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The Washington times., 1931-12-12
Salary Slashes
And Faulty Reasoning

In times Of trouble the legislative mind berav
some queer qurks.
When conditions require fOrward-looing craftsmanship
and broad economic view find some members of Con
gress flying into panic and tearing down instead of build
ing up
AS witness the proposal that the salaries of Government
employees be cut 10 per cent This originally the brain
child of Representative William r. Wood but now Repre-
sentative Robert Rich steals his thunder by tossing into
the House hopper bill to carry out the suggestion
There probably only group of workers which has not
been hard hit by the business depression These are the
Federal employees
NOtoriOusy underpad for many years. they have been
able to count the security of their positions and
continuance of their salaries regardless of commercial con-
ditions
Thus far the Government has been among the few large
and wise employers who have stood like bulwark against
the pcayunsh slashng and pairing which have aug
mented depression rather than minimized it.
But members of Congress-it be hoped that
they nfinitesmal mnority-wan to tear down this
citadel of security in which the Government empoye works
They say that Federal District workers must be made
to suffer along with the rest
Why?
The savings thus effected would wipe sub
stanal portion of the Treasury deficit created largely through
unwise and burdensome pork legislation.
The only that be advanced for cutting Federal
Galaries-is to punish the workers.
That is not statesmanship It mot common sense
The Washington times., 1931-12-12

ELSIE hObINSON Dig, wei IedIS
of self pity. Were they over
worked? They'd tell a Cro-o-o-el
Masculine World they were! No
mother could accomplish even
the lightest housekeeping, with
out at least IL hours of steady
drudgery. And so on and so
on
But for each Sobbing Sister,
came a Snorting One!
Overworked! Piffle! House
wives were just lazy-that's
what they were! Sorry because
they had to work at all. But
why shouldn't a wife work. And
what was there so hard about
housework, if a woman settled
Gown to it Systematically and
made a business of it?
Those Whining Wives
Here for example, are
MesdGmes Meredith and Harp
SGGE. A11u W11dO OAICy A1oFS w
say about whining wives is
plenty!
MY Dear Miss Robinson:
This squawk about over
worked wives" makes me tired.
It is really based on the fact
that many women regard mar
riage as an escape from all
work. They marry with the
idea that they are going to SIT
aroun'I and be an inspiration
to their husbands. Then, when
they find that he expects them
to do their share, they think
they're martyrs.
When you come right down
to it, what do the majority OF
workingmen get out of mar
riage? Nine times out OF ten
a nagging wife, a dirty house
a bunch of squalling babies, a
mother-in-law who knows every
body's business but her own,
continual demands for some
new expenditures, and pay
ments, payments.
I am always hearing about
The Washington times., 1931-12-12
Millions Are Eating
The Bread of Charity

From the beginning the
President has been impatient
with all suggestions for ac-
tual and direct service to the
breadwir ners out of jobs.
During the first year of the
panic, or depression, the Adj
ministration was actively
seeking to direct public at
tention from the pressing
problem of the unemployed
by giving out figures on the
number that were ridlcu-
lousy below the facts. Even
now the President seems IN
capable of realizing that we
have a major human prob
lem here at home. In one
part of his message he says:
wages and standards Of
living abroad have been ma
terially lowered during the
last year"
Perhaps; but in reporting
on the Estate of the Union'
he refrains from announcing
that "wages and the stand
ards of living" have, within
the same period, been pain
fully lowered here in the
United States. Never has
there been so much suffering
right here. Millions are eat
ing the bread of charity;
hundreds Of thousands Of
families have been disrupted,
and in a report on the estate
of the Union" we are told
about the material lowering
of the standards Of living
abroad!
This statement is made
apropos of the tariff; and
yet, under the highest tariff
rates in our history, this low
ering of wages and standards
of living have come. And
they have come, as econo-
mists and business men well
know, in part, because of
the very tariff rates the
President would maintain.
1t is interesting to note the
frequency with which, in the
editorial comments OF papers
friendly to the Adminlstra-
ton, the word "cold" is used
in reference to the message.
That was to have been eX-
pected. The Administration
has been cold to the suffer
ing Of the masses from the
beginning.
The Washington times., 1931-12-12
American People
Are Humane

