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Evening star., 1938-12-27
Purchasing Recovery

Mariner Eccles, fitting verbally
with Senator Byrd, becomes the New
Deals own worst advocate.
Mr.. Eccles, in substance, states his
belief that the Government should
help build up the country's purchas-
ing power by spending borrowed
money. He would continue such
spending indefinitely until a specified
national income is attained.
Presumably, of course, he would
discontinue the expenditures when
the designated income level is
reached. In theory, that proposition
is attractive, but actually it is fraught
with two grave dangers.
One is that the desired income will
not be secured within a reasonable
time and that the national budget
will become hopelessly and disas-
trously out of balance. The other
hazard is that a large section of
the population will become perma-
nently dependent on Government
outlays, and that the increasing
necessity of maintaining the buying
power of this group will never permit
a reduction in Federal spending.
1t is probably a good thing that
Mr.. Eccles has made his position
clear. If he spoke with the approval
of the administration, it may reason
ably be assumed that the President
has definitely discarded his Oft
stated belief in the urgency of
balancing the budget. The alterna-
tive is an indefinite prolongation of
deficit financing. That should be a
matter of primary concern to the
incoming Congress.
Evening star., 1938-12-27
Says Americanism Is
A Vital Force.

To the Editor Of The Star:
"Stir up a campaign for Americanism I"
So advises veteran. Well, if this should
ever become necessary then democracy
in this country might as we'll fold up
With the very great majority, as I see
1t, Americanism is still living force. It
still believes in the Constitution as
handed down by the founders, subject,
of course, to such changes as changed
economic conditions call for. But all
within the law as it exists.
This also applies to those naturalized
citizens who came here from countries
whose form of government is vastly diff
ferent from ours. Said Carl Schurz,
Immigrant, major general in the Civil
War, United States Senator from Mis-
souri,, Secretary of the Interior and
patriot:
"Foreign-born citizens are more jeal-
ously patriotic Americans than many
natives are. They watch the progress
OF the Republic with triumphant Joy at
every success of our democratic institu-
tions, and with the keenest sensitiveness
to every failure, having the standing of
this country before the world constantly
in mind"
A good many natives, no doubt, will
disagree. Schurz himself once remarked
during a conversation with Henry Wat
terson c'Marse Henry'D: "If should live
here 1000 years, why, they would still
call me a 'Dutchman'" And so it is vet
anybody's highland always will be.
December 20. FRED VETTER.
Evening star., 1938-12-27
Filtered Truths

4Ile uepaLe which has been en-
gendered by the proposal to control
pedestrian traffic has led large
number of the citizens of Wash
1ngton to consider the many broad
phases OF the entire traffic problem.
In this respect the effect has been
most salutary. At the same time.
however, the discussion has brought
out many conflicting views, prin-
cipally those of the more articulate
residents, and to some extent those
views have had tendency to be-
cloud the basic issue.
In the words of Wendell Phillips.
Truth is one forever absolute, but
opinion is truth filtered through the
moods, the blood, the disposition of
the spectator"
1t was perhaps unfortunate to
label the original proposal "pedes-
trlan control" The words them
selves conjure up visions of mass
RECOMMENDATION and of the elimina-
tlon OF all motorist responsibility.
IN view OF some of the published
private opinions, the term obviously
mas brought about a clean-cut dis
tlnctlon, In some minds, between two
classes into which all residents of
the city must necessarily fall
pedestrians and motorists. It is easy
IN the heat of discussion to over
look the fact that there are very few
VINO never are motorists-that is
neither drivers nor riders, and that
there are none at all who are never
pedestrians. The most confirmed
motorist is born pedestrian and his
neck is just as much in danger when
ne jaywalks after parking his car
as II he had never been behind
wheel. The question of pedestrian
control is not one which is aimed At
minority of the population, it is
proposal to call attention, through
legal regulation, to the necessity for
cooperative safety practices be-
tween those who are afoot and those
who momentarily are at the controls
OF a motor vehicle.
Variations to the basic proposals
either neglect the fundamental prin-
ciple or becloud the issue. The
limitation of hours in which the
regulation would be effective or the
limitation of area would, carried to
thar ultimate conclusion, imply that
jayWalking is all right except some
times in some places. The side
issues, such as suggestions for
lengthening the period of the warn
ing light at controlled intersections
or for other notifications of the
motor vehicle laws, have great deal
OF merit. If pedestrians are to be
controlled, they should be given
every assistance in achieving their
rights. But the adoption of a sane
regulation for the prevention of
fragrant carelessness should not be
conditioned upon complete restudy
and revision of the existing traffic
code,
Evening star., 1938-12-27
THIS AND THAT
By Charles E. Trace1DeH.

