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Evening star., 1933-12-15
Aid Is Required for the
Physically Incapacitated
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor of The Star:
The District of Columbia is faced
with grave situation, arising, perhaps
out of inability to perceive an existing
need-that of providing more Federal
aid to projects intended to help out the
more fortunate physically incapaci-
tated. At present the problem is being
faced by the District Rehabilitation
DlVlS!on, whose appropriations are far
IeSS than Its Importance as a permanent
Tenef agency. Hundreds of cases are
reIerred to 1t by other Government
agencies, and hundreds of cases are
turned down due to inadeouate ammo
prlat1onS to care for them.
The indispensable importance Of Re-
habll1tation Division and other agencies
IKE 1t throughout the States is rarely
realzed by the average person. In fact,
the average person doesn't know that
sucn DIVISION is maintained by the
government to rehabilitate reople in
order to make them of service 10 h1I-
manlty by stressing the education of
tneir minds to compensate them for
thelr physically weak bodies. MANY
organizations are supported through
private and public expenditures to heln
ous pnyslcaliy strong people in meeting
everyday problems. But here are the
less fortunate brothers, who through no
Iauit of their own have physically
weak bodies but above average mental
NY, who are not given such opportuni-
tles. Many are being turned down by
employment relief agencies, and where
should they go and what should thew
ooI Many have still spark Of human
ngnt IN them, and were they given the
opportunity no doubt would aid them
serves and others. Their cases cannot
be handled by the ordinary person, but
trained men. Emergency relief is being
given to educational projects. proper
oInclais snould not overlook educational
projects for this forgotten group"
In keeping up with the Federal prin-
ciple of extending relief proper officiais
should solve this problem. either by
these agencies extending adequate
money relief to existing organizations or
they should set up distinct office with
trained men to handle the problem.
DAVID AMATO.
Evening star., 1933-12-15
Liquor Taxation
And Regulation

To the Editor OF The Star:
The undersigned is fully persuaded
that the greatest evils CT prohibition
under the eighteenth amendment and
the Volstead law were bootlegging,
crime that was a concomitant of it,
and the enrichment beyond the dreams
of avIrice Of criminal class that en-
abled them to so organize themselves
under the leadership of uper-crirninals
that they were able to defy the
Government itself.
1t is an undoubted fact that it was
this condition more than anything else
that induced the people to vote for re-
peal, with the expectation that it would
end the regime of the bootlegger and
his criminal activities
1t Is now proposed to hedge the sale
OF liquor with all kinds of restrictive
regulations, and to impose upon liquor
a tax that will put it beyond the reach
OF any but the rich, and defeat the
purpose OF raising revenue therefrom.
Can any one of infantile intelligence
doubt for a moment that such action
will also defeat the primary objects of
repeal and continue the bootlegger in
business?
II the law and regulations are to
make Tor temperance, displace the
bootlegger and end his career of crime.
the tax must be such as to make lio-
uor available to all, and the laws and
regulations so drawn as to make the
sale and distribution of liquor respect
able
1t is to be hoped that in the interest
OF temperance, of law and order, the
social welfare. and of the national
revenues that reasonableness and
sanity will prevail in the laws and
regulations to be enacted and promul-
gated for control of the liquor traffic,
for if not our last estate will be far
worse than cur first.
ALEXANDER SIDNEY LANIER.
Evening star., 1933-12-15

