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Evening star., 1935-04-09
How to Dispose of
Undesirable Aliens
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor Of The Star:
We read much lately Of our Secre-
tary Of Labor preventing the deporta-
ton of aliens Notwithstanding the
proven fact that many of those same
aliens are some of our worst criminals
II they have relatives here, the Secre-
tary Of Labor decides they may re-
main, excused from deportation, and
their numbers run up into the
millions.
Can the Secretary not see that
every alien cared for by the Govern
ment deprives the legal citizen of just
that much? 1t not only deprives the
legal citizen OF that much but 1t also
holds in our midst many an objection
able character.
Secretary Of Labor should be just
what 1t means and no more so why
the ofice Of Judge on Aliens should
be created and conferred on the Sec
retary Of Labor is all wrong as there
are laws defining in particular aliens
who can stay and aliens who must
be deported.
The Government should have an
island in midocean for all undesir-
ables or else a tract of land sur
rounded by an impenetrable unclimb-
able fence with a guard patrol about
all the time. Then give the alien his
choice to leave the country or 60 to
the colony.
Our Secretary Of Labor has much
to contend with. Her Office is no
sinecure. She confers with labor
union heads and with aliens who put
up their tales of woe and protest
against deportation, but there is the
rank and file of non-union men who
are not even mentioned as among
those present and the non-union man
Is just as good a citizen, is Just as
much subject to the laws of the coun-
try, has the same family ties and
duties as the union man but because
he has no representative or official
head to confer with the heads in
Washington he is completely ignored
as though he did not exist.
1t seems to me the title Secretary
OF Labor should read Secretary of
Labor Unions and Undesirables.
w, J, DERMOTT.
Evening star., 1935-04-09
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

April Conversation.
My Uncle Jim, he has q way
OF sayin' things he shouldn't say.
You mention any foreign shore
And you should hear him rage and
roar.
His reasoning he can't explain,
But his remarks are most profane.
We keep endeavoring to strike
Some topic he will really like.
We said, while starting for a walk,
About the weather let us talk"
Then Uncle Jim threw into high.
He said, Look at that blank, blank
sky!
And listen to the thunder crash!"
He used big D without q dash.
The weather was beyond a doubt
The worst thing we could talk about!
Evening star., 1935-04-09
Mr.. Macdonald Comes Back.

Prime Minister Ramsay Macdonald
Is quite obviously not disposed as yet
10 take back seat in British politics.
Mondays announcement in London
that he will accompany Sir John
Simon to this weeks fateful interna-
Gonal conference at Stresa indicates
that the sage of Lossiemouth has no
intention Of withdrawing his hand
from the throttle in Downing Street.
For the past year Mr.. MacDonald's
position has grown perceptibly pre-
carious. Required by considerations
Of health to restrict his activities, es-
pecially in the realm of foreign af-
fairs, the prime minister's political
enemies exploited his semi-eclipse as
an occasion for indicating in no un-
certain terms that his usefulness at
the head of his majesty's government
was at an end. Ever and anon he
was reminded that he retains his
place at the head of the National"
cabinet only on ignominious suffer-
ance-that the dominant Baldwin
Conservatives could and would dismiss
him whenever 1t suited their pur-
poses. MacDonald's old Labor cronies,
excoriating him as party traitor,
lost no opportunity to upbraid him.
In the House of Commons last Winter
he was the target of abusive Laborite
attacks which reached the limit of
Billingsgate. Those ever stormy pet
rels of British politics, David Lloyd
George and winston Churchill, each
with an eye on the prime minister.
Evening star., 1935-04-09

