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Evening star., 1934-03-13
Proposes a Project to
Improve Public Transit

To the Editor of The Star:
The transit problems Of Washington
will obviously become worse. the tax
payers who ride the trolley cars more
and more detected and, the traction
company officials more perplexed.
1t is believed by the writer that
solutions Of the problem should be
presented rather than mere idle COM
plants. In the spirit of cooperation
and the desire to see all concerned
advance forward at a more rapid
pace. we present possible solution
which is believed worthy of con-
sideration.
A double track subway should be
built in the form of a circle to have
the following route beneath the fol-
lowing streets: Connecticut avenue to
Florida avenue, Florida avenue to
Eighth street northeast, Eighth street
northeast to East Capitol, East
Capitol to the Capitol Building,
Capitol Building to Pennsylvania
avenue, Pennsylvania avenue to La
fayette Square and then to Connec-
ticut avenue.
the service may be had in either
direction around the circle unless by
experience 1t IS discovered that the
inner track should be express and
run in the same direction as the
cars upon the outer track.
Stations should be placed at the
street intersections where transfer
can be made with the overhead
trolley car and bus lines. The fol-
lowing stations are suggested, how
ever; Lafayette Square, Du Pont
Circle, Florida and Connecticut ave-
nue., Meridian Hill Park for transfer
to Sixteenth street busses and also
Fourteenth street car line, Seventh
street and Florida avenue, TruXton
Circle, Eighth and H streets north
east, East Capitol and Eighth street
Evening star., 1934-03-13
Sees Good in Publication
OF Corporation Salaries

To the Editor OF The Star:
The administration, for which
hold no brief, has been severely cri-
ticized in certain quarters recently for
authorizing publication Of the salaries
and bonuses paid to officers OF cor
porations. The following is submitted
as a suggestion that there are, per-
haps, two sides to the question, and
that probably more good than evil
will come Of it:
ANY one who has ever owned the
stock OF q corporation knows that the
stockholders, much less the public,
are never given any information OF
value concerning the condition and
activities of the company. In fact,
corporations in this country are con-
Quoted upon the principle that minor
ity stockholders have no rights that
must be respected.
For example, there was a certain
corporation that was paying the
chairman of its board Of directors con-
siderably over a million dollars year
in salary and bonus. The salary was
not unreasonable, but the bonus was
SO unconscionable that to conceal it
from the stockholders it was charged
to operating expenses. Then again
the president of a certain tobacco
company was being paid over a mil
lion six hundred thousand dollars a
year in salary and bonuses. Abnormal
salaries and bonuses are also paid to
other officers OF these companies.
Is this fair to the stockholders or
to the employees, who in many cases
work for starvation wages, or to the
public, which has to pay these huge
salaries and bonuses in the increased
costs to them Of the products of
these concerns?
I am indirectly interested in a
farm that produces the finest Gig
arctic tobacco in the world. For the
past several years the tobacco raised
on this farm has been selling at an
average of from S to Z cents below
the costs of production, resulting in
the tenants becoming practically
Serfs Of the tobacco barons, and run
ming the owner Of the farm deeper
into debt each year.
There is a limit to the price the
manufacturer can get for his cigar
cites, and to enable the company to
pay these enormous salaries and
bonuses it is necessary for the COM
pany, in cooperation with other to-
bacco companies, to thus levy tribute
upon the helpless farmer and prac-
tically conflscate his crop year after
year
While the writer believes the la
borer is worthy of his hire. he cannot
believe that any services rendered by
these men justify the salaries and
bonuses paid them, especially when
it is taken from the pockets of the
producers as indicated, and makes
of the farmer practically a serf and
laborer for the benefit of the tobacco
monopolies. The sociological results
of such a situation are deplorable,
and will in the long run bring about
disastrous political and social roper
cussions in our country
1t is believed that the publication
Of these tremendous salaries and
bonuses will have a most wholesome
effect and bring about much needed
reforms by showing the stockholders
Of corporations where their money
goes and why. In many cases, they
get no dividends; and by explaining
to the farmers, who are really the
backbone of the country. the reasons
why their produce sells below the
cost of production.
ALEXANDER SIDNEY LANIER.
Evening star., 1934-03-13
Another View of
Airmail Casualties
ro+h. Editor of The Star:

To the Editor Of The Star:
It is certainly shocking that SO
many Army flyers should sacrifice
their lives for such a paltry cause as
delivering mail few hours or even
days sooner.
But in all this indignation, has any
one thought how many lives would
have been or have been sacrificed by
the commercial companies. We used
to read in the papers, before the air
mail controversy came up, that airmen
were required to take out their planes
no matter what the weather, and no
matter if the planes were unfit. But
it was all for the great principle OF
private initiative. so it was all right.
No complaint. If the flyers did not
like it they could quit.
Who gets the benefit OF this vaunted
aviation industry fostered by the Post
Office Department. Not the flyers.
Not the inventors, as Senator Black
points out. But the corporation or
ganizers, the stock manipulators, the
grabbers, the great exemplars of rug
ged individualism.
That class of people do not care
about Marines lives either, when it
comes to enforcing their financial
rights in foreign countries.
WILLIAM G. LEE.
Evening star., 1934-03-13
Dictatorship in Spain /?

After the recent upheavals in
France and Austria, Spain bounds
into the ever-restless European pic
ture as another land of turmoil, from
which drastic political changes may
emerge. Madrid and many provin-
cial centers have been in the throes
of strikes for the past fortnight, fol-
lowing an acute cabinet crisis at the
end of February and bitter tension
between the country's Right and Left
forces. The government of Premier
Alexandra Lerroux finds itself as
sailed on the one hand by the Catho-
lie Conservatives. who are the largest
party in the Cortes, though unrepre-
sented in the cabinet. and, on the
other, by the Socialists, who, with
other Left-wing elements, now threat
en- to plunge Spain into sanguinary
class war "to complete the revolu-
ton and save the republic as the
Leftists sloganize' their cause.
Senor Gil Robles, the leader of the
Catholics, warns their Socialist and
other radical foes that If any attempt
is made to wrest the control of the
Cortes from the Right wing by vio-
lent methods, it may become neces-
sary to resort to ''anti-democratic ex-
tremeS." Senor Robes declaration is
interpreted as an intimation that
rather than let Spain come under
Socialist domination the Conserva-
tives would not hesitate to go over
to the Fascists, headed by Primo de
Rivera, son of the late dictator, and
DR.. Jose Albinana. Religious ami
mosities aggravate the situation. The
Catholics claim to be the victims OF
discriminatory government regula
tions.
Hardly any other country in Eu-
rope presents such a chaotic clash OF
Evening star., 1934-03-13
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

Went aloft, for the first time since
1900, clear up to the top Of the Wash
ington Monument.
What a glorious sight our National
Capital presented in the snow!
Groundlings who spend their time
growing at the weather ought to go
up, too.
See the Potomac River far stretch
ing to the south
The Capitol dominating the east
The Lincoln Memorial on the west
The Washington Cathedral on the
north
These dominating, standing out,
accenting the fiat loveliness of Wash
ington in the snow. a mingling OF
gray, red and white, stone. bricks,
snow, misty. the horizon veiled.
Stand there in the open window
(there is one open, one closed on each
side), feet firmly planted on the floor,
exactly 500 feet high, conscious OF the
rest of the monument above, to a
grand height of $50 feet.
THE highest spot in the city," says
the guard, in delicious brogue.
How the wind from the west curls
in between the thick iron bars OF the
open window, memorial to poor souls
unbalanced
Look out to the west, mist-shrouded,
communities lost to view, as the very
ground Is when the snow is falling.
Yes, can't see even the ground from
here when the snow is falling, the
beautiful snow, the snow that brings,
if only for a few hours, quite fresh
evidences of purity to soiled world.
Alas. God pity us, sad humanity,
soiled, begrimed, in world so filled
with glorious sights. sights such as
this. structures built by human hands.
set in the bower of a world not built
by hands.
Snow dapples the bright red tiles
of the new Department of Commerce
Building. it covers the Ellipse, far be-
low, it shows here and there to north,
south, east and west, through open
windows, with their bars, through
closed windows with their apparatus
for opening and closing. their brass
paddock, but no key.
X
There to the south. wonderful,
flows the mighty Potomac. going past.
on down, lost in mists, on down to
the sea-
What little thing, after all, the
Speedway! And there is base ball
diamond. on which men besport them
selves in season. looking for all the
world like toy on pasteboard for
the children's hour.
Water. water. river. river, gray
silver in the sunlight
There is plenty of ice down there,
ice of varying thickness. easily seen
from this distance.
And see the trees. black against the
snow, with their shadows stretching
out from them, like shadows of shrub
by sundials!
Real tree. real zhadow. which is
which? For each looks as black
against the snow as the other.
Two trains are coming into Wash
ington, their black smoke curling into
the silvery air
Air silvery?
Let US take an oath on it. Look
Evening star., 1934-03-13

