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Evening star., 1939-12-05
Financial Link in National
Chain Declared Weak.

Go the Editor Of The Star:
1t is generally admitted that a chain
is no stronger than its weakest link.
Who can deny that the one most liable
to snap in the national chain is the
financial link which has been so woe
fully weakened in the past decade by
political theorists who have tenaciously
clung to the abnormal idea that our
Nation can borrow its way out Of
bankruptcy?
The war has temporarily diverted
the minds of the people from the bloated
national debt but not so with American
industry which stands aghast at our
amounting deficit, which in turn
creates demand for still higher taxes.
Naturally, the greater the taxes the
fewer the dividends for millions Of
shareholders; the purchasing power Of
multitudes is crippled and, in many
instances, paralyzed when the great bulk
of industrys profits are conflscated by
q wasteful administration.
We are being told by New Dealers
that an economy program will be
adopted next year." ct is always next
yearD Who remembers the slogan,
Actions speak louder than words?
EDMUND K. GOLDSBOROUGH.
November %.
Evening star., 1939-12-05
The Milk Decision

The unanimous decision by which
the Supreme Court held that milk
handlers in the Chicago marketing
area are amenable to prosecution
under the Sherman Antitrust Act
is looked upon by the Department of
Justice as powerful weapon in the
fight on illegal restraints in the
agricultural industry, and unques-
tionably 1t is.
Brushing aside the plea for i'm
munity from criminal proceedings
advanced by producers, distributors
and others of the half-hundred de-
PENDANTS on the ground that power
to regulate the marketing of milk
and other agricultural commodities
had passed to the Secretary Of Agri-
culture by virtue of farm legislation,
the court, emphasizing that this
regulatory program must follow
specific pattern, in one brief sentence
set forth the principle underlying its
decision:
Farmers and others are not per-
mitted to resort to their own devices
and to make any agreements and
arrangements they desire, regardless
Of the restraints which may be in
flicted upon commerce"
The indictment voided by the
lower court charged the defendants
with conspiracy to fix the prices paid
to producers and consumers, and to
control the distribution and supply
of milk in Chicago. The District
Court ruled that the Secretary Of
Agriculture was empowered to pre-
vent or regulate these acts, but OBJ
viously, as the Supreme Court said,
in the absence of the controls pro-
vided by the Agricultural Marketing
Agreement Act, the commerce in ag-
ricultural commodities is not stripped
of the safeguards Of the Antitrust
Act, and cleft open to the restraints,
however unreasonable, which con-
spring producers, distributors and
their allies may see fit to impose"
The immediate effect of the su-
preme Court decision is to reinstate
the case in the lower court, and un-
doubtedly, many months will elapse
before the success or failure of the
prosecution is determined. This does
not, however, serve to detract from
its Importance to the Government,
which now is given certain unques-
tionable rights in combating mo-
nopoly, and will be able to shape its
course accordingly.
The case failed to throw any light
on the question Of whether labor is
exempt from antitrust law prose-
cution, as this point was not raised in
the appeal, although union members
are among the defendants. How
ever, the court made it plain that
no organization may set up as de-
tense for plainly illegal acts the plea
that it was striving for legitimate
objective.
Evening star., 1939-12-05
Maternal Beech

This beech it seemed was made for
brooding boys.
It chose certain hillside in the sun.
A southern hill, the first one warmed in
springs,
A resting place where birds would often
pause
And make the baroness blossom with
their wings.
I have seen finches there in April dawn
Turning the beech into a mystery.
But getting back to boys again. That tree
Spread generous branches, and always
kept some low
Enough for boys to reach and swing
themselves
Like squirrels up the side. And high
There were great sturdy forks just asking
floors
OF those who know the beauty Of house
Among the tops of trees.
So certain boughS
Held sure retreat that never closed its
doors
Among the leaves and heaven. Sorrow
came Clere,
Joy, experiment. The tres would UNDER
stand.
1t never minded either dirt or noise,
And seemed the happiest always when
the boys
Were clambering through. Initials
marked that trunk
From top to bottom and symbols strangely
wrought.
There were some parents in the neigh.
borhood
Who thought they knew their sons. The
tree, think,
Knew them far better. It grew to have .
look
Strangely maternal, suited well to one
Whose fruit was really boys. It's boughs
held swings.
It's leaves were singed with fires the boys
had built,
It's very heart was often SCARED with
knives.
And when the lightning took lit was
missed.
One youngster said, "Different-without
the Tree!"
And agreed, knowing 1t held for him
The same attraction 1t had held for me.
tried to add thought there was no
ending,
The beech would live on still In all our
MINDS
And he shrugged. 'Yeah," and hitchins
up his breeches
Went for walk alone. I sort Of knew
How he was grieving Tor that best Of
beeches,
felt that way myself. ..
O. O. COBLENTz.
Evening star., 1939-12-05
THIS AND THAT
By Charles +. Trace,oeH. !

