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The Washington times., 1933-02-07
MOLL|SON HOPS
FROM MOROCCO.

CASABLANCA, Morocco, Feb. 7
GN.SO.-Capt. James A. Molli.
son, scottish flier attempting a
hop across the South Atlantic
from Senegal to Brabil, arrived at
Agadir, Morocco, at 1920 a. m. to-
day.
He took off at 9:35 a. m. for
Villa Cisneros, Portuguese West
Africa,
Evening star., 1933-10-02
PUBLIC works sum
IS HALF ALL0CATED|
49, 900, ,000,0 900 Fund Fast
Vanishing as Localities
Request Aid.
n the Associated Press.

~ the Associated PresS.
More than half of the $4,000. .000. 900
public works fund has been allotted for
nSw projects In the Governments effort
to provide jobs for the unemployed.
Secretary Ickes, public works admin
istrator, announced yesterday that Of
the huge fund set aside by Congress,
,653,59l ,4lO had been allotted for con-
struction throughout the country.
The administration estimates that OF
every 81 1t allots for public works, IS
cents will 60 directly into pay envelopes.
OF the money so far allotted. 81, ,478,-
96S.841 has been for Federal projects,
which will mean the completion of hun
dreds urged for years by Federal agen-
cies and for which Congress has not
appropriated funds.
City Work Included.
The remainder Of the assigned funds
$l74,627 ,569-has been allocated to
non-Federal enterprises, including mu-
nicipal allotments for streets, power
plants, sewage and schools and other
projects outside the scope Of Federal
Government activities.
The Public Works Administration In
tends to allot the remaining half OF
its fund before January l to strictly
non Federal projects II possible.
AQOCAklOU VI L12C bdAh "a eAAS AAAOAASJ
10 far to governmental agencies was
done on the grounds that their plans
were already prepared and did not have
to be passed upon by State engineers
and advisory boards before allotmentS
could be made.
That some of the Federal agencies
have not moved more swiftly to spend
the money given them has caused some
disappointment to public works otflcials.
Secretary 1ckes said his organization
was now nagging governmental units
to spend it on job-creating construction
as agreed"
Caution Exercised.
In dealing with both Federal and
non-Federal projects, the Public WORKS
Administration has been cautious In
approving some Of the plans proposed.
inspired agitation to knock of all
shackles including safeguards wisely
written in the law by Congress and to
permit unregulated spending under the
guise of thus hurrying the re-employ-
ment program will continue" Secretary
Ickes said This has and will be re-
sisted. I do not deem it the intent OF
Congress as shown by the national re-
covery) act under which the Public
Works Administration functions that
any such unrestricted orgy Of hinging
millions of public dollars toward un-
known destinations be tolerated"
The Secretary asserted the Public
Works Administration had been and
would "be kept an open book" and "in-
vited inspection" Of the ALLEGATIONS
made to date.
He noted that since he was appointed
administrator Of the fund July 8, q
total Of 5,677 projects had been ex-
an,ined by the administration. Federal
projects approved totaled $500 while
non Federal enterprises approved
totaled 1T.
Evening star., 1933-10-02
HERRIOTT SEES HITLER
ACTIVITIES IN UKRAINE
Writing in Magazine Article, For
mer Premier Reports Desire
for Expansion in East.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PARIS. October 2.-Former Premier
Edouard Herriot, in a magazine article
to be published today reports that on
his recent trip to Russia he observed
Hitlerite activities in the Ukraine with
evident desire for expansion toward
the east"
M. Herriot who is i'll in bed, wrote
the article for the Agence Economique
Financiere. He denies there was fam
Inc in the Ukraine.
II saw famine 10 years ago when
tho American mission was sent to the
Ukraine" he says, but today saw it
nowhere"
The article asserts that Hitlerite
propaganda is the real reason for irri-
Germany.
Evening star., 1933-10-02

The list price is 45c, so you can readily see W
buy" it isl They're double-lipped pans of heavy
Ever aluminium, suitable for SO many purposes.
early. Third Floor)
Evening star., 1933-10-02
Precipitation.

