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Evening star., 1933-05-19

variably, a policeman Of the regular
force is present in the vicinity to see
that they do not exceed their authority.
Motorists, understanding the system
and sympathizing with it, give their
cooperation toward its success. The
public at large is genuinely apprecia-
tive.
Surely, it is plain that accidents are
prevented and lives preserved by the
policy which the boys are delegated to
put into effect. The plan has demon
strated its practical value again and
again Among it's supplementary bene-
fits are those which the patrols them
selves acquire from their experience.
In recognizing the bows it must be
that there also are a few
girls in the service. They too, of course,
are entitled to a cheer.
Evening star., 1933-05-19
Levies Proposed as
Sales Tax Substitute

To the Editor of The Star.
Instead of sales tax, which would
still further reduce the purchasing
power OF consumers and reduce demand
and aggravate depression, the tax should
be put on those best able to pay it.
Exempt from income and other tax
alton, except as to land. every corpora
ton that earns less than 6 per cent
dividend and give 100000 corporations
chance to do business profitably; in
lieu of income tax, impose on the yearly
surplus of every dividend-earning cor
poration cumulative tax equal to rs
per cent per each per cent Of surplus
as that surplus compares with the
total of per cent dividend on its paid
up common stock, and SO make impos-
sible excess profits that rob the public,
and also prevent retained surplus in
excess of per cent after per cent
dividend has been deducted.
Such tax might not be popular
with some of the 1000 corporations
that do 68 per cent of the producing
and have surpluses Of from 40 per cent
to over 100 per cent due to excess
profits, but 1t would very greatly In
crease the buying power and prosperity
of 80 per cent of our people. which is
the only possible way to restore better
business and it would avert revolution,
which . sales tax would help to precipi-
tate. N. A. DYER
Evening star., 1933-05-19
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

| across the grass to the refuge Of yonder
cool shrubbery border.
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| There is one very large turtle" which
Is seen several times every Summer.
| He is quite large, and especially high
so much SO that at a little distance he
looks a great deal like small rabbit.
| There are four other animals to be
seen in the yard from time to time,
dogs, cats, squirrels and rabbits.
This season there have not been as
many squirrels or rabbits as customary
Just what accounts for this we do not
know.
| OF rabbits, but one has appeared to
date. He sat immovable for almost half
an hour, until scared away by a cat.
The domestic cat is decried as garden
animal by many, but mostly this is
based upon human antipathy, not
grounded on the animal itself.
As a matter of fact, the cat really
| does little harm in cultivated garden,
| although to Those who do not like him
he often seems to be doing great deal
| In this they are ...ostly mistaken
though; we have watched cats too long
and too intently, to be fooled In this.
| 1t may be said honestly that cats do
| practically no damage in a garden, not
one-tenth Of that done by the average
good dog, great clumsy creature that
he is.
The difference comes in the way these
animals handle their feet.
| It Is seldom noted by the average per-
son that cat carefully steps through
plants, whereas your faithful dog blum
ders right into them.
The one places his feet on the earth
between stalks and flowers the other
| deliberately crunches plants beneath his
paws.
1t takes one interested in both these
creatures to note this difference, not in
defense of one or the other, but simply
| as mater of interest in the study of
nature.
The difference, however, is very
largely In favor Of the cat. If kept in
mind by the average gardener, espe-
cially one who does not like cats, 1t will
| save him Cor herr from a great deal OF
worry.
He may feel sure that dozen cats
prowling through his yard, will not ordi-
nar1ly do the damage caused by one
good healthy puppy.
Not In the last three years have there
been as many birds seen and heard in
the yard as this Spring.
Already humming bird has graced
the white wreaths of the spirea, and
several bluebirds, hitherto strangers,
have been seen for several days.
The cries Of whip-poor- re-
sounded over the neighborhood late In
the night, when tho moon was shining
This was the first time that we had
ever heard one of these birds, in SO far
as our memory could recall.
We were struck by the loudness OF
the cry, scarcely song, and the plac-
ing OF the accent on the will" very
decidedly. Somehow we always had
thought the accent would be Oh the
whip"
Mostly the words attributed to bird
songs are hocum, but the call of the
whip-poor-will seems to be in exactly
those syllables.
In the distance doves co., and a score
OF unknown birds pipe and trill, and we
might even say shrill, without being
unfair to them.
Evening star., 1933-05-19
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS

matters of national and internationa
urgency press for speedy decision. The
House Judiciary Committee after pro-
longed inquiry into the charges pre-.
ferred against Judge Louderbeck hae
voted against impeachment. The House
itself reversed its committee and voteC
for impeachment by comparatively
narrow margin at the behest of Repre-
sentative La Guardia of New York
The Senate is having hard time keep
ing a quorum on hand to hear the
testimony. Sam Bratton. the Senator
from New Mexico, soon to take place
on the Federal bench, is acting as
the presiding judge in the senatorial
court.
One reason why the Roosevelt press
conferences are so highly successful is
because the President himself genuinely
enjoys them. In the case of his prede-
cessors conferences with the press were
an ordeal. But in Mr.. Roosevelts case
they are Joy. He likes to match wits
with his questioners. He likes the
repartee. He is never "riled" by hostile
or trick questions How the President
will fare with Congress during four
year span is still debatable. Whether
his present high popularity with the
country will continue for four years is
open to argument. But his continued
popularity with the press and, in turn
its continued sympathetic treatment
Of the President in news dispatches
seems assured.
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j. p. Morgan and all of the dozen
partners of the house of Morgan, with
their retinue of legal counsel headed by
John w. Davis of New York, and with
scores of secretaries, clerks and ac-
countants and a carload of books and
papers, will descend upon Washington
next Monday for appearance beginning
Tuesday before the Senate Banking
Committee at the resumption OF public
hearing in the senatorial stock market
probe. The Morgan encourage have
pre-empted an entire floor in a down.
town hotel-and are preparing for a
long seige. Standing room only" sign
has already been set outside the door
of the committee hearing room. Ferdi-
nand Pecora, the short, bristly haired
Italian. shining New York legalite and
the committees prosecutor, has girded
his loins for action If the committee
gives him free rein he promises to stage
great show.
Copyright, 1933)
Evening star., 1933-05-19
Charges Hypocrisy in
Government Paw Cuts
To the Editor of The Star:

40 the EQltor OF Inc Star.
Representative Loring M. Black has
been quoted as having said: 1.-The Presi-
dent the other day told industrialists to
raise the wages of their employees and
then last week. threw over 600 men
out OF work in the Brooklyn Navy
Yard" Also, the Government is throw
ing 200 Navy civilian workers in Wash
1ngton, D. c., out of jobs June l and,
l understand. hundreds of others in
various departments. What is to be-
come of these jobleSs men? Why is
the Government adding more to the
unemployed group?
There has been more hypocrisy
shown in this depression than is justi-
fable. If industry in general had
spread their available pay roll budget
over all their 1929 employees this de-
preston would never have reached the
vicious point which it has today Why
did not industry know that two men
working with an existence wage-with
perhaps 10 cents over for cigarettes
would keep all the money in circulation,
whereas the method pursued enabled
the one man lucky enough to be kept
on the job at his same rate of pay, or
perhaps 25 per cent cut. to salt
away" a certain percentage called saw
lngs? The hypocrisy was intensified
by industry permitting husband and
wife to both be employed. often the
combined income being $400 to $500 per
month
And now the Government is following
the example set by industry. The
budget must be balanced. Salary cuts
called furloughs are the order of the
day but most horrifying of all the
100 per cent cuts of those unfortunate
enough to be the victims of total loss
of jobs. The least the Government
could do at this time would be to give
all the employees furloughs rather than
deprive 10 per cent of the workers of
their entire salary. H. CORNELL.
Evening star., 1933-05-19
Indignant at Change of
Name of Hoover Dam

