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The Washington times., 1933-02-21
Room for Improvement
The Senate and The District

with feeling of hope that the people Of the District turn
to the Senate takes up the local appropriation bill
There is every to believe that the Senate will its
best efforts to eradicate the of the greater
absurdties found in the bill as it passed the House.
The House itself improved the bill greatly the monstro
ity which emerged from its Appropriations Committee
The BILL however is far from satisfactory
First of all there glowing nequty to be found in the
item covering the Federal Governments share Of the cost OF
maintaining the National Capital.
The Senate record for fair dealing this question and
It to be expected record will be preserved by increasing
the totally unfair figure of $65OOOOO provided IN the house
There are hundreds smaller but still very important items
In the bill which require improvement at the hands OF the
Senate.
The school appropriations particularly stand in need OF
remedial treatment.
The bill in its present form would work rrevocabe harm to
the school system would virtually put stop to all consruc
ton and would inevitably bring back the ramshacke portable
buildings and the deplorable part-time classes.
There should also reasonable treatment the part OF the
Senate of the covering the municipal hospitals the Tuber
cuosis Hospital Gangr Hospital These institutions would
find their activities greatly curaed under the appropriations
allowed by the House.
Senator Hiram Bingham and his colleagues the District
subcommittee of the Senate Appropriations Committee have
in the past that they believe in the proper main
tenance of the local Government.
On this occasion they undoubtedly at disadvantage IN
getting the District bill so late in the session.
But the city confident that they will do the right thing in
handling the
The debates on the District bill in the House showed Wash
ngtonans that they have many friends in that body friends
who consistently fought make decent piece legislation out
Of the bill reported Representatives Cannon and Banon
To those friends the District its deep appreciation
SPECIAL praise is due Representative Smith of Virginia. Repre-
sentative Simmons Representative Norton and Representative
Holiday.
The Washington times., 1933-02-21
States Interests
Often Clash

Had it been understood in
the beginning that the Fed
eral Government would as
sumo the power to regulate
Or dictate the legislation Of
the States in this manner,
there never would have been
Constitution. Even in 17S6,
with the thirteen States
along the seaboard, states
men understood that differ
ences in the habits and GUS
toms of the people would
make it impossible for a
central power to impose one
common standard in social
matters on all the people.
Today the nation reaches
from sea to sea, and the GUS
toms in New York may not
be those in Colorado.
That which made us a
great nation was that the
Federal Government was
limited to functions natur-
ally national, and the State
governments were left to
the regulation of domestic
problems.
If some States wish prohi-
bition under the provisions
of the proposed repeal, they
may have it by their own ac-
ton; and the Federal Govern.
ment will protect thcm IN
that right.
The Washington times., 1933-02-21
ONCE OVERS
Driving and Drinking


The young fellows are not
alone in spirit of reckleSsness
in driving home late at night
from social occasions of some
kind.
It is surprising how men of
mature years, old enough to
know better, will tempt fate,
especially if liquid refresh
ments have been imbibed.
The man who considers him.
self a good driver is the most
confident of his ability to drive
when he has partaken of alco-
holic drinks.
If the owner of the car, he
is sure to insist upon driving,
Notwithstanding those less af-
fected may be more capable of
plotting the crowd.
1t is that alcoholic drink that
ruins the good judgment of an
otherwise careful driver.
Some men don't need to take
much before they become un-
steady in hand and. uncertain
in measuring distances and a
menace to traffic and to their
companions.
You would think that men Of
good sense and just ordinary
mentality would be intelligent
enough to recognize the risk
they take when they attempt
to drive after a drink.
This is a good question to
put to yourself if you drink
even q little.
Copyright, 1885, King Features
Syndicate, InG)
The Washington times., 1933-02-21
Regulation of
Issue by States

Senator Borah is concerned
over the regulation after re-
peal; and implies that it can
not safely be left to the
States. Senator Wagner re-
plies that we must have con-
fidence in the State govern
ments. And he adds:
1--WE have confidence in
our State governments to ad-
minister justice, to provide
for the national defense, to
provide for the education of
their children, to protect
their people against crime
and criminals"
This recalls an argument
Of 1872 years ago when the
Jeffersonians repealed the
judiciary act Of the Adams
administration, enacted after
the overthrow Of the Fed
eralists for the purpose Of
continuing control of Gov
ernment despite the people
through Federal courts, and
to- furnish jobs for lame duck
Federalists. The argument
then was heard that the
State courts were not depend
able; that men could not get
justice in these courts.
1t depended upon what
kind of justice.
But the Jeffersonians went
ahead and took the chance,
and the nation never has had
occasion to be sorry for it.
The Washington times., 1933-02-21
WISE WORDS

