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Evening star., 1936-06-30
Things Not Forgotten.

1t is good fun on occasion to indulge
oneself in the harmless pleasures OF
memory. No life ever is so barren of
happiness as to yield no recollection COM
forting to the heart. Even those who
have suffered much, failed or fallen short
of great success in the struggle of the
world are possessed of at least few
riches Of remembrance; the average man
or woman, triumphant over many cir
cumstances, must be endowed with vast
wealth of that sort.
Rupert Brooke, British poet, wanderer
and soldier, once compiled list of things
not forgotten. 1t amused him through
dull hours of waiting at the front to
summon up in his imagination the
vision of the simple treasures of the past.
And much the same impulse recently
prompted an older individual to catalog
the pictures hanging on the walls Of his
own particular gallery of retrospection.
Five scenes he saw again. They included:
The junction of the Monongahela and
the Allegheny Rivers to form the Ohio
at Pittsburgh as viewed from Breeds
Hill with blast furnaces haring against
the night, Q yellow haze rising over the
Evening star., 1936-06-30
A Fateful Assembly.

Deliberations destined to have decisive
influence on the future of the League OF
Nations began at Geneva today. In a
special session convened at the call OF
Argentina, the Assembly will grapple with
the question of how to provide new and
comprehensive system of security against
aggression. Before that tortuous prob
lem is tackled, consideration is to be
given to the two situations which have
precipitated its discuSSion-hoW to bury
decently the futile sanctions imposed
against Italy and what is to be done
about the accomplished fact of the Fas-
cist conquest of Ethiopia in defiance OF
the Leagues ban on Mussolini's African
adventure. All concerned, especially the
less important states, which have been
disillusioned by the crowning exposure
of Geneva's helplessneSS, are aware that
nothing less than the existence OF the
international organization is at stake.
Although the weeks proceedings bid
fair to degenerate into one of those pro-
tracted talkfestS so popular On the shores
of Lake Leman, with recriminations and
postponementS rather than results as
their distinguishing characteristic, un-
usual color is lent to the current occasion
by the presence of Emperor Halle Selas-
sic. The exiled late ruler of Ethiopia
plans personally to address the Assembly
in an impaSsioned eleventh-hour appeal
for Justice" While there is expected to
be speedy action looking to interment
of sanctions under as face-saving condl-
tions as circumstances permit, the tick
lish issue of recognition of territory &C
quired by force is far tougher nut Tor
the League to crack. If the Assembly
adheres to the precedent established by
non-recognition of ManShukuo, 1t Will
withhold acknowledgment of the Italian
annexation. Strong voices are certain
to be raised in favor of thus registering
disapproval of II Duces imperial achieve
ment. But the principal powers, like
Great Britain and France, amid their
anxiety to preserve the League. may be
relied upon to do their utmost 10
Illustrate punitive action OF that sort.
They know it would almost certainly
lead to Italys definite withdrawal from
Geneva, while doing nothing to promote
restoration of the conquered countrys
independence. Italy truculently insists
that the Assembly without further ado
recognize the status quo-that the
Ethiopia of old is no longer an actuallty'
either as a state or as member OF tne
League.
Geneva politicians are seasoned IN the
devious art of wiggling out OF tight
places in order to perpetuate the League
at almost any cost, however Illuminating.
But before the present Assembly passes
into history it promises to reveroerate
with some uncommonly plain talk, espe-
ciallv from spokesmen of the smaller ma
tions. They are in mood to demand tnat
the League meet manfully the supreme
challenge to its authority and rebuke
the aggressor in some unmistakable tasn-
ion, or reform itself along lines that Will
Justify the organizations maintenance.
Geneva is once more on the brink OF
fateful determinations, calculated 10
make or break its usefulness as peace
preserving agency.
Evening star., 1936-06-30
Cross-Country Motorist.
Finds More Drunkenness

