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The Washington times., 1937-06-18
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WAR ON SLUNS

A campaign to improve the ode
plorable slum conditions" existing
in the Nations Capital will be in.
augurated by the Washington XII
wants Club, it was announced to-
day.
Members Of the club were
aroused by a recent report on
slum conditions from fellow mem
bers on an inspection tour.
First step in the program is the
creation Of a "fact-finding COM
mittee" to make a thorough study
Of conditions.
Many members, It was reported,
have become so aroused over re-
ports Of sum conditions that they
have volunteered their services in
carrying out the improvement pro-
gram.
The Washington times., 1937-06-18
STARTED
FOR EXTENS|0N
OF 18th ST.

SILVER SPRING, Md, June 10.
A movement designed to bring
about the early extension Of Six
teenth Street from its present
terminus near the District line to
connect with Georgia Avenue
south of Montgomery Hills, Nd,
is now under way under the lead
ership of civic leaders Of the Silver
Spring area.
Renewing a fight started more
than three years ago, Allan H.
Gardner, pro minent Woodside
Park civic leader, said today that
an attempt to unite all civic
groups of the eastern suburban
area of Montgomery county be-
hind such a move will be made
during a meeting early next week.
Long Proposed
The route for the extension Of
Sixteenth Street was surveyed as
early as 1881, Mr.. Gardner said,
and although no attempts have
been made by either Montgomery
county or State officials to obtain
rightS-of.way for the highway,
there has been some effort ex-
erted to restrict building in the
contemplated highway line.
Mr.. Gardner said today:
II have recently been in con-
Sultati0n with representatives Of
several civic organizations Of the
eastern suburban area of Mont
gOmery county concerning the
extension of Sixteenth Street.
From all indications, they are
all now ready to join in a con-
certed fight to have this project
completed.
Gas early as 1894 a delegation
from this area conferred with
officials of the Maryland State
Roads Commission in Baltimore,
Md, concerning this extension.
PICKED BAD TINE
although they agreed as to
its Importance relative to the
growth Of the Silver Spring area,
1t was o very inOppOrtune time
to suggest the expenditure Of
additional funds in Montgomery
county, since It was about that
time that the county was nOti-
fled Of an Overdraft in their
State roads account amounting
to nearly 100000.
"Since a recent act of the
State Legislature erased this
overdraft, we feel that the time
is now ripe to renew our fight"
While it is still doubtful where
the extension would connect with
Georgia Avenue, Mr.. Gardner said
it would probably be in the neigh
borhood Of Grace Episcopal
Church, located south of Mont
gomery Hills.
The most expensive part of the
project would be the construction
of a bridge over the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad tracks a short dis
lance north of the present termi-
nus OF the street, Mr.. Gardner
said.
Evening star., 1937-07-28

the District Of Columbia there COM
monty are showers enough to provide
the imperative precipitation. Washing
ton, fortunately, does not lie In the
Dust Bowl. Rather, the Federal City,
wisely chosen, is reasonably near to the
Atlantic. The Potomac, drawn to the
ocean like needle to a magnet, serves
as an irrigation ditch; and the same
observation may be made with regard to
the arms OF Chesapeake Bay.
Perhaps the founding fathers OF the
Republic did not think OF such things.
1t may be that accident largely deter
mined their choice Of the seat Of gov
ernment. Or, possibly. a benefcent
Providence guided them. In any event,
pleasant Summer morning, blue and
gold in glory, provides excuse for quot
ing Drinkwater S rhythmical picture, with
special reference to Washington's equiv
alent Of Britain's charms and graces
Evening star., 1937-07-28
Summer.

John Drinkwater, who was a poet
long before he ever dreamed of being
q playwright. once wrote OF England at
the middle Of the year these lines, which
ought to be remembered:
Cool where the clean winds travel
Along the solemn hills,
We watch the flowing splendor
That Summer brews and spills
From Malvern down to Bredon,
Across the mellow plain,
TRANSFERRING the lowlands
OF shining leaves and grain.
A Washington man, travelling in from
the suburbs this morning, thought OF
the verse as having application to Mary
land and Virginia in July. Summer, 1t
seemed to him, is prodigal. Even the
torridity which distinguishes it in the
neighborhood Of the Capital adds to its
riches. Nature appears to prosper in a
blaze of light. The effect is that Of q
hothouse in which vegetation is forced
at q prodigious pace.
OF course, rainfall is necessary. For
ests and fields require occasional soak
Ing IN the interest Of growth and con-
tinued verdancy. But in the latitude OF
Evening star., 1937-07-28
Fall River Line

