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item, according to calculations made
by relief officials
$608,000 Sought Originally.
The Commissioners and the Board
Of Public Welfare had sought $500, 900
as the sum needed to continue relief
on the present basis Of an average of
$50 month per case for approxi-
mately 5000 cases on direct relief,
representing some $1,000 individuals.
The Budget Bureau cut the figure to
s250.000, but the House raised the
total by 100000 after learning the
budget proposal would provide only
for 400 cases classed as "unemploy-
able" The employable cases, or most
of the 5000 of them. would have been
left to find work here or elsewhere
or depend on private charity.
The Welfare Board faces several al
ternatives. All the employables as we'll
as the unemployables could be carried
for about a month and then the en-
playable cases abandoned to their own
resources.
The funds, beyond that needed for
the unemployables, could be spread
over all the 5000 employable cases,
which-would mean allotment of nearly
$40 per case or about So per person
per month. or 10 cents per day per
person, it is estimated.
About one-third of the employable
cases deemed most in need might be
selected for continued aid for the
next three months and the remainder
abandoned, as a third alternative.
This probably will be the plan adopted.
When Congress completes action on
the resolution, welfare officials will
adopt a policy to fit available funds.
Meanwhile, the Senate subcommittee
handling the regular District appro-
priation bill for the year beginning
July is in recess until Thursday of
next week. when it probably will begin
hearing representatives of the organ
lied civic and trade groups of the city.
It became increasingly evident that
the amount to be fixed for relief for
the ensuing II months will be one of
the primary factors in the regular
1887 local supply bill.
AS it came from the House, the
1897 bill contained 81 ,506 ,020 for relief,
but this. the committee has been ad-
vised, would provide only for unem-
ployables. There is. however, a large
group Of employables out of work. and
another large group on w. P. A. work.
relief projects. The extent to which
the Districts relief appropriation for
next year will have to be increased in
the Senate depends on what national
policy Congress lays down later in the
session in the new Nation wide $780,
900 900 relief program.
Chairman Thomas of the Senate
subcommittee on the District bill-said
yesterday that the possibility of an
increase in the House item for relief
Is the main factor that might neces-
state an increase in local taxation.
He indicated that If the Federal share
of the 1887 local supply bill is restored
to the budget recommendation of
IS, TOO 900, instead of the House figure
of $2,700,000, the city would have a
balanced budget on the present tax
basis, unless it became necessary to
raise the relief estimate to cover a
large number of employables.
The Senate subcommittee probably
will wait to see what form the national
work-relief program will take before
deciding on the size of the local relief
fund in the pending bill.
Evening star., 1936-03-26
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BADAJOz, Spain, March 26.-Sixty
thousand farm laborers, refusing to
await government measures for dis
tribution Of lands. took over the farms
today in most of the 1853 villages in
Spain's southwestern Province Of
Badajoz.
The workers, most Of them Social
lists and Communists, members of the
national association of land workers. -
marched on their local villages in an
apparently long prepared movement
Arriving at the large estates. they
divided the land in accordance with
lists already made, each group then
taking over the land assigned to it
with shouts of long live the workers
republic"
The groups then returned to their
villages where they informed the local
mayors Of what had taken place ano
the authorities to take note Of the
divisions that had been made and
enter them in the public books with
the names of the new land owners.
There had been many isolated cases
Of seizure of farm lands in the last
few weeks, but this was the first large
concerted movement to be reported
leading to fears that it might be re.
peated in other provinces.
Provincial authorities, who have
been seeking to head OF this move.
ment, declined to comment, but it was
understood they would seek to take
some measures against forcible ap.
preparation Of lands.
Evening star., 1936-03-26
Catastrophy
Fails to
Teach.
Man Too Soon Forgets
When Conditions
Are Normal.
BY DOROTHY THOMPSON.

DA DoAhoAh AhoNAA ooANs
THERE is something grandiose
and awe-inspiring in natural
catastrophies. They re-estab-
L lish a sense of proportion
They remind man. the only paranoiac
amongst the an..lals. that he lives
dangerously and is not yet lord over
all of nature. At the same time. and
for brief moments. they release the
heroism and the sacriflcial spirit Of
wars. without the hatred and bad
conscience with which war cankers
the soul.
