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into effect by Mr.. Davis. At the moment
Mr.. Wilson is busy on new plans to make
the existing A. A. A. more flexible and
more attractive for farmers from an
administrative viewpoint.
Another individual of increasing infiu-
ence is Alfred D. Stedman, assistant
administrator of the A. A. A. Mr.. Sted-
man, former Washington newspaper
man, is the strategist who advises on
what can and what cannot be done by
the planners and who determines the
timing Of the moves. He is credited with
influencing the recent White House
statement tying the A. A. A. firmly to
the New Deal as a permanent policy.
The system he has evolved for getting
information to farmers and for selling
the A. A. "A. to the public is unmatched
by other departments.
That combination has given the Presi-
dent something in the way OF achieve
ment to talk about. It has caused him
almost no worries and affords him what
now looks like an ace In the hole for 1885.
AL subject, Of course, to what the ST.
preme Court does when once 1t tangles
with the processing tax and the other
A. A. A. controls.
(oopys1ghA 1eSSx .-.---
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THE CHURCH
BY THE RIGHT REV. JAMES E. FREEMAN D. d, ILL., b, D. L.
BISHOP OF WASHINGTON

We are passing through q process in
which we are reappraising and re-evalu-
ating those institutions that have to do
with the most vital concerns of our life
and well-being. Statesmen and econo-
mists are endeavoring to discover new
ways by which there may be a better
distribution of wealth and finer econ
omy and more consistent practice in
the operation of our many industries.
Schools and academies are giving serious
thought to systems of education, with
special reference to the adaptability of
subjects prescribed to the needs of our
common, everyday life. Many institutions
are being planned to lift the standards
of the people to higher levels, and better
housing for the masses occupies con-
Spicuous place in our emergency program.
What place is the church to occupy or,
indeed, what place does it occupy in this
age of new ideas and ideals? Is it an
essential and indispensable factor in
stabilizing the things Of the state and
in securing to us those values that we
covet most? There are, obviously, large
numbers of our people who indifferently
regard the church and ignore its plea
for recognition. There are others who
think of it as having value for the youth
in particular and as furnishing diversion
for brief space once week. For min
istering to the esthetic tastes of those
who are spiritually minded. in every
town, hamlet and city throughout our
country buildings of various names and
representing diverse forms of worship
stand upon the public highways as wit
neSseS to religious faith and practice.
Millions of dollars are expended annually
for the promotion of those large concerns
for which the churches stand and, despite
the long continued depression, new build
ings are constantly being erected and,
notwithstanding the moral sag we have
witnessed in our generation, millions of
adherents still claim these houses of wor-
ship as their own.
Every now and again an unusual and
extraordinary condition arises that places
a fresh value upon that for which these
institutions stand. Those high in public
office now and again accord to the church
a recognized place Of power and influ-
ence. A natural query arises at this
time: what is the place that the church
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They cannot equal the speed of the air
plane, which Is taking considerable
patronage from the rail lines, but they
are competitively Offering superior COM
forts Of travel in the endeavor to win
back this patronage. The traveller who
is in very great hurry is prone to sac
rifice all other factors to speed, and the
airplane gets him as a passenger. There
remains, however, the element of safety.
An occasional crash, such as that a
few days ago in Wyoming, which cost
the lives of all on board the plane, tends
to check the impulse of the travelling
public to use the airlines in preference
to the railroads. And yet there are still
occasional rail crashes, though not as
many nowadays as formerly.
There is competition, furthermore,
within the range of the rail lines, be-
tween types of motive power. Train de-
signs differ according to theories of
lowering air resistance and economic use
of space. These elements of rivalry
serve to keep the railroad actively in
the market for patronage and will doubt
less continue to do so for considerable
time. The question is whether there will
be sufficient patronage to justify the
maintenance of luxury travel lines, at
the rates which must be charged to
avoid a direct loss. That railroads will
continue is, however, not at all to be
doubted The individual motor car, the
bus and the airplane, whatever the
mechanical developments and the high
way improvements and perhaps the
segregation of roads for special traffic
uses. will not altogether eliminate the
Iron horse" which is doing very well
indeed in the circumstances and which
may hold its own indefinitely as one OF
mans best friends.
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Future of Radio.

