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The Washington times., 1932-05-18
Financing The Center
District Must Have Help

The District subcommittee of the Senate Appropriations
Committee wrestling with the unsatisfactory District
appropriation bill which passed the House. should make some
effort to set up definite policy in regard to the Municipal
Center
This $200O0OoO bugaboo has already strained the citys
finances and the forSdation has not even been laid
District simply cannot carry the burden Of this monu-
mental enterprise. =.
No city in the country of comparable size would attempt
to finance city hall the scale which proposed for this
structure .
There only why the city embarked upon the
project That the necessity of abandoning the present
District Building and of having municipal building in keep
ing with the Federal Governments Mall program.
The project dictated by Federal officials who gave little
or thought the question of where the District 60
ing to get the necessary money.
Now the project has begged down.
The city alone cannot pay for it.
The group should work out reasonable program
Of Federal help the nearly $1OOOOOO which the
District has already spent.
another angle be considered in dealing with the
Municipal Center appropriation short time ago the thirty
the Municipal Architects office who had been design
ing plans for the project discharged
the center.
BY reapproprang about $4,000 of the unexpended bal
Of the current appropriation the plans for the second
unit could be drawn
This would be the sensible and would permit
Of the unemployment Of the discharged architects
It would unquestionably money in the long run
The Washington times., 1932-05-18
America Stands Convicted
1t Has No Plea to Offer in Defense

America stands convicted Of the Lndbergh babys murder
No plea but GUILTY can be made.
For whoever the actual slayer maniac, gangste
criminal working alone novice who lost his
neve-the responsibility for this death rests squarey on the
shoulders of the people of the United States.
Goods country has reaped the harvest Of its own sowing
No citizen honestly deny that through his own ndn
ference the forces that undermining national exs
tence, he shares the blame
It is not pleasant for nation to be pointed at with scon
tragedy should and pondered by American for
they deserved.
The London Evening News says, for example:
81" for the people of the United States to decide
uDhether in the name of other still unnlurdered chill
dren uUI call halt state of things that looks
like making the gGngster and the thug the final
1rbiters of eUery Americans destiny"
And the osservatore Romano through which the Pope
often speaks, declares:
eft is to be hoped that this uDiu induce the United
States to make every effort eradicate the
plant of gangdOn IF the tragedy results in the up
roofing of all bandits especially kidndpers, perhaps
Colonel Lindbergh may find in this comfort in
his immense grief"
These utteances typical of world opinion well as
They bitter but who mpeach their truth?
Only the stern resolve of every real American that such
outrages will restore this country to its rgh
place among nations.
Only the fixed determination to stamp out crime and the
conditions that breed crime will halt this onslaught OF killers
and gangsters dnapers families and homes
For years have lodged hufd sdestepped and eVaded
The issue.
Now must face it. .
It comes to us in the form of chlds broken manged
body-and know in hearts that this the work WE
have wrought
The Washington times., 1932-05-18
LISTEN, WORLD!
By Elsie Robinson

Why not have the best possible
time while we laSt?"
If this is "all the life we
have" then all the more rea-
son to take this life seriously.
No God? Then all the more
reason for man himself to be a
god-to treat himself as a god.
And as for having "the best
time possible" no one can have
that who tries to duck life, or
to laugh it off.
The tired mother drudging
through her round of house
hold chores, denying her own
youth that her children may
grow into a happier maturity,
is actually having "a better
time" than the flippant flapper
with her cynical egoism, who is
still just a sweet young thing
at 40.
That mother has dared to
live. She has dared to give
life and has lost her life that
others may live. Because Of
that she has found the fine
and fundamental things. Weary
and shabby and obscure as she
is, she has known a pride that
a lesser woman can never know
"a hope and joy and content
which the wisecracker play girl
can never gain.
Noble Army Of Martyrs
Joan walking to the stake:
Socrates drinking his hemlock;
Christ dying on the cross, and
the untold millions who dared
to risk the fullneSs Of life,
dared to laugh at the futility Of
death-they, alone, were the
wise men.
eyes, it sounds wonderful to
read about them, but you get
an awful razz if you try to
live that way, "says some
youngster, wistfully. "You can't
possibly be popular If you take
things seriously"
No, you can't be popular, and
you probably will get the razz,
just as they did.
But there are greater things
than POPULARITY, my dear-more
rare and honorable things.
Human companionShip is a
good thing, child, BUT LIFE is
A GREATER THING IF YOU
HAVE THE COURAGE TO
FACE TT AND TAKE IT!
Copyright, 1892. King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
The Washington times., 1932-05-18
The Beer Tax
Already Legal

