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Evening star., 1939-03-24

since Cats like to sleep With as much
protection Is possible, and the corner
situation gives them two backs, as 1t
were.
The cat fancier, therefore, never dis
cards any boxes which come to the
household, without first giving the
family cat go at them.
There seems to be great sport in leap
Ing into and out of such q container,
and 1t is excelled OILY by the sheer fun
of similar acrobatics into and out of
one of those great paper bags in which
cleaners and dyers send back dresses
and the like.
The rustling back and forth which
then goes on is followed by the explosive
capers of the cat as it springs out of one
end or the other.
1t is well known to friends of this
sometimes misunderstood animal that no
two are exactly alike, although all
possess basic cat ideas.
Thus, while they mostly turn around
q few times before settling down, they
seldom choose exactly the same sleeping
place. They may sleep at one point
many times, but suddenly pick some
other place, and nothing can drive them
back to the old.
All cats yawn, when disturbed, but the
action Is not with all the form of greet
ing to humanity which it assumes with
some.
There are cats whose warmest greeting
is a yawn.
With these cats, yawn is not mark
Of boredom or indifference, but sincere
handslasp, or should be we say paw
clasp?
Old Tigey, who seldom is allowed in
doors, shows his gratitude when he gets
in. by lying down on the rug and
scratching his right jaw with his right
paw, while kicking his stomach with
his left.
Perhaps no other cat in history ever
used exactly the same method. 1t is
extremely effective-it gains Tigey ad-
mittance, for one thing.
No show-of, Tigey; this is his only
feature. but one which always makes a
hit with his friends.
Even this old bum falls for the lure
of pasteboard box
He must sample it at once. 1t takes a
bowl of salmon to lure him out.
Wrapping paper of all kinds seems
to delight the cat nature. 1t enables
the animal to rustic through it, some
times creating great noise. Although
a pussy footer by nature. the house cat
loves noisy plaything, liking to knock
small objects against floor and walls
just for the fun of hearing them.
Evening star., 1939-03-24
THIS AND THAT
By Charles z. Trace,ueH.

No house cat can resist the lure Of
cardboard box or paper bag placed on
the floor.
Into 1t at once the animal must crawl,
and this despite the fact that the con-
tainer may be far too small.
Your average cat may find dinaculty
in curling up. literally hanging over the
edges, but try to do 50 he or she does,
nevertheless.
Just what is the fascination Of box or
bag for the cat tribe is rather difficult
to determine.
1t may be hangover from old days,
when a nest in the tall grasses gave them
a sense of security.
AS every one knows, all proper cats
turn around three times-more or less
every time they settle down to sleep.
The need for this turning process dis
appeared centuries ago. In the old days
of the tribe, when the gloved cats Of
Africa SO trod down reeds, in order to
make themselves beds, there was a
physical necessity for this preparation.
Today's cat. in a household where
everything comes with the magic Of
electricity. has no need except mental
one for this, but turn around and around
it still does.
1t satisfies something in the creatures
mental nature. one may feel sure, since
cats are animals of extreme common
sense, and seldom indulge in actions
without some real feline reason for them.
A cat will leave the softeSt sofa to
jump into a cardboard box or carton.
The deeper, the more satisfactory to
the cat nature. The animal craWls into
the box with real pleasure manifested
at the tip of every whisker. This is
cat fun.
Often the largest cat is able to wedge
itself into box so small that to look
at the two no observer would think it
possible.
Yet into it he goes, there to curl up
after the preliminary twisting.
X X X
Often such a box becomes a regular
bed for the animal, preferred above all
other sleeping places.
There is never any accounting, of
course, fer the vagaries of this creature
when it omes to the selection of bed
One nigf it will take to the spare bed
in the guest room, the next to the daven-
port downstairs, whereas the third ii
will accept nothing softer than the base
ment flc or.
A sms Il box lid, with a rim 2 or
inches ligh, makes a preferred bed
especially if placed under the gas stove
or sink
A corr er of room makes a good place,
Evening star., 1939-03-24

