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The Washington times., 1934-01-20

dish.
Feeling rather low today, and
wondering just how long I can
hold on to any standards at
all, I would like to break down
and admit some of the things
that I have been pretending
to ridicule all my life, or that
I have been ashamed to admit
liking before.
Of course, even in this form
of Self-expoSure, there is a
chance for hypocrisy. I could
pretend humility in admitting
that I prefer cold canned corn
eaten out of the ice box to the
best brand of Russian caviar,
but that wouldn't be humility.
would merely be currying
popular favor, for no one that
I have ever heard Of, rich or
poor, high or low brow, has
ever looked down on the prac-
tice Of picking at cold canned
corn in the ice box. There is
certainly nothing to be ashamed
Of in it, even in the face Of a
congress of gourmetS.
What I hope to do Is really to
abase myself in the eyes of the
world of experts, and to con-
feSS that, after years Of quip-
ping and sneering at them,
I really enjoy the following
despiSed items in the connois-
Seur's code. Let US get the un-
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ernment attempts to Justify by spurious mouthings
about balancing the budget and economy in
HONEST ECONOMY CANNOT BE BUILT UPON
BASIS OF OPPRESSION OF ANY GLASS OF
WORKERS WHETHER EMPLOYED BY THE FED
AGENCY
A. budget which runs into the thousands of millions
wisely spent to restore prosperity cannot be balanced by
saving paltry at the expense of loyal employees
The Senate has the power and the opportunity to
recfy the gross discrepancy between the Governments
teachings and it's example,
The independent offices appropriation bill has been
made the vehicle for the continuation in large part of
the Governments backward policy toward it's own en-
ployes.
BY using this bill the Of restoring Govern.
ment salaries to the standard schedules the Senate
make the Government A TRUE LEADER IN THE
FIGHT TO LIFT THE BURDEN OF DEPRESSION
FROM THE SHOULDERS OF THE WORKING MAN.
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It has persisted IN UNDERMINING THE STAND
ARD OF LIVING OF ITS PERSONNEL.

It has persisted IN UNDERMINING THE STAND
ARD OF LIVING OF ITS PERSONNEL.
It has driven to despair those who have devoted their
lives to it's service.
It has demanded the last ounce of energy of it's work
ers while refusing to reward them with adequate pay or
security of position.
WHILE WRITING ITS OWN BLACK RECORD
THE GOVERNMENT HAS PARADED BEFORE
THE PRIVATE EMPLOYER THE NECESSITY OF
TREATING HIS WORKERS WITH THE UTMOST
CONSIDERATION IN THESE TIMES (NOW HAP
PLY DISAPPEARANCE OF ECONOMIC STRESS
AND TROUBLE.
The preachment has been "more pay and less hours"
The example has been "less pay and more hours"
This inconsistency has been recognized by Govern
poyer who sees in it justification of his own blind
course.
The Government tells this private employer that his
path leads to ECONOMIC DISASTER.
It's march along this same path the Federal Gov
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ubue The 'Chiseler By Restoring Government Salarie

Uncle Sam has ready to hand weapon which will
subdue the chiseer and other forces which under
mining the Administrations recovery program.
THAT WEAPON IS THE IMMEDIATE RESTO-
RATION TO THEIR ORIGINAL SCHEDULES OF
THE SALARIES OF THE HUNDREDS OF THOU
SANDS OF MEN AND WOMEN WHO LOYALTY
AND EFFICIENTLY SERVE THE GOVERNMENT
DAY IN AND DAY OUT
Tories" and "chiseers" who have consistently sabot
aged the great recovery program have had in their IA
vor one powerful argument That argument of course
has been that the Federal Government has shown
blatant inconsistency by it's execrabe treatment of it's
own workers.
They have pounded out this argument to defend their
own nglorous refusal to follow the Administration in
it's preachments of new deal for the laboring
AND THERE HAS BEEN NO LOGICAL REFUTA-
TION OF THIS ARGUMENT.
In it's treatment of it's own workers the Federal Gov
ernment has followed the policy of the most backward
of employers.
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AerOnauticS Bureau Victim
Of Political Control
Bu James T. Williams, Jr.

