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Evening star., 1937-11-10
Principles of Jefferson
Are Basis of Free Society
To the Editor of The star.

To the Editor OF The Star:
Button, button, who's got the economic
button?
We're all pretty well agreed with Mark
Sullivan that dictators haven't got it
that there are no supermen. But does
it follow that majorities have got it, no
matter what folly they may be duped
into voting for? Can't all the people
or at least a majority-be fooled most of
the time? Isn't it matter of deciding
what the means, rather than the ends,
should be? And when it comes 10 means.
is it true that the magic key lis the
aggregate of prices arrived at in free
market place.? What is free market
place? Have We ever had such a thing?
simple glance at the price structure
OF the last decade, as exhibited by the
familiar graphs of the Bureau of Labor
Statistics, can only lead to most sincere
feeling that when it comes to SUPER
qualifications in implementing produc-
ton and consumption as they ought to
be determined by normal economic de-
mandS, prices have been as much of a
flop as dictators have proved to be.
What then, is the way out of this dilem-
ma in democracy?
The only way out lies in a revolution
airy change in monetary and banking
institutions along Jeffersonian lines. It
was Lincoln who said
The principles of Jefferson are the
definitions and axioms of free society"
ALDEN A. POTTER.
Evening star., 1937-11-10
Protests Increased Fare
And One-Man Street Cars
To the Editor Of The Star:

To the Editor OF The Star:
take the liberty of addressing you
relative to the raise in street car fare
by the Capital Transit Co.
Why do we have a Public Utilities
Commission in the District? What
actual good has been done to serve the
patrons Of the transportation COM
panies? If we did not have commission
the patrons could appeal to Congress
because there would have to be utility
committee. So I go on record for the
abolition of the Public Utilities Commits
sion for the District.
The real secret is 10-cent fare eventu-
ally on all cars and buses in the District.
So if the patrons cannot do anything
about this last hike from four tokens for
80 cents to six tokens for SO cents, car
riders can be prepared to pay 10 cents
straight with free transfers to any other
bus or street car.
Watch for more one-man cars as the
years go on, unless something is done
about 1t. One-man operated vehicles
are a menace to the safety of the car
or bus rider. It should be very easy
for progressive member OF Congress to
have an amendment passed prohibiting
one-man vehicles in the District, and
also lower fares should be included in
another amendment. These new stream
line cars are not so good as they are
supposed to be. They are jerky and
hard to stand up in when the car is in
motion and the middle exit doors are not
easy for most people to leave by. I look
for an accident, unless the doors are
made larger. In fact, one door would
be better. These new cars remind me
of kitchenette, which means that the
builders stressed too much on saving
space and neglected comfort.
FELIX A. URY,
Evening star., 1937-11-10
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

There Is nothing more commonplace
in the animal kingdom than a squirrel;
yet II one happens to like them there
is no creature more interesting.
The way they run around a tree
trunk, to keep on the far side, and then
peer down at the pedestrian Is we'll
worth walking miles to observe, II one
had to.
Fortunately, in Washington and sub
urbS, squirrels are everywhere. Parks
such as are found at Dupont Circle,
Franklin Square and across from the
White House hold scores of these in
teresting rodents.
Their human friends never tire Of
watching them.
Tired men and women may be seen
feeding them in such places ALI day
long, always with vast relief to harassed
minds, as is plainly evident from q
tightening Of faces.
Pretend to be watching the rodents, but
really watch the people, and see how this
works out.
These squirrels are really four-legged
physicians, or even mind physicians, If
you please, so well do they do their work,
such vast relief they bring to their
patients.
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Out in the suburban areas we have
even more squirrels. most of them OF
the gray-brown sort, but with q few
black ones for variety.
There are said to be only a few Of
these black squirrels in the District.
We have never seen any in nearby Mary
land, but have observed several of them
for the past three years at Northampton
street and Connecticut avenue, on the
east side of the avenue.
These fellows are coal black, very
pretty, with handsome tails. We under
stand there are some Of them in Takoma
Park.
Undoubtedly there is an impish quality
to the squirrel mind unknown in other
animals.
Puppies are solemn in comparison.
Roguish cats there are, without doubt,
but their traits along this line are mostly
marked by unusual physical actions, such
as throwing up of the hind legs, or
The squirrel seldom descends to this
clownishness
He is high-claSs comedian, or maybe
she is, but one may feel certain that
most of the impish quality of these
rodents is displayed by the male of the
species.
The strident "querk, querk" they make
when displeased is only the extreme end
of their range of syllables, denoting a
facile mind
In the middle register, as one might
say, they have whole range Of antics
displayed by no other animal.
Even their fear is rather mock than
otherwise
Thus when they meet human they
pretend to be afraid of him.
If he walks up to the tree on which
they are hanging-sometimes upside
down-they Immediately go around to
the other side, but do it in such a way
as convinces the observer that they are
merely playing hide-and-seek
Stand real still and soon that rat
like head protrudes and one of the
brightest eyes in the world peers out.
Evening star., 1937-11-10

