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H-Seem io Me HEYWOOD BROUN DOLORES DEL RIO. motion picture actrexs. made a profound remark in denying that she had contributed to the Communist party. She stressed her statement by adding. "And I know what becomes of every penny of my money except what I give to the income tax people." A good deal of the opposition to taxation can be set down to mere posse&siveness but I will grant that some part of the reluctance is based upon the inability of the individual actually to see his contribution in operation. The

fallacious notion that relief ran be handled by private benevolence rests upon a similar false assumption. But it is buoyed up by what might be called a three-eighths truth. When a rich man writes out a check for $150,000 and hands it to the Salvation Army he has an inner glow of satisfaction. "What a generous boy am I!” he says to himself. No principle of individualism has been violated. This was a free will offering and on the surface, at least, there was no compulsion. But the same man

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will holler his head off if the city, state, or nation comes along with the command. "You must pay SSO 000 in order to keep the unemployed from starvation.” Such a levy the rich man wili dispute as tyranny, bureaucracy and Communism. Charity may require more but it leaves the ego intact. Taxes take not only the cash but the souls satisfaction. And taxes are much the better way. ana The Turkey Doesn't Last THEY are the better way because the gentleman with resources can not quite discipline himself into doing a good deed every day. He may be moved to meet an emergency, but he has neither the will nor the Imagination to recognize a permanent obligation. The donor of charitable gifts never can understand why the Christmas turkey should not coldly furnish the starving family throughout the year. I read in the newspapers that there is bitter opposition to ‘he one-half of one per cent tax wmch Mayor La Guardia proposes to levy on gross income of merchants and professional men. And yet the case has been stated clearly. The experts of the administration have stated very clearly that one out of every seven citizens of New York is on relief rolls The winter which creeps forward seems destined to be the most punishing the city ever has known. A vast sum will be required to prevent actual death from hunger or exposure. The means must be found. Private charity has proved inadequate in situations much less serious and it seems to me fantastic to call upon it now’ as offering any complete solution. The tax suggested by the mayor may not be the right one. I do not pretend to know. I merely insist that the necessary money must be found. In sharp disagreement with President Roosevelt I think it is evident that we must rob Peter to pay Paul. In phraseology I merely am following the adage. I would not call it robbery to take from those who have to save the lives of those who are quite destitute. a a a Face the Facts PEOPLE who scream about this tax or the other ought to be made to face the facts. We have been fond of saying in America, nobody starves.” To be sure that never was true literally. The best which ever should have been advanced would be the claim, "very few starve quickly.” The bulk of those who perish are not victims of acute starvation but merely the toll taken by chronic malnutrition. But are we mice to be played with or men demanding an immediate readjustment? Direct relief tlirough municipal, state or federal authorities is not and should not be considered charity. The government faces no more fundamental problem. At times I have heard the scornful say. “Why should we who are efficient be taxed to support the scum of the earth? Darwin was right. I think there is too much coddling of the destitute. I believe in the survival of the fittest.” Btlt Mr. Darwin never said that survival lay with the best providers and the most thrifty of the species. He suggested a sort of continuing warfare. Even on the island of Galapagos Charles Darwin discovered a kind of class warfare. If only the fittest are to continue Maxie Baer may walk into Mr. Mellon’s counting room almost any morning and explain. "Hand over those potatoes. Uncle Andy, because I’m a better man than you are!” tCopvr!*ht. 1934. br The Times!

