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Evening star., 1934-12-16
80 Will TAKE PART
I'm OTHER WISE MAN
Tenth Annual Presentation De-
cember 26, ~ and 2S at Lu.
ther Place Church.

Nearly fourscore players from vari-
GUS dramatic groups in the Capital
will participate in the tenth annual
presentation of THE Other Wise
Man." December 26, 81 and %, in the
Luther Place Memorial Church, Four
teenth and N streets. The play will
begin at $50 pm.
The play, held under the auspices
Of the Chapel Players of Washington,
will be open to the public, no invita-
tions or tickets being required. An
offering will be taken up at each per-
Torrance to defray expenses Of the
production and to make gift to the
poor and needy through recognized
channels.
Among those who have appeared In
every presentation of the play since
1925 are Miss Katherine Riggs. harp
ist: Irving L. Koch, DR.. Clifton P.
Clark, George w. Gates, Frank A.
Burger, Edward Eberly, Judy Lyeth,
Mrs. B. G. McIlwee, N. K. Gardner,
,, James Taylor McIwee and John G.
+, McIlwee.
Mrs. N. K. Gardner, who Is in charge
OF costumes, has had supervision over
this phase Of the production for every
presentation. 1t was under her direc-
ton that the original costumes were
assembled. Harold Snyder has charge
Of the lighting effects.
This season the title role will be
played by John Sikken. Miss Riggs
will be the narrator; Mary Apple, the
Hebrew mother; Christine Irish, the
beggar at the temple gates; Miss
Lyeth. the Parthian slave girl; Thomas
M. Cahill, the Hebrew rabbi, and Carl
Carlson, the Hebrew exile.
Evening star., 1934-12-16
Imports From U. S. Rise.

Imports FrOm U. .. MISE.
Portugal is importing more products
from the United States than year
ago.
Evening star., 1934-12-16
Plan Radio Stations.

Several states and provinces in India
plan to erect broadcaSting stations.
Evening star., 1934-12-16

section Of views from men and women
who feel they are in position to ad-
wise the District Commissioners in
proposing legislation to Congress.
Since there are so many schemes Of
Federal social legislation about to be
proposed TO Congress, the Commis-
sioners, it is said, believe that the
District Of Columbia agencies should
unite on some individual plan. Hence
the meeting on Wednesday, at which
citizens associations and other SINH
lar civic organizations have been
asked to send representatives.
With no set program, the meeting
will dissolve itself into a public forum
for discussion Of "the proposals which
the various organized groups Of the
city Of Washington are considering"
Evening star., 1934-12-16
PAGEANT TO BE GIVEN
BY BETHESDA WOMEN
Fine Arts Department of Club to
Present "The Shrine of the
Star" Today.

A Christmas pageant, Shrine of
the Star" written and directed by
Mrs. Thomas w. Pyle, will be pre-
sented this afternoon at o'clock by
the Fine Arts Department of the
Woman's Club of Bethesda at the
Bethesda Chevy Chase High School.
Principal roles in the tableaux will be
taken by Mrs. Oliver Owen Kuhn,
Mrs. Gilbert Grosvenor, Mrs. William
M. Gamble. Beverley Marshall, Elijah
Anthony, Reginald B. LOCKER, Albert
c. Klaas, Jack Willis and Julian
Culver.
Speaking parts in the cast are being
played by Maude Howell Smith, Kath-
crime Tenant Marshall, Jane Plum
mer Rice, Mrs. Paul Ledig, Irving M.
Day, Guy Kinman, Harrison Hatha-
way and Irving Day, jr.
Music for the pageant will be given
by the Lovette Choral Club under
the direction of Eva Whitford Lovette
Evening star., 1934-12-16
CIVIC LEADERS ASKED
TO Welfare PARLEY
Special Meeting Will Be Held
Wednesday Afternoon at
4 O'Clock.

