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Evening star., 1939-06-13
Cultural Synagogue
Is Organized Here

Formation of a Washington group
THE Peoples Culture Synagogue
was announced today by Rabbi
Hirsch z. Glickman as part of a ma
tional movement towards recon-
struction in American Israel for
Jewish culture, ethics and democ.
racy."
The synagogue's purpose, Rabbi
Glickman said, will be to promote
Jewish culture and advance the
principles Of Jewish ethics and social
justice.
The Organizing Committee con.
sists Of Emanuel B. Levine, Sol B.
Hurevitz, Mrs. Joseph L. Krimstadt,
Mrs. Hannah B. Harris and Mrs.
Rachel A. LudineS.
Evening star., 1939-06-13
Florida Alumni to Meet

Washington alumni of the Univer-
sity OF Florida will meet Thursday
ct 8 pm. in the Territorities Com
mittee room at the House Office
Building, at which time plans for
forming an alumni chapter will be
DISCUSSED. Frank S. Wright, execu-
tive secretary of the University of
Florida Alumni Association, will
gpeak.
Evening star., 1939-06-13
Lorton Inmate, Wife
Held for Grand jury
In Mariijjuana Case
OffieioIs Charge Woman
Struggled Cigarettes
Into Institution
By a stan Correspondent Of The Star.


ALEXANDRIA, Va, June 13.-
Charles p Austin, 32-year-old in
mate of Lorton Reformatory, and
his 25-year- -old wife will face charges
OF smuggling marijuana cigarettes
into the prison institution before a
grand jury in the United States
Court for the Eastern District of
Virginia.
The couple was ordered held for
grand jury action after . prelimi-
nary hearing before United States
Commissioner John p. Strauss yes
terday. Both pleaded not guilty.
Neither Of the defendants testified,
but the Government offered Is wit
i1esses several guards and officials at
the institution. It was testified that
the wife, Mrs. Ruth Austin, visited
her husband, who is serving Z three
year term. Sunday morning. AS
soon as she left, it was testified,
guards searched the husband and
found a package allegedly contain
ing six marijuana cigarettes tucked
beneath an undershirt. Prison Of
flcials apprehended the wife as she
was on the way to catch a train for
New York City.
The husband, brought to the
hearing handcuffed to a guard, was
transferred to the Alexandria police
headquarters lookup to talk to coun-
sci IN privacy.
There are three counts in the
charge on which the couple is be-
ing held. They are failure to regis
ter and pay the specified tax, trans
fer without authority and introduce
ing or attempting to introduce
marijuana cigarettes into a Federal
penal institution.
Bail for Mrs. Austin was set at
$1,000. Her husband was taken back
to Lorton.
Evening star., 1939-06-13
Lecture on Acoustics

A lecture on Acoustics as Applied
to Auditorium" will be given by
Wilmer T. Bartholomew of the Pea
body Conservatory Of Music, Thurs
day at 3 pm. at the Commerce De-
partment Auditorium. The lecture
is being sponsored by the Education
Committee of the Patent Office.
Evening star., 1939-06-13

national organization, as well as the
local body, who will preside.
Principal speaker at the meeting
is to be Llewellyn George of Los
Angeles, Calf. an astrologer of in
ternational reputation for IS years.
Others expected to be heard include
Edward Doane of Miami, Fla; DR..
Anthony Greville- Gascoigne of Lon
don, England; Robert de Luce and
G. E. Abrams, all well known In the
field.
The meeting will be open b the
general public.
Evening star., 1939-06-13
Vanderbilt Graduates

Jardine Carter Fort, jr., of Wash
ington and Louise Watkins of Chevy
Chase, Nd, will be graduated from
Vanderbilt University tomorrow.
Mr.. Fort will receive q master Of
arts degree and Miss Watkins the
bachelor Of arts.
Evening star., 1939-06-13
Why Must They Die? No. 50 Killed K: e't .' Some


and 34th traffic fatalities haze
not been published, pending CON-
pletion OF official Investigations.
The first two mentioned Uere
hit-run cases.
The place.-In the 2700 block OF
Benning road NE.
The accident. A 44-year-old
white man, according to police who
investigated the accident. was struck
by a street car going east on Ben
ming road, as he apparently was
crossing the tracks in the middle of
the block. Taken to Casualty Hos
pital, he died the following day
from injuries sustained in the ac-
cident., Police reported witnesses
told them the victim had been drink
ing before the accident. He was
found sitting on the tracks and had
been pulled of before the accident,
police reported. Later, they said,
the victim crossed the street again
and had started to cut diagonally
back across the tracks when he was
struck. The operator of the street
car told police he did not see the
man until too close to avoid him.
Then he applied his brakes imme.
diately and sounded his bell, but the
Evening star., 1939-06-13

