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Evening star., 1934-08-28
Rules for Security Trading
Found Satisfactory by Press

there is still premium on brains
and analyzing conditions" The same
paper interpretS the statement as
meaning that profits are recognized
as respectable, and the kind of intel
ligence which has reaped them in the
past is accepted again as among the
social necessities"
But the question from the man
in the street." argues the Milwaukee
Journal, lis whether regulation which
pleases Wall Street can be as good as
it ought to be. He reads that the
Government cannot guarantee any
investor against losses. that prices
will still fiuctuate. 1t is too early to
tell yet how good the regulation Is.
But 1t Is safe to say that no law Of
any kind will ever guarantee an in
vestor against loss. What the Gov
ernment can do is keep the record
open, find where the abuse Of conf
dence begins, check 1t at the start,
punish the Uolators."
The Atlanta Constitution also
maintains that the rules and regula-
tions "are not of such a nature as to
constitute definite safeguards for in
veStorS," but concludes that "they
are step toward that end"
THE fact that the stock market
began to regain its breath with pub
lication of the anticipated rules, {"
points out the Miami Herald, means
that they are not unreasonable. The
additional fact that prominent traders
and stock exchange officials continue
to grumble and to protest against such
supervision indicates that the little
man is going to get at least a few
more breaks of the game under this
deal than he did under the one that
failed in 1929"
Evening star., 1934-08-28
Esperanto Best Medium
OflnternatiOnalRese
To the Editor Of The Star:

To the Editor Of The Star:
When Congress passed the Joint
resolution, signed by the President
on June 13, to accept membership
IN the I. L. o., followed by the
Presidents formal adhesion recently,
this country came into somewhat
closer relation with the Esperanto
movement, for the international
labor Office had begun more than ten
years ago to investigate labor condi-
tionS in most of the countries of the
world, and it was found that the most
practical way of disseminating this
information was to permit It in
Esperanto, thus making one language
and one printing a vehicle for spread-
ing these tabulations and compare
sons of labor conditions In more than
40 different countries.
The ENCYCLOPEDIA de Esperanto" /"
Of which the first volume has lust
been published in Budapest, Hum
gary, says that since 1921 the I. L. o,
has published its Official bulletin in
Esperanto. H. B. HASTINGS.
Evening star., 1934-08-28
Arizona Troubles Show
Japanese Exclusion Wise

To the Editor of The Star:
Following the trouble OF several
years ago with the japanese over the
school question in California, the re-
cent incident in Arizona in connec-
ton with Japanese settlers in that
State confirms the necessity and wis
dom of our laws excluding Asiatics
from the United States as settlers.
The frugality, industry and low
standards of living of the Japanese,
and the natural racial antipathy be-
tween them and our people, produce
social and labor troubles, attended by
turmoil and strife, which inevitably
augment the bad feeling and difficult
relations already existing between our
governments.
The questions involved in the mat
ter are clearly stated by Admiral Bal
lard, as quoted by Aston in Japan
and Singapore" in Nineteenth Cen
tury and After" volume "a, pages
f77-187, as follows:
History makes it clear that Euro
peanS and ASiaticS are so constituted
that they can never inhabit the same
country in peace, unless one occupies
the position of an inferior race. Ra-
cial differences are Unborn and con-
stitute a factor in human affairs that
cannot be abolished by speech-making
around q conference table at Geneva.
To ignore their existence is TO depart
from practical politics in settling in
ternational disputes. 1t is not ques-
ton of the superiority Of this people
or that, but simply question OF
fundamental difference and men
tality and social instincts"
We should always welcome the
Orientals as diplomatists, tourists,
students and merchants in quest of
trade, but not as settlers or as pro-
spective citizens of the United States.
In conclusion it may be said that,
in the interest of our own social Sys-
tenn and political institutions, of the
peace and good order of those Sec
tions of our country where Orientals
might settle, of our national security
and of the maintenance Of good rela-
tions between us and their respective
countries, our laws excluding them are
indispensable to our social welfare
and national security, and should be
retained and enforced without fear or
favor.
ALEXANDER SIDNEY LANIER.
Evening star., 1934-08-28

