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Evening star., 1934-01-29
Real Benefits Are Credited
To Relief Efforts of C.. w. A.

paper. The Springfield Union. how
ever, holds that lit is now clear to
everybody concerned that even the pro-
vision of this form Of temporary relief
for relatively small portion OF the
unemployed is very costly undertak-
ing and one in which the Government
cannot continue indefinitely without
the risk of disastrous results to its own
finances"
On the other hand, the Fort Worth
Star-Telegram regards the c. W. A. as
1.-The worlds greatest experiment in
humanized economies" on the ground
that ''for the first time in the life
time of American industry the law of
supply and demand has departed from
the material side Of the ledger and has
gone to roost on the human side 1t
is the opinion of the Omaha World
Herald that anybody who has observed
the c. w. A. in operation must de-
mand that it be continued" while the
Cleveland News believes that Ito the
public mind nothing the Government
has undertaken has produced the
noticeable benefit that has come from
the c. w. A." The Altoona Mirror
finds that "the conclusion is irresistible
that the civil works program should be
continued until such time as there Is
q
workers in private industry or public
projects or backed by Federal or other
governmental agencies"
The Oklahoma City Times expects
development of the slower public
works program will help somewhat in
the absorption of the C. w. A. workers,
but feels that private employment is
the only possibility of adequate relief"
1t is pointed out by the Connellsville
Daily Courier that IF these expecta-
tions are realized, there should be
relatively little hindrance in the pro-
gram Of Unemployment" 1t adds
however. that If. on the contrary, the
plans do not click as contemplated. the
employment situation will be in a most
unsatisfactory condition" In any case
1t is felt by the Oshkosh Northwestern
that Congress is not likely to hesitate
or refuse its assent at the present time
to the request for more funds"
The Yakima Daily Republic Is con-
cerned because much of the work is
done by hand which might be done by
machines" but the Toledo Blade saws:
The total dollar cost of each such
project is easily ascertainable. but it
is not so easy to determine what pro-
portion of it goes into human re-
habilitation. which is most worth while.
out WHICH CaInot De accomplished with
labor-saving machinery"
Such trouble was to be expected."
states the San Antonio Express, "and
1t does not detract much from the
G. w. A. achievement as a whole" It
is regarded by the Pasadena Star-News
that 1T is deplorable that any service
having to do with providing employ
ment to the unemployed or providing
work relief OF an emergency nature for
any State or area, should have the
slightest tinge of fraud, corruption.
favoritlsm or any other element besides
the rules of honesty, propriety and in
tegrity," but the same paper asks that
Judgment be withheld until and un-
less the accused are found guilty" The
Asbury Park Evening Press and the
Scranton Times both feel that the ac-
complishments of the c. w. A. far
outweigh any irregularities of admin
istration.
Evening star., 1934-01-29

Announcement BY Administrator
Hopkins of the curtailment of c. w. A.
activities brought immediate and uni
versal defense of the relief program.
Observers were united in insisting that
the c. W. A. be continued at least
through the Winter months Indica-
tions of graft in local administrations
of C. w. A. funds were deplored, but it
was held that these should not obscure
the very real benefits which have been
derived from the project
Every large city in the country is
making protest to Washington
against the slashing of hours and per-
sonnel employed in the C. w. A. pro-
gram declares the Akron Beacon
Journal. They make the common
point" adds this paper, that it has
done more than any other Federal
relief project to revive hope. confidence
and, community buying power" The
Youngstown Daily Vindicator states
that "the immediate effect in Youngs-
public up solidly on the side of the
great relief movement" The Daily
Vindicator continues: Little criticisms
have been forgotten. Not only the
c. W. A. workers, but business and
industrial leaders and the great mass
of the people, who feel that the unem-
ployed have suffered enough. are urg-
ing that the discharged men be re-em-
ployed and the old hours restored"
The Haverhill Evening Gazette
thinks sit is probable, of course. that
the curtailment is but temporary"
considering the fact that "the admin
public employment for jobiess persons
until private enterprise is able to
employ more workers. is strong" This
Is also the feeling of the Lima, Ohio,
News, which says: There has been no
indication of the probable policy rs to
increasing pay rolls later. but in all
probability this will be done. 1t is
certain that the administration will
not permit the good effects already
gained by this undertaking TO bog down
in the dead Of Winter"
"Such a development as that which
the c. w. A. Administration now faces
is not surprising" believes the Lowell
Evening Leader. "in view of the fact
into operation hurriedly with a view
to offsetting distress during the Win
ter. More often than not in the case
of such experiences the estimates do
not allow enough margin for items that
were not foreseen," concludes this
paper.
Reduction of nay in the higher
brackets and an attempt to edjust pay.
at least roughly. to varying living costs
throughout the country should go far
toward solving the problem" in the
opinion of the Cincinnati Times-Star.
'Such adjustments" it continues.
would be reasonable and fair. There
could scarcely be worre method of
keeping the cost Of the C. w. A. within
practical bounds than suddenly to put
several hundred thousand men back
on the relief rolls" The Houston
Chronicle is convinced that I've must
provide the better type of help. the
one which builds morale and allays
dissatisfaction, though it costs more
money"
"The theory under which the c. W.
A. was organized" points out the
Goshen Daily News-Times, was that
it would not only give employment,
but it would put additional money into
circulation and thus prime the pump
Whether or not the program has been
entirely successful. 1t brought greatly
needed temporary relief" believes this
Evening star., 1934-01-29
The Presidents Birthday.

