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The Washington times., 1932-02-22

GIIdG SCIuES1c.
And then another picture
the picture of a man assuming
the leadership of that young
nation; stepping out of class
comfort, class pride, class secur-
ity, to assume the leadership Of
ragged, hungry, desperate men
rebelling against tyranny.
Not an extraordinarily bril-
liant man. Not, perhaps, per-
feet man, judged by priggish
standards; but in all those
qualities that really count-a
MAN!
Hungry, But Free!
A man who was willing to be
hungry and cold, lonely, despised
and hunted, that other men
might be forevermore free.
WASHINGTON!
And then the third picture
the picture of that first small
flag, so crudely made, yet
carrying in it's simple folds
such mighty import. For that
was no mere decoration, that
first flag. There was a symbol
of something actually done: of
blood actually shed; of suffer
ing actually borne; of brotherly
help actually given, Out of all
that they made it
THE STARS AND STRIPES!
And now today that flag,
grown larger, prouder, floats
over this vast nation from the
Atlantic to the Pacific, from
the st. Lawrence to the Rio
Grande. And we, the heirs of
those who made it, bow in
reverence to that flag for
which they fought.
BUT SHOULD WE BOW?
AND WHY DO WE BOW?
WHAT DOES THAT FLAG
MEAN, NOW? y
HOW SACRED ARE THE
STARS AND STRIPES To
DAY?
Are they sacred if rich men
wallow while poor men, starve;
II powerful men default and
poor men pay the bills?
Are they sacred if she leaders
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France Is Wealthy
But She Is Not Interested in War Debts

Note that in generally bankrupt world country pros
bers and fat, as the Bible has it.
That country is France It reported this week the greatest
ROld in its htOrymOre than 72 BILLION francs
Some of that gold used to be here not here now and
acme gold here will be in France LATER.
Plain Americans who wish France we'll but also wish them
selves we'll find this situation hard to understand.
and other countries borrowed heavily from during
and after We wrote off large portion of that debt
We are now owed about 10 billions of dollars which of
nur debtors including France show disposition repay.
The they give that they must collect from Germany
kn order to pay
With gold like that which France has piled up
nome other excuse seems needed now.
whatever the reason is it i9MoE PoYERgY.
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MARRY-GO-ROUND
BY Helen Rowland

bIes. Silly wives, who just can't
see why John always comes
home so tagged out that he
can't go out and dance, some
where; or that he doesn't feel
like bridge game.
Dainty, delicate, bric-a-brac
wives, who must be catered to,
and amused and kept in the
dark. Until, some day the dis
tracted husband faces disaster
and leaps out of the fifteenth
story window, ALONE.
And there are stupid, ambi-
tious, climbing wives, who in
sist on keeping up a front"
at any cost. Running bills, liv-
ing in a swanky apartment they
can't afford, putting on "dog"
at the smart country club.
who drive their husbands to
get the money SOMEwhere-
Anywhere, ANYHOW"
Last, but not least, there are
the whining, nagging, importu-
nate wives! The REAL head
aches," who weep and complain
and taunt their harassed hus.
bands. Because they can't go
to Paris or to Florida or the
Riviera, this winter or because
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of the nation play politics on
Capitol Hill while Is million
desperate, idle citizens and
their dependents stand in bread
lines, or kill themselves and
their children rather than wit
ness further their hopeless
agony?
Tragedy of Youth
Are they sacred if, year after
year, the youth of the country
sinks deeper into debauchery;
if crime multiplies until law
and order have become a
travesty?
Are they sacred if little chill,
dren under 10 work in fields
and factories, mines, and mills?
If more mothers die in child
birth than in any other civil
lied country?
If illiteracy spreads without
check?
If immortality has become a
joke and lewdness passes for
sophistication?
HOW SACRED ARE THE
STARS AND STRIPES To-
DAY?
They were sacred in Wash
ington's time, because Washing
ton made them sacred. They
were sacred in Lincoln's time,
because Lincoln made them
sacred.
This American flag-any ma
tion's flag-is sacred when,
AND ONLY WHEN, men make
it sacred.
Sacred to the extent and en-
durance of their honor, their
courage and their generosity
and not for one MON e n t
longer; for not one whit of
that honor or courage or gen.
erosity may be handed on.
Must Create Sanctity
A generation may inherit a
flag, but it cannot inherit the
sanctity of that flag. IT
MUST CREATE THAT SANG
TITY FOR ITSELF.
Answer that for yourself.
Bow if you wish. I shall not
bow to the stars and stripes
today. 1 shall weep instead.
I shall weep with shame and
bitter anger; for those stripes
that sheltered decency when I
was a child no longer shelter
decency.
FOLDS, CONSECRATED BY
THE BLOOD AND TEARS OF
OUR HEROIC DEAD, ARE
WRAPPED TODAY, AS
CAMOUFLAGE, ABOUT EN-
NCHED GREEDINESS
AND SELFISHNESS, VICIOUS
NESS AND VILENESS, COW
ARDICE AND CRUELTY.
We do not honor Washing
ton today when we unfurl the
flag he handed on. u
WE SHAME HIM WITH
THE SYMBOL OF A BROKEN
FAITH.
Copyright, 1892, King Features
Syndicate Gne'l
The Washington times., 1932-02-22
e Intense Nationalism
Is Being Preached