Probably The Old Fall River Line"
belonged to the dreadful horse and
buggy age. The youngest and most
notably articulate generation doubtless
thinks OF it, If it considers it at all. as
being outmoded But the fathers and
mothers, not to mention the grand
fathers and grandmothers, of the present
majority Of the population will dissent
from such a critical opinion. They
looked upon the steamers as institutions
OF their kind and regarded them as a
near approach to a marine paradise,
especially for honeymooners, actual and
potential. News of the disappearance
OF the lines once famous flag will bring
tears into number of eyes no longer
notably youthful
Yet tragedy is inevitable when, In the
language OF the moment, "the country
is being turned upside down." At least
a few people are certain to "get hurt"
IN the business OF giving the multitude
Its theoretical life more abundant" The
c. I. o. is the instrument for the de-
struction Of the Fall River system. A
sit-down strike prompted the owners
to give up their struggle to continue
operations. Fate had been unfriendly
recently. The margin OF profit finally
became so small that, in view of radical
labor's attitude, suspension of service
was compulsory.
Ninety years OF coastwise shipping
therefore terminates with the announce
ment that the line is defunct. Maybe 1t
will resume when the Nation returns to
what President Harding called nor
malcy." Meanwhile, It's patrons mourn
their loss. A certain element OF color
has faded from the picture OF Long
Island Sound, certain note OF music
has been lost in the dissonance OF the
swing" period OF New York and New
England history.
Evening star., 1937-07-28
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

into the Capital picture under Repub-
lican auspices. Once upon time, while
Eugene Meyer was chairman of the orig
inal R. F. c., back in the Hoover admin
istration he needed legal assistant. Cor
coran is understood to have been brought
to Mr.. Meyers attention by law part
ner of the late Joseph P. Cotton. then
UnderSecretary Of State. though popular
report ascribes Corcorans debut in
Washington to the influence of Harvards
DR.. Felix Frankfurter. Corcoran is now
being quoted as having told Senator
Wheeler early in the Supreme Court
imbroglio that one of the reasons the
administration was going to win was that
the Montanan had taught him some
things in the utility fight, land they'll
be used against you AS recent history
disclosed. the master. not the pupil. came
out on top. The story reminds this OBJ
server of Boies Penrose anecdote.
Somebody once told the Pennsylvania
boss that certain man claimed Penrose
taught him all the politics the former
knew. Quoth the G. o. P. potentate:
Il may have taught him all he knows,
but not all know"
Joseph c. Grew, Ambassador to Japan,
qualities as head of the prize career
family" of the United States foreign
service. All three of his daughters are
married to diplomatic officers. They are
Jay Pierrepont Moffat. newly appointed
chief OF the European division of the
State Department; Cecil B. Lyon. third
secretary Of embassy at Peiping. and
Robert M. English. third secretary of
legation at Ottawa Like their dis
tinguished father-in-law, all the sons
in-law are Harvard men. The Moffats
welded in Washington. the Lyons in
Japan and the Englishes in Turkey.
Washington politicians wonder whether
Mayor La Guardia's reported preference
to run for reelection in New York this
Fall as the candidate of the American
Labor party signals the appearance in
the 1888 congressional or 1910 presiden-
tial campaign of a third national DO
litical organization, with that label in
Guiding c. I. o. and other labor, farm
and progressive Affiliations.
White House anxiety over Warlike
events in the Far East is reflected by
the Presidents disinclnation to make
any vacation plans pending Sino-Japa-
nese developments. with the attendant
danger of international complications.
Callers who periodically discuss Asiatic
affairs with Mr.. Roosevelt are unfailingly
struck by his intimate knowledge of
them and his concern over their vital
Importance from Americas standpoint.
X
Two wholly disconnected bits Of news
add their quota to the story Of recovery
and mounting prosperity. At this weeks
annual convention of the music in
dustries in New York 1t was announced
that, despite radio. the piano has been
restored to popularity and that business
is booming to such an extent that 1887
will probably show total sales OF 1870 900
Instruments peak figure since 1890. The
Air Transport Association of America
reports an all-time boom on the Nations
airlines. with 41,180337 passenger miles
flown last month. Traffic for the first
half of 1887 amounted to l74,820,643
revenue passenger miles, an increase of
46 per cent over the same period of 1885.
(Copyright, 1879
Evening star., 1937-07-28
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

