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Evening star., 1934-05-20
Capital Sidelights
BY WILL r. KENNEDY.

The Civil Service Commission,
through retirement, has lost its old
est employe in length Of service
probably the best known and most
beloved man in the Federal service
81 years with the commission, who
served as chief certification clerk and
was responsible for hundreds of thou
sands of Observation-Disclosures F.
Halloran.
Mr.. Halloran was q page in the
National House of Representatives at
the age of IL, in 1875 during the
historic Tilden-H Hayes election. He
was appointed as messenger boy when
the Civil Service Commission was
organized, March 8. 1883. After the
World War he was contact repre-
sentative or liaison officer between the
commission and the various Federal
departments, bureaus and commits
sions.
In civic life as well as in the Fed
eral service Mr.. Halloran gave to
his country and fellow man the best
that was In him. In 19l9-20 he was
mayor of Hyattsville, Md, and was
responsible for introducing letter-car-
rier service In that town, having street
signs put up and houses numbered.
He sold the town water and sewer
plants to the Washington Suburban
and Sanitary Commission for $S0,-
600, which left the town free Of debt
and with $4,000 In the treasury. Mr..
Halloran strongly advocated the ex-
tension Of Rhode Island avenue in
Washington into Hyattsville and
earnestly urged the making of the
western entrance to the town State
highway, both of which were accom-
plished, and are now being enjoyed
by many thousands of tourists enter
ing the Capital City.
Mr.. Halloran had three sons serv-
ing in the World War, two overseas
for u months and one who attained
the rank of captain. Mr.. Halloran
himself for many years was a mem
Der of the District National Guard.
was a sharpshooter and distinguished
marksman.
Some six years ago Mr. Halloran
wrote THE Romance of the Merit
System"-an inSpirational story OF As
years "reminiscences and PHILOSOPHERS
Of the civil service, from within, now
in its second edition. This book is in
the libraries of all the leading COL
leges and universities, from Amherst
to Yale. and in hundreds of public
libraries-20 in California, IA in Mas
sachusetts. etc. Many Senators and
Representatives and public officials
keep this book on their desks as an
authoritative source Of information
regarding the civil service.
Presidents Coolidge, Hoover and
Roosevelt wrote to Mr.. Halloran that
they had read it with a great deal Of
pleasure
Theodore Roosevelt, the dashing
Rough Rider" President, one Of the
pioneers for civil service, when re-
firing from the commission paid Mr.
HaIloran this tribute: During my
six years as civil service commissioner
you have served under me in a posi-
ton of peculiar trust. None but a
man of ability and capacity could
perform such services as yours, and
it was pleasure to have you serve
with me, and 1t is a pleasure to speak
Of your services, as have"
Evening star., 1934-05-20
Lafayette.

N CClIuIy dSO JOudy VIC Mdl quio
de Lafayette died in Paris, and the
anniversary of his departure from the
earthly scene is being commemorated
throughout the Nation of the West
which he helped to establish. But it
is not his final appearance, march
ing in the funeral procession of q
friend, that comes back to the Amer
ican mind as it salutes his memory
with its admiration and gratitude.
Rather, it is his honorable and de-
voted life. his long and useful career
as a partisan of ordered liberty, that
is recalled with veneration and re-
spect.
The hundred years that have passed
since his death have performed a SER
vice for the celebrated French ally
of the Colonial cause of 1777. They
have cleared away the miSts which
for space obscured his motives and
his purposes; they have reafirmed
his integrity as a constructive figure
in the politics of the Revolutionary
Age. Men did not understand him
adequately while yet he breathed, and
time was required for a proper per-
spective on the philosophy of modera-
ton which he exemphfied so notably.
Now, however, it is clear that La
fayette was a constitutionalist by
temperament and conviction. He
made no fetish of liberty. as some of
his contemporaries did. Instead. he
had the genius to see that freedom is
not an end in itself, that it really
is only a means. He believed that
peoples must be emancipated from
arbitrary tyranny. not that they may
practice anarchism, but, better. that
they may cultivate self discipline, the
basic principle of self-government.
And the goal he visioned and labored
and fought for was a more abundant
prosperity, more enduring peace,
more inclusive happiness for all
classes and for all individuals
Psychologically he was akin to
George Washington. Both were con-
servative, both were sound and sane,
and the revolt of the Colonists against
the British crown succeeded because
it was led by persons of their type
and not by those of the radical variety
who wrecked the French Revolution
and made easy the path of Napoleon
the dictator.
Lafayette's pilgrimage through the
world was not a joyful one. Like
others who have endeavored to be
liberal and just and fair to all parties,
he was punished for his charity and
tolerance. The scars of his imprison-
ment by the Prussians remained with
him for more than three decades after
his release. 1t is pleasant to think
that they may have been healed in
some small part by the affection of
his American public.
Child of another age, product Of a
period which is lost, a failure and a
neglected martyr as his sun declined,
he nevertheless personihed the best
virtues of this present epoch. To
illustrate chivalry, courage, determi-
nation, unselfish sacrifice, patient
gentleness and courtesy. unsullied
honor and unreserved dedication to
the common good, it will suffice
today to mention the name of
Lafayette, knightly soul who. per-
haps tardily, is coming into his own
as one of the most truly admirable
mentors of humankind.
Evening star., 1934-05-20

