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Evening star., 1934-07-09

members. no provisions % far a. /
an aware, Appearing in the national
industrial recovery act with respect
to the Blue Eagle
The Blue Eagle 10 not q symbol Of
eonformance to law. but TO certain
principles a. interpreted and snunei-
sted by administrative ofncers. Its
award and iis withdrawal are not
provided for in the statutes Its
award and its withdrawal depend upon
the action Of certain administrat tive
officials. Their action Is enough to
put a business on the rocks, whether
or not the business is guilty Of any
violation OF the statutes
Whether this Is a healthy state Of
a1airs depends upon a point OF view
which may be formed regardless Of
the merits Of the Hartman case. 1t
Ia something new in America. II not
under the rev deal. Under the new
deal the decision OF purely admins
trAtive ofiicerS Ia Of more far-reach-
ing Importance than the laws under
which they exercise that power.
Evening star., 1934-07-09

tnsiy apt. But program sponsors. far
more sullible than the patrons they
hope 70 enlist. have yet to diseover
how passaonateiy their bankruptcy Of
intelligence is resented.
on color humoF. too stimulates an
anarch5tic frenzy among liSteners-in.
The alleged comedians who are re-
sponsible for implied indeceney GER
tainly should BE- included in any list
Of nuissnces scheduled for elimination
And with them should 60 performers
vho imagine ii to De necessary to
mouth the English language, an
nouneers with an egomania about
their own birthdays and other trivial
personal aniictions. conductors who
deliberately diStort classic compost
tions in the interests Of theoretical
popularity sopranos with prima donna
temperaments but without prima
donna voices. tenors who shrek.
bassos who gruht. news commentators
vho pun and political spellbinders who
compare exhaust the possibilities OF
their vocabularies in euloey Of their
party leaders.
The Baltimore barber Is not the
only individual to be driven crazy by
radio. There are many who are just
about as Wild in their hatred for the
misuse OF the air waves. Among the
number may be counted those who OF
an evening turn frantically from one
station to another in the vain hope
Of finding something. however brief.
worth hearing.
1t would seem that unless the net
works reform themselves they may be
the object Of a campaign not unlike
that which now Is current against the
movies.
Evening star., 1934-07-09
Driving Them Crazy.

A Baltimore barber of Italian origin
has drsmatized the crooner problem
Temporarily. If not permanently. de-
ranged BY listening TO radio entertain
ers Of the species indicated, he ap-
peared in a Jersey City broadcasting
station with q knife in his hand
And only timely interference by at
tendants who had noticed the deS-
perate look in his eye prevented
murder.
The barber it has been said had a
particular grievance-an unidentified
singer had been filling the ether with
a song which he mistakenly supposed
to be uncomplimentary to himself
But conceding that limitation to his
complaint. it nevertheless remains
clearly apparent that he was only act
ing on an impulse which thousands
OF his fellow sufferers have expert
enced. Grooming has the effect Of
making people customarily sane desire
TO practice assassination.
And there are other radio abomina-
tons which promote much the same
reaction. One must be either a phi
loSopher or an utter moron to sit
patiently by while extravagant eulo-
gies of toothpaste, hair tonic. razor
blades, cigarettes. automobile tires and
other commonplace commodities pour
forth from q shameless loud-spesker
In the studios, observers declare. such
oluros are inelesantly known as
"tripe," and the description Ia exceed
Evening star., 1934-07-09
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

