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Evening star., 1933-06-09
States "Anschluss" Views
OF the AustrO-Cermans

/ U the EultOT OF Inc Slaf.
Your recent editorial about Austria
and the NaziS seems to me to justify
reply by an Austrian to make clear
to the American public the problem
as seen by an Austrian. and surely by
the ma iority of Austrians, as the cleo
tions of the past month have indicated.
First of all I want to stress that 81
per cent of the population of Austria
are Germans, and That the present
government came into office by pre-
tending to be pro-"AnschluSs." 1t has
since broken its word as did the lead
er of the Fascist Heimwehr, who prom
ised unrestricted cooperation with
Hitler and now, without any popular
support, for purely personal reasons
has reversed his policy. Behind tho
per cent Of the population. Dollfuss
ruthlessly SuppreSSes the rest, the ma
iority of people being in favor of Hitler
There is not the slightest idea which
is the basis for the action Of the pres
ent government. Austria is and re-
mains one of the monstrositieS OF the
peace treaties, even if DollfuSs and his
terror bands, paid by Italian money,
are fighting against the majority with
machine guns, an army which Is made
party guard, a police and staff of
officers. who are forced to swear an
oath OF allegiance to persons Of a
party which has broken the constitu-
tion. While the American press objects
to the suppression Of the opposition in
Germany by the majority Unsupported
Hitler government, 1t does not seem to
use the same standard in the case of
Dollfuss. where party with hardly
one-fourth of the population behind it
fights the rest of the population with
machine guns. Where this party of
German State holds itself in Office by
breach of the constitution, and with
French and Italian money, thereby de-
laying the day of union with Germany,
which must come if Europe shall ever
be pacified. since the Austro- Germans
and Germany claim the same right for
self determination which others have
been conceded. We Austrians cannot
live in the present political state of
affairs, and even the machine guns of
DOllfuSs. ordered on the street by the
Bank of France and Mussolini, can
not provide for the maintenance Of
100000 Germans in Austria Take
the unprecedented case of Dollfuss' in
tended lecture at the University of vi
emma, where the students, who are go
per cent in opposition. refused to let
him come in, as they consider him to
be traitor to his country The uni
versity was founded in 1856 and often
since, even in absolutistic days, espe-
cial:y in 1848, was the stronghold of
opposition to the emperor Never did
the police even dare to enter. Dollfuss
took two companies of his" army, en-
tered by aid of machine guns, and
after that had to retire because he was
in danger. This. of course cannot
last long. 1t will be over within a
few months, but it seems fair to me
that the American public should also
hear the voice of the ma jority of the
people in Austria. who are longing for
change from state in which they
are the vaSSals of France and Italy
this present free" state-into a state
where they are members of the body
of people which they belong to in all
eternity, the Germans.
CARL SMETANA.
Evening star., 1933-06-09

viewpoint, in the same category as the
carpenter or the plumber in that he
repairs the human body instead of
buildings or machinery. Therefore the
receipts frlm the sale Of tangible prop
crty to thc dsntist must be reported
oy the seller. who will be taxable for
them.
If this principle is sustained by the
courts there is no good reason why.
along O parallel of reasoning. the physi-
clan himself should not be rated as a
repair man as well as the dentist. He
mends the human body, though BY
means of medicine, just as the sur
geon makes repairs by means Of opera
tions. It does not matter at all to the
public-the consumers" of the services
of these highly skilled artisans-who
pays the taxes On the materials used
in treatments Or operations. II all
goes into the blll anyway. The con-
sumner always pays the tax i'll the end.
But it is Just little difficult to accept
the likening Of the human system,
tissues, organs, teeth and other bones,
to plumbing and fioorings, to furni-
ture and kitchen ware.
Yet. after all, there is an undeniable
likeness in the services rendered by the
craftsman who mendS broken goods and
fabrics and apparatus and those Of the
dentist and the physical and the
surgeon. There is, OF course, one vital
difference. II plumber or carpenter
or d mason does a poor piece OF work
merely some discomfort and additional
Whereas if the dentist or the
physician or the surgeon errs life itself
may be sacrificed to the bunder or the
oarelessness or the error ot judgment.
1t is, however, we'll to bear in mind
the fundamental likeness between the
professions that have to do
with the human organism and the
skilled trades that have to do with
purely physical material. Both should
be kept in the highest order of eff
cheney. Neglect Cf the teeth and the
tissues and organs of the body is harm
full and even dangerous and costly, even
as neglect of the dwelling and its
equipment is expensive and sometimes
hazardous.
Evening star., 1933-06-09
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TR4CEWELL.

