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Evening star., 1934-09-24
Beck's Position Questioned
AS He Quits Seat in Congress

and chose that supposed method Of
doing so. What is really wrong with
Congress, from Mr. Beck's point of
view, and that of host of other able
men, is that so many of its members
hold the opinion they do. 1t is the
duty Of any representative body to
carry the will of the majority into
effect over any amount of minority
opposition, even that Of members as
high minded and of such uncom-
promising intellectual honesty as
James M. Beck"
The Akron Beacon-Journal says:
James Beck is not retiring from
public life. He merely believes that
he can achieve more outside of "a
Congress where the minority is gagged
and reduced to impotence" The in
terest already aroused by his bowing
out of the congressional race argues
for the correctness of that theory
We believe that it will continue to
work out"
The Texarkana Gazette believes
that the people ARE willing to let
the President go forward with his
program for the balance Of the ad-
ministration," and the Asheville IN.
c. Citizen-Times concludes: "Mr.
Beck's logic suggests that the Re-
publicans are pursuing a very mis-
taken policy. Admittedly he is in
ability one of the Republican heavy
weights. If he is right in thinking
that he can be more useful to his
party and to the country out of Off
cial life. instead of in it. what argu-
ment can the party lightweights Of
fer for sending them to Washington"
Evening star., 1934-09-24
"QaYe" and "Jim." "

The names of men closely allied in
history and fiction have come down
to us out of the past. There are, for
example, Damon and Pythias, David
and Jonathan, Julius Caesar and Mark
Anthony. And now we have linked
together Dave" Walsh and Jim"
Curley. Surely never has there been a
more striking combination in all the
history of Massachusetts democracy
than the newly nominated candidates
for the Senate and for Governor, who
will head the party ticket on election
day, November 6. Walsh and Curley,
Curley and Walsh-the combination
had it been suggested year ago
would have brought tears of laughter
to the eyes of the most brooding and
respondent pessimist. Yet today de-
mocracy moves forward in the Bay
State under their combined banners.
Jim" Curleys victory in the Demo-
cratic gubernatorial primary was
amazing, while the victory of Dave"
Walsh in the senatorial skirmish was
entirely expected. Mr.. Curley, who
had been three times mayor of Bos-
ton, was persona non grata to the
leaders of the Democratic organization
in the State, to Gov. Ely and Senator
Evening star., 1934-09-24

Walsh particularly. These leaders
had been able to snuff Mr.. Curley's
ambitions during the pre-primary
Democratic convention, when party
choices for Governor and Senator and
other Offices were named. But the
flame of his ambition sprang high
again as soon as the convention was
over, although it looked as though
Mr.. Curley's chances were anything
but bright when he announced that
he would be a candidate, convention
choice or no.
Curley tied his kite to the Roose-
velt star. He came out as an original
Roosevelt-fo President man in Mas
sachusetts back in 1881, when the
other leaders in the State were fum-
bling the ball and thinking of the big
vote which Al Smith rolled up there in
1928. In the campaign which he has
just won Curley continued to cling
fast to Roosevelt and gave his uncom-
promising allegiance to the New Deal,
which has been attacked by Gov. Ely
and accepted grudgingly by Walsh
And Curley won again, just as he won
in 1882 when the Democratic National
Convention named Roosevelt for Pres
ident.
The Curley victory in Massachusetts,,
where he rolled up $4,000 to swamp
his Walsh-and- Ely backed opponent,
Gen. Charles H. Cole, who received
only $4,000 votes, is a sweet morsel
to roll under the Roosevelt tongue
The Presidents son, James Roosevelt,
took no open part in the primary
campaign. 1t is related, however, that
he and group of friends stood back
stage and witnessed the great ovation
given Curley at his final meeting in
Boston before the election. The Cur
ley victory means new and bigger
break in Massachusetts for the Roose-
velts. 1t puts Curley in a dominating
position as Democratic leader 1t may
mean a later nomination Of James
Roosevelt for chief executive of the
State, if the Presidents son desires to
continue in politics.
If the Curley nomination is sweet
to the Roosevelt leaders, it is gall and
wormwood to Walsh and Ely. And
yet, in the interests Of party and of
self, the Curley-Walsh ticket must go
forward together in the present cam
paign. If the G. o. P. cannot win in
Massachusetts, this year, at least it
will have had a good laugh.
Evening star., 1934-09-24

