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The Washington times., 1932-11-03
Personal Taxes
Their Collection Is Difficult

The determined efforts which Tax Assessor William p
Richards is making increase the Districts under
the personal tax laws deserving of commendation
Mr. Richards and others familiar with the tax situation
realize that enforcement of the personal laws difficult
In the past persons of wealth have evaded the law simply
by ignoring the repeated attempts of officials collect
from them
And virtually nothing could be done about it.
This situation gave rise to criticism in Congress It
pointed out that while taxes from real property the Dis
ct have shown steady increase upon personal
erty had not been proportionatey augmented.
The for the situation was course that prop
ery readily dscoverabe by tax assessors while personal
property, stuck away in bank vault easily be hidden
Those with personal wealth failed to make returns
quired by the law.
Now Mr. Richards has started suits to compel certain
dvdua to make returns and dvulg how much personally
they own which is taxable
Whether the suits successful not their institution
will show that every effort being made collect all the
taxes provided by law and will whether the fault
lies in the law the tax officials.
The Washington times., 1932-11-03
Potomac River Uses
Zoo Long Neglected

The Chamber of Commerce will perform worthwhile pub
lie service carrying out its program for the promotion Of
the Potomac River for passenger freight and recreaona
use.
Too long has the river which Of the important
factors in the location of the National Capital
elected.
It's many historic points have not been displayed in their
proper attractiveness.
It's advantages medium of cheap ayear-round trans
portation have been neglected.
It's possibilities recreational center have been
properly exploited
This city and the States through which it flows have done
virtually nothing the pollution which detracts from
the river.
Smaller communities have taken little creeks and made of
them greater community advantages than the National Capital
has made of the broad and historic Potomac.
The transportation committee of the Chamber of Commerce
in launching for the extensive of the
Potomac points that 1.-The rapid development of better
advertised competing mediums of transportation has retarded
temporarily the growth of the Potomac River traffic and
general the river for recreaonal other
Trade and civic bodies of the Capital working in close CO.
operation and with the moral and financial support Of the
Federal agencies do the community real service
by calling attention to the rivers opportunities
The cooperation of the city of Alexandria should be
Mced and would doubt be freely given any such
ment
The development industrial Buzzards Point
should be considerable advantage plan for promotion
Of the River.
With millions Of dollars being spent to make the point
industrial and shipping center with direct rail
tion it is to be hoped that rverborne commerce will in
crease.
In the field of pleasure and recreation the river has
limited possibilities
Elimination Of the pollution should make immensely at
tractive for all kinds of water sports:
It is believed that the report of the District Engineer
shortly to be forthcoming will deal extensively with the
recreatiOnal possibilities.
That report may well form the spearhead of the attack
which the Chamber of Commerce proposes make upon pub
lie indifference to great natural advantage.
The Washington times., 1932-11-03
Placid RedheadS
And a Few Other Things

pair Of Columbia professors-Drs Otis w. Caldwell and
Gerhard Lundeenin study of popular supersti
tions puncture of mankinds firmly grounded
beliefs.
They tell you that
I. Red-haired persons necessarily quick
tempered.
2. Brains and beauty usually go together
3. High brOWs don't mean superior intelligence.
q. If you born dumb, nothing can make you
brilliant.
S. Blondes are trustworthy brunettes.
s. Slender, sensitive hands don't indicate artistic
ability.
2. square jaU does not mean uOiu- -pOwer.
The two Columbia proceed prove these things
scentificayo their satisfaction least And very
likely they are right Even professors right now
then.
However it makes difference if they
Everybody holds these beliefs and acts accordingly
Many timid has made himself fighter because his
law stuck out.
It's what you think, right or wrong, that counts
The Washington times., 1932-11-03
Medalie Wants To
Represent the East

In Pennsylvania, Senator
Davis is under a Federal in
dictment, charged with a
serious offense from which
he hopes to escape on a
legal point. The evidence in
the trial, which ended in a
mistrial, however, placed the
Senator in a rather pitiful
position to pose as an I'M
selfish philanthropist.
His trial has been post
poned until after the cleo
tion.
1t is interesting to note
that the Indictment against
Davis, Republican nominee
in Pennsylvania, was the
work of Medalie, U. S. At
torney in New York who is
now the Republican nominee
in that State.
And Medalie, who wants
TO represent the East, was
appointed U. S. Attorney by
The Washington times., 1932-11-03
The Best Thing for
The Republican Party

