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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-13
The World and All
AN IDEA FOR TOWN PLANNERS
By Charles P. Driscou

Radburn is a new town, just coming into being in
New Jersey. within the metropolitan committing zone
Of New York City. It is only a dozen miles by motor
from the Jersey end Of the new Hudson river bridge.
now building.
Radburn will be almost perfect as a modern town.
What it lacks of perfection will be due to the crowd
ed conditions of metropolitan population that sur
round its site. In Des Moines or Kansas City or
Minneapolis or st. Paul or Milwaukee, where these
crowded conditions do not exist to any such extent,
the Radburn idea could be worked out to perfection
for a suburban residence section.
Radburn is being built upon a plant radically diff
fering from that Of any city in the wodld. 1t will
contain at least twenty five thousand inhabitants al
most as soon as the building is finished. Thanks to
the pressure of population in the big city. there will
be no lack of occupants for the coy homes of Rad
burn.
Houses do not face the streets In long rows, with
the backs of the houses looking upon alleys or into a
scanty hollow square.
The houses front upon large front yards. Each
house fronts upon two front yards, in fact, for, in
stead Of having back yards, up against one another,
there are no back yards, and the front yards face one
another across a walkway.
There are six hundred houses to a block. In the
center of each of these blocks is ample park space,
tennis courts, Fairgrounds, and shaded walks. No
streets within the block.
The six hundred houses, well built Of brick, are
grouped in sixteen little strings. each string having
its paved driveway, with dead end, for delivery serv-
ice and other essential traffic pertaining to the fam
lies living in those groups.
The backs of the houses look upon these private
driveways.
On the whole. Radburn ought to be an attractive
little town. 1t would be ideal if it we're farther away
Fr~-. . L. 1.A- --l - =. - -.->L
towns. I'd like to see the Radburn block plan tried
in a big way as a western city suburb.
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lily. It seems impossible for a mar
ried man to have even a perfectly
innocent friendship with a girl. I
sure do miss you in the office,
Betty"
mot half as much as I miss the
office, Jimmy" She felt better
about using his first name, now that
he was no longer her employer. II
have never been as happy anywhere
as I was in your office"
"You weren't happy before you
came there?" he asked, in surprise.
mo. nor now! I am getting des-
perate. I guess I'll have to get mar
rted!" She laughed to take the con-
~versation out Of its serious veoin.
"Oh. my goshl Don't do that
No matter how desperate your
straits, don't do that"
They Laughed, and at her sugges-
ton he left the place alone, lest they
meet his wife and get him into more
trouble.
ITO BE CONTINUED
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-13
TEXAS DAILY PRESS LEAGUE
Foreign Advertising Representatives
Opposing the Public VIII

Texas is a democratic state. and the fundamental
precept Of democracy is ma jority rule. That this pre-
cept has not been impressed upon various members
of the house of representatives was demonstrated
Monday when a small minority succeeded in defeat
ing ubmission of the proposed constitutional amend
ment which would be the basis upon which the state
could issue bonds for highway Improvement.
The vote stood 81 to %, three short of the required
two-thirds majority of the entire vote OF the mousse
Those % legislators succeeded in defeating a pro-
posal which had the endorsement of practically ev-
cry community in the state. Unless action IS taken
during the last days of the session, which now ap-
pears hopeless, Texas must wait two years before en-
barking upon construction of a connected system OF
state highways, and the loss that will accrue to the
state will affect every individual and industry.
Why those % members should refuse to permit the
proposed amendment to the constitution to go De-
fore the voters is one of the enignas OF the session.
1t is true that most of them are ardent opponents OF
the "pay-as-you-go" plan Of highway financing nut
inasmuch as the taxpayers Of the state are the ones
who are footing the bill, they might at least have
condescended to give the taxpayers a voice in the
matter. If the people of Texas were not Statistic
with the constitutional amendment as proposed they
would have had the opportunity, had it been submit
ted, to so express themselves at the polls.
Had the legislature submitted the amendment. OPP
ponents of the bond plan for financing the state
highway system would have been at liberty to take
their cause to the voters. If the plan lacks merit
they could have pointed this out. Apparently, they
are obsessed with the idea that the voters OF Texas
are not competent to look after their own welfare
and that it is their duty to assume the position OF
guardians.
Regardless of what action the legislature may
take, the highway bond proposal will be an issue IN
the next campaign, and some Of those legislators VINO
have ADVOCATED to themselves the power Of guardian
shin for the voters Of Texas may feel the sting Of
wll-merited rebuke.
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ONLY ELEVEN QUIT
dallas News.