The Nation tomorrow will observe
the birthday Of its chosen leader. From
coast to coast the Presidents fellow
citizens will celebrate the fifty-second
anniversary Of his appearance in the
world. Multitudes will send him their
own personal expressions of good will.
The White House will be flooded with
messages Of congratulation and ap-
probation.
But Mr.. Roosevelt himself has re-
quested that the affection of the people
may take the form of interest in the
work Of the Warm Springs Founda-
ton, notable philanthropy which al
ready has accomplished miracles for
children crippled by infantile paralysis
and which. with improved equipment,
undoubtedly will carry on with in
creased efficiency through years to
come.
Support for the cause may be given
by attendance at any one Of the hun
dreds of Happy Birthday Balls" and
entertainments to be given in Wash
ington and other cities tomorrow
evening, or it may be offered by direct
contribution in whatever amount the
donor may desire.
1t may be hoped that the foundation
will receive an endowment equal to its
need. Its purposes are worthy beyond
the power of words to tell Each gift
will gladden. the heart Of the man in
whose name it Is presented and will
serve toward the restoration to health
OF boys and girls who look to him as
living example Of the victory over
circumstance which they in turn are
struggling to win.
Evening star., 1934-01-29
The French "Revolution."

Paris on Saturday night was the
scene Of wild political uproar as thou
sands Of royalists stormed the Place de
fOpera in protest against the govern
ment's alleged completely in the Bay
onne pawnshop scandal, in which
french citizens were mulcted of two
hundred million francs by the arch
swindler Stavisky.
As far as the Chautemps ministry
was concerned, the boulevard demon
stration by the Camelots du Roi was
bit Of an anti-climax, for two hours pre-
viously the premier and his cabinet had
rendered their designations to President
lie Brun and quit office. M. Chautemps
frankly admitted his inability any long
Or to face the torrent of criticism and
abuse to which his government for
many days had been subjected over the
"afYaire Bayonne." The premier had
made an eleventh-hour attempt to mol
lily his detractors by retiring the min
iSter OF Justice, who was handling the
Bayonne case, and had also won two
votes of confidence from the Chamber
OF Deputies. But M. Chautemps pre-
ferred to bow to the storm Of popular
Indignation and retire from the embit-
tered scene.
More important than the causes of
the royalist upheaval. which precipi-
tated, If it did not actually cause. the
overthrow of the Chautemps govern
ment, are the probable effects of its
collapse. M. Edouard Herriot, Frances
handy man in the hour Of trouble. Is
looked upon as the likeliest choice for
premier to solve the immediate political
crisis, but deeper-seated conditions than
Q mere swapping of ministerial horses
are involved. A general election which
might completely change the complex
ion of the Chamber and alter the course
Of French foreign policy is within the
realm of possibilities. The present
Parliament is distinctly Leftist in ten
ness toward Germany with respect to
both disarmament and Austria. In an
election campaign at this time Right
leaders of the Tardieu ilk might easily
use the Hitler menace" to good effect
and. II triumphant at the polls, give
the French attitude toward current
European questions an entirely new
orientation M. Tardieus foes taunt
him with leanings toward Fascism,
which suggests that France may be on
the verge Of far-reaching domestic in
novations as well as a switch in foreign
policy.
The Chautemps cabinet is the fourth
10 fall within a year. So the world is
not necessarily about to come to an
end on the Seine just because one more
government has toppled, even under
more revolutionary circumstances
than usual. The republic Is still safe
and the ascent Of the royalist pretend
Or to the ancient throne Of France is
afar of. Herriot or some other strong
man will once more save the day for
continued democratic government on
the Quai d'Orsay until the Gallo tenn
permanent decides that it requires an
other cabinet crisis. It is way they
have In gay Paree."
Evening star., 1934-01-29
A Pair of Pessimists.

