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Evening star., 1934-11-02
Americas Greatest Need
Is a Sense of Discretion
To the Editor Of The Star:

To the Editor Of The Star:
1t is . paradox that, In spite of the
wealth Of America, not only the ma
tives, but even those who come from
other countries and imbibe the local
spirit, are so deficient In the faculty of
what Is called discretion" When 1t
is systematically infused into the psy-
chology of the Nation I feel certain
that legislators will have some intelli-
gent basis to work from to bring about
such orderly control in business, art
and industry As will eventually and
quickly result in . more normal, uni
versal employment or activity. With
out the help Of discretion, however. we
are apt to make . god or goddess of
. musical crank and . pauper Of q
scientifically trained tailor, by whose
services men and women are not only
dressed different than the savage but
they are given to enjoy an additional
sense of self-respect and dignity of
appearance. In countries where this
sense Of proportion, right valuations,
is not lost, there is very little unem-
ployment and crime. But if the whole
country is simultaneously hypnotized
in such vital matters. the work of the
reformer becomes q task Of q pioneer
and incidentally q deliverer, and for
sooth a martyr to popular incapacity
to recognize its own benefactors. Who
will help in this task? G. PHILIPS.
Evening star., 1934-11-02
The Phonograph.

Radio, it may seem to some, has
banished the phonograph. but Miss
Lucrezia Bori, interviewed yesterday
before her appearance with the Ma
tional Symphony Orchestra, thinks
otherwise. ''The phonograph," she
said, always will be valuable, because
through it we may have records of
great voices"
The shade of Thomas Edison must
have smiled with gratitude at the re-
mark. Perhaps nothing else that the
celebrated prima donna could have
suggested would have been greater
tribute to the machine invented by
the Wizard of Menlo Park "for repro
ducing sound by transmitting to the
air the mechanical vibrations of .
stylus in contact with a sinuous groove
in a moving cylinder or disk" Grant
ed that the genius who brought forth
the first rude gramophone in 1877
was a man handicapped by deafness
and therefore isolated from the charm
Of music, 1t nevertheless remains true
that to him the world owes the priv
ilege of hearing notable melody as it
has been played or sung by eminent
artists no longer present in the earthly
scene.
Edward Sheldon, in his famous play
Romance" foreshadowed Miss Boris
homage when in the last moment Of
the epilogue he used the phonograph
to recall the vanished voice Of his
colorful heroine. The arias for which
Evening star., 1934-11-02

the deaths from the "anemia," which
was the accepted name Of the SOURCE,
were 11,s75. In the years lso7-lsos,
after intensive laboratory studies and
treatments In such hospitals as could
be established with meager funds.
and . spreading campsign Of educa-
tion among the "jibaros," the the
peasants of the island are called, the
deaths were reduced to 1.753. In the
years 1s04-1sI1 of the 1000 people
treated in the island for the disease
only $40 died. This proof was ef-
fective. 1t had required 100000
visits to sufferers over the mountain
trails, . task of the greatest magni-
tude, out Of which developed the
foundation of the Rockefeller Sani-
tary Commission in the Southern
States of the mainland and of an
other commission in Puerto Rice,
which has since become the Institute
Of Tropical Medicine, an agency OF
benefit to the peoples Of
the islands and the continents of
the Western world. Now the work
Is fully organized and Is steadily re-
ducing the morbidity and the NOR
tality from the disease elements that
are indigenous to the soil Of the hot,
humid areas. To DR.. Bailey Ashford.
who literally gave his life to this
task, for his own death Is attributed
to the great fatigue which was the
price he paid for his researches and
administrative work, humanity owes
q debt Of gratitude that cannot be
compensated save in terms
Of the highest honors to q soldier
who enlisted in the battle for health
and life for millions Of people.
Evening star., 1934-11-02
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON

Unstung.
The bees to the hive have retired for
awhile.
No longer the blossoms invite with a
smile.
Their treasure is garnered, their song
has been sung.
I feel the assurance that I'll not be
stung.
Election will quiet a buzz that was
loud.
With promise of sweets for the hun
gering crowd.
Some hopes we'll relinquish to which
We have clung,
And those may be grateful who didn't
get stung.
The happiness which we deserve must
be made
From the pleasure we grasp and the
woes we evade
Well be glad when suspicion afar
may be flung
And no longer we fear that we're due
to be stung.
Evening star., 1934-11-02
Proof of Aviation's Progress
Seen in -Long-Distance Race

great airvays TO all parts of the world
Is found by the Philadelphia Evening
Bulletin, the Columbus Evening Dis
patch, the Denver Rocky Mountain
News and the Kansas City Times. The
San Antonio Evening News makes
some interesting comparisons: 1T Is
interesting to note the increase in
speeds recorded for long flights almost
month by month. Scott and Black
averaged 160 miles an hour, including
stops, and 1761a miles an hour while
flying. Wiley Post covered 1886
miles in the globe-girdling flight last
year. He averaged 134 miles an hour
and his voyage took 7 days, 1S hours,
so minutes. Capts. Maurice Rossi and
Paul Codos, who set O record for Q
straightaway nonstop flight in Au-
gust, 1888, hoped from New York to
Syria at 100 miles an hour. They
covered 5,653 miles and their achieve
ment has, not yet been surpassed.
Planes soon viii be designed to cruise
at $50 miles an hour for long Cis-
tances-perhaps 10000 mfles-on the
initial fuel and oil supplies
Evening star., 1934-11-02
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES Z. TRAcEWELL.

two can meet on the same plane. One
Of these Is food. All living things eat,
and all understand eating In another.
Thus the dog waters ut the mouth
when its master eats. The master
can feed his dog and take real satisfac-
ton In watching the fellow eat.
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Training to ready obedience Is an
other plane on which man can meet
dog.
Here an interchange Of intelligence
II necessary, that perhaps Ii why there
Is something so appealing about the
well trained dog.
Such . dog does not merely mind
slayishly, his mind has comprehended
another mind, in this case that Of q
creature in another category of life,
and delights in keeping step with that
mind. answering action to call.
This obedience Is the nearest the
dog will ever come to readin' and
'ritin' and 'rithmatic.
1t Is his higher education In Q curl
Gus world.
The master who exacts 1t Of his dog
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college he can attend.
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Every well trained dog. then, Is q
college trained man." in the canine
sense.
He has subjected his mind to good
training, has schooled himself in difi-
culties, kept down his stubborness at
the behest Of q higher power, has
arisen from the sheer animal into an
approach to supreme intelligence.
What more can any education do
for living creature?
The owner who approaches the
proper training of his pet from this
standpoint will realize that more than
few tricks are necessary, as pleasant
as these may be. Even shaking
hands" Is good training in teaching
obedience to commands, without which
no dog can be said to have been grad
uated, but Is still young barbarian
at play"
II obedience is essential for the dog.
to get 1t the owner must display good
qualities. too.
The first of these is patience, and
still more patience.
This Is all the more necessary for
the man or woman who Il not by
nature a born trainer. There are few
of these. as stated; the average human
being will not find training, either Of
self or others, easy, but will be helped
by conscious grasp Of the theory and
practice Of patience
The second essential Is determine
ton. Call 1t perseverance, II you want
to. Whatever one calls it, 1t Is the
same, and the need for 1t Is thorough
ly understood. especially with . stub
born dog.
The third need Is kindness.
The animal nature in the human
must never meet the animal nature of
the dog, but must substitute for 1t
that true kindness which does not
permit anger, ire, choler, impatience,
to enter in.
Then there Is a fourth quality, dim
cult to name, but comparatively easy
to describe, in that it Is simply the
ability to give praise when due, and
the bravery to give reproof when de-
served.
With man or beast, this Is a rare
quality, but in training the Cog it is the
true proof Of the pudding. Like obedi-
ence itself, 1t pleases the dog, sets him
up In his own esteem. and helps make
the world better place for him and
all concerned.
Evening star., 1934-11-02

