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Compulsory Motor Inspection.

One of the proposals for traffic
safety which Commissioner Hazen mas
asked his Advisory Committee on Leg
islation to put into legislative form
is a provision for compulsory inspec-
tion of automobiles; law, by the
way, that Maryland, Virginia and some
other States have adopted with mani
festly beneficial results. Such q re-
quirement should have been placed in
effect in washington long ago. The
periodic mechanical inspection Of au-
tomobiles often results in the discov-
cry Of mechanical defects which may
increase the danger of accidents, and
most drivers are willing enough to
have them corrected.
But there is another benefit which
has been mentioned by Gen. Gather,
Baltimore's commissioner Of police. 1t
Is the psychological effect on the
driver Of having pasted on his wind
shield safety sticker" which indi-
Gates that his automobile has been
inspected and approved. The presence
on the windshield of such q sticker
Is q constant reminder to the driver
Of its purpose: the driver y auto
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matically made conscious Of its mean
ing, and, according to Gen. Gather.
drives more carefully. While small
percentage of automobile accidents
may be directly attributed to mechan-
ical defects-such as faulty brakeS-
the great percentage Of accidents Is
due to carelessness. Anything to re-
mind the driver of the need for care
full driving carries a promise Of some
benefit.
Los Angeles has been experiment.
ing with p new kind of sticker-a
traffic violator" sticker-which Is
placed by the police on the wind
shields of drivers guilty Of some traf-
fic violation. Anything might hap
pen in Los Angeles, but the odds are
against the continued practice of this
sort of branding. The effect may be
just the opposite of what the authori-
ties desire and create in the mind OF
the driver the antagonism and re-
sentiment that the marked man"
usually feels.
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emotions, both superficial and smol-
dering.
JORNADA. BY r. L. Duffus. New
York: Covici- -Friede.
La Jornada is the terrible desert
which the Peyton party must cross to
reach Santa Fe. The wagon train Of
the party Is attacked by Comanches
and Dona Mercedes, beautiful wife of
Capt. Peyton, and Collins, a tender
foot, are separated from the rest Of
the party. Under stress of danger
they discover that they love each
other, and Capt. Peyton's luck is out.
There is also a first-rate intrigue con-
nected with rifles in Peyton's wagons,
the Mexican War, plot Of Don
Benito, Mercedes father, to set up an
Independent empire composed Of New
Mexico and California, and ma
neuvers Of Gen. Kearny. The atmos-
phere of this exciting period In the
history of the Southwest Is dramati-
cally suggested and the plot shows no
dearth Of rapid incident and ever re-
curing climaxes. The romantic love
tale Is woven In and out Of the Incl
dents Of intrigue and war to happy
ending.
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President and the Secretary Of Agri.
culture. In the early stages Of the
conflict the suggestion came from Sec
retary Wallace that instead Of remov-
ing the process tax 1t might be neces-
sary even to increase 1t.
The cotton industry is confronting
q condition and apparently is sick of
theories. 1t Is asking aid-and with
out delay. 1t is not particularly in
terested in the face saving of the
New Deal or its proponents. 1t prob
ably recalls statements made by the
President at the outset of the New
Deal that If plans were tried and
found wanting they would be shelved.
The cotton industry thinks it has
found at least one which should be
abandoned.
The cotton control plan Of the New
Dealers called for plowing under part
of the crop and payment to the farm
ers for cotton they did not grow. The
processing taxes were to provide funds
for the payments for not growing
cotton. The prices of cotton in this
country increased under the curtail-
ment plan. The farmers received
money for not growing cotton. It all
looked lovely until the inevitable be-
gan to happen The cotton producers
of America have had to rely on
foreign markets for very large share
of their product. The exports Of cotton
fell off forty per cent from last year.
The increase in foreign cotton acreage
has been marked and foreign cotton
is more and more supplying the mar
kets of the world. Senator George of
Georgia asserted in the Senate that
1t looked as though the cotton farmers
had sold their birthright for a mess
Of pottage. Unless the Government
is to support indefinitely farmers who
grow no cotton many of the small
producers are going to be in bad
way.
With the price Of the raw material
up and the processing tax resting
upon the industry the mill operators
have been caught between two stones.
They see Japanese cotton cloth COM
ing into this country in hitherto un-
heard of quantities and their mar
kets falling of in this country and
abroad. The hrst straw at which
they catch is the proposed elimination
Of the processing tax.
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its has taken on the proportions OF
a celebrated cause. The test under
which the Supreme Court was placed
has been trying, but the judges have
met it in the finest tradition of judi
cial independence and integrity. They
have shown their love of justice ex-
tends to the smallest as well as the
greatest. The records which they have
made in this case cannot fail deeply
to impress the whole country. People
may well hope to be spared a re-
newal of the original proceedings In
the lower court. Might not the Gov
ernor of the State find sufficient rea-
sons in what has already taken place.
for issuing a pardon in order to do
substantial justice and at the same
time free the courts from the duty of
going on with a case which has be-
come public symbol of the mischief
that may be wrought when prejudice
is allowed to invade the place dedi-
Gated to impartial juStice?"
The Supreme Court undoubtedly
serves the ends of justice" declares
the Philadelphia Inquirer. adding that
the men were convicted on very
dubious testimony; indeed, one of the i,
two witnesses afterward recanted."
The Boise, Idaho, Statesman COM
ments: "On the same day the Su-
preme Court handed down another
decision in which it upheld the re-
fusal of the Democratic party in
Texas to permit Negroes to vote in
its primaries 1t is only fair to add.
however, that in the Scottsboro case
the issue of whether or not Negroes
can legally be kept from juries be-
cause of their race was not clean cut.
The State of Alabama denied that Ne
groes we're wilfully excluded"
"It is a complicated problem in,
States in which the distinction be-
tween the races is sharply maintained
by law and CUSTOM" observes the BoS-
ton Transcript. while the Newport
News (Va) Daily Press remarks:
Where colored men have been placed
on juries in Virginia they have ac-
Quilted themselves in a most accept
able manner"
The Birmingham (Ala) News con-
cludes: THE duty which Gov. Graves
points out Is not merely that of the
chief executive himself AS he says,
it is the patriotic duty of every cit
izen and the sworn duty of every
public officer to uphold in letter and
in spirit the supreme laws Of the
land. The obligation in this matter u
one which no citizen Of Alabama
should fail to recognize"
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The Cotton Revolt.

