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ed and inclined for dictatorship than
julius Caesar or Napoleon, not to
mention present duces and fuehrers,
he can't be a dictator as long as we
have majority rule, minority rights,
congressional control of the purse and
the balance of powers in government
AS long as we have these, dictators
are against the law.
Possibility of Power.
Democracies don't live by favor OF
the chief executive. And what we
are interested in is neither the die
tatorial talents nor the dictatorial pre-
dilections of the President. We aren't
concerned with whether he wants too
much power, but with whether he can
get too much. The President oughtn't
to take the whole fight over the re-
organization bill so personally, as
though it were a matter of his amour
propre.
This column, at least, would feel
exactly the same with any other Presi-
dent. And, after all, no chief executive
is perennial He has unpredictable
successors. That, after all, is the point,
so the bright boys who thought up
that letter in the middle of the night
If that is the way it happened
weren't doing any very exact thinking
They only contributed to bringing
about a fine confusion of the whole
issue.
1t doesn't add anything to the con-
structive consideration of the reorgani-
zation bill, either, and the specific pro-
visions in it that have created so much
opposition. to illuminate against or
ganized propaganda or organized
Misrepresentation as though there
were some nefarious and sinister plot
tiers abroad.
OF course, there is Father Coughlin,
who I always thought was keen about
authoritarian government, and has, In
his day, made considerable propa-
ganda for it.. He ought to be able to
spot an authoritarian drift when he
sees one, and presumably has He
wouldn't like New Deal authoritarian
ism; that seems to be the difference.
1t isn't the difference, however, in
most Of our minds. We don't like 1t
one way or the other.
Making propaganda for or against
something one does or does not want
is part Of the democratic process.
Presumably the nllblic has the right
to choose between the arguments.
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the President. We might consider, for
instance, technical bodies attached to
congressional committees, to exercise
critical and advisory functions. Actu-
ally, every proposal for reorganization
made by this administration thus far
tends to vest the legislative power in
evitably more and more in the execu-
tive
We hear q great deal about "feudal-
ism" But with the great agencies
which control billions of dollars, ex-
clusively in the hands Of the President,
where then will "feudal baronies' be?
How about feudal barony Of the
w. P. A.? Or of the T. v. A.? Or of
a Bituminous Coal Commission? These
agencies have the power to throw
monkey wrenches into State admins
traitons and into economic life.
tCopyright. 1888, by the New York Trib-
une, lnc)
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lliCllildllOilo W Uc
a dictator, no tai
entS for the role
a n d t h a t h e
knows the coun-
try too we'll.
But he onits to
say that he can't
be a dictator even
if he wants to, be-
cause he is an
American Presi-
dent, ard the two
offices are incom-
patible.
He omits to say
that even if he
were more talent
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By DOROTHY THOMPSON,

NHE Presidents letter to Mr.
Anonymous gives several rea-
sons why he cannot be die
tator, but omits the obvious and
important one. Psychologically speak
ing, that is the most interesting thing
about the letter. He says he has no
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mise on the re-
organization bill
finally takes. The
events of the last
10 days h a v e
conir m e d the
fact that both
houses of Con-
gress are alert to
the dangers of
concentration of
power in the Ex-
ecutive and also
to the implica-
tions of radical
ism that might
involve the con-
fscation of pri-
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furious difference, the wrangle be-
tween the United States Maritime
Commission and the maritime
workers grows steadily more vio-
lent. Picketing OF the commission
by seaman occurred recently, and
the chances are that the quarrel
will grow much worse before it
gets better.
X X X
Senator Ellison D. Cotton Ed
Smith Of South Carolina hos
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year or two ahead
Of the armed le-
gions. He did that
in Austria, ready
ing the country
nicely for seizure,
a n d now he
moves along down
the road to Bag
dad, the road to
Mosul oil, to be-
come the Reich
envoy to Turkey.
"B ! o dsinning-
keit" was his word
for Yankees in
wartime, as re-
reo led IN O lan-
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so ia the senate Tor great many chiefly consistent
OF
some trouble in his State because
many Issues South Carolina likes
But Cotton Ed has found running for
le-elecuon recently
across the State The theme of his simply paws
mumaed
aoe 10 get more and cotton
pretending not along until he
Copyrsht Ne ewspaper
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such Spectacle. It was OILY last
spring, after a pressure and
temptation campaign almost equal
ing in intensity the recent pap,
patronage and projects auction be-
fore the reorganization bill vote,
that the White House installed
Senator Barkley in the vacated
leaders seat of Joseph T. Robinson
of Arkansas. And Senator Barkley's
leading opponent, who would be
ma iOritN lear of the Senate today
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Headline Folk
and What
They Do
Fra NJ Won Papen
Moves Along Road
to Mosul Oil.
BY LEMUEL +. PARTON.

