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Evening star., 1938-12-09
ItuIy's 'SudetenIund'

It does not escape the notice of
discerning students of contemporary
European developments that Italy's
demands for Tunisia, Corsica, Nice
and Savoy are accompanied by mani
festations bearing suspicious re-
semblance to the activities of Hitler
prior to the demand for the Sudeten
provinces of Czecho- -Slovakia.
Following last weeks outburst in
the Rome Chamber, which set off the
propaganda fireworks that have ex-
ploded throughout Italy ever since,
eliminating in anti-French demon
strations in Tunisia yesterday, the
Fascist press has famed with provoc-
ative headlines recording alleged
French outrages on Italians in the
North African colony in Corcisa and
even in French towns and cities. The
transparent intent is to incite Italy
to insist upon her right to Tunisia
and Corsica as the only means of
guaranteeing that men women and
children Of Italian blood" shall be
protected from brutal oppression"
by the foreign power" under which
they are living in "helpless sub
lection"
This is the Nazi technique in
Czecho-Slovakia all over again. It
was on the strength of such inven-
tions that Konrad Henlein was en-
couraged from Berlin to organize the
Germans resident in Sudeten prov
inces into militant bodies of protest,
which first demanded local autonomy
and finally clamored for annexation
to the Reich. Though Germany had
debatable basis for seeking restora-
ton of the areas assigned to the syn
thetic Prague republic at Versailles,
the Nazis' loudest lamentations were
pitched in the key of the abuses and
tndignities their blood brothers"
were said to be suffering. This is pre-
cisely the technique Mussolini is
pursuing in connection with Tunisia.
Meantime, while Marshal Balbo
masses troops on the Libyan-Tunis-
ian border. as part and parcel of
the Spontaneous" mon official"
anti-French agitation, and France is
taking necessary protective measures,
including police suppression of Ital-
ian riots in the city of Tunis, things
are moving on the European diplo-
matte front.
Won Ribbentrop's peace" visit to
Paris, coincident with the Italo-
French hare-up, is now said to have
Evening star., 1938-12-09
Believes Pedestrian Control
Il Unnecessary.


TO the Editor Of The Star:
I have enjoyed your editorial page
very much for many years past, and
commend your clear and forceful arti-
cles on vital questions. I never miss
going over that page, with all of its inter-
esting features. have been interested
in communications on the proposed law
to regulate pedestrians, and would add
my protest to 1t rs being unnecessary.
am . close observer of trafac in the
center Of the city and suburbs, and notice
the frequent long gaps when it is exas-
perating for pedestrian to wait for
change of lights before crossing streets.
This is especially so if this "holdup"
occurs near the close of bank hours, and
may lead to serious financial losses or to
much embarrassment If not more trouble
when letters vital to business are not
mailed or delivered in time. With apolo-
gies to Longfellow suggest that the
last verse Of "A Psalm Of Life" be
changed to bring 1t up to date, as follows:
Let us, then, be up and going,
With heart for any fate,
Still achieving, still go hiking,
Learn to dodge an auto or to wait!
G. T. A.
Evening star., 1938-12-09
Bid for Reform

Senator Byrnes Of South Carolina,
normally a strong administration
supporter, has taken a stand for a
reform in Americas spending policies
which should become one of the most
important considerations Of the next
Congress. Although directing his
remarks to governmental expend-
itures in general, Senator Byrnes had
particular reference to the relief
outlays.
Realizing that relief will be a
major problem in the immediate
future, Senator Byrnes is concerned
principally with placing its admin
istration on the soupdest possible
basis. He clearly indicated he does
not believe that is the case now when
he said: IT do not want the Govern
ment, as a permanent policy, an
nually to collect from the people
two billion or one billion dollars and
give that immense sum to the head
of any department to spend as he
pleaSes."
As an alternative, he would make
the disbursement of relief money the
direct responsibility of Congress, but
even with that he would erect safe
guards against waste resulting from
the application of pressure to men,
bers of the legislative body by their
constituents. Senator Byrnes stated
nothing more than an obvious truth
when he declared the time of Con.
gressmen now "is absorbed acting as
superintendents of employment
agencies and as glorified secretaries
Of Chambers of Commerce" To meet
that situation he would like to see
enactment Of legislation prohibiting
a Senator or Representative from
appealing to any executive depart
ments for jobs or funds for the folks
back home"
Such law, he estimates, would
result in saving $50O,OOO,00O next
year. From that viewpoint, and
because of the relief it would bring
to Congressman, such a statute
should be adopted. And of course,
If the supervision of relief expend-
1tures is to be vested in the Con-
gress-where 1t properly belongs
the need for such protective legisla-
ton would become all the more
imperative
Evening star., 1938-12-09
Shooting Stors
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Then and Now.

