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Evening star., 1935-03-24

District appropriations with a request
for the "earmarking" of local relief
dollars for the free lunches project.
Once that Is done, and local funds
are directly appropriated to pay a
part of the cost of the free lunches,
precedent will have been established
and the furnishing of food, along
with the elements of education, will
have been written into the law as
function of the local school system.
1t is by no means certain that such
a step is desirable. Once Congress
appropriates local tax funds for free
school lunches, as it now does for
free text books. the tendency will be
to increase the scope of the project
until it embraces all school children.
Handled strictly as a phase OF emer-
gency Federal relief, the administra-
tors of the fund are able to limit the
recipients of such relief to those who
are demonstrably in need of relief.
The provision of free school
lunches to all school children might
be an admirable undertaking. But it
must be viewed in relation to other
things. The local school system is so
handicapped through lack of appro-
priations for teachers and for ade-
quate building equipment that it Is
barely able to fulfill its chief function
which is the provision of elementary
education to the students. The handi-
caps now facing a child who is one
of a class of forty-five or fifty in a
crowded school building are mani
fest. If. to a responsibility the
schools can barely meet now, is added
the additional responsibility of pro-
viding food, it is obvious that the
frSt-named responsibility will suffer
still more.
AS an emergency relief project, the
provision of food for children who
otherwise would 60 without it is, of
course, essential Any steps to make
it regular municipal function should
be approached with extreme caution.
Evening star., 1935-03-24
Fifty Years Ago
In The Star

Washington was full of office seekers
so years ago, with the advent OF a
Office Dern0cfaTe tjen Tbs a0HnrS'raf gtar af
Seekers March 10, 1885, says:
1T is amusing to
observe the efforts of Democratic
Senators to avoid Office seekers at the
Capitol. Every morning at an early
hour the applicants for senatorial An
fuence to aid them in getting ap-
pointmentS begin to collect IN the
Senate chamber. BY II o'clock gen.
orally all the seats in the rear of the
chamber are occupied and the aisles
are thronged with anxious watchers
for Democratic Senators. Every en-
trance to the Chamber is covered by
Watchful eyes, and as the hour of
noon draws nearer the impatience of
the crowd begins to manifest itself.
Numerous questions are put to the
pages in regard to Senator So-aud-So,
as to when he usually comes. by
which door he enters, etc. 1t is
noticeable Of late that the Democratic
Senators with few exceptions, do not
show up until after the Senate has
been called to order. Al five minutes
to - Jim Christie makes the
circuit of the chamber warning all.
in his deep bass voice. who are not
entitled to the floor to get out. As
the crowds file out the meu cast
anxious glances back over their
shoulders. apparently still hoping to
catch sight of the Senator upon whom
their hopes of Office rest. But the
Senators, thanks to the rules. are
protected from their hungry constitu-
entS after the fall of the gavel calling
the body to order
In an editorial in the same issue,
The Star says:
IF actions speak louder than words,
President Cleveland is telling the
office seekers in quite audible tones
to go home and wait for their country
to call them to public station, rather
than to insist on seeking honors for
themselves or their cronies. Thus
far the pressure of influence has
failed to dictate a single important
office. The President is evidently
callous to entreaty from interested
parties and such urgency is apt to do
more harm than good. He very
plainly disbelieves in the feudal sys-
tenn in politics and reSents slate
making by delegation as an infringe
ment on the functions of the Execu-
tive 1t is probable that we shall
hear no more of meetings by con-
gressional State delegations to unite
on names for recommendation. That
scheme has been tried pretty thor
oughly and must be put down as a
failure"
Evening star., 1935-03-24
European Situation Is
Profoundly Disturbed
BY A. G.. GARDNER

LONDON, March 23.-Chancellor
Hitler's dramatic denunciation of the
military clauses of the Versailles
treaty has profoundly disturbed the
European situation.
Hitler, whose sense of the theatrical
Is remarkable, has two motives-first.
to anticipate negotiations with a "fait
accomph"; second, to create trouble
between Great Britain and France.
He has been undeniably successful in
the latter purpose.
London, while protesting vigorously
against unilateral action by Germany,
takes the whole matter philoso-
phically, proceeds with Sir John
Simon's mission to Berlin and is dis
posed to regard Germany's frank ex-
posurey of her cards as preferable to
the fog of suspicion hitherto sur
rounding German rearmament.
Paris reaction to the event was
naturally more extreme, and it ex-
pressed bitter resentment to British
phlegm and London's failure to con-
suit France before taking action.
The decision of the French govern
ment to appeal to the League of Ma
tions Council is disapproved here as
interfering kwith the supreme OBJ
jectiye Of European policy, which Is
Evening star., 1935-03-24
Endemic of Militarism.

