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The Washington times., 1933-11-24
No SpOils
In District Service

The assurance which comes from Commissioner Melvin O.
Hazen that there will wholesale shakeup Of the per-
sonnel of the District because Of the recent
changes in the Commssonershps is welcome but it should
not be necessary
Politics has no place the District Building and any at
tempt to introduce that element into the appointment or
teon employees of the local would meet with
prompt and deserved rebuke.
One of the most wholesome features of the present form of
the District which is likely to last
ng as Congress constitutional prerogavesls the
fact that the rank and file Of employees not
able to parties for their positions.
To throw open jobs District service to the spos
man would not only be disastrous erorous
now or the future may occupy those jobs but would
affairs
the Federal Government determined that the
evils shall be visited upon the District government
The principal offices in the District Building notably
Comissionerships occupied by who their posi-
tons politics small extent That is they ap-
pointed President of the United States and
pected to reflect his policies.
They generally chosen the basis of strict part
sansp however, and Presidents have often appointed Dis
trict Commissioners without regard to politics.
For any Commissioners take office and then throw
out of District all who might hold to different political
faith the incumbent President would be unthinkabl
The city of the National Capital is known far
and wide for the comparative absence of graft among
officials That is record of which all of citizens are
proud
If District iobhoders, however, be placed in the
class where they their jobs to the whms of political
parties it greatly to be feared that the element of graft
and corruption will thrive.
The District government clean It must be kept
The Washington times., 1933-11-24
Trade Codes Alone Will
Not Stop Racketeering
Blu James T. Williams, Jr.'

threatening TO use such UfO-
Ience, intimidation or urldWfut
coercion"
But other trades in which
racketeers are active have yet
to include in their codes the
antiracketeering proVisi o MS
which are a feature of the
code for the cleaning and dye
ing trade.
Investigations Of the rise Of
commercial racketeering show
that "the essence Of the racket
is not the use Of violence"
1t is "the threat Of violence
resulting in the payment Of
money" This was one of the
conclusions in the report on
the cost of crime submitted by
the National Commission on
Law Observance and Enforce
ment several years ago.
It's investigation Of racketeerN
ing was made under the direc.
tion Of two able and experienced
members of the New York bar
Goldwaithe H. Dorr and Sidney
P. Simpson. They found that
"the means employed to keep
the immediate victims Of thaN
racket in line involved all sorts
of crimes of violence, ranging
from murder, arson and dyna-
miting to petty malicious mis-
chief"
The Washington times., 1933-11-24
Three-E1inute Journeys
By Temple Manning

contains what is probably the
finest baptismal font in the
world.
1t is a masterpiece Of sculp-
ture, built in 1860, and adorned
with the most exquisite Statu-
cites and bas reliefs. One does
not have to be an art expert
to find beauty and poetry in
this masterpiece, that has en-
dured through the centuries.
Behind the cathedral is the
Leaning Tower, built in 1173.
There are 295 steps leading
to the top of the cylindrical
tower, the style of which is in
harmony with the cathedral
and the baptistry. The sum-
NIT commands a glorious view
of the town and the surround
ing country.
Nearby Towns Interesting
If you make Pisa your head
quarters. you can make some
delightful trips nearby. There
is Calci with it's Carthusian
monastery and the grim fort
ress of the Verruca. About
half an hour by train from
Pisa is Viareggio, a modern
SeaShore resort that is as lively
as Pisa is quiet. Further afield
but still within easy reach is
Lucca, with Bagni di Lucca, a
smart watering place. Then
there is Montecatini Therne.
most important spa in Italy,
with it's amazing hotel and
baths, housed in palaces. Even
if Montecatini is a curative
watering place, it is extremely
smart, no use expecting the
contents of a couple of suit
cases to see one through at
this spa. Better stay at Pisa
where life is leisurely and the
glories of the past constitute
the main excitement.
The Washington times., 1933-11-24

One of the most satisfactory
and reassuring activities of the
New Deal" is the upbullding
of the United States Navy.
Once more, under another
Roosevelt, we are launched on
a new building program which
will strengthen the Navy in
aircraft carriers, cruisers, de-
Stroyers and submarines, and
provide, as we'll, employment to
many thousands.
It is certainly a heartening
fact that the men upon whose
shoulders, mainly, rests the
welfare of the institution upon
which the safety of this coun-
try most literally depends, so
clearly perceive the modern ne
cessity for a strong American
Navy. Neither the President
nor Secretary Swanson fails to
perceive the fact that we are
living in a diSordered world; a
world in which the United
States has scarcely a real
friend. They realize that the
United States, without a strong
navy, would be helpless, even
as a neutral power, with other
countries at war.
The Washington times., 1933-11-24
Sterner Measures

