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Evening star., 1933-09-01

gifts of the people Of this country,
sent through the American Red Cross,
for relief work. That hospital. in
Toxic, stands upon the scene Of the
most dreadful tragedy of the disaster,
the destruction of thousands Of human
beings who had gathered in military
park for safety from the flames, but
were trapped b. a sudden shifting Of
the wind, which encircled them witch
fire.
The work of reconstruction and re-
habilitation started at once, and with
characteristic Japanese energy and ef-
f1ciency of execution was carried
through within the period allotted at
the outset. seven years. The result Of
these works was a great Improvement
of the physical equipment Of the two
cities. They became in all respects and
in almost complete degree fully modern
communities. The Japanese govern
ment did to the last point possible
what State and city governments in this
country have failed to do in equal
measure in reconstruction after a
sweeping disaster by fire or quake.
Today ten years after the horror of
September l, 1928, the cities of Toxic
and Yokohama show no signs Of the
hideous visitation save the improve
ments that have been effected in
streets, in the character of buildings.
in bridges and in the elimination Of
fire hazards. The stranger visiting
them now for the first time would never
know. unless shown memorials, that
decade ago these cities were caul-
drons of flame feeding upon the wreck
age of the homes of more than a mil
lion and half Of people.
Evening star., 1933-09-01
September.

The harvest period of the year opens
with. the beginning of September.
Seventh month in the old Roman
calendar its name remained unchanged
when it was made the ninth IN the
Julian and Augustan arrangements.
The Latins celebrated during its first
fortnight the Ludi Magni, the famous
games in honor Of Jupiter, Juno and
Minerva. But from the very earliest
antiquity its major significance has
been that of the gathering Of the fruits
of the field.
The Saxons used the word Gerst-
monath, meaning Barleymonth, for the
season, and in the calendar of Charlie
magne harvest month" was the phrase
employed. It is still called Herbstmonat
in Switzerland. The harvest moon and
the autumnal equinox occur within
its span.
The people of Mexico have special
regard for September 16 as the ami
versary of the day on which the
patriotic priest Hidalgo proclaimed
national independence in 1910. and the
people of Italy celebrate on September
% the anniversary OF the final union
Evening star., 1933-09-01
Today" F"

The magazine that was conceived In
March by Vincent Astor and Raymond
Moley as medium of public expression
of support of the New Deal and quite
fortuitously was brought to definite
planning in coincidence with the de-
parture of the editor-to-be from public
Office, is now named. Ignoring all the
many suggestions that were rendered by
well wishers and sympathizers, the pro-
moters have found name which. while
wholly their own, is nevertheless some
what appropriate. BY the gracious per-
mission Of noted newspaper columnist
who has used the word at the head of
his daily offerings for many years, the
new weekly will be called To-day" 1t
was not known until this announce
ment was made that the word had been
copyrighted, but SO it appears to have
been, and thus the gracious permission
of its present owner for It's use at the
masthead of the new weekly has been
necessary. Nor is it altogether clear as
to which of the seven days of the week
compassed by the period of publication
the title will signify. But that is a
matter for cavilers, and not for sin
cere well wisherS of the new venture.
A magazine by any other name would
sound no more loudly in its clarion call for
support CT the President in his program
Of national recovery. Yet there are i'm
plications in these five letters, meaning
very definitely the immediate hours of
human life, which may have escaped the
promoters in their obviously eleventh.
hour search for a title, six months after
the inspiration. Today is a passing
term. Is the great cause for the def
milton and support of which this noble
deed Of sacrifice is performed only
passing issue and principle or for all
political time? Or is the support of it
pledged only from day to day, which
is to say from week to week? Would
not Forever" have been a better title.
especially as its adoption would not
have required the gracious permission
Of anybody?
Evening star., 1933-09-01
constitutional Rights
Have Been SUSPENDED
To the Editor Of The Star.

