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The Washington times., 1934-07-20
BY John SI1ure, Jr.

strong man to refrain from sue
cumbing to temptation.
Apparently, a few Of the
agents believe that it is easier
to succumb than to fight the
temptation. One division chief
recently reported to the Treas
ury that of all the agents under
him, he knew Of only three men
whom he could trust.
It is believed that a similar
situation exists in other divi-
siOnS.
A thorough Shake-up in the
Alcohol Tax Unit, consequently,
is believed imminent.
There are some officials in
this Government who can un-
derstand the hardship that is
often worked by the married
worker" clause of the economy
act, which forbids husband ana
wife to be on Uncle Sans pay
roll.
In one of the many bureaus
recently officials came TO tne
conclusion that a young girl
who was on the payroll as
Miss" was about to have a
baby.
They decided she should be
questioned but, were undeter'
mined as to who should cross
examine her. The bureau nurse,
who had been treating the girl
for some minor ailment, was
selected finally as the inqulsl'
tor.
The next time the girl went
to the nurse for treatment, that
efficient young woman sub
jected her to questioning. The
girl refused to discuss the mat
ter for several days and then
confessed.
It was true, she said, that
she was to have a child. But
the father was Government
employe to whom she was
secretly married.
Rather than take a chance
on making public their marriage
and having officials fire one of
them because of the married
worker" clause, the girl was
~oinC ahead and have her child
although she knew of the stigma
that might be attached to her
because of the fact that she
Ostensibly was a "Miss."
Learning of the situation, the
officials told her to have her
baby, make no secret Of her
marriage and they are trying
with every effort to keep her
on the payroll.
Copyright, 1884" by The Washington
Times)
The Washington times., 1934-07-20
Moscow Talks in America
Our Communists Take Orders from Russia

our communists Lake OrQeTS from huSSla
Moscow gold.
Our parlo pnks and sOapbox nteectua say there isn't
any in the United States They the phrase ofy scott
ingy when conservative Americans call attention to activities
persons concerned with tearing down form of govern
ment
But they're laughing out of the wrong side Of their mouths
Moscow talks in America. Maybe not with gold, with
silver, but certainly with some sort Of currency.
Moscow gives orders the CPUSA-whch means the Com
nnunst Party of the United States The CPUSA obeys
Earl Browder executive secretary Of the CPUSA admits this
fact the Congressional Committee investigating American
activities The American Communist Party he admits part
the Communist International Moscow and is in contact
with it.
Browders testimony than few thousands
Of misguided nwtted socalled ineectuals playing
Willingly with fire and dynamite.
It concerns than the conservatives
It concerns the American people
The American people have the right to know from its Gov
ernment what it intends to do about the CPUSA.
Maxim Ltvino bought recognition of his
with the promise the Communists would try to
throw Government After Browders testimony it
longer be said that Moscow has nothing to do with Communist
activities in this country.
What are we going to do about it?
The Washington times., 1934-07-20
Delayed Pay
No Excuse

An absurd spectacle stupidity nefficiency both is
presented the failure of paymaers present salary checks
to employees of the rental and benefit section Of the Agr
cultural Adjustment Administration when the checks due
The checks bearing the second per cent pay restora
o five days late On previous occasions they have been
several days late.
There thus treating than 1000 employees
The money them the first and fifteenth of each
month They have earned at that time It longer belongs
to the Government but the property of the employees
Why should the Government hold for four five days?
The only that question either the inability Of
those in charge of the checks prepare them in time
stupid carelessness which makes them ougess of the rights
of others
Paymaers have right be arrogant in the exercise Of
their duties
THEIR DUTY IS TO PAY MONEY WHEN IT IS DUE.
IF THEY FAIL IN THAT THEY DO NOT DESERVE
THEIR JOBS.
The Washington times., 1934-07-20
The Human Side of the News
Boss Systems Suffer Heavy Defeats
By EdWin C.. Hill

