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Evening star., 1937-12-22
A. F. G. {. BUSINESS CALL
LEADS TO MARRIAGE
Mem ber Asks Young Woman As
sociate to Join Lodge and
Then They Are Wed.

Charles H. Whitsey, an organizer for
the American Federation of Govern
ment Employees, emerged today in the
role of matchmaker
On November IS Mr.. Whitsey was
conferring with William Wallace Per-
kins, member of Commerce Depart
ment Lodge, and suggested that he
speak to Miss Jane Lechner, an asso-
clate, about joining up.
Mr., Perkins did, but apparently later
conversations were not confined en-
tlrely to A, F. G. E. matters, for it was
announced today that Mr. Perkins and
Miss Lechner became Mr.. and Mrs.
Perkins on December l6. the Rev
w. B, McIlWaine. jr performing the
ceremony at the manse of Second
Presbyterian Church, Alexandria.
Mrs. Perkins also has joined the
lodge.
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pretext or none at all, think wistfully
of the New York traffic, both motor and
pedestrian, flowing steadily and, but for
the purr Of engines or the sound OF
brakes, almost silently. Let them listen
or rather, try not to isten-to the
cacophony of blasts of all pitches and
volumes that breaks out here about one
o'clock on Saturday afternoons, and New
York does not seem such bad place in
which to spend quiet week end. Author
tiles over there have always been ahead
of those here in preventing these offensive
and largely useless signals" and now
the new code cracks down" even more
drastically.
London has for years been a quiet
city in so far as motor horns are con-
cerned. In Rome Mussolini has decreed
"Cut it out!" and the Romans. noble
and simple, have cut it out. A good,
strong regulation, promulgated here and
enforced as we'll as humanity possible,
might not cure it all, but it would help.
A toot on a horn then might mean
something besides II am in a bigger
hurry than you," or Come on out,
Mabel" 1t would sound real emergency
or real danger. AS it is, it means little
or nothing except an annoyance. The
Capital of the Coumtry-and its most
beautiful city-should lead, not follow,
in rules of this nature.
Evening star., 1937-03-07
"CHIN UP''
RIGHT JAMES FREEMAN D. d, IL d, D. C. l.,
BISHOP OF WASHINGTON.

know what she means. We also know
what 1t implies Of long months OF deep
anxiety and pain. 1t is a remarkable
fact that the most hopeful, optimistic
letters that come to my desk come from
people of this sort. On the other hand,
the most complaining. discouraging let
ters almost invariably come from those
whose easy, care-free way of life has for
the while been interrupted by some
miShap or unsatisfied desire AS we
survey life and note those who have
attained what the world calls success"
we generally find that they are the men
and women who have passed through
some GethSemane. It is because they
have known defeat and suffering that
they have the capacity to truly under
stand life's real values. Deaf Beethoven
writes the worlds best music, Milton its
loftiest verse, and thousands Of others
who have enriched 1t with their excelling
gifts have carried on despite handicaps
and difficulties. AS a matter of fact,
most of the gifts and blessings we enjoy
were given to us by those who won
through struggle and adverse Conditions
their place of vantage and achievement.
1t was Thomas Edison who, seeing his
great laboratories with their laboriously
built-up mechanisms destroyed by fire in
a single night, proudly and defiantly
affirmed: I'VE begin again tomorrow"
The weight of multiplied years, the dis
appointed expectations. the defeated
purposes, these he would forget. there
were years yet to be and they must be
years of greater accomplishment, and
the world knows what these years
produced.
The mind is master of the man, the
strong will the commanding officer that
marshals the physical forces and makes
them obedient. The worlds Master saw
in the cross that cast a dark shadow on
His pathway the chief factor in His
world redemption plan, and the cross
has become the symbol, not of defeat,
but of victory. by this sign conquer"
is the legend mighty emperor in
scribed on his standard. What miracle
it is that what seemed the symbol of
defeat has become the emblem Of
triumph. Head up, chin up. who can
fail whose courage is born Of fellowship
with Him whose life witnesses to victory
through suffering?
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Aching Eardrums.