period Of years he struggled up from
obscurity to the ultimate heights OF
fame in his chosen field Of endeavor.
In the end he became the most widely
and Justly celebrated reception agent
in the world. To stumble down q
gangplank into his outstretched arms
was to achieve the apotheosis Of dis
tinction. Queen Marie Of Rumania
and Col. Charles A. Lindbergh were
among those to whom he extended
the glad hand" and it may be pre-
sumed that they never have forgotten
the experience.
An unprecedented Snowman. Mr..
Whalen looked the part to perfec-
tion. He wore his silk hat, his pearl
colored spats and his meticulous gar
denia with studied grace which no
other mirror of fashion ever equaled.
And he set his stage with the same
marvellous acumen. Flags waved,
bands played. mobs cheered, digni-
taries genuflected, and the object OF
the attention perforce adjusted him
self to the situation-with the result
that not since the days of Roman
emperors had there been such cir
cuses. A born ringmaster, Grover the
One and Only, as Mr.. La Guardia
agrees. was the "best man for the
job" of official host.
And so he survives the collapse
of the fortunes of Jimmy Walker and
resumes his post at the head Of the
big parade which periodically moves
north from Battery Park to Times
Square. He will salute the fleets In
the city's name and all will be very
much as 1t was of yore. Like the
Vicar of Bray and Prince Talleyrand,
Mr.. Whalen possesses comeback"
powers of a superior order. He de-
serves congratulation.
Evening star., 1934-03-13

northeast, east end Of Capitol
grounds, west end of Capitol grounds,
Seventh street and Pennsylvania ave-
nue. and Fourteenth street and Penn
sylvania avenue.
Only 80 minutes auto parking should
be allowed within the city congested
area. Those who wish to park their
cars all day and do not wish to pay
for parking space on private lot or
garage within the congested area
may park all day about the perimeter
OF the subway circle and use the
subway to get them rapidly and
safely to work.
Rerouting Of surface transit lines
would be necessary to some extent.
Frequent cross-circle cars or busses
could operate between principal sub
way stations to render service to
those near the center of the circle.
At all subway stations, surface cars
could run underground for transfer
Of passengers.
If the first cost should be too high,
a single track could be built for
present needs. Eventually, however,
some Of the princi pal stations Of the
circle will be starting points for
extensions Of the subway system, for
instance, Connecticut avenue sub
way to Chevy Chase Circle, Georgia
avenue subway to Alaska avenue,
Pennsylvania avenue subway to
Georgetown. etc.
Those who believe in such a system
or q better one, should write and
talk about II. Let us discover the
best solution and insist upon It's
adoption. EARL e. MOORE.
Evening star., 1934-03-13

position. Circulation means employ
ment.
II this policy Is adopted, after the
period of five years conditions should
adjust themselves, as the material
that was purchased has deprecated
so that it is necessary to be replaced.
That in itself creates a new cycle, as
employment should continue under
normal conditions.
The gist of this proposal is that we
must create circulation and conf
dence. and only by putting money in
the hands of the people will we have
prosperity.
In this short space I cannot bring
to light all the principles Of this
policy. which is a tremendous under
taking. but who to date has brought
out a practical solution that would
help our 12o.oO0,OOo people without
the help of the Government?
c. P. PEARCE.
Evening star., 1934-03-13
Whalen "Comes Back"

