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Evening star., 1938-02-27

outside Of Mr. Guffey, who appar-
emily know what they want. They
described him As true .Je1ersonian
Democrat"
Gov. Earle. the selection for the
senatorial nomination. picked him.
self for the job. He was not, however.
opposed by any Of the other leaders.
He has had big build-up in the press
since he became Governor. He is
no orator, either, although he has
improved since he first became q can
didate four years ago. Some of the
Democrats in his own outfit do not
regard him as particularly strong
candidate for the Senate. They ex-
pect him to win. but largely because
he may not have strong opposition.
Gov. Earle has been mentioned many
times as = potential democratic NOM
inee for President in 1910. The
chances are, it Is said, however, that
If he goes to Washington he will be-
come "just another Senator" and
that his prestige and leadership in
Pennsylvania will fall of after he has
left the Governors chair.
Mr.. Owlett, who has entered the
race for the Republican senatorial
nomination, is described Is a good
lawyer. He is q conservative and will
make little appeal to labor-the coun-
sci for many big corporations. If
Senator Davis finally enters the con-
test, he is given good chance for
Observation-Disclosures he is not as
strong as he used to be.
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provement Of the race. Sterilization
was proposed for Carrie on the grounds
that If it were done Carrie could
safely leave the State institution in
which she was confined and spend
at least 4 partly useful and happy
life without piling up further ex-
penses for the taxpayers.
1T is better for all the world" JUS
tice Holmes wrote in his opinion. If
instead Of waiting to execute degener-
ate offspring for crime. or to let them
starve for their imbicility, society can
prevent those who are manifestly unfit
from continuing their kind"
The principle that sustains COM
pulsory vaccination is broad enough
to cover sterilization, he added, before
concluding with the phrase three gen.
erations. :"
As result of that decision. 20 of
the 48 States now have sterilization
laws in force. Up to January, 1896
the last time tabulation was made
1889 persons actually had been made
sexually impotent.
Care Is Used.
I'm no case" DR.. Laughlin wrote In
one Of his studies Of the subject. has
the State been accused of sterilizing
q particular individual who has given
any promise Of becoming the parent of
q child whose natural endowment
would. in high probability. cause him
t~ hA ~ Al,,A al - l~a
State"
In recent legislation-Georgia was
the last State to act. in sl937-there Is
a growing tendency to set up quasi
judicial bodies to hear arguments Tor
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that mental and moral defects are
handed down from one generation to
another.
Carrie Bucks family falls some
where between DR.. Laughlin's two ex-
tremes. Her mother. Emma. was char
acterized in court proceedings as q
mental defective with q chronological
age of 50 and mental age of years
II months; woman with q record
of immortality, prostitution and un-
truthfulness" mother Of 'one IL
legitimate child and probably two
others inclusive Of Carrie Buck"
Carrie herself was described in court
as q girl with chronological age OF
l8 years and mental age of 9; pos
SCISSOR Of lifelong record Of moral
delinquency" and mother OF "one
illegitimate child, considerably feeble
minded" Three generations of i'm
beetles"
Society in the United States had
been trying to prune family trees of
the type from which Carrie sprans
ever since 1907, when the State OF
Indiana passed q compulsory steriliza-
ton law covering mental and moral
deflcients. But the statutes could not
stand up under constitutional test
because they provided sterilization as
a form OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS"
punishment in the eyes OF the law,
and therefore = violation Of the Bill
of Rights.
Virginia Law Tested.
Carries case was a test Of q new
law in Virginia, law which made
no mention of punishment. but pro-
posed sterilization solely for the i'm
Evening star., 1938-02-27
RED CROSS TO OPEN
VOLUNTEERS COURSE
Executive STAFF Will Contribute
Lectures Twice Weekly on
Tuesdays and Thursdays.

