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The Washington times., 1933-01-17

THE vote in the House on
4 the Jones bill for farm
relief means that it will not
become a law in its present
form. 1t was not passed by
the two-thirds vote necessary
to pass it over the certain
veto of the President. And
that ends this measure as
passed in the House. Numer-
Gus changes were made in
the legislative process from
the idea to which Mr.. Roose-
welt had subscribed in the
campaign. The fact that the
measure is something abnor-
NAL in legislation is not so
important. Conditions are
such that only through un-
precedented action can any,
thing be done for the
farmers.
The fact that the bill will
cost the taxpayers a billion
dollars is not so impressive,
since a billion has, according
to the most reliable informa-
tion we can get, been passed
on to the taxpayers in the re-
lief of banks and railroads
through the Reconstruction
Finance Corporation. Least
impressive Of all is the claim
that this measure, by increas-
ing the price to the con-
sumers of foodstuffs of the
farms, increases the cost of
living to the people in the
cities.
The answer is that the
farmers can only be saved
from utter ruin by the in
crease in the price of his
products; that anything done
for the farmers must be at
the expense Of the consumers
of the cities. And the justi-
fication for that is that until
the farmers are restored to
the purchasing class, the ar
tisans of the cities will con-
tinue to depend on taxpayers
and private charity for bread
because IF the lack of jobs.
We hold no brief for this
bill which is doomed, as we
say, by the vote in the House,
but if the people of the cities
imagine that 100000
people on the farms can be
restored to purchasing power
without increasing the price
of their products they are
imagining vain things.
The Washington times., 1933-01-17
LISTEN, WORLD!
By Elsie Robinson

that tiny, terrible world of inch
worms and antS-the grasSlStem
world, where life Squirmed,
trapped in darkness. For q
space it was real to meas real
as it was to any bug. For a
space its power over me was
real. I believed in 1t so thor
oughly that I did not question
that power.
Later, toward evening, 7
climbed a mountain. Not an
easy climb. Not nearly as easy
as lying in the grass roots. A
narrow, thorny trail through
the chaparral. But presently
I came out into the clearing.
Far below me the land
Stretched-far and far-tum-
bled hills, deep ravineS, small
clearings set like golden tiles in
the dark bronze of the forest.
Over it all, twilight flowed in
a quiet, green tide.
Many things lay beneath that
tide. Farms lay beneath it,
with the going and coming Of
men and their tools and herds
and their hopes and fears.
The forest lay under it, quick
ening now with the stealthy
night life Of the beasts. And,
somewhere, my little patch Of
grass lay under it, with its
mimic dangers that had seemed
so real and near from my bugs
eye view. !
ALL THIS LAY BELOW,
BUT, FROM THE MOUNTAIN
TOP, MY VIEW WAS so
WIDE THAT NONE OF IT
CLUTCHED ME.
I knew it was all there. I
knew there was ugliness there
as well as peace; but they no
longer filled my senses with
their terrible Importance. Be.
cause I was separated from
them by a healthy distance,
they, fell into their natural
place in the scheme Of things,
and I resumed my natural re-
lation to them.
Then, presently, the twilight
deepened into amber, the deep
ravineS flowed with wine, until
the land lay drenched in pur.
pie. And the sky, which had
been q brittle. bright film,
opened opened, veil upon veil,
into the dark corridors Of night.
And all about me like lamps
hung low along the endless
miles Of space, the great stars
ned-sapphire, emerald, to-
paz, crystal white.
And my mind opened, as the
sky had opened. While I lay
in the grass, with my face
pressed close to the earth and
the darkness, I could see no
farther than that earth. I
was bound by its dumb and
helpless terror. But now that
I sat with the earth below me
and my head in the stars, 7
felt that I, too, was an inhabi.
tant Of space, moving along q
free and endless trail-and the
little, Shiny things that lay at
the grass roots had no power
over me.
And it came to me that life
is like that. If one lay too
close to the ground-too close
to self and the little matters Of
Self-any trifle was a tragedy.
But if one chose to sit on a
mountain, no matter how hard
the climb, one rose above such
confusion-and took ones place
with the stars.
Copyright 1898, King Features
Gyn6icAkas xnA.A
The Washington times., 1933-01-17
Is England Going Dry?
There Are Signs

