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Evening star., 1939-02-12
are in Rome, and others, includ-
ing those from abroad, are on their

are in Rome, and others, includ-
ing those from abroad, are on their
way.
Spokesman of the hierarchy to-
day twice expressed the hope pope
". uld be chosen who could guide the
church and the world to peaceful
relations in time Of trouble.
Archbishop Nicola Monterisi of
Salerno, who addressed the cardi-
nails in the name Of the italian
bishops, expressed the hope that
The Lord, as always, will provide
for the church according to the
needs of the times and es@,ecially
that peace which is His divine de-
sire"
The dean Of the Sacred College
Januarius Cardinal Granite Pigna-
tell di Belmonte. asked the bish-
ops to pray that the Lord would
give the church a man who would
know how to guide. with a wise
hand the mystic ship of Peter, es-
pecially in these grave times
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Pope
Continued From First Page. J

accord passed without the world
learning the contents of the impor-
tant message Plus XI was to have
delivered to the Italian bishops
The bishops were reported to have
been informed of what the Pontiff
intended to tell them, but kept the
information secret. Vatican authori-
ties believed it unlikely that the
communication would be made pub
lie unless the next Pope ordered it
1t was explained that the congre-
cation of cardinals normally woulG
not sanction publication, lest it en-
barrass the policy of the new ponef
Ecclesiastical circles. however ex-
pressed the belief that the message
dealt with the effect of the new
Fascist racial laws on the church S
rights in matrimony under the con-
cordat. Before his death, Pope Plus
criticized the laws as "wounding
the concordat.
The Lateran accord of February
II, 1929, which ended a 59-year
quarrel between the church and
state and the voluntary imprison-
ment of the Popes in the Vatican
included political treaty recogniZ-
ing the sovereignty of the holy see
in Vatican City: a concordat regu-
lating the condition of religion and
of the church in Italy, and finan-
cial convention for settlement of
financial claims Of the holy see on
Italy.
Although the cardinals as a COL
lege will rule the affairs of the
church until the selection of a new
Pope, prelates said they were fol-
lowing the customary policy of
"nihil novandum" c"noyhing new'D
They said the cardinals would
wish to avoid doing anything that
later might be changed or criticized
by the successor to the papal throne.
Too Early for Specula ton.
Everywhere one heard it was too
early to speculate as to who might
be the next Pope. Often repeated
was the old Roman adage: who
enters the conclave a Pope leaves
1t cardinal (meaning that a
strong candidate before the conclave
usually fails to be elected)
The Cardinals congregation to-
day named three princes of the
church to begin preparations for the
conclave. They are Camille Cardi-
nal Caccia-Dominioni, Nicola Car
dinal Canal and Domenico Cardi-
nal Mariani. Msgr. Arborio Mella di
SAINT Ella, papel majordomo, was
designated governor of the con-
clavs.
Thirty nine of the 62 cardinals
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connections with the Neptunia-and
Italian line officials said he could

connections with the Neptunia-and
Italian line officials said he could
the prelate will arrive in Rome in
time to participate In the election.
The balloting for a new Pope
must begin not less than Is nor
more than 18 days after the death
of the pontiff. 1t was believed the
ceremonies would not start until
February %, the last day possible
under church law, in order to give
American cardinals time to reach
Rome.
The Right Rev. Stephen J. Dona-
hue, administrator of the New York
archdiocese, and the Very Rev. j.
Francis Mcintyre, chancellor, met
Cardinal Mundelein upon his ar
rival from Florida.
Mayor La Guardia today ordered
all flags on city buildings at half
staff until the mass for tho late
Pope Is ended.
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Two j. ). Cardinals
On High Seas Bound
For PapaI Election
Cardinal O'ConneII Will
Leove Wednesday
From New York

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Feb. 1.-Two of
the three United States cardinals
were on the high seas tonight
bound for Rome and participation
in the solemn ceremonies attend
ant upon the selection of a sue
cessor to the late Pope Plus XII.
George Cardinal Mundelein of
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Spendthrift Policy Seen
As Dangerous.

