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Evening star., 1933-01-01

ward generous charity. The season Is
same logic hence tn. impulse to meet
the need to the full. There are homes
in the land which, Under present con-
ditions, cannot be happy without help
from others. Are they to be over
whelmed by despair, driven down to
disaster, with all their pathetic human
freightage scattered and lost while
other homes have more of comfort than
they require2 Certainly not. The
American people are band OF broth
ers. They share with one another in
the hour of need. The record of folk
philanthropy. of mutual aid In the
United States has no equal in the world
The character of 1888, 1t may be pre-
sumed, will be generally determined
by the developments of the first several
months. What happens toward the end
will be governed by what happens at
the beginning There is an immediate
need for helpful giving. The Com
munity Chest still is somt half million
dollars short Of its goal. Such sum,
not Unfortunately large in itself, means
much at present. An appeal is made to
Washingtonians who have not yet con-
tributed-and there are approximately
three hundred thousand who are in
cluoed in this group-to do so now. He
who gives in January gives for the
whole year.
Evening star., 1933-01-01
HappY New Year!

Today a new chapter Of the annals
Of mankind is begun, and in every in
dividual heart there must be the hope
that 1888 will bring happiness to all
the children of earth. The wish should
be the psychological basis upon which
to build the achievements, the victories,
which give people reason to be happy,
cause to rejoice.
Obviously, the world is full of prob
lens, and each man and woman has a
personal share in the common RESPONSE
bility for their solution. Life demands
from each a contribution toward the
total of thought and effort which is re-
quired for the maintenance and expan-
sion of civilization. No one can shirk
a fair proportion Of the burden. No
one would wish to evade the duty i'm
Piled by membership in the human
family and participation IN the benefits
of progress. One Of the advantages OF
fellowship is the right to join with
others in the struggle up from the dark
into the light.
But just now as never before In gen.
erations constructive endeavor Is neces-
sary. No large social readjustments can
be accomplished until certain changes
in individual thinking take place. Much
Of the suffering and distress now cur
rent In the world results from negative
thought, cynical thought on the part OF
thousands of people. The Scriptures
declare, "As he thinketh in his heart,
so is he" Mankind has thought greed
and hate, violence and war, and the
harvest Is despair and
death.
In point of fact, there Is little differ
ence between one day and another, be-
tween one year and another, except as
men and women think Of them as being
different. The new year is apt to be
but a repetition Of the old year unless
the mental attitude Of the masses is
altered for the better. The response
bility for such correction is individual.
There can be no gainsaying that.
If 1898 is to be happy and joyful, the
people, individually as well as coliec-
lively. must consciously work toward
that goal. It is a privilege, not merely
a duty, to strive to dream true"
Let us be charitable in our remem-
brance of the year that is gone. Had
we not known its losses and sorrows,
we should not now be so anxious and
that its successor may be
less troubled and sad.
The Star wishes its readers O truly
happy New Year.
Evening star., 1933-01-01
Transoceanic Flights Regulated
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

