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ment has not been effected. During
the past season twenty-seven conduc-
tors were injured in the working Of
these cars.
Before the merger, while the open
cars were in operation during the
warm months, regulation was sup
posedly in force forbidding passengers
to ride upon the running boards, but
this rule could not be enforced. 1t
can indeed never be made effective,
for at times of crowding those seeking
transportation will persist in taking
places upon the boards rather than
await the coming of another car. This
makes a highly dangerous condition,
and although those who thus board
the cars do so at their own risk they
contribute to the blockading of the
lines through the impeding of the
conductors, who must perform verita-
BILE athletic feats to collect fares.
Eventually uniform standard of
rolling stock must be adopted, with all
cars in use on the local lines conform
ing to it. Objections heretofore made
against the one-man cars should be
now needed and that type of vehicle
discarded. The primary consideration
is the highest possible degree of secur-
ity consistent with the affording of the
maximum of service, and this standard
should prevail in the adoption of a
car type that will become the only one
in use. Financial considerations will
necessarily cause some delay in the
installation of such a fixed type of
vehicle, but that goal should be de-
creed now by the Public Utilities Com
mission, and meanwhile the more
dangerous types should be discarded.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-05-26
Street Car Standards.

Through the consolidation of the
street railway systems of the District
the rolling stock was merged along
with the routes and charters, and as
a result a wide range Of styles now
prevails. Cars of all colors and shapes
and modes of entrance and egress
are now in use, including a number
Of so-called open cars, those without
inclosing walls, entered at the right
hand ends of the the transverse seats.
These are relics Of a long-past period,
when they were a popular form Of
transport during the warm season.
They are, however, dangerous to both
passengers and operatives, owing to
the tendency to crowd the running
boards in the rush hours. The chief
engineer of the Public Utilities Com
mission now recommends that they be
discarded as quickly as possible, in
the interest of safety. The matter has
been heretofore considered and on
complaints of the operators the COM
pany promised to keep these cars out
of service until protective devices"
consisting OF the opening of center
aisles, were provided. This improve
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-05-26
Career Diplomats.

Recent appointment of two meri-
torious career diplomats-Leland Har-
rison and Norman Armour-to vacan-
cies in the ministerships, respectively,
to Rumania and Canada calls atten-
ton to the noteworthy and gratifying
fact that President Roosevelt and Sec
rotary Hull are manifestly firm be-
levers in the principle of preserving
the United States foreign service as
far as practically possible from the
ravages of patronage spoilsmen. Un-
der our political party system the
service is probably destined to remain
more or Jess of happy hunting
ground for deserving" Democrats or
Republicans, as the case may be, but
since the coming into effect Of the
Rogers law some ten years ago there
has been a conspicuous cessation OF
appointments to diplomatic and con-
sular posts of men qualified mainly by
their records as faithful campaign and
election workers or by their personal
opulence.
Today, IN Europe, Asia and Latin
America American embassies and lega-
tons at numerous important capitals
are headed by men who have made a
career of diplomacy and through life
times of service in it have become
capable representatives of their coun-
try abroad. Outstanding examples
are Ambassador Grew in Japan, Min
lister (and soon to be Ambassador
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johnson in China, Ambassador Glib
son in Brazil, Ambassador Caffery in
Cuba, Ambassador Skinner in Turkey,
Minister Philip in Norway, Minister
Wright in Czechoslavakia, Minister
Wilson in Switzerland and Minister
Sterling in Bulgaria. Particularly in
Central and South America is Uncle
Sam today represented by large
group of diplomatic officers seasoned
in the career service, timely circum-
stance in the light Of the Roosevelt
administration policy of cultivating
good neighbor" relations with the
other Americas.
The latest career appointment
that of Mr. Armour to be Minister at
Ottawa-iS an especially happy selec-
ton. Still young and vigorous after
nearly quarter of a century at i'm
portant posts in Europe, Asia and
Latin America, he brings to the re-
sponsible task of cementing our friend
ship with the Dominion of Canada a
wealth of talent and experience that
will be of inestimable service in his
new mission.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-05-26

