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ton which, nevertheless, had about 1t
certain air, as much 50 as II 1t had
cost many thousands of dollars.
All such work of the printing art
should be treasured-even by the
borrower!
This much devolves on him.
It will not do for him, more than
for the owner, to be careless in this
regard.
And he should know, before he dares
take home a borrowed book, that two
points especially he must look out for,
the one the binding, the other the
pages.
Insistence upon these features Of
the physical book are essential.
Most Of the wear and tear come
to them. The paper jacket, or dust
cover as the English prefer, is an
aid, but it cannot do it all
Some very careful borrowers (of
whom there are few Left make
! extra paper jackets and insert the
borrowed book, paper cover and all,
into their own homemade jacket.
Thus the book is kept unsullied, as
far as the cloth cover is concerned
The pages, however, offer more
temptations to careless handling.
In respect to them every borrower
of friends book should go on the
assumption that the owner is a crank.
Now there are good cranks and bad
cranks.
If there ever were a good crank,
it is he who is finicky about books
Regarding them as both treasures
OF the human mind and jewels Of
the creation of his hands, he feels
| that too much care cannot be given
them.
While he would not insist that any
one permit the subject of care of
books to worry him, or cause him in
any way TO lose the pleasure Of books,
he simply would ask that they take
little pains to preserve them in
good condition, as they deserve.
He is not unmindful that certain
booklovers are perhaps too much OBJ
SesSed with this idea. To the per-
son who does not mind dog-earing
his books, this attitude will seem
strange and ridiculous. Yet it will be
good for him if he attempts to I'M
derstand it, and may lead him. we
hope, TO Just a little better care OF
those books he borrows from time TO
time.
After all, the trouble is not great.
Mostly one has TO take pains that the
book is not violently opened at any
place. thus splitting the back, causing
an ugly crack TO appear ever after
ward. One must see that candy, APP
pies and other foodstuffs are put into
the mouth, rather than smeared over
the pages. One must not bend down
the corners to keep the place" One
never ought to be careless in handling
the book when the hands are soiled.
Many persons who love books make
it a practice to wash the hands thor
oughly every time they begin TO
read. This insures that the normal
oil from the skin is kept down to a
minimum.
These and other cares. small In
themselves, are large in results. They
make certain that the book will be
| returned to the owner in almost the
same condition as when loaned. This
means that the pleasure of all con-
| cerned is doubled.
! AS for returning borrowed book
quickly, that must be kept in mind,
| too. else all the other care is lost,
| IL the owner never receives his pre-
cious book back again.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-05-27
Hoover Attack Emphasizing
Deadlock Over Recovery Act

the temporary extension as approved
by the Senate
Observing the connection Of Sena-
tor Bennett Clark of Missouri with the
compromise. the Buffalo Evening
News states: Speaking from Palo
Alto. Herbert Hoover goes Senator
Clark one better. The latter would
keep the bird in its cage for 10 more
months. the former would wiring its
neck Immediately. To Mr.. Hoover.
the Clark proposal to emaSculate eX-
listing N. R. A. provisions is a Missouri
compromise which is as reprehensible
as that which Henry Clay fostered in
1850. He proceeds to label the entire
framework of the codes as 'un-Amer-
lean in principle and a host of his
fellow citizens hasten to agree with
his conclusions. The N. r. A. has
fallen far from the lofty heights it
once occupied. During the early DAYS
of the johnson regime critics OF the
Blue Eagle spoke of its shortcomings
with bated breath. To be openly re-
bellious was to run the risk OF being
called a chiSeler, of having the finger
of scorn pointed at the protestants, OF
enduring official and. social ostraciSn1.
Today the objections are shouted from
the housetops and they come as volu-
minouSly from the Presidents own
party as they do from the ranks of
the Republican opposition.
Only in the idea of voluntary as
ISOLATION of those engaged in the same
industry" declares the Long Beach
(Calif) Press Telegram, lis the ma
tional industrial recovery act likely
to make a lastingly beneficial contri-
button to the public welfare. What
ever has been done by influence of the
act to discourage unfair competition
and waste Of natural resources is
good If the continuation of N. r. A.
is ordered by Congress, the probability
of its success will be in proportion to
the extent TO which the amended act
is based on voluntary industrial CO.
operation, under proper restraints Of
law TO protect the consuming public"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-05-27

