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Evening star., 1935-12-11

81 MONROE AVE, DEL RAY. VA.
3 rooms. bath, hot-water heat-----S40.0 90
COLORED
2012 CLAGETT PL. NE.
9 rooms. bath. h.-w.h.. sun porch--S42. 90
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TIT e 81. NV. NatlonaI 95UU.
CRITTENDEN ST. WEST OF I4th II S
rooms. > baths. hot-water heat. electric
lights: immediate possession Rent, Ss5
per month. BOSS PHELPS. l417 K
st. NV Phone National $500.
800 NEVADA AVE. CHEVY CHASE. D. c.
bed rooms, baths. garage; brick: 500
month; apply at premises. Phone Cleve-
land 3S41
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Francis Scott Key, Apt. Hotel
goth and 2 sts nw.-1 room kit, bath;
cempleteIy turn, linens, silver. Frigidaire;
day week month. National 6426
Evening star., 1935-07-28

by fair process of elimination, can be
considered nothing else than political.
The fanfare which preceded the deci-
sion to enact the bill this session has
accentuated the anti-climax represented
in the bill tentatively agreed upon.
BY adopting the middle-of -the-road
policy in framing the bill members Of
the House have, of course, avoided COM
ing to grips with any such dangerous,
though Elusive, figure as sharing or de-
stroying the wealth. They have kept
within bounds as far as that is con-
cerned. And they have not gone down
into the lower incomes which affect
the tens of thousands. The really "rich"
are few and far between. But they have
brought into even sharper relief than
before the tremendous, broadening gap
between Government revenues and
Government expenditures. They have
chosen an excellent way to illustrate
the small pickings from soaking the
rich," as compared with the billions
being borrowed. And some good may
come from that-good for the country,
if not for the political party temporarily
in power.
Evening star., 1935-07-28

deserving to be defended. But is there
any advantage to anybody In the arbi-
trary reduction of mankind to least
common denominator Of enterprise and
compensation? Suppose the rich are
soaked, the golden goose which has laid
SO many golden eggs slaughtered: Will
the result be social paradise Of ease
and comfort for John Doe and his wife
and children2 theoretically, yes;
actually, the doctrine Is a snare and
deluSion. 1t could succeed only in q
world where every living creature was
born with the same endowment of
heredity. educated in the same environ
ment, possessed of the same resources of
intelligence, health and spiritual ma
turity, responsive to the same influences,
amenable to the same degree of social
pressure.
And such q world does not exist. The
earth is rife with competition. 1t always
has been and always will be. Life itself
is q battle, and the weak would be
overwhelmed we're it not for the strong.
1t follows that in an era Of distress and
suffering every individual who can stand
on his own feet and make his own
defense against adversely is in that
character and to that extent a bene-
factor of his kind. The greatest good
for the greatest number is not to be
served by stabbing him in the back.
Evening star., 1935-07-28
Individualisn.

1t is fashionable at present to speak
i'll of individualism. The long depres-
sion has created fatalistic pessimism
in the minds of many otherwise normal
citizens, and the conversation of the
people, the press and the radio reflect
the attitude of responsibility which Is
an inevitable concomitant of that psy-
chology. President Roosevelt found it
convenient to ridicule self -suficiency in
the speeches of his campaign in 1882,
and the idea had enormous appeal to
thousands of men and women who were
suffering from the effects Of the eco
nomic slump. The propaganda of
lengthy list of panacea preachers has
contributed toward keeping the notion
alive.
But is the philosophy of individualism
really such dreadful thing as it has
been represented to be? Granted that
a chain is as strong as its weakest link,
it also may be said with equal justice
that it is a chain because most of the
links are strong. The weak link is the
exception, not the rule. Analyze the
problem thoroughly and it will be. seen
that society survives because of the
efficient and powerful elements in its
constitution, not because of the inefi-
cient and powerless elements. The
state endures by reason of its thinkers
and not by reason of its morons.
Certainly, equality Of opportunity is
to be desired. No human being should
be denied his fair chance at life, and
fair reward for fair effort Is principle
Evening star., 1935-07-28