Monthly precipitation in inc
the Capital Current month to
Evening star., 1933-10-02
FALSE PRETENSE CHARGE
PLACED ON DISTRICT MAN
Washingtonian Accused of Passing
Worthless Checks Totaling
1920 in Value.

William c. Shepherd, jr., %, Of the
1900 block of Thirty-first street, was
held by New York police today on a
warrant issued by United States Com
missioner Needham c. Turnage charg-
inR him with false pretenses.
Shepherd, an insurance agent, was
arrested last night following his release
from the Welfare Island Work House,
Now York, where, Associated Press dis
patches said, he had served Is days
for failure to pay hotel bill.
Commissioner Turnage issued the
warrant after Shepherd was accused Of
having passed two worthless checks, to-
falling 1920, on Arthur Newman. 1t
was expected a detective would be sent
to New York for Shepherd.
Evening star., 1933-10-02

Come in and see our
many specials, and see
how little it costs to
make your kite h e n
brighter, easier to keep
clean, and beautiful
with du Pont paints.
Evening star., 1933-10-02
THE WEATHER

District of Columbia.-Fair, slightly
cooler tonight: tomorrow fair. gentle
north winds.
Maryland.-Fair, cooler in central
and east portions tonight, possibly
light frost In extreme northwest por-
ton; tomorrow fair.
Virginia. - Partly cloudy, slightly
cooler tonight; tomorrow cloudy.
West Virginia.-Fair, slightly cooler
tonight, possibly light frost; tomorrow
fair. slowly rising temperature in north
west portion.
Evening star., 1933-10-02
port for Last 48 Hours.

Record for Last "a Hours.
(From noon yesterday to noon todayD
Highest, SO. pm. yesterday; year
ago, 81.
Lowest, SO, 6 am. today; year ago, 81
Record Temperatures This Year.
Highest, 100, on June 9.
Lowest, IA, on February 8.
Humidity for Last "a Hours.
(From noon yesterday to noon today.)
Highest, 96 per cent, at $50 am. to-
day.
Lowest, As per cent, at l am. today
Tide Tables.
FURNISHED by the United States Coast
and Geodetlc Survey)
Evening star., 1933-10-02
FOREIGN.
fOhElGN.
q Inn Greenwich tinne
PROBES AUTO DEATH
Coroner 10 Hold Inquest in Demise
of Mrs. Eva Stearns.

An inquest will be held tomorrow
into the death last night Of Mrs. Eva
Stearns, rs, Of 474 G street southwest
who was knocked down by an automo-
bile September 20.
Mrs. Stearns was struck by the car
Of Henry E. Wilkens, a. of 2035 H
street as she was crossing F street be-
tween -Four -and-a-Half and Sixth
streets southwest She was taken to
Emergency Hospital where she died.
Evening star., 1933-10-02

Fire Loss Heavy.
Losses from fire in London last veal
totaled $3,304, ,025.
Evening star., 1933-04-26
The Last Heath Hen.

The last heath hen-a rooster" by
the way-f1nal member of its species. is
dead. 1t passed from the scene despite
a hundred thousand dollars worth of
effort on the part of the State Of
Massachusetts, to keep its honored kind
alive. Since 1928 it had been master
Of all it surveyed in made-to-order
paradise on Nantucket Island. Wide
search failed to discover a mate for it..
Now it has disappeared, and Prof. Al
fred o. Gross of Bowdoin College who
was its guardian and first friend, has
declared it deceased Ornithologists,
professional and amateur, and sports
men mourn its loss.
Time was not so very long ago when
the race Tympanchus cupido was so
abundant that laborers and farm serv-
ants stipulated with their employers
against being served heath hen more
than twice q week. A near relative Of
the prairie chicken of the West, the
bird swarmed in the neighborhood Of
the present city Of Boston, competing
with the ruffed grouse for the title Of
chief game bird Of New England. BY
1915 1t was estimated that there were
but two thousand of the type living;
now it is completely extinct. A cam
paign was organized to protect and pre-
serve 1t, sanctuary was set aside for
its use, but the effort toward conserva-
Evening star., 1933-04-26