TO the Editor Of The Star:
~ seems to me misleading to in
terpret the ruling of the District Su-
pfeme Court in dismissing the suit for
an injunction against the Chicago milk
incense as an assertion Of the constitu-
tlonallty OF the agricultural adjustment
act. Rather have We been informed
That what are everywhere considered
constitutional rights are suspended in
iaVor OF new design for living, al
iegeoly to meet an emergency.
TO the writer it seems that the issue
IS not so much whether the law is con-
sttutlonal or MOTT is virtually ad-
mltted that 1t is not. The issue is
rather whether these guarantees OF life.
liberty and property which our fore
fathers wrote into the Constitution are
or are not wise and in the public in
terest now as they always have been.
1t hardly seems to me old fashioned
to believe that these basic rules of social
existence are still and always will be
valid. for I cannot think that the pub
lie interest will be served today or any
other day by a law which prejudices
the right of any citizen to his property
or his business as against the property
and business of another citizen or citi-
zens. Such a law can spell nothing
but tyranny, and tyranny can do no
public any good under any circum-
stances.
Why should 1t be proposed as a rem
edy for our economic ills to enforce
by Government edict a milk marketing
scheme under which these same ills have
developed? This SURPLUS which is held
over the head Of the farmer and every
one else, including the courts, as club
to threaten economic ruin, is an innate
part of the scheme. 1t has been de-
veloped under that scheme. and as the
Senate investigation has shown under
the able direction of Mr.. Seal. it has
been from the surplus" that the milk
trust has made all Of its profits. If our
troubles are serious in the matter of
milk. it would seem that this should be
reason for seriously questioning the
sanity and soundness of the system un-
der which the troubles have arisen.
A proposal that requires suspension
Of constitutional guarantees that are
everywhere and always recognized as
essential to life. liberty and the pursuit
OF happiness should be viewed with ut
most suspicion at its very start. and l
suggest the suspension of the hysteria
that has made such q thing possible.
It can but lead US into far more serious
trouble As one good American lady
put it to me. Il don't feel as II this
were my country any more"
ALDEN A. POTTER.
Evening star., 1933-09-01
Acreage Reduction Will
Aid Only Big Farmers

To the Editor Of The Star:
The letter in Tuesdays Star under
the heading, Suggests Some Measures
for Economic Recovery" is 50 interest
ing that wish to express my thanks
through The Star and to add q few
more comments. as I quite agree with
Mr.. Mumford that there ere lots of
others besides wheat growers and pig
raisers who need q bonus. But also
understand the bonus money eventually
comes out Of the taxpayers, and doubt
the wisdom Of aiding one class OF
farmers et the expense of 30 many
others. Although bread already has
advanced beyond wartime prices the
small wheat grower has benefited lit
tie and doubt II he will ever benefit
materially from the wheat acreage re-
duction. He will, as usual, be forced
to put his grain on the market as
soon as threshed, when the market is
at the lowest. while the rich wheat
grower can store his to be sold later
at the same time the speculator sells
Thus the big fellow will benefit. The
man who lives In the city and goes
on his leased acreage during hunting
season only, perhaps making a fat liv-
ing already through stocks or similar
easy methods. will reap the benefit of
farmer may have 10000 acres under
lease and by signing up cut of a couple
OF thousand acres or some such per
cent, and be paid much more than
lease costs, thus getting wad Of easy
money which he can invest. or buy
more fertilizer to increase the yield
OF the cultivated portion as it seems
cotton farmers are jubilantly con-
templating doing
Once upon time. before the ma
chine age, q rise In wheat meant bet
Ter times for other farmers, as so many
farmers preferred to grow wheat than
other crops. We may expect the wheat
growers to increase their acreage of
potatoes, and oh. how many potato
farmers already need a bonus to bal
ance their budget! The cotton growers
Will, II possible, increase vegetable
growing, thus pauperizing us small
nearby market gardeners. The hog
raSerS; too, will turn to something else,
very likely truck or poultry. To crowd
elther one OF these industries more now,
would simply swell the charity list
especially here around Washington
where so many use the small farm
to help make the ever dwindling Gov
costs. -A'A's
This isn't meant for opposition to
any material good that may be pos
sip!e from these measures on the part
OF agriculture, but rather that it NAV
open the eyes of the powers to the
neeos OF all us little farmers.
PERRY F. SKINNER.
Evening star., 1933-09-01
Japan's Decade of Reconstruction.

