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Evening star., 1934-12-04

sented impolitely. Yet undeniably IL
has happened that on occasion this
curious contradiction has character
lied the acquisition and exchange OF
Yuletide presents. Tired clerks IN
shops and stores understand the dif-
ference. One shopper will be easy to
wait upon" and pleasure to serve, "
While another will be an aggravation
or a trial. No two are exactly alike,
but two types are remembered-the
one gratefully because of their gem
tilty: the other spitefully but justly
because of their rudenesS.
Members of the former class shop
early and philoSophically those of
the latter. late and nerv0uSly. Better
and more cheerful service and a
superior field of choice is the reward
of the early birds; reflection OF
their own irritability and restricted
selection is the penalty for the tardy
comers. The law of cause and effect
Is operative in the circumstances, and
those who are IN harmony with the
Christmas feast receive the proper
benefits of their adjustment To the
period.
Charles Dickens summed up the
thought when he spoke OF trying TO
practice Christmas love and Christmas
charity all the year. Possibly. he had
particularly in mind The propriety of
that effort in the weeks Just before
December IS. Children. too, it has
been noted. brush up their manners
in anticipation. Everybody knows the
rhyme about how: Just before
Christmas they're as good as they
can be"
Evening star., 1934-12-04
A Plea for Aid for
LeprOsv Suferc.
To the Editor of The Star

To the Editor of The Star.
May I make an appeal to your
readers for the destitute lepers IL
1873 colonies throughout the world?
Through no fault of their own the
are suffering from a terrible dIsca e
that makes them outcasts. Every day
little children become infected be-
cause diseased parent is not prop
erly cared for.
Money and bandages arc needed.
ANY amount of money will be most
gratefully accepted. Ten dollars VIII
often cure an early case. using the
chaulmoogra oil treatment: 81 Will
provide food for { month. So a warm
blanket
Leper colonies can never have
enough bandages Tear old sheets.
towels and napkins into strips three or
five inches wide. roll and pin with a
safety pin, or send any white ma
terial except gauze. and the patients
will make their own bandageS. Wom-
ems clubs and societies for young peo-
pie can do a noble work here which
will cost them nothing.
Please send contributions. checks
and money orders to the American
Mission to Lepers, Inc, l56 Fifth ave
nue.. Room 1l8-P. New York. or to II
West Washington street Chicago. III.
FLORENCE ALDEN MCLEOD.
Pittburgh, Pa.
Evening star., 1934-12-04
Questions Americanism
OF Ambassador Bingham
To the Editor OF The Star:

To the Editor OF The Star:
Ambassador Bingham tells the Lon
don Observer that British-United
States unity is near. Is this y con-
cept OF his more British-ScOtch
tOadyism than America first? He
assures England that President ROose-
welt can make lasting and binding
agreements now. With England
defaulter to the United States in
millions of dollars? With her de-
mand Of our gOld-silver backed cur
rency fiuctuating in her fiat pound?
Lasting agreement now?" Has Presi-
dent Roosevelt or Congress intimated
this to Ambassador Bingham? Or to
whom Is he cooling now: as he did
in his London speech after Ambas-
Sador at Large Davis was willing to
give up certain fundamental rights
of the United States at Geneva?
Woodrow Wilson said "he had inter-
woven the League of Nations and
peace" with the United States a
member of the League. He was in
jor error. The American people.
thank heaven. proved Wilson was
mistaken. So Is Ambassador Bing-
ham In his announcement. The
United States needs an American
first" not an English-Scotch tOadier
Ambassador to London more than any
other country. w. E. RYAN
Evening star., 1934-12-04
Increasing Density Of Population and
The New Trends i'm National Economics

