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Evening star., 1937-12-11
A Plea for Cleaner
Streets i'm Washington
To the Editor OF The star

To the Editor Of The Star:
Since the advent of La Guardia as
Mayor of New York the streets of that
city even in congested living areas have
become remarkably free from trash and
debris. In the midcity district of Wash
ington certain streets are occasionally
Uttered with paper, trash and whisky
empties that non-Social untaught in
habitants deposit about tree trunks.
Some of the alleys and vacant lots are a
disgrace to the Capital City of a great
Nation.
What can be done about 1t? The
writer wonders if trash collection Is as
faithful, where it is most needed, as it is
in other sections.
La Guardia had open-wire trash re-
ceptacles placed on nearly everv corner
in congested neighborhoods The huge
trucks of New York carry a printed
appeal to all who read, soliciting co-op-
Grafton in the work of city cleanliness.
The open receptacles discourage the
deposit Of nameless debris that was for
merly dumped into the closed containers.
The public has been taught to use the
trash barrels.
In place of some OF the politics. forensic
exercise and personal strivings that mark
the sessions of many civic groups, this
matter of developing a respect for ap-
pearances OF our streets and small parks
might challenge the energies of these
groups looking for something to say or
do Even our overburdened school cur
rieula might share in a campaign to
teach civic pride and street cleanliness.
In Paris, Berlin and Vienna one is ar
rested for throwing paper in the street.
IL ooes not appeal to sense to keep
the SUM areas dirty and unkempt.
Through these streets. manv people wend
their way from the Capitol of the Nation
and business centers, to their homes in
the happier living environs. 1t is big
assignment. but if the government of New
York City can keep its streets and alleys
remarkably free from glass, dirt and
trash, why can't We?
E. B. HENDERSON.
Evening star., 1937-12-11
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.
Annapolis, Md.

Annapolis, Md.
Dear Sir: enjoyed your talk on your
friend, Templeton Jones, about the loan
of book.
Il had an old friend about sixty years
ago, who had somewhat of the same
complaint. He wrote little verse and
pasted it In each book on the fly leaf
1t is like this:
If thou art borrowed by a friend,
Quite welcome will it be
To read, to study, not TO lend,
But to return to me-
Your friend might use this to ad-
vantage.
II do not agree with you about feeding
the sparrows.
Il am a poor man. I have q few
chickens.
The pest will take the feed right from
under and among the chickens.
Il have small garden.
Some collards, growing nicely, were
eaten up by worms. The birds would not
touch the bugs, but feasted on the
chicken feed
I'VE have other birds. too. I do not
mind the robin, or cardinal, or others
who eat the cherry, or blackberry. But
the catbird will pick and pick at the
apple until 1t is half eaten up and until
they knock it off the tree and it is ALWAYS
the best apple on the tree
Il think our blackbird the most intelIi-
gent of all birds. have noticed on more
than one occasion in breeding time when
they would pick up piece of dry bread
and carry 1t to the water and let it soak
for an instant and then pick it up and
carry it to the young.
The beautiful but mean blueiay and
the startling are two also unweIcome
but 1 had to get rid of the English spar
rows. Yours, etc, w. H. F."
BOOKS and birds make nice combina-
ton, especially at Christmas time.
whether ones friends return borrowed
DOCKS, unfortunately, has no particular
time.
1t can occur at any time of year, and
does SO occur, rhymes or no rhymes.
BookloVers have put the most humor-
our as well as the most horrible threats
IN their precious volumes, all to no our
pose whatsoever
Ihere seems to be something in the
very essence of borrowed book which
demands that it never be returned.
Or, II 1t is, as sometimes happens.
through some oversight, it never looks
the same, having soiled pages, a broken
back, or wrecked covers.
BOOKS and birds this Christmas some
now seem more appropriate than ever.
with the issuance by the Macmillan
Company of the big book of Audubon
plates for s1250
That price may seem high. but not in
comparison with the cost of these plates
before this Christmas.
They have been, in the past, rarities
for the rich alone.
Few things in this world have been
TAXED about more and seen less. than
the paintings of Audubon. whose name
today Is a synonym for bird protection
NOW 1t is possible for any one to own
very good specimens of these plates. the
Evening star., 1937-12-11
Beat the Bears!

