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Evening star., 1939-07-10

forty-three hundred playing ma
chimes were distributed indicates that
an equal number Of customers were
equipped to use discs available in
music stores throughout the city, not
to mention those Of nearby Maryland
and Virginia. 1t is reasonable to sup
pose that many of these new friends
of rich and gratifying harmony will
continue to develop their collections
Of records. The influence Of the drive,
then, may be regarded as a perma-
nent cultural force expanding as the
years pass.
One helpful effect already has been
noted. The work of the National
Symphony Orchestra, in which The
Star has been concerned since its
beginning, now is better understood
than 1t was five months ago. Similar
ly, the music teachers of the Capital
surely have been advantaged by the
campaign. The public and private
schools co-operated Fundamentally
in the effort and may be mentioned
among the beneflciaries. Radio broad
casting, finally, has been affected
for the better. Never again will it
be possible for any critic to complain
that Washington cares only for jazz
and swing.
Evening star., 1939-07-10
THIS AND THAT
BY Charles +. Trace1peH.

It IL easy to see that Tigey does not
want the food. He IL Just determined
that Mickey shall not get very much Of 1t.
Il ~
There is Scotty, quite old, which
comes to the back porch about three
times week, but usually later than the
spaniel.
Most often he gets nothing, but he, too,
Is model Of patience and canine good
will.
If Tigey is on the top step. the scotty
remains on the driveway. but If the cat
is absent, the dog mounts the steps gin
gerly, for he is not as sure of his welcome
as the spaniel, and looks around for
food. He is happy If he finds a few
crumbs. which he eats with sideway
glances, ready to run at the first noise.
4
There is big setter, with spots, which
comes to the porch every now and then
to see what he can find.
He can eat a plateful of meat or salmon
IN two bites, one wonders how the owner
manages to feed such pig and one
sometimes wonders II he Is fed, he is 30
greedy.
Perhaps such wandering dogs give a
false impression of their masters. It
may be that all dogs will eat "at the drop
OF hat" in which they are not much
different from humans, after all.
Dogs are bit more hopest about 1t,
that is all.
All of these dogs get along remarkably
well with Tigey. Not q one of them at
any time has run at him, or even barked
at him. 1t may be that they have been
taught at home, or 1t may be that this
is just the way most dogs act when in
strange property.
They seem to have some idea of the
cats prior right. 1t would be easy for
any one Of them to nose him out Of his
platter, but 80 far no one of them has
attempted it. We may say that they act
thus considerably whether there is any
human present or not.
After watching this performance daily,
one may wonder just how much truth
there is in the common idea that dogs
and cats are born enemies.
1t would not do for cat, Of course, to
start to run.
Few dogs could resist that.
But If the cat stands its ground, and
acts as If it is not afraid, the dog is
likely to mind its own business very well.
This is our observation, and probably
that Of many persons well acquainted
with their neighborhoods pets. OF
course, there are many exceptions; some
dogs chase cats the moment they see
them, and some cats run, and no one can
blame them, the moment they see dog.
A little honest effort, such as our cor
respondent exercised, would make for
happiness for dogs, cats and birds, all of
which. If not exactly lying down to-
gether. at least could eat with each other
in peace.
Evening star., 1939-07-10
Mr.. Hoover's Plan

