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Evening star., 1934-06-22

Rexford Tugwell is conceded by q
ma jority of observers to have come
through his senatorial inquisition with
flying colors. Many take the position
that opposition to the professors ap-
pointment was, in effect, an indirect
attack upon q President whose popu-
larity precluded more direct action.
There are several, however. who are
more convinced of Mr.. Tugwelrs agile
mind and nimble wit than of his con-
servatism and practical farming ex-
perience.
Senators of the conservative type,
such as Bailey" states the winston
Salem Journal. may say they oppose
Tugwell for various reasons. But the
American people see in their attitude
only one thing: Opposition to the
fundamental aims Of the Roosevelt
administration. It matters not how
much Senators may laud and eulo-
gize President Roosevelt in the SAN
guine hope of being lifted up by his
immense personal popularity. By their
votes on the Roosevelt program they
shall be branded and no amount OF
rhetorical brushing can ever erase the
branding"
The Charlotte Observer takes q
similar position, and declares that "it
can be taken only as personal af.
front by the President to have DR..
Tugwell, the brain-truster he selected
to take the undersecretaryship of the
Department of Agriculture, subjected
to q barrage of such questions as Sem
ator Bailey pumped at him. Inde-
pendence of conviction" adds this pa
per, is praiseworthy when delicate
issues are debated in normal times.
but the American people are hanging
on to Mr.. Roosevelt and not to the
United States Senate; believe in him
and are willing to give him fair
chance to 60 through with what is in
his mind to bring this country out Of
the doldrums." The Denver Rocky
Mountain News also has something to
say ON this subject: "They know he
Is not running the President "a they
insinuate," it declares. They know
the President is President. And they
don't like it. That Is their right. We
hope they say so on the Senate floor
and take on their false whiskers."
IF the Senators voted as they talk
In the cloak room and on the streets
Of Washington. Tugwell could not
have been confirmed as Undersecre-
tary," holds the Troy IN. ~ Record.
THE sentiment Of the Senate was
distinctly adverse" The Columbus
Evening Dispatch, also is of the opin-
ion that "for all his explanations.
Prof. Tugwen hasn't cleared the air
Of suspicious against the phrase
planned economy and the Wichita
Eagle thinks that "the hearing was
not without its significance in show
ing marked signs of dissatisfaction
among Democrats in the South and
particularly in the oldest part Of the
South"
On the other hand, the Nashville
Tennessean feels that the hearing
added nothing to the dignity Of the
United States Senate or to the pres
tige Of Senator Smith OF South Caro-
lina," and the Toledo Blade finds that
listening to the whamming back and
forth among members OF the Senate
committee catechising him, Prof. Rex
ford Guy Tugwen came through what
seemed 10 be more Of an ordeal to
his questioners than TO himself" II
Evening star., 1934-06-22
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

alize that he Is no doctrinaire, but
works vigorously for protection where
required by higher standards OF cost
involved in the new deal Mr.. Ryder's
special interest just now lies in the
new reciprocal tariff agreements which
the administration will soon under
take and in the question Of when and
how far concessions can be made in
American schedules. in exchange for
privileges obtained abroad.
Two distinguished Washingtonians,
Assistant Secretary of Commerce John
Dickinson and Rear Admiral Cary T.
Grayson, are being mentioned as sue
cessors to the late DR.. j. A. c. Chand-
ler as president of William and Mary
College, at williamsburg, Va. Admiral
Grayson Is one of its most famous and
ardent alumni. William and Mary's
quest for a new president develops the
amazing fact, conveyed to this OBJ
server from a responsible quarter, that
no fewer than 200 American colleges
and universities are now looking for
presidents. The dearth of timber ap-
pears to be due to the difficulty OF
finding men who combine scholarly
and executive talents with gift for
money raising 1t is expected that the
colleges one of these days may retail
late and raid the Roosevelt brain
trust.
Mayor La Guardia of New York has
Just given a job to former colleague
in the House, Representative Frank
Oliver. Democrat, who left Congress
this week to become Gotham city
magistrate His appointment IS for
q 10-year period. Judge Oliver repre-
sented his Bronx constituency at
Washington for IL years. He is a
graduate of Fordham University and
the New York Law School and had
the backing OF the Roosevelt-Farley
leader In the Bronx, Edward j. Flynn,
for the bench position just awarded
him.
Perhaps when President Enrique
Olaya Herrera of Colombia Is enter
tanning President Roosevelt at lunch
at Cartegena F. D. r. may be asked
to slip his host political tip or two.
The Colombian executive is due to
retire from office in August, but has
not made up his mind about his fu-
ture, Under the constitution he must
remain in the country one year. The
presumption is that he will practice
law, although q strong group OF his
Liberal party supporters would IKE
to keep him in politics and groom him
for reelection in 1888. Meantime,
President Herrera. once Colombian
Minister to the United States, may
either return to his old post in WASH
ington or be sent to Vatican City to
negotiate a new Colombian concordat
with the Pope.
Defeat of former Mayor Curley of
Boston for the Democratic guberna-
torial nominate tion in Massachusetts, is
a bit of rebuff for the Roosevelt or
ganization in the Bay State. Curley
was the original F. r. B. c. man in
Massachusetts, and long In opposition
to the now triumphant Walsh-Ely
combination. The recent G. o. p.
State convention nominated Bob"
washburn, Coolidge biographer and
Boston newspaper colunmnist, for the
Senate against Senator David /.
Walsh, who has just been renominated
for third full term.
tCopyright, 1884
Evening star., 1934-06-22
Tugwell Praised for Showing
Before Senate Investigators