subject of much unnecessary discus
sion. Neither of his parents could
write, but the bard was adequately
schooled in the art. He wrote the So
called "secretary's" style, and, though
his signature has been criticized. his
manuscripts must have been easy to
follow-Heming and Condel testify
that he rarely blotted a line. His con-
temporaries, Bacon and Spenser, were
much less skilled, but Queen Elizabeth
was an artist with the gray goose
feather.
It is worthy of notice that most Of
the Presidents Of the United States
have been excellent penmen, quite a
different variety of "statists' than
those of whom Hamlet spoke George
Washington's accounts, preserved in
the Treasury Department, are legible
in the highest degree; Abraham Lin
coin had a clear, flowing stelographic
technique.
Without presuming to plead for
Spencerian extravaganza, it may be
suggested that children In the grade
schools might be guided into the basic
habits of good penmanship without
danger or loss to either themselves or
those who. now or later, may be ex-
pected to read what they write. A few
years ago the subject was neglected.
Perhaps the fault has been eliminated
since then. If not, it certainly should
be without further delay.
Evening star., 1933-04-26
Filipinos Protest Heavy
Cost of Missions Here

To the Editor Of The Star:
The FiIpinos of the rank and file
insist that the mission in Washington
of the Filipino Commission, headed by
Senate President Manuel Quezon, be
carried out with as little expense as
possible and in as short a time as prac-
ticable. There is already another Fill
pino Commission in Washington chair
manned by Senator Sergio Osmena.
This Osmena body Of four members
has been here since December, 1881,
and has been spending around $4,000
month, each member getting about
S75 of allowance a day, sum that will
support three Filipino students month
Besides these two commissions there
are two Filipino resident commissioners
paid about S14,500 a year each by the
United States Treasury, plus $4,000
each by the Philippine Treasury, or
total of $17,500 salary each. These
expenses and salaries are enormous be-
yond proportion, for the Filipino people
are poor and the wage of the Filipino
laborer working 10 hours day is only
so cents. We Filipinos have had enough
Of speeches and gestures. We have suf-
fered enough from fire-eaters and cheap
politicians. We want new deal
PHILIPPINE CIVIC UNION.
BY j. Ramos.
Evening star., 1933-04-26
Observations on Shaw.
Russia and Germany
To the Editor Of The star:

TO the Editor OF The Staf:
It Is an Interesting question whether
the depression has broadened American
minds or diminished -mindedness.
Bernard Shaw, q man Of wit and very
exceptional intelligence, was welcomed
by us with an enormous volume of scorn
and sarcastic severity. Yet he said many
things brilliantly that large numbers OF
conservative Americans are now saying
very somberly. If Americans are still
open-minded, why was Shaw 50 sledge-
hammered here?
1t Is generally conceded in the un-
fortunate sections of the world that are
outside Of America that Russia is trying
an experiment Of stupendous import
that Of lifting the whole prodigious
mass OF Russians, hundred and seventy
millions, to an incomparably higher
level Of life than has ever before been
attempted anywhere in the world. Even
should it fail, the undertaking is of
staggering magnitude and Importance.
But are most Americans realizing this
and In any degree appreciating, to say
nothing of assisting. it? Hardly. Most
Americans do not yet even know what
it means. One closely related problem
is Japan.
Japan is gradually devouring and
to the world. Russia would be a most
momentous obstacle to Japanese am
bitions were she not to so great a de-
gree barred out of the friendship of
nations, especially by the United States.
Were We broader minded would we not
forget our past prejudices, and by that
simple act probably save China from
absorption by Japan, thereby preventing
new world wars?
How carefully have we Americans
studied the present revolution in Ger
many and its worldwide significance?
Should not open -mindedn0s require
this study? Is there any enlightenment
for us in the fact that the Nazis struck
down the form of socialism that had
f1ourished there and have substituted
National Socialism? The answer IS not
difficult and can be indicated by men
tioning but one of the salient 1acts
The MARKHAM type of socialism adopted
by the Germans contained the seeds OF
its own destruction. 1t was not only
hostile to individuality, but practically
destroyed it. And for that reason the
Marxist socialism borrowed by Amer1.
cans from Germany has been practlcal
failure in the United States.
What kind OF socialism Germany
builds up remains to be seen, but 1t mas
at least disencumbered itself Of the
incubus of Marxism. and that is long
step I unwaveringly believe In de-
mocrary; but the war put Germany IN
a deep hole. What open -mlndeoness
requires of Americans is fair nearing
for the Nazi government, which no one
can say America has yet granted. Is
the depression responsible for what
seems to be our mental inhospita 'ity In
these critically important fields?
MORRISON !. SWIFT.
Boston, Mass.
Evening star., 1933-04-26
"To Write Fair" F"

