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Evening star., 1934-12-18

A reader can get the dnsper to
any question OF fact by ,rritino The
Washington Euening Star Information
Bureau. Frederic J. Hashin, Director.
Washington, d. C. Please irclose
stamp TOR reply.
@. What per cent of the farm crops
are raised on reclamation areas?-
M. p.
A. Less than per cent Of the
farmed land Of the whole country.
@. When Gerrnany's currency was
inflated Just after the war, how great
a volume did the circulation reach?-
T. s. M.
A. In 1922 the circulation Of marks
reached 2,274, 600. .oo0. .o00, ,ooo, ,ooo, 900.
@. Has any year been set aside al
national parks year?-J. v. z.
A. The Secretary Of the interior
proclaimed the year 1884 a national
park year.
@. Has DR.. Samuel Parkes Cadmar
q CnurcnE-I. u.
A. In addition to his other activi-
ties he has been pastor Of the Central
Congregational Church at Brooklyn
since 1901.
@. Is there an easy and inexpensive
way to fireproof children's clothing?-
G. r. D.
A. DR.. C. F. Pabst of Brooklyn
N. Y, says: There is an easy anc
efficient method of flreproofing the
clothing Of children which every one
should know. Dissolve one pound oi
ammonium phosphate in two quarts OF
cold water and a clear solution Is
formed, In which the fabric to be
fireproofed should be soaked for five
minutes. The garment then can b<
! taken out and allowed to dry, after
which it may be worn with perfect
safety, as 1t is absolutely fireproof
The solution produces no more harm
to the material than would the same
quantity of ordinary water. 1t will
keep indefinitely, is non-poisonous
and can be used for several suits
Ammonium phosphate is a common
white crystalline powder, not patented
in any way, and sells for about rs
cents pound at any drug store. Any
article flreproofed by this method viii
remain n-inflammable until washed
or drenched with rain"
@. How did the English police come
to get the name of boobies, and who
invented the English police system?-
H H.
A. This slang word is derived from
the first name of Sir Robert Peel, who
remodeled the London metropolitan
police force in 1928.
@. In what year was Queen Victo-
ria's jubilee celebrated?-A. M.
A. Queen Victoria celebrated the
fiftieth year Of her reign, the golden
jubilee, in 1887, and in 1897 celebrated
her diamond jubilee Of so years reign
@. Has the Government made new
loan to Belgium?-F. D.
A. The Federal Reserve Bank oi
New York has advanced SIS, 900, ,00C
to the National Bank of Belgium to
pay for gold being shipped. The term
of the loan. or advance, is only the
length Of time required for the actual
gold to cross the Atlantic. It is not q
Government loan.
@. What is lager beer?-O. M. P.
A. Lager beer. or lager, is a kind oi
beer made originally in Germany, but
now also made in other countries. Il
is so called from its being laid up OF
stored for some months before use.
Evening star., 1934-12-18
Rate by Mail-Payable I'm Advance.
MARYLAND and VIRGINIA
Increase of the Army.

Americas military man power in
case of a national emergency would
not, of course, depend upon the size
Of the Regular Army of the United
States, but that establishment is the
foundation and handspring of our land
defense system and its maintenance
at adequate strength is of primary and
fundamental Importance. Viewed from
that standpoint, the annual report Of
Secretary of War Dern, just submitted
to the President, is of unusual sig
nifcance.
Chief among the recommendations
contained in the report is that the
Army should be increased to $4,000
commissioned officers and 165 900 en-
listed men, or by about 1000 officers
and $4,000 enlisted men. Secretary
Dern and his military advisers, the
general staff, are persuaded that the
requirements of the Army within the
continental United States, the Canal
Zone and our outlying possessions can
be met only by the proposed addition
of $4,000 personnel.
Besides that expansion of its physi-
cal equipment, the Army has need OF
housing, both at home and abroad,
and Secretary Dern urges prompt al
location of funds to complete a build
ing program that has been too long
delayed. The War Department itself
needs better housing and there Is
merit in the proposal for construction
of a building to shelter all its activi-
ties under one roof instead of in
seventeen buildings distributed all
over Washington, as at present.
With the increasing stress now
adays laid on aviation throughout the
world, particular attention will be
paid by Congress to the War Depart
ments recommendation of the pur-
chase of 600 airplanes over period of
three years, to give the Army Air
Corps 1920 serviceable ships" as
urged by the board headed by Newton
d. Baker, which investigated the CORPS
and its needs.
A human note in Secretary Dern's
report is his approval of increased pay
for officers, especially in the lower
grades, as soon as Treasury conditions
warrant.
The United States Army, compared
with the other regular armies of the
world, is almost puny in size. 1t is
conceived and it exists purely as a de-
fensive establishment. Its main pur-
pose. besides being kept in a state of
readiness for instant and effective
action, to the extent of its capacity,
in a moment of sudden emergency, is
to serve, within the framework of the
national defense act, as a nucleus for
the full force the United States might
have to organize, arm and equip. No
one in this country or elsewhere ever
thinks of the United States Army as
an instrument of aggression. But its
powder must be kept dry and its
sword sharp for use in eventualities
which no man can foresee. Those
charged with responsibility for the
Nations land defense have now put
forward concrete recommendations
which deserve the sympathetic con-
sideration Of the country and of Con-
preSs
Evening star., 1934-12-18
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON,
Recollection.

