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The Washington times., 1933-01-04
Consider the Merits
Arbitrary Figure Threatens District

The House this week takes up the District appro
praons with Justice clouded by demands for economy
In the preparation of the local appropriation bill for the
coming fiscal year be feared that the District sub
committee of the House Appropriations Committee will be
more in making paper saving than in preserving
an equitable fiscal relationship between the Federal Govern
nent and its National Capital.
As the subcommittee prepares to open hearings on tne
appropriation bill it is freely predicted that will again
recommend that the Federal contribution be limited to
$6,000,000
The fact that predictions confidently be made
in advance of the hearings indicates that the subcommittee
does not intend study the merits of the question
It plain that the group intends merely to accept an
arbitrary figure and endeavor to force tnat figure oug
the House and the Senate.
The Se0oo0Oo figure takes its only color of propriety
from the Mapes report That color extremely pale for
the Mapes report demonstraby biased and unfair.
The extent of this readily be by the fact
that not one recommendations has yet issued from
the Senate Committee to which they were sent after
approval by the House.
Another that the House does not intend to stand
by Mapes recommendation the fact that 1t accepted
the figure of $7750OO for appropriation bill
Still members of District subcommittee insist that they
will be carrying the will of the House in reporting
Federal contribution of only $6,00O,000.
The $75ooO although than the subcommittee avors
is still not an adequate share for the Federal Government
to bear in the maintenance Of the Capital ~
When figure accepted by friends of the District
for the current appropriation bill was emphasized tnat
its acceptance purely temporary
The amount accepted by friendly Senate Tor no
other reason the the District bill came
up in that body the Senate acting under policy OF
reducing appropriation bills by 10 cent in an effort
to demonstrate willingness curta Federal expenditures
That policy forbade any consideration Of the merits OF
individual appropriations It prohibited intelligent financial
legislation. , d..
not until after played havoc with several approprla
tion bills.
The people the District ask only justice in the prepara-
tion of the local appropriation bill They do not seek to
avoid the necessary burdens of citizenship
They urge the subcommittee consider the facts
In relation to the fiscal problem and deal with them accord
ing to their merits
The Washington times., 1933-01-04
A Job for Hercules
The Economy Act Again

The Senate Economy Committee before it concludes its de-
beraons upon the economy provisions of the Treasury Post
office appropriation BILL should strive wipe the black
mark which Congress has its record result of app
cation of the wage cut to the poor who few
dollars shovelng snow here recently.
No incident has occurred to show clearly the unw
dom of the economy provisions than the cutting of few
cents off the of each of the who found
bit of employment by digging the city of the banks
congressman will tell you that when they voted for the
economy act they had intention of robbng these of
their few pennies.
That just the trouble with most of the provisions of the
act They have not worked out the way Congress intended
they should.
II the Senate group make the economy provisions work
inteligently they will have performed task rvang the
cleansing Of the Augean stables.
The Washington times., 1933-01-04

If nODAHNCOAN
Dear Miss Robinson:
I'd like to know WHERE
HAVE ALL THE GENTLEMEN
GONE TO? And whose fault is
it that they seem to have dis
appeared?
My mother and I both think
that modern men don't COM
pare at all with the men OF
dads youth. Men used to show
courtesy to women. If you met
one you knew on the street, or
in an elevator. he didn't Just
make a motion toward his
noble brow-he took off his hat
and bowed. If you went on a
street car, you got a seat. If
woman came into a room
where men we're sitting, they
got up until she was given a
chair, as gentlemen should.
BUT NOW! WELL, GO
ANYWHERE WHERE A
BUNCH OF MEN ARE SIT
TING AROUND, AND WHAT
HAPPENS? NOTHING! They
just act as if you weren't there
or weren't a woman. They
treat women just like one of
themselves. No one ever thinks
of showing you any special
courtesy, as they did in the old
days. just because you're a
woman. I think it's AWFUL.
I just wonder what ails
them. Sometimes I think it's
the women'S own fault. They
WOULD be independent. They
WOULD insist on being "One
of the Fellows" and they GER
tainly are! Independent enough
to do everything for them
selves and to be treated just
too common for anything! It
makes me furious, and I think
someone should do something
about it! Don't you think the
women made a mistake when
they let themselves in for such
treatment? LOTTTE.
Have women made a mis-
take? They certainly have.
Their chief one being this
classic idea that WOMEN
The Washington times., 1933-01-04
ONCE OVERS

