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Evening star., 1935-05-31
Trolley Changes
Highlights of Rerouting
Order by Public
Utilities Body.

High lights of the general rerout-
ing order of the Public Utilities Com
mission issued today follow:
Twenty new connections between
sections of District to be established
by changes in destinations of cars.
Company told to speed rebuilding Of
worn out tracks.
Need of early provision of improved.
faster, modern equipment emphasized
as means of meeting public demands.
Broader use of busses forecast, but
commission finds time is not ripe for
wholesale abandonment of street cars.
Adoption of modified "skip-stop"
plan for street cars offered to speed
service.
Rigid enforcement of parking bans
on main street car arteries and de-
velopment of new traffic highways
held necessary.
Subway proposals set aside for fu-
ture study.
Capital Transit Co. warned to be
more progressive in management and
service if it desires success and con.
tinued life. Danger of competing
services is analyzed.
Evening star., 1935-05-31
new CONNECTICUT
BUSES PROPOSED
Capital Transit Would Junk
TroIIeys on Avenue,
Use Autos Only.

Abandonment of the Connecticut
avenue street car tracks all the way
from the Calvert Street Bridge to
Chevy Chase Circle, with substitution
of bus service. vas proposed today by
the Capital Transit Co. The petition
was filed with the Public Utilities
Commission Just a few hours after 1t
had issued its general order for re-
routing of street car lines.
Similar substitution of bus service
for street car operation will be pro-
posed by the company in petition to
be filed with the Public Service Com
mission of Maryland affecting the line
between Chevy Chase Circle and
Chevy Chase Lake.
The proposal would mean the aban-
donment of approximately 6 miles OF
track and would save the company
the cost OF rebuilding vorn-out
stretches, which the commission has
ordered.
The company proposes three types
of bus service. in addition to continued
operation of the Chevy Chase coach
line. One would be the local bus serv-
ice from Chevy Chase Circle to the
east side of Calvert Street Bridge.
This would eliminate the need OF
building underground tracks over the
bridge. The fare would be the same
as that for street car service, 10 cents
cash, 4 tokens for 80 cents, the week
" 81 pass and free transfers to all
intersecting rail or bus lines.
A second bus service would be local
busses operating from Chevy Chase
Circle to the downtown section, to a
terminal at Pennsylvania avenue and
Eleventh street. The regular street
car fare is proposed for this service.
The third would be an express bus
service operating to Pennsylvania ave-
nue. and Eleventh street from Chevy
Chase circle. The fare proposed is 10
cents cash or the weekly bus pass
which would sell for S125 The regu-
lar de luxe coach service from the
circle to Union Station would be con-
tinued.
The route to be followed by the ex-
press bus line and the through local
bus would be along Connecticut ave-
nue, Seventeenth street, street, Thir-
teenth street and street and Elev-
enth street to the avenue. The re-
turn would be by way Of Pennsylvania
avenue. Thirteenth street, H street.
Connecticut avenue, Seventeenth
street, K street and then out Con-
necticut avenue.
Evening star., 1935-05-31
HUGE NEW FLYING BOAT
TO BE TESTED MONDAY
First of Series to Be Used in
Hawaiian Islands Finished
by Sikorsky.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BRIDGEPORT. Conn, May 81
The new 16-paSsenger flying boat,
SAB, the first of series being con-
structed for service IN the Hawaiian
Islands, has been completed at the
Sikorsky Aviation Co. plant mere and
is scheduled to pe given its prelim-
mary water tests Monday on Long
Island Sound, company officials an
nounced today.
The amphibian, powered by two Of
the new "E" Hornett motors, capable
of 75O horsepower at 1000 feet and
equipped with constant speed pro-
pellors, was rolled out OF the manu-
featuring hangar Yesterday for the
first time, but a falling tide pre-
vented immediate tests.
There still remain eight other am
phibians Of the same type to be
built in the S-43 series. two Uf them
for the 1nter-Island Always, Ltd,
of Hawaii.
Evening star., 1935-05-31
AlR-COOLED OPERA

