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Evening star., 1934-10-11
To the Editor OF The Star:

10 the EDITOR OF The Star:
Letters appearing in The Star in
dicate that those supporting Socialist
principles are receiving much encour-
agement from policies of the New
Deal. Not only were the principles of
socialism advocated, but policies of
the Roosevelt administration were de-
Tended in a recent letter to The Star
by Mr.. S. R. Randell.
Those who advocate Socialism state
that capitalism was adapted to stage
coach days" but is now an obsolete
social system" Socialists choose to
ignore the obvious fact that our pres
ent greatness has been achieved
under the present so-called capitalist
system. The advances in science,
invention and learning have been
made under the capitalist system,
not under a Socialist system. The
men who invented the telephone, tele-
graph, radio, steam engine, gasoline
engine and countless other equally
valuable machines lived and toiled in
an age of capitalism, not in an age
OF Socialism. Capitalism may have
some faults, but we know what it has
produced. Many of us believe that its
merits outweigh its faults and we are
unwilling to cast it aside to try some
thing which is new and which would
throw civilization back a thousand
years.
The capitalist system encourages
each person to do his best. 1t en-
courages initiative, foresight, frugality
and thrift. Human nature is such
that a person is not likely to exert
effort unless he is impelled by neces-
Sity. If we we're angels rather than
men. the profit motive" could well
be denounced. But, being human, we
are not likely to plan and toll and
strive unless we are to receive some
personal benefit.
The Socialist system would be an
ideal system for the lazy If the
Government owned and controlled the
land and industries and employed the
people at wages guaranteed to exceed
a certain minimum, the lazy would
have nothing to worry about. Instead
of 10 per cent of the people owning
Evening star., 1934-10-11
Reciprocity for Brazil.

heclprOclIy IOr DraZlI.
From the Providence Journal
Naturally enough, the new Brazilian
Ambassador to this country has
turned his attention first of all to
the negotiation of a reciprocal trade
pact. It would be poor diplomacy
that did not undertake to obtain as
soon as possible the potential ad-
vantages to a foreign country of
commercial agreement with the United
States along the reciprocal lines de-
fined by the Roosevelt Administra-
ton. For it seems highly improbable
that any successful foreign negotiator
will come off second-best in such
game.
Brazil and the United States have
long enjoyed an extensive trade with
each other. This country is the prin-
cipal consumer of BraziPS principal
product. In fact, our coffee drinking
habit has been veritable economic
life-saver for Brazil during the pres
ent world crisis. Brazil, in turn, has
for many years manifested q decided
preference for American-manufactured
products It would seem, therefore,
that in these circumstances the con-
clusion of reciprocal commercial
agreement would be fairly easy task.
Evening star., 1934-10-11
Hospital Movement Grows.

Hospital Movement Grows.
From the Charlotte Observer.
1t begins to become a certainty that
the plan for disqualification of all
persons of moderate means, through
a mutual association involving the
payment of a small sum weekly for
such insurance, will materiaize.
The movement has gained immense
momentum since the embryonic idea
was launched, only a few weeks ago.
The plan is attracting widespread
interest and support not only among
medical and hospital authorities, but
by that part of the public for whose
benefit the movement Is especially
designed
The Hospital Savings Association
for that is its proposed name-is
copied after an English system that
has for several years been working to
the welfare Of the people of England
of lowly means.
There is a widespread need for
proper disqualification of Americans
who are deprived of such medical and
nursing attention because of their
poverty, and it is the genius Of this
movement that it will guarantee such
attention to those whose earnings are
severely limited.
Evening star., 1934-10-11
A Sweeping Change.

