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Evening star., 1939-04-03
Too Much Gold

Last weeks marked increase in the
volume of gold shipments to this
country focuses attention on prob
lem that is becoming increasingly
serious. During the seven-day pc
riod approximately $210,000000 worth
of the precious" metal was received
here. That brings our total gold
supply to about fifteen billion dollars,
or somewhere in the neighborhood of
three-fifths of the worlds supply, if
Russia is excluded.
Most Americans, who have been
gold-minded for so many genera
tions, probably believe-if they have
thought about the matter at all
that this country is in an enviable
position because of its huge gold
stores. But such a conclusion rests
upon a failure to make proper
distinction between the intrinsic
value of gold and its function as a
measure of value.
Gold is valuable in the United
States because this Government
buys all of the metal that is offered
at thirty-fve dollars an ounce. A
foreigner can ship gold here, receive
a credit of thirty-five dollars an
ounce for it, and use that credit to
buy American goods such as oil, steel,
cotton, etc. In other words, the for
eigner gets real wealth in the form
of American goods and we get his
gold.
The immediate effect is domestic
ally beneficial, of course, for it en-
ables the local producer to dispose OF
his goods, but in the long run it is not
helpful unless we in turn can ulti-
mately dispose of the gold advanta-
geously. If it is merely to be left in
the ground in Kentucky, or else
where, we have simply given our
goods away to the original owners of
the foreign gold.
Whether all of this gold, and the
additional quantities that will be
forthcoming, will benefit this coun-
try is at best doubtful and depends
on whether there is general return
to the gold standard. The immediate
influx is largely due to the existence
of war in China and the fear of war
in Europe-to the desire of foreign
agencies to establish credit for the
purchase of war supplies and to the
desire of individuals to invest their
gold In what they consider the safest
currency or credit in the world. But
it is obvious that the United States
cannot get rid of it's gold profitably
so long as virtually every foreign ma
ton is interested only in sending its
gold here. Even if world conditions
should become normal we have inf
nitely more gold than we could dis
pose of abroad for years to come.
The immediate question confront
ing this country is whether we should
continue to buy gold at the present
price, or at any price. Excluding the
benefit to local gold producers, which
is relatively unimportant, the present
policy does not appear to promise
any gain to the country as whole
and may, in the end, be disastrous,
since excessive gold stocks are always
a temptation to those who still be-
lieve in the delusion of imitation.
Evening star., 1939-04-03
Turkish Trade Pact

The reciprocal trade agreement
signed with Turkey carries the Hull
program right to the front door of
the German drive to expand her for
eign trade by barter. and strengthens
liberalized trade In precisely the
Evening star., 1939-04-03
Canada and Europe

Some forty years ago, when Great
Britain was at war with the Dutch
republics of South Africa, Sir Wilfrid
Laurier, Prime Minister Of Canada,
proclaimed that the Dominion would
never be drawn, by formal commit
ment, into ''the vortex of European
militarism." 1t is in the Laurier ira
dition that the present head of the
Canadian government, w. L. Mac
kenzie King, has just declared in the
House of Commons at Ottawa that
his government would never con-
script Canadians for service overseas.
Mr.. Kings statement preceded by
twenty-four hours Mr.. Chamberlain's
epochal revelation to Parliament in
London that Britain and France are
ready to give their all for defense of
Poland against German attack. The
Canadian Prime Minister'S exposi-
tion of Dominion international policy
in no wise denotes any lessening of
fealty to the empire. It reflects,
rather, the growing sense of SOW
ereign nationhood which inspires our
great neighbor to the north. Hitler
would commit the latest, and not
the least grievous, of his many blum
ders If he were to jump to the con-
clusion, from anything said at Ot-
tawa last week, that Mother Britain
cannot any longer depend upon
Canada or the other members of the
imperial commonwealth of daughter
states.
All that the leader of the Ottawa
government seeks to convey is that
Canada is not disposed to accept
automatic commitments to help
Britain. In the event of war, Cana
dians simply would let their govern
ment propose and their Parliament
decide the country's course of action.
Mr.. King also indicates that Canada
does not yet consider the moment
ripe for joining the Pan-American
Union. One of the reasons he ad-
vances for his government deter
mination to remain unentangled on
either side of the Atlantic is that
strong and dominant national feel
ing is not luxury in Canada; it is
a necessity"
It is noted with particular interest
at Washington that the Canadian
government is averse to establishing
by legislative act, along the lines OF
our own mistaken neutrality law, the
right to choose between belligerency
and neutrality. Prime Minister King
points out that such legislation could
be enacted only at the cost of pas
sionate controversy. Besides, he
holds, there could be no guarantee
that it would deter an enemy from
attack, while it would undoubtedly be
interpreted at critical moment as
aid and comfort to aggressors against
the democracies or against Britain
specifically.
Mr.. King emphasized that closer
Canadian relations with the United
States have not weakened Canada's
kinship with Britain. Then he made
this significant statement: "Partic-
ularly at time like the present, we
have reason to feel that an act of an
aggressor aimed at the destruction
of Britain would constitute a menace
to the freedom of every nation of the
British commonwealth"
Berlin would be vastly mistaken II
it thinks that Canadian blood, which
flowed at Vimy Ridge and on count
less other fields Of France and Flan-
ders, would not be shed again, will
lingly and valiantly, If the empire
were in peril.
Evening star., 1939-04-03

