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The Washington times., 1933-03-04
GARNER LEAVES
SPEAKERSH|P
IN TEARS

With teas in his eyes, John N,
Garner, of Texas, sang his swan
song as Speaker today less than
an hour before taking the oath as
Vice President Of the United
States.
His impromptu address followed
presentation to him Of a watch
Representative Bulwinkle CD OF
North Carolina making the gift
on behalf of the Democratic mem
bership. Garner said:
"MajOr Bulwinkle and those
for whOEl you speak, to you /
want to extend my sincere
thanks. There are occasions
when words cannot express the
soul of man. At the close Of
this Congress, I find myself In
that position.
REGRETS DEPARTURE
II have q very great affec-
tiOn for very great many men,
bers of this House. / leave this
body without a single feeling
toward any member that is not
q Christian one. told you some
weeks ago / regretted leaving
this chamber and that was
sincere expression.
"There are some newspapers
that berate Congress. have
been studying our political his
tory closely for the past two or
three years. and it is my delib-
crate judgment that In the 30
years / have served in the
House there have been as able
men here as there ever have
been in all our history.
"There are as able men here
today as those who served IS
or 100 years ago. Perhaps they
have not been as brilliant, but
they have served in CONNER.
cial era, a time when we have
all wOrshipped the almighty
dollar.
INVITES THEM TO CALL
"Well, I am leaving here. All
I can do is invite all Of you to
visit us at the other end of the
Capitol"
AS Garner sat down the HouS'
rose as one man and paid him {
viciferous tribute. Garner thel
surrendered the gavel to Repre-
sentative Hawley R) Of Oregon
O veteran who is leaving thu
House.
Hawley was given a noisy good
by.
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nolds'Wisecracks
On the Inauguration

get into the parade no one
knew, but there were those
unkind enough to say that the
fact that Mix is now appear
ing in a picture in a local
theater may have had some
thing to do with it.
If all the band leaders who
are in town expecting to play
at the Inaugural Ball tonight
were tied together, placed in
heavy sacks, and dropped into
the Potomac River, it would
probably please a lot Of peo-
pie.
The inaugural committee has
announced the names of three
orchestras which are to play
at the ball but at least two
dozen others are here telling
the world that they, too, have
been selected. If they all show
up at the Auditorium, there
won't be room for any guests.
In any case, it looks as though
the Administration has started
off with a discordant note.
The supreme gate crasher
of the ages, "One-eyed" Con-
molly, is in town. Early this
morning someone noticed him on
hands and knees looking for
something in the tall grass that
grows on the banks of the
Potomac. It developed that he
was searching for that silver
dollar which they say George
Washington once threw across
the river.
The Washington times., 1933-03-04
|NSPECTS
NEW OFFICE

Secretary Of the 'Interior-desig.
nate Harold L. Ickes, Of Chi
cago, arrived in Washington
yesterday and hurried to what
will be his office to greet Sec
retary Ray Lyman Wilbur. who
will leave for California tonight
to resume his post as president
of Stanford University.
Ickes arrived to find the Sec
retary bidding farewell to De.
partment employees, and waited
until they could have a short
meeting together.
The new Secretary will be on
the job bright and early Monday,
he said.
The Washington times., 1933-03-04
Annapolis Visitors
Ask Slash in Aid

ANNAPOLIS, March 4.-Annap-
oils Veterans of Foreign Wars
have voted to ask Gov. Albert c.
Ritchie to remove from the State
budget the $4,000 appropriated
by the State for veteran aid. :
The local post will notify the
State department, through Wal
ter E. QuenStedt, departmental
commander, of their views, and
ask that the department go on
record as favoring the cut.
The Washington times., 1933-03-04
BUILD NEW TENDER

Construction Of the new light
house tender Hemlock Is to begin
shortly, the successful bidder hav-
ing Just been notified Of the
Of his proposal.
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SERVICES FOR DUKE

A memorial service for the late
Grand Duke Alexander Of Russia
will be held at the Russian Church
of Saint Nicholas, 1914 Riggs
Pl.. tomorrow at 1890 p. m.
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POISON 200 DOGS

FORT WORTH, Tex. u.N.S0.
Nearly 200 dogs, pets of Fort
Worth residents, are poisoned
yearly. according to John Grimm,
city dog catcher,
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QUEBEC EYES FARM TRUCE