NEW YORK, May 81 R-The
half-century-old Metropolitan Opera
House will be air-cooled next season
and its ventilating system improved,
the opera and real estate company
directors announced last night, but
the building will not be completely
air. conditioned. =,
A statement by the directors said
It was held "a too complete mod
ernization" might impair the acoustic
properties ofNhe auditorium.
Evening star., 1935-05-31

on the hospital grounds collapsed
into Fountain Greek.
Sixteen persons we're receiving
treatment in hospitals here for in
juries and shock Among them was
Fred Whiteford. who clung to log
and floated nearly five miles before
he was taken from the water His
wife was among II persons who were
rescued from the top of a barn.
Evening star., 1935-05-31

Continued From First Page.o
The Omaha guide., 1935-04-06
THE CROOKED LAWYER

No profession should hold to higher levels OF
honor, integri y and plain honesty than should the
law. The right to practice in the courts Of justice
carries with i. a vast and unacceptable obligation to
the public. Most lawyers live up to the essential
standards=a few do not. And .hese few, as Court
new Ryley Cooper points out in an interview with
Attorney-G General Cummings, appearing in a recent
issue of the Saturday Evening Post, are much the
enemies of the public as the gangs, er they defend.
Mr. Cooper cites almost incredible instances OF
lawyers who are retained by known criminals and
are given large sums Of money to use in any way
they like-so long as acqui.tal is obtained for the
underworld client. Such lawyers worry little
about evidence or justice-they know that bribery
is a more effective weapon. They train their
clients like &C. ors, so that when they appear ON the
witness stand they can make "saged" answers TO
any question. They obtain perjured allbls-and
buy off prosecution WI, nesses. In Mr.. Coopers
words, ut is all fakery, crookedness, chlcanery.
Bar associations, the judiciary and honest indl-
viduals are working tirelessly to rid society OF his
type Of lawyer. But, as the interview points Out,
all such worthy efforts are doomed to failure With
out aggressive public support. Many people are
inclined to be amused by the unethicaf lawyer
they even 60 so far as to admire the "cleverness
viii which he manages to circumvent the ends Oh
justice. So long as this atti. ude obains, the shyster
will prosper-and te ethics of the legal profession
will suffer accordingly.
The law is the very life-blood Of society. Its
honest administration is our main defense against
medieval social darkness. The crooked lawyer
menaces us all-and his good office-at high price
on behalf of the most despara.e criminals are car
ried on at the exense of the entire public.
The Omaha guide., 1935-04-06
HITTING A VICIOUS SYSTEM

The vicious sharecropper system OF the South
was given another blow last week, when the com
mittee on Minori y Groups in the Economic Re
covery issued its exhaustive report on the agricul-
tural plight Of the South.
1t repea. what has been said here many times,
that tenant farming is a menace tina. Is running
the South nd reducing blacks and Will s to a con-
dition worse than slavery. With II per cent OF the
cotton farms and So per GEN. Of all farms in the
South farmed by tenants, with AAA cotton cur
tailment driving thousand: off the soil onto an In
ADEQUATE dole, with meager diet booming millions
to ricketts, and pellagra, with the foreign cotton
market steadily declining, the South is doomed
unless it osu once and for all the vicious planta-
ton system.
The obvious solution of the problem is to break
up the plantation system and turn The tenants into
small landowners by giving each family a small
piece Of ground and making financial provisions
that will prevent this land from falling into the
hands Of real estate sharks. 1t will do no good to
merely give land to these hapless thousands and
make no provisions for stalking them until they
can become self supporting. The small farms should
be equipped with house, mule and tools and kept
tax free for at least the first two or three years.
The government might better spend two or three
U1lllOu OlldI III lAAo q eA0A y SRN -
sum on an inadequate dole that not only demoralizes
these workers, but must be con, inued year in and
year out.
The Southern sharecropping system has been a
dismal failure. 1t should be ended. Cotton is no
longer a profit able crop, now that a score of coun-
tries are producing it in large quantities. Ii 1t can
not be sold, why raise it at all beyond our national
needs?
It will be far better for the South, aided by the
Federal government, to strictly limit cotton pro-
due. ion and foster the growing Of other products
for which a market can be secured At least one
quarter Of the present farm area of the South could
well be devoted to raising crops: vegetables, fruits,
meat and milk, to noursh a people devltallzed by
decades of an enforced diet of fatback, corn pone
and molasseS.
Much of the ignorance and backwardness OF the
South is due to lis vicious economic system. Break
that I'D and blacks and whites will prosper, become
healthier in mind and body, and real civilization
will have a chance to flourish.
The Omaha guide., 1935-04-06
THE HARLEM RIOT.

