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Evening star., 1937-07-19
Chest Deductions From
The Pay of Emplove
To the Editor OF The Star:

10 me Edltor OF Ihe Star
After several weeks without funds a
young woman secured a Job as waitress
in restaurant at sl2 per week here in
washington, supposedly for eight hours
work each day. There was no written
contract but her social security card and
number were registered.
When handed her first pay envelope
for three days work there were two de-
ductions, one for her social security tax
(Which she understood and the other
She was told was taken out for the Com
munlty Chest She knew nothing of
this, SO I told her to tell them she OBJ
jected to it. She did SO when she was
handed her second pay envelope. and
the answer was 1T does not make anv
difference If you do object: it is taken
out Of the pay from the highest to the
lowest and will be taken out each week,
ten cents a week
Having very strong sense of right
and wrong I ask, how long since an
American citizen must be forced to
give to charity. whether one likes it or
not? Why cannot the employer take
out for any other charity-the Red
Cross for instance, or any other organ
izatlon? In fact, to what lengths could
this be carried?
The principle Of the thing is what
makes one indignant, for the amount is
small-but still amounting to $500 a
year.
Is it possible that proprietors pledge
a certain amount for their organiza-
tons to the Community Chest, or to
charlty, and then, unknown to their
employees. plan for them to pay it?
In addition to all this, is the fact that
to save room rent. this young woman
has been sleeping in an old automobile
which has practically outlived its use
fulness except as place in which to
sleep and which will be sold as soon as
she can afford ROOM
l feel that in common justice to the
thousands of other employees who may be
suffering in similar manner and as a
believer in true Americanism and free
dom OF action and speech that I owe it
to them to bring this situation to public
attention.
(MRS) LOUISE S. w. MARTIN.
Evening star., 1937-07-19

bility Of getting spray materials not only
on plants that do not need them, but
also OF getting them on the house, espe-
cially If painted white.
Nicotine stains brown, of course, and
cannot be recommended as house paint.
Copper gives greenish blue. There are
other materials which give various other
colors, all of them terribly out of place
on plain surfaces. Some gardeners even
dislike these stains on leaves and eSpeci-
ally on flower petals
These harms are minor, OF course in
comparison with the threat to health
Even statements to the effect that they
are harmless to man or beast should be
taken with grain of salt. 1t should
be realized that mostly such things are
used without harm, but this in no ways
mitlgates their essential danger, espe-
cially II one IS careless.
Careless handling of poisonous mate
rials is all too common, as every one
knows. Familiarity breeds contempt, as
often has been said; the person who
uses 40 per cent solution OF nicotine
to Kill aphids, or plant lice, knows it is
poison, but seldom stops to think OF it,
since he used only fourth of tea
".
II any material in dilution is able to
kill bugs" it must be pretty virulent,
after all, because the insects are tough
TRIBE, and are not easily killed by any
thing. A flea, for instance, caught on
Fldo, may be crushed, beaten, put in
boiling water and sprinkled with flea
powder, but still manage to survive.
Flea powders are another material
IN of
should be handled with respect. Some
OF them contain virulent fish poison, "
originally used by certain natives Of
South America to kill fishes without
much work.
1t is plain that though such things
might not actually poison any one
through inhaling a bit through the
lungs, certain drying harsh effects might
result which would cause real harm in
other directions.
There are other poisonous materials
used in gardening, all of which should
be handled with the greatest of cautions.
Bait for cut worms, for instance, is
extremely dangerous, and should never
be used except on the underside Of small
stones, where birds and animals cannot
readily get at it.
The real danger from these bats is
that their location is easily forgotten
when the stones or sticks under which
they have been placed are upturned
and the material finally made available
especially to the SongSters.
Ant traps often contain posons These
are not SO easily gotten at, in most cases.
but should not be forgotten in any event
Repeated handling at regular inter-
vals OF any poisonous or irritating spray
ing materials requires especial caution
since the danger of some poiSons lies
precisely in the small dose" which might
be inhaled without the victim realizing
1t. He might not suspect anything,
weeks later, when he began to feel ILL.,
but small doses, from time to time, might
have harmed him.
With proper precautions, such as We
have attempted to outline. there need
be very little danger in using spraying
materials. The main thing is to keep
well in mind that a poison is a poison,
no matter what name it may have.
Evening star., 1937-07-19
Recalls Cardinal Gibbons on
Walks in Baltimore Parks

