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Evening star., 1935-01-29
Polling Young America
On Military Attitudes
To the Editor Of The Star:

To the Editor OF The Star;
Several days ago I noticed that the
Literary Digest Is again taking q poll
this time on the question Of the mill
tary stand of young Americans.
Heretofore these polls have not
been of much interest to other ma
tions, but here is one that will be
watched closely by foreign powers
and. no doubt, they will be nightly
pleased with the results. The past
several years ant-military express
sions in our colleges gives us an ink
ling of what to expect.
It Is a well-known iact that Arnsri.
cans are exceedingly unnationalistic-
unpatriotic, If you willard at this
time the undetermined, half
baked" college students Of this coun-
try lead all groups in this respect.
While do not believe that the poll
should be suppressed, 1t Is unfortu-
nate that this expose need ever be
made and underscored for the graft
fication of all the "isrns" that would
like to see the downfall Of America.
At this time 1t is imperative thai
Americans stand together and bach
their national leaders in both nationa
and international policies. 1t Is only
too easy to condemn governmental
policies when thoughts are limited
only to internal troubles and worries
Therefore, these condemnations shoule
remain unexpressed until the treaties
policies and aims Of certain bellicost
nations are known.
The myth that "a million men will
rise overnight II we are invaded
should not be depended on too strong.
ly for our national defense. In TIT
last war we had a difficult time get.
ting q million volunteers in all arm.
in q year and four months time. hall
Of these enlistments being in ths
Navy. In the final analysis, after "wt
are invaded" is too late-we woulc
then be overpowered.
Those Of us who wish to see tht
United States remain q nation fore
most among nations hope that thu
Government will enforce military
training where 1t Is required and ex.
pand this training, taking in more in
stitutions and groups.
NORMAN c. SEEWALD.
Evening star., 1935-01-29
Thunder in the Commons.

The mother Of parliaments lost her
temper last night and wild words
were flung in the staid and dignified
old House of Commons in London
Town. 1t was the first session since
the holiday recess and was marked
by violence Of expression seldom
heard in that stately chamber. The
provocation was Prime Minister
Macdonald and his governments new
plans for the dole system, whereby
the national authorities, in exact
antithesis to the Roosevelt program
in the United States, are taking over
the administration of cash relief from
local governments.
Mr.. Macdonald Is bound to inter-
pret the virulence of the epithets
hurled at him, even though they ema-
mated from the Laborites, who ex-
coriate him as a traitor and deserter.
as a fresh sign Of his sinking political
fortunes. The verbal assault was led
by his former party associate, George
Buchanan, q member for Glasgow.
Lashing the prime minister for falling
to appear in person to debate the
dole. Mr.. Buchanan called him q
swine" a ''mountebank" and "a
low, dirty cur who ought to be flung
out of public life and horsewhipped
out of it." There was more vituper-
alton of like kidney from the same
quarter as crowds in the galleries, in
famed into frenzy by the unprece-
dented outburst on the floor. Joined
in the melee, shouting Down with
the unemployment act" and had
finally to be elected for disorderly
conduct. Pandemonium ragged for
twenty minutes.
Mr.. Macdonald will survive as
prime minister only so long as Mr..
Stanley Baldwin and his all-powerful
majority of Conservative members
tolerate the former head Of the Labor
party as chief of the National gov
ernment. Mr.. MacDonald's tenure at
No. 10 Downing street endures wholly
on sufferance. When he ceases to
serve the Tories purposes he will be
thrown overheard. With Mr. Lloyd
George, Viscount Snowden and other
foes in full cry for his head, the
"P. MS" political life is palpably in
jeopardy. Revolt against the govern
ment's dole policy may prove to be
the Tories pretext for getting rid Of
a prime minister irreverently assailed
by Laborite Buchanan in parting
thrust as a Statesman who would
double cross his own aunt" That
taunt was provoked by denials from
government spokesrnen- that the new
dole set-up will result in reducing un-
employment grants.
Incidentally, our British cousins are
more than skeptical about the $4,000
600 900 work relief plan about to be
invoked in this country. Knowing
what we do Of the cost Of relief
works." says the London Daily Tele-
graph, "Mr. Roosevelt's $4,000, 10000
will be found totally inadequate, and
nothing like 3,5Oo,oOO will find en-
ployment."
Evening star., 1935-01-29
Peace bv Gesture.
From the Kansas City Star.