The District Chapter Of the Amer
lean Red Cross will open q training
course In stafi assistance work Tues
day at the chapter headquarters, 1880
e street NV, which Is designed pri-
marily for the younger groups who
wish to devote their leisure time to
Red Cross activities in . voluntary
capacity.
The classes will be held twice a week
over a period Of six weeks-Tuesdays
and Thursdays from 1890 am. to
1890 pm, with lectures given by
members Of the National Red Cross
executive staff
More than 80 students registered
for the course at tea given by Miss
Mabel Boardman. chairman Of the
executive stafY, at her home, 1901 p
street NV, February II, and IS
others have since then signed up.
The graduates Of the course will be
qualified to assist the chapter stan in
manning the information desk, doing
clerical work, translating, helping
with publicity and performing hospital
library work.
Evening star., 1938-02-27
What to Do With q Reward
Of Kisses Puzzles Policeman

Two pretty women kissed blushing
Policeman Lester A. Howard smack
on the lips before q big crowd in
Union Station yesterday afternoon
and thereby put him right on the
spot" he ruefully admitted last night
For-unless he wants to risk violat-
ing police regulations-thek kisses must
be passed on by OfIicer Howard to his
superior ofiicer and through three
other police officials right ON up to
Commissioner Melvin c. Hazen.
Then. If the Board OF Commission
ers decides the policeman is worthy
of them, Commissioner Hazen may re-
turn the kisses to Maj. Ernest W.
Brown, superintendent Of police, who
in turn would give them back to On
Ger Howard.
The Police Department ordinarily
would not be concerned with whether
OfIicer Howard was kissed by two or
a dozen women, but these kisses were
bestowed on him as a reward-and the
police regulations are very particular
in specifying what must be done with
rewards.
1t all started when Lillian Hopkins
Of Providence, r. l., reported to police
that she had lost in q taxicab on the
way to Union Station q purse con-
tanning $l6. railway pass and some
valuable personal papers.
Officer Howard, attached to the hack
inspectors Office, rushed to the sta
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ton and obtained from her . descrip-
ton Of the cab. En- route back to his
ONCE, he recognised 1t near the Senate
once Building. The cab driver had
found the purse and said he was on
his way to turn 1t In.
Onicer Howard drove back to Union
Station with the purse. and returned
it to Miss Hopkins, just before she
boarded train for Philadelphia with
an unnamed woman companion whom
she had been visiting here.
"We'n reward you This way" said
the two attractive women-and yo,s
can take Onhcer Howard's word for It
that they were attractive-as they
threw their arms around his neck and
kissed the blushing policeman.
Oficer Howard has until Monday to
make his ofIicial report OF the Incl
dent. He had not decided last night
whether to risk violating the regula-
ton.
Evening star., 1938-02-27

and against sterilization of individuals.
There Is also tendency for the laws
to define more specifically the criteria
by which the courts shall decide who
falls In the mental and moral cate
gories established by the law. Some
States have limited sterilization to
inmates of certain institutions.
DR.. LAughlin emphasizes that steril-
ization is not particularly painful-in
the case OF man he compares it to
tonsillectomy-and makes no differ
ence in normal married life that repro
duction Is impossible
Evening star., 1938-02-27
Fireworks Plant DAMAGED

HAVRE DE GRACE, Md, Feb. 70
R).-Flames believed started by =
spark from machinery today destroyed
the machine shop and damaged an
Office building at the Commercial
Novelty Co., fireworks manufacturers.
Firemen kept the flames from
spreading to buildings housing pow
der The damage was estimated at
$4,000. covered by insurance.
Evening star., 1938-02-27
BOYS BAND WILL GIVE
ANNIVERSARY CONCERTS
Holy Comforter School Group
to Be Heard Tonight
and Tomorro.

The Holy Comforter Boys Band
will give two concerts in celebration
of It's sixth anniversary today and
Monday at 3 pm. in the auditorium
OF the Holy Comforter School audi.
torium, Fifteenth and East Capitol
streets.
The program will include vocal
solos and group selections, instru-
mental solos. and combination vocal
and instrumental songs. The type
music will consist of marches and
popular and semi-classical music.
Special music will be furnished by
Eugene O'Brien and John McCloskey,
who will play trombone duet; Sam
uel Mawhood, accordionist: Joseph
Bush, cornet soloist, and Eugene
Myers, piano soloist.
Evening star., 1938-02-27
Uncle Sam Prunes the Family Tree
"Tree Generations of mbeces Are Enough Said Justice
Holiness and 20 of the 48 States Have Acted.
BY JOHN LEAR.