QUEBEC, March 4 U.N.S)-
A bill calling for a practical mora
torium for farmers of the Prov.
ince Of Quebec was given its first
reading in the legislature today.
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Soldiers to Wear
NeIU Silver Medals

The new silver star citation
medal, recently authorized by the
War Department for wear by all
those who have received citations
for gallantry, will make its first
appearance in public in the Inau-
gural Parade today.
AS a mark of respect to the
new commander-in-chief of the
Army and Navy, President Roose-
welt, troops participating in the
inaugural exercises will wear dec
orations and medals instead Of
service ribbons, as ordinarily
worn.
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Appropriation Bills
Siqned BV President

The President today signed 80
bills, including appropriations for
the Treasury, Post Office and
Navy Departments besides a num-
ber of private measures.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1933-11-07

is just a fancy name for our
own SelfiShneSs. We only love"
those things which are part Of
ourselves-which we cherish as
part of ourselves.
Justice? Don't make me laugh.
tits for those with a bank
roll"
Honor? What hooey! every
man has his price"
So the cynics prattle on,
thinking what Bright Boys
they are, and getting many an
admiring hand. And you listen,
with your sad heart sinking
lower and lower.
For what hope is there for
you, in your wretchedness and
bewilderment, if there is no God
to hear your little prayer; no
human love to stand by you
through the long. dark night;
no justice or honor to lean on
in the great, cruel world? Yet.
surely, these soothing men and
women with their brilliant
minds must be right.
But they're not, my dear.
Doubling is no proof of a bril-
liant mind. It is merely the
proof of a stupid, frightened
mind.
The best doubters in the
world are SavageS. A Zulu
doubts everything outside the
narrow range of his own expert
ence, SCOTS at anything new.
And he can put up quite as con.
vincing an argument as the
most sophisticated cynic, and
along exactly the same lines.
Life seems as ugly and heartless
to the savage as it does to the
cynic. He, too, can produce a
thousand reasons to prove that
man is the helpless victim Of
malicious forces.
But when you hear a savage
say these things, you say, Hes
just a poor, ignorant creature.
He doesn't know what life is all
about. His ideas are the reflec-
ton of his own fear, his own
hate. He has no imagination.
He doesn't dream that there is
a beautiful, brave, kindly world
outside his dark and blood-be-
Spattered jungle"
You say that when a naked
savage. with a ring in his nose,
gruntS and gibbers and grins
at white man magic" But
when a Famous Intellectual in
evening dress arises in a smart
drawing room and tells you that
there is no God, or when you
read that same IntellectualS
grunts, grins and chickering's as
set down in a SIS a volume,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1933-11-07
Portentous Omens

Even more significant and
disturbing is the return to
Germany" sentiment which
seems to have developed in the
border territory, Alsace and
Lorraine, taken from Germany
by France under the Treaty OF
Versailles. This territory was
German for 1000 years.
And in Warsaw, Poland, the
new Polish army, French
trained, parades through the
streets of the capital, while
the people scream their pleas
ure and thunder their pride.
This whole situation, revolv-
ing around the manifest pur-
pose of a Hitlerized Germany
to seek revenge and regain lost
territories, makes one think OF
what one of the greatest Of
Germans, Heinrich Refine, the
German Jew who loved France,
wrote as a warning to her
almost exactly 100 years ago.
"He will be terrible because
he is in cooperation with the
primitive forces of nature; be-
cause he can cOnjure the
demOnic forces Of the old Ger
man PantheiSm and awaken
the love of battle found in the
old Germans, which does not
fight to destroy or to win, but
just to fight. Christianity, ana
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1933-11-07
ONCE OVERS

Welcome Strong Competition
If you are willing to asso-
ciate with those whose efforts
along a certain line are of a
mediocre kind, naturally you
will not far excel them.
If you desire to improve you
must seek the society of SUI
periorS.
To make a fair showing you
will have to exert yourself to
a greater extent than when you
are constantly with people no
better informed than yourself,
but you will make advance
ment.
It is easy to fall into the
pace of those around you;
especially easy when there are
no demands upon physical or
mental strength.
It is a case of smooth. easy
sailing along with the tide.
Not many will expend the eff
fort to rise unless there is the
incentive Of superior work on
the part of associates.
Copyright. 1888. King Features
syndicate, Inc,)
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1933-11-07
Foreign Drinks and Debts
We're More Interested in the Latter