ship for himself some day, have not
hesitated to join in the hue and cry
designed to drag Macdonald from
leadership. The prime minister re-
Gently took public cognizance of the
vendetta against him. He declared
from the hustings that when he him
self came to the conclusion that his
days of service were over he would not
have to be invited to step down: that
he would do 20 of his own accord.
Macdonald may look upon Stresa as
o shining chance to show Great Brit
ain that In him 1t has Q captain in
whom it can well afford to continue
to plight Its faith. In British keeping,
1t becomes palmer, as the Stresa con-
ference approaches, Is the key to the
situation. Europe Graves some cast
iron system of security against the
new menace of Nazi militarism. With
Oob NOk1lP4COC dA0 SO1 SAAtioAA w
operation IN effecting and maintain
ing such a system Hitlerism will en-
vision q Europe divided against itself.
Germany under such circumstances
would inevitably become more and
more Of a peril to peace. If Ramsay
Macdonald at Stresa is revealed as
the spokesman Of a Great Britain
ready to play dominating and de-
cisive role In program to preserve
Europe from aggression. his status, not
only at home but throughout the
world, will be immeasurably enhanced.
He will acquire prestige likely to be
proof for some time against the at
tempts of his various enemies to con-
sign him prematurely to political OBJ
livion.
Evening star., 1935-04-09

1t may be true enough that these
vegetables, with their intense colora-
ton, are full Of q valuable chemical
substance called carotin. which Is
good for you," but 1t will remain O
question whether something else one
happens to like Is not just as good.
Such plants a. these, and many
more, show unmistakably the close
relation between food and medicine.
It Is because science has given even
the layman a better understanding of
this fact that there has been q real
revival in herbal science in recent
years.
Many plants We grow as garden
flowers are really drug plants, So
called.
Some are good for food, many more
for what ails you"
Analysis has placed its 20. K"
on many q tradition, showing beyond
doubt that the simple folk of long
ago were right when they said that
such and such a plant was good"
for such and such an ailment
Many very scientific persons who
perhaps would laugh disdatnfully at
the idea Of drinking herb teas. as
the Colonials did, nevertheless every
day'drink coffee, tea and cocoa, which
are all plant products, herbs" II
you choose to call 'em that, containing
chemicals used in medicine.
Sugar, from a plant, at one time
was included in the pharmacoepia
as drug.
1t is not realized by every drinker
Of coffee, for instance. that the caf-
feline in it is included in every off,
cial list Of drugs in the world, and
is an excellent diuretic. One thus,
in a sense, takes medicine when
drinking and eating many things.
~
Life Is fearfully complex: one does
not have to rush out into traffic to be
In a terribly involved situation.
What makes another member of the
GooSefoot family, growing near the
sea. smell like fish?
No doubt q scientist could tell you
easily enough, through chemical anal
ysis Of the plant and a fish.
The same thing would be In both,
he would find. So the odor would be
inescapable, would 1t not. though one
thing grew in the sea and another on
land?
Many home gardeners have q lovely
flower growing, Valeriana ofiicinalis,
without suspecting that this is the
plant whose root is universally used
in the treatment of nervous disorders
Still less do they realize, perhaps,
that the chemical element in the
root which gives it the peculiar smell
attractive to cats is the same sub
stance which gives to human per-
spiration its characteristic odor.
Our very word drug" comes from
the Anglo-Saxon "drigen." to dry, re-
ferring to the practice Of drying
herbs.
The chemical analysis Of garden
plants, however, is not one to con-
Germ the home gardener, except as
matter Of interest.
Every garden contains many plants
which are used in medicine.
Every one has heard Of the Lobelias,
for instance, but not all know that
this series Of plants was named for
the French physician Of King James
I, Matthias de TObel, or Lobel, as it
came to be called IN England.
Lobelia Is a lovely plant name, and
one variety, L. cardinals, is beauti-
full garden flower, as it ought to be.
That some of the Lobelias have other
uses is to their credit.
Evening star., 1935-04-09
Expresses Gratitude
For Democratic Relief
To the Editor OF The Star:

TO the Editor Of The Star:
Not so many years ago there were
thousands upon thousands of the
American population who were actu-
ally hungry and without clothing to
protect them from appearing before
others in ragged garments to solicit
aid. This condition existed when
this Government was under the con-
troll Of the Republican party and all
Government and business was then
conducted In behalf of the American
citizens by q Republican administra-
tion. Those who were seeking as
sistance in the fields of employment
or otherwise were told that pros
perity was but just around the corner"
The same conditions continued to
exist until March 8, 1888, ana then
started to improve under the handling
Of all governmental business under
the Democracy and its Chief Execu-
tive, Franklin Delano Roosevelt. He
has done more than his share to
stamp out the life of the serpent OF
poverty that existed when he became
President OF the United States OF
America.
Many Of those who have derived
benefits under the present admins
tration are very ungrateful. I hear
them commenting very unsatisfac-
torily about the way they are being
treated, which is in my estimation very
similar to the story about the pup
that bit the hand that fed him.
As an American citizen and also
a voter wish to thank this admin
istration for the good that it has done
In my behalf as well as others since
March 3, 1888. I sincerely trust that
others that have derived benefits
under the present administration SIM
liar to those which I received, such
as clothing, food and also q bed and
other attention. will step out and speak
the truth and place the cause of the
Improvements which they have posi-
lively enjoyed since March 3, 1888,
where it belongs. and that is with
President Roosevelt and other men,
bers Of our present administration.
also wish to thank those who as
sisted in passing and creating the
work relief bill, and those who did
not can answer for themselves.
ALFRED H. SMITH.
Evening star., 1935-04-09
Sidewalk Stands Are a
DisGguring Nuisance
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor of The Star:
1t does not seem fair that circus.
bleacher reviewing stands should be
erected Squarely across a sidewalk used
daily by thousands of pedestrians Just
to accommodate a few hundred spec.
tators for an hour or so Of parade. a.
was done near 14th last week.
Such stands are sometimes not re-
moved for q week or two after use, dur.
ing which time the ordinary users OF
the sidewalk have to detour into mud
on the one side or soggy grass on the
other. There is ample space for q
number of such stands on either the
parking space or the grass lawns back
OF the sidewalk. I like parades and
appreciate the convenience OF grand.
stands, especially when the wind In
blowing and the ventilation is upward.
but it certainly smacks Of gross indif-
ference to the public to locate them, az
the stand above criticized was located,
and the criticisms Of visitors to the
city on the appearance Of Constitu-
ton avenue, in this regard are not
complimentary to those In authority.
w. L. ALLEN.
Evening star., 1935-04-09
The Thirty-Hour Work Week.

The vote in the Senate yesterday
against taking up the Black thirty
hour work week bill may not be indi-
cative Of what that body will do when
1t comes to a vote on the merits of
the bill. 1t was, however, proof that
the Senate does not propose to be hur-
ried into legislation Of such drastic
nature, particularly when the subject
is being investigated by the Finance
Committee. That committee is con-
ducting an inquiry into the operation
Of the N. r. A., through the codes of
fair competition Of which hours of
labor have been restricted.
The thirty-hour work week bill is
strongly backed by the American
Federation of Labor. The theory back
of the bill is that unless hours of
labor are limited by law there will
be no possibility of the re-employ-
ment Of idle labor; that there will
not be sufflcient work to go around.
1t is a share-the- labor proposal, de-
signed to meet the present emergency
due to shortage of employment and
1t is written as an emergency measure.
1t would prevent all interstate COM
merce in goods made with labor en-
ployed more than six hours a day and
five days a week. 1t goes further,
providing that the Government shall
make no purchase of goods which
have been manufactured by labor
employed for longer hours. And
provision is written into the bill that
all codes under the N. R. A. shall
contain a thirty-hour work week
clause.
If such bill becomes a law, either
labor now employed will have to
take lower weekly wages or industry
Evening star., 1935-04-09

as long a period as one pleased.
Eventually the entire substance of
the sun would melt away into en-
ergy--after few billions of years.
But, says Prof. Gamow, nobody
believes this any more except astron-
omers. Those familiar with the latest
developments of nuclear physics know
that for this to happen would neces-
state temperatures thousands of
times greater than can possibly be
found in the sun-running somewhere
around 10 billion decillion degrees
absolute. This figure would be rep
resented by 10 followed by 80 ciphers.
II simply couldn't be. -.-- .
Evening star., 1935-04-09
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