To the Editor Of The Star:
Within the past few years thousands
OF columns of newspaper space has been
used to discuss the question of probibi-
tion. Some of the leading dailies would
have had us believe that a ma jor part of
crime came from the attempts to en-
force prohibition.
Now whisky and the saloon are back
and what is the result Drinking and
drunkenness everywhere. Crime on the
increase and the roads unsafe because
OF drunken drivers.
Six years ago it was my privilege to
motor from Washington to San Fran
cisco. Not a drunken person was seen
en- route or on way back Last Tuesday
l finished up like trip and the number
OF drunks seen was appalling. Not only
men but in many cases women were
seen who were intoxicated The promise
that the saloon must not come back
has been broken in thousands of places.
On every hand our boys and girls are
constantly being lured to drinking re-
sorts. The future looks dark indeed.
Your stand against liquor adver-
tisements is appreciated by many fathers
and mothers and it is hoped the day
will return when 1t will be as difficult
for the young to obtain intoxicating
drinks as 1t is for most of us to get
hold Of gold dollars now.
E. A. MANRY,
Evening star., 1936-06-30
Conservatism.

One Of the issues of the present
political campaign is bound ito be the
confirmation or the rejection of con-
eervatism. President Roosevelt will be
represented as radical; Governor Lam
don as Tory, and the people will choose
between them. But before the terms
have been SO misuSed as to retain no
sernblance of their accurate meaning it
would be well if they were defined. Re-
course to the dictionary is suggested.
Radical" signifies ultra Liberal" or
democratic" in its less extravagant
aspect and "rebellious" or revolutionary"
In it's more common application. Tory"
on the other hand, is by origin term
Of opprobium, denoting "outlawry" and,
latterly, reaction" Yet Mr.. Roosevelt
certainly is not bolshevik-
tive Lemke, Socialist Candidate Norman
Thomas and Communist Leader Earl
Browder complain that he is not as
anxious to reform things altogether as
he should be. And Mr.. Landon, as his
telegram to the Cleveland convention
indicated, is somewhat less conservative
than the platform of his party-he is
willing to consider an amendment to
the Constitution in the interest of social
security.
But the public is keen to make the
distinction necessary in the circum-
stances. Without being competent to
put their conviction into words, the
Evening star., 1936-06-30

city, thousands of tiny lamps moving in
the distant gloom, the West still stained
with the last touches of sunset slowly
fading out and the first stars beginning
their evening parade overhead;
Paris in Spring, Sabbath morning
with pale green blossoms drifting down
from the buttonwood trees along the
Quais, the boulevards filled with strolling
armies of bourgeoisie proud o. their city
and themselves, uncounted thousands of
children at play in the Tuileries gardens,
the Arc de Triomphe a gray shadow at
the head of the Champs ElySees, the
Louvre sleepily comfortable under a, fell
citous heaven and the air of the whole
metropolis tinctured with a strange
whispered music;
The Tergarten in Berlin, shafts OF
dancing brilliance striking through the
tall forest growth to the limitless mea-
dows along the path from the Branden-
burger Tor, small field flowers peeping
out to greet the passer-by, little ponds
and streams with water birds to enter
tain any visitor in search of diversion,
the Sieges-Allee with its monuments and
verdant lockwood hedges and, echoing
back, the hum of traffic in Charlotten-
burger Chaussee and Unter den Linden;
London from Caesars Camp, the far
flung tide of houses on either side Of
the Thames a vista such as Whistler
would have loved, silver rain falling in
a gentle curtain from clouds low enough
to touch, ST. Pauls brought nearer by
the magic Of shifting fog and then moved
farther and farther away into unmeaS-
ured obscurity, the towers of Westminster
now close and now remote and the
bridges advanced and withdrawn in a
varying rhythm of Illusion;
The skyline of New York on bright
Winter afternoon, each aspiring pinnacle
a lifted spear to catch the hlood-red
blaze of burning occident, pallid plumes
of blue smoke above roofs overlaid with
snow, the wind as keen as saber stroke,
the harbor turquoise and icy white as
the home-bound liner moves toward the
Hudson and the waiting pier.
Evening star., 1936-06-30
Shooting Stars.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
I. o. Usage.

