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Evening star., 1934-07-03
Critics of the New Deal and Doubling
ThOmases Who Have Made History

posed to the new deal as doubling
Thomases." AS pointed out by Lord
Bryce in his American Common
wealth." successful democracy de-
pends on a two-party government:
and criticism should be welcomed. 1t
is altogether proper for the President
to answer his critics by facts and
sound reason, whereas ridicule is un-
democratic and demagogic Voters
are entitled to have facts and reasons
presented to them.
The fact that the President should
refer to his critics as doubling
T'hOmaSeS" indicates that he wishes
to evade the issues. Although he
admits that the new deal is an eX-
pertinent and therefore cannot be
sure of results, yet he would have us
have implicit and unqueStioning faith
in these experiments. Despite the
facts that other countries are recov-
erlng without a new deal. that re-
coVery here might have been farther
advanced II no new deal had ever
been naugurated. and that the public
debt being incurred by the new deal
has not yet become due, we are asked
not to doubt its ultimate success We
must give the new deal credit for any
Improvement, yet deny credit TO
Coolidge for prosperity in 1927.
He asks us to point out where any
OF our liberties have been taken away,
inferring that none has been taken
away. yet he states that he has "step-
ped on a few toes" and that he Is
going to continue this practice
Whether ones property is confiscated
outright. or taken for taxes makes
little difference to the owner-his
property is taken. Whether one is
forbidden outright to grow more cot
ton than a fixed amount or the excess
is taxed SO high as to be confiScatory
makes no difference TO the cotton
grower Whether a farmer is forbid
den outright from raising hogs or a
processing tax is imposed so high as
to make it improbable to raise hogs
makes no difference to the farmer.
and it makes no difference to the
farmer whether he pays the process
ing tax out of his own pockets or the
professor pays it and deducts it from
what is due the farmer. One can tell
us that our liberties are not being
taken away just as one may tell us
white is black. G.. w. BUTT.
Evening star., 1934-07-03

country, attendance at civic meetings,
outdoor games or the theaters-these
at least are better employments Of
the holiday than expedients which fill
the morgues and the hospitals. A far
worse use Of the occasion, 1t might be
mentioned, could be found than that
of staying quietly at home and listen
ing to the speeches and music broad
cast by the radio networks.
But the point does not require
argument. No sane individual dis
agrees with the doctrine of reason
able safety. 1t is the irrationally ad-
venturous minority that needs to be
controlled. And the majority has the
obligation to set an example. Let the
thousands who really believe in a safer
Fourth behave accordingly, and
Thursdays papers will have fewer ac-
cidents to record than on any July S
in years.
Evening star., 1934-07-03

credited with the origination of the
automatic turnstile used in the sub
ways Of the metropolis. He had other
inventions to his credit, chiefly per-
tanning to the transportation Of peo-
pie, for he was one of the executives
and engineers of the Interborough
Rapid Transit Co.
The turnstile is not a new device.
1t was in use in one form and an
other long ago, a means Of permitting
human passage through a narrow
opening while checking the passage
OF cows and other domestic and farm
! animals. What Mr.. Doyle devised
was a mechanism that would let only
one person through the opening at a
time and only when the necessary
nickel was dropped into q slot. 1t
was called into being by a financial
necessity. Before it was adopted many
people passed through the barriers at
the subway and elevated stations
without paying. A survey showed that
fully twenty per cent Of the riders
did not pay fares. The first device
was not altogether satisfactory. Sew
eral people were injured Then the
mechanism was perfected so that not
only could there be no gate crashing
but nobody could be harmed. That
was the triumph of the engineer. and
for that he is now lauded as a public
benefactor. He checked the fare
dodgers without hurting them. and
the corporation rejoiced.
No degree Of engineering ingenuity
has, however, solved the perennial
problem Of providing seats in public
conveyances at rush times. 1t may
never be solved. AS long as humanity
moves in waves twice daily, in the
morning and the evening. the great
centers of population will be scenes
OF tremendous crowding. The turn
Stile may make the car riders pay
their fares. but it will not ensure
them comfort in transit. Maybe
some day genius will develop to al
leviate the plight Of the gregariouS
masses of humanity who have to go
places every working day by the
tens of millions.
Evening star., 1934-07-03

