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Evening star., 1933-09-12

ment's part in putting the workers. II
not the unions, back on their feet"
The Times also argues: Some see, or
profess to see, in the N r. A, particu-
larly that part of the recovery act re-
lating to the right OF labor to organize,
labor'S greatest opportunity. How will
labor meet the opportunity? Old meth
ods, it is agreed, will not do. There
must, 1t Is contended, be a change in
policy. Labor under the new deal will
have to consider the Government as
well as capital. The old Gompers ira
dition that the Government keep hands
of is not so generally accepted by la
Dor leaders now as when the veteran
of Labor was alive. Maybe the pat
four lean years have had something t1
do with this change"
Organized labor, to refer to that seq
ment OF American workingmen." records
the Hartford Times, finds much ground
for good cheer in the new turn in thu
employment field as induced by ths
minimum-pay and maximum-hour re-
quirements. Union ranks have been ex.
panded by scores of thousands of mem.
bers. Something of Federal Govern
ment's prestige has come to the side CT
organized labor in the terms of the in
CuStrlaI recovery act. Happily, the use
of the term labor is not confined to
those who are organized into unions.
That narrow application has proved its
untenability as the workmen on the
farm and the Office worker and laborer
in every line of productive or otherwise
useful activity have been shown to be
essential to the welfare Of any one
group"
Never again will labor be reckoned
by its cost" proclaims the Fort Worth
Star Telegram, with the conclusion that
Its value from this momentous Labor
day will be estimated by the number Of
employe-earning-capacities in produc-
ton" The Baltimore Evening Sun as
serts: "As regards the carrying out O.
any national policy it may choose to
adopt, labor today can count on reader
and more powerful assistance from the
than 1t could have expected
at any other time in many years. La
Dor. in this respect. has been given a
golden opportunity. Unfortunately,
though, 1t does not necessarily follow
that labor is going to profit immensely
in the years that lie ahead Something
more than opportunity is necessary if
one is to profit largely. One must have
sense. as well as opportunity. and th'T
the Government cannot give to labor c.
to any one else"
Evening star., 1933-09-12
Contrast.

The values Of life, as the philosopher
sees them. are relative. That Is one OF
the reasons why there is endless debate
concerning the nature Of right and
wrong, love and hate, success and fall
ure. For ages men have been dis
cussing the nature Of honor. of patriot
ism, of beauty Hundreds Of theses nave
been written on the meaning of each
Of q score or more Of abstract con-
cepts, like faith, hope, charity, sacri-
nce. When PLATE asked Jesus to define
the truth he was but echoing a con-
troversy which began millenniums ago.
1t seems to be law of human con-
duct that opinion should be distin-
guished by variation. No two individ-
uals think alike, no two feel alike.
Granted that there Is such thing as Q
general reaction, a similarity Of re-
sponse to political and social develop
ments, a kind Of group thought which
properly can be called public opinion.
It remains . fact that the approaches
to that approximation Of solidarity. as
well as its motives and courses Of prog
ress, differ Thus in the making OF
great national decisions a multitude Of
psychological causes Is represented, and
the same rule prevails In the growth. II
Evening star., 1933-09-12

not In the origin. Of cultural institutions
and practices. Even under the most
formalistic Of governments there 10 .
discernible democracy Of thought.
OF course, It follows that much Of
the private opinion of the people Of
the world Is negative and unproductive.
Certainly. it occasionally happens that
a prophet crying in the wilderness may
be justified in his vision; posterity may
wonder at the stupidity Of those who
refuse to heed him. But so far as the
welfare Of the state Is concerned and
so far as the prosperity Of the social
forms sheltered by the state are In
volved what is needed Is q more ef1ec-
tive conformity. There are . few
nations IN which there is such unity
Japan, for example, where the indivi-
dual willingly subjects his personal
views to those of the Emperor and his
Parliament. But in the United States,
In Great Britain and In France reei-
mentation appears to be impossible
This may be machine age, but ma
chine thinking only rarely characterizes
1t. Not even in Russia nor in Italy is
there perfect unanimity of opinion.
Not even with regard to basic funda-
menta6 do men think alike.
Educators, 1t may be presumed, have
the primary responsibility in the CIR
cumstances. But pedagogic authorities
themselves differ Some believe that
the child should be trained to be of
service to society; others hold that he
should be trained to be of service only
to himself. It is the old problem of
the purpose Of social organization: Is
man made for the Sabbath. or Is the
Sabbath made for man?
Possibly the most hopeful view Of the
earth's chaos Of ideas is that which
suggests that differences are their own
excuse. possess their own values. A
study Of the social and cultural signifl-
canoe Of contrast would be worth read
ing. 1t is the contrast between truth
and falsehood. between love and hate,
between faith and despair, between
order and anarchy that Is important.
It is by contrast that the average per-
son judges this or that. And 50 the
circle Is completed, and it becomes
plain that the capacity to discriminate
which separates individuals from each
other may be, after all, the same power
which. IN its positive aspect, Is the
thing which draws them together in
appreciation Of what Is natural and
GOOD.
Evening star., 1933-09-12
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