United States toward Latin American
questions distinguished yesterdays
proceedings at Buenos Aires.
Though tariffs and exchange are
taboo, the conference has vast array
of other practical problems to deal
with. They include port and shipping
regulations, land, sea and air COM
munications, sanitary laws, customs
procedure, smuggling, merchandise
classification and immigration. In
virtually all of these fields there is a
considerable conflict of view. Free
discussion of them is expected to iron
out differences which are seriously
hampering trade intercourse.
The people of the United States will
rejoice If, in the good neighbor"
spirit. the Buenos Aires conference
lays the ground for closer and wider
er-American business relations. In
pre-depreSsion days our Latin neigh
bors did most of their buying in this
country. and the United States was
in turn the best market many of them
had for their exports. The Brazilian
foreign minister, in an opening ad-
dress at BuenoS Aires, underlined
credit as the basic need Once upon
time credit was freely extended in
this country to governments and pri-
vate enterprises throughout Latin
America. With the return of political
tranquility and with economic recov-
cry, there is no reason to doubt that
our dollars will some day again be
available for inter-American CONNER
cial development.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-05-27

of what the place was like in the days
of her famous husbands youth.
New DealiSm and other subsequent
national Developments having stopped
technocracy in its tracks just as il
was getting into its stride, Howard
Scott, earliest OF the technocratS, has
returned to the firing line and estab-
lished the movements first official
organ. 1t will be a monthly maya
zine called Technocracy. Mr.. Scott
is rosily confident that America
eventually will adopt his teachings.
He is quoted as feeling that things
in the country are going from bad to
worse. despite the various expedients
OF the moment He points to the
newly invented cotton picker as
prima facie proof that technology
cal wave is on the way which is des-
tined TO engulf American industry
and UNNECESSARILY aggravate the I'M
employment: problem.
Those who know of the friendly re-
lations which the President has con-
Sistently maintained with Vice PreSi-
dent Garner are not surprised by Jim
Farleys dictum that the Texan is to
be the Roosevelt running mate for a
second time. A regular attendant at
cabinet meetings and a shrewd and
reliable adviser on legislative politics
at the Capitol, Carriers cooperation
is highly esteemed at the White House.
The Presidents intimates have never
doubted that he desired him to be
on the 1886 ticket. The formal an
nouncement that this is going to ha p
pen brings disappointment to certain
Democrats who fancied themselves
running in harness with F. D. r. next
year. Among those who have been
charged with such an ambition is Gov.
Paul V. McNutt of Indiana.
Recent appointments of career men
to the ministerships to Rumania and
Canada emphasize the fact that
quietly, but steadily and effectively,
President Roosevelt and Secretary Hull
are building up the career" system IN
the American foreign service and
turning their backs on the spoils and
patronage principle that long WAS the
controlling factor in appointments to
embassies and legations Today six
of our Ambassadors are men who have
either been retained in the service or
lvanced to their present positions
ON the ranks The embassies in
~ stion are those in Argentina, Brazil
Cuba, Japan. Turkey and Peru. In
20 countries career men are now
accredited as Ministers. namely. in
China. Switzerland, CzechoSlovakia,
Dominican Republic, Austria. Colom-
bia, Canada. Rumania. Honduras,
Nicaragua, Uruguay. Bulgaria. Qua
temala, Norway, Venezuela, Yugo-
slavia, South Africa and Latvia,
Estonia and Lithuania. A career min
lister is about to be promoted to a
vacant South American ambassador
ship, and Minister johnson in China
has just been promoted to the rank of
Ambassador.
At the recent convention of the
American Law Institute in Washing
ton the subject of trespass was under
discussion. Somebody brought up the
question of the liability for which the
owner of watchdog could be held in
case the dog bit person while not on
actual watch duty. Some one made
the waggish suggestion that the way
to settle the issue might be through
an N. r. A. code for watchdogs, fixing
the exact hours when they are to be
regarded as legally at work.
tCopyright. 1887
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-05-27

