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Evening star., 1935-10-20
LIES SUPREME TESTS
BY THE RIGHT REV. JAMES E. FREEMAN D. D, L. D, D. C. L.
BISHOP OF WASHINGTON.

severe shock and one that has made
deep inroads into its traditional faith
and practice. It Is a new testing time.
If one may make his diagnosis of existing
conditions by rejecting upon that which
has issued from other and severe expert
ences, he Is bound to believe that, once
the present shadows are diSsipated the
world will come to new day OF stronger
and finer religious conviction and more
sustained recognition of the teachings Of
Christ than 1t has ever known. The an
swer which Jesus sent to the questioning
forerunner is significant one. In it,
He makes no reference to His convic-
tions concerning the divine authority of
His ministry. His message is, GO and
show John again those things which you
do hear and see," and He bids the mes
sengers to see in those whose lives He
had touched, the salutary results of His
ministry. He would thus prove His divine
authority by creditable witnesses.
The implication Of this is, that the
proof Of the value Of Christian faith is
disclosed in what it produces in changed
lives rather than what it effects in bold
afirmations. Harold Begbie's Twice
Born Men," the story of those whose
lives had been transformed by the power
of Christ, is in demonstration of His
prevailing and continuing presence in
our modern world
We are talking much today about the
forgotten man." Little is being said
about the causes that have produced this
phenomenon in our life. The forgotten
man is the victim of system that is
inequitable and un-Christian, the direct
result of forgotten God A forgotten
God means the rule of selfishness, loose
living, industrial inequity and other vices
that have invaded our individual and
corporate life. There is little promise
that the forgotten men and women OF
our day will experience adequate living
conditions until the standards of our
Christian profession are disclosed in
more wholesome ways and practices, be-
ginning with the American home and
reaching out to every interest that con-
Germs the more abundant life. Secretary
Hull well expresses the need of the pres
ent hour when he says: Present dangers
challenge the church to engage in what
should be nothing less than flaming
crusade to improve conditions that have
a dangerous aspect"
When we can show the world our faith
by our works we shall be on the way
to a better world.
Evening star., 1935-10-20
Shooting Stars.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
A Scientific Achievement.

When science lifts her magic voice
She bids the fretted soul rejoice,
For all those ancient aches and pains
Produced by bruises, colds and sprain!
Are to oblivion swept aside
BY scholarships industrious pride.
The various fevers and the chills,
The mixtures and obnoxious pills
Are also buried in the past.
We may forget them all, at last!
In phraseology disguised
They prowl around, unrecognized.
Since science for them kindly frames
A list of large peculiar names.
In bliss serene we go our ways,
Nor fear those pangs of other days
With all those ills that terrorized
BY language anestheticized.
Evening star., 1935-10-20
Henry Cabot Lodge.

Henry Cabot Lodge has announced that
he will seek the Republican nomination
for Senator in Massachusetts,. Fifty-one
years ago another Henry Cabot Lodge
came forward as a candidate for election
to Congress, also in Massachusetts,. He
was the grandfather of the Lodge who
is now seeking political Office in the Bay
State, and although in 1884 he was beaten
he did not remain beaten. The name OF
Lodge was later to become familiar
throughout the State of Massachusetts,
and the Nation For the elder Lodge
became Senator of the United States,
a proud Office, an Office of great service,
the high purpose and traditions Of which
were never forgotten by the late Senator
Lodge.
The youthful candidate for the Senate
has already followed in the footsteps Of
his grandfather. He is graduate OF
Harvard University. He has pursued
a literary career and he has entered
politics as young man. He has served
two terms in the Massachusetts House
of Representatives, as his grandfather
did before him. He has been chairman
of the Committee on Labor and Indus
tries of that body, and because Of his
fairness and interest in labor's problems
has won many friends.
America has no ruling class. It has
no hereditary Office holders. Indeed,
the men who have shown in public Office
and whose sons and grandsons have
followed in their footsteps are few and
far between in this country. Men should
rise to public Office and trust because
of their own abilities, not because of
their names or blood. Nevertheless, the
American people have done honor to the
sons of men who have served them, and
have placed those sons In Office. when
those sons were worthy and when they
Evening star., 1935-10-20

Cheaper magazines do great public
service in employing trained historians
to discuss the problems of the day and,
like the beautiful Circassian lady in the
sideshow, answer each and every proper
question. They are their own rivals, and
find difficulty in making an economic
dilemma as interesting as the old ques-
ton, adjacently propounded, of whether
the handsome athlete is going to get the
good-looking girl stranger after several
hours of reading time.
Evening star., 1935-10-20
The Chevy Chase Terminal.

