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Evening star., 1933-08-16
Consumers and the N. R. A.

There are probably no fundamental
differences between the aims of the
N. r. A, as they affect the consumer,
and the suggestions with which Prof.
Ogburn accompanied his letter of resig-
nation. The interest of Prof Ogburn Is
in behalf of the consumer, and one OF
the distinctive features of the philoso-
ply behind the N R. A. is the effort
to benefit the consumer by increasing
his purchasing power. In the recovery
period through which the Nation now
seems to be passing the purpose Is to
increase purchasing power before in
creasing capital profits. Heretofore the
process of recovery has increased cap
stal profits first, with the lag in pur-
chasing power Of the consumer grad
ually catching up.
But Prof. Ogburn is wholly correct
In demanding that the interests OF the
consumer, as class, be protected by
all adequate organization, equipped with
proper personnel for gathering and in
terpreting facts and figures relating to
prices and quality, and that such pro-
lection not be relegated to position OF
minor importance 1t is true, as Prot.
Ogburn points out that the consumer
class is less represented than any OF
those involved in proceedings before the
n. R. A. The N. r. A. Is at present en-
gagged in the task of perfecttng the
new partnership between Government
and the various groups of industry and
business and is dealing with the repre-
sentatives of those directly affected.
Another great arm Of Government is at
present seeking to alleviate the troubles
of the farmer by taxing consumers in his
behalf. The sum total Of all these
forces will be to raise prices. And unless
the price rise is accompanied by an &C
tual increase in the consumers pur-
chasing power, it is going to be too bad
for the consumer.
Prof Ogburn's whole point is that
there should be an amply equipped or
ganization to examine and to interpret
the effect of the new deal on the con-
sumer. This is monumental task in
itself that will keep the economists and
sociologists busy for years to come.
For, although the temporary character
of the emergency experiment in rele-
eating competition in favor OF system
of planned control has been empha-
sized, such a radical change Of policy
implies a certain degree of permanence.
A Nation cannot march up the hill and
back again in the short space OF two
years. 1t is probable that partly as the
result Of Prof Ogburn's suggestions,
partly as the result Of events now surely
shaping themselves, the so-called Con-
sumers' Advisory Board will become one
of the most important agencies OF
the N. r. A.
Evening star., 1933-08-16
A Train and a Dog.

From the San Antonio Evening News.
A veteran engineer on the Rock Island
Railroads Golden State Limited values
his reputation for bringing in the train
on time. Yet he Martin J. Conway
stopped the locomotive at Topeka to let
dog trot across a tresth. There was
not room on the bridge for both the
train and the dog. so the latter was
given right of way. William CoWper
would not count as friend the man
who, though graced wita poliSh'd man
ners and fine sense, yet wanting sensi-
bility," needlessly setJ foot upon a
worm. The author Of THE Task"
doubtless would have been glad to well
come Conway into his circle.
The engineers consideration for
dumb animal might be commended to
the motorlst-Particalarly the wild
youth-who, in hurry to get nowhere.
will step on the gas" and "unavoid-
ably run down a kitten or a puppv
Such motorist cenainly is more want
ing in sensibility tnan the poets man
who steps upon worm, yet he probably
prldeS himself or gentlemanly traits
However, that engineers precedent
should not be Carried too far. He
would not alwayi find it practicable to
stop fer a moto'ist who was disputino
the way at gfade crossing. There is
a limit beyond which that manner OF
chiValry would tease to be a virtue.
Evening star., 1933-08-16
Authors as Diplomats.

Meredith Nicholson, it is said is to
enter the diplomatic service. The re-
port is exceedingly interesting. An
eminent novelist, poet and essayist, he
had his early training in the world of
realities which goes by the name of the
newspaper business. With such en-
trancing tales as The House of a
Thousand Candles" and "The Port Of
Missing Men" to his credit, he has
known the celebrity of being a best
seller" and his "Hoosier Chronicle" p"
THE Provincial American and The
Valley of Democracy have won him
the high regard of less numerous but
more discriminating following. Among
American writing men his position is
both elevated and permanent. His
books have place in the ideal library
of the average citizen of the United
States
As it happens, there is abundant
Evening star., 1933-08-16
A Test That Should Be Made.

