Evening star., 1933-08-24
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

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@. Is it the duty Of members Of labor
unions to report to the authorities
violations of the recovery codes and
abuse Of the Blue Eagle?-W. H.
A. President Green Of the American
Federation Of Labor has stated that 1t
is the duty Of every union member to
report any violations: Local union
officials have been instructed to main
tain a sort of surveillance over en-
ployers displaying the Blue Eagle.
@. A man has promised my son a
job. The boy Is IN q Civilian Con-
servation camp. Can he leave it?-
]. A. F.
A. It can be arranged. The person
who will provide the employment
should write to the officer in charge
of the corps area stating the fact. The
boy should then request an honorable
discharge from his headquarters.
@. How large a cheese is to be sx-
hibited at the 1888 New York State
Fair?-W. S. G.
A. The weight of the cheese which
is being manufactured for exhibition
is six tons.
@. Who first called Mary Pickford
Amertea's sweetheart?-B. T.
A. Sid Grammar coined the phrase
to advertise one Of her early produc-
tions in his Chinese Theater in Los
Angeles.
@. Does the Government buy any
silver?-L. G. B.
A. The Government buys some silver.
For example. in 1882 receipts of pur-
chased silver during the fiscal year
totaled 1051,0 ,030.55 fine ounces, the
average cost of which was 28.71 cents
per ounce, total cost being 1901 ,737.75.
Silver received in exchange for bars
bearing the Government stamp totaled
1.578, ,487.34 fine ounces; United States
oufcI CO11 iCCCltCO IOI 1CSOuldSC
totaled 4,937,147.47 fine ounces. the
recoinage value being $6,825, 1865;
silver deposited in trust by other gov
ernments totaled 3,259,843.03 fine
ounces, and transfers between mint
service Offices totaled 735.84189 fine
ounces. making the aggregate quantity
of silver received by the several mint
service offices during the fiscal year
IL .562 ,350.28 fine ounces as compared
with 1851 ,899.24 ounces during the
prior year.
@. Is there house in Virginia called
! the Nelson House?-M j. L.
A. There Is one in Yorktown. It is
the house in which Lord CORVALLIS
made his headquarters in the last days
of the Revolutionary War.
O. How long has 1t been necessary
to obtain permit to use specially de-
natured alcohol for manufacturing pur-
poses?-O. G.
A. Permits have been required since
1906.
@. Please give biography Of Gen.
Hugh S. johnson, the N. r. A. admin
| istrator-W. H.
A. He was born at Fort Scott, Kans..
August 5, 1882. He is a graduate Ct
| the United States Military Academy
and of Oklahoma Northwestern Normal
School. He was in the Army from
1908 until he retired in 1918 as a
| brigadier general Of Reserves. He COM
manded cavalry and also served in law