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Evening star., 1934-05-25
Cites Gasoline Tax in
Answer to NOn.Parkers

To the Editor Of The Star:
As Mr.. Halle brought out in his
letter published Tuesday, no reason
able argument against all-night park
ing has as yet been advanced. How
ever, it is up to us who favor the
continuance of the status quo" to be
as vociferous in advancing our side Of
the controversy as are our opponents
in advancing theirs; otherwise our
silence might be taken as an admis-
sion of defeat and a readiness to sub
init to this unholy real estate swindle.
As for Mr.. Morrison's letter: Is it
possible that there lives in Washing
ton a motor car owner, and an ap-
parently otherwise well-educated man,
capable of writing a mastery, If
specious, argument favoring the i'm
position of this iniquity, who has
never heard of the gasoline tax, and
who does not know that the proceeds
thereof are required by statute to be
devoted exclusively to street improve
ment and maintenance? Who does
not know that every person living in
a community contributes to its sup
port according to his means, either
directly through payment Of real
estate and other taxes, or indirectly
when he pays his rent and when he
buys his loaf of bread? Who cannot
see that these contributions entitle
him to the rights and privileges Of a
citizen, including the right to use
such public property as he finds it
convenient to use, when such use does
not conflict too violently with the
rights and privileges of others?
Non-owners of real estate-nay,
even impecunious Government clerks
are no tinterlopers and trespassers, as
Mr.. Morrison would have us believe.
but are part and parcel Of the COM
munity. D. e. CONWELL.
Evening star., 1934-05-25
Brand Whitlock.

It is difficult to part with Brand
Whitlock. He was one of the men
who are good to know. His gifts OF
personal charm and courtesy tran
scended his talents in literature and
were the foundation of his success in
diplomacy. Gentle manners were the
natural expression of his knightly
and generous spirit. and they en-
deared him to all with whom he came
into contact-humble people loved
him and great people were frankly
proud of his acquaintance.
When Americans think of Belgium
in the maelstrom of the World War
they will remember his name with
those of Albert and Mercier. The
King, the Cardinal and he consti-
tuted a trio whose function, prov
identially, it was to reassert humane
ideals in the face of heathen doc
trine Of selfish expediency. The white
light of fame beat upon them the
while they challenged rampant Metz
schianism, and their celebrity was
promoted rather than impaired by
the moderation of their methods, the
chivalrous modesty Of their conduct
of themselves through the ordeal
Evening star., 1934-05-25

no way Of determining which con-
victs are still incarcerated and which
are free. He further asserted that if
the Parole Board tried to assemble
all of the paroled convicts at a cer-
tain spot at specified time not more
than twelve per cent would show up,
This is an Illustration Of the loose
ness with which the parole privilege
Is granted to those who break the
laws and are convicted of their Of
fenses. 1t is well established that a
very large percentage Of those pa
rolled, throughout the country, betray
the clemency granted to them and
instead of leading honest lives there
after again ''go wrong" and prey upon
the community. The case of Bar
row. just slain by the police in
Louisiana after release from prison
of which he took advantage to resume
his career of crime, is not exceptional,
but typical.
Recently it was demonstrated by
statistics that the average period of
imprisonment for those sentenced for
life for major crimes in one Of the
largest States was only ten years,
owing to the grant Of pardons and
paroles. What with time off for
good behavior"-which merely means
observance Of prison rules, which
should be taken for granted-the
usual actual period of imprisonment
Is reduced by fully one-third. To go
back to the beginning of the process,
1t Is a commonplace of experience
that the majority of those indicted
for serious offenses are never con-
Vlcted, the accused having decidedly
the advantage of the community in
consequence of delays and technicali-
ties and the maneuvers of adroit
counsel.
At the present rate of crime prev
alence in this country, an irresistible
demand is likely to be made in every
State for the abolition of the parole
and the strict limitation of the par
doning power.
Evening star., 1934-05-25
Presidents Home Loan Plans
Acclaimed by Many Editors

times from $4,000 ,O00, 900 to 10000
100000 a year However, the pro-
posed system is in the field of untried
experiments, and its execution alone
will afford basis of judgment"
Anything within reason which
could get construction going would be
a prime mover of the first order"
AYERS the San Francisco Chronicle,
with the added comment that, las in
other cases in which one new deal
plan coppers another, this home
building project has to pull against
the cost-lifting effect of N. r. A
The lasting success of the ven
ture," according to the Buffalo Eve
ming News, will depend on whether,
with a real estate mortgage debt in
the United States at present of S43,-
600,000,000 this debt can soundly be
increased by further aids. Unless
building and loan associations, and
mortgage companies, have not been
allowing sufficient credit or sufficient
advances to home owners and build
ers. it would seem that added loans
now will only Jeopardize later pay
ments unless those who must make
them have their salaries and incomes
increased in the course of a normal
business recovery"
Evening star., 1934-05-25
Give All Car Owners Six
Months to Find Garages