They wipe out. for moment, class
lines and race lines; they shift owner
ship of property: they raze rich mems
houses and slurs, and all without
creating the antagonisms of economic
warfare. The banker on the roof
top, wigwagging for a rescuer. asks
nothing better than to be in the same
boat-any old boat-with the relief
worker When the Mississippi rose
few years ago, and broke the levees.
Red Necks" who in more fortunate
times enjoyed the fiesta of lynchings,
swan out to rescue stranded black
men. Water. fire. earthqu2ke-these
things do not divide men. They bring
them together.
Brings OUT Noble Qualities.
In such natural catastrophies men,
for the most part. show their noblest
and most decent human qualities.
There are. of course, exceptions. In
Hartford the police had to take sharp
measures against looters. But for
every one who uses catastrophe for
his own gain, there are a hundred
who show exceptional courage. endur-
ance and generosity. Men also dis
play their genius. No modern civili-
zation has been permanently wrecked
by forces of nature. The streams
swell into torrents, the torrents rush
into oceans. the great waves of water
rise and break the confines built
against them: they descend greasily
inexorably upon fields. factories and
cities. Crops are drowned, factory
chimneys topple into the tide, mort
cages - are wiped out. Epidemics
flourish.
But when the flood subsidies and
the water recedes physicians mobilize
against the plaques; farmers go out
again with plows and hoes; brick
layers and carpenters rebuild broken
walls: new homes rise on the wrecks
of old ones. Neither Nation nor city
perishes.
Indeed. the catastrophe Is too soon
forgotten. Were mems memories longer
they would prepare against, its re-
currence. 1t is scandalous that in
this country Of builders and engineers
we have not controlled flood water
The reason is not lack of knowledge or
power. 1t is only the perversity Of
human nature. For no gigantic pub
lie works such as these can be under
taken without stepping on some
body's toes.
The same difficulty attends slum
clearance. Everywhere some special
interest has to be sacrificed for the
general good. Billions have been
spent in the last two years, but not
on the great works vitally needed.
Why not? For two reasons: Such
works take long-range planning. This
country greatly needs a permanent
body Of engineers. as divorced from
politics as is the War College, insured
in their positions by long appointments
Evening star., 1936-03-26
Parker Hunts Name for Baby
As House Passes Hat for $44

With his friends in Congress worry
ing about the welfare Of his family and
his own employment. Everett Parker
is worrying about a name for his new
baby.
Parker has become known to mem
bers of the House and yesterday caused
\ breach of rules when his sorry plight
was described on the floor by Repre-
sentative Dunn, Democrat, Of Missis-
sippi, and Parker's friend. His COL
leagues passed the hat until Speaker
Byrns ruled them out of order and
halted the proceedings with $44 in the
pot.
It was Mrs. Parker, however. who
first gained the limelight. About a
year ago she was called down for
nursing her baby In the House gallery,
and the House attendant in turn was
given a calling down for his pains.
Now she has another baby to nurse.
Hilda Jane, whom she held to her
breast in the House gallery, is now II
months old. The new daughter, born
last Saturday afternoon, hasn't been
named yet.
Asks Help in Finding Name.
I'VE don't know what to name her."
Parker said. Maybe you can find us
a name for her. She's got to have a
name"
While Parker is waiting for some
one to suggest an appropriate name,
Representative Dunn, who described
him as the victim of ''unadulterated,
damnable red tape" and william c.
Cleary. deputy administrator Of w. p.
A. here, are trying to find him a job.
Evening star., 1936-03-26

about the altitude of Pixies Peak
it was found that the emptying time
was increased so per cent.
Extraction of an hitherto unknown
chemical substance from the bacillus
of leprosy was reported to the Ameri-
can Society of Biological Chemists
today by r. j. Anderson, j. A. Crowder,
M. S. Newman and F. H. Stodola Of
Yale University.
The new material, which has been
named leprosin, Is snow-white
amorphous powder. Upon analysis it
can be resolved into series of fatty
acids well-known to chemists and
a new acid of high molecular weight,
which has been named leprosinic
acid.
A machine for milking rats and
guinea pigs was described today by
Warren M. Cox. jr., and Arthur j.
Mueller of Evansville, Ind.
Rat Milk Richer.
