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say merely that the thing we are talk
ing about, the thing which Mr.. Hoover
fought to maintain, is merely the sys-
tenn Of social organization under which
we live, which exists all about us, which
the average man takes for granted as
much as we take the succession Of the
seasons-the system of America, Great
Britain, France, Germany $50 far) and
all Europe, excepting Gust now) Russia
and Italy.
I dislike all appeals by all writer's to
that presumed to-be omniscient arbiter,
"the Judgment of history" or "the fu-
ture historian A writer who makes
that appeal is commonly seeking sup
port for his own judgment by testimony
from an expert witness, who, being not
present-indeed, being not yet in ex-
istence-cannot repudiate what is at
tributed to him.
Nevertheless, I think Mr.. Seldes IS
right. The principal condition Of My.
Hoover's administration was . business
depression, the most devastating tha4
ever descended upon practically the
whole Of the world at one time. The
principal function and activity Of Nh.
Hoover was to struggle against the de-,
preston.
Evening star., 1933-02-26
PRESIDENT HOOVER.
Underwood d Photo.

That-the battle against business de-
pression-was all that the average man
saw, and that was battle enough. But
fundamentally the battle against de-
preston became struggle to maintain,
in America and In the world, the sys-
tenn Of individualism as against regi-
mentation Of the individual by the
State. If that form Of expression seems
argumentative to some, let US say that
Mr.. Hoover's fight was to maintain In
dividualism against other systems pro-
posed or attempted.
Let us consider the state of the world
as Mr.. Hoover entered the presidency
on March 4. 1929. can suggest the
aspect which Is pertinent here by citing
President Nicholas Murray Butler Of
Columbia University. For some, years
preceding 1929 (and since) DR.. Butler.
with accurate insight and rare under
standing, was making speeches and
whiting spamphletS Of which the theme
Was: That the American form OF Gov
ernmenta fand tts system Of social or
ganisation) was for the first time un-
der serious challenge from two compet-
ing forms (themselves differing from
each other) which made q seductive
appeal to many and which had actually
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Hoover's Great Achievement


been adopted, and seemed to have ben
found satisfactory to large numbers OF
people-state Communism In Russia
and Fascism in Italy.
At the moment DR.. Butler was saying
this-and there was no more deeply true
epitome OF the tides Of the time-Mr.
Hoover became President. DR.. Buffers
assertion about the threat to the Amer
ican system was accurate at the best OF
times and under conditions the most
favorable to the American system-the
Mr.. Hoover took ONCE. Then, just seven
months later, the system passed, from
causes within itself, into the condition
which In al its history made It the most
dificult to defend.
Beginning In, October, 1929, and last
ing to the present day, the system Of
production and distribution which de-
pends ON individual initiative as its
motive power and private profit Is its
incentive fell into the historic worst OF
these Embellishments which have Pc
riodicaTy beset 1t. Almost the system
broke down. The classic indictment OF
the system, want In the midst of plenty,
existed acutely, glaringly. Here was
food In abundance, raw material In
abundance, willing labor In abundance
yet there was want. The system
functioned with an tnefnciency. which
would have put It, on the defensive at
any time, and which coming ut time
urged Is better, brought It to peril Of
Worldwide Fight
Mr.. Hoover had to defend the sys-
tenn. not only In America. He had to
defend it in the world. The battlefront
was world wide. An, average morning
In the White House brought news Of
menace or calamity in Europe, such q
the fall Of the British pound, together
with frantic appeals for help from
crumbling banks In America. Once In
an important way and several times in
minor ways he had to reach out to
Europe to Tight . defensive battle there
The condition which menaced Europe
(and indirectly America) at the time
Mr.. Hoover saved 1t by the German
moratorium and the postpcnement Of
inter government debts was q threat
that Germany would fall into revolu-
ton, that revolution would end in COM
munism,. and that Communism. arising
In Germany would spread into much Of
the rest Of the world. At all times the
fact that America was the largest and
rlcueSt molvlo0a0SC1c country IN the
world carried inherently the threat that
II tndivtdualism fell In America 1t would
|. fall everywhere. The years Of Mr..
Hoover's administration were the
Gettysburg Of the individualistic sys-
tenn.
Fought Battle Alene.
To peculiar degree and in many
different senses, Mr.. Hoover fought the
battle alone. In every previous business
depression. comparable to this, RESPONSE
biiity for defense was assumed by the
financial community In New York and
is leadeFs. in the 1907 pepic genexal-
ship VII pgpyided bS ne late0 M =.
Pierpont Morgan. An that Warrington
coutribut14 was such incidental help as
Mr.. Mor(kn aseed fur, ssich relatively
immateriel aid - depoetting Govern
ment funds ID threatened banks and
(Coutinued on Third Paee.)
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the usual cold treatment accorded by
Washington politicians to the dreams
Of American Navy men, he threw the
weight Of his influence to Japans
claim as against Great Britain's. Had
events turned little differently, the
5000 feet Of beach frontage, which
Perry bought g private property from
Mr.. Savoy for considerations unknown,
would doubtless be another one Of our
neglected naval bases.
Japan's touchiness about these Bo-
min Islands has very recently been DEM
onstrated by the seizure Of several Rus
sion whaling vessels which had put in
there for water and supplies. They
were brought under naval escort for the
600 miles to yokohama Harbor, where
at this writing they are being held
against payment of fines for having
violated the prohibition against entry
Of strategic 3one.
The incident Is reminiscent Of the
punishment which up to 1858 used to be
inflicted upon.. Yankee whalermen for
being so indiscreet as to be wrecked
upon the coasts Of Japan situation
which finally caused the indignant
American 0Qyernznant 10 send oommo-
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BY UPTON CLOSE,

