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The Washington times., 1932-03-21
Our Two Worst RacketS
Income Tax, Prohibition

The American people, who slowly but surely about
ready to demand showdown the two most disgracetul
in history their country of any other country
One of these is the income tax racket
The other is the prohibition racket
Both rackets go hand in hand
Both breed crooks and criminals.
Both put the Government into the shopping double
crossing and Matchmaking business.
Both have made lawbreakers and liars out Of millions Of
hitherto decent citizens.
Both support army of ''enforcers," and both are
UNENFORCEABLE.
The is milestone the neck of the best class
Of Americans-the and women Of MODERATE income
The very rich evade it and the majority do evade It,
They and do put their money into taxexemp securities
They and do invest their money abroad They and do
hire expert counsel to fig their returns They and do
bribe Government agents to wink at false figures.
is the middle class American that pays and pays He can
not hire priced legal brains protect him. He cannot
bbe the tax collectors And this year he frequently has to
borrow money meet this legalized extorton.
Otherwise the penalties pile up him and he goes further
into debt, or into jail.
Meanwhile the prohibition racket remains with
It costs well billion dollars year in This
turned TAX FREE to the bootlegger the gangser
and the gunman This used by them to strengthen their
grip the awabdng This finances the Capones and
the Madden makes the courts safe for Of their k pro-
tec the machine brgade and the hdnapers and ayers
of children.
Prohibition is insanity riot It has made this country
criminals paradise has brought wealth and power the
of the population and chiefly through the vicious income
has charged the costs against the great middle Cashe
~beSt. element of the population. ...
No nation stagger forever under this double burden
Our country has been staggering under it for years Today
with industry parayzed and millions of people starving
the revolt against these conditions is hand may
is the earnest prayer Of every and who
has eyes that SEE and brains that THINK
The Washington times., 1932-03-21
LISTEN, WORLD!
BY Elsie Robinson

Went to college; did wonder
fully here, too. But when she
left the campus, things went
wrong. She couldn't seem to
make contacts. Became very
shy and sensitive. Got so she
herded off by herself. Now
she's bookkeeping in a little
one-horse firm.
SHE COULDN'T GET ALONG
WITH PEOPLE, EITHER!
Brains; they're a great thing,
IF YOU KNOW HOW TO USE
THEM. But you can't learn
how to use your brains by study
ing books and reciting lessons
or conversing with other gen1-
uses.
Life demands more, much
more, than knowledge from
text books; and the average hui
man being is everything else
but a genius.
Life demands a knowledge of
human nature, an ability to
adapt yourself to human nature.
And generally speaking, IN the
struggle for success, one ounce OF
charm or good nature or tact or
common sense is worth a ton Of
talent.
But do the great artists need
knowledge of people and how to
get along with people?" you say.
Surely you don't have to I'M
derstand human nature to be q
fine musician"
But you sure DO. For art,
like every other expression Of
our life, is based on the human
man'S-need, expressed in words,
in music, in pictures. And, un-
less it is an expression Of our
need, it isn't art.
Yehudi Menuhin is a child
prodigy. When he was still a
baby, he could draw from his
violin music that laughed and
sobbed and whispered the hid
den secret of every heart that
listened. And the world, won
dering, said that he did this be-
cause he was being trained as
a genius.
But that was not so. Yehudi
Menuhin is a genius, but he
was trained as a normal little
boy. He practices only two
hours a day, and during the
other hours he works and plays
with other children of his own
age-ordinary, gay little people
who tuSSle and race and laugh
with him along the beach and
over the sunny hills of San
Francisco.
Yehudi Menuhin is learning
how to be a great musician,
but he is also learning how to
be a. great and well-balanced
man; and so his music will not
be something detached from
human experience-a mechani-
cal marvel-but it will be a
warm, a breathing part of your
life and mine.
A bright mind that lives like
a lone wolf may once in q
million times be of service to
humanity and a blessing to its
owner. But the other 999, ,999
times it's a pain in the neck.
(Copyright, 1892, King Featurea
Syndicate 1nc,)
The Washington times., 1932-03-21
Would be the citizen who wears
A guilty look because he broke
The spirit of the Bone Dry law,
That legal sham and ghastIy joke.
MARRY-GO-ROUND
By Helen Rowland

