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Fields machine, according to police
records. Fields and q passenger In his
car, c. E. Sinclair, New York, were
released pending an inquest at Spottsyl-
vania court house Tuesday.
Very little could be learned either in
Fredericksburg or here concerning
Sestenburg. Mrs. A. Kershenbaum. his
landlady here. said he had lived in her
rooming house about two months. She
did not know whether he had a Job.
Several pawnshop tickets, naturalization
papers and other articles of identified
tion were found in his pockets along
with the address of New York woman,
believed to be his sister.
Two Children Injured.
A number of other persons. includ-
ing two children and one hit-and-rua
victim, were injured in traffic acci-
dents yesterday and last night.
Miss Carmen Klauch, 81, Of the 240O
block Of Pennsylvania avenue, suffered
possible internal injuries when the auto
mobile in which she was riding collided
at Thirty fourth and N streets with
machine driven by Harry A. Seay, 100
block of Euclid street, police reported.
She was treated at Georgetown Hospital.
Richard L. Upright, z, Of 1928 Penn
sylvania avenue, was treated at En1er-
gency Hospital for head and arm in
juries after being struck by an auto
mobile at Twentieth street and Penn
sylvania avenue. Police said John B.
Lathrop, %, of the 1900 block Of
street, was the driver of the car.
Paul Dickey, 6, of the 2400 block Of
Minnesota avenue southeast, was the
other child injured. He was struck on
Canal road near Chain Bridge by an
automobile operated by Paul D. Drain,
The boy was treated at Georgetown
Hospital for cuts and bruises.
Woman's Wrist Broken.
Anna Melius, IS. Of 2535 Thirteenth
street, received broken wrist when the
automobile in which she was riding
collided at Fourteenth street and Penn
sylvania avenue with q car, said by
police, to have been driven by Myron
E. Gustafson, 1900 block Of Seventeenth
street.
Ferris e. Long, "a, Of the 800 block
of Quincy street, was injured when
struck at Georgia avenue and Quincy
street by an automobile driven by
Joseph NJ Springman, 4600 block Of
Ellicott street. police reported. He was
treated at Garfield Hospital for q pos
sible fractured ankle, cuts and bruises.
A police lockout was broadcast for
hit-and-run coupe bearing Ohio IL
cense plates that struck and seriously
injured Jones M. Summers, 81, colored.
IN fha A5f)1 hlock of Thirteenth Street
Summers, who lives in the 2100 block
of Delaware avenue southwest, was said
at Garfield Hospital to have conclusion
and a possible skull fracture.
Police at the tenth precinct Ques-
toned and released . college student
who reported the theft Of his automo-
bile bearing Ohio plates.
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international matters has been denied, !"
the Democratic Senator said.
1t is an erroneous statement of fact,
not to say a Misrepresentation, to as
sert that 1t is an usurpation of power" :"
The Indiana Robinson replied that
the negotiations should be conducted
through regular diplomatic channels,
and the Democratic leader said he was
inclined to believe myself that the
diplomatic agencies are adequate"
Leader Robinson pointed out, how
ever, that any arrangements made by
the Executive must be ratified by Con-
gress
The Senator from Indiana" he said,
with rising voice, "is playing cheap
politics.
He is attempting to arouse prejudice
against the present President and the
incoming President who are co-operat-
ing, in a measure, on this subject.
That's not the exalted course to
pursue. In the conduct Of interna-
tional relations it has been the policy
of most public men to abstain from
partisan action
The Democratic Senator said Great
Britain was contending 1t could not
meet the payments.
Lntiticu InCdIhSs
The Senator from Indiana would
refuse the courtesy of hearing" he
added. TT would be time enough for
the Senator to impose criticism when
the executive authority presents Con-
gress with its treaty or its recommen-
dation.
1T will be entirely too late" the
Indiana Senator retorted Reduction
and cancellation will all be done"
1T would be an act of gross dis
courtesy to refuse such request from
the British government" Robinson of
Arkansas replied Il think the British
government is entitled to hearing. I
recall they got the worst of the bargain
when these debt settlements were being
made"
Robinson added that a nation in de-
fault and able to pay stands on an en-
tirely different basis"
Later the Democratic leader ex-
planned that in saying Great Britain
got the worst of the bargain" he
meant in comparison with the French
and Italian settlements.
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VETERAN REPORTER DEAD

SEATTLE, Wash, January 81 P.-
william H. Curry, 81, veteran political
reporter of the Seattle Times, died of
pneumonia here today. He came 10
Seattle 26 years ago, bringing q back
ground Of newspaper experience in
Baltimore and Kansas City.
Ten years ago he was sent to WASH
ington, D. O., with the newspapers
Capitol City Bureau. but returned to
Seattle later. He is survived BY his
widow and son. william Il. Curry, r..
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Gets 2 Years for go Cents.

