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A Great Opportunity The Anti-Saloon League has anew head, trusted by many citizens with their money and, too often, with their judgment concerning public matters. On the day he was selected there were two funerals at widely separate points. In Chicago a larger crowd buried a gunman than followed in Washington the body of a man who had held more positions of trust than any other citizen. More men and women pressed toward the casket of a racketeer, who had killed, robbed, stolen, bribed, than followed an exPresident, ex-supreme court justice, ex-sec-retary of war and ex-Governor of the Philippines. And the coffin of the gunman cost more, in money, than did that of an ex-President. The league has been responsible for some of the conditions which create this monstrous situation. In this state, it has elevated hypocrisy and often forgotten real issues. It has been useful, unintentionally, to those who gave lip service to the dry cause and gullet service to the wets. • The only way that any law can be enforced is first to obtain respect for the law through the election of men to judicial, administrative and legislative office who command respect. The only law that is respected is that which is indorsed by a majority of the citizens. No thinking person would defend the use of alcohol. Every good citizen hopes for the hour when its use will be ended as a beverage. But no thinking person believes that hour will come by truckling to hypocrites and the elevation to high office of the time server and the insincere. The new head has his chance. He will do much to advance the cause he represents if he witt drive from the ranks of the league those who bring it into disrepute. This would be somewhat embarrassing for one of our senators. But in the end it might mean real progress. The real field for the league lies in educating the public to a firm belief in its principles. That was the policy of the league w’hen it started. It then appealed to the judgment of majorities. Whenever any group or force educates the majority opinion to the beneficence of prohibition, it will no longer be an experiment but a reality. Every right, thinking person wishes for that day. The cause of prohibition has suffered more from its alleged friends than from its avowed enemies. Perhaps the new leader will find the way. Republicans and Prohibition The National Republican Club, at a meeting in New York, voted 461 to 335 in favor of repealing the eighteenth amendment. The resolution adopted held that the amendment is “disruptive of our federal system, In that it is destructive of the rights of the states." The club has some 2,000 members, half of them In New York and the rest scattered throughout the country. The issue has been hotly debated, both factions trying to obtain proxies. The vote of the club is significant. It. shows that not only is there a growing body of public opinion revolting against prohibition, but that this opinion is becoming organized, articulate and is taking a courageous stand This has been Illustrated in recent days by hearings before the house judiciary committee, in which many prominent persons appeared to argue against prohibition. It indicates that there is a swing away from prohibition. Drys are being forced to defend the "noble experiment.*’ Such Incidents mean also that prohibition remains a political issue of first magnitude. The Nation’ Republican Club did well to argue out the question and take a stand, rather than attempting to straddle, as political groups so often have done. A People’s Judge When President Hoover names a successor to the late Justice Sanford on the United States supreme court, he will be determining in part the policy of the most powerful political institution on earth. As we have pointed out repeatedly, and as was proved conclusively by authorities cited in the recent senate debate on the Hughes nomination, the court is much more than a supreme legal tribunal. In vital political and economic questions, it is a virtual policyforming and law-making body, above and beyond representative government. In such decisions the Judges vote their personal opinions. Those supreme court policy decisions at times have been controlled by a reactionary majority, which haa disregarded the Constitution Bill of Rights and has placed the interests of corporations above the public Interest. The liberal minority, led by the great Holmes and Brandeis. has exposed in brilliant dissenting opinions th® legal fallacy and human injustice of those majority decisions. But votes decide the cases—often by one vote. There is no bigger issue before the American people today than the character of the supreme court, rhere is no graver decision which can come before Resident Hoover than his nominations, which ultimately may constitute the court majority. Considering the seriousness of that decision, it is Sumed the President will give long and careful con-L-ation before making a selection. If he should 3e impelled by political pressure to rush in the name of mother dark horse or another reprc emative o' those Interests already too well represented on the

