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Evening star., 1937-02-24
Neutrality Plan Seen Vain
Bill Called Contradiction of Secretary Hull and Likely
to Produce Trouble.

anybody who can control the high
seas. That means, in the field Of
realistic politics, that as matters stand
today, we will sell goods to Great
Britain. Tomorrow, perhaps Ger
| many and Russia will make q great
combination, build tremendous navies,
and. set out to conquer the world; +;
anything at all Is possible.
The President may forbid American
nationals to engage In almost any
form Of trade from this country, but
the bill exempts non-Americans do
ing business in this country. This
means that although we may en-
barge oil to any belligerent, British
companies who own oil fields here or
cotton plantations can sell oil or cot
ton to any one they choose 1t will
also, in all probability. mean that
Germans, French, and others will set
about purchasing oil fields here, as
will as other sources of necessary raw
materials. The possible complications
arising from this battle the imagina-
ton. Great Britain can have here a
Rio Tinto as she has in Spain, or
Germany Mannesmann works, as
she has in Morocco, and in time of
war both Of them can be furnishing
their own countries from our soil.
And if we confiscate their holdings,
what then?
Under this bill the President can
prevent John Smith, who has a single
oil well in Texas, from selling oil to
Spain, or Russia, or Great Britain, or
any other country which happens to
be engaged at any moment in war,
but he cannot prevent the great
American oil companies, with fields
and refineries all over the world-in
Persia, Mexico, Venezuela, the Dutch
East Indies, or in Rumania-from
selling oil to any one they please, and
making tremendous profits, with which
to come home from the wars and
force the little fellows, whom the war
has impoverished. into bankruptcy.
Under this bill International Nickel
which Is incorporated In Canada, but
has huge majority of American
capital, can do all the business it likes.
So, for instance, can Anaconda Cop
per.
The bill Is in direct contradiction
to the policy of Mr.. Cordell Hull. who
Is doing everything in his power to
foster normal international trade, and
is opposing the -suficiency pro-
gram Of Germany. on the ground that
economic self-suficiency encourages
war!
We can tie up our hands all we
please, In an attempt to predicate the
next war on the history Of the last
history. incidentally, which recent
interpretations have both clarified
and befuddled. But whatever we do
will generate counter-poicies in other
countries. They are not altogether
stupid; they are also motivated by
self-interest.
The bill Is badly named. 1t should
be called: An act to encourage au-
tarchy, declare our alliance with
whomever at the moment has the
biggest navy, and foster international
finance capitalism at the cost Of the
small fellows at home.
Copyright. 1877
Evening star., 1937-02-24

tional or civil, thersupon giving him
enormous controls 'over our entire
foreign trade The bill, furthermore,
definitely favors, in war time. that
country or those countries which can
control the seas, extending to 1t or
to them special privileges which other
belligerents cannot enjoy. It also ex-
tends special privileges to those ma
tions, or their nationals who hold
credits in this country, or operate
industries or exploit natural re-
sources here. The bill is called a
neutrality law and is designed to
keep US out Of war.
The bill contains four major pro-
visions: Q) In case the President de-
cides that a state Of war, international
or civil, exists anywhere, he may for
bid the shipment of arms or imple-
ments of war from this country, and
prevent loans of money to either bel
ligerent. (2) He may extend the em-
barge to any other articles or materials
considered essential to the conduct Of
war, such as cotton, steel, copper, or,
presumably, even food, except as they
are paid for in this country, and all
right and interest In them transferred
from American to other nationals.
This is the so-called "cash-and-carry"
clause. go Anything which the Presi-
dent may define as contraband can be
banned from American ships during
war. And, finally, a. American ma
tionals cannot depend upon the pro-
lection of the United States Govern
ment If they travel in danger zones.
Now, what does this bill actually
mean in practice? First of all, it
means that we are flagrantly reversing
the attitude expressed in the Kellogg
pact, which denounces aggression. We,
the greatest, strongest single nation
on earth, announce by inference that
there is no such thing as right" or
wrong" and no such thing as inter-
national morality. In advance Of all
possible hostilities we perform the
greatest Pontius PLATE act In history.
But then we qualify that stand Of
dubious morality. We say that we will
sell goods to anybody who can come
and get them. That will mean in
practice that we will sell goods to
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strongly while most Of his liberal
Wheeler
surprised
liberalism Is the truest kind based the
the legislative representatives
policy
principle pod against the ~ r. A. that basis
Furthermore political than
his colleagues
of S
the ikabe
De liberal liberal in the House.
addressing Communists with
what he thought
roaring speech he received applause
invited speech
so coldly.
too radical"
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even substitute his own orders for acts
of Congress which he wants but can
not get.
Immoral, Said Wilson.
"Such things are not only deeply
immoral, but they are destructive Of
the fundamental understandings of
constitutional Government and, there
fore, Of constitutional Government it
self. They are sure, moreover, In q
country of free public opinion, to
bring their own punishment, to de-
stroy both the fame and the power
of the man who dares to practice
them.
mo honorable man includes such
agencies in a sober exposition of the
Constitution, or allows himself to think
OF them when he speaks Of the influ-
ences of life which govern such
generations use and Interpretation of
that great instrument, our sovereign
guide and the object Of our deepest
reverence. Nothing in q system like
ours can be constitutional which is
immoral or which touches the good
faith of those who have sworn to
obey the fundamental law. The rep
rotation Of all good men will always
overwhelm such influences with shame
and failure.
But the personal force of the Presi-
dent is perfectly constitutional to any
extent to which he chooses to exercise
it, and it b by the clear logic Of our
constitutional practice that he has
become alike the leader Of his party
and the leader of the Nation"
Within the next few weeks President
Roosevelt will have summoned to the
White House many members Of his
own party. Concurrently members
of the presidential board Of strategy
and staff will be contracting Senators
and Representatives on Capitol Hill
to line up votes for the bill to enlarge
the Supreme Court. It Is legitimate
or illegitimate lobby? Congress rarely
investigates itself, so the public will
never know the answer to the question.
tcopyright. 1879
Evening star., 1937-02-24