Training in penmanShip is more i'm
portant than some may think. Every
child should be taught to write legibly,
and it should be part of the etiquette
OF adults to practice a readable hand.
A carelessly written manuscript or let
ter is an aggravation. Those who have
occasion to examine large quantities OF
correspondence know from sad expe-
rience the difficulty Of deciphering the
calligraphic vagaries of what appears to
be a ponderable section of the public.
The labor involved is arduous, and the
time spent frequently a definite loss.
Mistakes of Interpretation, naturally,
are bound to happen-in which event,
invariably, the party reSposible will sfeel
aggrieved that he has been misunder-
stood.
Time was, approximately four CEN
turies ago, when the average man or
woman was not expected to be compe-
tent to write correctly. But penman-
ship began to be taught on the Con-
tinent at the beginning OF the RenaS-
sance, and by 1870 the first text book
in English dealing with chirography had
been published-the work Of John de
Beau Chesne and John Baildon, printed
by Thomas Vautrouillier, master
craftsman. Paper still was expensive
and quill pens were far from beng idea
instruments to handle, but the writing
fad caught on. The professional scriv-
erers found themselves obliged to COM
pete with rapidly increasing number
of amateurs. Eventually, it became a
sign Of cultural conformity to be able
to use a pen effectively.
Shakespeare refers to the develop
ment in Hamlet" He has the prince
say:
I sat me down
Devis'd q new commission; wrote it fair
I once did hold 1t, as our statists do
A baseness to write fair, and labor q
much
How to forget that learning; but, sir
now
II did me yeoman's service.
He poets own hand has been the
Evening star., 1933-04-26
Rate by Mail-Payable in Advance.
nfember of the associated Press.
Anglo-American Accord.

With the volume of good will present
on both sides preceding and during their
historic conferences in Washington, 1t
will not surprise the country to learn
today that President Roosevelt and
Prime Minister Macdonald have re
viewed the substance of their discus
sions with deep satisfaction" Both the
United States and Great Britain for the
moment are left in the dark as to the
detailed material which came under re-
view, but it has always been understood
that conversations, not negotiations,
were to be the object of the meetings
with foreign statesmen which President
Roosevelt instituted
Emphasizing this point White
House communique, on the eve OF Mr..
MacDonalds departure from Washing
ton today. says: 1T was never the -pur-
pose of the present discussions to con-
clude definitive agreements. They were
designed to explore and to map out the
territory to be covered This purpose
has U6Sll dUlS OCA'Su ~ wiz WA
versations which have taken place y
Then it is added: Agreement with ref
erence to any of these subjects has been
reserved for the World Monetary and
Economic Conference"
A tabulation of the things Messrs.
Roosevelt and Macdonald and, OF
course, Messrs. Herriot and Bennett as
well, have been talking about suf-
f1ciently indicates the wide range OF
the Washington economic peace con-
ference. The subjects tackled, We are
officially informed, included the world
price level, central bank policies, none
tary standards, exchange restrictions,
improvement of the status OF silver
and, in addition, a number Of world
problems relating to trade and par
ticularly the limitation of trade re-
strictions.
There is no specific mention in this
Official summary of the Roosevelt
Macdonald conversations that dis
armament and war debts received
major consideration, although previous
communicates indicated that disarma-
ment cropped up. especially when the
President and the prime minister were
cruising on the Potomac last Sunday.
But it is sufficient for the moment
to be assured that our distinguished
British visitor quits Washington in an
atmosphere of mutual understanding
and two-sided concession-an atmos-
phere that augurs well for the time, two
months hence, when the nations will
be at practical grips in London with
the questions which have been can
vassed in advance at Washington. 1t
cannot be doubted that substantial
progress toward agreement has been
achieved here this week.
Evening star., 1933-04-26
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

