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dated. They are a burden \
our liberties. As churches Is]
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ple."
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tant ministers thres,enN !, =,
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1920, because he CTNvi u
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20, 1920, as saying:
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conscience and VITA llosT
long as he does not INTERFERE
another's rights. G's !
movement within the ct1Ttia
nut more into the day. {
faith, love, and devotion.
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THE fine hand of Alice Long.
worth appeared yisibly at
Tue latest Tugwell attack. She
conferred for nearly halr am
Evening star., 1934-02-24
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHuANDER JOHNSON.
Snow Unbeautiful.

Snow Unbeautiful.
It's useless to tell me that times
haven't changed.
From pleasant old customs we're
wholly estranged.
We sang of the sleighbells that
merriy chimed
And horses whose hoofbeats to rhythm
were timed.
We miss the glad schoolboy who used
to be gay
Mid the scurrying flakes in their
fairylike play.
Now it's just a white waste and a
wearisome SHOW
Nobody says, "Oh!
The Beautiful Snow!"
The flivver is busily blowing off
steam,
The lights on the highway all mistily
gleam.
We still struggle on in a pitiful race,
With a clock as the tyrant that's
setting the pace.
For duty is cruel devoid of romance,
As life must depend on a desperate
chance.
We sneer at the pleasures We loved
long ago.
Nobody says. "Oh!
The Beautiful Snow!"
Evening star., 1934-02-24

of the tax-rate fixing authority to the
Commissioners last year permitted .
reduction In the tax rate. Water
rents, or taxes, are established arbi-
trarily by Congress. These have, for
the past several years, been yielding
more revenue than Congress Is willing
to spend, and that means excessive
taxation. Whenever 1t is possible or
practical, the fixing of tax rates
should be left to the Commissioners
and made dependent upon revenue
needs. In the case of water and
sewer main assessments, the rate
should depend upon prevailing costs.
and the Commissioners given the au-
thority so to establish them. That Is
the principle. Of course. in assess
ments for street work which are
made after the cost Of the job Is COM
puted. The trouble with the estab-
lishment of arbitrary rates by Con-
gress is that such rates are apt to re-
main long after conditions change the
basis upon which they were estab-
lished.
Evening star., 1934-02-24

choral compositions, and reafdrming
the elemental values Of the sacred
romance Of Christianity In his "Apos-
tie" "Tfae Kingdom" i" 1.-THE Dream Of
Geronttus" and other oratorios. His
symphony in A Fiat" had initial
presentation in 1908; . second effort
Of the same type was his gesture Of
gratitude toward his royal patron,
completed in 1910. His last large
work was his "Falstafi." finished in
1918.
Altogether. it was a good and useful
life that Sir Edward had, and he must
have been honorably conscious of the
effectiveness Of his endeavors. If ever
discouraged critics should presume to
suppose that music IS dying art, it
will be enough in the way of an
answer If his name is mentioned as
that of one who would not have been
a stranger in the company Of the
masters Of the golden age.
Evening star., 1934-02-24
Dictator" Doumergue.

BY one Of those overwhelming votes
OF confidence on which the salvation
government" Of France can apparently
rely with regularity, the Chamber Of
Deputies has clothed Premier Dou-
mergue and his cabinet with virtually
dictatorial power over the national
purse. They are not only to balance
the budget, but are given unprece-
dented authority to achieve by their
own DEGREES a reduction Of 900 ,000, 900
francs in national expenditure.
The procedure savors of taking a
leaf out of our new deal economy pro-
gram here in the United States, with
one notable exception. Premier
Doumergue has entered into a gen
tlemen's agreement" with the Cham
ber that economies will not be effected
by any curtailment in the pay of
government employees. Otherwise the
cabinets latitude in pairing the
budget Is unlimited. No such decree
powers have been known in France
since those granted to Raymond Poin-
care, savior Of the franc," during the
financial crisis of 1926.
Retrenchments must be decreed
before June 80 and ratified by the
Chamber before December II. A
balanced budget is the goal at which
M. Doumergue is aiming. and, with
it, protection of the franc and resto-
ration of public confidence. Heavy
Withdrawals of gold continue to drain
the great hoard of the Bank of
France. To date the strain has not
been unbearable, but an indefinite
continuance is contemplated with
anxiety. The bank still has 74,000,-
000, ,000-odd gold francs currently,
s4,838, 100000 in its vaults, but lat
terly it has been subject to weekly
Withdrawals of roundly 100000, 900
francs.
Compared to the fabulous budget
figures with which Americans now
adays are familiar, the French ma
tional household is not a costly affair.
The Doumergue government plans to
operate in the immediate future on
total annual expenditure of roundly
$3.50, ,000, 900 in current American
funds, with estimated receipts of al
most exactly the same amount. Orig
inal expenses were placed at figure
some SAC. 0.OO0, 900 higher, but these are
now to be cut by the "dictatoriap
DEGREES which the cabinet is en-
powered to issue.
Compulsory devaluation Of the
franc, on the model of what has
happened to the dollar, is one Of the
pitfalls M. Deumergue seeks to avoid
through the wide authority he now
possesses. He made its granting q
practical condition for his retaining
Office.
France seems to have found her
strong" man.
Evening star., 1934-02-24
Country Backs President
In Opposing Rail Wage Cut

