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Evening star., 1936-04-03
Sounder Citizens Sought
BY Pathfnders of America


j. Edgar Hoover, in the cartoon,
Speaking Of Taxes" In The Star of
March IA, says that crime costs this
Nation $4,000 100000 annually, each
citizens assessment being $12o. This
presents a challenge which no thinking
man can ignore.
Before we can determine how to rid
ourselves OF this tax, we must discover
the cause of the crime which makes the
tax necessary. For years educators have
said. Whatever you wish to have appear
In the Nation, you must first teach in
the Nations schools" When something
fne appears in any realm of human en-
deavor. they hasten to claim credit for
the schools. If there Is such a close rela-
ton between national achievements and
the Nations schools. how can the schools
dodge responsibility for the prevalence
OF crime in the country. with its attend
ant cost IN money and human misery?
To be sure, our schools do not teach our
children to be criminals, but they fail
to teach them to be good citizens; they
teach them how to make a living, but do
not teach them how to live. We need
no further proof Of this than Mr.. Hoover's
statement. This teaching to live is the
real end Of education, and since our
schools fail In this, they fail miserably.
In Cleveland, Ohio, people saw this
deficiency In their schools and accepted
the responsibility Of finding a remedy.
A committee was appointed, with the
present mayor member, to recommend
to the Board Of Education a system of
citizenship training for the schools
After laboring for Is months, this COM
mittee recommended the program pre-
sented by the Pathfinders of America,
and it was adopted by the board. This
organization has conducted classes in
some of the Cleveland schools over
period Of four years, SO that the COM
mittee had an excellent opportunity to
study its work.
The Pathfinders of America recognize
that the basis of good citizenship Is
good character in the individual, and
so their program is one of char
acter education. 1t has been tested
for Is years in all kinds of public schools
with all kinds of pupils, and has been
approved by pupils, parents, teachers,
principals and superintendents wherever
1t has been introduced. In Pathfinder
procedure each child gladly assumes per-
sonal responsibility for the building of
his own life-it is his course in human
engineering" He learns how to deter
mine the cost of any line of conduct and
to decide whether the results are desir-
able and worth the price; in other words,
he learns to read the price tags of life"
Thus, in his daily life he forms the habit
of reasoning things through for himself,
and when he leaves school there is little
danger that he will allow the demagog
to think for him. He becomes a good
citizen instead of criminal, because to
him virtue has become more attractive
than vice. If people generally would
awaken to the fact that laws cannot
make men and women moral, and would
insist that our schools fulfill their real
mission. teaching our children how to
live, the burden of crime would soon be
lifted. S. j. SKINNER.
Detroit, Mich.
Evening star., 1936-04-03
Jurisdiction i'm New Jersey,

Not the least extraordinary of the
happenings In the Hauptmann case in
New Jersey has been the intervention of
the grand jury of Mercer County of
that State in an investigation at the
eleventh hour into an alleged confession
made by another man than the con-
demned. After this inquiry had resulted
in the postponement of the execution
for three days the point was made by
the attorney general of. the State that
this grand jury had no jurisdiction over
the crime, which was committed in Hun
terdon County where the original in
dictment against Hauptmann was
brought and in which county he was
tried and convicted. That this objec-
ton to the proceedings was not raised
until after the virtual reprieve had been
given suggests that the judicial and legal
authorities of the State had become
affected by the hysteria that has lately
prevailed in that Commonwealth.
The principle of county jurisdiction
over crimes is definitely established in
this country. The courts strictly observe
the limitation of authority in this re-
spect. For the grand Jury of Mercer
County to take upon itself the task Of
investigation merely because the State
capital lies within its bounds was alto
gether out of order. If in connection
with the alleged confession, now repudi-
ated, offenses were committed within
that county 1t would have been proper
for the Mercer County grand Jury to
Evening star., 1936-04-03
IndOrses Editorial on
Inspection of Elevators