U. NJ. w. has pitched its tent at
Indianapolis. 1t now occupies the
entire floor of a new Office building
in Washington not far from the
American Federation of Labor. Under
the protecting wings Of the Blue
Eagle, the Mine Workers, like other
creased their membership during the
past year.
Republicans are taking heart of
grace these days wherever they can
find it. 1t Is the two recent by
elections in New York State that are
now providing the elephant with
grains of comfort. In President
Roosevelt's home senatorial district,
including Hyde Park, a Republican
was elected by vote of ga to l, as
compared to a 4-to-3 Republican VIC
tory in the district in 1892 and a
3-to-2 victory in 1880. In the Assembly
election in st. Lawrence County a
Republican was elected by roughly 3
to /, representing a substantial in
crease over the ajorities rolled up at
the last four elections. G. o. p. lead
erS admit that it takes more than a
couple of New York swallows to make
Summer, but they consider that the
results in question are encouraging
and are evidence that neW-deal pOpu-
larlty Is not all the Literary Digest
poll cracks it up to be.
Green Bay, Wis, where President
Roosevelt plans to make an important
speech in September, presumably in
support OF Senator La Toilette. has a
city government that is largely in the
hands Of organized labor representa-
tives. mostly members of railroad
brotherhoods. They include the
mayor. the city attorney. city clerk
and two members OF the council.
4
In naming Thad H Brown of Ohio
as one of the Republican members of
the new Communications Commission,
President Roosevelt appoints promi-
nent and trusted political lieutenant
of Herbert Hoover. Mr.. Brown was
Hoover preconvention manager in
Ohio in 1928 and a conspicuous figure
in the Hoover high command at
Kansas City. President Hoover placed
his Buckeye lieutenant on the Fedora,
Radio Commission, of which Mr.. Brown
eventually became vice chairman.
Judge Sykes of Mississippi, chairman
OF the Radio Commission, and Col.
Brown are the only members of the
old Eody who are taken over into the
Communications Commission.
= y +
According to a report recently pub
iiShed in a leading japanese news
paper, President Roosevelt may send
either Col. Edward NJ House or Rich
ard Washburn Child to Japan on a
good will mission to survey the politi-
cal, naval and economic situation and
elucidate to Toxic the American at
titude toward Far Eastern questions.
y =
Foreign diplomats in Washington
read into the emphasis Uncle Sam is
now laying ON his good neighbor"
policy toward Latin America, as ex-
emplified by PreSidept Roosevelt's S
visits to Haiti, Colombia and Panama.
a plain sign that the United States is
turning more and more away from
Europe and concentrating on the
Western Hemisphere. Europe's debt
defaults, political chickering's and dis
armament dodging are held to be de-
Velopments that are making the
United States progressively less Europe
conscious and increasingly Pan-Amer-
ica-minded-
tCopyriEht. 1880
Evening star., 1934-07-09

Special interest is felt by the Amer
ican press in the recent victories of
the Liberal party in Canada, which
seem to forecast the coming Of a
New Deal on the other side of the
border. On top of other reverses, 1t
is assumed that the Conservative de-
feat in the Ontario elections means
that the Bennett government will
lose the next time 1t goes to the
people.
THE outstanding issues in the
Ontario election" says the Buffalo
Evening News. were taxation and
the administration OF the publicly
owned hydroelectric system. The
Liberals charged the government with
extravaganza and with miSmanaging
the affairs of the Hydro organiza-
tion, which with its development
plants, transformer stations and
transmission lines represents an in
vestment of $204 100000. The sale
of beer and wine by the glass in
hotels, restaurants and clubs was pre-
sented as an issue by the Conserva-
tives. but the Liberals did not ehal-
lenge ON it. They, too, are foi modl-
fication OF the liquor control law to
permit such sale. Hard liquor, how
ever. will continue to be dispensed
only in government stores. Americans
have an interest in the elections in
Ontario and Saskatchewan only as
the results suggest a movement to-
ward a change OF policies in the
Dominion regarding matters Of com
mon interest between Canada ana
the United States-as the elections
portend perhaps the establishment of
a. regime favoring a more liberal tarin
policy and as they indicate different
attitude in prospect at Ottawa toward
the St. Lawrence seaway project.
There seems little doubt now that
there is to be a new deal for Canada,
according to the Wichita Eagle, which
recalls the earlier ''landslides in Brit
ish Columbia and Nova Scotia" and
concludes: 1T is OF interest In the
United States to know that Liberal
campaigners in Saskatchewan and
Ontario paid glowing tribute to the
policies of President Roosevelt and the
victorious Liberal party pledged a
new deal as the winning Democratic
party did in 1882. Basically, the pro-
test of Canada is against the trade
restriction of the Bennett government.
That restriction is largely due to trade
agreements with England. Canada
is now in the way of cutting trade
ties with England and going after
markets where she can flnd them.
The elections are described by the
Cleveland News as "a startling politi-
cal upheaval. with obvious impllca-
tions," and that paper adds Not
since 1905 has the Liberal party won
domination in provincial affairs In
Ontario. But now the Conservatives
appear to be on the run. The LIB
eral victory is the fourth this year.
Three other provinces have shown
the way to Ontario, most Tory Of all.
The obvious conclusion from this
Evening star., 1934-07-09
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

Study.
You've got to be student as you
journey on your way.
You've got TO learn how much you
owe and how you're going to pay.
And when the alphabet is in a cock
tail shaker shook,
You've got to learn new words not
found in any spelling book.
You've got to be student. though
without a chance for fame.
You don't know how you got here, but
you've got to play the game.
If in the task of paying of your debts
you would succeed.
You've got to get the "gimmie's" in
the present hour of need.
The higher mathematics keep on
getting higher still,
They seem to figure light years into
your electric bill.
You've got to go go-getting as your
tax accounts you scan,
Nobody gets a chance to rest as q
forgotten man.
Evening star., 1934-07-09
Canadian Changes Forecast
AS Liberals Carry Elections

