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Evening star., 1937-02-24

the estimates, 1,400 persons were re-
ceiving assistance. The number now has
risen to 1,787. For the next fiscal year
the minimum number Of pensioners is
estimated at about 2,200, with expecta-
tions that it will reach 5000. The
estimated cost for the next fiscal year
is $428,265 for the District of Columbia,
not including the Federal contribution,
but that estimate is already recognized
as low. Applications to the number of
4,300 have been placed before the Board
of Public Welfare. A steady flow of ap-
plications continues to come before the
board.
At hearings on the original old-age
assistance measure it was suggested that
enactment of the legislation would not,
in the end, prove an item of greatly
increased expense as the care Of aged
in the homes would reduce the demand
for institutional care. So far, that has
not been the case, as there has been
little if any reduction of the number
OF persons at the homes for the aged
as the result of the act.
Costs of government in the District
have increased heavily in the past
decade. One explanation lies in the as
sumption of new governmental func-
tions, such as the assistance to the
aged, the cost of which always seems
to exceed the original estimates, with
a tendency to increase steadily.
Evening star., 1937-02-24
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

Bar Association. TIL law ..ist' ute rep
reSentS to a considerable extent the
elite of the profession Mr.. Lewis, de-
scribing the Roosevelt Judiciary reform
as timely and conservative" declares
it deserves the Suppolt VI all who favor
lie general lines pursued by the New
Deal, esq ecially social legislation It
was on the same day that Bar Associa-
ton President Stinchfield denounced the
plan as a species of that "uSurpation"
pilloried in George Washington's fare
well address, charging that the Roose-
velt program would destroy the Su-
preme Court and establish tyranny"
Nothing more graphically illustrates
the wide divergence of view in the court
imbroglio than the division of sentiment
between Senators from individual States.
Such examples already include South
Carolina, with Byrnes for the proposal
and Smith against: Texas, with Shep-
pard for and Connally against; Idaho,
with Pope for and Borah against; In
diana, with Minton for and Van Nuys
against; California, with McAdoo for
and johnson against; Pennsylvania,
with Guffey for and Davis against; West
Virginia, with Nicely for and Holt
against. and Utah, with Thomas for and
King against. Some of these differences
are, Of course, OF partisan nature. But
in several cases they include splits among
New Deal Democrats. Intrastate sena-
torial lines are destined to be still more
violently smashed, as hitherto nom
committal members proceed to line up
on one side or other of the surging
strife.
Although the deadline is still nearly
three weeks distant, 1886 income tax
cash is pouring into the Treasury on
an almost unprecedented scale for the
first quarter of a new tax year. Internal
revenue officials estimate that more
than 100000 returns will be filed by
March Is, by far the largest number
received since 1925. A year ago $500 900
returns came in, which was about 30000
more than expected. Commissioner
Helvering hopes that he will be at least
as agreeably surprised this year, as 1896
was notably more prosperous than 1895.
Year-end stock dividends and bonuses
during the late holiday period are
upOll W oWCA lAlSOAiC ACtuAAio w
a post-depression peak.
X X X
Secretary of the Interior Ickes hopes
to have his entire establishment moved
into the recently completed big new
departmental building in about go days.
Meantime, Thrifty Harold" is bent
upon saving Uncle Sam two months
rental that otherwise would be paid
for outside premises now occupied by
the Ohlces of Education and Indian
Affairs, the Federal Board for Vocational
Education, the Bureau OF Mines and
other Interior branches. Secretary 1ckes
is transferring these off-campus activi-
ties into the new building as fast as
room for them becomes available, thus
saving at least one-sixth of the annual
81 900, ,000-odd which the Government
now pays for leased office space through
out Washington.
Copyright. 1879
Evening star., 1937-02-24
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

