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Evening star., 1935-03-06
Possible Compromise Effort
Seen in Tydings Bonus Bill

Some observers see in the introduce
ton of the Tydings bonus bill a pos
sible attempt at compromise which
would remove from the field of con-
troversy a problem which has been
present through three administra-
tions.
Into the melee of bonus bills" says
the Charlotte IN. c. News, Senator
Tydings of Maryland has pitched
another. 1t is looked upon as an ad-
miniStration measure or a possible
compromise between the Vinsonites
and the Patmanites."
According to the Nashville Banner:
1T is said that the bill offered by
Senator Tydings, himself veteran. is
the first move in the direction of
settlement of the matter without the
bitter struggle in Congress that other
wise will be inevitable. The distinc-
tive feature of the Maryland Senator's
plan is the payment of the bonus with
negotiable Government bonds which,
with principal and interest, would ap-
proximate the value of the certificates
when they fall due in 1945. If
veteran desires to realize at once on
his Indebtedness he could sell his bond
and get the amount he is entitled to
at this time"
"The fairness Of the Tydings plan,"
in the opinion Of the Marshalltown
QoWa) Times-Republican, "lies in the
fact that the veterans would get ex-
actly what has been promised them
already. no more and no less, and in
negotiable form" It seems to the Los
Angeles Times, however, that "the
net effect of the Tydings bill probably
would be accomplished more simply by
making adjusted compensation certi-
ficateS negotiable, since that is what
the proposal amounts to II it is cor
rectly described in dispatches" This
paper adds: There were two reasons
for not making the certificates nego-
table in the first place, both of which
are as strong as they ever were. One
was the fear of breaking the market
for Government securities, the other
the desire to protect the veterans by
preventing them from frittering away
their assets"
After discussing what it regards as
the weaknesses of the Vinson and
Patman bills, the New York Sun
states: The Tydings plan. too, has
its evident weaknesses. Who would
buy the negotiable bonds turned over
to the soldiers? Unless q uniform
system were established the needier
the veteran the greater the discount
he would be forced to accept; thus
the mere handing over Of negotiable
bonds would tend to discriminate
against needy veterans. The obvious
answer to this would be to ask Con-
gress to supplement the Tydings bill
with o provision that the United
States buy for cash all bonds offered
by veterans. And this, in turn, would
bring the proposal back to the COM
pany Of the Patman and vinson bills"
"a proposal to pay the veterans
bonus with the understanding that
pension benefits will not be the next
demand has the appearance Of q trial
balloon" thinks the Portsmouth
(Ohio) Times. IF the bonus is worth
the administration opposition 1t is
worth thorough opposition. The mat
ter of pensions has no proper place in
the argument against 1t. Pensions
properly are the worry Of future ad-
ministrations. just as the bonus has
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been the worry of the last three ad-
ministrations." In this connection the
La Crosse (Wis.) Tribune holds that
however one may feel about Presi-
dent Roosevelt's attitude toward pay
ment of the soldier bonus, the fact
remains that his review Of veterans
pensions of other conflicts may be
accepted as most effective argument
against the creature of war ITSELF"
mo matter in what form it is ad-
vanced or how it is brought to the
floor, the bonus bill still remains
vicious legislation that deserves the
support of no legislator who thinks
any further than the next election"
asserts the Bergen IN. j. Evening
Record, but the Yakima CWash.)
Morning Herald contends that ''the
question whether the Government
owed the soldiers a bonus is not in
order any longer" This paper con-
tinues: Congress answered that
question 10 years ago when it ap-
proved the bonus legislation. The
only point at issue now is whether the
Treasury can stand the Jolt. The
veterans think it can. since the ad-
ministration has been handing out
millions every day to the general pop
ulace."
THE only positively safe procedure
would be to levy taxes for payment"
believes the Canton (Ohio) Reposi-
tory, and the Portland (Me.) Press
Herald is of the opinion that this is
indeed the administrations position.
since in his order approving the
restoration of full pay to Government
employees the President in effect
warned Congress that if it enacts the
proposed bill to pay the soldiers bonus
1t must at the same time pass a meas
ure increasing the taxes so as to
raise the money with which to make
the payments
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beings who wear overcoats. They are
made soft, in sense, by the very
protection they receive. For every
gain there seems to be a drawback.
If a human attempts to go without
| an overcoat, as some advocate, he
may find that he catches q cold, in
stead Of being made tougher.
Plants which are not covered, or
mulched. with some material, such as
named above, may or may not suffer,
but it Is probably true that II they
come through they are more hardy
than II protected.
Plants which have received pro-
lection surely are not as tough, at
this time of year, as those which
have received none. But this is not
to be construed as advocacy of nom
covering. There are good reasons for
mulching many plants when the Win.
ters are as cold as the past two.
On the whole many gardeners have
come to the opinion that most plant
lovers in this vicinity were lured into
too little Winter care. AS a result
they lost many old and priced plants
which had become used to the warmer
Winters of the before 1933-34 vintages.
All mulch material should be re-
moved very cautiously, some time
this month, but not all at once, and
not in too big hurry.
Surely one should not consider it
until after the famous March Is.
If we are going to have any really
bad weather still, it probably will
come before that date, or shortly
thereafter.
Even that favorite sport, raking the
yard, need not be done in too great
q hurry.
Grass, Of course, is hardy enough,
in its way, but the thorough raking,
with the removal of most of the dead
blades. and the exposure of the soil
to the light, may just as we'll be
postponed until one of the days when
every fiber Of the gardeners being
tells him that true Spring has come
at last.
Let no false days intrigue you.
The real first days of Spring will
come soon enough now.
There Is no need to hasten them.
Nature takes care of such things,
having had much experience. and
plenty of time in which to learn her
business.
Even the most experienced plants
man. the cleverest hybridizer, merely
takes advantage Of few facts he has
wrested from Mother Nature
She it is who does the work.
Hence your average home gardener,
by no means experienced. in the real
sense, had best repoSe complete trust
in her.
Do not be in too great a hurry to
upset the bushel basket of leaves with
the bottom knocked out of it. which
had done duty all Winter in protect
ing several small plants.
Let the covering remain. Until some
fine day when there can be no doubt
at all of Spring. Even then do not
take it all away at once, but merely
reach in the basket, and remove some
of the leaves, permitting the tips Of
branches to stick up.
If the mild weather continues, espe-
cially if it is April, more leaves may
be taken out, followed by the COM
plete removal of the encircling basket.
The thing to do is not to get excited
by the first warm days, or really any
warm days of March. The chances
are they are not Spring, but simply
pre-Spring, which is not the same
thing at all.
Evening star., 1935-03-06
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES F. TRACEWELL.