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court., the senate almost certainly would refuse confirmation. In so doing, the senate, we believe, would have the enthusiastic support of the country. It is not necessary that the President, pick a radical. But it is necessary that an able lawyer be chosen, who by record and conviction is true to that traditional and fundamental Americanism which puts human rights above property rights. There are such men to be had—whether they call themselves conservative or progressive. Republican or Democrat, or whether they happen to come from the north, east, south or west, is unimportant. Here is the type: Benjamin N. Cardozo. chief justice of the New York court of appeals, whose eminence as a jurist is almost unique: Judge Learned Hand of the New York circuit court of appeals; Judge Joseph C. Hutcheson of the United States district court for South Texas, adviser on federal courts to the Hoover crime commission: Newton D. Baker of Cleveland, member of the Hoover crime commission and former secretary of war: Monte M. Lemann of New Orleans, member of the Hoover crime commission; Judge Hitz of the District of Columbia supreme court; Senator Norris of Nebraska: Senator Borah of Idaho; Senator Walsh of Montana. This list is not exclusive. It Is intended only to show the type of man which the American people have a right to hope Hoover will place beside Holmes and Brandeis for protection of our constitutional rights and liberties. A New Policy There can be nothing but praise for the board of education in its announced policy of caring first for the elementary schools and taking care of the higher institutions when the pocketbook stretches. Asa matter of news it may be stated that out of three and a half millions of dollars raised by bonds for new buildings in 1925 only a little more than two hundred thousand was spent for the lower schools. The time will finally come when every child is educated to a useful place in life. As yet, our educational system tries to fit every child into the same groove. It does not work. It never will work. Until the time arrives when every child is studied and given special treatment and a course of prescribed study, the elementary schools must remain the most important part of our school system. High schools are more spectacular. They attract more attention. They get more publicity. But the important objective is to give every child an equal start. That can only be done in the lower grades. The children there should be cared for first. There are so many more of them. And they are much more Important. The boy or girl who really wants an education will be willing to sacrifice. School years, when compulsory, should be made most attractive. Then they will be more ready to sacrifice for the higher training. Feast and Famine “The world's a very small place," we remark as we watch the rapid conquest of time and space in the air. Is it? Just across the little pond we call the Pacific 4.000.000 famine-stricken Chinese face death before summer. More than 6.000,000 already have died. Chinese women advertise themselves as “hunger brides,” selling body and soul for a handful of rice. Even in Peiping, only 400 miles away from the Shansi famine area, food is plentiful. China and the rest of the east needs transportation. American ships, railroads, locomotives, box cars, highways, motor trucks will do more to shrink the size of the globe than even aircraft. To stabilize China’s finances so she can buy these things is one of the big jobs for world economists In the next decade. The world still Is far too big when feast and famine can be neighbors. A scientist says animals laugh. You can't blame them much for that.

REASON

THIS is an interesting suggestion from London that if world peace be threatened, the five powers represented at the naval conference, the United States, Great Britain, Japan, France and Italy, should hold a conference and try to prevent war. 9 a a a Since civilized nations always stand ready to tender their good offices to prevent war between other nations, there's no objection to our taking part in such a conference, if it be distinctly understood that we are to do nothing but confer, for we can not agree to help carry out the conclusions of any conference. a a a SUCK agreement to confer might help the Kellogg treaty, which has been bagging at the knees since the nations which by signing it agreed never again to fight now refuse to put down their weapons. Os course, these five nations may be on the level with Kellogg; they may just want to hunt ducks with these big navies. ana The five powers now trying to trade one another out of their B V D’& at London very easily could join hands to try to make other nations be good, since Uncle Sam wants nothing and his four friends have grabbed everything they can think of. The time for a nation to crave unbroken tranquility is when it is heavy with loot! a a Os course, conference recommendations underwritten by the Big Five would go a long way toward keeping the lid on the war kettle, except with Russia, for if she should make up what she is pleased to call her mind that she would like to give the dogs of war a little workout, no sweet suggestion would stay her hairy fist. a a a HOWEVER, these London optimists are mistaken when they think such a conference might have averted the red deluge of 1914. for that had been boiling for generations and had to come. Had it been deferred, it would have broken later with the added horrors of developed chemistry and aviation. a a a Our tenderfeet at London must watch their step, for in diplomacy everything means something else and something more. After Uncle Sam saved the Allies, he narrowly '’scaped a breach of promise suit when he refused to write them a meal ticket until judgment day. a a a Meanwhile. Secretary Adams tells the world our '’legates will sit until they settle." all of which ounds more like a poker game than a naval conference.

