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Evening star., 1935-03-10

State motor fuel tax revenues. and
from investors, who feel that by dimi-
nishing State revenue it jeopardizes
their investment in highway bonds.
During the first year of the Federal
levy, State gasoline tax receipts
dropped $23,000.000, the first decline
in the history of the tax Approx
mately four and three-quarter bill
lion dollars of highway bonds are out
standing, sold largely on the security
of gasoline tax receipts Nearly II
per cent of all gasoline tax revenues
were used for bond service in 1888.
The drop in consumption caused
by the tax has reduced State motor
fuel revenues several hundred thou
sand dollars annually, the committee
estimates.
The Senate Finance Committees
report is quoted to show the tenn
porary nature of the Federal levy.
1t stated: Your committee is Of
the opinion that the gasoline tax
should be reserved for the States
after June 80, 1894"
Because of emergency conditions
and the temporary nature Of the levy,
motorists at first offered no concerted
opposition, the report states, but they
have since discovered that economic
emergency is liable to become a per-
manent basis for Federal invasion of
this field"
Average Owner Not Wealthy.
Indication that the average auto
mobile owner is not wealthy is seen
in the fact that SO per cent of all
new cars are bought by people whose
income is under $2,500, figure ex-
empting families. even without chill
dren, from payment of the Federal
income tax. The average value of
automobiles now in use is placed at
5000, and the average annual motor
vehicle tax bill at $50, levy of IS
per cent on the value of the property
Special motor taxes paid to the
Federal Government by motorists
during the past II years are placed
at Sl,664, 1861, ,458, far in excess Of the
total of Federal grants. Even if it
had never received any money from
motorists, the report asserts, the Fed
eral Government would be JUSTIFIED
in contributing to road building for
four reasons.
First, highways are necessary from
the standpoint of national defense
They are also an essential part of the
postal system. A Federal contribu-
ton is also justified on the ground
that a large fleet of Government
motor cars use the highways without
making any tax contribution to the
upkeep of the roads.
Finally, there is no more reason for
assessing motorists for the Govern
ment's contributions to highways
than there is for assessing the ship
ping industry for Federal Light House
service, Coast Guard Service and Ice
berg Patrol.
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perienced motorists have had in the
earlier stages of their education.
Worn pumps, weak pressure regu-
lator springs and loose bearings still
accounted for the large number Of COM
plants about low oil pressure. Tires
were puncturing mysteriously because
tubes were pinched when cars went
around curves too fast. Most Of the
trouble with front ends and steering
was traceable to weak, loose or over
oiled springs. Just variants on the
old themes, but annoying enough to
those who have either forgotten their
earlier motor schooling or are just
passing through it.
If the exhaust system of the car
seems to be too hot the car should
be taken to the service station for a
check-up Of such matters as the car
buretor mixture, the timing of valves
and the accuracy of the spark. Any
thing that throttles the exhausting
gas will cause the exhaust manifold
and the muff1er to heat up. Such
throttling might easily be bending Of
the tail pipe due to striking a rock.
This weeks suggestion on safety
concerns the importance of seeing
that the soles of your shoes are dry
before attempting to drive the car.
Having your foot slip of the clutch
or break pedal may be the begin
ming of an accident, not to mention
the pain of injuring your ankle.
A woman does not need to be too
mechanically inclined to appreciate
how the cars clutch can be damaged
by careless stopping. The plates of the
clutch, pressing together under spring
tension, are called upon to connect
the motor with the drive line to the
rear wheels. If engine power is trans
mitted too suddenly to the wheels the
clutch naturally has to slip in order
to ease the shock. Reverse this and
we find that if the brakes are applied
too suddenly the clutch again suffers.
Much clutch damage results from
feeding gas too freely when the car is
in low or second.
For presence of mind I commend
the motorist who switched of the
Evening star., 1935-03-10

