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The Washington times., 1933-06-01
Veterans Benefits
And the Government Service

Those Senators and Representatives who pressing for
equitable administration of veterans benefits under the
laws should give consideration of the rank injustice
which would be done Government employees under the regu
tons recently promulgated.
The treatment accorded veterans who employed
by the Government under these regulations garng
ample of discrimination.
The regulations provide that person holding office
position in the Government service shall draw pension,
except in specified instances and in those instances the
pension shall not be than $6 per month.
There is rhyme reason behind this regulation.
Ever the Great War the Government used allure
ments to ence veterans to enter the civil service Special
inducements in the way of preference and ratings have been
offered.
Immediately after the many Government services such
the Postofce Department. shorthanded Veterans
were begged to enter those services.
Many Of them did although the pay rates Of the civilian
service not comparable to pay for similar work in private
employment.
Hundreds Of these veterans suffering from partial
disabilities which in way interfered with the particular
Government job to which they assigned although the
disabilities would have prevented their earning much
private employment they had been earning when they
entered the armed services.
Now the Government fay tells these that regardless
Of their disabilities they not to be given the compensation
for the Government.
The earning of the veteran not made the criterion
Of his title to draw the pension the veteran employed
in private industry.
Why should it be made the standard the still
happens to be serving his country in the civilian service
The Washington times., 1933-06-01
Pop Bottles
And Bad Decisions

Some method less dangerous than throwing pop bottles
should be invented to enable baseball fans vent their spleen
when such obviously unfair decisions are rendered on the
diamond that given at Griffith Stadium on Memorial Day.
The feeling which was aroused among the than
spectators by the decision in question sign of healthy
sport.
But the in which that feeling was displayed by
few fans who threw bottles to the diamond very un
healthy.
Fortunately of the bottles tossed on this occasion hit
anything but the ground
Nevertheless when the partisan feelings great crowd
Of persons reused to the point where they will hurl
missiles there is vast potential danger.
Fifteen or twenty gathered in the group which
the bottles were tossed Any of them might suffered
q broken head as a result.
The great majority of the fans present made their dis
pleasure sufficiently apparent by vocal protest
The few who resorted direct action might have precp
tated very bad condition
The Washington times., 1933-06-01
Raise the Level

BY reducing the membership
of Congress to ESQ, the i'm
portance of the district would
be increased, the power of the
Congressman would be in
creased, the level of representa-
ton in Congress would be in
creased, and sound legislation
would supplant the half-baked
brand with which the country
Is now so frequently victimized.
A recent estimate by an eX-
perienced Member Of Congress
shows that one-half Of a mem.
ber's mail at the present ses-
sion consists of applications for
Federal offices. Onequarter Of
his mail consists of applica-
tions for favors from some
Federal agency. Only one-quar-
ter Of the average members
mail deals with Federal legisla-
ton to solve urgent public
problems.
This means that the average
Member of Congress today is
forced to spend most of his
waking hours engaged in an
unseemly chase for jobs for
his constituents or acting as
an entertainment committee of
one for groups of sightseers
from his district that descend
upon the Federal city and ex-
pect entertainment"
There is little time left in
the work-day Of the average
Representative to inform him.
self regarding great public
questions, to examine with care
legislative proposals, to partici-
pate in congressional inquiries,
to make valuable contrib TORS
to the work of a commit q or
to the debates in the Ho.se
This is one reason why the
lower House Of Congress h@s
lost so much in popular respect
and confidence that it hes he.
come a favorite target Nr i've
ridicule of disgusted citizr'9 81
over the country.
And in their disgust, i0pa.
tient citizens all over the -Ea1,
try are voting into CoIeIvoS
men who represent not the in
telligence of the plain people
but only the mediocrity of
greedy minorities.
This is the reorganization Of
the Federal Government that is
most needed today-a reduction
of the House of Representatives
to $50 members. This would
give the people fewer and bet
ter Congressman, and from such
a Congress the people could ex-
pect better Federal government
at reasonable tie.
Copyright. 1888. The Washington
Times)
The Washington times., 1933-06-01