Science Is always throwing scare
INTO people, frightening them on the
score of their health, and sometimes
on the chances of their survival as
race. Two notes of alarm have just
been struck which, if taken seriously,
will cause a great deal of worry on the
part of those who regard humanity as
an eternal phenomenon. One Is q
statement by psychologist, made at
meeting in Chicago, that if the present
rate Of increase in insanity is main
tanned, every person in the world will
be mad by 2139 AID. The other is the
dictum by a Harvard professor, writing
in q scientific periodical, that unless
steps are taken to discover preventives
Of tooth infection and correctives in
dental reformation, the course of hu-
man evolution will lead downward to
extinction.
The pessimistic brain expert Is more
explicit than his dental brother in SCI
ence, for he gives a time limit for the
sanity Of the race, 2139, or 205 years
hence. This will not cause any imme-
diate concern, for, according to this
schedule, universal madness will not
develop until at least six generations
have come and gone. Meanwhile each
notwithstanding that this process
Is in order-will probably find solace
in the personal application Of the ira
ditional tale Of the Quaker who re-
marked to his wife: All the world is
mad but thee and me, and sometimes
I have my doubts of thee"
Despite the gloom Of the Harvard
professor. there Is reason for hope on
the score Of the survival Of the race.
Medical science has accomplished mar
vels in the conquest Of disease and
':".lv believe that its greatest victories
Evening star., 1934-01-29
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

The Temperature Drops.
The sunshine Is smiling in beauty so
gay.
And the bees venture out for a turn,
Already we welcome hint of the May
With blossoms for which we all yearn.
But suddenly all our bright fancies grow
dim.
The future seems all insecure
As the weather man tells US in accents
SO grim
OF drop in the temperature.
1t is so with our hopes in a moment of
That CLEANS with promise so fair.
The ground hog of dull apprehension
draws near
With threats Of an increase Of care
We know that by waiting we'll find with
delight,
That blossoming still must endure,
Though we see for the moment our
hopes put to flight
BY q drop in the temperature.
Evening star., 1934-01-29
Modern Vandals.

Washington has suffered greatly from
vandalism in the past, but no act of
spoliation has been committed for many
years so despicable as that by which
the Grant memorial, at the Eastern end
OF the old Botanic Garden grounds,
has recently been marred. Portions Of
the bronze details of the great group,
one of the most graphic and interesting
sculptures in the Capital, have been
broken of, some of them carried away.
others discarded by the thieves near
at hand. These injuries may be re-
paired, but the spirit of spoliation re-
mains to be manifested perhaps later
at some other place.
The desire to take something from
a work of art, as a souvenir" appears
to be widely prevalent. In earlier times,
when many people ascended the Wash
ington Monument afoot, the memorial
tablets lining the inner walls for a
portion Of the way were seriously de-
faced. Metal letters were pried from
their places. chips were struck of from
delicate carvings. Other permanent
defacements were committed. These
trophies. doubtless carried away with
secret pride. could not be displayed
without confession Of the crime Of their
taking, but perhaps they have been
shown in private collections of souve-
Mrs with gloating over their acquisi-
ton
The great bronze doors Of the eastern
center entrance to the Capitol have
suffered likewise. bits Of the metal hav-
ing been wrenched away. OF recent
years careful guardianship has prevented
repetitions of this performance, but the
peril always remains. Now and then
the vandals have been caught in the
act and punished. sometimes with their
loot in their hands. Yet the trait per-
sists an ever present menace to the
structures in which all the people who
visit them should have q personal pride
This spirit of vandalism passes ra-
tional understanding. No excuse Of
need can account for it. The loot has
no market, save as junk. and there are
many sources Of such materials avail
able to thieves with tet."r g." y II
Evening star., 1934-01-29
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES Z. TRACEWELL,

