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Evening star., 1935-02-01

no doubt is felt now on the score OF
stability. Nor is ti3sye question as to
the utility of this great plug that has
been driven into the mouth Oh the
canyon. 1t Is a marvel Of steel and
concrete fabrication. The story of
its designing, the preparation of the
site, the building of city to accom-
modate the workers, the construction
of railroad lines to furnish supplies,
the provision of every conceivable
safeguard against disaster, is classic
contribution to the annals of mans
conquest of natural forces.
This dam when the lake is filled
and put to work will provide electrical
energy of 100000 horse power ard
will effect the reclamation of 2,100, 900
acres of arid and semi arid lands as
well as affording a domestic water
supply for a great population. What
was originally conceived as defense
measure against destructive floods has
became a constructive contribution to
the Nations wealth and the welfare
OF great multitude.
Evening star., 1935-02-01

been done five years ago there would.
at least, be authoritative agreement on
a site. And while the selection Of the
best site for an airport does not mean
the acquisition and development Of an
airport on that site. the commissions
suggestion as to the logical starting
place is a good one. Every previous
agitation over an airport for Wash.
ington has become the signal for bat
tie between enthusiastic real estate
statesmen. If Congress could take the
important step of delegating some ex-
isting agency of the Government to
investigate and report on the best site
for an airport, including the pro-
posed Gravelly Point development,
some progress would be made. When
Congress finally decides to build the
Capital airport the important con-
sideration of location will at least
have been disposed Of in advance.
Evening star., 1935-02-01
The Transportation Problem.

President RooSevelt's message to
Congress, transmitting the report of
the Federal Aviation Commission, was
in reality a discussion of the whole
transportation problem. 1t is again
made clear that the President intends
to bring about a consolidation of
regulatory powers governing all meth
ods of transportation, including the
railroads, the motor services, air lines
and shipping. Outside of the rail-
roads, which are regulated to the Nth
degree by Government, these other
means of transportation still await
the hand of complete Government
regulation. obviously, If the railroads
are to be so regulated, competition
from other forms of transportation,
unregulated in the main, is not fair.
In the experimental stage of develop
ment the hand of governmental
regulation is likely to be a blight,
That it is heavy hand. even after
that stage is passed. the railroads
would, in all probability, testify.
The Interstate Commerce Commits
sion, the President believes, should,
through a division, handle the matter
Of supervision of the air lines pending
the creation of general and con-
solidated governmental agency to have
supervision and regulatory powers over
all forms Of transportation. In this
he departs from the recommendations
of the Federal Aviation Commission.
The commission favored the creation
of a temporary Air Commerce Com
mission for this purpose. The Presi-
dent gave as his reason for not fol-
lowing this recommendation his desire
to avoid the multiplication of separate
regulatory agencies in the field of
transportation. Nevertheless, a sepa-
rate commission, picked particularly
because of it's knowledge of the avia-
ton business, might be qualified to
deal with this new branch of the
transportation service to better ad-
vantage.
The report of the Federal Aviation
Commission is thorough. 1t has made
an exhaustive study of the whole
problem and many of its recommenda-
tions appear sound. One of these rec
concentrations is that the Interstate
Commerce Commission be given tenn
porarily the power to lower or increase
airmail rates, after full investigation.
The recommendation was made with
the knowledge that the airmail con-
tracts which the Government now has
will expire March l. The President con-
ours in this recommendation Of the
Aviation Commission, but he stresses
the point that the..fates fixed must
not permit unreasonable profits" by
any private carrier.
Government supervision and regula-
ton of common carriers are necessary
in the interest of the general travel
ing and shipping public. The pro-
posal of the President that there be
coordination of agencies exercising
supervision over the various branches
of transportation is to be submitted to
Congress, with request for legisla-
tion. The measure will be one of
great importance to the people and
to American business. And particu-
larly will it be important to the trans
portation business itself.
Evening star., 1935-02-01
Boulder Dam.