prelude to the
annual conven-
tion Of tn e
American Fed
Grafton of Scien-
tifc Astrologers
in New York
City, June 1924.
The meeting is
scheduled to be-
gin at 8 pm. in
t h e r aleig h
Hotel.
The S e S S ! on
has been ar
ranged by Err
nest A. Grant,
Evening star., 1939-06-13
Graduated From u. S. C,

Collins Cruiser George, 1919 q
street NV, has been graduated
from the University of Southern
California, 1t was announced here
today. He received the degres Of
master Of arts.
Evening star., 1939-06-13
AstroIoeers to Meet
Here Thursday

A group OF prominent astrologers
will gather here Thursday for q
meeting arranged by the Washing
ton Astrological Association as a
Evening star., 1939-06-13

victim paid no attention, the
operator said.
The time.-About 1915 pm, Sum-
day, June 1.
The weather.-Clear.
The street.-Level, straight and
dry.
The vehicle.-A Capital Transit
street car which the operator told
Evening star., 1939-06-13

Diagram shows approximately how 44-yearold man
fatally injured the Bennng Dotted
line indicates route of victim before he struck by east
bound street Circle spot where victim struck
and circle X indicates where his body picked up "a nd
Gates striking and "B" shows where stopped
Evening star., 1939-06-13

police he was driving about 20 miles
an hour.
The driver.-A 30-year-old motor
man with several years experience.
Police said they could flnd no ac-
cident records in their files In which
the driver was involved.
Coroner's verdict. - Accidental
death. No inquest was held.
Evening star., 1939-07-08

of the soil it tills; nor even in any lack
OF manual training. The fault lies in
the technique of the system.
Introduce a suitable course of ele-
mentary logic in the grammar school:
streamline pupils work by eliminating
miscellaneous matter that should be,
and is, acquired better in the home and
IN the general contacts with life; send
to the bonfire all existing textbooks, and
substitute for them new texts written
by competent, experienced instructors,
and edited by trained writer's familiar
with the subject in hand; replace pro-
fame, pill-sucking, and gin-guzzling teach
ers with men and women having
sense of responsibility toward life
Just the institution of these reforms
nothing more-and the American edu-
catlonal system would go places.
Mr.. Grangers article appears largely
an outburst of metaphysical fog and
bias. Practical logic and a sense of
humor seem to have had little to do with
1t. First principles and their applica-
ton for year or two in the analyses
OF the punsters' column of a daily news
paper serve quite well as an antidote
for metaphysical fallacy, selah.
July 4. "PHAROS."
Evening star., 1939-07-08
Sees Self -Liquidating Projects
As Mere Camoufiage.

To the Editor of The Star:
Millions of conservative Americans who
still hold the opinion that we cannot
squander our way out of financial diff
Guilty are wondering how much longer
President Roosevelt will be permitted to
gamble with the taxpayers money.
Mr.. Roosevelt's recent request for ap-
proximately $4,000 100000 is camouhaged
by the term "self-liquidating projects"
which, when analyzed, means little or
nothing
Hospitals, among other things, are in
cluded in these self-liquidating schemes.
Since when have hospitals been self
Iquidating? AS matter of fact they
are rarely ever self supporting, according
to Representative Bruce Barton. Praise
worthy projects, to be sure, but as a
rule running in the red.
Mr.. Barton, in referring to this very
hazy self -iquidating project recently re-
marked, II attribute my premature old
age in part to my service on hospital
boards and the struggle to meet the
deficits" E. K. GOLDSBOROUGH.
July l.
Evening star., 1939-07-08

appointment as Secretary of the
Navy. He used the Office to develop
an adequate" naval establishment
in the full and complete meaning Of
the phrase. His love of peace, if
nothing else, prompted him to desire
a Navy equal to any need. In five
brief years he launched more than
hundred ships, planned hundred
others.
Now his work is done, but his in
f1uence continues. Mr. Swanson will
be remembered with gratitude which
cannot fade so long as successive
generations shall care for democracy
and the preservation Of tried and
tested institutions of freedom.
Evening star., 1939-07-08
THIS AND THAT
By Charles E. TraceDeH.

