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The Washington times., 1933-12-02
Party Leaders Planning
Short Congress Session
-Bv James T. Williams, T.-

it is not the major feature of
the Presidents annual message
at the beginning of the session.
How long the Federal Govern.
ment can continue to 60 to the
relief of State and local govern.
mentS which persist in their re-
fusal to moderniZe their govern.
mental structure is a vital ques-
ton to which the Roosevelt
Administration is giving serious
study.
The time was when an obso-
lete system of government in
the several States was almost
exclusively a State liability. 1t
will soon become a Federal liza.
bility. It will soon become a
Federal liability if the people of
those States, unable to get relief
from their State officials, are
compelled to look to the Federal
Government for assistance.
AS governor of the State Of
New York and as a candidate
for President. the reorganization
of State and local governments
was a major policy of Mr.. Roose-
velt. Since he entered the
White House, he has taken every
opportunity as the titular leader
of the party in power to urge
upon Democratic governors in
the several States the import
ance of raising up a leadership
in this direction.
The Washington times., 1933-12-02
The Human Side of the News
House of Rothschild in Difficulties
Blu Eduin c.. Hill

down for their future lives.
He told them to remain True
to the law of Moses, and to
each other, and to obtain their
mothers consent for every
major undertaking.
Their mother lived to the ripe
age of 90, and the sons OBJ
served their fathers admoni-
tions to the last. The eldest.
named after his father, took
charge of the Frankfort house;
and the other four, Nathan,
Solomon, Jacob and Carl, opened
banking firms respectively in
Lon on, Paris. Vienna and
Naples. All had bound them
selves NY the family agreement,
and all prospered.
Together, the five sons were
the bankers of Europe. No war
could be undertaken without
their co4.sent and advice, for
they were the ones who pro-
vided the funds. knowing no
state or party, they lent money
to Napoleon to fight the allies,
and they lent money to the al
lies to crush Napoleon. And it
was the Rcthschilds again who
restored prosperity, by lending
the money needed to make
peace.
The Washington times., 1933-12-02

turned sour, by the shocks or
disappointments of Christmas
morning than by anything else.
Christmas morning is the
magic moment. when a woman
expects that all the unspoken
or suppressed romance in a
mans soul will blossom forth
into the perfect gift. She
fondly believes that he will read
her hearts desire.
But, to a man Christmas is
"just another holiday" Worse
still, it is the painful moment
when a woman is EXPECT
ING something of him. And
that likes all the edge off his
enthusiasm and paralyzes his
Imagination.
A man loves to play Santa
Claus; but to give a woman
something that she is "expect-
ing" affords him no kick. It's
more like a hold-up than any
thing else.
It's a wise woman who never
expects anything she really
The Washington times., 1933-12-02
Old-FaShiOned Canada
It Still Thinks Law Is Law

Canadians to have oldfashioned notion that law
law and should be enforced the United States we
more up-to-date.
For example, dope pedder tried in Montreal re-
Gently and this his sentence.
(A) Fourteen years in prison.
(B) Fines amounting to $500.
(C) Ten ashes his bare back
You doubt that gentleman would to sell dope again
in Canada, if he had not been given single day in
prison a single cent of fine.
The whipping alone would probably convince him that he
should seek fresh fields and pastures
We don't know that whipping is the penology or that
should adopt it. But do know that something of the
Canadian attitude toward law enforcement would discourage
lot of criminals here
When you can't "see the judge" when your lawyer
can't delay trial for year two and then appeal for
another year two when you imminent risk of con-
tact with the cat O. nine tails have powerful induce
ment to be good.
But stated those ideas old fashioned for this
up-tcdste country.
The Washington times., 1933-12-02
Dynasties Wane

Unostentatious, and spending
large sums in charity, the five
brothers and their descendants
nevertheless could not fail 70
become the object of hatred on
the part of those who are gen.
orally opposed to the accumula'
ton of wealth. Bombs were
thrown at them, as they were
hurled at the House of Morgan
in Wall Street.
But a greater master has
taken charge Of distributing
the Rothschild wealth, as
shown in a news item from
Vienna. The world Of 1888 is
not the world that the House
of Rothschild was raised to
serve One by one, old finan-
cial dynasties waue and dis
appear. as the House Of Medicl
waned and disappeared in
medieval Italy. And if pres
ent indications serve, there re-
mains, in the new world OF
politics and finance, little more
than q once fabulous name
and the memory Of a wonder
full family.
Copyright, 1893. King Features
Syndicate. lnc.)
The Washington times., 1933-12-02