England where prohibition has not been allowed to inter-
fere with temperance becomes temperate each
His Maestys Commissioners Of Customs and Excise who
collect the liquor have just issued their report Tor
10332 It shows heavy decrease in John Bulls consump
ton of all alcoholic beverages-beer, wine and spirits
The revenue beer despite higher taxes it, dropped
$75000O0 from the preceding year.
The total quantity Of wine sold less by 6495SS gallons
and the total of spirits less by 15OS2S gallons while in
the period 80 disteries closed and went out OF
business.
Temperance to grow, when you give it chance.
Prohibition doesn't give it chance.
That is the worst thing about prohibition.
The Washington times., 1933-01-17
Taxes Drop
Not Here, Though

There is much talk about balancing budgets but bal
ancing.
The other day it announced that Governor Albert g.
Rtche Of Maryland had just sent message to his Lega
ture announcing ~ balanced budget for the year and
( reduction Of three cents in taxes every hundred
dollars Of assessed property valuation.
The way cut and consequently taxes to cut
them,
This great truth to have been grasped by the gov
ernment Of Maryland
appears be beyond the intelligence Of the Govern
msnts e the United States and other csa and States
The Washington times., 1933-01-17

nels, secret dens, yawning pits.
Monsters rambled along those
tunnels, coiled in those dens.
Monsters such as I had never
seen in life. Great, hairy,
spotted beasts; fanged serpentS:
creatures with malformed bodies
and bulging eyes: eyeless
horrors with gaping, bloody
mouths. And danger oozed and
clotted in those grass roots.
Death lurked in those tangled
shadows. '',.....s..
For long, sleepy moments I
stared at those horrors, as an
other bug might have stared. I
had forgotten my normal, man.
sized world. I had forgotten
the power and freedom Of the
life above the grass roots. I
was drugged by the power Of
The Washington times., 1933-01-17

salty taste Of
dirt was on
my lips; the
blades were
b arS across
my eyes. Not
very all
grass, but, ly.
ing so close,
it seemed as
high as the
forest, and as
filled W ith
mystery and
menace.
Before me
S tr e t c h e d
The Washington times., 1933-01-17

woman to hang onto a job
with one hand and to hang
onto the average skidding hus-
band with the other.
To most men, pulling out Of
a love-affair that has gone stale
or become tiresome is as re-
freShir~ as pulling out Of a
long, dark, stuffy tunnel into
the sunlight and air.
Real love ends in a. sigh Of
regret-infatuation ends in q
yawn of relief. But, by the
time you have found out which
1t was, it's usually all over.
To forgive your enemies is
no feat beside the effort to
forgive the dear old pal, who
carelessly lets the 10y Friend
know the original color of your
hair, gives away your reducing
The Washington times., 1933-01-17
Power Industry
Forfeited Confidence

The power industry is
quite right in its conclusion
that it does not enjoy the
confidence by its conduct in
the past. Confidence can
most effectively be restored
through governmental action
not opposed by the industry
itself. Perhaps the new Or
ganization which now dis
places the old, SO sadly
smeared by the Trade Com
missions investigation and
so thoroughly discredited by
its propaganda and lobby,
will now be glad to accept
the plans the new admins
tration may have for re-
forms. The public will as
sumo that the new organiza-
tion is actually something
new and not a mere alias
until it destroys this idea by
opposing legitimate measures
in law for the proper pro
lection of the public.
The Washington times., 1933-01-17
The Power Industry
Makes Concession
Bv Claude G.. BOuers

Of the Jackson Period The Struggle
Jefferson Hamilton"
Trago Era "Beyeridge and the Progressive Era
The Washington times., 1933-01-17
Finally They Had
To Yield

Sometimes great and pow
erful industries have to be
whipped to their own good.
The battle for a meat in
spection law years ago is a
case in point. The packing
industry had a bad name.
There was no semblance of
inspection. "The Jungle"
had shocked the nation with
its implications and charges.
"The Lancet" a periodical
in London, was publishing a
series Of articles calculated
to destroy the indqstry's
foreign market. But when
an attempt was made to re-
form the industry through
the meat inspection act, it
was ferociously fought by
the packers. Finally they
had to yield
The Washington times., 1933-01-17