Washingtonians are apt to be tinged
with faint pity for those who have to
live in New York. In some ways this
feeling is justified, and undoubtedly it
is cordially reciprocated by most New
Workers. A paragraph in the new traffic
regulations for the metropolis, adopted
in December and put into effect couple
of weeks ago, may give the former pause
on one score.
The new code provides stringently that
motorists shall use their horns only as
danger signals to warn persons or
animals in their path. Danger really
means danger that cannot be avoided by
mutual watchfulness, diminution OF
speed, or good brakes. Only last
minute emergency justifies horn blast.
Honking of horns by impatient motorists
becomes a traffic violation entailing the
risk of summons.
Let complacent District residents
whose ears are assailed by squawking
horns morning, noon and night, on any
Evening star., 1937-03-07

There is little that is more stimulating
and thrilling than to witness in lives
tested and tried to the very limit Of
human endurance the will and the
courage to carry on. A letter recently
received reveals such case, and this
in the life of q woman. She was
writing after long and weary months in
a sanitorium where she had been far
removed from family and friends. Her
letter was bright and optimistic with no
evidence of the severity of the trial
through which she had been passing.
She concluded a splendid passage with
the statement: II am facing the world
again with new courage, putting behind
me all the pain and disappointment of
the long months. I have my chin up
and I am beginning life anew"
AS I realized all that she had gone
through and the fine courage that had
characterized her I felt a sense of
deep admiration for her spirit and was
reminded Of the words of another great
sufferer where, writing to young friend
he said: Endure Affections" and then
added, as If he himself had attained
the highest degree of satisfaction. II
have made good fight of it, I have
4illlollCO SOulo oCJ L 1ldSC hCPO lllC
faith"
There is something magnificent in
such courage. 1t indicates qualities of
character that are heroic and appealing.
1t may be a hard lesson to learn, but
sooner or later learn it We must, that
the finest elements in our nature are
stiffened and strengthened through
testing and trial. Men and women do
not grow strong in days of ease and
self-indulgence. Cool, sequestered wales"
have their charm and do much to aid
reflection, but it is not here that the
sinewS Of the mind and soul receive
their strength to resist and overcome
the stern experiences of life. Whether
we admit it or not, we attain any de-
gree Of excellence, physical mental or
spiritual. in places where what we have
of stamina and grit are put to their
severeSt tests. Repeatedly we have dis
covered that those who make the best
fight in life and who accomplish the
largest results are those who come to
their achievement through trial and
sometimes through suffering.
Chin up" my friend writes, and we
Evening star., 1937-03-07
A Textile Treaty.

In a spirit of self-reliance, without
benefit of Government Intervention, the
American cotton textile industry has
just achieved results of unique signif-
icance in international trade relations.
1t has made an agreement with Japanese
spinners to stop the flooding of the
American market with japanese cotton
goods produced at costs SO low that
domestic manufacturers could not meet
competition that was steadily becoming
ruinouS.
In 1888 the United States imports of
Nippon's cotton products were 100000
odd yards. In 1884 they rose to 49,
100000 yards. BY 1885 they had
mounted to 36OO0,OOO. and last year
reached a record total of 75000,00O
yards. AS compared to japanese pro-
duction of 2,725 100000 yards, American
purchases are relatively inconsequential.
Nor do they stack up formidably against
annual American production of 7000,-
100000 yards. What matters is that the
OdpdllCSC lldNC OCCll supplying OAItSoAfC
proportions of important staples like
bleached goods cotton rugs and cotton
velveteens. Because of N. r. A., Amer
lean spinners also find themselves on a
pegged basis of higher labor costs with
out compensatory tariff protection. Con-
ditions. as 1887 approached, were drift
ing from bad to worse. During the
first month of the year alone japanese
textile orders in the United States al
ready exceeded more than 15O0O0,000
yards, or twice the 1886 all-time high.
1t was apparent. by the most conserva-
tive estimate, that the total might soar
to 5OO,0OOOOO yards this year.
That was the disquieting state of
affairs when DR.. Claudius T. Murchison,
president of the Cotton Textile Insti-
tute, went to Japan in January, ac-
companied by other leaders of the in
dustry, to discuss with Japanese manu-
facturers acceptable methods of dam
ming the flood of their low-cost goods
menacing our industry Within ten
days two-year quota agreement was
negotiated. 1t will call an immediate
halt on exports to the United States.
The 1887 quota will be 155,0000 yards.
exactly the amount of American busi-
ness in sight during the first three weeks
of the year. For 1888 the Japanese ap-
proved quota Of 1O0,000,0OO yards.
The net effect of this innovation in
economic craftsmanship, as epitomized
by DR.. Murchison, is that the American
textile industry now has security and
stability in place of the threat of i'm
measurable and overwhelming compe-
tition from a quarter where costs of
manufacture emerge from the level of
world costs as Pixies Peak emerges from
the surrounding Rockies. Our
country is likewise saved from the bick-
erings and hazards involved in a cam
paign of political action" There has
never been more notable demonstra-
tion of what practical business men can
accomplish in the realm of international
understanding when inspired by COM
mon interest and mutual good will The
Cotton Textile Institute is entitled to
the Nations congratulations. 1t has
won decisive battle in the war for
world peace.
Evening star., 1937-03-07
Unfortunate Trend.