such people ELSIE ROBINSON
are happy and proud! Life
would seem worth while to me,
too, if I could manage the way
they do. But I just can't! Why,
I never accomplish One-tenth
that I plan to do, and each day
the mess seems to pile up higher
and higher around me.
And the worst part OF 1t Is,
I know I work just as hard as
efficient people do. Indeed, I'm
sure I work harder than lots of
them. But in spite Of that, I
never get anywhere. I guess
you just have to be born like
that"
And you think how wonder
fully your mother used to man
age-all the housework, and
sewing for six children! Yet she
had time for church work and
visiting sick neighbors.
There was your father, too,
starting in his little store, do
ing everything himself-Sweep-
ing out, getting things ready,
before sun-up. How efficient
they were! But they, too, must
have been born that way.
Then you look at your Uttered
office or mussed-up kit C h e n
with discouraged eyes. You feel
beaten. What's the use Of go
ing on like this? You almost
wish you could end it all, and
at the same time you feel it
isn't fair. Those efficient peo-
pie were born with some mystic
rious power you lack. Life's
easier for them than it is for
you. You've never really had
the breaks. Your throat aches
The Washington times., 1933-06-01
Gomez's Service

Even in the storms Of change
which are blowing over the
world, South America, the
continent with a future" pre-
duces extremely significant
news. In a day when most
nations are well nigh bankrupt
and many are refaulting on
their debts, Venezuela proudly
announces that she hasn't owed
a dollar of foreign indebted
ness for two years, and has a
nice little balance in her treas
ury of some $4,50O,00O.
Venezuela has not borrowed
a dollar in "a years, and has
paid off the 300,O0O,OO0 which
Castro repudiated. Gomez has
modernized his country Of 4OO,,,
900 square miles and three ana
a quarter million people, but
the old man, as they call him.
has looked out for himsef mean
while. The laborer being worthy
of his hire, the dictator has
gathered fortune of a quarter
of a billion dollars. He's at
heart a farmer, with a vast
estancia at Maracay, IS miles
from Caracas, the capital.
There he built a beautiful
little city for himself, with
ZOO and a lake for swans
and a motion picture theater
where he chuckles over Mickey
Mouse and other American
films. He is keenly interested
the venerable rascal, in the
dark-eyed senoritas, and is SAID
to possess a harem Of sorts.
Most of his time is spent away
from Caracas, while his lieu,
tenants run his machine, but
he has the boys we'll trained
and a neat way of nipplng
revolutions in the tender bud.
Dictators come high, out
sometimes, as in the case OF
MuSSolini and in the case OF
General Gomez, they seem to
be worth it, if only to abolish
the politicians, and this little
man with the ferocious mus
tachios, who believes that gov
ernments, like men, should pay
as they go, is the most sue
ceSsful dictator since Mr.. Bona
parte of Corsica. Inch for inch
and ounce for ounce, he's the
champion of his class, little
Juan Vicente Gomez Of Ven
ezuela.
Copyright, 1898. King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
The Washington times., 1933-06-01

Bolivians and Paraguayans
are Slaughtering each other by
the thousand in one Of the
most sanguinary ''little wars"
of the past half century. They
are fighting for ownership and
title to a great wedge-shaped
piece Of territory called Gel
Gran Chaco," which remains a
mystery even to this day to the
geographers and biologists.
The most striking fact in the
news Of this savage conflict
down in the heart Of South
America is little Paraguay's
heroic stand against the much
greater military forces of we'll
armed Bolivia, and against the
airplanes supplied to Bolivia
by Patino, the tin king of the
world and one Of the richest
men in the world. And behind
that heroic stand Of the Para
guayans is fascinating human
story, the story of "the blond
men Of the Chaco," the strange
sect of Mennonites, who fled to
Paraguay from Canada some
years ago.
The Washington times., 1933-06-01
Hospitality Returned

They settled in Paraguay
and in Gel Gran Chaco" to live
their lives in accordance with
the devout and simple style Of
Christianity preached by Memo
Simons, the sixteenth century
AnabaptiSt evangelist of the
Netherlands. They hated the
1uxuries and softness of a ma
chine-made civilization. And
they settled gratefully upon
broad acres in Ell Gran Chaco
which were turned over to
them by the hospitable Para
guayans. And then the very
thing they most hated and
dreaded, the thing which stood
to them for the most terrible
of sins against God-War-
struck at their new home. But
their gratitude to Paraguay
overcame their deep-Seated hate
for the great plague and curse
Of mankind. Their gratitude
and their love Of home-the
soil-conquered their religious
convictions and their pacifism.
To help their friends and
hosts, the people of Paraguay,
they turned over their horses
and their carts for the use of
the Paraguayan army defend
ing the Chaco. And knowing
every foot of the trackless, un-
mapped region Of jungle and
swamp, they volunteered as
guides for the Paraguayan
columns. Without the horses
and wagons OF the blond mek
The Washington times., 1933-06-01

