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Evening star., 1935-01-20

of government, is the chief authority
of the managerial branch Of the
Federal state, and in him are centered
all executive responsibilities and pre-
rogatives. His cabinet, 1t follows, is a
company OF individuals who are his
alter egos, his "other selves" These
persons are beyond the reach Of the
direct control of the electorate-they
are not chosen by vote and not
amenable to discipline except through
the Chief Executive himself or the
formal action of Congress. When
they speak it is as representatives or
agents of the President. They are
not independent of his domination
in either law or tradition: they aid
him as Secretaries, but the burden
essentially is his.
Vast curiosity, however, Is enter
tained by the masses concerning the
department heads. Their activities,
therefore, are proper subject for
newspapers to notice. Their labors,
their opinions. their affiliations, even
their recreations, are grade A news
which millions want. And it is
worthy of comment that, with few ex-
ceptions, cabinet members have been
citizens well above the average in
intelligence, ability and achievement.
1t is no accident that at least nine
Observation-Disclosures, Madison, Mon
roe. John Quincy Adams, Van Buren,.
Buchanan, Grant, Taft and Hoover
had had the advantage Of cabinet ex-
perience before elevation to the White
House.
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Cabinet Members.

The Star today prints an interest,"
Ing article about the Presidents
cabinet in which the author says,
"only . very few people have the
slightest idea Of what a cabinet ses-
sion Is actually Like" Obviously,
since meetings are secret, the remark,
20 phrased, is accurate and apt. But
the circumstance is not necessarily
deplorable. In point Of sober truth,
It may be just as well that q reason
able degree of protection should be
afforded to the business gatherings
Of the Chief Executives official family.
Theoretically. it might be grand and
glorious" for affairs to be conducted
in the pitiless calcium glare of uni
versal publicity. Actually, there are
many matters which could not be sub
mitted to such peril or punishment
without danger. Policies in the proc
ess Of development are too tender
for rude democratic handling by a
temperamental public.
But there are. philosophical as well
rs frankly practical factors involved.
The President, ia the American theory
Evening star., 1935-01-20

flow should be for o period Of at
least an hour morning and after
noon. Any shorter period of spread
would make little difference In the
flow of traffic either by street car or
by motor car.
When the wartime stagger system
was undertaken an effort was made
to determine the hours in the several
branches of the Government by the
votes of the respective forces. This
did not work out well and 1t was
evident that no practical relief from
the simultaneous arrival and de-
parture Of the multitude OF workers
could be secured short Of an arbi-
trary ALLEGATION based upon numbers
and location. If anything of the sort
Is undertaken now 1t should be on
that basis. It Is to be assumed that
studies have been made-if not, they
should be made-of the traffic cur
rents to and from the Government
ofhces. morning and afternoon, and
on the basis of such a study a system
OF staggered hours could be adopted
that would greatly lessen the simul-
taneous conveyance of these streams
within q short period of time.
As regards the cooperation of the
business establishments, it should
always be borne in mind that 1t is
to their interest to be open for busi-
ness at the hours Of the greatest
possibility Of service, and it may be
accepted as assured that business
Washington will cooperate with and
adapt to any stagger system which
may be instituted by the Government.
Evening star., 1935-01-20
Staggered Hours.

It is now proposed that the Govern
ment working hours be staggered"
as means of relieving the congestion
in the streets Of Washington and
thereby aiding in the solution of the
traffic problem. Intimation is given
that the President will be asked to
effect this change by an executive
order, and furthermore that he may
entertain the proposal on the condi-
ton that the business establishments
of the Capital similarly adopt a new
schedule for the beginning and end
ing Of daily tasks.
When Washington was flooded with
emergency workers during the war
period the same condition developed.
The Government forces here were
nearly trebled within a few months,
rising from about $4,000 to approx
mately 10000 at the peak Of en-
ployment. The demand upon the
transportation services was greater
than they could bear and an approxi-
mate stagger system was tried as
means Of distributing the traffic.
The shops and stores and other pri-
vate establishments adapted their
schedules accordingly, opening later
in the morning and closing later in
the afternoon to give the maximum of
accommodation.
This same system will doubtless be
worked out In the present conditions
If the stagger systems were adopted
throughout the Government service.
Indeed, in most cases the stores are
still operating on the basis Of the
schedules established in war time.
There should therefore be no difhculty
whatever in effecting an adjustment If
the Government hours were changed
to spread the moring and afternoon
traffic burden more widely. ~
Already several of the Government
establishments have been put upon
schedules differing from that gen.
orally followed. To be really efiec-
tive the spread Of inflow and out
Evening star., 1935-01-20
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Bird Lore,