There are many indications that the
future of radio in America will differ
from the past. A recent address to the
School of Journalism of Columbia UNI
versity by George Henry Payne, Federal
communications commissioner, suggests
the trend of public opinion in the in
terest of needed reforms. The rising
tide of criticism against the character
of many of the programs on the air. it
seems clear, will force correction OF ABUSES
which responsible broadcasterS them
selves deplore.
But it also is evident that there Will
he resistance, An economic issue is in
volved. The networks must be meas
urably commercial if they are to sur
vive. Expensive entertainment cannot
be provided gratis. When that is con-
ceded, the question remains as to how
and to what degree an effective control
can be initiated. AS S. Howard Evans
has said advertisers are interested IN
selling goods" Thus two frankly eXplol-
tative forces appear as partners in
campaign to win profit from listeners to
the programs disseminated through the
ether. Yet there is no complaint against
the association as such. The trouble,
rather, is caused by what has been con-
sidered fragrant misuse of the facilities
of the air by the cooperating networks
and sponsors. Hence the growing de-
mand of the public for Government as.
sistance to terminate the nuisance.
Mr.. Payne, however, is conscious of the
other horn of the dilemma. This coun-
try" he declares, 'is not inclined to ac-
cept the British system, where radio is
completely controlled by the government,
where no advertisements are permitted
and where the programs are supported
by tax on radio sets" The present sys-
tenn, the commissioner argues, will be
maintained IF there is evident on the
part of the broadcasters an intention to
increase the educational and cultural
qualities of the programs" and IF there
is observable desire to reform the ad-
vertising methods and foundations with
which the public is afflicted"
And during the past few months there
has been improvement along the lines
which Mr.. Payne has laid down. The
lurid supper-hour programs Of year
ago, for example, are gone. But, on the
other hand, there still is vast-and a
growing for reformatory policy.
The public hotly resents a considerable
portion of the ballyhoo it is obliged to
hear in its effort to find something really
worthy of attention. To put stop to
the current criticism the broadcasters
will have to "crack down" on the spon-
sors to whom they sell their time That,
certainly, will be an ungrateful task.
But the alternative is one kind or an
other ok official censorship. AS Mr.. Payne
concludes, the American populace can
become angry when aroused. and the
record of our people is that when. they
think they have been abused they are
swift to punish" Self-correction. gen.
orally, is best, and there are many who
still have faith that the broadcasters
and the advertisers will mend their ways
before it is too late. The result should be
beneficial to all concerned
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as further legislation to give Govern

as further legislation to give Govern
ment control of business and to put
Government into competition with prt-
vate business are to be forgotten-by
business at least.
Improvement in business conditions Is
to be made an issue of the coming fight
for reelection of President Roosevelt.
MIR. Farley's appeal to the business men
in New York. on the eve of the election
of the State Assembly, is merely fore
taste of what is to come from the Demo-
cratic high command in 1885, The Presi-
dent has declared closed season for
business, breathing. spell. No more
pot shots from the New Dealers.
What business wants to know, and
what it has been asking the Roosevelt
administration for many months, is what
is to be done about stabilizing the cur
rency, what is to be done about bringing
Government expenditures into line with
Government receipts, balancing the
budget. Mr.. Farley sees in the Repub-
Mean campaign to elect a majority OF the
New York Assembly an effort to throw
a monkey wrench into the New Deal
machinery and to bring bad business"
next year, so as to make it possible to
defeat Roosevelt at the polls. 1t all
depends on the point of view.
Inevitably it was only a question OF
time until the Democratic high COM
mand made its appeal to business Tor
support in the national campaign. 1t
was either that or slap Of the gauntlet
into the face of business. Judging from
the tenor of Mr.. Farley's remarks over
the radio to the business men of New
York, business is to be wooed by the New
Dealers.
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Shooting Stars.
BY pHILANDER JOHNSON.

Final Analysis.
Arithmetic's a simple art
And yet in course of time
It plays more important part
Than reason or than rhyme.
And when an I. o. U. is passed
By servant or director,
You'll find 1t has to face at last
The bill collector.
For conscience is master strong
And always must be needed,
1t rules for right instead of wrong
Whenever funds are needed.
When calculations go astray
In any social sector
They're bound to bring along some day
The bill collector.
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Maryland may have town named
after Undersecretary Tugwell. Irreverent
question arises as to whether he will be
able to assert himself as local boss.
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Somebody Pays.

