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Evening star., 1934-04-19
Its human material Is so various. %
willing. so unpretending and devoted

willing, so unpretending and devoted,
and its aims are so constructive that
all who come into contact with 1t find
themselves encouraged to a revived
faith and freshened hope for the
race. The earth may be afflicted with
every kind of political and social
strife, nationalisms may run rampant,
wars rage, but here, in a quiet school
room, sit representatives OF a score of
different clans who have withdrawn
from the chaos to learn a new
language, a new history, a new and
more democratic ideal. This is a real
Melting Pot. real League of Nations,
a real Parliament of Man.
But the Americanization School is
not merely convenience for dream
ers. On the contrary, it is a training
arena for action. These men and
women, boys and girls are prag-
matically minded; they are seeking
ways and means by which they may
make a realistic adjustment to con-
ditions as they find them under the
nag of their adoption. It would be
difficult to discover anywhere else in
Washington a more earnest or pur-
poseful group. And even after grad
uation the pupils maintain their in
terest in the work and in the fellow
ship which centers in it. Mutual aid
means something tangible and definite
to the alumni.
The 1884 festival should be espe-
cially notable. 1t marks the end of
one of the bes. years the school ever
has had.
Evening star., 1934-04-19
To the Editor Of The Star:

To the Editor of The Star:
AS commander in chief of the Vet
erans of Foreign Wars of the United
States, respectfully request the pub
lication Of our views in support of
our present demand for immediate
cash payment of adjusted service Ger
tificates held by World War veterans.
We feel that news dispatches from
Washington have failed to convey the
arguments on both sides of this issue.
The columns of your newspaper in
recent weeks have been filled with
the views of those who are opposed
to payment of this acknowledged
debt at the present time. In fairness
to those subscribers who depend upon
The Star as source Of unbiased
information, we hope that this COM
munication will be given every pos
sible consideration for publication.
The Veterans of Foreign Wars of
the United States is giving its whole
hearted and aggressive support to
adoption of H. r. (the Patman bilD,
which authorizes immediate cash pay
ment of adjusted service certificates
for the following reasons:
The Federal Government will be
saved the annual appropriation of
$112 2,000,0 900 for II years or total of
81, 900 900, 900.
The Federal Government will be
saved approximately $l0,000,000 in
administration costs of the adjusted
compensation act between now and
1945.
1t will discharge an obligation to
acknowledged without increasing the
national debt.
1t will give the right to the veteran
to deposit his certificate, a Govern
ment obligation, in exchange for new
currency, privilege that is now being
extended to Federal Reserve banks
and all national banks.
The face value of the average out
standing certificate is $1,000. Pay
ment at the present time will prevent
the loss through compound interest
charges of approximately $500 to every
veteran who has been forced to bor-
row so per cent of the loan value.
The method of payment proposed
in H. r. / will require no bond issue.
no increased taxes, no additional In
terest payments by the Federal Gov
ernment.
In the general fund of the United
States Treasury at the present time
there is a total of $3,126,000,000 in
unincumbered gold. This does not
include gold owned by the Federal
Reserve banks. This gold is suf1i-
cient to issue $4,000 100000 in new
currency without reducing the gold
reserve to a point lower than the
40 per cent gold basis demanded by
law.
With the backing of this gold re-
serve all danger of printing press
currency imitation" is eliminated. The
bill gives the Federal Government
complete control of the currency situ-
alton at all times.
Approximately 3,5o0.ooo veterans
hold World War adjusted service
certificates. They represent approx
mately 15,000,0o consumers. Pur-
chasing power amounting to $2,50o,-
100000 will be placed in the hands
Of these 100000 consumers, a pro-
proposal that is directly in line with
the present recovery program Of the
administration.
Creation of purchasing power in
this fashion will avoid the dangers
of graft or favoritism and the build
ing up of huge political pay rolls.
OF these 3,500,000 veterans who
Evening star., 1934-04-19

