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Evening star., 1937-07-18
EADPR|CES EVEN
0NACT|VE MARKET
Buying Is More Diversified.
Zinc Unchanged, With
Situation Tight.
2, the Associated Press.


NEW YORK. July l7.-Lead trading
continued active last week, although
prices were unchanged Buying was
more diversified. with battery makers.
foil and the sheet lead and pipe in
dustries especially prominent.
Zinc remained unchanged. Demand
was quieter. but statistically the situ-
alton continued tight Shippers were
endeavoring to induce some consumer
to postpone July shipments on assur-
Ance that these will be filled in August
largest supplies were held by galva-
nizers, whose operations were affected
by recent strikes
Tin moved irregularly. but there was
an undercurrent Of firn1ness, the week
ending u to q cent higher. Demand
was only moderate and confined to
prompt shipments. but sellers were un-
willing to offer in view of unsettled
political conditions overseas.
Domestic copper was quiet and
steady. holding at IA cents a pound,
delivered Connecticut Valley. Export
metal was slightly lower, rejecting
foreign exchange uncertainties, es-
pecially in the franc. Rumors, orig
mating in London to the effect that
foreign producers in the cartel have
proposed restoration of restrictions
proved stabilizing influence.
June statistics were considered IA
vorable owing to the failure OF some
forecasts for greatly increased produc-
ton and stocks to be fulfilled.
Antimony was firm. advancing *
cent with Chinese in bond quoted 14st
cents a pound. The upturn primarily
reflected the threat of Sino-J Japanese
war.
Operations in steel industry ad-
vanced to 83 per cent. and further
gains were regarded likely. due to the
resumption Of work in some strike
bound plants, and ending of the holi-
day and vacation shutdowns.
Evening star., 1937-07-18
ADVERTISING GAIN
FOR YEAR 5.6 PCT.
Retail Display Above 1885 to
July 10, According to Sur.
vey Of 78 Cities,

SCy VI 20 SlIACe'
By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, July 17-Advertising
Age. advertising publication, today
reported 1887 retail display advertising
up to July 10 had run 5e per cent
ahead OF the same period in 1896.
Based on tabulations for newspapers
in 10 cities. the report showed the 1897
total was 551, ,7os,2o7 lines, a gain Of
29.397 ,202 over the similar period last
year
Because many newspapers did not
publish July 4, retail display advertis-
ing for the week ended July 10 declined
to 15,292.420 lines. compared with
16.456.392 lines for the corresponding
1886 week.
Evening star., 1937-07-18
BULBS AND TUBES GAIN.

NEW YORK, July II R.-Hygrade
sylvania Corp, makers of electric
light bulbs and radio tubes. with
plants in Massachusetts, and Pennsyl-
vania. for the six months ended June
30 reported net income Of $590,315
after charges. equal after preferred
dividend requirements to $2.55 a COM
mon share. This compares with net
profit of s4l0,734 or s167 a common
share in the like 1885 period.
Evening star., 1937-07-18
Franc Slumps to 26.57 to 81;
B0urse Closed for Holiday

the governments policy to let the
franc seek its own level. They ex-
planned that the full scope of Finance
Minister Georges Bonnet's financial
reforms was not yet known and there
fore full confidence In the franc had
not been restored.
Tourists who brought small sums
in dollars or travellers checks into
American banks received 1920.
Since the franc was freed Of gold
content restrictions July l under the
new Chautemps cabinet program, It
hAs hoveeed around 26 10 ths dollar.
Evening star., 1937-07-18
BY the Assoeia tAof Press, =,

PARIS, July 1.-THE frenc to-
day slumped to the lowest point in
recent years, 2657 to the dollar, in
bank trading. The Bourse and the
Bank Of France were closed for the
usual Saturday holiday.
The quotation was 2612 to the
dollar in unonicial trading after close
Of the Bourse last night.
Bankers said French currency was
weak because the equalization fund
stayed out u tie uaayket, IN nns With
Evening star., 1937-07-18
MACHINE ORDERS UNTITLED