motor when she realized that her car
was going into turn too fast for safety.
When the car upset there was no
additional risk of having it 60 up in
flames. Switching of the ignition
would be excellent procedure where
a collision seems inevitable. There
have been various automatic switches
to shot of ignition in event of an
upset, but such precaution has evi-
dently not been taken seriously by
the average driver.
Some of these days when the ultra
modern woman motortst wants to find
out what ailS her car she will surprise
the neighborhood by inviting her re-
pairman to drop in for cup of tea
Just SO that he can see how the car
is used. When a mechanic went to
get a friends car the other day he
noticed that the right front wheel was
standing rim deep in slush. 1t imme-
diately explained to him why the car
had developed perplexing front wheel
shimmy. Removing the tire upon re-
turning to the shop he found the rim
coated with enough rust to throw the
wheel out of balance.
The weeks safety sermonette Is the
suggestion to test the cars steering be-
fore proceeding to hit the normal
speed stride on a slippery day. If the
car steers very easy this should be
warning to beware of front wheel
skid when going into a curve or when
trying to steer sharply to the right or
left.
Maybe you are like the light-hearted
miss who answered the filling station
mans query, Check your oil?" with
mo. thanks, I'll take it with me-"
Plenty of motorists take that attitude
toward the man who really is trying
to perform a service. He knows that
most engines do need more oil al
though their owners prefer to skip over
the fact. In checking the oil level
always have the engine switch of and
be sure that the car is stand
ing on level ground. Because the oil
takes few moments to collect back
n the crankcase it is advisable to post
pone the oil check until the gas tank
and the radiator have been filled.
Evening star., 1935-03-10
SPRING HASTENS

PORTAGE, Wise. P).-Miss Spring
Is trying to give Winter the buns
rush" in this section.
At Wisconsin Dells e. M. Jobb,
farmer, found six heads of cabbage
growing in his garden through 2
inches of snow.
AT Green Lake Mrs. Ralph Smith
picked lavender pansy from a bed
OF flowers which recently was COW
cred by a deep snowdrift.
Evening star., 1935-03-10

Federal gasoline taxation, which
decreases State revenues and adds
to the tax burden of motorists, can
not be justified on the basis of the
Federal grants made to the States
in the past for highway construction,
since a large part of the cost OF the
Nations highways is legitimate Fed
eral expense.
This viewpoint is brought out In a
memorandum report, "A Study Of the
Economic Causes and Results OF Fed
eral Gasoline Taxation" prepared by
the American Petroleum Industries
Committee, New York.
Opposition to the Fedora levy has
come from motorists, who are now
paying motor taxes of more than Is
per cent of the value of their prop
erty; from State officials, who oppose
y On the grounds that 1t decreases
Evening star., 1935-03-10
He Came First After Dogs.

ST. LOUIS P.-His wife,s dogs
so bull terriers-got all the cream
from the milk at his home and he
got what was left, Charles E. Elite
testified in his divorce suit. Mrs.
Elite, in counter action, said he had
blackened her eyes and broken her
nose. The court took the case under
advisement.
Evening star., 1935-03-10
More Motor Cycle Police
Needed Here for. Safety
Increasn Force From 50 to 800 Would Greatly
Aid in Reducing Districts High
Fatality Rate
Bv G.. adams HOzVard.

EsPITE eampagns and drives street fatalities and
/ One reason that the Districts rates are SO high,
unqueStionaby due to the lack of sufficient policemen
This particularly true in the small number Of motor cycle men
cycle sergeans additional prvates,
this total of 54 for city the size of Washington totally
INADEQUATE
at the Traffic state that there should
be at least rs cycle privateS SergeantS This
number also too small The National Capital with population
half million people, should least have 800
available for traffic work
Evening star., 1935-03-10
In Washington

This price includes features and accessories pro-
vided by no other car: Buick valve-in-head
straight eight engine; original sealed chassis;
torque.tube drive; Bucks built'in Knee-Action;
Silent Syncro-Mesh transmission; front and rear
Delco-Lovejoy hydraulic shock absorbers; auto
matte starting, choke, spark control, carburetor
Evening star., 1935-03-10
New House Bill vitality
Affects Airmail Policies
Measure Is Designed to Meet Urgent Objec-
tions of Both Operators and
Postal Department.
Bv JOsebh s. Edeerf0n.

