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Evening star., 1933-01-20
A Good Investment.

D.scovered-a governmental bureau
that pays Uncle Sam 1000 per cent
return on his investment.
The Ponzilike financial operations Of
this somewhat obscure branch were
brought to the attention Of Congress the
other day by Representative John j.
Cochran, Democrat, of Missouri. TAX
ing the floor during discussion Of
economy legislation, Mr.. Cochran said:
I want to express the hope that the
new commissioner Of Internal Revenue
who will soon take Office will learn
something about the Bureau of Intelli-
gence as soon as he assumes control. He
will find it his most valuable asset in
administering the laws.
In the fiscal year 1882, ending June
90 last, this unit was allowed $626, GOO,
and it brought into the Treasury Of
the United States S27,322,555 The
head of that unit ELMER L. Irey), while
testifying before House committee Of
which I was a member, made the state
ment that If he could get additional
mer to run down the frauds that have
been perpetrated against the Govern
ment he could bring In millions and
millions of dollars to the Treasury.
1t seems to me when, by the appro-
priatiQn Of few hundreds of thcusf nds
Of dollars, we can bring into the Treas
ury millions Of dollars that belong to 1t
1t is unwise not to do so.
Mr.. Cochran then proceeded to tell
Evening star., 1933-01-20
Minister of Norway
Checks Sardine Figures
To the Editor of The Star:

70 the Editor of The Star:
In your issue for January IA appears
an article by Mervin H. Browne en-
titled depressed Currency Nations
Ruin Fishing Industry Here" in which
is stated that in 1880 the imports Of
sardines from Norway totaled 387, 7,672
cases, in 1881 777,972 cases and during
the first nine months Of 1882 906, ,348
cases. As a result OF these figures the
author has made the conclusion that
imports from Norway in these three
years have increased nearly 300 per
cent.
Allow me to point out that the basis
Of this statement, viz, the figure for
the year 1890, does not correspond
with the official American statistics
as compiled by the United States De-
partment Of Commerce, according to
which the imports Of sardines from
Norway in said year totaled 17194,025
pounds, or 687.761 cases, taking rs
pounds as the equivalent of one case.
1t Is furthermore to be remarked
that 1880 was the lowest year since
1925 with regard to import of sardines
from Norway and Is consequently not
fair basis Of comparison, for the
reason that the pack Of 1880 was. un-
usually short" The average annual
import Of sardines from Norway to
the United States during the more
normal years Of l927-l929 was about
81. 100000 pounds. or about $4,000
cases. 1t will thus be seen that there
can be absolutely no question of an in
crease Of 300 per cent. as alleged.
H. H. BACHKE.
Minister of Norway.
Evening star., 1933-01-20

ly and defectively drawn, since 1t will
be replaced ct Is promised) at the
special session Of the new Congress by
a model liquor regulation law that will
be comprehensive, stringent and efiec-
tive.
The pending beer bill will, as its main
purpose, eliminate the Sheppard local
prohibition law, which preceded nation
al prohibition. While the vets are
winning this important campaign VIC
tory, Is not this the time for the drys
to secure a maximum Of concessions
in safeguard against abuses and evils
in the liquor traf1ic system which IS to
replace both national and local prohi-
bition?
Since all good Washingtonians.
whether wet, dry. or moist, are interested
primarily in the community welfare, is
not this the time. when Congress is
about to legislate on the subject, for all
to get together to work vigorously in
harmonious cooperation for the enact
ment Of model liquor traffic system
now, and not slouch immediate legisla-
tion and leave enactment Of the model
law" to the uncertain future and q
new Congress?
Evening star., 1933-01-20
The Soviet Way.

