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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-08-03
Designer of Boulder Dam
Was DIR. Arthur p. Davis

To the Editor Of The Star:
In a recent letter to The Star, Mr..
Harry T. Rupert refers to the approach
ing formal dedication of Boulder Dam,
on the Colorado River, and asks this
question: will Mr. Roosevelt be gracious
enough to acknowledge in his visit that
this) 80 dam was conceived, launched
and carried to success by Herbert
Hoover?"
Just to keep the record straight,
wish to point out that Mr.. Hoover had
nothing to do with the conception of
this project. 1t was planned, after years
Of exploration and study. by a distin-
guiShed former resident of this city, DR..
Arthur Powell Davis, whose mortal re-
mains now rest in Rock Greek Cemetery.
DIR. Davis was for long period director
of the United States Reclamation Serv-
ice, and was a former president of the
American Society of Civil Engineers.
Back Of the Boulder Dam project lie
years of investigation of the Colorado
River watershed. DR.. Davis conceived
the plan and supervised the most i'm
portant of these investigations.
If proper credit is to be given, this
great enterprise should be named the
Davis project. That would be a most
meritorious designation to which none
could take exception.
oTTAMAR HAMELE.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-08-03
Speed Is Needed.

In the face of the delay to which
the Government employees leave bills
have been subjected the promise of
Speaker Byrns that vote will be had
early next week is encouraging.
When the twin measures were re-
ported out of the House Civil Service
Committee clear sailing was forecast
If they did not run afoul of other legis-
lation. This eventuality has come to
pass, but there is no reason why they
should be snagged indefinitely. Even
after the House acts, the bills must go
through the Senate and that will take
time.
The extra fifteen days annual leave
which would be provided, restoring the
old thirty-day basis. is perhaps not as
imposing as it sounds to critics, when
1t is realized that every minutes absence
from the office, no matter how unavoid-
able, is chargeable against this leave. For
instance. o trip to the dentist auto.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-08-03
Tunnel Drama.

The new midtown tunnel, connecting
Manhattan Island with Weehawken' NJ
j., was "holed through" yesterday, and
the drama of the event makes exciting
reading in the New York press To-Day
Men, it seems, are not entirely pre-
occupied with wars and revolutions, eco
nomic and political struggle. A few at
least are quietly busy at other work,
and the sand hogs" burrowing under
the Hudson are among the number. The
net result of their labor will be motor
highway for the use of millions OF peo-
plea somewhat commonplace analr,
perhaps, if viewed from an exclusive
pragmatic angle, but a glorious VICTORY
over Nature if considered, as it should
be, in the light of the genius and the
heroism which the successful perform
ance of any such monumental task
requires.
No one knows when people first began
to build tunnels. The need for shorter
paths, however, always has been present
in the human mind, and it may be pre-
sumed that very early in the evolution
OF the race natural caves and channels
were cleared and enlarged. Possibly a
brook coming down through the hills OF
distant Hindustan provided the original
suggestion-some lost community may
have smoothed its path in the interest
OF cleaner and more abundant wafer
supply. The sponsors of the long par
rows of Britain. the PharoahS OF Egype
and the Aztec chieftain- priests OF
ancient Mexico were tunnelers OF dis
tinction, skilled in the science OF Dig
cling deep and far. There are tunnels
at Thebes and in the pyramids as well
as IN the rock temples Of NuDla; tne
Romans left road and drainage tunnels
Wherever they went in their conquering
progress over Europe and Northern
Africa; by the time of Agricola the teen
nique OF tunneling had been developed
to the equivalent of q fine art. The
contribution of latter-day engineers was
gunpowder and compressed air. a
census of railway tunnels now in service
shows a total Of more than four
thousand.
ana each separate shaft has repre-
sented the same triumph over cireum-
stance The Outstanding philosopher,
giancing over the reports of the final
orlVe OF the midtown tube, takes honor
aoie PRIDE In the privilege Of belonging
TO species competent to solve such
problems win through to such goals.
ne understands that the future must be
bright Tor children Of earth whose ira.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-08-03
Possible ''Other Purpose
OF Pending Tax Measure

