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The Washington times., 1933-01-19
Too Much Free Speech
And Some Other Things

Free speech is beautiful but let Senator tell 90
others "You shan attend business for which the people
pay you because I'll prevent by talking is pushing free
! dom Of speech too far.
may be necessary change the Senate rule that allows
ny Senator to talk long he chooses deliberately pre-
venting the transaction Of business.
Senators do not change that rule the people may change
fOr them. Some Americans although NOrhclffe said
Usually Every docile," are becoming impatient.
The Greek Government allows Mr.. insult to stay at
Athens because he isn't injung anybody and "bec0use he
engaged in any business that UOuEd take work from
Greek lUOrknen." >
There is hint there for this glorious country which spends
hundreds Of millions year. paying to that work
other countries instead Of spending the money for work
done in America by American workers BUY GOODS MADE
IN AMERICA
Small farmers in Vienna driven desperate by high taxes
threaten to drive 1000 head Of cattle into the city before
the House Of Parliament as demonstration Such
demonstration would worry Washington and add something
but not much, to Congressional confusion.
The japanese say this country lending millions and
sending arplanes and to China Mr. Grew, American
lent millions to China Let all fingers and hope
d true Uncle Sam ought to be through with foreign loans
for little while.
There is worry about the Farm Allotment Bill Those with
money left afraid the Government will take it away
do the French do it? The farmer who grows wheat on
arench soil gets $150 bushe while American farmers get
as little as 20 and 80 cents bushe the farm
Here to pay farmers better prices increases prices and
makes life in the cities It is hard to help farmers
without increasing the price Of food All very complicated
talking about the future and arranging it to suit
himself is like the Of steamer out Of water swift but
usually not useful
The brilliant Bertrand RUSSELL predicting 100 years ahead
in the United States Of 20SS Conquerng auocracy
Euling the world He writes in the Hearst Sunday
papers, in the March of Events" section:
81 see at least big before 2O32, after Uhich
there wiu be UUOrld government by the UictOr-
America. HOw long it OOiH take to achieve that don't
knOuU. think at first GUiu be by the United
States, exactly tyranny but controlling the rest
cf the IOOrLd as It does Ha-uDith American marines
planted there, suggesting OhGt is to be done.
"There Oiu be peace among the United States Of the
World because America SUW be making Investments in
Europe. To insure their safety, she OOuld insist
peace among her subjects"
Long before the year 2OS2 shall have arrived in the
ar and poison gas will have made it impossible for any
try physically to rule another.
Little Switzerland could destroy France, she
chose prepare apanes secretly and suddenly start inun
dating Paris Marseilles, Bordeaux and few other great
cities with poison gas.
The world day may have single government but
wiz be not government Of any race but government
of the Of human intelligence And that will not come in
IN 0nTaoN
The Washington times., 1933-01-19
Pocket Radios
For Police

British police reported time ago, expert
menng with pocket radio aid crime detection
Brighton highlands famous bathing resort Of
Dhe device in actual practice.
The set described by the authorities weighs b IL or
and fits easily into the breast pocket Of policeman coat The
rtAerial'' is built into the back Of the coat
Messages sent out from special station. Warning is
given by buzzer The policeman takes the of his
pocket and listens in The messages ordinary speech
The sets have effective range Of 10 miles city and
20 miles in the country. .'-..,....
Police radio in Washington and other leading
American cities and have proved Of the highest value in
ming down criminals Pocket SETS however, have not been
adOpted here
They worth trying successful they would multiply
ths effectiveness Of the individual officer many times
The Washington times., 1933-01-19
MARRY-GO-ROUND
BY Helen Rowland

you start a man going in any
direction, he keeps right on go
ing that way. He is a one
track creature. And it's going
to take a few years and a
great deal of ingenuity for
women to get men back into
the marrying mood, again.
The wild girls of the postwar
generation succeeded in ruin
ing the best lot of husbands,
potential and actual, that the
world has ever known. It was
the women themselves who gave
the marriage-minded American
man the perfectly new and
startling idea that he could take
marriage-or leave it alone.
That he need not take it seri-
ously. That he need not unite
himself from all the other
women just in order to tie him.
self to one woman.
All of which is very hard on
the clear-eyed young woman Of
today, who finds that she is nv.
ing only half a life-and doesn't
see much chance Of getting the
better half"
It will take time to undo the
rough work Of the jazz decade.
Apparently, woman, after a
swift whirl around the primrose
way, has gotten right back to.
where she started. She wants
a husband. A husband of her
OWN! Just borrowing another
woman'S husband may have
been the favorite pastime Of the
wild young thing Of the post
war generation, but it does not
satisfy the girls of today.
They are not content to be
just a little side-dish in a mar
ried mans life. They want to
be the whole feast in some
mans. life.
But, If ever their dreams are
to come true, they will have
to get out their little primers
and begin educating the men
all over again. And getting q
new idea into a mans head is
almost as much Of a feat as
refilling a non-refillable bottle.
The first rule is not to make
a bachelors life such a long,
sweet love-song and such a
The Washington times., 1933-01-19

