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Evening star., 1937-04-01

one case here of relationship. The report
is thus misleading as well as mislabeled.
Suppose we take an example OF mis-
labeled "nepotism" Forty-flve years ago
two brothers and their first cousin OBJ
tanned jobs as boys in three departments
of the municipal service. The brothers
were promoted to be heads OF depart
ments and married sisters Of fellow en-
ployes. Their sister married q District
employee Each of the brothers sent their
daughters through college and the
daughters qualified as teachers in COM
petitive examination. The son OF one
of the fathers passed civil service
examination and became policeman.
What would the "nepotism" report
show? 1t would show that a District
employe, head of department, had
brother, cousin, two brothers-in-law,
daughter, nephew and niece in the
District service. Would that necessarily
mean nepotism? Not at all. Would it
be of any significance? None whatever.
If there is nepotism In the District
service, it should be exposed. If there
are other forms of favoritism, that
should be exposed. But more important
still is the protection of merit system
in all branches of the municipal service,
rigidly enforced That would prevent
nepotism. 1t would prevent other
abuses. And Congress possesses exclu-
sively the power of giving such protec-
ton
Evening star., 1937-04-01
STARS, MEN AND ATOMS
Notebook of Science Progress in Field,
Laboratory and Study.
BY THOMAS r. HENRY.

skins. Walking on all fours, they were
mistaken for wolves by the bison Thus
they were able to encircle the animals
and get them in position for a stam-
pede If they we're lucky the frightened
herd might plunge over the precipice by
the hundreds.
This was a hard, strenuous and un-
certain existence. 1t might almost be
said that man pitted his own feeble
limbs against the animals. Once the
Grow became master of the horse, all
this changed. The herds were no match
against mounted riders. The food sup
ply became far less uncertain. Eff
cheney in leading this sort of life de-
pended on perfect mastery of the horse,
and the Crow attained it.
Laboratory bred and reared flies are
harder than wild ones.
This has been determined by the
Food and Drug Administration OF the
Department of Agriculture in tests on
the efficacy of fy-killing sprays. AS a
rule fly spray would kill from 10 to IS
per cent more wild than tame insects.
A spray that will kill tame flies is pretty
certain, they found, to be effective in
homes or barns.
Evening star., 1937-04-01
Argument for Workers
Property Right in Job

To the Editor of The Star:
In your issue of March % you pub
lish an article by William Allen Whit,
titled Force Replaces Labors DebAt-
ing"
In the course of his article, among
other things Mr. White has this to say:
THE only serious American question is,
what kind of right in his job and in
his factory can the worker finally hope
to get? property right? Hardly
Why hardly" a property right?
Is not the labor-power of workers
hands and brains his property? And,
if not, whose is it?
If I, as a worker, have not property
right in my 'labor-power and, therefore.
in my job. without which l cannot use
my property effectively for my support
and that of my family, it would seem to
me that there is and can be no such
thing as natural law of property" OF
which we have heard and still hear so
much.
Iassert without fear of successful con-
tradiction that the workers have prop
erty right in their labor-power and,
hence, in their jobs; that having this
inalienable right, they have the right to
organize in such manner as to make
good this right, and to sit down, y
stand up or walk out, or do anything
else that may be necessary to the pro-
lection of this property right.
Further, how does it come that the
courts deny this property right of the
worker and then uphold private property
in the earth, the socialized machinery
of production and distribution and in
exchange and banking, not one Of which
is the creation or possession of the in
dividual but of the Almighty and society?
I assert that we, the workers, have
property right in our jobs and that the
day is not far distant when the Amer
ican courts will okay it.
CONVICTION HALL.
Evening star., 1937-04-01
Union Man Deplores Acts of
Organized Labor Run Riot
To the Editor OF The Star:

To the Editor OF The Star:
Senator Borah quoted in your able
editorial of the goth regarding the latest
foreign mportation-the sit-doWn strike,
truthfully said II think it is generally
agreed that it is a form of violence which
government of law and order cannot
recognize" The distinguished Senator
might we'll have added, and truthfully,
the further following words: Tolerate,
condone and survive.
It is high time that organized labor,
the unorganiZed working man, even the
unemployed, and the people as whole
do some serious thinking.
Labor has legitimate, commendable,
worthy objectives; legitimate, serious
grievances; has suffered damnable, in
excusable wrongs-even murders and in
human atrocities, but labor must not be
like a coil spring released-destroy or
lose itself. Labor must attain its ends
legitimately and peacefully to retain
them once secured.
The very property rights provision of
the Constitution labor must see as it's
own indispensable protection-a bulwark
of it's own liberties.
Labor, and the common man who is
grOunQ between ana WHO pays, ulloI
not be blinded and fail to see that If
labor ignores, violates and destroys law
and order to win an illegal victory that
they will quickly and inevitably destroy
themselves-that the very forces that
join with them now to increase or
attain their own power supreme, will
later inevitably turn that power upon
them and destroy them in self-defense.
Labor must not forget that property
rights are human rights-that without
property to enjoy, sustain, nourish life
with life means nothing, that when
property is not respected, human life
is not either He who takes one will take
the other
I am, or was, union man and always
shall be, but 1 reserve the right and
do put my God, my country, its cherished
principles, institutions, projections, COM
mon welfare and aims, and what princi-
piles and honor my own human frailty
contains, above and before that of any
organization be it short-sighted capital
ism or an undemocratic selfish labor
group run riot. H. H. ENTZ.
Evening star., 1937-04-01
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

This is something worth keeping In
mind when tempted to run Tor IT al
a dangerous crossing.
Run for it, indeed, if you are IN the
happening of running, but II 1t is not
an action commonly INDUCED IN. refuse
to run, no matter how many you miss.
Missing public vehicle, 1or instance,
is not the momentous matter some per-
sons seem to think 1t is.
Fat old persons, who ought to know
better, attempt to break into canter,
when they would look better and be
more themselves if they stuck closely to
their original and normal pace.
There will be occasions, it is true,
when even the most deliberate person
finds it expedent to hurry.
Then let him hurry by all means, but
often it will be discovered If one is per-
fectly honest in the discovering, that
almost all the urge to hurry is the
result of the spirit of the age.
We all have read SO much about pep"
that each one of us thinks he must be
"peppy" at all costs.
The honest man or woman refuses TO
permit the spirit of the age to change
the natural bent" too much.
It is impossible, of course, altogether
to resist the times, but something may
be done for ones self by the simple
expedient of walking and talking and
acting at all times as 1t comes natural to
one and seems best to one to walk and
talk and move.
So normal thing as this, however,
often takes real will power and intel
lectual determination to carry through.
Fortunately, life and time settle these
matters for us.
We wake up, in middle age, to find
that we are "sot" in our ways, and there
is not much use trying to do anything
about it.
That funny looking fellow in the
mirror there, he really is ones self!
For good or bad, we must accept him
"as is" and find good in him as best
we may
Man being a conceited animal, it is
not nard for most of us to find many
good points in the fellow in the mirror
A sense of humor, life's best safety
valve remains ones most valuable &C
complishment, despite the inroads of the
years and the sWifter passage OF time.
Recall that meeting with the strange
SpllIltuldl III lIle lldIl VI SiSa0 AAAAA "a -
1t was a dog show, really, and while
passing along the rows of kennels, one
happened to see some one looking pierc-
ingly at one Who in the thunder was
he and why did he stare so? One
scoWled The stranger scowled back.
Well, sir
One had been staring at ones self, all
the time, in one of the great mirrors.
where one thought a doorway was, so
clear was the glass.
X X
After that the perturbed one never
had any difficulty in accepting the self.
with all its faults.
So it is with gait.
There is a natural way Of doing things,
both mentally and physically, which
fits the individual as closely as well
fitting glove.
Stick to this, both in and out of traffic,
and be as happy as you may; for rest
assured that in no other way will it be
possible to find reasonable happiness In
this world except as yourself.
Evening star., 1937-04-01

