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Evening star., 1935-03-29
Defeat of Wage Amendment
Acclaimed as Essential Step

Defeat of the prevailing wage"
amendment to the work-relief legisla-
ton Is heartily approved by a ma
jority of the press, champions of the
administration relief policies as we'll
as critics joining in condemning the
restriction which labor spokesmen
would have written into the measure
ITO have chung to the McCarran
amendment, making 1t imperative
upon the administration to pay in
work-relief projects the same wages
being paid by private industry" says
the Charlotte IN. c. Observer. would
manifestly have put the latter to a
great disadvantage in having to COM
pete with the Government. That Is
a more vital phase of the matter than
may be supposed. At this time, when
the Government itself is insisting that
private enterprise grid its loins and
take up the unemployment load, thus
relieving the administration Of much OF
this burden, 1t would be foolhardy
for the Government to set policy
in respect to wages paid which would
further embarraSS private enterprise
and by that extent further add to
the difficulty in throwing this func-
ton back into private hands. And
then, of course, the cost phase is not
to be minimiZed."
There might have been substantial
ground for the labor federation's COM
plant, if relief wages for skilled labor
on Federal structural projects were to
be paid on a cut-rate basis, but that
possibility is obviated by the Russell
substitute" thinks the Syracuse IN.
W Herald The Bloomington (Ill)
Paragraph believes that ''it would
have been disastrous to saddle the bill
with the prevailing wage" and the
Charleston IS. c. Evening Post holds
that "it may be taken for granted
that the President will not pay the
prevailing wage on any projects I'M
dertaken solely or principally in order
to provide employment"
On the other hand, the Lowell
(Mass.) Evening Leader takes the po-
sition:. THE compromise authorizes
the President to set such wages as
would not tear down existing wage
levels, but stipulates that prevailing
wage rates must be paid on all Fed
eral public building projects. The
general impression has been that the
work-relief program will consist very
largely of just such projects. So that
while there is some concession to the
Presidents desires it cannot truly be
said that the action of the Senate is
an administration victory"
Senators who wanted to prevent
the tearing down of private wage
levels" argues the Birmingham (Ala)
News, should be satisfied with the
safeguard which has been written into
the bill" The Akron Beacon Journal
declares that the bill is purely meas
ure to take unemployed workers OF
charity rolls, and the public is right
fully offended at the Senate's obtuse
attitude" The Columbus (Ohio)
Citizen feels that "some of the groups
have been playing politics to put the
administration in a hole" The Port
land oregon Journal thinks that for
Evening star., 1935-03-29
Menel.

Memel, that tiny patch of former
East Prussian area now incorporated
in Lithuania, has suddenly become
Europe's most acute danger spot. In
habited by Germans Of avowed Nazi
sympathies, its restitution to the Reich
is openly coveted by the Hitler regime.
Ever since the Saar plebiscite the
Fuehrer and his supporters have been
rclamoring vociferously that Memel,
too, should he restored to the father
land"
The Lithuanians, to whom the
territory was awarded by the League
Of Nations. have been cognizant, ever
since Hitlerism assumed power, that
intrigue was sleeplessly at work to
wrest Memel from its new moorings
This week matters reached a climax
with the conviction by a military court
Of ninety-odd Nazis found guilty Of
plotting against the Lithuanian state
1t was the sentencing of the -four
principal conspirators to death that
stirred up furious protest in Germany
and converted Memel into an inter-
national incident of menacing magni-
tude. Nazi-lnstigated meetings all
over the Reich have breathed violent
Indignation and demanded war on
Lithuania for daring to defy the might
and dignity Of Hitlerism. Berlin has
called upon the League powers to full
fill their guarantees that the Germans
resident In Memel shall be protected
In their minority rights. II the pow
ers do not move to that end, Hitlerite
Evening star., 1935-03-29
tions which they really do not feel,
cater and cringe.