Penny's family kept Penny, not be-
cause Of her tricks, but in spite of them.
Her face is her fortune.
She has the typical cat face of song
and story.
Her history ranges from New York to
Washington.
She was born in a penthouse, where
she ruled the family until transfer to
Washington.
Shortly after arriving here, the family
had to go to Europe.
Penny in Europe was an impossible
prospect.
The cat was put in a pet shop, where
female cats 60 for 10 cents a dozen
when they aren't given away.
While Penny is doing in the cage
haughtily aloof on the shelf, how she got
her name might be to the point.
She was called Penty, at first, which
naturally became Penny. Try it. The
first is hard to say, the second easy.
So she became Penny, Penelope for
long.
While she dozed in the pet store cage,
a friend of cats happened to come along.
He thought her a mighty fine cat.
Penny condescended to come to the wire.
She rubbed her head against his hand.
1t was love at first sight.
How much do you want for her?"
he asked the pet store man.
you can have her for nothing"
answered that worthy.
X X
Penny is mostly tiger gray and black
striped, rather on the light side, with
great patches of white showing.
One of these is prominently in the
middle of her back
She is very vain of this particular
spot.
She spends great deal of time every
day taking care of this patch of white.
The rest of her gets far too little
attention. Her friends suspect her
father was an alley bum.
Those to whom Pennys list of de-
meanors seem rather long might wonder
why her family refused to give her up
to the good ladies who wanted "a nice
cat for Christmas" and got one-but
not Penny.
The answer lies rather in the psy-
chology of cat fanciers than in that of
cats.
Penny has a way with her.
Whenever the family council decides
that she is too much, entirely too much,
she manages to put on some bit of
playfulness which wins the hearts of all.
I'VE should have given you to the
ladies'" she is admonished, when a par
ticularly bad scratch shows up on the
new cabinet for phonograph record
albums
1t is significant of something or other
that she was not given to the ladies, who
therefore, will never know exactly what
they missed.
Evening star., 1938-12-27

logical successor in the w. P. A., the
President no doubt has minimized
the congressional broadsides that
will be fired at relief policies. It is
significant that these changes fol-
lowed the arrival in Washington Of
Vice President Garner to discuss ad-
ministration policies with Mr.. Roose-
velt before Congress opens.
Undoubtedly, the Presidents de-
cision to place Colonel Harrington in
charge Of the relief system was in
f1uenced by the need of conciliating
a Congress apparently bent on cur
failing w. P. A. expenditures and as
suming more direct supervision Of
relief problems. Colonel Harrington
has yet to prove his capabilities as
w. P. A. administrator. But a public
that has direct interest in proper
and efficient management of the re-
lief agency should be willing to give
him a fair trial. His first words be-
fore assuming his difficult task
strengthened the belief that he will
prove to be fortnight and impair
tial administrator. For three years
he has had charge of all w. P. A.
engineering work, and his aversion to
what is commonly known as "boon-
doggling" no doubt will save future
w, P A. projects from much rnfavor.
able criticism.
On the whole the selection Of
Colonel Harrington seems a fortu-
nate choice. The public will be sat-
lstled II he can succeed in keeping
politics out of relief and in getting
the most value out of the relief dol
lar. But that is a real challenge to
any man.
Evening star., 1938-12-27
New A. P. BuiIdino

