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Evening star., 1935-08-01
A supreme Court Drive.

Something more than q quarter CEN
tury ago. David Lloyd George led
movement to restrict the powers of the
House OF Lords. Americans probably
will not recall the struggle, but it was
a classic battle and it ended in victory
for the aggressive Welshman-"a con-
stitutional revolution Of the first magni-
tude was effected" and the peers were
obliged to recognize the Legislative su-
premacy OF the Commons" But the
upper branch of Parliament still re-
tanned its status as the highest court
Of judicature in the realm" and not
even the Labor majorities of the Au-
tumn OF 1923 could change its character
in that regard. Apparently, the British
electorate is too temperamentally con-
servative to be willing to submit the
principles Of fundamental law to the
untrammeed influences of unmitigated
democracy.
The voters OF the United States, how
ever, just now are being invited to dis
cipline the Supreme Court. No frank
announcement has been made of any
such campaign, nor is it likely that one
will be- but the highest tribunals deci-
sion in the N. R. A. case admittedly has
earned for it the active displeasure of
all those adventurous individuals and
opportunistic political groups who wish
to take advantage of the depression to
accomplish drastic social reforms "by
legal processes If possible, but by other
methods if necessary The Roosevelt
administration has been indorsed bv the
court in only one inStance-the gold
clause matter, approved by the narrow
margin of single vote; and the Presi-
dent himself repeatedly has expressed
his resentment. Mark Sullivan sums up
popular impression when he SAYS that
the Chief Executive seems to be plan
ming an appeal for reelection accom-
panied by mandate to curb the power
of the court, or change the Constitu-
ton. or both
But Mr.. Roosevelt is somewhat handi-
capped to command drive of that kind
1t happens that he is under oath to
preserve, protect and defend" the Con-
stitution, and only an excessively liberal
conception of that covenant with God
and his country could excuse any effort
on his part to alter it expediently. His
duty, rather is to adjust himself and
his policies to the basic formulas of the
land, and there would be serious danger
IN political Armageddon fought to
enlarge the executive powers at the ex-
pense of the judicial. He might win
which would be cataclysmically disturb
ing to the Nation; or he might lose
which would be fatally destructive of
his hope for another term in Office.
Doubtless the problem is being con-
sidered by Mr.. Roosevelt's political ad-
vlsers. Clever men as they are sup
posed to be- they may prefer a less
perilous issue for 1896. But, if so. they
Will be obliged to act promptly. Their
enemies, it is indicated, are delighted
over the prospect of defending the court
against its critics, the fundamental law
against its radical foes.
Evening star., 1935-08-01
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES Z. TRACEWELL.

Indifference is at the heart Of 1t, is It's
core, its very point of life.
Not so much indifference to the rights
of others, as indifference to their evi-
dent wishes.
Just a lack of thinking, a lack of
carefulneSS.
Any one who borrows a volume in good
shape migbG think at once, If he would
think, that the owner evidently has kept
1t well because he loved it.
He might then go on to think, a not
stupendous task, that little care on his
own part were needful, in order to keep
1t that way.
He does not think that way, of course,
for two reasons.
He is not particular about his own
books. in the first place, and he is in
different to the wishes of others.
Carelessness and indifference, two
curses Of humanity, play their hands.
And how!
They smear fair pages, crumple them,
dog-ear corners, bend down pages, crease
them, stain them with edibleS
They throw books around drop them
of tables, bear them along in the rain
without protection, even tear off bits of
the margins.
They use them as doorstops in winds,
and to prop up windows whose pulley
and cord arrangements have been
broken
The friend of books can visualize a
whole train OF more horrible offenSes,
but prefers not to. He has not seen
them, only heard about them.
Any librarian can tell you of the un-
thinkable things done to books, all in
the name Of education and reading.
All this, Of course, is just too bad, for
no boOkloVer asks more than to be able
to share his books. with his friends.
In an idyllic state of society, that
would be half the fun.
Surely there is no heart so dead, no
mind SO shrunken. that it has not said
to itself, This is swell book, 1 must
lend it to Bill"
Every one, even the careless man,
knows the feeling. and honors it.
1t means that the republic of letters
is in operation.
1t means that the elation of good
writing is to be passed on, to continue
its good work of elation.
This fine feeling, at the conclusion
Of the reading of something good, as we
say, does not last long.
1t is evanescent, that is all the more
reason why it should be passed on to
Others so that they, in their turn, may
evoke it, and keep its precious memories
for their own.
This book, this precious volume, be-
longs not just to me. but to my friends
alas And they smear apples on it,
if am SO careless as to loan it to EN-.
Roger Ascham, old scholar, was
fortunate man.
He had friends who treasured his
books for him, else he never in the world
would have written that precious line.
Let us, over the ages, congratulate and
thank Roger Ascham-and his friends.
Evening star., 1935-08-01
"This book belongs to Roger Ascham