Specialization in phonograph record
collection is one Of its most interesting
features.
1t is almost as lmitless as music, itself.
but not quite-that Is what makes 1t
interesting.
It is possible to gather together. for
instance, all the recordings Of such
composer as England's Vaughan Will
liams, without breaking ones purse.
william Walton, much younger Brit
ish musician. has not had much Of his
work recorded. despite his growing fame.
He Is a young man, whereas Williams
is getting old, but neither mans works
have been put on the discs to the extent
they deserve.
Both, however, have written extreme
modern" symphonies. These may be
had on the records, and are guaranteed
to make any hearer vince at first.
Repeated hearings. the monographs
great boon, makes an honest listener
change his first appraisal to one, II not
of genuine liking. Of real interest.
The strange works really have some
thing" after all, ne decides.
Vaughan Williams has other SYM
phonies, one Of which. the London"
has been recorded, and played here by
our symphony orchestra His PASTORAL
symphony awaits recording. These two
works are in the classical vein set by
Beethoven.
1t is pleasant for the record collector
to feel that he has, in his own cases,
positively all the records of a man which
have been issued by all the companies.
1t is a feeling which cannot be had
very often any more, as the revived in
terest In the records induces the COM
panies to issue more and more records
all the time.
Today the scope of the recorded
library is so vast that only millionaire
could hope to have them all.
This is all the more remarkable, when
1t is remembered that the modern elec-
trical recordings did not begin until
about 1924
The great catalogues of the past were
junked and the work began over again,
with this vital change, that whole works
were recorded. and placed in albums,
like books instead of just snippets. prin-
cipally from operas. as in the past.
Today the library or recoSded music
is a credit both to music and to the
artistic senses of the nations, as we'll as
to scientific and merchandising genius.
While there will be few musicians, all
of whose records can be had by the in
dividual collector, there are many
smaller collections which may be at
tempted.
A young man may specialize on SYM
phonic works.
In few years he will have very fine
collection Of the master works, If he
sticks to it. and is not lured aside by the
charm Of other types of music.
Or he might collect string quartets,
Evening star., 1939-12-05

or piano recordings. Recording has
shown no greater advance, perhaps,
thanks to the microphone, than that Of
the piano.
This king Of instruments is really put
on discs now 80 that 1t sounds as it
should.
The collection OF all, or nearly all, Of
these piano recordings should not be
beyond either the powers Of endurance
or purse Of the real lover Of keyboard
music.
One might specialize on the music of
one great man such as Beethoven or
Mozart, or go In for the works Of the
great Russians. The great Russians
have way Of claiming their own lovers,
and modern recording gives the hearer
their values to fine degree.
The rabid Beethoven fan" would find
he would not have an easy time collect
ing all the recordings Of the master. In
deed, his purse probably would run out
long before his interest.
The same might be said of the collec-
tor who set as his goal the ownership
Of all the recordings Of Mozart or Bach,
to name but two.
We would not wish any reader to
think that this type of collection must
be confined solely to classical music.
Those who cherish this belief miss one
Of the finest features, we believe, of the
modern electrical gramophone.
A really nice collection may be made
Of polkas, which, in recent months, have
come to the fore again.
All, positively ALL the recordings Of
Hawaiian music might be collected by
any ardent devotee, without giving up
his meals to do it.
Hot jazz, as it is called is now a cult
great books upon the subject This is
genuine music, no matter what some
say to the contrary; it expresses the
spirit Of youth, the world around, often
with youths intolerance.
~ +*
Record lovers might do far worse than
gather in all the examples of that busy,
Auo0AilS lIluiIlUd, luIllUd
Spanish gypsy, or flamenco, numbers
make an interesting research. Here is
a field utterly unknown to many per-
sons who think they know it all" about
music.
This column knows record enthusiast
who, right alongside his Beethoven shelf,
has collection of all the records he
can find of Hoagy Carmichael's Star
Dust" or "Stardust," as 1t is variously
written.
This Classic of popular music may be
had in some two dozen recordings, and
the end is not yet.
The owner, playing these records one
after the other, has form of musical
comparison and enjoyment unknown to
those mistaken wights who seem to be-
heve that music is very narrow affair,
Of which they are somehow the Gus
todian.
Evening star., 1939-12-05
Counteruttuck