The election results in Ire
land are significant of the
spirit that has never been
stronger in every nation
across the seattle spirit of
intense nationalism. This
is particularly true among
the young men and women
in all the nations.
1t was the youth of Italy
that swept Mussolini into
power - because Mussolini
stood for Italy first and all
the time; and youth that
is sweeping Hitler toward
power in Germany-because
he stands for Germany
against the world; and it
was youth in Ireland that
flocked to the standard Of
De Valera - because he
stands for Ireland even
against the Empire. ia
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Time Is Near to
"CrY Havoc

And the Democrats can
not indefinitely "postpone
politics." either. They have
put politics aside for months
to dedicate their whole
thought and energy to RENE
dial legislation to meet a ma
tional crisis for which they
are not responsible. Never
has the House moved more
smoothly, more rapidly, than
this one under the able
leadership of the Garners, the
Raineys and the Crisps.
But if they h had any
thought that this recessing Of
politics on their part would
mean a recess on the part Of
the Administration party,
they had a rude awakening
when the Republicans seized
on Lincoln's birthday to
claim credit for everything
the Democrats have done.
With the bank bill out of the
way soon, it will be time for
the Democrats to turn their
batteries on the Administra-
tion-unless they agree with
the Republicans that it is be-
yond reproach.
The campaign this fall will
be fought on the record Of
the Administration; on it's
promises and it's fruits; on
its utilities and fallacies; on
it's ineptitude, lack of leader
ship and craftsmanship and
vision and courage; on the
stupidity of some of it's poll
cies; on it's sacrifice of our
foreign market at the crack
of the whip of Mr.. Grundv;
on its misrepresentation of
trade conditions on the eve of
the crash.
The Democrats were chal-
lenged with a rare audacity
on Lincoln's birthday when
the Emancipator was pushed
into the wings to give Mr..
Hoover the center of the
stage; and the Democrats
will soon accept the chal-
lenge or throw up the sponge.
The Democrats have been
wise in postponing politics
. until needed legislation to
meet the Administration s
crash and the Administra-
tion's deficit is enacted; but
the time is near to "cry
havoc and let loose the dogs
of war;"
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miniStration, is prepared to
propose a sales tax that is
expected to raise $60O,0O0,-
600. This tax will be practi-
cally a general tax, only the
bare necessities of life being
exempt. This tax will be
paid on purchases.
1t is found that the money
necessary to meet the Ad-
ministration deficit cannot
be found by greater increases
in income taxes in the higher
brackets or in corporation
taxes since it is an easy mat
ter for Big Money to evade
it's obligations. 1t is not a
question Of what ought to be,
but what. can be.
Meanwhile, Ogden Mills
and the Administration are
attempting to capitalize for
their own benefit the neces-
stiles imposed upon the Dem
ocratic House by the deficit
of the Republican Admins
tration; for Mr.. Mills an
nounces that he still "stands
firmly by his original recon-
mendation for a selective
rather than a general sales
tax. It is easy to get the
no1iticS in that
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they can't have a new fur coat or
a seakat the opera. just THINK
of a man coming home, after a
day of struggle and worry and
defeat-to meet q woman with a
sneering, >discontented face, a
stinging tongue.
Oh yes, these are days, when
O. man finds out whether he
drew prize or a blank in the
matrimonial lottery-an asset or
a liability pal or a head
ache!"
These are days, when a wife
can pull her husband out of a
hole, or push him. out of the win
dow!
Copyright, 1892, King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
The Washington times., 1932-02-22

