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The Washington times., 1934-05-22
Congress Fails to Support
National Defense Policy
By James T. Williams, T.

that mistake has been the cause
of getting us into many Uors,
causing the loss of thousands
upon thousands of liUes and
the expenditure of billions out
of the treasury.
1T Wds not until 1920, tUhen
the national defense act was
revised, that any important
steps were taken to give the
Army chance to govern the
Army in its interior org0niza-
tion to bring it up to date"
When Congress enacted this
legislation, the realities of the
Great War were still fresh in
the minds of Congress and the
people of this country. In franz
ing that legislation, Congress
realized the necessity of ade-
quate protection at a minimum
of expense.
Congress provided in the De-
fense act for a peace-time regu-
lar army of approximately 300,-
900 officers and men, with a war
reserve of arms, equipment, am
munition and other munitions
for a minimum combat force of
a million men.
Instead of carrying out the
policy to which the Defense
act committed Congress, it has
failed over a long period of
years to appropriate for the
maintenance of the force for
which this legislation provides.
Inadequate
The army today is far below
peace time strength and its com.
bat strength would just about
fill the Yankee Stadium. It is
estimated that even this COM
bat strength of 10000 is so scat
tered that it could not be
gathered into efficient combat
units for several months should
the country suddenly face an
emergency.
An army of only $4,000 is too
small to perform the missions
assigned to it in the National
Defense act, and even the army
that we have is not supplied
with modern equipment which
it must have to be effective.
Although the Great War ended
in 1918, what is left of our
Regular Army is still for the
most part armed and equipped
in 1884, as it was in the Great
War.
For this neglect, Congress is
to blame. For the failure of
Congress to provide for the
Army, the hostility of the House
Committee on Military Affairs
and the House Committee on
Appropriations are chiefly to
blame.
Copyright, 1894. by The Washington
Timcs)
The Washington times., 1934-05-22
Is 1t Waste Of Money to Send 435 TO the H0ust

Members of the House of Representatives should
hesitate for long time before they deliberately give
the country the impression that is waste of time
and money to send 435 and women to Washington
to represent the people.
YET THAT IS THE INEsCAPABLE IMPRESS
SION WHICH WILL BE ESTABLISHED IF A
GROUP OF HALF DOZEN IS ABLE TO DICTATE
TO THE REST OF THE 435 REPRESENTATIVE
WHAT LEGISLATION THEY SHALL CONSIDER.
There is now being made a test to determine whether
the half dozen or the 435 represent the people,
That test comes the effort of large part of the
The Washington times., 1934-05-22

House to force vote the Mcleod bank pay-off bill
The wful half dozen to be determined that the
members of the House shall not register their views on
this important piece of recovery legislation.
SCORES OF MEMBERS, ON THE OTHER HAND,
ARE AS FULLY DETERMINED THAT THE EN-
TIRE HOUSE SHALL SAY WHETHER THE Me-
LEOD BILL IS TO PASS OR WHETHER 1T IS TO
BE DEFEATED.
Those who believe that legislation is the prerogative
of the whole House and not of few of it's members
signing the petition which would bring the Mcleod
bill to vote.
The Washington times., 1934-05-22
Human Side of the News

hausted himself with a supreme
effort to come back to life, his
strength ebbed away again rap
idly and the experiment was
discontinued"
Returning to the present day
we have DR.. Mayo asserting that
human beings. because of the
brain, will never be brought
back from death. Animals" he
states, "can be revived under
certain conditions. We know
that. But the cerebrum, that
part of the brain which gives
the human a mental side, has
something in its composition
that defies revival after a few
minutes" And he adds: "It is
my belief that science will never
find a way to revive a dead
mind"
Bad Spirit Loose
Norman H. Davis, the diplo-
matte dove whom Mr.. Roosevelt
sends forth to see if anywhere
is a spot of dry land on which
a true disarmament disciple can
rest the soles of his feet, is un-
derstood to have made a pretty
gloomy report to His Excellency
in the White House. He is un-
derstood to have told the Presi-
dent that there was a bad spirit
loose in Europe, and no real
sentiment for true disarmament.
And now the King of Italy
serves notice that Italy intends
to build up her armed forces.
The Russians, in addition to the
huge standing army which they
already have, are going to train
four and a half million young
Communists as reserve force.
Germany is arming secretly, so
We are told. And France re.
fuses to relax one iota Of her
The Washington times., 1934-05-22
terroriZed the land,