default on the technicality Of tardi-
ness of protest.
The finest spirit of sportsmanship
has prevailed, with the exception OF
the Dunraven incident of thirty-nine
years ago. throughout the long series
of contests for the Americas Cup. 1t
is highly unfortunate that now, with
the challenge maintained in accord
with the best traditions of the COM
petition, this incident should have
occurred, and especially that the pro-
test should have been disallowed not
on the merits of the claims. but on
the ground of tardiness According
to the judgment of impartial OBJ
servers of Saturdays race neither of
the incidents on which the protest
was based had any material effect
upon the chances of Endeavour win
ming. That, of course, Is always a
matter Of opinion. To the landsman
these technical questions are difficult
of understanding To the yachtsman
they are of grave importance.
1t would perhaps have been better
II the race had been called mo con-
test" to be reSailed with the score
standing two to one in favor Of En-
deavour. But under the rules no such
decision could have been made. 1t
had to be either a win for Rainbow
or an award of victory to Endeavour
on the ground of foul. Thus the
contest stands today, with the yachts
on even terms, on the eve of the fifth
completed race, the first one having
failed of result within the time limit
The next three races, or perhaps the
next two, will decide the issue. 1t is
to be hoped that there will be no
further cause for i'll feeling and that
the final reckoning will be reached in
terms of a clear-cut triumph, without
recourse to rules or technicalities.
Evening star., 1934-09-24
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

work, "The Weavers," written AZ years
ago, deals with the woes of textile
workers in the days before trade
unions and became a world classic.
The word "hauptmann" in English
means head man" and in military
terminology, captain"
While Senator Ashurst. Democrat.
OF Arizona. was a schoolboy in his
teens at Flagstaff, he seems to have
made up his mind to go to the United
States Senate some day. At any rate.
there was once resurrected primary
grade reader, on the fly-leaf of which,
In childish scribbling. was the in
scription: Henry Fountain Ashurst,
United States Senator from Arizona"
About 80 years later, in 1912. Mr..
Ashurst was elected Arizona's first
United States Senator by its maiden
Legislative Assembly and has helG the
Office ever since If reelected in
November, he will enter upon his
fifth term. Though an Arizonan since
childhood, Ashurst happens to have
been born in neighboring Nevada.
Victor Steuart Kaleoaloha Hous-
ton, former delegate from Hawaii,
who is a Republican, is not standing
for election this year. In his stead
Sam King will be the G. o. P. candi-
date. 1t is a coincidence that both
these men are former United States
naval officers. Hawaii long has been
well represented in the Navy. Our
Hawaiian-born sailormen take Wig
orouS issue with the suggestion that
the government of the Territory
should be turned over to the Army.
In that respect they are in harmony
with the Hawaiian citizenry, which
contends that such a change would
not only be violation of the con-
tract under which the country Joined
up with the United States, but a de-
parture from the American principle
Of government.
Lone Star newspapers chronicle
report that Representative Hatton
w. Summers, Democrat, of Texas,
chairman of the House Judiciary
Committee, is slated for elevation to
the Supreme Court bench if and when
a vacancy occurs. Mr.. Summers Is
one of the acknowledged legal lum-
inaries of Congress, in which he has
served continuously since 1914. Pre-
viously he had two terms as prosecut-
ing attorney of Dallas County. His
friends have credited Representative
Summers with ambitions to be
United States Circuit Court judge,
because of his fondness for appellate
work.
Secretary Harold L. Ickes, when
asked recently about an alleged
broken promise to a labor leader in
the oil industry, shot back: mo
promise was broken, because none
was given. I never make promises.
1 have conscientious scruples against
them"
(Copyright. 1934)
Evening star., 1934-09-24
Brain Trust Fallacy.
from the Sioux City Tribune.

From the Sioux City Tribune.
One hears great deal nowadays
about the so-called brain trust"
Most of what one reads and hears is
silly. There is, of course, no such
animal
Government ever has attracted
bright minds to public service, but to
insinuate that this or any other gov
ernment ever had monopoly of brains
is piff1e. The word trust implies
monopoly, and there is no monopoly.
If this Nation ever had such thing
as a brain trust it was in Washington's
time. Jefferson, Madison, Monroe,
Hamilton, Wythe, Hancock and other
notables of that period really did rep
resent the cream of the Nations INTEL
lectuals.
There are many smart and high
class men in Washington now. There
always have been many high-class men
in the Government service.
All the Presidents have had a little
coterie of advisers and in most in
stances they were chosen for their in
tellectual ability. It always will be
that way.
Evening star., 1934-09-24
Rules and Cup Races.