The picture
of a young
nation slowly
breaking i t S
way through
a. wilderness,
f a cling ter
rifle hardship
a n d danger,
battling con-
SGduGly Will
t h e heavier
handicap of
its own youth
and igno r
a n C e.; y e t
growing hard
and fit on
&Lnk 1kr,,rr1a
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Hereditary bondsmen! know ye
not
Who would be free, themselves,
must strike the blow?
Byron.
The weak in courage is strong
in cunning. WIN. Blake.
The idle singer Of an empty
day w. Norris
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WORDS FROM LIPS OF WISE MEN

Laugh with a vast and mex
tinguiShable laughter.
Shelley.
The practice of politics in
the East may be defined by one
word-dissimulation, -Disraeli.
If at great things thou
would'st arrive, get riches first.
Milton,
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WiveS--iSsets or Liabilities?
These are times when a man
discovers whether he has wife
or just a "heaCS.che" c1 his
hands-an asset or a liability.
Depression Wives" come in
many varieties-and many a
man has walked up to the fact
that the little contract he
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Easy to Get
The Politics

The special subcommittee
of the Ways and Means Com
mittee, struggling with the
problem of raising the reve-
nue. to meet the enormous
deficit Of the Republican Ada
The Washington times., 1932-02-22
Whipped to a Task:
Sales Tax: Politics
Bv Claude G.. BOUers

Author of The Party of the Jackson Period "The Struggle
Democracy in America" "Jefferson and Hamilton,
"The Tragic Era," and other important works
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most important one he ever
signed in his life.
There are thousands of wives
who have put away their en-
broidery needles, turned off
their radios and gone out to
hustle for jobs, to help keep the
wolf from squeezing through
the keyhole.
There are thousands more
who have kicked off their sill
yer dancing slippers. put away
their bridge tables, hung their
tulle evening gowns in the back
of the closet, donned bungalow
aprons and gone into the
pans and dish mopS, and get
acQainted with a sink.
There are wives who have be-
come their husbands secretar-
les, chauffeurs, pants-pressers,
Wallets and chambermaidS-and
are getting a lot of fun out
of it. And there are wives who
have pawned their engagement
rings, sold the family heir
looms. bucked their husbands
up and kept them from going
to pieces. Sympathetic, under
standing, loyal wives. Wives
who are ASSETS.
But, there are other kinds
of wives, too. The headaches!
The liabilities! The Affections!
The spoiled, petted, coddled
baby-wiveS, who "just can't un-
derstand." Wives to whom
their husbands dare not tell
their business worries and trou-
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LISTEN. WORLD!
BY Elsie Robinson