Some 100000 years ago, according
to geological computation, stream of
water in the southwestern part Of the
United States began scoring out a
channel. Today that channel has
become one of the mightiest chasms
in the world, TOO miles long, ten miles
wide at the top near the end and a
mile deep. the Grand Canyon of the
Colorado. About twenty-five years
ago the river on Its emergence from
the canyon had become such a de-
vastating nuisance in its occasional
tnundation OF q large area that a
project for its control was planned.
1t took twenty years to adjust the
differences between the States whose
interests were involved and to design
the work. At last plan was adopted
and the work was undertaken of
building at the end of the canyon the
largest dam In the world, 727 feet
high, 1,180 feet across the top and. $50
feet thick at the base. This stupen-
dous task, begun in September, 1880,
has been accomplished, two and half
years ahead of schedule, and this
morning a massive gate was slid into
position to stop the flow of the river
and back up the waters to form the
largest artificial lake ever created by
man, eleven times larger than any
made before. It is estimated that
three years will be required to i'm
pound the waters.
When this work was projected much
doubt was felt on the score OF
its feasibility. Could a dam be
built strong enough to check the
current that in the course OF the
ages had riven so vast chasm?
That question has been answered and
Evening star., 1935-02-01
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

knew the thing was set up as finality,
when as a matter Of truth and fact
there was no finality in 1t.
1t has for long been the endeavor
of mankind to find the truth, and it
is so pathetically eager to find 1t,
after all these ages, that almost any
thing which bears one or two frag-
ments of the truth is in danger Of
being stretched beyond all belief.
Several decades ago, for instance,
the "fresh-air fiend" came into his
own. Fresh air was declared to be
the remedy for all ills, and any one
who dared to raise voice against it
was popularity voted down.
Even to this day 1t is not fashion
able to say word against fresh air."
as such.
If you want to sleep with windows
down, in zero temperatures In 1885,
it is just as well not to say anything
to ones friends about 1t, for cen the
best of friends must part on some
questions.
The wise adult, or at least he who
thinks himself wise admittedly a
dangerous thing to do, but, at least
by our thesis, perhaps not as dan
gerous as some would have us be-
Level, well, this wise adult will take
exercise with a similar grain Of help
full salt.
If fortune did not permit him to
get the proper amount OF exercise in
his youthful days, If he is not another
Red" Grange, he will be fairly wise
to take his exercise as he feels like
it, not as his more athletic friends
feel like it.
He will find that, wonder Of won-
ders, he gets along much better and
keeps in better all around trim with
a little exercise than his strenuous
friend who insists on roaring over the
countryside every week end.
1t might be fine to roar over the
countryside. but there is limit to
such goings-on.
That limit, let it be said firmly. is
ones self.
It is fashionable. at this hour, for
every one to pretend that every one
can do everything, be everything,
know everything.
Surely it is a comforting belief. We
know many old men who still pre-
tend it is all true. and that they could
have been wizards of the first degree
if only they had tried.
Well, maybe they could. No one
would take their comfort away from
them, because it does them good and
hurts no one else.
Still, one must keep tongue in
cheek, even at the risk of being called
a cynic. another one of the worlds
unthinking wolves in the wood. A
cynic may not be bad, he may be
very good, especially for others. He
makes them think.
A little exercise will go long way
for a great many people, and. in the
walking.
Surely every one walks, some one
says? Surely few walk nowadays any
more than they have to.
That Is where the automobile comes
in!
Many a person would be surprised,
after an honest checking of his habits,
to see Just how few steps he takes
per day.
On the other hand. there is no par
ticular need for a 10-mile walk on the
part of the average city resident. Two
to four miles is enough.
If any one thinks this not enough,
let him try it, especially over the
snow.
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A famous professional foot ball
player announces his retirement, at
the age Of 81 years. saying his legs
have gone back on him.
Maybe the modern automobile life
had something to do with it.
Here is q man who had spent years
training his legs, yet they went back
on him" at a comparatively early age
No doubt he meant the pristine per-
formance; they were still good. but
not as good as he wanted them to be.
If man who exercised daily found
this condition, 1t is no wonder that
millions Of office workers are unable to
run for street cars as they used to do.
They are foolish to try, too-but
many Of them keep on at 1t, as If the
old legs could retain their former zip
under sedentary conditions.
Il \ X \
It is an amazing thing. stop to con-
template 1t for a moment. how little
walking the city worker manages to
get in.
Let him take any period he wills
from a day to a year. the chances are
that he will find, if he is perfectly
fair about 1t, that he walks far toe
little for his best health and enjoy
ment.
This will be particularly true. OF
course, Of the person who takes little
other exercise Of any type.
It is but common sense to believe
that 1t is daily exercise that counts
A round of golf once a week may be
fine, but actually it can do little for
the muscles in the long run.
Two weeks Of vigorous playing in
the Summer may be a great deal
better than nothing. but it is silly to
believe that this period OF exercise
will put one in trim for the remainder
of the year.
Fortunately for the average mortal.
there is no need to expect perfection
in this regard.
II the muscles will carry one around
without obvious aches and pains. there
is q great deal to be thankful for, and
nothing much to regret.
The world does not expect an Apollo
nor yet Hercules from most men. If
they can get around they have done a
great deal.
There even Is a well-argumentsd
body of opinion to the effect that
excessive physical exercise Is not at all
good for this great average person.
One famous gymnasium director
years ago took the position that exer-
else might be positively hurtful to
such persons as had not exercised
sufficiently in their youth, and who,
therefore, when they took 1t up later
in life, as a remedial measure, found
that, instead of being beneficial. 1t
directed too much blood into the head.
This is a good stock excuse, accord
ing to the general exercise advocates,
who, out of their flush of enthusiasm
and vigor, will take no excuses what
ever.
Everyday experience is against them.
There are thousands of healthy per-
sons who never take" formal exercise
in any form. They will be found to
be as healthy as any one and to live
as long, or even longer.
Nor Is there any reason for such
persons to cherish themselves to the
extent of hypochondria.
All they do is set themselves up
against majority opinions which many
members of the same majority accept
without thinking.
It will be found. upon careful
examination, that many of the world S
majority opinions are faulty.
Some one or other began a thing,
a certain amount of plausibility was
in it. and the first thing any one
Evening star., 1935-02-01
Proposed Stamp Honor
To Susan B. Anthony
To the Editor Of The Star:

~ SG4oS$AA ~
To the Editor Of The Star:
After reading in a recent issue Of
The Star about the tilt women had
with Gen. Clinton B. Eilenberger,
Post Of1ice Department official, re-
garding the proposed issuance of a
stamp in honor of Susan B. Anthony,
the great emancipator of both men
and women. it seemed to me that the
issue could be clarified by the presen-
tation of q few facts.
Let us see, in part, how the matter
Of recognition of great Americans
stands: I have before me a Govern
ment publication, "A Description Of
United States Postage Stamps and
Postal Cards Issued by the Post Office
Department from July l. 1S47. to De-
cember 81, 1927" Up to that time,
according to the record, 16 Presidents
and 20 other prominent persons had
been honored by stamp issues. Among
the 20 appear the names of three wom-
en-, Isabella, Pocahontas and Martha
Washington. In the last eight years
undoubtedly other men have been
honored. Women scored one up in
the Mothers day stamp. In addition
to the stamps honoring individuals,
there were II commemorative stamps
issued up to 1927. I do not know
how many since. At one of the
branch post Offices in the city I was
told that there have been 10 different
issues of stamps during the past year.
have in my files the latest report
of the architect of the Capitol. It
states that there are 325 works Of
art-statues, busts, portraits. etc, in
the Capitol Building. Only two Of
these, as far as I am aware, honor
women, the statue of Frances Willard
in Statuary Hall, and the marble
group of pioneers of the woman move
ment, Susan B. Anthony, Elisabeth
Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott,
relegated to a forest of dingy columns
in the basement of the Capitol"
About the city we have further evi-
dence of millions spent to honor men.
We have memorials to our great men.
One end of the Mall includes me-
MORALS for Grant and Meade. Out
In the Black Hills on the side of
Mount Rushmore a gigantic national
project in part, seeking to honor
Americas great ones, virtually re-
duces the womanhood of America to
cipher by making this memorial
wholly masculine.
'The Handbook of the Hall of
Fame" lies before me. 1t reveals that
the money for this building was
donated by a woman. Fifty-two men
have been elected since 1900. In
later years seven women have been
added. and these do not include the
greatest.
I submit this evidence as a loyal
American who reveres the name of
every great soul, man or woman, and
ask In the spirit of fairness and JUS
tice is there any good reason why
Gen. Eflenberger should stand like a
stone wall between millions of Amer
lean wonderland men, too-who re-
we're the name of Susan B. Anthony
and this modest recognition Of her?
ROSE ARNOLD POWELL.
Evening star., 1935-02-01

