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Evening star., 1934-11-25

from this, we are provincial. There
are days in our calendar that are
designed to stretch our horizons, days
in which we are asked to think in
larger terms.
Thanksgiving Is such a day. 1t
calls for the national recognition Of
our common fellowship, the national
recognition of the opportunities and
privileges we share as q people. When
we appraise our own lot, however
large or small 1t may be, in the light
of what our portion is in the ad-
versity or prosperity of the Nation as
q whole, we are compelled to recog-
nize that we are partners in vast
enterprise, and that we play an essen
tial part in making 1t what it Is. We
cannot live the life of hermit in a
world as closely knit as ours. The
old admonition comes to us at this
time with fresh emphasis: "As we
have opportunity, let us do good unto
all men,"
Our Thanksgiving must mean more
than gratitude for what we have Of
family blessings, for what we have
received Of personal gifts and salts
faction. The opportunity Of doing
good unto all men implies a creed
that is sufficiently broad and generous
to be inclusive of all those with whom
we share the prosperity or adversely
of our country. The opportunity has
never been greater, the need more
pressing, for practicing what We pro-
fess Of loyalty to our national ideals,
than now. If this latest Thanks
giving day could find us in q more
generous and responsive mood, II 1t
could break down our narrow and in
sular ways, II it could find us more
Christian in spirit and spur us to
more Of self1ess service for the less
fortunate Of our fellows, 1t would
mark new day in our history. Let
us be thankful in larger, more prac-
tical way than we have ever known,
and so hasten the day when all men
within our great estate shall be CRATE
full for what God has bestowed upon
us as a people. We are looking for
better days ahead; they will surely
come when we as a people make
every day day Of Thanksgiving, by
a service to our fellows that insures
to every home those indispensable
things that contribute to content
ment, happiness and peace.
Evening star., 1934-11-25
New Archaeological Finds in South America
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

far antedate that year. Whether the
Peruvians got the idea from the
Chinese or the Chinese from tha
Peruvians is a task for the archeo
logists. Perhaps neither is the case
Perhaps each was spontaneous
undertaking 1t is not known whether
Hadrian had heard of the Great Wal
of China when he built Hadrian's Wall
across the north Of England to ward
of the Scotch, but he might well have
1t is certain that he had never heard
of the Great Wall Of Peru.
While the wall is the most fascinat-
ing of the recent finds in Peru there
have been others of abe~-bing in
terest. DR.. S. K. Lathrop Of the Pea
body Museum Of Archaeology and Eth
nology at Cambridge, Mass. has been
in charge of the work in the Amer
icas and has reported. through the
Pan-American Union Bulletin on the
results of the work since 1881. Tho
work has not been confined to Peru.
although that is an especially rich
territory. From end to end Of the
South American continent the scien-
fists have been digging and exploring
and have been richly rewarded with
all manner of vestiges of civilization
long passed away. One Of the strik-
ing facts learned Is the variations in
degree Of advancement. For ex-
ample, while centuries ago there were
developed civilizations and cultures Of
q high type, the work of Junius Bird.
who excavated the shell heaps o.
Terra del Fuego, revealed that tn
Yahgan, the aborigines of that stark
region, had been so backward as to
have acquired knowledge of the u
of bow and arrow only a short tim
before the appearance Of the whit
man.
Even while the bitter warfare be
tween the Paraguayans and the Be-
livians was raging in the Chac
Boreal, the archeologists continue;
their explorations of that regior
which, until recently, has been
terra incognito. Finds Of potter
and stone objects of curious wor
manship rewarded their endeavors.
Burial Urns and Gods.
Stig Ryden OF the Goteborg MI
scum, exploring in Northwestern Ar
gentina, discovered some unusual
burial urns. These are huge vase
equipped with removable lids. They
are as tall as man. made Of
pottery and with such skill that the
walls are only half a centimeter in
thickness. In spite Of this fragility
they have remained intact for many
centuries. 1t appears that these
vases, not unlike Greek vases in line
we're used as coffins. In some the
skeletons of several infants were
found; in others, adult skeletons.
1t appears that the vestiges OF
death endure longer than the vestiges
of life. While a great many works
Of ages long past, in the shape of
walls, fortresses and shrines, have
been found, most of the finds seem
to relate to the dead
The cultures of the North were
far superior to those of the South
and, as the explorer works northward
into Bolivia and Peru, traces Of a
richer civilization are found.
Evening star., 1934-11-25
Thanksgiving's Larger Meaning
BY THE RIGHT REV. JAMES E. FREEMAN D. L. D. D. C. L.
Bishop OF Washington

