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liALTmoUE, SATLliDA MAttCll'lC. 1M0 THE EVENING SUX, On Irish History Tomorrow Is Saint Patrick's Day grounds were not overlooked by the old City Plan Commission when it made its recommendations on pnrk extensions back In 1920. Existing playgrounds and areas In which the commission found a need for playgrounds were duly mapped at that time. It ought not to overtax the present commission to bring that map up to date. It belongs in the city's Master Plan.

the country for skilled workers and the general belief that the country can support a population three times its present size. The Dominican Republic is not-alone in this dream of a Spanish revival. Mexico, too. has granted refuge to numbers of Spaniards and so has Chile. It is well known that among the ranks of the Spanish Insurgents were many of the country's intellectuals.

How far these refugees can carry the renaissance while adapting themselves to new conditions, in the face of popular ignorance and before death In! the ordinary course of events removes them, remains to be seen. But it is a noble conception and, so far as the Dominican Republic is concerned, especially In keeping with the character of Rafael Trujillo, who last year offered a $50,000 peace prize named in honor of himself. THE EVENING SUN ruMttned Every Weekday By THE A S. A BELL COMPANY Pact PTTtson, President entered at the Postofflee at Baltimore second elau malt matter. Subscription Rates of the Sunpapera SINGLE COPIES Moraine 3c Evening.

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All riffbts of republication of specie! dispatches herein are also rewired. BALTIMORE. SATURDAY. MARCH 16. 1940 he addressed a meeting in Dublin where he said he was horrified by the bad teeth of Irish children.

"If you paid more attention to dental clinics," he said, "than to the Irish language, the country would be better off." A storm of booing greeted this remark. Waiting untilthe storm subsided, Shaw stared defiantly at the audience and said: "If anyone dares to boo me again, I'll continue my speech in Irish and not one of you will understand a single word I say!" There was loud laughter and Dublin's prodigal son continued without any further interruption. Having practically no sense of humor, but a great liking for wit and repartee, the Irish appreciate a dig like that Yet, In their devotion to the losing cause of Gaelic, they are quite willing to disown all Anglo-Irish literature as un-Irish. Imagine a country of only some four and a half million people who are so prodigal as to present to England of such names as Swift, Berkeley, Con-greve, Goldsmith, Thomas Moore, Sheridan, Wilde, George Moore, Shaw, Yeats, Sjngc.E, and a host of others too numerous to mention. Another of the quirks of history which makes Ireland seem "impossible" to tbe uninitiated.

When you cross over from Dublin to Holyhead, landing In Wales, you hear the local people talking Welsh to each other. 1 have stopped men and women along iho roads in Wales, asking for directions, and found some who did not understand English at all and others who spoke it diffidently. Lloyd George can address his Welsh constituents In their own language and no comment is excited. But Grclic In Ireland Is like a red rag to John Bull. Scottish regiments are encouraged to wear their kilts and play their pipes, but no Irish regiment in the British army is allowed a similar, distinctive native uniform, despite the great military records of the Ennlskillen Fusiliers, the Dublin Fusiliers, the Mun-ster Fusiliers and others.

The Irish have become accustomed in the course of 700 years to finding that evidences of their nationality are never encouraged. So they long since decided that God helps those who help themselves. Thus it comes about that the Irish are assertive, pugnacious and individualistic. They are the saddest and gayest of people, carefree at the slightest opportunity, yet with a hard core of fierce determination, which makes them an enigma, especially to their stolid English neighbors. Their history has made them so, a history as unlike that of Britain as if the two islands were 10,000 miles apart.

Whenever an Irishman appears, to be at his-most perverse and eccentric, it is certain that a historical commonplace will explain him. Thus in Ireland Protestant and Catholic alike celebrate St. Patrick's Day. while only in a section of Ulster do Orangemen, on July 12, mark themselves off from all other Protestants by Joining with Pope Alexander VIII In commemorating the defeat of James 11 of Scotland. Music On Records Debussy: Nocturnes (1.

Nuages, 2. Fetes, 3. Sirenes) Philadelphia Orchestra, and chorus, conducted by Leopold Stokoicskl. Three 12" disks (five sides), and one 10" disk. Victor Album J-C30.