1.-THE flowers appear on the earth;
the time of the singing Of birds Is
come" SO wrote the wise man as he
witnessed again the miracle Of nature.
Each recurring season has its charm
and its unique appeal. It has its effect
not only upon our physical but upon
our mental life as well. If the tonic
of the cool airs of Winter stimulate,
the warming sun, the gentle rains and
the soft breezes Of Spring serve to
relax and refresh. We are the wit
nesseS Of an unending panorama; we
live in world of ever changing Won
ders, rich in color and glorious in
beauty. From the soft tints of the
early morning sky to the enhancing
splendor of the sunset Is one long
period Of ever-changing hues and
colors. Possibly no season of the year
is more rejuvenating or refreshing
than Springtime. It is the time OF
the earth's responsiveness to the call
of the warming rays of the sun. The
browns and the greys give place to en-
livening colors, and once again the
world about us Is clothed in beauty.
All this Is reflected in our physical
and mental life. We feel the fresh
urge to action, our outlooks change
and the sense of renewal stirs within
our being. We can hardly think OF
life without these recurring transi-
tions. I knew a poet who could never
write except in the Spring, and
painter who never felt the STRINGS
of his genius except in the Winter.
Thus men react to the changing
moods of nature.
The world about us Is like a story
book that is ever seeking to translate
to us in bright and glowing terms the
mind and purpose Of the Eternal
Father. 1t seems incredible that one
could live in such a world and not
discover something of the goodness
and glory of God. 1t was this that
prompted one to write: Il find with
in me the God whom I find every
where about me-" Thoreau was so en-
tranced by what he saw in nature that
he sought the open spaces rather than
the crowded ways Of city life. We re-
member the incident of the little ten
ement child who. denied the privilege
of the country. dropped her little rag
doll on the top Of an outgoing train
with the hope that what she was de-
prived of the doll might experience.
Evening star., 1934-05-20
The Task of the Conferees.

II should not be difficult for the
House and Senate to compose their
differences over the District bill which
now awaits their study. The bill does
not contain the controversial points,
involving fundamental differences be-
tween the two Houses in their concep-
tions of Federal obligations, which in
the past have resulted in conference
deadlocks. broken only by the neces-
sity to adjourn.
1t is true that the Senate bill pro-
poses the current lump-sum contribu-
ton of S., 100 900. while the House bill
cuts this lump sum to $4364,295. But
the Senate figure is the amount rec
commended by the President in his
budget message, and it is the amount
recommended by the House Appropri-
ations Committee in reporting the
District bill The reduction to S4,364,-
295 in the House bill was the result
of a step proposed on the spur OF
the moment, in the heat of House de-
bate and in retaliation for objections
made to other portions of the bill.
It is inconceivable that there can be
any further dispute in conference
over the lump sum.
The chief difference between the
House and Senate bills relates to the
amount of money to be appropriated
from local revenues. The House bill
was framed by committee and re-
ported to the House on the theory
that local tax reduction was even
more essential than the needs which,
otherwise, would be financed from
local revenues. Mandatory tax reduc-
ton having been blocked by objection
and parliamentary rules in the House,
the character of the bill was imme-
diately changed, and the local COM
munity was penalized by being de-
prived of the benefits that would re-
suit from tax reduction as well as
from local improvements. The bill
provided neither
The Senate committee proceeded
along another tack, and instead Of
working for local tax reduction de-
cided to spend all available local rev.
enues for local improvements, the
need for which has never been seri-
ously challenged in either House. The
Senate went so far in this direction
that the total expenditures provided
in the bill exceed the estimates of
revenue availability for the fiscal year
covered by the appropriations, al
though an actual deficit would be
avoided inasmuch as not all of the
authorized expenditures would fall
within the fiscal year.
It is impossible, under the circum-
stances. that the bill as it will
emerge from conference can provide
both the tax reduction favored by the
House committee and the improve
ments favored by the Senate commit
tee. The conferees will naturally seek
to adjust their differences so that the
bill will provide one or the other and
not deny both.
Evening star., 1934-05-20
Incendiarism.