According to foreign affairs ex-
perts, European Intermediates "are
attempting to find solution of prob
lens which would satisfy Mussolini
and at the same time save the face
of the French government" Would
1t not be great If the situation were
reversed?
Evening star., 1939-04-03

1t has been banner year for Fair
Harvard. Her football team was a
whiz. Her swimmers did well. She
got rid of her quota of honorary de-
grees. And she holds the undisputed
undergraduate live goldfish eating
championship.
Evening star., 1939-04-03

Washington is to stage a stop
Hitler" mass meeting early in April.
It will probe bly, do just about as
much stopping as the European stop
page movement, the latter function
ing very much like green light.
Evening star., 1939-04-03

What a strange world biologically
this is. The lion and the wild swan
mate for life. The humble angle
worm takes a runout powder and
simply divides him (her) self. Hol-
lywood stars come somewhere along
the middle of the scale, with an
average connubial span of about five
wears
Evening star., 1939-04-03
Says Present Policies
Must Be Reversed.
To the Editor of The Sfar.

TO the Editor OF The star:
Every sincere American must regret
the apparent lack of craftsmanship in
the conduct of our foreign and domestic
affairs. Not since the Buchanan ad-
ministration. just preceding the Civil
War; has this state OF affairs been
observed
One Of the discreditable features of
political life within our borders is the
catering to voters Of certain groups
that, for various reasons, unite to fur
ther selfish ends. This quest for votes
of groups whose principles and prac-
tices are alien to American principles
of government cannot but be destruc-
tive of free government if check is not
put upon politicians seeking self-ag-
grandizement.
An instance of this catering was
clearly shown in opposition to the desire
OF nberty-loving citizens to lift the
embargo on the late Loyalist government
Of Spain. No better opportunity was
offered to check the advance of the
dictators than by rendering assistance
to our then sister republic of Spain
In failing to render this aid. Franco S
victory was made possible and the lib
eral government of Spain destroyed,
the result being that the Hitler and
Mussolini regimes have been strength
ened to such degree that Europe now
presents sad spectacle to the world.
Now that democracy has been over
thrown In Spain, an effort is being
made to repeal or modify the neutrality
law. Strange, isn't it? And this in the
interest of so-called democracies that
stood aside and refused to give aid to
a democratic government fighting for
its. very life!
What we need in the United States
Is reawakening to a realization of
what democracy really is. Under New
Deal activities we have gone astray
from the principles our forefathers
fought for and secured for themselves
and their posterity. Can the ground
lost be recovered? Not by continuing
present policies of government. With
one-third of the population living on
the substance of the other two-thirds,
there is little hope of retaining the in
dividual independence and self respect
that characterized past generations Of
our people. The present situation needs
clarif1cation, to say the least. More
than that. A reversal Of present poll
cies is imperative If our country is not
to go the way of Europe.
March 81. EDWARD B. BROWN.
Evening star., 1939-04-03
Some other fellows fences down
@ In quest of rails to mend his own.

II ain got no use for avarice," said
Uncle Eben, "but it sho' is safer foh a
man to hold on to money foolish dan 1t
is to spend it foolish"
Evening star., 1939-04-03
The Curfew.

