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The Emergency President Hoover Monday praised the Red Cross for refusing the $25,000,000 relief fund which congress proposed to vote it. According to the President, acceptance and distribution of such relief “would have meant the destruction of something even greater than voluntary service -—it would have injured the spiritual responsibilities of the American people. It would have been a step on the pathway of government doles.” We share fully the Presidents pride in the Red Cross’ long record of unselfish service. But in this case we believe that Mr. Hoover, as president of the Red Cross, and the governing board of that organization, made a, serious mistake in judgment. The Red Cross has accepted government aid before in its relief work without “destruction of the spirit of the Red Cross” or of “the spiritual responses of the American people.” Nor would such appreciation have set up any new precedent for government doles—to use the President’s unpopular word. Congress long has been accustomed to making relief appropriations to meet emergencies and disasters in this'country and abroad. Such help degraded neither the giver nor the receiver. The only question asked in the past was whether government aid was essential to quick and adequate relief, That is a fair question. The answer, in our judgment, is that government aid is very much needed today. From the President's address, readers might assume that the emergency has been met by voluntary relief funds through the Red Cross and private agencies. That would be an inaccurate inference, which the President certainly would not want to give. For the President knows that not one cent of the national Red Cross fund has been spent for relief of the six million unemployed and their families, or for relief of the additional millions of part time employed and their families. Only drought victims have been helped by the national Red Cross. And the President knows that local private agencies have not met the unemployment emergency. He knows that the report of the National Association of Community Chests and Councils shows that more than 75 per cent of local relief has come from public treasuries, chiefly municipal treasuries. The large private philanthropy, which Mr. Hoover praisc-s, is not working—unfortunately. That is not because the people are hard hearted, but because they have not the money to give—they have no Jobs, or are on part time, or are helping jobless relatives, or their savings have been cut to a dangerous margin by the depression. The money is concentrated in the hands of the rich. The rich have given, but they have not given enough—not one-fourth enough, according to the figures.

We don’t like doles any more than Mr. Hoover does But when the choice is between doles or starvation, we say give doles. And we are glad the state and city authorities who have furnished threefourths of the relief funds forgot about that word dole and fed the starving Unfortunately, there are many communities, unlike New York and the great centers of wealth, which have no city funds left or easy credit. Therefore, 174 mayors told congress their cities needed government aid in helping the unemployed That was last winter. The need is greater now, because more cities have exhausted their funds The emergency is national The Red Cross is the only national relief organization It should help If it hasn’t the money, it should try to collect from the rich If it can not raise the money, it should so report to its President, Mr. Hoover. As President of the United States, Mr. Hoover is given power to call congress into special session during an emergency This is an emergency. Pan-American Day Today anew holiday is born, international in scope and destined, we hope, to become of such importance as to make the date historic We have our own George Washington. Argentina has her San Martin; Bolivia has her Suore; Brazil her Silva; Chile her O’Higgins; Cuba her Marti, and so on down the alphabet to Venezuela and her immortal Bolivar. Now the entire twenty-one republics of the western world have united on April 14 and made it the day when hereafter all the Americas from the Great Lakes to the Strait of Magellan will do honor to their fundamentally common origins, common traditions, common institutions, and the common aspirations of their founding fathers.