11eIpelt hoover, apparently re-
signed to the inevitability of war
while "fear is rampant" and nations
court their own destruction by con-
tinuously augmenting their navies
and air fleets, is persuaded that man.
kind should at least exhaust its
ability to preserve the human race
from the barbarities of war. To that
end the former President comes for
ward with proposal that nations
agree not to attack food ships in
time of war or bomb civil populations.
There are times" says the almoner
of Belgium, when to relift the ban
ner Of moral standards is essential,
Unless 1t is raised, there will be no
morals. Because hate and violence
have risen in men is no excuse for us
to forsake reason and humanity"
The humanitarian, rather than the
statesman, speaks here. Mr.. Hoover
has always been an apostle of the
theory that the mobilization of
world opinion" on behalf Of a great
moral issue can be "a most potent
force" in international affairs.
The Californian does not confine
himself to sentimental generalities.
He has a specific plan. He proposes
that governments should agree that
vessels laden solely with food supplies
should be placed upon the same basis
OF immunity as hospital ships. They
should go freely. Blockade should
not apply to them. They should not
be subject to attack by either war
ships or submarines. Mr.. Hoover
would also ban by agreement the
bombing Of civil populations or
bombing anywhere except in the field
OF actual fighting on land or sea,
and at works devoted strictly to mu-
nitions. Nations unwilling to enter
under such obligations, Mr.. Hoover
holds, will have at least declared
their shameful devotion to barbarism.
They will be proved outcasts from
civilization"
Elucidating these views before the
international convention Of Christian
Endeavor Societies at Cleveland, Mr..
Hoover hastened to explain that his
plan is equipped with moral teeth
for enforcement" These would con-
sist Of the definite participation of
neutrals Of the world in protection
against ''barbarities" which single
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out starvation and massacre Of non
combatant populations as their OBJ
jectives.
Neutral nations would become the
referees" announcing in authorita-
tive manner any fouls that take
place. These neutrals, through a
commission, would have full jurisdic-
ton over shipment Of food supplies to
any blockaded nation. A similar
commission would sit continuously
within every belligerent country to
determine the facts Of any killing of
civilians from the air.
Americas battle-scarred humani-
tartan proposes a meritorious pro-
gram, but it is hedged with condi-
tions which, one fears, would even
tually, If not at once, Danish it to the
realm Of Utopian impracticability.
A convention to outlaw air war on
civilians is politically thinkable, but
the proposal Of free passage of food
ships through blockade maintained
by belligerent in command of the
sea menaces the advantages of the
legitimacy Of naval power which ma
tions like Britain and the United
States might be loath to surrender.
Take the present-hour situation in
Europe. The democracies are prob
ably no match for the axis powers on
land and in the air. But they do
dominate the sea. It is undoubtedly
just as possible for the supreme sea
power to starve Germany into sur
render today as it proved to be in the
World War. To ask the British to
yield up the right to blockade the
Reich is tantamount to asking them
to lay down the one arm with which
they are in position sooner or later
to bring Hitler to his knees.
Evening star., 1939-07-10
EAST FALLS CHURCH, VA.

ASSASA SAA|AAJ S44O4tN4A, V$s
Dear Sir: A recent article Of yours IN
spires me to tell few Of my own ex-
periences in regard to the subject Of
harmony among dogs, cats and birds.
MY dog, having spent the first four
years OF her life in the city, had to be
exercised in the local parks. and had .
bad habit Of chasing squirrels or any
oirds which would run from her, being .
playful puppy.
"She especially had an aversion to
cats. knew this could not 60 on, since
cat was adopted into our household
and the woods nearby were full of wild
game, so after many weeks Of patient
schooling, in which the dog was taught
that the cat was as much q part of the
family group as she, they can now be seen
sleeping on the same bench most any
time.
Many times during the period exer-
cised her in Meridian Park remember
having seen bird fly low and attack the
dog, sometimes striking her with its
beak, and repeat the o1ense, and never
learned until lately that it was a mock
ingbird, so 1t is probable that the mocker
Is always on the defensive.
1T is all q question of psychology in
acquainting the dog with the fact that
the wild birds are just as much part
OF the picture as they are.
Several birds are seen hopping about
near my dogs pan while she eats, SO that
the scene has changed considerably. A
neighbor who has German shepherd
dog has trained him to watch and take
care OF baby chicks against invading
hawks. weasels and rats, and he is very
worthy of the trust.
Il have observed it is merely a CUES
ton OF jealousy often times which
prompts such attacks, and q little pa
tience will eventually curb such spirit.
Sincerely, o. E. c."
Dogs and cats often live together in
greatest harmony, and these not always
those which live in the same house.
Often the roaming dog respects the
rights Of some cat to its dinner, and
sits patiently by until the other quits
CdtAlk, NIlcIl ~ tdAco lis
Mickey, an Irish spaniel, comes to our
house every morning to help eat Tigey's
breakfast
He does not rush at the cat, nor bark
at him.
He sits quietly to one side, until the
cat has finished, then he walks in, very
quietly and carefully, and eats what
Is left, II any,
Often there is nothing left.
Tigey, with the wisdom born of his
nomad life, eats all he can hold-espe-
cially when he sees the dog ready to dip
In at the first withdrawal.
1t is comical to watch the tail waver
(Greek name for caD take a sideway
glance at the dog. see that he is all ready,
and then doggedly continue eating.
Evening star., 1939-07-10
Hot Money

