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The Washington times., 1934-03-29
LISTEN WORLD
BY Elsie Robinson

body in this family has got to
SerUe on a jury, I'll do it. My
Dite can stag at home and look
after the kids. She's got quite
enough to do weighing the eUi-
dence of their deUilment."
Then there's the man who
doesn't think as well of the
ladies. His attitude is:
"Women aren't fair. They're
no sense of justice. They're not
made that way. They're too
emotional. get too ercited. If
you take 'em the right wGy,
they'll cry their eyes out over
the most GDful blGcEguGrd, or
send a man up though he didn't
steal the money, but did stag
out all night"
Wells or isn't the second
gentleman right? Mary Borden
thinks he isn't. I think he is.
I, too, write columns, go into
courts, work with and for
women continually.
But I wouldn't like to have a
woman juror sitting on any case
of mine!
Don't I believe that women
''have as good minds as men,?
certainly do. Haven't they
as high standards of morality?
They certainly have. Aren't
they as conscientious as men in
the performance of duty? They
are. Then why shouldn't they
be jurors?
Because it takes much more
than brains, moral standards
and conscientiousness to make
a good juror.
It takes a broad knowledge of
human life, a wide contact with
human problems.
Mary Borden says that jury
work is simply the responsible
ity of any citizen, and women,
being citizens, should assume
that responsibility as naturally
as men.
But it's one thing to be cit
izen and quite another to as
sumo all the responsibilities of
that position. It has taken
men many thousands of years
of working contact to even
roughly qualify for such respon-
Sibilities-and, at that, they
make a mighty poor showing.
Women have had a scant score
years of suffrage; little more
than that of industrial expert
ence.
Women are legally citizens.
But the average woman doesn't
argue legal squabbles as a citi-
zen. She considers them as an
individual, as a sweetheart,
wife, mother or female neigh
Dor. And she brings into the
jury box all the ancient and
accumulated feminine taboos,
prejudiceS, peeves, suspicious
and sex antagoniSmS.
I'm a woman. I'm strong for
my sex. But Heaven preserve
me from ever having to appear
before a jury of Us Girls. And
that's why I feel that way.
Now it's YOUR turn.
Copyright. 1894. King Features
syndicate. Inc.A
The Washington times., 1934-03-29

vetoes by Cleveland were some
that would have pensioned de-
SerterS and others who had
never served in the Army. OF
his 800 vetoes, only three of
Cleveland's were over-ridden in
his first term.
Four of Grants 43 were over.
ridden, one of Theodore Roose-
velt'S Al vetoeS, five of Wilson's
80 vetoes. one of Taft's 30
vetoeS. All of Andrew Jackson's
IL vetoes were sustained.
Necessary Check
There were two reasons why
the trainers Of the Constitution
gave to the President the veto
power. These reasons are thus
clearly set forth in The Ameri-
can Commonwealth" by James
Bryce:
zone is that the President,
being an elective and not a
hereditary magistrate, is re-
sponsible to the people, and
has the Weight of the people
behind him. The people re.
gard him as an Indispensable
check, not only upon the haste
and heedlcssness of their Rep.
resent0tiVes, the faults Which
the Frdmers of the Constitu.
tiOn chiefly feared, but upon
their tendency, a tendency
whose mischieUous force ex-
perience has revealed, to yield
either to pressure from any
section of their constituents, or
to temptations of private
nature.
"The other reason is that a
UetO need neUcr take effect I'M
less there is a minority exceed
ing One-third in one or other
House of Congress, which
agrees With the President. Such
minority shares his resPonsi~
bility and encourages him to
resist the threats of a ma.
jOrity .. But whereas it is
nOw the undoubted duty of an
English king to assent to every
bill passed by both Houses of
Parliament, hOweVer strongly
he may personally disapproUs
it's provisions, it is the no less
undOubted duty of an American
President to exercise his inde-
pendent judgment on every bill,
not sheltering himself under
the TepresentdtiUes of the peO-
pie, or foregoing his Own opin-
ion at their bidding"
No President of the United
States has ever lost the verdict
of history by employing the
veto power in fearless obedi-
ence to the dictates of his con-
science.
Copyright, 1884, by The
Washington Times)
The Washington times., 1934-03-29
It Isn't the Money
It's the Principle of the Thing.