Fortunately. for mankind, no time
Of the year is more drab than the
present, just before Spring.
The contrast these few weeks afford
Is good for the soul, as well as the eye.
Earth now looks just dirty, not
earthly, as it will in few days.
Now everything is plain, unadorned.
Streets and curbs are bare, hedges look
very unattractive; the softening effect
Of greenery is scarcely to be seen.
Even such green as there is lacks
the fine color it will assume later,
when freshening rains and milder
temperatures start the process widely
known as Spring.
4 X Il 4
Every comparatively milder day now
will see home gardeners straining at
the leash, longing to go into the yard
with rake and hoe.
There is still plenty Of weather be-
fore us, however. One should be
suspicious of the first warm days.
Remember that they are mild only in
comparison with what has gone before
The month came in like a lamb" I"
probably will go out "like lion," ac-
cording to the old legend, which is
built mostly on probabilities.
March is a notoriously treacherouS
month in this locality. Surely every
one who has lived here for any length
of time knows that, but surely most
of us tend to forget it at the touch
of a milder day.
Two things ought to keep the house
holder from beginning his 1885 garden
activities too early.
One is the well known fact that
these first warmer days of pre-Spring,
not true Spring, are very likely to give
the too-hasty gardener colds, snifles
and the like, to say nothing of coughs,
sore throats and the like.
The transition from indoor living to
feet on the moist earth is something,
as the vernacular has it, 1t is some
thing for which many a modern, de-
spite his vast faith in science, is not
at all fitted.
The common cold has become more
widespread than ever, but happily the
fashioned sore throat" is not as
prevalent.
Who is there who cannot remember
the nauseating iron preparation which
in the old days was the standard sore
throat remedy?
No matter how far back the spoon
was poked, the victim got the taste in
all its horror.
Medical science continues to ad-
vance, hence we no longer use such
things in the treatment of simple
throat ailments.
There are other. and better, prep
arations. The big thing, however. is
that there are fewer such ills, despite
the increase in colds. Surely it is an
i'll wind, indeed, which brings nobody
good.
The other thing which ought to keep
the sensible person out of the garden
too early is the equally plain fact that
harm may be done the growing things
of earth.
Especially if they are covered up,
in any way, either by mulches of
DranCneS, or straw, OF OlO eEerSTeellS,
or leaves, or baskets, or earth, or peat
moss.
One can never be sure of March
One day it will show 10 degrees, the
next be down to freezing
Hence few plants which have had
some sort of mulch all Winter should
be exposed to the full light of day too
early, especially if freezing weather is
likely to harm them.
Such covered things are like human
Evening star., 1935-03-06
Settled, But
From Che Wall Street Journal.