President Hoover has asked that Pan-American day be observed throughout the United States by flag raisings, school exercises, and other public demonstrations, as a symbol of the sovereignty of all the Americas and their voluntary association in one continental community. The idea is excellent, but it is particularly important to the people of the United States. We very much need to know where Central and South America are and what the people down there are like. Oddly enough, we seem to be better acquainted with Europe than with our next door neighbors. This has led to serious friction. And, truth to tell, most of it has been our fault. We have not troubled ourselves very much to cultivate a better understanding. We have formulated certain Latin-American policies and then proceeded to carry them out without stopping to count the consequences. Recently, however, we have been doing a little better. There is a growing appreciation of the value of our neighbors’ good will. But wiiile we have done much to Increase Pan-American amity, a good deal remains to be done. Suspicion and fear still are a damper on relations between the United States and the rest of the Americas. Our interpretation of the Monroe Doctrine, and our policy of intervention, still are the major offenders and should be removed. There is a Pan-American union. It should function in accordance with its name. It should be a sort of Pan-Amferican league of nations. It, rather than the United States, acting alone, should be the guardian of American peace. And If and when, for some compelling, humanitarian purpose, intervention somewhere in the newworld became imperative, the Pan-American union, or its governing board, acting as a council, should make the decision. The United States eventually might act alone in such emergency, as the agent, but under Pan-Amer-ican mandate. Tire Monroe Doctrine needs modernization. It should be made to fit a hemisphere wherein there Is not just one important nation, but a number of important nations. The Monroe Doctrine sliild be •ransformed into a Pan-American doctrine, tolbe up-

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held not by one of twenty-one, but by the entire twenty-one American republics. Pan-Americanism means mutual rights, mutual understandings and mutual obligations. It means equality in all these. It means all for one and one for all. If It does not mean these things, then it is just an empty phrase. Pan-American day, annually observed, hardly can fail to make for better relations between the Americas, because it will mean a better understanding of each other. Injunction and Yellow Dog The American Civil Liberties Union has organized a national committee to agitate for elimination of abuses of anti-labor injunctions and the “yellowdog” contracts. The committee is headed by forryer Federal Judge Charles F. Amidon, with Dr. Alexander Fleisher as secretary. It has formulated a model bill and is working for its general adoption. The following information submitted by the Civil Liberties Union indicates the promising progress to date: The model state anti-injunction bill makes a clear statement of the rights of labor which may not be enjoined, provides for hearings for both sides before the granting of an injunction, the outlawing of ‘yellow-dog’ contracts, and the insuring of trials by jury for contempts committed outside the presence of the court. “Its purpose is to limit the field of judicial interference in labor disputes, and curtail judge made law. It will prevent equity from taking jurisdiction to destroy labor rights to organize, strike and picket. “The bill has been introduced in Kansas by William Allen White’s son, Representative W. L. White. In Maine, H. C. Woodside, secretary of the state federation, has had the bill introduced. In Massachusetts, the State Federation of Labor, through Martin S. Joyce, has introduced the bill. “In Minnesota, Legislative Representative Starkey of the State Federation of Labor has had the bill introduced. In Missouri, Reuben T. Wood of the state federation has had the bill introduced. In South Dakota, F. L. Perty and T. Reese of the state federation have had the bill introduced. In Tennessee, with the aid of John R. Neal and David Hanley, the bill has been introduced. . “Strong efforts for introduction of the bill in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Texas and Wisconsin are being made and there is great likelihood of its successful introduction In New Jersey, the supporters are working with Carl Holderman of the Full-Fashioned Hosiery workers. In Pennsylvania, J. E. Kelly, secretary of the state federation, is urging introduction of the bill. He has the active co-operation of Allen J. Harper, secretary of the Pennsylvania Civil Liberties Union. In Texas, Representative C. S. McCombs has written that he will introduce it.

In Wisconsin, J. A. Padway, general counsel for the state federation, is submitting the bill to the legislature. In New York, Assemblyman L. W, Post will introduce a bill covering the ‘anti-yellow-dog’ provision, “Introduction is likely in the Alabama and Georgia legislatures', meeting in June In Alabama,' J, B. Reeves, secretary of the state federation, is urging the introduction In Georgia, L. H, Still and L. P. Marquardt of the state federation offer their cooperation "Paul Scharrenberg of the California state federation has introduced two anti-injunction bills, and one ‘anti-yellow-dog’ bill Illinois has an anti-yellow-dog* bill, Oregon is amending its bill in accordance with New York and Wisconsin legislation. North Dakota. Ohio and Oklahoma have anti-injunction laws.” A Dutch boxer, after losing to his English adversary, kissed him in the ring Apparently determined to get a smack in somehow. A thoroughfare in Washington has been named Constitution avenue. It's best to keep on the right side of this avenue! If the old expression "in numbers there is safety” were infallible, license plates never would be given motorists. A school fer politicians has been opened in Madrid. Would you call this extending the toreador's art to the classroom? REASON v