hours. A Russian, Prof. Koubli-
abko, is said to have kept alive
a heart for 30 hours after the
death of a man.
The Russians have been par
ticularly energetic in this field
and it was from Moscow, via
Universal News Service, that in
1929 We received one of the most
remarkable accounts of revivifi-
: cation on record. The body of
a man who had been dead for
% hours was used in the expert
ment which was witnessed by
doctors from the diplomatic
corps, including DR.. Eugene
Klotz, a noted German savant.
The Russian physicians, Moulab-
kov and Andriev, injected a
secret solution into the body.
This is what is reported to have
taken place.
Several hours elapsed without
any apparent result. Then it
was observed that the heart be-
gan to react feebly. After an
other two hours the body re-
gained a slight human warmth.
Continuing their vigil, the doc
tors were startled several hours
later by the sound of a weak
gurgle in the throat of the man.
DR.. Klotz told of the tension
among the doctors as a result of
their experiment. He said:
"At that moment even the
steel nerves of the men of
science gave way. DR.. Andriev
stared as in stupor at the man
on the operating table. 1t was
as if a sudden fright gripped all
our hearts and several of us
trembled. 1t is doubtful if the
man actually regained conscious
ness. His eyelids showed the
faintest flutter for a second, but
after that, as if he had ex.
The Washington times., 1934-05-22

Here the bicycle is king. To a
Flew Yorker or Chicagoan, used
to the peaceful traffic regulation
of a large city, it is King Kong.
I have stood on the curbing
Of the main street of Bermuda
and covered for hours, fearing
to step off into the path of these
darting, tinkling iuggerrauts.
They have baskets on the
handle-bars, designed for sever
ing heads from bodies, and bells
which have no other purpose
than to confuse pedestrians into
a state of rabbitry. Compared
with the menace of one of these
socalled bicycles" the approach
of familiar Rolls-Royce is like
that of a good-natured New
foundland puppy welcoming you
home.
What does it matter that &C.
tual death may not result from
the impact of a bicycle (unless
your heart goes back on you
from fright? There is that
awful moment of seeing it COM
ing, that epileptic leap in the
wrong direction, that Sickening
impact of handlebars on thigh
and that subsequent terrific
crash Of intermingling tin, knee
caps, pedals, wires, and broken
bells on the pavement, followed
by ringing welkin of curses,
imprecations, and fist-fighting.
Death would be almost prefer
able.
Copyright, 1894, King Features
Syndicate Inc.)
Articles by Robert Bench1ey
appear each Tuesday, Thursday
and Saturday.
The Washington times., 1934-05-22
TRAFFIC JAMS
By Robert Benchley

Traffic regulation in a big
city has now reached a point OF
perfection where neither vehicles
nor pedestrians can move in
either direction. 1t is marvel
of scientific planning.
If you have any tatting or
water-color work to do, probably
the safest place in the world to
take your rocker and sit is the
intersection of the two busiest
streets in any city of over 5OO,-
600. While people are doing
what is known as waiting Tor
the lights" you can get quite a
lot done without any jostling.
The dangerous place to cross a
street is the small town. Here IS
where an iron nerve and an
agile hip motion is needed. Out
of nowhere the little cars and
delivery trucks come, swooping
down on you like stunting avl-
ators and disappearing again be;
hind the post office or central
house. You can't tell me that
there isn't a concerted cam.
paign in all small towns to kill
all city chaps. Get 'em cross
ing Main Street" is the motto.
Even more devastating than
the small town automobile is the
bicycle. Here is a real engine
of destruction. Bicycle riders,
as if enraged at the progress of
the automobile, seem to have
consecrated themselves to mad
competition with all gasoline
driven vehicles for first place in
the Terror Sweepstakes.
Take, for example, a place like
the island of Bermuda, where
there are no automobiles at all.
The Washington times., 1934-05-22

The half dozen members who have assumed the right
to tell the House what it may consider using every
power at their command to rob the full House of it's
right to consider those bills which the people want con-
sidered.
Every member of the House will have to make his
choice between the two positions.
BY NOT SIGNING THE PETITION HE SUB
sCRIBEs TO THE DOCTRINE OF RULE BY THE
FEW. BY SIGNING HE INDORsEs THE PRIN-
CIPLE THAT THE HOUSE IS IN WASHINGTON
TO ACT ON BEHALF OF ALL THE PEOPLE.
The Washington times., 1934-05-22

