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Evening star., 1934-05-08
All-Night Parking Ban Would
Have Serious Results for City

many additional car owners would
have to sell or junk their cars on ac-
count of not being able to pay the
increased rent; 80 as such garages
as mi ht be obtainable are located
IN alleys, there would be many woman
car owners who would have to dis
pose of their cars because it would
not be safe for them to put them in
or take them out of these alley ga
RACES after dark; "a the used car
market would be seriously hit and the
new car market would suffer also; go
with the used car market curtalled
many car owners would have to junk
their cars or dispose of them out of
town, and this would mean loss to
the city in personal property taxes.
automobile license fees and drivers
permit fees; 90 the sale of gasoline
and oil would necessarily fall off, with
a further loss of taxes to the city;
CD dealers would suffer a loss of
business in all kinds of automobile
supplies and repair shops would lose
business; 80 what benefits could be
derived from ban on all-night park
ing to overshadow the foregoing rea-
sons Why the ban should not be put
into effect?
1t would appear that with the in
creasing no-parking area downtown
during the day. and if the all-night
parking ban is put into effect, about
the only ones who would be able to
use private automobiles would be
those who could afford garages and
chauffeurs.
All automobile owners and others
who are opposed to the all-night
parking ban should register such pro-
test with the District Commissioners,
the Director of Traffic. the American
Automobile Association and in the
newspapers, for if they remain silent
now and the all-night parking ban
is put into effect. due to the lack of
protest against it by those who will
suffer the opportunity which they
now have for a voice in the matter
will be gone.
CHARLES j. DIENELT.
Evening star., 1934-05-08
A New Executive Office.

Consideration of the utilization of
the present State-War Building for
the executive establishment, discussed
informally yesterday between the
President and members of the Com
mission of Fine Arts, necessarily in
wolves the provision of new quarters
for the two departments now housed
there. The project is decidedly de-
sirable, in view of the steadily eX-
panding requirements of the presiden-
tial organization and the convenience
o. an immediate connection between
the working force and the White
House. Moreover, both of the Gov
ernment branches now housed in the
building require, and will eventually
be given, new separate homes. Plans
for a War Department structure have
been tentatively drawn and decision
on site is pending decision as to To-
cation. That decision should be speedily
reached, SO that work can be started
on the construction as soon as pos
sible. Meanwhile, a place for a new
home for the State Department, long
considered, should be chosen. 1t is
understood that opinion favors the
Evening star., 1934-05-08

the United States international policy.
and with no country is amity more
desirable than our great neighbor to
the north. Thanks primarily to the
economic nationalism' represented
by American tariff policy. which In
its turn has produced retaliatory poll
cies on the part of Canada, it is un-
deniable that two peoples, pre-
destined by their proximity and
kindred national characteristics to
live in friendship and harmony, have
in latter-day times tended to drift
apart. Perhaps on our part there has
been inadequate appreciation of
Canada's mounting sense of nation
hood and rugged independence, despite
her unflagging devotion to the British
imperial crown.
Whatever the mainsprings of mis-
understanding-and they exist. OF
course, on both sides of the line-the
Carnegie survey intends to turn on
the light. From it. it is to be hoped,
will emerge facts and figures that will
permit the formulation of new deal
in Canadian American relationship
designed to lay still deeper the i'm
mutable foundations of friendship,
good will and mutual interest between
Dominion and Republic.
Evening star., 1934-05-08
Canadian-American Relations.

Our friendship with Canada has so
long and traditionally been taken as
a matter of course that it will surprise
many people to learn that it is now pro-
posed to subject Canadian American
relations to an exhaustive survey with
a view to their betterment. The plan
is the project of the Carnegie En-
dowment for International Peace and
calls for extensive Investigations on
both sides of the border regarding
such questions as tariff policies, the
movement of capital, the effects OF
"Americanization" of Canadian life by
such agencies as the press, radio and
the movies, the migrationS from one
country to the other. intercommuni-
cation systems and a host of other
correlated problems.
Prof. James T. Shotwell, who will
head the survey commission, empha-
sizes that sentimentalism has fire.
quently blurred clear vision of Ca
madam American relations. The cir
cumstance that nowhere along our
three thousand miles of common from
tier is there a single fortiication and
that the Great Lakes, which the
United States and Canada share, are
patrolled by no ships of war, some
times blinds the people of both coun-
tries to the fact that there are never
theless important practical issues at
stake between them-issues which re-
ouire calm consideration and fair ad-
justment if the purely political rela-
tions between the Dominion and our
selves are to rest on solid basis.
1t is to explore factually all the
material entering into these relations
that the Carnegie survey is launched.
Cultivation of peace and friendship
with the states of the Western Hemi-
sphere is the keystone in the arch of
Evening star., 1934-05-08
Music Is the Solvent
of Humanity's ILL.,
To the Editor Of The Star.

