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The Washington times., 1932-12-02

A NY one reading the re-
Aports from England on
Monday must have con-
cluded that the empire, on
whose possessions the sun
never sets, is on the very
verge of utter collapse. The
dropping of the pound to
its lowest in years, the con-
sultations between the min
listers, the announcement
that the discussion Of the
debts in the Commons would
not be in the public in
terest, the participation of
the King in the conferences,
all tend to convey the i'm
preston that England is on
her last legs.
This, we are left to be-
lieve, is because she is asked
to make a payment On her
debt to this country on De-
cember Is; and the amount
she is asked to paw is about
half the amount that the
city of New York spent on
unemployment relief last
year.
Many will be skeptical
about all this. It is all the
harder to understand be-
cause the London Times
scouts the idea that Britain
does not have the gold to
meet her payment. 1t calls
our attention to the fact
that at this hour the Bank
OF England has more than
14O,OOO,OOO pounds in gold
besides other resources in
gold and gold exchange of
an undisclosed amount. And
it concludes:
1T is therefore idle to
pretend tAat this country
has no funds to meet next
months payment"
The London Times be-
lieves there is merit in the
request for a reconsideration
of the British debt, but can
see no reason why the pay
ment in December cannot be
made.
The Washington times., 1932-12-02
Good Resolutions.

If you have ever had a
serious illness you can remem-
ber your convalescent days as
times when you made resolu-
tions as to your future conduct.
First of all you'd live a better
life, everything considered.
You'd be more generous, more
lenient, more forgi, ing OF
others frailties and more liberal
in your efforts for those who
could not care for or defend
themselves.
In fact there would be some
pretty important changes IN
your life with those around
you in actions, words and gen.
eral conduct.
But as strength returns what
do you do?
Complain about the food Of
fered-the way it is cooked and
served.
When there is little noise
a slight disturbance in the
house-you call it a racket
that would raise the dead"
Convalescent resolutions are
forgotten and you revert to
your fault-finding attitude not
only with members of your
family but friends who drop in.
If you'd carry out some OF
the good thoughts you planned
for action when you were Ill,
you'd be happier yourself and
your family might get more
pleasure out of living.
Remember what you said you
would do if you recovered from
that last illness?
Copyright. 1882. King Features
Syndicate Incl
The Washington times., 1932-12-02

IL { y III " z
around-but are not really alive.
They are merely animated flesh
and bone. They have no part,
no place, in actual Life.
ONLY A COMPARATIVELY
FEW PEOPLE IN EACH GEN
GRAFTON ALLY LIVE
AND NO ONE EVER sue
CEEDS IN LIVING ALL THE
TIME.
What does it mean "to be
alive?
IT MEANS TO BE COM
PLETELY A PART OF THE
PRESENT MOMENT.
The Present Moment
Now you may not like the
present moment. It may pre-
sent pressure and problems
from which you would like to
escape. 1t may be a very dull
moment, or a very dangerous
one. But that doesn't matter.
THAT PRESENT MOMENT IS
LIFE.
1T is ALL THE LIFE THERE
IS, AT THE PRESENT TIME.
AND IF YOU PASS II UP,
YOU'VE PASSED Up LIFE.
But how can 1 pass it up, un-
less I die?" you say. There are
a million ways of passing up
life, beside physical death.
You can pass up real life by
day dreaming; by building cas-
ties in SPAIN; by putting on
some act which tickles your
conceit, but has nothing what
ever to do with your real self.
Your escape from real life by
living in memories-sw sweet mem
ories; proud memories; sad
memories; bitter memories.
Lovely things, memories; but
nine times cut of ten they're
damnable dope. For any mem
Ory, no matter how noble, which
takes you away from the pres
enG moment, robs you of that
much life.
And you can shut out real
life by burrowing into the dust
of your peeves and p1ejudices.
Countless times you've watched
old folks doing that; watched
them literally turning their
backs on life, stubbornly cling.
ing to some absurd notion in
stead of accepting the truth.
You'll Be Surprised
You despise old people when
they do that. Yet you, your
self, do that every day. Watch
yourself. Check yourself. You'll
be surprised.
PASSING UP LIFE; RUN
MING AWAY FROM LIFE;
HOW OFTEN WE DO IT!
YET IF SOMEONE TOLD US
THAT WE HAD TO DIE THE
The Washington times., 1932-12-02
ONCE OVERS
Start Now