NEW YORK, July II (P.-Mesta
Machine Co., Pittsburgh. reported un-
filled orders az Of June 80 at more
than $24,000,00o. new high record
In the company's history. compared
with about sls0O0,000 at the be-
ginning OF 1887 and $lo,5o0,000 In
Midsummer Of 1896.
Evening star., 1937-07-18
CLEARING HOUSE REPORT,

NEW YORK. July II R.-The weekly
statement Of the New York CLEARING House
shows:
changed at $so4 .4e3 900. Total net de-
mand deposits average) decreased S2e.-
922. 900. Time deposits (averaRe) de-
creased S4e6.0OQ. Clearings week ending
today. S3.461 4b9. 53s. Clearinxs week
ending July 10. S3Os3. 7s3 .a3S
Evening star., 1937-07-18
China Plants Heavily.

China Plants Heavily.
The Agriculture Department report
ed today the 1887 cotton crop in China,
including Manchukuo, may reach an
all-time record Of approximately 4,ooo,-
900 bales Of 500 pounds each.
The Shanghai ONCE Of the Bureau Of
Agricultural Economics reported plant
ings had been increased 10 to IS per
cent above last year. when the previous
record crop Of 100000 bales was pro-
duced.
Evening star., 1937-07-18
MUNICIPAL FINANCING

NEW YORK. July II R.-Nev
financing scheduled for next week by
one State and As municipalities totals
36,569, 900, compared with the re-
vised total Of S1l,0oo, ,s07 tor the last
we'd, Daily Bond Buyer stahed today.
Evening star., 1937-07-18
Earnings

b the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, July 17.-Corporate
earnings statements released during
the week, showing profits per share,
Evening star., 1937-12-11
AdiOs to the League.

Before today is over, if circumstantial
Italy will tremendously signal her with
drawal from the League of Nations. The
news Savors somewhat of the classic
announcement that the Dutch have
taken Holland, for, ever since inception
of the Italo-E Ethiopian conflict in the
spring of 1886, Geneva has been anath-
ema in Fascist eyes and under virtual
boycott by Mussolini.
II Duce spurned the League from the
moment it accorded rights of protest to
Ethiopia, as member nation in good
, standing. To manifest Italian resent
ment of the mere presence of Halle Sc
laSsie's spokesmen at the session con-
vened to hear his plea for justice,
Rome'S delegates stalked dramatically
from the Assembly, thus emulating, un-
der almost identical circumstances,
Japans bolt in 1888, when the League
condemned the conquest of Manchuria.
Germany having previously burned her
Geneva bridges because of disarmament
differences, Italy's departure makes the
antl-League complex of the Berlin
Tokio-Rom axis unanimous It pre-
sents afresh an iron front against the
ideal of united effort for world order.
Despite its frailties and utilities, the
League did stand for international
solidarity against aggression, even though
its program was doomed to be more hon
ored in the breach than in the observ-
ance. Italy's detection may not mean
that the sinking Geneva ship will now
disappear and 60 to the bottom but that
battered and leaky craft suffers another
buffeting designed to hasten it's final
wreckage. Long scorned by Mussolini as
feeble instrument of democratic au-
thority, his contempt for the League
became complete when its chicken
hearted sanctions plan stopped short of
an oil embargo to check the Italian cam
paign in North Africa ThenceforWard
the Fascists treated Geneva as beneath
their notice and their eventually formal
desertion of the pusillanimous debating
society became a foregone conclusion.
Transcending the mere effect on the
Leagues fortunes is the underlying sig
nificance Of Mussolinis action Italy now
casts her lot Fundamentally with Ger
many and Japan and as unreservedly
turns her back on Great Britain and
France. Thus new blow is aimed at
the democracies of the world and re-
newed warning given them that the
Fascist relationships prefer power policy
to collective security. Viewed from that
angle, tonights red fire demonstration
beneath the balcony of the Palazzo
Venezia is a challenge that bodies no
good for the tranquility of peace e-craving
peoples.
Evening star., 1937-12-11
An Economic Exile
States His Case
To the Editor of The Star.