20 far enough in supplying $500, 900
Jobs of that character for the Nations
idle. Besides, national planning jobs
largely were located in the country's
river basins The idle are concentrated
in the big Eastern cities. Vast popu-
lation shifts would have been necessary.
The President still is hopeful that
something can be done in the future TO
effect the third economy, but mathe-
matics has forced him to be content
with less ambitious plan Of work relief.
The third plan that was considered,
but discarded, closely resembles Upton
Sinclairs "E. P. I. c." Here the idea
would be to use q Federal appropria-
ton as capital" for a sort Of relief
state. The Government would rent fac
tories, buy surplus raw material and
give the idle jobs in these factories
turning out goods for the use of other
unemployed.
This plan would be the cheapest and
could lead to a rising standard OF living
among the unemployed, but there ad-
mittedly is q grave question whether
the country long could get along with
a socialistic relief system. alongside q
capitalistic industrial system.
Mr.. Roosevelt and Mr.. Hopkins are
struggling with the second of the plans.
They have turned their backs both on
the dole and on the production -for-use
program. They are striving to set up
what may become permanent system
of work relief.
So far, except for the excitement Gre
ated, tangible results are meager.
tcopsxight, 1881
Evening star., 1935-07-28
A CAUSE
THE RIGHT JAMES FREEMAN d, d, d. C. l.,
BISHOP OF WASHINGTON.

by those who are ready and willing to
make sacrifice in the setting forward
OF cause that is just and In the in
terests of the common veal. Salutary
changes and reformations are ushered
in by those who, enlisting in great
and appealing cause, jeopardize their
0e maintained. Tie heroes of the Chris
tian faith who have carried its standards
in the face Of overwhelming odds have
done so out Of loyalty to Him who went
to a cross for the cause of human sal
vation. Like Him, they have not
counted their lives dear unto them
selves" in the unfailing belief that the
ideals of life for which He lived and died
should prevail in the counsels of men.
Our age has grown passive and lethar-
gic, and in our quest for material gain
and advantage the strong heroic quail
ties that grow out of deep conviction
and devotion to a mighty cause have
been largely lost to us. 1t is becoming
increasingly evident that the time is at
hand that challenges the best we have
to give that, some great cause, Gods
new Messiah" may seize our hearts and
minds and consume us with a passion
for Righteousness. Such an enlistment
necessarily involves personal convenience
and sacrifice, but its compensations out
weigh these Christian service contem-
plates something more than advocating
creeds and systems. Loyalty to Christ
and His ideals lays upon His disciples
claims that involve the finest and
strongest qualities in their nature.
A new testing time is upon us, and
the world is justly asking us to give a
reason for the hope that is in us, and
to Justify it by the consistency and
self-sacrificing devotion with which we
maintain its cause. There was some
thing utterly noble and convincing in
the statement which Christ made be-
fore PLATE when He said. in defense
Of His mighty mission, ITO this end
was I born, and for this cause came
into the world"
Evening star., 1935-07-28
Middle of the Road.

The greatest praise conferred upon the
tax bill as repeatedly agreed upon by
Democrats of the Ways and Means Com
mittee is that it follows the middle of
the road. But most comment condemns
1t as being neither fish nor fowl nor
good red herring. AS for sharing the
wealth, the bill is as empty and as
meaningless as the phrase itself. AS
for producing revenue to balance the
budget or reduce the public debt, it will
barely contribute drop in the bucket.
The purpose of the bill is to pull po-
litical chestnuts out of the fire. Some
body haa to get burned in the process,
and in this case the victims are the
relatively few-less than thousand
whose incomes exceed $150,000 the in
heritors of estates, or the recipients OF
gifts exceeding $4,000 and the cor
porations."
Added to estate and income taxes that
already approach the point of confisca-
ton in the higher brackets, the new
levies will, of course, prove burdensome
to those directly affected. Even the
small concession made by the House
committee to the Presidents proposal
for a graduated tax on corporation in
comes represents an inequitable prin-
ciple. There will, of course, be specific
objections to the rates proposed. Nobody
loves taxes.
But by following the so-called middle
of the road the bill will succeed in
pleasing nobody and will naturally en-
gender the increased ill-win and oppo-
sition of those called on to pay
through the nose for gesture that.
Evening star., 1935-07-28