Author Of THE Revolt of Asia "In the
Land Of the Laughing Buddha," Etc.
A MERICA's side of the Pacific
~ has virtually no islands. But
~ between Americas Hawaiian
1 \ possessions and the Philippines,
stretched across 5000 miles, lie
the inundated islands where waves the
Rising Sun nag Of Nippon. Again. be-
tween the Hawaiian Islands and Japan
lie the little known, romantically storied
Bonins. The beautiful harbor Of this
group, first settled by white men. domi-
nant among whom were two Yankee adj
venturers from New England, is now the
key point in Japan's naval strategy in
the Pacific.
Belying their apparent splendid isola-
ton. the lonely groups of islands in the
East Pacific, owned by japan or the
United States or Great Britain. are
floating specks In a seething caldron.
They are outposts of empire, destined,
II history repeats itself, to have their
strands covered with the wreckage Of
terrific naval encounters. They are
objects Of acute study by every naval
strategist.
The Donin Ilands. as important to
Evening star., 1933-02-26
BY MARK SULLIVAN,
Author Of "Our Times-the United States,
1900-'25." Etc.

190O-'25." Etc.
r TAKE as text three sentences from
very up-to-date book, THE Years
Of the Locust" by Mr.. Gilbert
i Seldes. The aptly chosen title is,
of course, q paraphrase OF Joel,
ii.25: IT will restore to you the years
that the locust hath eaten" Mr..
Seldes' subject Is suggested by the sub
title, America, 1929-1932," which is
to say the book Is about two eras that
coincide-the presidency Of Herbert
Hoover and the greatest business de-
preston that history records.
Excepting that I can infer from Mr..
Seldes' writing, I do not know what
is his social and political philosophy. I
am quite confident he adheres to
neither Of the American political
parties. doubt, indeed, If he thinks
highly Of the existing organization OF
society. I suspect he leans toward, or
at least would welcome as an expert
ment, some one Of the proposed in
novations which are understood loosely
as Socialism" In any event, he is
severe one, sometimes almost a savage
one, But the artist which Is strong
In him constantly drives the writer IN
him to be objective-causes him, in his
summary, to be judicial. I quote:
May Place With Great Statesmen.
1T the American system, as conceived
by Mr.. Hoover, survives without Signif1-
cant change, If private capitalism pulls
through, and without abrogatfng any
Of its fundamental privileges, reasserts
itself as the most satisfactory way OF
living yet invented by man, no praise
for Mr.. Hoover will be too high. He
has been more seriously and more
venomously criticized than any Presi-
dent since Lincoln, the attacks have
been made by some of the most dis
tinguished men Of our time as well as
by some of the meanest and lowest,
the psychological situation Of the coun-
