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Evening star., 1937-07-16
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JOINED BY BRAZIL
Morgenthau Announces Ac-
cord Under Which U. S. Will
Sell $50, 900, 900 in Gold.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The Treasury brought Brazil today
into the growing family of nations
with which it has made currency
stabilizing agreements.
A new accord, announced late yes
terday by Secretary Morgenthau and
Arthur de Souza Costa. Brazilian
finance minister, provides that the
United States will sell up to $780,
600 1000 in gold to the South American
republic
Souza Costa and Secretary Hull also
made public an agreement to bulwark
the existing Brazilian American trade
treaty with minor complementary
measures"
The officials said the two nations
would protect benefits of the recip-
rocal agreement against outside COM
petition that is directly subsidized by
governments"
Germany Not Mentioned.
Although some trade experts have
asserted Germany rapidly has in
creased sales to Brazil through ex-
port subsidies, Germany was not
mentioned in the statement.
Brazilian spokesmen said there
would be no change in their country's
relations with that nation. They added
that although a trade understanding
with Germany has expired, negotia-
tions for its continuance will be
started.
The monetary agreement following
by less than week a similar under
standing with China, provides that
Brazil will use gold acquired here for
currency stabilization purposes.
Payment to Be in Dollars.
The gold will be paid for with Amer
ican dollars, acquired by Brazil in
foreign exchange markets or through
trade operations. The metal, which
will come from the Treasury,s $12.-
400 .0000, 900 hoard, will be left in this
country. Against it, the Treasury may
advance dollars to Brazil for stabiliz-
ing operations.
Brazilian spokesmen said it was
intended to brake fluctuations between
their milreis, now quoted at about 6.6
cents. and the United States dollar.
Treasury authorities said the two
currencies will not be linked rigidly,
but that more stable relationships
between them will be sought.
Federal Reserve Board reports
Evening star., 1937-07-16
Who's Who
Behind the
News
Senator Barkley Is 4
Liberal, Although Not
an Extreme One,
BY LEMUEL F. PARTON.

= ENAToR ALBEN w. BARKLEY,
who appears to be the adminis-
tration choice for Senate lead
ership, Is bit farther over to
the left than the late Senator Robin
son. whom he would succeed.
Senator Robinson, pretty much OF a
conservative, was hard-hltting New
Dealer for reasons Of personal and
party loyalty. The also hard-hitting
Kentuckian headed into the promised
land mainly under his own steam. He
is not an extreme liberal, although he
has indorsed labor mintancy and has
drawn strong political support from
labor. He fought the smoot- Hawley
tariff bill and was an early advocate
OF the recognition OF Soviet Russia.
In defending the Presidents Su-
preme Court plan. he has vigorously
expounded what he believes to be the
necessity of drastic economic adapta-
ton, maintaining that the Constitu-
ton is "a living and vital instrument"
Which allows such change. He is not
grouped, however, with the established
dissenters and party recreants OF
the Senate.
His og-cabin take-off and his rise
as Southern homespun statesman
outline career much like that of
Senator Robinson. He studied law and
politics under Irwin Cobb's Judge
Priest" of Paducah, who in real life
was Judge William Bishop. After the
usual Southern workout as county
prosecutor and in other such Offices
he went to the Senate in 1918.
THAT Alben is smart boy" said
his father, as he sold the ancestral
log cabin and moved into town so
Alben could get an education. He got
1t, wrestling ash cans, working as q
janitor and waiting on table at Marvin
and Emory Colleges He is a serious,
bulky. tough-fibered, hard working
citizen. He has specially built
typewriter, designed to stand a lot Of
punishment. This is necessary because
the Senator is apt to be vehement,
manually or vocally, and he likes to get
up in the night and whack out a two
listed speech, with appropriate key-bar
emphasis.
He was doomed for Vice President at
Houston in 1928 He was the Demo-
cratic keynoter at Philadelphia last
Fall In 1882 he was the first favorite
son to withdraw in favor Of Roosevelt.
He. too, is Jealous in party loyalty, but
it just happened he was travelling more
in the same general direction with
Franklin D. Roosevelt than Senator
Robinson.
Evening star., 1937-07-16

Denis, Md. and for more than two
hours followed country roads in that
area, while the bandit held a gun
on him. Ross was ordered to get out
on the Rolling road near Woodlawn
At the bandits direction he took of
his coat and trousers and tossed them
back into the automobile. The bandit
then drove of.
Clad only in his shirt, undercloth-
Ing and shoes. Ross made his way
to a farm house where he telephoned
police. The farmer loaned him a
pair of overalls.
Baltimore police found the car
and Ross clothing in Howard Park
yesterday They were returned tc
him. but the bandit remained at large
He described the man as about 25
years old and feet inches tall.
Evening star., 1937-07-16
BANDIT C0MPELS
VICTIM TO DISR0BE
Robber Forces lie Marie H. Ross
to Drive Auto Along Mary.
land Roads.

