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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-08-08
Safety the Issue.

Danger always exists when vision is
obscured. This is particularly true in
traffic conditions, and especially so at an
intersection flanked on all sides by
parked cars. One motorist cannot see
another approaching nor can he see a
pedestrian attempting to cross the street.
There is only one thing to be done.
That is to eliminate parked machines
near the intersection so that a clear
unobstructed view can be obtained. This
necessitates fewer parking spaces, it is
true, but of greater Importance is the
saving Of life and the prevention of ac-
cidents
Further parking restrictions are
hardship, but in no way comparable to
the injury or death of person. Safety
is the primary issue. With the increase
of vehicles using the streets motorists
have to give up some of their advantages.
Streets primarily are for the moving
of vehicular and pedestrian traffic, not
parking. And that movement must be
made as safe as possible.
Under an act of Congress the Commits
sioners have restricted parking to within
twenty feet of the building line, not to
exceed fifty feet from the intersection.
The regulation is the law of the city and
is in effect. All motorists are required
to know and obey traffic regulations.
Ignorance is no excuse.
men the traffic department has desig-
mated the parking limitations from the
intersections by the painting of three
yellow lines at the curb Signs are not
necessary. They would clutter up the
sidewalks of the city and involve a con-
siderable expense. 1t is foolish for
motorists to complain about an existing
law. They have ample opportunity to
learn the traffic rules. Out-of- town
drivers should inquire.
After all the regulation has been de-
signed to make the streets more safe.
Until the regulation was put into effect
the intersection near the home of the
Engineer Commissioner was the scene of
weekly accidents due to obscured vision
on account of the parked cars. 1t has
been year since parking was prohibited
near the corner at this location. Only
one accident has been recorded in twelve
months.
The National Capital must be made
safe as far as humanity possible. One
regulation will not be the cure-all, but
the adoption of many wise plans will
prove greatly beneficial.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-08-08
The Price of Meat.
From the Sioux City uown Tribune.

From the Sioux City lowa) Tribune
One frequently hears housewives COM
plain about the retail cost OF meat. They
look at the price Of a live steer and the
price of a pound of steak or the price OF
live hogs and the price Of pork chops
and wonder about the spread in price.
What they don't understand is that
part OF that spread can be traced to our
tariff policies, import and export trade,
competition between lard and talloW
and coconut trees in some far-of land,
and other factors.
Let us say, for instance, that the hide
of choice steer weighs IS pounds and
that the packer buys the live steer for
10 cents a pound. If the packer must
accept cents a pound for the hide, the
7-cent loss must be recovered by adding
it TO the price of steaks. roasts, etc.
Lard has been largely displaced in in
dustry by cottonseed oil. coconut oil and
other vegetable or some substitute form
of fats or oils. The same with tallOw.
Chemistry has done wonders for industry
in that way.
But the lard has to be disposed Of for
what it will bring for the uses for which
it still is suited. If 1t sells for loss,
that loss must be added to the hams,
shoulders, bacon and other cuts Of pork.
Many students of the problem believe
that it would be infinitely better econ
omy to import less oils and fats and
make use Of our lard and tallow, even at
higher prices than their competitive
position with imported substitutes war
rants-that it would pay in the form OF
cheaper ham, pork chops and steaks and
In the form of wages to the labor which
the imports displace.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-08-08
THIS AND THAT
By CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

