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Evening star., 1934-06-25
Borah and the New Deal.

Senator William E. Borah of Idaho
is making plans to tell the American
people what he believes is wrong with
the new deal" During the session of
Congress recently closed the Idaho
Senator did not hesitate to assail GER
tain phases of the new deal, particu-
larly the N. r. A. and the monetary
policy of the President. 1t is his pur-
pose to carry these criticisms into the
coming campaign of the administra-
ton forces to "Sell" the new deal to
the American people and at the same
time to insure the election Of Demo-
cratic Congress entirely friendly to the
President and his policies.
This undoubtedly is bad news to the
new dealers, whether they be Roose-
welt Democrats, Roosevelt Republicans
or independents. Senator Borah, when
he hits the trail, is an effective talker.
He will be the more effective, since
there are phases of the new deal which
lay themselves open to attack. In ad-
dition, none will suggest that Senator
Borah is carrying on his campaign
against the new dealers because he
holds a brief for the great corpora
tions of the country or for the wealthy.
Nor will his campaign OF education
be considered a merely political ma
neuver on the part of Republican
partisan opponent of the President.
Mr. Borah has worn the party political
yoke lightly. He has given support to
Republican Presidents and candidates
when he believed such support justi-
fable. He has withheld it when he
has considered such support unjusti-
fed.
The Idaho Senator has contended
that the N. R. A. plays into the hands
of great monopolies, that it crushes
the little man in business and that
in the end it will lay grievous load
on the American consumer. To the
Idaho Senator the suspension of the
antitrust laws under the operation OF
the national industrial recovery act is
terrible blow directed against the
small producer and merchant. Nor
does he believe that the Government
is taking the right tack through the
agricultural adjustment act, seeking to
cut off production by the farmers
enormously.
Senator Borah has convincing way
of talking. He is logical and he is an
effective orator. He will reply to
speeches made by President Roosevelt,
by the new Undersecretary of Agricul-
ture, Rexford G. Tugwell; by Gen.
Hugh S. johnson, N. r. A. admins
TRAITOR; by Chester Davis, administrator
of the A. A. A., and others high in the
administration of the new deal. While
Senator Borah does not believe that
everything done by the new dealers is
wrong. and indeed supports some of
the measures, he regards the program
OF the A. A. A. as national suicide
and the N. r. A. as tending to the
creation of gigantic monopolies.
Evening star., 1934-06-25
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

ing the Fulvas, will bloom excellently
well in shade, or almost shade.
They look well beside garages and
along old fences.
If their flowers be but for day,
well. what of it?
That is long enough. since the
it, in one sense. He occupies the po-
sition Of the one addressed, In the old
French saying. "If I love you, what
Is that to you?" Love, in other words,
Is what Is given, not what Is accepted.
The beauty of f1owerdom is the
bloom, which may last for day, or
only a few hours, or for a week or
two, still the flower lover has nothing
to do with that. II any one does
not understand this, he does not un-
derstand even the beginning Of the
philosophy Of the garden.
In general, it may be said that
love for flowers first fastens itself
upon the f1ashy, the snowy, and In
time works back to the plain and the
everyday, II it is fair to call any flower
plain, any plant creation everyday.
The ornate temperament no doubt
prefers ornate flowers, but in the end
even this type of man or woman will
respond at last to the appeal of the
simple, the lowly, the little.
Rock gardening, for instance, Is
seldom the hobby of the beginning
gardener, but comes about in the
fullness of time when the powers Of
appreciation have been refined by
dealing first with larger and more
striking subjects.
1t is this curious probing into the
mysteries of earth, no matter what
the branch Of science-and garedn-
| ing is science, too-which brings to
light so many small curiosities. which
might be termed the real triumphs of
gardening, after all.
So we may consider the simple
| day lilies as symbols, as well as
flowers.
They bespeak q refinement which
comes as the result Of grinding many
coarser subjects through the mills Of
appreciation.
There is no less regard for those
subjects, however. They must form
the background. as it were. Of the
garden. They are the "old standbys
which every one knows and loves,
Their omnipresence is part Of them,
just as Of the weeds, many Of which
are truly beautiful. One may feel
sure that If the world had not seen
zinnias any place but in vacant lots
they would be regarded by most per-
sons as lust weeds"
Day lilies have progressed, during
the past 10 years, from subjects fit
for grandmothers to favorite flowers
of experienced. careful home gar
deners.
This speaks well for the grand
mothers, of course.
They knew a good thing when they
saw it. They cherished the peonies,
or "pinies." the iris. or flags" and
the Buckingham. and many other
favorites universally beloved today as
| then.
Though many of these have been
so modified by the hybridizer's art
! that grandma would scare know her
old friends, they still retain the es-
sential worth which made them ma
terial for experimentation.
Not so much has been done to i'm
prove" the day lilies. They are al
most today as they always have been.
simple flowers which somehow make
a particular appeal to particular peo-
pie.
Evening star., 1934-06-25
The Poderjay Case.