in a love affair, it's worth
playing. And when there isn't
any more glamour, it's time to
say good-by-and ring down
the curtain.
One love at a time and that
done well is a woman'S motto.
But, no matter how much or
how sincerely a man may love
one woman, he feels that he
must sample the kisses Of all
the others, or he may miss
something. He just can't stay
PUT!
He likes all the courses and
side-dishes of the love-feast
served at once Qike the dinner
at a farm-house) so he gets
the real flavor Of none Of
them.
Far better the villain in the
old-fashioned melodrama, who
pursued the gep' Zone gel at
a time) and then cast her off!
He loved her and LEFT her!
But your modern lover can
neither love them nor LEAVE
them. He just keeps skipping
off and skipping back again.
You can't hold him-and you
can't lose him. A woman would
The Washington times., 1932-03-21
Our Civilization
Rests on Trade

Our Civilization
Rests on Trade
But we can subscribe to
DR.. Willis conclusion:
Various panaeeas and
other efforts artificially to
restore business to a state
more nearly normal will
avail us little so long as we
persist, ostrichlike, to hide
our heads from the trouble
some tariff problem"
There can be no restora-
tion of anything remotely
like prosperity until some
thing is done for the restora-
tion of trade; for not only
our prosperity, but our sys-
tenn Of civilization rests on
trade.
Something must be done
to recover the foreign mar
kets which the Administra-
tion threw away, and that
can be done only through
some such method as that
incorporated in the House
bill pending in the Senate.
The Washington times., 1932-03-21

So long as we keep up a
Chinese wall against trade
there will be no trade.
And something must be
done to create purchasing
power in the people at home;
and that can only be brought
about by furnishing jobs for
the more than 100000
bread winners denied the
right to work. Since fac
tories will not put more men
to work until the purchasing
power of the masses has
been materially lifted, how
can these men find jobs and
wages to spend2 No one, so
far as we know, has sug-
gested any other plan than
that of a prosperity loan for
needed public work.
Many leading economists
believe in that too.
The Washington times., 1932-03-21
ONCE-OVERS

avoid seeing him till you think
he has forgotten yoar neglect.
If you notice a difference
after your friends have had
sorrow and you did nothing by
word or deed to show your
sympathy, you deserve it.
Perhaps your intentions were
the best, but you could not
seem to fulfill your plans;
there is no excuse for not writ
ing or expressing yourself even
though belated. ze
The Washington times., 1932-03-21

rather be loved completely.
beautifully and artistically for
one whole day or one whole
summer-and then forgotten
than to be loved intermittently
for a lifetime. At least, she'd
have something to REMEM.
BER-and nothing much to for
get.
Variety may be the spice of
love-for a man. But, it's just
a headache, to a woman.
Copyright, 1882, King Features
Syndicate. Inc.)
The Washington times., 1932-03-21

a unique eX-
p e ri m e n t.
These chill
dren will be
segregated
placed in a
special envi-
r o n m e n t
where they
will associate
only with
each other
given special
in s t ruction
a n d oppor.
tunity:
Hith e rto
The Washington times., 1932-03-21

ExcuSing Neglected Duties
Among the duties you put
off is that one Of calling on
a friend who is i'll at his home
or possibly in the hospital.
You keep on intending to go
until you hear that he has re-
turned home or has gone back
to work.
Then you do feel nightly
ashamed of your procrastina-
ton.
You dread9meeting him. you
The Washington times., 1932-03-21
WISE WORDS

It is hard, I'must confess, not
to obtain, from ones contem-
poraries and compatriots, that
which one may hope for from
strangers and from posterity-
Voltaire.
For these things it is meet to
give the gods thank-offerings
long-enduring s-Aeschylus.
The Washington times., 1932-03-21
Why Do Bright People So
Often Fail?

Six child prodigies-six pre-
cocious youngsters, well larded
with genius-NorthWestern Uni
versity wants them.
# it can find them it will try
The Washington times., 1932-03-21
Alcoholic Insanity Increases
In California, Eight Times

Eleven years ago there 10 alcoholics under treatment
the California State insane asylums
Last year there 172.
brief mathematical calculation reveals that the second fig
ure is more than EIGHT TIMES the first.
That ONE result of 10 years of prohibition in ONE State.
The Washington times., 1932-03-21
No One Warned
The People