| pretty woman who violates rules most
charmingly.
The same may be done by others, II
done in the same straightforward
manner.
Temp Jones, while no beauty, be-
lieves implicitly in the underlying
common sense Of the universe, and in
this rather large classification he in
cludes all types of manners as evolved
by human beings.
There Is a vast difference between
putting both elbows on the table, as
a hog might do, If it fed that way,
and putting one elbow, preferably the
left, an inch or two forward from the
edge.
This latter action shows that one is
somehow master of life, to a degree
at least. and not complete slave.
x Il X
Jones prefers his elbow stance when
drinking coffee.
In this attitude, with left hand
folded in over the stomach, he rather
fancies he resembles Napoleon in the
famous snuff box portrait.
Not in appearance. exactly. but in
attitude.
When 1t came to poses and attitudes,
there was man for you! The great
Bonaparte was never at loss to capi-
talize on his appearance. In this he
was aided by some very fine painters,
SO that his various attitudes, from
crossing the Alps to making speeches
in the shadow OF the pyramids, are as
familiar to the schoolboys of America
today as to the people of Europe a
hundred years ago.
Templeton Jones feels sure that
Napoleon ate with one elbow on the
table, that at any rate he would have
so eaten, If he had thought Of it.
Even great men cannot think Of every
thing. Something must be left for
the Templeton Jones of this world.
Il X
Jones believes also in sitting close
to the board. This thing of placing
ones self as far away from table
as possible, and pecking at ones food,
is to him as distressing as the sight
Of a man eating corn on the cob.
When he becomes dictator, he has al
ways said, he will forbid this latter
offense as one Of his first official acts.
From this date" the edict will
read, ANY one caught doing what is
commonly called eating corn on the
cob will be given the extreme pen
atty" What this penalty will be the
edict stateth not, but those familiar
with the eminently mild and forgiv-
ing nature of said dictator will feel
sure that 1t will be nothing more
horrifying than a denial of corn in all
forms.
Those acquainted with Dictator
Jones fondness for cornbread, the
genuine article, will realize instantly
that such a penalty would be the ulti-
mate.
Cornbread, TO Jones, as to all those
born in the corn belt, is better than
cake.
If Marie Antionette had lived In
America, she would have replied to the
mobs clamor for bread, why not give
them cornbread?"
That would have been far more SEN
sible than her use of the word cake"
Templeton Jones liked his corn
bread hot, the hotter the better, so
that when cleft down the middle, and
butter inserted, it would become nice
yellow.
Firm butter applied then gave just
the right taste to one of life's real
delicacies.
In consuming cornbread. Jones be-
lieved that the left elbow on the table
might be left off the table, in view of
the fact that both hands would be
busy. Two hands or two elbows on
one table would be too much, even
for q dictator.
Evening star., 1934-04-19

National estimates of the posSibili-
ties In the Mcleod bill for payment
from Government funds Of depositors
in closed banks show a wide range,
from the belief that the legislation is
economically dangerous to the con-
tention that the distribution of funds
to depositors would give new impetus
to business, and would be safe because
purchase of assets of closed banks
could be liquidated in the course Of a
period of years by the Government.
"The Mcleod BILL" says the Chris
ton Science Monitor, leading op-
ponent of the measure. would have
the Government pay of depositors in
closed banks with greenbacks. A sim
liar measure Is the Frazier bill for re-
lief of farm mortgages. Another IS
the Dies bill for encouraging farm ex-
ports by taking payment in over
valued silver. All these schemes in
geniously combine an appealing relief
purpose with dangerous method OF
financing. And they unite political
blocs-the farmers, the burdened
debtors, the silver men and the green
back division of NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
support is vital to the President in his
general program. Last Spring
Mr.. Roosevelt re-established confidence
by taking firm hold. He proved that
the administration was politically mas
ter in its own house. 1t could control
the budget, even If that meant saving
at the expense of veterans and Federal
employees. 1t could outline fiscal
policy and carry it out. This political
mastery was the foundation for Gov
eminent credit. 1t based the whole
recovery program. At times the Presi-
dent has reSorted to maneuvers; he
has given far too much away to the
silver bloc and he has made con-
cessions to the veterans. But he has
largely avoided open raids. But now
one frontal assault-the Independent
offices bill-has been carried against
him. Others threaten. 1t is now no
time to give way or to maneuver; it
Is time to fight"
Favorable comment throughout the
country" Is observed by the Pasadena
Star-News, which offers the interpre-
tation of the measure: THE Federal
Government would become owner Of
the assets and would liquidate them
gradually, to the best advantage, as
prosperous conditions returned. The
assets would pay out in full eventually.
it is said But depositors whose money
is frozen in these closed banks,
would be paid in full at once. This
would have the effect of releasing i'm
mediately some s1,250,0 100000 to de-
positors to the total number of tens
of thousands in all parts of the coun-
try. This not only would be an un-
disguised blessing to depositors whose
money is thus tied up, but it would
help to hasten the return Of pros
perity. it Is logically argued"
Argument in favor of the measure
is made by the Cleveland News, which
was one Of the original sponsors OF
the plan. That paper voices the opin-
ion as to the value of the proposed
legislation: THE Mcleod pay-of plan
strikes straight at the heart Of un-
employment and industrial stagnation.
In addition to the small depositors, it
would restore to industry in full its
frozen deposits and make possible
widespread unemployment. The gi-
Evening star., 1934-04-19
derstanding that there shall be an