Bird Lore.
The crow flies with frightened cav
From yonder figure strange
That founders in the breezes raw
That DER the meadow range.
1t has a dignity grotesque
Sometimes it strikes a pose
AS the refinement Of burlesque
1t ventures to disclose.
The crow will sometimes venture nigh
And close acquaintance seek
In terror it will turn to fly
And cav in accents meek.
Friend Crow, take heart and pause
to see
We're neither Of US hurt.
You're not the only one to be
Scared of by a stuffed shirt.
Evening star., 1935-01-20

A striking statement came recently
from a distinguished church body.
In it they said, concerning the lead
ical hour: This leadership depends
largely upon our youth" That youth
has kicked against the pricks. that it
has openly and violently rebelled
against the old dogmatic ways Of
the older generation, that 1t has de-
clared for independence Of thinking
and acting is conspicuously true. 1t
seeks for self-expression and freedom
from self-repression. We do not be-
lieve 1t has lost its sense of reverence
for sacred institutions, and we cer-
tainly do not believe 1t has failed to
recognize the heroic qualities so su-
perbly disclosed in the Man Of Naz-
areth. Doubtless 1t is wondering just
what religion, the Christian religion,
is really designed to do, what its le-
gitimate place in the modern scheme
of things. It knows that the times
are out of Joint. Said one Of these
virile moderns to me recently, and he
said 1t with kindness and respect:
How do you account for the terrible
mess that your generation has
handed to my generation?" His ques-
ton was sincere and his face betrayed
the depth Of his concern. 1t was a
hard question to answer. Beyond
this many Of these reflective young
men and women are weighing in
their minds the worth-whileness Of
4F iv,e
tions that bear the hallmark Of long
continued usage. Among these they
are curious to know just how and
where the church fits into the picture
Of the world as they see 1t today.
repeat. I do not believe that
young men and women in general are
ungenerous or hypercritical in their
judgment about the church. They
respectfully put 1t on the side as they
face the mighty issues Of the hour.
They feel the pressure Of events,
events that to their vision are more
urgent and more important. The
economic struggle, world peace, the
iniquities and inequities as they sense
them in our social and individual life;
the failure Of protesting Christians
to do their consistent bit toward cor
recting evils that are body and soul
destroying, in fine, the incompetence
or unwillingness of the elder genera
ton to change the sorry mess Of
things" These and other burning
questions are paramount and take
precedence Of those high claims that
the church puts before them, that,
while the latter are valuable and have
their place. they seem to them to be
Of lesser importance. The church
has problem here that it dare not
ignore or neglect. Its appeal Is es-
Evening star., 1935-01-20