It is an axiom of American folk
wisdom that you can't keep a good
man down." and the doctrine cur
rently has exempliflcation in the
comeback" staged by Grover A.
Whalen. Yesterday Mayor La Guardia
confirmed his resurrection by an
nouncing that he has been chosen to
represent the metropolis on the oc-
casion of the visit of the Atlantic
and Pacific Fleets to New York in May.
He will serve as chairman of the Off
cial Committee Of Welcome. To those
who know their Broadway the news
will be positively exciting.
Mr.. Whalen, his friends remember,
began his public career in small
way. A department store executive,
he cultivated within himself a natural
genius for making people feel at home.
BY dint Of untiring practice he devel-
oped an unparalleled technique as
professional sreeter. THROUGH . long
Evening star., 1934-03-13

out, exactly 500 feet high, eyes sos
feet. inches, let us say
Look out and swear, If possible, that
the air Is not silver.
1t Is silver air, air rarified, all the
way down. bathed in the oxygen of
the water spaces, now coming into
this stone tower, SO high up, air and
stone, cold, cold, cold
Anybody who wants to 20 down
now" so says the guard as the
elevator creaks to a landing and the
doors slide open.
Go down now?
Never!
This Is rarified air up here; some
persons feel it in their ears as they
come up: others do not.
See the Capitol, palladium of free
dom, to the east; dominating all, to
the east.
May its shadow never grow smaller
may the unthinking criticism Of those
who labor there cease in all due time
for when the Capitol becomes Just a
building. then American liberty comes
to an end.
Walk around on the gray stones to
| the west.
| There
That is where the West begins, too
Solemn. beautiful, chaste, the Lin
coin Memorial stands, gray in the
silver air. surrounded by snow, white;
by ice. silver.
White and gray and silver united
in memory Of him whose name shines
as light to all men and all nations.
City stretches far away. snow. air.
mists. but over all. dominating all,
shines the name of Lincoln.
X 4 4
Washington Cathedral, to the north,
dominating the houses of men. the
ar-fiung homes CT the city, extending
into the mists.
Think Of all those people living
there, thousands, hundreds of thou
sands, massed in homes, blocks upon
blocks OF them, snow showing through
here and there, gray stones vying
with red bricks for mastery of the
scene.
All. White House, whitest thing in
all the landscape!
And the shadows Of the trees, black,
and the trees, themselves, black,
against the white
1t Is nip and tuck everywhere be-
tween the red, the gray and the white.
And all the time the wind from the
west whistles in through the open
window. chilling
There's another base ball diamond.
How small!
This was an engineering job, this
Monument Partly built. then new
foundations slipped under it, then
finished.
Cracks?
What wouldn't, standing so straight
and tall in all the storms. with light
ming for Summer playfellow and snow
flakes for Winter toys?
Standing SO straight and tall,
laughing in the face of the gale, her
aiding the mighty name of Washing
ton to the world. to the city. to every
man. woman and child in America,
peculiarly.
For this, in snow or rain, in sun
shine or shadow, is our heritage.
Our America!
Evening star., 1934-03-13

PRESIDENT ROOSeVelt'S address on his
recovery plans for the second year Of
his administration is received with
general approval by the country. His
effort to increase purchasing power
among the people through increased
wages meets a popular response. al
though doubts are expressed as to the
ability of some firms to add to their
expenses while still struggling for
business balance.
His personal contribution to the
mental uplirt of the American people
has been unequaled in American his
tory" in the opinion of the Louisville
Herald-Post which adds that his
personality has done much in making
the people of America realize that
the ills of the country lie in their
own fault-a fault which has now
been overcome through restoration
OF self confidence" The Wichita
Beacon feels that 1.-The President has
entered into the second year Of his
administration. his strength greater
than ever before" and that paper
recognizes that ''tle is striving with
heart and soul and with his great
capacity for thought, to lead us from
the depths of our despair into a full
life. in which there is equality and
justice for all"
His talk was an appeal to reason
and for help" says the Scranton
Times, with the conclusion that "he
made it plain that arbitrary changes
are not favored. and pointed out at
the same time that the administra-
ton hads about reached the stage
where provisions in codes and agree
ments would be enforced" The Syra-
cuse Herald declares: THE Presidents
paramount aim in connection with
the N. r. A. is, in the last analysis,
to increase the country's purchasing
power. But on the industrial side
an equal necessity is an expansion of
credit facilities under sound safe-
Evening star., 1934-03-13