Then and Now.
Tousle-headed, freckle-faced, ordinary
Went to school with him. You know 1t
was his greatest Joy
To be lodging lessons. Very much like
all the rest.
Fished and went in swimming and was
very plainly dressed.
Everybody knows him we'll. Wears a
beaver hat,
Makes profound addresses now and then
on this and that;
Has manner most sedate and is, to tell
the truth,
The pride of the community-a model
for our youth.
But as look upon his face with we'll
remembering eyes,
I still discern likeness which the years
cannot disguise;
And still he seems, howeer his time he
chooses to employ,
That tousle-headed, freckle- faced, ordi-
nary boy!
Evening star., 1938-12-09
Root Memorial

The beautiful new auditorium Of
the Carnegie Institution will consti-
tute a fitting memorial for Elihu
Root. Inducted into service yester-
day, 1t is noble addition to the
architectural masterpieces of the
Nations Capital. The designer is
William Adams Delano and j. Monroe
Hewlett is the artist responsible for
the mural decorations Both deserve
the congratulations and the thanks
Of the whole public. Appreciation
also is due to DR.. John c. Merriam,
retiring president, and to w. Cameron
Forbes, chairman of the Board of
Trustees. They, like the actual
builders, helped to create a monu-
ment noble in itself and stimulating
in its connotations.
Mr.. Root was a Washingtonian
from 1899 to 1918. But the quarter
century which has passed since he
returned to New York to make his
home and to continue his work
under conditions of his own choosing
had dimmed his name. Successive
generations, possibly, might have
failed to remember his distinguished
services to his country, particularly
his labors for what Thomas Henry
Huxley wisely called organized
common sense"-science in all its
implications. The Carnegie Institu-
ton, however, has provided against
such risk. High over the stage Of
the new auditorium these words are
inscribed: ITO Elihu Root Whose
Vision, Wisdom and Devotion to the
Advancement Of knowledge Remain
a Source Of Inspiration"
Yesterdays audience, it seemed,
was conscious of participation in an
historic event. A new chapter in the
chronicle Of the Carnegie Institution
appeared to be opening. No speaker
said so, yet the suggestion was in
the air. With expanded facilities,
there was more than a hint of
promise Of tremendous activity in
years to come. DR.. Merriam has pre-
pared the way, and Elihu Root, his
immortality assured, should continue
to point the direction.
Evening star., 1938-12-09

been with view to making German
friendship advances more palatable
in Paris. Mussolini on his part is re-
ported to be urging Hitler to reas-
sure Italy in some spectacular form
that the Nazis back Fascist claims
on France. But Daladier is authori-
tatively represented as having re-
ceived assurance that the Reich will
never enter a war to help Italy take
Tunisia, which now contains $4,000
more French citizens, born or nat
uralized, than it does Italians, and
which Bismarck solemnly recognized
as a French possession.
AS specious as the Fascists' preten-
sions to Tunisia on "ethnographical"
grounds are their claims to Corsica.
Sold to Louis XIV of France by the
Republic of Genoa in 1768; to Savoy,
returned to France by the Franco
Italian treaty of 1850; or to Nice, an
nexed to France in 1850 by demand
of the population after the war Of
italian independence.
Evening star., 1938-12-09
Anti-Propuqundu Pact