Demonstration that airplanes are
nearing the stage for regularly sched-
uled long g-distance flights is seen by
many observers in the results of the
II, ,300-mile race from England to Aus
tralia. The great speed record made
BY the British winners, G. w. A. Scott
and Tom Campbell Black, hardly at
tracted more attention in this country
than the remarkable proof Of stability
given by the American-built plane
flown by the Dutch flyers. Parmentier
and Moll.
The courage, the physical strength
and the mental drive of the victorious
pair are awesome," thinks the Provi-
dence Bulletin, while the South Bend
Tribune, declaring that no one knows
the limits of aviation accomplishment,
observes that 'feats that are almost
commonplace today would have
seemed almost miraculous only 10
years ago." The Long Beach Press
Telegram comments: I'm winning the
race, Scott and Black maintained an
average speed of ITO miles an hour,
which in itself is . grueling test on
the planes motor that bespeaks won
ders for mans ingenuity in construct
ing durable machines. That an en-
gine can be made which will with
stand such terrific strain at such speed
for more than II hours seems almost
. miracle" ..-
"A competition of this sort, accord
ing to the New York Sun, rs demon
stratahly superior to q stunt fight, as
. test of the advances made in avia-
ton and of the Improvements needed"
The Buffalo Evening News declares
that British boundaries shrink as
pilots like Scott and Black annihilate
time and space" and the Richmond
News Leader concludes: IF the next
10 years witness such strides ~ have
been made since the first Australia
to-England air journey. then, even
here in America, we shall have to stop
talking of our impregnable security
and our fortunate isolation"
"The world has become used to
hearing Of great speed in flight" says
the Indianapolis News, "but it still
seems incredible that . journey so
long and over q course SC dlficut
could have been made in the elapsed
time ut 160 miles an hour, while the
flying speed was about l76.5 miles
an hour"
TT is notable" In the opinion Of
the Chattanooga Times, that the
competing planes were of commercial
type and had to conform to The usual
commercial safety regulations. There
was none OF the overlooking with fuel
to eliminate stops that has charac-
terised 80 many distance flights. A
number Of the pilots, including the
Americans, had never been over the
course before. The. race was thus TO
mere stunt. It really was q good test
Of the present condition Of commercial
aviation"
"Those interested in the progress of
commercial aviation" states the
Lynchhurg (va.) Advance. will give
more serious thought to the demen-
stration of the Dutch flyers than to
the winners Of the race. And Incl
dentally, the American-built plane
and the American-built engine used
BY Parmentier and Mon will merit the
confederation Of companies establish
ing new air lines or adding equipment
to routes already established" Value
Of the American contribution is en-
phasizcd also BY the New York Herald
Tribune, the Des Moines Tribune, the
Canton (Ohio) Repository and the
Syracuse Herald.
encouragement for the planning 6f
Evening star., 1934-11-02
Study Lighting Economies.

from the 010C0n lGleBT1Qn.
The Governments Department Of
Commerce is studying how to get more
electric light without increasing watt
age. 1t Is considered necessary to
study this question because of the
great expense the Government has for
airline beacons.
1t has been discovered up to this
time that by o simple plan Of captur-
ing the STRAY light and throwing it
back into the lamp q IS per cent
saving can be accomplished. Amirror
back Of the lamp catches the light and
concentrates 1t, thus increasing the
intensity. A little auxiliary reflector
does the trick, according to . state
ment given out by Rex Martin, o.
sistant director of air commerce. This
reflector plus . plain cover glass
instead of the kind formerly used will
increase the candlepower threefold, 1t
is reported.
The story goes to illustrate the con-
tention in Washington that science
has much to learn about the uses Of
electric power, and the utilitarian
advances have far outstripped the
economics. In the promulgation Of
theories about how to hring electric
appliances and convenieces to the
people Of small means the hint has
been made that electricity can become
the cheapest Of al utilities.
Evening star., 1934-11-02

