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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-08-16
Scores Michelson's Remarks
On Rhode Island Election

To the Editor of The Star:
Mr.. Charles Nicholson, publicity
agent for the National Democratic Com
mittee and well known for his skill as
q smearer during the Hoover admins
tration, undertakes to explain officially
the vote of Rhode Island first district
which dealt such a crashing jolt to the
New Deal doctrine. Like all explana-
tions the effort takes the form Of
apology, lacking originality and in
genuity. Nicholson says Rhode Island
has been a Republican State, giving
figures, but ignoring facts.
Rhode Island protested Hoover in
1882, supporting Roosevelt, whose poll
cies were heartily Endorsed in 1894 even
though but little understood at that
time. When the real meaning and
penalizing influence of the process tax
appeared on the books and pay rolls Of
the mill men complaint as to the New
Deal notions became chronic.
Five months after the November elec-
ton which gave Condor, a Roosevelt
man, his tremendous majority, when the
process tax was pinching all textile
workers, Secretary Wallace invaded New
England to tell the mill men to their
teeth that 'they were winners. soft and
fiabby, that they must expect to make
money or political capital out of their
protests" which he denounced las un-
worthy Of New England" This address
of Secretary Wallace, printed In all the
New England papers on April 18, def
nitely turned the tide against Roosevelt.
Wallace had become the Burchard Of
the administration.
High Democratic officials visiting
Washington two weeks after this ex-
plosion said, Wallace has won New
England for the Republicans" Now we
are told the Rhode Island vote is simply
''reversion to type" Does this mean
that the election of Roosevelt was
merely a protest OF temporary effect
and Of no permanent significance, and
that from now onward the country Is
determined on a 'reversion to type, ;"
meaning to vote the Republican ticket?
Is the administration willing to urge
O referendum in Ohio to discover the
attitude Of industry and agriculture in
that great central community toward
the New Deal doctrine?
Boiling criticism of the absurd brain
twisters. Frankfurter, Cohen, Morgen-
thau. Wallace and Corcoran, generally
exists, as Is well known to every man.
Is this criticism to be diSdained?
Doesn't the President want to know
the truth? II he knew the feeling Of
the country toward some of his advisers
he would arrange new cabinet table.
Why not 60 to the people in Ohio
on a fair trial, ask what the people
think of the work done so far and be
guided by the decision?
Sharp disapproval in November might
save the country much distress.
JOHN w. MCLAUGHLIN.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-08-16
Hasty Legislation.

With President Roosevelts share the
wealth tax bill in the conference stage,
Congress is smiling, in prospect, noun
tain air and ocean breeZes 1t is hoping
for an adjournment by the middle OF
next week. Much will depend, how
ever, upon the task master in the White
House; how much more legislation he
will demand before the weary Congress
can bring to an end a session which
many of its members believe has already
run far too long.
The leaders of Senate and House are
confronted with a serious problem, in
addition to that of putting the finishing
touches On the must" measures Of the
Roosevelt program. The demand will be
pressed for quick action before the ses-
sion closes on plethora of bills which
have had no real consideration and can
have little, if any, on the floor of either
House. Bills that were introduced yes
terday and reported today will be passed
tomorrow, unless the leaders keep firm
control.
The curse of legislation in the closing
days of congressional sessions is fire.
Quently that 1t has been impossible for
the members of Senate and House to
give them real consideration. The reve-
nue. bill of 1885 was rushed through
the Senate with scarcely two days de-
bate, No other revenue bill has ever
received such treatment at the hands
of the Upper House. Now comes the
word that the Guffey coal bill, admit
tedly of doubtful constitutionality, is
to be rushed through the House and
action sought on it in the Senate at
breakneck speed. 1t will be remembered
that the Congress in the closing hours
of a session year or two ago was
filibustered into passing two bills which
were not on the programs railroad
retirement and pension bill and farm
moratorium bill-and without adequate
consideration. The Supreme Court later
showed up the holes in these measures.
Probably it would be wise to adopt
a rule that new legislation, brought for
ward in the closing three days of
Congress, must have at least a two
thirds vote of House and Senate to pass
and become law. Such a rule might
have been beneficial. In addition to
measures which have Nation-wid
effect. rushed through in half baked
form in the wind-up of a session, there
are scores of private bills and bills that
only affect various congressional dis
tricts which are hurried to passage on
pleas of individual members. The coun-
try suffers, generally speaking, from too
much legislation. Particularly does 1t
need to be relieved of the last-minute
Midsummer bills which so frequently
are passed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-08-16

