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Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-10-21
CONyICT FATALLY HURT.

Goldsboro, Oct. 21.-Lenlie Lane, II
negro convict at the state prison camp
near here, was fatally injured when
run over by a prison truck. Camp
Superintendent Robert hooks said
Lane was serving IL months for lar
cenV
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-10-21

whose leg was crushed.
Evening star., 1937-02-13

the District lying along Pennsylvania
avenue between Sixth and Third streets,
bounded on the north by G street.
This land, consisting Of two squares,
was originally bought by the District
under plans authorized at that time for
the municipal center. The cost Of the
two squares was $3,949034. The de-
cisicn not to carry out the original
municipal center plans, and to locate
the Police Court and other proposed
court buildings in Judiciary Square.
north Of the Court House, has prompted
the Commissioners to prepare legislation
enabling them to dispose of the Penn
sylvania avenue property to the United
States, for some Federal building. This
legislation is now being prepared.
The site offers several advantages. It
is centrally located, accessible to street
car and bus transportation and is
adjacent to the great Avenue Triangle
development. Its use should clearly be
confined to public purposes, for which
there are no definite suggestions at this
time. The auditorium commission, Of
course, will examine many sites and
the advantages they offer. None comes
to mind at this time as so deserving Of
consideration as the Pennsylvania ave-
nue. squares Of the original municipal
center land.
Evening star., 1937-02-13
Norris Plan for Nine.Year
Sureme Court Service
To the Editor Of The Star:

To the Editor Of The Star:
Senator Norris, who is noted for his
versatility in political ideas, has ad-
vanced new one regarding the judges
OF the Supreme Court. He proposes that
they be appointed for nine years, and
in this connection he refers to our
Government as democracy. This was
perhaps, slip of the tongue, or it may
be the Senator is not familiar with the
principles of our Government and of
the historical background that in
fuenced the trainers of the Constitution,
and with the fact that our Government
is composite Government, a repre-
sentative republican Government, one
in which the powers that belong to all
sovereignties are divided and placed in
different repositories. Ours is anything
but a democratic Government The
authors of the Constitution wisely pro-
vided to safeguard 1t from the ignorant
and stupid whims of unbridled de-
mocracy by the creation of independent
courts as check upon the executive and
legislative departments.
II judges were appointed for only nine
years as advocated by the Senator, no
lawyer worth his salt would accept a
position on the bench, with the result
that the judges would be men of no
ability and little character, and who
couldn't make living in the profession:
and furthermore, the independence and
the integrity of the courts would be
destroyed, and the way opened for the
dictator.
ALEXANDER SIDNEY LANIER.
Evening star., 1937-02-13
STARS, MEN AND ATOMS
Notebook of Science Progress in Field,
Laboratory and Study.
TuOMdc HENPY
BY THOMAS r. HENRY.

crease. This phenomenon also seems to
be worldwide.
DR.. Hrdlicka last year announced that
the nose. ears and mouth increase in
size through adult life and that these
growths may be partly responsible for
the subtle changes in personal appear
ance which persons undergo. Measure
ments which he now reports show that
the nose growth, both in length and
breadth. may continue well into the
sixth decade of life and that the ears
may continue to grow even after the age
of 80. The mouth continues to grow
even into the seventh decade.
So far as can be determined, DR..
Hrdlicka points out, these growths are,
at least in part, independent. Each part
of the body seems to have its own
growth curve, and all these individual
growths are harmonized in extremely
complex patterns into the growth Of the
body as a whole.
Evening star., 1937-02-13
Three.Man Presidency
Not a New Suggestion
To the Editor OF The star:

To the Editor Of The star:
One of your special writers may have
been somewhat facetious when he told
us recently a rumor has been circu-
lated that recommendation may 60 to
Congress to enlarge the presidency to
three persons, because the duties are
too arduous for the present incumbent.
Possibly he was unaware that he was re-
peating history.
In the constitutional convention Fri-
day, June /, 178O Edmund Randolph of
Virginia "strenuously opposed an unity
in the executive magistracy. He regard
ed 1t as the foetus Of monarchy" He
could not see why the great requisites
for the executive department - vigor,
dispatch and responsibility-could not
be found in three men as well as in one
man.
The following day he opposed one
man executive with great earnestneSs,
declaring that he felt an opposition to
1t which he believed he should continue
to feel as long as he lived. He argued
that the permanent temper Of the peo-
pie was averse to the semblance Of
monarchy; that the necessary confidence
would never be reposed in a single
magistrate; that he favored three men,
berS of the executive, to be drawn from
different portions Of the country.
In another way George Washington, in
his Farewell Address" (soon to be read
in both Houses Of Congress and COM
mended to most careful attention Of
every hearer) warned against the bane-
full effects Of party supremacy. He
wrote:
"The alternate domination Of one fac
tion over another, sharpened by the
spirit of revenge natural to party dis
SenSion, which in different ages and
countries has perpetrated the most hor-
rid enormities, is itself frightful des-
potism. But this leads at length to q
more formal and permanent despotism.
The disorders and miseries which re-
suit gradually incline the minds Of men
to seek security and repose in the abso-
lutte power Of an individual; and, sooner
or later, the chief of some prevailing
faction, more able or more fortunate
than his competitors, turns this DISPOSE
ton to the purpose of his own elevation
on the ruins of public liberty"
In the present disordered state Of this
Nations mind, when virtue and national
morality appear less prominent as
necessary springs of popular govern
ment," 1t is the solemn duty of every
unfettered mind to strive to usher in
anew renaissance of stability by con-
science, and to steer clear of the pitfalls
and unwise expedients of factions tenn
porarily in control Of the destiny of
God-created Nation of 125, 900 600 souls.
JOSEPH w. CHEYNEY,
Evening star., 1937-02-13
When a King Rejected
The Counsel of Old Men


AS the country is stirred up over the
question OF young men VS.. old men, it is
not amiss to note that the very word
senator" meant "old man." The Ro-
mans were too wise to intrust to young
men the making of their laws, so they
chose men who had been to some extent
sobered by the experiences of life.
In book that goes back further than
Rome's A. U. c., held to be 753 BIC, we
have an account of what happened when
a king rejected the counsel of his old
men and adopted the advice of his young
men who had grown up with him.
Solomon had died and his son came
to the throne. His people asked him to
tighten the heavy yoke Solomon put upon
them: Now therefore make the grievous
service of thy father, and his heavy yoke
which he put upon us, lighter and we
will serve thee"
They were told to come back in three
days to get his answer. He first consulted
his old men. who had stood before Solo,
mon. These wise men gave him sound
advice: If thou wilt be a servant unto
this people this day, and wilt serve them,
and answer them, and speak good words
to them, then they will be thy servants
forever"
But he next consulted with the young
men who had grown up with him, and
their advice was: Tell them that YOUR
little finger is thicker than your fathers
loins; that you will make your fathers
heavy yoke still heavier. Tell them that
your father chastised them with whips.
but that you will chastise them with
scorpions.
When the third day arrived the depu-
tation returned and received this brutal
reply. The result was that ten of the
twelve tribes revolted from him and never
returned.
This narrative teaches a good many
things well worth pondering right now.
AnDTCON rrO~yyr,
Evening star., 1937-02-13

the very moment Ambassador Won Rib
bentrop was trooping to Downing Street
with a brief case full of demands" the
House of Commons received the prodi-
gious details of the manner in which
John Bull proposes to meet them, as
long as a truculent Reich refuses to join
in q collective European settlement. Ber-
lin seeks not only colonies, but Graves
to destroy the Franco-SoHet alliance. It
Is persistently indicated that Germany
will renounce any security agreement
unless France and Russia abandon their
joint precautions against a Nazi on
slaught. Hitler also remains adamant
toward any European compact includ-
ing the Soviet Union.
To get his way on these various
scores, Der Fuehrer means to maintain
the German war machine as perpetual
menace to Europe deaf to his imperious
will. From London and Paris alike the
Nazis now have their answer. Neither
the British nor the French will be brow
beaten, bullied or bluffed. They are
ready to crafty Germany's legitimate
longings for markets, credits, foodstuffs
and raw materials in return for her
pacific participation in solution of world
problems. But they will reply to force
with force. It Is tremendous burden
that the two Western democracies are
called upon to bear, but they do not
shrink from the cost of self-preservation
Evening star., 1937-02-13
Shooting Stars.
BY PHnANDER JOHNSON.

