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Evening star., 1937-09-26
RAILROAD WILL PROVIDE
TRAIN FOR CAMERA FANS
Autos Will Take Party From
Oakland, Md, Station Along
Scenic Lake Route

The Baltimore &, Ohio Railroad will
operate a special train next Sunday
to take camera fans of the Washing
ton area to Oakland, Md, for a day
OF picture taking in the picturesque
Allegheny Mountain countryside in
that vicinity.
The special train OF coaches and
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night by thousands of militiamen and
police. With rifles ready, these guards
We're posted every few hundred feet,
alert to prevent any mishap to the
trains and the personages they were
carrying.
Tens of thousands of cheering spec
tators lined the streets of Munich in
a great ceremonial of farewell for
Mussolini and Hitler. AS they walked
the few hundred feet to the station.
1t was apparent that the strenuous
day Of social functions and ceremonies
had tired Mussolini
The brisk, rapid pace he set this
morning was gone and he was salts
fled to walk at a leisurely gait.
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circle, he does not hesitate to nominate
graybeards. A list of sixteen Ambassa-
dors and ministers to foreign capitals
named by him shows one man OF 46 and
one of rs, the average being 81. For
twenty-five miscellaneous positions the
record indicates that he designated men
who now, supposedly, are giving salts
faction" at approximately SO.
But for political help-the passage Of
legislation to reform the Federal judici-
ary, for instance-Mr. Roosevelt must
look particularly to his followers in the
Senate, among whom the average for
As members is So years. And it may be
doubted that any individual so near to
the Presidents arbitrary limit for USE
fulness will be enthusiastically sincere
in an endorsement of that rule. Perhaps
1t would encourage all concerned to
remember that Mr.. Roosevelt in 1884
made Charles P. McClelland presiding
judge OF the United States Customs
Court-when that distinguished and
worthy ornament of the bench was 80!
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Not a Bright Outlook.

Senator Thomas is comforting in so
far as he rejects the Jacobs report as
method of settling the fiscal relations
question. But he leaves much to be
answered in his suggestion OF a tenn
porary s5,OOo,OOo compromise on the
lump sum, pending action in the next
Congress to solve this perpetual and en-
barrassing fiscal relations problem" The
immediate question is how to balance
the 1888 budget with Federal payment
of only s5o00,O o0-substantially the
same amount carried in the current ap-
propriations.
The Forthcoming report from the
House Appropriations Committee of the
1888 bill may supply partial answer
But should the Federal payment be only
$5,000,OOO, the answer unhappily be-
comes the choice between two alterna-
tives. One of these is drastic increase
In local taxation. The other is a less
drastic increase in local taxation. cou-
pied with heavy cut in the District es-
Inmates as prepared by the Budget Bu-
reau. In either case the District is the
loser.
The 1898 District budget as sent to the
House would call for expenditures ex-
ceeding local revenues by an estimated
twelve to thirteen million dollars. A
Federal payment of only IS 900, 900 would
leave the District facing a deficit Of
seven or eight million dollars The deficit
would have to be overcome by local tax
alton. An increase of seven or eight
million dollars in local taxes is drastic
increase, indeed.
A reduction by the House committee
in the District budget would, of course,
reduce the potential deficit. But the re-
duction would be slight, even though the
cuts themselves may be heavy. The
Budget Bureaus 1888 estimates repre-
sented little more than operation and
maintenance costs. Cuts in the 1888
budget do not eliminate the needs. The
needs merely accumulate for some later
day.
Whatever plan the House appropria-
tions subcommittee has devised for 1888
will become known in few days. If it
contemplates heavy increase in local
taxation, with the Federal payment re-
naming $4,000, 900, it will be difficult to
view it as anything but compromise
at the expense Of the District. II any
increase in local taxation is justified,
simple equity demands like or greater
increase in the Federal payment. For
an increase in the local tax burden, even
though it is drastic, will fail, in the first
place, to supply needed revenue unless
accompanied by substantial increase
in the Federal payment. An increase in
the local tax burden. without COM
mensurate increase in the Federal pay
ment, perpetuates an inequitable and
unsatisfactory condition.
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New Deal Ages.