to the fact that the United States still has
law the statute books authorizing to collect tax Of Sc
on every barrel of beer made in this country.
This provision is part Of the 1918 revenue law which has
never been repealed.
dead letter. of course since all the beer made here is
illegal and hence untaxable
Nevertheless it the law and simple declaration by
Congress that per beer Notwithstanding would put
it into effect at once.
No red tape, debate, further legislation would be
needed The taxatherng machinery could be set inside
Of thirty days The yield in would be at least $780,
100000 the first year and half billion year later
Hundreds of thousands of jobs would also be created
not only in the brewees but in many other industries
would solve half of the nations troubles Hence Con-
gress will do nothing about it. great institution this Con-
cress of ours.
The Washington times., 1932-05-18
ONCE-OVERS

fellow did not have brains
enough to forestall your plans
and your undertakings, he
deserved to be worsted by youP
There is a very fine line,
sometimes, between strictly
honest business methods and
those that are dishonest.
Be careful not to go beyond
the dividing line in your quest
for money or its equivalent.
Some Of the men you now
class as failures might have
had as much as you if they
had desired to follow your ruth
less course in business affairs.
They may pity. you as you
pity them. They have an I'M
troubled conscience, something
they know you cannot have.
Copyright, 1882. King Features
Syndicate. 1nc.)
The Washington times., 1932-05-18
Men Must Have Jobs
Before They Can Buy

This Congress is going to
legislate for the jobless and
the starving before it ad-
journs. Garner hits the nail
on the head when he says:
"There can be no revival
Of industry, no payment OF
farm debts, no wages earned,
and no return Of commercial
activities, unless and until
we put men to work and
provide for the restoration
of the purchasing power Of
the American people" "
And Mr.. Rainey is right
when he says:
1--WE have before US today
the challenge of a great
communistic nation, and we
must meet it. We must
furnish our workingmen with
employment or we must suf-
fer the consequences. The
right to work is a right that
belongs to every man, and
the result of the existence of
a capitalistic nation depends
upon its willingness and its
ability to furnish work for
men who are willing and
able to work.
This is conservatism-the
only sane conservatism. The
restoration Of the purchasing
power of the farmers and of
the army of the unemployed
is necessary for the saliva
ton of the merchant and the
manufacturer.
The Washington times., 1932-05-18
Always Opposes
Help for Jobless,

Nothing arouses Mr..
Hoover so much as the sug-
gestion that something be
done directly for the unem-
ployed-who constitute at
this hour the gravest peril
to the Republic.
He is willing to help the
railroads and the banks, cor
porations, private businesses
by permitting them to draw
upon the peoples treasury
and that is defendable under
the conditions-but he finds
it a violation of the Ameri-
can spirit to do anything di-
rectly for the jobless.
Thus, as the Democrats
are planning to do some
thing for them-Mr. Hoover
injects himself again into
the picture to oppose them
with a counter plan to help
the jobless by giving more
of the public money to pri-
vate business. And no one
believes that would ac-
complish the purpose.
An Administration organ
now announces that even the
Republicans oppose the Pres
ident's nlan-
The Washington times., 1932-05-18

thirty and thirty-five. THAT
is the Susceptible Age of Man!
Thirty-three, to be specific, is
the favorite marrying age
when most men face the Lo-
hengrin music.
Up to thirty, the average un-
attached man spends most Of
his evenings gathering prim.
roses while he may and trying
to prove that variety is the
spice of love. He is wary of
matrimony and strong on sales
resistance. He is having a
GOOD TIME!
After thirty-five, if by luck
or accident he is still single,
his impressibility has begun to
jell and his enthusiasm to cool,
and he will soon be practically
immune. He has gotten his
second wind.
But, in between, he is a leaf
in the wind! A helpless toy
of Fate-and of any attractive
woman who happens to set her
heart upon him! Poor Butter
fly! That is the perilous age,
at which he stands with one
foot hanging over the brink
and the other on banana
peel.
It Is the age at which almost
any man is most attractive and
most eligible. When he has
arrived" or Is well started in
life, and can stop and THINK.
It is the hazardous point, at
which he begins to lose his
taste for dancing and casual
petting and whoopee. And to
wonder if the synthetic cock
The Washington times., 1932-05-18
Hoover's "Plans"
Only Muddy Water.

