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The Washington times., 1931-11-14
Senator Norris
Has q Plan

Congress may reasonably
conclude that it is better
for the National Govern
ment to furnish work than
merely to appropriate a
charity dole. Senator Nor
ris, a humanitarian, returns
to Washington with a plan
similar to that proposed
months ago by Mr.. Hearst
to launch a gigantic road ,
building program at a cost
of three billion dollars that
would put a million or more
jobless men to work. He
would sell bonds and retire
them from revenue raised
by increasing the higher in
come taxes.
But this could not now be
made effective before next
spring, because Of the re-
fusal of the President to
call an extra session to make
provision for the winter.
Norris knows that the pros.
perity loan plan cannot feed,
clothe and shelter the mil
lions now jobless and money!
less, and that the National
Government this winter
must make whatever con-
tribution to charity found
necessary. There seems to
be no avenue through which
the Administration can evade
its obligations to humanity
this winter.
The Washington times., 1931-11-14
Selfish Spending

Are you penurious in regard
to spending small amounts and
foolishly extravagant in making
large expenditures?
So you save and pinch and
make those who are entitled to
q part of your income cut out
every nickle Of what you con-
slider unnecessary expense?
Do you frequently make OBJ
jections to small outlays which
are made by members Of your
family who never spend large
sums? ...... ...
Then, after you have carried
on a strict saving plan, COM
pulsory to all the family as
well as yourself, do you spend
all you have saved on something
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LISTEN. WORLD!
By Elsie Robinson =

And so I ask your help this
common day
Help me keep sweet when there
is none to see,
Help me be patient though
there be no praise,
And brave without the spotlight
of applause,
And honest, in the secret, un"
seen acts.
Help me to forget my foolish,
strutting self,
Forget my childish need Of risks
and thrills,
And let me be a part of You to-
A part of life's eternal urge and
plan,
As trees and songbirds and
oceans are a part.
Help me be simple, like the
growing grain,
That grows alike in sun or rain
or wind,
And SCead1aSC, ike the ueep ell
during soil,
Whose service never slackens
through the years,
Nor ever reckons up the gain or
loss.
So help me see that every day
is rare;
And still my fretting with your
boundleSS peace,
Dear Friend, who I can feel but
cannot see
For I am like a spoiled and
peevish child
Who pouts at being in a quiet
room, Amen.
copyright, 1881, King Features
Syndicate, 1nc.)
The Washington times., 1931-11-14

colu m n a
pray e r you
h a d written
for a COM
mon day. I
W o n de r e d
W h y y o u
wrote it. It
did not seem
to me that
common days
n e e d e d
pr a y r. I
suppose that
was because
no day SEEM
e d common
To than
The Washington times., 1931-11-14
MARRY-GO-ROUND
By Harding
By Helen Rowland

and even take his own cough
medicine.
He may not need any wom-
ans shoulder to weep on-but
he's GOT to have somebody
with whom to share his tri-
umphs, his joys, his brilliant
ideas and his illusions about
himself!
He MUST have somebody to
help ADMIRE himself, believe
in himself, and amuse himself!
He's got to have SOMEBODY
to whom he can go home and
say "Cock-a-doodle-do!" when
he has won the fight or the
deal or the medal or the glory.
He must have somebody to pin
the Indian feathers in his hair
and do the dance Of Victory
around him!
He must have somebody to
whom he can confide his new
invention and talk out his
bright idea, his great plot, has
brilliant novel, his new scheme,
or his secret ambition, until it
formulates itself in his mind.
X X X
He's got to have somebody to
tell him how WONDERFUL he
is!
Lots Of women may flatter
him, but their songs of praise
will be full Of false notes-until
he meets the woman who really
understands him, believes in
ASs,> HSJ H0xT %k ~
GeBS AIASI ro,E II
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The Washington times., 1931-11-14
Congress Will
Know