For years you may have had
= in mind doing some big thing
that you expect to bring you
recognition and large financial
return.
Some day you want to get at
that undertaking, but circum-
stances have never been just
right and conditions are not
yet what you want them to be
when you enter upon your job.
The proper mood has not
struck you.
These and other excuses
have kept you from making an
earnest LLart.
But you think it will keep,
and you are in no particular
hurry.
It is your own brain child
so you think it won't be pre-
sented by anyone else.
BY Cne Time you nave more
leisure and ca t work at your
present job perhaps those ideas
of yours will be obsolete.
It may be true that none
can produce what you have in
mind, but someone may turn
out something infinitely better.
1t will be more modern and
better adapted to the days de-
mands than what you have kept
in the back of your brain all
these years.
If you have anything which
you think should command a
sale and win favor, produce it
at once while your mind is at
its best.
Remember that minds de-
teriorate and, allowing for that.
start now,
The Washington times., 1932-12-02
ENGLAND COMPARES ROOSEVELT AND HOOVER

will decide which Of the two faces Roosevelt Hoover has
power although isn't much mans FACE what
DOES that proves power.
The picture of King George and his the Prince Of Wales
added to allow you to compare the workings of democ
racy what pleased to call government of the
people and what WE call the accident of BIRTH which
pel monarchy accept its ruler any that happens
to be born first in a royal family
The Britshers reply that they have system under which
the people rule completely than they do any other
The Washington times., 1932-12-02
Set Repeal Machinery
In Motion

The country is interested
in the debt question; and it
is interested, too, in the
question of repeal and modi-
fication of prohibition.
The machinery for repeal
of the Eighteenth Amend
ment should be set in mo-
tion at the earliest possible
moment, for the processes
of repeal take time. 1t is
no longer matter for the
individual opinion of men,
bers of Congress-they
have their instructions from
the American people.
If government is to be
made more responsive to
public opinion, and that is
what we changed admins
trations for, this will be a
test.
The people voted to end
national prohibition.
At best, actual repeal can
not be expected for three or
four years, which is a suf-
ficient reason to lose no
time in getting on the
march.
But there is something
that can be done at once
the Volstead act can be so
modified as to permit, with
out delay, the manufacture
and sale Of beer, and by that
we mean beer and not a little
better grade Of near-beer.
The people will not submit
to sculduggery on that,
either.
There is an imperative
reason for the speediest pos
sible action on modification.
We must consider, at once,
ways and means of getting
more money to meet the ne
cessities of government, and
a tax on beer will enor-
mously Tighten the burden of
taxation on general business
enterprise.
And millions of jobless
men still walk the streets,
presenting a problem that
welfare organizations and
municipalities cannot wholly
solve, and the manufacture
of beer will put hundreds of
thousands of men to work.
There is another reason
for action that is quite as
conclusive. - the American
people in the election in
structed the government,
which presumably is their
The Washington times., 1932-12-02
LISTEN, WORLD!
BY Elsie Robinson


