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Evening star., 1938-08-27
Rebuff to the A. F. OIL.

President Roosevelt, in reappointing
Donald Wakefield Smith to the National
Labor Relations Board, has placed an
exceedingly high hurdle in the path of
efforts by the American Federation of
Labor to secure more favorable treatment
from the board members. In fact, unless
there has been an ,lnannounced agree
ment between Mr. Roosevelt and William
Green. the A. F. of L. president, 1t would
appear that the latter has been handed
his hat and shown the way to the door.
Mr.. Green, believing that the Labor
Board has Disseminated against his
union in favor of the Committee for
Industrial Organization, placed himself
squarely on record against Mr. Smith. In
asking the President not to reappoint
him, the A. F., of L. chieftain declared
that Mr. Smith had 'lost the confidence
Of the working men and women repre-
sented by the Green organization
1t is possible of course, that Mr.. Green
and the President came to some sort of
an understanding in their recent CONVEX
sation on an amendment to the labor act
which would curb the power Of the board
to invalidate A. F. of L. contracts and
afford more protection to craft unions
seeking recognition as appropriate bar
gaining agencies within large industrial
plants. In all probability, however,
there has been no agreement Of any sort,
for otherwise Mr. Green would hardly
have gone to the extreme length of
openly urging the President to reject Mr..
Smith.
Had the President selected some one
else for the post, he not only would have
overridden powerful political supporters
Of the incumbent member, but would
have alienated John L. Lewis of the
c. I. 0. There is also no doubt that such
step would have been widely construed
as tacit admission that the administra-
ton of the labor act had fallen short Of
expectations. With those considerations
in mind it is inconceivable that Mr..
Green wJuld have called for the re lection
of Mr.. Smith had he received any assur-
ance of presidential support for his de-
sired amendments.
If that be the case, it can only mean
that Mr.. Green has fired the last shot in
his campaign to enlist the moral aid of
the President in his fight against the
c. I. o. and has failed, for in reappoint-
ing Mr.. Smith the President has made
it clear that he will do nothing to disturb
the status quo in labor's civil war. That
leaves the next move up to Mr.. Green.
Evening star., 1938-08-27

by the department that adequate notice
will be given and investigation made be-
fore such determination is reached. In
6dition, 1t was said that ample time will
be allowed for any necessary adjustments
within the industry or industries affected.
Although the Southern textile group
may have been actuated entirely by an
overabundance Of caution rather than
any desire to place the wage-hour law
under stigma of forcing loss of employ
ment, their ill-advised action is the sort
which creates much unnecessary diff
Guilty in the populariziEg OF efforts to
improve labor standards
That such improvement is desirable in
the textile industry is apparent from
their own record of cut-throat competi-
ton based upon long hours and low
wages. condition which various seq
ments of the industry have deplored and
attempted to combat in recent years.
And ironically enough in the very
statement Of the operators association In
which the enforced dismissals are ad-
vised is contained the declaration that
"the wage-hour bill will be a great sta
bilizer in the textile industry together
with the added regret that the law does
not become operative today instead OF
October "a.
In view Of this apparent conflict be-
tween thought and action it may be we'll
that the wage-hour administration is
laying its plans to give first consideration
to the cotton textile industry.
Evening star., 1938-08-27
Jumping the Law.

Disclosure yesterday that cotton textile
operators in the South were notifying
employees between the ages Of Is and 1s
that they must be dismissed because of
child labor provision of the wage hour
law was followed by prompt denials of
the Labor Department that any such
action is required under the law.
1t is fact, as the department pointed
out, that the Children's Bureau has the
authority to declare certain occupations
hazardous and thereby not legally avail
able to persons between the ages mem
toned. Such findings, however, have
not been made in the case Of any indus
try as yet and It was further promised
Evening star., 1938-08-27

fact, he says he has been a close per-
sonal friend OF the Senator for years,
but, like President Roosevelt, he does not
let friendship stand in the way OF par
tisanship in political campaign. Nor
does he believe that his position as presi
dent OF the university should preclude
him from taking sides in a primary.
Action of the alumni will serve to en-
phasize the fact that DR.. Byrd's activi-
ties in behalf Of Representative Lewis
and against Senator Tydings are his own
responsibility, not that of the university
Any other Interpretation of DR.. Byre's s
public pronouncements would be grossly
unfair to the institution which has hon
ored him with its presidency.
Evening star., 1938-08-27
DR.. Byrd and the Alumni.

