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Evening star., 1934-02-07

Our hero (and he still Is, Of course)
through the murky water.
He ran and whooped. trailing the
banner Of his country.
4 y y +
Just at this point q Terribly Upset
Lady appeared upon the scene.
AL she saw was the Star Spangled
Banner getting q good wetting.
Perhaps she belonged to q flag So
ciety. or something. Or was there q
society, In those days, to tell the folks
how to hang . flag and how to treat
q flag?
We don't know.
But the Upset Lady seized the be.
draggled colors In one hand, and the
urchin In the other.
"You terrible little boyl" she
screamed. How dare you insult the
flag Of your country?"
The terrible little boy, who had nc
idea in the world Of insulting the flae
Of his country, or the flag Of any
other country, for that matter. looked
with open mouth.
"You have insulted the nag!" shs
roared again.
The urchin didn't know anything
about that, but he did begin to realize
that some one had taken his toy o1
the moment away from him.
So he began to roar In his turn.
As this story has come down
through the ages the hero (for such
we insist he was) finally retrieved hi.
very lack-luster banner, on the prom.
ise that he would drag it through nc
moro cutters. filled or untitled.
The lady did not take into account
the simple fact that children often dc
what they do for no reason whatso
ever that they or any one else car
discover.
That name, Mellyloogoo, for In.
stance, which this same boy Of yeSter.
year fastened upon one Of his small
playmates.
At this date he has forgotten
whether 1t was . term Of derision o.
praise, but, at any rate, 1t was {
mouthful.
The boy who became Mellyloogoc
had perfectly normal, orthodox cog
nomen, but the new one stuck.
He became MHlyloogoo to his owr
parents, in time, as he had instantly
to his comrades Of the vacant lots
and cutters.
No doubt today, In the great City o.
New York, where he is a successful
lawyer, If he were to hear that ole
familiar greeting behind him, thai
striking old hail Of the gang" hi
would turn his head instantly to SEE
an old friend.
Children love cutters, there can b<
no doubt OF this.
Whether 1t Is the primitive instinc'
toward stream, or rather the posi-
binties Of q stream, or whether 1t 1!
the fascination Of the street itsel
which calls, children Of all ages. up
bringings and home environment like
to play in them.
No doubt nowadays the street exer'
cises more fascination owing to tht
danger which roars up and down In 1t
sliding so swiftly by on rubber feet.
| The modern gutter, to the moderI
child. IS just one step forward intt
danger.
The child. playing in the gutter
feels itself standing on the border o
adventure. It answers to the sam'
call which drew Columbus across th'
unknown sea. peopled the great Wes'
| of our own United States, and today
] sends men regularly to the South Pole
Evening star., 1934-02-07

tai was greatly changed through the
execution Of q comprehensive work
under Baron Haussmann, prefect Of
the Seine, who modernized the metro
polls, cut wide avenues and boule-
wards through congested quarters on
q plan OF radiation which was primar-
lily designed, apart from the consider
alton Of civic beauty, for strategic
purposes in the event of popular up
risings. Whereas Bonaparte's "whin
Of grapeshot," which was the final
blow that put an end to the revolu-
tionary excesses, was delivered at close
range in the Rue st. Honore, at the
Church Of st. Roch, now there are
In the heart Of Paris several points Of
military advantage permitting control
Of disorderly assemblages much more
effectively than in the red days Of
the overthrow Of the monarchy, and
even In the later times of the Commune
following the Franco-German War.
It was in the course of this latter dis
order in 1871 that the last great
change in the appearance Of the
French capital was effected In the
burning Of the Tuileries Palace, which
stood between the Place de Ia Con-
corde and the Louvre. The site Of that
royal residence, to which the unfortu-
nate Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette
were removed from Versailles-whence
they were taken to the Temple, long
since destroyed-and which was occu-
pied by Napoleon I, and his. successors
in power, including his unfortunate
nephew, Napoleon III, is now beauti-
full garden park.
Evening star., 1934-02-07
A Single Objection.