Senator Norris announces
that he will propose that, IN
meeting the national problem
of suffering and starvation,
the Nations Government
shall make it's contribution
to the prevention fund. The
time, he thinks, has passed
for a huge Federal building
program to put men to work.
Manifestly if anything was
to be accomplished for this
winter there should have
been an extra session in the
spring or early summer, but
Mr.. Hoover was too busy at
the time with the distress in
Europe. Private charity has
done much by its contrlbu-
tions from individuals, but
what it has done is so much
less than what must be done,
if deaths from starvation and
exposure are to be prevented
in New York, that the Wal
ker administration is going
to double the amount raised
from the city treasury.
There are thousands of
communities where the diff
ference between what is
needed and what has been
privately subscribed is in the
proportion in New York, and
there are thousands of local
governmental units that have
appropriated all they can. 1t
is no more of an imposition
for the Federal treasury to
The Washington times., 1931-12-12
LISTEN, WORLD!
BY Elsie Robinson

these women whose work is
never done" Why not be
honest, and admit that the real
reason their work is never
done is because they gossip too
much, read too much, sleep too
late, have hundred other
ways of wasting time.
If a wife would take her job
as an office girl takes hers,
there wouldn't be all these
complaints. How do I know?
Because I've worked in an Of
flee. and did my work we'll
enough to have the assurance
of a good job any time I want
it. I've kept house and worked,
too. Now I'm married, keep an
eight-room partly modern house,
have two babies, do my own
washing.
Has No Help
I have no inside help. eve
have a hired man all the time,
two in the summer, and extra
help now and them And if I
can't have dinner and supper on
time, the kids and house reason
ably clean, I consider myself a
total failure. I love to read and
loaf, but I don't dare do so un-
til so much work is done.
Who said marriage isn't
business?" It's the biggest busi-
ness on earth. No wonder so
many people find it necessary
to be "Reno-vated," with all
women expect Of men and mar
riage. When the divorce comes,
what do women want? Every
thing. The house, the car, the
furniture, the money, the kids.
and the mans salary for the
rest of his life. And women say
that marriage is a gamble.
RUTH HARPSTER,
Omaha, Neb.
And Mistress Meredith, of At
lantic City. thinks the wives ac-
quire a "martyrdom complex"
IF they had to snap into it,
the way office girls do. they'd
be all right" says she. But
the lazy things know that they
can stay in bed, let husband get
his own breakfast and go to
work. Then, when they finally
do rise. they park themselves on
the davenport, read the papers,
or some love confession magazine
and wonder why their huS-
band isn't like the herop
What's the answer?
Are housewives really over
worked
Is their labor much harder
than the office girls?
Or are they simply lazy, un-
systematic?
OR IS THERE PERHAPS A
STIMULUS IN OFFICE WORK
THAT HOUSEWORK LACKS?
What's YOUR answer?
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Syndicate, 1nc.)
The Washington times., 1931-12-12
ONCE-OVERS

little effort to conceal this
spirit?
Haven't you reached the stage
where you care very little
whether your manner hurts
people or not?
Isn't it your idea that these
who have not advanced with
you have little in common
with you or you with them and
they have little right to pre-
sumo to keep you on as an equal
or friend.
You think they ought to real
ize the difference and not ex-
pect you to receive them on
the same basis as you once
welcomed them. .
The Washington times., 1931-12-12
Brushes Aside Navy
Leagues Charges