being diplomats
with Polish
Capt Eden and the President Poland hunting parties for
no
sufficient Britain Germany;
expression Polands loyalty.
today
nations being tested
Military
planes
respective governments
The Spanish civil ncompaaby better field
than the ordinary thus
the efficiency Of the modern tested
study
brought
to examine it in detail
been ascertained planes
than
the Italians
The Russian bombe constructed
model better than heavy
armoed protection.
The Russian tanks speedy but the deficient the
ordinary which
fighting
better protected, although they speedy
Evening star., 1937-02-24
Headline Folk
and What
They Do
Andre Malraux, French
Novelist, Is Man of
Many Talents.
BY LEMUEL r. PARTON.

IVY yRITING, flying, fighting and
M exploring have filled Andre
" " Malraux's first 35 years.
The French novelist, COM
ing to New York to plead the cause
Of Spain in America, has been flying
| for the loyaliSts the last six months.
It was he who reported finding the
ancient city of Sheba on March IA,
| 1884, in the Great Arabian Desert,
| flying from Djibouti, in French So
maitland. Born in Paris, the son Of
French civil servant, he went to
French Indo-China when he was 20
as a professor in the Ecole Francaise
| de l'Extreme Orient. A dark, dapper,
alert, adventurous young man with
ideas of his own, he broke with French
officialdom and took up with the
friendless Annamites, suffering hard
luck several cuts below that OF an
American tenant farmer.
That made him an outcast with
the French ruling caste, but it started
him on his main career as an archie e.
ologist. The grateful Annamites tipped
him to ancient hidden teraSure which
no certified French archeologist had
even been able to find, and later they
saved his life. He began delving,
searching, studying and translating
and turned up treasure troves Of
Graeco- Buddhist art, on which he has
become an authority. But, mixing in
some free-for-all fighting. cprnered by
the enemy, he was saved by the ragged
Annamitas and escaped to China.
There he teamed up with Borodin and
was one of seven men who virtually
ran China for a year and half.
Then he jumped to Persia and flew
and fought along thousand-mile bat
tie front in the big rebellion of 1929.
France was reluctant to let him re-
turn, but that was arranged, and IN
Paris he took to peaceful pursuits
again, batting out novels at top speed.
Mans Fate" won the Goncourt prize.
Days Of Wrath" published here, was
choice of the Book of the Month
Club. His other novels include The
Conquerors" and "Royaume" He is a
director of the Paris publishing house
Of Gallimard.
In Spain he organized and fought
in the international air force known
as the Malraux Squadron.
GCopyright. 1877
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dntrae its populated Populations
ordered
which permits the leaders to do whatever they want
follow regardless
Thus British government busy present
moment King corondtn Invitations
to attend the festivities to the Ethiopian gorernmenhat to
Halle Seassiedhhough
pendent paper
invitation government too despite
the fact that the British foreign office fully
the chances that Summer
Evening star., 1937-02-24
PAINTING BY WARTHEN
VOTED MOST POPULAR
Visitors at Corcoran Gallery Of
Art Exhibition Select "Scho-
harie County Farm