Some new method OF setting up
boards to settle labor disputes is urged
in much of the newspaper comment
on the labor legislation enacted by
Congress in its compromise on the
Wagner bill.
In many controversies between
representatives of employers and en-
ployes," says the Kansas City Times.
the impression has been given that
the public, always vitally interested
party, has been left out Of considera-
ton" The Times also suggests that
IF the new board should be virtual
court. instead OF traditional COM
mission, an important step might
thus be taken toward more salts
factory solution of controversies"
The MuSkegon Chronicle points out
that heretofore. every board has fol-
lowed the traditional idea of appoint
ing one man to represent the labor
group and another to represent the
employers. and usually these two
have chosen a third who was expected
to be neutral, which meant, in the
final analysis. that the burden of
umpiring the dispute fell on one
man."
Making the same point. the Okla
homa News comments: On the basis
of the experience Of bipartisan
boards under the temporary National
Labor Board set-up and the expert
ence with the special Automobile
Labor Board, we believe that type of
organization should be abandoned in
the new boards. Experience shows
that the bipartisan type of board
does not function dispassionately and
iudicially.' 1t tends to divide between
two groups of advocates, for capital
on the one side and for labor on the
other side And that leaves only the
impartial chairman, who thereby be-
comes in effect one-man board.
One-man boards are dangerous in
times like these. The risk of picking
that one man is too great"
The Danbury News-Times gives this
summary of the new legislation: The
effect Is that the President may set
I'D mediation boards with power to
hold elections and determine, in any
case, how the labor IN any establish
ment desires to be represented. The
Wagner bill carried special characters
penalizing employers who might en-
deavOr 10 promote company unions.
The new measure will be about as
effective in setting up representation
of groups of workers, who wish to
bargain with the employer"
The new measure is called patch
work" by the Akron Beacon Journal,
while the Charlotte Observer calls it
"a surrender to the insistent demands
of labor" The Asheville Times re-
marks: whether the boards provided
will be able TO deal with employer
worker disputes so as to avoid costly
labor warfare, only time can answer.
But it does seem to be true that now
the Government, more than ever be-
fore, is in position to intervene as an
umpire clothed with at least that
moral authority which will command
respect and cooperation from both
sides to the controversy"
The Hartford Courant hopes that:
"Out of such settlements as have
already been made In the textile in
dustry and the automobile industry, q
system may evolve that in time can
be set UP a. o constitutional order for
Evening star., 1934-07-03
To the Editor OF The Star:

To the Editor OF The Star:
One wonders how far civilization
would be advanced If it had not
been for the existence Of doubling
Thomases. whom President Roosevelt
bitterly attacked in his latest speech,
At one time nearly every one be-
lieVed that the earth was fiat. but
there was one doubling Thomas" q
Columbus. who believed it was round.
He was bitterly attacked and ridiculed
for his beliefs, just as the doubling
ThomaSeS' were attacked and ridi-
culed by the President. But Columbus
stuck to his convictions in spite of
attacks and ridicule, and as a result
he discovered a great continent.
Nearly every one believed at one
time that it was impossible for man
ever TO fly, and the idea Of mans
flying was attacked and ridiculed.
Some argued that if God had intended
for man TO fly 1T would have given
him wings. But there were at least
two doubling Thomases"-the two
Wright brothers-who believed it was
possible to fly, and as result Of their
beliefs We now have great airways
over which passengers and freight
are carried over all parts of the world.
The idea Of mans ever being able to
talk from one continent to another
was at one time thought to be idiotic,
but one doubling ThOmas"
der Graham Bell-made it possible to
communicate by telephone, and
Thomas Edison, the greatest doubt
ing Thomas" Of his age. made it pos
sible to record the human voice and
enable it to be heard in the phono-
graph by future generations.
A few centuries ago those who re-
fused to subscribe TO certain religious
beliefs were looked upon as heretics.
Doubling was regarded as the great
est of sins. But Martin Luther and
a few other doubling Thomases" OF
his age started the Protestant Ref
ormation. Nearly every one believed
in the divine right of kings at one
time, but a few doubling Thomases''
with spirits AKIN to those baronS who
wreSted the magma charta from King
John. have demonstrated that the
people should have the right to rule
themselves.
With all due respect to our great
President, it seems poor grace for
him to attack and ridicule those op-
Evening star., 1934-07-03