a sort; perhaps the tanager has just a
little better memory than most.
Elephants are supposed to be able to
remember some human who has mis-
treated them. There are cases on rec
ord of an elephant which held such a
grudge against some one who harmed
him that quarter of a century later,
meeting the man face to face, it in
stantly seized him up in its trunk and
beat his brains out on the ground
Fortunately, the birds harbor no such
rancor, nor possess the ability to take q
similar vengeance, even if they did.
Their remembrance is always of place,
and Of kindness done to them.
In this no doubt they show a mental
superiority vastly in advance Of that of
elephants.
Good pound cake-this writer's favor
ite-ought to make an excellent bird
food, indeed.
Plenty of nourishment and vitamins
there!
The calory content is unusually high,
found in anything this side of pure
sugar.
This means that birds, which need a
great deal of food all the time, would
get plenty of it If they could find pound
cake plentifully distributed over the
landscape.
Since it is a fortunate bird, however,
which meets up with some one generous
enough to provide it with this delicacy,
most of our songsters will have to get
along with insects and seeds.
X X
We are glad some one has mentioned
bergamot, or bee balm
This is one of the best of the peren-
mails but Is sometimes unappreciated.
The hummingbirds know better. If you
want this Jewel of the air." plant bee
balm, which is liked by the hummers
even more than it is by the bees.
There are at least three colors, a nice
dark red magenta and a sort Of lav-
ender. The first is our favorite.
The bergamot spreads by runners. Gu
riously enough, this is sometimes held
against it. 1t grows "all over the place, u
which, in view of the niggardly way
some plants grow. ought to be esteemed a
gain in any garden.
This plant belongs to the mints, fact
which is easily ascertained by smelling
the leaves.
Some people seem to have a special
knack at getting birds to eat out of their
hand.
Is it special attraction they possess
for the songsters, or are they more per-
Sistent and patient?
Or is it demonstration of faith?
Such person believes implicitly that
the birds will come to hand. He or she
does not wonder if they will.
| 1t may be that the birds, in their turn,
feel this trust, and respond to it directly
! in the only way they know.
Evening star., 1939-07-08

arms, ammunition and implements
of war, and against "any discretion
being lodged in the hands of the
Chief Executive to determine an ag-
gressor or aggressors during any war
abroad"
The President has not asked for the
right to designate aggressors. He
has, however, asked for abolishment
OF the mandatory embargo provision,
the continued existence of which has
the effect Of encouraging war plans
OF European dictators; and for en-
actment Of cash and carry" ar
rangement under which all belliger-
ents would have access to our sup
plies-if they could reach them. Our
ships and nationals would be kept out
OF the danger zone. Since Great
Britain undoubtedly would control
the ocean lanes if she were engaged
in war with Germany or Italy, the
cash and carry" system would en-
able her to obtain arms and other
supplies from the United States-a
prospect bound to give pause to total
itarian aggressors. And anything
that causes international mischief
makers to hesitate is a contribution
to peace.
1t is against such n-entangling
peace program that the embargo
bloc in the Senate is threatening
honorable and legitimate" opposi-
ton to the last ditch. Filibustering
may be regarded in the legislative
halls as an honorable and legitimate
means by which minority may gain
its end, but it is difficult to reconcile
the maneuver with the constitution
ally-conceived democratic routine of
deliberate inquiry, reasoned debate
and the resolving of issues on merit
by open vote of the representatives
of the people. Right now there is
urgent need at the Capitol for free
play of the forces Of logic and real
ism as against emotionalism or
partisanship or theorizing. The
sincerity of the embargo bloc in
wanting to keep America out of war
is not to be questioned. Nor should
that bloc question the sincerity of its
opponents. Fair play and a reason
able regard for ira ditional legislative
processes should prevail when the fu-
ture safety of the Nation is at stake
Evening star., 1939-07-08
SHERWOOD FOREST, Md.