resurgence Of Liberal sentiment Is
that the Bennett government at Of
tawa will be ousted when 1t next APP
peals to the voters. some time before
the end Of next year. Observers
maintain that personalities contrib
uted as much as anything else to
the overthrow of Conservatism. In
addition, 1t Is pointed out. the sins
are invariably ousted during a de-
preston and Canada Is still paying
high taxes out Of low depression In
comes. Whether the growing revolt
against the Tories will mean the
adoption of American panaceas for
the depression is a possibility Amer
leans will watch with interest"
Like the States" explains the Co
lumbus Evening Dispatch, ''the prov
inces Of Canada have gone through
a depression. They have drunk OF
the same bitter cup with the same
popular resentment against leader
ship that they thought was respon-
sible for their misery. Ontario, in
her provincial election, has just
registered at the polls her verdict on
bAAio AooNiCs liz AIS WAAOoC kGl-
eral policy is somewhat analogous to
that of the Democratic party in the
United States, scored a sweeping VIC
tory by winning two-thirds of the
seats in the provincial Parliament.
This triumph is all the more notable
in view of the fact that their op-
ponents, the Conservatives, have been
in power for Is years"
Analyzing conditions in the Domin-
ion. the Worcester Evening Gazette
comments: Some of the politicians
in Ontario seem to be feeling their
oats They don't propose TO take
Canada out Of the British Common
wealth OF Nations, but they would
like to cut some Of the traces that
bind the Dominion to the mother
country. There has been talk at Of
tawa, for example, of having a
Canadian as governor general. This
official, whose duties are not yery
heavy. Is now sent out from England
and serves as the representative of
the King. 1t is an honorable post.
and several distinguished, if no longer
active, men have held it. To change
this custom and let a Canadian have
the honor. and the perquisites of the
office, would not be very dificult. II
the public became really interested
In the matter. And recently there
has been some popular concern with
the subject. Mitchell Hepburn has
just become prime minister OF Ontario
on platform pledging an end of
these imported British oficials."
Evening star., 1934-07-09

Perfection is one Of the noble en-
thusiasmx OF youth.
It may not be obtainable. as Older
men come to think. but youth thinks
it can.
1t is that thinking which is glorious.
II it is a mistake it has sunshine
around il. 1t CLEANS with light. 1t
throws eolors over the mind.
To be perfect, himself. what Is that
10 youngSter.
Nor need he think Of himself. in
himself and by himself
No doubt he would reply with some
popular slang phrase Of the moment,
II any one we're to accuse him OF de-
string TO be perfect. himself.
Yet that is the honest wish OF his
mind. the longing OF his heart.
The inevitable bOwing 10 compro-
mise has not entered his scheme OF
things.
To give up something here. to gain
something else there-such an un-
fiattering way to success offers him no
lure.
He would not believe it necessary.
either-and perhaps it isn't. who
knows? Maybe the world is mistaken.
After that queer performance
known as growing up" takes place
almost anything can happen.
What youth Is not willing to believe
is that such processes are essential
That is why. that is how. it can be-
lieve so firmly in perfection.
Perfection Is something TO be
sought. when you are young; some
thing to be admired. wistfully, when
you grow older.
Men cease worrying about fairness
and unfairneSS, in this world, after
a certain age. They recognize some
modicum OF each as inevitable.
In youth a man honestly believes
that unfairness can be done away
with. that fairness can be made the
ordinary course of the day.
Hence he naturally believes in per-
fection. AS long as he does so be-
lieve, the happier he is; no doubt
that is why youth is generally re-
garded as the happiest period
their elders to be fieeting. They may
seem large to youth, but experience
tones them down.
The longing for perfection is foS-
tered by all our educational processes,
much to their credit.
At times one may question what
schooling does for one, but this is
one thing 1t does few can or will
dispute.
Unfortunately there are many
cational processes, and leave them as
quickly as possible.
They are wrong about that. They
should stay. and take all the good
things as they come.
Now one of those good things, and
certainly one of the greatest, Is the
desire for perfection.
Another. and probably even greater,
is the honest belief that perfection
is attainable.
Some one has called this the age
Of faith. We unhesitatingly accept
scientific data without really knowing
whether they are right.
A young man believes in the possi-
bility of perfection with an equal
faith, clear burning light which
illuminates his days.
What of the well known cyniciSm
of youth?
Mostly it is only of the lips. 1t
does not come from the depths of
the mind, nor from deep in his
heart.
1t is a pose. especially nowadays.
Evening star., 1934-07-09
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TR4CEFELL.