There is a dramatic story in the First
Book Of Samuel which speaks Of a crisis
in the history OF an ancient nation. The
militant forces had been brought into
conflict with an old enemy of the people,
and ar impasse had been reached that
rendered the army of Israel utterly i'm
potent. A giart, the champion of the
Philistines, had defied the armed forces
of Israel and in fear they fed before
him and were dismayed and greatly
afraid"
Into this situation came a young
mana shepherd-David, by name.
Immediately upon entering the camp
of his country's forces he made search
ing inquiry concerning the situation that
confronted them. Rebuked by his
brothers for his temerity and his as
sumption Of ability to meet the giant,
David in his enthusiasm replied: What
have now done? Is there not cause?"
Appearing before King Saul, he essayed
to undertake contact with the Philistine
giant The King. observing his youth,
questioned his capacity to contend with
so formidable a foe. At length, yielding
to him, he offered David his armor,
but the lad found it cumbersome and
useless for his purpose. AS the story
proceeds it tells Of the STRIPPING going
forth in his own native strength, exer-
cising his fine skill in the use of the
sling. and his subsequent defeat of the
self-confident enemy of his country.
The whole story is suggestive of
condition that repeats itself frequently
in our life, and indicates the need of
Self-reliapt and colIraoao1IS laod 70
meet critical situations when they arise
In our corporate life as a people. rs
there not q cauSe?" has been the strong
affirmation upon the lips of many
valiant leader who has dared in times
Of crisis to enlist in defense of an ideal
or principle that concerned the we'll
being and security of community,
q state or q nation.
The large interests of the home, of
society and of industry are furthered
Evening star., 1935-07-28
Silent Street Cars.

For many years q noiSeleSS street car
peace and quiet. At last, it would seem,
such car has been developed, one that
if not actually noiseless is far less
dangerous than those that are now in
operation here. A test was had yes
terday over one of the roughest stretches
of track in Washington, which means
that the new vehicle was put to the
severest possible test, for this city suffers
from some of the most hill-and-dale
rail lines known. 1t was an altogether
satisfactory demonstration, and if the
entire traction service in Washington
were operated wholly with units of this
character the city's street noises would
be reduced to comparative whisper.
This improvement is effected by in
terposing a rubber insulation between
the inner and outer rims of the wheels,
half-inch layer which prevents the
transnlittal of noise producing vibration
through the wheels to the body of the
car. Something of this sort was pro-
posed a long time ago, but the art of
construction has only lately been de-
veloped to this point. The new device
is accompanied by a method of braking
which permits the easy, smooth and yet
quick stopping of the car without the
generation of heat, which would de-
teriorate the buffer band of the rim and
cause it to lose its residence.
A smooth-running, practically silent
street car will be hailed with delight
by all. 1t will be boon to those who
ride and to others who, at times riders,
are for the greater part of the time
afflicted with the din of transportation.
Such car, furthermore, will cause less
wear and tear upon the tracks, giving
them longer life by imposing less strain
upon joints and yokes. While a COM
plete installation of the new car is not
to be expected Immediately, it is to be
hoped that as rapidly as possible the
old equipment of the now unified system
will be replaced with these modern, COM
Portable, silent units.
Evening star., 1935-07-28
81. G." Turned Down.