His automobile and clothing already
recovered. lie Marie H. Ross, 59l9
Fourth street, tire salesman, today
listed $40 or more in cash and his
watch as the loss Of robbery staged
near Baltimore after a two-hour ride
As captive Of a bandit.
Ross had left Baltimore restau-
rant Wednesday night and entered his
automobile when an armed man forced
his way into the front seat and di-
rected Ross to drive out Highway
No L.
The salesman drove first to St.
Evening star., 1937-07-16
WEEK OF 35 HOURS
IS LABOR BILL AIM
Attempts Also Made to Write
60'Cent Minimum Pay Clause
Into Measure.

By the Associated Press.
House Labor Committee members
disclosed today attempts are being
made to write 35-hour week and 60
cents-an-hour minimum wage pro-
visions into the administration labor
standards bill.
The committee will vote on the
amendments Wednesday. AS approved
by the Senate Labor Committee, the
measure would permit a proposed
labor standards board to fix minimum
wages not higher than 40 cents an
hour and work week Of not less than
40 hours.
Evening star., 1937-07-16

Washington who
m e ct regularly
with the Presi-
d e mt of he
q n I t e d States
would never start
an Ananias Club
nowadays because
they h ave too
much respect for
Franklin Roose-
welt. They would
prefer to believe
that any inconsis-
tency of state
ment was mad
vertent ra t h e r
than deliberate.
Evening star., 1937-07-16

IleII HeCKS OuI any IOHRer. WnlIe,
like the Treaty Of Versailles and the
League of Nations covenant, the
nine-power pact is still in exist
ence, the diplomats realize that in
fact, 1t Is as dead as a corpse.
Hence Great Britain made only
friendly representations in Toxic
while Secretary Hull, in a gentle
manner. told the Japanese and
Chinese Ambassadors here that it
would be in their own interest and
Evening star., 1937-07-16

showed that Brazilian gold reserves
now total less than $50,000,0 900
The agreement also provides the
Treasury will render any technical
assistance Brazil may request in estab-
fishing a new central reserve bank.
The accord brings to seven the list
of nations with which the Treasury
has currency understandings Besides
China, they are Great Britain and
France, original adherents to the tri-
power monetary pact last Fall. and
Belgium, Switzerland and the Neither
lands,
Evening star., 1937-07-16
Bandits Attack Visitor.

Maurice Moore, 36; Chicago, was
attacked by three bandits at Sixteenth
street and Constitution avenue last
night, beaten over the head and rob-
bed of $26 and his wrist watch He
was treated at Emergency Hospital for
head injuries. He is stopping at the
Y. M. C.. A.
Evening star., 1937-07-16
BUS ROUTE ABANDONED
Norfolk to Washington Line Held
a Duplication.

L. c. Major. manager of the Wash
ington headquarters of the Greyhound
Bus Lines. said yesterday the Great
Eastern Bus Line operating between
Norfolk. Va. and Washington. through
Newport News, has been permanently
discontinued
The reason for the discontinuance.
Major said. was duplication of service
already afforded by the Greyhound
Lines.
Evening star., 1937-07-16
How much this will help the situation
ran anSWer

of those questions which only diplomats
The State Department interested in the conflict but is not
diplomatic betting received 1881
Department has learned
its
doctrine still the
cardinal points the policy But everybody
realizes
grabbing Chinese Ethiopia
will
China, if they think they want
Many diplomats believe will
die quickly fared
both nghtng
But the enabled the japanese general stat to rush large
number OF troops to the Asidc mainland These uH
De recalled they
believes that
incident Wth the Souiets
Manchuran incident
treaty
Evening star., 1937-07-16
Ananias Club
Eligibility Is
Hinted
President, MIR. Roper
Contradict Each Other
on Speech.
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.