stroy its gains and set back the hands
of American progress.
The Nation is repeating conditions
that obtained in its affairs of 100
years agO-Speculative boom, bank
closing. executive dominance. sena-
torial opposition. mildly communistic
organizations. pink-tea reform in an
effort to escape through transcenden-
tallSm. and the rise of q demogogue
promising to distribute wealth among
the class he represents.
Then railroad control was the prize.
now 1t is hydroelectric power. Negro
chattel slavery operated to prevent the
logical outcome of the struggle, but
it destroyed the old Whig party, just
as the Republican party tends now TO
dlSintegrate. 1t gave TO the money
power the control of Government,
tariffs and manufactures. trusts. COM
bineS and mergers, ending in the re-
cent debacle. from which some OF those
most benefited seem TO draw no con-
CluSlOn
The logic of history indicates that
the election Of Negro as Democrat
from Illinois may precipitate that un-
settled question again into the arena.
Density OF population has affected
MIN. IA thing apart"
As the marginal man in industry
any miSdireclion in income has always
affected the black man. first to be
fired and last to be hired. Hitherto.
industry and commerce have kept him
as bulWark against labor'S demands
and actions. But the money power
III this generation has made the same
error made by the slave power earlier
in depressing both white and black
properlyleSs men, thus forcing them
to look for a cause outside OF them
selves rather than in their faces. and
10 seek redress in political action in
general and in radical organization
sporadlcally.
Having grown up in crowded groups,
neither the Negroes nor the foreign
born whites have experience as rugged
individuals" except dSasreeable ones
as prosecuted or exploited wage work.
ers and citizens. Their reaction 10
the feeling Of economic injustice pro-
duces an oppression psychosis" lead
ing to display in mass action. just as
it leads TO spectacular crimes among
native-bOrn whites of that same group,
they being thwarted individualists.
Conscious of shrinking profits under
the more even distribution brought
about by the administration and the
N r A., the money power seems to
think it may coerce legislation, per-
suade the courts and protect itself by
paid police, into position of former
security. Social trends do not argue
for such a program of success. The
former Roosevelt opened the door of
hope" and this one has braced it
wide to merit and opportunity. De-
mocracy is naturally dynamic.
CHARLES M. THOMAS.
Evening star., 1934-12-04
Base Ball Holds Its Own.
From the Reno (NevO Gazette. =

From the Reno (NevD Gazette
Writing in a magazine of wide cir
culation. one John TuniS. principally
known as a writer on sporting SUBJ
jects, informs the public that the DAYS
of base ball are numbered. and that
the game is definitely on the wav
out" His statements, judging from
comment, do not meet with the agree
ment of other sport mentors
The last season. despite the con-
tinuance of the business depression,
was an excellent one in the ma ior
leagues. It was less so in sections of
the minor leagues, true, and Prov
dence, r. l., with its half million of
people, just as Tunis says, has no
team. He might have added that on
this coast the Pacific Coast League
clubs played to very uneven business.
However, San Francisco has never
been noted for cordial support of base
ball, although it has had at least one
club for years and has furnished some
noted players to the East. A great deal
depends on what might be termed the
psychology of the game, as cities will
send crowds to see their club when it
is winning, but will let it severely
alone when III losing streak.
But base ball is not entirely a mat
ter OF the major and minor leagues.
1t is the national game because it is
played in every part of the country.
The sandlots and their shouting BOYS
tell the story.
Evening star., 1934-12-04
"American InstituiiOns.'
rom the Los Anseles Evenins Posi-.

From the Los Anseles Eyenins Post.
The mayor OF a large Middle West
ern city has announced that SOAP
box speakers of radical persuasion will
no longer be allowed to make speeches
from rostrllms in a downtown park. as
has been the custom in that city for
many years.
Defending this action. he declares
that we must respect American insti-
tutions.' and that speakers who do not
respect them will not be permitted to
air their views.
The chief flaw in this attitude Is
that one of the most sacred of all
American institutions is the right of
free speech. 1t is hard to inculcate a
respect for American institutions by
outlawing one of the most important
of them.
There Is, also, the added considera-
ton that such action simply plays
into the hands of the malcontents and
gives them something to talk about.
Evening star., 1934-12-04
Military Training Upheld.

