davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1935-05-28

holding its own against the dollar and
the pound.
Now, to stave of further devalua-
lion and prevent another disastrous
period of imitation comparable to the
1926 crisis, when M. Poincare finally
pegged the franc at less than four
cents (American value), Premier
Flandin wants untrammeled authority
to order French finances until Janu-
ary /. 1896. While it is salvation
from Immediately impending diff
culties that M Flandin seeks. his po-
litical foes scent in his plans an at
tempt to seize wide autocratic powers
under conditions tantamount to con-
stitutional revision, and his program
faces stubborn opposition on that
count. The Premier has intimated
that if Parliament withholds the
powers he seeks, he is ready to step
down and let somebody else try to
AcCP VII kOlu dIlu
check the attack on the franc. Just
what is In his mind in the way OF
concrete measures will not be revealed
until he faces the Chamber in what
is destined to be a critical and explos-
i've session. The premier favors
drastic reduction in government ex-
penses in order to curtail a budget
deficit of OOO,OOO,OOO francs, but
whether his cabinet would survive an
effort to accomplish substantial saw
ings by dismissing thousands of civil
servants, cutting down veterans pen
sions and circumscribing social insur-
ance is more than doubtful.
The week is certain to bring forth
sweeping decisions in Paris, with a
cabinet crisis not improbable and po-
litical disturbances reminiscent of
those revolutionary" aspects wit
messed in February, 1884, within the
range Of possibilities.
Evening star., 1935-05-28
President and Farm Group
Raise Issue of Sound Policy

farmers who. even while lingering the
A. A. A. checks. still retain some
American doubts of the wisdom oi
this process Of collecting money from
consumers to pay out for the purpose
Of creating scarcity and high prices,
Why doesn't Mr.. Wallace on the same
day he takes a referendum amongst
bonus recipients on continuing the
bonuses. also take referendum
amongst the consumers on continuing
the taxes? Or wouldn't the results Of
that quite fit into his plans to give
A. A A boost before Congress?"
Mr.. Wallace. according TO the New
Haven Journal-Courier. has called
the processing tax the farmers tariff.
Is there an economist anywhere or a
publicist either for that matter who
will deny the description? We think
there is not for the parallel is COM
pelling. The point is, the farmers dc
now in defense of the processing tax
what industrialists have always done
with respect to the tax on foreign
commodities. The two are cloth of
the same bolt; if one is bad. and We
lHIIIh II L. tHc uIlltI II VqudIIS So'
Senate foes of the proposed A. A, A
amendments" states the Oshkosh
(WiSD Daily Northwestern, 'say they
will not be swayed by the farmer
demonstration. the Presidents address
or the pleas of the A. A. A. admins
tration. They continue to hold that
the amendments asked for would give
Secretary Wallace a Strangle grip on
the Nations food production and dis
tribution system. and to maintain that
farm prosperity can not be won by
creating a scarcity or by subsidized
agriculture"
Evening star., 1935-05-28
Protests Slovenliness
In Nations Capital

To the Editor Of The Star:
Huge sums of public money are
being poured out for construction and
destruction-often needless construc-
ton and worse than needless destruc-
ton, such as the indefensible devasta-
ton of the once lovely Botanic Gar
dens and the Mall.
And yet, to get even minimum ap-
preparations for adequate regular pub
lie services seems almost impossible.
I refer especially to our local police
forces, each of which is woefully
undermanned, at the same time that
all sorts of artificial and unnecessary
jobs are being created in order to
make work for men. This certainly
seems both illogical and ironical.
In response to repeated requests of
citizens, the Office OF the National
Capital parks has recently been giving
some attention to the small parks,
which are one of Washington's chief
assets. Running water has been re-
stored TO the fountains and there has
been some planting Of shrubbery and
trees. not much, for. though unlimited
money is apparently always available
for uprooting or hacking down mag
nificent trees, planting is always cur
tailed by lack of funds"
However, this office, I am sure, is
doing all that 1t can to restore the
parks, and the problem now is to
preserve them from depredations OF
the unframed part of the populace
who litter them with papers and trash
and who have no regard for grass
or shrubbery. To provide an ade-
quate park police force for this highly
necessary service there are appar-
emily, however, no funds at all.
An excellent educational work has
been started by the superintendent
of public schools to train school chill
dren not to scatter litter and trash.
But adults can be trained only by
guardians Of the law, whose word
they respect, but who are at pres
ent nonresident for these purposes.
Enough park police are required to
patrol all parks and to warn all Of
tenders. This would require con-
siderable enlargement Of the present
forces, but to what better service
could men be put? Instead of eX-
pending millions in creating artificial
jobs, why not expend more freely for
the preservation and maintenance of
our few remaining beauty spots and
for general cleanliness?
Returning to Washington after a
visit to New York and Boston, l am
appalled, anew by the comparative
dirtlness and unkempt condition Of
our streets and sidewalks. as we'll as
parks. New York. with 10 times the
population density. manages to en-
force the ordinances against StreWing
papers and trash in public places and
10 keep her streets and cutters, even
in the cOngested areas, comparatively
free of trash. while whole sections of
Washington look like garbage dump.
If our National Capital is ever to
be a beautiful city, and not merely
a slovenly anomaly of magnifcence
sprawling in the midst of filth. we
would do well to appropriate less for
construction and destruction and
much more for upkeep and mainte-
nance. THERESA RUSSELL.
Evening star., 1935-05-28
Finance Dictatorship in Paris?

