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Evening star., 1933-03-02
Canada for Reciprocity.
/ the Buffalo Evening News.

From the Buffalo Evening News.
'Barkis Is willin'," is the attitude Of
the Canadian government in regard to
trade reciprocity with the United
States. When proposal for such an
agreement recently was advanced In
the House of Commons at Ottawa, Pre-
mier Bennett declared that the Domin-
ion was ready to enter iito definite
bargain with the United States; but
he insisted that the first move must
come from washington, not from Of
tawa. His statement for a reciprocal
trade treaty was applauded by high
tariff Conservatives and moderate
i'll Liberals.
In the last few years there has been
q great decline in trade between Can
ada and the United States, and the loss
has been felt as much on this side of
the border as in Canada. Since the
proposal of the Taft administration in
1911 for such an adjustment Of trade
relations was turned down by the Ca
madam people at general election,
Washington has been somewhat chilly
toward similar proposals. However,
conditions have so greatly changed in
the last fsw years that washington now
may give q warm welcome to the Ca
madam Barkis, formerly this country's
best customer. Indeed, 1t is said that
President-elect Roosevelt will invite
Premier Bennett to Washington to dis
cuSs the possibilities Of q reciprocal
1aUde aRyeQneut ---s-------- -.
Evening star., 1933-03-02
The Break in the Cabinet.

As far as recollections run. the death
of Senator Walsh on the eve Of be-
coming Attorney General in the ad-
ministration that is to be inaugurated
on Saturday is the first instance Of a
break in q newly named cabinet be-
fore installation. 1t Is doubly anfor-
tunatc both for the loss to the Presi-
dent-clect in the passing of the man
whose selection was most highly re-
garded and for the necessity Of an
eleventh hour choice of a successor.
Senator Walsh was rated by many as
Mr.. Roosevelt's happiest prospective ap-
pointment. His qualifications for the
office he was to hold and the duties
he was to discharge as Attorney Gen
eral were universally recognized. 1t
Is not too much to say that it would
be difficult for the President ELECT to
find a man better fitted In all respects
for this responsibility, and this without
disparagement to whomsoever may now
be added to the official family that is
to be installed on Saturday.
In another respect Mr.. Roosevelt's
original cabinet combination is rem
dered difficult. Immediately upon the
definite announcement of his selection
of Miss Perkins as Secretary Of Labor
comes expressions of opposition from
representatives of organized labor, q
Spokesman" being quoted ss saying
that that interest will have no dealings
with her. This suggestion of a virtual
boycott of the incumbent is, however
not to be seriously considered, as, of
course, 1t will be necessary for the
representatives Of organized labor to
work with the department. Miss Per-
kins' appointment is enthusiastically
welcomed on the other hand by rep
resentatives Of women's organizations
Her record as commissioner of labor
of New York State has won for her
high praise, and 1t may be expected
that her knowledge OF the conditions
and the necessities Of the working
classes, her tact and her sound judg-
ment, for which her administration in
New York was notable, will abate the
asperities which are now manifest.
Evening star., 1933-03-02
Slower Ambulance Speed.

Promptly following the tragedy of
Monday night, when a child was killed
in collision between a hospital ambu-
lance and a private automobile, a new
police regulation has been drafted for
adoption and enforcement limiting the
speed Of ambulances to thirty miles an
hour and requiring full stops at red
lights at crossings to ensure safe pas
sage while the light Is adverse. Such
rule would seem to be necessary to
prevent further shocking accidents. It
is evident that the judgment Of drivers
can not be trusted to ensure safety to
other street users, or to exercise dis
cretion and discrimination respecting
the urgency Of the calls which are being
answered.
In only the very rarest of cases Is
dangerous speed necessary in response
to emergency calls. In the average
case the difference in time in reporting
at the scene Of the call between a reck-
less and safe speed is not of any
consequence. In fact, in most cases the
call for help is lacking In details and
there is no knowledge of the circum-
stances on the part of the driver. When
he starts for the place Of accident or
illness he merely steps On the gas"
and plunges through the streets regard
less of all but the most evident obstacles.
His siren screams its warning, which
by its very frequency is lessened in
value.
Adoption Of the proposed regulation
Evening star., 1933-03-02
Thomas J. Walsh.