To the Editor of The Star:
In the early days of the archbishopric
Of Cardinal then Archbishop Gibbons
of Baltimore the writer, a lad in his
teens, used to help the gardener in
Mount Vernon Square in Baltimore,
through which his grace the archbishop
used to pass on his walk in that part OF
the city.
1t was his custom to bid us smilinely
the time of the day and he would often
stop for short talk.
I have heard one of his old parishion-
ers speak reminiscently of the cardinals s
pastorate of st. Bridget's in what was
then known as HighlandtoWn, a suburb
of Baltimore, and he would often visit
the parish after his elevation to the
cardinalate and he used to enjoy hearing
those plain and devout people mad
Vertently call him father instead of your
eminence.
Like Father Ryan, the poet priest of
the South, Cardinal Gibbons held in
esteem the people of the Southland,
having lived among them as a mission
ary priest in the Carolinas.
Cardinal Gibbons espoused the funda-
mental truths of labor unions and, like
Father Matthew, the apostle of temper
ance, whom Justin Mccarthy, in his
History of Our Own Times" epitomizes
as "the sweet and simple Friar whose
power was that of goodness and enthu-
siasm." Cardinal Gibbons stood for
temperance. MICHAEL HOBAN.
Evening star., 1937-07-19
Save the Trees!

The Star is happy to commend Assist
ant Chief G. M. Granger of the Forest
Service for the warning he has addressed
to the real estate operators of the Dis
trict of Columbia. Ruthless destruction
of the natural beauty of large areas of
the Nations Capital has resulted, he
says, from the arbitrary cutting of trees
needed by the community.
OF course, it is perfectly true in
theory that an owner may do what he
likes with his property. But the welfare
of his neighbors also must be taken into
account. No single individual is possessed
of any right to injure the appearance of
an entire neighborhood. 1t happens, as
Mr.. Granger points out, that the Fed
eral Government has spent four and q
half million dollars Of taxpayers money
in the past twelve years to set out new
trees in various parts of the country,
including Washington.
But even if there were no immediate
economic issue involved, 1t still remains
a fact that the District of Columbia
has practical interest in the attrac-
tiveness which for decades has been part
OF its charm to visitors. To illustrate the
truth OF this argument, let an incident
OF history be cited: In Cumberland
County, Me-, there once was little
village to which. considerable numbers
OF outsiders" repaired each vacation
season. These guests were responsible
for the prosperity Of tho regular" In
Evening star., 1937-07-19
Still Hone.

The United States Navy is giving up
the search for Amelia Earhart and her
pilot, Frederick j. Noonan, lost in the
Pacific more than a fortnight ago; but
their friends still hope for their rescue.
chance, slim perhaps yet possessed
OF magnetic appeal, exists. Some small
vessel, not equipped with radio facilities,
may have picked up the flyers. Or, con-
ceivably, they may be safe on one Of
the myriad little islands which dot the
sea along the course they were following.
Months may pass before the problem
can be solved. But sooner or later the
riddle should be read. Meanwhile, those
who have faith in the fundamental sci
ence Of aviation will wish to continue
to trust their instinct in the circum-
stances, believing that the missing pair
ment of their plane to be able to avoid
disaster. True, they were mistaken in
their attempt to negotiate Rowland, yet,
when that error is conceded, there
remains reason for optimism-they had
succeeded in attaining other difficult
objectiveS, they had established a record
worthy of confidence in other emer-
gencies.
In any case, the public will not sur
render its hope until indisputable evi-
dence is forthcoming. That is the trib-
ute it chooses to pay to the flyers 1t
desires their rescue and will not willingly
change its mind for any cause short of
absolute proof of the futility Of further
search.
Evening star., 1937-07-19
Oliver Owen Kuhn.