The shogt-haul, five-cent bus fare
ordered by the Public Utilities Com
mission should be accepted with good
grace by the Washington Railway &
Electric Co. as a fair test OF the theory
that street car companies are losing a
large portion of their revenues because
OF failure to give adequate service at
a low rate Of fare. The company will
gain nothing, in the end. by bucking
the order. If the experiment is under
taken the results can only be beneficial.
II the low rate Of fare fails to win back
lost patronage gained by the taxicabs.
the street car companies will have won
more sympathetic hearing from the
public in their complaints against cheap
taxicab competition. If the low rate Of
fare does attract patronage, the street
car companies will have demonstrated
one method of regaining lost business
1t Is a question, OF course, whether a
difference Of five cents in fare is going
to attract many people to street cars
or buses who now ride in taxicabs
The matter of convenience. as we'll as
time consumed in the ride, il prob
ably as important to many as the
amount Of fare. The only sensible way
of deciding that point is TO try it out.
The experiment should be undertaken
by the street car company in a way
that will give the proponents Of the
five-csnt fare the benefit of every doubt.
The service should be adequate and
efforts should be made to popularize it.
The experimenting street car company
has only relatively small amount to
lose. under the circumstances, and
everything to gain.
Evening star., 1933-08-16

however, fears that the examue Of
America, in all possibility. will be used
TO promote eXtravagant naval building
programs throughout the world" The
Rochester Times Union advises that
international cooperation is demanded
by good sense. to head off such ,oStly
and dangerous competition"
The Providence Journal believes that
our Navy should be built up 10 a
point more nearly approaching the
treaty ratios The Houston Chrnicle
holds that our present building sctiv-
ity will again serve as q bargaining
point The Jersey City Journal. On the
other hand. fears that even Uncle Sam
is apt TO prove reluctant to scra1 any
part of his new Navy
One thing is virtually cerain.'
thinks the Memphis Commercial Ap-
peal that the expiration of Lmdon
Treaty provisions will see signltory
nations. including this country. 3uild
up to limits. and that is far, ia cry
from satisfactory armament reiuc-
ton"
Evening star., 1933-08-16
Racketeering and Politics.

A Senate subcommittee on racketeer-
ing. headed by Senator Copeland OF
New York, is now on tour OF the coun-
try. sitting first in New York, seeking
light on the problem of organized
crime in America and possible remedies.
Yesterday it heard witnesses of proml-
nence in the legal field, two OF whom
gave it as their opinion that until poll
tics can be separated from the enforce
ment of the laws there will be no
abatement of this evil. One OF these
was George T. Medalie, now Federal
attorney for the metropolitan district
and the other was Frederic Kernochan,
chief Justice of the Court OF Special
Sessions of New York, the former Re-
publican and the latter a Democrat.
In varying terms they declared that
gangs are part of the machine for
political control. Mr.. Medalie said that
mot until politics is divorced from
municipal affairs will we get rid OF the
gangsters." Judge Kernochan told the
committee now QlSLrlCI leduelS uoe liie
gangs on election days and protect them
at other times.
This is not new or surprising accu'
sation. 1t has been brought before, II
one form or another. 1t is, indeed
recognized as the reasonable explana
ton of the ease with which professional
criminals, with long records of Law
breaking, escape punishment. Th'
fault lies not with the police organi
yation, which is as efficient as may b'
expected in community where polite
dictates appointments, assignments ant
promotions. 1t lies with the prosecut
ing organization, which gives the bes
of the breaks" to the accused. Th
member of criminal gang, caught will
the goods or in some act of violence
selects his "mouthpiece,' or attorney
according to the latter's standing will
the political organization, who gain
his clients liberty on nominal bail, de
lays and protracts his trial by subter
&uS6 and technicalities. and thu
Evening star., 1933-08-16
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
A Logical Assumption.

A Logical Assumption.
With problems psychological
And also geological,
And meteorological
And maybe theological;
With figures chronological
And matters biological
Or things chronological
'Mongst methods artful dodge-ical;
Assistance astrological
In chaos genealogical
Our efforts pathological
We may
Some day
Get under way
To free our simple reasoning
From heterogeneous seasoning
And be, in times hodge -podgical,
Plain, Ordinary Logical.
Evening star., 1933-08-16