Visitors to the Forty-sixth Exhibition
Of the Society of Washington Artists
at the Corcoran Gallery of Art selected
"Schoharie County Farm" by Lee r.
Warthen, as the most popular painting
on display, it was announced today.
The display closed Monday.
Votes cast b thousands of visitors
were counteS By a committee. includ-
ing Charles Bittinger, president of tn,
society; c. Powell Minnigerode, Cor
coran director, Ind Clifford K. Berry.
man, Evening Star cartoonist.
Evening star., 1937-02-24

industries and
in tern ational
banking houses,
as against the
smaller manu-
facturer, W h o
keeps his capital
and employs his
labor at home.
The bill also will
extend to the
Pr e s / dent the
very great power
of deciding what
anywhere in the
world. constitutes
a state of war,
whether interna-
Evening star., 1937-02-24

at columbia UNI
versity. bears di-
rectly on the pres
ent controversy:
THE ConStitu-
tion provides that
all judges Of the
U ited States
shall hold their
Offices durin G
good behavior, but
Congress coul d
readily overcome
a hostile major
ity in any court
or in any set of
courts, even in the
Evening star., 1937-02-24

BECAUSE OF the rapid pace OF
q move Of industries in the United
Kingdom from north to south.
London is becoming overpopulated.
This migratory movement wor-
ries the government because the
increased population, requiring a
large number of new homes in the
London area, makes the capital of
the empire an admirable target for
enemy airplanes.
In view of such a danger the
Evening star., 1937-02-24
This Changing World
Poland Leans Toward Germany Despite Official
Alliance With France.
BY CONSTANTINE BROWN.


position today
Onally will find described
political Who" the republic
4 military
hesaons being called
upon help the French and their allies
will neutral
conflict and might Gmanys side another World
people, hatred important
two nations.
there Aredentis sentiment Poland regarding
certain territories OF the Hapsburgan empire.
gave Czecho
Evening star., 1937-02-24
BY DOROTHY THOMPSON.

1T Is expected that some time
this week the Pittman resolution
will be favorably reported out Of
= the Foreign Affairs Committee OF
the Senate. Under its terms war
time commerce is rigged in favor OF
the great monopolies, international
Evening star., 1937-02-24

slovakla after the war, should have
been allotted to Poland. And they
have never gotten over the feeling
that they have been treated un-
Justly by their makers.
Should the Germans decide to
attack Czechoslovakia the odds are
3 to that Poland might sell her
friendly neutrality, as the ally Of
Austria and Germany, as Italy did
in 1914 for a piece of Czechoslo-
xyoLio
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rarely publicly
influence the legislators.
Despite furry activity recently will
upon possibly
Senate pote
limitation debate
majority required coure) 1t
Senator's enrbered against the
posa pote by talking until doomsday Obviously
Mr. r. wiH not let his plan go to that kind OF DEATH
necessary accomplish his objective in
related either simultaneous constitutional amend
which will Senate votes
be able to control Of
the within the coming another Thus there
a similarly probability legislation
A. legislation democracy
the
his loyal
illustrated showed the fight
Evening star., 1937-02-24

Good excuses now are being
offered by Speaker Bankhead and
others, but the truth Is they
wanted none of it. Many have
been grumbling for days that they
have been forced to carry the hod
for all Mr.. RS hot legislative
bricks from the beginning. They
liked this one least of all.
Outsiders say they do not un-
derStand why Senator Wheeler
Evening star., 1937-02-24

HE opinions OF the riters this page their own not
necessarily The Stars Such opinions presented In
The Stars effort to all sides questions OF interest It's
readers although such opinions contradictory among
themselves and directly opposed to The Stars.
Evening star., 1937-02-24
Labor-Saving Machinery.