NO Oue warned
The People
DR.. Willis complains that
we are hearing much about
these swindling foreign loans
floated by international
bankers among innocent in
vestors, but little about the
restoration of trade. We
made that comment many
times. The Administration
can only think of artificial
means to prevent further
collapses of industries and
banks; it has no stomach
apparentlyS for the most
essential and fundamental
thing of all-the restoration
of trade.
But no nation, with the
unlimited natural resources
and wealth of the United
States, with the most eff
fective manpower in the
world, could have been
brought to the present state
of complete prostration by
any one blunder. We are
getting the accumulated re-
suit of multitudinous blund-
ers-blunders, and worse.
And, in the case of the
foreign securities floated by
the international bankers
among innocent investors,
we have something worse
than blunders. Senator John
sons investigation has shown
that. It was not a blum
der Of judgment which put
the Peruvian loan out among
the people here. The COM
mercial attache in Peru
warned against it; and he
was rebuked according to
his own statement. The
international bankers wanted
the commission, whatever
happened to the investor;
and the Administration
wanted to help the interna-
tional bankers.
There was no one who
wanted to protect and warn
the people in the case of
these loans; just as there
was no one who wanted to
warn the people against the
crazy and almost criminal
market of 1923.
In both cases the peoples
Government not only did not
warn the people, but inten-
tionally, in some instances,
and possibly unintentionally
in others, reassured the
people.
In the case Of the foreign
loans it at least permitted it.
self to be put in the position
of sanctioning them. That
is the impression it knew
that the people got.
And this does not take
into consideration the Barco
concession in Colombia, and
the disregarding of the warn
ing of the Peruvian CONNER
cial attache.
But, in the case of the
crazy market here, the Ad-
ministration actively sought
to convince the people that
everything was "fundamen-
Lally Sound.
The trouble with the
American Government dur
ing the last 10 years has
been that it has been market
mined, money minded, and
not man-minded.
1t was a subordinate of
Mr.. Hoover in the Depart
ment of Commerce who said:
1--WE are builders, pro-
moters, even propagandists. !"
And Senator johnson hits
the nail on the head when
he comments:
Behind a governmental
policy such as this the worst
of international bankers may
hide and the meanest of ex-
nIniEera NAV SISr1lr -
The Washington times., 1932-03-21
Trade and Swindling
Securities
BIZ Claude G.. BOWers

1.-THE Party Battles of the Jackson Period The Struggle
in America" Jefferson and Hamilton"
"The Tragic Era and other important works.
The Washington times., 1932-03-21

knows better. All she demands
is a one-woman2at-a-time-m man,
which seems little enough.
If a man would be content
just to Glove 'em and leaYe EN-"
which was the dOughboy's slo-
gan-well, modern girls have be-
come accustomed to that!
The old-fashioned girl used to
go into a decline and pine away
when q love-affair went blah.
But the up-to-date girl can take
it on the chin" She can even
forgive and FORGET it. One
can't wreck her life. He can
only chip a little piece off her
heart and Shatter one or two OF
her illusions.
But, while a love affair lasts,
she wants it to be WORTH
WHILE. She wants it to be
convincing, whether it's the
real thing or not. She wants
to be starred" in the role Of
leading lady, not just one Of
the ensemble" She wants
to be the WHOLE SHOW-and
she wants the show to be en-
chanting and glamorous!
Why can't man keep up his
role until the last kiss and
the fade-out? Where is his
artistic instinct? Surely, as
long as there is any glamour
The Washington times., 1932-03-21

knows better. All she demands
is a observation-disclosures,
which seems little enough.
The Washington times., 1932-03-21
There Are Economists
And Economists.

ana GCOnOm1SLS.
But DR.. Willis evidently
has not followed the politi-
cal phase of the matter with
the same intelligence he
shows in the economic phase.
He says:
"What is the popular
reaction to this situation
and the reply of the poll
ticians? Simply that we
must and can build up our
own prosperity independents
ly of the rest of the world. "
There are politicians Of
the sort indicated; but there
are other politicians who
have seen the effect Of our
Grundy act and similar acts
as soon as the economists.
There is nothing that DIR.
Willis says today that the
Democrats in Congress did
not say when the Grundy
act was pending.
There is no scientific reason
given by DR.. Willis now that
was not advanced bv that
eminent politician, Senator
Cordell Hull, time and time
again while the fight was
on. In truth, the Democratic
politicians" in ! Congress
had set forth every reason
the thousand leading econo-
mists set forth in their
futile plea to Mr.. Hoover
for a veto many months be-
fore. :
There are economists
and economists for instance,
DR.. Julius Klein, the econo-
mist of the Administration,
and DR.. Willis.
Just as there as politicians
and politicians for example,
Reed Smoot and Cordell
Hull.
And if we are to get
away from the insanity and
devastation of economic iso-
lation it will be through the
application Of the principles
Of such politicians as Cor
dell Hull.
The Washington times., 1932-03-21
One-WOman-at-a-Tirne