At wedding in Chicago the other
day number of wistful children,
assembled outside and peeking in at
the nuptials, annoyed one of the
guests, who hit upon a unique plan
for dispensing them. He took q
handful of pennies, heated them al
most to incandescence, and tossed
them to the crowd. The children, in
their mad scramble for red hot pen
nies from heaven, learned for the
first time that those who 60 after
easy money often get burnt. For
teaching them this lesson, the un-
known guest has been highly honored
by a Judge, who awarded him an
arrest warrant with palms and later
on in court took pleasure in honoring
him with a generous cash prize Of
minus one hundred cool dollars.
His genius would be wasted in q
courtroom. What he should do is to
proceed without delay to the Treas
ury while there is still something
left in it on which to exercise his
undoubted talents. He has demon
strated that by putting pennies on
the Fahrenheit standard he can ex-
pand the currency enormously, or
even make it liquid If that is what
the wizards want. His four hundred
degree money may be technically hot
but it is never boarded and certainly
keeps in rapid circulation. The ex-
pertinent Of altering the gold content
of the dollar may have worked after
q fashion, but for the purpose Of
stimulating financial activity it is not
even in the money alongside that Of
altering the cold content Of the
penny,
Evening star., 1939-07-10

all costs be destroyed If the decencies
Of civilized life are any longer to be
preserved. Force rules the world. Some
times 1t Is moral, sometimes crudely
physical, but always 1t Is force, not
weakness, that shapes the destinies Of
men and nations.
And moral force misplaced or iu-timed
is weakness, futility, betrayal Making a
soft Nation softer will not prepare Amer
lea for tomorrows grueling ordeal.
To everything there is a season and
time to every purpose under the
heaven-a time to rend and a time to
sew; a time to keep silence and a time
to speak. r. D. MILLER.
july 7
Evening star., 1939-07-10
Sullivan's Mother Was
No Fight Fan.
TO the Editor Of The St

To the Editor Of The Star:
The Sullivan-Kilrain fight anecdotes
are interesting, 50 herewith my contribu-
ton:
John LIS old mother disapproved his
lighting Is much as she did his saloon
brawling. The sullivans lived on the
towns outskirts and had no telephone.
A Jealous adherent Of John LIS ran
himself ragged and into . lather, after
the last round, to the Sullivan home.
Painting and gasping he reused the
old lady. She stood in the doorway,
hands folded in her apron.
Mrs. Sullivan, ma am, your son, John
L., has just knocked out Jake Kilrain
barefisted in IS rounds"
Before slamming the door, Mrs. sulli-
van said:
Faith, and he had little to do"
July Z. HALP.
Evening star., 1939-07-10

this type, that the Zionists Influenced
President Wilson to enter the war on
England's side.
1t is no trouble at all for writer's of the
gullibility school to prove that the en-
tire wartime cabinet and diplomatic
corps of the United States were composed
Of pro-British traitors. In their view
Ambassador Page was abviously an
Anglomaniac. Both President Wilson
and Col. House thought 50, and were
very bitter about his "anglicization." But,
then, they were pro- British themselves,
as every protagonist Of the gulNbiity
doctrine knows. So were Secretary
Lansing, Secretary McAdoo, Secretary
Houston and practically every one in
high Office at the time. In addition, it is
said, the President and Col. House were
secretly disciples Of revolution" And,
believe 1t or not, these "revolutionists"
were deeply concerned to further the
imperialistic interests of Great Britaini
Worst Of all, as Southerners they were
out to "avenge Appomattox."
The idiocies just enumerated are all
taken from some very serious studies on
the war period that have appeared In re-
cent years. Without pretending to an
swer them in this small space the writer
would like to point out few Of the
more obvious discrepancies. These au-
thors don't bother to consider how
strange it is that our statesmen Of the
time should have disagreed so strongly
about our policy toward Great Britain
when they were all 50 unanimously
favorable to that country. Nor how
strange that the Mixed Claims Commis-
sion should ind for the American claim
ants Gas it recently did in the Black Tom
case) If the German sabotage conspira-
cies were all mere propaganda. They
ignore the books written by ex-saboteurs
describing their wartime activities In
America on Germany's behalf. They
ignore also the remarkable fact that
German Ambassador Won Bernstor1 and
Counselor of the Embassy Won Haniel
both believed in the good faith and In
tegrity of the President and administra-
ton in 1917 and after, and in dispatches
to their government both blame the SUBJ
marine as the essential cause of our en-
try, without which we would not have
entered If q brutal Pan German threat
to the worlds peace never existed, how
strange that something very like it would
trouble the calm Of Europe again today?
It will be many years before al these
factors are properly weighed and calmly
evaluated. At the present time the re-
action against our first beliefs about the
war seems to be In full swing. The writer
submits that this reactionary view Il also
premature and Is poor view On which
to base legislation Of such enormous Inn
portance q Q neutrality BIN.
Evening star., 1939-07-10
Fallacy Of Franklin
Arguments Noted.