A fire yesterday swept through the
business section of the city of New
buryport, Mass, destroying prop
erty to the value of nearly a mil
lion dollars. The belief prevails
that it was of incendiary origin.
Shortly prior to the outburst of flames
that caused the final heavy damage
three alarms had been sounded, two
for cause and one false. This sue
cesSion of alarms causes the convic-
tion that the conf1agration was the
work Of some one person or possibly
a group bent upon mischief.
Incendiarism is one Of the gravest
Of crimes, for it may take lives as
well as destroy property. It may be
the work of thieves or of maniacs.
It may be inspired by desire for re-
venge or by political agitation. There
is in this Newburyport case no clue
to the identity Of the firebug or to
the motive for starting the blaze.
In this city a few years ago a
pyromaniac set several fires in one
night. He was later caught. iden-
titled and committed to Jail for his
offenses, which fortunately did no
great damage and cost no lives.
Closely akin to the flrebug is the one
who turns in false alarms for the
sake of the excitement of seeing the
engines respond, with secret salts
faction of having caused the tur-
moil Such a one is almost as dan
gerous as the actual incendiary, and
he may in fact become one through
indulgence in this perverted DISPOSE
ton to cause needless trouble.
1t is possible that the Newburyport
fire was the work Of a radical think
ing to injure society through the de-
struction Of property. In the mill
towns Of that section are many politi-
cal fanatics. Numerous crimes have
Evening star., 1934-05-20

A Baltimore writer says that Sem
ators permit themselves to be used
tor perfunctory expressions of which
they have no knowledge until they get
into print. 1t is perhaps lucky for
former Sergeant at Arms David Barry
that he did not think of this little
idea when he wrote his famous article
for AL Smiths magazine.
Evening star., 1934-05-20

Delegation of the legislative func-
ton to the executive branch may be
necessary to some extent. Where such
immense transactions are involved it
may be hard for the Congress to do a
great deal beyond auditing the books.
Evening star., 1934-05-20

Should universal finger printing be
adopted, the public may be relied on
to learn to like it. The time is within
easy memory when the requirement
Of automobile tags was resented as
intrusions on personal privacy.
Evening star., 1934-05-20

Desperadoes are at least prevented
from pleading ignorance. Every new
statute to provide more vigilance and
impose new penalties is a distinct
reminder that crime is against the
law.
Evening star., 1934-05-20

As a man who has learned to enjoy
political fray, Clifford Pinchot may
find a certain philosophic satisfaction
in the kind of election decision that
prolongs the controversy.
Evening star., 1934-05-20
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

Reading, Arithmetic and Writing.
Now who is going to write the songs
To cheer us on our way?
Who's going to write to right the
wrongs
That irk US day by day?
Who's going to write the laws that
save
Nations from being wrecks?
And even more to know I crave
Who's going to write the checks?
Who's going to write the laws so deep
AS on life's way we trudge
That settle up accounts or keep
The budget on the bulge?
Great is our intellectual task;
The World puts on his specs"
AS Youth and Age combine to ask,
who's going to write the checks?"
Evening star., 1934-05-20

An ideal press supervision would be
one which guaranteed authenticity
and discouraged large imaginative
speculation on too small a margin
of fact.
Evening star., 1934-05-20

Economic writer's are being invited
to consider whether strikes have a
similar influence in boosting values to
that exercised by plowing under crops.
Evening star., 1934-05-20

Dillinger prides himself ON a new
kind of bank system that allows a
machine gun to take the place of a
check book and a fountain pen.
Evening star., 1934-05-20
Efficiency.
From the Miami Herald.

From the Miami Herald
Bandit gang bound and gagged
seven persons, then waited for time
lock to open vault Of Webb City, Mo.
bank. Escaped with about SIS, 200.
These robbers might be said to have
been calm and collected.
Evening star., 1934-05-20

A. A. A. by killing hogs meta
phorically as well as physically might
yet succeed in rendering the pork
barrel obsolete.
Evening star., 1934-05-20
Ghosts.

Ghosts.
Ghost writer's find repose but scant
Each brings, with purpose spunky,
More water for the elephant,
More fodder for the donkey.
They come with purpose stanch and
true.
Their objects of endeavor
May physically pass from view
Their spirits live forever.
Evening star., 1934-05-20
MortaIs Misunderstood.