To the Editor of The Star:
L am not an economic royalist, I am
an economic exile. have been banished
from the American way of life.
i nave the degrees ALB. and LIB
Whle l have no graduate degrees. I
nave, through the years, done consider
aoie graduate work l am neither en-
leeoled by age or disease nor am dis
qaailfled from rendering effective service
py reason OF youth or lack of experience
Millions OF my fellow citizens are likewise
suffering economic exile.
Our Government has stood bv consent
ing. No government is worthy of the
name democratic government" that does
not aHord protection to the humbIest
cltizen IN the land. The first duty of
government is to provide protection for
the underpriVileged. 1t is true that if a
man VIII not work neither should he eat
III IS equally true that if a man is willing
ana able to work he should have the
opportunity to earn an honest living and
receive compensation for his service suf-
nclent to enable him to survive on the
basis oil the American standard of living
resent and rebel against banishment
Witnout just cause. One in exile can live
only IN the hope that he may some dav
return from banishment But our Gov.
ernment should not daily with the prob-
lem OF doing justice to its citizens.
ERNEST ID. MACDOUGALL.
Evening star., 1937-12-11

animals from all over the world. Once
there they are forgotten by the world
at large and the specialists start work
on them They are studied and
described Systematically. Their varia-
tions from one another are noted and
recorded
When this has been done a specimen
becomes the type of that sort of animal
Tor the United States and often for the
world. The collections might be looked
upon as an enormous reference diction-
ary for all the forms of nature.
The crab form seems to have been a
favorite with nature through the ages,
A half billion years ago crablike crea-
lures were moving in shallow sea
waters-among the first definitely iden-
tif1able animals on earth. They appeared
In great variety of species, but finally
lost out in the struggle for survival and
became extinct.
Nature, however, was not willing to
give up the experiment. She has con-
stantly reverted to the form, discarding
Its defects. Thus the crabs of today
represent the elimination of one of the
dominant trends of animal evolution.
1t has been Dr. Rathbuns Job to
record and portray the attainment of
this perfection.
Evening star., 1937-12-11
Needed Help Deferred.

President RooseveltS discussion of the
railroad situation yesterday, coupled with
the refusal of the Interstate Commerce
commission to grant without further
argument the fifteen per cent freight
rate increase the carriers are seeking.
served to re-emphasize the plight in
which the industry finds itself as the
result of the widening gap between
income and expenses.
in bespeaking prompt action by the
commission in the rate proceedings.
the President undoubtedly echoed the
sentiment of business generally, for the
railroads are large buyers and until
their affairs are Strengthened out, either
with the help of the I. c. c. Or in some
other way still to be determined, the
uncertainty surrounding their future
will be reflected adversely in many
directions.
The President indicated strongly his
belief that the rate increases should be
granted, and in view of the commissions
recent comment as to the advisability
of all transportation agencies raising
charges that had been depressed unduly
by competition, it will not be surprising
If some measure of relief is afforded,
particularly since the water and highway
carriers are Joined in the present case.
The commission, however, acted with
understandable propriety in refusing to
be rushed into decision. With a half
billion dollars at stake, every interest
involved should be heard-particularly
the public, which always has to foot the
bill.
The railroads can find encouragement
in the Presidents expressed opposition
to Government ownership-and so can
the rest of the country. The war
time venture in Federal operation was
enough along that line to last for quite
a while. But how far the Government
can stay out of the eventual solution
that must be found for railroad ills
remembering that higher rates are not
necessarily a curative-is something
than cannot yet be answered.
Evening star., 1937-12-11
Half a Loaf.

Mrs Roosevelt's statement on national
representation for the District is re-
ceived by Washington with mixed feel
ings of pleasure and pain.
The Capital rejoices in her opinion
that. were she resident of the District,
she would feel she was entitled to COM
plete franchise" On the other hand. it
is impossible not to take issue with her
suggestion that the granting of the vote
is worth entailing greater financial re-
sponsibility for the condition of the Dis
trict."
On the contrary, Washington wants
the vote not in exchange for but in de-
tense OF the payment which the Federal
Government owes both morally because
of the nature of the Federal City, and
legally, under unrepealed substantive
law
The District does not deny that its taxes
do not cover the total expenses of main
tanning and developing the Capital. 1t
does not think they should. This is the
Capital of great Nation, the seat of its
legislative and administrative Offices, de-
Veloped on scale decided upon by the
Government and beyond the means of
any community of this size to support
The question is not one of fair exchange
between two parties. The Government
owes the District representation as the
fundamental right accorded every sane
American citizen; both legally and
morally it also owes the financial sup
port inescapably connected with its con-
troll of the Capital and the nature of
the Capital.
Evening star., 1937-12-11
Mellon Vindicated by His
Record of Public Service
To the Editor Of The Star.