To the Editor OF The Star:
Kindly grant me space in your valuable
paper to express my hearty approval of
the editorial appearing in The Star un-
der date of March 80, advocating an in
vestigation relative to elevators in con-
nection with the death of young George
Crowell, due, no doubt, to faulty con-
struction and inadequate inspection. The
editorial in question, in my opinion, is
forceful document. 1t should be needed
by the District Commissioners, to find
out who was responsible; also to order
proper safeguards to prevent any repeti-
tions in the future. regret to say that
some branches of the District government
are at times very dilatory and neglectful
in handling complaints and charges. In
many instances no consideration is given
to complaints by citizens and property
owners. They are disregarded and ig-
nored entirely, some that might prove of
grave import. others of minor Importance.
In my opinion the District government
Is In need Of wake-up and shake-up.
HENRY =. ASH.
Evening star., 1936-04-03

signed to promote any such purpose. Its
sole object is to keep our Ambassadors,
Ministers and consular officials, espe-
cially in remote posts. promptly informed
on outstanding developments at home
especially of official character. Only
rarely do foreign newspapers report the
American scene as fully as world affairs
from day to day are covered by the press
Of the United States. Secretary Hull is
confident that our spokeSmen abroad
will represent the American viewpoint
far more effectively if they are con-
stantly abreast of what is happening
over here.
Politicians are keenly interested in
plans OF Maj. George L. Berry. co-or-
dinator for industrial cooperation. to
form labor non-partisan league" to
obtain united labor support for Presi-
dent Roosevelt's reelection. Opinion
differs as to whether the labor vote can
ever be delivered" to any party or to any
candidate. In its entire history the Amer
lean Federation of Labor has Endorsed
only one presidential candidate, the late
Robert M. La Toilette, running as Pro-
gresSive in 1924. AS a rule. party man
ayers find that not even the votes Of
locals" to say nothing of the labor
movement as whole, can be shepherded
in any particular direction. Generally,
organized workers heed advice of their
leaders to reward labor's friends and
punish its foes on election day, irreSpec-
tive of party labels.
Il
Believe 1t or not, there's vast radio
audience ready to listen in regularly at
the romantic hours of the early morning,
when most people are still tight asleep.
An anonymous talk entitled The Sem
ator's Visit" now originates in Colum-
bias Washington studios daily except
Sundays, at $50 am, which means that
it's heard at $50 am, Central time, out
In the corn and wheat belts, and at 80
a little farther west. The talk deals with
affairs of particular interest to farmers
Fan mail discloses there are plenty of
folks in the wide-open spaces up and
around and eager to hear from WASH
ington before beginning the days chores.
4
In the matter of workers interest in
national affairs, the current issue of the
house organ Of the Guaranty Trust Co.
of New York attempts to persuade labor
that the pending Roosevelt tax plan,
with its proposals respecting undistrib-
uted corporate profits, is an attack on the
security of jobs. "It is not mainly as
direct taxpayer that the worker is af-
fected by the cost of government" the
article says, "but as an employe and a
consumer. As an employe, he is af-
fected by every influence acting on the
security Of his job and the rate of his
pay. Consequently, he is vitally con-
cerned with the ability of his employer
to remain in business and to maintain
or expand operations More particu-
larry is he subject to any influence tend
ing to make employment and wages in
themselves the bases of additional fnan-
cial burdens to the employer"
(Copyright, 1867
Evening star., 1936-04-03
Hitler's Terms.

Fuehrer Hitler has come forward with
the comprehensive positive proposals"
for revised European peace structure,
which he promised to submit after his
recent election victory. Germany's offer
by no means meets the conditions pro-
posed by the Locarno powers, but it at
least provides a wide basis for interna-
tional conciliation within a four month
negotiation period which Hitler suggests.
The principal omission in Germanys
breathing-spell plan is Hitler's refusal
to undertake to build no Notifications
in the remilitarized Rhineland area.
Nor does he assent to a demilitarized
strip of territory, to be policed by joint
international force. He is willing only
to agree not to reinforce his Rhine
land troops if France and Belgium enter
into corresponding pledges. Hitler would
also refrain from moving German forces
closer to the frontiers in return for
similar agreement by the Reich's neigh
bors. He suggests commission consist
ing of representatives of Great Britain,
Italy and disinterested third power to
guarantee border arrangements.
Hitler repeats his readiness to nego-
tiate a 25-year non-aggression pact
with France and Belgium and, if desired,
with The Netherlands, as soon as pos
sibIe after next months French elections.
He also reafirms Germany's willingness
to conclude an air agreement. The
Fuehrer does not conceal his resentment
over the project of the British, French
and Belgian general stats at once to
lay the ground for joint operations to
resist German invasion. Although
Hitler brands such plans as ''incom-
prehensible" and seriously prejudicial,"
If pursued before conclusion of new
security pacts, the Locarno powers in
tend to proceed with those arrange
ments. AS evidence of mutual peaceful
intent, Hitler proposes that Germany
and France pledge themselves to avoid
among their own peoples anything CAL
culated to poison their relationship"
Current controversies having been set
tied, Germany would then re-enter the
League for the purpose of resuming dis
armament discussions and in the expec-
tation that questions of colonial equal
ity of rights and separation Of the cove
nant from its Versailles setting" would
be cleared up.
Neither Great Britain nor France re-
fleets much enthusiasm for what are
considered Hitler's wholly inadequate
concessions. Many authorities in both
countries, still resentful of Germany's
defiance in the Rhineland, evince skepti-
cism as to whether new Nazi pledges
would prove to be any more dependable
than treaty agreements recently broken.
Craftsmanship nevertheless now has be-
fore it practical opportunities for nego-
tiation and compromise looking to a
more enduring European set-up. Amid
the common anxiety to avoid war there
is every reason to expect that out of
proposals and counter-proposals there
will emerge some solution which sooner
or later must be attained if another
devastating conflict is to be averted.
With time and all-around common sense,
fortified by the universal longing for
peace, there must be hope that the crisis,
stripped Of immediate explosiveness, will
In due course give way to an era Of tran
quillity and newly covenanted security.
Evening star., 1936-04-03
A Rhyme at Twilight
BY
Gertrude Brooke Hamilton
Bubble Symbols.