To the Editor of The Star:
The finest article ever published
in your editorial columns on traffic
or parking conditions here was signed
S. r. Candano. I believe, as thou
sands of other taxpayers do, that
those that can't afford 25 cents a
day for storage for their car and a
few pennies for insurance are
great" menace to this city.
Mr. W. B. Halle, who makes such
a fuss about this 25 cents a day for
car for storage, lives in an area
where parking space is plentiful, but
in Georgetown and nearer the city
one can never get near his home.
This all-night parking problem
should not be left up to the people
but to the traffic director, who has
authority to put up signs and lights
all over the city by the hundreds.
Then why doesn't he go ahead and
give orders that the people who own
cars provide spaces for them within
six months.
AUGUST A. DULLING.
Evening star., 1934-05-25
The Evil of the Parole System.

Further testimony to the evil and
menace of the parole and pardon
practice in this country is given
through a statement just made by
Police Commissioner John F. Organ
of New York. He said that seven
paroled convicts have been convicted
of some form of homicide since April
10, 1888, eight others are awaiting
trial for murder or homicide and
more than 450 persons on parole
have been arrested since that date.
This was all in New York City. Dur
ing that period, the commissioner
added, not one report from the State
Parole Commission had been received
at his office and the department has
Evening star., 1934-05-25
They did their duty with a grace and

They did their duty with grace and
wore their laurels unpresumingly.
And now, twenty years after the
debacle, they are reunited in the rest
which men who have bravely toiled
for peace are believed to merit as a
fit reward.
The development of Mr.. Whitlock's S
career differed but slightly from that
of many another eminent American.
He came Of what may be described
as average stock and received the or
dinary type of education. His most
effective and useful training he &C
quired in journalism. When he was
appointed to represent the United
States at Brussels he had an honor
able reputation as a reform" politi-
cian-he had been mayor Of Toledo
for four terms and had been active
in the liberal wing Of the Democratic
party in Ohio. President Wilson
named him to Belgium because it was
understood that he would appreciate
a quiet post which would afford him
leisure for writing. Fate laughed at
the notion of such a sinecure and
dealt him, instead, the cards Of con-
f1ict and turmoil. Eut he was equal
to his destiny, rose uncomplainingly
to meet its demands and emerced from
the cataclysm a world figure-not
made by the war, but simply disclosed
by it.
His place in the chronicle Of the
age is secure. When future genera
tions read the annals of Armageddon
they will salute his memory with re-
spect and gratitude-if only for the
dramatic story of that one feverish
night when he appealed in vain to
Pruss:an officialdom in behalf of Edith
Cavell.
Evening star., 1934-05-25
Wild Emotions Are the
Greatest Peril of All
To the Editor of The Star:

10 the EDITOR OF Inc Star:
In a recent issue of The Star let
ters appeared, one denouncing the
foreign-speaking immigrant, one de-
manding that all teachers be required
to take an oath of allegiance to the
United States and another seriously
advocating that so-called criminals be
branded with hot irons
Foreigners who cling to their native
tongue do so because of the ease of
their language and the difficulty of a
new one. Are We to forget that Amer
leans are the last people in the world
| to learn foreign tongue and are we
to punish the old and the feeble be-
cause they are not more ambitious
than We?
Teachers of intelligence would
strenuouSly object to taking an oath
because it would be bad taste to de-
mand it and mere patriotic delusion
to expect any result from it. Are We
to forget that teachers are already
nauseated with the cheap patriotic
bunk and moral clap-trap that sur
rounds them, and are we to subject
them to abuse because We have them
at disadvantage?
The so-called criminals would nc
more be deferred by branding than
they are now by numerous penal in
stitutions and electric chairs. Are We
to cast away our constitutional pro-
visions about cruel and unusual pun
ishments and go back to an era of
ugly cruelty, and are we to follow the
| mouthings of moralizers and ignore
the plain lessons of science?
With all respect to the contributors
of the rather startling ideas. 1 must
say they clearly illustrate the great
peril that threatens not only us, but
all civilized peoples. Our real dan
gers are not from the immigrant, the
radical or the so-called criminal. for
the tides Of human affairs control
| them as they do all other things
ephemeral. Our most pressing dan
ger is from that awful state where
the mind is under the domination OF
wild emotions. Sane men everywhere
are pressed hard by these reversions
to the cruel past and the burden is
heavy upon those who would hold
fast to sanity and civilization.
HAROLD MELDER DUNN.
Evening star., 1934-05-25

