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The Washington times., 1934-06-15
Citv of Residences
The President Can Help

Residents of Washington will found in complete accord
with the wishes expressed by President Roosevelt that the
National Capital should become the model residential COM
uunity of the country.
THAT HAS BEEN THE CITY's OBJECTIVE RIGHT
ALONG AND IT Is ENCOURAGING THAT WE SHOULD
RE PROMISED THE ACTIVE AID AND SUPPORT OF
THE PRESIDENT IN REALIZING THAT AMBITION.
It is unfortunate however, that the President has not felt
the urge participate actively in the last few months
in the fight which citizens have been making on behalf
Of the ideals which he espouses
Our citizens have been besechng Congress to give the
National Capital fair deal in making appropriations for
the city have begged legislators to consider the fact
that Washington be regarded not only community
Of half million citizens, but great national center
word the President at the proper time would prob
ably have gained citizens appreciatve hearing
upon Capitol Hill
The Presidents reported opposition to the establishment
Of heavy industries in Washington not at variance with
the attitude taken the past by trade and civic Organiza
tons
No one has advocated making Washington city of smoke
stacks and drab buildings.
Washingtonians realize however and believed that
the President too realizes that certain amount Of light in
dustry is essential to community of half million The
creation of such light industries has been advocated here
and it is not at all incompatible with the wishes Of the Pres
dent or the aspirations Of the people.
Because of the fact that heavy industries not
aged here fact discouraged there naturally arises the
question of where the local obtain the
which other cities obtain from such industries
That question cannot be answered by bandy stating that
by making this city Of beautiful residences the residences
viii make up for the industrial taxes the taxes resi-
dnces increased enough to give the necessary yield the
building of residences will be discouraged and the whole
purpose Of the movement defeated.
This raises very properly the question of the obligation
Of the Federal Government toward making up for the lost
taxes and for assisting in the maintenance Of the services
which it demands from the local government
1T WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL IF THE PRESIDENT
WOULD FOLLOW UP HIS GOOD WORK OF EXPRESS
ING THE WISHES FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF RESI-
DENCEs BY GIVING THE MATTER OF THE FEDERAL
CONTRIBUTION SOME ATTENTION.
The Washington times., 1934-06-15
Futile Disarmament Gesture
WeakenS i. S. Defense
BH James T. Williams, T.

support of what is left of our
regular Army the next Congress
will doubtless continue to neglect
to provide for the restoration OF
the Army to effective strength.
The present Congress is about
to adjourn without one single
constructive legislative enact
ment for the strengthening of
the regular Army. Buried in
the House Committee on Mill
tary Affairs is a carefully drawn
bill to provide for the establish
ment of a CHG Air Force that
would give the Army Air Corps
approximately 1000 m o dern
planes. Buried in the same
committee is a progressive
measure that would build the
regular Army up to peace-time
strength and provide much
needed training and muc h
needed employment for thou
sands of reserve officers.
Europe Delighted
No committee of either House
of Congress since the war has
sunk so low in public eStima-
ton as the present House Com
mittee of Military Affairs. 1t
blocks all legislation for the ma
tional defense recommended by
our ablest military authorities.
It plays pork-barrel politics
with the national defense. 1t
aids and abetS every Sapping
expedition against the national
defense that promises any votes
for Congressman catering to
the support of the agitators OF
unpreparednesS.
After months of study and
review of the opinions Of our
most experienced civil and mill
tary leaders, Congress enacted
in 1920 a sound national de-
tense policy. The lessons Of oIlr
war experience were then fresh
in the public mind and our ma
tional vision was clear. Theory
and fanaticism were buried
under the actualities of the i'm
mediate past. The realities of
the Great War, coupled with
first-hand knowledge Of the
awful waste of lives and treas
ure for which our unprepared-
ness was to blame, had deeply
impressed the Congress then in
session.
The national defense act is
still the law of the land, but
the present Congress has paid
no more attention to its obliga-
tions than the bootleggers did
to the VolStead act.
The powers of Europe and
Asia are delighted to have the
United States dependent upon a
third ranking Navy and .
seventeenth ranking Army.
They continue to add to their
defenseS and build while Uncle
Sam keeps on diSarming as a
gesture to the world.
copyright, 1884, by The Washington
Times Coz.
The Washington times., 1934-06-15
Recovery Appraisals
The New Basis

