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The Washington times., 1934-01-27
FORD DISPLAYS
. NEW TYPE 0F
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Production at High Level; Car!
buretion and Ventilation
Are Improved

With it's assembly plants at
work on the greatest January pro
duction in four years, Ford ex-
hibits at the Automobile Show
comprehensive displays of the new
Ford V-8 cars for 1884. Other
displays are being shown in the
salesrooms of local Ford dealers.
:. The exhibits climax the most
important period in Ford history
beginning with the presentation
Of the new cars last month-dur-
ing which the Ford Exposition OF
Progress, celebrating the COM
pany's thirtieth anniversary and
depicting it's evolution from
humble beginnings to its present
dominant position in the motor
car industry, attracted more than
$500 900 people both in Detroit
and New York.
s 1890 Cars a Day Built
The local displays come at q
time when all the 1000 Ford deal
ers in the United States are
stocked with cars and busy with
deliveries and while factory pro
duction at the Ford Rouge plant
at Dearborn, Mich, is being main
famed at a rate Of 1890 cars
daily. five days a week. The high
production rate is necessltated oy
the unexpectedly heavy demands
from dealers following the an
iiouncement.
THE new Ford car has proved
a revelation to automobile owners
who have viewed it since its first
presentation last month. A
marked improvement in engine
performance resulting from the
use of a new dual down-dratt
carburetion and dual intake man.
folding system gives the car
greater power, more speed, much
Quicker acceleration, smoother
performance, increased gasoline
and oil economy and quicker
starting in cold weather. Chassis
improvements all are aimed at
providing greater safety, stability
and increased riding comfort.
The new Ford also presents a
new clear-vision body ventlla-
ton system, which provides indi-
Vidual passenger control and af-
fords fresh air under all weather
conditions. The front end design
has been improved and body lines
refined.
Improved Enamel Used
Tenders on de luxe cars are fin
ished to harmonic with the body
colors, giving the ensemble a
much smarter appearance. In ad'
dition, new enamel finish is
used on all cars, which has
greater wearing qualities, more
enduring luster, and requires only
Wasing to restore its brilliance.
The new Ford ventilation sys-
tenn is exceedingly simple in op-
Grafton, permits clear vision, pre-
vents drafts, and provides at all
times the desired amount of |
fresh air. Individual control is
provided for both front door and
rear side windows.
When ventilation is desired, the
window glass is raised to the top,
then the handle is given an ad-
ditioaal half turn. This slides the
glass back horizontally to form a
narrow slot between the glass and
the frame. Through this slot, air
is drawn out by the forward mo-
ton of the car.
This simple ventilation sys-
tenn maintains draft-free cir
culation of air and prevents fog
ging the windshield and windows
in cold or stormy weather. Both
windshield and cowl ventilator can
be opened to supply additional
air for warm weather driving.
The Washington times., 1934-01-27
BY r. E. OLDS,
Chairman, REQ Motor Co.

The 30-year history of REQ con-
tains a long list of pioneering
achievements. In 1880, REQ origi-
mated aerodynamic streamlining.
A year prior Reo's silent second"
transmission gave the industry it's
cue for the broad development
that follnwed
The Washington times., 1934-01-27
BATTLESHIP CON.
STRUCTION WINS
IN 1O4 Fl. DROP

AOPRASO OA d AOH"AOOg GAAu
into a rock quarry, the seam.
less-steel, battleship construc.
ton of this skyway-styled
Studebaker stood up magnifi.
Gently. Curiously, not even its
safety glass broke. Doors
opened and closed perfectly.
About the only noticeable
damage-crumpled tenders
andloosenedhood. Car started
instantly at switch ofkey when
righted-was driven off under
own power.
Evening star., 1934-09-09