NEXT MINUTE, WE'D SCREAM
IN TERROR.
STRANGE, HOW WE REBEL
AGAINST DEATH. AND YET
WE SPEND A GOOD SHARE
OF OUR DAYS IN AVOIDING
LIFE!
Why are so many lives
wrecked and frustrated? That's
why. Those lives haven't
really been lived. They've been
spent in dreams and memories,
in hopes and remorse. Hardly
ever have they known the
prick and pressure of the pres
ent moment. They are like
the lives of the unborn.
Have you ever seen a picture
of an unborn child? It is
curious little creature-that
tiny lump of flesh and cartilage
which is to become man.
There it lies, waiting, curled
upon itself, wrapped in It's
own small knot of Self-conSclouS-
ness.
Millions of us, though born
physically, never scramble loose
from that tight knot of personal
consciousness.
WE ARE WAITING TO LIVE,
AND WHILE WE WAIT LIFE
GOES BY US.
Are YOU waiting?
Are YOU passing real life up,
for the sake Of memory, for
the sake of a dream?
AND. IF YOU ARE. WHO
WILL BE To BLAME IF YOUR
LIFE COMES TO NOTHING?
copyright, 1882, King Features
Syndicate, lnc.)
The Washington times., 1932-12-02
ENGLAND SEES ROOSEVELT AS ABOVE

'The March of Events in the Sunday Washington Herald
and Mr. Hearss other Sunday newspapers recently printed
article by Lloyd George most intelligent in England in
which he said that Great Britain is interested in Governor
Roosevelt the President than in any other American
since Lincoln.
It will interest you how the and old Presidents
presented the British public in the two pictures in this
column which taken from the Illustrated London News
Governor Roosevelt fortunate in his pictures The British
The Washington times., 1932-12-02
The Nation
Expects Action

There are matters for later
consideration on which the
two parties, as parties, di-
vide. With Mr.. Hoover in
the presidency it would be
an absurdity to press any
of these during the next
three months. 1t would be
a waste of time and a trif-
ling with the people.
But there are other mat
ters having no necessary
party significance and yet
of a pressing nature, which
the public will expect to see
considered. The debt ques-
tion is Une; repeal is an
other; modification is still
another. On all of these the
nation expects action at the
earliest moment.
And there is another which
involves the reduction in the
cost of government that
should not be delayed. Mr..
Hoover has announced that
he has a plan for the saw
ing of $7O0,OO0,0OO a year
in governmental costs. 1t
is to be presumed that this
plan will be presented to
the Congress as soon as that
body meets.
And this the Democrats
must consider on its merits
and without reference to its
origin. 1t can scarcely have
any legitimate party signifi-
canoe either.
The Washington times., 1932-12-02

in his pockets. She discards a
dancing man and takes on a
golfing man-only to discover
that she still has a hoy to
raise"
The amazing thing is that,
no matter how many men she
has tried and found wanting,
she can always find a lot more
men eager and willing to go
to the operating table and
serve as another experiment"
Because a man never recog-
nizes an experimentalist. And,
even if he did, nothing would
shake his naive conviction that
he could fulfill all a woman's
desires and ideals.
Marriage, lightning and dyna-
mite are three things, with
which it is dangerous to expert
ment. Only fools, women and
idealists will gamble on them.
Copyright, 1882. King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
The Washington times., 1932-12-02
Congress Has
A Mandate

The only reason given in
the press for presidential
vetoes in the short session.
IS desire, on the part of
Mr.. Hoover, to embarrass
MIR. Roosevelt as much as
possible by forcing him to
call an extra session on the
heels of his Inauguration.
This, of course, is politics
and not a very noble kind of
politics either. Mr.. Hoover
has made a gesture of CO.
operation in a crisis and can
scarcely afford to play this
kind of politics at the ex-
pense of the country and
merely out of spite against
his successful opponent.
But Congress cannot af-
1ord 10 consider the prob
lematical action of Mr..
Hoover in the performance
of its manifest duty. 1t
owes it to itself and to the
nation to act in conformity
with the mandate of the
people, and if Mr.. Hoover,
playing spiteful politics, in
terferes with a veto, the
responsibility will be unmis-
takably fixed.
However, we prefer to be-
lieve that Mr.. Hoover would
prefer to go out gracefully
and with good will rather
than with a wrinkled nose.
The Washington times., 1932-12-02