A chorus of editorial welcome greets
President Roosevelt's new home-loan
project, though some cautious observ-
ers raise questions as to its practica-
bility. and agree with the Newark
Evening News in the opinion that the
proposed system 'is in the field OF un-
tried experiments and its execution
alone will afford basis of judgment. y
This isn't make work scheme or
a relief proposition, says the Roanoke
World-News, though it has all the
advantages of both. 1t is a Soundly
conceived and well-hnanced proposal" :"
The Wichita Beacon sees in it "a
step toward a goal, the attainment OF
which will make secure the institution
on which the Republic was built" :"
The Danbury News Times lauds the
influence of expert advisers in the
making of the arrangement that is
advocated by the administration The
st. Louis Post Dispatch feels that 1t
"holds enormous promise for stimula-
ton of all fields in the movement to
recovery" and the Omaha World
Herald declares that it meets great
need" The McKeesport Daily News
states that "there is no reason why
the program should not be success
from every angle"
IF the greatest good to the greatest
number is the criterion of govern
mental acts, this plan to promote
building is worthy" in the opinion OF
the Long Beach (Calif) PreSs-Tele-
gram. The Kansas City Times AYERS
that 1.-The program Is inviting, and
seems certain to receive the thorough
study it should have before adoption"
The Jersey City Journal suggests that
the President must be aware OF the
big push that could be given the build
ing industry if there were really some
thing important done about public
low-rental housing in multiple family
dwellings for the cities" The Mar
shalltown Uowa) Times-Republican
urges: Bring us back in home con-
struction to the average from 1921 to
1880 and the depression will be
whipped to a standstill."
Home building and home improve
ment," observes the San Antonio Ex-
press, "offer a field in which idle capi-
tai might be put to work with vast
benefit to humanity. A present diff
Guilty is that the average investor is
not a philanthropiSt. The Fletcher
StegaIl bill would make such an in
vestment safe by putting a Govern
ment guarantee behind 1t. The H. 0.
L. c. sought a like objective, but the
money released by iquidating mort
cages did not go into new building.
The pending legislation would declare
homes to be what they are In fact, a
sound investment"
Reviewing the plan, the Fort Worth
Star Telegram says that there are
points which cannot be covered by
generalities," such as the treatment
of homes which "have been pur-
chased on a 'shoestring'" and re-
duction of earning capacity Of own
ers. That paper concludes, however,
IF the Presidents plan will rescue
American homes it will be the most
valuable psychology yet to enter the
relief program. The involved finances
will be another story" The Newark
Evening News voices the judgment:
THE possibilities are great when 1t
is considered that volume of con-
struction business has ranged in good
Evening star., 1934-05-25
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