Probably the surest and certainly, from
the standpoint Of the patrons, the most
satisfactory solution of the problem OF
providing bus terminal at Chevy Chase
Circle, with some sort of structure for
public accommodation and shelter, will
be to have no such terminal there at
all, but to extend out to the end OF the
line at Chevy Chase Lake the routes OF
the newly installed busses which have
replaced the electric cars. The objec-
tions of the residents of the Maryland
suburb to the station plan are tWofold.
One is that no terminal structure can
be designed and erected that will not
be a Disagreement of point OF en-
trance to the District which has been
chosen for establishment and improve
ment to accord with its character as
portal to the Capital. Another is that
the accumulation of idle vehicles in the
street, even for brief periods, creates a
dangerous traffic hazard. There Is no
adequate space. declare the objectors,
for terminal structure at the junction
of the avenue and the Circle on the
MARYLAND side of the boundary, the
small triangle between the curves OF
the old car lines being unsuitable 1or
any more than mere shelter.
II the street is to be used as terminal,
with standing vehicles, congestion Is
certain to result. The nuisance OF street
parking for routed vehicles which has
been opposed in the center of the city
would be transferred to the outskirts,
where, in view Of the steadily increasing
traffic, it would be a positive menace.
Some system of off-Street parking Tor
these busses should be arranged, whether
in the heart of town or in the suburbs.
The solution of this problem proposed
by the residents and patrons OF the
transit line is to carry the service
straight through to the actual terminal
at Chevy Chase Lake, where accommo-
dations for the housing and servicing
of the vehicles already exist, and where
the conditions are more suitable for
terminal than at the Circle. Incl
dentally, such a plan would insure the
improvement in the transportation serv-
ice which the patrons of the line re-
ouire. The change from cars to buses
has been satisfactory in the main for
those living between the Circle and the
center of town, but it has not been so
to those living beyond the State line, who
are wholly dependent upon this single
line for transport.
A joint study of the question BY the
Public Utilities Commission, which Is
lacking in jurisdiction, but is interested,
and the Maryland authorities, who have
jurisdiction, should result in such solu-
ton, both as to terminal and service,
that there will be no Disagreement OF
the Capitals gateway and a maximum
of convenience for those for whom this
system of transport is maintained.
Evening star., 1935-10-20
National Hearing Week.

A plethora of weeks dedicated to spe-
cial appeals perhaps has had the effect
of dulling general interest in the causes
designed to be benefited by the pub
lcity; but National Hearing Week, be-
ginning today, deserves the sympathetic
attention of the public. 1t is true. of
course, that the phenomenon of deaf
ness still is vastly mysterious. Science
as yet does not know a great deal about
how or why defective hearing should be,
as it undeniably is, hereditary in Ger
tain families. The mechanism OF its
transmission remains undiscovered de-
spite consistent inquiry dating back
three or four centuries. A Mendelian
law of one kind or another is operative
In the circumstances, but when that is
said little can be added. The problem
Is defiant.
No one, however, can doubt that 1t
eventually will be solved. Meanwhile.
week to direct attention to the matter
certainly is worth while. And there are
many correlated aspects of the plight
Of the deaf or partially deaf which
merit consideration. For example, men
and women not so handicapped can be
of inestimable assistance to their less
fortunate friends by learning to speak
correctly. Many individuals are "easy
to hear"-because they articulate clear
", concisely, directly. Others are an
aggravation even to themselves-be-
cause they practice slipshod, careless
manner Of utterance. In the company
Evening star., 1935-10-20
Fifty Years Ago
In The Star

