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Evening star., 1933-01-22
Will Discuss Holmes' Works.

Oliver Wendell Holmes and his writ.
ings viii be discussed by Beta Chapter
Of Beta Sigma Phi Sorority 1t . meet
ing tomorrow at 3 pm. at 2400 Six.
teenth street. Mrs. Margaret Jacobs
will lead the discussion. Miss Nary v.
Lauderdale, president Of the chapter.
and Mrs. Grace Logan, sponsor Of the
sorority. will b In charge 0 the
meeting.
Evening star., 1933-01-22
Women to Open Member Drive.

The women's City Club, 1856 Jackson
place, will hold a mass melting to in
augurate a drive for new members
Thursday at 4 pm Miss Janet Rich
ards will be the principal speaker ct
the meeting. Mrs. Gladys Ball Middle
miss, chairman of the special member
ship committee, will preside.
Evening star., 1933-01-22

The Witwatsrsand distxick n1ag
johannesburg, South Africa, produces
half the WWld'k ANIMAL nlup1R 0 MD
Evening star., 1933-07-26

London correspondent to the Journal
of the American Medical Association in
its issue July %, 1888, discusses it at
length and refers to it as "a new de-
parture in the professions attitude"
heretofore medical opinion having been
in favor of compulsory vaccination.
Among the reasons cited for the reso-
luton of the British Medical ASSocla-
tion are that "the mild type of smallpox
that has prevailed in recent years has
lessened the inducement to obtain the
protection Of vaccination" and that 1T
has also been shown that vaccination
IS not entirely free from the subsequent
danger of encephalitis."
know of no incident during the past
decade which is calculated to have as
far-reaching effect upon vaccination
laws in a number Of our Eastern States
where vaccination is required for ad-
mission to the public schools because
there Is the same absence of smallpox
in virulent form here as in England.
In A States and the District of Colum-
bia in 1882 out of approximately a
million and a quarter fatalities from
all causes there were only Al fatalities
from smallpox reported. The number
of cases was 1874. This would mean
an average of one smallpox patient to
each IL physicians and one smallpox
patient who passed away to each $500
physicians. H. B. ANDERSON,
Secretary Citizens Medical Reference
Bureau, Inc, New York City.
Evening star., 1933-07-26
Growth Slows Up.
From the Oakland Tribune.
Latest SfafisficS Of thu ni,nnh<

From the Oakland Tribune.
Latest statistics OF the number of
births and marriages in this country
bring the prediction that our population
will be stabilized by 1910 or 1850 and
that possibly, not long after, may even
show a decline. The country is not
growing as it used to and largely be-
cause there is no wide desire that it
should
We express the inclination toward ax-
cluSiveness when we annually grant but
5000 passports to immigrants, whereas
the law would have permitted us to
let In nearly $4,000. Even that num-
Der is but trif1e compared to the
hoYdes We used to admit before the war.
It has been figured that with births.
immigration and the leakage across the
borders, the country Is now gaining
about one million year, which is less
than per cent. That means the cities
which show decided growth do so by
getting new residents from the country
or other cities. California gains largely
at the expense of States in which
climatic and other advantages are; not
so apparent.
In the meantime. the immigration
bars are up. We are letting in very
few, and great number are going back
to their foreign homes. Whether this
Is to be permanent Is subject for no
more than guesswork. but right now the
population growth has slowed m Ia
marked manner. -.
Evening star., 1933-07-26

take umbrage at Great Britain's pend
ing trade negotiations with Soviet
Russia. These, it Is held, contravene
the spirit Of the Ottawa imperial eco
no!nic agreement, which calls for pro-
hioition of imports from any country
meaning Russia-that illustrates the
effects Of British Empire tariff prefer
ences. As to Ottawa, Britain bitterly
complains that so far the United King
dom has obtained no single benefit
from the Empire pact, while some of
the Dominions since its conclusion have
even raised their tariffs against Brit
ish goods.
On currency matters, too, the British
and their kinsfolk overseas are not see
ing eye to eye. While American sta
bilization views were keeping the Eco
nomic Conference on tenterhooks few
weeks ago. there were almost open
threats that Canada would detach her
self from the sterling bloc" and hitch
her monetary wagon henceforth to the
United States dollar star.
Evidently the true course of empire
love does not run smooth, but it is
pounds to pence that John Bull, as
on so many other occasions in the past,
will find a way of ironing out the kinks.
Evening star., 1933-07-26
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