The sudden death of Senator Thomas
J. Walsh of Montana comes as shock
to the whole Nation. He was known
to thousands of people in all walks of
life. and even to those who never saw
him, who were acquainted with him
only through the press. his passing will
be an occasion of sincere and heart
felt grief.
Mr.. Walsh was first of all man of
noble character. He was upright and
honorable in every way, liberal of mind
and generous of temperament. His rec
ord was unspotted, his name unstained.
A politician, a master of political
strategy, he nevertheless was uncom-
promising in his attitude toward ex-
pediency. He made no concessions, was.
capable of no evasions. Public prob
lens he viewed in definite shades of
black and white; there was for him no
gray middle ground in which there
could be any shifting or trading, any
jobbery between right and wrong.
In the National Legislature he mani
tested his remarkable gifts of construc-
tive craftsmanship. A builder, his con-
tribution to the Federal body of law was
unfailingly strengthening. He believed
with ali his heart in the steady, pro-
gressive evolution of his country, and
he understood that its welfare as a
Federal commonwealth is promoted and
maintained not by experimentation, but
by day-to-day development of tradi-
tional principles of democracy.
He came to the Senate as a lawyer,
and his career there confirmed and
supported his claim to celebrity as
prosecutor as we'll as an advocate. 1t
was his responsibility to open and to
pursue the investigation of the Teapot
Dome oil leases, and the duty weighed
heavily upon him. But he was so fair,
so discriminating, SO impersonal in his
handling of the matter that he won the
respect and the admiration of all who
reported the story of the scandal and
of all who read Of it. Newspaper
writers who came into contact with him
at that time paid him the tribute of
saying, You always can rely upon
Senator Walsh" They were conscious
of his high regard for the untainted
truth.
Mr.. Walsh would have made an ideal
judge. He had that type Of mind. at
the conventions of his party over which
he presided he faced gallery mobs with
out surTendering his serenity, and his
rulings met with the appreciation of
delegates of every school Of thought and
of every variety of allegiance. He was
truly magnificent chairman, both look
ing and acting the part to perfection.
Democracy has lost one of its out
standing leaders, and the Nation one of
its best servants. To President-elect
Roosevelt, especially, the sympathy OF
the people will go out. He has been
deprived of a friend, helpful comrade,
a colleague who, had he survived, would
have been, as Attorney General, an
nement, a credit and a source of
power to his administration.
Evening star., 1933-03-02
Modifying Monroeism.

SticklerS for the letter and the spirit
of the Monroe Doctrine, which is GEE
brating its one hundred and tenth an
niversary this year, will raise their eye
brows at the news from Geneva today.
The League of Nations, with the re-
ported assent of the United States, has
arranged to Internationally" the oc-
cupation of Leticia, the tiny territory in
dispute between Colombia and Peru, by
stationing there a military force under
command of League commission.
The force will be international" in
only a technical sense, for it is to con-
sist of Colombian troops PLACID at the
Leagues disposal. But the personnel
of the force can be supplemented at
Genevas will. The League commission.
which will have supervision Of it, is to
consist of representatives of Spain,
Brazil and the United States, provided
each of the two latter countries assents
to that plan. Colombia on her part has
agreed to surrender control of her troops
for the purpose, which is to establish
a modus vivendi in the Colombian
Peruvian conflict whereby, it is hoped.
the Bogota and Lima governments can
bury their differences and restore peace
along the Amazon.
Pending disclosure by the State De-
partment Of the exact negotiations
leading up to the United States al
legged approval of these entirely novel
steps it is necessary to withhold judg-
ment as to their wisdom. Especially
would it be premature to jump to the
conclusion that Americas hitherto in
flexible conception of the Monroe Doc
trine is about to undergo a modification
capable of becoming the thin edge of
a destructive wedge. After all, there
IS no proposal that European or Asiatic
forces shall be sent to Leticia to carry
out the League Of Nations peace-mak-
ing occupation. Were such a recourse
in prospect, it is inconceivable that the
Washington Government would coun-
tenance it. On the other hand, there
may not in effect be much actual dif-
ference between truly international" :"
that is, foreign, occupation of Western
Hemisphere soil by non-American forces
and the occupation of such territory
by forces over which non-American
authority is established, either in whole
or in part.
Colombia has approved the project,
which involves withdrawal Of Peruvian
military units from the area in contro-
versy, but Peru has yet to accept all
the conditions involved There should
be no groundless anxieties in this coun-
try over any possible incidental perils
to the Monroe Doctrine, the keystone in
the arch of American foreign policy.
Yet there is being invoked for the first
time at Geneva, where precedent is the
god before which incense is perpetually
burned, an innovation of far-reaching
implications. As to its precise extent
and Importance, the people of the
United States will desire to be complete
ly and promptly informed.
Evening star., 1933-03-02