a quality lacking from so many out
pourings of feathered SongSters.
Pattern, that is. in the musical sense,
in the human sense of melody and de-
sign He is one of the very few birds
whose song might easily enough be re-
duced to a waltz The wonder is that
il hasn't been done. With the aid OF a
couple Of flutes. the composition might
be vsrv we'll worth while in a suite OF
Bird Sketches"
So amazing is the variety Of notes
put out by our particular mocker that
it Is as impossible to keep up with him
as not to hear him.
A dozen new birds might come into
the neighborhood and we would think
it was our pet up to new tricks.
Unlike the small boy OF many years
ago he is more heard than seen.
Occasionally his white-edged wings
flash through the trees, but in the
main he stays safely out of sight
Graciously he permits his powerful
voice to speak for him, which it does
unhesitatingly.
Those of our readers who think that
they. too, have mocking birds will never
know what a mocking bird is until one
of this stentorian variety flies in for the
Summer
At first he irritates. by his loudneSs.
then he amuSes by his twists to well
known bird songs, then he pleases by
his invariable good humor and perfect
zest for living
Ordinary mocking birds do all of
this to some extent, but only the ex-
ceptional specimen, We are convinced,
uOrS II to Drrtpctl1n
How can one tell if the real thing
Is present?
BY his loudneSs.
This is the quality which sets him
apart from the flock.
If at ay time, one happens to hear
bird singing louder than it ought to
sing he may feel sure that one of
This and That's famous special mock
ing birds has flown from the South.
Until one has heard this peculiar
breed he may safely feel that he does
not know the genuine article.
On clear cool morning its imita-
ton of the beloved cardinal may be
heard at least a mile.
Now 1t launches into set of chirps
and squeaks which make a perfect pic
ture. muSically speaking, of bird hap
pineSS.
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Above all, he Is never still for sec
ond, but trills and thrills minute after
minute.
The morning he does not sing some
how seems lacking in one of the great
est principles of d good morning.
How silent it Isl
Other birds are cheeping from every
bough, but the great voice is still.
Why. cur mocking bird is not sing
ing! Now what do you suppose has
happened to him?
We listen for him in the evening, but
he isn't there. II he were present, all
feel sure. there could be no doubt of 1t.
: Maybe he has flown over to Rock
Greek Park to try his wiles in that
neighbOrhood.
Perhaps
Well. well, well! There he is now!
Welcome back, old timer!
When it comes to mocking bir6s. you
are the real thing.
And SO you've picked up a new tune,
over there i'll the woods. old fellow.
Let's hear it. That's great. Swell. We
knew you could do 1t when you tried.
Thrush, eh? Not bad. not half bad.
Evening star., 1933-06-09
on Huge Salaries of
Borrowing Firms Applauded

them it will have to look elsewhere than
to the public Treasury for relief. It Is
quite likely that both the theory and
the rule will meet the approval of the
taxpayers who. IN the last analysis,
have to provide all the money which
the Government either gives or lends"
ut Is a sound business policy" in
the opinion of the Asbury Park Evening
Press, with the conclusion that the Re
construction Finance Corporation has
shown wisdom in terminating the stu
alton" That paper also declares: ANY
corporation that Is in such desperate
straits that it must borrow public funds
is not economizing when it pays its
president $120 900 year, as few rail-
roads on the Reconstruction Finance
Corporation list are reported to do. II
these executives were worth that much,
their firms would not be at the point of
bankruptcy" The Roanoke Times
quotes a statement by Senator Black of
Alabama in the Senate that 'she had
figures on one railroad which had bors
rowed s31 100000 while paying three
salaries of more than 100000 a year
and many salaries Of $4,000 TO
100000"
Feeling that there is room for re-
spectacle protest against having the
Reconstruction Finance Corporation ali
tach to its loans provisos about sala-
ries," the Baltimore Sun questions the
value of the element of infexibilitys
and adds: THE Reconstruction Ff-
nance Corporation has come forward
with the outline of a set of strings
which it has tied to a railroad loan.
The outline emphasizes the Importance
of room for discretion and the made
quacy of fiat salary maximum.
Whether this railroad loan arrangement
is wisely devised we do not pretend to
know, nor do we see how any one can
know without comprehensive knowl-
edge of the particular situation to which
it applies. But it requires no such
blanket salary rule is not appropriate
to the sensible handling of these mat
ters.n
Evening star., 1933-06-09

