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Smyrna Town Council
Statesmen WANTED

MEN WANTED for Rawleigh
Routes of 800 families in Northeast
and Sussex County. Reliable hust-
Ter should start earning S25 weekly
and increase rapidly. Write today.
Rawleigh, Dept. DED-30-S, Ches-
ter, Pa. AZ st
Evening star., 1936-05-17

Following Prime Minister Stan
ley Baldwin'S proposal OF reforms
in the League OF Nations so that
it should embrace all the nations
OF the world, an international
Increment for support OF
strengthened League BY the COM
mon people" is urged here by Vis-
count Cecil OF Chel,0ood, co-duthor
OF the League couenant and head
OF the League of Nations Union,
uhtch conducted last years sig
n;fcdnt peace poll in Britain.
BY VISCOUNT CECIL.
7 ONDON.-It has constantly been
| said that public opinion is the
i life blood of the League Of
- Nations The basis on which
Evening star., 1936-05-17

silver spoon in his mouth and after
his graduation from Brooklyn Poly
technic Institute he started from
scratch. His early business expert
ences were varied. He was in the fire
insurance business, banking, partner
in wholesale coal firm and later a
Junior officer in the old Long Island
Loan & Trust Co.
Buys Seat on Exchange.
During all of the early years of his
business career, he was thrifty and
steadily increased his capital. In 1911
he bought his seat on the exchange
and for IL years prior to his election
to the presidency he served on its
Board Of Governors. Mr.. Gay Is the
senior partner of Whitehouse & Co..
one of the Oldest brokerage firms in
the country. His son, William Camp
bell Gay, also is a member of the firm
and of the exchange.
Mr.. Gay has short shrift for the
new economics" for planned eco
nomics and Government interference
with business. But this does not mean
that he is a hide-bound Tory, opposed
to all economic control and changes.
He realizes that new conditions call
for new forms of control, and believes
that regulation by Government is
necessary and desirable in number
of areas of economic activity.
But it should be undertaken by
Government only when it is demon
strably clear that the economic system
will not automatically provide proper
control and prevent abuses" he says.
"Any regulation and reform should
never be experimental or hasty or
political or based on minority pres
sure"
The theory Of achieving prosperity
by scarcity is anathema to him. He
doesn't think the law of supply and
demand has been repealed yet, nor
does it seem logical to him that plenty
can be born of destruction.
Mr.. Gay contends that the one thing
most needed now for continued re-
covery is the assurance by Govern
ment that business can 60 ahead with
out interference. He favors the bal
ancing of the Federal budget by dras-
tic reductions in expenditures, the
re-establishment of a definite gold
standard and q strong control OF
credit.
Proud that he Is a conservative, this
"humanizer" of the Stock Exchange
Is confident that Q sound philosophy
will prevail and his faith In the future
development Of this country through
individual enterprise Is unshaken.
Evening star., 1936-05-17
/. S..PANAMA TRADE PACT
MENACED BY POLITICS
Partisan Attempt in Both Countries to
Discredit Treaty Ignores Basic
Values of Cooperative Plan.