Watching q young goldfish get its
color is one Of the most fascinating
things In amateur fish keeping.
Yet 1t is seldom seen, even by expert
enced enthusiasts who have bred scores
of the tropical fishes, including the
famous bubble-nest builders.
A four-gallon tank is large enough
for the feat. The often written injunc-
ton that nothing less than a twenty
five or forty gallon aquarium is neces-
sary is all nonsense; what is essential,
OF course, is simply pair OF goldf1shes.
Only few babies will escape the egg
eating instincts of the parents, II the
setup is not changed.
The way to change it Is to remove the
spaWnerS to another tank, or to take
out the plants in which the eggs have
been deposited and place them in an
other aquarium.
If all this is too much trouble, rest
assured that one or maybe two or three
fishes will manage to survive.
When they are first noticed, they will
be about one-fourth of an inch long,
all eyes, SO tiny that sharp vision, indeed,
is needed to see them at all.
In an aquarium they will require about
to months to begin to change color.
In Nature the time is shorter, some
times not half as long.
1t must be remembered that in q pool
the young fishes not only get a far
greater and finer assortment of invisible
animalcules in the water as food but
also shortly grow to be able to eat
mosquito larvae, among the finest OF fish
foods
In the small tank the young goldfish
Will color up very slowly, owing to lack
OF sufficient oxygen and the proper
foods. If the owner is persistent, how
ever, he will be able to bring them to
maturity with the amount of water and
the sorts of food available.
These latter will be artificial, in finely
powdered form. Too much of them will
spoil the water, unless some of the small
red snailS available at pet stores are
used They will not harm the f1shlets,
but will consume the excess food.
At first certain forms OF minute white
worms will be found In such an aquarium,
owing to the small excess Of food still
left even after the Snails have done their
work
These will be consumed by the young
nSh. however, as they grow up OFTEN 1t
is possible to see the fishes nibble at
these little worms even before their
mouths are large enough to engulf them.
The young goldfish is silvery in color.
without any trace whatever Of the gold
or red or black or other color which may
be found in maturity. They very much
resemble baby guppies.
In larger bodies OF water they often
develop a bronze color, OF a rather du-
bious hue which is throwback to the
ancestral coloration of the goldfish
family
1t is said that In Nature the goldfish
tends to revert to this color and becomes
finally a rather dull bronze. Escaped
goldfish from Maryland fish farms are
to be found in numbers in the Potomac,
and many of these are dark olive
bronze. Some retain their brightness.
The young goldfish in the home tank
is all eyes, at first, followed by bit of
silvery matter, scarcely to be thought
of as body.
In two or three weeks the backbone
and stomach of the creature have grown
Evening star., 1937-07-28
Labor Boards.

The Federal Labor Relations Board,
designed to be an umpire, a referee, in
controversies between employees and en-
ployers, is charged by Senator Nye OF
North Dakota with being biased" in favor
OF the c. I. o. Representative RAN
kin of Mississippi has attacked the board
on the ground that it is "conspirng with
communistic influences to destroy South
ern industries. Neither Senator Nye nor
Representative Rankin can properly be
charged with favoring employers-cer-
tainy OF the economic royalist type
Nye is progressive Of progressives, and
so is Rankin. The latter has been an
ardent supporter of the Roosevelt New
Deal
The value of the Federal Labor Rela-
tions Board, if it is suspected OF being
biased, is distinctly less. True, under
the labor relations act the board may
be considered an advocate OF labor, set
up to bring about collective bargaining.
But, even so. its functioning should be
quasi judicial and therefore fair and i'm
partial When liberal members OF Con-
gress find this to be not the case some
thing must be wrong.
Government agency which allows
itself to become known, as charged by
Senator Nye, as an adjunct of the c. I. o.
or any other labor organization loses the
confidence of the people.
The operations Of the board, as de-
scribed by Nye and Rankin, indicate
conclusively that the labor relations act
should be amended drastically. The
measure is lopsded. 1t makes no effort
to give the employer an even break or
board have been accepted by the c. l. o.
as its chief instruments with which to
belabor industry. There is nothing in
the law which gives the employers any
protection whatever from unconscionabe
acts by the unions OF the c. l. O. or its
organizers.
These attacks upon the Labor Rela-
tlons Board come at a time when the
administration is seeking to drive an
other measure through Congress-said
to be in the interests Of labor, although
there is grave doubt that 1t will operate
to its advantage-the so-called hours and
wages bill. Certainly the attacks made
on this Federal board should give pause
to those who are considering setting up
another board-the Federal Labor
Standards Board.
To the Labor Standards Board, a fve-
man board, it is proposed to give the
power OF fixing minimum wages and
maximum hours. This is not all. 1t is
proposed to permit the board to vary
these wages and hours to fit conditions
In different sections of the country. No
such power has ever been lodged in any
governmental agency. 1t is power that
could destroy or raise industries to great
heights.
The American workers doubtless will
come to realize that such powers placed
in the hands of politically named
board are not in the final analysis In
the interests Of free labor This is no
time for half-baked measures of such
vast Importance.
Evening star., 1937-07-28