To the Editor OF The Star:
Your interrogative editorial asking
What Other Purposes are included in
the House tax bill is question that
maybe the House will not answer at the
present time. Perhaps after election
next year We may hear what other pur-
poses mean.
DO other purposes include the
proposition to share the wealth'?" Little
wealth sharing is in prospect from ac-
ton by the Government to add to its
revenue by possible $500, 900 900 year"
do other purposes include destruction
of wealth." That may be getting closer
to it-too close to win q Presidents
smile.
Probably the $500, oOO, 900 a year tax is
an echo of Senator Longs share the
wealth" with people at home. That is,
give our own folk, instead of Europeans,
discount of about 40 per cent, or, to be
exact q chance to win $l432 in each
$2067 transaction.
Mr.. Peak tells us that we bought last
year 81, 351 100000 gold, silver and cur
rency, which cost $35 for an ounce of
gold instead of $2067, which means
gift of $1432 to aliens to encourage them
to purchase $2067 worth Of goods, or
mostly United States securities, from u.s.
Or in other words, we gave them $685.
600 900 when they had spent $797, 765, 500
So the Europeans last year invested
in our wealth in this country $500 900, .
600, and the balance in American for
eign wealth. Foreigners will not buy
our gold at the fancy price of $35 an
ounce, so our heap of gold continues to
pile up. as even Panama will not accept
our devaluated money for right of way
across the Isthmus, a rental of $500, OOO
and now we must make her a present of
$345, 900, or q total of $845,OOO which
shows how our good President, like Timon
Of Athens, has shared, and is sharing, our
wealth, not with Americans, but with
foreigners, who sing his praises morn
ing, noon and night.
ROBERT WHITE.
Bayonne. n J.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-08-03

They would have remembered 1t all their
lives. And it would have appeared to
them very much like a gigantic, flaming
dragon speeding through the sky. just
as in the old ladys picture.
There may be bare possibility that
the meteor represented in the picture
was the one actually responsible for this
celebrated meteor crater, now a reserva-
ton Of the National Park Service. This,
however. is at best an entertaining
speculation. Other noteworthy meteors
have fallen in Arizona. The picture
might be the description of a fire-ball
hurting through the air. The appear
ance of such body always causes great
commotion when it is witnessed. 1t is
completely consumed before it reaches
the earth.
Even the landing Of q small meteor
is fear-inspiring event, especially
among q primitive people. Its passage
through the air Is that Of q veritable
sky dragon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-08-03

At the bottom Of this undoubtedly lies
the belief, held strangely, that ones
personal opinion Is the law.
Under q dictatorship, such may be
the case, but, thank heaven, the world
Of letters Is not yet conquered.
- -
There Is room in It and enough for
all types of writer's and readers.
The confident opinion Of ole person
Is just the confident opinion of one
person.
1t no more settles the matter than the
wild rawlings Of the sportsman who
leans over the bars and yells for his
favorite to come in first.
Maybe he will and maybe he won't,
time will tell.
In the meantime, however, the sport
swears there Is just one horse in the
world. Maybe even he won't be 20
enthusiastic in a moment.
1t is somewhat the same with books.
Every volume has its hackers, its en-
thusiasts. Every book that has man.
aged to survive ut all has some merit
to 1t for some one or, rather, many
some ones.
Since each book Is o reflection Of q
human mind, 1t is not any wonder that
the CLEAN is there for some other minds.
Not all.
That Is just where our know it all
makes his big mistake.
He fondly thinks that because he
does not like q certain author nobody
can like him.
let no reader be ashamed of his
fondness for Longfellow, for instance.
1t may be understood that Longfellow
is not Gertrude Stein.
1t may be admitted even by the sure
He is just Longfellow.
If there are certain traits in his
poems you admire, do not let some
vandal sneer you out of them.
Suppose we cannot imagine Faulkner
writing The Psalm Of Life"
We can imagine Henry Longfellow
writing it.
He did, you know, even if the know
it-all would like TO suppress the fact
$50
1t is pretty comfortable thing that
thousands of persons 60 right ahead,
liking what they like, despite the ultra
modern critics. who would boost them
selves and their compatriots by trying TO
sheer down all that went before. We
have seen them at work and it is q
pretty cheap trick.
Although their attitude makes one
angry at times, it is pretty wholesome
to realize that it generally doesn't work.
They impress only themselves.
A good book will make its way. It
has nothing to fear from them.
Old Ben Franklin's autobiography
Hxffn ffr1tTA 10 kA L.
carpers have been forgotten.
AS picture of native shrewdness,
mixed with some intelligence and some
wit, it has held its place for many years.
Why should it, or any other book, be
criticized for not being what 1t was
never intended to be?
The sensible plan is to accept a
work for what 1t is
II you don't like it, then let it alone
Go on to books you do like. but don't
expect your likes and dislikes to be
final and binding on the rest of the
world.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-08-03
A Rhyme at Twilight
BY
Gertrude Brooke Hamilton

Financial Wizard
"9ou are young, Sonny William" the
wizard once said,
ITO your seat on the Change you are
new,
The moods Of the market are still out
Of range,
Its upturns and slumps make you blue.
Each telephone call in your brokerage
firm.
Each mail on your desk spick and
span.
Brings chills to your spine as you start
in the game
That turns you from greenhorn to
man.
SHOULD you learn, Sonny William" the
old wizard smiled,
ITO the tricks Of finance the right key,
I'd be your frank debtor forever, my Lad,
y you'd pas Il along then to mel"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-08-03
Shooting Stars.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Talking Things Over.