Most of our life Is lived within
the limited sphere of our homes and
places Of occupation. Even to those
whose lives have opportunities for
change and variety there Is much
that Is dull and monotonous. Some
one has said that "a man Is no
larger than the place in which he
lives" We do not believe that this
Is true Of all of us, for there are
men and women who, closely con-
fined and restricted, live in q far
larger world than the place in which
they reside. AS a matter of fact,
some OF the greatest benefactorS the
world has known have lived within
limited areas. They resisted and
overcame the influences that con-
Spired to make them narrow and
insular. Neither wealth nor poverty
affected them, physical afflictions
could not limit them or restrict their
fields of occupation. Their souls
were as big as the world. Such men
and women are rare, the average
OF us are not Of this dimension. Our
modern world has done much to
stretch the curtains of our habita-
ton, and it Is possible, even for
those whose lives are closely confined,
to get larger visions Of life.
The radio Is factor to be reckoned
with in this new world of ours. It
may prove to be one of the mightiest
factors in deepening our sympathies,
broadening our intelligence and CIV
ing us finer vision Of human values.
1t certainly is to be reckoned with in
breaking down prejudices and narrow
views and giving us more generous
understanding Of institutions and
agencies that are alien to us. Our
small and petty judgments suffer q
check and q rebuke as we come to get
points Of view that we have never
before entertained and from sources
that we have held under suspicion.
In our life as a people there Is
need that we should get broader and
more comprehensive views Of our cor
porate life. The city, State and Sec
tional areas in which we live tend
to make us insular; we think in local
terms and rarely do we get the
larger national point Of view. As
matter Of fact we are still a nation
Of unassimilated racial elements. Our
great metropolitan centers contain
more foreign than native born. Apart
Evening star., 1934-11-25

In 1923 DR.. Ballou proposed some
thing of the same sort, but in modified
form. and merely as one Of q num-
Der Of several points that might be
emphasized in health program. DR..
Ballou's point was:
Reasonable insistence on satisfac-
tory correction Of physical defects for
promotion from grade to grade and
graduation, the same as in other SUBJ
jects taught in elementary and high
schools.
the delicacy involved in even 'rea-
sonable insistence," for the relation
ship is not between the teacher and
the pupil, but between the teacher
and the parent. If the public schools
attempt to place remedy of remediable
physical defects-such as bad teeth,
poor vision and parasitical unmen-
.ionables-on a par with mastery of
reading, 'riting and 'rithmetic as re-
quired subjects in promotion and
graduation, then the schools must at
the same time undertake to provide
medical treatment facilities as they
now seek to provide mental education
facilities.
But the schools should be able to
accomplish q great deal in formulat-
ing q well-developed program OF
health education. And when the
schools have succeeded in convincing
the younger generation of the advan-
tages Of good health-and Of simple
cleanliness-they will have gone a
long way in making such program
effective.
Evening star., 1934-11-25

effectively pragmatic. Each repre-
sents a penny. and even SO small .
sum can be an element Of strength to
life in a war with death. This year
the need is more compelling than
usual, because poverty is allied with
tuberculosis as never before. The sale.
for that reason, should be record
breaking Every man, woman and
child should buy at least few little
red houses for Christmas packages
and letters.
Evening star., 1934-11-25
The Soviet and France.