REORGANIZATION of the Federal
Government must extend TO It's
legislative branch II the people
of the country are ever to get
better Federal Government at
q reasonable rate.
It is much more important at
this moment to reduce the mem
bership Of the House OF Repre-
sentatives from 435 members TO
$50 members than it Is to con-
solidate the 10 executive depart
ments into four, five or six de-
partmentS.
One Of the causes for the col
lapse of responsible government
in the present House Is to be
found in it's surplus membership.
There are altogether too many
Representatives in Congress to
expect from the House, under
either Democratic or Republi-
can control. effective inVestiga-
ton or sound legislation.
The main reason for the abys-
NAL ignorance, which the House
habitually displays regarding
the will Of the people, as re-
flected in public sentiment, is
due to the fact that several hun
dred members of the House are
chiefly concerned with Federal
patronage and departmental
chores.
The Washington times., 1933-06-01
LISTEN, WORLD!
Is bending to the oar.
BY Elsie Robinson


with self-pity. Anger, too. An
ger at a Providence that doesn't
play fair.
But you're wrong, stranger.
Maybe it's true enough that
Providence doesn't play fair
seeing as we largely make our
own Fate, and are blighted by
our own stupidity and weakness.
Yet any man, within the scope
of his own job, may be eff
cient, if he once gets the right
slant on efficiency.
BUT THE FIRST THING HE
MUST LEARN IS THIS. MOD
ERN EFFICIENCY IS A VERY
DIFFERENT PROP o SITION
THAN THE NINETEENTH GEN.
TURY ARTICLE.
THE PROGRAM WHICH
WAS EFFICIENT FOR YOUR
FATHER OR YOUR MOTHER
IN 1893 WOULD BE A TOTAL
FLOP FOR YOU IN 1888.
For human life, in these last
40 years, has speeded up and
tangled up more than in the
preceding 400; and unless you
can adapt yourself to the new
speed and the new complexity,
you're done for.
But that doesn't mean "being
everything yourself" Nor does
it mean doing everything, or
even anything, perfectly.
It means picking the thing
you can or must do, learning
to do that thing smoothly,
quickly-d oing it with en-
thusiasm and determination
yet not giving to it any more
time or thought or energy than
it warrants in the scheme of
things.
How do these efficient peo-
pie, whom you so envy, man
age? That's how.
THEY DO ONE OR MANY
THINGS WE'LL.
BUT THEY DO NOT DO
THAT ONE THING so WELL
THAT 1T RECKS ALL
OTHER VALUES - AND
SPOILS THE REST OF THEIR
LIVES.
HAVING CHOSEN ONE OR
MORE THINGS TO DO WELL,
THEY IBERATELY
CHOOSE TO LEAVE MANY
THINGS UNDONE
FOR A HUMAN BEING CAN
MAKE A BUM OF HIMSELF
AS SURELY BY TRYING TO
DO TOO MANY THINGS AS
BY DOING NOTHING AT ALL.
AND 1T TAKES AS MUCH
STRENGTH OF CHARACTER
TO WISELY LIMIT YOUR
PROGRAM, YOUR INTERESTS
AND YOUR AMBITION. AS TT
DOES TO WISELY EXPAND
TT.
So, if you want to be eff
cient in 1888
DON'T BITE OFF MORE
THAN YOU CAN CHEW
CHEW WHAT YOU DO
CHEW WE'LL
AND, ABOVE ALL, KNOW
WHEN TO STOP CHEWING!
Copyright, 1898. King Features
Syndicate. 1nc.)
The Washington times., 1933-06-01
ONCE OVERS

control-his realization of what
he should do as a married man.
Marriage means curtailing a
mans personal expense in the
majority of cases.
The young man can't afford
to scatter his dollars as for
merly..
Adjustment, with it's self
sacrifice, is the hard part of
being a benedict, particularly
during the first years Of mar
riage.
There are set expenses to be
met, and a certain position to
be maintained, and that means
management and personal sac
rifice.
So unless a young man IS
willing to do his part in every
way, he would better not get
into matriomnial harness.
The Washington times., 1933-06-01