Even vegetables cooked and canned
for babies usually have per cent table
salt added.
The use OF salt Is largely habit. The
free eater Of fruits and vegetables does
not need any particular addition along
this line, although he probably will put
bit on meats, raw apples and the like.
There are some edibles which just
seem to demand salt, among them being,
curiously. the watermelon and can
taloupe, both sweet.
X X * X
Most people seem to pay very little at
tention to hot weather dos and donts"
Instead of keeping as cool as possible
and as quiet as possible, they roam
around, getting themselves hotter and
hotter all the time.
Perhaps they will pay no more atten-
ton to the latest dictum to include a
pinch Of salt" for hot-Weather needs.
Most person have found out that the
greatest single aid in keeping cool Is
plenty of water-on the outside.
The famous daily bath" becomes null
tiplied by two, three, four or more times.
Removal Of oil and Precipitation allows
the pores to breathe, as we'll as lifts
real load from the skin.
X X
The art of summer bathing at home is
never learned until one finds out the
soothing qualities of the air bath as we'll.
This is best secured in the drying proc
ess. but not every one seems to have
learned the best method.
This is nothing more nor less than
completing the drying process while
lying on the back on bed.
A preliminary drying is made with
one big towel, then second is spread
on the bed. and on this the practitioner
of air bathing places himself.
A third. and better, also a fourth big
towel, brought into commission, does
the real work Of drying. The practice
of permitting the air itself to do the
drying cannot be recommended except
on the beach.
This air bath should be extended to
about IS minutes, during which time
the skin, filled with blood from the cool
water and the application of the towel,
returns to normal.
The person interested in keeping cool
in really hot weather will wonder If just
a pinch of salt" can be any real help.
He may feel sure that more is required.
and the more probably is complex OF
conditions and common sense, based
upon sensible hygiene and the personal
equation.
If one thinks that hot drink "makes
him cooler probably he is right in
cooling off, that way. but if a cold
drink seems more logical. let him stick
to his ice, preferably not loaded down
with sugar.
In the years to come the dietetic con-
troll of inner heat probably will be
worked out scientifically; in the mean
time. it is interesting that an approach
seems to have been made this year
with the recommendation to add
pinch of salt" to make up for that lost
via the skin
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-08-08

cepts the report Of its isolation as an
other example Of the gradual conquest
Of circumstance by organized common
sense"
For the occasional philosopher. how
ever DR.. PERKINS, announcement has a
particular interest. 1t represents q
further demonstration of the part which
individual values play in the drama Of
the universe. The whole cosmos. 1t
seems definitely proven, is built up" of
separate units to form an all-inclusive
unity. Perhaps the entire ensemble
might be regarded as a problem in ad-
acknowledgements OF matter added to-
gether to Infinite effect. The result. Of
course, is positive, not negative. Cor
relation is the law involved in the opera
ton.
Yet each element is required to per-
form its function efficiently. Even
hydrogen, the lightest Of the ninety
three, must stand firm" If the mathe-
NAUTICAL principle is to remain undis-
turbed. The alternative would be a
breakdown" which would wreck the
cosmic show conclusively.
DR.. Perrin. busy with his researches,
does not say these things; but the
sociologists who happen to be his con-
temporaries in an "age OF confusion"
might do worse than ponder their i'm
plications.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-08-08

The famous pinch OF salt" is coming
into prominence this summer in a new
way.
Physicians are recommending 1t to re-
place the salts normally lost by per-
spiration.
Just how big this pinch" should be is
evidently left to the discretion of the
user.
One may wonder if tomato juice. just
~ so popular. would not do just as we'll.
1t must be kept In mind that most of
the canned sorts have small amount
of salt added to them.
Some of the older doctors have long
recommended for elderly people glass
of water to which is added a quarter
OF teaspoon OF salt and a quarter Of
teaspoonful of soda. the mixture to
be taken half an hour or SO before
breakfast.
People have been sweating in hot
weather for years and centuries, but as
far as we can recall no one ever recon-
mended a deliberate addition OF table
salt to the diet in this way before.
We tried it recently, without any ap-
preciable results, one way or the other.
Diet experiments, of course, are no
toriously hard to follow. you should
eat carrots some enthusiast says. and
you eat carrots industriously, although
you do not like them at all.
With what result?
Absolutely none at all.
The famous vitamin A in them does
not seem to have improved eyesight, nor
beautified the complexion.
The truth is that one would have to
eat at least a bushel of carrots per day,
to get any real results with them. II
one wants vitamin A, one should take
the concentrate, but only under the di-
rection of a physician who knows some
thing about vitamins. (The last part is
importantD
It is probable that few persons really
need any deliberate addition Of salt to
their food, even in hot weather.
Many persons believe that all too
many eat far too much so-called table
salt. as it is.
People who like cantaloupe and wa
termelon often sprinkle them heavily
with salt.
The use Of tobacco makes for added
salt consumption, not through any par
ticular craving for it. but because the
taste buds of the mouth are blunted,
and the user must add an excessive
amount to taste it at all.
With the freer use of all sorts of vege-
tables and fruits, it may be that those
who eat in this manner are getting suf-
ficient salts" of all kinds. This is the
newer nutrition, based principally on
fruits, vegetables and milk.
II tomato juice is used freely, the sort
to which some salt already has been
added. there will be no great call for an
additional pinch.
1t is questionable whether salt Is as
harmful as some diet enthusiasts be-
lieve.
All vegetables have their natural salts.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-08-08

