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Evening star., 1936-12-18
BISHOP FREEMAN
ASKS CHURCH FUNDS
Makes Appeal for $45,0O0 Drive
for St. Stephen and Incarna-
ton Parish.

Right Rev. James e. Freeman, Bishop
OF Washington, today addressed an
open letter to churchmen Of the
Washington diocese urging them to
support the drive for $45,000 which
Is being conducted by the Church Of
st. Stephen and the Incarnation.
"The crisis facing this important
parish" Bishop Freeman wrote, is
one which concerns the whole dio-
cese, so 1 gladly commend to all Of
our generous churchmen this effort
to secure $45,000. This is necessary
to put the parish on its feet and en-
able it to play its full part in all
diocesan activities"
DR.. w. Sinclair Bowen and Lieut..
Evening star., 1936-12-18
BACKS O'CONNER
O'Connell to Aid New Yorker In
House Fight.

Representative O'Connell Of Rhode
Island today gave his support to Rep
senentative OConner, New York. In
the contest for House majority floor
leader.
Evening star., 1936-12-18

Oliver Spaulding, DR.. r. J. Sylvester.
Heath Berry, DR.. A. Cantee Thomp-
son and Lansing Walk.
Evening star., 1936-12-18

New Zealand has shipped 66,114,000
rabbit skins to other countries In the
last seven years.
Evening star., 1936-08-01
Not COmmunistic.

Certain aspects of the New Deal are
eminently defensible. That has been
conceded by no less an authority than
Col. Frank Knox, Republican candidate
for Vice President 1t also has been
acknowledged by a great many less
famous but equally fair-minded students
of recent history. P. w. A. and. C. C. c.
are but two of a considerable number OF
experiments" which have been dis
tinctively successful and useful and for
which the country at large should be
willing to express appreciation. It is
a matter to rejoice about that not all
the money spent during these three long
years" has been wasted.
Yet there exists in some opposition
quarters curious blindness with regard
to the "plus values" of the Roosevelt
regime. Col Knox's example has not
been adopted by the majority OF critics.
Father Charles E. Coughlin, for instance,
has condemned the President for every
thing he has tried to do, much as in
1882 he condemned the Presidents prede-
cessor. The apostle Of social justice"
has not thought it necessary to be just
or charitable toward any phase Of either
the New Deal or the Old.
But perhaps better citation to illus
trate the point is that of those agitators
who periodically accuse the Bureau OF
Indian Affairs of blatant communism" !"
The charge has frequent airing in the
press. 1t has been repeated even by per-
is in danger of being received into the
almost immutable pattern of the public
mind. Yet its lack of merit is disclosed
the moment it is realized that the
Wheeler Howard act is permissive and
not coercive. No Indian is obliged to
take advantage of its terms, and no In
dian who does is destined to be Soviet
ized." The law aims at government,
which surely is not an ideal too sinfully
radical to meet with general approval
at the hands of a people dedicated to
the proposition that all men are created
equal"
Possibly it is too early to appraise
the endeavor of the New Deal to help
the degraded and poverty-stricken In
dian communities. The final verdict may
not be feasible so soon as November g..
Meanwhile it happens to be true that
the program of the Indian Bureau under
Commissioner John Collier is an essen
tial purpose practically the same that
it was under Commissioner Charles D.
Rhodes-Indian self-rule and self-suff1-
cheney. If that objective is communistic
in Franklin D. Roosevelt's time, it also
was communistic in Herbert Hoovers.
Evening star., 1936-08-01
Good for Business.

It once was believed that business
customarily suffered from the quadren-
nial preoccupation Of great numbers of
citizens with politics. National cam
paign years, it was supposed, were bad
for trade" And 1t may easily be that
such was the case in days gone by. In
1885, however, the contrary appears to
be true.
The railroads, for example, certainly
have not lost anything carrying thou
sands of Republicans and then almost
as many thousands of Townsendites to
Cleveland, not to mention the hosts of
New Dealers to Philadelphia or the null
titudes of all varieties of voters that
fiocked to Topeka to hear Governor
Landon reafirm traditional American
ideals in his acceptance address.
Hotels, also, surely must have enjoyed
considerable prosperity this Summer;
and the same observation probably
Evening star., 1936-08-01
High Milk Standards.