"As a fellow idealist," said the
friend, you can count on my help in
persuading mankind to dwell in
Utopia"
II am much obliged to you an
swered Senator Sorghum, but
haven't time just now to interest my
self in any more real estate promo
tions"
Jud Tunkins says a ukulele isn't
near as big as a bass idose, but it
exercises heap more influence on
music and poetry.
Evening star., 1934-05-20
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Home RehearSalS.

Home KehearSaIS.
do you enjoy your daughters
commencement"
"a lot" answered Farmer Corn
tassel, "only it worries me to think
of how I'm going to hold up my end
when ordinary conversation is resumed
in the family circle"
"A beaten path is easiest trod, "
said Hi Ho, the sage Of Chinatown,
yet progress has depended largely on
our perpetual human curiosity as to
what may lie in the Jungle"
Evening star., 1934-05-20
Three Thousand at Least.

1nrtt 1HUuSdHu at LcdSt.
The Candidate now comes along,
A fairy friend with magic strong.
A fairy's limit used to be
A kind consent to wishes three.
The Candidate more skill must claim
In following up the fairy game,
For he must promise with will
Three thousand wishes to fulfill.
Evening star., 1934-05-20

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Evening star., 1934-05-20

'Other peoples high hattin' don't
bother me-" said Uncle Eben, las long
as kin keep good shoes on my own
feet"
La gaceta., 1934-08-21
LA HUELGA DE LOS EN-
PLEADOS DE COMUNICA-
CLONES

Habana, Ago,to 21.-Conti-
nua la huelga de los empleados
dc comunlcaciones, que no han
Nuelto a suS labores aunque Ell
gobicrno utiliza rompehuelgaa
y soluados.
Conferenciaron aver con ell
secreta!io Suarez los jefes de
departamento Sres. Aymerich
y N!amonte, los que dijeron ha
bian tratado de asuntos admi-
nlStrativOs.
FL Secretario dice que ell SER
vicio So ha normalizado Y que
aver qued6 restablecida la CO.
municacion telegrafica con Ma
tanZas. A los nuevos emplea-
dos les ha ofrecido inamovili :
dad.
"Yo no entrar6 en- negocia :
clones con los huelguistas Y L.
cabo de pedir a la policia inves
tigue que individuos fueron los
que preparar0n ell m0vimient0.
FL nuevo iefe de telGgrafos
dice que ell desempenara ell car
go, por amistad con ell coronel
Mendieta, hasta que la huelga
Sc termine.
Las ventanillas de sellos y
certificates Sc abrieron aver.
Desde Nina telegrafi6 Ell te-
niente Muza informando que
ALI Sc habia dinamitado un pos
te del TELEGRAPH, por personals
descOnocidas.
Sc da por cierto que presen-
tara su renuncia ell ST.. Luis Va
roma, jefe de despacho a las or
denes directaS del DR., Suarez
Gutierrez.
La gaceta., 1934-08-21
LOS NAILS QUIEREN ADAM
DCNAR LAS IDEAS Girls
TI.ANAS

Berlin, Agcsto 21.-La pro-
paganda iriciada por los nazis
contra el cristianismo causa in
qu.etud en- los circulos catoli-
O y protestantes.
Les jefes de la juventud hit
Ierista en- un manifesto publ
cado aver. piden la abolicion
del cristianismo.
Paul j. Coebbels, ministro
de propaganda, lanzo veladas
amenazas contra los catolico:
y ha dado nuevo impulse a la
iglesia dirigida por ell obispo
Muellar.
Ell Vaticano mantiene su ac-
titud indecisa err 10 que respec-
ia a un concordato con Ell GO
bierno de Hitler.
Antes de morir Hindenburg
hahia ordenado al obispo Niue
liar que predicara en- nombre
de Cristo.
La gaceta., 1934-08-21
ST es necesano Ell gobieno fijara
Ell precio de los where's

de ell gobierno formara Conee-
JOS en- cada cJndado y ciud2d %
IA proteger debidamente a los
.c0nsumidOreS.
la mas poderosa arma de Ia
a administration sera ell control
de precios. FL Presidente tiene
autoridad para bajar y subir
les a~ranceles en- un 500, en-
ease de que Surja una Situaci6n
de emergencia. Quitadas las ba-
rreraS arancelariaS, las mercan
cias extranjeras ,compradas a
5ajos preci"s, abaStecerian in
meGiatamente las n~ecesarias de
la nacion.
La gaceta., 1934-08-21
DISTRIBUTOR EN- TAMPA
COMUNISTA

