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Evening star., 1933-06-02
Praises p. Nj. G.. Farley's
Humane PersOnnelPOl
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor of The Star:
Postmaster General Farley's attitude
toward the rotative furlough system for
the Post Ofice employees is highly COM
mendable. 1t seems incredible that of
ell the department heads, Mr.. Farley
IS the only one who believes in spread
ing the work at this time Of unemploy-
ment and financial distress. On June
l hundreds of Government employees
Will have received their final pay check
from the Government, as wholesale dis
missais will then have taken place. I
should hesitate to guess when these un-
fortunate people, so many of them
heads of families, will again have a
source Of income. At the same time,
those who are fortunate enough to be
retained get no additional cut in salary
as compared to the 100 per cent cut
of the dismissed employees.
Mr.. Farley certainly deserves the
praise and admiration CT every thinking
American. In this one statement OF
his in May 80 Evening Star he is max
ing proposal that, SO far as I have
observed, no other department head
has yet had the courage or foresight
to suggest, that Of spreading the avail
able work among present employees. The
1urlough system for all, not discrimi-
nation and dismissals, is proof of Mr..
Fariey's sense of fairness and keen
foresight. He has taken a big step to-
ward solving the unemployment prob
lem and all industry can well emulate
this act of MIR. Farley's. 1t is deplor-
able that other department heads have
not been able to show Mr.. Farley's
courageous indication of preserving ca
pabie and experienced employees, but in
stead preferred to make wholesale dis
missas in the name of economy The
Government needs more Mr.. Farleys.
X. CALDWELL.
Evening star., 1933-06-02
Boulder DAM Merely
According to the Law

To the Editor Of The Star:
see by the letters addressed to the
editor appearing in The Star that a
number of the FOLKS are working
themselves up to a white heat over
the name Of dam out West. Most
of these letters run very much along
partisan lines, each expressing his feel
ings from a purely political point Of
view that Is very much evident. Nov,
don't have any love for the name
of Hoover. but I certainly would not
be so narrow as to fight over some
thing that was named for him solely
because don't like him. But the
facts of this case are somewhat over
looked by those who are raising so
much stink over the change. As well
as recall the legislation creating the
dam, it was called Boulder Dam, and
the bill calling for the funds with
which to build it called it Boulder
Dam 1t has always been referred to
as Boulder Dam. The name OF Hoover
was attached to it by the stroke OF
the pen of one Of Mr., Hooyer's cabinet
officers, who, 1t would seem, wanted
to glorify his chiefs name In that
great engineering feat As I see it,
he had no authority or power to change
the name as he did Now that Secre-
tary Ickes has restored the original
name howl goes up, on the grounds
that he is showing disrespect to the
former President; that he is doing 1t
because he happens to be a Democrat,
naturally don't like Mr.. Hoover and
SO he changes it. I am sure the pres
ent Secretary had no idea Of showing
disrespect to Mr. Hoover, nor did he
do it on a partisan basis He simply
called the name Boulder, under which
it was created and under what every
paper has referred TO It, despite the
attachment of the name Of Hoover.
CHARLES Il. HAEKNS.
Evening star., 1933-06-02
FoOtpatlls Needed Along
The Travelled HIGHWAYS
To the Editor Of The Star:

TO the Editor Of The Star:
With Mondays casualty Of another
child here in Oxon Hill, making the
third such unavoidable happening
within the past few years, the ques-
tlon arises. can nothing be done about
II? ! believe 1t Is high time something
was being done about 1t. OF course
we may always expect accidents where
chiicren are permitted access to the
mgch-traveled highways, but there are
safeguards that We may throw around
them that will tend to cut down this
yearly onslaught. Making more dras-
tic laws against the motorist will not
De cure-all. Something has to be
done to prevent the child getting in
the way OF motor traffic, for Invariably
all such accidents prove unavoidable.
Ine most reckless driver will do his
utmost to avoid hitting a child, but a
enllos mind Is so hard to guess, the
best drivers are liable to hit them when
playing thoughtlessly on the highways
l believe We can overcome much of
this destruction by having footpaths
along the State roads for pedestrians.
With paths, then the pedestrians would
have no excuse for walking down the
middle Of the roads. Such foctpaths
would cost very little, as a mere sprin-
hIHls oI graVei WouId De Suncient, and
the labor could be done with school
children II the forestry project" had
used up the available local labor.
doubt If the forest preservation is
Of more Importance to the country
than the preservation of the childhood
OF the country. If we would place
paths along the roads, with underpasses
at schools, villages and other con-
geSted places. then motoring would be
pleasure instead of a nightmare.
PERRY F.. SKINNER.
Evening star., 1933-06-02