1t was Elihu Root who la
mented to Nicholas Murray
Butler that where there had
been a time when the best
political brains had been in
their party, they were now
IN the Democratic party.
That does not mean that
there are better brains in
the heads of the rank and
file Of one party than of
the other. There are among
the Republicans, men of
great capacity for public
service, men of lofty charac-
ter, and constructive ca
pacity, but under the present
regime these have been sent
into retirement and men Of
limited capacity, and worse,
have been raised to the seats
of the mighty.
This will continue as long
as the present party regime
remains in power. The best
thing that can happen for the
Republican party is to have
these men swept from the
scene to make way for a re-
organization of their party
under a leadership more in
telligent and of higher char
acter.
This is true throughout the
country-it is especially true
in the East-and especially
so in New York.
"The only party fit to
govern" has. a sorry ring to-
day. Here, for example, in
the Cabinet, close to the head
of the government in the
capacity of advisors are
Mills, Hurley, Wilbur, Doak,
Stimson.
Under a Democratic Pc
gime the advisors would be
chosen from among such men
as Newton D. Baker, AL
fred E. Smith, Bernard
Baruch, John w. Davis,
Owen D. Young, Gov. Byrd
of Virginia, Albert G. Ritchie.
Let any business man of
ordinary perspicacity or
sense decide for himself
which group he would prefer
to have in charge of his per-
Sonal business.
The Washington times., 1932-11-03

c II X u IL nODA4NSVAN
in it's most savage form, that
would be a thrilling sight.
But when the huge beast
ambled out of his lair, I was
a little disappointed. He was
horrible enough-a hairy night
mare. But so clumsy and bad.
ly proportioned-surely that
e. vast bulk of bulging muscle
could not get under way fast
enough to be a great menace.
Then, with a sudden move
ment. he left the earth and
was clinging to the steel bars
roofing the cage. He did not
jump. He did not leap or
lunge. He simply rose upward
in one, long, silky curve-and
began to swing. And, swing
ing, he was thistledown!
Me- a Sound
Hundreds of pounds of this
tledown!
Not a sound-not an abrupt
movement
Silently, swiftly as light, he
flowed through the air. T..
poured himself across yards of
space. sustained himself, in
exquisite balance, on empti-
ness.
Enormous Misunderstanding
out the sunshine as they
swayed above me.
Tremendous arms-weaving,
like pistons through the warm,
still air
Yet never a sound! Mus
Gle flowed into muscle :.
rose and fell, locked and re-
laxed softly as the slip
ping of shadow across still
water.
And then, while I watched
incredulouSly - not believing
that this thing could really be
happening at all-the enor-
nous black hand reached 81.
lently out-gripped three
inch steel bar-and twisted it
as though it were a spider web.
And the keepers shout of
warning was like a blow, crash
ing through a dream.
So that was strength. Real
strength. That soft, silky out
pouring Of power so per.
fectly controlled, so exquisitely
The Washington times., 1932-11-03
The Case Of
Senator Barbour

When the discovery was
made even the Senate was
shocked. Even Smoot, of
Utah, said it was a reflec-
tion on the honor of the
Senate.
The Senate unanimously
spread on its records a con-
demnation of the action of
Bingham and Senator Reed
of Pennsylvania said on the
floor that if such a con-
demnation were passed on
him he would feel that he
had been condemned "in a
way that would make him
feel the rest Of his life that
he was living under a
cloud. "
So much for Bingham
who wants to represent the
East again.
Take the case Of Senator
Barbour Of New Jersey who
is now seeking reelection,
or rather election after an
appointment, on the ground
that he supported the Demo-
cratic Wagner bills. He was
one of the Grundy group
that demanded the Grundy
act which has ruined our
foreign trade because it had
"raised a million dollars
from among. it's members for
Mr.. Hoover's election.
Grundy became so notori-
Gus that when he sought re-
election in Pennsylvania he
was rebuked with a defeat.
And when Grundy went
to the Senate on the ap-
pointment of a governor
without a sense of shame, it
was Senator Barbour, not
then S n a t or, who was
Grundy's successor as the
head of the organization
that had raised the million
dollars.
This is another man who
wishes to represent the East
in the Senate.
The Washington times., 1932-11-03

coordinated that there was no
need of sound or haste or con-
SciouS effort.
A Crude Idea
And I had such a different
idea of strength. A childishly
crude idea. For, somehow, I
had thought strength needed
to be noisy. Needed to attract
attention. So that people
would pay attention E. would
be a little frightened.
But strength-real strength
did none of these things.
Real strength had no self
consciousness in it. No secret
tinge Of fear, which needed
noisy assertion to stimulate
itself, or impress others.
That was the test of
IT'S ABILITY TO FUNC.
TON WITHOUT EFFORT
TO DO THE THING RE
QUIRED WITHOUT FRIC-
TON.
And noise and buster
they were not signs of strength
at all. They were really signs
of weakness and fear!
Well, one certainly could
learn from a gorilla!
Copyright, 1882. King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
The Washington times., 1932-11-03
Senator Wagner's
Constructive Work

