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The Washington times., 1931-03-11
Constructive Changes for
Police Efficiency
Civil Service in Police Appointments

Constructive changes in the police department Of Washing
tO with view greater efficiency under consideration
by Commissioner Crosby Senators and Representatives and
be in shape for presentation to the next meeting OF Con-
res the form of bill having the backing Of the District
Commissioners.
Civil service selection of applicants the police force and
the of the civil service in making promotions to the grade
Of captain is one subject that will be gone into.
The existing civil service law for emen and policemen be-
effective late in 1919 has good points, likewise
many weak ones
Examinations for appointments and promotions made by
the Civil Service Commission which every effort to get as
nearby be whose character and records
not difficult to obtain Large numbers of our policemen
however from distant points, making it exceedingly hard
to fully size them up.
The mental and physical qualities Of every applicant for the
police department should be tested but the tests should be made
understanding the qualities police applicants should have
than the Civil Service Commission.
No civil service examination that mainly emphasizes app
cant book knowledge bring out some OF the CHIEF FACTORS
necessary in the lives and duties of policemen.
Sense of responsibility good judgment at critical moments
courage strong moral character good not be
satisfactorily developed in these examinations.
The thing is true in formal examinations for promo
tion after men have served for years on the force
special police board would be competent to take
into consideration the intangible factors that make worth
while than the system employed Especially would this
be in promotions where the achievements and records OF
would be important in connection with their educational
qualifications
are big strong men fine who have special
qualifications for policemen but lack the education nclna
ton to take examinations special board should have the
authority to give positions to OF this type the tacts
warrant
The Washington times., 1931-03-11
Listen, World!
By Elsie Robinson

need to spin. Thousands Of
men would gladly slave for him,
relieve him of every labor.
BUT GANDFII ISN'T GOING
TO LET HIMSELF FALL INTO
THAT TRAP.
He knows that when you &C
cumulate things you are in
bondage to those things. No
fine robes, no splendid houses
for him! He knows that when
you depend on the labor of
other men you become helpless
and your strength departs from
you. EVERY TIME YOU NEED
A THING, EVERY TIME YOU
ACCEPT A SERVICE, YOU BE
COME A LITTLE MORE
BOUND, A LITTLE MORE
HELPLESS
Gandhi, putting things away,
refusing Service, has found the
secret Of Freedom. And he's
teaching it to the Indians.
It's a pity he can't move over
and spread some Of his teach
ings here. We need it. We
Americans are as much in bond
age as the Indians. The Brit
ish no longer rule us, but some
thing much more subtle and
dangerous than British force is
over us. Our own love Of
Things is over us.
Standards Of Living
No people on earth love
Things as the Americans love
them. No people on earth have
so many Things-work so hard
for them-depend so much
upon them-worry so over
them. We call it "The High
Standards of Living. Some
people call it Keeping Up With
The JoneSeS."
Steadily our desire for Things
increases. The more Things we
have, the harder we work to get
still more-the more we fear to
lose them. We have no time to
loaf, no time to play, no time
to think-THINGS OWN US.
Gandhi sitting naked in the
sun, spinning his own thread,
owns nothing but a loin cloth,
a pair Of specs and a handful
of nuts, HAS LIBERTY.
Our grandfathers, tilling will
dernesS soil, wearing homespun,
living in log houses, HAD LIB
ERTY.
How much Liberty has Amer.
lea today? How much have
YOU?
copyright. 1881. King Features
Syndicate Lnc.)
The Washington times., 1931-03-11

The United States of Amer
lea is often called a new coun-
try, a young nation. This is
scarcely true in the strict sense,
for it is pointed out that it has
the oldest written Constitution,
and the people are the heirs of
all the ages, the melting-pot Of
all the races. It's culture is
heteroge leous, derived from a
Thousand sources; and the ma
ton itself was founded by
peoples from beyond it's own
shores. But in a very real
sense, this country is new. For
it has not yet developed a ma
tional ethos-a philosophy, a
soul, indisputably native. ire
deemably American.
True Democratic Ideal
America, as we choose to call
it. although even North Amer
lea is not a correct term for
the United States, is the worlds
most conspicuous democracy.
The true ideal of a democracy
has been properly defined by
Claude Bragdon as the rule OF
a people by it's demos, or group
soul. Science expresses itself IN
many fo-ms, but in none so
conspicuously perhaps as IN
Architecture, which is dec1s-
lively the cynosure Of all eyes.
We may set up architecture as
a touchstone for the genius
of a people. Has science, IN
conjunction with art, wrought
out in these States an achltec-
ture truly expressive Of the
group soul of the American
people?
Unfortunately, the architec-
ture of the past in this demo.
cracy has been something OF
everything, but nothing long
enough to become fixed or
truly representative. Power,
mass, utility, are found; a
hopeless mixture Of styles; imi-
The Washington times., 1931-03-11
American Group Soul
r., ARCHTRALD HENDERSON