took the Canal" will agree that the
new treaty does not affect any of the
fundamental rights belonging to the
operator of the Panama Canal. Those
rights. as originally defined, were those
necessary for the maintenance. opera
tion, sanitation and protection of the
Canal. and they are carefully pre-
served by the provisions of the new
instrument What the United States
does give up is series of self-acquired
privileges and unfair practices arising
out of misinterpretations of the origi-
nal treaty of 1903 or of sheer military
predominance and abuse of power in
80 years of the one-sided situation
which the new pact is intended to
correct.
1t is hard to believe nevertheless,
that the abolition of the guarantee
of Panamanian independence. the
suppression of the right Of interven-
ton in domestic affairs. the provisions
for consultation in cases of emergency,
the restrictions imposed upon the
commercial activities of the commits
sariats of the Canal Zone, the recog-
milton of various Panamanian claims
in economic. commercial and admins
trative matters, and other such con-
cessions sacrifice any of the funda-
mental rights of the United States for
the maintenance. operation, sanitation
and protection of the Canal.
Good Will Is Valuable.
AS for the second charge, that for
these concessions the United States
gets nothing in return, it must be
borne in mind that. apart from few
secondary material advantages, the
United States would obtain by means
of the new treaty something which is
of incalculable value to her, namely,
the good will and cooperation OF the
Panamanian people. The proposed
new regime of friendly corporation
and joint responsibility, despite the
said oncessions-which,a after all, are
mainly ethical and political-would
make 1t infinitely easier for the United
States to defend those really impor-
tant rights she has in the maintenance.
operation, sanitation and protection of
the Canal. A reconciled and truly
friendly Panama is worth great deal
to the United States.
The third charge, and the more seri-
GUS one, is that the safety of the Canal
would be impaired by the substitution
of provisions for consultation and
agreement between the United States
and Panama as to emergency measures
for its defense instead Of the unilat-
eral and arbitrary powers heretofore
reserved to the United States in this
respect.
Those who proffer such charge ap-
parently seem to forget that, Of all
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countries in the world, Panama is the
one most interested, even more so than
the United States itself, In the safety
of the Panama Canal. After all, its
two most important cities would be the
first to suffer In an emergency attack
on the Canal, and the whole country
would be economically ruined by the
destruction of the Panama Canal.
And If, to give the skeptics the bene-
fit Of the doubt, one comedies the very
hypothetical danger which an un-
friendly Panamanian government
would mean to the defense Of the Canal
by the United States, is not this the very
reason why the United States should
do its utmost to regain Panaman
good will and insure the friendship and
cooperation. in the years to come, Of
the two nations which, as the new
compact reads, made possible the Pan
anna Canal?
tcopyrisht. 1850
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~ OMESTIC and international
politics do not mix we'll. At
/ least the negotiators Of the
- new treaty between the
Evening star., 1936-05-17
TURKISH DICTATOR GAINS
RESPECT In STRAITS PLEA
Europe Startled by Leader Who Takes
Treaties Seriously-Long Feud
With Russia Is Ended.
BY EMIL LENGYEL,


T@URKEY'S one-man government,
the reformer- phenomenon of
the Near and Middle East
\ President Mustapha Kemal
Ataturk-startled the diplomatic
world the other day by asking the
League of Nations and the interested
powers for a conference to decide
whether his country should not again
be given the right to arm and fortify
the Bosphorus and the Dardanelles,
which were demilitarized by the treaty
Lausanne
How delightfully."- original!' the
statesmen of Europe must have
thought-for they we're still smarting
under Hitler's unilateral revision of
the disarmament clauses of the treaty
of Versailles. In their delight at the
thought that at least one country
seemed to take international cove.
naEts seriously, they informed Presi-
dent Ataturk in words dripping with
honey that there were no obstacles
in the way of such conference. I'm
official observers" echoing the
thoughts Of their masters, intimated
that in view Of the exemplary behav-
ior of the Turkish dictator and strong
man. the straits of the Near East
would soon be rearmed.
Most interesting among these dis
patches was the one sent from the
Byzantine buildings of the Kremlin.
The Soviet assured President Ataturk
that it was wholeheartedly behind the
plan. Few people appreciated the
overwhelming significance of this
move. They did not realize that 1t
meant an end TO an old feud which in
the last two centuries has involved
the East and West in periodical mas
sacres.
Instead Of being hereditary enc
mics, Russia and Turkey are now the
best of friends. brought closer by
treaties Of non-aggression and friend
ship and numerous trade pacts. This
change has been brought about partly
by the new policy of Russia and
partly by the revolutionary innova-
tions of President Ataturk.
Dictator Who Looks Part.
Who is this man who has thus
wrought such havoc with a murderous
heritage and is so sure of his sue
cess that he can afford to be con-
ciliatory? He is probably the only
Evening star., 1936-05-17
PUBLIC CONFIDENCE COAL
'OFSTOCK EXCHANGE HEAD
Charles r. Gay, Who Began Career as
s3.a.Week Office Boy, Would
End "Mystery" Illusions.