A child sat blowing bubbles in the sun,
Great balls of soap and water, gilt
tering
And swaying at the end Of clay pipe
In all the pristine colors of the Spring
Then bursting into vapor, or at least
into mere drops of water edged with
soap;
And yet the child would dip the pipe
anew,
Creating pictures of that fair thing
hope.
Sages have often likened all life's
troubles
To the feet nothingness Of child blown
bubbles,
But q still older symbol to me came
Explosive bubbles are akin to fame.
Evening star., 1936-04-03
Shooting Stars.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
nl-Natured Beauty.

IH-Natured Beauty.
Miss April Day, we used to say
You were as fair, almost, as May.
When boisterous March had had his
fling
You brought us song and blossoming.
This beauty contest like a dream,
Filled with mysterious grace, will seem
And yet Miss Junetime will at last
The winner prove, as in the past.
Miss April Day, perhaps we may
A simple truth make bold to say;
You are but tickle, as rule,
AS breezes murmur, April Fooll"
Evening star., 1936-04-03
Politics As q Duty.


I'm going into politics"
Said Hezekiah Bings.
'I know I cannot hope to fix
A lot of things;
But every citizen should try
To lend his heart and hand
To aid events as they pass by
In this beloved land.
have no eloquence sublime,
But I at least can note
The questions of the present time
And how I ought to vote.
Though won't claim we're due to mix
With angels wearing wings,
I'm going into politics."
Said Hezekiah Bings.
Jud Tunkins says one way to handle
unemployment is to get yourself a
p'litical job an be paid for doin'
nothin'.
Evening star., 1936-04-03

Photographers should be warned to be
more careful of the dignity Of statesmen.
To snap a portrait of a man engaged in
the act Of oratory is dangerous. Nobody,
however impressive In speech, takes a
good photograph with his mouth wide
open.
Evening star., 1936-04-03

New Jersey authorities have had their
troubles with legal procedure that puts
it's personnel on display in metropolitan
night clubs as we'll as in the smau-town
court room.
Evening star., 1936-04-03

Uncle Dan Willard once asked when
Indian Summer occurred. 1t does not
arrive at the same time in all localities,
and cheaper railroads may assist climate
chasers in their guessing.
Evening star., 1936-04-03

Extreme economists may try to bring
up inquiry as to why the President
should sail far away with rod and line
when the high water left the White
House back yard full of fish.
Evening star., 1936-04-03

The Potomac cherry blossoms express
an international policy with refusal to
be held to exact details in minor par
ticulars. There may be variations as to
the figures, but the dominant idea of
generous courtesy is always there.
Evening star., 1936-04-03
Inevitable Capture.

Your guilt may hnger all obscure
If you commit some real crime;
But the police will get you. sure,
If you try parking overtime.
Evening star., 1936-04-03
Activity Postponed.