President James B. Conant in his an
nual report calls attention to "de-
cided shift of Harvard student interest
in the past few years toward the social
sciences at the expense of courses in
arts and letters" The trend, he wisely
says, Is unfortunate. IF continued for
another decade" it might well prove
disastrous" To correct the encroaching
evil, increased enrolment is wanted for
"such traditional studies as philosophy
and classics"
But DR.. Conant does not explain the
causes Of the changes he deplores, and
it perhaps may be worth while to cite
some of them for the attention Of a
public which cannot avoid being con-
cerned with the problem. The preference
of students reflects condition in the
world outside the university walls. 1t
derives from the stimulation of social
conscience for which the humanities
themselves are responsible. Religion,
philosophy, the classics, law and pure
science created sympathy for mankind
Now the feeling of fellowship for the poor
and ignorant, the underprivileged and
oppressed is taking practical form. A
kind Of revolution is in progress. Radical
ism, pale pink or red as it may be,
attracts the youthful mind. It is popular
to revolt.
Also it Is easy. Undergraduates now
adays are not particularly devoted to toll.
The world is so full Of number Of things
Evening star., 1937-03-07

more attractive to college boys and girls
than hard labor over books. To be
really keen about learning is positively
dangerous in campus society. The normal
instinct Is for foot ball and other
pastimes. A student who takes his work
seriously is apt to be regarded as queer"
There are numerous sarcastic phrases in
collegiate jargon for the serious grind"
who deliberately strives to earn honors
by application to the business of learn
ing. A sense of humor, if nothing else,
should prompt such drudge to elect
congenial course in government" or
"civics" rather than a difficult subject
like comparative philology" or "calcu-
lus' Why be a slave? 1t is lots more
fun to spend the time listening to Pro-
fessor Bolshevismus tearing the Supreme
Court to pieces!
Moreover, a background. Of reading in
Karl Marx or Bertrand Russell is in
finitely useful If one wants employment
In the New Deal. To major in Greek
means to waste ones time. The smart
thing to do is to concentrate on Charles
A. Boards theory of the rise of Amer
ican civilization" or Thorstein Veblen's
doctrine of economic determinism" and
the leisure class" 1t is helpful to be able
to talk the "lingo" Of Felix Frankfurter,
Rexford Tugwell and Stanley High. OPP
portunism and expediency are in fash
ion, and students do not wish to be out
of style. They are realists and will not
consent to any arbitrary handicap of cul-
tural idealism.
The result, Of course, is falling lit
eracy standard. And 1t Is to that peril
that DR.. Conant refers in his report.
The entire Nation should take notice Of
his warning 1t is danger signal which
even revolutionaries ought not to ignore
Evening star., 1937-03-07

Presidents attack on the judiciary sys-
tenn takes on a suggestion of what Will
liam Bayard Hale, profound in scholar
ship. but frankly inclined to pedantry,
in his discussion of Woodrow Wilson's
literary style described as "echolalia" 1t
gathers rhetorical value as a word or
phrase is repeated with almost metrical
precision. 1t is not safe aid to argu-
ment, as Mark Twain showed in one of
his few attempts at verse, where punch,
brothers, punch with care" speedily de-
veloped into fascinating absurdity.
Evening star., 1937-03-07

in this country's history and that they
last only for brief periods.
There are signs that he has convinced
the President of this conclusion. The
result is that Mr. Roosevelt has dumped
his whole reform program into the lap
of the present Congress with more than
a hint that action is expected all along
the line before this session ends.
The President gives the impression
of working against time. His expressed
idea is that the more the prosperity, the
less the enthusiasm for reform; the less
the enthusiasm for reform, the more
danger that another depression will creep
up before the Government is ready for 1t.
(Copyright. 1880
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Ambition and Third Term.

