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Evening star., 1936-03-18

stricken survivors and the reparation Of
the damage. The devastated city was
soon rebuilt and its industries re-
established.
Since 1889 advances have been made
in the building Of dams and such dis
asters as that at Johnstown are by no
means as likely to occur as at that time.
Engineering science has provided safe.
guards against catastrophes. Infinitely
greater water barriers have been con-
structed, with every assurance sof Sc
curity. One of them, stenning the Colo
RADIO River, has just been completed
and others are under construction on
the same scale. The lessons Of the past
have been learned well and many small,
local dams have been replaced by more
substantial structures. capable of with
standing even the severest strains incl
dent to sudden flooding of streams.
It is to be recalled that in the same
year as the great Johnstown flood, 1889,
the Potomac River went on a rampage
and, the old Long Bridge forming a dam
with debris deposited against its piers.
the waters were backed up over the
lower portions Of this city. Boats were
required for crossing Pennsylvania Ave-
nue.. Heavy damage was done to property
and goods, but no lives were lost. It was
that inundation which gave finally eff
fective demonstration of the danger
caused by the inadequate bridge and led
eventually to its replacement with the
present structure.
Evening star., 1936-03-18

Won Boetticher, distinguished World War
veteran.
They're not saying much about 1t, but
many members of Congress, especially
Senators and Representatives up for re-
election, cherish the confidential hope
that the Townsend plan investigation
by special House committee will make
it little more practicable to resist
Townsendite pressure back home. There
is hardly a district in the country in
which efforts are not in progress to
pledge candidates to support the $500
a-month pension scheme. Even if
Chairman Bells committee confines it
self. as proposed, strictly to the money!
raising and money-spending habits of
the Townsend organization, plenty of
ladies and gentlemen on Capitol Hill who
want to keep their jobs would rejoice
If the investigation digs up anything
that will make 1t easier to meet Town
send arguments.
#& &**
Who is former Clifford Pinchots Re-
publican white hope? In his widely
published letter to the newspapers OF
the country this week the former Gov
ernor says the G. o. P.'s supreme need
is to avoid the nomination "of any cam
d;date who is reactionary, who smacks
of Wall Street or who can fairly be sus-
pected of being the choice of the finan-
cial district of New York" The Penn
sylvania Progressive veteran calls for
"a candidate whose record guarantees
his pledge" Most politicians think Pin
chot has Borah mainly in mind as the
party's best bet.
Tax bill trainers at the Capitol eagerly
await fuller details of March income
tax receipts before committing them
selves to the Presidents program for
raising $792, 100000 by corporate surplus,
excise or new processing taxes. Some
leaders indicate that if income taxes
show heavy increase, the decisions
of Congress in enacting new revenue
legislation will be vitality affected. Com
missioner of Internal Revenue Helver-
ing. who momentarily speaks for the
Treasury in tax matters while Secre-
tary Morgenthau is away, is expected
to keep House and Senate in close
touch with developments respecting cur
rent income tax receipts. Early indica-
tions point to substantial gains.
II y X
One of the hot fights brewing in con-
nection with Mr.. RooSevelt's impending
request for another billion or more OF
relief funds ranges around the question
of maintaining the Civilian Conserva-
ton Corps at present strength OF $780,
600 or reducing it to 100000. For econ
omy reasons, the President is firm for
curtailment. Speaker Byrns reports
growing sentiment in the House against
cutting down the c. c. c., acknowledged
on all hands, even in many Republican
quarters, to be the outstanding success
of the New Deal. Members are under
considerable pressure from constituents
to oppose reduction of personnel. The
camps everywhere have been important
factors in promoting local recovery.
(Copyright. 1e36)
Evening star., 1936-03-18
THIS AND THAT A.
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