The fact that a woman trusts
a man implicitly never prevents
her from being jealous; be-
cause it is not the fear that he
will make love to another wo-
man that torments her, but
the fear that he will WANT to.
The average city man seems
to imagine that planting a
garden is a sort of cross be-
tween playing a round Of golf
and digging for fishing worms.
If we get repeal and trousers
at the same time, will the lady
politician swagger through the
green baize door, put her foot
on the brass rail and tell the
bartender to go out and "see
what the girls in the back room
will have?
Competition may be the life
of the love-game to a man
but it takes all the life OUT
of love for a woman to dis
cover that she has no monopoly
on a mans affections and is
only a small shareholder in his
kisses.
Just at this time Of year, the
The Washington times., 1933-06-01
Merely Messengers

Federal offices and depart
mental chores are demanded by
only a minority Of each Con-
gresSman's constituents. The
majority Of the people a Con-
gresham is supposed to repre-
sent are mainly interested in his
work as a legislator, and not as
a runner between the Capitol
and executive departments.
It is the Representatives Of
these greedy minorities who are
constantly insulting the intelli-
gence of the plain people by
making speeches and writing
letters filled with grandiloquent
promises of what they are try
ing to grab from the Federal
Treasury. In other words, this
type of congressman recipro-
Gates in his speeches and cores
pondence the contempt for his
constituents that his conSti-
tuents have shown for Con-
gress in sending mediocrities to
represent them.
The serious work of the
House of Representatives today,
insofar as it is doing any
serious work, is done almost
entirely by less than 100 mem
bers. 1t is badly done because
less than 100 members is not
a large enough number to do
it we'll.
Two hundred and fifty mem
bers of Congress would do the
serious work of the House we'll.
Each one of these members
would represent 100000 consti-
tuents. He would welcome
The Washington times., 1933-06-01
Respect Marriage Duties


You single fellows should
cease your efforts to have the
young married mana former
member of your croWd-take
part in the things you do.
He wants to retain your
friendship, but he knows that
he not only has not the money
to squander, as he did before
marriage, but he has. the
wishes of another to consider.
It is true that. while he
may be happily married, there
are times when he feels that
he would like to be "back in
the old crowd"
He may not be as strong as
he should in resisting the tenn
tation, when assailed by argu-
ments put forth to draw him
back and brdAk down his SELF
The Washington times., 1933-06-01

u4dr SGGG1I1s
"I wish I
could be like
that!" you
say to your
self. "It must
be wonderful
to be able to
a CO mplish
S uch noun
tains Of work
TO do every
thing as it
comes along
a nd finish
each job per-
fectly.
"No wonder
The Washington times., 1933-06-01
Human Side of the News
Champion of His Class
.Bv EdWin C.. Hill

Of the Chaco, these Mennon'
ties, and without such guides,
the Paraguayan cause would
have been hopeless from the
start.
The Washington times., 1933-06-01
WISE WORDS

A wooden leg is better than
no leg.
The wise make tools of what
ever comes to hand.
In the end injustice produces
Observation-Disclosures.
The Washington times., 1933-06-01
Country Needs Fewer and
Better Representatives
Blu James r. Williams, T.-

correspondence only with those
who wish to be represented by
an intelligent legislator instead
Of by a docile fetch-and-carry.
The Washington times., 1933-06-01
Efficiency in 1898

Efficiency in 1888
You admire efficient people
don't you?
You watch them enviously,
going so swiftly. surely and
strongly through their days:
piling up success; winning pop
The Washington times., 1933-06-01
MARRY-GO-ROUND
BY Helen ROWAN

man beside an attractive girl
in the car and the chicken
crossing the road in front Of it
have about the same chance Of
escape.
Lives here a woman with
soul so dead, who never to her
self hath said, my life would
make a scenario!"
A woman can spend hours
on her scenic effects, and
never succeed in looking half
so pure and guileless as a man
who has just emerged from a
barber shop.
If you were a June bride
and not sorry for it, now is
the time to remind your hus-
band tactfully of your ap-
preaching wedding annivers-
ary. Why force the man you
love to strain his memory to
recall something for which he
was not responsible?
Many a man, who flatters
himself that he could straighten
out the affairs of the nation,
The Washington times., 1933-06-01

Many a man, who flatters
himself that he could straighten
out the affairs of the nation,
Evening star., 1933-07-20
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Trustees Sale of NJ . d ern
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age Building, 2SO1 Csor-
ria Avenue Northwest.

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bia. and at the request of party secured
thereby, the uq4ersisned trustees Will offer
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