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Evening star., 1938-08-22
Justice in ZOning.

The city heads are to be commended
for their promptness In appointment Of
the two new boards authorized by a
recent act of Congress- which will permit
some elasticity to the enforcement of the
zonlng law and thus eliminate some
hardships which property owners have
suffered through strict Interpretation of
the original zoning act.
One of the new institutions is a board
OF adjustment which will have power
to permit variances from the hardships
which have necessarily been imposed
heretofore because Of the statute. The
other is zoning advisory council which
is charged with making a study and
report on any proposed change in the
permitted use of property.
Zoning as it is known and practiced
IN modern cities and the adjacent
metropolitan districts today has much
to commend it. 1t particularly assures
to the home owner stability for his In
vestment by preventing the encroach-
ment OF business. He can purchase with
a reasonable assurance that during his
lifetime he can enjoy living in a strictly
residential district.
AT the same time, as cities grow and
advance, districts change. Residential
areas, particularly, lose their value as
such, but under strict Interpretation
OF the zoning laws the owner must keep
his property residential, with no prospect
OF obtaining buyer or user. 1t is of
no use for its original purpose and he
cannot use it for any other purpose
without running afoul OF the law.
1t IS to meet such contingencies, and
they have already occurred here, that
the adjustment board was authorized.
IL WILL have the power, after hearing, to
make changes which will be fair and lust
to the community and at the same time
maintain the basic idea of preserving
the orderly development of the city.
The other board will have the problem
OF studying developing areas and making
recommendations on proposed changes.
IL WILL lace the problem of keeping its
governmental finger on changing condi-
tions' and while strictly keeping intact
those areas which are still serving their
original purpose, may provide for
changes where there appears to be need
so as to give opportunity for those
owning property to obtain justice.
hNo rlc I,4
the development OF the city, and they
may make decisions from time to time
which will not meet with popular favor.
but the personnel named gives assurance
that the city's development will be prop-
erly guarded.
Evening star., 1938-08-22
TYING Dust Down.
! the Whining ton (Del.) News

from tIlc WllulHstOA \DcIJ NeNs
Constant rains, which have plagued
the Eastern Seaboard this summer, have
proved an incalculable boon to the great
dust bowl of the Middle West. The cycle
of dry years, which had been threaten
ing to turn major portions of nine
States into wasteland, has been
abruptly halted. Crops are growing tall
/. and rich on the recently barren fields
and the chances are that fresh cycle
Of wet years and good crops has set 1n
Welcome as this change is, it carries
with it one grave danger. With the
return of rain farmers are sorely tempted
to gamble once more on the crops like
wheat on which they made fat incomes
in former boom years. They are apt to
take chance. that wet cycle Will con-
tinue and make it safe to plant crops
which are not best for tying down the
land
This will work out all right. If the
rain continues. But if another dry spell
follows this summers downpou-s, all OF
the reclamation work done so far VIII
be lost. The land, insuf1iciently tled
down, will dry out and rise again IN
great, swirling, black clouds OF dirt as
the winds sweep across the pra1ries.
Fortunately the officials Of the Soil
Conservation Service Of the Department
of Agriculture are keehly alive to this
danger. They are making 1t their job
to persuade farmers to leave highly vul-
nerable acres in grasses, which will save
the soil If drought returns. They are
teaching them how to tell when there
is sufficient moisture in the soil to make
a more profitable crop relatively safe
risk
Evening star., 1938-08-22
Sympathy.

Listening to the radio speeches Of
Senator Millard E. Tydings and Repre-
sentative David J. Lewis yesterday, an
unprejudiced person sympathizes with
both candidates. Neither is happy.
Both, indeed, appear to be thoroughly
miserable.
The explanation probably is, that
"outside interference" is responsible.
Mr.. Tydings, naturally enough, desired
to succeed himself; Mr.. Lewis originally
announced that he wished to be returned
to the House. The normal contest, how
ever, has become a battle involving forces
from beyond the borders Of Maryland.
Somebody persuaded Mr.. Lewis to
change his mind. Mr.. Tydings blames
President Roosevelt. His opponent
denies that he was coerced.
Both men, Of course, are deeply sincere
In the positions they have assumed. Mr..
1ydings upholds the traditional point Of
view with skill and courage; Mr.. Lewis
bravely argues that the voters have
inundated" their delegates in Congress
Evening star., 1938-08-22
No Politics i'm p. w. A.