Last week the Soviet revealed, not
for the first time, how it deals with
insubordination within the Communist
ranks by imposing stern disciplinary
measures upon men even Of the stature
of AleM Rykof1. Today come reports
of the heartlessness that distinguishes
the Soviet's attitude toward the hum
blest of its subjects, the peasant farm
ers. The populations Of three south
ern towns, 1t is stated in a Moscow
dispatch, have been deported in their
entirety to the lumh-c and mining
camps Of Siberia as an exemplary pun
ishment for their failure to cooperate
with the program of speeding up agri-
cultural production.
Three Cossack villages-Poltavskaya,
Medvyedevsky and Urupskaya-are in
volved in this enforced migration. All
men, women and children, after being
deprived Of all vestige Of home and prop
erty, were driven from their abodes and
ordered into exile in desolate lands near
the Arctic Circle. Estimates Of the
number Of mujiks and their dependents
included in the exodus flX the total at
no fewer than forty-five thousand
souls. II they survive the rigors Of the
frozen North, they are to receive the
chance of proving their loyalty to the
Soviet cause and regaining the coveted
"proletarian" status.
As an indication of the callous
cynicism with which the deportation
from the fertile Kuban country was
carried cut, there is the detail that the
eXiles' lands have been divided up
among veterans of the Red army and
other loyal elements" as reward for
service to the Communist cause. One
Of the villages has already been re-
named RED Army" The new owners
CT the soil forthwith proclaim their in
tention Of carrying out Moscow's de-
mand for collectivized farming, the
system against which the deported
population rebelled. Doubtless its ex-
pulsion is intended as both a grim and
timely warning to other backsliders in
the rural sections. Under the new sys-
tenn Of identification cards." families
designated as socially undesirable" will
after April Is be subject to forced
transfer to regions where the Soviet
masters employ their labor in connec-
ton with the raw-production program
of the second flve-year plan.
Many indications point to the prob
ability of a renewed drive for Amer
ican recognition of Soviet Russia. News
like that herein discussed should give
pause to the recognitionists. Uncle
Sam ought not to be asked to condone
a system with tyranny as its hallmark.
To shake hands with such system is
to be blind to its cruelty and vicious
ness.
Evening star., 1933-01-20

his colleagues In the House something
about the intriguing activities Of this
very profitable unit. whose chief duties
have to do with preventing and expos
ing income tax frauds ON the Gov
eminent.
More than 6.7oo Of these income tax
cases have been investigated since the
unit was established in 1919. From
these careful. undercover inquiries have
come more than 1,loo indictments. with
resulting convictions of or pleas Of guilty
by more than 500 individuals. The
total of taxes and penalties recon-
mended for assessment was in excess
of $286. 100000.
Perhaps the Intelligence Unit cannot
properly be termed obscure. Although
its force Is not large. its appropriation
relatively small and its every y-day routine
little known to the general public, Chief
Trey and his operatives have gained the
spotlight ON several notable occasions.
There was the case Of Alphonse Capone,
for example. Mr.. Capone had sue
ceeded in evading justice in many high
crimes and misdemeanors, but when he
neglected to pay his income taxes he
reckoned without the Internal Revenue
Bureau. He Is now repenting this over
sight in Atlanta Penitentiary.
More recently, Mr.. Trey and his men
have played an important role in the
investigation Of the Lindbergh kidnap-
ing. They are still engaged in an
effort to solve that mystery.
Mr.. Cochran paid a fine personal trib-
ute to Mr.. Trey:
am told he has made many enc
mics and any number of powerful men
have attempted to have him dismissed
from the service. Not only Trey, but
his men are threatened by those who
are affected by the units Investigations.
This Is to be expected when their con-
tact Is with those who would defraud
the Government.
Again I state there should be no
economy In the ofiice of the Intelli-
gence Unit Of the Bureau Of Internal
Revenue.
Evening star., 1933-01-20
Don't Jump into beekeeping." say
q magazine article.

Don't Jump into beekeeping." says
q magazine article.
No danger, sir.
All we ask Of bees is that they do
not Jump into US.
Bees and cows have been, since child
hood, two creatures we have been very
much afraid Of.
A rather large hippopotamus would
not create quite the CONSERVATION in
our breast as the sight Of an unguided
COW.
As for bees, these are insects most
people like to keep away from, rather
than plunge Into, even in the sense Of
harboring them for profit.
No doubt there Is q nice living to
be garnered by the astute gentleman
who really understands bees.
But how many understand 'em?
A bee Is curious thing, despite the
laudable work of M. Maeterlinck and
others to bring it down to the COM
prehension Of the man IN the street"
1t Is only when the man in the
street leaves his concreted avenue and
takes to the grass and the dirt that he
experiences the full menace Of the bee.
Bees detest some persons, just as
clCpIlduIS are supposed 10 dislike CllOSe
who are unkind to them.
Bees do not seem to mind what ones
personal opinions of them are: they in
stinctively go" for those unfortunates
who seem to fear them.
Merely to swagger before bees, how
ever, will get one nowhere.
A bold front Is we'll enough, in GER
tain situations, but 1t does little good
in front of the apiary,
Funny word, that.
One would think, offhand, that an
"apiary" was place where apes were
kept, would one not?
Not If you know your Latin. of course
Apis" means bee in that ancient
"Aap" is Dutch for ape no doubt
where we got the word. In fact. old
English had APE" as the feminine form.
According to language, at least, all
apes are feminine now.
The closer you get to bee the worse
off you are If it doesn't happen to like
you; the farther away you are the
more room you will have to run in, but
thcs doesn't mean that you will be any
letter off.
1t will be able to catch you just the
same
It flies excellently.
Its speed exceeds that Of most ex-
press trains. is pretty close to a good
automobile and is not far behind that
of the average plane.
Most persons initial experience with
bees comes In childhood, that impress
sionable period. when even a bee can
make its deepest-er impression.
Perhaps memory calls up great
tree, in which the bees have swarmed
1t is not the right place. and grand
father decides to bring 'em down.
A legendary figure. grandfather
All that one can see Of him now Is a
fine white beard
It was in the days when boards were
in great favor
Grandfather thought he knew a lot
about bees. but every one else seemed
to feel that he knew very little about
them, after all.
There he goes aloft. up a great long
ladder. to bring the erring brood down
to earth, where they belonged, not up
in that tree.
The bees buzz and buzz, giving the
dark bough whereon they cling a dif-
ferent sort of dark color.
Evening star., 1933-01-20
Persuading the Hogs.