1t is an interesting coincidence
that at the precise moment the United
States Supreme Court has shorn the
executive branch of the Government
Of far-reaching special powers hither-
to exercised in the name of emer-
gency, extraordinary authority hardly
less extensive is being sought by Pre-
mier Flandin in France to enable his
government to cope with the repub-
lies financial and economic plight.
M. Flandin is about to ask Parlia-
ment for rights to govern by decree
under conditions which would make
him a fiscal dictator. His primary
purpose is to prevent further devalu-
alton of the franc, to arrest the dev-
astating export of gold, now in prog
ress at an alarming and unrrece-
dented rate, and generally to adopt
ways and means for keeping the coun-
try on the gold standard.
The dilemma in which the French
find themselves is the elimination not
only of industrial distress. which
overlook them in the midst of world
wide depression, much later than 1t
afflicted other countries, but is also
due to the fact that thirty-one ma
tions have successfully gone off gold
France, at the head of a small but
tenacious European group, has re-
manned at the head of the gold
bloc governments which have found
themselves progressively hard pressed
to maintain their position amid the
refusal of the United States, Great
Britain and other key countries to
enter into an international stabiliza-
ton arrangement. The franc has
experienced increasing difficulty In
Evening star., 1935-05-28

Most of the newspapers comment
ing agree. at least. on the point that
an unusual spectacle was offered
when 1000 farmers paid a visit TO
Washington to voice their interest in
the agricultural policy Of the Gov
eminent and listened TO speech by
the President. There is much differ
ence of opinion. however, as TO the
correctness of the policies lauded by
Mr.. Roosevelt on that occasion.
The President makes strong de
fense of his farm policy" declares the
Louisville Courier journal. 1T has
its drawbacks. but certainly 1t has
resuscitated a starving agricultural
population in three-fourths Of the
Nation. Empty pocketbooks on the
farm don't turn factory wheels IN the
city, said he, and a truer word never
was uttered"
The movement on Washington" >"
thinks the Milwaukee Journal. rs sig
nificant in one respect. 1t shows
consciousness among farmers on eco
nomic questions that has not existed
before. This consciousness may take
the right trend or it may take the
wrong. but the days are over when
the farmer just raised wheat or corn
or cotton. took what he could get and
said nothing. He is now vocal
The dirt farmers expedition" in
the opinion of the New Orleans
Times -Picayune, was in sense
unique. The chorus of complaint
from -administrationiSts is con-
vincing evidenc' of the effectiveness
of this sudden and unexpected turn
out of genuine farmers to register
their approval of President Roose-
velt's plans and efforts in behalf OF
the farm folk"
"A new and refreshing kind OF
march on Washington" is nailed Dy
the Birmingham tAlao News, with
the tribute that certainly their visit
and meeting bore all the marks OF
spontaneity." That paper ADDS: "One
does not have to go merely by their
assertion that they had left their
plow handles to 60 to Washington and
had paid their own way. Their ire
pressible cheering of the President
and of the A. A. :. program, thelr
exuberance of spirit, manifested in a
demonstration which was described
as being as noisy and gleeful as a
college reunion, all tend to show that
this was a spontaneous and sincere
outpouring of farm sentiment. And
at their meeting they passed the hat
among themselves to raise $500
needed to defray the expense of es-
tablishing headquarters and renting
a hail.
I'VE would regret to see the farmers
lose their corn-hog money. says the
ST. Joseph (Mo) News-Press, "as the
checks come in handy; and we are
disposed to congratulate them on an
A. A. A. wheat manifesto which will
pay them exactly the same amount
for growing wheat this year as 1t
paid them last year for not growing
wheat-a superbly elastic programl
Yet a program which, with its pro-
posed enlargements, would react
cruelty on business and the consuming
public. and in the end agriculture
itself would find the system oppres-
sive.'
rs it possible" asks the San Fran
cisco Chronicle. that there are
Evening star., 1935-05-28
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