the organic act into an instrumental
ity by which the District may still
be governed not by Board of Com
misSioners but by popular vote. I.
II they have a right to hold a series
of referendums on these questions,
they have on any question relating
to the government of the District of
Columbia which may come before
them for their decision and to decide
which Congress reposed the duty upon
and authority in them. not the people
at large If, then, referendums upon
referendumS can be made upon all
questions coming before them as the
governing body Of the District. the
form of government as established
by Congress ceases We revert to gov
ernment by popular vote. The re-
sponsibility Of the board disappears.
Frustration of congressional intent
becomes inevitable. The Commission
ers become responsible to the people,
not to Congress. Government by COM
mission ends.
And again:
The present referendum commits
the Commissioners to a policy of ref
erendums, on this and other questions,
and thus we drift steadily away from
the commission form of government
and into one of demagogy.
Suffice it to say that this is un-
doubtedly the only community in the
United States where the awful con-
sequences of an advisory referendum,
enabling the Commissioners to obtain
the views of citizens on a question
directly affecting them, are pictured
to Federal court as leading straight
to government by popular vote. where
the local government would be re
sponsible to the people" and where
government in which the views Of
the governed are expressed is repre-
sented as "demagogy."
Evening star., 1934-09-09
Britain's Experiences
With Planned Economy
BY A. G. GARDINER.

LONDON, September 8.-In England
as in America there is marked and
significant reaction against the policy
of tariff, quotas, bonuses and all the
paraphernalia of economic planning.
The revolution which the minister
of agriculture, Walter Elliott, has in
augurated here is only less drastic
than that which President Roosevelt
has put into operation across the
Atlantic and it is being subjected to
equally weighty and various criticism.
Meat, milk, oats, beet sugar produc-
ton and manufacture, hops, pigs,
potatoes, wheat have all been brought
under state control, stimulus or re-
striction in one form or another, with
the general object of raising prices
and promoting the revival of domestic
agriculture.
But the dilemma raised by the con-
Trajectory policies of the two chief
agencies of recovery in America is
repeated here The N. r. A. by rails
ing wages and reducing hours of
labor in the towns hits the farmer by
putting up the cost of manufactured
goods, while the A. A. A. by restricting
production and controlling sales puts
up the price of food and raw mate
rials to the industrial worker. The
same collision between the interests
of the urban and the rural popula-
tions is developing here as a result of
the Elliott policy.
If carried to the extreme which Mr.
Elliott contemplates. the clash be-
tween town and country will be more
bitter than that in America, for
nearly 80 per cent of the population
of the country Is engaged in industry
Evening star., 1934-09-09
THE ART OF REFLECTION
THE RIGHT REV. JAMES Z. FREEMAN, DID, LID Del.
Bishop Of Washington.

for subsistence and place of vantage,
with a brief period of self-gratifica-
tion. 1t had a higher, nobler pur-
pose; it was capable of better things,
but these could only be gained through
reflection and a right understanding
of its meaning and its ultimate OBJ
jective. To live today in the light
of tomorrow, to plan the present with
view to the future, this was really
to live.
A distinguished French able has
recently said: This world is largely
going to pieces because life is too
highly organized, and man, having a
tremendously powerful set of instru-
ments with which he can do anything
he likes, does not know what to do.
No secular civilization can be success
full, even on the secular plane, without
spiritual end. Some social change
is inevitable, but it will not be perma-
nent or satisfactory unless it springs
from the Christian doctrine of what
man is in relation to God, his own
spiritual destiny and his fellow-men. :"
Surely, the very confusions of this
present hour are compelling us to
more of reflection, to a deeper, finer
consideration of the meaning of life,
a better understanding of its purpose.
A Jewish rabbi affirmed that, "a world
mechaniStically conceived and me-
chanically operated becomes a chaos
and jungle" Something more than
business as usual" and return to
normalcy" is indispensable in a world
that for the while has lost both its
vision and its poise. 1t was the Mas
ter's habit after the days work was
done to go to the quiet and peace Of
the hill of Olivet. There in the si-
lence He saw more clearly the high
purpose of His ministry, and from
such periods of reflection and con-
temptation He came renewed and re-
freshed to His mighty tasks.
The noise and distraction, the alb
sorbing and enervating occupations,
the ceaseless search for new forms of
pleasure, these hardly fit us for the
development of the finer qualities of
our nature. We have speed and ac-
ton, color and variety in this new
age, but when it comes to determining
our course and planning for the large
issues of life we are compelled to turn
to those who are capable of thinking
through plan that is wise and states
manlike and consistent with our best
interests. That religious faith and
practice are indispensable to such re-
Election is becoming increasingly evi-
dent.
Evening star., 1934-09-09
The Awful consequences.