Recollection.
Indian Summer came and vent
Who shall say Just how and when
Interrupting discomfort
With sunbeam now and theni
Mid the shadows and the SHOWS
And the clocks relentless chime
Memory glimpes will disclose
Radiant Indian Summer time.
Evening star., 1934-12-18
The Tough Mr.. Shaw.

From the Kansas City Star.
Mr.. g. B. Shaw, 78, seriously threat
ened by illness recently is on the
mend. Mr.. Shaw who Is always de-
scribed as being delightfully."- clever,
delightfully."- serious, delightfully."- irri-
tating, and so on. ID also delightfully."-
tough.
Evening star., 1934-12-18

A 'red" uprising in Argentina was
suppressed by the simple method of
putting the rioters in jail without
waiting for formal classification as TO
who should rank as public enemy
number one"
Evening star., 1934-12-18

One Of the best old age insurance
plans was that devised by G. B. Shaw
when he equipped himself to go on
writing smartly. regardless of the pass
ing years or the cruel criticism of
Charles Gates Dawes.
Evening star., 1934-12-18

Munitions experts say war may be
made 50 terrible as to be impossible.
Nobel believed this, but his fund still
awards prizes for achievements that
may be so managed as to be useful
In future combat.
Evening star., 1934-12-18

The American Federation of Gov
ernment Employees has introduced an
other hard calculation in inquiring
whether AFGE + NRA o.
Evening star., 1934-12-18

Government is accused Of compet-
ing with private capital and, Incl
dentally, Of making taxation a means
Of compelling contributions to the
competition fund.
Evening star., 1934-12-18

A war on crime has at least gone
far enough to develop some dis
tlnguished and sincere boards of
strategy.
Evening star., 1934-12-18
Income Tax Jitter..
From the New York sun.

From the New York sun.
Income tax figures indicate thertI
were several persons with incomes ove1
q million dollars apiece in 1888, unlsE.
they were so jittery that they -
added the figures wrong, as some ~
the lower brackets have been kyIovn
to do.
Evening star., 1934-12-18

One of the new tax slogans, with
possibilities of historic survival, is,
"The man who earns a dollar is the
only one not entitled to it,"
Evening star., 1934-12-18
Most Profitable Quotient.

From the Rockford Resister-Republie.
A 7-year-old Brooklyn boy Il "a
ported to have an intelligence o,,o-
tient Of $50, but a batting ayersrs
around .37s viii get him more money
when he grows up.
Evening star., 1934-12-18
Carries His Own,

Carries His Own.
The politician gayly speaks
In any way whatever.
And every one who favor seeks
Assures him he is clever.
Enthusiasm will survive
Througout q listening Nation.
BY patronage he can contrive
To hire his own ovation.
Evening star., 1934-12-18
Good Wishes.