william Allen White in the Emporia Gazette.
Legislative wheels are grinding.
Every one now and then throws off a
spark whose fleeting glimmer illumi-
mates their plans so that We may
glimspe what destiny holds for us in
the next four years.
Their farm plan is to be based on
q subsidy for those who voluntarily
control production, which Is easy for
the small grain farmer. All he will
have to do is to cut his acreage.
But it is also to be applied to hogs.
Now when you undertake to teach a
hog to control his production-gen-
tlamen. let us speak plainly-you have
q job on your hands.
We cannot deny that there are
many eloquent arguments for volun-
tarily controlled production which will
appeal to the enlightened self-interest
of an adult hog. but what is to be
done with the young sow Of subnormal
intelligence and bad home environ
ment, or the headstrong individual
ist who would set her own impulses
above the somber judgment of the
Democratic party and insist on hav-
instead of the allotted 6.
We assume that In this kind Of q
litter only 6 would be safe for the
subsidized home market and the rest
would be chalk marked by the in
spector for the Democratic board Of
hog temperance and morals as des-
tined to be slaughtered for the export
trade and dumped on an unprotected
and unsubsidized world market.
But Is this not q cruel and barbaric
penalty for society to exact from
motherhood for one little mistake?
County chairmen should use great
care in selecting the thousands Of
Federal inspectors who will ride In
Government cars from farm to farm
charged with controlling hog produc-
ton. They should be, of course, men
Of unquestioned integrity, but they
should temper Justice with mercy;
they should remember their own youth.
Evening star., 1933-01-20
Crusaders Are to Present
Model Liquor Control Bill
To the Editor Of The Star:

TO the Editor OF The Star:
In your leading editorial Of January
II entitled Local Beer Bill Prema-
ture." the following statement Is made:
"As a matter of fact, enactment of
any local beer law now Is premature.
Such q law should follow both the Ma
tional beer bill. If there Is to be one,
and the repeal Of the eighteenth
amendment"
The rest of your editorial is devoted,
for the most part, to criticism Of the
original draft bill, which makes certain
that the sheppard bone-dry law will
be repealed, prepared by the Crusaders.
The bill, according to your editorial,
will permit many Of the evils Of the old
saloon system. For the sake Of argu-
ment, let me admit that these fears are
we'll grounded.
But suppose that there Is no beer reg
ulation, as your editorial favors. What
would be the situation In this city If
the Collier beer bill becomes law? The
corporation counsel has said on more
than one occasion, that In his Judg-
ment, the Sheppard bone dry act was
repealed by implication when the Vol
stead act was passed. If this be the
case, when the Collier bill becomes law,
and it will at this or the extra session
Of Congress, Washington will have no
regulations whatever concerning the
sale Of beer. 1t could be sold the same
as any soft drink to anybody at any
time, regardless of age.
II the Sheppard law has not been
repealed by implication, then nearby
wet Maryland Free State will not only
bootleg beer into the Capital, but our
people will 60 into Maryland to dine,
where beer Is sold. It does not take
much imagination to picture the many
beer taverns that will spring up In
Montgomery and Prince Georges Coun-
ties. where Washington residents will
spend money that ordinarily would 60
to Washington business men.
The Stars position, since 1t opposes
a beer control law prior to repeal. when
analyzed, boils down to this: If beer is
legalized by Congress and the Sheppard
act Is no longer the law, then beer
may be sold here without the SEM
blance of any control. If the Sheppard
act is the law, beer will be bootlegged
from Maryland into Washington.
The Crusader beer control bill Is
temporary measure to provide reason
able regulations for the sale of beer
pending the repeal of the eighteenth
amendment. We expect to present to
Congress when the extra session con-
venes complete liquor control plan
that will meet the needs of this World
Capital.
RUFUS S. LUSK,
Vice Executive Commander, The Cru
Saders.
Evening star., 1933-01-20