Unheralded and unauthorized free
lance flights over the sea by any aviator
sufficiently adventurous to undertake
them no longer are TO be permitted.
The day in which q Lindbergh or an
Earhart could take on casually from
American shores and 90 winging over
the sea In search Of reputation is past.
In future. full permission must be OBJ
tanned Msrn the Aeronautics Branch OF
the Department Of Commerce before a
flight may be undertaken.
While an ascribed reason for the
new amendment to the Federal flying
regulations Is that the authorities
must protect inexperienced flyers from
the possible fatal results of their own
ventures, it Is understood that there
are additional implications. Other
nations have put into effect strict reg
ulations having military background
and it has been deemed desirable for
the United States TO do the same.
SO long have been the strides taken
in aircraft development that authori-
ties feel that some control must be ex-
ercised to prevent indiscriminate fly
ing over the territory Of one country by
nationals of another. While the new
regulation Is written to forbid Amer
leans to ny abroad without permission
from the United States, 1t actually lays
the groundwork for forbidding foreign
aviators to fiy over American territory
without advance knowledge and full
authority.
The statement Of the aeronautics
branch says: Although 1t has kept q
close watch on all such flights in the
past, the aeronautics branch has not
of1cially intervened in the preparations,
due to the experimental nature of most
of such undertakings and the desire on
the part Of sponsors and participants
to employ the oceans as proving grounds
for their skill and equipment. In view
of the fact that further transoceanic
flights with conventional equipment are
repetitious in character, it is believed
that closer supervision in such attempts
in the future now is in order"
Strict License Requirements.
The new order has international as
poets and was not written without
previous negotiations with foreign au-
thorities through the State Department
A general understanding has been
reached now and the fact that the
American Government viii, In future,
license pilots to fly overseas will act as
a passport abroad and O recommenda-
tion to foreign authorities.
The pilot proposing such flight must
make application TO the Department of
Commerce. He must outline his plans
and itinerary fully. Then permission
must be obtained. through official
sources, Of the foreign countries over
which 1t is proposed to fly.
Even after these arrangements are
made satisfactorily, the pilot must SUBJ
nit to the fullest examination by the
authcssties. No amateur will be likely
to qualify, and loss Of life and property
through ill-advised attempts to make
new records or equal old ones viii be
forestalled.
Among the outstanding qualifications
which the pilot will be required to meet
are ability to fly blind and at night.
Evening star., 1933-01-01
WHAT is PERMANENT?
BY THE RIGHT REV. JAMES E. FREEMAN, D. D. IL. D,
Bishop of Washington.

The world is compelled to take stock
today. to discover anew those values that
are permanent and enduring. There
has been q breaking up of much that in
our conceit we had thought fixed and
unchanging.
"The removing of those things that
are shaken, that those things which
cannot be shaken may remain" is de-
signed to remind us of life's real and
abiding values. Our age is having a
fresh revelation Of those essential things
that are indispensable to its salts
faction and peace. Through earth
quake and storm God is speaking in
certain tones. He is reminding us that
there are laws that are immutable, the
neglect of which issue IN disappoint-
ment and disaster. Our boasted civil
iZation we have called Christian" but
it has lacked those essential elements
given by the Great Master. If what
we hold of Christian faith and practice
is to survive, there must emerge from
the shaking and shattering Of our man
made institutions a better and finer
conception of what Christian civiliza-
ton must be, and let us not forget that
this touches vitality every aspect Of life.
The wholesome virtues of home and
social life, the vital concerns of COM
mercial and industrial life, the whole
range of action must reflect the Chris
tian ideal.
This is no commonplace platitude, 1t
is a self-evident fact that stands out
in the present situation. Nineteen CEN
turies have tested and tried the strength
and durability Of the Christian religion.
1t has sustained blows that would seem
to have wrecked II not destroyed 1t;
the weakness and cupidity Of its ac-
credited exponents, the hypocrisy Of its
avowed adherents, attacks from within
and without, and yet it survives. Men
have raised their puny hands to destroy
it, edicts have been passed outlawing
1t, cruel words have hindered it, but
its influence still prevails. The most
conspicuous sign Of our time is the
emptiness Of life without the sustain
ing power of q deep. life-controlling
faith.
II We can face new year, no matter
what its prospects seem to be, with a
freshened consciousness Of the perma-
nent values Of life, we shall find cour-
age and strength 10 carry on, come
what may,
Evening star., 1933-01-01
Roosevelt's Advisers Studying Various
Proposals for Immediate Farm Relief