He has had no plan to
put men to work-the only
way prosperity can be re-
stored.
When the House passed a
tariff act, having no party
significance, and merely pro-
viding for negotiations with
other nations to lower the
barriers against interna-
tional trade, he vetoed it.
There can be no restora-
tion of prosperity until in
ternational trade is restored
through just such means as
the House bill provided
and the President refuses to
lit his finger to that end.
And there can be no
restoration Of prosperity un-
til domestic trade is revived
by restoring the purchasing
power of millions of the job
less by furnishing them with
jobs; and that idea never
has occurred to Mr.. Hoover.
But when the Democrats
in Congress let it be known
that they are planning to
get behind a prosperity
loan-he issues a statement
submitting another "plan"
merely to muddy the
waters.
The Washington times., 1932-05-18

we mOQeTuS
are that way. We tap-dance
through life; wisecrack in the
face of destiny. And we think
that proves we're clever.
But it doesn't.
1T MERELY PROVES
WE'RE FOOLS AND COW
ARDS.
We aren't outsmarting life
with our cynicism and our wise
cracks. We're merely running
away from life, and two-timing
ourselves by doing so.
LIFE ISN'T JUST A BOWL
OF CHERRIES.
Life is a noble adventure for
brave souls.
Like every adventure it is
filled with danger and pain,
but it holds, also mystery and
wonder and beauty beyond
words for those who have the
courage to seek.
Many do not seek. They de-
sire only to be comfortable and
amused. Life for such is lit
orally q bowl of cherries-AND
THEY ARE THE WORMS.
All Worth While &
But for the real men and
women, nothing is "unimpor-
tant": every experience is worth
while.
"But suppose this is all the
life we have?" say the wise
crackers. why give ourselves
a headache if we're only here
for q few years, then-blotto?
The Washington times., 1932-05-18

NOR sheer impudence,
Il nothing recently has ap-
preached the scandalous &C
tion of the Hoover Admin
istration . in sending Irving
Glover, Second Assistant
Postmaster General, to the
Missouri Postmasters' As
sociation to give orders to
the postmasters to concen-
trate their efforts on the re-
election of Mr.. Hoover or
resign. This association pre-
sumably meets to advance
the interest of the postal
service. Mr.. Glover no
doubt went to Missouri at
the expense of the American
taxpayers on the theory
that he went to discuss the
departmental good. Instead
he went there, at the behest
of the Administration, to
make a political speech and
to make a threat. The
eulogy of the President as
a "peerless leader" was silly
in the face of the facts. The
declaration that the duty Of
a postmaster is to go out
and battle for the President
was false. But the climax
of this vicious act for which
the Administration and its
head stands responsible, is
in this parting shot Of the
unique Mr.. Glover:
IL De back IN WaShlng-
ton Monday and I'll be glad
at that time to take the res
ignations of any of you
postmasters who don't want
to do it."
What a picture!
The Washington times., 1932-05-18

to think about himself, worry
about hi1.self and to wonder
why he feels lonely" in a
crowd-and if there isn't some
thing MORE to life. Something
that he's MISSINGI
And just at this susceptible
moment, he always meets q
New Girl-ANY new girl will
do-and it's all over but choos-
ing the favors for the usherS!
Oh yes, the Marrying Age for
a woman is anywhere between
16 and so, according to whether
the bait is beauty, brains or
money. But, the Marrying Age
for the average man Is those
tender, susceptible, attractive
Early Thirties!
Copyright, 1882, King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
The Washington times., 1932-05-18
Silence Cure
Urged on Hoover.


