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The Washington times., 1932-01-29
Personnel Policies
Vicious Moves In the House

$50 far all the savings sO-called attempts bal
the budget to be taken out Of the pockets
Of the Federal employees, and that is not the tDGy
TO balance the budget"
This observation made in debate the Agriculture ap
preparation bill by Representative LaGuardia of New York.
IL lamentably true
Not only it true but emphasizes the inconsistency Of
the which members of Congress have adopted
Until this session the idea held sway that the way to i'm
prove conditions to spend moneyt is still the correct
idea.
Acting under that thought Congress spent and authorized
millions for public works The Administration vigorously
fought against wage cuts Congress passed the BaconDav
prevailing wage bill
But now all that is forgotten and abandoned.
Now members of Congress show up in the light Of
penny snatchers and cheeseparers. ....
Some Of them demand salary for all Federal employees
except prohibition enforcement officera step which might
well prove disastrous not only for the Government workers but
for industry WELL
Then of them demand per cent cut in all Government
personnel-except prohibition enforcement officers.
Fortunately Representative Simmons proposal along this line
was ignomniousy defeated by House which not willing
TO go the whole route Of crippling the Government
But the House did adopt two personnel policies in the ag
culture bill.
forbade the granting Of promotions and pay raises when
earned and served notice the unemployed that the Govern
en will do nothing until after next year the line Of placing
them in the Civil Service though necessary jobs should be-
come vacant
The agriculture bill first of the regular supply bills now goes
TO the Senate
is to be hoped that the Senate known as he greatest de-
Lucrative body the world will deliberate long and carefully
lest it follow the House along its path of blunders
The Washington times., 1932-01-29

s..Q1 q II OF
dissipate. go to wild parties. e.
keep late hours. Most of them
worked right up to the day Of
their commitment. Then sud-
denly they went to pieces. So
badly to pieces that they had
to be put away, for their own
and society's protection. Why?
DR.. Charles Benson wondered.
DR.. Benson is the head Of the
department of educational psy'
chology in New York Univer-
sity. People who go to pieces
are part Of his job. Those de-
ranged teachers interested him.
He began to study them-and
he dug up some facts that
should make everyone OF us
think, and then hastily revise
our programs.
seven hundred crazy women.
Why did they go crazy? MOI
because there was insanity IN
their blood. Not because they
had had some sudden fright or
loss. BUT, SIMPLY BECAUSE
THEY HAD LED LOP-S1DED
LIVES!
All Work, He Finds
The average teacher, DR..
Benson found, has too few
interests outside her work.
Sports. business, housework,
dancing, music, travel, and the
theater play small part in her
program. Most of her time is
spent in reading, teaching, cor
recting exercises at home, and
in "shop talk" with her asso-
ciateS.. ....,.,
The Washington times., 1932-01-29
How to Be a Millionaire
"Stoke the Furnace"

The career Of William Wrgley r reminds you that in this
country anything is possible.
In approved American fashion, Mr. Wrgley started with
nothing but an idea He ended the mutmonare owner
gigantic industry palatial California estate and major
league baseball club
Ambitious boys may well find this record inspiring
It was an Alger story come true.
Little business men who wish they big business men will
ne even more interested in Mr. Wgys secret Of As
1t is short we reprint it here ~
TEL em quick and tell You must have a. gooa
product in the first place something that people want far
Us easier 10 row downstream than
ane sincerely what you have to SELL in words as
possible and keep everlastingy coming at them ~
advertising pretty like running furnace vouva
got to keep shOveng you stop stoknT the fire
out" w. N e '"0 A"0
That sounds simple also explains why most little business
men never will be Wrigleys. ONN'"
The Washington times., 1932-01-29
RatiOnalized Football
Business Men On Athletics

The action Of the board of governors of the Merchants
and Manufacturers Association in commencing efforts
The Washington Times to raionalze football and restore
athletic relations between Georgetown University and the
University Of Virginia. is encouraging to all those who want
collegiate sports placed upon proper basis
The board has demonstrated that the business men of the
city are alive to the problems of the educational institutions
IN providing worthwhile extracurricula activities for their
students.
In series Of articles in The Times Harry Costello foot
ball expert has ably demonstrated that football and all
other intercollegiate sports be given their proper Incl
dental place in college life.
They need not and must not dominate student activities
NOR they be permitted detract from the primary
pose Of the educational institutions
But under proper safeguards football and the other
sports can be used to round the college life and to give
70 the students an outlet for athletic and competitive asp
tions.
The Washington times., 1932-01-29
A Miraculous Law
Witness It's Workings

