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Evening star., 1933-07-05
To Keep Things Going.

President Roosevelt back on his ar
duous job at the White House, is de-
termined that the London Conference
shall not die a premature and ingloriouS
death If he can prevent it. 1mme-
diately on his return to Washington last
night, and after studying the latest re-
ports from London, the President dis
patched an urgent cable to Secretary
Hull directing the American delegation
to do everything in its power to save
the tottering conference from collapse.
This action ensued upon advices from
London narrating that the parley is in
extremis and that the gold boo powers,
disappointed and embittered by Presi-
dent Roosevelt's blunt rejection of cur
rency stabilization plans, was headed
for almost immediate adjournment
The text of the new instructions sent
to Secretary Hull, with view to avert
ing such action. will not become public
until it is disclosed in London. There
are uncomfortable reports that it will
project new American program OF
positive action" which will point the
fields of endeavor that remain and
effectively combat the gold bloc charge
that the Presidents refusal to peg the
dollar in terms of pounds and francs
has torpedoed all hope of international
economic cooperation.
The world will wait with bated breath
to see what actually lies behind this
suggestion. Mr.. Roosevelt, at the time
he was entertaining Messrs. Macdonald,
Herriot and other European statesmen
in Washington six or seven weeks ago.
seldom failed to stress the paramount
Importance of united effort in the field
of monetary stability. If, as his mes
sage to London on July indicates, he
now regards this minor issue-at least
from the standpoint of Americas i'm
mediate needs-Europe will be within
her rights in expecting fresh Roosevelt
proposals to take its place. 1t seems
altogether unlikely that these will as
sumo the form of tariff reductions. for
the President conspicuously failed to
ask Congress for the necessary powers
to that end.
Two fields of proposal. under the cir
cumstances now arisen. appear the like
Iest-D wholesale abolition of trade
quotas, embargoes and other arbitrary
restrictions, apart from tariffs, along
lines which Secretary Hull has already
laid down at London, and % genuine
world cooperation in raising commod-
ity prices. On the urgency OF the latter
procedure Mr. Roosevelt's views are well
known. 1t is the kernel of his own
vast program for effectuating American
domestic recovery. 1t may well be that
he will now preach that gospel at Lon
don and urge the despairing and dis
tracted conference to seek economic
salvation for the whole world in the
same direction the United States is
looking for it.
Evening star., 1933-07-05
Lakes-tO-Culf Waterway
Welcomed as Turning Point

costs. develop like a giant freed Of
shackles."
The opening of the waterway ID
hailed by the Chicago Tribune as of
economic Importance to the country"
Holding that there is renewed need
of the waterways to supplement rail
and air service" the Dayton Daily
News believes that the Chicago canal
is a major step in the renascence."
The Oakland Tribune quotes opinions
that some millions of people will be
in particular, may realize great gains"
Expressing doubt as to the results. the
Columbia IS. c. State, nevertheless,
points to the value of waterways to
other continents.
Many advocates of inland waterways,
and of the Lake5-to-Gulf route in par
ticular," states the New Orleans Times
Picayune, find in the pending st.
Lawrence seaway treaty with Canada a
menace to this new North-and-Sout
artery of commerce. That menace con-
sists in the treaty's rigid and arbitrary
restriction of the volume of lake water
Bhich may be diverted to maintain
navigable depths in the Lakes-to-Gulf
channel. With the treaty ratified in
its present form, the volume of diversion
could not be enlarged save by consent
of an international commission. De-
nial of that permission might have the
effect, in circumstances and under con-
ditions easily conceivable, of preventing
navigation on the Lakes-to-Gulf route
of closing this new artery of commerce.
Champions of the treaty refuse thus
far to permit the incorporation of neces-
sary safeguards insuring diversion of
sufficient water to maintain the chan
mel navigable. President Roosevelt
favors the st. Lawrence seaway project.
But if, as Secretary Dern's message in
dicates, he realizes the Importance of
the Lakes-to-Gulf Waterway and be-
lieves in its permanent maintenance as
a national facility, then there is eX-
cellent reason to hope that he will
realize the need of treaty safeguards to
protect the North-South water route,
and see to it that they are adopted be-
fore the treaty is ratified"
With reference to the Supreme Court
decision that the use of lake water in
the canal must be limited, the Buffalo
Evening News quotes Army engineers
to the effect that ''the bargeway can b
operated efficiently on smaller volume
than the court has sanctioned" Ine
Hartford Times concludes: THE Su-
preme Courts decision as to the 1900
secOnd-feet diversion from the lake to
the Chicago River and hence the water
way now in question, was rendered pri-
marily with reference to the sewage
problem in that river, and before the
building of the waterway to Utica was
authorized by Congress. Future de-
eisions may improve the case"
Evening star., 1933-07-05
Fireworks.

