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Evening star., 1938-02-09

volume Of auto traffic-it went up 8 per
cent last year-and the development of
suburban communities such as Green
belt, accessible from Washington only
over routes that include grade crossings,
make their elimination daily more i'm
perative. At Landover, College Park, Riv-
erdale, Branchville and Berwyn are
crossings such as that where the mother
and child escaped and which must be
eliminated.
None will deny that the money spent
to build railroad overpasses at Hyatts-
vile, Lanham, Rockville and other near
by towns was used to advantage. If
there Is to be public spending to halt
the recession no projects could be more
worth while.
Evening star., 1938-02-09
Mark the Spot!

Members of the Forest Hills Citizens
Association want a sign erected at the
intersection of Broad Branch road and
Brandywine street to call attention to
the fact that boy was killed by a
passing automobile there. 1t is their
purpose to dramatize the danger to
other children, to adult pedestrians, even
to the motoring public. They wish to
mark the spot where tragedy occurred
An accident that could and should
have been prevented.
OF course, the sign will not put life
back into a crushed body. But it may
stimulate constructive thinking about
traffic perils. Emotionalism alone does
not help. What is demanded in the
circumstances is logic. The children
slaughtered, the fathers and mothers
left mangled in the dust are dear to
society at large as well as to their own
Evening star., 1938-02-09
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLESE. TRAcEWELL.

A delightful little melody comes from
the shrubbery these mornings early.
It is sung by the song sparrow, re-
spending to April in February.
The cardinal too, sends up, or rather
down, his best song, almost as gay as It
will be two months from now.
One must get out early to hear these
pre-spring songs at their best.
They are soft and sweet, not loud
enough to penetrate the walls Of houses
very we'll.
Seven o'clock in the morning is the
magic time when these and other birds
in suburban communities sing at this
time Of year.
The man in car cannot hear them,
for glass is an effective barrier Of sounds.
The motor makes some noise, too.
The modern goat-the pedestrian
has the best of it here.
If he is interested in the birds he finds
that his daily stint OF walking, whether
enforced by necessity or not, has many
compensations.
Everywhere he goes, either in city or
country, birds are to be seen and heard.
The person interested finds them
where persons uninterested would say
they do not exist.
1t is specialists world, indeed.
That modern hobby, bird feeding,
keeps scores of songsters around homes
all winter long.
Any one interested in birds will know
Immediately when they come within the
sphere Of such an influence, whereas
those persons not interested will pay no
attention to the cheerful chirps of the
feeders.
There can be little doubt that the
more things person is interested in
the more pleasure he will have out of
life as he goes along.
A little wisdom is not always a dan
gerous thing. In piling up knowledge.
in little ways, one does not necessarily
increase sorrow.
Such little VISIONS are wholesome;
such small wisdoms increase happiness.
In an era Of seeming ever-increasing
large insanities, it is the sum total of
these small sanities which give the
world of men such happiness as they
still retain.
When men are interested in watching
the habits of other forms of life, they
are not harming them.
They are minding their own business
and permitting others to mind theirs
surely wholesome state of affairs and
one which might be emulated on a
large scale with resulting betterment of
human relations.
X X
Small birds in hedges and shrubs lead
a happier life than small birds on city
hotel properties roofs and cornices
The latter, sooty and impudent, seem
to find life very nice, thank you.
They must be impudent, seemingly, to
live at all.
Their sootiness is well explained by
the number of chimneys, some of which
belch black smoke from time to time
despite the laws on the subject.
The downtown bird-mostly he is an
English sparrow-is forced by circum-
stances to be less timid than his country
cousins.
Evening star., 1938-02-09
Another Bureau.