A report from Vienna to the New
York Police Department in the Poder-
jay case has been dispatched, and is
awaited with interest, because of the
possibility that it may indicate that
in the judgment of the Austrian au-
thorities there IS sufficient evidence
to warrant the extradition of the man
who is suspected of having slain a
woman lawyer whom he had agreed
to marry. and who has not been seen
since December 20 last. Poderjay
sailed two days after that date, but
there is no trace to indicate that the
woman accompanied him. Her ef-
fects were not to be found when.
some time later, search was made for
her, and quite recently, according to
dispatches from Vienna, some Of her
gowns have been discovered in the
possession of another woman in that
city. Letters have also been found
to suggest that a plot to kill the
American woman had been formed
by these two.
Unless the body of the victim is
found and positively identified, it will
be very difficult, If indeed possible.
to convict Poderjay, though he
should be returned to this country
indicted and tried. In the absence
of the corpus delicti-which, though
it literally means 'the body or sub
stance of the crime" in practice sig
nifies the body of the victim-there
is no certainty that a murder has
been committed. However strongly
circumstances may point to a killing,
until it is definitely established by
the discovery Of the remains Of the
Evening star., 1934-06-25
Hull Note on Debts Raises
Hopes of Future Agreement

Even though Great Britain now Is
quite cool to Secretary Hull's sugges-
ton that payments on war debts might
be made in goods. some American OBJ
servers think the idea is likely eventu-
ally to play an important part in the
solution Of the troublesome debt
problem.
The note is brief and plain" says
the Danbury News-Times. summarize
ing thus. The United States is SEN
sible of the financial difficulties into
which the war plunged his majesty's
government. To avoid a default, it
will not be necessary for Britain to
pay on June IS, 1862 ,000, 900, but $685.
$40, 1896. 1t is admitted that his
majeStys government has given up
great sums due it under loans to other
governments, but this has nothing to
do with what Britain owes to the
United States. These sums were bor-
rowed by Great Britain in her own
name and on her own credit, and pay
ment was not made contingent upon
the fate of debts due the British gov
ernment. The United States is of the
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fault unless and until 1t can effect
a reduction of the debt satisfactory
to itself. Says Secretary Hull: A sit
uation of this kind necessarily calls
for an initiation of proposals by the
debtor and not by the creditor. If
his majestys government desires to
make a proposal for payments, this
Government would be glad to discuss
them Informally"
The American statement, according
to the Omaha World Herald, helps
keep the debt discussion clear of pas
sion, of misstatement and of bitter
ness. 1t opens the way for Great
Britain to keep her world credit good.
1t suggests the possibility of negotia-
ton for payments upon terms that
the debtor can meet without too great
financial sacrifice and without up
setting her economic or commercial
status. 1t Is the most constructive
contribution toward settling the debt
dilemma that has been made in recent
years. 1t keeps open the door toward
settlement upon a reasonable basis
And it very pointedly places upon
Great Britain the burden of affirma-
tive action toward reaching that set
tlement."
"As matter of fact" suggests the
st. Paul Pioneer Press, such pay
ments as have been made have always
been indirectly In goods or services,
whenever they have not been a mere
bookkeeping operation in which new
loans were written down as fast as
old loans were written of. What gives
the suggestion real point and fresh
meaning Is the enactment Of the
reciprocal or bargaining tariff. which
gives President Roosevelt power to
negotiate commercial agreements with
the debtor governments and to offer
an opportunity for repayment of the
debts by reduction Of the American
tariffs on selected classes and specified
quantities of imports. It was highly
appropriate that Secretary Hull's note
should have been dispatched on the
same day as President Roosevelt
signed the reciprocal tariff measure
The British. or for that matter the
other debtors, can hardly continue to
complain In the face of this concrete
suggestion that the United States is
playing the part of an uncompromis-
ing creditor"
Uncertainty as to the kind Of goods
Evening star., 1934-06-25
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President Elect Lopez.

