davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1939-01-26
Acceptance Of Honors
From Hitler Defended.

To the Editor OF The Star:
I would like to express my opinion of
the presumptuous attitude displayed by
some public figures in imagining that
they speak, not only for themselves, but
for the Nation as well. Specifically, I
refer to the recent address by Secretary
Ickes in which he spoke in a defamatory
fashion of Henry Ford and Col. Charles
A. Lindbergh.
I feel sure that there must be many
Americans who rallied to the defense of
Ford and Lindbergh, two OF this coun-
try's most famous sons. Mr. Ickes pro-
fessed to be enraged at these mems
acceptance of German honors. What
else could they have done but to accept
the same? America and Germany are
not at war. To refuse the medal of
country with which we have been at
peace for 20 years would be absurd
Granted that it is possible We may some
day again war with Germany, and grant
ed that we as Nation disapprove of the
Nazi government, at the time Ford and
Lindpergh were honored we We're not at
war. Then, too, consider why these men
were honored. The Germans greatly
admire scientific achievement. 1t is
therefore easy to understand why they
were moved to bestow decorations upon
Ford and Lindbergh.
When an American statesman stoops
to denounce publicly two such prominent
citizens for doing the only sensible and
courteous thing they could do, it seems
to me that it is time to teach him to
keep some opinions to himself.
MARGARET G. METCALF.
January "a
Evening star., 1939-01-26

Treasury who would cooperate in the
work, the object was accomplished. The
Senate passed resolutions condemning
the action of the President, and an i'm
portant group Of leaders in the Southern
wing of the party was alienated. But
the bank was dead, and the Government
funds were distributed among State
banks. Neither the credit nor the cur
rency OF the country was improved by
these measures, which were in effect in
f1ationist, but the money power once so
arrogant, had been humbled and the
masses who were not interested in COM
merce applauded the policy. His specie
circular (July II, 1856 later added to
the difficulties of sound banks and served
in part to precipitate the panic of 1887
January "a. j.. WI.
Evening star., 1939-01-26
Jacob Hays, High Constable
OF New York.

To the Editor of The Star:
These are jittery times. Edgar Hoover
and his G-men, Himmler and the dread
ed Gestapo," the Ogpu, the French Surete
and John Bulls Scotland Yard are all
over the front page. This brings to mind
Jewish boy" who was the father of
modern crininology" He was Jacob
Hays, high constable of New York 1772-
1850.
Born in New York State, he was the
son of a baptized Jew. He came, when q
boy, to George Washington's notice at
his fathers house in Bedford Village
near Manhattan. The general stopped
frequently there Gin the attic) during his
campaigns. Observing the kids unusu-
ally large head, he remarked that when
grown up he might make a remarkable
thief-catcher. Sure enough, at the age
of 26, through Aaron Burrs influence, he
was appointed marshal of the city of
New York Q796) and six years later high
constable. AS such he functioned for 4s
years.
Soon the little man made an immense
reputation for himself. He cleaned up
Five Points, Murderers Alley and the
rest OF the tough spots. He solved many
murder mysteries, caught bank burglars
and prevented others from burgling. He
no doubt had his stool pigeons. "Old
Hays" never carried a weapon. Riotous
meetings were scattered by sheer per-
sonality. Holding his gold-headed baton
aloft, he ordered all good citizens" to
go home. They went. The remaining
bad ones he chased into the nearest
church-any old church. In his own
religious convictions he was a stern
Scotch Presbyterian. And they are strict
er even than the Forty Gallon Baptists
1t was he who formed the first detective
department Q803). Picking IL men from
the old might watch" who still wobbled
around hanging onto lanterns, he in
structed them thus: Detect by instinct
and reason. Rule sternly but with love
Tor your fellow man. Go to church lest
your consciences escape YOU" William
Cullen Bryant, the great poet and editor.
acclaimed Hays "the police genius of all
time" Rulers in far countries, so I note.
tried to secure his services for a cleanup
OF their own rotten police systems. But
"liP ole New York" was tough enough
for Jake"
His funeral, by order of the courts,
was in state" For two days his body
Law in the rotllnda Of tho cit, kou ood
thousands came to take last look at
the departed guardian of their peace.
AT the church services, attended by any
number OF bigwigs, there were also in
evidence more than a hundred ex-jail-
birds whom the chief had befriended
after their release. And so he went to
glory-a good man of great merit.
FRED VETTER.
December 20.
Evening star., 1939-01-26
The AmIie Case