New York's Harlem has given us another demon
STATION of what results from a peculiar economic
aspect which all large cities, especially those sec
tons in which we chiefly reside, are victims OF. The
public press charge the riot to the striking OF q
small Filipino boy by a white merchant. The
merchant said that the boy had stolen a pocketnife.
Somebody ran to the street and said that the boy
had been killed in the store.
After this wild and untrue information, then all
was c~opfusion. several killed and hundreds injNr-
ed. AS a matter Of fact, that wasn't the cause Of
The riot. The cause Of the riot was and is the con
dition Of economic Indifference with which Harlem
IS treated BY those who control the economic life
Of Harlem.
The responsibility for this treatment rests in
particular upon Harlem's black leadership and what
is true in Harlem is true in Chicago. 1t is universal
ly true in other large cities of the country. We
haven't the courage and manhood to properly con-
tend for the things we are justly entitled to. We
haven't the foresight as a race to discern the things
we are not getting.
We accept the shadow for the substance and
make ourselves contented. What Harlem IS SUI
fering from is no less a menace than In the thlckly
populated Southside of CT ago in which thousands
of us dwell. The prin' +reets Tor an area OIL
forty blocks where we L filled with stores
which we support but are G d operated by
white men. who do not even ~ members of
our race, and a very limited few of them find It
necessary to advertise their wares in our news
papers.
Yet, we as a group of people, support their es-
Establishments and educate their children in addition
to maintining for them a residence outside OF our
district. If we could think right, if we could dis
Germ our own economic advantages, these conditions
could not exist in our communities. Yet it must be
borne in mind that rioting and destruction of prop
erty are not the answer or the remedy to be applied.
We must do some right thinking, backed up by right
acting and this can be accomplished through the
Inauguration Of a racial program definitely carried
out and embracing those principles which will i'm
prove our social and economic advantages in the
The Omaha guide., 1935-04-06
FIRST F1REPRooF BIRDS NEST.

A news item from a Southern city stated that
ssthe first %fireproof birds nest ever seen in this
country. 50 far as is known, was discovered the
o,her day on the roof of a hotel. The nest was con-
structed entirely of small pieces of wire and there
was not a twig or a piece of string to 1t"
One would almost think that the birds that built
this nest had heard of The recommendations of the
National Board Of Fire Underwriters, which adj
vocates fire ~resistive construction as a primary
means Of reducing the great toll in life and prop
erty taken by fire each year. We will always have
fires-but improved construction Standards can do
much to mitigate the damage done.
Dwelling houses of frame construction offer an
invitation to fire, as the hollow walls permit flames
to spread throughout the entire structure. Even
such buildings can be made fire-resistive to all ex-
tent BY means Of comparatively simple precautions.
Many fires Start in cellars and soon communicate 70
the entire house. This can be prevented by a cell
ing in the cellar Of cement plaster on metal lath'
extending across from foundation to foundation.
The door at the head of the stairs should be OF SUI
fieiently heavy construction to resist flames for
some time. Additional precautions are fire stops In
walls at each floor level and fire resisting roofing.
Large buildings, such as factories, warehouses;,
office buildings and those housing mercantile es-
tablishments, should be contracted OF as nearly as
possible with f~ireproof materials. 1t IS highly I'M
portant that all vertical openings such as elevator
and d~umbwaiter shafts and stalrways be entirely en-
closed. Any doors into them should be of the self
closing type. A means of automatically ventIat-
ing such shafts at the roof should be provided.
The first fireproof bird s nest was news-lt Will
be bigger news when a town or city can report that
all of its buildings are Of fire resistive construction.
The Omaha guide., 1935-04-06
POLITICAL ATTACKS-AND THE INVESTOR