Into the experience of each individual
thrill, the strange compressive excite
ment of witnessing for the first time
display of fireworks. The occasion
never is forgotten. It fingers in the
memory. The flash of colored fire
against the darkness of the night seems
photographed upon the fiber of the
brain, indelibly etched upon the mind.
The impression may be overlaid with
later recollections of equally fascinating
incidents, but little effort is required
to bring it again to the surface Ask
the average man or woman, do you
recall the first pyrotechnic exhibition
you ever saw?" The answer invariably
will be quick and enthusiastic
1t happens that fireworks as an art
form are very old. All through recorded
history they are mentioned. Apparently,
they were in more or less common use
long before written annals ever were
composed. Alan st. Hill Brock, author
of The History and Art of Firework
Making" says:
The history of pyrotechny may be
said to have begun when the prehistoric
firemaker first mixed saltpetre from his
cooking with charcoal from his fire, to
use as tinder. In subsequent ages other
ingredients were added as pyrotechnic
mixtures developed. and eventually
when the principle of the gun was
evolved by Berthold Schwartz in the
thirteenth century. the pyrotechnic
mixture most suitable for his needs was
named gunpoWder.
There is a hint in this paragraph of
the progress of fireworks from acci-
dental to purposeful employment, from
peace to war. Apparently. there was a
period when sudden flashes of flame
across the heavens signified only one
thing-armed strife, the murderous con-
test of war. But by the seventeenth
century and perhaps even earlier in the
Orient pyrotechnic exhibitions came
into vogue as symbols Of victory and
peace. 1t was a V.stom to celebrate a
memorable event by staging such a
show. The names of especially talented
pyrotechnic artists are recorded. There
was Clarmer at Nuremberg and the
brothers Ruggieri In Italy. The latter
Evening star., 1933-07-05
Twice in the Same Spot.

Now for a fulfillment of the base
ball tradition that the team that leads
on the Fourth Of July wins the pennant!
1t has been often verified. 1t was true
in 1924, when for the first time in the
history of the game the Washington
team led on independence day and
later took the flag in the American
League race and shortly afterward won
the world championship. 1t was de-
cidedly not true ten years before, when
the National League team that was
last on the Fourth of July made a
squirt that carried it steadily upward to
final victory.
Yesterday put the Nationals out in
front by two and half games. Few OF
the home supporters of the game be-
lieved such success to be possible. OF
course, everybody hoped for it, but an
even break on the day, that would
have left the home team in the lead by
half a game which might later be
wiped out in single afternoon, was
the utmost that was honestly expected
To win the first game the Nationals had
to come from behind, against ap-
parently forbidding odds. They did it
and won out in an extra inning. That
vas that. Then they turned around
and took the second game without being
at any time behind in the score. That
was something more.
The second largest crowd in the his
tory Of the game IN New York wit
messed the contests, 77,365 persons
packing the stands. OF these 75,671
Evening star., 1933-07-05
Urges Only One School
Position to a Family
To the Editor of The Star:

10 tNe bCltor OF Inc star:
Recently the Wilson Normal College
graduated with bachelor degrees over
so young men and women Public
funds of the District of Columbia paid
for their expensive training But there
are no positions for them here even if
they are fortunate enough to pass the
competitive examinations which the
schools require of them These young
graduates are educated at the expense
OF the District of Columbia. but receive
no consideration over outsiders for
appointment in the District schools
But after their four years of prepara-
ton, If they succeed in passing the
competitive examination and getting
on the eligible list, there is still no
hope for appointment Why?
Many Of the $500 teaching positions
are held by married women whose hus-
bands are also on the public school
pay roll. some of them with the salaries
Of ondcials. Several supervising prin-
cipals with salaries of over $4,000 have
wives teaching. each of whom makes
over $4,000. Another supervising prin-
cipal is a married woman with huS-
band employed. There are several
principals of junior high schools with
salaries over $4,000 who are married
one of whom has husband teaching
in public high school In some cases.
as at Western High School, husband
and wife are teaching in the same
building, each receiving over S2.500
In this case the wife is daughter of
a Representative of Congress.
There are also many cases of sew
eral sisters living together in one home,
all employed by the schools, each re-
ceiving a salary over $4,000.
If these injustices were erected
there would be available po7stors for
the Wilson Normal College graduates.
the white training school for teachers.
Similar conditions prevail in the col
ored schools.
Either abolish the normal colleges,
or make room for the new teachers who
are trained therein at public expense.
These training schools are very ex-
penSive part of the school system. 1t
is costly for the District to pay for four
years of specialized training for these
young graduates. 1t is also very eX-
pensive for their parents to support
them at home for four long years after
graduation from high school. And,
after their long training. it is very dis
couraging to the young graduates
possibility Of appointment in their
home city.
One school position to family. and
there will then be room for the newly
trained teachers Of the District of Co.
lumbia training colleges. Otherwise
abolish these expensive training schools
and thereby save the District of Co.
lumbia that considerable sum. There is
no more argument for training teachers
who are not needed than for training
lawyers. doctors or engineers at the ex-
pense of the District of Columbia.
MAURICE E. WHITE.
Evening star., 1933-07-05

While President Roosevelt was rough
ing it up the New England Coast on
the AmberJack II, Vice President and
Mrs. Garner were rolling home to Texas
in the palatial private car of President
M. H. Cahill of the Missouri-Kansas-
Texas Railroad. No such swank was
contemplated by the modest couple
when they quietly slipped out of Wash
ington after the adjournment of Con-
gress. and it was not until they reached
st. Louis that they learned of their
good fortune. The Garners occupied
the private car from St. Louis to their
home in Uvalde, where the Vice Presi-
dent is happy-camping and fishing.
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Probably the most Gauntless applicant
among the hundreds who have vainly
sought loans from the r. F. C. for self
hquldating building projects and who
will try its luck all over again with
the new public works administration is
the firm of Hope & Gall of Cleveland
George r. Gall, a personable young
member of this well-matched firm. has
been here in Washington off and on
for months trying to take home loan
for what he terms a low-cost housing
project in a Cleveland suburb. Although
introduced to R. F. c. officials by James
r. Garfield, Mr.. Gall got nowhere. He
still has hope. and, of course, himself
(the same GalD. and the combination
trusts to better luck with Col Donald
H. Sawyer and his reputedly more lib
eral advisers in the public works set-up.
Washington is getting a chuckle out
OF comparison of the Hoover and
Roosevelt administrations recently
made by prominent resident of Colo
rado. THE difference between the
two" he says, ''is simply this: Mr.
Hoover said prosperity is around the
corner, while Mr.. Roosevelt has con-
vinced the people that it is not there
and has them SO busy looking for it
elsewhere that they have not had time
to worry"
Accepting the immortal challenge
OF Mark Twain, the Roosevelt admins
tration is going to do something about
the weather. For years the political
powers have been confronted with the
humorist's quip that everybody COM
plains about the weather and nobody
does anything about it. Well, action is
no longer mere campaign pledge.
Twenty-three United States Weather
Bureaus are to feel the blows of the
economy ak. And assurance is forth
coming that the curtailment of the
number Of prophets will not have the
slightest effect on the weather.
William Tyler Page. Republican mi
nority clerk of the House Of Represent
atives. recalling that 1888 marks the
fiftieth anniversary of civil service, is
reminded of what Government en-
ployes had to do before civil service
days to hold their jobs At that time
the veteran House official was a page
boy in the lower branch of Congress.
One day he received a letter from Jay
Hubbell, a member of the House and
secretary Of the Republican National
Committee, suggesting that campaign
contribution from the $60-a-month
page would be acceptable. The young
ster ignored the communication, but
later received q follow-up message of
more or less threatening tone. Page
sought the counsel of the clerk of the
House, who had given him his appoint
ment, and the incident blew over with
out any fat-frying.
tCopyright, 1881
Evening star., 1933-07-05