A la policia Sc informo aver
que en- las casas de Ybor City
y otrcs barrios de Tampa, los
ccmunistas han venido distri-
Euyendo propaganda, que apa-
'rece firmada con las palabras
u. S. A. Distrito de Florida nu-
Nero 35.
Hojas de tendencias "encar-
pa6as" sc han puesto en- los bu-
zones de muchas casas y en-
elias Sc dice que ell "fascismo"
sc esta organizando en- Orlan-
do, y que ell partido Comun;sta
seguira integrando sus f;las Ell
la Florida, a pesar de- amena-
zas, arrestcs y sec1cstros.
En- esas hojas Sc insulta a la
Legion Americana y a la orden
K. K. K.
La gaceta., 1934-08-21
Las CASAS DE JUEGO PER,
MANECEN CERRADAS

Continuan cerradas las ca
sas de juego de la ciudad y e!
condado.
Ell gobernador esta hacienda
una investigation, per medic
de agentes venidos de la CAPT
tai del estado, que oportuna :
mente lie informaran.
Les agentes han visto cerra-
dos tcdos los "clubs" y garitos,
prueba de que existian y de
que existiran.
Sabese que ell gobierno fede-
raj Sc ha quejado del exceso de
juego en- Tampa, estimando
que este vicio arrebata un Gre
cido tantc por ciento de 10 que
ganan los obreros al servicio d
Ia EKA.
Dicese que algunas institu-
cicnes Sc quejaron al goberna-
dor, cbligando a este a tomar
la rigurosa MEDIA.
Mientras Sc aver qua ell orr
gen del cierre, los "experto3"
locales cafcufan ell numero de
hombres que Sc han quedado
sin ccupacion, como banqueros,
billeteros, boliteros, ayudantes
y apuptadores.
iva pasara la tormenta, que
Dies "aprieta, pero no ahoga."
La gaceta., 1934-08-21
LOS TEN
DRAM DOS CARTERAS

Habana, Agoyto 21,-Asegi
rase que 81 coroneI Mendieta
nombrara hoy secretario de ira
bajo al DR., Rogclio Pima, I'm
marianista, y dara la secretl-
ria de comercio al Dr.. Rafael
Santos Jimtnez, otro lider del
abecedismo.
Sc arirma Que cI DR.. Carlos
Saladrigas del partido social
4em6crata, volvera de nuevo a
la cartera de justicia.
LIS r&cionalistas, por boca
de So jefe, Ell Sr. Jose LUIS del
Pozo, reiteraron aver su adh =
son al Presidente, anunciando
que este asumira la complete
.responsabilidad del gobierno.
La gaceta., 1934-08-21

81 los precios de los articu'
los alimenticios suben de acuer,
do con las "patri6ticas ambicio.
mes" de los Expenditures, ell 60
bierno del presidente Roosevelt
sehalara un margen de ganan,
cia Y ell consumidor tendra e.
"justo trato" que todavia no Sc
lie ha concedido.
Hace dias aseguramos que 81
los espe ;uladores pensaban ella
var sus afilados dientes en- Ia
carne del pueblo del CONSUME
dor, ell gobierno de Mr.. Roose'
welt no 10 consentiria.
TFecha nuestra prediction, e.
secretari9 Wallace sali6 a la pa
lestra d9slindando los campOs y
ahora el jefe del estado anuncia
que no tolerara que algunos in
dividuos, con ell viejo pretextC
de la "libertad individual" para
esquilmar a sus conciudadanos
aumenten sus fortunas priva-
das, personales,, cobrando die2
por 10 que vale dos o tres.
E lgobierno de Mr.. Roose-
welt, pese a sus d~etractores re.
publiaanos y de otra filiaci6n
defend a todas las classes que
compouen la sociedad america.
ma, pero impedira que los me
nos, los mas osados, pongan e
La gaceta., 1934-08-21
LA ALTA PRESTON DE SAN
GRE TRATADA CON LOS
RAYOS X

Chicago, Agosto 21.-Ante
la Association de Medicos de
Ferrocarriles, el DR.. James H.
Hutto manifesto que con 6xito
ha cmpleado los rayos X para
dominar la enfermedad conoci
da por alta preston de sangre.
La irradiaci6n Sc aplica a la
glandula pituitaria en- la cabe-
IA y a la adrenal, en- los rino-
mes, tomando por base la hip6-
tests de que la actividad de 6s-
tas glandulas es la cauSa de la
alta preston. Tn hombre de 50
amos, 6 pies de alto y 216 Ii
bras de peso, con la preston Ell
230 y constante dolor de cabe-
"a, debilidad y eXtremidades
inflamadas fUG sometido a a.
p~licaciones de los rayos X por
ell periodic de dos meses, s'endo
reducida su preston a ITO y de
sapareciendo Ell dolor de cabe-
"a,