Arrival of a distinguished statesman
Of Latin American republic in Wash
ington is always an event of Signif1-
canoe. The presence here this week
Of Senor Alfonso Lopez. President
elect of Colombia, is another token
Of that pan American solidarity which
under the Roosevelt administration. in
the guise of a good neighbor" pro-
gram. is fast assuming the aspect of
the United States major foreign
policy. The visit of Senor Lopez pre-
cedes by only two or three weeks the
sojourn of President Roosevelt on
Colombian soil, where he is to be
entertained by the retiring President,
Senor Olaya Herrera.
President-elect Lopez comes to the
United States laurel-crowned because
Of his recently successful efforts in
averting war between Colombia and
Peru over Leticia Such a conflict
would not only have led to fratricidal
bloodshed in South America, like the
still continuing war between Bolivia
and Paraguay, but, also like that
bitter and sanguinary controversy,
would have involved the peril of wider
complications among the Latin states.
Washington and the people of the
United States, therefore, see in Senor
Lopez an effective co-worker in the
cause of pan-American peace and
good will. The citizens Of Colombia
and of all the other Latin American
republics have had a series of con-
vincing proofs during the past year
of this country's determination to do
its utmost to promote amity and pros
perity among all the Americas. We
have definitely renounced the policy
of armed intervention in their affairs
We have abrogated the Platt amend
ment in Cuba. We have arranged to
withdraw the Marines from Haiti
We have set the world an example
in seeking to end the Bolivian
Paraguayan war by an embargo on
arms sales. We are by way of nego-
tiating mutually profitable CONNER
cial treaties with the Latin American
states. Secretary of State Hull, who
made so happy an impression at last
years Pan-American Conference in
Montevideo, announces his intention
late this year of visiting Mexico and
eventually, all the other Latin Ameri-
can countries to which he has not
already paid his respects.
When, in the early days Of July
President Roosevelt sojourns briefly on
the soil of Panama and of Colombia
he will by that act have taken the
latest of a series of notable steps
whereby the United States means tc
signal to the sister states of the Pan
American Union that no international
ideal is dearer to the Colossus of the
North" than the common welfare and
cordial friendship of the republics OF
the Western Hemisphere.
In that spirit Washington extends
cordial greetings to the President elect
of Colombia.
Evening star., 1934-06-25

Day lilies, those favorites of old
fashioned gardens, of recent years
have stepped squarely into the FORE
front of the garden picture.
They have a large and handsome
book now all to themselves, and are
general favorites everywhere.
AS they begin to come into bloom
at this time, in many a yard, no one
will have any trouble In according
them homage.
They are sure-fire. dependable, easy
to take care of; above all, they have
an air about them which whispers of
old things.
Just how this flavor of the olden
times becomes associated with GER
tain flower Is difficult to say. If just
one gardener were concerned, 1t might
be explained by memory and the asso-
Citations of childhood.
Hollyhocks, for instance, are an
example.
Nearly every one who has any in
terest at all in garden flowers asso-
ciates this grand old biennial with
yesteryear
Now sending forth its beautiful flow
ers on it's majestic spike, the holly
hook adorns the gardens of the rich.
the moderately well off and the poor
alike.
There is no situation too splendid
for its really regal stalks of posies,
no situation too commonplace for it.
Seeds of it. washing down street.
ocme up in strange places, but. wher-
ever they bloom, they add something
very much worth while.
$50
Foliage of the hollyhocks this year
is exceptionally good.
Hollyhock rust, that bane of this
otherwise disease-free plant, is prac-
| tically absent this year We have seen
| fine specimens in various sections OF
Washington and nearby suburbs and
| have yet to see a diseased specimen
| this season.
This Is fortunate, and is the result
Of the exceptionally cold Winter
which killed the rust but left the
plant.
The hollyhock makes an exceptional
|
haps this always has been true. The
very etymology of the word speaks OF
| its fascination. holy" plus "hock,
an obsolete word for mallow.
No doubt the candelabra shape of
the spire, studded with the really fine
blossoms. reminded the imaginative
OF the candles upon the altar.
|
While of no particular botanical re-
| lationship, the day lilies and the
| hollyhocks have something in COM
mon in a touch of plainness. if one
may speak so of beautiful things.
| We have but to compare a spike
of the hollyhock with spike of the
gladiolus to see just what We mean
| here.
There is a fineness of quality about
the latter which does not exist in the
former. 1t does not exist in a day
lily, as 1t does in many Of the larger
! and more ornate forms of garden
lilies.
This exceptional quality is what
might be called a certain magnifi-
cence, in contrast with the simple
plainness Of other flowers.
| Just a little touch of coarSeness
| perhaps-yes. that is it. So We can
not shrink from coarseness, then, il
this be coarseness. No doubt that is
one of the best lessons to be learned
in gardening, for those who insist or
finding lessons wherever they go.
!
Most OF the typical day lilies, includ.
Evening star., 1934-06-25

