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Evening star., 1938-08-10
To Purge or Not to Purge.

A wanderer, home from the seas, the
President tells of his spoils-two kids,
two snakes, hawk and various un-
known marine animals" Fascinating
items for explorers and collectors, no
doubt, but not nearly so fascinating as
the contents of the Presidents two
speeches planned for tomorrow in
Georgia. And these the President de-
clines to divulge in advance. Will they
be political speeches? The President
does not know, for they are merely down
in rough draft" and require further
polishing and editing. Will they repeat
the tenor of the Presidents speech last
March in Gainesville, when he endeared
himself to Southern Senators by saying
that wages there are far too low and
that new industries cannot be establish
ed successfully in the South until buy
ing power, in the form of wages, is in
creased?
Whatever the President says, it is
fact that he returns to purge mind
ed Nation that will read what he has to
say in terms of the purge. Should the
President refer in kindly words to MY
old friend Senator George" and speak
casually of his experience in the United
States Senate, the inference will be that
the purge is out-and Senator George
is in. Should the President, on the other
hand, do Senator Adams on Senator
George in Georgia and look clear over
the Senator's head while admiring the
scenery and deploring the economy Of
the South, the word will go out that the
purge is on and the Senator is in the
presidential doghouse. And in South
Carolina should the President, stopping
In Greenville for brief hello, mention
the name of Senator Smith with be-
coming reverence for that veterans long
experience in shaping the national des-
tiny, the conclusion will be that the
purge is over. And vice versa.
For the President has taught the peo-
pie that while President in the White
House or President aboard a cruiser,
exploring the deep for unknown marine
animals, does not concern himself with
the internal affairs of the States, such
as choosing party candidates for ma
tional Offices, the head of the Demo-
cratic party, surveying the crowds from
the rear platform of a special train, has
certain responsibilities and these he
must fulfill. Senator George and Sena-
tor Smith, sweating in the hustings, will
wonder with the country whether the
kids were captured for sacrificial pur-
poses, or whether there is some hidden
symbolism in the snakes and the hawk
which the President, marching through
Georgia and turning, as Sherman turned,
into South Carolina, may reveal to his
gaping audiences.
Evening star., 1938-08-10
Plea Made for Inmates
OF Blue Plains.
To the Editor of The Star:

10 the EQltOr OF Ihe Star.
pLEASE, may tell you a little story?
Last Saturday I made visit to
the Home for the Aged and Infirm in
Blue Plains and what saw just made
my heart ache because wasn't able to
do more for them. One of the things I
saw is that 365 days of every year they
are served for breakfast and supper a
hunk of bread and tin cup of powdered
milk. Now, grant you that it keeps
them from starvation, but they certainly
aren't getting the proper vitamins need
ed in a well balanced diet.
Those poor souls there are crying for
reading matter. Please, can't you see
that they get some? Even if it isn't the
latest edition. yesterdays paper would
make them SO very happy. They read
and pass on every little piece of print
they receive. MRS. R. v. MILLER.
Evening star., 1938-08-10
Welcome to a Rebel!

douglas Corrlgan is a nOn-confOrmiSt
He may be even rugged individualist."
Perhaps 1t is because of his independence
that his countrymen-and his friends in
1reland-are so proud of him. The af-
lection manifested by millions in New
York is being demonstrated again in
Washington today The wrong way"
flyers visit to the Nations Capital fur
nishes perfect occasion for mention of
a fundamental American characteristic
which he notably personifies.
That instinct for rebellion against arbi-
trary regimentation which prompted
Douglas to defy official regulations has
been shared in past times by some very
distinguished citizens. Thomas Jeffer-
son, for instance, most certainly exceeded
his authority when he effected the
Louisiana Purchase without waiting for
congressional approval. Abraham Lin
coin, during the War Between the States,
exercised powers not formally delegated
to his hands for the preservation of the
Union. Theodore Roosevelt probably
was "out of step" in his intervention in
Colombia, resulting in the revolt of
Panama in 1903.
Similarly, Prudence Crandall went to
Jail for the right to teach Negro children
in Connecticut and Henry David
Thoreau to prison rather than pay taxes
in Massachusetts,, Elijah Lovejoy gave
his life to protect the free press in
Illinois. and poor, mad" John Brown of
Osawatomie dramatized the Abolitionist
cause on the gallows at Charles Town,
West Virginia. All were rebels yet they
are immortal for cutting the Gordian
knot in the manner of the great Alex
ander. Such spirits are needed in every
age, particularly in the present-this
current period Of human experience
Evening star., 1938-08-10
THIS AND THAT
By CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