Former President Hoover'S attack
on the N. R. A. and the action of
the Senate in voting to extend the
system for only about 10 months is
accepted as evidence that hard fight
is ahead to preserve this branch OF
the New Deal. Differing views are
held as to the force of the Hoover
demand that the whole thing be
abandoned, and it is suggested that
failure of the Presidents plan for
two years extension means that Su-
preme Court opinions are likely TO
determine the question finally.
"Mr. Hoover says the one thing
to do is to abandon the law-not
extend it. not modify it, just let 1t
die" remarks the Milwaukee Jour
nal That. at least, is all honest
stand. however debatable some Of
Mr.. Hoover's reasons behind his con-
clusion may be. And his reasoning
is faulty. as can be shown by some
of his own experiences. Those Sem
ate leaders, Republicans and Demo-
Gratis. who manipulated a vote 10
extend N. r. A. for nine and a
half months instead Of the two years
requested by the administration, were.
however, neither honest nor sound.
What they are after is to kill the
N. R. A but at the same time get
a coroner's verdict that it died nat
ural death. Their words betray their
scheme"
Representing the supporters of the
President, the Winston Salem IN. c.
Journal declares: In the face Of
the supreme economic crisis of his
tory. Mr.. Hoover would beat the
drums of retreat. He would furl the
flags of human courage and raise the
white flag of surrender to the pre-
dacious forces whose activity brought
the economic structure tumbling into
chaos at his feet He marks no for
ward trails. he talks not in a Speclhc
language, but in the language of those
who fear to meet the foe. We nom1-
nate for the consideration of the
American people the foremost cham
pion of futility and defeatism of our
day: Herbert Hoover. erstWhlle Pres
ident, of Palo Alto, Calif.!
The Charleston IS. CO Evening
Post comments: THE former Presi-
dent may yet find considerable sup
port among certain elements of the
population for his assaults, but it is
to be feared, for veal or woe, that
the economic order that he repre-
sents Is extinct as the dodo. For
that matter. it may never have ey-
listed. Rugged individualism in the
United States seems quite a myth
when one studies the undercurrentS
of American economic life from its
very beginnings. Even the Repub-
licans turn cold shoulder to the
apparent wooing of Mr.. Hoover and
are toying with the idea of slightly
modified New Deal as a lure to the
voters in 1886"
"a long congressional tug of war
over N. r. A. seems certain" in the
opinion of the New York Sun; the
Kansas City Star believes that the
compromise extension is designed, in
large part, to give the high court an
opportunity to speak" The Wichita
(Kans.) Eagle records that "a critical
survey" of the situation is in progress,
and the Sioux Falls IS. Dak.) Daily
Argus-Leader advises that lin the
absence of the possibility Of abolishing
the N. r. A., the next best thing b
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-05-27
Plans for the Lower Courts.

Even before his appointment in
January of 1884 as municipal archi-
tect, Nathan C. Wyeth had interested
himself in the proposed Municipal
Center development. He was one of
the early advocates of utilizing the
land in Judiciary Square for the new
courts buildings, to house the Police
Courts, Municipal Court and the Office
Of recorder of deeds, and when the
bill authorizing P. W. A. loan for
the District for such construction was
sent to Congress by the Commission
ers Mr. Wyeth was we'll prepared to
begin work on preliminary sketches
of the courts buildings in the pro-
posed new location.
These plans have been approved
generally by the Commission of Fine
Arts and the National Capital Park
and Planning Commission. They were
reproduced in The Star last week and
represent an argument in themselves
in favor of the loan, which Congress
and the President have approved-in
enacting the authorizing legislation
and which now depends upon the ap-
prevail Of the authorities in charge of
the work-relief fund expenditures.
The District is fortunate in having
q municipal architect who possesses
the professional skill, training and
experience Of Mr.. Wyeth. He was a
resident of the District for thirty-five
years prior to his appointment and
during that time has been associated
in the designing of many of the city's
buildings and other structures, includ-
ing the Key Bridge, the remodeling
Of the executive Offices at the White
House, Emergency and Columbia Hos
pitfalls, the Tidal Basin Bridge, the
House and Senate Office Buildings,
including the new wing of the last
named: several of the embassies and
legations and the House of Mercy and
Children's Country Home. In the
plans for the new lower courts build
ings the high architectural standards
required of any structure in Judiciary
Square have been attractively main
tanned.
The completion of these designs
should speed the matter of obtaining
the loan which Congress has au-
thorized. Working drawings and speci-
fications cannot be undertaken, of
course, until the loan has been grant,
ed But the municipal architects Of
fee is now in position to facilitate
such work with the P. w. AS ap-
proval.
The present and long-continued
conditions of overcrowGing and in
adequate facilities in the old Police
Court and other lower court build
ings have been so universally con-
demned that it should not require
much persuasion to convince the
proper authorities Of the advantages
in proceeding Immediately to the new
construction.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-05-27
Pan-American Trade.

