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Evening star., 1935-08-12
The Constitution Issue.

Any statement by former President
relating to the program and perform
anceS of his successor is certain to be
given weight as a political factor. Mr..
Hoover's remarks about the Roosevelt
administration, at Chicago on his way
East for business purposes, cannot be
construed definitely as bid for nomi-
nation, but 1t must be accepted as evil
dence that the Republican candidate of
1882 is looking toward the campaign of
1896, as either a participant or a con-
tributor.
Mr.. Hoover says that the administra-
ton has by its attitude toward the Con-
stitution created one of the most mo-
mentouS issues since the Civil War
and that its acts and utteranceS since
the Supreme Courts N. r. A. decision
have evinced "a continuous intent to
change the Constitution directly so as
to authorize concentration of power"
There is the quality of challenge in
Mr.. Hoovers statement. He says: I'VE
now see a demand from the President
not to permit doubts as to the consti-
tutionality of proposed law to block its
passage; we listen to constant urgings
from prominent members of this admin
iStration that the Constitution must be
revised. These things can have no other
meaning than a continuous intent to
change the Constitution directly so as
to authorize such acts and such con-
centration of powers to accomplish them
indirectly"
Furthermore, the former President
says that common frankness requires a
direct declaration by the administration
to indicate wherein under the Consti-
tuition I'VE cannot correct evils and can
not prevent social maladjuStmentS.
Then he adds: THE time has come when
these full purposes shall be disclosed"
The people, he says, should now be
told openly in specific words of the
exact amendment that these gentlemen
want, so that the people can consider
and themselves determine it,
This challenge will probably be
ignored for the present, but it cannot
be ignored for very long A little more
than nine months from now the parties
will be holding their conventions and
not only nominations will be in order,
but declarations of principles in the
form of platforms Whether Mr.. Hoover
is a candidate for the Republican nomi-
nation or not, the words he has just
uttered indicate the probable line of
the Republican challenge and statement
of principles. The Constitution will
almost certainly be the keynote of the
campaign. And it will involve not
merely the maintenance of the funda-
mental law and the orderly processes
of its amendment, but the question of
State rights, which may widely broaden
the field of the appeal of the opposition
party to the public suffrage.
Evening star., 1935-08-12

permit himself to be drafted for the
nomination Is still to be decided.
Former President Herbert Hoover, the
titular head of the party, is sixth on the
poll list The small vote cast so far for
Mr.. Hoover seems to bear out the con-
tention that there is no probability Of
the Republican National Convention
turning to him next year. 1t is becom-
ing increasingly apparent that the Re-
publicans are intent upon getting as far
away from the early days of the depres-
sion sS they can when they make their
bid for a return to power. Furthermore,
the Republicans of the West, and par
ticularly of the Middle West, are not
likely to follow ticket headed by Mr.
Hoover. The winning of the West in
the coming campaign is essential to
Republican. Perhaps one result OF the
poll now being conducted will be to
silence demands made that Mr.. Hoover
make a statement definitely saying that
he will not be candidate for the presi-
Dental nomination next year. Such de-
mands are not fair to Mr.. Hoover. In
the first place, he has not been offered
the nomination. In the second place,
no one can predict with absolute Ger
tainty what will be the desire and the
will of the people year in advance. 1t
would be an idle gesture and would serve
no useful purpose for Mr.. Hoover to
declare himself out of the race and then
to find that the people desired him.
Evening star., 1935-08-12

onies dependent upon cooperation be-
tween prisoners and the State are a
novelty. The Siberian exiles of the Rus
sian Cars, it is true, were obliged to
solve the problem of their own board
-and lodging, but they were policed by
provided warders for her penal settle
ments in Australia, Tasmania and
Ceylon. The notion that desperate men
can be dumped down on desert island
in a near-polar latitude and develop
under those conditions a self supporting
community competent Of survival is fam
tastic in the extreme and would need
lot of proving before it could be ap-
plauded by public which somehow does
not appear to wish to be revenged on
the generality of Federal convictS.
Col. Seoane, however, is fortnight.
BaniShment to the Rat Islands, he ex-
plains, would mean a long goodbye,
without hope of pardon, parole or escape.
Herein lies the secret of what is believed
would become an effective damper on
the crime wave of today" The popula-
ton of the colony, it is estimated, would
be approximately ten thousand. About
half million dollars would pay the
initial costs, and the investment would
be returned with interest from the sale
of the colony's products. But attractive
as the blueprint may seem to some,
there will be many skeptics who viii
brand it an infeasible dream. Few,
indeed, will be the number of people
who have faith in the capacity of men
of the type of CASTOR B. Means, Al
Capone and their like to labor together,
even for their own good.
Evening star., 1935-08-12
G.. o. p. Turns West.