Does your husband spend as much
time as formerly at the race track?"
Not nearly as much," answered young
Mrs. Torkins. He has new system and
nearly always goes broke on the first or
second race"
Evening star., 1939-04-03
Revival Of Politics
Seen in w. p. A.

Revival Of Politics
Seen in w. p. A.
To the Editor Of The Star:
AS one. like many others, who has to
work w. P. A. Job to live, I want to
know why the w. p. A. is having the "re-
interview" again. They had one Just
before election time last November and,
as you know, fired 400 at one clip and
replaced them Immediately. This pres
ent questioning can only be preliminary
to another purge for political reasons
as well as a come-on for Congress to
give these erstwhile social workers more
money to waste.
SOON-TO-Go.
March FL.
Evening star., 1939-04-03

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the use for republication of all news dispatches
credited TO It or not otherwise credited in this
paper and also the local news published herein.
Az rights of publication OF special dispatches
herein also are reserved
Evening star., 1939-04-03
Repairs.

The statesman, when he's out Of town,
Doth tear-the sad truth must be
Evening star., 1939-04-03
The RefOrmer.

The man who hath an empty till
Cries for reform in laundering tone,
While, he who hath enjoyed hts fill
Remarks, Let well enough alone"
Evening star., 1939-04-03
Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor must
Dear the name and address of
the Driter, although the use OF
q pseudonym for publication is
permissible. Please be brief!
Evening star., 1939-04-03
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Entered as second class matter post office.
Washington, D. c.
Evening star., 1939-04-03
Cautious.

C2UtlOUS.
do you think it would be good thing
for you to say you courted an investi-
gation?"
mo-" answered Senator Sorghum,
things are too uncertain. You can no
longer make reliable arrangements for a
vindication"
politicians" said Hi Ho, the sage of
Chinatown, seldom tell the public ex-
actly what they think. They do not al
ways know themselves, and If they did
they would not want their constituents
to be informed"
Evening star., 1939-04-03
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Evening star., 1939-04-03

@. Is Mussolini religious?-M. G.
A. Inside Europe" by John Gunther.
says: THE Duce is the only modern die
tator who has come to terms with re-
ligion. In 1929 the Lateran treaty ad-
justed the relations of church and state
in Italy. Shortly thereafter Mussolini
and the Pope, strong characters both,
clashed over the education of Fascist
youth; in 1882 the Duce went to the
Vatican, knelt in prayer, and, it is be-
lieved, took holy communion. He was an
avoWed atheist, like his father in youth;
latterly he has become very religious. He
prays daily. His wedding gift to Edda
was golden rosary; his youngest child,
Anna Maria, was his first to be given a
religious name"
@. What hospital has for its motto:
"None may enter who can pay-none can
pay who enter"?-W. j. H.
A. This is the principle which has been
practiced at the National Jewish Hospital
in New York City since its founding in
1899.
@. How much water per person is used
in the United States?-H. F.
A. It has been estimated that the
United States uses 120 gallons of water
per day per capita.
O. How many Boy Scouts are Sea
Scouts?-R E. D.
A. There are 19,483 Sea Scouts.
@. Is there available a publication
which deals with simplifled methods Of
housecleaning?-L. M. H.
A. See page Az Of today;s Star.
Evening star., 1939-04-03

@. When did Ohio vote on the repeal Of
the 18th amendment?-W. c. w.
A. The repeal of the 18th amendment
was ratified by State convention in
Ohio on December 5, 1888.
Evening star., 1939-04-03

@. How many Boy Scouts are Sea
Scouts Pr. E. D.
A. There are 19,483 Sea Scouts.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-15
LaaV Forcing Reliefers to
Accept Work Winning FdV0r

Governor Arthur James. the law
requires the Board of Public As
sistance in the 81 counties of the
state to draw up lists Of employ
ables" on relief. The services of
these "employables' are then Of
fered by the county boards to any
governmental agencies, such as
cities. counties, boroughs, town
ships, and school boards, or char
liable institutions, such as hos
pitfalls, that can use them. The
"employable' must accept the
work or 60 off relief.
The principle contained in this
legislation is favored by voters,
the survey finds, for two chief rea-
sons. The first is that since tax
payers must foot the bill for relief
they should get something in re-
turn from reliefers in the shape
of work. The second is that per-
sons on relief should not expect
to get something for nothing and
should not be 'fussy" about the
work they do. Those voters who,
on the other hand. oppose the work
requirements of the Pennsylvania
law argue that is foolish" and
inefficient" to make people work
at job for which they are not
suited.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-15
CONvICTS HOLD
NIGHTLY PARTY