Of power, but over specific pieces OF
legislation, such as the Presidents re-
organization bill. If that measure is put
through, governmental administration
will be more centralized than at any
time before, even during the current
Roosevelt tenancy of the White House.
There are other measures on the
agenda which will go forth from the
White House also tending to centralize
power here in Washington. The wages
and hours bill, with board to tell the
workers in industry throughout the
country how long they shall work and
what pay they shall receive, is one.
Such a board would be subservient to
the President.
The new farm law, if the pending bill
is enacted, with its compulsory as we'll
as voluntary features will be di-
rected in its operations from Washing
ton, Notwithstanding the talk of letting
the administration be carried out locally.
Here again the power to dictate the lives
OF the people-in this case the farmers
will be in the hands of the Chief
Executive.
Capitalization of powers in the hands
of the President has been on the way
for long stretch of years. But it is
only In the last few years. since the
New Deal Roosevelt entered the White
House, that this Capitalization has as
sumed the proportions of today. Such
centralization is foreign to the American
plan of life and government. Mr.. Roose-
velt. however, insists that it is necessary
II the people are to have the more
abundant life"
The determination of Democrats like
Burke to make war on these demands
for more and more power in the hands
OF the President is encouraging. What
it may mean for the country and what
for the President and his followers time
Will shew. Independent Democrats in
Congress, however, have demonstrated
what may be done. even in the face of
the powerful political organization of
the President and Mr. Farley. The court
bill fight was won by them. The new
contest, envisioned by Senator Burke,
may also be won.
Evening star., 1937-11-10

The slightest shufYie Of the foot-away
goes the animal. higher and higher.
Stand very still.
Then look up.
There he will be, just his head showing
over big branch, thus Enthusiastically dis
playing his relation to the rat.
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Those who are unable to forget the
rat in the squirrel will never be able to
see the comic side Of this fellow.
II anything could ennoble the rat FAM
lily, 1t Is the squirrel, one may think,
without in any way betraying mans war
on the former.
This, Of course, is a rat with a differ
ence.
The moment the squirrel starts to
leap away, balancing himself on the
smallest branches with that magnificent
tail, the most prejudiced observer sees
the difference.
He belongs to the rats, it is true, but
he is not a rat in any sense.
Even young rats at play-we saw sew
eral OF them at church door-never
display the real comedy which even old
squirrels muster up for the edification
of their human friends.
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Squirrels manage to get along very
we'll with all living things, even with
man, when he will let them alone.
We have never seen a squirrel killed
except by those two deadly instruments,
the gun and the automobile
Cats sometimes manage to catch them,
but almost always are outwitted by the
willy rodent.
They can play dead" better than the
opossum, fooling the cat into putting
them on the ground
Thinking to play with them as with
mouse, the cat looks the other way
1t is enough.
Away goes the squirrel up a tree, its
ever ready refuge in good and bad
weather, in peace and in trouble.
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Few can imagine what a tree must
mean to squirrel.
1t is at once his thoroughfare, his
home. his larder, his playground, his idea
OF all that is fine and helpful in the
world.
Man has no such single article which
represents SO much to him.
His home is one thing and his road
another; his pantry is not the same as
his exercise field; he can think of many
things which are helpful to him.
The squirrels evidently find the tree
sums up life.
If they could sing, no doubt they
would select the words and music OF
Trees" as their national anthem.
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When one considers their sharp teeth
and their abundant energy, the mystery
remains that they do not do more
damage in the world
Unable to get out, they can gnaw
down house, almost; let alone and
given few trees, they really do very
little damage.
We are convinced this thoughtfulness
on their part is due to their great sense
OF humor, which, though it may not be
altogether akin to mans humor, at least
partakeS of some portion of its sensi-
bility and acumen.
Good humor is great thing, and the
unprecedented observer may feel sure that
the squirrels have more than a share
OF this saving grace.
Evening star., 1937-11-10
Ramsay Macdonald.

