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The Washington times., 1933-08-24


From the day you begin
punching a newspaper type
writer. you're warned that
people are sheep" Don't trust
them Don't take them seri-
ously! Don't ever expect any
real understanding from them!
Talk down to them! Give them
3 cents worth of daily chatter
and let it go at that!
Cynical? Maybe. But it's
dollars to doughnuts, stranger,
you'd feel that way too If you
could see all the proof or
had to stand all the punish
ment which a newspaper writer
must take. And yet-I'm tell
ing you again
I BELIEVE IN YOU!
And that's not just pretty
palavar. For Is years I've held
this job. For every h our OF
those IS years I've been buck
ing every variety of human cuss-
edness-including my own. And,
take it from me, it has been no
parlor game.
Running a column is like be-
ing one of those Human Tar
gets in a midway concession. =.
every nitwit and weasel along
the boardwalk has a chance to
take a whack at you-and does.
Dirty-minded degenerates write
filthy letters to you. Silly OLD
satyrs proposition you. M a d
mamaS maui you. PeeviSh papaS
lie to you. Spineless sisters sob
over you. Meddling old hens,
of both Sexes complain about
you. In short, if you want to
believe that the Dear Public is
a Sue h-n'- Such of -a-So-n'-So
you have 35,679,852 Good Rea-
sons. But still don't! In
spite of it all
I BELIEVE IN YOU!
And every day I believe in
you more. All those 35,679 1852
reasons to the contrary, not
WithStanding.
I BELIEVE YOU'RE REGU-
LAR!
I BELIEVE YOU R E
SQUARE,!
I BELIEVE YOU'RE CLEAN!
I BELIEVE YOU'RE KIND!
I ELIEVE YOU HAVE
BRAINS. AND USE EN-!
I BELIEVE YOU HAVE
HEARTS. AND RISK EN-!
AND NO MATTER w HAT
YOUR RECORD, 1 BELIEVE
THAT YOU REALLY WANT
TO MAKE GOOD.
AND. GIVEN THE BREAKS,
WILL DO I'll .
The Washington times., 1933-08-24
Fanaticism

His first convert was his W1fe.
All others jeered at him, Knocked
his fiery zeal. But faith over
came more than mountains IN
Mohammed's case. 1t came
nearly overturning the world.
Even in his lifetime a great
wave of Moslem fanaticism
swept westward, beating up
around the Mediterranean in
great breakers and finally 1t Ell
quilted Egypt and Spain ana
part of Italy, and rolled over
the old Greek Empire Whlc1 IS
now European Turkey and Bull
garia. Lo+
It reached it's crest on bat
tlefield in France when tne
great Frankish chief, CharleS
Martel, stood against it with
his yellow-haired warriors ana
broke it and rolled it back DuC
for centuries it lay in a sullen
backwater in Spain ana 1taiS
and southeastern Europe.
Some of the most heroic ana
brilliant annals of mankind are
intertwined with that grea'
struggle between Mohammeoan-
ism and Christianity-the MoorS
in sunny Spain and the story
~ 80 n1ho mira and of Gran
ada: the Arabs and Saracens IN
Ita1v. the Crusades, with those
long columns of tall white men
in armor flowing from Europe
tn nerish on the battlefields OF
the Holy Land-the Holy Land
of the Mohammedans as well as
of the Jews and the Nazarenes.
Aud it is a curious thing that
three great religious faiths, COM
prising half the population OF
the whole earth, should be CEN
tered down to this very day
upon a little stretch of territory
no bigger than the State OF In
diana. And so Mecca, through
all the ebb and flow OF the
power of Mohammedanism, BE-
came the holy city of the talth'
to reach which every Moham'
medan will sacrifice anything IN
the world.
(Copyright 1898. King Features
Syndicate, Inc.) q
The Washington times., 1933-08-24
The Human Side of the News
Mohammedanism Vitality Challenges Respect
.Bu EdUin C.. Hill