Then slowly
she'll back to
the outer: bay
with a culver
along her
flankS like a
t in g in
leash. Then
t hree long
calls Of good
b y e q n d
she's off.
Out from
the harbor as
the sin goes
down, away
from the
hustle and din
The Washington times., 1933-01-19
Organized Labor
Forces Wages Up

It is quite true that there
is a fear among many
thoughtful people that the
drastic reduction in wages,
which drastically lowers the
American standard of living,
may not pass easily with
the crisis. IF conditions i'm
prove and prosperity re-
turns, are we quite sure
that wages voluntarily will
be raised accordingly Has
that been the history of the
advance in wages and the
improvement of the stand
ard of livingY If we have
read labor history Alright, it
has not. On the contrary,
wages have gone up usually
after a struggle. It has
been the work of organized
labor. And in this connec-
tion it is interesting to find
that organized labor has
lost enormously in member
ship and therefore in power.
The average employer, re-
ducing wages, may properly
be credited with no thought
Of permanently reducing
wages to a mere "sub-
sistence level"; it may be
assumed that the state of
his business necessitates the
reduction; he may be cred
tied with the best motives
il acting as he does. But
nothing is being done that
actually increases the pur-
chasing power of the people,
and without that there can
be no restoration of pros
perity. Just now, Of course,
we must patch the roof; but
we may as well face the fact
that the old house is too
badly shattered to stand
long, and that we must give
some thought to the build
ing of a new structure.
The Washington times., 1933-01-19

ditions are worked out by
the in d u S t r les themselves
there must be action or ac-
tive leadership on the part
of Government Does some
one say that if millions of
men are chronically unem-
ployed there is nothing to be
done about it by organized
society? That would be the
most radical statement we
can conceive. Society must
always solve its problems or
go under.
The Washington times., 1933-01-19
One Benighted
Industry in N. Y.

This, then, is a common
sense protest against the dis
position in bourbon quarters
to describe as radical" or
"red" any one who distinct
ly is dissatisfied with the
methods and organization
which are largely responsible
for. the unprecedented hui
man misery of America to-
day.
They who are satisfied are
dangerous radicals.
Some industries have an
enlightened view and some a
benighted one. The Consum-
ers League of New York has
just called attention to a be-
nighted one in a report on
the canneries in the State.
1t reports that in this indus
try the law is being violated
with impunity. And through
the violation of the law 80 or
81 plants visited were found
to be ignoring the provision
against over-work, and to be
paying women wages admit
tedly below the living stand
ard.
The Washington times., 1933-01-19
Back To Marriage

Back To Marriage
The marriage-minded girl Of
today is suffering for the fol-
lies Of the girl Of the postwar
decade.
Most girls are marriage
minded and want a husband
and a home rather than a
wild, free life" or even a
career" If you can believe
the results Of the Symposiums
in several women's colleges.
But American men, once IA
nous as the best husbands in
the world, are no longer mar.
The Washington times., 1933-01-19

Author Of Of the Jackson Period THE stugg
For America" Jefferson and Hamilton The
Trngic Era "Beyerdge and the Progressive Era"
The Washington times., 1933-01-19

riage-minded. They no longer
think in terms of engagement
rings, suburban bungalows, in
surance policies and perambu-
lators. They think in terms Of
free kisses, good times and
love without Shackles.
You can't blame them. Once
The Washington times., 1933-01-19
Real Conservative
Or Real Radical

And we must do that not
because we want extreme
socialism Or communism or
a plutocratic dictatorship,
but because we want to pre-
serve our political institu-
tions and are not in the
least convinced that capital
ism has outlived its day.
The real conservative man
sees the necessity for re-
forms in industry, in fl
nance, in government. The
real and dangerous radical,
he who under conditions
such as these, insists on
standing pat" And he
who would merely drift as
a moron. The only direc-
tion in which we can drift
is toward a precipice.
The Washington times., 1933-01-19
"BIue Peter''

