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Evening star., 1938-01-28
Jolly Polly
A Little Chat on English.
BY JOS. J. FRISCH.

N. q. il can't help smiling" is
the preferred form. 50 also We say,
Il can't help thinking that this Is the
right way" not Il can't help but think
that this Is the right way" IT can't
help laughing every time Jim opens
his mouth" not II can't help but
laugh"
Send . return envelope tor The leaf
II sWas and War.
Evening star., 1938-01-28
Brain Twizzlers
BY PROF. J. d. FLINT.

01 uOTs d d. TLINI.
MANY problems seem 70 be based
upon the life problems OF the
poor old hen. Such ancient worries
IS which came first, the chicken or
the egg; why does . hen cross the
road, ETC., etc. Then, too. we have
maxims based on the same sort Of
thing. Among these are Don't put
all your eggs in one basket" etc.
There are also several problems about
hens and half-heps, eggs and hail.
eggs. Here's Z new Twizsler On that
subject: II . hen and . halt lay
IA egg and Q halt IN . day and :
Evening star., 1938-01-28
Page Of Will Sought. =
BY NORMAN MARSH

What to do with the $270, 900 will Of
James A. Davidson, late councillor Of
Lourencekirk, Scotland, Is puzxling Of
ficials because the first page Is missing.
Legal proceedings may be necessary
to establish its validity. The missing
page may mean that st. Andrews Uni
versity will receive 4150,000. Men,
ton Is made in another part Of the
document Of . fund to be used for
local educational purposes. The resi-
due Of the estate is bequeathed to the
university, and Kincardine County
Council has instructed its clerk to
communicate with the University
Court
Evening star., 1938-02-14
Orchestra Camnaign.

It is the duty of a people to protect
their cultural standards. That principle,
so well established, ought not to need
argument. 1t happens; however, that it
constantly requires reaf1rmation, espe-
cially in periods of transition and change.
AT the present moment, perhaps as never
before in century, there is particular
danger to the arts-music not excluded.
The beVilderment of the public mind
which is characteristic of economic and
social disorder furnishes opportunity for
forces eager to invade tradition. In the
name Of esthetic freedom, apostles of
revolutionary experimentation take full
advantage Of every chance to break down
the barriers which in normal times de-
fend artistic values developed through
generations of creative effort and appre-
citation. The result is anarchy, requiring
decades for correction.
Americans are familiar with the tragic
experience of other countries. They
know the sorry fate Of culture in Russia,
In Germany and in the world at large
wherever poverty or coercion has driven
artists into the service OF autocracy or
the so-called "class war" A similar
catastrophe in the United States must
be avoided at any cost.
The annual campaign to raise funds
for the National Symphony Orchestra
soon will begin. It will appeal to diff
ferent citizens in different ways. But
most notably it should stir the patriot
ism Of all who love America and enter
tain affection for its Capital. Here in
Washington, If nowhere else. great and
Evening star., 1938-02-14
Recreation System Suffers
From REORGANIZATION
To the Editor OF The Star:

To the Editor OF The Star:
Your recent editorial on the recreation
problem in the District of Columbia was
most timely. Unless we are to assume
that mere change is progress, the pro-
posed transfer of certain funds from the
Department Of Fairgrounds to the Com
munlty Center Department aggravates
rather than solves this problem. All in
VeStlgationS of D. C. recreation have
pointed directly to coordination as a
minimum essential. Largely because of
a threefold system of control, the Capt.
tai City pays more and receives less from
Its annual investment In recreation than
any city of similar size in America
OVerorganlzed at the top with duplicat-
ing agencies which serve limited Glen
tele. too small proportion of the tax
dollar Is spent directly for recreation.
In sharp contrast to the school staff,
recreation workers perform voluntary
service or toll for pittance at discrimi-
natory wages in certain departments.
In addition, the fee system operates to
eliminate only those individuals who are
most in need of recreation.
The exigencies of modern life have
made all citizens members of the leisure
class. Within two decades we have
evolved from 10-hour day to a 3O-hour
work week. In line with this growth a
comprehensive program of recreation is
least OF all schedule of competitive
athletics. Neither is it just an extension
OF the physical education program of
the schools. Recreation encompasses
every activity that is engaged in for its
own sake. It embraces, alike, activities
for the old and the young, the rich and
the poor, the sick and the well, the bond
and the free.
To discover and administer these va
rious needs effectively the bulk of the
recreation leadership must be concen-
trated in the local communities rather
than in the Office building. Co-ordina-
ton will tend to shift professional rec
reation service to the places where it is
needed; it will raise the standard of pro-
1esslonal service and check the spread of
the fee and lease system out of which has
evolved a mass of discriminatory prac-
tlceS. T. j. ANDERSON.
Evening star., 1938-02-14
Tolerance and Intolerance
Recorded Through Ages
To the Editor Of The Star:

To the Editor Of The Star:
"Cuius regio, ejus religio." 1.-THE rulers
religion shall be the peoples religion"
This was, in substance, the policy Of the
German princes after Luther nom
conformists were tolerated. This is also
Fuehrer Hitler's idea-but no liberation.
See the Niemoeller trial.
The conflict between spiritual and
temporal authority is old. King Ahab-
egged on by good Queen Jezebel-brought
IN Baals priests and chased the Lords
prophets into the wilderness. In i'm
perial Rome Augustus Caesar was also
pontifex maximus (high priest). State
and worship were one. An offender
against the accepted religion was also
a traitor to the state. Therefore the
persecution Of the early Christians. In
the days Of the Arab dominion, extend
ing from the Euphrates to the Ebro, the
Khalif of Bagdad, was also the guardian
OF the faith. Islam was the country's
religion, but non-believers were suffered.
In the European kingdoms Of the mid
die ages Germany, France, England) !,
different system prevailed. The church
was under the protection of the state,
but 1t had an organization of its own,
controlled by an international author
ity-the Roman bishop Pope). The
lines were apparently not strictly drawn,
and there were everlasting quarrels be-
tween the temporal power-mostly con-
corning appointments and, of course,
money. Bismarck, back in the 10Th
century, revived the contention, but, due
TO the strong Catholic party in the
Reichstag, he got no results In Eng
Anf cf ri
by Parliament, confirmed the Church of
England in its privileges, but granted
absolute liberation to other Protestant
oodleS. There was still deep-seated
anti-Catholic prejudice, partly religious.
partly political fear of French influ-
ence)-and so their disabilities re-
manned until much later 1920.
The divinity that hedges In kings"
did much to complicate matters. Being
endowed with celestial attributes, they
naturally wanted to assert themselves in
spiritual matters. The ruler in Far
Eastern countries is "the Son of Heaven" !"
The German realm of the middle ages
was "the Holy Roman Empire" ruled by
the Emperors most sacred majesty"
Henry VIII Of England was defender
of the faith" (before he and the Pope
fell OUT. The Bourbon King of France
was "the most Christian King" but at
times he worked hand in glove with the
"paynim' Turk. And the Emperor of
Austria was His Apostolic Majesty"
The fathers of this Republic-influ-
enced by the French philosophic thought
OF their time-did the proper thing. In
writing the Constitution they said. in
substance: No Government ue-up with
religion in any shape or form. Hitler
can't see it, my beliefs shall be my peo-
pies beliefs. Sic volo sic jubeo. Such is
my will Government by will power.
FRED VETTER.
Evening star., 1938-02-14
THIS AND THAT
BY'cHARLEs 3. TRAcEWELL.

Stormy weather." said the song.
Keeps rainin' all the time"
But the song wasn't true for that beau-
tiful Thursday, was it2
Birds sang in the trees. as they felt
the ever-mounting warmness
Bright yellow fowerets Of the for
sythia sprang into being.
Crocus. purple and yellow, bloomed
overnight. ,~
Even the grass had greener look to
1t, that fine spring day in February.
No matter what the veather was to
be later, this day was what has been
called a "red letter" day.
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Memorable weather.
Mans memory Is shorter in nothing
than what he calls the weather.
Every time 1t SHOWS he thinks 1t the
deepest snow.
If there is an unusual rainfall, he
thinks 1t the heaviest rain of his ex-
perience.
No summer is as hot as the last one,
few winters as cold as q cold one. any
cold one.
Memory has few landmarks, when it
comes to subject as big as the weather.
Let the temperature go up into the
7Os. and every one begins to grow hot
under the collar at this time of year.
We forget that even the slenderest
persons build up an extra layer Of fat
for cold weather.
We remember book we have read, a
song we have heard-x
Why not beautiful day We have en-
joyed?
Most of us do, without stopping to
think about 1t.
Stopping to think about it, now and
then, helps keep it in mind, so that the
next time we have a fine day we will
have some way to compare it,,
A warm day in midWinter seems a
better day than usual to a great many
people.
Men are seen standing outside their
shops, on such a morning, as they were
that morning.. whereas on chilly days
they go inside at once.
More open" We call 1t, and it Is the
truth.
Doors and windows are more open,
and let us hope the minds and hearts
of men.
Minds and hearts have doors, too. It
may be that they are kept tighter shut, in
many cases, than they should.
Anything. an idea, or the weather,
which tends to open too long shut doors,
and let sunshine in. whether mental or
physical, is very much worthwhile.
That is why an April day in February
means more than just temperature.
1t means the loosening of too much
bundling
The flowers and shrubs feel the influ-
ence, push aside their blankets of earth
and bark. and burst forth:
Too trusting. perhaps, but it is lust
as well; they are in the hands of great
forces Of which they know nothing; per-
haps We are equally as unprotected
against the same forces. We NAV not
Evening star., 1938-02-14