In his message, the Presl-
dent assures us that "both
the Army and Navy have
been maintained at a high
state of efficiency" With
that he lightly brushed aside
the most damaging charges
to the contrary from the
Navy League, which the Ad-
ministration was so unfortu-
nate in answering. The pub
lie is not at all satisfied with
the President s assurance re-
garding the Navy. And while
no one seeks war, for an
other major war would prob
ably topple our civilization
over, the world conditions
are such that a grave re-
sponsibility rests upon an
Administration that fails to
keep the Navy to the highest
notch permissible under our
treaty obligation.
The situation in the Far
East is most disturbing, and
this week Ramsay MacDon-
aid was asked IN the Com
mons what preparations are
being made for the "next
war" We are not a mill
tary-minded people and we
are not asking for a great
army, but we do expect
under existing world condi-
tions, that the Navy, our
great instrument of de-
fense, shall not be sacri-
ficed to the whims of Secre-
tary Stimson.
The Washington times., 1931-12-12

Above you pictures of the and perhaps
utter sympathecay He hath put down the mighty and
add poor fellow"
The picture the left at the top shows Sachno Ustmo
wsch the days when he and the Gear in their glory
He the magnificent uniform aggressive mustache
and fierce expression of Aduan the Ataman (comande
of the crack Tersky Cossack Regiment.
The Gar fell, Bolshevsm castles torn down,
and sachno Ustimowch at work pastry cook in
o small Berlin restaurant
The sentimental say How sad how sorrowfu" But the
practical say Water finds its level do For the first
time in his life Sachno- Ustimowitsch is useful
The lower picture also illustrates fall in grandeur The
young is the Princess Hang ThThe of the House
The Washington times., 1931-12-12

Hoang-Ba. Her grandfather King of Tonkn, before
the French occupied that country and made their ruling
arrangements She has royal grandfather now longer
power to lift finger and send his death for
offense, however slight
But the intelligent energetic young does repne
or ask for sympathy and doesn't get job pastry cook
She gets work in the movies that she knows how
emotion and will probably have genuine fun
movie actress than she could have had Princess of
the House OF Adversely brings level and
does us good, if there is good in
The Washington times., 1931-12-12
The Municipal Center
No Frantic Rush

The District Commissioners following the path of
dom in delaying actual construction work on the courts
building of the Municipal Center until they can see day.
light on the financing of the great project.
Financially the District like all other communities has
suffered setback from the depression In addition
there no telling what this session of Congress may do in
regard to local taxes,
While the District has embarked building program
which some estimate may cost much $220O0OO ulti
maey is well that go slowly for time so that it may
Know Just what to expect in financing this project which
highly desirable but not necessarily urgent
The Washington times., 1931-12-12
Congress and the
Message
Bu Claude G. BOUers

help than for a city, town or
county treasury to help, and
money to prevent suffering
from the Federal treasury is
no more of a "dole" than
money taken from the treas
ury of other governmental
units.
The American people are a
humane people, and while no
one wishes to burden the
treasury at Washington un-
duly, if an appropriation
from it is necessary to meet
the demands of common hu-
manity, it should be made
The Washington times., 1931-12-12
The Maiden's Christmas Prayer
Dear Santa Claus, hear now a
Woman'S prayer.

Bring me the things that my
heart desires
A laugh for my llps-a CLINT for
my hair
And the slender form that my
love admireS!
A magical perfume, his fancy to
charm,
A frock that will ravish and
dazzle his eye
The touch of his lips and the
clasp of his arm
These are the things for which
/ sigh!
Fairy slippers, to make me
dance
AS lightly as thistledown in
the wind
A snare in my smile and a lure
in my glance
OF challenge Or promise 0
YOU know the kind!
Keep your baubles and bangles
and rings
Trinkets and traSh-your stock
entire.
The Washington times., 1931-12-12
You and the Breaks"