Minnesota has long been known as
the adopted home Of powerful Scan
dinavian Vikings-blond giants whose
ancestors made history with the
mighty Paul Bunyan. When Paul
and the big blue OK, Babe, mys-
teriously vanished after the forests
were logged of, they and their de-
scendants transferred their strength
to the field of farming, where they
got plenty of exercise trying to lift
mortgages. It Is from such a stock,
If names mean anything, that Carl
Lucken, superman, who tames wild
automobiles barehanded, comes.
While cranking his automobile,
Carl inadvertently left it in gear.
The car, springing into activity with
snort, and perhaps suffering from
o-intoxication, charged its owner
viciously, thinking it was a good
time to escape. The poor thing
never had a chance. Carl, recover
lIR 1IOIIl 1llS cuA ~ AoC, oAAA 0SoA AAAAA0
interference, tackled it part way up
the radiator and stopped 1t In It's
tracks, after q gain Of less than two
yards from the line Of scrimmage.
Carefully removing his head and
shoulders from a gaping hole in the
radiator, Carl tenderly conveyed the
victim of his violence to garage and
summoned specialists to work on
the case. A tentative diagnosis
showed that it was suffering from a
compound fracture of the cooling
system, complicated by severe
nervous shock in every organ from
bumper to differential. It has a
trained mechanic In attendance day
and night, and is expected to recover
eventually. Mr.. Lucken expresses
regret over the incident, especially
over his reparations bill for twelve
dollars, and says he Is willing to
leave 1t to the League Of Nations to
determine the aggressor. 49,.
Evening star., 1939-12-05
Bank Looms

The charge that the Nations banks
have not been meeting the demands
for loans, and thus have been holding
up business recovery, is contradicted
by report from the American Bank
ers Association which shows that the
banks are extending loans in great
numbers and in large amounts. The
survey covers the first half of the
present year.
In it's report the A. B. A. estimates
that District of Columbia banks
granted $4,000 new loans amounting
to $37, 100000 in the six-month pc
riod, allowed $4,000 renewals totaling
$41, 100000 and in addition made 900
new mortgage loans in the sum Of
$4,OOO,O00. Maryland banks put out
$4,000 new loans involving $50, 0,000,0 900,
and Virginia institutions acted favor
ably on 25O,O0O new loans aggregat-
ing 100000. New loans in the
three areas numbered $4,000 and
totaled 1887, 100000.
The survey also showed that COM
mercial banks in New York State
made more than 100000 new loans
totaling in excess of $4,500, ,000.0 900 to
business firms and individuals dur
ing the half year, and renewed more
than 100000 loans in the same Pc
riod. Banks in other States an
nounced new loans extended in about
the same proportion.
Furthermore, the banks report
large open lines of credit" available
to regular business borrowers at all
times, only about third OF these
facilities being used. Seven Wash
ington banks maintained ST., 10000
of this kind of credit during the six
months, reporting that only $5,813,147
was used, or thirty-three per cent.
Maryland banks reported only twen-
ty-seven per cent Of their "open
credit" as active, and Virginia banks
thirty-three per cent. Equally i'm
preSSive are the Open-lOan ngureS
from other States.
No doubt this array of figures will
be trotted out when the Mead bill,
authorizing a broadening of the
scope of Federal Reserve loans, again
comes up for hearings in Congress.
It must be kept in mind that there
are hosts of other institutions in
addition to banks which are con-
stantly making loans. But the A. B.
A. banking study makes it very diff
cult to see where any new lending
agencies are really needed to meet
the requirements OF big or little busi-
MSS, either in the territory surround
ing Washington or elsewhere.
Evening star., 1939-12-05

