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Evening star., 1934-03-25
ECRETARY OF TRANSPOR-
L TATION,
Washington, D. G.

WdSIlllie LOA, ~ ~
~ Dear Sir:
While you do not exist today,
I feel your creation is so imminent
that this letter will not be Ill timed.
Heretofore, all means of transpor-
tation have been separate entities. SO
far as concerns governmental regula-
ton and service to the public. Surely
the time has come to cure the inefn-
cheney of this situation. The waste
fulness of unco-ordinated systems OF
railroads. autotransports, steamships
and airlines affects the pocKetbooK
and the convenience of every tax
payer and every one else who ever
strays from home.
The proper piecing together OF the
picture puzzle of transport-now SO
iumbled-is your job, Mr.. Secretary
The doing of it will require careful
planning and courageous administra-
ton. To me 1t appears one Of the
very biggest and most interesting
tasks of the new deal today and newer
deals to come.
Importance Now Seen.
If the current crisis in the conduct
of the airmail has done nothing else.
at least it has focused public attention
upon the Importance of the new MEM
Der of the transportation family-avi-
alton. And 1t has unleashed pertinent
discussion as to the comparative ad-
vantages of air transport and ground
transport consideration of the proper
coordination of the two. and some
realization Of sviation'S special prob
lens, technical and economic
It is an old adage that some times
one cannot see the forest because OF
the trees. Just now it seems that the
cancellation of the airmail contracts,
the exciting evidence of congressional
air investigations and the travail OF
Army mail flying are so blindingly
spotlighted that many may fail to
visualize the larger picture. Frankly,
think no one sees it more clearly
than President Roosevelt. Few nom
flyers are so genuinely aware of the
potentialities of aviation and so deep
ly interested in its welfare as is this
Chief Executive whose ardor for square
dealing brought about the reshufhing
of the aviation pack of cards. Whether
that general action, in immediate de-
tail, has been wise or otherwise is less
important than the goal aimed at.
And I suspect that President Roose-
velt is not so distracted by the i'm
minent trees that he fails to see the
forest of the future in proper per-
spective.
Two Treatments.
In the contract cancellations some
injustices may have occurred. Drastic
action cannot be painless. There are
two well known ways of curing boil
treating it gently with poultices, or
cutting it out. Each has advantages
and disadvantages. In the surgical
treatment applied to the airmail case.
the temporary curtailment of employ
ment. the hurt to innocent investors.
the deaths of Army pilots, the mo-
mentary arrangement of the airmail-
all are tragically regrettable.
As one who has had small hand In
air transport operation, feel that the
subsidy as administered has not uni
vsrsally helped American aviation. but
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of United States
Cited by Aviatrx.