The corporation counsel will show
cause" in District Supreme Court to-
morrow why the District authorities
should not be enjoined from holding
the advisory referendum on liquor
licenses in Takoma Park. D. c.
Without commenting on the issues,
as drawn by counsel for the license
applicants in his petition for the in
junction. it is still meet and proper
to point to the Districts fate. as
painted in the petition, should this
proposed referendum be held:
1t makes the commission form Of
government merS sham. 1t converts
Evening star., 1934-09-09

what practical use there is in spend
ing time, energy and money in the
development of capacities which can
not be sold Immediately.
But the problem may be more COM
plex and infinitely more serious than
even these pessimists imagine. Sup
pose, for example, that prosperity is
not achieved at any time within the
next decade, what of the fate of the
young men and women whose youth
will be lived meanwhile? They will
be at the gate of middle age and their
best forces of body and spirit will
have begun to decline, and yet they
will not have had unhampered oppor-
tunity to attain success. Such pros
pect is not to be contemplated with
equanimity. And to have any chance
to avoid such a colorlesS destiny the
youth of today must have more effec-
tive help than they can summon from
within themselves.
The Federal Government, it is indi-
Gated, must do something toward the
solution of the problem. Schools, it
must know, are as important as fac
tories or farms. The cost of illiteracy
would be vastly greater than the
expense of its prevention. Ignorance,
poverty and crime go hand in hand
and hundreds Of millions might well
be spent to protect society against
their influence.
But the boys and girls cannot wait.
They want action instantly, and their
determination will prompt them to
obtain it. They will understand that
there always is room at the top"
in any profession or business, and to-
ward that apex they will struggle with
a passion which might be absent in
happier times. More education.
rather than less, is the answer to the
challenge of the hour. The strife
may be fierce, but there will be victory
and the fruits of conquest for those
who with increased earnestness and
devotion go back to school" to win
in spite of everything.
Evening star., 1934-09-09
Back to School. "

This is the season when the central
thought in the minds of parents and
children alike is that of going back
to school," The phrase is common
in conversation in every community
in the land. A few more days of
vacation, and then the bells will ring
and American youth will return to
the class rooms of educational inSti-
tutions scattered from coast to coast
yet united to the single end that
national cultural standards may be
maintained and advanced.
No greater tragedy could be
imagined than that which would
enSue from loss of interest in learn
ing. The degree of civilization which
a people attains can be measured in
no better way nor with no more
accurate gauge than by the yaGdstick
of popular enthusiasm for those vari-
cites of knowledge which philosophers
long ago recognized to be sources of
power. And the opening of the
school year is an appropriate occasion
for consideration of the popular
attitude.
AT present, it must be conceded,
the populace is reacting to the pun
ishment which it has had during the
lengthy and exhausting depression.
Certain individuals, naturally enough.
are discouraged. To these persons it
may seem useless to persevere in the
pursuit of training for which no ready
market is available. The question
they are asking themselves is that OF
Evening star., 1934-09-09
Publicity of Some of the New Dealers
Has Caused Friction i'm Administration