TO the Editor OF The Star:
You remark in your editorial on the
Vlndlcation of Andrew w. Mellon of
charge of fraud in an income tax return
That such vindication is only half Justice
because of the Secretary's premature
oecease The student of events, however.
knows that only those who are scourged
in one generation are likely to live in
the next generation. In the words of
Omar Khayyam, Never rose grows so
red as where some Caesar fought and
bled"
Harding'S brief administration was
marked by much that was somewhat un-
savory, but if it is worthy of remem-
brance for anything, it is because of the
appointment of the canny Scotsman as
head of our Treasury. In these days
when our public debt is nearing two
score billions, it should not be forgotten
that in the space of about ten years the
urbane, able and dignified Pittsburgher
reduced our gigantic war debt by almost
billion a year. A man who served his
country so signally hardly needed to live
to learn of his vindication His record
of public service and craftsmanship had
already vindicated him, and time mex
orably will add to that vindication.
HERMAN FELTER.
Evening star., 1937-12-11
Praises Star Endeavor to
Advance Cause of Art

To the Editor of The Star:
[ wish to express my pleasure for the
work you are doing in helping to advance
the cause OF art appreciation. The repro-
auctions of forty-eight of the worlds
great art at so low price is truly WON
oerfu. keep thinking of my own child
hood, with so few advantages in the wav
OF the arts And there are still MANY
communities as lacking in such onnor-
tuatles today as there were in nv child
hood
But L am not despairing. l remember
tiiat 1 came to have great love and A
tlhy amount of understanding of art
even with SO little in my childhood And
l nave discovered since I have resided in
tnls city that there are thousands of
people who have never even taken ad-
vantage OF the art in their midst.
Perhaps this campaign which Won are
carrying on to help the Committee on
Art Appreciation will result in making
converts to an appreciation of art. And
l am truly thankful that 1 have this
opportunity to witness another good work
Gone by your paper, besides having the
opportunity OF securing these reproduc
tlons with so little cost.
wish every school in the United
states might have these forty-eight re-
productions.
am really very enthusiastic over this
campaign. MYRTLE M. MORRIS.
Evening star., 1937-12-11
Our Inland Water Routes
From the indianapolis Star.

rToH tHe star.
The Importance of navigation on our
Great Lakes is not appreciated as 1t
should be. Announcement has Just been
made in Cleveland that ore shipments on
those waterways this season total g.
300 900 tons. That would be equal to
1,246, 900 railway cars of so tons each. 1t
would be equal to 2,460 railway trains of
100 cars each, or 1890 trains of 10 cars
each if the proposed train-limit law were
to be passed.
There are at present no railway facili-
ties connecting the industrial districts of
Indiana, Ohio and Pennsylvania with the
ore mines of the Northwest that could
handle that traffic The volume of ore,
in fact, is the direct development of the
waterway. The cost of hauling by land
probably would be such as to require the
mining of ore in some more accessible
area, or might make advisable moving
the steel plants nearer to the present ore
fields.
The traffic that has been developed
through the 500 Canal should be con-
sidered by those who are disposed to look
on the st. Lawrence waterway improve
ment as visionary. There is no reason
why Atlantic liners could not come to
Michigan City, Gary, Chicago or any
other lake port, provided the river route
were deepened. No great argument
should be needed to show the possibilities
Of having a deep-water route to the in
terror of the country, such as would les
sen the costs of transportation and of
transshipping our products destined for
world markets.
Evening star., 1937-12-11
Joseph p. Kennedy.