BY its unanimous decision, an
nounced yesterday, the Supreme Court
of the United States has sustained the
right OF land grant colleges to deny
admission TO students who refuse TO
comply with the requirement Of mill
tary training as part Of their clrricula.
This is the first time that the highest
court has passed definitely upon the
question, although by its refusal to
entertain an appeal in a former case,
in which the conditions were virtually
similar, it indicated its attitude on the
general question. 1t is we'll that the
definite issue involved has thus been
finally determined by direct decision
upon the validity of the requirement.
The cases of the Maryland Uniyer-
sity students who were suspended be-
cause OF their refusal to comply with
the military training rule and OF the
University of California students who
similarly refused are in all respects
identical. In each the students de-
clined to comply with fundamental
obligation of the institution, on the
ground that it conflicted with their
own views as to preparation for ma
tional defense. In Maryland a court
of first instance upheld them. the
appellate court of the State reversing
this judgment, and the Supreme Court
declining to consider an appeal from
that decision 'for want of substan-
tial question: which In effect sus-
Evening star., 1934-12-04
Christmas Manners.

With Christmas only three weeks
distant and speeding nearer with each
successive tick of the clock. the time
has arrived to think about Christmas
manners. To some. of course, such an
idea will seem unimportant either be-
cause they naturally are kindly and
considerate at all seasons or because
they are perhaps just as naturally
quite otherwise. But to average people
there may be certain appeal in the
suggestion that courtesy and gracious
ness are appropriate to Christmas and
that their neglect is, in effect vio-
lation of the authentic Christmas
spirit.
To illustrate the point, 1t would
seem that there can be little, if any,
blessing in a gift purchased or pre-
Evening star., 1934-12-04
L. S. Should Provide
Cheap Parking Spaces
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor of The Star:
In view OF the parking situation and
the fact that the normal commercial
activities Of the Capital City OF the
Nation are being hampered by traffic
conditions. it seems to me that the
Public Works Administration might
well look upon the provision of ample
garage space at prices within reach Of
the ordinary person as desirable
Self-liquidating public works project.
For example. there would seem to be
no good reason why public garages
could not be placed under the parks.
such as Franklin Park, Lafayette
Square. Judiciary Square and i'll the
Mall along the south side of Consti-
tuition avenue from Thirteenth to
Seventeenth streets. i'll which the
owners Of automobiles could park their
cars at. say. 10 cents per day.
II private parties can make money
out of parking lots on high priced
ground In the downtown area, the
Government should be able to amortiLe
the cost OF underground garages as
suggested, since the land would cost
The proposal to abolish parking in
the downtown areas is very serious
one from the standpoint of thousands
Of people. who. relying upon the use
of their automobiles. have established
their homes in localities remote from
any trolley or bus service. If these
people cannot park after they get
into town from their suburban homes,
then it follows that they must aban-
don the use of their automobiles for
transportation. How. then. are they
going to get to their work? This
should be recognized as a social prob
lem and treated as such. We hear a
good deal about the more abundant
life for persons OF low income No
more serious blow could be dealt per-
sons Of low income than to force upon
them the alternative Of abandoning
their little homes in the suburbs or of
paying from 25 cents to so cents per
day to private parking-lot operators.
r. G. CAMPBELL.
Evening star., 1934-12-04
For Peace in the Saar.

