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Evening star., 1933-07-27
IS STIRRED
. BY PR0.)EW TALK
CoFndr. Oliver Locker-lamp.
con Denounces Treatment
by Germany.
D. the Associated Press.

~ tAe AhSOCldtSo HIeSb.
LONDON, July 27-A denunciation
Of the treatment Of Jews In Germany,
uttered by Comdr. Oliver Locker-Lamp-
son in introducing bill for promoting
and extending opportunities Of citizen
ship in Palestine for Jews deprived OF
citizenship elsewhere, created q stir IN
political circles today.
Prof Albert Einstein, the eminent
scientist, who at present Is a guest OF
the commander, listened to the speech
from visitors gallery, and was cheered
by members of Parliament.
Declaring it was caddish to bully a
minority, Comdr Locker-Lampson as
serted: 1.-The great German people
have been misled.
Their leaders in Germany have not
driven out her cutthroats and her
blackguardS. She has chosen the cream
of her culture and has suppressed 1t.
"She has even turned upon her most
glorious citizen, Albert Einstein, who
Is the supreme example Of the self
less intellectual.
To-day Einstein is without home.
When asked to write his name in q
visitors book in England and asked
to add his address, he had to write,
without any
"The Huns have stolen his savings.
Roadhogs and racketeers of Europe
have plundered his place. They have
even taken away his violin. The man
who, beyond all others, approximates
Q citizen of the world, is without a
home. How proud we must be to offer
him temporary shelter"
Evening star., 1933-07-27

crumble and become usols0 tlHUuCh
the use of nascotaca."
Tsminine criminals have incesased n
appalling numbers In the past 10
years, Mis- Tfooks aasorted, her opln3on
being based upon personal Gkpel10c0s
In and out q The court room.
"Jist As II waS rare At one t1mA
for 3 woman 70 lead In politics q
participate In affairs Of government, %
Il Was fAre TO And 3 woman criminal"
abe renarked.
1esbo0s1bfnty fer D0nAaAeA
To-day ws - women In the poNce
line with the appearAnee of Wel1-hred
debutantes or dlgnifed nnAtTonA This
would have BEEN nheaxd Of is yUaxD
AGo. It y UP 10 women TO he1p other
women. Just - women are becoming
leaders In almost every endeAvor, %
are other women becoming moro Bro.
nm and disrespectful Of laws. II n,
therefore, the responsibility Of The cd
ucated and enlightened women to help
and educate those who are defying the
laws"
During the World War Miss Froo,s
served as yeomAnette OF the Naval Re-
serve force and at present Is national
commander Of the Women Of the Unit
ed States Naval Reserve force. While
In Washington she u attending the
international Geological Congress, IN
addition to inveetigatong . LEGAL mat
ter associated with her law practice.
Evening star., 1933-07-27
Woman Lawyer Sees Her Sex
AS Spirit Behind kidnapings
Think Feminine Wit Is
Great Factor In Wave
of Crime In u. s.
BY GRETCHEN SMITH.

Behind each Of the kidnAptnss which
has shocked the Nation in recent years
woman's wit and woman's ingenuity
has been . significant factor, could It
be proven, according to Miss Dorothy
Frooks, woman criminal lawyer OF
Peekskill. N. Y, at present . guest at
the Mayhower Hotel.
Miss Frooks. who 10 yaers ago was
the youngest woman ever admitted TO
the New York bar. has gained national
fame as the successful attorney for
the defense" in three cases where
women were charged with murder-the
Dorothy Perkins case in New York,
and the Catherine Mino case Of Chi
cago.
In addition to her legal achieve
ments, Miss Frooks> has written and
successfully published three novels,
based on her experiences. :
IF we could prove it," Miss Frooks
declared, I'VE would find that the real
spirit behind each kidnapping u .
woman, motivated by q desire for
funds. In each case there is usually
a woman, either as custodian Of the
funds, as contact person or keeper Of
the prisoner. In cases where the kid
naper has been caught there Is al.
most always q woman. In . recent
famous kidnapping case only one man
was convicted. It is incomprehensible
that his wife could have been ignorant
of an act carried on literally under
her eyes.
Wealth Is Held Motive.
"As a rule" she continued, where
q woman is connected with kidnap-
ing case, or has much to say about It,
there is no thought Of murder. A
woman's motive in assisting In . lid
naping is to obtain portion Of the
wealth of some one she envies or thinks
undeserving Of riches. A woman kid
naper always has the underlying idea
that she will not be caught and that
eventually she can take her place in
society and keep up with the Joneses'
without the 'Joneses' knowing where
she acquired her wealth.
THE only way to stop kidnapping, !"
emphasized Miss Frooks, rs to pass q
Evening star., 1933-07-27