Civic leaders from all sections of
the city have been invited by Freder-
lex w. McReynolds, chairman Of the
Board of Public Welfare, to attend
special meeting in the board room
Of the District Building on Wednesday
afternoon next at 4 O'Clock.
Sponsored by the Committee on
Social Conditions, the Wednesday
meeting Is destined to get a cross
Evening star., 1934-12-16

in allegiance. A. F. Sweeney, a city
employe, who has been in the lime
light locally on several occasions in
the role of public defender, consented
to withdraw petition asking for the
grand jury when the judge explained
that it would delay the preliminary.
The Judge said also that the ap-
proach of the holidays would inter-
fere with the grand jury inquiry.
Evening star., 1934-12-16
First Lady Dimes on Chicken
After Hostesses Regain Poise
Mrs. Roosevelt Pays Surprise Visit to
Ne,uest Homesteading Project-Fmds
Development Making Head,cay.

before lunch time surprised the work.
ers and had them somewhat f1ustered.
What can We fix for your lunch?"
they asked.
"Oh, just some crackers and milk
will do" Mrs. Roosevelt replied.
The party went off on the inspec-
tion tour and cooks. recruited from
the ranks of the relief workers, went
into action. Upon return Of the party
the chicken dinner was waiting. There
also were creamed peas, potato salad
and apple pie.
Mrs. Roosevelt ate her share.
Evening star., 1934-12-16
CONVICTS HELD 'PETTED'
Judge Suggests Offices for Swim.
dlers' Use.

COLORADO SPRINGS, December
IS R.-District Judge Arthur Corn
forth seems to believe the States bad
men are pampered.
Sentencing George Brill, stock pro-
moter, to prison for embezzlement, the
judge remarked he didn't see why an
Office building wasn't added to the
prison plant so swindlers could con-
tinue their activities They have a
sports department and other frills, he
added
Evening star., 1934-10-11
How the United States Has Grown
Under the Capitalistic System

all the wealth of the country and 90
per cent owning nothing, a condition
which Socialists enormously state ex-
lists under capitalism, 10 per cent Of
the people would do all the work and
90 per cent would do substantially
nothing under Socialism. The major
ity would live OF the toll of the
minority.
For my part, I should prefer to
listen to Capt. John Smith Of James
town, Va, than to the Socialists who
would like to reform us. At James
town what was produced in the early
days Of the Colony was placed in the
public store house. Whenever any
one wanted anything to eat he got
it at the public store. But it was
often hot and sultry at Jamestown,
and the captain soon noticed that
many would not work so long as they
could get supplies at the public store.
The captain became so irate that he
declared that he who would not work
should not eat" Finally, the James
town system, which was similar in
some respects to socialism, was aban-
doned and each person had to shift
for himself Some folks then ac-
quired more wealth than others, which
was due not altogether to the greed
Of the former as Socialists would have
us believe, but rather to their willing
ness to work harder and to plan and
save
Civilization has been created by
hard work. Search as one may, he
can find no adequate substitute for
work. Mrs. Roosevelt and others may
extol the virtues of leisure, but one
should remember that If there had
not been those who were willing to
toll and suffer to achieve their pur-
poses our civilization would be no
further advanced than that of the
Hottentots, who do no more work
than is necessary to keep from Starv-
ing. II Socialism were adopted among
the Hottentots, there is no reason for
believing that it would cause an i'm
provement of their condition. If we
had adopted Socialism when our coun-
try was first founded, We would still
be in the age Of the Stagecoach.
c. w. BUTT.
Evening star., 1934-10-11

has been printed in the news to indi-
cate that the case against him on that
score is a strong one. 1t is plainly
strong enough to Justify his formal
accusation by a grand jury in New
Jersey, not Of the kidnapping, but Of
the murder. The indictment, which is
one of the briefeSt ever presented in
capital case, charges him with only
the Staying, fixing q specific date,
March /, 1882.
Confidence has been expressed by
New Jersey authorities in the estab-
lishment of the guilt of Hauptmann
as the kidnaper and slayer Hand
writing resemblances, coincidence Of
symbols on the original and subse-
quent ransom notes, identifications as
one who was seen in the vicinity of
the Lindbergh home shortly before
the crime and other circumstantial
evidence are indicated as Justification
for this belief.
Thur far the accused man has
maintained an unbreakable posture of
denial of all completely in and knowl-
edge of the crimes of which he is now
accused. His explanations regarding
the possession of the ransom money
are maintained. He is probably aware.
through the medium of his counsel, of
the strength Of the case against him,
and yet he does not weaken. He is a
remarkable man in this respect. There
is, of course, the possibility that he is
innocent. There have been numerous
cases of seeming assurance of guilt
based upon circumstantial evidence,
identifications and possession of Illicit
wealth which have subsequently been
proved to be fallaCiouS, sometimes
after the execution of the accused
However, the courts will now deter
mine the issue, in New Jersey, or in
New York, or possibly in both, and the
hope is that these proceedings will
not be unduly protracted.
Evening star., 1934-10-11