A Bug's-Eye View
I lay in the grass. So near,
the green, sharp smell Of grass
filled my nose: the rough,
The Washington times., 1933-01-17

gagged to deliver "disinter-
ested" lectures in support of
the industry's policies and
theories. 1t was found that
n ewspape ers were being
bought at strategic points to
spread the propaganda of the
power companies.
That was some years ago.
Nothing was done for years.
Then things began to happen
within the last year. The In
sull collapse startled the pub
lie with its disclosures of ab-
solutely dishonest methods.
That was something the
greatest of industries could
not "laugh off"
Then Mr.. Roosevelt, in one
of the most notable speeches
of his campaign, had some
: thing to say about reforms in
the laws necessary to protect
the investing and consuming
public.
Mr.. Roosevelt has been
elected.
The time was overdue for
a reform in the industry; it
could no longer be put off.
What the Public
Expects
Thus we find in the new
code of business principles
this significant section:
"All statements and data
furnished to consumers,
stock exchanges and stock
holders, all information de-
signed for public dissemina.
tion, and all reports to gov
ernmental authorities shall
be accurate and clearly in
dicate their source.
This is merely a declara-
tion for a policy of common
honesty. Any other policy
would be dishonest. Mr..
Roosevelt indicated in his
speech that he proposes to
make it criminal. That is
what the public expects.
Thus before taking office
that speech of Mr.. Roose-
velt has had effect. But
in a matter involving the
vital interests of a hundred
million people it is not
enough merely to have this
reform in a code of business
principles. It must be in
the laws of the land. And
since the industry agrees
that something of the sort
is necessary it is to be as
sumed that the new organi-
zation will give cordial sup
port to Mr.. Roosevelt later
On when he turns his atten-
tion to these reforms in tho
law.
The Washington times., 1933-01-17
MARRY-GO-ROUND
BY Helen Rowland

secrets and cheerfully airs your
early history, under the i'm
preston that she is boosting
your game.
Unlike a girl, the average
man never cares to keep q
diary. He can trust to his mem
ory to recall all the worthy or
brilliant things he has done
and he fervently hopes that
other people will forget all the
rest Of them.
The "ten most beautiful
words" to the average girl are
"I-love-you-W ! l-you-m a rhyme
you-beautiful-thing?" A few
years later, the ten may have
been reduced to two-"Divorce
granted"
A woman may not be sure
that a man has done all the
things Of which she suspects
him-but she is always perfect
" sure that he WILL, if she'll
G}@5 !: - = !:
S&kR
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The Washington times., 1933-01-17
Skiddi..- Husbands

The old-fashioned wife was
often accused Of tying her hus-
band to her apron strings but,
nowadays, a girl can't even be
sure that she can hold a man
by her purse-strings.
And it requires the technique
Of a skilled acrobat, for a
Evening star., 1933-10-22
DR.. D0LITTLE TO RETURN
TO AIR TWICE A WEEK
Stories Born of Imagination of
British Officer in Flanders to
Be on N. B. c. Network,

That paradox of modern literature,
the kindly Dr.. Dolittle friend of ami
mails and children, who was born of the
imagination Of Hugh Lofting amid the
misery of Flanders Fields has returned
10 National BrOadcasting Co. network
for new twO-a-week series.
During the World War. Lofting, then
an officer in the Irish Guards, would
not give his children In the United
States any inkllng Of the horrors about
him. But he had to write to them.
and so the inimtable Dr. Dolittle was
born--a kindly soul who told the chill
dren Of his adventures with brave an
mails and Wanderings in strange lands
After the war these stories were COL
lected and published, ran through
% editions. have since been translated
into more than 20 tongues. and inspired
Hugh WalpOle. noted English novelist,
TO write; "GenluSeS are rare, and with
out being an undue praiser of times
past one can say without hesitation
that until the appearance OF Hugh
Lofting the successor to Lewis Carroll
had not appeared
Evening star., 1933-10-22
SHORT.WAVE RELAY &.
PROVES SUCCESSFUL:
British Corporation Sees Real
Future for Service to Colonies
and Dominions.