The most successful rackets,
as these investigators discovered,
are those which employ
violence the least because
tribute is forthcoming without
it's employment"
What the successful racketeer
does first is thoroughly to
"organize" the business. To do
this the racketeer compels all
those engaged in the business he
is organizing" to pay tribute
under threat of having their
shops blown up, their property
destroyed, and their lives and
bodily safety endangered"
1t is doubtful whether any
code will be effective in finally
disposing of criminals so cow
ardly and contemplate as the
typical racketeer. In any case
code provisions aimed at rae
keteering to be effective will
have to be supported by Sterner
measures on the part of organ
lied government. If these meas
ures include immediate deporta-
ton of alien racketeers and
swift and drastic punishment OF
domestic racketeers, the busi-
ness of racketeering will soon
be forced into bankruptcy.
copyright. 1888. The washineAO@
Times)
The Washington times., 1933-11-24
The Human Side of the News
Strong Navy Essential In Peace and War
=Ru EdLOin c. HHL--
Blu EdUin C.. Hill

Frenchmen through the barrier
which Farragut and Porter
would have set ur in the Gull
of Mexico.
There was a day in Manila
Bay when Admiral Dewey, forg-
ing ahead to attack the Spanish
fleet, found himself in range OF
the menacing guns of Won
Diederich's German squadron.
But Won Diederich did not dare
to plant himself in George
Dewey's path. And a little later
on, when the Kaiser threatened
to send a fleet against Venezu-
ella, President Theodore Roose-
velt sent for the German Am
bassador and told him in blunt
language that if the German
fleet sailed, Admiral Dewey
would be ordered to the coast
of Venezuela with ships cleared
for action.
And still later, when the
japanese people and govern
ment were burning with resent
ment against the exclusion Of
Japanese immigrants from Cali
fornia, when war was closer
than more than a very few
people knew, it was the same
Theodore Roosevelt who ordered
the United States battle fleet
around the world so that the
Japanese might have time to
visualize the might they were
challenging before they took
the irreVocable step.
The Washington times., 1933-11-24
PISA

PISA
It is rather a pity that the
town of Pisa is so near to Flor
ence, for the more grandiose
beauty and cosmopolitan atmos-
phere of Florence does have a
tendency to overshadow Pisa, so
much so that most travellers
usually make just a hurried ex-
cursion. But if you love the
beautiful, if you wish to see one
of the most exquisite cities in
the world, then linger a while
in Pisa and browse around. You
will find that it has other claims
to fame than it's Leaning Tower.
Surely one of the loveliest
public squares in the world
must be that of the Piazza del
Duomo, the Cathedral Square,
silent, as if musing on its past.
Follow the Via San Sisto with
its gem of a twelfth century
church, cross the Piazza Pacl-
motif with its flamboyant
Palazzo Boileau. and the Via
Santa Maria brings one to the
square where are situated the
cathedral, the baptistry, the
Leaning Tower and the ceme-
terry, standing out in bold relief
on the green of the spacious
grass-clad piazza. On either
side, forming the background,
are the ancient battlemented
walls of the old town.
Masterpiece of Sculpture
The white and gold pile of the
cathedral, with its glorious ia
cade, it's apSes ornamented with
loggias and little pillars, and it's
graceful cupola, can be seen in
all its glory as one stands in the
plaza. Opposite the cathedral
is the imposing circular mass
of the baptiStry with its graceful
contours and fine decoration. 1t
The Washington times., 1933-11-24
Congress to Act