Sellers wears the D. S. NJ. for "ex-
ceptionally meritorious services in
Nicaragua"
Indicative of President Roosevelt S
unquenchable good humor amid the
rlgorS and anXietieS of the day is a
recent observation of Mrs. Roosevelt
Sometimes when he is working in the
White House or when We have COM
pany' the First Lady said, II don't al
ways know exactly in what room the
President is. So I just wait till !
hear where the laughter is coming
from: and then I'm pretty sure where
Franklin is"
Her daughter, Miss Wilson. is the
heroine of the first family mix-up in
Washington over the name of Secretary
of Labor Perkins. At recent N R. A.
code hearing in the Department of Com
merce auditorium WinSome 16 or II
year old girl was at the press table She
was waving her handkerchief at Secre-
tary Perkins, seated on the rostrum.
Presently an attendant approached the
press table, tapped the girl on the shoul-
der. and whispered: rs This Miss Per-
kins?" NO" she said, I'm Miss Will
son, Secretary Perkins daughter" "
Mother Perkins wanted daughter Will
son to come up to place alongside her
on the roStrum.
X
Jim Preston, librarian of the Senate.
has dug up from its musty files a yell
lowed but still legible document which,
by comparison with preSent-day condi-
tions, reveals the colossal growth of the
United States during the past 140 years.
The document, entitled AN act making
appropriations for the support of the
Government for the year 1894" covers
only three pages. The Federal budget
for the fiscal year 1884 sprawlS over 1877
pages. The State Department in George
WaShington'S time, as disclosed by the
1894 budget, was run at cost OF 1851,
including $4,000 for compensation of the
Secretary of State and his entire staff
of assistants and clerks, and s2,061 for
stationery, printing and all other con-
tingent expenses. The current budget
calls for $2,083,0 to operate the State
Department. The entire Federal judi
ciary system cost $55 200 in 1894. To-
day it accounts for budget item OF
S45, ,082, ,487. including s284,e40 for the
Supreme Court alone.
x X x X
President Roosevelt's boundless self
confidence and faith in the peoples
support were never more exemplified
than when he chose one of the hottest
nights of the year to appeal to the coun-
try by radio to adopt his blanket
code for recovery. Nor was any presi-
dental utterance in history ever given
a more human touch than when the
perspiring Chief Executive, almost
wilted under the Kleig lights OF the
sound-picture brigade, stopped in the
middle of his broadcast to ask. Where's
that glass of water?"
X X X 4
Frank S. Bright of the Washington
bar gave a woman client the other day
a piece of counsel worthy Of his name
Most of her capital is frozen in a bank
still under conservation" I'm not
going to trust banks any more" she told
her lawyer. I'm going to put my money
in stockings" Quoth Bright: II wouldn't
do that if were you. Stockings have
runs, too"
tcopyrisht, 19S3)
Evening star., 1933-07-26
Balbo Triumph Is Recorded
AS Contribution to History

in commercial airways across the North
Atlantic" thinks the San Antonio Ex-
press, with the belief that Gen. Balbo
and his companions have strengthened
the friendly relations between Italy and
the United States" The EScanaba
Daily Press sees mot only tremendous
victory for the Italian airmen but
great step forward in the general cause
Of aviation" The Goshen News-Times
considers the feat remarkable in view
OF the great hazards"
ut served as demonstration Of the
ability of modern airmen. in the event
Of war, to make hostile incursions into
the land of an enemy" asserts the Con-
nellSvllle Courier, which, however, recog-
niNes that opportunity was lacking to
demonstrate the effectiveness of our
defenseS against aircraft" In similar
vein, the Rock Island Argus says: The
trip is a friendly gesture on the part
of Italy and is highly appreciated by
the State Of Illinois and by the Ameri-
can people. This mass flight could, of
course. be duplicated in case of war,
but in that case, were some nation
overseas to attack US in this manner,
there would be difficulties which are
non-existent IN time of peace"
Italy has given the European nations
trouble an object lesson in preparedness
and in her ability to protect herself
which will not be lost upon them"
states the Lexington Leader. While
the airplane is not the supreme weapon
of war. it is a most potent one and
and will in the next conflict. should one
unfortunately break out. play an i'm
portant part. This country should
keep in step, or little ahead, of all
other nations in the field of aviation.
Americans are fully capable of it,
''Fascism finds its perfect illustration
in this achievement" comments the
Cincinnati Times-Star, with the in
depreciation. 1T was conceived two
years ago as fitting celebration of the
tenth birthday of Fascism. Its leader
had marched at the head of one of the
Fascist columns which entered Rome
on October 80, 1922. From start to
finish, the while venture has been in
fused with patriotism. Though the
6,100-mile flight called for individual
skill and courage of a high order, the
individual flyer is subordinated here
to the group the group to a national
ideal. Whatever its ultimate scientific
results. the venture was conceived and
carried out chiefly as a gesture A ma
tionaliSm."
Evening star., 1933-07-26
Gas Tax Money Cannot
Be Used for Bridge Work
10 the Editdr on The Star:

To the Editor Of The Star:
Whether the heat has got" your re-
porters, or whether it has dared to affect
a Senator is not exactly clear But We
on the sidelines are almost convinced
that some one Is affected with con-
Trajectory inexactness that has started
a whole troupe of amateur bridge"
players to wrestling with this problem
of replacement Of the Calvert Street
Bridge over Rock Creek
Who is right and who is wrong is
best indicated by the language of the
District of Columbia act for 1884. After
appropriating subject to approval of
the director of the Bureau of the
Budget the sum of s575 900 of gasoline
tax money to begin the work. the act
reads:
g" And the Commissioners are
authorized to enter into contract or
contracts for construction of said bridge
at cost not to exceed S1,250,000; but
no part of said sum shall be available
for expenditure in connection with the
construction of said Calvert Street
Bridge until the Commissioners of the
District of Columbia shall have made a
restudy and reinvestigation to determine
which type of bridge is most economical
and serviceable and best suited to the
proposed location: and the Commission
of Fine Arts shall have approved the
type of bridge decided upon" etc.
The District Commissioners only are
to make the restudy and reinvestigation:
they alone are to determine the type of
bridge most economical and servicea BILE
and best suited to the location. After
they have done that, the Commission of
Fine Arts is authorized to approve the
type of bridge decided upon by the Dis
trict Commissioners.
That is the clear meaning and intent
of the legislation. for Congress knew
that we have an Engineer Commissioner
who knows how to plan and build
bridges economical and serviceable and
best suited to a location.
But the deeper question is: How can
gasoline tax money lawfully be used to
replace or build bridges? That money
constitutes a special fund to be used
exclusively for road and street improve
ment and repair. To improve street
or road, you must first get the street
or road. How do you get it? Either
by dedication or condemnation-not by
purchase with gasoline tax money.
Therefore, it seems clear that you can
not use gasoline tax money to acquire
or build bridge. The only legitimate
use for gasoline tax money in bridge
work, apparently, is to pave or repave
and keep in repair the roadway of a
bridge after it is built with other
money, just as you pave or repave and
keep in repair the roads and streets
after thev are acquired by dedication
or condemnation.
JOSEPH w. CHEYNEY.
Evening star., 1933-07-26

Is available. One Of the local public
works projects that has won the in
formal approval Of Secretary Ickes Is
the immediate building Of an extension,
which will be necessary when sewage
plant is constructed, at cost Of about
100000. This outfall sewer extern
sion is one Of several immediate prof.
ects that properly could be undertaken
in the public works program. Another
is to eliminate, by construction Of a
Piney Branch relief sewer, the disgrace
full condition in the neighborhood Of
Fifth and Ingraham streets, where
water floods the cellars of homes dur
ing heavy transforms because Of the
inadequate facilities for removing storm
sewage.
Evening star., 1933-07-26
Remove the Inconsistency.