Washington wants to win that game
tomorrow!
1t would be fitting climax for the
first year of professional league football
in the Capital City for its team to cap
the seasons sensational performances
by beating the Chicago Bears for the
championship of the National League.
But regardless of the outcome of to-
morrow's game the Washington Red
skins have made an auspicious debut
this fall, their success far exceeding the
fondest dreams of their most optimistic
supporters. They have not only won
their way to the heights in league stand
Evening star., 1937-12-11

entire lot of them, a complete set, not
just few specimens or part Of q set.
The National Geographic bird books,
two volumes. are beautiful and readable,
and reasonable in price ($5 for the pair
They are sure to please any one who
loves the birds.
A standard work, issued some years ago
in three volumes, has been put out in
one volume at 1895. It Is Birds of
America" whose editor in chief, DR.. T.
Gilbert Pearson, is known around the
world for his conservation work.
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AS our correspondent SO forcefully
shows, whether one likes or does not like
the English sparrows depends upon whose
OK is gored.
II one is feeding the birds for fun, in
the city, it is possible to accept these
birds as part Of the picture
III one Is keeping chickens, and the
sparroWs eat too much of what the hens
should get, it is not SO easy, and no one
can be blamed.
The city feller who does not keep
chickens may wonder if the sparrows do
get away with much feed, after all, under
such conditions.
sun, this sparrow question is one that
VIII never be doWned. There are SPAR
rows and Sparrows, of course, but the
English variety is the most successful
one, from the "go-getter" standpoint.
II these sparrows were men, they would
wear helmets, and carry guns with nice
sharp bayonetS on the end of them: they
would rush into the territory of the
cardinals, and seize it right under their
eyes.
And that would be that.
No doubt the city bird enthusiast. who
puts up feeding station, and takes all
the birds as they come, sparrows with
cardinals. and starlings with Jaws, is do
ing MS country cousins service
The more sparrows he feeds, the more
OF them he keeps from pestering the
chickens in a chicken park somewhere.
One may feel that this is the right
attitude Tor city cousin who likes to be
Kind to animals
English sparrows are as hungry as any
other birds. Starlings, too, must eat to
live
The point seems to be that these birds,
at feeder. are interesting.
In the deep city they may comprise
Oil IiloG SO1Ilc 10 An average Snen or
tray supplied with seeds and grains.
v
AS to which is the most intelligent
bird, is always an interesting question.
There can be no doubt of the smart
ness of the blackbird.
Its intelligence. in the way noted bv
our correspondent. has been testified to
by many observers.
1t is one of the original "dunkers."
Just how bird ever got the idea. in
the first place. is impossible to know. but
that it softens bread just as any one
might, seems authenticated beyond any
doubt.
such actions are outside the cleverness
OF instinct involved in the making of the
nest. rearing the young, etc
Such actions seem to speak of taking
thought, In perfectly human way, do
ing something or other to get a real
result determined beforehand. Not many
birds have this type of intelligence.
Evening star., 1937-12-11
Shooting Stars.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Sword and Carving Knife.

Although the turkey we release,
When banquet cheer is stirred
We all declare the Dove of Peace
Is still our favorite bird.
Yet the sounds of battle still we hear
And anger RACES free,
Until we find that we must fear
For our friend D. o. 2.
Lest we in apprehension starve,
Our motto ought to be,
"The turkey we'll draw near to carve
And not the D. o. P"
Evening star., 1937-12-11
Make Some
Homemade Candy
For Christmas.

The holiday season without candy
would be like Thanksgiving without tur-
Key, and the home kitchen is the ideal
place to make fine, pure. delightful
candy for the Christmas stocking, for
gifts, for the holiday table, for the Sun
day school party. The booklet CANDY
RECIPES. covers the whole field of candy
making in the home-l44 tried and
tested recipes. Almost every candy you
ever heard of is included-besides some
others. Send just one dime to cover cost
and handling.
Evening star., 1937-12-11
The President on the
Recession of Business
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor of The Star:
None are so blind as those who will
not see"
The Roosevelt recession is upon us.
The New York Stock Exchange alone
has suffered slump of over twenty-five
billion dollars!
Business has suffered one of the sharn-
est slumps ever known.
And yet President Roosevelt few days
ago said at his press conference: "The
statement that there is q business recess
sion is an assumption" I. MELDRUM.
Quincy Mass.
Evening star., 1937-12-11
Even Angels May Need
To Rest Their Wings
To the Editor Of The Star.