"Now, that's what call q clever
1dea," said the man who grows en-
thusiastic.
ITO what do you refer2" inquired
the business man.
THAT perpetual calendar. AL you
have to do is to shift the numbers
around in the right way. and there
you have the date before your eyes
And it's just as good for one year as
it is for another"
eyes. There's only one combina-
ton of circumstances which can in
terfere with its usefulness"
what is that?"
Sometimes you forget what day Of
the month it Is, and don't know Just
how to set the thing"
Renaissance.
IT used to be able to take q dollar
and I'LL market basket"
cts different now."
Every. To start with, It costs me
the dollar to buy the basket"
Evening star., 1934-02-07
C. W. A. Without End.

The Civil Works Adm1niStratio
employing something like 100000
men and women and costing about
S7O,O00,000 a week, Is looking more
and more like a permanent institu-
ton. 1t is one of those things that,
once started, seem to have no end.
Under the original appropriation the
c. w. A. would have expired this
month. To start the ball rolling last
Fall $400000,000 was allocated from
the public works fund. A pending
appropriation bill carries 100000
for civil works and s5oo.ooo.ooo for
relief for the destitute and unem-
ployed without the works feature at
tached. Provision Is made, however.
that the operation Of the funds will
be not hard and fast, but may be
interchangeable. The plan OF the
Roosevelt administration has been
to carry the civil works program up
to May 1, In the hope that the re-
covery of private business and sea-
sonal demand for labor would take up
much of the slack.
Members Of Congress, both House
and Senate, have reached the conclu-
sion, however, that the civil works
program is really popular and, fur
thermore, that it IS directly effective.
Also in the civil works army there
are something like 100000 votes and
an election is in the ofing. Demands
were made in the House, and will be
renewed in the Senate, that the ap-
preparation for the Civil Works Ad-
ministration be nightly increased.
there is talk now of bring the ap-
preparation up to $4,000, 900 or
even s2,5oo 100000.
AS long as the money holds out and
the credit of the United States Gov
ernment remains good the demands
for such expenditures Of money will
continue. The only question is how
long will the money hold out? Pres
ident Roosevelt strongly urged that
the Congress should not 90 beyond
the budget figures. pointing out that
a deficit of $4,000, ,o0O, 900 might be ex-
pected for two fiscal years, 1884 and
1885, and that the public debt would
go above 100000 100000 during the
year 1885. He has asked Congress to
call some kind of a halt, 50 that the
country shall not go into the red for
the fiscal year 1886.
Government spending, however,
particularly when it puts millions Of
persons on the pay roll and other
millions on a veritable "dole," is like
SNOWFALL rolling down hill. It IS
difficult, almost impossible, to stop.
And unless it be stopped there is al
ways the danger OF an avalanche
which will carry with it the entire
financial structure Of the Govern
ment and the country.
If the Civil Works Administration
is to be continued as long as there
are unemployed in this country and
as long as there are applicants for
jobs with the Government, it will
never end. Even In the days Of great
prosperity in this country the number
Of unemployed was put down in the
neighborhood OF 100000. Many Of
these persons either would or could
not work, it appeared. Furthermore,
there is always the prospect Of many
men and women preferring to work
for the Civil Works Administration
rather than for private industry. Al
ready the charge has been made that
the wages paid the civil workers out
pace the wages paid for labor pri-
vately employed.
Evening star., 1934-02-07

Gold is banished from circulation,
trade and wages are supervised by the
Government and the man who be-
lieves the world owes him a living Is
invited to collect. Even If strict
censorship were attempted, the world
would still have an abundance to talk
about
Evening star., 1934-02-07

The problem Of budget balancing
will become more and even more dif-
ficult than was expected If conSpir-
acies to defraud continue to develop.
A situation threatens which no corps
Of expert accountants can hope to
keep track of.
Evening star., 1934-02-07
The Battle of Paris.