From the Kansas City Star.
There appears to be no doubt that
the Senate will accede to President
Roosevelt's request, as expressed In
his special message, by ratifying at
this session the three protocols under
which the United States may become
a member of the World Court. Both
political parties are committed to such
action and there probably will be
little. il any. effective opposition. On
the other hand it is extremely doubt
full whether American adherence to
the court will have the beneficial
effect upon international relations
that many advocates have argued and
the President seems to imply in his
message.
By joining the World Court, ac-
cording to the President, this country
will have an opportunity "once more
to throw its weight into the scale In
favor Of peace" The United States,
however, long has been an active
advocate of arbitration in interna-
tional disputes. The World Court
represents an attempt to 20 beyond
the principle Of arbitration and create
a tribunal to administer international
justice"
The difference is important. Arbi-
tration Is a method Of settling disputes
by referring them to an umpire in
whom both parties have confidence.
The administration of international
justice assumes that there exists
well-defined code Of international law,
comparable to that of each national
law, upon which elected judges may
base impartial decisions. That as
sumption Is false. There Is no such
law for nations as governs the rela-
tions Of individuals in a state. In
cases where important national In
rerests are involved every Judge OF
the World Court votes In accordance
with the policy Of his own country.
As was to be expected, the decisions
have been plainly political.
Evening star., 1935-01-29
SHOOTING. STARS.
BY PHILANpER JOHNSON.

Gone Literary.
Everybody's writin'
With a high intent.
Sometimes it's excitin'
And helps to pay the rent.
We are far from merry
As new ways we view.
Cook went literary
That's what spoiled the stew!
Chauffeur's very busy
With a crime that's hid.
Plot is rather dizzy
That's what makes us skid.
Old home Is forgettin'
Customs necessary:
EveSgbody's frettin'--
All gone literary.
Evening star., 1935-01-29

q. What does the abbreviation,
elf, signify7-T. w.
A. The words are cost, insurance.
freight. 1t Is used in connection with
commercial quotations and contracts
to signify the inclusion in the price
Of the goods Of the charges to the
point of destination. This abbrevia-
ton also stands for consular invoices
free.
Q. When was Easter Island distoN
ered?-S. v.
a.. 1t was discovered on Easter day,
April 8, 1922, by Roggeveen. 1t may
be the same island which was visited
in 1886, and even as early as 1866.
@. When Napoleon was at Elba, did
he have any authority over the island2
IS. E.
A. He enjoyed full sovereignty, had
the title Of Emperor, and an income
Of two million francs a year.
@. How is the word field used in
physics?-W. A.
A. II means q region Of space ira.
versed by lines of force-gravitatio
force, exerted by a body; magnetic
force, exerted by a magnetic pole or
electric current, or electrostatic force,
exerted by an electrostatic charge.
G. Did Emerson write poetry as well
as proSe2-W. H.
A. He wrote excellent poetry. The
number of his poems Is not large, and
almost all may be termed philosoph-
| ical and reflective.
@. What does Ise-Banko mean on
| pottery?-N. B.
A. The Japanese Embassy says that
Ise-Banko is a term referring to a
type of pottery manufactured in the
vicinity Of the Great Shrines of Ise.
These constitute the most holy of
Shinto shrines and to the japanese
they are what Mecca is to the Mos
lens or Jerusalem to the Christians.
O. In the Middle Ages, where was
the scriptorium Of monastery
F. S.
A. Usually on the north side, next
to the nave of the church.
@. How is Anna Roosevelt Boettiger's
new name pronounced?-E. c.
A. 1t is pronounced as indicated by
spelling it Betty-ger, with the g as in
get.
@. Have the prices of farm products
advanced in Canada?-N. A. S.
A. The general level Of wholesale
prices of Canadian farm products
averaged approximately Is per cent
higher in 1884 than in 1888.
@. What Is the yearly variation of
the magnetic needle?--I. J. F.
A. In the United States at the pres
ent time it varies from 7 easteriy to g.
westerly.
@. When was the custom Of suttee
abolished in India?-J. B.
A. This custom. which obliged q
widow to cremate herself on her hus-
bands tomb. was abolished by the
English in 1929.
@. How many moving picture thea
ters has Chicago?-C. p.
A. The city has total Of 35s mo-
tion-picture houses.
@. Is Mary Austin livins?-R. C. e.
A. The novelist died on August IS,
1894.
@. What makes a cat purr?-P. G.
A. The purring sound is made by
throwing the vocal cords into vibra-
tton measured and regulated by the
respiration, and this vibration is
strong enough to make the whole
larynx tremble so that it may be felt
or seen from the outside.
Evening star., 1935-01-29
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

