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The Washington times., 1933-12-14
Budgeting the City
Fundamental Error

The suggestion recently accredited to Representative
Howard Of Virginia that consideration Of the District ap
propraton bill be transferred District legislative
ttee subcommittee Of the appropriations committee
b indicative of the growing realization that there some
thing fundamentally in the present method Of handling
the finance of the city government.
The handling of the supply bill by the legislative committee
undoubtedly would Improvement from the viewpoint OF
the local taxpayer it would fall short Of eliminating the
fundamental wrong
The basic the present system arises from the inter
mingng of District estimates with estimates for the Federal
Government in the Bureau Of the Budget.
It is in the of the Budget that the local figures
lose their individuality and take the cooring Of the
National Governments fiscal condition.
the of the Budget finds that the Federal Gov
is in straitened financial circumstances that find
ing has effect upon the consideration Of the local
estimates.
Regardless of the financial condition Of the local govern
entwhch generally goodthe District estimates cut
to a pattern with the Federal estimates.
Obviously that makes poor budgeng of the local gov
for curalng OF the necessary acV
ties of the local government.
It results the accumulation of surplus funds Of the
District in the Federal Treasuyfunds which cannot be
spent for any purpose
If the Federal Government is hard up Washington school
children deprived Of the necessities Of modern education
If Federal Government is short Of funds hospitals
suffer- Police Department and Fire Department cut
down to the bone welfare institutions forced to
curtail their services
This happens regardless of the state of local finances and
regardless of the wishes of the citizens who must pay the bill
local officers the needs their
departments and availability funds are able to coun
teract the fact that the Federal Government wants hold
down its budget and the District follow it's example
The legislative committees at the Capitol have shown them
selves occasions to be better qualified to handle
the local finance bill than the appropriations subcommittee
but any change in the system of budgetng in order be
lastngy effective, would have to 60 deeper than
shifting of committee consideration
The Washington times., 1933-12-14
Senate to Test Roosevelt
Administration Strength
By James T. Williams, Jr.

mittee on Foreign Relations,
one of the leaders of the Com
mittee on immigration, active
in the affairs of the Commit.
tee on Irrigation and Reclama-
tion, and a tower of strength
on the Committee on Naval At
fairs, Senator johnson is neces-
Sarily in the confidence of any
administration in power re-
gardless of whether he is a
close adviser of the President
or among his foremost critics,
Even during the administra.
tions of Presidents Wilson,
Harding, Coolidge and Hoover,
when Senator johnson was fre.
quently in disagreement with
the President, he was constantly
consulted by members of the
Presidents Cabinet. His ad,
vice and aid were solicited by
Cabinet members in support of
national policies and in the
enactment of national meas.
ures where the Senator and
the Administration were in
agreement.
Solons Prepare
Under the Administration
now in power, the relations of
President Roosevelt and Sena.
tor johnson have been SO cor.
dial, the causes they hold in
common so numerous, that it is
easy for the President and the
California Progressive either
to fight shoulder to shoulder or
to differ without misunder.
standing.
Senator johnson declined a
seat in the Roosevelt Cabinet
because he believed he could
fight more effectively for pro-
greSsive causes as a member Of
the Senate. He declined men,
bership on the American dele
cation to the London Economic
Conference for the same reason,
He knows best where he can
fight best and in both cases
the reasons for his declination
were thoroughly understood by
the President.
Like Senator johnson, Senator
Norris of Nebraska, another
Roosevelt Progressive, has also
returned to Washington to pre-.
pare for the session. Other
Senators are following their ex.
ample. 1t is a good example to
follow because the coming ses-
sion will be one of the most i'm.
portant the Senate has held
since the Great War. It will be
distinguished by more than one
great debate. The President
will require not only the advice
and counsel of progressive Sen.
ators on both sides of the aisle,
but he will welcome criticism
that is sincere, fearless and
made in the light of the facts.
Copyright, 1888. The Washington
Times)
The Washington times., 1933-12-14