Despite the great interest in small
tropical fishes for home aquariums, q
great many people still retain fond
ness for goldfishes.
Some apologize for this leaning, as
if goldfishes as pets were something to
be slightly ashamed of, in the face of
the more exotic animals.
Others, however, boldly proclaim the
standard goldfish, in its various forms,
their favorite by all odds. Tanks at
dealers perpetually are being filled with
little fellows about an inch long. Many
of them are raised in nearby Maryland.
No matter how mahy "tropicals" are
sold, the number of goldflsheS absorbed
by American homes seems to retain the
lead.
Most persons begin with goldfishes,
when many of the tropicals are easier
to keep and raise.
The goldfish, we are beginning to
think, is the last, rather than the first,
creature which the homeoWner VINO
aspires to this type OF pet should
undertake.
A gentleman was in to see us the
other day, and he put it this way:
Now that I have been playing around
with hundred or so tropicals for the
past year, I am going to take on some
goldfishes"
Questioning him, we learned that he
had begun with the latter, as most
persons do, only to run into trouble.
X X x
His fish eternally gasped for air,
the water was not as clear as he
thought it should be. and he imagined
fc st. <lic IN, hi ch
He had read too many books, you
see. and was looking for trouble. He
realizes now that his poor goldfishes
were almost perfect, but he thought they
were sick
All they needed was more oxygen,
more air surface in their tank, and
less food.
To get the first of these three items.
the gentleman should have made the
second available to his charges
There were two ways he might have
done this. He could have bought a
larger aquarium, especially as to length.
and width from back to front, or he
could have diminished the number Of
his fishes.
Of the millions of goldfishes sold in
this country every year thousands upon
thousands Of them go to slow death
at the hands of those who are attempt
ing to take care of them.
Why is this? Mostly it is ignorance,
based upon the assumption that because
goldfishes are pets" they must be so
easy to keep that no intelligence is
required
The brains needed for this care is
simply of an order which recognizes
that nature has set up certain require
ments for fishes. They differ with va
rieties.
The goldfish, after all, is not pet
but fish.
If one would keep that fact in mind.
it would help a lot to keep them
healthy and happy.
On the easy assumption that no
brains are required to keep goldfshes,
so many mistakes are made that many
of them die in few days. Thousands
of them last only few weeks.
On the other hand, some persons buy
a few goldfishes, and manage to keep
them for years, because they stumble
onto good stock. to begin with, and
also on few simple rules of nature
The chief Of these. with goldfshes
is enough water for each fish The
general rule, almost always violated. is
Evening star., 1933-07-05
Government Clerk
Has Been DebunketI

To the Editor Of The Star
Will you please permit brief, sin
cere expression of opinion on the Gov
eminent clerk? ,
The banks trimmed him; the Com
munity Chest took a nice slice Of his
money and the citizen associations and
Federal employe unions collected dues
from him regularly.
The question now arises: What have
these organizations done for him in
return? The plain, obvious answer
is: Nothing!
The Federal employe is the forgot
ten man. He Is the gullible fool who
helped everybody. and today is living
on the dull, dead-level line of mere
existence. believe he has been thor
oughly debunked. Thank God!
.------------ PHILIP EBERT.
Evening star., 1933-07-05
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Independence Day.

Independence Day.
When those f1eeting flaming glories
Were displayed across the sky
In remembrance of the stories
OF brave men in days gone by,
Then we thought of deeds of daring
And of clear and steadfast minds
That had set the country faring
Safe through the tempestuous winds
Then We pondered on the toiling
And the watches of the night;
OF the suffering and despoiling
Braved in reverence of the right.
And each memory We cherish
Shall not fade away and die,
Shall not be allowed to perish
Like a rocket in the sky.
Evening star., 1933-07-05

As reforestation work progresses,
there is hope of a new and harmless
happiness for posterity as well as
better business for paper napkin
manufacturers when the picnic is
restored to its rightful status as
recreational incident of American life
Evening star., 1933-07-05