who have suffered. out of the tragedy
will come increased safety for other
Army pilots and an improved ma
tional defense There is probably no
finer personnel than the Army pilots.
But. in the opinion of many, they
have not had fair chance. Their
training and their equipment often is
far from what it should be. Without
experience they could not be expected
to fly the mail as well as civil pilots
who have been trained to cross
country flying by instrument. in foul
weather finding the landing fields by
following the radio beam.
Conversely, the civil pilots couldn't
possibly do the formation flying at
which the Army excels. A violinist
seldom can perform at the piano. or
a quarter miller in grueling steeple-
chase.
Training Deficient.
There is enough evidence in the
recent mishaps to indicate that the
Army's training is deficient. Its work
has been spectacular formation flying,
mostly for fair weather consumption.
dllA, dCSOluAllS " SOulC WllO
know, not at all what may reasonably
be expected in future warfare. For
air fighting tomorrow certainly won't
be fair weather individual combat. or
formation charges of aerial light
brigadeS 1t is far more likely that
pilots will be required to fly at night,
through fog and storm, following a
course prescribed by radio, seeing"
with instruments alone for hours at
a time. Such flying is very specialized
and evidently outside the experience
OF the majority Of Army flyers. Il
know Of a group who during the
last fortnight have been "boning up"
on instrument flying at school. Ac-
cording to their teacher, they "just
didn't know what it was all about. I"
And the informal after-hours class
included an Army instructor)
The lack lies not with the pilots.
1t is apparently with the general staff,
who. so far as organized national
aviation Is concerned, is still thinking
In terms of the methods and ma
chimes Of the World War.
Out of the tragic present, then, is
likely to come a revivifying of Army
flying, the establishment of proper
modern cross-country and bad-weath-
er training, and the installation Of
modern instruments. Also there
should emerge a better realization of
the importance Of the established air
ways and their facilities in the ma
tional defense picture.
To this end the President has asked
that ways be found to permit Army
flyers to receive training as co-pilots
on civil airlines.
Economy and Efficiency.
I cannot pass from the military
without suggesting the advisability on
grounds of economy and efficiency Of
combining the Army and Navy air
services into one divisions move now
opposed principally by die-hard reac-
tionaries without the good OF the
whole point of view
All of which, Mr.. Secretary OF
Transportation. Is largely depression.
Your authority, think, will not d.
rectly concern the operations Of this
centralized air unit Of national de-
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every assistance within their power
In his efforts to cope with the
emergency. The other has been a not
unnatural wish to hold on to their
jobs.
Evidence OF their attitude is offered
by reports that have gone from the
comm ission to the White House
that is. it would be afforded If the
reports had been made public. None
OF these reports has been issued,
however: the President, for reasons
best known to himself. has withheld
them. Publication Of them-certainly
OF some of them-would reveal a
very definite tendency toward laying
the groundwork for the trades which
the President wishes to make with
other countries under the legislative
authority he has requested.
One OF these undisclosed reports,
incidentally, is highly significant. 1t
proposes to reduce the duty on beer
by so per cent. This is not as
startling as it may sound. for that
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Evening star., 1934-03-25
BY THEODORE G. JOSLIN,
Former Secretary to President Hoove

Former Secretary to President Hoover.
TINE Nation Is in the throes Of a
new tariff controversy. 1t gives
promise of limitless hullabaloo
L for months to come-a hula
baloo that will influence the
political complexion of the Seventy
fourth Congress-which may continue
the battle when it meets next year
and have a direct bearing on the fu-
ture OF the country.
1t Is occasioned by the message that
President Roosevelt addressed to the
Congress on March 2. In it he asked,
in effect, that the basic principle
upon which all tariffs have been writ
ten heretofore be abandoned and that
hereafter all authority be lodged In
the Executive. 1t is legislation he has
desired from the day he assumed
office. He refrained from making the
request during the extra session year
ago because of the squabble it was
certain to precipitate. He has now
taken the plunge.
Some high Washington oficials who
Evening star., 1934-03-25
Arms Question Of Politics.

Mr.. Lippmann has, therefore, in
my judgment, done a useful thing in
calling attention to what he has de-
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Shirts.

From the Burlinston Hawkeye Gazette.
1t might not be so bad for the dis
satisfied peoples in so many countries
to adopt those different-colored shirts,
u they'd only keep EN- on.
Evening star., 1934-03-25
Hitler's Sport.

From the New York Times.
Golf has been made Nazi national
game. Some professor has probably
figured out that the correct etymology
is swat-sticka.
Evening star., 1934-06-04
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The Washington times., 1934-01-27

trialist, as their standard-bearer
The Democracy offered itself as
the champion Of the agrarian
West and South, and quickly
they have seized control of this
convention, just as they were
to do in the very same Chicago
thirty-six. years later in the sum-
mer of 1882. Bland of Mis-
souri,, "Silver Dick" they call
him, is their champion.
The steam roller rides over
the gold men from New York
and the industrial East. It is
all so cut and dried-free silver
will be the platform, and Rich
ard Bland will be the nominee
for the Presidency. And yet it
was a tunultuous convention
as rough and tumble a battle as
the convention which chose
Franklin Roosevelt.
The angry and divided cohorts
Of the Democracy listen to Gov
ernor Russell Of Massachusetts,
as he makes the closing speech
for sound money-and they re-
ceive his word in pretty much
the same way as their sue
cessors, years later. were to lis
ten to Governor Ely of MaSsa-
chusettS make the speech for
A1frod q Cno;fh
Scarcely had Russell finished
when cry, as if prearranged,
goes surging through the hall:
The Washington times., 1934-01-27