10 the Editor Of The Star:
Columnist Jay Franklin, harping upon
what he calls "dt-down strike Of capi-
tal," sarcastically charged July 1 that
money Is still idle despite economic
outlets for profitable investment"
Mr.. Franklin's statement Is untrue,
The fact that banks, acting as custo-
dams for private funds, invest heavily
IN Government securities paying less
than 2 per cent is proof that no outlet
for more profitable investment exists.
American capital has always been ready
to take chances-long chances-but MI.
Franklin knows as well as the smallest
investor that the political cards are def
nitely stacked against all private in
vestments. He surely knows that special
privilege laws have been passed permit
ing labor agitators to prevent any re-
turns whatsoever upon investments
through forced wage raises, strikes, sab
1otage and legal battles In which the
whole weight Of the Federal Government
Is arrayed upon the side Of the asitator.
Why should anybody invest money when
the principal itself may be lost through
bankruptcy caused by some foreign or
native labor agitator7 This is not q
natural hazard Of capital; 1t Is an arti-
f1cial one, 1t Is one In which Government
itself becomes An enemy. Capital can no
more operate against powerful central
government today than 1t could In the
last days Of Rome, when the trade guilds
ran the government.
Only , return to woodrow wilson's
philosophy Of labor can induce capital
to come out Wilson enunciated his
famous policy December Z, 1919. when
he 1all, coal and steel unions threatened
Evening star., 1939-07-10
Fruits of Silver

II Congress thought is was voting
for a two-year subsidy to the silver
mining industry when it approved
the conference report on the none
tary bill, it will be surprised to learn
what it really has done for the white
metal. The Act of July 6, 1889, is de-
signed to accomplish far more for
the American silver interests than
any congressional statute since the
adoption of bimetallism in 1892.
The Act of April 2, 1892, opened
the mint to the unlimited coinage of
silver. For eighty-one years there
after American silver producers could
take their silver to the mint and have
it made into currency. This system
of unlimited coinage was terminated
in 1873. But by the latest monetary
law it now has been revived for
American-mined silver. To the
American miner the only difference
between the 1892 law and that of 1899
is the price. In 1892 when the market
price of silver was $129 an ounce the
mint was authorized to coin silver
for "depositors" at that rate, whereas
under the 1899 law producers receive
seventy-one cents an ounce, which is
ninety-four per cent above the pres
ent weak market price.
In 1878 the silver forces secured en-
actment of a purchase program
which was not discontinued until
1893. That program limited the
amount of monthly acquisitions, but
the 1899 act imposes no limit at all.
Neither the silver subsidy of 1888
nor the Silver Purchase Act of 1884
have done as much for domestic
silver interests as the permanent law
just enacted will do. Because of 1888
legislation, the domestic silver sub
sidy has not depended on the 1894
act. The Presidents 1888 proclama-
ton gave domestic producers mar
ket for their silver at sixty-four and
one-half cents, or about fifty per
cent above the then market price. It
gave this for a four-year period,
which was later extended by other
proclamations. The last such procla-
nation expired on June 30. Now Con-
gress has entirely freed the silver
bloc of dependence on proclama-
tions. No longer will the silver bloc
have to step into the limelight of
public opinion to get its subsidy re-
newed. 1t now has permanent sub
sidy, to be paid by the American
people to a handful of mining share
owners and a small number of
miners.
What does the subsidy amount to
in dollars? Senator Adams of Colo
RADIO, author of the latest silver act,
described it to the Senate as involv-
ing approximately only 100000 to
rehabilitate the mining situation"
If we estimate that domestic silver
output will average 65,000,00O ounces
a year under the stimulus of the
seventy -one-cents price, and If we
agree with the Bureau of Mines that
silver is worth less than thirty cents
an ounce, the new domestic silver
subsidy will cost at least forty-one
cents an ounce, or $26, $4,000 per an
mum, year after year, under this per-
manent law. Mariner S. Eccles
states that our monetary system
needs no silver. Therefore, the en-
tire cost Of the unneeded silver may
be regarded as subsidy, namely
$46,215,000 per year for all time to
come. In the next ten years alone
the cost of the recent silver log rolling
will thus exceed $3.50, 100000.
Evening star., 1939-07-10
Destinies Of Men
Shaped by Force.