The janitors who cleaned the walks
in the early morning would never have
approved Of Jones sprinkling crumbs
Of oatmeal cookies along the way.
1t was necessary for him, therefore,
to wait until the men had made q
good job Of 1t. and had got the walks
nice and clean and had departed.
Then Jones sauntered by, quietly
permitting rich crumbs to fall be-
tween his lowered fingers.
The walks had been swept, the birds
would have q clean table.
Templeton Jones listened to the wall
OF the strawberry man, coming nearer
and nearer all the time There was
a rich. soothing quality in it, the cry
of man who Is not ashamed Of him.
self in public.
Jones thought that must be fine
way to be. Most people were very self
conscious. Many man could sing
finely in his bath who would not have
dared utter q note on the sidewalk.
Jones was like that. When reading
to himself he was able to put the in
flections as they ought to be.
He got quite dramatic.
When he read aloud, however his
voice became monotone: he found
he had no ability whatever to make
his reading interesting, either to him
self or others.
That was why he preferred to read
to himself. and perhaps why most per-
sons SO prefer to read.
Maybe this inability of most men to
be free from self-consciousness was
why the old art Of reading aloud, es-
pecially in families. had quietly died
out
No one was going to risk making a
fool out of himself. He had rather
keep his reading to himself.
Out there, however, was a fellow who
did not mind.
Strawberries! Strawberries
His cry came closer and closer, fol-
lowed quickly enough by the crier him.
self
He was a stout, -compleXioned
man, little on the foreign side. who
wore no collar, and didn't seem to
mind at all
Why should he?
He belonged to the favored tribe OF
those who could saunter along in the
open air, bravely uttering cries which
would have put to shame station CALL
er at the depot. the champion hog
caller of the West, and one of the
fans" at the last world series, all
rolled into one.
His berries were from the South, but
his voice was his own.
*
Templeton Jones speculated upon this
man being the very first Washington
strawberry man he had ever heard.
He was old enough. without doubt,
What Jones wondered was whether
any man. even a strawberry vender all
on fine Winter day. could yell so
completely without personal shame II
he bad been doing it for so many years.
He thought of opening the door. and
Of going out to the man, and address,
ing him in this wise:
Mister are you the man who used
to veil Strawberries in the 1700 block
of Q street during the Spanish -Amert-
can WARP"
On second thought, Jones decided
he wouldn't do Il.
If he should say YES" we'll, what?
And. if no" what?
No, it wouldn't do.
One didn't rake over the past IN
that fashion. If one were sensible.
The past was gone. and no doubt 1t
was just as well Temp Jones bought
box Of strawberries.
Evening star., 1934-01-29
Mr.. Long Sends Word.