seems to the Baltimore Sun that with
the objections to him so vaguely and
heatedly expressed, and with his de-
tenders insisting on making a party
issue of DR.. Tugwells magazine ar
ticles and radio speeches, he had
nothing to fear except a day OF good,
clean fun for the spectators" while
the Morgantown Dominion News is
convinced that the Writ and Tugwell
episodes will make it more difficult
than ever for Republicans to induce
people to credit their evidence"
"If Tugwell had been no scholar.
just a practical politician" declares
the Miami Daily News, his nomina-
ton as Undersecretary of Agriculture
would have caused no stir. But he
is a scholar and a thinker. As such
he has thought thoughts not yet
reached by most of us. He arouses
those apprehensions in many breasts
today which Galileo aroused when, in
the field of physical science, he
thought ahead of his times. So it is
the senatorial inquisition for Tug
we'll"
The Fort Worth Star Telegram, in
speaking of the question Of expert
ence. asserts that "in the specific in
stance of agricultural experience they
ignore the simple fact that the in
dustry doesn't contain any noticeable
plow-armed Cincinnatuses." The Pom
tiac (Mich) Daily Press thinks that
he faces his real test ''in the results
to be produced by the policies he pro-
pounds"
"As for DR.. Tugwell." remarks the
Rock Island Argus. I'VE would think
more of him il he had told his
senatorial inquisitors to Jump in the
Potomac and keep their old job" but
the Springfield (Mo) Leader and
Press calls attention TO the fact that
"the public Official seeking a promo
ton and an increase in salary, who
made the right answers, is not the
college professor who only q few
months before had sneered at rugged
individualiSm.'
Senate investigation of the fitness
of DR.. Tugwell for promotion from As
sistant Secretary of Agriculture to
Undersecretary of Agriculture has its
humorous aspects" believes the Los
Angeles Post, in that ''the Job is the
same one he is now holding, as far
as the work is concerned" To the
Indianapolis Star "it makes little
difference whether Tugwell draws a
pay check as an Assistant or an Un-
dersecretary Of Agriculture" 1t adds:
$50 long as he retains any official
connection with the administration he
will be q party liability"
Evening star., 1934-06-22
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