but surely the vast bulk of giving place.
the accent on suitability.
| This Is as 1t should be. Not every
good intent hits its mark. Try as one
may to select a gift for some friend
we cannot always understand every
side OF another human being, and il
we do not, we run just that much
chance OF missing out in our best in.
tentions to please him.
| 4 j: x X
Here is Sam Justly, who wonders
what to get for Bill Bustley, his. ole
friend and college chum.
Wnen he sees nice meerschaum
pipe IN a store window, he thinks that
1t Is Just the thing for old Bill.
BIl likes to smoke a pipe, or pre-
tends he does, at any rate
There probably are not q hundred
men in the United States who really
ike to smoke a pipe, but there are sew
eral million who think they do, and
several million more who make out they
| do.
IL Is impossible, therefore, for any one
70 know a real pipe smoker from the
taxes, because these frauds far out
NUMBER the genuine articles, and are
sworn never to let the secret out.
Ihey puff away as fast as any, in
deed they puff harder and faster, max
ing vast clouds of smoke until an inno-
cent observer would be justified in re-
fardlng them as very much the real
| thing.
Now Sam has no idea that Bill is a
fraud, when 1t comes to smoking a pipe
He has seen him smoke some of the
largest pipes, and knows him as some
thing OF connoisseur of tobaccos.
Bill Bustley beasted of owning a
blend which cost $40 a pound. That
was in the days now labeled Prosperity
OF course. And even then he didn't
have an entire pound to himself. He
had fourth of a pound. When he
came into the big room with the bows,
one and all they shifted the air. and
asked. Where did you get the hay?"
Bill loftily disregarded them. They
were not accustomed to $40 tobaccos.
Neither was he, but it was a wild era.
Sam Justly had every right to think
that his friend Bill was a real pipe
smoker. So that Christmas, when he
was thinking what to ga, him, he felt
that he had solved the pi oblem neatly
by selecting a nice meerschaum.
Every man has heard of a meer-
| schaum and most smokers would like
10 nave one. sam wanted one himself
but somehow never had got round to
1t. He gazed fondly at the white bowl,
immaculate in its plush case.
= * X
Suddenly he snapped the thing shut,
and put on his hat.
He got it for Bill, and he would pre-
sent it to Bill.
Old Bill would have the time of his
pipe-smoking life in coloring that fine
pipe.
Bill received the gift with many
thanks. He assured the donor that ne
would color" 1t in no time at all He
always had wanted good meerschaum,
the real thing. No briars for him.
Mustn't let 1t drop" warned Sam,
the light of Christmas cheer in his
eyes.
mo danger" Bill replied
He smoked it ence. he smoked it
twice, but the new pipe was so all-f fired
pretty that he was afraid to take it
out of its case again.
And if you were to rummage through
Bills pipe collections you would come
across that meerschaum, with its two
thin layers of coloring.
Bill would take it up, and say. proud
ly, "Old Sam gave me that Isn't it
beauty" But he is just plain afraid
Of It.
Evening star., 1933-12-15
Errors About Clay and
Randolph Corrected
To the Editor of The Star:


The errors in Janet H. Lynn's
Around and About Washington" in
The Star of December II make her
articles quite farcical. She informs
us that Henry Clay was Senator from
Virginia in 1906, Speaker of the House
in 1911, and Secretary of State dur
ing John Adams administration"
Except for the picture of Chain
Bridge. would not have seen the ar
ticle, but as il was placed by the side
of the widely-read Bedtime Stories, it
might be well to inform the younger
generation that Henry Clay was the
pride of Kentucky from 1897 to 1852,
and that his memory is revered by
them to this day as one of their great
est citizens; that he was Speaker Of
the House five times and United States
Senator four times; that he was only
20 years old at the beginning of John
Adams administration, but was Secre-
tary Of State under President John
Quincy Adams, when he fought the
duel with John Randolph at Chain
Bridge because the latter had referred
to his appointment as "a combination
of the Puritan with the blackleg."
Incidentally, you might also inform
our young people that Randolph did
no. really come to Congress at 6 years
CT cge, as stated, but when he vas rs.
E-,J. c. c. Ef.IFTEee,.
Evening star., 1933-12-15
National Grading Needed
In Regulation of Diaries

