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Evening star., 1933-05-28

The Soroptomist Club met at the
Willard Hotel May "a. The meeting
was opened by the president of the
club, Miss Nora B. Huffman.
The honor guest and principal
speaker was Thomas Littlepage, presi-
dent of the Washington Chamber
of Commerce. Mrs. Kate Trenholm
Abrams, director of the League OF Ma
tions Association in Washington, also
ington, was a guest of the president
Miss Nora B. Huffman. Other guests
in attendance were Mrs. Rose L. Per-
rine of East Orange, N. j., the guest
and sister of Mrs. Ruby Lee Minar, and
DR.. William E. Hopkins of India, also
the guest of Mrs. Minar. The attend
ance prize was won by Miss Suzanne
Warren.
Mrs Mary Lewis vice president OF
the American Federation of Soropto-
mist Clubs, announced the president OF
the American Federation. Mercy Ellen
Crehan of Vancouver British Columbia
will visit the Washington club in June
when she will be entertained.
Gamma Chapter, Delphians, met at
the Shoreham Hotel Monday evening
Miss Lulu Adams, president, presided
and gave the preliminary survey. The
literary program, Greek Comedy" was
under the leadership of Mrs. Mary G
Mathiot Topic reports were as follows
"Old Comedy" Miss Emma Hoffer;
Analysis of the Birds" Mrs Q. N
Fansler; Middle and New Comedy
Mrs. Jessie Krause: 'Memander's
Plays" Miss Irene Westerman; Char
acter of New Comedy" Mrs. Evelyn
Bright Buckley; THE Brothers," Miss
Julia Gilbert. Mrs. Lillian Bernhardt
Delphian secretary, was welcomed a.
guest. The next meeting will be helc
June 5, with Mrs. Pearl Frieda as pro-
gram leader.
Curley Club--The annual reception
| and entertainment In honor of Arch
Evening star., 1933-10-07

sidiaries lost on the deal. The new
corporation Just created will advance
loans to farmers direct, at four per cent
interest. II cotton sinks below ten
cents a pound. the farmer may default
on his loan. which will leave the lend
ing corporation holding the bag. But
while the Farm Boards great holdings
of wheat and cotton constituted a drag
on the market-as the price would
Immediately 60 down once they were
dumped for sale-there Is an element
Of certainty In the new arrangement,
represented in the understanding that
the cotton must be sold II cotton
reaches fifteen cents q pound.
1t is expected that the nev corpora
tion-capitalized at $3,00O,00O sub
scribed by the Agricultural Adjust
ment Corporation out of the money
which 1t, in turn. received from the
Public Works Administration-wil go
into lending money to other farm crop
producers, notably wheat. 1t is au-
thorized to borrow from the Recon-
struction Finance Corporation. foun-
tain that never goes dry, and its loans
to the cotton farmers alone are ex-
pected to exceed 100000 900. The
whole scheme depends for its success on
rising prices. If prices do not rise
well. the administration is not only
burning its bridges once they are
crossed, but is refusing to cross them
before they are reached.
Evening star., 1933-10-07
A Celebrated Dog.

celebrated dog is dead. He was
a French poodle, Toby the Third by
name, and in his day he probably was
the most widely famous canine in the
United States. The property OF the
late Miss Ella Virginia Won Echtzel
Wendell. his home was the old-fash-
ioned mansion at Fifth avenue and
Thirty-ninth street, New York City.
The side yard in which he had his
morning run was valued at approx
mately four million dollars. Miss Wen
del, the last OF her line, had an estate
worth hundred million when she died,
in 1881.
After the demise Of his mistress
Toby suffered change of fortune. She
had shown him an affection which the
servants to whose care he latterly had
been consigned could not display.
He had slept in a little bed and eaten
at little table in her room. But
after she disappeared from the ancient
house the poodle was obliged to sleep
in the pantry and eat in the kitchen.
Doubtless his sensibilities were in
jured In any event, press reports Of
his passing say that his disposition
had grown sour. Such alterations on
occasion take place in human tempera-
ment, and Toby appears to have been
very human.
The lonely animals health also was
impaired. Perhaps his sorrows affected
his digestion. He was only seven years
of age. but the veterinarian declared
that he could not have lived much
longer. 1t was decided to bring his
career to "a painless end He has
been buried beside the two Tobys who
were his predecessors. If dogs are ad-
mitted to Heaven, he may be there.
Soon the name Of the Wendell family
will be missing from the daily press.
Their story is drawing to close. The
legend will nnger, subject to momentary
resurrection from time to time, but the
Wendell era belongs to the past. Toby's
departure has the character Of foot
note to history.
Evening star., 1933-10-07
The British War Debt.