Wall Street If loss results. He real
ICES the futility of trying to change
human nature, but knows that much
of the misunderstanding can be elimi-
mated.
The president of the New York
Stock Exchange works hours that
would cause the ordinary laboring man
to plead that he was being exploited
and he receives not penny year in
salary.
His working day begins early. He
skips breakfast. His car, medium
priced model, pulls up in front of the
exchange, at Broad and Wall, long
before the gong sounds for the opening
Of business. Taking care of his mail
would be days work in itself for a
lesser executive. Mail comes to the
president of the exchange like water
pours over Niagara. The letters cover
everything from highly important
business to plaintive appeals from
hard-working God-fearirg parents.
back in the country, who want him to
get jobs for their children. Not par
ticularly unusual was the case of a
woman who sent him check for $l00
and requested that he invest it so that
she would receive an income of $40 a
week for the rest of her life.
Every one of these letters is an
swered by Mr.. Gay. Recently woman
wrote to him requesting information
about the exchange. She said she
wanted to make a talk about the ex-
change to an organization of ST grand
mothers in the Bronx. He invited her
and the Sc other grandmothers to go
through the exchange as his guests.
Nerve Center Of Nations Buying.
Should the grandmothers accept,
they would be taken to the floor of the
exchange and there Mr.. Gay would
explain how it was merely the nerve
center of the securities buying of the
Nation; how it is connected, through
the firms of its 1875 members. by more
than 100000 miles of leased telephone
and telegraph wires. with every con-
siderable city and town in the country.
He would explain to them that on the
exchange are traded about 100000
100000 Of securities of companies
whose plants and pay rolls contribute
to the business welfare of thousands
of American communities; that the
greatest part of the business of the
Stock Exchange originates outside of
New York; that the exchange does not
fix prices; that the stock values are
Evening star., 1936-05-17
BY GASTON NEHYAL.

~ OMESTIC and international
politics do not mix well. At
least the negotiators of the
new treaty between the
United States and Panama have am
pie reason to believe so.
After months of arduous and pro-
tracted negotiations, in which not
only diplomats but military experts
and economic advisers were consulted,
the Panamanian plenipotentiaries and
the representatives of the State De-
partment signed. last March. new
compact to regulate the peculiar re-
lations between the United States and
Panama arising from the existence of
the Panama Canal.
Today. instead of sober judgment
of the same on its own merits, they
witness a partisan attempt In both
countries to misinterpret the issues
involved and to place the new instru-
ment in an unpopular light.
The reason is not hard to find-this
is an election year" both for Panama
and for the United States and the
demand is great for political ammu-
milton with which to criticize and
embarrass the men in power.
Down in Panama extremists attack
the new treaty for not having secured
100 per cent their most exaggerated
demands. They claim it is an unnec-
essary and dangerous compromise, for
it will tie the hands of Panama in
the future and prevent her from get
ting even better terms. They 60 so
far as to argue that they prefer the
present order Of things with all its in
justices and abuses, for at least they
can resent and denounce such abuses
before the world, while acceptance of
the new treaty would amount to waiv-
ing all future claims against the
United States.
Opposition in U. s. Serious.
Here In the United States oppo-
sition to the pact seems even more
serious. According to prominent head
lines in certain sections Of the press,
it gives up all the rights and the privi-
leges obtained under Theodore Roose-
welt, secures nothing in exchange and,
what is even more important, it jeop-
ardizes the safety of the Panama
Canal and, therefore, the whole mill
tary defense Of the United States.
Charges as serious as these are bound
to take votes away. not only from the
treaty when it comes up for ratifica-
ton in the Senate, but from the ad-
ministration when It comes up for re-
election in November.
What is the truth, however, of these
charges? As for the first. any one
acquainted with the background Of
United states-Panama relations since
Theodore Roosevelt. in his own words.
Evening star., 1936-05-17

