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Evening star., 1934-08-14
Hindenburg's Unique Place
Appreciated by Americans

peans," while the Philadelphia Eve
ming Bulletin points out that "the
world has had faith In the old soldier,
even in the recent decline Of his physi-
Cal powers, and saw IN him q measure
Of reliance for its hope Of the ultimate
appearance Of the better Germany"
Perhaps history presents no purer
paradox" declares the Indianapolis
Times. "Hindenburg, niilitarist Of
the militarists and pride Of his
junkers, became q hero by losing Q
war and an empire. Hindenburg,
arch-monarchist. became the idol of
the republic. Then-paradox COM
pounded-the monarchist, who had
saved the republic from destruction
by its monarchist enemies and his
monarchist friends, threw 1t TO the
NaE wreckers and tried TO bless the
ruins by retaining ONCE as president"
The Pittsburgh Post Gazette like.
wise regards this phase of Hinden-
burg's career as a paradox" while
the Milwaukee Sentinel holds 'the
onus Of Hitler" as "a heavy burden
for any man to bear" The Baltimore
Sun is convinced that he did not see
the realities underlying the Maxi
movement" while the San Antonio
Express attributes his actions to age
and Ill health. On the other hand,
the Brooklyn Times Union believes
that his course Of action was care
fully taken as q means of preserving
his country from communism"
Though he failed to prevent the
major mistakes Of Hitler's regime"
states the New York Herald Tribune,
there can be no doubt that until the
end President Hindenburg was regard
ed as q balance wheel"
Evening star., 1934-08-14
Progress of Communist Movement
In China Not Fully Reported in News

taxes in two, you will own the land
yourselves, and your debts will all be
Cancelled" Thousands Of their agents
travel through the provinces to pre-
pare for the next attack, preaching
these doctrines. Their spies work
among the troops sent to oppose them,
with the same effective declaration of
principles. They capture their arms
and equipment from the enemy. With
the exception Of the coastal provinces,
practically the entire country south
of the Yang-Tse River Is now under
Communist control; they have
sloughed of landlordism, debts and q
large share Of their taxes. CONNER
cial reports state: Business Is good
In the southern provinces"
Then why may we not have some
accurate news from wide section Of
China, greater than that Of the thir-
teen Colonies at the time Of our revo-
luton from England, and containing
population in excess of fifty millions !?
1t is understood that there Is some
very interesting information in the
State Department from our consuls
and consular agents, but 1t is not given
out. About hundred thousand words
a day go out of Washington on the ad-
ministration's new deal, but the new
deal in China contains much of wide
spread human interest.
HERBERT JANVRIN BROWNE.
Evening star., 1934-08-14

careers limited by the necessity for
avoiding exertion, for escaping wounds
which average men and women, boys
and girls may accept as inconse-
quential and matter of course. But
the problem Of what to do in the
circumstances remains unsolved. II
goes without saying that it should
continue to engage the attention Of
science until the riddle can be read.
Meanwhile, dethroned and exiled as
he is, Alfonso is popular with Amer
leans. and thousands will join in SYM
pathy for him and for his wife in
an hour when a threat which long has
hung above their family has robbed
them Of one of their children.
Evening star., 1934-08-14
New Interest in Niagara.

II may be that in recent years
Niagara Falls have been less popular
with tourists than they once were.
The competition of the glorious Ma
tional Parks of the West may have
DETECTED some of the millions who
otherwise would have hocked to in
spect the marvellous spectacle of a
river leaping into space. But Nature
yesterday adjusted the balance, re-
established public interest in the most
wonderful of American cascades.
With only a Goat Island policeman
for witness, a force unknown but
irresistible sliced thirty million pounds
Of rock from the lip of the famous
Horseshoe and dropped the debris
one hundred and sixty EIGHT feet into
the gorge. In a single cataclysmic
instant of time the contour of the
curve was changed. its beauty and its
power of attraction enhanced.
Such things have happened before
Evening star., 1934-08-14