Great numbers of his contemporaries
loved Ramsay Macdonald. 1t follows
that news of his sudden death will
prompt mourning in a multitude of
hearts. His work probably was done, he
was entitled to that most elusive of all
forms of happiness-rest." But the world
never can afford to part with men of his
type without profound regret. Even
when they have ceased to be active in
the public scene, they still are useful
and precious beyond the power of words
to tell. Their living example is an asset
to the race, an inspiration to those who
must carry on"
Mr.. Macdonald was no stranger to
Washington. His visits here are we'll
remembered. They were arranged in
the interest of cooperation between the
British Empire and the United States
an ideal to which he was devoted
throughout the major part of his long
political career. But they served larger
purpose than that of any formal agree
ment. Their influence promoted the
solidarity of Anglo-Saxon civilization
without regard to treaties and pacts
Americans liked to think of Mr.. Mac
Donald in relation to the background
from which he came. 1t pleased them
to recall t+aats-aliS origin was obscure and
humble and that he had won to fame
and power by processes of self-develop-
ment. The story of his youth at Lossie-
mouth and In London, when he taught
school and was warehouse clerk, made
excellent reading on this side of the
Atlantic. Still more attractive was the
romance of his life-his marriage to
Margaret Gladstone, the beautiful and
generous woman to whom he always
attributed whatever success he attained
in any later effort.
Mr.. MacDonald's philosophical modera-
tion also contributed to his popularity
in the United States. He might be a
product of the Fabian Society and wear
the socialist badge upon his coat, but
Americans were not deceived by his
associations-they knew from his record
that he was free from the MARKHAM taint.
Hence, they comprehended without diff
Guilty the reasons which moved him to
prefer the National Coalition to the Labor
Party in 1881. 1t was plain to them that
in the emergency he was faithful to his
traditional convictions if not to the
organization which previously he had led.
The parliamentary method was more
important to him than an opportunistic
doctrine of adventurous reform. Never a
revolutionist, he had learned from ex-
perience the wisdom of caution. His
patriotism took precedence over his
partisanism.
But Mr.. Macdonald is safe from mis-
understanding now The empire mourns
him with gratitude for the nobility of his
character and the practical merit of his
services; the world in general pays
homage to his name with similar appre-
citation. He joins the immortals as one
who earned the right to association on
equal terms with the bravest and the
most sincerely consecrated of the servants
of humankind.
Evening star., 1937-11-10
Unterrified Democrats.

