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Evening star., 1934-08-04
Doctors Disagree While the Social
System Is Lying Dangerously ILL

600 900 men out Of work, mobs, strikes.
military law, farm distress, mortgage
foreclosures are just so much be
nevolent pus'' Give 'em a light
sedative, keep 'em quiet and they'll
get we'll" says the Doc Never lost
a case yet" says he, chipperly.
So who knows?
But, seriously, it is hard to think
of any journal to which reader
wishing to keep abreast of these
changing times can turn with greater
profit than to your Sunday edition.
Its editorial policy seems to have on
the whole an unusually fair and
serene balance.
am wondering If. after such a
complete and forceful statement OF
the lalSsez faire theory rs contained
in the series Of articles by Carothers.
you will not be opening up your col
umns to some OF the other trained
minds who dissent from this theory.
Even the most modest and super
fetal students of economics must
wonder at the zeal which leads DR..
Carothers to couple indiscriminately
the economic systems of India. China
and Russia; which refers to recovery
in Canada, Sweden, Brazil, Italy,
without mentioning the vast part
which government has taken in at
tempting to control the natural eco
nomic trends Cf these countries and
Japan without pointing out its gov
ernment-financed colonial and mill
tary expansion: his failure to inquire
into the exception to the general rule
of recovery-France, with its gold
standard; his reference to England
as maintaining the gold standard in
policy. and his boast that she had re-
covered without A. A. A, N. r. A.
ETC.; England, which recognizes pow
erty and unemployment as primarily
a government problem, which en-
deavors to equalize incomes and
wealth with enormous income and
estate taxes, which has in effect old
age pensions unemployment insur-
ance, socialized medicine and score
of social betterment laws--laws which
still remain but pious hopes in the
hearts of our more enthusiastic new
dealers.
DR.. Csrothers may be right. But
there are alert and inquiring young
minds working in the field OF the
social sciences: men who believe that
the human misery and corruption OF
great depressions can be prevented
or at least markedly controlled.
Why not let us hear from Glenn
Frank, up at wisconsin; DIR. Fair
child, at the College of the CITY of
New York: Fisher Of Yale, Taussig
OF Harvard, '-Prineetons favorite rad
icals" Norman Thomas; Nicholas Muir
ray Butler Of Columbia, John NJ.
Keynes of England or Gustav Cassel
of Sweden, to name q few of some
hundreds equally eminent? Here are
8 group of doctors each with a diff
ferent approach. but no one OF whom
suhscribes to the theory of "benevo-
lent pus" Maybe among them is a
PaSteur or q Lister.
DWIGHT T. SCOTT.
Evening star., 1934-08-04
The Cup Challenger Arrives.

Yesterday Sir Thomas Lipton's sue
cessor as Americas Cup challenger
arrived from England on a liner
little in advance of the yacht En-
deavour, his entry for the races to be
held in September. which is now on
its way across the Atlantic under her
own sail. He is Thomas Octave
Murdock Sopwith, whose frSt name
and initials entiue him to the same
nickname as that borne in public
affection by his predecessor in this
role. Mr.. Sopwith-vho Is now q
commoner, though he may earn a
baronetcy IL he should lift the cup
or persist in failure as long as did
sir Thomas Lipton-iS by occupation
q builder of airplanes. having been
himself q nyer. He is a yachtSman
of sorts. which Sir Thomas was not.
Indeed. the latter never sailed on his
various ehalsnsers. But sopwith Is
q sportsman and he has the idea that
eomebody ought 10 carry on In pur-
auit Of the elusive mug" Is L4pton
Evening star., 1934-08-04
Two Views of Big Salaries
Paid Popular Movie Stars