Gen. Hugh S. Johnson's reply to
press conference question concerning
apparent inconsistencies between Fed
eral Government pay-cutting and the
National Recovery Administrators s
blanket code was:
Should we defeat the plan because we
have what appears to be an mconsS-
tency in this Government situation?
There is no room for talk about de-
feating the plan. Public sentiment de-
mands that the plan be given every
chance to succeed, and 1t will be. The
reasonableness as well as the necessity
of doing what the President Is trying
to do in asking for Nationwide adop-
ton of the code and voluntary concur
renee with the plan in order to increase
employment and purchasing power ap-
peal to common sense and are readily
understood.
Nobody wants to defeat the plan.
The question is whether what appears
to be an inconsistency in the GOV
ernment situation" as well as other in
consistencies that are likely to develop,
will of themselves prove capable OF
weakening, if not defeating, the plan.
One of the foundation stones laid by
the administration to support its re-
covery program is a balanced budget.
To achieve a balanced budget, or one
that is nearer being brought into balance
than before, there must be hardshlps
and economies. That has been realized
all along The Federal Government
adopted the program generally adopted
throughout the country, with resulting
suffering and misfortune to individuals,
OF cutting production costs to meet the
new conditions of 1888 and to readjust
itself to a new level. This was neces-
sary to preserve the national credit.
But at the same time, the National
Government has been seeking by other
methods to halt the process of def1a-
ton and stimulate prices into a rise.
Prices have risen and production has
increased, but employment and pur-
chasing power show danger OF falling
behind To overcome this lag the ex-
pedient represented in the N. r. A.
code has been decided upon.
The inconsistency between continued
defationary tactics by the Nations
greatest employer, the National Gov
ernment. and the aims Of the N. r. A.
code will become more apparent and
perhaps hurtful unless steps are taken
to remove that Inconsistency. There
is no contradictory principle involved
in balanced budget and a sound, as
well as equitable, employment policy on
the part of the United States Govern
ment. A balanced budget is not to
be achieved by declaring a fiat per-
centage cut in Federal pay, and then
proceeding by extraordinary methods
to chisel from low-paid Federal workers
further cuts in salary that exceed the
fifteen per cent The pay cutting and
the lay-offs in the Government de-
partments should be halted 1t may
cost money But adoption of the N. R. A.
code also will cost money. The National
Government cannot consistently ask
private employers to do what 1t de-
clines to do. The sensible solution of
its difficulty Is to follow the spirit
OF the employment policy, beginning
now, that it asks the Nation to adopt.
Evening star., 1933-07-26
Mother Britannia's Woes.

Tomorrow in the House of Commons
at London there is to be held what
Parliament calls a "full-dress debate"
on Dominion affairs. Ordinarily such
a discussion would consist merely OF
revelations from the government bench
of matters of purely routine informa-
tive importance. This time affairs OF
more poignant interest are to be aired,
for all is not we'll, it appears, between
Britannia and the daughter nations" 3"
Instead Of standing shoulder to
shoulder like a happy family at the
late London Economic Conference, the
mother country and the Dominions
have more often than otherwise taken
opposite sides of vital questions. Late
cables report that their divergent
policies "are developing into an open
quarrel" as the world conference draws
to its close this week.
British emotions in the presence OF
this empire rift are not assuaged by
the circumstance that controversy In
the conference frequently found the
Dominions, notably Canada, ranged
alongside the United States and against
Great Britain. The Dominions particu-
larly took issue with the mother gov
ernment on the latters coldness toward
an international program of public
works as suggested by President Roose-
welt. This proposal, it will be remem-
bered, was brusquely rejected by Chan
cellor of the Exchequer Chamberlain on
the ground that Britain had found
nationally subsidized public works as
an unemployment antidote extravagant
and ineffective.
Dominion spokesmen in London also
Evening star., 1933-07-26
Improved Sewage Disposal.

Last January the Public Health Serv-
ice forwarded to Congress a report on
Potomac River pollution from Wash
1ngton sewage, pointing out that as the
condition does not affect any water
supply there Is "at present" no i'm
portant health problem involved, al
though the river is unsafe for bathing.
Mai. Gotwals utilizes the Public Health
Service report extensively in his letter
to Senator King discussing the proposal
to set up board of experts who would
survey the present system and make
recommendations for its improvement.
OF course, the important question re-
garding the eventual construction here
of an adequate sewage treatment plant
to remove pollution from the river re-
lates to future conditions. The river is
now unsafe for bathing, and the pollu-
ton destroys fish life. Within COM
paratively few years, the conditions will
obviously become worse. 1t is question
when they will In fact constitute an
Important health problem" that can
not be solved merely by placing ban
on bathing.
For this reason the Commissioners
proposal for the establishment Of a
board of experts to study the plan and
future changes of Washingtons sewage
system is a sound one. 1t Is to be
hoped that it will be approved. In the
Potomac River the city possesses an
asset that should be developed and
utilized to the fullest extent for recre-
ational use, and at the same time the
authorities must look forward toward
the prevention of what, in few years,
will become a decided nuisance if steps
are not taken to prevent further pol
luton.
The construction of an adequate sew
age treatment and disposal plant Is
sn expensive project, costing some $S,-
100000. It Is encouraging to note,
however, that steps are even now being
teken toward It's building when money
Evening star., 1933-07-26
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Expectation.