Snow has one tremendous disadvantage
for the sensitive, artistic mind, and that
is its exceptional susceptibility to
marring.
No one but the artist will ever realize
the poignant regret which overtakes such
a mind when the eyes detect one foot
print in what would otherwise be
perfect stretch of lovelineSs.
This snow is so beautiful, so white, SO
far spreading and so all covering, that
not square foot of 1t should be touched
by any but the pristine hand of the
Nature which made it.
But what have we?
Even while it is falling, footsteps
spoil it. Not so much those tracks, as
we call them, of the wild and domestic
animals, for there is something eminently
natural in all of these, but rather the
unwanted intrusions of our old friend,
man.
With his automobile tires and his feet
and his activities he spoils in few hours
what otherwise would be JOY as long
as it lasts.
Man, the spoiler, who pines for beauty.
but knows not how to treat it when it
comes.
Snow, the beautiful. might stay so. If
1t were not for this busybody creature.
which within a short time cuts up and
soils this emblem of holiness.
Already, even before the flakes strike
the earth. they are dirtied by dust and
smoke. Amazing figures Of air-condi-
tioning people tell us how many bushels
of sheer dirt are taken from buildings
where these systems are in operation.
Since not many buildings are thus
treated. after all. many tons of earthly
particles are floating in the air over
and in every great city.
Shows which fall upon them, in due
process of Nature, do not have an easy
time of it. They must come down
through these particles. Flake must
vie with particle for passageway to earth.
There may be, unhappily, as great
traffic jam in the air as in the streets.
mortal combat with particle or to fight
its way below only after being smeared
with earth-bound grit.
The very transition to earth. sung by
poets for centuries, and viewed with
awed delight by millions of ordinary
folk, is smudged beyond our little COM
prehenSionS.
How pure, indeed, would be snowfall
away from all this!
y
Even in the suburbs we have whittier,
cleaner snow, but it is not long before
the traces of man appear.
There is no eXpanse, however white
which lasts unsullied more than a few
hours.
Every footprint in that virgin love-
illness is a crime
A League for Unsullied Snow should
be organized. not to enforce by harsh
mandate the unbroken eXpanse, but
solely to attempt to Undue all persons
with the sense of the loveliness of the
unSullied snow.
Then instead of the miserable drab,
greasy graynesS which characterizes our
SnoWfalls in a few days, pure unsulled
whitenesS would greet every eye.
Fido and Rover had best be kept in,
and maybe Johnny and Mary, too. At
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Protecting the Racketeers.

The Senate, which is not given to i'm
pulsive or whimsical action, has twice
passed the bill to strengthen the gam
bling laws Of the District by dealing
specifically with the numbers racket"
The numbers game was unknown when
the gambling statutes now on the books
were written. Law enforcement officers
have said that the proposed legislation
Is needed for effective action in break
ing up the numbers game.
The bill was successfully pigeon
holed in the House District Committee
all during the past session Of Congress
by q member who opposed its provisions.
1t faces the same fate this session unless
some of the other members Of the COM
mittee take an interest in having 1t re-
ported out. Objections to the bill seem
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least the latter two might be confined to
streets and sidewalks, which they love
best anyway, and where the real sport
Is, after all.
Let the fields and the yards alone and
keep feet off all unbroken spaces, for
these are the real beauties of the snow
falls and might as well be enjoyed and
left white and clean while the fall lasts
Tracks of rabbits and other small
animals do not seem out of keeping with
the sheer unbroken expanse which is
the delight of every beauty-loving mind.
Somehow these are natural in sense
which scarce fits the prints of larger
creatures. Crossing at a fence corner,
or between the plants in the hedge.
these small tracks are a part of the
snowfall.
They excite a portion of the mind
which never atrophies, even in the CITY,
bred man who never has lifted hand
against living creature.
Tiny tracks of small feet going about
their business-they do not mar the
expanse, but rather set it of, just as
do the branches and thornS which stick
out above the snow level.
One is as natural as the other.
Aside from these marks, really merely
indentationS, there is no other acceptable
to the mind which tries to get the most
out of snowfall.
How beautiful the long slope before
the skiers arrive. and how marked and
trodden afterward!
Life is but an adjustment to what one
wants, with admixture Of what one
doesn't want, alas. The brave skiing
party wants to ski, and SO what it does
to the snow is none of its concern.
Indeed, with that happy faculty of
man called naturalization, the person on
skis manages to find his footprints
thrilling" and lovely" too.
Mankind smears the world with its
deeds and occupations and finds the re-
suits pleasing or. if scarcely that, then
standable, at least.
Consider very simple adjustment to
what one wants-one sits at soda
fountain, waiting to be waited on, and
idly watches the young man dip glass
into a vat of very murky looking hot
water.
One would not tolerate such a wash
ing if such it may be called, at home
but here it is different, and soon one is
eating away without a thought of germs.
Life is complex of these adjustments.
But the beauty-loving mind will never
exactly adjust itself to this perpetual
marring of every snowfall within a few
hours of the time the fall is over. 1t will
insist on its right to want something
different, and be secretly, at least, per-
turbed that it must put up with black
snow and gray snow as grimy as the
water was in that vat behind the bar.
Watching the snow, then, must be a
brief affair at best for such a person
Only in its fall and short time there
after is there reasonably unbroken
beauty to see. The feet of man and his
dogs and the unholy breath of his motor
cars will ruin all this shortly. Let beauty
thrive while it may. Its term is short.
There is no loveliness IN gray where pure
white 0ught to be. There is no beauty
in a nog -Wallow where before existed
the precisely Level field which Nature
alone knows how to build with snow
! falls of her own choosing.
Evening star., 1937-02-24
Austria's Nazis.