Ten years ago today, at two min
utes before noon, an earthquake shock
occurred in Southeastern Japan, Gen.
tering upon and chiefly affecting the
two cities of Toxic and Yokohama. 1t
was one of the worst disasters in
recorded human history. 1t destroyed.
according to the most careful esti-
mates, l04,6l9 lives and property to
the value of approximately two and
ree-quarters billions Of dollars. This
destruction was wrought both by the
crumpling of the surface of the earth
and by the scores of fires which imme-
diately started and swept with no check
for hours through the ruined cities.
This was a national disaster, for
1t affected the entire japanese people.
It was an international disaster, like
wise, for it elected the sympathy and
evoked the material assistance Of prac-
tically every nation. The United States
was immediate in rendering assistance,
both in the succor of the survivors
and in the reconstruction of some of
the institutional establishments which
had been swept out of existence by the
quake and fire. One of the most
cherished gifts of American generosity
was that of fund for thc erection and
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Evening star., 1933-09-01
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

Price classes in automobiles are dupli-
Gated by age classes among human
beings.
The lines Of these small and often
wholly unconscious organizations are
tightly drawn.
In the business world there are about
seven Of these age groups.
None hard and fast. Of course, but
each fairly consistent in its determine
ton to stick by itself.
These groupings are, roughly, the 20
year class. the 25-year class, the 30-year
class, the 40-year. the 50-year, the 60
year and the 7o-year.
Beyond that deponent sayeth nothing.
These classiflcations mean. approx
mately, that the members Of each group
feel more at home together.
Especially in conversation.
1t is just another case. evidently. OF
the old saw about birds Of feather
flock together"
Except in this case it is years, not
feathers, similar situations and not
plumage, like interests and not colora-
ton.
Even these explanations, however, are
not the real one.
1t is largely the fact Of arrival in
business.
And this requires further explanation
There are, in the economic world. GER
tain age cycles, not alone In business
trends and movements.
These age cycles do not 60 down in
graphs, but they exist just the same.
The business community. as the COM
munity at large, contains at one time
the various ages Of man, beginning with
20 years or less.
And 1t will be found that these are
really the groups which came in to-
gether.
1t is just as in colleges-the freshmen
stick together, the sophomores, the
juniors. the seniors.
In other words. the age groups jour-
ney along together, not divided of
sharply. but closely enough to warrant
such divisions as are here set down.
-
The curious part of it Is that they
never mix really, although they appear
to do so. and actually do. of course, in
all necessary business relationships.
The true test comes in the hours Of
leisure.
And OF all the minutes Of this leisure
the greatest test comes during the very
few devoted to the morning cup Of
coffee.
This is an institution which has no
legal or cfficial standing, but which has
very real and practical value never
theless.
During the Is to 80 minutes which
may be devoted to the morning cup in
the downtown sector the real questions
of themselves as human beings are dis
cIssed.
II may be necessary to explain to
some that this morning cup of coffee is
not breakfast in any sense
Breakfast has been had at home
The morning cup is a brief interlude,
an interludium, as the Romans said.
Only Simon Legree would think it
stolen from the business day.
Evening star., 1933-09-01

1t Is, rather. . part Of 1t.
Free men meet for q discussion OF
ways and means.
They meet as equals.
And there Is the crux Of 1t.
Age groups never meet as equals.
There is something in the human
spirit that forbids 1t.
The old restrictions Of time and place
despite the onslaughts Of the young
intellectuals. are very much in force.
Men Of the varying age groups have
varying ways Of regarding all problems
Perhaps II these groups could meet
in convention as age groups they
might have more success than some re-
cent notable gatherings.
It is all q question Of feeling ut home
with one another.
The coffee groups operate on that
very sensible and very human basis.
The members Of each group know and
trust each other.
What they discuss is nobody's bust
less, as the phrase has 10.
~
Just let some member Of another age
group innocently sit down with the
And the boys are a great deal more so
The free now Of conversation stops.
The laughter ceases.
The close -huddled heads have drawn
apart and there exists that constraint
which is one OF the most curious
features Of humanity.
Just how much Of this fee--.lg Is due
20 ones self and how much to other. Is
always q big question
The others invariably say 1t must be
you; you feel that 1t must be them.
But it is more a matter OF observation
than opinion, as one may decide in any
restaurant or lunch room If steady
flequenter.
As one grows older his age group
curiously enough, does not change, but
goes right along with him!
He is. for good or i'll, a member of q
class and can never escape it.
Sometimes he enters the room and
sees the boys merrily discussing some
phase Of national or local matters, or
more important the days work.
He feels the urge to talk, too.
He would be one with them and sees
no real reason why he cannot.
He sits down.
ne dCS tile same, taIAS the same
looks the same, but something else en-
tered the lists with him.
It was, alas. constrGint.
*
The age groups carry no banners
have no insignia. no ''yells." notices OF
any other matter.
They merely function.
And the more one loudly proclaim
that they do not, the surer they are to
catch him.
Because no man fools himself quite
so much as he who does not admit the
fact of time.
Time has a way all its own Of doing
what it pleases
And one Of the things it pleases is
to put every man in his place and keep
him there.
For time is the original dictator. and
Of more than fashions.
Evening star., 1933-09-01
Of their country under Victor Emmanuel