try was peculiarly dangerous and his
own position most unfortunate, yet he
remained steadfast. II he succeeds
II America survives his success - he
will rank as one OF the greatest OF
statesmen"
Parenthetically, the italicizing Of the
word private by Mr.. Seldes reflects the
bent Of most Of those minds that do
not like our existing order. Private
capitalism" Is, to some extent at least,
q phrase meant to cause the reader to
u1oAAAC kAIC tAA416 W4lAO4A t41C PAA4 eoC A4A1-
plies. (Another of Mr.. Seldes' phrases
having the same effect Is fundamental
privileges.') What Mr.. Seldes describes
as private capitalism" is the same
thing that Mr. Hoover means by the
American system" and by another
of Mr. Hoover's terms, equality Of op-
portunity." It Is what Mr.. Hoover
called, in the words of the title. of
book he wrote, American Individual
ism" During the depression Mr..
Mr.. Hoover, with ironic intent to de-
mean both the system and the man,
as rugged individualism That was
one Of Mr.. Hoover's own
phrases, but the critics managed, by
Iteration and context, to put odium
upon It.
Let us dismiss all these labels and
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Fought Battle Alene.

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Evening star., 1933-04-28
20 YEARS AGO
PARTICIPANTS In the weekly
L Analostan Gun Club trapshoot
IN THE STAR.

PARTICIPANT In the weekly
+ Analostan Gun Club trapshoot
included A. L. johnson, j. M.
Anderson. Frank Huseman. j. H.
Hunter, E. w. Ford, George w. Peck,
jr.; w. w. wallace, o. K. Bowman,
George A. Emmons, DR.. Fenton
Bradford. w. S. Duvall, ]. A. Coffin,
G. D. Kirk, Mrs. Mckee, R. T. Bray,
]. A. Culver, j. H. Graves, w. D.
Dulaney, s. A. Utterell, George Davis,
Miles Taylor, s. P. Fickling, DR..
A. B. Stine. DR.. A. v. Parsons, Will
liam S. Dulaney, jr., and Phil
Steubener.
In the White Flyers Gun Club
shoot the field included /. Adams,
w. E. Miller, F. H. Purks, H. A.
Cole. c. B. Church. R. Franklin,
A. Duvall, E. Bishop, H. c. Finch,
H. M. Jett, M Ryon, L. Kelley,
E. S. Judd and NJ Fitzgrell.
University of Virginia's ball team
is here to play two games with Its
old rival, Georgetown.
The Central and Federal Amateur
Base Ball Leagues open play to-
day.
Eller, Brewer, Battles, Young,
Golden, Gallagher, Stebbins, Weld
mann, Robertson, Terwilliger and
Low are Georgetown U. track men
who have been awarded letters.
Eastern High, which was not
thought to have chance for the
public high diamond title, now Is
figured very much in the running.
In johnson the Fasteners seem to
have one of the best pitchers in the
series.
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PENN MEET LEADS
WITH 5000 LISTED
1000 Slated to Take Part
In Drake Games-86 Events
at Philadelphia.
NFILADELPHIA, April % R.-
r. Trackdom's annual two
i day celebration of the birth