Good Wishes.
II hope that little girl whose for
tune is in litigation finds way to
health and happiness" said the SYM
pathetic friend.
Don't wish her too much health" :"
said Miss Cayenne. "a touch Of
aphasia may enable her to forget the
testimony she has heard"
Evening star., 1934-12-18
Getting Rough,

Down in good old Looziann
We found joyous dancing clan,
With wit and melody arrayed
To make q merry masquerade.
Alasl The prospect seems to change,
The scene grows ominously strange.
Once Mardi Gras was going strong,
But now they hand us Huey Long!
tits hard to be entirely idle" salt
Uncle Eben. 'De man dat won't worl
uses . heap Of energy dodgin' ans
gettin' In de ways"
Evening star., 1934-12-18

Big Figures for Relief.
What comes after a billion?" asked
the girl who was copying statistics.
Everybody" answered Senator
Sorghum.
Jud Tunkins says he never asked
for a political job because working
hours are already so short that he
doesn't need the rest.
Evening star., 1934-12-18

@. What is lager beer?-O. M. P.
A. Lager beer. or lager, is a kind Of
beer made originally in Germany, but
now also made in other countries. It
is so called from its being laid up or
stored for some months before use.
Evening star., 1934-12-18

@. Does person weigh more or less
after period Of exercise?-P. G.
A. The Public Health Service says
that a person loses weight during ex-
ercise. This is brought about by the
passing OF Of water through the skin
in the form Of perspiration and also
by the general using up Of energy in
the body tissues.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-10-05
By COLE MURPHY

OLYMPIA, Oct. 4-The present
move for consolidation of county
governments, backed by Cover
nor Martin and the semi-faseist
New Order of Cineinnatus. is an
excellent example of the tutility
of reformist measures.
Now. it is evident that the pres
ent county system is archaic-a
survival of the horse and buggy
days, and a creation of the politi-
cal spoils system. According to
our atlas. Washington has 80
counties, many of these witlnonly
5000 or less population. 1t would
make for better social service
to eliminate the smaller counties
altogether. Whether the form
of government is that of the "in-
terests." as at present, or a
workers and farmers govern
ment. a skeleton of governmental
machinery on u basis of regional
units is desirable.
Delusion
But to concentrate attention
on such a puny reform. which
obviously can do nothing to elm
mate a single one of the basic
causes of present misery, is to
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-10-05
Wood Cutters To Take
Strike Action

FORKS, Wash, Oct. 4IDele-
gates of the pulp cutters of the
west end of Clallam County went
to Port Angeles Sept. 20 to pre-
sent the demands of the cutters
for a standard price of $500 a
cord for cutting, and $40 a cord
for hemlock, $l2 for spruce, de-
livered in Port Angeles to the
Washington Pulp Company.
Mr.. Day of the company, after
attempting to make the cutters
weep over the financial condition
of the company, informed them
that any decision in the matter
would have to come from Seattle.
After a phone call to the Seattle
office, Day told the delegation
that Mr.. Henderson of that Of
flee would come to Port Angeles
September "a.
Suspecting that their demands
would be turned down, the senti-
ment of the cutters at meeting
at Forks to which the delegates
reported, was to organize for a
strike.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-10-05
Brute Attacks
Chinese Lad

MCKEE CITY, Wash, Oct. 4
Striking a Chinese boy in the
mouth with his fist, N. c. Sy-
bouts, hop grower near Mckee,
refused to listen to the boys eX-
PLANTATION of what looked to the
boss like an attempt to steal a
sack of hops. The Chinese boy
had given a sack to another boy
to check for him and was getting
another sack in return. Cursing
the lad. whose blood was stream
ing from his cut lips, the brutal
exploiter was about to strike
him again when a class con-
scious worker stepped between
them.
The International Labor De-
Tense of Yakima is backing up
this Chinese lads demand for pro-
lection against assault and bat
terry. The hop pickers around
Yakima do not have very much
confidence in what the prOsecut-
ing attorney or sheriff will do for
them, but they have confidence
in the lid. s
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-10-05
Oregon Governor
DodgeS Committee

PORTLAND, Oct. A commit
tee from the International Labor
Defense went with Mrs. Burgess
and her five babies to see Cover
nor Meier in regard to Floyd Bur
CESS, now serving time for partiei-
pating In demonstration for u
widow with two babies. They had
received word that the Governor
would be in Salem Monday
When they arrived they were
informed that the Governor had
gone to Portland to meet Her.
bert Hoover,
A representative of the COVER
nor came to the office Monday
morning to find out whether the
committee would go to Salem but
he said nothing of the Governors
change of plans.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-10-05
IS Freed, 3 Fined
In Portland Trial