The Democratic primaries are to be
held in South Carolina on August 30.
Every voter on the Democratic rolls is
expected to go to the polls, and even
those OF other political following If they
are on the w. P. A. rolls. A dispatch
from Columbia states that on the Demo-
cratic primary day all w. P. A. projects
IN the State would be closed to allow
workers to vote without being "penalized
IN exercising the right OF suffrage"
1t will be holiday for the w. P. A.
workers. OF course, they will exercise
their free thought in the selection of
candidates, while the Federal taxpaver
pays them for their time. This is not
pay for voting; it is just magnanimous
gesture from your friends"
The Works Progress Administration
takes no part in politics" State Admin
lstrator Lawrence M. Pinckney is quoted
as saying in note to all area directors.
but 1 feel that all people working for
the w. P. A. should be given the right
to vote without being penalized by loss
of pay"
What about the thousands of other
voters IN the State who work for pri-
vate individuals and even for the same
Government. such as postal employees
and navy yard employees? If their en-
ployers will not let them off they must
be penalized. but, perhaps, their votes
will not be needed for the proper candi-
date If all the w. p A. workers are to be
turned loose, to take little time to cast
their own votes and perhaps use some
OF the remaining time to urge others
TO vote to keep their friends" In power.
Certainly the Senate committee will
have an interesting problem there.
Evening star., 1938-08-22

to support the New Deal. The one can
didate accuses the other of having Re-
publican backing-a charge which brings
a counter-complaint against the c. I. o.
Endorsement.
What the result will be, no prophet
can guess. If Mr.. Tydings is the victor,
he can boast that he has triumphed over
the radical wing of his own party; but
he will be at disadvantage in his
contacts with the Administration. On
the other hand, If Mr.. Lewis wins, he
must wear the label OF rubber stamp"
and any independent opinion he may
entertain will be certain to bring down
upon his head the same White House
wrath that Mr.. Tydings has felt.
The struggle is excellent entertain
ment, but the public is not likely to be
sorry when it is over. Its sympathies
meanwhile are aroused for all concerned,
not excluding the hewildered voters who
must decide the issue.
Evening star., 1938-08-22
Cost of the Steel War.

From the Santa Monica tCalf) Outlook.
The investigation into the steel strike
Of last year by the Senate Committee
on Civil Liberties, headed by Mr.. La
Toilette. has developed some facts OF
wide public interest.
Perhaps the most interesting and seri-
Gus phase presented is the financial cost
of the war between steel companies and
the C. I. o. Mr.. Murray, who led the
c. I. o. campaign for the organization
of the steel industry, testified that the
unions have spent $500, 900 on the drive
and that at one time they had as many
as 308 paid organizers in the field.
On the other hand evidence from the
steel companies and other sources has
been produced which indicates that the
cost of the battle against unionism to
all OF the steel companies amounted to
a total of several millions of dollars.
These are gigantic sums to be spent
in labor warfare. They indicate the
costliness of warfare, but they do not
measure the total cost. They do not
include the loss in time and wages to
many thousands of men who were
caught in this conflict and who lost en-
ployment because of it.
The Senate committee did not seem
disposed to inquire into the source of
the vast labor fund. what unions con-
tributed to it, and whether the money
was expended at the dictum of a few
ambitious labor leaders or with the con-
sent and approval of the millions of
working people who had been required
TO pay large dues and special assessments
into union treasures in order that the
war might be carried on.
That is information which both the
members of organized labor and the pub
lie at large would be interested to have.
Evening star., 1938-08-22
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES &. TRACEHELL.