Az 'AiO GN4kOA Vi lC CldIs
Many individuals today are under a
great mental and physical strain, due
to responsibilities, and consequent
they need complete relaxation at in
tervals. in order to prevent a nervous
breakdown. I recommend music as
being restful and soothing to over
taxed nerves, and find that personally
If attend concert or hear a church
choir for an hour or two it revives
my spirit and leave refreshed. Moth
ing costs less and gives more in re-
turn than music. and while the ma
Jorlty of people have to spend a
great portion Of their time in COM
mercial activities. if they can steal
away at times and listen to an in
spring and uplifting musical program.
away from the worlds turmoil. their
minds will be in new channel
Children should early be taught a
love and appreciation for music and
TO play some musical instrument. as
It Will be a satisfaction and ioy to
them all their lives to have music as
hobby. A home where there is
music Is home Of contentment as a
rule. whereas a home without music
is devoid of charm and barren, and
a mere house Of four walls, as music
is the soul OF the home. People need
some OF the embroidery Of life, so to
speak. like art and music and litera-
ture, as mere financial success alone
is not enough for well-rounded life.
Parents who make their homes attrac-
tive with music and color and art
and books, have the satisfaction Of
knowing their children will carry
with them all their lives memories Of
a happy childhood.
DOROTHY A. DAVIS.
Evening star., 1934-05-08

Postage stamp art has never been
expected to set very high standard.
Pictures which have sentimental fol-
lowing should perhaps be protected
from the copyist. 1t may be that
governments have been taking their
postage stamps too seriously, intro
duclng grotesque or Iudicrous effects
only by accident. At time when the
public seeks rapid recovery from de-
preston. something calculated to
counteract the grim spirituality of the
emblem of the Blue Eagle, a series of
cartoon postage stamps pointing little
foibles of personality and eccentricity
of event would cheer the eye, relieve
the monotony of correspondence and
offer some inestimable treasures to
future philatelists.
Evening star., 1934-05-08
City's ''Clean.up" Week
Should Be Perpetuated

To the Editor of The Star:
There appears in your edition of
May an interesting article on
Cleanup week." May 7 to IL, by
Frank w. Ballou. District superin-
tendent of schools This is an ex-
cellent idea, as advocated by The
Star, but why limit the period by just
one week? Why not make 1t per-
petual? In the same issue appears
another article describing the Clean
up week as Endorsed by the Associ-
alton of Oldest Inhabitants at its
regular monthly meeting in the old
Union engine house, Ninteenth and
H streets.
Mr.. Fred A. Emery and Mr.. Will
liam H. Rodda were the principal
speakers in favor of the plan. Mr..
Emery expressed the hope that a
Winter cleanup of snow would fol-
low. He had probably tried to walk
on the sidewalk along the south side
of H street between Eighteenth and
Nineteenth during the Winter and
found it impossible. since it is, and
has been for years. in bad state Of
repair, the bricks along the middle of
the walk are lower than the sides and
as snow Is not removed it becomes a
menace of snow and ice, which re-
mains the whole Winter. Owing to
this meeting being held after night,
these gentlemen probably did notice
the deplorable condition of neglect
and indifference, as is manifest in the
park across H street in front of the
fire house.
During the early Winter workmen
removed all the trees in this park ex-
cept four, leaving the entire half on
the west side looking like a parking
lot or cut-over forest. Later other
workmen arrived and dug up the
lawns, removing every blade and root
OF 81 iss and covering the surface with
manLre and lime. A small patch on
the northwest corner was seeded and
looks very well, but the remainder of
the park is fast growing up in weeds
ana has the appearance of mo mans
land. No new trees were planted.
This was a very attractive little
space, bounded by H and Nineteenth
streets and Pennsylvania avenue, and
made good impression upon people,
especially delegates from out of town
en- route to Convention Hall and Gov
ernment buildings on Constitution
avenue, but no one seems to have
charge in this section with authority
to act.
Let us first put our house in
! order that we may have a start on
Cleanup week" and perpetuate it.
WILLIAM P. SWEET.
Evening star., 1934-05-08
Do Our Hospitals Fail in
Ward Care of Patients?
tn the Fditnr nf The Star.