government, to modify the
Volstead act.
The suggestion is made by
the press that, perhaps, none
of these things can be ac-
complished during the next
three months for the reason
that President Hoover, still
In power, may veto any ac-
tiOn taken, and the political
complexion of the Congress
is not such as to justify any
expectation of a two-thirds
vote to override the veto. It
is well understood that great
numbers of erstwhile Repub-
lican drys saw a great light
the morning after the cleo
tion and are now demanding
modltlcatlon and repeal with
all the zeal new converts
feel. Even so, there is no
possibility of action in the
event President Hoover pro-
poses to use his veto.
During the latter days of
the recent campaign it was
contended quite openly that
we would have beer before
March 4 with the consent of
Mr.. Hoover. However, as
we pointed out at the time.
there was not a word from
the President to back the
prediction.
Even So the verdict was so
unmlstakable that it is not
an unreasonable presump-
ton that he may gracefully
bow to the will of the people
and sign. Because of taxes
and unemployment that is
his manifest duty.
The Washington times., 1932-12-02

have to send them solid silver
wedding presents. Anything
snowy, that will last a few
years, will do.
Husbands are like gray hairs.
The more a woman gets rid
of, the thicker they seem to
come. Yet, the much and-often
married woman may not be so
much of a varietist as she is
an optimiSt and an expert
mentaliSt.
Every woman has a deep
conviction down at the bottom
of her soul, that she will some
The Washington times., 1932-12-02

t h a t OIL
were aliv e,
t h a t every.
one you see
is alive? But
you're wrong.
Millions of
pc ople are
alive only at
special times.
or on special
subjects. Mil
Ii on S re
n e v er COM
pletely born.
Th " e a t;
they sleep p;
The Washington times., 1932-12-02
MARRY-GO-ROUND
By T. E. Powers
JoS1
A4oOu0 Nr
CoAHER
BY Helen Rowland

day, somewhere, somehow, find
the man she has always
dreamed of finding. The Per-
feet Combination of husband
and-lover.
And the more of an idealist
she is, the greater gambler she
is, the worse mess she makes
of love and marriage-and the
oftener she makes it.
Every time one '"experiment"
fades or shows up all-out-of-
drawing, in the cold north light
of matrimony, she finds an.
other-and imagines that she
has matched the glorified pat
tern of her ideal, at last.
Then she discovers that she
has merely exchanged one dis
appointment for another-one
set of troubles and problems
for another set.
She discovers a gay deceiver
or a fascinating playboy who
worries her to death. and mar
ries a good provider who bores
her to death. She detaches her
self from lump of protoplasm
and ties herself to a bundle
of Whims, selfishnesS and
egotism.
She frees herself from a
spendthrift with holes in his
pockets-and finds herself at
tached to a tightwad with glue
The Washington times., 1932-12-02
Wise Words

You had better return a fan
gracefully than give a thou
sand pounds awkwardly.
A blow from a reed makes a
noise, but hurts not.
Have many acquaintanceS,
but few friends.
A nod for a wise man, a rod
for a fool.
The Washington times., 1932-12-02

country with PURELY nominal rule of individual which
them the trouble and of frequent elections
There is something in what the British say they are
fortunate in having at this moment webehaved King who
does everything that he do and should do and hard
working Prince of Wales firscass salesman for the
British Empire
England has not always been fortunate course
che conditions that drove Oliver Cromwell unpleasant
tvty in the of Charles the First
The Washington times., 1932-12-02

How Alive Are You?
Are you alive?
And, if so, how much?
A startling question? You've
always taken it for granted
The Washington times., 1932-12-02
Repeal; Modification;
Economy; No Politics
. Ru CZnUCze G. ROLUerS-

Author he Battles the Jackson Period THE Struggle
America" Jefferson Hamilton" THE
Tragic Era" and "Beveridge and the Progressive Era
The Washington times., 1932-12-02

