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The Washington times., 1931-08-08
Porto Rico and Prohibition

With the strengthening of prohibition enforcement in Porto
Rico the statement from Commissioner Dav of
Rico that the little territory overwhelmingly against pro-
hbiion and the people violate whenever they think they
can safely do
More liquor sold there than in any other place its
size within the territory of the United States he says and he
ought to know what he is talking about
Here is island composed of peaceful aw-abiding
people, who caused much official worry Before proh
bon arrived these people less prosperous
tinly inclined to obey their local and national laws
Now they have become smuggers bootegger awbreakers
have tendency toward general disregard Of all laws or at
least Of laws they do not like
We prone charge increase in crime in this country
the great and the upse following Yet the student
Of national conditions has little difficulty realizing that
the spirit of lawessness that rampant in this nation had
its beginning in the evils of prohibition and the with
which big money could be made from its violation.
Drespect for law leads to dsrespect for Others We
not expect Porto Ricans to be any better than
people as law upholders
The Washington times., 1931-08-08
Racketeering In Aliens
Also Aliens in the Racketeering Business.

Our Secretary of Labor unearhs ring Of racketeers that
has illegally brought 100000 aliens into this country in 10
years through counterfeit permits and other schemes and
the chances that 100000 far below the real number
That is just another example Of the wide ramfcations
Of racketeerng this nation vvidly presented by Mr.
Hearst in his publications.
With all this racketeerng goes murder graft corruption
Of law machinery dope and liquor selling and train Of
terrible evils that few people comprehend
around Federal laws that most racketeerng and crime
h built and yet the Federal Government makes response
aroused public opinion by putting to the States the
forcement of laws and the suppression of criminals.
Aliens smugged into this country at fancy prices paid
smuggling gangs do not find much for obedience to
laws and it but short step from coming here under
rackeeering methods entering racketeering games
II the Federal Government with all its wealth. power and
prestige fails do its duty against racketeers violating its
own laws it Can hardly demand that States do than
they attempt.
The Washington times., 1931-08-08
Jurisdiction of PUG. in
Taxi Operations

the Public Utilities Commission does jurisdiction
taxi operations this city hold the strange
part of the matter that this has heretofore been
used.
The United States Supreme Court did hold in local
that carriers and that the p o. G. has iurs
diction all carriers in this city.
This quite fully exercised street railways and
bus lines The rates they shall charge fixed by the
mission their schedules supervised and controlled their
issues Of securities passed and they held pretty
strict accountability all along the line.
The taxi rate may not be Of sufficient Importance in
transit matters at this time to warrant interference the
mission really has complete powers It is probably not the bu
of the commission to bother about raecutng It might
be its business if there rate boosting the warfare
should reach point detrimental to public interests.
Should the commission attempt making for axs
other powers has heretofore used there will be
the courts but there the least doubt about full
jurisdiction and control Congress should be asked to confer
that jurisdiction
The Washington times., 1931-08-08

goes faster fakr his horse and It's engine roa
more loudly than the fakirs drum.
few such airplanes terry and drive like sheep
million of native population.
The man on horse is picturesque and you almost
sorry his kind disappear from any influence in the
affairs Of the world
But pcturesqueness longer counts And for that matter
flying through the clouds with explosives and poison gas
are QUITE picturesque in their way.
After few visits from the Royal Air Force the natives that
earnestly pouring rebels through the Bara Valley
urged by the the horse hured promised that they
would stop the invasion.
A rabbit is feeble against eagle.
on the ground 10000 the ground
feeble against airplane.
Some day our Government will UNDERSTAND that and
its attention development of adequate air force
being done France Britain Germany and all civilized
countries except this one.
The Washington times., 1931-08-08
Air Raid Warning

Lieut. Afford j. Williams Americas air speed champion,
European centers of aerial activity directs
the attention of American air authorities amazing de-
velopment of high speed aircraft the other side of the
Atlantic
It will not do the er holds regard 5000 miles of water,
more or less separating large centers of population from mill
tary air depots Europe afordng
protection from hostile squadrons points that the
Schneider Cup Races England this year will be by
machine travelling 400 miles an hour, and adds
racing ship today the fighting craft Of tomorrow
fleet Of
to fly Europe devasate metropolitan area"
Somehow though feel after witnessing recent
TOO United planes that Americans need lose
much sleep over hostile air raids.
The Washington times., 1931-08-08
TIMES TEST