ESIGNED to meet the urgent objections of both
I Post Office Department and airmal operators, new
airmai bill has been framed by the House Committee
Post Offices and Post Roads, introduced by Chairman Mead
the House calendar awaiting action
changes in arma policies would be effected by the
Increased ama rates be paid to relieve the
distress contractors route miles and more
mileage may be flown and certain forms of inerne
competition prohibited Pay and working conditions OF pilots
are brought within Federal control
bill is intended to provide workable just airma
law transport development may proceed with the
greatest possible benefit the public and the industry pending
unified system Federal control of al
Evening star., 1935-03-10

heat control; octane selector; tenders and other
sheet metal parts bonderized against rust; pick.
proof lock for ample glove compartment; radio
aerial in roof dual down-draft carburetor; crank
case ventilator; artillery type steel wheels; gravel
defector on rear bumper. Prices subject to
change without notice. Special equipment extra.
Evening star., 1935-07-19

Western Hemisphere. Honors were
showered upon her, and she proved that
she deserved them by refusing to rest
upon her laurels. In literature she pro-
duced two monumental books on South
America, classics Of rich pragmatic value.
In politics she shared in the campaigns
of Wilson and Hughes and was an ac-
tive proponent Of the equal franchise
and many other reforms. At eighty-one
she climbed Mourt Madison and Mount
Crescent, in New England, and on her
eighty-fourth birthday gave vigorous
and energetic address at a meeting OF
the Society of Women Geographers. Her
mind was clear, incisive and direct to
the end, and just before her final illness
she was planning further travels.
Her position in the history OF the
twentieth century Is assured not only
because Of what she did, but also because
of what she was-a brave and gallant
soul of whom all her contemporaries can
be proud.
Evening star., 1935-07-19

It remains that one of the deficiencies
of local Parole Boards is the practice
often followed OF choosing leading
citizens" for board membership, rather
than men fitted by experience for
dealing with the delicate social problem
involved. The present membership of
the board has not been subjected to
this criticism, but others may. There
should be some method Of reconciling
Mr.. La Roe's objection to political
appointees with Mr.. Randolph's desire
that Parole Board members should have
the fixed responsibilities associated with
salaried public service. And. of course,
the Parole Board should be furnished
with the necessary personnel for parole
officers, working in the prisons and fol-
lowing up the records and behavior of
PAROLES.
Evening star., 1935-07-19
Parole Board Changes.

The local parole act has been sub
jected to attack mainly on two grounds.
One is the indeterminate sentence, which
takes away the exercise of necessary
discretion by judges in fixing the term
of sentence and has been generally
condemned as impracticable; the other
is that while the Parole Board might
function satisfactorily if given the
necessary funds for the hire of per-
sonnel, it has never received those
funds There has been little or no criti-
cism of the personnel of the board
members. They have been sincere men,
willing to put in a lot of unremunerated
effort as public-spirited citizens.
The bill by Mr.. Randolph would
follow the Federal statute governing
sentence and parole of prisoners and
would set up a paid board; the chair
man receiving $4,000 salary and the
two members being paid for their time,
which would amount to about $500 a
wear. Mr.. La Roe, as chairman OF the
Parole Board, criticizes this feature OF
the bill on the ground that it would
make political appointees of Parole
Board members. Furthermore, says Mr..
La Roe, the Parole Board needs hired
help rather than paid members.
There is truth in what he says and,
therefore, merit in his criticism. But
Evening star., 1935-07-19
Discrepancies as to
Revenues From Dogs
To the Editor Of The Star:

To the Editor Of The Star:
The Sunday Star of July IA carried q
written and profusely illustrated
article on the "City Pound" by RAN
dolph Roberts. Being lover of ami
mails, read it with interest, but I
must say with amazement also when I
studied the figures presented.
Mr. Roberts said: Revenues from
dogs-including license fees and pound
fees from the sale Of canines-have gone
steadily upward since 1920. The figure
in that year was over $4,000. Last
fiscal year-July, 1893, to July, 1884,
the revenue was almost exactly three
times that amount" Now three times
$4,000 is $4,000. I could hardly believe
that, so I turned to page 143 of the
report of the government of the District
of Columbia for the year ended June
80, 1884, and found this statement: "The
total amount Of fees collected was
$2,384.50. This is somewhat different
from $4,000. Perhaps there is some
other revenue from pound fees, but,
IL so, the official report fails to reveal 1t.
The article is misleading in that 1t
gives the impression that the pound is
a money -making institution, whereas
in reality 1t receives an annual appro-
priation of approximately $11 900 from
the Government. and actually took in
less than So, 400 in fees last year. Other
figures given are also at variance from
those published in the official report.
Dog licenses for last year amounted to
$43,55270, but these were not collected
through the pound. r. Il. BEALES.-
Evening star., 1935-07-19
An AirpOrt-ROad Solution.

plan has been proposed for the cor
rection Of the road conditions in Arling-
ton County which menace public safety
at the Washington Airport and possibly
the continuation of the maintenance OF
the airport at that location. 1t is now
under consideration in the county, and
it will be submitted to the County Board.
which, under the terms of a plan pro-
posed in the House Of Representatives
for the sale Of Military road by the Gov
ernment for nominal sum. would have
Jurisdiction for the substitution of an
other route for the highway.
This proposition entails the acquisition
of a roadway connecting Columbia pike
with the Alexandria road between the
airport and the junction OF the pike and
the Alexandria road. 1t would free the
now bisected airport area and furnish
an equally direct connection with the
route over Highway Bridge, together
with a connection with the Mount
Vernon Memorial Highway.
The proposition to revise the road
routes in the county has for its objective
more than the solution Of the airport
problem. Dangerous angles now exist
in the established lines OF travel, con-
stituting bad traffic hazards. The growth
of this suburban area in population de-
mands a better system of routes. The
interposition of the airport at point OF
concentration is not an insuperable
obstacle to an effective correction if the
whole project of road changes, which
will not be unduly expensive. is at
tackled now.
If the airport is to remain IN Its
present location it must be ridded OF
the menace of Military road, which
bisects the area to the peril of the sur
face-riding public and the air travellers.
If 1t is not to remain there decision as
to its future location should be made at
once. To palter with the situation by
back -and forth maneuvers is to invite
disaster, which will be infinitely more
costly than any corrections Of route, If
the present situation is maintained, by
whomsoever undertaken.
Evening star., 1935-07-19
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC VJLLI4M VILE.