Backward, Turn Backward.
I wish that we were back
In dear old days of sweet simplicity;
When no one tried to stack
The cards, with motives of duplicity:
When we would work six days
And then on picnics view the scenery;
When no one thought Of ways
OF making music by machinery.
I'm longing to return
Unto the plain old-fashioned jolly days
When we would toll and learn
And only seldom think Of holidays.
shun rough prose and rhymes
And also theories didactical.
sigh for good old times
When human thought was far more
practical.
Evening star., 1937-02-13
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES &. TRAcEWELL.

For all Of the tiresome persons in the
world this man, or this woman, who in
sists on speaking when 1t Is quite plain
that he (she) does not wish to dc so, is
really the first ranker, the peak, and the
"tops."
He will think better Of himself, and
possibly of us, when he resolutely takes
himself in hand and says, "Oh, fie upon
you, why should we speak to you, you
sap?"
Think Of all the trouble he is going
to save himself. And, in reverse, those
whom he now greets without sincerity.
Yes, this is always double, or triple, or
more. For such person never singles
out just one. He has type of mind
which makes him "touchy," and which
he inflicts upon many. not just one.
No one, no matter how conceited, can
think that he-or, let us be sure to add
she-is anything but consistent.
No, If one is singled out, in this way,
more will be chosen to bear the divine
.displeasure. Because surely the basis
of this character is set appreciation Of
the self and all like 1t. There is no
chance for appreciation Of the different.
Appreciation of the different, especial
ly in human character, is at the basis
of happy life.
Many an "old Crouch" SO called, is at
heart vastly happy, despite his public
attitude, simply because he loves the
different and appreciates it at its true
worth, wherever found.
That is the reason he will be found.
in almost every case, perfectly willing to
speak in return to the other, provided
this other would only put little sin
cerity into it.
Since this other never can, because it
isn't in him, he had better stop speaking
in all cases where it really offends him
to do so.
The secret Of really happy life, in
such world as this. is to do what one
honestly wants to do, and never to do
anything one does not wish to do. Few
achieve this, in a perfect state. Some
take steps in the right direction. Per-
haps it is just as we'll to state that this
may be achieved in some degree, with
the utmost regard for probity and truth.
An honest man wants to do honest
things. He does not care to do dishonest
things. Hence his adherence to such
code results only in good for himself
and others.
He who speaks when he does not
wish to speak is not honest. He hurts
himself in that central core of life called
the soul" for want of a better name,
wherein lie the hopes and aspirations
of mankind. The soul is not a mystic
something, somehow made out of vapor
and dreams but summing up, COM
plex, as it were, Of all we are and hope
to be. Great souled persons are, and
hope to be, more than the general run,
that is all.
II there Is such thing as a basic
ground material for human souls, it is
honesty.
This material is built up, as any mate
rial is, day by day, even hour by hour,
minute by minute, second by second.
Build up your pavement of honesty
by speaking sincerely to those you like
and cutting" those you do not, if SO
you feel.
Be sure that the person to whom you
speak, when you do not care to speak,
feels much the same way about you, and
probably would appreciate it (not you)
If you would let him alone in the future.
Evening star., 1937-02-13
Legalized Gambling Will
Not Increase Prosperity
n the Editor of The Star.

To the Editor of The Star:
The public should not forget that the
'horse-race gambling bill"-H. r. 3024-
although introduced by Representative
Mary Norton, was reported out by the
House of Representatives District Com
mittee, only by vote of 10 to 8, by
counting in two absentees, said to favor
racing"
One Of the most active and efficient
opponents of the bill is Mrs. Virginia
E. Jenckes from Indiana, who last year
voted for the racing bill, because un-
aware of what would have been the evil
effects had it become law. As her con-
stituents criticized her vote for the bill
last year she made a careful and COM
plete investigation into the whole racing
system Of gambling, and has become in
dignant at the harm which 1t has
wrought everywhere.
Henry N. Pringle, the law enforce
ment director of the International Re-
form Federation, says:
"A vicious attack is being made on
Representative Jenckes and others who
had courage to stand against wagering,
which the national race-track gambling
organization of New York City as much
expended s29,421 trying to break down
the Hughes anti-wagering law. When
the late Vice President Thomas Mar
shall was Governor of Indiana in 1913
he showed his opinion of this racing
racket by sending a company Of militia
to Mineral Springs Park (Porter, Ind &.
With fixed bayonets they drove the
horses and riders back into the paddock
as often as the bugler announced race.
Your law was upheld and it continues.
Don't believe the assertions that
gambling. which corrupts and destroys
thousands Of citizens, can even aid in
making State or Nation prosperous. In
1929 Nevada legalized the licensing Of
all kinds Of gambling, which the pro-
ponents claimed would bring great pros
perity. The result was seen when de-
pendent persons began to draw relief
money from the United States Treasury.
At the end of the first year 1t was found
that Nevada topped the 48 States in de-
pendency, the average being about s86
for every inhabitant.
WILLIAM sHEAFE CHASE.
Evening star., 1937-02-13
The greatest bore In the world Is the
man or woman who speaks to you as If