tativeness, subserviency to clas-
sic forms, and a certain tenta-
tiveness and timidity in express
sion indicating the gropings OF
the uncertain mind.
Beauty of Structure
Mathematics, although not
science in general, consistently
teaches the beauty Of structure.
Symmetry, elegance, lucidity,
forrn-all these are qualities Of
science in it's higher reaches.
Mathematics divests itself rigor-
ously Of the extraneous and the
superfluous: nothing is used
that is not germane to the
process, OIL mic in the struc-
ture.
There is a certain majesty
and stark eloquence in sky.
scrapers: granite deeps open
ing into granite deeps beyond
range Of vision, and mountains
Of masonry with seas of labor
in turmoil at their base"
Their geometry is simple, their
bulk impressive: but they seem
structures of sheer, hard neces-
sity. They have the beauty of
efficiency; but the soul is not
there. They remain. as has
been said, monsters Of the
mere market"
A building, in the highest
sense, is an organism; It has
a life Of its own, its own in
terror soul and rhythm. The
form must express, both i'm
plicity and explicitly, the func-
tion. And conversely the func-
tion must dictate, predetermine,
the form. This country is de-
veloping an individual arch1.
lecture. This will be realized
when the architect. is a true
artist who can project, in struc-
ture, the meaning of American
democracy.
Copyright. 1881, International
Features Service. Inc.
The Washington times., 1931-03-11
The Marry-GO-ROund
BY Helen Rowland.

it's so much easier to ADMIT
the truth-and then forget it?
Everything has its compensa-
tions, once you admit it-even
poverty.
The poor man has no income
tax report to make out and no
lawsuits to bother him. He will
never be sued for breach Of
promise by a gold-digger, uor
suffer the supreme agony Of
hearing his love-letters read
aloud before a grinning jury
He does not have to ease nin
self into a dinner coat every
night, and he is not afraid to
drive his old flivver in traffic
for fear somebody may rul
into him and collect damanages.
He's a FREE man, as long as
he does not attempt to put On
dog, or keep up with the
JoneSeS.
The deaf man can bury his
good ear in a pillow and escape
all the tormGnts of the machine
age; the roaring Of riveters, the
bowling Of his neighbor'S radio,
the raSping and grinding of au-
tomobiles under his window
even his wife's curtain lectures.
Sweet dreams!
Middle age may rob you of a
lot Of the amusementS of youth;
but it offers you many consola-
tionS and comforts and privi-
legeS. Such as the right to wear
comfortable shoes and woolen
understandings in winter, to re-
fuse to go out on account of
your neuritiS, and to go home
early from dull parties. It's a
cinch!
Copyright. 1881. by King Features.
Syndicate. Inc.l
The Washington times., 1931-03-11

Mahatma Gandhi is tiny,
old man. He weighs only 96
pounds and is very frsil. He
has two teeth, weak eyes, wears
only a loin cloth. He looks like
a big bird and lives much like
one, sleeping on the bare ground,
munching corn and raiSinS. He
says very little, and tile little
he does say is all about peace
and against violence.
Yet, it is doubtful if there is
in this world today another
man as powerful as thus small,
withered creature. He is rails
ing cain with the British
government in India and mil
lions of Indians literally hang
upon his words. Why this
miracle?
There is no miracle. Gandhi
has discovered the Oldest and
simplest truth on earth-yet
the most powerful when put
into action. He has discovered
the secret of freedom. He has
discovered that it is within the
power of any man to be free
if he really wants to be free
and will pay the price of free
dom.
The Mighty British
The Indians complain that
the British have power over
them. They have rebelled, held
bloody mutinieS-all in vain.
''Stop rebelling!" says Gandhi,
stop fighting and think. Why
have the British power over
you? Because you depend on
them and on the things they
make and because you
fear them. Stop depending and
stop fearing and no man will
have power over you. Stop
wanting thingS-make the few
things for yourself which you
do want. Stop fearing-either
abuse or imprisonment or death
itself. Then other men can do
nothing for you or to you and
you will stand alone-you' will
be free. Look at me-, See how
free I am"
Tiny Old Man
The Indians look. They see
little, old man Gandhi sitting
naked in the sun, munching
nuts spinning thread. He does
not need to sit naked. He
could wear velvet robes en-
crusted with jewels. He does
not need to eat nuts. The rich-
est vivands Of the Orient are
his to command. He does not
The Washington times., 1931-03-11
What, No Women Drivers?

