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Evening star., 1934-09-07
Mems S Hats

35 Straw Hats We're $500, $500 and $780,.
80 Knox Straw Hats Were $500 and $780,. 81
Raleigh Panamas. Were $500. O.............Sz 81
81 Knox Panamas. Were $500 to $1,000. .....$,
Evening star., 1934-09-07
Saue in the Adrance Sale of
$50 to $40
Hart Schaffner & Marx
AND FINE RALEIGH

We saved Is to so per cent-and our savings
are your savings. Every model is new and
smart They will be duplicated at sharply
increased prices in our later stocks. High
quality fabrics, expert tailoring and popular
shades are some of the features of these
overcoatS.
Evening star., 1934-09-07
Mems Shoes

IS Raleigh "S" Sport Shoes. Buckskins includ-
ed. Were $3.50. ................. %
y Sta-Smooth Sport Shoes. Were $3.50 and
$1,000 .......................
IS Hanan Sport Shoes. Were $3.50 .........$l
IS House Slippers. Soft soles. Were $3.50. Isl
Evening star., 1934-03-29
The Issue Still Remains.

The airmail is at least on its way
to the planes of private carriers again,
which is something. The tragic
blunder of assigning the mail-carrying
Job to the Army Air Corps, un-
equipped and unprepared for this
extraordinary task, has been generally
regretted. The quicker that blunder Is
corrected, the better. Postmaster Cen
eral Farley's decision to call immedi-
ately for new bids to fly the airmail
and to get the airmail back into the
hands of private carriers, where it
belongs, without awaiting the tedious
and doubtful outcome of new legisla-
ton, indicates the administrations
desire to wash its hands of the Army
Air Corps business as soon as possible.
1t is a wise move and will probably
be generally approved. But in remedy
ing one blunder it fails to remove the
basic cause for criticism of the method
by which the original contracts were
Cancelled and perpetuates with new
complications the unfairness of having
convicted and punished men without
trial.
The companies which lost their air
mail contracts with the Government
'for fraud and collusion" are denied
the right of bidding for new con-
tracts. Those compe e-'-- are also
Evening star., 1934-03-29
Justice to Uncle Sans Workers.

Regardless of the political aspects
of the action of Congress in the enact
ment of the independent Offices bill
over the veto of the President, it is
highly gratifying that it insures
partial restoration Of the pay cut
which the employees of the Govern
ment have suffered in the cause of
administrative economy. 1t was anom-
alouS in the first place for the United
States to curtail the pay of its clerks
and other servants while it was
urging the employers in the industries
and business enterprises to restore the
compensation of their workers, in
some measure, if not fully, to the pre-
depression scale. Viewed, however, as
a temporary expedient necessitated by
considerations of budget balancing
which it has failed to effect-the cut
of compensation was borne philoSoph-
ically by those who suffered it, buoyed
in hope by the expectation that the
Government would follow the course
it urged upon the private employers
throughout the country. Now, despite
the objections of the President to the
measure, in chief based upon other
considerations than the partial restora-
ton of a portion of the Government
pay, return of two-thirds of the cut
is assured, one-third retroactive to
February l, the other effective July l.
This is most welcome addition to
the income of the workers of the
public service, who have suffered
severely through the deprivation of
large fraction of their pay. The Star,
which has repeatedly urged this meas
ure of economic justice to the poorly
paid, hard working and faithful
servants of the largest employer in the
land, is greatly pleased with this out
come and trusts that the remainder
of the curtailment will be soon cor
rected by full restoration of the pay
scale of Uncle Sam.
Evening star., 1934-03-29
that the "Hitler danger" having
smothered the original conception Of

that the "Hitler danger" having
smothered the original conception Of
disarmament, they do not want the
League of Nations involved in a mere
limitation of arms or sanction of
German rearmament.
The striking feature of the new
deal in disarmament" now in the
making is its tacit acknowledgment
of Germanys right tc rearm to a
certain degree. Whether the pro-
jected European pact will concretely
specify the Reich's privilege is not
yet indicated, but in any event 1t
seems clear that the Berlin gov
ernment is on the verge of realizing
it's aspirations for fuller place in
the armament sun. The British and
French governments, anxious to save
the face of the tottering League, have
evidently hit upon the non-Geneva
conference idea as the best device
for meeting the Reich's demands.
Although the United States is not
to participate in the impending new
conference on arms limitation, Presi-
dent Roosevelt this week, in signing
the treaty navy bill, took occasion to
emphasize that this country is not
embarking upon a competition in
naval building and continues to look
forward hopefully 10 international
agreements in 1885 for curtailment of
expenditure on naval armamentS.
Evening star., 1934-03-29
The First Battle Ends.
From the Milwaukee Sentinel.