How Sacred Are the Stars and
Stripes?
Washington'S birthday. I am
writing this beside his tomb.
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signed at the rectory was the
most important one he ever
signed in his life.
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manner, with needless bu-
reaus and Implications of
duties among them, and that
any private corporation
would make short shrift of
the waste: Almost a gen.
Grafton ago Senator Aldrich
announced that he could
save millions a year through
a reorganization.
In the Administration of
Mr.. Coolidge we heard much
of this, but nothing was
done. N.
In the campaign of 1928,
Mr.. Smith, who had achieved
greatly in the reorganiza-
tion of the machinery Of
government lin New York,
made the reorganization of
the National Government
one Of his major themes.
To meet this, Mr.. Hoover
tried to match him in
promises. And Mr.. Hoover
was elected.
And the promise was for
gotten. Nothing was done
or attempted or suggested.
Two months ago Mr.. Smith
in a newspaper article took
the Administration to task
for it's failure to do any
thing; and Immediately
afterwards the President
said he intended to do some
thing.
And nothing was done or
suggested.
Then, the other day,
Speaker Garner announced
that the House was cutting
down on the estimates OF
the departments and plan
ming consultations to elimi-
nate as many Implications as
possible.
And running true to form,
the President Immediately
sends a message to Congress
proposing the merging of
bureaus and asking that it
be entrusted to him. Others
lead; the President follows.
Mr.. Hoover
Submits a Plan
Had the President any
thought of doing anything
of the sort he should have
announced his program two
years ago; for, by announc-
ing it now, he seems to be
merely trying to interfere
with the plans of the House,
which actually is working on
a plan. The plan the Presi-
dent announces means reor-
ganization, but it may seri'
ously be doubted whether it
means saving. Apparently
it means the discharge OF a
number of clerks on small
salaries at the bottom, and
the creation of other jobs
with very large salaries at
the top.
There is nothing new in
the Presidents s message; the
subject was exhausted by
his opponent for the presi-
dency, four years ago. He
has known Of these cOndl-
tions ever since he has been
in office, but he made no
move.
Evidently he had no
thought of serious action
when Congress met in De-
cember, else he would have
proposed reorganization as
one of the functions of the
present session. He per-
mitted the House Committee
on Appropriations to go
ahead with its onerous work
until about completed, and
now toward the first OF
March he submits a plan
having heard from Garner
the plans of the House. A
general reorganization this
session is now almost impos-
sible, and the House leaders
will determine for them
selves what will be done
now. The Presidents elev-
enth:hour message has the
appearance of a campaign
gesture.
Easy to Get
The Politics
The special subcommittee
ne tho Wnrr and Means Com
Evening star., 1932-10-22
NewsbOys Must Go to School

From the Jersey journal.
A resolution to encourage boys to
continue in school. which was intro
duced by I. Isenberg, circulation man.
ager of the Jersey Journal, and adopted
by the Interstate Managers Association,
is to be put before several other sec
tional circulation manager groups and
Circulation Managers Association at
the annual convention next June. The
resolution is as follows:
Resolved. That wherever possible,
this association asks its member papers
to use as carriers only boys who are
attending school, that all influence be
used to keep the boys Of school age In
school, and that the Back to School
movement is hereby Endorsed by the
Interstate Circulation Managers Asso-
citation"
In accordance with this resolution,
the Jersey Journal and other news
papers in the Middle Atlantic States
are refusing to sell newspapers to boys
of school age during school hours. and
are refusing to allow boys Of school
age who do not attend school to deliver
newspapers on home delivery routes.
There are two principal reasons for
this policy. The first Is the welfare Of
the boys. The second Is that when Q
boy has quit school to go to work at
a full-time Job by giving his route to
another boy who needs the m1uey but
continues to 60 to school, employment
Is spread.
Parents who may be inclined, because
of the hard times, to send their boys
out to work will be interested to know
1t Is the Judgment of the circulation
men that the brightest boys are school
boys, that school keeps the boys bright,
and that In the business world there
are many who agree with the circu-
lators that 1t Is q social crime to de-
prive q boy of the benefits Of school
for the sake Of few pennies.
Evening star., 1932-10-22
Country Lauds New Dignity =
In Supreme Court Quarters

have been more satisfied with the per-
sonnel and decisions of the tribunal
which soon. is to receive a new home
The corner stone Of marble is laid; the
building i-Self will not be occupied until
1884. That is two years hence, but the
preliminary construction will convince
the Supreme Courts members that.
after all. republics are not ungrateful." :"
Observing that ''the Supreme Court
Building will be one of the most impress
sive structures in Washington" and
that 1t will be a worthy neighbor of
the beautiful Library of Congress" the
Providence Journal makes the comment:
For the first time in our national
history this coordinate branch Of the
Federal Government will have its own
home. noble edifice in keeping with
the dignity of the buildings that house
the executive and legislative branches
of the Government. Nothing in our
history has been more incongruous and
greater cause Of reproach than the
meager and makeshift provision made
for the highest court in the land. the
greatest judicial body in the world. For
Congress and the President and the
various administrative departments the
country has made generous and becom-
ing provision The neglect OF the
Supreme Court for nearly century
and half has seemed inexplicable."
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Superintendent Brown.