"This book belongs to Roger AScham
and his friends"
Modern booklovers will be grateful to
the old scholar for that sentence, written
in Greek across the title page OF one OF
his volumes.
1t points straight to one of the su-
preme happineSses of books, the sharing
of them.
Who today, however, has such friends?
Now it is the friend who forgets to
return the book he borrowed
The friend who dog-ears the corners,
and turns down the pages
The friend who, eating chocolate candy
as he or she reads, leaves trail OF
smears from page to page
The friend who permits the children
to scrawl at will down all the margins
The friend who loans borrowed books
Who stains the covers, cracks the
back. leaving an inevitable split that
will never come out
Who spills ink over the title page
Who might, If he would, give us the
pleasure Roger AScham knew
But who, of course, never does!
AScham was a famous man in his day,
best remembered as tutor to Princess
Elizabeth Qater Queen and Lady Jane
Gray.
Living between 1915 and 1868, writ
ing mostly in Greek and Latin, he is
remembered today because he was
among the first to praise English as a
vehicle Of thought and literature.
He came in just the right age for 1t,
and it was to bear glorious fruit, too.
4
"This book belongs to Roger Ascham
and his friends"
Surely, that is the right attitude.
Seldom will one find it put SO Sue
cinctly, however.
The brotherhood Of the republic Of
no doubt of it at all.
The book, once and for all, though
purchased and legally owned by Ascham,
belongs to him and his friends.
There is nothing ambiguous there,
tence written by another famous man,
Il do not choose to run"
y
Perhaps Ascham did not write that
note on all his books.
No doubt he did not.
Not all books are for others, friends or
not; some books are for ones own self,
and none other.
The Greek professor Of another age
than ours. a more stately age, we like to
think without any attempt to detract
from our own, loved his books in the
right way.
A few he kept for himself. alone. but
most of them for his friends, likewise.
Every one would like to!
1t is sorrow of the age, that few can
do it.
We have enumerated some of the sad
results of trying.
Every one who loves books knows
them. Also many another. The list is
as long as the careleSSness of mankind.
Evening star., 1935-08-01
Non Sequitur.

If the Presidents ideas Of soaking
the rich or sharing the wealth" were
confined to the subjects discussed at the
White House yesterday with the corre-
spondents he would not encounter the
stiff opposition which has marked public
reaction to the curious tax bill now be-
fore the House.
The President referred to methods of
tax avoidance or evasion practiced by
some of those whom he ironically dubbed
the thrifty" declining to discuss the
pending tax bill. He had before him
Treasury statistics relating to the fifty
eight thriftiest people in the United
States"-those whose incomes in 1882
exceeded a million dollars. He pointed
out that thirty-seven per cent of their
aggregate income was tax free, having
been derived from investment in tax
exempt securities.
So-what? In his message to Con-
eress on tax legislation the President
suggested a constitutional amendment
dealing with tax-exempt securities. Such
an amendment would doubtless be
necessary to affect the issues of securi-
ties by States and municipalities. But
the Federal Government could remove
such exemptions from its own future
issues of securities any time it chose. AS
Sy, nti
with local issues, of course, it would be
placing Government securities at dis
advantage to make them taxable. But
there is the additional fact that unless
the Government sought to repudiate
another clause of its bonds, the out
standing issues of Government Securi-
ties, totaling in the neighborhood of
thirty billion dollars, not to mention
the great total of outstanding local Gov
ernment securities, would not be
affected by any constitutional amend
ment. They would remain tax exempt,
and only the new issues would be
affected.
The matter of tax evasion by the
wealthy, either through the legitimate
method of investing in Government
bonds-which enjoy an inviting privi-
lege not accorded private issues-or
through the formation of family trusts"
to escape inheritance levies or through
gifts in advance of death, has nothing
to do with the illogical and unsound
proposition of sharing the wealth"
through destructive taxation of wealth.
Tax evasion is practiced only by the
very wealthy. If the Government
chooses to cut off its nose to spite its
face by taxing its own securities nobody
will seriously object. And the tears that
are shed by closing other loopholes to
tax evasion will be shed by relatively
few taxpayers-not many more than the
fifty EIGHT "thriftiest" taxpayers men
toned by the President.
But the weight of the tax burden
will bear down, as always, not upon
the very wealthy, but upon the ordinary
run of people. That fact cannot be
disguised by shadow boxing with share
the-wealth theories.
Evening star., 1935-08-01
The Health Fund.