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M. E. Tracy SAYS:

Uncle Sam Seems to Be Having a Lot of Trouble Keeping His Latin-Ameri-can Pets in Line. PRESIDENT BORNO of Haiti Is not enthusiastic over the Hoover plan for a provisional government pending a general election. Though unexpectedly stubborn, his attitude is not mysterious. Like some other foolish people, he rather would bet on bayonets, especially in the hands of American marines, than on ballots. In this connection, we seem to have a lot of trouble keeping our American pets in line. We had to get rid of Diaz to straighten out the Nicaraguan situation, and now it looks as though we would have to get rid of Borno to clear the Haitian mess. e a a Dr. Eugene Christian, who wrote a book telling people how they could live to be 100. and who won the right to prescribe diet as a remedy for disease in New York, dies at 69. When taken to a California hospital with pneumonia some days ago, he preferred to practice what he had preached and bet on spinach and orange juice to pull him through. Not every doctor will go that far in support of his own prescriptions, and some fare no better in disregarding them. BUB Congress Is Careful CHAIRMAN JOHNSON of the house immigration committee Introduces a bill providing that an immigrant bom either underneath the surface of the seas or in the clouds shall have the nationality of its father. And for fear that such provision fails to cover the subject, the bill further makes it applicable to those bom on any “other agency of transportation.” Critics of congress will please note how zealous it is in safeguarding human rights against all sorts of future emergencies. One could wish that it were equally zealous in dealing with some of the present emergencies. a m a The most delightful aspect of the future is what we do not know. It is the one realm of existence which allows the imagination free rein. Even Napoleon, with all his canny instinct with regard to coming events, could hardly have foreseen what would happen to the necklace which he presented his wife on the birth of her son. Not only has it arrived In New York, and been sold for a ridiculously cheap price, but it seems likely to become the basis of a mast interesting law suit, in which such sordid questions as whether the agent had a right to sell, whether the buyer put over a fast one, whether the diamonds had a yellow taint, or are really blue white, will come up for learned discussion. What a descent from the royal magnificence with Vhich it was first purchased and presented, a a a Royalty in Business Wt still have a type of magnificence which will stand comparison with that of royalty, but it runs to business, rather than to politics. A rumored copper deposit In Africa which may revolutionize the industry, ore or two good-sized wars in the making because of oil: Harvey Firestone clearing half the nation to grow rubber in Liberia, and Henry Ford operating on an equally grapd scale in Brazil; Mussolini harnessing volcanoes; Soviet Russia ordering the biggest dynamo ever made and French engineers dreaming about flooding the Sahara. mam To ccme a little closer home. Ford just has bought a 25.000-acre plantation in Georgia, on which it is said he will grow goldenrod to see whether Edison's idea that rubber can be profitably made from that weed is correct. Just to show that he appreciates the recreational, as well as the business. side of life, Mr. Ford annexes a 000-acre place right across the river from his goldenrod patch on which there is a mansion of some historical and architectural merit, as well as excellent hunting, mam What About Prohibition? MEANWHILE, what are we going to do with prohibition, or more accurately, perhaps, what is prohibition going to do with us? The National Republican Club answers the query by voting 461 to 347 in favor of repeal, which seems far more likely to cause a party split than a solution of the problem, but which shows a surprising change in sentiment, regardless of what it accomplishes. Even loyalty to President Hoover. or party interest, no longer Is sufficient to” hold the boys 1n line.

Daily Thought

For thy violence against thy brother Jacob shame shall cover thee and thou shaft be cut off forever.—Obadiah 10. an n Shame may restrain what law does not prohibit.—Seneca. Are Ch'.nese and Japanese permitted to own land anywhere in the United States and how many are in this country? According to the last census there are 61.639 Chinese and 111.010 Japanese in the United States. Those who were born in this country are American citizens and may own land in any state of the Union, but those who are aliens can not acquire lands in the following states: Arizona. California, Delware. Idaho. Louisiana, Oregon and Washington. Os what is water composed? Will it burn? Water is composed of two parts hydrogen to one part oxygen by volume: by weight of two parts of hydrogen to sixteen of hydrogen. It will not burn in the ordinary sense of the word.

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Teeth Need Diet With Vitamin D

BY DR. MORRIS FISHBEIN Editor Journal of tb* American Medical Association and of HygeJa, the Health Magazine. UNDER auspices of the Medical Research Council, Mrs. May Mellanby, who has spent the last ten years studying the effects of diets on development and structure of the teeth, recently has made available a report of her conclusions. Mrs. Mellanby has felt that perfect teeth can be developed in dogs, provided the diet contains an adequate amount of vitamin D either as found in natural foods, such as egg yolk or cod liver oil. or in artificial foods, such as viosterol, or in case the animals are submitted to ultraviolet rays which encourage the development of vitamin D from ergosterol in the body. Mrs. Mellanby has not found that proteins, carbohydrates and most vegetable fats and foods such as cereals, oranges and egg white are