BUCKHANNON, w. Va. January 81
CP.-Ernie Reed, Is, was sentenced to
two years in the State Penitentiary to-
day for q 60-cent robbery Reed con-
fessed he filched a dress valued at so
cents and a glass Of jelly valued at 10
cents from q vacant house, where they
had been temporarily stored.
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LAME DUCK" BAN
NEAR RATIFICATION:
IS STATES APPROVE

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IS the present session is the last for the
lame ducks.
1t took 10 long years for Senator
George Norris of Nebraska, the inde-
pendent leader, to fight the amendment
through Congress. 1t is taking the
States OF the Union. full three-quar-
tiers OF them, less than year to dem
onstrate that the country is through
with legislation by men who have been
told by their constituents that they are
no longer wanted.
Norris, quiet-spoken, benevolent
looking man of II, was not in WASH
ington last night. but off on that other
cause he has championed as long
cheap water power for the country
through Government operation Of
hydro electric plants. At Muscle
Shoals with President-elect Franklin
D. Roosevelt he looked forward hope
fully to the enactment Of his bill to
put that great enterprise in operation
once again, under Government direc-
ton. Twice Congress has passed it,
but the vetoes of Republican Presidents,
Coolidge and Hoover, killed it.
Two Acted Yesterday.
The lame duck" amendment was
brought to the verge of passage by the
Legislatures Of Idaho and New Mexico,
both of which acted yesterday. The
ratifications had been pouring in at
the rate of two or three day recently.
Seventeen States ratified last year be-
fore the Legislatures adjourned for the
Summer political campaigns. All the
rest of the IS on record have acted
since the assemblies resumed their
sessions the first week of January.
Virginia has the distinction of being
the first State to ratify. 1t acted two
days after Congress agreed on the reso-
luton proposing the amendment.
North Carolina and California were
the first to act this year, both ratifyinp
on January 4.
Had 1t been possible for all the
States to ratify last year, before Octo-
Der Is, Franklin D. Roosevelt would
now be in the White House and the
Congress elected with him last No
vember would be functioning.
Provides for Succession.
Besides moving up the dates of presi-
dental and congressional terms, the
amendment for the first time will pro-
vide for the presidential succession In
case the Fresident-elect dies or fails to
qualify. The Vice President elect is
put in his place until Congress formally
chooses q man to I'LL the term.
The amendment will be the first mod
ernization Of governmental process
since in 1918 election of Senators was
taken from Legislatures and given di-
rectly into the hands Of the people Of
the States.
The system the new amendment dis
poses of was based on the slow COM
munication facilities Of the pioneer pc
siod when travel to the Capital con-
sumed weeks or months BY stage coach
and on ho%seback.
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RUSSIA TO GET RID
OF ALL UNDESIRED
AND UNEMPLOYED

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PARITY PLAN FACES
SENATE REDUCTlC.
TO ONLY 2 PRODUC

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BRITISH CABINET
TO TAKE UP DEBT
ISSUE TOMORROW

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HORACE P. De HART
IS FATALLY HURT
IN AUTO ACCIDENT

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and other international problems at the
forthcoming World Economic Confer
ence
The Hoover-Roosevelt communique of
Friday announcing the incoming ad-
nlinistrat ton would receive British debt
representations stirred up torrid Sen
ate debate during the day in which
Robinson of Arkansas, the Democratic
leader, branded as cheap politics. a
charge by Robinson, Indiana Republic
an, that it was "usurpation Of author
ity"
Evening star., 1933-04-25

particularly complex In detail. Each
and every phrase in the text is q
theme for exposition, and knowledge
Of traditional Interpretation is Of the
highest importance. The document In
itself is lifeless; it lives only as it Is
comprehended, accepted and applied.
Composed Of mere words, mere symbols
of human thought its influence expands
in the conscience Of the people only
as it is received into their intelligence.
The ideals which it was framed to
translate into forms Of social action,
of democratic government, function in
the ratio In which they are appreci-
ated. The Oratorical Contest has the
pragmatic value Of bringing the Con-
stitution to the more intimate knowl-
edge of the men and women, the boys
and girls, whose protection it is.
The contest also has a more general
significance in that it promotes the
practice of clear and cogent speech.
Its awards are given to those who mani
fest the greatest mastery of oral ut
terance. Thus it stimulates q higher
standard of expression, sets loftier
mark for the speakers aim. Each par
ticipant perforce trains himself to
speak clearly, coherently, forcefully, at
tractively. Forensic gymnastics, he sees,
are not enough-he must be moderate
in his manner If he is to be entirely
convincing. 1t follows that the good
manners Of speaking are acquired in
the preparation for the trial.
Again, clarity of thought, method
ical science Of thinking is required of
the successful competitor. The winners
know that they must be competent in
reasoning and plainly direct in style
of composition. They must know what
they wish to say as we'll as how best to
say it. The contest, so viewed, is con-
ducive to more thoroughgoing logic
and a more skillful employment of the
principles of grammar and rhetoric.
For all these reasons, then, of in
telligent citizenship and patriotism, Of
elocutionary ability, of rational cogita
tion and of graceful literary production,
the National Oratorical Contest de-
serves public support and cooperation.
The school orators Of today may be
the lawyers and legislators, the judges
and statesmen of tomorrow. That
would be the natural outcome In the
circumstances But even if their paths
in life lead through less conspicuous
fields it may be taken for granted that
they will be better Americans because
of their experience.
Evening star., 1933-04-25
Canada and the United States.