To a Europe craving for release
from war fears and anXieties the
agreement just signed between France
and Germany respecting the coal
mines of the Saar comes as an in
describably welcome relief. II does
not entirely Remove the danger of
conflict, but il is q most important
step to that end and justires conf
druce that remaining points of differ
ence Will now also lend themselves
10 amicable adjustment.
The people Of the Saar will decide
by pltbiscite on January l3 whether
they prefer to remain under the juris-
dictlon Of the League OF Nations, to
rejoln Germany or to become part of
France. 1t is held to be foresone
conclusion that the decision will be
in favor Of Germany The conditions
under which the Saar Basin was tenn
porarily taken over by the League
provided that its rich coal mines.
treaty OF Versailles in compensation
lor the French mines destroyed by
The Germans during the war, should
be repurchaSed by the Reich and paid
Tor in gold, in Case the Saaroln elected
once again TO become German. Under
what conditions this transaction would
eventually be fulfilled has long con-
Jured up the pro, pect OF bitter Con-
tenuon.
In peaceable spirit which reflects
the utmost credit on both sides and
Oh the League of Nations. under whose
auspices 1t was effected, Franco
German accord has been concluded.
Germany agrees to buy back the Saar
mines for $50 400 900 in cash and
l l 900 00G tons OF coal. The transac-
ton also comprehends French private
credits in the basin.
OF even greater significance perhaps
than provision for repurchase OF The
mines are the political guarantees Az
ranged for Germany undert axes thai
all inhabitants Of the Saar, whether
voters or non-voters, shall enjoy equal
rights regardless Of race. religion or
language. The agreement means IL
particular that the tens Of thousands
Of Jewish residents Of the Saar vii!
not be subjected. temporarily, al least,
TO the discriminatory "Aryan" restric-
tions OF which their corelisionlSts in
the Reich are the victims. The period
during which there shall be no perse-
cution or reprisalS of any sor' is not
pecfied. but is believed to be for
one year.
For the moment the greater question
and the greater cause for satisfaction
is that much Of the sunpoWder las
been extracted from the situation
which has hung over Europe like
pail. As the plebiscite date ap-
preached, the peril of war over the
Saar became ever more menacine.
Craftsmanship has risen to its oppor-
tunity in the settlement of the mines
controversy. The result affords sclid
ground for hope that later questions
related TO the plebiscite likewise will
Weld to the treatment that i invariably
effective when all concerned are ami
mated by the requisite good will and
genuine desire for peace.
Evening star., 1934-12-04

tanned the final State courts ruling.
In California such q substantial qlles-
ton" was presented and the present
decision has resulted
In the fullest degree the Supreme
Court now upholds the right OF the
University of California to require
military training. In the words of
Justice Butler. who announced the
courts findings. Plainly. there Is no
ground for the contention that the
regents order. requiring able bodied
male students. under the age Of
twenty-four. as condition of their
enrolment to take the prescribed in
struction in military science and tao
tics. transgreSSeS any constitutional
right asserted by these appellants"
The court sweeps aside as requiring
little consideration" the contention
OF the students that the military train
ing order is repugnant to the BRAND
Kellogg peace pact. The citation of
that instrument as ground for obiec-
ton to compliance with the military
training rule Of the university was
preposterous. While the nations sig
natory to that treaty condemned re-
course TO war for the solution of inter-
national controversies and renounced
1t as an instrument OF national policy
in their relations with one another,
1t has never been regarded as a sur
render Of the right or the evasion of
the duty Of defense in case OF attack
The court simply declares that there
IS no conflict between the regents or
der and the provisions of the treaty"
Attendance at ALI educational insti-
tuition which requires military train
ing Is not compulsory. A student who
has conscientious objections to war or
military training for war, whether in
nate or promoted by perniciouS inf1u-
ences, is not denied the privileges OF
An education by the fact that certain
institutions Of learning impose that re-
quirement upon all male entrants. He
has but to 90 elseW here for education,
and if in another institution he rlndS
lacking certain advantages and oppor-
the price he must pay for his pecu-
liar position with regard to his duties
as a citizen.
Evening star., 1934-12-04
Even Moscow Changes.
rom the San Jose Mercury Herald.

From the San Jose Mercury Herald.
Economic and political needs forced
the soviets to cultivate friendly rela-
tions with European capitalist coun-
tries and enter the League CT Nations
The description OF the Moscow parade
to celebrate the seventeenth anniver-
ssry of the revolution, by foreign cor
respondents, showed this pressure Is
profoundly affecting internal life.
The former appeals to the prole-
tariat Of other countries to arise. the
slurs on capitalist countries, were miss
ing. The theme of the banners car
ried was nationalism and the develop
ment of the natural resources of the
country.
At night, for the first time on an
niversary celebrations, brilliant re-
ception was given to the diplomats Of
capitalist countries in the white and
gold magnificence of St. Georges hall
In the great palace.
Evening star., 1934-12-04