has somewhat indefinite boundaries but
it is certainly included within the area
bounded by First street NE, H street.
Benning road. the Anacostia River
Pennsylvania avenue Sc. and Second
street Sc. There were five voting pre-
cincts in that area in last years refer
endum. The total vote cast in those
precincts was 9977, Of which 1924, or
SO per cent. were in favor of local suf-
frage. That should be sufficient answer
to Mr.. Calvert's contention that his
personal views are representative of the
community he serves.
KENNETH P. ARMSTRONG,
Treasurer, Federation Of
December 3. Citizens Associations.
Evening star., 1939-12-05
Calvert Statements ut
Hearing Challenged.
To the Eiitor NJ The Star:

The statements of Alfred D. Calvert
at the hearings on the Commissioners
plan to reorganize the District govern
ment emphasize the paucity of argu-
ments advanced by the opponents Of
local suffrage.
Mr.. Calvert's statement that Com
munists are responsible for an organized
stampede" to induce the Commissioners
to recommend local self government
would not be worthy of comment were
it not for the fact that it reflects the
whispering campaign conducted by 9TH
ers who, because Of ignorance, prejudice
or special interest, seek to discredit the
advocates of the establishment of an
American form of local government in
the Capital City of the United States.
If Communists are the power behind
the local suffrage movement then 80
per cent of the civic leaders are fellow
travellers" All the officers Of the Fed
Grafton of Citizens Associations and at
least of the other 10 members of the
Executive Board Of that organization
are ardent champions of suffrage. That
they correctly express the views Of their
constituents is evident from the fact
that in the unofficial referendum Of
April 30, 1888, 80 per cent of the voters
expressed themselves in favor of popu-
lar election Of the officials Of the local
government.
Mr.. Calverts reference to the District
Of Columbia as Federal reservation"
is laughable. There are Army reserva-
tions and Indian reservations. The in
habitants of the first named are all
Government employees who retain their
voting rights, while those Of the Sec
ond, though they have no vote, do have
a measure of autonomy and pay no
taxes. Perhaps Mr.. Calvert had in mind
prison reservations or insane hospitals.
The denizens Of such places furnish the
closest analogy to the residents of the
District Of Columbia.
Whom does Mr.. Calvert represent? He
is president Of the Lincoln Park Citizens
Association and q delegate from that
body to the Federation Of Citizens Asso-
Citations. The Lincoln Park association
Evening star., 1939-12-05
Corrects Haskin on Mystery
OF Cinderella's Slipper.
To the Editor of The Star.

SOITcCtS hASAlu OH uyStCTy
OF Cinderella's Slipper.
To the Editor Of The star
In Mr.. Haskin's column in The Star
of November % it was claimed that
Cinderella's slipper was (as the inquirer
had suggested originally of fur, the
English translator of Perrault's tales
having merely mistaken "vair" dur) for
"verre" glass.
This explanation, though often re-
peated, seems to raise more questions
than 1t answers While "vair" "a par
ticular type of fur rather than fur in
general, which is "fourrure'D and "verre"
(glass) are pronounced alike, they are
not spelled alike, and should not, there
even less clear why an English trans
lators error should have had any re-
percussion in France. Yet Larousse's
dictionary Can authority in that coun-
try) refers to the famous slipper as being
either Of 'vair" or "verre," though
without indicating any reason for the
uncertainty. Furthermore, in a French,
edition of Perrault's tales that I once
read, the story is actually entitled Cen
drillon ct Ia Pantoufle de Verre" (Cin-
derella and the Glass Slipper. There
fore, if this famous pedal adornment was
originally of fur, the French themselves
must have vitrified it.
1t is an accepted principle of textual
criticism that in the case of variant
readings the least plausible is usually
the true one. For, had the original
reading appeared entirely logical, there
would have been no temptation to
change 1t. As Perrault wrote the story
Cinderella's slipper must, therefore, have
been Of glass. For while some chivalrous
editor might easily have been tempted to
substitute fur slipper for q glass one,
no editor, even in that day, could have
been 20 cruel as to remove Cinderella's
dainty foot from comfortable fur slip
per and then thrust it into something as
barbarous as glass slipper would seem
to be.
But the mystery of Cinderellas slipper
is really quite easily explained. Accord
ing to q French authority, it was Of
cloth woven from Venetian spun glass,
q material highly esteemed during the
reign Of Louis XIV, when this most
charming Of fairy tales was written.
This theory, however, could be very
disconcerting to those who have been
trying to convince US that the art Of
spinning and weaving glass Is one they
have Just developed.
CHARLES II. PRoBERT.
December ].
Evening star., 1939-12-05
Answers
To Questions
By Frederic J. HdSkin.