tions which they really do not feel,
cater and cringe.
It follows that the more honorable,
earnest and sincere an official is the
more difficult his lot in office will be.
Ideals, he soon discovers, are, in effect,
a liability. In sober truth, 1t is hard
to be patriotic, loyal, devoted, even
efficient, while one remains a cog in a
machine erected by a party for par
tisan advantage. Scant indeed Is
the unSelfish support accorded a
servant of the State who visions his
duty and his opportunity in terms Of
rectitude and conservation. To win
and to keep popularity he must bend.
And the pity Of 1t Is that the moment
he consents to stultify himself and
to degrade his position he plays into
hands only too willing to exploit and
misuse him.
Hence 1t is that numbers of indi-
viduals of noble character and fine
intelligence deliberately eschew ap-
pointment or election to places which
otherwise they might I'LL with distinc-
ton. They sense the punishment
they would have to take, the disil-
lusionment they would be bound to
feel, and for these reasons they do
not choose to run" The common
wealth. of course. is the loser in the
circumstances, but the fault Is all its
own. A nation that will not protect
its worthiest friends cannot Justly
complain If they retire from its en-
ployment.
But the problem merits the consid-
Grafton Of thoughtful citizens. It
simply is not necessary that the froth
should occupy the top in q democ-
racy, as in a glass of beer. None Of
the founders of the American Re-
public had any such craven notion of
the institution of organized freedom
they were setting up. Washington
and Jefferson would be outraged If
they could see how all too often and
in too many communities Of the land
their philosophy Of liberty. based on
mutual faith, tolerance, charity and
love, is betrayed. All the more cause,
then, should there be among their
surviving disciples for appreciation Of
the occasional honest public servant
who does remain at his post despite
abundant temptation to abandon it.
Evening star., 1935-03-29
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES Z. TRACEWELL.

Herbs have come into their own
again. both as garden flowers and
in the form Of teas.
The lore Of the people has become
a society lad.
Many new books on the herb gar.
den have made their appearance.
This is we'll.
There is certain picturesque
beauty about these plants, many o1
them known to all Of us, which always
has fascinated gardeners.
Sigrid Undset, in her "Kristin Law
ransdatter," gives a vivid description
of the herb garden in an ancient
nunnery.
The earliest garden books" as W,
have come to know them, were de-
voted largely to herbs Of all kinds
Popularity speaking, herbs are simpl!
any plant Of which the leaves, etc.
are used for food, medicine. scent
flavor.
There are hundreds of them, o.
course, many unknown to the aver.
age person. many Of them grown ir
every garden, but never used in thii
way, but only as ornament.
Every one knows the humble mint
so much used in julepS.
Every home knows about sasSafra!
bark. and its popular use at this tim,
of year.
Every one grows marigolds, but no
all know that the dried flowers some.
times are used to make a salve.
Not every one will realize that tn,
familiar sweet Woodruff is known ir
strict herbal lore by the high-sound.
ing title of Master of the Woods.
Teutons Of old are supposed to havl
carried some Of this sweet smelling
herb into battle for good luck.
y 4 Il X
Many who become interested in th'
so-called nerbs-and almost anything
that grows, it seems, may be such
will conf1ne themselves solely to thei
picturesqueness.
They will not be able to swallow tn
teas" made from them, because the.
may have kept a home aquarium, ant
know full we'll what an infusion
means in the way of the creation o
infusoria, under controlled circum
stances.
Any one who has created infuSorian,
for feeding baby fishes, by the simple
expedient Of soaking dry hay in 1
gallon of water for three or fou
days, will rather shrink from drinking
teas of this description.
No matter what the remedial claim
made for them by their advocates
they will make no especial appeal t.
the person who has thus fed bab,
fishes of the egg-layers.
Infusoria, popularity called, ar,
really protozoans. all but invisible
to the famous naked eye.
A low-powered miscroscope, put oi
drop Of infusion made from driet
hay or lettuce. or other vegetable mat
ter Of a similar nature, will revea
scores of elementary living creatures
often in the form known as "slippe
animalcule."
These minute forms suffice as foo,
for baby fishes almost as small.
In the main. such infusorianS ar
harmless to humanity. even whel
taken into the intestinal tract. Their
is little doubt that most Of us do in
take thousands of them every day, an,
are none the worse for them.
Yet some rare forms can caus
human disease, and. on the whole
they had just as well be left out o
human diet.
Evening star., 1935-03-29