While the N. r. A. report disclos-
ing the large salaries paid to first
rate movie stars created something of
stir, much of the newspaper COM
ment deprecates the idea Of attempt
ing by law to regulate the compensa-
tion of performers who draw the
money into the box Office.
"The difficulty" In the opinion Of
the Omaha World-Herald. lies in
the fact that the big stars and the big
directors undoubtedly sell pictures.
While producers can't afford to pay
the continuing high salaries In the
present state Of affairs, they can't
afford not to pay them either. Two
OF the big producing companies have
been driven into bankruptcy, an
other into financial reorganization TO
carry a $42, ,0O0, 600 debt. and a fourth
Is shouldering q SIC, 100000 deficit.
A large part of that trouble has been
brought about by the high cost Of
maintaining the big shots, but 1t
would have occurred just as Ger
tainly If there hadn't been any big
shots TO maintain. With the public
boyeotting naughtiness on the one
side and the big shots standing pat
on their contracts on the other, the
film industry seems to be between the
devil and the deep blue sea"
I'VE are informed" says the Seran-
ton Times, that 110 personages re-
ceiyed as large a salary as President
Roosevelt-S75,0 900 or more a year.
These included 81 actors, 28 directors,
% executives, Q producers. 2 writers
and l counsel. It Is explained that
the public popularity of unique per-
sonality is the principle token by
which the exhibitor in the first in
stance and the public in the second
are induced to purchase the enter
tainment products offered by the
producer.
The Miami Daily News believes
that Hollywood retrenchn ent with
out drastic action in this department
would be only a halfway measure" :"
The Cincinnati Times-Star explains:
THE remedy suggested by Sol Rosen-
blatt. N. r.. A. investigator, is a fixed
minimum pay for players of various
ranks, together with a percentage Of
the box office receipts for the stars.
Such q system would doubtless en-
able the producers to save themselves
and their stockholders considerable
money. From the standpoint Of the
picture-goer it would promise more
dramatically excellent films and fewer
movies which are made up Of names
and nothing more"
"As a business proposition" thinks
the Los Angeles Times, the salary of
a star is not excessive II it brings In
proportionate returns at the box Of
fice" That paper agrees that mere
rivalry among producers for the serv-
ices of stars is unquestionably injuri-
ous," but raises the question whether
a fixed minimum pay With a per-
centage OF the receipts would not 'be
difaeult to work out in Gll cases" and
concludes: THE stars period of large
earnings is usually less than i've years,
Evening star., 1934-08-04
Will Hitler Assume Royalty

Not la the least surprising ia the
suggestion coming from Berlin that
Hitler may seek to establish himself
upon the throne OF the Hohenzollerns.
To-day. by grace OF the Nazi organiza-
tion, which he created, and by the
support Of certain wealthy Industrial
lists who have backed that movement,
he Is the supreme leader Of the Reich.
He has announced that he will not
take over the title OF the presidency.
but will be known as 'Reichfuehrer,
or leader OF the state. While this
action Is subject TO the expressed
sanction OF the German people
through q plebiscite to be held August
10. that sanction Is virtually certain
to be given. nobody doubling that the
vote Of the people on that day will be
Overwhelmingly, If not unanimously.
favorable. Hitler is taking no chances
Of o reversal at the polls.
II may be, however, that Hitler is
In this assumption OF a dictatorship,
II not eventually an absolute mon
archial Autocracy. taking chances with
the development of resistance here
after. His position depends ultimately
upon the support of the wealthy in
dustrialists who have financed the
Rszi movement and have maintained
him in power and authority thus far
In addition to the numerous eategories
OF enemies he has made by his ruth
lessness he has to face the force of o
disastrously adverse economic situa-
ton, in large part created by his poll
cies.
Germany is in a deplorable state
at present as regards trade, credits
and domestic conditions. The stand
ard OF living of the German people
has fallen steadily during the past
few years, their strict regimentation
under the Nazi government and ad-
ministration. the denial OF oppor-
tunity Of self-advancement and even
OF support TO large groups, banned
from participation in professional
and business pursuits, having caused
great suffering from which there is
no present prospect of relief.
Whether Hitler assumes a royal
title or remains merely the Reich
fuehrer, or leader. he must bear the
fun responsibility for the future of
the state. The pretense of sanction
by a cabinet Of his own making, or
by plebiscite held under the un-
denisble restraint of Nazi supervision,
will not lessen that responsibility. II
Germany comes out of the economic
doldrums that now hold it fast, his
will be the credit. Otherwise his win
be the blame and his the penalty for
failure.
Evening star., 1934-08-04

as against fifteen or twenty in other
industries. Likewise there is consid-
erable exaggeration in the actual re-
ceipts ascribed to the few who have
climbed TO the top of the profession.
When the public hears that certain
performer receives $4,000 a week the
statement means little unless 1t also
adds the information telling how
many weeks IN the year said perform
er is engaged at that salary. The
latter average nearer ten than fifty.
The sum result Of the N. r. A. in
vestigation Of motion picture salaries
seems to be that the industry itself
can better apply the corrections need
ed than can any Goyernment-ap-
pointed or supervised commission.
The law Of supply and demand still
holds"
Generally speaking, the smaller
people get too little, the bigger sort
too much" contends the Danbury
News-Times, which insists at is just
as rational to regularize and limit SAL
aries of motion picture stars as it
was to limit the salaries of railroad
presidents" The Lowell Courier
Citizen holds that something will
have to be done TO put an end to the
sharp competition that has enabled
the most popular actors to name prac-
tically their own terms"
The Columbus Citizen, however,
joins other papers in emphasizing the
fact that movie actors get large SAL
aries because so many people like the
work they do and producers can make
money by hiring them" and the In
dianapolis News concludes: Motion
pictures are paying their way. The
highly paid actors are making the
most of a monopoly. Their salaries
are determined by the number of peo-
pie who wish to see the products of
their work. 1t is straight business
arrangement. The N. r. A. may have
been under orders to publish the re-
port, but the authority for the In
vestigation was no credit to the ad-
ministration. 1t is another example
Of probing into the private affairs Of
the people"
Evening star., 1934-08-04