Just what is the difference between
trouble and work in this life? Many
persons, without DOUBT, tend to regard
ali work as trouble. Others have vary
ing amounts of genuine work they are
willing to do before they call anything
"trouble." It used to be, In this coun-
try, that no one regarded 1t as "too
much trouble" to keep himself warm,
but many persons today have arrived
at an individual viewpoint where 1t is
with difficulty that they bring themselves
to the arduous task Of walking down
stairs to push over little jigger on
the thermostat. They want clock to
do It.
Watching the emergence from the
earth, and from bare boughs and
branches, Of leaf and leaf bud is one
Of the most thrilling Of garden occu-
pations.
Its precursor, however. is simply this:
That one must know plants.
If you don't know them yourself, be
sure to have some one around who does.
Next to knowing the shape and COM
best thing Is to be told about them by
oOiuCDOAy WAlO hAAOWo tAACAA4 VSAA'
One is a personally escorted tour OF
ones self. the others is equally an es-
corted tour, under the guidance Of a
master Of ceremonies.
At any rate, do not miss this side Of
gardening.
Attain to 1t, by some means or other,
for to miss the rising Of the flowers from
the bare earth Is one Of the true thrills
of this life.
But where are the peony shoots?
These have us worried.
Can 1t be that the cold Winter killed
them?
Let us hope not. and believe not, for,
properly planted, the peony is sturdy
thing. Many bushes in the Middle West
are half century old, having lived
through many, many Winters worse
than any we have known here.
The issuing forth of those red shoots
will be one of the real treats Of the
Spring. For they mean the most beau
tiful of all late Spring or early Summer
flowers. This is a hazardous thing to
say. All flowers are beautiful in their
way. but surely none equals the peony
in its best varieties at the exact time
1t comes into flower.
Around May 80 is when Spring and
Summer meet It is a delightful time.
Then the air is lambent, If ever. A
soft radiance suffuses the sky, and an
equitable temperature, usually not too
warm or too cool, makes one wish to
open every window and door in the
house.
II
1t is very easy to get into the habit
Of closed windows and doors.
AS the noises Of civilization increase,
mans desire to crawl into his shell, like
some sublime snail, grows with them.
Increase In what may be called sur
face noises, due to the evolution of the
wheel, sends many persons back into
their shells, called houses. Man seriously
proposes to make windows sealed and
pump air in, filtered and tempered, to
take the place Of old-fashioned windows
and doors.
When the peonies bloom, however. we
are glad there are doors and windows
left so that we can open them and smell
the fresh air. family perfumed by those
most glorious flowers.
Evening star., 1936-03-18
Floods.

Unusually heavy rains, together with
the melting of snow on the hills, have
caused serious inundations in Pennsyl-
vania, Virginia, West Virginia and
Maryland, with large property damage,
but not as heavy a loss of life as might
have occurred with less warning. The
peak of the flood seems now to have
passed and the submerged areas are re-
covering, though with grave dislocations
that will cost great sum and retard
business for a period.
Memory Of the great Johnstown food
Of May 81, 1889, is revived by the pres
ent sudden rising Of the waters there.
There is, however, a great difference be-
tween the present visitation and that Of
nearly forty-seven years ago. That dis
aster was caused by the breaking Of q
dam across a branch of the Conemaugh
River a few miles above the city. Heavy
rains had swollen all the afiuent streams
and the lake formed by the dam, and
when the barrier burst the torrent
roared down to Johnstown, twelve miles
distant by air line and perhaps eighteen
by the turnings of the stream. Warnings
of the break came too late to permit the
flight of the inhabitants and as conse-
uuence 2,205 persons lost their lives and
property to the value of $l0,000,000 was
destroyed. The Nation responded to the
emergency and great sums of money
were contributed for the succor Of the
Evening star., 1936-03-18
The First in a Century.
rom the Milwaukee Sentinel.

From the Milwaukee Sentinel
Nebraska, this FALL will elect its first
unicameral Legislature, the first one
chamber making body in the Legis-
lature in the United States for a CEN
tury.
Three States, Pennsylvania, Vermont
and Georgia, have had one-chanber
Legislatures in their history. Vermont
was the last to abandon the plan, re-
turning to the two-House Legislature
system in 1886.
The reasons assigned for abandoning
the one-chamber plan were broadly that
1t did not provide the checks and ball
ances desirable in our form Of Govern
ment. In Wisconsin we have seen q
demonstration of the value OF two
Houses, in the checking of hasty and ILL
considered bills passed by one House
and amended or killed by the other
House.
The idea of the single-chamber Legis-
lature is, of course, to simplify legisla-
tive processes. But there is danger that
it may be so simplified as to open the
door to abuses which are guarded against
by the two-chamber system. Nebraskas
experiment will be watched with inter-
est, but ample time for. demonstration
should be given before other States en-
bark en- similar plana
Evening star., 1936-03-18