$0.50. Two of the three parts which comprise the Nocturnes (Nuages and Fetes) have already been available in single-disk recording by Stokowsky and the Philadelphia Orchestra. Thus the only part of this et which is new to the record audience is Sirenes, one on three 12" sides. Debussy's sinuous periods are perfectly suited to tha Stokowski style, and he does himself proud with them. Unfortunately the leas.t interesting part of this set (to all except, perhaps, voice teachers) is the tew part.

In Sirenes, Debussy supplements orchestra with a wordless chorus, supposed to suggest a school of mermaids swimming in a moonlit sea. To this commentator these quavering female voices, emerging from an ocean of luscious Instrumental sound, can never seem anything but comic; and a spirit of low comedy is urely tb last thing that Debussy in tended to evoke with this music. Tho Nocturnes, chorus and all, were played here by Stokowski last fall. Moussorgsky: Pictures At An Exhibition Alfred Mlrovitch (pianist). Three 10 disks.

Royalo 1851-3. 75 cents each. It is still necessary to look first to the quality of the recordings of this new firm. The present set shows a vast technical improvement over, say, the Moaart variations (played by this same pianist) which got an unqualified thumbs down In this column two weeks ago. There are still flaws: too much surface scratch ami some tinnincss in the upper register.

But with these qualifications the set may recommended particularly since It has no competitor. The "Moussorgsky "pictures," which range in mood rom the "Ballet of the Unbatched Chicks" to "The Convent," are most frequently heard In the Ravel orchestral transcription (the Koussevitsky set is good) and in the special transcription by Cailliet which the Philadelphia orchestra favors ami has recorded. Mlrovitch has filled an obvious gap by providing a competent performance of the original writing for piano. A few of the "pictures" are lacking and will presumably be available later." Handel: Concerto No. 1.

Flat Major, For Oboe And Orchestra. Leon Ooosens (oboe), and the London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ooosens. One 12" disk. Victor Ko. 12(505.

$1.50. Handel had a feeling for the oboe and wrote a number of oboe pieces, Including three short of which this is one. This record will bo an ear-opener to those who think of, the oboe as being useful chiefly to add color to an orchestras in Gooseus' hands (and he Is neck and neck with Tabuto, of the Philadelphia Orchestra, ns one of the two leading oboe virtuosi) it is supple and expressive and very well suited to Handel's writing. Those who care to explore the possibilities of the instrument further may bo interested in comparing Gooseus staccato and rather 'reedy" style with the rich tone and more legato playing of Mitchell Miller, the rising young man who will be playing with the Baltimore Symphony tomorrow night, and who has also recorded several things. "Jeanette MacDonald In Two Arias From Gounod's the Bach-Gounod- "Ave One Kiss; When I Have Sung My Songs; Do Go, My Love; Lover, Come Back To Me, And Lcn Fillcs de Cadiz.

Jcaititto MacDonald, soprano, with piano and orchestral accompaniments by (iiunvpi)c liamboschek. Four 10 disks. Victor Album No. J-C42. $C50 Six of the eight songs in this album were on Miss MacDonald's program when she sang to a crowded house at the Lyric Theater here a few weeks since.

It may have been the added attraction of her personal beauty, but the "In person" versions -also seemed superior in the matter of diction and voice quality. The red-haired soprano's film following will probably find these records pleasantly entertaining, but the regular concert record purchaser will not. Sloppy diction, a shallow, edgy voice quality and a banal lack of contrast in songs of varying mood are but a few of the deficiencies. Tbe best singing of tbe album is in the Bach-Gounod "Ave Maria." but even that Is palled beside the records of, for instance, Rosa Ponsclle, or any oue of half a dozen others. All eight songs arc readily available elsewhere by other (and better) singers.

Ippolitow-Iwanow: Behold, Bless Ys The Lord; And Blessed Is The Man, Hallelujah, From The Kiev Monastery Liturgy. Sung In Russian. Siberian Singers, male chorus uiae com pa nicd, directed by Xicholas Vailieff. One disk. Victor Ko.

44C2. $1. Although the former of these was recorded In England by the Dayton Westminster Chorus along with some other religious music, the rich sonorities of this Russian chorus supersede It. The recording dos full justice to the soaring tenors and incredible bassos which make Russian choral groups so outstanding. New Words For Old tFrom Varletyl Madison dips in and out of the N.