On a famous occasion before the
World War, when the Kaiser and
Admiral Won Tirpitz were engaged in
their feverish effort to expand the
German navy to point which would
permit it to challenge British sea
power, Prince Won Buelow, then i'm
perial chancellor, reminded the Ger
man people that pressure breeds
counter pressure" He deprecated
Anglo German naval rivalry on the
ground that it could and would never
get the Fatherland anywhere, because
of Britain's determination not to be
outstripped.
The Nazi government is at this
moment realizing the soundness Of
Buelow's philosophy: Germany's mill
Evening star., 1935-03-24

water carriers are considering similar
agreements.
In Austria agreements have been
reached between the railway services
and the government; in C1echo-
slovakia the central government Is
embarking on a project Of co-ordina-
ton; in Denmark, Norway, Sweden
and Finland, government investi-
eating bodies are studying the ques-
ton. In Poland and Rumania, the
ministries of communications are put
ting reforms into effect and, In both
cases, it is noted that passenger and
freight trafic have improved slightly.
Legislation is pending in Switzerland
and Northern Ireland, as well as the
Irish Free State, to inaugurate such
systematization. In Australia, each
of the six states has passed laws
providing for the smoothing out of
differences between railway lines,
while in British India, Spain and
other parts of the world the national
legislatures are at present consider
iRg methods of solving the problem.
(copyrisht. 1880 ~
Evening star., 1935-03-24

TO secure the return of Germany to
the League. Indictment of Germany
before the League would be fatal to
that objective.
The tactical blunder of indicting
Germany, in the white paper" which
criticized German rearmament. at the
moment Of sending the foreign min
lister to Hitler on a mission of per-
Suasion. has got the government into
sea of hot water at home
If the object of the rebuke to Ger
many was to make the white paper
pill palatable to the British public, 1t
certainly failed in that purpose. 1t
has added very formidably to the tide
of popular feeling which is running
against the government.
x X
Nor is the opposition to the govern
ment based on the ground that the
increased estimates for armaments are
in themselves menace to peace. It Is
undeniable that other countries have
enormously increased their expendi-
ture on armaments while Britain has
been marking time.
Meanwhile Britain has fallen be-
hind in the comparison, most notably
in the air, In which her forces now
rank only fifth in order of striking
power.
The ground of attack on the govern
ment policy is that it tends to show
that this country is shifting its posi-
tion from reliance on the League and
the principle of collective defense 10
reliance on national ornaments. 1t
is on this view that the Labor party
has launched its attack on the gov
ernment. and In the present intensely
the mere suspicion that the accusation
is justified is seriously discrediting the
government.
I think the suspicion is unwar-
ranted. There are, of course, mill
tarist influences in the government
and other influences which, while not
militarist, are profoundly and sin
cerely disquieted by the swollen and
swelling armaments Of the other con-
tinental powers and by the fear that,
If war comes, the defense of this
country would be seriously imperiled.
But the suggestion that a govern
ment of which Mr.. Macdonald, Mr..
Baldwin and Sir John Simon are the
principal members is lacking in 10y
atty to the League and complacently
contemplates joining in a new arma-
ments competition is entirely without
foundation.
The most legitimate criticism that
can be leveled against the govern
ment Is not that it does not fervently
believe in the League and the "collec-
tive system" but that it lacks, in the
words of the Manchester Guardian,
"a positive policy, which means doing
even disagreeable things to achieve
common end"
If Britain is to fulfill her true role
as the mediator in European quar-
rels and as the chief pillar Of the
League and the collective system"
she must take risks and make sacri-
fees. Now the greatest task Of all
Is before her If the round OF visits
which Sir John Simon and Anthony
Eden are to pay to Paris. Berlin, War
saw and Moscow result in a series
Of agreements within the framework
of the League that will bring Ger
many back to Geneva on footing
Of practical equality, the race in ar
maments thst threatens Europe may
yet be stayed.
hCnuyright. l02kl
Evening star., 1935-03-24
An Indictment.