Not since the days of Dunraven, in
1895, has an Americas Cup contest
been marred by protest on the part
of either challenger or defender, until
Saturday. when Sopwith entered a
claim of foul against Vanderbilt. Two
counts were cited, one that the de-
Tending yacht had been improperly
maneuvered at the start to give her
an unfair advantage, the other that
she had failed to respond to huff
by Endeavour at the first turn of the
three-legged race. which had forced
the challenger to bear away to avoid
a collision, thus losing ground and
the race. The race committee has
ruled out both protests on the tech
nical ground that they were not made
promptly, with the hoisting of the
required signal, as the rules require,
this delay preventing the defenders
skipper from entering a counter pro-
test to preserve his rights. There is
no appeal from the decision, which
leaves the contest tie, with each
yacht scoring two victories. Had the
protest been allowed, the race would
have been awarded to Endeavour, CIV
ing her three wins, with only one more
needed for final triumph.
Reduced to elementals the issue in
this case seems to be the question
whether it would have been better for
Endeavour to be awarded the race
on a technicality of maneuvering,
which seemingly did not affect the
result, or to be denied the victory by
Evening star., 1934-09-24
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

gifts of human beings are not restrict-
ed to either sex. There are highly
intellectual women as well as men. 1t
should be remembered, however, that
the mental traits Of the two sexes are
different.
@. When was the Rosetta Stone
found?-G. w.
A. 1t is stele or tablet Of basalt
rock which was discovered in 1899
near Fort st. Julien by a French
officer, Boussard.
@. How far Is it from New York to
Los Angeles by air, motor, and rail?
IT. T. S.
A. 1t is approximately $500 miles
by air; 3,134 miles by train, and Sill
by automobile.
@. What date separates early Amer
ican from Colonial?-S. T.
A. The year 1850. The period be-
fore that year is termed early Amer
ican in speaking Of architecture and
furniture, and the period following Is
termed Colonial.
@. Please give a biography Of
Heather Angel, movie star-M. C.
A. Miss Angel is the daughter of an
Oxford don. At the age of 16 she
entered a London dramatic school.
After years study she played Shake
speare at the Old Vic in London with
out compensation. Later she toured
the British Isles in THE Sign of the
Cross In 1929 she joined a roper
tory company that toured the Far
East. Her entrance into films was in
the role of the Italian girl in City
Of Song" Since her arrival in Holly
wood she has appeared in Murder
in Trinidad" Berkeley Square"
Charlie Chan's Greatest Case"
Pilgrimage" and Romance in the
Rain" She is married to Ralph
Forbes.
@. Why can whispers be heard at
distance in whispering galleries.
J. D. A.
A. A whisper close to and along the
smooth concave wall Is continually
DETECTED inward upon itself by the
wall, is prevented from spreading, and
is thus conducted with only slightly
diminished intensity to the other side
of the dome. The sound, travelling by
great circles, concentrates again at
the opposite end of the diameter Of
which the sound is produced
@. What are mews?-M. CT.
A. News are stables or sets Of
stables in London in which the royal
horses are kept. They are so called
because built on the site formerly oc-
cupied by the news or cages of the
royal hawks. The word is also ap-
piled to any city stable or to a court
around which stables are located.
@. What was the first statue Of a
woman to be placed in Statuary Hall
in the Capitol at Washington?-L. w.
A. The statue of Frances E. Will
lard, placed there in 1905, was the
first.
Q. How much money is invested by
national advertisers in broadcast time
on the chains?-E H. G.
A. In 1888 $3l,500,OO0 was appro-
priated for that purpose.
Q. What is drug called which
checks perspiration?-H. B.
A. 1t is an anaphoretic.
Julius H. Parmelee, director Of the
Bureau of Railway Economies. states
that the Union Pacific Railroad,
which is carried on the United States
Treasury statement of the public
debt for some three million dollars,
is the Central Branch Union Pa
cific Railway Co." and is in no way
identified with the Union Pacific
Railroad. We are glad to call atten.
ton to this fact.
Evening star., 1934-09-24
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHnANDER JOHNSON.