frices there stfll are at least a few
persons VINO never have seen q tooth
brush and who. like their psychology
cal KIN on the other side OF the
planet. are militantly confident that
such ap implement must be danger
ous. Indeed. toothbrushes and be-
lief In witcheraft might serve as in
dices 10 culture. Civilized people have
a vast faith In the one and abSo-
lutely no faith In the other.
Evening star., 1934-08-04
Out-Moded?
From the BirminEham Ags-Herald.

From the Birmingham Age-Herald
The vanity Of human wishes Is
illustrated by Ramsay MAcDonald's
virtual retirement at q time when the
world seems TO be making ready for
another war. He was above all the
worker for international peace and
now he finds himself shorn Of the
opportunity to serve his hearts cause.
He is taking three-month vacation,
while Stanley Baldwin shapes affairs
as a sober reslist In the midst Of
threatening actualities.
BY the same token, MacDonald's
former colleague and present enemy,
Philip Snowden. is making ready 70
enter the political lists again. But
he has little to offer, one gathers, ex-
cept those sharp thrlsts In debate
which once made him the terror Of
the Commons. He. too. faces q ma
ton ard 3 world which have grown
indifferent TO his counsel. So these
two leaders Of the Labor party. which
fell when they left II. are now atiits
dtsconsolate.
Evening star., 1934-08-04

To the Editor of The Star:
Who shall decide" sings Mr.. Pope,
when doctors disagree and soundest
casuists doubt, like you and me?"
Case notes taken from our hospital
records of just few decades ago con-
tain frequently the statement that the
patient is pussing nicely" For the
majority OF the most eminent medical
men of the day belonged to the laissez
faire school. Tney looked upon what
they termed as benevolent pus" as a
natural and inevitable factor In the
process of the patients recovery. That
1t was indeed the bodies Of countless
millions OF leucocytes or white blood
corpuscles fallen in q death struggle
with infection We now know. But 1t
was the restless experimental minds
of such radicals in medicine as Lord
Lister and Louis Pasteur that began
to ask why such struggles between
bacteria and the human body were
necessary. and that led to present-day
conditions in surgery. where infection
is regarded as condition which al
ways could and nearly always should
have been prevented.
Our social system is lying deSper-
ately i'll. Each week We turn hope
fully to the editorial section Of The
Sunday Star to see what the doctors
have to say. How am doin', Doc?"
we inquire anxiously. The answers
are diverse enough. DR.. Mark Sullt-
van shakes his head and whispers to
us, confdentially. that some of these
new young consultants whom we have
called in are getting ready to put our
entire rugged indiyidualism into
plaster cast that will effectively pre-
vent any voluntary movement on our
part. Presently, says Doc. Sullivan,
we will lose all power and ambition
to stir about, and II We do survive we
We had died. Then Doc. Simonds
comes on the scene He Is q pSychia-
trict. and Solemnly advises us that
we are suffering from war psychosis, ="
which has induced acute national
ISM" and this has brought about q
whole string Of dolorogs symptoms
due to the complete stoppage of nat
uraI fiow of fluids and solids through
the international channels. Then
comes Doc Hard, telling US that, while
our left side is not functioning so
actively. he seems TO detect increased
strength on the right side, whereupon
Doctors Speare and Stone arrive with
the laboratory report. This shows
that our car loadings have gone up
to almost normal, our electric con-
sumption is down and that there is
very faint trace OF imitation in the
commodity index. This may or may
not be due to the sCimulants we have
been taking. But it is Doc. Carothers
of Lehigh who holds forth most
lengthily and positively and gives US
the cheerful prognosis that sooner or
later We are going TO get well anyhow.
Coming from up around what one OF
our American satirists calls Bonus
Hill" and surrounded, at least geo.
graphically. by the steel munition
makers millions, Doc. belongs TO the
good old laissez faire school. popular
in such quarters Suface 1t to say
that he doesn't hold with the boys
who would have us submit to the
painfully radical operation OF having
cur capitalism and private profits cut
out Nos siresl Doc. says that H.
Evening star., 1934-08-04
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON,
Sound.