emergency relief demands or increas-
ing Government taxation and loans. "
The responsibility lies with the ad-
ministration, which must be prepared,
in adopting a policy of spending. to
finance that policy.
For budget balancing is not the idle
fetish of administration critics or
demagogues, but the only preserva-
tive of that Roosevelt dollar" which
Mr.. Richberg describes as being un-
questionably sound, and is the single
safeguard against imitation, which can
destroy its soundness. The budget
cannot be balanced by gold profits, -
made by marking down the value Of the
Roosevelt dollar, and it cannot be
balanced by continued borrowing. If
expenditures, as Mr.. Richberg sees
them, have been the price of buying
off revolution and nipping it in the
bud, then due consideration must be
given to meeting the bill when duly
rendered.
Evening star., 1934-10-11
Launching of Mammoth Liner
Called Britain's CHALLENGE

Macon Telegraph that at is the only
instance in which any ship has borne
the name Of a living Queen of Great
Britain" and that paper urges that
1T is quite evident that American
steamship lines will have to bestir
themselves If they expect to hold their
own in tranSoceanic travel
Quoting the plea Of Mr.. O'Connor
that the United States enter the COM
petition, the Philadelphia Evening
Bulletin gives the warning: "As a
means Of stimulating shipbuilding and
employing labor, q hundred million
dollar investment in giant liners
would doubtless be influential. 1t
is worth remembering, however, that
the American nag would have to fly
over the necessary loan as well as
over the three queens of the seas"
= The st. Joseph (Mo.) News-Press
adds: Uncle Sam? Oh, he's all right
on yachts and that sort Of craft,
but when it comes to big liners, he
just yawns and says Let George or
some Of the other European boys
do it,"
The Toledo Blade declares that
such American liners would be used
in the war for commercial supremacy
and possibly in a more dreadful war
for the preservation Of national in
tegrity."
Probably these super-liners must
wait awhile" in the opinion Of the
Rochester Times Union, which OBJ
serves that ships for practical use
can be built at much smaller expense.
The Bergen IN. j. Record points out
that the Leviathan cannot be run
at a profit" and the Williamsport
Pa) Sun asks whether there is
economic necessity for such ships or
merely the excuse of national pride"
Evening star., 1934-10-11
The Hauptmann Case.

The legal fight in the case OF the
man accused Of participating in the
Lindbergh kidnapping and murder and
the extortion of money from the father
of the victim begins with an attempt
on the part of Hauptmann'S counsel to
prevent his removal from New York to
New Jersey. Yesterday Gov. Lehman
signed an extradition order. Today
the defense attorney seeks a writ of
habeas corpus to stop the transfer
across the Hudson River.
Hauptmann is now indicted in the
two States, in New York for extortion
and in New Jersey for murder. If
tried and convicted in the former State
he may be punished only by imprison-
ment for a maximum of twenty years.
If tried and convicted in New Jersey
he may be sentenced to death. II he
is sent to New Jersey. tried there and
acquitted, he may be returned to New
York and tried on the extortion charge.
1t is, however, suggested that in such
event the New York authorities, feel
ing that the extortion case should
have been tried there first, will not
act further.
OF Hauptmann's guilt N the extor-
ton case there would seem to be prac-
tically no doubt. He has been identi-
fed as the man who took the money
rendered by Col. Lindbergh through
an agent in response to ransom de-
mand. A large amount Of the veri-
table money itself, part of which he
is known to have rendered in trade,
has been found at his home, without
any plausible explanation of its pres
ence there. Other evidence links him
directly with the crime.
1t is not positively known whether
there is irrefutable evidence of Haupt-
mann's participation in the kidnapping
and the killing Of the child. Much
Evening star., 1934-10-11