n YEW YORK, Feb. 26 LP.-
nj Three generations Of imbe-
, Giles are enough"
When the late Associate
Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes pro-
r1nounced those words in a Supreme
.Court decision in 1927 he was saying
THAT Carrie Buck was not to have
any more idiot children. To Carrie
Buck that meant no children at all.
:. Before the justice spoke the world
did not much care whether Carrie
had any more children or not. Most
Of the world had never even heard
Of Carrie. She was just housemaid
with 4 dull brain and an easy way
with the boys.
;, But Carrie was one Of those IA
--inous accidents of law. She was picked
mt random for a test case on sexual
sterilization in the United States.
= When Justice Holmes said Carrie
-eould have no more children it meant
that countless other Carries, in count
Jess other places with countless other
names, must have no more children
!. either.
! Imbeciles Weeded Out.
& Because Of Carrie, idiots, morons
and weak-minded children have been
spruned from family trees all over
the land.
(, Because of Carrie. there is no longer
any doubt that State has the right
under the Federal Constitution to
:sterilize criminals and mental incom-
petentS and thus cut off a new gen.
..eration Of crime and insanity.
:. Carries case is Of interest today be-
cause Of current happenings.
:, Sex crimes have set many States
to talking about sterilization as q
preventive measure. In Kansas the
issue was raised in a dispute over
sterilization Of girls in delinquent in
: stitutions. Georgia passed a steril-
>ization law last year. In New York
a State legislative committee is con-
sidering law to sterilize all persons
convicted of two successive felonies.
Three generations OF imbeciles are
enough"
How did Justice Holmes know
there would be more If it we're not
for his decision?
The eugenics record office of the
Carnegie Institution has a graphic
answer to that in its laboratory out
\ at Cold Springs Harbor, Long Island
Yin two family trees
The first is that of the Dwight
family. The first generation had a
college president. The second genera
ton had two college presidents and
third person of special scholastic
attainment. The third generation had
one college president and one other
person of special scholastic attain
ment. The fourth generation had two
college presidents, one person Of spe-
cial scholastic attainment. two college
/, instructors, three college professors
and one other person with special in
terest in higher education. The fifth
generation had two college presidents,
three college professors and two COL
lege instructors.
That family tree is one Of the best
Of the many charts DR.. Harry H.
Laughlin, the laboratory chief. has
made to prove that scholarship is to
some degree at least an inherited trait.
A Contrast to the Other.
The second family tree is that of
the W family. Its four genera
! tions are Allied with increasing num-
bers of feeble-minded, gamblers,
thieves, sex-offenders, alcoholics and
worthless victims Of wanderlust.
It Is part of DR., Laurhlins evidence
Evening star., 1938-02-27
W0MEN'S PRESS CLUB
PLANS ANNUAL BANQUET
Satires on Politics and Society
to Be Included in Program
Next Saturday Night.

Satires on politics and society will
be presented In a series Of skits by
members Of the Women's National
Press Club before guests that include
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt at the
clubs annual banquet at the Willard
Hotel Saturday night.
Martha Strayer of the Washington
Daily News is chairman Of the Stunt
Party Committee.
On Sunday Mr.. and Mrs. John Par
sons ODonnell, the latter known in
press circles as Doris Fleeson, corre-
spondent here for the New York Daily
News and president Of the club, will
hold q cocktail party for members at
5 pm. in the Willard Hotel.
Evening star., 1938-02-27
AUTO SALES OFF.

10O, ,OOO- Unit Drop Shown in Jan.
uary, Compared to December.
Factory sales OF automobiles made
in the United States declined to 2l0,-
$50 vehicles In January from 326, ,234
in December, the Commerce Depart
ment reported yesterday. The statis-
tics we're based on reports from "A
manufacturers.
Evening star., 1938-02-27

China reached the height Of its
power under Kublai Khan in the 18th
century.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1938-09-22
Election District Number Ten
DEER PARK

The Officers of Registration for the
Tenth Election District will attend
and sit for the purpose aforesaid in
the Chadderton Building in the Town
of Deer Park.
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HENRY NJ. SPEICHER.