Y. nitery, when not singing with the St. Louis in uny op (lighf operetta and musical comedy) summer season, or other legits. By ERNEST BOYD republican organization founded by Belfast Protestants in 1791, when enthusiasm for the ideals of the American and French revolutions ran high. Their defeat In the Rebellion of 179S has resulted in their movement being vaguely classified as another abortive insurrection of the Catholic Irish.

Although the Free State flag symbolically united orange and green, the former color is so unpopular, especially at this time of the year, that the marshal of the Evacuation Day parade in South Boston protested a couple of weeks ago against the use of orange to trim the uniforms of the State employes iu the parade. The victory of William of Orange over James II at the Battle of the Boyne is misunderstood by Orangemen to be a license to indulge their anti-Papist proclivities throughout Northern Ireland on July 12. The historical fact, however, is that the defeat of James meant the defeat on the Continent of Louis XIV, and Pope Alexander VIII, together with Leopold of Austria, were gratified and elated by this "Protestant" victory. Sir Horace Plunkett used to say that Irish history was for Irishmen to forget and for Englishmen to remember. It has always seemed to me that it would be better for both parties if they really knew anything about the real historical evolution of that turbulent island, whose people are known the world over, but whose history is a closed book.

When the Free Statfe becomes "Eire" and Quecnstown "Cobh," people conclude at once that this is another example of Irish contrariness, but Eire is the name of the country in Gallic, and the first map I ever saw as a child indicated Cobh as the original name of the village. The Anglicization of Irish names does not alter the fact that for centuries they existed In their native form. Should an Italian change Llvorno and Firenze because we call them Leghorn and Florence? Of course, tbe Irish language Is an endless source of controversy and of innocent merriment. It is the only Celtic language with an alphabet of its own, as beautiful and distinctive as Greek, Russian or Gothic, butt it has only eighteen letters. As is bne of the missing, how does one write De Valera in Giellc? Believe It or not, but Frank Aiken in Irish is Prornnsias h-Aodha-gain.

Joseph Connolly becomes Seosamh Conghaile, while Desmond Fitzgerald is Deasmhumhain Mac Gerailt. Irish is now an essential part of the curriculum of the primary and secondary schools and is an obligatory subject for matriculation at the National University. Yet, during the last war, an English friend of mine was arrested by an Irish policeman because he refused to speak any language but Irish and was suspected of being spy by the Irishman who spoke only Euglish! When Bernard Shaw returned, to his native land, after many years' absence, the free-transfer system in Baltimore is one of the most comprehensive and liberal in the United States. A Transit Man. Baltimore, March 14.

More Maryland Place Names To the Editor of The Evening Sun Sir: The interesting discussion of place-name origins begun by the question about Accident, suggests other places whoso origins seem lost in obscurity. I am collecting those for future publication. Perhaps some reader may have an answer for Asbestos, Love Toint, Avenue, Fairplay, Security or Appeal all in Maryland. In response to the reader who wishes the origin of Bivalve, may I offer the following? The little village of Bivalve was first known as Waltersville. About 1SS0 a postofiice was established there aud given the name of Bivalve for the oyster which is very plentiful in the vicinity.

Reva H. Kobhe. Baltimore. March 14. Not to mention these other Maryland names: Blackhorsc, Blueball, Breakneck Hill, Buzzard Island, Cuckold Creek.

''Gods Grace Point, Good Luck, Gratitude. Hoop Pole Ridge, Lock 53. My Lady Branch, Outward Tump, Paradise, Pawpaw Point, Sang Run, T. Waterloo. The Editor.

His Watchdog Was Stolen To the Editor of The Evening Sun Sir: What has happened to our peaceful "City of This morning I read of another murder and other crimes. Women are afraid to walk the streets. I have a number of friends who wouldn't dare leave their homes after dark, and I feel the same way. Last week two small children were rohlied on their way to the corner store. Last night an old man had his jaw fractured.

These are just a few goodness knows how many more there are. These cowardly thugs seem to stop at nothing. I had a good watchdog for protection, and even he was stolen. Can't something be done? ''Peace-Loving Baltimore, March 14. "Luxury And Free Living Is Their Motto" To the Editor of The Evening Sun Sir: The sooner we rid ourselves of Mrs.