About this time every year the gar
dening mind begins to long for rest.
No doubt the heat first attacks the
gardening body, causing it to languish.
There really is no good reason why
a person should not Succumb as grace
fully as possible TO this annual dis
ease.
Not to the extent, Of course, of per-
mitting the yard to go to pot. That
would not do at all, nor is it neces-
sary.
All that Is required Is that the
home gardener give in to the mood
| of the moment.
u X y X
II he or she has gardened excessive
ly. now is the time to begin to garden
leisurely.
Aside from the weekly moving of
the grass. there is not so much to be
done, after all, if one does not wish
to do 1t.
Formerly it was fashionable, among
garden minded persons. to frown ter
ribly upon the simple soul who found
hot weather work just a mite too
much for him.
Such a person was said to be the
first to rush out in the Spring, but
the first to quit when hot weather
made weed pulling necessary.
This structure may have been right
enough in the days when weeds oc-
cupied the forefront Of the afore-
| mentioned garden mind.
Somehow gardeners do not talk so
much nowadays about weeds and
wedding.
Has 1t come about that weeds no
longer grow as strongly as they did?
I Or do they just not loom SO large
in the gardeners mind?
There can be little question that
weeds tend 70 grow less and less in
neighborhoods where good cultural
control Is achieved by the majority OF
the residents.
Even vacant lots. splendid culture
! beds for typical weeds, tend in time
to reduce themselves to a few kinds
the strongest growers, usually the
larger and most rampant types.
1t may be that the severe Winter
ended many weeds forever.
Whatever happend, or didn't hap
pm. it seems more or less true that
there are fewer weeds this season, just
as they have appeared less and less
in the talk Of home gardeners.
kk*
1t may be that gardeners. as a class.
simply have decided to stop talking
weeks. since 1t is work. not talk, which
stops them.
Surely there was no occasion for as
much palaver as formerly went on.
With this Scarecrow OF the small
garden removed. the amateur we'll
may consider whether he should Toll
in the heat If he doesn't want to.
After all home gardening is but one
side of life.
One may prefer to read at times.
So let the garden take care OF itself
then. upon occasion.
Often it will do y surprisingly good
job Of it.
Many man or woman who values
the beauty OF flower gardening will
be amazed at the way the garden gets
along without attention.
This is impressed upon the most
meticulous person after a vacation.
While there may be unkempt edges.
Evening star., 1934-07-03

some and dull, but so is every other
job that people have to do day in and
day out. but the entire welfare and
health of a family depend upon the
food served in the home. A few
slabs of cold ham or sausage and
potato salad from the delicatessen
store with cake from the bakery is
no meal for growing children or a
hungry, tired man when he comes
home from a hard days work and it
is no meal either for even the house
wife herself to eat day in and day
out, did she only realize it, and the
adverse effect poorly balanced meals
have upon the health and nerves
and body of every individual
DOROTHY A. DAVIS.
Evening star., 1934-07-03
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Self-AmictiOn.


Men do today as men have ever done.
Asking for leadership that will evade
The rough and weary course that
must be run.
With mysteries that will leave us
oft afraid.
Men ask for promises and still forgive
If promises that seemed at first so
fair
Are unfulfilled and We are left to live
Under the burden Of still greater
care.
We lift our arms and with a gesture
wide
Before the world in satisfaction tell
OF all our confidence and all our pride,
Since we ourselves have forged our
fetters well.
Evening star., 1934-07-03
Want Public Representative
On Labor Arbitration Boards

relations between employers and
employees"
Reviewing the history of labor dis
putes, the New London Day observes:
The objection in almost every in
stance is not that employers of labor
refuse to have anything to do with
the unions, but because they fear that
a union representing the majority Of
workers will soon be demanding
closed shop which would ban all pro-
spective workers who decline to join
the union
Evening star., 1934-07-03
Training on the Road,