tics Branch, consulted pork
barrel politicians in creating
and organiZing this vital
agency on a nonpolitical basis.
They consulted a distinguished
group of Americans from the
four corners of the country.
The list of these gentlemen
takes on new interest in the
light Of what has been done
during the last six months un-
der the political manipulation
of the present Secretary Of
Commerce. The Aeronautics
Branch has been reduced from
a Federal agencl comparable in
morale and efficiency with the
Army Air Corps and the Naval
Bureau. of Aeronautics to a
partisan political bureau devot-
ing most of it's time to the
promotion of political and
mechanical flivvers by means
of high-powered publicity,
pork-b arrel expenditures Of
public money, and an under
ground system Of political
manipulation.
Policy Reversed
Among the men upon whose
advice and counsel President
Coolidge and the Republicans
and Democrats of the Congress
of 1926 acted when they created
the Aeronautics Branch as a
vital auxiliary Of the national
defense were: Major Gen. James
G. Harbord, retired, of New
York City; Rear Admiral Frank
F. Fletcher, retired, of Wash
ington, D. c.; the late Dwight
W. Morrow, of Englewood, N. j.,
subsequently Ambassador to
Mexico and United States Sen
ator from New Jersey; Con-
gresham Carl Vinson, of Geor-
gia, then a member and now the
able chairman of the House
Committee on Naval Affairs; the
late Congressman James S. Par q
ker, Of Salem, N. Y, chairman
of the House Committee on In
terstate and Foreign Commerce;
Judge Arthur C. Dennison, of
Grand Rapids, Mich, Of the
Sixth United States Circuit
Court of Appeals; DR.. william
F. Durand, of Stanford Univer-
Sity. president of the American
Society of Mechanical Engineers
and member of the National Ad-
visory Committee for Aeronau-
tics.
Under the political maladmin-
istration suffered by the Aero
nauticS Branch in the last six
months, the advice and counsel
Of these distinguished Ameri-
cans have been scrapped, the es-
tabliShed policy of the Aeronau.
tics Branch has been reversed,
its highly trained, experienced
and nonpartisan experts have
been let out, its morale has been
shattered and the politicians and
their favorites are in control.
Who these are and why they
were appointed must be re-
served for another melancholy
chapter.
Copyright. 1884. The Washington rimes)
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ION = = = By Robert Benchley
By Nelson Harding

Salvation Army music; West
ernS; parsley; I'm the Bag
gage Coach Ahead" and similar
ballads; pansies; lunch-cart food.
The old "While Strolling
Through the Park One Day."
dance routine, even when being
burlesqued; honest whimsey;
the aroma of fish-houses, the
stronger the better; my Ros-
ary," and among my SouVe-
MRS." the idea of Service" in
business.
There are dozens more that I
could add to this list, but I
can't think of them now.
I have tried to be honest. I
have not put down anything
that I did not like for itself
alone, and nothing, as In the
Baggage Coach Ahead" might
have been that I like as hui
morous example of the Senti-
ment of an elder day. I am
genuinely moved by THE Bag
gage Coach Ahead" in just the
way that its authors intended,
and I am spiritually stirred by
Salvation Army music. I have
done no Summing in this list.
So I guess I'll just get my hat
and coat and go, thank you.
copyright, 1884, King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
Robert Benchley'S articles ap-
pear in The Washington Times
each Tuesday, Thursday and
Saturday.
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ONCE OVERS

When there is revenge in the
heart there is no room for bet
ter impulses, the kind that
bring joy of living.
A revenge filled heart gives
no chance of the happiness
which means so much to you
and every other human being.
Evil thoughts leave a deep
and indelible stain.
No possible good can come
from mean thoughts.
This being true, shake your
self lose from those desires to
make someone suffer mentally
or physically to avenge a real
or a fancied wrong.
You will get no lasting salts
faction from it.
Copyright, 1898, King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
The Washington times., 1934-01-20

