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Evening star., 1936-05-01
Congress Should Expel
Those Unfit for Office

To the Editor Of The Star
The Senate of the United States has
just convicted Federal judge on i'm
peachment by the House of course Of
conouct that brought scandal upon the
judiciary, although acquitting him OF all
specific charges Of misconduct. Surely
the Congress should be as jealous of and
as ready to protect its own reputation
as it is that of the judiciary.
1t Is questionable whether there would
be dissenting vote among decent people
that Representative Zioncheck has by
his recent conduct brought scandal upon
the Congress and that unless action is
taken against him by Congress 1t will
greatly lower itself in the respect and
esteem of the people. His several acts of
misconduct are too well known and are
of too recent date to need recital. Con-
gress has ample authority to punish and
to expef its members for conduct that
reflects diScredit upon 1t under section
5, article of the Constitution, which
provides that Congress may punish its
members for disorderly behavior and,
with the concurrence of two thirds, expel
a member. Mr.. Zioncheck has shown a
contemptious disregard of the traflc laws
Vi CiiC AioIiiSt Wy ulINliIB ulo CdI "
miles an hour on Connecticut avenue.
thereby endangering the lives of the
people, and also like contempt of the
court when arrested and summoned to
appear before 1t. 1t Is reported that his
attorneys, whose names are not disclosed,
fortunately for their regulations as law
yers, say that he cannot be arrested
while Congress is in session either while
going to or coming from Congress or at
the Capitol. Their opinion happens to
be In conflict with the provisions of
section g. article / OF the Constitution,
which gives members of Congress no
immunity from arrest for breach of the
peace, which is in effect the charge
against Mr.. Zioncheck
AS an American citizen who respects
constituted authority and the law, and
who believes in the impartial enforce
ment of the law. and who also desires
to retain his present modicum of respect
and esteem for the Congress. he would
be pleased to see the Congress discharge
its duty to itself by expelling therefrom
Mr.. Zioncheck. who has demonstrated
his unfitness for and unworthiness OF
a seat in the Congress OF the United
States.
ALEXANDER SIDNEY LANIER.
Evening star., 1936-05-01
New Battleships.

On Thursday the House Appropria-
tions Committee granted authority to
build two new battleships, when and If
the President deems such construction
to be necessary and desirable. Mr..
Roosevelt is opposed to any action which
could be construed as an inclination on
the part of the United States to start
anything savoring of renewed building
competition. The recently concluded
Anglo American French qualitative"
treaty places no limitation upon the
amount Of tonnage that may be laid
down under 1t by any of the signatory
powers. Legislation already enacted by
Congress permits In the regular course.
replacement of over-age American ships.
AS the present fleet contains two battle
ships that will be twenty mine years old
before new ones to supplant them could
be finished. the Navy Department pro-
poses that work should be begun on two
replacement vessels authorized under the
Vinson Trammell bill. at cost of S5,-
100000 each for the first year OF con-
struction. 1t is explained that 1t would
be far more profitable to spend money
on new craft that will have to be pro-
vided sooner or later, in any event, than
to invest it in maintenance and patch
work modernization Of ships that will
practically have outlived their useful
ness.
Current British arrangements give
point to these proposals. Admiral VIII
liam H. Standley, chief of naval opera
tions and Acting Secretary of the Navy.
and who was one of the negotiators Of
the London treaty, points out that the
Evening star., 1936-05-01