Have we come to the twilight
of the bosses? Are they finally
passing over the bridge to what
ever Valhalla is reserved for
their kind? The question pops
out of the news from at least
three great cities.
BY all report and indication
the smashing of the Ware ma
chine in Philadelphia is COM
pleted, and the gray and pudgy
William Scott Ware takes his
place on the shelf along with
John F. Curry, of New York,
and Maurice Maschse, of Cleve-
land. Thus, within a years
time, we have the rare spectacle
of three of the outstanding po-
litical bosses of the country
passing out of the picture.
With no one rising in Chicago
to take Anton Cermak's place,
it appears that only Kansas
City, in the person of bluff Tom
Prendergast, can show us a boss
of the old school. Tom came
through handily in the mayor
atty election last spring, but he
has a State primary ahead OF
him in August which may or
may not take a little away from
his prestige.
From Same Mould
Ware, Curry and Prendergast'
three from the same mold, with
one alone clinging on in face
of the uprising against the ma
chine! All started in humble
circumstances, Ware, as a cash
boy in Philadelphia'S Wana-
makers; Currs on New York's
West Side and Prendergast in
the tough North Side OF Kan
sas City.
From petty ward politics they
made their way up to control
of great municipalities. Ware
and Curry served terms In Con-
gress, but Prendergast went by
the rule that no boss should
hold an elective office.
All three had their private lu'
crative business. Ware was the
official truckman of Philadel-
phia, so much so that Boies Pen
rose was wont to refer to him as
the "ashcart sta esm a n"
Curry's sideline in New York
was insurance, and Prendergast
takes care of most Of his city's
needs in the cement line.
Maschke was the first to go,
his retirement coming about
last year after his 20 years of
dominance in Ohio politics by a
Democratic victory in Cleveland,
Curry was next, the sins OF the
Jimmy Walker administration
being visited upon him in the
Mayoralty election of 1888,
which saw the Democracy split
with Tammany and the Roose-
velt forces having separate tick
cts in the field, enabling La
Guardia and Fusion to admin
lister a crushing defeat.
The ousting of Ware was more
unexpected. He alone had car
ried a major state for Hoover
The Washington times., 1934-07-20
PROBE OF EMOTIONS
Bu Robert BenchIey

thing as plain, ordinary Love,
Hate, Fear or Jealousy any
more. They are all completes
which date back to something
that happened when we had
the measles.
If there were such an organ
ization as my National Wom-
ems Committee for Examining
into the Validity of Human
Emotions" we might hear a
snatch like this over the radio
some day from Washington:
"You say that you are in
love with this girl?"
Yes, sir-ma'm!"
Does she, in any way, re-
mind you of your father?"
mo, nam. My father had
a large, red moustache.'
"T h a t's very interesting.
Your father had a large. red
moustache. Did your father
ever beat you?"
Occasionally"
II thought so. And yet you
think you are in love with this
young lady for yourself alone2"
"Yes, NAM"
did you ever write a book
in which you said that you ap-
proved of the Russian mar
riage system?'
mo, 1 never wrote any book"
ooh, you never wrote any
book? That's very interesting.
The Washington times., 1934-07-20

BY their decisive defeat Of the
general strike against the public
safety, the people Of San Fran
cisco have vindicated anew
Abraham Lincoln's faith in the
invincible power of public Senti-
ment under the American sys-
tenn of government.
This faith Mr.. Lincoln avoWed
in these words:
"Public sentiment is every
ching. With public sentiment
nothing can fail; Without it
nothing can succeed"
The back of San Francisco's
general strike was swiftly broken
because, instead of evoking the
support of public sentiment, it
aroused and organized public
sentiment into righteous indig-
nation.
This is what always happens
in the United States, sConer or
later. when the government of
the Constitution is defied. Pub
lie sentiment is always on the
side of the government of the
people, and always against those
organized minorities that at
tempt to overthrow the peoples
government.
Abraham Lincoln, who kept
the Union whole, had good rea-
son to know and be grateful
for the power of public senti-
ment. In the Civil War, the
Southern States went to the
draft within the first year of
that conflict. The Northern
States at first relied upon vol
unteers to raise their armies.
This system raised brave armies
but it did not raise enough to
win the war.
Only Chance
Mr.. Lincoln realized that the
war could only be won by the
North through conscription. He
disregarded the advice of his
political. advisers and the pleas
of his friends who warned him
against demanding of the peo-
pie what the people would
never stand" He knew the
American people better than
did his advisers.
He knew that if public senti-
ment in the South supported
conscription, so. would public
sentiment in the North, and he
was right .''.'.-....
Grover. Cleveland trusted the
American people. He also had
implicit faith in the power of
public sentiment. It supported
him when he used unflinch-
ingly the power Of the Federal
Government to keep the Fed
eral mails moving and to com.
pei respect for the processes Of
the Federal courts during the
Pullman strike Of 1894.
1t supported him when he
averted war between Great
Britain and the United States
by the fearless course he pur-
sued in compelling a just set
tlement Of the Venezuela bound
ary controversy.
BY that settlement, he not
The Washington times., 1934-07-20