A reader cdn get the GnstDer to
any question OF fact by writtnD The
Washington Epentn0 Star Information
Bureau, Frederic J. Haslin. Director,
Washington, d. c. Please f71close
stamp for reply.
@. Please give dates for the Gov
ernment salary cuts-M. K.
A. The first was 81s per cent July
/, 1882; second, 62a per cent April
/. 1888, making a total salary cut OF
Is per cent. The first S per cent
restoration Of salary began February
/. 1894; second 5 per cent July l.
1884: third per cent will begin April
/, 1885.
@. How is the last name of the quin-
tuplets pronounced?-M. z. M.
A. The Canadian legation says that
Dionne is pronounced Dee un, long
e, short u.
Q. How many currency bills art
printed in a sheet?-J. L.
A. There are IL bills to the sheet
O. How long has cheese been made
in factories in the United States?-
G. w.
A. Previous to 1850 practically al
the cheese made in the country wa
a farm product. Jesse William!
started the first cheese factory II
the United States In Oneida County
N. Y, in 1851.
Q. Why is Cincinnati, Ohio, called
the Queen City?-E. X.
A. During the early eighteen hun.
dreds the hills surrounding Cincin-
natl were covered with vineyards
which offered ready employment tc
the German population there, who
hailed mostly from the Rhine Valley
Up until the latter part of the nine
teenth century, Cincinnati was the
most important wine center of the
country. Henry Wadsworth Longfel-
low christened Cincinnati as the
queen City of the west in his poem
"CataWba Wine: And this song o.
the vine, this greeting of mine, tht
winds and birds shall deliver, to the
Queen of the West, in her garland,
dressed, on the banks Of the beautiful
river"
@. How tall is the Great Pyramid:
r. B. S.
A. It has at present a perpendicu.
lar height of 451 feet. This wa.
originally 482 feet.
@. How much land was In thu
parcel which Peter Minuit purchased
from the Indians for $24?-W. H. G
A. Peter Minuit in 1926 purchased
Manhattan Island from the Indians
There were $4,000 acres which hi
thus secured for a sum equivalent tc
about $24.
@. How much does an average-sizec
rat weigh?-A. r. D.
A. The domestic rat weighs abou
ounces on an average for adults.
@. On what occasion was a for
eigner invited to become a citizer
Of the United States in order to hell
with its government?-W M. j.
A. According to the Journals o
Congress, Volume XII, ON Octobe
6, 1878, the American Congress re
solved that The Honorable Benjamin
| Franklin, Arthur Lee and Johl
Adams, esquires. or any one of them
be directed forthwith to apply to Dr
| Price and inform him that it is tn
desire Of the Congress to consider hin
as citizen of the United States ant
to receive his assistance in regulating
their finances. That if he shall thinl
1t expedient to remove with his famil,
to America and afford such assistance
a generous provision shall be made 70
requiting his services DR.. Richart
Price was obliged to refuse.
@. Where is the Riff country
p. w.
A. It is located in northern Nor
Evening star., 1935-03-29
Capt. Blake Recalled as
Potomac Commander
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor of The Star:
I read with much interest the arti-
Gle in your March 26, 1895, edition,
Page B-1, regarding the old Charles
Macalester and in which the state
ment is made that HE (referring to
Capt. John Henry Turner took over
the wheel from the first captain,
Tom Ross, who started the boat on
its maiden run down the Potomac
back in the Spring of 1890"
If my recollection is correct, can
recall Capt. Blake back in the '90s
who commanded this boat for many
years. could find no mention of
his name In the article.
T. r LEMON.
Evening star., 1935-03-29
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

Another Holiday.
We've had some scares to think abou
Since Happy New Year" day:
We've had our periods Of doubt
And even of dismay.
Experience a teacher stands
In an expensive school.
I'm glad if we can all join hands
And just say april Fool"
St Valentine has claimed our care.
He had his little fling,
With scraps of paper everywhere
That didn't mean thing
Our problems we may yet explain
BY scientific rule
And greet a laughing land again
That just SAYS April Fool"
Evening star., 1935-03-29
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

