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Evening star., 1936-06-05
Unrest i'm France.

1t is an ironical coincidence that
Frances first Socialist government, voted
into office by the working masses, should
assume power in the midst of a grave
industrial upheaval. M. Leon Blum en-
ters the premiership to find as his initial
task the settlement of disputes involy-
ing 100000 to 100000 workers in more
than 300 establishments. They have not
only gone on strike, but occupied" the
factories in which they are employed,
lending color to the suspicion that the
movement is of Communist instigation
and in pursuance of demands for the
"sovietiZing" of French industry. The
new premier signals policy of no COM
promise with the elements which have
placed large sections of the country in a
state of siege, declaring order must be
restored as condition precedent to any
governmental consideration of claims for
higher wages, a 40-hour week and other
reasonable labor reforms.
The threat with which the new regime
is confronted gives M. Blum immediate
opportunity to demonstrate thexgovern-
ing capacity of the heterogeneous coali-
ton of Socialists, Radical Socialists and
Communists comprising his Popular
Front" majority. Prospects for unity are
not frightened by the Communists re-
fusal to collaborate, on the ground that
M. Blum promises to follow too moder-
ate a policy to suit their book. The
Labor Confederation has also declined
direct participation in the cabinet, ex-
cept under extra-constitutional condi-
tions which the premier is unwilling to
swallow. The current strikes are at
tributed largely to his attitude.
If his government survives the shock
which accompanies its birth, Premier
Blum, despite his allegiance to Marxist
Socialism, is generally expected to prove
a safe and sane pilot of French affairs.
He is accounted unlikely to attempt any
more revolutionary programs than the
British Labor party, also of strongly
Socialistic hue, esSayed when it took
Office. Because of his background as
philosopher and writer. and as man
of culture and inherited wealth, France
does not think he will invoke disturb
ing" policies in mere pursuit of doctrin-
aire principles. 1t is probable he will
advocate naturalization of the NUM-
tionS industry and subject the Bank of
France to more drastic State control.
There are also suggestions that nation
alization of insurance and of petroleum
may be undertaken, along with public
works for relief of unemployment. Soak
the-rich' taxation and price controls
are urged by some of Blum's extremist
supporters But in nearly all directions
the outlook is for restraining influence
upon his part. To what extent he can
hold in check aggressive elements within
his coalition is more problematical.
On the key question of safeguarding
the franc, the premier rates as sound
money man. He opposes devaluation,
despite it's probable inevitability, be-
cause imitation would injure the humber
classes. Faced by the dual duty of boil
stering the country's financial and eco
nornic structure and preserving Frances
place as dominant factor in European
councils, Premier Blum takes the helm
amid conditions that call for a high
degree of craftsmanship lest crisis even
tuate in catastrophe.
Evening star., 1936-06-05
Shooting Stars.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Relaxation.

Relaxation.
OF course, You are striving, whoever you
are,
To help this old world go upward and
far,
And you hope for results very soon.
Each month finds you strong in the
struggle and stress,
Excepting just one; you're obliged to
confess
That you get kind O. careless in June.
When the sky is serene and cloud here
and there
Makes light heck of foam on the ocean
or air,
And the world is a-thrill with a tune
That is sung by the breeze and the
crickets and bees
And the waves on the shore and the
leaves on the trees
Well, you're bound to get careless in
June!
Evening star., 1936-06-05