The new home of the Associated
Press is a story building in
Rockefeller Center, New York. Mod
ern in every detail, the structure is
designed to serve cause which is
ages old-the sacred cause of truth.
Such task as that involved in
the work of "the greatest news
gathering agency in the world" is not
easily done. Rather, it demands of
those engaged in it all that they
have to give of intelligence, physical
strength, and nervous energy. The
new building, then, is a kind of tenn
pie. If it meets its requirement, it
will be shrine dedicated to knowl-
edge and wisdom among men, served
faithfully and loyalty by men who
have qualified to contribute to the
advancement of men in their con-
quest of circumstance.
Freedom of the press is symbolized
in the center of the Associated Press.
There is reason, therefore, to regard
the structure also as a fortress for the
protection of liberty throughout the
earth in time when liberty needs
defense. Logically enough, reporters
and editors may be considered SOL
diers as we'll as historians. They
have duty comparable with that
of an army under fire.
It likewise should be mentioned
that the new Associated Press Build
ing is a cooperative development.
Democracy is the force which brought
it into being. Approximately four
teen hundred newspapers, among
which The Star is pioneer, have
created it, will join to maintain it
and profit by its use for the benefit
of readers quick to appreciate an
ideal fulfilled and justified.
Evening star., 1938-12-27

Several Washington ladies who were
conducting negotiations for Penny, fe-
male tiger cat, were great deal more
fortunate than they knew, when the
deal fell through.
If she had gone to them here is what
she would have done:
Climbed the portieres and the cur
tains at the windows.
Jumped upon the finest mahogany
surfaces, with particular attention to
the piano and radio and the dining
room table.
Clawed the stuffing out of the sofa and
the best chairs.
Played with the window shade pullers,
risking'a flying ascent at the most inop-
perfume times.
CraWled under the shades in the eve
ming when they were pulled down,
Wrinkling them badly unless detected
at once.
She would have climbed up the inside
of the doors in rooms in which she was
shut.
Yowled when no attention was paid
to her.
Fancied herself as a fisherman and
insisted on seating herself squarely in
the center of the glass cover lid of the
aquarium.
Leaped up on the gas stove in the
/, kitchen while preparations for dinner
were going on.
Pestered the life out of any other
animal which might have been part OF
the household.
Hid at bedtime under the bed, re-
treating from one side to the other from
her pursuer.
Climbed up screen doors, refusing to
unhook claws, which, unusually long
will not unhook of themselves. 1t is
these same retractable claws, as the
books call them, which cause most o1
the damage to fine surfaces.
Had especial affinity with dirt, pre-.
ferring to play in coal pile, if any, anc
| to scamper around in the attic, where
| long whiskers managed to pick up all tht
| cobwebs therein.
Reached paw into poinsettia plant anc
| tried to tear off leaves.
Chewed red ribbon which tied greer
| paper around the pot.
X
Insisted on swallowing entire any piece
of string or cloth left on the floor.
Unusually willing to assist with any
| knitting or sewing going on, causing
great havoc with measurements, mate.
rials and the like.
Leaped up on desk and insisted or
curling up in the very middle, right or
the letters.
X
These are just few of the thing.
| Penny would have done If she had gone
to the ladies, who, it may be added
secured another cat, and hence will
never know just what they lost.
Evening star., 1938-12-27

purposes, narrowed permanently the
scope Of the basic salary law.
In actual practice, inadequate
appropriations keep many employees
from reaching the average OF their
grades.
The effects of the average require
ment should be taken into consid-
Grafton in any study of what the
minimum Government salary should
be, because if this restrictive rule is
to be kept always in the appropria-
ton bills, retarding the chances of
some employees for salary advance
ment, the Government should place
the minimum rates at a higher level
than might otherwise be expected.
Evening star., 1938-12-27
Wants Revised Pension Plan
For Railroad Men.
To the Editor Of The Star:

To the Editor Of The Star:
The man who has been left out Of the
old-age pension and retirement plan for
railroads is the man who lost out on the
roads from 1921 to 1880 through the
strike and the crash of 1929-30. There
are any number Of railroad men who
are working in the Navy Yard and
arsenals for the Government who had
from Is to 30 years service on the rail-
roads, but who will never be able to get
in enough time to become eligible for
sufficient retirement money to let them
live and take care Of their wives.
Ths only solution = to amsnd the
Evening star., 1938-12-27
Says Cartoon illustrates
Injustice in Washington.
To the Editor of The Star:

desire to compliment you and your
cartoonist, Mr.. Bergman, on the car
toon published in today's issue Of The
Evening Star, with the title "Oan 1t
Happen Here?"
With crime rampant throughout the
District and criminals making merry in
their own sweet way, the authorities
spend their time in threatening respect
able citizens with arrest because they
refuse to pay the business tax. It would
appear that highway robbery and assault
are but misdemeanors, worthy Of little
or no consideration-in comparison with
the crime Of refusing 70 pay the $40
business tax.
In the District, In which citizens are
heavily taxed and not given the right
to vote, anything can happen, and all we
property owners can do is protest. Some
day I believe the citizens Of the District
will get tired of protesting and will
stage Boston tea party" which will
produce results. ALFRED H. TERRY.
December q.
Evening star., 1938-12-27
Shooting Sturs
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Hello!

Hello!
From somewhere in the darkness comes
A voice responsive to your plea,
And then an echoing chaos huns
Like the reverberating sea;
Then stiffness reigns-you stand and walt
For that faint voice you heard of yore
'Tis gone! You turn and rail at fate,
But all in vain. 'Tis heard no more!
With mind surcharged with speech you
stand,
With surging palpitating soul.
You strive again with fierce command
To wake the powers that control
Your destinies in this brief day.
There is no answering to your call
Save now and theh from far away
A faint "Hello!" and that is all.
Evening star., 1938-12-27
Federal Salaries

Announcement that bills will be
proposed in the Senate this winter to
readjust Government salaries in the
lower brackets offers Congress a
chance to deal more equitably with
those OF Its employees who are near
the bottom of the wage schedules as
set forth in the Classification Act
of 1928.
Senators McCarran, Democrat, of
Nevada and Bulow, Democrat, of
South Dakota, both have indicated
they expect to reintroduce measures
that remained dormant throughout
the last Congress and died with ad-
iournment day. While the old Nc
Carran bill called for moderate in
oreases in all grades not exceeding
$500 year, the essential object of
both bills was to establish new
minimum wage for full-time adult
employees in the Government service.
The fact that the McCarran pro-
posal would place the minimum at
$500 a year, while the other bill
calls for 81 200 as the first salary step,
represents a difference of opinion
that the appropriate committees can
decide after hearings and study.
The main point is that the new
Congress which is about to assemble
should not again sidetrack the sub
ject in the pressure of other busi-
ness, and it is gratifying to note that
Senator Bulow, who is chairman of
the Civil Service Committee, has sig
nified his intention of arranging
hearings.
In drafting the Salary Classifica-
tion Act fifteen years ago Congress
built the framework for scientific
grading of pay, with a graduated
scale of rates for each grade, and it
held out to Uncle Sans workers in
the classified service the hope of
periodic advancement through the
passing years.
Unfortunately, however, the origi-
nal act had been on the statute books
but short time when Congress, by
means OF restrictive rider written
into the various annual appropria-
ton bills, put the brakes on salary
adjustment and took away much of
that hope, at least for substantial
part of the Government working
force. This rider, which has come to
be known as the average clause"
provides that the average of the
salaries of all the employees of
given grade in any bureau shall at
no time exceed the average of the
several compensation rates specified
for that grade in the Classification
Act. Only few grades are not af-
fected by it.
For most grades the basic classifi-
cation law fixes five or six salary
steps. Therefore, If some of the en-
ployes under an appropriation unit
reach the fifth or sixth step of the
grade, others must be kept at the
bottom in order to comply with the
average clause"
Temporarily limiting funds for SAL
afy adjustment in the appropriation
bills because of conditions at some
particular time would be one thing,
but by repeating this average
clause" in the supply bills year after
year Congress has, for all practical
Evening star., 1938-12-27
Sound Investment

She is just a little
Girl whose age is three,
Primly sitting on her
Lovely mothers knee,
Holding in her chubby,
Dimpied little hand
Toys which seem to her both
Wonderful and grand.
Yet in any gilded
Five-and-ten-cent store
Toys like these are stacked which
Little girls adore:
II some little girl or
Boy you would beguile.
Just invest q nickel,
And produce q srnslel
n. p. sTODDARD.
Evening star., 1938-12-27

Railroad Retirement Act to cover any
men who had Is years service prior to
1880, adding the length of subsequent
service in Government work and letting
them retire at 81 years of age.
know the management of railroads
will protest if anything like this should
be put before Congress, but they had
the best years of the lives of some of
these men and laid them off to reduce
expenses they had unwisely and need
lessly incurred.
AN OLD RAILROAD MAN.
December IS.
Evening star., 1938-12-27
Defeated Caution.