While bills introduced were numer-
GUS last session, it Is expected that
they will be even more numerous this
session. New Congressman come to
Washington with their heads and brief
bags filled with fresh proposals for
legislation. Old-age pensions, bonus
measures, appropriation bills, revi-
sions of the alphabet bureaus Of the
New Deal, all manner Of proposals,
will be dumped into the hopper. All
member of either House need do Is
write out his bill and submit it. 1t Is
ordered prtnted-quite a number Of
copies of each measure. Some are
quite short resolutions, some long bills
running into scores upon scores Of
pages.
At the last session the two Houses
had total Of 6,414 bills and reSoly-
tions introduced before them. Bills
are referred to committees and
changes are made in them necessitat-
ing reprinting in the amended form.
This added so many prints that
total Of 14,724 separate bill prints
were called for. When a committee
reports out bill to the floor, it usual
ly is accompanied by report embody-
ing the views and recommendations OF
the committee. These, sometimes are
quite substantial pamphlets. Last Bes-
sion these reports totaled 3,10s-a
daily average for the period Of more
than %.
High Speed Maintained.
These are routine daily matters. the
run of work which must be rushed
through. AS members Of the two
Houses of Congress speak on the floor.
their remarks are taken down by re-
lays of stenographic reporters. Each
one works only about IS minutes, so
high is the pressure at which the
quick give and take of floor debate
must be reported. Typists transcribe
the notes, the typed copy is rushed
to the Government Printing ONCE,
the type set up proofs read and re-
vised, and the whole thing printed in
time for delivery the first thing the
next morning.
Then there is the more deliberate
work Of printing hearings. Hear
ings are the sitting of committees
before which witnesses appear to give
information and express views on pro-
posed legislation. Last session the
Senate held lot hearings and the
House 174. Some of the hearings are
fairly brief, others go on for days,
and the compiled hearings make q
whole set of books. For example, the
| famous Senate hearing on stock ex-
change practices made 1926 pages.
Again. hearings on Indian affairs
made l6,4l6 pages printed in 80
volumes.
This gives a brief outline of what
the Government Printing Office does
on one branch of its work alone, the
direct printing for Congress. Then
there are special printing jobs for the
executive departments and all the
other branches of the Government.
Equipment for printing in go different
languages and dialects is in use at the
Printing Office together with the ma
chinery for making all kinds Of
charts and illustrations. Binding Is
another branch.
Nearly every year sees expansion
of the work and the forthcoming year
promises greater expansion than
usual. SO much is to be done. But
the fastest and most trying work must
be done for the new crop of Senators
and Representatives in Congress who
arrived at the National Capital
primed with fresh ideas for improving
the New Deal.
Evening star., 1935-01-20
Palestine Day.

T00ay mas Deen QeSlgnate0 by the
Zionist Organization of America as
Palestine day. 1t is hoped to observe
it annually in the future as symbol
of the aspirations of the Jewish people
to create a rebuilt center in their an
cestral homeland and as recognition
of the support of that aim by Chris
tian statesmen and public opinion in
many lands, including the United
States.
According to Morris Rothenberg,
leader of the Zionist movement in this
country. Palestine day will emphasize
the necessity for increased moral sup
port of the Jewish National Home.
1T will point to Palestine" he says,
las the one country now offering to
large numbers Of Jews political. re-
ligiouS and economic freedom and op-
portunity." Current events in the
Saar, from which its Jewish residents
are fleeing in terror of threatened
Nazi persecution as a result OF Ger
many's plebiscite victory, lend poign-
ant significance to Mr.. Rothenberg's
definition of what Palestine means
to his oppressed coreligionists.
Remarkable progress has attended
Jewish effort there during the past
decade and half. From population
of $1,000 in 1919 the Jews in Palestine
have grown into community of some
$4,000. During two years of Hit
lerism, in 1888 and 1884, roundly 100,-
900 Jews found haven in the country.
They encountered there almost the
one spot in the world not blighted by
economic depression. Its accumulated
government surplus is equal to almost
a years whole revenue.
There is practically no unemploy-
ment. In certain industries there is
an actual shortage of labor. Pales-
tinian currency has a lis per cent
sterling backing. Investments are in
creasing. They totaled s50,000,0O0
last year. Since 1920 about $780,
100000 in public funds and private
investments has been contributed by
Jews in America. Palestine, having
developed herself industrially on sound
lines. now seeks trading arrangements
with her hinterland, and to that end
her bankers, merchants and shippers
are cementing relations with Trans
jordania, Persia, Irak and Syria.
From every standpoint, moral and
material, Zionists have right to be
proud of their achievement in Pales-
tine and to look upon it as a certain
augury Of progressive prosperity. In
the words of Justice Brandeis, an
ardent devotee of the ideal of the
Jewish National Home. "the rebirth
Of the Jewish nation is no longer a
mere dream. It is a process Of ac-
complishment in a most practical way,
and the story is a wonderful one"
Evening star., 1935-01-20
Press Agencies.