photograph and a credit rating Of all
tenants, send inspectors to see and in
sist on cleanliness to serve warrants for
malicious destroying, making tenants
liable.
The real estate agent should refuse to
handle unlivable property.
The (alphabet) houses are so super
vised and they are getting the cream OF
the tenants while private owners. most
ly widows trying to be self-supporting,
get the scum, the drones, the dolers
Have the slum clearance mone:>- used
to buy some of the better alley houses
and have them cleaned for the drones
and dolers and supervised as barracks
by our charitable ladies.
Many of the alley houses are four
room brick houses with water and sew
erage, and when kept clean are more
sanitary and heelthful than many OF
the old-fashioned dark apartment build,
ings with family to . room.
AN OWNER.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-08-08
The Labor War.

If there has been any doubt as to the
dnality of the split between the National
Labor Relations Board and the leader
ship Of the American Federation Of
Labor, 1t should have been removed by
the developments of the past few days.
When President William Green of the
A. F. Of L. says publicly that he could
be sent to Jail for what think Of the
labor board" it becomes apparent that
hope Of reconciliation is a thing of the
past.
s. The latest outbreak of hostilities came
when Mr.. Green accused Edwin 8. Smith,
q member Of the board. Of having said
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-08-08
Public Service Retirements.

A complex problem faces those work.
ing for liberal and at the same time
equitable changes in the present civil
service retirement law. There are several
factions to satisfy and each has its own
idea of the best solution.
For example, the average civil service
employe prefers retirement at the
option of the employe at the end of
thirty years Of service, regardless of
age. Civil Service Commission spokes-
men, on the other hand, contend with
some reason that the retirement pro-
gram was originated to aid the Govern
ment service as much as to provide for
the aging employee and that, paying
three-fourths of the retirement benefits,
the Government is entitled at least to
joint participation with the employe in
the retirement option.
On Capitol Hill the Ramspeck and
Nicely bills in the House and Senate,
respectively, propose solutions but each
contains some features disliked by one
group or another. The Ramspeck bill
of the last session, for instance. virtually
leaves the retirement option entirely
with the employee. The Nicely bill, the
commission feels, perpetuates the arbi-
trary retirement age classifications in the
present law-which many consider one
OF its major defects-by retaining them
at slightly lower figures.
Some employees would like to be able to
retire earlier; others do not want to
retire at all as long as they remain
physically fit; few of them want the
Government to have any voice as to
whether they should retire or not.
1t should be remembered, however,
that any liberalization of the retirement
law will mean an increase in the expense
of the system to the Government and in
that respect will be of interest to the
American taxpayer. Congress is not likely
to approve program under which Gov
eminent liability would be too high.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-08-08
Twenty Years Ago
The World Var Day by Day
August 8, 1918.