Federal law making kidnapping pun
ishable by DEATH"
When women murder" she contin-
ued, there Is usually but one motive
love. Men frequently murder through
greed-women seldom do"
Miss Ffooks, who Is q member Of the
American Bar Association, the Inter-
national Bar Association, the West
chester Bar Association and the Peeks-
kill Bar Association, was a delegate
last Summer to the convention Of the
International Law Association, held at
Oxford, England. where the codinca-
ton Of International laws was dis
cussed
stressing their importance. Mias
FFooks said "it is up to women to
bring about the codiflcation Of laws,
both national and international"
Narcotics Menate Discussed.
Pointing out the menace which now
threatens the entire world through the
use Of narcotics, she said women should
concentrate their efforts to stamp out
the narcotic trade, which has gained
three -fifths Of the world as addicts.
Women are natural life savers" she
continued. Let them preserve life
now by crushing the narcotic traffic,
instead Of standing by watching life
Evening star., 1933-07-27

MaAtL. iaat aisaat claimed ths -uvs a
four persons.
william Potter, =, Of yckerman,
Mich; two boys aged Is and 8, whose
names were not Immediately learned,
and Helen Michaud, s, were instantly
killed. The automobile, with q party
Of berry pickers, crashed into . p. s.
s.. A. train.
Others Of the party were Leo MI
chas11, 20, and his wife, a, parents Of
Helen Michaud and residents Of Nc.
Farl1ne, Mich; Forenz Kirts, 16, Of
Mellen, WIS.,, and Nike Aker, 10, Nc
Farta6e, Mich.
Leo Michaud was badly injured on
Evening star., 1933-07-27

the hsad and body. Ma. 1cchAad ST.
fered q compound facturs Of both legs
and other injuries. Kirts and Aker
were less seriously hurt. The injured
were brought to the hospital at Sault
Ste Marie.
The party had been picking berries
near Eckerman, and Potter, farmer.
had come with them to the city to pur-
Evening star., 1933-07-27
MERRITT o. CHANCE HURT
IN FALL AT BROOKEVILLE
Former D. c. Postmaster Injured
on Gath Birthday While Work
ing in Garden.

By STAFF Correspondent of The Star
BROOKEVILLE, Md, July a.
Misfortune befell Merritt o. Chance,
former city postmaster for the District
6 Columbia, on the 64th anniversary
q his birth here yesterday.
Chance fell and fractured his right
keen cap while working in the garden
Of his Summer home and was taken
10 the Montgomery County General
Hospital and treated by DR.. J. w. Bird.
His knee encased in a heavy cast, he
was resting comfortably today.
Evening star., 1933-07-27
Bridge Benefit August 3.

WARRENrON, Va, July - (spe-
ciaD "A bridge party for the benefit Of
the Red Gross local nursing service viii
be given August ; at 1890 Am. On the
lawn Of the home Of Mrs. W. r. Robins,
Warrenton. Miss Betty Mcintyre and
Mrs. Austin Mcdonnell are the Com
mittee on Arransements.
Evening star., 1933-07-27
shase supplies. They. vess q Hhaie
way back when the accident occurred.

