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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-04-02
Police Efficiency.

Good police work last night resulted
in the capture of a gang of robbers in
this city, with the death Of one OF
them. This is a refreshing and en-
couraging variant of the usual theme,
to the effect that the marauders made
their escape, sometimes wounding or
killing policeman. Acting quickly
upon a report by citizen that fill
ing station was being robbed, scout
car, already cruising in pursuit of
thieves who had operated at other
places, was driven swiftly to the scene
and found the stage all set for action,
a running motor outside in charge
of an armed lookout. masked man
engaged in looting the desk inside.
The ensuing action was speedy and
effective The desk-looter was Gov
cred" an armed man Fastening up
the cellar steps was shot and killed
before he could fire, a tear gas bomb
was flung down the steps and fourth
member Of the gang was captured, the
station manager, who had been beaten
and flung downstairs, being rescued.
1t was all the work of less than a
minute after arrival. The captured
men are recognized as members Of a
gang lately active, the dead man be-
ing identified as one with a prison
record. 1t was gratifying demon
stration of police alertness, quick and
effective planning and courageous
attack. Such a demonstration of
speed and efficiency helps greatly to
rid the Capital of the bandits who
have lately been taking toll of
property and life in their criminal
operations.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-04-02
Egg-Rolling Day.

The American people, strangely
enough, do not have a great many
folk festivals Of a colorful or exciting
kind. But the annual Easter Monday
egg rolling on the White House lawn
customarily brings out an interesting
crowd. All the youngsters in town
are represented, and the number of
parents seems to be legion-it is sus-
pected that certain oldsters who I'M
fortunately have no sons or daughters
pretend to be so endowed just to get
by the guard and witness the fun.
In any event, the resulting spectacle
is a memorable sight.
This year the weather Is co-operat-
ing and a hundred thousand visitors
are in the Capital. The Presidents
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-04-02
Some Say ''Chost Stories,''
Others Find Writ Alarming

out that IF untrue. it will, of course,
prove a boomerang" On the other
hand, continues this paper, If true, all
connected with the alleged conspiracy
should be expelled from the admins
tration and punished for treason"
The Chattanooga Times IS inclined
to agree with these papers, that a
thorough investigation is in order, but
bases its position on the fear that, IF
the matter is allowed to drop with the
reading and publication of the Writ
letter, suspicion may be left in the
hearts of many people, and members
generally of the brain trust may be
left under a cloud The Jersey City
Journal urges an investigation of "the
brain trust of DR.. Writ and of the
Committee of the Nation
In the vast personnel of the Gov
eminent there is bound to be lu-
natic fringe at all times" observes
the Adrian CMich) Daily Telegram.
But that any important officials har-
Dor any such ideas seems highly i'm
probable, and that they could be using
Franklin D. Roosevelt as a tool is
utterly beyond belief" continues this
paper. The Asbury Park Evening
Press calls it "a good ghost story" and
adds: For their next frenzy Of fright,
We suggest that they become horror
stricken over the possibility that Ma
hatma Gandhi will be the next G. o.
P. presidential nominee. Let's get
completely silly
The indianapolis News on the other
hand. is inclined to the belief that
his assertion that some members of
the brain trust have discussed social
changes more radical than any pro-
posed openly by the administration is
credible by any one with fair
knowledge of radicalism among uni
versity intellectuals. The Youngstown
indicator also affirms that "unfortu-
nately there is so much foundation
for it that the public cannot afford to
let it go unnoticed." while the New
London Day states that lit paints an
appalling picture of the motives be-
hind the advice of the professional
group of young radicals"
AS a matter of fact" according to
the Goshen Daily NewsTimes' view,
Or Wirt's charges contain nothing
that is not openly admitted by the
administration. except, Of course. that
the conspirators are plotting the over
throw of the President and replacing
him with a dictator"
The Baltimore Sun asks: what
could be more useful to thwart some
of the legislation that is planned for
this session of Congress than a first
class Red scare" The Newport News
Times-Herald likewise is of the opin-
ion that ION its face, the letter war
rants the conclusion that it may be
a bear raid to keep down regulators
stock exchange legislation bv raising
the Red scare and discrediting the
authors of the bill"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-04-02
Duty to Music.