Rivalry among the nations Of Eu-
rope in the building of mammoth
ocean liners is emphasized by Great
Britain's launching Of the Queen Mary,
which is viewed in this country as
evidence Of a new drive for the an
cient English title Of mistress Of the
seas"
Suggestions by T. v. O'Connor, for
mer chairman OF the United States
Shipping Board, that this country join
the race for size and speed in pas
senger ships are coldly received on this
side of the Atlantic. A feature which
is discussed in the press is the pur-
pose to make such large vessels avail
able as naval auxiliaries.
This giant liner is the answer of
the mistress of the seas tr the Italian
French and German challenges to the
British merchant marine" says the
Grand Rapids Press Nothing less
than the worlds largest ship could
be expected from the tradition -Steeped
Britishsrs, to whom mastery of the
sea remains almost as sacred as their
veneration for the Empire" The
Baton Rouge State Times holds that
Britain has earned the right TO the
supremacy which no doubt will again
be hers"
The British have felt" according
to the Roanoke World-News, that
the price is not too much to pay for
recovery Of supremacy" That paper
concludes: 1T will be more than a
year before the Queen Mary is ready
for her trial runs. Plans call for it
to go into the New York shipping
service in the Summer of 1886, when
the French Normandie will also be in
operation. Whether q sister ship will
be laid down before the Queen Mary
Is put into service depends on the
extent to which the British govern
ment is willing to subSidize construc-
ton of an. uneconomic vessel, merely
for the prestige of size and speed,
regardless OF the loss in actual opera
ton"
Evidence that Britain Is getting
out of the slump is seen by the
Davenport Qowa) Daily Times, while
the Flint CMichigan) journal recog-
nizes the triumph of Great Britain
and the Battle Greek Enquirer-News
observes IAN immense gamble" but
concludes that many a Briton will
feel that it is worth the gamble" but
The Charlotte IN. c. Observer ad-
vises: I'VE are rather inclined to side
with the Federal Advisory Committee
on Aeronautics in contention that the
day of the big ships is at an end and
that the better plan would be de-
velopment Of transatlantic dirigible
passenger service The cost of main
tanning the ships Of large type is one
argument against them, and expert
ence has proved that the ventures are
not profitable"
King Georges statement that the
ship is dedicated to the task of
carrying the peoples of two lands in
great numbers to and fro so that they
may learn to understand each other
Is welcomed by the Atlanta Constitu-
ton with the statement that "if they
strive with united purpose and inti-
mate cooperation for the attainment
of peace and prosperity for all peoples
it will be better for them and for
the world"
1t Is matter Of interest to the
Evening star., 1934-10-11

take piece Of writing paper in hand,
along with a pencil.
Is this combination better than
typewriter with a sheet of paper in it2
We think it Is, and notice that
most men who use typewriter as an
instrument of thought invariably be-
gin with plain sheet OF paper and
pencil on their desk
Why do ehey do this?
Not just because 1t is easiest, near
est, but because 1t is best.
Processes long used in the "train-
ing of the mind" during school days
form themselves into line at the mere
physical touch of pencil. We would
not for the world say word against
the pen, for great many persons
prefer the use of the modern foun-
tain pen to all pencils. Still many
will retain their fondneSs for the
pencil, In any Of its modern forms.
Despite the nuisance Of sharpening,
the old-fashioned lead pencil has its
peal, no doubt, goes back to the un-
conscious remembrance of days spent
with one in the long ago.
In approaching the job of starting
thought by this humble, almost me-
chanical process, one need not look
too eagerly for grand ideas to pop
into the mind. That is not the way
the thing is done.
Nor need he be chagrined If Venus
leaps not from the foam full born
He need not expect to have recourse
to pencil and paper only If he has
thought.
What has he to do with thoughts
at this particular time?
His one thought is to induce
thought by the time -honored expe-
dent of putting himself into the DO
sition of capturing thought.
Perhaps it is here as in photog-
raphy, no one ever brings back the
fine pictures one sees if the camera
is left on the shelf. The serious
photographer carries his instrument
with him.
The serious thinker also will pro-
vide himself with the tools of
thought, even such utterly simple
ones as pen and paper. Carrying a
camera will not make good shots"
appear, but taking up pencil and
paper will cause ideas to gather.
There is mystery in it, as every
one knows who has tried it, and
most of us have, at some time or
other. We would reiterate that this
is not method for grand moments
only, but may be utilized in any mat
ter whatsoever.
If We can think about a subject at
all, we can think better about IL
with paper under the hand, and a
writing instrument between the
fingers.
This particularly applies in the be-
ginning. Whether the process is
carried on afterward, as many do
to the extent Of making systematic
outline, Is a matter for the individual.
1t is up to him. But in the beginning
there is sure need for the flip to the
imagination which the physical SEN
sation of pencil and paper brings the
everyday thinker. There is some
thing soothing in the sure belief then
held that something must come of it.
No more staring at the smoke from
the old pipe, in that highly serious
way of smokers whose minds are va
cant. No more need TO walk around
the block, or take long stroll in the
woods. Just grab up the first bit of
paper that comes to hand, and place
on it a businesslike pencil. Draw
geometrical designs, if you can do
nothing else. The flow of ideas is
about to begin
Evening star., 1934-10-11
Budget Balancing Demagogues.