From the Milwaukee Sentinel
The refusal Of the Senate to ratify
the st. Lawrence treaty. while it does
not constitute final rejection, Is
nevertheless a severe blow to the
hopes of the Middle West and to those
who, like President Roosevelt himself,
have been impressed with the bene-
fetal potentialities of the great water
way to the Nation as a whole.
New York interests, seaboard inter-
ests. which jealousy opposed opening
commerce, and the selfish Illinois in.
terests which have created opposition
to the treaty among Mississippi Valley
Senators who. groundlessly. fear that
the seaway would damage the Lakes
to-Gulf plans, are responsible for the
present defeat of the treaty. Despite
clear and incontrovertible presenta-
ton Of facts, these interests were able
to sway enough votes to prevent the
ratification.
The President has stated that at
the earliest moment he will again
submit the treaty for ratification. He
realizes that a great seaway will be
built. regardless Of the action Of the
United States, and, as he said in his
message to the Senate, that Canada
can, at relatively small cost, complete
a ST. Lawrence navigation project
under its sole control.
The efforts OF the proponents Of the
seaway should not be relaxed. Rather,
they should be redoub1ed, to the end
that Senators who have been misled
by spacious arguments and the Gre
alton Of unfounded fears may be
enlightened to the real situation. the
real necessity for such a waterway As
is contemplated in the treaty and the
general benefit that will accrue to the
entire country if the project is ac-
complished.
Evening star., 1934-03-29
Limitation. Not Reduction

Europe is in fact-facing mood. Tt
has come to the conclusion that dis
armament" in the form of reduction
of armaments is under present-hour
conditions an unattainable ideal, and
that the most to be hoped for is an
agreement to limit armed establish
ments to existing levels. Toward
new conference aimed at that goal
the British and French governments
are now moving.
Their plans are of special interest
to the United States and Japan, as
we'll as all other non-European coun-
tries. 1t is proposed to seek strictly
European agreement, apparently on the
theory that Great Britain and the
continental states have problems that
are peculiarly and exclusively their
own and should not be complicated
by drawing states outside of Europe
into their consideration. This is a
view to which the United States has
always assented, in so far as purely
military armaments are concerned.
Our own land establishments having
long been skeletonized down to bare
police proportions, we have always
been more or less Indifferent to
Europe's schemes for reducing mill
tary forces.
The snag in the plans for European
arms limitation rather than reduction
involves the method of enforcement.
France demands British assistance in
guaranteeing the fulfillment of what
ever pact is signed. The British do not
appear to be opposed to participating
in enforcement arrangements, but are
insisting that France define with un-
mistakable clarity the extent to which
Britain would be committing itself
The London government evinces no
enthusiasm for any compact that
would pledge unlimited guarantees of
French security"
To discuss and settle all these
questions another conference is pro-
jected for May or June-to be held
outside Of Geneva. The French argue
Evening star., 1934-03-29

blacklisted which have a. odicers or
directors amy person who has en-
tered into or proposed to enter into
any combination to prevent the max
ing of competitive bids for carrying
the mails, or who has made any agree
ment, or given or performed or prom
ised to give or perform any consid-
Grafton whatever to induce any other
persons not to bid for any other mail
contract"
Such prohibitions, carrying their
own penalties, are highly appropriate
and necessary to protect the interests
of the Government. They would ordi-
narily be taken for granted. But the
finding of fraud and collusion" on
the part of the airmail companies,
and the determination of alleged guilt
on the part of their officers and direc-
tors, has not been reached through
the courts. The parties have been
pronounced guilty without the pro-
duction of evidence in court and
trial in court-the established and
traditional method for determination
of guilt.
Such trials, by some method, may
finally be had. They may result in
upholding the verdicts already reached
by the Post Office Department. They
may establish the innocence Of the
accused. Nobody can fairly forecast
the result. But that is the very point
upon which most Of the criticism of
the administration in the airmail
business rests today. 1t would have
been eminently wiser and far more
fair to establish guilt or innocence
of accused persons in advance of con-
viction and punishment. not after.
Evening star., 1934-03-29
Unified Aviation.
From the Richmond Times-Dispatch.