Today s Science BY DAVID DIETZ

F-'AME as great as that accorded Professor Albert Einstein awaits the man who can answer the question. “What is light?'* According to Einstein’s theory of relativity, the one constant thing in the whole universe is the speed of light. Therefore, light becomes the most fundamental thing in the world. And yet we do not know what it is. Two theories as to the nature of light have battled for supremacy for centtiries. One is the corpuscular theory of light. The other is the wave theory of light. The ancient Greeks originated the first theory. They imagined that light consisted of a stream of very fine particles. Sir Isaac Newton in his day became the foremost champion of this corpuscular theory of light. But even he realized that the theory was not sufficient to explain all the manifestations of light. m a a '"OHE wave theory gained ascendency in the eight--1 eenth century and became firmly entrenched in the nineteenth. Many elaborate experiments were brought forward of such a nature that they seemed capable of explanation only on the basis of the wave theory. An example of this was Young's experiments on “interference.” Suppose that light is admitted to a darkened room through two pinholes close together. If the light is permitted to fall upon a suitable screen, a pattern of alternate light and dark concentric circles is formed. This pattern can be explained only on the basis of the interference of the one set of light-waves with the other. This matter of interference is still the chief stumbling block to any attempt to scrap the wave theory of light, for-u can not be explained satisfactorily on any other basis. In 1873. James Clark Maxwell, the British mathematician. published his electro-magnetic theory of light, according to which light consisted of electromagnetic waves. In 1887. Professor Heinrich Hertz, a German Jew. demonstrated the existence of such waves. For a time they were called Herzian waves. Today, we call them radio waves. As the nineteenth century drew to a “lose, it was felt that the wave theory of light was firmly established. Then came Professor Max Planck's famous experiments in 1900 and Professor Albert Einsteins explanation of the situation, published in 1905. a a a DR. PLANCK found that the rate at which radiation was given off by a heated body did not match up with what might be expected from the wave theory of light. He found that radiation seemed to come off in little bundles or packages instead of continuously. Einstein in 1905 boldly suggested a return to the old corpuscular theory of light. The little bullets of light became known as quanta and the theory as the quantum theory. More recently, however, the term photon has begun to replace that of quantum. Professor Arthur Compton was given the Nobel prize for adding evidence to the quantum theory. His experiments indicated definite collisions between photon* of light and atoms of matter. But shortly after he was given the prize, he compared the battle between the wave theory and the quantum theory to a football game and said that the score was a tie and the bell in the middle of the field.

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GUARD BABY STAR FROM FAME

Film Adoration Won't Spoil Shirley Temple, Vows Mother

BY DAN THOMAS Serlr Staff Writer Hollywood, cat. Aug. 23. She's a beautiful, blond movie actress. She makes $1 000 a week. Thousands idolize her on the screen, send her fan mail. But she's been turned over her mother's knee and spanked twice. Laughing, dimpled, 5-year-old Shirley Temple, newest and mo6t sensational "baby star” in pictures, is like the little girl in the nursery rhyme. When she's good, she's very, very good, and when she is bad she is—punished. As Mrs. George F. Temple, mother of the youthful actress, explains. “I don’t want my little girl to become spoiled and egotistical. That's the biggest problem we have with Shirley, because every one in the studio—from the most famous stars and executives down to the prop boys—are always making a fuss over her. That sort of thing is bad for any child. "Shirley’s father and I do all we can to offset this. Shirley’s like other children. There are times when she needs correction. Usually a scolding is sufficient punishment. I don’t believe in whipping children, although it's true that I have had to resort to this twice.” a a a WHY her small daughter was punished Mrs. Temple didn’t say. However, if her parents can help it, the "Baby Bernhardt” is not going to lose any of the experiences of a normal childhood just because she earns SI,OOO a week starring in motion pictures and is the highest paid little girl in the world. Shirley is 43 inches tall and weighs 43 pounds. She has dimples in both cheeks, though the one on the right cheek shows clearest in pictures. Her eyes are hazel-colored. Aside from having the curliest golden head in Hollywood—without benefit of beauty parlors— Shirley Temple has other distinctions setting her apart from the rest of the stars. She never uses makeup. She still has all her baby teeth. Her chief enthusiasms are vegetable soup, dolls, dogs, and her pet turtles. She goes to bed at 8 o’clock promptly every night. She doesn't mind that. a a a TIER future? Well, Shirley herself is a little vague about it just now. But in September she's starting to school. Being unable to read, she never sees her fan mail. Even if she could read, she wouldn't be allowed to see the letters. because nine out of ten of them contain the words, "I think you are the most beautiful baby in the w’orld.” Mr. and Mrs. Tem-

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DAILY WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND

By Drew Pearson and Robert S. Allen-

WASHINGTON, Aug. 23.—Because an old man stole a little snooze, there may result the unusual spectacle of a United States senator from one state suing the government of another. It happened this way: Delaware's Senator Townsend, ardent enthusiast in the piscatorial arts, bought himself a very fancy cabin cruiser in which to pursue the spoity bluefish and tuna off the Maryland and Delaware coasts. Son Paul Townsend, about 30. was designated skipper. He kept the boat at Ocean City, Md.. where fishing is extraordinarily fruitful. Early one morning—about 3 a. m.—son Paul and son Jack, together with some guests from Washington, cast off from the pier in Ocean City inlet for a day of trolling in the open ocean. In order to get out of the inlet, it was necessary to pass through a low T draw bridge.