more than ever before. just as lack
OF respect for their elders Is a pose
The more one studies young men
in action-quite young men, say
around 10 years OF sge-the more
one can be convinced that 1t is moth
ing but a pose.
Underneath their carefully culti-
waited indifference they are as admir-
ing of success. and such portions OF
success as may be achieved by their
elders. as any young men Of any
generation.
They simply refuse to admit it
that is all.
Along with this steadiast refusal
they have united rather larger
portion Of bad manners than former
ly was the fashion.
One OF these young fellows in a
subordinate position will accept the
task given him without 4 word. OF
even look OF recognition that he
has heard. But he has heard. His
predecessors in the same job. the
boys of yesteryear. would have re-
piled, Yes, sir" or smiled with
pleasure at being spoken to. These
youngsters OF today keep a stone
face. as solemn as any Indian. But
the events OF recent years have given
them an even greater respect. al
though they show 1t not. for their
elders, who have done what once was
called in America, arrived
Even the young cynics Of today, the
professed sophisticates, these deuced-
ly bored ones. believe in the attain
ment of perfection.
They feel sure that they can do II
themselves, in government, in bust
ness. in the personal life.
They have had to accept few COM
promises with reality, as yet: that il
one reason they are so very sure in
their faith.
One may have a faith, of course
and a very good one, without being
quite sure about it, The real convic-
ton comes from within. has its birth
place there, lives there forever, never
really comes out. but works its Won
derS at home. This is happy state
not attained by all human beings. One
can but congratulate the possesor,
whoever he may be. Many there will
be to accept the congratulations who
do not deserve it, for their faith is
shallow, 1t is founded on little. and
shall return to it.
The faith of youth in perfection
is one OF its most precious assets. It
may be said that the best older men
retain large part OF 1t, but still 1t is
never quite the same. Statements to
prove this would be as unnecessary as
they would sound tired. The cult OF
the age is pep" and even statements
which do not somehow bear around in
that precious direction are looked
upon as unnecessary, most "modernS'
have agreed to believe.
A glory of youth is right there. that
they never agree to believe anything,
nor do they accept half of what they
seem to accept. They just do not say
anything, that is all Why should
they? They feel convinced that disil-
lusionment is something that can
never come to them. 1t is all very
well for this old fellow to pirate of
the coming end of perfection; why,
perfection is perfection, and only has
beginnings to flower at last in COM
pletion.
Youth has many noble enthusiasms,
but this one for perfection. with its
attending belief in ultimate realization,
is truly one of the most noble of them
all. Its glory never entirely fades
but sends a few feeble rays along the
darkest paths of age. Can it be true
that the boy was right, after all?
Evening star., 1934-07-09
Big Bad Business.

Chairman OF the Democratic Sena-
torfal Campaign Committee. has
issued a statement charging that
certain big business interests have
conspired to boost prices and to bring
about further monopoly Of industry,
under the n. r. A. These interests.
he said, have not kept faith with
the Government, but have taken
advantage OF the provisions OF the
national recovery act which in large
part suspend the antitrust laws.
Although Mr.. Lewis approaches the
matter from a somewhat different
angle. the Illinois Senator apparently
has reached much the same conclu-
sion as has Senator Borah OF Idaho
as to what has been going on under
the operation OF the N. r, A.
The Illinois Senator asserts that
the Government has just discovered
what these business interests have
been doing The Government, he
says, will move to prevent and punish
the efforts of the interests 'tc lift
the prices OF everything. cheat the
Government and rob the public"
The Government he continues. has
just been able TO discover the It.
sponsible parties to this conspiracy
As soon as possible 1t will step in
and punish them. And then the
Senator from Illinois makes the fur
ther assertion that "the responsibility
must be charged to those institutions
and business interests which Gtimu-
lated our opponents to cry that this
administration is interfering with
the individual liberty of business;
that we are regimenting and reeu-
lating business to the individual in
justice of business"
II these business interests have
been enabled, under the national
recovery act. to go ahead with their
consultations and price raising: II
the suspension of the antitrust laws
Is operating in their interest, why
should they undertake to undermine
the very act that is benefiting themP
Yet it is upon the critics of the N
r. A. that the Democratic senatorial
chairman seeks now to hang these
iniquities OF price boosting and
monopoly.
Senator Lewis contends that what
the Government must now do to
meet the situation is to step in and
control and regulate business in order
to protect the public. 1t is either
this Government regulation Of busi-
ness, he insists. or business regulation
OF Government. The contention Of
the Senator, on the other hand, Is
that the laws against price fixing
and trusts which have been enacted
by Congress In the past be permitted
to operate again fully That, the
Illinois Senator says, will go far to
improve a situa ton that is becoming
worse and worse.
1t is clear that the Democrats do
not relish being put in the position
of fostering monopoly. a position in
which Senator Borsh and other
critics of the administration have
sought to place them. So far there
has been no indication from the
Attorney General that the Govern
ment is about to move against big
interests to punish them for the acts
OF which Senator Lewis complains
The Attorney General is to deliver a
radio address tonight, it is announced
by the Democratic National Commit
tee. He will discuss the new deal
program from the viewpoint of the
Department of Justice Perhaps he
may reveal at that time facts upon
which Senator Lewis bases his
charges.