OF course, are strong supporters of
the plan. A tentative bill has been
drawn.
The veterans lobby has besieged
Congress for years in support of sue
cessive bonuses for not to exceed
100000 men. American citizens in
terested in library service and COW
ering not one but literally every class
number probably close to so 600 900.
The veterans have besought Congress
for billions; the libraries are asking
not more than 100000, 900. These
are among the reasons for believing
the effort Of the libraries to obtain
aid may be successful.
There is the widest variety In the
incidence of library service available
to the American public. Only 81
per cent of the total population has
such service available. This means
that not far short Of half of the
people do not have access to books
In three States of the Union-North
Dakota, Arkansas and West Virginia
more than 80 per cent of the
people have no library facilities.
More impressive, however, than
that statement is the showing that
the entire Solid South, with the ex-
ception of the States of Tennessee
and North Carolina, is devoid Of pub
lie library service for between so and
80 per cent of its population. For
generations Virginia was thought OF
as sort of Mother of American
culture. There the historic American
college, William and Mary, was estab-
liShed. There some of the greatest
of the colonial scholars were born
and educated. There Thomas Jeffer-
son founded the great University OF
Virginia and yet today between go
and 80 per cent of the people of the
Old Dominion do not have access TO
public Libraries.
University for the Public.
Such showing is not so surprising
for a State Like Texas because of the
vast territory and the relatively sparse
population. From 60 to 30 per cent
Of the Texas population is without
libraries, but Texas has less than Is
inhabitants per square mile This
showing must be contrasted with Vir-
library service as Texas-yet Virginia
has from so to 100 inhabitants per
square mile and its hills actually look
across the Potomac to the National
Capital.
What seems an obvious reason is
that not enough money is expended on
libraries. The entire solid South
with the exception of Tennessee and
Florida, shows State expenditures of
less than 10 cents per capita on
libraries. When 10 cents is mentioned
that refers to the maximum in any
Southern State. In Arkansas and
Mississippi the annual library ex-
penditure is but 2 cents per capita
Wyoming spends most, with a per
capita figure of S277, and MasSachu-
sets follows with S108
A strong argument of the library ad-
vocates in support of their plea for
Federal appropriation is that funds
for schools have been so sharply cur
tailed 1t is estimated that &c, 900 pub
lie schools have been forced to close
their doors entirely. A public library
is university for the public. 1t often
occurs that the individual can learn
more, of his own volition, in the read
ing room of public library than in
a class room of a college. At the
library he can follow his own interest.
and it is fundamental of education
that one cannot learn unless the in
terest be captured.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-05-26
Germany Disturbing
Her Smaller Neighbors
BY A. G. GARDINER.

LONDON. May 25.-The rebuff
which the Na1 regime sustained in
the Jakob affair illustrates an as
pect of Germany's external relations
which is insuficiently recognized.
That is the feeling Of disquietude
which she has aroused among her
smaller neighbors Switzerland is Pc
culiarly sensitive in this respect. Its
whole northern frontier abuts on
Germany. and though its people are
mainly German-speaking, their pas
sion for the liberties of their little
republic makes one o. the most splen-
did chapters in European history.
Pre-war Germany made no chal-
lenge to those liberties, nor were the
relations between the two countries
after the war the cause of any alarm.
But the advent of Herr Hitler, with
his dreams of great German bloc,
has produced q state Of tension be-
tween the two neighbors. On the
one hand, the proximity of a German
speaking country with q free press is
q source of constant irritation to a
country where the freedom Of the
press has been abolished, and where,
II the people want to get the real
news Of what Is happening In their
own Affairs, they hsve 70 run The Eish
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-05-26