European negotiations are progress
ing, although they did not culminate
at the moment to give dramatic touch
to the Fourth Of July celebration.
However, the base ball scores afforded
gratifying inspiration for additional
patriotic enthusiasm here.
Evening star., 1933-07-05

Patronage perpleXities after an over
whelming political victory usually recall
the fact that while there is always glory
enough to go round there are never
jobs enough
Evening star., 1933-07-05

Hitler is no child, but Hindenburg
is SO advanced in years that he prob
ably regards the impetuous chancellor
IS another OF those examples of flaming
yCuth.
Evening star., 1933-07-05

The portrait of victorious pugilist
brings a sense of cheer to people who
permit themselves certain prejudices
None of them ever looks in the least
the popular idea of gigolo.
Evening star., 1933-07-05

1t cannot be assumed that Hitler
has added to his prospect of perma-
nent strength by losing sight Of broad
issues in order to crafty a personal
racial prejudice.
Evening star., 1933-07-05

Possibility of runaway price mar
ket is resented by Recovery Admins
traitor johnson. A landslide in an cleo
ton is perhaps regarded as enough
without encouraging upheavals.
Evening star., 1933-07-05

It can scarcely be doubted that there
is as much money in the world as
there used to be. The reason for a
faulty circulation may be a sluggish
heart action among debtor nations.
Evening star., 1933-07-05

It is a long time since the original
Independence day. Some of the history
now being made may be as interesting
as that prefaced by Jefferson's immor-
tai document
Evening star., 1933-07-05

Motion pictures have their romances,
but the real ones continue to seem a
little amateurish compared with those
of the scenario writer's.
Evening star., 1933-07-05

There are different kinds of vacation
The busy-minded President Roosevelt
returns from what is called a vacation
but it is far from being a loaf.
Evening star., 1933-07-05
Resuscitation.

From the Boston Evening Transcript.
New material for the humorists is to
be found in the case Of the New Jersey
man who, having been declared legally
dead, turned up with the explanation
that be had been In Brooklyn,
Evening star., 1933-07-05

Paris has set the fashions in various
ways for long time, but cannot go
SO far as to tell the world precisely
how its money shall be trimmed.
Evening star., 1933-07-05
Rush Times.

From the Yakima Daily Republic.
A member Of the unemployed organ
ization of Pocatello, Idaho, was pre-
sented by his wife with triplets. That
shows that even when unemployment
prevails there will be overproduction
along some lines.
Evening star., 1933-07-05
Envy.

"Are you still reformer?"
II am" answered Senator Sorghum.
"You can always find something that
causes discomfort"
Cant you imagine state Of society
with everybody rich and happy"
"Oh, yes; but even then some would
be richer and happier than Others"
Evening star., 1933-07-05

The World Economic Conference has
shown some appreciation Of the fact
that time has its value and cannot be
indefinitely wasted.
Evening star., 1933-07-05

1t is possible for statesmen to trans
nit instructions Immediately by radio.
However, radio tells all to the wide
world and permits no private rehearsals.
Evening star., 1933-07-05

Jud Tunkins says oratory Is grand.
but the big patriot who is thinking hard
doesn't interrupt himself even with the
sound of his own voice.
Evening star., 1933-07-05
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Evening star., 1933-07-05
RarterinQ,

We really do not care to "swop,"
But when deal is made
Nobody likes to call cop
Perhaps its best to trade.
Evening star., 1933-07-05
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No Questions Asked.

No Questions Asked.
We are not so fastidious
As in the days gone by.
A counterfeit perfidious
No more will shock the eye.
No social difference VIC make,
Though caution we enjoin,
An old lead nickel we will take
Along with real coin.
IT knows a gemman," said Uncle Eben,
"dat 'magines he's writin' real poetry In
= love letter when he's only pilin' up
evidenco."
Evening star., 1933-07-05
Letting Well Enough Alone.

"Do you enjoy jig-saw puzzles?"
mo" answered Miss Cayenne Most
of the pictures are so bad they should be
left in pieces instead of being restored"
History shows many sad examples" !"
said Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown, "of
men who seek to guide the destinies of
multitudes yet who cannot compel peace
in their own affairs.
Evening star., 1933-07-05
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