From the Fort Worth star-Telesram.
Much is said at various times about
trained observers" The statement
Is made than only 18 per cent of
auto drivers are of the reckless va
riety. We need the training that we
may discover the go per cent Of
careful drivers hidden away in the
traffic jungles.
Evening star., 1934-07-03
knights and Knighties

I'd like to 60 and see a show
And greet the hero with applause
Because to fight he'll bravely go
In a defenseleSs lady's cause.
But now the hero says: You see
Times change. New manners are
polite.
At present social rules agree
Heroes must cheer while ladies fight"
Its better to look fob trouble some
times" said Uncle Eben. "in de hopes
of sittin' it on de run Std O. lettin' it
walk over you"
Evening star., 1934-07-03

It is reported that Huey Long will
go on the lecture platform. Motion
pictures might be more profitable, but
it would be hard to write scenario
delineating all the picturesque events
in his extraordinary career.
Evening star., 1934-07-03

Fireworks accomplish great patriotic
work by making the Fourth of July
at least one date when people stay
awake at night thinking about George
Washington and the Declaration OF
Independt
Evening star., 1934-07-03
Inventor of the Modern Turnstile.

Fame comes to men through
strange channels. Sometimes it comes
tardily, when death reveals tales OF
achievements OF which the public was
previously unaware. Such Is the case
IN the passing of man in New York
Of whom probably not one in a million
of those affected by his accomplish
ment had ever heard. James S. Doyle
is by the obituary Just published &C.
Evening star., 1934-07-03

Germans who have been jostled off
the sidewalks are now congratulating
themselves on being kept as far away
as possible from doorSteps leading to
a palace which may chance to be the
scene OF a conference
Evening star., 1934-07-03
Another Prize Offer.

Oh, Dillinger, some share of worth
You surely ought to gain,
Since we've been told that on this
earth
Naught has been made in vain.
Some recognition you should win
In turmoil over there
So if you'll hasten to Berlin
I'll gladly pay your fare.
Evening star., 1934-07-03
Echoes of an Old Song.

From the Pittsburgh Post Gazette.
N r. A. has ruled that "the re-
taller may give not more than one
pad OF matches for each unit sold
Going back over the decade to the
days of We don't give bread with
one fishball."
Evening star., 1934-07-03

Germany has long been famous for
college professors and may be re-
GREETING just now that she did not
allow more OF them to hold responsible
parts in national affairs.
Evening star., 1934-07-03
Barberinp Art.

From the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
The BARRIERS are striving to elimi-
nate chiselers from their trade, and
indeed it Is not pleasant to call for
q shave and get facial sculpture.
Evening star., 1934-07-03

Men and women who were expelled
from Germany some time ago are now
permitted to regard themselves as
rather fortunate
Evening star., 1934-07-03
Smoke and Fire.

From the Geneva IN. " Times.
where there's smoke there's fire"
was always true: but never before,
says an insurance man, did smokers
make 20 many fires.
Evening star., 1934-07-03

Organizations are necessary in social
development. They become objection
able when they evolute into gangs.
Evening star., 1934-07-03
Splitting z the Degrees.

From the Boston Transcript.
1t would seem to be adding insult
to injury when the meteorologists In
the midst of a heat wave insist upon
reporting maximum temperatures to
the fraction of degree.
Evening star., 1934-07-03

Before doing more work to balance
the budget, it may be necessary to
appoint a commission to rediscover it.
Evening star., 1934-07-03
Finland's Debts.

From the Wichita Eagle.
At that there must be a political
school in Finland which contends
that Finland Is . chump to pay,
Evening star., 1934-07-03
Woman's s Sphere.