1--WE should, be careful what we say"
remarked the wise friend.
"Of course" answered Miss Cayenne,
although it isn't so much what we say
that gets us into trouble as what some
one says we said.'
Evening star., 1938-12-27
Cheap Contribution.

"Your speech received great applause"
said the friend.
eyes," answered Senator Sorghum, "it's
remarkable to see how easy it Is to elicit
three cheers from a man who wouldn t
give 50 to the campaign fund.-"
Evening star., 1938-12-27
Sure Thing.

Now prophet, you may smile again,
While doing weather sums,
Just promise cold wave and then
Stand pat until it comes.
Evening star., 1938-12-27
Letters to The Star

Letters to the Editor must bear
the name and address of the
,oriter. although the use OF a
pSeudonyn for publication is per-
nliSsible. Please be brief!
Evening star., 1938-12-27

Faith cure" said Hi Ho, the sage OF
Chinatown, always appears to be good
for something somebody else has and
you haven't"
Evening star., 1938-12-27
Stale.

When Hamlet murmured, words, words,
words!"
AS in the play is told;
Perchance he read some campaign speech
When it had gotten cold.
Evening star., 1938-12-27
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Evening star., 1938-12-27

II can't read de doctors prescription" !"
said Uncle Eben, "but bets dat if dem
germs could git look at 1t, 1t would
scare en- to DEATH"
Evening star., 1938-12-27

Main once: 11th st and Pennsylvania Ave.
New York ONCE: ITO East 42nd St.
Chicago ONCE 435 North Michigan Ave.
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Q. How is the glaze effect made on
chintz?-E. G.. H.
A. This effect is produced in the fin
1shing plant by passing the cloth through
the ordinary friction calender after the
fabric has been finished with mixture
Of cornstarch and softener. Parafin
or beeswax is often passed over the hot
bowl Of the calender to aid In getting a
high luster or glaze.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-08-18
Guard Against Contamination

Some states require the pasteur-
ization of the milk or cream used
in manufacturing ice cream; 9TH
ers stipulate that the entire mix
must be pasteurized before freez-
ing. These measures are desira-
BILE, as ice cream requires the
same scrupulous care that should
be given to milk and cream.
Because of the possibilities for
contamination, several precau-
ti0ns should be observed in buy
ing ice cream. Choose cream
manufac tured by a reputable con-
Germ. Be sure to buy from a deal
er who keeps it well frozen, for
ice cream that has been melted
and frozen again may be danger
Gus, owing to the opportunity for
the multiplication of bacteria
while it was melted. See to it,
also, that the dealer uses sanitary
methods in dispensing.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-08-18

tribution facilities of the chains.
AS a result of this unprecedented
marketing campaign, the canned
peach carry-over was reduced by
June of that year from 6,469, 900 to
1,343 900 cases-lower than the pre-
vious years stock for the same date
and the growers received $50
ton-double the original offer from
the Gamers for the new crop.
The Alabama tomato growers also
found the solution of their difficult
ties in the modern methods of dis
tribution. One firm, the Great At
lantic & Pacific Tea company, met
the Alabama situation by market
ing the surplus product in small,
cellophane-topped cartons, each
containing four tomatoes. Sales of
tomatoes, in the new attire, jumped
in the stores where they were fea-
tured.
Dates Go to Market.
Dates are almost solely Califor-
mia product, and yet the success
story of one date grower holds much
wider attention than just among that
states 10000 fruit and vegetable
producers. In 1928, one R. c. Nicon
moved tiny shack up to the high
way near Hermal, Calf, and be-
gan selling dates and date-milk
drinks to the public. His stand still