BY LEMUEL r. PARTON.
.H1S writer, meeting Franz Won
Papen several times In war
L days, remembers him as 4
masked, subtle, gray man-aIl
monotones-who might be expected to
infiltrate quietly into a country
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The Capital Parade
Barkley Looks He1pless1y Harrison Slashes Tax
Bill in Committee Meeting.

BY JOSEPH ALSOP and ROBERT KINTNER.
changes the altering
neatly dramazed of late in the
the Senate Finance Committee
uneening conservative led Harrison
has been tearing the Presidents cherished while
the Presidents handmade majority Aben
looked goomly
contemplative cry tempora moes" at
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opinions the 1urtters are their on not
necessarily The Stars Such opinions presented
Ih Stars effort to gtOe all sides OF questions interest
readers although such opinions may contradictory among
themselves and directly opposed to The Stars.
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schuchnlgg went into politics Inquar maintained
tive practice His business extremely
activities
Nazs got needed
quarts law Offices which provided them with all that
After Schuschnggs resignation" President for
1nuart pleaded
soemny to do his utmost with Hitler
appears his efforts
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population is still alive and capable Of starting to
fields mines
been who life consequently
counted
government.
this
German
Spain Furthermore there afoo
Germany and Italy span
the either allied
that within Is 80 there will be- thanks
SPAIN
Air defenses
aviation forces This is the belief that
of Europe
the most vulnerable vital points the
French,
existence defended
minutes flight from Paris does
force detected
ron OF enemy bombers in such short period Of time The bom
fly of miles
speed BY the time they
disappeared after having completed their destructive
Military experts Germany, admit that
which will the
Of the civilian population
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This Changing World
Franco, Victory Near, Will Find Foreign Troops
Useful in Rehabilitation.
BY CONSTANTINE BROWN.

CONSTANTINE BROWN.
ME Spanish is expected shortly: .
weeks only German troops being poured
Gen. Franco the cleanup.
When the campaign Franco will hnd out that there
left to
sans youth destroyed in this
6 IS have conscipted
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OF constitutional democracy.
That's the big news Of the hour in
the National Capital. 1t does not
matter much what form the compro-
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been . fierce one With no quarter
given or requested. Prisoners in
most Gases have been killed be-
cause the respective combAtants
could spare neither guards nor
food.
What with the actual
losses on the battlefronts the
casualties caused by the air
bombardments, the young
sters who died Of starvation
and disease, it is reckoned
that barely 20 per cent of the
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Houses Alert
to Danger
of Power
Roosevelt Meets His
Master, the People,
SAYS Writer.
By DAVID LAWRENCE.

NEERE'S a majority in both
houses of Congress ready to
oppose President Roosevelt on
measures that 60 to the heart
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Europes diplomats don't
know any more whether their
policies are based these days
on a cool head or cold feet.
X X
The present governor Of AUS
tria. Seysz-Inquart. and former
Chancellor Kurt Schuschnigg were
classmates in Catholic college in
Austria in their younger days, Both
followed later the legal profession,
with the difference that while
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COnductiOn of Elections.

The next struggle for constitutional
democracy will turn on the manner
and method of conducting the con-
gressional elections this year. If the
members of Congress who want to
vote their convictions and want to
line themselves up on the side of the
Evening star., 1938-02-05
By WILLARD
BY NORMAN MARSH
-MuNS -
Trademark Applied
For L s. Patent Once
GiS3t TIRlsvNA ,,sx

by Secretary of the Navy Swanson
in recognition of their being awarded
the Edward Longstreth medal by the
Franklin Institute of Philadelphia,
the Navy Department announced to-
day.
The awards were made ''in con-
sideration of their invention of a de-
vice combining crystal-controlled
clock with stroboscopic reading ele-
ment and apparatus for emitting radio
time signals. whereby the accuracy OF
these signals has been increased and
the labor of preparing for their trans
mission reduced"
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Jolly Polly
4 Little Chat on Etiquette
BY JOS. J. FRISCH.