enough to be visible. They darken up
and are plainly stomach and backbone.
After this the creature seems to be
fish. Before, he has been heaven
knows what, at least in appearance. Now
he is fish, and as such begins to make
strides.
The coloring, however, is very slow in
small aquarium
Even these tiny things gasp for breath
in four or five gallon tank and must
be given artificial aeration If even an
approach to maximum growth is de-
sired.
This is the real "air conditioning" this
use Of either electrical or hand pump
to blow air through water, thus chasing
out carbon monoxide and other heavy
gases which collect In the still water
of the tank.
The water, in other words, actually is
conditioned by air. Air conditioning of
our homes is simply a treatment of the
air itself, but the real "air conditioning"
OF water for fishes is sweeping of water
by air bubbles, clearing it of noxious
substances
Two or three bits OF life, so small as
scarce to be seen by the famous nude
eye, might not seem enough in five
gallons to demand such conditioning. but
it will be found by closer inspection that
in the morning particularly, the gills of
these minute fishes are opening and
closing widely.
Ten minutes OF gently blowing air
through the water, by means of an elec-
trio or hand operated pump. and the gills
close comfortably, opening gently, in
stead OF hurriedly, and the mouths re-
main shut in no more effort to wrest
the last bit of oxygen from water con-
tanning very little of that precious ele-
ment.
After the young goldfish gets to be
about an inch long its coloration will
begin, in most cases.
At first there will be no apparent diff
ference, but the hopeful watcher will
sense. rather than notice. that some
thing has changed about his fish
1t is not so much real color as a
Frightening of the scales all over the
animal And then one morning the
observer will be willing to swear to him.
self that there is just small red glow
at the root of the tail and darkening
OF the back Of the creature.
A few days later and there can be no
doubt of the fact-the color change has
begun.
this should be given it, because from
the food the color comes.
This will be achieved, however, ac-
cording to laws of inheritance
The glow at the tail will increase. the
back will grow darker and darker, along
with increasing pink tintS in the sides.
Every day the watcher looks at his
fish he will see increasing evidences of
coloration, until the process becomes
slower, so that he is not able to catch
it as dramatically as before.
He will stop watching so inteptly-
and then one morning he will notice
that the old silvery touches are gone
completely and he has real goldfish in
his tank, a nice little specimen about an
inch long, with enough color in him to
catch the eye of any stranger.
This is one change that the aquarium
enthusiast may watch closely, and note
every variation, thing that cannot be
done with the goldfshes In the lily
| pool
Evening star., 1937-07-28
Planning Commissions.

Already protected by zoning ordi-
nances, Arlington County this week was
placed under the guidance Of planning
board. Need of such commissions in
fast-growing communities has been DEM
onstrated repeatedly in other sections.
Washington is famous as a planned city
and Its present Park and Planning Com
mission is regarded as indispensable. In
the neighboring Maryland counties of
Montgomery and Prince Georges SINH
lar commission has been functioning for
years, supervising orderly development
and co-ordinating growth with the
Nations Capital.
Aims Of the new Arlington body, as
outlined at its initial meeting, include
the drafting OF master plan indicating
the trend Of future growth and needs
for schools, roads, sanitary facilities and
other civic projects. After the plan is
drawn and approved at public hearings
1t must be followed in carrying out
future improvements.
Proper planning is the basis on which
all progressive communities should be
built. In the suburbs OF Washington
it has become an essential function of
government. More and more territory
Is destined to come under the turisdic-
ton OF planning boards. A parkway all
the way from Washington to Baltimore
already is envisioned by the planners
and the time may not be distant when
the entire stretch between the two cities
will be controlled by co-ordinating
planning groups.
Across the Potomac establishment Of
the Arlington Planning Commission ap.
) pears to Be the eommeudahas drst step
Evening star., 1937-07-28
Shooting Stars.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON
Precaution.