Washington taxicab company formed to women
drivers only out Of business in these days Of unempo
because could get sufficient number Of
women drive. Now 20 work and haul the old
question Of equality in all things among the and
slider the fight organizations making prevent
determinations against in various lines of employment
You can't blame much in this taxi business though
It job for the hard boiled Hundreds Of male taxi drivers
in this city work fourteen sixteen hours day. in all
sorts weather. under dangerous conditions for from
$5 to $25 per week. including tips at that 1t is job Of
endurance
The Washington times., 1931-03-11
American Music
Developing

Europe frequently twts America the land Of the dollar
and Americans engrossed in making that they
have no time music literature Considering the
thusiasm with which Americans buy foreign books and pictures
important foreign musicians the reproach is entirely
justified And with the beginnings Of American opera
exempied by the successful production of Deems Taylor
"Peter Ibbetson," it is still less
Mr. Taylor has made distinct contribution to opera his
Interpretation of Du Mauriers novel, Though may not
rank great work. it will appeal to the discriminating by
its sku treatment of the dramatic values of the story and
it's unfaiing charm
have not yet developed national music the efforts
of Mr. Taylor and other native composers nevertheless
auspcious for the future Most of them experiment.
ing along sound rather than sensational ne and their work
healthy antidote for of the tona horrors domestic
and imported which have their momentary vogue.
The Washington times., 1931-03-11
Street Vending Here
Unless Checked 1t May Become Widespread

Merchants of Washington clearly right in asking the
Commissioners to put stop to promscuous street vending
here.
Vending articles merchandise wearing apparel
unfair competition with merchants who must pay licenses
taxes and for the privilege of doing business.
It is moreover, of benefit to the public
If there checking of street vending it be just
matter of time when sidewalks will be cluttered with
vendors of all kinds selling all sorts Of articles in open
petition with merchants There limit to where stop
Street pushcars and other vending vehicles to have
legal grounds for operation though they may easily be-
public nuances interfering with traffic and contbu
ing, in manner to better looking streets
The Commissioners should take steps end promscuous
street vending here.
The Washington times., 1931-03-11
Safety Last
Motto Of Many

Sir Hubert Wilkins famed polar explorer, has received
1900 applications from and to accompany
his submarine trip under the North Pole this
Sir Hubert will use the old Navy submarine O-12 now
named the Nautilus It small he accepted all the app-
cations he would sixty times larger than the ship
could hold.
However, the number who want to go with him inter-
estng The voyage not exactly pleasure trip It will be
replete ardsps and peril Yet neither Wilkins his
men, nor the 1900 volunteers think much about that They
look forward to the thrills, not the dangers.
The spirit of adventure strong it ever was Perhaps
is even stronger Modern e despite and
men, is for the part safe humdrum, boring Probably
half the population of the country would like to get away
from it, if their secret musings could be revealed
safety last what they really want though they may
not know it.
The Washington times., 1931-03-11

Admit It-And Forget 1t!
The most difficult feat on
earth is to induce any human
being to admit the TRUTH
about himself. Or herself.
Did you ever know a man
who would admit that he was
foolish? Or that he was
drunk? Or that he was slow,
Of lazy, or too old to have an
eye for the women?
Did you ever know a woman
who would admit that she was
actually fat? Or unreasonable?
Or over As? Or wrong in an
argument?
Dodging the facts about our
selves takes up half Of our
spare time and most Of our
nervous energy. And, long
after we have ceased tc d. ceive
our mirrors or our friends, we
keep right on blithely lying to
ourselves.
A man will go on for years
growing deafer and deafer,
missing half the fun in life,
permitting his family to shout
themselves into tonsilitis, yet
refusing to wear an ear-trumpet.
, Because an ear-trumpet would
be an ADMISSION that he was
deaf.
A woman will go on for years
touching up" her gray hairs,
squirting her eyes, to avoid
wearing glasses, and looking
like a comic valentine, when a
lovely head of silver hair and a
pair of nifty oxfordS would
make her look 10 years younger.
But THAT would be admitting
middle age"
Why Pollyanna yourself when
The Washington times., 1931-03-11
Per Diem Worker
Has Grievance