diplomatic corps will accept invitations
to attend the national conventions.
Some of them will be placed among
party nabobS on the platform; others
viii be assigned boxes or special seats.
Foreign ENJOYS unfailingly marvel at
and enjoy these quadrennial SpectacleS
of American democracy in action. there
being no comparable institutions in their
own countries, even in those which still
retain representative forms of govern
ment. There will also be a heavy
Sprinkling of foreign newspaper corre-
spondentS in the press sections. Over
seas ScribeS already on the scene are
particularly anxious to get a line on
Gov. Landon's international views, in
the contingency that he may be the
future master of American foreign pol
icy. To date his sole utterance on world
affairs suggests a George Washington
antipathy to entangling alliances.
X -
Recent Supreme Court Developments
make certain that the constitutional
issue in some form will bob up in the
1886 campaign. If not raised by Presi-
dent Roosevelt, other Democratic Spokes-
AlIC1A e4S IC1Cu uHOu u h1OI IL OuI.
Agreement is general that predictions
aren't far wrong which depict the mu-
nicipal bankruptcy, Guffey coal act and
New York minimum wage decisions
among them as worth at least 100000
Roosevelt votes. One thing seems sure
that the Supreme Court has clinched
the labor vote for the New Deal; also
that the brethren of the bench who
Joined in the series of late majority
rulings have assured the President the
support of the country'S liberal and
progressive elements. The betting odds
have grown appreciably stronger that
F. d. r. can now get away with q con-
Stitutional amendment extending Fed
eral authority in the social and economic
fields, where only 80 days ago it would
have been a venturesome proposition.
*
j. H. Thomas, the British Labor poll
tician and cabinet minister who has Just
fallen from grace on account of the
budget leak scandal in London, is well
remembered as a 1917 visitor to Wash
ington with the Balfour War Mission.
The homespun ex-railwayman with the
picturesque cockney accent is recalled
for his bubbling good humor, linked with
native Shrewdness in bargaining for
loans and war materials. Despite his
acquired fondneSs for the foibleS and
perquisites of high society, Thomas al
ways specialized in dropping his "h'S."
He dripped them freely all over the
Washington scene.
Cesar Saerchinger, European director
of the Columbia Broadcasting System,
brought to Washington this week the
latest yarn about King Edward VIII to
reach these parts. When recently dis
cussing coronation arrangements with
Prime Minister Baldwin. his majesty
observed that he'd like the front seats
in Westminster Abbey in May, 1887. re-
served for his personal friends, who in
clude a coterie of Americans. Bald
win demonstrated that ringside places
are apportioned by tradition to the peer
age, whereupon Edward crushingly re-
Joined: ''Mr. Prime Minister, if you'll
let me attend to my private affairs,
I'll let you look after your coronation"
Baldwin's premiership, according to the
London gossip, will not extend much
beyond next years crowning ceremony,
II that long.
tcppyrisht. 1850 .-s>e
Evening star., 1936-06-05
THIS AND THAT
By CHARLES E. TRAcEWELL.

We don't know about your garden, but
ANIMALS have been almost fat failure
in ours so far.
They haven't come up well and, once
up, haven't grown.
We like to blame it on the weather.
whether correctly, is a hard thing to
determine.
Many persons have not stopped to
realize that the District ce Columbia and
nearby Maryland and Virginia are ex-
periencing a drought.
Poor growth Of annuals is one of the
surest signs of drought, so far almost
comparable with the famous dry spell
of 1880 hereaboutS.
"Oh, you should sprinkle more"
Well most gardeners think of that
and try it, too, but there seems to be
something about hydrant water which
will not force good growth, especially
on ANIMALS, which must make vigorous
and quick growth if they are to be up
to standard.
Nothing takes the place of rain water.
Just how much the different chemical
composition of water from the Cloves
has to do with it is a difficult question.
Ones first thought is that the other
must be so different that somehow it
dwarfS plants. Certainly in years when
there is normal or overabundant rain
this is no problem at all.
If varying chemical elements exist to
the point where they may be inimical to
quick growth, in such a year they are
diluted by the good rains which fall
with satisfying frequency.
1t may be that this idea OF the insutfl-
cheney of hydTant water is improved,
that the real trouble lies in the failure OF
the home gardener to water his seedlings
sufficiently. What is sufficient in times
of normal rainfall surely is not enough
in times of drought. Yet the average
citizen gEs ahead, year after year, using
the same methods which may have been
successful for him years ago, in better
times.
Up-and-doWn temperatures, very hot
one day, down 80 degrees the next
morning, are not good for the best rails
ing of annual plants those backbones OF
many small gardens, which the whole
gardening world secretly loves.
Every one knows that most OF them
will not do well if planted out too early.
May Is is the date usually given for
most ANIMALS, but if cold days intervene
even that is too early.
There may be another factor at work
this season, and that is the unusually
lush growth of shrubs and trees of all
kinds. They are stealing the nutrimenti
Shrubs of all kinds seem determined
to make up in height for the bitter days
of the Winter. Many Of them have put
on more leaves than usual.
This total growth demands food and
our belief is that these larger things are
taking much of the soil nutriment from
the seedlings. The deeper root growths
of established plants Of ell kinds makes
certain that they get the lions share
of water.
1t must not be forgotten that chemical
elements in the soil which act as plant
foods are not available to plants until
in solution. This is the chief reason We
water plants. Watering also is done to
replenish moisture evaporated by the
sun and air and to wash dust off leaf
surfaces.
Most home gardeners have noticed how
much better the yard looks after good
rain than after even the most prolonged
Evening star., 1936-06-05
BreVity,

