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St. Croix tribune. [volume] (Christiansted, St. Croix, V.I.) 1922-1937, 1936-09-28

TIE NIGHT STAR CIRCUS will
make its first appearance on the Wharf
in Christiansted on Wednesday night.
The Circus band gave a fine concert on
the Wharf on Saturday night.
St. Croix tribune. [volume] (Christiansted, St. Croix, V.I.) 1922-1937, 1936-09-28

Mr.. & Mrs William Higgins celebrate
their silver wedding anniversary today.
On this occasion Mr. & Mrs. Higgins will
be at home from 80 m
St. Croix tribune. [volume] (Christiansted, St. Croix, V.I.) 1922-1937, 1936-09-28

A copy of the Grade Teacher for Octo
Der 1886 has been received without address
and may be claimed at the Christiansted
post office.
St. Croix tribune. [volume] (Christiansted, St. Croix, V.I.) 1922-1937, 1936-09-28

The Municipal Band will give concert in
the park tonight
St. Croix tribune. [volume] (Christiansted, St. Croix, V.I.) 1922-1937, 1936-09-28

Mails close 900 am Saturday-October
3rd via SIS. "Lagaholm for the Leward and
Windward Islands, Barbados, Trinidad, and
the Guianas.
St. Croix tribune. [volume] (Christiansted, St. Croix, V.I.) 1922-1937, 1936-09-28

Mr.. Elias Williams and daughter sail
ed on the IS. Mary yesterday for San
Juan, P. R. whence they Will embark for
the dominican Republic.
St. Croix tribune. [volume] (Christiansted, St. Croix, V.I.) 1922-1937, 1936-09-28
Random Notes

Governor Crsmer has vetoed the Real
Property Tax Bill which the Colonial
Council Of ST.. Thomas passed providing
L per cent rate. One of the reasons fer
using the veto is, that ST. Croix having
passed bill for II per cert the rate
would not be up;form in the Virgin Is
lands. Another reason for the veto is
that St. homas alreedy bad a l per cent
tax rate and that in passing the new bill
the Council repealed the personal proper
ty tax OF ! per cent. thus reducing the
Municipal revenues. The Governor Do
cides that under the circumstances the,
St. Thomas Council has failed to act
and that request will be made fer Fresi
dental authority for regulations to en-
force a tax of II per cent.
St. Croix tribune. [volume] (Christiansted, St. Croix, V.I.) 1922-1937, 1936-09-28

Are now on display in our show room.
The Presidential Candidates are
Stamping"
Are you ready TO listen to their speech
es with good cl aar-toned Radio?
If SO, NOW is YOUR opportunity to
get one.
Firm of JOHN ALEXANDER
RCA-Victor Distributors.
St. Croix tribune. [volume] (Christiansted, St. Croix, V.I.) 1922-1937, 1936-09-28

Monday. September % h 1886
Evening star., 1936-01-22
Sharply Conflicting.

The Budget Bureaus formal report on
the old Mapes bills for plastering the
District with new and higher forms of
taxation states that these measures would
not be in conflict with the Presidents
financial program.
If the President has one financial
program for the Nation and another
program for the District, the program
for the District should be outlined and
explained to Congress and to the people
of the District.
If the program for the District follows
substantially the program for the Ma
tion-which, under the circumstances,
might be presumed to be the case-then
any program for higher local taxation
obviously conflicts with the Presidents
financial program. In his message to
Congress The President stated that
based on existing laws it is my belief
that no new taxes, over and above the
present taxes, are advisable or neces-
sary."
Again the Presidents financial pro-
gram, as reflected in the Budget Bureaus
drastic slashing of local estimates, is to
cut expenditures Estimates have been
reduced to point where local taxpayers
would pay more through their local
taxes than the Budget Bureau would ap-
prove for expenditure. AS long as that
policy prevails the Budget Bureau
indicates it will prevail-higher local tax
alton would be sharply in conflict with
the Presidents financial program, as the
only Justification for higher local tax
alton would be higher expenditures.
When taxpayers are called upon to
pay more in taxes than the appropriate
ting authority is willing to spend. the
taxpayers are excessively taxed. Pro-
posals for higher taxation in the District
are in conflict not only with the Presi-
dents programmes exemplifled by Bud
get Bureau policy-but with any sound
conception of fair play.
Evening star., 1936-01-22

