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Evening star., 1934-03-10
Fortune From the Sea.

The Associated Press reports from
San Francisco that half dozen needy
families may divide as much as a
hundred thousand dollars as the re-
suit of fortunate find of ambergris
on the beach of Bolinas Bay.
A mysterious substance developed
in the stomach Of sick whales, this
curious commodity appears with
periodic frequency in the news of the
world, and in each instance the same
implication of sudden wealth acci-
IDENTIFY acquired is involved. Poor
sailors discover it floating on the
waves. or beachcombers stumble on
it in the sand, or fishermen draw it
up in their nets. Invariably, the lucky
party is an individual amply able to
use the cash which its sale to perfume
manufacturers will bring.
Some years ago grocers clerk
brought to his employer a lump of
greasy, grayish material he had picked
up on a section Of the rockbound
coast of Maine. IF this is amber
gris,'' he said, "I want to marry your
daughter" The grocer was attracted
by the idea, but he had little faith
In the boys supposition that his treas
Evening star., 1934-03-10
Pinchot Candidacy Promises
Warm Senatorial Battle

tion on the pledge that he will sup
port the Democratic President char
acter1z1ng criticism of the Roosevelt
policies as 'snarling and biting at his
heels is an anomaly, introducing in
Pennsylvania the tactics of Norris in
Nebraska or of johnson in California.
No doubt there are Roosevelt Republi-
cans in Pennsylvania. as well as else
where. The Democratic leaders have
had reasonable ground for hope that,
II these votes could be swung into the
Democratic column, a majority vote
could be secured in the election this
year. But there has been no sugges-
ton that the Roosevelt Republicans
could carry the State, and there is no
present indication of any purpose on
the part of the Roosevelt Democrats
to sink their own candidate for the
benefit Of Gov. Pinchot."
The New York Times describes the
Governor as an liable political monde
script who calls himself Progressive
Republican and is usually fighting
regular Republicans" The Scranton
Times declares: $50 far as our OBJ
servation goes, there Is little inclina-
ton on the part of Democrats In
Pennsylvania to make Gov. Pinchot
the Democratic nominee. Should he
enter as a third party candidate we
feel his candidacy would be helpful
to the Democrats. as he would pull
chiefly from the Republicans"
Evening star., 1934-03-10
Manchukuo's Trade.

Politically unrecognized though
tons of the world evidently do not
consider ASia's newest state beneath
their notice for business purposes. At
the moment there is a lively scramble
for Manchukuan financial and COM
mercial plums between French and
German interests and there are inti-
nations that the British, too, are
beginning to consider the possibilities
of Emperor Kang Teh's realm as a
market.
Some observations In the London
Times show how the wind is blowing.
''Whatever may be thought" it says,
"of the origins of Manchukuo, it is
impossible not to admire japanese
grit and organizing capacity. Coun-
tries which have trading interests in
the Far East must not delay too long
in making up their minds how to rec
oncile their commercial activities in
Manchukuo with the principle of non
recognition"
Representatives of powerful French
banking and industrial concerns be-
longing to the National Association
for Economic Expansion" have re-
Gently been in Toxic and signed an
agreement with the South Manchu-
rian Railway for development of vari-
Gus enterprises in Manchukuo. This
French trade initiative has been
promptly followed by Germany. The
Reich embassy at Toxic has assigned
its commercial secretary to proceed
to Mukden and survey the field of
trade possibilities in the new state.
The German attache began operations
by presenting himself to Emepror
Kang Teh at Hsinking-an incident
which suggests that the Berlin gov
Evening star., 1934-03-10
Bermuda for War Debts.
From the Columbus Dispatch.

