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him from time to time, and thus estab-
hsh a precedent for future admins
trations.
During the recent textile conference
two Englishwomen visiting at the British
Embassy drove to the White House for
tea with Mrs. Roosevelt En- route they
chatted with the taxi driver, as do nearly
all strangers in Washington. The talk
turned to the abdication of Edward VIII.
ana the driver said: Il suppose the
English objected to Mrs. Simpson be-
cause she's an American" The fair
1ares replied: "Oh no. because of her
past-her divorces. And we think it the
Saddest happening in British history.
What DO you think is the saddest hap
penlng In American history?" Instantly
the driver rejoined: when Lee handed
MS sword to Grant, who gave it back
to Lee"
II PRESIDENT Roosevelt and his COM
panlons f1nd the fish are not biting as
nospltaoly as they ought off the shores
OF Iexas, the Washingtonians NAV ac-
cept an invitation from Mexico to try
their luck in the waters off its Gull
coast. Cordial suggestions to that effect
were conveyed to the White House by
Senor Najera, the Mexican Ambassad dor.
on the eve Of the White House party's
departure.
No recent executive announcements has
churned up more bitter criticism than
PRESIDENT Roosevelt's refusal to consider
an unemployment census. His adamant
opposition is certain to strengthen hostil-
ley TO lavish relief appropriations. PERI
odlcally. for three years, there have been
informal lntimations that census would
De taken, although the President I'M
lalnngly stressed the difficulty of de-
termlnlng what constitutes jobless per-
son, particularly whether a man or
woman spasmodically in gainful occu-
patlon can be SO classified. Nevertheless.
the consensus is that until such a tab
ulatlon is made. unemployment statistics
are pure and simple stabs in the dark.
With another billion-odd in sight for
rellef, most authorities think it's high
tlme TO stop guessing and get down to
orass tacks. Despite Mr.. Roosevelts OH
Jectlons, this is not considered an i'm
possible task.
Although we'll on the SUNNY side of
30, Harry H. Woodring. Just appointed
Secretary of War on a permanent basis
instead OF the temporary status ne for
merly occupied. is by no means the
Youngest man ever to hold the portfolio.
Henry Knox, first Secretary of War, xp-
pointed under the Articles of Confed-
Grafton, was 35 years old. He was re-
appointed under the Constitution at 80.
Newton d. Baker became Secretary
at "A. Jefferson Davis was not over As
when he took charge of the department
under President Pierce Secretary Wood
ring Will be At next month. The Kansan
is the third World War veteran to occupy
the secretaryShip. The others were
Dwight F.. Davis and Patrick j. Hurley,
Woodring's creed was expressed on
recent Army day. He said: "Calamities
OF war, like devastating attacks of ma
ture, often come suddenly. For neither
are we ever quite ready. But it is graft
Tying to know that we have on guard
an ever-vigilant Army ready to answer
any call, be 1t to repel the arrogance Of
an aggressor or to succor a community
in distress. There are no more earnest
advocates Of peace than our armed
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pant Of the post. left 1t In 1919 to be-
come the first undersecretary.
Appearing recently before the House
Appropriations Committee, Secretary
Hull drew an impressive picture of the
urgent need for trained personnel In the
State Department and throughout the
foreign service. He declared that the
$l9,234,968 departmental budget for
1888 is indeed small" It is less than
appropriations for any other executive
department for the current year: less
than one-half Of the appropriations for
the Department of Justice; only three
and seventenths per cent of those for
the Navy Department and three and
four -tenths per cent of those for the War
Department. 1t is approximately but
one-f1fth of one per cent of all Federal
appropriations for 1887 1T is worth
while to keep these figures in mind" said
Secretary Hull, for in the realm of inter-
national affairs the Department of State
is the first line of defense. 1t is only
when it fails in its efforts to adjust by
peaceful means controversies with other
nations that the military and naval
branches of the Government are called
into action"
With two chiefs of staff-a counselor
and an undersecretary-in addition to
three assistant secretaries, Secretary
Hull will be correspondingly better
equipped to shoulder the growing re-
sponsbilities of our Department OF
Peace" amid the necessarily more COM
plicated world conditions with which
from hour to hour it has to cope.
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Apply the Remedv-Now!