Delegates from all of the twenty
one States comprising the Pan-Amer-
lean Union assembled on Sunday at
Buenos Aires in a conference convened
to discuss ways and means of promot-
ing trade among the republics Of the
Western Hemisphere, and particularly
methods of suppressing obstacles that
impede its natural flow. Conspicuous
by their absence from the agenda,
strangely enough, are the matters OF
tariff and exchange. They are evil
IDENTIFY considered too ticklish ques-
tons for general discussion and re-
garded as issues more suitable for
treatment between individual govern
fnents In such manner as the United
States is attempting to negotiate BIZ
lateral reciprocal commercial treaties.
Among the Americas concrete progress
has been made in that direction
through the tariff treaty with Brazil
Negotiations along the same line have
long been in progress with Argentina
and other Latin countries.
The hopeful and significant thing
about the Buenos Aires conference is
that it manifests a realization on the
part of the American republics that
the cementing of economic ties among
them lies in their common and para
mount interest. The United States
indicates the importance it bestows
upon the conference by sending the
largest delegation in attendance, with
the exception of that from Argentina.
That the Latin republics on their part
believe that extensive good will result
from the conclave is evidenced by the
active participation in it Of two chief
executives, the Presidents Of Brazil
and Argentina. As the direct offspring
of the pan-American conference at
Montevideo in 1888, the commercial
conference meets under the stimulat-
irg influence of the former assem-
blage, in which Secretary of State
Hull was so effective a factor. Cordial
references to the new attitude of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-05-27
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

CIowning.
Just tryin' to be silly
It's a duty that We owe
When our world is, willy nilly,
Only just feeting show.
When the futures full of frovning
Some must try, and try again,
To attempt little Glowing
To alleviate the pain.
There is many a startling rumor
That will rise into wall
When a rugged sense of humor
In the slap-stick puts a nail.
The way is long and hilly,
AS We face what may befall.
Just tryin' to be silly
Is the hardest job of all.
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The Wheat Referendum.

The wheat farmers participating in
referendum election on the question
whether they wished to continue to
be paid for not growing wheat have
voted six to one for a continuance of
the program. Secretary Wallace of
the Department of Agriculture halls
the referendum as a great triumph
of democracy. Why not take a refer
endum vote among the veterans of the
World War, holding bonus certif-
Gates, on the question of paying the
bonus? Again, undoubtedly, victory
would lie with the proposal to pay.
And again, of course, democracy
would enjoy triumph.
The vote of the wheat farmers re-
corded so far shows that 1889
voted for the continuance of the
wheat program for four-year period,
to 27,325 against. The marvel is that
more than $1,000 wheat farmers re-
corded themselves in opposition to
this handout of Government checks.
1t would lead unbiased observers to
believe that perhaps, after all. there
may be something wrong with the
plan In addition to the great pull
which the Government checks for
reducing crops have had upon the
affections of the farmers. the admin
istration has conducted an intensive
campaign to convince the farmers
that their best interests lie in a con-
tinuance of the Government checks.
High officials of the Government have
made speeches in the great wheat
growing districts The agents of the
A. A. A. have actively pressed for a
favorable vote. And not long ago,
when the wheat farmers staged a
march on Washington, President
Roosevelt himself delivered to them
an address which was sent broadcast
over the country, in which he de-
nounced critics Of the farm program
as liars"
And so the administration is en-
couraged TO go ahead with its policy
of production reduction. The theory
that the Nation can grow wealthy
through the reduction of production
has not yet been abandoned. Inevitably,
however. there will be an awakening
The wheat referendum has resulted
in almost the same favorable proper
tons as did the referenda taken
among the cotton farmers and the
tobacco growers, showing that con-
tinuance of Government checks for
crop curtailment has been popular.
The main argument in favor of
planned crop curtailment, with the
Government telling each individual
farmer how much he may and how
much he may not grow, has been that
through this planning prices of farm
products will mount. Those prices
have increased a certain amount.
under the program. But so have
prices of the things that the farmers
must purchase.
What if the Government had I'M
dertaken to put through a law asking
farmers to reduce their crops without
the lure of Government checks for
compliance? How many farmers
would have voted for such a pro-
posal? That is a referendum which
the A. A. A. might try, if it must
hold elections. The program, which
sooner or later will lose American
farmers their foreign markets and
turn over to foreign nations part of
the American market. would not have
proved palatable to the farmers If it
were not sugar-coated. 1t is a hope
full sign that more than $1,000 wheat
farmers have taken a stand against
the program.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-05-27
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.
Return of loaned book. within a
few DAYS. without hurt to binding or