Know
When Congress meets 1t
will know how much money
has been individually SUBJ
scribed and how much IN
common humanity the ma
tional Treasury will have to
add to prevent dire suffer-
ing and starvation this win
ter. The future chronlcler
of the tragic conditions Of
these days will be astounded
to find how little the Cow
ernment in Washington IN
terested itself in the plight
of the dispossessed.
Two months ago MIR.
Hoover announced that since
the beginning Of the panic
and depression the Federal
Government has and will
spend as much as 81, $685.
$4,000 for the relief of un-
employment. This includes
all the money that normally
is spent on the public works;
and one of the leading ADJ
ministration papers of New
York city finds that the
normal building expendi-
lures of the national Gov"
ernment are exceeded only
by $122,OOO,OOO.
It finds that the amount
spent on the public build
ings program for the entire
country is less than a third
more than the amount spent
by AL Smith in the con-
struction of the Empire
State Building.
The national Administra-
ton has side-stepped its
obligations to humanity.
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Suffering at Home
and Abroad
-Bu Claude G.. BOUers.

manity-more, it is the pro-
gram of common decency.
Pinchot Makes a -
Severe Observation .s4
Just what taxation schema
he has in mind As not within
our present knowledge, but
he makes a severe observa-
ton which carries, its impli-
cation.
He says: -
"There are men, and not
a few men in Pennsylvania,
whose share Of the general
wealth is so great that each
Of them, out of his private
fortune, alone and by him
self, could carry the States
whole burden Of feeding,
housing and clothing the url-
employed, as it must be car
ried this winter.
And this, too, without de-
priving themselves or fami-
lies Of every comfort and
luxury throughout tn cir
whole long lives -
If Congress is forced to
appropriate for the proven.
ton Of starvation, it will
find the money in the higher
brackets of the income tax.
That is what Senator Borah
meant when he said that the
comparatively few, who,
through the operation of
governmental privilege, own
the major part Of the ma
tion's wealth, must come for
ward now voluntarily since
they will pay just the same
otherwise.
The Washington times., 1931-11-14
WORDS FROM LIPS OF WISE MEN

It is always safe to learn,
even from our enemies; seldom
safe to venture to instruct, even
our friendSs-Colton.
The Washington times., 1931-11-14

There are no grotesqueS in
nature; not anything framed
to fill up empty canons or un-
necessary spaces. Browne.
The Washington times., 1931-11-14

She writes:
"Once-I think it was some
years ago-I saw in your
The Washington times., 1931-11-14

WTE have been hearing so
w much recently of re-
turning prosperity that some
are apt to feel that the
problem of unemployment is
not still with us. 1t appears
that it is worse now than
two months ago. The NUM-
cipal Lodging House in New
York has been more con-
gested than ever during the
month and the weather is
still warm.
The Welfare Council in
New York reports that its
survey shows that nearly a
million families in that city
are now affected by unem-
ployment. To many this will
seem as serious, and IS de-
serving Of the attention OF
the Federal Government as
the embarrassment of Eu-
rope over the debts.
The Presidents s Unemploy-
ment Relief Committee is
now convinced that the $l2,-
100000 it started out to
raise in New York will not
suffice. It is now asking
for eighteen million and,
with a million families at-
fected by unemployment
this will not be too much.
The Washington times., 1931-11-14
Why A Man Marries.

Why A Man MarrieS.
It is beginning to look as
though the chief aim of the
modern mans life is to dodge
marriage. He may fall for
gold-diggers, promoters, bond
statesmen, book-agents, boot
leggers and racketeers-but not
for a "marrying-girl"! He knows
the marriage-racket!
X X X
Oh yeah? But woman knows
better. She knows that while
there are lots of things in this
world that a man can live with
out-WOMAN isn't one Of
them!
X X X
I don't mean "Women"-I
mean ONE WOMAN! I mean
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more? More must be given, for the
need is greater. 1t must be given by
some If not by all. More should be
given by all so that the additional bur
den will be shared proportionately by
every member Of the great partnership
in the maintenance of the Chest.
No fixed proportion or ratio can be
prescribed in the matter Of giving, al
though 1t has been roughly computed
that the necessity this year is twenty
five per cent greater than q year ago
There is first of all the greater direct
need in the increase of forced idleness
and the diminution of earning power
and the consequent greater suffering.
There Is then the additional need OF
the Red Cross, whose call for funds to
meet the national conditions has been
merged with that of the Chest for the
convenience of the local community.
If twenty-five per cent should be
added to every contribution of record
last year the Chest will be filled, to
meet every dollar of obligation both to
the Red Cross and to the local agen-
cieS. The very fact that times are
hard" makes the need to do this the
more imperative.
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Kindness for Cats
OF Capital Is Urged