The Positive must have its say,
The Negative no less.
And there are others. in the way.
Who simply wait and guess.
But some one in the mighty plan
Of years that come and go
Must claim our difference, as the man
Who Just says Eyes" or mo"
Though in our intellectual pride
Fine words are flung afar;
BY some approved, by some denied,
They leave us as we are.
The most that we can hope to learn,
As problems come and go,
Is brought by. one who does his turn
And just says "Yes" or NO"
Jud Tunkins says givin' man less
pay an more loafin' time is goin' to
puzzle old Satan hisself to find more
mischief for idle hands.
"Flattery," said Hi Ho, the sage of
Chinatown, 'is welcome to one who, un-
able to deserve the praises of Admiration,
is willing to substitute the compliments
of Fear"
Comparatively.
The universe goes round and round
New wonders to reveal,
And humble you and are found
Like flies upon the wheel.
"If had a race hoss," said Uncle
Eben, "I'd call 1t Money cause don't
know anything dat kin 60 faster"
Evening star., 1936-06-05
Flattery From Josh.

How has your boy Josh been doing
at coliege?"
Pretty we'll" answered Farmer Corn
tossel. He's already beginning to act
like statesman"
Making speeches?"
mo, writing letters. He can't make
his budget balance and he hatters me
by treating me like the Great American
public that's always expected to pro-
duce"
Evening star., 1936-06-05

A good detective must have a certain
judicial sense of his own to start with.
J. Edgar Hoover will find himself in a
wilderness of false clues if he tries to
run down all the suspicious convention
delegates circulate about one another.
Evening star., 1936-06-05

Farm women may recall the adage, "a
womans work is never DONE" and sup
plement it with the observation that a
college professors work is never done.
Evening star., 1936-06-05

Some of those who are figured as
eligible to old-age pensions may seem a
little Indifferent, because in order to
spend all that money they might have to
get the night-club habit.
Evening star., 1936-06-05

Residence in Washington in times of
political stress is trying to the nerves. A
psychopathic expert might be desirable
figure on the congressional pay roll.
Evening star., 1936-06-05

Statesmen as they look forward to
breathing spell from congressional toll
are compelled to consider the fact that
convention work will be even harder.
Evening star., 1936-06-05

A study OF States rights reveals a
perfect right to pay taxes without COM
plete authority to show what shall be
done with the money.
Evening star., 1936-06-05
A Rhyme at Twilight
By
Gertrude Brooke Hamilton

Three and Seven.
When Peter was little fellow
He didn't like to go to bed;
But always said he wasn't sleepy,
Would rather romp and play instead;
Yet once undreSSed and cuddled in it
He'd be asleep in half minute.
Now Peter is a bigger fellow,
So big that he has started school;
But when it's time to learn mis- lesson
Still does he want to romp and fool;
Yet once we get him to begin It
He learns it all in half q minute.
Evening star., 1936-06-05

International yacht racing has faded
out of the picture while the supremacy
of the waves is being contested by Eng
land and France.
Evening star., 1936-06-05

Some day emotional journalists will
discover fair defendant who has golden
eyes and blue hair and that will be news.
Evening star., 1936-06-05

Cotton is still king" but as COM
merce develops it has to be on the look
out for possibilities of foreign invaders.
Evening star., 1936-06-05
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Evening star., 1936-06-05
Real American Need.

