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Evening star., 1937-01-04

government In the United
Kingdom assumed that 20 far - italy
Is concerned, the integrity Of present
territories Of Spain shall In ali cir
cumstances remain intact and un-
modified.
'They would, however. be grateful
II your excellency saw your way for.
mslly to confirm the accuracy Of this
assumption, and I have accordingly
the honor to inquire whether your
excellency could supply me with such
confirmation.
II avail myself Of the opportunity to
convey to your excellency an express
sion Of my highest consideration"
Reply by Cisne.
Ciano's reply:
"Your excellency:
Il have the honor to acknowledge
receipt Of your excellency's note Of
today's date, wherein you draw my
attention to the question asked in the
House Of Commons December 16 and
to the reply given by Mr.. Eden on the
subject Of assurances given verbally
by the royal italian government con-
corning the status quo in the Western
Mediterranean.
"You remind me that in taking
note of the communication made by
his majesty's Charge d'Affaires Sep
tember IL. I assured Mr.. Ingram the
Italian government had not, either
before or since the revolution in Spain,
engaged in any negotiations with
Gen. Franco whereby the status quo
of the Western Mediterranean would
be altered nor would 1t engage In any
such negotiations in the future.
Il have, consequently, no difficulty
on behalf Of the royal italian govern
ment in confirming the accuracy Of
his majesty's governments assump-
ton; namely, that so far as Italy Is
concerned the integrity Of present
territories Of Spain shall in all cir
cumstances remain intact and I'M
modified.
Il avail myself Of this opportunity
to convey to your excellency express
sion of my highest consideration"
Evening star., 1937-01-04
Coz ngressional Notes

D. the Associated Pres,
IN ORDER to get the Capitol spick-
and-pan for .4he Seventy fifth
Congress, 400 " orkmen have just
i finished the Notions biggest job
Of housekeeping.
Their task included busting 2,500
rooms, repairing early Colonial plumb
Ing, and polishing early 10000 pieces
of cut glass in tn e priceless chan
deliers.
Although new members do not take
their oaths until tomorrow, they have
been on the pay roll since noon Sum
day
The opening date was changed to
January because it legally would
have fallen on Sunday, but this action
did not alter the be ginning Of salaries.
The record for large congressional
portraits goes to Sc nator Vandenberg,
Republican, of Michigan. whose office
decorations include a picture of him.
self, measuring ne arly 5 feet from
chin to forehead.
A souvenir of the last campaign, 1t
Evening star., 1937-01-04
Anglo.Italian Accord Text
Joint Declaration and Exchange of Notes Between
London and Rome Mediterranean Pact Are
Revealed in British Capital.

1.-THE royal italian government may
perhaps be aware that the secretary
of state for foreign affairs was asked
in the House Of Commons December
16 whether he would lay upon the
table Of the house precise terms Of
the guarantee given to his majesty's
government by the government Of
Italy concerning occupation Of the
Balearic Islands by Italian subjects
ITO this Mr.. (Anthony) Eden re-
piled assurances to which reference
was made were given verbally. He
proceeded to state that his majesty's
Charge d'Af1aires in Rome. acting
upon instructions. informed the Ital-
ian minister for foreign affairs Sep
tember IL that any alteration Of the
status quo In the Western Mediter-
ranean would be matter of closest
concern to his majesty's govern
ment.'
Md. Eden continued that. taking
note Of this communication, the Italian
minister for foreign affairs has as
sured Mr.. Ingram Maurice Ingram,
charge d'affaires at Rome) that the
Italian government had not. either
before or since the revolution In Spain,
engaged in any negotiations with Gen.
Franco whereby the status quo Of the
Western Mediterranean would be al
tered nor would they engage in any
such negotiations In the future.
This assurance, the secretary Of
state added. was subsequently reaf-
f1rmed spontaneously to the British
naval attache in Rome by the Italian
ministry Of marine. and the Italian
Ambassador to Rome had on several
occasion given the secretary of state
similar verbal assurances.
In view of these assurance, his
Evening star., 1937-01-04

Foil the ley BIosts Of JanuoY with
Frosrant. Vigorous. Winey sokor Coffee.
Blended from the pick Of the coffee crop;
roasted TO perfection; delivered rooster
fresh to A6P Food Stores, ond ground at
the vey moment Of purchase. AGP
Coffee hos finer, fresher flavor! Stock
up with supply todoy at these money.
sowing prices.
Evening star., 1937-01-04
J.. s. IS 'GRA7 |F|ED'
BY MEXICAN STAND
Assurance Planes Will Not
Be Sent to SpaiIn n Is Held
Friendly A ct.
By the Associated Press.


