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Evening star., 1938-06-13
Iowa Causes Reversal of
Politicsitis Diagnoses
To the Editor Of The Star.

10 tne Eultor OF The Star:
One of the queerest situations in
political annals has Just chalked itself
up. Iowa has elected ITO go backward
with our enemies" - Representative
Wearins prediction of the awful conse-
quences If they passed him up after
Endorsement by Mr.. Hopkins and the
White House blessing of Jimmie Roose-
velt. Yet the victory of his opponent is
treated by the merry losers and burgers
Of Democratic" headquarters and
Pennsylvania avenue as New Deal
victory.
The New Deal. by Its acceptance,
stamps the Wearin statements as polit-
ical bunk, af1ording to the people a
vivid lesson they might profit by.
This completely reverses all previous
diagnoses of politicsitis- the unor-
thodox New Deal politicsitis- the
point where vox populi is left Hopping
and gasping on the ropes.
My friends, all the seeming cordiality
toward the winner from Source of
Light. D. c., can mean only one thing.
The New Deal itself-by two fingers
and a toehold 1t is true-is getting
aboard the bandwagon. When stranger
things happen they should be promptly
exposed to lovers of unnatural phe-
nomena.
Next some one will be trying to con-
vince uS that "the Deal" has turned
Democraticl WALTER BAHNSEN.
Evening star., 1938-06-13
The Teachers.

This is the time of the year when 1t is
fitting and proper to remember those
men and women who, at no little sacri-
nee OF themselves, engage in the train
Ing OF children for the duties of adult
life. No task could be more exacting
than theirs, yet none is less generously
appreciated by society at large. Teachers,
1t seems, must be born to their work. A
natural endowment of love is the funda-
mental factor among educators as a
class. Without it, they never could be
persuaded to suffer the martyrdom
which all too commonly is theirs.
Just why the richest and most notably
literate nation of the world should
neglect the mentors of its youth remains
to be explained. The responsibility Of
parents Is conceded without debate, but
the number of fathers or mothers
actively interested in the schools and
their problems is very small. Even the
children themselves rarely bother to
return after graduation. A diploma
appears to be regarded as license to
forget the institution by which it has
been granted. Not one pupil in hun
dred troubles to show his gratitude to
the faculty to which, when challenged,
he frankly admits he is in debt
OF course, there are occasional excep-
tions to the general rule. The public
which has welcomed James Hilton's
Goodbye, Mr.. Chips" and which has
not entirely ignored its obligation to
Horace Mann is not completely dead to
the promptings of conscience. An aver
age citizen will feel ashamed when
he is reminded that Charles w. Eliot
during the whole Of his long and
infinitely useful career earned less than
many motion picture and radio per-
formers
Possibly the day may dawn when the
principal architects Of American culture
will be honored according to their
merit. Meanwhile, it should be affirmed
that history has tendency to judge
a community by the concern it mani
tests or fails to manifest for such Of its
members as bravely toll for ideal ends.
Evening star., 1938-06-13
STUDY OF BRITISH LABOR ACT
is EXPECTED TO BE HELPFJU
Presidents Commission Believed Likely to Fine
Regulations Which Would Be Beneficial
to This Country.

Decision Of President Roosevelt to ap-
point commission to study the British
labor act Is approved by American COM
mentators. The Executive denies that
the purpose is to amend the Wagner Act.
and John L. Lewis has declared his oppo-
sition to the inquiry. What are regarded
as defects in the law operating in this
country are emphasized in the press
comments.
If this commission, which will have
members representing labor, employers
and government, does a thorough, i'm
partial job in the judgment of the
Rochester Times Union, 1T should not
only help us in dealing with present labor
issues. but with those which may arise
in the future" The Louisville Courier
Journal declares that England under
took the regulation of business and labor
relations before we did, and we might
learn something to our advantage from
England's longer experience"
"The necessity for drastic revision of
labor legislation" says the San Antonio
Express, lis indisputable. The inequities
and shortcomings of the Wagner Act and
Its administration have been pointed out
by the courts, business leaders, high ma
tional otficials and economists Mr..
Lewis refuses to cooperate toward any
change, even though it would mean real
izing his demand for more jobs"
*
1.-THE President needs no clinic" ad-
vises the Los Angeles Times, ION the
Wagner Act to remove some of the worst
abuses under it, as matter Of fact. He
could cure the cause of many complaints
by changing the personnel of the board.
The Wagner Act is fundamentally bad,
but its Interpretation has been worse"
"A commission will find it difficult
business" says the Kansas City Star, ito
discover in the British act any greater
lesson than that of added responsibility
for labor. The especial purpose of the
act was to establish that responsibility.
1t followed legal recognition of labor's
Evening star., 1938-06-13
Life in Harlan.