Some of the boys who were in the
habit of jumping into action at Mary
land University when Curly" Byrd told
them to get in there and fight" have
served notice that they no longer need his
coaching-especially in matters so far
removed from football as politics. They
still respect their alma mater-and they
respect Curly" too o-b but they are
alumni now and do not have to be told
which way to run with the ball.
1t is not surprising therefore, to learn
that the Executive Committee of the
Baltimore Chapter of the Alumni Asso-
citation has no intention of getting in
there and fighting for Representative
David j. Lewis, as DR.. Byrd, who is now
president of the university, has done In
fact, these alumni seem to think that DR..
Byrd, himself, is doing "Corrigan"
with the ball, in asking President Roose-
welt to enter Maryland and battle
against Senator Tydings.
The attitude of the alumni is under
standable. Millard Tydings was a stu
dent at the University of Maryland and
was the first president of its Alumni
Association He has helped to build up
the institution during his service as State
and national legislator. He has been, the
alumni committee said, "too good friend
OF the university to be opposed by its
graduates"
DR.. Byrd apparently does not contest
this estimate Of Senator Tydings. In
Evening star., 1938-08-27
Optical Surgeons.

BY strange and curious chance 1t has
happened that two great optical surgeons
have departed to their rest in a single
day. DR.. George E. de Schweinitz Of
Philadelphia and DR.. John Martin
Wheeler Of New York are associated in
death as they were in life most usefully
lived. Both had received Leslie Dana
medals, the former for "meritorious
work among the blind; the latter for
outstanding achievements in the pre-
vention Of blindness and the conserva-
ton Of vision"
DR.. de Schweinitz was seventy-nine
and had been in defective health for
several years, but his fame was undi-
minished by the handicaps of age and
illness. A man OF natural genius, his
interests were as numerous as they were
ardently pursued. He was at once a
deservedly celebrated eye doctor, an ad-
ministrator, an educator, a philanthro-
pist, above all philosopher in the prac-
tice of his speciality and in his conduct
of himself. His friends were legion, the
public he served universal. As president
of the American Medical Association, If
in no other capacity, he devoted his en-
ergies to the whole public. The honors
presented to him by foreign countries
testified to recognition OF his worth
abroad. He was profoundly respected
and deeply loved at home
DR.. Wheeler was younger. only fifty
eight, when a heart ailment terminated
his career. But not even his untimely
passing can affect the durability of his
position in his chosen field of labor.
Wounded soldiers will remember him
for the plastic surgery he devised for
optical injuries. He gave his time to a
long list of hospitals and clinics, was
president of the American Academy of
Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology, op-
Grated upon the King of Siam. From
1885 onward he was himself half blind,
his left eye useless. Yet he did not
falter. At the end he was still 'in har-
ness, as he wished to be.
Evening star., 1938-08-27
THIS AND THAT
B, CHARLES E. TRACEWELL,
There is quiet something in the very
air now which whispers of autumn.