in 1882. Despite the affair OF
1926 when the United States
Senate refused him the seat to
which he was elected, those not
close to Philadelphia politics
had no inkling of his shaky po-
sition. He, himself, got the sur
prise of his life in the primaries
which showed him losing is of
the so wards. AS he said: Il
cannot believe the figures"
There is scarcely a chance of
his coming back. He is we'll
over so and in 1928 suffered a
stroke of paralysis. His quarter
of century of power behind him,
he probably will spend most of
his time in his Florida home
with his wife and two daughters
to whom he is much devoted.
Maurice Maschke in retire
ment contents himself at the
bridge table where he is a
master player. John Curry
keeps his hand in at golf and
the race track. Prendergast, sur
vivor of the Old Guard, goes
about dispensing his silver quar-
ters to the needy and watching
his race horses run.
The cynic may laugh off the
wave of reform which seems
under way in municipal politics.
We have had them before, it is
true, but rarely so many at one
time. Dynasties, such as Tam.
many's and Vare's have risen
from their ashes. They may do
it again, but for the present at
least, the boss system is down
if it is not out.
Cataclysm
Just the other afternoon
heavy black smoke from bon
fire of discarded lumber pillared
from a long abandoned neck of
land on the New Jersey shore
of New York harbor, almost d.
rectly across from the Statue
of Liberty. This writer looked
across the North River at that
plume of smoke and recalled
the savage sound icture of that
night in July 1916, when the
earth rocked and the heavens
blazed to the explosion of two
thousand tons of sudden death
over on that same neck of land.
That was the night that
Black Tom, the Lehigh Valleys
great war munitions depot, ex.
ploded. Six million people were
asleep that Sunday morning
when two mighty, deafening ex-
ploSions shook the harbor as an
earthquake would have shaken
it, and spread fear and panic
over two states.
But when daylight came and
the Sullen black smoke that had
Smothered the goddess retreated
in defeat, the great statue
emerged. serene and uncon-
quere torch triumphantly
aloft. Thousands cheered that
noble picture.
Copyright, 1894. King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
The Washington times., 1934-07-20

We are going to have a little
trouble with the subject of to-
days lecture, I am afraid. 1t
came to me in a dream last
night and, so far this morning,
I haven't been able to whip it
exactly into shape.
All that dreamed was the
name of a committee, nothing
else. But it struck me as being
such a marvellous name, and so
full of possibilities. that 1 kept
dreaming it over and over
The Washington times., 1934-07-20
Did you ever throw a book?"

Did you ever throw a book?"
Eyes. ma'm.''
"At whom?"
"Once at my father, and, just
now Sound of slight disturb
ance)-at you!"
On the whole, perhaps my
dream wasn't so crazy after all.
For all I know, there may be,
at this moment, a National
Women'S Committee for Ex-
amining into the Validity Of
Human Emotions" Anyway,
just as soon as we get enough
psychoanalysis into Congress
there will be.
Articles BY Robert Benchley
appear each Monday, WedneS.
day and Friday.
copyright. 1934.' King Features
Syndicate, Incl
The Washington times., 1934-07-20
American People Kept Faith
By Breaking Strike
Bv James T. Williams, Jr.

only prevented terrible war,
but he won new respect for the
Monroe doctrine. He was bit
terly criticized at the time by a
noisy and conspicuous minority,
but public sentiment never
failed him.
Years after he left the Presi-
dency, he wrote regarding this
crisis in our foreign relations:
"Those among US Who most
loudly reprehcnded and be-
uoiIed our vigorous assertion
of the Monroe Doctrine Were
the tin1id ones whO feared per-
sonol financial loss, or those
engaged in speculation and
stock gambling, in buying much
beyond their ability to pay and
generally in living by their Utts.
The patriotism of such people
traVerses exclusiVely the pocket
nerUe. but these things are as
nothing when Weighed against
The subEme patriotism and de-
cotton to their nations honor
exhibited by the great mass Of
our cOuntry-the plain people
of the land"
Public Support
Public sentiment supported
Theodore Roosevelt when he
compelled a settlement of the
Pennsylvania coal strike in 1902
Public sentiment supported
Calvin Coolidge when, as gov
ernor of Massachusetts,, he up
held the refusal of the Boston
police commissioner to allow
the police of Boston to union
ize, and used the armed forces
of the State to maintain law
and order when the Boston
policemen deserted to the
enemy and their sinister allies
threatened to paralyze the
city by a general strike.
OF all the fatuouS ventures
to which a diSgruntled minor
ity can resort in this country,
the most fatuous is general
strike. This weapon has al
ways failed to coerce the
American people into surrender.
And the best evidence that
alien agitatorS were at the
bottom Of the general strike
which the people of San Fran
cisco has just defeated is the
fact that intelligent American
leaders, whether wage earners
or wage payers, would not be
foolhardy enough to believe
that the power in which Abra.
ham Lincoln put his trust is
no longer invincible throughout
the Union 'ilich he kept whole,
the power of public sentiment.
Copyright, 1884, by The Washington
Times)
The Washington times., 1934-07-20
ReceiverShip Costs
They Must Be Cut