Nothing could more unmistakably
depict the state Of anxiety and alarm
in which present-hour Europe has its
being than the statement made in the
French Chamber Of Deputies on Fri
day that In case of war the Soviet
Army is at the service OF France.
While the Paris foreign ofice denies
that any formal pact Of military
alliance has been signed, the Cham
ber accepted without question the
assurance Of the Soviets' pledge as it
was detailed by M. Archimbaud, re-
porter general Of the army budget,
and then passed the military appro-
priations for 1885, aggregating $685.
100000. At the same time came inti-
nations from Gen. Maurin, the min
lister of war, that it might soon be
necessary for France to increase the
term of conscript military service
from one year to eighteen months or
two years.
M. Archimbaud, who announced to
the Chamber the Soviet Unions readi-
ness to fight alongside the French
Army in the event Of an emergency.
is the same deputy who startled
France few days earlier by declaring
that Germany would soon be able to
put $500, 900 trained men in the field
and is now perfecting her military
establishment intensively in all direc-
tions. 1t is the Soviet, M. Archim-
baud reveals, that first warned France
of German activities, and the ofier OF
a military entente by Moscow was the
result. The military reporter gen.
eral Of the Chamber laments that
there is thus restored the old balance
of power system in Europe, but in
sists that France is not to blame and
that above all, we must avoid the
IlOIIOlS VI u ASW WdA.
The French do not disguise the fact
that their fears Of alleged German
preparations inspire the republics
vast military measures. There Is
reason for anxiety" Col. Fabry, presi-
dent Of the army commission. told the
Chamber. There are 500, 900 men in
German barracks, and twenty-one di-
visions, ready to be doubled. will soon
be organized. German x,aation will
presently comprise The hundred
squadrons. The production Of mate
rials is being actively pushed"
Whether the Nad government Is
proceeding on the lines which France
charges or not, the French are un-
questionably persuaded, as M. Arch
imbaud puts it, that "a profound dis
aster threatens" unless they make
themselves more formidable on land
and in the air, and public sentiment
apparently supports such . policy.
French anxiety seems to be on the
increase as the saar plebiscite ap-
proaches. The whole European sit
uation conjures up slight prospect for
any tangible measure Of disarmament
in the visible future. The Old World
is under the influence Of an invinci-
BILE war psychology. The year Is fad
ing in an atmosphere Of international
jitters such as gripped the nations
prior to the outbreak Of the confa-
grafton OF 1914. It Is q sad outlook,
and a grave one.
Evening star., 1934-11-25
Capital Sidelights
BY WILL p. KENNEDY.

DIX WILL r AENNEDxs
Secretary of State Cordell Hull not
only recommended to the President for
appointment as his first assistant
secretary, r. Walton Moore, who up
holds all the noble traditions of the
historic Observation-Disclosures his
tory he knows 50 well, but he recently
emphasized that four of his predeces-
sors in ONCE as cabinet premier were
students at venerable William and
Mary College, which antedated the
Revolution. Jefferson, the first Sec
retary of State" Mr.. Hull points out,
was q student when, in 1765, the res
olutions condemning the stamp tax
were passed, and, standing In the lobby
of the House of Burgesses. he heard
the debate and made record Of what
transpired. He witnessed q bitter
contest. He heard the eloquent speech
of Patrick Henry, the author Of the
resolutions, who, to use Jedersons
words, spoke as Homer wrote He
heard the powerful argument Of the
lawyer, George johnson, in support OF
the resolutions.
Edmund Randolph, the second
secretary, was also q student there.
His qualities are indicated In the
letter from President Washington to
him appointing him Attorney General
In the first administration. John
Marshall and James Monroe, who
became Secretaries Of State, while
still in their teens went from the
college to suffer the hardships and
the perils of the War Of the Revolu-
tion, in which they valiantly served.
Marshall was In the thick Of the early
action at Great Bridge. near Norfolk.
and fought in the battle Of Brandy
wine and other bloody contests. Mon
roe was severely wounded while at
the very front Of the American attack
at Trenton.
within half q century after Wash
ington filled the office Of chancellor
at william and Mary there were l6
Secretaries Of State, of whom, besides
the four Just mentioned, two others
were from Virginia-James Madison.
to whom the environment Of the old
college town Of Williamsburg was very
familiar, and Henry Clay, who was a
native Of the nearby county Of Han
over"
The first death in the newly elected
Congress removes Frederick Lands,
who achieved an upset" in Indiana
to gladden. the hearts Of distraut Re-
publicans-and who would have been
an historic comeback" after % years
absence from the legislative body,
where he would have been the dean
Of either House or Senate. There Is
none in the new Congress who was In
service when Lands was there be-
fore - his previous term expired on
March 3, 1907. while Senator VIII
liam E. Borah, Grand Old Man"
Of the Senate, and Representative
Adolph ]. SABBATH, nestor Of the
House, both entered upon their legis-
lative duties the following day.
Another extraordinary thing about
Frederick Lands was that he and
his brother, Charles B. Lands, served
In the House at the same time
Charles service antedated that Of
Frederick but overlapped it. The
former served II years, from 1897 to
1909, and the latter FOUR years, from
1908 to 1907.
Evening star., 1934-11-25