To the Editor Of The Star
DR.. Robert M. McMurry, the eminent
psychologist, maintains that the SPEND
thrift habit is primarily due to "an
infantile state of mind" And no cure
has been found for the disorder!
when Henry borrows from his
friends says DR.. McMurry, "the need
for money was always urgent. Under
the pressure he would promise faithfully
to make repayment from next salary
check. BY that time, however, the bor-
rowed money would have been spent and
new and urgent needs would have de-
veloped."
Prof. McMurry was referring to the
individual spendthrift, but after all
nation is merely great group of indi-
viduals. Hence, just as Henry" con-
tinues borrowing until he hits the rocks,
so will our Uncle Samuel do likewise If
he persists in borrowing from the people
to meet ever-recurring deficits; it is
merely question of time.
President Roosevelt's request for all
Democrats to unite is hardly calculated
TO be needed so long as there are mil
lions OF conservative citizens who heart
lily disapprove of his spending policy,
which has now reached its sixth con-
secutive year and shows no signs what
ever Of abating.
Januarys. Elk. GOLDsBOROUGH.
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to his pledge not to develop a
personal machine, to keep politics
out Of State affairs, to enforce the
utmost economy and efficiency in
government, to end diversions from
gasoline tax revenues and borrow
ings to meet State expenses and to
balance the budget, and to curtail
the legislative session to save ex-
penses.
Mr.. O'Conor will perform a great
service for the Free State If on one
hand he can balance the budget and
on the other provide adequate social
security, highway development and
law enforcement. As the new Gov
ernor says, the State is facing prob
lens as vital as those which con-
fronted Maryland at the time of the
World War. They will provide
strenuous test of the qualities of
leadership, ambition and courage
which Governor O'Conor appears to
possess.
Evening star., 1939-01-12

days of 1888, az well as the average
for the entire year. Two of the four,
incidentally, were pedestrians.
This Is a sordid record. It is one
which means only that the city has
made no progress in meeting the
problem. AS hopeful thought, it is
possible the rest Of the year will see
an improvement.
The Star, believing careful study
of fatal accidents may cause motor
lists to drive more carefully, has initi-
ated a plan Of presenting during
1899 a factual analysis of each fatal
accident in the city, illustrated by
pictures or sketches, and based upon
the official findings Of the cormer's
Investigations.
This method of Offering an actual
case book on the causes of such ac-
cidents should be studied carefully
by all, motorists and pedestrians, in
the interests Of enhancing the con-
sciousness of safety in the entire
community. A working knowledge of
the errors and omissions which lead
to accidents may be the very element
which will bring about an appreciable
reduction in the number of traffic
deaths this year.
Evening star., 1939-01-12
Mr.. Hopkins Explains

Regardless Of whether Mr.. Harry
Hopkins actually said "We will spend
and spend, tax and tax and elect
and elect" the fact remains that he
was the head of an organization that
spent and spent as this Nation has
never spent before; that this spend
ing will necessitate taxation such
as the country's founders never
dreamed of, and that some of his
agency's best spending efforts seemed
to coincide surprisingly well with
prediction campaigns.
Mr.. Hopkins, in defending his fit
ness for appointment as Secretary
of Commerce, told the Senate Com
merce Committee that his record as
administrator of the Works Progress
Administration is an open book. He
denied charges that he injected poll
tics into relief. On the contrary, he
declared, he did all he could to keep
politics out Despite his vigilance,
he conceded, some local and county
politics crept in here and there. It
was just one Of those things that are
bound to happen in an undertaking
so vast as W. P. A., he explained.
Few persons will take exception
to Mr. Hopkins contention that it is
extremely difficult to keep politics
and relief far enough apart to avoid
suspicion OF collusion. No RESPONSE
BILE person believes that he deliber-
ately sent orders down the line to
shovel out w. P. A. money for elec-
ton purposes-despite Aubrey Will
liams' reported admonition that the
reliefers must keep their friends
IN power. What many persons hold
against Mr.. Hopkins is his seeming
lack of appreciation of the gravity
OF the abuses of w. P. A. money
however seldom they occurred-and
his failure to become exercised over
them when they were called to his
attention by numerous observers. It
"eso oAAoo AC4Cl1oltC dUCltuUc, IlO
doubt, that impelled him to make
the serious error of having the
w. P. A. investigate itself. The
reports to be found on the "open
book to which he invited the Sena-
tors attention quite naturally differ
from those in the record Of the Shep-
pard committee, an unbiased inves-
tigating group. Had Mr.. Hopkins and
Mr.. Williams abandoned their de-
fensive, almost passive, attitude in
favor of an aggressive denunciation
Of politically minded w. P. A. subor-
dinates-backed up by fortnight ac-
ton where necessary-the taxpayers
might have been spared some of the
pain they perforce have experienced
by reason of the W. P. A. spend-and-
spend-and-spend policies.
Evening star., 1939-01-12

