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Evening star., 1936-12-18
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

That EZRA of good feeling which set
in after the November election will have
a pleasant exemplif1cation in Washing
ton next week. During his brief sojourn
here for the Gridiron dinner, at which
he will be a co-guest with President
Roosevelt, Gov. Alfred M. Landon plans
to pay a friendly visit to F. D. r. at the
White House. The occasion will be the
expression of mutual wish to renew
and cement the comradeShip established
when the rival presidential candidates
met in Des Moines last Summer for a
drought conference. The two men
formed a genuine liking for each other.
Subsequent opportunities we're utilized
to let private assurances on that score
trickle back, respectively. to Topeka and
Hyde Park. Gov Landon will spend
only few hours in the Capital. Well
authenticated news precedes his arrival
to the effect that he has pretty definitely
abandoned political ambitions and in
tends without delay to rededicate his
energies to his oil business. Talk of the
Governors entering the 1888 Kansas
senatorial race died down after the
Waterloo of November 3. Some of Lam
don's stanchest supporters are skeptical
dlLy SuCIl dSpll PoA
in view of the failure to carry his home
State last month.
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John Hamilton's reinstatement in the
Republican National Committee chair
manShip is something more than per-
Sonal vindication. 1t denotes the con-
Wction of G. o. P. leaders that the party
must continue to be Western in outlook
and aspect for the immediate future. and
tinge its policies and machinery with the
liberalized or progressive hue supposedly
indigenous to the wide open spaces.
Hamiltons own political possibilities are
a matter of lively speculation among his
friends and Republicans generally. II
Landon does not run for the Senate two
years hence, some authorities think
Hamilton will loom as the logical oppo-
nent of Senator George McGill. the DEM
ocratic incumbent. who prospectively will
seek third term. The national chair
man also figures in long range talk about
the next Republican presidential nomi-
nation. His forthcoming activities as
rebuilder in chief of the elephants shat
tered fortunes will afford him constant
opportunity for contacts and for crea-
ton of a personal following, although
It's not suggested, OF course, tnat ne
would exploit the national organization
for his own political aggrandizement.
n
Prediction is already rampant that II
the crown of martyrdom falls upon the
cultured head of DR.. Glenn Frank, as
the result of his removal from the Uni
versity of Wisconsin presidency, he Will
prance with giant stride into the limited
company of G. o. P. white hopes Tor
1910. A year or two ago, when the Re-
publicans were cropping for 1886 stand
ard bearer, Frank was one OF the dar-
lings of the dark horse gods. Though
widely known as an educator, writer and
lecturer, he has not the national popu-
lar reputation that an custer from Wis
consin, under present enbattled circum-
stances, would give him almost over
night. Frank qualities geographically
from the standpoint Of Republican reeds
Evening star., 1936-12-18
A Melancholy lob.

Almost on the eve of Christmas off,
cials of the Government, and particularly
members of Congress, are talking of the
need of cutting expenditures. Cutting
expenditures means cutting the pay rolls
as rule. Speaker Bankhead and Chair
man Buchanan of the House Appropria-
tions Committee are solemnly warning
that something must be DONE looking to
a time when the budget may be balanced.
This Is not a new note. Members of
Congress, particularly the chairmen of
appropriations committees, invariably
call attention at the opening of every
session of Congress to large governmental
expenditures and the need for curtailing.
At present there is very real need to
watch the dollars. The Government has
been spending billions of dollars each
year on an increasing scale. These dol
lars come from the pockets of the tax
payers or they are borrowed through the
issue of Government securities, with the
day of payment postponed.
1t is impossible, however, not to SYM
pathize with the members of Congress
who must vote the cuts in appropriations
or with the employees of the Government
who must suffer from the cuts. 1t is
tough and melancholy job any way you
look at it. Watchdogs of the Treasury
perform useful duty. They are, on the
other hand, not popular.
Cuts in the appropriations for the reg
ular agencies of the Government are
difficult to make. There is even reason
to believe that such cuts in the coming
Congress will be wellnigh impossible
The legislators are turning their attention
at this juncture to the so-called emer-
gency agencies and to the new admins
trations" and bureaus. 1t is in that direc-
ton that the hope for reduced expendi-
lures seems to lie at present. And yet
when it comes to reducing relief" ex-
penditures there is real problem. Those
who have been receiving relief will not
Evening star., 1936-12-18
TOy Fund Entertainment.