VI Jul OW1l CSOs
I've seen the hopelessness of
our fate-the futility of our
struggle-the proof" that the
dice are loaded against us from
the start-that life'S a mockery
and death is the end of every
thing.
For so .,ears, looking around,
going hither and yon-I've seen
that. Yet, at the same time
I've seen miracles of tender
ness - gallant courage - noble
sacrifice-men striding like gods
above the mud of their own
misery-women riding like tri-
umphant Valkyries above the
darkness of their own confusion.
And above those tender, tri-
umphant men and women I
have seen God, holding His
world in His great hand-Wait-
ing, with endless patience, for
that little spark of Himself
which He placed in every hu-
man heart to Smolder and
spread and finally break into
clean, courageous flame.
Fifty years looking around.
Seeing heaven. Seeing hell. And
here's the strange part of it
SEEING THEM IN THE SAME
PLACE-IN THE SAME PEO-
PIE.
For I didn't have to pick my
spots, or my persons, to make
these amazing discoveries. While
I stayed in the same spot,
worked, day after day, with the
same persons, these revelations
came to me. Meaning what?
MEANING OF COUR Sc
THAT IT WAS ALL IN MY
OWN EYE. I SAW WHAT I
WANTED TO SEE. 1 FOUND
WHAT I LOOKED FOR.
When I wanted to see squalor
and despair, there they were,
mountain high, midnight black,
all about me. But when I
wanted to see the stars, there
they were, shining endlessly.
It was all up to me. I could
see what I chose to see.
AND so CAN YOU!
But that's idiotic!" you say.
Nobody chooses to find misery.
It's thrust upon u.s."
You're right. None Of us
WANTS to find misery-CON-
SCIOUSLY. We don't CON-
SCIOUSLY say, "I want to find
proofs, today, that there's moth
ing decent in the world-that
there's no use hoping or fight
ing-that it's all a wretched
mockery, and the sooner we
die, the better"
None of us CONSCIOUSLY
The Washington times., 1933-12-14
More Illicit Narcotics
Sent Here By japan


Not all criminals hop heads and not all hop heads
criminals but the partnership between crime and narcotics is
30 that wherever you find you almost certain
find the other
We think is pretty we'll established that most of the
gang murders which made this country interesting live
in during the prohibition committed by gunmen who
had fortified themselves for their work with drugs.
Hence is disturbing to learn from United States Govern
ment officials that great narcotic industry has grown
up in Manhukuo under japanese control and that its prod
uc beginning to flood parts of this country and Canada
The traffic for the part confined to the West Coast
but doubt the East will be supplied by obging friends
the Japanese
We constitute big market here and narcotic shipments
made easily.
The simplest way to prevent such shipments would be to
block them at the source.
That, unfortunately, is out of the question.
The only remaining way THEREFORE is to prevent their
tering this country far it is possible to do so
Such prevention will undoubtedly require larger and
powerful Federal Narcotic Bureau with increased
funds
The next Congress ought to authorize that
The Washington times., 1933-12-14

you wait until January /,
1884, you might as we'll wait
until January /, 1885. BY the
evening of January first the
year is as good as shot to
pieces.
In the first place, it is a
holiday, and you can't hold
to any schedule on a holiday.
You naturally say to yourself
that you'll make the real start
on January second. And, to
anybody with a sense of order
illness, January second is no
date to begin anything on.
Even February first is a neater
date than January second. Or
March first or April first.
This coming year is even
worse for new-beginners, for
January first falls on a Mon
day. This would be practically
ideal, if it were not a holiday.
But Tuesday, January second"
even has a disorderly sound
just to say out loud. Imagine
The Washington times., 1933-12-14