To the Editor Of The Star:
I noticed an article In The Star last
evening to which wish to add q word
to remind the human family to be
kind to dumb animals Of all kinds, but
especially cats.
1t seems Incredible that any one
could be cruel enough, In this enlight-
ened age, to put poison where animals
cOald have access to 1t. In all sec
tons Of the city our cats are of great
value. In the close-built sections Of
the city rats are most destructive; Did
not our faithful furred friends destroy
the rodents? No one whose house has
never been infested with rats can have
any conception of the destruction they
can work, and in our suburban section
mice and moles 1nfest our vegetable and
flower gardens and even the common
cat readily rids our gardens Of the
nuisance. The mice make the run
and the moles follow up with complete
destruction Of roots.
Then, too, when moving or going out
of town, do make provision for q home
for your cat. There is so little that can
be found to eat, and our cats should be
taken to the Animal Rescue League If
one does not want them, as there Is an
opportunity to place them in homes
from there.
I beg of you, let your children have
Q cat and teach them kindness to ami
mails with this pet. a
. Neither am I fanatic about cats,
but since there seems to be no law to
protect them, those Of us who nave
kind hearts and voices should help
teach thoughtless people humanity to
dumb animals.
JESSIE X. RIDDLE.
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The Josephine K.

Now and then the Coast Guard has
10 Ere . shot to remind the country
that while prohibition is q domestic
question, 1t can easily assume an inter-
national aspect. Outposts Of the en-
forcement navy, on duty on Manhattan
Island. intercepted and eventually
apprehended early this week a small
squadron Of rum runners flying the
Canadian nag. Unheeding orders TO
heave TO and submit TO search, the
Coast Guard sent q shell into the
Josephine X. one Of the smuggling
ships. and inflicted upon her skipper
wounds from which he later died.
The episode, which is similar TO the
I'm Alone AFFAIR in the waters OF
New Orleans q year and half ago,
81 regrettable in that it led to the
shedding Of blood The Canadian and
American authorities are looking into
the geographical facts In question. II
"a being ascertained whether the JOSEF
phine x and her sister ships were within
or without the limits Of the United
States territorial waters. If the vessels
were ifside them. the Coast Guards
RIGHT & shoot was indisputable. II the
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Burglary With Humor.

New Jersey burglar left notes be-
hind him, Why don't you put your
money where can find it?" why
the deuce don't you leave this desk
unlocked?" Even this sweater doesn't
fit me-"
If burglars must operate, and the
history of mankind seems to prove that
they must, perhaps most home owners
. would prefer them to have a keen sense
Of humor. There can be little doubt
! that fun and jollity along the way
would enliven the prowlings of any
person given to felonious entry into
private homes.
Such a mantle chances are 1000
to that the intruder would not be q
woman - would be looking for two
things, not just one thing. Instead Of
concentrating his whole mental ener-
gies on the discovery of material loot,
he would devote part of them to the
laudable aim of finding laughs as he
went along.
II is conceivable that in such an
emergency as may arise in the night
life of any burglar, such as that occa-
stoned by the precipitate entry. of the
rightful owner, the prowler would
rather "wise crack" than crack his re-
volver or the skull of the other.
Humor thus would take its rightful
place In the home, that Of appealing
to the sympathetic side Of the audi
ence-of one.
Come 70 think of it, crime In the
United States during the past decade
has become terribly serious, devoid Of
the bravado which once beset the ad-
ventures of Jesse James and the Can
tr.n brothers. The American likes his
joke, and If he must have burglars and
others of their ilk, let them leave jolly
notes behind them, filled with fun,
frolic and gayety. That way, at least,
lies national sanity.
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THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