MatrimOny, An Experiment
1t is really no feat to get
married, if you are a bright
girl and not too hard to please.
The big achievement, in these
days, consists in staying
married.
So many girls are beginning
to look upon marriage as an
experiment, rather than as
sacrament, that you no longer
u.s. ;: ..
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-06-16
DEETS PICKETT SEES
PROHIBITION VICTORY
Says Dry Law Will Be INDICATED
If and When Amendment
Is Submitted.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Deets Pickett, research secretary of
the Methodist Board Of Temperance,
today predicted prohibition would be
"vindicated" if and when the suggested
new amendment contained in the Re
publican platform is submitted
His statement follows:
If and when the substitution of q
new amendment embodying the pro-
visions suggested without recommended
ton in the Republican platform is sub
mitted to the States, prohibition. as
Federal policy, will be indicated by
such an overwhelming vote as will settle
the question of enforcement for all
time. The proposals of State control
would not be SO easy to defeat as the
proposal of simple repeal But. never
theless, it would and will be defeated
because it draws the issue clearly.
1T must not be thought that the
present situation takes informed pro-
hibitionists by surprise. For two years
they have foreSeen the developments of
this month and so far as the church
temperance organizations go, plans have
been laid with extreme care and with
an absolute confidence in the events.
1T must be emphasized that the Re-
publican plank binds no Congressman
to act against his own conscience, nor
TO misrepresent his constituency. 1t is
now of first importance that patriotic
Democrats take such measures IS will
insure that the question of prohibition
shall not become a partisan issue"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-06-16
Bingham Text
Minority Report Asked the
Immediate Repeal of
Dry Laws.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, June 16.-The text of the
minority report on prohibition, present.
ed by Senator Bingham and asking for
repeal Of the eighteenth amendment,
follows:
I'VE recommend that the Congress
OF the United States Immediately pro-
pose an amendment to the Federal Con-
Stitution repeating the eighteenth
amendment thereto; to be sumbitted to
conventions Of the people and of the
several States called for that sole pur-
pose in accordance with the provisions
of Article v of the Constitution of the
United States.
Should the eighteenth amendment
be repealed. we pledge our best efforts
toward enactment Of such measures in
the several States as will actually pro-
mote temperance, effectively abolish the
saloon, whether open or concealed. and
bring the liquor traffic itself under
complete public supervision and control
With revenues properly drawn from
legali2ed sources for the relief Of the
burdened taxpayers"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-06-16