Six months Of operating the worlds
most elaborate radio broadcasting sys-
tem-the British Empire service-has
convinced the British Broadcasting
Corporation that short-wave relay
broadcasting to the colonies and domin-
ions is "tricky business" Yet the
scheme of sending programs from the
mother country TO Britain's far-fung
possessions is succeeding fairly we'll and
a real future is seen for the service.
This, in effect, summarizes the re-
port Of the director of the Empire
Service just received here Starting
with 10 hours of programs a day, the
Empire Service now broadcasts 14ls
hours day via short waves which can
be picked up directly on proper receiv-
ers, but which more often are heard
via rebroadcasts from local stations
| throughout the British Empire
The programs are sent out on vary
ing wave lengths and on different time
schedules, depending upon the point Of
reception Of the voices across the
sea" So far, it was reported. some
5000 letters have been received express
ing appreciation OF this link with home
and these come mot only from the
exile, but also from the man and woman
! born and bred is the dominions or COL
| onies"
At least year will be needed TO Sc
cure the numerous facts as to wave,
time. custom and other variations es-
sential to adequate operation of the
service, the director reports. He ad-
mitS that reception conditions are not
comparable with those of home broad
casting. In some places. he finds, they
are good, but in others. notably New
| Zealand, they are unreliable and there
IS a goOd deal Of work yet to be done"
Evening star., 1933-10-22
WOULD GET "PEDIGREE"
OF ALL RADIO STATIONS
Commissioner Lafount Urges Fed
eral Body to Ascertain Who
Controls Concerns.

A complete pedigree record of all
brCadcasting stations will be gathered
by the Federal Radio Commission if its
legal division recommends and 1t &C
cepts the proposal of Commissioner
Harold A. Lafount that all stockholders
and stockholdings in radio stations
must be fled with the commission.
AT present the commission knows the
names of the corporations or companies
owning and operating stations, but in
many cases it does not know who con-
.rolS those concerns.
While disc,aiming any intention of
linking his resolution with the
WMCA case. now pending before the
commission. which must decide whether
the New York stations transfer of pro-
gram operation to entirely new hands
was proper. Mr.. Latounts resolution is
nevertheless believed TO be an outgrowth
of that situation He wants the COM
mission to have in its records complete
information about each and every sta
ton. including its corporate data.
stock issues. list of stockholders as of
October l. 1888. their stockhOldings and
names Of all officers
Evening star., 1933-10-22
BATES AND IOWA STATE
TO DEBATE OVER RADIO
Bank Deposit Guarantee to Be
Argued in Resumption of
Programs Saturday.

Resumption of intercollegiate debates
by means of radio facilities of the
National Broadcasting Co., n feature
which met with widespread favor dur
ing the last college year. will bring
teams of Bates and Iowa State to the
microphone Saturday
They will argue the proposition
Resolved. that the American people
should indorse the principle of Federal
guarantee of bank deposits as embodied
in the national banking 0ct Of 1888,
The debate will be heard from 6 to
6:45 pm. The State University of
Ieya team. taking the affirmative from
the N. B. c. Chicago studios. consists
of Virgil Tracy Council Bluffs, Iowa,
and John Harrison of Oakland Calf.
The Bates College team in the N. B. C.
Boston studios, will be Frank S. Muir
ray of Auburn. Me, and Theodore 1:
Seamon of Lewiston. Dwight w Nor
row ir., as chairman of the debate, will
preside,
Evening star., 1933-10-22
Aviation News
BY JOSEPH S. EDGERTON.

@OAST aviation, adding
splendid record the Governments fesaving and law
undergo changes
- the future by virtue of the Governments public works
program
Bids will be asked for 81 apanes of smaller and
faster than the big which been
doing excellent service during the past two About November
a
cutters of which arpane carriers the of this type
in Coast Guard history New aviation bases also will out of the
program.
sphere activity
greatly result Of the expenditure public works funds Not
only will the flying service hitherto based with the
the shorebase aviation
Evening star., 1933-10-22

Specifications of the 81 new planes
have not yet been determined. With
maximum allotment of 81 1896 900 avail
able for this purpose, the cost Of each
plane, with spare parts and equipment
cannot exceed about $50 900. The beau
tiful big amphibians of the Arcturus
type, which have just been added to
the Coast Guard fleet, cost about $780,
GOO each. Consequently the new planes
must be Of a smaller type and probably
will be different from any now in
service.
Whereas the Arcturus class was de-
signed in every detail especially Tor
| Coast Guard use, it is probable that
| the new ships Will be modification ol
some suitable commercial model. They
must have good cruising range and
must be staunch and rugged, since
Coast Guard planes frequently are
called to land in heavy seas.
The necessity for the sturdiest pos
sible construction has been demOnstrat-
| cd several times in Coast Guard rescue
| work. The Arcturus, prototype OF her
! class. has Just returned to service after
: DtlIlS Ldtttitt ~ l4-sl'S '"Nel' "h.4tS -
paQed in rescue worl: of the Florida
/ coast Going to the aid Of a boy III a
! st0rn-w-acked boat, the Arcturus land
i cd in seas so heavy that her pontOons
were torn off and nearly $25O00 worth
of damage done, despite her sturdy con-
struction The youth was saved. In a
number of cases Coast Guard amphlb-
| ians have landed in rough waters TO
! take desperately i'll or injured men OIL
surface vessels and carry them to hos
| Nit oil
Evening star., 1933-10-22
In the Motor World
BY G. ADAMS HOWARD.