TO the Editor OF The Star:
Mr.. Justice Brandeis CTime, November
Is, page 14 quotes the old German saw:
Der liebe gott sorgt dafur, toss die
baume mitht in the himmel darhsen''
cThe dear Lord sees to it that the trees
don't grow clean into heaven).
For the darling angels comfort, we
trust that the Almighty may change
His mind on this some day. Those tree
tops would come in handy for them to
rest their tired wings on.
Far be the day"-but. at some future
time His Worship himself may want
to take advantage of the accommoda-
tionS. FRED VETTER
Evening star., 1937-12-11

to hold the victims up to public ridicule.
Despite MIR. Morgenthaus assurance that
the information contained in the met
worth" forms will be held in utmost con-
fldence, those who remember that parade
cannot be blamed if they view the new
inquiry with some skepticaI misgivings.
Evening star., 1937-12-11

AS Vice President Garner views the
immediate future, life continues to reveal
the prospect of simple duty with no out
look for the romance associated with
physical pain or disappointed ambition.
Evening star., 1937-12-11

japanese 60 too far in assuming that
they Will gain prestige by destroying
things that the Chinese have taught the
world to respect, 1t will be another of
those miscalculations which arise in the
development of a new civilization.
Evening star., 1937-12-11

Visits to America are still contemplated
by distinguished Europeans who can af-
ford them. They will be most welcome
when they name the particular condi-
tions that led them to take up ocean
journey-ng.
Evening star., 1937-12-11

Greenbelt receives distinguished viSi-
tors, such as the Presidents wife, and
rejoices in showing her how much may
be done with a little money. In estimat-
ing tax payments, the entire State of
Maryland may concentrate on special
study of Greenbelt.
Evening star., 1937-12-11

Shells are hammering at Marking with
no message that the world has not
already learned The message Peace on
EARTH" is still delivered but in tones
which are filled with the echoes of a
universal sorrow.
Evening star., 1937-12-11

A murderer in Paris selected as a VIC
tim girl named De Koven, thus COM
pelling art consciousness to leap from
the opera to the slums of the Apache.
The humiliation of great names is all
in the days work.
Evening star., 1937-12-11

The inventor of gunpowder did great
deal for the world but could not produce
the high intelligence required for its
management in the complicated courses
of civilization.
Evening star., 1937-12-11
Peace Preserver.

Prom the Albuquerque Journal
A group of lawyers wants the United
States to boycott Germany, Italy and
Japan. Ambitious project But why not
boycott every nation, and thus preserve
neutrality?
Evening star., 1937-12-11
Meeting as Strangers.

A man with vision of short range
Complained that fashions swiftly change,
And leave his wife, to his surprise,
In what amounts to disguise.
Quite frequently, it will occur,
He is afraid to speak to her.
Until he finds friend so warm
To introduce them In good form.
Evening star., 1937-12-11

What Andrew w. Mellon did for his
country will never be forgotten. The
distinction of the Offices he has held will
be enhanced because of attainments of
the man himself.
Evening star., 1937-12-11
December Cares.

December cares will not relax.
We've got to see them through.
Once more we meet the income tax,
And license tags are due.
Evening star., 1937-12-11
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Evening star., 1937-12-11
ReIaxatiOnS.

You are said to read a great deal of
fiction
YES" answered Senator Sorghum, "all
kinds of it; some of it by regular novel,
lists and some who use mostly imagina-
ton in what they print in the Congress
sional Record"
Evening star., 1937-12-11

IF airplanes had been invented in
Noah's time" said Uncle Eben, "he
needn't have gone to de trouble of
bildin' hissef an ark"
Evening star., 1937-12-11

''He who seeks much authority" said
Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown, should
remember that merely grasping the
bride is not always sufficient to control
q runaway horse"
Evening star., 1937-12-11

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Identified.