cup he was holding had very calmly
fallen out of his hand, our hero had
wondered If he had managed to catch q
glimpse in actuality, Of that theoreti-
cal deed called slipping.
His coordination of mind and muscle
was not as good as 1t used to be.
He had to admit 1t every time he
walked across the street.
In his youth, crossing the road was
nothing at ell, or less than nothing.
Only chickens had difficulty there.
Today all was different.
It took a brave man, with full CO..
ordination, to achieve good crossing.
Every day, and many times day, he
must face the roaring peril Of traffic.
Our hero had always walked into the
lanes of travel, calmly waited for one
car to dart to one side Of him, and an
other to the other side.
He took his own sweet time, In the
old days, not very long ago.
During the past two or three years,
however, he had noted subtle change
come over himself. Others might not
have noticed it, either Of him or of
themselves, but he did.
He would, as the popular saying once
put it.
The old simple bravery was no longer
in his legs, in his eyes.
His legs feared to move.
His mind feared to direct.
His eyes, even, feared they would not
see that car coming too quickly.
Lack of confidence
= Is not that the chief trouble with men
as well as of nations?
Maybe the world is growing old, too,
perhaps the nations are losing their
pristine coordination
| Well, maybes and perhaps never get
any one very far, not even across the
street.
Our trsfic hero summoned up bit
Of his old verve, got across neatly, won-
dered why he made SO much of such a
simple job.
These were some of the indications
Of growing older than one had been "a
polite way to put iD. but. after all, they
were not absolutely definite.
To catch ones self singing about
Nellie, absolutely out Of clear sky
That was definite!
| And there were other good tunes, In
those days. were there not?
There was I'm Afraid to Come Home
In the Dark"
Good song. that.
They don't write them that way, any
more. Too much juggling in these mod
eli tlilllkS, wv StaCCdtO IuOStly, 10 cover
up lack Of melodic invention
In the old days the writer's and their
patrons alike were Singing Just like a
lark"
There was spontaneity in the old pop
ular songs, strangely lacking from many
Of those ground out today. There was
], Awaiting at the church" And that
one about the little bird ON Nellie's hat.
Nellie was lady. and a very popular
one. EVIDENTLY
Let us sing the old songs, If We will,
and even to ourselves, but let us feel
sure that their singing marks the emer-
gence of man into old age
The next step will be marked by a
decided preference, on the part of the
individual any individual to talk
about old times, old scenes, old places,
old happenings
The next and final step will be to talk
at very great length, so that listeners
begin to back away, with longing look.
while one goes on endlessly about
whether something or other happened
on Monday or Tuesday, no. let me see.
1t must have been on Wednesday, no,
! am sure 1t was on Monday
Evening star., 1933-03-02
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