couple Of weeks ago, when
Camille Chautemps, then premier,
called upon France to present united
front against elements bent upon the
overthrow Of the republic, the appeal
struck most observers, both at home
and abroad, as a spectacular political
gesture to bolster doomed and
tottering cabinet. A few days later the
Chautemps ministry bowed before the
rising storm of popular disapproval
and quit Office in confusion and
despair.
In the lurid light Of events at Paris
yesterday and last night, it must be
admitted that M. Chautemps' warning
had somewhat more foundation than
circumstances seemed to warrant when
it was uttered When infuriated mobs
are fired upon by police and the
Republican Guard and ridden down
roughshod by cavalry in the Place de
Ia Concorde, the Rue de Rivon and
the Place de Ia Madeline, resulting in
q casualty list, admittedly incomplete,
of perhaps a score killed and un-
countable hundreds more or less seri-
ously wounded, and in the midst of
wild disorder the Ministry of Marine
Is set afire-in the presence of such
eXcesses, it is difficult to deny that at
least the incipient signs of 1.-The terror"
are manifest, and that firm, quick
action Is called for If the existing
order Is to be maintained.
Indicative of the subversive nature
Of the days mad events were the re-
peated attempts of the mob to storm
the Chamber of Deputies, in which
the sorely distracted new premier, M.
Daladier. presented his cabinet. AS
result OF the governments program
pledg1ng a thorough cleanup of the
Stavisky-Bayonne S40,000,000 pawn
shop Swtndle, M. Daladier won three
successive and substantial votes of
confidence, but they were cast amid
the crackle of pistol and machine gun
ire outside as police and military de-
tachments engaged in pitched battle
10 restrain the mob. Today Premier
Daladier and his ministers resigned,
leaving France without an organized
administration and throwing the sit
uatiou once more into confusion.
That blood did not flow more freely
on both banks Of the Seine, amid
the rioting in the Place de Ia Con-
corde and around the Chamber, is
little short Of miracle. To what
limits the indiscrilninate forces ar
rayed In opposition to the government
Royalists. Communists, Fascists,
Socialists and war veterans-are pre-
pared to go In the effort to upset the
parliamentary regime time alone can
tell. The government can no longer
be in doubt that it faces a desperately
perilous situation. A too aggressive
show Of force could easily inf1ame
popular feeling to a point where civil
war might be unavoidable. All the
ingredients for such strife seem to be
present. Cool heads and strong hands
are necessary in Paris at this criti-
cal moment If France Is not to be
plunged into gravest national tur-
mol. The time for makeshift pallia-
tves has quite obviously passed, and
tho moment for vigorous affirmative
action arrived, II catastrophe is to be
ayerted
VIII the crisis produce 'the man.?
Evening star., 1934-02-07

France set out to gather in as much
of the gold as possible and now seems
little disappointed that Uncle Sam
appears disinclined to show signs of
irritation over so slight q matter.
Evening star., 1934-02-07

Gold revaluation has taken place
end 50 far has produced no results
that for sensational quality could not
be compared with a series of sudden
changes in the temperJure.
Evening star., 1934-02-07

It will not be surprising II Huey
Long should find his ability to in
terest the public fading. His old
tricks have ceased to amuse and there
is little prospect of his learning any
new ones.
Evening star., 1934-02-07

After using for number OF years
the prescriptions Of the Tammany In
dian medicine men, DR.. Royal Cope
land will probably find it easier to
limit his professional responsibilities
to a plain. old-fashioned pharma-
copeia.
Evening star., 1934-02-07

It required the pessimistic audacity
OF Hitler to propose euthanasia. He
has revealed the eagerness Of people
to join anything q suicide club.
Evening star., 1934-02-07
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PH1LANDER JOHNSON

Morals and Mechanics.
Oh, human beings try to tell
An ever-truthful story:
Each day that passes seems to swell
The wave reformatory.
But the machines that measure Light.
Both gaseous and electric,
Our wrathful censure they invite
As our remarks grow hectic.
George Washington; that hero bold,
Makes truth seem sadly sweeter
AS we see falsehoods fierce unfold
Upon the taximeter.
Oh, human effort seems but small,
Whatever its persistence,
When to mendacity we call
Mechanical assistance.
Evening star., 1934-02-07
No Mononoly.

From the Roanoke Times.
It is perfectly true that children
should be seen and not heard. But
that doesn't mean that their parents
should have a monopoly on making
all the noise.
Evening star., 1934-02-07

Airplane finance appears to reflect
the liabilities of actual sky travel in
matters Of high flying and the sud-
den crash.
Evening star., 1934-02-07
Renaissance,
The Three-Cent Stamp.