President Roosevelt certainly risked
offending considerable number of erst-
while loyal supporters when he ven-
tured the opinion that youth is impera-
lively necessary for the kind OF progress
he desires for his country. Such is the
fair inference to be drawn from his now
discredited complaint about the maturity
Of the personnel of the Supreme Court.
The phrases he employed need not be
reproduced. For their authors sake
1t may be hoped that soon they may be
forgotten. Meanwhile, 1t is interesting
to examine the age status Of some Of the
principal characters in the New Deal.
In his cabinet the President has one
man of 46 and one of IS. The average
for the group is So, or three years the
senior of Mr. Roosevelt himself, who is
IS. But the President also consults
from time to time with an unonncial
staff OF intimate friends and trusted
advisers-men of the average age of go.
Thus it may be affirmed with reason
that Mr.. Roosevelt deliberately prefers
the assistance OF counselors somewhat
advanced in years beyond his own ex-
perience. His closest associates classify
at about 59
Moreover, when the President author
lies appointments to government service
outside the immediate White House
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policy with special significance, the ma
tions OF Northern and Central Europe
are also moving constructively to safe
guard for themselves the blessings Of
peace. Sweden, Norway, Denmark Fin
land, Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia are
discussing Baltic entente" Its re-
ported purpose is to provide for mutual
assistance and liberate the constituent
states from any reliance upon the great
powers which might drag them into
European hostilities OF no direct con-
Germ to themselves. Actuated by identical
motives, Czechoslovakia, Rumania, AUS
tria, Hungary and Yugoslavia are laying
the foundations of "Danubian bloc"
aimed particularly at removing the peril
OF their ENHANCEMENT in Franco -Italo-
German conflict
For the moment, these various pro-
posed alignments and compacts neces-
sarily are tentative in character. But
responsible statesmen Of all the coun-
tries in question are already in the midst
OF what is destined to be busy Spring
OF travel and round-table consultation.
Their activities testify to the war psy-
chology that permeates the Old World.
They also reveal the commendable de-
termination of smaller peoples not to
remain pawns in the selfish struggle of
Europe's big fellows for supremacy and
spoils-a clash from which the little
states have every reason to fear they
would emerge as mere victims.
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Keeping Out of War.

Europes smaller nations consider war
inevitable, If not imminent. To avoid
their own embodiment in it, they are
taking time by the forelock. From one
end of the continent to the other-from
the Arctic to the Black Sea-concrete
arrangements are now in the making
for reducing to the minimum the pos
sibility Of involvement of minor states
In the controversies and possible armed
conflicts of powerful neighbors.
The most tangible token of this pro-
gram OF practical pacifism is the pres
ence in London of King Leopold, who is
submitting to the British government
Belgiums proposals along these lines.
She seeks guarantee OF her neutrality
by Great Britain, France and Germany,
but without any obligation on Belgiums
part to aid those countries If they are
attacked. The British and the French
are not unsympathetic with that scheme,
but attach two important conditions
one, that Belgium shall maintain such
ornaments as would assure effective re-
sistance to attempted aggression; the
other, that Belgium recognize Article Is
Of the Geneva covenant, prescribing the
right Of passage through territory of
non -combatant member state for troops
Of countries engaged in = League
approved war France has 4 special
reservation. She wants nothing in Bel
GUMS proposed new status to prohibit
any military action taken in fulhllment
OF obligations to Frances allies.
While BelgAim's strategic position In
the west clothes her keep-out-of war
Evening star., 1937-03-24
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES L. TRACEWELL,