The campaign in behalf of the Ma
tional Symphony Orchestra is to con-
tinue. An announcement to that ef-
feet was issued this morning, and
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt is repre-
sented as having Endorsed the direc-
tors decision. 1t would have been
tragic if rigid adherence to an arbi-
trary time limit for the drive had re-
suited in Gripping the work of the
organization.
About twenty thousand dollars re-
mains to be raised, and it is hoped
that the business and professional
classes of the city will respond to DR..
William McClellan's invitation to as
sumo the obligation. The restoration
OF portion of their pay cut may
prompt similar support on the part
OF Government employees. But the
principal point to be stressed in the
circumstances is that the appeal of
the orchestra is a call to duty for the
entire community.
A city has a responsibility for it's
cultural standards, and any town that
willingly submits to lowering Of its
ideals in that regard is in danger of
losing large portion Of its power of
attraction. Athens, for example. once
was the hub of the universe" and
pilgrims came in droves from the far
extremes Of Europe to hear the teach
ers, the poets, the dramatists whose
home the capital of Attica was. But
gradually that wonderful magnetic
center was devitalzed until in the
end it collapsed. Neglect had ruined
1t. Its light expired.
The orchestra, possibly, may mean
little to certain individuals, but it has
won a place in the life Of Washing
ton which ought to be maintained for
the benefit Of the whole city. Lack
ing Government endowment, it per-
force must petition for subscribed
support, and its call should be heard
cheerfully and gladly by every bust
ness man, by every professional man
not entirely deaf to the practical
value of art in the Nations and the
Capitals character. Tested by what
ever pragmatic measure one may wish
to use, the orchestra has earned its
right to survive and prosper. 1t merits
sum which still is needed for the new
season will not be withheld.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-04-02

DR.. Wirt's charges against the
brain trust" call forth editorial COM
ment ranging all the way from eX-
pressions of alarm to humorous ridi-
Guile of the professor and his ghost
story"
The charges Of DR.. Writ are fan
tastic," says the New York Herald
Tribune in an editorial headed Fan
taSy in Red" and the New York Times
thinks the case is really one for a
psychiatrist. or a surgeon, rather than
for a Congressman" The Troy IN.
" Record agrees that ordinarily
charges of the nature of those made
by DR.. Writ would appear too prepos-
ferrous or ridiculous to be given serious
consideration" but is inclined to be-
lieve. in this case, that 1.-The standing
of DR.. Writ is such as to command
attention"
while this incident will alarm the
patriots who have habit of seeing a
bolshevist plot behind every bush, the
Nation will refuse to grow wildly ex-
cited over it." states the Akron Bea-
con Journal. and the Lowell Evening
Leader thinks there will be hesita
ton to take the charges very seri-
ously."
Says the Omaha World Herald:
There, brothers, is tale to make
any ones flesh creep and his hair
stand on end. 1t is enough to set US
all fleeing for the tOpmost peaks Of
the mountains of Hepsidam. with
xx.h oy-tih ~
pockets to sustain us there till the
days of blood and terror are spent.
But somehow no ones flesh creeps,
and no one hikes for the mountain
tops-not even the professor or the
credulous industrialist The incident
goes to show. though, one of two
things: How jittery it is possible to
become when immersed in a sea of
troubles. To what absurd lengths OPP
ponents of the administration will go
in the effort to discredit it. Perhaps
it shows both"
What serves to take the last thrill
out of his sensational outburst." the
Richmond Times-Dispatch remarks,
lis recollection that the brain trust
cannot be said still to exist" Yet the
Miami Herald regards the professor S
revelations as shocking and amaz-
ing" and the Boston Transcript con-
siders them "of more than casual con-
sequence" In any case, declares the
McKeesport Daily News, the charges
should be thoroughly investigated"
With this opinion the Louisville Her.
ald-Post. and the Rockford Register
Republic concur. while we have no
fear that the American people would
tolerate such an experiment, or that
we are in peril from such plot"
states the jamestown IN. " Post
''let us know who suggests the desir-
ability of such an outcome"
The Brooklyn Times Union Is also
Of the opinion that the charge should
be sifted to the bottom" but points
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-04-02