II always take my lunch at a soda
fountain" said the gentle youth.
II see," said Miss Cayenne. You're
one of the lads they call soda-water
chowboys."
Evening star., 1937-12-11
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script for use in school broadcasting2-
H. w.
A. The Educational Radio Script Ex-
change OF the Office of Education. Wash
ington, D. c.. distributes radio script to
schools and other organizations.
The Washington times., 1937-11-15
FIGHT ON BLACK
MEETS FAILURE

QNS) The Supreme Court
again today turned thumbs down
on two attacks on the right Of
Justice Hugo L. Black to his seat.
The high court both refused
to permit filing OF a new petition
aSSailing Justice Black and denied
a petition for reconsideration of
its denial of rehearing in another
contest.
The first petition rejected was
the application of Elizabeth L.
Seymour, of Salamanca, N. Y, and
Robert Gray Taylor, of Media,
Pa, chairman of the Philadelphia
court plan committee, for leave
to formally question legality Of
the Justices oath.
The second petition was that of
three Florida oil companies for re-
consideration of the courts action
last week in denying their petit
ton for rehearing in cases in
which right Of blanket seizure Of
private kilograms was involved.
The Washington times., 1937-11-15
President Asks Aid for Small Business Man
A~<4 "Mov1ELAND

Jackie Martin, editorial art
director of The Washington
Times, is in CalitorniG-rtght on
the scene Uhere your tnUorite
film stars liue and Dork. We
can't all DiSit magic FINLAND,
so Jackie each day wtu take US
into the homes of the film
greats tDtth interesting pictures
and intimate stories of the peo-
pie you see on the screen.
Miss Martin, an associate OF
the Royal Photographic Society
of Great Britain, for SeUen
gears has been a member of
the StGtts of the Washington
Herald and The Washington
Times as photographer, picture
editor and art director.
Her stories on the famous
personalities and intimate pic.
lures of them t0iH appear daily
in the Washington Times.
The Washington times., 1937-11-15
COURT BACKS
SNOW REMOVAL

Predicting that the time may
soon come when all automobile
parking on District streets may
necessarily be banned, the Court
of Appeals today upheld the
"snow removal" parking ban set
up by the District Commissioners
last winter and indicated its view
that the commissioners have a
wide discretion, under Congress
ional dedication of authority, in
all traffic control matters.
The Washington times., 1937-11-15

Anita Louise is simply too,
too divine.
She won't be 21 till Jan
uary, and yet she is a vet
eran of the stage and screen.
Got her first movie con-
tract when she was Is. Has
been getting them consis-
tently ever since.
String beans make her sick.
She just can't eat them.
Dislikes modern architec-
ture and furniture.
Collects old coins and rare
old Dresden china.
Likes her steaks, and likes
them "that'' thick.
Uses light, yet spicy per-
fumes.
All of her close friends are
out of the profession.
Likes only a few people,
but likes them a lot.
When she builds a house
there will be a fireplace in
every room.
Likes NeedLe-POint
Hasn't seen snow in ten
years.
Does excellent needle-point
Continued on Page 4, Col. p
The Washington times., 1937-11-15
Taber Reelected
AS Grange Head

HARRISBURG, Nov. Is G.N.S0.
Louis ]. Taber, of Columbus, Ohio,
today was reelected master of the
National GRANGE at the seventy
first annual convention here. He
had expressed a desire to relin-
quish the post which he has held
for the past IA years. The position
pays $1,000 annually. Taber said
he wanted to reenter private busi-
ness,
The Washington times., 1937-11-15
FOUNDED IN 4S4
BelOit Students
Hurt in Wreck

CHICAGO, Nov. Is QN.S0.
Several dozen Beloit College goods
nursed bruises today from the
wreck of their special football
train in suburban Morton Grove,
in which the fireman. Henry G.
Thinner, 81, was killed. More than
200 students, most of them girls,
were aboard the Milwaukee road
train returning from football
game with the University Of Chi
cago on Saturday. The train
ploughed into an automobile
stalled on a crossing. Elmer Fort
ney, 30, driver of the car, and his
four passengers, leaped to safety.
The Washington times., 1937-11-15