MAYOR CERMAK of Chicago has the greatest opportunity of any public officer in the United States, and he can make good his promise to rid Chicago of organized crime and thereby become a public benefactor, for if he cleans Chicago it will give heart to ether cities wallowing in the mire of inefficiency and corruption. t> a a Cermak can redeem Chicago if he has the intestinal fortitude to follow up his promise, for it is absurd to say that an honest mayor can not keep crime from overwhelming law and order. In fact, it’s the simplest thing in the world. All it takes is honesty and nerve. tt a a Take Milwaukee, for instance. There’s a great city, with many nationalities in its population, yet it's just about the most law-abid-ing place under the flag. Organized crime never did take root there, and it never can, because the police force is free from political domination. a a a THE police chief has held his office for many years and he can do his duty, free from the dictation of any ward of precinct boss. No shady politician can come into court and secure immunity for any crook, no matter how many votes he carries in his inside pocket. Knowing that they will get the limit if they cross the Milwaukee border, the high-powered outlaws give it absent treatment. ana It's as easy to drive crime out of a city as it is to drive rats out of a corncrib. All you need is an honest mayor with a hickory club or two, who will step on the gas and hand the outlaws their packages with neatness and dispatch. a a tt THE most lawless spot we ever had in this country was the raw California country during the gold rush. Murder was a pastime and blood as cheap as water. Then the pioneers organized a vigilance committee and they commenced to hang the dear fellows, and inside cf ten days it was safe for a man to lie down in the open with a sack cf gold dust for a pillow. a a Crime is a coward. It shrinks from the strong arm of direct action on the part of government as a weasel runs from a dog It is the most abject cowardice and the most monumental absurdity to say that crime is a problem. It is only a monument to public inefficiency and corruption*.. General Smedley Butler is righA*-any government can wipe out crime, if xt wants ta|<ia it.

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

M. E. Tracy SAYS: The Whole Civilized World Is Far Too Excited Over Mere Theories. TWJEW YORK, April 14.—“1 have tried my utmost for permanent peace,” sighs Mahatma Gandhi, “but I find nature against me.” Though unexpected and shocking to him, perhaps, the discovery is neither new nor original. Nature is, and always has been, against those who ignore her, who believe that they can overthrow tradition, habits, and tendencies by the simple art of proposing some new scheme. • White, yellow, or black, human beings still are 90 per cent creatures of the past. Occasionally they appear able to discard their inherited conceptions and ideals, but never without a protracted struggle, or with such thoroughness as superficial thinkers would like to believe. 8 8 8 Natural Laws Ignored ■p'Oß a thousand years or mere InJT dia has been victimized by the Hindu-Mcslem conflict, has been immobilized by the irreconcilability of these two religions, and as a consequence has fallen an easy prey to outsiders. The thought that India suddenly could overcome such handicap and emerge a happy, homogeneous nation, if granted independence at this time, was predicated on an utter disregard of natural laws. Revolutions need the right kind of background, not only for success, but inception. Asa matter of record, very few have occurred without the stage being set for years beforehand, and without the prospect of being able to retain many basic habits, customs and tendencies, no matter how radically they seemed to change things on the surface. In this connection it is well to remember that the way had been prepared for Christianity by many generations of disbelief in the old polytheism, as well as by the advent of anew and broader spirituality. 8 8 8 Way Paved for Soviet SO, too, the way was prepared for Bolshevism by thousands upon thousands of co-operative societies, by a system of land tenure which virtually eliminated ownership of private property among poor people, and by a type of village government which could be incorpor- j ated into the new order with ease. ! Astonishment at the rapidity and completeness with which Russia appears to have changed at the top is due largely to ignorance of conditions at the bottom. Outsiders persist in trying to measure Bolshevism, both as to cause and effect, by conditions which prevail in their own countries and with which they are i familiar. That more than anything I else is responsible for most of the ; silly explanations and alarms. Because he understands the Rus- ! sian background and is acquainted I with the capitalistic system, it is 1 only natural that Leon Trotski should write one of the most intel- j ligent articles on Russia, especially j in regard to the five-year plan and its probable effect on world economics, that yet'has appeared. Trotski says that the five-year plan will succeed, but that it will not result in any such dumping of Cheap goods as is being predicted.