The greatest bore in the world Is the
man or woman who speaks to you as If
1t hurts.
Toastmasters, long-winded and tire
some, take second places as bores when 1t
comes to the fellow who doesn't wart
to greet you but who does.
No doubt he had better not, both for
his own souls sake, as well as yours.
Both Of you would be much better OIL,
he because he wouldn't then be doing
something he didn't want to do, you be-
cause the strain would be over at last.
Surely it is strain to speak pleasantly
to such brute or brute-ess.
As for him, or her, as the case may be,
he, or she, 1t would make no difference
which, would find the not doing some
thing which is disliked one of the great
est reliefs of all.
When one stops to think Of how many
things one does in the course Of day
which one really would prefer not to do.
1t is no wonder at all that any dodging
the issue is worthwhile.
1t is not customary to praise lodging
the issue, but in such case as this 1t
has its wholesome side, no doubt.
And here is this wight one does not
care to speak to, but somehow feels
that one must.
Every one knows how it is.
Sometimes policy, or expediency, plays
the major role in this little comedy Of
human relations.
Often 1t is no more than q covered
dislike which Is unexplainable.
Maybe it is no more than the "cut
Of his jib." which may or may not hinge
on the plain fact that his hair is not
cut to suit the other.
Or there may be mystic something
or other. running back through the CEN
turies. "I do not like thee, DR.. Fell, the
reason why I cannot tell, but do not
like thee, DR.. Fell"
So it goes. Poor old DR.. Fell!
The real reason may be something or
nothing. What difference does 1t make?
Man is forever talking about 'rea-
things he often needs. He is motivated
by emotions, dispute 1t in public who
will (and many will, Of course).
4
We need not be ashamed Of our emo
tions. No matter our pretentions to in
tellectuality, we are governed mostly
from our insides, the great seats Of the
mind, the stomach. and the sympathetic
nervous system.
Life is veneer with most Of us. Often
we gloss over our actions, even to our
selves, in order that we can fool our
selves along with the rest.
The astute fellow, now and then, rec
ognizes these plays Of ours, and that
Is the real reason we dislike him, no
doubt. He sees through us, as the ex-
preston has it. He is a cynic, We say,
quietly calling him dog" without using
the word.
The friend of man." he is, the dog,
but how often still his common name
is epithet!
If we liked our dogs half as much as
we pretended we would not use their
generic name in any way but in great
respect That is one of our heritages
from the past which is not so good.
Now this person who consistently
speaks to us, when both he and we
would rather he didn't, is going to like
himself better when he quits.
And so will we!
Evening star., 1937-02-13
Billions for Defense.

If there were any doubt about the
German menace to peace, it would be
dispelled by the project just laid before
Parliament for expenditure of $2,000,-
100000 during the next five years on
British ornaments. The cost is to be
met by a series of long-term loans, run
ming up to 1872 and issued as treasury
conditions from time to time require.
The proposal is additional to the $5,000,-
100000 rearmament scheme previously
adopted. 1t means that by 1912 Great
Britain expects to spend $1,000, ,000. 900 on
making herself impregnable.
It is the price our British cousins are
prepared to pay for security against the
threat looming from the North Sea
q danger that strikes London statesmen
as being every whit as acute as that
which Europe faced when Germany es-
sayed her thrust for world power or
downfall" in 1914. Britain's new pro-
gram follows the almost equally vast
arms expansion arrangements launched
by France. The two countries are in
spired by the same reasoning-that Ger
man rearmament and unabashed terri
torial aspirations require peoples whose
possessions the Hitlerites avowedly covet
to grid themselves, on scale unap-
preached in peace times, against possible
aggression.
Both the British and the French lit
orally have adopted the policy typified
by Pinckney's celebrated ultimatum at
Paris in 1796-"millions for defense, but
not one cent for tribute" They are con-
Hnced that the Nazis mean to use their
re-established military, naval and air
might to bludgeon the "have" powers,
especially those in occupation Of German
colonies, into appeasing the Reich's
~have not" needs. German diplomacy
II not adept at taking hints. else Hitler
might discern something more than o
coincidence In the circumstance that at
Evening star., 1937-02-13