These are the outstanding
Hoover senatorial nominees
in the East, and the East will
decide whether it thinks
them representative of their
section. And the entire
country will judge the East
by the decision they make.
There was a time when the
Eastern States were repre-
sented by the outstanding
statemen in the Senate. Only
here and there today is there
an Eastern Senator who is
conspicuous for statesman
ship rather than for such
concepts of public service as
is represented in these nom-
inees.
There are two strong, able,
high grade Senators from
Massachusetts-and both are
Democrats.
And the statesman out
standing in the Senate as
the greatest humanitarian
and constructive thinker on
economic and social prob.
lens is concededly Senator
Wagner, another Democrat
from New York. He is be-
yond all question the hard
est working, more conscien.
tious, most effective Senator
New York has had in many
years. He won the admira-
tion, confidence and affec-
tion of both sides of the
chamber within a year, and
the approval of the entire
nation within two years.
everything that has been
done to meet the human
problems of these dreadful
days Of human misery has
been due to Wagner's per-
sistent and constructive
work. His defeat would be
a reflection upon the intel
ligence of the electorate Of
New York-and, of course,
is impossible.
The Washington times., 1932-11-03

Notifications and covered mar
kets well worth a visit. The
Greco-Roman museum is a
treasure house of the occupa-
ton of Northern Africa, and
the castle of Charles V is well
preserved.
Tripoli really has a grand
climate, with sea breezes, fine,
exhilrating air and fairly COM
Portable temperatures. Right
by the city are glorious oases,
with over 100000 giant palm
trees to shield visitors from the
sun. The air is clear and the
color effects at dawn and sun
set are enchanting.
Excavations on a large scale
are being carried on at various
places in Tripolitania, and at
Lebda, site of the Roman Lep-
tbs Magma, they have brought
grand results.
At both Lebda and Sabratha,
in fact, architectural and deco
rative beauties have been re-
vealed that equal and in many
cases surpass those of Pompeii,
Lebda is about 80 miles from
Tripoli and is beautifully stu
ated near the sea. So far, the
excavations have disclosed a
great triumphal arch, thermae
or baths, a palace and scores of
statues, all in a perfact state
of preservation.
At Sabratha, about a miles
from Tripoli, excavators have
uncovered the piazza of the
temples, a great amphitheater
and harbor buildings,
The Washington times., 1932-11-03

WE HAVE heard so
w much about the "sons
of the wild jackasses" in
the. Senate from the West
from Administration sources
that it may not be amiss to
call the roll Of Republican
senatorial nominees in the
East. Who are these supe-
rior gentlemen that they
should be so wrought up be-
cause such men as Walsh of
Montana are in the Senate?
In Connecticut, the candi-
date is Senator Bingham,
and he is not unknown to
fame. Not so long ago he
figured conspicuously in one
of the most disgraceful in
cidents in the history of the
Senate. The discovery was
made that he had slipped
into the secret meetings of
the Finance Committee, then
framing the notorious
Grundy Act, an employe of
the Manufacturers Associa-
ton Of Connecticut to fur
nish confidential and ad-
vance information to his en-
ployers on pending legisla-
>tion. That was wicked
enough.
But this man was slipped
in and put on the pay roll
Of the Government of the
United States. The tax
payers paid the cost of this
incredible espionage.
The Washington times., 1932-11-03
THREE-MINUTE JOURNEYS
By Temple Manning