To the Editor Ct The Star:
The incipient opposition to the Tug
well revision Of the pure food and drugs
act has peculiar interest to the pro-
verbally recalcitrant dairyman, for the
permit system Of dairy sanitation con-
troll by health officials has furnished
the pattern for the autocratic scheme
Of administration proposed in this bill.
The idea Of revokable licenses as an
enforcement device has been censured
recently by a committee Of the Amer
lean Bar Association on the ground
that 1t is an executive encroachment
upon the judicial function in govern
ment. Licensees become concessionaires
and all the political evils Of the old
(and new) licensed saloon follow In the
trail Of tyranny which the plan in
wolves. In dairy control 1t represents
doctrine of infallibility in the medical
profession that egotistically ignores all
the basic needs of business and govern
ment that are involved.
But the most astonishing aspect OF
this situation is that the autocracy Of
this 3-in-l government that originated
nearly 40 years ago in the same New
York City that gave Gov. Roosevelt the
scandal Of the Cluogher milk racket to
deal with, has become the pattern for
the licensing schemes Of the A. A. A.
and the N. r. A. that are the harbingers
OF our imminent industrial millennium.
This was made evident in the testimony
of the advocates of the domestic allot-
ment plan before the House Committee
last December; for the allotment Of
fluid milk production in our milk
sheds" where the market is restricted
TO licensed diaries, was said to be the
basis of the plan for reconstructing
American agriculture by curbing pro-
ouction and allotting the domestic
market.
The idea seems to have been ex-
panded to cover all industry, not only
through price-f1xing licenses, but also
now through quality fixing licenses. The
chaotic condition of the milk market,
however, should give pause to those who
seek to initiate its methods.
1t Is to be hoped, however, that in
thus cr1ticising we may not destroy the
possibility OF such a highly desirable
governmental service as national COM
mercial grades can establish for honest
business and its patrons. Licensing is,
OF course, necessary for purposes of
identification where the inspection sys-
tenn is to be established. But such IL
censes should be irrevokable and the
present enforcement methods of the pure
food and drugs act retained. It would be
a boon to the consumer and to the dairy
business as a whole. if not to every in
divioual dairyman, If such a national
grading could be substituted for the
present restricted milk shed" monopo-
lies that are leading us into the same
old sumptuary attempts to maintain
their markets. These rackets get to
thinking they own the consumer body
and soul and continually overload such
OF the market as survives with a usable
but unused surplus"
ALDEN A. POTTER.
Evening star., 1933-12-15
A Broadside Against Lobbyists.

With the Federal Government anxi-
GUS to dispose of more than three bill
lion dollars from one agency alone in
less than year. it is natural that New
Deal washington has become the mecca
of certain influential" gentlemen who,
after little prospecting have con-
cluded that "thars gold in them thar
hills" Secretary Ickes has chosen an
Immediately effective way of getting rid
Of those who have done their digging
around the Public Works Administra-
tion. To label man with the stigma
of being persona non grata is one
thing. But to ridicule mans claim
Of possessing influence" and immedi-
ately to investigate his basis for claim
ing influence is a warning in itself to
lobbyists and pretty good sign that
some of them, at least, will set out for
the tall timbers in short order.
Secretary Ickes probably is more thin
skinned over lobbying than anybody else
in Washington. He is happily the posses
scr of form of convincing honesty that
is refreshing But he is in addition the
Presidents agent, delegated to perform
the hazardous task of giving away and
lending more than three billion dollars.
On the one side he has been beset with
demands for speed in disposing of that
money. On the other his own good
sense has told him that mistake in
Judgment in the allotment of funds will
furnish the critics with juicy morsels
upon which to chew during The next
campaign. There is little wonder that
Mr.. Ickes begins to see red when this
already delicate situation is complicated
by the appearance of lobbyists who
claim their ability to get something
from him for nothing by the discreet
use of influence"
One of the criticisms of the new deal
has been that it places such tremendous
power II the hands Of individuals, Un-
ICES they bend over backward in az
Evening star., 1933-12-15
Carnsgie Institution Exhibition.

Proof that progress in cfience con-
tinues despite the handicap5 of the de-
preston will be offered tomorrow, Sun
day and Monday, when the annual exhi-
bition representing results of research
activities of the Carnegie Institution OF
Washington will be held at the admin
istrat;on building, Sixteenth and P
streets. The public will have an op-
portunity to see the fruits of the labors
of a devoted staff of scholars and in
vestigators operating in a dozen differ
ent fields and to hear lectures by au-
thorities competent to judge of the
victories thus far achieved in each de-
partment.
The Carnegie Institution is not a
noisy organization. Established ito en-
courage IN the broadest and most lib
Evening star., 1933-12-15
Default Day.