The community is indebted to the
members of House and Senate whose
reported agreement in conference on a
$45,000 item-contained in the pending
deficiency bill-for the District Health
Department will make possible be-
ginning, at least, on an adequate health
program for the District. Senator
King, in particular, is to be commended
for his interest in this matter; his un-
tagging support of the community in
terests which led to the insertion of the
item in the deficiency bill after its
defeat at the hands of the conferees on
the District appropriation bill
While $45,000 does not meet the needs
of the Health Department and does not
permit the work which DR.. Rutland
and the community anticipate will later
become regular, normal function of
the Health Department, 1t represents
approval by Congress of the principle
and makes possible beginning on the
program. That is something. And when
the appropriation is finally made in the
deficiency bill it will point the way
for the increased health funds which
must be included in the District bill
for the next fiscal year.
1t is as Short-sighted and as illogical
for a community to save money by
neglecting its public health needs as it
would be for an individual to place his
health in jeopardy by refusal to assume
the cost of necessary medical attention
The local taxpayers have not been in
favor of any such wasteful economy"
nor will the members of Congress who
are willing to take the time to examine
the needs for which the money is sought.
Evening star., 1935-08-01
Shooting Stars.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON,
One PRAYER Granted.

One Prayer Granted.
Gentle T. Marshall. good Vice President,
Offered one phrase to soothe our dis
content
Said he, although our needs most
numerous are,
The greatest is good five-cent cigar"
But there are other needs which must
arise
While seeking the cigar that satisfies.
We need the lazy hour when roses sweet
Send perfume Lady Nicotine to greet.
We need the gentle memories that smile
While wreathing rings may frame them
for awhile.
AS delicately cares may drift afar,
At least we're grateful for a good cigar
Evening star., 1935-08-01
A Rhyme at Twilight
By
Gertrude Brooke Hamilton
The Carish Way

The Carish Way
In youth he knew the level plain Of
peace.
Rebellious of its quiet, ordered way
From the monotony he sought release,
Sought for life more venturesome
and gay.
A broad and easy downgrade met his
sight.
Gaily adventurous it stretched ahead.
He chose the reckless pathway with
delight,
Not knowing, even caring, where it
Out of the fog and wreckage of that
vale
The upgrade Is not easy to attain.
He prays, In slow retracing OF his trail,
Lord, lead me on to safe, level
plain"
Evening star., 1935-08-01
Mysterious Transformation.

Mysterious Transformation.
The story Stevenson once told
Perhaps a moral will unfold.
OF DR.. Jekyl we have read,
And Mr.. Hyde has brought us dread.
A politician is benign
And next to hatred will resign
All the affection that he knew
1t is story, strange but true.
Evening star., 1935-08-01

AS rumorS revive it seems that not only
should West Pointers be taught to dance,
but that statesmen of all nations should
be schooled in the polite formalites Of
diplomatic interchange.
Evening star., 1935-08-01

The Reconstruction Finance Corpora
ton handled some large transactions,
but r. F. C. is liable to figure among the
forgotten alphabeticisms as affairs pro-
greSS into the billions.
Evening star., 1935-08-01

The late Sam Gompers feared the
insidious intrusion of Communism. He
had his own chiselerS to fight and he
carried on the fight with unremitting
vigilance.
Evening star., 1935-08-01

Much has been said off the record.
Wnen complete picture of dominant
pohcles the record is likely to present
problems resembling those of the jigsaw
puzzle.
Evening star., 1935-08-01

AbysSinia regards itself as holding
some slight strategic advantage in the
fact that no part of it has ever been
advertised as Summer resort.
Evening star., 1935-08-01

Communist organizations in this coun-
try are not likely to be formidable.
There are habitual joiners who go into
every new society just to learn what
it is all about
Evening star., 1935-08-01

The idea of a naval ratio is resolving
itself into an understanding that permits
any nation to build as many battleships
as it thinks it can afford.
Evening star., 1935-08-01

Meat prices have gone to a point that
makes Vegetarianism popular. Patriotic
thrift will take its spinach gracefully.
Evening star., 1935-08-01
Proper Garb for ii Duce.