outside them, becoming their Judge.
their critic.
Judging Nature Is not done with any
real critical slant. Criticism, usually
implying q complaining or adverse
opinion, is happily good-natured, when
it Is applied TO the living, growing
things of the outdoors.
Even the most captious person real
ICES that trees and bushes and plants
and grass know nothing of him, and
therefore are not attempting to spite
him by doing poorly. They are forever
outside the realm of petty criticism.
When Nature does poorly, in the eyes
Of man, as in the drought, or in q flood,
she is only reacting as conditions cause
her to react. There is no will-of-her-
own in it, no conscious effort to become
too dry, or to remain too wet.
Nature only asks to function as she
has been accustomed. She has, how
ever. tolerance, as the scientists say,
or leeway which enables her TO make
the best Of conditions as they are.
Mankind, being a part of this self
same Nature, also has wide tolerance,
It does its best to make the best Of
conditions, not only those OF Nature,
but those Self-impoSed.
4 4
An excellent example of this is in the
mental attitude of the man or woman
who dlslikeS Winter, who yet manages
to get great deal Of amusement out
Of It.
Physically he shrinks from the cold
blasts, the sleet, the rushing winds, the
tendency of the human nose to play
tricks in cold weather, the air which
insists on rushing down the back Of
ones neck, the soggy public vehicles,
crammed with snuffling, Sneezing hui
mainly
He stays indoors as much as feasible,
from which vantage point he Is able to
appreciate with his mentality the good
points of the season. Surely snow Is
beautiful. There is not another phe-
nomenon in Nature which can touch 1t
for sheer pictureSquenesS.
Old things take on new beauties,
garages become coated with sugar,
fence posts wear gigantic loaf hats, d.
lapidated fences become things Of love-
illness.
City noises are dimmed, muted by
the universal application of this coat
ing of soft stuff to the streets, lawns,
trees, bushes, shrubs, roofs, automobile
and bus tops.
Lovely but disagreeable-such is the
verdict OF the one who takes his Nature
from the inside as much as he can in
Winter. It Is verdict which will be
agreed to by many people.
Cold weather places in high relief
those two marvellous institutions of
the modern home, the bath room and
the furnace. Only those who come
from the small towns of the late '90s
are able to appreciate them properly.
Winter makes even q cold house
seem warm, by contrast with the cold
streets. A really warm house Is more
appreciated than a feast. The CLINT of
blazing logs in the fireplace diffuses q
soft glow over everything.
From such an observatory one Is able
to appreciate the good points of Winter,
but even this does not prevent him
from wishing heartily for the advent
Of Spring and Summer, with their open
doors and windows, blooming flowers,
soft air and happiness on O grander
scale
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Bird Lover Is Hostess
To Southern MOcker