Oliver Owen Kuhn, dying at f1fty-one,
Is a casualty of an age which demands
of earnest and sensitive men more than
they easily or safely can give. He re-
terred to the period as the era of
tension and was abundantly familiar
with its eXactionS Of convenience and
health. Only few weeks ago, he con-
fessed to intimate friends: I'VE burn
the candle at both ends, not because we
want to but because we must; and, of
course, sooner or later, we have to pay
the penalty for our mistake"
mind possessed of an extraordinary
quota Of energy gave him the power to
be faithful to his work when, had he
consulted his own personal interest, it
would have been wiser to have accepted
his physicians advice to rest. But en-
forced inactivity is difficult for individ-
uals of Mr.. Kuhns temperament and
taste. 1t was, as he saw it, a duty 10
push forward unfalteringly in harness.
The demand for service, self-impoSed in
large part, was too compelling to be
neglected for even so brief a span of
time as a single day.
Certainly it was by devotion to his
conviction that he won his successes in
the world. Mr.. Kuhn was equipped by
nature with a vision for human progress
which, in his judgment, was precious
enough to command the sacrifice of un-
renting labor. He gave himself will
!ngly and completely to it, The National
Radio Forum which carried his voice
into millions of American homes was
but one Of the results he achieved. His
share in the expansion Of The Star be-
ginning In 1912 and continuing through
the present moment was another. AS
managing editor, he bore heavy burdens
with credit to himself and those who
were associated with him.
Mr.. Kuhn was appreciated and will be
remembered for everything he was and
for everything he did, but his country,
the City of Washington and nearby
Maryland which he loved so well and
the paper OF which he was so honorably
proud part with him with regret made
additionally poignant by the fact that
he has gone too soon to have known how
deeply and profoundly they valued him.
Evening star., 1937-07-19

habitants of the place. Hence, they were
expected, anticipated, planned for-and
charged accordingly. A promoter, how
ever, intervened. With deadly logic he
organized pool of local farmers to
supply timber to match company. The
landscape was wrecked. So, also, was
the tourist and camping trade. People
went elsewhere for July and August. In
the end, even the post office was closed.
Sardonically enough, the promoter him.
self abandoned the scene of his mistake.
The gold he got from his murdered goose
was invested in South American bonds
which soon were as valueless as rubber
boots in the Sahara.
Evening star., 1937-07-19
People Growing Weary
OF Strife and Deaths
To the Editor Of The Star:

Az tie E0itoI Vi nc othT.
And now the country loses a good and
useful citizen, Senator Joe Robinson.
How much longer Is the Senate going
to take this New Deal laying down? Is
it not enough that people are suffering
as never before and that war and death
are taking the place of reason and the
courts in labor disputes?
Although the New Deal does not carry
a gun it is indirectly responsible for the
disorders and deaths resulting from the
prevailing industrial and political strife.
The Vice President knows what it is
all about, and no doubt his conscience
worries him. He leaves the chair of the
Senate, over which he presides in one
OF the most trying times our country has
ever known; goes fishing somewhere in
the West snd lets the rest of the country
sweat and argue with the rent man and
the mllkman and the grocery man and
listen to the New Deal commentators
tell us how well off we are. OF course.
this is all right. it is a debt owed him by
the party for his help in the election of
the New Deal king, and he is being paid,
not with their money, but with our
money.
Z. l. .. Lewis, renovating a mansion
IN dear old Virginia. is not doing so bad,
either, but then, again, he did see that
a large contribution was made to, and
votes were counted for the reelection
OIL the KING of the New Deal. Workmen
are striking and starving to help pay for
The comforts which c. I. o. Lewis will
enjoy long after those who do not believe
IN paying for the privilege of working
Tor an honest living in free country are
dead and buried.
And still we are told that the king OF
the New Deal owed his election to no
party or group and that he would do
justice by every one. That's a good one.
almost as good as Boss Jim Farley's fore
cast OF the States that would be carried
py the New Deal. He knew Kansas
would go his way, but he did not reckon
on arrests being made in connection
with the election frauds He knew that
IN Two States he was not making the
progress he expected and that he had
not succeeded IN making the population
OF these two States believe the promises
OF New York-trained politician.
Our Congress is elected by the people
and Tor the people and not by and for
the President. Postmaster General or a
Z. l. .. leader, and If the people have
other things to worry about, such as
making money to support family, etc.
1t Is up to their representatives to devote
their time and thought to the future of
our democracy and forget the ambitions
OF man who wants to be king.
Perhaps the death of Senator Joe Rob-
mson may arouse a demand for square
shooting and less dealing for trade and
for position, Perhaps members of Con-
gresS will realize that for reelection to
their seats they may have to go to the
people Of the country and not the
people on relief. S. P. HOFFMAN,
Evening star., 1937-07-19

There was a time when Madrid was
studied by travellers who journeyed from
this country for the art treasures 1t held.
That time, though forced into the future,
must be restored and the hope that it
will be soon must be generally enter
tanned. America has studied the arts OF
war conscientiously and is entitled to
full opportunity to turn to the arts of
peace.
Evening star., 1937-07-19
Franchise Discipline.