The poll of Republican county chair
men, city leaders and young Repub-
licans," undertaken by Robert H. Lucas,
former executive director of the G. o. P.
National Committee, indicates that the
demand of the party is for a Western
presidential nominee next year in no
way connected with the Old Guard.
With Senator William E. Borah of
Idaho heading the preference list so far,
the next three selections are Col. Frank
Knox, publisher of the Chicago Daily
News and Bull Mooser" in 1912; Gov.
Alf M. Landon of Kansas, who has newly
come into the political limelight, and
Senator Arthur M. Vandenberg of Mich
igan, who has never been of the Old
Guard in any way.
The lead that Senator Borah has
taken in the poll is due to the very high
regard which Republicans all over the
country have for the Idaho Senators S
ability and integrity, for his devotion to
the Constitution and the law. With his
great oratorical powers, Borah would
make, in the opinion of many Repub-
hcans, an ideal candidate to run against
President Franklin D. Roosevelt and
his New Deal, which has diSregarded
lines and principles laid down by the
Constitution of the United States.
Whether finally the Republicans will
turn to Mr.. Borah and make him the
party standard bearer it is too early to
predict with definiteness. His demands
for expansion of the currency will not
rest well with many of the Republicans.
Or whether MIR. Borah will agree to
Evening star., 1935-08-12
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

1t takes a lot of pounding to make
a house.
Everywhere in the suburban sections
of the National Capital, and nearby
MARYLAND and Virginia, the sound Of
hammers goes on all day long.
Men are building new hon. es for new
families and old families, too.
1t has always seemed to lis 1--WE may
be wrong, but at least 1t has seemed so
to us) that Washington is a peculiarly
home-loving city.
We have seen Government clerks
sneered at, in one of the sophisticated
magazines, for their strenuous efforts to
own homes of their own.
They should be blessed instead and
have blessed themselves, indeed, over
all these years
The amount of sheer pounding that
is enormous.
A passerby going along residence
street, wherein a new house is under
construction, hears the same bang, bang,
bang, for days on end, weeks, several
months.
Busy black or brown haired men-few
carpenters are blond, vidently-hammer
home nails in various key places where
they will do the most good.
Thousands of nails are used, even In
brick homes.
There is just little more pounding
In frame houses.
The daily pedestrian inspector Of such
seething activity often wonders just how
every one knows just where to hammer
1t is the same with a modern Office
building under construction.
To the lay inspector everything seems
confusion. He would swear that no one
knew where anything could be found
Yet they say, and time always proves
that the superintendent knows to a
square foot of lumber just where every
bit of material is at any given moment
It is an interesting thing to watch
the building of some one else's house.
Whether one would find interest in
the inspection of the building of his
own depends largely on personal tenn
perament, of course.
Nothing could be more exciting, to the
home-lovng person.
There is as much sheer excitement in
II, 10 SuCn man OF WOIIlcIl, dS III Tie
construction of ship to sailor, or of a
blind to hunter.
Persons of ordinary quiet tempera-
ment find as much pleasure in the things
of home as many another person does in
foreign trip.
1t is all matter Of inner tempera-
ment built solidly on heredity.
Just how much subsequent training
may have to do with this fine love of
home is a problem. Certainly many
otherwise fine folk never seem to ac-
quire il.
Their attitude is reflected in the old
song Any place hang my hat is home,
sweet home, to me"
AT the other extreme is the person
who becomes greatly attached to one
particular house.
1t will be found in most such cases.
that even the furniture is cherished,
years after it ought to be junked, accord
ing to the strictly modern conception of
things.
A further step in this almost patho-
logic love of home may be seen in the
Evening star., 1935-08-12