Many persons in Warrington this year
have gone without coats.
This is something new for US. It Is q
summer custom in many Western cities
but until this summer had not been
much done here.
Going without hats is a vogue which
seems to have come to stay. Even per-
sons old enough to believe that hat is
q good thing in winter seem to feel that
every one who wants to should be al
lowed to- 60 hatless in summer without
comment.
1t was not Always so. At the time Of
the Great War, young men who went
hatless in Washington, even in summer,
were looked upon askance. "a curious
word; it comes from two Danish words
meaning to shove sidewayso
The few brave men who went hatless
in winter were regarded by most passers-
by as tit candidates for imprisonment.
Today it is perfectly possible to walk
around in Washington in the coolest
weather without q hat, and have no one
pay the slightest attention.
The yorst that will happen will be
that some elderly wight will venture a
the general effect that such a habit is
sure to bring on sinus trouble.
In the old days. they said "colds" CO.
ing without hat would give one a
cold, sure; but when this proved to be
wrong, they took up the word sinus, as q
good substitute. No one knows much
about the sinuses, and 1t is easy to put
= great deal Of blame upon them.
Sometimes children with sinus "trou-
ble' are threated with lengthy opera
tions, when all the time a three month
stay at the seashore would put them In
trim.
The cool brisk winds Of autumn-how
fine they will feel!
That dry, cold air, called crisp-how
soothing 1t will seem on the skin, espe-
cially OF the face!
Let us hope that everybody feels the
same way, SO that when fall really comes,
bringing relief from this summer Of our
discomfort, nobody will begin to put
windows down wherever you go, but that
everybody will rejoice, and let the winds
blow, blow, blow.
A summer such as this seems to make
people noisier and more quarrelsome.
Anything which has such results is not
good, because man Is noisy enough al
ready-some will say far too noisy. Most
inventions seem to put a premium on
noise.
AS for the quarrelsome abilities Of the
human brute, they are very well known
cropping out in virulent form on sll
sides of the globe, particularly in the
form of wars.
1t may be that the reason the north
ernmcst countries. as a rule, are peace
full countries, is because Of their more
uniformly cooler weather.
When We think Of the Scandinavian
countries, and Finland. Greenland and
others, we envision peaceful people who
love books and music, as we'll as nature
and who know that art does not thrive
among machine guns.
Evening star., 1938-08-22
Hopes for Statehood
For Puerto Rice.
n. &Aa RAAas AZ Tia 1&axs

To the Editor Of The Star:
T BELIEVE the average reader Is
amazed to learn Of the occasional
outbursts of terrorism which occur In
Puerto Rico and the attack upon some
OF our Government of1cials and those
of their own administration. Unfor-
tunately, the island does not receive the
much-needed publicity regarding the
splendid progress made over . period OF
years and the fact that the ratio OF
crime compared with her population OF
over 100000 Is considerably smaller
than will be found In some Of our cities
and States where the total inhabitants
number less than on the island.
The Nationalists, a small group. have
during the past several years, received
some encouragement from United States
agitators. These misnamed "Eberators'
inspired them to advocate separation OF
political ties with our country, whereas
within six months after independence,
were it voted upon, the island would be
plunged into chaos and economic ruin.
I hope to see the day when Puerto
Rico will be granted either statehood or
q dominion form of government.
doubt, however, that the Committee ON
Insular Affairs would be inclined to con-
slider recommending changing the pres
ent status until those who advocate in
dependence cease their tactics and work
with the greater majority for continued
amicable relations with the United States.
Being mostly agricultural, Puerto Rico
could not survive without the aid OF the
United States. The islands situation is
unlike that of the Philippine Islands. for
the latter have vast natural resources in
minerals and gold, Of which Puerto Rico
mas none. =. THOMAS.
Evening star., 1938-08-22

Won't you be glad when fall comesf
This exceptionally muggy, humid sum.
mer has made many persons appreciate
the mellow autumn more than ever be-
fore.
1t has been an unusual sort Of season
for Washington, not cnly through excess
humidity, but even more because of such
q long continued heat spell.
One of the National Capitals boasts
for many years has been the cool
breeze which has sprung up after 10
days to two weeks of hot weather.
Not this year, however.
There have been more complaints Of
suffering from heat than many old
timers can ever remember.
The thermometer has not stood as
high-Washington has had days At 104
degrees, during the past 80 years-but
human suffering from sheer discomfort
was not as great then.
OF course, It is dificult to remember
the weather. 1t might be said that the
human skin has q poor memory. The
effect Of heat and humidity on the skin
is what counts.
The sense of heat around the face
that is what bothers 20 many.
If one could just get rid of that heated
feeling there, one would not mind the
weather" so much.
Washington's justly famous South
ern breeze" seems to have been more or
less imperative during recent years.
1t was always the pride Of our citi-
zenry.
YES" We would admit, ut gets hot
in Washington during the summer, but
usually it doesn't last long, and then
we have the southern breeze"
1t was true, too, not mere imagination.
In the old days the city's excessively
hot spells did come to an end, usually
brought to close by an afternoon
thunderstorm, but not invariably; some
times they simply ended themselves as
neatly as you please. A cool breeze
sprang up, the heat vanished. and the
city went about Its business coolly for .
few weeks.
Old-time Washington weather, SO often
maligned by jealous outlanders, was no
such weather as the city has experienced
this summer.
It was much dryer with heat sufficient
to cook eggs on the sidewalk, all right,
but without the awful sickness which
has characterized this summer.
Il -
When autumn comes this year. even
the most sensitive persons will welcome
the winds and GOODNESS.
Summer is, after all, to many persons,
q nuisance, and nothing more.
1t is blatant. noisy season. filled with
poison Ivy, chiggers and hives.
To add to the trouble, the death rate
by automobile has increased. Some per-
sons will believe that this is due, at least
| in part to a desire Of motorists to whip
more air around their faces by driving
| even faster than usual.
Fame and fortune are waiting for the
| enterprising inventor who gives US a
| small fan to be stuck into the coat lapel.
It might be operated by small pocket
battery. The cool air around the face
| is where 1t is needed.
Evening star., 1938-08-22
Tradition Imperiled.

