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Evening star., 1937-05-24

States Marine Band to attend the Con-
1ederate reunion at Jackson, Miss, on
June 9. 10, II and 12 The House cut
down the appropriation to $4,000. Last
week, on motion of Senator Pat Harri-
son OF Mississippi, chairman of the
nnance committee, the Senate concurred
in the House curtailment. So the ma
tional debt OF $4,000 100000 is $4,000
less.
Latest bulletin from the recovery and
prosperity front reports that sales of life
insurance in the United States last
month, amounting to s692 .062 900, we're
the highest for any month since 1881.
The figures represent an increase of 16
per cent over April, 1886. Yet another
indication Of the country's augmented
spending capacity is the Department of
Commerce announcement that sales of
confectionery and competitive chocolate
products so far this year total s84, 500 900,
compared to $7650O, 900 sweet tooth ex-
penditure during the corresponding four
months Of last year.
Veto Of the $5,OOO.0O0 New York
Worlds Fair bill gave President Roose-
velt an opportunity not only to practice
the economy he breaches, but to take q
little retaliatory crack at Congress for
the frequent charge that New Dealers
are addicted to usurpation of legislative
functions. At the executive offices it's
indicated that the principal reason the
veto ak was swung is that the bill clothes
the Fair Commission with both admin
1strative and disbursing powers. which
under the Constitution are vested ex-
clusively in the executive branch. Some
body asked the President how much
money Grover Whalen, head man of the
New York show asked for when he was
IN Washington the other day. He wants
all he can get" was the reply, with the
added reminder that the matter is up
to Congress. Manhattan Is now said to
aspire to 100000 of Federal cash, a
figure likely to receive presidential ap-
proval.
Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf and Crown
Princess Louise Of Sweden will revisit
the United States in June, 1888. They
were here two or three years ago to
POI VAClpdCC Ill IIIc OllFcIllllS VI VIC 1A ACo.
son memorial on the banks of the Po-
tomac In Washington, winning friends
everywhere by their uncommonly demo-
cratic bearing The Stockholm royalties
are coming here next year to take part
in the celebration of the Booth ami
versary Of the first Swedish colony in
America. Besides Washington they are
expected to visit various communities
throughout the country in which the
Swedish element Is prominent, notably
in the Scandinavian provinces Of the
northwest.
Dr.. Thomas Parran, jr, surgeon gen.
eral Of the United States Public Health
Service, recently completed his book,
called Shadow on the Land" It is
scheduled for early publication. The
work deals with the fight against
syphilis that Dr. Parran and other Amer
lean medical authorities are now leading.
It will discuss in detail the recent i'm
portant national conference on the sub
ject in Washington and the comprehen-
sive plans there formulated for COM
batting the disease.
(Copyright, 1879
Evening star., 1937-05-24
Takes Exception to
Statement in Editorial
To the Editor Of The Star:

To the Editor OF The STAR
This is directed to single sentence Of
your editorial Congress Waits in The
Star Of May 18. You say, referring to
President Roosevelt, His T. v. A. leg
islation has stood the test of the courts,
and if he wishes other power authori-
ties of that kind doubtless he can have
them without conflict with the Con-
stitution."
Far from having stood the test of the
courts, the Government has been fight
ing tooth and nail to prevent the ques-
ton of constitutionality of the T. v. A.
power program from reaching the
Supreme Court. Your comment was
doubtless predicated upon the courts
decision in the so-called Ashwander case,
but If you will read the majority opinion
by Chief Justice Hughes in that case you
will find these comments:
I'VE agree with the Circuit Court Of
Appeals that the question to be de-
termined is limited to the validity of the
contract of January 4, 1884" (between the
T. v. A. and the Alabama Power Coz
60 the questions that are properly
before us relate to the constitutional au-
thority for the construction of the Wilson
dam and for the disposition, as provided
IN the contract, OF the electric energy
there generated"
"The Wilson dam and its power plant
must be taken to have been constructed
in the exercise of the constitutional
functions Improvement of navigation
and the national defense) of the Gov
ernment." Construction of this dam and
power plant was begun in 1917 for war
purposes.
go = the question Of the constitutional
right Of the Government to acquire or
operate local or urban distribution sys-
TENS is not involved. We express no
opinion on the validity Of such an effort,
as to the status Of any other dam or
power development in the Tennessee
Valley, whether connected with or apart
from the Wilson dam, or as to the
validity Of the Tennessee Valley Author
ity Act or of the claims made in the pro-
nouncement and program Of the author
ity apart from the questions we have
discussed in relation to the particular
provisions OF the contract of January
4, 1894, affecting the Alabama Power Co."
GEORGE E. DOY1NG.
Evening star., 1937-05-24
Safety for Strollers in
Washington's Parks Urged