CareleSsnesS by Subordinates at the
District Building led to the routine un-
questioned grant of a permit for con-
struction of foundations for a proposed
abattoir in Northeast Washington and
the Commissioners and Federal officials
have been repenting the error and try
Ing to'Correct its results ever since. Zon-
ing regulations, as amended, would pre-
vent repetition in future of the same
mistake. But amendment of the zoning
regulations in this case was locking the
stable after the horse was gone.
AS Secretary Ickes so clearly points
out in his statement commenting on
Senator Kings bill to ban abattoirs or
packing plants and nuisance industries
from the District, the need now is for
immediate enactment of the King bill.
The bill would not only lock the stable
securely but would return the horse.
There is no room in the District for abat-
toirs or packing plants and the erection
and operation of a new one plainly con-
tradlcts wise policy and common sense
in the development of the Capital. All
such plants should be excluded from the
District and the prospect of new one
Is unthinkable.
Secretary Ickes points out that the
erection of the slaughter house would
make impossible the needed and planned
improvements contemplated for that
vicinity; that it would blight a district
capable of development into a pleasant
neighborhood. Legislation already en-
acted by Congress- such as the Ship
stead act, safeguards Government in
vestment in the improvement of its own
property by requiring official sanction
OF plans for new structures facing such
property. The King bill goes step
further by protecting the National Gov
ernment in pursuance of it's established
policy of the developing of a great Ma
tional Capital. 1t is high time that such
protection be made effective and plainly
understood by everybody who now or in
the future contemplates establishing a
nuisance industry anywhere within the
District of Columbia.
His studies have convinced Chairman
Collins Of the House Subcommittee on
District Appropriations that within a few
years the boundaries of the District must
be expanded to accommodate the in
creasing needs of the Federal Govern
ment and the city's growing population.
But in the meantime. is Congress to per-
NIT the creation of blighted zones within
the strictly limited areas of the District?
AS Mr.. lckes points out in his excellent
statement, the issue raised by the pro-
posed abattoir is far from settled. But
1t is up TO Congress 10 settle it. A lam
entable mistake in National Capital
development should be prevented by
prompt enactment Of the King bill.
Evening star., 1937-04-30
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VIE.