Vital as are the interests under dis
cussion with Prime Minister Macdonald
and former Premier Herriot, those con-
cerning the United States and Canada
have an Importance of their own,
which clothes them with significance
that is almost paramount. The fact
that we are next-door neighbors of
itself places Canadian American re-
lations in a special category. But the
circumstance that the two countries
are respectively each others best Gus
toner makes trade between the Do
niinion and the Republic almost the
outstanding issue in the international
negotiations now in progress at Wash
ington.
1t is in that realization that the
American people and Government re-
joice in the presence of Canada's rugged
prime minister. Many weeks ago, long
before President Roosevelt's formal In
vitations for the current conversations
were rendered, Mr. Bennett in the
House Of Commons at Ottawa pro-
claimed his eagerness to confer at
Evening star., 1933-04-25
Muscle Shoals Project Gains
Favor, But Still Is Criticized

can all be undertaken without devolv-
ing more than moral responsibility for
its success upon the Central Govern
ment, without impairing Treasury bal
anceS."
Advice to count the cost of the prof.
ect is given by the Lincoln State Jour-
nal, the Hartford Daily Times, the
Philadelphia Evening Bulletin, the
news onp na ao p
ment competition with private business
is indicated by the Charleston Is. c.
Evening Post, which calls it unfair"
The Buffalo Evening News holds that
1T ought not to 90 forward as a project
designed to discourage private initiative
and to scrap private institutions when
they have served the public WELL" while
the New York Sun argues: According
to figures from an engineer, ten COM
panies operating in Alabama, Georgia,
Mississippi and Tennessee have invest
ments aggregating more than s7oO.00O.-
600. which pay annual taxes aggregating
So 1000, 900, which have on their books
the names Of $4,000 local investors in
preferred stocks and 10000 nonresident
holders Of stocks and bonds What is
to become Of all these if the Federal
Government enters the field as COM
petitor?"
AuPol LdIlCe Ol LHe proposed uOOQ
control is suggested by the Rockford
Register-Republic, while the Houston
Chronicle feels that 1t is unwise to keep
the plant idle, and the New Orleans
Tlmes-Picayune AYERS that the Presi-
dent gives the plant something re-
sembling its wartime status as an emer-
gency enterprise" Need of Federal
supervision of the power industry is
voiced by the youngstown Vindicator,
and the need of checking private mo-
nopoly Is upheld by the Portland Oregon
journal. The carrying out of campaign
promises Is indorsed by the Scranton
Times, and the indianapolis News ad-
vlses: The administration is interested
In the mass Of consumers, as it should
De, and 1t deserves a chance to see what
1t can do" The Baltimore Sun con-
cludes: When the Government under
taxes to regulate private enterprise ex-
tensively 1t very definitely tends to in.
Vlte subsequent step to public oper-
alton, because of failures in the process
Of regulation"
Advice to think it over" before taking
action Is given by the Cincinnati Tines
Star. while lack of public faith in
Utopian prospects is declared bv the
Minneapolis Tribune, and absence of
promise OF real test is observed by
tne Boston Transcript. Prospects of
1sck OF effective results are seen by the
hocnester Times Union, the San Jose
Mercury-Herald and the Providence
journal. The Chicago Daily News
Cnarges that the administration has
Junked sound Democratic doctrine"
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Is extravagant language, especially
in praise, ever justified?
The answer will depend upon ones
disposition, in part.
A. one believes In "impressing" 9TH
ers, 30 one may believe in the advis-
ability Of horid talk Of one kind or
another.
The real question remains, whether
such language. almost always over
drawn, really impresses any one, even
when 1t flatters.
A gentleman was exhibiting to a
friend some excellent views of the Tidal
Basin at cherry blossom time.
He had taken the pictures and per-
sonally hand-colored them.
The results were extremely effective,
particularly 50 In that the tints had
hand.
Most of the cherry blossom pictures
one sees are much too pink.
They make pretty picture, at any
depth of coloration, so there Is really
no sense In making them pinker than
they are.
The friend. being somewhat of an
amateur photographer himself, having
taken photographs since he was years
old, viewed the prints with critical
appreciation. Never had he owned
such a good camera As for the tint
ing, that required patience he did not
possess.
"They are beautiful" he said, which
was the simple truth.
Just at this moment bubbling Homer
Julian came into view.
Although he had never taken 50
much as a snapshot in his life. he was
long on words.
Magnificent" he exclaimed, shuming
rapidly through the prints.
"Glorious!" he added, as if afraid that
magnificent" was too weak a word.
Evidently he searched his word reser-
voir in vain for a bigger and better one,
for shortly he handed the batch Of
pictures back with an explosive Mag
nificent" which shook the very rafters.
The quiet gentleman who believed in
the values Of words, and especially the
proper appreciation of those values,
tried his best to make out, from the
facial expression Of the photographer,
how we'll the wordy barrage was going
over"
A poker face defeated him. but just
once he rather thought he caught a
sense Of satisfaction.
Magnificent" Is, indeed, a magnifl-
cent word! 1t is guaranteed to fatter
almost any one, from an archbishop to
a man In the street"
There are few persons, perhaps, who
do not like to feel that others appre-
ciate what they do. Many pretend to
be indifferent. but few really are.
And these grand words. rolled out of
the mouth Of one who has no shame in
using them, or any sense Of proportion,
either, make great splash.
Just for a moment. 1t may be hoped,
especially by quiet men everywhere
They are the old guard, the con-
servators Of language, the protectors of
the mother tongue
They stick. not to the letter Of the
dictionary, but to the spirit Of the Ian
guage.
Such words as magnificent" "glori-
ous,' Splendid" are mostly exaggera-
tive, as commonly used Magnificent, "
for instance, means splendid, stately;
sumptuously constructed or adorned;
splendidly lavish.
"Glorious," according to the diction-
ary, means possessing glory, illustrious;
conferring glory: splendid, magnificent,
intensely delightful
Splendid" equals magnificent, gor-
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Red Cross as Relief Agency.