Sound.
Katydid is singin' loud
Not so far away.
Wonder why he Is so proud
OF what he has to say.
Yet he keeps on goin' strong
In the starry night.
Maybe what he says is wrong,
Maybe it is right.
There are many just like you,
Who for notice call,
THROWN sounds around that do
Not mean a thing at all.
Evening star., 1934-08-04
PIowed Under.

There is no chance for honest fun,
Everybody'S on the run,
Runnin' from the crime detector,
Runnin' from the bill collector,
Brother runnin' from his brother
Stead of lovin' one another!
just around the corner waiting
There is peace, kind friends are
stating.
Turn the corner with decision,
Merely find 8 new collision.
Wonder what is to be done?
There's no chance for honest fun.
Evening star., 1934-08-04

''Cavalcade~ and The Jazz Singer"
Ranking next were sunny Side up."
s.. SOC. 900. Broadway Melody" So
600 900. The Cockeyed World. s2.-
TOO 900: The Freshman" $500, 900.
In the 50 SOC. 900 group we're The Gold
Rush" The Kid" The Ttm Com
Gold Diggers Of Broadway" Grand
Hotel" I'm No Angel and Little
Women"
@. How are clans propagRted7-D.
A. B.
A. CLANS propagate by means OF
swimming larvae. After short
period of life N this stage the young
clans become fixed and begin to
grow a shell.
Q. What is the lowest point on the
earth's surface7-O. p.
A. The Dead Sea in Palestine Is
the lowest, 900 feet below sea level.
O. When is the Diamond Jubilee
OF Oil to be celebrated in Pennsyl-
Yania? PA. NJ.
~ ANN CA1tAVAAA UhkiAEN w vi Will
be celebrated at Titusville. Pa, August
"a. IS, 26 and 81. when the American
petroleum industry will be rs years
old. The Drake Memorial Park will
be dedicated at that time and turned
over to the State of Pennsylvania by
the American Petroleum Institute for
perpetual maintenance.
@. Please give some information
about the battle Of Sha- -Ho- IT. p. M.
A. This was the second OF the
three great battles which marked the
main advance OF the Japanese armies
in Manchuria during the Russo-Jap-
anese War. 1t was the only one in
which the Russians succeeded in take
ing the offensive. The real baA@M
was Joined on october II, 1904 ana
ended on the 18th, with Kuropatkin's
suspension of the Russian offensive.
Fighting continued until the 18th,
however, as the Russians were first
pressed back, then attempted a fresh
offensive, and abandoned their effort
after heavy losses.
@. Is the porpoise a menace 10
bathers?-T. L.
A. Its mouth is not constructed so
as to enable it to bite and it is not OF
pugnacious disposition. 1t. there
fore, constitutes no menace to bath
ers. The porpoise likes To roll about
in the breakers and TO be at its ease
In harbors and sheltered bays and at
river mouths. 1t feeds entirely upon
fish.
O. Has the city Of Chateau ThIerry
France, authorized a commemorative
medal?--F. E. OIL.
A. The city Of Chateau Thierry did
Issue commemorative medal. Per-
sons who served in that sector NAV
secure one Of these medals for 81.
@. Where did the name Plymouth
originate7-S. X.
A. Plymouth, Mass, was named for
Plymouth. in England. the last Ers-
lish port touched by the Pilgrims, and
that port was so named because IL Is
situated at the mouth OF the Plym
River.
@. OF whom did Landor write these
lines: Since Chaucer was alive and
hale, No man has walked along our
roads with step So active, so enquir-
ing eye or tongue SO varied In dis
course?"-A. ID.
A. Robert Browning.
@. Who is the president OF the
CunardWhite Star Line?-J. X.
A. The Cunard-White Star, Ltd.
/ does not have a president In the
/ American sense of the word. The
highest officer in the company Is Sir
Percy Bates, chairman OF the Board
Of Directors.
@. How long can q foreigner live
in this country without becoming q
citizen?-H. /. N.
A. There is no limit as to the length
Of time a foreigner can remain in the
United States without having taken
out citizenship papers II he has en-
tered the country for permanent resi-
dence.
Evening star., 1934-08-04
SOmnolenee.