WeSC, quite enough support TO
block or aSSuage any opposition
from the North and East. But
it will be a great session to
watch, and at the end, next
summer. one may safely pre-
dict that while the Roosevelt
honeymoon may be over, a
divorce between the gentleman
in the White House and the
Wise Men on Capitol Hill is
not to be reckoned among the
probabilities.
Once again a triumph for
Lawrence Tibbett and the stout.
hearted director of the Metro.
politan Opera, with Eugene
O'Neill's tremendous drama,
translated into song, "The EN-
peror Jones'" In the words Of
the dean of the American oper-
attic critics, William j. Hender.
son, than whom there are few
more powerful masters of word
craftsmanship:
Emperor Jones
"A pit-dark jungle, with gro-
tesque figures at the side OUT
lined in shining light, and
swarthy faces peering through
the tall grasses. The invisible
chorus Of Negroes proclaiming
vengeance upon Emperor Jones,
whose masterful personality
had enslaved them, stolen their
goods and their women. He
must die, but according to his
own words. only a silver bullet
could slay him.
1.-THE relentless beat of dis
tant drums. Jones, one-time
Pullman car porter, Sprawling
on his monStrous throne, a
ludicrous, yet protentiouS fig
ure; a giant Negro clad in
gaudy uniform, but radiating
power in every look and ges-
ture. His cringing white friend.
a Cockney, with his little stam-
ina destroyed by the insidious
poison of tropical life, giving
him the news that his retlnue
had fled and that retribution
is upon him. He laughs, but
he has foreseen all this. He
has cached food in the forest.
marked his avenue Of escape
and loaded his revolver with
six bullets, the sixth that sill
yer one which alone can Kill
him
"The tom-toms sound, an
ever-increasing menace. 'HantS'
rise to torture him as he re-
verts from the throne to prlm1-
tive savagery.
THE drums sound nearer at
every spot. He falls exhausted.
He sinks upon his knees In
prayer. Use a po' sinner. It's
me, o Lawd, standin' in de
need of prayer Visions come
to him. He runs through the
jungle and sinks helpless once
more. Only one bullet left, the
silver one which can slay him.
"A weird light spreads over q
crowd of Negroes bending In
rhythmic motion. The terror
stricken Jones, almost without
consciousness, maddened, tears
himself away and flees again.
He sees death beside him. The
pursuing Negroes crowd upon
the stage. The invisible chorus
becomes visible. The chase IL
ended. The quarry is at bay,
The supreme moment is at
hand.
Jones, the Emperor, stands
erect, proud and defiant, splen'
did in his final gesture. DE
silver bullet! You won't git
me! Use Emperor yit.' Then
he turns the revolver against
his own body and fires. The
silver bullet has gone home.
THE music sWellS to a pam
demonium of savage triumph.
The curtain falls. The one
great actor of opera, who, until
a few years ago. did not know
how to dress. make up, move
or even walk upon the STAGE
has proved again by his own
intelligence the greatness Of his
artistry"
Copyright, 1884. King Features
Syndicate, Gno.)
The Washington times., 1934-01-20