It's twilight on the bay, with
the wind setting fair from the
west. An hour ago the old
French tramp ship hoisted the
Blue Peter from her mast head.
She'll be making for sea to-
night. For the last few moments
the pier will be covered with
Scurrying workers, h eaving
packing cases, casting off lines.
The Washington times., 1933-01-19

Unless the girls are fast
workers, it will take another
decade for woman to regain
her control of the love-Situation
and teach the Slow-thinking
sex that love is more than a
temporary dalliance; that mar.
riage is a privilege, not a
punishment; and that woman
was put here to be mans life
companion, not just a play
thing for his amusement and
convenience.
Copyright, 1879, King Features
Syndicate Inc.a 4
The Washington times., 1933-01-19
The RadicaliSn1
Of Reaction
BU Claude G. BOICerS:-


Author Of ''The Party Battles Of
For Democracy in America"
Tragic Era" and 'BeveridI
TN a prepared statement,
1Walter G. Teagle,. presi-
dent of the Standard Oil
Company Of New Jersey,
sets forth what private in
dustry has done to reduce
the number Of the unem-
ployed through the "share-
the-work" NOV ement
launched some time ago. On
the same day the Depart
ment of Commerce issued a
statement to the effect that
the movement is gaining in
favor and has been adopted
by 80 pei, cent of the en-
ployers and that 81 per cent
Of workers now employed
owe their jobs to the device.
Mr.. Teagle complains that
there has been some "de-
structive criticism" of the
plan; that some critics in
sist that the burden of TAX
ing care Of the jobless is
put on the workers and not
On the employers, and that
"the most radical 60 even
further in saying that the
movement is a deep laid plot
to get wages down to a
subsistence level"
Since we have commented
on the movement it is just
as well to repeat, not our
criticism but our obser-
vations on the nature and
effect Of the movement.
Plan Is to
Divide Jobs
The plan, as we under
stand it, is to divide the
jobs and the wages. An en-
ploye makes $40 a week. He
is put on half time that
another man without a job
may get half time. The
man who had been making
$40 a week then gets 500
a week, and the man who
had been getting nothing
gets 500 a week. This does
not impose any sacrifice on
the employer who pays out
no more money by giving
work to the man without a
job.
Now the employer cannot
be criticized under existing
conditions for not increasing
his payroll, for it is assumed
that he is employing all the
men necessary to meet the
demands on his factory. He
cannot be expected to oper-
ate his factory at a loss,
for if he attempts it he soon
will cease to operate it at
all. Nor can he afford to
increase the cost IF pro-
ducing.
The observation we have
made upon the plan is this
that while it saves the self
respect of workers out Of
jobs who prefer work at any
wage to living on the bounty
of charity, it does not put
any more money in circula-
tion. The $40 job still is a
$40 job-divided into two
parts. There is no increase
in purchasing power made.
From the viewpoint of hui
manity and necessity it does
it's work, but it does nothing
toward a permanent solution
of the most vital problem
confronting US today. This
does not mean that the plan
should be abandoned it does
mean we must look far be-
yond it for a real solution of
the unemployment problem.
A Valuable
Experiment
Out of it may come an ulti-
A
The Washington times., 1933-01-19
A Valuable
Experiment

Out of it may come an ulti-
mate reorganization of our
industrial system, since in
some of the factories the
working week and day nave
been reduced. We can see no
way to reconcile the multi
plying labor-saving machin-
cry with the inalienable right
Of men to work without a
reduction in the. work days
in the week and the work
hours in the day. Industries
resorting to these reductions
are engaged in a valuable ex-
perimentation. The truth is
industry, of its own initia-
tive, can work out many of
the necessary reforms with
out a resort to the compul-
sion of Government.
Is it radical" to say that
unless tn e reforms and
changes necessitated by CON-
The Washington times., 1933-01-27
BASEMENT DUE
7 T0.BECOME
CLASSROOM
Relief for TruesdeII School
0vercroWding Found;
Was PIayroom

The overcrowded Truesdell
School, Ninth and Ingraham
Streets Northwest, over which
much controversy has recently
arisen, will accommodate some Of
it's overflow enrolment in an i'm
provised classroom in the base
ment.
This was revealed today by
Robert L. Haydock, assistant
superintendent of schools, fol-
lowing a final inspection of the
school. Haycock and Jere j.
Crane, first assistant school
superintendent in charge of busi-
ness affairs, visited the building
today and made the final prepa-
rationS.
Congestion at the school was
barred before the District sub
committee of the House Appro-
priationS Committee earlier in
the week, when aroused citizens
urged that $95,000 appropriation
for replacement of the school be
put back into the estimates. It
had previously been stricken from
the budget.
The new class will be accommo-
dated in a part of the building
formerly used as playroom.
The Washington times., 1933-01-27