Cotton, raw as well as manufac-
tured, is taking swing at the New
Deal and its A. A. A. Indeed, the
attacks upon the cotton planning of
the Secretary Of Agriculture and his
assistants, including the processing
tax, are strongly indicative of a re-
volt. The cotton mills of the South
and the North, including the workers
as well as the mill operators, and the
cotton farmers are making common
cause for the benefit of the entire in
dustry. It does cotton farmers little
good, in the long run, to restrict
their crops If their markets are to be
restricted also. That, apparently, is
what Is happening under the New
Deal. For foreign markets for cotton
are falling of and imports Of cotton
goods are increasing. With the in
crease Of cotton imports, the cotton
mills of America are producing less
cloth and 50 are buying less raw
cotton.
The processing tax on cotton, which
is laid upon the manufacture of tex
tiles and eventually must be reflected
in the prices charged for cotton goods,
is the immediate point of attack. The
demand is made by Senators and Rep
resentatives from the States Of the
North and of the South that this tax
be eliminated. 1t is backed up by
Governors Of these States, by the rep
resentatives of the textile industry and
by the workers, thousands Of whom
have lost their jobs. So far there has
been no fsvorins response from The
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Alabama's Action Commended
After Scottsboro Decision

General commendation is given by
the press to the action of Gov. Graves
Of Alabama in acting on the decision
Of the United States Supreme Court
ordering new trials for two Negro
youths in the Scottsboro case.
The court raised objections to the
conviction on the ground that colored
jurors were excluded from the trial Of
colored defendants in a capital case.
The Governor ordered that hereafter
Negro citizens should be drawn for
jury duty, without assuming that there
had been any deliberate exclusion.
"The Governor of Alabama" says
the Charlotte IN. c. News, per
suades us to hope that time and un-
derstanding have settled the question
of jury duty. and that constitutional
conformity can be achieved with no
more than a slight jar to local Gus
TOMS" The Fort Worth (Tex.) Star
Telegram. however. holds that the
situation is not without its peril, from
the standpoint of racial conflict" al
though it voices the belief that the de-
cision will not be regarded "as a pro-
lection for those accused of crime or
as an advantage to a defendant"
"Gov. Graves has set an example" !"
in the Judgment of the Birmingham
(Ala.) Age-Herald, "for all the officials
and citizens of the State in their atti-
tude toward the Supreme Court ruling.
If that example is generally adopted
as this paper believes it will be-Ala-
bama can look forward without alarm
to successful solution of whatever prob
lens the ruling may raise. While these
problems now may rise on broader
scale than in the past, they will hardly
be different in kind from those already
overcome in this State. 1t would seem
undoubtedly to be the highest wisdom
to deal with any such difficulties sepa-
rately as they come up, to avoid the
anticipation of troubles that may never
occur and to suppress fears based on
vague possibilities and generalities In
the situation as a whole"
"The Judgment shows" according to
the New York Times, that the high
est court in the land is anxious TO
secure and protect the rights OF the
humblest citizen. The case originally
seemed OF comparatively little i'm
portance. But with the lapse of years
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ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.,