Mark each statement as "true"
or false:
/. Stance is a term in chess.
2. The President is paid by
the month.
3. Columbus sailed from Ca
diZ.
4. Natural graphite makes
the lead in pencils.
5. Now he belongs to the
ages" was said Of Lincoln.
6. THE heights by good men
reached and kept
Were not attained by sud
den flight"
Z. The Vice President votes
with the members Of the
Senate.
8. Washington said. II would
rather be right than Presi-
dent"
o. The first president of the
German republic was Hin
denberg.
10. Anticosti is in the Gulf Of
st. Lawrence.
Match correctly:
II. william Penn founded
Rhode Island.
IL. James Warren, American
novelist.
Is. Red Cloud. founder Of
Pennsylvania.
IA. Roger Williams, killed at
Bunker Hill.
Is. Booth Harrington, chief
Of the Sioux.
(AnSwers on Magazine Pagel
The Washington times., 1931-08-08
Church and Social Justice = By Claude G. Bowers

for these reforms when they
were being fought for some
years ago. And then the sign
ers say something more:
"And we are among those
who are coming to the view
that instead Of depending upon
private charity, which has
proved painfully inadequate,
even if it were the right sOlu-
ton, it is a very serious Ques-
ton whether business ought not
to be obliged to furnish a relief
in advance to take care of
The Washington times., 1931-08-08

those SO unfortunately stu
ated."
This is bringing the battle
down to the present hour.
Living in an Age
OF Skepticism
We are living in an age OF
SkepticiSm. More books are
being published today attacking
organized religion than eyer
before since Calvary. Nothing
is more fashionable than filings
at the church.
A distinguished writer has
given us a book on the decline
and fall of Christianity. Men,
in discussing the present status
of the Protestant churches par
ticularly, seem to take it for
granted that they have lost
their power.
We hear too much Of bias
phemy. And all this has been
growing for years. Brought up
in a household that believed
in churches and hearing, when
boy, that working men were
not attending church as they
should, and curious as to the
reason, we launched a little in
vestigation of our own.
The Washington times., 1931-08-08

Of hours during which women
and children should work, and
the question Of liability of en-
plOyerS for injuries sustained
by employees, which were Origi-
nally thought to be business
questions, became obviously
moral questions when not set
tied Alright by our business lead
erS: hence laws became neceS-
sary to control business"
This, in a sense, is an in
dictment Of many of the
churches for their failure ag-
gressively to align themselves
The Washington times., 1931-08-08
LISTEN, WORLD!.
BY Elsie Robinson

Tired? Sick Of cities?
Come
Through the meadows
Sun-bleached grass,
Brittly brilliant
AS blown glass,
Gilded stem and silver blade
In a tangled mass.
Mats Of blossom,
Ruddy weeds.
Lady bugs like round, red beads,
Burrowing in pansy seeds.
Fairy spiders,
Gray and brown,
Spinning webs
On thiStledown.
Pansy-painted butterflies
In a velvet flight,
Moonbeam winged draggonflies,
Bodies lacquer bright.
In the shadow Of the grass
Other worlds go on;
Secret runwayS twist and pass
In between the fern;
Here a big, fat gopher sits
Blinking in his hole,
Watching neighbor folk 60 by,
Squirrel and mouse and mole.
Over all,
] A blazing rain Of light:
White light flashing,
Pouring, crashing,
From the sky'S white bowl.
Then. as though you stepped
Past q Sun-drenched sill
Into some great room,
Dark and cool and still,
Suddenly you are
In among the pines,
In the tall, blue, spacious
Silence of the pines.
File upon file,
The pines rise through the
silence.
Silence like water,
Darkling and cool
File upon file,
The pines rest in the silence,
Like swimmers that drift
On a dim midnight pool.
Gray, furrowed trunks
The gum dripS in bubbles,
Bright as wet amber
Where light falls aSlant,
Straight, furrowed trunks,
The base drowned in shadow,
Their heads lost in pillows
OF peacock green smoke.
The Washington times., 1931-08-08
The WOrkingman's

The WOrkingman'S
Answer
We interrogated many work
ing men and were shocked to
get this answer in substance:
"The church is not interested
in people like us. 1t is against
Us and our interests. 1t takes
its cue from the rich pew
holders. 1t is reactiOnary, and
not in sympathy with social re-
FORMS" ~
It was a shocking answer
for a boy to get. But in the
process of the years we have
since observed that there is
an ultra-conServatiSm in many
churches which prevents them
from a militant support of
much-needed social legislation.
Most Of this Is not necessarily
partisan. It is. not politics. 1t
is only humanity and social
justice.
The Washington times., 1931-08-08