More than 1000 900 teachers are re-.
q1red to LEAD 10000, 900 pupils Of this
country In the fields Of learning. Up
wards Of $1,000, 900 900 Is required an,
nually to run the Nations 81, 7,000, ,000, 600.
worth Of schools. "
Evening star., 1933-12-12
More Cars Needed in
The New Traction Deal
To the Editor OF The Star:

10 the EQltOr OF Inc Star.
Citizen ]. j. Cliff appears to have
had much the same experience as
when trying out the short way across the
city with a pass for the first time. ]
waited at North Capitol aud T streets
for 20 minutes, then Travelled for three
minutes, then waited 10 minutes for
the next car, travelled briefly, made two
more transfers, total time SIS minutes,
for a 25-minute trip on foot, or As
minute trip the long way around
downtown and back on a three-cor-
nered trip.
Either there has been a tremendous
increase in patronage or shrinkage OF
rolling stock being rolled. From the
waits would rather suspect the latter.
It is help to get reduced rates, pro-
vided one travels enough to beneflC by
the wholesale rate, but that doesn't
remedy uncomfortable and infrequen:
service. Time is an important element
to the man who travels on business, and
there is wide difference between seven
minutes by taxi, IS by walking and So
by rail, with a major portion Of the
trip spent on the corner, waiting fCr
the next intersecting car" which
transfers formerly required one to take
With the new system We can trot along
toward our destination on foot when
the car is long time coming and not
be charged another fare if we use il
again before we reach our destination
That is one thing for which we are
duly thankful. Another would be the
certainty OF getting transport within
five minutes Of waiting, not IS, as called
for by the schedules much of the time
w. E. ALLEN.
Evening star., 1933-12-12
The Apex Building.

With an appropriation by Congress
for the construction of the so-called
apex building at the east end of the
Mall-Ayenue triangle impounded by the
Treasury under the economy act, the
need Of that structure increases. 1t is
now recognized that further time should
not be lost In the erection of this unit,
which, according to present plans, will
accommodate the Federal Trade Com
mission. the Commission of Fine Arts
and the National Capital Park and
Planning Commission. The present
quarters of the first named, with its in
valuable records, are altogether insult
able, congested and even dangerous in
respect to the security of the documents
which have been accumulated in the
course of many years Of activity and
the destruction of which by fire would
infiict an irreparable loss to the Gov
ernmert. Such loss occurred several
years ago in a similar building then
occupied by the commission.
It is now stated that this unit win be
among those for which specific appro-
priations will be asked of Congress at
the coming session. However. II that is
Evening star., 1933-12-12

circumstance. Nations, like individuals,
do not live by bread alone. Art is a
spiritual manifestation Of civilization.
With the artists going hungry, there
was risk Of q decline In the standards
Of public taste. Cultural as well as
economic bankruptcy threatened. Some
thing had to be done. Professional
and craft organizations rose to the
emergency. Help was made available
to hundreds. But the problem has not
yet been solved. There still is great
and poignant need.
One recent development contains a
germ Of hope. 1t has been announced
that public works Of art branch is to
be established under the Civil Works
Administration and that approximately
two thousand, five hundred painters,
sculptors and craftsmen are to be en-
ployed in the Identification of Federal
edifices throughout the United States.
CYpics may smile at the plan, deeming
1t foolish and wasteful to spend funds
raised BY taxation on impractical prof.
ects like the adornment of administra-
tion buildings, schools, hospitals, Gus
toms houses and court houses. But the
deeper thinkers will see the method in
the superficial madness of the scheme.
They will know that every penny so
invested will go to pay bills for rent,
food, clot,- cad other necessities of
life.
A King of Egypt cnce faced a similar
dilemma. His people were workless and
starving. To endow them against the
pangs OF famine he built the pyramids
A shameful waste his critics considered
the monuments, and the echo Of their
sneer persists even to this day. But the
pharaoh was content. And each year
thousands of tourists bring money into
the Nile valley merely to pay for the
privilege of seeing the everlasting, ever
practical fruits Of his policy.
If President Roosevelt can make il
possible for artists to render American
public buildings genuinely worthy OF
inspection he will be doing something
worthwhile for his country a5 well as
Tor small but deserving numblg of its
cltizens-the dreamers OF dreams, the
creators Of gracious and lovely things
who ask little and traditionally receive
even less,
Evening star., 1933-12-12
Western World Expects Much
From Pan.American Sessions