chase naval expansion with . pledge Of
isolation, and does intend to pursue at
tempts to cooperate with those gov
ernments which desire peace for the
protection Of common interests" and
the attainment Of common objectives." !"
The extent Of this cooperation must
be determined in the future, as in the
past, however. by the lengths to which
the people of the country are willing
to 60. There is certainly no disposition
on the part of the administration to
lead the country into war, but If war be
the inevitable consequence OF a policy of
cooperation of which the Nation has
approved, the administration wishes to
be prepared to assume its responsible
tiles.
The Hull letter should reassure the
. opponents of naval expansion by its
denial of the intention to use the larger
navy aggressively, while at the same
time making it clear that there is no
return to isolation. and that the United
States Government expects to assume a
position in world affairs commensurate
to its interests therein.
A more fortnight statement of policy
would be impossible in the present un-
certainties in international relations.
Evening star., 1938-02-14
Confusion in Coal.

The action on Friday of the United
States Court of Appeals in enjoining the
National Bituminous Coal Commission
from applying its minimum price scale to
some 2l3 consumers and producers ap-
parently leaves the commission in posi-
ton where it must suspend operation Of
the entire schedule until the procedural
complaint has been adjusted. Only con-
fusion in a condition already badly
scrambled could result from enforcement
OF the recently promulgated scale against
one group while another rested under
protection of the court.
In any event, this latest DEVELOPMENT
insures further delay in the working of a
law which, In the wisdom of Congress.
was intended to bring relief to a dis
ordered industry. That such delay should
arise out of firm differences of opinion
over whether or not hearings are manda-
tory before promulgation of price sched-
ules would seem to leave the RESPONSE
bility on Congress for carelessly wording
its legislation.
With 10000 prices to set and the tax
provisions of the act already in effect,
the commission sought to avoid further
"interminable" delay by interpreting the
law to require no general hearings. In
stead. after establishing the price sched-
ule, they invited complainants to Wash
ington this week for open debate on the
validity of the procedure followed.
In the opinion OF the court such inter-
probation and procedure is at least open
to question.
Somewhat ironic it is, incidentally.
that the court opinion thus questioning
the reasoning of a major New Deal
agency was handed down by three New
Deal appointees.
Evening star., 1938-02-14
Thinks War Is Planned
To Sidetrack Public Mind

To the Editor of The Star:
\"Paciflsts Accuse Roosevelt of Pre-
pairing U. s. for War; reads one head
line.
Certainly he is preparing us for war,
and it can hardly be believed that he is
preparing us for war of defense, as it
is beyond the widest imagination to
suspect that any power regardless of
how hot-headed its ruler may be, would
attempt to attack this Nation amply
protected by its present fleet, and fur
ther blessed by the fact that two oceans,
vast in extent, lie between us and would
be attackers
No, we are not in danger of attack
from some foreign source. nor is it con-
ceivable that we will be in this genera
ton.
Well then, you ask, why are we being
prepared for war?
I think the answer to that is quite
clear
From time immemorial it has been
the custom of rulers and those in power
to use war as means of diversion OF
their subjects minds from a state of
chaos at home.
MIR. Roosevelts house of cards, fabri-
Gated from the wild dreams and theories
of crack-pot visionaries, is tumbling.
Business has been virtually paralyzed by
excessive taxation, lop-sided labor legis-
lation and myriad, throttling regula-
tionS, while the farmer, the worker and
the man in the street struggle through
a fog Of uncertainty, wondering, What
next?"
The President, having run out OF
fantastic theories, and being too Stub
born to admit the failure Of his expert
ments," which admission would remove
the great fog Of uncertainty, has but one
means left whereby he can divert the
minds of the people from the chaos of
his making. That means is war.
Mel. SMITH.
Evening star., 1938-02-14