Politicians and economists seem
agreed as to the broad motives underly-
ing the various propositions which Presi-
dent Roosevelt left dangling in midair
just before he took off for the Gulf Of
Mexico. The economy drive, antitrust
action against the aluminium combine,
Attorney General Cummings plans for
effective trust-busting laws, F. D. RS
letter to Vice President Garner, warn
ing against the dangers that lurk in the
Miller-Tydings bill to control certain
retail prices, and the White House effort
to Danish stock market speculation
among Government employes-all and
sundry of these moves are seen as an
interlocking whole. Their immediate
purpose is envisioned as an anti-infla-
ton campaign through checking OF
undue advances in the prices OF both
commodities and securities. The more
remote objective, as the Presidents
maneuvers are interpreted, is to guard
betimes against the peril Of another
1929" beginning with boom doomed
to end in second and perhaps even
more devastating depression. 1t is sup
posedly this long-range specter which
inspired Mr.. Roosevelts hint OF the
crisis" which makes necessary, in his
judgment, reformation Of the Supreme
Court-"now!"
On the scores of both economy and
price curtailmentS, now so earnestly
urged, the New Deal is singing in vastly
different key than the one it piped four
years ago. In the Spring of 1888, the
spending orgy was getting into its swing
with gay abandon and giant strides.
Treasury outgo was reckoned in billions,
and Congress, then in the first exhilara-
ton of its rubber-Stamp mood, acqui-
esced unqueStionably in about everything
the pump-primers asked for starting the
national debt, now at S35, 900 900 900,
more Or less, toward it's all-time peak.
Those were the dizzy days, too, in which
inceSSant emphasis was laid upon the
necessity of raising prices-When the
President in one of his famous flresde
chats said, in effect, that if they couldn't
be increased in one way, some other
way would be found, but that raise
them we shall" Now that recovery
has come, New Dealers appear to realize
some Of the dangers that were inherent
in hell-bent for leather emergency re-
courses and are ready to call halt on
them as ruthlessly as the experimental
panaceas were launched.
X X X
When Congress re-establiShes the post
OF counselor of the State Department,
a pretty question will arise as to whether
that official or the Undersecretary of
State will serve as Acting Secretary in
Secretary Hulrs absence. Assistant Sec
retary r. Walton Moore, who is slated
to become counselor, and Assistant Secre-
tary Sumner WelleS, scheduled for pro-
motion to the undersecretaryship, will
have the same nominal rank and $4,000
salary. But it will be up to Judge Hull to
designate which one will pinch-hit for
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A llght-hearted spirit expands as the
world prepares for the coronation of
Brltaln's King. Costume is a considera-
ton and is studied closely by Americans
who will be among the visitors with
claims to special attention. AS time
brings reactions the influence of off,
Gals who have made impressions abroad
by the spendors of a specially designed
uniform should be felt more and more
The Attorney Generals Office, for in
stance, should be equipped on ceremonial
occasions with group of new titles,
with ostrich feathers and gold braid to
match. In official life it is not enough
to be good and obedient. A parsonage
with social responsibilities should also
be beautiful
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Norman Hapgood.

Norman Hapgood leaves a name
which is entitled to remembrance as a
symbol Of chivalrous idealism. He was
a crusader and cheerfully risked the
making Of personal enemies in the in
terest OF reforms he believed necessary
for the public good; but he was difficult
to hate-rather, it was part Of his genius
to win the respect and even on occasion
the affectionate regard of many who
were opposed to the changes he pro-
posed.
Something gentle in his temperament,
certain natural charm. distinguished
Mr. Hapgood, When he went out to
battle With ignorance or greed 1t va.
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Confidence.

"Do you fully understand all the topics
you feel called upon to discuss7" asked
the constituent.
"Certainly," answered Senator Sor-
ghum. Can you doubt it?"
mo, of course, not"
Then my method of procedure is
shown to be correct. 1t isn't necessary
TO explain something to voter if you
can convince him that you know all
about 1t and that there's no excuse for
him to worry"
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THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL,
On a rainy day 1t is hard to think Of