trict includes the city OF Providence
and neighboring mill towns. The cleo
ton will be a test of current New Deal
sentiment in industrial New England,
which recently has been in somewhat
diSaffected mood The Democrats ex-
pect to win by normal off-year vote,
but Republicans are putting forth ex-
traordinary efforts to capture the seat
because of its Symptomatic value.
George w. Russell. Irish poet, esSayist
and painter-world famed as "E"-who
has just passed away in England, spent
several weeks quietly in Washington last
Winter. He was much interested in
plans for giving American rural popula-
tions a more abundant social life and
conferred frequently with New Dealers
active in that field. Mr.. Russell was
first induced to study our agricultural
sociological conditions by the late Mary
Hartman Rumsey. "E" enjoyed personal
contacts and conversation, preferring, he
always said, to impart his views by such
methods rather than through public
addresses. He was a fascinating fire.
side companion.
James G.. Mcdonald, the League of
Nations high commissioner for German
refugee affairs, who has just submitted
his final report, laid down the chair
manship of the Foreign Policy AsSocia-
ton at New York to accept the Geneva
post. Since 1888 he has travelled ex-
tensively throughout Europe and North
and South America, working with states
men and philanthropists on behalf of
the victims of Nazi oppression. His
report points out that the number of
unprovided refugees left in Europe,
pending execution of further plans for
emigration, is relatively small, and that
the grant of few hundred permits to
work in each country would not make
any substantial difference in labor con-
ditions, while it would go far to relieve
the graveSt refugee hardShips. Mr..
Mcdonald proposes special League
agency to take up refugee matters where
his commission leaves them of, after
placing some IS 900 German outcaStS in
new homes abroad.
Although there's only slight danger
that the United States can become in
volved, diplomatically or otherwise,
Washington will keep an all-Summer,
vigilant eye on Italo- Ethiopian develop
ments Ambassador Breckenridge Long
only recently returned to Rome fresh
from conferences with President Roose-
welt and Secretary Hull and is in posi-
ton to represent to Mussolini the United
States strong desire for peace. Our
State Department people are hopeful
that If war comes, it can be localized"
but there's the grim experience Of 1914
18 to show that you never can tell.
New Dealers whose business it is to
x-ray political trends claim that the
Roosevelt slump" is in reverse. COM
pared to the situation month ago, due
to better business conditions and cer-
tain reaction" in the Presidents favor
following recent attacks. G. o. p.
analysts totally disagree with this rose
tinted diagnosis.
tCopyriRht, 1880
Evening star., 1935-07-19
Old.Time Saloon and
The New-Deal Saloon
To the Editor OF The Star:

To the Editor OF The Star:
Referring to the letter in The Star,
Tolerance Makes for Temperate Drink
ing" no one but an -prohibitionist
could approve the sale OF liquor in a
hidden bar" or any other place. True
the prohibition law was not thoroughly
enforced. How could 1t have been with
its enforcement largely in the hands
OF those opposed TO 1t? Was 1t not as
successfully enforced as laws against
theft and burglary? No one asks TO
have these repealed.
The New Deal saloon has vices the
old soul destroying saloon did not have!
First, no respectable men-only those
in the irresistible grip of the demon
drink were willing to be seen going
there. Secondly, no women, young girls
or boys thought of entering the old
saloons; neither were they allowed to
be bartenderS there. But the New Deal
saloon has made drinking fashionable.
smart" up-to-date and quite the
thing" not only for men, but women,
young girls and boys!
Who is referred to in I'VE are now
fully reconciled to public and private
drinking under sanction of law? Surely
not the mothers and fathers of those
sos young people under q years OF age
who were arrested in Washington for
drunkenness last year; or those whose
husbands and sons are Squandering the
family income on drink, or the parents
of those youths, girls as well as boys,
who escape arrest for drunkenness, but
come reeling home at night; surely not
husband who comes home only to find
a drunken wife; surely not the splendid
worthwhile men and women who have
the best interests of humanity and our
country at heart
The we" of course means those who
want to drink themselves, certain vote
getting politicians all the liquor people
who are making money out of it, all
the army of bootleggers and smugglers
now reaping fortunes by it-and the
vets want to add to this number all
those they can make believe legalized
liquor is pouring money into the
Treasury.
Not one word do they say about the
vast expenditure necessary for inspectors
to enforce the law, to determine whether
licenses should be granted to those ask
ing for them, to hunt out Illicit stills
and battle against the greatly increased
number of smugglers, all the clerical
force required and the salaries of the
Alcoholic Beverage Control Board.
The vets dare not reveal the cost of
enforcing the present repeal law! And
they also ignore the cost of providing
care for the INDECENT alcoholic insane
and those reduced to poverty through
drink.
Those manned or injured by drunken
drivers whnSa 10vo1 nnaS Wern killed
by them are not among the "reconciled"
ones.
How many accidents will result this
year from beer and other intoxicants
sold at the 5000 licensed places In
Washington?
GEORGIA ROBERTSON.