Early in September the Gen
eral Convention of the Protest
ant Episcopal Church will meet,
and will consider a statement
sent out by twenty leading
bishops, ministers and lay dele
gates regarding the duty Of the
church toward social welfare
work.
This statement set forth the
theory that the church has no
business in politics; depreciates
the idea that the church should
become an active agency for a
candidate or party; but sub
mitS that question Of a moral
nature are not beyond the pur-
view of the church.
It then enumerat- 5 questions
Of paramount Importance to
society which have relations to
government and yet demand
the support of the church on
moral grounds. -
It admits that purely busi-
ness problems should be left
to business men; just as purely
partisan or political questions
should be left to the politicians
and the voters. But it finds
that there are problems touch.
ing business that are essen
TALLY moral in character.
These, it urges, demand the
interest of the church.
Make Themselves
Quite Clear
To make themselves quite
clear, the Signers of this state
ment get down to cases.
Thus they say:
"FOr example, the question
The Washington times., 1931-08-08

; Framed in the smoke,
Plaques OF sky,
Blue as turquoise.
Down through the darkness
The sun casts its shuttle,
Weaving gold strands
Through the indigo gloom,
Spilling bright patches
Upon the bronze carpet,
Bright, rose-gold patches
On carpets of needles,
Needles smooth silent
AS slivers of light.
Underneath-duSt,
Years of life, ground to powder,
Still holding the magic
OF all those lost springs,
Fragance Of violet,
Flavor of acorn,
Honey and pollen
And briar rose sweet;
Veil from a mushroom
And speckled owl feather,
And egg and bat bone
And scorpion meat;
Underneath, dust,
The woods deepest magic,
Now piled in gray hush
For your hot, tired feet.
The sounds die away,
All the thought sounds,
The fear sounds,
Alone with the great pines
You rest and grow still. ri
One hour-a cone falls
With soft, lazy clatter!
Two hourS-a rabbit
Lopes down the long trail;
Three hourS-above you
The sky plaques are darkening.
The glittering turquoise
Has deepened to mauve.
And now a breeze StirS,
Like the breath of one waking,
AS though earth itself
Walked and stretched in the
cool;
AS ghoStly as twilight
A pale deer comes slipping.
Pressed close to her flank
There's a slim, dappled fawn,
From far off a bird calls,
The night thrush is singing;
Still farther, a star blooms,
Like one. small, white flower.
The dark tide is rising,
The trees forms diSSolving.
The long day is ending.
Rest, dear, it Is night.
Copyright. 1891, King Features
Syndicate, Ine.)
The Washington times., 1931-08-08
The Really Big

The Really Big
Questions 4
Thus the action of these
twenty bishops, ministers and
laymen Of the Protestant Epis-
copal Church in proposing that
the church, as a church, inter-
est itself aggreSsively to better
social conditions for the
masses is encouraging to those
who believe that organized re.
ligion is necessary.
The Washington times., 1931-08-08
WISE WORDS

BY superior capacity and ex-
tensive knowledge a new man
often rises to favor.-AddiSon.
He must be a strong man
who can conceal his inclina-
tion.-EmerSon.
Evening star., 1931-12-08
c. 0. P. HEADS HAIL
HOOVER PROGRAM
New Relief Methods Con-
structive to High Degree,
Senator Watson Says.

President Hoover's message to the
Congress was hailed by Republican
leaders as an adequate chart for the
Congress in dealing with the present
financial and industrial conditions
faced by the Government and by the
country.
The view WAS taken at the Capitol
that the recommendations of the Pres
ioent for relief non-partisan in char
acter should be dealt with promptly
for the benefit of the country by the
Democratic House and the Republican
Senate.
Senator James E Watson Of Indiana,
the Republican leader of the Senate
had the following comment on the mes
sage.
IT look upon the message as q re-
markably strong document. 1t is COM
prehensive and complete. His sugges-
tons for new methods for relieving the
country from its present financial and
industrial plight are constructive to a
high degree. If these measures are
adopted, they will have far-reaching
effect on the financial, industrial and
commercial situation throughout the
entire country.
There is nothing that can arouse
partisan rancor in a discussion of the
measures proposed, and it is to be hoped
they will receive early ana favorable
consideration IN order that the people
may have the full benefit of their OPP
Grafton"
Lacks Punch, Says La Guardia.
At the same time Representative La
Guardia, Republican, who often diff
fers with his party, said the Presi-
dents heart seems to be in the right
place, but the punch is just not there.
Senator McNary, the assistant Re-
publican leader, said: 1T is a cl1ar
presentation Of pending political and
economic issues. 1t sets forth in stroag
language the attitude of the President"
Increased taxes must necessarily be
for a longer period than the two years
recommended" La Guardia contended,
The reconstruction corporation con-
tains the germ of great plan. The
President destroys its effectiveness by
suggesting it should be lquidated in
two years"
Opposition to broadening the base
for Federal Reserve Bank discount
operations, as favored by the President,
came again from Senator Glass, Demo-
crat, Virginia.
Evening star., 1931-12-08