"Oh. listen to the mocking Bird"
Many who have heard that old song.
favorite of past generations, may have
wondered why it was so vociferouS,
scarcely resembling bird song.
The explanation IS that not every
mock:ng bird, but only the exceptional
one, sings in manner suggestive OF
the song.
There - e.tt present in our neighbor-
hood one of these true singers. whose
Jolly. loud mocking Of other birds sets
him apart from the flock.
The man who wrote the old mocking
bird song must have known many such
ebullent singers as matter or course.
The land was younger. then, perhaps
that very birds were more exubsrant.
X
There are mocking birds and mock
ing birds One must hear one OF these
loud singers before he can say that he
has heard the breed.
Such a bird sounds more like CALI
ope than any other man-made instru-
ment.
He has steam behind his notes.
They come yelling out of him with
carrying power, flashing to the far COR
ners of the neighborhood.
He does his best singing in the early
morning. but manages to do quite well
in the evening. Thank you.
Perhaps it is not only because he
actually initiates the songs OF other
birds, but even more because he seems
to be mockins them, that he Is named
as he is.
Hear him try his throat successfully
as cardinal, catblrd and blue jay.
II the bird he is initiating has song
F,1l 1.y f,tI
lower pitch. our yoc.ferous mocker puts
ten or dozen notes i'll the second
group.
II seems to human listeners that he
adds the extra notes just out OF playful
malice much as il to say, oh, l know
how he does it, of course. but what DO
you think Of my version?'
The listener cannot think much OF
it, really, because 1t Is abSurdly LOUD.
where the original Is always soft. ana
the numerous notes in the second part
somewhat off key.
But the bird on the bough there sings
it with such gusto, that a listener Is in
Clined to join with him in his evident
merriment.
No doubt it is the spirit OF fun which
human being reads into the mocking
birds outbursts which makes tnem So
cheering. though at times irritating.
Yet If a morning comes when our
mockins bird does not sing, there Is a
distinct loss felt. which fades immedi-
ately at next daybreak, when he re-
turns TO roar over the neighborhood in
his bsst manner.
Our specimen no doubt Is the COM
mon polyglottus. OF the genus Mimidae,
all of which might be translated many
throated mimicker."
These peculiarly American birds,
which include as allies such well known
singers as the catbird and thraShers,
are said by the books to be very precise
imitators Of the birds they mock. but
our particular set Of ears has not been
able to hear them that way. Mostly
their imitation seems to be more or
less deliberate attempt to vary the true
songs.
One song which our mocking bird
had not attempted was that of the
thrush.
Maybe he had too much respect for 1t,
or maybe again he could not quite do 1t.
The thrllSh'S song has pattern to 1t,
Evening star., 1933-06-09
Spokesman for Enlisted
Men Asks Pension Equity
To the Editor Of The Star:

To the Editor of The Star:
Your editorial Widows Pensions" In
Wednesdays issue is a very good ex-
ample of the inequities in the New
Deal" but as your information was
apparently taken from the Army and
Navy Journal, you have given largely
the viewpoint Of the officer. The in
equities are even more glaring among
the enlisted men who have been dis
abled in comparison between different
classes, and between them and the Off
GER
The Civil War veteran gets one pen
sion. the Spanish War veteran comes
under a different rate. as does the
Indian War veteran. Then comes the
World War veteran. who gets more
than any of them in some cases. And
last. but by far not least. comes the
peace-time soldier or sailor. They all
are treated differently. Why, no one
knows.
Suppose from the Akron there had
been a chief petty officer saved. but
who was totally and permanently dis
abled. who had nine years service
His pay would be $1449O. plus SO per
cent for flying duty, or $217 a month
which was in addition to his mainte-
nance. But from this we may take IS
per cent reduction in pay. This man
would draw in pension exactly $50 a
month for his total disability. less
than one-seventh of his pay. Had this
happened during the war he would
receive $50 month, even since the
New Deal" or over two and half
times as much Now suppose he was
just one step higher in rank: he would
then be entitled to retirement pay OF
quarters OF his pay If he was
as mach as 10 per cent disabled.
In peace-time service the officer gets
by far the best of the deal. The above
mentioned man would draw about IA ,
per cent OF his pay because OF total
disability. The officer would draw 75
per cen. Of his pay because of 10 per
cent disability. This condition is
sometimes justified b. the claim that
the officer enters the service as a
career. but what is the enlisted man
Going who has served over period of
years? His very service indicates that
he expects to serve until he is retired.
1t is just as much a career to him as
it is to the officer. Probably the real
difference being that the officers have
a powerful lobby and the enlisted men
have nothing. Disability is just as
cruel and painful to one man as to
another, and his earning power Is just
as much curtailed
WALTER JOHNSON.
Evening star., 1933-06-09
Cause of Depression
Is Bad Taxing System