occo along the Mediterranean littoral
ltS native name Is Er Rif. This Ia
the part Of Morocco which forms a
spanish protectorate, the rest of the
country being under French control
II is inhabited by fierce and varlike
native tribes, who arose against the
Spanish rule several years ago under
the able leadership Of Add el Krinn.
Spain put down the rebellion ut great
cost and heavy loss of life.
@. What kind Of q bird house
should be built to induce o cardinal
to live in it?-P. r.
A. The cardinal does not like bird
houses and can not be induced to
occupy one.
@. Has the Territory Of Alaska
fag?-V. K.
A. 1t has a flag Of It's own. The
design was chosen in q contest held
by the American Legion in 1927 and
was adopted the same year.
@. When was the American Fedora.
ton Of Labor organized?-T. z. H.
A. 1t was organized IN 1881. Until
1886, 1t wa. known as the Federation
OF Trades and Labor Unions OF the
| United States and Canada. At that
time there was no executive council
and president as there was after 1886,
There was a president and vice
president of legislative COM
mittee. Samuel Gompers served as
president Of this committee from 1881
to 1886. He was then elected presi-
dent of the American Federation of
Labor and remained its president
until his death, with the exception Of
1895.
@. Is it true that chameleon can
look in two directions at the same
time?-N. P.
A. Its eyeballs move independently.
1t can see in two directions at the
same time
@. How much meat does the aver
age American eat?-P. p. c.
A. Since 1900, consumption Of meat
in the United States has averaged
slightly less than 140 pounds per
capita. More pork is nov consumed
in this country than any other kind
OF meat, but from 1900 to 1911 and
from 1917 to 1920, pork was second
| to beef.
@. Is money used in Russia and
are taxes collected?-F. P.
A. There Is money in circulation in
Russia aHd workers are paid with
money. Taxes are collected in Rus
sla, but in kind, rather than in
money. Producers of wheat, for in
stance. must turn over a percentage
for the support Of the government.
The same system of money taxation
| followed in capitalist countries is not
followed. for the government in Russia
is free to take practically anything it
| needs.
G. What vocations did the sons of
! Benedict Arnold by his second mar
riage follow?-M. C. G.
A. Benedict Arnold's four sons by
! his second marriage were educated at
the Royal Military College, and all
received commissions in the British
Army.
Q. Who comprised the jury to select
pictures and award prizes for the four
teenth biennial exhibition of contem-
porary American oil paintings at the
Corcoran Gallery of Arts. T.
A. Jonas Lie is chairman. The other
members include Victor Higgins, Henry
Lee McFee, George Harding, Richard
Miller and c. Powell Minnigerode.
I
@. What is the favorite food Of the
silkworm?--C. E. S.
A. The favorite food of the silkworm
moth is the white mulberry, but other
species of mulberry have been found
suitable.
Evening star., 1935-03-29
A Rhyme at Twilight
By
Gertrude Brooke Hamilton
Familiar Streets

I've known them all my life.
In them played
The old games, tag and hide-and-
At the high peak
OF successful throw or In some strife
Or when my very heart and soul were
hayed
I've sought them; have never lost
my way
Even at night; but at the end of day
Found solace in the sweet,
SAFE hsrbor OF each avenue and street,
Evening star., 1935-03-29

our thoroughfares. Regulation Is nee
essary, Of course, but confiscation is
theft, however iegalized. Why not let
our children have a few of the precious
things of the earth, for higher au-
thority even than that Of the United
States Supreme Court has duly estab-
lished that the earth is the Lords and
the fullness thereof, whatever the A.
A. A. may arrogate to themselves.
JOHN MELpOLDEE.
Evening star., 1935-03-29

However officials may quarrel among
themselves, President Roosevelt stands
willing to step in to manage details
that seem in danger of being neglected
in a general argument.
Evening star., 1935-03-29

Some politicians, Republicans as
well as Democrats, think the forth
coming pre-1e36 regional convention
Of Midwest Republicans contains pos
sibly more dynamite than salvation
for the G. o. P. Their theory is that
the advertising of sectional differ
ences and the limelighting Of the
cleavage between the agricultural lib
eral West and the industrial con-
servative East could do irreparable
damage if it should reveal to the
world that party unity is an iridescent
dream. Meantime, representatives OF
all shades of Republican thought are
making show Of welcoming the
meeting and foreshadowing rosy re-
suits. Although its sponsors proclaim
that the project has nothing to do
with candidates., it's inevitable that
these will be in evidence, either openly
or behind the scenes. Henchmen OF
brethren in receptive mood are GER
tain to be on the job. The promi-
nence of William Allen White in the
arrangements for the pow-wow re-
calls that the Kansas editor was host
to Herbert Hoover during the Cali
fornian's trip across the continent
earlier in the year, a circumstance
which arouses speculation as to the
extent to which Hoover influences
may have brought about the impend-
a
counsel of the Republican National
Committee and member for Kansas,
is described as architect in chief OF
the scheme. He ranks as the Mid
vests candidate for national chair
man.
Gov. Alfred M. Landon Of Kansas.
who revealed in Washington this
week the plans for the proposed get
together, is said by close friends
despite mention Of his name as presi-
Dental timber, to aspire to the United
States Senate rather than the White
House. Senator Arthur Capper, Re-
publican, will be up for reelection
next year, but Gov. Landon has
declared that he would never run
against the editor-statesman for NOM
ination. Among Midwestern poll
ticians who are promoting the re-
gional convention there's persistent
talk about a 1886 ticket to be headed
by Col. Frank Knox of Illinois, with
Landon as his running mate. The
Governor has made q comfortable
fortune as an oil producer, though
he's a lawyer by profession. He Is
World War veteran, now serving
his second term at Topeka and is
Al years old. His recent business
in Washington was concerned with
getting $25O,000 of F. e. r. A. money
to repair the ravages of the recent
dust storm in Kansas.
II + + y
With G. o. P. presidential specu-
lation in the forefront of discussion,
interest is revived in the availability
of Supreme Court Associate Justice
Harlan F. Stone, upon whom many
Republicans continue to look as their
best bet If the elephant decides to
go liberal in 1896. Justice Stones
intimate friends doubt whether he
has any interest in political office or
could be tempted to renounce his
present assured career for the gamble
Of a national contest. They observe
that he has the experience Of another
Supreme Court justice, Charles Evans
Hughes, in 1916 to remind him Of the
uncertainties of such venture. Any
inkling that Stone would consider
entering the race would, his admirers
are confident, promptly develop .
boom for him.
y \ n Il
In the course of Senate debate on
income tax publicity Senator Cou-
ssns, Republican. of Michigan, who
Evening star., 1935-03-29
Tenacity.