Practically unanimous approval is
given by the press to the request from
President Roosevelt that the railroad
executives withdraw their notice of a
desire to increase the employees wage
cut from 10 to Is per cent. The pro-
poSal Is held to be lacking in har-
mony with the recovery program of
the Government, and to give promise
Of a wage controversy that might be
disturbing to general conditions,
President Roosevelt has asked"
says the Chicago Daily News, that
the annual railroad wage sparring
match be called of through an extern
sion Of the existing 10 per cent cut
for another six months. The reasons
he advances are sound. The railroads
could retract their ill-advised request
for Is per cent reduction; the broth
erhood leaders could abandon their
agitation for restoration of the old
wage scales without loss of face
among their followers. The need
for a new attitude applies to the mass
OF working rules and other restrictions
which have arisen under the lenient
eye OF the Railroad Labor Board. The
new streamlined motor-driven trains
point the way to q revolution In rail.
road operating methods.
president Roosevelt's action in so
promptly stepping in Is commend
able" declares the Scranton Times,
while the Boston Transcript presents
the argument: 1T Is a reasonable re-
quest. Considering the influence OF
the White House and the prestige of
It's present occupant, it will impress
many as amounting to more than a
request. The response Of railway man
agement and railway labor is yet to be
made. but it would seem that neither
would act in defiance OF the Presi-
dent, and in disregard of the fact
that controversy at this time might
retard recovery in the country as a
whole, and, in so doing. bring about
further losses both to the railways
and to their employees"
Business is improving and a seri-
GUS labor controversy at this time
would undo much that already has
been done toward recovery" thinks
the Newport News Daily Press, and
the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin feels
that "the Presidents plea is reason
able and sustained by conditions"
Unless Mr.. Roosevelt's request pre-
vails," states the Huntington (W. Va.)
Herald Dispatch, ut Is readily as
sumable that the brotherhoods and
crafts will issue a counter proposal
demanding not only restoration Of the
basic scale, but an increase. There,
Evening star., 1934-02-24

if anywhere, the issue will be Joined.
In view of the surrounding facts 1t
would seem out Of place to discuss
the merits of the rails announced
intention. Otherwise we would be
tempted to say that such a drastic
wage-cutting policy is out of keeping
with the times. Recognizing it as
but preliminary gesture and fur
ther encouraged by the action at the
White House, we regard the situation
complacently. We anticipate that be-
tween the steamlines and their en-
ployes there will be a continuance
of the common sense and friendship
which have usually marked their re-
lationS in the past"
"By taking the offensive" in the
opinion Of the Roanoke World-News,
"the railway executives are making a
shrewd move to forestall restoration
of the 10 per cent cut" That paper
concludes: 1T is not very probable
that wages will be cut another five
per cent, but the attitude Of the
executives make it clear that the
employees are not going to have their
10 per cent cut restored without
real fight. Indeed, even with real
fight, the outlook for any stable
increase in wages appears remote.
indeed"
Rail wages should go up, not
down." argues the Philadelphia Rec
ord This double blow-slashed
buying power and a major strike
would imperil the recovery program
at a time when its whole future is
at stake.
THAT the blow should come from
an industry which has been the bene-
ficiarS Of 400 millions in Government
aid is an eloquent commentary on
the gratitude as well as the common
sense OF the rail carriers. Rail broth
erhoods have been preparing for the
showdown. Strike polls have been
taken in the West and South. Rail
workers. having suffered heavily from
unemployment, mergers and cuts, are
in the mood to fight"
The st. Louis Post-Dispatch con-
tends that there are ways of doing
something for the railroads without
doing something to their employees"
The Manchester IN. H. Union con-
cludes: ''It is conceivable that the
present demand by the, roads Is de-
signed to place the management in
strategic position to force q re-
newal Of the existing agreement. A
similar gesture was made prior to the
conference last October, when notice
Of a 22h per cent reduction In the
basic wage scale was given. Be this
as 1t may, it Is hoped that both the
management and the labor executives
will show the same discretion that
they have shown In the past. Not
withstanding their debt burdens, the
management must be fully aware that
Is per cent wsse c:s would be
completely out or harmony with the
operation Of industry generally under
the N. r. A. Whereas the effort Is
elsewhere to increase employment and
wages 50 as to strengthen the buying
power Of the public, at . single stroke
they would cut the buying power Of
apprpximStely 2,soo. 600 people"
Evening star., 1934-02-24