This is the fifth OF a series OF
articles By Mr.. Williams on the
reorganization OF the GeronGu-
tics branch of the Department
OF Commerce.
It is easier to undermine and
ultimately destroy the morale
upon which depend the admin
iStrative integrity and efficiency
Of a vital governmental agency
than it is to build up such an
agency to the highest attinable
standard of honest and effective
administration.
This is especially true in the
case of those Federal agencies
charged with authority and re-
Sponsibility which involve the
performance of highly technical
tasks, the protection of human
life and the national defense.
His experience as Assistant
Secretary Of the Navy during
the eight years of Woodrow Will
sons Presidency enabled Mr..
Roosevelt to bring to the White
House unusual qualifications for
the discharge of his dual duties
as the nations Chief Executive
and as the Constitutional Com
mander-in-Chief of its armed
forces.
Vital Auxiliary
Consequently the members Of
his Cabinet were not surprised
when, at one Of its first meet
ings, the President put the Sec
retary of War and the Secretary
Of the Navy on notice that in
the administration of those two
departments of national de-
tense, appointments within the
armed forces were to be made
or recommended on the basis
of military and naval records,
and in constant and complete
disregard of the recommends
tionS of Senators and Repre-
sentatives, members of the Dem
ocratic National Committee of
the party in power, as well as
the smaller fry of politicians
and special interests of every
sort.
For the most part, the admo-
nitionS of the President have
been strictly adhered to by his
Secretaries of War and Navy in
the administration of their de-
partments. Unfortunately, how
ever, these admonitions appear
to have been repeatedly disre-
garded in the administration of
the Aeronautics Branch of the
Department of Commerce which
also is a vital auxiliary NJ the
national defense.
Under the Air Commerce Act
Of 1925, the responsibility for
the promotion and regulation
by the Federal Government of
air commerce was delegated to
the Secretary of Commerce.
Neither President Coolidge
nor the Republican and Demo-
cratic Senators and Represent
atives in Congress who, for
getting partiSanship, united in
supporting his leadership in the
establishment of the Aeronau-
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CONFESSION

Pretending to swoon at grand
opera when it really boreS you,
or pretending to crave Chateau
Neuf du Pape 1921 when you
honestly can't tell the differ
ence between it and Cooking
Sherry 1881 is a form Of pre-
tense which is universally rec
ognized. We all practice it in
one form or another.
But we also pretend to dis
like a lot of things because we
The Washington times., 1934-01-20
The Human Side of the News
Seventy Third Congress Ends "Lame Ducks
By Edwin C.. Hill

The Seventy-thlrd Congress
of these United States will
have a unique place in our
annals. Coming historians,
casting their gaze back over
the swift-changing American
scene, will record that this is
the first regular congressional
session in IA years to meet in
January instead Of December.
For the Twentieth Amendment
to the Constitution abolished
those sessions full of men de-
feated for office which met,
not in the January following
an election, but in the Decem-
ber Of the following year.
The session will be historic
for other and more cogent
reasons. President Roosevelt
has really just got his recovery
program under way. All of his
huge recovery and relief or
ganizations are just beginning
to function. Opposition will
arise in Congress to many Of
the Presidents policies and
programs, but there is an al
most unanimous feeling, the
country over, that after the
steam is blown off and the
usual oratory bounceS against
the walls of the Senate and
the House, Congress will go
along with Mr.. Roosevelt and
do just about what he asks it
to do.
Major Tasks
Taxation will be about the
liveliest subject of controversy.
A great many Senators and
Representatives are in Wash
ington fired with the idea Of
Socking the rich with higher
income taxes. There is strong
sentiment for such law revision
as will prevent extremely rich
men from lodging income
taxes. The liquor situation,
following repeal, remained to
be Strengthened out.
Much remains to be done by
this Seventy-third Congress in
a session which may run into
June. But the country finds
itself a good deal better off,
both rural and city, than it
was on this date a year ago.
It is still willing to let Roose-
velt carry the ball pretty much
as he pleases.
With absolutely unique frank
ness on the part of a states
man and politician, he has
told the people, millions at a
time, over the air waves, that
he is OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES ex-
pertinent; that he is blazing
new trails, and that he will
turn about and head in another
direction the minute he finds
himself up against it.
Perhaps the biggest battle
Of all will come over the cur
rency-over initiation. The
President has kept his own
counsel about what he intends
to do with the dollar; whether
it is to be stabilized, upon
gold, at 66 cents or so cents,
or whatever the figure might
be. BY ordering the purchase
Of $15,000,000 of new silver to
be coined into dollars, he has
opened the way to free coinage
of silver. and the West is
singing his praises with new
spirit.
On the whole, the feeling of
the Western farmers toward the
President has materially i'm
proved as grain and other COM
modify prices have gone up,
and as vast mortgage relief
has been extended. In the
South, the people appear to
be back of Mr.. Roosevelt with
something like cruSading ardor.
The price of almost everything
they raise, from peanuts to
cotton, has advanced, cotton
alone up IS per cent from a
year ago. The South is hand
ling real money, like the West
ern farmers, for the first time
in many a bleak day.
Behind the President, there
fore, are Dixie and the great
The Washington times., 1934-01-20
Revenge Doesn't Bring Happiness