them. Thomas, because thou hast seen
Me thou hast believed Blessed are
they that have not not seen and yet
have believed"
At least one important and well-in-
formed unofficial observer from the
United States will attend the London
monetary and economic conference,
now definitely fixed for mid-June. He
is former Senator George H. Moses,
who will carry out there his first over
seas newspaper assignment by report
ing the conference for the syndicate
now marketing the Moses copy" As
longtime member of the Foreign
Relations Committee and a one-time
American Minister to Greece, the late
Senate's President pro tenn, should
be in position to write from London
with unique authority Georges new
boss" is his oldtime New Hampshire
Journalistic and political associate, Col.
Frank Knox, publisher of the Chicago
Daily News.
One of Mrs. Roosevelts apparently in
eXhaustible list of the informalities
which are giving her widening popularity
is penchant for dropping in on Wash
ington friends unannounced, especially if
there are babies, old houses or antique
furniture to look at. Recently she paid
one of these surprise visits at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Warren Delano Robbins
in Georgetown-and, incidentally. had
the experience of ringing the doorbell q
couple OF minutes before anybody an
swered. Later she explained that she
was just driving around town that after
noon, inspecting the baby colony Not
long ago the First Lady motored across
the river into Virginia and toyed a
couple of hours with the infant tot of
a Washington newspaper woman.
Senator Thomas, Democrat, of Okla
homa took dig at the invitation which
the arch foe of the imitation bill, SEN
ator Reed Republican, of Pennsylvania,
extended to the country, to deluge Con-
gress with telegrans Of protest against
the measure. Not many of our citi-
zens," Thomas told the Senate, have
money enough left to send kilograms.
Most of those I'm getting are sent COL
lect"
Folks from his native neck Of the
woods in the Southwest depose and
say that Budget Director Lew Douglas,
who'd nowadays win hands down any
washington unpOpularlty contest, comes
honestly by the hard-boiled reputation
he's acquired these past few weeks.
One of Lewis paternal ancestors, it ap-
pears, was an assayer and timekeeper
in the Arizona copper mines before
he became a magnate. Because OF his
stern and sturdy ways, he became
known as "Rawhide Jimmie" The
budget car is proving to be about the
toughest hombre whom departmental Of
ficials, politicians and others with axes
to grind have ever encountered in this
community of push and pull. Though
in his private relationships DR.. Jeykll
Douglas is one of the most captivating
of men, it's discovered that in budget
matters he's Mr.. Hyde Douglas-and
how. Notwithstanding the sings and
arrows now coming Lewis way, the
young Amherst Arizonian ranks as one
of the Democratic party's future
whitest hopes.
tCopyright, 1889
Evening star., 1933-04-26
Capital Tax on Wealth,
Not Salary Reductions

To the Editor of The Star:
The writer notes with growing in
dignation the intense propaganda cam
paign being waged to balance the
budget" by placing an additional capital
tax on wage and salary earners. This
Is done by means of so-called "tem-
porary wage reductions"
The earning power of the average
worker of hand and brain is dependent
entirely upon his job, so that per-
centage reduction in his pay is nothing
more nor less than capital tax. His
wage is his capital. of course, when he
has no other source Of income. A tax
on income is only on net income after
expenses of many kinds are deducted,
while wage reduction is the same as
capital tax if the same kind OF tax
were levied upon business. The wealthy
do not have to pay tax on gross
income, while the middle class does pay
this tax through wage and salary re-
ductionS. Why this rank d1scrlmlna-
ton? Yet We were taught in school
that america means opportunity.
Not any more-eXcept for specially
favored class of society.
1t is high time that we demand IS
per cent capital tax on wealth. One
such annual tax would clear up all
United States Indebtedness at one
stroke, and would not interfere with
the purchasing power Of necessities by
the masses of the people. Is Congress
asleep that it has failed to realize this
great opportunity to wipe out our
bonded Federal debt at one fell swoop,
and thus save hundreds Of millions OF
dollars In interest alone for all time to
come? A. S. E. BELL.