A tentative beginning in the establish
lishment Of night public schools was
-, made in the District
Startlng Toward half a century ago.
Night Schools. The Star Of October
Is, 1885. says:
"a register for the reception of the
names of those who wished to attend
a night school was opened at the Frank
lin and Sumner School Buildings early
in the Summer by direction of the
School Board. This action was in re-
sponse to an application on the part
of the ladies connected with the News
BOYS Association for the opening OF
night school and the board acceded to
the request, with the understanding that
they would furnish the necessary rooms
and the association competent teachers.
The idea seems to have met with much
favor and there are at least 200 names
on the register at the Franklin Building
and about 100 on the one at the Sumner
Building. The school authorities, how
ever, have heard nothing from the ladies
since their original application and those
who wish to avail themselves of the privi-
leges of night school frequently inquire
when it is to be opened. A Star re-
porter made some inquiries among the
ladies who were interested in the work
among the newSboyS and aScertalned
that during the Summer most of the
ladies have been away and as yet no
meeting of the association has been held
this Fall; consequently no action has
been taken about the night schools. The
association simply made the application
for the opening of the night schools and
as yet has taken no further steps toward
putting into practical shape this enter
prise. One of the ladies remarked last
evening that she supposed the District
authorities would organize the school if
it was found that there was demand
for it."
The following in The Star of October
10, 1885, tells of a favorite pastine of the
Tricycle. t1Iry T AGO; AGO
Touring. "A unique touring party
composed of ladies and
gentlemen to the number of II, started
from Maiden, near Boston. Thursday
October is, to ride along the north shore
to Gloucester. There were five married
couples in the party, two of whom were
mounted on tandems, or double tricycles,
all the others riding single tricycles, with
the exception of two gentlemen who rode
bicycles. On leaving Salem, where dinner
was taken the first day. some 200 people
gathered in Essex street to see the start.
The night was spent at Manchester-by-
the-Sea and an early start made by II
of the party for Gloucester in the morn
ing Several returned to Boston for the
DAVIS work All the ladies stood the
journey we'll Among the party were
Mr.. Abbott Bassett, editor of the Bicy-
cling World: Mr.. Charles Richards
Dodge, editor of Outing, with their wives;
Mr.. E. w. Pope, Mr.. A. S. Parsons and
others The tour was under the leader
ship of Miss Minna Smith, young lady
of Cambridge, and a charming maga-
zine writer"
Evening star., 1935-10-20
Germany Prepares.

I'm the midst of Europe's alarms comes
news from Germany, indicating that
while the Reich is not party 10 the
controversies that now threaten world
peace. it is by no means resting on Its
oars in the field of preparations Tor war;
On the contrary, it is likely that no
country is more feverishly girding its
loins than the Nazi Reich. token OF
what is going on is the reconstltution
Of the cat General Stad In denance
nc Versailles treaty provision spe-
cjIoally prohibiting the recreation OF
the organization wherein the World war
was Matched.
It is a significant step in Germanys
systematic return to the ranks OF flrSV-
class military powers. With the CO.
related War Academy, where genera
tions of German officers since scharn-
horst's day have played their celebrated
war game" and plotted campaigns
against every conceivable combination
of enemies that the Reich could face,
the Nazis now possess military brain
trust" qualified to function along the
same lines pursued in the times OF tne
pre-Hitlerite war lords, all the way from
Frederick the Great to William II.
It was inevitable that sooner or later
the new German Army would be equip
ned with a general staff, without which
no modern force can engage in large
scale war. Doubtless the skeleton
Reichswehr had the equivalent OF stall,
under whatever name it may have been
masked, Henceforward, there will be no
pretense. Once again the business Of
yar-traditionally German key indus
try-will be conducted by board OF
MANAGEMENT comprising the best talent
In the country.
If the reborn General Staff maintains
its traditions, 1t will combine interna-
tional politics with strategy and tactics.
That is not a prospect designed to be
pacific influence in Europe. On the con-
trary, it will aggravate the suspicion
that Germany is but biding the time
two, perhaps, three or more years hence
when Hitler's army of trained millions
will be ready to wipe out those 'bleed-
ing frontiers" where vast minoritles OF
Germans, now under foreign bondage"
await the day of liberation and incor-
poration within the Germany Of Nazi
dreams.
BY accident or design, the General
Staff announcement coincided with the
revelation that Germany has already
launched and assigned to service in the
Baltic twenty-one 250-ton submarines.
The Reich thus makes formal re-entry
on the seas with underwater craft for
the first time since 1913. There is
simultaneous disclosure that two 26,OO0-
ton battleships are under construction,
the initial units of the expanded navy
which the Germans are building under
their agreement with Great Britain.
Their third 10,0OO-ton pocket battle
ship" will be commissioned during the
Winter. An undetermined number OF
6uONQdrlIleS Ol ulole I1ldh ooo VoAio 10
under way.
With an air force claimed to be su-
perior to that of Great Britain, an
army of 100000 to 100000 rapidly being
forged into being, and a 42o,000-ton navy
In sight, Nazi war power is on the
march. The use to which it is put is
destined To alter the historv-and the
map-of Europe in the years that lie
Just ahead. The when" and how"
are the job on which the new Great
General Staff will concentrate.
Evening star., 1935-10-20