used y d exclusively within Arkansas'-
A. Since the transportation involved
Is wholly within the State the Inter-
state Commerce Commission has no
jurisdiction.
@. How many full-blooded bison are
there in North America?-C. P.B.
A. The American Bison Society says
that there are 1880 pure-blood bison
in North America. The number of
bison in tine United States is 1896.
About one-third of the number in the
United States are located in the State
Of Wyoming. The remainder are widely
distributed throughout various States.
@. Is it necessary for a Senator to
resign his office in order to become a
candidate for President or other official?
ID. B. M.
A. There Is no law which obliges a
candidate for Office to resign his seat
in the United States Senate.
@. OF the people on the Veterans
Bureau pay roll. how many are in WASH
A. There are 5,o5s at headquarters.
@. What can be done to cure or re-
Ieve the pain in feet which were frozen
years ago?-C. B.
A. The Public Health Service says
tnat there Is no suggestion which could
be made of any value concerning the
relief and treatment of frozen feet as it
would be necessary to see the individual
and to be able to determine his indi-
Vdual reaction, such as whether or not
the blood vessels and their vasomctor
(nerves) control are affected.
uI,aro ;e tl,z lo..1..
In the United States?-W. NICK.
A. The largest Is the great King
Ranch in Southeastern Texas, which has
more than million acres and covers
more than three counties There are
millions Of cattle on this ranch. and
more than 100000 calves are branded
each season.
4: +: A. Where is the fFisa's Constitution
A. She is now on her way to the
West Coast. She has passed through
the Panama Canal.
Q. To what forces in this country
did the earliest Marines belong?-T. D.
"A: The earliest ships. as also the
earliest Marines, belonged to the Colo
NAL or State Navies. During the Ameri-
can Revolution, three general classes Of
American Marines served-Continenta
or regular Marines, Marines of the Co
lonial or State Navies, and Marines Of
the Privateers.
Q. How many organizations belong
to the American Association for the Ad-
v2ncement Of Science?-G. A.
A. There are now 1872 officially as
soclated organizations, of which 100 are
officially affiliated, including 26 affiliated
academies of science.
@. Is there window in the Wash
lngton Cathedral which includes pic
lures Of an airplane and a microphone?
"A. M.
A. There Is window in the Cathe-
dral depicting the means by which the
gospel has been spread The micro
phcne and airplane are included. 1t
is one Of the windows of the Great
Choir.
Q. What is the difference in official
time between New York City and Rio
de Janeiro, Brazil?-A. N.
A. Two hours. Practically all Of
the eastern or inhabited portion of Bra
I'll has an off1cisl time two hours fast
, on Eastern standard United States
time.
@. Is the present pay of a Federal
juryman the sum stipulated in the Fed
eral -Code?-R. B.
A The pay WIS affected by the
economy bill of June, 1892. For the
fiscal year ending June 80 1893, the
per diem pay Of Federal jurymen was
reduced to S3
Evening star., 1933-01-20
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