: O4 O4CW w Va AO4
Has Grievance
Editor, The Times:
The picture in your paper
("Happy Workers Leaving for
Half Holiday") says What Half
Holiday Means to Federal En-
ployees."
Here is the other side of the
picture. Quite a few District
per diem employees have worked
every day in the year for 20 or
80 years with exception of Is
days leave.
They are losing their time,
such as one day a week with
out pay. I do not think that a
bill of that sort was ever in
tended by Congress.
I wish you would give this let
ter your consideration, and per-
haps your paper could help us
to get the same wages if we do
lose one day.
PER DIEM WORKER.
The Washington times., 1931-03-11

them. Mentally lazy, they fol-
low the line of least resistance
on election day. Instead Of
sweeping out the gang of office
holders they go like sheep to
the slaughter and cast their
votes in the same old way
for the Gang.
The county commissioners
The Washington times., 1931-03-11
ONCE-OVERS

You don't like dreamers-
think they are impractical.
Certain kinds of dreamers,
however, are needed in the
world.
Every advancement in civili-
zstion has been made possible
by a dreamer who thought out
the idea.
The development of the idea
along practical lines is the part
Of the hard-headed, far-Sighted
business man.
This man is not often one
with unusual vision and orig
inal ideas.
He is an adept at separating
the practical from the visionary
and takes another'S ideas and
makes them grow into some
thing stable.
The far-Sighted man is a
dreamer of a sort.
Before anything unusual can
be done, some person must
have had dream, a vision, a
presentation, a suggestion which
in it's beginning would have
been ridiculed by the material
istic or practical thinker.
But some men can dream and
are practical enough to try to
make their dreams come true
by experiment.
often they gained the sug-
gestionS from a mere dreamer
and are not conscious Of it, but
think their own minds evolved
the mind picture and its ac-
complishment.
A dreamer may have been
responsible for your success.
copyright. 1881 International
Features Service, 1ne.)
The Washington times., 1931-03-11

mites between North, south,
East and West are dying out.
Good Americans, whatever
their religious beliefs or where
ever they hail from, whole
heartedly welcome this sign of
progress.
Cardinal Hayes, a great
churchman and a great per-
sonality, is also a great Ameri-
can. AS he told the Senators
at Austin, he was born of
humble, even poor parentage,
and no American has labored
more increasingly than he to
better the condition of the
lowly and oppressed. But
there is a deeper significance
in his address to the Southern
lawmakers than is found in the
words spoken there. The oc-
casion marks the fading Of
animosities which have no
The Washington times., 1931-03-11
A Suggestion
For Veterans
Editor, Times:

Editor, Times:
Your paper has done so much
good for the veterans that I
am going to ask you to go one
further and suggest to the vet
Grams that if they pay off
their old loans with the amount
recently allowed and reborrow
they will save themselves from
2 to 2A per cent. I wish you
would write a little editorial
on this.
am one who served over
THERE"
WILLIAM o. HAVENS,
Harrisonburg, Va.
The Washington times., 1931-03-11

last year reduced the tax rate
two cents! What a mag
unanimous piece of business!
The taxpayers, apparently, did
not realize that this was simply
an empty gesture-a bit of
talk" for the campaign that
was coming.
And now that the Gang has
The Washington times., 1931-03-11
Proposed Tax Boost in
Prince Georges County

Editor, The Times:
I see "hy the papers" that
the powers that be in Prince
Georges county are going to
raise the tax rate from $1.32
to $3.50. Well, it is nothing
more than I expected.
The people of Prince Georges
county have got it coming to
The Washington times., 1931-03-11
Potlikker- -Cornpone
Controversy