know as much - We think we do, as
creatures; we may only protest more
in the face Of q great nature which an
swers nothing, and for q very good rea-
son: We arc the only mouthpiece she
has! And such a mouthpiece. clamor-
ing for peace when we rush to war, de-
manding ever-increasing legal speeds
for automobiles when everybody already
runs at those speeds, believing for pur-
poses which we assert loudly for fear
some one will contradict us.
Such Is mans history, on this earth
which throws Us a spring day In mid
winter, as II to calm us down for q few
seconds.
1t is pleasant to have the birds make
music all the day. for they are closer
to universal nature than we are. They
know what they are about. 1t Is still
open to question whether man does.
Warm Thursday is worth remember
ing.
No matter what the weather is now,
or will be, it showed us what real
spring will be, some days from now.
All persons interested in their yards
and lawns should resist the temptation
to make garden, as some call 1t.
One swallow, the old saying had it,
does not make summer Of swallows.
One fine day in February does not
make spring in any sense.
1t was too early to rake and plant.
No one should think of such tasks just
because the day is warm in February.
The thing to do Is to enjoy the day. II
garden thoughts are stirred, let them
remain thoughts. There are plenty Of
plans and decisions to make, for even
the smallest yard
ures, far worse than roses which do not
bloom, or phlox which gets mildew, is
the refusal to make any necessary
changes.
There are old plants and shrubs which
should be dug up and thrown away
There are hedges which ought to come
down, or ones which ought to 60 up.
4 There are decisions to make as to
which of this seasons novelties" one
will try. keeping we'll in mind that all
of them probably will not be as sue
cesslul In ones own garden as they
sound on paper.
- 4 II
AAo euJoyMcIIt Ol very WARM Gay
in winter depends largely upon leisure.
1t is spent best in the outdoors, but
those who cannot do this all day long
yet may do it for part of the time, if no
more than on the way to work and back
again.
There are many things to be seen in
the face of nature by people who are
not too busy thinking about artificial
things.
Fortunately warm day at this time
OF year takes great many people "out
OF themselves as the saying is, and
onto the BIRDS the shrubs. the grass, the
small tips shooting from the earth.
These are all gains. They are something
added to what we have. which, accord
ing to the old song. makes just a little
bit more.
Evening star., 1938-02-14
Secretary Hull Clarifies.

One of the clearest-cut declarations of
what American foreign policy is to be
was made to Representative Ludlow by
Secretary of State Hull in reply to the
formers letter containing the double in
quiry whether the ships provided for in
the new naval program are necessary for
the defense Of American territory, and
whether this program contemplates CO.
operation with any other nation in any
part Of the world.
Secretary Hull's reply to the first ques-
tion, that the requested warships are
actually needed for the stated purpose,
was to be expected, but the answer to
the second was welcome elaboration of
the aims set forth by the Secretary Of
State in previous utterances.
After denying that any of the proposed
units would be used in cooperation with
any other nation in any part of the world
and renouncing extreme International
ism, with its political entanglements, and.
on the other hand, extreme isolation,
with Its tendency to cause other nations
to believe that this Nation is more or
less afraid" Mr.. Hull added that ut is
appropriate and advisable, when this and
other countries have common interests
and common objectives, for this Govern
ment to exchange information with gov
ernments of such countries. to confer
with those governments, and. where prac-
ticabie. to proceed on parallel lines. but
reserving always the fullest freedom Of
Judgment and right Of independence Of
action"
The implication is clear that the ad-
ministration-while stunning alliances
and definite commitments for blanket
enforcement Of law and order throush-
out the world. does not intend 10 pur-
Evening star., 1938-02-14

noble music should be safe. DR.. Hans
Kindler's organization has become an
institution Of the Federal Citys life. It
merits the sustenance 1t asks. Even to
those who never attend Its concerts 1t
is helpful and useful. It ought not to
be obliged to beg. The people of the
District of Columbia should be glad to
assist its progress toward still higher
achievement than that of the past half
dozen years.
Evening star., 1938-02-14

Indiana has contributed many clever
fancies to Americas literary life, but
the seasons book market runs into
higher figures than used to prevail
for an idle laugh or sympathetic tear.
Yet men who write for the simple Joy of
expression have always been with us
and will still be heard from various por-
tions of the map
Evening star., 1938-02-14
Shooting Stars.