been heard, but both would be there be-
fore the end Of the day.
II we did not doubt this, why need
we doubt anything else, for nothing else
can seem more impossible, can it?
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In addition to its fine appearance,
and lovely song. the brown wood thrush
is one of the friendliest creatures alive.
This makes 1t q most happy bird to
have around the garden.
Not even the nonchalant robin Is less
afraid OF man.
So many of the wildbircs are sus-
picious of man, and rightly so, that it
is enheartening to find some one species
that utterly fails to manifest fear.
This is all the more strange, as regards
this thrush, for this particular member
OF great family Is truly creature Of
the woods and hidden streams.
Yet since America was colonized, It
has learned to live at ease near human
habitations. Its cousin, the hermit
thrush, Is still the shy bird Audubon
found 1t, but not so the wood thrush,
which today prefers the cultivated home
garden in its ceaseless search for in
sects, grubs and other soft foods.
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Lack of recognition of the wood thrush
song is one of the greatest wastes.
For here is beauty for heart and soul.
and uplift and stimulation for the mind,
for the mere taking.
A little knowledge is not here a dan
gerous thing. but an ennobling and up
lifting thing.
knowledge of the thrush's song is a
little knowledge, but a tremendous one.
rightly heard. 1t becomes a veritable
symbol of the goodness in Nature,
something to be listened for, every latter
April, and all the days following.
Once learned, this song Is O thing i'm
possible to forget, for it has as definite
pattern as any melody by human COM
poser.
There will be many variations, of
course. but basically it is ever the same.
You might not hear 1t for years, after
ward, but whenever you did, you would
know 1t instantly. and 1t would give you
a thrill never to be forgotten.
1t is we'll to thrill at the sound, though
one hears it every day during its stay
with US. This is the true reward of bird
study, such as it is. One will never
forget to hear this song. Many people
try to read and listen to the radio, at one
and the same time. and some assert they
succeed. but there is no doubt in the
world that the Nature lover who also
loves his books can read and get the
sense of his book while at the same
time can catch every note of the loud,
sweet song of the wood thrush.
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The migration of the birds, their going
and coming such vast distances, leaves
the mind dumb, as the stars do.
We will never understand it, and par
ticularly how the same birds find their
way back, season, after season, to the
very same gardens.
Miles and miles they have journeyed,
away and back over countless little
gardens, all appearing very much the
same.
How does each bird know his own?
Some day We may know the how, the
why we shall never know But If this
little bird can get back, so surely. after
many dangers, what is there lost and
gone we may not expect? The hand
of time, writing on the glowing universe,
tells us to hope all, nor be afraid.
Evening star., 1936-05-01

mere announcement of British construc-
ton plans in a recent white paper would
not of itself warrant the launching OF
similar building program by the United
States. But it appears that specific
budgetary measures have been taken by
the London government committing
Britain to the laying down of two battle
ships in 1887. Under the terms Of the
tripartite treaty 1t is held that such
action by one of the contracting parties
automatically lifts the restrictions on
similar construction by the other powers,
II they choose to take advantage of such
q prerogative.
From the standpoint alike of economy,
efficiency and strict adherence to the
American policy OF parity with Great
Britain, there is ample justification for
the s10,00O.000 appropriation now sought
for commencing work on the two author
lied battleships. Britain's lead in the
same direction clearly absolves the
United States from any suspicion of
initiating another naval race. Public
sentiment is in full accord with Presi-
dent Roosevelts desire that no response
bility for such a competition should rest
upon this country. But the American
people are no less genuinely welded to
the program of a navy second to none.
Appropriations designed to assure the
creation and maintenance of such fleet
deserve the favorable consideration OF
Congress.
Evening star., 1936-05-01

to the smallest and most remotely dis
tant communities of the globe uni
versal public has been thrilled to learn
OF how Lazare Kaplan and his son Leo
prepared during nearly q year for the
striking of one sharp blow and of how,
when all was ready, they gambled with
fate-and won. The dispatches are in
stirct with a gripping power of attrac-
ton for millions of people whose only
role In the drama is that of unseen
spectators.
Yet 1t Is from the intensity of the in
.terest Of that multitude that much of the
value of the gem derives. The poverty
stricken finder of the seven hundred land
twenty. six-carat jewel, the broker to
whom he sold it, the present owner. the
lapidaries, even the eventual purchasers,
all depend upon popular love OF beauty.
If that quality we're missing from the
human heart the Jonker stone would be
appraised like any other pebble. Actually
1t is nothing but lump Of carbon. The
fire within 1t must be released by the
genius of the Kaplans and the polishers
Months of nerve-racking labor will be
required to change the raw mass OF
elementary substance into dozen glori-
ously bright "sparklers."
And the same principle applies In
numerous allied and alien fields OF en-
terpriSe. Indeed, 1t might be asserted
with reason and justice that nothing
held dear by the children of earth is
exempt from the rule. Toll creates civil
ization. But back of the effort, sup
porting it, directing 1t and making 1t
effective, is a still more marvellous force
the dynamic of thought. Therefore, the
Kaplans may be said to symbolic the
whole population of this bit of star dust
which the human species inhabits. They
matched their Imagination, their train
ing. their experience, their faith and
their hope with destiny. and that is why
they dared anticipate success.
Evening star., 1936-05-01
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES &. TRACEWELL.