has witnessed q labor capital strife
of such broad ramifications as that
recorded along the Western sea-
board, ranging as it does from the
extremes of absolute labor domina-
ton in the Seattle area to the mill
tant "open shop" determination Of
Los Angeles. Affected have been not
only the industrial pursuits ordi-
narily involved, but also enterprise
of the farms and at sea. In such a
range of intensity it is not surprising,
perhaps, that there should be resort
to political maneuvers as we'll as the
usual devices of economic pressure
found in other instances of struggle
between labor and capital.
But in the very fact that these
political efforts, namely, the advo-
cacy of drastic curtailment by statute
of certain union practices, have gone
beyond any such restriction at
tempted in other parts of the coun-
try lies an impelling argument for
public inquiry.
Such inquiry, however, should be
impartial and comprehensive. It
should be undertaken not on the
presumption that labor is being per-
secuted, but rather that where there
is an extreme condition there must
be underlying facts giving rise to it.
These facts, in turn, might establish
that labor is being persecuted-or
they might establish that labor on
the West Coast has brought itself
into disrepute by its own excesses.
In view of its supposed friendship
for labor, logical doubt exists as
to whether the Senate Civil Liberties
Committee alone should make such
an inquiry. The Senate should give
due consideration to the question
whether the inquisitorial body should
not be composed of Senators friendly
to employers, as we'll as those whose
sympathies lie with labor, in the
interest of securing as full and as
complete an investigation as possible.
Evening star., 1939-03-24
Sufety Upheld

Thirteen years after his decision
outlawed Washington's first effort at
regulation of pedestrian traffic,
Judge John P. Mcmahon has handed
down ruling in Traffic Court which
completely upholds the principles
involved in the present regulations.
In 1925, when an accused pedestrian
protested the regulations, the. court
found the District Commissioners
had not been given authority by
Congress to regulate any traffic ex-
cept that involving vehicles. The
act was amended, and under that
amendment, the bench now holds
the District government has the
power to control pedestrians; that
the rules are not unreasonable or
oppressive; that police power has not
been overstepped; and that the pur-
pose of the regulations is to protect
citizens against their own careless
ness.
The decision, handed down in the
case of pedestrian who insisted on
his right to cross against a red light
when no vehicles were approaching,
is of utmost Importance to the safety
program of the city. It does not
decide the question of guilt in the
specific case, since jury still must
hear the evidence, and there have
been intimations an appeal may be
taken in event of a conviction. But
it does definitely fix the propriety Of
the charge, and the legality of the
regulations under which a greater
protection is sought for those who
walk along Washingtons streets.
Thus the court adds the weight Of
its opinion to that of the admins
trative and enforcement officials
that definite, stringent protective
measures are necessary to save
lives on the streets. That this view
is held generally by the citizens of
Washington is evidenced by the
splendid cooperation with which the
new rules have been received. While
the greatest effect has been in the
downtown area, and while enforce
ment of the section relating to
pedestrians right OF way over auto
mobiles has been somewhat ineffec-
tive in outlying neighborhoods, the
general results have been heartening.
Further corrections lie largely in the
field of education.
Evening star., 1939-03-24
Lodge of Sorrow

The Republican Assembly at Al
bany had under consideration a bill
to furnish relief to any needy Indian
on State reservation, and great
pains were taken to insure that it
wouldn't apply to any Tammanyite.
''Tammany Indians don't need relief"
said the Speaker.
Seldom, If ever, was a falser word
spoken. In proof of this, with much
difficulty sachem of Tammany was
hunted up and interviewed. All dur
ing the powwow he bowed his head
and spoke with the simple dignity of
the typical Indian orator.
In times past our tribe was great
in the land" he said. "Our chiefs
were mighty in the councils of Man.
haitian. Our herds of bleating tax
payers were as countless as the sands
of the shore, to be MIXED or skinned
at will. In untrammelled freedom
we stalked the succulent paving con-
tract, captured it, and lived of the
gravy for many moons. The Great
Spirit was good to us, and our wig
vans were stuffed to overflowing
with much fine wampum.
But now evil days have come upon
us. Our lodges are lodges of sorrow;
our happy hunting grounds are
played out. Our warriors are scat
tered to the far corners of the earth.
The scalps Of many of our braves
are dangling at the belt of Big Chief
Dewey. Others dwell in bondage in
the stone and iron tepees of the
paleface, brought low by the magic
of the subpoena or the bad medicine
of the grand jury. Our sun is set.
Soon we will be but a malodorous
memory in the nostrils of Manhattan.
Go, therefore, stranger, to the lodge
Of the Great White Father in WASH
ington, and his tribe Of medicine
men. Smoke with them a pipe OF
peace, and offer them a treaty of sur
render and get us on relief. I, the
grand sachem, have spoken. Mean
while, brother, can you spare dime?"
Evening star., 1939-03-24
Eighty-Five-Year Record
OF Stars Fairness Praised.