enforcement and Improvement In
judicial procedure connected there
with.
Inland Waterway and
Harbor Improvement.
These improvements are now pro-
ceeding upon an unprecedented scale.
Some indication Of the volume of
work IN progress is conveyed by the
fact that during the current year
over $50, ,000,o0 cubic yards of ma
terial have been moved an amount
equal to the entire removal In the
construction Of the Panama Canal.
The Mississippi waterway system.
connecting Chicago, Kansas City.
Pittsburgh and New Orleans. viii
be In full operation during 1888.
substantial progress Is being made
upon the projects Of the upper Mis-
souri,, upper Mississippi, etc.
Negotiations are now in progress
with Canada for the construction
of the st. Lawrence Waterway.
The
Tariff.
Wages and standards of living
abroad have been materially low
cred during the past year. The
temporary abandonment of the gold
standard by certain countries has
also reduced their production costs
compared to ours. Fortunately any
increases in the tariff which may
be necessary to protect agriculture
and industry from these lowered
foreign costs, or decreases in items
which may prove to be excessive.
may be undertaken at any time by
the Tariff Commission under au-
thority which it possesses by virtue
OF the tariff act of 1890. The COM
mission during the past year has
reviewed the rates ur On over 254
items subject TO tariff. AS a result
OF vigorous and industrious action.
1t Is up to date in the considera-
tion OF pending references and is
prepared to give prompt attention
TO any further applications. This
procedure presents an orderly
method for correcting inequalities.
l am opposed to any general con-
gressional revision Of the tariff.
Such action would disturb industry,
business and agriculture. 1t would
prolong the depression.
Immigration and
Deportation.
I recommend that immigration
restriction now In force under ad-
ministrative action be placed upon
more definite basis by law. The
deportation laws should be strength
ened. Aliens lawfully in the coun-
try should be protected by the
issuance Of certificate Of residence.
Public
health.
I again call attention to my prevf-
Gus recc lamentations upon this sub
Ject, particularly In It's relation to
children. Tine moral results are Of
the utmost Importance.
Conclusion.
1t Is inevitable that In these
times much Of the legislation pro-
posed to the Congress and MANY
Of the recommendations OF the Ex-
ecutive must be designed TO meet
emergencies. In reaching solutions
We must not jeopardize those princf-
Piles which We have found to De
the basis CT the growth of the
Nation. The Federal Government
must not encroach upon nor permit
local communities to abandon that
precious possession of local initia-
tive and responsibility. Again, Just
as the largest measure of RESPONSE
bility in the government of the
Nation rests upon local self govern
ment, so does the largest measure
of social responsibility in our coun-
try rest upon the individual. If the
individual surrenders his own ini-
tiative and responsibilities, he is
Evening star., 1931-12-08
HELD "SYNTHETlC HERO"

Los Angeles Policeman Is Laid OF
After Tale of Battle Fails.
LOS ANGELES, December lP1.-Po.
lice Officer L. E. McDermon was sus.
pended from the police force yesterday
for what Inspector Walter Davidson
said was synthetic hero complex"
For several days McDermon had been
something of a hero among his fellow
Officers. He had turned up with bull
let embedded in the emblem Of his cap
and a story Of a pistol fight with two
burglars. Then detectives noticed tha
bullet resembled those used in then
pistols.
Bailistic experts said II had been fired
by the officer himself McDermon con-
fessed, and said he had been on tl1s
force seven years waiting for an oppor-
tuntty TO become a hero and none had
come. SO he gos tired waiting.
Ireland Is warning on youths who
catch salmon with wire srares.
Evening star., 1931-12-08
Federal Land
Banks.
Deposits I'm
Closed Banks.