The smallest act of charity
shall stand us in great stead
Atterbury.
Reasons of things are rather
to be taken by weight than by
tale.-Collier.
Innocence is very far from
finding as much protection as
crime.
The desire of being pitied, or
admired, often makes the
greatest part of our confidence.
A man greater than his mis-.
fortunes shows he was not de-
serving of them.
To cease hearing a babbler is
the sureSt way to make him
hold his tongue.
Science, when we'll digested,
is nothing but good sense and
reason.
The Washington times., 1933-02-21
LISTEN, WORLD!
BY Elsie Robinson

seconds and start something
else. No animal is as filled
with great schemes, or makes
as much noise about them,
as a monkey-and no animal
accomplishes less.
RESTLESSNEss ISN'T THE
SIGN OF A HIGH-STRUNG
NATURE. 1T IS THE SIGN
OF AN UNSTRUNG NATURE;
OF A NATURE THAT HAS
NO DEFINITE CENTRAL
PLAN; THAT KNOWS NO
CONTROL.
Restlessness is jungle stuff.
Control is civilized stuff. Any
ape can be, and every ape is,
restless. But only highly
civilized man can ride herd
over his impulses.
That is what civilization is
MANS WARFARE AGAINST
THE NGLE; MANS
STRUGGLE TO CONTROL
HIS OWN EMOTIONS AND
USE THEM TO ADVANTAGE.
That warfare starts for each
man when he is born. None
of us is born civilized. We
all start as savages-greedy,
excitable, inquisitive little saw
ages, utterly lacking in con-
troll.
Never satisfied? Never con-
tented? Always restless?
Quickly bored?
Sos a baby. Sos a monkey.
But a MAN battles his rest
lesSness. A man fights for
contentment.
Contentment doesn't "just
happen" People aren't "natu-
rally" calm and contented,
loyal and steadfast. We must
work for, war for, every form
of control.
No man can think or feel in
one straight line for five min
utes. No man can decide to
do one thing without being
tempted to do a dozen other
things instead. No human
spirit is ever 100 per cent salts
fled. Behind the steady hand
and the steeled eye turks. al
ways, the old jungle madness.
That's the way we're all made
LONGING TO LIVE AND
LOVE ALL OVER THE LOT.
And most of us still go
jungle. We spend our lives
Snatching at this and that;
crying one moment, laughing
the next; buying a red dress
and wishing we'd bought a
blue. And always dreaming
that, some day, We'll stumble
upon the magic combination
which will make us happy and
content.
But, of course, we never do!
WE FIND CONFINEMENT
ONLY WHEN WE DELHI
ERATELY CHOOSE TO BE
CONTENTED. AND THEN
STUBBORNLY STICK TO
THAT CHOICE. WE ARE
SATISFIED ONLY WHEN WE
MAKE UP OUR MINDS TO
STAY PUT.
PEACE IS NEVER ACCT.
DENTAL. NEITHER IS HAP
PINESS. THEY ARE BOTH
THE FRUIT OF DISCIPLINED
DECISION AND DETER
MINED SELF-CONTROL.
WE CAN FIDGET THROUGH
LIFE LIKE E MONKEYS-OR
STRIDE THROUGH LIFE
LIKE MEN. IT'S UP TO US!
(Copyright. 1888. King Features
Syndicate. 1nc.l -
The Washington times., 1933-02-21
Mrs. Roosevelt Will Save
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, soon to live in
No More Yacht

Mrs. franklin D. Roosevelt, soon to live in
the White House. is making White House plans that involve
cut of 25 per household expenses The number Of
White House will be reduced from 80 23
Many American housekeepers may think that %
than enough would think so after going
through the White House.
President began his administration by dscadng the
presidential yacht which probably will back
time Whoever has kept big yacht knows what that COSTS
There six servants little Filipino boys waiting in the
dining alone we'll whole of officers and
and burn The yacht Mayower sold and later
burned
Mr.. Knickerbocker who Investigated things
in Europe says Frenchmen that tell him There
in discussing the question of the French CAPACITY pay
French could last that would agree pay We
in precisely the position Germany in with regard
to eparatons Everybody knew that Germany could pay but
would not.''
Our European debt be NOT very valuable asset
Mr. Knickerbocker says the French man the street,
stresses the Importance of canceng Europes debt
of helping trade in the United States" How kind
There many American taxpayers that would ress the
Importance of COLLECTING the foreign debt another and
better way of helping trade in the United States.
What this country needs money and spending The
people can't have much either while Government national
State and city, takes everything in taxes.
For Mussolin, the sun never sets on day
Of barrenness The other day that he would
take all defense departments water and land Now he
tells 10000 representing 100000 brain workers. in sub
stance I want the cooperation of intelligence and learning
desplse the aroCracy of abstract unruitfu culture
The who merely suck knowledge like sponge suck
ing water giving out nothing does not interest Musson
The Washington times., 1933-02-21
The Hand that Feeds