with special reference to certain
beauty spots he has picked out of old.
He may have followed the history OF
some of them for several years.
These old shrubs, Towering well last
year-will they do the same this?
Here is a matter Of interest which he
recalls every time he goes that way
Others might see exactly nothing at all
there-"just an old bush"-but he sees
horticultural history.
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Individual specimen plants are by nc
means all.
Perhaps the greatest "fnd" Of the
wandering gardener is in massed plant
ings of all sorts, and the type of growth
they make during different years.
This Spring the incessant rains have
provided all things of the earth with
just what they need to make large
g"7wth.
The result is a grand massing oi
.rubs and evergreens Not only are
boughs and branches longer. but the
number Of leaves upon them Is very
much greater than in ordinary seasons
Homes everywhere are now almost
submerged In shrubbery of various
types.
On recent rainy days suburban
streets were perfect bowers of beauty
No doubt many home gardener left
the public vehicle blocks before he had
to al order TO see the spectacle at close
hand.
For this, too. Is pageant, q spectacle
no less imposing than the artificial one
of the opera house. The opera, perhaps
els becoming more or less of back num-
Der, but the pageant of natural things
gees on.
1t Is a real spectacle. this of Nature
no less musical than that Of the opera
house, although 1t Is not worked out ac-
cording to formulae. as musical compo-
sition is, but by heat, and moisture, and
the invisible principle called life be-
cause We do not know anything else to
call it.
Life" perhaps, is just as good 9
word as another. One might wish K
change Mature" to Mature" just ont
letter different; such a change might
help show what life does. how 1t grow:
and develops, natures into something
or other for obscure reasons yet to BIT
learned.
Along highways and byways thu
pedestrian takes his way, not mindinl
Tie gripping from the trees, the Httlt
pools of water in depression at his feet
These things are part of the rainy
day. SO beloved Of plants and theil
friends. 1t is a true satisfaction to bs
able to find something good where
others find only cause for complaint.
Would 1t be possible, one wonders, tC
find good in everything. so that at last
one could find fault with nothing?
One man, and one man alone, did 1t
His name was B1rucll de Spinoza ans
he found everything that exists right
with the immutable rightneSs of crea.
tion.
Not many human beings have eve,
been able to get into his frame Of mind
but some few, in all ages. have ap-
preached 1t, in q slight degree.
Among them are many gardeners
who come at last to see that the rainy
day Is the perfect day, as far as theil
beloved plants are concerned. The rose
bushes offer no protest as the continued
drenchlng ruins their blossoms, ano
gives them the "black spot" These
things are part of the plan, notes in
the symphony Of Nature or Mature. lei
us insist on calling it for just this once
Evening star., 1933-06-02
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS

famous organization. Before one Of the
broadcasts number OF adm, rerS
crowded around Mrs Heinl desiriu.s to
meet her personally. Naturally this
pleased her, but Capt. Branson heard
her say
1T is lovely but I wish I could meet
them afterward-I never like to talk to
any Cne just before I play"
That is easy Branson said, "I1l put
Marine on guard at your door and
then nobody will bother youl"
Mrs Heinl is the wife of a popular
Washington newspaper man and radio
scribe. Robert D. Heinl. Both of them
are Hoosior born. Mrs Heinl has been
called the Teresa Carreno of the
Wabash.
Mr.. Hoover's penchant for delegating
to boards and commissions the solution
Of difficult governmental problems is
well remembered. Mr.. Roosevelt, on
the other hand, appears to have little
use for such agencies. Mr.. Roosevelt
Is for cne-man directorships. He has
put the whole business Of agricultural
relief under the direction of a single
individual rather than q board He has
shown no haste to fill the vacancies on
the r. F. c. Board and is entirely con-
tent to have it run, to all intents and
pul poses, by single head in the person
Of Chairman Jesse Jones of Texas. The
Tennessee River Valley development
program is to have board of three.
But the President so far has named
only the chairman and the latter is
going ahead on his own hook. All Gov
ernment public works are to be under
the control Of single administrator.
If the control of industry bill Is en-
acted in its present form single man
rather than a board or commission will
hold the destinies of industry and busi-
ness in the hollow of his hand.
4 u
During the World War. when busi-
ness and industry were placed under
Federal control, an industrial council
OF national defense played an impor-
tant part in the set-up. The council
was, in fact, the keystone of the arch
between the Government and industry.
Barney Baruch and Howard E. Coffin
were two members of the wartime
council who are active today In the
present situation relating to the new
proposed partnership" between the
Government and industry Mr.. Coffin
is earnestly advocating the incorpora-
ton In the present plan of an indus
trial council, but suggestions along this
line have not received favorable recep-
ton so far in administration quarters
Mr.. Rooseyelt's inclinations toward one
man control have come into play in
this situation.
(Copyriaht 1g33)
Evening star., 1933-06-02
''Why Not Be Honest
About the Bond Issue?

To the Editor of The Star:
Why should we not be honest? Re-
ports from Washington indicate that
the stage Is all set for the issuance of
o two-billion- dollar (not gold) bond
issue to institute the administrator
public works program. Luckily for the
public, the stage is also set for this
issue to be absorbed by the Federal Re-
serve banks and the postal savings.
Who else would be foolish enough to
subscribe, to pay dollars now worth
about eighty cents In gold for bonds
which may be paid in dollars" worth
maybe forty gold cents or possibly much
less? OF course, the Federal Reserve
banks need not worry about subscrib-
ing. since they can merely print cur
rency, using the bonds as reserve. But
why isn't the administration honest
about it.; why doesn't it print the money
itself rather than doing sos through the
agency of the Federal Reserve banks?
Or is this smoke screen to fool the
public into believing that the Govern
ment printing presses are not running?
HENRY G. PARKER.
Evening star., 1933-06-02
Answers Mr.. Long as
to ssRoosevelt island

To the Editor Of The Star:
In q letter to The Star May 80, en-
titled Roosevelt Island Change Not q
Parallel" Luther K. Long attempts to
appease public opinion on the ground Of
"technicality" In other words, he
says. Roosevelt Island had to be changed
to Theodore Roosevelt Island because o
majority Of people might think 1t was
named in honor OF r. d. r., who re-
Gently came into the picture. That ar
gument convinces me Of just one thing
''boloney." Because II Mr.. Long and his
Republican associates believe In nip
ping things in the bud" then by all
means suggest that they take the mat
ter up with the administration and see
If the United States Shipping Board
can't be induced to change the name Of
one OF our great ocean liners from
President Roosevelt to President Theo-
dore Roosevelt, so that our people may
not be under any Misrepresentation as
to in whose honor and memory 1t has
been named. I submit that is just as
logical IS the reason he has given.
would Ike to inform Mr.. Long that,
on the contrary, I. although Demo-
crat. love and respect the memory OF
President Theodore Roosevelt even more
than the majority OF his own party did
in 1912 after he split 1t Republican
partO wide open and sent 1t down to
q crushing defeat. And the penalty paid
by Theodore Roosevelt's followers pro
gressives) has been that OF Inistreated
stepchild ever since. Some more con-
servative Republican Alteration"
Mr.. Long says F. D. r. will have to
stand on his own work and not lean on
the reputation built by another OF his
own name. How absurd. Why, F. d. r.
has taken more responsibility on his
back than has any other President.
doubt the sincerity OF this, but Mr..
Long states that he is willing for F. d.
%. to have a fair chance, but at the
same time says he heartily approves Of
the two letters recently written to The
Star on this subject, these letters con-
tanning nothing whatsoever except bold,
brazen and unjustifiable attacks upon
the administration before it Is even
three months old, notwithstanding the
fact that it has accomplished more in
three weeks than the last Republican
one did in four years.
So the moral of this Is, Long live the
memory Of Theodore Roosevelt. but not
at the expense Of Franklin Delano
Roosevelt" j. J. CRAWFORD
Evening star., 1933-06-02
Midget and Giant.