Real estate is practically being
confiscated by taxation, accord
ing to Rufus S. Lusk, real estate
statistician, of this city, speaking
today before the property man.
agement division of the National
Association of Real Estate Boards
at the Willard.
Referring to report pre-
Sented by Washington real estate
interests to the Senate District
Committee. Mr.. Lusk said:
"One of the most constructive
facts brought out by the boards
report was the relation of real
estate taxes to the income of
apartment buildings.
GOVERNMENT TAKES MOST
"The District government is
in partnership with every prop
erty owner in Washington, and
the government takes almost
twice as much as its share in
this partnership as the owner
himself receives"
Real estate, he said, cannot
escape taxes, hence gets soaked"
He thought conditions were much
the same elsewhere.
Henry G.. Zander, of Chicago,
speaking before the mortgage and
The Washington times., 1933-01-27
8 D. c. MEN GET
FOREIGN POSTS

Three washington men one of
them the nephew of the chief of
staff of the Army, were among
20 successful candidates in the
competitive examinations for ap'
pointment in the foreign service,
according to an announcement
from the State Department.
The local men include Douglas
Macarthur I'd, 1900 block Kalo.
rama Rd N. w.. son of the late
Capt. Arthur MasArthur Of the
Navy, and Mrs. Macarthur. He
is a nephew of Gen. Douglas Mac
Arthur, chief of staff.
The others are John Ordway,
100 block Thirty-fifth St. N. w.,
son of Col. and Mrs. Goodwin Ord
way, U. S. A., and David K. Cald-
well, son of John Kenneth Cald-
well, consul general of the foreign
service.
The Washington times., 1933-01-27
ARRESTED
IN FILM THEFT

Holding of two 16-year-old
youths is a sequel today to an eX-
plosion in the home of John j.
Flannery, in the TOO block of
Second st. N. w., when he threw
some motion picture films into
his furnace Monday. The films
had been left in the house by his
son, Thomas Flannery, ID. Elan
merry was seriously burned and is
in Casualty Hospital.
Fire inspectors gave Detectives
H. E. Brodie and Leroy Murray in
formation which led to recovery
of 200 rolls of films in the attic
of house in the 400 block of
Maryland Ave. S. w., ami the ar
rest of Henry Long and Earl
Jones, both 16, living at that ad-
dress.
The recovered films are valued
at about $4,000. police were told
by distributors.
They had been stolen from
theaters over a period of two
years, police say.
Investigation and the arrests
came after the Flannery youth
said he got his films from other
bows.
The Washington times., 1933-01-27
100 WITNESSES
WILL TESTIFY
FOR DEFENSE
Government Protests Delay in
Tax Evasion Case of
D. C. Attorney

A heated hearing marked by a
near fight ended today when
United States Commissioner Need
ham c. Turnage continued until
February 8 hearing on the con-
test of T. Morris Wampler, local
attorney, against removal to Bal
timore to stand trial on an in
dictment charging tax violation.
The hearing will be lengthy,
William E. Leahy, attorney for
Wampler, informing the commits
sioner that he expected to call
more than 100 witnesses and that
it will take at least 10 days or
two weeks.
Charles G. Page, Assistant
United States Attorney at Balti-
more, who came here for the hear
ing, bitterly protested the delay,
saying that the Government
wanted to go to trial on February
13.
Leaving for Atlanta
Leahy pointed out that he was
leaving for Atlanta tonight and
that next week he must appear in
the Court of Appeals on the Gas
ton Means case.
Page asserted:
There is great need for speed
in this case. We have witnesses
that we must use at once"
Wampler leaped to his feet,
shouting:
Don't you dare cast reflec-
tiOnS on me. There is no court
house built big enough for
that"
AS he stepped towards Page,
the official replied:
II did not realize MIR. Wamp-
Ter was in the room. withdraw
the remark"
Page Enters Protest
Page, Assistant United States
Attorney Charles Murray and
John C. McEvers, special assistant
to the Attorney General, pro-
tested against the delay and
against the introduction of the
lengthy list of witnesses.
Leahy replied:
'This is not simple removal
proceeding. There are multiple
questions of law and fact to be
decided here.
my client has Constitutional
rights, and 1 intend to see that
they are protected. We have a
right to produce any evidence
that we see fit at the hearing,
and we shall do So"
The Washington times., 1933-01-27
S625,0000FUND
FOR D. {. AID
WINS SHOUSE
Bill Speedily Passed Without
Record Vote; Hale Pledges
Rush in Senate