A reader can get the ansuer to
any question OF fact by tDriting The
Washington EDening Star Information
Bureau, Frederic J. Hastin, Director,
Washington, D. c. Please incIose
stamp for reply.
Q. What State led in gold produc-
tton in 19337--N. s.
A. California led, exceeding both
South Dakota and Alaska in output.
California produced 6l3,57e fine
ounces. About three-fifths Of this
came from lode mines and two-f1fths
from plscers.
@. What Is the outer garment worn
by japanese women called2--J. e.
A. 1t is called haori.
@. When President Wilson was In
England was he entertained at Buck
iAgham Palace? Were dishes Of gold
used?-J. N. p.
A. President Wilson on his visit TO
England, in 1918, on his way to the
peace conference in France, was Law
ishly entertained at Buckingham Pal
ace, where he was resident guest
sleeping in the state suite. At the
state dinner given in his honor the
best gold service in the English nation
was used.
@. What acreage is required 10
maintain one American one year with
food?-H. E. K.
A. approximately three acres per
person are required to maintain the
population Of the United States in
food for year.
@. Do rhunderstorms occur in Ber-
muda?-C. @. H.
A. Thunderstorms are very COM
mon in Bermuda and occur during all
months Of the year. They are usually
Of short duration, however. and the
loss of life and property is not excep-
tional. Occasionally, however, violent
thunderstorms do occur.
Q. When were Eli Terry clocks
made?-T. w. G.
A. They were made during the last
few years of the eighteenth and the
early years of the nineteenth century
Terry lived betyeen the years 1772
and 1852. The Eli Terry clock having
the wooden works was devised by him
in 1914 and manufactured during the
ensuing years.
@. Do Paris and Berlin have sys-
tematic street plans?-M. T.
A. Paris underwent a bold recon.
struction between 1852 and 1870 anc
its development since has been a con.
tinuance Of the plan then adopted
Berlin, since. 1852. has had q sys.
tematic street planning.
@. When did the English telegraph
and telephone become government.
owned?--J. H. S.
A. The state took over the tele.
graphs In 1870; telephones in 1912.
@. How many acres of trees ar.
destroyed in this country yearly?-
]. s.
A. Over 10000 900 acres of forest
land are burned over every year. Ir
many cases the large trees are moi
killed. In normal years there arr
from 100000 to 1o,0oo, 900 acres o.
forest land cut over.
Q. How long has circumcision beer
practicable. N.
A. 1t was practiced by the Egyp.
tians at least 5000 years before Christ
1t was known to the Babylonians, Il
many African tribes, Mexicans, In.
dians Of South America and islander.
in the South Pacific. 1t may havt
been OF sacrlf1cial significance, or il
may have served as a qualification fol
participating in sacred rites.
Evening star., 1935-01-29

China from its ignorance and degra-
dation.
Monuments have been erected to
unknown soldiers in the capitals Of
nations that lost millions in the Great
War. When China has emerged from
its present turmoil, its bitter civil
strife, its struggle against evil forces,
perhaps this unknown hero will be
remembered and immortalized.
Evening star., 1935-01-29

Isn't it curious what speedy, efficient
persons we become when some one
else Is doing something for US?
It takes 50 much longer for some
one actually to do things than for us
to think them.
Usually the more deliberate we our
selves are the more speed we expect
the other fellow to show.
Hence arises a large amount Of Ill
feeling In the everyday life which
would not come about II It were not
for this cardinal sin of impatience.
For impatience, strictly not on
monument, is at the bottom Of testi-
ness, bane Of the usual.
Between a futile impatience and Q
pusillaninous Ire many O man or
woman wears away q life which needs
hope, patience and tranquility for its
best purpose.
It Is scarcely fashionable any more,
of course, to speak of the purpose OF
life.
No one but o provincial soul would
dare to do it.
Smart sophisticat!on knows nothing
Of purpose. But the trouble with
modern sophistication Is that 1t pos
sesses too limited q field, too few
possibilities, too narrow interests.
And 1t has no comfort.
Hope springs eternal In every breast
save that of the would-be sophisticate.
without hope, one way or another
their can be little comfort in such q
strange world as this.
++*
Patience and tranquility Of mind, II
one can manage them, are the essen
tials toward a good hope.
Even those who cannot quite pun
of, as the English are supposed to
say, such desirable things as patience
and tranquility need to try.
Perhaps those who feel that these
qualities are impossible to them ought
to try for them more than Just or
dinary folks.
They need them more.
Especially that funny person, the
inpatient man or woman, who insists
on telling others what to do. and how
to do it-and then expects that 1t
must be done instantly.
No doubt vast amount Of injustice
Is done through this expectation OF a
speed that cannot be realized.
One sees samples of 1t everywhere,
in various relationships Of mankind.
He who does not do a thing himself
is not content with ordering or de-
manding 1t Of some one else.
Because he confines his approach
solely to the mind, he jumps from one
facet of the matter to another with
the speed of thought.
Then, so thoughtleSs Is he, some
how he expects the physical ex-
ecution of the task to be Of the same
speedy order.
There is a limit. however. to such
work, whatever it may be. Even the
speediest worker, doing a task In
what has come to be known as a
slap.dash fashion, cannot approach
the spsed of thought. even poor or
Indifferent thinking.
- *#k
The injustice of this attitude to
others, therefore, is plain upon its
surface.
1t is unfair for any one to expect
another to achieve with material
things the same rapidity arising from
contemplation alone.
The speed of light-the motion oi
radio waves.
These are akin to thought. per-
haps, but such deeds as depend upon
physical motions Of various sorts
achieved by muscles acting upor
physical objects, have no such evan
Evening star., 1935-01-29
Haste Versus Light.