A reader can get the ansuer to
any question OF fact by tortting The
Washington Epening Star Information
Bureau, Frederic J. HaSkin, Director,
Warrington. D. c. Please fnclose
stamp for reply.
@. Who suggested the motto on the
new Supreme Court Building?-R. H.
M.
A. Equal Justice Under Law" was
one Of the inscriptions submitted by
the architect Of the building, Cass
Gilbert. The Supreme Court Build
ing Commission, Of which the Chief
Justice Is the chairman, went over
these inscriptions and the one quoted
above was finally selected and ap-
proved.
@. How much revenue was derived
from fishing and hunting licenses In
the United States in 1934?-F. K.
A. The total revenue from the sale
Of hunting and fishing licenses during
1884 was $8,754,827.57.
@. What are some of the most
popular plays Of all time?-H. B.
A. In a symposium conducted by
the New York Sun the following plays
received the most votes: Hamlet.
RAIN" What Price Glory?," "Cy-
rano de Bergerac, Peter Pan," "The
JEST" The Green Pastures" Jour
ney's End" Reunion in Vienna and
The Cherry Orchard"
@. Who was the first President to
use an fItomobile?-W. G. L.
A. The first President to make
regular use Of a car was William How
ard Taft. One was purchased for the
White House at the beginning Of his
administration in 1909.
@. What is the employment situa-
ton in the teaching profession?-M
H. A.
A. On January 8, 1884, the United
States ONCE of Education estimated
that 100000 certified teachers were
unemployed. There are today some
$4,000 fewer teaching positions than
in 1882, and the number Of trained
candidates for the available positions
has definitely increased.
@. How many people are now de-
pendent on the Government for relief?
ID. r.
A. 1t is estimated by the F. e. R. A.
that 2l.000.000 persons must depend,
wholly or in part, on the Federal Gov
ernment for food, clothing and shelter.
@. Where is Hoffman;s Christ at
Prayer?"-H. H.
A. The Riverside Church, New
York, has three Hoffman canvases,
among them Christ at Prayer" It
is in the mortuary chapel where a
body is placed if it is to rest overnight
in the church.
G. How long was DR.. S. Weir Mitchell
engaged in writing Hugh Wynne"?-
G. M.
A. The celebrated author physician
spent seven years in research. but only
six weeks in actually writing the novel.
@. How did the New York Stock
Exchange begin?-H. 2.
A. 1t had its origin in the financial
needs of young republic. Prior to
the Revolution, securities were practi-
cally unknown in the United States,
but the first Congress in 1890 author
ICED the issue of $4,000. 900 in bonds
which were promptly absorbed by in
vestors. About the same time three
important banking institutions were
incorporated and their stock sold to
the public. The sale Of these securities
created the need for a market and one
promptly developed under Q button
wood tree which stood at what is now
known as No. So Wall Street. The
present Stock Exchange traces its
origin to a small informal group Of
men who met daily under this tree
and who became the first stock
brokers in the United States.
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The power Of even the smallest
garden to absorb plants Is amazing,
and often discouraging.
What has one to show for the
steady investment, year after year, in
plants?
Apparently very little.
Yet If the gardener will stop to
consider he will find that he has
perhaps as many as a hundred dif-
ferent kinds Of plant life in very
little yard.
One local plant lover, who started
to count the plants he possessed.
ended by feeling much better pleased
with both himself and his garden.
Evidently he had not done as badly
as he at first thought.
Also his garden was a much better
garden than he-or his neighbors,
perhaps-imagined.
Not counting the trees, of which
he had several varieties. he discovered
more than q hundred different types
Of plant life.
Some of them were large and
snowy. These were the shrubs, and
such things as iris andpeony, in their
season.
Others were tiny, so small that no
one would notice them at all, unless
gifted with the eagle eye Of the true
plant enthusiast.
Many Of them were wildhowers, So
called, now grown throughout the
world In gardens, many Of them part
of the universal herb lore of all ma
tons.
In a corner he had hibiscus, called
''mallow marvels" in the sounding
language Of the catalogs.
Nearby was hedge of tall altheas.
These are sometimes called rose Of
Sharon. For a rugged, healthy shrub
there is none to beat it. This is an
old favorite of which few speak. 1t Is
so common. but some one ought to
speak about it, now and then. it is
SO good. Its habits of growth and
leaves are excellent, its flowers come