Sanger and her followers, tbe saner and healthier this world will become. I approve of birth control for those who I JOHN PEXTLAND MAHAFFY, provost of Trinity College, Dublin, and famous tutor of Oscar Wilde, once described Ireland as the country where the probable never happens and the impossible always occurs. Nothing Irish ever turns out to be what it seems on the face of it. Take St. Patrick's Day, for example.

Most national celebrations of this kind commemorate some Joyful historic event. America rejoices on Washington's Birthday and France celebrates the fall of the Bastille. The Irish, however, are different. Their day of national rejoicing is in memory of a man who was not even Irish and who was first brought to Ireland as a slave. Moreover, this annual festival might more accurately be described as a wake, for these parades and festivities mark tbe death of St.

Patrick, on March IT, A. D. 465. This in itself might be enough to make any nation "contrary." Just to add to the confusion, St. Patrick Is buried in that ultra-Protestant area outside the Free State, in the County Down, which is one of the kIx counties of Northern Ireland.

Before he died he created the See of Armagh, In the adjoining county of that name, which was to be the head of the Christian Church in Ireland. The result is that his Eminence Joseph Cardinal MacRory, Primate of all Ireland, resides there and Is also outside tbe boundaries of Eire. Thus it comes about that the head of the Catholic Church is not in the most Catholic, but in tbe most Trotestant, part of Ireland. Because of its religious associations Armagh also houses the Protestant Primate of all Ireland, an Episcopalian archbishop In a territory where the majority of the people are Presbyterian, Methodist and Catholic. So the tangled strains of past Irish history produce the apparent paradoxes of the present.

nmfji Deriving from that history is the curious that there is no Catholic cathedral in Dublin, the ancient capital of Ireland and the center of the Free State Government. There is a substitute, as its name implies, known as tbe Tro-Cathedral, which is actually the Metropolitan Church of St. Mary, dating as far back as 1S10. Yet there arc two Protestant cathedrals, St. Patrick's and Chrlstchurch, the former inseparably connected with the name of Dean Swift, who is burled there.

Emphasizing the nou-sectarian character of St. Patrick's Day celebrations in Ireland itself, services are heJd on that day in the cathedral named after him, and at one time a friend of mine, an Episcopal clergyman, conducted the proceedings in Irish for it is another error to assume that Irishmen are all of one religion, as witness the Protestant Douglas Hyde, founder of the Gaelic League and President of Eire. Irish history refuses to le simplified, despite all efforts to do so by classifying the population according to religion. The United Irishmen were originally a Keep letters down to 200 words if possible. And we must have your name and address.

Out-Of-State Students To the Editor of The Evening Sun Sir: The Evening Sun of Friday carried ft story of an aecideut in which several University of Maryland students were involved. The article went on to say that the students were residents of New York city. I always thought that the U. of a State institution, was for residents of Maryland only. Inasmuch as this university is supported almost wholly by appropriations from the State, I am unable to understand why they take students frpm other States.

Baltimore, March 11. C. R. Russell. AThe University of Maryland registrar reports an undergraduate enrollment of 3,353, broken down as follows: Maryland students.

District of Columbia, 755; out-of-State, 373. Maryland students who live on the campus pay from to $567 a year for. tuition, board and certain incidental fees. C. students pay an additional $50, and students from other States an added $125.

The presence of students from other parts of the country is said in itself to have an educational value for Maryland students. What financial burden, if any, the out-of-State students impose on Maryland taxpayers we are unable to report. The Editor, The Cheaper Fares To the Eoitor or The Evening Sun Sir: May I have a little space to answer the letter from in tonight's Evening Sun about the car fares in Baltimore? He writes, "Every ride one makes, whether three blocks or three miles, has a charge of 10 cents." Evidently does not know about the "second ride for half fare" available to all who use the cars, busses and trackless trolleys between 10 A. M. and 4 P.

M. on weekdays and all day on Sundays. This reduces the average fare for these riders to 7 cents. Also ho may hot know about the 5-cent school-token fares for all school children, including high schools, public and parochial, and the half fares for children under 12 and 4-cent and 5-cent commutation rates in the county zones. He speaks of "must" users of cars and busses.