GA decline Of nearly 40 per cent in the market
value Of common stocks Of sound public utility OPP
Grating companies has occurred since the October,
1882, levels, said John E. Zimmerman, President
Of the United Gas Improvement Company, recently.
This per centage Of decrease, if applied to the five
billion of utility common stock, represents a loss
to investors of nearly two billion dollars.
"The announcement of the Tennessee Valley
Project, the heavy increase in utility taxitation, the
publicizing Of the IVA yard stick-each resulted
in material decrease in the market value Of common
stocks Of operating companies. This is all the more
significant in that these decreases were made even
in the face Of steady improvement in the sales Of
electricity
A survey of utility financial reports indicates
that a large number of important systems are today
selling more pOwer-yet are earning less money, and
are suffering a further decline in the worth of their
securities. On the one hand, we are bleeding the
companies white through taxes and special charges,
and on the other we are subjecting them to bitter
unfair and uneconomic political attacks. A situation
such as this, ~effecting an industry worth billions
which gives employment to many hundreds Of
thousands of workers, constitute a grave threat to
general industrial recovery.
The Omaha guide., 1935-04-06
FATAL ERRORS

Traffic accidents were more numerous and more
severe in 1884 than any previous year.
Eight of the worst driving mistakes responsible
for last years tragic record are listed by The Ma
tional Bureau of Casualty and Surety Underwater
as follows:
driving too fast for conditions, a cause named
specifically in % per cent Of all accidents result
ing in fatalities charged to drivers alone, and a
distinct and sometimes controlling factor in ac-
cidents attributed to many other causes.
2.-Driving on the wrong side Of The road.
3.-Violating right-of-way rules.
4.-Cutting in.
5.-Passing on curve or hill.
6.-Faiing to signal or signalling improperly.
7.-Driving off roadway.
S.-Reckless driving.
Pedestrians made fatal errors too. Four Of the
worst were:
1.-Crossing between intersections, a mistake that
accounted for more than rs per cent Of all pedes-
train fatalities.
2.-Crossing against the signal light at intersec-
lions.
3.-Playing in the street, an error made chiefly by
children, resulting in 16 per cent of all pedes-
TRANS deaths.
4.-Coming from behind parked cars.
Motorists and pedestrians-Avoid these fatal err
rors in 1935-and you vii be doing your part to re-
duce the traffic toll.
The Omaha guide., 1935-04-06
various communities in which we live.
From The Chicago Defender.
SENATOR TYDINGs UNIFORMED.

Senator Tydings, of Maryland does not appear
% quite understand the reasons for such high pro-
portions of colored people being on the relief roll.
We DOM know just what atmosphere the senator
lives in. His ignorance of things which the ordi
nary person should know may be due to the fact
that he is a senator far removed from what the
President calls the forgotten man.
For your edification, Senator Tydings, there are
many reasons why the proportion Of colored people
should be higher on the relief roll than that Of the
viii .es. The first reason, Senator Tydings, will be
found in the dishonesty, greediness and selfishness,
hatred and prejudice of the white man himself.
If this isn't quite plain to you, Sena, or, it can
be explained to you in this wise-and probably we
had better s.ar. in your city, the city of Baltimore
first, with our explanation. You have a city of sew
eral thousand, well educated and ups anding color
ed people; how many Of them are holding positions
as a result Of your influence?
How many of them in the state have you ap-
poin ed to positions? AS a matter of fact, Senator,
what has been your contribution as a public official
toward reducing this high proper ion of colored peo-
pie on relief roll in your home state? In the city OF
Bal more, Senator, what influence have you exert
ed with the public officials Of that city toward Sc
curing positions in the police and fire department, s
for colored men? Our information is, none, and we
get it from a very prominent newspaper published
in your city.
1t would appear, Senator Tydings, that your
complaint about the large proportion of colored
people ON the relief roll is somewhat in bad taste.
We further learn from this newspaper, Senator,
that in the city of Baltimore "there is not a colored
policeman, municipal or state clerk, plumber or
carpenter in Baltimore or Maryland. Not a single
fireman or garbage cart driver"
If these are true facts-and we believe they are
because we have great respect for the editor of the
paper which published them-then you, Senator
should be the last man to complain about what the
federal government is doing when you and your
state are doing little.
Now, Senator Tydings, you can get the COM
plete answer to the rest Of your questions, by apply
ing what you are doing for them and multiplying
it by what is being done for them by other states
where the public officials think as you think. That
will be all, Senator.
From The Chicago Defender.
The Omaha guide., 1935-04-06