Because of its resemblance, planned
or accidental, to the New Deal, the
British governments rejection of David
Lloyd Georges program for Organ
izing prosperity is of special interest
to the American people. The Baldwin
cabinet has pitched the scheme into the
discard after Subjecting it to exhaustive
examination, during which the little
Welshman" was permitted on no fewer
than ten occasions to plead his own
cause. His project is assailed hip and
thigh as theatrical, impractical and
much more potentially harmful than
helpful.
Inferentially the cabinets adverse re-
port compares IL. G.'s" ideas with GER
tain trends In the United States. He is
hammered for believing that the people
simism' not by invoking "a considered
government policy Of concrete measures.
but by establishment of some Spectacu-
lar machinery, which is vaguely ex-
pected to evolve a whole new program
of national regeneration within twelve
months" 1t does not require much
imagination to suspect that the author
of those words must have been think
ing of the United States $4,000, ,000, 900
work-relief enterprise and Of the tall
hopes that New Dealers pin upon it.
Roundly the Lloyd George adventure"
is riddled as of hazardous and uncer-
tain character" The regime of which
that hard-headed business statesman.
Stanley Baldwin, is the head will have
none of it.
Conspicuous among the panaceas
turned down was a proposal to raise
81, ,00o, ,00o, 900 government loan to be in
vested in made work. 1t was dismissed
on both economic and financial grounds
as entirely inconsistent with the policies
to which the government attributes the
progress toward recovery which has
already been made. Scorned is Mr..
Lloyd Georges boast that he could COM
pletely end unemployment in year
and half. Another recommendation
which failed to merit approval called
for an old-age pension of $250 weekly
for persons over sixty, at an annual
cost of $500 000, 600. Nor was the cabinet
enamored of the notion of putting an
additional $1,500, ,000, 600 of home farm
products on the market by aboliShing
the Ottawa agreements with the Domin-
ions. 1t was claimed that this device
would employ another 1,50o, 900 agricul-
tural workers.
Doubtless politics played role in the
decision to accord no hospitality to
81. G.s' propositions. To accept them
might have meant either taking him
into the cabinet or running the risk of
his becoming more powerful figure
in the country than the Tories would
find agreeable.
Be that as it may, Britain has pro-
claimed that it has no enthusiasm for
chimerical recourses that run violently
counter to her traditional theories of
government. John Bulls verdict is of
significance to statesmen and people
everywhere bent upon Utopian innova-
ton, even in the presence of doubts,
however reasonable" of their conSti-
tutional validity or economic soundness.
Evening star., 1935-07-28

1t was Lew Dockstader, still affection
ately remembered as a minstrel man,
who introduced the story about the man
who was wakened by a burglar who ex-
planned that he was hunting for money
In response to the question, What did
you do?" he replied, II got up and
helped him hunt" The little story may
reveal a more or less remote application
to the move to soak the rich.
Evening star., 1935-07-28
The Banking Bill.

Senate passage of the banking bill in
practically the identical form in which
it was drafted and reported from COM
mittee, with fundamental changes from
the administration backed EccleS meas
ure, represents another personal triumph
achieved by Senator Glass of Virginia,
a man who has chosen TO add to his
stature as a statesman by the simple,
If difficult, procedure of stubbornly
sticking to his principles despite hell
and high water and the strange vicisSi-
tudes of politics.
OF course, the successful plotting
through the Senate of as intricate and
important a measure as the omnibus
banking bill required great deal more
than loyal allegiance to principles,
in either banking or political economy.
It required knowledge of banking and
a conception of the basic principles OF
the Federal Reserve System that few
men, in or out of the Senate, may claim
to share equally with the Senator from
Virginia.
More important, perhaps, than Sena-
tor Glass own victory on the banking
bill was a change of attitude in the
Senate which made such victory pos
sible. The days of rubber-Stamp legis-
lation are drawing to a close. The
Senate is again choosing to live up to
It's old tradition. The approval OF
administration spokesmen is not enough,
in itself, to win the votes. A few days
ago the Senate voted down the PROPOSE
ton to close the courts to those from
whom, it might later be shown, the
Government had Illegally collected
processing taxes. The Senate is stiffen-
ing its backbone in resistance to the
kindred plan of closing the courts to
litigants in the gold-clause reputation
business. And Senator Glass grows in
public estimation because the whole
picture shows him unmoved-he stands
where he was, but the tides which once
swept over what he represents are now
on the ebb.
The banking bill now goes to con-
ference, where its fate is uncertain.
But the Senate conferees are not men
known for their yielding dispositions
nor for their susceptibility to bright
ideas. The important fight will center
over the degree of control to be exercised
by the nistration-through ap-
pointees to the board-over open market
operations; that is, the purchase and
sale of Government bonds by member
banks. The Senate bill preserves more
of the autonomy of Federal Reserve dis
tricts and the representation of bankers:
the House bill places what has been
viewed as dangerous political control
over Government credit in the hands
of political appointees, with such control
centralized in Washington.
Another important matter is the per-
mission granted to banks by the Senate
bill to underwrite, under strict super
vision, certain security issues. This has
been opposed by the President. But its
approval in the Senate has led to the
significant observation that the Senate
is becoming more interested In recovery
than in reform, which many will view
as good sign.
Evening star., 1935-07-28
Shooting Stars.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Metals.