This evening the Toy Ball is to be
held at the Shoreham Hotel and tomor-
row morning the Toy Matinees are to be
presented in eleven Warner Brothers
theaters. Washington already knows the
purpose of both varieties of entertain
ment. The one is designed for adults,
the other for children-both to provide
opportunities for the characterization of
Christmas happiness in the District of
Columbia
Such an objective requires no ex-
planation. 1t is instinct in the spirit of
the annual celebration that every living
soul should share in the joy of the occa-
sion. No barriers of poverty can be
allowed to separate the human family
at the season when Divine Charity is
recognized as the elemental law of
Christian civilization. Any individual
who willfully refused to join in the time
honored custom of giving at Yuletide
would be self -exiled from that fellow
ship which is the primary principle of
all the social welfare and progress there
is in the world.
And it is appropriate that the giving
as well as the receiving should be a
business of pleasure. If people wish to
dance in a beautiful ball room and to
the strains of rhythmic melody, the
sponsors of the Toy Fund will be de-
lighted. Again, if thousands of boys and
girls desire to pay" new playthings for
admission to the movies, the process is
painless and the result should be that
each needy young contemporary will be
remembered by the very best kind of
Santa Claus.
The Star counts 1t privilege to urge
attendance at both the Toy Ball and the
Toy Matinees. Much of the success of
the campaign depends upon crowds at
the Shoreham and at the Warner the
aters. But the active help of the whole
community likewise is wanted, and all
who prefer other ways of contributing
are again invited to obey the natural
impulse to aid Immediately. 1t will be
heart-Warming satisfaction on Christ
mas day to be conscious of having par
ticipated in so generous a cause.
Evening star., 1936-12-18

take kindly to the idea Of giving up the
benefits. No estimates of the amount
needed for relief during the next fiscal
year have been submitted nor will they
be until the Presidents budget message
goes to Congress.
The warnings that expenditures must
be reduced may. in reality. be merely
another way of attempting to prevent
new and additional appropriations of
Government funds. In the end there may
be few cuts. The Government is engaged
in many beneficial activities for the
people. There are many other activities
in which the Government could engage
with benefit to the people. Unfortunately,
however, there is always the question of
where the money is to come from and
how much there is available.
Evening star., 1936-12-18

their own pension systems at an esti-
mated cost of s3OOO0,OOO a year. If the
rail pension act is upheld. the companies
would be subject to its provisions at
cost of something like S60,000000. If
the act is invalidated. the railroads, like
other employers, would come automati-
cally under the social security law at
an annual expense of some $4,000, 900.
Should that happen. managements would
have to choose between modifying or
abolishing their independent pension
plans.
Apparently the Philippines have now
reached point where they have foreign
relations requiring special shepherding
by Uncle Sam. To look after them the
State Department has just created q
division to be known as the Office Of
Philippine affairs. 1t will be headed by
Joseph Earle Jacobs, South Carolinian
and foreign service career man. His
previous activities included tours of duty
at various posts in China, extending
from 1915 until 1880, when he was as
signed to the State Department. He
rates as q Far Eastern expert.
(copyright. 1850
Evening star., 1936-12-18

work as a great national institution OF
research and learning. Secretary Ickes,
moved by somewhat similar sentiments,
looks with favor upon the suggestion that
the memorial take the form of a great
auditorium. Certainly the latter would
I'LL q hitherto unmet need OF the Ma
tions Capital and provide a proper and
inspiring setting for the meetings of some
of the great rational organizations. now
denied a meeting place in Washington
because of the lack of any hall or build
ing large enough to provide seating space
as we'll as space for their concurrent
exhibitions of progress in the arts and
sciences.
There is already a formidable list of
such organizations. Naming only few
of them, the American Medical Asso-
citation, the Christian Endeavor Associa-
ton, American Dental Association, Ma
tional Education Association, American
Association for the Advancement of
Science. American Nurses Association,
American Society of Metals-those are
unable to find the room, under a single
roof, for their meetings and exhibits in
Washington.
A memorial to Jefferson that likewise
provided the facilities for advancement
and diffusion of the knowledge that sets
men free would most likely appeal to a
man of Jeffersons character, no matter
what the exact form of that memorial
might be.
Evening star., 1936-12-18
Famous Military Leaders
Who Went Into Battle
To the Editor OF The Star:

To the Editor OF The Star:
A writer to The Star states that in the
army princes OF the royal houses start
at the top Not with the Hohenzollerns.
Every boy In the family was commits
stoned a second lieutenant at the age OF
10. BY the time he reached 81 he had
gone through a stern course of instruc-
ton. Then he would become a ma jor
or colonel. And then, very gradually, he
advanced to the leadership of corps and
armies.
In the days of the old-style field bat
ties, especially at critical moments, kings
and chief commanders themselves went
into action. Reclining on the crossed
pixies of six grenadiers, Charles XII of
Sweden, sorely wounded. had himself
carried into the thick Of the slaughter
Gustavus Adolphus died while leading
his horsemen. In the meantime his ad-
versary, the great Duke of Friedland. rode
through the Austrian ranks encouraging
the bold. terrifying the timid with the
glare of his baleful eye" At Kolin the
great Frederick, gathering up few shat
tered remnants, led them against an
enemy battery.
Aged 70. Field Marshal Count Schwerin
fell at Prague Snatching the colors
from the hands of wounded ensign, the
old gentleman steadied wavering regi-
ment and led the way. No old-age
security for him. Pipe in mouth and
saber in fist, Seydlitz and Blucher
rode with their men. At Munda, 46 BE-,
Imperial Caesar himself fought as q
common soldier His body, enfeebled by
dissipation. his intrepid soul carried on.
AS late as the Spanish American War
Lieut.. Col. Theodore Roosevelt, yelling
like an Apache, sailed right in with his
bushwhackers. Alexander Suvarof, IA
nous Russian commander slept on the
bare ground with his men. An old
army coat covered him. And then, of
course, there is the helmet of Navarro.
the daShing Henry Nv of France. The
great white plume" on his hat pointed
the way.
These days it's all G. H. Q.-general
headquarters. I guess it has to be. But
who can get up any spunk fighting for
the A. B. CT FRED VETTER.
Evening star., 1936-12-18

Hes a native of Missouri. grew up in the
West, and has spent the major part of
his mature life beyond the Alleghanies
The man who now finds himself at dag
gers drawn with Gov. Phil La Toilette
will be so years old next Fall. Incl
dentally. Rex Tugwell is being mentioned
as DR.. Franks successor If there's to be
vacancy at Madison.
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President RooSevelt'S return to the
White House comedies with the con-
tinuous pre-holiday avalanche of cor
poration dividends, wage increases and
employees bonuses. reported from vir-
tuallv every section of the country
Callers at the executive offices find the
master of the New Deal radiant with sat-
isfaction over this golden evidence of
happy days. The President is especially
pleased with Secretary Morgenthau's
report of substantially increased income
tax returns. Some of Mr.. RooSevelt's
principal hopes of a balanced budget
rest upon augmented Treasury revenue
resultant from business improvement.
End -of-the-year facts and figures piling
in from the four points of the CONNER
cial and financial compass bolster White
House confidence that expectations on
that score are amply justified. Divi-
dends declared in December approx
mate S350,000000 Since November /,
the total points toward sl,250,000,000.
Washington international quarters,
American as we'll as foreign, note with
lively interest the movement launched
in the House of Commons at London
this week with Prime Minister Bald
wins blessing, to foster good will in
Anglo American relations. The plan
was sprung at a private dinner over
which Sir Austen Chamberlain presided
and at which United States Ambassador
Bingham was among those present. Ger
tain hard-boiled observers Of the trans
Atlantic scene wonder whether Mr.. Bald
win may not intend this subtle gesture
in Americas direction to make amends
for the Prime Minister'S recent sugges-
tion in Parliament that if the Edward
Simpson affair hadn't been so widely
handled by the American press, Britains
abdication crisis might never have come
to pass. Here and there, in Washington
and elsewhere, the impression prevails
that Baldwin's soft impeachment of
Yankee newspaper enterprise did the
cause of Anglo-American friendship no
real good.
King George vi and his consort, Queen
Elizabeth, may come to the United States
one of these days ere long, if Canadians
succeed in their purpose of inducing the
new British Sovereigns to visit the
dominion in the course of an empire tour.
It is taken for granted that their Bri-
tannic majesties would not omit the
opportunity to pay their respects TO
President Roosevelt and the American
people if the royal itinerary brought
them to Canadian soil.
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American railroads are graphing with
q social security problem of their own,
which will not be decided until the courts
pass upon the legality of the railroad
pension law. The carriers now maintain
Evening star., 1936-12-18
What Sort of Memorial?

Tentative announcement of the selec-
lion of o site for the Thomas Jefferson
Memorial near the Tidal Basin in West
Potomac Park has naturally brought
form of the memorial itself. The dis
cussion, of course, will center around
the question whether the memorial Is
to take the form of a decorative monu-
ment or whether it will serve practical
utilitarian purposes. If the latter is
achieved, 1t will mean breaking with
something In the nature of a tradition
that illustrious men are most appro-
priately honored by monuments which,
as spiritually inspiring as they may be,
often serve no purely practical purpose.
Thomas Jefferson's life and character
naturally suggest monument that will
perpetuate the memory of his efforts in
behalf of the liberty which comes from
the freedom of truth. OF his own
achievements he took most pride in those
which he wished inscribed on his tomb
"Author of the Declaration of Independ-
ence; of the statute for religious liberty
in Virginia and founder of the University
Of Virginia" 1t is unlikely that cold
temple of marble, however pleasing to
the eye and restful to the soul, would
meet his idea of a monument.
Representative David j. Lewis of
Maryland suggests remaining the Library
Of Congress as the Thomas Jefferson
National Library and strengthening its
Evening star., 1936-12-18
Jefferson Memorial Hall
And Stadium Approved