One of the first things which the
American or, for that matter, almost
any schoolboy learns is that one Of
the wonders of the world Is the Great
Wall Of China. One Of the last things
which modern archeologists have dis
covered Is the Great Wall Of Peru.
Recently an aerial expedition, headed
by Robert Shippee and Lieut.. George
r. johnson, undertook some explora-
tions which could not be carried out
on land without great expense and a
tedious use of time. They discovered
many things of vast interest, but none
seems to suggest greater possibilities
than the Great Wall of Peru, the ex-
istence OF which heretofore had been
unknown.
The wall was found On the north
side of the Santa Valley in a region
of such desolation as almost to suggest
the valleys Of the moon. They traced
the line Of the wall inland for some
40 miles from the coastal plain. Now
that the presence of the wall is known,
expeditions will proceed on foot to in
vestigate more fully. The aerial sur
tcy lIlQlCdIto llldL liiC wall 10 abOuS
IS feet high and IS feet wide. On
either side, throughout the 40-mile
length Of the wall, they noted IA forts,
some square and some round, all
strongly built Of stone.
In this region the land Is corrugated
and rumpled with deep, forbidding
gorges lying between rugged peaks.
The wall proceeds, in an astonishingly
straight line, over valley and noun
tain. That it was erected for some
defensive purpose by the people OF an
early Peruvian civilization is beyond
doubt, but who was responsible for the
colossal work and how the engineer
ing difficulties were overcome are ques-
tions for further investigation. Arch
eologists are familiar with the amaz-
ing stone work Of the early Peruvian
civilizations, as demonstrated at
Cuzco and elsewhere, but this Great
Wall Of Peru bids fair to outstrip
everything else in wonder.
There are many theories concern
ing the ethnologic connection between
the early peoples Of the Americas and
the Orientals. There has long been
q firmly rooted belief that America
was populated from Asia. In view
of the immense antiquity Of some Of
the archaeological finds in Central and
South America, there is another school
Of thought gaining some momentum
which takes the position that Asia
might well have been populated from
America.
Walls a World Apart.
1t is, to say the least, notable that
two great walls should be found, one
in China and one in Peru. Although
there can be no definite information
on the extent of communication be-
tween the continents at the period
in which these walls were constructed,
there can be endless conjecture and,
as archelogocial work proceeds, 1t is
not out of the question that some
more definite information will come
to light The date of the beginning
Of the Great Wall Of China Is placed
at 228 BIC Works Of magnitude. car
ried out by the early South American
civilizations, have been found which
Evening star., 1934-11-25
Health for Promotion.

The Mount Pleasant Citizens Asso-
cations recommendation that all
remediable defects be remedied be-
fore a pupil is permitted to pass from
one grade to another" Is too arbitrary
and smacks too much Of Spartanism,
not to mention other forms Of regi-
mentation, to win general approval.
Evening star., 1934-11-25
A Petition to the President.

The petition, described elsewhere in
the columns of todays Star, which
has been received by the President
from the Citizens Joint Committee
on Fiscal Relations Between the
United States and the District OF Co.
lumbia, represents an appeal for ac-
tion on his part, through the Bureau
Of the Budget, to correct the imme-
diate source of one inequity in appro-
priating for the District in the next
fiscal year. Correction of this inequity
would lie, in part, in an increase in
the Federal lump sum. The appeal
Is directed to the President because
the recommendation of an increase
Of the lump sum comes to him auto
matically from his Budget Bureau as
a question of administrative policy, to
be decided finally by him alone
Congress, under his administration
has shown a disposition to follow
his budget recommendations. A rec
ommendation from the President
through the Bureau of the Budget, to
increase the lump sum would doubt
less be as effective as previous rec
ommendation from the bureau which
Congress followed in temporary re-
duction Of the lump sum.
The argument which accompanies
the petition confines itself largely to
the equitable considerations which
naturally support and strengthen the
plea for larger Federal contribution.
1t thus supplements, without dupli-
eating, the effective arguments already
placed by the Commissioners, the
Board of Trade and other civic Or
CARNATIONS before the Bureau of the
Budget, in which the practical con-
sideration of necessarily providing ad-
ditional revenue to meet accumulated
and growing needs of the District has
been emphasized.
In arguing for the greater lump
sum, the petitioning citizens emphasize
again the desirability, from an equi-
table and practical standpoint, of q
return to the fixed ratio system of ap-
preparations, and while realizing that
appropriations practice is q matter
that lies with Congress rather than
the President, the fact is by implica-
ton noted that recommendation by
the President carries not prestige
alone, but is practical guarantee of
full and fair consideration by Con-
gress.
The President is asked to recon-
mend an increase in the Federal con-
tribution: to exclude, from the esti-
mate Of recommended local appropri-
ations such national or semi-national
projects as may be financed separately
or in other supply bills, setting forth
the exact methods of financing in
relation to amounts contributed by
Nation and Capital; to recommend,
in his budget message, maximum
on local appropriations as well as
maximum on the national contribu-
ton, or to recommend to Congress
that by referendum, or otherwise, the
local taxpayers be permitted to have
an effective say in regard to the
amount of their local taxes and the
purpose for which local taxes are
spent.
The President, it is hoped, will, in
his consideration of the petition, take
the opportunity to manifest not only
his interest in the material develop
ment of the National Capital, but in
the welfare of its politically i'm
potent citizens, whose right Of petit
ton Is one of the few which they can
exercise as Americans.
Evening star., 1934-11-25
Vote Getting.