Talking Things over.
The horse and buggy days have fiet
We miss them more and more;
We also miss, it has been said,
The crossroads general store.
The cracker barrel open stood,
A bit of cheese was free.
So was debate. Men wise and good
Told how things ought to be.
The old boss restless used to grow,
When travelling mile by mile.
That grocery store he used to know,
He'd stop there for a while.
We travel now in speedier ways
Than granddad knew of yore.
We mourn those boss and buggy days;
Likewise the crossroads store.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-08-03
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

A human being one must manage
some how to discredit Is he TO whom all
older books are o fraud and q sham.
He is so up to date.
He says that Benjamin Franklin's
Autobiography" Is cheap stun, that
Axel Munthe's "Story of San Michele"
Is mot literature" that Longfellow never
wrote real poetry anyway.
II we are to believe him many Of the
things we have loved since childhood, or
managed to rejoice over later, are fit
only to be sneered at and forgotten.
Nothing printed before 1884 Is any good.
We refuse.
What we liked once We like now. Not
that time makes no changes in judg-
ment, far from it, but the good of one
age must be the good Of another, to
some degree, at least.
The cryings Of these eternal carpers
leave us cold.
What they admire Is often pretty poor
stuff.
II you look into it carefully the
chances are 10 to that 1t Is smutty
or realism at its crudest, which often
amounts to the same thing.
Their ultra modernism Is rather
silly, taken all in all, because the world
of books, of all worlds, is not Just OF
today.
1t Individually extends far into the
past
Despite the worst efforts Of those who
literally burned books they did not like
in order to rid the world of them, almost
all that was best has endured.
1t is treasured in old and new editions
by somebody.
And right there is the criterion: Is
1t good for somebody?
That's all a book has to be.
1t may not be good" to this know
it-all person who inks us at times, but
it may be just the thing for us!
kK*
Books, in this respect, are just like
persons. One says, Il don't see what
you can see in him" Fortunately, the
next one sees plainly enough.
The world is large, both for humans
and books; there would seem to be
plenty of room in it for ALL but somehow
certain natures would like it to be
otherwise.
They want to restrict this immense
globe, this world of wonder, of light
and darkness, of tenderness and cruelty
The amplitude Of the centuries weighs
upon their spirit.
They look not into space. which has
no end, as far as humanity can imagine
any; they look not at the flaming stars;
they delve not into the nethermost
regions Of the earth.
All they do 1t sit and criticize-books
Of all things!
What harm does book do you If you
do not like it?
All you have to do is let it alone.
That is where selection comes in and
where the individual plays his best part
He does not play it. surely. in knock
ing" good books that have appealed to
thousands, even If they do not, forsooth,
appeal to him.
Why can't ne let them alone?
Why 60 around sneering upon the
slightest opportunity at q book which
some hold good?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-08-03

ditions Of achievement are so rich and
colorful. Men who can alter the face
Of the planet, scoop out the Panama
Canal, pile up Boulder Dam. talk through
the ether. explore the stratosphere,
plump the extremities of the ocean,
attain the Poles and control diseases
like smallpox and yellow fever, even
tually will find ways and means to
ferences and the bitter curse of poverty.
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matically becomes nart of the emnlopes

na'ically becomes part Of the employees
vacation" What a vacation!
And II ever there was legislation that
Is needed, 1t is that which allows sick
ieaVe to accumulate to one hundred and
twenty days. The average sick leave
TAKEN In the entire Government estab-
hshment is about seven days, but at
present employees cannot carry the
unused portion from year to year. The
new bill is a source of protection in
prolonged illnesses, and If there is one
time That the average individual requires
steady income it is In sickness.
FURTHER tie-up at this stage of tn
legislative session will peril the measures.
ana their friends in Congress I'M
doubtedly will exert every effort to
avert this misfortune.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-08-03
Profit Taking.


Have you any objection to Govern
ment ownership"
None whatever" answered Mr. Dustin
Stax. I'm perfectly willing to proceed
on my business custom with the Govern
ment and sell when prices are high with
a view to buying back when they drop"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-08-03
Noble Invention.

zone of the greatest Of our inven-
tions," said Senator Sorghum, sis the
safety razor"
What has that to do with the world
crisis?"
Its peaceful influence. 1t enables a
man to avoid being present at any i'm
petuous alteration between an Italian
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-08-03
Take IT and Like IT.