Capitalization of all legal affairs in the
District of Columbia under a new bureau
to be called the department of law, as
proposed by Corporation Counsel Seal,
has such ramiform possibilities as to
demand the deep concern and study Of
the citizens of Washington as we'll as
the District of Columbia Commissioners.
AS announced by the municipal law
official, the proposal is so general in out
line that its sweeping nature may not
be fully comprehended until the details
of the provision become known.
Aside from the fact that the program
suggests another method for the Federal
Government to dominate the affairs of
this municipality, there is, of course, the
question of who is to pay the bill for
this new department of local govern
ment. With constantly mounting COSTS
with resulting inevitable increase in
taxes, the consideration of this phase
without others. should merit deep con-
temptation. The United States attorneys
Office expenses, including personnel, now
are charge against the Federal Gov
ernment, as are those of United States
attorneys for other districts throughout
the country. The corporation counsel's
expense, on the other hand, is charge
to the taxpayers Of the municipality
Both operate in Well-defined spheres
But Mr.. Seal says:
Il am concerned only with the form
Of the governmental organization. I
believe we could do better job if we
had unified set-up that would end the
present division of powers and RESPONSE
bilities. The dividing line between the
United States attorney and the cor
poration counsels office now is an
arbitrary one
But is it? One enforces the laws of
the United States and the other the
municipal ordinances of the District of
Columbia. Without further explanation
from the corporation counsel it is diff
cult to see just how building up an
other department of government is going
to improve the law enforcement.
The fact that this is a Federal district
does not or should not make the matter
Of law enforcement more difficult for
the legal officers. There is the case of
the neighboring city of Baltimore, where
there are three legal departments which
appear to function without difficulty.
There are the United States district at
torney, the States attorney and the city
attorney, or corporation counsel, each
operating within Well-defined bounds to
enforce the codes of their respective
jurisdictions. The same is true of any
large city. In point are the recent op-
erations of Mr.. Dewey in New York in
his war on criminal rackets His work
would not have been any easier or more
forceful if he had been working under
a consolidated department of Federal,
State and city authorities. AS matter
Of fact, he may have been hampered in
what has proved to be most successful
purge of racketeers
Assuming that there are enough judges
and each of the two legal branches has
sufficient personnel to prepare their
cases within their respective jurisdic-
tions, it becomes apparent that changing
the set-up is not going to improve con-
ditions further, while adding another
charge to the already mounting cost of
District government.
Evening star., 1938-02-09

AS travel increases over the Mediter-
ranean Sea it is made evident that a
vertical journey has become an un-
expected possibility. The explosive
problem of going in all directions at
once cannot be expected to assist in the
transportation of needed goods from one
nation to another.
Evening star., 1938-02-09
Shooting Stars.
By PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Individual Help,

BY PH1LANDER JOHNSON.
Individual Help.
Everybody's tryin'
To wear a pleasant grin.
Everybody's sighin'
Bout some one else's sin.
Everybody's speakin'
To show a friends defect
And with great patience seekin'
His morals to correct.
Everybody's ready
To start grand reform
For the folks unsteady
Who face the moral storm.
Although We all are brothers,
We prove unhappy elves.
How shall we help the others
Who cannot help ourselves?
Evening star., 1938-02-09

Inquiry as to the whereabouts of
Trotzky cannot be made at all times.
His location may usually be guessed by
an observation of some point where
trouble starts anew. Such places have
become so numerous that he cannot be
charged with giving them all personal
attention at the same time.
Evening star., 1938-02-09

Any meeting at Washington, D. c., is
sure to be we'll attended, even though
the intention to tighten the stress on
congressional argument may not be fully
appreciated.
Evening star., 1938-02-09

The idea of identifying by stripes a
car that has figured in lethal accident
is not approved by either Mr.. Van Duzer
or Police Chief Brown. They may be
able to think up better plan.
Evening star., 1938-02-09

Americans are leaving China, where
they had sincerely hoped to accomplish
much that is good. There always will
be in some land-perhaps the homeland
the demand for human service.
Evening star., 1938-02-09

There is every evidence that the Presi-
dent sees some advantage in building
ships to sustain the old-time spirit when
applied to new deal.
Evening star., 1938-02-09

A world armament race may convey a
valuable suggestion that building may
be especially desirable if it can be made
to take the place of fighting.
Evening star., 1938-02-09
Currency Publicity.

Money is powerful" said Senator
Sorghum, "but it cannot decide who are
to be the great men of history
1T put Lincoln's portrait on 1-cent
coir.'
Eyes. And it put George Washing
tons portrait on 2-cent stamp. But
defy anybody to recall offhand whose
picture is on $50 or 500 bill.''
Evening star., 1938-02-09
Difficult of Definition.