When Congress reconvenes,
the Roosevelt Administration
will meet its first test Of
strength in the United States
Senate.
There the attack on the
Roosevelt recovery program will
begin. There the defense of that
program must first be made.
There the battle will rage from
the time the session starts until
it ends.
At times this conflict will be
along party lines. Frequently,
however, Democrats will join
Republicans in the attack and
Republicans will join Democrats
in the defense of the Roosevelt
policies and of the way in which
the Administration is carrying
them out.
Lively Session
It will be a session in which
the character of the Senate
will be put to a test. The
courage, sincerity and ability
with which individual Senators
support or oppose the Roosevelt
leadership will be tremendous
factor in shaping the final deci-
sions of the Upper House and in
supplying the deficiencies that
the so-called popular branch o1
Congress will develop before the
next session ends.
This prospect Of a lively SeS-
sion partly explains the national
significance which has been
attached to the return to the
Federal City so far in advance
of the convening of Congress
of Senator Hiram johnson of
California, a Roosevelt progress
sive since the time of the first
President Roosevelt, and one of
the most independent and in
fluential members of the Senate.
1t has long been Senator
Johnson'S custom to return to
Washington from California
some time before Congress con-
Venes in order to prepare him.
self for the session. He is one
of the hardest working men,
bers of either house. The dill
gence with which he attends to
California matters, regardless
of whether they are brought to
his attention by Republicans or
Democrats, by liberals, conser-
vatives, progressives or radicals
provided they are for the
benefit of California - COM
mands the respect of Senators
on both sides of the aisle.
But Senator johnson also
belongs to that distinguished
minority that always puts the
nations business first.
Long the chairman and now
the ranking minority member
of the Senate Committee on
Commerce, next to the ranking
minority member of the Com
The Washington times., 1933-12-14

uniform, blazing with jewels: q
young man with a sword at his
side and fiercely upturned mus
tacheS. William of Hohenzollern
as he was before the fatal year
of 1914.
In a sad, silent villa at Co.
burg lives on, without hope Of
glory, another whose day is
done and whose race is run,
Ferdinand of Bulgaria. He was
only a half pay lieutenant when
he was elected king of the most
troubled state in the Balkans.
He lived as q grand monarch
until he made the one mistake
which kings must not make. He
picked the Germans to win in
stead of the Allies.
These are the elders of the
exlled royalties of Europe. For
the juniors there is still the
ghost of a chance. In a fourth
floor suite of a hotel at Fon-
tainbleau, near Paris, dwellS
another man without a coun-
try, Alfonso of Spain.
Grand Duke Cyril
The Romanoff who calls him
self Car of all the Russias,
the Grand Duke Cyril, spends
most of his time on his wife's
estate in Germany, while is
suing pompous manifestos to
Russian royalists. Of all the
surviving Romanoffs, Cyril is
the highest in succession.
Still another evicted and ex-
lied king is George of Greece.
Not at all eager to get his
throne back, ex-King George
lives with his mother-in-law,
Queen Marie, in Bucharest, and
tells the reporters that it is
a rotten job to be a king.
Most interesting of all and
most romantic, the Prince
Charlie OF modern times, is
the handsome young Archduke
Otto of Austria, head of the
unhappy House of Hapsburg
and heir to the throne Of
Austria-Hungary. Advised ana
encouraged by his remarkably
ambitious and strong minded
mother, he confidently awaits
the hour when he will be
called to rule the one-time
twin monarchies.
To his mother, the Empress
zita, that ambition is the
breath of her life. There is
a flame in the heart of this
frail little woman with Deep
dark rings of grief cut under
her brilliant eyes. Only re-
Gently in Rome, upon golden
throne, this empress whom fate
could not crush received the
royalists of Austria and Hun
gary.
Copyright 1888, King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
The Washington times., 1933-12-14
Backbone

bdCkDOuC
You blame some of your
friends for taking what you call
such an uncompromiSing posi-
ton in certain directions.
You prefer the ones who can
do things in moderation.
It is so awkward at times
to have positive views and try
to live up to them in the face
of opposing opinions.
Are you a namby-pamby,
wishy-washy wobbler?
You don't like that sort of
talk?
You don't have to be bellig-
erent, or try to save the world,
in order to have code of right
and wrong and live up to it.
You don't have to be a goody-
goody, to have a system you
consider ethical and shape your
life accordingly.
It is a simple matter to
thank the one who invites you
to break your code and say
"No" in a courteous manner.
You don't have to abuse those
who feel differently about your
standard of right and wrong
just because they don't agree
with you.
And if the friends who see
things in a different way are
rude enough to try to force
you to do as they do, there
need be but one fight; besides
you might find those who do
not agree with your standards
and are therefore more agree
ahle
The Washington times., 1933-12-14
LISTEN, WORLD
By Elsie Robinson