The home vegetable gardener who
wishes to try something unusual
should plant the Good King Henry.
This is q member Of great Goose
foot family.
It is not very well known in this
country, but is favorite substitute
for spinach In England, where it
got its name.
This is one common name, which
comes directly from the scientific
name. Perhaps it would be nearer
the truth to, say that the Latin
name" came from the folk name
given the plant by the peasants long
ago.
Scientifically, It is called Chenopo-
dium bonuS-henricus, or the Good
Henry chenopodium.
Which one of the kings is thus
commemorated we have not been able
to discover, but rather imagine. it
must be Henry VII, founder of the
Tudor line. Scarcely could 1t refer
to his famous successor, King Henry
VIII, but it might, at that. Names
are queer things.
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It will be found listed in American
seed catalogs under vegetable plants
and roots, as perennial spinach"
One such list says of it: This is
not a true spinach, but resembles it
in shape of leaves and flavor. 1t is
much esteemed in England where it
has been grown for years. 1t will
aorlU
April until middle of June. Being
perfectly hardy, this spinach will last
for many years, and like an asparagus
bed becomes more productive as it
grows older. Set 18 inches to 2 feet
apart
Both Of the goosefeet named above
are said to be good eating, and usually
are named in herbas, published in
England, where the lore of growing
plants for food, flavor and medicine
has become something of a science. 1t
is very old science, indeed. based SOL
idly on the good country people of the
land. 1t bespeaks conscious use OF
the intelligence, that many highly
educated persons OF recent years have
specialized in growing the lesser
known things which formerly were
regarded as fit only for the peasantry.
II it is proper to speak of the English
country people so. Perhaps We Of
America look upon the word "peasant"
In a lesser light than it deserves, since
it means simply a countryman, from
the Latin, pagus. country. Our word
pagan" comes from the same root.
In the early days of Christianity the
country people stuck to the old gods,
as opposed to the city people. who
were adherents of the new creed. In
the usage Of the latter, simple coun-
try people were unbelievers. hence our
term pagan" meaning much more
than just a peasant.
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This plant of the Good King Henry
has struck us as we'll worth expert
menting with, II for no other reason
than to get away from spinach. per Sc
Ordinary spinach is about as fiabby
vegetable as can be imagined or
tasted. Perhaps this other is like most
substitutes, not as good, but still one
who does not care for spinach ought
to find it out for himself.
The individual taste for vegetables
Is a queer one, after all.
While there are some persons who
eat everything indiscriminately there
are vastly more who have their Pc
culiar likes and dislikes.
What is the use of going through
life cramming carrots, for instance,
down one, II one honestly does not
like the taste of carrots?
Evening star., 1935-04-09
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

A reader cdn get the dnsger to
Gny question OF fact BY tDrtttno The
Washington Epening Star Intorma-
tion Bureau, Frederic J. Hnsktn,
Director, Washington, D. c. Please
t'tclose stamp for reply.
Q. Why are bicycle records so much
higher when paced than when un-
paced2-D. H.
A. It Is because q windshield is
used on the back Of the car in front
Of the bicycle to reduce air resistance
for the rider.
@. Did President Theodore Roose-
welt ever make an airplane hight?-
M. w.
A. Not while President. He was the
first ex-President to go up in a plane.
He made a flight on October II, 1910,
at a flying meet of the st. Louis, Mo-,
Flying Club. Arch Hoxsey was the
pilot.
@. Where is the largest Indian vii
lage in the United States?-S. F.
A. Zuni Village, NJ Mex, is the
largest. 1t has population of about
1900.
@ Who was Haldora?-E. S.
A. Haldora is a character in Ice
landic history who called to the wom-
en- Of her household and remarked,
Let us go and dress the wounds of
the warriors, be they friends or foes. :"
@. What relation to Marie Louise,
the wife of Napoleon, was Marie An
toinette?-J H. r.
A. She was Marie Antoinette's
niece.
@. How old was Maud s when she
established her trotting records?-
| p. NJ. H.
A. She was and years old.
O. Why are blue jeans so called?-
T. H.
A. The cloth is called jean, prob
ably from Genoa, where 1t was ex-
ported. Blue, Of course, relates to the
color.
O. Was Sir Thomas Upton Scotch
OF 1rlSn!-C. u.
A. He was born In Glasgow, Scot
land, but his parents were Irish.
@. When does the fishing season
begin in Grand Canyon National
Park?-N. E.
A. On June /. The National Park
Service has just planted 10000 rain
bow trout fry in Bright Angel Creek.
Since 1920 it has placed 278000 rain
bow, loch leven, and Eastern brook
trout in the stream.
@. Was Georgetown already in ex-
istence when the location of the
District Of Columbia was decided
upon?-M. S.
A. Georgetown, Md, and Alex
andria, Va, we're both in existence
and were included in the District
of Columbia as it was first laid out.
Q. Why are sailors trousers so
wide at the bottom?-C. w.
A. The trousers are fashioned with
bell-bottons so that they may be
turned back easily when cleaning
decks or when wading.
@. What is maundy money!. S.
A. This expression refers to aims
given on Maundy Thursday for the
poor in Great Britain. Formerly spe-
cial coins were struck for the maundy
aims.
@. What Is the origin Of the devo-
tional article known as the rosary
M. P. K.
A. The Christian practice Of re-
peating prayers is traceable to early
times; Sozomen mentions the hermit
Paul of the fourth century who threw
away pebble as he recited each OF
his 300 daily prayers. 1t is not known
Evening star., 1935-04-09