petition. No adjustment is feasible to
maintain If it signifies martyrdom. Thus,
struggle for sef-assertion in the interest
of survival is q phenomenon of even
theoretically utopian cooperative COM
monwealths. In totalitarian states the
contest is for the favor of the dictator:
in democracies it takes the form of aspi-
ration for the approval OF the multitude.
Yet few hearts are exempt from the
longing to make no unworthy ccmpro-
mise. Integrity is innate in the human
spirit. The average individual wants
neither to be dominated nor to DOM
mate. Perhaps the prevailing anxiety
is summarized in the axiom: Live and
let live" But, growing wise as it moves
toward approximate maturity, the race
adds to that rule new principle-the
passion toward charity tolerance, lib
erality Of judgment, gentleness in man
ners, pity for distress and sympathy for
sorrow. In other words, society Is eager
for civilization.
OF course, there are frequent reac-
tions in the direction of primitive bar
barism. The world is, beyond all denial,
sick with war and revolution and class
bitterness Historians testify that it has
been so for centuries past and suggest
that it may be so for millenniums to come.
Meanwhile, a bystanding philosopher
takes notice of the dream of millions for
planet free from greed and haired and
the shedding of blood. Education, he
believes, is the solution. AS he Spartan
Chilo taught Know thyself," he argues
"KnoW thy neighbor." Travel, wide
reading, venturing into other countries
and other minds is the method COM
monty regarded as most efficient. No
individual can make trial of it without
to some degree deserving to be consid-
cred pilgrim on mission of peace.
Evening star., 1937-04-01
American Flags and the
Graves of Noble Dogs
To the Editor of The Star:

10 tne EQltOr OF l ne Stdt.
Why all the panied amazement and
shocked surprise at the late news of the
graves of some of our canine friends
having been decorated with the Amer
lean flag? We would think it but right
thus to show our affection toward one
of our own kind who had been to us
loyal friend, and who but our beloved
dog friends have shown toward us such
utter devotion and answering loyalty.
Joyful under praise, patient under
needed reproof.
Look deep into the eyes of your canine
friends and then say if you can match
the sympathetic understanding and
alteration among your human friends.
Many of the buddies of overseas can
tell many tales of heroism of these faith
full animals. In their way they served
Just as nobly as their soldier pals. Many
came through the war, many gave up
their lives as did so many of their buddy
friends. Not worthy of fag-bedecked
grave Rest assured they would never
disgrace it.
Many years ago friend had busi-
ness located on the water front. He also
had black dog of the smooth-coated ter
rier type of which he was very fond and
which, in turn. returned his love many
fold. 1t was the custom of the owner
each night on leaving the Office to say
to his canine friend, Now, Mig, watch
my desk and papers" The latter would
curl up under the desk Later on, labor
troubles occurred. Late one night a
phone message said the wharf and Office
were on fire. Travelling as fast as trolley
permitted he hurried to the wharf.
Shaken with sobs the next morning as
he related the happening, his deepest
grief was not at the loss of his business
and entire income, but that the charred
body of his Mig" was found lying curled
up under the desk, guarding his papers
unto the end
Give your sympathetic understanding
and loving care to your dog and when all
else forsakes you he will be found lying
at your feet CHARLOTTE THOMAS.
Evening star., 1937-04-01
Slow paced, or fast paced

Slow paced, or fast paced
All humans may be divided according
to this classification, but 1t is impossible
to tell anything from it.
The slow -motioned person may be the
best "go-getter," the fast-motioned the
dreamer. Or just the other way around.
Since the world makes snap judg-
ments, mostly, the swiftly paced in
dividual who always walks as II on q
run, is usually judged the most energetic.
He may be merely case of nerves"
1t is most interesting thing, to watch
different people, and attempt to judge
them by the way they walk.
Here will come a veritable cyclone,
who takes short steps and covers great
deal of ground quickly.
Yet it may be found, as often as not,
that such a person gets no more done,
in the ordinary sense, in day than the
fellow who happens to walk and talk
slowly.
The appearance of doing more, how
ever, undoubtedly is there But here
again it is impossible, seemingly, to give
the appearance by taking thought.
These ways of doing things in the
everyday life are part of the mental
character, and scarce can be faxed eX-
cept for short periods at time.
Deeper than that however, they are a
part of the instructive responses of the
physical being.
Taking thought, in such matters, holds
only for brief time, especially when on
parade.
The slow -motioned person soon would
Lor fo tftilt In t,nI N
speed up his walking or talking with
out any real need at the moment.
We may feel that in respect to these
matters we almost always get sincerity,
however much we may miss it else
where.
The individual walk, or gait, for in
stance, is perhaps the most sincere of
all human actions.
We get the man then just as he is,
without concealment, when we see him
walk to and fro in his daily tasks.
And nothing is more interesting than
to watch building full of persons walk
ing corridors. There goes the fast
motioned the sloW-motioned, the me-
dium- -motioned each one always at the
same pace
Many a person walks under such
circumstances at veritable dog-trot.
He may or may not be long legged. He
may or may not be human dynamo
as some persons like to fancy themselves.
He may be fat or skinny, blond or dark
haired he may or may not be rated
! high in the business world Often young
| fellows overfond of themselves step along
like world beaters, but if you happen to
check up on them years later they are
no farther advanced in the world than
some of their slower motioned COM
| rades, if as far
| *
| The important thing to remember
about pace, the individual way of doing
things, is that if it is normal it should
be stuck to carefully, because it is con-
nected both with the intellectual and
| physical life.
Ones own way of walking, for in
| stance, is really ones self.
| To be a pedestrian is not just to be
a target for automobilists.
Jt jc RI he nne's self
Evening star., 1937-04-01