From the Akron Beacon Journal.
Acting upon the recommendation
of the special commission headed by
Newton D. Baker, the War Depart
ment has scrapped the Air Corps.
which has had charge of its fighting
planes, and absorbed the entire air
force into the general staff.
Henceforth, the r-combat forces
will be commanded directly under
Chief of Staff Douglas Macarthur,
and will function no longer, as they
did under Gen. Benjamin D. FouloiS.
as a separate branch of the Army.
The action is regarded as Of double
significance. First, the usefulness and
power of flying planes in the next
war Is regarded at stake, and, second,
the whole military development of
airplanes, which has a profound effect
on the progress of civil aviation, is
declared to hang in the balance.
BY this change, Gen. Foulois. who
flew with the Wrights in 1909, and
who worked his way to independent
high command over the intrigues and
Army politics of the general staff, is
sent TO the woods. For his fine
pioneering service he is given poor
recompense Of having command only
over Army air schools and air depots.
Already criticism for this drastic
change Is yelling up from those who
believed that the Army Air Corps
would thrive best II detached from
dominion of the general stan. 1t M
now up to the latter to prove the
merit Of the sweeping change of
authority.
The defects In Army air equipment
that came to public notice when it
was commissioned to carry the mail
will hardly be considered as corrected
when the Air Corps is buried in blanket
supervision by a general staff which
in the past was much too Indifferent
to measures needed to perfect that
branch of service, =.
Evening star., 1934-10-11
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

Of American educators, including Dr.
Jay B. Nash Of New York University,
chairman Of the board; DR.. William
H. Fitzpatrick of Teachers College, DIR.
John Dewey of Columbia University,
Dr. H. A. OverStreet Of City College
and others. The students attending
will be able to live in the center and
go TO their work each morning. In
the evenings and on week ends they
may follow a program Of drama, pSy.
chology, economics, sociology, voice
and speech work, music, painting
dancing and an extensive recreation
program. Leo T. Osman is executive
secretary of the school, which is To-
Gated at 81 Stevenson place, thV
Bronx.
@. What is the seating capacity Of
the Center Theater in Rockefeller
Center?-E. B.
A. The theater seats 1922 people.
@. Was Wordsworth a great lover of
walking?-T. M.
A. De Quincy estimates that tn,
poet, during the course of his life
must have walked as many as 1880
miles.
@. What is an Etesian wind7-E
w. C.
A. This Is local Mediterranean
Summer wind blowing chiefly from
the north, but occasionally from ths
west, for about six weeks annually.
Q. What is the meaning of ths
word Rand?-W. T. S.
A. Rand Is a Dutch word in use in
South Africa, meaning rim, edge, edge
OF hills. Specifically it Is an abbreyi-
ated form OF Witwaters Rand, an ele-
waited ridge in South TransvaaI, FORM
ing the water-parting between the
Vaal and the Olifants Rivers. The
Rand is famous for its auriferous reefs
and the word is often used as a syno-
nym for the extensive gold mining in
dustry of this area, or for Johannes
burg, the city which the industry Gre
ated.
Q. How many Sears, Roebuck & Co.
stores are therein. H.
A. There are more than 400.
@. When was the first yacht built
in America IN. D. N.
A. The Jefferson, built in 1901, IL
regarded as the first.
Q. What countries have unicameral
legislative bodies?-M. L. w.
A. Several countries have uni
cameral Legislatures: Albania, Costa
Rica, Finland, Honduras, Lithuania,
Panama, El Salvador, Turkey. Bull
ga-ia. Estonia, Guatemala, Latvia,
Norway, Persia and Spain. Eight Of
the nine provinces Of Canada have
one-house Legislatures and many
provinces In other countries.
@. Where was the first State-sup-
ported hospital for the insane in this
country?-E McC.
A. 1t was the Eastern State Hos
pital at Williamsburg, Va. This was
also the first hospital In this country
to care for the colored insane. 1t was
incorporated in 1888 and opened in
1773.
Q. Please give the origin Of patch
work quilE.-F. C.
A. Patchwork is older than history,
originating doubtless through primitive
economic need Of utilizing scraps Of
cloth. 1t was one of the first deco
rative arts practiced by such ancient
civilizations as the Egyptian and Chi
neSe. In Europe it was hourishins at
the time of the Crusades when ap-
pllque was employed in the making Of
battle banners and draperies. In
America the handicraft arrived with
the earliest settlers, being a direct
heritage from England.
Evening star., 1934-10-11
Prices and Recovery.