farmers. Either alternative Is disagree
able in the extreme.
But the bill has charms also for peo-
pie who are wholly non-farners. These
people are to be found principally in
the so-called basic industries" Of oil
production and of mining and Of lum-
bering. One OF their chief spokesmen
in Washington is Wilson Compton,
manager of the National Lumber Manu-
facturers' Association. Commenting
upon the domestic allotment plan" bill
today, Mr.. Compton said:
THE basic extractive industries, gen.
orally speaking, are in the same pre-
dicament with agriculture. They are
in 1t for approximately the same rea-
sons. This Is obviously so In the case
Of the lumber industry. II, then, the
Government is to extend opportunities
for price stabilizetion to agriculture, it
will be clearly only just and fair to
permit the lumber industry to seek
such opportunities likewise"
Behind Mr.. Compton's remarks there
Is the prospect that a bill will soon be
presented to the Congress, under high
Democratic auspices, for legalizing
among lumber companies and coal
companies and oil companies a larger
degree of cooperation in sales than is
now allowed by the Sherman antitrust
law. The theory of the bill will prob
ably be that the business units in the
basic extractive industries should be
granted the same permission to co-op-
crate In selling that is now granted to
organizations Of farmers by the Capper-
Volstead law.
Meanwhile the Congress has already
been presented with two bills leading
toward the so-called price sterilization
in-respectively-the oil business and
the bituminous coal business. These
bills are powerfully supported and the
arguments for them will be strongly
fortified by the favorable congressional
consideration now being given in the
Congress to price stabilization for agri-
culture,
One of these bills is by Senator Nc
Gill Of Kansas. 1t proposes to sanction
interstate compacts" between oil-pro-
ducing States for the control of oil out
put. 1t also proposes that the Federal
government shall assist in allocating to
each oil-producing State its proportion
of oil output. It aims at price stability
through production stability.
The other bill is by Senator Davis
and Representative Kelly, both Of PENN
oy4fdIlld. IL SAuCLlOIlS marketing
pools" among bituminous coal operators
under the supervision Of Federal BIZ
luminous coal commission. It also aims
at securing collective bargaining" for
employees. 1t is backed by the United
Mine Workers.
All such efforts will be greatly ac-
celerated by the approval now given to
the principle Of fair exchange value"
in the domestic allotment plan" bill,
and they all appeal to the principle
laid down during the last campaign by
Gov. Roosevelt in the following words:
Whenever purchasing power is dried
up within any one group Of the popula-
ton, 1t Is proper concern of the gov
ernment to use wise measures Of regu-
lation such as will bring this purchas-
ing power back to normal"
Copyright. 1892
Evening star., 1933-01-01
January.

First month Of the year for more
than twenty centuries, January ira
diticnally is one Of the most difficult
of the twelve subdivisions Of the cal
endar It was the wolf month Of the
ancient Saxons, and the connotation
still persists. Usually, 1t marks the
apex of the Winter. and is a period Of
cruel cold, snow and ice. John Ruskin
caught it's character in his lines:
Come, ye cold winds, at January's
call,
On whistling wings. and with white
fakes bestrew
The earth.
The summons rarely passes un-
Needed. Down from the North hurrieS
the wintry blasts, chilling the blood and
saddening the heart. But James Rus
sell Lowell guessed the secret OF the sea-
son Snen ne wrote Of
Streams that keep a Summer mind
5nowhio In Jenooary.
Under its outer aspect of militant
enmity to mankind the month conceals
c kindly disposition. January drives
people home to the domestic joys which
IRE 10 be found nowhere else, the quiet
comfort and happiness of the freside
and the JOY of peaceful communion
with family and intimate friends. The
storm may howl beyond the shutters,
but there will be warmth and cheer
within the house. The bitter gale as
sails such shelter in vain, promoting
cohesive fellowship and love than which
there are no richer values, no more
gratifying delights in this earth.
with December, January shares tht
highest development Of the instinct to.
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Evening star., 1933-01-01
Wood Chemicals to Be
Briskly Exploited Here
BY HARDEN CoLFAx.