Senator Edward r. Burke of Nebraska,
Democrat, is still one of the "unterrified." !"
he has not come to heel, despite the
TACT that Postmaster General Farley,
chairman of the Democratic National
Committee, recently visited his State
and spoke deprecatingly of those who
opposed President Roosevelt. Senator
Burke was leader in the fight against
the Presidents plan to increase the
membership of the Supreme Court. Mr.
Farley took occasion to praise highly
Senator Burkes colleague, Senator Nor
ris, that independent who follows the
President like his shadow He omitted
all mention of Mr.. Burke, however,
except that he classed Burke, by in
ference, with those opponents Of the
President who must take the conse-
quences of their acts.
Mr.. Burke is predicting a struggle in
the coming sessions of Congress which
will make the fight over the court bill
look insignificant. The struggle which
is coming, he says, will be "to prevent
once and for all this Nation putting all
OF its governmental powers in the hands
OF one man." The one man is, of course,
interpreting Mr.. Burke's remarks, the
President of the United States. The
Nebraska Senator insists that the Presi-
dent has a firm belief that Capitalization
of power in Washington will benefit the
States.
How many Democrats will follow Burke
in his fight against the centralization of
power in the hands of one man-the
President-a few weeks should show.
The President has already announced a
program Of legislation for the special
session designed to increase this power.
The struggle viii come. not over an
abstract question q ths Capitalization
Evening star., 1937-11-10
The She-Devil.

The cook called Mrs. Battersley She
devil. OF course, the epithet was insult
Ing. Its sponsor meant it to be nothing
less. Her purpose and intent were to
summarize in a single phrase all the
passion of hatred which she felt in her
heart for the cruelty, the arrogance, the
petty meanness of which she believed
her mistress guilty.
Other members of the family silently
agreed with the justice of the indictment.
Mrs. Battersley, they understood only too
well, deserved to be abused For years
she had cultivated a genius for making
people miserable. Her son she had en-
shaved; her daughters she had enraged
systematically by processes of tyranny
relentlessly efacient; her grandchildren
detested her for her sarcasm, the malice
OF her poisonous tongue. She spared
nobody. Trades people, the gardener,
the chauffeur, even the postman, suf-
fered from her. talents for mischief. The
cook was desperate when at last she
struck back.
Then, Mrs. Battersley fell and broke
her hip. News of her injury stirred
gales Of unkind laughter in the kitchen.
Mollie, the upstairs maid, cried: "If only
1t had been her neck!" and lapsed into
Mysteries Of delight at her own un-
charitable wit. Meanwhile the victim Of
the servants gibes wept tears Of indigna-
ton over the predicament In which she
found herself. It maddened her to think
Evening star., 1937-11-10
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Evening star., 1937-11-10

Horse races are fascinating and many
persons refuse to see why returns from
abroad are demanded when there are
reliable returns to be had from neigh
borhood race tracks. Horse races are
wicked or they are not, and deserve so
to be treated regardless of location.
Evening star., 1937-11-10

Foreign gold is held responsible for an
unsatisfactory tendency in the United
States stock market, which is another
reminder that people who buy and sell
still run chances concerning which no
definite advance information can be
made available to the American public.
Evening star., 1937-11-10

Montgomery County, Maryland, is try
ing to figure an economy which might
have been practiced on judges salaries
and at the same time hold the service
which judges performed. When an Office
is assigned, more care will probably be
taken about how it is to be paid for.
Evening star., 1937-11-10
Shooting Stars.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

Viewpoints.
The man who in building dwelt
With radiators warm
Wrote Of the thrills explorers felt
Amid the raging storm.
The man who faced the bitter blast
Told of the soft repose
Where bland narcotics joined at last
The perfume of the rose.
Tis thus that every man admires
A struggling neighbor's lot,
And thinks the things he most desires
Are those that he has not.
Evening star., 1937-11-10

New York has duties to perform in
connection with its local offices. Just
at present a cordial salutation to the
winner is the chief obligation to be
considered.
Evening star., 1937-11-10

good broadcast can be relied on for
news, but it is the high-power salesman
ship that makes radio seem anxious to
overembellish the hard facts of existence.
Evening star., 1937-11-10

Hyde Park has its auto crashes and is
held fortunate at least in not bringing
one OF the airplane disasters too close
to home.
Evening star., 1937-11-10

A Chinese general writes a book and
broadens his appreciation of war as one
of the hazards TO which people submit
themselves.
Evening star., 1937-11-10
Sand and Spinach.

From the Shreveport Journal =
An agriculturist reminds us that 1t
takes sand to grow spinach-but it isn't
necessary to serve it that way where
waters plentiful.
Evening star., 1937-11-10
Italian Liberty.