1t cannot now be foretold whether a
Kentucky jury will find the mine opera
tors Of Harlan County to, have conspired
to suppress the civil liberties of their en-
ployes, but certainly the tales of murder,
kidnapping and kindred violence coming
out of their trial cannot fail to impress
decent public officials of the State with
the necessity of cleaning up disgraceful
situation.
One OF the richest soft coal areas in
the world, Harlan County admittedly is
not on the silk-stocking social level.
Mining coal is not fancy profession
and the men who follow it must be pos
sessed Of fortitude of soul and of body.
Such fortitude, however, should not be
required to encompass condition of liv-
ing entirely by violence and rule Of
might. After ALL these people are citi-
zens Of the United States, entitled to
the protection Of its laws and to the
shelter which civilized society is sup
posed to afford its individual members.
II the constituted authorities of Har-
Ian are unable to maintain this structure
OF civilization then higher authorities
should assume the task. And if there
are forces in Harlan which are corrupt
ing or perverting this structure then
these forces should be eliminated or at
least hrO,1pht 1,pder coptrol
For the sake of all the civil privileges
of all the citizens, it is to be hoped that
bloody Harlan" can be cleaned I'D
thoroughly and soon.
Evening star., 1938-06-13
Proposed Alternative
For the Memorial Site
To the Editor Of The Star:

10 Iuc SoitoI VI lie 0tAI
Heartiest thanks and all honor to
those patriotic Senators Gas well as to
the newspapers of Washington who are
fighting the scheme to destroy the pres
ent perfect beauty Of the Tidal Basin
in the name of memorial to Thomas
Jefferson.
Popular as well as professional
denunciation of this present plan has
been practically unanimous. Neverthe-
less its small group of sopnsors with a
persistence worthy Of better cause and
by devious methods have sworn an
implacable determination to muscle" 1t
through.
Engineers have testified that to strike
bottom anywhere in the Tidal Basin
area would require foundations 80 to
10 feet deep.
In other words 1t provides the biggest
available sink hole to I'LL up with asphalt,
concrete and cement and the 5000 900
already contemplated for the purpose
would be literally only drop in the
bucket.
Allow me to offer a suggestion in all
seriousness. If it is absolutely necessary
for their own purposes for the sponsors
of this grandiose scheme to deliver" to
the above extent, they will honor Jeffer-
son more, dishonor themselves less and
spare the city of Washington a white
elephant and permanent eyesore If they
take first $500 900. then $1,000, 900, then
increasing sums from the public Treas
ury, pay It to the cement trust for con-
crete and cement, load this on scows
and take 1t out and dump 1t In the
middle Of the Atlantic Ocean.
J. J. ARMSTRONG.
Evening star., 1938-06-13
June Tragedy.

Buoyed by the optimism of youth,
more than one million young men and
women are graduating from colleges and
secondary schools this month.
About half of them, it is estimated,
will become job hunters, additions to a
labor market already oversupplied. In
fact. the extent Of the oversupply is now
placed at more than 100000 unem-
ployed.
Assuming measure of responsibility
for the products they are turning out
most colleges and universities have made
job placement surveys which lead them
to believe they can place about half Of
their graduates during the coming six
months although employment oppor-
tunities are rated from 10 to rs per cent
below last years level. Those most likely
Evening star., 1938-06-13