11LADELfH HlA, April 20 H].-
r. Trackdom's annual two
i day celebration of the birth
of relay racing gets under
way for the thirty-ninth time at
2 pm. today with the firing of the
starters gun opening the Univer-
sity of Pennsylvania's colorful
carnival.
With flashing speed and feats of
prowess afield, 5000 athletes from half
thousand schools and colleges COM
pete through Sc events before the cur
tain is drawn on the 1888 Penn relays
late tomorrow afternoon.
Fair and warmer weather is predicted
and $4,000 spectators are expected to
be lured to the gala display of athletic
skill by the promise of broken records
and stellar performances on a fast
track.
Eight of Americas triumphant Olym-
pic team members and seven defending
champions go to starting posts in their
specialties, meeting opponents who rep
resent the cream of the track crop in
the East and much of the Middle West.
7 ACK Of interest has led to the dis
IL carding of the grueling decathlon.
bat the 80 events today and Sc
more tomorrow comprise a program
which promises thrills galore.
As ever, the relays come in for the
major share of attention. The quarter
mile, distance and sprint medley baton
carrying events are carded for today.
with Ohio State, New York University
and Penn State defending titles.
Gene Beatty Michigan Normals
flashy timber-topper is the first cham
pion to go to the starting line, defend
ing his 400-meter hurdle title in the
curtain raiser Ohio States brilliant
hurdler. Jack Keller, tries for his third
consecutive 120-yard crown, esSaying
also to lower his carnival record, while
another two-time title holder, Joe Nc
Cluskey, Fordham's enduring distance
man. also performs before the days
program closes.
Bill Carr, the worlds best at 400
meters, who was to have watched the
games from a wheelchair-his fractured
ankles and pelvic bone not yet suffl-
GENTLY knitted to permit his taking
seat in the stands-Will not view his
teammates and their competitors on
the opening day. but his physicians have
promised he will watch the major relay
events. the mile, two-mile and four
mile, tomorrow.
DES MONIES, April % GR-With
- eyes upon membership in the 1896
American Olympic team, more
than 1000 athletes from So universities
and colleges and 81 high schools gath
cred today for the twenty-fourth re-
newal Of the annual Drake relays.
Today's events consisted chiefly Of
preliminaries to cut down the huge field
for Saturdays final races, with the fans
looking to Ralph Metcalfe. Marquette
Evening star., 1933-04-28
MRS. NORA KAY TOPS
WOMAN TENPINNERS
Shoots All-Events Total Of 1,70O
in International Tourney.
Thoma Team Leads.

BY the Associated Press.
DEOR1A, ILL.,, April 28-Mrs. Nora
I Kay, GAINESVILLE, Wis, rolled into
first place in the all-events of the
Womens International Bowling Con-
gress with a total Of 1,700 pins tonight
to take the lead from NJ Hubatka,
Omaha, 1855, which she had held for
five days.
Thoma Bros five-woman team of
Peoria smashed out games of 912, 812
and 800 to grab third place in the
team event with 1888 total, l pin
better than Hopkins Springs Service
Of Syracuse, N. Y, which had total
Of 2,532.
In the singles Mrs. Nora Kay hit for
$40 pins to take third place among the
Evening star., 1933-04-28
SCHOOLBOY athlete
BROAD JUMP WIZARD
Whipple, Arkansas Youth, Leaps
"a Feet 10 Inches-Better
Than Hamm at His Age.

A RKADELPHIA, Ark. (P.-Winfield
IA Whipple, IT, has set a mark for
high school and college field ath-
letes to jump at.
The 1.-the Arkadelphia High School
senior broad jumped "a feet 10 inches
here, to better the national high school
record by several inches and to break
his own State record of % feet 3A
inches, which he set last year.
Whipple has jumped "a feet consist
emily this Spring, and his coach ex-
poets him to maintain that pace in
district and State meets this year. He
has been adding about q foot to his
broad jump mark each year since he
entered high school,
He is jumping farther at IT, say his
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University's Negro sprinter, for initial
thrills in the l00-yard dash.
Sharing with Metcalfe the first days
limelght was Glenn Cunningham Of
Kansas, Eastern indoor mile champion,
who was slated to appear as anchor
man on the Jayhawkers distance medley
team He was pitted against the best
Of the Big Tens middle distance racers,
with a chance of hooking up on about
even terms with Dean Woolsey OF
Illinois, Big Ten indoor mile king.
The mile relay preliminaries in both
college and university sections promised
new records with Indiana and Kansas
State Teachers Of Pittsburgh favored.
The Spring relays will see several fine
teams in action. including Marquette
anchored by Metcalfe: Illinois. half
mile relay winner at Kansas; Oklahoma
A. and M. winner of the Kansas quar-
ter-mile jaunt. and Michigan, with .
Unbalanced quartet.
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Schools Short of Track Stars.
Making Meet an "Open" Affair