cussed we'll. If the rest Of us can
believe the evidence of our own ears.
No one can wonder what they are
thinking about.
Those who are looking out windows,
however, offer the real problem In
thought detection.
These are a perpetual lure to the
Is thinking about, of course, is easy.
He is thinking about the tall fellow
there, looking pensively down the Av-
enue.
"A penny for your thoughts" in
deed! One cannot say that, except
in books. Perhaps any ones thoughts,
upon occasion, are worth far more
than penny.
Maybe some one will devise a
scheme to sell thoughts. If it could
be put into operation. no doubt every
buyer would get his moneys worth.
The passive face is no less mys-
terry on street car or bus.
This lack of expression is some
thing many persons put on and take
off as II 1t were a sort OF cloak.
Wherefore 1t comes about that In
bus or street car, as well as anywhere
the keen observer will see mystery
sitting.
The mystery OF humanity in little!
There would be no sense of doubt,
of course. concerning the face OF him
or her who Is thus trying to peer into
the mind Of another without invita-
ton.
Interest would be written on that
face, and mystery would be far away,
probably left mile back up the Ave-
nue.. For at that point, at that par
ticular block. something in the face
of the stranger struck the observer.
Il +
What Is 1t about a human face
which attracts attention?
This, too, is a mystery.
The riddle of personality Is as old
as the Sphinx.
No one ever has quite decided what
it is about a face which gives 1t per-
sonality or the lack. 1t Is not beauty,
for many ugly persons have vast per-
sonality. Nor is it ugliness. The
huge number of ugly human beings
without fame or fortune is we'll
known. 1t is impossible to feel that
looks has anything but an accidental
influence on personality. Many years
ago this was called personal mag
netism," a phrase which perhaps ex-
plains it a little better.
Any one who has come in contact
with a really dynamic human being
knows that there is a certain amount
of sheer attraction to it, which ey-
erts a pull as surely as that Of a
magnet on steel.
Looking the folks over on the
morning bus. even the inquisitive per-
son may not be aware that he is
wondering about all these factors.
He really is, once he stops to notice
another.
And how every one, even the most
diffident. does notice others!
Every one knows persons who pre-
tend not to. even assert with SEEM
ing horror that they do not gossip.
but it is well known that the slightest
deviations in appearance will cause
many eyes to take in" stranger.
This is the human appraisal going
on constantly everywhere. no less on
bus and street car than in office,
store and street.
In public vehicle the only person
who does not join in. at least for a
time. is the reader. Such keeps eyes
on page. intent on different STUDY
of mankind.
Evening star., 1935-05-28

What does a person think about,
riding downtown in public vehicle
Specify street cars or bus, of course,
because any ones thoughts in a pri-
vate car ought to be private, ought
they not?
There is not much privacy in the
public vehicle.
The famous goldfish in his bowl is
no more on view than passengers.
Everybody sees every one else, on
the way down town.
Yet the degree of privacy of the
individual mind depends mainly on
whether one is garrulous or Its op-
posite.
mouthed fellow minds his own busi-
ness very well.
But what is he thinking about, sit
ting there as solemn as an owl?
He must be thinking about some
thing. if we use the verb in the ordi-
nary sense.
Thinking. as most know il, is simply
mind action, of whatever sort or de-
gree. Perhaps the average human of
average education is thinking cease
leSsly. in this sense. While his thoughts
might not rival those of Einstein, in
the latter's best moments, they per-
haps parallel that famous fellows in
his ordinary moments.
Every one has seen photographs of
Prof. Einstein sitting on a platform
doubtless listening to some heavy
speech.
OF what was the great man think
ing?
If one may Judge from personal
recollections under somewhat similar
circumstances, he was thinking just
one thought, Il wish this thing were
overt"
Those sitting in street cars and
buSses either are talking, looking out
the window, or reading.
In the second classification must be
included staring straight ahead, and
watching the driver.
Thoughts of those who talk are evil
dent, if they talk loudly.
Those who speak in ringing tones do
it for one of two reasons, either they
think they must, owing to other noises,
or they want to make sure that others
hear them.
This latter is mild form of self
glorification known to all persons, es-
pecially men. Now and then you find
a woman talking so that all may hear
her, but mostly it is failing of the
so-called male persuasion.
Lives there a man with soul so
mild that never once he has been
guilty of raising his voice Just a lit
tie, in public vehicle, or at the theater
between acts. in order that his
thoughts might percolate to a larger
audience?
Many are specially addicted to this.
Even while in full swing. they are
quite conscious of it: occasionally they
are slightly ashamed of themselves;
yet when really good sentence Is
about to come into being. they can
not help but raise their voices enough
for several persons, not just one. to
hear the words of wisdom.
Especially in matters of statescraft!
Every day, on our GUS. the business
of the Nation is fully settled.
Not partly, or even half way, but
completely.
This we are sure OF. after listening
to several pompous fellows for several
years. BY this time there is nothing
they have not discussed, and dis
Evening star., 1935-05-28
The Bulwark of American Liberty