From the Atlanta Constitution.
The only redeeming feature Of con-
tinuing the three-cent letter postage
Is prevention Of chain letters being
revived.
Evening star., 1934-02-07
New Deal Nomenclature

From the Omaha World-Herald.
It was all right for city folks, ad-
miring the recovery program. to name
their babies Mira. but what Is .
farmer to do-call his child Aaa?
Evening star., 1934-02-07
EgOtisnn.

De pride OBJ some dat makes er show
Is ,nuff ter claim yoh laughter;
De turkey b'neves folks feeds him so
Case he's 50 fine, dey halter.
Evening star., 1934-02-07
Agreed With Him.

IT think" said the comedian, that
some Of the humor which I have in
troduced is strictly up to date"
yes" replied the friend who has
a gentle method Of saying unkind
things, "there is no doubt of that.
There is great popular craze for the
antique at present"
Evening star., 1934-02-07
Elder Freshmen.

Prom the Christian Science Monitor.
Ohio State University's 95 fresh
men over Is years old probably are
regarded rather highly, sven by the
sophomores.
Evening star., 1934-02-07
Car Capacitv.

From the Nashville Tennessean.
When some automobile manufac-
turers say "dve-passenger" we idly
wonder If they are, by any chance,
thinking Of midgets.
Evening star., 1934-02-07
Neglected.

From the Oakland Tribune.
"The movies may 60 in for Shake
speare." And 1t Is about time the
old fellow had some adequate recogni-
ton.
Evening star., 1934-02-07
The Point Under Suspicion.

"They say" said one young woman,
that he is a distinguished foreign
millionaire"
YES" replied the other, who is
older; there's no question concerning
his distinguished foreign air. But I
have my doubts about the million"
Evening star., 1934-02-07
Misplaced Attention.

Well-meaning man has seldom said
The thing precisely that he ought;
He Sights her dainty homemade
bread
And suavely f1atters what she
bought.
Evening star., 1934-02-07
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Evening star., 1934-02-07
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Evening star., 1934-02-07
THEODORE w. MOVES. Editor
me Evening Star Newspaper Company

11th St. and Pennsylvania Ave.
New York Office: 10 East 42nd st.
Chicago once Lake Michigan Building.
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Evening star., 1934-02-07

No one has detected the slightest
sign of cold feet In Senator Royal s.
Copeland of New York, as a result Of
the disclosure that Roosevelt admins
tration influence may be thrown be-
hind some rival for the physician
sateman's toga. Senator Copeland's
vote getting qualities are famed. He
holds the unique record Of having run
ahead Of both Al Smith and Franklin
D. Roosevelt In New York In 1928. when
Evening star., 1934-02-07
Rate by Carrier Within the City.

Vhe Evening Star. 45c per month
The Evening and Sunday Star
(when sundays 60c per month
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Evening star., 1934-02-07

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Evening star., 1934-02-07

@. What was Mata Harris real
name?-J. 8. T.
A. Her father was Adam Zelle. She
was named Marguerite Gertrude. She
married Capt. Rudolph Macleod, but
was afterward divorced. She was
registered in the German secret SER
vice as H-2l.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-23
HOOVer-ROOSeVelt
Regimes Linked in
War Dept. Scandal
" 90 rim g Negotiated
With CRATER of Var
Dept. Supplies

WASHINGTON, Feb. %. - Parti-
patton Of Harry M. Woodring, assist
ant secretary of war III a War De-
partment graft scandal that began
with the Hoover administration was
brought out through the testimony
Of Frederick H. Payne, assistant
secretary of war in the Hoover ad-
miniStration, during the course Of the
hearings yesterday at grand jury in
YestigationS here.
Mr.. Payne testified that under the
Hoover regime, one, Joseph Silver
man Of New York purchased zoe, 200
suits Of underwear from the War De-
partment at IA and a half cents each,
with the proviso that they we're not
to be sold in the United States.
When Roosevelt came to Office,
assistant Secretary of War Wood
ring changed the contract to read
Is and thre-eighth cents a piece for
the underwear and permission to re-
sell in the United States.
Information before the grand jury
was to the effect that Payne inter
coded with Mr.. Woodring for permits
sion for Silverman to sell the under
wear in the United States.
This is but one Of a series of graft
scandals in the War Department now
being uncovered.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-23
Roosevelt Opposes
Cash Bonus Bill
For Ex- Soldiers
Democratic Leaders Aid
President T
Shelve Bill