tl0Sed Banks
A method should be devised to
make available quickly to depositors
some portion OF their deposits in
closed banks as the assets of such
banks may warrant Such provision
would go far to relieve distress in a
multitude of families, would stabil-
lie values in many communities and
would liberate working capital to
thousands of concerns. recon-
mend that measures be enacted
promptly to accomplish these results
and I suggest that the Congress
should consider the development OF
such a plan through the Federal
Reserve banks.
Home Loan
Discount Banks.
I recommend the establishment OF
a system of home-:oan discount
banks as the necessary companion IN
our financial structure OF the FED
eral Reserve banks and our Federal
land banks. Such action Will reileVe
present distressing pressures against
home and farm property owners. IL
will relieve preSsures upon aho give
added strength to building and loan
associations, savings banks ana oe-
posit banks engaged in extending
such credits. Such action would
further decentralize our creolt struc-
ture. It would revive resloentlal
construction and employment; II
would enable such loaning institu-
tions more effectually to promote
home ownership. I discussed TINS
plan at some length in statement
made public November IA last. This
plan has been warmly indorsed by
tha recent Rational Conference upon
Hon Ownership and Housing, whose
me,,bs.s were designated by the
Governors of the States and the
groups interested.
Reconstruction Finance
Corporation.
In order that the public may oe
absolutely assured and that the GOV.
ernunent may be in position to meet
any public necessity. J recommend
Evening star., 1931-12-08

Surrendering his own fIeoAca Ann
his own liberty. r. = the duty q
the National Government 10 insist
that both the local governments
and the individual shall assume
and bear these responsibilities - q
fundamental Of preserving the very
basis of our freedom.
Many vital changes and move
ments OF vast proportions are taking
place In the economic world. Tho
effect OF these changes upon the
future cannot be seen clearly as yet.
OF this, however, we are sure: Our
system, based upon the ideals OF
individual initiative and of equality
OF opportunity, Is not an artificial
thing. Rather It Is the outgrowth
OF the experience Of America, and
expresses the faith and spirit OF our
people. It has carried us In q CEN
tury and half to leadership of the
economic world. II our economic
system does not match our highest
expectations at all times, it does not
require revolutionary action to bring
1t into accord with any. necessity
that experience may prove. It has
successfully adjusted itself to chang
Ing conditions In the past. 1t will
do so again. The mobility of our
institutions, the richness OF our re-
sources and the abilities of our
people enable us to meet them un-
afraid. 1t is distressful time for
many Of our people, but they have
shown qualities as high in fortitude,
courage and resourcefulness as ever
In our history. With that spirit,
have faith that out of it will come
sounder life, truer standard of
values, a greater recognition of the
results of honest effort and
healthier atmosphere in which to
rear our children. Ours must be
country of such stability and Sc
curity as cannot fail to carry
forward and enlarge among all the
people that abundant life of ma
terial and spiritual opportunity
which 1t has represented among all
nations since it's beginning.
HERBERT HOOVER.
The White House,
December 8, 1881.
Evening star., 1931-12-08
MAY END INDIAN TRIP

LONDON, December 8 (P.-Gossip
In parliamentary lobbies said David
Lloyd George, veteran British states
man. who is travelling in India, had de-
cided to cut short his trip and return
home.
1t was rumored he was seasick and
homesick and would leave Ceylon on
December Is, instead Of staying until
the end Of January, as he had intended
Besides suffering from seasickness,
his friends said the former premier was
chafing at his absence from political
affairs. in which he long was leader of
the Liberal party
Evening star., 1931-12-08
Banking
Laws.
Postal Savings
Banks.

The Postal Savings deposits have
increased from about 100000 900 to
about $3.50, 100000 during the past
year. This experience has raised
important practical questions in re-
lation to desposits and investments
which should receive the attention
of the Congress.
Evening star., 1931-12-08
SAYS u. S. WILL RECOVER
Myron c. Taylor, Steel Man, Calls

NEW YORK, December LP)-My-
ron G. Taylor. chairman of the Finance
Committee Of the United States Steel
Corporation, last night told the St
Nicholas Club organized In 1885 by
Washington Irving, that American
character, plus the law Of supply and
demand, would bring the country out of
its present economic situation,
The present period is a test period, 4"
he said, which brings to many workers
employed for shorter hours the oppor-
tunity to choose between employing
their spare time for reinvigorating
themselves or succumbing to tempta-
ton to waste it."