IT SEEMS TO ME

DR. COOK is out of Leavenworth after serving only a small portion of his sentence, and it seems to me that an even speedier release would in no wise have discommoded justice. The doctor was sentenced for his part in the promotion of certain oil wells which gushed less generously fn fact than in the literature of the prospectors. The community, it must, be admitted, has little reason to accept Dr. Cook as the most trustworthy of reporters. And yet, I never would set him down in any company of mean and vicious liars. It is not lack of conscience so much as surplus of imagination which has led him often into trouble. His kinship is close with that of old explorers. Some few faithful followers still believe that he achieved the pole. That I doubt most gravely, but if not there, he was, at least, thereabouts. and there is much sanction in tradition for the traveler to tell tales when he returns from some far clime. ana Not Quite at Top THOUGH it is safe to assume that the doctor never stood precisely on the top of the world, the stuff he wrote about his trip was more interesting by far than that set down by more authentic ice-breakers, He was. as you may remember, the original gumdrop man, and to the frozen north he added a romantic touch lacking in the reports of others who pressed further. Accordingly, though he was by the margin of many miles inferior to Peary his was the greater artistry. At the time the controversy raged between the two men, there was a saying which ran, “Cook is a liar and a gentleman, and Peary is neither.” It would have been better to have altered the equation to, “Cook is a liar and an artist.” I have never known just how conscientious the old gentleman was concerning his own fabrications. I would not be at all surprised to find that he actually has convinced himself of the polar discovery, even though he did not make it,' a a a Traitor to Science OF course, one might say that Dr. Cook’s betray'! of strict accuracy was peculiarly vicious, since he was a traitor to science. Yet the relationship between Arctic exploration and the advancement of human knowledge is somewhat shadowy. Hus oil activities were distinctly reprehensible. Because of claims

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DAILY HEALTH SERVICE

] especially concerned in the developi ment of sound teeth. If the diet of a puppy is changed ! from one that contains little vitai min D to one that is rich in this substance, there is an immediate response in the form of improved calcification of the teeth. When the diet of the puppy is deficient in this vitamin, its teeth do not develop for a long period. The feeding of large quantities of cereal seems to be. associated with a less effective development of the ! teeth, but this is not due to the | cereal, but to the fact that the vitamin D is not sufficient in a diet oversupplied with cereals. She thinks it is possible that there is some substance of unknown composition in cereals and especially in , oatmeal and wheat germ which may | be associated with the failure of the j teeth to develop in the animals, but : this has not been determined definitely. | To produce .'Sound teeth, the diet | must contain a sufficient amount I of calcium and phosphorus and be

aided and abetted by Dr. Cook, certain investors lost money which they could ill afford. That was definitely a criminal action. But every charlatan possesses great gifts for self-deception. Cook dreamed of oil and. very likely, believed in it when he gush of composition seized upon him. And because he is a man given to free and fanciful expression, I think that one provision linked with his parole may almost be classed as cruel and unusual punishment of the sort which our Constitution forbids. According to the newspapers, Sanford Bates, superintendent of federal prisons, has announced that there would be “no restraint upon the explorer, either in having his picture saken or in writing articles or in giving interviews, ‘as long as he tells the truth’.” a a a What Is Truth? AND, further, the official has added that in case Dr. Cook writes articles or gives interviews which are considered by the de-

fclliTOJShip Os | jT“ Dailq / Lenten Devotion \

Wednesday, March 12 A HFROE’S WORLD Read Joshua 3 :l-9. Memory Verse: “Be strong and of good courage." (Joshua 1:9.) MEDITATION The promise of “good success” is made only to the strong. Only the courageous can come to terms with life. Brave people only can feel at home in this world and rejoice in life, for this is a hero’s world. It is not amiable or indulgent; it coddles no one. The timid and those who are afraid of struggle and wounds find life difficult. It is these who are the pessimists. The end of creation seems to be the making of great souls. This world is fitted to make souls of that sort. It is to the courageous heart that God promises his strength. PRAYER Grant. O Father, that this day we may take our full share in the world’s work and hazards. Help us to be faithful in those useful things that are difficult and trying, and accept them as a challenge to our souls. In name. Amen.

rich in vitamin D. If the vitamin intake is low, more calcium has to be given in order to get proper improvement in the teeth. Without vitamin D, calcification of the teeth will not take place, no matter how much calcium and phosphorus are in the diet. It is the function of vitamin D to enable the body to use the calcium and phosphorus properly in building bone and teeth structure. Most American diets are somewhat deficient in vitamin D and consist primarily of bread, cereals, sugar, fruits, vegetables, lean meat and white fish. These substances do not contain much vitamin D. Furthermore, less and less sunlight seems to be the portion of the average person and even of the growing child. Under the circumstances, it would seem to be necessary for preservation of the teeth of mankind that, more attention be given to the question of securing proper amount,s of vitamin D in the diet.

