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The times-news., 1938-11-11
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t,rujrd a lovely Arts and
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h. Yesterday sponsored by
b., district chairman of art,
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. Oh: IN" AShevil'e cubs.
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The times-news., 1938-11-11
MISS BANE B. IDE OF
HERMAN HAWKINS, JR.

Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde II. Bane
have announced the marriage of
their daughter, illic Louise, to
MIR. Herman +. Hawkins, Jr.. at
Elcvard on November :.
Mr.. Haw kins l.; the son of Mr..
and Mrs. H. B. Hawkins. of Shaws
Creek. He is connected with the
Rcll Telephone company, in .Ashr.
vile.
For the present the couple Will
reside with the brides parents at
TAP Sixth avenue west.
Evening star., 1938-02-10
Favors Income Tax az
Equitable for District

70 the Editor Of The star:
Kindly grant me space to express my
hearty approval Of the actions Of the SUBJ
committee handling tax matters pertain
Ing to the District Of Columbia.
Their decision in recommending IN Ia.
come tax for the District Of Columbia vas
wise and sane choice. It ID the most
popular and equitable tax that could be
encated into law. The income tax ex-
GELS the sales tax In many ways. I note
that some members OF Congress are op-
posing the income tax because it hits
their own pocketbooks I think most Of
those members who are opposing same
will contribute their own share without 4
murmur. I think all employees of the Fed
eral and District governments, earning in
comes from funds appropriated for the
expenses Of the Government, should be
compelled to pay the income tax and all
other taxes to which they are liable.
also advocate that Congress enact
legislation making it obligatory that DO
Icenen and firemen be required to live
in the District Of Columbia. Also think
school teachers, janitors and other en-
ployes Of the public schools should be
subject to the same restrictions a. to
residence.
Also Congress should legislate to pro-
hibit husbands and wives being employed
under the Federal and District Govern
ments in justice to the vast number Of
unemployed. HENRY r. ASH.
Evening star., 1938-02-10

document - expansive - the Declara.
ton Of Independence. The whole Gut
tenberg Bible might be represented In .
reel diminutive enough to At into .
mans coat pocket. No argument Is re-
quired to show the convenience to
scholars engaged In research enterprise.
On payment Of the actual costs Of the
work any individual anywhere soon may
obtain from the Library an accurate
facsimile Of any page Of any character
1t may have in its possession. The
Foundation, therefore, may be said to
have democratized the Library. It has
earned the gratitude Of q universal
public by providing money which, in
application, will bring the facilities Of
the Library within the reach Of every
person who may wish to profit by them.
Congress. the several departments Of the
Federal Government. the courts, the
State legislatures, municipal officials,
universities, colleges, schools of all
grades, business Arms, other libraries,
all will be advantaged by as notable 4
philanthropy as current history chron-
icles. washington Joins with the entire
Nation in appreciation to the Rookie
Teller family.
Evening star., 1938-02-10
Why Have a Storage Plan
With Nothing to Store?
70 the Dditor Of The Star:

10 Lh0 0olt0r OF Inc DCAr.
In regard to the farm bill and the COM
ments OF Senators published In The Eve.
ming Star, especially where Senator O'Ma-
honey, Democrat. Of Wyoming, tells US:
1T Is perfectly absurd for Congress to
pass bill to reduce the surplus Of cot
ton. wheat, rice, tobacco and corn and at
the same time to permit increases in
other commodities not in the program. It
will do no good to reduce some crops II
We create more meat and milk"
What use have We for the reactionary
Egyptian scheme Of crop storage II We
are not to have surplus crops? What
advantage is to be gained, supposing Mr..
Wallace to be able to keep those over
abundant supplies eatable and fresh?
As at present we have a storage and au-
tomato distributing system that is SUI
perior to anything Mr.. Wallace or the
Congress could invent but which was re-
tarded by the A. A. A. and has been over
thrown by Mr.. Roosevelt,s managed
money ideas imported from Europe,
which are as inferior As a dirt road COM
pared to a macadam highway. However,
since Mr.. Roosevelt has buried the ever
ready storage power Of the world, which
ne calls fetish, in the primary treas
ury or the dirt Of Kentucky, who can
blame Mr.. Wallace for introducing the
system Of Joseph to help Mr.. Roosevelt
unite agriculture, business and Govern
ment-A provision which the States for
got to insert in An article Of the national
Constitution ROBERT WHITE.
Evening star., 1938-02-10
STARS, MEN AND ATOMS
Notebook Of Science Progress in Field.
Laboratory and Study.
~ rHnAIe1 urupy
BY THOMAS R. HENRY.