The suggestion of an inter-
American agreement to exclude from
this hemisphere the propaganda of
European states has much to COM
mend it, and with the backing of the
Argentine delegation at the Lima
conference no doubt will receive close
attention.
In the first place, it is the sort of
proposal on which most, If not all, of
the governments represented at the
Peruvian capital can unite. Further
more, it has the superficial aspect
of peaceful move by removing the
raison d'etre for the keen rivalry in
which the United States and the
Nazi-Fascist combine are now en-
gagged for the favor of the Latin
nations.
If it were possible to apply such q
project so as to remove every vestige
Of totalitarian propaganda from the
Southern republics the United States
could no doubt, within a short time,
let up on some of its own activities
along this line.
What merit there is in the Argen-
tine plan cannot be ignored. But at
the same time against the back
ground Of the Argentine attitude on
continental defense, it smacks
strongly of a substitute for the
American-sponsored plan, which has
met general, but not universal, sup
port in Latin America.
Chief among those opposed to COM
Evening star., 1938-12-09
Traffic Rules Believed
Cause of Accidents.

To the Editor OF The Star:
Having driven automobiles since 1906
without any serious accident, the writer
would like to comment on some trafic
rules which seem to him to contribute
to accidents instead Of preventing them.
To begin with, it's moving rather than
parked cars that jam the traf1c lanes
and cause accidents. Some parking re-
strictions make matters worse. not bet
ter. Meters set for only one hour tend to
keep more drivers in the streets, for an
hour is not long enough for even a lin
tied list of errands. There are too many
places in the District where needless re-
strictions on parking are imposed merely
for the sake of appearances. Wide
streets should have sharp angle for
parking, reversed in direction from that
now in use, so that drivers back into the
curb just as in parallel parking.
Traffic lights in the District are not
high enough. They should be In the
center of the street where they can be
seen. Too often drivers making left
turns cannot see the lights because
trucks or buses in front Of them.
More variable speed limits and more
signs are needed in outlying areas. The
22-mile limit extends into some places
where there is no need for it and it Is
nothing but speed trap. Speed limits
should be lower down hill than up. for
dangerous driving should be gauged by
speed with reference to the stopping
distance for the particular vehicle as
actually loaded and braked where being
driven. DRIVER.
November %,
Evening star., 1938-12-09
THIS AND THAT
By Charles +. Trace1pell.

want to ARGUE" about everything, but
one which Is, alas, not confined to the
tender years. Once such . habit is set.
1t II hard t. break. It becomes final,
inSistent.
There can be no real conversation, for
instance, about music, beloved Of men
and gods, II one party to the talk is
going to sneer politely at all the enthusi.
asms of the other.
If both parties are interested in phono-
graph records, there can be no talk
worthy Of the name about them II one
party il going to cry down AL the re-
corded performances his friend has
selected, and ask him why he did not
purchase some other recording.
No one persons selections can be %
an-fired correct - al that: the other
party must have his lucid moments,
musically speaking, which it would be
Just as well to accord him freely and
honestly.
1t may be seen in a second that such
prejudice. whether the result Of juvenile
enthusiasm, or plain sel1lshness Of opin-
ion, equally ends all real conversation.
1t is impossible to go into any gather
ing of enthusiasts, no matter what the
subject, and not discover that there are
many persons there who are not there to
learn anything, but simply to cry down
the discoveries, or supposed discoveries,
of others.
They are 70 prejudiced in behalf Of
their own findings that they are unable
to admit to themselves, in advance, that
somebody else may have made . dis
covery, too.
AS an honest person casts around to
find out why the modern world is as it is,
so torn with turmoil and strife, let him
keep in mind this universal tendency to
disputation, which everywhere has
usurped the Joy and benefits of honest
talk, good conversation, whatever one
chooses to call 1t.
When prejudice, secretly arrived at, is
added to the plain desire of so many
persons to inject joking into converse
ton, we have common situation which
makes conversation a bore and a loss,
instead Of q pleasure and benefit.
No doubt many persons are driven to
silence, feeling their inability to combat
such a combination, all too surely the
indication Of an age-and who can do
much about an age?
The best way to take arms against
such scourge is to try valiantly to make
ones own part to any conversation
utterly free from prejudice, carping, any
attempts to run down the opinions Of
others, or to try to make them dissatis-
fed with what they have. I.
In time, maybe, this good example will
have an effect even on the rudest Of
takers, and help in little to restore the
art of conversation to the high plane it
once held in polite society.
Evening star., 1938-12-09