.
Every once in a while the proposal
Is mooted, either on the part of
some British official or from one of
our own, that some sort of plan
might be worked out whereby British
island possessions In the proximity of
the United States might be traded
for the war debt owing America by
Britain. No enthusiasm on the part
Of either debtor or creditor has been
worked up at any time by such a
possibility. 1t Is thoroughly imprac-
tical and without virtue from any
angle
Toying with such an idea only
causes unrest in the islands and OBJ
scureS the real issue between the two
countries which is how and when the
money for the debts will be forth
coming.
The statement made in the House
Of Representatives recently that Pre-
mier Ramsay Macdonald OF Great
Britain had once offered the Island
of Bermuda as part payment Of the
debt has brought the statement from
Bermuda officials and businessmen
that the islanders are solidly opposed
to anything Of this nature and will
resent any act directed toward that
end. And they should oppose the
idea.
The United States does not want
any British possession either in the
Atlantic or Caribbean. We have
enough troubles with the problems
of the Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico
and, because of our vested interests
there, Cuba, without taking on fur
ther liabilities as payment for a debt
already existing.
Evening star., 1934-03-10
Wives Who Work;
Others Who Spend
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor OF The Star:
What can't understand is why so
many wives nowadays look down upon
cooking and housework as something
demeaning. Their contention appears
to be that domestic work is too diff
cult for the modern woman Well,
in the homes where majestic woman
hood doesn't stoop to do this work,
who does it? Why, Of course, other
women-the so-called "less fortunate
sisters"
In this connection it is also in
teresting to note that the girls who
come from well-to-do families bring
with them into marriage a certain
eagerness to cook, sew and keep house.
It is sort of new world to them.
To the girl coming from a poor fam
lily, however, cooking and keeping
house for husband is considered
drudgery. Ultimately discord will
result.
And now, going just one step fur
ther in the matter: It is the girl from
poor family who generally has a
tendency to be extravagant with her
husbands money, while the girl from
rich folks seems to be eager to pre-
serve her spouse's income and ex-
pend it judiciously.
Summing up on this subject: Girls
from poor families have false stand
ards of living, due to superficial
education allied to q taste for cheap
and petty amusements, while the
girls coming from well-to-do families
generally have q finer education and
consequently q higher and better
sense Of values. PHILIP EBERT.
Evening star., 1934-03-10
The Golden Coins Go.
Prom the Reno Evening Gazette,

from Tue fIeuO EFeIlluB 1dICttc.
West Coast men and women. accus-
toned until the war to handle gold
pieces as freely as silver, may never
have that experience again. Wash
ington dispatches say gold coins are
history, that the Treasury is busy
drawing regulations for melting them
into bullion bars.
In the panic of 1907, when the
banks issued certificates instead Of
money, depoSitors who so wished could
still gaze on the great rolls of twenties
that were stacked up in the vaults.
The big gambling houses still dis
played rolls of yellow eagles and half
eagles and it was not long before the
banks were again on a gold coin basis.
Today, however, there are no gold
coins stacked in trays behind the tell
ers' windows to form an impressive
display of concrete wealth. All Of
them that can be rounded up have
been taken over by the United States
Treasury. :.
The Pacific States, during the Civil
War, when most of the country was
on a greenback basis, retained hard
money and we're proud Of it, boasting
to the world Of their real" wealth.
During the great immigration into
Los Angeles in the late eighties If the
new arrivals brought currency they
speedily changed it into gold and &C.
ouired the same delight that the older
resident had in rafting the eagles
in his pocket or throwing them down
so they would ring on the counter. In
Nevada, even as late as 20 years ago
paper money was a rarity.
There Is still money, quantities Of
It. but It isn't % spectacular.
Evening star., 1934-03-10

ernment, perhaps with an eye to trade
favors to come, may be thinking OF
leading the world in recognition Of
Manchukuo.
The japanese have made little
secret of their hope and expectation
that the lure of trade would sooner
or later overcome international oppo-
sition to recognition of Manchukuo.
Tckio's argument is that the needs Of
a nation of 3O,OOO,OOO or 35,O0O.OO0
people, living in guaranteed tram
Quillity, amid conditions promising
safety for foreigners and full security
for their property rights, cannot in
definitely be ignored by the trading
nations of the West. The japanese
from the outset have emphasized that
as far as their paramount influence
there can prevail, the open door for
world commerce will always be main
tanned in Manchukuo, although it is
represented that the interests of all
concerned will be best served if other
countries will deal through japanese
middlemen because of their superior
knowledge of, and more intimate con-
tact with, local conditions.
Current rivalrieS for Manchukuan
trade would seem to bear out Japan's
forecast that enlightened economic
self-interest may eventually impel the
outside world. to recast its point of
view about the empire" recently
carved out of old China.
Evening star., 1934-03-10