In l8O9, was called ny-by- might. It
soon became shortened to fly.
@. Where was the Soldiers Aid So
ciety first organized?-P. G. S.
A. This organization had its incep-
ton in Bridgeport, Conn.,, at a mass
meeting of women called by the
mayor, April IA, 1861. Similar So
cieties we're formed in other cities and
States, and on April rs, 1861, the
Women's Central Relief Association
was founded in New York City.
@. Why is any one with a freckled
skin said to have a Danes skin?-
H. r.
A. Red hair and freckles are tradi-
tional characteristics of Danish blood.
@. What was the name of the
captain Of the Mayflower on its FIRST
trip to America?-S. c. c.
A. 1t was Thomas Jones, whose
name is sometimes spelled Joanes.
@. What countries were united to
form Yugoslayia?-L. c. A.
A. YugoSlavia was formed at the
end of the World War from the for
mer Kingdoms of Serbia and Monte
negro and territory which formerly
belonged to Rumania, Bulgaria,
Austria and Hungary. 1t represents
substantially the area inhabited by
the south or "yugo" Slavs. The
formation of the new kingdom be-
came effective on December 20, 1918.
and by royal decree signed on Octo-
ber 3, 1929, by King Alexander, the
name was officially changed to the
Kingdom of Yugoslavia, an appella-
ton long in popular usage.
@. Is radium being produced In
Canada &C. w. W.
A Radium ore was discovered at
Great Bear Lake, Northwest Terri
tory, Canada, four years ago. The
refinery of one of the Great Bear
Lake mining companies which is To-
Gated at Port Hope, Ontario, is de-
llyering a steady output of radium.
@. How long has William Green
been president of the American Fed
Grafton of Labor?-R. P. N.
A. He was elected in December,
1924, as compromise candidate. He
is now 81 years old.
@. Is it true that the highest and
low est points of land in the United
States are in the same county,
F. D. P.
A. They are both in Inyo County.
in Southeastern California Mount
Whitney has an altitude Of l4,496 feet
and Death Valley, only few hundred
miles east, is 276 feet below sea level.
@. Did Longfellows' daughters
Alice, Edith and Allegra-marry?-
E. B.
A. Annie Allegro Longfellow was
the wife of Joseph G. Thorpe; Edith,
Mrs. Richard Henry Dana. Miss Alice
Longfellow did not marry.
@. Do the phases of the moon have
any effect upon the earths weather.
j. F. S.
A One need only remember that
the weekly change OF phase neces-
sarily comes near the same time with
a large per cent of weather changes,
and these condolences are remem-
bered. while a large number Of fail
ures to coincide are overlooked and
forgotten. Weather. too, is very diff
ferent at different localities, and
probably there is always a marked
change going on somewhere when the
moon is advancing from one phase TO
another. Critical investigation fails
to reveal a decided preponderance
either one way or the other, and any
seeming influence Of the moon upon
weather Is a natural result Of pure
chance
Evening star., 1934-03-13
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Thoughts While Shaving.

I am confronted by smile
OF vacancy inane
AS in the mirror for a while
l view my face again.
read some lines of Freud anew
Last night, in gloomy doubt.
Oh, Face of Mine, I'm asking you,
What are we talkin 'bout2
I stayed for several hours awake.
My book made bold to guess
What might be done by folks to make
The population less.
The radio ragtime brings a line
OF incoherent shout
Oh, please inform me, Face of Mine.
What are we talkin bout2