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The Washington times., 1932-01-18
Luncheon Today

Mrs. Maurice H. Thatcher,
wife of Representative Thatcher,
was hostess at beautiful lunch
con given today at the Will
lard, in honor of Mrs. Harry
Burgess, wife of the Governor
of the Panama Canal Zone.
Her guests numbered about
fifty.
The Washington times., 1932-01-18
Noted Guest

Mr.. Faustin Wirkus, who will
lecture on Haiti" Friday eve
ming before the National Geo
graphic Society, will arrive in
Washington Wednesday and he
will be the guest until Monday
of Lieut.. Col. Randolph Coyle,
U. S. M. c., and Mrs. Coyle
at their residence, 1924 1 St.
X X
The Chief of Naval Opera
tions and Mrs. William ".
Pratt will be lat home" this
afternoon after 4 o'clock, and
again on Monday, January IS.
The Washington times., 1932-01-18
Tea for Friends

Mrs. Russell Bennett will en-
tertain at tea this afternoon at
her home on Massachusetts,
Avenue for Gen. and Mrs.
Goodlow Edgar. of Detroit. who
are visiting in Washington.
The Washington times., 1932-01-18
Ball for Deb

Mr.. and Mrs Lionel Atwill
will give fancy dress ball on
February % in their home,
near Baltimore. for the latter's
debutante daughter, Miss Louise
Brooks.
The Washington times., 1932-01-18

This ball. with history extending
over 1863 years, was held in the An
cent Hibernian Hall, the scene of the
society's annual festival. Old curtains
of rare lace, owned by the society, are
brought forth once each season, on the
night of the ball, and the organization $
silver is shined mp especially for The sup
per which climaxes the evening. Even
the canvas door canopy. dating from the
days when horse drawn equipages de-
livered Southern bellies and beaux at the
door, is held in camphor throughout the
rest of the year.
The Washington times., 1932-01-18

decornm of those attending the ball. and the blue pencil is
used ndnstrousy the invitation list from which all di
Vorced persons barred Mrs Edgar Rogers Robertson
the latest bride of the year. escorted to supper by the
president of the society Mr. Arnodus Vanderhors accord
ing to the traditions of the ball.
All of the debutantes presented the ball in
roduced last month at private parties in Charleston The
only dancing organizations in the country that rival the St.
Cecilia Ball in point Of background the Philadelphia
Assembly and the Bachelors Cotion of Baltimore
The Washington times., 1932-01-18
Picturesque Region Proves Attractive

More and Northerners finding this delightful
on of South Carolina attractive and among those who have
homes there which they occupy for least portion of each
year Mr. and Mrs Bernard Baruch. who a beautiful
plantation Georgetown S. c. and Mr. and Mrs Horato
who have made vertabe paradise of
their old plantation Harrietta Charleston The
Eon this estate built during the Revolutionary War
and though modernzed to the last degree has
its beauty and charm Mr. and Mrs. Walter j. Salmon
chased famous old home in Charleston which
one of the most perfect and justly famous examples of Colo
NAL architecture in America Flower lovers from all
over the world to the Magnolia Gardens aboom in
Charleston and its quaint streets filled with delightful
old homes.
The Washington times., 1932-01-18
In Washington
with
- - Qt41QdAun

Members of society from all the leading social colonies
along the Atlantic eaboard represented at the St Ce
celia Ball. held Charleston s. c. when the l3 debutanes
picturesque old city made their formal bows to society
The Washington times., 1932-01-18
Departure Postponed

Mr.. Theodore Rousseau and
his daughter, Miss Marta Do
loreS Rousseau, who planned to
sail on the Bremen, have post
poned their departure until
next Friday. They will re.
main at the Delmonico in New
York until that time. Mr..
Rousseau has as his guests over
the weekend Mr.. Paul Mellon,
of Pittsburgh, and Mr.. Francis
T. Carmody, of Watertown,
Conn.
The Washington times., 1932-01-18
Ball in Charleston Exclusive

This is one of the most exclusive palls
given in America. Strict rules were
The Washington times., 1932-01-18
To Entertain,