at q time Of Summer when any
flowers are at premium. Along
with those Of the lilac. its blossoms
share the distinction of being among
the comparatively few which most
persons recall vividly from childhood.
In this garden there are lilacs
nursed and petted. although they dc
not always bloom. Lilac bloom is
something Of mystery. Fortunately
things look propitious this Spring
Flower buds are showing color, and
unless the most unreasonable weather
intervenes the lilac show throughout
this entire section should be better
than in years.
Here is the shooting star, scien-
tifically known as Dodecatheon media.
Along this bank grow trilliums and
Dutchmen's breeches, beloved Of anna
teur collectors.
Several types Of violets and violas
are nearby.
Here is the Japanese ounce, So
called. Surely far too many plants
are called Japanese. 1t seems to be
the style. that is all.
Here are strawberries and coral
berries, satisfactory shrubs enough,
but with a somewhat weedy look not
liked by some persons.
Yonder grows another flower Of the
woods, the Jacobs ladder.
These are all known to country
people, who manage to use different
parts Of them for medicine.
In this garden. too, are many iris.
modern versions of the beloved flags"
Of the famous grandmother's garden.
The old wild flag" of which these
modernS are the descendants, is still
used in herbal lore.
It should be pointed out at this
point. perhaps. that all of the plants
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@. How long has the world had
hospitals?-M. S.
a. The establishment Of hospitals in
the modern sense probably occurred
n Europe during the Middle Ages.
Historians differ somewhat on this,
but it is generally agreed that the
institutions conducted in Europe by
various religious orders we're perhaps
the forerunners of the present-day
hospitals. 1t should be remembered,
however, that there were certain
places set aside for the treatment Of
the sick In early Greece. These were
more on the order of clinics than of
hospitals. The first hospital in the
| United States was established q few
year, after the settlement OF New
| York was made-about 1870.
Q. What do the dogs signify which
appear in Chinese sculpture and art?-
M. H.
A. They are known as "fu" dogs.
/ Their origin is unknown, but one of
the meanings Of the word "fu" in
Chinese is good luck" and they prob
ably have good omen symbolism.
@. How is the balcony of a theater
supported when there are no visible
/ pillars?-E. A.
! A. Usually by a series OF trusses
riveted together, the entire weight be-
ing distributed among the steel COL
umns in both side walls and the rear
wall
O. What is the purpose Of the Vir-
gin Islands Corp.?-F. G. w.
A. 1t was chartered in the Spring
Of 1884 with capital Of 100000
from P. w. A. funds, and admins
! tered by Secretary of the Interior
Ickes. Gov. Paul NJ Pearson and
Charles Taussig. 1t was established to :,
promote the general welfare Of the
people. 1t began by purchasing 81 900
acres Of sugar land and taking over
certain old distilleries. Sugar, St. ,
Croix rum and bay rum will be mar
keted.
! @. Were the Seminole Indians ever
good farmerS?-S. A.
A. During the Spanish sovereignty
over Florida the Seminoles held great
areas Of the best farm lands and they
were primarily farmers and only Sec
ondary huntSmen and dwellers in the
halnmocks and swamps.
@. How is the meeting place of Gen.
Grant and Gen. Lee at Appomattox
marked?-M. G. L.
A. There is a tablet which bears
this inscription: "On this spot Lieut..
Gen. Ulysses S. Grant. U. S. Army, and
Gen. Robert E. Lee, C. S. A., met on
the morning of April 10, 1865" {.
@. Which is the City of Five Flags?
M. C. H.
A. Mobile, Ala, is so known because
Of its history under five jurisdictions,
as follows: France, 17o2-1763, Great
Britain, l763-l780; Spain, 17S0-1813;
Ccnfederacy, 186l-l865, and United
States, 1S131861, 1865 -.
Q. II cream curdles when put on
strawberries. does this make the COM
bination indigestible?-S. C.
A. Gastric juices in the process Of
digestion will curdle cream of milk
anyway. The combination Of fruit
and milk makes a better curd, more
easily digested. :
@. When was Halley'S comet first
seen with the naked eye in 1902
N. K.
A. At its return in 1910, Halleys
comet was first seen with the naked
eye on February II by Prof Wolf; but
we find no other report of a naked
eye observation in that month, and
q To ho nf
the comet could not be seen even with
telescope on account of being too
nearly in the same direction as the
sun. Thereafter it was visible to the
naked eye April II to June Is.
Evening star., 1935-04-13
A Rhyme at Twilight
By
Gertrude Brooke Hamilton
A Query