The basis for appraisal of the assets Of closed banks
provided in the bank deposors relief BILL tremendous
the confidence of the country in the ultimate sue
Of the recovery program.
Congress- providing the appraisal basis has declared
its emphatic belief that prices will progress within the next
few years at rapid rate.
The confidence thus evidenced Congress should serve
stimulus to the entire country.
should give further impetus to the recovery program and
It will undoubtedly have that effect
BY THE PASSAGE OF THE DEPos1ToRs' BILL CON-
GREss HAS SERVED NOTICE UPON THE COUNTRY THAT
THE GOVERNMENT WILL NO LONGER BE PARTY TO
THE MOVEMENT FOR LOWERING PRICES.
It has faced the Reconstruction Finance Corporation about
and has declared that the Corporation hereafter in making
loans closed bank assets in purchasing those assets shall
not seek to drive down the values Of those assets
INSTEAD, UNDER THE PLAIN MANDATE OF CON-
GREss THE CORPORATION IS ORDERED TO GIVE FULL
CONFEDERATION TO THE PROMISE OF ECONOMIC RE-
CONSTRUCTION AND TO ASSIST IN CARRYING OUT
THAT PROMISE BY L1BERAL1ZING THE BASIS OF AP-
PRAIsAL.
Officials of the corporation in past particularly when
the fight was being made to defeat depoors' aid bills de-
elared that they had loaned the limit the assets Of the
banks
Possibly they had although their contention at least
to dispute.
But the Corporations officials cannot contend and un
doubtedy will contend that in making their previous ap
rasas thew had credited to of the banks the
probation which is boun with the progress Of the
recovery movement
Certainly prior the passage of the new act receivers IN
some instances nooousy undertaking. the assets Of
which they disposing.
This needless sacrifice of values of the potent argu
ments used by Representative Clarence Mcleod in his
vigorous fight on behalf deptors He cited instance after
instance where assets being disposed of at prices which
were equivalent to the appraisal of the assets even at
figures let alone appraisal based upon the recovery
advanee
WITH THE SIGNING OF THE BILL BY THE PRESIDENT
AND THE PROMISES OF LIBERAL ADMINISTRATION
OF THE MEASURE BY THE RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE
CORPORATION, THERE IS EVERY REASON TO BELIEVE
THAT SUCH SACRIFICES SHALL NOT AGAIN BE MADE
TO THE DErR1MENH NOT ONLY OF THE DEPos1ToRs,
BUT OF ALL BUSINESS.
The Washington times., 1934-06-15
The Human Side of the News
Kid Mccoy Was Always a Little Too Smart
Bv Edluin C.. Hill