Some Of the New York literary critics
at times seem to feel that they must
prove their critical acumen at all
hazards
Especially is this true in the realm Of
II a good story gets damned, let it
fall by the wayside. The fact that 1t
Is interesting, and well written. makes
no difference to them. 1t is lacking in
something or other that they decree
necessary and do not find.
The latest instance Is J. B. Priestley's
Wonder Hero" told with that peculiar
gusto of his which has earned for him
the title Of a new Dickens.
Perhaps 1t is this very similarity
which has aroused the CRITICS, because
II there Is any world author held in
disrepute by the modern" critic 1t Is
the great Charles.
TOO many words, far too many
words" they say, IN great disgust.
True-but the man could write.
TX
Now Priestley can write, too.
His sentences have a way with them
His word selections are all his own.
He has a distinctness which lends life
to hts characters, even when they are
nothing but types with names.
Especially among novelists must the
distinction be made between writer's
who can write and those who cannot.
It might be thought. offhand, that
all can write who write, but 1t just
isn't so!
Criticism must take this into account,
or it gets nowhere.
That IS why one is so keenly disap-
pointed, now and then, In the judg-
ments Of our authorized leaders.
X
Here Is a man, for instance, whose
selections we had learned to trust over
several years.
The books he selected as good were
always good. He seemed to make no
mistakes.
Hence when he came along with an
equally good review Of another book,
translated from an unknown European
author. we had every reason to feel
that he knew what he was talking
about.
This one he compared with Zola.
Well. II he compared with Zola, he
must be good, because the great French
man was another man who wrote who
could write, not just arrange words
together. But this writer was no Zola
at all.
Zola was born writer. Working
hard at his task, he made himself an
even better one.
Critics will tell you that he was
merely an astute arranger Of many
facts, but he was far more
He knew the value Of arrangement.
he secured interest, always the first
essential in novel writing in the mind
and heart of the reader, partly by a
gifted use Of words and word develop
ments
Recently we came across translation
Of short tale by Zola. Readers inter-
eSted can look it up in the latest num-
Der OF the Golden Book Magazine 1t
Is called "She Who Loves Me"
The tale he tells, as the critics would
have us believe Of Priestley's latest, is
very slight, practically nothing at all.
But that was all he needed!
X
He took slight theme, a trite theme.
If you please, and made something out
Of it.
As you read, you are interested, and
you wouldn't require the name of Zola
at the top of it at all.
Evening star., 1933-09-12

front against De valeraism u necessary
to save the country from annihilation.
The Free State farmers, deprived Of
their profitable British market because
Of De valera's ruinous tariff war with
the mother country" have joined the
coalition with unrestrained fervor.
Their leader, Frank MacDermott, epito-
mizes rural Ireland's longings thus: I'VE
favor fusion because we are convinced
that the new party Is breaking away
from the snimosity and prejudices Of
the past and starting with fresh minds,
fresh inspiration and a fresh policy"
Plainly, issues Of much greater mo-
ment than the personal fortunes Of Mr..
de Valera are at stake in the party
orientation thus indicated. It looks to
an Irish new deal OF far-reaching
political implications which would have
historic influence upon the future re-
lations of John Bull and his other
island.
A test Of strength between De Valera
and the combined opposition may come
with the reassembly of the Dali In
October. Gen. ODuf1y says fusion well
comes the trial and will emerge trium-
phant from the general election that
will follow the governments parliament
tary defeat. If the fusionists can con-
trive to control all the factions Co.'s
grave supporters, Farmers, Labor and
independently not identified with De
Valera's party, they could overcome the
government in q Dali vote, but the
President is an adroit and militant pol
itician. He has already signaled fight
to the finish against the forces that
have pooled their strength to accom-
plish his downfall.
Evening star., 1933-09-12
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