From the worcester Gazette.
Let European nations prepare against
bas and bombs, but what this country is
going to need pretty badly is system
of oratory- proof shelters.
Evening star., 1936-06-05
Painful Art.

From the Lowell Evening Leader.
Painter says that American art Is Suf-
fering from headaches. Anyhow we
have seen examples that have induced
'em.
Evening star., 1936-06-05
Naiivete.

From the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
The days outstanding example of
childhke faith is the proposition of
New York Congressman that Canada be
invited to become part of the United
States.
Evening star., 1936-06-05
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Comparatively.

"If had race hoss," said Uncle
Eben. "I'd call 1t Money cause don't
know anything dat kin 60 faster"
Evening star., 1936-06-05

@. What is a msngel-wurzel?-H. M.
A. This is a large, coarse variety of
beet, extensively cultivated as a cattle
fodder.
Evening star., 1936-06-05

reader cdn get the dnSlDeT to any
question OF fact by ,Oriting The EueniHg
Star Information Bureau, Frederic J.
HaSktn, Director, Washington, D. C.
Please inclose stamp for reply.
Evening star., 1936-06-05

@. What is the average time spent by
patients in hoSpitals?-M. K.
A. In 1894 the average length of stay
in general hospitals was IA days; in men,
tai hospitals, 1,034 days.
Evening star., 1936-06-05

@. How often do squirrels bear young?
j. F.
A. Gray squirrels have two itters of
four to six young year, the first usually
being born in March or April. The old
squirrel is a devoted mother and if the
nest is disturbed she will at once carry
the young to some safer retreat.
Evening star., 1936-06-05

@. What is Ihrigizing?-D. r.
A. The name is taken from its inventor
and it is a method Of driving silicon
into steels or ferrous articles to form n
protective case of almost any desired
thickness.
Evening star., 1936-06-05

@. Was Al Capone born in New Y5r2
or in Italy?-J. w. M.
A. He was born in New York City. he
is of Italian descent.
Evening star., 1936-06-08
PARTIAL VICTORY
IS WON BY HEARST
Appellate Court Grants Pc.
tition, but Refuses to Re-
strain Lobby Probers.

William Randolph Hearst met both
victory and defeat today in the
United States Court of Appeals in his
fight with the Senate Lobby Commit
tee over the seizure of kilograms from
files of the telegraph companies.
His petition for a special appeal
from lower court decision two
months ago that Senate committee
could not be enjoined was granted,
but the appellate court refused to
restrain the Senate group pending a
hearing
The court also ruled that the spe-
cial appeal will not be heard until
the case comes on the record with
the general appeal covering all issues.
Hearst sought to enjoin the Senate
committee and the Federal Com
munications Commission from making
any further use of kilograms he had
sent and received from editors and
editorial writers in his employ.
Chief Justice Alfred A. Wheat of
District Supreme Court held he had
no jurisdiction over the Senate, and
consequently dismissed the Hearst
suit as it applied to the committee.
He refused preliminary injunction
against the Communications Com
mission on the ground the acts COM
planned of had ceased. The case
against the Communications Commits
sion now must be heard on its merits
and permanent injunction either
granted or denied before a hearing
can be had in the Court of Appeals.
Evening star., 1936-06-08
COL. SHANNON RITES
WILL BE TOMORROW
Burial in Arlington Cemetery to
Be With Full Military