The feeling stirred in Wisconsin
by the selection of former Repre-
sentative Thomas R. Amlie for a
place on the Interstate Commerce
Commission apparently runs far
deeper than the bias which fire.
quently asserts itself when an office
Is at stake.
A Progressive, Mr.. Amlie might
have been expected to attract a Ger
tain amount of fire from opposing
camps, but the unusual request from
the Wisconsin State Legislature that
the President withdraw the nomina-
ton, and the open warfare declared
on the appointee by the Democratic
State Central Committee, which is
proposing to send a protesting dele
cation to Washington, hardly can
be shrugged aside as political carping.
1t so happens, too, that the Demo-
Gratis could not have had the
appointment under any circum-
stance, the law providing that only
a majority of any party may sit on
the commission, six of whose eleven
members already are Democrats.
President Roosevelt, on Tuesday,
tartly reminded a questioning news
man that he would not have selected
Mr.. Amlie, victim of the senatorial
primary last fall, if he were not
satisfied as to his fitness. The late
developments, however, in which
emphasis is being laid on the extrem-
ist policies the former House member
has espoused, constitute a challenge
to this contention.
And once again, an argument is
offered against the time-honored
custom of making lame duck" ap-
pointments, particularly where they
involve the powerful regulatory
agencies Of the Government. For
the discharge of these functions, a
judicial temperament is a prime
requisite, and it's lack causes trouble.
There is nothing in Mr.. Amlie's back
ground to suggest that he measures
up to this standard
Evening star., 1939-01-26
An Age Not Yet Dead

1t is fashionable to prefer moder-
nifty with all its faults to the past
with all its virtues. Yet now and
again 1t happens that some transient
shadow falls upon the complacency
OF the more dogmatic critics of that
period of human experience which
has been termed "the horse and
buggy age" For example, the world
currently is preparing to celebrate
the centenary of the adhesive post
age stamp-a small thing, perhaps,
but one which is vastly important in
its connotations. 1t symbolizes
cheap communication for millions of
people; and its inventor-Sir Row.
land Hill-merits grateful remem-
brance abroad as we'll as at home in
his native England
Think for a moment of his contem-
poraries. Mere calling of the roll of
them is convincing evidence. Queen
Victoria was on the throne, supported
by her husband, Prince Albert, and
by succession of ministers, includ-
ing Melbourne, Peel, Palmerston,
Russell, Disraeli and Gladstone. The
poets of the day were Keats, Shelley
and Byron; the novelists the Brontes
and Scott, then Dickens and Thack-
cray; the historians Macaulay,
Froude and Grote. Among the paint
ers there were listed Rossetti, Burne
Jones, Watts, Hunt, Leighton, Alma
Tadema and Whistler. The leaders
In science were Faraday, Darwin,
Huxley, Lyell, Hugh Miller, Lord
Avebury. 1t was the time of the
Brownings, Samuel Butler, George
Eliot, William Morris, John Ruskin,
Herbert Spencer, Anthony Trollope,
George Meredith, Lord Lister, Parnell,
Newman and Manning, Livingstone
and Stanley, SWinburne and Tenny-
son, Gilbert and Sullivan. Also of
Golden and Bright, Chinese" Cor
don and Cecil Rhodes, R. L. Steven
son and Harrison Ainsworth, Patmore
and Pater, Florence Nightingale and
Mrs. Gaskell, Charles Reade, the
Herschells, George Borrow, De Quincy
and Henry James, Robert Owen,
Charles Kingsley, Harriet Martineau,
Wilkie Collins and Lewis Carroll,
Booth and Irving, the young Bernard
Shaw and the old author of THE
Ancient Mariner"
In Germany, Bismarck, that ter
rible person" was preparing for the
inevitable contest with Napoleon III,
whom Scott nicknamed "the Little"
Garibaldi and Cavour were uniting
and freeing Italy. Abraham Lincoln
was moving onward toward his ulti-
mate destiny and the preservation
Of government of the people, by the
people and for the people" in Amer
lea. Goethe and Carlyle and Ralph
Waldo Emerson were correspondents.
Evening star., 1939-01-26