Activity Postponed.
do you expect to go to heaven?"
asked the very serious friend.
YES" replied Senator Sorghum, "but
at present am not planning any active
campaign in that direction. It's about
all I can manage to keep on going to
the United States Senate"
Evening star., 1936-04-03
Out on the Days Transactions. 2

Out on the Days Transactions.
Ever have any luck betting on
horses?"
mo" answered Mr.. Chuggins. 'I once
won forty dollars at the track. But while
I was inside watching 'em run some one
stole my fivver, which was worth at least
fifty"
Evening star., 1936-04-03

Japan was wise in embodying a gra-
cious compliment in the silent beauty
of cherry blooms. Sending over Japa-
nese musicians to serenade the citizenry
might not have been appreciated at all.
Evening star., 1936-04-03
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Evening star., 1936-04-03

Inscriptions voters will contemplate
rumors of loose change for election pur-
poses as a possible method of taking up
the slack in relief distribution.
Evening star., 1936-04-03

Americans have been famous for buy
ing gold bricks. Purchase of counterfeit
lottery tickets is q morbid variation of
an ancient practice.
Evening star., 1936-04-03

Good neighbor policies have not yet
been extended sufficiently to include
statesmen who occupy adjacent desks in
the Capitol.
Evening star., 1936-04-03

The Townsend pension plan looks like
another creature of financial imagina-
ton not sufficiently robust to survive the
maladies of early childhood.
Evening star., 1936-04-03

A new feature developed by justice
in New Jersey permits the possibility
that grand turies will get in one an
others way.
Evening star., 1936-04-03

"It's better to use de longest words
you knows when you gifts excited" said
Uncle Eben. Maxim sure bout de
perzack meanin' may give time fob yoh
temper to cool down."
Evening star., 1936-04-03
FOrgetfulness.

How slightly would all men regret
Their various fates
Were troubles easy to forget
As names and dates.
Evening star., 1936-04-03

"A successful man." said Hi Ho, the
sage of Chinatown, "is one who can
merit honest praise so plainly that he
is never tempted to purchase fattery."
Evening star., 1936-04-03
Borah's Bad Memory.

From the Louisville Courier-Journal
Senator Borah says he will keep the
Nation out of war. Probably he has
forgotten his resolution for senatorial
investigation into conditions in Mexico.
Evening star., 1936-04-03
Collision.

From the Roanoke Times.
Europe at the Crossroads
And when three or four great Nations
arrive ct the same crossroads at the same
TINA ieek out for Q snssh.vr.
Evening star., 1936-04-03
A Royal Opportunity.

From the Ann Arbor Daily news.
Maybe Mussolinis new industrial pro-
gram will require laying corner stone
or two so there will be something for the
King to do.
Evening star., 1936-04-03
Flotsan,

Flotsam.
From the Indianapolis Star.
Speaking of the ilf food that washes
nobody good, how about the farmer who
discovered i've visiting barns In the yard7
Evening star., 1936-04-03
Tearnrnnf Treaties.

IearprOof Treaties.
From the Boston Transcript.
Perhaps if treaties were engraved on
copper or steel plates it wouldn't be so
easy to tear them up.
Evening star., 1936-04-03

@. What countries have eliminated visa
fees?-J. M.
A. Among the countries that have
eliminated visa fees are Italy, Belgium.
the Netherlands, Switzerland, Persia.
Liechtenstein, Czechoslovakia, Japan,
and several South American countries.
Germany has reduced her fee to only
so cents and China has cut hers from
$40 TO $3.50.
Evening star., 1936-04-03
ANSWERS TO
QUESTIONS
BY Frederic ]. Haskin.

A reader can get the ansuer to ann
question OF fact by Dritino The Fventno
Star Information Bureau, Frederic J.
Ha'En, Director, Washington, D. c.
Please tnclose stamp for repIy.
Evening star., 1936-04-03

@. Do the sponsors of most advertising
contests require entrants to send proof
that they have bought the product?
E H.
A. Out of eight advertising contests
by large corporations in the years 1892
1885. seven required proof of purchase.
Evening star., 1936-04-03

Q. Is the Negro prize fighter, John
Henry Louis, related to Joe Louis?-E. H.
A. Their names are not the same. .John
Henry Lewis is from Phoenix, Ariz., and
Is llght-heavyweight. He is the great
great-grandnephew Of Tom Molineaux,
flrst United States prize fighter to COM
pete for the worlds heavyweight cham
pionship.
The Washington times., 1936-05-30
COUNTY GIVES
HONOR TO ITS
WAR DEAD