A visitor to one of Henry
Ford's model farms out in the
Ford domain adjacent to De-
troit came upon a gray-haired
man pottering about in fresh
soil. There was something oddly
familiar about the face of the
gray-haired man, something
familiar, even, about his car
riage, the way he moved about.
And presently recognition
flashed upon the visitor and he
knew that the gray-haired man
was one who had been a hobo,
a counter-jumper, jeweler, ho-
tel clerk, cabaret owner, Wall
Street broker, soldier in the
World War, vaudeville and
movie actor and, at the height
of his singular career, one OF
the finest heavyweight boxers
who ever tied on a glove
Norman Selby, once of Logans-
port, Ind, and much better
known as Kid Mccoy.
Ups and Downs
The Kid is 62 and has been
working for Henry Ford ever
since he was released from San
Quentin Prison in California,
where he had served eight years
for manslaughter, the crime
having been the killing of his
eighth wife.
He works mostly on the Ford
model farms and does a bit Of
physical inStructing on the
side. And even at 62 the Kid
can toss an agile glove and
step one or two fast rounds.
It was an ex-boxer and old
admirer of Kid Mccoy, Harry
Bennett, chief of the Ford
detectives, who gave the Kid
the job when he came out of
prison, and there he works
now, contentedly, it would
seem. =.
Life has it's curious ups and
downs and it's strange twists
Of fate, and the career of Nor
man Shelby is certainly a case
in point. He was sentenced to
serve "a years for killing his
sweetheart in a quarrel. But
always as cunning as a fox, he
made a spotless prison record.
It took him SO years and cost
him at least a million dollars
to learn that even a fox can't
beat the law. So he turned
lamb and won his freedom.
I have known the Kid a long
time, as champion boxer,
soldier, motion picture actor in
Hollywood and a man Of many
marriages. He never looked like
a professional fighter.
Three tough-looking custom
erS spotted him one day as he
came out Of a gymnasium all
done up in his fancy clothes,
including SpatS and a cane. One
Of the three stuck out an ugly
jab. Pipe the sissy" he Knocked.
Mccoy stopped dead. "JuSt re-
peat that remark" said the Kid
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case may De, as members of the
House and Senate.
Approaching primaries and
elections will put an end to
their jobs.
Heretofore, members who
were defeated in summer and
fall campaigns between sessions
would come back again on the
first Monday in December to
take their seats until March
4. The Norris lame-duck
amendment to the Constitution
has done away with that
scheme.
Congress will not convene
again in regular session until
January 8.
Therefore, the boys who are
defeated in approaching elec.
ton fights will not return
again. ,.
Gen. Hugh S. johnson, die.
tator of the NRA, is causing
considerable comment on Capt.
tol Hill these days.
Praise and condemnation Of
his work is heard in cloak
rooms.
One story being circulated
about the doughty general is
in regard to the codes for
telegraph companies.
It is reported that when the
General issued the order that
telegraph companies should not
employ messengers under 16
years of age it threatened disas.
ter to a young lad working for
one of the communications Or
ganizations. He was within
four months of the required
age and was the sole support Of
large family.
AS he had not reached the
age of Is years, however, it was
ruled that he should be OuSted.
Efforts were made to retain
the lad, but johnson was ada
mant. so the story goes.
At last member of Congress
called the President, they say,
johnson was Overruled.
To those in power the job
racket is an excellent political
gem while they are in Washing
ton.
Members of Congress and
others install their friends in
any bureau or commission where
they find vacancy or create
one. It is an excellent method
OF securing kindly feelings for
the future day when those ap-
pointees and their families go
to the polls or make political
speeches.
Complaints are arising. how
ever, that certain jobs in Wash
ington are more lucrative than
corresponding jobs in govern
ment agencies throughout the
States.
Home folks feel that workers
in States are not as we'll paid as
persons doing similar work in
Washington. -'.--|
Such complaints just cause
more trouble for members Of
Congress when they go home
and are forced to explain re-
ported determinations.
Copyright, 1884, The Washington Times
The Washington times., 1934-06-15
BV John SnHre, J.

In one of the most admirable
speeches made in the House this
session, Representative Brooks
Fletcher of Ohio stressed the
need of increased appropria-
tions for educational purposes.
Said he:
Education is a public enter
prise and is of vital concern to
the national welfare. When
public education suffers the ma
tiOnal welfare suffers at the
most vital point Of its exist
ence, the lives of our children,
our future citizens, not alone Of
the States and communities but
of the nation"
In the midst of his address,
Representative Fletcher was in
terrupted by one of his col
leagues who condemned New
York teachers who recently re-
fused to take an oath Of allegi-
ance to the United States.
He said:
every teacher like that
ought to be driven out of this
country.
"FOr a teacher who is a pub
lie official and who is getting
part of his nay from the United
States Government, to refuse
to take the oath of allegiance
to this Government, he is a
sorry kind of teacher. He is a
traitor to his country and ought
to be run out of the country"
He was correct. And other
members of the House ap-
plauded his statements.
The man who made the
statement, however, is in pecu-
liar position.
He and others once took the
oath of allegiance.
He and others have voted to
repudiate their obligations un-
der the Constitution. BY de-
liberate vote they transferred
the power delegated to them
by the Constitution to the
President and his bureaus.
They have become agents of
the Chief Executive instead of
agents of the people.
The man who interrupted
Fletcher voted for almost every
measure which would delegate
authority to the President.
The New York school teachers
were guilty of a serious fault
when they refused to take the
oath of allegiance.
Members of Congress who
voted to give the President the
power that had been given
them by the Constitution were
also guilty of a grave error.
Their criticism of the con-
duct of the New York teachers
would have been much more
impressive had they themselves
not been guilty of violating
their own pledge to the Consti-
tuition.
Elusive as the end of the
present session of Congress may
be. there is one definite thing
about it.
When the doors close many
members will end forever their
activities or inactivitieS, as the
The Washington times., 1934-06-15