Why is man so wobbly, in
love? Why can he never be
satisfied with one woman at a
time? Why is his heart always
going back and forth, like
ferry boat?
The Washington times., 1932-03-21

Your modern girl doesn't ask
for a one-Woman man. She
The Washington times., 1932-03-21

IN HE Government finds a
l. shocking shrinkage in
income taxes this year-as
it expected. This shrink
age comes at the moment
we must find ways to rid
ourselves Of a two-billion-
dollar deficit and when al
most billion and a quarter
must be raised by extraor-
dinary taxes. There is little
help to be expected from
the custom houses-for we
have shut off that source
of revenue by raising all but
insurmountable barrie s
against trade. This is some
thing worth thinking about
today as we look forward
to the murderous taxes of
next year.
DIR. H. Parker Willis calls
attention to the effect Of the
Grundy tariff on manufac-
turers and farmers, and he
might have gone into the
effect on revenue as we'll.
He cites the case Of COM
panies that have done a
profitable business that will
be unable to make profits,
if they even make both
ends meet, next year. He
shows this is due to the loss
of their export trade; and
that this loss is due to the
tariff wall. He also shows
the absurdity of the assump-
ton of economic isolation
lists that we can live unto
ourselves, and prosper in
business. Everyone is be-
ginning to see that now.
The Washington times., 1932-03-21

Presented to a museum
AS some strange specimen; rare
And startling curiosity
And guarded with the greatest care
The Alaska fisherman. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1923-1932, 1932-05-15
auckland Herd

auckland herd was founded in
1911 by Sokweena from Wales
who went there with his deer
end with others formed a herd
and had occupied land between
the auckland River and the Ne
baktuktulik River to the north,
where the Selawik herd had been
established in 1909 with 1922
reindeer. The Nina herd in 1910
consisted of 994 deer, belonging
to him and his herders, five in
number. In 1914 Andrew Nina
sold his deer, which had in
creased to 1900, to the Corpora
ton, Lomen & Company.
In 1917, or tilereabout, Peter
Hatta and others who had herd
ed for Andrew Nina and the
Lomen Corporation cut out
their deer and drove them di-
lectly into the auckland herd
The Alaska fisherman. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1923-1932, 1932-05-15
The Reindeer Situation
BY C. L. Andrews
Continued from last MONTH";

tives. The secretary of the Lo-
men Corporation, Alfred J.
Lomen, replied insolently refus-
ing to have the herds separated
and saying: IF you proceed
with the separation as you state
that you will and should cause
damage to our herd we will hold
you responsible for your action"
The auckland herd has re-
manned under the hands of the
Lomen Corporations since that
time to the present, and it is
reported that at the last round
ing up time, in July of the pre-
sent year, Carl j. Lomen, presi-
dent of the Lomen Reindeer
Corporation, refused the natives
the right to count and work
their herd, and he published in
the Alaska Weekly in Seattle,
that he organized the auckland
and Kotzebue unit, indicating
The Alaska fisherman. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1923-1932, 1932-05-15

where they remained and mix
ed with the native herd on the
land and did not remove when
requested on the protests of the
owners and of the Superinten-
dent, although they promised
to do so.
In 1917, or 1918, the date is
not definitely known, the Lapps
or part of them sold TIT deer
to the Lomen Corporation and
again 1906 in 1921, 700 were
driven to Nome for sale in 1917.
In 1921, the local Superinten-
dent went to auckland for the
Government for the purpose Of
separating the native and cor
poration reindeer and was pre-
vented and treated insolently.
In 1923 the District Superin
tendent wrote the Corporation
that he wished to separate the
herds in the interest Of the ma
The Alaska fisherman. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1923-1932, 1932-05-15