ophyn formation, for example, proceeds
better under red light than blue. Two
narrow ranges, one red and the other
blue, have been found most effective for
carbon dioxide absorption, which Is
essential tn the manufacture by the
plant Of sugars and starches, the fuel
OF animal life. Stems grow long under
RED light and are greatly retarded under
blue light.
A good deal Of the sunlight seems to
have no specific function. Why not,
especially In greenhouses, make up a
mixture OF those wavelengths which have
been shown to have the greatest specific
activating effects? DR.. Johnston tried
out various mixtures in this way. The
experiments were made possible by a
rotating wheel device by means Of which
the amount and intensity Of various wave
bands could be varied almost at win and
the effects on the plant growth observed.
He found that health and vigor of
growth varied almost directly a. the
artificial light mixtures approached the
normal mixture Of sunshine and that
any accentuation Of q particular wave
band brought about an abnormal re-
sponse. BY progressively enriching his
light mixtures with blue, however, he
found that there was q measurable in
crease in the dry weights Of the plants
when harvested.
The problem can by no means be con-
sidered solved. he concludes. BY con-
tinuing experiments along similar lines,
he concludes, 1T may even be found that
plants can be grown normally under
greatly reduced intensities Of light, pro-
Iding . proper proportion between the
intensities Of its component wavelengths
is worked out"
Evening star., 1938-02-10
Another Rockefeller Gift.

Announcement OF 4 further contribu-
ton of the Rockefeller Foundation to
the extension Of the services of the
Library Of Congress has been authorized
by DR.. Herbert Putnam. The exact
amount of the gift is not disclosed, yet
It is known to be sufhcient to provide
apparatus which will make possible a
tremendous advance in the practical
utility Of "the largest institution of It's
kind in the world"
It happens that during the past few
years new machines and new methods
have been developed for copying books,
manuscripts and other photographic
material. Science has perfected photo
graphic technique for the reproduction
Of printed or hand-written text on Aims
small In size but subject to enlargement
q desired without great expense. A
scrap Of celluloid no larger than = post
~ scamp may be . transcript oe Q
Evening star., 1938-02-10
Crop Control.

The administrator crop control bill.
dealing with five staple crops particularly,
cotton, wheat, corn, tobacco and rice,
faces only one more hurdle-senate
agreement to the conference report. BY
a vote Of 2e3 to l35, the House yesterday
approved the conference measure. Pre-
sumably, the Senate will also give It's ap-
proval.
The bill is the administration answer
to demands for an lever normal granary."
It is the hope Of those sponsoring the
measure that it will effectually prevent
disastrous surpluses. which in the past
have forced down prices paid to the
farmers. The Secretary Of Agriculture is
given both great power and great respon-
sibility in the administration Of the act.
He must estimate normal needs and fix
estimated carry-overs. He must divide
among the farmers Of the Nation the
estimated proper acreage allotments and
later fix marketing quotas If the yield
appears likely to be disproportionatel
large. Here is job that will require
almost superhuman talents, and q Job
that will require, it seems, an army Of
agents to enforce.
p One check is placed upon the final
DEGREES Of the Secretary Of Agriculture
q referendum in which the farmers will
cast their votes. TO make the dictum Of
the Secretary stick, two-thirds Of the
farmers voting must agres.
% ths country turns Aom ~ soalsa.
Evening star., 1938-02-10
Approves Superhighways
Construction PrODOsal
10 the Editor Of The Star:

10 the Editor Of The Star:
Glanced to read an article in The Star
Of February 5 concerning "superhigh-
ways note that Senator Bulkley Of
Ohio intends to introduce bill authoriz-
Ing the construction Of such system Of
roads In the United States.
But wonder If it would not be possible
to give this proposition 4 little more
publicity. think the idea, by far, the
most sane and most desirable Of any I
have seen or heard Of In recent months.
I am Of the opinion that the American
people are willing to pay 4 reasonable
price for any value received. This plan,
as understand 1t, does give something
IN exchange for the tax or toll We would
be asked to pay.
The amount Of employment 1t would
make Is almost beyond comprehension.
JAMES j. BROOKS.
Evening star., 1938-02-10
Information on Specific
Income Tax Case Asked

70 the Editor Of The Star:
The writer for your income tax column
would no doubt appreciate having spe-
cifc cases to answer 50 Is to actually help
the most people.
Here is one that have been asked at
least dozen times.
A man is married and has q salary
1880. He receives rent from q small
piece Of property that he owns, amount
ing to $50 per month, or $500, or 4 total
Of $2,400, which under the present in
come tax law makes 1t unnecessary for
him to file return. But during the year
he receives from the settling of an estate
the sum Of $500 or now total of $2,700
and so he must make out tax return.
Just how Is that return made out?
viii your expert please answer this
through your column for the benefit Of
all? MARTIN HUNTLEY.
Evening star., 1938-02-10
Wooden.faced youngsters.

Why7
You re thsm everywhere. The young
man never moves . muscle when he is
praised or blamed.
The young woman leans on her elbow
in the best movie tradition, gazing in
tentlS into eyes for minutes on end, her
face an absolute blank.
They imagine they are very Smooth"
and they are: they have been smoothed
out by psychology.
Their expression is their defense
against that pseudo-science which II
noteworthy not for what 1t Is but for
what 1t has done to nation.
It has put over" some Of the most
absurd ideas ever to arise In the mind
Of man.
Especially 1t has succeeded in making
many persons, and all Of the young, think
that any honest emotion necessarily
means something else than what 1t seems
to be.
Thus the only way is not to show any
emotion.
The only way not to show any Is to
keep 4 perfectly blank face, far more
wooden than the old-time Indians ever
thought necessary.
These modern Indians are determined
not to give themselves away.
They are wise in their day. perhaps.
Not for them the glow OF pleasure 1T
good news, or horror struck countenance
at bad.
They live in 4 world in which every
against them, II they dare let others see
u,ha$ THAI, 11U th{NL
Few older people realize how far down
cholosy have struck
Nothing that one likes, but It shows"
something or other. generally evil.
One does not dare express 4 liking for
the color. yellow. for that shows some
thing quite horrible.
One might gladly declare 4 new book
prejudiced and unfair. but to do 80
would brand one Immediately as that
super criminal Of the ages, Victorian,
or, even worse, Puritan.
These youngsters live in q world peo-
pied by dragons Of new sort.
These strange beasts are ideas, other
peoples ideas Of what the things humans
do and say mean"
In the old days. Of course, there were
such ideas, but mostly they were Gagged
in dream books that most sensible per-
sons looked upon as 50 much stuff and
nonsense.
Nowadays these books. in another form.
have the imprint Of great universities.
and great professoriAl names on their
covers.
Dreams mean some pretty terrible
things, nowadays.
The most innocent dream allows the
students Of this sort Of thing to put the
dreamer down as a monster, or would
be monster.
Naturally, the wise persons doesn't 90
Around telling his dreams any more
The wise young person. going 4 step
farther, As youth always has gone Ap-
plies the same defense to everyday life.
He has 4 set expression, which alloys
no one, especially his comrades, to put
any Interpretation on him.
His mouth Is lined With wise cracks"
Evening star., 1938-02-10
THIS AND THAT
~ CHARLES Z. TRACEHELL.