In spite Of valuations, devaluations
and revaluaticns, the thing called money
is absolutely necessary in the calcula-
tions of finance. An excess may be ad-
versely criticized, but its absence is de-
plored with wailing protest. There is nc
vacuum which Nature more truly abhors
than a money vacuum.
Evening star., 1935-10-20
Avoiding ObScurity.

"Your constituents are blaming you
for lot Of legislation you never had
anything to do with"
LET em alone" replied Senator Sor-
ghum. Taking the blame for things he
never did has made man seem more
important than he really was"
Evening star., 1935-10-20

No report has been made as tc
whether the handy handy snake that
escaped from the Chicago Zoo has been
captured. If it is again in custody, II
should be required to report to A. A. A
or some other branch of Federal au-
thority, with the positive understanding
that there will be no parole.
Evening star., 1935-10-20
Gently Defined.

Father" said the small boy, what Is
a lobbyist?"
"a lobbyist, my son, is man who is
so afraid there will be mistake made in
legislation that he is willing to spend
large sums of money to prevent it."
Evening star., 1935-10-20

Instructions to Ethiopian soldiers ad-
wise them to run for cover. There are
times when even military enthusiasm is
not encouraged to be too eager for the
spotlight.
Evening star., 1935-10-20

When billions of money are collected in
taxes it requires expert accounting as
well as a radio concert to show the
listeners-in how they are getting their
moneys worth.
Evening star., 1935-10-20

Maryland is to have new housing
proposition, to be known as "TugWell-
town" The Undersecretary of Agricul-
ture may be able to contribute some new
and practical ideas on reliable systems
for collection of rentals and taxes.
Evening star., 1935-10-20
As Things Are Going

did you take any Summer boarders
this year?"
"Yes," replied Farmer Corntossel. 1--WE
didn't care about the money. but them
city folks is goin' to be wantin' jobs as
farm hands one O. these days an we
thought we'd kind O. get EN- acquainted
with us an mebbe have first call on
their services"
There is not much chance that a
spinster who becomes really attached to
a parrot will ever marry. She could not
possibly find man who would try to
look and talk like that.
A G0od-By.
Good-by Summer! Fare you welll
Few will miss you, truth to tell!
Good-by straw hatl Good-by girls!
Where the briny breaker whirlS!
Good-by mountain! Good-by stream!
Good-by lazy, lettering dreaml
Good-by dust and glare and grit!
Good-by flies that buzzed and bitl
Good-by suit case! Good-by trunk!
Good-by post card picture junkl
Tis no time to drop tear.
Good-by Summer! Cheer, boys, cheer!
when a man thinks too well Of his
SELF" said Uncle Eben, "it's q sign dat
maybe he is forgettin' few things he
knows about hisself."
Evening star., 1935-10-20

Literature is universally turned to as
a means of tiding over a depression,
Babe Ruth still maintains a demand for
his autograph on base balls.
Evening star., 1935-10-20

A new musical criticism may raise the
question of whether among radio an
nouncers there should not be more
basses and fewer tenors.
Evening star., 1935-10-20
The Practical Muse.