Mr.. and Mrs. Harry S. Evans
have issued invitations for the
dinner dance at Wardman Park
Hotel on Saturday, January %.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-10
Strange Democrats

If Speaker John N Garner, in his capacity of
boss OF the house. insists upon dragging his unwilling
fellow Democrats into supporting the $6OOOOOOOO
sales tax he will about complete the betrayal of his
party, begun when it supported the Republican
bllion-dollar tariff
From the moment Gamers party loads this new
burden upon the backs of the American people, it
will have forsaken the wisdom of Thomas jefferson
and enlisted under the banner of Alexander Ham-
ton. 1t Hamilton who first introduced indirect
taxes; it jefferson who branded them as Elm
fernal" and "odious."
We know of no Democratic precedent for Speaker
Gamers new sales tax plank. An abortive old
guard Republican scotched in 1921, when
Senator Reed Smoot tried to foist a per cent con-
sumption tax upon the nation.
First he forced to reduce the proposal to
per cent and that showed under by vote
of 43 to 25 Democratic senators voted in bloc
against it. and so did Republican progressives
The Democratic party platforms long have favored
the plan Of making wealth pay instead of poverty
Since 1916 every Democratic platform warmly has
praised the income tax In 1924. even with Morgan
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-10
New Tax Unfair

TT has been said that treasury
l. officials are afraid of bond
issue, but if they can't sell the
bonds, how do they expect to get
the taxes?
Is it not sensible to suppose that
the American people would rather
give themselves the chance to pay
off the deficit in ten years than in
two?
OF course, a $4,000 900, 900 bond
issue. or one for whatever sum is
needed, would be accepted with
better grace than $1,000 900, 900
tax bill
Genuine relief is matter of
time, as we'll as money. 1t is also
matter of gradually reduced ex-
penses.
The government can not be just
without getting into line. It is
neither fair, nor helpful, to levy
higher taxes on people whose in
comes and investments have shrunk
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-10
More Research

TN number of branches OF
Il manufacture, industrial re-
search is being carried on as though
no subnormal condition exists" DR.,
Weidlein continues. I'm certain in
dustrial fields, openings for special
lists occur every now and then.
1T is observable in particular that
some branches of the chemical in
dustry are in much stronger posi-
tons to look after themselves today
than they were previously, prior to
the recognition by their manage
ment of the utility of well-trained,
wisely directed research stats.
1T is pleasing, in fact, to see that
some progressive manufacturers are
making the depression an opportun-
ity for intensive production and
merchandising research.
'The pressing necessity for reduc-
ing costs and for turning the tide of
buying likewise has induced other
organizations, including mail order
houses, great department stores and
chain store companies to try
through research to cut costs and
prices and to secure greater Values
to place before the public.
"a period of depression ridS the
industries of many poor plants,
processes, machines, and products.
1t enables forethoughtful manage
ment to plan soundly for the future
and to eliminate unScientific prac-
tees"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-10

Behind the sanctimonious cloak of economy, the
administration is trying to cripple another govern
ment bureau of which it dsapproves.
First came the federal trade commission. Now It
is the children's bureau.
The senate appropriations committee has elm
mated more than one-fourth of the budget upon
which this bureau has been operating and proposes
that in the coming fiscal year its activities be cur
tailed to come within total appropriation of $29500O
The chairman of this committee is Senator Wesley
Jones (Rep, Wash), who has led the administrations
persistent campaign to have the children's bureau
consolidated with The public health service and thus
abolished
The chdrens bureau and the trade commission
are among the few departments of government to
be cut so drasticaly The trade commission has been
carrying on an investigation of utility companies
which the President does not consider useful. While
the average of proposed cuts of other departments
is only 1.3 per cent, the trade commission is cut
% per cent.
1t is hard to discover what service of the chldrens
bureau has incurred administration disapproval The
Presidents emergency committee on unemployment
turned to the bureau July the source from
which it could obtain statistics poor relief and
other social projects.
With cooperation of social agencies the chidrenS
bureau has carried on this work for months, and will
have to continue to carry it on and, instead of re-
ceivng the additional funds which Secretary Doak
said were essential it faces Gripping economy
Last year the department of justice also turned
to the children's bureau for aid. 1t needed ade
uuate study of juvenile delinquency and it turned TO
the bureau best equipped to do this work
The children's bureau is doing the job. In addi-
ton it is carrying out its general work which con-
Germs maternal mortality child health studies study
of state local public welfare administration moth
ers pension work. accidents to children, statistics
to accidents of minors, and many other matters.
There is no branch of the federal government
performing a service of value to the people of
this country, appreciated by them than the
chidren's bureau.
There are few if any government officials so thor
oughly and widely respected and admired Grace
Abbott, who heads the childrens bureau. Unusual
tributes paid to her in the senate during debate
the federal relief bills, proposing to put her in
charge of distribution of funds.
She is unquestonably of the extremely small
group of great public servants of her time
This attempted destruction of the children's bu-
reau will not be accomplished without determined
opposition It's cause is the cause of every home in
America.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-10
Cruel and IJnwiSp