BY direction of the Senate, a
subcommittee of it's Committee
on Commerce, headed by Sen
ator Copeland of New York. will
soon conclude a series of hear
ings begun in the summer at
which a mass of evidence has
been developed regarding organ
lied crime, including racket
eering.
The report of the Copeland
Committee and the report OF
Mr.. Cummings will be COM
pleted in time, it is hoped, for
the President to make his rec
concentrations to Congress re-
garding new national measures
for dealing with crime in the
light of the facts which these
reports will set forth.
Meantime President Roose-
velt has approved of fair COM
petition for the Cleaning and
Dyeing trade which contains
several provisions aimed at rack
eteering in that industry.
These provisions pledge the
industry to refrain from:
"Any use of OiOlence to per-
sons or property, intinidGtiO"
or unIGWful coercion by a mem
Der of the trade against a
member of the trade.
"Any threat by a member of
the trade to use such violence,
intimidation or unldWful CO.
ercion.
"Any conspiracy among MEM
bers of the trade or among
members of the trade and
others to use or to threaten to
use such violence, intiHidG-
tion or unlaUfuL coercion.
Amy combining or eoOPsTd-
fion by members Of the trade
with any one whO 10 using Pc
The Washington times., 1933-11-24
Honeyed Phrases

European countries. and at
least one Far Eastern power,
would dearly love to see the
United States let it's Navy dWir1-
die down to a few antiquated
battleships and a few Wornout
destroyers and submarines.
But under the buttered words
and honeyed phrases Of all
these disarmament conferences
runs the theme that the United
States should set the example to
the rest of the world by throw
ing away her most valuable
arm, her fighting ships. We
listened to that kind of talk a
dozen years ago, scrapped old
ships, new ships and ships that
were building, cut down the
power and efficiency of our
Navy by a third at least, and
with what result? Precisely
none, so far as the welfare Of
humanity is concerned.
The question is, simply,
whether we, a rich, envied and
pretty thoroughly disliked peo-
pie, can afford to let lapse our
only dependable insurance for
peace and security, in a world
where human nature changeth
not. and will not this side of the
millennium.
Copyright. 1893. King Featureo
Syndicate. InC.)
The Washington times., 1933-11-24

Ways and means Of deliver
ing against the crime Of racket
eering a knockout blow are the
subject of serious study today
by the Executive and Legisla-
tive branches Of the Federal
Government.
BY direction of the President,
Attorney General Cummings
will soon submit recommends
tions to Mr.. Roosevelt for an
aggressive warfare against rack
eteering to be waged under Fed
eral leadership supported by CO.
operation Of the several states:
These recommendations will
be based upon a study OF the
causes of racketeering made by
Professor Raymond Moley who.
as a member of governmental
crime commissions in Ohio and
New York, gained a thorough
knowledge of the problem.
The Washington times., 1933-11-24

more solvent spouses? Alimony
was distinctly a WOMAN'S
graft! You would no more
have thought of a judge order
ing a woman to pay allmony,
than you would have thought
of him ordering a man to wear
petticoats. Or to powder his
nose!
And there's heart-balm. Suing
for breach of promise was once
strictly feminine privilege:
but, of late, there have been a
number of cases in which The
broken hearted and betrayed
man was the complainant. An
heiress or a big-butter- -and-egg
girl has to be awfully careful
how she trifles with an inno-
cent young gigolo's heart these
days. The woman pays!
To cap the climax, a man
recently went to the hospital
and had an operation, just
when his wife went there for a
"blessed event." thereby Shar-
ing the limelight, the flowers
and the applause, which have
always been exclusively Woman's.
Nobody ever thinks of brand
new baby as having a FATHER!
The Washington times., 1933-11-24
These Are Japanese Fighters
Such People Win Wars

patriotic French song goes "Mourr la Potrie'
eest Ie le plus bedu le plus dgne FenOie, ctc
which Ito die for your country the most beautiful
fate the most worthy of envy"
The French certny it, look how they stood at Yer
dun All young men fighting nations it, but few
mean exactly AS THE JAPANESE it. The picture at
the right proves it.
The three Japanese soldiers crawling along the ground to
avoid being shot and killed. before their work accom-
phed carried with them long bomb filled with powerful
explosives the fuse lighted and will long be known in
Japanese history "The Human Bombs of Shanghai.
You see barbed entanglements which the Chinese
had erected important for the Japanese to through
they did it by manpower cutting the wire by hand hun
would down. volunteers called for and
the job for them is illustrated in the picture.
They carry the long bomb filled with strong ex
posive right against the barbed wire entangemen explode
the bomb blow up the entangemens and die UUth the
pLOsion
AND THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT THEY DID
Whatever you may think of the Japanese Chinese war; and
s rights and wrongs which American possibly decide
you will look with admiration upon these three members Of
Sappers Corps Their Takeji Ehita, 10 Ktakawa
and Inosuke sakue
There the slightest chance for the three to
Gave themselves by lighting the bomb and running They
fastened to the bomb that might not slip from their
grasp and you them crawling along they going to
voluntary death, exchanging life for glory
thine" publishes the following account Of their accom-
The Washington times., 1933-11-24
Still a Few Days Left
In Which to Save