say that-but we say 1t UN-
CONSCIOUSLY. For always
there is fear in us. And fear
is always shopping, sneering,
squirming, hating-and whis-
pering.
Day and night, fear whisper
ing in our hearts, Don't take
a chance! Don't trust! Don't
hope! Don't dare to love! See
all the cruelty, the dishonesty,
the selfishness around you. See
the fate of those who've been
foolish enough to believe
scilly enough to be generous!
Can't you see for yourself that
kindness doesn't pay-that
everybody's out for himself?"
Day and night fear chilling
our hearts, darkening our eyes
making us UNCONSCIOUSLY
look for mean excuses, Squalid
evidence.
But always, side by side with
savage fear, that greater,
braver thing We call the soul
urging us on, lifting us up
pointing to the stars. Not fully
grown yet, that Soul. Not yet
able to altogether conquer fear.
But strong enough to defy it,
throttle it at times, sweep away
the darkness and show Truth
and Beauty shining clear and
tall.
So as we go along we see
what We want to see-what the
dominant thing inside us wants
to see. In the same places
the same people-we see what
we want to see; beauty or ugli-
ness, hope or despair. With
the clouded bitter eyes of Fear,
or the clear, exultant eyes of
the Soul, we see our world, our
fellow man-and God.
The Washington times., 1933-12-14
The Human Side of the News
Sea Gold-Sun Time-Exiled ROYALTY Homes
By EdWin C.. Hill

There are two billion people
scattered over the face of this
old earth. But if we could get
out of the sea all of the gold
that is held captive in it's water
-sea-water gold-every single
one of those two billion people
would have fortune of twenty
four thousand dollars. So the
Smithsonian Institution tells us.
But the trick is to get it out.
Chemists have worn their
brains to rags at that difficult
game. The day may come when
gold can be reduced from sea
water com m ercially, even
though that day may be a long
way off.
Time Confusion
Time has a birthday. All
over the country just so years
ago clocks were readjusted to
standard time, based on the
Seventy-fifth meridian of longi-
tude STANFORD time was the
achievement of a SchoOlmaSter
whose name is almost never
heard, and who got no reward
for his great contribution.
Before Prof. Charles Ferdi-
nand Dowd laid out four time
zones, which he called Eastern,
Central, Mountain and Pacific,
a confusion existed which it is
hard to realize today. Every rail-
road took the time of the prlncl'
pal city on its line. There were
rs diffeEent kinds of railroad
time. To add to the confusion,
each community had its own pc
culiar variety of time; "sun"
time, they called it, and clung
to it with local pride. People
complained and grumbled. No
body did anything about it until
Professor DoWd came along.
Time is based on the move
ment of the sun. Regardless OF
the season, the sun moves across
IS degrees Of longitude every
hour. This was the constant that
DR.. Dowd took as the basis for
his standard time system SO
years ago. Credit is given to sew
eral men, but DR.. DoWd seems
to have the best claim 70 fame.
Recent events in troubled Eu-
rope have fluttered the hearts
and the hopes of exiled royalties.
For two or three there is no
hope, but for others. who once
ruled lands that are now in a
state of stormy confusion, the
sun of royalty may blaze again.
AS for the old kaiser, chop
ping wood and reading the
classics in his Dutch st. Helena,
age is against him and the un-
forgettable fact that he fled
from the field in his country'S
bitterest hour. Nowadays he
spends much of his time in his
study, at the top of a tower,
writing his memoirs and con-
templating the portrait Of a
young man in field mars IL Is
The Washington times., 1933-12-14
Are QuakeS QuakeS?
Maybe They're Shooting Stars