From the Davenport Qowa) Times.
Mussolini has abolished the courts and
substituted Fascist committees. Seems
strange how much liberty those italians
eAn pat - v1ths
Evening star., 1937-11-10
Oral Perils.
From the Les

From the Leavenworth Times.
Doctors say that 1t is injurious to
breathe through the mouth. And it isn't
exactly beneficial to talk TOO much
through it either.
Evening star., 1937-11-10
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Evening star., 1937-11-10
What Is q Song?

What Is Song?
What is song?
An echo from the heart,
Whose throbbings are so strong
That they defy the mart.
What is a song?
A queer commercial thing,
Though art says right" or wrong"
Still self-compelled to sing.
when you's bettin' on de hoss, de
jockey. de trainer and de owner" said
Uncle Eben, II don't see how any odds
ku be les dan four 70 one."
Evening star., 1937-11-10
Old and New.

Old and New.
You will see many old friends when
you return to Congress-"
EYES," answered Senator Sorghum.
"But conditions have way of changing.
I'll also see some new enemies"
Evening star., 1937-11-10
Relief.

Relief.
"What kind of relief do you demand?"
81 dunno exactly" answered Farmer
Corntossel. "But If there is anything
good goin' around, want to have my
application on fle."
"He who always speaks the truth"
said Hi Ho the sage of Chinatown,
shows wisdom if he speaks but seldom"
Evening star., 1937-11-10
Big Job.

The Juror is supposed to be
From simple information free
And then proceed with wisdom grand
The gravest truth to understand.
Evening star., 1937-11-10

Jud Tunkins says an old friend is a
pleasant reminder of the past, but too
often an unreliable hope for the future.
Evening star., 1937-11-10

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@ What is Dawes Hole?-J. H.
A. 1t is the astronomical name for tn.
minute circular spots on the nucleus of &
sun spot, darker than the rest of tn
nucleus, and supposed to be the mouth.
of tubular orifices penetrating to un
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The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-06-01
WOULD
WIPE OUT RED
Faction, SAID
lntination Follows Warn
ing by France, England;
Situation Grave
GERMANS ORDERED TO
FIRE If MENACED

ROME, June l.-(UP)-The
newspaper II Piccolo, noon edition
of the authoritative Giornale
D'Italia, said today that Italy
might have to send a punitive ex-
peditionary force to Spain to ex-
terminate the "reds" (loyalists)
if the loyalist government failed
to control irresponsible" foreign
elements.
Giornale D'Italia is edited by
Virginia Gayda, often a mouth
piece for Premier Benito Musso-
lini. Hence great Importance
seemed TO attach to the statement
in II Piccolo, the first reference
to a possibility that would imply
the dispatch Of an Italian army.
fighting under the Italian flag, to
Spain.
That any one nation could take
such action without precipitating
a general war never has been sug-
gested.
Unofficial sources said Italian
warships, like the German, have
been ordered to fire on any APP
preaching Spanish warships or
planes if they are deemed men
acing. Official quarters were ST.
lent on the subject.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-06-01
Senator johnson Says Keeping
Out OF War Sole Aim OF u. S.

they considered the advisability
of closing or moving the Ameri-
can embassy from Valencia, seat
of the Spanish loyalist govern
ment and major objective OF the
Spanish insurgents.
The Spanish embassy announc-
ed last night that it would ask
the state department today for
an expression of policy in connec-
ton with the Spanish war crisis
in view Of Germany's withdrawal
from the international non-inter-
vention committee and lombard
ment of the Spanish town of Al
meria.
Enrique Carlos de la Casa, min
lister counsellor, who received the
press in the absence of Ambassa..
dor Fernando de los Rios, said
the embassy, had been informed
that Omitted States policy thus
far has been to follow the non
intervention committee.
eve intend to ask Secretary
of State Cordel Hull what the
position of the United States is
now as result of the withdrawal
of Germany from the non-inter-
vention committee" de la Casa
said.