In connection with my study of the
woman movement of America I discov-
cred today that as early as 1854 The Star
had the unique distinction of exhibiting
a spirit of tolerance almost wholly lack
ing on the part of the press for decades
after the movement was inaugurated in
1848. It is recorded of the meetings held
in "a in Washington that no papers,
with the exception of The Star, gave re-
thony'-HarperD
After the National Woman Suffrage
Association was organized in 1869 con-
ventions were annual occurrences in the
Nations Capital. To The Stars credit,
in all the years of its handling of the
news on these occasions, there is no evi-
dence of anything scurrilous, ridiculous,
or derogatory ever being published.
In 1889 long interview with Susan B.
Anthony, published after her arrival in
Washington, was captioned "A Leader
of Woman" She was characterized as
zone of the remarkable women of the
world" At her 10th birthday celebration
in 1890 The Star referred to Elisabeth
Cady Stanton as that venerable and
beautiful old stateswomen, looking as If
she should be the Lord Chief Justice"
On the occasion of Miss Anthony's resig-
nation of the presidency of the National
American Woman Suffrage Association in
1900, The Star gave her expressed opin-
ion of the new President: In Mrs. Gait
you have my ideal leader"
In 1902 appeared long account Of the
great ovation accorded to Miss Anthony
by the D. A. r. at the convention of that
organization, of which she was an hon.
orary member: "The PRESIDENT general,
in spontaneous enthusiasm snatched
from her table wisp of lace and linen
and waved it toward Miss Anthony
which was a signal for others, and in
stantly the congress looked like snow
storm. In behalf of the Continental
Congress of the Society of the Daughters
of the American Revolution said Mrs.
Fairbanks, it gives me great pleasure this
evening to greet Miss Anthony, the hon.
ored guest at any gathering and the great
emancipator of women"
In beautiful tribute at the time of her
death, The Star said in part, when the
full record of this wonderful woman's
career has been compiled, it will doubtless
be found that she was maker of history
in far more than the advancement of the
woman suffrage proposition from jest
to serious accomplishment - She was
in truth Americas Grand Old Woman
and her admirers numbered today by the
millions, feel that one has passed whose
like will seldom again be seen"
PHARE PLEIGH.
Minneapolis, MINI.
March 49,
Evening star., 1939-03-24
Conversational Economy

It is becoming increasingly evident
that the question of economy in gov
ernment is being shaped into a purely
political instrument which both the
New Dealers and their opponents
hope to use advantageously in the
next campaign. That this is true
was clearly indicated yesterday by
the statement of Chairman Eccles
Of the Federal Reserve Board md
the response to it by certain members
of Congress.
The principals in the economy fight
have been Mr.. Eccles and Senator
Byrd of Virginia. There is no doubt
as to where they stand. Mr.. Eccles
wants to spend and spend and has
never quibbled about it; Senator Byrd
is retrencher and has had the
courage to put himself on record
unequivocally to that effect.
The President, who should assume
leadership one way or the other, has
been wavering between the two
schools of economic thought. At
heart he is probably with Mr.. Eccles
but in difference to the insistent out
cries of the economy group, he has
been content to leave the matter of
reducing expenditures and the as
sumption of responsibility for what
may follow to Congress.
But Congress, or at least the over
whelming majority Of congressman,
do not want it that way. Those
among them who have talked most
about economy have been loudest in
their demands that the President
take the leadership in initiating re-
trenchment. BY thus refusing to
take any affirmative action them
selves unless and until the President
points the way, they demonstrate
their insincerity, or at least their
want Of political courage, for the
most naive among them must realize
that Mr.. Roosevelt Is not going to
Evening star., 1939-03-24