I. o. Usage.
Some old-fashioned phrase
From the old-fashioned days
Comes sounding with eloquence rare
It's will so complete
Which nobody can cheat
Vox Populi still will declare.
Though pace we may keep
With some theories deep
One problem can't wholly be lost;
Whatever the task
We must cautiously ask
The question, How much will it cost?"
For dreams which come true
Heavy payment is due
And also for dreams which do not;
The spotlight will shine
On some brilliant design
While the taxpayer goes on the spot.
Mongst questions that rise
Under cloud-covered skies
Perhaps the most serious yet
To baffle the mind
OF a public refined
Is How do you get out of debt?"
Evening star., 1936-06-30

voters will register their preference for
or against what they regard as the
tradition of government in the United
States; they will accept or reject the
essential dogma Of the American Re-
public.
Elmer A. Sperry, however, probably
speaks for numerous company of citi-
zens when he says: Emancipation from
tradition and dogma cannot be over
emphasized. The older the com
munity is in given art, the worse is
its so-called conservatism concerning it
and the greater is the blight upon this
art exerted by its dogma. In fact, dogma
all down through the ages has been q
damning deterrent and has retarded prog
ress by all of it's various contacts.
More wars have arisen from dogma and
tradition than from almost all other
causes taken together"
The question, then, is whether or not
the Nation desires to hold fast to the
fixed ideas" of the past. To some, those
concepts are precious principles Of high
practical value, expressing, as they do,
pragmatic idealism; to others, including
Mr.. Sperry, they are obstacles to the
natural advance of civilization. From
the current hour until November debate
about them will continue. And the
controversy will end at the polls. The
historian meanwhile holds his pen ready
to write the verdict. 1t will be for or
against the past; it will dictate the
policy of the future.
Evening star., 1936-06-30
A Bit of Early History
OF UniOnism i'm America
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor OF The Star:
Industrial unionism VS.. crafts union
ism has been competeptly dealt with in
The Sunday Star. Lack of space, no
doubt, prevented Mr.. John L. Coontz
from sketching in little more historic
background.
William H. Sylvis, "a great leader,
was the father Of American unionism
in big way. He founded. in 1854, the
National Labor Union. BY 1868 1t had
SOC, 900 members. The aim was the Gre
alton Of single mammoth union to
include all workers regardless of race,
sex and color. Partly due to Sylvis'
untimely death the movement by 1872
had broken down.
The Knights of Labor appeared next.
They also took in everybody, including
professional men, excepting lawyers.
These were considered to be "too in
curably capitalistic." They secured a
great membership, went into alliance
with the ever downtrodden Western
farmers, licked Jay Gould, and hoped
for even bigger things. Then in 1886
the Chicago Haymarket (Anarchist)
riots. for which they were partly and
unjuStly blamed, helped to bring on
their downfall. There was also boring
from within by young Sam Gompers
and others.
Then came the federation-1892-f
craftsmen only, and dealt with by Mr..
Coontz. But the lone big union" idea
has persisted. Big Bill Haywood Q905)
and his extreme radical l. w. WIS came
marching up the hill. And then they
marched down again. And now John
L. Lewis is determined to give express
sion to the idea once more. In num-
bers there is strength. E pluribus
unum.
Brother Lewis knows from painful ex-
perience that partial unionization
doesn't accomplish anything Back in
1922, in West Virginia, some of his union
mines closed down on account of strike.
The same company also operated nom
union mines in Pennsylvania and Mary
land. These non-union miners went out
in sympathy, and so the company had
no place to go for it's coal deliveries
1t made peace with Lewis. Then it
licked the non-union Marylanders with
Lewis coal. After these went back to
work 1t reneged on the Lewis agreement.
Lewis declared war once more, but this
time the Marylanders didn't hold the
bag. They kept right on working, and
the company knocked Lewis second
strike into cooked hat with its Mary
land and Pennsylvania non-union coal
So I note. This little adventure gave
John L. Lewis quite a headache. He'll
see to it, If possible, that such things
may never, never happen again If
there is any Sunday punching to be
done, he intends to do it himself.
FRED VETTER
Evening star., 1936-06-30