Approaching the bridge, Paul sounded his call-horn for the draw to be opened, meanwhile circled round in the strong tide just off the bridge. He blew and blew and blew. Nothing happened. The aged tender in the control house, dreaming of pastimes far more pleasurable than grinding the creaky handgears of the bridge for the senatorial cruiser. Suddenly, the tide caught the Townsend boat, and despite the most skillful efforts of Skipper Paul, it swept downstream toward the bridge. a a a THE draw tender had roused by this time, and was grinding grimly on the great crank. But not fast enough. There was a splintering collision, and the cruiser swept through, the superstructure catching the bottom of the draw. Guests and son John scurried from under: but skipper Paul was caught in the falling debris. When they got him out he had a cracked shoulder, wTenched side, and a badly slashed face from flying glass. Damage to the boat in the four figures. Legal question involved: Whether the state of Mart land is answerable to the senator from Delaware for negligence of the bridge tender. a a a THE R F C. loan to Chicago to provide cash salaries to school teachers will be followed by loans to other municipalities. The R F. C. has passed out word that other cities wanting cash for school teachers may put up sufficient security and get it. But the word ‘ security" should not be overlooked. When R. F. C. officials pronounce that word you can tell that they mean it. In the case of Chicago, they took a mortgage on some of the city's oldest property, given to it by the federal government for educational purposes in the early days when Section 16 out of every township was donated to states and municipalities In the case of Chicago, this land now is located in the Loop, and is ample security for the R. F. C. The boy who pu through the Chicago deal was dynamic Tom

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pie don’t want their daughter to get that notion. George F. Temple, the little girl’s father, is employed in a Santa Monica bank. None of his or Mrs. Temple's relatives—Shirley excepted—ever has been on the stage. It was only a few months ago that the little singing and dancing star stole the movie spotlight. For tw'o years she had been appearing in comedies occasionally without attracting any particular attention. a a a THEN she was cast in a fulllength feature, “Stand Up Cheer.” Before the film was finished, it was generally agreed that the youngster was destined to become one of the most successful of child players. She was offered a contract at a salary of $l5O a W’eek. Her parents agreed and the contract was legally approved in court. Two more pictures followed, each a triumph for the little girl. Studio executives offered Shirley anew contract at a salary of SI,OOO a w’eek. Her father wanted more, but later accepted this offer. Whether she is making a picture or not, Shirley rises at 7:30 every morning. Her breakfast consists of fruit, cereal and milk.

Corcoran, chief brainster for bulky Jesse Jones. a a a 'T'HE hero of this story must be anonymous. Although a devoted New Dealer, his sly humor might not be appreciated in certain quarters. The executive in question has been working all summer, without a let-up. But the other day Washington's humid summer temperature got the better of him. He dashed home, picked a bag, and without saying a word to any one. departed. The next morning his secretary found this cryptic note on his desk: “Gone fishing, but not on a battleship." (Copyright 1934. bv United Feature Syndicate. Inc.) DELTA CHI FRATERNITY TREASURER IS MISSING National Official Disappears; $32,000 Shortage Found. By United Pros KANSAS CITY, Mo., Aug. 23 —C. S Deroin. national, treasurer, of Delta Chi social fraternity, has been missing since Aug. 15, when fraternity officers and a surety company are alleged to have discovered a shortage of $32,000 in his accounts. Mr. Deroin has been national treasurer for two terms. He graduated from the University of Kansas in 1914. Delta Chi has thirtyseven chapters scattered throughout the country.

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Optimist Club, luncheon, Columbia Club. Exchange Club, luncheon, Washington. Reserve Officers’ Association, luncheon. Board of Trade. Sahara Grotto, luncheon, Grotto Club Phi Delta Theta, luncheon, Columbia Club. Delta Tau Delta, luncheon, Columbia Club. Harvard Club, luncheon. Lincoln. Royal Arcanum, meeting, Washington, 8 p. m.

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After breakfast, if she and her mother are not going to the studio, Shirley goes out in the back yard, where she has a playhouse. She makes mud pies, plays with her dolls, or amuses herself with her turtles and Markie, her black and white cocker spaniel. a u a HER luncheon is served at 12 o’clock. Then comes a short play period and after that a nap of at least an hour, sometimes longer. she has supper at 6 o’clock. Not an unpleasant routine for a little girl of 5. Shirley likes it. The naive gaiety which has won for her the hearts of so many thousands of theater-goers is spontaneous, natural. How long Shirley’s film career will last her parents do not prophesy. Figures have been collected to show that the average child star’s earning period is limited to about three and a half years. Mrs. Temple hopes Shirley can continue making pictures for a long time, because she wants her daughter to be assured of financial independence w’hen she grows up. Aside from that, Mrs. Temple isn’t concerned. It’s Shirley’s personal welfare that is of first importance to her mother.