As far as foreign debt payments are
concerned, this is another black Fri
day for the United States Treasury. OF
Sl53O24,327 in installmelts due this
fifteenth of December, the prospect is
that a mere S0,729,623 will be paid, or
a fraction less than six per cent. The
British are making another token"
payment of S7,5OO,O0O against total
due of S117,670,765. The Italians are
rendering a token Of Sl,000,000 On
account of an installment Of S2,l33, ,905.
To Finland alone falls the honor of
squaring accounts in full. The sturdy
little republic of Northern Europe is
obligated to settle for 1929 ,623 in Wash
ington this day and she has arranged
to do so. The Firms thus maintain a
clean slate with Uncle Sans eXchequer.
Latyia and Lithuania, which also owe
us relatively small sums may follow the
Finnish example and meet mid-Dccem-
ber inStallmentS.
France continues TO be the important
war debtor whose defaults give promise
of becoming chronic. The French, due
to turn over s22,2e0,926 today, an
nounced that they would Ggain pay
nothing, extending the arrears into
which they went year ago and a
second time in June, 1888. Following
the French example, as they have be-
fore, Poland, due to pay S5,427, ,979, and
Belgium, owing s2,859, ,453, are expected
to let the sun set this afternoon with
out meeting those obligations. Co.
defaulters in smaller sums, it is expec-
ted, will be Estonia, owing S436, ,982, and
Hungary, owing s45,270. Austria,
pledged to a postwar debt payment of
$469.093 on January !, has taken adj
vantage of its pact with the United
States to postpone that stipend until
January /, 1914.
No one in authority a. Washington
has so far had the VII to suggest what
can be done to bring our European
debtors to terms. The consensus seems
to be that there is nothing we can do
except grin and pear the situation that
has arisen. Recent Anglo American
debt-revtsion negotiations, despite the
best Of viii on both sides, proved abor-
tive. The British and Italians, anxious
to preserve for themselves at least
semblance Of unimpaired national
credit. agreed to make token" pay
mentS at Washington-for how long
nobody knows. Many thought the June
token" by Great Britain would be the
last of its sort.
Unpaid debts can be the same kind
of breeder of bad feeling between ma
tions that they often are between men.
Realization of that far in Europe may
some day stir her craftsmanship into a
species of resourcefulncss and good will
hitherto conspicuous by its absence.
No debtor country. for example, has
thus far come along and suggested
trade concessions to us in compensation
for defaults Most Americans still be-
heve, in the matter Of the debts, that
where there is a Will there is a way,
although perhaps the way cannot be
found until times are better all over
th> world.
Meantime Uncle Sam will continue
to be the patient creditor he has been
all along, and keep on hoping for the
best.
Evening star., 1933-12-15
Protests Construction of
Armory for ID. C.. Guard
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor Of The Star:
Among the proposals placed before
the P. w. A. IS that providing Ior the
construction OF en- arnory ana stadium
for the District Of Columbia National
Guard.
1t would seem that the erection of
an armory in the District at this time
is luxury which could be i'll afforded
on the Governments borrowed funds,
especially in view of the many neces-
sary projects which have been put for
ward. The list of such constructive
and necessary works is too long to be
rehearsed, but surely the completion
OF the long delayed Municipal Center,
the construction Of several branch IL
braries and new schools, waterfront
improvement, etc, would be wiser in
vestment of public funds and would
constitute projects of value to greater
number of citizens than an armory,
which would serve very small group.
ROBERT L. PARSONS.
Evening star., 1933-12-15
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

This newspaper puts at your disposal
q corps Of trained researchers In WASH
ington who will answer questions for
you. They have access to the Govern
ment departments, the libraries, mu-
seums, galleries and public buildings,
and to the numerous associations which
maintain headquarters in the Nations
Capital. II they can be Of assistance to
you, write your question plainly and
send with s cents In coin or stamps. Do
not use post cards. Address The Evening
Star Information Bureau, Frederic J.
Haskin, Director, Washington, D. c.
@. Does the President Of the United
States pay an income tax on his sal
ary?-H. s.
A. A law passed in June, 1882, pro-
vided that the salary Of q President tax
ing Office after the law was in force
would be subject to income tax.
@. What tree would furnish the most
lumber If it were cut down?-B. F.
A. The largest tree of record is q
redwood tree In Big Lagoon, Humboldt
County, Calf, which scaled by careful
measurements 361 1866 feet Of merchant
able lumber OSpaulding scale), enough
to- build % average houses. So far as is
known this Is the largest lumber tree in
the world.
@. Who won the six-day bicycle
races in New York?-C. L. B.
A. The team Of Alfred Letourner Of
France and Torchy Peden Of Vancouver
won the fifty-fifth international bicycle
race.
@. Is the Rotary Club secret So
ciety.-D. F.
A. There Is nothing secret about Ro-
tary. Its constitution and bylaws can
be obtained by any one. Its aims and
objects are to encourage and foster: The
ideal of service as the basis of all wor-
thy enterprise; high ethical standards
in business and professions; the applica-
tion of the ideal of service by every Ro-
tartan to his personal, business and
community life; the development Of &C
quaintance as an opportunity for serv-
ice; the recognition of the worthiness of
all useful occupations and the dignity
ing of each Rotarian of his occupation
as an opportunity to serve society; the
advancement of understanding, good
will. and international peace through a
world fellowship Of business and profess
sional men united in the ideal Of serv-
ice.
@. What is the total length Of nav
igable rivers in the United States?-
]. w. j.
A. 1t is now upward of 23.5Oo miles.
At least 40 distinct and separate rivers
have been improved by canalization.
@. What city in Germany is famous
as toy center?-C. N.
A. Nuremberg. 1t also produces lead
pencils, articles in gold, silver and ivory,
watches, hardware haberdashery, paints,
railway cars and electrical goods.
O. What Is the area of the District
Of Columbia?-T. c.
A. Seventy square miles, of which
sixty square miles is land and ten is
water.
@ Who purchases the gold at the
advanced price for the Government
H. M.
A. The gold purchased on the world
market is purchased by the Reconstruc-
ton Finance Cooperation Only newly
mined gold is purchased All other gold
is purchases through the United States
MINIS at the former price Of s2067 per
ounce.
@. Do more people attend church in
large cities or in small towns?-B. R.
A. According to a survey by Roger
BabSon, statistician, cities of more than
Evening star., 1933-12-15
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
A First Principle.