10 inc 6QlLOE Oh Auc otAI.
On May 20 was pedestrian around
Hains Point. At the midway paused to
drink from the fountain. Strengthening
up to continue walking, was struck by
a cyclist and knocked two feet from my
position.
It would seem that it is high time for
the National Park Service, vested with
authority over these areas, to adopt regu-
lations which would insure safety to the
stroller. One cannot walk on the road
way without danger to life; now, one
seemingly cannot walk on the cement
pathway without peril to limb. Why not
white streak section of the highway,
it being q one-way road, for the use Of
those who seek the pleasure of cycling,
thus giving the pedestrian q "break" in
safety. Once inquired, what are pc.
destrian dghts7" The answer came
Funeral rights" LOUIS v. WOULFE.
Evening star., 1937-05-24
John ID. Rockefeller.

Now that the man himself has drawn
his final BREATH the legend which has
been developed around the career of
John D. Rockefeller also should die.
In many OF it's aspects it has been q
monstrous myth-a vicious libel created
by Jealousy and malice, kept current by
professional promoters Of class strife;
Its purpose was deliberate traduction, It's
object a conscious attempt at character
assassination. But the pity of it is that
the propaganda has succeeded. Thou
sands Of his countrymen have been gull
ible enough to accept the misrepresen-
tation which radical polemists have
sponsored for the most generous phi
lanthropist the world ever has known.
Mr.. Rockefeller, theoretically richer
than Croesus, was, in sober truth,
symbol OF the so-called capitalist sys-
tem." Processes over which he at no
time exercised complete control brought
him wealth beyond the dreams of Midas.
Hence, it was supposed that he must be
criminally responsible for the chain of
accidents-the invention of the gasoline
motor, for instance-which resulted in
the piling up Of his tremendous for
tune. It was alleged that mo honest
man actually could earn million dol
lars" Logically then, the head of the
Standard Oil trust deserved to be prose-
cuted as an outlaw. The facilities Of
the Federal courts were enlisted to that
end.
But the facts were simple enough to
be understood by any unprejudiced in
Quirer. Mr.. Rockefeller was merely one
Of considerable number of captains of
industry who, sensibly enough, believed
In the principles of organized efficiency.
He did what the authors of the N. r. A.
vainly attempted in 1888; he brought
order out Of chaos, stabilized the pc
troleum trade by persuading producers
10 cooperate. lowered prices to the
Evening star., 1937-05-24
Shooting Stars.
BY PHILANDEE JOHNSON,

How Often!
How often, oh, how often
You pay a swagger fee
To sit somewhere
Out in the glare
For other folks to see!
How often, oh, how often
You force yourself to eat,
Likewise to drink.
Because you think
It is your turn to treat!
How often, oh, how often
Your bank roll runs to seed
Because you pay
For "con" display
Instead Of things you need.
How often, oh, how often
A bluff you make anew
And learn that those
For whom you pose
Are mostly blufflng, too.
Evening star., 1937-05-24

PSychiatrists will give special atten-
ton to the Vermont boy, aged 10, who
killed 15-year-old playmate by holding
her under water until she was dead.
Science should be served and the sub
ject OF psychiatry and kindred topics
affords remarkable amount of new
material to be dealt with in such con-
nections. A less talkative popular atti-
tude in such matters might stimulate
serious and proper research.
Evening star., 1937-05-24
For a Spanish Peace.