President Roosevelt received at the
White House yesterday Sir Frederick
Leith-Ross, head OF the British debt
commission, and his associate, Mr..
r. K. Bewley, who have come to Wash
ineton to cooperate with the British
Ambassador, Sir Ronaldt Lindsay, in
negotiations for reconsideration OF
the British war debt. On Monday
discussions will formally set in at the
Treasury Department, which hss been
assigned the task Of dealing with the
subject. At stake IS the gross total OF
roundly $4,675, 900, representing
principal and accrued interest.
Pending definite disclosure by the
british representatives as to what their
government has in mind In the way o1
an offer looking to downward revision
Of the existing debt arrangement, public
opinion in this country must withhold
Judgment. Britain's case for revision
has at least this much to commend II
b American consideration. She Is the
only one of the principal war debtors
those whose obligations to the United
States Treasury run into billions o.
collars-to keep the slate clean, so fal
as outright defaulting is concerned
Thai <the British have avoided Thes
Evening star., 1933-10-07

wife have one Of the worst quarrels Of
their quarrelsome married life. On
Monday, Tuesday and wednesday
things grow rapidly worse, more and
more violent, in the family On Thurs
day, John, whose mind, never too well
balanced, has given way under the
strains imposed on 1t, is killed by an
automobile. after wandering about since
Sunday, with his memory gone. There
Is q funeral. with flowers and much
half pleasurable excitement. Johns
wife walls, 20 my poor husband!" but
soon joins in the general opinion that
"he's better of" and it's all for the
best. 1t is a sordid tale. with no light
among the shadows. but Mr.. Fisher has
put into 1t . gripping realism which
shows yeal ability. -
Evening star., 1933-10-07

paid the ST, 900 900 semi-annuity due
last December In full. They did not
meet the June, 1888, payment, but on
account of it they submitted token"
installment of some $8,000,000 which
the United States accepted In the spirit
in which it was formally tendered-that
is, an acknowledgment Of the validity
of the entire obligation and an evidence
of intention to resume payments upon
1t In some form at later periods, There
was nothing savoring of reputation In
Britain's action.
About the same time President
Roosevelt indicated this Governments S
willingness to receive at any time from
Great Britain and the other debtors any
representations they care to make on
the vital question of capacity to pay.
American experts have made a survey
of British financial conditions, which
shows substantial improvement since
Britain made her previous request for
debt reduction. While the British dele
gates now here are not expected to deny
this favorable trend. there is reason to
believe they will continue to insist that
payments cannot be continued except
on the basis Of drastic reductions in
the light Of world economic conditions.
President Roosevelt and his Treasury
advisers will conduct the negotiations
with the British, but all concerned are
aware that the final word on debts rests
with Congress. Sentiment on Capitol
Hill, by every indication available, re-
mains invincibly anti-cancellationist
and even anti-reductionist. But 1t will
be time enough for the country and
Congress to make up their respective
minds with finality when all the cards
are on the tabs
Evening star., 1933-10-07
Lending to Raise Prices.