G. D.-Since a meal is not prop
erly conducted on factory production
basis, meat and other foods should not
be cut into pieces all at once, but
rather a piece or two at a time, as
eaten. OF course. il . child is TOO
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SWANSON COMMENDS
NAVAL ASTRONOMERS

Capt. J. L. Hellweg and Paul
Sollenberger Get Medal for
Clock Invention.
Congratulatory letters have been
sent to Capt. julius L. Hellweg. U. S.
NJ, retired, superintendent of the
Naval Observatory, and Paul Sollen-
berger, astronomer at the observatory.
Evening star., 1938-02-05
Brain Twizzlers
By PROF. ]. ID. FLINT,

By PROF. ]. d. FLINT.
IF A 2-ounce piece of ice floats in a
tumbler which has water to the
brim and the ice shows above the
edge how much water will overflow
when the ice melts?
(Answer on Page B-l6)
Displays of the aurora borealis,
or northern lights. are more fire.
quent At tiRes Of sun-spot maximum.
Evening star., 1938-05-13
-FOUR MENTIONED
TO HEAD BAPT|
Drs. Scarborough, Lee and
Tripp and J. C. Turner
By the Associated Press.

BY the Asso ciated Press.
RICHMOND, Va, May 13.-Four
men were prominently mentioned for
the presidency of the Southern Bap-
tist Convention today as delegates met
for election of officers and selection
Of the 1889 convention city.
Names frequently heard as possible
successors to DR.. John R. Sampey,
president of the Southern Baptist
Seminary at Louisville, as leader Of
more than 100000 Southern Bap-
lists include: DR.. Lee R. Scarborough,
president of the Southwestern South
efn Baptist Seminary, Dallas, Tex;
j. Clyde Turner, Greensboro, N. c.:
DR.. Frank Tripp, st. Joseph, Mo-, and
DR.. R. G. Lee, Memphis, Tenn, who
ran close second to DR.. Sampey for
president in 1887.
None of the ministers and laymen
among thousands here for the con.
ventlon would venture a prediction on
the choice of the huge assemblage that
crowded the 5,000-capacity convention
hall and overflowed to neighboring
SAAAA SAASo 2oA SSItlCeS ana
radio reports on the convention proper.
Nominations are from the floor; there
is no committee to present slate of
officers.
San Antonio. Oklahoma City and
Memphis are among the cities bidding
for next years convention.
The high light of yesterdays meet
Ing came with the unanimous adopt
ton OF report opposing merging the
denomination with other Christian
sects in organic union.
The strongly worded report on the
interdenominational movement adopt
ed by the convention late yesterday
by a rising vote not only declared
that organic union under present
conditions lis impossible with Bap-
tlsts," but gave "fraternal greetings
to our brethren of every communion
OF the danger of man-made union. "
Resources Of the Relief and Annuit,
Board were reported as more than
$4,50o,000 by Executive Secretary
Thomas ]. Watts of Dallas, Tex, who
said that 10 States had taken action
toward providing annuities for retired
ministers and other church servants
through a group plan, in addition t.
the convention program.
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TREASURY NOMINEE
FORMER FINANCIER
John W. Hanes Divorced Himself
From Big Business Earlier to
Become an S. E. C. Head.

By the Associated Press.
John Wesley Hanes, nominated by
President Roosevelt late yesterday to
be Assistant Secretary of the Treas
ury, divorced himself from big busi-
ness" only four months ago to become
q securities commissioner.
The red-haired, restless financier re-
manned in the background until late in
April, when he presented to Mr.. Roose-
velt a pledge of cooperation in seek
ing closer Government-busi rela-
tions signed by 16 leading business
men.
The new Treasury appointee has
forcefully declared himself against
Government officials referring to busi-
ness as the enemy of Government"
and has pleaded for business to cease
harping on the theme that Govern
ment is the enemy of business"
He is 46, short and thick-set, and
dresses in the most approved Wall
Street manner. An athlete of some
note in his youth, his attention is
given more these days to collecting
clocks, guns and bird dogs.
To take the S. E. c. post, Mr.. Hanes
resigned more than 20 directorships
and disposed of four exchange seats,
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anything else In perpetuating its fame.
Other speakers included Col Joseph
Button, member Of the Board of Visi-
tors, and Jimmy Culpepper, national
alumni secretary.
Members Of the Arrangements Com
mittee included Stuart B. Marshall,
James Greene and Tucker Wilkins.
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ton chapter: Rear Admiral Adolphus
Station, u. 8. NJ, vice president. and
w. 9. Whittle, secretary-treasurer.
Carroll NOEL, Reginald Venable and
Archer Roberts were elected members
Of the board Of directors.
Gen. Charles e. Kilbourne, recently
appointed superintendent of v. M. l.,
was the principal speaker and guest
Of honor. He stated the institute was
the epic contribution of military
schools and that the historic actions
Of the corps in the Civil War had
accomplished more for the college than
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brated last night the battle Of New
Market by q smoker held here at the
Army and Navy Club. Although the
anniversary is May IS, the ceremonies
were moved up because Of Sunday.
After the roll was called for the
v. M. I. boys who fell in the famous
engagement with the Massachusetts
troops and designated alumni an
swered, Died on the field Of honor," ="
the meeting adjourned for annual busi-
ness.
Brig. Gen. w. p. Upshur, U. 8. M. c.,
was elected president OF the Washing
Evening star., 1938-05-13
HORSE SHOW Meeting