BY Frederic j. HdSktn.
A reader can get the ansyer to any
question of fact by Drtttng The Epe.
eric J. Haskin, director, Washington,
D. C.. Please tnclose stamp for reply.
@. Is 1t true that propagandists have
to be registered by the Government?-
B. G.
A. In June. 1888. Congress passed an
act requiring the registration OF persons
employed by agencies to disseminate
propaganda in the United States"
@. Has Washington, D. c., a larger
area than Baltimore, MIDI. N. D.
A. The area of Washington is 50
square miles and that of Baltimore is
1872 square miles.
@. Where is the little church in Iowa
that seats only six or eight people?--
C. A. B.
A. st. Anthony's Chapel, 3 miles
from Festina. accommodates only eight
worshipers.
@. How many pieces of wood are there
in a violin?-E. K. H.
A. Approximately 10 pieces Of wood
are required in the making Of a violin.
@. What aviator has attained the
highest altitude record?-M. M.
A. The worlds altitude record for air
planes was established by Col. Mario
Pezzi of Italy on October %, 1888, at
which time he attained an altitude Of
56046 feet.
@. When was the first Florence Crit
tenton Home for Girls opened?-L. G. r.
A. On April 10, 1888, the first Flor
ence Crittenton Mission was opened at
No. % Bleecker street, New York City.
@. How old is the song % Little Town
Of Bethlehem"?- B. D.
A. The famous song was first printed
In Sunday school program Of the Holy
Trinity Church at Philadelphia in 1868.
the writer of mystery stories?-J. M. G.
A. Anthony Abbot is the nom de
plume of Fulton Oursler.
@. When did New York inaugurate
compulsory birth registration?-C. w. w.
A. In New York State the first COM
pulsory birth registration law was passed
in 1S47, and the State was admitted to
the United States birth registration
area in 1915.
@. What is the origin of the simile,
white as driven snow"?-R. c. B.
A. 1t is found in the song Of Autolycus,
the peddler in Shakespeare's winters
Tale"
@. How much bad money was taken in
at the New York Worlds Fair?-T J. S.
A. Out of the s937721s5 spent by
visitors at the fair only sl376.20 was
found to be counterfeit or bad money.
@. When were the first soda crackers
put on the market in packages?-M.
T. B.
A. In 1898 the first trade-marked and
packaged soda cracker was put on the
market.
@. What country is said to be at the
top Of the world?-C. M. S.
A. Tibet has been described as such
because no other part of the earth is SO
crowded with massive and lofty moun-
tains The mean altitude of the entire
tableland is 15,60O feet.
@. Is Vice President Garner a member
of the United States Senate?-C. S.
A. He presides over the Senate, but II
not a member and has no precedence or
patronage as such.
O. On what date does winter begin?-
NJ j. S.
A. This year winter will begin on De-
carnker %
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@. How many pieces of wood are there
in a violin?-E. K H.
A. Approximately 10 pieces Of wood
are required in the making of violin.
Evening star., 1939-12-05

@. What aviator has attained the
highest altitude record?-M. M.
A. The worlds altitude record for air
planes was established by Col. Mario
Pezzi of Italy on october %, 1888, at
which time he attained an altitude Of
56046 feet
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