There are many whose views on
money and prices have not been
changed by the vicissitudes of New
Deal experimenting who will derive
comfort from the Presidents informal
discussion with the correspondents
yesterday regarding prices and re-
covery. The President denied, for in
stance, that he had arbitrarily chosen
1925 as the price level which he was
seeking to restore, very sensibly point
ing out, as others have done before,
that while there were some prices in
1925 which it would be desirable to
duplicate today, there were others
which were far from satisfactory.
The President has never said that
he was seeking to restore price levels
to what they were in 1926. But the
impression has gone abroad from
Washington, time and again, that
prices of 1926 represented sort Of eco
nomic promised land, and no efforts,
in dollar manipulation or anything
else, would be spared until it was
reached.
More significant still was the Presi-
dents emphasis on the fact that all
prices do not rise and fall alike. The
variation in prices of some commodi-
ties in any given period is far greater
than others, and this variation Is one
of the elements which the President
would like to control, but which has
stumped the students seeking q de-
vice to control it, and for which, the
President frankly admits, he has no
remedy. One of the convincing argu-
ments against the manipulation of
prices through tinkering with the
money standard by which prices are
measured is that the changes so ef-
fected increase the prices of things
that are already high as we'll as the
prices of things that are far too low.
One might infer from the Presidents
observations that he is not inclined to
place as much confidence as many
were led to believe he once did in the
efficacy of price changes brought
about by marking down, or up, the
value of the dollar.
The President is still working to in
crease the price level-as the price
level is one of the respected indices
Of business activity and rising prices
have always been associated with bust
ness recovery. But the correspondents
received the impression that the ad-
ministration program for increasing
prices does not involve drastic efforts
toward artificial creation of value as
much as the continuance of such
agencies as the A A A, the Home
Owners Loan Corporation, the N. r. A.
and the liquidation of closed bank de-
posits. While the rise in the whole
sale price average from 5e.6 to 77.2
per cent of the 1926 level affords en-
couragement, the President does not
believe prices have gone high enough
and stresses the Importance Of main
tanning a proportionate rise in wages.
Some of the Presidents reported al
lusions to price control and price
stabilization at desirable levels are
still confusing, because of the obvious
difficulties of artificial price manipu-
lation and control. But If the Presi-
dent views higher prices as the end
to be achieved through business re-
covery, rather than the means by
which business recovery is to be
achieved, many will share with him
what they believe to be the funda-
mentally sound view.
Evening star., 1934-10-11

A reader can get the d5lstper to any
question of fact by t0rtttn0 The Eue-
ming Star Information Bureau, Fred
eric J. HGskin, Director, Washington
D. c. Please incIose stamp for reply
@. Is American Song" Paul Engle's
first book of poems?-S. L.
A. Worn Earth" Is the first collec-
ton Of poems by the young Iowa poet
@. How much Of the Skyline Drive
is open to trafic2-D. S.
A. The first Is miles of the Skyline
Drive has been ofncially opened tc
trafic.
@. Did Roger Bacon propheSy air
planes and automobiles?-T. C. S.
A. Approximately TOO years age
Bacon said: Machines for navigating
are possible without rowers, SO that
great ships suited to river or ocean
guided by one man, may be borne
with greater speed than If they were
full of men. Likewise cars may be
made = so that without q draught
animal they may be moved with in
CoIAhiaOlC oPCCo 0AA0 ~ AAAo AASN
chimes are possible so that man may
sit in the middle turning some device
by which artificial wings may beat
the air in the manner of @ flying
bird"
@. Is Moscow to have a Subway?-
G. D. w.
A. Moccow's first subway line will
open in November. The flrst line will
be approximately miles long and
ultimately the entire city will be
served by other routes.
O. What is the origin of the ex-
preston, red letter day"?-R.. P.
A. Formerly saints days were kept
as holidays in England, and these as
we'll as other days, such as the King
birthday, were either marked with a
red cross or printed in red on almanacs
and calendars. This custom led To
the current expression, red letter day,
in the sense Of a special day.
@. How many States make provi-
sion for helping crippled children?-
T. S. NJ.
A. Thirty-seven States make some
provision for the rehabilitation Of Grip
pied children.
@. Who is DR.. Townsend, sponsor
Of the Townsend old-age pension
plan?-L. D. B.
A. DR.. F. E. Townsend is a retired
physician of Long Beach, Calf.
@. Where Is the monument that
Henry Ford had erected to McGufIey?
F. B.
A. The monument is at West Alex
ander, Pa, the birthplace of William
Holmes McGufey.
@. How many persons are employed
by the Eastman Kodak Co.?-K. G.
A. There are more than $4,000 en-
ployes in 255 establishments, factories
wholesale and retail branches and sub
salaries Of the Eastman Kodak Co.
located in all the principal countries
of the world. In the last 10 years
the company has paid $3.50, ,450, ,00o
in wages and salaries to employees and
nearly 1000, 900 in wage bonuses
c. Who is the famous foreign avia-
tor who is legless?-T. 3. D.
A. Maj. Bancoilescu Of Rumania op-
crates an airplane's foot controls with
artificial legs and is regarded as one
Of Europe's most capable flyers.
@. Please tell something about the
new school in New York City for work.
ing people-H. r. w.
A. The American Peoples Schools
is an adaptation for this country OF
the peoples college plan in Finland
The school was organized by q group
Evening star., 1934-10-11
No War in Europe.