"You got check from the Govern
ment?"
81 did," answered Farmer Corntossel.
IT also received number of tax notices
and am wondering whether they are
economically related"
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The White House is entitled to every
possible housekeeping improvement. At
some period of crises a touch OF dyS-
pepsia might assert an influence on ma
tional affairs.
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AlphabeticS.

Alphabetics.
My radio! My radio!
Your voice is ever present.
Sometimes you bring tale Of woe,
Sometimes message pleasant.
And If you sing or If you shout
The words of high officials,
You call on me to figure out
A lot of new initials.
"Peace is goin' to be hard to ind"
said Uncle Eben. IT folks is gineter keep
on pickin' fights bout things dat hap.
pened Thousands Of years ago"
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Some of the taxpayers wait to be con-
vinced that community such as Tug
welltown will be valuable as sort Of
civic laboratory where rental and tax
problems can be worked out.
Evening star., 1935-11-03

Approval by the King of Italy of the
conquest of Ethiopia reveals the monarch
in the consistent attitude of a man
who would rather be diplomat than
an autocrat.
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The League of Nations may be unable
to abolish war. 1t is indicated, however.
that no war can be big enough to abolish
the League.
Evening star., 1935-11-03

The public is sometimes moved by
fancy, and even a sincere statesman may
find difficulty in holding his own in
competition with favorite radio come
dian.
Evening star., 1935-11-03

No President has ever quite succeeded
in creating a cabinet which would. in
the language of the old Snowman, work
as one happy family.
Evening star., 1935-11-03

England has an ancient habit of power
which inspires respect even among those
who think that a will to power may be
assumed as an off hand incident.
Evening star., 1935-11-03

.Grotesque descriptions make an Ethi-
opian battle seem like Halloween cele-
bration in which human life figures as
a play toy.
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References to his lyrical accomplish
ments may cause Tin Pan Alley to in
quire whether Jimmy Walker returns as
a politician or song plugger.
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There Is sentiment in Europe to the
effect that Ethiopia can be so managed
as to make the cash register take the
place of the machine gun.
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Basic Suggestion.

Basic Suggestion.
Each day a message swiftly brings
To keep us grimly guessing.
Sometimes it sobs; sometimes it sings
OF deeds that are depressing.
With tales of motors riding high
That crash with sad persistence,
Somehow it always will imply
A funeral in the distance.
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Those who do not like bus service can
walk, if a method can be developed that
insures reasonable safety to pedestrians.
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All other States and Canada.
Member of the Associated Press.

The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to
the use for republication of all news dispatches
credited to it or not otherwise credited in this
paper and also the local news published herein
All rights Of publication Of special dispatches
herein are also reserved.
Evening star., 1935-11-03
Words and Weapons.