News from the Near East and
the Far East brings word that
greather numbers of Moham-
medans are making the holy
pilgrimage to Mecca, in Arabia,
than was ever before known
in history. Almost every ship
that puts out from an Indian
Ocean port bears upon its open
decks it's cargoes of brown men
and yellow men and black men.
They're all bound for Mo-
hammed's city to kiss the great
black stone of Abraham, win
the green turban of holiness
and insure their places in the
paradise that Mohammed prom
ised, the paradise Of eternal
gardens and houris.
At a time when many say
that all religion is suffering
from a decline in faith, from a
worship of material gods, this
news of the reSurgence OF the
faith that once overran Europe
and came near to wrecklng
Christian civilization is inter
esting and significant. After
nearly 1900 years there is a
vitality in the Mohammedan
faith that challenge respect.
Every day of the year 100000
600 men go down upon their
knees, face toward the East,
toward Mecca, and bow their
heads to the ground.
The Washington times., 1933-08-24
ONCE OVERS
Narrow Minds


Considering the favorable
start you had in life, have you
made good?
When you compare your ac-
compliShmentS with others
who have had more handicaps
are you not pretty nearly a
failure?
Yet you think you have done
pretty we'll because you have
reached a respected position in
society or in business.
Your parents looked out for
your education, favorable en-
vironment and gave you good
family standing to reach a
much higher plane than you
have attained.
So do not give yourself too
much credit for success you've
gained.
You need not feel that others
who are struggling along to
reach your standard are far
your interiors.
Is it not possible that you
think that those who have not
had the sort of instruction you
have had, have no right to as
sumo to hold the position you
fill?
If this is your idea you are
pretty Small-minded and there
are many Just like you. but it Is
narrow-minded, nevertheless. -
The Washington times., 1933-08-24

If the Constitution Of the
United States gave to the Presi-
dent the power to declare mar
tial law in time of peace, he
would doubtless be under pres
sure today to employ this dras-
tic process to rid more than one
metropolitan community OF
kidnapers, blackmailers, rack
eteers and other criminals.
Public patience with the or
binary processes of law is rap
idly waning where major crimes
are multiplying so rapidly as
to become a dangerous and dis
graceful nuisance not only to
the communities in which they
are committed but also to the
communities of neighboring
States which they menace.
Apparently, increasing pen
alties have little deterrent af-
feet upon these criminals be-
cause they count upon evading
penalties either by hiring skill
full but unscrupulous lawyers or
by intimidating or corrupting
witnesses, judges and juries.
Many thoughtful Americans
are raising the question whether
martial law would not be more
effective in exterminating the
criminals and ending the crimes
that continue to plague many
metropolitan communities than
have been the ordinary pro-
cesses of civil courts.
The Washington times., 1933-08-24

orite son Isaac and was about to
slay him as a sacrifice to God
when the angel Djebrail, as the
Arabs name him, the angel
Gabriel we call him, stayed his
hand. Many hundreds of years
later in that same Mecca, when
men had fallen away from the
worship of Jehovah, the one
God, and bowed down before
idols a clever man named
Mohammed came into the world.
He suffered from epilepsy and
was given to visions and strange
dreams. And in those dreams.
so three hundred million people
believe today and would gladly
die to defend that belief, God
revealed himself and com
manded him to destroy the
idols and carry over the world,
with fire and sword, the COM
mand that men must turn back
to the one God.
The Washington times., 1933-08-24
Genuine Friends

At times you feel like a misfit
in the world, or that too few
persons appreciate the good
sense, balance, and brain ca
pacity that you possess.
Not many have been willing to
overlook your idiocyncrasies to
the extent that they will con-
tinue to seek your society in
spite of the disagreeable traits
you may show.
Thus you feel quite alone, at
times.
No very close friends, and
none to whom you can Confide
your innermost feelings if you so
desired.
In the city you have more ad-
vantages and there are just as
many who can be depended
upon as friends, but the trouble
is to find them.
Find out what groups include
those of your age and lines of
education.
There must be college groups,
church groups, literary, or drama
groups.
Identify yourself with some
group you feel is stable and
reputable.
Go slowly and intelligently
about it, proving yourself worthy
as a friend and you will finally
meet those sympathetic to your
ideas.
The Washington times., 1933-08-24
Up to Governors