Dear Sir:
"Tanagers do remember!
Our summers are spent in Sherwood
Forest, Md, which is bird paradise. as
cats and dogs are firmly excluded. For
tunately our Belgian hare, who rings his
own bell when he Graves bit of petting.
is not taboo, and enjoys looking the wild
rabbits over.
I'VE like all the wild birds, from the
bergamot-loving hummingbirds, who
take their baths in the edge of the
spray as we water the garden, to the
bold bully Of blue jay, who daily
1ounces the little log house full of baby
wrens Choping for an impromptu lunch
eon) and the young owl who turns the
ravine into shrieking pandemonium of
birds.
But our favorites are the friendly
scarlet and black tanagers and the rose
colored summer tanagers.
I'VE call them the 'cake-eaters.' as
they are avid for soft, yellow pound
cake. which they eat from our hands
with soft notes Of thanks as they help
themselves.
Almost every hour we hear one of
these little families approaching. How
thrilling 1t Is to have a parent bird
light on your hand and feed bits of
cake from the palm to couple Of chill
dren parked on your arm.
by midsummer the young ones are
fiuttering up to take the cake from our
lips.
"One baby was bit timid about taking
cake from my daughters hand. and the
mother bird, on the porch rail behind
him, gave him a push toward her. as
much as to say, Go ahead, you can trust
her.
"One day young tanager few against
the porch screen and knocked himself
out cold companion Immediately few
down to the ground and sat beside him
until he recovered sufficiently to fy
away, none the worse for the experience
except for a bad headache.
ut always amuses us to watch the
gentle, golden-oli females run the blue
jays, twice their size, off the feeding
platforms.
How reluctant We are to see them
start of adventuring in the fall, yet we
know that when spring comes again one
day we will hear call and there on the
same old railing an eager little figure
will be waiting to f1utter over and start
the fascinating game all over again.
Your column is never ending source
OF delight to our family, especially with
its bird and garden lore.
Sincerely E. J. w."
4
Maybe this correspondent and others
who have written here about the scarlet
tanager have put their finger on a real
characteristic.
All living creatures have a memory Of
Evening star., 1939-07-08
A Few Observations
On Presidential Terms.

To the Editor of The Star:
when he president RoosevelD is
elected in 1910 he will be serving his first
term in fact. ''-Jay Franklin in
The Washington Star, July S, 1899.
If Mr.. Franklins premise is correct 1t
is certainly going to be hard on the school
children of the future I suppose we
may expect some such dialogue as this:
Teacher-For how long a term is the
President of the United States elected?
Willie-That depends on how well he
gets along in the job. If he does well,
four years is considered a term, but if his
policies are thoroughly discredited the
first term lasts eight years, and if he
still can't accomplish what he set out to
do he stays and stays and
Teacher-How many terms did Wood
row Wilson serve?
Willie-One. The Congress refused
to back up his League of Nations COM
mitments during what might have been
a second term
Teacher-Was Herbert Hoover ever
President of the United States?
Wlllie-No. He moved into the White
House, but he had hostile Congress. He
should have been allowed to remain until
ne found people who would work with
him, but in those days it was thought a
presidential term was measured in years.
Teacher-Absurd way of measuring,
but it shows how we progress in this
country. We realize now that the less a
man accomplishes the longer it takes
him to do it. Why should we rush any
one-least of all President? For eight
years Franklin Delano Roosevelt sat in
the White House sounding like Presi-
dent, looking like a President, for all we
know actually believing he was Presi-
dent-but we know better. Now. Willie,
tell me when does Mr. Roosevelt's first
term as President of the United States
begin?
Willie-I dunno. I read in the papers
he was going to start in 1910, but there
was slipup at the polls. I guess he
never was President at all.
July s. ELISE PHILLIPS.
Evening star., 1939-07-08
Ghosts

Ghost Of a lady hiding in my garden,
can see you there as the dusk grows
gray
Shadowy ghost in my cool. green garden,
Haunt me if you like, but never 20
away.
The ghost Of a butterfly is lighting on
your shoulder,
With black and yellow markings on
its gauzethin wings,
And the shadow of mockingbird that
neSted yonder
In the flower-hung moonvines comes
again and sings.
Lady in my garden, If I nurse and
tend it,
Pruning down the lockwood hedge and
training up the vines,
Will you come and haunt 1t every
summer evening,
Walking down the pathway while Q
white moon shines?
HAZEL SCA1FE DETWILER.
Evening star., 1939-07-08
Criticizes R0osevelt's New
Lending Spending Plan..
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor Of The Star:
It seems to me President Roosevelt's
$500 900 900 idea In order to buy So
called recovery on the installment plan!
is Just another fake deal of trying to
spend the United States of America into
prosperity. Any high school boy already
knows that it cannot work any more than
perpetual motion works.
The truth of the matter is that the
Roosevelt administration is misrepre-
senting the people they are said to rep
resent, by making the false statement
that these cool billions of dollars will
eventually be repaid.
The voters should not swallow this
deception, for it has no relation whatso-
ever to sound recovery, except as it post
pones the day when sound recovery can
creep in. HERBERT ]. MANCINI.
East Cleveland, Ohio.
June %.
Evening star., 1939-07-08
No Precedent for Delegation
OF Money Powers.