To the Editor OF The Star.
What Is the purpose Of Secretary
Ickes In refusing the name Hoover to
the dam In Arizona after 1t was SO
christened? His explanation Is not con-
vincing. It Is . national work with
which ex-President Hoovers name has
been associated because his engineering
knowledge and advice had much to do
with developing the plan and with ac-
tually starting the work, which had a
great headway before the Democrats be-
gan their administration.
To many of us Secretary Ickes had
no more right to change the name Of
this latest dam to Boulder" than he
would have to change the name of
Coolidge Dam or Roosevelt Dam, all
three of which are in arid Arizona.
Unless he had weightier reason
than he has already given the act was
unworthy. Such acts reflect no credit
on the spirit animating the Democratic
party and will do them more harm than
good.
Ex-President Hoover deserves and
has the respect of millions of his coun-
trymen. His own attitude was generous
toward the Nation, as shown by his gift
of his camp to the Nation, and his es-
tablishment and maintenance of the
mountain school, He was also generous
toward the Democratic party, especially
toward his successor In the White
House.
Nor do we forget how untiringly he
struggled against heavy odds the last
two years, with no help whatever from
the Democrats. In fact, everything he
tried to do was blocked by Democratic
Congress, while it passed bills over
his veto, taking huge amounts from the
Treasury, already carrying tremendous
deficit.
What the Democrats are doing now
could have been done two years ago
if they had cared as much for the
country as they do for their party.
President Hoover never sacrificed the
country for his party and time will
show his greatness of spirit to those
who have not yet seen 1t. But millions
have recognized it, and such small act as
that of Secretary Ickes can not injure
that generous, fine, patriotic spirit. nor
will it eventually aid the Democrats.
MARVIN E. WILLIAMS
Evening star., 1933-05-19
Questions Statement as
To Army Officers Pay

To the Editor Of The Star.
In the May 13 issue of The Star. in
an editorial entitled "Wetting the Pow
der" you make the astounding state
ment that "the officers Of our uniformed
services formed the only class of our
citizens who were denied material ben
efit during our twelve years of pros
perity." suppose that material bene-
fit refers to salary or compensation. To
say that the officers in our military
services are more poorly paid than most
civilian employees of the United States
Government, school teachers and thou
sands, If not millions, of laborers in fac
tories and mines is evidently so at
variance with the facts that 1t should
not be permitted to go unchallenged.
Such statement would be true as re-
CARDS the enlisted personnel, but GER
tainly not as regards the officers As a
matter of fact, Army, Navy and Marine
officers as rule are much better paid
than the other classes mentioned, and
the statement that they form the only
class of our citizens who did not re-
ceive fair share of the material bene-
fits ot the twelve years of prosperity is
very surprising. j. C. ROBINSON.
Evening star., 1933-05-19

A toad, Buffo Americanrs, has added
itself to the variety of creatures which
inhabit the back yard.
Just where he came from Is matter
of interesting speculation, because he Is
the first in three years.
Could he, by any chance, be the tad
pole placed in the lily pool about three
weeks ago?
He was a black little fellow, who had
with a trio of frog taddies, he had
scavenged all Winter.
First appeared his hind legs, then his
forelegs, while his tail, never large,
began to be absorbed.
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At this point he was put into the
outdoor pool, from which he shortly
disappeared, after a day or two spent
mostly on the edge.
There his bright beady little eyes
looked around at a vast and growing
world new to him, but not to his multi
tudinous family.
The world was theirs from OF old.
The question was: Could this big
fellow in the grass be that little fellow!
If so, then toads have marvellous
powers of growth.
Circumstantial evidence was entirely
in favor of the two being the same.
Never a toad in three years, until a
miniature one had been put out three
weeks ago.
And now this big fellow, quite the
f1attest in existence.
Perhaps they grow that way, large
and fiat, not large and fat
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This warty creature was larger than
a large fist, and almost as fiat as the
proverbial pancake.
Very lethargic, he seemed to nave
but one method Of defense. which was
to hump up his rear into the air When-
ever disturbed.
He never hoped.
There could be no doubt of his ability
to get around however, for one morning
he would be in one part of the yard, the
next in another.
He had been discovered first in the
peat moss around the rhododendrons.
The next day he was out in the grass
looking quite like patch OF brown
earth
He has taken himself around so much
JIldI one Is dlIlUSG dlIdiQ W luiA eiAc
lawn mower, for fear of passing over
him by mistake.
No doubt the wet season has been
very much to his liking, providing
worms and insects to his taste.
Hoptoads, as they are popularity
called, are supposed to be good garden
inhabitants, feeding on variety OF
smaller creatures.
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Few animals have had more legend
built around them.
The old belief that they cause warts
upon those who touch them has not
much scientific backing, we believe, but
nevertheless it helps keep the animal
free from molestation.
Cats and dogs mostly fail to see toads,
a habit they have when it comes to
moving things they do not care to
molest
They seldom pay any attention to the
larger tortoises which live in home
gardens.
After a few preliminary shifts, they
are willing to permit these queer things
to continue their leisurely journeys
Evening star., 1933-05-19
Is Macerated Money to
Be Wholly Wasted =?
Tn the Editor of The Star.