ready to be shot forth On the instant, a.
Z second line Of defense against the pos-
sible land teareO psychological attack.
Let US stop to consider this brave young
phenomenon before 1t 10 too late, for he
IL only a passing phase Of humanity.
Men will not continue to live long
under the psychological blight.
Some brave person, someday, Is to
Assume the armor Of brave st. George.
and 60 fitting. with success against the
false ideas which have worried them all
20 long.
Until that day, however, he and his
mates must fight not only the real evils
Of this world, but the evils We know not
Of"
These evils are the creation Of a group
Of men.
Like mental Frankensteins they have
grown 30 that few persons dare call them
false, or assert their non n-materiality or
on-intellectuality.
They have all the seeming Of demon
that is dreaming, to use the words Of Poe,
who seems to have been, bAsically, far
ahead OF his times.
He was Just At the beginning Of it, evil
IDENTIFY. He wrote Of q dream within q
dream. It remained for later men to try
to explain the inner dream in terms Of
the outer
Today We have the evil effects before
us.
We dare not express our plain Joy in
anything, for fear We will give oursef
away"
II We like anything. We run a erave
risk. evidently. II We say 80. Some smart
aleck who has read few books will pop
up to call US names.
- -
The good We do doesn't exist at all:
the evil We do lives not only after US, but
risht With US. according to the psycholo-
s1sts, whose ideas youth has Assimilated
hook, line and snker.
We cannot criticise q book We think
rotten. because, II we do. We give away
to the wise ones the hidden desire on
our part to do something inexpressible.
Thus evil persons, plainly enough. have
managed to put premium on their dirt
and smut and woe be any honest person
who dares to say them nay.
The world dare not crusade against
anything wrong. because If its people do,
they Immediately show themselves pos
sessed OF far worse evils. according to the
theories. than those they are fighting
against
The whole thing works itself out,
whether Intentionally or unintentionally,
to 4 covert attack OF real forces Of evil
against the forces Of good.
Don't you dare say anything" jeers
the evil spirit Of the age. "or We will call
you far worse names than you call us!"
4
So youth. and a great many others,
seem intimidated.
The wooden face. the lack of seeming
respect for moral and ethical ideas. the
mad desire for motion In music, and ex-
perience at any price
What are these but efforts to combat
an evil propaganda abounding with
clever ideas, but which in time will be
found. one may believe, as false As many
other ideas Of the past. which for a time
swept all before them. but at last were
shown to be essentially untrue.
Let US oldsters envy. just q little, the
battalions Of the wooden faced, but pity
them more.
Evening star., 1938-02-10
A View of the World
From an Up.to.Date Map

With copy Of the Map Of the World
before you. you can see the world at .
glance and get better understanding Of
the news dispatches about world affairs
A brief study Of this map and Of the
commercial and geographic data printed
on the reverse side will convince the
average person how little he really knows
about the world. Keep abreast Of the
times. Order you copy Of this up-to-date
map, which Is 81 by 28 inches In size
and 10 printed in fve colors on durable
paper. Ten cents postpaid.
Evening star., 1938-02-10