It's the Principle Of the Thing
The Union and Essex Boston Terrier Club of Newark ap
peaed the public contribute $500 for the ransom de-
manded by kdnapers of Kid Boots, prizewnning dog
Such attitude opens wide the door kdnapngs
It precisely this viewpoint which has hampered authorities
In their effort to wipe out kidnapping of children wealthy
men and
In New York titled foreigner served jail term for kill
ing dog In New Jersey the authorities should treat dog
kidnapping they do human They should be
OOrned first with tracking down the criminals
The Washington times., 1934-03-29
Overriding the Veto
Consistency Prevails


Passage of the Independent Offices Appropriation Bill with
It's provision for partial restoration Of the pay Of Federal
employees properly sign of the confidence which the Con-
gress has in the the national recovery plan
IT IS CLEAR INDICATION THAT THE GOVERN
NENT IS COMMITTING ITSELF TO THE SAME POLICY
IN REGARD TO WAGES AND SALARIES AS THAT
WHICH 1T IS URGING PRIVATE INDUSTRY TO ADOPT
The struggle which preceded the final enactment Of the
measure intense but in general conducted high
standard with members Of the Congress voting their convc
Eons
THE FINAL VOTE WAS NOT AN INDICATION THAT
THE CONGRESS IS DIvoRCING ITSELF FROM THE
POLICIES OF THE ADMINISTRATION. ON THE CON-
TRARY 1T WAS INDICATIVE OF THE DETERMINATION
OF THE CONGRESS TO CARRY THOSE POLICIES TO
THEIR LOGICAL CONCLUSION.
The attempt which has been made will be made to make
political capital out of the differences the bill between the
President and Congress cannot be too severely condemned
This not political issue It economic issue
which both sides entitled to have and express their
opinions.
The opinion of Congress prevails and believe sound
opinion.
The expression of that opinion not disavowa of the
governmental system is still functioning
The Washington times., 1934-03-29

The time is drawing near for
my semiannual humiliation be-
fore the clothing trade. When
go in to buy a new suit I must,
according to an ancient blue-law
which still survives, be wearing
something. And, in my case, it
is always an old blue suit.
Now, tailors hate old blue
suits. They practically spit on
them. Even if the suit came
originally from them, they don't
like it. If it has another tailor's
name in it, it is all they can do
to bring themselves to speak to
you. And all my suits are not
only old. but all came from diff
ferent places.
I never got around to that
well-ordered system Of living
where one always buys suits in
The Washington times., 1934-03-29

her American
world, and
S he believes
that world is
both insult
ing and un-
fair in it's at
titude toward
women jurors.
"It came to
m e ID i t h
something of
a shock, " says
Miss Borden,
"th1t in mann
of our States
UOn1en are
mt nPrmittp6
The Washington times., 1934-03-29
Are Women Jurors Fail? ?

Are women Jurors FAR?
If you were in a legal jam,
would you like to have your
case decided by women jurors?
Mary Borden would. Mary Bor.
den writes columns and knows
Imperial Valley press., 1934-08-02
GOVERNMENT
ISSUING NEW
CERTIFICATES

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2. W.R) =
Immediate issuance of S50,0O0,000
in new silver certificates against
free silver in the treasury was
promised today by Henry Morgen-
thau, Jr., secretary of treasury.
The treasury owns 62,000,000
ounces of silver which cost the
government $47O35,935.
Silver certificates are rolling
off government printing presses
and will be issued to the amount
of the latter figure, each ounce
of silver to back $l29 worth Of
silver certificates.
Secretary Morgenthau displayed
the first certificates rolled off the
presses to newspapermerA today
and said that $12804,000 worth Of
Isl certificates and Sll,640,000
worth of $5 certificates are being
delivered to the treasury. He said
production of $40 silver certificates
would begin around September
and $1,000 silver certificates Oct. /.
Morgenthau would not estimate
the amount of silver certificates
to be issued above the $50,000,000
figure, but said it would depend
upon the amount of further silver
purchases above the metal now
held.
He said the treasury would issue
a 81 silver certificate for every
one dollar spent for purchase of
silver metal.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-08-02
ALL BALLOONS
LAND SAFELY