Two current prohibition items both originating in Wash
ington. interest you.
The first is from the enforcement bureau The bureau
officials insist that the funds for their work shall not be cut
this year. although cuts be in all other depart
ments, including the Army and Navy.
National defense go to the dogs the Government can
brOk but the noble work of closing up few speaks here
and there and getting handout from the 90 on
That, evidently, is the official view
The other item American shipping or what's left
Of it, Chairman T. " 0'Connor of the shipping board tells
Congressman that transatlantic liners losing Of
their radenO because prohibition is enforced them but
because people think it is enforced
Every ship flying the American flag except the Dollar
Line Mr. 0Connor quoted saying operates bars and
sells liquor but take other vessels because it is
kept secret.
As two examples Of the mysterious workings Of mraCu
eous law, we commend these.
The Washington times., 1932-01-29
LISTEN, WORLD!
BY Elsie Robinson

At first, this narrow life is
rarely of her own choosing.
She starts as a lively girl who
would like to do all the things
which healthy girls do. But,
the community demands that
teacher shall be a very proper
person.
And, even if she evades the
community's watchful eye, ad.
venture rarely hangs around a
schoolroom door.
So gradually teachers life
narrows. Presently, teacher her
self narrowS. Becomes, accord
ing to young Willie, a pain in
the neck. Develops notions and
prejudices. Queer, fussy little
habits. And unfortunately
there's no one to make her
snap out of it. The youngsters
can't. she is an absolute die
tator in the classroom. Her
associates rarely criticize her
being caught in the same rut
themselves. So she goes on and
on. and then some day goes
to smash in a nervous break
down.. or is taken quietly to
some hospital.
And yet-she's had good
hours, good food, good air,
plenty of rest. a fine job. BUT
T-ER MIND HAS BEEN
STARVED. The brain needs q
well-balanced diet as much as
the body. The mind that has
too few interests will sicken as
surely as the body that has
too few vitamins. Nor will a
mice orderly life" keep you
from going cuckoo.
All of these unfortunate
teachers led nice, orderly lives.
AND that was exactly what
allied them. Probably if they
hadn't been quite as nice, and
a little more disorderly, they
would be standing in their
school rooms today.
dig ACSSUH
Which is a great lesson
to all of us-particularly to
mothers. Mothers lead lives as
narrow as a school teachers.
And are greatly praised for the
fact. = .,
isn't Mrs. Jones a lovely
woman!" we say. "Why she
hasn't a thought outside her
home and her family
And we think we're comph-
menting Mrs. Jones. Actually
we could say nothing more
darnning of the poor lady!
For 20 years of life without
a thought outside home and
family" are going to make Mrs.
Jones a poor wife, a wretchedly
incompetent mother and a thor
oughly miserable individual.
Get interests! Get lots Of
intereSts!,
Not just the few, pleasant in
tereSts which you already like,
but new interests entirely out
side your normal life. inter
ests that will startle you, shake
you UP, make you uncomfort-
able, drag you out of your
routine, bust up all your pet
habits. interests that will make
you use ALL your brain . that
will keep you alive ALL OVER.
Otherwise, you'll go mummy
and never know it.
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Syndicate. Inc.l
The Washington times., 1932-01-29
WISE WORDS

Curse and be cursed! It is
the fruit of cursing.-John
Fletcher.
Child of Nature, learn to un-
learn.-DiSraeli.
Men talk Of "mere morality"
which is much as if one
should say, ''Poor God, with no
body to help Him!"-Emerson.
Take time enough; all other
graceS
viii soon fill UP their proper
placeS.-John Byron.
A perfect woman, nobly planned,
To warn, to comfort and COM
mand.-WordSworth.
A dinner lubricates business.
Lord Stowel
The Washington times., 1932-01-29
MARRY-GO-ROUND
By 7. E. Powers
BY Helen Rowland