President Coolidge meant it when he
said II do not choose to rum" and as
far as known never longed to eat his
words later on. Theodore Roosevelt, on
the other hand, locked the door and
threw the key away in November, 1904,
when he referred to the wise custom
which limits the President to two terms.
Under no circumstances will 1
be a candidate or accept another NOM
nation" He lived to regret that forth
right utterance, which rose to dog him
later on.
But President Roosevelt, in his anus
ing account of his conversation with his
friend John" gave himself plenty OF
leeway regarding a decision on third
term. He referred to his successor. A
man may. of course, be his own sue
cessor. But the President left the sug-
gestion that before he leaves the White
House-"this desk and chair'-his am
bition regarding the kind OF country
he wishes to leave to his successor must
be fulfilled. That ambition is for
nation intact, nation at peace,
nation prosperous, a nation clear in its
knowledge of what power it has to serve
its own citizens nation which
has thus proved that the democratic
form and methods of national govern
ment can and will succeed"
A fine ambition, truly, and one which
all Americans are proud to share with
the President. But the important fact
is that the President remains the judge
of whether his ambition has been real
lied. What will be his yardstick in
measuring accomplishment against am
bition? Such standards sometimes vary,
with time and place.
The President began his speech to the
victory diners with reference to the
new era which dawned on March 4,
1898. But he ended his speech with
rhetorical denunciation of conditions
which would indicate that the new era
Is about as bad as the old one.
The victory diners were told of the
crisis which the Nation now faces be-
cause of creeping paralysis associated
In some minds with the judiciary. But
during the campaign the Nation heard
little of this crisis. heard much from
the lips of the President of how Govern
ment has sought and found practical
answers to the problems of industry,
agriculture and mining"
The victory diners were told of the
crisis represented in the hundreds OF
thousands of men and women laboring
for long hours in factories for made
quate pay. But few months ago it
was the factories singing the song
Of industry, markets humming with
bustling movement, ships and trains
running full"
The victory diners were told of a
Nation hog-tied by judicial decisions or
injunctions, but few months ago the
President was reporting on the results
OF a trip through the country on which
he found Nation more greatly pros
porous than at any time during the past
seven years." and during which the
farmers. the drought sufferers. the flood
sufferers, the unemployed were in turn
told of the great progress already made
in their behalf and promised the things
in store for them, without mention of
the judiciary which has suddenly pre-
cipitated the crisis.
Three and half years hence the
President will judge for himself whether
his ambition has been fulfilled. Sup
Evening star., 1937-03-07

THE Nine Old Men" is the title of a
book whose purpose is not exactly pro-
phetic, but which is evidently intended to
be more or less premonitory. II taken
too seriously, it might assume historic
prominence by testing out a new theory
Of Government by Gossip.
Evening star., 1937-03-07

A latent aspiration to personal power
is frequently ascribed to man Of force
full character who rises to the American
presidency. His numerous enemies
were pleased to refer to Theodore Roose-
velts initials with satirical assumption
that T. R. was Theodore Rex. 1t was
faint wit; nevertheless, it was not with
out unfavorable influence on Roosevelts
career.
Evening star., 1937-03-07

One reason for indignation in Berlin
might be an inference that disrespect on
the part of New York's Mayor seems to
cast aspersions on DR.. Paul j. Goebbels'
sauve and conciliatory efficiency as min
lister of propaganda.
Evening star., 1937-03-07

Old quotations are being freely en-
ployed. Several changes of view regard
ing the remodeling of the judiciary by
the Executive cannot fail to recall the
ancient remark: He that complies
against his will is of the same opinion
still"
Evening star., 1937-03-07

After seeing how easily few Amer
lean statesmen change from censure to
compliment Mayor La Guardia ought
to be able to say something that will in
dicate willingness to hold to a nom
intervention policy and not intrude on
Berlin officials when they are diligently
occupied in saying the most unpleasant
things possible about one another.
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Difficult to Decide.