To the EDITOR OIL Inc Star
As to the proposed memorial to Thomas
jefferson, which is being considered at
this time, the writer wishes to indorse
an everlasting and appropriate building.
Monuments do not seem to be just what
the majority want. They are just a
passing fancy to the average person and
do not do justice to those great person.
ages who have accomplished great deeds
in the countrys history. To me, some
thing more should be done for Thomas
jefferson and I want to go on record
for a Thomas jefferson Memorial Hall
and Stadium to be erected at the foot
of East Capitol street.
The building to be large enough to
have an auditorium seating some 5000
or more so as to house the largest con-
ventions and built in such a way so as
to place therein the many historic re-
membranes that no doubt are assembled
in many places in this country.
The stadium can be attached to the
main building and could be utilized in
such a way to help pay the expenses OF
any overhead the memorial building
would have each year. The $3J0O0,O0O
already authorized would probably not
be enough, so a stadium would help
defray the expense of the whole project.
In that way a greater memorial and
stadium can be constructed and no doubt
one of the finest and greatest, if not the
largest. ever built in the world.
Let us Americans build lasting me-
mortal to Thomas Jefferson that will be
shining example for the youth of this
age.
And here I close to offer a proper
name for this fine undertaking:
Thomas Jefferson Palace of History
Auditorium and Stadium Memorial"
FELIX A. URY.
Evening star., 1936-12-18
Flexible Law Controlling
Hours of Labor Proposed
To the Editor OF The Star:

To the Editor of The Star:
If hours of labor are controlled by law
and made flexible so that there is never
but minimum of labor shortage or labor
overage. then there should be neither
over-production nor production.
When the hours of labor are regulated
by law to the proper level necessary to
put all emplovables to work production
will increase due to the increase in buy
ing power for if the individual is sure
of work he will spend the results of his
labor.
Surely there is nothing complicated
in all this calling for volumes of absurd
theories by professors of economics, pro-
feSSorS OF this. that and the other. These
are the fundamentals of the problem
that a child can follow-and all other
arguments are side issues.
When labor hours are regulated by
law if there should be more than mini
mum of shortage of labor" then the
labor hours are increased by law And in
the same way are they decreased by law
if there is more than minimum of
leverage of labor" or unemployment.
Work for all means more buying power
which, in turn. means more production,
and salaries should find their own ad-
justment where production and labor
are equal.
Such law would mean no restriction OF
liberty-the truth of the matter being
that 1t will mean more and greater
liberty. No man can be said to be free
who is denied work as means to make
a living and no country can be called
a free country which denies men honest
labor. OF what good is liberty to a
man who is denied work?
If all men are equal under the law
then it must follow that it is only
through the law that we can have equal
ity, liberty and security.
RUSSELL EVANS.
Evening star., 1936-12-18
Action Urged to Put an
End to Street Accidents
To the Editor of The Star:

Is it not time for some action to be
taken by the people of the District of
Columbia about the traffic conditions in
Washington?
Is there any other city in this country
of ours where the hazard to life and
limb is greater?
Tuesday afternoon I was talking with
a friend of the Mr.. Trew who was re-
Gently killed by motorist That eve
ming I saw a woman who is recovering
from serious injuries. She was crossing
the street on green light and was struck
by a street car. Wednesday evening an
other woman recounted her narrow
escape from death and injuries sustained
by a motorist who was driving without
lights and made wrong turn.
The newspapers publish from day to
day the traffic accidents, but does this
reduce the number or make less hazard
GUS conditions here?
If Chicago and Los Angeles have
worked out really satisfactory methods
of handling traffic, why cannot Wash
ington?
What are we who walk. ride on street
cars. buses or in our own cars going to
do about it?
JOSEPHINE M. WOODS.
Evening star., 1936-12-18
Shooting Stars.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
The Worlds a Stage.

The Worlds Stage.
Il have to use the angry word"
A statesmen said one day.
MY soul with grief is often stirred
BY what I have to say.
The harshness that I must express
need it in my business.
"Of course, my material state of mind
When I've no part to play,
Is very generous and kind
And happy all the day.
Yet indignation I profess
I need it in my business.
I'D always like to take my ease
When dalliance points the path
And entertain and try to please
Without affecting wrath.
Rage is demanded, more or less.
I need it in my business"