British dstirs and French wine growers reported
wngng their hands because the United States may such
steep duty their products after prohibition is repealed
that they cannot export their products here.
The British have about $9,000000 in advance orders
The French counting cleanup from the sale of
various wines and liquors
But authoritative reports of virtual embargo
such transactions through high tariff.
Hence the tears from overseas
We doubt if many Americans will be greatly put out by
the plight Of these foreign Dealers sad though
to the sympathetic souls of inernationalists.
We make pretty good grades of whskey here down
Kentucky way and pretty good grades of win California
way and elsewhere.
There also the little matter Of war debts which both
Britain and France have overlooked lately.
is of course painful to think that high tax would pre-
vent foreign friends from gathering the expected har-
vest of American dollars for their bottled goods.
But it has been painful to know our foreign
friends won't pay back the American dollars they borrowed
to save their skins with some fifteen years ago.
they would pay up there might be chance of low
duty liquor imports
Since they will not high duty will ALSO be high pleasure
as far as the Ur%ed States is concerned
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1933-11-07
Signs of Hope
For Federal Personnel

The tenor of the replies being received by the American
Federation of Government Employees to its QUESTIONABLE ad
dressed members of Congress strengthens the belief that
the Senate and House upon reconvenng will be in
frame of mind to readust the burden imposed upon the
employees of the Government.
This burden goes farther than the reduction in pay which
those employees have suffered.
goes to the refusal of the recognize merit
and ability by granting wellearned promotions.
goes the denial of proper sick and annual leave
goes the blghtng of the merit system in the
civil service
In general the Congress when January will
to deal with the question of whether the Federal Government
back enlightened and reasonable policy Of deal
ing with its personnel whether it is to countenance in
its offices and shops conditions which is trying to
eliminate in private industry
Judging from the kilograms and letters received by the
Federation Congress will take the path back to decency
stead of persistng along the roadway which hurredy
laid down by the so-called economy sessions"
According to of the Federation than
100 Senators Representatives have declared that they
favor restoration of the full pay in the Government service
That number of course is not conclusive. But it does
furnish satisfactory nucleus upon which build majority
in both houses.
The ntimations which White House of the
interest which President Roosevelt displaying in the
of living costs likewise is encouraging.
There sound believe that the first of the
the President will take steps to restore at least
part of the salary cut.
difficult to see how the figures now being gathered
could fail to bring about such action The prices of all
commodities have risen greatly in the last few months
ticularly in Washington
This increase coupled with the readusment in the method
Of computing living costs which has been made by the
partment of Labor undoubtedly will produce figure which
will warrant favorable action by the President.
There danger however that Federal workers and
their friends would accept restoration of lost pay by the
President a complete victory
That should not be.
The evil which has been visited upon Federal workers has
not been confined to the pay cuts and victory to be
achieved it go farther than restoration Of normal
salaries.
Executive action the pay cuts should not be allowed
to end the matter.
Success in the fight for the return decent conditions
only be obtained through legislative action.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1933-11-07
The Human Side of the News
Disturbing Signs of War Madness in Europe
Blu EdUin C.. Hill

Far out in space, somewhere
in the vast constellation OF
Theta Draconis, an ordinarily
we'll behaved comet goes on
spree. Charging e k lie SLY
through the void it smashes
through whole communities OF
tiny stars, sending them whirl-
ing in all directions, knocked
forever out of the heavens.
Down they come over Europe,
these slaughtered baby stars,
dying as they fall with a last
flaming burst of light, as If
the whole armament were
filled with the explosion of gi-
gantic Roman candles. The
superstitious fall upon their
knees, fearing that war is about
to burst over the continent.
The French, revealing the
iron hand in the velvet glove
of disarmament talk, are rush
ing to completion along their
whole frontier the greatest sys-
TEN of Notifications in mill
tary science, building a great
wall of China against the one
enemy they fear in the whole
of Europe. And the curious
news comes to us that British
subjects are selling the real
estate they own along the
French Riviera.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1933-11-07
LISTEN, WORLD!
BY Elsie Robinson