Cle. We did ELSIE hobANeON
things for ourselves-carried
our own water; heWed our own
wood; cooked our own food. The
days went slowly, monotonouSly.
But we were happy.
We were happy because we
took life as it came. We didn't
rebel against it. We didn't try
to beat the game with fat &C
cumulations of wealth-great
power-insane speed. We lived
simply, as the grass and trees
and little animals lived. And
We found peace and pride and
power in the simple movement
of our days.
Then the machines came
and more and more people. Pres
emily life was no longer simple.
It was crowded and complicated.
People no longer mattered much.
Machines mattered. We fed peo-
pie into the machines as we fed
oil, wood, electricity. People be-
came like fuel. They had little
Importance or meaning. They
were harasSed and Inundated by
life's purposeless pressure.
So they tried to restore mean
ing to their lives by buying
things instead Of being things.
They bought, and bought, and
bought. They went, and went,
and went. When the crash
came, we were all running
around like madmen, grabbing
at any new possession or senSa-
ton.
And ever since the crash we've
been remembering-wishing that
good luck" would come back
again-thinking that we'd be
happy if it did.
But we wouldn't. We'd be
just as restless and muddled. as
lonely and disappointed as we
were before.
The Washington times., 1933-12-02
Tentative Program

This program begins with leg
islative proposals made neceS-
sary by the repeal of the pro-
hibition amendment to the Fed
eral Constitution. Under the
terms of the repeal amendment,
the chief control of the liquor
traffic will be restored to the
several States. The Federal
Government, however, will re-
tain the responsibility of pro-
tecting those States which pro-
hibit the sale of liquor, from
the bootlegging activities of
neighboring States where its
sale will hereafter be permitted.
Following the enactment of
legislation to repeal the Vol
stead act and to protect pro-
hibition States from their anti
prohibition neighbors, Congress
will address it's attention to the
annual appropriation bills for
the support of the Government
in the effort to get these out
Of the way as promptly as pos
sible and avert the necessity
for a long session.
Other items on the legisla-
tive agenda which the Roose-
velt Administration will press
for consideration are a series
of amendments to the National
Recovery Act, which its opera
ton during the recess of Con-
gress has shown to be desirable.
Administrative amendments
will also be offered to other
parts of the National Recovery
program enacted at the last seS-
sion. These will include a meas
ure to extend the Civilian Con-
servation Corps for another
year. The tremendous success
achieved by this corps, both as
a relief and as a conservation
agency, appears to have deeply
impressed the public mind in
all parts of the country.
Some changes in the Agri'
cultural Adjustment Act to in
crease the effectiveness Of its
operation will also be requested.
Congress will again be urged
to pass a bill introduced at the
last session by Chairman Sum-
ners of the House Judiciary
Committee extending debt relief
to municipalities which are in
serious financial strait. Munic-
ipal indebtedness in this coun'
try now amounts to $18,500,-
900, 900, of which more than
$1,000, 100000 is already in de-
fault.
This question of municipal in
debtedness will be dealt with in
a special message to Congress II
The Washington times., 1933-12-02
Romantic Rise

The women of the family
played as important part as the
men in this vast accumulation
of riches. Obeying rule set
down by their founder, each
member made a business conf
dant Of his wife. Her opinion
was eagerly sought and care
fully considered. And for close
to two centuries, the Rothschilds
held the wealth of the world in
the palms Of their hands.
The story Of the house Of
Rothschild is a romance truly
stranger than fiction. The
founder was Meyer Amschel,
an obscure Jew born in Frank
fort, Germany, where his
father kept a little curio shop
in the ghetto quarter. Had
he followed his fathers wish,
Meyer would have been a rabbi,
and the history of one of the
worlds most powerful families
never would have been written.
But Meyer had other dreams.
He entered the service of a
bank in Hanover, and by dlnt
Of saving every penny he could
spare, soon branched out In
business for himself as an art
dealer and. incidentally, as a
money lender. He forpaVe the
poor, but never the rich, for
failure to meet their obligations
to him. The Landgrave OF
Hesse appointed him court
banker. And so was laid the
foundation of the great family
fortune.
At his death, in the year
1900, he left several millions
to his five sons. But he left
them d fortune still greater in
the set Of rules which he laid
The Washington times., 1933-12-02
OHICE OVERS