When the Austro-German treaty of
amity was concluded last July, both
Vienna and Berlin sought to convey the
impression that it signified the end of
Nazi intrigue for union between the two
countries, which the Hitlerites notori-
ously yearn to accomplish. The presence
of Baron Won Neurath, German foreign
minister, in Vienna this week provided
opportunity for Austrian NazlS, whose
name is apparently legion, to demon
strate that the idea of Austria S absorp-
ton within the Reich is by no means
obliterated. Indeed, the reputed under
lying purpose of Won Neuraths visit
to counteract revival of the movement
to restore the Austrian monarchy-is
of itself graphic evidence that Der
Fuehrer has not abandoned the long
cherished ambition to bring his native
land under the swastika. His foreign
minister on Monday was the object of
pro-Nazi manifestations so tumultuouS
in character that, before the police could
suppress them there were two fatalities,
scores of injured and numerous arrests
Hell Hitler!" "One people, one Reich!"
1--WE want Hitler" were the frenzied
shouts raised by the mob, as thousands
of arms were defiantly raised in the
Nazi salute along the route of Won
Neurath's progress through the streets.
Berlin's immediate goal is to crush
the monarchical agitation, which enjoys
something more than the sympathy of
the Schuschnigg government because it
is realized that restoration would be
the strongest barrier against Nazifica-
ton. Under the guise of promoting
closer cultural relations" Won Neurath
is said to propose the establishment at
Vienna with German capital of ma
tionalist newspaper which would take
the place of clandestine publications
now sponsored by Austrian Nazis in
violation of law. 1t is altogether un-
likely that Chancellor Schuschnigg will
give his assent to such maneuver, for
it would do little more than legalize the
malevolent activities of the Goebbels
propaganda machine on the Danube.
Austrians are increasingly favorable
to the idea of rehabilitating the Haps-
burg throne as a more reliable bulwark
of their independence than conciliatory
methods with the Hitler regime. Prob
ably Baron Won Neurath and his master
deplore the tell-tale revelation of the
intensity of the Austrian Nazi move
ment, as evidenced by the brazen fervor
with which the German foreign min
lister was welcomed in Vienna. The out
burst could have been suppressed on
orders from Berlin. As it was allowed
to take place, about the only purpose
1t has served is probably to put Austrians
more vigilantly on guard against their
aggressive neighbor to the west. They
know now that far from being a dead
issue, Nazi anschluss is live danger.
Evening star., 1937-02-24
Shooting Stars.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Travelling.