A spirited political battle is expected
when Gov. Clifford Pinchot of Penn
sylvania enters the Republican pri-
maries on May Is, in an effort to
wrest from Senator Reed of that State
the seat he now occupies in the Upper
House Of Congress 1t is predicted that
If the Governor fails to carry the pri-
mary, he will enter the race on an
independent ticket or seek Democratic
support.
The character of the battle is fore
shadowed by a preliminary exchange
OF shots" says the Syracuse Herald,
with this comment on the future con-
test: 1T is too early to speculate on
the outcome Of the Pennsylvania con-
test. But it must be observed even
now the Pinchot insurgency is Of the
last-ditch order, and that the general
impression in and out of his home
State Is that. if beaten in the pri-
maries, he will carry his claim to the
polls, possibly with the Democratic
Endorsement. Senator Reed, an able
man, is thus confronted with the
threat of a second high hurdle, If he
surmounts the first"
"Pinchot has a long and distin-
guished public record" according to
the Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette. "He
was chief forester in the Department
of Interior during the administrations
of Theodore Roosevelt and William
Howard Taft. He was central figure
in exposing the Ballinger scandal dur
ing the Taft administration.
ssHo R1,11 Moose uyifI, ToIdu
"Pinchot is now 68 years of ago, but
Is full Of vigor and is the man feared
by the reactionary Republicans of the
State. His fights for child labor and
other progressive reforms have won
him the hatred Of the big interests
of the coal and steel industries.
'Fe is gallant crusader, and more
power to him. He will be able to work
in harmony with the aims and ideals
Of the Roosevelt new deal"
"They are seasoned speakers, and
by the time they get through the
citizens Of Pennsylvania should have
pretty good idea what it is all
about" thinks the Erie Daily Times.
The jamestown IN. " Post feels
that ''the campaign will not partake
of the character Of a tea party" while
the Buffalo Evening News states: "A
name made familiar by three decades
of publicity is Gov. Pinchot's principal
asset. His accomplishments do not
loom large; but he still manages to
hold the spotlight. He is opposing q
powerful organization on field where
it may be expected to fight its bitter
est, since to lose its hold in Washing
ton would be disastrous to it. In the
give and take Of the campaign Gov.
Pinchot Is certain to deliver as good
as he receives"
1.-THE entry Of the Governor rs .
candidate" in the Judgment Of the
Philadelphia Evening Bulletin, ain the
primaries for the Republican nomina-
Evening star., 1934-03-10
Call It Off.

One of the tragic elements in con-
nection with the growing list of fatal
casualties among Army mail pilots is
the fact that five of the officers killed
were "one-year men" The photo
graphs available in War Department
files showed them in their flying
school cadet uniforms. That fact
alone is significant.
But it would be unwise to allow
emotionalism to govern future policy
in this dismal business The time
has come for some straight thinking
There has been too much emotional
ism already-on the one side the
rosy checked lads" accusation, on the
other the Army pilots are men, not
boys" defense. More dangerous than
emotionalism is that the question of
continued flying the mails by the
. Army has become a political foot ball
While the politicians accuse and de-
fend, the mail pilots die.
In the meantime some facts have
become abundantly clear. The Army
planes were not built to carry mail
and the Army pilots have not been
trained to carry the mail. Carrying
the mail, at night especially and
in stormy weather, is a specialized
form of flying, requiring special train
ing and special equipment. The
comparison has been drawn between
the commercial pilot and his assist
ant, sitting in the heated cabin of a
modern transport plane equipped
with radio devices, and the Army
pilot, flying alone in the uncovered
cockpit of a pursuit plane, lacking
adequate radio equipment, unframed
in night flying and unfamiliar with
the route he is to fly. That COM
parison seems to sum up, in a few
words readily understood by the lay
man, one tremendous handicap faced
by the Army pilots. There are others,
some of them technical, some of them
resulting from inexperience. But
from no official source has there
come dispassionate analysis of the
problem. There has been defense"
of the Army, when the Army needs
no defense. There has been emphasis
upon the tragic fatalities in CONNER
cial flying. There is no occasion for
such emphasis. The Army pilots and
the commercial pilots are not sup
posed to be competing in a race
with death.
Turning the business of carrying the
airmall over to the Army was a
blunder. Nothing is to be gained by
keeping it up The continued death
of Army pilots and the continued de-
struction of Army planes will add no
glory to the Army or to anybody else.
The airmail is important. But it is
not important enough to warrant the
continued loss of life by pilots sent un-
prepared on dangerous missions. The
Army should be relieved of a task it
was not ready to assume, and the air
mail should be grounded until the law
makers decide what they want to do
about it.
Evening star., 1934-03-10