From the Charleston (W Va Mail.
During modern times it's difficult to
distinguish an international crisis from
an undeclared war.
Evening star., 1938-02-09

Jud Tunkins says good listener is
too often man who jes' grins without
takin' the trouble to understand what
you're talkin' about.
Evening star., 1938-02-09

Progression.
DO you approve of modern dances?"
Certainly answered Miss Cayenne.
"But the rate at which we are going
leaves me doubtful whether I can ap-
prove of the dancing that may happen
In the next three or four years."
"A philosopher" said Hi Ho, the sage
of Chinatown, tells you what you ought
to think and leaves you to guess for
yourself what you ought to do"
Evening star., 1938-02-09
Solved!

From the Arkansas Gazette.
Anyway. the mystery Of where the
elephant goes to die has been solved.
10 the polls.
Evening star., 1938-02-09
Wear and Tear.

They tell me smile should wear.
I take those sunshine pledges;
Though smiles grow sad when here and
there
They fray along the edges.
Evening star., 1938-02-09
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Evening star., 1938-02-09

II goes to church on Sunday morn
Ing" said Uncle Eben, but it takes q
pow'ful sermon to keep me away fun
do Gran game On Sunday night"
Evening star., 1938-02-09
N0t0rietY.

NOtOriety.
Misfortune is a thing
That leaves a person sad,
Yet profit it may bring
When harneSSed as an ad.
Evening star., 1938-02-09
ANSWERS TO
QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

A reader can get the ansuer to ann
question OF fact by Urttino The Euen,no
Star Information Bureau, Frederic J.
Aasktn, director, Washington. D. c.
Please tnclose stamp TOR reply.
@. Which State has the most radio
stations?-H. l.. K.
A. California leads with SO broadcast
ing stations, while New York is second
with 40.
Evening star., 1938-02-09

@. Where is Playland?-W. H.
A. 1t is an all-year resort at Rye
Beach, N. Y, and is the largest recrea-
tional center in the Westchester County
park system. In addition to a splendid
salt water beach and fresh water SWIM
ming pool. boardwalk and picnic groves,
1t is one of the worlds most modern
amusement parks. There is an ice
skating casino and game rooms which
are popular winter features.
Evening star., 1938-03-19
ASK EXTRA JUDGE
FOR POLICE COURT
D. c. Commissioners Reject
Plea for Separate
Traffic Tribunal.

While disapproving the proposed
establishment of q separate" Traffic
Court for the District, the Commits
sioners have asked Congress to provide
one additional judge for Police Court
to relieve the congestion Of cases.
This was one of the nine recon-
mendations adopted by the Board Of
Commissioners yesterday In a report
to Chairman King Of the Senate Dis
trict Committee Most OF the sugges-
tions were made previously by the
Citizens Efficiency Committee, headed
by E. Barrett Prettyman, former cor
poration counsel.
Proposed by Prettyman Group.
Establishment Of a separate Trafic
Court had been proposed by the Pretty
man Committee in its suggested re-
organization of the municipal govern
ment. On this point, the Commits
sioners stated:
"The Commissioners do not believe
that there should be established a
Traffic Court as such. Many of the
acts prohibited in the Traffic Act are
OF such magnitude that Congress has
deemed 1t wise to provide jury trials.
If a separate court were established
to handle traffic matters, obviously
one judge sitting in Traffic Court at
Evening star., 1938-03-19

TO POLISH FORCE
Parliament Backs Decision
to Accept UItimatum
From Warsaw.
BY the Associated Press.