This is about the time when the annual warning to do
Your Christmas Shopping Early" is broadcast the Amer
people.
Postmaster General Farley already has issued the
appeal to Mail Early and you cant mail until you shop
But in addition to other good for shopping early
this you have better than you have had
years That h that your dollar will probably buy this
month than it will next It's purchasing power has been
going down steadily and there indications that will
not go further before Christmas.
In fact the time have done of your Christmas shop
ping last August.
But since it is little late for that now how about
November?
There still few days left in which to money-f
you have any to
The Washington times., 1933-11-24
If War Comes

Without a Navy, and a strong
Navy that other sea powers
would respect, American COM
merce could scarcely move upon
the seas. American ships would
be halted in their courses,
forbidden to enter this port or
that; stopped and searched at
will; confiscated at a whim.
American commerce and the
industry behind the commerce
would be paralzyed, and mill
lions who never saw a ship or
the sea would lose employment
and suffer from lack of the
very neceSSaries of life.
That is what a great Navy
means to us, even in peace,
when we are at peace with the
rest Of the world. Had our Navy
not been strong during the
World War. British ships and
German submarines would have
done about as they pleased. even
III SIgnC OF our greaC AtIantlc
ports.
There can be scarcely any
question that the United States
Navy has kept us out of more
wars than it fought in. One
need not go back a great way
in our national history. I'm
mediately after the Civil War
ended, when France had set up
a new world empire in Mexico
under Maximilian and Carol
otta, war between France and
the United States would almost
certainly have occurred had not
the French Emperor known he
could not land his armies Of
The Washington times., 1933-11-24

through these deadly obstacles
for the Imperial troops. Three
heroes of a japanese sappers'
corps, named Takeji Eshita,
10 Kitakawa and InOsuke
Sakue, fastened to themselves
a firing bomb three meters
long and jumped into the wire
entangIements. The bomb ex-
ploded with a loud detOnatiOn.
smashing the three heroes and
the barbed wire to pieces.
These heroes died a desperate
death, opening way for the
infantrymen make a dash.
which eventually resulted in
the occupation Of the enemy's
camps. Their herOisr makes
eUen demons cry"
The Washington times., 1933-11-24

THREE HUMAN BOMBS.
: "Thc highest and nObleSt
monument of war was erected
near Shanghai by the Three
Human Bombs at MiaOhang-
chen. At dawn on March %,
1882, in a general attack on
MiaOhangchen a certain Japa-
neSe division, which marched
from WoonSung, encountered
great obstacles through the
stubborn resistance of the Chi
Mese troops, which, firmly en-
trenched, defied the fierce on
Get Of the Imperial Army. The
Chinese soldiers raised strong
defense works there during a
month. A way had to be cut
The Washington times., 1933-11-24
WORDS OF WISE MEN

What greater or better gift
to the state than to train up
youth?-Cicero.
That so few now dare to ba
eccentric marks the chief dan
ger of time.-J. S. Mill.
The Washington times., 1933-11-24

1t is much easier to begin
than to finish.-Plautus.
Genius is mainly an affair Of
energy.-M Arnold.
You ought to eat to live, and
not live to eat.-Cicero.
The Washington times., 1933-11-24
MARRY-GO-ROUND
By T. E. Powers
BY Helen Rowland

If you've ever seen a man
standing at the kitchen door,
looking on wistfully and tim
idly proffering advice" while
a woman mixes a salad or
stirs a pudding, you can readily
guess what's coming NEXT!
Nearly every man has a secret
suspicion that he can cook and
a yen to putter around the
kitchen.
Soon men will be invading
the kitchen, and woman will
probably have to go out and
run the lawnmower, wash the
car and shovel off snow. while
her Bigger Half makes
lemon-meringue pie.
It has been whispered for
some time that men have been
sneaking into the beauty par
lors-for a facial or manicure
and even to have their hair
dyed. This is for business rea-
sons," of course. No man would
put himself through these tor
ments just for love.
OF course, there are certain
feminine rights" of which men
will never rob the women
counting the laundry, writing
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The Washington times., 1933-11-24

