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Evening star., 1936-06-09
Why Not Agriculture
To Ease Unemployment?

From the Charlotte Observer.
There seems to be a theory in Wash
ington that business and industry are
deliberately holding out on the authori-
ties in the matter Of putting people to
work.
1t is to be admitted of course, that
no love is lost between big business and
the present national administration
There Is no occasion for the purpose at
hand to go into that or arbitrarily at
tempt blame-fixing for it.
But it is unreasonable to assume, no
matter how stubborn some of these ele-
ments in the sphere Of big business may
be to move at the Presidents command,
that under the most favorable, friendly
and cooperative relationships with the
administration, hundreds of thousands
and even millions of men can be called
into work for no more valid reason than
SentimentaliSm.
Quite in addition, where re-employ-
ment might profitably take place is at
the point from whence so large a body
of this problem developed-and that was
in agriculture.
Agriculture has always employed more
people than industry when it was rum
ming along at a normal clip, nearly D.
100000 more workers in 1929 than in
dustry.
Why should the agitation for having
the idle millions in America picked up
and put back to gainful occupation not
be directed similarly, therefore, against
agriculture? .
Evening star., 1936-06-09
An Old Milestone.

A milestone erected in 1922 at Fifty
seventh street and Fourth avenue, New
York, marking the four-mile point from
the City Hall, has been taken from that
location and placed in a museum for pres
ervation. The president of the museum
states that this stone, and some others
that have been located and will be simi.
larly transferred, now have merely a
sentimental value" Back of that state
ment is a remarkable history of urban
expansion, in the development of trans
portation and in the affairs Of men gen.
orally. In 1922 four miles was a con-
siderable distance. 1t was space that
required at least an hour of walking
and perhaps half an hour of driving.
There was no speeding then, for pave
ments we're rough, and progress, even
with the aid Of animals, was slow. Four
miles from the |City Hall was well out
Evening star., 1936-06-09
STARS, MEN AND ATOMS
Notebook of Science Progress in Field,
Laboratory and Study.
BY THOMAS r. HENRY.

ing. The relationship Of the highs and
lows over the Appalachians was ideally
suited to produce just such torrents.
The shift to the opposite extreme has
been accompanied by a simultaneous
shift in the centers Of the highs and lows.
Up to the present. Mr.. Kincer points
out, there is no great reason to worry
over the return to the Southeast OF
such a killing drought as that OF 1880.
That dry period had been building up
for year or more, so that all the sub
soil water was exhausted. This year,
due to a wet Winter and an extremely
wet Spring there must be plenty OF
water deep in the soil, although that in
the upper layers. upon which growing
crops depend, is exhausted. There is no
reason to suspect, however, that wells
will go dry and trees die from lack
of moisture at their root tips.
Paradoxically enough, the drought
situation so far as growing crops are
concerned, is made somewhat worse by
the drenchings of March, Mr.. Kincer
explained The hot sun. beating down
on the soaked earth, baked" 1t just as
bricks are baked in a kiln, so that the
sprouting plants had to push their way
through a hard wall to get into the sun
light. This has greatly delayed their
growth.
Evening star., 1936-06-09
The Hapsburg Menace.

1taly's conquest of Ethiopia having
pretty definitely removed the African
conflict as probable cause of European
war, the latest peril to peace is the
recrudescence Of moves to restore the
Hapsburgs to the Viennese throne. The
imminent danger of such development
springs from Austria's chaotic political
conditions, consequent upon the strife
between the Schuschnigg and Starhem-
berg factions, which recently reached a
critical stage. Chancellor Schuschnigg
Is so hard pressed for backing to bolster
his position that he is now credited with
readiness to resort to the desperate VEN
ture of bringing back Archduke Otto
as King or Emperor. One of the re-
puted motives for establishment OF
the monarchy would be the belief that
1t would constitute a bulwark against
Nazi encroachment and enforced union
with Germany.
Leaders of the Little Entente-Czecho-
slovakia, Yugoslavia and Roumania-
evidently regard the Hapsburg threat
seriously. They have just been in con-
ference at Bucharest and taken occa-
sion to warn Austria in unmistakable
terms against either sAschluss with the
Evening star., 1936-06-09