1t is reported that the use of cigar
cites has materially diminished. Long
time ago this report would have been
regarded as evidence of reform. Now
it causes commercial anxiety. FASH
ions have always been influenced in
some degree by the underworld. Fem
mime gangsters are now shown in pic
lures as smoking big black cigars.
Evening star., 1934-06-25
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Boards.

Boards.
A Board must handle great affairs
In detail most explicit.
1t will eliminate our cares
Applaud and never hiss it!
A Board has duties to be done
To aid each man and brother,
So let us not forget that one
Good Board deserves another.
A statement by Sapient mind,
With skill may be derided,
BY Boards as slapsticks we'll com
bined
And be by jest decided.
Let all take heed throughout the lane
The spendthrift and the hoarder,
Vacation days will find at hand
The busy Summer Boarder.
Evening star., 1934-06-25
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

$500 women are drowned during the
| year.
@. Does much natural silk still come
from France7-W. B.
A. The great French silk industry,
once one of itsa greatest, has been
declining for years in the face of
Japanese competition. Last years
production was s42,972 Kilograms,
compared with 986,302 the preceding
year, and the number of persons en-
gagged declined from lG,286 in 1882
to 1894 last year. Only 5A per
cent of the raw silk required by the
French textile industry comes from
French cocoons.
@. What foods are particularly at
tractive to rats and mice?-N. T.
A. Hamburg steak, sausage, fish, fish
offal, crab meat, fresh liver, broken
fresh eggs, bacon, thin slices of can
taloupe, apple, tomato or cucumber,
green corn, cut from cob: mashed
banana, boiled carrot, or baked sweet
potato, toasted bread, cheese, rolled
oats, cereals, peanut butter.
@ What is meant by unearned IN
crement?-S. r.
A. 1t is the term applied to the
extent to which the value of real
property increases independent of any
expenditure of labor or capital upon
It by its possessor.
Q. What causes printing static?-
D. F.
| Tho Nat;onoI p,,-..,, - c4A
ards says that printing static Is in
troduced by the friction of the paper
with the metallic parts of the printing
press. In large establishments spe-
cial equipment is used to prevent this.
Controlled humidity conditions assist
to some degree, since paper that is
kept very moist gives little trouble.
@. What name is given to the
cradle board which Indians use for
their babies?-P. T.
A. There is no name common to all
the Indian languages. In the Ojib-
way tongue, the word Is tau-ka-ma.
@. How many more people are en-
ployed under Federal executive civil
| service now than there were at the
end of the Hoover Administrations
C. B. D.
A. comparison is made for March,
1888, and March, 1884 In March,
1888, there were 566 ,986 employees on
the rolls. and in March, 1884. there
we're 623,559, an increase of 56,573.
@. What is suede leather made of?
&C. A. r.
A. The term is taken from the
French name for Sweden. Suede is
Swedish glove leather and is generally
lambskin.
@. Was Robert Bruce King of Ire
land?-H H.
A. He was offered the crown Of Ire
land by the Irish leaders, but de-
clined. His brother Edward, however,
accepted and was proclaimed King OF
ireland. Robert, while King of Scot
land, led an expedition in Ireland,
defeating the English at Slane.
@. How long is the Grand Canyon
of the Colorado Rivers. p.
A. 1t is 2l7 miles long. 4 to 10 miles
across and about / mile deep,
@. Is the igloo still in use as an
abode in Alaska or any country
r. B.
A. There are some Eskimos In the
extreme northern part of Alaska. Cam
ada end IN parts of Greenland who
use the igloo in the Winter. There
is very large percentage of Eskimos,
however, who have never seen one.
Evening star., 1934-06-25

For many years before the World
War, the statement appeared from
time to time, Europe is an armed
camp" If Europe is to resume that
status, Uncle Sam may feel justified
in demanding a strict observance of
the original geographical restriction.
Evening star., 1934-06-25

The Department of Commerce will
change the name of its aeronautics
division to Bureau of Air Com
merce; which may help to efface
memory of the recent investigation
of file cases to the winds.
Evening star., 1934-06-25
High Power INSTALLATION.