Take 1t and Like 1t.
Now doth the bold Dictator name
The rules which regulate his game.
The golden rule he'll bravely stress,
Marquis of Queensbury's no less.
He warns men that his plans prepare
A happiness which they shall share.
You'll shout approval by anu by
If not, He'll Know the Reason Whyl
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-08-03

Little faith remains in the rumor that
the former Kaiser expects to be restored
to the German throne. The swastika
has effaced even the prestige of the
iron cross.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-08-03

A public man must expect periods
Of unpopularity to balance the exclama-
ton points of adulation. One law that
operates without assistance from the
Supreme Court is the law of averages.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-08-03

The swastika must be protected from
disrespect even though few people I'M
dertake to explain just what it is.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-08-03

Assurance is given that Mussolini will
not attempt to apply to the League OF
Nations Council the drastic methods he
EMPLOYED in organizing the Fascist.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-08-03

Jud Tunkins says he asked his dentist
about it and finds that while gas has its
individual uses, there's no chance of
Its making war any less painful.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-08-03
Bells.

That dinner bell once rang SO loud,
OF appetites it made us proud.
But listen to the tune today
Which the cash register will play
AS its grim record must be scored
OF things you buy, yet can't afford.
That tiny tinkle, truth to tell,
Sounds louder than the dinner bell.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-08-03
Eclipses.

From the New York Sun.
Wouldn't it be consoling to those in
the public eye If, as in the case of the
moon or the sun, there was great rush
to look every time they went into total
eclipse? .-.~.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-08-03

Europe cannot expect to set the fash
ions when people pass the beauty shops
in order to buy gas masks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-08-03

Another tunnel under the Hudson
River will enable the great financiers
to work even faster between New York
and New Jersey.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-08-03

So pervasive is the spirit of interna-
tional politics that even the waterfront
reporter has to take hand in diplo-
matte discussion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-08-03

Scientists have done their best to
provide harmless debate. 1t was perhaps
a mistake to discourage the Newton
Einstein controversy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-08-03

Genin and Trotsky once worked to-
gether. Lenin has a magnificent tomb,
but Trotsky is still working.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-08-03

"De world is gittin better" said Uncle
Eben, but a lot O. folks in it amt
keepin' up wifi de pace"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-08-03
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-08-03

@. Are there any pensioners on the
rolls for the War of 1912 and the Mexi-
can War?-H M.
A. Four dependents Of veterans of the
War Of 1912 and 30l dependents Of vet
Grams of the Mexican War are receiving
pensions.
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@. At what age can calf be called
baby beef?-R. F.
A. Baby beef must be from good
choice or prime animals of the beef
breeds, either steer or heifer, from
to Is months of age, and weighing from
900 to 200 pounds.
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Esht rnal ard SUNDAY stsr99e per per month
Collection made at the end OF each moI M.
Orders may be sent by mail or telephone -"
tinnal 6000
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-08-03

@. Where were the first waterworks
in the United States?-F. G.
A. The first pumping plant installed
to provide water for municipal purposes
was that at Bethlehem, Pa, about 1850
The first municipal water supply system
built in America was that of Boston
in 1852,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-08-03

@. What does p. 3. X. mean?-B. M.
A. 1t means private branch exchange.
Any board outside of the telephone
conpany's Offices is a private branch
exchange.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-08-03

Q. Who originated the serpentine
dance?-D. s.
A. Loie Fuller. She became interna-
tionally famous as a dancer and q
dancing teacher and spent many years
of her life in France. She was born In
1870 and died in 1923.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1935-04-26
DOLITICS
l NATIONS CAPITOL
BY BYRON PRICE

BY BYRON PRICE
Chief Of Bureau. the Associated Press,
Washington
From the political viewpoint, no re-
cent event ct Washington developed
more interesting angles than house
consideration and passage Of the So
cial security bill.
The most obvious thing was that
for the first time this session, the big
Democratic majority marched for
ward with firm precision. providing
an overwhelming margin Of safety
for what Mr.. Roosevelt had asked.
The exact significance Of this Is
disputed. for many factors were In
volved In the administration VIC
tory. But It ct least raised q ques-
ton whether the president was not
regaining the leadership which had
been 20 much discounted Of late,
and might not be expected hereafter
to exercise . more direct control over
his party In congress.
OF course only time can provide
the answer. Many important admin.
istratton tests still are to come. I'm
til the moment arrives for action on
such measures as the banking, NRA,
and utilities bills, It probably will
be impossible to tell whether the
social security victory really was
significant. or only . flash In the pan.
= \ \
House Radicalism Mild
Equally interesting and alive with
possibilities Is the fact that on this
issue the extreme radicals were rout-
ed completely.
For . long time, Democratic lead
srs had been suffering from an obvi.
Gus case Of filters arising principally
from the widespread agitation for
the Townsend plan. Just what hap
pened Is not yet clearly apparent.
but there Is food for thought In the
fact that the Townsenders polled
something less than half the votes