You have cenSured' certain
persons you know for their
stingineSs, for what you class
as their lack of loyalty, because
they have not contributed lib
orally toward charity funds and
other Embarrassing enterprises.
You think these folks well-to-
do because they own much pr ~
erty so far as you and the out
side world can see.
You do not know how much
they owe on their holdings.
You do not know how much
The Washington times., 1933-01-04
Nothing Has Been
Done in 1882

Looking back upon the
dead year, we find that
nothing has been done nor
seriously attempted beyond
the putting on of patches
temporarily to save our
house from utter ruin. We
have been temporizing with
fate. No real reforms in gov
ernment have been wrought.
Nothing actually has been
done to remove the cancer
that is eating at our vitals.
We have been content, or
rather, government has been
content, merely to apply
remedies to assuage the pain.
We have been so accustomed
to the futile happiness of a
fools paradise.
The moratorium accom-
plished nothing; it seems to
have made matters worse.
The creation of the Recon-
struction Finance Corpora
tion merely meant the plac-
ing of props to prevent the
collapse of banks and great
institutions whose fall would
have meant an enormous
spread of human misery.
Nothing else has been done
that will require a paragraph
in history so. years hence.
We are as. a boat drifting
aimlessly, without plan, upon
the waters in a storm.
The Washington times., 1933-01-04

A NOT HER year has
IA passed to history, and
never, so long as the sun
shines, will any American
look back upon it without
a shudder. 1t has been a
year of tragedy, and very
few American homes have
not been visited. Down
through the generations will
sound the dead years dread
full tread of millions of job
less men. Ruin has come to
hundreds of thousands who
only a little while ago felt
secure from economic pres
sure. Hundreds of thou
sands of farm hqmesteads
have passed through the
court of bankruptcy to
other hands. Hundreds of
thousands Of the working
class, saving their money
against the proverbial rainy
day, have found their saw
ings swept away in bank
failures in the midst of the
rain.
The result has been that a
greater portion of the people
have thought seriously on
poll tt les and government
than ever before in our ma
tional life. Millions have ex-
cused themselves from pom
dering public governmental
problems on the false theory
that government is some
thing apart from their lives.
They know better now.
And the result has been a
revolution in our political
thinking "a revolution as
fundamental in it's meaning
as that which was ushered
in with the triumph of
democracy in 1900 when
jefferson was swept into
power. AS significant, if
not more significant than
that which came with the
victory of Andrew jackson
in 1928.
Just what the meaning of
this present upheaval is to
be is with tomorrow.
But one thing we must
face-our present institu-
tions, our social system, the
capitalistic system cannot
survive many more years
like that which happily is
ended.
The Washington times., 1933-01-04
LISTEN, WORLD!
SHOULD BE TREATED DIFF
FERENTLY AND MORE DELI
CATELY THAN MEN.
BY Elsie Robinson

FERENTLY AND MORE DELL
CATELY THAN MEN.
That statement will doubtless
jar many a feminine sensibility.
But suppose we girls stop being
Jared, and use our heads for
a change. Just WHY, when
we get right down to brass
tacks, should women expect to
be Treated Special simply be-
cause they are females? After
all, human makin's are all the
same. regardless of sex: and
female makin's are no finer or
more sacred than male.
There is, it is true, a divine
spark in all our mortal dust.
But there's just as much Of
that spark in a man as there
is in a woman. AND THERE'S
NO MORE REASON FOR "A
MAN TO TAKE OFF HIS HAT
TO A WOMAN, OR GIVE HER
HIS SEAT, THAN THERE is
FOR A WOMAN TO ACCORD
SUCH COURTESY TO A MAN.
AS a matter of fact, the
only REAL courtesy man can
show a woman is to treat her
as he would wish to be treated
himself-to give her the same
break legally as he gives him.
self. Grandpa bowed and
scraped to Grandma, and filled
the local columns with poems
in her praise. But when it
came to practical action, his
attitude toward females wasn't
so pretty.
IN HIS LAWS HE RATED
HER LITTLE ABOVE HIS
CATTLE. HE DENIED HER
PROPERTY RIGHTS AND
EDUCATION; DENIED EVEN
HER RIGHT TO RETAIN HER
OWN CHILD.
When Chivalry was in its
tancieSt flower a man could
light here in these United
States-will away his unborn
child. install his mistress under
the same roof with his wife,
beat his wife when she dis
pleased him-and. whatever the
provocation, the lady had no
redress.
Grandma might have had all
'the romantic gestures but, in
actual practice, she couldn't
call her soul her own. Those
Good Old Days may look like
a million valentines to senti-
mental females, but it's my
hunch that no spunky, twen-
tieth century gal would stand
for them for second.
IF I HAVE TO CHOOSE
BETWEEN SEEING A MANS
FEET ON THE TABLE OR
FEELING THEM ON MY
NECK-IM FOR THE TABLE,
EVERY TIME. I'd rather have
one hour of fair, $3.50 Equality
with a prosaic modern male
than an eternity of Chivalry
with a poetical bully.
But how about you?
CCopyriRht. 1888, King Features
Syndicate. Incl d" 4
The Washington times., 1933-01-04
We Have Been
Hatefully conservative