Vine time Is at hand
Now Clematis paniculata, POLITICALLY
known as Virgins Bower, begins to
bloom.
The morning glory, long favorite
with every one, again shows the world
the reason for that preference.
These and other vines, however, long
ago displayed the best reasons for a
plain favoritism on the part Of most
home gardeners.
Habit of growth and foliage-these
two account mostly fer the real popu-
larity Of all types of ornamental vines.
No plant is more distinctive than q
vine.
1t gives the gardener qualities which
he finds nowhere else in the plant king
dom.
This becomes overwhelmingly true
when the climbing roses are included
In the category. as they should be-
A garden which contains no climbers
Is lacking in something's something
easily senSed when one enters a yard
where there are a profusion of them.
If furniture helps make a house a
home, as We have been told, then vines
tend to make a garden all that true
garden should be.
Without them, at least, something
distinctive, in the best sense, Is missing
Those who treat the various vines
simply as SO much cover material, with
out any right Of garden entrance of
their own, are making big mistake.
The best of our vines have a soften
ing effect scarcely to be secured In any
other way. Yet 1t is secured so un-
obtrusively that mere beholders dismiss
these artistic creations without a
thought; just something to cover old
stumps and the like.
Nothing could be more mistaken than
this attitude. A god vine, like any
good plant. is just as much q center
piece as you choose to make it. A
garden architect can paint effective
pictures with vines as we'll as with
gladioli. No one will catch one of
these gentlemen sneering at the climb
ers. Long ago they climbed into his
affection because of the use he could
make Of them.
Vines possess the distinction of really
good clothes. They do not call atten-
ton to themselves, but if one stops TO
lcok at them he sees how good they are,
There are. in gardens as elsewhere,
two sorts of lookers-thoee who look
with interest and those who look with
out interest.
The two types are so well-known that
1t would seem unnecessary to differ
entlate them, were it not for the fact
that there is a mistaken notion abroad
that somehow special interests excuse
others from paying any attention to
them.
Hobbies. in other words, let one "out,"
If 1t Is some one else's hobby.
According to this theory, which we
believe in error, one is excused from the
slightest interest in a friends collec-
ton of tropical fishes, If one is not
ones self a fancier
oh. you have lot Of goldfish" is
enough, according to this way of
thought.
No, that is not enough, my dear sir.
In the first place, they are not gold
fish, and, in the second. one does not
have many of them compared with
the several hundred varieties available.
One would have to make ones living
quarters look more like pet shop than
they do, to have "a lot Of these inter
esting bits of life The seas and the
Evening star., 1933-08-16

At present the worlds economic slt-
uation may be described as problem
in higher mathematics dependent on
calculations apparently remote, yet al
interrelated. Simple arithmetic, as en-
ploved on the cash register and the
adding machine, is not sufficient for all
purposes, but as usual it plays a basic
part. A conscientious public is waiting
to see the result Of the calculations
and taking care not to disturb them
by irrelevant demonstration.
Evening star., 1933-08-16

According to official report to the
State Department, the solution of
Cuba's problems has been worked out
entirely by the Cubans themselves. This
is in accordance with the strict proprie-
ties and gives hope that they will be
able to proceed with the transactions
before them with discretion and Sc
curity.
Evening star., 1933-08-16

Hitler is an extraordinary man. yet
not SO extraordinary as the public he
assumes to be leading. A leader must
reflect in some degree the ideals of those
whom he persuades to become his fol-
loWerS
Evening star., 1933-08-16

Cuba Is renewing the old wonder
nent at the amount of disturbance
that can arise in so small an island
and one so well equipped for life OF
ease and comfort.
Evening star., 1933-08-16

Naturalists say there are no sharks
to be feared along the Atlantic Coast,
excepting those who blow in from the
land for underworld activity.
Evening star., 1933-08-16
The Girls Ahead.

From the San Antonio Evening News.
Aren't the girl babies named Mira get
ting a start over the boys named
Newdeal?
Evening star., 1933-08-16
A Grin FrivOlity.

When they are calling strikes, find
A discontented frame of mind.
1t may affect me much the same
In business or base ball game.
Evening star., 1933-08-16

Jud Tunkins says when baby is born
with q silver spoon in his mouth he has
to be watched to prevent him from
swallowin' the spoon and maxim hisself
sick.
Evening star., 1933-08-16
Memher nf the Associated Press.

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TO the use for republication of all news dis
patches credited to it or not otherwise cred
tied in this paper and also the local news
published hNrein. All rights of publication OF
special dispatches herein are also reserved.
Evening star., 1933-08-16
FaYorite Station.

Radio has gotten the public into the
way of talking in initials" said the man
whose remarks are sometimes inter-
esting, though unimportant.
Yes" answered Senator Sorghum
And it's a matter of patriotic satisfaction
to find every citizen so enthusiastic
about broadcasting from station NRA.'
Evening star., 1933-08-16

"You kin limit de workin' hours Of
an honest man." said Uncle Eben, but
it's hard to keep racketeer fun goin
right ahead workin' overtime
Evening star., 1933-08-16

At last we have it, or at least the
writer of letter to the editor of the
New York Times thinks he has. N. r.
A., he contends, simply means: Nom
mate Roosevelt Again"
Evening star., 1933-08-16
Embarrassing Abundance.