NDON Convicts in the
Chelmsford Jail. Essex, instead of
being locked up for the night at
1880 p. m, now have smoking par
ties up TO p. m. with games,
newspapers, darts and wireless.
And II they feel inclined to i'm
prove their education there is a
French lesson. conducted by a wo-
man visitor. There is also de-
batting society. An ex-school teach
er takes classes in arithmetic and
general subjects.
These facts were revealed by the
governor of the Chelmsford prison.
when he addressed the Essex Dis
charged Prisoners Aid society.
The governor also revealed that
convicts were building row of
houses for prison officers of the
Jail.
One man who had never done
bricklaying before he went TO Jail
got on no well with. the house.
building that when he left. about
six weeks ago, he went straight to
a job with a 44-hour guaranteed
week.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-15
JAIL One man
after CRASH

An automobile crash in the 1900
block on Park ave. Sunday night
sent one car over an embankment.
left another turned against the
side of a house, and put one driver
in Jail overnight for drunkenness
and investigation.
Events occurred rapidly at the
time of the smashup about 1918
p. m. Bert Waught, driving north
on the west side of the street.
struck another machine and landed
in the ditch. Clayton Void, Rt. 3.
Box 242, Tacoma, escaped injury
when his car left the road, turned
over and ended up against a house
at 1922 Park ave.
Police Officers Talbot and Over
dahl fastened to the scene and in-
vestigated reports that another
man in the car driven by Vaught
fled after the accident. Vaught
"a, a carpenter, was jailed.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-15
Z MEN, CHILD
HURT IN FALLS

Spills from roofs, scaffoldings
and bluffs sent two men and a
boy to local hospitals over the
weekend. Both of the men were
badly injured in the falls.
Bert Anderson, SIS, carpenter,
1901 So. Proctor St, sustained a
broken back in q fall from d IA
foot seaffolding Saturday. He WAS
taken to the Tacoma General hos
pital and placed in a cast. His
condition was improved Monday.
Henry Hanson, 43. 1109 Ea. 26th
st. was taken to the county hos
pitsl with possibly fractured pei
Wis after he fell from a roof at
1901 Ea. Spokane ave, Saturday.
He was suffering considerably
Sunday, but showed improvement
Monday morning, according to hos
pieal attaches.
Bobby Grsbner, 7, Route 1,
Woodinville, met his injury while
playing at Point Defiance park
Sunday. He was playing on top
Of steep bluff near the beach
road when he tumbled off. At
Tacoma General hospital, examina-
ton showed he suffered a possible
skull fracture, but his condition
wa snot too serious to prevent his
removal home. A fourth casualty
victim, Charles Smith, 1901 So.
Cushman ave, left st. Joseph's
hospital after treatment for a
gashed hand, cut by a saw.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-15

<Brickor. governor Of Ohio. re-
Gently announced that he was not
candidate for the Republican
nomination.
Even though Dewey is clearly in
the lead at the moment. there are
many factors to indicate that Re-
publican sentiment on candidates
has by no means crystalized. In
the first place, "A per cent Of
those polled said they have not
yet made up their minds on any
candidate. In the second place.
there have been wide fluctuations
In the popularity of individual
Republican leaders In recent
months. Only 4 little over a year
ago. vandenberg WAS the top
choice of Republican voters sur
veyed by the institute. and Dewey
was near the bottom Of the list
with q scant 3 per cent. Dewey
rose ahead Of vandenberg last
November after his campaign for
the New York governorship. But
Dewey has himself suffered q set
back in popularity since last spring
when an institute survey found
him polling 81 per cent against
IS per cent today.
At this distance from conven-
ton time. the position held by any
candidate il not necessarily siE-
nificant. At = nearly comparable
time prior TO the election Of 1895,
Senator Borah was the top choice
Of Republicans polled by the insti-
tute. while Governor Landon, who
was destined to win the nomins-
ton. ranked tenth IN popularity
and did not take the lead In insti-
tute polls until the late autumn Of
1888. Thus il IL clear that 10 far
"A Republican candidates are con-
cerned. anything can happen in
the next ten months.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-15
TWO INJURED
IN ACCIDENT
Woman Suffers Arm
Fracture; M. P.'s
Take Driver