The allies attacked with renewed fury
All forces advanced, the most notable
gain being made by British and French
in the Albert Montdidier salient, which
was penetrated along 20-mile front
for an average distance Of miles
Thirteen thousand prisoners and 300
guns were taken this day.
Ludendorff later described this as Ger
many's Blacklist Day of the War;" The
advance was heavily supported by tanks,
which completely demoralized German
resistance. eixty.hve German planes
shot down.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-08-08

An example of discreet silence is given
by Vice President Garner whose present
career almost recalls that of the distin-
guished gentleman in similar position
who discoursed on a cataleptic, remark
ing that it reminded him of his own
Office, in which man cannot speak.
cannot hear, cannot see, and yet is
perfectly aware of everything that goes
on about him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-08-08
Ninety-Third Element.

Jean Perrin, distinguished physicist,
president of the French Academy of
Science, has announced the discovery Of
the ninety-third chemical element It
is substance heavier than uranium,
is found in pitchblende. successfully re-
sists decomposition and merits for that
reason a name of its own. The lay
public, unshlled as it may be in tech.
meal knowledge Of It's hgnihcance, &C.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-08-08

One Of the achievements which must
be regarded as admirable in Tennessee
is the ability to announce the details OF
a State election without too seriously dis
turbing the confidence in Secretary Cor
dell Hull.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-08-08
Notes Inconsistency Of
American Policy.
To tho Ed;tor If Tho Star.

American Policy.
To the Editor Of The Star:
r READ with interest the letter from
H. E. Ewing in The Star of July 81.
The United States has certainly done
much toward sending medical relief and
other supplies to tine unfortunate refu-
gees in China. The people of this coun-
try have responded Fundamentally and
generously to the appeal Of the President
for funds for Red Cross work, and few
weeks ago. when rice-bowl parties were
held in hundreds of cities throughout
this country, the response by the people
was amazingly great and Is to be COM
mended.
However, upon scanning the news
papers, what mockery it seems when on
one page are articles urging people to
help, accounts of people who are do
mating so generously. vivid reports of the
horrors of blasting human bodies into
fragments. while on another page of the
same newspaper are announcements of
ships arriving for scrap iron and leaving
with tons Of materialS-Scrap iron, oil,
cotton anything which could be used
in the manufacture of more bullets,
bombs and other implements Of war;
fare. How can aggreSsor bombing and
pursuit planes fly without oil? Would
rice bowls need to be filled. and Red
Cross funds be necessary as they are now
If the aggressor nation had no access to
bombs planes. cotton, for explosives,
scrap for munitions and battleships? We
all denounce the inhumaneness of the
Japanese. We shake our heads in dis
gust whenswe read of the slaughter and
destruction. We empty our pocketbooks
and purses 50 that wounds and hungry
stomachs may be eased, and at the same
time Japan gets more means from us so
that we may still feel the moral need to
filling more rice bowls and wrap up more
gaping wounds and manned bodies by
responding to Red Cross pleas.
s. LEE.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-08-08
Shooting Stars.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

See
The man who smiles with glee!
Hear his gay endeavor
To seem wonderfully wise
As in monotone he cries
Its the hottest ever!"
He
Perchance his end will see
Where therell never, never
Any questioning arise
OF correctness when he signs
Its the hottest ever!"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-08-08
Oakland, Calf
Urges Kidding City
of SlumS.

OF SlumS.
To the Editor Of The Star:
YOUR paper quoted John A. Petty,
= executive secretary of the Real
Estate Commission, in his address to
the recently formed Washington Bust
ness Brokers' Association, as saying, in
part:
1.-THE Real Estate Commission was
formed to protect the public from i'm
proper, irresponsible and dishonest prac-
tices"
Let us hope that one of their first
efforts will be toward Kidding Washing
ton of It's degrading slums, Of irresponsi-
BILE and dishonest drones. who live in
filth and squalor on the labors Of others.
Destroying and wrecking, creating slums
of what could be comfortable. small,
cheap homes instead of criminal hide
outs.
Let them use some Of the slun eradi-
cation money to procure f1ngerprtnt
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-08-08

"Never the twain shall meet" wrote
popular English lyricist It is now pro-
posed to put that question to a practical
test regardless Of protests by ancient
orientalists.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-08-08

A motion picture boy can make his
mother cry with sympathy. but this does
not persuade her to restore his earnings
to which the law gives her title. Art has
its mysteries even as it plays on our
sympathies.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-08-08

One of the admirable features OF pres
ent affairs is the ability Of Secretary
Hull to remain friendly but firm among
personages Of close home acquaintance
as we'll as those engaged in functioning
abroad.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-08-08
Vote.Cetting Silence.