There is little wisdom and less justice in the gen.
eral sales tax which the Democrats of the house of
representatives are trying to saddle the country
To call it manufacturers sales tax and exempt only
few food products publications fertilizers does
not improve it much.
Such sales tax is unjust because most of the
weight falls the rank and file consumers the poor
people. 1t is especially unjust when upward of one
fifth of the population the victims of unemploy-
ment and additional millions are on part-time en-
ployment or drastically reduced wages.
Such sales tax is unwise because it is blow at
business. Even at the height of prosperity business
should not be incumbered by such load But dur
ing period of depression it is utter madness to think
of putting up new barriers to sale of goods
Of all the many explanations of the cause and
cure of this depression there thing upon which
there general agreement 1t that return of pros
perity will depend upon revving the purchasing power
of the masses.
That might have been achieved by the mainte-
nance of wage levels and steady employment. But
that effort failed before it given fair trial Now
wage levels and employment are down Thus the
only hope for reviving sale of goods is through low
prices until the people have larger regular pay en-
veIopes.
Meanwhile, anything that boosts the price of ne
cessities will tend to beggar both the producer and
the consumer, and crush the merchant in between
Many advocates of the sales tax admit the truth
of this indictment But their excuse is that the dan
gerous federal deficit justes dangerous expedients
to cope with it.
That sounds well. 1t will not stand inspection
however. The deficit not created in one year,
and 1t can not be wiped out in one year It can not
be wiped out at all by any tax which destroys the
wealth upon which the government must depend for
its tax revenues
There are plenty of sane and effective methods bv
which the government handle its deficit without
resortng to the sales tax 1t can more than double
It's upper bracket income and inheritance taxes
1t can lower its high tariff WALL thereby increas-
ing trade and customs revenue. It can cut non
productive expenditures including army and navy,
which eat such large proportion of tax revenues
1t can exact limited luxury tax, and the remain
ing shortage-f there is a shortage-can be taken
care of by borrowing until business has recovered to
the point where an income tax will produce ADEQUATE
returns.
Wait until the voters get chance to strike back
at these sales tax poticiansl
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-10
Charity at Home

NTHAT the people want from
Washington, and what they
have right to expect, is some of
that generosity and solicitude which
have been shown foreign countries.
Why not be as liberal with home
folks as with France? She was al
lowed to go several years without
paying anything on principal, or
interest.
Last year We proposed a mora
forum for European debtors. Why
not show similar consideration for
our own people in their hour of
distress?
This government has not hest
tated to make use of its credit in
helping outsiders. 1t has sold bonds
for their benefit and extended their
notes when they couldn't pay. 1t
has done excellent wor'- in assist
ing other countries to recover. The
American people only ask that it
do as we'll by its own.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-10