To the Editor Of The Star:
From time to time criticisms of
Washington hospitals appear in the
newspapers. but it is evident that we
do not hear enough on this subject.
This distressing lack of adequate care
given patients has been forcibly
brought to the writer's mind on many
occasions. I refer specifically to the
great mass of suffering humanity who
cannot afford private room with
private nurse, but who are relegated
to ward" class
1t is a fact that only few of the
more fortunate go through life With
out serious illness of some kind, and
in such an emergency the patient is
usually rushed to a hospital. Here,
even in ward of or 10 persons, he
pays substantial fee and has
right to expect a correct diagnosis,
proper medical treatment and every
thing possible done by the nurse to
relieve his suffering.
In most cases he is shocked to find
he has let himself in for a hit or
miss" proposition, with an indiffer-
ence from those in charge that is
really unbelievable. He is nursed by
an undergraduate "flapper," whose
main idea in choosing her line of
work is to f1lrt with the doctors and
internes, and who has little regard or
understanding of a patients real
needs. He becomes a victim of rules
and regulations which must be ad-
hered to at any cost. He may spend
a long weary night of pain without
closing his eyes, and perhaps just
when morning activities begin to set
in he drops into an exhausted sleep
only to be rudely awakened because
it is time for breakfast Sleep meant
sweet oblivion-a longed-for respite
from suffering ne must obey the
rules!
We all know, as a fact, that many
hospitals receive large donations from
time to time, and these, in addition
to the very adequate fees charged,
should surely finance an institution
of this kind so that it could operate
efficiently, with the welfare of the
patient the first consideration.
Is there not something radically
wrong with the hospitals of Wash
ington?
To the incredulous / would suggest
a visit to any ward for first-hand
observation 1t will be enlightening.
MARGARET L. NAGLE.
Evening star., 1934-05-08
Pleads for Correction
of lnequitable Statute
To the Editor of The Star:

10 the Edltor OF The Star:
With the passage of the indepen-
dent offices bill. two measures of the
economy law, namely, the pay cuts
and veterans benefits, which had
wrought extreme hardships, were cor
rected. Though those measures were
drastic. all persons affected were
amenable alike. Not so with section
2l3 OF this same law. Though enacted
for economy, in its application persons
of identical status were treated differ
emily. A few CnIcers elected to avail
themselves OF this class legislation
hence only some married persons
were ousted, while the major number
were retained.
Those of us affected waited pa
tiently for the convening of Congress
reasonably sure that this inequitably
administered section. which il also an
encroachment upon its victims rights
as citizens. would be set aside.
On April 10, 1884, Representative
Emanuel Celler of the tenth NeV York
district introduced a bill for the re-
peal of section 2l3 The victims of
this clause heartily thank Congress
man Celler for his action and interest
We hope for the cooperation of
Congress and the many organizations
who before this Seventy-third Con-
gress convened repeatedly expressed
themselves. through the press. as being
opposed to this enactment as being
unjust and infringing. Lately We have
had need to wonder at the utter
silence of the past friends of the vic
tins of section 2l3.
In conclusion. I would request each
person ousted, under this clause. to
join me in an appeal to our respective
representatives in Congress to 'join
forces with Congressman Celler for
effective action on his bill
If no other of several members Of
a family are legislated against in the
matter of honest, efficient and gainful
employment, we hope that Congress
will correct Thu class legislation
against married persons.
LEOLA R. BANNISTER.
Evening star., 1934-05-08
Who Gets the Difference
In Farm Goods Price?
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor of The Star
have been very much surprised at
the big range of difference between
what the farmer gets for his products
and what we have to pay at the chain
stores.
The farmer today gets II cents for
eggs. the chain stores get 20 cents per
dozen.
The farmer sells his beef for 80
cents per pound and the chains get
25 to so cents.
Who pockets the difference?
I think it would be a good thing If
the Government would investigate
some along this line as they seem to
be in other lines of less Importance.
I have recently been keeping up
with the market prices and find that
the prices through the chain store are
advancing while the farmers prices
have declined.
Something should be done to help
the poor farmer who is hardly able to
get enough money together to pay his
taxes from year to year. A deplorable
condition.
j. CLYDE ARMENTROUT.
Evening star., 1934-05-08
The Senate'S Club.