rights. The Wagner Act establishes those
rights in America. But 1t does not estab-
hsh an equal responsibility to go along
with them"
DoeS Mr.. Roosevelt" asks the Newark
Evening News, Intend to enlighten and
instruct labor as to new responsibilities
that he thinks it should meet? Or has
ne the subtle, Rooseveltian notion of
demonstrating just how drastic the Brit
lsh act is, and thus invite the Congress to
amend the Wagner Act on the British
model, if it dare?"
Gerard Swope, president of General
Electric" comments the Cleveland Plain
Dealer, "as head of the Roosevelt COM
mission, will help create public conf
dence in the seriousness of its purpose.
With him, it is understood, will 20 one
other large liberal employer, two labor
leaders and two lawyers The report of
such a group. given the President after
thorough study Of facts abroad, may
write new chapter in American labor
relations"
Review of the British act" suggests
the Nashville Banner, explains hostility
IN TINS country, for 1t provides protection
"a eAAC SoSC1ALIlCut against COerclVe
strikes, and establishes criminal liability
OF union officials, members of strike COM
mlttees and pickets who participate in
strikes defined by the act as illegal. It
also forbids lockouts."
The first provision of the British act"
says the Toledo Blade, lis to define il
legal strikes. Any strike is declared
illegal If 1t has any object other than or
in addition to the furtherance of a trade
dispute within the industry in which the
strikers are engaged. Any strike is fur
ther illegal if it is designed to coerce
the government either directly or by in
nlctlng hardship upon the community"
Approval of the committees mission is
given by the Asheville Times the Reno
Gazette, the Cincinnati Times-Star the
Macon Telegraph, the Rock Island Ar
gus and the San Francisco Chronicle.
Evening star., 1938-06-13

gether, instead of five, as bedeck the
harmless Virginia creeper, he will not
only have active knowledge on his side,
but will have taken long step toward
that other form of knowledge known as
caution.
Caution, by whatever name called, is
the real knowledge in avoiding the va
rious itches and miseries of poisonous
plants.
The hiker must first admit to himself
that he does not know. That, OF course,
is one of the great admissions of this life.
Whatever we may know hereafter, there
is great deal we do not know here, and
he is wise person who is willing to ad-
NIT 1t. at least to himself.
This initial admittance is sorely needed
by city people who go blindly into the
great outdoors" as they call it.
Fools rush in, indeed, where angels
might fear to tread.
Not only is this vine one Of the most
tenacious, in its habits of growth, but
also one Of the most widespread by
means Of birds.
1t springs up everywhere, often where
least suspected. That is why strollers
through suburban streets must be careful,
for nice little poison ivy plant may be
growing just where one trails a hand
along wall.
The owner Of the wall does not know
the plant is there. He did not put 1t
there.
Be suspicious of any neat little plant
with shiny green leaves
Indeed, the more attractive an un-
known plant is, the more likely it is to
be dangerous. This is principle which
seems to run through all nature.
X
Experts on ivy poisoning give good ad-
vice. They say that if hot water and
strong yellow soap are used at once
after infection, the oil which causes the
trouble may be washed away.
One is not very likely to have hot
water and strong laundry soap while
walking through the woods.
Such advice will do little good, then.
The only real solution is not to get
poison Ivy, in the first place, and the
only way not to get it is to watch for it.,
and know 1t when one sees it.
This spoils an outing? Well, not half
as much as good dose Of poison ivy.
Even the smoke from a fire of these
vines has been known to give the infec-
ton to persons susceptible to it.
Poison ivy eradicants may be tried in
patches close to dwellings, but even with
such treatment the roots survive for
years, and come up when least expected.
Many persons have taken heroic meas
ures to eradicate this pest, only to have
1t spring back into life months later.
Hand picking-with stout gloves-of
the new plantlets is one of the best
eradication measures, for the little ones
are not SO full of poison as the larger,
heavier growths, and when burned do
not give off so much OIL
Next fall, be sure that those pretty red
leaves, to be taken home for the picking,
are not poison ivy. They are, indeed
pretty, but also are very dangerous.
Evening star., 1938-06-13
Highway Lighting.

Results of an experiment about to be
undertaken in nearby Maryland to make
motoring safer at night will be watched
with keen interest.
Following a system that is reported to
have been highly successful on the Lam
sing-Detroit road in Michigan, Maryland
plans to install large number Of re
fectorized standards" to outline the
road for night drivers. Under the Mich
igan system these standards or warning
signals are placed about 100 feet apart.
The headlights illuminate the rehectors
letting the drivers know whether curves
or hill or straightaway lie ahead. In
Michigan the system has been installed
on a 47-mile stretch Of heavily travelled
highway.
Masyland's State Road Commission in
tends to use it on the extension of New
Hampshire avenue and on sector near
Hagerstown. The United States Bureau
Of Public Roads, interested in the posi-
Evening star., 1938-06-13
Citizen Soldiers.