He picked up a dollar bill from
the floor, and presented it to the
proprietor.
Some one lost this" he said.
An acquaintance, hearing about the
episode. asked him a few questions
you found o dollar?" he asked.
"Yes."
why didn't you keep it?"
Il didn't want It,"
why not?"
Because 1t didn't belong to me-"
He was q hero of the every day,
that is all.
Civilization is built upon him and
his kind.
Without him, without them, there
would be neither the concept of law
and order, nor the actualitieS, as
poorly as they seem to be worked out,
at times.
He did not want something that
did not belong to him.
Think OF that!
Many persons subscribe whole
| heartedly to the idea which is de-
Scribed in school boy lingo as finders
are keepers"
Finding money on the street. they
The fact that 1t obviously belongs
to some one else means nothing In
the world to them. unless an ac-
quaintance sees them pick 1t up.
Then they. too. become upholders OF
law and order.
Our hero does not want what does
not belong to him.
He honestly believes that he would
starve to death before he would
take 1t.
Maybe hunger, thirst and cold
would change his mind but that Is
the way he feels about it.
Now the point is that he is not
unique.
If he is a hero, there still are
thousands OF heroes like him all over
the United States.
Amid the spectacularitieS of GER
tain persons and organizations, these
good Americans go their way. doing
the best they can, the upholders of
law and order.
1t is well, at times, to keep this
in mind
These law-abiding persons do not
get any publicity. they get no praise.
nobody ever says anything about
them, except upon occasion.
Nevertheless, they form the perfect
backbone of the Nation. and they are
no farther from each one Of us than
yonder man.
He may be friend. neighbor,
stranger. He may be, at least in
America. of any color, race or creed.
He may be anybody. but still in
the bottom of his heart he believes
in the rules OF civilizatiohs game.
Base ball has its rules, foot ball has
Its rules. each game has its rules
Nobody, playing chess, would think
OF playing the pieces other than in
the ordained way.
No one. losing, would tip the board
angrily. spill the pieces on the floor,
then rise and declare himself winner
of the game.
Il had rather be wild, and live in
the woods, than live In a community
without law"
So said Napoleon. curious combi-
nation of lawfulness and lawlessness.
Order has its rules; fortunate Il
the nation where. there are enough
believers in playing the game accord
ing to the rules.
Evening star., 1934-06-22
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

Alas, How Changed.
It's not the same old town
Since Congress went away.
The statues seem to frown
When bands arrive to play;
The starlings roost on high
With no one to pursue,
And sultry winds pass by
Along the Avenue.
The base ball score displayed
Evokes the usual roar,
But there Is no parade,
The circus is no more.
No statesmen of renown
Bring threats of serious fray.
It's not the same old town
Since Congress went away!
Evening star., 1934-06-22
Bigger Navies in Sight.

blSRCT NdVlcS III OlS H.
Prospects for reduction of naval
armaments grow appreciably DINNER.
The preliminary conversations now in
progress at London, looking to some
debatable basis for the 1885 confer
ence, now definitely disclose that if
such a meeting takes place at all it
will be mainly for the purpose of ex-
psnding, rather than contracting, the
fleets Of Great Britain, the United
States and Japan.
Hitherto that outlook has been cue
to the insistence of the japanese for
an increase in the existing 5-5-3
ratio whereby they would be accorded
equality with the British and Ameri-
can fleets Now Great Britain projects
program for a vast increase Of
naval strength, apparently without
regard to Japanese claims. The
British proposals we're formally sub
mitted to Ambassador Davis and
Admiral Leigh in London on Thurs
day for immediate transmission to
Washington.
Britain contends that her pro-
gram is not inconsistent with the
principle of limitation and is based
exclusively on the need of ample pro-
lection for her globe en-
pire. The British are interested par
tlcularly In craft OF the lighter,
swifter type, ranging from cruisers
down to the smaller destroyers. They
are said to desire a complement of
seventy cruisers, or twenty more than
present treaty provisions allot them.
This total is the one Britain de-
manded at the Geneva Cruiser con-
ference" Of 1927. which broke down
because Of insoluble Anglo-American
differences. Accession to the British
program would have given the British
and American navies gross tonnage
of 900 apiece for cruisers, de-
stroyers and submarines, but the
United States then wanted limitation
and was unwilling to accept a larger
total for these three categories than
$4,000, or 227,000 tons fewer than
Britain wanted.
On their face the new British pro-
posals are a triumph for the big
navy party, headed by Earl Beatty,
admiral of the fleet, who stated publicly
q few months ago that I'VE must see
to it that We are freed from the
stranglehold Of the 1880 London
treaty" The situation now provoked
strikes observers at London as pre-
senting another impasse. For the
United States the implications are in
escapaple. If Britain insists upon an
extensive increase in her fleet and the
United States adheres to the policy
of an American navy second to none,
corresponding expansion of our
strength must automatically ensue
So the contingency may stare us in
the face of not only having to build
up to existing treaty strength, a goal
at which we are now aiming, but to
build far beyond that goal to keep
pace with the British and possibly
also with the japanese. The Ameri-
can people will deplore such a ne
cessity because of the new and heavy
financial burdens it will entail and
because of the blow it will deal to
the principles of limitation and dis
armament, but they will be satisfied,
in the last analysis, with nothing but
a fleet equal in fighting efficiency to
the strongest one afoat. Our own
enormous coast line, insular posses
sionS, defensive requirements and
world wide commercial interests de-
mand such sea power as an ire
ducible minimum.
-S-A40-S--
Evening star., 1934-06-22
Hoarding Again!