A cure for care has been revealed
And many of us wonder
How we can 60 to Trouble Field
And plow our worries under.
Evening star., 1933-08-16
Investing in Brains.

Are you going to send your boy Josh
back to college?"
YES" answered Farmer Corntossel.
Il have decided that with all the
problems goin' around in finance, taxa
ton and general economics, we'd better
raise some member of the family to be
as highly intelligent as possible, In order
to keep the old home goin'"
Evening star., 1933-08-16
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Although he's been on duty here only
since last November, the expectation is
that Cuban Ambassador Oscar de Gin
Evening star., 1933-08-16

Wars have made history" said
Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown, land by
keeping a record of ancient quarrels
and combats history has continued to
create wars"
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@. What is the French phrase for
peanut butter ?-V. H.
A. There is no French word for pea
nut butter. This article Of food is very
little known in France since the peanut
is an American product, and it Is Yer7
likely that the words would be ex-
pressed in French simply by using the
English words.
The Washington times., 1933-08-15
SMART MATRONS CONSIDER PRINTED COSTUME NECESSITY FOR Their
SOCIAL NOTES

man Park Hotel, returned to
their home at Highland Park,
Mich, yesterday with Mr.. Self
zer's sister, Miss Kennette Self
Zer.
Mrs. Sidney A. Cloman has
returned to her home in Kalo-
rama Road, from Glouster,
Mass, where she spent several
weeks visiting Miss Elizabeth
Hammond, sister of Mr.. John
Hays Hammond.
Mrs. L. j. Brasher has come
here from Birmingham, Ala, to
spend 10 days, and during her
sojourn she is at Wardman Park
Hotel.
Representative An n ing S.
Prall entertained informally at
luncheon yesterday at the Carl
ton.
Doctor Emmanuel Friedlander,
of Naples, Italy, who is visiting
in this country, arrived yester-
day, and is at Wardman Park
Hotel for the duration Of his
stay in Washington.
Colonel Paul Henderson, Of
washington, is at the Carlton
for a brief stay.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul May are
at Chalfonte- -Haddon Hall in
Atlantic City.
Mrs. William Bayard Cut
ting, mother of Senator Bron-
son Cutting, is the house
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. C. Suy.
dam Cutting at southampton,
Long Island.
Mr.. Frederic A. Delano is at
the Hotel Biltmore in New
York city for a few days.
M1. dA4O MAos ~ AN' " "a ~
of Washington, are at the Wal
dorf Astoria in New York.
K X y
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul C. Trim
BILE, of New York City, arrived
here yesterday with their two
children and they are at Ward
man Park Hotel during their
visit.
x X
Col. John B. Rose has arrived
in Washington from New York
City and is at the Carlton.
X X
Major General and Mrs. Rob
ert E. Callan have given up
their house at 2318 California
y
The Washington times., 1933-08-15
Prime Minister
Entertained at
White House

The President and Mrs.
Roosevelt entertained at lunch
con today at the White House
in honor of the Prime Minis
ter of New Zealand, Mr.. G. w.
Forbes and Mrs. Forbes, who
are visiting in the Capital.
The Minister of Education,
Industries and Commerce of
New Zealand and Mrs. Mas
ters; the Charge d'Affares of
Great Britain, Mr.. F. Darcy G.
Osborne; the Secretary of Agri-
culture and Mrs. Henry A. Wal
lace; the Secretary of Com
merce and Mrs. Daniel C.
Roper; the Secretary of Labor,
Miss Frances Perkins; the I'm
der Secretary of State, Mr.. Will
liam Phillips; Col. Louis McH.
Howe, Mr.. and Mrs Henry Nor
genthau, jr., Mr.. James C.
ONAAA4, UA4s OOl1Il -. E1lCkSISOIl,
Miss Marguerite LELAND, Mrs
Malvina T. Schneider. Capt.
Walter N. Vernon and Col. Ed
win M. Watson.
Tonight, the Charge d'Affaires
of Great Britain, Mr.. Osborne,
will be host at dinner at his resi-
dence in TWenty-fourth Street
in honor of the Prime Minister
and Mrs. Forbes.
Judge Alfred K. Nippert. of
Cincinnati, is at the Willard
during his stay in the Capt.
tai.
Mrs. Jean Warden Duren, of
New York City, is at the Carl
ton for few days. accompan-
led by her daughter. Miss E.
Duren.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bruce N. Daniel,
of Redlands, Calf, are at Ward
man Park Hotel during their
sojourn in this city.
The Washington times., 1933-08-15
Miss Doyle Sets
Wedding Date