Muscles are apt to become very
stiff and sore and cause great dis
comfort for several days.
If you intend to take strenuous
exercise, begin with small amount
each day and gradually increase it
until your system has become acus-
toned to such effort.
For example, do not play fifty
four holes of golf the first time you
go out after a winter layoff. Start
out with nine or eighteen, and then
gradually work yourself into condi-
ton to play two or even three
rounds.
Too much tennis or other really
strenuous exercise may result not
only in the wearing down of the re-
sistance of the body, but also in
serious injury.
Many persons have suffered from
heart trouble for years because they
went beyond their normal endurance
in some contest or sport.
Next: The child at play.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-10
Just Every Day Sense
nURING two-day regional conference of
BY MRS. WALTER FERGUSON

nURING a two-day regional conference of the
- w c. 7. u at Wichita, Kan, most of the police
force of Tulsa, OKLA neighboring city, indicted
for violation of the prohibition law
The ordinary citizen gets quite turn when he
realizes that the men whom he is paying to protect
him are playing around fast and loose with boot
leggerS and bandits And well he might.
Yet the ordinary citizen not shift responsibility
for this sort of thing No Christian soul should be able
to pray Lead us not into temptation" with an easy
conscience long he let's remain upon his statute
books so many infamous laws to tempt decent men to
evil.
And after you read the papers for while, you
decide that perhaps we have entirely too many
sheriffS and policemen too many men chasing their
fellows to jail They always raidng something or
somebody.
The headlines tell us about their vigilance and
their dragnets But what do they generally show up
with after all this activity? few poor miserable
wretches without jobs, shelter or food who are trying
to wiring from a wretched existence moment of
escape from bitter reality
They throw out their lines, and they pull in some
Migrants, crapShooter two, few Negro bellboys
accused of whisky peddng. dope addict sick mis-
creanU with flask OF bad gin. Petty criminals all
ana mostly victims OF evil laws and our multtudes of
moral reformers.
XXTE never will get rid of drunkenness in this
w country until we get rid OF poverty You can't
stop the poor man from trying to make whisky and
from drinking it so long as he has no comforts
little food, and almost no freedom from hard boiled
police interference.
Animals will swill their slop and so will men so
long as they have nothing better to feed upon
The whole prohibition thing is wrong from start
to finish If only might forget our moral sensib-
tiles for a little while and think of the underfed
children, the wornout women, the hopeless men, The
money we spend putting them into Jail would give
many new lease on life
Men do not drink because they are vicious but
because they are miserable Wipe out the misery and
you wipe out all the worst aspects Of the liquor habit
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-10
DAILY HEALTH SERVICE

vainly are trying to supply his
system with the oxygen needed to
repair broken cells. His circulation
is unequal to the task of carrying
all this oxygen and short" breath
follows.
The average man breathes from
fifteen to twenty times minute,
and his pulse runs from sixty to
eighty. When he plays tennis,
shovels a ton or so of coal, runs
rapidly or tries any other such ex-
ercise, his breathing rate rapidly
rises to from thirty to fifty-four
times a minute and his pulse may
reach as high as 40 per minute.
These tendencies are but natural
and are not harmful. But if you
have done so much work that you
do not completely recover within a
reasonable length of time, say an
hour, you have overtaxed your
muscles and you are placing too
severe a strain on your lungs and
blood circulation system.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-10

lawyer as its candidate, the Democratic party said
in its platform:
The income tax was intended as a tax upon
wealth. 1t was not intended to take from the poor
any part of the necessities of life We hold that the
fairest with which to raise for the fed
eral government is the income tax. We favor
the burdens of government upon the taxpayers in
proportion to the benefits they enjoy and their abil-
ity to pay
I'VE oppose the so-called nuisance taxes, sales tax
and all forms of taxation that unfairly shift to the
consumer the burden of taxation"
What has happened since 1924 to cause such a
complete flop in Democratic policy?
The contemporary fiscal advisers of the Demo-
cratic party apparently, too have been forsaken. No
later than Feb. s. William Gibbs McAdoo, secretary of
the treasury under Wilson, wrote to Senator Thomas
Walsh opposing the sales tax and making other 5ug-
gestions as to raising of revenues.
obviously" said McAdoo, taxes should not be
laid upon the necessaries of life" Senator Carter
Glass another of Wilson's secretaries of the treasury
is recorded as having voted against the smoot
scheme in 1921. Who, then. is advising Speaker
Garner?
We fail to the necessity, the justice or the
sound craftsmanship in this sales tax scheme. If
there is political sagacity in the reputation of the
Democratic partys historical ideals-on the eve of
an election and with a highly critical electorate of
impoverished farmers and working people to face
we believe that sagacity will be found in the brains of
the Republican old guard who have persuaded Garner
to do their reactionary job for them and take the
blame.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-10
But Not Every Minute