One home Wheels for travel seeing the country happnes
automobiles now running with power and capacity to
carry the entire population of the United States
You reminded today Of the automobiles import
double home, as shown by Mr. Harding in this admir-
able picture by the arrival of the great Automobile
Exposition that opens tonight at the Washington Audi
torium.
Do not fail to go with your family your wife and your
children every Of them interested in mechanics,
revealed by the automobile.
Study the models the latest engineering achieve
ments the beauty of design, and the comfort absolute
luxury combined with marvellously low selling costs.
There is question that the greatest achievement
in American engineering, industrial and business
genius as well as the greatest achievement of the skill
full American mechanic, is the modern automobile.
That greatest of modern industries in the United
States surpasses the whole world.
The 123OOOOOO people of this country own and use
The Washington times., 1934-01-27
THE HUMAN SIDE OF THE NEWS = By Edvin c. HUI

Over the meeting of the Sev-
enty-third Congress hovers a
wrath from the past. In the
very same halls in Washington
moves the spirit of one who,
in the flesh, had made them
ring with flights of superb ora
tory, while making men stand
against each other in fierce
division.
Today we hear Wheeler of
Montana, King of Utah, Thomas
Of Oklahoma and % other Sen
ators declare for bi-metallism,
the free coinage of both gold
and silver at a ratio to be es-
tabliShed by law. But it is no
secret that the ratio which
they desire is Is to one. Truly
history has completed a cycle
and we have come back to the
ninetieS and to the Great Com
moner, the Boy Orator of the
Platte-to VILLA m Jennings
Bryan. ....
In what Hollywood calls a
flashback we leave the Wash
ington of January, 1884, for the
Chicago of 1896. It is July 9
and the heat is insufferable in
the great barn called the Coli
scum, in which the National
Democratic Party is in conven-
ton assembled.
1896 Convention
It is an era of great social
unrest and hard times. The
prairies are afire with political
revolt. The farmer, heavily
burdened with debt, sees his
products sells for less than it
cost to raise them. They cry is
for money. cheap money, how
ever it is to be gotten.
The Republicans have turned
them down, declared for gold,
and at st. Louis have chosen
Mckinley. the Aigh tariff indus
The Washington times., 1934-01-27

great cities rest upon our broad
and fertile prairieS. Burn down
your cities and leave our farms,
and your cities will spring up.
again as if by magic. But destroy
our farms and the grass will
grow in the streets of every city
in the country.
1--WE declare that this nation
is able to legislate for it's own
people on every question with
out waiting for the aid or con-
sent of any other nation upon
earth, and upon that issue we
expect to carry every State in
the Union. It is the issue OF
1776 over again.
eff they dare to come out in
the open field and defend the
gold standard as a good thing,
we will fight them to the ut
termost. Having behind us the
producing masses of this ma
ton and the world, supported
by the commercial interests,
the laboring interests and the
toilerS everywhere, we will an
Swer their demand for a gold
standard by saying to them:
You shall not press down upon
the brow of labor this crown
of thornS; you shall not cruelty
mankind upon a cross Of
gold.'"
Minutes of silence follow, so
great is the spell of the orator.
And then a single voice raises
a cheer, and all is swept before
the tide of Bryan and free
silver.
And thus Mckinley and
Bryan fought it out to a vic
tory for gold and the eclipse
of the Democrats until 1912,
The issue rears itself again
today as probably the most i'm
portant one with which the
new Congress will deal.
Copyright. 1884, King Features
Syndicate, 1Dc.)
The Washington times., 1934-01-27

Bryan! Bryan! Bryant" The
young correspondent of the
Omaha World Herald springs to
his feet. His cheeks are white,
which emphasizes the glittering
black of his eyes and of his
wavy hair.
It may be his splendid figure,
it may be his great personality,
but anyway, in a moment he
has the hall stilled. And then
out rolls the voice of an age
from the throat of a Caruso of
rhetoric! IT come to speak to
you in defense of a cause as
holy as the cause of liberty
the cause of humanity. In this
contest brother has been arrayed
against brother, father against
son. The Warmest ties of love,
acquaintance and association
have been disregarded; old lead
ers have been cast aside when
they have refused to give express
sion to the sentiments of those
whom they would lead. And new
leaders have sprung up to give
direction to this cause of truth"
Gross of Gold
He continues, on and on. His
time allotment is Is minutes.
But he passes it and there is no
one to cry him down. He swings
into the climax: "You come to
us and tell us that the great
cities are in favor Of the gold
standard. We reply that the
The Washington times., 1934-01-27