Woodrow Wilson, It may be a couple
OF days before the country knows
whether Upton Sinclair has been
elected or defeated. Early returns may
show how the wind is blowing, but
owing to the three hours difference In
time the East will have to 60 to bed
Tuesday night without knowing exactly
what happened to the Epic candidate
Advocates of Government lotteries
predict that the million dollars-odd
of Irish Sweepstakes money about to
be distributed to some 1000 Amer
ican winners will boost the lottery
movement in the. United States. II
reelected, Representative Kenney.
Democrat, of New Jersey, who Is cru
sading for q Federal lottery, will have
much to say about the Irish sweeps
when he resumes the fight for his
bill in the incoming Congress. He
will argue that If lotteries were legal
lied over here vast sums now invested
abroad by speculatively inclined
Americans would stay at home, with
incidental rich profits for the Treas
ury.
President Roosevelt is religiously
refraining from comment on the
Anglo o-American-Japan naval con-
versatons in London, though he is,
of course, in unbroken touch with
them. Ambassador Davis is in con-
slant contact with Washington by
cable and telephone, but neither the
White House nor the State Depart
ment Is divulging the nature of his
communications or the administra-
uon's reaction to the deadlock that
has arisen. When Mr.. Davis and Ad-
miral Standley left Washington the
understanding was that they would
do all the talking for publication that
was deemed advisable. F. D. RS
views about adequate American sea
power are known to everybody. He
is 100 per cent for it. As to Japan,
the President shortly after his elec-
tion indicated his approval OF the
Hoover-Stimson doctrine of non-rec-
ognition of Manchoukuo by observing
that faithful adherence to treaties Is
s>>~ SSAASk Va AAoeA0AAoA
relations.
T.
Soon well be negotiating q recipro-
cal tariff treaty with Switzerland.
Once prosperous Swiss-American
trade, like our foreign trade generally,
has undergone q severe slump. In
1929 Switzerland sold US $13, SOC, 900
worth Of watches and watch parts. In
1888 the total fell to 81 SOC, 900. Sales
Of Swiss cheese over here dropped
from $6,050,000 in 1929 to $2,44O, 900
in 1888. Excellent Swiss" cheese, by
the way, is now manufactured In the
United States, and is even said to be
exported to the Alpine land. Swiss
purchases in America have also
heavily decreased, especially automo-
biles. In 1929 William Tells people
bought $46,l73, 900 worth Of our stun,
and In 1888 only $17,425, 900.
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Thirty-two is Franklin Delano
Roosevelt's number, all right. He was
elected thirty-second President Of the
United States In 1892.
(Copyright. 1934.l
Evening star., 1934-11-02