but got coat and trousers and vest In
succession as his meager funds permitted
The discords now in evidence are surely
not due to financial stringency, but to
an inexplicable revolt from regularity
There is, however, a certain economic
advantage in the mixing up, Of suits. for
many combinations are possible and with
some thought a man can make a modest
wardrobe spread out over a long period
without exact repetition.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-08-16

and president Of the Fine Arts Fedora.
ton of New York, 1910 to 1915.
But list of the positions he held gives
little suggestion of the importance of
his labors. He was an artist born with
q true eye and an accurate hand, and
it was his pleasure to teach the basic
values Of craftsmanship to a numerous
company of students-Auguste Saint
Gaudens, for example, was his pupil.
Through his disciples. therefore. he
lifted American painting toward new
heights Of accuracy and color. Con-
sentative in temperament, he was the
ideal guide for the younger artists of
his period. They needed such q mentor
as he was privileged to be.
Mr.. Dielman enriched Washington
with two mosaics, Law" and History"
in the Library of Congress. He also
painted the seven murals representing
the component elements of the news
paper which adorn the business office of
The Star-a series POLITICALLY conceived
and delicately executed in his happiest
manner.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-08-16
Reverse of the Seal.

Announcement has been made by the
Treasury Department that new series
of dollar bills will show the reverse of
the Great Seal Of the United States.
The matter Is of interest because,
strangely, perhaps. the reverse side OF
the familiar eagle land -stars design has
been neglected. Probably not one per-
son in a thousand, If challenged, could
recall it accurately enough to sketch its
outlines. 1t has no place in the memory
of the people. Among the symbols of
Government with which they are &C
quainted it has been omitted.
Doubtless the reason has been that
the composition is not an eminent work
of art. The central feature Is a rude,
unfinished pyramid. surmounted by an
eye in triangular glory. BY way of in
Scriptions there are the date l776 in
Roman numerals, the motto "Annuit
Coeptis," signifying He (GOO favored
our undertakings" and the motto "Novus
ordo Seclorum," meaning "A new order
of the ages" The eye and its surround
ing blaze of light represent an all-seeing
Deity, and the fact that the pyramid is
incomplete suggests the labor still to be
done in behalf of the State.
But the esthetic quality of the design
may not be important. Great art or no
art at all, 1t preserves valuable refiec-
ton of the philosophy of the sponsors
of the Republic. Benjamin Franklin,
Thomas Jefferson and John Adams were
members of the committee to arrange
for its execution, and the actual work
was done by Charles Thomson, secre-
tary of Congress, and William Barton,
q private citizen Of Philadelphia. The
seal was ordered July 4. 1776. officially
adopted June 20. 1882. and ratified in
1889 1t bespeaks the age to which it
belongs-the dawn of national history,
and through it latter-day Americans,
If they will, may look into the minds
and the hearts of the founding fathers
of the Union. They were reverent men,
modest men, hopeful men, and their &C.
ceptance of the pictorial concept now
to be reintroduced in currency proves
their spiritual character.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-08-16
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS

for this recognition of cardinals, princes
Of the church." on the fact that they
occupy positions commensurate in rank
with the sons of a king, in that any
of them may be elevated to his emf
nent place as head Of the church.
~
Mobilization in one hemisphere; de-
mobilization in another! Reports
reached Washington the same day this
week of continuing thousands of Italian
troops embarking for Africa. while other
thousands. tired and wounded after
three years of fighting in the Chaco
jungles of South America, are returning
to their homes in Bolivia and Paraguay.
In the latter conflict the United States
as a member Of the Pan-American FAM
lily of republics, was deeply concerned,
and officials here today recalled the
many long hours which the neutral
commission. with this Government an
active participant. spent in trying to
work out formula satisfactory to both
OF the belligerent nations. The United
States is represented on the peace COM
mission now sitting at Buenos Aires by
Hugh s. Gibson, American Ambassador
to Brazil.
r
The Senate of the United States con-
tinues to be q source of amending in
terest and fascination for all visitors to
the Nations Capital. The galleries, well
filled at all times, have been attracting
an unusually large number of tourists
during these closing days of Congress
These groups eagerly wait in long queues
IN the gallery corridors to enter and
get a glimpse of some of the prominent
neutrality-suspicious. possibilities and
others-who have been "headliners" in
the press, on the radio or through other
media which has brought them into
widespread public attention.
~
No other city in the world, 1t is be-
lieved, can boast such a galaxy of scien-
tific and technical experts in many
fields of learning as Washington. This
was emphasized by the departure this
week for Europe of Willis r. Gregg,
chief of the Weather Bureau, and j.
B. Kincer, chief of the bureaus climate
and crop weather division, to attend
several meetings in different countries
of international meteorological con-
crosses. At the same time number of
other Government authorities, along with
q considerable group from private
branches of scientific research and
activity, are scattered over the world
or en- route to international conferences
of varied character.
Tyler Thompson, American vice con-
sui at Marseille for four years past
and now in Washington on leave of
absence, was q witness to the scene in
the French Mediterranean port on the
day King Alexander of Yugoslavia was
assassinated While he did not see the
actual killing, he was close by and gives
. vivid picture Of the turbulence and
confusion which followed the striking
down Of the King within q few minutes
after his landing.
Copyright, 1887
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-08-16
Freezing Humans as
An Economic Device

To the Editor OF The Star
So a human being is to replace mon
keys in the freezing death with revivi-
fication" experiments Of DR.. Willard.
out in Los Angeles. All of which brings
back to my mind the experience that a
certain German scientist DR.. Daehtaf
of Berlin. to be specific, had in the Sum-
mer of 1882. The full history of the
suspended animation experiments Of
Prof. Daehtaf will, of course, never be
known. The German government exist
ing in 1892 frowned on any publicity
and, in fact, forbade any further ex-
Fermentation with humans. At that
time I was visiting in Montreal, and,
through the Canadian newspaper,
strangely enough, some of the story
leaked out from Berlin, at least to let
us know just what was being attempted.
1t appeared that DR.. Daehtaf's thoughts
were directed more toward the field of
sociology than toward his own field Of
medical science. In short, what the
worthy doctor aimed at was q safe
method Of putting in storage" so to
speak. some few thousands Of the un-
fortunate victims Of the world wide eco
nomic depression. The idea was to take
so much human machinery, In the shape
of useful machiniStS, carpenters and
whatnot, and, instead of the wasteful
and demoralizing unemployment dole
and so forth, q general putting In stor-
age of useful workers until such time as
industry should need their Drawn and
experience. DIR. Daehtaf saw, as many
Of us have seen, SO many thousands Of
useful artisans turned into hopeless and
SpiritleSs unemployables after a few
years of doles and such like
Personally. am all for encouraging
our own DR.. Willard of California in his
experiments with the suspended anima-
ton through freezing of human beings.
would consider q wholesale Laying
away" Of our unfortunate unemployed
citizens q practical and fortunate way
out of our troubles with work relief,
doles, public work strikes and so forth
way that should be hailed by every
far seeing citizen who Is concerned with
the future Of this great country.
GEORGE W. WILLIS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-08-16
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