The Narrative.
We used to ridicule the style
OF writer's sentimental.
Philosophers would bring smile,
With musings transcendental.
At present we go on our way
Resolved to take no chances
On what the dreamers have to say
In poems and romances.
Cold facts have walked us from tn,
dreams
OF fiction in its glory.
Existence just at present seems
One vast detective story.
Evening star., 1934-09-24
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

This column wishes to extend thanks
for the many invitations which have
come to it to visit local gardens this
Summer and Autumn.
It has been and will be impossible
to see but a very small number of
the whole, but we hope no one will
mind.
The best part Of a garden, after all,
comes not in the showing, but in the
making and the keeping.
A garden is perpetual affair, and
it makes no difference who sees 1t,
or If no one sees it.
The gardeners pride in his work,
of course, is something, but it must
be pointed out that this remains in
tact, whether others view his handi-
work or not.
1t is much the same with collec-
tors of tropical fishes. Most en-
thusiaSts really do not find their
work real, in sense, until they have
displayed their tanks to others inter-
ested in this foolishment of keep
ing fish," as some one has put it.
The dyed-in- wool fancier will
not mind a bit whether any other
human being knows about his pets.
His pleasure comes from his work.
He tries for certain effects, certain
results. While he would not mind
showing off," now and then, it really
makes no difference to him. His
tanks exist as they are, and that is
enough for him. Whether others see
them or not, he sees them, and that
sufficeS.
The gardener, above every one else,
should not be beset with the popular
urge to cause others to register ad-
miration.
No doubt it is a perennial weakness,
and one which aff1icts all peoples. to
seek admiration from others for their
own craftsmanship, whatever it may
be. 1t is responsible for fairs. ex-
hibitions. shows of all sorts. Mostly
good follows.
There will be a certain percentage
Of persons, however, who stand aloof
from this, not because of any su-
periority on their part, explicit or i'm
piled, but simply because they have
Schooled themselves to resist popular
urges of all sorts.
Probably they miss great deal,
but at least they do not miss being
themselves. which, in such a stand
ardiZed world as the modern, is some
thing of an achievement.
A home gardener has just a little
bit better chance than usual to be
wholly and entirely himself if he will
resist the age-old urge to call in the
neighbors, just to hear their obs
and "ahs."
In the first place. moderns are not
much given to wholesome old-time ad-
miration on big scale. In the old
days, now gone beyond recall, every
one of any pretention to culture at
all was trained to be polite.
One registered admiration (although
the phrase had not been invented yeti
simply because it was the thing to do.
Occasionally one runs into such a
person, even today, man or woman
in whom the desire to please others
is uppermost.
Such a garden visitor is a delight
Everything he finds pleaSes him, or
at least he makes out that it does.
Then, Of course, there is the other
type, the strictly up-to-date person
who rather prides himself on being
above and beyond such tame subter-
fuge as often is required for sheer
courtesy's sake.
+
No, sir. the true garden exists for
itself, and in itself, and If there is
Evening star., 1934-09-24