You and the Breaks"
Your advancement has been
rapid in the business world.
You feel that you have cut
distanced your former friends
and those with whom you were
employed in former years.
How has this advancement
affected you?
Are you as unaSSuming as
you were when you were in less
important place?
Are you as easy to meet and
as hkeable as you were then?
Do you feel above those you
knew well in the lean years?
Isn't it a fact that you make
The Washington times., 1931-12-12

Are wives abused?
Do they work far harder than
a busy office girl?
Is the average mother, with
one or two children, forced to
labor beyond her strength?
The Washington times., 1931-12-12

D o z e n S,
S c ore S, OF
C o mplaining
letters each
Wec.. said she
was. We Won
d e r ed. We
asked. A n d
we're still as
f ar from
knowing as
Te we're when
we begun.
For hun
Dire dS Of
ladies burst
or tn into
hip Met. tears
The Washington times., 1931-12-12
Paging Santa Claus

Christmas shopping is Il mental
test, in which many women and
most men prove that they need an
ahcniSt.
The Washington times., 1931-12-12
MARRY-GO-ROUND
By Helen Rowland

Bring me the foolish, intan-
gible things
That will set that silly mans
heart on fire!
A modern girl doesn't ask to
be the first and only one a
man ever loved; she merely
wants to be the one who made
him stop loving all the others.
A man never really knows
himself until he gets married
and hears the whole unexpur-
gated truth from the lips OF a
woman.
You are not a real celebrity,
in these days, until the fact
that you get along peaceably
with your husband, or wife.
is news"
Judging from the newspaper
photographs, some of these
prize beauties" must have
lMA(hL ~
~ <sSStSIk = e
- Il E4T>7
D1@ N
The Washington times., 1931-12-12

"HE general reactlon 10
l. the Presidents opening
message has been one of dis
appointment, even with that
portion of the party press
that would prefer to cheer.
He submits some PROPOSE
tions intended to assist busl-
ness to recovery that have
no party significance, should
encounter no partisan opposl-
tion and be considered on
their merits.
The announcement of the
Democrats in control of the
House that a day or more
will be allowed for members
to express their opinions on
the document is unusual, but
no less admirable on that ac-
count. 1t is the custom in
England, when the King
reads the address prepared
for him by the government
in power at the moment, to
invite a debate and a reply.
This policy has one excel
lent effect - it speedily
brings out the issues created
and outlines the nature OF
the opposition. In this cOun-
try the Representatives in
the House have their own
ideas on the Estate of the
Union" and we may as we'll
have them in the beginning.
The House Off
To a Good Start
The House was off to a
good start on Tuesday when
it voted a liberalization of
the rules to make it's action
more responsive to the will
of the members. During the
domination of the Repub-
lican trumvirate, composed
Of Longworth, Smell and Til
son, the rules were deliber-
ately designed to provide an
oligarchic control.
1t has been through just
such rules that the House,
once a great body, has in re-
cent years been converted
into a rubber stamp for half
a dozen men; and thus some
thing has been done to make
a mockery of the representa-
tive system. Under the new
rules, a measure pending ben
fore a committee cannot be
indefinitely buried there as
in the past.
Under the Democratic
rule, less than half the men,
bers can force the discharge
of committee from further
consideration of any pending
measure and bring it out on
the floor for discussion and
a vote. That, we have al
ways thought, is the "Ameri-
can way"
The Progressive Republi-
cans found the Democratic
rule even more liberal than
the one they had in mind,
and consequently supported
it, and thus the first action
of the new Democratic con-
troll was carried with a ma
jority of 33 votes. This in
dicates how much the Demo-
Gratis can do if their policies
continue along liberal lines.
The Washington times., 1931-12-12

It may be just as natural
for a man to be tickled with
a few Christmas gifts such as
it is for a woman-but, some
how. he always feels that it
would look silly for him to
show it.
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Syndicate, Inc.)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-10
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,. Ss2.s Meters
 