One neglected aspect of the problem
of winning political and fiscal equity for
the District of Columbia is that of the
discipline which the franchise would
signify. Little has been said on the sub
ject; the philosophic implications of the
overlooked in the debate. Yet, plainly
enough, they are of vast Importance. The
character of any community, large or
small is determined by the privileges and
the obligations of its people.
In the United States a democratic
system of civilization prevails. 1t pros
pers or declines in the ratio of the prac-
tical application of the theory that every
individual should exist for others as we'll
as for himself. In other words the prin-
clple upon which the Nation stands is
the unwritten law of human fellowship.
American society, then, must be CO.
operative, mutual and, in a basic sense,
altruistic. 1t follows that it likewise
must be articulate; every member must
have voice-that is, a free and un-
trammeled vote.
Such is the accepted theory of repre-
sentative government under which all
citizens except lunatics, criminals and
residents of the Nations Capital live. It
Is doctrine which was not created by
accident nor lightly nor without purpose.
On the contrary, it is the fruit of the
experience of an mcounted number of
generations of the Anglo-Saxon race to
which the founders of the Republic,
predominantly, belonged The authors
of the Declaration of independence and
OF the Constitution were believers in it's
Justice and its efficacy. Liberty, they
insisted, is infeesible unless supported,
maintained and participated in by the
entire population. Thomas jefferson
advocated freeing the chattel slaves to
that end; many of his contemporaries
shared the same or similar views-their
ments.
And their example still persists. The
only excuse which conceivably can be
offered for continued denial of the
franchise to the District Of Columbia is
the threadbare supposition that the peo-
pie of Washington might misuse their
opportunity to vote. But, for the sake
Of argument, let 1t be conceded that some
validity attaches to the notion, let it be
mistakes Of kind With those of their
Evening star., 1937-07-19
Shooting Stars.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Uninformed,

I don't pretend to know for sure
What "relativity" may be,
But lack of knowledge 1 endure
In matters closer far to me.
I do not know what calls the smile
Into a little baby's face,
Nor why wars relentless guile
Should horrify the human race.
do not know why men defy
The precepts they themselves unfold
And are bereft of honor by
The mystic influence of gold.
And SO, philosopher, pray
Do not disprove my wit SO slow,
Since encounter every day
So many things I do not know.
Evening star., 1937-07-19

In a time which is given much to
candid inquiry the theater has brought
another Of its searching questions.
What is 'burlesque"? According to
Aristophanes it is entertainment which
assumes instructive purpose, but New
York continues to regard it with suspicion
as a means of exploiting nudties in fact
as well as pictorially. Much of our
Summer discomfort is due to an effort
to take our facts too seriously.
Evening star., 1937-07-19

An oil explosion in Atlantic City in
jured large number Of persons. An
age Of great inventions continues to
produce the unfortunate interference OF
people who do not know how to manage
them.
Evening star., 1937-07-19
A Rhyme at Twilight
By
Gertrude Brooke Hamilton.
The Close of Dav.

Beyond the river, in liquid fire
The sun set: flaming rays as from a pvre
Spread DER the heavens to horizons rim.
Then slowly the red bars grew faint
and slim,
Until at last they faded out OF view:
The sky and water were a denser blue.
Soft, dusky mists effaced distant hill.
While all the universe seemed to grow
still;
The river became black from shore Ia
shore
And night fell, Hike the closing q door.
Evening star., 1937-07-19
Prison Publication.

From the Cincinnati Times-star.
AS good an explanation as any for the
paroles of hardened criminals is that
jail vardens want to improve the moral
atmosphere Of their bailiw!cks. 4
Evening star., 1937-07-19

There were fears that Amelia Earhart
and her gallant pilot were kidnapped by
South Sea pirates. Now it is hoped that
the news will show that they were so
mercifully spared.
Evening star., 1937-07-19

There are things in Asiatic conflict
which We cannot understand as we
vainly hope the conflict will exhaust
itself without the benefit Of our en-
deavors to extend practical assistance.
Evening star., 1937-07-19
Profitable Posture.