WASHINGTON. Feb PA man
euyer by Democratic leaders of the
House to head off a vote on the SOL
diers' bonus will be attempted after
the las signatures Of Congressmen
have ben secured to bring the Nc
Kewn Bonus Bill, which is itself in
adequate, before the House.
These signatures have been secured
in the face o fthe repeated opposi-
ton Of Roosevelt to paying a single
cent to the veterans in cash bonus
Theywere a result Of pressure on the
Senators from jobleSS vets.
A petition will be tried today be-
fore the House so that a vote can be
taken on March II before being sent
to the Senate for final ratification.
Roosevelt, through Speaker Rainey,
again let it be known yesterday that
he opposes cash payment of any
bonus. This is not the time to pay
the bonus" Rainey was authorized
by Roosevelt to state.
This refusal to advocate even a
small cash bonus to the veterans is
in line with Roosevelt's policy of Civ
ing billions of r F. c.. P. w. A. and
other government funds for loans to
the railroads, banks, and for war
preparations, and, on the other hand,
of cutting government employees
wages and refusing to give any I'M
employment insurance funds or any
funds to the ex-service men or the
jobless.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-23
Sub Drive Shows Communism Is
Gaining in Small T0uUr,S in US.

NEW YORK.--ResultS in the Daily
Worker circulation drive for 10000
new daily and 10000 new Saturday
subscribers fatty contradict one Of
the pet arguments by renegades and
counter revolutionists that native
born American workers, especially in
small towns, are not attarcted by the
revolutionary principles Of the Com
munist Party, U.S.A.
One OF the most encouraging fac
tors in the subscription drive so far
is the activity by workers in small
towns to spread the Daily" and the
consistent stream of new subs COM
ing from such towns for the central
organ of the Communist Party.
So far, in fact, our comrades in
small towns are ON the whole doing
better work in the drive than those
in larger centers. This is a real pro-
letarian challenge to the comrades in
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-23
Find 2l6 Dead in Flood
in Southern California
BY a Worker Correspondent

MONTROSE, Calf - Our foreman
on G. w A., who has been supervising
our job of mucking-digging away the
mud and debris that covered this
area after the flood-says that 216
bodies of flood victims have passed
through the two morgues of Montrose.
The press gives So as the number of
casualties
We are working on Federal Emer-
gency work, cleaning the mud out of
the fishponds, and generally beauti-
flying the estate of Frank r. Strong,
who is, am told, member of the
L. A. stock exchange, and lives in
Hollywood.
Yesterday the lady from the next
place came down with a little garbage
pail in her hand and said to our fore
man, will you please have your men
throw the scraps from their lunches
into this pailP Yesterday my dog ate
some that were lying around, and he
was sick all night"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-23
Food Workers Move
To Hit Injunction
Colby Cafeteria Would
Outlaw Union

NEW YORK.-An application for
an anti-strike injunction directed
against the Cafeteria Workers Union
which contains a threat against all
militant trade unions. has been made
by the Colby Cafeteria, 35th st. and
7th Ave, where the workers are now
out on strike.
The union is modifying all its
forces to smash this vicious ATTEMPT
on the part of the bosses to outlaw
strikes.
The injunction demands that the
'dlnion be declared and adjudged an
sttalawful combination ana conspir-
acy" and demands that the Cafeteria
Workers Union be dissolved and en-
joined permanently from functioning
as a union These demands are
made almost exclusively on political
grounds, with dozens of statements
that the Cafeteria Workers Union.
is g." highly Conlnunistic organiza-
ton"
Appended to the injunction are "a
quotations from VIM. z. Fosters book
Towards Soviet America which is
cited as evidence that the union is
a Communist union"
The. constitution of the Food Work
ers Industrial Union states that any
worker in the food industry is eligible
for membership, irrespective of race,
creed or political affiliation.
Eight food workers were arrested
Tuesday, although the injunction has
not yet been granted. AL we're held
under 500 bail, except Philip Miller,
who was held on an additional frame
Ip charge Of malicious mischief"