Take alimony, for instance.
Who ever dreamed, few years
ago, that several men would be
collecting alimony from their
more lucky, more efficient or
The Washington times., 1933-11-24

But, watch out! Women
fought for "equality"-and now
it looks as though we're going
to GET it. The men are sneak
ing up on us!
Copyright, 1888. King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
The Washington times., 1933-11-24

Men Are "Sneaking Up" on Us
Men are encroaching on
women's ancient and inalien-
able rights! They are seak-
ing up on us!
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-07-08
NEWSPAPERS OPINIONS
wHAT'wILL WE DO WITH LEISURE?

The new short-hour working day is going to
bring to the foreground big problem. 1t is COM
ing right here in Lenoir if the 4O-hour week be-
comes reality. The problem is what shall we do
with the leisure? There is an old prOverb that
saws Satan finds mischief for idle hands to do"
1t is true, and the greatly increased leisure which
is the product of this machine age will cause time
to hang heavy the hands of a great many people.
1t will be in many places civic and social prob
lem. 1t should not be that here. Many of the
workers will use the leisure to improve their homes,
and to grow flowers and vegetables. Others will
read and study, others will take part in various
forms of recreation. Baseball tennis, golf, SWIM
ming and other forms of sport will brighten the
leisure hours of many.
The tragedy of all this problem is the fact that
in work men find their greatest JOY and satisfac-
ton. To work minimum number of hours and
play maximum number appears to the human
race now as a great boon, but it was the oldest,
best-traned and wisest of the labor men we have
talked to who said that the principal trouble would
be to prevent men with nothing to do from going
wild. The thing you do with your leisure time dis
closes the kind of person you are. Your personality
is created by your leisure.
Every mother knows what problem the closing
of school each vacation brings to the home. Every
city will soon learn what problem the vacation
time given to thousands of tired men and women
viii bring. Many of them have worked so long and
so hard that they have no conception of how to
spend leisure time Many WILL for time ego wild
1t is not going to be unmxed blessing to us, all
this leisure time, and we will have to be careful
how it is spent if it is not going to prove BOOM
erang.-Caldwell Record.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-07-08

,COURSE Scouty's loop trick
~ turned out grand. The Tiny
mites gave him a hand, and
Windy said. Let's see you drop
the loop DER yonder rock.
Then, if you pull it good and
tight. I'll do a stunt that is
sight," why. sure" snapped
Scouty. 81 could throw this coil
of rope a block"
He did just as he said he
would. The lasso man cried.
That was good" And then he
turned to Windy and exclaimed,
IT'S up to you! don't know
what your stunt can be. but I'll
stand right here till l see. i
hope. if you're slccessful. twill
at least be something new"
THEN Windy jumped up on the
l. rope. well, here l 60" he
said. II hope tina. l don't take
n tumble. I'm tight-rope walk
er. see?"
He walked bit and turned
around. Then, as he slipped off
to the ground, he said, well.
that was Ear enough. AT least IL
was for me-"
Wee Colby cried. TITS now my
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-07-08

teacher could pay living expenses and meet
the many other financial demands made on
members of their profession, but with the
governments initiation policy rapidly tax
ing hold, as evidenced by steadily rising
commodity prices, the task becomes almost
hopeless.
The principal question here raised, how
ever, is not whether the salaries are too
Iow-almost anyone will agree that they
are-but whether taxpayers should have
the opportunity of saying whether they
wish to pay their school employees little
more for work that is rapidly becoming
extremely difficult The Times-News be-
lieVes that many will insist that they be
given this opportunity; in fact, 1t has come
to the attention of this newspaper that pc
titions are being prepared asking the
school board to reconsider its decision.
ANY argument that the election would not
carry is beside the point at this time. Many
bad guesses have been made on the out
come of elections in the last year, and this
one might surprise those who apparently
believe that the best time to defeat pub
lie measure is before the people have had
an opportunity to express themselves. The
cost of the election would be very small
and the result would settle all doubts. In
any event, the cost would be infnitesmal
as compared with the ultimate cost OF
dealing a fatal blow to the public school
system and then trying to resurrect it after
public protest has brought the state to a
realization that it cannot bring up future
citizens with half-hearted instruction I'M
parted by teachers whose services are val
ued at $40 to $15ia week. -.~ '..-.