tDdlldS NEWS.
m announces that only II freshmen had
quit at the end of the first semester on account Of
failure to pass examinations. This is the lowest rec
ord in nine years. Dartmouth picks its freshmen
now. Applicants are chosen on the basis OF their
likelihood to make good students. The authorities
feel that they have reason for the new policy.
1t is not unusual for several hundred first-year
students in Texas colleges and universities to fall by
the wayside. Some of these schools are more SOFT
hearted than others about allowing the lame ducks"
to linger on, but the casualties postponed are usually
casualties none the less as the months go by.
There may be some advantages in exposing"
young people to education, whether they show any
aptitude for it or not. But unsupported institutions
are scarcely legitimate places for this expensive prac-
tice. Dartmouth feels that the privately maintained
college is not the place for it, either. Both the school
and the student suffer by it to some extent. Waste
usually imposes a greater penalty than is directly in
volved. Especially is that true of wasted time and
opportunity.
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Teeth in the Federal Law

The Jones bill, recently passed by congress and
popularity known as the dry penalty bill, has put real
teeth in the prohibition law. was the verdict OF New
York attorneys who met last week to discuss It's pro-
visions.
Their verdict. like that Of prohibition officials and
+be assistant attorney general, was that the law ap-
nlied with equal vigor to the pocket flask carrier
home brew manufacturer, ~speakeasy proprietor ana
wholesale bootlegger.
The measure, which was one of the last signed by
former President Coolidge. makes no distinction be-
tween the citizen who carries a pint OF Whlskey IN a
pocket flask from the s~peakeasy to his home and the
manufacturer who sells liquor in carload lots. The
new law makes it mandatory that any person &C
cused of CARRYING liquor, regardless Of the amount
must face a felony charge and be liable to a maxi
mum sentence Of five years in prison and a $4,000
fine.
The Jones act has but one loophole, was the YER
dict of the New York attorneys. That is possession.
Manufacture, sale, transportation, importation and
expectation of any alcoholic beverage IS a felony, but
possession remains a m~isdemeanor, the maximum
fine for which is $500. Lawyers were Of the opinion
that This would impair the effectiveness Of the law
in some cases.
The effect Of the drastic provisions Of the law
will be felt from homes to the roots Of the bootleg
eing business, was the claim Of one attorney. He
asserted that he had talked with ten bootleggers con-
corning the new law, and that all Of them were either
planning to go out OF business temporarily VI 10
change their manner of operation. He added that
she moral effect of the law was exerting a marked
Influence among proprietors Of speakeasies and night
clubs and that liquor prices would skyrocket for a
time.
If the law proves as effective as the New York
attorneys predict it will be of great value in cleaning
up such conditions as exist in New York City, Chica-
go, Philadelphia and other large centers of popula-
ton where bootlegging heretofore has been carried on
almost openly. Application of the federal law in
those cities has proved unavaiing so far as stopping
distribution is concerned the bootlegger, if captured,
paying a small fine, which he charged to general ex-
penses. Under the new law he not only win run the
risk of a lengthy prison sentence, but also may re
ceive a fine which would cut of 6 large portion of his
profits, this fine to be graded at the discretion of the
court.
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insurance office. AS usual, it told
applicants to call at nine o'clock.
At the office it was evident they
were experienced employers. AS soon
as she enteerd she was handed a
blank to fill out. 1t seemed to COW
er everything but its wording did
not make it necessary for her to tell
that she had been a dancer. She
filled it out, signed it, attached her
letter Of recommendation, and took
a seat with a dozen other girls.
On two occasions a young lady
clerk came to ask for one Of the ap-
plicants by name, telling them that
they need not wait. They would be
sent for if needed. Another girl was
called to come into an inner office;
a few minutes later Betty followed
by request.
She was given dictation and a
tipping speed test. AT its conclusion
she was told that she was satisfac-
tory. She was asked If she could
go to work at once and %assented.
The girl who had her in charge
took her to the stenographic depart
ment and introduced her to its
curt and busineSslike. Forty typistS
worked in this room, a supervisor
passing constantly up and down be-
tween the|l. She looked over the
typists' shoulders, and from time to
time gathered up their work and in
spected it. Betty was hardly seated
when she came to say: GO to Mr.
Montgomery's office for dictation.
I will show you the way"
She led her to another office.
Betty seated herself beside a man
who began to dictate letters without
looking at her. She took four, and
as she passed out was directed to
another office, where she took two
more from an equally absorbed and
indifferent man.
Back at her desk she transcribed
as fast as she could. The last letter
was hardly finished until she was
sent to another man. who dictated
to her for an hour: legal matter and
difficult. When the luncheon hour
came the girl at the next desk told
her to corne to the cafeteria con-
Quoted by the office, where lunch
was supplied by the company at
cost.
She asked this girl about the work.
| Only the president of the company
had a secretary. When other Of
ficers wanted a stenographer they
pushed a button and one was sent
into them. The same girl was not
likely to take dictation from the
same nj once a week. Everything
was so systematized that stenog-
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Lets play hockey, then"