To the Editor Of The Star:
The address broadcast last night by
Mr.. Hoover at the Christian Endeavor
Convention will be received with almost
universal approval. The good people will
commend 1t as an adequate If not elo-
quent arraignmeht of modern warfare,
which they hate, and the bad people be-
cause they want the good people to keep
on hating 1t.
1t will be urged, Of course, that there
is no such distinction as I have drawn
between good and bad people. Some
good informs the worst of men and We
must never despair of reaching It with
the right appeal. The answer is that
we are not now dealing with free in
dividuals, though many incorrigible op-
timists persist in thinking 50, but with
organized forces Of evil that must at
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Spain had broken similar promises be-
fore. Twenty years from now, after the
next war, a similar type of proof, based
on Herr Hitler's speeches, will undoubt-
edly be brought forth to show that he was
essentially man Of peace, and that the
British public was fraudulently misled
into challenging him.
One must avoid too much dogmatism
on this subject. All opinions are colored
by the relative values assigned to the
various points on which they are based.
But to the writer it seems clear, after
years of careful study, that we entered
the war in 1917 over the submarine issue,
and without that issue Mr. Wilson would
have kept us out, bankers or no bankers.
It is frequently alleged that in his ex-
change with Senator McCumber on Au-
gust 10, 1919, Mr.. Wilson admitted other
wise, but If one reads his entire state
ment it becomes clear from the context
that Mr.. Wilson admitted nothing of the
sort. War was never inevitable. The
President faithfully worked for peace
until the very moment of the unrestricted
submarine campaign, and he came very
close to succeeding as late as January,
1917.
An eminent critic, Prof. Burgess, has
even gone so far as to accuse President
Wilson of making war in order to avenee
himself on the Germans because, as q
Southerner, the President resented their
part in helping the North during the
Civil War. Incidentally, the ex-Kaiser
has expressed his admiration for Prof.
Burgess. His hypothesis is no worse
than some others; 1t Is only more pal
pably untrue. Equally preposterous il
the charge, made In recent literature Of
Evening star., 1939-07-10

WAsHINGT TON. d. G.
MONDAY 10, 1889
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Evening star., 1939-04-30
Garden Party
To Aid St. Johns
Orphana9e

Invitations have been issued by
the members Of the Ladies' Board Of
st. Johns Orphanage for a garden
party to be held at the residence Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Alanson B. Houghton,
3003 Massachusetts, avenue, Wednes-
day, May 10, from until 6 O'Clock,
for the benefit of the orphanage.
Off1cers of the Ladies Board Of st
Johns Orphanage are: President,
Mrs. John S. Flannery; first vice
president, Mrs. Albert H. Lucas: Sec
ond vice president, Mrs Owen j.
Roberts; third vice president. Mrs.
Frederick r. Solger; purser, Mrs.
James M. Johnston. jr.: recording
secretary, Miss Jean Conrad, and
corresponding secretary, Miss Elsie
H. Quinby.
Members of the committee in
charge, of which Mrs. Harry L.
Grant is chairman, include Miss
Elizabeth Bliss, Mrs. N. L. Burchell,
Miss Jean Conrad. Mrs. j. Harry
Covington, Miss Alys Downing, Mrs
John S. Flannery, Mrs. Duncan
Fraser, Mrs. Walter Heiberg, Mrs.
James M. Johnston, jr.: Mrs. Don
S. Knowlton, Mrs. Edward B. Meigs,
Mrs. Horace w. Peaslee, Mrs. Owen
]. Roberts, Miss Helen Louise Sar-
gent, Mrs. Frederick r. Solger, Mrs.
Richard Southgate, Miss Constance
Ellen Tyler and Mrs. Myron W.
Whitney.