To the Editor OF The star:
An article in The Star May Z, 1893
captioned "Macerated Currency by Tons
to Be Used" and subcaptioned Mill al
Bureau Of Engraving and Printing te
Make Waste Into Pulp for Paper" "The
bureau" it was said, "is now destroying
day between three and four tons oi
the redeemed currency, which, after
maceration is thrown away" Is it pos
sible that the pulp made from macerateo
redeemed currency-three and four tons
day-is now being thrown away?
BY whose order, direction, such a
waste of between $4,000 and $4,000
year?
For two or three years the writer oi
this letter was a member of the DE-
struction Committee" of the United
States currency at the Bureau of En-
craving and Printing three days of each
week, going from the Treasury Building
proper as the representative of the
register of the Treasury. In my day
the pulp from macerated currency was
pressed into sheets and sold to the
American Bank Note Paper Co. or other
makers of the highest graded bond
and similar paper. Is it possible such
a waste" could exist under the Coolidge
administration of the "WoodpeckeI
Club? Writing on both sides of Off
cial letter paper?" Or is this thought
up idea at the Bureau of Engraving and
Printing, suggested to the Efficiency
Committee, so as to impress the Secre-
tary for the Treasury, Mr.. Woodin? Is
1t a would-be keeping step by between
$4,000 and $50,000," to help to balance
the budget? How about the bureau
helping to unbalance the budget by
throwing away between $1,000 and
$5o,0G0 a year." according to its pres
ent admission?
This Bureau of Efficiency mill to
be constructed to turn pulp into high
grade bond paper" has for me an "ear-
mark" similar to the induction into the
bureau of some IA composite money
presses, at $4,000 or SO each, for use
in cutting, numbering and sealing the
now inartistic, not wanted, easily
counterfeited by photography or litho-
graphy present United States paper
currency eXtant.
How come after all these "sleep years
Of the Bureau of Efficiency that II
awakes to the necessity of spending
thousands Of dollars in the construction
OF mill to save between $4,000 and
$50,000 a year" by utilizing waste now
that for years heretofore was sold? Who
gave. this inspiration to the Bureau of
Ernc1ency? w. E. RYAN,
Evening star., 1933-05-19
Government Pay Cuts
And Wages in Industry