Funeral services for Lieut.. Col.
Robert E. Shannon, "a, U. S. A., re-
tired, who died Friday in San Antonio,
Tex, will be held at 10 am. tomor-
row in Arlington National Cemetery.
Chaplain Ralph C. Deibert will ofici-
ate. Burial will be with full military
honors.
The following officers of the Quar-
termaster Corps will be honorary pail
bearers:
Lieut.. Col. Wilmot A. Danielson.
Majs. C. Lloyd Middleton. John A.
Mcdonald, Wilbert V. Renner and J.
Moultrie Ward and Capt. Werner w.
Moore
Col. Shannon was in charge of the
Army Transport Service in New York
City during and following the World
War. and later had charge of the
Gold Star Mothers pilgrimage to
France.
His last duty was in this city, where
he had charge of the cemeterial sec
ton of the Army and transportation
of Civilian Conservation Corps men on
all trips which required overnight
travel. He was retired in April 1885
for disability.
Evening star., 1936-06-08
DR.. PHILLIPS WARNS
GRADUATES OF G. W.
Tells Them to Avoid Cynical Out.
look on Life in Baccalaureate
Sermon.

Seniors of George Washington Uni
versity, assembled for baccalaureate
exercises last night in the Great Choir
of Washington Cathedral, were warned
by Rev. DR.. Ze Barney Phillips. the
speaker, against facing life with a
cynical and sophisticated outlook
First and foremost in your life" he
said. there must be as a guide that
psychic force whereby man lays hold
of the spiritual values of life"
Listen to the message of your own
SOUL" he said, mot to the wisdom of
the world. This country, born with
the noblest concept of freedom, must
be maintained by men and women like
you.
1T may be that the wells of criti-
cism have been turned loose SO often
that when you come into the arena of
life you will bear cynical attitude" I"
he warned.
Glass night exercises for the George
Washington graduates will be held
tomorrow evening in the university
yard, followed by the 115th COM
Evening star., 1936-06-08
FASCIST WARRIORS
PARADE FOR KING.
100000 Cheer BadogIio
and Victor Emmanuel at
March of Victory.
ny the Associated Press.

Hy the Associated PreSS.
ROME, June 8-King Victor En-
manuel III, newly declared Emperor
of Ethiopia, reviewed yesterday thou
sands OF bronzed troops who won
him that title, in monster empire
celebration of victory
At his side at the Victory Arch of
Constantine stood Marshal Pietro
Badoglio, who commanded the con-
quering legions in Africa.
The welcome to the Homecoming
troops was staged to coincide with
1taly's Constitution day." COM
memorating the charter of Italian
unity drawn up under King Charles
Albert of Sardinia in 1848.
One familiar figure was missing
from the latest Fascist spectacle, for
Premier Mussolini remained at his
Summer home at Rocca Del Can't
nate.
BadOglio Cheered.
Marshal Badoglio. wearing a plume
and khaki uniform, was loudly
cheered as he reviewed the troops,
who marched to the Arch of Con-
stantine, but did not pass under it.
Italy's new 'artilleryized infantry"
drew the attention of military eX-
pertS. 1t consisted of field pieces
carried by infantrymen.
Imposing in today's files were scores
of tanks, trailer mounted artillery,
barking motor cycles and trucks of
f1ame-throWerS manned by fantastic
appearing, asbestos clad soldiers of
the chemical battalions. Toward the
end of the professions the tiring
multitudes were treated to the spec
tacle of huge captive balloon towed
by a corps of perspiring Air Corps
groundmen.
1t was the second time that the
triumphal arch of the first Christian
Emperor of Rome had been used to
link Fascist achievements with the
ancient glories of the Eternal City.
Marshal Italo Balbo, returning from
his flight across the Atlantic in 1888,
marched his daring squadron along
the same route to salute II Duce.
100000 See Parade.
The marching troops, cheered by
100000 people, swung proudly past
the ruins of the basilica of the En-
peror MaXentius, whose defeat by
Constantine was the occasion for
erecting the triumphal arch.
For hours there filed past broad
files of Black Shirt militia, plumed
Bersagieri on the run, jaunty Fascist
youth battalions, wind-tanned sailors,
regular soldiers in gray, Red Cross
units with stretchers and ambulances
and innumerable others in a variety
OF uniforms.