Travelling.
Oh, de world keeps travelin' on his way
Through de flowers toward Winter an
de SHOWS toward May.
An he sings as he travels along his track,
II gotto go forward, cause I can't turn
back"
De moon an de stars hit steady pace
No chance to linger in a restful place.
We mus all keep movin' with no time
to slack.
We gotta 90 forward, cause we can't
turn back.
Evening star., 1937-02-24

If enlargement of the Supreme Court
runs its course, as some professional
political prognosis indicates, the femi-
nine legal talent that has been so
brilliantly developed will call for recog-
milton. Mabel Walker Willebrandt, dis
tinguished for knowledge both Of the law
and Of the arts of civic persuasion, will
hardly be overlooked if appointments
are made in recognition Of ability with
out regard to partisanship.
Evening star., 1937-02-24
A Rhyme at Twilight
By
Gertrude Brooke Hamilton
Springs Herald.

In the years procession it strayed from
place,
A warm, sweet day;
With sunny smile and breezy grace
It found its way
Thru Winters frozen. yet orderly, train
OF snow and sleet
Thru low-hanging skies and turbulent
rain
It came to greet
Ice-crusted earth, and to bid her rejoice.
Remembering
Dame Nature would soon be lifting her
voice
To welcome Spring.
Evening star., 1937-02-24
Voluntary Retirement Bill.

The Senate has on its calendar and
ready for early action the House bill
authorizing voluntary retirement OF
justices of the Supreme Court on full
pay. This is merely extending to the
members of the Supreme Court priv
ilege which has already been granted
the judges of the inferior courts. The
retirement age-rather the age at which
justices may retire-is 70 years. Under
the law as it stands today, q justice of
the Supreme Court may resign and may
or may not be continued at full pay dur
ing the remainder of his life The law,
it is true, states that justices of the
Supreme Court may resign on full pay
and that the judges of the inferior
courts may also resign on full pay. The
effect of resignation, however, which
sewers all ties with the Office of justice
or judge, has been to cut the salary of
at least one member Of the Supreme
Court, the late Associate Justice Oliver
Wendell Holmes, cut which amounted
to practically SO per cent.
Justices Of the Supreme Court and
Judges Of the lower Federal courts are
appointed during life and good behavior.
If, however, they resign, they are out of
Office entirely. If they retire-which
Supreme Court justice is not now per-
mitted to do-they merely retire from
active service while at the same time
retaining a connection with their old
Office. When the judges retire they in
effect tighten the burden which has been
placed upon them, and when they resign
they cast the burden off absolutely.
There seems no good reason why the
privilege of retirement should be denied
to the members of the Supreme Court.
The bill now pending before the Senate
does not propose compulsory retirement
Ut 10 years. Under the Constitution it
could not, for the justices are appointed
for life or during good behavior. Only
by a constitutional amendment could
the justices be compelled to retire at a
certain age.
The proposal to permit the justices
Of the Supreme Court to retire is not
new. Such bill has been before Con-
gress before. 1t was allowed, indeed, to
die in the last Congress. Interest in
the measure now is largely due to the
fact that, If it is enacted into law and
several of the justices over retirement
age should avail themselves of the
privilege, President Roosevelt would then
have the opportunity, which he desires,
of infusing new blood into the highest
court. But whether any of the justices
should take advantage of the proposed
retirement law or not, its enactment
would only be matter Of justice to the
court.
The passage of the voluntary retire
ment bill might well be the sum total
OF the legislation enacted by Congress
regarding the Supreme Court. There is,
as 1t has been demonstrated, no good
reason for the enlargement of the court.
1t is up with its work and is keeping up
with it. A court of fifteen, as authorized
in the Presidents bill for judiciary re-
organization, would be unwieldy-
almost town meeting. For in the ST.
preme Court all the justices sit in all
the cases and must pass upon them.
Evening star., 1937-02-24

In one Of his eloquent expressions,
Senator Alben Barkley referred to per-
sons who have wept over the slaughter
OF few little pigs as If they had been
tender human infants nesting at their
mothers breasts. The eminent Kentucky
Senator knows no restrictions of lethal
fancy whether it roams in halls of justice
or in an amateur abattoir
Evening star., 1937-02-24

The complete subsection of Abyssinia
was announced and Mussolini is de-
termined to verify the news even if he
has to order a general killing every few
months.
Evening star., 1937-02-24
Cat Catcher on the Cane.