IhoSe who love the old things derive
deep satisfaction from the continued
popularity of jousting tournaments.
There is an inseparable association
between the tournaments staged every
year at this season in nearby MARYLAND
and Virginia and the jousts that thrilled
merrie England when knighthood was In
Hover 1t is gratifying that the tradi-
ton which calls for good horsemanshtp.
for accurate spearing and for chivalry
has been maintained through the CEN
turies, even though there is vast
change-for the better-in the modern
American version of tournament riding.
After all 1t is far better to spear a ring
than an adversary.
1t is true that in recent decades popu-
larity of the tournaments has declined,
although some have been staged on the
same field annually for more than 100
years. The decline, like the decline of
the circus, Is blamed on the fact that
movies, autos and radios have led the
PuOAAS w plClcI u UlueTenL Lype OF
entertainment.
But today's auto minded public sprang
from generations of horse fans" and
still thrills to the sight of flying hooves.
So the tournaments still seem far from
their last legs. Another factor that
helps keep them alive is politics-on
election year they are fine sounding
boards for candidates.
Two recent developments, however,
cause concern in the breasts of real
tournament fans. One is a growing
tendency among winners to let some one
else crown the queen. To none other
than the victor belong the spoils, and
what, indeed, may become Of chivalry
If that sort of thing continues?
The other even more alarming deyel-
opment is occasional burlesque tourna-
ments in which the riders use bicycles or
automobiles instead of horses, Is
nothing sacred?
Evening star., 1938-08-22

for schools and other improvements in
the past few years, however, that its
bonded debt is q matter of concern to
many Of its officials. Thirty-five cents
out Of every tax dollar in the county goes
for debt charges, about half OF that be-
ing for payment Of interest and principal
on school bonds.
On the other hand many new houses
and apartments were being built in the
suburban area, thus boosting the school
population tremendously. A startling
increase" OF 1850 pupils in two years
was reported last year by the County
Civic Federation, which said there is
every reason to believe the growth will
continue at this rapid pace" Further
more, 1t has been the aim of the county
to have schools as good as those in WASH
ington and to avoid overcfowding by
intelligently anticipating the centers of
growth.
This year 1t found more classrooms
urgently needed in Takoma Park and
the Bethesda area. The county board
considered plan to finance the needed
schools out of current revenue. After
months OF negotiations in cooperation
with school officials the county has OBJ
tanned a P. w. A. grant and decided to
provide its share of the funds through
sale OF f1ve-year certificates OF indebted
ness authorized in an emergency. Those
who engineered the arrangement deserve
credit for giving both the pupils and the
taxpayers break"
Evening star., 1938-08-22
PRESS VIEWS ON
ATTACK ON GEORGE
Roosevelt's Visit to Georgia
Raises Doubt as to Effect
on His Political Policies.