Permitting dog to 60 without
training is q great deal easier than
training 1t properly.
The unframed dog which will not
answer to its masters call except
when it wants to u no new thing In
the world.
No doubt for many centuries after
primitive man undertook to tame the
wolf-like creatures which yet were not
wolves he found these animals obeyed
him only upon occasion.
This occasion was mostly at feeding
time.
Hence arose the slogan, undoubtedly
thousands Of years old, THE way to
. dogs heart Is through his stomach. !"
1t u comparatively easy to make the
dog obey when it is hungry. often not
so easy when the fellow Is out for q
run.
Then the wild in his nature asserts
itself and he sniffs the air with wide
snufnngs, his ears held erect, his eyes
cleaning.
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Training of such pet Is not some
thing that comes natural to most
people. There are but few natural
born animal trainers. With the aver
age person dog training Is q task-a
task which Is based upon intellectual
appreciation Of the necessity for i'm
plicit obedience. especially in 4 city
dog.
1t must never be forgotten that few
dogs have any real place in q city.
Even the smallest breeds mostly do
not get enough exercise in city streets.
Owing to the vast increase in trafIic
during recent years, coupled with the
swiftness thereof, creating q situation
really beyond the comprehension of
most four-legged animals, city thor
oughfares are not good places for any
Of the SO breeds recognized by the
American Kennel Club, nor for the
several other breeds not SO recognized,
but whose members are often remark
ably nice creatures, after all.
Permitting dogs the run Of the
streets in the suburbs is dangerous
business nowadays. although some
dogs manage to get along very well.
Out our way there is an old setter
which has been at large for many years.
1t is really instructive to watch him
cross the avenue. He threads his way
between cars in an uncanny manner
and never seems to be in the slightest
danger, nor to feel any fear at the
whizzing vehicles.
While many dogs are thus permitted
to run at large, there are scores of
ether fine fellows whose owners rather
fear the possibilities of accidents, in
cluding fights with other dogs.
Hence it is the custom of these per-
sons to take their charges out for an
airing once or twice day. It is this
type Of owner particularly who needs a
weh trained dog, one which will an
swer readily to the call or whistle.
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Obedience in a dog is not just for
the owner, or for the benef1t of pass
ers-by, but most of all for the dog.
There is nothing good dog likes
better than the feeling of happiness
which comes over him when he has
met the approval of his master.
And there is no way he can meet the
approval of a good master quite so
well rs by explicit obedience to COM
mands, whether the owner Is willing
to admit this or not. 1t means that
there is a rapprochement between the
two that can be secured in no other
way.
A four-legged animal is not q hu-
man being, after all, and usually
there are but few ways in which the
Evening star., 1934-11-02
The Depression Cannot
Be Blamed on Hoover
To the Editor Of The Star:

To the Editor Of The Star:
President Roosevelt once stated that
the Government employees were better
OF, as q group, than most others in
the United States. Bearing this in
mind, it Is significant that the Gov
ernment employees still have an income
less than they had In the very worst
days of the Hoover depression. II
Government employees are better OF
than most, then the entire country is
very much worse of than it was at
the height Cor depth) Of the Hoover
depression. And President Roosevelt
has just stated that, in effect, we shall
not come up to the Hoover depression
level until July Of this year.
The depression Of 1932-34 cannot
be blamed on President Hoover.
JOHN PHELPS,
Evening star., 1934-11-02
A Tantalizing Situation.

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From the Cincinnati Times-star.
The vast and steadily Increasing
reservoir of money lying idle In the
banks of the country Ii becoming one
of the major economic problems of the
times.
"Since the first of the year." says an
article in Barron's Weekly, "the de-
mand deposits Of New York City banks
have increased $l,165 ,000.0 900. by far
the most rapid expansion In available
bank credit which has ever taken place,
except during the temporary cmer-
gency Of the stock market panic Of
1929. Yet, despite this enormous ad.
vance in available bank credit, the
total loans and investments Of these
same banks have increased only $411,-
000, 900, all Of which has been due to
q $613 ,000, 900 rise in holdings Of Gov
ernment securities. The private loans
and investments made by these banks
have actually declined 500, ,000, 900
since the first Of the year."
It Is q tantalizing situation-billions
of private capital, ample. to finance
a handsome recovery, in the United
States, awaiting only q signal to begin
its constructive work. There is plenty
of money, and the banks are more
than willing to get It into useful cir.
culation. There is only one thing
lacking, and that is sound borrowers.
The Federal Reserve banks and the
r. F. c. have attempted to get the
ball Of credit expansion rolling BY
lending directly to industry, but the
same difficulty has faced them.
Answer to the riddle has been seen
for some time by bankers and .busi.
ness men In general. Business and
industry viii not build for the future
until the haze Of uncertainty and con-
fusion which hangs over that future
has somewhat cleared. Fortunately,
arguments from that quarter, backed
by the cold figures of steadily declining
business and steadily mounting relief
burden. seem now for the first time
10 have forced themselves upon the
somewhat reluctant ears Of o REFORM
minded administration. Warrington
can release the idle funds which are
clogging the banks and stopping recov-
cry BY ? sincere attack upon the pre-
vailing lack of confidence. That win
mean the end of some of the reform.
ers' pet schemes. Also, 1t will mean
the breakup Of an economic log jam.