II you were Q startling, and were In
search Of dinner In q snowy back
yard
And q great human creature sud-
denly opened the back door, soaring
you and your comrades into the trees
again
And this same creature, with a
sweeping gesture Of the hand, threw
down o great many fine big bread
crumbs
And your SCOUTS reported that all
was quiet again in the yard
And you new down, along with your
mates, to the feast
Then what?
Well, If you were as intelligent as
one particular starting In our yard
recently, you would grab piece OF
bread first of all.
You would look around at the ice
and snow, and wonder where you
could find q dry place to stand while
eating.
THEN you would calmly fly onto the
back of another startling and proceed
to MUNICH your dinner while enjoying
that rather restive but dry landing
place.
The starting which provided this
impromptu table for its intellectual
comrade did not seem to think very
much of the proceeding. but was SO
busy eating that 1t did not try to
shake him of.
Only now and then it would give a
hop, as If determined to rid itself
of the old man of the sea which had
so strangely settled down on 1t.
X X X n
This was the only time, In a long
watching of bird life. that the OBJ
feathered friends use another as q
dining table.
As soon as 1t had finished Its crumh
1t flew down on the ground for
another.
It did not perch atop one Of its
mates this time, but few to q small
stake sticking out Of the snow.
1t may be questioned whether it
selected its somewhat unusual perch
with malice aforethought, or whether
1t merely chanced upon such a dry
footing, and. finding 1t good. remained
there.
The latter is the most likely sup
position, but the proceeding at the
time had all the appearance Of In
telligence in action.
The bird did not like the wet snow
o. hing dTy
to stand on-and found it.
If it had used the same device
again. 1t would have been more than
bird.
1t would have been human.
This Is the season, despite the snow
when the first real Spring bird songs
are heard
Just this week a pair Of cardinals
flew into our yard.
Every morning now. Just as the sun
throws slanting rays Of bright red over
the hills to the east, outlined with
their tall fringe Of trees, the cardinals
begin their peculiar, soft CHEEKY
whistling.
To ears atuned to such things, these
sounds are distinctive.
1t has been many months since they
were heard in our yard.
The cardinals winter here, but none
Of them has remained in our yard.
This pair is the first Of their beauti-
full coloration to be seen, a happy
harbinger, one may hope, of Spring
not so far away as it seems.
Evening star., 1934-02-24
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES e. TRACEWELL.

From now on there will be many
new bird calls, II one Is able to hear
them.
We have never tired here Of point
ing out that not every one can hear
such things.
BY pointing out such a plain fact,
We embolden a few who otherwise
might think listening for bird songs
not worth while.
Such listening Is very much worth
while, II 1t Is part of your disposi-
ton.
1t means, surely, that you are able
/ to touch that true philosophers stone,
appreciation.
Real appreciation is for the little
things of life.
Almost any one can appreciate" an
earthquake at its true worth. such as
it Is.
The violent cataclysm compels at
tention, even from those queer souls
who long ago made up their minds
that nothing should be Of interest to
them unless it first was of profit to
them.
Profit, usually money profit, they
made the measure Of beauty, Of all
worth.
They tricked the clouds off with
dollar marks, and then wondered why
foreigners sneered at the money lust
of Americans.
Every one needs money, Of course
| (and sometimes alasD, but that is no
reason for making money the sole
measure of everything, for the simple
reason that 1t Is not.
| ~
A birds song at this time of year,
for instance, is above price.
No one could say what it Is worth.
1t Is not worth anything to you, or
1t is worth a very great deal.
Even II your life has led you to deal
solely with dry fiscal matters, as a
matter Of necessity, you would find it
wonderfully enheartening. especially at
this time of year, to listen for the
first strange bird call In your own
home neighborhood.
How many years has it been since
you listened for such trivial thing?
We are afraid that this fine recrea-
| ton will not appeal to every one.
1t smacks too much of doing moth
ing, to many persons. Invariably
these are OF the type which Is su.
premely afraid of going back on
American tradition.
In a pioneer America it was a SEN
| sible tradition.
He who did not work, who would
not swing an ak. but preferred to sit
by the cabin door listening to bird
songs. was rightly enough dubbed
| loafer.
Even Abraham Lincoln, who did not
like to kill animals with a gun, had
to meet the sneers of his comrades.
and the somewhat mild contempt of
his own father.
The days have changed since then,
the very times, and the forms of times.
have changed, and there is place now
for those who prefer to sit, if through
their placidity they can help and di-
rect others.
II you cannot appreciate the bird
songs in the Spring
If the sight of the startling eating
its dinner while standing on the back
of another startling is not a better
sight in your eyes than Senate In
vestigation committee in full bloom
Then you may rightly say that you
cannot appreciate the appreciators OF
such small, interesting things, and We
wfll just let it go at that.
Evening star., 1934-02-24
High Improvement Assessments.