In Won Hindenburg's death many
American editors feel that Germany
not only has lost 0 hero idoliZed At
home and respected abroad, but draws
nearer to q debacle that has been
inevitable since the old field marshal
made the mistake Of accepting Hitler.
Germany has lost her greatest man
and the world q bulwark of order" !"
says the Providence Evening Bulletin.
He was Of the race Of giants to whom
a battered and baf1ed civilization has
looked for steady and certain gu1d-
ance, like q tired traveller who knows
he is not lost so long as distant bea-
con holds out to burn showing him
the way. There are good reasons why
Europe should shudder at the news Of
his DEATH"
"If Plutarch could have written his
nfe," declares the youngstown Vindi-
Gator, "he would have delighted in his
unbounded patriotism, the total abb
sence in him of any thought Of him
self or his own fortunes, and the un-
swerving loyalty with which he dedi-
Gated himself to his country" and the
Hartford Times characterizes him as
having the personal virtue Of
Stephen Fox, the grandeur Of a
Gladstone, the conscientiousness Of
Stonewall Jackson, the military Ca
pacity of q Robert E. Lee and the
loyalty of a Washington.
The Portland Oregonian calls him
zone of the few really important In
dividuals of the earth," the Newark
Evening News regards his life as o
monument to integrity and selhess
patriotism" and the Watertown Daily
Times thinks he was "the one war
leader who emerged from the war n
leader still" Hindenburg appears to
the Scranton Times as appealing to
patriotic Germans by reason Of their
belief that he embodied all the stern
German virtues-virile strength COM
bined with an answering devotion to
duty and great singleness Of purpose"
After Tannenburg," points out the
Manchester Union, they called him
The Savior of the Fatherland.' He
earned the title q dozen times after
that" The Dayton Herald questions
whether "his services to the country
as a military figure were really to be
compared to his services as its Presi-
dent" and the Portland CMe.) Press
Herald agrees that at was after the
war and as President that he exhibited
his great worth" The New York Sun
Is inclined to doubt many Of the war
time stories around which the Hinden-
burg legend has been built, but de-
clares: $50 long as the legend came
to be believed the truth behind the
legend is Of faint interest. Germany
believed Hindenburg to be o strong
man and so he remained in the sight
Of Germany to the day of his death"
with the death Of Paul Won Hin
denburg," holds the Tampa Daily
Times, Germany loses its greatest
figure since Bismarck" and the
Nashville Banner finds 1t IAN occa-
sion for universal mourning" The
Cleveland News thinks that mot only
did Hindenburg represent virtually
the last link with the past, reaching
back to the days Of the monarchy and
the republic, but with him may have
persisted the restraining influences
which have held the Reich steady
through many o crisis since the war"
To the Cincinnati Times-Star his
death seems to leave "a yawning gap
before the feet Of millions Of Euro
Evening star., 1934-08-14
On the Atlantic Ferry.

From the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
With the merger Of those two great
British ocean steamship lines, Cunard
and White Star, the ferry business
across the Atlantic enters q new stage.
This transaction makes a single unit
Of more than 100000 tons Of fine
ships plying between New York and
European ports.
The Majestic, Olympic and HON.
eric: the Berengaria, Aquitania and
Mauretania will sail on q single sys-
tenn Of schedules. During the Sum.
mer there will be more than 80 east
bound sailings. A number Of Summer
cruises are also to be made.
The Cunard line dates back to 1870
The White Star line was established
In 1859. The Cunarder Brittania was
the first regularly scheduled Atlantic
ferry boat" In these two lines much
Of the history Of ocean transportation
Is embodied.
American lines must bestir them
selves II they are to keep pace In the
post-depression competition.
Evening star., 1934-08-14

Indeed, the river has been carving
its way inland for hundreds Of CEN
turies. Scientists say that once the
brink was approximately ten miles
north of the present line. Inch by
inch the water cuts through the lime
stone area between Lake Erie and
Lake Ontario. Eventually 1t will
complete its excavation of q canyon
between the two bodies. But millen-
NUNS will be required for the work.
The mean annual rate of recession
of the crest at the central part of
the Horseshoe has been determined
at about five feet. Most Of the ero-
sion, of course, is orderly and quiet.
1t is not often that there is a grand
crash like that Of yesterday. The
American sector lost about eighty
thousand tons in slide on January
II, 1881, but authorities believe that
it will be decades before another
such accident" occurs.
The philosopher realizes that man
Is at best only a helpless spectator
at such events. Elemental forces on
occasion may be coerced, but the
reign of human genius never is quite
complete. Nature still governs the
universe, administering cosmic laws
with little regard for earthling races
But deeper thought suggests that her
processes and purposes are not en-
tirely unkind. Had she been utterly
hostile there would have been no
tourists whatever at Niagara Falls.
no men or women anywhere on the
mobile earth.
Evening star., 1934-08-14
Urges That Work on
Subways Start Now
To the Editor of The star:

To the Editor OF The Star:
think Mr.. Ueland's letter published
in The Star the other day regarding
subways for Washington Is 20 timely
and Of such importance that 1t de-
serves more than passing notice BY
washingtonians.
Many laymen and engineers have
felt that something ought to be done
about the traffic problem, which is
growing worse at an amazing speed.
retarding normal expansion Of our
city and discommoding practically all
our people. One need but 60 back
five or six years to observe the change
downtown Washington has undergone.
When the triangle buildings are COM
pleted and occupied and other build
ings are started west Of the triangle,
and the Municipal Center to be built
eventually, the situation is sure to
grow desperate in much shorter time
than many realize. Already business
Is suffering due to needed trafnc re-
quirements. Even more drastic re-
strictions may be expected in the very
near future, in itself an evil, but ap-
parently necessary In an emergency.
That subwayS are the only solution
is quite obvious II one will but give
the matter thought and compare
our problems with those other cities
had to face. For the time being, such
subway or subways need extend only
to about half q mile or o mile above
U street to resume their surface route
Later on, when conditions Justify. the
underground route may be extended
to Chevy Chase Circle as suggested.
In my opinion the matter is of such
immediate urgency that a campaign
in that direction should be initiated
at once, in conjunction with Commits
sioner Aliens idea of making work /"
The combination would be most fortu-
nate and the time is most opportune
from every point Of view, psychology
cally, financially, and the need of the
improvement. There will probably
never be q time as favorable as now.
An undertaking of this character
requires q good deal Of preliminary
work and study, requiring probably q
year or two. This time could be util-
lied for the needed exploration of
several proposed routes and q survey
of underground conditions. For such
q survey hundreds of laborers and
artesians can be utilized for digging
test pits, borings Of various kinds, and
this would require an ONCE force as
well. 1t would supply at once not
made work." but work really needed
and utilized later when construction
work is started. This preliminary
work being done in comparative leisure
will result in thorough study Of the
problem. There are plenty of engi-
neers and laborers and other tech
nicians available for this work.
Under the most favorable condi-
tions, even If preliminary work such
as I suggest is begun this Summer, we
can not hope to have q completed Sec
ton Of subway short of five or six
years. Even the most conservative
will concede that in that time, con-
sidering the expansion Of our Capital
and the affairs 1t is rapidly assuming
In world matters, the trafic situation
will have reached q dangerous point.
It almost reached such O point last
Winter. Why wait, when by initiating
the work now we can save time and
money and create needed work and
meet q situation that we cannot
avoid? ISAAC TEPPER.
Evening star., 1934-08-14

Joseph was a sort of undersecretary
IN Pharaoh's affairs. He established
an ancient policy of encouraging
crops during years of abundance and
saving them up to provide against
years of famine, and 50 differed in
opinion from modern agricultural
philosophy.
Evening star., 1934-08-14

Music has charms, but it will not
soothe the drought-stricken farmers
to arrange special Chautauqua pro-
gram for them. Even Fritz Kreisler,
with DR.. Hanfstaengl at the piano,
would not suffice to calm their emo
tionS.
Evening star., 1934-08-14
The Railroad Retirement Law.

