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Evening star., 1934-08-29
Hop-Skip-Jump Capital Making.

At least one of the items of "un-
finished business" in the making Of
the Capital now pending will be COM
pleted this year. David Lynn, the Ar
chitect of the Capitol, expects to con-
clude the enlargement Of the Capitol
grounds by the beginning Of 1885.
Funds are available to meet the con-
demnation awards on about fifty par
GELS of property that remain to be ac-
quired and work is in hand to obtain
title to these areas Furthermore,
funds are also available to complete
the improvement of the grounds after
these areas have been acquired. II
this program is carried through,
an undertaking of more than twenty
years will have been brought to
conclusion.
When the Union Station was
completed Congress approved plans
for the extension of the Capitol Plaza
northward to link up with the space
in front of the terminal and work
was started in the requirement of the
properties in private ownership in
cluded in the project. Before this had
gone very far, however, objection was
raised in Congress to the method OF
Evening star., 1934-08-29
L. V. A. on New Trail.

From the San Francisco Chronicle.
While public ownership advocates
have hailed T. v. A. electrical de-
velopment in the Tennessee Valley.
they will no doubt get a jolt from the
announcement that the power au-
thority will pay taxes to States, cities
and counties, just as privately owned
utilities do.
Those who have held that publicly
owned utilities should pay taxes have
maintained that they are not a gov
ernmental function, but purely and
solely business undertaking. This
position has always been denounced
by public ownership advocates, who
not only insist on paying no taxes
but on being free from any control
by State regulatory bodies and Of re-
fusing to follow uniform standard ac-
counting required of privately owned
utilities. For years in this State con-
Sumers of publicly owned service have
avoided State taxes that consumers
of privately owned and publicly regu-
lated utilities have had to pay. 1t
has been an unfair discrimination be-
tween individuals and between cities
in State revenue.
Evening star., 1934-08-29

condemnation then in vogue and a
halt was called upon further proceed
ings The area remained in an un-
slightly condition for years. A few
months before the end of the war the
Government erected a number of tenn
porary structures for the housing of
its employees. These so-called Govern
ment hotels remained for a long time
after the war and indeed after the
demobilization of the wartime force
of the executive departments. The
result was an unsightly spectacle. At
last new condemnation methods were
provided and the original project was
completed, but meanwhile other plans
were adopted incident to the develop
ment of the Mall-Avenue triangle and
additional areas were marked for ac-
QUESTION and clearance. These are
now to be taken under the plan Of
procedure just announced.
Meanwhile, the Mall-Avenue triangle
project has been carried through to
the point of the completion and occu-
patton of one of the six structural
units for which space was allocated in
the original plan, two others are near
ing completion and will shortly be put
into service, one is partly finished and
a section of it occupied, a fifth is
partly finished and that section occu-
pied and is being at present extended,
though not to the point of completion,
and the sixth has been tentatively
eliminated from the plan
with the completion of the triple
building designated for use by the Post
Office and Labor Departments and the
Interstate Commerce Commission, as
now designed, there will still remain
a section at the northwest corner to
be planned and authorized, and with
the completion and extension OF the
Internal Revenue Building, now under
way, there will remain another corner,
now occupied by the old Post Office
Department, to be authorized and con-
structed. Thus not counting the Apex
Building, the fate of which is uncer-
tain, the great central construction
project will still remain unfinished
when the work now authorized and
under way is completed.
The hope is that this Mall-Avenue
triangle building project will not, as
has the Capitol-Plaza plan, lag for
a long period, to keep the National
Capital in a state of chaotic disarray.
Evening star., 1934-08-29