struction, safe maintenance and safe
use; assistance Of dealers In keeping .
constructive message before customers
and communities: encouragement Of
dealers and service organizations to de-
liver cars, new or old, In safe driving
condition and only to persons legally
entitled to use the roads: support Of
sound, scientific approach to solution
Of the traffic problem; work for highways
Of the highest quality consistent With
trafic needs and best adjusted to the
safe use of the modern vehicle: aid in
development and application OF sound
traffic regulations: aiding the school
system and protecting the young and in
developing good citizens conscious of
their highway duties: sound educational
efforts directly and through cooperation
with other agencies working for greater
safety, economy and happiness In use
Of the highways, and cooperation with
the enforcement agencies "in vigorous
selective program of traffic law enforce
ment designed to remove the reckless
from the highways, to curb the careless
and to protect the right of the good
citizen to use the highways safely and
free from molestation."
This program makes no mention Of
the item of speed, which is regarded as
the chief cause Of traffic accidents. 1t
has been suggested that limits be placed
by law upon the speed capacity Of motor
cars. This, however, has not been
strongly urged inssmuch as the average
speed at which cars are driven in cases
Of accident is below any conceivable
limit that could be placed upon them in
the process of manufacture. The real
remedy lies in education and elimination
of bad driving through punishments and
cancellation Of licenses. This is the
contention of the motor manufacturers
in their present program of prevention
through construction, example and
proper highway regulation.
One point which the manufacturers
advance is that the horror method" of
impressing drivers to exercise caution on
the highways is unwise and ineffective.
One of the leading manufacturers in his
comment upon the newly adopted pro-
gram expresses the belief that these
terrifying arguments actually add to the
hazards of the situation" This will be
disputed The real horror" lies not in
gruesome, shocking details of specific
tragedies, but in the constant display Of
recklessness by minority of drivers who
do not realize that they hold the lives
of others In their hands when they in
dulge in needless speeding through city
streets and upon the highways from .
sadistic impulse to crafty unlawful de-
sireS.
Evening star., 1936-01-22

that Of the administration. is that 1t Is
unfair to call upon the Government to
hand back processing taxes. 1t is unfair.
they say, because the professors have
already passed the tax along to the con-
sumers, or to the original producers, In
prices charged or paid.
Under such q contention, the Govern
ment would be permitted to levy tax
even II illegal - with immunity. The
Supreme Court has held the processing
tax unconstitutional. It is, therefore,
illegal And the Administration AYERS
that, having collected such tax. the
Government should be permitted to hold
it. The tax, Of course, has beer paid
by some one. An Illegal tax never should
be levied in the first instance. Which
comes back to the risk Of enacting un-
constitutional laws.
If the Government has collected tax
and spent it-should that be final? AS
a doctrine, it has a strange sound. The
Attorney General, however, maintains
that if taxes collected under q law of
Congress can be impounded in the
courts and then restored to the tax
payers it will stop the flow of taxes and
break down the Government. That. of
course, Is incorrect. There are plenty Of
legal taxes which may be collected BY
the Government and which the courts
would never impound. What it should
do is to stop the flow of unconstitutional
legislation.
Evening star., 1936-01-22
The Juvenile Court Bill.

More than twenty years ago COM
mittee appointed by the Attorney Gen
erai reported that IF the real function
of the Juvenile Court of the District of
Columbia is tc be worked out, if it is
to become an institution contributing its
share to the salvation of the children
of the District, 1t must rest upon law,
the thought and spirit of which is funda-
mentally different from existing legisla-
ton The re-created court must aban-
: don the traditions of criminal law and
criminal court and must conform to
humane lines embodied in the new juve-
nile court legislation"
But the District Juvenile Court re-
mains essentially police court for chill
dren under seventeen years of age, with
the emphasis placed upon prosecution
and conviction for commission Of
crime instead of careful determination Of
conditions responsible for the child's
behavior and effort to correct those con-
ditions The court today, as far as the
law is concerned, is little changed from
the court which was established in 1870
as the result Of crowded conditions in
the higher criminal courts. Improve
ments in procedure have been accom-
plished through more enlightened ad-
ministration of the law but largely out
side the law.
Representative Norton of New Jersey,
chairman of the House District Com
mittee, has introduced the new juvenile
court legislation for Washington which
has been sponsored by the Capitals
leading welfare and social organizations.
The spirit of the new law is one of pro-
lection for the child, rather than pun
ishment; of help. rather than stigma.
The legislation represents needed re-
form in juvenile court theory and prac-
tice which has been urged for many years
in keeping with the more enlightened
legislation of other States, and the fact
that the present session Of Congress
promises to be brief should not prevent
the careful consideration of this measure
which its importance demands.
Evening star., 1936-01-22