‘KIDNAPED’ PREACHER FACES FEDERAL TRIAL Evangelist Held as Extortionist After Admitting Plot. By United Press GOLDSBORO, N. C„ Aug. 23. The Rev. Ralph H. Askew, ‘FourSquare Gospel” evangelist, was held in jail today on a charge of attempted extortion filed by federal agents after he confessed his story of being kidnaped was false and that he sent his wife notes demanding $25,000 ransom. Askew is 28, his wife 50. Arraigned before a federal commissioner, Askew pleaded not guilty to using the mails in an attempt to extort money from his wife. HOMESTEADS~ARE~fOPIC City Club to Discuss Federal Tracts at Session. Discussion of the possibility of opening up homestead tracts provided by the government will be discussed at 7 tonight in Cropsey auditorium of the central library. The meeting will be held under auspices of the Mutual Achievement Club.

SIDE GLANCES By George Clark

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THE NATIONAL ROUNDUP a a a mam By Ruth Finney

WASHINGTON, Aug. 23.—1n proposing creation of a national economic council Agriculture Secretary Henry Wallace may have sounded the keynote for the next phase of the New Deal. Three circumstances strengthened thus belief today. As early as 1930, various persons now connected with the Roosevelt administration were on record in favor of an economic council of one sort or another. This w’ould indicate strong support for the idea within

the official family. As proposed by Secretary Wallace, his council would solve the question of what to ao about NRA. It would “co-ordinate” activities of this body and AAA and probably make policy for both of them. It would simplify the task of getting permanent industrial legislation through the next congress. It would constitute still another bid for support from liberals of both parties. Senator Robert M. La Follette sponsored legislation for creation of an economic council in 1930 and his manufactures committee held extensive hearings on the subject. If the President wants realignment of parties, eco-

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nomic planning might be the issue on which he could bring it about. Secretary Wallace suggests that the national economic council be composed of representatives of the farmer, the laborer, finance and the consumer with the government acting as referee. He visions it as a means of making economic democracy work and of avoiding dictatorship of any kind. a a a THE La Follette plan called for a council of fifteen members selected from industry, finance, agriculture, transportation and labor. At that time, when the idea of economic planning w r as new to this country, he simply proposed that the council collect economic information and make reports to the President and congress. With various qualifications the idea was indorsed by Frances Perkins, John H. Fahey, now chairman of the Home Owners’ Loan Corporation; Leo Wolman of the automobile labor board, and Monsignor John A. Ryan of the industrial appeals board. William Green, John L. Lewis and Sidney Hillman of the labor advisory board and Gerard Swope, Henry Harriman and Alfred P. Sloan, former members of the industrial advisory board, all testified, the last three favoring an unofficial planning body. The labor men favoring greater power for the government. SINCE then the Roosevelt administration has taken several tentative steps toward national economic planning. NRA and PWA have planning divisioas and the central statistical board collects information in much the way Senator La Follette proposed, except that it is composed of government officials instead of representatives of affected interests. The emergency council and the new industrial committee have tried to co-ordinate the wofk of different departments, but not on the scale proposed by Secretary Wallace. BROWNING HAS RELAPSE X Rich Realtor’s Condition Described as “Very Low.” By United Press NEW YORK. Aug. 23.—The condition of Edward W. < Daddy) Browning, millionaire .realtor, was described as “very low” today at the Hospital for Joint Diseases, where he has been confined for more than a month after a cerebral hemorrhage. He suffered a relapse yesterday.

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Fair Enough HMKMBt NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 23.—1 t looks as though the revolution against der Kingflsh will not come off before election day. Sept. 11. if ever. On that date the dictator will have his first occasion to buy victory at the polls at $5 a vote and charge the cost to the citizens. United States Senator Huey Long has withdrawn temporarily from New Orleans, attended by his

armed bodyguards, thus removing from the scene of the indignation the object of all the resentment. This is the familiar strategy of the dictator. He annoyed the citizens of New Orleans and other urban centers of the state until they were almost ready tc march on his headquarters in a counterputsch. Now. with the mast delicate timing, he has gone aw’ay and ceased to annoy them. When they have had time to cool off somewhat, the dictator will come back and irritate them some more. This has been going on for years and though he always makes the