Ideals and opinions expressed in this column are those of one of America’s most interesting writers and are presented without regard to their agreement or disagreement with the editorial attitude of this paper;—The F.ditor

partment untruthful, his parole will be canceled. I think this is putting a severe burden on Dr. Cook and a ridiculously impossible responsibility upon the department. Has Sanford Bates really found the solution to Pilate’s justing riddle, and is he prepared at all times to locate the hairline which divides the false and true? If Bates is ready to assert that he has discovered truth, pure and undefiled, I will grant that he is an explorer whose researches transcend the Byrds and Pearys. But I am afraid that I may be moved to believe that his claims are Cookish. It would be well enough for the government to give the old gentleman just released the most stern of warnings in the matter of oil wells. They might even admonish him to keep gold and copper mines out of his literary compositions. But the truth, and nothing but the truth! That’s a big order. Dr. Cook is very likely to choke upon it. (Copyright. 1930. by The Times)

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MARCH 12,1030

| SCIENCE ' BY DAVID DIETZ

Chinese Tradition Points to Man in the Moon ns a Matchmaker Riding in the Heavens. AN old adage says that marriages are made in heaven, but according to Chinese tradition, they are made in the moon. The Chinese "old man in the moon, ’ known as “Yue-lao," is the celestial matchmaker. According to tradition. he ties together future mates with invisible silken cords. It- is interesting to note that the old Chinese legend supposed a man in the moon. Our own traditions about a man In the moon can be traced far back into the middle aces. It may be that both legends had a common origin somewhere in the earliest days of civilization. While, as already noted, European and Chinese legends refer to a man in the moon, traditions of the South Sea Islands and of the American Indians refer to a woman in The moon. The Eskimos also Interpret the spots on the moon’s surface as forming the face of a woman. In Asia, the spots on the moon are thought to form the outline of a hare. If the moon is observed between first quarter and full moon, the spots do present a pattern which, with‘a little Imagination, can be transformed into the figure of a hare. In this connection, it is of Interest to note that, the Sanskrit name for the moon is "Sasanka,” which means “having the marks of a hare." a m m Hare THERE Is an old Buddhist legend connected with the “hare In the moon.” According to this story, the god, Sakkria, assumed the form of a human being and came to earth to beg alms. Various animals, the monkey, the fox and so on, gave him fruit and fish and other gifts. When he came to the hare, that poor animal said that he owned nothing but grass. He agreed, however, to give the god his own flesh and consented to jump into a fire which the god kindled. But as he jumped, the god transported him to heaven where he now is to be seen in the moon. A slightly different legend Is found in Ceylon. According to this one, Buddha once became last In a forest. A hare undertook to guide him out of the forest. Buddha thanked the hare, but said that he could not reward him. since he was poor and hungry himself. “If you are hungry,” the hare Is supposed to have replied, “build a fire and roast me.” Buddha, to test, the animal’s sincerity, proceeded to kindle a fire. The hare jumped into it. But Buddha snatched /him out. and placed him in the moon, where he is still to be seen. There also is an old Chinese representation of the moon as a beautiful woman with a rabbit lying at her feet, showing, beyond a doubt, that, the Indian legend at some time must have made its way into China. nan Frog According to a number of legends among the American Indians, the figure to be seen on the moon is that of a frog or toad. In Australia, there is a native legend which pictures a cat in the moon. To summarize, the spots on the moon are represented variously as a man. a woman, a hare, a frog, and a cat. No doubt, there are still other legends picturing still other creatures. Two things stand out as particularly interesting. One is that the habit of picturing some creature in the spots of the moon has been a universal tendency of mankind. We find such legends throughout the world, in ancient China and India, in Europe of the middle ages, among the native tribes of Africa, Australia and the South Sea Islands. among the American Indians and the Eskimos. The second point of interest is the similarity between many of the legends. A legend in India will resemble one in China, for example. In many cases, this may be a coincidence. But in others, it undoubtedly points to a common origin of legends in some remote day, perhaps before the beginning of history. While lunar legends appeal to ua because of their fanciful nature, they are material for serious study for the anthropologist who seeks to understand the beginnings of many of man’s ideas.