Comparison of rat milk with cows
milk shows the former to be, in some
respects, much richer. It contains
14.8 per cent fat in comparison with
per cent for cows milk; 113 protein
compared with 3.25. 1t contains,
however, only a little more than half
as much sugar.
The milk Is Of value in scientific
experiments. The amounts obtained
are very minute-only about half a
cubic centimeter per rat at the most.
Heavy water-that is water whose
molecules contain atoms of double
weight hydrogen instead of ordinary
hydrogen-tends to speed up the ac-
ton Of certain animal and vegetable
engines even in concentrations as
small as to 1000, it was reported
by David I. Macht and Hilah F. Bryan
Of Baltimore.
The engines studied were of the
group Of oxidases, or oxygen carriers,
obtained from the muscles of rats
and the brains of rats and cats, and
one vegetable substance.
All these have the capacity Of de-
colorizing solutions Of methylene blue
in vacuum tubes. The action was
greatly speeded when the solutions
were prepared with small proportions
Of heavy water.
Increasing Milk Yield.
The milk yield of cows and goats
can be enormously increased-in some
cases from Is to so per cent-by ad-
ministering an anterior pituitary gland
extract containing prolactin, a hor-
none which activatcs milk production
in mammals, 1t was reported today by
Everett !. Evans of the United States
Department Of Agriculture.
The increased milk yield stops,
however. as soon as the prolactin in
jections are stopped. The cost Of
the injections are considerably greater
than the value of the extra milk OBJ
tanned.
Repeated efforts, Evans said, show
that the increased yield cannot be
made to carry over. Hence. he con-
cluded, the best hope of obtaining
better mixers lies in breeding ac-
cording to sound genetic principles
rather than in hormone therapy.
Evening star., 1936-03-26

Dunn charged Parker was refused
a w. P. A. job because he was from
Tennessee" Cleary denied that.
Parker and his family have been
''kicked from pillar to post" so to
speak. for the past few years. The
couple. with four children then, first
came here last June.
In August they were given trans
portation and returned to Newport,
Tenn.
They put us all in jail down there"
Mrs. Parker put in.
When they were released, they
made their way into North Carolina
They sent US to the poorhouse
there" she spoke again from her bed
At last they made their way back
TO Washington. Parker, a veteran Of
the famous Rainbow Division, with
which he served in France for 10
months, gained the attention Of the
American Legion. For while they
helped him feed and house his family
and finally arranged for transporta-
ton back to Tennessee again.
1T was Huey Long that helped us
out the most. though" Parker ex-
planned. He gave us S40.'
Treated Better Here.
With part Of that money and a
few dollars added by Mrs. Parker's
brother. they returned to Washington
last December !.
But why did you come back to
Washington" he was asked.
People treat lis better here. They
! are kinder to U.s."
Evening star., 1936-03-26
With twisted face, and pocket full Ct

With twisted face, and pocket full Of
seeds"
No, 1t was not flood Short as his
memory Is. man after every great
catastrophe builds anew and some.
what better against the wrathful gods.
Some day the newly awakened real-
zation that even the earth Is not per-
manent unless one takes care Of 1t will
force us to control our floods. Even
the Mississippi will be conquered.
That demon stream which, on the
one hand, created from its alluvial
deposits the richest land on earth,
and on the other spread a miasma
OF yellow fever and malaria; that river
which four or five times in genera.
ton breaks its levees, will one day
be shackled. and probably in our gen.
GRAFTON. Already scientists have routed
its yellow fever; they will deal finally
with malaria. The Army engineers
will canalize and divert the water.
accelerate its course, and spill It
more rapidly and safely into the gulf.
And Politicians Haggle.
But before they are allowed to do
so the politicians will quarrel on be-
half Of their clients over the price
which landowners are to be paid
for the land that must be sacrificed
for their own salvation. They will
haggle like merchants in a Moslem
bazaar. They are doing so already
in Washington, before a Senate COM
mittee, turning cold ears to the Army's
proposal that no more shall be paid
than three times the assessed value
Of the land. And after the work is
finished, and the tanned river testifies
forever to mans genius, white men
along its banks will still not know
how to live with black men; planta-
ton owners will still close tight minds
to the woes of share-croppers; on the
rivers rich delta, most people will
know no way to help themselves
except to fight each other. When the
waters subside, Pittsburgh children's
lungs will still be blackened by un-
controlled coal smoke. Braddock and
Homestead, those ghoulish cities, will
still stand.