Former President Herbert Hoover
has issued a call for a rejuvenated
and vigorous Republican party. In
his first strictly political statement
since he left the White House two
years ago, Mr.. Hoover indicts the New
Deal, enumerating its mistakes and
its failures, The hope of the Nation
for retention of American liberties for
the American people. he insists, rests
with the Republican party. "a res
toration of economic common sense"
Mr.. Hoover contends. will make the
problems of business, agriculture and
labor much easier of solution.
1t is formidable indictment which
the former President levels against
the New Deal Democrats. Among the
misdeeds of the Roosevelt administra-
ton listed are that the most solemn
Government obligations have been re-
pudiated; the greatest public debt in
the history of the Nation has been
incurred the currency has been rem
dered uncertain; government has been
centralized in Washington and bu-
reaucracy has been built up; monopo-
listic practices have been organized
on a gigantic scale; small business
men have been forced to the wall;
class hatreds and conflicts have been
stimulated; foreign food products
pour into the country because Of
American crop reduction; the cost of
living is rising steadily, and recovery
is still delayed
Mr.. Hoover's demand is that the
shackles of Government control be
lifted from the individual and that
he again be permitted to use his ini-
tiative to go forward. His demand
is that the Government permit a
restoration of confidence in business
by ceasing its constant threat of
added Government control and dicta-
ton. He proposes that ''the present
conception of national economy based
upon scarcity must be reversed. Only
through production can workman.
farmer and business man avoid final
defeat.
The present policies of government
the people have a right to change,
as Mr.. Hoover says in his letter to
the California Republican Assembly,
The instrument at hand is the Re-
publican party. That party, in the
opinion of Mr.. Hoover, has the
greatest responsibility that has come
to it since the days of Abraham Lin
coin; the responsibility of raising the
standard in defense of fundamental
American liberties. He makes no ap-
peal for personal political support.
He insists that the rebirth of the Re
publican party transcends any per-
sonal interest or the interests Of any
group
1t will not suffice for the New Deal
ers to reply to the Hoover indictment
that the country crashed into a huge
depression when he was its Chief
Executive The American people will
look to conditions as they exist and
to the fact that the New Dealers have
had absolute control of Government
since March 4. 1893. They will deter
mine whether the price of the New
Deal is too high, whether they have
sacrificed liberty in the pursuit of a
,will-o'-the-w -wisp. They will consider
whether the huge Government ex-
penditures have really aided in the
matter OF recovery. They will answer
for themselves the question whether
the hand of Government lays more
heavily upon them. The national
campaign is only year in the future.
Issues are in the making, and Ger
tainly some of them have been made.
Evening star., 1935-03-24
School Lunches.

The relief project of furnishing free
lunches for about 1000 Washington
school children is paid for entirely
out of Federal relief funds. This Is
because the project has never re-
ceived direct legislative sanction and
is not included with other relief un-
dertakings for which Congress appro-
PIRATES District of Columbia revenues.
Mrs. John Boyle, jr., chairman of
the local Consumers Counsel, organ
lied under the A. A. AZ has appeared
before the Senate Subcommittee on
Evening star., 1935-03-24
A Good Roads Hint.

"Of course, you are opposed to ma
chine methods in elections"
Well" replied Farmer CorntosSel,
Il must admit that I'd like to see the
steam roller took out o. politics an
put back where it belongs in the road
maxim business"
Evening star., 1935-03-24
Self-Approval.

De sun ne keeps a movin'
Across de sky all day;
De moon will come a sailin'
When de sun done gone away:
De wind it keep a blowin'
An lie clouds fly east and west.
rs glad dat rs human
Cause I gets little rest.
De sun he cast my shadow
An de moon she gives me light
An de wind lines in de chorus
When rs singin' day or night.
Dey all has special talents.
I admires EN- every one.
But it takes a human bein'
When's dar's loafin' to be done.
Jud Tunkins says if after-dinnel
speeches were genuinely instructive
the walters where they give big ban
quets would be the wisest men on
earth.
Evening star., 1935-03-24

The horrors of war have been so
abundantly and vividly depicted that
any intelligent imagination should be
able to form a convincing picture
without insisting on physical actuali-
ties.
Evening star., 1935-03-24

Efforts to restain propaganda con-
tinue on the theory that the TANKS
and air bombers can be put out of
business by stopping the printing
presses. In a mechanistic era curious
relativities are assumed.
Evening star., 1935-03-24

If some of the articles under
suspicion are truly propaganda. they
indicate a deep and dark cunning in
fooling confiding publishers with low
grade copy.
Evening star., 1935-03-24

American residents who feel war
urge should be provided with trans
portation facilities that will enable
them to 60 where a war is.
Evening star., 1935-03-24

Whatever may be done about the
sale of munitions, there can be no
restraint on another bombardment of
war songs from the Tin Pan Allies.
Evening star., 1935-03-24

Pleasant little surprise parties have
been frequent at the White House,
sometimes taking the form of cordial
interviews not for publication.
Evening star., 1935-03-24

Gag rule" is always feared as much
by a congressional orator as being
grounded" Is feared by an aviator.
Evening star., 1935-03-24

One plan of European procedure
appears to be to leave the Versailles
treaty out and start all over again.
Evening star., 1935-03-24
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

He Beat the Game.
There was a man who led a life
With apprehension vexed.
He said: This year = is filled with
strife
And worse Is coming next:
And, candidly, I have a fear,
Which daily haunts me, that
The world will and the following year
Is even worse than that"
And so he missed the sunshine bright
That gilds the present hour,
Until trolley car in fight
Overwhelmed him with its power.
His ante-mortem statement seemed
A sigh of bliss intense
"I've missed the perils which dreamed
Might get me ten years hence"
Evening star., 1935-03-24
Publicity.