Front Royal, Emerson engages the Lor-
ton Reformatory nine at Lorton, George
town Prep tackles Loyola at Baltimore
and st. Albans has q date with the
Navy Plebes at Annapolis.
Tech and Western battle this after
noon In q public high school title game
in the Eastern Stadium at $3.50 o'clock
It will be the opening series test for
both teams.
st. Adams downed Landon. Al yes
terday, in a Prep School Tennis League
match on the st. Adams courts.
Summaries:
sinsles-A Henderson (st. Al defeated
Larimer; g.: 6,1; MCGEE tst. A. de-
Al defeated C. Becker, 81. 70.
teated Larimer and Becker. So
Stewart and Bates. 70, g.
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SPRINTER OUT FOR YEAR

BERKELEY, Calf, April 28 R).-
Bullet Bob" Keisel, University of Cal
ifornia sprinter and member Of the
United States Olympic team last year,
is out of competition for the season.
Coach Brutus Hamilton announced
today an old leg injury, which at first
was thought would delay Keisel's activ-
ity only temporarily, would keep him
from competing in any meet.
Hamilton also announced the Bears
would not send a team to the I. c. A.
A. A. A. meet this year because Of
economic reasons.
Evening star., 1933-04-28
HOPPE NEAR TRIUMPH

CHICAGO. April % CP).- Willie
Hoppe of New York. veteran master Of
all kinds Of billiards, today appeared
to have his 1,500-point cushion caroms
match with Jake Schaefer, jr., of San
Francisco well in hand.
Hoppe won last nights block, the
fourth Of six. $50 to l68, in 46 innings,
increasing his total margin to 100
points. His score for four blocks was
1000 to 80 for Schaefer in q total Of
155 innings. Hoppe, who set . new
high-run record of So in Wednesday
nights block, had a 80 last night.
Schaefers best was 18.
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n YOT in years have there been so
nj few really high-class track and
Y field performers in the public
schools here.
There are quite number Of promis-
ing youngsters on the job, but it takes
more than promise to score points.
As result the public high school
meet May 26 may prove even more in
teresting than usual. At this writing
Eastern, Tech and Central all appear
very much in the running, with the
first two apparently having something
of an advantage.
Western. Emerson, Georgetown Prep
and st. Adams all have out-of-town
diamond engagements tomorrow. West
ern meets Randolph Macon Academy at
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CAPTURES POLO TITLE
Hath F. A. Beats 124th for U. g.
Class c Indoor Houors.

Glass C Indoor Honors.
CHICAGO, April % @.-Another
national indoor polo championship to-
day had gone East-the Class c title
in the possession Of the 1l2th Field
Artillery Of Trenton, N. J.
The Fasteners were spotted four
goals by the l24th Field Artillery THO
Of Chicago last night, but didn't need
them, winning by 1914 to 5. Fine shoot
ing by Lieut.. James Wilson, who scored
five goals, and Capt. Don MCGOWAN,
who made four, along with excellent
defensive play by Capt. Arthur Moore,
combined to overcome the Chicago
team.
The tournament will close Saturday
with the open division championship
match between Winston Guests Opti-
mists and the 9Th Corps Area team
of Fort Sheridan, ILL.,
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friends, than did Ed Hamm, another
Arkansan, who took first place in the
1928 Olympdcs and whose Southern
Conference record Of IS feet 6% inches,
made in 1928, still stands.
Whipple's 24:10 Is more than q foot
better than any winning Jump In the
Southern Conference the past three
years.
In addition to the broad jump, Whip
pie runs the 100 and 220 yard dashes,
high jumps around 6 feet and alternateo
in the $50 and mile relays.
Evening star., 1933-04-28
Wealth of Stars Seeking Honow 7uo Big Relay Canuuk Opening Today

leaders and In the doubles, paired with
Mrs. Jeanette Knepperathod, Milwau-
kee, Wis, president Of the Women's
International Congress, cracked up
1853 sticks for fifth place.
Evening star., 1933-04-28