US the power Of living many years.
Indeed. he continues, old age is the time
Of life to be most coveted, "as 1t is then
that prudence is best exercised, and the
fruits Of all the other virtues enjoyed
with the least opposition"
+ ~
Weak-willed people, Of course, cannot
do what Louis Cornaro did.
He phrases it this way:
AFTER I had taken a firm resolution
that would henceforth live temperately
and nationally, and had realized, as did,
that to do 50 was not only an easy mat
ter, but, indeed, the duty of every man,
entered upon my new course so heartily
that I never afterward swerved from 1t,
nor ever committed the slightest excess
in any direction"
That's the type of man who always
has been able to do things
He accustomed himself to the habit
Of never fully satisfying his appetite,
either with eating or drinking, always
leaving the table we'll able to take more.
His two cardinal rules were as follows:
l. Take only the quantity of food that
the stomach can easily digest.
2. Take only the kinds that agree
with It,
He quoted two old Italian proverbs, as
follows: "Whosoever wishes to eat much
must eat little" and "the food from
which man abstains, after he has eaten
heartily, is Of more benefit to him than
that which he has eaten"
In his own case he found he had to
60 little further. He cut his food to
exactly II ounces day. 1t consisted
Of bread, the yolk of an egg, little meat,
and some soup. With this he took IA
ounces Of wine He called it wine, but
modern Investigators are inclined to
think he drank only the unfermented.
juice, grape juice, as we think of it today.
Orderly living, he concluded, is the
foundation of long and healthy life.
In his own case he proved it to perfec-
ton.
He was too wise to think that his own
exact scheme would fit every one
But any man may, he insisted, by dint
OF experimenting, acquire a perfect
knowledge of his own constitution, and
f1nd out what food and what drink, and
what quantities of each will agree with
him.
1T Is impossible" he says, ito have
equally accurate knowledge Of these
things in another person"
To learn them in ones own case
requires great attention, considerable
time, and much study. Experimentation
Is necessary. The thing forbidden is to
eat anything, even foods which agree
with one, in a quantity so large that it
cannot be easily digested.
He entreats his readers-today as ever
to embrace the temperate life, for, he
says, it surpasses all the other riches
and treasures of this world by giving
us long and healthy life.
Evening star., 1939-01-12
Prince Georges GombIino

In the light of the unsavory repu-
tation Prince Georges County has
acquired regarding the operations of
organized gamblers, the public will
take the announcement that all
county gambling places are to be
closed with grain of salt.
1t will require more than a mere
announcement to produce applause.
But the vast law-abiding element of
the entire Washington area is hope
full that the latest announcement
means something. Progressive cit
izens hope that it is not an idle
gesture, that action will come at last.
The order to close all gambling
houses in Prince Georges came from
a new Board of County Commission
ers, backed up by new and energetic
States attorney. Its execution lies
in the hands Of a police force that
has been paralytic when it comes to
prosecuting professional gamblers.
That is the first cause for skepticism.
The second cause Is the fact that the
outgoing Board Of Commissioners
took similar action soon after taking
office four years ago. 1t issued a
specific order to "close Jimmy's place
and keep it closed" Yet such is the
mysterious power Of those who run
that place that 1t still flourishes.
Despite the reasons for skepticism,
it is reassuring to note signs of an
awakening civic INDICATION. The in
fluential County Farm Bureau is
urging that the county's gambling
cleanup include enactment of law
similar to the legislation in Washing
ton which makes possession of num-
bers slips prima facie evidence of
guilt. The County Civic Federation
is aroused over evidence of politics"
in the police force and is trying to do
something about it. The Civic Fed
Grafton, the Farm Bureau and count
less other organizations and indi-
viduals indorse the commissioners
declaration of war on gambling. The
issue now is squarely up to the police.
Their moves will be watched with the
utmost interest.
Evening star., 1939-01-12
Ambitious Program