It is rare gift that enables man to
measure the temper of his time as Chief
Justice Charles Evans Hughes has done.
His study of public questions has been
constant and sincere and has brought
him into contact with intellectual forces
of every type, from the most profound
scholarship to the most emotional i'm
pulse which may seek to bewilder clear
discernment by babel from the stump
of rural regions to the soap box of the
crowded city street corner, Chief Justice
Hughes not only knows his law; he
knows his humanity.
Evening star., 1937-04-01
Thirteen n.Year.Old Boy and
His Twelve.Cun Arsenal
70 the Editor of The Star;

To the Editor of The Star:
There are times when strange feeling
comes over me that I am mad in the
midst of a sane world, and such feeling
returned when I read in The Star an
account of a l3-year- boy, the son
of parents who are in position to give
him the best in home surroundings, edu-
cation and training, killing child with
one of his IL guns, and the fact that
13-year -old child was the possessor Of
such an arsenal was apparently accepted
without comment or criticism. Crying
"where is the law" and where are the
parents" will not bring back that dead
boy to his mother, but terrible moral is
here, and 1t is to be hoped this boy has
not died in vain.
HELEN MORRISSETTE.
Evening star., 1937-04-01
Flag on Grave of Dog
Shows Respect for Emblem

To the Editor Of The Star
I have been reading The Star for fifty
years and would have no other paper.
I read in your columns about complaints
being made because flag was put on
poor dogs grave. Which goes to show
that those who put it there loved that
flag and also the poor old dog. These
people who make such complaints are
not good Americans They are hard
boiled cranks. When 1 go to see
parade I don't salute every flag that
passes. I salute only the flag carried
by the armed forces of the United States
and National Guard
God bless the men who put that flag
on the poor dogs grave. They are our
real Americans, with human hearts and
common sense.
RAYMOND WATERS.
Evening star., 1937-04-01
Elemetary Course in Civil
Government Recommended

To the Editor OF The Star:
Senator Robinson's speech reached the
height OF brazen ef1rontery and insult
to the intelligence Of the American
people. Among other things we demand
to know how Senator Robinson can hold
the Supreme Court responsible for laws
they do not make. Just because he has
seen fit to forget the duties of the
President does not justify his misrepre-
sentation of the duties and function of
the Supreme Court. We suggest an
elementary course in civil government
for Mr.. Robinson and his fellow pro-
ponents of the court plan.
New York. JAMES BLAIR.
Evening star., 1937-04-01
A Rhyme at Twilight
By
Gertrude Brooke Hamilton.
A Vision.

A Vision.
Long, dusky shadows gathered IN the
room,
Only slanting radiance pierced the
gloom,
A sunset gleam.
Thru the soft, roseate ray you came to
me,
Your eyes aglow with the old ecstasy
Was 1t a dream?
The shadows deepened. Night fell. Day
was gone.
Yet though sat in darkness quite alone,
That slanting beam
All troubled doubts of you had put to
flight.
Your spirit sought mine in that ray Of
light
It was no dream.
Evening star., 1937-04-01

Mark Twain has been quoted as saying
that, in spite of attempted variations,
there are only eight real jokes in the
world. This is contradicted by the pic
torial news which depicts the President
and his personal attendants as finding
enough jokes to keep them laughing
heartily 1865 days in the year
Evening star., 1937-04-01
April First.