ballyhoo artists on the producers
pay rolls. Not even Mr. De Mile can
persuade intelligent men and women
that the newspapers which have done
so much to promote the movie busi-
ness have deliberately lied about the
stars.
And again, the statement, Movie
workers are serious, hard working peo-
pie engaged in the art of rejecting
life as it is," will serve no purpose
save that of stimulating derisive
laughter. Mr.. De Mile himself must
realize that he is claiming too much.
The annals of Hollywood are too COL
orful to be CLOSED over by any bro
midic generality of that kind. Granted
that the small fry" of the movie cap
ital may be average human stock, 1t
remains true beyond all question that
many of the spotlighted personalities
have earned by consistently outlandish
conduct the displeasure of society.
AS for the plea that the movies
should be controlled "by nothing but
the dictates of decency and good
TASTE" no producer need deceive .1im-
self. The present drive against photo
play obscenity and indecency is no ac-
cident. Instead, it is the result of a
long series of offenses which the cine
ma czars themselves did nothing to
prevent The public has tired of wait
ing for reform to come from within;
it now demands coercion because it is
convinced that the film moguls are
not qualified to correct their OWL pol
icies. Hollywood has gone too far, be-
haved too rampageously. The time
has passed when fine, liberal toler-
ance can be expected for its vulgarity.
Mr.. De Mile probably is correct in
his belief that censorship may run to
a punitive extreme. It usually does
err in that regard. Perhaps the only
solution for the problem is that of
pictures wholesome and artistically
pure enough to require neither arbi-
trary cutting nor apology. The test
defense the movies can have is that
of productions noble and chaste in
character, screen art too fine and true
to be challenged by any critic.
Evening star., 1934-08-28
Removal of All Taxation
From Productive Energy
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor Of The Star:
While the usual quadrennial at
tack Is being made on alley and other
slums, existing largely because the
District Commissioners fail to exercise
their competent powers to forbid their
use as private dwellings, the Federal
Government is tearing down the tenn
porary wooden buildings, erected orig
inally to house the overflow Of Gov
ernment employees during the World
War.
These temporary buildings were well
constructed Of good material, have
adequate heating plants and toilet
facilities and could comfortably house
the entire population Of Washington
under relief assistance, and with COM
petent regulation and control meet a
pressing need.
But I fear that our eyes are too
sensitive to unpleasant sights, while
our minds are quite obtuse to the
economic causation Of more than
nine-tenths of the existing distress.
All efforts to replace slum buildings
with decent and sanitary houses are
blocked by the high prices demanded
for the land. Even with the land
acquired, all the elements Of material
have passed through a long chain of
series of prior taxes increasing their
cost. This cost is reflected not only
in the prices at which these houses
are to be sold or the rents that are
to be collected, but the tax assessor
imposes an assessment which includes
all these tax increase costs.
The whole grandiose Government
expenditure toward curing the de-
preston is based on a belief that
2. plus 2 may equal z, and If 1t turns
out not to be 7, the experiment can
be shifted to q trial of 2 plus 2
equaling some other number-any
number you like so long as 1t is not
4. To have the experiment tried on
the basis of plus equaling 4 would
mean the substitution of common sense
in place Of super collegiate education.
Short of Socialism, Communism and
anarchy, there is only one way out,
and that is the removal of all taxation,
national, State and local, from all
productive energy, either of human
labor or working capital, and the
substitution of tax which will alb
sorb the values which the community
creates in land, including monopoly
rights of way, monopoly privileges,
and the naturalization of all mineral
properties, the output of which needs
to be controlled from wasteful and
unscienti1ic development.
HERBERT JANVRIN BROWNE.
Evening star., 1934-08-28
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

Washington is growing rapidly, but
still remains city where one can
run into acquaintance on the down.
town streets.
This is typical of the smaller city
and the small town, and to that ex-
tent is a happy survival from the days
when the National Capital was simply
an overgrown village.
i May this feature Of it never change.
1t is here that pedestrianism comes
into its own, being in itself survival
from times when everybody walked.
There are advantages to walking
aside from the exercise Of it.
If one does not get run over one
stands a much better chance of run
ming into" a friend On sidewalk or
in store, in restaurant or theater the
person one is glad to see is equally
glad to be met.
Just walking has its advantages.
It is always a pleasure to meet a
good acquaintance, in a store partic-
ularly.
Somehow the encounter brings out
the essential humanity of human be-
ings, in that all of us have needs.
Sometimes it seems as if society,
whether you spell it with a big IS"
or a little IS" combines to pretend
as if needs did not exist.
In SO many places and under so
many conditions human beings meet
just to pretend. They make out as
if they were all philanthropists, or all
bookworms, or all uplfters, when all
the time every person knows better.
In a store, however, we meet upon
buying errands. and we all know it.
One may be after pair of shoes, an
other seeking a suit or a necktie.
Something there is about this essen
tial humanity which makes the en-
counter worth while.
X \ X X
There is always start of surprise,
however, upon each persons face, as
if each were amazed at discovering
the other.
1t is because the city is so vast
in reality, that one never expects to
meet a friend, just by chance, and
always is surprised when one does.
A city of half a million population
is very large, after all. The metropolis
of millions is Just more of the same
thing, not anything essentially differ
ent.
Washington is big enough, and has
been for many years, to impress the
visitor with its size, with large Sec
tions of its population living in Mary
land and Virginia, not to be counted
in Washington. but an integral part
of the population just the same.
A chance meeting on busy street
corner is one of the most pleasant
happenings in an average day.
It is true that most of us are not
accustomed to regard the thing in
exactly this light. perhaps.
We need not be sentimentalists In
any sense, however, in order to look
upon the casual meeting in the work.
a-day life as one of the most interest
ing possible.
Call up some one, ask him to go to
lunch. that is one thing.
Run across him on the corner, ask
him to lunch, that is distinctly some
thing else.
X X X X
Then there is the old friend with
whom one always has the same topics
to discuss.
Perhaps you have not met for
weeks, but you take up the discussion
of the national health at exactly the
Evening star., 1934-08-28
TO the Editor Of The Star:

TO the Editor Of The Star:
Although Washington's torrid heat
has somewhat abated, there Is still
plenty of time for q recurrence OF
those days which seem to exhaust all
ones energies merely to exist. We
human beings somehow manage to
quench our thirst and cool of in va
rious ways, according to our financial
status, but how many Of us think OF
our city's outdoor animal inhabitants,
birds and squirrels, homeless dogs and
alley cats and the hard-working
horses, forced to exist and serve US in
the artificial surroundings of our hot
alleys and streets, that have no articu-
late way of asking for and are so often
prevented seeking relief?
There are also scores Of pet" dogs
confined by short chains in hot and
often trash-httered, insanitary back
yards, who must endure the suns
merciless heat all day, without even
the shade Of q fence. Some of these
dogs are the long-haired collie and
Spitz type, whose owners never think
Of relieving them Of the burden Of
tllCA 1OLl6 SOutoS WAASAi o00 w VAAS
misery of being chained. Some Of
these dogs are literally driven crazy
with the heat, and it is a wonder they
do not turn on their merciless owners
and bite them. Just recently the
Animal Relief and Humane Educa-
ton League was forced, out of sheer
mercy, to buy a collie from owners who
pretended to be very fond of him and
to grieve when he was gone. How
ever, they were away all day long,
leaving him in his thick fur coat
chained to a small, Uncovered ken
mel in hot back yard. We doubt if
he ever was exercised, yet because
they took few minutes morning and
night to shove some food to him, when
we arrived to relieve the poor creature
they protested that they should get
something for the trouble of merely
feeding him!
We urge owners Of long-haired dogs
to please consider the natural discom-
fort of their pets heavy coats, espe-
cially in such hot places as Washing
ton, D. c., can become, and not only
to keep them cool, but, If at all pos
sible, have them clipped for further
relief. This should be done at the
Evening star., 1934-08-28
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

A reader con get the Gnswer to
any question of fact BY Driting The
Washington Epening Star Information
Bureau, Frederic J. HGskin, Director,
Washington, D. c. Please inclose
stamp ior reply.
@. What is the Betsy Ross Air
Corps?-R. H.
A. 1t is composed of woman pilots
who are in training to relieve flyers for
combat duty in event Of national
emergency.
@. What are tie periods of play in
o polo game called?-R. @. NJ.
A. They are called chukkers.
@. How long will the C. C. C. camps
remain in operation?-W. c.
A. c. c. C. camps are scheduled to
end March 81, 1885, but there may be
some changes made.
@. What are shooting starsP-E.
L. r.
A. These objects are small bodies
which approach the earth from inter-
planetary space at a high velocity.
They shine only when they enter the
outer atmosphere of the earth and be-
come heated by friction in flying
through the air. Most of them burn
up completely before they reach the
earth's surface. Those that reach the
earth's surface are called meteorites.
@. Is Gen. Won Kluck, the COM
mander of the 1st German Army,
which invaded Belgium in 1914, alive
today?-P. j. G.
A. He is living.
@. Why won't horseradish retain
its strength?-A. A.
A. The pungency of horseradish
roots is caused by a glucoside capable
Of being split into sugar. 1t does not
cause pungency until worked on by
an engine, which does not appear
until the vegetable is crushed. Fur
thermore, the oil thus released, con-
tanning the pungent element, is quite
volatile and disappears quickly. In
other words, horseradish will not re-
tain its pungency more than a few
days II kept open or If continually
exposed. Even if kept tightly sealed
it cannot be expected to remain pun
gent more than three weeks at the
outside.
@. Where will the next convention
of the American Road Builders As
sociation be held?-G. N.
A 1t will be held in Washington,
D. c., January 8-11, 1885.
Q. In what month Of the year IS
the water in the Atlantic Ocean on
the Jersey coast warmest?-C. q.
A. The late Summer months usu-
ally produce the highest temperature
in sea water off the Middle Atlantic
Coast, but in the case of a warm Sep
tember the water may reach its high
est temperature late in that month.
@. Do the odds against making a
poker hand increase when more peo-
pie are in the game?-C. NICK.
A. The odds do not change. The
relative value of the hands decreases
as the number of players increases.
@. How did Calico discover the
law of pendulums?-D. M.
A. 1t is recorded that Calico was
one evening in the Cathedral of Pisa.
The swinging of a high chandelier
caught his attention and he watched
it closely as its distance of travel di-
minished. Suddenly he observed a
significant fact-no matter how wide
the arc described by the chandelier,
the time consumed in one complete
oscillation was always the same.
From this observation came the con-
struction of clock, the forerunner Of
the modern pendulum timepieces.
Evening star., 1934-08-28
Railroad Freight Rates.