fed wood" and is called "woolstra,"
consisting of fine fibers of a cellulose
character woven into cloth together
with threads from old wooden gar
ments. At present this substitute
composes about twenty per cent of
all the wool cloth being used in
Germany.
In wartime, when clothing mate
rials were scarce In Germany, gar
ments were made of a paper stock
that proved very unsatisfactory. Much
ado was raised over the ingenuity of
the technicians in getting the eco
nomically beleaguered Germans de-
Gently and adequately clad in a sub
stitute. But in truth they were not
economically or effectively clad, for the
substitute was sorry expedient, with
little durability and with many dis
comforts. The new artificial textile,
"woolstra," is rated as far superior.
There are other things than wool
that Germany needs to carry on the
manufactures required for domestic
supply and for trading purposes. Pos
sibly the laboratories will yield them
as "woolstra" has come forth already.
But even synthetic materials call for
basic elements, and unless these can be
taken from the air or grown in the
domestic soil they must be brought
from abroad. The fully self-supplied
country is virtually an economic i'm
possibility. Germany is far from be-
ing suclB however ingenious and re-
sourceful her chemists and techni-
clans and laboratory wizards.
Evening star., 1934-08-29
GermanY's Artificial Wool.

A few weeks ago Herr Hitler, since
become Reichsfuehrer, declared that
Germany had nothing to fear from
sny economic boycott or refusal to
t.ade on the part of other countries,
for the incompatible technicians and
chemists of that land would quickly
Evolve methods and materials to re-
lace those denied through the stress
# international jealousy and opposi-
ion. He pointed to what was done
curing the war by the German labora-
ory inventors to supply the people
With food and clothing, and sounded
he note of complete confidence that
10 trade difficulties would bring dis
ress to Germany.
It is now announced from Berlin
hat the Nazis have trained their first
yun in the big battle with lack Of
-aw material" Wool imports having
been increasingly restricted by the
shortage of foreign exchange, new
substitute for that material has been
produced. 1t is described as "lique-
Evening star., 1934-08-29
A New York Theater Code.
From the Philadelphia Record.

From the Philadelphia Record
The legitimate theater industry has
taken a step in the right direction.
1t has put teeth into its code to curb
the activities of ticket spectators.
Productions are hard to finance these
days, harder to keep going. Theater
lovers, with one eye on reduced pocket
books, pick their entertainment with
care. The result has been great de-
mand for the tickets of a few out
standing plays.
Spectators have bought up the
seats for these. charged what they
could get.
The practice has penalized both
theatergoerS and producers.
Curbing speculation in theater seats
should be a real boon to the theater.
But the code contains a joker. 1t
applies only. to cities with popula-
ton of more than 100000.
Therefore, New York alone Is pro-
tected.
Why discriminate against other
large cities. such as Philadelphia?
They have their theater seasons. And,
as in New York, when good shows
come to town spectators are on
hand.
Evening star., 1934-08-29

Seventy-third Congress won him we'll
merited distinction" says the Man.
chester ON. H) Union, which feels
that "a nation can III afford the loss
of men Of his type" Appreciations of
his services under the new deal also
are voiced by many other papers, in
cluding the Jersey City Journal, the
Houston Chronicle, the Boston Tran
script, the Cleveland News, the DAN
vile (Ill.) Commercial-News, the SAN
Antonio Express, the ST. Cloud (Minn.)
Times, the Rock Island Argus, the
Cincinnati Times-Star, the Pittsburgh
PoSt-Gazette, the New Orleans Times
Ptcayune, the Jackson (MisS.) Daily
News and the Charlotte IN. c. OBJ
server, the Canton (Ohio) Repository,
the Macon (Ga.) Telegraph, the Hart
ford Times, the Grand Rapids Press,
the Syracuse Herald, the Bloomington
Pantagraph and the Altoona Mirror
The Louisville Herald-Post calls his
personality "refreshingly individual In
typically American way" while the
Asbury Park Evening Press asserts
his career was characteristic of the
best in American politics" The Dan
bury News-Times gives the estimate:
He was convinced Democrat, will
ing to make sacrifices In the cause of
party harmony, a man well inclined
toward his fellows, one desiring tr,
help, yet, typically, an American
legislator"
His death. much as It viii be re-
gretted by those who personally knew
Rainey-for he was a kindly, If an er-
ratio, person-clearly removes him
from threatened controversy" in ths
opinion of the Reno Evening Gazette.
Never any too amenable to discipline
Rainey, more than once, was SLOW
about taking orders from the White
House, and during the last few months
Of the recent session there was talk
from the throne that he might be re.
fused the speakership in the next
Congress"
Evening star., 1934-08-29
Press Tributes Appreciate
Rainey's Part in New Deal