man or woman who wants nothing
moved.
Not eveff a book must be displaced
from the position it has held for many
years.
Between these extremes, of which
many instances must occur to any one,
in his own personal acquaintance. there
is the ordinary, normal love and interest
in home to be found on every hand.
Ones own home, to such persons, is
vastly loved, but is not all Of life, by
any means.
1t is kept WELL but not to the point
iswhere it becomes burden.
They find that house always takes
a great deal Of pounding, from time to
time, in order to keep it running along
smoothly.
Something is always getting out of
fix
"Out of fix" what good phraseI 1t
is one Of the colloQuial expressions in
which our language is so rich.
When thing is fixed, it is fixed but
when it is out of fix, then it needs
| fixing again.
1t is just as simple as that
4
In this good work of fixing again some
thing which has broken in ordinary use,
the hammer is the best of all tools.
Not even saw has more ordinary
uses around the home than a good hefty
hammer.
There are times and occasions and
places where slight hammer is best.
but for most cases one with some size
and weight is necessary.
1t is the same with screWdriver and
plane, but particularly with the former.
When the home owner needs a good.
| husky screwdriver, none of these little
fellows will do, as admirable as they are
for lighter work.
Take the lawnmower prime instru-
ment Of the gardened home.
Just as the householder cannot get
along without the mower, SO he cannot
operate the grass cutter at times with
out the use of a Screwdriver.
Maybe he has had the mower for II,
Is years, in active service every year.
We know one Washingtonian who
claims record of 81 years of year-in
and year-out service.
However that may be, a dozen or so
years is nothing exceptional
Cutting wet grass may cause nuts and
bolts to become rusty.
Then when the cutter bar gets out
of adjustment, the owner wishes to fix
it again.
The little screwdriver will not bulge
anything. What is needed is a large.
husky implement, with a handle he can
| get a grip on.
The first thing to do is soak the rusty
places with a good grade of oil, and
allow the mower to stand idle for sew
eral days.
This will give the oil chance to soak
through the rust, and loosen up what
needs to be loosened.
Then, when the large implement is
put to the test, it comes through with
| flying colors.
The cutter bar is lowered, it makes the
proper contact. away goes the machine,
with clear, wholesome sound as de-
! lightful to the ear as the contented purr-
| ing Of the very best motor to the ear of
the most enthusiastic motorist.
! Yes, it takes lot of pounding to make
house, and to keep it made.
Evening star., 1935-08-12
Shooting Stars.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

When.
Some pictures are for mirth designe
And some are to romance inclined.
A pleasant face with smile intense
Won't always call for reverence.
To laughs the general wish of men;
The big ideas knowing WHEN.
When I observe a gay cartoon
Or hear some merry minstrel Groom,
I shall not smile or even wink
Till am told how I must think.
III ne'er make bold to laugh again
Until somebody signals WHEN"
Evening star., 1935-08-12
A Rhyme at Twilight
By
Gertrude Brooke Hamilton
The ROyal ColOrs.

While the hues of waning Summer
Deepen to a mellow shade
Turning all the leaves and grasses
From bright emerald to jade
And the dark-hued purple asters
Mingle with the goldenrod
I would find forest pathway
That no other man has trod.
Fathoming a deeper meaning
Back of all the human strife,
Coloring ephemeral dreaming
With a fuller sense Of life,
Finding need for sorrow's purple
And the reason for the rod
From the deepening foliage
In the August woods with God.
Evening star., 1935-08-12
Hitler's Early Indiscretion.

From the Chester (Pa.) Times.
Five early water color paintings by
Hitler have been found in Munich. II
they are bad enough this may be the
signal for the predicted democratic up
rising against Nazism.
Evening star., 1935-08-12
Comparing Statistics.

81 am surprised" said the statistician,
"to look back and see how many pork
chops and vegetables a dollar use to
put into a market basket"
"And I am now surprised" said the
housewife, "to see how many dollars
few groceries will put into the cash
register"
Evening star., 1935-08-12

Those who find inheritances cruelty
curtailed may seek consolation in the
proverb, "A good name is better than
riches"
Evening star., 1935-08-12

Soaking success" would contradict
the rules of every game if it went so
far as to make it more profitable to
lose than to win.
Evening star., 1935-08-12

Regulation of the liquor traffic pro-
duces an occasion of mild '"fuddlement"
without the direct use of alcohol.
Evening star., 1935-08-12
Cancellation.