Judging by the names Of the five
members of the first golf club ever
organized in America, the ancient
and honorable sport has just claim
to the title of Scottish diversion.
They were the Messrs. Alexander Nc
Leod, Roderick Mcintosh Mcleod,
George Grant, Russell Montague and
Lionel Torrin.
Evening star., 1939-03-24
Roman Coliseum Design
Proposed for Washington Auditorium.

Proposed for Washington Auditorium.
To the Editor Of The Star:
AS an architect and construction
engineer who has specialized for many
years in the designing and construction
Of auditoriums, theaters and amusement
projects, am naturally interested in
the discussions for much-needed audi
torium for Washington.
My particular interest, however, is in
the architectural design for such build
ing. Our National Capital should have
its public buildings, and especially one
of this character, examples of lasting
beauty in plan and design which will
attract the admiration Of its countless
visitors.
Unfortunately some of our recent Gov
ernment buildings have sacrificed ex-
terror attractiveness to economical con-
struction and working requirements. I
do not think, however, the Senate ONCE
Building or the Supreme Court Building
Evening star., 1939-03-24

have lost anything in the latter direc-
ton while creating examples of classical
architecture that must ever be a pride
to our Nation.
AS suggestion for the Washington
Auditorium would like to see a replica
of the old Coliseum Of Rome adapted to
modern requirements, but maintaining
the classical architecture which the
Greeks and Romans in their great love
for the beautiful created centuries ago
and which has always been an inspira-
ton for our profession.
w. ALBERT SWASEY.
March a.
Evening star., 1939-03-24
Shooting Stors
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Long Distance.

Long Distance.
We've listened to all that yoV told us
OF colder an warmer an fair,
An sometimes we've thought that youd
sold us
Fur fun, but we didn't much care.
It's easy, with nerve and persistence,
To tell what we'll get purity soon.
But it's time to turn on the long distance:
Say, what do you know about June?
Who cares for your talk of tomorrow?
The springtime is tickle we know,
But there's weather that banishes sorrow,
Beyond, past the chill and the blow.
When each creature that MARBLES or
chatters
Seems to join in the general tune,
Cut out these plain day-by-day matters.
Say, what do you know about June?
Evening star., 1939-03-24
Lubor in the West

The proposal Of the American
Federation Of Labor for a Senate
inquiry into recent anti-labor mani
festations on the Pacific Coast Is
fully deserving of reasoned consid-
Grafton on Capitol Hill.
Probably no section Of the country
Evening star., 1939-03-24
Advocates. East Capitol Site
For Auditorium Project.


To the Editor Of The Star:
have given some serious thought to
the problem presented in connection
with the location of the projected pub
lie auditorium. Washington has been
handicapped for years by the need of an
adequate, modern auditorium providing
ample and suitable space for conventions
and gatherings, especially large ones.
Now that we are to remedy this seri-
Gus situation 1t seems to me it would be
most unfortunate to select site in an
already traffic c-congested area where
conditions of traffic and parking are
daily becoming more of problem.
My careful and considered opinion Is
that the projected auditorium should be
located in some less congested and ac-
cessible section of the city and an in
spection of the entire situation does not
reveal more suitable place than that
referred to as the EAST Capitol street
site"
perusal of a map Of the city reveals
avenues and streets from all sections of
our city leading in the general direction
of the East Capitol street site, making
it easy to route buses and taxi service
as well as private cars to this site. Ade-
quate train service would also be avail
able at or near this site and in addition
to the large parking space, which should
be provided in the basement of the
auditorium, there will be ample parking
space adjacent to the auditorium.
We should profit by the experience of
other cities and not be guilty of placing
this splendid convention building in the
busy and congested section of our city.
We should not lose sight of the fact
that most Of the large gatherings to be
held in this auditorium will have no
connection at all with Government af-
fairs. Why place the auditorium in the
midst Of Government buildings which
already cause great congestion?
heartily favor the East Capitol street
site for the proposed auditorium.
WALTER K. HANDY.
March 8.
Evening star., 1939-03-24
Steelman Commends The Stars
Articles on Hotel Strike.