Washington depostos of closed banks being forced to
tremendous the administration of the affairs of
the institutions in which many of them have lost their life
savings
The revelation by The Washington Times that already the
bill for recversps and conservaorshs Of these banks
to almost million dollars year. with the prospect Of ult
mately costing than three millions is startling
THESE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ARE BEING CHARGED
UP AGAINST THE PEOPLE WHO HAVEN'T ONE PENNY
TO RUB AGAINST ANOTHER.
In local bank alone the quidating bill for year
about half million dollars In others the bill is
naturally less.
BUT NO MATTER HOW LARGE OR HOW SMALL THE
BILL IS THE IMPORTANT FACT IS THAT THE MONEY
MUST BE PAID BY THOSE WHO CANNOT AFFORD IT.
IT MUST BE PAID BY MEN AND WOMEN WHO WERE
LURED INTO THE BANKS BY FALSE GOVERNMENT
STATEMENTS AS TO THEIR SECURITY 1T MUST BE
PAID BY MEN AND WOMEN WHOSE ENTIRE CAPITAL
HAS BEEN TIED UP FOR YEAR AND PROBABLY
WILL BE TIED UP FOR SOME TIME TO COME
That is the tragedy Of the bank receiver system.
salvage little of the wreck of the closed
banks this heavy bill brought against the victimized de-
positors.
The Treasury Department reported being proud that the
bill not higher than The receivers themselves feel that
they doing good job at minimum expense
Possibly the receivers and the Treasury Department right
in their attitude but the fact remains that the system which
further penalties deposor who have already been made upes
is not the best that can be devised.
UNDER THE EXISTING LAW THERE IS PROVIDED A
METHOD BY WHICH THESE COSTLY RECE1vERsHIPs
CAN BE TERMINATED ALMOST IMMEDIATELY.
That law forced through the last Congress under the
leadership Representative Clarence Mcleod of Michigan
with the support of The Washington Times 1t compro
mise for Mr. McLeods original proposal of full payoff
That provides Reconstruction Finance Corpora
ton may purchase the assets of the closed banks at price
based upon liberal appraisal.
IF THE RECEIVERS WOULD SELL AND THE CORPORA
TION WOULD BUY THESE ASSETS AT ONCE, THE RE-
CEIvERsH1Ps COULD BE TERMINATED IN 80 DAYS
The additional receivershp would be negligible The
deposors would immediate dividends computed the
normal value of the banks assets
THE CORPORATION IS AUTHORIZED TO PAY ALL
THAT THE RECEIVERS WILL EVER BE ABLE TO GET
FOR THE ASSETS
BY FOLLOWING THIS COURSE THE DEPOs1TORs
WILL BE SAVED THE MILLION DOLLARS YEAR THAT
THEY ARE BEING CALLED UPON TO PAY.
The Washington times., 1934-07-20
WISE WORDS

Conceit in weakest bodies
strongest workS.-Hamlet.
A single conversation across
the table with a wise man is
better than ten years study Of
The Washington times., 1934-01-27
BY R D SEAMEN
MAROONED

3. s. JACOB RUPERT, BAY
OF WHALES, ANTARCTTCA, Jan.
27.-Caught in a storm and
moving ice, the flagship of the
Byrd Antarctic Expedition drifted
in the Bay of Whales today while
At members of the crew were
marooned ashore.
Melting ice caused removal Of
the ship from its berth to safety
in the open waters of the Ross
Sea. Stranded on shore, the
crew cannot receive help as long
as the ship is held at sea by the
high winds.
The ship was forced to sea while
the men were engaged in remov-
ing winter stores to Little Amer
lea. The situation became dan
gerous when a huge "growler"
missed the boat by only 80 feet.
With great difficulty the ship
was moved out of danger. Ad-
miral Byrd has set February 10
as the deadline for departure of
his ship. She must be unloaded
and cleared by then or run the
danger Of being beset by new ice.
Another reason for haste is the
fact that her fuel is running
short.
The Washington times., 1934-01-27
FATHER PLAYS
LONE HAND ON
TENTH DAY
Needless of Attorney General,
Brewer Insists Police
and U. S. Stay Out