Precaution.
longed to fly across the sky
And gravitation there defy
Perhaps I should have done It.
And then there came the solemn thought
When I an aeroplane have bought
won't know how to run it,"
Oh friend! II you in Joy serene
Seek to acquire some big machine,
When you at last have won It,
II you would travel all secure,
Before you start from earth be sure
That you know how to run it.
Evening star., 1937-07-28
The Plain Citizen.

The Plain Citizen.
Every day has problems. Some are great
and some are small;
Never yet has been day presenting none
It's problem to awaken at q proper
early hour.
The breakfast is a problem built on eggs
and flour.
The dinner is a problem; 10 quite fire.
quently is lunch
As you pick a frugal menu or get liberal
with the bunch.
There's little problem hanging round
each dollar that is spent.
There are problems in the car fare, there
are problems in the rent.
So now and then have to be excused
from further care
About the billions that are saved or
wasted here and there.
AS view the big transactions protest
in humble tone
I can't be OF much assistance. have
problems of my own.
DE man dat has lost all his friends, |"
said Uncle Eben, has ono consolation.
He doot stt no mare tips "a hoes races !"
Evening star., 1937-07-28
Naval Race Starts.

4\oN
What history may record as the formal
start Of new race in naval armaments
took place at Trieste on July 25, when
the new 35000ton Italian battleship
Vlttorio Veneto was launched with spec
tacular pomp. She is the first of a pair
OF sister ships to cost 5O,0O0O0O apiece.
They typify Mussolini's plans for an
"ocean-going navy" to carry Italian sea
power beyond the confines of the Medi-
terranean, especially into the Red Sea,
the Black Sea and the Indian Ocean. in
exempllhcation of the Fascist program
for Italian imperial expansion toward
the East. and, as some authorities aver,
IN avowed defiance OF vaunted British
supremacy in those waters
The Vlttorio Veneto and the Littorio,
which will leave the slips in October, will
remain the last words in warship con-
struction for about year after they
are commissioned, in 1899. They will
carry nine l5-inch guns and catapults
for seaplanes. accommodate war time
crews OF $500 men and be equipped with
turbine engines capable of developing
a speed of 80 knots. Paramount stress
Is laid by the Italians on the armor
OF their new dreadnoughts It is under
stood to be about ten inches thick and
able to Withstand direct torpedo, air
plane-bomb or shell hits. II Duces naval
constructors believe they have achieved
the desirable result of augmenting armor
strength without unduly adding to
weight, thus combining rival ideas-the
one which would sacrifice speed by in
which would accelerate speed and rely
for defense on aid from cruisers, de-
stroyers, submarines and aircraft. When
the new ships are afloat, the Italian
fleet expects to be in position to hold
Its own against any possible challenge,
even that of Great Britains mighty
armada.
1talys sea monsters will soon be
matched by supermodern 35,OOO-t ton
battleships which the other naval powers
now have, or soon will have, on the
stocks. Frances Richeieu is two years
along, the Jean Bart about a year be-
hind. The British King George v and
Prince of Wales were laid down January
! and are shortly to be followed by two
other vessels of similar type. Germany
Is said to have begun work on one In
1886. To Japan is ascribed the inten-
tion Of building four battleships of that
class and Of mounting 1S-inch guns on
them. The United States has Just ar
ranged to construct two 35,000-ton battle
ships, Washington and North Carolina,
and to arm them with main batteries of
16-inch calber.
Despite universal longing for interna-
tional amity and coincident lip service
IN favor OF disarmament, 1t Is painfully
apparent that the nations have embarked
upon another naval competition, the
end and costs Of which, unfortunately
for overburdened taxpayers everywhere,
no man can foresee With those two
ancient capitals, Madrid and Peiping,
under fire, as rival armies clash for
their possession, this weeks twenty third
anniversary of the World Wars out
break daWns generally amid conditions
that bring little solace to peace-craving
mankind.