From the Louisville Courier-Journal.
Representative Jerry O'Connell won
denomination in hard stumping cam
paign; but he probably made more votes
by the speech he didn't make at Jersey
City than by any he made in Montana.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-08-08

An objection is expressed by Mayor
Jackson of Baltimore to addresses OF
purely mud singing" character. There
are two standards of taste to be met in
campaign oratory and the question must
always be candidly confronted as to
whether an audience is in a mood for
poetry or mathematics.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-08-08

A suit is. to be fought over Virginias
high-water mark in Arlington County.
An evidence of our increasing closeness
of population is constantly presented
with more force as industries and camp
meetings continue to crowd the scenery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-08-08

One of the oldtime phrases Is 'crazy
with the heat" A linguist may be par
doned for wondering whether it has
anything to do with some Of the recent
eccentricities in election returns.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-08-08
Dodd Defended Against
Charge Of Communism.

EQlCOr OF INV 0IHEs
THE STARS recent front page car
i toon showing Harry Byrd. in the role
of Pocahontas, defending Representa-
tive Howard Smith from the Indians
New Dealers was one of the most
truthful and accurate portrayals OF the
situation behind the defeat of William
E. Dodd, II. have seen.
It ID the perfect answer to the silly
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-08-08
All Other States and Canada
Member Of tho Associated Press

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credtsd in9 = ICE Oh n nrsed ia
paper and also the local news published herein.
All rights of publication OF special dispatches
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-08-08
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brief!

charge made by one Harry Francis Cum
bingham that the Dodd boy is not just
the sort of person whom one sends to
Congress-not even to the House OF
Representatives.
AS matter of fact the Byrd Ogani-
cation did lend its support to Smith.
and Young William E. Dodd. jr, really
campaigned as an independent. In a
State which for more than century
has fought every outstanding liberal
Democratic President from Andrew
Jackson down. it was surprising that
Dodd got as many votes as he did.
DR.. Dodd. ST., is world famous as a
defender of democracy. William E..
Dodd, jr taught American history at
William and Mary. Both are deeply de-
voted to American tradition. And de-
mocracy is the antithesis of Communism.
HUGH RUSSELL FRASER.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-08-08

Reformers are generous people. They
freely grant to their opponents all the
vices which they have foresworn for the
benefit of suffering humanity.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-08-08
Hopping Aboard.

From the Indianapolis News.
Maybe some Of those Northern In
diana bass that Jump into boats are try
ing to get on relief.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-08-08
Modern Bad Men.

From the Wall Street Journal.
And in the old days bad man would
70 around with inches in his gun handle.
instead of in his tenders.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-08-08
Twice Proud.

Twice Proud.
II suppose you have taken great
deal of pride in your farm?"
Eyes," answered Farmer Corntossel,
II was as proud as any man can be when
I bought this farm. I don't expect to
be that proud but once more in my
whole life"
when will that be?"
"When I succeed in selling it."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-08-08
The Evening Star Newspaper Company

MAR once: 18th St. and Pennsylvania Ave.
New York once: ITO East 42nd st.
Chicago Office: 435 North Michigan Ave.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-08-08
Prevented,

Have you ever tried to convince the
public that your unself1sh patriotism
has cost you many pecuniary sacrifices?"
mo" answered Senator Sorghum:
you see some of my most influential
constituents are cool f1nanciers who
would have no faith in a man with such
unbusinesslike methods"
If your neighbor offends you," said
Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown, "be
thankful you can manage your quarrel
within a city block instead of having to
70 across the ocean,"