SSA~ 4A~S@ASN SAAsSS - ~~N~S
Don't scorn the hand that
gives you bread and butter.
Because some folks are good
to you, don't be everlastingly
holding out your hand for
more.
It is possible to over-reach.
If you were more modest in
your wants and more grateful
for the little. you have, you
would get much more SYM
pathy and help.
The one who is always want
ing something gets to be a
nuisance.
Matters settle themselves in
the end, so you can't force the
issue.
Those you think unkind and
selfish may have a real desire
to help you.
But they see this disposition
to be never satisfied and they
can't see any end to what they
might have to do, if they fol-
lowed your desires.
So they sit right down and
let the matter slide and let
you fuss and fume, and you
think they turn a deaf ear to
your complaints.
Why, of course they turn a
deaf ear.
You always want more, or
you criticize what is done for
you.
Children are often that way
when their parents are doing
all in their power to help and
make happy.
The Washington times., 1933-02-21

G'AD NVDA1>0ON II a Way
about people. I can't stay
contented with my friends. I
get terribly fond of people and
then, suddenly, it all wears
off and I'm bored to death
with them.
"Of course I know it is be-
cause I have a high-strung
temperament. Some people are
like COWS; they hardly feel
anything. And I am just the
opposite; I feel too much.
Maybe I ought to be glad I
am that way, but it certainly
complicates life"
Sounds familiar, doesn't it?
You've heard complaints like
that before. Perhaps you've
made them about your own
"restlessness." Then consoled
yourself with the thought that
you were high strung"
If so, better get over it,
stranger. You're handing
yourself no compliment when
you confess to "restlessness."
Restless people aren't Super
Souls. They simply are un-
civilized souls.
Restlessness is jungle stuff.
The most restless creatures on
earth are monkeys. Like all
other beasts, they are at the
mercy of their impulses. If
they are in one place, they
wish they were elsewhere
If they begin to do one
thing, they weary of it in five
The Washington times., 1933-02-21
Modification Now
Would Mean Much

The passage of the repeal
resolution by more than a
two-thirds vote is a ray of
light; it shows that the
Democrats did not adopt a
platform to get in on, and
not stand on.
The immediate modifica-
tion of the Volstead act
would have a fine psyche
logical effect and something
more-it would mean a lot
to taxpayers, and that is
something to consider IN
these days. It would mean
jobs for the jobless. 1t
would mean the beginning
of the end of what has
turned out to be a veritable
nightmare.
The Washington times., 1933-02-21

THE action of Congress in
Il passing a resolution which
puts in motion the machinery
for the repeal Of the Eight
eenth Amendment marks
progress. If representative
government, if government by
party means anything in
America, there was no other
course. Especially was there
no other course for the Demo
Gratis. They had given to
the American people their
word of honor. They had
made a pledge without
equivocation. In convention
assembled, after due deliber-
alton, they adopted a plank
by an overwhelming ma
jority, and the integrity of
the party is involved in
making that plank effective.
But for the active and de-
termined opposition of the
Administration, there is lit
tie doubt that the Republi-
can convention would have
acted as did the Democrats.
For the unvarnished truth
is that the people have con-
cluded, on the record, that
national prohibition is not
only out Of harmony with
the fundamentals of our in
stitutions, but is utterly i'm
possible of enforcement.
The result has been a per-
feet saturnalia of corrup-
tion, and appalling expense,
and moral effects on the
rising generation that it is
just as we'll not to discuss.
The Washington times., 1933-02-21
Wire Tapping
Not Outlawed Yet

The House of Representatives did good piece of work
It inserted in the prohibition appropriation bill provision
to end wire tapping.
This particular form of snoopery has been the
offensive by-products of prohibition.
The sight of Uncle Sam in the role of eavedropper
probably done to enrage the average American citizen
than any other single phase of the entire prohibition farce
Wire tapping is depicable stealing and reading pri
vate letter and completely unjustified.
There is drter business in which presumably self
respecting Government can engage.
The House took cognzance of the public disgust with this
brand of espionage and deserves credit for attempting to em
nate it.
The Washington times., 1933-02-21
We Are Moving
Back!