consent of the governed; democracy in re-
public sovereign nation of many sovereign states;
perfect union, and inseparable; established
upon those principles of freedom equality JUSTICE
and humanity for which American patriots sacri-
feed their lives and fortunes. therefore believe
it is my duty to my country to love it, to support
it's constitutions to obey it's laws; to respect It's
flag; and to defend it against all enemies.-Wil-
liam Tyler Page.
If you believe in all of this creed do you
practice it or do you make exceptions with your
fingers crossed; do you reserve certain parts for
your own benefit and exclude others from the
benefits? Do you support cts constitution
to the best of your ability-honestly and faith
fully or do you only ask others to do all the sup
porting? Do you reserve the rights "established
upon those principles of freedom, equality JUS
tice and humanity for which American patriots
sacrificed their lives and fortunes for yourself
and permit others to suffer determinations? In
reading over this pledge, ask yourself "Just what
kind of citizen am I, anyhow" And then
answer yourself-sit down and write out your
answer-it would be interesting to print.
The Alaska fisherman. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1923-1932, 1932-05-15
THE ALASKA FISHERMAN
Page 4

The number of employed is noted by the Bureau
of Fisheries but they do not report the number of
days these few are employed. For the record they
employ number for time What good to
ploy 100 native workers for four days when those
same workers need 100 days of labor? AS in
everything else, the Bureau of Fisheries is not
honest in it's statement of fact to the employ
ment Of Alaskans in the fisheries
Give the average Alaskan native family
earning of $500 and the beneficial economic re-
suits would be most startling. The business struc-
ture would benefitted-the natives would have
earned sufficient to carry them through the
winter and they would not need federal aid for
medical attention or relief for the poor and aged
But so long the federal officials acquiesce in
permitting the employment Of foreign labor to
the exclusion of resident labor, SO long will they
invite the "dole'' system. And that much are they
hui ing the independence of Alaska's citizenry
The Alaska fisherman. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1923-1932, 1932-05-15

I believe in the United States of America IS
government of the people, by the people, for the
people; whose just powers are derived from the
The Washington times., 1932-02-24
FARLEY OUSTED
by ROOSEVELT
e. WADE BALL

ALBANY, N. Y, Feb. "a Q.N.S0
Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt
today removed Sheriff Thomas M.
Farley, powerful Tammany chief
tain, on charges of unfitness pre-
ferred by Samuel Seabury, counsel
to the Hofstadter committee.
Roosevelt's advisers expect Far
ley's custer may have an i'm
portant bearing on the governors
Presidential aspirations. but they
do not anticipate it will result in
an open break between Tammany
and the executive.
Roosevelt based his action in
odsting the sheriff on the ground
that Farley had failed to explain
how he had accumulated $387 900
as sheriff, when his salary totalled
only $92, 900.
In demanding Farley'S removal,
Seabury filed IL specific charges
against him, in which he alleged
that the sheriff had failed to ex,
pain the huge deposits in the
'wonderful tin box" that he had
protected gamblers, and that he
had appointed unfit and incom.
petent deputies in the sheriff's
office.
The Washington times., 1932-02-24
Garner Names Committee
To Cut u. s.. Expenses

The, House Economy Commit
tee, created recently to investi-
gate the possibility of Curtailing
activities of Federal departments,
secured it's membership today
when\ Speaker Garner named
seven men to serve, the majority
of whom are favorable to reduc-
tionS.
The committee will be headed
by Representative Joseph W..
ByrnS CD, of Tennessee, chair
man Of the House Appropriations
Committee, sponsor of the bill
for the investigation.
His Democratic aides will be
Representative John j. Cochran,
of Missouri, chairman of the
Committee on Expenditures in
the Executive Departments: Rep
reSentative John McDuffie, of
A b a ma, and Representative
Lewis w. Douglas, Of Arizona,
The Washington times., 1932-02-24
JAPS MAY WARN
j, s, FL|ERS

SHANGHAI, Feb. "a G.N.S0. e.
AS a result of the death of Robert
M. Short, American airman, in
an aerialS battle. with japanese
planes, the Japanese government
may send a warning" to the
United States against American
citizens fighting with the Chinese
forces, it was stated by the Jap
anese Press Bureau here today.
The note will be sent. it was un-
derStood, partly because Short
shot and killed one of the Jap
aneSe airInen before his own
plane crashed in flames.
A delegation of Chinese military
leaders called at the American
consulate here today and made
inquiries to determine whether
there would be any official Amer
ican objection to an official Chi
neSe statement of appreciation of
Shorts battle against hopeless
odds.
These Chinese also suggested a
monetary gift to Shorts family
as a token of esteem, provided
the American authorities here
had no objection to such pro
cedure.
Shorts body, lying in a Chi.
nese coffin, remained in the
hands of Chinese authorities at
Soochow, near where he was shot
down.