they give the appearance of . great
sheet over everything.
Often this forms along the inner side
of the back wall to such great extent
that 1t can be pulled away like sheet
Of paper.
Larger plants, such as cabomba and
anacharis, may be taken from the water
and washed thoroughly, 50 that none of
the blue-green form seems to remain,
but there will be enough Of it left to
start the colony all over again.
As far as we know, neither fishes nor
snails will eat this plant product, mar
velous in its way, but so undesirable un-
der the circumstances.
It is a dead loss to all living things in
the tank.
Its eradication, however, 1t quite an
other matter, because it is practically
impossible to get rid of it, once 1t is
started, short of cleaning the tank
from top to bottom, and using new
sand, plants and water-and even then
there may be an invisible inoculation in
the new water!
So it may be realized that the blue
green algae are the real "blues" Of the
home aquarium.
Various chemical methods, sometimes
recommended, have their dangers, and
are not Sure-f1re by any means.
X X
What should be done?
The best method has just been given
making the entire tank all over again.
But there is a halfway method which
often saves this bother and permits the
tank to go along at something like half
speed, let us say.
A great deal can be done by periodic
ally removing the plants. scraping the
scum from them. and taking out as
much Of the sheet along the back wall
as can be secured.
BY these expedients a tank may be
kept looking fairly well all summer, but
by fall 1t will need rebuilding.
It must not be supposed that this form
Is not q problem in winter, too, but
usually not as much so as at this time
Of year.
Care must be taken to distinguish the
blue-green from the soft, fluffy green
algae.
The latter are among the most desir-
able of water plants. They, too, colonize
so largely that they cover the back wall,
but they seldom bother larger plants.
At the same time. they are among the
best sort of vegetable food for both
fishes and snails. Not all types of
aquarium fishes will eat it, but those
which will, including the famous gup-
pies. find it both salad and vegetable
combined.
When this pleasant light-green form
is scraped from the back wall, the gup-
pies will gather to the feast and fairly
gorge themselves with it.
Sail-fins and moons, two popular
types Of tropical fishes, love nothing
better than this light-green form, and
it should be cultivated for their ap-
proval. since it tends to keep them in
health.
The blue-green kind is unmistakable;
even the beginner will recognize it as
undesirable from the start. He may
try cutting down on the amount Of light
on the tank, but If this fails. as it
usually does, he may try one Of the two
methods outlined here.
Evening star., 1938-08-10

Algae, minute water plants which
cause such trouble in city drinking wa
ter in the summer, also tend to spoil
many an indoor aquarium.
Too much sunlight on a tank is a
secondary cause, but the real incubation
comes from water put into the aquarium
to make up for that lost by evaporation.
The worst form is the so-called blue
green, which tends to smother all the
larger plants in the tank and to make
q film or scum on the back glass.
This form is the greatest nuisance
of all, and one which causes more
perturbation among tropical fish en-
thusiasts than the other forms put to-
gether.
Chief of these other types are the
brown and the light green. Neither is
as much of a kill-joy as the blue-green
sort, but all Of them mostly are intro
duced with fresh water. .
X X
Hence it would seem common sense
for those who have either tropical fishes
or the common goldhshes In indoor tanks
new water as possible is added.
In order to secure this the home aqua
rum enthusiast must practice so
many virtues that the aim is seldom
achieved.
are in each tank. He must be sure that
only so much food Is put in as may be
eaten completely. He must see that
enough light Is on the tank, but not too
much. He must be careful that the sand
is kept clean, but not too clean.
There will always be evaporation, how
ever, so that some new water must be
introduced even in the famous aqua
rum which is popularly supposed to
get along for years without any.
The way to be fairly sure about such
water is to boil it, then permit 1t to
cool back to normal overnight before it
is put into the tank.
Even this method IS not altogether
sure. Some forms of algae are air.
borne, and many aquarists of the home
variety will have a suspicion that the
blue-green form, which spoils the ap-
pearance of any tank, is one OF these.
What to do If this unwanted form
makes its appearance?
First, let us say that this algae, being
a perfect natural form, is not harmful
to the inmates of the tank.
What makes it so undesirable is the
way it wrecks the appearance of the
outfit. An aquarium ought to be a
thing of beauty, but the blue-green
scum which comes over the anacharis
and other larger plants in the tank Is
far from pretty.
1t strangles them. too, so that in the
end the finest tank becomes mess,
nothing more or less, from the stand
point CT beauty.
r X
This form is often found in outdoor
pools, but there it is not so obnoxious.
since even the smallest pool is large
enough to hide multitude of natural
sins.
In the indoors aquarium the blue
green form of miniature water plant
finally sets the pace toward ugliness. be-
ing composed of millions Of microscopic
plants matted together in masses until
Evening star., 1938-08-10
Mans Inhumanity.