had become a flop" because of the
pliers, thus opening the way to an
expose that still is having repercus-
sionS in court. He gave editorial
writer's their chance when, a little
while ago, he expressed the opinion
that Americans don't know what it
is to be taxed" He thought they
would learn.
But some of these things haven't
looked so well in print. The F. E. r. A.
administrator good -humoredly told
newspaper men, after seeing what had
been written, You fellows are going
to get me fired before this thing is
over" Later, in Hyde Park, he ener-
getically sought to dispel the idea that
the Federal Government intends to
underwrite strikes.
Henry Wallace. Secretary OF Agri-
culture, is another official who believes
in speaking his mind. He never
minceS words in talking to farmers or
to others. A letter signed by Mr.. Wal
lace suggested that it might be helpful
to farmers if there were no ship sub
sidy and if foreigners could carry our
goods in ships of their own and
thereby obtain money with which to
buy more products of American farms.
The outburst that followed caused the
President to explain to newspaper men
that his Secretary of Agriculture
merely had outlined a theory that
was correct as theory, but would not
be applied.
Shortly thereafter Mr.. Wallace
frightened the timid by pointing out
to newspaper men that the "E. P. I. c."
COR End Poverty in California') plan
of Upton Sinclair already is being put
to work by the Federal Government
through the Federal Surplus Relief
Corp. and the Emergency Relief Ad-
ministration.
Along with the officials who are in
clined to overindulge in expressive
statements to newspaper men are
those who follow program of extreme
cautiousness. In this group are many
of the brain truSters. Also included
now is Donald Richberg, who started
out his Government service as the
year ago he talked readily of revolu-
ton. Now when he talks he is in
clined to use platitudes.
DR.. Rexford Guy Tugwell, who again
is high in the Presidents councils, is
not one to talk freely for publication.
He prefers "in-fighting" where there
is less show, but considerable accom-
plishment. Thus. it was by in
fighting" that Tugwell scored victory
over George N. Peek. former admins
traitor of the A. A. A, in the squabble
most nearly comparable with that to-
day between Gen. Johnson and Mr..
Richberg and Miss Perkins.
Jerome Frank and Mordecai Ezekial
also are cautious. James Lands of
the Securities Exchange Commission
speaks out, but his message is one of
assurance. So it goes down the line
of the prominent young men in the
administration.
(Copyright. 1934O
Evening star., 1934-09-09
Fifty Years Ago
In The Star

Washington was greatly stirred so
years ago by the murder Of police
man by a member Of
Muluer Vi the chain gang" of
Policeman. which he was in
charge while the
prisoners were engaged in cleaning al
leyS. The prisoner. who had a bad
record as a chronic misdemeanant,
seized the officers pistol when ordered
to carry on with his work and in
fiicted a wound which caused death
shortly afterward. The Star Of Sep
tember 10, 1884, says:
The fashion prevails Of making
sport of the intelligence and courage
of policemen. If anything happens
on their long beats when they are not
instantly on the spot they are popu-
larly supposed to be walking in the
opposite direction or conversing af-
fably with the bellies of the kitchens
in the area. And when they do make
an arrest, according to the same popu-
lar tradition, they carefully avoid the
robust offenders and sense and run in
the small boy spectators of the row.
Such a tragedy as that of yesterday
reveals the real nature of the police
mans duties and the danger he must
constantly face. According to Mai
Dyes just published report, each officer
made, during the year, an average of
II arrests, and 1t is not too much to
say that in large proportion of these
cases the arrest was made at the peril
of the officers life. In yesterdays
murder, had Officer Fowler succeeded
in overpowering his prisoner, nothing
would have been thought of the
desperate character of the struggle,
but unfortunately the criminal and his
friends were able to wreak their pas
sions unrestrained. A disgraceful fea-
ture of the tragedy was that the by
ISLANDERS were so terrorized by the
criminals that they refused to come
to the officers assistance. 1t Is, Of
course, easier to criticize In such
case than to act. A single desperate
man, with a pistol, will keep a street
full of people at bay. But had the as
sistance called for by the officer been
promptly rendered it is altogether
likely that no blood would have been
split -H
THE suggestion comes to The Star
from various quarters that a fund
should be made up by our citizens
for the relief of the widow and chill
dren of the brave officer who lost his
life yesterday in the public service,
and one prominent business firm
backed up its suggestion by a money
The Star heartily in
dorSeS the project and will very readily
take charge Of any contributions to
the fund
Evening star., 1934-09-09
Textile Strike Caused by
Differences as to Code
BY HARDEN COLFAX.