In describing the qualifications of
man for the Supreme Court mention is
made Of the fact that he is a first-class
performer on the accordion. In order
to secure harmonious roundup in hours
of relaxation the virtuoso on the musical
saw or the harmonica should have due
consideration as the human type that
combines artistic talent with patient eru-
dition and responsible speech.
Evening star., 1937-02-13
Party Lines.

When fundamental issues arise, parti-
san political lines. fortunately, are dis
regarded on occasion. 1t happened
throughout the great States of the North
and the West when the dissolution OF
the Union was threatened in 1861. 1t
happened again when the United States
entered the World War. It happened a
third time when an effort was made
to take the United States into the League
Of Nations. Again political lines are
disregarded in the present contest over
the Presidents plan to revamp the Su-
preme Court.
The issue involved in the court struggle
Is fundamental. Upon its result will de-
pend the continuance of an independent
judiciary. If the theory advanced in
the Roosevelt plan to increase the Su-
preme Court is written into law, Presi-
dent of the United States, backed by his
partisans in Congress. may change the
personnel of the highest court and
change the Interpretation of the Con-
stitution as he desires. This was not
the intention of the trainers of the
Constitution. They provided a way to
change the Constitution through amend
ment. And the people were left to be
the final court of appeals in the matter
OF amendment.
Because the amendment route provided
in the Constitution does not work quickly
enough, this new device of obtaining
an Interpretation of the Constitution
has been adopted. And another reason
advanced is that thirteen States may
always block an amendment to the Con-
stitution, or one more State than one
fourth of the total. Here is plain at
tempt to amend the Constitution with
out following the course provided by the
Constitution itself. If it can be done
once it can be done again and again,
depending upon the cracking of the whip
Of the Executive over the Supreme Court.
It is entirely proper that party lines
should crumble before such an onslaught
upon constitutional processes. The plan
advanced by the President is said to be
entirely constitutional, since the Con-
gress has full power to change the
number of Supreme Court justices.
When that power is used. however, to
change the Constitution itself, through
decisions rendered by newly appointed
judges favorable to Executive policies, the
picture is vastly different.
The party whip will be cracked many
times in an effort to bring members of
Congress into line for the Presidents
judiciary bill as it relates to the Supreme
Court. Indeed, 1t is already being swung
freely. The big guns, Federal patronage,
the friendship of the White House, help
in approaching campaigns for renomi-
nation and reelection of Senators and
Representatives are being trundled up
for action. On the other side is only
one weapon-justice backed by the opin-
ion OF vast number of the people.
Evening star., 1937-02-13
An Auditorium Site.

The President is expected to sign
within few days the Robinson resolu-
ton for a study Of plans for the pro-
posed auditorium, including its loca-
ton. And the site which naturally
presents itself for first consideration Is
the land purchased and now owned by
Evening star., 1937-02-13

Permanent peace Is expected In the
automobile industry. At any rate, the
present situation may be regarded as
something better than an "armistice"
with all concerned engaged in prepara-
tions for another war.
Evening star., 1937-02-13
Where the Fault Lies.

From the Indianapolis Star.
Sun spots of unusual intensity are said
to presage trouble for old Mother Earth,
but, as Shakespeare said: "The fault,
dear Brutus, is not in the stars, but In
ourselves"
Evening star., 1937-02-13

One of the phrases used by Grover
Cleveland was "innocuous desuetude." As
old names and incidents arise in connec-
ton with current events, even Clevelands
admirers may be prepared to admit that
there is no such thing. Names make
news, but intellectual epicures still find
that vintages are to be considered.