eventual revision.
Apart from American disappoint-
ment over the British budgets omis-
sion of debt provision, there will be
nothing but satisfaction in this
country over its evidence Of advancing
economic progress in the United King
dom. Chancellor Of the Exchequer
Chamberlain records with pardonable
pride that Britain has recovered her
position as the worlds premier ex-
porting country. A successful CONVEX
sion of the public debt netted a saving
of $50.000,000 in interest charges.
Estate duties brought a windfall of
$4o,oo0.ooo to the treasury from one
single fortune.
One lesson in Britain's satisfactory
financial position should not be lost
on the American people. She has
brought it about without resort to I'M
orthodox fiscal or economic devices,
and she has passed on the advantages
of improved conditions to her tax
payers, because, in Mr.. Chamberlain's
words, the government sees in that
method "the relief which would con-
fer the most direct benefit to the
country, have the greatest psyche
logical effect. and impart the most
immediate stimulus to trade and en-
ployment."
At a moment when Congress is
about to impose heavy new burdens
on American taxpayers there is food
for thought in the reasoning which
has led John Bull to come to the
rescue of his taxpayers with a sub
stantial cut in the standard rate of
the income tax.
Evening star., 1934-04-19
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES z. TRACEWELL.

Templeton Jones confessed to a
fondness for eating with one elbow
on the table.
One, not two.
The latter method was most often
clumsy, except when one had a book
or paper!
Elbow support was natural, but that
was not the reason Jones liked 1t.
Many natural acts are unseemly.
Naturalism often is at war with
civilization, and our friend Jones. Is
tremendously civilized.
Civilization sometimes impressed him
(and no doubt many another) as ex-
ploitation.
Hence, he says, we see the spectacle
of city men longing to go back to
farms, just to get away.
Templeton Jones found elbow eat
ing, as it might be called, anything
but undignified.
On the contrary, 1t seemed to him
essentially graceful-if properly done.
Here, as elsewhere, the doing had
great deal to do with what was
done.
Another of the great mistakes of
civilization Is to lump all actions into
one, with generally accepted classifica-
tions for them all, without proper dis
elimination.
Consider the anonymous letter.
Ask 100 persons, irrespective of race,
color or other qualifications, and at
least 90 of them will condemn all
anonymous letters.
Templeton Jones knew better, be-
cause he had received good ones.
He knew that there can be good
anonymous letters as well as evil ones,
according to the dispositions of the
writers.
To lump all such letters into the
bad classification, and their composers
as evil, is about as fair as declaring
all men chumps who happen to dis
agree with you.
just as charity may be done anony-
mously, and no one ever calls 1t
sneaking, SO letters written by gen.
tlemen and gentlewomen may be de-
cent, although unsigned.
1t all goes back to intention.
If ones intentions are kindly the
lack of signature cannot make such
a letter evil in any sense.
The roaring American attitude Of
100-per-cent-follow w-the-leader makes
it easy to cry villain" against the
writer's Of anonymous letters.
Those who have been fortunate
enough to receive the good kind know
better. If a letter is decent, it Is
decent, whether signed or unsigned.
If letter is indecent, it is inde-
cent-whether signed or unsigned.
Templeton Jones felt that way about
elbowing the table.
1t all depended upon how it was
done. in what spirit, with what in
tentions.
Jones, who had been brought up.
in his youth, on a heavy program
of manners" in his old age believed
that all etiquette is based upon the
solid ground of human beings.
Etiquette is simply an attempt to
make civilization as pleasant as pos
sible.
Rules which strike one as rather ab-
surd almost always have background
Of necessity, under the circumstances.
Usage has ironed these things out,
so that If one balks, now and then,
he may feel fairly sure that he is at
fault, not the rules.
+
1t thus comes about that many Of
these rules are violated by those who
know what they are doing, because
in the very violation they still keep
in mind the inner spirit of the thing.
Every one is familiar with some
Evening star., 1934-04-19