WOrdS ana weapons.
do you think young people require
war for the sake of excitement"
NO." said Senator Sorghum. "A little
more intellectual endeavor ought to make
an oratory contest quite as interesting as
a shooting match"
Jud Tunkins says Board of Educa-
ton has to be watched to keep 1t from
being cut up into planks for political
platform.
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One Of the most priced photographs.
treasured by a very few members OF
Congress, is one Of three former Speakers
Of the House taken together-au OF
whom have since died: Frederick II.
Gillett Of Massachusetts,, Champ Clark
Of Missouri and Joseph G.. Cannon OF
Illinois.
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the consumer. II one is bounty, SO
is the other. Such Is the Wallace
argument.
When demand slackens, industry plows
workers into the street. Production is
slashed in order to put bottom under
prices so that profits still can be made
on q smaller volume. When industry
cuts wages of organized workers, those
workers strike, or threaten to strike,
holding up their share of the national
income. The A. A. A., in MIR. Wallace's
opinion, merely gives farmers the ma
chinery to get into this game.
But to provide machinery to cause
4,5OOO0O farmers to cooperate is highly
difficult feat. They are notoriously nom
cooperative, rugged individualists of the
old order. For that reason opponents
of the A. A. A. during its early days
ridiculed the idea that anything could
be done to work out a control system.
X X
They figured without Chester c. Davis,
the A. A. A. administrator and other
members Of the Wallace-Davis team
which now has taken New Deal honors.
While Mr. Wallace did the selling to
the country and passed on matters of
policy, Mr.. Davis has done a job of
executive administration that Is proving
highly effective. He has built vast
system of controls, all resting in final
analysis on the farmers themselves, who
elect the local committees that carry
out enforcement in the field.
At that point some other interesting
characters behind the A. A. A. scenes
come into prominence.
One is Milburn L. Wilson, Assistant
Secretary Of Agriculture. Mr.. Wilson
worked out the detailed ideas for the
present A. A. A. Those ideas are sold
to the country by Mr.. Wallace and put
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Maryland and Virginia.
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All resemblance to an English park
has departed from the Mall along with
it's stately trees, and now 1t is bare
expanse in the French manner with
stiff little paintings. formally placed. 1t
remains beautiful however, and Will be-
come more so with the erection of the
Mellon Gallery. The Freer Art Gallery
already had been erected, just west Of
the Smithsonian. while monumental
new edifice for the Department of Agri-
culture has taken the place Of the old
brick house. Greenhouses, where for
wears the annual chrysanthemum shows
have been held. are to be razed to make
room for the Mellon Gallery.
Across Constitution avenue. which
bounds the Mall on the north, stands
structures of the Triangle. The south
side, bounded by independence avenue,
has not yet been much improved. It
is far cry from Alexander Hamilton
to Andrew Mellon, but the history OF the
Mall lies between them and each, as
Secretary of the Treasury, has left his
mark on the National Capital. Mean
time, among the more interesting ad-
juncts of the Mall are several old gate
posts and tool houses designed by
Charles Bulfinch, regarded as Americas
first great architect. AS he died in 1874,
he must have been about the first to
give any architectural beauty and dig
nifty to the development, and it is one
Of those miraculous blessings that dur
ing the period Of Victorian vandalism his
work was not destroyed. Indeed, in new
work here his designs are being faith
fully copied.
Evening star., 1935-04-18
SPEC|A[T|ES GAIN
ON STOCK MARKET
Eastman Kodak Forges Up
8 Points Before Losing
Part of Advance.
BY VICTOR EUBANK,
Associated Press Financial Writer.

NEW YORK, April 18.-Scattered
specialities pushed up substantially In
today's stock market and the re-
mainder Of the list, generally, dis
played an improved tone.
Eastman Kodak was leader,
squirting about points before yield
ing some of its gains. Coco-Cola also
jumped and Du Pont and Allied
Chemical around each. Among
other gamers of / to more than 2
were North American preferred,
American Can. American Telephone,
Case, Briggs, Houdaille- Hershey,
American Agricultural Chemical and
Congoleum.
Such issues as United States Steel,
Consolidated Gas, Santa Fe and Cen
eral Motors were unchanged to
slightly higher. Firmness prevailed in
the final hour. Transfers approx
mated 100000 shares.
American Agricultural Chemical re-
sponded to bright first-quarter earn
ings report. The company showed q
net profit of 1928 q share against
sl.26 for the corresponding 1884 period.
Gulf States Steel also revealed first
quarter net Of $50. compared with
loss in the same period last year of
S9,8l3. Other earnings statements
indicated business improvement.
Several of the mining issues again
attracted attention when the price of
imported bar silver for commercial
use was raised 50 of cent an ounce
to 675s cents. The white metal re-
Gently has displayed reactionary tend
encies after its previous sharp ad-
vance. London bar gold was stepped
up to an equivalent of $34S3 an ounce.
The official call money rate was re-
newed one-fourth of l per cent.
The opinion was voiced by some
analysts that the extremely low rates
for money will sooner or later bring
a substantial expansion of invest
ments in dividend-paying common
stocks. At the same time it was
pointed out that low money charges
are due to great extent to poor
demand for funds for commercial and
industrial purposes. Bankers believed
that money rates may stiffen when
the Governments refunding program
is out of the way.
Evening star., 1935-04-18
Tide Water Nets
$1,22O,991 Profit
In Three Months
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, April 18-The Tide
Water Associated Oil Co. and sub
sidiaries report for the three months
ended March 81, 1885, a consolidated
net income of $1,220,991 after all
charges, reserves and Federal taxes,
equal. after dividend requirements on
the 636.222 shares of per cent
cumulative convertible preferred stock
outstanding, to cents a share on the
5,63l,437 common shares outstanding.
For the corresponding period 1884
the company had a profit of 81 ,430.-
962. equal, after preferred stock divi-
dent requirements. to 8 cents per
common share on the 5,627,577 shares
then outstanding.
The Tide Water Oil Co., a major
subsidiary, reports for the three
months ended March 81, 1885, net
profit of s571,006 after all charges,
reserves and Federal taxes, equal,
after dividend requirements on its
per cent cumulative convertible pre-
ferred stock, to Is cents share on
the 2,191, 1928 shares of common stock
outstanding. In the corresponding
period last year the company had
net profit of $1,0l1,969 or IS cents q
share on the common stock outstand-
ing.
The Associated Oil Co., the West
Coast subsidiary, reports profit Of
$685., 800 for the three months ended
March /, 1885. This is equal to Al
cents q share on the 2,290,412 capital
shares outstanding. In the corre-
spending period last year the COM
pany reported a net profit Of $718,208
or 81 cents a share.
Evening star., 1935-04-18
RETA|LERSAWA|T
EASTER SHOPPERS
ShopkeeperS Hope for Late
Rush After Spotty
Sales Period.
BY JOHN A. CRONE.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