Hartford

4:45-Sunset Hour-Moshe Para
 nov, director; with Jules
 Schwartz, baritone. 5.30-Betty Moore, decorator. 6:45--Happy, Go and Lucky. 5:55-"Lollipops" - Children's
 Playlet. 6:10-Bulletins. 6:15-Serenading Strings. z o:45-The Stebbins Boys. { 7:00--Knights of Melody-Luther
 Martin, director. 1:25-Baseball scores. 7:30-The Harmoneers. 7:45-Hghway Safety Program Lii e u te n n Edward H..
 Walsh, in charge of Safety
 Bureau, New York City Po-
 lice. ' S:00-Concert {. 9:00-Night Club. 9:30-The Travellers Hour-Chris
 tian kriens, director with
 Thelma kessler, soprano. 10:30-Theater of the Air. 11:00-Weather; Bulletins. l11:10-Club Hollywood orchestra
 Tony Pestritto, director. n l2.00-Silent
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-10
2ITCHIE TO GIVE
 RADIO ADDRESS

9overnor Albert c. Ritchie, of 4ary1and. one of the leading candi- 01tes for the democratic presidential uomination, will address the old 1outh over the Columbia Broadcast 14g Systems Dixie network Friday, July 24, from S:15 to S:30 D. m, G.S.T. (9:15 to 9:3O p. m., E.D.S.T).
 Governor Ritchie, who has not yet chosen his subject but who is eX- pected to have a special message Tor the south, will speak from Co., 1umbias Washington studios
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-10
.:;s.. sss WDRC x,,a:ss,.. a:,s
Hartford

! 5:00-Jewish Art program. 5:2j-Show Tunes. 5:30-John Kelvin, Irish tenor. 5:45-Orchestra. , 6 6:00-Winegar's Barn orchestra. 6:15-Summary of programs. 6:2O-The World Bookman. G:3O-Roy Atwell's Tidewater Inn. 6 6:45-Bird and Wash; Act. 7.00-kate smith and her SWanee
 Music. 7:I5-Dennis King and orchestra. 7:30-St Moritz orchestra. 7.45-Morton DoWney, Anthony
 Wons; Jacques Remarks or
 chestra. S S:00-Time. S S:00-Arthur Pryor's band. S:15-Barbershop quartet. S:30-Time. & Time Popular Songs. 9:00-Time. 9:00-Story. 9:45-Lewisohn Stadium concert. 1O:30-Poets Gold; David Ross, po-
 etry reading with music. 11:O0-The Merry Winters. Fletcher Henderson's orches-
 tra. - Hollywood Gardens
 orchestra. 26fm-WHAM, ROchester-115Ok 6:3O-11 00-Same as WIZ. ensemble. Beach dance.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-10
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New York

5:00-Childrens program. 5:30-Benjamin Triangle. 5:45-Mountainee 6:OO-World in Music-Pierre Key 6.15-Black and Gold orchestra. 6:40-Baseball scores. 6:45-The Stebbins Boys-Sketch. 7:00-Major Bowes Family. 8:0O-Orchestra Cavaliers quartet; /;
 Jessica Dragonette, soprano. 9:00-Club orchestra. 9:30-Orchestra 1o:00-Orchestra Olga Albani, so-
 prano; Men About Town
 quartet. of the Air. orchestra. orchestra. 12.20-Ennk orchestra.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-10
Oll the Air Today
WIZ 1.,.s:.,.. .::
3g5 Meters
New York

5:15-Fireside Songs. 5:30-Miracles of Magnolia. 5:45-Stock Quotations. 6:O0-Raising Junior-Sketch. 6:15-Henry orchestra. 6:25-Baseball scores. 6:3O-Bonnie Laddies. 6:45-Topics in Brief - Lowell
 Thomas. 7:0O-Amos n Andy-Sketch. 7:15-Frances Aida, soprano;
 Frank La Forge, piano. 7:30-Phil Cook. 7:45-Believe It or Not, Robert L..
 Ripley. S:OO-Orchestra; Joe White. tenor. S.3O-Careless Love-Sketch. S:45-Sisters of the Skillet. 9:OO-Billy Jones and Ernie Hare. 9:3O-Orchestra Ruth Lyon, so-
 prano; William Miller, ten
 or; speaker, Francis X.
 Bushman. Whiteman's orchestra. Lu and Elm. and Iawnhurst,
 duets. 11:OO-Slumber Music-Echoes of
 the Opera. orchestra. 12:30-Busse orchestra.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-10
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349
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New York