The marriage of Miss Mary
Jane Doyle, daughter of Mr..
Thomas j. Doyle, of Crosse
Pointe Farms, Detroit, Michi-
gan, and Mr.. Richard Laskey
Underwood, of this city, son of
Mrs. Margaret Laskey Under
wood and the late Mr.. Lineas
Underwood, will take place in
Detroit, Saturday, September
20.
Mr.. Underwood will have as
his best man, Mr.. Franklin j.
Dickman, of Bronxville, New
York; and the ushers will in
clude, Mr.. Willoughby S. Ches-
ley, jr., of Larchmont, New
York, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Willoughby S. Chesley, of this
city; Mr.. Edward R. Doyle,
brother of the bride-to-be; Mr..
Frederic A. Leisen. of Detroit;
and Mr.. John Laskey, son of
the former District Attorney
and Mrs. John E Laskey, and
cousin of the bridegroom-to-be.
The Washington times., 1933-08-15
DR.. Taylor Named

President Roosevelt has COM
missioned DR.. Henry c. Taylor,
Of Wisconsin, as American
member of the permanent COM
mittee of the international In
stitute of Agriculture at Rome.
DR.. Taylor formerly was chief
of the Bureau of Agricultural
Economics in the Department
of Agriculture. He will leave
Washington before September
! to take up his new duties.
The Dean of the Diplomatic
Corps, the Ambassador Of
Turkey, Mr.. Ahmet Muhtar,
entertained at a swimming
party at the Annapolis Roads
Club this afternoon for his
house guests, Nine. Sefa and
her daughter, Miss Leyna Sefa,
of Long Island, and Miss
Dorothy Nicholson in celebra-
ton of the latter's birthday
anniversary and later will be
host at dinner at the embassy
In Sheridan Circle.
The Washington times., 1933-08-15

Mr.. Grant Forman, Of Tulsa,
Okla, has joined Mrs. Forman
in Washington and they are
guests of the latter's aunt and
cousin, Mrs. James H. Draper,
and Mrs. Samuel A. Kimberly.
Mrs. William D. Thomas re-
turned yesterday from Warren
ton, Va, where she spent the
weekend.
Mrs. George T. Marye, mother
of Mrs. Thomas, spent several
days at Atlantic City and has
rejoined Mr.. Marye at their
home on N Street.
X X X
Commander Paul H. Bastedo,
U. S. NJ, is at the Savoy-Plaza
in New York.
X X
Mrs. Laurence H. Seltzer, who
has been spending a short time
here with Mr.. Seltzer at Ward
The Washington times., 1933-08-15
Returning Shortly

Maj. Gen. and Mrs. John A.
Lejeune and their daughters,
Miss Laura Lejeune and Miss
Laura Lejeune, will return Fri
day, August 26, to Lexington,
Va, where Gen. Lejeune will
resume his duties as Superin-
tendent of the Virginia Military
Institute September /. Gen.
Lejeune has been superinten-
dent of the institute since his
retirement from active duty at
the close of his service as COM
mandant of the Marine Corps.
Gen. and Mrs. Lejeune and
their daughters have been
guests of Comdr. James B.
Glennon, U. S. NJ, and Mrs.
Glennon at Long Beach, Calf,
where Comdr. Glennon is on
duty. Mrs. Glennon is a daugh-
ter of Gen. and Mrs. Lejeune.
DR.. and Mrs. Roland Cotton
Smith, of Washington, are at
the Madison in New York, from
their summer home at Ipswich,
Mass.
The Washington times., 1933-08-15
Shower Tea for
Bride

Miss Louise Carey, daughter
of Mr., and Mrs. Joseph A.
Carey, whose marriage to Lieut..
Joseph Edward Bastion, jr., U.
S. A., son of Lieut.. Col. Joseph
Edward Bastion, U. S. A., and
Mrs. Bastion, will take place on
August 26, will be the guest
in whose honor Miss Suzanne
Sheppard will entertain at a
tea and shower this afternoon
in the apartment of Mrs. Ros-
son Warren at the Kennedy
Warren. The guests will in
clude the members of the we'd
ding party and a few additional
friends.
The Washington times., 1933-08-15
Envoy Of Canada
Joins Wife and
Son at Resort

The Minister of Canada, the
Honorable William Duncan Her
ridge, left this morning for st.
Andrews-by-the-Sea, to spend a
few days with Mrs. Herridge
and their young son. From
there he will go to Ottawa, re-
turning to the Capital in about
a week.
X \ X
Miss Cynthia Davis, who has
returned from Europe, has
joined her father, Mr.. Dwight
F. Davis, and her sisters, the
Misses Alice and Helen Davis,
at their home on the ocean in
Southampton, L. I.