Monday was thrush day out our way.
That day the most beautiful of singers
came back. The songsters appeared
right on schedule
The thrushes will be back today"
bird lovers said. confidently, as they went
downtown to work.
All day long, this idea of returning
thrushes, with their Ginning music,
made mental picture for them.
They felt as sure of this return on
April q as of anything known.
Year after year the birds had returned,
after their months away, on exactly that
date, or maybe a day before or a day
behind.
There 1t was!
Yes sir. the moment one stepped from
the bus, in oak-lined avenues, those sur
passing chimes greeted the air.
Loud. clear. beautiful
Sweet with the music of rills and
brooks and shaded places
Fresh from the air of fields and
forests
This is and was and ever will be the
music of the wood thrush, brown bird
with speckled breast, sweetest of all the
natural singers.
And 1t was wonderful to think, that
this singer had returned just on time,
as II knowing that it had been expected
and waited for so long.
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This return of the birds, exactly on
the dot. is one of the amazing things of
this world.
The more one studies it, the more
wonderful it becomes.
After this. nothing is impossible.
No miracles any more?
Why, this is miracle, an endless
miracle
Suppose the wisest man who ever
lived, gifted with understanding of the
birds, and the vast ability to make
them understand what he said to them.
should confront a thrush In the Summer,
and say:
We'll, my friend you are welcome here
as long as you want to stay. We love
your beautiful song more than we can
tell you.
However, 1t will be well for you If you
fly away for time. many hundreds of
miles, and take q good rest, and keep
yourself warm.
Now, here is map of your course,
and complete directions as to where to
stop along the route. I have mapped
out the best forests and streams, and
shown you on this chart just where the
best food supplies are located.
You will also find complete direc-
tions for returning to us next Spring.
Il will expect you about April o.
Good-by, and God bless you until we
meet again"
Well. if some one could make the
thrush understand, and the thrush could
carry out the directions, it would be
miracle enough. wouldn't It?
But the thrush doesn't understand, and
needs no such understanding
1t is just in him to 60. and to return
And to do 1t right to the day, without
doubt, equivocation or delay.
We knew he would return, and just
the day he would return.
There was not a thrush within a
thousand miles, as far as we knew to
the contrary
That pleasant bird shape had not been
seen. that glorious bird song had not
Evening star., 1936-05-01
Some More Dust.

Quite an issue is being manufactured
out of the fact that some of the judges.
lawyers and doctors in the District
service supplement their salaries by out
side work. If there is any issue here. 1t
should be concerned with whether such
outside work interferes with work for
the District. In that case the matter
would be clear-cut and quickly settled
But as far as known there has been no
showing that judge who receives com.
pensation for law lectures is any less
efficient or faithful in the performance
of his duties on the bench. There has
been no showing that a doctor who re-
ceives compensation from the District
neglects his official duties as the result of
maintaining private practice.
In this connection there is some SIM
ilarity with the issue raised over teach
ing Communism in the public schools.
There has been no showing that teachers
in the public schools of Washington
have been advocating Communism or
have sought to indoctrinate their pupils
with subversive beliefs or theories. But
by forbidding them to advocate or to
teach communism. new issue has been
raised which successfully obscures the
need for remedy of some of the existing
evils in the public schools, such as over
crowded classes, undermined teach
ing force and inadequate educational
facilities.
1t is probable that the issue of out
side employment will be used to kick
up a lot of dust to becloud conditions
in the District service that really need
remedy. The need in the District is
not for doctors who devote their time
exclusively to the functions for which
they are retained. The need is for more
adequate support of public health, in
disqualification, public nursing service.
clinics, etc. There is no scandal in the
fact that the District coroner maintains
a private practice. There is scandal in
the fact that the Districts expenditures
for public health are so far below de-
sirable standards, and that lack of
appropriations forbids the vigorous cam
paign on such death-dealing diseases as
tuberculosis which conditions here
demand
There are cases where outside en-
ployment of certain kinds should be
strictly forbidden to Government en-
ployes. 1t is wholly wrong, for instance,
for an elevator inspector to offer his
paid services to an elevator installation
company. No lawyer in the District
service has any right to accept a fee
for private work in litigation involving
the District. There are other, cases
where outside employment is unethical
to say the least, and should never be
condoned.
But is there any reason why the
chairman of the Public Utilities Com
mission should not accept compensation
from a magazine for an article on rail-
road regulation? Is there any reason
why a Judge should not deliver a lee
ture course TO law students, or why a
doctor, whose services are paid for on a
part-time basis. should not continue his
private practice? Not unless such pri-
vate undertakings lessen efficiency as a
public servant. And nothing OF the sort
has been shown.
Evening star., 1936-05-01