To the Editor of The Star:
The entire Nation looks with conf
dence upon the measures which the
administration has adopted for the re-
covery of normal conditions and ts
even ready to approve of a degree Of
paternahsm that in ordinary times
would not be in order. 1t must. how
ever, be remembered at all times that
the fundamental cause of the depres-
sion is perverted system of taxation.
and very little attention has as yet
been given to correcting this wrong.
Something like sixty years ago Henry
George comprehended a similar situa-
ton with the wisdom of a philosopher
and gave to the world remedy for
the conditions which he so clearly ap-
pretended. His book. Progress snd
Poverty" was quickly accepted as one
of the worlds great books, wes trans
lated into practically every modern Ian
guage and his adherents are organized
today in something over twenty Of the
leading countries of the world. In one
city, New Westminster, British Column
bia. his plan Of taxation has, so far as
possible. been adopted. There are no
city taxes there whatsoever, the needed
revenue being secured from economic
lcilI vi ldIlu FdlucS, anu the SUCCESS OF
the experiment Is beyond question.
The annual rental value of land In
the United States is calculated to exceed
thirteen billions of dollars. Most of
this goes into the hands of Landlords
and land spectators. Should this be
taxed as suggested by Mr.. George 1t
can easily be demonstrated that all
other taxes might be abolished, thereby
bringing into existence forces and IN
Iiuences for prosperity that never he
fore in the worlds history have been
Prosperity can never be Sc
cured so long as the present unjust
system of taxation. which falls so hsav-
ly upon incomes, imports and .sndiis-
Iries. is allowed to continue. we must
nav international free trade ana q
single tax upon land values. So
HENRY WARE ALLEN.
Wichita Kama -
Evening star., 1933-06-09
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS

given one of the Republican places on
the Federal Home Loan Board by Mr..
Roosevelt. Russell Hawkins, prominent
lumberman of the Pacific Northwest.
and Republican leader in Oregon. was
given one OF the Republican vacancies
on the board Of the Reconstruction FL
nance Corporation. Taken all together,
1t was big days job done for Patron
age Dispenser in Chief Jim" Farley.
The large field of candidates for the
two commiSsionerships of the District
of Columbia remain on the anxious seat.
The appointments long overdue are now
momentarily expected. At the outset
Jim Farley had before him list OF
more than 60 men and women who as
pired to the posts This he has said to
have now whitfield down to about ten
When he will whittle down to two de-
pends on when the big New Yorker
finds time for whiting. In the mean
time the candidates are like SO many
nervous bridegrooms.
The Federal economy AK is no re-
spector of persons. Even the gratuties
bestowed by generous Congress upon
the widows of deceased members are
being subjected to the percentage salary
cut. Thus Nieves Mana P. c. Walsh
the beautiful Cuban bride of the late
Senator Thomas J. Walsh of Montana,
who was stricken on his honeymoon, re-
ceiyes only 5000, instead of $4,000, out
of the contingent fund of the Senate.
The widow of the late Senator Howell of
Nebraska receives $4,000. The widow
of the late Representative Clay Stone
Briggs of Texas receives only $500.
TIrI- l. - al,t.
cut had superseded the 10 per cent SAL
airy cut in congressional salaries a few
days before the death of Representative
Briggs.
The first romance of the Roosevelt
administration to come to happy con-
cluSion is the engagement and i'm
pending wedding just annouced of As
sistant Secretary of War Harry F.
Woodring, until recently Governor of
Kansas, and Miss Helen Coolidge, the
tall and lovely blond daughter of Sen
ator and Mrs. Marcus A Coolidge of
Massachusetts,. The brides father in
private life is a millionaire Bay State
manufacturer. Miss Coolidge has won
high reputation as a portrait painter
end many members of the Senate and
other Capital notables have been por-
trayed on canvas with her brush. The
couple met tor the first time at DEM
Ocratic dinner here in December, 1881.
1t was not until the following April.
when the Kansas Governor was in the
East to attend the Governors confer
ence at Richmond, Va. that their paths
crossed again. During the past year
they have met often and during the
past few months. with the Kansan
OcciIDving a DrDminpnt nlare i'm the
Roosevelt administration, the romance
came into fun bloom.
(Copyright, 1933)
Evening star., 1933-06-09
Jefferson Coined Phrase
"Entangling Alliances"
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor of The Star:
On Wednesday evening listened in
on the excellent talk of Senator Arthur
R. Robinson of Indiana on the subject
OF our mixing in with European scraps.
but was surprised to hear him refer
twice to "Washington's admonition
against entangling alliances" This
phrase was not Washington's. the state
ment from his farewell address from
which it is often enormously quoted
being, 1T is our true policy to steer
clear of permanent alliances with any
portion of the foreign world" The
familiar phrase "entangling alliances"
was coined by Thomas jefferson IN his
first inaugural address, delivered March
4, 1901: Peace, commerce and honest
friendship with all nations -entangling
alliances with none"
GERTRUDE E. MACKENZIE,
Evening star., 1933-06-09
Protests Pollution of
Potomac River Water