Excited Over Theories Explaining that, in spite of ail the progress, Russia’s total exports now amount, to only m per cent of international trade, he desires to know how fast and how far Russia will have to go to become a menace. It wouldn’t do any harm if more Americans displayed similar good sense in discussing their problems, not to mention people of other nations. If anything, the whole civilized world is too excited over theories and too inclined to exaggerate the meaning of changes. Headlines suggest amazement at the republican victory in Spain, yet it has been in the making for fifty years and was bound to come, sooner or later. The general inability to recognize great movements until the hour of their triumph is exceeded only by the dumbness which causes so many of us to accept every kind of wildeyed theory or new-fangled preachment as portending profound change.

Daily Thought

Butter and honey shall be eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good Isaiah 7:15. Inasmuch as ill deeds spring up as a spontaneous crop, they are easy to learn.—Cervantes. What is clairvoyance? The ability to perceive things not visible to the normal sight under ordinary conditions. What does bonnie brae mean? It is a Scotch phrase meaning beautiful banks.

DAILY HEALTH SERVICE Perils Found in Chronic Sinusitis

This is th 2 second of t~o articles by Dr. Fishbein on infected sinuses. BY DR. MORRIS FISHBEIN, Editor, Journal of the American Medical Association and of Hyseia, the Health Magazine. A PERSON with chronic infection of the sinuses is likely to wonder what the possibilities are for his relief. Dr. Lee M. Hurd is convinced that people with chronic sinusitis never recover without treatment. Many of them have low-grade infections in which surgical treatment is not advisable, and these patients can be helped by drainage, frequent washing, and application of various antiseptic substances. In other cases, however, the infection of the sinus persists to such extent that it involves danger to surrounding tissues. Cases are known In which the sight of an eye has been lost because of infection In a neighboring sinus. There are other instances In which the infection extends from

BELIEVE IT or NOT

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Following is the explanation of Ripley’s “Believe It or Not” which appeared in Monday’s Times: John II of Liechtenstein Was the Only Taxpayer In His Country—John 11, ruler of Liechtenstein (a European principality situated between Austria and Switzerland) was the only taxpayer in his country. In addition to being the only sovereign in the world to pay taxes to his subjects, he established a record for the longest personal rule in history—-seventy-one years, from 1858 to 1929. During his lifetime he defrayed the total cost of running his little principality out of an income derived from one of the most vast land holdings in Central Europe.