Europe continues to quiver with ap-
prehension over the possible roper
cussions from the assassination of
King Alexander and French Foreign
Minister Barthou, but peace has not
been broken and the government at
Belgrade still lives. With each pass
ing hour the conviction grows that
international conflict will not be the
consequence of the Sanguinary his
tory that was made at Marseille this
week, and that further developments
OF a grave character, If any, will be
localized within Yugoslavia
In the slain sovereign'S own domain
there is inflammable material in
plenty for a domestic conf1agration
The Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats and
Slovenes, as its very title indicates,
is conglomeration of racial religious
and political elements that are tradi-
tionally hostile to one another, and
have proved on numerous occasions in
the past that only some mild pre-
text is required TO stir them into vio-
lent antagonism.
BY dint Of his own strong person.
atty, stern decision and the iron mil
ttary dictatorship which he headed
since 1929 King Alexander contrived
to weld the warning groups of his
subjects into something resembling
national unity. With his disappear
ance from the scene, doubt arises as
to whether Serb, Croat and Slovene
will continue to live and work together
in the name and for the sake of
common Yugoslavia or whether long
pent-up nationalistic passions will now
freely vent themselves and plunge
the country into civil war.
Disturbances within Yugoslavia
might incite foreign neighbors to
take action which could precipitate
international complications. At the
moment such possibilities are happily
remote, but reports Of anti-Italian
demonstrations among the Slovenes
have an ominous ring. Premier Mus
solini has renewed his overtures of
friendship with the Yugoslavs since
the Marseille catastrophe, but anti
italian incidents" are capable of
altering an otherwise amicable situ-
alton. 1t is manifeStly in the interest
OF peace for the Belgrade authorities
to leave no stone unturned to sup
press manifestations calculated to
irritate SenSibilities in Rome. 1t is
no less necessary for the Yugoslavian
RateSmen and generals who now take
over the government of the country
to placate by every means in their
power the rival local interests that
have so long been at daggers drawn
In perpetuation of their feuds un-
doubtedly lies the nations most serious
danger at this critical hour
European craftsmanship on its part
Is fully aware of the possibilities to
which the weeks tragic events point
1t is determined that the aftermath Of
Marseille shall not duplicate that of
Sarajevo. In that resolution lies hope
that the world will be preserved from
the peril of another war. Assurances
from both Paris and Rome that nego-
tiations for a Franco-Italian entente
will not be interrupted by M. Barthou's
death are particularly welcome at this
troublouS time.
Evening star., 1934-10-11
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHIIANDER JOHNSON.
Next in the Radio.

Next in the Radio.
The base ball warriors quit the fray,
The home team" wanders gayly
To various homes, all far away
From where we watched them daily.
With gentle care we viewed the score
With hearts that throbbed sincerely.
Now we consider them once more
Adopted children. merely.
We wrote the history of their deeds
And studied many a symbol.
The game athletic vigor needs;
Likewise a brain that's nimble.
This play at last is wholly past,
For strikes and for positions.
Well greet once more the knowledge
vast
Displayed by politicians.
Evening star., 1934-10-11

New Jersey demands Hauptmann,
confident that it can make a better
Job of his case than it did of the
Micky Duffy killing or the Hall Mills
mystery.
Evening star., 1934-10-11

Premier LerrouX is determined to
make examples Of ringleaders in the
Spanish revolution. In following this
course care has to be taken not to
suggest further disorder by making
martyrs.
Evening star., 1934-10-11