The dead year has seen
the passing of "conserva-
tism"- using the word in
the sense to which we had
become accustomed. Every
one is more or less radical
today. Men who love to
call themselves "conserva-
tives" have urged such rad
ical, revolutionary, unprece-
dented things as a govern
mental financing of private
enterprises to prevent their
wreckage. But government,
as it exists at this hour,
consoles itself with the
thought that it has not been
so radical as to carry this
semi-socialism to the masses
of the people. We have
been hatefully "conserva-
tive" in dealing with the
problems of the farms, and
of the unemployed. Through
private charity the National
Government has beer trying
to push back the rising tide
of human misery with a
pitchfork.
There are people who
think this can be done yet.
But these are not conserv-
ative, they are stupid.
The political revolution in
our thinking in the last year
asks only the conservatism
of common sense it demands
the "radicalism" of political
and social justice.
The Washington times., 1933-01-04
Eating the Fruit
Of That Tree

The futility and failure of
those in power has been i'm
pressed upon even the most
rudimentary mind. That is
the primary reason for the
revolution in a party sense.
But this revolution in our
political thinking as a result
OF the suffering of the last
year goes deeper than party.
1t is aimed at the theory IF
government which has been
prevalent among those in
power for a full generation.
That theory has been that
government is not concerned
with the average man; that
its machinery is meant to
operate only fog the benefit
The Washington times., 1933-01-04

interest they have to pay to
keep going.
If they should dispose of
their property now they would
not get enough to pay off the
mortgages.
Therefore they may be worse
off than you are, believe it
or not.
These same persons may be
contributing far more of their
income. proportionately. than
you are. ..-.
The Washington times., 1933-01-04

did a lady get
a better break
in the days of
chivalry than
she does in
the days of
equality?
Miss Lottie
L a W re n c e
thinks t h e y
are, and she
did. And I'm
going to let
her say her
piece, just as
S h e a n d
mama wrote
The Washington times., 1933-01-04

of the few at the top; that
government properly may
determine the personal hab-
its and tastes of the people.
We are now eating the
fruit of that tree, and it is
bitter.
The Washington times., 1933-01-04


wheresoever she liSteth and get
her whatsoever else she desireth.
Deny me charm and allure
ment, if thou must. But fill
me with self admiration. so that
I shall THINK of myself as a
siren and feel that 1 am 'fasci-
mating" and men shall be con-
vinced of it. And I shall have
no lack of admirers. For all
men accept a woman at her
own valuation. and she marketh
her own price-tag.
Give my wit the dullness of
a last years rhinestone buckle.
if thou so desirest; but let me
chatter clithely. in the BE-
LIEF that I am Scintillating,
and I shall not lack for hear
erS. And the dimwits shall
call me original"
BeStow upon me the feet of
a ploughboy. if it must be so.
But leave me the vanity to en-
case them in high-heeled satin
slippers, and to trip about with
mincing steps. and the world
will grant me "a dainty foot"
What though my shoulder
blades be sharper than swords
and my backbone a row of
The Washington times., 1933-01-04

lieve myself a beauty, a wit
and a man-charmer? For my
CONCEIT shall sustain me.
Go to. ModeSty is virtue
which most men never SEE
and few men prize. But con-
ceit is an asset, which hath
carried many a damsel to the
altar with the Big Catch" of
the season, and led many a
dumbbell to the seats of the
mighty.
SELAH
Copyright. 1888. King Features
Syndicate. Inc.)
The Washington times., 1933-01-04
A New Idea
Has Been Born