An early-mornine accident east
Of the steilscoom bridge sent Ann
Carey. -, Route 2. Box s42. Stella
COON, to the Tacoma General hos
pital Monday with . fractured left
forearm
A companion. Charles Myers.
member Of battery A. 10th field
artillery. n. Lewis. spent the night
IN the county hospital and was to
Be turned over TO military police.
The car in which the two were
riding hit . tree on . curve. then
proceeded on to q service station
At 8eth IT. and South Tacoma way.
Police took the injured woman
to the hospital. Deputy sheriffs
FRANKIE and Mclean interviewed
the girl 1t the hospital. then took
Myers into custody. Myers. who
said he was driving the car. had
been drinking, the deputies re-
ported.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-15
SPEEDING RESULTS
IN ARREST OF FOUR

Police Monday listed only four
cases Of speeding over the week.
end. Those arrested were wilfred
c. Brown. l7s4 South Tacoma
way; Robert A. johnson. Rt. 3.
BOX asa: Fred Pcrtman, Rt. 5,
BOX sss. and H. @. spoleric. SITS
No. 17th 1t.
Minor traffic arrests involved /.
Natsumato. HAS Fawcett ave..
disoheying traffic signal: Medo-
sweet dairy. disobeying traffic sig
nal; George ~. Boyd, Rt. /. vashon
island, operating . trailer with
no license. and Emil Mattson,
Enumclaw. drunkenness In auto.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-15
BY DIR. GEORGE GALLUP
Director American Institute Of
Public Opinion

PRINCETON, N. J. Pennsyl-
vania's new ''work-or-starve' re-
hef act, which requires persons
receiving relief to work for what
they get. liz overwhelmingly APP
proved by the voters Of Pennsyl-
vania and endorsed by public opin-
ion throughout the rest of the
country as indicated in a survey
by the American Institute of Pub
lie Opinion.
The Pennsylvania law. under
which a clerk may be ordered to
dig bitches or bookkeeper to re-
pair a sewer, has stirred up so
much controversy throughout the
state that last week small group
of unemployed men picketed the
governors mansion demanding re-
peal of the act.
With the law having gone into
effect Aug. l, the American Insti-
tute tested public sentiment in
Pennsylvania and the rest of the
nation on the following issue:
Pennsylvania has law requir-
ing all bodied people on relief
(including WPA) to accept any
job offered by local government,
no matter what kind of job it is.lf
they refuse to take the job, their
relief is cut off. Do you favor this
law ?"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-15
STUDENT TURNS HOBBY
INTO PAYING BUSINESS

CEDAR FALLS-A hobby which
they turned into a business has
been paying half the college ex-
penses of Norris Pritchard. Dixie.
Ia. and his brother, James. at
lows State Teachers college here.
With S35 worth Of machinery,
much of II homemade, they msnu-
facture sorority paddles and Greek
letter sports pins.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-15

Senator vandenberg's rise COIN
cides with a series Of personal
triumphs in congress. Of which the
latest vas the American denuncia-
ton of the Japanese commercial
treaty. step which the Michi-
gan senator had advocated. Earlier
In the session Senator vanden-
berg led the fight against amend
ing the Neutrality Act. defeated
the Florida Ship Canal project for
the second time, and successfully
pressed for revision Of the Social
Security Act.
With the Republican nominat-
Ing convention less than a year
away. Dewey and vandenbere are
the two most popular choices
among the rank and file Of Re-
publican voters In the survey.
Robert A. Taft of Ohio
Ia now In third place in a long
list of hopefuls. The survey was
being completed when Senator Taft
formally announced his candidacy
10 days ago and hence does not
fully reflect any increase In Taft
that may have come
about since the announcement.
A cross-section of Republican
voters. l. e.. those who cast their
ballots for Alfred NJ. LAndon In
1896. was asked In the survey:
Whom would you Nike IN
see elected president In ls4e?"
The leading choices OF those vot-
RS who expressed an opinion to-
lay n compared to 4 month ago
n a similar survey follow.
LAST MONTH