SA
anything but rain.
Falling water has a way, not only of
soaking into the earth, and even into
Easements, but also into peoples minds.
Everybody sees rain, thinks rain, talks
rain.
1t is on the individual mind, and on
the collective mind of the populace. The
person interested in gardening thinks
the water will be good for his plants.
He who wanted to play golf laments
the rain and hopes for better day
tomorrow.
English sparrows, with glistening
feathers, sit on ledges along downtown
hotels or underneath caves of suburban
residences.
They do not mind the rain. but are
glad to be out of it for a time.
Xxx *
What wonderful day" says one
lady gardener to another, by way of
telephone greeting.
A rainy day is a great day for the
growing things of earth, with the possible
exception of terminating seeds, and
these whether of flowers, vegetables or
grasses.
Heavy, continued precipitation often
washes them away.
Such a downfall is undesirable until
the seeds are well sprouted, but when
did Nature ever ask man whether he
desired rain or not?
The rains fall and seeds and plants
must take them as they come.
Each rain and especially each heavy
one, is another manifestation of the in
eyitable, which must be accepted,
whether or no.
1t is an interesting change, that of the
reception of rain from the same person
Cd before he gardens and Cd after he
gardens.
Whereas before each rainy day was
what is popularity called, in the ver-
nacular, a pain in the neck" afterward
1t becomes something to rejoice over.
The latter attitude is not at all forced,
or theoretical thing, based upon beauty
and desire for change. No, it is solely
practical, a realization that this rain is
just what plants need
Plant roots, with few exceptions, do not
mind being soaked at all. They are so
constructed that plenty of water around
them is just what they like, provided
CAioo VIC WotCI doeo AAOI 4Clildul 4Ol WV
long time.
Even a long continued rain, a rain
which falls steadily for as long as two
or three days without intermission, does
not harm the roots Of plants and very
little to their foliage. Later in the
season some damage may be done their
blossoms, but really very little, after all.
Unless drainage is bad, no harm re-
suits to any plants from continued rains.
That long rain is as good for grow
ing things as several gentler rains, prop
erly spaced, is difficult to say, but in the
main the amateur gardener may free
himself from any fear that any damage
may be done.
High winds with torrential rains often
result in broken tree branches, and in
some cases in the falling of trees, but in
such an event it Is better so, for the
trees would have come down later, any
way.
Often the most sturdy appearing trees
are rotten at the heart, or bear in them
selves weaknesses which do not show on
the surface. We were interested recently
in looking over pile of wood from
great oak. Every great branch was hollow.
Rainy day gardening had best be done
indoors, which is just another way OF
Evening star., 1937-04-30

Sympathy cannot be withheld from
aviators who crash. A system requiring
medical examination for every pilot
about to make flight might save valu-
able lives. In the stress of modern life
the human heart may be recreant to it's
responsibilities Lindberghs mechanical
heart has not yet been adjusted to the
needs of the time.
Evening star., 1937-04-30
Shooting Stars.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON,
The Great Game

The Great Game.
The man who makes a chesty bluff
And shouts Il am the real stuff"
May be quite useful for a day
In getting something under way.
On close acquaintance you may find
He's ordinary human kind,
But If he has true grit enough,
When called, to make another bluff
We honor his courageous show.
Perhaps he'll make the next one go.
It's better, son, to bluff q bit
Than simply to lay down and quit.
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ters in Boston. The Bay State has swung
strongly to the Democratic side in recent
elections, having given it's electoral votes
to Democratic presidential candidates in
the last three national contests, and
having elected DemocraVlc Governors for
number of years. The Democrats are
intent upon maintaining this political
supremacy in the State and believe that
Boston is entitled to be the national
convention city three years hence.
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Some element of disappointment must
Roosevelt does not disclose to press con-
ferees, even off the record, exactly what
he intends TO do next.
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colleges may in view of restrictions on
speculation call a convention of profess
sors to indicate how far it is permissible
to instruct youth in the calculus of
probabilities, phrase which sounds as
II it might in addition to giving light
on actuarial calculation encourage a
hope of figuring out horse race results bv
studying form sheet.
Evening star., 1937-04-30

Hazards cannot be entirely avoided
in money management. Even thousand
dollars Of campaign contributions must
Evening star., 1937-04-30

Before permitting any further war &C
tivity, civilization should be permitted
breathing spell in order TO make a
scientific analysis Of what has happened
IL Spain.
Evening star., 1937-04-30

A dissenting opinion enables the public
to know precisely what lines of logic
may have been employed in the course
OF argument. The Supreme Court does
not go into executive sessions for the
sake OF coercing opinions.
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defenders. Their lives are dedicated to
their countrys service. Their energy
Is devoted to maintaining the Nation
secure against attack and to preserving
lasting peace with all the world"
X
One Of the unauthorized stories kick
ing around town, especially among Fed
eral employees whom the powers that be
would dissuade from consorting with
Wall Street bulls and bears, is that the
honest-to-goodness purpose is to pro-
mote the sale Of Government bonds, not
only to members of the civil service. but
to the public generally.
Copyright, 1879
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The Whimsical Complainer.