0y inc ASSoCl9Ceo PreSS.
KAUNAS, Lithuania, March 19.-
The Lithuanian government and Par
lament today bowed grimly to an ul-
timatum backed by the might Of
Polands army and navy, and saved
herself from invasion and Europe
from another war.
The Lithuanian Minister at Tallinn,
Estonia, delivered to Poland's minister
there a note fully accepting Poland's
demands for rre-establishment of diplo-
matte relations. broken since Poland
seized the ancient Lithuanian capital,
Wilno, October 9, 1920.
The Polish Minister in reply con-
firmed the resumption Of such rela-
tions.
Parliament Accepts Decision.
Lthuania's Seimas (parlianent)
accepted the governments decision to
yield, 1t was announced, in the face
Of the threat Of Polish invasion and
the general international situation.
1p silence the grave-faced members
OF Parliament heard the government
nAAAAoSAASC ~ was AUCcu W cAtcllu
an unwilling hand of diplomatic
Friendship" to the country it had
snubbed nearly l8 years.
The preponderance of force Is on
the side OF Poland" declared Acting
Premier Jokubas StanisauckE, but
might is not right.
However. under these circum-
stances, the Lithuanian government
has decided to submit"
ENJOYS Thanked for Help.
StanisauckS thanked envoys Of the
great powers for their help and advice
during the crisis.
At the time Lithuania capitulated
it was estimated 100000 Polish troops
were massed along her border-five
times as many as the whole Lithuanian
army. Also. there were reports that
the Polish fleet had put out from
Gdynia and was steaming toward
Lithuania's coast.
There were predictions OF changes
in the Lithuanian cabinet as q result
OF this weeks developments.
Evening star., 1938-03-19
Ford Plans to Manufacture
Pine Fabricated Furmh0uses

''The work will be under the auspices
Of the Ways School and will be q task
for the young men Of this community"
J. F. Gregory, Mr.. Ford's local man
ager. said some Of the residents had
expressed a desire to purchase the new
homes outright.
Mr.. Ford has operated q large saw
mill here for about two years and has
accumulated large stock of lumber.
Modern woodworking machines are in
use and drying kiln Is being installed.
The 10000 acres Of his estate abound
with pine and cypress.
Fort McAllister, fronting the Ogee-
chee River on Mr.. Ford's property,
was the scene Of fierce fighting during
the War Between the States. A hand
full Of men stood OF attacks by North
ern forces for about three years until
Gen. Sherman sent 1000 soldiers to
take the fort and its $50 defenders.
Mr.. Ford said it would be opened
to the public as . picnic ground when
the restorstion work u completed.
Evening star., 1938-03-19
DOUBTS RAIL ACTION
Barkley Does Not Expect New
LEGISLATION This Term,

Senator Barkley Of Kentucky, the
Democratic leader, told reporters yes
terday he did not expect any new rail-
road legislation at this session. It had
been indicated that Congress might
60 to the rescue Of debt-burdened car
riers.
Evening star., 1938-03-19
LEGAL NOTICES.

IN THE DISTRICT COURT or THE
United states for the District Of CO.
lumbia.-1N THE MATTER OF: JUSTUs
8. WARDELL. RECEIVER, SEVENTH
B. c.-M1scELIANEoGs Snst:iH No. "a
ORDER NIsI-Justu: 8: wsrdeli: as Re-
having reported to the Court that he has
purchase the real estate in the District Of
4I9, improyed BY two;story frame and
f,oor n and rooms above, located At Nc; Ills 7.s
If Golumbis, At and for the % sum of f. Th5se dG,
cash subject to 2 real g estate GO commission
reported to said Court that he has has. been
petition this Court for authority to make
said sale upon the terms herein set forth,
IT is by the Court this 9th day OF March.
1898. ADJUDGED, ORDERED AND DE:
CREED that said offer be accepted and
said sale shall be ratified and confirmed
unless cause be shown to the contrary
on or before the 22nd day Of March. 1888.
provided, however. . copy OF this order
shall be published in The WASHINGTON
Evening Star at least three times prior to
said March 22nd, 1888. JENNINGS
BAILEY: Justice. Seal 4 true copy:
ANDA1W q; HoRNIR. Assistant Clerk.
Evening star., 1938-03-19
lines would not be available to try

times would not be available to try
Jury cases.
THE Commissioners do believe, how.
ever. that one additional Judge should
be appointed in order to relieve the
congestion now prevalent in Jury
courts. There are now nearly 500
cases in the ofices Of the district at.
torney and the corporation counsel
combined dn Police Court. More re-
quests for jury trials are being received
weekly than are being disposed Of.
Additional help is necessary.
Would Permit Two Jury Courts.
"The Commissioners, therefore.
recommend that separate Trafnc
Court be not established but that ono
additional Police Court Judge be pro-
vided for, whose duty 1t would be to
alternate with the other judges, thus
permitting OF two jury courts at all
times
The Star stated yesterday the Com.
missioners had favored q separate
traffic court, suggesting that the pro-
posed additional Judge would be for
that purpose. This was in error.
Evening star., 1938-03-19
kennedy SPEECH
HAILED IN BRITAIN
U. S. Envoy Declares Nation
Willing to Join New
Peace Program.
BY the Associated Press.