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Aug. 2. U.p)
The navy entry in the national
balloon race landed six miles east
of Commerce, Ga, last night, race
officials were ADVISED today by
Lieut.. Charles Kendall, its pilot
1t was the last of five competing
bags to be grounded
The first to descend was the
Goodyear VIII, which landed in a
cornfield near the city limits of
Atlanta.
The army No. 2 entry and the
bag sponsored by the Buffalo
Courier Express came down within
10 miles of each other near Gov
ington. about 40 miles southeast
of here.
The army No. / landed on a
farm six miles southeast of Month
cello.
All the landings were accomp-
lished without damage to craft or
injury to crews.
The navy had not been reported
since it was observed drifting high
over Atlanta yesterday morning.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-08-02

The governments IS emergency
relief program offers dairymen
splendid opportunity to build for
the future by freeing their herds
of Improbable animals according
to Frank G.. Beyschlag, county di-
rector of drought relief. He points
out that it is the purpose OF the
drought relief program to help
dairymen survive the present emer-
gency feed and water shortage con-
dition and stay in the dairy bus
mess. A two way service is offered
to that end. Through the drought
relief program dairymen may dis
pose of their low producing and
least profitable animals by making
application with their banks or at
the farm advisors office at Ell
Centre. Through the emergency
feed loans which locally are in
charge of Charles Bratton, at the
court house, the federal program
tries to encourage and make it pos
sible for dairymen to keep their
highest producing animals or the
offspring of these animals as nuc-
leus from which to build their fu-
ture herds.
The territory over the United
States which has been included in
emergency drought relief areas is
very extensive. The county direc-
tor states that it is possible the
sales of cattle to the government
for slaughter within these areas
may materially reduce the dairy
and beef cattle population of the
country. He further points out
that with an assured water supply
after the completion of the Boulder
dam next year that there should
be a strong local demand for high
grade foundation stock for dairy
herds.
"Most of the ranchers who are
taking part in the drought relief
program are disposing of only their
low and medium quality stock and
keeping the best animals. A few,
however. lured by the slight prem
ium over current beef market
prices paid by the federal program
have disposed of their entire herds.
While there is nothing in the reg
ulations of the program itself to
prevent this, it tends to defeat the
purpose of the program which is to
help cattlemen and dairymen re-
main in business. This may also
work against the best interests of
the producer himself in case next
spring he should wish to reenter
the dairy business and in case live
stock prices should then be mater
Imperial Valley press., 1934-08-02
EDITORIAL PAGE
snd
FEATURES
VON HTNDENBURG

We'll drive the Hindenburg line
across the Rhine" were the words in a
song the A. E. F. sang 10 years ago
1t came true, not in the way the song
intended, but with the armistice Paul
Won Hindenburg and the German army
retired across the Rhine into Germany
and the World war was over.
Won Hindenburg What a name that
was 16 years ago! With our minds
clouded by the hate which only war and
all that goes with war can create, we
loathed the name and the man who bore
it. He, to US, personified all the fright
fulness and monstrosities with which we
credited the German war machine.
To speak a good word in his behalf,
even to credit him with military ability,
was to brand ones self as a pro-German
"a traitor. That was our small way of
considering an enemy. Foch, the out
standing opponent of Won Hindenburg,
said of the latter, ''He is grand pa
triot." Foch was big man. 1t took
big man to recognize another big man in
those bitter days. 1t took real soldier
to salute real soldier.
The 16 years which have elapsed
since the armistice have given us a true
picture of Paul Won Hindenburg. He
died yesterday and the world gives him
the honors due a great soldier, great
patriot and a great leader None de-
served them more.
1t is a unique coincidence that the
great mans life ended just 20 years af-
ter his country went into the war which
wrecked it, wrecked the monarchy
which Won Hindenburg served so faith
fully and threw the German nation into
a generation of turmoil, with the end
not yet in sight
On August 2, 1914, the German army
mobilized Strangely enough Won Hin
denburg, retired leutenant-general,
was passed by as too old. Before the
month was over hurried call was sent
for him. and the world marveled at his
Imperial Valley press., 1934-08-02
BED-TIME STORIES
By HOWARD Z. GARRIS
Copyright 1934 by Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate)