Industrialists of France are consid-
ering the installation of labor saving
machinery to Offset the labor changes
demanded by the government.
Evening star., 1937-02-24
News Behind the News
Religious Groups Oppose Court Program, Fearing
Tampering With Freedom of Worship.
BY PAUL MALLON,

religious interest in President
packing noticeable deep within
| Congress
A fought Klux Klan
Klx leaders advising him the program They give reasons
addition he has received opposition
letters from leading Protestant ministers
the legislators uho UiH uote the pan These
apprehension directly typical example that OF the Catholic
"Cdtholc
Court Catholics this Nation debt gratitude
judiciary of the country
To make the circle complete Jewish Congress
reminding
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and was severely condemned by him.
The following quotation from Mr..
Wilson's writings on constitutional
government, given in formal lectures
Evening star., 1937-02-24
Court-Packin
Theory Hit
by Wilson
War President Foresaw
Possible Use of Ad-
ministrative Device.

BY DAVID LAWRENCE.
- OSSIBILITY Of a proposal to
- increase the size of the Su-
preme Court was foreseen 80
years ago by Woodrow Wilson
Evening star., 1937-02-24

With Jews, Catholics, Prot
estants and Ku Klux expressing
doubts or open opposition, 1t will
probably be necessary for Mr..
Roosevelt to make some guaran-
tees, not for himself, of course. but
for his successors in the presiden-
tial Office against any possible fu-
ture shortcut alteration Of the re-
ligious guarantee section Of the
Constitution, such as Is now being
proposed for the interstate COM
merce and general welfare sections
Evening star., 1937-02-24

THAT'S Just common sense.
L If you bought absolutely
fresh Dated Coffee in a fancy con-
tainer, you'd have to pay more
for 1t. Because you'd have to pay
for the container.
Our famous Dating System
completely does away with the
need for costly containers.
Affect of delivery trucks rushes
every bag of Dated Coffee fresh
from the nearest roasting plant
to the grocer. And every bag Is
plainly marked with the delivery
Evening star., 1937-02-24

w WRITING, flying, fighting and
M exploring have filled Andre
v Malraux's first 35 years.
The French novelist. com.
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(Copyright, 1877
Evening star., 1937-02-24

date for your protection against
staleness.
The freshness Of Dated Coffee is
guaranteed by this Dating and
Delivery System. It's entirely safe
for us to pack it In a simple paper
bag. When you buy Dated Coffee,
you pay for fine, fresh coffee-not
at all for an expensive container.
Don't miss this chance to have
wonderful-quality coffee at a very
low price. Order Chase & Sanb0rn
Dated Coffee in the saving
bag from your grocer tomorrow.
The Washington times., 1937-03-26
TO HALT
WALLY
CONTINUES

LONDON, March 26 U.N.s0.
1nterventions to prevent Mrs.
Wallis Simpsons divorce from be-
ing made absolute are still being
sought, it was disclosed today, but
informed quarters indicated they
have little or no chance Of success.
Attempts to block the divorce,
which is scheduled to pave the
way for marriage Of Mrs. Simpson
and the Duke Of Windsor, are still
being made despite the formal and
widely published declaration by
Sir Donald Somerven, on behalf
Of the Kings proctor, that no
justification had been found for
intervening in the case.
RumOrs Flourish
Nevertheless, in certain London
quarters a campaign Of gossip
concerning the romance Of Mrs.
Simpson and the Duke Of Wind
sor is still flourishing, with many
persons showing an inclination to
make some sort of intervention
move, emulating the action Of
Francis Stevenson, who filed an
intervention last December. Later
he expressed willingness to drop
his action.
The proctor's Office is continuing
to receive both signed and anony-
nous letters, repeating rumorS
and sometimes expressing a wish
to intervene or urging invest1ga-
ton by the proctor.
1t is believed that most OF
those wishing to intervene have
no fresh evidence beyond gossip
and hearsay Of a nature which
has already been disposed Of by
investigators Of the Kings proc
tor and expunged from the rec
ords by Sir Boyd MerTiman.
president Of the Divorce Court.
The book Of the Kings proc
tor, in which appearances" are
normally recorded, still remains
closed in the case Of Mrs. Simp.
son,
The Washington times., 1937-03-26