in the country. Farms were still pro-
ducing food supplies for the city dwellers
within the space between that milestone
at Fifty-seventh street and the City Hall.
There were no steam railroads in or
around New York. The first fourteen
miles Of the Baltimore and Ohio line
were two years to come. No one dreamed
of elevated lines, much less of subways.
-Four miles to the City HALL" Today
q matter of fifteen minutes by overhead
road or underground line. Then, a toll
some journey. Business was centered in
little space near the tip of Manhattan
Island. When one went to town" it
was on urgent errands. Between that
stone and the center of things lay
scattering Of suburban dwellings, thick
ening around the City Hall. Commuters
were unknown. The word had not been
coined. Maybe some one dreamed of i'm
proving upon the horse as a means of
transport. The men who imagined and
finally evolved the motor car had not
been born. Plying machines?" They
were the fantastic imaginings of
dreamers.
1t was a comfortable life. despite its
limitations of movement. That old mile
stone stood for comfort Notwithstanding
the disadvantages of the times, which
were not recognized as such. The tele-
graph was not known, the telephone was
more than half a century ahead, un-
imagined. Radio? No one had the least
notion of what such a word meant. 1t
had not been coined
-Four miles to City HALL" Then a
journey, now q step. Truly, the old
milestone has merely a sentimental
value"
Evening star., 1936-06-09
The Canadian Quints
With Five Silver Spoons
,m the Philadelphia Inquirer.

From the Philadelphia Inquirer.
No babies, except those born to great
wealth. have ever come into the world
with such prospects as the Dionne quin-
tuplets Their poor parents may well
have been perpleXed over the problem
of bringing them up. Now 1t remains
for them to bring up their parents. At
the age of they have nearly half q
million dollars. all because they are
exceptions to Natures rule, which the
films are eager to exploit. 1t may be
doubted If any mature screen favorites
have been more successfully advertised.
Years ago, when they were much
younger. the Gish sisters were known as
the million-do kids. But they at
least had made their way by their own
efforts. The little Dionnes have to do
nothing but be themselves. Curiosity is
their best press agent. They are wards
of the State. Their health will be care
fully protected. They are not old enough
10 squander their fortune. Out OF the
huge sum coming to them only $1,000
has been sent to their father. who can
not himself turn them into a money
making proposition, as Mozarts father
did him.
The doctor who brought tnem lnJo
the world Is to care for their future.
Unconscious of their fame, they will
have the most careful nursing during
the perilous years of infancy. That they
should all have lived is something of
marvel. That their future should be so
scrupulously guarded is even q greater
one. A peerage may be q prize for
being born first, as Gilbert said. But
there are five prizes for being born all
at once.
Evening star., 1936-06-09