From Che Wall Street Journal
One thing at least can be said Of
the Supreme Courts decision in the
gold clause cases-it has settled those
cases. They, at all events, can be re.
garded as something finished and
done with. Beyond this there is not
. great deal of ground for satisfac-
ton.
The court has upheld the power Of
Congress to regulate the coinage and
the currency In all its wide implica-
tons, even to retroactive application.
1t has not passed upon either the
morality or the wisdom Of what Con-
gress and the administration have
done.
The possibilities Of further none.
tary experiments implicit in the situ-
alton as the Supreme Court leaves it
may hereafter give use all serious con-
Germ.
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cannot be while you still live. For
to live Is to function. That Is all
there is in living.
And SO I end with a line from a
Latin poet who uttered the message
more than fifteen hundred years ago:
Death plucks my ear and says,
Lve-I am coming"
As the shades were drawn at the
home on I street this morning one
may believe that another great poet
poet, soldier, philosopher, jurist,
patriot-answered: Death, I am
ready-I have lived"
Evening star., 1935-03-06
SHOOTING STARS.
BY pHnANDER JOHNSON.
EpithetS.

Epithets.
Oh, statesmen, in your fierce debate
About our mighty Nation
On every word you speak we wait
With earnest fascination.
We heed what you may have to say
On currency and taxes,
Although we do not like the way
That courtesy relaxes.
In our attention you're secure,
But please remember, brother,
We really do not care for your
Opinions Of each other.
Evening star., 1935-03-06
Personal Abuse.

Personal abuse is neither good taste
nor argument. 1t is beneath the dig
nifty of the Senate of the United States.
But personal abuse is plane to which
Senator Long of Louisiana has fire.
quently sunk the Senate debates during
his service in Washington. His attacks
upon his colleagues for alleged per-
sonal failings, as we'll as his attacks
upon persons outside the Senate, have
been numerous. When Senator Rob-
inson of Arkansas, Democratic leader
of the Upper House. yesterday replied
in kind the Senate sat in silence and
no move was made by any Senator to
check the invective-some of it ex-
tremely bitter-which fell from the
lips of the Arkansas Senator. This,
in itself, is commentary enough upon
the attitude of the Senate.
Senator Robinson said that 1t was
time the Senator from Louisiana
should be made to know and take
his proper place in a body composed
mostly of gentlemen" And he added
that innuendoes, insinuations and
threats cannot prevail in the Senate
of the United States unless we have
descended to the level of mediocre
degenerates.
For a long time the Louisiana King
fish has muddied the waters of Senate
debate. Under the rules of the Sen.
ate, which were designed to preserve
the right of these representatives to
speak for their States and their peo-
pie, a Senator may speak as long as
he desires on any subject. It is
privilege which has too often been
abused. Senator Long is by no means
the only offender in this respect.
When in the past a Senator has
protested sharply against an attack
by Senator Long the Louisiana Sen
ator has retorted that the expostulat-
ing Senator certainly cannot and will
not be reelected. Indeed, he has
said he will take upon himself the
responsibility of seeing that the Sen
ator is not reelected. He is accumu-
lating quite a list of Senators whom
he stands pledged to defeat in COM
ing elections, unless, indeed, he chang
es his mind. OF course, at the head
Of this list stands Senator Robinson
of Arkansas, and a close second Is
Senator Pat Harrison Of Mississippi.
Yesterday Mr.. Long added new
member to those "who are about to
Evening star., 1935-03-06
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKINS.