Unless the governors of those
States where kidnapers, black
mailers, racketeers and other
vicious criminals are getting pro-
lection today from crooked poll
ticians take the lead and use the
forces at their command to de-
stroy these conspiracies and
round up these criminals, the
citizens Of other States may soon
appeal to the President to exer-
else his right of speaking to
the Nation" on this vital subject.
Suppose the President of the
United States should explain to
the American people over the
radio some evening what martial
law is, and how governor by
declaring martial law in New
York, Chicago or Kansas City.
could not only clean up those
communities, but also stop their
criminals from preying upon
other States?
Suppose the President should
offer the assistance of the Fed
eral Government to any COVER
nor who, having declared mar.
tial law, needed Federal assist
ance and required it?
Such an address by the Presi-
dent would provoke the Ameri-
can people to serious thought
and if it did not provoke more
than one governor to timely
action the public sentiment Of
the Governors State soon would.
Copyright 1888. by The Washington
Times)
The Washington times., 1933-08-24
LISTEN, WORLD!
BY Elsie Robinson

But why do I believe these
things about you, against all
damning evidence?
Because. against all damnirg
evidence, I believe them about
myself! If you're a mean
proposition. so am I. If you
pull bonehead blunders--so do
I. If you've lied and ducked,
boasted, bullied and double
crossed-so have I. And yet
I'm betting on myself. And
some mighty Wise Eggs, who
know all about me, are betting
on me, too.
THEN WHY SHOULDN'T I
BET ON YOU?
The answer isl DO!
I believe in you. I'm betting
on you. I'm backing you-with
all I have. You've hurt me a
million times-but you've help
ed me ten million! For every
one proof of your cruelty, I
have a thousand proofs of your
kindness. For every evidence
of your stupidity, 1 can pro-
duce overwhelming evidence
that-taking you by and large
you've plenty above the ears.
Talk down to YOU? Never!
You've kept me hustling, TALK
ING UP TO YOU. LIVING
UP TO YOU. ever since you
took me on as partner. And
today
ALL THAT T KNOW OF
COURAGE, OF FINENESS, OF
BEAUTY AND HONOR AND
TENDERNESS. I'VE FOUND
IN YOU!
THANK YOU, OLD DEARs!
P. Sand now gwan!
Loosen up! Take a minute off,
grab the old pencil, shoot me
a line and Say-"The same, Big
Girl, to you!" Because-maybe
need a little buckin' up, too.
Copyright, 1888. king Features
Syndicate. Inc)
The Washington times., 1933-08-24
Martial Law With u. S. Aid
To Quell Gang Crime?
BIZ James T. Williams, I.

governor to give the people the
protection that only martial
law can provide.
Although the President can
not declare martial law in time
of peace, he "has the right of
speaking to the Nation by ad-
dresses or proclamations." This
right is not expressly conferred
by the Constitution, but as
James Bryce declares in THE
American Commonwealth" is
inherent in his position"
This right of speaking to the
Nation by addresses or procla-
nations" President Roosevelt eX-
ercised at the time of his in
auguration. Then he enlisted
the cooperation of the governors
of the several States to save our
banking system and public senti-
ment enthusiastically supported
the Presidents leadership.
The Washington times., 1933-08-24
Crime and Politics

Where organized politics and
organized crime engage in a
conspiracy to prey upon a COM
munity, martial law, with its
immediate convictions and swift
and drastic penalties, would
soon release such a commun-
ity from the grip of gangdom
and exterminate it's vermin.
1t is within the power of the
governor of a State to declare
martial law in time of peace.
This process has been invoked
many times in many States to
end disorder of one sort or an
other. This same process could
be invoked to rid any commu-
nifty of kidnapers, blackmailers,
racketeers and OF h e r vicious
criminals.
Where these criminals are
found to be in alliance with
corrupt politicians a NJ local
government winks at this collu-
sion, the appeal of law-abiding
citizens may yet be made to the
The Washington times., 1933-08-24
Daily Ritual

AS the call of the muezzlns
rings from the minarets these
millions raise their hands in a
gesture of alteration and cry
aloud, in a multitude of tongues
and dialects, the affirmation
and challenge that links the
Mohammedan world together:
"Allah II Allah, Allah Akbar"
God is God, God is
great!" . All over the world,
as veil as in the Near East and
Far East, that chant is raised:
Never is the daily ritual
evaded or forgotten. When the
muezzin climbs the tower ana
greets tie rising red ball of the
sun with that trumpet call OF
the Mohammedan belief in the
one God and Mohammed His
Prophet, black, brown, and White
men repeat the words OF the
holy Koran, the Mohammedan
Bible, bowling down their heads
toward an old shrine crumbllng
into dust and rubble.
Their prayers, their hearts
and their very hope of afterllte
90 out to a black stone which is
the sacred shrine of the MO
hammedan world, the Kaaba.
Almost 1000 years ago the
shrine was built by a Syrian
peasant named Ibrahim. He was
the Abraham of the Old Testa-
ment and the Jewish faith, but
the father of the Arab race as
we'll as of the Jewish.
Upon a great black stone, as
goes the legend believed with
passionate faith by the Moharn'
medan world, he laid his taV'
The Washington times., 1933-08-24
MARRY-GO-ROUND
By T. E. Powers
BY Helen Rowland