The Railroad Retirement Law.
What may prove to be the most
important test of the new deal in
government has been instituted in q
petition just filed by one hundred and
thirty-seven of the leading railroads
of this country in the District Su-
preme Court demanding injunctions
to prevent the Railroad Retirement
Board from collecting assessments
against the roads and their employees
under the railroad pension act. Four
grounds are alleged by the railroads.
The first is that Congress In the act
exceeded its powers under the COM
merce clause of the Constitution be-
cause its provisions have no reason
able relation to the promotion of ef-
ficiency or the safety of interstate
transportation. and because 1t is un-
reasonable and arbitrary. 1t is fur
ther contended that the act unlaw-
fully imposes upon the carriers the
obligation to pay large sums into the
Federal Treasury, that it unlawfully
interferes with management, unlaw-
fully Classics and discriminates
against the plaintiffs, and deprives
them Of their property and liberty of
contract without due process Of law.
Furthermore, 1t is alleged that the
act Of Congress on its face is an ex-
perimentation at the expense of the
plaintiffs.
Whatever may be the decision of
the District Supreme Court, the case
will undoubtedly be carried to the
Supreme Court of the United States,
which will thus have placed before it
In definite form the question of how
far the Government can go in the
way of managing private business.
An early final decision is not to be
expected, for the process of reaching
the Supreme Court with an appeal is
not one of expedition. The case is
not a simple one, involving merely
the question of constitutionality, but
includes many considerations of rail-
road management and administration
and such collateral questions as the
status of retired employees and their
percentages Of contribution to the re-
tirement funds.
The purpose Of Congress in passing
this act was to establish q uniform
system of retirement provisions for
the workers on all the lines engaged
in interstate transportation. It sub
stituted for retirement systems already
in vogue definite plan Of joint con-
tributions by workers and employers,
the former being assessed two per cent
Of their pay and the latter four per
cent of their pay rolls. The railroad
plaintiffs In the present suit contend
that in many cases the carrier lines
are not in a financial position to
maintain such system, with 10000
miles Of railroad now in hands of re-
ceivers or bankruptcy, larger mileage
than at any previous time in history.
Doubtless in the course of the hear
ing on this case-which will be con-
Quoted as a single cause, though one
hundred and thirty-seven carriers
appear as plaintiffs-the whole pic
ture Of the American railroad system
will be presented for the information
Of the court and, incidentally, of the
country.
Evening star., 1934-08-14
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Training.


We need more mental force to meet
The problems of the day
And bring prosperity complete
While peace is here to stay.
So bring the crossword puzzle olt,
OF any shape or size,
It will assist, beyond a doubt,
To make us wondrous wise.
When we have learned which letters fit
Into a given space
Our cares well be prepared to quit
And soar to heavenly grace.
It's intellect that must direct
The tumult or the shout,
So bring for exercise correct
That crossword puzzle out.
Evening star., 1934-08-14

Nad police are so active that the
Berlin situation threatens to resolve
itself into something like that which
prevailed when one Becker organized
a coalition Of the police and the
gangsters in New York.
Evening star., 1934-08-14

College students are being organ
lied in politics. They will be easily
managed If they can be convinced
that the authority of a foot ball
coach reaches into economics.
Evening star., 1934-08-14

Minneapolis is trying to get the
truckers to permit the flour business
to 60 on before wheat is any dearer.
The strikers will be among the first
to complain If bread is high.
Evening star., 1934-08-14

Airplane races are proving so haz-
ardous that innocent bystanders are
content to observe them from a dis
tance without demanding pari-mutuel
facilities to attract a crowd.
Evening star., 1934-08-14

The Navy-trained nurse who cut
out pylon at the Dayton air races
is accused of attempting an unau-
thorized style of sports surgery.
Evening star., 1934-08-14

Little America is a locality of great
scientific interest, but Admiral Byrd
has destroyed any immediate prestige
for 1t as q health resort.
Evening star., 1934-08-14
Snakebite Remedies.

From the Greenville q. c. News.
A new serum makes the bite of q
rattlesnake hardly more annoying
than the sting of q bee But it's 60
ing to be pretty hard for some to
break away from the old standby
remedy.
Evening star., 1934-08-14

Many able writers go to Europe
only to find that the really important
sources Of world news are right here
in the U. S. Capital.
Evening star., 1934-08-14

As car of the movies Will Hays has
to reckon with the Russian trend of
taste which long since put the old
fashioned "ukase" out of business.
Evening star., 1934-08-14
Shortshoremen.