At no period of Spain's civil war has
there been more heartening project
for ending that tragic conflict than the
plan under discussion In the 27-nation
Non-1ntervention Committee at London
today. 1t looks to a purely Spanish
peace rather than one dictated by foreign
powers whose armed forces or SYM
pathies are ranged on one side or the
other OF the strife. Concretely, the idea
is to halt hostilities while all alien troops
are removed from the country. During
the armistice, international efforts would
be pressed to persuade both the new
Negrin Loyalist government and General
Franco to enter into peace negotiations
negotiations exclusively between Span
iards, to stop war which long since
outgrew the dimensions of national
struggle and became a grim contest for
supremacy between rival external "ideol-
ogies," personif1ed chiefly by Italo-
German Fascism and Russian Com
muniSm.
Mid-coronation conferences of Euro
pean statesmen, in which British influ-
ence predominated, paved the way
toward localized peace. The proposal
gained instant momentum from indica-
tions of German support. France, Bel
gium and the Vatican heartily approve
it. The week end brought assurances
that Poland and Norway, as strictly
neutral and friendly states, are ready
to promote armistice pleas. The French
government, by notably tactful act
designed to impress both the insurgents
and their Fascist allies, is seeking to
prevent the execution Of two German
aviators in Bilbao for ruthless bombing
exploits of which the Basque civilian
population has recently been the victim
A Spanish peace for Spain can, OF
course, only be obtained If both sides
assent to the evacuation of the outside
elements which alone have made it
possible to prolong the sanguinary cam
paign. Early insurgent reaction to
armistice suggestions is hostile. Another
ominous development is the report that
Spain's chief economic royalist," Juan
Worch, reputed financial backer of the
rebellion, is urging Mussolini to maintain
Italian support of the rebel cause. It is
more than doubtful whether Rome's en-
thusiasm for the peninsular adventure
persists. Berlin's interest in it has
steadily tagged. Apart from the dem
onstrated failure Of Italian and German
volunteers" to turn the tide Of battle
against combined Loyalist patriotism and
military effectiveness, the Fascist die
tatorships are now thoroughly aware
that Great Britain, France and Russia
could and would prevent an insurgent
victory from being exploited for Italo-
German political or territorial aggran-
dizement.
II Duce and der Fuehrer must be
cognizant, in other words, that the
Spanish game is no longer worth the
candle. 1t would be natural, as well as
internationally gratifying, If they at
length agree to take such steps as will
either induce the spaniards to make
peace or permit them henceforth to fight
their own war to that standstill which
can hardly be long deferred amid the
state of near ar-exhaustion in which both
belligerents find themselves after nearly
year Of combat.
Evening star., 1937-05-24
A Rhyme at Twilight
BY
Gertrude Brooke Hamilton.

Workable.
In human nature seems to lurk
A latent tendency to shirk
All contact with the thing called work.
Yet mundane life for every Ill
Has but one remedy-to drill
Through work, and work, and more work
still.
When man conquers works steep stila.
Accomplishing the thing worth while,
Tho Ills Of Life fade In q snntls.
Evening star., 1937-05-24

Aviation has lost in the indiscriminate
enthusiasm which proposed to clear air.
ways first and allow questions of methods
and right OF way to follow in orderly
fashion. Aviation will progress, but it
will go forward with the benefit of
counsel by sane and prudent men.
Evening star., 1937-05-24

Mr.. Roosevelt is being asked whether
elk judges are not too many to look for
in bunch when there is liable to be
difficulty In satisfying critics when they
are chosen one at time at long inter-
walls. Judges are not easily found for
service covering so wide a range of
knowledge.
Evening star., 1937-05-24

July the 4th will celebrate one great
event in the Nation this year just after
Justice Van Devanter's farewell. The
fireworks will, of course, be more numer-
Gus, but the memorable words may be
worth cherishing.
Evening star., 1937-05-24

There are so many points Of possible
objection to Supreme Court candidate
at present that some time may elapse
as to the confirmation even of one
instead Of six.
Evening star., 1937-05-24
ENGLISH Journalists.
ON the Bloomington Paragraph.

From the Bloomington Paragraph.
About the most humiliating thing that
could happen to an English newspaper
man today would be to find himself
working for one of the three papers that
are not excluded from Mussolini's Italy
tor telling the unpleasant truth.
Evening star., 1937-05-24
Contests.
From the Worcester Gazette.

From the Worcester Gazette.
Maybe there is perpetual contest
between the "haves" and the "have-nots," !"
as various people keep saying, but It's
nothing compared to the epdless battle
between tho "works'i and tho work.
nots.n
Evening star., 1937-05-24
Next Question.

Next Question.
What is the next question to be pro-
pounded in this investigation?"
Same as usual, suppose" answered
Senator Sorghum. What are we going
to do about it?"
Evening star., 1937-05-24
International Sweetness.

From the Lowell Leader.
An international sugar pact has been
signed in London. It would be fine II It
corrected the acidity now apparent in
the relations Of some OF the nations
represented.
Evening star., 1937-05-24
The Lucky Ones.