The railroads have asked for ad-
vances in freight rates calculated to
increase receipts by $4,000, 900. This
is the bill for increased labor costs
and increased prices for all materials
which the railroads have to use, as
the Class carriers explain in their
petition to the Interstate Commerce
Commission. They estimate that the
operating expenses have been in
creased by $2s3, 100000 annually. The
freight increases asked, generally
speaking, amount to ten per cent.
The railroads estimate that operat-
ing income for the Glass 1 carriers
for the year 1884, based on the first
six months of the year, will be $463,-
100000. The fixed charges of these
roads will total $516,00o,o00, making
q deficit for the roads of $4,000, 900.
The railroads are controlled abso-
lutely by the Government as regards
the charges they shall make. They
have no decision in the matter. 1t
looks as though the Government,
through the Interstate Commerce
Commission, must decide whether the
railroads as a whole shall go into the
red to the tune of more than $50,000,-
600. The Interstate Commerce Com
mission is an independent, semi
judicial body. Whether it will be
influenced by the attitude of the
executive branch Of the Government,
which makes little Of huge deficits,
due to excess Of Government ex-
penditures over Government receipts,
remains to be seen. II it decides that
the railroads shall continue to 60
into the red in order that freight
rates may remain low, the decision
will certainly be in line with the policy
of the Government to 60 on spending
money for what 1t holds to be worthy
purposes, whether it has the money
or not.
With all the records. at hand, it
should be readily possible to sift the
claims Of the roads and to learn abso-
lutely whether their deductions are
correct. The roads say they are not
seeking q fair or reasonable return
on the value Of their properties, such
as has been guaranteed them in the
law, but merely sufficient money to
keep many Of them from going finan-
cially on the rocks. It is not a ques-
ton Of making big profits; merely is
It q question of permitting them to
meet the increases in the labor and
other costs which confront them.
The Government has been insisting
on increases in prices Of commodities;
1t has called upon industry to in
crease wages, although it has been
slow enough about restoring basic
wages Of Government workers. Now
great industry, the railroads, is seek
ing to meet these increases in costs
for which the Government called.
The carriers are entitled to a
square deal. To deny them that is
to cripple one Of the very great in
dustries of the country, which en-
ploys many hundreds Of thousands
Of persons. 1t is possible that in some
quarters the demand Of the railroads
for the right to meet increased costs
by increased freight rates will be met
with a demand that the Government
take over the railroads. It is incon-
ceivable that the Government can op-
crate the roads any more cheaply than
can private managements. In the
end, If the Government should take
the roads and own them and operate
them, the American people would
pay the bill, one way or another.
Evening star., 1934-08-28
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

3;
Word Watching.
You must be careful what you say,
Since just little word.
Your inward sentiments betray
If it is overheard.
Take heed Of your expressions, day
BY day.
When you would lift voice that's CAV
Amid a cheering crowd,
Remember, certain phrases may
Not be Just then allowed.
It's even dangerous to say
"Hoorayl"
Evening star., 1934-08-28

Railways desire higher rates to meet
higher wages. And, as matter OF
course, higher wages will be demanded
to meet prices required by higher cost
of transportation. 1t is another case
for the professional economist.
Evening star., 1934-08-28

A mans house is his castle, but
many European realtors have conduct
ed transactions taking into account
the fact that even the owner Of
castle sometimes has to worry about
mortgage.
Evening star., 1934-08-28
Glutted Market.
I'm the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

From the PITTSBURGH PoSt-Gazette.
Strawberry growers of Louisiana are
declared to have the largest co-opera-
tive system Of its kind in the country
for the marketing of their crop, but
the State itself seems unable to han
die its output of political raspberries
Evening star., 1934-08-28
Strict Inspection Needed.

From the Roanoke Times.
The drought has caused the city of
Emporia, Kans., to restrict residents
to four inches of water in their oath
tubs. One wonders whether the city
sends around an inspector to make
sure that the ordinance is obeyed.
Evening star., 1934-08-28
Bottled.

From the Boston Transcript.
Huey Long is said to fancy himself
as a potential leader of a revolution
in America. In that case, it's prob
ably a good thing he's kept in the
Senate, where he can't do any
damage.
Evening star., 1934-08-28

1t may yet be necessary to inquire
whether an applicant for relief left a
fairly good job because he has, at
the suggestion of a labor leader,
listened with credulity to the whis-
pers of fancy"