FROM the Rlcnmono 11meS-DlSpatch
That President Roosevelt is shaping
a concerted national aviation policy
which will include not only the air
activities Of the Army, Navy and Ma
rine Corps, but the customs, internal
revenue and commerce branches as
well, is at least interesting news.
This plan, If it was not previously
born in the mind of the Chief Execu-
tive, probably was accelerated in his
thought by Army mail flying. That
experience, while it was undergone
during weather which might well have
taken q terrific toll Of commercial
pilots. showed that the military avia-
tors were lacking in some needfu1
training. The lesson was obvious.
In the future the American people
will demand that hazards for its mill
tary flyers be lessened in every way
possible. That can be done measura-
bly, through carefully thought out,
comprehensive training methods. It
is probable that, to do this, there must
be a single aviation policy applicable
to the Army. Navy and Marine Corps.
Perhaps it would be better to unity
control under single responsible
director.
At any rate, the lessons. learned
during the period of airman flying
must not be disregarded. They should
be seized upon not only to bring about
a greater degree of safety in aviation,
but to insure efficiency on the part OF
our aviators in time of war.
Mr.. Roosevelt, as q former Assist
ant Secretary of the Navy. is more
than ordinarily interested in the coun-
trys military establishment. He may
be depended upon to do whatever he
can, both to protect soldiers, sailors
and Marines and to At them for the
best possible service to their country
Evening star., 1934-03-29
Post Office Curtailment
Seen From Differing Angles

ment within the last year has been at
the workers expense. 1t is a policy
sQuarely in conflict with the spirit OF
sacrifice enjoined upon trade and in
dustry, and no wonder it is being
widely condemned. The country does
not expect the postal department to
be conducted upon the same regimen
as a mill. In which operation at a
profit is the first consideration. 1t is
q public service for which the coun-
try expects to pay, without exacting
penalties and hardship from the
workers who carry it on. 1t is time
to apply the spirit Of the new deal
to this department, and not subject
it to wage slashes and dismissals that
would be roundly rebuked If practiCed
by private employers"
THE service, both in the post Offices
and in the delivery branches, has
been crippled" according to the Dan
vile GllD Commercial-News, while
the Watertown IN. " Daily Times
advises Mr.. Farley that he is "handi-
Gaping the public
THE Post Office Department" ac-
cording to the Toledo Blade, faces
heavy annual deficits, but the deficits
are to a great extent attributable to
payment of huge subsidies to steam
ships and airmail carriers. The de-
partment's economy program pro-
duced q saving which was taken out
of the wages of department employees
in every post Office in the country"
The effort a save $l1 100000 addi-
tional in the rural free delivery serv-
ice draws the comment from the Bal
timore Sun: This service. which a
few years ago was costing $106,000,000
a year, has now been reduced to $780,
10000. To save s11 100000 more it
will be necessary to consolidate a
great many routes and eliminate
about 5000 carriers or to reduce the
compensation Of the $4,000 carriers at
present employed. The carriers are,
by virtue of their work, in position
to exert a great deal of political in
fiuence in the rural sections. Pre-
vious efforts to effect consultations
and to place their work on a more
efficient basis have foundered on the
rock Of this supposed political power.
Our sympathies go out to Mr. Farley
in his effort to steer around this BAR
rier. He is entitled to all encour-
agement he can get. The business
of keeping $4,000 rural carriers on the
pay rolls when $4,000 or 10000 could
do the work does not commend itself
to approval. 1t would be better in
ordinary circumstances to seek thor
oughgoing reorganization of the whole
service. No question of decreased
service would be involved in that, for
many Of the carriers now do only half
days work. and the same service
could easily be rendered with fewer
employees"
Evening star., 1934-03-29
White Cross Seals.

The pre-Easter sale of White Cross
seals in aid of crippled children and
disabled adults needs no further in
dorsement. 1t has hat the approval
of President Roosevelt and is being
managed by accredited social service
organizations. And the appeal of the
campaign is too touching for there to
be any doubt of its success.
But the privilege Of the occasion is
deserving of mention. Presumably
there are hundreds Of persons in
Washington who have not yet been
asked to contribute to the cause, and
these are in danger of losing the op-
portunity to participate in the work.
Lest the sale close before they are
solicited, they should take the initi-
ative themselves and seek out the
booths established in Office buildings,
banks, department stores and hotels.
The seals are penny apiece, and no
one should forego his share in
charity so notable and so definitely
within the reach of even the least
well-to-do.
Perhaps the offering might be made
in the name of Tiny Tim, the i'm
mortal child of Charles Dickens
sympathy. The tap of his crutch has
sounded in so many generous hearts
since the genius of the novelist wrote
him into the pages of "A Christmas
Carol'-he lives in the imagination of
millions and is as real as any living
SOUL But it is worth remembering
that but for the authors loving kind
ness he never would have existed, and
the same axiom applies to these tiny
scraps of paper printed with the
symbol of the Master Healer, Who said,
suffer little children to come unto
me-" All the Tiny Tins in Wash
ington will be aided by the white
seals the city's people buy. For a
dime or dollar an average person,
acting promptly. may follow in the
path which the lords of life have
blazed through the sorrows of the
world
Evening star., 1934-03-29