What is it which really makes con-
versation . delight?
Not repartee, wisecracks, or the like,
surely, but simply an honest exchange
Of opinion without prejudice.
It is because the latter requirement IL
so often missing that informal talks be-
tween two or more degenerate into idle
chatter and Kidding"
Honest exchange of opinion cannot be
had when one party to the talk is preju-
diced before he begins.
This sort Of prejudice is not 20 much
concerned with held opinion as with
the honest opinions Of the other party.
1t is exactly here that the prejudice
comes.
The conversationalist who will not
allow the ideas Of others ever to be cor
rect, or even reasonably correct, preju-
dices the case against them from the
very start.
He does worse than that, though: he
ruins the conversation.
The talk may go on, but 1t is only the
SAAPSJ oAASAA VI 6OOO NOlltCl 6utAOA.
1t has too much conviction, on one
side; 1t does not permit enough, on
the other.
1t will be found that all such conversa-
tions are worse than waste of time.
Yet at least rs per cent of the talking
going on everywhere is of this order.
Nnctl,y 4 };c
like. the aim being to belittle the likes Of
another. and thus, by some strange
alchemy Of thought, to transmute ones
own ideas into the standard Of humanity.
This prejudices the case right from
the start. by spelling completely that
good interchange of opinion which is the
real secret Of good talk, for it is evident
that the other party shortly begins to
freeze up" along intellectual lines.
Then occurs that common phenom-
enon, turning the conversation. While
scatterbrain conversationalsts will do
this because they must, it is often done
because the prejudice instanced has come
into play, and has frightened the other
party away. Like superior Miss Muffett,
he runs because the spider of prejudice
is after him. He knows that true con-
versation is threatened. Holding large
brief for it. and regarding it as part Of
the true spice of life, he does not want
to be a party to its spoilation, even in
little.
\
He who values good talk will take care,
then, to refrain from taking the mega
tive to all which the other says.
This means that he will not regard the
other as an opponent. There is some
question whether the art of debating,
valuable as it is, in many ways, has not
done disservice by making too many
young persons regard the other party in
conversation in the light Of opponent,
rather than simply as the other talker.
1t is trait of the juvenile mind to
Evening star., 1938-12-09

Ing need for . free city college here.
The only free college is Wilson Teachers
College. But not all graduates eager for
higher learning wish to be teachers.
Preparations for the many other pro-
LESSONS that contribute to the welfare
OF the community are not provided by
Wilson. College education helps In FORM
ing good citizenship.
AS students who are about to graduate
from high school, we feel the need for
free city college to take care of stu
dents desirous Of higher education, yet
unable to bear the expense Of college
tuition
ANTHONY DELL President.
LEON SMITH, Educational Director,
American Student Union, High School
Chapter.
Evening star., 1938-12-09
Urges Consideration Of
Blessings Of Americanism.

Urges Consideration Of
Blessings Of Americanism.
TO the Editor Of The star:
AZ the world seems to be full Of 'isms"
at this time, it seems opportune for the
people Of America to consider the bless
ings Of Americanism. America has been
called the cradle" Of liberty and from
present appearances liberty Is being
rocked to sleep. It is high time to wake
up" The clarion call is sweeping over
the u. s. A-"Awake, awake, awake! to
the destructive activities going ON in our
land" A few individuals are courageous
enough to stand forth and endeavor to
uncover these conditions and every
red-blooded American, as he or she
awakens from the drugged sleep Of
sophistry, will see that our Constitution
is the cornerstone on which rests all the
blessings We possess as Americans. May
the day soon come when every construc-
tive individual in our country will wear
an American flag somewhere in evidence
not only because 1t represents our Ma
ton, but because it Is an emblem Of the
Life. liberty and pursuit Of happiness"
guaranteed by the Constitution Of the
q. g. "A. ALICE Il. WOODWARD.
November -,
Evening star., 1938-12-09