A Enthusiastically ambitious pro-
gram was outlined for himself and
the State Legislature in the inaugu-
raj address of Marylands new Gov
ernor, Herbert r. O'Conor.
The ambition which drove him, at
forty-three, to fight for and obtain
the highest Office in the State OBJ
viously is driving him to attempt
reforms in the State administration
that will provide the greatest test
Of his career.
His ambition is supported by
courage, for it takes courage to tell
a tax-burdened State that it faces
no alternative but more taxation.
Just what form the additional taxa
tion will take remains to be disclosed,
but the new Governor frequently
opposed sales taxes in his campaign
speeches.
The entire inaugural address points
to decisive, but not demagogic.
new deal for Maryland. Mr.. O'Conor
meant what he said in the years he
served as States attorney for Balti-
more City and as State Attorney
General. There is every reason to
believe he means what he says when
he promises a readjustment of the
tax structure which will tend to
encourage and stabilize" business
rather than disrupt it.
It will be q new deal, indeed, for
Maryland If the Governor lives up
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who do believe that, in my opinion, are
selfish beyond words
am the supporter of family, only
myself being employed yet we are living.
And I think I am doing pretty good
Job Of it, too. OF course if believed in
doing all the things a romanticist does,
1t couldn't be done. Nevertheless, our
family is very happy one-it could be
no happier. Failure to acknowledge our
responsibilities is one of the things that
Is making this world of chaos.
Men and women were put on the earth
to fulfill purpose. We all understand
that fully. Unless we accept our re-
sponsibilities we are failing to accom-
plish that purpose for which we were
placed on earth-we are destroying fam
lily life on which our country must
depend. ATRUE AMERIcAN
January 6.
Evening star., 1939-01-12
Why Must They Die?

The record Of Washington's traffic
for the year just ended, aside from
its tremendous toll of injuries, enor-
nous property damage, and shattered
homes, stands as gruesome me-
mortal to the eighty-six lives which
were snuffed out. This meant that
every one hundred and two hours
throughout the year another soul
faced its Maker as result of the
dangers with which the streets of the
Capital are beset.
In the first ten days of the new
year four persons have been killed,
one each sixty hours. The figure 10
worse than that for the similar ten
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Urges Control Of Drivers
Rather Than Pedestrians.

Az toS A0AtOL VI Aue 6tAI
Plenty of talk these days on the street
traffic question. Where and how does
the pedestrian cross the street and ar
rive whole? Were the pedestrian to
cross the street at a 4O-mile speed he
might wreck an automobile.
It is not the pedestrian but the auto
mobile that comes plowing down the
street dealing death and destruction.
Many prefer crossing in the middle
Of the block after cars have gone by
and also where the street car passenger
zones help out. After several years OBJ
servation it looks as though those zones
are respected almost, II not fully, 100 per
cent and it is only few steps from
curb to Zone
Drivers are the ones to control-com-
ing down the street, as they do, like
bats out of belfry, throwing scares,
agitation, fear, a threat of destruction,
broken nmbs-and sometimes death.
January Q. W.. DERMOTT.
Evening star., 1939-01-12
The CumeI's Nose?