Somnolenee.
The stranger was met by crowd as
he stepped of the train.
who are you?" asked Cactus Joe.
I'm Prof. Doperino, the famous
hypnotist."
THE man who puts folks to sleep?"
YES"
well, stay right here and catch the
next train comes. What Crimson
Gulch needs is somebody to wake
it up"
''In an effort to forgive fault"
said HI Ho, the sage of Chinatown,
I'VE sometimes 90 too far and try to
praise it."
Evening star., 1934-08-04

Louisiana never cared much for the
German language. This fact alone
would suffice to frustrate any ef-
fort to teach the populace to say
Hell Huey!"
Evening star., 1934-08-04

Censoring the movies is no easy
task, so long as a public is ready to
indicate that 1t wants its picture as
fresh and "hoteha" rs possible.
Evening star., 1934-08-04
Lafoons $ Legions.

From the Roanoke Times.
1t has taken half q mile Of blue rib
bon TO decorate all the colonels Gov.
Laffoon has appointed since he became
the head man in Kentucky. The ques-
ton arises, are We men or are we
eslaraIka
Evening star., 1934-08-04

The voice of safety cannot be
expected to take up the time that
would be necessary for the delivery
OF good old-faShioned temperance
lecture.
Evening star., 1934-08-04

New Orleans see no reason why the
National Guard should be kept on
parade simply because it amuses Huey
Long.
Evening star., 1934-08-04

President Roosevelt is back in the
U. S. A, and may find much about
his trip he did not notice as he reads
the political speculations concerning it,
Evening star., 1934-08-04
Guhernatorial Courtesy.

From the New York Times.
AS the Governor of North Dakota
said to the Governor OF North Dakota
whats your hurry? Here's your
hat"
Evening star., 1934-08-04

There are still criminals at large
1t may be some time until the war on
crime will accomplish results that will
warrant q peace treaty.
Evening star., 1934-08-04

Jud Tunkins says he likes to read
household recipes and hints on table
etiquette because they remind him
that eating never goes entirely out Of
style.
Evening star., 1934-08-04

II wishes We could be satisfied wifi
one Halloween 4 year" said Uncle
Eben. :" Std o. bein' skeart two or
three times every day-by automo-
bileS."
Evening star., 1934-08-04
The Galleries.

The Galleries.
did you visit any art galleries
while you were abroad?"
mo" answered Senator Sorghum.
Every town I struck seemed to have
been turned into q shooting gallery"
Evening star., 1934-08-04

The slogan idea may be overdone.
All that the German people are now
permitted to say aloud is Hell Hitler!"
Evening star., 1934-08-04

The market has been 6 trifie over
thrilled by the stunt flyers that have
been taking chances in air crafts.
Evening star., 1934-08-04

Ruth In the villa near Florence,
muses.: That was one Of the reasons
why / wantsd 10 paint him. why ]
called him Don 0uixcte."
Evening star., 1934-08-04
Poultry.

Prom the New York sun
Disputes in the live poultry trade
bring threats OF Federal Intervention.
cut-cut -eut-cut that red tapsl
Evening star., 1934-08-04
RIVERS GLIDE ON. BY A. Hamilton
Gibbs. Boston: Little. Brown az Co

Gibbs. Boston: Little, Brown a. Co.
Strictly a family novel, 'Riyers
Glide On" Is not one which makes
family life seem enviable. The Hib-
herds, George, his wife and two sons
and two daughters, live in the same
house and have certain inescapable
common interests, but their happi-
ness in no way depends on each
other. Gwen, Georges wife, Is one
of those women with such a small al
lowance of either intelligence or in
stinctive sense that they inevitably
become a source of chronic irritation
as soon as the superficial attraction
which led to marriage has worn off. .
Reasoning is beyond their powers and
comprehension is limited to their own
immediate and usually determined
wants. Gwen nass, OF course Hubert,
the elder son, has the urge of a eer-
tain type OF youth to acquire a fin-
ancial remuneration entirely out of
proportion to what he Is worth in any
market, so ne employs easy arts on
his unintelligent mother and not only
CANDLES away her personal property
but involves his father in large sum,
paid to save the family from dis
grace. Michael, the second son, cares
only for aviation; he can't stand the
family and runs away, and his father
admires him for it.
George would like TO run away, too,
and makes an attempt to do so, but
gives 1t up and comes back and
shoulders his duty like a man. Sylvia,
the Older daughter, is a pseudo
sophisticated girl, who inspires only
the hope on the part Of her father
that some other man will take her of
his hands by the route Of matrimony.
Ruth. the youngest, is the one re-
deeming exception which comes to
his mind when George Is bitterly in
eEned TO feel that his family life is
a complete failure and to wonder
why he ever. let himself in for 1t. To
keep Ruth different and TO give her
a chance for a development of her
own, he removes her from the family
and leaves her in Italy, with the
woman he would have liked to stay
with himself. But at the end ne Is
back In Kensington with Gwen and
sylvia. while Mira. Eramkhaw. With