From the Detroit News.
A statistic from San Francisco gives
the amount lost to striking dock
workers In wages. Making them. we
infer, shortShoremen.
Evening star., 1934-08-14
Wandering Headquarters,

From the Portland Oreeonian.
For the first time in the history of
the United States it is necessary to
use a compass to find the Summer
White House.
Evening star., 1934-08-14

The former German kaiser still
preserves one point of dignity. In
spite Of all temptations he never con-
sents to write for a magazine.
Evening star., 1934-08-14

Hitler can choose his own title,
leaving time to decide the amount
Of practical authority that viii 60
with it.
Evening star., 1934-08-14
A Great Multitude.

From the Rockford Register Republic.
In years to come there will be q
naughty society composed Of the de-
scendants Of persons who saw Dn-
ltnger killed.
Evening star., 1934-08-14
Sick EN-!

From the Minneapolis Journal.
In Southeastern Manitoba and
Southern Saskatchewan the crickets
are reported feeding on grasshoppers.
Good! Now let the cutworm attack
the dandeiton.
Evening star., 1934-08-14
Worry Someone Else.

From the BLOOMINGTON Psntasraph.
John D. Rockefeller's rule for old
age is Don't worry" But, he should
add. If you have to worry. worry the
other fellow.
Evening star., 1934-08-14
Surplus.

From the Worcester Evening Gazette.
The world wheat crop decline Is
estimated at 100000 900 bushels, but
there's still enough left so the nations
can't agree on how to dispose Of 1t.
Evening star., 1934-08-14
Sticky Times.

From the Kansas City star
Gov. Landon sticks 10 his desk"
We even stick to the breakfast table
these days.
Evening star., 1934-08-14

Where He Goes.
The taxpayer said, In an accent Of
woe,
From here. please explain to me where
do 60.
The grim statistician in sympathy
spoke,
Your next destination is probably
Broke"
Evening star., 1934-08-14

Pleasures Of Imagination.
What is your reason for asking
higher prices?"
Il get a certain enjoyment" an
swered Farmer Corntossel, "in think
ing about the wealth I'd be takin' in
If the drought had left me anything
to SELL"
"A man without enemies" said HI
Ho. the sage Of Chinatown, "is in
the sad situation of one who has moth
ing that any one envies."
Evening star., 1934-08-14
Value Received.

Value Received.
"Politics causes a great deal Of de-
bate" said the plain citizen.
"Of course" answered Senator Sor-
ghum. There has to be q certain
amount Of brilliant oratory so as to
make the campaign contributors feel
that they're getting something for
their money"
Jud Tunkins says one trouble about
politics is that too many men think
they can get Office simply by guessin'
as to the right moment to give three
cheers
Evening star., 1934-08-14

Novelty.
An architect drew plans so neat
That folks all thought them quite
complete,
And proudly held them up to view
AS different and entirely new.
For the foundation he named slate,
Which pulverized beneath the weight
AS of new theories to give proof
He piled big stones upon the roof.
And when it came to a collapse,
We said, There's something wrong
perhaps,
But you'll agree it's plain to see
Twas an Original Idee!"
II is tired of hearin' bout troubles
in Europe" said Uncle Eben. "As a
citizen of desc United States. home
made troubles is plenty good enough
for me-"
Evening star., 1934-08-14
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The Evening Star Newspaper Compan

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Evening star., 1934-08-14

@. What Is meant by the law Of
averages7-D. NJ.
A. The law Of averages aims to
demonstrate that, while the trend Of
human affairs cannot be forecast with
certainty, It can be worked out TO q
considerable extent arithmetically by
arriving ut averages based on statiS-
tics relating to the event.
Evening star., 1934-08-14

@. How often are airplane accidents
due to engine failure and to structural
failure?-R. H. A.
A. The Bureau Of Air Commerce has
compiled information analyzing the
causes of air accidents in scheduled
and miscellaneous flying operations.
There were 101 airplane accidents in
scheduled air transport service for the
Evening star., 1934-08-14

@. What will remove nitric acid
stains from the hands?-I. ]. M.
A. Nothing will. They must be al
lowed to wear OF.
Evening star., 1934-08-14

q. Is it true that locomotives do not
have headlights in England?-E. OD.
A. This Ia correct. Due to the high
banks along the right-of-ways, and
the lack Of grade crossings, headlights
are not considered necessary.