The State Department expressed
qualification today over Mexicos as
surance that American planes shipped
to that country would NOT be forwarded
to Spain for war use.
Acting Secretary of State Moore ex-
nlained Mexico,s action did not result
from any protest, but ws S "a voluntary
and most friendly recognition of the
non-interfereiice policy of the admin
1stration."
The Mexican foreign dfice last night
said the government had supplied war
materials of its own manufacture to
the Spanish Loyalists. but added:
"The Mexican authorities will not
permit airplanes. or any other war ma
terial whatever coming I rom the United
States to be sent to Spain through
Mexico, even in the clse Of acquisi-
tions made by corporal ions or private
parties"
Planes Repaired fbr Export.
The statement fo] lowed reports
printed in this country that some
secondhand planes r purchased from
American companies we're being re-
paired in Mexico for q xport to Spain.
The Munitions Boar b will report to
Congress this week tn e names of all
persons granted licenses to send arms
or munitions abroad. The only one
eiven permission to ship planes to
Spain has been Rob bert Cuse, New
Jersey exporter.
Granting of his license has stirred
an administration mbve to prevent
shipments of arms tb countries In
volved in civil wars. Predicting swift
action by Congress on measures to plug
the neutrality laws present loopholes,
Chairman Pittman cs lied the Senate
Foreign Relations Cd mmittee to an
emergency conference early this week
to approve two amendment to be sub
mitted soon after Congress convenes.
Would Extend Embargo.
One of them would extend the en-
barge on munition sales to warning
powers to cover the Spanish conflict,
while the other would forbid American
citizens to travel on ships Of bellig-
erent nations.
Calling attention to the situation
in which the Government finds itself
Acting Secretary Moor IRE said the State
Department would ha We had no ground
on which to base prbtest to the Mexi-
can government even II it had wished
to send American-bohght airplanes tc
Spain
There is no treaty provision that
applies and no statute to which VI
could point he said THE American
policy is simply tho Presidents an.
nouncement of the Governments at.
titude and an appeal to the people OF
the United States to refrain from any
direct or indirect pal articipation in the
bloody Spanish civil war now in
progress.
The law does not equip the Presi-
dent with authority to enforce the
policy or punish its violation"
Evening star., 1937-01-04
Hs The Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, January 4.--The text of
the Anglo-Italian Mediterranean &C.
cord, announced Saturday, Is Is fol-
lows:
"Hs majesty's government Of the
United Kingdom and the italian gov
ernment:
Animated by desire to contribute
increasingly in the interests OF the
general cause of peace and security,
to the betterment Of relations be-
tween them and between all Mediter-
ranean powers. and resolved to respect
the rights and interests Of those
powers.
Recognize the freedom Of entry
into, exit from and transit through
the Mediterranean Is Of vital interest
both to different parts Of the British
Empire and Italy and that these in
terests are in no way inconsistent
with each other.
"Disclaim any desire to modify, or
so far as they are concerned to see
modified, the status quo as regards
national sovereignty of territory in
the Mediterranean area.
Undertake to respect each others
rights and interests in said area: agree
to use their best endeavors to dis
courage any activities liable to impair
the good relations which 1t is the OBJ
ject Of the present declaration to con-
solidate.
This declaration is designed to
further the ends Of peace and is not
directed against any other power"
British Enjoys Note.
Text of the British Ambassador
note to the italian foreign minister:
"Your excellency:
Evening star., 1937-01-04
PRISON Superintendent
.ASSAILS OVERCROWDING

Completing his twentieth year in
the service of the District, first as
superintendent Of the Lorton Reform
atory and later as superintendent of
all District penal institutions. Capt.
M. M. Barnard declared today that
overcrowding of prisoners has brought
about IAN intolerable situation"
The reformatory, originally de-
signed for first offenders and the
most likely subjects for rehabilitation,
now has become a penitentiary and
should be inclosed in walls to pre-
vent escape of desperate criminals,
he declared.
Capt. Barnard, who will be IS in
April, said there could be no safety
or rehabilitation as long as it Is
necessary to accept all District prison.
ers, whether hardened criminals or
first offenders, and mix them.
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Congress
Continued Fro IN First Page.)