The proposal for public hearings
before the Senate Appropriations Com
mittee on the S4,8s0 100000 work re-
lief bill has been turned down by the
committee. In the light of the vast
Importance of this measure there
seems no good reason for not giving
the country the fullest light on what
the administration proposes to do for
unemployment relief and also on how
this huge sum Of money is to be eX-
pended. 1t is true that the demand
for public hearings came from the Re-
publicans. 1t was turned down by the
Democratic majority in the commit
tee.
A reason advanced by Democratic
leaders for the denial of public hear
ings is the need of speed in passing
the relief bill. The measure carries
$3.50, 100000 for direct relief, the dole,
which is needed Immediately. When
Senator Hale, Republican. suggested
In committee that this sum for direct
relief be segregated and rushed
through in a separate resolution, so
that more time might be given to the
consideration of the $4,000, 100000 for
work relief and the wide powers grant
ed the President in the pending bill,
the Democrats would have none of it.
The two items have been tied together,
obviously for the very purpose of
forcing speedy action on the work
relief bill. Senators and members will
not relish being placed in position
Of denying to the destitute money for
relief, especially in the dead of Winter.
1t has been suggested that the Re
publicans diabolically desired to make
a Roman holiday of the hearings-air-
ing the differences that have arisen
between Secretary Ickes of the In
terror Department., who is also admin
istrator of the P w. A., and Democra-
tic politicians and members Of Con-
gress, who have been disappointed be-
cause they could not get all they asked
of Mr.. IckeS In the way of jobs and
projects. Mr.. Ickes seems perfectly
capable of taking care of himself. Per-
haps the tenderness, if any was felt,
was for his opponents.
There have already been vast ex-
penditures of money for relief under
the present administration. Except
that the money has been spent the
country knows comparatively little
about the matter. Senator William E.
Borah of Idaho last Fall charged that
there was wanton waste of the public
funds in this relief expenditure; that
in some places more money was ex-
pended in administering relief than
was expended for relief ITSELF Now it
is proposed to go ahead with $4,000
O00, 1000 fund IN another big relief
campaign. No one knows how it is to
be administered or who Is to do the
actual administering. The President
has let it be known that he intends to
head the whole set-up for handling
this fund. Obviously the President
cannot attend to the details, and it
Is the details that are greatly i'm
portant.
Great and unusual powers are asked
by the President in this bill. The
Congress Is urged to rush them through
on the ground that the Executive must
have the freest hand in dealing with
the relief situation. The country, how
ever should certainly have as full in
form tim QS nOcSfh1a hofOrn thaSa
Evening star., 1935-01-29

Complications arising from inter-
national debts are almost enough to
arouse Gen. Dawes to a point of agi-
tation that will cause him to say
Helen Maria!" all over again.
Evening star., 1935-01-29