Two friends had I who disagree.
With neither was I frank and free.
For if to one I'd say, "Yes, yeS!"
The other frowned in great distress.
Much my diplomacy has cost.
I find that both my friends I've lost
Who will not Loyalty contend
Finds he cannot deserve friend.
Evening star., 1935-08-12
Gloom Defiance.

Gloom Defiance.
To laugh is such a dangerous thing,
1t causes hesitation.
A gentle steadfast smile will bring
Sufficient consolation
I'll seek proper genial pride
Though when bad news is flying,
Perhaps I shall be satisfied
If can keep from crying.
"It sometimes pears to me-" said
Uncle Eben, like de man dat can't make
a success wifi a little authority is de
one dat wants to keep bossin' more and
more"
Evening star., 1935-08-12
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Preservation.

"Of course. you are in sympathy with
every honest desire to save your
country"
"I am" said Senator Sorghum. But
care is required as to method. Some
of us patriots get an idea that we are
preserving our country by getting it
into a pickle"
Jud Tunkins says the more war talk
he hears, the more sensible radio jazz
sounds by comparison.
Evening star., 1935-08-12
ANSWERS TO
QUESTIONS
BY Frederic ]. Haskin.

A reader can get the answer to any
question OF fact By l0riting The Washing
ton EDening Star Information Bureau,
Frederic J. HaSkin, director, Washing
ton, D. C. Please incloSe stamp for reply.
Q. How much power is used at va
rious speeds in overcoming wind re-
Sistance in modern cars compared to a
highly streamlined car?-B. L. S.
A. Approximate figures are as fol-
lows: The conventional car uses 2 hp.
at 25 m.p.h.; 10 at so, and 33 at rs.
A well streamlined model would use u
h.p. at 25, 4 h.p. at so, and 121a hip.
at rs. In each case rolling resistance
horse powers are roughly at Is, at
so and IA at u.s.
Evening star., 1935-08-12

@. Are any newspapers published at
Adds Ababa, Ethiopia?-T. w.
A. There are five-two native publica-
tionS, in Amharic, Aemero (ReaSon) and
Berhanenna-Selam Light and Peace
and Courier dEthiopie, in French, pub
lished weekly, and two bi-weekly jour-
nalS-Ethiopie Commerciale and Mott
Ziario.
Evening star., 1935-08-12

@. Was Walter Ufer, the painter of
Indians, born in the West?-E. r.
A. Mr.. Ufer was born in Louisville, Ky.
Wintertime?-W. L. B.
A. China is exposed to the full blast
of the northwesterlieS from North
Asia. Northern China experiences ex-
ceptionally severe Winter weather. the
coolest in the world for its latitude
The Winter period is short and very
windy.
Evening star., 1935-08-12

@. How many people visited the
Boulder Dam while it was being con-
structed?-A. N.
A. 1t is estimated that million peo-
pie visited the project during its con-
Struction.
Evening star., 1935-08-12

@. What is the comfy of nations?-
K. R. G.
A. This is the principle upon which
the courts of one country recognize the
validity of the laws and judicial deci-
sions of another. The principle has been
embodied in the fundamental law of
the United States by the provision of
the Constitution (article A. section u,
that full faith and credit shall be given
in each State to the public acts, records
and judicial proceedings of every other
State"
Evening star., 1935-08-12

@. What is a berm?-W. S. c.
A 1t is a horizontal ledge on slope
Or along a bank.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-02-22
Veterans Of State
 Accept Invitation
Large Delegation of D. A. V. Members LegiOnnaires
 and Other Units to March in St Patrick's Parade