From the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin.
Lawyer who couldn't get a seat in a
train has won damage suit against the
railroad company. Proving that it pays
to stand up for your rights.
Evening star., 1937-07-19
The Greatest Terror,

From the Pontiac (MlchD Press.
Few people 60 through life without
some terrifying experience" says a WE'LL
known writer. Not the least of which is
the meeting Of the car that suddenly
cuts out OF line to beat the traffic.
Evening star., 1937-07-19

AS time goes on the census reveals
larger figures for the District of Colu,n-
bia. 1t may eventually simplify them as
the disposition for candid study becomes
frankly more sincere.
Evening star., 1937-07-19
The Exception.

Are all the men in Crimson Gulch
good poker players?"
"All but me-" replied Cactus Joe.
isn't your ignorance disastrous?"
mo, I'm the feller that gets criticized
by the entire assemblage for bein' a
winner in spite Of the fact that I play
my cards all wrong"
Evening star., 1937-07-19
Strikes and Mails.

From the Charleston tW. Va) Mail.
A letter mailed IL years ago was de-
livered recently In Arkansas At that
It's an improvement on the delivery to
the steel mills.
Evening star., 1937-07-19
Difference Due.

"You have a great respect for the
will of the majority"
Every politician has" replied Senator
Sorghum, for the simple reason that
the majority has the most votes"
Evening star., 1937-07-19

Jud Tunkins says a man often gets
credit for being quarrelsome when he is
only making feeble effort at repartee.
Evening star., 1937-07-19
Senatorial Difference,

From the Saginaw News.
A filibuster In the Senate may only
mean that the members actually make
the speeches they have printed in the
Congressional Record
Evening star., 1937-07-19

The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to
the use for republication of all news dispatches
credlted TO 1t or not otherwise credited in this
paper and also the local news published herein
All rlehtS OF publication of special diSpa tches
herein are also reserved
Evening star., 1937-07-19
Service Appreciated.

'Do you see any real argument in IA
vor of a monarchial form Of govern
ment?"
II do," replied Mr.. stormington
Barnes. I'm the old days kings served as
subjects for some of our very best comic
operas"
Evening star., 1937-07-19
Game Laws.

A weary world will be surprised
II apprehensions do not cease
When shooting laws are well revised
To guard the timid dove OF peace.
Evening star., 1937-07-19

q. Which eats more grass, a COW or a
horse Of equal Weight?-G. w. H.
A. Under the same conditions a COW
will probably eat more grass than q
horse of the same weight.
Evening star., 1937-07-19
The Vanished Ice.

The Vanished Ice.
One day I slipped upon some Ice
And nearly broke an ankle.
The thoughts that thrilled me were not
nice;
Resentment seemed to rankle.
But in July, when passing by
The place where once I tumbled,
I pause and pant and wonder why
On earth ever grumbled.
'You often finds dat man who says
he is willin' to tell all he knows" said
Uncle Eben, tries TO seem important
by do!1i more tellin' dan know1n'."
Evening star., 1937-07-19

@. What fish walks on its tail?-E. H.
A. The wahoo, tropical game fish,
when hooked walks on its tail along the
surface Of the water. 1t has an unusual
backbone consisting of latticeUork
Of bones which brace the spine in such
way that the fish cannot bend It's
body up or down.
Evening star., 1937-07-19

reader can get the dnsrer to anu
question OF fact by nrtttng The Epening
Star Information Bureau, Frederic ]
Hask'n, Director, Washington, D, c.
Please tnclose stamp for reply.
=. When did the President become
afhlaCed with the Boy Scout organtza.
tion?-G. L.
A. President Roosevelt became chair
man OF the Greater New York Commit
tee on Scouting in 1920. He organized
the Boy Scout Foundation of Greater
New York, Of which he remained head
until he went to the White House.
Evening star., 1937-07-19

Q. Which has more value in the diet,
protelnS or carbohydrateS?-W. F.
A. Both the proteins or nitrogenous
constituents Of foods and the carbo-
hydrate or starchy constituents have
the same fuel value of 1860 calories per
pound.
Evening star., 1937-07-19
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