ItnaCIty.
However criticisms rise,
Suggesting CONSERVATION
And worry that we can't disguise
Throughout a Mighty Nation,
We are not tempted to resign
The job-none will forsake it.
There are too many folks in line
Who will be glad to take it. .
Some men," said Uncle Eben, IRE
sembles de automobile horn dat ain
doin' much to push things along, but
manages to sound like de whole
works."
Evening star., 1935-03-29
Good Work by the House.

Much of the debate which preceded
passage by the House yesterday Of
the automobile Safety-responsibiiity
measure related to the need for COM
pulsory liability insurance for taxicab
drivers. An amendment to the safety
responsibility bill was proposed. and
defeated, which would have required
proof Of financial responsibility as
requisite to license for operation Of
taxicabs. 1t would have been to the
advantage of the District had such
an amendment prevailed, but those
in charge Of the safety-responsibility
bill showed good Judgment in not
placing their bill in jeopardy by in
sisting on the amendment. For pas
sage of the safety-responsibility bill,
after so many years of delay, repre-
sents something of victory In it
self. The measure can be strength
ened later.
. Practically the sole argument
against compulsory insurance for
taxicabs, as voiced in the House yes
terday, was that such requirement
would force some taxicab drivers out
of employment by increasing their
cost of operation, and that among
those so to be driven out of work are
ex-soldiers. Linked with this state
ment was the prediction that taxicab
rates would be increased.
But as against the consideration
of how a relatively few taxicab op-
orators might be affected is the more
serious question Of protecting the
rights of those who ride in taxicabs.
No one should be permitted to carry
passengers for hire in the District
without the assumption Of a re-
sponsibility which is traditional in
public regulation Of common carriers.
Cheap taxicab rates are desirable, Of
course, to Washingtonians as well as
to members Of Congress. It is still
more desirable, however, that the pub
lie be protected against financial loss
due to the careless operation Of taxi
cabs by irresponsible drivers. AS the
District Court of Appeals has said:
We have now in Washington
hundreds of taxicabs, engaged very
literally in a public calling perform
able only upon the public streets
under public license, holding out to
the public an incorporated RESPONSE
bility which they do not possess.
Painted, named and numbered to
heighten that illusion, each cab con-
stituting a potential danger both to
its passengers and 10 the public, yet
having no financial responsibility to
either beyond an equity Of redemption
In some used motor car.
Representative Patman Of Texas
has promised hearings on a bill to re-
quire compulsory liability insurance
for taxicab operators. That bill should
be reported to the House and con-
sidered separately and on its merits.
Its passage should appropriately fol-
low the automobile safety-responsi-
bility measure.
In connection with the bill passed
yesterday it would be advisable for
the Senate to send it to conference
for more detailed consideration of the
change made in the House exempting
out-of-town drivers from certain pro-
visions relating to payment of dam
ages found in court. The fact that
so many thousands of Maryland and
Virginia residents drive their auto
mobiles to work in Washington every
day should make such drivers liable
to the provisions of law. while in the
District, that are applicable to Dis
trict residents.