The press almost without exception
pays tribute to the late Henry T.
Rainey of Illinois, appreciating his
unusual personality and recognizing
his important contribution to the new
deal as Speaker of the House of Rep
resentatives
THE speakership," records the
Philadelphia Evening Bulletin, was
the capstone Of Representative Raj
ney's career. But it added little of
substance to the record he had made
for himself in 80 years of congress
sional service, broken only by sin
gle defeat, in 1920 He enjoyed such
tenure of office as to give him promi-
nent posts in the committee organiza-
tion, and by natural ability, inclina-
tion and effort he won recognition for
himself on the floor. He was a pro-
greSsive Democrat of the Western
type, one-time follower of Bryan,
an advocate of silver legislation, an
early proponent of reforms in the in
dustrial code, pleader for popular
Democrat, an d-fashioned, loyal
party man and subordinated his own
program when necessary"
Death deprives the Democratic
party of one of its most picturesque
and useful leaders," declares the At
lanta Constitution, describing him as
a rarely lovable personality" Other
tributes to his personality are given
by the Birmingham News, the Worces-
ter (Mass) Evening Gazette, the New
York Times, the Galesburg 0ll.) Reg
ister-Mail and the Roanoke World
News. The aforementioned paper
states: I'm the House the genial,
soft-spoken leadership of Speaker
Rainey will be greatly missed. For if
age and infirmity had made him less
vigorous than some desired, the same
conditions had mellowed his judg-
ment and caused him to be consulted
by men of every faction and party"
"The effectual manner in which he
conducted the affairs of the critical
Evening star., 1934-08-29
Siege of Minneapolis Cost

From the Austin (Tex.) American.
1t is said that the high cost of
military rule in Minneapolis during
the truck strike caused taxpayers to
do a little thinking. To date they
will be compelled to pay 100000 for
National Guard rule; losses of mil
lions have been sustained by the busi-
ness interests, and the end is not in
sight. Well, a Federal court of three
judges sustained the Governor in his
use of the troops to enforce law and
order" These jurists declared that
military rule was preferable to mob
rule" Louisiana taxpayers, carrying
the heaviest load of any people of
any Southern State, are footing the
bills of cost piled by by their Kinghsh
Senator, his dummy Governor and the
bosses of the city of New Orleans.
Man is long suffering brute in many
American commonwealths. He pays
the freight and the political bosses
officiating as oficeholders do the
strutting.
Evening star., 1934-08-29
Sinclair's Victory.