Editor, Times:
In my opinion the cornpone
and potlikker controversy is
fast approaching a dangerous
stage. I have read of a nation
being split asunder by a lesser
difference than crumbling or
dunking cornpone-to wit, the
opening of soft-boiled eggs on
the larger or smaller end OF
the egg.
MARY A. GUERIN.
The Washington times., 1931-03-11
The End of One Chapter
The Beginning of Another

America the land tolerance has not always deserved the
title When however Cardinal of the Catholic Church from
New York is invited to address the Senate Of Texas it
evident that intolerance sectionasm, and outworn
The Washington times., 1931-03-11

gotten back into office, the
taxpayers are told to go to
Hades, while the small-fry
ward politicians now in office
brazenly start the ball rolling
for an 18-cent tax increase.
DISGUSTED,
The Washington times., 1931-03-11

place in American % and betokens clearer understanding
and sympathy among all elements of our people.
Despite setbacks America developing into single and
united nation There for sincere congratuaton in
that fact
The Washington times., 1931-03-11
TIMES TEST

Do you know:
/. What is onyx a variety Of?
2. What is an acrobat?
8. What is geographical die
tionary called?
4. How many Presidents were
born in Virginia?
5. What does pro rata"
mean?
Fill each blank:
6. "Sotto voce" means -.
Z. A small cask is called a
8. ordered the massa-
ere Of the babes in Beth
lehem.
9. The expression "sic" means
10. The Strait Of Magellan is
between South America and
Match correctly:
II. scintillate fireplace
IL. 1ngle tear
13. panacea heavy
IA. lacerate a cure-all
Is. ponderouS sparkle
ANSWERS on Magazine Page),
The Washington times., 1931-03-11

Why Pollyanna yourself when
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-07

THE substantial price reduction just announced
by Canada Dry is a significant event For now
new low cost is combined with exceptionally
high quality and the finest Of ginger ales
becomes one Of the least expensive.
More than ever, Canada Dry Ginger Ale
gives you value far above the price. Here
is a ginger ale of such elusive flavor that
connoisseurs have aptly named it The Cham
payne OF Ginger Ales. A beverage SO pure that
hospitals serve it to their patients All over the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-07

world, this is the favorite ginger ale because
is distinctive :. E. because it adds an inimitabl
charm to every OCCASION
Today, this fine old beverage costs but
few cents a glass Its increasing popularity ha
decreased the cost Of making and distributing
it. And the saving is passed along to you
3 to 5 cents IO1Uer
AS in the past the new low price Of Canada DR.
will vary. Sometimes, particularly at night, O
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-10-02
German Aristocrat ''Stranded''

Kansas City.-Royal blood Is some
thing to brag about, but Count Eric
Josef Chmielewski is becoming an en-
pert at bordering where he shall OBJ
tain his next bowl of soup.
The count, who would have inherit
ed $L000000 from his father if poi
itics in Europe had not gone awry,
lost his car in the West and hitch
liked to Kansas City, he said.
He admits he is stranded" But
the count, a rather seedy descendant
of once beared noblemen of Poland
and Germany, is willing to go to work.
One of his eXcellency's claims to
fame is that he once hunted Holsters
with the former kaiser. His father,
Kurt Chmielewski, according to the
count, attempted to smugge the kaiser
back to Germany in 1922. with the in
tentioR of overthrowing the republic.
The counts parents were divorced
in 1925 and he came to this country
with his mother. She had been a
friend of Mrs. Frank Sheldon of Kan
sas City. The count and his mother
remained here about week and went
to the Pacific coast to visit relatives.
Later his mother married again and
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-10-02

now lives on farm near Goebel, Ore.
Being just twenty-one years old. the
count had flair for politics. Here
he said he had been active in Oregons
last campaign.
Farm life did not appeal to him and
he set out for New York in an old car.
He had an accident on the highway
and his car was taken for damages.
He then began to hitch-hike to Kan
sas City.
The county smiled as he recalled he
would have inherited about $T,000,000
If Europe had not over.hrown its no
biity after the World war.
I'm more concerned now over
where my next meal will come from
than the $T.000,0G0," he said. 81 have
done various kinds of work and am
willing to do anything to earn money"
Doctor Sheldon said that the youths
story was correct and that his wife
had met the count and his mother
in Germany many years ago. The
doctor described the count as an am
bilious youth.
The count is small man with big
eyes and he is partly bald. He wears
heavy-rimmed spectaeles.