Sara Bernhardt was making the
name Of France synonymous with
great theater; Victor Hugo was
penning Lies Miserables."
But all these names save one have
faded. Their direct influence is
dead. Only when thoughtful mod
ernist pauses to consider how pleas
ant it would have been to ride in any
buggy behind any horse with any Of
these giants is it realized that each
of them is very far from lost.
Evening star., 1939-01-26
Hopes for Ban on
Scrap Iron Shipments.
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor of The STAR
Your editorial in the Sunday Star on
our export shipments of scrap iron is an
eye opener. Can you publish figures for
our exports of other war materials?
If you can institute a campaign to
convince the citizens of the United States
that their Government can put an i'm
mediate finish to the murder and blood
shed we so bravely condemn, you will be
engaging in worthy task.
If you can arouse public opinion to sup
port an effective foreign policy, the i'm
mediate establishment of economic sane
tons against all warning nations and fac
tions, and secure the recognition that the
future of this country is inextricably en-
twined with that of every other nation,
yours will be a newspaper functioning at
its highest and best.
January "A. ROSE FELDMAN.
Evening star., 1939-01-26
Courage to Rebuild

Disrupted communications, ruined
cities, and estimates of thousands
dead tell another story of disaster
in the wake OF an earthquake, this
time in an area some four hundred
miles long in Central Chile.
AS the shaping of the world is
being beaten out on the forges of
Nature, the western slope of the
mountainous backbone of the Amer
lean continents has been one of the
vulnerable areas for disastrous tre-
mors. Less than year ago Chile
experienced the helpless horror of
a major earthquake which took many
lives. Yet the rebuilding from yes
terday's disaster will start even be-
fore the dead have been buried.
For it is one of the most admirable,
romantic, yet impractical traits of
man that his native home, deep
imaged in his SOUL" cannot be re-
placed. Japanese build lightly and
make reconstruction easier, but stay
on in one of the earth's danger spots;
Italians for hundreds of years have
returned to their vineyards and
groves on the slopes of Vesuvius
while the lava still was warm:
HaWaiians made a goddess of Pele
and remain in her lap. In Mar
Unique, where forty thousand died in
less than five minutes, Fort de
France, only a few miles away, today
is more populous than St. Pierre was
on that day of horror. Even in
America, where environmental ties
probably are less binding than in
Older civilizations where we live
is home, home that our feet NAV
leave, but not our hearts" This was
demonstrated within a hundred
miles Of Washington. When the
Federal Government, sought to re-
move mountaineer families from
their inadequate shacks and tiny
barren fields in the Shenandoah
area, many of them rebelled and
were moved only by force. 1t made
no difference that they were given
adequate compensation and modern,
fertile homesteadS. They still won
substantial sympathy in their
protest.
Chlleans of the stricken area never
will forget, but they will rebuild. It
is heartening that in spite of its
ghastly errors and apparent STU
pidity, the human race does have
courage and perseverance.
Evening star., 1939-01-26
Shooting Stors
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Big Bad Wolf.

Big Bad Wolf.
My Uncle Jim is out for peace,
He wants the surest kind.
He exercises to increase
His strength, for fear he'll find
Some fellow who disdains the right
And walks mid errors grave,
Unless you get him in a fight
And teach him to behave
So Uncle Jim has bought a gun,
Brass knuckles and knife,
And says he isn't goin' to run
From any kind O. strife.
And every one takes off his hat,
And sort O holds his breath,
We hope for peace so strongly that
We're nearly scared to death.
Evening star., 1939-01-26
January "a.
Another Reader Dislikes
Franklin Column.

To the Editor of The Star:
I desire to comend the letter of w.
S. B. printed in The Star of January IA.
AS therein stated, a purge of the Jay
Franklin column seems to me loudly
called for What purpose it can serve
now is quite beyond me. AS suggested by
w. S. B. it will certainly be a very
desirable change to give that space to
Frank R. Kent. Undoubtedly very
large majority of Star readers of this
city would welcome such a substitution.
January 10. J.. A.. B,
Evening star., 1939-01-26

Under proposed plan to postal
ize" passenger travel, it is said that
a trip from Boston to San Francisco,
traversing five zones, would cost
from s5 to $75, depending on the
quality of accommodation. About
the only sort most of us can think
of for the former sum would be along
the line of the forty and eight"
Evening star., 1939-01-26
Theory vs.. Practice