Expectation
You's got to keep a-waitin'
Wifi patience dat is strong.
Case dar amt no way O. Stain
When its prime will come along.
But ebry time sees it wifi fascinated
eye
I knows it's gittin' bigger as de days
go passin' by.
Oar ain no means O foolin' disshere
'sperience O. mine
Oars sumpin' gwine on inside dat
watahmillion rine!
Didn't show no moh pretentions
Dan a squash some time ago;
Now, jes' look at dem dimensions!
An it still hab room to grow.
De stripes is showin' stronger; an dat
polish-ain't it slick?
It won't be many weeks until it's f1tten
foh to pick.
Each mo'nin' dat notices sees anuthuh
sign
Dat dar's sumpin' gwine on inside dat
watahmillion rine!
Evening star., 1933-07-26
ent time, as the population Of the
United States has Increased,

ent time, as the population Of the
United States has increased.
@. If firearms are stored in q base
ment, will they In time become useless
from dampness?-I. M. A.
A. Firearms may be safely stored
in a basement If the barrel of the gun
Is packed with a good gun grease
and the outside kept oiled. It should
not be stored in a damp place near
salt or salt water, as the presence Of
salt will rust the gun in time.
Q. How many Judges has the world
Court?-K. P.
A. The court has IS Judges. Only
one Judge Of any nationality may be
elected.
@. What was the nationality oe 1var
Kreuger?-W. A.
A. He was a Swedish subject He
was born at Kalmar, Sweden, On March
2, 1880, the son Of Ernst Kreuger
and Jenny Forssman. He was edu-
Gated at the Royal Technical Uni
versity. Stockholm.
@. Can mail be sent to Aia1ka an
through the year?-R. l.. r.
A. All mail for Alaska Is dispatched
from Seattle, Wash. During the sea
son of navigation all classes Of mail
are forwarded. During the Winter
season, October 1 to May /, ON &C
count of the difficulty of transporta-
ton to remote sections, the transporta-
ton of mail for Alaska, except for
offices on the southern coast and those
located along railroads and adjacent
thereto, is limited. Valuable parcels
can be taken by express to Nome and
other points at all times OF the year
via airplane from Fairbanks, An
chorage or Seward.
@. What kind Of a memorial 10
Thomas A. Edison was erected IN De-
troit?-N. S.
A. An Illuminated fountain was erect
ed in Grand Circus Park.
O. When did Florida last I'll seats In
the House Of Representatives and Sen
ate of the United States by appoint
ment?-T. c.
A. Florida has never filled a vacancy
in the House of Representatives by ap-
pointment Senator Fletcher was the
last Senator from Florida appointed to
fill vacancy. He was appointed and
subsequently elected for the term be-
ginning March 4, 1909.
O. For q double-ring cerenon0, who
buys the ring for the brfdegoom?-
NJ. McC.
A. The bride purchases the wedding
ring for the bridegroom. II usually Is
a duplicate of the ring she Is to wear,
except IN size.
@. Who was XenophanesaR x. j.
A. Xenophanes Of Coaophon, tha re-
puted founder Of the Eleatfc school Of
philosophy, is supposed to have been
born in the third or fourth decade OF
the sixth century B. C. An exile from
his Ionian home, he resided for a time
in Sicily, at Zancle and at Catana, and
afterward established himself IN South
ern Italy, at Flea, Phocaean colony
founded in the 61st Olympiad (536-
$780, His teaching found expression
in poems, which be recited rhapsodical-
ly In the course Of his travels.
@. How much park space has New
York IN proportion TO It's inhabitants?
e. G.
A. There is one acre Of park and
playground to every 1882 Of the popu-
1ation-
@. How did wtfkes-Barre, Pa. get
its name?-H. K. L.
A. Wiikes-Bar was settled In 1863
by colonists from New England under
the leadership Of Maj John Durkee
on grant from the SusQuehanna Land
Co. of Connecticut. Major Durkee gave
the town its name in honor of John
Wilkes and Col. Isaac Barre. stout de-
tenders Of the American Colonies IN
Parliament.
Evening star., 1933-07-26
Compulsory Vaccination
Questioned by British
To the Editor Of The Star.

To the Editor Of The Star.
A resolution has just been passed by
the council of the British Medical Asso-
citation that the British Medical
Association, while reafirming its belief
in the efficacy of vaccination in con-
ferring immunity against smallpox, is
of opinion that the time has arrived
when the question whether greater pro-
lection against smallpox would be af-
forded by voluntary rather than by
compulsory vaccination should be con-
sidered."
So signincautsds this action that the