! ter care for their pets.
To such people, these tiny aquarium
species become friends in most in
| teresting relationship, called hobby
| by outsiders.
Templeton Jones has been predicting
| for several months that the goldfish
| now temporarily under an eclipse, due
to the immense popularity of the more
interesting 'tropicals," would come
back into favor.
There are still thousands Of persons
| particularly women, who think them
| the brightest of all inmates of small
home aQuaria.
Despite the huge mortality among
| them, as kept in the average homes
they offer a great deal Of simple pleas
ure at a very moderate cost, and can
| be kept for a long time in good health
if one will take the trouble to find out
their requirements.
Jones always liked them, particularly
! the straight type, which Is the hardest
and in many ways the most brilliant.
| 4 X
1t Is one of the curious features oi
| home aquarium management that nc
matter how many tanks fan" has
Evening star., 1933-12-18
A Modernized Dollar.
From the Springfield. Mass. Republica

From the Springfield. Mass. Republican
Why isn't the next logical step-the
political as well as the economic situa-
tion making it possible-a further trial
of the gold standard reformed and
"modernized" under international agree
ment? Conservative opposition to the
devaluation of the gold dollar down as
low as 60 cents or thereaboutS which is
the present depreciation, seems to have
disappeared, provided devaluation is &C
companied by at least a de Iactc
stabilization.
The President has sufficient authority
to initiate such program before Con-
gress assemblies in January. If it en-
bodies compromise, both the none
tary radicals and the monetary con-
servatives get something. TIE radicals
get devaluatiop, or relation" in so
far as monetary action will bring 1t.
The conservatives get their resurrected
gold standard, modernized, and a de
facto stabilization Of currencies. They
thereby escape also the commodity or
index dollar. so called, which is based
on the average value Of 785 commodi-
ties instead of the value Of one COM
modify, gold.
Evening star., 1933-12-18
Definite Revival.

Daniel C. Roper. Secretary of Com
merce, in his annual report just made
public, asserts that business revival in
the United States and throughout the
world began during the closing months
of the past fiscal year. That this re-
vival is continuing Is the declaration
of President Roosevelt and all the lead
ers Of his administration. Mr.. Roper as
head Of the Department Of Commerce
keeps close tabs on what industry Is
doing and on the foreign and domestic
trade Of this country. He is in posi-
ton to speak with authority and his
report will be scanned with particular
interest.
The advance made by commerce and
industry toward recovery in the last
three months of the period covered by
Mr.. Roper's report was the sharpest made
in, any three months during the history
of the Nation. the Secretary said. These
we're the three months which c. led
June 80 last-the months of April, May
and June. The Secretary of Commerce
ascribes this big upturn to restoration
Of confidence following the banking
crisis, to the possibility OF direct and
indirect infiationary legislation and the
legislative accomplishments Of the first
session Of the Seventy-third Congress.
There seems not the slightest doubt
that Mr.. Roper is correct in his state
ment that returning confidence was in
evidence during the period of which he
speaks. Under the influence of the
various activities and policies of the
administration this confidence was still
further fostered, and while there was
a period in the Fall of the year when
there was again hesitation, and per-
haps falling off in production due to
the fact that consumption had been
unable to keep up with the squirt OF
production in the Summer months, the
last month or two has seen again
renewal Of activity, greater employ
ment and better spirit gaining ground
Mr.. Roper took command of the De-
partment Of Commerce in March last
The report which he has made for his
department deals with the fiscal year
which began July !, 1892. In conse-
quence it shows the rapid descent which
industry and commerce made during the
Fall and Winter months of 1882 and
the early part OF 1888. The downward
plunge in those months. however, makes
sharp contrast with the upward swing
and the revival which have taken place
as pointed out by Secretary Roper. The
fall during the fiscal year in the for
eign trade of the United States was ex-
treme and serious, and that trade, not
withstanding the expansion in the last
few months Of the fiscal year, was ap-
proximately Is to 26 per cent lower
than that of the fiscal year which closed
June 80, 1882 In more recent months
the foreign trade of the United States
has still further expanded. The Secre-
tary of Commerce is fostering in every
possible way that trade, which he feels
sure will have much to do with the ulti-
mate return of prosperous conditions In
this country and in other nations.
Evening star., 1933-12-18
More Book BUYERS.

Ogden Nash, poet and publisher, de-
clares that of the one hundred and
twenty million people in the United
States only a scant quarter million may
be regarded as consistent purchasers Of
books. The majority of Americans, 1t
at all or patronize the public libraries.
But perhaps there is an explanation
1t may be possible that newspapers and
magazines have taken the place once
occupied by the manufacturer and dis
tributor of printed volumes. H. G.
Wells famous Outline Of History" for
example. appeared in the daily press.
and literally thousands of people studied
it in that form. Many of John Gals
vorthy's novels and short stories, like
wise, made their initial debut in the
monthly or weekly magazines, and the
public became acquainted with them
there. In each of these two conspicu-
Gus cases the author was paid. 1t may
be that their earnings from such
casual and impermanent use of their
work exceeded the royalties from the
more durable book form in which 1t
subsequently was produced.
It should be remembered that the
number of newspapers and magazines
has grown enormously in the past half
century, and that much Of the content
of such periodicals is of substantial
literary and historical value. The cir
cumstance of competition of this char
acter may be matter of hardship for
book publishers, but 1t cannot be sue
cessfully indicted from any other angle.
It is a characterization of knowledge,
1t is a benefit to writer's and an &C
commodation to readers, and it has the
advantage of being speedily accom-
plished-for prompt publication the
periodical press, monthly, weekly and
daily, is the most competent device the
world ever has seen.
But, of course, there are themes which
require extensive treatment, and regu-
lar books are necessary for them. Also
there are writings which readers wish
to preserve for reference purposes, and
texts which pupils want for school use,
and these, too, must be bound in durable
covers. So the book publisher has
his field, and 1t may be presumed that
It will gradually expand as the Nation
Evening star., 1933-12-18

cheap or plentiful. And the bootleg.
ger, regardless Of what Federal or State
levies are imposed, will continue in
business as long rs any considerable
number Of our people in order to save
a few cents buy from him and are not
ashamed to become from sordid mo-
tives the unpatriotic accomplices Of a
public enemy who is degrading respect
for law and robbing the Treasury.