Lindbergh, on discovering that he
was to be questioned, telephoned to
his counsel, Mr.. Breckenridge. 1t may
be possible that Mr.. Breckenridge in
reality knows more about the airmail
business than the great aviator him.
self and is really the one who could
answer most of the hard questions.
Evening star., 1934-04-19
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

tameter verse In which the syllables
preceding the middle Of the line
rhymed with the final syllables. It
was employed during the period of
transition from the ancient to the
modern form of verse and may be
traced to the Roman poets, examples
OF leonine verse appearing in the
"Epistles Of Ovid"
@. Was this years celebration of
the Mardi Gras in New Orleans a
particularly colorful one?-S. ]. c.
A. 1t is said that this year Is the
first year in many that the celebration
has lived up to its glamorous past.
Throughout the Winter the New Or
leans social season ascends to its cli-
max, which Is reached in the Mardi
Gras with the tolling of the chimes
in the 150-year-old st. Louis Cathedral
at midnight.
@. Was President Lincoln's body
carried from Washington to Spring.
field, Ill, in the first Pullman car, the
Pioneer?-N. S.
A. The Pioneer was used to carry
th1 Lincoln family and other members
OF the funeral party from Chicago to
Springfield. The body Of the Presi-
dent was conveyed from Washington
| to Springfield in a Baltimore & Ohio
baggage car, suitably draped and
guarded constantly by soldiers.
Q. OF what kind of wood should
base ball bats be made?-A. G. H.
A. They are usually made from Sec
ond-growth white ash. The better
grade bats are hand-turned on a lathe,
while the cheaper ones are machine
turned. They are tempered with oil,
but not shellacked.
@. Who painted the frieze in the
dome Of the Capitol at Washington?-
H. New.
A. The frieze in the dome Of the
Capitol was originally planned by Bru-
midi. 1t was continued by Fflippo
Costaggini. The paintings executed
by Brumidi include THE Landing of
Columbus" "Cortez Entering the Hall
of the Montezumas, "Pizarro's Con-
quest of Peru The Burial of De
Soto," "Pocahontas Saving the Life of
Capt. John Smith" THE Landing of
the Pilgrims" and "Penns Peace
Treaty With the Indians" The
murals executed by Costaggini are
Scene in Plymouth Colony" "Ogle-
thorpe and the Indians" THE Battle
of Lexington" THE Declaration of In
dependence, THE Surrender of Corn
wallis" "The Death Of Tecumseh,"
Gen. Scott's Entry Into the City of
Mexico" and The Discovery Of Gold
in California"
@. How many handicapped chill
dren are there in the United States?-
T. H.
A. The report to the White House
Conference on Child Health and Pro-
lection says that in 1882 there were
7,5l4,000. OF these 5000 900 bad i'm
paired hearing, 100000 defective
speech, 100000 were mentally re-
tardeG, 10000 900 were crippled, $4,000
partially blind and $4,000 wholly
blind.
@. Please state what proportion Of
the worlds supply of some of the i'm
portant commodities are produced in
the United States.-R. A. P.
A. Approximate proportions Of
United States production in relation
to the world as of the present
are as follows: 1/16 Of population, rs
of wealth, 3/8 of railway mileage, Us
of banking and business volume, IA
Of newspapers and magazines, l/6 Of
wheat, IA of coal, 1/10 of gold,
rs Of manufacturers, IA of steel,
1/2 Of petroleum, ~ Of cotton,
3/5 of corn.
Evening star., 1934-04-19
Patriots Day.