TripOlitania-Ancient Roman
Province in Africa
What. a difference a few years
can make! Twenty years ago
Tripon was merely known
vaguely as the name of a place
somewhere in northern Africa.
Today, under Italian occupa-
ton, Tripoli has become a
modern, up-to-date city, with
its regular quota of visitors
each year. Now, it is by no
means uncommon to come
across some fellow-traveler who
has strolled down that city's
handsome Conte Volpi Prone
made, or who is ready to talk
about the splendors of the very
luxurious hotel recently built
there. ..-s
Tripoli, capital of Tripoli-
tania, is the ancient Oea of the
, Romans, and until a few years
ago it looked as if it had been
abandoned and left to decay;
but italy has built a big harbor
at Tripoli, and wide and hand
some streets and buildings,
where numerous well-stocked
shops cater to its $4,000 inhabi-
tants and visitors, and the
place now throbs with vigorous
life.
There's a lot for the visitor
to see at Tripoli. The rebuild
ing has in no way interfered
with the picturesque Oriental
character of this old town in
its North Africa setting, and
there are many interesting
mosques to examine, and old
The Washington times., 1932-11-03

I had never
seen a goril-
la. Fa Gin g
the big, open
air cage, I
W a S filled
W i t h the
livelieSt ex-
p e c t a t i on.
Here, I had
b e e n told,
W a S tn e
st ron g e s t,
f i e r C e S t
t h j n G in
C a p tivit y.
j u n g / e
s tranpf
The Washington times., 1932-11-03
MARRY-GO-ROUND
BY Helen Rowland

to it and is starting all over
again.
From the way in which the
average young man CLUES his
hair down on his head with
pomade these days, you'd
imagine he was defying any
woman to run her fingers
through it.
A man may laugh at your
clothes, your politics, your hats
and your philosophy, and still
think you charming; but when
he refers jocularly to your tears
as "snivelling," your reign is
over.
A man is not actually "en-
tangled" these days. until "the
other woman" raises a row,
every time he spe-ldS an occa-
sional evening with his wife.
Long skirts are fashionable
everywhere-eXcept on the rig
ging of a fashionable ocean
liner, when the cameras are
clicking.
The darkest hour of mar
riage is that just after the
honeymoon has gone down
and just before the dawn of
a deeper and Sweeter. under
standing and comradeship has
begun to peep over the horizon.
Most men need to be "moth-
cred" But there are some
."self-serving" husbands, who
seem perfectly capable of TAX
ing care Of their colds, their
clothes, their digestions, and
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The Washington times., 1932-11-03

Attorney-General Mite h ell
after the latter had publicly
announced that no one would
be appointed to that post who
"does not believe in the
Eighteenth Amendment and
the Volstead act.
The people of New York
will determine at the polls
whether he representc them
on that subject.
The Washington times., 1932-11-03
WISE WORDS

Oaks may fall when reeds
brave the storm.
Too many cooks make the
soup too salty.
Religion is not an end, but a
means.
He that fears leaves must not
60 into the woods.
The Washington times., 1932-11-03
The Hoover Senatorial
Candidates In East
N n N
: Bu Claude G. ROners

Party Battles of the Jackson PERIOD Struggle
in America" Jefferson Hamilton"
Tragic Era" and "Beverdge and the Progressive
The Washington times., 1932-11-03

The average woman can
listen so much faster than a
man can talk that, by the time
he has reached the end of an
argument, she has beaten him
The Washington times., 1932-11-03
LISTEN, WORLD!
BY Elsie Robinson,

The Test Of Strength
I saw an unforgettable thing
once-a great gorilla, swinging
in his cage. ..s
The Washington times., 1932-11-03
The Transparent Sex

There are forty ways of
charming a man. The first
consists in knowing when to
make fuss over him-and
the other thirty-nine, in know
ing when-and HOW-to let
him ALONE.
When a woman puts a man
out of her life, forever" she
The Washington times., 1932-11-03

even their morals-thus robbing
a woman Of her greatest thrill
in life.
Thank heaven, not all men
prefer the same kind of women
or what would become of the
brunetteS?
Copyright, 1882, King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
The Washington times., 1932-11-03

usually lea"es the door un-
latched. hoping that he will
sneak back in again, when she
isn't looking.
The Washington times., 1932-10-18
PRICE ADVANCE
RAISES HOPES