Ought man with great deal of
money 60 into politics?"
Your question" answered Senator
Sorghum, brings up dilemma. There
is strong impression that very rich
man should stay out; yet there is an
equally strong impression that unless he
has lot Of money man can't afford
to play the game"
Jud Tunkins says a great man has
to wait so long to have his greatness
measured that he cannot live long enough
to know whether his statue fits him.
Evening star., 1937-03-07

"Cash and carry" is a slogan that rep
resents a spirit as old as business itself.
Even the old-fashioned bar room en-
ployed its equivalent in one form or an
other.
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Cash and Class.

From the Chicago Daily News.
Many a man who fails to rank among
the best dressed of his sex suffers that
indignity because his tailor demands
cash.
Evening star., 1937-03-07
Rushing for Water.

From the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
You can imagine a people who have
gone through a flood hurrying to the
luxury of bathtub.
Evening star., 1937-03-07
Fortunate.

"You have been exceedingly fortunate
with the stock market"
81 have" admitted Mr.. Dustin Stax.
IT was fortunate in inheriting q fortune
and I have never speculated with
cent of It."
Evening star., 1937-03-07
Attractions.

From the Cleveland News.
A restaurant in New York has wall
that acts as a magnet. In Cleveland.
a platinum blond cashier is equally
effective.
Evening star., 1937-03-07
Shooting Stars.
BY PH1LANDER JOHNSON.

Truth and Folly.
Little bit O. fooliShneSs,
AS time goes slipping by!
A blizzard causes us distress,
Or sunshine gilds the sky,
And many passing glimpse Of glee
Or vanishing distress
Will, when you think it over, be
A bit O. foolishness.
Most of the things that haunt the mind
With an emotion great
Are but impressions Of the kind
That we exaggerate.
The joys or griefs that deeply lie,
A few true friends may guess.
What lightly bids us smile or sigh
Is only foolishness.
Evening star., 1937-03-07

ITO be always sure you are right"
said Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown,
may be comfort to the soul, so long
as you can be content with your own
wisdom without attempting to prove it
to Others"
Evening star., 1937-03-07
Crooked and Straight.

Two divisions of mankind
Are noted up to date;
Some are crooked, you will find,
And some of them are straight.
Wise men might assume to be
And probably are quite rich,
If only we somehow could see
Exactly which is which.
de sun rises in de East" said Uncle
Eben, IAN 1t don need no 'stronomy to
'splain why 1t has been doin' dat way
since everybody kin remember. It's jes'
one O. dem powerful habits"
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Theory.

IHEUIy.
A theory too often shirks
It's purpose as it stops;
It's truly splendid when 1t works,
But awful when 1t f1ops.
Evening star., 1937-03-07
Fifty Years Ago
In The Star

The Star of March I, 1887. presents
the following picture of scene in the
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the tax machinery of the central Gov
ernment henceforth will be used not
only to raise revenue, but also to bring
about slightly more even distribution
of the national income. Financiers learn
that the Government intends to exercise
continued control over money.
y
In other words, President Roosevelt
still is determined to try out his ex-
pertinent with controlled economy.
His determination apparently is only
the stronger for knowledge that some of
those who opposed him most strongly
last November said after the election
that the Supreme Court and the Con-
stitution still stood in the Presidents
way. White House moves now under
way can be read in that light.
But isn't the President getting out
ahead of the,country with his continued
insistence upon change and reform?
Congress has its ear glued closely to
the ground to find out Some of Mr..
Roosevelt's friends think that they detect
portentious rumblings. Several have de-
cided that it is the better part of wis
dom to part company with the Presi-
dent on the court ISSUE Among South
ern Senators there is speculation over
whether Stanley High wasn't right when
he limited that the President rather ex-
pected a split in the Democratic party.
This former literary and radio assistant
to Mr.. Roosevelt was showed into the
outer darkness for his observation, but
its correctness is testified to by others.
X
Actually, the President is known to
want to get the coming fight over with
in as much Of hurry as possible
Henry wallace, the New Deal philoso-
pher, reiterates his conclusion that Pc
RODS Of reform are few and far between