When the Weather Bureau gets q
tough question it usually is turned
over to DR.. William J. Humphreys,
who, in addition to his other duties,
is adept at solving meteorological
paradoxes.
He has Just reported on the weird
cannonading of Eastern West Vir-
ginia last Winter when, for two or
three days after a heavy Snowstorm,
the inhabitants were alarmed by what
sounded like distant thunder or
muffled explosions. Yet there was
no thunder nor any big guns in action
1t was all due. DR.. Humphreys mas
lust reported, to the extraordlnary
nature of the snowstorm which pre-
ceded it. 1t was the deepest that
mart ~ the United States has known
for years and was Immediately fol-
lowed by a heavy rain, which packed
down the snow and formed a crust as
much as a foot thick. In fact, large
number of sheep were caught unoer
this crust and could not escape.
Then the crust began to crack WIN
sounds much like those when Ice Is
breaking on a lake. the peculiar mu1-
f1ed effect being due to the deep snow
underneath. In some cases, ne 1ouno,
the cracks were as much as a nan
mile long.
Inst now Mr.. Humphreys Is looking
for suggestions to explain the origin
of the phrase: "Once in blue moon.
"blue moon"-due to an optical
Illusion difficult to expiain-Solie-
times is reported, but 1t Is temporary
nbenomenon, seen only by o 1ew peo,
pie and hardly likely to have passed
into nouular language. 1t must, Dr.
Humnhreys believes, have had some
independent origin quite apart from
n,,ssrva tion of actual "blue moons.
Here are some of the parodoxes OF
eother for which DR.. Humphreys re-
Gently has arrived at explanations:
"The colder the air, the thinner the
ice" ry,,u,r,revs
especially on the Great Lakes Wnen
r. il yery cold heavy fog arises from
the matches of open water. Inns ls
,.rsc,nitated s In the form of fine snow
an the surface of the ice ALREADY
M sormss This fine snow serves as flne
heat insulation. The cold cannot set
through TO form more ice. When u
Is warmer there is no insulation ana s,
the fun effect of the cold makes ltsen
felt in thickening the lce.
"It is too cold to snow"
This is true, statisticaily put not
nbysicaliy. Actually. 1t can never pe
Too cold TO snow, but snow Is less
likely on a cold day. Snow Is usually
formed when the wind Is from the
south, laden with moisture. Extreme
cold usually indicates that the vino
is from the north or west and carries
little moisture that can be precipitated.
II means that the locality suffering
from the cold is on the dry side OF
meteorological disturbance.
"When the women In throngs to roam.
Tomorrow they will stay at home"
This is especially applicable to New
England. On @ warm Winter DAY the
housewives are drawn out OF doors.
But such q day is weather breeder"
forerunner of storm which wiz pass
out to sea over New England. 30 the
appearance Of many women on the
streets is actually prognostic OF bad
weather to come.
Evening star., 1935-01-29

Orchestra leaders cannot fail to
see the significance of slight dis
orders as warning against being In
advertently used for propaganda song
plugging"
Evening star., 1935-01-29

The Pennsylvania Railroad is prom
Using dustless and smokeless transpor-
tation. Travel may yet be so COM
Portable that the matter of destina-
ton may become only an irksore
formality as society reverts to the
juvenile delight In riding on the cars.
Evening star., 1935-01-29
Getting On.

Getting On.
How is your boy Josh gettin' on"
asked the neighbor.
'Fine," said Farmer Corntossel.
Hes maxim a heap o. money"
"Made good In the big city?"
"No. Josh Is gigolo. He didn't
bother to make good. He jes' went
to the bad"
Evening star., 1935-01-29

The American public is obliged 10
consider diversity of topics. Atten-
ton is concentrated on a New Jersey
village at a time when events of
stupendous historic significance are
scheduled for Washington, D. c.
Evening star., 1935-01-29

A great deal OF discussion Is de-
voted to the question Of what this
Nation will do in the event Of an
other war. Much hope is expressed
that it will rest content with listen
ing over the radio.
Evening star., 1935-01-29

Good citizens Of Pennington, N. J.,
are probably considering sojourns to
some nearby metropolis in the hope
of enjoying comparative peace and
quietude.
Evening star., 1935-01-29

Former Kaiser Wilhelm gave guests
souvenir pieces of wood chopped by
his own hands; which Is as near as
he will ever get to the resumption
of a big stick.
Evening star., 1935-01-29
Experience Dear Teacher.

My history book I scan.
I'm sure my fellow man
At last must show some sense
Gained from experience.
And yet we still behold
The blunders very old.
The fads, the follies, too,
AL seem as good as new.
Evening star., 1935-01-29

His respect for the trainers of the
U. S. Constitution is so emphasized
by Senator Reynolds as to imply
suspicion that there may be "framers"
in European diplomacy.
Evening star., 1935-01-29
Practice and Theory,

would you let money influence you
in politics."
mot in practice" answered Sena-
tor Sorghum. "But money has got
ten to be theory which everybody Is
bound to discuss"
Evening star., 1935-01-29

Relief Of the needy will require still
more billions If arrangements are not
made to prevent taxpayers who supply
them from going broke.