other woman put the shackles
on him.
Next to capturing a. man
herself, nothing gives a woman
such a thrill of triumph as to
help another woman catch
him!
She thinks, of course, that
she is doing it for altruistic
reasons-for "that sweet girls
sake" But, in reality, she is
just following her atavistic
instinct to conquer, subjugate
and domesticate the wild, free
male.
The matchmaking instinct is
the feminine urge for tidying
up the world and getting rid of
the loose ends. An unmarried
man lying around loose just
cutters UP things. It is up to
the first woman who spies him,
to put him in his place, where
he will fit into the scheme Of
things and be of some use.
A bachelor has no place or
purpose in life, except as some
body's future husband. To find
a perfectly good potential huS-
band, hanging about, carefree
and unclaimed, in a world full
The Washington times., 1932-01-29
ONCE-OVERS

finding in the morning Is
largely habit.
It is an easy habit to get into
and a hard one to shake off.
How foolish to encourage such
a state Of mind.
Tndulging it, you reach your
place of business in a ferment.
Your work is affected by it,
and days that might be happy
otherwise are in a turmoil for
all with whom you come in con-
tact.
Everything displeases you,
and that spirit gets you in
trouble.
How much better is the con.
dition you have left at home
when you are good nstured.
The Washington times., 1932-01-29
Breakfast GrOuches

Breakfast GrOucheS
Do you make an effort to be
good-natured at breakfast?
Or do you permit ill-feeling
to hold full sway then.
Perhaps you are one Of the
few who does not feel cranky
in the morning.
Most folks are easily irritated
before breakfast and if you are
not, those who associate with
you in the home are fortunate.
Even if you do feel out of
sorts you could control it, at
least to the extent that you
don't vent it enough to spoil
the day for those at home.
To be antas sonistic and fault
The Washington times., 1932-01-29

of hope chests all ready, and
waiting, seems to any woman
sheer wanton WASTE! She
won't stand for it!
That is why nearly all men,
sooner or later, find them
selves standing at the altar
rail, promising things they
never thought Of doing-and
wondering how they got there.
In one thing only are all
women agreed, allied and firmly
united-in the determination
that man shall not live alone!
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The Washington times., 1932-01-29

4NN" \ Va n NAVJ
They were
all intelligent
s e e m n gly
healthy young
women. They
W ork ed in
pleasant sur
ou n d i ngs,
without un-
due S tr in.
They enjoyed
longer vaca'
tions tn a n
any 9th e r
class of work
ers. They had
no bad habits
The Washington times., 1932-01-29

makers Union-the only union
in which all women are secretly
and uranimo mouSly allied!
Every woman is at heart a
born matchmaker: and the one
thing she cannot endure is the
sight Of an eligible man going
around single, free. foot-loose
and heart-whole! It is like see"
ing a wonderful BARGAIN left
on a shop counter.
Every bachelors life is en-
bittered by the women who are
trying to marry him Off" So
is every gwidower's and every
grass-widower's. for that matter.
A man could hold out forever
against any girl, however tempt
ing, who tried to entice him to
the altar. But it's all those
"other women those subtle and
determined allies of hers who
break down his resistance. and
finally succeed in gently EAS-
ING him up the middle aisle.
No woman can let a happy,
unfettered, untrammeled man
alone. The very sight of him
is to her like q call to arms.
The very light of freedom in
his eye is a challenge that
rouses all her fighting instinct,
and makes her blood tingle to
hunt him down and help some
The Washington times., 1932-01-29
Our Eminent
Individuals"

But we wonder if Mr..
Churchill's outburst against
American democracy is not
due in large measure to the
interference of Congress
and the people with the
plan of eminent individ,
uals" to transfer the debts
of IA nations from the Eu-
ropean nations that "hired
the money" to the backs of
the American people-in the
interest of our international
bankers who must be emf
nent individuals" "
Evidently NJ. Laval, the
French premier, who
thought he had the bird in
the hand after his secret
conversations with Mr..
Hoover and Mr.. Stimson,
has just made a suggestion
that some temporary device
be adopted until after the
American elections" "
If this means anything to
US, it means this: That the
Administration in pow
which must submit itself to
the vulgar herd-the kind
of people that Lincoln
thought we'll of-in an elec-
ton, and that for it to carry
out the plan of "eminent
individuals" now would
mean its pulverization in the
elections; and that by fool
ing the people during the
campaign and through the
election, a government in
different to public opinion
and subservient to "emi-
nent individuals" may be re-
turned to power.
The Washington times., 1932-01-29
A Bit
Confusing