If Mr.. Hoover attempted to solve his
pressing problems by the appointment
of another commission" his successor
is going about it by the formation OF
another corporation"
The &C. c." has been formed in an
effort to raise agricultural commodity
prices by advancing money on the
crops. The first job confronting the
Commodity Corporation is to lend cot
ton planters ten cents q pound on cot
ton of a specified grade and eight
cents a pound on other cotton. That
will fix a minimum price for cotton,
or that, at least, Is one purpose. At
the same time, the cotton loans have
other objectives. The consumer Is In
theory protected by the understanding
that when and If cotton reaches fifteen
cents pound the corporation will
force sales of its holdings-thus set
ting a maximum price In addition to
a minimum price. There is the fur
ther condition that before farmers are
permitted to borrow money they must
agree to q forty per cent reduction In
planted acreage below this years plant
ing, thus forwarding the administra-
tion's crop curtailment plans.
The administration, of course, is not
blazing any new paths in this latest
price -pegging experiment, as the scheme
is in some respects similar to the ILL
fated efforts by the late Farm Board,
which advanced many millions Of dol
lars on wheat and cotton through CO.
operatives. The Farm Boards sub
Evening star., 1933-10-07
Pork Limit Campaign.
rom the Indianapolis News


The Governments experiment in re-
ducing the pork production OF the coun-
try ended Saturday, as far as the pur-
chase Of swine is concerned. The indi-
cations are that unless the original
plan is carried through by further pur-
chases. some of them forced, the plan
will not succeed to the extent promised.
Originally the plan called for the pur-
chase of 5000. 900 pigs and 900 900 sows
The Government bought 100000 pigs,
but got only 100000 sows.
AS the plan worked out in action, only
those farmers unable to feed out their
pdgs, and pressed for money, took ad-
vantage of the Government offer. The
process was so complicated that in some
instances the buying centers were
glutted, and farmers had to sell any
where at practically any price, because
they could afford neither to keep the
pigs until the Government could buy,
nor to return them to their farms And
in buying a complicated process was
officially used that cost the farmer
money and time.
The Government could not force
farmers to bring In the sows, but relied
on their cooperative spirit. The re-
sponse of the farmer was to keep the
sows. He felt that the destruction of
pigs would strengthen the market early
next year, and wished to be prepared
to make the most Of it. His failure to
cooperate thus undermined the plan
to q considerable extent. The Depart
ment of Agriculture now knows that
the short corn crop did as much as
anything else to force the pigs on the
market, for many farmers could not af
ford feed.
As the campaign closed, the Govern
ment found that it had spent $50, 0,000,.
900 for swine and had paid packers
81, 900 900 to process or destroy them
Thus the Government has put $35 5,000,-
600 into the experiment, hoping that
1t will raise the hog price enough to dc
the farmer some good.
Evening star., 1933-10-07
Hope of Peace Agreements
Persist Amid War Rumors

longer dealing with q world which will
soon be reduced to static and peaceful
orderliness one is dealing with wild
rush of events amid which any per-
manent stability Is impossible and the
very idea of final settlement Is irrele-
want. 1t is no longer a question OF
building solid edifice wherein the ma
tions may reside; it is a matter of steer
ing the various frail national barks
down a torrent filled with rocks, taking
each rapid as one comes to it without
much time for thinking about the still
lakes that may or may not lie ahead.
Thus the diplomatists labor at the pad
dies, veering now one way and now an
other, in their endless diplomatic COM
binations, and the greatest success they
can attain is merely to get by
THE most confirmed militarist," con-
tends the New York Times, will think
of the effect upon his own people of any
open avowal that the organization Of
peace has failed and that henceforth
it is back to the unmitigated reign Of
tooth and claw" While admitting that
the specter Of war is in the back
ground" the San Jose Mercury Herald
points out that 'as general rule, peace
treaties have sown seeds of war;" but
emphasizes the difference that came
WIFI Lne eQOluS OF CQe WOrlQ war. IL
states: The Versailles treaty and the
treaties related to it differ from all pre-
ceding peace treaties in that they SOW
seeds Of peace along with seeds Of war.
Mindful Of past experience, the authors
of it wrote into the League of Nations
Covenant that the body of delegates
may reopen peace settlements between
nations when, in its opinion, a read
justment is needed to do justice. As
most Of the more than fifty nations in
the League are not parties to the treaty
and have nothing at stake, they are
qualified to be impartial judges A fair
hearing is assured"
Fighting for desired advantages has
been a characteristic of mankind since
the earliest days." says the Birmingham
News. with the feeling that "it is en-
tirely too much to expect that this deep
ly cut habit could be changed in fifteen
years" The Cleveland News is con-
vinced that France and Germany, with
mutual concessions could make disarma-
ment a reality" The Kansas City Star
offers the opinion: The profound dis
trust in Europe Of the militaristic am
billions of the Hitler regime, as ex-
pressed in Hitler's own writings before
he rose to power, and In the speeches of
prominent Nazis since the present re-
gime came in. has complicated what et
best was difficult situation"
Evening star., 1933-10-07