10 the Edltor OF Inc star:
The newspaper announcements that
Maj. Gottwals is laying plans for the
purifying of the waters of the Po-
tomac should strike responsive chord
in the hearts of all who love their
Nations Capital City. When one stops
to think, it is an amazing paradox
that we spend hundreds of millions
of dollars to erect beautiful buildings,
parks and works of art to make this
one of the worlds most beautiful cities
and then spoil the whole by allowing
one of its greatest and God-given as
sets, the Potomac, to become nothing
but disgusting open sewer. Any one
can prove for himself that it is a ma
tional disgrace by taking a boat ride
during the coming Summer months,
from Georgetown to Hains Point
We are about to embark upon a vast
program of public works involving the
expenditure of billions of dollars Al
though the main purpose Is to make
work. that does not relieve from the
necessity of getting value received
Every penny Of these billions is even
tually coming from the pockets of the
tax-paying public-and that includes
those living in the District 1t should
be spent for things which will benefit
all What better way could small
portion of this money be spent than
to erect system of sewage-disposal
plants which would return this river
to the people for its many potential
forms of enjoyment and as an example
to the rest OF the Nation as to what
can be done in the matter of river
publication? Here Is one way in
which money can be spent to the direct
benefit. not only of every one living
in or near the Capital but also to the
benefit Of the future generations who
will have to repay most of the money
now being borrowed
The Potomac is one of the worlds
mast beautiful rivers During its trav-
els from the mountains to the sea it
presents In varied forms every pic
turesque vista which the nature lover
can ask. 1t should be returned to its
pristine purity. SO that the wonderful
facilities it offers for bathing, boating
and aquatic pleasure IN general may
be safely enjoyed by all, so that it
may enhance, rather than serve as a
noisome distraction from the man
made beauty 1t traverses as it flows
past Washington.
ARTHUR W. DEW.
Evening star., 1933-06-09

cipal victims of the strife. Each time
car goes by they perforce must brace
themselves to resist the conclusion Of its
passage They may become Injured to
conscious resentment in the circum-
stances. but their tortured sensibilities
feel the blow just the same.
On the ether hand, physicians know
that quiet is health" Possibly, they
do not invariably express the thought
in the identical phrase. but it is their
standard practice to. recommend re-
treat from the turmoil of town life to
those unfortunates who. no longer
competent to resist the ceaseless beat
ing, suffer nervous collapse And, Of
course, town turmoil and street car
noise are largely synonymous. Cars on
rubber tires may be the solution. II so,
wide and general application Of such
method is to be desired.
But it is net only street cars that
render the experience of the city
dweller hideCus. There are other in
stitutionS of discord almost as repre-
hensible. The honking Of motor cars, the
blaring of ill-adjusted radios dedicated
to jazz, the violent disharmonies of
dance CrchestraS. electric
pneumatic drills, riveting machinea-all
the cXtravagant clamor of human ac-
tivity quite as definitely demands cCr-
rection. Doubtless the millennium Of
perfect peace never can be attained.
But compromise surely might be
creased by half. at least. Silent street
cars would help toward the end SO
fervently to be wished