While it has been generally ad-
mitted that, after years operation,
the N. r. A. textile code has brought
certain Improvements in wages and
hours and other conditions to the
workers, and a leSsening of unfair
competition to manufacturers, it is be-
lieved in Washington that the textile
strike was caused by radical differ
ence of opinion as to the character
and extent of the benefits of the code
Just what a strike of all the textile
workers of the country for any length
of time would involve is shown graph
ically in publication of the Bureau
OF Foreign and Domestic Commerce.
From the standpoint of employment,
the textile industry is the largest in
dustry in the United States. The De-
partment of Commerce survey shows
that this Summer more than $4,000
textile factories in the United States,
with a normal employment of some
/ 100000 salaried and wage workers,
provided a livelihood to more indi-
viduals than any other single branch
VI Misunderstanding III JIlC COu1lIly. LII
one recent year, textile factories pro-
duced more than $9000,0 900 600 worth
of cotton, silk, rayon and wool prod
uctS.
Just over a year ago, the first of the
more than 400 national codes of fair
competition" now under N. r. A. be-
came effective. Textiles was the pio-
neer industry to embrace the oppor-
tunities offered by President RooSe-
velt's plans for increased business
Government partnership.
Most of the largest trade associa-
tions of the country are those con-
cerned with manufacturers and proc
eSsors of textiles, as well as distribu-
tors and affiliated groups. Several
are among the oldest in this country,
having been founded in Civil War
days. Most of them, however, have
worked directly with N. r. A. since
its establishment in the preparation
of the more than SIS textile codes now
approved. 1t is in the textile industry
abolition of child labor.
n number VI LIleSe enterprises WORK
ing in textiles have admittedly short
ened hours and increased wages, and,
a few weeks ago, Gen. johnson an
nounced that a large proportion of
the 100000 or more workers banded
under N. r. A. are to be credited to
the textile enterprises. The cotton
textile code, which became effective
in July last year, submitted by the
Cotton Textile Institute, the Ameri-
can Cotton Manufacturers Associa-
ton and, the National Association of
Cotton Manufacturers, affected al
most all the 30,000,000 spindleS which
the industry can operate in this
country.
Speaking of the trade association |
groupings, particularly the American |
Trade Association Executives, and
looking hopefully toward the annual !
convention of this association on Sep |
tember 20 to %, the Department OF |
Commerce survey says that practically |
all these groups in the field of textiles |
have considerably broadened their |
program of cooperative services since |
the advent of N. r. A. 1t points out |
that the annual national award Of the
A. T. A. E. for the most useful service
to its members and the general public
was given in 1881 to the National As
sociation Of Dyers and Cleaners and
Evening star., 1934-09-09

The art of serious thinking and re-
flection has not been common to our
time Even our leaders confess this.
They frankly affirm that, the confu-
sion and chaos of these past tragic
years were the logical results Of a
system of planning that made no
reckoning of the day of testing and
trial. All their schemes and designs
were for a happy, opulent and pros
porous today, with little thought for
tomorrow; hence when the storm
clouds gathered and misfortune came
they were unprepared to face the new
situation. An unthinking and unre-
flective world was staggered and ap-
palled by a set of conditions with
which it had not reckoned.
1t recalls the incident of con-
versation I had with friend just
before he sailed on his annual Euro
pean visit. He had lived a care-free
life, quite unresponsive to the call of
the things of the spirit. He had been
prosperous and had reached that stage
in life where he could lay aside re-
sponsibilities. AS he departed he said
to me: When I return I am going
to give more consideration to those
things that concern my deeper, finer
nature. 1 am a bit tired of the ex-
cesses of social and commercial life,
I have reached the period where I
want to think more deeply of life's
real meaning and purpose" He re-
minded me of those lines of Words
worth:
THE world is so much with us, late
and soon,
Spending and being spent we lay
waste our powers"
My friend did not come back; he
was one of the victims of the Titanic
disaster. His day for reflection was
past.
On one occasion Jesus spoke of the
confusion of men when extraordinary
events transpired. Mems hearts fail
ing them for fear and for looking after
those things which are coming on
the earth" He followed this state
ment with the solemn admonition:
Take heed to yourselves, lest at any
time your hearts be overcharged with
overindulgence and excesses and the
cares of this life, and so that day
come upon you unexpectedly" He
was appealing for more of serious
reflection upon life's real meaning and
purpose, for a reasonable recognition
of it's true and abiding values. There
was something more to it than the
few years of its existence, the struggle