is motivated by nearer goals and his be-
havior is less versatile. The halo of
satisfaction due to some particular sue
cess glows, 80 to speak, over the total
behavior, and he repeats the whole
process, including mistakes and unneces-
sary movements, over and over again.
The dull child, moreover, has a labile
attention due to lack Of organization of
behavior trends. He turns from one
object to another as q result of for
tuitous external stimulation. This Ia.
bility can be distinguished from the
alertness Of an intelligent child whose
attention shifts in a more orderly pat
tern in pursuit Of unified interests. The
stereotyped behavior under slightly diff
ferent stimulation of the stupid child
may also be contrasted with the varied
repetition Of the bright one"
BY much the same sort of eliminative
process. DR.. Bridges found from her study
Of the Montreal foundlings, arise MEM
ory and its essential outgrowth, imi-
tativeness. Thus, one by one almost in
hierarchial order, the essential strands
Of the pattern Of human nature are laid
DOWN. -
Evening star., 1936-06-30
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

Few giants offer more to the home
gardener than hardy phlox, and all who
have these flowers are happy to see
them "perking up" az this time.
Three weeks ago they were mildewed
and very bedraggled looking, but now
appear in most gardens to be coming
back quickly.
There is a red and black "phlox bug"
as some call it, which is responsible for
part of the damage to these fine stand
ard plants.
This is clever insect.
If one attempts to capture it, 1t runs
swiftly around to the other side OF stem
or leaf.
The same agility often saves 1t from
the inimical effects-as far as it is con-
cerned-of insecticides used to control 1t.
Aphids have the same canny ability.
Those who have sprayed the latter with
nicotine solution know how wary the
aphids are, how they come up smiling
in the end, unless extra care is taken
to get the solution on the under sides
of leaves.
X
It seems that all occupations have
their disagreeable side Few amateur
gardeners but would agree that spray
ing is one Of the most disagreeable in
gardening.
Not only is it hard work, requiring real
muscle, especially when small hand
sprayer is used, but 1t is mentally fa-
tiguing and plain bothersome, owing to
the fact that unless one hits the under
sides of all leaves, the spraying almost
might as well not have been done at all.
A multitude of nozzles and gadgets
are offered to help the amateur reach
the hard spots in his spraying, but when
all is said and done the real thing
needed is an unlimited amount of per-
severance.
Patience Is an ingredient which must
be mixed with insecticides and fungi
cides, if real results are to be secured.
A great many people work hard spraying,
all to no end, because they will not do
it thoroughly enough.
Hardy phlox suffers from a mildew,
which at times is difficult to control, but
which mostly yields to Bordeaux mix
ture, and the like.
Most plants nowadays are open to the
inroads of one or more diseases, pests
VI 1uIlBl, SOHlctlIllcS dll tIuec.
All in all, the popular phlox suffers
no more than others, and less than many.
This but adds to its sure-fire blooming
qualities, and its pretty flowers in heads,
and its picturesque manner of growth
in the garden.
Hybridizers have done wonders with
this plant. Many persons now living re-
call when there was but one form in
general planting, magenta sort Of thing
which many did not like.
Flower experts, taking the plant in
hand. produced many new colors and
combination, some of striking beauty.
The eye of this flower is very pretty and
gives it distinction.
1t is this "eye" which appeals to so
many insects, including the great sphinx
moth, which greatly resembles a female
ruby-throated hummingbird.
If one wants to attract hummingbirds,
the real ruby throat, the only species
that visits the District of Columbia, as
far as We know, the thing to plant is the
gladiolus.
We do not know how this very tiny
bird is able to find its way so unerringly
to the spikes of the gladioluS, but one
thing is sure, and that is that it does,
and invariably. Gardens which have
Evening star., 1936-06-30
Washington a Surprise
To One-Time Resident
To the Editor Of The Star:

To the Editor Of The Star:
was reared in the District of Colum-
bia and lived here until October. 1916,
when I took my family to California,
where we have lived ever since. We have
just returned. Out West we thought we
had worked miracles in population in
crease, and city building and expansion,
and we have done just that. But we
find other cities have done likewise.
Washington, for instance. When we left
here we thought we knew the city, but
on returning we find ourselves complete
ly lost in wonder and surprise at the
Stupendous growth and development.
am safe in saying that there is no
other city anywhere near it in size which
has as many autos, such intricate traffic
problems and so much traffic congestion
in such large part of the residence area.
Nor has any other city so many child
ish grown-ups, whose chief Joy seems
to be to sound their horns at the slightest
provocation.
Washington is to be complimented on
its cleanliness, its efficient management
and its police force. s. CARR.
Evening star., 1936-06-30

Whence come the instincts" and
what are they?
1t is generally recognized that men
and women are subject to powerful
drives to act in certain ways. Curiosity,
aquisitiveneSs, pugnacity, desire for
companionship-the list of these funda-
mental tendencies can be extended al
most indefinitely.
The whole interacting complex Is
what Is known as human nature"
Some say folks are born with it. Others
insist that it is development from a
much simpler pattern with which the
individual comes into the world A new
hypothesis, based on the intimate and
intensive observations of 48 foundlings
from to 18 months of age, has just been
reported to the child development Sec
ton of the National Research Council
here by DR.. Katharine M. Bridges, assist
ant professor of psychology at McGill
University.
DR.. Bridges conclusion is that the
newborn brings nothing into the world
with it but massive, undifferentiated
urge for survival. 1t wants to live. HUI
man nature is woven out of this one ball
of psychic yarn on the thousand looms
of common eXperience-the whole of the
first two years of life being consumed
in the weaving process.
1.-THE one basic drive" says Dr. Bridges,
would appear to be that of individual
survival, an urge to live as a totality.
The earliest responses of the infant are
complete bodily reactions to any specific
stimulation. The infant reacts as
whole, moving head, hands, body and
legs"
This Is an extremely wasteful reaction.
Gradually the parts Of it which are use
less in meeting a particular situation
are eliminated and other parts of it
which are especially effective are
strengthened and become habits. Thus
the specific instincts are differentiated.
Even before actual birth, says DR..
Bridges, there is experimental evidence
that some differentiation has taken place.
The newborn has certain reflexes, uni
versal and invariable. For example,
when the eyelid is touched it blinks.
But it has been reported that when the
eyelid of the unborn individual is
touched the whole body moves. This
is a manifestation of the massive sur
vival urge. An essential for survival is
intact eyes. The whole organism re-
spends to protect them. All but one
of the movements-the blink-are worth
less. They are eliminated rapidly 30
that only the single essential response
remains at the time of birth. So it Is,
DR.. Bridges believes, with the other
inborn bodily refexes. They are pre-
natally acquired specific habits"
BY the time the child is ready to come
into the much more complicated en-
vironment Of the outer world, it has a
minimum equipment of these reflexes
and is ready to start-by an eliminative
process-building up the emotional
habits known as instincts" At first the
organism reacts emotionally as q whole
and narrows down this response as diff
ferent parts of it prove non-essential and
a waste of energy.
There is, 1t might be said, an instinct
to eat-very essential indeed to survival
the appetite. 1t is not necessarily
present at birth, but Is q habit which
must be built up. Says Dr.. Bridges:
General exercise and rest are the drst
noticeable forms Of infant behavior, and
Evening star., 1936-06-30
Condensed Platforms
As an Aid to Readers
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor of The Star:
Political parties are numerous this
year and increasing rapidly. 1t is
formidable task to read all the platforms.
Public Benefactor No. l comes to our
rescue. Years ago he summarized the
platforms of all parties in two condensed
and understandable FORMS
One platform is thus rendered:
whereas, we are in: be it resolved,
that we want to stay in"
The opposing platforms appear thus:
Whereas, we are out: be it resolved,
that we want to get in"
The paramount objective of opposing
politicians is thus boiled down. with
comprehensive and Illuminating discern
ment. JOSEPH w. CHEYNEY.