as high as the s87T SOC, 900 demanded
Saturday by the I nited States Con-
ference Of Mayors.
Senator Robinson gave deliberation
as the watchword for proceedings in
his branch. Decla ring the economic
emergency had psI Issed. he said the
necessity for haste had gone with it.
Much of the time until. the inau-
guration on Januar y 20, he said. will be
spent on getting committees to func-
tioning, with the neutrality amend
ment, extension pf the Presidents
monetary powers and of the Recon-
struction Corps lending authority
among the few ur gent matters to be
considered.
Republican leaders in both the Sen
ate and House pledged all legislation
would be considered on its merits,
without regard to Iarty lines as such.
There will be no sniping for snip
ing's sake" said Shell.
At noon on Tu esday both Houses
will be called to order, new members
take the oath of office, and q commit
tee inform Presiden Roosevelt that
Congress Is ready 10 receive any mes
sage he might hase for it.
Both Houses will meet in Joint ses-
sion in the House chamber on We'd
nesday to receive the Chief Executives
annual message, delivered, as has be-
come his practice, in person. On Fri
day Mr.. Roosevelt will submit his
budget message, detailing the state Of
the Nations finan ces and the outlook
tor the next 1S months.
In the House leadership struggle,
both Rayburn and O'Connor scorned
. Sunday armistice b and spent the day
In their offices CO nsolidating forces.
Representative Ramspeck, Demo-
crat, Of Georgia, aid q canvass of the
Democratic vote In the House was
made and that I'VE are positive that
John O'Connor will be elected ma
jority leader on the first ballot, re.
ceiving at least 1s2 votes and possibly
ZOO"
Representative vinson of Kentucky
asserted "Mr. Rhyburn will receive
more than 225 votes on the first bal
lot"
Vinson said Representative McCul-.
len Of New York would make the first
speech seconding the nomination of
Rayburn when the Democratic eau
Gus convenes.
II all 1872 Democrats ballot, 1877
woes will be necessary for o victory.
The field narrowed to O'Connor and
Rsyburn when Representative Rankin
OF Mississippi withdrew Saturday
night.
Evening star., 1937-01-04
ILLNESS OF O'NEILL.
WRITER, IS REVEALED
Emergency Appendectomy Per.
formed-Wife in Hospital, Re-
covering From Cold.
81 the Associated Press.

81 the Associated Press.
OAKLAND, Calf, January A..
Eugene O'Neill, winner Of the 1895
Nobel Literature Award, Is recovering
from an emergency appendectomy In
q hospital where his wife is i'll: It
has been learned.
Taken suddenly Ill in San Francis.
co, ONeill was operated on Tuesday
by DR.. Charles A. Dukes, who said
yesterday he believed the playwright
was out of danger.
Mrs. O'Neill, the former Carlotta
Monterey of the stage, is suffering
from a severe cold, which for a time
bordered on pneumonia. DR.. Dukes
said.
'Mr. ONeill Is too i'll to receive
visitors, but his condition Is favor
able and he may be able to leave the
hospital in 10 days." the surgeon said.
The playwright and his wife swors
attaches to secrecy at the time they
entered the hospital.
Evening star., 1937-01-04

was painted with an air brush In about
80 minutes by . signmaker. Price,
$150.
A couple Of dozen gavels have been
manufactured for Speaker Bankhead
by Capitol workmen. Whether they
will last out the session depends not
only upon how hard he wields them,
but also on how many souvenir hunt
ers manage to acquire them.
For 166 Congressman, moving to
new offices is a bigger concern right
now than getting Congress started.
Dumping" was ruthless in the scram-
BILE for space, with the members with
longer service getting first claim to
the choicest suites.
About the only dull spot in the
newly soundproofed House restaurant
is the frame around q large, ornate
mirror. Supervising Engineer A. E.
Cook said it would cost $3.50 to regild
the frame-and there wasn't any
money.
Evening star., 1937-01-04

MRS. GILBERT WRIGHT,
Who filed suit in Kansas CITY
asking dnnulment of her mar
ridge Christmas eUe to Gilbert
Wright, son of Harold Bell
Wright, author. She also
asked restoration of her maid
en- name, Margaret Royster.
The petition stated that an
interlocutory diuorce degree
granted Wright's former lDife
had not become final and that
neither kneU that.
-Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto.
Evening star., 1937-01-04