A sure sign of overriding in sunbathing
is inability to sleep that night.
Perhaps this restless age directly re-
suits from the vogue for ''suntan,' who
knows?
Stranger things have happened
Maybe the country owes its night clubs
and so-called night life in general to the
plain fact that millions Of persons, espe-
cially young people, have gone in for
Sunbathing on a grand scale.
Tennis, bathing, golf, all outdoor sports
mean sunbathing, whether one thinks
of them as therapeutic means or not
There has grown up, however, a belief
in the efficiency of the sunbath, as such,
to help keep a person healthy and fit.
This 1t will do, If not overdone, within
its limits, but beyond them sunbathing
often results in limited effects, and, in
some instances, actually inimical ones.
+**
SleeplesSness, or partial SleepleSsneSS,
is not regarded by the layman as having
anything to do with exposure to pro-
longed sunlight, yet little investigation
proves the fact beyond any reasonable
doubt.
Just what the daily limit shall be de-
pends entirely on the skin Of the sun
bather, along with other physical char
acteriStics which must be taken into con-
Sideration.
Important also is the persons past
habits as to exposure to sun.
Has he Shrunk from it for years?
Then let him feel certain that he
must go easy" in his preliminary efforts
TO get tanned.
Has he a soft thin skin?
Let him believe with certainty that he
cannot stand as much exposure to sun
continuously as those persons who pos
seSs a tough skin.
Is he fair compleXioned?
Then let him beware those first few
hours and days of continuous exposure.
The word Continuous needs accent
ing, because it is the continuity of eX-
posure to the rays Of the Summer sun
which does the work, good or evil as the
case may be.
Only good can result to normal persons
from some exposure to the sunshine.
There is no need for arguing this any
more. The whole world is convinced.
1t should have been, years ago, simply
by looking at mariners. farmers and
SportSmen.
Yet for centuries the suntanned skin
was held the badge of hard labor.
1t was the desire Of the gentleman and
especially of the gentlewoman to have a
soft white skin.
Today all that is changed.
Everybody wants TO get tanned. Not
only is it a social asset, but the aood
suntan is pretty generally regarded as
a matter of health, and an aid to
appearance.
The term good suntan" ought TO In
clude both appearance and results.
A burn which is too quick is likely to
be both bad looking and harmful.
Usually the beginner tends to stay too
long in the sun.
His continuity" is poor.
II he would 60 at it slower, and merely
get pinked up bit, the first few days.
he would find that both the coveted tan
and the best health results were obtain
able much more pleasantly and more
Evening star., 1936-06-09
Gratitude to Farley for
Warm Personal Interest
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor of The Star:
Assuming you are as public-spirited as
the Federal Government, have the
necessary "crust" to ask you to please
notify the people I work for that prob
ably I will take trip to Europe next
year instead of toiling in the customary
manner My reasons are: I have other
means Of support.
Backing my statement is the following
notice from the county agent, Depart
ment of Agriculture, addressed to my
deceased parent whose name is carried
on the records as owner of 40 acres of
splendid mountain rock quarry up in
Maryland. 1t says, in part: BE sure to
attend this meeting and hear the detsils
concerning the soil conservation plan. I
feel that practically all - can benefit.
Cash payments will be made this year.
There are no contracts (underlined and
no obligations" underlined.
Now ask you. do you think, at about
$l2 per acre for conserving the old
quarry, there is any reason why
shouldn't have a little trip on the Queen
Mary or the Won Hindenburg?
But that's only one reason. Jim Farley
has got my bonus for me. Without me
lifting a finger to help him, he's been
fighting all these years for me and now
he's won. He had the city postmaster
inquiring after me yesterday, so that he
could be sure to lay the bonds right in
my hands personally-or If not per-
sonally, at least by his personal repre-
sentative. Tonight hear he is going to
talk to me directly, over the air, to let
me know he is watching out night and
day for me to see that l get this money
he's giving me. Right in the midst of
the big convention in Cleveland he's
going to give up his privilege of listening
in on Hoover or Borah, sacrificing his
personal pleasures for my interest. OF
course, I'm indebted to Jim. We all are.
And here is a call to all ex-service
men: Let's get hot on the wires and have
that Cleveland convention nominate Jim
Farley for President.
And here's tip to the sons OF those
who were put out of business when the
Government stopped not raising hogs:
Son, join the colorS every time you have
a chance, for there seems to be more
and more gold in them old service
pants; besides, and furthermore, don't
sell the old hog ranch, for there might be
conservation or some other Govern
ment grants"
RICHARD L. FELDMAN.
Evening star., 1936-06-09
John Hays Hammond.