The repeal resolution as
originally introduced in the
Senate proposed to continue
one Of the gravest objections
to the National Prohibition
Act. It never was intended
that the Federal Government
should do police duty for the
States; never intended that
the F ed eral Government
should dictate the domestic
policies of the States. The
vicious and destructive fea-
ture Of the Fig h t e en- t h
Amendment was government
al. The great question is not
whether men shall drink le-
gally or illegally, but whether
the governmental balances
designed by the wisdom of
the trainers of the Govern
ment shall be retained or
abandoned.
That is what Senator
Wagner meant when in
discussing the original reso-
luton, he said:
1T does not repeal the
inherently false philosophy
of the Eighteenth Amend
ment. It does not correct
the central error of ma
tional prohibition. It does
not restore to the States
responsibility for their local
liquor problems. It does
not withdraw the Federal
Government from the field
The Washington times., 1933-02-21

of local police regulation
into which it has tres
passed That equilibri-
um which prior to the
Eighteenth A me n d m e n t
was one of the functional
marvels of our system of
government is not restored
by the pending resolution. "
The elimination of this
evil feature Of the resolution
has been accomplished. We
are moving back to the old.
landmarks of ordered free.I
dom.
The Washington times., 1933-02-21
A Chastity
Failure

The effect of our mad eX-
pertinent has put back the
cause of temperance. 1t has
meant more drinking among
the young, mere children,
than ever before in history.
1t has meant more intemper-
ance among drinkers than
ever before. 1t has meant
the wholesale corruption of
public officials. 1t has meant
more hypocrisy than we have
ever known. 1t has made
normally law-abiding people
contemptuous of the law.
And among the masses of
the people, to whom the Con-
stitution means national pro-
hibition, it has meant the loss
of respect for that funda-
mental act.
Sincere prohibitionists who
honestly had hopes have seen
these hopes to be illusions.
As. Senator Glass, one of
them, has said, national pro-
hibition has been a CHASTITY
failure.
A sane people, fit to be en-
trusted with governmental
power, when once convinced
that a law is impossible Of en-
forcement and does more
harm than good will repeal
the law. They tried the i'm
possible in other nations and
abandoned it. 1t was time to
abandon it here.
The Washington times., 1933-02-21

Ten-SecOnd TalkieS
Life Guard: You're not wear
ing your own bathing suit to-
day.
Scotch Bather: No. The wa
The Washington times., 1933-02-21

S1IC WA4LCo'
People who
are contented
W i t h their
lot. I'm so
d f re Mt!
I'm n e v e r
satisfied. AS
soon as I'm
in one place,
I wish I were
in another.
If I buy a
red dress. I
wish I'd choS-
en- a blue. I
even + e e |
The Washington times., 1933-02-21
Matrimonial MARTYRS

Matrimonial Martyrs
The prize-fighter's wife who
was so jealous that she never
went to any of her husbands
bouts. She couldn't stand it to
see somebody else beating him
up.
The Washington times., 1933-02-21

The first prize for Holly
woods most restless citizen goes
to the movie actor who's tim
ing his seven-year itch with a
stop watch.
Copyright. 1888, King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
The Washington times., 1933-02-21
Repeal Resolution;
Back to Old Landmark
Bu Claude G. BOWerS

Party Battles of the Jackson Period The Struggle
America Jefferson and Hamilton" "The
Tragic Era" and "Beveridge and the Progressive Era"
The Washington times., 1933-02-21

Hollywood EgOiSts
The fellow who was so salts.
fled with himself that he went
out to the ZOO and congratu-
lated the Stork.
The Washington times., 1933-02-21

We're All RestIeSS-SO's a
Monkey!
She's restless; wishes she
weren't.
How I envy placid people,"
The Washington times., 1933-02-21

Take It or Leave 1t
Flattery is like peroxide. It
turns many a Woman's head.
The Washington times., 1933-02-21
MAYBE I'M WRONG!
By T. E. Powers
BY John P. Medbury

ter is pretty rough this after
noon and I might be drowned.
StrOlling Through CellulOid
Canyon
The little extra girl says
there's one advantage in being
dizzy; she sleeps like a top.
An efficiency expert is a fel-
low who can go into a movie
studio and show them how to
get along without everybody'S
services except his own.
When Ell Brendel went to col
lege, he didn't Felong to any
fraternitieS. He was too lazy
to let them rush him.
Groucho Marx has figured it
all out. He says that lack of
The Washington times., 1933-02-21

HOLLYWOOD, Cal.-An un-
employed actor at the Plaza
Hotel has checked into one of
the telephone booths. He said
The Washington times., 1933-02-21

he wasn't getting much sleep
in the revolving door.
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