Ascertaining the exact moment one
begins to grow old is like trying to
catch ones self going to sleep.
They say it cannot be done, but 1t
can, at least one man says it can.
A Washingtonian whose name Is well
known to many persons was riding
home the other evening, when he began
to sing to himself.
What made him sing, he did not
know, but he was half way through the
chorus Of "Wait Till the Sun Shines,
Nellie" when he caught himself
Grow old along with mel" he
grinned, quoting the well known line
from Browning.
He had achieved the impossible.
He realized and without equiv0cation,
that at last the mysterious thing called
growing old" had begun to happen to
him.
Other men, less given to facing the
facts, might have crawled out OF the
fectly natural and spontaneous act,
brought about by inward happiness and
q perfect day.
This gentleman, much given to being
brave in the lesser publicized moments
of life, knew better.
He was growing old, at last, and
wait Till the Sun Shines" was the
handwriting on the wall Of time.
For him, at least.
He hadn't sung that song, or even
thought Of 1t, since childhood.
AS the years unfold, he wasn't what
any one could have called really old,
yet.
Still, he had remembered an old song.
Is not the happy recollection OF
old songs the one perfect indication OF
advancing age, which spares no man
nor other breathing creatures?
Age is part of the scheme as well
as youth.
In this first indefinite period no
thought at all is given to the second
lowed by the time through which it has
passed.
The song memories Of youthful days
come back with the rest.
The indication lies not so much in
the recollection, although somewhat In
that, too, as in the belief that the old
songs are better than those being COM
posed today.
Wait till the sun shines, Nellie,
And the clouds go drifting by;
We will be happy, Nellie,
BY and by!"
Certainly not great poetry, nor would
the tune to which it Is set, and has
been set these many years, cause COM
posers to become envious, but neverthe-
less the combination made a popular
song of the yesteryear.
AS the traveller hummed 1t over to
himself. he Immediately said to himself
that, yes, 1t was a better tune. a more
melodious tune, than many which were
being turned out over the radio today
His next thought was Illuminating
That song is a part of my youth,
and the fact that recall 1t with kind
ness shows that my youth is gone.
And SO I must be growing old
1t was the first time, as far as he
could recall, that he had ever felt he
was growing old.
The fact that he had slipped up on
financial ventures might have shown
that he was slipping, as it were. but still
mighty men of finance, kings of the
money world. had done vastly more per-
ilous slipping. Some had slipped into
eternity as the only way out of their
difficulties.
Several months ago, when q coffee
Evening star., 1933-03-02

"Quaintly amusing" Is the country's
verdict on the action of a customs agent
in New York holding up a consignment
to an art museum of photographs of
Michelangelo's frescoes in the Sistine
Chapel, on the grounds that they are
obscene" It is felt that changes in
the law should relieve employees in the
Federal service of the task Of censoring
art works.
Swift action ito save the customs
from derision" Is recommended by the
San Francisco Chronicle, which views
the incident as IAN offense, not only to
the genius Of the most illustrious artist
Of the Renaissance. but to the good
taste and judgment Of every civilized
people," Recording that the artist "fin-
ished his great work in the Sistine
Chapel in 1921" and that ''it Is ac-
the Chronicle points out that through
all the vicissitudes of taste running for
more than 400 years that appraisal re-
mains unchallenged."
While suggesting that the service
needs some official attention. the Des
Moines Tribune has an afterthought, to
the effect that "it may be best, after all
not to interfere with the present Quali-
flying OF customs inspectors, for a good
laugh will not hurt any OF us these
days" The Birmingham Age Herald,
however, remembers "the fight of SEN
ator Cutting against such censorship"
and hopes for injection of enlighten-
ment into our treatment of imported
art and literature"
"The agent probably Is an excellent
man for the job of spotting smugglers
and contraband," comedies the Asbury
xrvtkI 80
such cases. Several attempts have been
made to abolish this form of censor
ship. which has served only to embarass
and harass the customs service and to
afford some slight protection for the do
mestic obscenity industry. Two years
ago some progress was made, under the
leadership OF Senator Cutting. but there
Is still room for reform, as the case of
the Sistine pictures indicates. As long
as the law making morals censors of
customs officers remains on the stat
ute books there will be idiocies such as
the conflscation of the worlds most fa-
nous religious paintings" Similar SEN
timents are voiced by the Baltimore
Evening Sun.
"Oh, yes" remarks the Akron Bea-
con Journal, "the decision has been
sufnciently reversed to permit delivery
Of the brochures to the addressee, but
only after eight days of intensive de-
liberation. And that prompts us to
point out that repeal Of the measures
designating customs agents as art cen
sors would save US from regularly being
made the laughing g-stock of the world"
The Lowell Evening Leader sees the
matter as quantity amusing" in view
Of the fact that hardly any pictures
l. %
that practically every encyclopedia
carries reproductions Of them" The
Springfield (Mass.) Republican con-
cludes that mo harm has been done.
but, on the contrary. the incident may
be helpful In advertising the merits OF
the great art of the Renaissance"
Referring to the artists glorious,
tremendous ceiling" the Newark Eve
ming News <,bserves. that "oniciais Of
the custoufs service were reported %
i1llaGI 6.l1on1m ~. in1l6n1eDn6
Evening star., 1933-03-02