American comment on the meeting
Of the Disarmament Conference at Ge-
neva discloses confidence that dominant
world sentiment favors continued effort
to find basis for action in the dlrec-
ton of permanent peace. It is felt that
any abandonment of such efforts would
be tragedy, although progress toward
the goal that is before the nations is
not to be seen.
Reviewing the events that followed
the World War, the Atlanta Journal
says of the efforts that have been made 8:
The endeavors of wise statesmen dur
ing these last fifteen years have not
been altogether barren, though 1t must
be owned that the fields of their SOW
ing seem at times to contain more tares
than wheat. The League of Nations
has failed in some of its most vital ad-
ventures; peace pacts have proved more
than once to be little stronger than
paper; and the Disarmament Confer
ence has yet to produce workable or
generally acceptable program. But Is
all this reason for giving up? Rather,
it Is the strongest of reasons for press
ing on. And We may be sure that with
out the efforts which have been made
and which now are in progress, the out
look would be far gloomier."
1T is much easier to gain assent to
the general principle of disarmament
than to make practical progress toward
placing the principle in effect" advises
the Rochester Times-Union. That paper
suggests that limitation of ornaments
has a strong economic appeal" while
concerning itself simply With making
armies and navies less extensive and
expensive" 1t feels, however, that there
Is doubt as to the real efficacy Of this
or any other half measure" The Times.
Union concludes: Governments, and
the peoples behind them, need really
to be convinced that war does not pay
If it could be brought home to every
one that even victory will prove hollow
that settling an issue by war is like
litigating an estate until the lawyers get
all the mc.1ey; that imperialism. for all
its glitter. is in the end just another
headache for the home taxpayers; then
leagues, international courts or other
instruments of peaceful settlement
would gain prestige and power"
Directing attention to the fact that
prior to 1920 international conferences
were rare" the Topeka Daily Capital
observes that they have now become
almost as regular as the assembling OF
parliaments," and offers the judgment
as to the results: THE new habit Of
consultation, together with the machin-
cry calling nations together on q mo-
ment's notice. increasing familiarity
with the practice, these things help tc
preserve the peace, and in critica
emergency there Is far better hope oi
forestalling an outbreak Of war thar
ever existed before. irrespective Of the
ability to agree upon general formula
for disarmament"
Difficult as are the many active
problems in international relations al
the moment, one must still feel that the
war danger Is not immediate" declares
the New York Herald Tribune. with the
further optimistic comment: "One is nc
Evening star., 1933-10-07
High Lights on the Wide World
Excerpts From Newspapers of Other Lands