LONDON, March 19-Great Britain
today welcomed Ambassador Joseph
P. Kennedy's declaration that the
United States is willing to join in q
new peace program.
MY country would be glad to join
and encourage any nation or group of
nations in q peace program based on
economic recovery, limitation of
armaments and revival Of the
sanctity Of international commit
ments," the new Ambassador said yes
terday in his first speech on British
soil.
Nevertheless. he warned the British
not to presume too much on American
participation in foreign affairs.
Economic Peace Program.
The Telegraph and Morning Post
editorialized on his speech by saying:
THE remedy for the present i'm
passe is. in American eyes. economic
peace. whose great advantage is that
it is not based on coercion.
"As Mr.. Kennedy puts it in his
epigrammatic way, You can't run
down customer with a bayonet.'
Such counsel is both welcome and well
understood In this country. as nego-
tiations on foot for trade treaty with
America suficiently prove.
Unfortunately. we aren't the peo-
pie who most need to be convinced Of
the truth of another Of Mr. Kennedy's
aphorisms-that good neighborship
isn't a one-way street"
Misconceptions Cited.
Speaking at the Pilgrims Club,
Mr.. Kennedy said two mistaken con-
ceputions of America frequently were
held abroad
l. Our country would not fight un-
der any circumstances short Of actual
invasion.
2 The United States could never
remain neutral in the event a general
war should unhappily break out"
Although Europe huns today with
war talk. the Ambassador said: In
our country we refuse as yet to be-
lieve war is inevitable We prefer to
believe that the common sense OF the
peoples of the world will prevent It,"
If a general war should come, he
added, I'VE should make ourselves very
strong and then pursue whatever
course we considered to be best for the
United States"
World Bankruptcy Feared.
He said another war would bank
rupt the world to the point where
new civilization would have to be slow
ly and haltingly formed-something
Of which we have no conception to-
day."
He lauded economic appeasement
through trade treaties as a remedy for
the situation. but added that my
country has decided 1t must stand on
its own feet, at least until regard for
treaty obligations has again become
fashionable"
Evening star., 1938-03-19
MARGIN LOOSENED
BY RESERVE BOARD
Rules Are Liberalized to Help
Securities Dealers Out
of New York.

By the Associated Press.
The Federal Reserve Board LIBERAL
lied its margin rules last night to help
securities dealers outside Of New York
City.
r The amendments, which become
effective March 81, we're extremely
technical. but officials said they would
have the following effects:
/. Enable a broker to withdraw
money from his account with another
broker when the withdrawal will leave
his account undermargined, provided
the deficiency is made up in accord
ance with general rules applying to
ordinary margin accounts.
2. Add to the present seven-day
limit on paying brokers for purchased
securities the time required to ship the
securities to the buyer. The extra time
Is limited to seven days
3. Permit a broker to fix his own
margin requirements for over-the-
counter dealers having accounts with
him.
Evening star., 1938-03-19
By the Associated Press.

WAYS, Ga, March 1e.-Henry
Ford announced a new project today
the manufacture Of fabricated farm
houses from pine trees on his Georgia
estate.
The automobile manufacturer also
disclosed other plans for expansion of
the community he has helped to build.
These include restoration of Fort Nc
Allister and construction Of a school
chapel and a manual arts school for
Negro boys and men.
I'VE have already restored several
of the old homes here and will begin
work on the new farmhouses shortly, -
Mr.. Ford said.
THE houses will be made in a num-
Der of standard patterns, or manufac-
tured according to the prospective
owners plans. They will be offered
to the general public as soon as the
needs Of our community here are sup.
piled. -,