The Commissioners are taking COM
nonsense course in asking the health
officer to investigate the standards to be
met by milk producers in the District
market in order to determine whether
such standards are drastic, unreaSon-
able, capricious or do not have the effect
of preserving or tending to preserve the
public health" Such regulations should
be examined from time to time as a
matter of course.
But an examination of the regulations
with such objectives IN mind as outlined
by the Commissioners, and an examina-
ton of the regulations with the OBJ
jective OF lowering milk standards to
avoid an increase in the price of milk.
are two separate and distinct things.
The community, it is believed, can count
on DR.. Rutland not to sacrifice high milk
standards as method of securing other
temporary advantages.
Standards for milk in Washington are
probably high in comparison with stand
aIQS III SOLl6 Ut1lC1 AAA~
result is that Washington enjoys better
milk. Ordinary milk in Washington
sometimes equals the standards for Ger
tilted milk, which brings higher price.
The existing standards, based on butter
fat content, bacteria count, condition OF
milk houses, quality of cattle, etc., have
been slowly built up through the years.
Raising the standard of milk was one OF
DR.. Fowler's chief objectives, and his
success in that direction is credit to
his administration.
Such standards-unless they represent
regulations which are drastic, unreason-
able, capricious be preserved,
regardless of the various elements which,
taken together, now threaten to increase
the price of milk in Washington. If the
regulations are unreasonable or capri
cious, they should, of course, go out.
They have no standing anywhere.
Evening star., 1936-08-01

applies to restaurants, theaters and those
strange combinations of both which are
called might clubs" Taxicab COM
panies, too, doubtless have had some
advantage in the convention cities. And
the manufacturers of buttons and
badges, flags and bunting, tin horns and
COW bells, noise-making devices of all
varieties, should be in position to de-
clare extra dividends.
The list is endless. Telephone, radio
and telegraph systems, among other serv-
ice organizations, may be expected to
have reaped a golden harvest. The
printing and publishing industries are
happy over the oceans of propaganda
sent to press. Even Postmaster General
Farley's biggest business in the world
the Post Office DEPARTMENTS in line
for a share in the benefit; all parties, all
candidates must buy stamps, even though
great bulk of political mail matter is
carried free by Government frank.
Labor particularly stands to gain by
the spending. The battle for votes
makes work" as nothing else can. In
deed, it seems that real hot struggle,
If sufficiently prolonged, might go far
to solve the national unemployment
problem. The only class overlooked is
that of the professional marchers In
torchlight professions. Nowadays, Gu
riously enough, parades are torchless.
But possibly an increase in the number
OF brass bands takes up the slack. In
the interest of spirited enthusiasm, it
may be hoped So
Evening star., 1936-08-01

of its periodic opportunity to decide the
fate of the Republic.
And improved facilities of communica-
ton have brought prevailing issues into
every home. Press, radio and movies
combine to create psychology of active
interest in the current campaign. It
follows that the number of ballots cast
November should be the greatest ever
recorded. Surely, no one wilfully will
avoid either the duty or the RESPONSE
bility. In Washington, specifically, there
are many individuals who possess civic
rights elsewhere. They should not delay
IN providing to exercise them.
Evening star., 1936-08-01
The Veterans Grow Older.