Press Agencies.
Press agents are poets who cleverly
sing
OF the flowers that bloom or the ivies
that cling.
They tell about wars that they never
have seen
And offer us heroes in poses serene,
Whose phrases are bold with a press
agents art
Performing pleasant poetical part.
The glorious career on this worlds
fleeting scheme
Is oft press agents poetical dream.
de course Of true love amt never
goin' to run smooth" said Uncle Eben,
until grocery bill is as easy to look
at as valentine"
Evening star., 1935-01-20
King George Popular on
Eve of His Silver Jubilee
BY A. G. GARDINER.

LONDON, January 19.-Already the
great domestic event of this year in
the British Empire is casting its
shadows before. That event, of course,
is the silver jubilee of the reign of
George v, the preparations for the
celebration Of which both here and in
the dominions are being made on q
scale Of regal splendor.
It Is nearly forty years since the
diamond jubilee of queen Victoria was
the occasion Of similar rejoicing, and
In one respect the coming celebration
Evening star., 1935-01-20

France has used many American
apples in manufacturing sparkling
wines. Under future circumstances
there may be little encouragement for
cordial economic relations between
New York's famous Apple Mary" and
Champagne Charlie"
Evening star., 1935-01-20

Fairness might prompt motor man
ufacturers to unite in study of NOR
tality statistics and present commun.
tiles with ambulance equipment In
proportion to the average number of
crashes.
Evening star., 1935-01-20

If little Gloria Vanderbilt has con-
scientiously tried to follow all the
pecuniary calculations involved in her
affairs she may be expected very soon
to claim scientific attention as a prod
ICY in mental arithmetic,
Evening star., 1935-01-20
Efficiency.

"Are you interested in society?"
'Very much," answered Senator
Sorghum. I'm the politics business
you can sometimes make a little en-
graved dinner invitation do more
work than a dozen speeches printed in
the Congressional Record"
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estate throughout the country gener-
ally has been more thoroughly nqui-
dated in Western and Southern cities
than in the East. This. they say, may
have some effect on the success Of
Government plans for stimulating
house construction in the West and
South as compared with such aid ex-
tended to the East and North.
lCoryright. 1854
Evening star., 1935-01-20

While much power is attributed to
the Post Office there is no inclination
to hold it responsible for a reduction
in the volume of fan mail reaching the
U. S. Senate.
Evening star., 1935-01-20

,Jud Tunkins says graphologists are
being mentioned without taking proper
notice Of the fact that the most in
duential branch of publicity Is being
controlled by the photographologists.
Evening star., 1935-01-20
No Occasion for Sympathy.

No Occasion for Sympathy.
What are your political SYM
pathies?"
"I haven't any," answered the small
time statesman, Il always manage to
be on the side that is receiving con-
gratulations."
Evening star., 1935-01-20

Occasionally the Supreme Court Of
the United States has had to take up
Al Smiths line of thought and say, in
effect, "Well, what does that mean?"
Evening star., 1935-01-20
Trouble Telling.

Trouble Telling.
Our troubles we may tell unto
Policemen out on duty
And maybe tell them all anew
To sympathetic beauty.
But troubles we must find on view
In every rank and station.
Fen lawyers tell their troubles to
A bar association.
Evening star., 1935-01-20
Heirloom Would Be Handy.

From the Portsmouth (ohio) Times.
If Theodore Roosevelt, jr., is in ab-
solute earnest about reorganizing the
Republican party, he might look
around and see If his distinguished
and energetic fathers "big stick" can
be found among the family heirlooms
Evening star., 1935-01-20
Some Time Off.