special Dispatch 10 Inc star.
NEW YORK, April 1S.-Stores in
many sections of the country opened
their doors hopefully today. With three
shopping days before Easter. the shop
keepers, big and little, looked forward
to a squirt In pre-Easter purchases,
which so far, to put it mildly, have
been "spotty."
Wholesale trade in the last few
weeks, except where labor difficulties
were encountered, such as in the strike
of dreSsmakers here, has been rela-
lively better than retail business. As
a result wholesale districts today are
virtually deserted, excepting garment
manufacturing plants and show rooms,
and out-of- town buyers are fewer in
number than at any other time this
year.
Celebration of Passover today nat
urally restricted attendance in many
business and financial circles, while
the observance Of Good Friday tomor-
row will be registered In other quarters.
Virtually all commodity and security
markets will be closed tomorrow, as
will the banks and financial institu-
tions in some States.
tCopyright. 1850
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FOREIGN EXCHANGES.

NEW YORK. April 1S R.-Foreign ex-
change steady: Great Britain in dollars
4.s5; cables. 4.s5: 6o-day bills. 4.s3! u;
France, demand. $50: cables. $50; Italy,
demand. s.2Sh; cables. s.2sh. Demands:
874s: Norway, S4s7; Sweden. 25 90:
Denmark. 81 SO: Finland. 2.15; Switzer-
land. 1924; Spain. 1856; Portugal. AZ
vakia. 4ISis: Yugoslavia. 2.2s; Austria,
1S.SOn; Hungary. 29.75n: Rumania. l OF;
Argentina; 3233n; Brazil 8;59n; TOXIC.
Mexico City (silyer pesol. $500: Montreal
in New York, 30 .62k: New York in Mon
treal. 10037h. n-Nominal.
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NEW YORK PRODUCE.

NEW YORK, April 1S P.-Butter,
11.S42; firmer. Creamery. higher than
extra, 34a3434; extra (92 score). 33lza :
Cheese, 6O,034; steady. Prices un-
changed.
Special packs or selections from fresh
receipts, 25a261z; standards and COM
mercial standards. 2414aia; firsts, 23AaHa; !;
storage packed firsts, "a; other mixed
colors unchanged
Live poultry nominal. AL freight QUO
tations unuuoted.
Evening star., 1935-04-18
NEWSPAPER ADVERTISING
INCREASES IN MARCH

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, April 18.-Newspaper
advertising during March showed an
increase of So per cent over Febru-
ary, according to the index of
Printers Ink This represents the
change in March lineage from Febru-
ary after the usual adjustments for
the number of days in the month and
for seasonal fluctuations. For March
the index figure stood ITO. as COM
pared with 1872 for the preceding
month The March index also shows
that there has been a moderate pick
up for March year ago.