Speaker Garner is right
it would be to the public
interest if, for a season, the
President would adjourn
that is, discontinue his
propaganda statements and
his unvarying plan Of doing
nothing on vital things un-
til Congress has a plan, and
then issuing statements in
opposition to doing any
thing.
Garner is right when he
says:
1.-THE Presidents state
ments have done more to
discourage and freeze the
confidence Of the people
than all other things put
together. For the last six
months, even since 1929, he
has been jumping from one
thing to another, speaking
from a selfish rather than
a patriotic standpoint. He
started out in 1929 to thaw
out public confidence, but
it has not been restored. I
suggest he try the opposite
and keep quiet for 80 days
and quit the propaganda.
The truth is that the Presi-
dents Statements" sourly
revive the memory of the
misleading statements issued
by the White House and the
Treasury and the Department
of Commerce, first Great
ing the impression that there
were sound values behind
The Washington times., 1932-05-18
WORDS FROM LIPS OF WISE MEN

More have been drowned in
the bowl than in the sea.
Better an unjust peace than a
just war.
Wrinkled purses make wrin-
kled faces.
Nature, Time and Patience
are the three great physicians.
A good example is the best
sermon.
Cheap things are not good;
good things are not cheap.
The Washington times., 1932-05-18
Support Hoover
Or Quit Posts!

Mr.. Hoover has no oppo-
sition for the Republican
nomination.
And yet, at this juno
ture, his spokesman in the
Administration, travelling on
Government money, cam
paigning for him, feels the
necessity actually Of threat
ening his own office holders
with discharge if they do
not turn politicians and sup
port Mr.. Hoover. And the
thought must occur to every
one that if even Federal Of
flee holders have to be CO.
creed into voting "Four
More Years of Hoover" with
"a chicken in every pot, "
there can be but little chance
for his reelection.
And another thought oc-
ours; when we are discuss
ing ways and means Of
cutting the cost of Govern
ment, it is time for the
President to issue orders
discontinuing the policy Of
sending his office holders
away from their jobs to
political meetings at the ex-
pense of the taxpayers.
The Washington times., 1932-05-18

Between the hand and the
lip, the morSel may slip.
For a man in a fever 1t Is
unWise to change beds.
Let another man praise thee,
and not thine own mouth.
You must scale the mountain
If you would view the plain.
Patience is the key Of Para
disc.
The boughs that bear most
hang lowest.
The Washington times., 1932-05-18
A Worthy Appeal
WASHINGTON Jews VIII Respond

Jewish citizens of the District again engaged in
united effort raise funds for relief work in Eastern
rope and for the Jewish Homeland movement.
The fact that increasing calls for aid coming from
their city should not deter Washington Jews from full
filing their obligations to their less fortunate brethren
other lands
The Jews Of the National Capital cannot fail do their
share il contributing to this humanitarian appeal
The Washington times., 1932-05-18

ter what hap
pens. People
tell me I
ke things
90 h a rd.
hey S a y
life is just a
bowl of cher
ries.' so why
be so seri-
Gus? Do you
think tn ey
are right?"
No, I don't.
B u t they're
in the ma
jority, son.
NIYn nnndnnHnS
The Washington times., 1932-05-18
The Dividing Line

The Dividing Line
You may have accumulated
sufficient money and income
producing investments to in
sure your family against worry
about the necessities and many
Of the Iuxuries Of Life.
Because you thus provided
you think very little Of the
man who has not accomplished
as much, and class him as a
failure.
But while you acquired a
competence were you strictly
honest?
Was your conscience some
what elastic when you saw a
possibility Of piling up money
faster?
Have you operated on the
principle that II the other
The Washington times., 1932-05-18
Hoover Meddling
Wrecks Confidence
Claude G.. BOUers

the crazy market prices dur
ing the madness and second
in belittling the state of I'M
employment even to the
Juggling of the census fig
ures. These present state
ments cannot restore con-
fidence, since confidence has
been lost in his Administra-
ton.
The Washington times., 1932-05-18
MARRY-GO-ROUND
By Helen Rowland
By 7. E. Powers

tails and synthetic love-affairs
are worth the headache and
the bad taste they leave.
It is the restive hour, in
which he begins to feel weary
of hotel cooking and the
sketchy housekeeping Of a
bachelor apartment; and to
long for regular meals, a we'll
ordered life and a well-ordered
place." where he can set up
his household gods with a feel
ing of permanency.
It is the tempting moment,
when he begins to sit off in a
corner, IT his club, and feel
sorry for himself. When he be-
gins to sigh for quiet, cozy
evenings in his OWN library;
and to dream of Soft-shaded
reading lamps, hot waffleS for
breakfast-and somebody to
look after his things, count his
laundry, listen to his conf
dences and smooth his head
sympathetically after he has
had a hard day at the office.
It is the fatal moment when
he begins to be fed up with
jazz and PLAY and bored with
the stupid monotony of one
girl after-another, one-silly-af-
fair-after-another and one-kiSS-
after-another. When he begins
The Washington times., 1932-05-18
The Susceptible Age