The Nations Capital will miss John
Hays Hammond. He was part OF the
Washington scene, a personality repre-
senting distinctive forcefulness, radiating
power, exercising wide constructive In
fiuence. Even those who never were
privileged to enjoy his acquaintance were
conscious Of his presence in the COM
munity and grateful for it. A numerous
company of friends admired him for the
energy of his spirit, the vigor OF his in
telligence and the democratic generosity
of his temperament. He was possessed
of dignity without presumption, self
suficiency without intolerance and self
assertiveness without lack of charity.
Perhaps no other leader of his gen.
Grafton so notably personifled what Her.
bert Hoover meant by the phrase rugged
individualiSm" Mr.. Hammond was the
architect of his own career. He risked
his life in a romantic adventure-the
Jameson raid, so-called-to establish
the claims of his associates in South
Africa against the political opposition
of the Beers. Also, he gambled with fate
in Mexico in his quest for undetected
gold and silver deposits awaiting ex-
ploitation. 1t is reported that he earned
a million dollars year over long period
of time as soldier of fortune" Those
familiar with his talents declared that
he could smell buried wealth miles
away" But, more particularly, he was
equipped with the courage and the re-
sourcefulnesS necessary for successful
achievement. On his eightieth birthday
he published his Apologize" two fasci-
mating volumes of memoirs-books which
proved his right to be remembered as
philosopher as we'll as in his more widely
publicized role as man Of action.
Mr.. Hammond himself outlived the era
of industrial pioneering to which he
belonged And he was fully conscious
of the change, speaking and writing OF
it often in the sunset Of his life. Yet he
did not think it required of him to join
in the fashionable campaign against
tradition. Conquest, he believed, still Is
involved in the pattern of human exist
ence and "it is better to stand up and
fight than to tamely submit" But his
contempt for non-resistance did not
blind him to the demand for cooperation
among nations and brotherhood among
peoples. He gave of his substance in aid
of dozens of social causes.
For just appraisal of any character
perspective is wanted, and adequate
tribute to Mr.. Hammond therefore prob
ably will have to be the business of
historians not yet born. His contempo-
raries, valuing him for the qualities they
recognized in him, are content to trust
the ultimate verdict. All that they
wish to do at the moment of his passing
is to testify to their love and their
respect for one who merited in small
things as in great such affection and
honor.
Evening star., 1936-06-09

Reich or enthronement of the Hapsburg
heir. Between the lines of COM
lruniuue affirnling the view of the three
central European states that Austria
should remain independent is plainly
to be read their determination not to
shrink from extremes to prevent any
steps designed to alter the country's
present status. Young Otto recently
appealed to Austrians to re-establiSh
the royal, regime. 1t was widely sus-
pected that Prince Starhemberg, re-
Gently ousted as vice chancellor, saw
in the Hapsburg ambition an oppor-
tunity to undermine Schuschnigg by
espousing Ottos claims.
Behind this characteristic mesh Of
Old World diplomatic Vaccinations and
intrigues turks the figure of Mussolini.
For some time reports have been cur
rent that II Duce and Schuschnigg had
come to secret agreement for HapS-
burg restoration, a theory that found
some substantiation in the mysterious
NlSlI WlllClI lllC AuoIildli SiidhSCiiOl paw
to Italy last week. The Fascists may
consider that a rehabilitated Hapsburg
house would be the best guarantee
against the establishment of Hitler's
legionS at the Brenner Pass.
Manifestly convinced that restoration
is in the wind the Little Entente powers
now reveal every indication of willing
ness to prevent by force. If necessary, a
development which involves the menace
of another general European war, and
perhaps their own extinction. France
supposedly is ready to support Czecho-
slovakia, Yugoslavia and Roumania If
Otto should venture to return to Austria
despite their opposition. II Italy on her
part decided to sanction either reStora-
ton or Nazification of Austria, it might
be the signal for resumption of the old
Italo- German Austrian triple alliance,
probably with the adhesion OF Hungary.
Once again the cockpit of Europe reeks
with gunpowder, as the twenty second
anniversary of the tragedy of Serajevo
approaches, with its grim reminder of
events Of 1914.
Evening star., 1936-06-09
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