A reader cdn get the ansiDer to
0ny question OF fact by iDrtttng
The Epening Star Information Btu
redu, Frederic J. Hdskin, Director,
Washington, d. C.. Please inclose
stamp for reply.
q. How many jaywalkers were
killed by automobiles last year,
8. D. w.
A. Forty-four and three-tenths per
cent Of the number of persons killed
in automobile accidents in 1884 was
comprised Of pedestrians. A total OF
$500 persons were killed as the re-
suit of automobile accidents. Records
do not differentiate between proper
pedestrian action and jaywalking.
@. Did Amelia Earhart wear a life
preserver when she few the Pacific?
r. j. M.
A. Miss Earhart wore a Debated life
preserver vest of double-compartment
construction, almost weightless and
giving freedom of action in the plane
but which could be inflated with COM
pressed-air cartridges in the water
The double compartment was a pre-
caution against accidental puncture
either half having suficient Gift" to
support her weight in the water.
@. How many towns will be de-
stroyed when the Norris Dam Is ready
for use?-W. McC.
A. One small town, Loyston, will
be submerged beneath the waters con-
fined by Norris Dam.
@. What Is a pimpernel?-H. C.
A. The pimpernel Is any of genus
(Anagallis) of plants of the primrose
family, with white, blue or scarlet
flowers. which, in one species "a. ar
vensis), close with the approach of
bad weather.
@. When are the Shriners to meet
in Washington, D. C.?-J. j. D.
A. The Shrine Convention is to be
held in Washington, D. c., from June
9 to Is, 1885, inclusive.
@. Do the rapids in the st. John
River, in Canada. run upstream twice
every days. w. r.
A. 1t is true that the rapids in the
st. John River run upstream twice
every "a hours. The st. John River
empties into the Bay of Fundy, which
Is noted for its remarkable tides.
When the tide is coming in, the rap
ids are running upstream. In some
years, in the Spring, the tide has
been known to have daily variation
in some parts of the bay of nearly
60 feet.
@. How many immigration inspec-
tors has the United States?-E L. c.
A. The number now in service is
@. Are the Nobel and Pulitzer Prizes
in literature awarded for certain
specified books?-T. A. G.
A. The Nobel Prize is awarded for
general literary excellence. The Pu-
liter Prize is awarded for specified
novel.
O. Why does milk boil over more
quickly than water?-E. w.
A. Because substances in the milk
keep the bubbles from breaking.
@. Which of the planets are in the
evening sky this month?-D. T.
A. Venus, Jupiter and Mars.
O. Is Sonia Henie still the figure
skating champion of the world?-H. R
A. Sonia Henie again won the title
with Snora nf 26Q noipts af thiS
Winters meet in Vienna.
@. When was the first temperance
society formed?-S. C.
A. The records of all early peoples
contain references to the evils of in
toxication. In the Bible. sixth chap
ter of Numbers, the vow of the Naz-
arite includes the separation from
wine and strong drink, including the
Juice of grapes, fresh grapes and
Evening star., 1935-03-06