To the Editor of The Star:
1t must be clear to any one who
reflects upon life IN America i'll 1890.
when density Of population was but
four to the square mile: then when ii
Was nine. in 1890. with the rough
beginnings of capt. allSm born of the
rugged individualism" necessary to
survival in the earlier days. that there
have been great changes in the cOndi-
tons, social, political and economic.
behind our present national density
OF 40 to the square mile. and To so
much as 1000 TO 4 similar area here
in Washington.
Likewise it must be easy to under
stand how men who have operated
under system which has given them
most OF the advantages from this
slowly increasing density and its crea-
tions of social demands imposed upon
the individual, increasingly restricted
in his freedom, are unwilling to per-
nit any change i'll the method of
distribution Of the returns OF industry.
BY strange paradox in reasoning.
business and industry maintain re-
search departments to discover more
efficient producing and marketing
methods. yet they rail against the
employment of similar agencies III
government, when the results indicate
that some departments OF national
economic life have been securing a
disproportionate share of the returns
of the national income. They aim TO
destroy the brain trusters" by ridicule
and attacks upon bureaucracy" while
they create "obsolescence" by author
ity of scientists and experts engaged
in advertising new lines and inyen-
tons
There is a strong vein OF prophecy
in Alexander Hamilton'S warning l50
years ago that we need not fear
Executive encroachment half so much
as the dominance by industry and
commerce, even now threatening the
government"
by III lou5 P.iisNo-H'
try and commerce by their own con-
duct both called into being the labor
organization among the propertyless
workers to whom they paid less than
they were worth in wages and or
charged more than the goods were
worth as consumers, thus pillng up
property which made every employ
ment contract a one-sided affair and
sustained the validity of the same by
mouldy law or by political control.
Now that labor has followed the ex-
ample of the money-power and has.
by legislation, political control and
judicial decision in keeping with the
trend of the social order resulting
from the quick consciousness due to
density of population. secured meas
ure of balance through governmental
mediation by the N. r. A.. the Su-
Dreme Court Is being invited to de-
Evening star., 1934-12-04
Population Stressed
As Economic Factor
To the Editor OF The Star:

To the Editor Of The Star:
During the past year we have read
q great deal about the policies Of the
New Deal. particularly those phases
having to do with curtailment of pro-
duction and Stimulation Of consump-
tion. With reference to certain Of
those products coming from the farms
for primal consumption and which are
produced by lsrge-scale methods for
broad market. such as wheat. cotton.
tobacco and meats. for example. there
is great elasticity OF potential produc-
ton. due to the vast acreage suitable
to these crops without considering the
possible substitutes for these commod-
itits. But before one can intelligently
take permanent action to curtail pro-
duction it is highly important to con-
slider the annual increase in popula-
tion. not only of this country. but for
all countries. which is an important
actual and potential factor in both
production and consumption.
II we consider that OF the total
population Of the United there are
about 80 million families and further
increases at about two and One-half
millions people per year 1t Is obvious
that one Of the serious problems OF
this country Is the very low produc-
ton rate OF humanity. II 1t is un-
desirable to further let down the bars
to immigrants an alternative would
be to encourage the birth rate. and
this can be effectively done BY pro-
viding social security to the great
masses who are prolitlc breeders when
they have this feeling OF security.
On the side OF consumption there
is \ tendency for more rixity than
there Is With production, notwith-
standing substitutes which are them
selves y part of total consumption. for
only SO much Of some commodities
can be consumed. There is here.
however, diiferentisl: that OF i'm
proving the quality Of product pro-
duced. For the production Of higher
quality product, like the production
Of higher quality people, there is re-
quired greater amount OF intelligent
guidance, such as scientific farming
methods which may or may not in
yolve greater expenditures OF money.
Consequently We have in this situa-
ton an effort to control production.
all effort to stimulate consumption by
finding employment for those in need.
but there has been little said upon
this vital problem of the annual in
crease IL population which should, by
all means, be given weight III any far
sighted policy OF the Nation. After
all. The science OF economies deals
with human lie. and that of other
animal llf- So that both production
and consumption are Centered around
this quantitative position Of the hu-
man being. With most we'll governed
foreign countries practically Self-sus-
tanning III many OF these basic COM
modities. it would appear that one
OF the outstanding needs OF this coun-
try is that Of increasing population.
1t Woul1 appear from statistics that
the time for policy of birth control
i'll this country is hardly ripe. espe-
cially with the present effort toward
a social equilibrium and that there
Is adequate room for an increase in
quantity production of both goods and
people along with the ever-changing
quality dif1erential
ELMER C. CROWELL.