HENRY M. SPEICHER,
ALBERT C. SNYDER,
Officers of Registration for the Fifth
Election District.
ELIZABETH M. HOVE,
MARY L. SAVAGE,
Officers of Registration for the Sixth
Election District.
WILLIAM GIESSMAN,
FRANCIS SHAFFER,
Officers of Registration for the First
Precinct of the Seventh Election
District.
DANIEL E. ORENDORF,
ARTHUR C. WARWICK,
Officers of Registration for the Sec
ond Precinct of the Seventh Elec-
ton District.
CHARLES E. DUCKWORTH,
JOSEPH W. KING,
Officers of Registration for the First
Precinct of the Eighth Election
District.
WILLIAM F. SANDERS,
ERNEST RIDDER,
Officers Of Registration for the Sec
ond Precinct of the Eighth Elec-
ton District.
WILLIAM P. BENNETT,
CHARLES LEWIS,
Officers of Registration for the Third
Precinct of the Eighth Election
District.
w. SCOTT LAYMAN,
DAYTON A. M'KENZIE,
Officers of Registration for the Ninth
Election District.
WILFRED CHADDERTON,
WILLIAM HAMILL,
Officers of Registration for the Tenth
Election District.
WILLIAM A. JACOBS,
LAWRENCE H. BROADWATER,
Officers of Registration for the Elev-
enth Election District.
GEORGE STARK,
OLIVER C. BUCKET,
Officers of Registration for the
Twelfth Election District.
E. S. BURNS.
GEORGE FINCH,
Officers of Registration for the First
Precinct of the Thirteenth Elcc-
ton District.
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j. w. FRIEND,
HENRY JOHNSTON

N@NNAAN
j. w. FRIEND,
HENRY JOHNSTON,
Officers of Registration for the First
Election District.
MYRTLE R. FRAZEE,
KATHARINE D. HOLMAN,
Officers of Registration for the First
Precinct of the Second Election
District.
LAWRENCE L. FRIEND,
DORSEY GUARD,
Officers of Registration for the Sec
ond Precinct of the Second Elec-
ton District.
GIDEON J. GNAGEY,
CHARLES o. KELLER,
Officers of Registration for the First
Precinct of the Third Election
District.
CLARENCE O. WHITE,
C. EARL STANTON,
Officers of Registration for the Sec
ond Precinct of the Third Elec-
ton District.
STEWART RODAMER,
EDGAR V. STANTON,
Officers of Registration for the Third
Precinct of the Third Election
District.
J. G. HOWARD,
w. H. BARNARD,
Officers of Registration for the Fourth
Election District.
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WILLIAMS PAIIGH-

LUCY WILLIAMS PAUGH,
STELLA CROSCO,
Officers of Registration for the Sec
ond Precinct of the Thirteenth
Election District.
FLOYD C. STAHL,
T. c. HINEBAUGH,
Officers of Registration for the First
Precinct of the Fourteenth Elec-
ton District.
CLYDE R. SMITH,
BOYD MARTIN,
Officers of Registration for the Sec
ond Precinct of the Fourteenth
Election District.
N. C. SANDERS,
WILLIAM A. HAUSER,
Officers of Registration for the Third
Precinct. of the Fourteenth Elec-
ton District.
STANLEY E. GROVE,
H. H. ROBSON,
Officers of Registration for the Fiji
teenth Election District.
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The Officers of Registration for the
First Precinct of the Second Election
District will attend and sit for the
purpose of registering those qualified
whose surnames begin with A and In
Guiding those whose surnames begin
with J in the Town Council Chamber
in the Town Of Friendsville.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1938-09-22
WEST OAKLAND

The Officers of Registration for the
Third Precinct of the Fourteenth Elec-
ton District will attend and sit for
the purpose of registering those quail
flied whose surnames begin with K
and including those whose surnames
begin with z in the City Council
Chamber on Third Street in the Town
of Oakland.
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The Officers Of Registration for the
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on Alder street, opposite the Court
House, in the Town of Oakland.