MANY thanks for your delightful
articles, which afford great pleasure to
two oldsters who have learned to love
and appreciate the little pleasures of
life. MP. c."
Dear Sir: have read your articles
in The Star on the subject of birds.
happen to own seven volumes OF The
Birds Of America by John James Audu-
bon, that were given to my grandfather.
and recall that at my home, now the
Manor Club, for four consecutive years
q robin nested in small magnolia only
feet from the porch. We have watched
them and there was not Winter that
I can think of but there were robins
about the place.
$50 I've noticed them here in town
the year round. was born in the home
in March, 1865, and lived there until
1899. I hope you will continue these
articles. I like to compare your COM
ments with Audubons stories, and the
colored pictures. Very truly, A. Mel. A
Window ledge adventures are coming
more and more into fashion; these let
ters show some of the happiness they
bring to those interested enough to take
the first step.
The agile young birds on the ledge
bring a great deal of that happiness
which lies, like light O. love, at the
very heart of Nature.
These wild things yet respond to love
active love, as demonstrated in thought
and consideration for them, resulting in
food being placed for them.
When winds blow and sleet descends
when the snow falls and the thermometer
drops, is the time when the wild birds
need friend, many friends, to keep
their craws filled.
Each feathered guest is a marvel. an
aviator, a furnace, a chemical laboratory
all in one
He will not suffer from cold, it is said
if he keeps up his internal heat, and he
has no way to do the latter except
through plenty of food suited to his re-
quirements.
During the sleet of last Sunday we
saw mother cardinal sitting in the
rhododendrons just outside the north
windows.
She had bead of sleet atop her crest.
Evidently she did not enjoy her adorn-
ment. Time after time she shook her
head violently. as if trying to dislodge it.
Finding she could not, she put her
head under her wing, and went to sleep.
When she woke up, the sleet bead
was gone.
The male cardinal sported a veAtable
galaxy Of sleet globules on his tail
1t seemed to watching eyes that this
ice made him slightly tail-heavy, as
aviators would say, but did not prevent
him at all from flying.
1t is interesting to note that the birds
come to these rhododendrons only on
severe days of snow or sleet.
On such days they will perch here
and there throughout the clumps Of
rhodes, putting up their feathers, SEEM
ing to enjoy the slight warmth which,
despite weatherstripping, must watt out
from the house.
In our yard We have not been bothered
much by pigeons. but five visiting it,
and these clean up the huSks, thus per-
forming a useful service. Where more
came, however, they could be a great
nuisance.
AS for the squirrels, there is little the
Nature lover can do about them, except
to become interested in them. too, as
well he may. because they are intriguing
animals, as our correspondent hints.
Evening star., 1936-01-22
Motor Makers Safety Plan.

Announcement Is made of new Ma.
tion-wide safety drive" It does not
come from civic agencies, from officials
or from organized groups Of persons con-
cerned about the mounting cost Of in
dividIal rapid transit. It comes from the
makers Of cara, the Automobile Manu-
facturers' Association, which has adopted
. "ten-point program" to be pushed
vigorously during this present year and
perhaps indefinitely continued.
The manufactureEs' program includes
the building Of vehicles with every pos
stble safety factor: merchandising with
emphasis on the Importance Of safe con-
Evening star., 1936-01-22