has a cold, or what exercise he
may happen to take, because none
Of these will make anyone singer.
He repeats, Work is the only
secret Of singing success"
Leopold Stokowski, who recently
went Hollywood, will make his
single appearance at Constitution
Hall Tuesday night at s:45 o'clock
when he will conduct the Philadel-
phia Symphony Orchestra, with
Jeanne Behrend and Alexander
Kelberine, duo-pianists, the assist
ing artists.
The duo-pianists will perform q
concerto for two pianos and or
cheStra written by DR.. Harl Mac
Donald. The program included
Brahms Symphony No. l." and
the Good Friday Spell" music
from "Parsifal" (Wagner).
Miss Behrend, who is a native Of
Philadelphia, appeared with the
Philadelphia Orchestra when she
was only II, playing a Mozart con-
certo. Since then, in other ap-
pearanceS with orcheStras under
DR.. Stokowski, Fritz Reiner and
Artur RodZinSky, she has de-
veloped from the child prodigy to
a mature artist. She was the first
pianist to be graduated from the
Curtis Institute of Music under
the tutelage of Josef Hofmann.
Hofmann has also played some
of Miss Behrend's compositions;
the League of Composers in New
York has presented some Of them,
and also the Society for Contem-
porary Music in Philadelphia.
Mr.. Kelberine was born in Kieff,
Russia, and studied under Rach-
maninoff's famous uncle, Alex
ander Siloti, and also under
Ferrucio BuSoni. He came to
America in 1928 and is now a
citizen of this country. He was
the first artist presented by the
Juillard Musical Foundation in
his debut in New York in 1925.
Bernardino Molinari invited him
to tour Italy in 1930-31 and Alfred
Cortot sponsored his appearances
in Paris. He won special acclaim
in 1928 for recitals of Bach and
Beethoven works and in 1886
was soloist twice with the Phila-
delphia Orchestra. His compost
tionS and Bach transcriptions are
widely praised.
The T. Arthur Smith Bureau,
910 G st. N. w., is the local man.
ager of the Philadelphia Symphony
Orchestra,
The Washington times., 1937-03-26
BY CARL L. DENIES

Nelson Eddy, American bari
tone, who stars with jeanette
Macdonald in "Maytime," which
opens at the Palace today, takes
delight in recounting odd prac-
ticeS followed by leading singers.
Lawrence Tibbett, who appears in
recital at Constitution Hall Sat
urday, April 3, to be followed the
next day by Eddy's recital, jok-
ingly remarked to an admirer
that he always stood on his head
before every performance.
Eddy claims that as q result OF
this remark, hundreds Of young
singers were actually standing on
their heads to get the blood to
their heads "just as Tibbett does"
"Caruso had a slight touch Of
catarrh and used to gargle salt
water, the same as would any per-
son who sought to relieve a slight
irritation" Eddy relates. Sud
denly every singer had his little
bottle of salt water. He believed
LkldG Gkl1S WdD UAAC 0CS4CV Va Wv
ruso's amazing success"
Eddy finds that many young
singers who write to him for ad-
vice do not like to accept his eX-
PLANTATION that his own success is
due to hard work. II always am
frank to reply to these youngsters,
that I have no strange secret OF
singing and that I spent more
than 10 years at study before !
really got started.
But few of them like to take
my advice. They seem to want to
know some button to press and
get a voice in exchange, some
magic work that will get them to
perfection without work."
Eddy says he knows how they
feel as they face long years of
work because he admits that he
once fell a victim to the idea that
there are "tricks in the singing
trade" He is glad that he saw
the folly of this hoped-for magic
early in his career.
"Ruffo, the great baritone, used
to wear an abdomen belt" he says,
"other singers figured that this
was Ruffo's secret. The great
singers would strain against the
belt and get great volume and
resonance, they concluded. So
they all went for belts. I got one.
The truth of the matter is that
Ruffo had a slight stomach and
wanted to hold it in.
To-day, I know of teacher who
actually has one of Ruffo's real
belts and he puts it on all of his
baritone pupils" Eddy says he
could go on endleSsly telling OF
how singers have seized at tricks.
zone singer I know, used to chin
himself on rafters before he went
on to sing, because he was nervous
and that helped him. But hun
dreds thought that was how he
got volume to his voice and today
there are many who always in
sist on chinning themselves before
they will sing"
So, Eddy'S advice to beginners
is not to start trying to find out
what kind Of cigaret a great sing
er may smoke, what brand Of
cough drops he may use when he
The Washington times., 1937-03-26
Another Hero

ASTORIA, Ore. G.N.S).-The
little Dutch boy who put his finger
in a hole in the dikes to keep out
the ocean had nothing on Henry
Leinenweber, engineer on the
patrol boat Spitkit. Leinenweber
kept his boat from sinking in the
Columbia River here by holding
his hand over a hole in the bottom
until a derrick could be fastened
to the superstructure. The hole
was opened when an underwater
pipe-fitting became loose.