The day after enactment of the bonus
bill over the Presidents veto in January,
veterans leaders called at the White
House, and a statement later informed
the press that they had assured the
President that
They would do everything in their
power to persuade veterans to retain the
bonds issued to them in lieu of their
adjusted service certificates unless they
expected to use the cash for some per-
manently useful purpose. Immediate
and urgent need for funds offers, of
course, valid reason for cashing the
bonds.
1t does not make any difference
whether a veterans reasons for cashing
his bonus are vahd or invalid. That is
his business. But it is revealing thing
that in six weeks only sixty per cent
of the veterans have cashed their bonds
and, presumably, spent the money. For
the veterans today probably represent an
accurate cross section of middle-aged
America, getting thin on the top Of their
heads and thick around the middle; sup
porting families and lifting their noses
from the grindstone only long enough
to take another look at the mortgage.
The fact that only slightly more than
half of them have cashed their bonds,
or, putting it another way have felt the
necessity for cashing their bonds after
four years of depression, speaks pretty
well for them.
Six weeks may be too short a time
to pass anything like final Judgment
But the available figures show that the
rush to cash the bonds occurred within
two weeks after they became available
and then fell of sharply. The percentage
of those cashing their bonds within the
first year win, of course, be larger than
is shown now. But if cashing the bonds
was any indication of immediate need, 1t
is interesting to note that only slight
majority of the veterans felt that need.
Those who cash their bonds from now
on will doubtless represent the class OF
deliberate spenders, who prefer what
their money will buy now to what IL
would buy, with three per cent interest,
ten years hence. The five per cent OF
eligible veterans who have not yet even
applied for their bonds probably repre-
sent the silk stocking class and those
blissful persons who bask in ignorance
of what is going on.
The greater the number Of veterans
who cash their bonds the less the even
tual drain on the Treasury. The immedi-
ate outlay of necessary cash, however,
already exceeds a billion.
Evening star., 1936-08-01
STARS, MEN AND ATOMS
Notebook of Science Progress in Field,
Laboratory and Study.
laboratory and Study.
BY THOMAS n. HENRY.

the other races represented. In the
civilian groups 1t Is not occupationally
outstanding, but ranks second in men
who have attended professional school
or college.
The second ranking type in the Amer
ican population. DIR. Hooton found, is
the Nordic-Alpine. 1t ranks first in
the professional, second in the criminal
and third in the laboring gpup. Nu-
merically 1t seems to center about New
England and to be markedly deficient
in Kentucky. Probable exceSses Of the
type, DR.. Hooton found. occur also in
Texas, Wisconsin and Tennessee. 1t is
markedly deficient in English, Welsh
and Scandinavian descendants. On the
other hand, it includes exceSSeS Of per-
sons of Polish-Austrian, Russian, Teu-
tonic, French and Jewish parentage.
Two racial types are tied for third
place in the combined series-the pre-
dominantly Nordic and the Dinaric
types. The first is slightly in excess.
Curiously enough, it is found more fire.
quently in Jail than out. The criminals
of this group rank above the mean in
murder and have a high position in
forgery, fraud and bootlegging. Its
REPRESENTATIVES, lain DCSOl1Q IA
clerical occupations, and are very low in
unskilled labor and personal service. In
educational qualifications the group
ranks third.
The Dinaric group ranks first in cleri-
cal and professional pursuits Sec
ond in professions and public service and
third in the skilled trades. 1t is low in
unskilled laborers and appears to be
mainly a city type. Among the GRIM
inals it is the best educated type, the
Dinarics in Jail being largely Of German
descent
The Keltic type-essentially Irish,
Welsh and Scandinavian in ancestry
ranks fifth in the American population
complex. Educationally it is in second
place. It ranks high in crimes of vio-
lence
Each type classified by DR.. Hooton has
its distinguishing characteristics, both
physical and cultural, which it seems to
be maintaining in the American melting
pot. The lowest numerically of all
perhaps contrary to the general impress
Sion-is the pure Nordic.
Says DIR. Hooton: Every one of our
so-called racial types is represented by
a substantial body of convicted felons at
the one end of the scale and by group
Of eminently respectable and intelligent
citizens at the ether. There is no
anthropological ground whatsoever for
selecting any so-called racial group, or
any ethnic, national, linguistic or rei-
gious group, for preferment or condem-
nation. Our real purpose should be to
segregate and to eliminate the unfit,
worthless, degenerate and anti-social
portion of each racial and ethnic strain
in our population, so that we may
utilize the substantial merits of its sound
majority, and the special and diversified
gifts of its superior members"
Evening star., 1936-08-01