Chained OF Lamp-post.
James Burns, rs. was chained to q
lamp.post and covered with tar by
unidentified persons In Belfast, North
ern, Ireland.
Evening star., 1937-04-11
Snotches
Mogo1ine Section

MARGARET MITCHELL, author of
that all-time best seller, Gone
with the Wind" has lost her free
dom. There is a stream of people
to her door begging autographs
and parts in the filming of her
novel. The pressure has been SO
great that she recently sought
refuge in the home of a friend. A
caller at her home announced to
"Peggy's" black nanny that
she would kill herself if she could
not see Margaret Mitchell and
get to play the part of Scarlett.
This was Mammy's answer:
"Ain't dat too bad you has to
die, and you not so old either,
cause Miss Peggy she done gone
away wifi de wind herself"
Evening star., 1937-04-11
Youth Is Eternal.
by GEORGE (. SOKOLsKy

vlrlllty? And where is the sage who can
speak with real wisdom in his early
thirtiess
| always think of the gay Benjamin
Franklin at Versailles, quick at rep
artee, smart to a fault, brilliant at
the most brilliant court in Europe,
civilized beyond his age. All the world
turned to DR.. Franklin for wisdom and
knowledge and experience; but more
than that, he won respect for the new
nation. No younger man could have
done that job. For no younger man
would have had the richness of expert
ence nor the mellowness of manner
sufficient to overcome the pre- Judice
against new things in an old world.
Dared we, at the time of the Revolu
ton, to think of Franklin as obsolete -
what would have been our fate,
Franklin was 81 years old when he
attended the Constitutional Conven-
ton. The young men in their forties at
that Convention near y wrecked 1t over
the question of whether represent alton
ought to be by states or by population.
Benjamin Franklin in the wisdom of
his maturity invented the device of the
Senate, thus making representation by
both the states and population pos
sib1e, and thus saving the union.
Let no young man scoH at the men
of years, for tomorrow passes and yet
another day is gone. Each individual
too soon finds that the calendar has to
be torn and a new one takes its p ace.
But each of us is ambitious to
remain everlastingly youthful, to dance
gaily at 60, to be interested in all of
life at 20, to keep ones wits at 80. And
why not' Years are the artihcialities of
calendar makers. IF the spirit is young,
the wears are not even remembered.
If the spirit remains young, one can,
sing a song of youth at 80 as at lS-
but at 80 it will have more meaning.
once knew an army officer who had
been retired for old age SO he and
his wife decided that they would not
be defeated by the calendar. They
travelled about the world. They went
Evening star., 1937-04-11

Once reader of Augustus Muir's
novel, The Third Warning"
wrote to him taking exception to
an incident in the story in which
airplane parts were smuggled out
of Scotland into Germany. The
reader said this couldn't be done.
Muir said it could and he would
prove it. So he took a motor full
of arms and airplane parts to one
of the best policed stretches of the
English coast, smuggled them on
to a motor boat, and then, hav-
ing proved his point, brought
them back and deposited them at
the feet of customs officials.
In a new serial, written for
THIS WEEK, Muir tells the story
of an act even more daring, the
theft of the Crown Jewels during
Coronation week. Don't miss this
thriller; it begins in our next issue:
THE CROWN JEWELS MYSTERY
To-Day David Sarnof is the top
man of the radio industry. Thirty
years ago he was the bottom boy
- a telegraph messenger. He had
lust come to America from Rus
sia and almost Immediately had
gone to work. He sold papers; he
sang in a synagogue; he worked
in a butcher shop. Then David,
passing a telegraph Office, heard
the click of the keys. He went in,
asked for work, and, at FIVE dollars
week, began his climb to fame.
He learned the Morse code and
became an operator. Twenty
years ago, still under thirty, he
visioned the industry that would
be built on music by wireless.
And when radio began its spec
tacular squirt, David Sarnof shot
up with it,
From messenger boy to head
man of radio he has climbed up
ward, through booms and crises,
by keeping his eye on the road
ahead. Out of his experiencehe has
written a stirring answer to those
who fear for the worlds future.
1t appears in an early issue:
''THE ROAD AHEAD"
Evening star., 1937-04-11