of historys most important events took
place. The Mississippi Valley may de-
velop the craftsmanship necessary to
handle the social problems of the new
world.
Evening star., 1936-05-01

1t is perhaps no more remarkable that
Pennsylvania should entertain a Demo-
cratic convention than that Texas
should have developed so powerful an
array of prohibition craftsmanship.
Evening star., 1936-05-01
War Paint and Feathers.

THE Indians don't use war paint and
feathers any more" ..s
THE meh DON'T" replied Miss Cay
enne, but I understand the lady
Indians are becoming quite modern in
their ideas As to cosmetics and
millinery"
Evening star., 1936-05-01

Hitler has perfected political system
in which about all a citizen has to do
to show his enthusiasm is to hold up his
right hand and say present.
Evening star., 1936-05-01

History would have been different If
the wives of Henry VIII had had the
political sense to organize as soon as 1t
became evident that they might be on
the eligible list.
Evening star., 1936-05-01

Portraiture in print is leaving one in
teresting question constantly before the
public; why somebody is laughing or
why he is crying out loud.
Evening star., 1936-05-01

An official serving in any capacity is
derelict in patriotism when he forgets
that there are traff1c cops to remind
citizens of their common democracy.
Evening star., 1936-05-01
Makine History,

THAT man is one OF those who make
history
Yes replied Senator Sorghum, but
he insists on trying to make 1t to suit
himself"
Evening star., 1936-05-01

Flood disasters have served to make
water power less important for awhile
than the problem of confining streams
to their natural channels.
Evening star., 1936-05-01
A Rhyme at Twilight
By
Gertrude Brooke Hamilton
Maydays

NdyUdys
Maydsys. play days,
After all the gray days.
Fields of dandelions yellow,
Streets Of sunshine, warm and mellow
Opening flowers drenched by dew.
Feathery clouds and skies of blue.
River singing merrily
On its journey to the sea.
From the heart then Danish sorrow,
Youth and joy from Nature borrow.
Let's forget the gray time,
Play timel Naytimel -~--
Evening star., 1936-05-01
Hard on the Youngsters.

From the Cincinnati Times-Star.
A New York educator Is sending out
QUESTIONABLE to discover what worries
the younger generation. Among other
things, Questionnaires.
Evening star., 1936-05-01
Member Of the Associated Press.

The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to
the use for republication Of all news dispatches
credited to it or not otherwise credited in this
paper and also the local news published herein
All rights of publication of special dispatches
herein are also reserved.
Evening star., 1936-05-01
Out Of Season.


Tain the thing to holler,
Raisin' q distress
When q situation
Calls for thoughtfulness.
It's waste o. power.
An 1t doesn't seem jes' right
Usin' up yer valor
When there isn't any fight.
People as Is patient
Them's the ones as acts
When they've sifted matters
To the bottom facts.
Dogs that does much barkin'
Amt counted on to bite
Usin' up their valor
When there isn't any fight.
"A great man." said Hi Ho, the sag
of Chinatown, lis one whose name
remembered even after his teaching
have been forgot"
Evening star., 1936-05-01

No Swears, Plenty Think.
From the Flint Journal.
The Japanese have no cuss words
their language. OF course, that doesn
stop 'em from thinking plenty.
Evening star., 1936-05-01
Abundant Suggestion.

Abundant SugEeStlOn.
Those citizens are never few
Who ardently 60 to it
And tell folks what they ought to do
Instead of how to do 1t.
Evening star., 1936-05-01
Literal Swallowing.