While 1t may be straining a figure of
speech to say that star of destiny an
parently hangs over the head of Joseph
2. Kennedy, it cannot be denied that
this energetic Bostonian has become
widely recognized as good man to pick
for tough job.
Making himself comfortable fortune
while many others were losing theirs in
the tempestuous days of the late I92Os,
Mr.. Kennedy was identified politically
with Franklin D. Roosevelt in the pre-
convention campaigning of 1882 In
1884, Mr.. Roosevelt repaid this effort by
asking Mr.. Kennedy to launch admin
lstration of the Securities Exchange Act.
a task for which a material amount of
unfriendly criticism was assured.
1t was tribute indeed that a year later
the deepest expressions of regret at Mr..
kennedy's resignation from the S. &c.
came from the very Wall Street sources
that had most bitterly opposed his selec-
ton.
In an interlude of private activity, he
directed the resuscitation of one of the
great moving picture companies, but
within the past year he was called back
to public service to diagnose another
major ailment, the condition of the
American merchant marine. 1t is too
early yet to appraise the effectiveness of
his diagnosis, but the task was tackled
IN fortnight manner and solution re-
qulr1ng some courage of thought was
submitted to the Nation.
Now he is apparently to become our
Ambassador to Great Britain. With
world relations in a precarious state.
and discussions directed at a far
reaching trade treaty between this
country and Britain now pending.
the London post is most important.
When Mr.. Kennedy has carried on as
the country has reason to believe he will
1t will be interesting to see where public
duty next calls him. Frequently, he has
been mentioned as cabinet material, pre-
sumably as Secretary of Treasury, and
not few have speculated aloud on
his availability as presidential nominee.
Evening star., 1937-12-11

ing, they also have won the enthusiasm
of the Washington public almost over
night. Nothing quite so phenomenal has
ever happened in local sports before.
Without the mechanism of cheer
leaders and the weight of traditions
which 'glorify" college football, the
Redskins have awakened a spontaneous
enthusiasm throughout the city. Thou
sands have been added to the ranks
of professional football fans. The teams
popularity has been achieved through
the colorful playing of its stars and a
quality of football that is not often seen.
Names of the stars-Cliff Battles, Turk
Edwards, Texas Baugh and the rest
have become fond bywords which the
fans love to roll around on their tongues.
As victory after victory put the team
among the leaders the city's football
temperature rose. 1t reached fever
pitch last Sunday when 5000 fervent
followerS-about as many as left the
city for the Army Navy game-went to
New York and took part in the
Massacre of Coogans Bluff"
This professional football-suddenly
become respectable-is definite asset
to any city. 1t has helped popularize
clean competitive sport and made skill
full football players the heroes of thou
sands. They will be more than heroes,
they may even become what the sports
writers call miracle men" if only they
beat those Bears!
Evening star., 1937-12-11
More 'sCOnfdentiaT' Data.

Taxpayers with net incomes of $780,
600 or more-which seemingly would put
them in President Roosevelt's economic
royalist' category-have been singled
out by the Internal Revenue Bureau for
a novel referendum on their met worth"
So that the bureau may know this
met worth exactly, the designated tax
payers will be required to file with their
regular tax returns supplementary sworn
statements of their total assets and
liabilities as of the start and end of the
year.
Assets which must be listed on the
itemized form include such "non-busi-
ness property" as residences. automo-
biles, yachts, etc" Four inches of space
are allotted for the listing of these assets.
and below is one-inch space for .IabiIi-
ties.
Secretary Morgenthau, when ques-
toned recently at press conference,
explained the new form is intended
merely to simplify the task of the In
ternal Revenue Bureau in determining
how much tax should be paid. The data
will be regarded ss confidential" he
asserted.
Perhaps there is no reason for alarm
over this latest move by Treasury Off
clals. No doubt the additional informa-
ton about how many homes and auto
mobiles and yachts taxpayer owns, and
how much he paid for them, will give the
TAX determiners better picture of the
taxpayers ability to take it," It is
assumed the tax examiners will follow
orders and stamp the form Con-
f1dential"
But citizens in the large-income group
Will not readily forget how other data,
properly stamped Confidential" were
paraded on Capitol Hill not SO long ago
for no other purpose. apparently, than