citizens very angry he always up to now has known when to stop. There still is talk in New r Orleans to the effect that if it is necessary to kill the dictator to prevent him from buying the election and suppressing opposition through his armed secret police force, patriots will be found to do the killing. This Is rather bold talk for an American community, to be sure, but familiar talk in New Orleans nevertheless. a a a It's an Old Custom THE mayor of the city, Semmes Walmsley, has discussed the possibility, quite blandly. The mayor does not threaten to kill the dictator, of course. He puts it in a different way. He just says that the citizens of New’ Orleans are not going to stand for the purchase of votes by Huey Long at $5 each at their expense. Neither, he says, are they going to put up with any foolishness from the secret strong arm force created by der Kingflsh's legislature last w’eek. So there Is a promise of carnage only in the event that Huey undertakes to go through with his coup on Sept. 11. If that means revolution, there will be plenty of precedent for it. The most substantial precedent took place fifty years ago when a bard of vigilantes assembled beneath a statue of Andrew Jackson and advanced on the headquarters of the carpet-bag government. They carried old duelling pistols, smooth bore rifles, shotguns and primitive army Springfields left over from the war. When the shooting was over, numerous northern officials and even greater numbers of recently emancipated Negroes were ex. Many citizens of New Orleans at the present time are asking themselves whether they are mice or men and the mayor, though professing no humane interest in the dictator’s wellare, hopes the assassination will not take place before election day. People might think he ordered it done to win the election and turn on him. He does not believe der Kingflsh will have the personal courage to make full use of the powers which he voted himself through his legislature. In that event there would be no necessity for killing him. tt a u A Plea for Freedom A YOUNG editor who runs a paper at Hammond, a town hostile to Huey, has an editorial running down the middle of page one today, in which He’ spoils for battle: “With the freedom of the press threatened,” says he, “with the chance of an honest election completely lost and with the personal rights and liberties of man menaced by a secret army, there remains only ancient methods of righting wrong. We hope to God that Louisiana men awake to these wrongs and to the sole remaining method of righting them.” The young editor is Hodding Carter. On the phone he recalled that 200 men from his neighborhood came to New Orleans for the municipal primary last January and said they were ready to march again and fight if necessary. It is Long’s record that he always know’s precisely when to stop and therefore he may decide to make rather sparing use of the secret police and the power to buy votes. Time and again he has made New Orleans wild and, as in the present case, withdrawn from the scene to let the citizens rave just w’hen they seemed on the point of doing something about it all. After a while he does something to chum them up again. Anywny, the revolution Is postponed indefinitely, (Copyright. 1934. by United Feature Syndicate. Inc.)

Your Health —BY DR. MORRIS FISHBEIN—

THE records of medicine are filled with all sorts of queer incidents. One of the most unusual has just been reported to a British medical organization. It was the case of a man who was going to light* a cigaret, and as he did so he belched. An explosion resulted. The man had suffered for some years with pain in the region of the stomach, after eating. He had developed the habit of strong eructations or belching of gas after meals. As he sat beside his wife in a motion picture house, he felt inclined to smoke. He took out a cigaret and inserted it between his lips. He then lit a match and started to touch it to the cigaret between his cupped fingers. a a a AT this moment he was seized with a violent desire to belch. To his alarm and astonishment, and to that of those seated near him, there was a flash and a sharp explosion. The cigaret was blown from his lips across several rows of seats. His mustache was burned and his fingers were singed. The man decided at once to have a complete medical examination. It was found that he had suffered with ulcers of the stomach and obstruction of the opening from the stomach into the intestines. The explanation offered is that the gas from the man’s stomach mingled with the air in his mouth and in his cupped hands in just the right proportions, and that the application of the match brought about the explosion. a a a THE unusual character of this incident caused a careful investigation of medical literature and three similar cases were found. One case is reported of a man who had noted a foul odor to his breath. He was blowing out a match which he had struck to see what time it was when the explosion occurred. In another case the gas from the stomach jvas analyzed and was found to contain enough hydrogen to form an explosive mixture. In a third case a man who ate a great deal of eggs belched and gas was found which contained hydrogen sulphide. The man who most recently was a sufferer from an explosion was operated on for the treatment of his gastric ulcer. He has since recovered and has discontinued the eructation of gas.

Questions and Answers

Q —Do any of the city employes receive a pension when retired, or, when killed, does the family get any? A—The police and firemen are the only city employes who receive pensions. Every man in both departments pays $2 a month toward the pension fund and the balance of the fund is raised from taxation. This year, $61,047 In tax money went into each department’s pension fund.

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