There will always be pity for those
whom floods pursue. and callousness,
in the long run, for the victims Of
misfortunes man makes for himself.
Yet only mankind can destroy man
kind. Floods will not be mans NOR
tai fate.
(Copyright, 1850
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strenuously-leaving some hope for
japanese participation.
The United States and Britain we're
agreed. privately, however, to main
tain their navies on an equal level
Norman H. Davis and other mem
bers of the American delegation bade
farewell to their associates In the
three and one-half months of negotia-
tions for the new treaty before sailing
for home at midnight aboard the
S. S. Washington.
The delegates expressed confidence
that the treaty-bearing escape"
clauses to insure liberty of action to
meet unexpected developments-would
be ratified by the Senate at the present
session of Congress.
The treaty, raising restrictions on
the sizes Of navies but limiting the
tonnage and gun caliber of classes of
ships and providing for exchanges of
information on building programs,
will go into effect for six years, If
AdOAA1Cas oOdA OA2i6 odlludly 100 ts
upon the death of the existing treaties.
The British press gave little promi-
nence to the signing of the treaty, even
Italian Ambassador Grandi's surprise
remarks being overshadowed by to-
days House Of Commons debate on
the Rhineland crisis.
The Times, however, suggested that
one of the chief incentives to a naval
building race would be removed If
"as hoped. powers other than the sig
natories accede to the treaty"
Uncertainties Remains.
This newspaper pointed out that al
though the treaty was signed, uncer-
tainties still remained.
"The limitations will be fully opera
tive only if they are accepted, not
merely by the two other Washington
powers Japan and italy, but also by
other navies," the Times said.
Evening star., 1936-03-26
NAVY PACT FACES
SENATE SCRUTINY.
Many ESCAPE" Clauses
Needed Adequately to Pro.
tect U. S., Pittman Says.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
A feeling that the new tri-power
naval treaty should be studied closely
before the Senate votes on the ques-
tion Of ratifying it. was expressed to-
day by Chairman Pittman. Democrat.
of Nevada, of the powerful Senate
Foreign Relations Committee.
pittman did not mention Japan in
his comment on the pact signed yes
terday by Great Britain, the United
States and France, but in the past he
has indicated that any accord should
provide an escape" to meet any pos
sible situation arising from japanese
naval activity.
The new treaty signed at London
gives the signatories certain liberty of
action in the event of unforeseen
naval activity by powers not signatory
to the treaty
Escape" Clauses Necessary.
There are so many escape clauses
necessary adequately to protect the
interests of the United States under
existing circumstances and world con-
ditions," said Pittman, "I cannot ex-
press an opinion on the treaty's worth
until have studied the pact itself"
There was considerable interest in
the Capital in the written assurances
that the United States and Great
Britain would maintain naval parity.
Administration officials, denying the
understanding was directed at Japan,
emphasized it was not in any sense
an alliance. but merely restatement of
an old principle.
No Affect on Building.
The parity pledges were exchanged
between Anthony Eden. British for
eign secretary. and Norman Davis,
head of the American delegation.
William Phillips, Undersecretary of
State, intimated the pact did not go as
far as he had hoped. but said it made
substantial progress toward naval
limitation.
Other officials withheld comment.
but were generally agreed that the
new agreement would have no affect
upon the announced United States
policy of "a Navy second to none"
Naval officers said the building pro-
grams would not be changed. Pres
ent plans call for full tonnage as
authorized in the London and Wash
ington treaties which expire at the
end of this year.
Evening star., 1936-03-26
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amount of the alkaloid-slghtly over
three milligrams to each kilogram of
body weight-when taken in the form
of beverage coffee was only half as
effective. The minimum reduction in
reaction time was only per cent.
Accuracy Improved.
Accuracy was improved slightly in
the performance of a simple hand
movement test by both pure caffeine
and coffee. However. during the three
hour period subsequent to the treat
ment, caffeine produced increased
accuracy for two hours and decreased
accuracy during the third hour, while
coffee improved the accuracy during
the entire three-hour period. After
three hours there was no measurable
effect from either.