tary curtailment Of crops to compulsory
curtAilment. when necessary. At the same
time. the new measure continues the
payment Of benefits to those farmers who
comply With the allotment plan. The
bill continues also the operations Of the
present "soil conservation" law, With it,
payment Of benefits to the farmers who
follow the soil conservation and soil
building practices approved by the DE-
partment Of Agriculture.
Opponents Of the new crop control bill
predict that when once these operations
get under way, the farmers Themselves
Will be the first to become uneasy and
later disgruntled. Never, they say, has
regimentation on such 4 scale been un-
dertaken. The supporters Of the plan,
on the other hand, maintain that only
by such measures of control can the
farmers hope for stable crops and stable
marketing. They insist that the old meth
DDS Of each man for himself are outworn
and have proved their failure many times
over.
The problems ahead Of the DEPART
ment Of Agriculture, not to mention the
farmers themselves, are considerable.
Months ahead Of crop production the
estimates and the allotments must be
made. Weather, with its drouehts and
its floods, is scarcely predictable. How.
ever, the advocates Of the program hope
that the carry-over Of more or less fixed
surpluses will make the plan work, and
that the abundant years will balance the
lean years.
What the farmer will do with his land
that is not permitted for production Of
certain crops is 4 question that neees-
sarily becomes 4 serious problem. Shall
farmer who is not permitted to grow
wheat or cotton turn to producing more
milk and butter. or more potatoes, for
example? It is not long since the coun-
try was given denomination Of what
may occur under such conditions. The
old potato control act was invoked ia
meet such situation. The farmers in
one section of the country who had been
accustomed to supplying the markets
with potatoes found that those who had
been growing cotton or wheat were cut
ting into the markets with a new supply
Of potatoes.
There is also the ultimate consumer to
be considered. II prices Of foods increase,
the consumer Is vitality affected. The
people must eat. If they eat less, so
much the worse for the consumer and
eventually for the producer.
The Department Of Agriculture is ex-
pected to care for the consumers in
terests ss well Is for those Of the farmer
to keep the whole in balance. It is a huge
governmental machinery which the new
crop control bill undertakes to set up,
not only huge but complicated. The proof
Of the pudding is always in the eating,
and the country will follow this latest
experiment with interest and also with
ANXIETY
Evening star., 1938-02-10
Two.Job Holders Reduce
Chances of UnemplOved

TO the Editor Of The Star:
read with interest the letter Of H.
Black in The Evening Star and agree
that holders Of double Jobs increase un-
employment.
No matter in what business ONCE one
may 80 signs on the desk announce that
Mrs. So and 80 occupies the chair. How
many women work in Government ofhces
who have no need to do 50?
There is 4 lot Of talk about unemploy-
nent and yet nothing is done to replace
well supported married women who work
in onices, shops and stores with needy
unemployed. These married women take
the bread and butter away from many
4 man and his family
have been unemployed for nearly
year and when give my age (3D I'm
considered too old to work. Married
women, no matter what ate. can get
Job. Is 1t not about time that something
is done to correct this situation?
JOHN SMITH.
Evening star., 1938-02-10
Law Enforcement AZ Well
As Legislation Is Needed

10 the Editor Of The star:
In your Sunday Star P. H. James calls
attention to the January press release
Of the Department Of State in conf1rma-
ton Of Mr.. Mason's criticism Of alien
deportation legislation breakdown by the
present Secretary Of Labor and the great
need Of Congress passing bills introduced
by Senator Reynolds and Representative
Starnes and defeating the Labor De-
partment's very Objectionable Kerr
Coolidge bill because it would only deport
aliens hereafter convicted OF crime in
volving moral turpitude" and confer on
the Secretary Of Labor discretions even
to nulhfy that inadequate law!
The attitude of the present Secretary
OF Labor is amazing. She readmitted de-
ported anarchists such rs Emma Gold
man, Will Muesenberg, Henri BarbusSe
and their like, under misused and abused
discretion known a. the ninth proviSo.
Although immigrant inspectors report
and the sworn allegations Of United
States citizens show that the alien Red
Bridges who directs strikes involving the
use Of force and violence to overthrow
law, order and local government, she de-
liberately refuses to start deportation pro-
ceedings against Bridges and is allowing
time to run along until he can be nat
uralized in May, just as she has stayed"
the deportations without authority Of law
of thousands OF alien law breakers until
their residence" here has run into the
seven-year residence period necessary for
her seventh proviso discretion. She even
releases from her custody" deportable
alien perjurers, forgers. embeszlers, bigA-
rniata And ttA lkA V,ifl, lAftnra aAArnasAA
to Canadian immigration ofhciAls, in Or
der to avoid their deportation, which
would prevent under the laws Of 1920
and 1882 their readmission for at least
one year. All this was recently developed
before the House Appropriations Com
mittee. What Is needed Is not only more
legislation but some kind Of decent law
enforcement. p. AMES.
Evening star., 1938-02-10

Any one who honestly confesses the
Star spaneled Banner" is hard on the
upper register, can turn over 4 few pages
and find John Philip Sousa's "stars and
Stripes Forever"