reaches Washington this week he
will be met by delegation from
Gen. Johnson's headquarters. carry
ing Blue Eagle banners emblazoned:
IN. r. A.-No Revolution Afoot."
In their last gasps against the
Roosevelt tariff dictatorship" pro-
gram in the House last week, Re
publican opponents Numbered that
the people would repudiate the
Roosevelt plan at the November
congressional elections Democratic
leaders point out that the people
will hardly be in position to do any
thing OF the sort. because the pro-
gram will not have had a chance
to demonstrate its usefulness or
otherwise by that time The ad-
ministration will be busy. pros
pectively. throughout the Summer and
Fall negotiating reciprocal treaties
with foreign governments, and such
pacts will not be in operation until
months afterward. Not before the
elections of 1896, Democrats saw. will
the country have anything to go on.
as far as actual results of the Roose-
welt tariff program are concerned.
X x 4
When the House of Representa-
tives last week passed the legislative
appropriation bill, it attached a rider
elevating the medical officer of the
Capitol, DR.. George w. Calver of
the Navy Medical Corps, to the rank
of rear admiral, thus raising him two
grades. The Senate demurred and
made DR.. Calver a captain There
the matter evidently rests. DIR. CAL
yer was appointed the Capitols first
physician six or seven years ago. on
the initiative of Representative Fred
A. Britten, Republican, of Illinois.
then chairman of the House Naval
Affairs Committee.
- 4 y
DR.. Jacob Viner, University of Chi
cago professor of economics, who is
about to assume his duties as Sec
rotary of the Treasury Morgenthau's
special adviser, is a Canadian by birth,
graduate of McGill University, Mon
treal, and a Phi. D. of Harvard He
served as an expert on the Tariff Conf
mission and later on the Shipping
Board during the World War. DR..
Viner is scheduled to play a con-
spicuous part in the forthcoming
reciprocal tariff negotiations with for
eign governments. He is a specialist
on that subject, having written book
entitled "Dumping-A Problem in In
| ternatiOnal Trade"
X
Supreme Court Justice Harlan F.
Stone has automobile license tag No.
81. He says he's entitled to a lower
number, but is going to keep 81 until
he reaches that age. He has still
20 years to 60.
* 4 X X
From the Bay State last week came
the only two Republican votes casc to
sustain President Roosevelt's veto of
the independent offices bill affect
ing veterans and Government pay. To
Representatives Luce and Tinkham,
both from the Boston area, falls the
honor of according the President the
sole G. o. p. support he received in
Congress. In the Senate no Repub-
licans rallied to the administration
side. The two Bay Staters' rock
ribbed Republicanism is above sus-
picion, but they decided this time
to put principle, as they saw it, above
party. Mr.. Luce ranks as the parlia.
| mentary expert of the House. Mr.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-04-02
The New Deal for Cuba.

Assistant Secretary Of State Sumner
Welles, former American Ambassador
at Havana, foreshadows early read
justment of the United States rela-
tions with Cuba The time has come
he has just stated in q public address
at Washington. when Cuba should
stand on her own feet. solve her own
destinies and govern herself as she
sees fit" Mr.. Welles indicated the
imminence of a new Cuban American
treaty which will contain no Plat
amendment and will thus eliminate
once and for all the right We now
possess to intervene in Cuba"
Steps to this end will carry into
effect suggestions made by President
Roosevelt several months ago in the
hope of promoting a settlement of
Cuba's destructive civil strife. Presi-
dent Mendeta seems to be accomplish
ing his mission of tranquilizing the
country. There is sporadic unrest,
but the present government seems to
be firmly in the saddle. 1t is with
an unselfish desire to keep it there
or to keep in Office some government
capable Of maintaining order and Sc
curity-that the United States is now
moving in the direction of substantial
the plan. first of all, to stabilize the
price and production of sugar in this
country. accompanied by liberalized
quota for import of Cuban sugar;
then the formation OF an export i'm
port bank, to promote general Cuban
American trade. and. finally. new
reciprocal commercial treaty.
On the basis of these concrete prof.
ects-political and economic-Mr
Welles emissions new and prosperous
era for Cuba and bettered relations
with our ward in the Antilles. A
Cuba which has worked out her own
salvation with American aid on the
lines now contemplated will be tan
gible refutation Of the occasional
Latin American taunt that the
colossus of the north cherishes i'm
perialist designs in the Caribbean and
various regions to the west and south.
The Assistant Secretary of State,
in special charge of Latin American
affairs. strikes a particularly useful
note in disassociating the United
States from the Vaccinations of
financial interests that would exploit
the necessities OF countries like Cuba.
Our policy toward Cuba" he de-
clares, lis clean and honorable. We
believe that our own money changers
should no more determine the destiny
of the Cuban people than they should
determine the destinies of the Amer
lean people
That is pretty plain warning to So
called international bankers to watch
their step in dealing with the other
Americas and not saddle upon them,
in the guise Of capital investments or
loans, a structure Of obligations de-
signed to give alien high finance a
controlling hand. That system has
spelled unhappiness and disaster in
Cuba and elsewhere.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-04-02