Days Of memory are precious to us
when they record the deeds and serv-
ice of those who selflessly gave them
selves for great cause.
AS we come to another Memorial
Sunday we turn to those pages in our
country's history that record the
loyalty and sacrifice of the men and
women, who, counting not their lives
dear unto themselves, gave the last
full measure Of devotion for what they
believed to be a supreme service to
God and country. Though their
names are not remembered, saving In
those homes from whence they went,
tors to a nations wealth and power.
they constitute an essential and in
dispensable part of record that is
cherished by a grateful Republic.
1t is we'll that we pause now and
again to register our gratitude and
to rededicate ourselves to those great
principles for which they gave their
ALL principles and ideals which still
constitute our strength and our Sc
curity. The very fact that We are
passing through a critical period, one
that involves a reaffirmation of our
faith in our system Of government, In
those mighty principles upon which
1t has been builded, compels us to
reappraise the service and sacrifice of
those who have made and preserved
us a nation. Each generation is prone
to place an undue emphasis upon its
own conceits, to regard unduly its
capacity to carry on, and this without
reflection upon those elements that
constituted its strength in other days.
The swift currents of life land they
have never run more swiftly than
they do today have a tendency to
make us forgetful Of our past We
build monuments to our honored dead
and on occasion pay grateful tribute
to their memory. We seem less ready
to emulate their virtues or to regard
with respect and devotion those things
for which they lived and for which
they died Service and sacrifice, utter
conservation to national ideals-these
alone guarantee to us our security
and our continuing happiness and
peace. Insular and selfish living, free
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-05-26

The parents Of the famous "quins"
are said to be complaining that scien-
tific management interferes with home
life. A single baby might have been
preferable, in accordance with the
theory of the old philosopher who said
do one thing at time and do that
we'll"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-05-26

Parlor Socialists include many per-
sons who would like to be considered
potential martyrs, though without the
courage to face an actual ordeal. A
discreet radical can be relied on as
among the first to call for police pro-
lection.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-05-26

Mining operations are being so man
aged as to include possibilities that If
A. A. A. has more duststorms to man
age. some of them will include gold
dust.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-05-26

Poland is to have a Pilsudsky mu-
scum. In such a museum Paderewski
cannot be neglected. Poland has pro-
duced so many artists of patriotic dis
tinction that the grand piano may find
itself honored with place next to i'm
plements of war.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-05-26

chinery, printing, pumps ana COM
pressors, office equipment, railroad
equipment and textile machinery, the
percentage is 10 or more. The lowest
percentage recorded Is that of air
crafts, engines and parts. The age
of machinery in the plants in IL
different cities of the country. widely
separated, shows that the largest per-
centage of machines over 10 years
old Is in the Southwest.
tCopyytsht. 1850
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-05-26

Motorists confess to fear Of ridi-
cule if caught in a crash with safety
mottos pasted on their windshields.
Even in disaster they would still have
moral value as signals of good inten-
tions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-05-26

Political influence in preliminary
discussion is measured to an interest
ing degree by the amount of expertness
shown in steering the ship of state
over the radio waves.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-05-26
Fifty Years Ago
In The Star