There should be no profit to the
municipality in assessments for such
necessary property improvements as
water and sewer main installations.
The assessments should cover the cost
of installation, and no more. But as
Engineer Commissioner Gotwals points
out in his letter to Senator King, the
District levies assessments for such
Improvements on both sides of the
street, and at rate that, in the case
of water mains, collects from the tax
payer almost twice as much as the
cost of installation. The Commits
sioner proposes that the assessment
rate for both water and sewer mains
be cut from the present SO per nneal
foot to $1.5o.
Tt would, however, seem an even
more equitable proposition to leave
the rate of such assessments to be
fixed by the Commissioners and make
the rate dependent upon costs of
labor and material prevailing at the
time of installation. One of the in
equities of the existing rate is due to
the fact that it was fixed in 1927. A.
that time, Maj Gotwals tells Senator
King, there was so much building ac-
tivity that >the assessments were
ralmost unnoticed." 1t took the de-
preston, with its falling prices, to
demonstrate the unfairness of the
rate of assessment, and it required the
efforts of a private builder to bring
It to public attention in a plea to SEN
ator King for relief.
Congress leaves to the Commits
sioners the power to fix the tax rate
on real and personal property. When
1t denied the Commissioners that
power for several successive years by
appropriation bill riders forbidding
decrease in the tax rate, the effect
was to collect a surplus of tax reve-
nues over expenditures. Restoration
Evening star., 1934-02-24

American diplomats are justly COM
planning of inadequate funds. 1t
hardly seems reasonable to make them
conspicuous personal examples Of the
embarrassing economies to which the
people Of this country are being sub
jected.
Evening star., 1934-02-24
Sir Edward Elgar.

No man ever was more typically
British than Sir Edward Elgar, the
composer, who died in the shadow of
Worcester Cathedral yesterday, and
yet no man ever more notably demon
strated the internationalism, the uni
versatility of music. His genius was
distinctly that Of his own native
land and his own environment; he
was as truly English as Wagner and
Brahms were German, but the har-
monies he summoned out of nothing
ness into vibrant realities knew no
limitations, were confined within no
artificial boundaries. Hence the music
lovers Of the whole world have appre-
ciated him, have unpretendingly en-
tertained an affection for him and
now unite to mourn his passing.
Seventy-seven when he penned his
last score, Sir Edwards career ran
through six busy decades Of devoted
labor and creative aspiration. A tire
less worker, he never ceased to strug-
gle toward what he conceived TO be
loftier heights of achievement. Not
even near the end did he pause to
look back: self-improvement, self
development prodded him ceaselessly
on. Only few weeks ago he began
third symphony. designed to be q
nobler enterprise than any opus Of
his earlier years.
But to Americans it probably will
appear that he attained the apex Of
his powers during the period now de-
nominated Edwardian, the time Of
Edward VII. His "Pomp and Cir
cumStance" was written for the cor
onation of that sovereign, and it re-
mains by all odds the most widely
popular of his long list of titles. One
of the grandest and most stirring Of
marches, it has frequent performance
in the United States. 1t brought him
his knighthood, in 1904, and doubtless
had something to do with his ap-
pointment as master of the Kings
MuSick, in 1924.
Meanwhile, Sir Edward was giving
new vitality to the ancient legends of
the British race in his 'Caractacus," "
Saga of King OLAF" "The Banner Of
st. George" 1.-THE Black Knight" /"
"Froissart" and other symphonic and
Evening star., 1934-02-24

Incidentally 1t may be found that
many faithful letter carrier has SUI
fered in the blizzard to the extent Of
being kept at home by the threat of
pneumonia. There is always more
heroism in the world than the public
knows about.