An experiment which produced ere
versed locomotion" in salamanders
was described to the Psychologists this
morning by DR.. Paul Weiss of the
University OF Chicago.
Working on a theory suggested by
earlier experiments, he transposed
right and left front legs of these ami
mails, so that the right leg was con-
nected to the brain by nerve fbers
which had served the left leg. and vice
versa. The theory was that nerve
becomes specified by its muscle, and
responds selectively to specific i'm
pulses from the brain intended for
that muscle.
Supposing the salamander wanted
to move its left front leg. The brain
would send out the message" to the
leg muScles-over the wires" which
1t cuStomarily used for such a mes
sage. But now the message would go
not to the left leg but to the right
leg. which would move in the way the
left leg was supposed to move.
Limbs Transplanted.
Said DR.. Weiss: IF a normal left
limb is removed and a right limb
transplanted in its place, the latter
being automatically a mirror image
of the former, and if the central dis
Alld4 pdIVClIl W JIOOuCE
the original sequence devised for the
normal left limb, then the movements
exhibited by the transplanted limb
in the various phases of locomotion
should be expected to be exact mirror
images Of the ones that the normal
limbs would perform at the same in
slant.
This was actually found to be the
case with II salamanders in which the
developed forelimbs had been inter-
changed. These limbs moved always
in the reverse direction. In the pro-
crossing animal they strobe backward
instead Of forward, and although this
interfered seriously with the locomo-
tion Of the body, the central pattern
has never been changed and adjusted
to the new conditions"
A new surgical technique to revive
hearts which have nearly stopped
beating because of coronary occlusion,
or blocking of the coronary arteries.
was described to section of the So
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ciety by Dr. c. ]. Wiggers of Western
Reserve University. He pointed out
that the method which had been sue
cessful in reviving dogs from to 7
minutes after their hearts had entered
the stage known as fertilization" after
which heart action stops altogether
should be of value applied to human
hearts which start fibrillating in the
course OF surgical operations"
The method was devised to minimize
the sacrifice Of animals being used In
studies of coronary occlusion. It was
so successful that, in several cases, the
Psychologists were able to revive dog
from five to eight times and use the
same animal over and over again.
Two or three years ago it was found
that fertilization could be stopped and
strong heart action revived by the
brief passage through the heart of an
alternating current applied through
padded electrodes. This was only true,
however, provided the coronary occlu-
sion was removed and fertilization had
not lasted more than or 3 minutes.
Expectancy Period Tripled.
DR. Wiggers found, however, that py
massaging the heart Immediately be-
fore applying the electric shock-that
is by COMPRISING the ventricles with
the hand about 40 times a minute and
each time forcing blood into the aorta
the expectancy period for revival
could be tripled or quadrupled. The
electric shock applied from 80 seconds
to minute after such manipulation
is followed by vigorous beats, the blood
pressure in the heart frequently in
creasing far above normal.
A markedly increased appetite in
dogs follows removal Of the posterior
lobe of the pituitary gland at the
base of the brain, it was reported by
Drs. A. D. Keller and w. Noble
of the University of Alabama. This
continues until the animal has gained
new body weight by the deposition
of fat, after which the desire for
food returns to normal. The expert
menters assured themselves that this
appetite increasing factor was con-
fined to the posterior pituitary, since
it did not follow complete removal
of the anterior lobe and complete
separation of the nerve fibers Of the
posterior lobe.
The time required for a human
stomach to empty after a meal in
creases greatly with altitude, accord
ing to tests reported to the gastro-
intestinal section of the society this
morning by Edward j. Van Liere,
Donald H. Lough and Clark K. Sleeth
of the University of West Virginia.
This may have considerable signifl-
canoe for persons travelling by air.
plane.
Volunteer medical students were
given prescribed meal, for whose
passage through the stomach q time
period had been established. They
then were placed in specially con-
structed steel tanks, from which air
was exhausted to lower the pressure.
In Highest Altitude.
It was found that the subjects,
spending to about 5000 feet-an alti-
tude common in the region Of the
Grand Canyon-require about 10 per
cent longer time for their stomachs
to empty than at normal atmospheric
pressures. At pressure corresponding
to 10000 feet about is per cent more
time was required. At $4,000 .taft,