High h-P0wer Installation.
In pictures history is told
AS photographs are shown,
Relationships they may unfold
Not previously known.
While Mussolini is complete
In dignified attire,
Herr Hitler, like salesman neat,
Is something to admire.
Evening star., 1934-06-25

1t is conceded that Russia and
Japan would like to fight. 1t Is
long trip from Moscow to Manchukuo,
and there is a large amount OF diplo-
macy to be attended to. This may be
delayed somewhat, because the United
States Ambassador has declared his
intention of learning to speak Rus
sian before he speaks his mind.
Evening star., 1934-06-25

The fame attached to military titles
does not seem quite fairly distributed
when Gen. Hugh johnson Of the N.
R. A. is mentioned with so much
more frequent distinction than Gen.
John J. Pershing of the U. S. A.
Evening star., 1934-06-25

@. How many athletes have earned
a million dollars In this lines. r.
A. At least five can be named
Dempsey, Tunney, sharkey. Londos
and Babe Ruth.
@. On what date did President
Coolidge greet Lindbergh after his
famous solo fight to France?-G. A. F.
A. 1t was on June IL, 1927. The
President greeted the flyer and pinned
on his coat the Distinguished Flying
Cross. The ceremony took place on
the Washington Monument Grounds
In the presence of vast assemblage.
@. How did Fleet street, London,
get It's name?-A. c.
A. It derives its name from the
Fleet River. Fleet River has now been
covered and forms part OF the sew
erage system of London.
@. How many people are arrested
and fingerprinted in the United States
in one year?-G. o. B.
A. In 1892 there were 277,778 per-
sons fingerprinted in the United
States; 257,227 males and 20,55l fe-
males were arrested.
@. What Is that part Of a seashore
called which lies between high-water
and low-water mark?-R. N.
A. 1t Is the foreshore.
@. What woods will hold screws the
best?-M. 8.
A. The screw-holding ability Of
woods studied ranks as follows: Maple,
beech, birch. red oak, black ash, red
pine. hemlock, spruce, white pine and
Eastwood.
@. In the days of Rome what was
considered days journey?-C. M
A. The Forum Apph was a post
station on the Appian Way, 43 miles
from Rome. 1t was the usual halt at
the end of the first days journey from
Rome.
@. Where are answers obtained to
the questions submitted to your bu-
reau?-H. OBJ.
A. The staff of researchers visits
the libraries, the various departments
Of the Government, the embassies and
legations, or use the telephone when
the answers are not Immediately avail
able. Write your questions plainly
and inclose coin or stamp for return
postage. Address this newspaper s
Information Bureau, Frederic ].
Haskin, director. Washington, D. C.
@. Where do we get the expression,
When knighthood was in f1ower"?-
H. r.
A. When "Knighthood Was in
Flower" was popular historical novel
by Charles Major. published in 1878.
The name was chosen by the pub
fishers.
@. What became ON the camels i'm
ported into the United States by the
Government shortly before the Civil
War?-E. r. H.
A. About 80 we're imported in 1856
During the years 1857-l858. the fit
ness Of these animals as beasts Of
burden on the deserts of Southwestern
United States was tested by a march
from the Gulf of Mexico to the Pa
cific and back The camels Travelled
about 1000 miles. 1t was considered
that the experiment was successful
At the end of the Civil War the
camels which still remained in the
hands Of the Government were auc-
toned of at different times. 1t is be-
lieved that most of these eventually
found their way into circuses or ZOOS
@. Are more women or men drowned
| every year?-E. c. T.
A. Usually about 5000 men and
Evening star., 1934-06-25

War is always fascinating to the
youthful imagination. The youth of
the passing generation grows into
more wisdom and utters warnings
that the next generation never needs.
Evening star., 1934-06-25

the Democratic National Committee,
knew. Despite this attack by Mr.
Smell, 1t is quite true that many of
the emergency Offices in the recovery
program have been filled with Re-
publicans-certainly Republicans of
other days. And this does not nll
thu Democrats with enthusiasm.