There is quiet something in the very
air now which whispers Of autumn.
It is not 80 much the slight brown
In some lawns. the beginning Of the end
Of annual flowers, the lush growth Of
leaves on shrubs, the dusty undersides
Of evergreens.
1t is not the big spiders frantically
spinning their last webs, or the few
rusty robins standing silently and de-
jected on the walk in the early morning.
No, 1t is an indefined something in the
very air. 1t spells autumn" as clearly
as If 1t were written in letters.
4 4
Yet our road never looked prettier.
Winding through the countryside, 1t
is filled with green and bright colors,
and the everlasting cars of people go
ing too fast.
Quite the most exciting thing along the
road is the reconstruction of an old
house, a great mansion which had been
allowed to go to seed.
Workmen have been at 1t for some
time. At first pedestrians along that
way failed to realize what was going on.
They had come to accept the old man.
sion as disused and forsaken.
1t was difficult to realize, at first, that
something had happened.
Motorists don't know about 1t yet.
They are going so swiftly that they cam
not see anything but the road ahead.
Pedestrians have by far the best of It,
They know what Is going on now, and
are interested spectators of what men
can do with paint and saws.
Now, it is easy to see what fine, great
windows look out on the road.
Where before was a mere pile of an
old house, q great mansion now stands,
its singular roof lines nQ longer strange,
but appealing, its dormer windows SEEM
ing just right at last.
Monstrous trees suddenly become just
the right diameter for such home.
Yes, autumn is coming, and with 1t
many receptions at the great house.
There will be lights at night. and many
cars. and people, and laughter-we hope,
not too loud.
This is as surely work Of change as
any going on in the smallest garden.
The fixing up OF old places is one Of
the greatest needs of the era. The city,
and even the suburbs, is at stage in
which old things are not too old, new
things not quite old enough.
The good work goes forward in all
parts of town, and in many towns.
Good things should be fixed up,
propped, supported. mended. painted,
rather than permitted to carry on to a
shabby end.
1t is the realization Of this which is
going to work real revolution in the
great cities of America, provided it is
done quickly enough to do any good.
Evening star., 1938-08-27

Once the decentralization is carried for
ward long enough and far enough there
Is little hope beyond complete tearing
down and complete rebuilding, and to do
this laws would have to be changed,
huge sums Of money spent at once,
whereas the bit-by-bit process needs not
so much money, but great deal of de-
termination and artistic sense.
Autumn processes in garden and coun-
tryside are bit more subtle than those
of carpenter and painter For one
thing. there is no noise about it. And it
Is very slow and painstaking, SO little
day by day that many persons, not SO
keen to catch scent and color changes,
will even be willing to swear that it has
not begun at all
But 1t has. Any garden lover will be
willing to take his oath that the change
not only mas begun, but Is very far ad-
vanced.
Some OF it is that something" in the
very air, of which we have spoken, but
it is more than that; it is the begin
ming of the end at the very roots and
inmost cells of the annual plants, and
the beginning of the process of change
in the leaves of shrubs and other peren-
malls.
The careful gardening eye can see
these things in action before him.
He knows that his iris plants do not
look as they looked a month ago, al
though he might be put to it to show
the exact difference.
He knows that something is gnawing
at the heart of the rose, although he is
not sure whether it is japanese beetle
or oncoming. rushing fall!
Is the beetle the famous Invasion" we
have all heard so much about?
Natural controls for the Japanese bee
tie seem to be lacking in this country,
with the result that the invader has a
more or less easy time of it.
Perhaps some of those bare spots on
the lawn are its work, after all ANY,
way, we can place the blame on it.
Pretty soon thes pre-autumn changes
will be apparent to the least observing
The leaves will begin to fall. as the
feathers of the birds already have 1T is
nothing to 60 along out our way and
find half dozen feathers from as many
species in few blocks walk
The winds will begin to rise, and the
dust to get in the eyes of susceptible
people. Everywhere plain evidences of
the season will be on every side
Then those who lamented the sticky
heat of summer WITH equal insistence
will growl because advancing cold makes
necessary the starting of the furnace.
Some night, after comparatively
warmish day, there will be killing frost.
Everybody will know then that autumn
has arrived
Evening star., 1938-08-27
A Test of Sincerity.