precisely when the mechanical device
OF the rosary was first used. William
OF Malmesbury says that Godiva. who
founded a religious house at Coventry
in l043, left a string Of Jewels on
which she had told her PRAYERS. that
1t might be hung on the statue of the
Blessed Virgin.
@. When was Latin first written?-
B. G.
A. 1t was reduced to writing about
the sixth century B. C. and became a
literary language during the third
and second centuries B. C.
@. Can four-leaved clover be grown
from seed?-C. L.
A. Four-leaved clovers are small
sports Of the common white clover.
Irifolium repens. The four-leaved
characteristic may be transmitted by
propagation from cuttings, although
not from seed. Very little success
has been attained in breeding this
type Of clover.
Q. Who has the right to call Eng
liSh lawyers to the bar?-G. w.
A. There are four voluntary so-
| cieties whidh have the exclusive right
Of calling to the English bar. They
are all in London and are the Inner
Temple, the Middle Temple, Lincolns
Inn and Gray's Inn. Each Ia gov.
erned by Board of Benchers.
@. Is it necessary to send an ac-
ceptance to an invitation to a White
House tea?-T. c.
A. 1t Is not.
@. How was Stephen Fosters name
entered at Bellevue Hospital?-S. G.
A. Evidently because the composer
was poorly dressed and not identified
his name was entered on the hospital
register as "laborer."
@. Is Mount Vernon open on Sum-
day?-H. L.
A. 1t is open from to 4 pm.
On week days it is open TO visitors
from 10 am. 10 4 pm. A small ad-
mittance fee Is charged.
@. How far did the Jacob Rupert
travel going from Boston to Antarc-
tica?-J. H.
A. The steamship Jacob Rupert
of the Byrd Expedition sailed from
Boston to the Panama Canal Zone
(2,395 miles,, thence to Easter Island,
where it put in at Cooks Bay 5000
niles; from Easter Island the vessel
sailed to Wellington, New Zealand
$3.50 miles. 1t is estimated that
the ship covered approximately $4,000
miles from the time it left Boston
until it arrived at its base in Antarc.
tica.
@. How many maple trees are
tapped for maple sugar in Eastern
Canada? ?-P. c. S.
A. Between 20 and IS million trees
are tapped each year. About $4,000
farmers procure the sap.
@. How many miles are there In
the United States inland waterways
system?@S. P.
A. The total is 274Os miles.
@. Which State pays the highest
salaries to teachers? The lowest?-
S. E. L.
A. The ONCE OF education says
that New York is regarded as the
State paying the largest salaries to
public school teachers and Arkansas
the lowest.
O. Has President Roosevelt taken
any action lately on the independence
Of the Philippines?-A. F.
A. On Saturday, March 23, Presi-
dent Roosevelt signed the constitu-
ton of the Philippines, under which
it becomes possible for the islands
to achieve independence by July I,
l946.