made by the composite beliefs and ac-
tions of investors throughout the
world; that the exchange is merely
the barometer.
Each morning, after getting his
mail in order and seeing his early
visitors, Mr.. Gay goes to the Stock
Exchange Luncheon Club for a glass
Of iced coffee, his favorite beverage
Winter and Summer. He takes off
only a few minutes for luncheon,
which he eats at small side table
in the luncheon club. During pre-
vious administrations the president
of the exchange usually sat at large
table in the center of the club and
around it gathered number of more
influential members. Mr. Gay didn't
carry on that tradition. He still sits
at the same table that he used for
years before becoming president. His
friends in the Street call him Charley.
He has changed only in that he is
much buster than at any other time
in an active life.
After or 10 hours in his Office
Mr.. Gay usually goes to his comfort
able but unpretentious home in
Brooklyn, where he often works far
into the night on a speech, a report,
or other Stock Exchange business.
He makes frequent trips to Washing
ton. where he is known as a broker
who never took part in a stock rig
ring operation.
During the Summer he passes as
much time as possible with his wife
at their home in Huntington, Long
Island, where he maintains attractive
flower gardens. He enjoys nothing
more than working in his gardens,
and is especially interested in Alpine
and rock plants. He keeps his waist
line in trim by playing golf, but so
far as his intimates know he never
yet has won any tournaments.
Likes Sea Stories.
Mr.. Gay is regular attendant at
church. He enjoys the opera, but does
not care a whit for motion pictures
or the theater. His interest in the
sea probably is second only to garden
ing. He likes sea stories, particularly
those by Conrad. Kipling and Dick
ems also are high among his favorites,
but occasionally he will relax with
detective story or Western. Since
becoming president of the exchange
he has been an ardent reader of
works on economics and finance.
There is nothing particularly strik-
ing about his appearance. He is
slightly over six feet tall, well propor-
toned and weighs 1872 pounds. His
dark hair, which he parts on the
side, is beginning to turn gray and
become sparse around the temples.
His eyes are alert, often betraying
kindly twinkle. His chin is deter
mined without being too prominent;
his eyebrows rather bushy. Mr.. Gay
dresses conservatively and he got a
laugh out Of 1t recently when a re-
porter wrote that he wore spats.
His sense of humor is keen and It
is not unusual these days to hear
laughter in the Office of the president
Of the exchange. A London news
paper called him not long ago and
wanted to know something about his
lions. His reply was that he had
rubbed shoulders with bulls and bears
for IS years, but that lions were a
bit out of his line. He learned later
that there is another Charles r. Gay,
who has quite reputation as a lion
trainer. Mr.. Gay would like to meet
his lion-taming namesake.
Although his administration at the
Stock Exchange is considered progres.
sive, Mr.. Gays economic philosophy
Is conservative. He was born with no
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dictator today who looks his part.
People who see him for the first time
in public are struck by his appear
ance He looks like a real Mephisto-
pheles, gazing darkly into the secrets
of time. His impenetrable dark eyes
are set deep. hidden by battling sha-
dows. His fieshy nose curls toward
the narrow lips. which are tradition
ally symbolic of determination.
Mustapha Kemal Ataturk likes to be
elegantly dressed. and usually wears
an expensive jewel in his tie. Although
he is Sc his movements are 1.-the.
Contrary to Oriental customs. he sell
dom uses his hands when speaking,
except when he forgets himself. His
voice is a strong basso, which turns
into a metallic baritone when he
wants to be particularly friendly
which is seldom.
His scowling mask may, however.
fall with bewildering rapidity, and
then his unfathomable eyes light up
with mischievous sparkle-the smile
OF a young boy. His eyes receive as
siStance from laughing lips and you
have before you a man of the world
who is just dying to have good time
and is an expert in getting it.
He is not only president and dicta-
tor; he is the creator of modern Tur-
key. More than any of the other die
tators, he bears the responsibility for
what his country is today. He not
only led great movement, but ac-
complished the unusual feat of trans
forming one of the most backward
countries of the Near East into a
standard bearer of civilization. More
than great national leader. he is the
most potent force in the entire Islamic
world.
Inspiration for Modern Country.
If the East is astir with new begin
nings. making every effort to bid fare
well to its old self and get rid of the
filth and picturesque beggary of the
past. Mustapha Kemal Ataturk is It's
inspiration
Kemal and Ataturk are later addi-
hood was Mustapha. No memorial
slab marks the place where he was
born in Saloniki, then in Turkey and
now part of Greece.
The old Greek neighbor of Musta-
pha's parents, whom met last Sum-
mer, described their home as a simple
frame house, coated with lime. 1t
was not far from the Seven Towers,
the famous Heptapyrgion, landmark
for centuries. The house burned dur
ing the conflagration that devastated
the city in the World War.
The old neighbor remembered Mus
tapha as a naughty boy who shared
command over a gang Of children with
famous child character of that sec
tion-Omar the One-Eyed. son OF
Yusuf the Tailor. Mustapha seems
to have been the strategist of the
gang.
Mustapha's father was a subordinate
customs official. and later went into
the timber trade. He died early and
his widow was left sufficient means to
educate their child. According to the
neighbor, Mustapha's mother was
religious woman, anxious to have her
son become q hodja-a religious
teacher; but the son showed more in
terest in the art Of war. He did not
like his Arabic teachers strict follow
ing Of the prophets advice not to
spare the rod, so he turned his back
on school. He spent few days in
q sort of truants' reform institution
his first taste Of life behind the bars.
Reconciled to the inevitable, he went
back to school, and liked his new
teacher, who soon discovered the un-
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cannot work as it ought to work un-
less its action is supported by the
principal members.
I believe that in every country
popular sympathy is with the League.
Evening star., 1936-05-17

But it is in many countries inarticu-
late and ineffective for want of or
ganization. If there we're an equiva-
lent League of Nations union in
every country, peace would be secure.