This is Patriots day, and the peo-
pie of the United States are joining
In celebration of the brave beginning
and the glorious conclusion of the
Revolutionary War. But in the Dis
trict of Columbia, whose people are
denied voting representation in the
Congress and electoral college of the
great Republic for whose creation the
patriot forefathers fought, the anniver-
sary serves only as reminder of po-
litical disability. The population of
the Nations Capital has only the role
of spectator in the Nations life. And
the poignancy of the isolation of the
permanent community of Washing
tonians is very keenly felt on such
an occasion.
1t is natural that there should be
resentment just as it is unnatural that
In the Federal center of democracy
there should be maintained under the
exclusive control of that Democracy
an autocratic un-American Govern
ment. Were it otherwise, were the
men and women of the city sordidly
content to remain nationally dis
franchised, there would be reason to
believe they were entitled to no bet
ter lot. If the people of the Dis
trict are orderly and conservative in
the expression of their hatred of
a condition which brackets them with
lunatics. felons and aliens, it is be-
cause they still have confidence in
the elementary sense of justice in the
hearts of their neighbors. Their case
is reasonable, their cause is equitable
and they believe their claims will be
recognized.
But meanwhile they serve in the
armed forces of the Republic, pay
national taxes, obey the laws. BY so do
ing they demonstrate the righteous
ness Of their contentious. They per-
NIT no one to challenge their fitness
to participate in the exercise of Amer
ican political sovereignty and in the
institutions of liberty for which their
patriot fathers struggled at Bunker
Hill and Princeton, Saratoga and
yorktown; they allow no one to con-
tradict their capacity to exercise the
franchise with as much intelligence
as their fellow Americans throughout
the country; they prove their civic
spirit and their civic honor in their
citizens associations, in their support
of community enterprises Of every
kind and in their careful preservation
of national ideals and traditions.
And they do not ask untrammeled
independence; they wish merely to
enjoy some measure of the representa-
tive rights, powers and privileges to
which as Americans they are entitled.
They want the privilege of participate
ing in the election of the President,
representation in Congress and un-
hlndered access to the Federal courts.
The people of Paris, London, Berlin
and Rome are not punished for re-
siding in capital cities, and the peo-
pie of the District of Columbia can
not understand why they should be
penalized. Their appeal Is to the
conscience of the Nation of which
they are part. They are patriots, and
they want share of the freedom,
power and responsibility which their
brothers and sisters have.
Evening star., 1934-04-19

q. What Is meant by declaring o
race horse?-N. D.
A. To declare q race horse Is to
announce the withdrawal Of a horse
from race in which 1t has been
entered.
@. Who are the Wampas stars Of
1934?-H. M.
A. The girls chosen by the Western
Association of Motion Picture Adver-
tisers as most likely to attain stardom
in 1884 are Judith Arlen, Betty Bry-
son, Jean Carmen, Helen Cohan, Dor
othy Drake, Jean Gale, Hazel Hayes,
Ann Hovey, Lucille Lund, Lu Ann
Meredith, Gigi Parrish, Jacqueline
Wells and Katharine williams.
@. Are many toys of an educational
nature being manufactured?-G. K.
A. More than $4,000 educational
toys are being exhibited this month
at the American Toy Fair at the
Hotel McAlpin and the Toy Center
New York City.
@. Where Is the largest thermome-
ter In the world?-J. M.
A. 1t Is the Eiffel Tower, which,
in addition to housing radio and
weather stations, restaurants and nov
city shops, Is now used for that pur-
pose.
@. How many people attended the
last house party of the Oxford group?
w. N 3.
A. More than TOO delegates assem-
bled at Quebec at Easter for a house
party.
@. Are cultured pearls as fine as
natural pearl?-C. D. L.
A. Pearls Of culture generally pos
sess a finer structure than those of
accidental growth. This is due to the
smaller amount OF organic matter
which is consumed and secreted by
the oysters, which live in well cleaned
cages. Natural" pearls contain on
an average two per cent of water, but
those OF culture" contain less than
this, an important factor after the
pearl has dried out.
@. Where are answers obtained to
the questions submitted to your bu-
reau?-F. P.
A. The staff Of researchers visit the
libraries, the various departments of
the Government, the embassies and
legations, or use the telephone when
the answers are not Immediately avail
able. Write your questions plainly
and inclose coin or stamp for return
postage. Address this newspapers
Information Bureau, Frederic j. Has
kin, Director, Washington, D. C.
@. Is red the only color which ag-
gravates q bull?-A. M. A.
A. AS far as Is known, bulls have
no perception of color. The action
Of waving cloth infuriates the bull.
Many bulls are extremely vicious and
viii attack any moving person.
@. Has any writer of detective
stories in England surpassed the late
Edgar Wallace IN popularity?-G. M.
A. Dorothy l. Sayers' book. THE
Nine Tailors," sold 100000 copies in
seven weeks, thus eclipsing even the
record Of Edgar Wallace.
@. How is the French cabinet
chosen?-H. L.
A. 1t is not chosen by the President,
as Is the cabinet of the United States.
II the French Parliament. fails to sus-
tain a premier on a major issue, the
cabinet resigns. The President then
summons the premier, who chooses a
new cabinet. Since January /, 1893,
there have been seven French cabinets.
@. What Is leonine verse?-J. B.
A. 1t is the name given to a medi-
eval form of hexameter and pen