In a message to the American Red
Cross, at the opening of its annual
convention in this city yesterday, Pres
ident Roosevelt, who but for the
pressure Of business incident to the
meeting here of representatives of for
eign governments on matters of grave
international Importance would doubt
less have been present. said:
In the national relief program now
under consideration by Congress the
Red Cross may be called upon to take
a part. I am confident that the same
efficiency and loyal service which have
marked its operation for so many years
will again be evidenced.
Already the Red Cross has been tax
ing part in the relief work made
necessary by the countrywide depres-
sion of business and the lack Of en-
some months in the distribution Of
IS ,0OO, 900 bushels of wheat donated by
Congress to the needy. That task
will be completed by the first of June.
At present there is no definite plan
for the substitution Of other food
supplies for those which are soon to
be exhausted BY the terms Of the
general relief bill at present pending
in Congress, passage of which is ex-
pected in q short time, such means
will be provided, and it is altogether
fitting that the Red Cross, with its
highly efficient organization. should be
entrusted with the dispensation.
This association Of citizens, formed
many years ago to undertake the relief
of those afflicted by disasters, with a
membership Of millions and with the
advantage of complete confidence on
the part of the people Of the entire
country in its integrity and effective
ness, is in the best possible position to
administer relief works, particularly in
the matter of distribution of supplies.
It's overhead" Of cost is small, its
knowledge of conditions is broad and
its efficiency of personnel is exceptional
At yesterdays opening meeting Judge
John Barton Payne, chairman of the
Central Committee, noted that through
the agencies of the Red Cross more
than 25,O0o,00O people, constituting
over 5,700,000 families, had received
donations of -four, ground from the
wheat turned over by Congress out OF
the surplus holdings of the Govern
ment. In some instances the organiza-
ton had to fight desperately" to keep
municipalities from selling the supplies
but was able through watchfulness to
distribute the supplies without cost to
the people assisted. 1t also handled
some $4,000 miles OF cotton cloth, made
up into more than 100000 garments
These are achievements of direct
practical value. There is no taint of
political manipulation in the work OF
the Red Cross. There is no favoritism
in its distributions. With an experience
of many years it goes directly to the
places of need and relieves all suffering
whether the consequence OF disaster OF
of depression. It is therefore reassuring
to find that the President is in effect
already enlisting the Red Cross in the
work that is soon to be authorized fol-
the public succor.
Evening star., 1933-04-25
School Orators.

The present National Oratorical Con-
test is the tenth of the series. Pre-
sumably, the competition has become
an institution, certain to survive. That
It serves a useful purpose must be
patiently evident, but it may be worth
while to examine again what that pur-
pose is designed to be.
The subject may be discussed under
several divisional headings. The first
of these is that of an increased and
more exact understanding of the Con-
stitution of the United States, the basic
law Of the land Naturally, the sub
Sect Is Of vast dimensions IS well as