no one to look at 1t except cotton
tail bunny standing on its hind legs,
that Is enough.
We saw such sight the other
morning, a cold-we had almost said
frosty-morning, when the dew must
be on the pumpkins, out where they
have pumpkins.
Old man rabbit sat bolt upright,
in the way they have, looking out
over pretty garden. He and his
observer were the only living things
in sight.
The garden existed, whether a
crowd went by or not. We may be
forgiven for feeling that perhaps it
truly existed just little better be-
cause of a lack of human crowding
The animals found 1t garden to
their liking. For, no doubt, there
were others there-squirrels up trees,
cats creeping through the shrubbery,
dogs about ready to set up barking.
This large garden, amounting to a
small estate, lay spread out in the
to see.
One may believe that the gardener
should accept the same attitude, and
not pine because others do not view
his choice flowers.
There are always flower shows, in
which he may enter choice specimens,
If he feels that way.
Many persons have rather
pathetic need for the approval of
other persons. The writer here
knows several big shots" executives
with a capital E, who demand con-
slant appreciation from their under
lings. The thing has its comical side.
One ought to be as Self-reliant as
possible, in such a complex world
Maybe it is not possible to be very
Self-reliant, Mr.. Emerson to the con-
trary, but good start may be made
by removing from ones self that Ger
tain feeling that nothing can be real
until other people have seen it.
Especially it makes no difference
whether any particular person views
ones work. We would point this out
especially to all the kind persons who
have invited us to see their gardens
Whether we see their gardens or
not. their yards will still be the same
fine places they are now, filled with
beautiful flowers, and views, and true
garden surprises.
The city is SO large that at times
it oppreSseS one. To think of all these
homes, all these gardens, all these
people, and no one can see but q
tithe of 1t all
1t gives one a melancholy feeling.
for moment, until one is able to
realize that it is not at all necessary
that one see them all; that is to say,
indeed, with the best inclination in
the world, an utter impossibility.
Even If one tried, one would resolve
ones self merely into sort of one
man garden committee, a metamor-
phoSls not to be dreamed of for a
moment. Heaven forbid
Gardens are beautiful, but they can
be lived with too much. as every one
knows who has ever been interested
IN one. Consider, then, the fate of
any one person who had to look at
all the gardens in any great city. He
could not do it, in the first place, and
ne would not do it, in the second, if
he had any common sense left.
He would get to the point, in his
Journey, where he would not care if
school kept or not. Dahlias would be-
come insufferable in his sight, chrys-
anthemums pain in the neck.
Thanks. good, kind people, one and
all. but we want to keep our love
for both flowers and for you all.
Evening star., 1934-09-24
Soviet-Japanese Accord.

News that means much for peace
in the Far East arrives from Toxic.
The japanese foreign Office and the
Soviet Embassy have at length agreed
upon price for transfer to Manchu-
kuo of the Soviet's half share in the
Chinese Eastern Railroad The exact
terms are not yet officially disclosed,
but it is authoritatively reported that
they call for the payment to Moscow
of roundly 0,OO0, ,0OO-S4O, 10000 for
the railway and sS,7OO,OOO. represent
ing discharge allowances for Soviet
employees. The sum finally approved
by both sides is understood to halve
the difference in the last offers pre-
ceding the deadlock which ensued a
month ago.
Thus Japan'S puppet state of Man
chukuo is about to enter its full
possession of the 1,800-mile railway
line built originally as joint enter
prise of the old Russian and Chinese
empires Linked up with Japan's
long owned South Manchurian Rail-
way, it will make japanese influence
in the field of communications su-
preme within the vast former Chinese
Province of Manchuria, up to the
borders of Siberia.
Ever since Japan embarked upon
the conquest of Manchuria in 1881.
she coveted complete domination of
the Chinese Eastern line, along with
the utter elimination of Soviet in
f1uence in that area. In pursuit OF
that goal the Japanese clashed re-
peatedly and violently with Soviet
authorities. More than once during
the past three years the railway
loomed as the bone of contention over
which a Soviet-Japanese war might
break out. Soviet officials of the line
were periodically arrested and sabo-
tage incidents we're of frequent oc-
currence. Always the elements OF
grave conflict were present and the
situation was not improved by the
many months of futile haggling over
the price Japan should pay the U. S.
S. R. for telinquishing all its rights
in the railway. That this would even
tually pass under the complete con-
troll of the Manchukuan Empire"
was a foregone conclusion. Doubt
existed only as to whether that would
come about as a result of Soviet
Japanese business deal or in conse-
quence of a Soviet-Japanese war.
officials Of both governments ex-
press confidence that general rela-
tions between them will be improved
by the railway accord which they have
reached in a spirit of mutual COM
promise. The Chinese Eastern is not
the only question that has aggravated
those relations. Its settlement is not
likely to halt the Soviet's program to
fortify its military position in Siberia,
especially in the maritime province
which is the hinterland of Vladivo-
stok. With her communications in the
direction of Siberia strengthened by
full mastery of the railway system
Japan has now acquired, Moscow's
fears of aggression by the Toxic mill
tarists are not likely to be altogether
banished.
At any rate, an acute cause Of pos
sible conflict in the Far East has
been removed, and the world at large
will rejoice over the exhibition of
craftsmanship which has made this
possible.
Evening star., 1934-09-24

Convicts at Columbus, Ohio, did not
succeed in fooling guards with imita-
ton pistols made of soap. Penitentiary
officials have tried to cultivate the
human and confiding attitude. but find
that certain degree of skepticism is
inevitable.