"What did we tell you'll" said
Jingle.
I'm sorry 1 didn't believe you
at first - spoke Custer. "But we II
crack some of these cocoanuts for
you so you can eat the inside
THAT will be nice,' agreed jan
gle. 1--WE were wondering how we
could open these hard shells. They
aren't like peanuts which the crab
cracked for the little party yester-
day"
Uncle Wiggily Explains
but where did these cocoanuts
come from?' asked Muster "They
don't grow around here?D
They must have come off a
ship said a voice behind the an
imal. boys and girls and, turning
they saw their father, Uncle Wig
gily
"Oh, Daddicums cried Jingle.
How did the cocoanuts come from
ship?''
Well said Uncle Wiggily as
he picked up one of the brown nuts,
"you know cocoanutS grow on
palm trees down in the tropics.
There they are put on ships and
brought up here where we can It
raise such things. But often, in
storms. ships are wrecked and lose
what they are carrying. The coca
nuts fall overheard and. as their
shells are something like wood, they
float and then the winds, waves
and tides bring them to shore.
That's how the cocoanuts got here. -
u don't care how they got
here as long as they are here and
we can crack them and eat the
neat said Buster. But it WASH t
so easy to crack the hard cocoa
nuts.
Lobster Helps
The animal boys tried throwing
stones at the cocoanuts and then
tried throwing the cocoanuts at
stones. They made some little
cracks in the shells but not large
enough to get out the white meat.
Uncle Wiggily tried to crack the
, SllCllo, Dub llC COulAlll Clllltl
might have been no cocoanut meat
to eat except for the strong lob
ster.
Suddenly a kind lobster, with
great, big claws came up out of
the ocean. He crawled along the
beach and politely said
q will crack the cocoanutS for
YOU - He pinched two nuts, one
in his big claw and one in his
small claw and-preSto! There the
nuts were open ready to eat. And
such a party as there was! How
the bunny boys and girls feasted
They thanked the strong lobster
and gave him a nut for himself
which he cracked and ate before
swimming away.
And if the roller skate will take
off its iron wheels and put on soft
rubber balls so it won't wake up
the gold fish, I'll tell you next
about Uncle Wiggily IS cream party
Imperial Valley press., 1934-08-02
Marie DressIer's
Will Recorded

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 2. UP)-
Marie Dressler remembered her
friends post-humously today in
generous bequests in her will, filed
for probate in superior court. AL
though the amount of the estate
was not divulged, it wasestimated
in excess of 100000, yielding an
income of approximately $4,000
year.
Chief beneficiaries were Jerry
and Mamie Cox, Negroes, who
served the actress as personal SER
wants for Is years. They were be-
queathed $4,000 in cash "in ap-
probation of their service, loyalty
and devotion" and also her silver
ware as present for their silver
wedding anniversary next year.
The will was dated last May 30.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-08-02
Indians Manager
Taken To Hospital

CLEVELAND, Aug. 2. W.P)-
Walter Johnson, manager of the
Cleveland Indians, is seriously i'll
in Lakeside hospital, General Man
ager Billy Evans of the Cleveland
baseball club revealed today.
At Johnson request, Willie
Kamm, Indians third baseman,
was designated to take charge of
the Indians.
johnson was stricken during the
night with an acute attack of pleur-
isy, it was said by DR.. M. H. Cas-
tile, club physician, who ordered
the "big trainr taken to the hos
pital Physicians said he would be
out of action for several days, but
were confident he would recover
soon.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-08-02
Don't Quote Me-
. BY United Press

favorite game for odd moments.
Now it is bridge. Agriculture de-
partment correspondents complain
they have been too busy to indulge
in cards. However there is only
one big table in the agriculture
room and somebody is always
sleeping on it.
John j. Burns, the young new
chief counsel for the Securities and
Exchange commission was explain
ing how bad the depression was
in Boston for the legal profession.
"Some lawyers in pickpocket
cases complained that their clients
didn It have any money. That was
= sure sign of the depression
said Burns.
The west side of the attractive
White House front lawn is now
messed up. A huge derrick stands
there pulling chunks of stone and
concrete off the executive offices.
Precautions have been taken to
prevent souvenir hunters from
making off with bits of plaster and
chunks of the fireplace from the
President IS office, during the con-
struction activities on the new ad-
dition. A big fence has been
thrown around that corner of the
grounds.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-08-02