The Constitution of the United
States is the fundamental permanent
law of the Nation. All legislative,
executive and judicial officers of the
United States and OF the several
States are bound by an oath to sup
port 1t. Under the Constitution the
judicial power of the United States Is
vested in one Supreme Court and such
other inferior courts as Congress may
establish. This judicial power extends
to all cases arising under the Consti-
tuition, the laws and the treaties of the
United States. Thus the Supreme
Court of the United States, from
which there Is no appeal, is the final
interpreter of the Constitution. When
it has acted, whether by unanimous
opinion, as in the cases decided yes
terday, or by divided vote, as in certain
recent cases and. for an earlier exam
pie, the income tax case, the only re-
course is to an amendment of the
Constitution by one Of the two pre-
scribed methods. In either case, by
specific amendment or by constitu-
tional convention, the changes must
be ratified by the Legislatures or con-
ventions of three-fourths of the
States.
Thus the Constitution adopted by
the people of the United States "in
order to form a more perfect union.
establish justice, insure domestic
tranquility, provide for the common
defense, promote the general welfare
and secure the blessings Of liberty" is
assured of definite Interpretation and
likewise insured against hasty change
The Interpretation Is vested in the
justices, now nine in number, consti-
tuting the highest court. They have
sometimes divided in their judgments
Again, as yesterday, they have in
vitality important matters voted
unanimously. Whether they divide or
vote in their judgments in unity. their
decisions are final so long as the Con-
stitution remains unchanged.
The Supreme Court is a bulwark
against experimental legislation,
against innovations which transcend
the limitations placed upon the powers
Of Congress and the executive by
the Constitution.
The only way to overturn a deci-
sion of the Supreme Court, whether
it is reached by divided vote or by
unanimity, is to amend the Consti-
tuition in that particular which the
court finds to be prohibitive of legis-
lation. Thus, the income tax law
Of 1894 was in 1895 declared unconsti-
tutional by the court. An amendment
to the Constitution permitting such a
direct tax" was adopted by Congress
and ratified by the States in 1918
and the income tax is now a fixed
feature Of the fiscal system of the
country. The court has held that an
act Of Congress regulating child labor
was unconstitutional and an amend
ment to permit such legislation has
been proposed and is still pending be-
fore the States after several years Of
thus far fruitless effort to secure the
necessary three-fourths of af1irmations.
Never before in its history has the
Supreme Court in one day ruled upon
three so important matters as those
which yesterday were the subject Of
its negative decision, and never be-
fore has it shown such unanimity in
a group Of more or less related issues
Evening star., 1935-05-28
Business Should Carry On.

While the Supreme Courts decisions
unanimously and emphatically set
aside two of the important features
of the New Deal dispensation, there
is no warrant or occasion and GER
tsinly no justification for a reaction
on the part of the business interests
of the country to undo whatever good
has been accomplished by the ad-
ministration in the establishment of
Evening star., 1935-05-28
. Rhyme at Twilight
BY
Gertrude Brooke Hamilton.
A Lost Kingdom

The other day passed some one who
once
Had meant the world to me. And
/ to him
Had meant so little he had let me 90.
In this chance meeting with the in
terfiow
Of years between he paused. Sure of
response
His hands reached out to me, his
eyes grew dim.
And l, now subject to another throne,
Could only voice good-by. Bereft,
alone,
/ left him standing there, nor turned,
And yet
As 1 walked on my eyes were wet,
were wet. q
Evening star., 1935-05-28
An Observation Before
The Courts Decisions
To the Editor of The Star.