Out of the travail of tht
dead year a new idea has
been born. Out of the revo-
luton in the coming year
shall, and must, come radi-
cal, drastic changes in our
political, social, financial
and industrial systems.
The central thought is that
government must recognize
it's obligations to humanity
must serve men.
That the nation is not
composed of great corpora
tiors and financial groups
alone, but of men, women
and children.
That jefferson was right
in assuming that the primary
purpose of government is to
protect all alike, rich and
poor, in the enjoyment Of
their inalienable right of life,
liberty and the pursuit of
happiness.
And there is another idea
which dominated government
for II years that today is as
dead as Pharaoh s mummy
that government must step
aside and let the powerful
and unscrupulouS and greedy
in business work it's will.
Those who once preached
the absolute divorce between
government and big business
have been the first to rush to
government for assistance.
That assistance has been
given. 1t is being given now.
And by the same token the
average man is demanding
now that through govern
ment he, too, shall be pro-
tected-against the gluttony
and greed of an exploiting
class.
Unless that protection is
given we shall very speedily
have a moth er revolution,
which will go deeper than
anything many of us. dream
of now.
So the New Year starts
with a new idea held by the
great mass of all the people
1t means a complete change
IN the attitude of govern
ment toward the average
man. Out Of the revolution
IN our political thinking has
come a new President "a
new leader who has shown
himself to be in hearty ac-
cord with this new idea. Can
he and will he bring the
changes necessary for saliva
tion of society? OF one thing
we are certain-his heart is
right upon these things; his
intentions are the best; his
courage is superb; and we
have complete faith in his
capacity.
The Washington times., 1933-01-04
May 1888 Be Brighter
and Happier
- Bv Claude G.. BOIUerS

Author Party the Jackson Period THE Struggle
For Democracy Jefferson and Hamilton "The
"Beveridge and the Progressive Era"
The Washington times., 1933-01-04
Which Gives the Woman a
Better Break-Chivalry
or Equality?

Are modern men gentlemen
or just unmannerly males? And
The Washington times., 1933-01-04
Mrs. Solomon. Says

MESs SU1OuIUU. Gays
Hear now my plea, oh Fate,
and bestow upon me the One
Supreme Gift, which nature
and heaven have accorded only
to the few and the fortunate.
Yea, deny me whatsoever
else thou wilt, but give me my
share of CONCEIT. and I shall
get by" For modesty COM
mandeth the admiration of the
:: :: :: &: :: q; y; i e.
Ge|l}NI2
The Washington times., 1933-01-04

wise and the few. But vanity
and conceit carry a woman
wheresoever she listeth and get
her whatsoever else she desireth.
The Washington times., 1933-01-04
MARRY-GO-ROUND
BY Helen Rowland

knobs and mine elbows like unto
buttonhookS? So long as I pos
sess the nerve to flaunt them
boldly, shall be admired for
my "slenderness" and my sex
appeal"
Let me be more common
place than the lowly ash-can
and less distinguished than the
alley cat. But give me the
hauteur of the snob and the
aplomb of the four-flusher.
Yea, fill me with a Superiority
Complex, and the multitude
will be impressed by mine i'm
portance and dazzled by my
greatness.
What though my dwelling be
a one-room apartment, my car
be in pawn and my purse be
flatter than the last sardine
in the box? If I can flash the
latest thing in hats and wear
my clothes with the strutting
of a mannikin, and sport a
broad "a" I shall still be
among those present" in the
smart places.
Yea, verify, verify, though I
be palmer than Monday
boiled dinner and duller than
the Congressional Record, what
doth it matter, so that be-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-03-14

ing the past few years. He told of the number of young mems clubs organized and their athletic, social. educational and religious programs which were sponsored under the supervision of we'll trained advisors.
 Attendance at the Y the past year has exceeded all previous years. One day approximately D. 900 found their way there to enjoy the various activities, they being among the many youths who were unable to secure employment in town. Just the other morning, the speaker claimed that 1000 boys were at the Y before 10 o'clock.
 He delved into debating and lobby forums which seem to have found a most favorable spot in the hearts of young men. Interclub debating now is regular feature, IA of the clubs being represented by teams. Every evening at the forums, he added, at which many Rotarians have presided as judges each of the different clubs are rep resented.
 Clyde A. Jennings, who yesterday took over the management of the Hotel Elton and Rotarian in Hamilton, Ohio, was introduced at today's meeting, presided over by Lamont Hall.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-03-14
FUNERALS