ure might be worth its weight in gold.
In point of fact, he did not bother to
test out the theory. Instead, he
merely pretended that it was amber
girls. that he had marketed it, and
that the money which he took from
his own savings to endow the bride
and groom was SO obtained. Months
passed, and then one day a college
professor came to stay in the neigh
borhood. The grocer asked his opin-
ion, and the teacher enlisted the
services Of a chemist, with the re-
suit that the truth came out-the
"tallow" really was a fortune from
the sea.
For the philosopher, all such yarns
combine to illustrate the principle
that wealth comes through inteli-
gence applied to nature. That for
tuitous circumstance plays a part in
the matter is merely another aspect
of the universal law.
Evening star., 1934-03-10
Practical Suggestions Are Offered the
Transit Company to Meet Difficulties

along the street. Another is to stop
one car from going slow and hogging
the traffic when another car is close
behind and bound for the same place.
1t is ridiculous to be trying to jam
a few more into one car and holding
up traffic when proper accommodation
is within half a block Persons will
get on the first car if they can. hav-
ing learned by experience that the
next may be in tie-up, so 1t lies
with the company to regulate this,
unless there be a long interval in
headway. It also looks unreasonable
to have cars crowded at times of
night when there is 15-minute head
way. 1t also looks silly to argue loss
of patrons when cars are packed be-
fore am going south, as far north
as Rhode Island avenue on North
Capitol street, as has been often the
case within a year.
Warming Of extra cars before leav-
ing the barn instead of depending
on human heat would make them
more comfortable. and keeping the
heat down en- transit would make the
air better. Sitting on heater may
be comfort for some, but the result
ing odor is not fragrant.
Another undesirability is in keeping
the rear window wide open in freez-
ing weather. This is an expensive
luxury. as the doctors bills will tes-
tify. Why the companies have never
conceived the idea of airing from the
upper front end and using small
fan is not understandable, excepting
that small fan costs money, but
certainly no more than the dozen Of
monkey-doodle ventilators which do
not ventilate.
Another feature which can be dis
pensed with from the patrons point
of view is the thumpety thump of
leaky air systems. The vibration is
not comfortable to a seated person
And lastly, if the cars are to carry
double their capacity. they should be
supported on stronger springs, not
their Seatings. w. E. ALLEN.
Evening star., 1934-03-10
To the Editor OF The Star:

To the Editor OF The Star:
The head of the new Capital Tran
sit Co. has expressed a desire for
/, suggestions respecting the improve
| ment Of the car service, and as some
of us have more faith in him than
in some others who have run trac-
tion companies in this city, and he
managed the Capital Traction Co.
pretty well until it got into the hands
of out-of-town capitalists, we will
| trouble to make a comment or two
with a constructive intent.
| AS he claims to have plenty Of
rolling stock, suppose he starts by get
! ting all of it in repair. 1t is not kind
to ask patrons to leave at the rear
door" and then have them unable
to force it open or push their way
to the front through an over-crowded
car, as has been my experience sew
| eral times, SO that persons desiring to
leave north of Constitution avenue are
carried away down into South Wash
| ington by the Bureau of Engraving,
| and forced to walk back a quarter
mile. The opening of the door should
| also not be dependable on the whim
| of a motorman who has a crouch
about something and does not want
to hear the bell ring.
A better equalization of opportunity
for employees would also contribute
| to good service 1t is almost criminal
to have some working overtime while
others hang around day and night in
hopes of getting a run as trippers.
The car company should not try to
initiate Uncle Sans substitute carrier
| system, if it wants public sympathy
With all the unemployment for years
back, am not convinced that it is
necessary to work a man from am.
until 9 pm, except in times of great
emergency, whether the man is will
ing or not, rather than be penalized
or fired.
Other suggestions are to clean and
adjust the gearing under the cars so
that they do not make as much noise
as freight train whom fhev mass
Evening star., 1934-03-10
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