Shrubs, widely known as bushes, are
among the most interesting Of all garden
materials.
with them alone 1t Is possible to have
q beautiful yard.
A good lawn, of course, helps
immensely.
Then If there Is tree or two scarcely
anything else is needed to make a gar
den in every true sense of the word.
Beginning in the Spring with the
forsythia and Rosa hugonis "a true
shrub, the shrubs are in beautiful leaf
and flower the entire Summer through.
1t will not do, however, just to stick
few shrubs here and there, without re-
gard to habit and time of bloom.
Even before selection comes the
planting plan.
What does one aim to do with shrubs?
The question is, are they to be mere
accent plants, placed here and there
for special effect or real background to
the entire garden?
This is a question which ought to be
decided before a shrub is bought for the
home place, no matter how small or
how large it is.
Without this being settled definitely
in the owners mind once and for all,
shrubs will be purchased and planted
altogether helter-skelter, an effect which
Is seen too often, and even In the finest
gardens.
The owner of an average city or sub
urban lot seldom has enough ground to
successfully use shrubs as specimen
plants, merely, except in the front lawn.
There several well selected shrubs
will give width to the entire grounds.
They may be planted as part Of the
foundation planting, too. with fine effect.
Their main place. however, Is at the
sides and rear of homes.
n
Perhaps the best use the average
small landholder can make Of shrubs
Is to plant them as background mate
rial for all else the garden holds, in
GLIDING flower borders, people, trees.
II q fence is placed on the boundary
and some 4 to feet within it thickly
planted with shrubs Of all kinds, this
immense ruff of leafy material will
borders for the lawn, for the trees, for
the people who frequent the place.
If flower borders of to feet in
width now are placed, the lawn space
left will be more than the average gar
dener really likes to NOV, after all.
II this rather formal plan Is adopted,
path at least feet wide should be left
between the Utmost growth of the
shrubs and the beginning of the flower
borders
This entire plan, while 1t may strike
some eyes as rather heavy, will give the
owner a true outdoor living ROOM" one
in which he may sit without too many
prying eyes and in which he may have
many score more kinds OF plant mate
rial than through any other method.
The protection offered to sometimes
costly flowers by the combined fence
and hedge Of shrubs is not to be disre-
garded.
More than anything else, 1t permits
the use Of several times as many shrubs
as the average landholder can accom-
modate through any other plan
Unless he adopts this plan he has
room only for a few bushes stuck here
and there In what usually amounts to
o rather spotty planting
The one caution to be adopted, in this
type Of planting, is to allow for future
Often, it Is dificult for even the ex-
perienced home gardener to realize just
how much q lilac or an althea, for in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-08-16

@. Does q person who has served
prison sentence become disfranchised?
j. G.
A. 1t depends upon the State laws
Many States disfranchise those con-
victed of felony; others do not. The
right to vote may be returned to the
person who has served q prison term
by the order of the Governor Of the
State. Federal prisoners are always dis
franchiSed, but the right to vote may
be returned to a discharged prisoner
by the order Of the Chief Executive of
the United States (the PresidenD.
Q. When was the Coast Guard or
ganized?-D. s.
A. The Coast Guard was formed BY
an act of Congress approved on Janu-
airy %, 1915, from the Revenue Gutter
Service and the Life-Saving Service,
established, respectively, in 1870 and
1871. 1t is under the administration OF
the Secretary of the Treasury in times
of peace, of the Secretary of the Navy
in times of war. 1t takes care Of the
saving of life and property along the
coast and at sea. the enforcement of
maritime law, the prevention Of smug-
kllilby bAlC ICAlONhA Vi OOobI uCOlUI1S 10
navigation, ETC. 1t is commanded BY
a captain commandant, ranking with a
Navy captain.
@. Please give some information about
Cheese day which is held In wiscon-
sinh. j.
A. The 90-year-old Swiss settlement
of New Glarus, Green County, Wis, Is
the nucleus Of the dairy industry Of
Wisconsin. 1t was settled by q small
colony of emigrants from the canton
Of GlaruS, Switzerland. Nearly one
tenth of all the cheese produced In the
United States comes from this county
where the traditions of the Swiss have
been preserved. Thousands OF Ameri-
can Swiss gather at the annual eele-
bration of Cheese day. which will be
held this year on October z.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-08-16
Mixed Masculine Carb.