There are men who see no magic In
the miracle of Spring,
Nor do they see the Dryad In tree;
The diviner moods of women are not
mirrored in their eyes,
And the cleaning holds for them no
mystery. =
There are men who see an oak tree as
setting for nymph,
And they always see the angel in her
eyes;
They look beyond the region Of hard
fact Of twilight dreams
In . world Of prosy daylight, which
n Wise7 T71'
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Appeal to Law.

Appeal to Law.
When lawyers meet in angry mood
With expletives a-plenty
The village finds awakening rude
From dolce far niente.
When lawyers in resentment shout,
And cease to say Dear brother"
Why can't they bring their law books
out
And read to one another.
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Missing Word.
OF April Fool we had a taste
And then the blizzard came.
The farms were speedily laid waste
The climate was to blame.
At April Fool we tried to smile
Because we were aware
That in a very little while
The sunshine would be there.
The calendar beyond q doubt
Has tried some antics new.
The April part has been left out,
We get the residue.
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The very marked interest in music
at present might inspire the talented
Mr.. Dawes to follow his famous melody
with a cantata to be entitled Helen
Maria"
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Abolition Of pink slips will not pre-
vent any good bill collector from find-
ing out anything he desires to know
about his neighbor's pecuniary cir
cumstances.
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There are European statesmen who
still imagine that Uncle Sam will want
to sit in a war game just for the
fun of sweetening the jack pot.
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Munitions makers are trying to
divest themselves Of the idea that the
real victor in war is the high-power
salesman.
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There is mysterious assumption Of
prophetic gift in endeavoring to fix
war guilt when war has not happened
as yet.
Evening star., 1935-04-13

For depression some Of the radiol-
oquists are inclined to substitute ex-
ceSsive verbal exhilaration.
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A certain amount of relief delay Is
inevitable. It is not easy to decide
on details in managing a sum approx
mating five billions.
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Depletion.

Depletion.
"Do you think there is chance of
eliminating money from politics?"
There should be-" answered Sem
ator Sorghum. Some of the bosses
out my way have done everything
possible to take all there was out
of It,"
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lnterment.

From the Chicaso Daily News.
The N. R.. A. code chief OF the
tombstone industry has resigned, thus
confirming Gen. Johnson's assertion
that thu 1lus IaSle haS been buried.
Evening star., 1935-04-13

Abyssinia has shown an inclination
to borrow an American phrase and
adopt q policy of standing pat"
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No lawyer should threaten to knock
another's block of. Decapitation in
so crude form could not possibly be
approved.
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HOnebOdy.

HOmebOdy.
"Are you going to Europe this Sum-
mer?"
NO" answered Mr.. Dustin Stax
IF there should be q war scare, what
I'm interested in Is keeping Europe
out of America"
"In hoping for the BEST" said Hi
Ho, the sage of Chinatown, sit should
not be necessary to cherish an Incl
dental desire to give somebody else
the worst of it,
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Gardening.

Oaf0cnlnS.
The cherry blossom soon must 60,
Melting away like fairy snow.
It has been so since earth was made.
Beauty by toll must be repaid,
And we must turn from blossoming
scenes
To dig for cabbages and beans.
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To dig for cabbages and beans.

limitation is de sincerest f1attery,"
said Uncle Eben. But dar ain no
satisfaction in findin' dat somebody
has admired yoh new clothes so much
as to walk of in 'em while you was
asleep"
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Rate by MaiI-PayabIe in Advance.
all Other States and Canada.
Member of the Associated Press.

Tie Associated Press is exclusively en-:
titled to the use for republication Of all
news dispatches credited to it or not other.
local news published herein. All rights OF
publication Of special dispatches herein
are also reserved.
Evening star., 1935-04-13
SHOOTING STARS.
Missing Word.

BY PH1LANDER JOHNSON.