Department to issue a special Farley
stamp. perhaps in token of Big Jim's
invincibility in the realm of patronage.
Representative Mary T. Norton,
Democrat, of New Jersey, chairman
of the House Committee on District
of Columbia Affairs, has Just had an
other Craftsmanship wished upon her.
She has been named to head the
Jersey Democratic State Committee,
which is charged with the duty of
electing a Democratic United States
Senator and Governor in November
and the lions share of IA seats in the
House of Representatives. At pres
ent, with both Senators and 10 Rep
resentatives who are Republicans, the
Jersey delegation is heavily G. o. P.
Boss Hague says the State will go
Democratic by 100000 this year on
the Roosevelt issue. 1t Is largely up
to Mrs. Norton to see that this rosy
dream comes true.
Word is wig -wagged from the
United States Fleet, as it heads to-
ward New York for review by Presi-
dent Roosevelt next week, that the
men of the armada are all set to show
that Paul Cadmus' now celebrated,
but bitterly resented, masterpiece,
"The Fleets In," is sheer fiction. The
gobs are determined while ashore on
the sad, bad, glad Island of Manhat-
tan to be on such good behavior that
all the world will know that the c.
w. A. painting done 'em wrong.
X X 4
Jay N. Darling (Cartoonist Ding"
to the world at large, in his new
capacity as chief of the Biological Sur
vey, Is the official custodian of all the
wild ducks and geese within the terri
tories of the United States. Pointing
out that "ducks and geese can't lay
eggs on a picket fence" he is now de-
manding that 100000 acres of
drained land be permitted to revert to
marshes and swamps, in order once
more to furnish feeding and nesting
grounds for migratory waterfowl. In
former times various areas were ac-
quired for these purposes, mostly in
the Gulf States. They were set aside
as bird sanctuaries and closed to
hunters and treSpassers.
4 X X X
DR.. T. L. Yuan, director of the Ma
tionaI Library at Peiping, China's
Library Of Congress-" is touring the
United States in the interest of foster
ing intellectual contacts between
American and Chinese libraries, uni
versities and other educational insti-
tutions This week DR.. Yuan was the
guest of Bishop James H. Ryan, rec
tor, and DR.. Herbert Wright, professor
Of international law, at Catholic Uni
versity, and addressed the student
body. At the invitation of DR.. Herbert
Putnam, librarian of Congress, Dr.
Yuan is making his headquarters at
the Congressional Librarys while in
Washington.
(copyright, 1934)
Evening star., 1934-05-25
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Come Back.

Come Back.
The noise of quarrel smote the ear
The epithets were most severe.
We thought those men were both SO
veXed
They'd surely fight a duel next.
But then they smiled and both shook
hands.
Now, everybody understands,
Each speech that cruel seem to be
Was a new style of repartee.
No phrases now they seek to teach
With lofty thought and formal speech
Even in trade we hear the word
Discourteous over debts deferred.
A sense of humor, we're advised,
May ease a mind in wrath surprised
What cruel seemed, we may agree,
Was only meant for repartee.
Evening star., 1934-05-25

1t is almost exactly 10 years ago
this week that Congress enacted the
immigration law excluding Japanese
from the United States and planting
an enduring thorn in Nippon'S side.
Word has just reached Washington
that Brazil is now considering an en-
barge on Japanese immigration similar
to the American law. A bill to that
end is pending before the Rio de
Janeiro Parliament. 1t springs from
the same reasons that led to exclu-
sion legislation in this country-an
influx of Japanese cheap labor that
produced competitive conditions detri-
mental to domestic workers. Large
scale Japanese immigration to South
America set in soon after enactment
of the United States exclusion law.
1t is eStin ated that between 100 600
and $50, 900 japanese have settled in
Brazil. Southern Chile, because of
attractive climatic conditions, is said
to be the next South American area
to which Japanese emigrants will
direct their steps.
* Il
This is he season when colleges
and univers tiles throughout the coun-
try shower honorary degrees upon
eminent national figures. Notre Dame
will confer an LII. D. during the first
week in June upon Secretary of State
Cordell Hull. Another outstanding new
dealer, Frank C. Walker, executive di-
rector of the National Emergency Coun-
Gil, Notre Dame '09, will be similarly
honored and deliver the commence
ment address Secretary Hull Is not
planning to speak at Notre Dame. An
LII. D. will also be given to the apos-
tolic delegate at Washington the Most
Rev. Amleto Giovanni Cicognai, D. D.
x x
Stephen Raushenbush, investigator
for the Nye Senate Committee, which
is about to tackle the armaments in
dustry, formerly served Gov. Pinchot
of Pennsylvania, as director OF his
State Bureau of Industrial Relations.
He quit that job a year ago to head
the Pennsylvania Security League.
which is concerned with old-age PEN
sions, workmen's compensation and
other legislation for the benefit of
labor. Mr.. Raushenbush, described as
a "38-year- r-old liberal" is a native
of Rochester, N. Y, was graduated at
Amherst in 1917, and served in France
with the Army Ambulance Corps. A
specialist in economic research, his
activities have included studies of the
anthracite industry and public utili-
ties His reports on utilities set forth
many of the abuses later exposed by
the Federal Trade Commission. Sem
ator Nye is convinced that Raushen-
bush will turn out to be another
Pecora.
X X X
Senator Joe Robinson of Arkansas
entertained at luncheon recently in
the Senate majority leaders rooms
at the Capitol, when the piece de
resistance was squirrel, succulently
prepared in hunters style. To most
of the guests squirrel was a novelty,
but the Southerners present assured
Northern tenderfeet that it is popu-
lar delicacy in Dixie. Squirrels for
eating purposes are shot as game, not
trapped. The supply served by Sen
ator Robinson was the gift of South
ern friends, so he was at pains to ex-
plain that it hadn't come from the
fur-bearing brood that scampers so
picturesquely around the White House
grounds.
X X u X
A wag suggests that the only way
fo ssIick EorIex,V is fnr fla Post Office
Evening star., 1934-05-25
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