IT there has ever been any question of
the sincerity of the American Govern
ment in striving for an amicable settle
ment with Mexico over the agrarian
appropriations it was removed in Secre-
tary of State Hulls latest note to Mex
leo City.
Against what it considers to be it's full
right to demand arbitration of the entire
matter-Mexicos obligation to make Just
compensation for seized lands and the
amount of payment-the United States
yields to the proposal of the Mexican
government that the controversy be SUBJ
mitted to new commission composed of
one representative from the United
States and one from Mexico. 1t insists
upon resort to a single arbitrator, how
ever, in cases of irreconcilable differences
between the two members of the COM
mission.
This is offered as an alternative to full
arbitration under the Washington treaty
Of 1929 on condition of assurances from
Mexico on certain pertinent points. Will
Mexico agree to take no further Ameri-
can properties without payment? Does
1t believe that a settlement can be
reached within a brief period of time?
Will it set aside sufficient cash to assure
prompt payment in accordance with the
terms of any agreement reached by the
commission?
The honest intentions of this Govern
ment having already been proved, the
answer Mexico makes to these questions
will be the measure of its sincerity. The
only decent and right reply is acceptance
This Government has gone to unusual
lengths to satisfy the Mexican govern
ment's wishes in regard to the handling
of the claims. 1t has taken extreme pains
to clarity the issues of international law
raised and it has been amenable to every
reasonable suggestion put forth by the
Mexican government. Mr.. Hull's COM
munications have been characterized by
freedom from arbitrary pronouncement
of what international law is and what 1t
entails. This attitude is important, be-
cause it accepts Mexico as an equal and
strives to convince by persuasive argu-
ment rather than by bludgeoning. The
absence of threat is remarkable, for it
would perhaps not have been so in other
administrations
Mexico has a solid block of friends in
this country who fully sympathize with
the aims and purposes of the social re-
forms she is endeavoring to work out
They are friends who contend for the
utmost freedom for their southern neigh
Dor to shape her destiny in her own way.
But their support must not be imperiled
by intransigence and refusal to meet
the United States half way when dis
putes arise.
The important thing for Mexico to
realize is that the good neighbor" policy
Is not a hollow rhetorical expression.
The spirit of amity and goodneighborli-
ness has been breathed into it, and it is
a guiding point in American policy. But
Its obligations are reciprocal. Enjoy
ment of it's benefits implies respect for
its duties.
Evening star., 1938-08-27
Shooting Stars.
SOlace.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

Solace.
Conditions have become so strange
That I am puzzled sore;
Each day the prices higher range
When call up the store.
The CRATER, too, his face has set,
'Gainst all that wise men teach;
The only comfort that I get
Is listening to speech.
When hard luck wanders unrestrained
Through erstwhile blossoming ways
One likes to hear it all explained
In sympathetic phrase
My indignation grows so great
Toward Mammon's grasping reach;
That sometimes can scarcely walt
To hear another speech.
Evening star., 1938-08-27

Mr.. Roosevelt is a great spender OF
other peoples money. He has the unique,
if not unenviable, record of having dou-
bled the public debt every place he has
been chief executive. Double or Moth
ing Roosevelt. In New York State he
doubled the public debt in four years. He
did the same thing at Washington.
Yet when Gov. Lehman balanced the
State budget and Mr.. Roosevelt came out
with the mendacious argument that sit
had been done with Federal funds" not a
single newspaper published the facts,
which are that for every dollar of Federal
money sent to New York the State had
to put out additional money to match or
nearly match it. The same thing hap
pened in Kentucky.
Why, then. is Roosevelt so popular with
so many millions of American people?
Surely this hasn't become Nation COM
posed entirely of mendicants and beg
gars since F. D. began to play Santa
Claus with your money and mine. 1
think can put my finger on the answer.
On April Is last Mr.. Roosevelt asked
Congress for another $1,000 10000 for
a so-called "spend-lend' program Head
lines should have read: Roosevelt Tells
the Same Old Story-Wants Five Billion
More From Taxpayers to Finance 1898
Elections - Needs Rubber Stamp Con-
gress to Vote $40 0OOO, 900 900 for His Third
Term Campaign in 1910" Instead almost
invariably the headline writer's stressed
the catchword of the administrations
recovery"
America must develop some one news
paper with foresight enough to tell the
whole truth about history's greatest Pa
looka. And that newspaper should be
circulated nationally. Then-and then
only-can the voters find out what is
really going on in Washington.
FRANK S. FLYNN
Evening star., 1938-08-27
Asks Why Committee Does Not
Act Against Roosevelt.