To the Editor Of The Star.
Upon several occasions Prof. Tug
well has stated that when no longer
wanted in Washington he could read
lily return to Columbia. The sooner
he does so, just so much more Will a
vast number of the Nations citizens
rejoice.
Rats desert a sinking ship. The
way prominent key men are deserting
the N. r. A. and other Government
agencies carries its own significance.
T. H. SOUTHWICK.
Evening star., 1935-05-28
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

Humble Appreciation.
Il like tc waken from my dream"
Said Hezekiah Bings,
When that great Court We call
Supreme
Is set for saying things.
I've heard the clever twists of phrase
Which sing but don't explain
With expletives which may amaze
And even grow profane.
1t warns us We must not forget
Those workers for cause
When grandma danced the minuet
And grand dad wrote the laws.
That Court Supreme does not dispense
The quips that bring smile.
We love it for its common sense
And literary style.
On some of life's eternal laws
A vivid light 1t filings,
And so I'm liftin' my applause"
Said Hezekiah Bings.
Evening star., 1935-05-28
Dangerous Driving
Between Platforms
To the Editor of The Star.

To the Editor of The Star.
Is there anything in the traffic code
forbidding motorists from darting out
of the line of traffic and dashing be-
tween loading platforms? 1 had a
narrow escape from one of these
speed maniacs today, and it would
seem to a mere pedestrian that this
practice should be stopped. Machines
should be ruled of car tracks. The
whole trouble is that drivers want to
beat the lights" How they hate
those lights! Please urge break for
the fellow on foot. E. B. COLLINS.
Evening star., 1935-05-28

There has been so much picturesque
language that the United States
Supreme Court affords relief by set
ting forth simple statement in cor
rect, transformations English.
Evening star., 1935-05-28

Persistent bonus agitators are evil
IDENTIFY determined to test out the
veto popularity by providing oppor-
tunities for encores.
Evening star., 1935-05-28

In a few cases the success Of
Hollywood star is statistically meas
ured by the amount of alimony he can
afford to pay.
Evening star., 1935-05-28

Some Of the announced N. r. A.
code salaries would indicate that in
special instances the white collar man
is getting more than his share of con-
sideration.
Evening star., 1935-05-28

There was a time when a lobbyist
could work with big cigars and a
few bottles of champagne. Now he
needs a parade and brass band,
Evening star., 1935-05-28

New York politicians organized
minstrel show, and a good one. Old
Jack Haverly may yet have his place
In the Hall of Fame.
Evening star., 1935-05-28

A unanimous court opinion attains
a higher measure of conservative re-
spect by looking less like a base ball
score.
Evening star., 1935-05-28

War maneuvers over the Pacific
have created enough fatalities to offer
serious reminder of how calamitous
actual combat might become.
Evening star., 1935-05-28

The blue eagle has lost some of
the prestige it claimed as a futuristic
art Interpretation of bird of para
disc.
Evening star., 1935-05-28
No Worries.

From the New York Sun.
One consolation that members Of
the G. o. P. get out of their present
inconspicuousness is the freedom Of
Imagination concerning the 1886 cam
pai2n.
Evening star., 1935-05-28
The Evening Star Newspaper Company


11th st and Pennsylvania Ave
New York once: 110 East 42nd 81.
CHICAGO ONCE: Lake Michigan BUILDING
European once: IA Regent St. London.
England
Evening star., 1935-05-28

There are no game laws which re-
liably prescribe a closed season for
blue eagles.
Evening star., 1935-05-28

Precious Freight.
From the Ohio State journal.
If meat goes much higher it'll have
to be delivered in an armored truck.
Evening star., 1935-05-28
Njsht Final Edition.

Nieht Final and Sunday Star 1nc per month
NiSnd Cn,l.tnn r1hs S,sr ads al tbe enc end pc Of each
month. Orders may he sent by mail or
telephone National 5000.
Evening star., 1935-05-28
Rate bv Carrier within the City.

The Evening S.ar' .45c per month
when Sundsys1 soc per month
when SundsysI 65c per month
The SUNDAY Star sc per copy