the dictatorship of the Bureau of Foreign
and Domestic Commerce in the Depart
ment of Commerce as the result of a
sQuabble that had political patronage
angle N. r. A., in the hectic times when
the Blue Eagle ruled the roost, was the
arena of almost inceSSant personnel al
teratiOns and alterations. On the whole,
the New Deal ship is manned pretty much
by the crew that took her to sea in
March, 1885,
In Capitol Hill press galleries, where
increasing attention nowadays is be-
slowed upon Supreme Court news. a
piece of handy professional slang is in
common usage. It's "Scotus.' which is
composed of the opening letters of the
words Supreme Court of the United
States" "Scotus" is in vogue among re-
porters and telegraph operators for time
saving purposes. In the Navy there S
a famous counterpart in the code word
for commander in chief of the United
States Fleet-"Cincus'- post to
which Admiral Arthur j. Hepburn has
just been elevated.
4s1CIl dllO WOAtCll lCCCllGly VII VIC
shifts of A. A. A. will carry into retire
ment" cordial personal letters bearing
the facsimile autograph of Franklin D.
Roosevelt. They read as follows: ITO
the Night Workers of A. A. A.: The ardors
OF the days work are ightened by the
message of loyalty and good will sent by
the night workers of A. A. A. From
the bottom of my heart I thank these
unknown friends, whose pledge of fealty
gives me renewed strength and courage
to go on with the work which, no matter
what the odds may be-. must be carried
on until the task is completed" Dis
missed Triple-A workers wonder If this
is promise that they're going to get
their jobs back, and whether they can
depend on it!
Reports are current that former Sen
ator George H. Moses, Republican. OF
New Hampshire, may attempt to stage
a comeback by entering the nominating
primaries in his State this Spring, IN
opposition to incumbent Senator Henry
w. KeyeS, whose term is expiring. Moses
was elected to the Senate in 1918 and
served two successive full terms, until
1S33 He was president protein OF the
Senate for eight years. Since retirement
from Congress Moses has devoted him
self to journalism, his profession, and
the preparation of his political memoirs,
making his headquarters in Washington.
The Old Guard irreconcilable retains
strong personal following in New Hamp-
shire. He failed of reelection in 1882
against Senator Fred H. Brown, Demo-
crat, by only 2,117 votes.
Day by day the chances grow brighter
that the Democratic national conven-
ton may not be the placid lovefeast
hitherto foreshadowed. With the pres
ent outlook that there may be hell-rais-
ing delegations from three States -
Georgia Talmadgeites, Louisiana Huey
Long adherents, and an Upton Sinclair
Epic faction from California-the stage
is being set for Kilkenny proceedings
without which no Democratic quadren-
nial conclave is really ever itself. Addi-
tionai ruction in the City Of Brotherly
Love may be provoked by oid-line Demo-
Gratis. Light may be thrown on this par
ticular trouble prospect after AL Smith
has done his Liberty League stuff IN
Washington this week.
tcoDyfishA, 1867
Evening star., 1936-01-22
The Shoe Pinches.

The Supreme Courts decision that
0,00o.0 900 in illegal processing taxes,
held in escrow by the courts, must be
returned to the payers of the taxes has
brought word of criticism from Presi-
dent Roosevelt and several from Secre-
tary Wallace. The court, following its
decision in the rice millers case, ordered
that processing taxes which had been paid
by protesting professors into the hands
Of various courts throughout the coun-
try be restored to the professors. The ad-
ministration needs this two hundred mil
lion dollars. Beyond that, however, there
turks the chance that the Supreme Court
might eventually order the Government
to return to the professors about $780,
000, 600 which they had paid to the Govern
ment under the operation Of the A. A. A.
before the matter got into the courts.
That. indeed. would be blow. It may
be that the protests now voiced in ad-
ministration quarters are made to build
up resistance to the possibility Of later
more devastating decision on the part
of the court.
The President confined himself to an
assertion that the Supreme Court in
handing back the impounded processing
taxes to those who had paid them had
reversed previous rulings Of. that tri-
bunal. Secretary wallace. on the other
hand, while not questioning the legality
Of the action Of the court. questioned the
Justice Of it. His contention, and It Is
Evening star., 1936-01-22
A Rhyme at Twilight
By
Gertrude Brooke Hamilton
Song of Silence.

Song of Silence.
We are together again in freight.
You who have wandered away from
song,
I who have followed light trails OF
laughter;
Freight, twilight, silence long.
Why did we flee from that rush OF
rapture,
Flinging ourselves on the worlds cold
heart
Only to reach out and find each other
Silenced, yearning, drawing apart?
Stretch out your arms to me thru the
silence.
Hold me, enfold me. in your embrace.
Let those slow tears from your eyes fall
on me-
Fall like rain on my lifted facs.
Evening star., 1936-01-22
Member of the Associated Press.
King Edward VIII.