To the Editor of The Star:
IHE writer is one who would like to
have a wise man explain how 1t is
that Senator Sheppard, who heads a
committee investigating wrong doing in
Federal influence on voters, does not
take some action against the activities
Of the President?
Sheppard has said repeatedly that
those holding Federal Office who take
an active part in trying to influence
votes. are committing a wrong and
should be fired. Now Roosevelt declared
four or five months ago in a press con-
ference that Il have no idea of taking
any part in any State primary" Yet in
Kentucky and in Georgia he has taken
an active part and has declared he in
tends to continue this method. Now,
Roosevelt is Federal officeholder. Yet
he Though he swore he would not do
it, is now doing with his vast influence
just what smaller offenders. like Dunbar
OF Georgia. are kicked out of the job for.
Is that fair? Or honest? the President
can violate pledge, use his power lille
gally, yet nothing is done, while smaller
fry suffer loss of their livelihood.
Another thing I wish some wise man
would explain is why Mr.. Roosevelt can
attach his signature to one dollar book
and sell it for two-f1fty, to big corpora
tions by the tens of thousands, the
money being used for the Democratic
National Committee? Teapot Dome
was snail to an elephant in comparison
to the fraud and trickery in that scheme
Complaint made to the Attorney General
was ignored-he knew "his masters
voice" JNO. EDWARDS.
Warrenton, Va.
Evening star., 1938-08-27
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Evening star., 1938-08-27

Against this imposing array of candi-
dates, all trying to explain their plat
forms and attack their rivals at once,
the mere voter looms as puny figure.
He will find it no mean job to keep the
candidates and issues clearly in mind.
No wonder the most experienced Mary
land political observers are reluctant to
predict the outcome.
Evening star., 1938-08-27

1t Is complained by Winchester, Va.
citizens that janitors of State liquor
stores receive higher pay than teachers
in elementary schools. The argument
started by the schools is extending all
the way from the mortarboard 30 the
cash register.
Evening star., 1938-08-27

1t Is insisted by Assistant Attorney
General Thurman Arnold that "you
can't police country as large as Amer
lea with corporals guard That is
what some of the gentlemen have been
saying who have long insisted on having
recruits. The situation becomes even
more difficult as airplanes continue to
scatter the responsibilities.
Evening star., 1938-08-27

France is in terror OF a new strike
peril. One reason for the fortitude al
ways to be expected from France, in
emergency, is the repetition with which
1t recognizes danger in varied FORMS
Evening star., 1938-08-27

The people of Pitcairn Island have
been cut off from the world again by
the failure Of radio facilities Perhaps,
like their ancestors, hermitage is what
they want. 1t has its advantages, ac-
cording to authorities like Diogenes and
Thoreau.
Evening star., 1938-08-27

IT the birthrate continues to decline,
the day may come when parents will be
able to remember what has become of
all of their children. Back in the horse
and-buggy period, the infant Samuel
Clemens-Mark Twain in later life
was lost for week without being missed
by his mother and father.
Evening star., 1938-08-27
Twenty Years Ago
The World Var Day by Day
August ~, 1918.

Roye was taken by the French. having
been abandoned the night before. Lau-
court was also taken early in the day,
and the lines advanced 2 miles beyond
Roye. A counter-attack against St.
Mard, near Roye, was driven back with
a loss of 1,100 prisoners.
Debeney's army advanced along 12-
mile front to depth Of 2is miles in
places, over terrain heavily defended
with many machine guns.
Evening star., 1938-08-27

Some fault is found by partisan asso-
ciates with Postmaster General Farley
He may be regarded as fortunate in the
fact that the fault found is less with his
general program as cabinet officer
than with his efficiency in devising
points of strategy.
Evening star., 1938-08-27
Under Cover.

Under Cover.
What do you think of my remarks
on the New Deal?" asked the politician
Il couldn't tell whether you favored
1t or not
Then the speech is success. That is
what I was trying to keep people from
finding out"
Evening star., 1938-08-27

A sense of humor helps a lot nova
days, but there is nothing funny abou.
pretending to be happy when you are
miserable.
Evening star., 1938-08-27

Mormon crickets are reported to have
been driven by hunger to diet of ra tile
snakes. They probably would rather
starve than attempt to eat kidnapers.
Evening star., 1938-08-27

Letters to the Editor must bear
the name and address of the priter,
although the use of a pseudonym for
publication is permissible. Please be
brief!
Evening star., 1938-08-27
Wants to Know to What Party
President BELONGS,

To the Editor Of The Star:
Jay FRANKLIN puts himself out in
front as New Dealer. One OF the
Roosevelt little dogs wants to ask him
to just which party does he or his big
chief belong. If Roosevelt has a. party
want to know what it is. He has been
ranting around the country as a Demo-
crat. I think We had better begin
purges at the White House.
R. A. KEARNEY.
Gainesville Va