Dissatisfaction with the attitude o.
the District Commissioners toward the
grievances of the
Nohihlssloners public was thus
and Grievances. expressed in The
Star of May %,
1885:
ut IS unfortunate for the people
here that the District authorities claim
several attributes of diety, among
which are omnipotence and omnis-
cience. Any complaints in regard to
evil existing are CURLY dismissed as
irrelevant questioning of the infal-
libility of the present rule. This is es-
pecially the case when the abatement
of any great public nuisance is called
for. The Vanderbiltian public-be-
id air with which the Commits
sioners resisted the demand for the
abatement of the asphalt boiling
nuisance on Louisiana avenue. right
in the heart Of the city. is a case in
point. They obstinately insisted that
it was no nuisance, that it was all
imagination on the part Of the COM
plainantS that there was anything I'M
healthy and disagreeable about the
nauseating vapor from the asphalt
works. But the public got its back
up and determined that the nuisance
should be removed, and 1t was.
I'VE have a repetition Of this con-
test in the present issue about the
pollution of the Potomac water at the
conduit head. The Commissioners
seem to think that any admission of
the possibility of pollution from the
filthy canal water reaching the conduit
is an admission Of negligence or mis-
management on their part. They in
siSt that there is no pollution of the
water and that their opinions based
on actual intelligent inspection are
entitled to more weight than the
vaporings of the misled Star Now It
happens that The Stars opinions are
based upon the actual intelligent in
spection' of one of its most careful and
reliable reporters and we prefer to
depend upon his report In preference
to the biased, hasty inspection by the
Commissioners, which seems to have
been so hurried or careless that they
took no note of the steady leakage
of the filthy canal water through the
broken waste weir into the river lust
above the entrance to the conduit,
And the public agrees with The Star
in demanding that this waste weir
shall be removed altogether from its
present position above the conduit
entrance. The Commissioners. II they
are wise, will not make an obstinate
fight against this proper and easy
mode of preventing any possibility of
water pollution.
rs there no law of this CITY," asks
"a Sufferer" in letter to The Star
printed May %, 1885, ito
oeaIIng prevent the beating and
Carnets cleaning of carpets in
back yards and on public
and parkings? The neigh
borhood in which live is made abso-
lutely uncomfortable by the noise of
carpet beating and the whole atmos-
phere is filled with dirt and dust from
the same. There is no other city on
this continent where there Is so much
intrusion upon personal comfort and
convenience by the selflshness Of
others as in this. Will not the Com
missioners help us?"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-05-26

Mussolini notifies the world that
Fascism, once started. marches for
ward and cannot be stopped. ANY,
body who may doubt this can ask the
King of Italy.
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The Associated Press is exclusively en-.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-05-26

A general strike would be another
method of attaining the results OF
blowing under and making the ulti-
mate consumer meet higher prices.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-05-26

There is perhaps filing cabinet in
the Executive Mansion with compart-
ments for bonus veto measurements to
fit any statistical figure.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-05-26

Another bonus march is vaguely
threatened. There has already been
one which exhausted the logical posi-
hility of this type of demonstration.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-05-26

swifter communication is bringing
the nations of the world nearer both
in matters of information and Of gun
range.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-05-26

A few economic theories are based
ON the assumption that it is just as
easy to say five billion" as it is to say
-four and a fraction"
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The Evening Star Newspaper Company

Business once:
18th st and Pennsylvania Ave.
New York once: 40 East 42nd st
Chicago Office: Lake Michigan Building.
European Office: IA Regent St., London.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-05-26

Modern practical economists are in
clined to forget about Henry VIII and
concentrate on Henry Morgenthau.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-05-26
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
A Question.

A Question.
try to love my neighbor
And wear kindly smile;
But when your neighbor greets you
In supercilious style
And says you are mendacious
And maybe stupid, too
When you have such neighbor
What are you going to do?
I try to love my neighbor-
But when he seems to seek
For pastine to compel you
To turn the other cheek:
When he picks up a hammer
And thinks it's up to you
To be the anvil, always
What are you going to do?
In the Eye.
"That man is very much in the pub
lie eye"
Eyes" replied Senator Sorghum, "he
is as irritating as a cinder from q
locomotive"
Obedience.
wouldn't you promise to obey a
man of whom you thought enough to
marry?"
ct might" replied Miss Cayenne.
But I should undoubtedly have q
few things to say if he were ever so
impolite as to remind me Of my
promise"
The Ferocious Onlooker.
A few must be chosen for toll or for
fame.
The rest all expect to be teachers.
The men who most fiercely butt into
the game
Are the men who sit out on the
bleachers.
Simple System.
"How do you make up your mind
about public questions?" asked the in
curing patriot.
Easy" replied Farmer Corntossel,
81 wait an see what somebody I don't
like seems to want an then vote
against it."
The Value of Uncertainty.
If people comprehended quite
The topics they discuss, no doubt,
Our conversation would be slight.
What would be left to talk about?
Handsome decorations don't make
life easier" said Uncle Eben. "A gold
alarm clock wouldn't make 1t any mo-
cheerful to git up dan one OATS
nickel-plated."
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Eieht Final ana Sunday Star 7oc per month
e conec tna1 made made ct the end Of each
month Orders may be sent by mail or
telephone National 5000
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-05-26