From the Los Angeles Times.
Women occupy wider sphere to-
day but many Of them are trying to
reduce it.
Evening star., 1934-07-03

1t is very generally admitted that
prosperity is no longer so far around
the corner
Evening star., 1934-07-03
Stuff That Bad Dreams Are Made OF.

rs the dispensary success?"
Not altogether" answered Uncle
Bill Bottletop. 1T shows a lot OF
handsome bottles, but when you come
to taste the contents you find that it's
mostly an optical illusion"
ITO be always polite" said Hi Ho,
the sage of Chinatown, "is the privi-
lege OF only those whose circumstances
permit them to exclude all rudeness
from their company"
Evening star., 1934-07-03
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Polite Discourse.

FOnte DISCOURSE.
do you speak German?"
yes" answered Senator Sorghum,
when I am talking music or poetry.
But never again when I am talking
politics"
Evening star., 1934-07-03

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anxious to keep out of politics mustn't
be surprised If he finds himself one Of
the heaviest taxpayers.
Evening star., 1934-07-03

Many a man or woman who values
the beauty OF flower gardening will
be amazed at the way the garden gets
along without attention.
This is impressed upon the most
meticulous person after a vacation
While there may be unkempt edges,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-02-01

JOHNSON ASKS COLD MINES TO COME UNDER NRA
As Industry Has No Code, Wade Instructed to Try
 for Agreement

The gold mining industry of AL aska will be asked by Deputy MIRA Administrator Hugh A. Wade to sign the Presidents e-employment agreement pending the formation | of a code by the industry general ly, it was revealed by him today.
 T have been advised by Gen. Johnson, Chief of MIRA, that the industry has not yet submitted any code and directed by him to make every effort to obtain the sigma lures of the operators in Alaska to the Presidents unemployment agreement MT. Wade said
 He added that he would get in touch with the Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Company, the Fairbanks Exploration Go pany, Hammond Consolidated Gold Fields, and oth- CT companies employing crews of substantial size in both placer and lode mining throughout the Ter ritory.
 The Presidents unemployment agreement fixes a 40-hour work week and prohibits the reduction of wages below those paid on June Is, 1883. MT. Wade said he was hopeful that the operators would all sign up pending code formula tion and approval, and expressed the desire that they initiate movement for a code that would cover all local conditions
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-02-01

men by enabling them to arrive at their work with dry clothing and with protection from the ele- ments. It is also suggested that a trail be constructed from Gasti- neau Avenue along by the old foundation of the Afaska-Juneau up the hill, and possibly a feeder here and there to the main trail.
 A. J. Will Cooperate TAI this, of course, would be a question for the engineers, and it is suggested that the men them selves be consulted in this entire matter. as they are, of course thoroughly conversant with the en- tire situation The Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Company will also no doubt, be glad to cooperate in every way possible.
 Trails are being built all oyer the country, mostly for the benefit
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-02-01
B. M. Behrends Co.,, Inc. Jmeaus Leading Departure Store"


e.&@@ &A .@4.-.u s-s SS (, improvement.
 Some GOO men use this trail daily in going to and from their work at the Mine. and several men have been more or less badly hurt upon it owing to its condition, the footing being very insecure. It is realized that the trail probably, owing to it's location, on the steep side of the mountain and the dan ger from slides, cannot be widened very greatly, but it can be repaired. changed in places and generally put in much better condition. The situation would be greatly im- proved hv building shed over it.
 This would protect the men on their way to and from the Portal. As it is, the trail is wet. slippery and thoroughly dangerous to life and limb. Such q shed would also add greatly to the comfort of the
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-02-01


 Avenue to the mine portal. 1t was represented the trail is in danger ous condition, that several miners have already been more or less ser iousIy injured on it, and that immediate action is needed
 It is declared that some 600 men use the trail daily, going to and from their work in the Alaska Ju- neau mine. and that the recon struction of the trail would benefit all of them.
 Text of Petition
 The petition is as follows:
 We, the undersigned, including the City of Juneau, respectfully suggest that an examination be made of the Alaska Juneau trail, from town along the side of Mount Roberts. to the Portal of the Alaska Juneau Mine, by the proper Agency. with a view to its
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-02-01

of very few people, and we again desire to call attention to the fact that the Alaska-Juneau trail is used daily by over 600 men, and we ask your good offices in secur- ing the improvements here asked for"