4 4 ORE than 80 years ago, Theo-
nu dore Roosevelt started the
wv "Ananias Club" and from
q a time to time put into its
membership those who disputed his
veracity.
The newspaper correspondents Of
Evening star., 1937-07-16
This Changing World
o-Japanese Tension Looks Worse Than it Really
Is-Actua War Is Held Doubtful.
BY CONSTANTINE BROWN.

CONSTANTINE BROWN.
E tension looks than actually Is
no doubt that the Japanese
the regulars Of General Chang
the
these troops will face each other battlefield.
There
Evening star., 1937-07-16
TWO MEN ARE HELD
IN GAMBLING RAID
Milton Simon and Barney Ber-
linsky Are Arrested In Elev-
enth Street Shop.

A raid on magazine shop in the
300 block Of Eleventh street resulted
in the arrest yesterday OF Milton
Simon. 81, Of tbe $500 block Of
Eleventh street ana Barney Berlinsky,
~. Of the 5loo block Of Ninth street.
Detective Sergt. George c. Deyoe led
the raid.
The two men were charged with set
ting up gaming table and released
under $500 bond each Simon had
been the object Of police search since
last October, when q gaming tabl.
warrant was issued for his arrest.
Evening star., 1937-07-16
Farm Wages at High Level.

Government statisticians said today
farm wages are the highest since 1880.
Few Unemployed men are seeking work
On farms. they said, and farmers in
most areas cannot get an adequate
supply Of labor.
Evening star., 1937-07-16
Found Dead in Home.

Mrs. Mollie M. Brooks, IS, Of Sl9
Emerson street was found dead yes
terday seated In a chair before her
kitchen stove, one gas Jet Of which
was open. Coroner A. Magruder Mac
Donald issued a certificate OF suicide
Evening star., 1937-07-16

CnlneSe provinces. The world was
then not as alarmed as it Is now.
Great Britain did not rush, after
1882, to consult the United States
and France was in those days more
placid than ever.
The reason why so much fuss
is being made in London and in
Paris over the Chinese-Japanese
row is that these two capitals want
to draw the attention, which is for
the time being focused on Spain
and Central Europe, to the Far East
Evening star., 1937-07-16

Bees invaded an omnibus in Kaunas,
Llthuanla, and stung driver, con-
ductor and passengers.
Evening star., 1937-07-16
What's Back of It All
Roosevelt's Dutch Is Up in Ordering 'No Surrender"
on Court Bill.
on Court Bill.
BY H. r. BAUKHAGE.

BY H. r. BAUKHAGE.
81; :,
May therefore Shades Of woorov wison1 he remarks
and n you s the sn h and jaw shot tell you simply
The door was the ndds were muted It would have been
since the declaration of slip into the limbo
But today the players the knoD
to be fought out and let the dead jail where
The Roosevelan dutch" calmly
perhaps that the shock troops will get more action
scouts today reported that there were still votes enough
ability check ecommmen (Which Would mean the b Wo n 20 bs M
The administration Senate
personal oahs Of aegiance to the leader which
morning Andrews OF Florida Brown Michigan Gillette Of john
Summers revolt in the House is realized as
potent factor the believes that
the morale of the House opposltonis will follow
An attempt to seat Senator Barky majority probably
Adjournment predicted September lis
oun attempting build in ts the o seooo @
whose poes they havent corraled
This Sunday Senator Wheeler scheduled to sneak in Nev Orleans
geography significant Senator overten i.
from Louisiana. Senator Russell is Nv
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Europe idle two pieces
New York typical Of what
P leaders 1t will become hard
party line royal flush
The plan in briet 90 the line the nert
opposed the court bill in the
Senate Farley
Clark already has the backing Of the Re-
pubcans contributor the last campaign
told his golden sinevs into the Clark election
Copeland for he would have
Republican backing Guarda
To the little who crowded into the taxi last February
before
hardly
At the White Afterwaro
in the cab he turned to Senator Robinson and remarked:
held the Senator
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copyright, blythe Amica
Evening star., 1937-07-16

HE opinions OF the rers this page are their o,n not
necsssarty The Stars Such opinions presented IN
The Stars eDort to gtDe all sides OF questions OF interest
readers although such opinions be contradictory among
themselves and directly opposed to The Stars.
Evening star., 1937-05-01
.Handshaking
Gus tom in
A m e ri c a
The First Gesture Is
Always Made by
the Woman.
BY EMILY POST.