King Edward VIII challenges interna-
tional interest to an extraordinary degree
because no other monarch ever had to
his credit so extensive record OF travel
to all parts of the globe and correspond
ingly f1rst-hand acquaintance with
worldwide conditions. 1t Is a fitting
equipment for the ruler of an empire on
which the sun never sets. That British
interests will profit from King Edwards
cosmopolitan experience cannot be
doubted.
Under the constitutional restrictions
imposed upon the British crown, its pre-
negatives are limited. These apply to
foreign relations as well as to domestic
affairs. But it is hardly to be expected
that the great-grandson of Queen Vic
toria and the grandson of King Edward
VII will maintain an attitude of COM
plete aloofness in Britain's international
concerns. Both of those ancestors of the
new King, despite constitutional barriers,
played roles that immensely influenced
the empires destinies in the field of
diplomacy and arrangements with other
powers, alike in times of peace and war.
Thus far the world has envisaged Ed
ward VIII as prince charming" and
as an itinerant ambassador of good will.
On his frequent trips overseas, either to
distant corners of the British common
wealth or to foreign shores, especially on
this side of the Atlantic, he conquered
all hearts by his bonhomie, tact and COM
mon touch with every class. AS a So
called supersalesman of the British i'm
perial idea, the Prince of Wales was con-
spicuously effective, and when he be-
came a drummer" for British trade, as
he did on the occasion of his visit to
South America in 1882, he proved him
self no less successful an advocate.
Many authorities attribute Britain's post
depression recovery in part to the popsl-
larity won for British goods in many
foreign markets by the "buy British"
missionary efforts of the agreeable royal
propagandist just called to the worlds
mightiest throne.
Here in the United States, which King
Edward has visited twice, his accession
is welcomed as fresh augury Of Anglo
American fraternity. He has on in
Vulnerable occasions expressed enthusi-
astic partiality for our country, its people
and its institutions. AS world affairs are
developing, especially in the turbulent
Far East. there are likely to be more op-
portunities than ever for collaboration
OF the English-speaking democracies in
safeguarding common ideals and inter-
ests. King Edwards ties and familiarity
with the United States make it certain
that in so far as his influence can prevail
it will always be exerted in the direction
Of Anglo-American cooperation.
George vs heir has now to write his
own record. Worldly wise, lowered with
a rich heritage of ancestry, power and
tradition, a path of immeaSurable use
fulnesS opens to him at a moment when
mankind is sorely troubled over what
the international future has in store.
If the prince charming" of heir apparent
days becomes King who elects to util-
Ize his rare personal talents to satisfy
the longings of a peace-craving civiliza-
tion. Edward VIII will earn an honored
place in the ilustrious line of British
sovereigns which he has now joined.
Evening star., 1936-01-22

A Comeback of '35.
From the Fairmont Sentinel.
Most gruesome, bloody and expensive
comeback of fallen monarch in 1856
the return of John Barleycorn to the
highways.
Evening star., 1936-01-22

What Senator Nye's investigation
brought to attention came near abrupt
collision with the short and ugly word.
One Of the great essentials of true states
manship is the art of timely circumlo-
cution.
Evening star., 1936-01-22

A weather chart figures in Ethiopia's s
military affairs as Importantly as a road
map. Halle Selassie, however, could not
manage his weather bureau with sum-
cient expertness to keep him out Of war.
Evening star., 1936-01-22

Soldiers will be paid the bonus at the
risk of being held responsible for budget
shortage. The hazards Of war continue
long after the battle Is over.
Evening star., 1936-01-22
Omitted Art.

From the New York Sun.
An exhibition in Manhasset, Long
island, shows specimens OF the art Of
children of North America ranging in
age from to 13. 1t is unlikely. how
ever. that the show includes any Of those
nursery wall decorations which so FREE
auently mark childhood efforts in art.
Evening star., 1936-01-22

A New Deal suggests bold possibility
Of introducing Supreme Court minority
opinion as sort Of joker to assume COM
manding possibilities.
Evening star., 1936-01-22

The Story's Hero.
"Are you a hero worshiper?"
II am," said Senator Sorghum.
But heroes do not always last"
"No. 1t takes press agenting to make
hero. Some go on into literature and
others have their day, like other best
sellers"
Jud Tunkins says a man is entitled
to his own opinion. But opinions are a
little like money. They're likely to make
you the most trouble when borrowed.
Evening star., 1936-01-22

The hearts Of the people are in the
right place. A ruler has only to avoid
offending natural affection and faith in
order to command sincerest devotion,
Evening star., 1936-01-22

An oratorical desk FOUNDER is liable to
experience physical injury. In this me-
chanized era it might be humanely
proper to allow him to have q drum,