Housewives and shoppers riding between 10 and 4 and school children certainly come within this category. And TT- 17s. sail v-i I II I III Not A Crime All too often when a community is aroused as it has been by the murder of young John K. Waterbury and action Is demanded, the police lose their heads and impose restrictions that do little good in solving the problem and merely harass unoffending people. Commissioner Stanton is, therefore, to be commended for limiting his men to warning couples who park in remote places of the risk they are running.

A less intelligent man might have demanded their arrest. In the somewhat restricted houses in which people now live young people find it difficult to obtain any privacy and the parked car has proved a makeshift substitute for the old-fashioned parlor. It would be a pity if the custom were to be treated by the police as though It were a crime. Dept. Of Free Advice To Make Philately Less Painful Prom the Chspel Hill (N.

Weekly It may be a good idea to honor America's authors and poets by putting their faces on postage stamps, but there ought to be some aesthetic standard. Mark Twain, Poe, Longfellow, Emerson- these are among the distinguished men of letters whose features you wouldn't mind seeing brought In by the postman. But the latest product of Mr. Jim Farley's engraving department, John G. Whittier really It is an outrage upon the American public to spread over the land the likeness of such a terrible-looking old goat.

We have a suggestion to offer. In the case of a the sight of whose face is bound to give pain to all beholders, why not place on tbe stamp, instead of himself, one of the characters he has created? Whlttier's most widely known heroine had beautiful hazel eyes, and "beneath her torn hat glowed the wealth of simple beauty and rustic health." Her loveliness was such that the judge, who saw her for only a minute in his youth, was still dreaming about her in bis old age. It is Maud Muller who ought to be on the postage stamp, and her creator could be "taken care of," as they phrase It in the Farley patronage belt, by some such Hue of type as "John G. Whittier Fecit." It is too late now to show Maud Muller. But Mr.

Farley will have a chance, before the supply of authors and poets runs out, to adopt our suggestion. For example, when the time comes for the engravers to make a stamp in honor of Irvin Cobb. On Duetophilia tFrom a letter in the London Times) Will you admit protest against the rapidly increasing use of "due to" as if it were a preposition? e.g., "Due to the severe frost the Russian forces have been practically immobilized." Duetophilia strikes me as a far more insidious disease than "asfromania." The remedy for most of these linguistic ills would be to make the study of the late Dr. Fowler's works compulsory in our schools and colleges. He Wants Decoys A want ad in Boys' want girls girls want boys.

I want 100 duck decoys. Some may be good, some may be smash. I'll trade for goods or trade for cash. Mr. Billopp Dog Washing When a man has washed dogs over a long period of years it it only natural that.be should seek to retire from the job.

A son is the logical successor. But the son must be approached -with care. Do not blurt out, "Go wash the dogs." Instead, look at him admiringly. Remark upon bow he has grown. Suggest that be is probably a good deal stronger than you.

Let him defeat you in some simple test of strength, such as squeezing bands to see who has the firmer grip. Express gratification over this, pointing out how, as you fail physically, you look to him to share responsibilities with you. Explain how the acceptance of these responsibilities will prepare him for a useful and successful life. Enlarge upon the virtue of making oneself useful. Mention that the most delightful recollection of your own youth is the occasions when you were of help to your parents.

It is now time to remark casually upon how much tbe dogs need a bath. Say this is a fine time to wash the dogs. Suddenly groan and exclaim, "Oh, my poor old back Explain that It only hurts you wnen you lean over, which, of course, eliminates washing the dogs. Ask your son if he will take over the job. Remind him of your talk on responsibility and state that this is a case in point.

Tell him where to find the dog soap and the old towel. Tell him that if be starts at once he will be through in time for his favorite radio program. Slap him on the shoulder affectionately and say. "IPs great to have a boy like you," as he goes with the dogs to the basement and you settle back in your armchair. CHRISTOPHER BILLOPP, Out-Of-State Students, Cheaper Fares, And More Maryland Place Names Fight Based On Ignorance Early this week Dorothy Thompson asked herself what happens when a man with a wife and two adolescent children loses his Job.