sions intermittently during the past 10
years. Since January, 1892, he has
been rowing ambassador in Europe on
disarmament and economic affairs. He
knows intimately the leading states
men of Great Britain, France, Ger
many and Italy If these aren't up-to-
the-minute credentials for an Ameri-
can Secretary of State, what are?
X x X
Indiana limestone met a Waterloo in
Washington this week in finish fight
with Vermont granite. The occasion
was battle royal. with the Secretary OF
the Treasury functioning rs referee
over the material to be used in building
the huge new S60O0,00O Fe6er court
house in New York City. The granite
bloc of New Englanders had the sup
port OF group of Minnesota members
of Congress. Between them they man.
aged to overcome the limestone forces,
captained by Senator Jim Watson
Under that influential Hoosier's long
time advocacy of limestone for Federal
buildings, Washington in recent years
has filled up with them. The man.
moth Department of Commerce Is the
most notable example. Former Repre-
sentative Dick Elliott Of Indiana, who
worthy foeman in its behalf, as chair
man of the House Committee on Public
Buildings and co-author of the plan for
undermining and beautifying Washing
ton.
Before many days elapse Washington
Is to be the scene of first showing
OF an elaborate motion picture entitled
"MusSolini Speaks" Produced by q
leading American movie organization
the Fascist chieftain enacted the title
role at Rome under the personal di-
rection of one of Hollywood's foremost
craftsmen. He threads in and out of
the picture on different occasions. in
the guise OF an orator depicting the
glories Of ancient Rome, with appro-
pirate historical background, and also
as an interpreter of modern Italy under
Fascist reconstruction II Duce will be
heard in English, because the film was
specially designed for American audi
ences.
Gov. Roosevelt came into town on
Thursday in an ordinary Pullman COM
partment car bearing the commOnest
name in the United States-John Smith
His apartments at the Mayflower Hotel
sector. He occupies the same quarters
for the second time, having expressed
to the management a preference for
"the spirit Of T6."
X X \ 4
William H. Woodin, president of the
American Car & Foundry Co., who trav-
eled to Washington on the Roosevelt
special. Is one of the favorite candidates
OF cabinet gueSserS for a place in the
coming presidential household. The
Secretaryship of Commerce is the port
folio most commonly associated with his
name. He's been Rooseveltian for many
years and was a liberal contributor to
the late Democratic war chest. For the
past IL years he has been closely identi-
fed with the Presidcnt-elect as a CO.
trustee Of the Warm Springs Founda-
ton in George, to which Mr.. Roosevelt
Is about to repair.
tCopyrisbt, l933.y
Evening star., 1933-01-20
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

They will not answer to the call OF
the hive, and grandfather Is going aloft
to teach them reason.
He Is wearing q fine piece Of mos
quito netting fiung over his head and
hat after the fashion Of Stanley in
darkest Africa.
He carries q smoking pot well filled
with charred wood, or whatever 1t Is
which the expert apiarist uses In ar
guing with bees.
Louder and louder buzz the insects
as grandfather approaches gradually
through the leaves Of the old apple
tree.
A great tree, q tree such as grows
no more, which grows, alas, only in
childhood. The trees aren't any way
near as big now.
There goes grandfather right up to
the limb.
The bees are buzzing their loudest.
They are extremely restless as grand
father attempts to shoe them away, or
catch them, or do whatever 1t is one
does when attempting to teach the
bees the right way to 60.
How difficult it Is to teach living
creatures the right way to go, and how
often ones best efforts are met with
surly ungratefulness
An enterprising bee finds an opening
under the full flowing mosquito net
ting now blowing in the gentle winds.
owl" roars grandfather.
More bees.
"Ow! Owl"
The situation is becoming serious.
Some one will have to rescue grand
father.
There memory fades, one cannot see
the rescue. or who did it, but legend
has 1t that badly stung grandparent
was finally got down out of the tree to
the tune Of much swearing and gesticu-
lation.
Men swore in those days.
And bees Stung.
Mostly they plunged their stingers
into little innocent boys who insisted
on treading gingerly around the hives
in bare feet.
The more cautiously one trod, and
the more afraid one was, the surer the
bees found it out, the more certain
they were to use the excellent weapons
with which Nature had provided them.
In an article some place once we
read why 1t Is that mosquitoes inject
poison as they bite. 1t will not be sat-
isfactory to the reader here, perhaps,
that we can't recall why, but then our
INeIlOTy Is very pOoI, anu IL we COulO
remember that no doubt we could recall
who it was who got grandfather down
out of the apple tree.
After all. 1t doesn't make much diff
ference. Most of the things people try
so yaliantly to remember are not worth
so much trouble.
Whatever the reason is why mosqui-
toes inject poison as we'll as bite, Is
, no doubt the very reason why bees
find it necessary to make a similar in
lection along with their sting.
To careless mankind it might seem
that good sting is sufficient. but
Nature says it isn't.
With every sting must come a GER
tain quantity Of poison. If we believe
in moral Nature, the answer is plain
enough! The lesson must be pointed
beyond escape
There is little danger, however, OF
any one escaping from bee bite once
the bee gets its little eyes on him.
Mankind hasn't invented the term
"beeline" for nothing
It's the line the bee makes after you,
and its end is sting, sure enough.