Prom the Indianapolis Star.
Premier Mussolini should procure a
chariot and a purple nightshirt if he
wishes to revive the glories of the
Caesars.
Evening star., 1935-08-01

Crops that need harvesting are LIo-
viding work for the jobleSs, with none
of the humiliating suggestions that are
supposed to attach to the dole.
Evening star., 1935-08-01

Mussolini edits his own newspaper.
which enables the cub reporter to feel
like one of the dogs of war.
Evening star., 1935-08-01

Japan on Tour.
From the Miami (F1s) Herald.
Japan is planning goodwill tour in
the United States. Let us hope 1t is not
the kind she is enjoying in China.
Evening star., 1935-08-01
Encores Not Requested.

Encores Not Requested.
History repeats itself!
AS old facts are revealed
With tales of envy and of pelf
We'd rather leave concealed.
History repeats ITSELF
With tales of cruel fright.
I'd rather leave it on the shelf
To be forgotten quite.
"Dar is all kinds of alphabet talk goin'
around" said Uncle Eben. "but dey
don't seem to git de best of dat old COM
bination, I. o. u
Evening star., 1935-08-01
RetributiOn.

do you see any good in reducing cur
rency values?"
Some" answered Senator Sorghum.
It'll serve the boys who got little graft
right to discover that the money isn't
worth anything in particular"
Evening star., 1935-08-01
Member Of the Associated Press,

4. The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to
the use for republication of all news dispatches
credited to it or not otherwise credited in this
paper and also the local news published herein.
All rights of publication of special dispatches
herein are also reserved.
Evening star., 1935-08-01
Civic Betterment.

CIVIC Betterment.
HAS Crimson Gulch a group of cit
izens to work for civic betterment?"
"Yes," said Cactus Joe. "But during
the crime wave it hasn't been able to do
much beyond serving as coroners
jury"
Evening star., 1935-08-01

Jud Tunkins says agriculture needs
farm hands once in awhile to help pay
the taxes that may be needed for
relief.
Evening star., 1935-08-01

Rate by MaiI-Payable In Advance.
Evening star., 1935-08-01

Q. Who was the first American to be-
come missionary bishop of the Epis-
copal Church?-R. L.
A. The Rev. Jackson Kemper. He was
conSecrated on September IS, 1885.
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READ TIE STORY, THEN COLOR THE prcruREl

"Ah, thanks" said Windy, That
saves me. They all work fine. as
you can see, so my main task is fin
ished. Guess I'll go and join the
bunch.
Where's Goldy? Is she working,
yet?" Jacks answer was a long,
You betl Just come along with
me. I'll show you. That's a happy
lunch"
They walked down t'ward a little
shop and then Jack said, Right
here We'll stop. just look ahead and
you will see fair Colby doing stunts.
I had her try bicycles out, and
she knows what It's all about. She
rides them fine. I'd like to do it
half as we'll. just once"
A lot of elves had gathered
round. Their voices made an awful
sound, as Colby said, III ride this
wheel most any way you like"
One elf exclaimed, Stand on the
seat. That really would be quite a
treat" And that is just what Colby
did, while balancing the bike.
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DEC. 20, 1886

Poor Windy dropped down to the
floor. oh, I can't stand this any
more, he walled. Il have been
lodging planes till I'm a dizzy lad.
Il wound too many up at once.
It's just like one Of Duncy's stunts.
when they all settle to the floor,
surely will be glad"
Just then Jack Frost came rush
ing in. He looked at Windy with
a grin and said why, what's the
matter, son? Has anything gone
wrong?"
III say So" answered Windy.
Gee the planes are playing tricks
on me I wound them just a little,
but they keep on running strong.
I've duCked a dozen. Maybe
more! From watching them my
eyes are sore" Then Jack Frost
said, We'll, just watch me. I'll end
your awful plight
And then. with brav'ry that was
rare, he picked the planes out of
the air. In just about a minute
they were all tucked out Of sight.
Evening star., 1935-03-17