of the big fellow.
FOR AGRICULTURE, he pro.
posed an "all weather program Of
crop control and soil conservation
within the framework of the Con-
stitution, adding significantly:
II hope and believe that the
Supreme Court will not again
deny to farmers the protection
it now accords to Others"
FOR LABOR, he recommended
legislation designed to wipe out
the employment of children in in.
duStry and sweat-Shop conditions
through the establishment of uni
form minimum hours and wage
standards. But this, he emphasized,
is the ultimate goal rather than
the immediate necessity.
ASKS EARLY ACTION
He reiterated his earlier pleas
for governmental reorganization
and for a system of regional plan,
ning-along the lines of the iva
that ultimately will set up seven
power territories.
In the months that these mat
ters have been before Congress, he
said, they have been discussed
from one end of the country to.
the other" and he concluded:
"For the sake of the nation I
hope for your early action"
The message today differed
from other Rooseveltian messages
in that it was couched entirely in
general, rather than specific,
terms. 1t was read in both houses
by reading clerks, which also was
a departure, for Mr.. Roosevelt
heretofore has seemed to enjoy
delivering his messages in person.
He recognized at the outset that
since Congress adjourned in a huff
Continued on Page 2, Col. u
The Washington times., 1937-11-15
ToIIuIoh Here
Actress to Witness
Father Open House

Talullah Bankhead is in town.
The exotic actress and her actor.
husband, John Emory. registered
at the Mayflower Hotel yesterday.
explaining that they were here for
the sole purpose of watching
Speaker Bankhead, father of the
actress, open the House today.
Although she has seen Congress
in session many times, the actress
explained that she had never seen
it opened, and just as soon the
Bankhead gavel sets the legisla-
tors to work she is returning to
New York.
Not interested in returning to
the movies, Talullah has five offers
of parts in stage plays, she said,
and she will read the plays before
making her choice.
The Washington times., 1937-11-15
Tax; Farm Plan,
Wage Protection
Are Highlights
Fiscal Reform Left Up to Members to
Determine Method of Action
IT, nE.s q
Fiscal Reform Left Up to Members
Full Text of Presidents Message on Page 2
By GEORGE R. HOLMES
Determine Method of Action

NS) President Roosevelt recommended to the special
Of Congress today vepont program designed check
the current business recession and carry with the original
aims of the New Deal.
FOR BUSINESS he proposed reform. He cited spe
cc taxes that should be modified but he left the door wide
for Congress revamp those taxes which business has
found most onrous the capital gains and the tax
porae spuses The only string he attached that what
notifications agreed upon should not decrease the Gov
ernmnt level of revenue encourage monopoly The OBJ
ectve to be attained he ad is help the little fellow instead
The Washington times., 1937-11-15
J. F. SchlOttierbeck
Quits MayflOwer

John F. Schlottierbeck, assistant
manager Of the Mayflower Hotel,
has resigned to become assistant
to the general manager of the
Doherty Florida Hotel Properties,
officials at the Mayflower stated
today.
Mr.. Schlottierbeck, a Washing
tonian, has been with the May
flower IL years.
The Washington times., 1937-11-15

anu MEANS Lax subcommittee TO
They were:
/, Exemption for al corpora
tionS with a net income Of $5, 900
a year or less.
2. An amendment permitting
an operating losses carryover
from one year to the following
year to be applied against ad-
justed net income in levying the
profits tax.
Members said the $1,000 exemp-
ton would affect about two-thirds
of all corporations earning an in
come.
Chairman Fred M. Vinson CD,
of Kentucky, estimated the !ex.
emption would relieve taxpayers
of a burden Of $7,000.00O an.
nually. He said he did not know
what the carryover provision
would cost the Government in
revenue.
The committee also is consider.
ing relief measures to corpora
tions earning above $4,000 to pos
sibly a higher bracket of $50. 900
a year, but took no definite action
today, he said.
The Washington times., 1937-11-15
i. S. Maker Sends
Trucks to Orient

TOKYO, Nov. IS GN.SO.-One
American manufacturer is filling
a million-dollar order for trucks in
China, it was learned today in jap
anese circles. Also needing trucks
for her inland campaign in China,
Japan is requisitioning them on a
huge scale.
The Washington times., 1937-11-15
Folsom Prisoners
Face Trial Today

SACRAMENTO, Calf, Nov. IS
dN.S0.-The murder trial Of five
Folsom Prison convicts in the Sep
tember 10 attempted prison break
was scheduled here today. The
convicts are accused Of mur.
dering Warden Clarence Larkin
and Guard Harry Martin.
The Washington times., 1937-11-15
IS Tried AS Reds
By Italian Court

ROME, Nov. is G.N.SJ.-Trfal
Of As persons, most of them peas.
ants, on charges of Communist
anti-FasciSt activities opened today
before the special tribunal for de-
fenSe of the state.