Speedily the House today
adopted the redrafted first de-
ficiency appropriation bill which
carries a $625,OOO item for dis
tress relief in the Distress Of
Columbia.
The bill now goes to the Sem
ate, where Senator Frederick
Hale (RO of Maine, chairman of
the Senate Appropriations Com
mittee, has pledged himself to see
that it is expedited. It was
indicated the measure might be
taken up in that body late today
or tomorrow.
Snag Removed
Only $3,0O0,O0O of deficiency
appropriations is carried in the
new bill. Tax refund appropria-
tions of $28,O00,OOO were deleted
by the House Appropriations
Committee so that there would
be no stumbling block such as
killed the first draft of the bill.
President Hoover vetoed the
bill as originally passed because
of tax refund supervision claimed
by Congress and the House failed
to override the veto.
Representative Joseph w. Byrns,
Democratic chairman of the
House Appropriations Committee,
guided the new bill to passage.
With the opening of the House
he introduced the measure and
asked for unanimous consent for
immediate consideration.
Emergency Explained
There was no objection, but
Representative Bertrand H. Smell,
Republican leader, asked why the
tax refund item had been elimi-
mated. when tax refunds we're
costing the Government several
hundred thousand dollars month
ly in interest.
Chairman Byrns explained that
the bill had to be passed lmmedi-
ately because the health, hap
piness and possibly lives' of Dis
trict residents hung in the bal
ance, and that the tax refund
item would be included in the
general deficiency bill which would
be introduced within a week or
10 days.
After that the clerk began
reading the bill, but on motion
of Chairman Byrns this was dis
pensed with and the measure
passed witt out a record vote.
The Washington times., 1933-01-27
KRAMERS LOYAL
To CENTRAL

In its day, Central High School
has turned out many a public
figure. Among these has been DR..
Stephen E. Kramer, first assistant
superintendent of schools.
However, not content with hav-
ing spurred the school head on to
bigger and better things, the Thir-
teenth Street school is taking care
of the entire Kramer family.
On Tuesday night, when Gen.
tral High graduates its February
class, DR.. Kramer will sit on the
platform to see his daughter.
Sarah Louise, II, receive her
diploma.
She is the fourth member of the
Kramer family to graduate from
Central. With DR.. Kramer him.
self heading the list in 1889, his
son, Stephen, jr., was graduated in
1926, and his daughter, Katherine,
just a few years ago. Katherine
has since been designated the
ideal secretary"
Another daughter, Constance, is
now in her second year at Central.
The Washington times., 1933-01-27
Cancel Breakfast
For Ch1ritu'S Sake

Cancelling their annual com
munion breakfast members of the
Manresa League of Laymen's Re
treats this year will devote the
usual proceeds to relief of suffer
ing in the National Capital.
Archbishop Michael j. Curley
will celebrate the annual cor
porate communion mass in ST.
Matthews Church at 8 a. m. Sun
day. The services will be at
tended by officers and delegates
from 27 washington parishes.
The Washington times., 1933-01-27
Bar on Machinery
In Prison SOU0ht

An effort to prohibit the in
stalation of machinery in manu-,
featuring plants in Federal peni.
tentiaries, particularly the new
one at Lewisburg, Pa, was made
in the House today by Repre-
sentative Cooper (RD of Ohio
The Cooper amendment will
bring to a head again the fight
to drive the Government out of
competition with private enter,
prise.
The Washington times., 1933-01-27
GLIDER CHAMP
GROUNDED

Jack O'Meara, national glider
champion, flying from New York
to washington this afternoon, was
forced to make an emergency
landing at the Beaver Dam Coun-
try Club field, Landover, Md, be-
cause of fog and snow.
With O'Meara in his two-pas-
senger plane were Walter Dugan
and Richard Brighton, also of
New York. They are on their
way here to attend a meeting of
glider enthusiasts at the National
Aeronautical Association,
The Washington times., 1933-01-27
Associated Charity
Meet Due TUeSdGu

Relief of the needy and theories
concerning the best means to
combat the present economic
crisis will be discussed at the
fifty-first annual meeting of the
Associated Charities at 8 p. m.
Tuesday in Barker Hall, Y. w.
C. A, Seventeenth and K Streets
Northwest.