The least attentive will have noted q
decided change in masculine Summer
styles this season. Formerly the ap-
proved garb of men in the heated term
was a suit of white or, If a mixed attire
was preferred, darkiSh coat and white
trousers. Now the mode Is different.
White coats and dark trousers are in
evidence, together with strange mixtures
of hues, with coats and trousers of diff
ferent textures and tones. Just how this
alteration came about is one of those
mysteries that seem forever to arise in
the matter of attire.
An English woman, fashion stylist and
buyer for a London house, has just
arrived in this country and on being
sought for an interview on the ship on
entering New York harbor took occasion
to note the newest oddly in the gear of
men. Look at him." she exclaimed,
pointing to a reporter who was wearing
gray trousers, a brown coat, . black hat
and white Shoes with black tops-and
trying to look unconcerned, the account
runs IAN Englishman would never mix
up his suits like that"
Time was when English fashions for
men were much copied in this country.
But that day has apparently passed.
Once upon a time the Oxford bags"
were the. rage, shapeless things that
Topped awkwardly in the breeze. Then
came plus-fours, the knickerbockers that
extended to reach the ankles and when
buckled just below the knee tapped mid
way down the shin. These, praises be,
have gone. The tendency in sport attire
is to minimum Of covering rather than
this superfiuity-to Shorts" in fact.
The present mode of jumbled wardrobe
is suggestive Of the sad state Of Mr..
wilfer, In Dickens story. Our Mutual
Friend" who, poor man, was never able
to afford q complete new suit at once,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-08-16
Shooting Stars.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

Regardless of Sound.
Oh, katydid, I'd have you know
like to hear your tune,
1t tells of frost and maybe snow
Pretty soon.
Like politicians you will show
In promises a boon.
Yet all bedoggled it may grow
Pretty soon.
So be your rhythms fast or slow
Beneath the 1eering moon,
Through smiles or frowns the world
will 60
Pretty soon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-08-16

Diplomacy requires discretion that will
avoid allowing apologies to consume
valuable time which ought to be devoted
to a practical understanding that will
prevent somebody from getting really
hurt.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-08-16

Efforts to prevent the beginning Of
war in Africa are being closely observed
by diplomacy. Any good fireman knows
that If a confiagration starts the utmost
vigilance is required to keep it from
spreading.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-08-16

What makes strike embarrassing is
the fact that it produces at the same
time a shortage Of purchasing power
and a condition which has nothing TO
sell. 1t needs no profound student Of
economics to discover it as an illogical
demonstration.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-08-16
Killing Machines.

Killing Machines.
The airships crash and sorrow reigns
Mongst innocent survivors.
Why need we fashion bombing planes
To serve as grief contrivers?
Why should we quarrel and crate
BY way Of stimulation
When by themselves they will create
Such scenes of devastation!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-08-16

What was described as whispering
campaign has sometimes become SO loud
as to annoy political programs as much
as static.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-08-16

When reds" are dissatisfied with
everything else on earth they might as
well include the United States Supreme
Court and the Constitution.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-08-16

Babe Ruth confronted with the neces-
sity of doing plain work, should cheer
up and remember that he is getting a
big boy now"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-08-16

In some respects the League of Nations
resembles N r. A. Portions of 1t ale
regarded as still worth preserving.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-08-16
A Rhyme at Twilight
By
Gertrude Brooke Hamilton
Freshets of Rain.

Freshets OF Rain.
Rain on the river where the winds are
sweet
And in the city where the conclaves
meet,
Rain on the waters like q soft-toned
chime
And on town spires like the stroke Of
time,
Path by the seawall fresh ss new-laid
sod
And tides of water where mankind
must plod.
Rainbow on the river exquisite and feet
And On wet footprints In the city street.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-08-16
Heap Big Smoke!

From the Waterfront IN " Daily Times.
Congress Is certainly getting a lot of
, smoke out of that box Of cigars In the
lobbying inquiry.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-08-16
Rehearsing for Radio.

81 understand you are studying
music"
Its true" said Senator Sorghum. "
find my voice is unheeded. Maybe
people will pay more attention to my
speeches If I set EN- to music"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-08-16
Immoderate.

Where Huey Long reigns he pours.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-08-16
Yearning for Repose.

YearninE Tor KepOSe.
els Josh going back to college?"
Eyes," answered Farmer Corntossel.
We've made home unhappy for the
boy trying to get him to show of his
education. He wants d get back to
where he can tend to his foot ball and
stage dancing without being asked SO
many hard questions"
ITO exercise power" said Hi Ho, the
sage of Chinatown, needs deep human
study. 1t is useless to tell men what
they must do before learning what they
can do