IT man shall steal an OK, or sheep.
and kill Il, or sell it: he shall restore
nve oxen for an OK, and four sheep for
a sheep"
Thus says the law OF Moses. But care
full as Moses was in covering possible
loopholes, he had no law to cover an
offense committed recently in Fairfax
County. What punishment should be
meted out to the man who butchered a
living COW and left her lying, still alive,
in the pasture?
One shudders at stories brought from
other countries of the brutalities Of Gen.
tral European pogroms, Of Oriental mass
executions, of Spanish civilian bomb
ings, and of purges. tortures and mutila-
tons from today's Russia, yesterdays
Abyssinia, and Belgium OF two decades
ago. But for sheer, callous brutality the
perpetrator of the Virginia butchery
ranks with them all.
In the foreign reports of mans in
humanity to man there runs vein Of
real, or imagined, political or military
necessity. In the present case no ex-
cuse of necessity can be made. There
are hungry people in the United States,
but there are none so hungry in day
Of widespread and almost universal relief
systems that such action could be con-
ceived necessary.
A revolving viciousness Is the only
explanation.
The Chinese, adept at bentting pun
ishments, have one which comes to
mind in regard to the present case. It
is termed death by a thousand slicings." ="
America must content itself, however,
with hoping for an arrest and con-
v:ction under invocation Of felony
statute which provides from two to ten
years in prison.
Evening star., 1938-08-10

when personality is at q discount, class
movements are sweeping the world and
pressure groups are dominating govern
ments.
Notice, however, that Corrigan Is
armored with good humor. He does not
take himself too seriously. In that re-
spect, also. he represents the natural
ideal of intrepid and irrepressible youth
and symbolizes a democracy still vigor-
ously alive in spite Of coercion. Doubly
welcome is he, then, to Washington,
where the lesson he has to teach surely
needs to be learned.
Evening star., 1938-08-10
Letters to The Star
Jay Franklin's Flood Loss
Estimates too High.

To the Editor OF The Star:
IAY FRANKLIN sets up some inter-
" esting figures and estimates Of T.
v. A. costs and damages from Tennessee
River flood. It is interesting to note that
he was not we'll versed on his subject.
He would lead us to believe that the
flood damage from the Tennessee River
would average about $10000,O00 annual
". 1t is very doubtful if the real flood
damage exceeds much above 81 100000
per year, and many years not nall OF
that. The most damage is to the river
valley, which consists of farm land; and
after the flood recedes the farmers plant
crops and usually have good harvest.
After living in Chattanooga and ira
Yelling around Tennessee, Alabama ana
Georgia on business, and having seen
the Tennessee River at flood number
of times there have been very few times
when the actual money damage has ex-
ceeded a million dollars. Two Hood
dams on the Tennessee River would con-
troll the flood waters every year.
Water transportation on the Tennes-
see River will never be very profitable.
There is not enough freight. Two or
three round trips per month Will carry
the most of the freight. No one can
operate steamers at profit unless they
can have them we'll loaded with freight.
Freight has to pay the operating ex-
nenses. The T. v. A. might put on a
line of freight steamers and run them
at a loss and juggle the bookkeeping SO
that no one would know whether they
were run at a loss or not. They seem
to be good at juggling figures.
The T. v. A. yardstick that has been
set up to regulate electric charges in the
South should have brought into it about
Is per cent to 80 per cent more OF orlgl-
nal cost with interest charges and loss
on maintenance. AS it now stands II Is
an impudence against mankind.
Did the natives down in that part OF
the country ever ask for the T. V. A.!
No. no one but the politicians and
few members of Congress who wanted
the Government to spend about $780,
OOO,0 900 in that vicinity out OF taxes COL
lected in As other States.
It will take more than hundred years
to put the T. v. A. on the profit side OF
the balance sheet. Interest charges on
the investment from year to year Will be
hard to overcome. These New Dealers
hold up the T. v. A. as great money
making scheme. They increase Federal
taxes every year. and then put the money
into a hole and sink it. Every New Deal
scheme is proving to be failure. NO
wonder we are down in the Roosevelt
depression. CHARLES SHERMAN.
Evening star., 1938-08-10
Commercial Planes
Should Garry Flares.