A bsuebird, q real one, the kind the
stories and poems are written about,
flew across the yard, alighting for q
few moments on the fence.
What q beautiful bird it Is, to be sure.
Installation Of o bluebird house high
in q tree was rushed In order to give
the fellow q sample Of what he might
expect.
Only for a time did he linger there.
to fly away at last, leaving memory
of one Of the most beautiful blues in all
Nature. May he-and she-return soon.
The true bluebird, unlike the blue Jay.
Is q suave, gentle creature.
Some years ago great destruction
Of this lovely thing took place all over
the United States due to natural forces,
mostly ininical Winters.
Since that day the bluebird has not
graced the gardens Of America to the
extent it had in past decades.
It is questionable whether last Winter
helped the bluebird population, but the
sight of this one specimen is hopeful.
\ \
The ground is moist and yielding now.
affording upcoming shoots Of Spring
plants the easiest egress.
Tulip leaves are about an inch or an
inch and half out Of the ground.
The first to appear is the Darwin
species named Clara Butt.
This is the beautiful, egg-shaped bios
som of cool pink beloved the world
around. It is q perpetual memorial to
the great singer whose name 1t bears.
She left this world at Christmastime, but
the flowers named for her sing her
praises in beauty and light forever.
The tiny scilla, or English bluebell
(although all Of ours are white), Is peer
ing through the damp earth.
The grape hyacinths. which sent up
their leaves last Autumn. are beginning
to grow green now. All Winter those
leaves were grayish, which was the best
they could do in the snow and ice. Now
they are turning green, the flush Of
health Of plant life. Animal life dushes
red. but the plants, when flushed with
genuine health. turn green and greener.
Leaf buds are swelling on most OF the
Shrubs, and flower buds on the Japanese
ounce.
Violet leaves are uncurling.
Climbing roses as yet show no sign
Of life. Not until they do will Spring
really be here. but in the meantime we
can all be hopeful.
Bush roses Of many varieties have
suffered severely as the result of ex-
ceptionally cold Winters in these parts.
1t is to be hoped that the total amount
Of this damage has not been added to
by the Winter just ending.
Roses are ticklish enough at their best
In the hands Of the average amateur
gardener. What with black spot and
various insect pests. they demand in
cessant spraying and fertilization If one
is to derive the greatest enjoyment from
them. Yet 1t must be admitted that
roses. even at their second or third best,
as one so often sees them in gardens,
are rarely beautiful things.
Perhaps most Of us in this vicinity
were rather spoiled by the comparatively
mild Winters which prevailed here up
until three years ago. Maybe our roses
were spoiled" too.
Roses are enough trouble (work) at
their best, without the added danger Of
being killed by freezing. And this brings
us around fn the individual sfandn0int
Evening star., 1936-03-18

Big engineering enterprises are now
approached without dif1dence. Topo-
graphical conditions exercise a great
influence on political geography, which
promotes war discussion. 1t might be
worth while to send around carts and
steam shovels and straighten out the
River Rhine into an orderly mercantile
canal. Such a suggestion might seem
foolish under any conditions which ven-
ture to capitalize, without assurance of
financial support, enterprises which on
their face appear preposterous.
Evening star., 1936-03-18
Peace i'm the Making.