The Importance Of the Seventh Pam
American Conference, at Montevideo.
is regarded by observers as clearly in
dicated by the presence there of ten
foreign ministers, including Secretary
of State Hull. Maintenance Of peace
in the Western Hemisphere is conceded
to be the outstanding problem before
the delegates. but by no means the
only one, trade relations and transpor-
tation facilities being also slated for
discussion.
The Baltimore Sun believes that
there is a possibility of really con-
structive measures for political, If not
economic, cooperation in the Carib-
bean for the first time since the Pan
Cleveland News it appears that "the
rich young continents, North America
and South America. may have grown
enough SO they can get along without
Europe (whose best export to the
Americas. incidentally. has been its
people,, but they have also developed
to the point where they cannot live
apart from each other"
"Given the friendly spirit which now
seems to prevail among the nations of
the New World, with the exception
of Bolivia and Paraguay, fighting their
battles in the Chaco," says the Boston
Transcript. lit is well worth while for
representatives Of pan-American good
will to meet together to talk over mat
ters of common concern" The same
paper adds: There is more to be
gained than can be expressed in agree
ments reduced to writing and given
place in government archives"
rtn1 al 1nAr -
Americas are stressed by the Atlanta
journal, which declares: "Our trade
with our Southern neighbors, after de-
clining sharply during the depression,
has increased in 1888. In the first
ten months Of this year, according to
the latest report, Latin America ac-
counted for thirty-two per cent of all
imports into the United States, as
against twenty-eight per cent in the
first ten months of 1882. Latin Amer
lea took fifteen per cent of all ex-
ports from the United States in the
first ten months of 1888, as against
thirteen per cent in the similar period
of 1892" It Is the natural purpose
of the United States, adds the journal.
ito promote this trade by fair dealing
and good service, and also to cooperate
cordially in all that will make for the
peace, prosperity ana progress OF Lne
two Americas"
Lack of optimism about trade agree
ments is voiced by the Cincinnati
Times-Star, with the explanation: "In
theory, the depreciation of the dollar
is calculated to stimulate American ex-
ports. In fact, however, it has pro-
duced exchange restrictions which make
difficult payments even for goods al
ready sold. Moreover, the declining
dollar is being combatted by Argentina,
which, on the eve of the conference, de-
preciated the peso by 20 pe- cent,
thereby, perhaps, setting an example to
other Latin-American countries. The
device Of reciprocal trade pacts will
doubtless be used for all it Is worth.
Since, however, the products Of many
Latin-American countries compete with
those Of the United States, 1t would
Evening star., 1933-12-12

not seem to be worth much, save In spe-
cial cases, like Chile and Argentina,
which are so fortunate as to produce
wines"
The San Antonio Express is of the
opinion that provision of more facili-
ties for trade and travel would help re-
store and keep peace among all New
World lands" In addition, "it would
remove many prejudices and false i'm
presSions arising from ignorance or in.
difference to other than local concerns"
adds this paper. I'VE are not nearly
as well acquainted as we ought to be,
considering that we all had our national
origins in that momentous journey CT
Christopher Columbus, AL years ago"
remarks the Port Huron Times Herald.
The continued strife between Bo-
Nv1a and Paraguay over the Chaco
Boreal may draw from the conference
a decision to induce an arbitration of
this dispute by threat of diplomatic
isolation and refusal to ship arms"
thinks. the Salt Lake City Deserct News.
The Newark Evening News states that
the conference would not he in char
acter If it did not give its first atten-
ton not only to stopping the conflict
between Paraguay and Bolivia over the
Cnaco swamps, but to removing this
perennial source of discord." It is also
noted by the Evening News that al
though 1.-The atmosphere is friendly. IL
could not be expected that long-ac-
cumulated fear and resentment of what
Is called United States domination
would not show itself. Debts and tar
ms prey on the minds Of these neigh
oors, and they are bound to be brought
up. This Is tax on the American
delegation which Is reported to be fol-
lowing the wise course of keeping as
much IN the background as possible
Tne Latin Americans express confidence
IN President Roosevelt That Should
prompt them to restrain their old re-
sentiments and give him a chance to
work out the good neighborliness he
has set out as the motif of his Latin
american policy. concludes this paper
The fact that the United States is ey-
ceedingly distant from much of Latin
America" says the Providence Journal
is In itself a reason for their distrust
ana misunderstanding, but "the next
decade is sure to see better transporta-
tion ana communication facilities be-
tween us and the New World Iatins
ana more general knowledge, on our
part, OF their native tongues In a
very real sense, then, we NAV expect
10 oraW nearer to Central and South
america, and they, in turn. NAV be e.
pected to draw nearer to u.s."
Evening star., 1933-12-12
For Art and Artists.