5:00-Jewish Art program. 5:30-John Kelvin, tenor. 5:45-Carpentcrs orchestra. 6:30-Tide Water Inn. 6:45-Bird and Nash-Sketch. 7:00-kate smith, songs. 7:15-Dennis King, songs; orches-
 tra. 7:30-Drama of old New York. 7:45-Orchestra Morton Downey.
 tenor. S:00-Pryors band. S:15-Quartet. s:30-Musicale. 9:O0-Liberty Dramatic Sketches
 with Musical Interludes. 9:45-Lewisohn Stadium concert,
 Willem Von Hoogstraten,
 conductor 8 lO:30-Poets Gold. < l1:O0-HenderSon orchestra. t1:30-Lyman's orchestra. l2:00-Olsen orchestra. V t2:30-Ann Leaf, organ; Ben Alley,
 tenor. 1:Oo-Park Central Music, 1:3O-Abrams orchestra, 278m-WLWL. New York-110Ok s:00-3:O0-Studio Music e:O0-Story Book Queen-Berenice
 Pittala. 6:15-Dea Cole, soprano. s:45-Labor Talk. T:OO-Memphis Ramblers. 7:3O-Endorsed Motion Plctures-
 Mrs McG 7:45-Austen Ramblcs. 3SOm-WGY, Schcncttady-79Ok s6:OO-Same as Wf.Af. 6:30-Baseball scores. 6.S5-Bernard Silbert, cello. 6:45-Same as WEAF. 8.30-Orchestra. 9:O0-Same as WEAF. \ 11:O0-Dehey's orchestra. 11:3O-1: :0O-Same as WEAF. SO6m-KDKA. Pittsburgh-9SOk 6:00-Stanley Warner, Artists. 6:30-Russell Merritt, piano. 8:45-Same as WIZ. 7.15-Colonial Tellers choir. 7:30.11:O0-Same as WIZ. 11:00-Sport Review. 11:15-SaXophone trio. 11:30-Same as WIZ. < 12:OO-Joy's orchestra. 3O3m-WBZ, Springficid-"9Ok 6:15-Same as WIZ. 6:30-DiXie Jubilee Singers. 6:45-Same as WIZ. 7:15-Prudence Musicale. 7:30-Same as WIZ. T:45-Home Circle. S:O0-Same as WIZ. s:SO-Alice Kimball and Ruth
 English, piano duo. s:45-Dubble Boarding House. 9:0O-11:00-Same as WIZ. 11:O0-Time; Weather. x 11:04-Sports Review. 1l:15-Rines' orchestra. 11:45-Harry Foisey, organ.
 422m-WOR, Ncwark-11Ok 5:0O-Playland orchestra. 5:3O-Home Period.
 5:3O-Lime ericks.
 5:44-Orchestra
 6:O0-Uncle Don.
 6:30-Sports Talk
 e:45-Salon orchestra. 7:00-Adam's Sport Aces. 7:15-Boys Club.
 7:3O-So This Is Love-Sketch. 7:45-Los Charros trio. s:OO-To be announced. S:30-Out Skapoose Way-Sketch e:OO-Little symphony; FlaVlo Pla
 sencia, baritone. 10:O0-Darling and Dearie-Sketcf 1O:15-Farm orchestra. 1e:45-Globe Trotter. 11:O0-IIerberts Entertainers. 11:30-Moonbeam