From the Salem OMass) News.
There is a move at Provincetown tc
have a man appointed and paid 81 900
a year to pick up stray cats. Some
hard-hearted persons will say the dogs
of that artistic burg are not attending
properly to their duties.
Evening star., 1937-02-24

Cash and carry munitions trade
might be profitable if guarantee could
be exacted preventing any of the ma
terial from drifting back to American
shores.
Evening star., 1937-02-24

Much social science is under discus
sion. Even H. o. L. c. has been able to
invent a financial hypnotic that will
provide for painless mortgage foreclos-
ures.
Evening star., 1937-02-24

Reaction to remarks by Homer Cum
mings has not gone so far as to cause
him to be referred to as the greatest
Attorney General since Harry NJ
Daugherty.
Evening star., 1937-02-24
A Suitable Job.

From the Shreveport Journal.
The worker who feared he might lose
his Job because he was becoming deaf
has now been reassured. The boss WILL
transfer him to the department which
hears complaints.
Evening star., 1937-02-24

Hope and good cheer wait on Andrew
Mellon. Whatever actuarial restrictions
may be placed on service to country, a
man never grows too old to present his
country with an art gallery.
Evening star., 1937-02-24
Sufficient Unto the Day.

From the Atlanta Journal.
Look out for the car of tomorrow"
suggests the editor of motor magazine.
Brother, will you please not bother us?
We're too busy lodging the car Of today.
Evening star., 1937-02-24
Spanish Naval Warfare.
From the Worcester Gazette.

From the worcester Gazette.
AS we understand it from dispatches,
the naval aspect of the trouble in Spain
is most remarkable. Two unidentified
fleets of unidentified ships are trying to
blast each other out Of the water.
Evening star., 1937-02-24
In Style, Perhaps.

From the Columbus Dispatch.
The office Republican wants to know
If the Supreme Court justices over 70
years old who refuse to leave the bench
voluntarily will be indulging In q sit
down strike.
Evening star., 1937-02-24

Financial improvement is looked for
in Europe. although it cannot be con-
tended that any dictator does much to
help along the life insurance business.
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Evening star., 1937-02-24

Woman in public life asserts a distinct
advantage. No gentleman ventures, even
in political controversy, to discuss ladys
age.
Evening star., 1937-02-24

If strange ideas of government must
be taught it may be better to rely on
the school teachers and not wait, as
Madrid has done, for the men at arms.
Evening star., 1937-02-24
Conscientious.

Conscientious.
do you always keep the promises you
make before election?"
WELL replied Senator Sorghum, II
do my best. If I can't keep them I am
willing to make them over again as
often as may be desired"
Evening star., 1937-02-24
Impatient.

From the jackson iAich.) Citizen-Patriot.
president asks Nation to remake the
great plains" Are the duststorms too
slow?
Evening star., 1937-02-24
Greedy Gotham.

From the BLOOMINGTON Pantasraph.
Science is speculating on what might
happen If q meteor hit Manhattan. Our
thought is it would wire home after
week for money.
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An Efficiency Study.

An EIHClenCy SIuuys
"Bliggins is doing even less work than
he used to do"
Eyes. He has gotten into the way Of
wasting time for himself and others,
standing around talking about eff
ciency.'"
Evening star., 1937-02-24

The Weather Prophet.
He guesses like a hero
BY changes undismayed
At anything from zero
To ninety in the shade!
Evening star., 1937-02-24
No Choice.

What is the name of that selection
your daughter sang?"
THAT wasn't selection" replied Mr..
Cumro1. 1T was forced on U.s."
Evening star., 1937-02-24
Discipline.

Discipline.
"why don't you send your boy Josh
to college?"
I'm goin' to-" replied Farmer Corn
tossel mot that think college edu-
cation is necessary for success in life,
but I want to get Josh cornered some
place where he'll be compelled to admit
there are few things he doesn't know"
The Mild Heathen.
"Why do the heather rage?" said we.
A heather said, Il do not see
Why people fiercely civilized
At our slight rage should be surprised"
Experience, fob some folks" said
Uncle Eben, "is like havin' tooth pulled.
All it teaches is dat its gineter hurt
jes' as bad next time" ..