Another Congress is about to
adjourn without the enactment
of a single constructive pro-
posal for the rescue of the
American Army. This congress
sional neglect of the Army for
the last 10 years has starved it
into seventeenth place among
the armies of the world. The
strength of our Army today is
about the same as that Of the
Greek army.
Under the craftsmanship of
Senator Wadsworth of New
York, Republican, and recently
under the Craftsmanship of
Senator Shepherd of Texas,
Democrat, the Senate Commit
tee on Military Affairs has done
its best to aid the Army. The
efforts of this committee, how
ever, have been nullified by
the hostility to all sound recon-
mendations for the upbuilding
of the Army which has been
manifested by the House Com
mittee on Military Affairs for
the last 10 years.
Deplorable Record
The deplorable record of the
House in failing to provide for
the Army was recently the sub
ject of a timely admonition
from that member Of the
House who is best informed on
military affairs. This is Mr..
Wadsworth of New York, for
merly Senator from that
State and chairman of the
Senate Committee on Military
Affairs, and now a Representa-
tive in Congress from New
York and still deeply interested
in the Army.
"The Congress, generally
speaking," said Congressman
WodswOrth, "h0s taken a quite
different attitude toward the
NoVy and the Marine Corps
than it has taken oUer long
period of years toW0rd the
Army.
"Students of military history
and of the debates in the
Congress NTH respect to mil
it0ry subjects WiN generally
find that the average citizen
of the United States and the
average Member of Congress
is perfectly ready and UillinG
to admit that he could not
command a battleship, but there
are thousands and thousands Of
civilians who h0Ue been con.
fident, as a general rule at
least up to the World War.
that they could command a
a regiment of infantry.
'It has been the habit Of
the American people to believe
that the command of soldiers is
q comparatively easy thing and
The Washington times., 1934-05-22

(1IAllA IA1C oSSAclAlAA
Of a crowded gallery, an over
whelming majority of House
members voted on February 20,
1888, to submit to the States
the question of repeal of the
Eighteenth Amendment.
From every corner came the
charge that prohibition had
been a costly noble expert
ment."
It had.
In 1880 the Bureau of PrOhibi-
tiOn expended $8,958,2OO for en-
fOrcement. In 1881, S9,O5O,O2O
was spent, and $11,369,5OO was
used in 1892 to combat illicit
traffic in liquor. In 1888, $1O,-
100000 was spent.
In the fiscal year of 1884,
$8,440,000 was appropriated for
enforcement, but $4,000,O00 was
saved from that appropriation
by repeal. The balance repre-
sents expenditures from. July l
to repeal and a small eXpendi.
ture following repeal for main
tenance of a field force of
agents necessary to enforce the
Webb-Kenyon and kindred acts
pending reorganization of liquor
control agencies.
When the repeal amendment
was submitted to the States one
House member who stated that
repeal would save money was
Representative Joseph w. Byrrs
of Tennessee, then chairman of
the House Appropriations Com
mittee. Joe was in a peculiar
position, because he knew that
Tennessee was going wet and
he wanted to be on the right
side of the fence. But the good
Mrs. Byrns had been active for
a long time in an anti-repeal
organization.
Joe took the bull by the horns
and spoke wet and voted wet.
When the new administration
of President Roosevelt came
into being Mr.. ByrnS was made
majority leader of the House.
President Roosevelt has asked
for $10,000,00O to combat the
bootlegger. 1t will be one Of Mr..
ByrnS' duties to ask members of
the House to vote for this ap-
preparation.
Joe was asked the other day
how he could explain his appeal
for repeal on the theory that
it would save money when he
was expecting to seek passage of
a bill demanding $10,000,000 for
a war on the bootlegger.
Joe shook his gray head,
closed his eyes that are nearly
hidden behind shaggy brows
and murmured:
"GOd knOws!"
Actually, vindication is not
needed for Mr.. Byrns or any
other member of the House or
organization who pleaded for
repeal on the theory that it
would save millions annually in
enforcement expenditures.
President Roosevelt asks for
$1O,OOO,00O. Drys may point to
this request and say that repeal
has not saved money but will
cost money. They will point an
erring finger.
An expenditure of $10,00O,O00
for control is a minor item when
the revenues from beer and
whiskey are taken into consid-
Grafton.
In prerepeaI days enforcement
funds were a total waste. There
were no revenues from sale OF
alcoholic beverages.
Today the revenues exceed by
millions of dollars the amount
asked for control.
Secretary of Treasury Nor
genthau said recently that rev.
enueS from whisky sales were
not quite up to expectations,
but that beer revenues were
holding their own"
Enforcement expenditures
without compensating revenues
were one thing.
Control expenditures that
are merely a small percentage
The Washington times., 1934-05-22
WISE WORDS