The funeral of James H. Clar- kin, former owner of the Hartford Baseball Club. was held yesterday morning at the funeral home of James P. O'Brien. with solemn mass at St Joseph's Cathedral, Hartford.
 ARev John F. Hannon was cele- brant, Rev Andrew J. Kelly, dea- con. and Rev William F. Carney. subdeacon. Rt Rev Msgr Thomas s. Duggan was in the sanctuary. As a professional. O. F. DeVaux played, Poem Macabre"; at the offertory. 'De Profundis"; at the conclusion. "Elegy"; and as a recessionai, "Funeraj March"
 Those present included William F. Carey of Springfield. former president of the Eastern League: Arthur J. Shean of Springfield. former owner of tho Springfield Baseball Club, and Paddy O'COn- nor of Springfield, who managed the Hartford Eastern League Club in 1923. MT Carey, Mr Shean and Mir O'Connor walked at the head of the funeral party, followed by a delegation from Hartford Lodge of Elks.
 The Elks' delegation consisted of Esteemed Leading Knight William J. Roche, Thomas J. Winters, Rob. ert H. McGurk, Timothy J. Long. Matthew M. Hogan. Michael Lam- bert and James DeMonte. who was one of the group of men succeeded MT Clarkin is the ownership of the local baseball franchise.
 Representing the Hartford Real Estate Board, of which Mir Clarkin was a member, were Thomas F. Burke. James H. Keane. 'MArris H. Foley, John B. Murphy. Edward Newfield, Daniel J. Mahoney and William Mayer.
 The bearers were Malachi J. Ho-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-03-14
15O Gallons Of Finished Product
 Found On Premises
Capture Includes Vats, HOgsheads, Crop of Mash Outfit Filled Basement and First Floor of House, Having Capacity of 75O Gallons

A moonshine outfit on Walnut street extension experienced a total eclipse to-day when the forms of three cops cast their shadows on the doorway of a supposedly re- spectable two-family house. Erect ed within the dwelling was a big still going full blast. It had a capacity of 750 gallons and was filled to the brim. In addition to the still the police found two 5000 gallon vats with bumper crop of mash bubbling away and twelve 250-gallon hogsheads. About 150 gallons of finished product were found on the premists. One John Plochino, 38, of 49 Meadow street was found in charge of the prem ises and was placed under arrest charged with illegal manufacture of liquor.
 The still is one of the largest the local emergency squad has con- fiscated in several months. The
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-03-14
CHICAGO BANK DISTRICTS ARE
 ALL REOPENED
The Runs On Banks Were to Deposit Money and Not to Take It Out- Gold Still Coming Back

Chicago, March 14-(UP)-With Chicago banks reporting their first day under new government regula- tion as successful" financial i'm stitutions in IS clearing house cities in the seventh federal reserve dis trict reopened today.
 Deposits were greater than with drawals as runs" in the reverse order were registered at Windy City banks yesterday. State street merchants and others indicated the greatest buying since the pre- Christmas holidays.
 Two other developments held fi- nancial attention besides the grad ual reopening of banks:
 The resignation of Stanley Field, nephew of the late Marshall Field, as director and chairman of the board of the Continental Illinois National Bank and Trust Company
 Payment in full of depositors in the Security bank of Chicago and the Second Security bank, both of which are going out of business.
 Cities in which banks of the seventh federal reserve district re- open today include:
 Illinois-Champa Danville, Decatur, Peoria. Rockford.
 Indiana-Fort Wayne, Indianap- oils, Terre Haute.
 Iowa--Des Moines, Mason City, Sioux City.
 Michigan--Battle Creek. Detroit, Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo.
 Wisconsin-Green Bay, Milwau- kee. Sheboygan.
 Fields resignation as leader of one of the Hoop" banks resulted from his indictment February 27 in connection with the defunct corporation securities company. a unit in the toppled Insult financial pyramid.
 Field also resigned as a director of the Commonwealth Edison com pany and the Public Service com- pany of Northern Illinois.
 James Simpson, chairman of the utility companies, accepted the resiginations with the greatest re- luctance." Simpson succeeded Samuel Insult, ST, now fugitive in Greece.
 Deposits of $4,O0o,OoO were be- ing paid out by the liquidating se- curity banks.
 Approximately ss.Ooo, 900 in gold was turned into the Federal Re- serve bank yesterday.
 The Chicago Board of Trade and other local exchanges which closed during the banking crisis are ex- pected to reopen before the end of the week, it was said.
 Another protection, this time for life insurance policy holders, was taken when Ernest Palmer, state of insurance, order ed that companies operating in Illi- nois could not make policy loans or pay cash surrender values. Death benefits must be paid Palmer said.