To the Editor Of The Star:
Now that the presidential money pow
ers' have been revived by action of Con-
gress, an action which raises an unusual
legal question, the lawyers In Congress
are going to search for "precedents" to
support their opinions pro and con-"
Well, that is going to be vain search.
because no such thing as the 1888 delega-
ton OF money powers to President ever
occurred before The time to have consid-
cred this question of legality was before
those powers were delegated. The situa-
uon reminds me OF statement made in
the book Imperial Washington, in which
the author says. "A lawyer spends the
flrst half of his life over the past and the
last half trying to apply the past to the
present and lets the future 60 to hell"
Now the hell" has come, and the Con-
gress faces its original responsibility of
conforming to the constitutional proyi-
sion that Congress shall have power to
coin money, regulate the value thereof.
and OF foreign coin, and fix the standard
OF weights and measures" These three
powers, all in the same paragraph. con-
stitute the money question" and our
history and experience reveal that the
Congress either does not know the answer
to the probler' l"nney, or has avoided
it to date.
Never in history has legislative body
been more subservient than the Congress
OF the United States during the past few
years, and the sequence OF events has now
brought both that body and the Presi-
dent to the bar of judgment. Present.
day conditions are revealing. They show
that the "experiments" have failed We
have vast supplies of both gold and silver,
which have been alleged to control the
value of money, but they have no bearing
on the value of money, except in terms of
gold and silver. The value of these metals
In terms of money, have been fixed by
statute, or latterly by presidential edict.
II 1t has been proper to fix the value of
gold and silver by law, it is just as proper
to do so with wheat, corn, cotton, wool,
coal, crude oil, and perhaps other basic
products that are in universal use direct
ly, or in manufacturing. That would stop
speculation, make market for finished
goods, and this would result in the en-
ployment of those now unemployed, final
ly overcoming the need for "relief" ex-
penditures OF course it would also lead
to the abolition of thousands of public
jobs and the resulting political ma
chine, which may be too much to expect
in Washington. No, there are no "prece-
dents with which either the legality Of
the legislation of the past may be judged
or by which such legislation may be law
fully extended. And, that is that.
WILBUR E. SHULTZ,
Redwood, Ohio.
July S.
Evening star., 1939-07-08
A FiIibuster Threat?

AS the time for action grows
shorter, thirty-four Senators have
pledged themselves to resist any
change in the present Neutrality Act
"by every honorable and legitimate
means at our command" This has
been freely interpreted at the Capitol
as implying resort to filibuster tao
tics if necessary to forestall passage
OF Secretary Hull's keep out of war"
proposals, outstanding among which
was one for repeal of the existing law
with its peace-periling arms embargo
section. The thirty-four unidentified
Senators have declared themselves in
favor of an inflexible embargo on
Evening star., 1939-07-08
Secretary Swanson

FelloW-countrymen who never met
him face to face are mourning the
passing of Claude A. Swanson. He
was a modest man who did not seek
national popularity, and yet he was
possessed of a power to win and to
keep multitude of unknown friends.
People instinctively respected him,
admired him, trusted him., His
loyalty to principle, his faithfulness
to duty, his keen enthusiasm for the
task he chose to do, his efficiency,
his gentleness of manner-all these
qualities combined to make of his
career a great and most definitely
helpful success.
Mr.. Swanson was seventy-seven
when yesterday he finished his earth
ly course. The story of his rise from
the poverty of Virginia tobacco
farm has been told in another place.
Here it must suffice to mention that
he was an example of the capacity
of Americans to win distinction by
the cultivation of their own natural
gifts. He was a partisan yet always
independent, attaining his seat in the
House of Representatives and later
in the Senate less by the operation
of political machine than by the
demonstration of merit and worth.
Again and again he was elected un-
opposed. His record entitled him to
the confidence of the voters, and they
did not fail him.
Similarly he earned the co-opera-
ton of his peers in the national
legislature and in President Roose-
velt's cabinet. His knowledge and
experience in sea defense, gained
while chairman of the Senate Naval
Affairs Committee, prepared him for