has made a runaway race Of the
Democratic primary for the guberna-
torial nomination in California. He
has promised to end poverty in Cali
fornia-his "epic" program so-called.
Although President Roosevelt kept his
hands off in the primary, it is well
understood that the administration
leaders were greatly anxious that
George Creel, supporter of the new
deal, friend of the late President VIII
son and campaign manager for Sena-
tor McAdoo in 1892, should be the
party choice for Governor. The fear
on the part of these Democratic Lead
ers, both in the State and out, is that
many Democrats will not stomach the
socialistic Mr.. Sinclair when election
day rolls around in November and will
vote for the Republican candidate, or
remain at home and not vote at all.
Mr.. Sinclair, however, has immedi-
ately dubbed his victory a victory for
the new deal. If he has his way, the
new deal will take on still newer
colors. That, however, is matter
for the new dealers to consider. Per-
haps they will welcome Mr.. Sin
clair into the fold. He has no more
radical ideas than others of the new
dealers, although he has been more
bold about expressing them. The
attitude of the Democratic organiza-
ton toward Mr.. Sinclair will be
watched with much interest. While
he is the nominee for Governor, there
remain the many Democrats nomi-
mated for other offices, particularly for
the House, in whom the party is
keenly interested. Will they join
hands with Mr. Sinclair and trip
lightly forward to election day, or will
they shy away from the man who has
grabbed off the gubernatorial nomina-
ton? Judging from the size of the
vote that Mr.. Sinclair rolled up in the
primary and the apparent popularity
of his plan to Danish poverty, it would
appear more likely that the other
Democratic candidates may be willing
to go along with the head of their
ticket.
In California Sinclair's candidacy
for the governorship will present an
opportunity for showdown between
the radicals and the anti-radicals. The
Republicans have nominated Gov.
Frank Merriam. His firm stand for
law and order during the general strike
in San Francisco won for him a
great deal of praise from great many
people. The fact that the general
strike collapsed would make it appear
that more people sided with the Gov
ernor than against him in his stand.
The problem of the Democrats now
is whether to clasp Sinclair to their
breasts or to turn disdainfully away.
The chances are they will accept him
as the choice of the Democrats OF
California, just as the Republicans
have accepted Senator La Toilette of
Wisconsin and Senator Norris OF
Nebraska in the past as the choices
of the Republicans of those States.
The clamor in this country to shift
individual burdens to the Government,
and particularly to have the Govern
ment support the individuals, is grow
ing louder. 1t is assuming the pro-
portions of an uproar. Whether the
Democratic leadership will seek to
dam the food or will attempt to float
along on the crest of the wave remains
to be seen. For the coming election
they are likely to float.
Evening star., 1934-08-29
Who Holds the Key?

secretary Morgenthau's address on
shc state of the Nations finances is
IN Illuminating and helpful explana-
sioil of new-deal costs. 1t is, of course,
an optimistic appraisal, relegating to
The background such unpleasant topics
as ,uture taxation, and it may be said
Ghat the picture painted by Mr.. Nor
ger thau will remain predominatingly
ros. in color as long as recovery Of
ind astry and commerce continues-no
Ion ger.
1iost interest will center in the Sec
ret Iy's references to the profit" ac-
rrr ing to the Government through its
rec uction in the gold content of the
coi ar. This profit" amounting to
S2t 700, 900 900, was obtained by gov
err mental fat increasing, in dollars,
tht value of gold. Nobody has known,
Gle. jnitely, and the Treasury has never
gai before, what the Government in
ter ded to do with this huge profit" so
ear lily placed in It's vaults through the
me re stroke of pen. To have utilized
it Immediately in payment of Govern
me Mt obligations would have repre-
Eer ted one of the oldest forms of in
aa;ion. The ancient kings used to pay
their debts occasionally, when hard
pressed, by the simple process of mint
ing two gold coins with the same
amount Of gold that formerly went
into one, and giving the new coins
value equal to the old. Last night Mr..
Morgenthau explained that Uncle Sam
has in one of his cash drawerS-the
gold drawer" as the Secretary pic
tu1esquely describes it-this $780,
100000, which for the present is
under lock-and-key," but which even
tually will be used to pay off Govern
nent obligations, thus reducing the
national debt.
The significant reference here is to
he fact that the Government intends
70 keep this profit under lock and
key" for the time being. That would
IMPLY that the policy of the Govern
:nent is to make no use Of this money
n payment Of the huge public debt
resulting from new deal expenditures
Until the credit of the country re-
tIuires it and the country's currency
has been stabilized. The danger, Of
course, is that Congress holds the
lock and key" to this profit"
Should the infiationists and the queer
money theorists get the upper hand,
they will not hesitate to use the key
10 unlock the Treasury's gold
drawer" and not only use the con-
6eats in the payment of Government
Obligations Immediately, but will de-
eide that if Government debts are so
ea silly wiped off the slate by reducing
TIE gold content of the dollar once,
ntw debts can be reduced again-and
ae ain-by the same process.
The public debt, Mr.. Morgenthau
pc ints out, increased about six billion
dt liars between the Inauguration of
ths new deal and June 80 last. The
oretically, almost half of this debt
&C uld be wiped out by utilizing the gold
"Irofit THAT is, by manipulation of
ii fe Nations currency, paying debts
cc ntracted in dollars of the old stand
AID gold content with cheapened dol
lars of the new, reduced gold content.
Happily, Mr.. Morgenthau does not go
btyond the theoretical reduction of
d bit by this means. AS long as the
gold profit" remains under lock and
KY and the key does not become the
property of the infationists, Mr.. Nor
e nthaus explanation is reassuring.
Evening star., 1934-08-29