Confusing
But Mr.. Churchill says
some good and true things
too. Thus:
"The progress Of the world
is dependent on eminent in
dividuals. It has never been
ground out by political ma
chimes. It is a great delusion
to think that the people have
the kind Of government that
they want in any country IN
the world now. They have
got the kind of government
they vote for, and are told
they want. -
There is much truth in
this, and yet, from the ad-
vocate of relationships by
"eminent individuals" it is
a bit confusing. For the
people, the democracy, have
eminent individuals" rul-
ing them with a rod of iron
in Italy and Russia; and, ac-
cording to Mr.. Churchill, the
people in these countries edo
not have the kind Of gov
ernment that they want -;
and certainly they do not
have these governments by
" eminent individuals - be-
cause "they voted for
them.
They have them because
these eminent individuals"
have political machines"
more arbitrary and powerful
than any political machines
in any country operating
under democratic forms.
If Hitler, an eminent in
dividual" Of Germany,
threatens to overthrow the
democratic republic of his
country it is because of the
power of his political ma
chine"
To find language like Mr..
Churchill's among Americans
in political life we must 60
back to the formative days
of the republic before the
triumph of jefferson had, in
the language of Henry
Cabot Lodge, "definitively
determined that this should
The Washington times., 1932-01-29

Seven Hundred Crazy Women
Why are there more than 700
school teachers in hospitals for
mental patients, in or near
The Washington times., 1932-01-29
Winston Churchill,
Eminent Individuals
By Claude G.. BOwers

Author Party the Jackson Period he Struggle
Democracy in America" Jefferson and Hamilton"
'"The Tragic Era,' and other important works.
The Washington times., 1932-01-29
Congress Is
Always Interfering

Congress Is
Always Interfering
We can only interpret Mr..
Churchill's views to mean
that government should be
by eminent individuals"
and not by laws. This ulti-
mately means on thing -
relationships.
There are many Ameri-
cans, mostly eminent" "
who want this sort of thing.
The persistent propaganda
by the enemies Of American
institutions against Congress
comes from these. For
Congress is always interfer-
ing with the plans of ex-
ploitation by eminent in
dividuals" in the financial
and industrial world.
It has exposed and
checked-we are sure it has
not yet killed-more than
one conspiracy of exploita-
tion hatched by eminent"
individuals" during the last
10 years. Some Of the "emi-
nent" have gone to Jail as
a result, but not nearly
enough.
We have 3O,UJO,OOO people
on the farms of America who
have been brought to ruin
by the policies of eminent
individuals" operating as
the real government though
"invisible. F." just now the
Senate is making another
mess Of the rule by "emi-
nent individuals' in investl-
eating South Amer CT n
loans. If the mere people
bought up manv millions in
bonds now defaulted it is
because eminent individu-
ais" made great commits
sions on the fraud, and
these indiyidu&ls were able
to create the impression that
the Government Of the
United States had approved
the loans. Peru and Colon
bia are very interesting to
Americans just now.
The Washington times., 1932-01-29
WINSTON CHURCHILL,

WINSTON CHURCHILL,
w the English statesman,
returning from his sojourn
in Nassau to New York city,
makes an attack on our
democratic institutions and
assures us that the people
should leave off interfering
with the governing of them
selves and let some "emi-
nent persons" 10 the job.
For Mr.. Churchill, with an
aristocratic concept of So
ciety, prefers dictator
ship. He is quite sure that
all our trouble is due to the
"harassed politicians" who
rule us, and that eminent
individuals, unhampered by
the people, would have done
a better job.
Perhaps it would astonish
our distinguished visitor,
with such a poor opinion of
the peoples right to deter
mine for themselves the
form of government they
wish, to know that our
great trouble in this country
during the last II years
has been that eminent in
dividuals" have been in
possession of the instru-
mentalities Of the State and
have used them for the self
ish ends of eminent indi-
viduals. " Under the forms
Of democracy we have had
a financial o'igarchy, and
we have no doubt that the
"eminent individual" " Mr..
Mellon has had more to do
with the policies that have
reached full flower in eco
nomic ruin than the people
or the "politicians among
whom, by the way, ILL
natured gossip has always
counted Mr.. Churchill him
self.
We hope the English poll
tician, who is also an "eml.
nent individual" because OF
his histories end the bl-
ography Of his father, was
not reflecting upon Presi-
dent Hoover. For Mr..
Hoover was not a dreadful
"politician," and it must be
clear now that he was not
a "statesman,,'' but he was
one of, the eminent indi-
viduals" to whom Mr..
Churchill must have re-
ferred.
The Washington times., 1932-01-29