BY PHnANDER JOHNSON.
Dreamers.
Under the snow
Violets dream;
Gently and slow
The sun casts his gleam.
Flow'rs will awake
In the bright spring,
A picture to make
For birds as they sing.
Waiting a sky,
Shining and blue;
Clouds as they fly
Bring rainbows anew.
How glad they will seem
In April's new glow!
Violets dream
Under the snow.
Evening star., 1938-02-14
Japan Makes Her Choice.

Japan has chosen. She invites a re-
newal of naval competition. with its
irnmeasurable costliness and equally in
calculable perils to peace. That is, of
course. not stated in so many words IN
the note declining information about
Japanese battleship building plans but
1t was implicit, in the United States re-
quest for the facts, that if these we're
withheld. or in the absence of other re-
assurances. this country and its co-signa-
tories Of the London pact of 1886 would
proceed forthwith to reconsider the sit
uation provoked by Tokios secretiveness.
1t is true that, while refusing to lay
her naval construction cards on the
table. Japan voices readiness to confer
afreSh on limitation. In light of her
undiminished resolve to obtain parity,
respectively, with the British and Ameri-
can fleets, and no longer to be bound
by the short end of the 5-5-3 ratio,
which she accepted at Washington in
1922 and reaccepted on a 10-lO-7 basis
at London in 1880, renewed conference
would be condemned in advance to fu-
tilty. The Toxic note suggests willing
ness to consider "quantitative' limita-
ton that would result in "a fair and
equitable manner of disarmament. !"
Stripped OF diplomatic euphony, that
means that the Japanese continue to in
sist upon a common upper limit" for the
worlds three strongest navies. It means
that Nippon would only consider fair
and equitable" treaty which author
lied her to build up to the British and
American levels, or compelled the Eng
ish-shooting" fleets to reduce their
present establishments to the japanese
level. What Toxic in effect says is: I'VE
demand either a 5-5-5 or a 3-3-3 ratio"
Neither of those ratios is acceptable to
Great Britain and the United States. AS
long as Japan indicates that they are
her irreducible minimum as a basis for
conference" further discussion would
be loves labor lost.
Japan's reply contends that the. i'm
perial government, always prompted by
the spirit of non-menace and non-ag-
gression, has no intention whatever of
possessing an armament which would
menace other countries" In light of
what has happened in and to China dur
ing the past seven months, the most
charitable comment on this diverting
passage in Mr.. Hirotas note is that 1t
explodes the theory that Japanese states
men lack sense of humor But there
Is no humor in the grim contingency
which Japan has now precipitated. It
forces the peace-craving democracies Of
the West, against their wishes, their bet
ter judgment and their economic inter-
ests, to face without delay the possibility
of cruelty unnecessary, substance sap
ping race in naval ornaments
They will embark upon it, if they must,
with reluctance, but with resolution
resolution bulwarked by the knowledge
that in contest of financial industrial
and political endurance, Japan has in
conceivably more to risk than Britain,
France and America The outcome will
never be in doubt.
Evening star., 1938-02-14
DISQUALIFIED.

From the Hamilton (Ohio) Journal.
Rumania is striving to become one of
those Fascist countries, but the principal
obstacle in the way seems to be that
Carol doesn't have the sort of chin that
goes with the job.
Evening star., 1938-02-14
Economic Excitement.

FROM the Los Angeles Times.
We can still extract some pleasure from
the modern economic system under
which we suffer many things. There is
q lot of excitement trying to make $25
a week suf1ce for $50-a-week living
expense.
Evening star., 1938-02-14

AS events go forward they appear to
impress the great nations with the belief
that course of conduct that is most
honorable may at the same time be the
least expensive.
Evening star., 1938-02-14
POst.Craduate Discoveries.

From the worcester Gazette.
Mr.. Ickes asserts that our colleges fail
to train students for citizenship. The
boys soon discover after graduation, how
ever that they can't forward the tax bills
on to father.
Evening star., 1938-02-14
Pill Foods.
From the Nashville Banner.

From the NASHVILLE Banner.
Food concentrated into "pills" holds
key to the superman, or so says science.
It's fearful to contemplate when .
dyspeptic discovers he's reached for .
pill and taken . seven-course dinner BY
mistaka