Handsome decorations don't make
life easier" said Uncle Eben. "A gold
alarm clock wouldn't make 1t any mo-
cheerful to git up dan one OATS
uickel.piated."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-05-26
Simple System.
The Value of Uncertainty.

If people comprehended quite
The topics they discuss, no doubt,
Our conversation would be slight.
What would be left to talk about?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-05-26

rs there no law Of this CITY," asks
"a Sufferer" in a letter to The Star
Beating prevent the beating and
Carpets. cleaning OF carpets IN
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1935-06-21
Seek to Bar
IL. d. Staff
In Alabama

Montgomery, Ala, June ia
bill openly aimed to prevent attor-
neys for the International Labor
Defense, and Other at.0fAty5 H.
terested in demanding constitu-
tional rights for their clients, from
defending accused persons in the
Alabama courts, is to be introduced
into the Alabama legislature here
by Representative John Arnold, Of
Jefferson birmingham county.
The bill is being introduced at this
particular moment in an effort to
bar LID. attorneys from acting on
behalf of the Scottsboro boys.
The petition Of Willie Robertson
and Glen Montgomery, two of the
Scottsboro boys, for bail, and the
hearing in Juvenile Court of the
cases of the two youngest boys,
Eugene Williams and Roy Wright,
are scheduled for the first week in
July, Anna Damon, Acting Ma
tional Secretary of the Inter-
national Labor Defense, pointed
out in commenting on the proposed
bill. The boys will be represented
in court by Osmond K. Fraenkel,
of New York City, and C. B.
Powell, of Birmingham, attorneys
for the LID. ..
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1935-06-21
Bethesda's New
Pastor Welcomed
With Open Arms

Notwithstanding the rain that
started Saturday, drenching the
Northwest, Minneapolis, with a
precipitation totalling three inches
by the time services started at II
A. M. at Bethesda Baptist church,
the loyal members and friends
came out in large numbers, morn
ing and evening, to greet the new
pastor, Rev. W. E. Washington,
who was the pastor of Pilgrim
Baptist Church, Winnipeg, Mani
toba, Canada; the Shiloh Baptist
Church, Edmonton, Alberta, Can
ada; and who had charge of the
missionary work (under the au-
spices of the Northwestern Baptist
Association of Western Canada),
which comprised Saskatchewan,
British Columbia, Manitoba, and
Alberta, Canada.
The services were interesting,
impressive and inspiring through
out the day, being conducted by
Rev. J. J. Claybourn, assistant
pastor, and Rev. A. F. Boyd, who
is a member of Bethesda and for
mer pastor of Pilgrim Rest Bap-
fist Church, 51st and James Ave.
No.
The Senior Choir, under the di-
rection of Mrs. Martha Lee, rem
dered most inspiring hymns and
spiritual songs at the morning and
evening worship. Mrs. Margaretta
C. Washington and Mrs. Maude
CAVITY at the piano. Rev. E. w.
Waddington's sermons morning
and evening were inspiring, in
structive, edifying and spiritual.
He took his text from st. John,
10th Chapter, 10th verse: 81 am
come that they might have life
and that they might have it more
abundantly." Subject-"Abundant
Life"
With the same zest and enthusi-
asm, the members and friends re-
turned to the evening worship at
8 p. m.
Rev. Washington selected his
text from the Gospel according to
st. Matthew, 18th Chapter, "a, 35
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