The seeming prevalence of
divorce in Hollywood may be
explained away by the fact
that. Hollywood divorces rate
more publicity than any others,
and so just seem more preva-
lent. But this does not eX-
plain why people in the movie
colony can't get engaged, mar
ried or divorced without put
ting on a routine.
Nobody in Hollywood ever
just goes out and gets married,
the way people do in other
parts of the country. They
never even. get engaged. 1t
takes at least six months for
the male to circle around the
female and dart away again.
Let us say that Norman
Leroy and Mazda Marston
work together in a picture and,
what with the heat of the
lights and the necessity for re-
takes. find that they are in
love with each other. There
certainly is no harm in that.
AS is customary under such
circumstances, Norman Leroy
and Mazda Marston see a lot
of each other at the Cocoanut
Grove and other public places;
for, after all, that's the whole
idea of liking someone, isn't it?
They are seen dancing together,
eating together and, if you
happen out on the porch sud-
denly, necking together. This,
my spies tell me, is only what
goes on everywhere.
But, when confronted with
the evidence, Miss MarSton
says: "I like Norman very
much, but we are just good
friends" And Norman says:
"I never heard of Miss Mar
Ston, except professionally"
The Washington times., 1934-01-27

One home house for rest peace and happy family
The old poem said: "The little house says stay, the
little road says CO."
There is of that sad indecsion The little
house says stay, and the family stays as long it
chooses The little AUTOMOBILE says come, and the
family goes where and when and far it pleases.
The complete, happy American home today is
DOUBLE home, in which the mother is the center
and the head the light and the warmth Of the house
hold, the home that stays and waits.
The other, a true home in every sense of the word
is the automobile, with it's rolling wheels and powerful
engine and the head of the family directing it, ready
moments notice to go wherever the family WILL the
mountains ocean, lake, to school, with the children to
the shops with the mother, to work with the father
It is not necessary to impress readers of this
paper what the automobile means to the American
family. The marvel is how the nation got along
before had in it's service the twenty four millions of
The Washington times., 1934-01-27


more automobiles than owned by all the rest of the
worlds population
We have less than oneenth of the population of the
rest of the globe and we have automobiles than all
the rest of the earth put together For that should
be deeply thankful.
See the cars study the different models acquaint
yourself with the new and latest IDEAS
The purchase of a is made easy by the
modern nstalment system, the whole car with all of it's
value as time and provider of happiness, is
yours with the first payment
There is no question of extravaganza where auto
mobile is concerned The extravaganza is in the waste
of me the loss of happiness for the young and for the
DID, the loss in free movement for the whole family
when the automobile is LACKING.
The complete home today is the double home, one
wheels that takes you everywhere the other that waits
for your return.
Celebrate the better times with new and may
you enjoy it in greater happiness and health.
The Washington times., 1934-01-27

was there a particle of proof
that it was true? No, there
wasn't. Would I have listened
if the victim of that slander
had been present and able to
defend herself? No, I wouldn't.
Yet, knowing all this, sat
there and listened to that SIAN
der-and actually enjoyed it.
Yet I'd have sworn that I
wasn't that sort Of person"
Why did I do it? Why do we
all do it? Why do even the fair
est and finest of us listen to
lies-even to utterly incred-
ible and unfounded lies-though
we'd never lift a hand in actual
hurt toward human soul?
I BELIEVE IT'S BECAUSE
WE'RE BORED!
Life most times, is a pretty
The Washington times., 1934-01-27
LOVE IN HOLLYWOOD
BY Robert Benchley