When Senator Carter Glass the other
day declared that the Morgan inquiry
before a Senate committee had degen-
Grated into q circus performance he
probably had no idea that it would
soon be the scene of yeritable saw
dust stunt" He asserted that all that
the show in the committee room needed
was an accompaniment Of peanuts and
pink lemonade. They have not yet
been Forthcoming, but yesterday the
lack was supplied by the introduction
OF a sideshow freak" midget, who
was deftly slipped into the lap Of the
financier in chief, who is the center OF
public attention as the investigation
develops, and was then photographed
by a group of expert manipulators OF
cameras and flashlights.
This incident was to have been ex-
pected. The stage was all set for such
oft of publicity enterprise. Decorum
had been fiouted in the beginning. The
committee room had been jammed by
curiosity seekers, bent upon catching
glimpses of the financial giants and
hearing the disclosures regarding the
inside workings Of the great money
machine of Wall Street. There had
been lively tits batween counsel and
committee members. Day after day
the arena was the scene Of combats
It was for the time the biggest show
on earth. Then came the circus te
town, and with the circus came the
high-pressure salesmen Of publicity
The introduction Of the midget was an
inspiration. 1t was an adroit piece oi
stage management. After the csmerc
had snapped and the light had flashed
no power on earth could prevent pub
lication of the resultant picture.
What did it all amount to? 1t showed
MIR. Morgan in human attitude, the
freak hugely enjoying herself, and the
world agape-of stage. so to speak, but
quite evident-at the spectacle of .
giant Of finance holding a tiny morse
of humanity. Did it contribute to th'
public understanding Of the complel
Evening star., 1933-06-02
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRAcEWELL.

One of the great advantages a
garden minded person has over the
crowd is an utter lack OF boredom as
he rides around town.
What is more common than q CLASSY
stare. seen everywhere, especially aboard
public vehicles? In the man driving
his own car it is replaced by look OF
anxiety. the typical motoring face.
He who loves the garden always finds
material, interesting material, wherever
he goes, to keep his mind and eyes
occupied.
There is nothing conscious in this.
however
He does not think to himself, Nov
must watch out for something beauti-
full"
He simply sees 1t.
think well of his city, because he sees
so much more OF It that Is worthwhile.
The person without this interest sees,
but he docs not see.
He may look directly at some fine
planting and, while he would admire
1t II his attention were called TO 1t,
OF himself he cannot be said to see 1t.
because he Is not in the least inter-
ested in it.
In this world 1t Is necessary to be
interested personally in q thing before
one really sees 1t.
That is why teaching and learning
are SO far apart. 1t helps to account
for the many heartaches OF those who
would impart information. He who
ought to know Is not willing to learn.
He must be interested. first Of all: the
real question is how to make him in
tRrsSt himself
The home gardener, whoever he is,
or wherever he lives. has no such
growing things. the plants. the shrubs,
the trees the vines, the lawns.
Nor does the same route, day after
day. make any particular difference.
There Is always something new to
see
Not only does the progress of the
seasons make this possible, but even
more does the magnitude Of the pano-
rama daily spread before him demand
constant application.
1t is no more possible for him to
see everything. in one day. than the
operagoer can grasp every good melody
at one hearing.
InOse WHO Atlenu operas lot the
love OF them, rather than for the
spectacle of the stage and the audi
ence. know that at every fresh hear
ing of given piece new strains Of
enchanting beauty are realized.
These melodies were there at the
previous performance, Of course. but
somehow the individual listener did
not grasp them. His ear was attuned
to somethinJ else, at that time, now
1t gees on to something else.
SO the hearing ear knows progress.
and it is the same with the eyes. They,
too. are able to take in only a limited
amount Of what they see, at any one
time They must see many times
before they can begin to see 1t all.
Even then 1t is questionable whether
any one set of eyes. no matter how
good. ever can see 1t al"
II y n
In regard to plant life, ultimate see
Ing Is scarcely ever possible.
In the comparatively swift passage
on the way to and from work. the
gardener gets very limited view of
his subjects
This makes him look all the harder,
Evening star., 1933-06-02
Insurance of Bank Deposits
Supported by Many as Sound