you swallow it hook, bait and
Sinker.
Silly you!
The only difference between
that Intellectual and the Jun
gle Savage is that one wears
pants and a gardenia and the
other wears war paint and a
nose ring. Otherwise their
viewpoint, and their value to
society, are identical.
But isn't the world filled
with cruelty and crookedness?
It certainly is.
And aren't there countless
tragedies which seem to prove
that there is no God; or, if
there is, that He doesn't care
what happens to you and me?
There certainly is.
BUT FOR EVERY PROOF
OF UGLINESS THERE ARE A
SCORE OF PROOFS OF
BEAUTY. FOR EVERY EVIL
DENCE THAT THERE ISN'T
A SUPREME INTELLIGENCE
BEHIND OUR LINES, THERE
is BOUNDLESS, BEAUTIFUL
EVIDENCE THAT THERE is.
Look through test tube at a
drop Of water. Examine a rose
petal. Watch a mothers eyes as
she comes out of the agony of
travail and sees her baby for
the first time. Read the history
Of heroic Father Damien, giving
his life in service to the lepers;
of gentle Edith Cavell facing a
firing squad that she might aid
those caught within the hell of
war. Then doubt, if you can,
that there is a God and that
His image lives and grows with
in the hearts of men!
Then why do seemingly intel
ligent people choose to sheer
and scott? Because it's easier.
Doubts always easier than faith.
For doubt is the frightened
savage thing, and we're still
part-frightened savage.
But faith is the brave civilized
thing, and civilization is still
difficult job.
So, the high-hat cynic and
the painless savage grunt and
gibber and grin. But don't you
believe them!
Copyright, 1888, King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1933-11-07
Fewer Machine Guns
For Gangsters

Senator Copeland committee investigate kidnapping
teering other forms Of crime in the United States has
achieved one important reform already.
agreement which has just been entered into by
the manufacturers machine guns limit the sale of these
weapons to Federal, State and municipal authorities
BY pact with the President the manufacturers have prom
Used to make sales private firms to individuals without
permission of the Department of Justice.
Thus leak through which the criminal element of the
population has been able itself at last plugged
It is small leak, however.
The vastly greater through which criminals equip
themselves with revovers sawedof shotuns and other fire
arms remains
The Copeland committee of has power to deal
with it.
But until that leak plugged up too; by uniform State
laws by Federal regulation the United States will continue
to lead the civilized world in its homicide rate
All that be expected from the machine gun restriction
is that there will killings in the streets by rival
gangs-or at least not many formerly.
Still, that is something.
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Heine S Warning

81 advise you, Frenchmen,
remain quiet. / mean you WELL
and therefore / tell you the
bitter truth. You have more to
fear from a freed Germany
than from the whole Holy Al
lance, including all the CrOats
and the COssacks. For firstly,
one does not love you in Ger
many, which seems incredible,
for you are amiable. What it
is they have against you 1 could
never understand. If we should
feel like attacking you there
will be no difficulty in tlndlng
urgent reasons. :.
"Whatever comes to pass in
Germany, whether the PrusSlan
Crown Prince, or DIR. Wlrth
takes command, remain quietly
at YOUR posts, the gun under
your arm. l mean we'll by you,
and was Mortified when l
heard recently that your Min
lister intended to disarm France.
You know the Olympus. Among
the naked gods and gOddesses
who are enjoying themselves
with nectar and ambrOSia, you
will see one goddess who, though
surrounded by joy and revelry.
always wears an armOr, a he'll
met on her head, and carries
a spear in her hand. She is
the Goddess of Wisdom"
So Heine wrote century ago.
and so might he have written
today of the Germany under
Hitler. And plain to the eyes
is all Europe today, an armed
camp, bristling with suspicion.
shaken by fear, seething with
old animosities.
Copyright. 1898. by King Features
Syndicate. Incs
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1933-11-07
Popular Voting Speeds
Repeal Amendment
By James T. Williams, Jr.