IWdyUe THEY re O1lOOCIlg OCdTS
Hardly week passes without item about heavy
earthquake registered by emographs but otherwise untraced
Now British savants advancing the idea that Of
these shocks may be due earthquakes at ALL but rather
to gigantic meteorte which strike the earth and bury them
selves beneath its crust.
One such recently reported in Siberia is supposed
to have penetrated three miles Deep
You might think, science science that would give
this globe of bit of JOLT
interesting theory anyway and would to
plain many of the chronological disturbances which
corded so often, but which cannot be found.
Not that they to be preferred to the oldfashioned
earthquake, the whole
When it to choice between being hit by meteore
brick from shimmying building, we'll take the brick
It would feel considerably softer, we imagine
The Washington times., 1933-12-14
STARTING DEC. 18th
BY Robert Benchley

starting anything on Tuesday,
January second. Ugh!
For those people who like to
make beasts of themselves on
New Year Eve, New Year Day
has always presented a ghastly
aspect as the Start of a New
Year. You can't face a spick-
and-span routine, no matter
how carefully planned, with
your head in an advanced stage
of elephantiasis and your hand
fluttering like a ribbon on an
electric fan. And, If curative
measures are taken along
about five in the afternoon.
January second is even worse.
The logical date then becomes
February first and then the
Jig is up.
But even for those OF us
who spend our New Year
Ewes Strumming on a carlllon'
January first has never been a
satisfactory date. If, for in
stance, we have decided to keep
our files in order or our clothes
closet navigable, we must spend
January first cleaning them
out. And here is where the
hitch comes, right at the start.
Cleaning out desk drawers or
closets, preparatory to a fresh
start, is likely to turn out to be
such fatiguing work that all
zest in the new enterprise is
lost. If the drawers or the
closets could have been cleaned
out, let us say. two weeks be-
fore, with a short period OF
rest following. then it might be
possible to rush into the new
year on high. But not after a
days work on the rubbish-heap.
In the first place, the
enOrmlCy OF the TASK geCS you
down once you get a third of
the way into it. Granted that
you intend to keep things
neater in your desk drawers
from January first on. But
what are you going to do with
all this truck that has accu-
mulated previous to January
first? Obviously you can't throw
it away. Obviously you can't
throw away those old dog col
lars and 1923 notebooks and
walnut shells. You never can
tell when you might want to
use them for reference.
If, however, my plan Of start
ing fresh on December fifteenth
is adopted, you have at least
two weeks to wrestle with the
preliminary problems and see
just what you can do and what
you can't. Then, by January
The Washington times., 1933-12-14
Let Them Eat Turtle
Connecticut's Bright Idea

COnnecticut's Bright Idea
Even depression have its silver lining.
Our neghbor Connecticut for example, begun the free
distribution needy families of 25Oo pounds of turtle
meat.
Time when turtle luxury that only mlionaires
aldermen could afford.
But Connecticut had supply of it hand which had been
caught by it's game wardens and wisely decided to give to
the poor.
IF they have bread why don't they eat cake?" said
the French Queen before the revolution But has required
the lapse of $50 years and the ingenuity Of Connecticut
Yankees p put that brilliant idea into practice.
The Washington times., 1933-12-14
ONCE OVERS

Is There a Cinderella in Your
Family?
There may be one member Of
a family, who, because of good
nature and an unsuSpecting
one, is imposed upon by the
others in the circle.
Desiring to be kind, to avoid
disputes, and to further the
family interests, very often this
member assumes work that
should be done by the others.
And the others are quite
willing that this shall be the
case.
Are you a shirker in your
home?
Isn't it a fact that if you
can avoid duties which should
be yours, you don't care who
has to perform them?
You may say TO yourself as
an excuse that the easy" one
does not mind-and does not
dislike to do the work as much
as you do.
But you know that thought is
fostered by you to justify your
SelfiShneSS and unfairneSS.
If you are going somewhere,
very often you put off your
work till it is too late for you
to do it and keep your date.
L.
modating member of the fam
lily to help you out.
It would serve you right if
you were unable to carry out
your outside plans because of
your inability to get ready at
the necessary time.
Do you need this lsson?
The Washington times., 1933-12-14

starting anything on Tuesday
1an,1arN sncnnd 1IphI
The Washington times., 1933-12-14

TO SEE.
I've Sc en-
hate and NAL
ice, vicious
ness and vul-
garity. L e
seen constant
evidence that
W e humans
are the mean
est and weak
est of beasts
that there
Is no real
honor; no JUS
tice h a t
love is just
t h e purring