- ENJANlN FRANKLIN was ~ years
II old when he undertook the most
- difficult, the most dangerous and
the most important task of his
life. He was Il years old when he
negotiated the treaty of alliance with
France which made victory and indie
pendence possible.
Benjamin Franklin was 7o years old
when he negotiated the peace treaty
with Great Britain which won inde-
pendence for the United States. At 81
he organized America S first anti-slavery
society - then a radical measure.
What makes a man obsolete' Ger
tainly Ben nJamin Franklin never became
obsolete. 1t might easily be said that
with him life began again at 20, for
then he commenced new and hazard
Gus career. While in France he was not
only diplomat, but he created the
American navy, he financed the revolu-
tion, he acted as Judge in prize courts,
and he had to trick vast body of spies
- among them some fairly important
Americans of those days
Was Franklin a dodderer at 20, or
even at 80?
Many business firms make it a rule
that when a man has reached a certain
age, he must retire. They say they
need young blood. But they also need
mellowed experience. Throwing away
all that experience has never struck
me as very sensible. England held on
to Disraeli and to Gladstone and to
Balfour of our own day as long as they
lived. Their value could never be
measured by years. Their value lay in
their eternal youth.
Men are old only because their spirit
has begun to die. Some men are old
before they are even men. They were
never young.
And then there are retired business
men. One meets them on ocean liners
and at every summer and winter resort.
Men who twiddle their thumbs while
the world goes by. They are the old
men of the world because they are
men who have abdicated their youth.
Evening star., 1937-04-11

There are savage
tribes which solve
their population
problems by killing
off their elders.
We mark civiliza-
ton by the pro-
longation of human
life. Sh all it be
said of us that we
only keep human
beings alive physi-
cally, but that the
mind and the spirit
die? Shall it be said
of us that three
score and ten is the
final limit to the life
of the mind?
Who knows when
age has come upon
another? Is it gray
hair? A falterlng
step? A STOPPING
posture? Or is it
when the mind loses
Evening star., 1937-04-11

lT's dangerous thing to light
cigarette on the streets of
Ecuador, Chile or Peru - unless
you happen to be using match
made in that particular country.
In several South American lands
matches are government mo-
nopoly, and the strictest laws for
bid even visitors from using those
made in any other place. Patriotic
citizens have been known to call
the police when they saw the law
being broken.
WE nominate for man of daring
number one - Mr.. Charles Camp
bell, of the New Orleans Item
Tribune - who took an airplane
to cover the disaster of one
hundred and-fifty- mile an-hour
hurricane. He was willing to risk
his life to get the news without
delay.
lT might not be true, but this
is one story they are telling on
Gov. Alf Landon: Now that he is
back in civil life, there is one job
he knows he will never take -
soliciting subscriptions for 'The
Literary Digest" M.
t, 1897. United Newspapers Magazine Corporation
Evening star., 1937-04-11

into tropics and to
the Far North. |
came to know them
in China. They were
keen and progress
sive. They collected
an art treasure dur
ing those twilight
years.
Som me how one
never thought of
them as old. Only
the army c allied
them old, because
t h e y h a d a | aw
about IF We called
them young. And
curiously enough,
they were young
enough to become
fiery revolutionists
OF a country not
their own. Youth is
like that, no mat
ter what the calendar
makers say about it.
Evening star., 1937-04-11

- ENJAMlN FRANKLIN was 70 years
II old when he undertook the most
. difficult, the most dangerous and
the most important task of his
Evening star., 1937-05-16

between his hands and turned - and
saw. For a moment he did not recog-
nize me. Then he knew that his hour
had come. He stood up. For the space
of hundred breaths We faced each
other. thirty feet apart.
Slayer of my son. said at last,
is this the end of your running away?
Il threw that other saber to his
feet, but he stood irresolute. He
thought l meant to kill him when he
stopped for it. turned my back. turn
ing again too soon for him to play that
border trick on me.
"'Sirdar Duleep Singh he said
then, 'slay me, and the hangman has
you. If slay you. then the hangman
has me. This is not the Harnai. H.
Ass,dx' hlleh. there is law in this land.
Let there be peace between US.
":I have only my saber, l said.
'wherewith to make peace. l have
sworn to use it,
"Thereat he came on. No more than
a panther was he irresolute when he
couldn't escape. He was true to his
fame. He attacked. Crouching. smil-
ing, counting on the left-hand skill
that always gave him the advantage
against a right handed man. he was
resolved to make swift work of it. The
moonlight shimmered on blade that
stole toward me, creeping. creeping
nearer, ready for the thrust and slice.
But he hesitated. l. too. took my
saber in the left hand. l am either
handed. He had never fought left
handed opponent. Moonlight on his
eyes revealed his fear that now he