read industry.
One is the frank opinion of Federal Coordination
OF Transportation that the government. should even
tually take over the lines.
The other lies in the ~possibili y that the govern
ment may require a large amount Of railroad mile
age, if loans made to weak systems by government
are not repaid.
This question, like all others, will even, ually
be solved by the public, and every citizen should
do a good bit of thinking about it. En-. irely aside
from any problem of priniple, practical considera-
tons give rise to extreme. doub as to the stand
ards Of service that would result from government
operation.
During The war, government, in the name Of
emergency, took over the lines. Service suffered
at once. Great delay took place in the moving of
freight, and thousands of IONS Of periShable goods
were thus destroyed. The attitude of the govern
ment officials in charge was usually arrogant-the
public was offered bad service on a ''Take it or
leave it we don't care which, basis. 1t is true
that the war produced unprecedented conditions
but that is not enough of an alibi to excuse he chaos
into which our basic media Of transport was plung-
ed under federal management. Nor does it excuse
the tremendous deficits which were created-at the
expense of all taxpayers.
American railroad service, under private owner
ship, is the best in the world. Ra. es are low, and
service is unexcelled. The lines have made con-
sistent technical progress in advancing safety,
speeding up trains, eimina ing car shortages, and
50 on, in spite Of many ~profitless years. If govern
ment ownership is tried as the solution to our
railroad problem, The entire public will feel the ad-
verse effects-and the taxpayers will find out how
expensive political operation of a great industry
can be.
The Omaha guide., 1935-04-06
THE FRUITS OF COOPERATION.

A practical example Of the essential work done
by agricultural cooperatives is afforded in the case
of dairy produces producers in an eastern state.
During depression, consumption in the largest
market served by these farmers dropped 40 per
cent. AT the same time, production kept to a
stable level, making it necessary for the producers
to find new outlets in order to dispose of the sur
plus.
A pooling arrangement was then put into effect.
Outlet for the surplus was found by turning a part
Of the total production to manufacturing units. MILK
used for manufacture commanded a lower prlce
than that sold to the consumer in the fluid state
and that inequality was satisfactorily adjusted with
in the pool by deducting enough from the price re-
ceived by those who sold fluid milk to compensate
the members whose milk went to manufacturing.
The plight of the unorganized farmer when de-
mand falls. is well known. He is absolutely power
Leslie can do nothing save continue to produce
and take whatever price he is offered for the part
Of his crop that is wanted. When that farmer
joins with other farmers and all work together in
allocating production, stabilizing prices and ex-
ploring new markets, the picture changes alto
gether.
Cooperation has saved legion of farmers from
ruin during the past few years. And now it is
slowly, but steadily, helping to bring agricultural
recovery.
The Omaha guide., 1935-04-06
THE AMERICAN CHARACTER

"The extent Of insurance protection in America
is the best evidence l know that this country Is
fundamentally sound" said Henry Swift Ives,
recently.
That is an especially apt observation when APP
piled to life insurance, which is the average man 5
first line Of defense against hazards Of the future.
Last year the public paid premiums to keep in force
life insurance totaling One Hundred Billion. Many
Of the premiums paid represented real sacrifice
men and women went to extreme lengths to main
tain their policies in force, knowing that they might
be their only protection against even greater ad-
versity in days to come.
America is the most heavily insured nation in
the woodland that in itself is a testimonial Of
the ancient American quality of independence. The
man who buys an insurance policy, and pays for
it with his hard earned money, isn't the type Of
man who willingly becomes. a ward of the govern
ment. He wants to provide for his future and that
of his family through his own work, thrifc and
foresight. AS long as that attitude exists, we will
have little to worry about so far as the American
character is concerned.
The Omaha guide., 1935-04-06
OUR STAKE IN MINING

In a recent address, Congressman Murdoch Of
Utah brought out some interesting facts concerning
Americas Stake in the Mining Industry
The mineral wealth Of the United States is more
varied and abundant than that of any other region.
The mining industry represents an investment of
between twelve and fifteen billion dollars.
1t is a surprising fact, as Mr.. Murdoch pointed
out, "every state in the union is engaged in the
mining industry and its direct influence is felt by
every citizen.''
Mining is one Of those few basic Industries
which are necessary to the progress stability and
prosperity of the nation.