Oh, let us sing a useful strain
AS we recall that we are due
For conf1agrations once again
That start in a defective f1ue.
Evening star., 1935-10-20
Snud Control.

From the Chicago Daily News.
Secretary Wallace threatens to do all
In his power to French-fry, saute, boil
and mash the potato.coutrol law
Evening star., 1935-10-20
Wrestling.

From the Worcester CMass.) Evening Gazette.
Mayor La Guardia Wrestles With
Budget. New York headline. Yes, that,
too, In o major sport ct some colleges.
Evening star., 1935-10-20
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Evening star., 1935-10-20

Landon balanced the Kansas budget.
When the shooting around Gov. Landon
had subsidized bit, Herbert Hoover moved
into the limelight.
Mr.. Hoovers ideas on spending and
his insistence that the Republican party
attack the New Deal lock, stock and
barrel, appeals to the East. But the
Western wing of the party quickly re-
vealed its opposition to a Hoover boom.
It recalls the Federal Farm Board expert
rnent and the veto of the old McNary-
Haugen plan of farm relief.
Also on the matter of spending, figures
were produced to show that Mr.. Hoover
spent over $4,000 ,000, 900 caring for hum
cry Europeans and Russians, and that
the budget of this country was badly un-
balanced when MIR. Roosevelt took Office.
The appearance of Mr.. Hoover quickly
brought Senator Borah out of his hiding
place in Idaho.
The Senator, poll has demonstrated,
is popular among the Republicans of
the West. But his presence on the presi-
Dental scene is anything but pleasing
to Mr. Hoover and to the Eastern wing
of the party. The Senator wants to
make the issue of the next campaign
one of trust-busting along the lines pur-
sued by Theodore Roosevelt.
That is hardly pleasing to a portion
of the party. But more than that, Sen
ator Borah is classed as an advocate OF
currency imitation, member of the
silver bloc and believer in the use OF
taxation to redistribute the national in
come. Also he voted for the potato con-
troll law that has created furor through
the East and was even bit too much
for the A. A. A. to swallow.
Mr., Hoover On one side and Mr.. Borah
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1935-09-19
NoN-REVENUE TAXATION
BY PROF. CHARLES A. BEARD
Prominent Historian

HUNDREDS of cases may be
i i cited to prove that taxation
has been used since the beginning
of the Republic for social and economic
ends other than revenue. And except
where the end has been regulatory or
prohibitory, such taxes have affected
the distribution of wealth in American
society. That is the cold and inescapa-
BILE fact in the case Moreover, the Su-
preme court has upheld such taxation
in many cases as strictly constitutional.
Nor is there anything new in Presi-
dent Roosevelt's suggestion that in
come and Inheritance taxes be en-
ployed to level down more or less great
inequalities in fortune. This purpose
was avowed by the sponsors of the In
come Tax law Of 1894. 1t was under
stood by opponents of this act when
it was declared unconstitutional by the
Supreme court. This purpose was
avowed by President Theodore Roose.
welt in a message to congress in 1907
and by many sponsors of the amend.
ment to the Constitution expressly con.
ferring this power on congress.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1935-09-19
REVENUE TAX BILL
By WARREN BARBOUR

Senator From New Jersey.
IN THIS country there are more
i than 100000 stockholders in
corporations. Many of them have
have no other source of revenue.
Many of these investments represent
the thrifty savings Of a lifetime, and
mostly they are in large corporations.
In 1O3 industrial companies alone there
are nearly 100000 shareholders.
Are we, in mad quest for reform
ing our social structure, to imperil
these savings and penalize the person
of small means who has invested in
these corporations?
There is but one sound program for
the government to follow If we are not
to further obstruct recovery and are
to preserve the credit of the nation.
This bill to feed, $25O,O00,000 into the
pot of billien-dollar expenditures is
placing the cart before the horse.
The bill should be laid away until
the next session of congress, when the
budget for the following fiscal year
will be presented.