There was time when it was unlawful
for citizens to make soldiers of them
selves. Only when licensed by q sover-
eign were they permitted to bear arms.
The first band Of self-designated volun-
teers seems to have been that Of the
Honorable Artillery Company Of Lon
don, instituted in 1887 and still in ex-
istence. 1t comprises infantry drilled to
perfection equal to the demands of
captain general and colonel who also
is king and for whom it furnishes
guard when he visits "the City"
But Americans probably are more d.
rectly interested in the Ancient and
Honorable Artillery Company of Boston,
just now celebrating the tercentenary
of its organization. 1t helped save
white civilization in New England from
determination at the hands of Indian
King Philip nearly three centuries ago."
and with decent pride In fine tradition
are ready to serve again in case OF need.
Faneuil Hall is the meeting place of the
body, and that in itself is symbolic of
the part it has played and is playing in
the history Of the Western World.
The professional soldier, Of course, may
be efficient, superlatively trained, su-
premely devoted to his business; yet the
average man who only occasionally puts
on a uniform or shoulders a rifle is not
to be despised. Volunteers won the Rev.
olution, the War Between the States and
the Spanish American War and Theo-
dore Roosevelt doubtless was right when
he argued that voluntary enlistments
were desirable in 1917. The conscript
may be unwilling, the soldier who chooses
to serve never is. In the United States
it is good to know that the voluntary
motive still is preserved in practical
effect.
Evening star., 1938-06-13

to get Jobs, the colleges nnd, are the
engineers and accountants, with fair
demand also found for statesmen.
One Of the unfortunate circumstances
OF this condition is that an appreciable
proportion of those getting jobs will be
taking them from older workers, men
who have passed the peak Of their
efficiency without achieving a level of
Job security.
All Of this, of course, is merely a
natural evolution, made more distressing
by the economic condition of the coun-
try. From it may be drawn no conclu-
sions, no morals-only sense of sorrow
that those who have done their work
should be cast aside and that so many
who are anxious to do their work should
not even have the opportunity.
Evening star., 1938-06-13

bilities Of such system, viii try 1t out on
several hazardous curves on the Wash
ington-La Plata road.
Because Of the large number Of acci-
dents attributed to motorists "outdriving
their lights" any such move to safeguard
night driving will be well worth the ef-
fort. Although the Maryland proposal
will outline the road" in advance for
drivers, it still vii! not reveal objects in
discernihle by headlights or invisible be-
cause of the glare of lights from ap-
preaching cars. This can be achieved
only by actual highway lighting, such
as has been attempted experimentally By
several States including Virginia Actual
lighting, now comparatively costly un-
dertaking. probably is the ultimate an
swer to the problem-at least on heavily
Travelled and hazardous highways. Mary
lands move may prove to be a step in
that direction.
Evening star., 1938-06-13
Shooting Stars.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

The Great Language.
Mid mingled Kisses and applause
Confused and incorrect
The Tower Of Babel fell, because
OF too much dialect.
Again the fight we must resume
With manners impolite
And weapons flash or fiercely boom
And nothing sounds Alright.
And through the world are paths so
strange
And crumbling heaps Of stone
That tell US Of the mighty change
Since ages now unknown.
Strange dialects arise on high
And still we ask the Fates
"Oh why can't everybody try
To talk United States?"
Evening star., 1938-06-13
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL,