Of their country under Victor Emmauue
in 1870.
In American history memorable
events of the month include the ar
rival of Henry Hudson at the mouth OF
the river which now bears his name
September 2, 1909: the treaty of Paris
ending the Revolutionary War, Septem-
Der 3, 1888; the birth of the Marquis
de Lafayette, September 6, l757; Conf
modore Perry's victory at the Battle o.
Lake Erie, September 10. 1913; the
bombardment of Fort McHenry and the
writing Of THE Star Spangled Ban
ner." September 13, 1914; the birth OF
William Howard Taft. September Is
1857; the discovery Of the treason Of
Benedict Arnold and the capture OF
Maj John Andre, September %, 1880
and the birth of John Marshall. Sep
tember "a. 1855.
Autumn has been nearly as COM
monty praised b. the poets as Spring
but September still awaits a bard equal
to the assignment. Only Longfel!ow
appears to have responded to the
months attractions with genius meas
urably competent to the task. In The
Students Tale" Of his "Wayside Inn
series he wrote:
The morrow was a bright September
morn;
The earth was beautiful as If newborn;
There was that nameleSs splendor
everywhere,
That wild exhilaration in the air.
Which makes the passers in the city
street
Congratulate each other as they meet
In point of fact September. in the
vicinity Of Washington in any case, is
one OF the most congenial seasons OF
the year. The blistsring heat Of the
Midsummer is gone. the nights are cool
enough for undisturbed rest, the skies
usually are as clear as glass, and the
atmosphere may be as stimulating as
wine. 1t is the time for long cross
country rambles for motor tours and for
lazy fishing. botanizing and Fall gar
dening. And meanwhile the farmers
are reaping what they have sown, and
barns and storehouses are filling with
the golden yield of Natures goodness.
Evening star., 1933-09-01
Retail Selling Price
Code Is Required Here

To the Editor OF The Star.
Gen. johnson Of N r. A., his aides.
advisers attorney and even clerical
personnel know that while seeking to
bring back higher prices for farmers,
manufacturers, merchants and wages.
prices have already run ahead-far
ahead-of wages. Most of the retail
stores IN Warrington with and without
the Blue Eagle have increased their
selling prices. The barber charges 81
for shave and hair cut. The milk trust,
proved guilty Of underpaying producers,
not afiiliates Of the trust, and over
charging the consumer for years, should
be legally forced to repay, In cash, into
the District treasury all their out
rageous excess prices and lower the
cost Of milk to consumers.
Butter and egg" merchant notifies
. customer that "eggs will sell at 81
cents . dozen this week. A woman
quoted . price Of $3.50 for small mat
tress for Q baby crib two weeks ago was
asked $3.50 for same mattress last week.
Evening star., 1933-09-01
Modern Conquistadores
Are Called ssCangsters''

r, the Editor Of The Star:
have cut out for my scrap book
your editorial on Atahuallpa, '"The Last
Of the Incas."
Truly, it is bar sinister on the
Spanish escutcheon, that foul act Of
Pizarro's. Four centuries have passed,
but we still have our Pizarro's. They
called them conquistadores then. Now
we call them gangsters and give them
their deserts-when we catch them.
We are but slightly changed
From the prehistoric apes that ranged.
midas sunny cline"
Bisotry and avarice have left their
indelible mark on the once fair land
Of the Incas. 5
And. as you say IN your excellent
editorial, "The planet spins on"
H. B. ROBINSON.
Evening star., 1933-09-01