what are you going to say in reply
to that man who calls you a moron?"
Nothing that might discourage
him." answered Senator Sorghum. III
can rally the entire moron vote to
my support fancy shall be pretty
strong"
Evening star., 1934-11-25

Byrd's Antarctic explorations have
disclosed some geographical areas
which cause relief because of no pos
sible plans to grab it by force Of arms
II necessary.
Evening star., 1934-11-25

Gov. Ritchie has no doubt been
able to give Mr.. Nice valuable ad-
vice, but will hardly undertake to in
truct him in how to become Q four
time Governor.
Evening star., 1934-11-25

The drop in security values Is said
to trouble G. Bryan Pitts but little.
The Lorton Reformatory at least af-
fords security from the office grind.
Evening star., 1934-11-25

A glance at q picture Of ferocious-
looking foot ball players makes it
easier to understand why college pro-
fessors fnd it hard to enforce disci-
pline.
Evening star., 1934-11-25

Only one objection can be offered
to the Nobel prize. The awards come
so frequently that creative genius
finds 1t hard to keep up with them.
Evening star., 1934-11-25
Munitions,

Munitions.
Munitions makers all agree
That war is a bad habit,
But none the less each Fall we see
The shotgun and the rabbit.
In human natures ever dwells
A latent love of cunning.
The big advantage still compels
The weak to do the running.
Evening star., 1934-11-25

Henry Ford Is q wizard at making
motor cars, but is depending on ordi-
nary minds for devices to keep them
out of the hands Of reckless persons.
Evening star., 1934-11-25

institutions had been established un-
der the leadership Of the Bank Of
England to supply this need fol,
credit by the smaller commfrcial
units.
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Evening star., 1934-11-25

Munitions makers might go on
strike. The problem then would be
to prevent highly capitalized boot
leggers from getting busy.
Evening star., 1934-11-25

History may regard Hitler as a
soap-box orator who ran away with
an entire government.
Evening star., 1934-11-25
A Lasting Record.

From the Connellsville Courier.
The relief "chiselers" may discover
that they have carved their names
where they will later become very
conspicuous and embarrassing.
Evening star., 1934-11-25

Sam insult is a disappointed flnan-
cier. AS q music promoter he is en-
titled to recall philosophically that
impresarios almost invariably 90 broke.
Evening star., 1934-11-25

Jud Tunkins says there is relativity
even in an election. Recounts are de-
manded in spite Of precautions, on the
theory that some ballots are better
than others.
Evening star., 1934-11-25

Business Is certain TO resume, but
not in all cases with the same names
over the door.
Evening star., 1934-11-25
AM0tments.

The naval ratio brings a care
Which we cannot neglect.
If any game is to be fair
The deal must be correct.
No naval radio should be planned
For any serious use
That puts the aces In one hand,
While others get the deuce.
Evening star., 1934-11-25

The Associated Press Is exclusively en-
titled to the use for republication Of all
news dispatches credited to it or not other
local news published herein. All rights Of
publication Of special dispatches herein
are also reserved
Evening star., 1934-11-25

'Electioneerin'," said Uncle Eben,
"makes . plitical job look to me like
It called fob some O. the hardest work
on earth"