In his National Radio Forum ad-
dress Monday night, Mariner S.
Eccles advanced a defense of the
New Deals fiscal policies which, in
theory, was persuasive. But it can
not be said that he established a
substantial factual basis for the hope
that deficit public spending, in its
practical application, will set in mo-
ton the forces essential to economic
recovery.
The substance of Mr.. Eccles' argu-
ment was that in periods of deflation,
when private debt is contracting, the
Government can help set the forces
of recovery in motion by borrowing
money and spending it intelligently
and honestly on public projects.
Then, when public confidence has
been restored and private invest
ment is again on the upgrade, Gov
ernment should realize greater rev.
enueS from an increased national in
come and use that money to retire
the debt created by its earlier bor-
rowing
Theoretically, that contention
might be sound if Mr.. Eccles' several
premises were valid, but the record
does not support his assumptions.
In the first place he said that in
efficiency and waste in Government
spending should be eliminated. The
preponderance of the evidence estab-
fishes that the New Deals spending
has not been either efficient or eco
nomical.
Then he said: Il abhor politics and
favoritism in any phase of Govern
ment expenditures" But Mr. Eccles
spoke in the first person, for OBJ
viously others high in administration
circles do not share his adherence
of those evils. And that perhaps is
the greatest weakness in Mr.. Eccles'
argument. Political parties are still
composed of politicians, and so long
as the latter cherish the desire to
perpetuate themselves in office they
will not be able to spend billions of
dollars of easy" money without TAX
ing political factors into considera-
ton.
Mr.. Eccles said he does not believe
that the confidence of private in
vestors is impaired by the spectacle
of the Federal Government spending
in excess of its revenues and piling
up billions of debt so long as the
money is going into pump priming"
channels. Time, of course, must pro-
vide the answer to that, but on the
basis of evidence SO far presented it
seems fairer to conclude that the
state of the national budget, taken
in conjunction with the New Deals
taxing philosophy, its competition
with private industry, and the frankly
hostile attitude of some high officials
toward business, has definitely un-
tllC VI d RTGdJ
many persons who might otherwise
invest their capital in some private
enterprise
After hearing Mr. Eccles, it is diff
cult to escape the conclusion that
Senator Byrd, the principal opponent
of prolonged deficit spending, was
right when he said there can be no
recovery until there is revival of
private investment, and that such
revival will not come until the Gov
ernment makes a definite start
toward balancing its budget, revises
the tax structure to eliminate in
equities and bring in additional rev.
enue, and manifests a genuine will
ingness to work with, not against,
private business.
Evening star., 1939-01-26
Distribution,

This world is made up of various lot,
And the thought is distressing indeed,
OF men who need very much more than
they've got
And those who have more than they
need
Evening star., 1939-01-26

There ought to be some arrange
ment whereby, when persons refuse
to salute their flag, said banner
could refuse to keep them under
the protection of it's folds.
Evening star., 1939-01-26
Easier Said Than Done,

do you believe in government owner
ship?" asked the girl who tries to keep
the conversation from tagging.
mot exactly" answered the young man
whose ideas get confused. 1T seems to
me a little like transmigration of souls,
or telepathy, or television; very good
plan, but little difficult to put into
practice"
Evening star., 1939-01-26
Not for the People.

DO you think that the people will ever
be able to secure perfectly satisfactory
government"
II doubt it," said Senator Sorghum,
history shows that no government has
been perfectly satisfactory to more than
one person at time, and he was the one
who happened to be the boss"
Evening star., 1939-01-26
Letters to The Star

Letters to the Editor must
bear the name and address OF
the 10riter, although the use OF
q pSeudonyn1 for publication is
permissible. Please be brief!
Evening star., 1939-01-26

Next to Herr Hitler, Americas out
standing "bogey-man" seems to be
the sales tax. Why?
Evening star., 1939-01-26

Some men," said Hi Ho, the sage Of
Chinatown, think their New Year reso-
lutions are success if they can remem-
Der what they were month after max
ing them
Evening star., 1939-01-26
Easy Copy

Easy Copy.
The snow is beautiful, no doubt,
On palace or on hovel.
It's fine enough to write about
But mighty mean to shovel!
Evening star., 1939-01-26
Rate by Mail-Payable in Advance
Member of the Associated Press

=. The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to
the for republication of all news dispatches
credited to II or not otherwise credited in this
paper and also the local news published herein.
All rights OF publication of special dispatches
herein also are reserved
Evening star., 1939-01-26

Good Intentions" said Uncle Eben,
needs good judgment to back 'em. A
hen don git no credit whutsomever foh
Attin' on q chiny egg"
Evening star., 1939-01-26
@. What are motmots?-J. D. r.