Donald Richberg's Chicago speech,
in many respects a temperate and
thoughtful appraisal of N. R. A. prob
lens, presents a new and rather star
tling definition of the political dema-
Rogue-one who makes sweeping
demands" for drastic SlaShing OF
Government expenditures and the
Immediate" balancing Of the budget.
For better or for worse, the country
IL not at the present moment afflicted
with this type of demagoguery. AS
far as can be recalled, no one has
seriously demanded the immediate"
balancing of the budget, and any one
making such demands would be gen.
erously regarded as an idealiSt rather
than a demagogue. So Mr.. Richberg
has met the issue of Federal budget
balancing by creating and unhorsing
O straw man.
What the Nation would like to hear
from Mr.. Richberg and from other
New Dealer who, with him, can speak
with authority, are the plans for
eventual, if not immediate, balancing
of the budget. Those who insistently
demand a serious discussion of this
matter cannot be dismissed indefl-
nitely as "dodo-economists," as po-
litical demagogues or as destructive
critics, blind to the grave response
bilities Of the Federal Government
during he critical months since inau-
guration of the New Deal. Nor does
the responsibility for Federal budget
balancing rest with the critics,
invited by Mr.. Richberg to state
whether they advocate mot meeting
Evening star., 1934-10-11
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

What Is the best way to begin
thinking?
One must 60 back to the old
for an answer:
II take pen and paper in hand"
The best way for the average per-
son to start the old thought processes,
no matter what the problem may be,
is to seize upon pencil and paper.
This will apply to most people, be-
cause most persons nowadays, at least
IN the United States, have been the
beneficiaries of the schools.
And in the schools thought is as
ISOLATED with pencil and paper.
X
One rather inclineS toward the
pencil
The pen has its advantages, but
as thought stimulater there is some
thing more Of power In q pencil. 1t
is at once more chummy and safer
Ink has way.
All those who find it necessary to
think now and then will discover,
if they already have not done so, that
there is nothing like staring at a
blank expanse of note paper to arouse
the intelligence.
The necessary concomitant Is the
writing implement.
The sight of the paper Stirs the
hand to write, and these prior physical
motions seem to make the brain begin
turning over.
X y
The more nearly ones mind Is an
utter blank at the beginning the bet
ter at last, as many have discovered.
If one approaches a certain prob
lem without benefit of ideas, nothing
is worse than to stare merely at the
general scenery.
The harder one stareS the Surer
ideas are to elude him, whether the
problem is a specific one or of q
more general nature.
Often it is easier really to think
when one had no basis of true think
ing, at first, than it is when the
person involved had something to
'go on" as they say.
The blank state of a sheet of writ
ing paper corresponds with the mind.
1t does not have to discard anything
at the beginning, but is able to make
full use of what arises.
The mystery of the intelligence in
action is still considerable Of a mys-
terry
Despite the discoveries of psycholo-
gists and the like, and the researches
made in other lines, including the
interrelation of mind and body. no
one can say definitely that he knows
just what intelligence is.
1t is something like electricity, easily
enough handled, capable of working
miracles, but still so vast a force that
slider 1t calmly.
The world accepts its electric light
without thought. The miracle of the
telephone is no longer a miracle, ex-
cept when one stops to think about it.
So the average human being ac-
cepts his own mind, only occasionally
stopping to realize what a miracle it
is, after all, even when its products
are what might be termed every
day in every sense.
r
The universe in all its phases seems
to be intelligence in action; that is
why the same thing in ones own
possession now and then strikes the
calm thinker as a very great mystery,
indeed.
Upon occasion, however, this power
becomes utterly non-existent, leaving
one in & complete mental slump.
The SureSt way, then, to arouse the
| tagging energies of thought is to