smaller than an OK and Of giraneliks
form, except that the neck is much
shorter. The color ts chiefly reddish
chestnut, with the cheeks puce -colored,
and the upper parts of the fore and
hing legs striped with purplish-black
and cream color. wonderful example
Of protective coloration. The only
specimen in captivity IS in the Antwerp
Zoo.
@. In what year did DR.. Coue come
to the United States?-D. H
A. He came early in 1923 and held
many clinics in New York City and
throughout the country. He died in
1926.
Q. Where did muskmelons. water
melons and cucumbers first grow
wild?-M F.
A. All three Of these plszz.. &c
probably natives of Africa fi.c posi-
bly, also OF neighboring portions -
Western Asia. They have been known
to native peoples since prehistoric
times
@. OF what materials are Christmas
tree ornaments made?-M. E. T
A. Most Of the so-called Christmas
tree ornaments are made of glass. The
industry is centered in a town called
Lauscha, in Germany, and it Is almost
entirely home industry. Lametta
(tinseD, cotton. wood. papier- -mache
and metal are also used in the manu-
facture OF various lines Of Christmas
tree ornaments. incidentally, several
attempts have been made to manufac-
ture blown glass Christmas tree orna-
ments in this country, but they were
entirely unsuccessful
@. How is Arthur Machen's name
pronounced?-N. B.
A. In Wild Names I Have Met" is
the following: "Machen- Arthur
fully Anglicized; L. A. calls it Macken,'
but the English doubtless broaden the
somewhat"
@. Do women outnumber men in the
United States?-A. L. NJ.
A. At the last census there were
62.l37 ,080 males and 60637, 1886 fe-
males. Different States show differ.
ent proportions. In the West men pre-
dominate; In the East, women In most
old countries women predominate; in
Few countries, men.
Q. How many people go to Hull
House in Chicago each week2-M B. I.
A. About six thousand seek advice
or aid each week.
@. When was the American Stand.
ards Association founded?-D. L.
A. It was organized in 1917 as
American Engineering Standards Com
mittee. It was reorganized in 1928
with its present title.
Q. Where did Washington live when
he was in Philadelphia?-F r. l.
A. During his residence in Phila-
delphia as President Of the United
States, Washington leased the house
which then stood at 528 Market street.
rejecting the offer of a Presidential
Mansion which the State of Pennsyl-
vania had erected on Ninth street
above Chestnut, the site Of the pres
ent post Office. A bronze tablet marks
the structure. The premises were
then the property Of Robert Morris.
@. Was Dr. Anna Howard Shaw
born in America?-G. T.
A. She was born in England in 1o47
and brought to this country by her
parents when she was four years old
Q. Is it incorrect to use Of" for
"whether"?-A NJ
A. 1t is colloquiahsm when used
as q synonym of whether after see,
ask, learn, know, doubt and similar
words.
Evening star., 1933-09-12
Tribute to the Schools
By a Creek.American