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Walter Winchell of the Mirror has a sharp ear, which he keeps close to the ground. And he reports that popular approval is swinging over cehind Mayor Walker. He reports, “The shots of him in the news reels arouse more sincere handc’apping than the President entices.” To me that seems rather faint praise and a dubious compliment. Dut Mr. Winchell goes on to say that at the theater the other night “when one of the actors remarked that he thought Walker was out front, the capacity audience broke out into machine-gun applause.’’ I do not cite the testimony of Mr. Winchell with any intention of trying to break it down. I think his opinion is well founded. But the issue between the average citizen of New York and the mayor will not and should not be decided by the mere pat-pat of hands in Broadway playhouses. n a tt Getting Outside the issue IT was inevitable that there should be some reaction after the first assault, which more or lass caught both Jimmy and Tammany Hall off guard. However, the charge has recently been made that political opponents of the mayor are descending to snide stories having nothing to do with his official life. A little scandalous gossip has crept into a few papers. Curiously enough, one tabloid, which is distinctly favorable to the mayor in its editorial columns, has also been the leader in spreading gossip about extraneous matters. But the leaders of the city affairs committee ail have staled on several occasions that their case against James Joseph Walker rests solely upon his handling of city affairs. Not one of them has attempted to take the battle beyond these borders. They have no wish to invade the private life of James J. Walker. On the contrary, they would increase it. As one who has written harshly about Mayor Walker, I have nothing to retract and no cause for re-

the eustachian tubes to the ear and thus involves the mastoid process. The constant inhalation of pus may set up bronchitis or pneumonia. The continuous slight fever results in a loss of vigor and in disturbances of digestion. There are even cases in which loss of memory or neurosis has occurred because of the constant infection and irritation. It has been well established that an infection in the nose may be carried by the blood to other parts of the body, resulting in serious inflammations of joints, infection of heart and kidneys and even meningitis. In children, chronic infection of the sinuses may be associated with enlarged adenoids and tonsils. Removal of the adenoids and tonsils may eliminate the source of the infection and end the trouble. At the same time, it should be emphasized again that correction of diet to incite a proper amount of vitamins A*B. C and D is of importance. 3

On request, sent with stamped addressed envelope, Mr. Ripley will furnish proof of anything depicted by him.

“Old Hoss” Radbourne —Charles Radbourne, one of the greatest pitchers in the history of baseball, was the pitching champion of the National League in 1884, when he was with the Providence team, the pennant winner of that year. The 745 innings which he pitched during the season comprised seventy-two regular games, three world series and five exhibitions. In the same year he established two world’s records which still stand—pitched twen-ty-two consecutive games, and won sixty of the seventy-two regular games. Reference: “All Sports Record and History Book,” by Frank G. Menke..

morse. It never has besn within :ny plan or intention to go beyond the political and economic field. This rule is a sound one in regard to all public men. Their private lives, or lack of them, are immaterial. Indeed, on numerous occasions I have been outraged when some candidate d r as praised by his partisans on the ground that he was an excellent husband and a good father. At such times I have been tempted to cast a protest vote against the politician presented in tills fashion. tt u a Not in the Picture AND so I am distressed at journalistic enterprise which makes Mrs. James J. Walker a figure in the city fracas, I have no means of knowing whether this is her idea, the notion of her husband or merely some managing editor’s conception of what the public ought to have. Please let me cite a little from the lead editorial in the Daily Mirror of Wednesday: “T love Jimmy and he loves me,” exclaims Mrs. Walker, smiling through tears with a lift of her little round chin. ‘Those who seek to ruin him will not succeed. I am going to fight beside my man’.” And, more particularly, allow me to present the following paragraph: "It doesn’t make so much difference whether Mayor Walker can muster facts to disprove charges of incompetency and indifference brought by his political enemies as does the simple fact that his wife’s faith in him remains unshaken by cruel innuendo directed against his domestic happiness and her own.” I think it makes all the difference in the world. As far as I’m concerned, the argument is the question of whether Mayor Walker is effective in handling the complex business of this huge corporation known as New York City. If Mrs. Walker happens to be a close student of civic affairs her testimony is just as relevant as that of any other voter, but I can not concede any political issue being built