Wood chemicals are apparently about
to enter an era Of commercial exploita-
ton similar to that experienced by coal
tar nearly half q century ago. In fact
according to a report just completed by
the National Committee of Wood Utili-
Zation, wood chemicals are already the
subject of intensive research, resulting
in the production Of many chemical
products from raw materials formerly
considered as waste.
In some European countries, notably
taken a spurt Yet the German wood
resources are only a fraction as large
as ours. Today, In Germany, sugar
both for cattle feed and for human
consumption-is produced on a COM
mercial scale from wood waste through
the genius of DR.. Bergius, Nobel Prize
winner.
Similar to the coal tar industry. the
wood chemical industry in this country
also has a tar, which today is largelv
a waste product. With proper research
and effort, Government and private
business authorities say, this tar cam
be made raw material of an irnpor-
tance almost equal to coal tar. MANY
wood chemical factories fail to use the
gases that escape, although valuable
chemical products may be de.ived from
them.
Americas wood chemical industry is
as yet relatively small and it has had
to compete with imported synthetic
products. 1t has grown UP as an in
dividual enterprise. Usually it is asso-
ciated with the lumber industry. but
competing with the latter for standing
timber-its raw, material-instead OF
cooperating in utilizing saw-mill waste
There is no lack Of wood chemical plant
capacity.
Wood distillation plants are located
in widely separated parts of the coun--
try, notably in the Great Lakes district.
Eastern Pennsylvania, Western New
York, Tennessee and Arkansas, with y
few on the South Atlantic and Pacific
Coasts. Altogether there are some so
to 10 plants operating in the country.
with an annual production valued at
approximately si2.o00,0oo.
The wood chemical industry, accord
Evening star., 1933-01-01

Hebrews, xii25-27: "See that ye re-
fuse not Him that speaketh. Whose
voice then shook the earth; but now
He hath promised, saying Yet once
more shake not the earth only, but
also Heaven And this word Yet once
more signifieth the removing of those
things that are shaken, as of things
that are made, that those things which
cannot be shaken may remain"
There is solemnity in these words
that arrests and awes us. We stand
amazed and shocked by their deep sig
nificance. Spoken obviously to a people
distressed and distracted by swift and
confusing changes, they call for an in
telligent recognition of their profound
import. 1t is challenge to recognize
in the onward march of human events,
a march that Is rapid and terrifying
the evidence of the immutable purposes
of God. 1t is a call to exercise rare
discrimination in discerning in these
titanc events that which by reason OF
its character defies and outlasts all the
mutations OF time. To many the con-
fused voices Of our time bewilder and
cause them to stumble. The strident
voices of hawkers purveying their mere
tricious wares, the persistent voice OF
what IS popularity called public opin-
ION, create q sense OF lOSt commence
and issue in developing over wide areas
fear complex. The voice Of God, the
evidence Of plan and purpose In life,
the recognition of the transitory and
ephemeral character of our little sys-
TENS and institutions-all this Is dis
closed only to him who has the Ca
pacity to see the meaning OF events and
to distinguish between that which Is
permanent and that which is passing.
The close of an old and the beginning
Of new year makes us reflective. We
survey the past, reckon its failures and
successes and try to project ourselves
into the future. Many Of these New
Year days m the past have found us
confident and assured; there is little of
this today. We have seen and heard
much that has rendered us less secure
in our convictions concerning man-made
institutions. Have we the discernment
to see in the shaking and shattering Of
systems and institutions the unmistak-
able evidences of their weakness and
ephemeral character? Have we also the
clearness Of vision to see that there are
some things that cannot be shaken?
Evening star., 1933-01-01
New York Changes Mayors.