Return of loaned book. within a
few days, without hurt to binding or
pages, struck an entirely new note
It was difficult to decide which was
the most pleasing, the speedy return
or the unchanged condition Of the
volume
The time element and the good care
are the two things which the loaner
of books demands of his friends.
They are, alas, the two things he
most seldom receives.
One might think, offhand, that
care and time, In this connection,
would be kept very much In mind by
amateur borrowers, but experience
shows that they are the very last.
When one loans a book to a friend,
what he loans, first of all, Is happi-
| ness
Books bring happiness to all who
love them.
So much may be said without dan
ger of contradiction. 1t is the mis-
sion of good books to bring happi-
ness, but all too often this side of
their very versatile natures is over
looked
Fortunate is that booklover who
can find many happinesses in many
books
He who thinks what he reads is
ALL is missing one Of the real joys,
interests and delights In binding, pa
per, formal. or "get-up," whatever
one wants to call 1t.
All of these. and many more. play
their part in the loan of book
1t is not just print, alone, that one
| lends, but the whole book
The entire book, then, is the thing.
This is elemental enough, but the
facts in the case point TO a lack of
its comprehension by far too many
people.
Attention cannot be called to this
too often. because it may be that many
an ardent friend of books, who bor-
rows them from his friends. Is yet not
as good a friend of either as he may
become
Will he listen carefully, We hope to
convince him that great deal Is
owed to both.
He who borrows a book, who &C
cepts the loan. must do more than
get the book back some time, and in
any condition.
Both for the sake Of books and
their friends. the borrowed volume
must be given the care due TO a worthy
production.
This means, then. that only worthy
books ought 10 be borrowed and loaned.
Good men and true read no other
kind, of course, so this is taken for
granted.
A good book deserves good handling.
1t is not a simple product, but a
complex one.
Toward its completion many hands
and minds have conspired in a good
conspiracy.
This book. this good book, let us
insist. is fair product. beautiful in
appearance, sturdy in binding, whole
some in its very smell and feel.
II has sunshine in it, and fresh air
Those who love books best can find
fragrance always in printers ink.
A good book merits good care be
cause it is a work of art.
Even the humblest production Is
something to gaze at long But we
are so used to books. fine printing
even in little. that ordinarily we never
stop to think of them in this light.
! Every one has seen cheap produc-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-05-27
A Rhyme at Twilight
BY
Gertrude Brooke Hamilton.
A Simple Soul

Among the shrewd in the financial
mart
So unobtrusively he played his part
That when his acumen saved o cor
poration
They only honored him with an
ovation.
Among the brilliant and the worldly
wise
He moved in 50 conservative a guise
That when his tact averted social
friction
The tale was treated as q piece OF
fiction.
Yet when he died a church was sweet
with flowers.
The shrewd and brilliant nelt in
those dim bowers:
Enshrining him as one who. rare and
mild,
Had walked among them simply a. o
child.