Americas economic growth has
stopped, declares an eminent econ
omist. We have all heard about the
far-seeing fellow who, about a hun
dred years ago, advocated the aboli-
ton of the Patent Office because
there was nothing left to invent.
Evening star., 1938-12-09
Poqe Buffalo Bill

Prom the Flint Journal
A town out in the COW country held
male beauty contest. Now We know
what epensler meant with that title.
Decline Of The West"
Evening star., 1938-12-09
Free City College for
Washington Urged.

VIC 3S1IVUI VI 0VWI
Washington has proportionately to its
size more colleges than any other city
in the country. Yet many Washington
high school graduates are deprived Of b
college education because Of high tuition
IN most Of these colleges. There Is . esy.
Evening star., 1938-12-09
g. Is Walt Disney . Jew?-W. q. II.
A. Mr.. Disney is not Jewish.

@. What were Arthur Brisbane's rules
for advertiAng7-E. L. H.
A. They are as follows: You must
make people see 1t. You must make
people read 1t. You must make people
understand it. You must make people
believe it. You must make people want it.
Evening star., 1938-12-09

American motorists will drive a
total Of oO,ooo,o00,oOO miles in 1899,
it is estimated. That is from front
seats only.
Evening star., 1938-12-09
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On Schedule.
Appreciated.

Appreciated.
"How are you getting along with your
titled son-in-law?"
First rate" answered Mr.. Cumsox. II
never before knew what 1t was to be an
idol of the populace. When went home
with him, the way his creditors gave
three cheers for me was something
touching"
Evening star., 1938-12-09
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Evening star., 1938-12-09
The Elevator

The temperature now turns about,
We note with anxious frown,
The mercury was going up
It now says going down"
Evening star., 1938-12-09
Scientific.

Scientific.
Excuse me-" said the caller, II see I
have interrupted you in the midst of
profound meditation"
Eyes," answered Senator Sorghum,
''you have"
Some political question:"
1T might be called so. The question
is this: What is the difference between
a President and Vice President?"
THAT is peculiar query"
Eyes, but it has a scientific answer.
One is the center of gravity and the other
is the center of levity."
"The man that comes away from the
races with no money" said Hi Ho, the
sage of Chinatown, usually has a new
system that's bound to win a fortune
next time"
On Schedule.
The starlngs from their betters learn.
At certain seasons they appear
And hold debate and then adjourn,
And do the same, year after year.
Evening star., 1938-12-09

"A man." said Uncle Eben, should pay
Is he goes, but judgin' from de way some
Of 'em gifts in debt dey mus be customed
to travolin' backWards."
Evening star., 1938-12-09

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@. Should letter to a widow be ad-
dressed Mrs. Mary preston or Mrs. James
Preston?.-M. j.
A. 1t should be addressed to Mrs James
Preston. The fact that her husband has
died in no way affects the form Of name
which appears on the envelope.
Q. How large is the galax industry
around Asteville, N. C.2J. III.
A. In . recent year approximately 5O,-
100000 leaves were picked and marketed
from the Pisgah National Forest area.
These sold for about $22,500, the pickers
receiving $4,000.
Q. What poet wrote q series Of poems
called "The Croakers," satirizing public
characters?-J. L. K.
A. Joseph Rodman Drake and Fitz-
Greene Halleck collaborated in writing
these poems In 1919. They appeared in
the New York Evening Post.
Q. Please give the height and weight of
Judy Starr, vocalist, with Hal Kemp.
Orchestra.-J. II. s.
A. The diminutive singer is 1 feet 9
inches tall, weighs IS pounds and wears
. d9e ~ shoe. She has blond hair and
blue eyes.
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