Following It's custom OF recent years
the Senate will, it is expected, provide
for the appointment of a special COM
mittee to keep its eye on the campaign
expenditures of senatorial candidates
this year. Senator Borah has offered
a resolution creating the committee
and had it referred to the Committee
on Privileges and Elections. The pur-
pose of appointing the investigating
committee is 10 throw the fear of the
Senate into candidates and their. man
ayers who may undertake to spend
more money than the law allows or
than is considered ethical in their
efforts to win seats in the Upper House
1t is a sad commentary, particularly
on the direct election plan of choosing
Senators, that it is deemed necessary
to set up a smelling" committee of
the Senate every two years.
Under the resolution the committee
is2directed to look into the primaries
as we'll as the general election. The
committee may act upon its own
initiative and upon such fact or in
formation as it deems worthy of con-
sideration. 1t is declared to be the
duty of the committee to conduct an
inquiry when person who may or
may not be a senatorial candidate
makes charges, under oath, of undue
expenditure or any kind of effort to
influence improperly senatorial cam
paign. The committee may begin an
investigation at any time; may make
the inquiry before the election is held
or thereafter.
These senatorial campaign investi-
eating committees have been powerful
factors in the past. They have re-
suited in the denial Of senatorial seats
in two cases by the Senate itself. One
of these was the case of William S.
Ware, elected Senator in Pennsylvania
in 1926, and the other that of Frank
L. Smith of Illinois, who also was
elected to the Senate. The Senate
committee reported excessive eXpendi-
lures and corruption in these elec-
tionS. A similar senatorial investigat-
ing committee was called upon in 1880
to inquire into the entry of George
w. Norris, a grocer, into the Nebraska
senatorial primary against the veteran
Senator George w. Norris. In the
same year the committee made exten-
sive inquiry into charges that huge
expenditures were being run up in
the Illinois senatorial primaries. The
special Senate committee in 1882 was
called into Louisiana to observe the
workings of the Long political ma
chine and its successful efforts to
nominate and elect Senator Overton.
1t was only last Winter that the
special committee finally filed its re-
port on the Louisiana senatorial elec-
ton, attacking political practices in
that State vigorously, but making no
effort to unseat Senator Overton or
his colleague.
These senatorial campaign investi-
eating committees are becoming ira
dition. They are the club by which
the Senate itself seeks to make pure
the elections of it's members, instead
of leaving that task to the States in
which the Senators are elected.
Evening star., 1934-05-08

One fine thing about this Spring is
that it is the most interesting one
the city has known in years. No
doubt it is that way all over America.
Just how much of this impression
is mental is difficult to say.
The contrast with the Winter is
striking, of course.
The shut-in feeling has given way
to the outdoor feeling. it is true.
Mostly this is an interesting Spring,
however, just because it is more nor
NAL, we may believe.
Plants of all sorts are responding
to the warmth and moisture in way
that delights the home gardener.
There are fewer cut worms, slugs
and other plant enemies at large, at
least at this writing.
The hope is that the intensive and
prolonged cold of February and March
killed them as they stood.
Lilacs have grown more already this
Spring than all of last year.
Growth in plants Is a healthy in
dication, Of course. when they hap
pen to be below the standard.
A more natural rhythm is in force
now. in the plant world, than during
those years when Winter months were
comparatively warm.
Human memory is short. it was
very easy to forget the cold of the
old years, and to believe that Spring
like Februaries and Marches were
normal.
They were not, however, and 1893
and 1884 prove it.
Gardens already look different, some
how, more filled with natural vim and
vigor, and no wonder, because the
plant memory is more unforgetting
scared into each cell and fiber. past
all obliterating, no matter how false
a Winter or Spring once prevailed.
Peonies particularly seem to be
doing well.
Too much cannot be said in favor
of them. AS astonishing examples of
growth they forever appeal to all
those who have not lost their sense of
miracle in the every day.
AS flowers. the peonies are unsur-
passed, nor can it be said of them. as
is said of the three-spot Gourami in
the home aquarium, that the only
fault that can be found with them is
that they grow too large.
The size Of peony blossoms is one OF
their true charms.
Even blooms on home plants where
NJ diSbudding has been practiced are
huge, in comparison with roses, for
instance.
The speed with which all this foliage
and bloom are produced is without
parallel in the home garden.
Even castor beans and Kudzu vines
show no such remarkable ability at
arising completely out of the soil into
such noble plants. with such great
flowers and such fine foliage.
The sight of a fine peony always
brings up the question of pattern in
Nature.
Why do plants run true to form. as
it we're, peonies invariably producing
peonies and roses roses?
Scientific explanations do not ex-
pam d4tti all we are III tHe position
OF the child in the class room who is
forced to answer, Yes" when the
teacher says, "See?"
No doubt it is best to turn from the
why to the thing itself.
Thinking is tiresome. looking is
easy. Perhaps better way to put il
would be that thinking is difficult
when one deals in terms of the un-
known, but comparatively easy when
one is considering things known. A
great deal of human trouble comes
about because people insist on think
ing above them. Perhaps it is noble
and all that, but it is away over their
heads, and the intellectually honest
among them finally come to realize il
Evening star., 1934-05-08
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Ignorance Is Bliss.

Ignorance Is Bliss.
The answers I but seldom know
To any current question
That brings to mortals here below
Cerebral indigestion.
Like other folks, I sometimes feel
That it's my solemn duty
Things philcsophic to reveal
In their mysterious beauty.
And yet shall not undertake
To study all severely,
Should I a calculation make
Correct entire or nearly.
Like the philosophers of old,
With jeers they might receive me
And even if the truth I told
Nobody might believe me.