constant surveillance while you
are in the little town.
The fact that you are a
stranger attracts attention and
makes you the subject of more
or less conversation.
Often city cousins are EN-.
barraSSing because they try to
appear so very sophisticated
and modern.
They displease respected and
prominent citizens who are
worthy of much respect, and,
instead of appearing up to date.
they are crude.
There cannot be much four
flushing in a small town-peo-
pie there stand on their own
merits. so tone down and show
you have a sense Of the fitness
Of things.
The Washington times., 1933-12-02
LISTEN, WORLD!
BY Elsie Robinson

For things can't give us con-
tentment or peace. They are
always outside of us, and they
are always chancy-now we
have them. now we don't. So no
heart can rest secure on its ma
terial possessions. Only that
heart which has built joy and
courage, wisdom and peace
within itself, can be secure in
the face of this changing world.
Even after these four dread
full years, most of us still didn't
believe that. We were still
waiting for the good old days to
return and solve all our troubles.
But they never will Only we,
ourselves, can solve our toubles
and we can't do that with
cash.
Long ago, another great peo-
pie came to just such a pass
as we have come. They, too,
had been simple people once;
then riches and power had
turned their heads and
wrecked their government. They
were taken into captivity; be-
came, in time, subject to Rome.
But still the Hebrews yearned
for the lost flesh pots of
Egypt the vanished pomp
of material possession.
Bitterly unhappy, they asked
one great leader after another
what they could do about it,
just as we are asking now. And
one day a man told them. He
was a young man. and very
poor. He came from a small
country town, where he had
labored as a common carpenter.
He had no sophistication-no
personal ambition - no fame.
Yet there he stood, with the
rough earth beneath his cal
loused. Drowned feet and the
harsh light showing up his
faded rags, and gave them the
only true solution for their pain.
$50 you want to be sure and
happy again." he said. "You
want that joyous confidence to
come back to you, which you
knew as children. Well, that's
natural. You should want that
for that was the way life was
meant to be. You were meant
to be happy and strong. But
you can't be happy when you
live like this-when you stake
your happiness on things out
side yourself. For the more
things you have the more you'll
want. And so your discomfort
will grow.
But if you'll stop wanting
things, and take life as it comes
finding your joy in simple
happenings-then you'll be at
peace with yourself"
For a moment he was still.
Then clear and strong-so clear,
so strong that his words have
rung forever since, through all
the ages-Jesus cried:
EXCEPT YE BECOME. AS
LITTLE CHILDREN, YE SHALL
NOT ENTER INTO THE KING
DOM OF HEAVEN"
We must become as little
children again. We must share
as casually as little children
share-accept each other as
eaSily-find joy and delight as
simply.
Then, and only then. can we
enter into that Kingdom of
Heaven" which is the peace Of
quiet heart.
Copyright. 1893. King Features
Syndicate. Inc.)
The Washington times., 1933-12-02

With surprising lack of COM
ment, the news is announced
that the Rothschild family OF
Europe is in financial difficult
ties. The Austrian branch has
been compelled to dispose of 35
thousands acres of the ancestral
estates to satisfy claims against
their bank, the failure of which
started the financial crash in
Europe.
Yet it is not many years ago
that the Rothschild family was
the synonym of everything that
meant riches. BY force of in
tegrity, genius and commercial
shreWdness, the ROthschilds
built up the wealthiest copart-
nership the world has ever
known.
The Washington times., 1933-12-02
Election Year

BY direction of the President.
Mr.. Harry L. Hopkins, Federal
relief administrator, is now put.
ting the States on notice that
the $500,000,0OO placed at the
Federal Governments disposal
for tate relief will be exhausted
by next March. Administrator
Hopkins is further notifying the
responsible authorities in the
several States that the renewal
of this form of relief will not be
recommended to Congress by
the President.
This means that the reorgan-
ization of State and local gov
ernments is an immediate and
an imperative necessity. Only
by simplifying their govern.
mental structures oan the States
raise the money to provide flu
ture relief for their own citi'
zens, keep their schools open
and do the necessary work that
is the function of the State in
normal times and not the func-
ton of the Federal Government.
The argument of the Roose-
velt Administration for a short
session is that the great amount
of legislation at the last session
makes it desirable that more
time should be allowed for lad
ministration to catch up with
legislation" And as every Rep
resentative in Congress, and one.
third of the Senators, come up
for reelection next year, it is
hoped that they will be eager
for the opportunity to return
home and start their campaign.
1888. The Washington Times)
The Washington times., 1933-12-02
A Word to the City Wise