Avoid greatness; in a cottage
there may be found more real
happiness than kings or their
favorites enjoy in palaces
Horace.
How can we expect another to
keep our secret If we cannot
keep it ourselves.
The Washington times., 1934-05-22
By John Snure, Jr.

of inflowing revenues are an
other thing for which the ta1
payer can be grateful.
"A champagne appetite on q
beer pocketbook' has often beel
evidenced.
But champagne promises en-
beer realization must be attrib
uted to Postmaster General
Jim Farley.
When the flood of 3.2 beev
was lOOsed, Jim was asked IL
he was going to have a party
for the press. He told them to
wait until the new Post Office
Department Building was occu.
pied and they would have a
champagne party.
Post office officials and EN-.
ployes are going to move into
thelr new quarters soon.
Jim was reminded of his old
promise.
He will have the party.
But instead of champagne for
the thirsty press, beer will be
served.
IN 1915 President Woodrow
wilson had been riding rough.
shod over the boys on the Hill,
Adjournment was in the off.
ing, and he was anxious to have
the Wilson ship purchase bill
passed by the Senate in the re.
naming days of the session.
Senator Reed Smoot (RD of
Otah opposed the bill. as did
many others. Smoot filibustered
Tor II hours and SIS minutes,
Democratic leaders tried to
wear down the opposition bv
forcing a continuous session Of
81 hours and 10 minutes. Thev
failed.
Since the Civil War the fill
buster has been used on manv
occasions.
Senator Allen of Nebraska
once spoke for IA hours and
IS minutes.
Another time, opposed to the
Alorlch-Vreeland bill, Senator
ROBERT La Toilette, fiery father
OF the present Senator from
wisconsin, spoke for 18 hours
Senator Thomas Gore of Okla.
homa took up the filibuster
AT the conclusion of his speech
ne sat down, expecting Senator
William j. Stone of Missouri
TO continue. But Stone was
asleep.
proponents of the bill seized
the opportunity to regain the
1loor and the bill was voted on.
AS in the Wilson days, Demo.
cratic leaders have been using
rough tactics on their oppo-
nents. They have prevented
votes on important legislation
Despite the number of namet
on House petitions for the Mo
Leod bank pay-off bill, ths
Connery 3O-hour week bill ano
the Frazier-Lemke bill. Demo.
cratic leaders have resorted to
every possible form of politics
trlckery to prevent votes on tn.
measures.
Now President Roosevelt an
nounces that he wants several
important bills which he Is
anxious to have passed given
consideration before the ses.
sion ends.
In 1915 President Wilson
also wanted legislation from a
crowd who had been givep
rough treatment by his Admin.
istration leaders.
Perhaps the boys on the Hill
who have felt the effects Of
rough-riding and who bear
marks of the political saddle
will resort to the same tactics
as were used in the Wilson
days.
Copyright. 192L The Washington
TImes)
The Washington times., 1934-05-22

eetN C.
@,
Fitzpatrick managing editor.
The Washington times., 1934-04-04
CIVIL WAR GUNS
UNEARTHED

Hidden beneath piles Of brush
Tor many years, a battery of two
huge cannon, erected during the
Civil War to guard the Capital
from invasion on the Potomac,
has been discovered, it was an
nounced today by the National
Park Service.
The two guns are mounted in
q trench in old Fort Foote on a
high bluff opposite Alexandria,
and are so mounted as to sweep
the river.
They are of 14-inch caliber
and about 20 feet long. The bat
terry was discovered by an en-
gineer surveying the old fort
preparatory to making it into a
pubic park.
The Washington times., 1934-04-04
Army Orders

Leave O1 ApSS11Ce BCduCSQ 10 CO4.
Frederick L. Dengler, Coast Artil-
lery Corps, one month extension;
Major Martin F. DuFrenne, Med
ical Corps, one month and IL
days; First Lieutenant Felix N.
Parsons, Coast Artillery Corps,
extension one month; First Lieu
tenant Carl Robinson, Infantry,
one month and eight days.
Brig. Gen. Walter c. Short is re-
tired.
Brig. Gen. John w. Gulick, as
signed to command of New York
port of embarkation, Brooklyn.
Brig. Gen. Alexander T. Oven
shine, assigned to the Third
Brigade, Fort Sam Houston,
Texas.
. Lieut.. Col. Irving M. Madison,
Infantry, to Jefferson Barracks,
Missouri.
Capt. John j. Turner, Field
Artillery, Quartermaster Corps, to
Panama Canal Department.
Capt. Leonard S. Arnold, Field
Artillery, to Fort Sill, Oklahoma.
Capt. Paul P. Logan, Quarter
master Corps, to Quartermaster
Corps Subsistence School, Chi
cago, as assistant commandant.
Capt. Charles S. Miller, to Fort
Bliss, Texas.
Capt. Sherman E. willard,
Coast Artillery Corps, to Fort
Il. G. Wright, New York.
Capt. James H. Donahue, In
fantry, to Fort Huachuca, Arizona.
Second Lieut.. Cam Longley, jr.,
Qield Artillery Air Corps, to
Fort Sam Houston, Texas.
Major Albert S. Peake, In
fantry, to Washington, D. c.
The Washington times., 1934-04-04
10 PER CENT RAISE