WIN TITLE AT SOCCER.
Virginia avenue hooters yesterday won
the Junior Playground Soccer League
championship, conquering Takoma
Park 81
Seward gateway., 1933-10-14
MAJORITY OF
 APPROVED WORK
 VOW UNDERWAY

Among the resolutions approved by the last Alaska Legislature was that of Work Relief Projects. The Legislature considered each of the projects listed meritorious and that they were greatly needed, but was unable to appropriate the necessary funds because of economic condi- tions.
 However, since Federal relief funds have been released to stim- ulate conditions, Alaska has bene- fitted largely, the latest project be- ing beginning of construction of the Homer-Kenai Road, which is now well under way.
 In sequence, as listed under Road Projects in the Resolution approv- ed by the 1883 Legislature and which was practically written by Rep. J. s. Holman of Seward, the Homer-Kenai Road came first. Then Kenai-Russian River Road 1liamna Bay to Lake 1liamna Road, Seward-U. s. Navy Yard Reserve Road (from Seward along the west shore of Resurrection Bay to the head of the bay); Resurrection River-Russian Lake; Connecting road between Seward and Lake Kenai Highway and Moose Pass Highway; Cooper Landing Moose Pass Road; Cordova Radio Station Road; Valdez-Robe Lake Road.
 Other Public Works approved at that time and contained in the same resolution, was: Seward Flood Control, Valdez Dike, Cordova Harbor for small boats; Valdez Harbor for small boats; Improving Seward Harbor for small boats.
 It will be noted that work on practically all of these projects have either been completed or are now under construction.
 The beglnnlng of construction of the Homer-Kenai project means every thing to the hundreds of people residing in the Kenai Pen- lnsula area: it means that soon they will have ingress and egress to the Alaska Railroad, winter and summer. Boats and planes now serve the peninsula country which is without a major road system or connection with one.
Seward gateway., 1933-10-14
Hospital Notes

An encouraging report comes from the Seward General Hospi- tai today of the condition of MT. Ed Crawford. He is feeling much improved today after being op- erated upon yesterday, but for the next few days he will not re- ceive any visitors.
 A ,S x
 MT. Axel Ostberg from Mile 12 has entirely recovered and was dismissed today.
 <
 Frank Goyne, local resident who injured his wrist while unloading sheet steel from the SS North western, is receiving treatments at the hospital Superintendent E. J. GeijSbek of the Seward General Hospital, had a small operation performed on foot the other day.
Seward gateway., 1933-10-14
Army Pliers Used
 Chute Saue Selues

LOS ANGELES, Oct. IA, An Army airplane caught fire in the air and crashed between Baldwin Park and Azuso but the three Army fliers in it saved their lives by parachuting.
 Lieutenant Kenneth P. Gard ner, of the Army Air Corps bas- ed at March Field, Riverside, forced two enlisted men to leap and then took to his own para chute after vainly attempting to land the blazing plane.
 The enlisted men were Techni- cal Sergeant James E. Carter of Augusta, Kansas, and Private Kenneth B. Russell
Seward gateway., 1933-10-14

Next Monday, Oct. 16, will again be cne-half PRICE SPECIAL DAY for Dry Cleaning. Send your dry clean' to the Seward Steam Laun- dry on that day and have it done perfectly and to your entire satis- faction at one half the regular price. Remember, next Monday.
Seward gateway., 1933-10-14

According to today's noon re- port from the SS Yukon the liner was due to arrive in port from the south at 8 p. m.