NEW YORK, Oct. 18 GN.S0
The advance in wholesale COM
modify prices in the United
States by almost 6 per cent be-
tween June 80 and September 80
or an average Of 2 per cent a
month for three months, is the
most constructive sign of return
ing economic stability since the
economic upset began, the Ma
tional Foreign Trade Council as
serts in a fact finding study is
sued today.
Following a steady fall for the
proceeding sever months, during
which wholesale prices fell from
November, 1881, to last June by
an accumulated total of 13 per
cent, the reversal of this trend
at midsummer demonstrates, the
council declares, that a deter
mined stand against profitless
merchandising is again being
made by American producers and
manufacturers. The statement
continues:
1--WE are now again in the
midst of a recuperatiOn from
retrOgressive forces. Each one
of them can only be counter
acted ultimately by real re-
sumption in world trade. The
key to that resumption lies
more nearly in this country
than in any other. That is
why the present rise in our
wholesale commodity prices is
an indication of improvement.
Coupled with it IS the
steadily increasing tendency of
the American foreign trade bal
ance sheet toward an excess of
imports over exports. In the
fiscal year closed last June our
imports were only $176,OOO,OOO
less than our exports. Except
for the fiscal year 1923 this is
the lowest export balance we
have had in more than 30
years.
"Our exports still amount to
between 8 and 10 per cent Of
our national production, and
have not decreased in this pro-
portion since the depression.
The Washington times., 1932-10-18
BY LEWIS HANEY
Professor of Economics, NetD
York UniUerSitu.)

York UniUerSityD
The stock market has had a
spasmodic technical rally, and is
now just about at a level where
any further rise should meet re-
SiStance.
If prices should move up now
those who believe that an upward
trend may be resumed, would be
much encouraged. If prices
should react, many would await
attest of the low level reached last
Monday before taking decided
position.
Sentiment Mixed.
While sentiment is mixed, ]
think that most careful students
Of the market are of the opinion
that weak spots have not been
sufficiently cleaned out, and that
the recent lows should be tested
before any sustained recovery
would be indicated.
The plain moral is that little
traders should stay out. The
chances Of gain just now do not
equal the risks run in making
speculative commitments.
Needless to say, few if any real
investors are buying stocks for
the long pull.
Fundamentals UnfavOrabIe
In the first place, fundamentals
are not favorable. Commodity
prices have continued to decline
The finances Of the Government
and of many corporations are
precarious, with nothing being
done about it except to borrow.
The farmers of the country are
in an impossible position. They
have had plenty of protection
and credit. What they need is
net earnings, but how they are
going to get them, with foreign
trade so restricted and wheat and
cotton at present prices, is diff.
cult to see.
Political uncertainty is great.
No matter who is elected, the
millions of debtors and unem-
ployed are going to expect that
something will be done" for
them. But what?
Money Too Easy
1t is true that money is ex-
tremely easy in New York. But
who can use it? Even the bond
market is a trifle lower than a
week ago and the broad trend of
bond prices has been down since
mid-August. The abnormally low
money rates at a time, when
there is so much frozen credit, is
hardly a favorable symptom.
The action of the market itself,
while not absolutely conclusive,
fits best with a beariSh interpre-
The Washington times., 1932-10-18
FOLLOW
WHEAT TILT:

CHICAGO, Oct. 18 G.N.S).
Strength in stocks pushed wheat
prices up briskly in the early
dealings on the Board of Trade
today. New buying come into the
pit on a setback after a firmer
opening and prices moved up in
an active trade.
Coarse grains were firm, but
slow in following the lead of
wheat values. Scattered buying
of corn was inspired by further
export business.
Near midseSSion wheat prices
were 3s to Bc higher, corn and
other cereals 70 to 14c advanced.
WINNIPEG, Oct. 18 G.N.SO.
Grains opened steady today.
Wheat and oats were unchanged.
Opening prices: Wheat, October,
481s @48H; November, 48?4b;
December. so; May. 54A@542s.
Oats October %; December,
2lB; May. 25b.
The Washington times., 1932-10-18
Good Cleaning Out Needed
In Market, Says Haney

tation Of fundamentals. What 1t
shows is lack of pressure, rather
than strong buying. =
It acts as if stock prices are let
down to try to bring in buying.
Then. the market being so very
thin, when the professionals mark
prices up to start a rally, they
touch off a sharp one-day up
heavel without much volume and
without any public following.
Fish Ignore Hook.
When they pull the bait up, it
flies high because there is no fish
on the hook.
think that the market really
needs a cleaning out, as there is
too much stock held at late Au-
gust and September prices with
no dividends coming in and no
public" to sell it to.
You will have noted that brok-
erS' loans have been working
higher since the market began to
round off in September. Evidently
some one is borrowing money to
carry stock.
Market Dangerous.
Such a thin and highly profes-
sional market is dangerous to
trade in. Political factors cannot
be figured on, and such factors
are very important just now.
The most reasonable presur1p-
ton is that the underlying trend
is downward and that all the
gains since August l will be lost.
This is not certainty, but is
hypothesis that should be held
unless and until the averages rise
above 10 for Dow Jones inGus-
trials or above SO for one hundred
stocks.