This is going to be one Of the mos
interesting Springs in many year.
from the strict garden standpoint.
Only days following days will show
whether or not the severe Winter &C.
tually damaged plants as much al
some have feared.
A preliminary survey shows such
old standard shrubs as lilacs and Spi-
reae seemingly in good shape.
Favorite roses, such as the DR.. Var
Fleet among the climbers, and Rec
Radiance among the hybrid teas, seem
unframed at this time.
Inspection shows a few canes dead
but mostly at the top.
Winter injury will insure needed
pruning, even of climbers which nor
mally must not be cut back at this
time.
Already lawns are in far better
shape than they were a month later
than this last year.
There Is more grass, and greener
both highly desirable.
He who Is not interested in lawns
is not interested in gardening"
This domestic saying is generally
true. The lawn is the background fol-
everything else; only in exceptional
cases can there be a true garden
without grass.
The American garden. as the Eng
fish garden. and especially the small
garden. depends upon the lawn as q
frame for everything else in it.
The smaller the garden, the more
true this becomes.
Unless one is creating a japanese
garden. or some other specially the
greatest amount Of space must bt
turf, in order that the borders, ac-
cent masses, shrubs, trees. even the
house. have their due share Of sof-
tening influence.
Civilization is a softening process
all through, with all its good and all
its bad.
The artificial plot of ground, the
inclosed space called the garden, gain,
more than it loses.
Its order is shown best by a good
lawn with neat trimmed edges.
That Is why many a man who
seems to be an "old crouch" when il
comes to his lawn Is merely an artist
misunderstood.
He wants his lawn to look we'll anc
infinite pains often are required tc
achieve that result.
A bad cut in his grass is to him
more than pain in the neck" II
is positive affront to order, to civil.
cation itself.
The clOse-crOpped meadow no doub,
Is the forerunner Of all home gras
plots.
Meadows gave the idea to man.
And how beautiful a good meadow
is. to be sure,
Slightly rolling. and thereby sivinf
q mint to gardeners, open In the cen.
ter, and thereby giving another: ire.
lined. mostly. and so another
The fine meadow, in the sunlight
with its happy tribes OF bees and 8
placid COW or two-we prefer our COW.
placid-is well remembered sight
from the childhood. not only of the
race, but of the individual.
1t is a beautiful picture. and the
nearer the home grounds comes to il
the better.
4 X
Those searching frantically for 6
suitable name for q small home place
might appropriately. therefore. call il
THE Meadows" with no stress of the
truth. although good friends might
laugh at it, as good friends sometime.
do for no real cause. often being
more ignorant than they believe.
How amazingly wrong so many per.
sons can be. and in nothing quite sc
much as in matters about which they
know nothing
There Is a whole tribe OF persons
just average human beings, the mem.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-04-02

National Labor Board, and that Is
offered as another reason why his
appointment to that Office cannot be
considered a violation of the Con-
stitution. OF course he took an oath
to uphold the Constitution and the
laws of the United States when he
was sworn in as Senator. If some
other man, not a member of Con-
gress, had been appointed from civil
life to be chairman of this board,
however. it is entirely probable that
he would have been asked to take an
oath Of ofice.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-04-02

The Austrian chancellor resents
jokes. He should take courage in
noting how the dignity of DR.. Felix
Frankfurter has survived early ref
erences TO him as ''the hot dog of
war" The term now has no signifi-
canoe, except as a historical rating
as one of Americas best puns.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-04-02

As old times are recalled, it becomes
more and more evident that DIR. Mary
Walker might have worn any clothes
she liked, regardless of legal authority
II she had been a professional Broad
way beauty.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-04-02