Doubt is widely expressed in the press
as to the effectiveness of President
Roosevelt's visit to Georgia and his at
tack on Senator Walter F. George Of
that State, who is seeking denomination.
The Senator's record Is carefully ex-
amined and 1t is repeatedly asserted
that the issue Is independence. It is
found that the Senator opposed some
major legislation desired by the Presi-
dent, but in other respects was q con-
sistent New Deal supporter.
Resentment" is found by the Rich
mond News Leader among men and
women whose loyalty to the Democratic
party in the days Of its poverty helped to
keep it alive" The Chicago Tribune
asserts that Mr.. Roosevelt says the
people OF Georgia must defeat the Sena-
tor who has served them for l6 years;
defeat him because he has endeavored to
safeguard their stake in q free America" !"
With an attack on the principle in
volVed, the San Jose (Calif0 Mercury
Herald advises that "the duty of Con-
gress to retain its independence is i'm
peratlve, and the duty Of the Executive
to respect 1t is equally imperative" The
South Bend Tribune goes back into his
tory to find that "the principle respected
by President Washington was that the
people ought to be entirely at liberty to
choose whom they please to represent
them in Congress-"
perhaps the worst that can be said
against the senior Senator from
Georgia" according to the Lowell Cour-
ler-Cltlzen. "is that he tries to carry out
the promise that the President seems to
have forgotten, to correct any mistakes
that may have been made, and that he
also looks upon the platform Of 1885 as
more binding on Democratic conscience
than the subsequently divulged ideas Of
the party leader"
The Macon (Ga) Telegraph makes
the comment: Mr. Roosevelt has re-
pudiated Senator George, one Of the
warmest of his friends and the supporter
of SO per cent of his New Deal program.
The hollow mockery OF condemning his
liberalism Is too obvious Tor serious
consideration. And we confidently be-
lieve that history will again record with
what deplorable results'-to Mr.. Roose-
velt"
The result of the Georgia primary in
September will be as interesting and
important as the entire election in No
vember," says the Joplin (Mo) Globe,
with favorable review Of the Senator 5
record.
"The President Is venturing far out" +"
concludes the Los Angeles Times, "on
even so stout limb as his great personal
popularity in Georgia. Other Presi-
dents Of equal popularity have tried it,
only to have the limb break under them.
Mr.. Roosevelt may have better luck"
AN analysis of the record" according
to the Roanoke (Va) Times, shows that
Senator George has voted for virtually
all of the New Deal measures except the
Wagner housing bill. the administra.
tive reorganization bill and the measure
to increase the membership of the Su-
preme Court. On these three counts.
and on his opposition to the wages bill
he has been indicted. tried and con.
victed by the President"
Evening star., 1938-08-22
Montgomery Schools.

A school program financed in an un-
precedented manner for Montgomery
County is about to be undertaken by
Washhsgton's northwest neighbor.
The conventional way to build schools
in Maryland is to sell bonds authorized by
the Legislature, which are paid of in 20
years or more. Since the advent of the
New Deal, this system has been sup
plemented by using the bonds as match
ing funds to get P. w. A. grants, thus
building more schools at less cost to
the county.
Montgomery has issued 20 many bonds
Evening star., 1938-08-22
Shooting Stars.
By PH1LANDER JOHNSON.
Still Generous.

Still Generous.
haven't made fortune vet,
An mebbe never will:
In lots O things I've failed to get
The needful luck or skill;
I've somehow always missed my guess
Exceptin' once or twice
In small affairs; but none the less
I like to give advice.
I've had hard knocks enough, you see,
To teach me lots O. sense.
I won't be stingy, no, Stree,
With my experience.
I've been loser at each game,
From Wall Street down to dice,
An elsewhere, too, but just the same
I like to give advice.
Evening star., 1938-08-22
Finds Conditions Good
At Blue Plains.

To the Editor Of The Star:
WHEN last week read letter in
your paper. telling of the pitiful
condition of the old at Blue Plains, I
was much distressed and decided to help
in the matter of furnishing magazines
and papers, even i'll could do nothing
else.
Accordingly. we filled our car with Col
liers, Americans, Saturday Evening
Posts, Geographicals. McCalls, etc, all
in new condition-and drove to Blue
Plains.
We found It beautifully situated on
the river high above 1t; green stretches
of lawn, trees, and a splendid herd OF
healthy-lookingc cattle; a flock Of fowl
and reasoned that milk, butter, eggs
and chicken must be on the diet at the
institution.
found a library with q surplus of
magazines. Mine were accepted. but not
particularly needed.
spoke to some young man in the
Office. He was pleasant, courteous, SEEM
ed earnest and I should say kind and
thoughtful Of the inmates. To one OF
these I spoke-Nellie, they called her
who vas blind. She was happy looking.