Publicity is highly priced
When you are kindly advertised.
But it produces CONSERVATION
When brought you by investigation.
Evening star., 1935-03-24

Il has noticed" said Uncle Fben,
"dat man very seldom has swelled
head and dig heart at one an de
same time"
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An Idle Eund.

That man has a vast fund of infor-
nation"
Yes replied Senator Sorghum;
"but he can't put a dollar mark in
front of it and use it for a campaign
fund"
Evening star., 1935-03-24
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DEANS SIGN UP BUT
 MEDWICK, MALONE AMONG HOLDOUTS

New York, Feb 8.-UP)-The holdout ranks were thinned to-day with addition of Dizzy and Daffy Dean to the St Louis Cardinal ros- ter, but few outstanding per- formers are still clamoring for more money.
 Dizzy signed his contract last night at St Louis assuring that Daffy will be with the club toe, and bringing back the two pitchers than half the victories in the Cards pennant march last season.
 The Cards still have to contend with Joe Medwick, outfielder, de- manding $10,000 for next season and Pitcher Pat Malone, who, upon club:
 Haven't you made a mistake and sent me the bat boys con- tract?"
 Outside The Brooklyn Dodgers are find ing their players difficult to sign Among others, Van Lingle Mungo the Dodgers best pitcher, re. | fuses.
 In the American league, the big headache is Lynwood "Schoolboy' Rowe, who says he isn't a holdout but is dissatisfied with terms of. fered by Detroit.
 Whether Babe Ruth is to be a holdout or an outcast is to De de- termined when he arrives here within the next two weeks. He Is leaving Europe earlier than he ex-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-02-08
TODANS SPORTA PARADE. :. b8&HM@e
BY HENRY McLEMORE

DL hENkx McLEMOKE
 United Press Stan COrrespOndent)
 Sarasota, Fla, Feb 8-U.P)- Until the creator sees fit to quit making mankind in assorted shapes and sizes, and starts cast Ing us all from the same mold, the present system of teaching golf will remain grieviously incorrect. At least, that's what George Ja- cobus, president of the P. G. A., told me over bacon and eggs in the clubhouse of the Bobby Jones Golf course.
 There's bound to be a change m the present form of instruction" Jacobus said, land we of the P. G. A. have initiated a crusade which we hope will hasten that day. The way 1t Is now, a pupils goes to a professional, and the pro teaches him his swing, his grip, his hip movement, his actions of the wrists and hands. This is wrong for sev- eral reasons. In the first place, every pro has different style, which makes any sort of standard ization ispossible. This isn't so bad as long as pupil remains near teacher, and he can get in touch with him when his game goes sour. But let him move away, or go on vacation, and it doesn't work out. For if something goes wrong, and he visits another pro for "cure", the new pro, who has entirely diff ferent ideas. must tear the pupils swing completely apart to make a correction.
 How It's Done
 '"The second and most important fault, is this: such 8 method of teaching calls for fitting the man to the game, and not the game to the man. What mean is this: no two people are identical in physical makeup, so it's foolish for a pro fessional to ask pupil to copy him exactly. Here, I'll give you a con- crete example. That big fellow out there is Paul Derringer, the base
 ball pitcher. He has tremendous pair of hands and wrists. Yours are only normal, which means they are not so strong-not so weak. | Now, if you both came to me as pupils, would it make sense for me to give you the same wrist action that I gave Derringer? No, it wouldn't yet that is just what pro- fessionals have done for years, and are doing to-day. They teach every body alike. instead of studying a pupils makeup and trying to give him a game that fits it.
 The P. c. A. Jacobus said, has been working on its campaign to alter golf instruction for two or more years. The most important task is to assemble, by means of questionnaires to pros, 8 working definition of the fundamentals of the game. From all answers, the P. G. A. hopes to distill solid, concrete, golf game.
 "That's what we'll teach" Ja- cobus said. There will be individ- ual peculiarities. of course. but ba- sically, the game taught in Seattle will be the same as the one taught in Sarasota. And it will help golf. It'll make a lot of pros mad, yes, but in the end they will see the wisdom of our course. After all, golf is the only major sport in which there is no common level. Nobody says the same thing. No- body knows. But we're trying, that's the best we can do."