Does that add one worker to the unemployment rolls? The answer, Miss Thompson declared, is four because the wife and adolescent children must also look for work. This set her to thinking and, taking pencil and paper, she went to work on the generally accepted idea that the number of unemployed in this country is "between eight, and ten million." By adding the 2,305,000 WPA workers to the employed and removing from consideration drunks, halfwits and other uneinployahles, she reached the conclusion that the number, of employed persons on December 1, 1039, was 48,000,983 or 1.SG5.9S3 more than were working on December 1, 1929. The next day Arthur Krock in the New York Times called attention to Miss Thompson's article and went on from there to discuss statistics compiled by "private Industrial economists" which tended to show- that the number of unemployed in the United States was "probably millions below the number usually assigned." Mr. Krock asked his readers If It could be true that the New Deal was ignoring these figures lest people begin asking where all the money for relief was being spent, and that the Republican opponents of Mr. Roosevelt were ignoring them liecause a great reduction in the unemployment rolls would suggest that the New Deal had not ruined the country after all.

Mr. Krock's "private industrial experts" (he doesn't say who they are) conclude that. Including those on work relief, the. total of employed Americans reaches or above the 1929 average, "and that the number who would have to be put back to work to employ all employables is somewhere between two and three millions. In his column Charles G.

Ross, of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, attacked Dorothy Thompson's conclusions, declaring that by December 1, 1929, the unemployed had increased by 3,000,000 since the crash, that she had no business including WPA workers as employed and that she had figured too many unemployables among the 11,000.000 estimated increase in the population since 1929. Mr. Ross closed by remarking that if the census takers could lie let alone in their efforts to find out a few facts about incomes and employment, the facts would not be so hard to get. Mr.

Krock replied that, as far as his "private industrial economists" were concerned, the points raised by Mr. Ross were all taken care of. They were Interested1 in average figures for the whole year and not merely one date in 192', but they could not accept the apparent insistence of Administration experts that the whole population Increase in the past ten years consisted of employables. Anyway, it is plain that there Is a lot of room for controversy as to the number of unemployed. Neither Miss Thompson nor Mr.

Krock is an economist and they may have a hard time proving their hypothetical case against the professionals. But the heat already engendered makes it plain that there are a number of vested interests in the unemployment figures which are more concerned with what they "prove" than with their accuracy. If that is the case, Mr. Ross' suggestion that the census figures' will iron it all out may prove the most valuable of all. Sites For Playgrounds Probabjy the ueed for playgrounds In Baltimore is so general that they could be located almost, anywhere without very serious mistake.

At any rate we hope so. For it can hardly be claimed that the ten sites approved by the Commission on City Plan, or the six chosen from that number for establishment by the City Council, were determined by surveys and studies of population. Indeed the fact that three of the six projects are located in the Sixth district justifies some suspicion that politics influenced the selection. Was this done to appease the Councilmen who lost their fight to designate Cherry Hill as Leakin Park? The truth of the' matter Is that the problem of locating playgrounds has been approached hlndpart lefore. Instead of studying the city's needs on the basis of child population, congestion and remoteness from recreational facilities, and then choosing sites to meet the needs, the sites were selected and the justification was worked out later.

Nobody will begrudge the children who will benefit from these playgrounds their good fortune. But now that the City Council's rush order for some playground sites has been appeased, it seems good sense to go at the problem of selecting sites with more regard for the facts of population and its movement, traffic, and other factors that determine need. As a matter of the Plan Commission baa a atar ting point, for play In the book oj poetry are three hundred pieces, but the design of them all may be embraced in that one sentence, "Have no depraved thoughts." Confucius, Analects. Tough Luck For The Housers 1 Some weeks ago we called attention to the fact that housing authorities elsewhere wcre cutting construction costs br lorrowing money from lending syndicates at one-half of one per cent, instead c-f from the United Slate Housing Authority at three icr cent. Saving two and half ier on Itorrowings running Into seven and eight figure's looked to be as ainart an economy for Baltimore as fur any other city, and we made bold to ask our local slum clearers if they were planning to avail themselves of cheap rates in tbe short-term money market.

The answer was an enthusiastic yes. Since then, we have learned that the Housing Authority planned to offer a loan of $13,000,000 to the private bankers, S4.000.OOiJ of it to liquidate three per cent, loans already obtained from USHA and the remainder to finance construction costs during the next six months. Negotiations were scheduled for Tuesday, March 19. Additional loans to be made later would push the grand total to J2S.000.000. Interest savings would run to hundreds of thousands of dollars.