Summer brings with it long list of
troubles, major and minor, ranging from
drownings and fevers, through mosquito
and flea bites to that perennial nuisance,
poison ivy.
The latter is one of the few things in
this world which may be avoided by
taking thought, but because many will
not 60 to that trouble, they contract this
painful malady.
Suspicion, and knowledge born of
suspic1on-these are the two best pre-
ventiveS.
If one is suspicious Of all pretty vines
and plants whose names are unknown,
one is on the high road to avoidance Of
poisoning by this treacherous deceiver.
Then, If one really studies the plant,
and knows 1t when he sees it, he will be
on the lookout for 1t, either when in the
country or walking along the suburban
streets, where 1t Is likely to be found as
well as in vacant lots and fields and
forests.
Often the hardy mixers profess scorn Of
poison IVY which is just another way of
saying that they brag OF their ignorance
of it,
There are persons who scorn 1t to the
extent of chewing a leaf, or rubbing
some Of it on the face.
This Is superstition, another sort of
ignorance.
There is legend in this town of
very well known gentleman who did this
stunt in his youthful days, and who came
down with one Of the finest cases Of in
lection on record. The malady took in
his eyes, which made 1t particularly had
for him.
This form OF immunizing ones self is
rather hazardous, and is best left to
boastful young fellows who don't know
any better but some day will, il they
keep on.
There are on the market various forms
OF remedies made from the Rhus toxi-
codendron or poison ivy, itself, on the
theory that like cures like.
These are said to be highly successful.
The best remedy for poison ivy, how
ever, is not to get it.
An advice, it may be admitted of per-
lection, one in which knowledge and
prudence play major part and therefore
oHer a certain satisfaction to those per-
sons who believe that intelligence can
play role in this life, after all
1t Is one thing to blunder enthus-
iastically through a wooded place, and
quite another to walk through it with
knowledge as thy guide.
Enthusiasm, in itself, is wonderful. but
not when it leads one directly into poi
son ivy patch.
Yet this is what happens every year,
all IN the name Of good fun and sport.
The point Is that the fun would be
Just as great, and so would be the sport,
II one both thought of the possibilities
OF poisoning in all such places, and also
knew the pesky vine. and its allied form
OF poison oak, when he saw it. and espe
cially Just as he was about to place his
hands on it.
\
II the camper or hiker knows that the
poison ivy has three leaves, growing to-
Evening star., 1938-06-13

When Mr. Hague OF Jersey City accuses
c. I. o. members of being active Com
munists, he excerpts Mr.. John L. Lewis,
but suggests no methods for this dis
tinguished parsonage to explain how he
became identified with such extraordi-
nary political principles.
Evening star., 1938-06-13

1t is unfortunate that theories as to
facilities for communication with our
ancestors cannot be more dependably
realized. 1t would be worth thousands
IN satisfaction and perhaps millions in
money to know Thomas Jefferson's per-
sonal opinion as to steps that are taken
for the purpose ostensibly of honoring
him as patriot and thinker.
Evening star., 1938-06-13
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Evening star., 1938-06-13
Confirmed.

from the Macon telegraph.
'The new internationalism," says the
Atlantic Monthly, must establish a SYM
biosis among nations and not phagocy-
tosis." We knew somebody would back
up our way of looking at it il we'd Just
wait long enough.
Evening star., 1938-06-13

1t has evidently been decided that the
coming exposition in New York City
will be localized at least to the extent of
not borrowing the Streets of Cairo"
melody from Chicago. AS to surprises in
the dance, these need not be invented
since there is already a super -abund-
ance for selection.
Evening star., 1938-06-13

The collegiate mortar board has be-
come so frequent an educational en-
bellishment that it's significance is liable
to be lost in the annals of ancient affairs.
1t is at least clearer to observant intelli-
gence than the ancient and for a while
honored sWastika.
Evening star., 1938-06-13

The Presidents son James definitely
announces that he has a sufficiently ex-
acting job as White House secretary
without seeking another in purely COM
mercial relationship.
Evening star., 1938-06-13
New England bikes.

From the worcester Gazette.
Apparently all New England is to get
out Of the Federal flood control program
is few dikes. The question now is
whether to build short, high dikes that
the food can get around, o. long. low
dikeS that the dood can dow over.
Evening star., 1938-06-13

Foreign reports are still to the effect
that anybody is willing to defy any au-
thority which may suggest itself, pro-
vided the penalty of cash collection can
be evaded.
Evening star., 1938-06-13
Tools and RaWls.

From the Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch.
The town Of Greenville, Ga, announces
the birth Of every new citizen with a
toot of the local factory whistle. After
that the lusty newcomer will himself
keep the town informed of his presence.
Evening star., 1938-06-13

Statesmen examine the primary re-
turns from Iowa and again regard them
as something more to be explained and
perhaps worried about.
Evening star., 1938-06-13
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