To the Editor OF The star:
THE missing Pacific air liner recalls
l. the efforts that have been made IN
past years in the endeavor to have COM
mercial airplanes provided with flares
that would burn for number OF min
utes with bright red blame, also small
smoke pots for making dense smoke,
these being visible for long distance
from a searching airplane, day or night;
also from surface vessels, as means OF
making a distress signal in event OF
forced landing at sea or an isolated
place on land.
All commercial airships flying over
large bodies of water should also be
provided with small buoy painted red
or any other col0r whereby it could be
easily located by surface vessels or low
flying airplanes. There could be attach
ed to the buoy a small sea anchor to
keep the buoy from drifting fast, due to
the wind. The buoy would be automatI
ically released from its compartment
should the airplane sink below the sur
face Of the water.
Air transportation y now . safe
Evening star., 1938-08-10
Letters to the Editor must bear
the name and address OF the Drtte1.
although the use OF a pseudonyn, for
publication is permissible. Please be
briet!

means of travel. though there will be
forced landings and accidents causing
delays as there are delays and accidents
portation. There have been forced land
ings on land and sea in which pilots and
others have suffered unnecessary hard
ships before being located and rescued,
and others have suffered death due to
not having means for making dis
tress signal to those in searching air
planes which they could see and hear
but could not be seen due to vegetation,
a rough sea or darkness.
PASSENGER,
Evening star., 1938-08-10
Wild Flowers.

Beside the country road they grew,
In gay and wild profusion,
In brightest orange, red and blue,
Back therein their seclusion.
Their cousins in the city park
Are trim and much admired.
But wild flowers like the meadow laI
Hava oft-love's song inspired.
Evening star., 1938-08-10

sources Of pollution, 1t would seem to be
the part Of wisdom to make q start on
Rock Creek, polluted by both Maryland
and the District. Certainly there is lit
tie point in expanding the Blue Plains
plant for further publication of the river
below the District.
Evening star., 1938-08-10
Open Schools All
Year Proposed.


To the Editoy Of The Star:
HAVE noticed the various plans that
are being discussed daily in the pa
pers for better protection of the child
life Of Washington.
Now realize that many plans could
be used, but some may involve legal sit
uations that would finally find them not
workable or that would require years Of
planning to be effective.
have often thought of plan that
feel is workable Immediately and can
be put into effect with probably very
little expense.
Open the public schools and grounds
for recreation and pleasure, plus fun.
The public Is used to children going to
school, 80 1t would be easy to educate
them to extend their caution through
out the summer months. The plan
would be to send children of to school
at the regular hours, but they would be
entertained by plays, moving pictures,
games Washington has the facilities
available and they could be put into
effect overnight.
VERNE J. DAes1NoER.
Evening star., 1938-08-10
Too Busy.

From the Louisville Courier-Journal.
And now there's an undeclared war on
the Manchukuoan border between Japan
and Russia, but the Japanese are too
occupied with other matters to let it be-
come a "civilizing mission" like that in
China.
Evening star., 1938-08-10
Shooting Stars.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

A Summer Carol.
All the sorrows of the town
Let us cast away.
To the fields we'll hurry down;
Let's be making hay.
We will hasten, wide awake,
At the blush Of dawn.
If you have no hay to make,
You can NOW the lawn.
Life won't seem so stale and nat
If, like Uncle Josh,
You will wear broad-brimmed hat
And exclaim, by GOSH"
Let US be serenely good,
Busy all the day;
If we aren't saving wood
Let's be making hay.
Evening star., 1938-08-10

Life says: "The Frenchman- in the
street and the the street
do not like each other" But neither has
very much to do with foreign affairs, so
their countries remain friends regardless
of their antipathies.
Evening star., 1938-08-10
Twenty Years Ago
The World Var Day by Day
August 10, 1918.