It brings her excitement and
stimulating interests-ard long
days of dull drudgery. 1t
brings her travel, adventure and
contacts with interesting peo-
picard lays her open to the
painful attentions of bores and
hangers-on and autograph col
lectors.
If she succeeds, it brings her
plaudits and admiration and
front-page publicity-and envy
and gossip and petty persecu-
tions from the small fry.
It brings her many chances
to marry and, sometimes, sew
eral marriages.
But it does not bring her
HAPPINESS!
A woman may find happiness
in spite of her success-but
never because of it.
The humblest little newly
wed, sewing on baby's guimpe
or shopping for a basslnet'
enjoys a keener thrill than the
most popular prima donna bow
ing to the Golden Horseshoe.
The simplest little housewife,
hemming a pair of gingham
curtains for her kitchenette
gets a bigger kick out of her
task than the most brilliant
novelist laboring over a chapter
of her next best-seller.
A successful career means
the sacrifice of most of the
things in life that normal
woman's heart really Graves.
No time to play or to go to
parties or to do any of those
little things around the house
that every woman's fingers are
itching to do.
No time or energy to doll up
in the lovely clothes her hard
earned money has bought. Or
to run around to the beauti-
The Washington times., 1933-08-24
The Career-and the Woman
"A caress is better than a
career" is offered by Readers

Digest as the late Elizabeth
Marbury's philosophy for wom-
en-.
I never heard Miss Marbury
use just those words; but, well
do I remember her frank, blunt
arguments in favor of love,
marriage and domesticity for
women in preference to ANY
career, however brilliant. Yet,
Elizabeth Marbury lived and
died "career-Woman." To
her, marriage was "the best
career in the world"-for some
OTHER woman.
Just what DOES a career
bring a woman? That's a vital
question, today.
The best thing it brings her
is WORK-hard work, and
sometimes, the work she
WANTS to do.
It brings her the thrill of
achievement-and the bitter
pangS of failure.
The Washington times., 1933-08-24
You're All Wrong
And So Were We

you these questions correctly you
than Einsten:
/. Which is farther west, Los Angeles Reno?
2. Is Jacksonville Fla, east of Cleveland, Ohio?
g. Is any part of the Pacific Ocean of New York?
Well you wrong all three.
Reno is 100 miles west of Los Angeles.
Jacksonville is west of Cleveland.
And the Pacific Ocean east of New York Arequipa
Chile
You verify these facts by the atlas We didn't believe
them. either. until we were shown.
The Washington times., 1933-08-24

clans and keep her face young
and pretty. Or to dig in her
garden or to dream over her
books. And not much time for
love or a huSband-or ANY
man!
Still, a "career-woman" is
born that way! She doesn't
CHOOSE a career. Her career
chooses HER. And success is
like a live wire; once you grasp
it, you just can't let GO, some
how. Some women were born
for a career-and some women
were born to be happy. Only
a rare few were born for both.
Copyright. 1898. King Features
Syndicate 1nr.l -.,4
The Washington times., 1933-08-24

lieve in the
people tn e y
W ri e, or.
And there's q
reason. No
one on earth
sees as much
human STU
pidity a n d
meanneSS as
o. A4N " ok<SSNA
W ri t er. No
one on earth
is d ou b ! e.
eros S e d as
often has
to take such
a be a t in g
fr0~ tho ~Nh
The Washington times., 1933-08-24
I BELIEVE IN YOU!