Each holiday you must observe,
Though one may sometimes get your
nerve.
The first of April smiles with glee,
For who shall be from folly free?
When we are sure that all is we'll
Some puff of pride fate will dispel,
Reminding us, when all is done,
That even fate must have her fun.
Evening star., 1937-04-01

A dictator depends for power on the
assumption of forms of authority and a
careful cultivation of a sense of in
feriority in the popular mind. In other
words, it is "the old Army game" that
history has witnessed from generation
to generation.
Evening star., 1937-04-01

Youth has grown strangely wise and
it may be doubted whether youngsters
can be soothed to slumber at twilight
by bedtime stories, when they would
rather hear the oratory that comes by
radio along toward midnight.
Evening star., 1937-04-01
The Good Old Days we sing about
Were much like these beyond a doubt
His Trouble Supply.

Are you looking for trouble?" asked
the man with the big voice and the
bristly mustache.
Looking for trouble?" echoed Sena-
tor Sorghum who had accidentally
jostled him. mo, sir; never look for
trouble anywhere but in letters from
my constituents or in the newspapers"
Jud Tunkins says the work of the
police would be a whole lot easier If
the people who commit crimes would
be considerate enough to leave behind
the same kind of clues that the detec-
tive story writer's use.
Evening star., 1937-04-01

Industry cannot be expected to sus-
pend while William Green and John
Lewis undertake to settle what appears
to be very much like private feud, with
jeopardy.
Evening star., 1937-04-01

The alphabet has letters enough to
meet every bureaucratic emergency. DR..
Wallace has ideas of creating new
judicial forms somewhat resembling
Burbanking, which may be initiated as
S. C. A. A. to denote Supreme Court
Adjustment Administration"
Evening star., 1937-04-01
"Organized" Base Ball.

From the Sacramento Bee.
Talk OF unionizing base ball is in the
air again. Just imagine the confusion
when the umpire calls strike! And
will it still be possible to yank pitcher
from the box or will he want two weeks
notice?
Evening star., 1937-04-01
Shooting Stars.
Good Old Days.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

The Good Old Days we sing about
Were wondrous good, beyond doubt.
Some men drank deep, played games
and sWore.
Fantastic clothes they often wore.
And some worked hard and paid their
way
And went to church each Sabbath day.
Some men made money by control
That let them claim a mighty toll.
Twas hard to raise the price, no doubt:
And those who couldn't went without.
The statesman spoke; the people cheered
When Fame grew tickle, people jeered,
While arguments were set af1oat
About the way they ought to vote.
The Good Old Days we sing about
Were much like these, beyond a doubt
Evening star., 1937-04-01

India threatens to become trouble
some. The gorgeousness of local leaders
picion of being what Theodore Roose-
velt called "malefactors of great wealth"
Evening star., 1937-04-01
Fair Swap.

From the South Bend Tribune.
Now that city manager Is to be
president of the University of Wisconsin,
some university presidents may be
tempted to try their hand at city man
aging.
Evening star., 1937-04-01

Americans love their Kipling in spite
laureate. He demonstrated that man
may be great as a poet even though a
poor politician.
Evening star., 1937-04-01
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Evening star., 1937-04-01

There was probably benefit in the re-
lease for practical employment OF Gov
ernment aviation officials who were in
danger of becoming involved in bureau
cratic politics.
Evening star., 1937-04-01
Opportunities.

Though Fortune may not deign to smile
There is chance for every one.
The grandstand is the place for style,
But the bleachers see the real fun.
Evening star., 1937-04-01
Works of Imagination.

What is your idea of high f1nance?"
ut is school of fiction" replied Mr..
Dustin Stax, "in which mathematics
takes the place of language"
Evening star., 1937-04-01

"De man dat tries to please every
body" said Uncle Eben, "aint gine to git
along nigh so well as de man who squares
up to de world an gifts everybody tryin'
to please him."
Evening star., 1937-04-01

A man who learns to get on with four
hours sleep day is not really so much
to be envied and admired as the one who
can make reliable arrangements to get
eight or nine.
Evening star., 1937-04-01

q. What States have rejected the child
labor amendment this year?-L. C.
A. North Carolina, South Dakota,
Texas, New York and Massachusetts.
Evening star., 1937-04-01

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