raphers came and went every day;
there was little, if any, prospect of
advancement.
Betty finished out the afternoon
in the office. When she went back
to the restaurant for her dinner she
asked George to wait a bit with her
after dinner.
He came to her desk and sat down
on one Of the stools when the rush
was over. Betty again had occasion
to smile at the spiteful way in which
the head waitress slammed the door
as she went out. George did not
seem to notice it, however, so Betty
said nothing.
She explained conditions in the
insurance office and asked Georges
advice about staying.
Il don't believe l would stay he
said, after weighing the matter. Il
can see their reasons for arranging
their work In that way, but 1t elm
mates all possibility Of any stenog-
rapher making a name for herself
or getting any promotions. Report
for duty in the morning and explain
your reasons for not staying"
His advice vas in line with Betty's
own feelings, SO she followed it. The
efficient Miss Atkins told her she
was sorry. Her work of the day be-
fore had been satisfactory. Finding
Betty's mind was made up, she told
her to come back on the first of the
month and get her n days pay.
Betty was again part of the vast
army of unemployed, and SO much
discouraged she did not try any
more that day. She was again TN
decided If it was worth while to go
on. She was inclined to go back to
the restaurant. take up her position
as cashier, and await the inevitable.
AS she strolled down the street,
however, she met Jimmy Smith, her
late employer. He insisted on TAX
ing her to a soda fountain with him.
When they had ordered. seated at
one Of the small tables, he told her
how sorry he vas about the occur
renee in his office.
"But I am married to her, you
know" he ended, pathetically.
IT understand perfectly" soothed
Betty. "I blame no one but myself"
"Have you another position?" he
asked.
She explained to him why she left
the position in the insurance office.
He thought she was right about it,
and said he would keep his eyes open
and see If he couldn't find her q
place.
II wish I could see you now and
then" he sighed, "but, of course. I
can't. People misunderstood so cas-
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Am. ~ About lzN[eoa
QY ke4ll New York N

Der, whose wife is Jane Cowl, the
star.
The day after his appointment
Woollcott grumbled to well wish
ers: I'm = little disappointed" he
said. Il accepted under a mis-
apprehension. I thought Miss
Cowl went with the job"
A HOOTERS "REMINISCENCES
0. M. Samuels, tie New Orleans
representative and critic for Va
riety, who gives actors the mis-
cries. He is a prosperous house
wrecker there. but reviews theatre
Gals for diversion. He hasn't &C
cepted a wage in IS years.
The molar whitening used by
actors whose teeth are not 50 hot.
The Winnipeg managers wife
who also heads the local Gerry
Society and ~prosecutes pexaats
who have children in their &C r.asI
Irene Martin, who was Gu Ed
wards best locker in 1910. George
Jessel, then II, awakened her ev-
cry morn and ran her errands.
She married Skeets Gallagher a
few years later, and Jessel tainted
at the news.
The photo Of Marilyn Miller at
the age Of four. which hangs in
the green room in the cellar at the
Bijou, Lansing, Mich.
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yet he had a small brain. It's total weight was found
to be only So ounces, which is, as Sir Arthur Keith
said, az ounces short Of the allowance usually given
to a farm laborer."
There could hardly be a sharper reminder that
quality counts here, too, as well as quantity. The
lecturer went on to say that the common notion Is
that a large brain has been given to man In order
that he might pass examinations or become an expert
of one sort or another. But perhaps the true theory
is that it was designed to yield enjoyment OF life. BY
that test perhaps many obscure farmers got more
satisfaction out Of their brains than did Anatole
France.
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Washington

minute may make him the most i'm
portant n in the country.
This assuredly is the feeling that
the senate itself has toward its pre-
siding officer.
The Supposition vas that Senator
Curtis, in running for the vice presi-
dency, was virtually retiring-that
he planned to drop out of active
public life and yet had a fancy for
remaining in his old friends COM
pany as a kind of an emeritus. 1t
was taken for granted that victory
would please him, much in the way
that he would prize a loving cup or
some such pieve Of bric-a-brac, in
token of remembrance-but to have
him accept it as genuinely valuable
the Hill half smiles and is half
touched by it.
Vice President Dawes unquestir
ably supposed he was stepping
a highly significant post whet
dealt the desk before him its
smash four years ago. and %~ds
viewed as unqualifiedly fuyny-be-
cause Dawes did not realize how
DdQly lllSIdAGL lG WAS.
Vive President Curtis, however,
knows the senate gavel for exactly
what it is worth, and his satisfaction
in coming into possession of it has
an element Of the naive about it,
suggestive Of the thought that any
one SO easily gratified ought to be
encouraged to get all the enjoyment
he can out Of his plaything.
So, if the new vice president
chooses to feel that he has been pro-
NOTED, there will be none to say
him nay in the United States senate
or to call him Charley" either, as
soon as they all can get out of the
way of it.
Vice President Curtis cannot pos
sibly be anything else than a good
natured presiding officer.
AT the same time, he obviously Is
going to stand no nonsense.
There will be discipline in the
senate while he occupies the ros-|
> trun.
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En- 49, eW
Rga fHTFa.M
Bv CHARLES P. STEWART