PORTLAND. Oct. 4-Hearing
for an appeal by Fl defendants in
vOlved in a trumped-up case of
disOrderly conduct at IA relief
headquarters, was tried before a
grand jury in Judge Crawford
court Tuesday and Wednesday,
September rs and 26, and Is of
the q were acquitted.
Judge Crawford passed SEN
tence on three, Nolan Mackrill,
Lyle Walker, and Harvey Steel,
September %, imposing fines of
$50 each. Irwin Goodman appealed
for a new trial.
In March these workers went
to the relief station in Lents in
an effort to obtain relief for an
elderly, penniless couple and for
others. They were arrested on a
disorderly conduct charge and
trial came up March o. Many
of the defendants were fined $50
and others SIS and S25 suspended.
They appealed to the District
Court.
Irwin Goodman, attorney for
the defense took advantage of
the instructions to the jury peri
cd and touched upon the econ
omic and social reasons for this
frame-up and the smoke-screen
charges.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-10-05
Company Mans
Reward LOWLy
By Renal Bey

KELLOGG, Idaho, Oct. last
spring when labor and the Bun
ker Hill Company of Kellogg
were squared off in the center
of the ring, sparring for that
famous first punch, the company
took no chances on the govern
ment feeding the hungry men
in case of strike. So they con-
tacted Joe Russell and placed
him in strategic position at
relief headquarters.
Joe is a squat, thick-chested,
square-shouldered man with a
bit of a bartender front and the
grace of one of the royal figures
of the court of st. James.
He used to be paymaster at
the Bunker Shelter. But he
quit his job and turned house.
man down at Guy Martins gam
bling establishment, brazenly
taking his rake-off on a fifty-fifty
basis.
When Hoover was up for his
second term, Joe was one of the
kharp-shoOters selected to go
out and halt the advance enemy
which was reported to be, and
was, in very large numbers.
But the pressure became so
great that Joe resigned his posi-
ton at relief headquarters.
He may now be seen again in
his old familiar haunts over at
the smelter, not as paymaster,
but sort of pack horse and handy
man for the mechanics.
However, that doesn't worry
Joe, the Bunker may have some
more hot stuff bubbling over the
heat, and when they do, Joe
will get the job of dishing it
out to his fellow workers.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-10-05
Survey of World
Shows War Near
Hitherto Germany and ImperialiSt Japan Called
Danger Points As Conflict Looms
BY J. b. Marvin

SEATTLE. Oct. l-Since the
great Japanese tornado of two
weeks ago forced the Japanese
military machine TO mark time
for awhile In its war preparations
and accept the Soviet offer of sale
of the Chinese Eastern Railway,
the war clouds have decreased a
bit in size. But il will probably
be but temporary lull. for the
chief driving forces towards the
next imperialist slaughter are
still there-the necessity for Inn.
perialist conquest of new mar
kets to keep capitalism from ut
ter decay and collapse This hull
should be good breathing space
for the increased arousal Of mass
opinion against imperialist war
In Germany
In the land of Hitler the wrists
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-10-05
Young Pioneers
Visit The Fair
BY Florence Parrott

OLYMPIA, Wash, Oct. A
Twenty-one members Of the Andy
Wright Troup of Young Pioneers
visited the Puyallup Fair on Oh
ympia Day. under the supervi-
sion of their Pioneers leaders.
Other school children of the
unemployed of Olympia, al
though furnished free tickets by
the Chamber of Commerce were
unable to attend because of lack
of transportation. In other words
the free tickets were just teas
ers," because the Chamber of
Commerce would not furnish the
necessary transportation.
The Young Pioneers OF Amer
lea consist of children of the
working class. The workers and
poor farmers all over the world
realize that their children must
learn the strength of organiza-
ton. So the Young Pioneers is
international.
Each trOup of Young Pioneers
is named for some prosecuted
worker, who is now or has been
a prisoner behind iron bars, or
has given his or her life strug-
Cling for the working calss.
Therefore, the name Andy
Wright" the youngest defendant
in the ScOttsboro case.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-10-05