A First Principle.
The letter carrier paused to say,
This world is in a general row.
But youthful hearts are always gay.
It's Merry Christmas, anyhow.
THE envelope is short Of pay.
The bill collector makes his bows,
Finance somewhere has gone astray.
It's Merry Christmas, anyhow"
Although some things go wrong today
Well set them right. We're learning
now
Of basic kindness here to stay.
It's Merry Christmas, anyhow.
Evening star., 1933-12-15

oo,oo0 nave an average church attend
ance OF only 30 per cent of their follow
ers: cities Of 10000 to $4,000, AZ per
cent attendance; incorporated areas and
villages under $500 population show an
average attendance Of II per cent.
@. With the new naval program will
our Navy come W to treaty strength
D. H. S.
A. Under the new Navy program 81
ships will be constructed, but even with
their completion the United States will
be more than 200 900 tons, or approx
mately 101 vessels, short of our full
treaty strength in 1896.
Q. What is meant by the expression,
Put in black sheet for me?"-E. S.
A. In newspaper parlance 1t is the
equivalent Of Give me carbon copy"
@. Did Tolstoy write a peace mes
sage which was surpressed?-H L. NJ.
A. Nearly 25 years ago he wrote an
address on peace for the conference at
Stockholm. In August, 1910, when the
peace conference was held, the paper
was read in Tolstoy's absence and
aroused many misgivings. 1t was con-
sidered rather extreme and consigned by
the body to the archives Through Toll
stoy's literary executor, Vladimir Tchert-
koff, the address has been published
recently.
@. How many registered nurses are
there in the United States--S. L. l..
A. There are more than 0,000
@. Was Fra Diavolo real person?-
W. H.
A. He was an Italian brigand whose
hall IL
born in It'll. He committed murders
and other acts of violence, but in 1899.
when Naples was in the hands of the
French, he was made leader of the San
fedisti and routed the enemy. For this
he was made Duke of Cassano. In 1906
he was captured by the French and shot.
@. In what poem are the lines:
Bells that when ringing
High in their tower
Would plant in their singing
A song as a f1ower?"-A. D. H.
A. 1t is called Singing Tower" and
was written by Sophie Jean Irving
@. How does the United States rank
with foreign countries as a grape pro-
ducer?-M. F.
A. Only Italy and France of the
grape-producing countries OF the world
nave larger area given over TO Vlne-
yards than the United States. The other
important foreign grape countries are
Spain, Greece, Persia, Germany and
Russia. The principal grape-producins
States of the United States, with their
production in 1882 in short tons, are as
follows: California, 1882 900; Micht.
gan, 7l,775, and New York, 67,971.
O. What is the seating capacity Of
Madison Square Garden for boxing
events?-A. c. A.
A. The seating capacity for boxing
shows is l8,451 and the largest attend
ance at any boxing event is approxi-
mately $1,000. This attendance also
represents the largest assembly for any
event.
@. Who invented the steam shovel3
r. X
A. 1t was invented in 1910 by an
American named Otis.
G. In ancient sacred records, why
does the cherub possessing the face of a
man have three pairs Of Wings?-N. F.
A. One pair was to veil the face; the
second was to veil the body; the third
was to use in flight.
Q. Is st. Johns Cemetery at Forest
Glen, Md, Catholic cemetery?-O. S.
A. 1t is