my son, John, he's % and he works
beside me. Why. throw two shovels
of coal to Johns one"
CAROLS record Of never having lost
a day by injury or illness is unusual
in bituminous coal fields. says his
superintendent, Robert Featheringham.
It's so unusual, in fact, that the Joseph
A. Holmes Safety Association of Wash
ington, D. c.. awarded Carroll GER
tificate of honor this week.
Carroll may joke about his sons
coal loading ability, but other miners
say the father and son make perfect
team.
Carroll has been throwing coal since
he was 10. He tried slate picking for
a while, but didn't fancy that, so he
got job as a coal loader. Except for
two years as a mule driver, he's been
q loader ever since.
Since 1880 he has worked at Wolf
Run,- a part of the Warner Collieries
Co. Carroll is proud of his boyhood
association with William Warner,
founder of the company.
Carroll married at 80. He is the
father of eight children. grandfather
to 80 and great-grandfather to 2.
John is his youngest son.
Evening star., 1935-03-17
RADIO PLANE TESTS
PERFECTLY IN FOG
Cruiser Scars at $4,000 Feet Over
Pacific, With Grew Knowing
Position at All Times.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
OAKLAND, Calf, March l6.-The
Department of Commerce expert
mental precision flight plane scared
through binding fog over the Pacific
today and its crew was able to deter
mine its exact position merely by
looking at a quivering needle on an
instrument board.
Returning here from a test flight
of more than four hours, members of
its crew said they were "elated" at
the performance of the new type radio
compass they were testing with view
to making ocean aerial navigation
more or less automatic
Figuratively, the plane was able to
follow radio waves sent by ordinary
ship, shore and broadcaSting stations.
BY watching the compass needle ths
crew was able to tell exactly when
the plane passed over a ship $4,000
feet below.
James L. Kinney of the Department
of Commerce staff said the plane may
Evening star., 1935-03-17

make another short flight tomorrow.
He said weather conditions between
here and Hawaii continued unfavor-
able. The ultimate goal is flight
to Honolulu.
In Washington Eugene Vidal. the
Commerce Departments director Of
air commerce, said the plane had been
about perfected and it can fly all
over the Pacific. 1t can fly to any
place from where it can get radio
beam"
Maj. Chester Clayton Bissel. Army
flyer, and Capt. Albert F. Hegenberger,
the Armys expert in blind" flying,
operated the plane.
Evening star., 1935-03-17

Mexico, for several years. He came
to New York last November. He was
author of "The Trail of Jesus from
Lawyers Standpoint" and "The
Jew-A Tribute by a Gentle" He
was a graduate of the University Of
Michigan.
Evening star., 1935-03-17
Il YEARS ON lob
WITHOUT DAY LOST
Miner, SO, Can Still Load
Share of CoaI-PIans "at
Least 10 More"
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BERGHOLZ, Ohio, March 16.-An
Ohio coal miner, who never in n years
has lost a day of work because OF
injury or illness. will celebrate his
s8th birthday anniversary tomorrow.
"And," says Harry Carroll, Il still
can hold up my end of the work with
the best miners in the country"
Didn't he load II tons of coal into
mine car his last regular day of
work?
Yes" he added, "and I expect to
keep right on loading coal for another
10 years at least.
These young 'uns now; they don't
know what loading coal is. There's
Evening star., 1935-03-17
M. M. CHANDLER DIES

FORMER MemDec OF congress ouc-
cumbs in New York.
NEW YORK, March 16 (P1-Walter
Marion Chandler, 81, former Repre-
sentative from the nineteenth New
York district, died today of intestinal
trouble and a heart attack.
Born in Yazoo County, Miss, Chan
dler moved to Texas in 1897 and
practiced law in Dallas until 1900,
when he came to New York. He
was elected to the Sixty-third Con-
greSs in 1918 and served until 1919.
In 1921, he was returned for a two
year term.
Chandler had been living at the
Hotel Franciscan, Albuquerque, New
Evening star., 1935-03-17
ICKES GOES TO FLORIDA
Wife Accompanies Secretary to
See Seminole Sun Dance.

Accompanied by John Collier, In
dian commissioner, Secretary and Mrs.
Ickes left last night for West Palm
Beach, Fla, to attend the annual
Seminole Indian sun dance.
Tie party also will go to Lake
Okeechobee. where a public works
drainage project is under way, and to
the site of the new proposed Ever
glades National Park.
Evening star., 1935-03-17
Man Lives in Tree.

Becoming tired of ordinary life, a
man in Holland built house Is feet
up in a tree at Huis- -Ten-Bosch and
lived there many years with a large
watch dog as his only companion.
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Has saw steel bed knife, 10-inch
drive wheels, chrome steel self-ad-
justing ball bearings, oiled and adj
justed, ready for use. Full 16-inch
cut. Will give many years of good
service. Get yours now at this low
price.
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L. A. coDD1NG, Clerk