The time is ripe for action. 1t is
up to the lumber workers to Or
ganize. The National Lumber
Workers Union will be the only
union attending this conference
at Forks, Wash, Oct. l, with a
program of struggle to offer. The
entire membership of the NLWU
stands ready. Our representa-
tives attending this conference
will not propose our case be ar
bitrated for the bosses interests.
We earnestly appeal to all
pulp wood cutters and mill work.
ers to Immediately start organ
izing into the NLWU, to the log
gers and saw mill workers to
draft their demands and become
part of this united front struggle
that will come out of the confer
ence.
Only by militant united front
struggle can we win. Help to
smash new attacks ON the living
standards of the lumber workers
with strike action. Organize and
Strike!
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-10-05
Brands Cincinnatus Plan
of County Consolidation
Futile, "Blind AHey'

delude those who are interested.
Wealthy property owners who
stand to gain by county reorgan-
ization will back il, as they will
any measure that will benefit
them. They will back the Young
Mems Republican Order of Gin
cinnatus in this and the more
dangerous features OF its pro-
gram and thousands will vote
Cineinnatus with the illusion
that a real change can be wrought
in politics.
What shows the utter futility
of such reformist blind alleys,
however, is the fact that even
such an unimportant movement
as consolidation of counties has
little chance. 1t will be opposed
by all those who profit by en-
trenching themselves within the
county systematic local politi-
clans. the merchants of the coun-
~ seats, ana the editors or the
local papers which subsist large
ly on official advertising. Any
law passed for consolidation
would have to provide for the
counties themselves approving
the move II II involved them. And
when the chorus of politicians,
editors and merchants gets under
way, it is certain that any com.
prehensive plan for revision of
county lines would be hopelessly
mutilated.
All of which is one more demon
stration that social change, by
petty reformist methods, is not
only hopeless in itself, but serves
capitalism by diverting attention
from the real battle between
capital and labor.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-10-05
STOP RELIEF WORK
BY a Worker Correspondent

NORTH BEND, Ore, Oct. a
All but a few minor work pro-
jects in the Coos Bay territory
have been stopped. Officials are
giving the reason lack of funds
to carry on.
Several hundred men who
were earning $24 a month from
which to pay rent, light, fuel, etc,
have ben thrown back on the
starvation relief program of $3.50
for two weeks for single men
and $500 for a like period for
married men.
Vague promises of work later
when funds are available were
given to try to keep the workers
satisfied,
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-10-05
TWO WORLDS MORRO CASTLE
DISASTER, CHELYUSKIN RESCUE
BY GEORGE CORNELL

NEW YORK, Oct. Now that
the smoke has cleared away and
the smoke-screen CT the red
scare has proved a flop, we can
review the Moro Castle disaster
The facts can be briefly stated
as these The criminal policies
of the shipping company in plac-
ing profits before lives resulted
in an insufficient number of men
ON watch and an OverwOrked
crew; defective fire equipment;
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-10-05
Community Fund
Goes Anti-Red
BY MARY JORDAN

SEATTLE, Oct. 4 DR.. Lee
Paul Sieg, new president of the
University, at the Community
Fund kickoff dinner at the
Chamber of Commerce, Sept. Is,
declared the Community Fund
stood between us and strife
and bloodshed" and that it was
the very life of our future as a
city.
DR.. Sieg's talk was the key
note" of this years drive. The
poor, needy and unfortunate
were only secondly and dimly in
the picture, as presented at the
dinner. The business men of Sc
attic have something to fight
this year. Other years they have
had to whip themselves into en-
thusiasm by thinking how much
good it did their business and
to be worker" in
the Community Fund. A few
thought they were making the
world a better place and how
fortunate they were to be able
to do it.
Different Days
But this year they know diff
ferently. They want to maintain
things the way they are. This
is no longer a depression to be
lived thrOugh-it is time to be
careful. OF course, most of the
money comes from the payrOlls
which remain. 1t is simply the
Fund workers" job
to collect.
Frank Mclaughlin, chairman
of the meeting and president of
the Puget Sound Power q light
Company, spoke about 'troubl-
GUS times" Frank Bane, director
of the American Public Welfare
Association of Chicago, said
that the American people are
to maintain this
country of ours as a land of OPP
portunity and individualism.'
Mayor Charles Smith provided
the perfect touch with a few
pped-Hitler-style words about
the success of the Ninety-First
and the Community
Fund.
The Boy Scouts played, good
cigar smoke rose from the tables
the meeting was huge success
and full Of enthusiasm and hope
for common cause"
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-10-05
Drop SyndicaliSm
Charges Against
Portland Woman

PORTLAND. Oct. 4--Lena Hal
version, only Portland woman fac
ing criminal syndiealism charges,
growing out OF the recent raids,
was released and her ease dis
missed when the preliminary
hearing came before Judge Hen
erickson.
She was taken into custody
after a raid on her home when
she was alone The only evidence
found was n few pieces of litera-
ture.