A Word to the City Wise
If you are a city resident, very
likely your voice is pitched so
loud it can be heard several
feet away at least.
Or perhaps you have lived
among strangers so long that
you have formed a habit Of not
being careful Of the language
and remarks you make.
These facts may make it
mighty embarrassing to your
small town or your country rela-
tives when you visit them.
Everyone about them they
know, and what you do and say
is bound to be commented
upon, particularly your manner
of expressing yourself
You may not realize this, but
it is true that you are under
The Washington times., 1933-12-02
WISE WORDS


Whai at a distance charmed
our eyes, upon attainment
droops and dies.-J. Cunning
ham.
True valor lies half way be-
tween cowardice and rashness.-
CervanteS.
All speech, written or spoken,
is a dead language, until it finds
a willing and prepared hearer.-
r. L. Stevenson.
The resources Of civilization
are not yet exhausted.-Glad-
stone.
The Washington times., 1933-12-02

If the Roosevelt Administra-
ton has it's way, the next ses-
sion of Congress. which will not
convene until January 8, will
be a short one.
A tentative legislative pro-
gram now in the making can
be carried out, it is believed,
in time for Congress to ad-
journ between the middle Of
March and the middle of April.
The Washington times., 1933-12-02

come back to
us again until
we learn a
lesson which
A m eri cans
have forgot
ten for many
a year. And
what's that?
THE LES
SON OF SIM
PLICITY.
Once upon
a time Amer
ica was a sim
pie place. We
had very lit
tlo MJn did
The Washington times., 1933-12-02
MARRY-GO-ROUND
BY Helen Rowland

Why Men Drown Their Sorrows
December is practically upon
us and the average woman has
done M it of her Christmas
shopping and has lots of tissue
paper bundles already tied up
with fancy ribbon and topped
with sprigs of imitation holly.
But the average man just
isn't Christmas-conscious yet.
He puts off his Christmas
shopping Gas he puts off any,
thing that bores him) until the
bell has rung or he hears the
last call for dinner.
More love-affairs have been
spoiled and more marriages
The Washington times., 1933-12-02

things she is sure to give HIM.
For no gal ever gave a man a.
Christmas gift that did not
somehow embarrass or depreSs
him.
No wonder so many men be-
gin drowning their sorrows on
Christmas Eve and don't come
out CT the fog until after New
Year Day!"
Copyright 1888. King Features
Syndicate. Incl
The Washington times., 1933-12-02
By T. E. Powers

WANTS on Christmas day, but
accepts whatever comes her
way with childish delight and
feigned astonishment. This
makes at least one member OF
the family happy and helps to
promote the well-knoWn Christ
mas spirit"
It isn't fair to judge any man
by his Christmas gift. Because
a man simply isn't himself at
this time Of the year. He's
practically unconscious when
he's wandering around in the
mazes of a modern shop. And,
even though he went in with a
necklace or a box of lingerie in
his mind, he is likely to come
out with an electric toaster or
a cuckoo clock in his hands.
No, Christmas is a WOM-
ANS time to be joyous. But
there's not much use trying to
make a man work up any big
enthusiasm about it. He will
be generous and kind and tol-
Grant. But he simply can't be
romantic or excited or kiddish
about it.
He has two Big Problems to
face. First the problem of
what to give his wife or his
sweetheart. And second the
problem Of what he will do
with the foolish or undesired
The Washington times., 1933-12-02
Except Ye Become as Little
Children

Hard times passing. Maybe
maybe not. But one thing is
sure. Good times will never
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-03-22
Postmaster Tries to Bar
ScOttsbOrO Defense Stamps