Crane Company has increased
by 10 per cent wages of piece
work and factory employees. Total
of 5000 are benefited.
The Washington times., 1934-04-04
GR0CERS TO Meet

A regular meeting of the Silver
Spring Retail Grocers Associa-
ton will be held in the county
building in Silver Spring tonight.
The Washington times., 1934-04-04
MONTESSoRIANS DANCE

The Maria MontesSori Lodge Of
italian women will hold their an
nual dance tonight in the Italian
Garden of the MaYfloWer Hotel.
Milford chronicle., 1934-01-19
POSTAL RECEIPTS
in STATE HIGHER
[Conlinned from Fitst Paaf1

796 miles of roads, each 3, carrier
averaging 32.47 miles per day. AL
though two routes were consolidated
with others during the fiscal year,
"a miles of Delaware roads were
added during the year.
The post offices in Delaware is
sued during the year S02,169 money
orders for which the public paid ST.
517,0S4.3S. Delaware has, according
to the report two first class post Of
fees, 12 second class offices, 20 third
and a fourth class post offices, to-
tai Of 81, compared with three first
class, 13 second class, % third class,
A fourth class, a total of SO, the pre-
viOus fiscal year.
POstmasters of Delaware were paid
$1O1, ,241.91 during the fiscal year
ending June 80. 1888, compared with
$112,S9S.S3 during the previous fiscal
year. The cost of city delivery SER
vice was reduced during the year
from $26S, S,553.46 to $235. 1882 from
1882 to 1888. and rural service dur
ing the same period from $24O,110.41
to $2l1,S99.
Milford chronicle., 1934-01-19
Local And State NeUs

| Tonight, Friday, January 19, the
city nominating meeting will be held
in the Armery Hail, Milford.
| %
Miss Marie Wintjen will lead the
Epworth League next Sunday even
ing at Z O'Clock. Her topic wifi be
''The New Patriotism"
The Legislature will convene on
March 6, to finish its job; the SEN
ate was called to act on nominations
last Monday, January is.
The first action of Delaware Re-
publicans took place last Friday at
Georgetown; just an opening of the
1884 campaign. Milford was repre-
sented.
-
Mrs. Ewell, q returned missionary
from Mexico, will speak in the Pres
byterian Church Friday afternoon.
January 10 at 1880. The public is
cordially invited to come and hear
this interesting talk.
One half the children in many
public schools of Delaware, do not
get the right kind of food, or food
cooked properly at their homes; so
that is why eating at the school
cafeteria is popular with the chill
dren; they get the right food, cook
ed as it should be. MiifOrd's three
school cafeterias increase in the
number fed daily.
-
The Dorothy Waldo Phillips adult
gathering will be held on Monday
evening of next week at eight o'clock
in the CaullL auditorium. The pro-
gram will consist of a period of
readings, after which some time will
be given to child guidance with
questions and answers following.
The interest is growing for the
things which Mrs. Phillips can so
ably give. Next meeting. the admis-
sion will be thirty cents. This lew
price has been made possible by
sponsors who have assured the mon
ey that was necessary for Mrs. Phil
lips coming to Milford. Come and
bring some one with you.
Milford chronicle., 1934-01-19
BIRTHDAY PARTY

Pearl NAPLES, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. c. NJ. NAPLES. gave delightful
party to number of her little
friends on Saturday afternoon. Jam
uary 13, at her home on East Front
street, Milford. 1t was in honor of
Pearls seventh birthday. The after
noon was enjoyed in playing games.
The guests were Barbara, Helen and
May Fox. Lola Simpson, Eleanor
and Mildred McCallicher. Betty Mon
roe. Marrilyn Jamison, June. Joseph.
Hilda Carpenter, Patsy Ann Mills.
Betty Jane Palmer, Peggy Jefferson,
lean Mills, Gilbert Simpson and
Carroll Waples