@. Who coached the Centre Col
lege foot ball team the year 1t beat
Harvard?-L. p.
A. 1t was coached by Charles B.
Moran in 1921, when it beat Harvard
by a score of 6 to o. He is widely
known as a National League umpire,
usually referred to as Uncle Charlie
Moran.
Q. What were the twelve points
covered in legislative program sug-
gested to Congress by the Department
OF Justice?-W. S.
A. The program deals with rack
eteering, transporting stolen property
in interstate commerce, provisions
strengthening the kidnapping statute,
fleeing from one State to another to
avoid prosecution, burglarizing ma
tional banks, killing or asSaulting a
Federal officer when on duty, par
ticipation in a riot or escape at any
Federal penal institution, the impor-
tation, manufacture or sale of ma
chine guns and concealable firearms
and matters Of procedure and au-
thority.
@. Do the same people use your
information bureau repeatedly?-I. T.
A. While thousands of people are
new users of the bureau each year,
some correspondents have been using
it since the year that it came into
existence. Queries from old and new
friends are equally welcome Address
your letter to this newspapers Infor-
nation Bureau, Frederic j. Haskin,
Director. Washington. D. c., inclosing
coin or stamp for reply.
@. What was the name of Whis-
tiers mother?-B. C.
A. Her maiden name was Anna
Matilda McNeill.
@. What has become of the Le-
viathan?-W. r. T.
A. She is being reconditioned for
return in June to transatlantic serV-
ice.
@. Please give a biography of Con-
stance Cummings.-W. S.
A Born in Seattle, Constance Hal
verstadt was the daughter of a lawyer
and a concert soprano. At eighteen
she came to New York with her
mother and got a chorus job in the
First Little Show" Later, while un-
derstudying the lead in June Moon, -
film scouts selected her to go Holly
wood. She has played in Criminal
Code" Attorney for the Defense, ="
Movie Crazy" Washington Merry
Go-Round" and Glamour" Miss
Cummings is married to Benn w.
Levy, English playwright.
Q. What Government agency has
the most employes?-H. K.
A. The Post Office Department
leads in personnel, with total of
267,198.
@. If Chinese and japanese cannot
come to the United States to live, why
are there so many in Hawaii, which
is United States territory?-R. c.
A. There were great numbers Of
Chinese and Japanese already in the
Hawaiian ISLANDS at the time these
Islands became the territory OF the
United States.
@. When white is worn as
mourning color may tan stockings be
worn?-J. NJ P.
A. The entire costume should be
white.
@. What is the significance of
three stars or five stars on bottle
of iquor?-M. McA.
A. Years ago the number Of stars
on a label was a direct indication of
the age of the brandy. This prac-
tice, however, has now fallen into
disuse, and the three stars on a GER
tain cognac brandy, for example.
mean that it is of a certain grade
and of an average age of at least
seven years.
@. When was the New York Clear
ing House established?-W. H. P.
A. In 1858. 1t clears the immense
EXCHANGES of Greater New York
Evening star., 1934-05-25
Too Cold for Eden.
rom the Shreveport Journal.

From the Shreveport Journal.
Some fossil bones having been found
up In Minnesota, certain of the ma
tives are claiming their State was the
site for the original Garden of Eden.
But they'll have to furnish further
proof. Overcoats made of fig leaves
never would have sufficed for Mime
sofa Winter wear.
Evening star., 1934-05-25
Sea W andering.
From the Kansas City Star

From the Kansas City Star.
Unless there is some special rule
covering the play, we should not vote
to give the National Geographic ex-
ploration award to the pilot Of the
Olympic for running down the Nam
tucket lightship. It's too much like
playing out of bounds.
Evening star., 1934-05-25

The much-discussed picture, "The
Fleets In" has given offense to many
who resent the suggestion of side
walks of New York as scenes of unre-
strained gayety instead of night clubs.
Evening star., 1934-05-25

Uncle Sam has been relieved of
large sums of money, but geographical
obstacles were such as to prevent the
case from being a complete example
Of kidnapping.