The baby takes copper cent
And puts it in her bank.
OF course, 1t is with good intent.
But the offense is rank.
Although we try to shake 1t out,
There Is no way to stop 'er,
And the indignant neighbors shout,
THE kid is boarding copper!"
Evening star., 1934-06-22
New Deal Should Make
Debtors Paw Their Debts

To the Editor of The Star:
Some nations refuse to pay their
debts, though able to pay, at least In
part. Many individuals are imitat-
ing the debtor nations. Unpaid debts
halt recovery. The new deal" should
adopt some form of compulsion. Re-
pudiation is bad business.
THOMAS w. GILMER
Evening star., 1934-06-22

The valedictorians throughout the
land have done nobly despite the
fact that they have been over
shadowed by collegiate ceremonials in
which men OF historic distinction
participated.
Evening star., 1934-06-22

Doubt is expressed as to whether
anybody knows what the aggregate
indebtedness of nations amounts to.
Fluctuation in currency valuation
combine with fluctuations in COM
modify prices to make computation
difficult. Einstein, with nothing much
to do at present, might assist in
figuring it out.
Evening star., 1934-06-22

Icebergs floating down from Green
land are credited with lowering the
Summer temperature. Greenlanders
are not sufficiently advanced in
finance to find a method of charging
for the use of their icebergs.
Evening star., 1934-06-22

Incredible" is the word applied
by Senator Borah to debt reputation.
The word gains significant emphasis
when it is remembered that the
Senator has lived so long and seen
so much that by this time he is hard
to surprise.
Evening star., 1934-06-22

1t would be saddening to Nobel
prize winners If peace came to be
regarded as a lucid interval between
wars, permitting the creation of new
and deadHer means of destruction.
Evening star., 1934-06-22
A Yegg Code Maybe.
rom the Yakima Daily Republic.

From the Yakima Daily Republic.
Records of the Bureau of Investiga-
ton of'the Department of Justice are
said to show that robberies declined
81 per cent in the first three months
of the year. Can it be possible that
the yeggs have agreed on a code Of
fair practices?
Evening star., 1934-06-22

Future historians may have fault
to find with the dashing and spon-
taneous Theodore Roosevelt on the
ground that he made the job OF being
President of the U. S. A. seem en-
tirely too easy.
Evening star., 1934-06-22
Money Slippers.

From the Fort Worth star-Telesram.
In spite of our best efforts a little
envy viii creep In. We refer to the
persons employed by the Bureau Of
Printing and Engraving. We wish
we might learn to let money slip
through ou- fingers and make q living
at the same motion.
Evening star., 1934-06-22

versity shows that statesmen live an
average Of 1877 days a year in hotels
and bring 80 per cent Of the typical
commercial hotels business to it.
q. Where is Maj. LEnfant bur
ied?-S. H.
A. He is buried on a slope near the
Arlington Mansion, overlooking the
city Of Washington, for which he
made the original plans.
q. Is it more dangerous TO have q
blowout on a front tire or a rear tire
while driving at high rate Of speed2
w. s. B.
A. The National Bureau OF Stand
ards says that some persons consider
that 1t Is more dangerous to have a
front tire blowout at high speed for
the reason that 1t is very dificuIt, If
not impossible, to steer the car in any
other direction than toward the side
on which the blowout occurs. Others
maintain that this difficulty is not as
bad as that encountered when a rear
tire blows out, for the reason that the
car Is likely to 60 into an uncon-
trollable skid. Both arguments have
some merit. The consensus of opin-
ion is probably with the former, al
though this does not satisfactorily es-
tablish the fact. lacking data upon
which to decide.
@. Please locate for me the little
brown church." which is somewhere
in Iowa.-M. D. s.
A. The Little Brown Church."
poem and music, were both written
by an old member of the Congrega-
! tional Church in Bradford, Iowa, a
small village about 2 miles from
Nashua, Iowa. DR.. Pitts, the author
OF the song. was inspired to write it
when coming down the hill toward
the little old Bradford church after
an absence. The church, in a prac-
tically abandoned village. has now
dwindled to only few resident men,
bers, and is served by the Congrega-
tional pastor at Nashua.
O. How many students attend Sum-
mer school at colleges and universi-
| ties?-D. N.
A. Last Summer about $4,000 we're
enrolled. In 1915 only 1924 we're
/ in attendance.
@. Was Coolidges 500-word history
of the United States published?-s.
G. H
A. 1t was not completed. 1t was
projected to be engraved on the Mount
Rushmore Memorial 1t was to be
\ HfVridaH int rfc fha
! Declaration of Independence; second,
the framing Of the Federal Govern
ment; third. the expansion of terri
torial dominion westward and the
Louisiana purchase; fourth. the ad-
mission Of the Republic of Texas;
fifth, the admission Of California:
sixth, the settlement OF the Oregon
| boundary question with England. and.
seventh, the cutting Of the Panama
Canal.
O. Are the ships in the United
States fleet fully manned?-H. S.
A. The enlisted strength of the
Navy at the present time is 79,70o.
Due to an increase. the total strength
on July l, 1884, will be 81 500. With
the new increase, all the ships will
only be manned IS per cent.
@. When was quo vadis" writ
| ten?-B. B.
A. 1t was published in 1895 and
has been translated into more than 80
languages.
@. Do hens need much vater7-
H. l.
A. Pound for pound. they need
about the same amount of water and
feed.
@. When were shoes first made in
| this country?-C. B. D.
A. Thomas Beard brought over
| hides in 1929 and began the manu-
| facture of shoes. This remained a
hand process entirely until about 1850,
when the first machinery was intro
! duced.
Evening star., 1934-06-22