ST. PAUL, Mimi, Jan. 81
UN.SJ.-Determined that police
and Federal authorities shall not
interfere, Adolph Bremen. aged
brewer, continued to play a lone
hand today in efforts to nego-
tiate for the release of his kid
naped son, Edward G.. Bremen,
wealthy banker.
The 37-year-old banker was
kidnapped 10 days ago and today
was still being held for a $780,
900 ransom.
Criticism Ignored
The elder Bremen apparently
took no heed of the criticism
leveled at him by Attorney Gen
eral Homer S. Cummings, who
said that the reluctance of fami-
lies to do anything but what
they thought was best for the
safety of the victim was often
the most ShortSighted policy.
The father denied that he had
heard from the kidnapers since
the original letter was delivered
to Walter w. Magee on the day
Of the younger Bremer's disap-
pearance. He insisted that he is
keeping open every possible chan
mel through which the kidnapers
might establish contact.
Confidence WaneS
Pacing the floor of his brewery
office and hoping for an encour-
aging word as to the fate of his
son, Bremen was said to be losing
confidence.
Mrs. Emily Bremen, wife Of the
victim, still refused to see all
visitors at their new home on the
Mississippi River bank.
Federal Department of Justice
operatives under Harold Nathan
remained inactive. Police likewise
were quietly awaiting develop
mentS.
The Washington times., 1934-01-27
R.F.C.MEMBERS
GET OKAY
BY International News Service

BY International News Service
The Senate Banking Committee
today voted to confirm the ap-
pointment of William I. Myers,
of New York, as governor of the
Farm Credit Administration.
The committee also favored ap-
pointment of Charles B. Hender-
son, of California, as member
of the Reconstruction Finance
Corporation and the reappoint-
ment of five other members of
the R. F. C. They are: Jesse H.
Jones, Of Texas, chairman; Har-
vey C. Couch, Arkansas; Frederick
H. Taber, Massachusetts,; C. B.
Merriam. Kansas, and John j.
Blaine, Wisconsin. All r. F. C.
terms are for two years, beginning
as of January %.
All actions were unanimous, ac-
cording to Senator Fletcher DO
of Florida, chairman.
The Washington times., 1934-01-27
PAY DEDUCTION
FOR HOLIDAYS

Government employees who take
leave without pay around holiday
time will have to watch their
step. In two decisions that came
to light today at the General Ac-
counting office, Comptroller Cen
eral j. r. McCarl ruled that the
employees will be charged up for
the Sunday and Monday holidays
and that their pay will be cut in
conformity with this procedure.
One decision was in the case
of a Department of Justice en-
ploye who took four days leave
without pay prior to the New Year
holiday and did not Return to
work until January 2. Although
he had applied for leave without
pay, only through December 20,
inaSmuch as Saturday and Mon
day were holidays, the Comp
troller General holds that the de-
partment's leave regulations re-
quire a charge for Sundays and
days declared to be legal holi-
days. at any time except at the
beginning of a period Of leave
without pay"
The other decision, applying to
three employees of the Civil Service
Commission, two in the Washing
ton office, holds that the Sun
days and holidays occurring with
in a definite period of absence
without pay are not to be compen-
sated for even if the Sunday or
holiday occurs on the last day of
Ahe authorized leave period.
The Washington times., 1934-01-27
Will Rogers Here To Hunt 60-Cent Dollar
"Looks In On" Garner
But Won't Poster
Mr.. Roosevelt

All he knows is what he reads
in the papers. But he came to
Washington to "check up on
'em."
And that's why Will Rogers to-
day took a seat in the Senate
gallery when the upper branch
of Congress convened to take up
the Presidents monetary bill.
The famous columniSt, humor-
ist and movie actor flew into
town last night to find out all
about "those there 60-cent dol
lars" He said today:
"T'm hearin' q lotta talk
about those there 6O-Cent dol
lars and so just came on East
to see if I could see one of
'em alongside the other kind"
Has Chat With Garner
Chewing his gum and winking
one eye good-humoredly, this cow
boy humorist was at the Capitol
real early this morning to pay a
visit to Jack" Garner (the Vice
President, you know. He had a
long chat with him at the v. P.'s
rooms in the Senate Office and
then went to Gamers office in the
Capitol.
Senator after Senator stepped
into the office to shake Rogers
hand and to talk over the none
tary policy with him as he grinned
his infectious grin and expressed
his desire to see one of those
there" dollars that everybody'S
talking about.
Senator Key Pittman Of Nevada,
president pro TEN Of the Senate,
was one of the visitors who came
in to see the famous political COM
mentator.
Off Tonight for N. Y.
1t was shortly after the Senate
had convened and Rogers had this
to say to him:
"As we say in the show busi-