To the Editor Of The Star:
I have read with much interest the
letter from G. E. Ford on the editorial
page of Fridays Star. It Is of course a
quite unwarranted attack on our fine
Washington schools and of the young
people In them. May suggest that you
publish the following statement by Nick
Chaconas, who graduated from the
Roosevelt High School OF this city in
June. His experience Is that Of millions
Of others including myself.
JOY ELMER MORGAN,
Editor, National Education Assn.
The statement of Nick Chaconas
follows
I was most fortunate when my par
ents emigrated to this great country
from Sparta, Greece. If they had not
come to the United States, but had
stayed in Sparta, I would have lost all
Of the wonderful abiding opportunities
Of obtaining an American education.
At the age of two, was left father
less, and penniless, as were my six
brothers and three sisters. If it were
not for the free education in this coun-
try, I could not even conceive of an
opportunity to enter remunerative
profession.
The school that I attended bears
the name Of distinguished American
President, namely, Theodore Roosevelt,
the great Rough Rider" This gracious
and stately temple affords free Amer
ican education to American citizens, as
most all other schools of the United
States.
I am June graduate now and fully
realize the wonderful opportunities that
have had in this American school. I
am prepared to enter the world Of de-
preston as young business man, for I
have had a business course. am also
prepared to enlist in a university this
Fall, for have had an academic course.
In fact. have applied for entrance to
the Wilson Teachers College of Wash
ington, D. c.
can surely say that the place where
obtained my initiative, personality,
character, and other great achievements
such as these, was in the American
schools. The American school means
more to me than anything else in my
life, and I am sure it does to many
other ambitious pupils. It affords
free education.
Evening star., 1933-09-12
Mr.. de Valera's New Opposition.

I'LL. uC olC1d NS" SppooAAoA'
President Eamonn de Valera, chief Of
the Irish Free State, now faces the most
formidable political opposition yet to
confront him since his Independence
party achieved Office in February, 1882.
As long as the various elements hostile
DO Fianna Fail remained separate en-
titles he had little to fear at their
hands, but they have just effected q
fusion against the De Valera govern
naent and sworn unitedly to bring 1t and
Its leader to book.
The coalition includes former Presi-
dent William T. Cosgrave's Cumann
Nan Gaedheal, the Farmers Center
party and Gen. owen ODuffy's Irish
National Guard, the Blue Shirt" Fas-
cists.. Mr.. Cosgrave, who headed the
second strongest party in the country,
seemed the natural leader Of the fusion
forces, but has formally relinqaished the
chief command to Gen. O'Duffy. The
former President will continue to lead
the opposition In the Dali, because
Opuny has not yet been elected to the
Free State Parliament.
Under the name Of the United Ire
land party, the merged political ele-
ments have declared war on President
de valera's economic and constitutional
policies, which are pilloried as disastrous
to Ireland's vital interests. The coali-
ton would re-unite North (Ulster) and
South Ireland, perpetuate, because of its
trade and financial advantages, the
union with Great Britain and the rest
of the empire, and abolish sham re-
publicanism" In accepting fusion lead
ership, Gen. ODuffy said that "a united
Evening star., 1933-09-12

This Is a special department devoted
solely to the handling of queries. This
paper puts at your dispcsal the serv-
Ices Of an extensive organization In
Washington to serve you in any Ca
pacity that relates to information. This
service Is free. Failure to make use
Of 1t deprives you Of benefits to which
you are entitled. Your obligation Is
only three cents in coin or stamps in
closed with your inquiry for direct
reply. Do not use post cards. Ad-
dress The Evening Star Information
Bureau, Frederic J. Haskin, Director,
Washington, D. c.
@. What part of the recent grant
Of money to the Indian Service for
public works will be used for schools?-
A. N. A.
A. The grant was $2,s20.0 900. OF
this 31,500,000 will be used in the
construction of day schools This will
provide schools for $500 Indian chill
dren who are now IN boarding schools.
By this change the entire cost Of con-
struction will be saved to the Govern
ment In a year and a half.
@. I have a little shop and employ
no one except my son, who Is II years
old. Does the N. r. A. code apply to
me?-J. O. p.
A. If you own your shop and only
you and your minor son work there
the N. r. A. codes do not restrict
your hours.
@. Under whose jurisdiction does
the City Of Panama come?-H. w.
A. 1t is the capital Of the republic
OF Panama and Is entirely in Panaman
territory and under Panaman jurisdic-
tion. The Canal Zone, which is q
United States military reservation, has
its boundary drawn 50 as to exclude
Panama City at the Pacific end Of the
canal and the City of Colon at the
Atlantic end.
Cross societies?-M. S. 8.
A. Fffty-eight nations have them,
each independent in organization, but
all devoted to the common cause of
alleviating human suffering.
@. Which is the larger industry,
steel or textile?-H. c. T.
A. The steel industy has been much
more depressed than the textile indus
try and would show far below 1t cur
rently. In a typical year before the
depression the steel industry employed
1856 500 workers and its product was
valued at s6,199 .252, 900, while the tex
tile industry employed 1,694,400 work
ers and its product was valued. at
oats, 600.
Q. When were daguerreotypes first
made?-L. v.
A. The process was introduced by
its inventor, Louis Daguerre, In 1889.
@. What Is the difference between
a broiler and a fryer in regard to
chickens?-C. O. B.
A. Broilers average from ~ to 2
pounds In weight and are usually from
to 4 months old. Fryers average
from 2L2 to 3 pounds in weight and
average around 6 months In age
9. When did the creator Of the
Brownies Ive?-J. l.
A. Palmer Cox was born at CRANKY
Canada, in 1840. He went to Cali
fornia in 1863 and moved to New York
in 1875, where he became a writer and
illustrator. He died in 1924
@. What is an okapi? Are there
any in captivlty?-W. D. E.
A. The okapi is peculiar ruminapt
mammal, closely related to the giraffe
which inhabits the deep forests Of the
Belgian Kongo. Okapi is the native
pygmy name. This rare animal is
Evening star., 1933-09-12
Viscount Grey Was
A Great Statesman
o the Editor Of The Star.