however. have the erroneous idea that
a low numbered, unlettcred tag carries
some prestige, and for that reason traf-
flc policemen Will overlook minor vio-
lati0ns of the driver of the car to
which it is attached. Police officials,
however, have instructed the traffic Of
ficerS to show no discrimination what
ever.
Issuance of the 1884 tags, incidentally,
Evening star., 1933-10-22
Plan Added Traffic Lights.

TRAFFIC lights probably will be in
L stalled in the near future at the
intersections of Eleventh and
Thirteenth streets and Pennsylvania
avenue Lights were nOv placed at these
intersections when the avenue network
was erected because EleVclth and
Thirteenth are both dead end streets.
A study OF the traffic movement on
the avenue, however, has convinced
traffic authorities that better CO.
ordination will result With lights at the
two intersections.
Evening star., 1933-10-22
Invent Noise for M0ngoOse.

Radio sound effect engineering often
taxes the imagination OF the experts,
Recently a SCRIPT called fer a battle be
tween a cobra and rCrg0ose. Sound ef-
ieCtS men contacted the Chicago Field
Museum ard learned that q mongoose is
cun.b Aad so the squeak of a rat was
substituted. because q fight without
noises could not be transmitted.
Evening star., 1933-10-22
Rush for Special Tags.

4 LREADY Washington automobile
IA owners are swamping the traffic
department with requests for spe-
cial 1884 license tags.
The principal demand. as in past
years, is for unlettered, low-numbered
tags. Why, no one at the traffic de-
partment seems to know
Most Of those who ask for these tags.
Evening star., 1933-10-22
Consider NJ Street Traffic Relief.
TRAFFIC and highway officials are
l giving consideration to plans ior

i GIVING c0llSlutldIloii W P,"'" -N
relieving congestion on M street
in Georgetown.
One proposal, and the one that Is
receiving the most serious attention,
is de;igned to make use OF X street
along the waterfront as a bypass tof
traffic using the Key Bridge. This
plan would involve construction OF
overhead ramps to Key Bridge, some
what similar to those leading from
Highway Bridge to the Mount Vernon
Memorial Highway.
Traffic officials have long struggled
with the congestion problem On M
street. The street was widened some
years ago. but that did not remedy the
situation. Then parking limit was
put into effect, and yet the condition
continues to be serious, especially dur
ing the morning and afternoon rush
hours.
1t was the hope of traffic officials
that opening of the new Arlington Ne
mortal Bridge would automatically
solve the problem. They thought many
Of the Virginia residents would use the
new bridge rather than go through
Georgetown. But Virginia residents,
especially those living along the Upper
Potomac in the vicinity of Cherrydale
and Falls Church have found it incon-
venient to use the new bridge because
of the existing unsatisfactory ap-
proaches on the Virginia side.
Evening star., 1933-10-22
WILL ROGERS RETURNS
TO AIR OCTOBER 81
Cowboy Humorist Follows Stones
Program-Revelers VIII Con-

IliuS I'LL
WI Rogers. armed with his old
alarm CLOCK ana head full of no
ttons on current affairs, is returning TO
the Headlncrs program for another
series Of SuaGay night breakfasts over
an n B. c. network beginning Sun
day. October %
The cowboy hGmoriSt will follow his
old friend Fed Stone. and the Stone
family, a the star Of the Hoadiiners
series. and again VIII be supported on
the weekly broadCaets br the RcvelerS
Quartet and Al G0ocman's orchestra.
Rogers. Wao viii t-lk about what ne
sees in the paUCrs' each sunday night
Tor sevora! weeks, opened the Headliners
series last Spring when he gave the
first six hrcadcasts. Later he was re-
called to the air for single brcadCasts
twice, once At tie request Of 10 men,
beyS OF the Senate
Evening star., 1933-10-22
Musical Legends Theme.

Musical Interpretation of the legends
NJ medieval times, rich in religious and
miraculous symbolism, has been chosen
by DR.. Walter Damrosch as the theme
to be developed and explained to the
older grade students of the country in
the second .oncert of series c of the
Nf4elc appreciation Hour Friday.