There are, of course, cases in which the same child may have an enlargement of the tonsils and adenoids and associated with this a sensitivity to various protein substances. Obviously, attention to both conditions is necessary if complete recovery is to be secured. In older people, when the antrum is involved, the large sinuses on each side of the nose, it may be necessary to remove all infected teeth in relation to the antrum and to clean out the infected bone at the roots of the teeth. An opening into the antrum from the mouth permits drainage and the healing of the diseased membrane. If such measures fail, it is possible to employ a surgical procedure, which involves a wide opening of the sinuses or even complete obliteration. Such methods are, however, so delicate that they should be undertaken only by those especially competent and then afty the most careful consideratioar

li Registered 0 & D y Extent Office RIPLEY

Mr. and Mrs. John Henry Clisham—Although John Henry Clis- , ham was born on Oct. 13, 1904, and Mrs. Clisham was born Oat. . 12, 1904, he was torn first. Mrs. : Clisham, nee Peterman, was born in Byrcn, Cal., 8:30 p. m. Wednesday, Oct. 12. Mr. Clisham was born in Sheffield, England, 1:45 a. m. Thursday, Oct. 13. The difference in time between England ar.d California is eight hours, and at the time Mr. Clisham was born it was 5:25 p. m., Oct. 12, in California. He therefore is 3 hours and 5 minutes older than his wife. Wednesday—“ The Largest Mouth in the World.’’

Idea!* and opinions expressed In this column are those of one of America’s most Interestins writers and are presented without rexard to their agreement or disagreement with the editorial attitude of this oaper.—The Editor.

upon the precise extent of affection existing between any officeholder and his wife. I hereby move that all such testimony should be at once stricken out as incompetent, irrelevant and none of the public’s business. a tt a Judicial Incompetence BUT may I call the attention of the mayor to something which does concern the average citizen? Let him note down in his memory book the name of Magistrate Sabbatino. I am aware that the mayor has the power of appointment, but not of removal. Still, it is not a bad idea for both officials and the public to remember Sabbatino against the day when his term has ended. Sitting in court in Brooklyn, he imposed thirty days in jail against Bernard Rifkin, a young Socialist, guilty of no crime save that of protesting against the arrest of a companion who had been distributing Socialist literature in front of Erasmus Hall Evening high school. That the protest was not illfounded may be gathered from the fact that Jesse Gross, the boy first arrested, was discharged in the magistrate’s court. The complainant was Sylvester J. MacNainara, principal of the school. This city official also seems ripe for public censure, since he stands exposed as one who called in the police to act upon a pretext both frivolous and flimsy. It must seem harsh to blight a boy’s career in school and outside simply because he happens to be a radical sympathizer. Incidentally, the magazine which was being distributed contained an article by this columnist. I think I must admit that even in my warmest writ'ng moments I have not yet succeeded in achieving the dignity of becoming a menace to the youth of New York City. Magistrate Sabbatino has erred in previous cases. It was he who once suggested that young Communists ought to be flogged with a cat o’ nine tails. And it is upon such magisterial fervor that the police are incited to rough handling of prisoners. Magistrate Sabbatino refused to take any notice of the fact that both the Socialist youngsters brought before him had been beaten up in the police station after their arrest. tCoDvrisht. 1931. bv The Times) Questions and Answers W’ho played the role of Will Roger’s wife in the motion picture “Lightnin’?” Louise Dresser. What was the strength of the regular army April i, 1917? There ware 121,797 enlisted men and 5.791 officers, making a total strength of 127,588. What Is the plural of alibi? Alibies or alibis. Who gave the Statue of Liberty to the United States? It was presented to the people of the United States by the people of France to commemorate the one hundredth aniversary of Aajgrican inriApprujenr^