The Disabled American War Veterans Of Connecticut will turn out for the IFish-American parade to bo held in this city on Sunday afternoon, March 17th. Announce ment of the action taken by State Commander John J. Clifford was relayed to the local organization at a meeting held at 46 Grand street last night by John P, Barry, chief of staff of the department of the state, ID. A. w., and a member of the parade committee. Last nights meeting was of the various com- mittees and a preliminary to a gem eraf gathering to be held in con. junction with the mass member ship and ladies auxiliary tonight.
 Tn his report MT Barry stated that the Jewish branch of the. D. A. w., of New Britain will turn out and word of other such groups among the different nationallties is expected to be received shortly. All state and local organization have been invited to be in line for the parade. Invitations are being sent to all Holy Name societies and athletic groups in the city in an effort to have 5000 or more peo- pie morching in honor of the day.
 Committee Reports
 Francis O'Donnell was appoint ed as chairman of the ticket com mittee for the concert and dance
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-02-22

at Buckingham hall in the eve- ming and announcement was made by the reception committee that the older people who are in att tendance will be given the prefer ence of accommodation.
 The parade will form at Freight street in the early afternoon and proceed easterly on Grand street to Bank street, to East Main street, to Cole street and Baldwin to Washington street to South Main street to Grand street re- turning to Library park where the group will disband.
 James German, chairman of the music committee, announced that all arrangements have been com pletad with Fulton's American band to be in the line of march and that the Bagpipers band of Manchester, Conn.,, have sent their acceptance of the invitation extend- ed them. Other local groups will also participate and many of the visiting delegations will bring drum corps or bands. Chairman German also announced that Dem his McCauliffe and his Irish or- chestra of New York city will sure. ly be here for the occasion and play concert of Victor Herbert selections that will precede the dancing while the crowd Is assem- bling Tn Buckingham halls
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-02-22
NEW SANATORIUM
 FULL ELECTRIC
Seaside Uses Service of All Types-Continuity
 Is Protected

Connecticut's newest and most modern institution for the care of the tubercuIar, the new Seaside Sanatoriu mat Waterford, which specializes in the treatment of bone tuberculosis with salt air, sunshine and outdoor living, is an outstand- ing example of "full electric" equipment. In practically every department of the institution, elec- tricity furnishes all three of it's major services-light, power and fuel. In fact, only for the general heating, for which it is impractical, is other fuel used.
 Electricity Is supplied in the santorium by the Connecticut Pow CT company. The electric kitchen equipment consists of the follow. ing: one roasting oven, one broil- CT, two full automatic ranges, one deep fat fryer, two electric grid dles, one conveyor type toaster, and nine electrically heated food trucks upon which food is trans- ported from the kitchen to various parts of the institution, including dining rooms and the sections where patients are confined strict ly to bed. The bakery is equipped with an electric bake oven and q pastroy stove, while the diet kitch. ems, where food for patients on special diets is prepared, have four coasters and four hot-plates. In addition to these 27 pieces of elec- tric cooking apparatus, the new sanatorium is equipped through out with the most modern light. ing and power equipment.
 In order to insure continuity of service, electricity is carried into the institution by two distribution mains, following separate routes. These mains terminate in an auto- matic selector switch, which with out attention will immediately switch the entire plant over to the second distribution main if any thing goes wrong with the first main. From this point service is carried underground to the main hospital. Provisions for future buildings have been made.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-02-22
HOUSTON FACING
 HOUSE SHORTAGE
Supply of Vacancies Will Hold Out Less Than
 Four Months Is Claim

Houston, Tex. (UP) = Housing here has become problem and the supply of vacanies will hold ont less than four months if the present rate at which 1t is dimin- ishing continues, as survey by B. c. Burchfield, real estate executive. revealed. ta
 Burchfie1d said vacancies were disappearing at 8 much more rapid rate than new houses and apart ments were being constructed. and added that Houston faces a hous- ing shortage. '.
 He predicted higher rents would result. ~His survey was made by examination of the CWA count, the post office vacancy survey. building permit records. arrivals and departures from Houston. mar riage records and other statistics.
 "The average number of vacan- cies being filled per month, over the last ii months" he said, "ls BIO. The increase in the housing supply is only 25 per cent. That means that the demand for hous- ing Is increasing 2S5 per month more than the supply. "Many more people are coming mto Houston than are leaving. me marriage rate, which causes kn increased demand for housing is increasing rapidly. There were only 2,41D marriages In 1932. in the post office vacancy survey, were $500 magEiages'"