This goes on for a few weeks,
and they become engaged to
be married.
Now, becoming engaged to be
married has, with the broaden
ing Of our standards, been ac-
cepted as quite au fait. It is
ever the conventional thing to
do. But Mr.. Leroy and Miss
Marston shun the reputation
for it as they would the repu-
tation for being leperS.
Eventually, as so often hap.
pens in cases Of engagement,
they get married. A mistake,
perhaps, but who can cast even
the second stone? So, when
they are man and wife, Mr..
Leroy takes up his legal resi-
dence at the Hollywood Ath- '
letic Club and Miss Marston
goes to her mothers. And when
confronted with the city clerks
ledger and the minister's day.
book, Mr.. Leroy says: "I am
flying today to New York, where
I am taking up sword fishing.
I have only the best Of wishes
for Miss Marston, of whom
have never heard" And Miss
MarSton says: Business calls
me today to New Rochelle, N. Y.
I am flying, but I had no idea
that Mr.. Leroy was going to be
on the same plane. We are
just good friends"
And the first that we really
hear of the marriage is when
they are divorced. Perhaps this
is why Hollywood divorces get
so much publicity. It's the first
time the couple ha- broken down
and admitted being married.
Copyright, 1894, King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
Mr.. BenchIey'S articles appear
each Tuesday, Thursday, and
Saturday.
The Washington times., 1934-01-27

monotonous affair. The days
drag on with the same old jobs,
the same old incidents and in
terests. How that monotony
gals! If only we could go some
where, see something, do some
thing new! If only something
would happen. But we haven't
the money or time for travel or
adventure - and nothing hap
pens. So there we sit. bored to
tears.
Then in comes somebody with
an exciting bit Of scandal!
It may be-probably is--ob-
viously untrue. Worse than that,
it may be revoltingly cruel or
malign. And we probably haven't
a particle of personal interest
IN the person who's peddling
the gossip.
BUT, OH, HOW WE VEL
COME A LITTLE EXCITE
MENT!
What a relief it is to have
something different to think
about; something naughty, to
relieve the tiresome round of
our own respectability!
AND ALL THE TIME SOME
POOR HUMAN SPIRIT rs Be
ING MAULED AND MUDDLED
TO SHAME AND DESPAIR.
We're just getting q little
fun for ourselves"-a little ex-
element; perhaps, a little sense
of Importance.
HOW SURPRISED WE'D BE
IF, BY SOME MAGIC, WE
SHOULD SUDDENLY SEE THE
HUMAN BLOOD AND TEARS
THAT FOULS OUR CRUEL
HANDS!
Copyright. 1884. King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
The Washington times., 1934-01-27

silly bit of
scandal about
S o m e on e I
knew vague
ly. But af-
ter my gos-
siping friend
h a d depart
ed, I thought,
W tn horror
a n d amaze
m e n t, of
what I h a d
done?
w h y on
earth had I
lis t e ned to
e,,6h n faIa0
The Washington times., 1934-01-27

Every one complains of the
badness of his memory, but no
body of his judgment.
La Rochefoucauld.
This young man expresses
himself In terms too deep for
e, Sir w. 8. Gilbert,
The Washington times., 1934-01-27
WORDS OF WISE MEN

Work without hope draws nee
tar in sieve. And hope with
out an object cannot live.-Col-
eridge.
When our hatred is violent it
sinks us even beneath those we
hate.-La Rochefoucauld.
The Washington times., 1934-01-27
LISTEN, WORLD
By Elsie Robinson

Why Do We Listen to Gossip?
found myself listening to
q lie the other day. Not a
very important lie-just a
The Washington times., 1934-01-27

THE TINES published
l.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-07-11
NEW PASTOR
WILL ATTEND
CHURCH PARTY

Rev. A. B. Buffers, incoming
pastor of the FL Centro Methodist
Episcopal church, will be present
with his family at the farewell par
ty being given tonight at $50 in
the city park for Rev. w. E. Ma
Ian. former pastor of the church.
it was announced today.
Reverend Malan will leave for
Phoenix tomorrow where he will
take up the duties of the pastorate
to which he has been appointed.
This will be the last opportunity
for members of the congregation to
visit with the Malans before they
leave. and the first opportunity to
greet the new minister socially. {
Each group attending is request
ed to bring dishes and sandwiches
for themselves In addition to food
for the potluck supper. Dessert will
be furnished.
Reverend Buffers paid a courtesy
call at The Press office yesterday
be. g introduced by the retiring
pastor.