! A. The music was composed by the
Swedish musician, Halfdan Kjeruf.
The words were written by Christian
| Whittier, one Of the most famous
Danish poets of the nineteenth CEN
fury.
| Q. If an alien comes into the United
States on a passport, non-immigrant,
may he stay and Apply for naturaliza-
| tion?-H. K.
! A. He may not. He must come in
under the immigration quota from his
native country.
@. When was Prof. Irving Fisher
| born?-S. l. B.
| A. He was born in Saugerties, N.
Y, February 81, 1867.
@. What is telephotography?-H.
w. H.
A. 1t is photography of distant OBJ
Jects in more enlarged form than
! by ordinary means. The telephoto
lens, which is a combination of various
lenses specially designed to give
| large image, is mounted in place OF
the eyepiece Of the telescope.
@. Is the tax the same on all pack
ages of 20 cigarettes?- j.
A. The Federal tax on a package OF
cigarettes is cents. Some States levy
| cigarette taxes in addition to the Fed
eral tax.
@. What became of Benedict Arnold
after he betrayed his country?-J.
w. S.
/ A. He was commissioned brigadier
! general OF the British Army and was
awarded an amount of 6.315 pounds
| as compensation for his property
/ losses. He led an expedition in Vir-
! GINA and in New London. After the
war he engaged in Quitting priva-
| teers. He was the object of scorn and
neglect in England and died in Lon
don June IA, 1901.
O. What is a whitesmith?-I F. NJ.
A. He is a worker in tin or GAL
vanized iron or worker in iron who
/ finishes or polishes his work as OPP
posed to one who FORCES it only, called
blacksmith.
O. Why has Adele Astaire ceased
to be the dancing partner of Fred
Astaire?-F A. B.
/ A. She retired from the stage when
she married Lord Cavendish.
@ How long did the Chinese wear
queues?-N. K.
A The queue (pig-taiD together
with the shaving of a part of the
head was forced on the male Chinese
throughout the Manchu dynasty
/ G650-1912) as a badge Of servitude
and submission to the Manchus. Since
1912 the queue has been gradually
disappearing.
@. How much advertising did the
city newspapers carry in 1887.
E G.
A. Statistics compiled from % large
cities shows 69S, 758. 900 lines Of news
paper advertising run.
@. Where was Helvetia?-J. w. L.
A. Helvetia is the ancient name Of
a part of Gaul, which corresponds
generally to the western and central
parts of modern Switzerland.
O. Why was not the cotton curtail-
ment plan more successful?-P. D.
A. Although the plan of blowing
under every third row reduced the
number of acres harvested from 40
900 900 to 100000. the yield per
acre was the highest ever recorded.
1t was 209 pounds per acre. compared
with $50 before 1890 More cotton
was produced from fewer acres.
O. Please give the ages Of President
Franklin D. Roosevelts children
NJ w.
I A Anna Eleanor MRS. Curtis DalD
is 81: James. 26: Elliott. %: Frank
lin D. jr.. 10. and John A. II.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-04-02

President Roosevelt is supposed to
be reached at present only through
Col. Mcintyre, although, Of course,
Col. Lindbergh can use an airplane
if he is really in a hurry.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-04-02
Tooth Breaker.

From the Springfield tMass) Republican.
At the end of his first year President
Roosevelt will try his teeth on some
thing that several Presidents have
lost whole set on, to wit, the tariff.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-04-02

Tinkham, bearded big-game hunter,
specializes in opposition to the World
Court and the League of Nations. Be-
fore repeal he tilted necessarily and
ferociously at prohibition.
Copyright. 1o341
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-04-02

The moral right of the District of
Columbia to direct representation in
Congress has long been conceded. The
only question now is not "Why?' but
"When?"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-04-02
An Emperor's Stipend.

From the Boston Transcript.
The salary of Emperor Kang-teh
of Manchukuo is $1,750.000 a year.
A fair wage as things go, but Ameri-
cans will naturally ask what bonus
goes with it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-04-02

Water power has been the hope OF
industry. But Deep River" has not
yet been able to supersede Down in
Coal Mine" as a commercial theme
song.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-04-02
Martyrs to Prosperity.

from the Danville Un) Commercial News
Somebody has figured it out and
found that automobile accidents are
a sure sign Of prosperity. Well, $4,000
Americans died for the cause last year.