Fresh air, always admirable, Is at its
best in Spring.
Then it is not too cold, as in Winter,
for many Of us, nor too hot, as in Sum-
mer.
Just right
Such is the Spring prescription which
Nature brings In her fresh winds, blow
ing strange odors Of budding vegetation
this way again.
Apprehend this rich treasure as such,
not as something unworthy Of regard,
or to be accepted merely as q part ct
the season, without much thought.
What is good is worth thinking about.
The head-in-the-sand attitude, which
would cry down thought In relation to
the everyday, is responsible for q great
deal OF the sordidness of the actual
world.
Gifted souls, In all ages and Of all
ages, have been able to read good into
everything that is-why cannot the
great average person, while going about
daily tasks, flnd time to be sensible of
the great gifts Of the everyday?
OF these, at this time of year. is the
very scent of Springtime, which leaps
warmth.
The world is now at the time when
every warm afternoon is just a little
warmer
1t is this warmth which brings out the
scents OF the season, as il every grass
blade and tulip leaf and peony tip were
able to throw a bit of added fragrance
into the air.
Perhaps they can, and do. Only the
herbalist Is able to understand how COM
pletely growing things OF the earth hold
treasured in their very being sweet
scents.
No wonder the air is fresher at this
season.
None OF your sinking antiseptic smell,
but fresh and sweet, right out of the
heart Of things.
No need to pretend, now, that icy air
is flne to breathe, no need to make out
that cold air is thrilling. Every one
knows when air is too cold 1t has no
'navor' at all, in the best sense.
Teeming hot air. as in Midsummer,
Is not soothing to the nostril.. It NAV
carry the scent of fields, with clover. If
one Is fortunate to be near them, but
mostly 1t Is not refreshing to the heated
frame Of man.
Autumn, with pungent odors, is nearer
this time, but only in Spring will one
ever get the real fragrance OF the good
earth.
80 be not chary in snifing from
now on.
One enterprising gentleman, some
years ago. built an entire physical cul-
ture system on smiling while breath
ing.
BY taking in a succession Of small
breaths, through the nose, shifts, in
other words, the lungs were filled more
completely than by any single long
breath, he said.
One might, according to the instruc-
tions, take a sniff with each football
shifting in for four to eight steps, ac-
cording to ones lung capacity-and
mood-and then breathing out slowly
but determinedly, also through the nose
but In steady flow.
This is an interesting experiment on
q cool Spring morning, striding along
taking in the very flavor Of the morning.
The snifdng process is good, because
1t emulateS the c0npnisse,,r ~ eo,De op
Evening star., 1937-03-24

The 18th Of March brought its custo-
mary thrill Of pleasure as st. Patrick
was duly honored. April II is the BIRTH
day anniversary of the patriot Ben
Franklin, who at the age of 79 con-
tributed so much to the establishment
OF this Government. The visitors at
tracted by the beauty of the cherry
blossoms might be persuaded to linger
a short time in order to participate in
the celebration of Ben Franklin s
day.
Evening star., 1937-03-24

versity, suggesting the possibility that
sit-down strikes may ultimately be
recognized as legal. Such a position on
the part Of the dean-designate of Har-
ward Law School might not initiate
against his appointment, but it would
undoubtedly prejudice his cause in a
confirmation contest in the Senate,
which reflects rising resentment of the
slt-down as a labor weapon. AS Lands
stock slumped, that of Ferdinand Pecora
rose. The young New York State su-
preme Court Justices defense OF the
Judiciary bill was one Of the most telling
yet made on its behalf. What might
minimize Pecora's prospects is that three
New Workers are already on the high
bench-Hughes, Stone and Cardozo.
Mr.. Roosevelt's consideration Of a trip
to the Philippines may have a certain
international background not apparent
on the surface. 1t smacks a bit of the
celebrated action Of the other President
Roosevelt, 30-odd years ago, in sending
Fighting Bob" Evans to the Far East
with she United States Fleet, = little
movement that had q meaning of its
own, especially to Japan. F. D. RS
journey to Manila on battleShip could,
without too much stretch OF the political
imagination, be interpreted as q gesture
OF abiding American interest In the
Philippines, even when they're padding
their own canoe, and As q hands of
warning to all concerned that the COM
,monwealth's independence is something
Uncle Sam means to safeguard. 1t
would also be token of our general
interest In peace on the other side of
the world.
The Queens Work, national Catholic
monthly magazine published at st.
Louis, reports first returns from a poll
OF Washington correspondents on the
likely Democratic presidential nominee
in 1910. The Rev. Edward J. Dowling,
S. j., who is conducting the vote, says it
reveals a startling trend toward the
consideration of Franklin D. Roosevelt
for third term" Two-thirds OF the
scribes so far polled place the President
first in the list of probable nominees.
Several correspondents explain their be-
lief in this likelihood on the ground that
the Presidents recent statement about
ehA0 eSAA oPOhC VI AllS dIlDltlOIl,
not his determination" to retire in
1941. Final results of the vote will be
published on April 20.
While persons now appearing before
the Senate Judiciary Committee at hear
ings on the court bill are called wit
nesses. they do not testify under oath.
Only people who face the inquisitorial
guns OF Senate and House investigating
committees are sworn before taking the
stand.
Rising demand is audible all over
Washington for q categorical expression
from President Roosevelt on the subject
of the sit-down strike. The demand isn't
confined to his political foes The feeling
has grown up in many quarters that,
barring vigorous ofacial disavowal, the
administration will rate as at least
tacitly approving strong g-arm tactics in
industrial disputes The view is also
heard that White House silence respect
ing current labor unrest arouses suspi-
cion that New Dealers welcome it as q
builder Of support for Supreme Court
reform. Even some who heartily favor
Mr.. Roosevelt's program think he ought
to lose no more time In sitting down
on the sitJdown.
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the like, taking in the aroma in small
gusts, not swinishly in great whiff.