The base ball agitation is over. The
capacity of the American people for
avoiding emotional excess is again
shown by the fact that no umpire
was seriously injured.
Evening star., 1934-10-11

Like many another pioneer, Gen.
Hugh johnson must be content to
hope that his hardships will serve to
make life easier for those who follow
him
Evening star., 1934-10-11

China has undertaken a fight on
narcotics and is candidly proceeding
on the theory that 1t needs some
thing more effectual than dispensary
system.
Evening star., 1934-10-11

At some moments in the Haupt-
mann investigation "Jafsie" bears a
slight resemblance to "One-Eye Con-
Molly" who enjoyed crashing the gate.
Just to see what was going on.
Evening star., 1934-10-11

produce will receive the full social
value of their product. Inside the
system, payment will be a form of
scrip or labor, simple accounting
system. A man works four hours and
receives a credit, say of $40. and with
this credit he will be entitled to buy
$40 worth of whatever goods the
system has to SELL"
Evening star., 1934-10-11

Gen. Hugh johnson received a bou-
quet from his associates. Mr.. Rich
berg is doing his best and will pos
sibly deserve one in due course of
time
Evening star., 1934-10-11

Al Smith says you cannot shoot
Santa Claus, but Santa Claus can
make Al look like bad boy with an
empty Christmas stocking.
Evening star., 1934-10-11

Berlin had a series of shootings
without destroying the peace of Eu-
rope. But they took place among old
friends and may therefore have been
less violent in their consequences.
Evening star., 1934-10-11
Boosted by a Blurb.

From the Mansfield (ohio) News-Journal.
One writer asserts that Upton Sin
clair "is not an organic artist with an
integrated which should
serve greatly to strengthen him with
average voters,
Evening star., 1934-10-11
Foot Ball Pessimists.

From the Detroit News.
After the stuffy optimism Of busi-
ness prophets in recent weeks. the
healthy cheerlessness of the foot ball
coaches comes as breath Of fresh air.
Evening star., 1934-10-11

The Voice Of Safety" has proved a
good idea worth introducing in some
of the European conferences.
Evening star., 1934-10-11
Shipshape,

Shipshape.
"Are you going to assist in steering
the ship of state?"
I'll be ready to give hand, if re-
quested," said Senator Sorghum, but
all the ship of state seems to desire
from me at present is to refrain from
attempts at back-seat driving"
Evening star., 1934-10-11
Cakes of Yesteryear.

Cakes of Yesteryear.
You cannot eat your cake
And keep it, too.
Expenditures we make
As they are due;
A balanced budgets health
Well still pursue,
Though we can't squander wealth
And hold it, too.
Evening star., 1934-10-11
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Jud Tunkins says he's not worrying
so much about the forgotten men as
he is about the European assassin who
was never heard of before.
Evening star., 1934-10-11
From Theory to Practice.

From Theory to Practice.
Weren't you once what they called
a parlor socialist?"
Yes answered Miss Cayenne, but
food expense has driven socialists out
of the parlor. They are now discuss
ing the kitchen, and even the bath
room"
"a man who learns in silence" said
Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown, "is not
so much valued as one who knows a
little but is not afraid to say it."
Evening star., 1934-10-11
European Tourist.

European Tourist.
They do not want my money
They say my tips are small.
My Jokes they don't find funny,
My manners oft appan.
I have no social backing,
AS far away roam.
That old-time welcomes lacking,
guess I'll stay at home.
"Tain' no use tryin' to destroy yoh
enemies" said Uncle Eben. IF dey's
as bad as you thinks dey is you kin
let EN- alone to fight among DEM
selves" .
Evening star., 1934-10-11
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w A 8 III I N G T o N, D. C.
THURSDAY. October II, 1884
Evening star., 1934-10-11

O. Is Moscow to have a subway
G. D. w.
A Moccow's first subway line viii
open in November. The frst line VIII
be approximately 3 miles long and
ultimately the entire city will be
served by other routes.
Evening star., 1934-10-11

@. Was Wordsworth a great lover of
walking?- M.
A. De Quincy estimates that tn,
poet, during the course of his life
must have walked as many as ITS, ,00C
miles.