I believe in you.
Easy enough to write those
four words. Darned hard to
mean them. For newspaper
people aren't supposed to be-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-01-12
PAINTER GETS zoe AN
HOUR IN STEEL PLANT

CHICAGO, Ill.-The McClintic
Marshall Corporation of Chicago a
subsidiary of the Bethlehem Steel
Corporation, recently received a
small order for steel construction,
which gave few men three weeks OF
work or so at measly wages. The
painters, for instance, got 81 cents an
hour. The workers were notified
that piece work program would be
put in place of the day work, and
especially the painters will be paid
by the ton which really means that
starvation wages of 20 cents or %
cents an hour would be paid.
Now in painting steel structures,
bridges parts, etc. it is an almost
impossible thing to arrive at cor
rect timing of work for piece-work
pay.
The workers, because of their
needs, have not protested against the
previous wage cuts from rs cents an
hour. The painters have been work
ing overtime from Q to hours on
Sunday and holidays with no in
SlCdoC III Wd6Cos llC oPhuJ pulAApSAe
from time to time have to take hos
pital treatment for sickness derived
from lead poison entering their sys-
tenn, and running their health, and
not due to other causes that they
are led to believe by the paid scabs
of the bosses. This lead poisoning
is killing them. They don't realize
it. And the bosses do not attempt
to use safe methods from the mil
lions of dollars they have accumu-
lated from the sweat and health of
these workers.
They are sucking the blood of
these workers now by their proposal
to pay by piece work, When the
spray painters are unable to work,
the hand painters are driven every
minute Of the day in order to get the
same amount of work out as the
spray machines.
These workers must be organized.
they should protest against the use
of the spray machines, because this
work is done out in the open air
where no device can be used to pre-
vent the lead from entering their
whole body. They should demand
that all material be hand painted.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-01-12
GERMAN .JOBLESS.
IN BIG INCREASE.
(Cable By Inprecorr)

BERLIN, Jan. ll.-Oficial Ger
man figures show unemployment in
creased by 10000 during the second
half of December. now totalling
100000 plus about 100000 unre-
gistered unemployed.
The speech of the labor provision
minister yesterday before the Reich
stag Committee shows that the gov
eminent work provision plan will
provide, at the utmost, 100000 with
temporary work.
Bury Victim of Fascist.
Erich Hermann, Communist work
er murdered by Fascist Osthof, was
buried yesterday. The murderer has
been arrested and has confessed the
crime
Tens of thousands of workers, in
Guiding thousands of disciplined de-
tense detachments of the Anti
Fascist League, and a large detach-
ment of uniformed Reichsbanner
followed the coffin.
The coffin was lowered into the
grave following the speeches of rep
resentatives OF workers. Flags OF
various organizations, wreathed with
crepe, were lowered and the Inter
national sung as the coffin was
placed into the grave.
New Fascist Terror.
Yester-eve new Fascist terrorist
acts broke out About 300 attacked
an anti-Fascist meeting in Fried
richshain, but were energetically
repulsed, although the attackers
used tear-gas bombs, corrosive sub
Innate and other dangerous chemi-
Gals.
Fascists waylayed workers on the
streets, seriously stabbing two Com
munist brothers Hillerduss.
The police finally batoned the
Fascists, but received revolver fire,
which was returned, but none were
wounded.
Fascist anlbushes took place in
other parts Of the city resulting with
several workers being seriously
wounded.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-01-12
DEMAND CHILDREN
BE FED IN PHILY
Demonstration Called
for This Saturday

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 1l.-Thou-
sands of hungry children and their
unemployed and part-time Phila-
delphia parents will march this Sat
urday, Jan. IA, to the Board of Edu-
cation, 21st and Parkway, and de-
mand "free food in the schools and
shoes and clothing"
The children and their parents
will gather Saturday morning at 1920
a. m. at Reyburn Plaza, where an
open-air meeting will be held, and
from there march to the Admins
tration Building, where they will
present the thousands of petitions
they have collected to date.
The demonstration is sponsored by
the Conference for Free Food and
Clothing for the Children of the Un-
employed, with offices at 919 Locust
st. The march was endorsed by the
last meeting of the Conference, held
the past Saturday at IT'S N. 9th St,
at which over 20 organizations
through their delegates demanded
immediate action.
Conference Exposes Child Misery.
Facts were produced at the Con-
ference proving to the gathering
of delegates that about 100000
school children in Philadelphia suffer
from undernourishment. Governor
Clifford Pinchot was quoted to this
effect. Previous examinations by
doctors revealed that in working
class neighborhoods over go per cent
of the school children are suffering
from malnutrition.
Child Misery to Be Exposed Az
Hearings.
A series of public hearings, TO ex-
pose child misery, will take place
throughout the city on Thursday,
Jan. 10, at pm, at 1891 N. Frank
lin ST., 290l N. Orkney ST., 3e2 ~. 65th
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