To the Editor Of The Star:
An article published in The Star
May Is, 1888, states that william F.
Green, president of the American Fed
Grafton of Labor, declared in an ad-
dress that organized labor would fight
with its back to the wall'' in the next
political campaign for restoration of the
Is per cent reduction in the wages of
Federal employees, as symbolic of its op-
position to pay cuts generally, and that
Mr.. Green termed the Federal cut
"senseless and stupid" because, he said,
1t curta1led purchasing power.
In an editorial in The Star of MAY 5.
commenting on the Presidents request
to the Chamber of Commerce that in
oustry increase wages in line with the
increase in the cost of living, the state
ment was made that as the cost of liv-
ing increased the Is per cent pay cut of
Government workers would be elimi-
mated and that finally the wages of
Government workers would be restored
to their former levels
It certainly must be known fact to
Mr.. Green that Congress in its humane"
treatment of Government employees
slashed appropriations of some depart
mentS and then in order to prevent
wholesale dismissals required the heads
of departments to keep within the ap-
propriations by applying administrative
furloughs, which, contrary to the defini-
tion of the word furlough in the die
tionary, in this case means administra-
tive pay cut without loss of time, so
that in the case of thousands of Gov
ernment employees the salaries have
been cut 40 per cent and more, the Is
per cent having been applied in addi-
tion to the administrative furlough
For the fiscal year beginning July I
these employees are faced with 90-day
'furlough," which Is a Is per cent cut
IN wages even If the Is per. cent q
eliminated as a result Of the increase tn
cost of living.
would not agree with Mr.. Green
that the Is per cent cut Is "senseless
and stupid" It was to be expected and
there Is q possibility Of its being re-
duced or eliminated as result Of the
increase in the cost of living, but the
40 or SO per cent cut resulting from the
double -barreled administrative cut IN
addition to the Is per cent cut-weI,
I must leave that to The Star for con-
ment, CALVIN r zWM
Evening star., 1933-05-19
Drafting a Soldier for the Job.

In choosing Gen. Hugh s. johnson as
chief administrator of the industrial
control plan embodied in the public
works recovery BILL Just beginning its
journey through Congress, the Presi-
dent has selected man who, from
active participation in framing the
measure, probably knows more about it
than any other available person and
whose background and knowledge Of in
dustrial control through governmental
experience in a position of great re-
sponsibility during the war. Gen. john
sons selection has become known even
before the plan which he will admin
ister has been approved by Congress,
and he has not formally accepted. But
under the circumstances his acceptance
might be regarded as a foregone con-
lusion.
The job to which Gen. Johnson has
been called is unique in the history OF
our Government because OF the degree
of extraordinary control over private
business that goes with it. The bill as
drawn gives the authorities who are
to administer 1t almost unlimited pow
ers over industry. He will act as. the
Presidents agent in approving agree
ments within industry for the purpose
of stabilizing production, regulating
working hours and setting minimum
wages. BY the power of license, he will
hold a whip hand over the non-con-
forrnists in the industrial world who
may still incline toward that rugged
individualism" that, up to the emer-
gency of the depression, was under
stood as a part of the American sys-
tenn. He must blaze his own path
through this new territory that Ameri-
can business is about to explore.
A friend quotes Gen. johnson as hav-
ing said, after his work with admins
tration officials in drafting the bill,
that the success of the undertaking
would depend upon public opinion.
Evening star., 1933-05-19
a Cheer for the Schoolboy Patrols.

Junior guardians of the safety of
children on their way to and from
school, the boy patrols of Washington
abundantly merit word of praise and
congratulation. They DO their work SO
well that it is not too much to say that
they have made themselves indispens-
able. 1t is an experience worth having
and worth remembering to see them on
duty at busy intersections, shepherding
their small charges over dangerous
crossings and now and again assisting
an aged man or woman in the same
way.
The boys take their responsibilities
seriously. 1t is an authentic honor to
be designated to such an assignment.
The white Sam Brown belt which
they wear is their badge of authority
and it never is granted to an individual
unworthy Of it-a good record is an i'm
perative qualification. Only lads known
to be reliable are chosen. Those nomi-
mated are trained by the policemen de-
tailed to the school neighborhoods.
Ehey are taught in this manner the
routine which it is necessary for them
TO know. Those who distinguish them
selves are rewarded by the American
Automobile Association. The whole ar
rangement is governed by Selden M
Ely, representing the school authorities,
and Mai. Ernest w. Brown, represent
ing the police organization.
The patrols do not attempt to inter-
fere with motor traffic. Their func-
tion is to direct pedestrian children
I'd to dictate to autornonilist. In