To the Editor of The Star:
was very much interested in the
article which appeared in The Star.
one evening about a week ago, giving
an account Of q blue warbler which is
spending the Winter in or near Chevy
Chase.
have like story to tell Of Q South
ern hooking bird which Is remaining
with me, and has been spending his
nights in a large and very dense arbor
vitae tree at the southeast corner of
my house. On sunny afternoons see
him in the back yard helping himself
to the crumbs and Suet that I keep
supplied there for all Corners. 1t Is
true, those partaking of my hospitality
are mostly SparrowS and starlings, but
not many weeks ago whole flock of
juncoes came to visit me, and also two
beautiful cardinals were seen for little
while. But am most happy over the
brave little hooking bird spending the
Winter all alone in my vicinity. He Is
the very dark slate colored variety, with
white tips on his wings and tain
feathers, and believe 1t Is unusual for
this bird to remain this far North all
Winter.
I thought probably some Of the other
bird lovers of the District would be
interested in hearing about him, too.
I spent several hours watching him
this afternoon, and saw, with much
amusement, how he chased q couple of
starlings away from q choice bit OF
food. He seems to think he is king In
my yard. Just as he Is in my heart.
MISS ~. OLIVE HESS.
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Are We going to have an early
Spring?
Turf Is as spongy now as it normally
Is in late March or April.
This may or may not be q sign, but 1t
Is an interesting thing to note.
Cold weather, of course, will be able
to reduce the ground back to frozen
state in no time, 50 that it will not do
to become too optimistic.
How much pleasanter warm weather
is than cold!
Probably SO per cent of the people
feel that way about the weather, al
though perhaps SO per cent like to in
sist that they like cold weather best.
No doubt they are the same persons
turkey best. and prefer Cor so they say
to sit at the rear of a theater.
These touches Of warm weather in
Winter, these Springlike days which
come with lower air preSsures, give an
admirable foretaSte of what Is to come.
They lack, however, the genuine
feel" of approaching Spring. There is
something about the real thing which
is unmistakable. The air is softer, as
we say. The sun Is q new sort of sun,
with more ultraviolet in the compost
ton of his rays.
praise of Spring at this time. There
will be plenty of time for that.
What interests one now Is the condi-
ton of growing things, especially in re-
lation to their state few months from
now.
The softness of the turf Is natural,
and does it no harm. although 1t yet
remains to be seen what the unusual
amount Of alternate freezing and thaw-
ing has done to 1t.
One can never be too sure. This is
one of the charms of interest in the
out-ofdoors. Many persons seem to
feel that one must indulge in ice Skat-
ing. fishing hunting, or go skiing, or
at least go for long hikes, to- be inter-
ested in the things outside the house.
Nothing of the kind!
Perhaps he who rather Shrinks from
the cold paws of Winter Is in the best
position to appreciate the outdoors,
after all.
He has as it were, grandstand seat,
from which he may observe everything
that goes on.
This seat is not necessarily his easy
chair at home. 1t may be his Office
window, the window of his car, the
window of street car or bus.
These are the four main lookoutS for
the indoor student of the great out-of-
doors.
The burly individual who prefers his
skating and his shedding and that sort
of thing has much in his favor, and no
one who fails to indulge in such sports
would want to say q word against him
or them.
He is to be congratulated; but it may
be submitted that he Is so close to the
outdoors Itself that he is in an excellent
position to fail to see 1t.
He Ii more interested In his sport
than in Nature. If he notices the
weather at all. or takes cognizance Of
the Spongy turf, it Is only because these
things help or hinder his activities
Now, there are some outdoor Nature
lovers, of course, who combine sport
with a keen observation of everything
around them. These are the exceptions.
The average person Is better able to
note things for himself when he sits
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war historian. the young Ohioan
brings many qualities to the task Of
ballyhooing his Siamese majesty.
y 4
Fred K. Nielsen, who has Just been
appointed American commissioner of the
Special Claims Commission between the
United States and Mexico, probably
holds more presidential appointment
certificates than any lawyer in the
named Nielsen solicitor Of the State
Department. Warren G. Harding ap-
pointed him agent and senior counsel
for the U. S. A. before the last Ameri-
can-BTitish claims arbitration. Before
Nielsen was named to the Mexico Claims
Commission the other day by Herbert
Hoover. Calvin Coolidge had made him
American commissioner on the General
Claims Commission adiudicating our
Mexican affairs. Nielsen is q Nebras-
kan and carries the scars Of foot ball
battle from his days on the Corn Husk-
ers' eleven. =.
Here's a new story about Edward
Douglass White, late Chief Justice of the
United States. Often, during the after
noon Of his life, White expressed to in
innate friends the hope that one Of two
men might be his successor at the Su-
preme Court-William Howard Taft and
Charles Evans Hughes. Both achieved
the distinction.
"Bnl" Castle. accomplished Assistant
Secretary CT State, tells corking story
about his special mission to Japan q
year ago during the London Naval Con-
ference. Uncle Sans Special Ambassa-
dor to Toxic. Mrs. Castle and other
members Of the embassy were waiting,
IA full dress regalia, to be escorted to
the Imperial Palace to pay their respects
TO the Emperor and Empress. The hour
was 10 o'clock IN the morning. A party
of newly arrived American tourists blew
into the hotel lobby. Look at those
BIRDS" remarked one Of the Yankees.
Been up ell night, suppose"
Copyright. 1917
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Josephine x was struck beyond those
waters. then the Canadian government
has at least the technical ground for
q protest.
No matter where the rum runners
were. they were engaged in q fragrant
violation of American laws. They were
attempting, for sheer lucre representing
heavy profits, to circumyent the stern
restrictions imposed by the United
States Government against the landing
of liquor on our shores. They were on
smugglers' duty bent, and they were
caught, literally, with the goods
500, 900 worth of them.
The way of the booze pirate, like that
of any other transgressor, is hards
When the Coast Guard lets its guns
bark on such occasions, it is almost
indubitably within its rights, and the
American people will have slight
patience with diplomatic bubbles over
the meticulous maritime facts that may
be involved.
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SHOOTING STARS.
BY PH1LANDER JOHNSON.


Beyond Science.
Let me observe the universe,
Friend Scientist, with you
And try, for better or for worse,
To study it anew.
And though great mysteries unfold
As wonder-stories new are told,
/ value still the simple truth
That you impaired in my youth.
I know the stars viii shine on high
Each In the 'customed time and
place.
I know the seasons passing by
With beauties new each year vii
grace.
And as I gaze with reverent care
On marvels as they shine up there,
The greatest joys, I frankly own,
Are things that have always known