a TCQQeT CuU get IUC uTStDCT 70
any question of fact by IDriting The
Washington Evening Star Information
Buredu, Frederic J. H1Skin, Director,
Washington, d. c. Please incloSe
stamp for reply.
@. In motion pictures, when dia-
logue is to be recorded simultaneously
with the cameras action, what sort
of device is used to exclude the noise
of the camera from the microphones?
Are the cameras and Soundrecording
machines operated by hand or elec-
trio motor?--C. r.
A. The device which is used to ex-
clude the noise of the camera from
the microphone is called a "blimp. ="
This is of outside steel construction,
with a sheet of heavy felt, sheet of
aluminium, sheet of lead, a sheet Oh
sponge rubber, together with a thick
layer of optical plate glass. Sound
is killed by mass weight, as well as
volume thickness. All cameras and
sound recording machines are elec-
trically operated. These two devices
are so interlocked in their timing
same rate of speed, but they start
and stop at the same rate Of speed
by the turning of one switch.
@. How big a tree can an Army
tank push over?-G. G.
A. The United States Army has
tanks which are capable of pushing
over live trees of approximately to
inches in diameter.
@. Have any other nations done
anything about housing since the
United States began its campaign?-
S. S.
A. For the last 10 years European
nations have been promoting housing
Austria, Hungary, Germany, France
and England have been leaders. Eng
land now Is engaged in a campaign to
build 100000 new houses.
@. What immediate family did
President Won Hindenburg Ieave?-
lie.
A. He is survived by one son and
two married daughters.
". A1OW hidAly pCOPlC ndNc CIdlIucu
to be the lost Dauphin of France?-
@. N.
A. While there have been more
than 40 persons who have claimed
either to be the Dauphin of France or
q descendant, there has been no
proof to contradict the theory that
the young dauphin, the son of Louis
XVI, died in Imprisonment in France
on account of the cruelty he suffered
in the charge of Simon, his jailer
and custodian.
@. What is the cost Of collecting the
income tax and other internal rev.
enue?-P. C.
A. In the last fiscal year reported
1t cost $1.85 for each 500 in tax
collected.
Q: Was Charles Dickens lame9-
w. S.
A. Following severe illness in 1855
he "ever afterward suffered from a
lameness in his left foot"
@. How many of the people in the
United States live on surfaced high
ways?-R. A.
A. 1t Is estimated that more than
75 per cent of the population live on
surfaced highways.
@. Was there any truth in the
reports Of cruelties in the Belgian
Kongo some 40 or so years ago?-
P. R.
A. 1t had been stated that natives
of the Belgian Colony in the Kongo
were treated with extreme cruelty by
the Belgian authorities at the time
OF Leopold II. Reports of such
cruelty led to dispatch of the
Belgian mission of inquiry to Bona
to examine the charges of oppression
Evening star., 1934-08-29

There are human rights and prop
erty rights. The right to own prop
erty is one which human nature has
always asserted. But there has always
been a resentment of the assumption
by ownership of the right to destroy
property, or even to administer it
unwisely.
Evening star., 1934-08-29
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
September Morn!

September Morn!
September Morn September Morn!
You made a picture all forlorn.
When other peoples garb was small
You were turned out with none at all.
September Morn. No more by scorn
Mingled with sympathy we're torn.
We view you with admiring eyes,
The winner of Beauty Prize.