"It is later than you think" says
the old sun dial, ominously.
Not time enough left to do what?
1T always is later than you think, u
replies the wag. II know it is when
I start to get up in the morning
There is not time enough left, let
us say, in which to be mean.
Not time enough to indulge in crit
icism of others, but only to mind our
own steps.
Not time enough in which to note
the flaw in ancther's eye, but only
our own faulty way of looking, which
permits us to see the mote.
If it Is later than we think, as the
dial warns us so persistently, then
it is high time to be up and-no,
not doing-but be ourselves.
There is always time enough for
that.
This is the very person, however. so
many thousands never want to be
do not know how to be, in fact.
They are in slavement to their edu-
cation, to their class Of life. to. a
thousand and one persons whose good
opinion they covet.
1t seems a terrible thing, to some,
that so many go through life-clear
through it-without once discovering
themselves in any way.
If perchance they happen to get a
peek at the person they really are,
they Immediately run back to the
crowd. as if they had seen something
disagreeable.
The only remedy, then, is to so
live as to find ones self pleasing.
This advice is as old as the
(human) hills, but it has been largely
forgotten by the present generation.
1t is good for US, now and then, to
listen to some solemn chap, who
finds the sun dial motto ringing per-
Sistently in his ears.
1T is later than you think" it says,
so be yourself while you may"
Only the fool will take this to mean
license.
Being ones self is a great deal
harder than that
Being ones self means, first, know
ing what that self is, and. second,
trying to be such.
Neither part of the task is easy.
There are many who talk of self
improvement, but few who improve.
There are thousands who read
works designed to that end. but not
many who finish.
Nor is it to be wondered at.
They have never got into their
heads the idea of looking at them
selves squarely. to see just what part
of what they do is done because they
want to, what part of what they
think is their own thoughts. what
part the thoughts of other people.
Really original thought is rare: It
is given to but few persons to create
new ideas, in themselves. Most
human beings. even those who pride
themselves on their intellectually.
are forced to think along tracks laid
down by their ancestors.
Mans knowledge is an edifice built
up of bricks whose beginnings 60
back into antiquity. The best We can
the walls.
This slant ought to belong to one,
as far as possible.
1t is only possible II one makes a
determined effort. And one will not
make that effort. of course, unless he
is convinced either by nature or by
cogitation, that it somehow is neces-
Sary
Evening star., 1934-03-10
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Ample Warning.

Ample Warning.
Some History Books stand in a row
In a secluded spot.
They tell us things we ought to know
And yet which we do not!
They tell of Helen beautiful,
And of Cassandra wise,
And Midas, whose financial pull
Brought him a sad surprise.
Men ever have extolled sweet Peace
BY sad Experience taught;
Yet when war seemed about to cease
For some slight cause hey fought
Oh, why not pause, amid the dance
And take another look,
Though it be but a passing glance
Into a History Book.
Evening star., 1934-03-10

boards and by radio. He gives very
practical advice in a humorous, ironi-
cal style which makes his chapters
read like semi literary essays. Some Of
the chapter headings are obvious,
some intriguing; as Headaches and
Dizzy Spells" Unnecessary Opera
tions," Body Weight Obesity -Reduc-
ing" and Name Your Poison" blood
Pressure VS.. Food Pressure" "Don't
Forget the Combination. "The Matter
Of What Is the Matter" The Dutiful
Diet and What You Really ~"