The Lucky Ones.
"Have you attended the races?"
Eyes," answered Miss Cayenne. with
a man who knows all about horses"
How did you come out?"
Same as usual. The bookmakers had
some wonderfully narrow escapes"
Evening star., 1937-05-24
Dignity.
Our dignity must make a hit
And be preserved with pride.
But too much worry over it
May be q bit undignified.

whenever some one says he's ginter
tell me sumpin' fob my own good, cause
he's q friend" remarked Uncle Eben, Il
allus braces myself fob q hard SLAP"
Evening star., 1937-05-24
Member Of the Associated Press.

=. Tbs Associated Press is exclusively entitled to
mo use for republication Of all news dispatches
credited to It or not otherwise credited in this
paper and also the local news published herein.
herein are also reserved.
Evening star., 1937-05-24
Getting Too Wise.

Getting Too Wise.
We brave indigestions
Great knowledge to clutch.
If you never ask questions
You'll never know much.
But wisdom works queerly.
You soon know a lot
That, speaking sincerely,
You wish you did not.
Evening star., 1937-05-24
Rate by Mail-Payable in Advance,

All Other State. and c.n.d.
Evening star., 1937-05-24

Jud Tunkins says he does not believe
half he hears, but he wishes the half he
does believe didn't SO often happen to
be the worse half.
"A truly courageous man." said HI
Ho, the sage Of Chinatown, "is never
afraid; not even of the mistakes he
might make while doing his best.'
Evening star., 1937-05-24

Congress can save money, when 1t
wants to, even though it works such
wonders In homeopathic doses. Some
time ago the Senate authorised expendi-
tlre Of 10000, to enable tho United
Evening star., 1937-05-24

Night Enal and Sunday STAR zoe per month
eh5 mad. at the end Of eae6 pef onf mPntn IN
each week, Orders may be sent by mail or tele-
phone National 5000
Evening star., 1937-10-02
News and Views on Real Estate

country had more home building
activity during the first half of this
year than Washington. There were
$3.50 family dwelling units approved
here during the period. The States
exceeding that number in the order
of volume of home building were
New York, California, Texas, Michi-
gan, Pennsylvania. Ohio, Florida and
Illinois. The Realtor also stated that
slightly more deeds and deeds OF
trust were recorded here in August
than In the corresponding month Of
last year. The number OF fore
closures showed some increase.
X X \
INDICATIONS are that the National
Association of Real Estate Boards
Convention, to be held in Pittsburgh
the week Of October 18, will be the
largest national realtor meeting In
years. 1t will also be one OF the
most important A feature of the
convention is certain to be the first
general gathering of the Home Build
ers' Guild, which was formed at the
regional meeting held in New York
last May. The principal reason for
the guild is to find ways of lowering
home building costs. and there is no
more important subject than this at
the present time Statistics show
that mounting construction costs are
retarding building of homes through
out the Nation.
Evening star., 1937-10-02

Living in Woodmoor is os handy
as living in town. Only short
TO- minute drive directly out 10Th
Street or Georgia Avenue. turning
into CoIesvilIe Rood, or toke Copi-
toI Tronsit Co.'S buses morked
-Four Corners" which will toke
you directly to the office Of the
Woodmoor Community. adjoining
Indion Spring Golf Course.
Evening star., 1937-10-02