From the New Haven Journal-Courier.
Scientist Sees Oxygen Scarcity In
Year r1000001935."-Headline. In those
times you won't ask even your enc
! mics to take the ar.
Evening star., 1935-01-20

1t may be that Huey Long attempts
too much versatility in trying to be
clown and ringmaSter both at once.
Evening star., 1935-01-20

The taxpayer is never exempt from
attention He is a perpetual prospect
for politico financiers.
Evening star., 1935-01-20
Fifty Years Ago
In The Star

Washington's need for a large audi
torium for the holding of formal ex-
AI.1 erciSes was extremely
nuulIoI4um felt fifty years ago
a Necessity. when the ceremonies
for the dedication of
the Washington Monument were be-
ing arranged. The Star OF January
IA, 1885, says:
1T would be of convenience to the
public if change could be made in
the arrangement for the dedication
of the Washington Monument so that
the literary exercises on that occasion
could be held in the hall Of the new
Pension Building, instead of In the
hall of the House of Representatives, .
as now contemplated. 1t is unfor-
tunate that Washington has no large
hall which can meet the requirements,
so frequently raised in the Capital
City OF the country. for accommoda-
ton suited to occasion of national
interest and dignity. But in the Pen
sion Building hall we may now hope
to possess such an auditorium and we
should not neglect such an advantage.
The seating capacity of the House of
Representatives is estimated at 1900
900 on the floor and 1900 in the gall
leries. There are 409 Senators and
Representatives, each of whom must
be given a seat, besides two additional
seats each for members of the family.
There are also many other officials and
persons connected with the celebration
who must be provided with tickets, so
that the general public has almost no
accommodations. We are all familiar
with the aspect of the Capitol at a
public event such as these exercises
will make, the sitting heat in the
chamber and the disappointment of
the thousands who wander through
the halls and corridors after a vain
effort to edge their way to one Of the
gallery doors. Were the exercises to
take place in the Pension Building
hall this trouble would be avoided.
The only difficulty is the practical one,
and it is understood that this can be
removed, as those in charge Of the
building do not object to its use for
the purpose and think the hall can be
put in readiness in time. The general
program need not be changed, as the
troops could be reviewed at the Capt.
tol, as now arranged, and then
marched to Judiciary Square.
THE seating capacity Of the Pension
hall has never been tested, but 1t Is
safe to assume that it would accommo-
date 5000 persons or more, or four
times as many as the hall Of Repre-
sentatives. and in view Of the very
large attendance at these exercises
from abroad as well as local, it is
desirable that any facilities the city
may possess In the way Of q hall
should be utilized"
So
"The School Board last night" saws
The Star of January IA. 1885, very
Public Schools and cided s ssatnst G
Inaugural Visitors p. gsrm nj. ting ay
the public school buildings as quar-
ters for Inauguration visitors. Every
proper effort should be made to house
these visitors adequately, but the line
should be drawn at the point Of inter-
ference with the interests Of the
public schools. The proposition TO
turn the school buildings into bar
racks for soldiers or other inaugura-
ton visitors is so Objectionable that
it is surprising that the District Com
missioners countenanced it for q
mornent"
Evening star., 1935-01-20
Republican Emptiness.

From the Worcester Evening Gazette.
The Republican side Of the Senate
in Washington, according to Senator
Norris, now looks like picked chicken
With the wishbone very prominent.
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"The School Board last night" says
The Star Of January II, 1885, very
Public Schools and c;Sad csSpsr,s as.,n.t Tst
Inaugural Visitors permit tting
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-06-10
PAPERS SERVED.
IN COOKE SUIT

Throwing a legal service paper
into the gutter after it has been
served does not nullify the service.
according to attorneys for George
S. Scarlet, whose mother-in-law,
Mrs. Howard De Walden Cooke,
disregarded the mission of a
deputy marshal.
Mrs. Cooke was standing on
street corner Saturday when
deputy marshal handed her the
papers in connection with the
100000 damage suit filed by her
son-in-law.
M. Marcus Manning, one of the
attorneys engaged by Mr.. Scar
lett, stated that despite the fact
that Mrs. Cooke threw the papers
away and fled to her Chevy Chase
home, she must either answer the
suit within the next three weeks
or let it go by default.
In his suit Mr.. Scarlet claims
that Mrs. Cooke caused him men,
tai and physical anguish when she
had him arrested after his honey.
moon with Jane Cooke, his elope-
ment bride.
Mr.. Scarlet who, according to
his attorneys, is i'll at his home in
Winston-Salem, N. c., was the
chauffeur in the Cooke home.