'APRIL 14, 1931

SCIENCE BY DAVID DIETZ Catalysts, or “Self-Starters Are Expected to Revolu-

tionize Future Industry. The next age may be the age of catalysts. Many scientists think that the day will come when we will look back upon the machine age with smiles. We are proud today of our huge factories with their tall chimneys belching smoke into the sky. No doubt the mighty dinosaur, floundering around in the swamps of the age of reptiles was proud of his huge bulk. Tiny mammals, so small that he could crush one beneath his ponderous foot, must have excited hLs mirth. But the day came when the dinosaur disappeared from the face of the earth and the tiny mammal took his place. The chemist knows that our boasted efficiency b inefficiency of the rankest sort. We are efficient up to the extent of our knowledge, but our ignorance still is abysmal. The time is coming when we will look back to the present day as a sort of technical dark age. There is something to think about whenever you are Inclined to puff up your chest about the twentieth century. And yet. it is not altogether fair to say that. For scientists and engineers have every right to be proud of the accomplishments of the first three decades of this century. The point I wish to make is that scientists and engineers look for-, ward to advances of such magnitude that they will revolutionize present industrial methods. 8 8 8 The Green Plant THE scientist looks to catalysts to bring about the revolution. The catalyst has been defined as a self-starter. In some way, it promotes or starts up chemical reactions which otherwise can not be carried on without the expenditure of tremendous amounts of energy, usually in the form of heat. Nature still knows more about catalysts than does man. A blackberry bush, growing on a hillside, is a smarter chemist than any mankind yet has produced. The bush, or any other green plant, absorbs the carbon dioxide of the air and the water of the soil and with the aid of sunlight puts them together into the sugars and starches which are within its cells. The energy for this chemical reaction Is the energy of sunlight. But the reaction is possible only in the presence of a green coloring matter in the plant’s cells. This green stuff, known as chlorcphyl, is a catalyst. Sunlight is falling continuously upon the earth’s surface and largely going to waste. In one second, the amount of energy which falls upon a square yard of the earth’s surface is the equivalent of two-thirds of a horse power. Some day chemists hope to know enough about catalysts to put that wasted energy to work. Chemical reactions go on within man's digestive system which are of such a nature that chemists can reproduce them only with the aid of tremendous amounts of energy. Undoubtedly, there are catalysts in the digestive juices which make these reactions possible with little' energy.

Catalysts Work WHEN the chemist leeks to the future use of catal’-sts, he is not indulging in a dream Many chemical processes now employ catalysts. These have simplified old manufacturing processes and in many cases made possible processes which previously were impossible. The manufacture of sulphuric acid makes use of platinum as a catalyst. The reaction by which sulphur dioxide is changed to sulphur tnoxide in the manufacture of sulphuric acid, is a difficult reaction to carry on. . But it is easily carried out in the presence of platinum. The platinum apparently does not enter the i eaction, or, if it does, it plays only a temporary part in it. But'nevertheless, its presence supplies the en- \ Ironment in which the reaction can take place. Catalysts also play an important role m the hydrogenation of fats. Oils can be made into fats by the addition of hydrogen. But under normal conditions, oils will not react with hydrogen. Nickel, however, is the catalyst in this case. In the presence of nickel, the oils and hydrogen react to form solid fats. Other processes in which catalysts are used include the manufacture of ammonia, synthetic wood alcohol and acetic acid. These successes have urged chemists in ail parts of the world to attack the problems of catalysts. And they are the reasons that the chemist regards present methods as makeshifts which, some day, must give way to simpler and less expensive ones.

PASSING OF WAR LOAN April 14 ON April 14, 1917, the house of representatives passed without a single negative vote a bill to finance the prosecution of the war against Germany. Three days later the senate passed the bill without opposition. The bill authorized the issuance of bonds to the amount of $5,000 - 000,000, of which $3,000,000,000 was to be loaned to the nations comprising the entente alliance; also ihe issuance of treasury certificates for $2,000,000,000 ultimately to be met by increased taxation. The bond issue as proposed was the largest in the history of the world. Under the terms of the bill, the President and the secretary of the treasury were to be unhampered in making a loan of $3,000,000 000 to the allies. The obligations of the foreign countries were to be taken at par. Did George Arliss appear in the role of the father in Anna Christie when Greta Garbo played the title role? George Arliss did not appear in the picture with Greta Garbo. The role of the father was played by George F. Marion. Where are the eyes of a grasahopper located? . _ In its head.