It is taking the American
people much less time to re-
move prohibition from the Fed
eral Constitution than it took
them to put it there.
This is because Congress
prescribed one method for the
ratification of the Eighteenth
Amendment, which added Pro-
hibition to the Constitution,
and another method for the
enactment of the amendment
providing for repeal of Pro-
hibition.
The Eighteenth Amendment
was submitted to the several
States for ratification by the
Sixty-fifth Congress, December
10, 1917. It took three-fourths
of the States more than a year
to ratify this amendment, which
became effective January 30,
1919.
The Twenty-first Amend
ment, which repeats the Eight
zenith Amendment, was SUBJ
mitted for ratification by the
Seventy-second Congress on
February 20, 1888. 1t will be
formally ratified on or about
December S of the same year
when the State conventions
elected this week for that pur-
pose meet to carry out their
mandate.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1933-11-07
Legislatures Slow

Experience has proved the
wisdom of the State convention
method Of ratification. Had
Congress provided for the enact
ment by the legislatures of three
fourths of the States, it might
have taken the American people
years instead Of months to get
rid of the evils Of Prohibition.
1t would have been much
easier for organized minorities
in the several States which
are still opposed to. the repeal
of prohibition to work their
will with the State legislatures
and delay ratification of the
Repeal Amendment.
The superiority of the State
convention method of ratifying
an amendment to the Federal
Constitution, as Postmaster Gen.
eral Farley has pointed out, lies
in the fact that it gives "the
whole voting population Of the
States a chance to have their
will" about one of the most
vital duties which an American
citizen is called upon to perform
amending the Federal Con-
stitution.
Since it's adoption in 1889.
more than 5000 amendments
have been offered in Congress-
to the Federal Constitution.
Of these only 26 have been
submitted by Congress to the
States for approval, and only
81 of these have received the
consent of three-fourths of the
States required for ratification.
OF the amendments still pend.
ing, the only one upon which
State legislatures are still vot-
ing is the child labor amend
ment. Fifteen States have rati-
fled this amendment, and it is
being pressed for ratification in
a majority of the other States.
Had Congress prescribed the
State convention method for
ratifying the Child Labor
amendment, it would probably
now be in effect. Special inter
ests supporting child labor find
it easier to prevent action by
State legislatures on this
amendment than they would
to defeat it's ratification by
State conventions elected di-
rectly by the people for that
purpose.
Copyright. 1888, The Washington Times
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1933-11-07
Three-Minute JOURNEYS
By Temple Manning

flowery meadows. Rising out Of
the lake is the island of San
Giulio. Building rises upon
building to the summit, domi-
mated by a church and a one
time fortress. Along the shore
there are several little hamlets,
and fertile Alpine valleys. A
grand place at which to spend a
sweet, peaceful and simple holi-
day.
Beautiful Lago Varese
Another little-frequented lake
in the group is Lago VareSe,
although it is set in lovely
country right in the heart of
the Italian lake district. Ware
setto is beautiful with it's I'M
dulating, fertile countryside Of
meadows, hills, woods and lit
tie lakes of which Varese is
the largest, about seven miles
long and two in width.
The lake is seen at it's best
from above and at a distance.
In the town there are three
big hotels, as the district is
popular with Italians. Each
hotel is on a different hill, each
commanding beautiful views Of
the lake and the Alps beyond.
All around are fields actually
carpeted with flowers. AS a
change from the simple life.
there is a perfectly grand
Casino with theater, bathrooms,
cafes and a concert Rnall. Dur
ing June there is Very smart
race meet.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1933-11-07
Two Methods

AS the late James Bryce
tells us in the American Com
monwealth, "the men who sat
in the Convention of 1877 were
not sanguine enough, like some
of the legislating sages of an
tiquity, or like such imperial
codifiers as the Emperor JUS
tinian, to suppose that their
work could stand unaltered for
all time to come"
The trainers of the Consti-
tuition wisely provided in Ar
ticle V two methods of franz
ing and proposing amendments.
l. Congress by thirds
vote in each House may pre-
pare and propose amendments.
2. The legislatures of two
thirds of the States may re-
quire Congress to convene a
constitutional convention.
The two methods of enacting
amendments set forth in Ar
ticle V are:
l. The legislatures of three
fOurths of the States may
ratify any amendment sub
mitted to them.
2. Conventions may be called
in the several States, and
three-fOurths of these cOnven-
fiooS NAV ratifv
Whenever the Constitution
has been amended, the amend
ment has been prepared and
proposed by Congress. No draft
ing convention of the several
States has ever been summoned.
When the Constitution itself