The elevation of Inspector Ernest
Willis Brown to succeed Gen. Pelham
D. Glassford as major and superintend-
ent OF the Washington Police Depart
ment is an event of considerable sig
nificance. News of the appointment
has been received with enthusiasm, and
that enthusiasm has been predicated on
feeling Of confidence in the man.
Supt. Brown has had thirty-six years
of training for the work he is now to
undertake. He has come up through
the ranks to his present eminence He
knows the routine, the methods and the
personnel Of the department He knows
the problems of maintaining law and
order in the Capital. He is familiar
with the fact that his new post will be
no sinecure. But authority is no nov
city to him, wide experience he has had,
the good will Of the rank and file is his,
and he entertains no romantic notions
of his responsibilities. All these factors
constitute reason to hope that his term
Of Office will be productive Of satisfac-
ton to the community and to Major
Brown himself
1t is no small tribute to the new
chiefs character that his name is hon.
orably esteemed by his fellow men. He
has an unblemished record. He is
honest, cautious, reserved, trustworthy
and tactful. Such is the testimony of
his friends; such is his reputation
among all classes in the District.
Evening star., 1932-10-22
All Other States and Canada.
M.mber nf the Associated Press.
The Appeal to Fear"

Gov. Roosevelt is devoting generous
portion of his campaign speeches on MS
present tour to denouncing what ne
conceives as the Republican doctrine OF
appeals to fear in these heated times.
Some of the more radical outbursts OF
Republican campaigners, who have
minced no words in prohesying that a
Democratic victory will spell the end
of economic recovery, throw the coun-
try of the gold standard and provoke
other and more terrible forms of retrl-
button from the economic gods, deserve
the Governors criticism. A good many
people will regard such tactics, IN q
time when level heads are needed more
than ever before and when reborn con-
fidence is beginning to show its effects,
as directed more against the people as
a whole than against the Democratic
party. Such tactics are TO be deplored'
But such criticism and Indignation
lose force when they come from Demo-
cratic candidates who have made the
this campaign. The theme OF the
Democratic campaign song has been to
link the President and Republican
leadership" directly with the cause OF
every form OF economic distress. That
may oe pardonable in politics, If 1t Is
recognized as politics. 1t is part of the
game. But one who sings this song has
no right 10 complain when the opposi-
tion responds In chorus which
chooses a variation OF the same theme.
n the people are asked to believe that
one man and one party have brought
down on their heads all that is hurt
ing them now. II IS only logical to ex-
pect that they will likewise be asked to
believe that another man and another
party are not only capable but
demonstrate by records and theories
their actual intention of bringing down
on these wounded heads even grayer
woes and worries. If the people are
asked to believe that they cannot re-
cover or progress under the policies of
one administration, it is only reasonable
that they shall be asked to believe that
all hope OF recovery and progress will
be placed in jeopardy by choosing the
policies of another administration.
Placing the guilt upon the party that
has sung this song loudest and longest
depends upon personal preference and
is altogether matter of opinion. 1t is
a matter Of fact that neither party has
shown any hesitancy in taking it up.
The Democrat who charges the Re
publican with appealing to fear and
panic is, Of course, answered by the
Republican who asserts that he is not
appealing to fear but to what ne
regards as ordinary intelligence.
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should be entirely effective Of their
purpose and not merely nominally so
Is worth noting. A park must not be
merely something to be looked at: IT
must be something to be used. 1t goes
without saying that 1t must not be mis-
used.
Washington already approximates the
ideal standard of one sere Of park
space for every hundred people in the
city, set by the National Recreation
Association and widely indorsed, but
expansion is desirable. A comprehen-
sive plan includes complete recreation
system for the District of Columbia; a
park drive encircling the entire city
the so-calied Fort Drive; the Potomac
River Park, extending as far as Great
Falls. and other projects designed to
preserve and to develop the natural
beauty of the neighborhood and its
pragmatic significance to the people.
This plan will be put into effect as the
years pass.
Meantime the Ofhce Of Public Build
ings and Public Parks will carry on,
solving one problem after another,
completing one detail after another.
Doubtless there will be individuals who
will continue to prefer burglary to base
ball, murder to music, but the majority
may be counted upon to be normally
grateful for the opportunity to spend
their leisure more congenially and in
the long run more profitably. Parks
may not stop crime, but they do have
function in the business of discour-
aging it.