From the Paducah (Ky) Sun-Democrat
That edible paper developed in Sweden
may revolutionize the whole process oi
treaty breaking If a signatory has to
eat his words.
Evening star., 1936-05-01

There are two kinds Of people-those
who do things without making a fuss
and those who make fuss without
doing things.
Evening star., 1936-05-01

"A man dat's his own worst enemy"
said Uncle Eben, 'is liable to be mighty
forgivin'."
Evening star., 1936-05-01
Rate by MaiI-Payable in Advance.

Maryland and virginia
Evening star., 1936-05-01

Q. How many members has the
Hedgerow Theater and how is it
f1nanced?-J. G.
A. The company now consists of "a
members. who operate a farm and per-
form all the work connected with the
playhouse. The theater is run on a
cooperative basis with no endowment
of any kind
The Washington times., 1936-06-11
WATSON SEES
6. 0. P. RULED
BY YOUTH

CONVENTION HALL, CLEvE-
LAND, June II UNS0.-Former
United States Senator Jim" Wat
son Of Indiana, one Of the old
war horses Of the Republican
party, is impressed by the politi-
cal acumen and ability Of John
Hamilton, 44-year-old campaign
manager of Gov. ALI M. Landon
Of Kansas.
II think Hamilton will make
good" said Senator Watson,
speaking in terms Of national
politics, as he sat with the In
diana delegation on the conven-
ton floor today.
New faces and a new and
younger element is coming into
control of the Republican party,
and no one recognizes that Situa-
ton any better than Jim" Wat
son, who has been watching them
come and go for years.
Hamilton'S success as Landon'S
manager means that he will be
the next national chairman Of the
Republican party. His finesse,
alertness and organizing ability
has impressed the hundreds OF
correspondents covering the con-
vention. Watson thinks he would
ho = ooAJ nofioYNoI rho irY1non
Does Watson think, know that
this new element was coming into
the party, that political cunning
in national conventions has be-
come pasSe?
Exclaimed watson:
'NO!"
It is obvious to one and all, how
ever, that at this convention the
old fellows are on the sidelineS
The Washington times., 1936-06-11
BENCHANDBAR
TAKE OUTING

Closing their offices for the
day and vacating benches in the
Court of Appeals, District SUI
preme Court and Municipa al
Court, 500 lawyers and judges
today are attending the annual
outing Of the bar to Bench
in Quantico, Va.
Leaving this morning on the
steamer Potomac for a cruise
down the river to the Virginia
post Of the U. S. Marines, the
lawyers and judges were Sere.
naded by the Boys Band and
served luncheon on the ship be.
fore going ashore.
In Quantico they will view a
spectacular air show by Marine
filters, six boxing bouts and a
parade. One of the bouts is an
eightround affair between two
lightweights of the rival Army
and Marine ranks.
Attorney Edmund M. Toland
arranged the annual outing of
the Bar Association, assisted by
Joseph A. Burkhart, honorary
chairman; Charles E. ord, vice
chairman; Julian I. Richards,
jerome F. Barnard, Austin F.
Garfield, Al Phillip Kane. Will
liam J. Rowan and Charles E.
Pledger, jr.
The Washington times., 1936-06-11
CLASS OF 26
GRADUATED

CLARENDON, Va, June II.
Graduating the largest class in
the history of the school, the St.
Charles Catholic School, Of Clar-
endon, will hold it's fourteenth an
nual graduating exercises here
this evening at 7:30 o'clock in the
church.
Exercises viii be opened with an
invocation by the Rev. John A.
Curran, with other addresses by
guest speakers. Certificates will
be awarded to IS pupils. Those
graduating are:
Celeste Bowers, Kathleen Mullen, Caro-
Ign Wells, Doris Hall, Josephine Becker,
Lucille Brewer, Madelyne Ganbino. Cath
crime Burrows, Elizabeth Brewer, Agnes
Zimmerman, Vera Halliday, Vivian Hal
liday, Margaret Miller, Paul johnson,
Robert Carroll. Cleveland Barry, Evelyn
Morris, Katherine Dowden, Doris Lee,
William O'Brien, Donald Buscher, Paul
Sullivan, Lewis Bailey. Fred Ashton,
Robert Mattaro and John More.