Mr.. Robert Hays, Secretary-Mgr.
Chamber of Commerce,
Ell Centro, California
My dear Mr.. Hays
From day to day we are getting
an increasing number of inquir-
les concerning the history of the
Imperial Valley. The great amount
Of publicity which has gone for
ward throughout the nation con-
cerning the Boulder dam and the
All-American canal has brought
about lot of interest by free lance
writers While we have a pretty
thorough knowledge of the val
ley and our files are fairly COM
plete, we find ourselves short of a
copy of the STORY of the First
Decade Imperial Valley California
written by Edgar F. Howe and
Wilbur j. Hall and published in
Imperial by Edgar F. Howe and
Son, 1910. ~
Gould you possibly get us a copy
of this volume, and forward us
any and all other information
which is of historic value either
political or economic concerning
the development of the valley anc
the many different hopes and an
xieties which have led to the fina,
triumph in the Boulder dam anc
the All--American canal?
Yours very sincerely,
Geo. P. Clements, MD.
Manager Agricultural Dept.
Los Angeles Chamber of
Commerce.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-08-02
UNCLE WIGGILY'S STRONG
LOBSTER

One day jingle and Jangle, two
of Uncle Wiggily's older rabbit
girls, were hopping along on the
sandy ocean beach when they saw
number of round, brown things
rolling in on the foamy waves.
"What are those?' asked jim
gle.
"They look like baby footballs, y
said Jangle.
"Let IS get some" said Jingle.
"Girls don't play football even
with baby ones" objected Jangle.
"We can give them to Buster,
Custer, Muster, Duster or some of
your other brothers. suggested
Jingle.
"Oh, so we CAM" laughed her
sister. But when they hoped to
where the brown things were roll
ing around on the sand the rabbit
girls saw that instead of being baby
footballs they were brown cocoa
nuts.
"Oh. where did the cocoanuts
come from?" asked Jingle.
"There must be a cocoanut tree
out in the ocean, said Jangle as
Imperial Valley press., 1934-08-02
DROUGHT RELIEF PROGRAM GIVES
FINE OPPORTUNITY TO DAIRYME

tally higher Beyschlag says,
Absolute lack of feed or water OF
course may force some dairymen
to dispose of most, If not all, OF
their milking herd. BY careful
planning and ingenuity however
Beyschlag points out that most OF
such dairymen can arrange to car
ry over some of their best young
stock and perhaps very few OF
their best cows. Even if the SERA
should not be able to always keep
such livestock supplied with water
the producer himself no doubt can
haul enough water for six or more
head. With a prospective abund-
ance of feed and water in future
seasons, small number of the
cream of the present herd will then
be splendid start to dairyman
in establishing top notch herd.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-08-02

she and her sister gathered a num-
Der of the hard, brown nuts which
were about as large as 25 horse
chestnuts put together.
Tell Their Brothers
~ guess So" agreed Jingle.
"Let's run and tell the boys and
they can come here and get a lot
of the nuts
So the two bunny girls, after
having put the cocoanuts high
enough up on the beach so the ris-
ing tide would not wash them away,
ran until they saw a crowd of their
brothers playing rubber ball on the
beach.
"Come and see what we foundl .
called Jingle.
"You didn't find anything. You
can't fool us' said Buster.
"Oh, we did find something!' -
answered Jangle. "Didn It We, jim
gle?"
"Of course we did-cocoanuts, -
said the other sister.
"Ho! Ho! Ho!" laughed Dus-
ter. Cocoanuts don't grow around
here. Cocoanuts only grow in warm,
tropical countries.
"Well, you come and see!' in
vited Jingle.
"Don't bother with the girls,
fellows - said Custer. "It's a
joke"
"Oh, it is not!" cried Jingle and
Jangle together, just like twins,
which they really were. And they
we're so much in earnest that at
last their brothers stopped playing
ball and hoped along the beach to
where the brown cocoanuts were
piled up.
"Say, it's true, all right!' cried
Buster as he saw them.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-08-02
HOW CHAMBER
OF COMMERCE
ASSISTS CITY

The Imperial Valley Press Is
glad to publish each day one
full text letter received by or
sent from Ell Centre Chamber
Of Commerce, to acquaint the
citizens of Ell Centre with the
work, objectives and accom-
plishments of that organization
in behalf of Ell Centre and I'm
periaI Valley.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-08-02
DAM WORKERS INJURED

LAS VEGAS, New, Aug. 2. lU.R]
Five workers on the Boulder dam
project were recovering today from
injuries received when spider
frame inside a 30-foot pipe collaps-
ed pinning them beneath the
heavy network.
The injured: Brigham Randall,
fractured spine; Ray Terry, frac-
tured skull; Howard Settle, lacer-
ations; Anders Larson, contusions
A variety of thistle new to this
state has been found in hillside
pastures in Sonoma county.