ROCKVILLE, Md, May 80.
Residents Of Montgomery county
and other nearby communities
5000 strong, gathered here at an
early hour today to join the rest
of the nation in paying homage
to those who have given their
lives in the service Of their coun-
try.
All arrangements for today's
ceremonies were made by the
Montgomery County Council of
American Legion Posts, assisted
by the Veterans of Foreign Wars,
Spanish War Veterans and other
civic and patriotic organizations.
During the early hours today a
committee composed of Spanish
American and World War veter-
ans, under the leadership OF War
ner E. Humphrey, toured the
county, decorating the graves Of
veterans Of all wars.
Following this a large parade
has been planned which will form
at the old Rockville Fairgrounds
at 2 p. m. and march through the
business section of the town to
the courthouse lawn where mem
orial services will be conducted.
Lawrence r. Smoot. of Kensing-
ton, Md, chairman of the general
committee, said today that there
will be more than 1000 persons
in the line of march, headed by
the crack Sons Of Legion Drum
and Bugle Corps, a 65-piece unit,
from Takoma Park, Md. The
flag collection of the Takoma Park
Legion Post, one Of the most COM
plete in the world, will be used
in the ceremonies at the court
house.
It was announced by Chairman
Smoot that transportation will be
furnished all veterans of the Civil
War, both Union and Confederate
as we'll as those veterans Of the
SpaniSh-American War.
Mayor Douglas M. Blanford, Of
Rockville, will deliver the address
of welcome which will open the
memorial ceremonies, while other
speakers of note will pay tribute
to the county's dead heroes.
The Washington times., 1936-05-30
Sunday Foreign Short.
Wave Radio Schedule

Moscow P. M.-Review of
the week; questions and answers;
Soviet opinion of world affairs.
RNE, Is m, IL meg.
ARIS-5:45 p. M.-Concert
from Radio Paris. TPA4, 25.6 m,
HIP meg.
LONDON-6:52 P. MA recital
by Sinclair Logan (baritone), and
Edmund Rubbra (pianoforte)
esp, 1875 m, 1881 meg, esd,
25.5 M, Ills meg, Csc, 31.3 m,
9.53 meg.
EINDKOVEN, NETHERLANDS
y P. M.-Special transmission
for Central and South America.
PCJ. 31.28 M, $50 meg.
BERL N-7:3O P. M.-"The
World Is Decked In Blossoms" !;
Whitsuntide Music and Poetry.
DJD. 25.4 M, lit meg.
HALIFAX-8 p. M. Acadian
Serenade-soloists with orchestra.
euro, Winnipeg, 48.7 m, els
meg, CJRx, Winnipeg, 25.6 m,
11.72 meg.
LOND N-9:17 p. M.-The
Cambridge Heath Salvation Army
Band. esd, 25.5 m, 11.75 meg,
Csc, 31.3 m, 9.58 meg.
WINNIPE Gil P. M.-Live,
Laugh and Love. Orchestra with
soloists. GIRO, 48.7 M, 6.15 meg,
CJRX, 25.6 m, 11.72 meg.
The Washington times., 1936-05-30
SIX VETS RIDE
IN PARADE

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group was named, on Grant Ave
nue. northwest the rite was fea-
tured by an address by Senator
Louis B. Schwellenhach of Wash
ington.
Francis HNrney HOnOred
In honor of the late Rev. Fran
els j. Hurnev, Cathilic war veter-
ans attended a memorial mass
held in the Church of the I'm
maculate Conception at 9 a. m.
Prior to the religious service a
parade was held from the Knights
of Columbus Hall at Tenth and K
Streets northwest to the church.
Robert Mills, famous architect,
who designed many publice build
ing here, was honored by the
American Institute of Architects
in rites at the grave of Mills in
Congressional Cemetery.
Tribute was to be paid to the
80 students of Georgetown Uni
versity who lost their lives in the
World War by undergraduates of
the law school.
Other ceremonies to be held in
the Washington area included OBJ
servance by organized labor of
Memorial Day in a special broad
est over WJSV at 1870 a. m; an
address by Senator Joseph C.
O'Mahoney of Wyoming at the
Battle Ground Cemetery, Bright
wood, at $3.50 p. m, and exercises
by Branch No. 4, Fleet Reserve
Association, at the Water Gate at
II a. m. Combined exercises by
the Veterans of Foreign Wars and
the American Legion, at the legion
monument in Clarendon, were held
at 9 a. m. "a