u EMBERS of the Washington
M Real Estate Board will elect
WI officers at the annual meeting
4 L of the organization to be
held in the Mayflower Hotels Chinese
room on October IL at 8 pm. A sue
cessor will be named for Comdr. F.
L. Sandoz, who has served as presi-
dent during the past year. Morton
J. Luchs is now first vice president
of the board, with Francis A. Murray,
second vice president. A buffet sup
per will be served after the business
session.
A NUMBER of Capital realtors
will attend the Mortgage Bankers
Association Convention. which will be
held in Cleveland October 1915.
Among those who expect to attend
are: William L. King of Boss e.
Phelps, Arthur c. Houghton, president
of E. Quincy Smith, Inc: G. Calvert
Bowie of the H. L. Rust Co.. and WAL
ter M. Hebb of Tyler and Rutherford.
WILLIAM c. MILLER, nationally
prominent realtor and former
president of the Washington board, is
serving as one of the judges in the
architectural contest now being spon-
sored by the Structural Clay Products
Institute. The organization has its
national offices here.
EORDYCE c. MINNICK, for years
prominent in Washington hotel
affairs, was named this week as man.
ager of Twenty-Four Hundred Six
teenth Street. a property that is under
the management OF Weaver Bros At
the time Of his new appointment, Mr.
Minnick was assistant executive man.
ager of the Washington Hotel. He also
worked in executive capacities at the
Willard, Mayf1ower and Fairfax Ho-
tells, and early in his career was en-
ployed at New York and Pittsburgh
hostelries. In addition, he had ex-
perience at the fashionable Everglades
Club, Palm Beach, Fla. and worked
at popular resort in Maine He has
taken an interest in civic affairs here.
and is an active member of the Wash
lngton Board Of Trade.
l NUSUAL interest is being shown
in the l5-week real estate study
course. which will be sponsored this
year by Southeastern University and
the Washington Real Estate Board. it
is stated by Joseph A. Herbert, jr.,
class counsellor. This is the second
year for the course, and Herbert
has secured as lecturers some of
the most prominent real estate men
in the city. The opening lecture will
be held Monday, October 25, at 7:30
pm. at Southeastern University, 1886
G street. Fred A. Smith Of the Floyd
E. Davis Co. will give the initial
lecture. The entire course will cost
s25. Application for enrolment may
be filed either with the Washington
Real Estate Board or with DR.. James
A. Bell, president of the university.
NHARLIE RUSH points out in the
current issue of his Washington
Realtor that only eight States in the
Evening star., 1937-10-02

long been aware that such conditions
prevail, but they are powerless to
correct them. In an effort to produce
very-low-cost residences, many pro-
moters OF today are tempted or even
forced by existing competition to
adopt methods OF construction which
not only violate the building law but
are actually highly dangerous to the
lives Of the occupants.
ut is deplorable that lives must be
sacrificed to demonstrate the existence
Of buildings OF cheap and poor con-
struction, yet lethargic public does
not seem to realize that the very
building in which they live may be
just as unsafe.
"The Staten Island houses which
collapsed during severe rainstorm
were constructed by altering an cid
factory. 1t makes little difference
whether the building be new struc-
Evening star., 1937-10-02

y = EMBERS Of the Washington /
Au Real Estate Board will elect |
v officers at the annual meeting |
4 of the organization tn he |
Evening star., 1937-10-02

building codes before occupancy Of \
structure Is permitted. Hobart B.
Upjohn, fellow of the American In
stitute Of Architects and past presi-
dent Of Its New York chapter, de-
clares. The expense OF the service
should become a part Of the cost of
the structure, to be borne by the
owner. Upjohn holds in = statement
issued by the institute.
The recent failure or collapse on
Staten Island Of three or more build
ings used As residences, with the
accompanying loss of eighteen lives,
brings before the general public in
sharp outline the deplorable methods
of construction and conditions ex-
isting in the building industry which
are virtually unpreventable under the
present system Of supervision" Up
john said.
"The architects of New York have
Evening star., 1937-10-02
Cottage Color Scheme.

A suggested color scheme that is
appropriate for the English cottage
type brick home combines white for the
brick body with maroon for the
shingle roof. The window frames are
painted in the same maroon used for
the roof while the window sashes are
painted in colonial yellow.
Evening star., 1937-10-02
HOME GROUP COMPLETED
Six Brick Houses Built in Noting
ham Forest

A group OF six new brick homes
has been completed in Nottingham
Forest, new subdivision adjacent to
Greenwich Forest on Wilson lane.
Bethesda. it was announced today by
Brown Bros, builders.
The new development is highly re-
stricted and the houses are built to
sell at low prices A number of mod
ern features. including all gas ap-
pliances, have been incorporated in
the dwellings.
Evening star., 1937-10-02

ture or an alteration; the necessity
for careful supervision of All struc-
lures to insure their erection in ac-
cordance with the building code is OF
paramount Importance.
at is unreasonable to expect the
building department inspectors. of
which there are a scant number, to
be able to vouch for the full per-
formance according to law, nor is it
reasonable to expect that the public
should bear the expense of employ
ing sufficient inspectors to make sure
of reasonable compliance with the
law Even continuous inspection is
not sufficient to guarantee 100 per
cent compliance If those in charge are
bent upon skimping on the materials
used in the building"
Evening star., 1937-10-02
HOUSING DISASTER
PREVENTION URGED
Compulsory Inspection Is
Advocated to Remedy
Faulty Construction.

Protection of the public from build
ing disasters like that which re-
Gently occurred on Staten Island can
be accomplished only by the crea-
ton OF new compulsory inspection
service to certify compliance with