certainly, for time Is the essence of the
good sunburn, the modern sort attained
by countless thousands for itself alone.
We no longer need the excuse of sports
or occupation, but 60 In for sunbathing
because it is a healthful thing to do.
Properly conducted, keeping in mind
simple basic idea, that the rays OF the
sun exert continuous pressure" the
daily sunbsth exalts both the physical
and mental side.
Overdone, or indulged in by persons
suffering with certain diseases, sunbath-
ing is worse than waste Of time.
1t is positively harmful.
Certain enthusiasts fail to realize that
wakefulness, above all, is the sure sign
that they have been in the. sun for too
long a time.
The exaltation OF good sunbathing
then exceeds the proper mark. II turns
into excitement, from good thing into
an inimical one.
Yet the pressure" of the rays is neces-
sary, both to get the tan and the results
for which the tan speaks as a sign visible.
Mentally picture the rays as giant
swords. 1t is not the actual striking
of the skin. but the sustained striking,
that does the work.
This is the building up of the pigment
which we call tan. A few minutes, at
intervals will not do. But there is a
period beyond which, at any given time,
the average person gets burned. not
tanned. To find this point should be the
aim of every sunbather, but 1t is not easy.
If sleeplessness cannot be accounted for,
and yet one has been much in the sun
shine for prolonged continuous periods,
Just put two and two together and blame
it on the sun. In nine cases out of ten
you will be right.
The remedy is to slow up.
Here the sunbather. per sc, has an
advantage over the sportsman. who gets
his tan as a part of his general activity.
The sunbather knows, or ought to
know. precisely how long he stays in the
sun, day by day, to get certain result.
He can time himself accurately,
whereas the simple outdoorsman, who
even vet might tend to laugh at the no
ton of sunbathing, as a thing in and for
itself, does not know how long his ex-
posure was. What saves him, in most
=,
sun continuously. Thus though his con-
tinuity is broken, he yet manages to get
the effect in the end.
1t might seem. then, that outdoor
sports are the best way to get suntan.
There can be no doubt of it.
But there are countless persons who,
through one reason or another, have no
training in sports.
The very term, spectator sports" as
we have come to know it, points this out
very plainly.
The thousands of men and women who
have no access to a tennis court, or golf
links, or other outdoor recreatlonal
places. should get sunshine just the same.
And if this means simply sitting or walk
ing in it, all right-sunshine Is good on
any terms, and however secured. The
one thing essential, however, is to use
the head as we'll as the skin. That Is.
get suntanned with intelligence, as well
as with light rays. Sun and brains make
a great team.
Evening star., 1936-06-09
Misstatements by Proctor
And Buiterfeld Noted
To IN. Editor of The Star:

To the Editor OF The Star:
note two errors in last Sundays Star.
In Mr.. Proctors historical article he
refers to John Adams as being the son
of John Quincy Adams, while the rela-
tionship was just the reverse.
In Mr. Butterfields political convention
article he states that Gen. William t.
Sherman was placed in nomination by
Garfield in the convention of 1880. 1t
was not Gen. Sherman whom Garfield
nominated in his speech, but Gen. Sher-
mans brother, Senator John Sherman.
Gen. Sherman, while head OF the Army
as full general, was once approached
by politicians to ascertain if they might
use his name as a presidential candi-
date replied II would not accept II noml-
mated and would not serve If elected"
HENRY CALVER.
Evening star., 1936-06-09
Shooting Stars.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Arithmetic.


Take away each pretty poem
Which I have admired of yore.
1t is not worth while to show em
To kind readers any more.
Time each gentle fancy skaters,
Vain is each artistic trick,
And the only thing that matters
Is the old arithmetic.
Bring along the list of taxes
That we'll somehow have to meet.
If the weary mind relaxes,
Bring statistics, long and neat.
For the only thing we mention
AS the minutes swiftly click,
That seems worthy of attention,
Is the old arithmetic.