There are nine races Of Americans.
Such is the finding of DR.. Earnest A.
Hooton, professor of anthropology at
Harvard University, from physical meas
urements of three diverse elements in
of criminals in penitentiaries, a working
class group in Boston and a professional
class group of visitors at the Chicago
Worlds Fair.
In each of these groups DR.. Hooton
finds his nine races-always defined by
their physical characteristics - about
equally represented. Each person con-
sidered in the study had at least two
generations Of American ancestry.
Following are the nine American
races, as classified by DR.. Hooton:
The pure Nordic type Of pure blond
long heads.
The pure Mediterranean type Of pure
brunette long heads.
The predominantly Nordic type of
near blond long heads.
The Kettle type of long heads with
disharmonic pigment combinations.
The mixed Nordic- Mediterranean type
of long heads with intermediate but
darkish pigmentation.
The East Baltic type Of pure blond
round heads with medium to broad
noses
The Alpine type Of pure brunette
round heads with medium to broad
noses
The mixed Nordic-Alpine type Of
round heads with intermediate but light
ish pigmentation and medium to broad
noses
The mixed Dinaric type of round
heads with intermediate pigmentation
and narrow noses.
These racial types, per Sc, have moth
ing to do with nationality or country Of
origin. Actually, Of course, Scandi-
navians would show a predominance OF
pure Nordics and persons from Asia
Minor of mixed Dinarics. But, SO far
as any individual is concerned, Nor
wegian might fall into the Dinaric or
Mediterranean classification and two
brothers might fall into two racial
groups. When large numbers are con-
sidered, however, each racial type would
show homogeneous ancestry-as DR..
Hooton found when he checked up on
the countries Of origin.
The most numerous racial type in the
American population, DR.. Hooton found,
is the Nordic- c-Mediterranean. It con-
stituted about rs per cent of the COM
bined series, ranking first among the
criminals and a close second in each
OF the two other groups examined. 1t
seems to be a predominantly British
type. Among the criminals, DR.. Hooton
found, this type Is remarkable because
Of its high ranking in first and second
degree murder and its low ranking in
burglary and larceny. Occupationally 1t
is rather high in skilled trades and de-
cidedly low in clerical work. Educa-
.tionally its achievements are very low
in the criminal class, compared with
Evening star., 1936-08-01
Conscious Citizenship.

One of the advantages Of the Ameri.
can system of government obviously Is
that of the consciousness of citizenship
which it promotes and upon which 1t
depends. The principle was new when
1t was adopted. In Europe, the franchise
always had been restricted to the uses
Of minorities. Even in the democracy OF
ancient Athens relatively few indi-
viduals were permitted to vote. Uni
versal suffrage, it was true, had been
talked about, argued about, for cen.
turies. Yet practical steps toward that
end never had been taken. Property
requirements, if nothing else, seemed
necessary in the judgment of the re-
formers. The notion that the laboring
classes should be conceded the right to
o voice in the affairs of the state simply
was too radical to be considered Sc
xiously.
But at the moment when the United
States was organized, the sponsors of the
infant nation realized that the support
of the entire population was requisite
to the success of the experiment they
were undertaking. The doctrine OF rep
resentation, therefore, was carried over
from the Declaration of Independence
to the Constitution. Only chattel slaves
and women were barred from the polls
in the intent of the basic law. Relief
for the former was afforded in the If
teenth amendment, for the latter in the
nineteenth. Meanwhile, detailed ar
rangements were left to the several con-
stituent Commonwealth and a gradual
liberalization of those arrangements took
place. The theory of democracy increas-
tngly became a fact of standard prac-
tice throughout the country.
Today, after nearly a century and a
half of social evolution, citizenship and
suffrage are in effect synonymous.
Whatever distinctions there formerly
were have been eliminated. With no
exceptions save those of aliens, criminals,
lunatics and the inhabitants of the Dis
trict of Columbia, America as whole is
privileged to control its own destiny.
The electorate has nothing but itself
to blame If it does not make the most
Evening star., 1936-08-01
Infiltration of Foreign
Ideas Imperils America
To the Editor Of The Star:

To the Editor Of The Star:
Some historical knowledge and ac-
quaintance with anthropology, and re-
Election thereon in their relation to the
economic, political and racial conditions
prevailing in the United States lead to
the inescapable conclusion that our in
stitutions are doomed and that the time
is not far distant when the economic,
social and political conditions now pre-
vailing in continental Europe will find
their counterpart here.
These United States were settled pri-
marily by people of Anglo-Saxon origin.
Such were the people who gave birth to
our institutions, which were an express
sion of their historical background and
of their character. They are the only
people of the human race who are
capable of self-government. We made
the mistake of holding our country out
of all races, with the result that peoples
of different breeds and psychology from
all parts of the world, and many of them
not of the best Of their race, have been
pouring into the United States ever since
the Civil War. The result is that our
people of Anglo-Saxon strain and the
original stock have become submerged
and now constitute minority. The very
institutions our ancestors conceived and
established, which, by giving power to the
people, were designed to preserve and
perpetuate our liberties, and which would
have accomplished all that was expected
of them had we remained homogeneous
people, have become the instrument of
our undoing.
The people who now control the politics
of the United States by the grant of
practically universal suffrage have no
heritage of free or popular government,
or the slightest comprehension of what
it is, or capacity to operate democratic
government as understood and practiced
by peoples of the Anglo-Saxon race.
Nations, like individuals, have their
rhythms, their curves, their rise and
their fall of glory. It's explanation lies
in the dual process of racial impoyeriSh.
ment-the elimination of superior strains
and the multiplication of degenerates
and interiors. 1t is this that has de-
stroyed the proudest civilizations. 1t Is
a process that works inexorably among
all peoples. It seems to be universal
law of Nature, and one from which we
cannot expect to be exempt. It is
manifestly at work amongst us today,
and accounts for the conditions in which
we find ourselves at present.
1t has become manifest for the FORE
going reasons that our political insti-
tutions and social order will undergo
radical changes within the next genera
ton, and that government of the people,
by the people and for the people will
cease to exist amongst us. Our Consti-
tuition and governmental policies will be
so changed that not one vestige Of
their Anglo-Saxon origin will remain.
Just what form our institutions Of
the future will take cannot be now pre-
dicted, but of one thing we can be as
sured, that they will no longer be a
representative democracy, because such
institutions are alien to and beyond the
capacity of the majority of that class Of
people who now compose our population.
ALEXANDER SIDNEY LANIER.
Evening star., 1936-08-01
Drivers of Death Cars
Should Go to Prison

There appears to be an increase Of
automobiles and of fast driving. Some
time ago the newspapers conducted an
automobile safety campaign. But they
seem to have grown weary in well-doing,
for the campaign lags at present. Mean
while the slaughter of the innocents by
these deadly demon cars goes on. Death
rides with the driver.
The killing of innocent people by au-
tomobiles will not cease until reckless
drivers are defined by law as criminals
and punished by the criminal code.
Drivers whose cars kill people should be
considered by the law as guilty Of man
slaughter, and sent to the penitentiary
for long terms. Drivers whose cars in
iure people should be sent to prison for
the commission of felony. 1t is
mockery of justice to fine these killers. A
person who is killed by an automobile
is just as dead as If he were murdered.
The law must be written anew to place
drivers of automobiles whose cars kill
and injure people in the criminal class
and to place them also in prison.
There should be rigid laws in every
city and town prohibiting fast driving
within city and town limits. Most people
who are killed and injured by automo-
biles are killed and injured in cities and
towns
If these speed devils want to indulge
their frantic madness, let them do SO on
the broad arterial highways, where there
are few or no pedestrians (nothing but
cattle, dogs, cats, chickens and wild
creatures to be killed.. But slow these
fellows up in cities and towns. There
is no need to hurry within the short
limits of city or town. Far better lose
10 minutes than kill manor a baby.
Let the lawmakers and the police get
to work on this matter, if they have any
regard at all for the sanctity of human
life. CHARLES HOOPER.
Occur d'Alene, Idaho.