Announcement that further reduc-
ton in expenses is proposed by the
Post Once Department has aroused
protest, both in behalf Of the Govern
ment employees and in advocacy Of
the maintenance of the service upon
which the country depends for busi-
ness efficiency. Defenders Of the ad-
ministration declare that the needs
of the patrons are fully met, and that
certain reductions In compensation,
as proposed, are to be preferred to the
discharge Of employees who may not
be needed.
The Brooklyn Times Union quotes
q statement by President Roosevelt
to the effect that the department is
seriously overmanned now, and that
some $4,000 employees could be dis
charged If 1t were not for the humane
impulses Of the administration" The
Times Union assumes that the Presi-
dent has been accurately informed" ;"
but adds as to its own community
that "the town Is full Of stories of
the reduction in the collections and
in the deliveries"
What Is gained" asks the Pitts
burgh Post-Gazette. If men are
they have been trained and later
have to be taken care OFF" and con-
tinues: The post ONCE employees, in
common with all other Government
workers, took a IS per cent cut last
year, and took it in good spirit. But
lately there have been pinch penny
economies At their expense. Furloughs
without pay are now in order. Rural
carriers are given totally inadequate
car allowance. Special delivery mes
sengers work on a pay schedule that
averages . pitifully small sum at the
end Of the week. When the demand
Is to spread employment, the Post
Once administration issues an order
which has just the opposite effect"
Postal employees are justified" !"
thinks the Nashville Tennessean, "in
making an open appeal for public sup
port in their tight to retain their jobs
and that earning power which, in the
best times, has been none too large"
The Tennesseanquotesfr from Postmaster
General Farley's annual report to
show that in a saving of 100000, 900
last year a large proportion was at
the expense of the employees" 1t adds
that the administration, which has
called on employers to establish
higher wages and fewer hours, is
seemingly defeating its own purposes
in decreasing employment, earning
power and wages among the postal
group"
IAN organization Of postal en-
ployes." says the Akron Beacon Jour-
nal, charges that 80,000, 900 Of the
500, 900, 900 savings in that depart
Evening star., 1934-03-29
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

The best reward of writing is an un-
derstanding reader, whether he makes
himself known or not.
1t has been the good fortune Of this
column to have many thousands OF
such readers during the past ten
years.
The majority Of letters received have
been of such an intensely personal
nature that it has been impossible to
print them, except upon occasion.
These are fan mail" only in q
sense. Actually they are confessions.
The writer we'll remembers his en-
barrassment upon receiving, in the
Summer of 1924, letter declaring
that he must have beautiful SOUL"
To deny would have been fatuous, to
assent silly.
This is 1894, and today we received
a letter of so revealing a nature that
no doubt it will be an encouragement
to many, hence we take the liberty
of printing it.
Dear Sir" says the letter, II often
have had the urge to write you. I
Iedo your llCleS WIFI plCdSulc, d4lo
even excitement, and have gotten to
the point where I wonder what you
are, whom you are and how old you
are, etc., for I, too, always have had
adventures in little things.
IF I tell any one, they look at me
blankly and don't understand. |
wrote a little verse some time ago.
when I was i'll one cold Winter and
living in an apartment. One side a
high brick wall, with trees on the
other side in a lovely garden. I send
the verse, so short it won't tire you"
The verses inclosed read as follows:
"FROM MY WINDOW.
"a tree-the sky-a wall
That was all.
The wall held the trees
But I had the sky
The letter continues:
We'll, friend looked at me and
laughed and asked, How could you
have the sky?' That was something
the world would not take from me-"
The world seldom takes anything
IL Jill ally bO0yS ChSCP1 dAlaSA
compulsion, and often at the cost of
great suffering.
The only reply our correspondent
could have made was, Il have the sky
because I claim it," but that, no doubt.
would have seemed sillier to the friend
than the poem.
The letter continues:
Il have been all over the world
even in Iceland, and everywhere
have been I wander off into something
unusual.
Il took geisha dancing lessons in
Japan, much to the horror of my
I have been lost in Cairo, and every
where l landed l wandered away from
my guide and party and started on
my own way
After several sentences the writer
continues:
Il really find 1 don't want to know
what you are, but have you remain
just a voice and some one who does
not hand out chunks of knowledge
that weigh you down, but one who
just catches things as they float by.
The japanese have name for it,
The floating world
Il wrote this a few days ago, but
did not mail it, but here goes. How
blessed you are to be able to be your
self When 1 was younger I always
had to try to be what / wasn't, and
now I have to conceal what l am"
X X
This is the fate of many, to a greater
or less degree.
The world, at any time. is filled
with misunderstood children, young
sters who pine to be musicians, but