To the Editor of The Star:
I want to express to you my deep
appreciation for the editorials which you
printed concerning the hotel strike and
settlement.
1t is gratifying indeed to have one
whose words count so much say some
thing complimentary and at the same
time indicate an understanding of the
nature of the problem which we faced
in the situation.
Also, may I add that your reportefs
who covered the strike story were most
courteous and your paper was accurate
and eminently fair in the full reports
carried throughout the strike?
j. r. STEELMAN,
Director of Conciliation
March %. Department of Labor.
Evening star., 1939-03-24

Get out your map and give good
look at the Polish Corridor" It
probably will not be there long.
Evening star., 1939-03-24
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bear the name and address OF
the 1Oriter. although the use OF
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permissible. Please be brtef!
Evening star., 1939-03-24
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All rights of publication of special dispatches
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Evening star., 1939-03-24
The Real Dependent.

II suppose you feel the necessity OF
great deal of social activity on the part
Of your family?"
eyes," answered Mr.. Cumrox, as he
laid aside the daily paper, mother and
the girls have to be right industrious
to get complimentary notices in the
society pages that1l Offset the roastings
we .bilionaires get in the news columns" I"
If twas wrong to loaf once In a
while" said Uncle Eben, nature wouldn't
waste time turnin' out slnshiny days
an 11shin' worms"
Evening star., 1939-03-24
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A Distinction.


What is the difference between a
statesman and politician?" asked the
visiting schoolgirl.
"A statesman" replied Senator Sor-
ghum, 'is a man who while hunting
Office insists on incidental remarks about
the Constitution and Thomas Jefferson
while politician is content to get the
money"
Some men take small matters Sc
riously," said Hi Ho, the sage of China
town, because they could not do other
wise without sacrificing their self
esteem"
The Glamour Girl.
Both friends and kin in terror pause
When she gets pessimistic
She's got to have her way because
Her temperament's artistic.
Reason to Weep.
Don't you think it wonderful that an
actress should shed real tears?"
IF some actresses" replied Miss
Cayenne, could see their own perform
ances, do not know how they could
help it."
Evening star., 1939-03-24
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To the Editor Of The Star:

IL WdS IepOICcO CIlaC OOCQ MS OeauCllul
sentiments and his devotion to the cause
OF international understanding had
moved the First Lady of the land to tears
OF appreciation and admiration. Indeed,
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS friendship was his
passion.
So far as know, Ambassador Saito
made one great mistake during his spleu-
did, almost brilliant, diplomatic career Of
30 years. Five years ago, he made the
remarks of his appreciation at the well
come party at the Nippon Club given
IN honor of Our Own Ambassador" by
the japanese residents in New York City.
With great emphasis, he closed his
speech with these ringing words: II
dedicate myself to the altar of the
rehabilitation of American-Japanese
friendship. Until death. will not stop
my work" Until DEATH" he averred, in
which lies his only mistake.
Today, commissioned posthumously by
the President of the United States as
Ambassador Plenipotentiary and Ex-
traordinary from America to Japan,
Hiroshi Saito embarks on board the
U. S. cruiser Astoria to sail 5000
miles to his native land. In death. he
has greater mission than he had in
life. The significance of this memorable
homeward voyage of Ambassador Saito
which was initiated by the President
with his clairvoyance into the future Of
the great Pacific, demands from the
leaders OF America and Japan alike a
most serious meditation on the ira
ditional friendship of the two nations.
SHUTARO TOM1MAS.
New York City.
March 18.