dried grapes. It was not until 1929
and 1880 that temperance societies
were formed in Great Britain. About
1910 the movement started in the
United States and the Independent
Order OF Good Templars was founded
in 1851.
@. Did the man for whom macad-
amized roads were named live in
America?-M. E.
A. John Loudon McAdam was born
in Scotland III 1855, but came to New
York in ITO and remained 13 years.
He returned to Great Britain with a
considerable fortune and soon be-
came interested in the improvement
of highways. He held several gov
ernment positions in this line of work
and in 1927 was appointed by the
British government general surveyor
of roads.
O. Were the MINISTRIES Of the Mid
die Ages well thought of?-P. E.
A. 1t is saiG that the MINISTRIES
OF that day were usually of ques-
tionable virtue and honor, and laws
were enacted to repress them. They
were called shadows Of rowing men,
and under the law they we're not per-
mitted to inherit property, to collect
debts, or to take part in Christian
sacrament.
@. What modern APT are in
stalled on Old IronEides? Is she
motor -driven?-D. MI
The r0,,N
as Old Ironsides, haA' been restored
as she was in 1912. Tie only modern
appliances on the veS;f are the COM
passes, the electric lights and the
fire extinguishers. She has no motors
and if under her owl power would
have to be driven by tie wind in her
sails.
@ Can boy joini the Army or
Navy, then study meiicine in the
SerVtce?-A. H.
A. The Army and Navy Medical
Schools are postgraduate schools.
The Federal Government does not
maintain an undergraduate school Of
medicine. Every physb ian entering
the Army and Navy mll.t be a grad
uate physician Such physicians are
then sent to these schools for post
graduate training in various subjects.
@. Has the world production Of
diamonds increased since 1933?-A. F.
A. World production Of diamonds
increased IA per cent in 1884 over
1888. The total production was
4,3l5,O0O karats, worth $20,000,000.
Q. Please give a description of the
secretary -bird.-H M. 3
A. The secretary-bird (Serpentarius
secretarius) is an African bird with
long legs, standing nearly 4 feet
high. From the back Of the head
and nape hangs an erectile tuft of
long, black feathers. Around the eyes
is orange skin; the head, neck, and
back are blush gray, the lower sur
face black; the tail quills are banded
with black and tipped with white.
The beak is hooked. The secretary
bird feeds on insects and reptiles and
can kill the most venoInous snakes.
striking them repeatedly with its
taloned feet. The long leg together
with the birds habit of leaping back
after each stroke, keeps it from being
bitten.
O. How large are the biggest ice
bergs?-J. F. McC
A. The size of icebergs varies. They
may be hundreds or more feet
high with crests or "minarets" from
200 to 300 feet above the base, which
may be hundreds of yards in length.
In the Kennedy Channel, Greely fol-
lowed an iceberg which was estimated
to be IS miles long, over 100 feet
thick, and of unknown breadth. A
huge iceberg sighted by the bark
Emil Julius in 1884 lowered about
1,700 feet above the sea. Only about
one-eighth or one-ninth Of the mass
lies above the water.
Evening star., 1935-03-06

out at the United States Civil Service
Commission that the exact number OF
persons receiving pensions at the date
mentioned was A4,706, with average
snnuities Of $9S989. As Of the same
date, 1872 persons we're pensioned under
the Canal Zone act, with average an
nuities of $1,311.61.
(Copyrisht. 1p2Sl
Evening star., 1935-03-06

In the ship of state, as in q canoe
the man who rocks the boat is sure,
temporarily, to attract the most at
tention.
Evening star., 1935-03-06

Honest calculation will reveal the
fact that while there is always a pub
lie enemy No. l there are always
thousands of philanthropists.
Evening star., 1935-03-06

Explorations reveal many strange
things. But none of them seems so in
formative as an hours visit that a
statesman may make at the White
House.
Evening star., 1935-03-06

Crime probers quarrel among them
selves occasionally, which fact, of
course, makes things little easier for
the regular criminals.
Evening star., 1935-03-06

Liking for base ball and foot ball
is enhanced by the fact that they
have not been accused of inSidious
propaganda.
Evening star., 1935-03-06

The scales of justice fall into a
state of tremulous agitation when
complications arise with the wage
scales,
Evening star., 1935-03-06
Festal Spirit.

FeStal spirit.
We've Travelled two years on the way.
Well travel two years more,
Though we must have election day
As we have had before.
When alterations fill the land,
Whatever they may touch,
Well still say Happy New Year." and
Well mean it just rs much.
As for the taxes we must pay,
II sometimes they enlarge
Without dismay we'll simply say
They are cover charge.
"You can't reform some people,
said Uncle Eben. "Dey gifts so dey
enjoys yoh eloquence in tryin to per-
suade en-" x
Evening star., 1935-03-06
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Stakes Not Equal.
why don't you challenge your
rough antagonist to q duel2" asked
the friend.
''1t wouldn't be fair" answered
Senator Sorghum. '1t would imply
that I considered his life worth as
much as my own"
Evening star., 1935-03-06

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A Smile Is EXCHANGED

In the midtown crowds, in the money
mart,
AS the day draws to an end,
II eases the tension of the heafe
TO pass the face Of friend.
Evening star., 1935-03-06

Bombardment.
When bombing planes to ride prepare,
To be of life the takers
We must take care to give the air
To the munitions makers.
Perhaps they'll have heart and heed
A purpose far more holy
And send down loaves of bread to feed
The hungering and the Iowly.
Evening star., 1935-03-06

A Rhyme at Twilight
By
Gertrude Brooke Hamilton
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