WASHINGTON, March 13.-To
speak of Senator Curtis of Kansas
as Charley always has been con-
sidered absolutely the correct thing.
I never heard the former senator
actually say, call me Charley" but
everybody did it, and it evidently
was no shock to him. No public
man ever wore senatorial honOrs
more unostentatiously than the Sun
flower state solon.
Vice President Curtis seems likely
to be quite a different individual.
To the whole senate's surprise, the
Kansan takes his new position with
great seriousness. He is the same
kindly old man that he was previ-
ously, but it has been clear ever
since election day that he felt he
had a much more important part
than formerly to live up to.
Mr. .Hoover's understudy has re-
buked no one, to be sure, for adj
dressing him as Charley" but there
is a subtle something in his man
ner which indicates that he resents
it a trifle now, as disrespectful, not
to himself, but to the vice presiden-
tial office.
All the senators are practicing, to
acquire the new habit. 1t is rather
difficult, after nearly 80 years of
nothing but Charley" and they
forget occasionally, whereupon a
hurt look comes into his eyes. and
the individual who made the break
stammers and ~corrects himself.
Vice President Curtis will be ac-
corded all the difference he may i'm
ply that he would like to have
shown to him. for every soul on
Capitol Hill has a real affection for
him and wants to please him-only,
who would have imagined that he'd
care two coppers?
The vice president usually is
thought Of in Washington as a good
deal Of a political idler-a person.
atty of no particular importance,
except, Of course, by virtue of the
fact that, at any time, the next
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Other Papers
BRAINS AND GENIU
New York Tines.

New YORK Tlrnes).
In one of his recent lectures before the Royal Col
lege of Surgeons, Sir Arthur Keith spoke of the
studies which anatomists had made of the brains of
men of genius. AS a general rule. the mass of the
brain is a good indication of unusual intellectual
power of some sort. But the particular development
and delicate organization of certain regions of the
brain appear to be of more importance than mere
size.
Sir Arthur referred to several anomalies which had
presented themselves in the pursuit of these inquiries.
One was the case Of Anatole France. He certainly
was q man Of genius. under any tolerable definition.
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Timely Views
HERBERT HoovER,s FUTURE ANALYzEp
BY RABBI A. H. SILVER
Of The Temple, Cleveland, Ohio.

vi II 1CllpIC SISNGldllQ, olllU-
abba Hillel Silver was born at Neinstadt,
Schirwindt, Lithuania, Jan. %, 1893. He is a
graduate of the University Of Cincinnati and He
brew Union college. From 1915 to 1917 he was
rabbi of Congregation LShem Shamayim at
Wheeling, w. Va. Since that time he has been
rabbi of The Temple at Cleveland He was in
France during the World war at the request of
the United States and French governments).
The American people hope to find in the incon-
ing presidential administration those qualities Of
vision, leadership and sympathetic understanding Of
the needs Of our country's great masses which were
lacking in the previous administration.
Herbert Hoover will bring to his administration
his expert knowledge as an engineer, which will I'M
d~oubtedly help him in many of his problems. The
presidency of the United States, however, is more
than an engineering job. 1t is a job of statesman
ship and leadership.
We are entering upon an era Of decreasing eco
.nomic opportunities for the rank and file. The
economically independent middle class is being
crushed out Of existence by the vast mergers which
are going on at a namazing rate. We are facing the
prospect of becoming a nation of employees, wherein
a very small group will definitely control our indus
trial life and with it, of course, our political life as
well. How far shall this concentration of power go
on? How shall the people be safeguarded against a
possible abuse Of such power?
Inc American. people nope Tor some guidance
from the new admin istration in this vast perplexity.
They hope that Main street will have at least as easy
access to the White House as Wall street and that
the toilers of the earth. the miners and farmers and
mill workers will find in the new president at least
as understanding a friend and guide as organized
capital.
Mr.. Hoover is internationally minded. He knows
that no nation can go it alone. Building Is or so
cruisers will not make us secure from attack or from
defeat. We cannot arm against the world. Nor can
any other nation. The American people hope that
MI. Hoover will bring back into our life a bit of the
international idealism of Wilson'S day. The Aneri-
can people are not tired Of idealism.