A five-day week. in the opinion of
Henry Ford. will give people more
time to spend their money. The
remark implies a cheerful confidence
in a suffciency of working time in
which to earn it.
Evening star., 1934-06-22

The Congressional Record bears
witness to the fact that while the
seventy-third Congress may have
talked less than any other, it assuredly
did not put less into print.
Evening star., 1934-06-22
Still Obscure.

From the Butte Montana Standard.
Einstein, it is reported. now speaks
very good English. Still, putting his
theory of relatively into English
doesn't make it much easier to
understand.
Evening star., 1934-06-22

TIE Associated Press is exclusively en-
Titled 20 the use for republication of all
news dispatches credited to it or not other
wise credited IN this paper and also the
public ton of special dispatches herein
are also reserved
Evening star., 1934-06-22
Help!

els your boy Josh much help to you?"
"Yessirree," answered Farmer Corn
tossel Right now Josh and the two
hired men are organizing a brain trust
to show me how to run the place"
Evening star., 1934-06-22

Cuba's new political lineup will
want not only patriotic leadership, but
a fearless and faithful watchdog Of
the treasury.
Evening star., 1934-06-22
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Relief.

"Are you going to enjoy your Sum-
mer vacation?"
"Of course am" answered Senator
Sorghum. Its going to be a sweet
relief not to be expected to say any
thing myself, nor listen to anybody
else"
Evening star., 1934-06-22

Jud Tunkins says he doesn't aspire
to be regular professor, but all the
figurin' you have to do to run a farm
does make him wish he had been to a
business college. -
Evening star., 1934-06-22
Warpath.

John Bull won't pay his debt, they say
Unto this youthful continent,
Where Sitting Bull was won't to play
With bullets to his hearts content.
The bulls and bears mind their affairs,
The toreadors have little pull,
Yet many an orator prepares
With eloquence to shoot the bull"
Evening star., 1934-06-22
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Just in Time.

From the Buffalo Times.
Russia is now producing more gold
than the United States, so it seems
we didn't recognize that country o BIT
too soon.. -.,,a
Evening star., 1934-06-22
The Second CUP Sign.

From the Davenport Times.
No recovery, Of course, will be COM
plete until they resume charging for
a second cup of coffee.
Evening star., 1934-06-22

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Evening star., 1934-06-22

"Some folks" said Uncle Eben,
fuses Sc much bout who's gineter be
boss dat before they gifts through dar
ain nuffin left worth bossin'."
Evening star., 1934-06-22

MY ancestors we're very wise men,
said Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown.
They discovered many explosives. but
were content to use them chiefly for
firecrackers."
Evening star., 1934-06-22

@. How many days year does a
travelling man live in a hotel.-W. K.
A. A survey made at Cornell Uni
Evening star., 1934-06-22

@. Do hens need much vater?-
H. l.
A. Pound for pound. they need
about the same amount of water and
feed.