trance doors with the word "Ienin" in
large letters inlaid in red porphyry.
Inc snort columns which support the
nat top are of various shades of
Dlack porphyry-each one a gift of
olnerent republic in Soviet Russia.
JUST inside the entrance is the giant
SYMBOL OF Communism, a hammer and
sickle carved In stone. Gray marble
steps descend to the underground
room where Lenin's body lies. The
body is in the center of the room
unoer convex glass case, which rests
on monolith Of black granite. The
color scheme is symbolic, black, red
ano gray. Black and red are the
ooViet mourning colors. Gray Is the
workers color. Lenin is dressed in a
plain workers suit of cloth.
u. How many community trusts are
tnere In the country?-H. A.
A. There are 80 community trusts
in 20 States, the District of Columbia.
Hawaii and Canada.
@. Where are United States postage
stamps made?-M. E.
A. All United States postage stamps
are made at the Bureau Of Engraving
and Printing. Washington. D. C.
Q. How does it happen that the
collection of statuary and paintings
In the Ufhzi Palace was given to the
Italian government?-C. L.
A. The nucleus of the gallery was
part of the celebrated collections
made by the Medici in the fifteenth
century. Additions were acquired or
inherited by later Medicean dukes, and
the collection was bequeathed to the
state by the last representative Of the
line in 1897.
@. What is the longest river in Eu-
rope?-B E. r.
A. The volga, with a length of
2,400 miles.
@. Where was Voltaire living when
he wrote "Candide"?-C. p.
A. He was living at Ferney, near
Geneva, Switzerland.
Q. Which opera is sung the oftenest
at the Metropolitan?-M. r.
A. in the past 25 seasons Aida"
has been presented the most times,
La Boheme" has been next, then
"Pagliacci," then Madam Butterfly"
q When was comprehensive con-
cordance of the Bible first pub
lished?-G. r.
A. In 1865.
@. Is motor cycle any more dan
gerous than an automobile?-P A.
A. Statistics show that motor cycles
are twice as dangerous as autos. This
estimate is based on motor cycle regis
trations as compared to auto registra-
tons and the relative number Of ac-
cidents.
@. How does one apply for a Ken
tucky colonelcy? What are the quail.
flcations?-S. j.
A. A Kentucky colonel is appointed
by the Governor of the State and one
does not have to make application.
There are no general qualifications for
the Office. 1t is purely honorary.
@. Where was the first swimming
pool constructed in this country?-
B. D.
A. In Philadelphia in 1881.
Q. How does Ely Culbertson pro-
nounce his first name?-J. U. H.
A. He calls it ee-lee, and not ee-lye.
The accent is on the first syllable.
Evening star., 1935-02-01
Maryland Milk Producer
And District Consumers
To the Editor Of The Star:

To the Editor OF The Star:
District Commissioner George F.
Allen has taken an entirely wrong
attitude toward the shippers of milk
to the Washington market. He is try
ing to put the dairy farmer in this
section into very grave financial diff
culties.
I have shipped milk to Washington
for the past IL years. In 1923 80 cents
per gallon was paid for milk testing
35 butterfat. At that price could
pay living wage to my employees and
maintain a good credit rating The
payments on my mortgage were made
on due dates, and I had few dollars
left to spend as saw fit. Today it is
an entirely different picture.
In 1929 or thereabout the price was
cut and the butterfat content increased
to 4 per cent. Since then I and the
rest of the shippers have faced cur
tailed production of milk at greatly
reduced prices. In the meantime the
added requirements of the District
Health Department have raised the
quality of the milk, with a correspond
ing increase in production costs.
From 1929 the dairy farmer who is
dependent on his milk check for a
livelihood has been faced with the
stark reality of losing all that he has
worked for. 1, for one, and there are
a thousand others. have been forced to
pay pitiful wages to labor and bear
the loss of credit ratings that were so
I1onorably maintained in order to stave
of the holders of mortgages who
threaten to wipe US out.
wonder if Commissioner Allen real
ICES that the majority of milk shippers
who have no outside income are so
close to bankruptcy that they lie
awake at night figuring ways and
means of existing.
The milk that we produce for the
Washington market is equal in quality
to certified milk" standards. Does
Commissioner Allen know what "certi-
fed milk" is? Does he know what
certified milk" sells for? Does he
know that it costs much more than
l6 cents per gallon to produce milk Of
that quality? Does he know that there
is a great difference between pure milk
and clean milk? Does he know the
uhysical and mental strain that one
goes through to produce that milk?
am sure that Commissioner Allen
is an intelligent man and that he
knows these answers. Why does a
man of his prestige demand milk at
such a price? Why does he begrudge
us living?
The Maryland and Virginia Milk
Producers Association Is made I'D of
farmers who ship milk to Washington
from the surrounding territory. We
are producers of some of this Nations
wealth and not parasites. In the past
our management has not insisted on
our due rights. The Constitution Of
the United States guarantees all a
living. What class of people deserve
this more 50 than the producers?
am sure that Commissioner Allen
Is desirous Of building up trade rela-
tons with out-of-town customers for
the Washington merchants. What
better class of trade could he create
than the dairy farmer, producing milk
at a profit. MORRIS GUREVICH.
Travilah. Md.
Evening star., 1935-02-01
Japanese Threat i'm Chahar
Subject of Much Speculation

the Los Angeles paper continues,
''contraveneS the statement of those
who have interpreted certain recent
acts of the Marking government as a
tacit acceptance of the new regime.
among them the resumption of
through railway travel between Pei
ping and Mukden."
China is on the defensive" con-
cludes the Danville Commercial News,
"and what Japan does not take, Rus
sia stands ready to grab. What is
needed is united front on the part
of the Western powers that will check
further trespassing of either Japan
or Russia on Chinese soil"
Evening star., 1935-02-01
Another Rate Reduction.

For the eleventh consecutive year
Washingtonians are enjoying reduc-
ton in their rates for electricity.
While the reduction this year is not
so great, the significant point is that
the working agreement between the
electric light company and the Public
Utilities Commission continues to
function, and the reduction. agreed
upon as fair in relation to the COM
pany's earnings, is made without re-
sort to litigation or ill-feeling between
the company and the consumers.
The first power rate reduction was
ordered by the then newly created
Public Utilities Commission In 1917,
when the rate for domestic consump-
ton was ten cents for the first 100
kilowatts. That order and succeeding
orders of the commission were en-
Joined until the consent decree OF
1924, which gave the city It's first rate
reduction IN 1925. The order which
became effective last midnight reduces
domestic rates to 3.9 cents for the
first fifty kilowatts and to 81 cents
for the second fifty, with further re-
ductions for higher consumption.
1t is little wonder that the wash
ington plan" for rate reduction is at
tracing such an increasing amount Of
attention from other cities where
high rates are adding force to the
arguments tor public ownership and
operation of municipal plants. If
other power companies were willing to
apply the Washington plan they
might save themselves the battle for
their continued existence which lies
ahead.