structive legislation. The Lowell Even
ing Leader agrees that the ruling OF
the court is based on the theory that
the unusual features of the N. r. A. are
emergency legislation, sanctioned by
Congress and investing the Executive
with extraordinary powers to deal with
the economic situation. The Milwau-
kee Journal observes that the pro-
ducers claims i'll the oil case were de-
MED with speed simplicity and vigor
which must have left them gaSping,'
while that paper declares that "the
time for final test is right now, and
the quicker the better"
The oil code is a compromise or q
composite as viewed by the Scranton
Times, which says that the problem
finally settled down to the question of
price fixing and regulating production
That paper quotes the independents az
insisting that price regulation is es.
sential if they are to continue in busi-
ness" The Topeka Daily Capital feels
that in the first test in the courts. the
N. r. A. comes through impressively::"
that the act has the force of law. sus-
tained by the courts" The Danbury
News Times AYERS that "oil producers
have desired Government regulation for
long time, but there are differences
OF opinion amcng them which have not
been composed, and Government there
fore makes the code"
x x
The code contains material for an
experiment certain to be watched with
interest" thinks the New York Times,
and 1t makes the further comment: An
important group of companies dis
sented. arguing that Government au-
thority need not go beyond control Of
production; Gen. johnson shared this
view. In his opinion when production
control is established, that in itself will
control prices. Ultimately, however, he
thought that it might be necessary to
impose maximum. While other ques-
tions were also in dispute, a long-con-
tinuing disagreement over price-fixing
explains why the oil code one of the
nrst to be contemplated, is one of the
last to be approved"
The administration suggests the
Providence Journal, may plead that in
exorable necessity dictated departure
IN these instances from its avowed pol
icy OF not attempting to fix prices. But
1t IS significant that, the Governments
professed adherence to a program of
non -price-flxing having been broken
down in these concrete cases, the devo-
tees OF Federal price-fixing are growing
more bold and insistent"
The pent-up public opinion of
America is turned loose in support of
the N. R. A. program" asserts the Tex
arkana Gazette. while the Oakland
Tribune is convinced that adoption of
the code is hailed with satisfaction by
legitimate operators in California. and
its enforcement will restore prosperity
to. the industry The Miami Daily
News sees it as a remedv for a con-
dition under which the Nations han
ding of its oil was uneconomic to the
point of crime" The Salt Lake Deseret
News observes phase of "the ancient
and enduring struggle between those
who fear the novel and untried and
those who are eager to experiment with
new processes and promising ideas
The Houston Chronicle says that I'VE
can be sure that not one unnecessary
rule has been formulated and that the
program is to aid stability
Evening star., 1933-09-01

The sock episode in so-called
fashionable Long Island society might
have been kept out of the papers, but
not with Huey Long in it. Publicity
follows Mr.. Long whether he happens
to be wearing a dress suit or pajamas.
Evening star., 1933-09-01

Like every true political New Yorker.
James j. Walker cannot be quite COM
Portable II circumstances do not per-
NIT him from time to time TO give his
regards to Broadway"
Evening star., 1933-09-01
Champion Wallace.

From the Chicago Daily News.
Notwithstanding the outcome of the
worlds fair hog-calling contest, the
champion hog caller is Secretary Wal
lace. who is calling millions of po-kers
to the slaughter pens.
Evening star., 1933-09-01

A code for retail selling prices is inn
perative for Washington, with its cut
salaries, high rents, high street car
fares, etc. Selling price codes, retail,
for washington are demanded now by
over 100000 workers. w. =. RYAN.
Evening star., 1933-09-01

1t is in order for the Department Of
State to point with pride to one Of the
most diplomatically managed resigna-
tions in its history.
Evening star., 1933-09-01
Rate by Carrier Within the City.
Rate by MaiI-Payable in Advance.
Maryland and Virginia.
All Other States and Canada.
Member Of the Associated Press.

The Associated Press is exclusively entitled
to the use for republication of all news dis
patches credited TO il or not otherwise cred
tied in this paper and also the local news
published herein All rights of publication OF
special dispatches herein are also reserved.
Evening star., 1933-09-01
Facile.

From the Boston Transcript.
The French. It seems, are the most
inventive Of modern peoples-frcm
fashions to excuses.