I shall complain from day to day.
AS loudly as I choose,
For, when I win but few seem gay,
There's laughter when I lose.
For mortal envy I distrust
1t puts you on the spot.
So, to be happy, oft I must
Pretend that I am not.
Evening star., 1937-04-30

Eloquent persuasions have not failed
2. M. G. Farley to the extent that might
call for contributions to finance another
trip to kiss the Blarney Stone.
Evening star., 1937-04-30

Parade requirements may yet tempt
some world speculator to buy ostrich
feathers and hold them for a rise in
market quotations.
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Evening star., 1937-04-30
A Rhyme at Twilight
By
Gertrude Brooke Hamilton.

Seeking Peace.
Leaving far, far behind me
The noisy streets of town,
I wandered to the river
To watch the sun go down.
Across the gray-toned water
Stretched long bridge Of flame:
From the fiery heart of sunset
The golden cables came.
But the river. all unheeding,
Pursued its even flow
More than the gold it gave me
Calm in the solar glow.
Evening star., 1937-04-30

TT is easy to impress the people"
said Hi Ho the sage of Chinatown, but
the promise of sweets and become fretful
if there are not sufficient to satisfy ALL
Evening star., 1937-04-30
Musical Temperament.

Were you Summing today?" asked
the inquisitive friend.
What do you mean?" rejoined Miss
Cayenne.
II saw you looking into several pawn
shop windows"
THAT was for musical satisfaction.
It delights me to see so many saxo-
phones and nobody playing any"
Evening star., 1937-04-30
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Hold Up.

He said-and then I called cop
Dear friend, there won't be any swap.
Be your possessions great or small,
I'm simply going to take them all"
Jud Tunkins says he's got so excited
over politics and finance that sometimes
he almost forgets to care what the days
base ball score was
Evening star., 1937-04-30
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Perseverance.

Perseverance.
True perseverance is a thing
In which great worth abounds.
The more some of us try to sing
The worse it really sounds.
you can't disguise bald fact wifi
primped-up language" said Uncle Eben.
ANY more dan you can disguise bald
head vii q wig"
Evening star., 1937-04-30

@. How much money was bet on the
races in Florida this season?-F. H. w.
A. A report of the Florida State Racing
Commission shows that $50,121 SAT was
wagered in Florida during the racing
season Just closed.
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campaign next year. They point out that
the President may, by continued in
sistence, put in jeopardy many of his
good friends, who have stood by him in
the past.
There is certain analogy which may
be drawn between the fight now waging
over President Roosevelts Supreme
Court program and the fight which
President Woodrow Wilson waged, first
to elect 4 Democratic Congress in war
times-1918--and second, for his League
of Nations and World Court. The late
President Wilson sought to kill off
politically Democratic Senators who op-
posed his policies Democrats who are
supporting the President are hopeful
that President Roosevelt will make no
such mistake, and for that reason they
are urging that he accept a compro-
mise--no matter how slight the gain,
from his point of view, may be. Unless
some compromise is worked out and
accepted by the President, all compro-
mise proposals may be defeated. And
when and if they have been defeated,
the entire Supreme Court program of
the President will stand in considerable
jeopardy. Indeed, the opponents are
Claiming LIldt JIit leCtSSdIy VOJ6S 10
defeat it are in sight.
X X
Democrats In Massachusetts have be-
gun drive to have the next Democratic
National Convention, in 1910, held in
Boston. The movement has made head
way in Western Massachusetts, where
Democrats from four counties recently
met and formed an organization to raise
$4,000 to finance the drive and to
establish 4 womens division headouar.
Evening star., 1937-04-30

@. How many people in PENNSYLVANIA
speak Pennsylvania Dutch?-E. w.
A. In the center of the Pennsylvania
Dutch area, which comprises Lehigh.
Berks and Lebanon Counties, between
so and IS per cent Of the total inhabi-
tants can speak it, and between 80 and
35 per cent use 1t constantly.
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