No man would probably ad-
NIT that there is definite
marrying age" for men. Any.
where from twenty to ninety,
he feels that he is eligible
and dangerous.
But, If a girl has really Seri-
Gus matrimonial intentions and
is looking for the quickest re-
turns for the least effort, I
commend to her man between
The Washington times., 1932-05-18
Life Isn't Just a. Bowl
of Cherries"

I'm not very popular" he
writes, unhappily. "I can't just
laugh and Use crack, no mat
Imperial Valley press., 1932-07-28
REGISTRATION AND VOTING

/ Attest registration figures in Imper-
ial county show a total of 1922 cit
liens here.
claimed the right accorded them by their
citizenship under the constitution of the
United States, to cast their ballots for
public office
Yet only a portion of those who have
made it their business to register, will
vote at the next election, August 80.
To expect a full vote at that season of
the year is to expect the impossible.
Many persons are away from home, and
do not know of the provision for absen-
tee ballots, although this has been ex-
planned to them some time or other. 1t
would be a miracle if a 70 per cent vote
could be obtained in August.
Even in November, when we have a
general election, and absentees are COM
paratively few, 75 per cent vote would
be noteworthy indeed. 1t is quite likely
too, that registrations then will exceed
the present figures.
Just what it is that keeps citizens
away from the polls is something that
puzzles politicians, officials and all who
give any thought to the matter.
II the government were 10 place some
sort of ban on voting-a property own
ership qualification for instance-every
citizen would rise in protest. Yet having
the privilege of voting, many fail to use
it.
There is no good reason why Imperial
county should not have at least 80 per
cent vote in November, but it is most un-
likely that it will. This indifference on
the part of the voter to his duty and his
privilege, is hard to understand. 1t is
the major reason for corruption in office
and for practically all the political ills
of the country.
The non-voter is difficult problem.
Preaching at him seems to do little good,
but nevertheless it must be kept up lest
his numbers, already too large, be IN
creased.
Wall street is apparently getting ready
TO run another fever.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-07-28
IMPERIAL VALLEY PRESS
THE 'UNLOADED GUN

: AGAIN the "unloaded gun" has claimed
n victim, in the person of a Calipatria
boy, accidentally killed by his chum
while they were playing.
Such instances as these, all too fire.
quent, are sad indeed. The death of this
lad not only brings sorrow to his family
and friends, but cannot help having a
serious effect on the life of the playmate
unwittingly responsible for it.
This youngster is entitled to the full
est sympathy and consideration There
is not the least iota of malice in the
affair, as investigation showed. The boys
had been Joined together in the friend
ship of youth, which creates an unusual
ly strong bond. They were doing what
any live, healthy and energetic boys
might do.
Playing with firearms has a peculiar
appeal for boys. Let a gun be most Sc
curely hidden, and as long as there are
boys around they will find it, and having
found it they must of necessity play with
it.
One cannot, censurc folks, particular
~ those in rural sections, for having fire
arms on their premises. Quite often
there is need for them, and knowledge
that they are present gives a feeling of
security
section.
But firearms, if it is deemed necessary
to keep them loaded, should be kept in
safe place where access to them by JuVe-
niles would be extremely difficult.
1t might not be a bad idea for par
ents possessing firearms, to instruct their
children on the great danger Offered by
the weapons, and to impress upon them
the fact that they must never be touched
unless an adult is with them.
Germany wants to regain its place in
the SUM-. Will it also seek der tag
Canada is brave nation. 1t has otfer-
ed to mediate between the English and
the Irish.
We thought Milwaukee was held up
as model of civic virtue and efficiency,
yet they have food riots there too.