Revenge Doesn't Bring Happiness
Whatever the degree of salts
faction in revenge, there is no
real or permanent qualification
because of it.
Isn't it true that everything
that you have done as a means
Of getting even," you have
later regretted.
No matter how sweet you
think revenge would be, there
comes a bitter recollection after
all.
Have you ever had any COM
fort when revenge was upper
most in YOUR mind?
The poison of anger goes
through the blood and robs the
person Of the enjoyment that
he might otherwise experience.
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, pleasant business over with as 4

pleasant business over WIN as
soon as possible.
really like:
Edgar A. Guest.
The music to Trees" Q'm
little tired of it, perhaps, but,
given a respite, shall like it
again.
The odor of onions on people,
and living rooms which reek
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Washington, D. G.
J.. j
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This is the fifth of a series OF
articles by Mr.. Williams on the
reorganization OF the Ger0nGu-
tics branch of the Department
of Commerce.
Evening star., 1934-05-27
Florence Crittenton Home
Garden Tour Benefit

The Wesley Heights Florence Crit
tenton Circle is completing plans this
week for its second annual garden
tour on June /, when a number OF
the most beautiful gardens OF Wesley
Heights and Spring Valley will be
open for public inspection. Among the
gardens to be open are those OF Mrs.
Arthur r. Heaton, which features an
exceptionally fine pool and water gar
den, and Mrs. Guy Whitman Leadbet-
ter. whose rockery is very extensive.
The tour is being held little later
this year than last so those who
visited the gardens then may have the
opportunity of seeing them with the
roses in full bloom and the perennials
in a more advanced stage. Many
new gardens are being added to the
list.
Mrs. Horace L. Dawson is chairman
of the committee arranging the tour
her assistants including Mrs. Howard
G. Nichols. Mrs. c. Chester Caywood,
Mrs. George G Whitney, Mrs. David
Friday. Mrs William c. Miller. Mrs.
Guy Whitman Leadbetter. Mrs. David
P. Wolhaupter, Mrs j. C. Freeland,
Mrs. Bernard c. Smyth, Mrs. j. Craig
Peacock and Mrs. w. Earl Clark.
Tea will be served in the Wesley
Heights garden of Mrs. Edgar N.
Brawner, and the Spring Valley gar
den of Mrs. William Earl Clark. The
small charge for admission to the
gardens will Include tea
The tour will start from the garden
of Mrs. William c. Miller at 4401
Cathedral avenue, which is centrally
located and easily reached. Guests
will be given a printed program ar
ranged in the order in which the
garden may be reached most easily.
Evening star., 1934-05-27
CHEVY Chase Garden Club
Hosts to Maryland Clubs