The allies smashing offensive con-
tinued, gaining maximum OF miles.
Montdidier, Lihons and Proyant fell, to-
eether with Chipilly. Patrols entered
Chaulnes, important German railroad
junction.
German newspapers later described
this operation as the worst blow OF the
war to date. Although they did not
print the news, II German divisions
were cut to pieces, 2 entire division
stars captured. and $4,000 prisoners
takoo.
Evening star., 1938-08-10
Alleys Would Make
Good Parks,

To the Editor Of The Star:
WHEN moved here from New York
I was disappointed to see how few
places Washington children have to play
In. AS alleys are out of style anyway.
I think it would be very good idea il
they were cleaned and then planted
with trees and grass. They would serve
as ideal Fairgrounds. Insurance COM
panles pay out great deal of money
every year because of child deaths If
they would help the city to finance these
Fairgrounds they would save many lives
and in the end many dollars. Please
help us to get these parks.
RENA WENDY ZALPH.
Evening star., 1938-08-10

The amount Of profit attributed to Mr..
James Roosevelt in life insurance busi-
ness may be expected as evidence Of the
tendency money has to pour into the
hands of people who may eventually
come to regard wealth as more or less of
an embarrassment.
Evening star., 1938-08-10

Political factions in Kentucky may
agree in supporting the President even
when at odds between one another.
Kentucky is still a political prize State
with gold reserve buried underground
In case of an emergency.
Evening star., 1938-08-10

The Presidents fishing party will en-
Joy the distinction Of introducing to pub
lie attention one of the few groups Of
Americans who appear to have had a
genuinely enjoyable time during the
summer season.
Evening star., 1938-08-10

One of the curious circumstances at
tending fortunes, now under interna-
tional consideration, is the fact that
parents will insist that their efforts were
intended to insure happiness for their
children.
Evening star., 1938-08-10

An atrocity is revealed in Fairfax
County, Va. which consists In cutting
meat from live COW. The meat busi-
ness calls for correction here and there.
Butchering live animal will never Sc
cure entire support.
Evening star., 1938-08-10
Hard Name.

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Oxford professor terms Hitler . mas
ter psychotherapeutist. He has been
called worse things than that, however,
by experts.
Evening star., 1938-08-10

Irish sweepstakes tickets are discov-
cred in the hold of a German ship, in
tensifying a demand for study of gam
bling as an international problem.
Evening star., 1938-08-10

A delicate matter requires considera-
ton when it is to be decided which is
the more famous, the Corrigan plane or
the man who flew it.
Evening star., 1938-08-10
Midsummer Diplomacy.

From the indianapolis News.
It remains to be seen just what kind
Of shirt-sleeve diplomacy hot weather
produces.
Evening star., 1938-08-10
Continuous Authorship.

From the Saginaw News.
The author of "Tipperary" has died,
but it won't be correct to say that the
author of "Mademoiselle from Armen-
tieres' is dead until the last American
soldier is gone.
Evening star., 1938-08-10
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Assuming Credit.

Assuming Cfe01t.
What we want" said the radical
economist, lis government ownership of
everything"
my dear SIR" answered Mr.. Dustin
Stax, 1T is the highest patriotism that
causes some Of us monopolists to bear
our burdens as we do. Think of con-
centrating on the government the scru-
tiny and criticism to which corporations
are now subjected"
Evening star., 1938-08-10
A Disappointed Orator.

A Disappointed Orator.
"Alack-a-day," they heard him say;
Il fear my fame is ended.
I made speech the other day
And no one got offended"
Evening star., 1938-08-10
Climatic Comment.

Climatic Comment.
DO you believe in an orthodox state
Of future punishment"
II don't know" answered Senator
Sorghum. 1T might not be bad idea
to have some place where it was frankly
admitted that the discomfort was caused
by the heat and not the humidity"
The man that thinks that he knows
more than any one else," said Hi Ho, the
sage of Chinatown, "gets great enjoy
ment out of his opinion until he tries to
have 1t corroborated."
Evening star., 1938-08-10

"You kin allus find some. one to listen
to your hard-luck stories." said Uncle
Eben. "but you never kin tell whether he
II sympathidn' VII you Or eongratulatin'
hisseY "a havin' mo- sense