pages afforded me. They gave surcease
from all my heavy cares and cogita-
tions: they even made me forget that
we are engaged in war and that many
other tribulations, almost as preoccupy-
ing remain yet to be solved for our ma
ton. Indeed, the perusal of your
'Cuentos Risuenos' gave me the faculty
of approaching all these problems with
a new vision and devotion and with q
feeling of genuine optimism that all our
troubles will have happy exit.
Many thanks! Were there more
writer's like you even war itself would
be transmitted into comedy and laughed
off the stage along with all other con-
temporary evils.
please accept the assurance of my
sincerest gratitude and friendship.
"EUSEBIC AYALA"
Literary Percentage
At Bombay Is "a.
Jewish Tribune, Bombay.-According
to the census report, just issued, the
percentage of nteracy in the population
of Bombay City In 1881 was "a. The
census standard of literacy is mere
ability to read and write an ineligible
letter In any language. In the state
ment issued. which shows the percentage
of literacy in Bombay City by religions,
the Jews stand third with a fine record
of 45.6 for "literate in any language
and 3l6 for "literate in English.
In the same report statement is
given tabulating the religious compost
ton of the Bombay City population, and
the Jews find a position somewhere
last with a strength Of IA, which rep
resents one of the smallest minority
communities. In the face of the above
figures it will be admitted that con-
sidering their numbers. the Jews con-
stitute q fine record of literacy.
Evening star., 1933-10-07

The American public continues to
study the game Of base ball. which has
20 many fine points involving intelli-
gent team work and quick decision. 1t
NAV have its value in educating the
public to a determination to under
stand the complicated processes of pub
lie affairs. A person who knows his
base ball thoroughly must have a ca
pacity for quick grasp of many de-
tails
Evening star., 1933-10-07
Samuel Gompers.

A beautiful monument designed to
commemorate the life and work OF
Samuel Gompers was unveiled today
in this city, and the occasion affords
opportunity for a brief review of the
social evolution and effect of dedi-
Gated spirit. There is lesson in such
career, and it is important that II
should not be neglected.
Mr.. Gompers was born into the labor
movement His earliest impressions
were those Of poverty and its prob
lens. At ten he was an apprentice
cigar maker, living in the slums OF
London and arbitrarily shut out from
the advantages of an education. In
1863 he was brought to New York, and
the following year he was inducted into
membership in the trade union organ
lied to defend the interests of workers
in the tobacco industry. He married
when only seventeen and settled down
to the task of earning living, gaining
the elementary technique of reading
and writing, and improving his condi-
ton by contact with men more widely
experienced than himself.
A strike in 1877 brought him into
public notice. He was active in re-
establishing the cigar makers union
and was a leader in the campaign
against the tenement house sweating
system. He continued to toll at his
bench, but his evenings and Sundays
were spent in organization effort. He
was chairman of the committee on
constitution of the Federation of Or
ganized Trades and Labor Unions in
1881, and 1t was this fraternity which
in 1886 became the American Fedora
ton of Labor with Mr.. Gompers as its
president. With the exception OF one
term he held the Office until his death
in 1924, and during all that period he
was the official head of the labor move
ment in the United States.
Always a rational conservative, he
was firm In his conviction that labor
never can displace the capitalist in
the management of business. From
time to time radicals arose who sought
to challenge that fixed doctrine In his
mind, but their opposition came to
nothing. Mr.. Gompers, it appeared,
was the man of destiny" needed by
the working classes, and none of his
rivals ever was competent to oust him
from power.
An opportunist in his "htuitions,
he refused to attempt to formulate a
definitely articulated economic theory. ="
He tried not to anticipate too much.
His policy was to meet each difficulty
as it arose, to solve each problem ra-
tionally, to grow slowly but steadily.
He fought Socialism, Communism and
pacifism, skillfully guiding the fedora
ton through the dangers Of direct and
indirect attack and refusing to permit
it to be used for other purposes than
those originally intended.
He became a great force in the
country of his adoption and a great
influence in the world. Humanity Is
indebted to him for many advances
He was a builder, and as such he will
be remembered with appreciation long
after the generation he knew and with
and for which he struggled has passed
from the earthly scene.
Evening star., 1933-10-07
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
HistOry'S Page.

HistOry's Page.
I'm kind O. tired of history's page"
Said Hezekiah Bings,
THAT tells how people would engage
In fights for Queens and Kings.
I take my history on the hy
In good newspaper style.
Sometimes it makes me want to cry,
Sometimes it makes me smile.
A cruel war that used to rage
No consolation brings.
I'm tired of ancient hiStory's page
Said Hezekiah Bings.