40 the EQlLOI OF Inc star.
I think your editorial appraisal OF
the efforts OF Viscomt Grey to avert
war in 1914 was sound. for his was TAR
from role of inactivity. as some of his
critics have unjustly charged. When
Viscount Grey visited America in 1920
I had the pleasure Of hearing his ad-
dress in Cambridge Abiding to h.s
efforts to prevent the world cataclysm.
he related that he returned to the
foreign Office the day England de-
clared war and opened a volume Of
Gibbons Decline and Fall of the Ro-
man Empire" and read it far into the
night.
Viscount Grey wAs great statesman,
more than an amateur ornithologist,
and q close friend of Theodore Roose-
welt, with whom he shared a great III
terest in bird life
LOUIS c. CASSIDY.
Evening star., 1933-09-12
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Ancient Feuds.

Ancient Feuds.
There's worry in a distant land
When some wild person rants
About our ancient sisters and
Our cousins and our aunts.
The talk Of "swastikas" grows rough,
We feel sense of doubt;
Such matters are not quite enough
For folks to fight about.
I know not if I have a line
OF strict Aryan fame,
Although "O'Ryan" proud and fine
Was great-great-granddad's name.
The trouble We are glimpsing now
Is something very small.
II it's to be family row
Therell be no peace at all!
Evening star., 1933-09-12

If the New York Stock Exchange
should move to Newark, New Jersey will
become one of our leading States finan-
cially as well as politically and educa-
tionally. Its beauty contests may also
develop so much stage talent that all
New Yorks artistic prestige will have
to boast of will be the Metropolitan
Museum.
Evening star., 1933-09-12

As nearly as Hitler's remarks can be
interpreted from a distance, there is no
present authority. political or religious,
that he entirely approves. In olden
time he would very likely have been
regarded, like Herr Most, as an an
archist. Herr Most talked himself into
pernicious prominence and fed. He
was finally captured. He was hiding
under q bed.
Evening star., 1933-09-12
N. r. A. Worker Wants a
Badge to Prove Service
no the Editor of T'he Star,

To the Editor Of The Star:
In the Victory Liberty Loan cam
paign Of 1919, all workers were pre-
sented with Government-made bronze
pins inlaid with enamel. Today am
on the N. R. A. campaign and am
proud to display my pin to prove the
part I took in the Victory Loan cam
paign of 1919.
I therefore suggest that the Govern
ment make N. r. A. pins that will at
some future time prove the bearer to
be an experienced campaigner for hu-
manity. MORRIS I. POLANSKY.
Evening star., 1933-09-12
The Luxury of the Law.

From the YAKIMA Daily Republic.
1t may be true that the records show
that only few farmers have gone into
bankruptcy, but 1t must be remembered
that 1t Is only the exceptional agricul-
turist who has money enough to hire q
lawyer.
Evening star., 1933-09-12

Battleships are still useful as formal
signals that situation is under
observation and that good behavior is
necessary to prevent more speedy and
effectual demonstrations.
Evening star., 1933-09-12

Maine having tried prohibition for
many years has decided to heed the
economists who point out that there is
no great profit in ice water.