more or less familiar insurance premium
method tried in many States by banks
operating under State charter and
proven failure In each instance. Texas
was one of the States" The Indianapolis
News forecasts 'the forcing of State
banks into the Federal Reserve System"
and declares: THE plan puts the banks
in the hands of the Government, and
in event of a depression the Govern
ment's credit in the hands of the
banks" The New York Times con-
cludes: mo insurance scheme, how
ever carefully devised, can be en- ade-
quate substitute for q sound banking
system 1t is, in fact. merely an invl-
tation to bad banking. The shocking
record of failure over long period, and
particularly during the last three years,
has shown the necessity of reform par
ticularly at two important points: uD
Requirement of compulsory membership
in the Federal Reserve System and CD
permission for strong institutions to en-
ploy the methods of branch banking
which have been used so successfully
in Canada and England" The Boston
Transcript argues that time and again
it has been proved that the chief re-
suit Of q deposit guaranty Is merely
to put q premium upon imprudent
banking at the expense OF sound
methods"
The plan is viewed by the Baltimore
Sun as "an amazing turn of events, II
one can recapture the national outlook
of three years or even year ago"
while the Dallas News asserts that amy
form of deposit guaranty or insurance
will be dangerous unless there is also
established a vastly better system OF
bank examination and regulation" The
Topeka Daily Capital suggests that
with Nationwide deposit guarantee IL
is possible that good banks will them
selves cooperate with the Government
in furthering better supervision, for
their own protection" The Chicago
Daily News advises that "the real test
of strength of the insurance fund may
come with the next boom, should ex-
cessive loans and leniert bank examina-
tions leave such condition as that
through which the banks recently
passed" The Hartford Times concludes
that "it might have usefulness COM
parable to that of a fire extinguisher
In a house or steamboat; that 'it
could check fire at the start, If used
quickly"
Evening star., 1933-06-02
ID. c. Federal Service
Quota Not Excessive

To the Editor Of The Star:
wish briefly to bring to your sttsn-
ton a matter which when brought
out may possibly be helpful to large
number of Government employees.
The economy bill now before Con-
gress provides for removal of a large
number OF employees, and in doing so
the quota clause in civil service laws
Is expected to be observed to a large
extent. This matter has been much
discussed in the press, but have seen
only one reason given for excessive
number over quota assigned to the
District of Columbia, Maryland and
Virginia, that is the original appoint
ments were made from these places
for various reasons. Now, this Is not
strictly true, for many Of those now
accredited to the District of Columbia,
Maryland and Virginia we're origi-
nally appointed from States quite re-
mote from Washington, as can easily
bo aScertained. Aftsr living in WASH
ington for some time and thinking
their civil service status was secure.
they for some reason neglected to re-
residence" and became assigned to
the District of Columbia. Others
moved to nearby Maryland or Vir-
ginia, acquired homes there, and be-
coming Identified in local affairs,
changed their residences to those
States, not thinking 1t would ever
affect their civil service standing or
endenger their positions The number
of this class must be large, for I
personally know score or more of
such. In this way the quota Of the
District of Columbia. Maryland and
Virginia has been so largely exceeded.
This class of employees might be
helped and the harmful effect upon
the Government prevented by saving
some of the most faithful and eficient
employees from arbitrary dismissal,
thereby crippling the Government
service, II the facts we're clearly brought
to light.
The section in the act is purely polit-
ical and not in the interest Of the Gov
ernment. e. NJ. FINCH.