Columbus Committee to Discuss
Plans for May 22.
FOREST GLEN, Nd, May 13 (Spe-
ciaD.-The Columbus Horse Show
Committee will meet in Rosensteel Hall
at O'Clock tonight to further plans
for their show. to be held May % in
the Rock Greek Park ring, at North
Chevy Chase, Md.
Committee officers include John
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CLOSING DATE SET

Arlington School Vacation Will
Begin on June II.
Arlington County, Va, schools will
close on June IT, an official of the
School Board announced today They
will remain closed until September II.
Summer schools will open June %
for an eight-week term, and school
Fairgrounds will be available for pub
lie use on June 20, it was stated.
Evening star., 1938-05-13

Culver, chairman: Douglas Wade, vice
chairman: Vincent Lester, secretary;
]. Leo Lynch, treasurer, and Harry
HUM, recording secretary.
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ADDRESSES CLUB

Do Not Destroy Jobs.
archaeological improvements make
more jobs instead of destroying them
Justin Macklin. first assistant COM
missioner of patents. told members of
the Cosmopolitan Club yesterday.
In the field of radio alone, he said
approximately 10000 patents have
been granted, many of which cause a
demand for new materials, manufac-
turers and machinery.
Eighteen new industries have been
developed in the last Is years, he said,
with resultant employment of O.
soc, 900 workers,
Evening star., 1938-05-13

In a new theory the age OF humans
has been doubled. Man may have
had his origin in the era 2,0O0,O 900
years ago.
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Women Elect Officers.

The Woman.s Club Of Laurel has
elected the following officers: Presi-
dent, Mrs. Jerome B. Cowden; vice
president, Mrs. @. w. S. Musgrave:
secretary, Mrs. r. N. Watson, and
treasurer. Mrs. James M. Copeland.
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Y. NJ. |. CELEBRATES
new MARKET DAY
Gen. W. P. Upshur Is Elected
President of Local Alumni
Chapter at Smoker.

Virginia Military Institute alumni
Of the National Capital, along with
fellow cadets around the world, cele-
Evening star., 1938-05-13
Monster Reappears.

The Lock Nesse monster has been
reported as appearing again in Scot
land, just ahead of the tourist season.
Evening star., 1938-10-21

The word "parsimony" comes from
. Latin word meaning Ito spare" and
originally had no suggestion Of stingi-
ness.
Evening star., 1938-10-21
Arte1,las Ward
Statue Will Be
UnueiIed NOu. 3

Unwilling of a statue of Gen. Ar
temas Ward, first commander of
American Revolutionary forces, erected
at Ward Circle, Massachusetts, and
Nebraska avenues NV, will be held
at 3 pm. November 3.
The 10-foot bronze figure was pre-
sented by the president and fellows
Of Harvard College, which Gen. Ward
attended. Henry L. Shattuck of Har-
ward will make the presentation to
Secretary of War Woodring. who will
accept on behalf of the Government.
Mrs. Louis Wesley Feick of New
York, great-great-great-granddaugh-
ter OF Gen. Ward, will unveil the statue
She is the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Royal D. Mead of 2400 Foxhall road.
Leonard Crunelle of Chicago is the
sculptor. The statue shows Gen.
Ward dressed in an officers uniform
typical Of the period. The cloak ac-
tually worn by Gen. Ward was used
as a model.
Gen. Ward, native of Massachu-
sets. was the first commanding officer
of patriot forces. filling that post be-
fore the appointment of Gen. George
Washington. Gen. Ward was a Dele
gate from Massachusetts, to the CONT
mental Congress in 1901. He died
in 1900.
Evening star., 1938-10-21
TRAFFIC SAFETY
BOARD IS OPPOSED
Washingtonians Suggest Money
Be Used to Add More
Policemen to Force.