More than ten days have elapsed since
Germany startled the world by her
treaty-defying remilitarization Of the
Rhineland, and peace has not yet been
broken. That is the most hopeful aspect
of a situation which still reeks with
gunpowder, but which becomes less ex-
plosive the longer discussion is protracted
In an atmosphere of diplomatic negotia-
tion. 1t was a wise decision to hold the
war-prevention parley in London, per-
mitting Great Britain to enact with
maximum of effectiveness the role OF
umpire.
After hectic period of heSitations and
recriminations, the two bodies in ses-
sion at London-the representatives OF
the Locarno powers except Germany,
and the Council of the League-agreed
upon successive steps designed to pave
the way to a settlement. The Council
invited Germany to take part In an
examination of the infringement" OF
the Versailles and Locarno treaties. Ger
many accepted the invitation 'in prin-
ciple" and then proceeded to lay down
conditions. First Hitler demanded that
the Reich be received as an equal and
then insisted that the Council discuss
his peace proposals. in conjunction
with the Locarno violation.
France, irritated by Germany's terms"
threatened to bolt the Council if they
were accepted. French Foreign Minister
Flandins firmness was accompanied by
ominous Paris rumblings that rather
than haggle with the Nazis, the French,
in cooperation with their allies, would
not shrink from stern measures to drive
the Germans from the Rhinelano.
saner counsels, in which British media
tory influence was manifest, finally pre-
vailed. Hitler's demand for equal treat
ment in consideration of the Locarno
breach was granted, except that the
Reich, like France and Belgium, as the
other disputants, may not vote when
action is taken. With respect to the
Germans second condition-that Hit
ler's proposed new peace deal should
be discussed by the Council coincident
with the Rhineland affair-the Reich
WAS bluntly told that the League has
no Jurisdiction over that matter.
It was Immediately indicated that
Germany will be represented at London
under the conditions fixed by the Coun-
Gil. Plainly conscious of the Leagues
unwillingness to accept any Nazi die
tation, Berlin hastened to explain that
its first reply did not mean that the
Reich requires negotiations over Hitlers
proposals forthwith" 1t only expects
negotiations '+in due course"
The situation is now usefully clarified
and simplified The Council will deal
first, separately and concretely, with
Germanys violation of her Rhineland
pledges. Then, possibly at subsequent
conference of the interested nations,
Hitlers scheme for a series Of nom
aggression, nNtual demilitarization and
air pacts may be taken up as wholly
independent propositions. Compromise
has won the day thus far. With con-
tinued good will and realistic vision,
st is not unreasonable to expect that a
way out of the crisis, short of war, will
eventually be discovered. 1t is distinctly
o case in which delay is not dangerous.
Evening star., 1936-03-18
A Rhyme at Twilight
By
Gertrude Brooke Hamilton
One | Know.

He has the gift Of friendship. Let this
praise,
Voiced from the heart Of one has
known him long.
Describe the magic Of his genial ways
Like song-like song.
He has the gift of friendship. Let this
thing
Be said Of him throughout the town
he knows;
This priceless trait which from heart
must spring
Where sweetness flows.
He has the gift of friendship. In the
throng
Where people meet and pass with
scarce nod
What inspiration In his handclasp
strong --.-. .-.-
A toaanh - 0odi
Evening star., 1936-03-18
Shooting Stars.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
The Bullfrog.

Oh long ago, when de clouds hung low.
An de wind began to whizz,
We said so long" to the Summer song,
An de bullfrog done got friz.
We missed de joke an de tuneful croak
Whur de water runs or creeps.
I dried my eye an said "Good-by;
You is sho' friz up foh keeps!"
De wind it blew foh month or two,
An couple of months besides.
Den de sun drew nigh an he cast his eye
On de place whur de wild flower hides.
De bird sings sweet. But de sign complete
OATS removin' all my doubt
Is dat song, Boom! Boom; Give me
springtime room!
Dis bullfrog is done thawed out!"
Evening star., 1936-03-18

Colleges are specializing in journalism
and some of their publications recall Ben
Franklin in their occasional broadness
of humor, although they seldom ap-
proach his facility in presenting prac-
tical suggestions along with the wise
cracking.
Evening star., 1936-03-18

"Off with the old and on with the
new" has been tried without success in
nearby Montgomery County. The po-
litical situation has been seriously COM
plicated by an effort which was origi-
nally supported largely by citizens desir-
GUS of securing new deal"
Evening star., 1936-03-18
Heard Enough.

"You still have your ear to the
ground?"
I've heard too much" answered Sen
ator Sorghum. 1--WE not only taken my
ear from the ground, but to keep out
the discord I'm wearing earmuffs."
Evening star., 1936-03-18

Moral improvement is desired by every
political leader, but it will be a long
time before a state of innocence is
achieved that will find everybody willing
to allow everybody else to read all his
kilograms.
Evening star., 1936-03-18

Every now and then civilization turns
back to the old horse and buggy days,
when the proletariat insisted on the
simple theory that the way to manage
a debt was to pay it and not to gamble
with it. This is one socialistic idea that
has always commanded intelligent
respect.
Evening star., 1936-03-18

No further reference is made to the
youth of Senator Holt of West Virginia.
He demonstrated early and beyond ques-
ton that he is no idle infant prodigy.
Evening star., 1936-03-18

Predictions that war will develop un-
precedented terror are obviously justi-
fled. It is taking far more time and
cruelty than expected to conquer be-
nighted Abyssinia.
Evening star., 1936-03-18
Subwarfare in Ethiopia.

From the Springfield CAo3 Leader-Press.
Italy has three new submarines. If
the Ethiopian rains continue, the natives
may have to keep an eye peeled for
periscopes.
Evening star., 1936-03-18
Courteous Rej0inder.