NEAR MRS. POST: I have spent
the last few years abroad, where
the shaking of hands is generally
practiced. I find since I'm back in
America that everywhere I go few
people extend their hand, and es-
pecially the men seem reluctant to
greet me with a handshake Has
handshaking in America definitely
gone out, or on what occasions do
people still extend hand in greeting?
AnsWer-A host and hostess both
always shake hands with their guests,
and probably because the hostess
shakes hands with Mrs. A. Mrs. A is
inclined to shake hands with Mrs. B
standing near. Otherwise, we seldom
shake hands with people whom we
know very well, but we would shake
hands with some one we have not
seen for long time-especially with
some one who has been away. Men
always shake hands when they are
introduced to each other Women
shake hands under the circumstances
described above. It is Woman's
place to hold out her hand to man,
but if the man offers his first no
great fault is committed.
X X
NEAR MRS. POST: I have received
an invitation to an official open
ing of a large store and at the bottom
is printed, Tea will be served" Isn't
it unusual to include mention Of food
on an invitation? Isn't it just the
same as inviting some one to party
and writing, There will be refresh
ments later?"
Answer-No, the definite mention
of tea changes an ordinary commercial
preview to semi-social function. A
great many people, who would not
think of making point of going to
the store on that particular afternoon,
might be inclined to go if they realized
it was to be an especial party.
nEAR MRS. POST: My employer
received an invitation worded in
the third person, which is either very
well printed or else engraved q can't
tell the difference in this case) and
sent by business organization. 1t is
really a business invitation and he
handed it to me with instructions to
answer it. Can't this type of accept
tance be typewriter, and must it be
formally worded?
Answer-The answer should follow
the exact wording of the invitation,
and since the invitation is purely a
business one, there Is no improperly
in having it typewriter. Do not,
however, take this as meaning that
either social invitation or its answer
may be typewritten-ever.
Copyright. 1879
Evening star., 1937-05-01
A Special
Program Is
Privilege
Exceptional Child Is
Not Disgraced by
Extra Tutoring.
BY ANGELO PATRI.

CONVENTIONAL forms are use
full things. They save time and
worry. One does not have to stop
and think about what to do or how
to do it if convention has set the
form. That is fine if there is room
left for the exceptions. And when
one is dealing with human children
there are always exceptions.
If one believes that education is
vital only when it is accepted by the
individual who is being educated, the
exceptions come thick and fast. Sooner
or later a child deviates from the
usual form. 1t may be but slightly;
it may be widely. And In between
the extremes of variation there are
differences that must be regarded if
the child is to get the best out of his
growing time.
Parents are afraid to have their
children show differences between
themselves and other children when
the differences make them appear
ence sets them apart as geniuses, but
it is all wrong if they mark them a
trife less proficient In any accepted
activity All children are supposed
to get not only a passing mark in
every subject, but to shine in every
subject, because some children dc
shine in that way.
Why can't you study hard and
get 100 like Lou?"
Studying rarely evens the differ
ence. The difference, If marked at
all, usually lies deeper 1t is likely
to be matter of endowment. Most
children can get passing marks in
most subjects, high enough to get by
But the children who make the top
grades are the rare ones Why worry
about that? 1t is a fact and a fact
that does not always carry the impli-
cations afforded it by public opinion
The top pupil is not always the best
pupil in terms Of success in life. Why
not just take the fact and let the
implications go for the time?
Joseph was doing good work in
English branches, poor work in arith-
metic. We went over his arithmetic
and found that what Joseph needed
was a thorough knowledge of the
four fundamental processes. He had
gotten sketchy idea of them in the
lower grades because he had been i'll
and he had moved a couple of times
Once he knew his tables and had
mastered their application, he would
be as good in arithmetic as in any
other subject. We sent him to a
coaching teacher during his daily
arithmetic period.
What have you done to my Joe?
You'll have all the neighbors calling
him dumb, and pointing their fingers
at him because he has to take lessons
in baby arithmetic. Don't do that
Put him in his own class right away
don't want anybody to know about
him."
Maybe some youngster would point
finger at Joseph. Maybe not. What
Of it? Why not take the fact as ii
is and go on from there? Why not
tell Joseph that this was his chance
to make good and get that bad mark
off his record SO he could go to high
school and college with his group in
his rightful place?
Good or bad fortune is mostly what
you think about it. Things and peo-
pie cannot hurt you unless you let
them think they can by thinking SC
first yourself. Special programs are
privilege, not a blight.
Copyright. 1879
Evening star., 1937-05-01
The Old Gardener Says:

1t is not too late to start
the water garden. The tender
aquatics should not be set out
until late in the Spring, in any
event. Most garden makers seem
to look upon the making of lily
pool as a difficult and expensive
operation. The fact is, how
ever, that such pool can be
made at very small cost, espe-
cially If the man of the house is
handy with tools. It should be
about feet deep and should
be cemented on the bottom, un-
less there is sufficient clay to
prevent water from seeping away.
Such pool can be kept clean
by draining out some of the
water at intervals with a hose
used as a siphon, and by adding
water from time to time. The
water should be kept as near the
same level as possible all Sum-
mer. Such pool, planted with
water lilies, which are easy to
grow, and containing goldfish,
makes very attractive addition
to the garden, especially If some
Of the water-loving perennials
are grown on the banks.
(copyrisht. 1879
Evening star., 1937-05-01

SOMETIMES schoolgirls can be aw-
fully noisy. It's all right around
their own school yard, or in their own
school bleachers. But somehow, it
doesn't 60 well at public sporting
events.
The men who take the game seri-
ously, whether it be base ball or cro-
quet, get terribly upset at a 14-year-
old girl who shouts at the top Of her
lungs for Jo-Jo to chit it over the
fence" We saw one Of them once stuff
flstful Of cheese crackers into a
vociferous schoolgirls mouth just to
keep her quiet.
AS a matter of fact, these men are
pretty selfish. They want to make all
the noise themselves. And maybe they
should be more lenient with the fu-
ture Babe Didrikson's of the world.
But at the same time, If schoolgirls
could manage to keep their public en-
thusiasm a little bit more under con-
troll, and to save their hoarsest shouts
for their own school games, they'd
probably be able to get their big
brothers and their fathers to take
them to big league game more often.
It's Just tip, that's all. JEAN.
oCopyrisht, 1871
Evening star., 1937-05-01

to this manicuring affair. One method
is to take the feline to the wet" who
serves as beautician as well. The
other is to obtain the necessary i'm
plements and start right in. OF the
two, the latter is preferable. Most
cats object to being transferred about,
and put up an argument. Besides,
as one "vet" remarked, one doesn't
need a college education to do the
job. A bit of tact, the right beauty
equipment and the job is under way.
Considering that the cat is possessed,
tact is understood. Therefore one
may turn to the implement of war
fare. It is a pair of scissors, es-
pecially made for the purpose. The
distinguishing feature is the cutting
arrangement, short stubby blades with
an oval shape in the middle Another
type looks like the first cousin to a
nut cracker. Ordinary scissors won't
do the trick. They're liable to split
the nail. That's worse and more of
it. It would be better to let them
alone in the first place.
Having assembled everything neces-
sary, one takes the cat gently on the
lap. It helps to explain to kitty just
what Is being done. She won't like
it any better but it relieves the tension.
Taking the feline paw between the
Evening star., 1937-05-01
Dorothy Dix Says
Marrying Before Financially Prepared
Is Irreparable Mistake

SOMETIMES the boy has an old
mother and little brothers and sis
ters to support and cannot possibly
feed another mouth. The boy himself
sees the folly of marrying under such
conditions. but it makes no difference
to the girl. She is bent on marriage
and she forces the boy into it against
his better judgment, unless he has
courage and backbone enough to refuse
to let her ruin his life by a marriage
that is bound to end in disaster.
Probably these silly romantic girls
think love is enough and that they can
stay their stomachs on kisses when
they are hungry. But they soon find
out that they crave food after mar
riage Just as much as they did before;
that they have to have a roof to cover
them and clothes to wear, and that
when they lack the ordinary comforts
and decencies of life that they are
more concerned with the states of their
bodies than they are with the states Of
their hearts.
The boy who marries before he is
ready to marry handicaps himself in
every way. If he has a family to
support, he can never save any money.
He will always be harried by debt
that will take the very heart out of
him. He will have to stick to any
poor job he gets because he will be
afraid to give it up in order to look
for better one He can't afford
to take chances. There is no truer
saying than that a young man mar
ried is a young man marred This
goes double for a poor boy.