the like, taking in the aroma in small
gusts, not swinishly in a great whiff.
-
Early morning remains the very best
time Of all for getting the true flavor Of
the air, and this whether 1t is breathed
in the city or suburbs
Among the many sins of the machine
man has invented but cannot master
must be reckoned the befouling Of the
air.
We have, as a group, especially q city
group, become 80 insensitive to the usual
that We do not often stop to protest,
but If an effort is made to realize what
one smells, the sharp acrid quality Of
gasoline is always with us.
How the trees, In their poor little
spaces in the concrete, manage to get
along as we'll as they do, often with
little water, Is mystery. But when
we stop to think that their entire leafy
systems are bathed, both day and most
OF the night, with invisible gases, we
may not cease to wonder at the latitude
Nature has given them, that they sur
vive at all.
Early morning, the motor monsters
The air is as clear and clean as the
sensitive nostril ever will flnd It,
Especially in the suburban districts,
one may feel, the air is almost as good
and clean as Nature made it.
Stop for second to realize its chem
ical composition, how it has been worked
out, or how living, breathing things have
worked out their relation to It, 50 that
1t is, indeed, the very breath of life
for all creatures
proportions, and mixture, We are able
to use them, and not be harmed by
them.
DAYS, and without water for few. but
without air only minute or two.
X
Yet so unconscious is the process OF
breathing, SO automatic, that to think
about 1t, now and then, is to risk max
ing ones self nervous.
breathing exercises" so-called in
which one stands up and breathes, with
out accompanying exercise, is the best
way In the world to become nervous,
although 1t may be necessity for
singers and others.
SioIidIlly lIlcTe is no QeeQ 10 make
breathing conscious process. except
upon occasion, as when walking alone,
and one desires to SAVIOR the fresh air
to the full for few seconds
Forget 1t, however, after that, if it
tends to make one nervous After all,
at this time OF year there is no real
reason, except now and then, for max
ing breathing a conscious process.
All that is necessary is to realize,
mentally. that Springtime is unique.
"One More Spring" as the good TILE
had 1t; one more Spring, Of which there
will be nothing more characteristic than
its sweet scents. The conscious observer
OF things uses both nose and eyes. He
WILL be able to watch and realize the
gradual increase, as the grass grows and
the sprouting leaf and flower buds come
into being. These changes cannot occur
without releasing much good into the
air. Some OF this, Of course, is oxygen.
Some Of it is simply scent, fragrance,
glorious by-product of growing, increas-
ing plant life. There are thousands Of
fragrances now on the breeze, a veritable
part OF the air. which were not here
last month. May we realize them in
time,
Evening star., 1937-03-24
Party Loyalty.