established principle of law that in
cases of slander and libel the offense
is committed at the place Of utterance
or publication. Assumably the courts
of Louisiana would have no jurisdic-
ton over the action in this present
instance. Had Senator Long uttered
the language which is now challenged
in the course of the hearing at New
orleans the suit would probably need to
be filed in that State.
1t would appear that the qualification
which was added to the waiver of i'm
munity as second thought may afford
Senator Long way out of the affair.
If the Louisiana courts have jurisdic-
ton the plaintiff would not be assured
of securing full justice there, If all that
is reported of the conditions in that
State is true. But it is hard to see
how suit for an alleged offense COM
mitted in Washington could be enter
tanned by court in one of the States,
however near or remote and however
subject to question on the score of a
complete assurance of justice.
1t would be much more satisfactory,
to the public certainly and, of course,
to the plaintiff in this immediate case,
if Senator Long would waive his I'M
munity without qualification or limita-
ton and thus permit the question of
the suficiency of waiver to be tested
in court. For it is the profound feeling
of the people Of this country that there
is altogether too much license of speech
in the halls of Congress, and that some
check should be put upon 1t other than
the rules of the two houses, under which
Senator c. Representative may be
disciplined for technical breaches OF
propriety.
Evening star., 1933-03-02
Mexico City Stops
Bicycle Thieves.

Ell Universal, Mexico: A band of
bicycle thieves, 1t is fervently hoped,
has been definitely broken up by the
police in the capture Of several Of the
ring LEADERS In the nefarious trafilc.
The operations Of this coterie have been
very extensive. and very simple. The
method has been for members OF the
gang to patrol the streets looking for
no other object than bicycle. As soon
as they perceive one left for moment
unguarded, belonging to a milkman, or
the grocer's boy, while the owner Is
within the house on his proper errand,
they make off with it, ride it swiftly to
their rendezvous and then proceed to
alter it with paint and appurtenances
until its owner would never recognize
his own property. The machine, in
most cases, is then sold to dealers in
such articles who do not care to inquire
too particularly into the lawful sOWner-
ship of the vehicle.
With the intention of stamping out
this base form Of roguery, preying, as 1t
does, upon those little able to support
the loss of 50 important an auxiliary to
their employment. the assistant chief OF
police determined to take measures to
end this wretched activity completely.
SO for the past few days untended
bicycles have been watched not only by
scheming rascals, but by the police as
well Thus, when an agent of the de-
partment sees one person dismount from
. bicycle and another person promptly
pedal on with It, that latter perBon has
1fndultaneou11E heo0 Hqoene0odfH
Evening star., 1933-03-02

lihil lids at any given Llule
over the natural forces and substances
by which he is surrounded This in
cludes both stored-up and potential
power.
For the first time in human history
the potential power of mankind is
greater than its actual stored-up power.
The world is definitely richer than ever
before. Unfortunately, the system
under which We live does not allow us to
obtain the benefits that science-which
Is the fruit Of brains and the hard work
Of man-so lavishly spreads before us
We must learn to think, not in terms Of
money" but in terms Of goods"
Instance, the tobacconist is not SELL
ing cigarettes but really buying his
meals, his rent, his clothes, and pro-
viding for his family The money that
passes over his counter is merely inter-
mediary. Why does man work in q
factory? For money" many would
answer. It is not SO. He works for the
things he can exchange for his wages
or salary A shilling or f5 Is
Of no earthly use If we cannot ex-
change it for our daily needs 1t would
be a great thing If those in financial
authority spent more time in factories
and workshops and less time on figures
that can just as easily prevent the
truth as tell it. This, in part, is the
great problem. To make money fit the
truth Of commodities and to stop trying
to make commodities fit money. We
must learn" the economics of plenty
and forget" the economics Of scarcity.