A change of personnel is about to
take place in New York City Hall, when
Acting Mayor Mckee yields the chief
municipal Office to Mayor O'Brien. who
was elected in November to complete
the term in the Office vacated through
the resignation of Mayor Walker. Mayor
OBrien's term will expire year from
now, his successor being elected for four
years in November next He is in a
difficult position, being pledged to ef-
feet certain reforms in the city admin
istration, mainly for the purpose of
economy, and at the same time he is
expected by his Tammany sponsors not
to go too far in reorganization and saw
ings. He has been quite discreet in the
matter of post-election promises, con-
f1ning himself to a very broad general
ity of reasonable retrenchments. When
he takes his place at the mayoralty desk
on Tuesday morning-thc official be-
ginning of the municipal term-he will
probably find lying on it the resigna
tions Of the heads of city departments,
rendered in accordance with a long
established custom. Not one OF these
various commissioners really expects
that he will be released from duty, and
there will be much chagrin If the new
mayor accepts the designations. But
some heads will undoubtedly fall into
the basket. for TammanS, whose orders
the new mayor will obey implicitly, Is
not altogether satisfied with the be-
havior of certain of the higher ups OF
the Walker regime who retained ofice
under Mckee.
Back Of this change of administra-
ton is the making of revolution in
municipal affairs, eliminating in No
vember next. Although O'Brien was
so overwhelmingly elected few weeks
ago, there was a sufficient show Of fa-
vor for Mckee, who was not in NOM
ination. to indicate a decided anti
Tammany sentiment in the five bor-
! oughs. McKees name was written into
the ticket against heavy odds Of me-
chanical difficulties by more than a
quarter of million people. 1t was evi-
dent after the election that had he
been in aomination as an independent
candidate he would have run O'Brien
a close race If he did not beat him.
Tammany was thoroughly alarmed by
this show Of resistance.
Then there Is another possibility for
Evening star., 1933-01-01

November. 1888, in the mayoralty race.
Alfred E. Smith is favored by many
New Yorkers for the Job Of reorganiz-
ing the city administration. purging It
of graft and restoring Its financial
credit, which has been seriously i'm
paired during the past 5few years. II
he we're proposed for this Office it would
be as an anti -Tammany candidate. He
is a member of that organization, hut
not in the best of standing with the
hierarchy of present control. The spec
tacle Of Smith leading the fight against
the Tiger in municipal election would
make history.
Evening star., 1933-01-01

Blind flying refers to air navigation
entirely by instruments. The most re-
markable exhibition of blind flying ever
given was that OF Bcardman and Po-
lando, who, a year ego. new from the
United States to Constantinople. They
almost Immediately became unfavorable.
Visibility was defeated by atmospheric
conditions at the very start. The re-
suit was these men few the distance
of about 5000 miles across sea and land
without once seeing either. They scared
through fog and cloud biindiy. Yet 90
perfect had BEEN the adjustment OF
their instruments they landed with
in 20 miles OF their fntenoed des-
tination and within few minutes Of
their scheduled time.
Such feat is not likely to be re-
peated often, but the Government eu-
thorities want only such navigators as
are skilled in this type of flying to
undertake the hazardous trips. Ability
to fly under such conditions removes
the risk Of getting lost, as some of the
best aviators have during the course
Of historic flights.
Many Preparations Necessary.
No flyer will have q permit to cross
the seas who IS not skilled in night
flying and in long distance cross-coun-
try flying. Some navigators develop q
sense OF direction which others lack
and, even when instruments fail, still
are able to reach their approximate
destination.
Planes proposed to be used In such
nights shall be vigorously examined un-
DER the new regulation. They must
conform to the standards set up, and
the Government will not take the re-
sponsibilty Of permitting an adven-
turer to set out In box kite, no matter
how eager he may be. Fuel also must
be tested before flight may start, and
the Government inspectors must deter
mine what Is an adequate supply OF
fuel to reach the objective. Finally the
new order provides that each. such plane
must carry ) duplicate set OF certain OF
the more vital navigating instruments
to insure against possible failure or
breakage.
The Department of Commerce ex-
pressly disavows any intention of being
a spoil-sport in laying down its new and
drastic rule. An oficial pronounce
ment says: "The department reccg-
nizes the sporting element in such adj
ventures and the sporting instinct which
exists among those In aeronautics an
well as those in other fields Of endeavor.
In this connection 1t Is not the object
Of the department TO prohibit such
flights, but rather to assist in deter
mining that there Is o reasonable op-
portunity for their successful compile
ton"
The new rule was not written until
after q study had been made Of rea-
sons for failure of certain previous at
tempts. The analysis revealed the fcl-
lowing principal causes Of failure: Lack
of skill In navigation, insufficient fuel
for the length Of the flight undertaken,
inability to navigate solely by instru-
ments and in adverse weather and lack
of proper equipment.