on Alder street, opposite the Court
House, in the Town of Oakland.
Election District Number Eight
First Precinct
RYAN'S GLADE
The Officers of Registration for the
First Precinct of the Eighth Election
District will attend and sit for the
purpose aforesaid in the Williams
Building in the village of German or
the Northwestern Turnpike.
Election District Number Eight
Second Precinct
RED HOUSE
The Officers of Registration for the
Second Precinct of the Eighth Elec-
ton District will attend and sit for the
purpose aforesaid in the Lutheran
Parsonage at Red House, near the
Northwestern Turnpike.
Election District Number Eight
Third Precinct
KEMPTON
The Officers of Registration for the
Third Precinct of the Eighth Election
District will attend and sit for the
purpose aforesaid in the physicians
office, corner Third and Front Streets,
IN the Town of Kempton.
Election District Number Nine
JOHNSON'S
The Officers of Registration for the
Ninth Election District will attend
and sit for the purpose aforesaid in
the shop of Thomas johnson on the
National Highway.
Election District Number Ten
DEER PARK
The Officers of Registration for the
Tenth Election District will attend
and sit for the purpose aforesaid in
the Chadderton Building in the Town
of Deer Park.
Election District Number Eleven
THE ELBOW
The Officers of Registration for the
Eleventh Election District will attend
and sit for the purpose aforesaid i'll
the residence of Joseph Warwick.
Election District Number Twelve
BITTINGER
The Officers of Registration for the
Twelfth Election District will attend
and sit for the purpose aforesaid in
the storeroom formerly occupied by
George w. Engle, in the village of Bit
finger.
Election District Number Thirteen
First Precinct
KITZMILLER
The Officers of Registration for the
First Precinct of the Thirteenth Elec-
ton District will attend and sit for
the purpose aforesaid in the Council
Chamber in the Town of KitZmiller.
Election District Number Thirteen
Second Precinct
VINDEX
The Officers of Registration for the
Second Precinct of the Thirteenth
Election District will attend and sit
for the purpose aforesaid in the Com
munity Building in the Town of Vim
dex.
Election District Number Fourteen
First Precinct
WEST OAKLAND
The Officers Of Registration for the
First Precinct of the Fourteenth Elec-
ton District will attend and sit for the
purpose of registering those qualified
whose surnames begin with A and in
GLIDING those whose surnames begin
with J in the building adjoining the
Pritts Garage on Liberty Street in the
Town of Oakland.
Election District Number Fourteen
Second Precinct
CRELLIN
The Officers of Registration for the
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Election District Number Fifteen
AVILTON

The Officers of Registration for the
Fifteenth Election District will attend
and sit for the purpose aforesaid in
the village of Avilton.
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Election District Number Sixteen
MOUNTAIN LAKE PARK

The Officers of Registration for the
Sixteenth Election District will attend
and sit for the purpose aforesaid in
the Town Council Chamber in the Mar
tin Store Building, in the Town of
Mountain Lake Park.
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EAST OAKLAND

The Officers of Registration for the
Second Precinct of the Seventh Elec-
ton District will attend and sit for
the purpose of registering those quail
fed whose surnames begin with K
and including those whose surnames
begin with z in the Anderson Building
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Second Precinct of the Fourteenth
Election District will attend and sit
for the purpose aforesaid in the bar
Der shop in the Town of Crellin.
Election District Number Fourteen
Third Precinct
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Election District Number Nine
JOHNSON'S

The Officers of Registration for the
Ninth Election District will attend
and sit for the purpose aforesaid in
the shop of Thomas johnson on the
National Highway.
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ion District Number Eight
Third Precinct
KEMPTON

The Officers of Registration for the
Third Precinct of the Eighth Election
District will attend and sit for the
purpose aforesaid in the physician S
office, corner Third and Front Streets,
IN the Town of Kempton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-03-10
Communism or Else the
Euthanasian Dispensation

10 the Eoltor OF The Star:
Deliberate insists" are being discussed
by M. r. c. in connection with two arti-
Giles IN current magazines. A would be"
woman playwright, instead of trying to
make living at something that brings
home the bacon was determined to do
what she liked to do''-at the taxpayers
expense. And so she wished herself on
the P. w. A. as a budding writer of PLAYS.
Well. what of it? She is simply an lin.
dustrial misfit"
There are four kinds: l. The "congen-
ltal misfit." He is disqualified bv nature
from BIRTH to make living at anything.
& The "providential misfit"-life gradu-
ally imposes disabilities upon him (age.
physical and mental infirmities). 3. De
hberate misfits' (self-appointed) like
our friend, the dramatist. They might be
able TO DO something that bossll pay
Tor. But they prefer to do what thev
want TO DO, even if it has no commercial
value. Let the Government provide the
pay check. THE pursuit of happiness.
DO what you like to do and get paid
Tor II" 4. The chronological insists" $50
clally created. We know all about them,
millions. Their plight, of course, is due
TO ever increasing mechanization. more
emclent systems of management, de-
pressions, and so on.
The problem is up to society" "the
body polite" all OF the people. It may,
as has been the case since 1893, under
take to keep all this fotsam and jetsam
above water But there is never money
enough. And most of such as there is
happens to be borrowed money. And so
1t may have to be production for use
Communism for short. Or else the
"euthanasian 'dispensation"-a patriotic
cleanup of the unneeded surplus via the
painless chloroform route.
In any case the "sanctity of contracts"
had to go the gold Standard in the
cause of the common veal The theory
of the "sanctity Of human life" may have
to follow suit. FRED VETTER