Senator Huey P. Long Of Louisiana
sent word to the Senate on Saturday
that he would return to Washington
and desired to address the Senate to-
day. A few minutes afterward the
Senate took a recess until Tuesday
omitting the session for today entirely
Whether or not this was slap in the
face for Mr.. Long was not disclosed
The reason assigned for the recess was
that a large number of Senators are
overwhelmed with work in their Of
fees to which they have not been able
to give attention" A recess on Mon
day. however. is an unusual occurrence
in the Senate.
But the recess of the Senate to-
day will not prevent Mr.. Long from
addressing the Senate. The message he
sent to the Senate late Saturday after
noon. delivered by Senator Bailey OF
North Carolina. was that he desired
to be heard on Monday morning on q
matter of privilege" When the Senate
convenes tomorrow Mr.. Long may OBJ
tain the floor by merely rising and ask
ing recognition, provided some other
Senator does not occupy the attention
Of the Senate at the time The ST
Lawrence waterway treaty with Canada
Is the unfinished business OF the up
per house and will be before it for con-
sideration. and the Senate will meet
tomorrow In executive session. It Is
not believed that Mr.. Long desires to
address the Senate about the treaty, as
that might scarcely by designated by
the Louisiana Senator as a matter of
privilege. Matters Of privilege" in the
affairs Of the members, although they
may have bearing on public questions
So it may be expected that Senator
Long will discuss in the Senate what
has been going on in the State OF
Louisiana, and particularly in the city
Of New Orleans, where Mr.. Long has
probably very painful to bear.
The Senate has listened to Mr. Long
in the past. Not always willingly or
gladly, but because in the Senate there
is nothing to prevent a Senator from
speaking as often and as long as he
desires. provided, Of course. the Senate
is in session. The Senate. it seems, took
the only course possible not to hear Sena-
tor Long today when it declined to sit on
Monday. But it seems that it merely
postponed the day of delivery. While
the subject Of Mr.. Longs address has
not been disclosed. If it has to do with
the political situation in Louisiana 1t
would look as though the Senator is
reversing his former attitude. In the
past when he has been attacked or
criticized he has suggested that the
fray be transferred to his home State.
But Louisiana does not appear now to
be as satisfactory battle ground for
the Senator as it has been in the past.
have adopted waiting policy, believ-
ing that in the end the people of
Louisiana would take care of the pres
ent senior Senator from their State. II
the reports now coming from Louisiana
are correct, the people are taking care
Of Mr.. Long. Is it possible that Mr..
Long is about to seek the protection Of
the Senate in his strife with his enc
mics in Louisiana? This, indeed, would
be reversal Of form.
Evening star., 1934-01-29

Lugubrious yowlings in the distance
heralded the years first itinerant
strawberry vender.
He is an old Washington custom,
few Older
This one, several blocks away, was
making a most mournful sound, as II
q lost soul were strolling In the sun
shine Of the bright January morning.
Now rising, now falling, this sound
like nothing else In the waking world
doated across lawns. between houses.
inferred between the great trees Of the
suburbs, finally made Its way straight
into the ears Of Templeton Jones.
Jones Immediately was made a boy
again, for one OF his earliest memories
of the National Capital, to which he
came from the Midwest at the age of
9 with his parents. was Of the floating
cries of the various venders, the "old
clothes" men, the rag-and-bone men,
the ash men, the trash and gar
bage men.
In the season there were the
strawberry fellows. calling Straw
babies! Strawbabies!" as all the chill
dren said, to the wide world of the
residential sections.
Templeton Jones thought not an
infection had changed.
Probably this fellow was the son Of
one Of those old venders.
Perhaps he was the same man! For
Jones was not old. as men 60, and
enjoyed a young heart.
y
The old-rags men, gentlemen of
assorted colors who dealt in the COL
lection Of -much-used bits of cloth,
possessed the most melodious songs of
them all. IN the old days, before tele-
phones had come into general home
Use, before horses had gone out, before
automobiles had filled all the wide
streets and avenues. For Washington
streets. even the narrowest Of them,
seemed wide enough. in the old days.
There was no parking problem" then.
No home owner would have thought of
hitching his horse by the curb all
night. or wheeling his carriage into
the thoroughfare to stand until morn
ing. Gentlemen made proper pro-
vision for such things.
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Yes, the streets, with their giant
trees. were wider in those days, actually
enough. although no doubt a tape
would show precisely the same dis
tance from curb to curb today.
But what a lot of things there are
In between now! And some there are
not. How the English sparrows reveled
in the old days, whereas today they
are driven into the downtown sections
where they subsist on the crumbs
which somehow manage to get into
the street from the hotels and the
larger public buildings.
Some two-legged human bird Is
always eating In the downtown section
Some one is always coming out of a
building munching something or other
and crumbs are perpetually falling to
the sidewalk
The English sparrows (Which are
enjoying a lack of publicity for the
frs. time in this country for many
years. owing to the starlings) watch
intently every human who goes along
sidewalk to see If he is not dropping
some good sparrow food.
Almost anything at all makes good
sparrow fodder. Templeton Jones, who
was very fond Of these hardy little
fellows. had noticed that they would
eat almost anything.
He had seen them pecking at old
bits OF rope in the gutter. Maybe
there was enough fiber there to make
'em think Of straw
Jones had felt It his solemn duty to
take care Of the sparrows which lived
in the vicinity Of his Office building.