If there is any one class more than
another which has suffered during the
depression, it must be that Of the men
and women who are called artists and
whose lives. as Napoleon Bonaparte is
supposed to have said, are spent in
the service of altruistic and ideal ends.
With the first beginning of the slump,
they felt its effects. Theoretically, they
were viewed as producers of luxuries,
and as such they perforce were neglect
ed by their erstwhile patrons. Personal
budgets had to be trimmed, and it was
natural that allegedly non-essential ex-
pcnses should be the earliest eliminated.
Writers. actors. musicians. painters and
sculptors found themselves in the army
of the unemployed. The market for
their wares disappeared; their pupils
vanished. No one, it seemed, had
money to spend for culture.
Obviously. there was danger IN tbs
Evening star., 1933-12-12
Sound Money Policy
A Hundred Years Ago
tn IN. rditar of The Star.

To the Editor Of The Star:
One hundred years ago william M.
Gougc. an official for over thirty years
in the Treasury Department, published
the first edition of "Short History
of Paper Money and Banking in the
United States" to which is prefixed
An Inquiry into the Principles of the
System, with Considerations of its Ef-
fects on Morals and Happiness" Mr..
Gouge, who has long since been for
gotten, was a financial authority in his
day and exerted influence both in this
country and abroad.
The second edition of the above book
appeared in 1885. 1t was reprinted in
London, with an introduction by VIII
liam Cobbett, under the title of "The
Curse OF Paper Money and Banking. "
An abridgement was also published in
La Revue Universelle, Brussels. In
1841 "A Short History Of Paper Money
again published in the Journal Of
Banking. Philadelphia.
Mr.. Gouge occupied position in the
Treasury Department similar to the
present Office Of controller of the cur
rency. He received his appointment
during the secretaryship Of Levi Wood
bury, 1834-4l, and compiled some Of
the most valuable reports which up to
that time the department had issued.
Mr.. Gouge was consistently an adj
vocate OF hard money. In addition to
the permanent value of his history for
the details concerning the organization
of American State banks, and the
frauds and abuses associated with their
management, he presents monetary
principles and functions Of government
in relation to currency problems which
are particularly timely and which will
richly pay for their study.
The idea of commercial banks also
operating as investment banks, Gouge
opposed. He advocated at least one
third the value of all bank deposits and
notes to be in their vaults at all times
in the foim of gold or silver. Mr.
Gouge restricted bank functions to de-
posit, transfer, discount and exchange.
What We want are hard-money banks,
which shall lend only the amount of
their own capital, and keep safely and
transfer from one account to another
such sums Of gold and silver as may be
deposited with them, without lending
the same to anybody" He approved
the subtreasury system of issuing paper
against deposited precious metal, but
United States has its hands full look
ing after their own widely scattered
funds, without being custodian for pri-
vate citizens, he declared.
Mr. Gouge held it was not the duty
of government to issue paper medium
whether it represents species actually
deposited or not. Such power he con-
tended would surely be abused sooner
or later. With coming money and fix
ing the value thereof, the direct func-
tions of the United States Government
cease. in so far as regards to the cur
rency. Gouge further contended that
Treasury notes, bonds and stock come
from the Federal Governments power
to borrow money. A public debt, he held
was not blessing. taking issue will
Alexander Hamilton in the latter re-
spect. MERRILL w. WATT.