More than 200 officers and men,
bers of the Federated Garden Clubs
of Maryland were guests of the Chevy
Chase, Md, Garden Club at a lunch
con Friday, May Is, at the Chevy
Chase Club. Mrs. H. H. Semmes,
president of the Chevy Chase Garden
Club. was in charge of arrangements
for the luncheon. Among the guests
present were Mrs Dushane Penniman
and Mrs. Julian Ridgeley of the Anna
teur Gardeners Club, Baltimore, Md;
Mrs. H. G. Gilmore and Miss Elizabeth
Clark of the Blue Ridge Garden Club,
Mrs Harry Slack and Mrs. Sydney
Bradford of the Catonsville Garden
Club, Mrs. H. H. SemmeS and Mrs.
Karl Loose of the Chevy Chase Gar
den Club. Mrs Cookman Boyd of the
Cliff Dwellers' Garden Club. Balti-
more; Mrs. Arthur Warner OF the
Forest Park Garden Club. Mrs. Mid
dleton Guest and Mrs. Walton Hop
kin of the Four Rivers Garden Club.
Frederick, Md. Mrs. Holmes Baker
and Mrs. William Delaplane OF the
Frederick Garden Club. Mrs. Cros-
san Cooper and Mrs. Douglas German
of the Garden Club of 20, Baltimore;
Mrs. Anna Geare and Mrs. Edward
Wilson, garden section of the Arun-
del Club, Baltimore; Mrs. Edward
Palmer and Mrs. Blanchard Randall
of the Gibson Island Garden Club.
Mrs. Percy Blogg and Mrs. M. A
Long of the garden section OF the
Roland Park Woman's Club. Mrs.
John McHenry and Mrs. William
Coleman of the Green Spring Valley
Garden Club. Mrs. Pitts Raleigh and
Mrs. Copeland Morton OF the Gull
ford Garden Club, Mrs. Thomas
Hardinge of the Hagerstown Garden
Club, Mrs John Love and Mrs. RAM
seur of the Halten Garden Club,
Towson, Md: Mrs. Thomas Cassidy
of the Hardy Garden Club. Mrs.
Thomas Cadwallader and Miss Mar
garet Bell of the Hartford Garcen
Club, Miss Mildred Murdoch and Miss
Fitzpatrick of the home garden sec
ton, Woman's Civic League, Balti-
more; Mrs. Theodore Waters and
Mrs. George Stewart OF the Home
land Garden Club, Mrs. Murray
Worthington Of the Howard County
Garden Club, Mrs. Henry Owings and
Mrs. William Hough of the Little
Garden of Sandy Spring, Mrs. Percy
Lucas and Mrs. Albert Graham OF
the Roland Park Garden Club, Mrs.
Robertson Griswold and Mrs. c. Col
ston of ST. Georges Garden Club. Mrs.
Eugene Lazenby and Mrs. D. Elwood
Williams of the Severn River Garden
Club, Mrs. James Dixon of the Talbot
County Garden Club. Mrs. Edward H.
McKeon, Green Spring Valley. and
Mrs. Bladen Lowndes of Baltimore.
Evening star., 1934-05-27

Reed, Mrs Morris Evans, Miss Meta
Evans, Mrs. H. G. Meem, Miss Anita
Stephens. Miss Margaret Gage, Mrs.
Marvin Griswold
Mrs. Nathaniel F. Mcclure, who
makes her home at the Wardman
Park Hotel with Gen. Mcclure, u S.
A, entertained informally at luncheon
Friday, when she entertained II
guests in the Colonial room Of the
Wardman.
Miss Ann Schmidt has issued cards
for a twilight tea from until 10
o'clock tomorrow in honor of Miss
Lucie Keck.
Miss Lois Walters, daughter of
Assistant Secretary of the Interior
and Mrs. Theodore Walters, was host
ess at luncheon Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Kempton were
hosts to a company at dinner last
evening
Evening star., 1934-05-27
Music and Art Furnish
Tuesday Evening PROGRAM

Mrs. Eugenia carp Arnold and Mr..
Julian Rayford will be guest artists
at benefit recital at Gatewood House,
PLOT s street. Tuesday at 8 o'clock
pm, sponsored by Mrs. Claude E.
Arnold and Mrs. Jean F. Lane. Mrs.
Eugenia Arnold, contralto, is well
known in music circles of Baltimore,
New York and Washington. Mrs.
Arnold recently sang at a benefit
recital for Trinity Church at Annap-
oils.
Julian Lee Rayford, poet, sculptor
and song writer, will read and sing
his own compositions. Mr.. Rayfcrd
Is interested In the folk lore Of
America. having carved 10 reliefs
under the p. w. A. P, including folk
lore characters such as Paul Bunyan
and John Henry, and will include n
his program for the night, darky songs
Of the Southland. Mr.. Rayford has
read before audiences In New York.
Chicago and Boston as well as art
groups in Washington.