A new measure of Democratic loyalty
has been set up, by President Roosevelt
himself first, and by his political gen.
eralissimo, Postmaster General James
A. Farley, in the second place. To be
loyal q Democrat must support the
Presidents bill to pack the Supreme
Court. Mr.. Farley, speaking before the
Texas Legislature today, gave another
lesson in party loyalty. He pictured the
Presidents plan for the Supreme Court
in terms of the State affairs of Texas,
with Governor Alfred urging the legisla-
tors of the Lone Star State to put
through a law which would benefit all
the people. Some OF the legislators, said
Farley, might believe that the better
remedy would be an amendment to the
State constitution. Il cannot but be-
lieve," he said, that you members Of
the Texas Legislature would feel that
party loyalty compelled you to go along
with the Governor rather than insist
on each OF you going his own way and
thus hampering the accomplishment OF
the reform that all of you agreed was
necessary"
SO Mr., Farley continues to try to start
fire back home against Democrats who
have so far forgotten party loyalty" as
to stand up for the independence of the
courts, or who believe that the only
effective measure is an amendment to
the Constitution of the United States.
Senator Tom" Connally Of Texas is one
OF the Democrats who has broken away
from the President on this issue. Not
long ago Mr.. Farley spoke in North
Carolina, the home State of Senator
Bailey, an outspoken opponent of the
court bill. II the Postmaster General
is to carry the torch into every State
whera Democratic Senator is of the
party reservation in this matter OF the
Supreme Court, he will add many thou
sands Of miles to his already lengthy
travel record.
1t will be difficult to persuade Carter
6iass OF Virginia or Burton X. Wheeler
Of Montana that they should subordinate
principle and personal conviction to the
precept OF party loyalty. 1t is to such
Democrats, however, that Mr.. Farley
directed attention when he said: Il
think they are making a grave error and
are lending aid and comfort to the
enemy by their present course" The
enemy Of what? The enemy OF plan
which Senator Wheeler designated "un-
American" and immoral
The demand OF the President and Mr..
Farley that the bill be passed under
whip and spur, with party loyalty the
sallying cry, il reminiscent of the early
days Of the Presidents administration.
It Is reminiscent OF the mistakes made
IN hurried legislation. Given more time,
some OF the measures which then were
driven through Congress by the ad-
ministration and which later were de-
clared unconstitutional might not have
been so written as TO transgress the
fundamental law.
Raising the issue OF party LOYALTY
when measures that reach into the very
vitals OF the country are under consid-
Grafton Is = mistake. The issue was raised
once unfortunately when the United
States was at war and Congress was to
bs elected.
Evening star., 1937-03-24

Oil wells In Eastern Texas have pro-
duced spectacular fortunes without being
able to keep their product from being
transformed suddenly from a means to
better living to high explosive that
spares nobody.
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Every citizen of the United States

Every citizen of the United States Is
attentively considering the Constitution
which is advantageous under a govern
ment which provides school system
that places no limit on popular compre-
hension of facts and theories. The old
Ship of State may harbor here and there
a few sea lawyers" but there will never
be enough of them to organize a mutiny.
Evening star., 1937-03-24

A wake may be carried too far. A
sentiment of bereavement is entitled to
respect, but Secretary Wallace is hardly
justified in trying to hang crepe on the
United States Supreme Court in memory
of A. A. A.
Evening star., 1937-03-24

There is a certain lure about the show
business which cannot be ignored. The
erudite and able Mr.. Pecora will not be
able to rivet popular attention as he did
when the Ringing midget was featured
as 4 co-star.
Evening star., 1937-03-24

Mr.. Pecora is gentleman Of recog-
nized ability, although his picturesque
ness was undeniably enhanced when the
famous Ringing midget intruded in
person as an extra added feature.
Evening star., 1937-03-24

A quarrel in the ranks OF organized
labor together with 4 quarrel between
workers and employers suggest the en-
barraSsment which frequently arises
from trying to settle too many questions
at once.
Evening star., 1937-03-24

Even a spectacular world armament
race must have its dull business details,
requiring the intervention now and then
Of patient and perspicacious credit
manager.
Evening star., 1937-03-24

Memories of Grover Cleveland are
revived as suspicious are freely expressed
of a dilution plan that might leave the
Supreme Court in a state such as he
described as "innocuous desuetude."
Evening star., 1937-03-24

Workmen who prefer to 20 on work.
ing may fnd themselves compelled to
heed orders from an organization leader.
1t Ia impossible to tell just when and
how another case OF back-seat driving
Will be encountered.
Evening star., 1937-03-24

A section of the A. F. of L. has been
taken over by John Lewis, who as an
orator always ready to rise to his feet
cannot be described as a consistent imi-
tator OF a sit-down striker.
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Shooting Stars.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

A feast some cannibals prepared.
Some were elated. Some were scared.
For each the ancient warning knew,
TOO many cooks will spoil the stew"
The chief exclaimed in accents strong:
Something about this dish is wrong.
The cause is very quickly found
Too many cooks are standing round.
Bring on with haste more seasoning,
Into the bubbling kettle fiing
The cooks themselves, all plump and
nice,
We need more meat and less advice"
Evening star., 1937-03-24
May Spread to the Farms.

From the Fond Du Lac Commonwealth.
An agricultural magazine seems to
have hunch that sit-down strikes will
finally extend to the farms.