A NORMAL man is gregarious,
u but he doesn't want to be a
fanatic about it. Crime is rebellion
against the human family. That
rebellion may, of course, take other
forms. One may Sublimate his an
noyance against intrusions of the
world in artistic expression or in a
fierce, driving business or profess
sional energy.
But he may pick pockets, which
seems TO me a typical act of revenge
against an existence too muddled
up with milling crowds.
1 do not think it bizarre to haz-
ard the theory that better transit
facilities would decrease crime as
well as increase comfort. 1 believe
that in talking about the public
enemy we have begun to lose sight
OF the public victim. He can be
one and the same person.
And I find in moving about the
world another curious fusion. There
IS the man who says that Utopian
visions about model dwellings are
all very well, but that the people
who suggest such things forget that
any extensive scheme would cost
millions of dollars.
He happens to be the same man
who shakes his head dolefully and
remarks that, according to the lat
est statistics, Americas crime bill
IN 1881 was more than a billion.
We are asked to worry about Ca
pone and his kind, but if we are
really going to do anything intelli-
gent IN regard to crime we will be-
gin at the bottom. The person tn
whom our attention most can prof-
ltaoly be directed is not any post
graduate racketeer. Naturally we
ought to lock him up, but that cant
be done until he has actually of
Tended.
PUTTING grown men in Jail doesn't
begin to be half as sound a ven
ture as putting kids in parks and
open spaces. Waterloo, I under
stand, was won on the nIavino
helds. 1t might be a good idea n
try that notion in the fight against
crime. '''--'''
Copyright. 1892. BY The Times)
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-10
Immediate Relief

While various organizations are demanding relief
from burdensome taxes and one in particular is in
terested in seeing that the present method Of rails
ing revenue is not changed the one immediate relief
that could be given to the people through reduction
Of utility rates.
These taxes by corporation fixed charges upon
real estate and upon all citizens.
No city home is habitable unless it have at least
water Very few are habitabe without electricity and
gas.
Without these utilities, the homes are confscated
just completely though the sheriff came and
closed their doors for failure to pay taxes.
The rates charged for these services, especially in
Indianapolis outrageously high and against any
fair basis of valuation.
The rates were fixed during times of inflated
prices for labor and commodities. They were fixed
after long legal battle by the utilities for the
theory that rates should be charged the cost of
reproduction not upon actual investments in plants.
All during the prosperous eras these utilities
charged their rates this basis and gathered to
themselves vast sums which were capitalized by
holding companies into securities, which took
away from the people huge sums of money.
If these were available today the money invested
in securities whose only basis of value Income"
and not tangible property there would be need of
presidential circus to plead with people to bring
out boarded dollars That Income" basis rested
upon this theory of reproduction value for utility
companies.
If it legal for the companies to charge on in
ated Valuations it should be legal for the people to
have rate based on Debated prices of labor and
commodities.
Simple justice and a dash of common honesty
would demand immediate action from the public
service commission without waiting for petitions from
ourdened citizens.
Yet petitions have been on file for months from
this city asking redress against The water and electric
companies of this CITY, and action has been taken.
Real estate and home owners who see their prop
erty destroyed by high taxation might find the answer
to their problem in concerted drive for rate reduc
ton on utility services.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-10
Says:

The Governments NelC TGr
Proposal Represents an
Arbitrary, High. : Handed
Use Of the Ta1ing PoaCer
Which Should Be Resisted.
NEW YORK, March 1O.-The
~ new tax bill represents a
monstrous misconcepticn of public
policy.
This is no time to increase fed
eral taxes by s1,0OO,OO0,OOO a year.
There is no more sense in try
ing to pay cash for the depression
than there would have been in try
ing to pay cash for the war.
The burden Of our losses should
be spread by the proper use Of pub
lie credit and should be lightened
by just such economies in govern
ment as private enterprise has been
compelled to accept.