NEW YORK.-Action by the Uni
ted States Post ONCE to attack the
Scottsboro Defense Campaign of the
International Labor Defense by pre-
venting the use of the ScottsbOro
penny stamps now being sold to raise
funds for the fight to save the nine
innocent Negro boys has been sharp
" challenged by the LID.
The LID. has issued an attractive
penny stamp, to enable all workers,
employed or unemployed, to contri-
butte to the defense to whatever
amount they may be able These
stamps are to be affixed to the back
of letters written by the buyers, to
spread the mass defense, and to ad-
vertise their sale.
In a letter to the LID, Post
master j. J. Kiely, OF New York,
threatened to refuse 10 accept any
letters on which these stamps are
affixed.
The LID. Immediately took legal
steps to have this threat Withdrawn,
pointing out in a letter sent to the
postmaster by Joseph r. Brodsky, at
torney in the Scottsboro case, that
this is an illegal threat, as deci-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-03-22

Matscuka'S mission is a mission
of murder negotiations! He comes
to buy munitions and other war
materials! He comes to talk over
with Roosevelt division of spoiIs in
China! To decide, il it is possible.
joint imperialist plans of attack
against Soviet China and the Soviet
Union.
This japanese murder-agent, whose
career dates back to days
Of education received in the United
States in 1900, at University of Ore
gon, was until recently aug, 1920 j,
vice-president of the Japanese CON
trolled South Manchurian Railway
Co. He was Japan's chief delegate at
the League of Nations where he pre-
5ented Japanese inperialism's stand
on her -and-rape detectives in
China. He has been a busy, inper-
ialist diplomat, holding many secre-
tarial posts in behalf of himself and
his masters since 1904, when he was
High Consul at Shanghai for Japan
He boasts of having developed the
diplomatic art of how best to hate the
rival in America, because
Of his American education.
The demonstration is being led by
the American Committee Against
War.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-03-22
False RumOrs Do Not
Stop Dyers Strikes

NEW YORK.-In spite of the false
rumors spread about the settling of
the strikes in the 3. g. M. and Pros
pect shops. the Cleaners, Dyers and
Pressers Union informs all workers
that both strikes are being continued
successfully.
Mass picketing and demonstrations
in front OF the B. g. M. shop last
week, in which workers of many
cleaning shops participated, has
shown to the bosses that no strike
breaking activities or letters to the
tailors will slacken the spirit of the
strikers, who are determined to win
Upon information received, some of
the workers Of the Weintraub local
who we're sent to do the work of
those out on strike have stopped
working, and new scabs are working
now.
The Cleaners, Dyers and Pressers
Union, 223 Second Avenue, appeals
to all tailors to continue their sup
port by refusing to give work to the
B. 81 M. and Pros.t.ct shops which
are out on strike.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-03-22

For not doing the task assigned.
conyicts are punished By every sort
and degree of torture. and details of
many OF these fiendish fortunes are
given in the book. In addition to the
commonly used lash. other instru-
.ments and disciplinary punish
.ments" include the stocks, solitary
confinement on bread and water.
confinement in sweat boxes, hanging
on oil walls, drenching with cold
water and confinement in tine strait
jacket. Revolts and strikes against
these conditions have broken out in
prisons all over the U. S. in recent
years, and Wilson gives the facts
about these revolts.
One of the most valuable chap
tiers in the book is the one on forced
labor in the colonies and semi-colo-
MES of the U. S. It deals with the
little-underStood ~~~ on conditions
in the West Indies-in Cuba Haiti
and Guatemala as Typical of other
Central American countries, in Lii
IBERIA, Hawaii and the Philippines.
Workers will find these sections full
of important information, little
known in North America. on the ex-
tent of peonage. contract labor and
other forms of forced labor in these
colonies.
In the closing chapter on forced
labor in the Soviet Union Wilson
in a convincing manner the
capitalists attack on the workers and
farmers government. BY means of
quotations from capitalist eye-wit-
nesses themselves, as well as from
workers and workers delegations, he
proves conclusively that neither lum-
Der nor any other commodity export
ed by the Soviets, is produced by
forced labor
This book, Forced Labor in the
United States, is so interesting that
a worker will not want to put it down
when once he starts to read it. If
dollar seems impossible to find in this
time Of deepening Srisis. workers in
unions or mass organizations should
club together and buy a copy of the
book by pooling dimes and nickels. 1t
may be obtained from local workers
book shops or from the Workers Lii
brary publishers, Box 14S, Station D,
New York City