capacitated in any degree by reason Of
illness or injuries attributable to serv-
ice in defense of his country should
be cared for and compensated. SO far
as compensation is possible, by a CRATE
full Nation, and that the dependents Of
those who lost their lives in war or
whose death since the war in which
service rendered is traceable to service
causes, should be provided for adequate
ly. Legislation should be in accord
with this principle"
Naval Parity Pledged.
A pledge mot to reduce our Navy
defenses below that of any other ma
ton" is made with the explanation that
Maintenance OF our Navy on the
basis of parity with any nation is a
fundamental policy to which the Re-
publican party is committed. While
in the interest of necessary Government
retrenchment. huma nifty and relief Of
the taxpayer we shall continue TO exert
our full influence upon the nations OF
the world in the cause of reduction Of
arms"
Declaration is also made of the be-
lief that the Army of the United States
has through successive reductions, &C
complished in the last u years. reached
the lrreducible minimum consistent with
the self reliance, self respect and Sc
curity Of this country"
The platform states that 'by the
gradual retirement of the Government
from the field Of shipping operations
and marked economies in costs. the
United States Shipping Board will re-
quire no appropriation for the fiscal
year 1888 for ship operations"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-06-16
NEW REPUBLICAN
COMMITTEE LISTED
Personnel of National Or
ganization, as Approved by
Convention, Published.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO STADIUM, June l6.-The
new Republican National Committee
approved today by the convention fol-
lows:
Alabama-O. D. Street Mrs. C. B
Kennamer
Arizona Frank Hitchcock, Mrs
Wilma D. Hoyal
Arkansas-Wallace Townsend, Mrs. A.
c. Remmel.
California-Mark L. Requa, Mrs
Edith w. Vandewater
Colorado-Lawrence Phillips, Lucy E
Hillman.
Connecticut. Henry Roraback, Mrs
Katherine Byrne.
Delaware-C. Douglas Buck, Julia H
Tallman.
Florida-John E. Harris. Mrs. Sidney
Georgia-James Arnold, Mrs. Bertha
NJ Field.
Idaho-Ezra Whit,aw, Emma Chou
chach.
Illinois-Mrs. Bertha Baur. (Other
not yet named)
Indiana-George A. Ball, Miss Doro-
thy Cunningham
Iowa-H. E. Spangler, Miss Martha
Mcclure
Kansas - David w. Mulvane, Mrs.
r. r. Bittman.
Kentucky-J. Matt Chiffon, Mrs. A.
T. Hert.
Louisiana-Ernest Lee Jahncke, Mrs.
Roberta Grimmet
Maine-John w. Simpson, Mrs. Anne
Gannett.
Maryland - Phillips Lee Goldsbor-
ough, Mrs. Calvin Gabriel
Massachusetts - John Richardson.
Mabel c. Batchelder tMrs. Frank Roe
Michigan - James Davidson, Mrs.
Frances w. Steketee.
Minnesota - Claude H. Mackenzie,
Mrs. Stanley Fosseen.
Mississippi - Perry Howard, Mrs
Marv c. Booze.
Missouri-Dr. E. B. Clements, Mrs.
GRANGE Semple Birmingham.
Montana-Joseph D. Scanlon, Mrs
L. o. Evans.
Nebraska-C. N. McCloud, Mrs. Viola
J. Cameron.
Nevada-George Wingfield, Mrs
Mary FranZman.
New Hampshire-Robert p. Bur
roughs, Nellie Day Parker.
New Jersey-Daniel Z. Pomery, Mrs
EDNA Conklin.
New Mexico-Bronson Cutting. Mrs.
Margaret Midler
New York-Charles D. Hilles, Ruth
Baker Pratt
North Carolina-Charles A. Jonas.
Mrs. w. E. Kennen.
North Dakota-William Stern. Mrs.
Selma Stenerson.
Ohio-Walter F. Brown, Mrs Kath-
crime x. Rown.
Oklahoma-W. B. Sicily. Mrs Horace
II. Sayr
Oregon-Ralph E. Williams. Mrs. Pat
Allen
Pennsylvania-Jav Cooke, Mrs. Mar
ion Margery Scranton.
Rhode Island-Frederick S. Peck and
Mrs. Paul Fitzsimons
South Carolina. c. Hambright and
Miss Clara Harrigal
South Dakota-S. x. Way and Mrs
Mabel Rewman.
Tennessee. Will Taylor and Mrs
A. B. McLane.
Texas-R. B. Creager and Mrs. Lena
Cav Moro.
Utah-Ernest Bamberger and Mrs
jeanette Morrell
,Vermont-Farl S. Kingsley and Mrs
Margaret S. Tucker.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-06-16
R0CKEFELLER'S SISTER
ALSO TAKES WET STAND
Mrs. Edith Rockefeller Mccormick,
Chicago Society Leader, Urges
Dry Laws Repeal.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CT CAGO,' June 16.-Mrs. Edith
Rockefeller Mccormick, like her brother,
John D. Rockefeller, jr. has taken q
stand for repeal of prohibition.
She declared last night she believed
the eighteenth amendment should be
repealed and liquor manufactured, dis
tributed and sold under Government
control.
The Federal Government should
have the right to control the quantity
and quality of alcohol manufactured,
as well as the methods Of distribution
and sale" said Mrs. Mccormick,
leader in Chicago society.
The Rockefeller family for years has
been allied with the cause OF prohibit
ton. John D. Rockefeller, jr., a per-
sonal dry, stated last week he and his
father had donated about $3.50. 900 for
its support Popular belief had held
their donations to be much larger.