The civil service ban written into
the Works Progress deficiency bill by
a House Appropriations subcommit-
tee is a setback for President Roose-
velt's civil service expansion pro-
gram.
In taking this step, Democratic
members of the subcommittee are
reported to have felt that undesir-
able permanency would be implied
for the relief organization if thirty
thousand w. P. A. administrative
workers are brought under the merit
system on February l, as scheduled.
Such fears are groundless, as is
apparent to any one who can re-
member as far back as 1888, for
example, when thousands in civil
service were dropped abruptly by
operation of the Economy Act. The
same argument answers those who
have contended that coverage would
give these workers ''life tenure" In
any event their 'job assurance"
would not extend beyond the life of
the w. P. A., although it is true that
civil service status would facilitate
employment elsewhere, If need arose.
President Roosevelt's June order
was an effort to effect greatly need
ed improvement in civil service by.
bringing in something more than
one hundred thousand positions now
exempt, and filling them hereafter
through competition.
1t is regrettable that the first op-
portunity has been seized in Con-
gress to block this reform. Further
endangering the program is the pos
sibility that to prescribe civil service
in the w. P. A. would serve as a
precedent for wider application of
the patronage principle.
Evening star., 1939-01-12
Mr.. BiIIopp
Her Sewing-Box Drawer

Fifty-eigh. spools of thread of various
sizes and shades, but none quite the
shade needed. One empty spool from
which the cook removed the last piece of
thread to sew up chicken for roasting.
One sample of checked tweed which
Father brought home for inspection be-
fore having suit made four years ago.
Four bodkins, one rusty from sewing up
the chicken. Two emery Strawberries,
one of them with leak. Five aluminium
thimbles inside thimble of sweetgrass
picked up on trip to Canada about
1902.
One blue thimble, one silver thimble,
one gold -enameled thimble the last two
looking like family heirlooms. One small
tin containing adhesive tape that has
solidified. One rhinestone buckle that
might be useful some time, but hasn't
been for at least seven years. Two tape
measures, one Of them with the spring
broken. One celluloid badge bearing the
State arms, worn by member of the
family in the inaugural parade OF Presi.
dent Theodore Roosevelt.
Two packages Of tape for sewing names
into clothes One small sample of wool.
One pencil with assorted bits of baby
ribbon wrapped around 1t. One hank of
pink string. One large green marble
button, very decorative. One bow of
orchid-colored ribbon, originally used on
small bouquet Of flowers received on the
wedding anniversary Of 1896.
One belt buckle from the belt If n
wash dress worn in the summer Of 1874
Two packages Of assorted needles. Two
flannel pads to hold needles (rathar
soiled One curtain pin. One bras,
hook and screw that could be screwed
into the wall to hold toothbrush. On.
pin-cushion fashioned out of bright red
cloth to resemble tomato.
Two elongated buttons, shaped like be.
laying pins, left over from a set of six
that were used on a coat worn in 1oaa
One pair of scissors with an end broken
of of one blade by some one who used Il
70 pry open can Of paint. One celluloid
button bearing in color the flags of the
allied nations, obtained at q bazaar held
during the World War.
Three loose needles.
Two thumb tacks.
One bone button.
CHRISTOPHER BuIopP.
Evening star., 1939-01-12
Reader Puzzled by
Contradictory Speech.
By Thomas r. Henri.

To the Editor of The Star.
I am bewildered. read in The Star
that a certain speaker vehemently de-
nounced Nazi-ism and Communism, and
yet later, in the same speech, aligned
himself with the Nazis and Fascists IN
the Spanish war which, as is well known,
could not have been carried on this
long without the assistance of the Nazis
and their brothers, the Fascists. The
same speaker describes Nazi-ism as
atheistic, although all atheistic organi-
cations and publications are "verboten"
by the Nazis. Communism also Is de-
scribed as an "outgrowth Of atheism" J"
And then open my Bible to the Book
of Acts, where learn that the earliest
Christians actually practiced commu-
nism. The same speaker gives hatred"
as the motivating force behind dictators;
yet he breathes anything but love for
those who do not share his views.
am neither Fascist nor Communist.
I do not believe in even q benevolent"
dictatorship. But all the things which
I have mentioned are rather bewildering
to me. EWD. WOLESENkY.
January 10.