Metals.
I have no gold nor silver shining fair.
What do care?
Since in our mighty system economical
Metals apply to figures astronomical.
The gold and silver that sought to save
I do not crave.
When mills are coined, I'll find no trace
of gloom in 'em.
III hope to pay my taxes in aluminium.
Evening star., 1935-07-28
Conservative.

Conservative.
Have you any criticism of the Post
ONCE Department."
NO" said Senator Sorghum. II am
not looking for trouble. All venture to
say is that you can't believe half the
hotel post cards that come through the
mails"
Jud TunkinS says he is avoiding true
friends. He'd rather 60 to a fortune
teller and get good news C. o. D.
Evening star., 1935-07-28

In torrential literary output, authors
sometimes fail to remember that any
thing man writes may be used against
him.
Evening star., 1935-07-28

Powerful as he has become, Hitler
cannot be regarded as a success IN
setting the styles for merry little house
parties.
Evening star., 1935-07-28
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Brain StormerS.

Brain Stormers.
To erudition self-assumed
We often say, "Oh, fudge!"
And some to sit have now presumed
In judgment on judge.
Our mental science might proceed
To usefulness immense
Should "psychoanalysts" give heed
To simple common sense.
Evening star., 1935-07-28
Black Widow Spider
Found Near Capital
To the Editor OF The Star:

To the Editor OF The Star;
The newspapers seem to be quite
interested in the Black Widow spider,
but I have noticed that they never
mention the fact that 1t is also found
in this part of the country, as well as
in the West. We have found them in
great numbers on our place in Mary
land and I have one now in a glass
bottle which our young son found in
the rock garden. There can be no
mistake in the species, because I have
had them identified at the Bureau OF
Entomology, where I am employed as
q scientific illustrator.
MARY r. BENSON.
Evening star., 1935-07-28
Claiming Americans.

From the Atlanta Constitution
Claims for shares in the S2,0O0,OO0
estate of an Oklahoma Indian have been
fled by $50 heirs. What do they mean,
vanishing American?
Evening star., 1935-07-28

Point of Vantage.
II never contradict Henrietta" said
Mr.. Meekton.
"You always agree with her?"
Absolutely. In case of a serious quar-
rel, you know, she isn't the one who
would have to pay alimony."
Evening star., 1935-07-28

Pretext.
A very small germ can create a distress
Which causes discomfort that doesn't
grow less.
In spite of the doctor; in spite of the
nurse,
1t battles our care and grows steadily
worse.
On history's pages we read with disnay
What with faithful precision the
chroniclers say,
Since Helen of Troy left the world in
a plight
The smaller the pretext, the bigger the
fight!
Politics is little different from what
it was in de old days." said Uncle Eben.
Instead of usin' big words dey uses big
figures"
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II relief is here TO stay, Whac can De
done about it? The New Deal has been
seeking an answer. Three systems have
been under study. One is the dole. This
is England's method. Mr.. Roosevelt
doesn't like it because he believes that
merely to supply subsistence for work.
ers, without asking labor in return, is
to undermine morale and to destroy
ability. Others don't like it because the
dole tends to create a pool of idle labor
that can press down on wages in in
dustry as the idle workers seek to COM
pete with industry workers for jobs.
This is the relatively inexpensive relief
in dollar cost.
The second is the third economy. DR..
Rexford Guy Tugwell provided that
technical description Of the work pro-
gram toward which the New Deal Is
cropping.
He visioned system, maintained by
the Federal Government, under which
a worker, laid of for any length OF
time by industry, could find a place
working for the Government on one
of its vast national plans. DR.. Tugwell
is one of those who believe that in
dustry will not be able to reabsorb the
millions of unemployed within any rea-
sonable period.
y X Il
At the same time the National Re-
sources Board, designing a national
/ plan, estimates that this country well
could spend $105, 600 900 900 in the next
20 years improving the national plant.
Under the third economy, the workers
in industry, through tax contributions,
would provide the sinews for financing
jobs on Government projects to be
filled by those who could not find
industrial jobs.
Mr.. Roosevelt's $4,000. 100000 work
program originally was intended to 1T
into this pattern. But $4,000, 600 900,
when the test was applied. would not