But the Housing Authority reports now that lis plans have been stalled. Litigation challenging the authority's constitutional right to condemn vacant land for building Alterations has scared off the money lenders. Syndicate counsel will not approve loans where housing projects are under legal attack. The legal attack is the suit brought two months go by certain private interests tOvpre-vent development -of Area on the Philadelphia road. The local courts have decided against the plaintiffs, but vthey are carrying their case to the Court of Appeals and it mar go to the Supreme Court.

There is no telling how long the issue will drag out. Thus hopes of taking advantage of an Important financing economy go a-glim-mering. So far as the Housing' Authority 1.4 concerned, apart from disappointment, this means fmly some bigger figures on the outgo side of the ledger, for the blow over its shoulder and lands on the upltost'd lcneficiaries of the housing program. The low-income will Iony np the extra cost. Their rent rates will have to lc jacked up to meet it.

Spanish Renaissance The Dominican Republic is planning Spanish cultural revival. If reports coming by way of Puerto Rico are true. The foundation is expected to be laid by some hundred intellectuals who ei-caped tbe Spanish revolution and have found asylum in the republic along with lome Jewish refugees from Germany. Twelve of the Spanish scholars will be given chairs in the University of Santo Domingo and will there establish a college of arts. The renaissance of culture appears to le the conception of Gen.

Rafael Trujillo and. in view of the general's career, arouses some suspicion. For Trujillo nut lacking in the talent of self-advertisement. He changed the name of tbe capital city of Santo Domingo, oldest white city In the New World, to Ciudad Trujillo, has ued electric signs lavishly to keep his name before his people and adorned automobile licenses with his pictures. Following the precedent set in the United States by George Washington, Trujillr- denied himself a third term but, nnlike Washington, he has kept control of the army.

In fact he continues to be dictator. Doubtjless Trujillo has not forgotten the army's importance, for It was from its command that he took over the Presidency in 1930. He learned his soldiering In the United States Marines while they were in occupation of the country prior to 1824. His early reputation was unsavory and, once In power, he overcame the opposition by imprisoning some of its leadtrs. driving others Into exile.

Still others met death by assassination. Yet durfpg he last I en years Trujillo has made an impressive record. He has kept his Government within its budget, developed foreign trade until the republic has a favorable balance of several millions of dollars, built railroads and highways. made other public improvements, and saved his country from a threatened war with Haiti. He may, perhaps, then, be sincere in his plans for a Spanish cultural renaissance.

The remiissam-e. however, will have to begin at tbe ho'tuui. for when Trujillo came into iimvt-r ninety jer cent, of the waft. illiterate. Favorable to the r't'UleReHt piua is the obvious uced of really need it, through 111 health or actual want.

But what about those who have plenty and through their own personal selfishness haven't time to stay at home and raise a family, (Luxury and free living is their motto.) Take all and give nothing. Yes, let us have birth control via self-control, which 1n the end would be far more pleasing both morally and physically and at the same time would raise man above the level of tbe animals, where God placed bint In the beginning of creailon. M. It. F.

Baltimore, March 13. On Making Contracts With Hitler To the Editor of The Evening Sun Sir; Mr. Chamberlain said at the beginning of the war: "The Ftihrer gave his word that he would respect the Locarno treaty he broke it. He gave his word that he neither wished nor intended to annex Austria he broke it. He declared that, he would not incorporate the Czechs in the Reich he did so.

He gave his word after Munich that he had no further territorial demands in Europe; ho broke it. He gave his word that he wanted no Polish provinces; he broke it. lie has sworn to you for years that he was the mortal enemy of Bolshevism he is now its ally." Mr. Chamberlain could have added a record of the agony of the victims of the Fiihrer's deceit. Yet it Is announced that when the Gallup poll asked: If Hitler offers to make peace tbis spring, do you think England and France, should meet with the Germans and try to end the war? seventy-five per answered.

Yes! A much smaller per cent, to be sure, were in favor of allowing Hitter to retain Czecho slovakia and Poland. But can it be that seventy-five per cent, of our citizens believe that when a man has handed out a flood of bogus checks and prospered by fraud and cruelty, his neighbors ought to enter into further contracts with him? Contracts, by the way. which we are shrewd enough not to guarantee. We are telling his neighbors to walk into a trap. This result of the Gallup poll is a reflection upon our intelligence and morality.

William Force Stead. Elkridge, March 13. Gob Humor From the U. S. S.

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