A. They are small birds closely re-
lated to the kinghshers, with brilliant
blue, green, cinnamon and black plum
age. Usually the central tail feathers
are elongated and end in racket-shaped
tips. There are about "a species, native
to tropical America, one of which, the
blue-headed motmot, ranges nortnward
nearly to Texas
Evening star., 1939-01-26

Q. How long have pearls been used?-
r. G. B.
A. More than % centuries before our
era pearls were enumerated as a tribute
or tax in China, and they are mentioned
as products of the western part of the
empire in the "Rh'ya," dictionary COM
piled earlier than 1000 BIC. The pearls
OF Britain are mentioned by Tacitus and
by Pliny.
@. Is Miliza Korjus, who sang in "The
Great Waltz" an opera singer?-M B.
A. She sang in many operas In Eu-
rope, including "Rigoletto," THE Magic
Flute" "Cavalleria Rusticana" and La
Boheme."
@. How many deer are killed In Cali
fornia?-J. w. H.
A. More than $4,000 deer were bagged
In the State during the 1888 season.
@. What is the name of the new prize
red morning glofy?-J. K.
A. It is the Scarlet OHara which
won the gold medal Of the An-America
Committee. 1t is a deep carnelian red,
blooms profusely, and stays open un-
usually long during the day.
@. How many converts are there an
nually to the Catholic Church?-C. w.
H.
A. The National Catholic Welfare
Conference says that in 1888 about
$4,000 converts joined the Roman Cath
Ole Church.
Evening star., 1939-01-26

@. How many pounds of food a day
does the average adult eat?-E. H.W.
A. A breakdown of food consump-
ton by pounds shows that the average
male adult eats four pounds of food per
day and the average woman consume
three pounds daily.
Evening star., 1939-01-26

@. How nearly is the New York Worlds
Fair completed?-J. H. M.
A. Nine-tenths of the construction at
the fair grounds is completed.
Evening star., 1939-01-26

Q. What are rubber tramps?-W. HF.
A. This term is applied to the sea-
sonal workers who travel by automobile
from one section to another to pick crops.
Evening star., 1939-01-26

@. What States have the greatest rail-
way mileage?-W. S.
A. Texas leads, with 1896 miles of
railway lines. Illinois is second, with
l2,o64 miles, and Pennsylvania third,
with 1O719 miles.
Evening star., 1939-01-26

@. How many carpenters are there in
the United States?-J. F..
A. There are 929,426 carpenters in the
United States and 4,l38 carpenters ap-
prentices.
Evening star., 1939-01-26

@. What is the statue on top of the
Soldiers and Sailors Monument in the
Cleveland Public Square?-R. w.
A. The figure on top of the Soldiers
and Sailors Monument in Public Square
is called the Statue of Liberty 1t is
woman. wearing a tunic similar to
those worn by soldiers in Civil War
days; she has sword in one hand
and child in the other, and wears
cap with a star in it.
Evening star., 1939-01-26

A reader can get the ansUer to arv
question OF fact by 1Urlti1lg G'he Eue-
n'ng Star Information Bureau, Fred
eric J. Hashtn. director, Washington.
D. c. Please tnclose stamp for replv.
Evening star., 1939-01-26

@. What is the origin Of the name
Martha's Vineyard?-W. j. H.
A. Bartholomew Gosnold discovered
the island in 1902 and named it for
his daughter Martha, adding the vine-
yard because of the profusion of wild
grapes there.
Evening star., 1939-01-26
The Evening Star Newspaper Company

Main once: l1th st and Pennsylvania Ave-
New York Ofice: ITO East 42nd st.
Chicago ONCE: 435 North Michigan Ave
Evening star., 1939-01-26

@. Who is the highest paid woman
executive in the United States?-K. HIM.
A. Mrs. Lillian S. Dodge, president Of
her own cosmetics company, Harriet
Hubbard Aver, Inc, is reported to be
the highest paid, with salary of $780,
900 year.
Evening star., 1939-01-26

Q. Who was the first King to be
buried in Westminster Abbey?-M. A. N.
A. The first King buried in Westmin-
ster Abbey was Edward the Confessor,
who was inferred on January 6, 1866.