II wonder why Solomon was consid-
cred the wisest man." asked Mr.. Meek
tons wife.
probably, my dear, because he had so
many wives to give him good advice"
Evening star., 1936-03-18
Member of the Associated Press.

The Associated Press is exclusively entitled 70
credited to It or not otherwise credited in this
paper and also the local news published herein
An rights of publication of special dispatches
herein are also reserved.
Evening star., 1936-03-18
A Chance for Trouble.

"some of your friends say you will be
a candidate and some say you won't"
"Well," replied the wary statesman,
what do you expect me to do at this
stage of the game? Break in and try to
be umpire?"
Evening star., 1936-03-18
Applause.

Applause, oh, friend, experience will
teach,
{ To various causes evermore is due,
Sometimes expressing pleasure at your
speech
And sometimes gratitude that it is
through.
Evening star., 1936-03-18
In the Hardy Northwest.

From the Sioux Falls IS. d. Argus-Leader.
After our experience, zero weather
seems to suggest the discarding OF ones
oyercoat.
Evening star., 1936-03-18

"Gettin' discouraged" said Uncle Eben,
"is q polite way of announcin' you has
decided 70 loaf while an trus' to luck"
Evening star., 1936-03-18

Nations who truly hate each other"
said Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown, "are
at peace only when they fear each other"
Evening star., 1936-03-18
That Old Friend Bee.

Ere long the bee with glorious pride
Will go, when the days are sunny,
To gather wealth from far and wide,
Like humans making money.
Evening star., 1936-03-18

Though thrifty and industrious, he
Would think it rather funny
Could he not share with you and me.
He never boards his honey.
Evening star., 1936-03-18

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Evening star., 1936-03-18

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The Saturday press. (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1936, 1936-06-06
Chicago Conference Called by Minnesota FarmerLabor
Party May Get Behind F. D. r., After Obeying Floyd
Olsons Wishes in Abandoning Third Party
Ticket.

welt would be defeated. Control
of the third party bloc is CEN
tered in Minnesota, in the hands
of Governor Olson.
1t doesn't demand seasoned
political observer to understand
Floyd Olson's motives in asking
that no third party candidate be
nominated, taking in his conten-
ton that third party presiden-
tial candidate would lead to the
defeat of "our liberal president"
Floyd Olson expects to go to the
u. S. senate. To be a senator in
common with dozens of others,
in city which is used to sena-
tors, especially if one is a neo-
phyte in the national political
arena, is not going to make a
large amount of hay for the Min
The Saturday press. (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1936, 1936-06-06
TWO BREWERS AND TWO
EDITORS

Two brewers are kidnapped
in the Twin Cities, and Federal
men in the course of a couple of
years succeed in convicting sew
eral men and arresting others
connected with both cases. Two
editors are shot in the Twin
Cities and nothing effective is,
done to convict their slayers.
The difference in the investiga--
ton of the two cases is not in
the fact that the St. Paul brew
ers were rich and the Minneapo-.
lis editors poor, but in the fact
that local authorities had charge
of the two editor murders and
Federal men had charge of the
two kidnappings. The Omen are
told to keep after a case until
they solve it. The local men
work a while at it and are then
put onto some new case.-Med-
ford. wis., Star-News.
The Saturday press. (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1936, 1936-06-06
HIDDEN WITNESS
Continued from page 81

Continued from page 81
don't mean-but l have no proof
49,"
Smiling, the governor nodded
emphatically. "But you do have
proof. You remember you were
tinkering with the dictaphone in
Winters office. Well, you acct
dentally left it running. 1t re-
corded everything. Somehow the
police overlooked it. 1t was only
today that Winters secretary,
in clearing up his affairs, hap
pened to put that dictaphone
cylinder on. She relayed it in
stantly to the police, whence it
came to me. The record didn't
explain the revolver, so | thought
by coming to you myself l might
be able to get the whole story. I
want no innocent men hanged in
my state you know
The Saturday press. (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1936, 1936-06-06
SLOGANS, JUST SLOGANS

Higher wages for workers,
more income for farmers" Mr.
Roosevelt promises. Yes, indeed !
And -Four years more in clover
under Grover" and -Four more
years of the full dinner pail
not to mention "They're lighting
the fires in the mills for Taft"
or "He kept us out of war;" Also
"Two cars in every garage and
a chicken in every pot" and
Balance the budget with beer!'
Chicago News.