Many a man would likely
die with his bachelors buttons
on if it were not for the Match
The Washington times., 1932-01-29
The Matchmakers' Union

The dangerous woman in a
bachelors life is not the siren
who is trying to lure him into
matrimony, but the innocent
looking, kind-hearted matron
who is trying to PUSH him
into it.
The Washington times., 1932-01-29

be a democratic republic.
The old Federalist group
were quite as contemptuous
of the people, and badly
secuted the idea that the
average man should be per-
mitted to stick his nose
into the affairs of the gov
ernment set over him by
"epinent individuals. "
These "eminent individ-
uals" Of ours were firmly
convinced that governments
are instituted among men
for the financial profit of
eminent individuals" and
that the people should be
kept in their place by sedi-
tion laws. The people
t h ou gh t otherwise; they
soon tired of the plucking.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-03-30
Accounts Efforts Of Organization
 Past 50 Years
In Address Before Valley Council, Judge Tells of Catholic Program and Manner in Which It Func- ti0ns-MOral Side Stressed

to inculcate the love of country and to stress the duties of citizenship. Reviewing the relief work, he pointed to the $25,000 raised for the stricken people of Japan and the thousands of dollars given to the sufferers of the San Francisco earthquake, the Colorado floods, the floods in Kansas, Ohio and Texas, the fire sufferers of Chelsea, Salem, ontario and Northern Minnesota and the victims of the Halifax calamity.
 Reviewing the war relief work of the organization he told of the ac- tivities of the Knights of Columbus in the Spanish-American war. the trouble at the Mexican border and the strife in France and in Siberia. Fifteen million dollars were sub scribed for the War Camp fund during the first year of the war, he said, by the Knights of Columbus and following the war the employ ment bureaus for ex-servicemen were opened and numerous jobs found. Fifty thousand dollars were given to the American Legion for non-compensable or inadequately compensated ex-servicemen and a general rehabilitation program.
 Seventy-five thousand dollars, Judge Gormley pointed out, was given to the disabled veterans of the World War to enable that or- ganization to maintain its office and work.
 Judge Gormley also outlined the educational program of the Knights of Columbus and lauded it highly.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-03-30
Peruvians Had
 Poor Teeth Scientist Tells Why He Be- lieves MOlars De-
 cayed

Roy L. Noodle of the University of Southern California made a study of the teeth of the ancient Peruvians and reported his findings in the Journal of the American Dental association.
 The sources of material for study were ancient cemeteries on the coast, and caves and rock shelters in the uplands.
 It was found that the pre-Co- lumbian Peruvians had no dentis- try practiced on them. They did practice a rude form of surgery, however, using obsidian knives for scalpels. After studying hundreds of skulls, the scientists decided that pyorrhea was very prevalent. These skulls were examined both by direct inspection and by x-ray. and an appalling lack of teeth be- came apparent. Dr Noodle states that a large proportion of them were toothless before the age of 40. Not another race thus far studied exhibits so bad a condition. pr Noodle attributes this failure of teeth to the chewing of coca leaves. He believes, too, that the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-03-30

Judge Martin E. Gormley of Naugatuck, in an address before the Valley Council of the Knights of Columbus in Ansonia last night. outlined the achievements of the organization and lauded its record. Summing up he declared that the Catholic church has taught man the knowledge of God and of him. self; she has brought comfort to his heart by instructing him to bear the ills of life with Christian phil- osophy; she has santified the mar riage bond; she has proclaimed the sanctity and inviolability of human life from the moment that the body is animated by the spark of life un- til 1t is extinguished: she has found eda asy1ums for the training chil- dren of both sexes and for the SUD- port of the aged poor.
 Continuing Judge Gorm1ey de- clared that the Catholic church has established hospitals for the sick and lame; has exerted her in infiu- ence toward the mitigation and ab- olition of human slavery; and has been the unwavering friend of the sons of toll.
 The gathering of the Knights of Columbus in Ansonia marked the opening of the golden anniversary of the founding of the organization which is to continue during this year.
 Discussing the Knights of Co., lumbus rituals, he stated that the fourth degrees primary purpose is