Opposition to the creation OF a
trafnc safety commission in the
District. with the request that money
for this purpose be expended for
more policemen. was voted at a meet
ing Of the Washingtonians last night.
The group reafiirmed its stand in
urging national representation for the
District Of Columbia.
A third resolution requested appoint
ment of resident OF the city for
at least 10 years for the office of
District Commissioner.
The association decided to award a
cup annually to the District resident
who voluntarily and without compen-
sation' performs the most valuable
civic service to the city.
At annual elections, Miss Eta Tag.
gart was reelected president. Other
omcers chosen include Miss Amelia
MacFadyen, first vice president: j. B.
Dickman. second vice president; Mrs.
Olive Madden. third vice president:
Mrs. J. Edwin Reid, recording sec.
retary; Mrs. William Hessick, CORE.
spending secretary; Miss Margaret
Staley, treasurer; Mrs. Elizabeth Sui.
livan, parliamentarian, and Mrs.
Joseph Staley, historian.
The meeting was held in the High.
land Apartments. Connecticut avenus
and California street NV.
Evening star., 1938-10-21
1.-TWO new HOUSING
PROJECTS PLANNED
Arlington Zoning Board tt
Consider Applications on
Wednesday.

plans for the construction of two
new large-scale housing projects in
Arlington County. Va, are to be con-
,idered by the County Zoning Board
of Appeals next Wednesday, its sched-
uIe revealed today.
The county already includes two OF
RI. largest privately owned housing
.roiects in the United States, Buck
inpham Community and Colonial VIII
iase. The Zoning Board has sched-
uled two requests to rezone large tracts
from residential A to residential B
ratings. which will permit apartment
house construction.
The tracts are situated on North
Washington boulevard nearly a mile
beyond Glebe road and on the south
side Of Columbia pike According to
plans now before the Zonins Roard
the Columbia pike project Womb he
built by Gustav Ring, builder of Co,o-
nial Village. and the North Washino.
ton boulevard project by Mace Prom
critics. Inc.
The requests are being made bv
Calvin Haley, Howard R. LADY ana
B. M. Smith, owners, and H. B Tet-
rett, trustee for the Columbia pike
site, and James Keith and William
etone, trustees and owners Of the
washington boulevard site.
Evening star., 1938-10-21
By w. H. SHIPPEN. Jr.

Unless active conservation measures
are taken that beautiful and mysteri-
ous bird. the roseate spoonbill. may
vanish from the American scene with
all the finality Of the passenger pig
cons. whose pastel-hued wings once
filled the sky.
A plea for the survival Of this color
full ornament Of Southern cypress
swamps and mangrove thickets was
delivered yesterday at one Of the final
sessions Of the American Ornitholo-
gists' Union by Alexander Sprunt, jr.,
OF Charleston, S. c.. a spokesman for
the National Association of Audubon
Societies.
Native plume hunters and avid COL
lectors have reduced the spoonbill
population Of subtropical swamps in
Florida, Louisiana and Texas to a
known total of about 5000 in six
scattered colonies, Mr.. Sprunt said
Bird lovers hope. however, that a
large and unknown rookery of these
rare creatures exists in some remote
swamp in Southern Florida.
Clues Of Colony Appear.
The expert said that occasional
transient birds which turn up in the
known colonies from time to time
indicate the existence of a nesting
place hidden. perhaps, in the i'm
penetrable wilderness of mangrove
thickets, estuaries and creeks.
search is being conducted for the
colony by Federal and State game
wardens Audubon Society agents and
Coast Guard flyers
The destruction of the roseate spoon
bill would be another American trag-
edy in Mr.. Sprunt's opinion. "All OF
u.s." he said. have at some time felt
longing to see the teeming life as
1t once existed in the unspoiled will
derness of prehistoric ages.
ut seems to me that no other bird
belongs more completely to the past
To come upon flock Of these statu-
esque birds standing motionless on
some wild beach against a background
of green mangrove thicket is to glimpse
life as it existed in prehistoric times.
Throwback to Antedeluviau Era.
Like the opossum, the gar fish and
the alligator, the roseate spoonbill i
a throwback to an antedeluvian era
They force upon one an impression
of past ages. The birds are at once