To avert either a breakdown
or a blowup, or both, Geneva's
international farce - the so
called Disarmament Conference
has gone on summer vacation.
Instead of telling the peoples
of the world the truth about
this international farce, the
governments guilty of staging it
continue to deceive their reSpec-
tive peoples with various and
sundry political hush dar-
lings."
It is high time that the peo-
pie of the United States ask
themselves these two questions:
What has happened to Amer
ican defense since the Great
War ended.
How has the United States
profited by the lessons of that
conflict in relation to disarma-
ment, on the one hand, and ma
tional defense on the other?
Ever since the ArmiStice, the
repeated efforts Of the United
States to bring about limitation
and reduction Of ornaments
have failed to accomplish any,
thing substantial from an inter-
national point of view.
There has been a partial linn
itation of naval armament with
the result that instead of q
Navy equal to the strongest, the
United States now ranks third
among the naval powers of the
world.
But there has been nothing re-
motely resembling either uni
versal disarmament or world
limitation and reduction of arm
ament.
Congress to Blame
In fact, only two nations have
made any real reduction in their
national defense forces since the
Armistice; Germany was disarm-
ed by the war treaty; America,
as an example to the world, has
sacrificed supremacy on the seas
for third place, and has reduced
her combat forces available for
defense of the home land below
those allowed Germany by the
war treaty, and far below those
maintained in Great Britain. To
day, as a result, the United
states ranks seventeenth among
the military powers of the world.
Congress is to blame for this
dangerous and disgraceful stu
alton. Congress has surrendered
to organized minorities clamor-
ing for American disarmament
by example. Congress has sacri-
ficed the national defense to the
greed of special privilege.
But for the vigorous leader
ship of President Roosevelt, the
present Congress would not have
halted the decline of the Navy
by beginning to build it up to
treaty strength. And unless Pres
ident Roosevelt raises up an
equally vigorous leadership IN
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heart and sympathy are mel
low, yet her charms have not
begun to fade.
When a mans mentality is
working on all cylinders, but his
youthful egotism has been de-
flated and some of his nerve ex-
tracted.
When a woman is sophiSti-
Gated and poised-but not yet
disillusioned.
When a man still has all his
enthusiaSms- has parted
with his youthful cockiness and
staggering.
When a woman he's found
herself, and serenity sits upon
her brow-but the light Of ad-
venture in her eyes is as bright
as ever.
Copyright, 1884, King Features
Syndicate Ine.)
The Washington times., 1934-06-15

most attractive. But a man is
supposed to be interesting at
ALL ages.
And he is-but not to ALL
women. Miss Mary Garden
finds no man interesting until
he is around 5O-all the way
around! And Miss Sheilah
Graham youthful writer)
thinks that all men in their
twenties are boring. She would
like to set the deadline at 80.
Oh well, by violent stretch
of memory I can recall the
time when I thought any
man over Is just a dull old
fossil. And at thirty" he was
tottering toward the grave!
Proving that there are lots of
things besides beauty, which
are all "in the eye Of the
beholder."
Young eyes canI 1lnu any
thing Interesting" under hair
that is beginning to thin out
at the temples and to grow
gray above the ears. But more
mature eyes perceive nothing
but the great open spaces" un-
der a shock of football hair.
The violin-age thinks the Saxo-
phone age pretty raucouS and
crude; and the saxophone-age
finds the violin-age pretty slow
and insipid.
The girl who waited on the
front stoop for the boy who
murmured "a jug Of wine, a
loaf of bread and THOU"
The Washington times., 1934-06-15
MARRY-GO-ROUND
By Helen Rowland

would hardly appreciate the
poetic flights of the young
Lothario who sings You're
the cream in my coffee and
the mustard on my sandwich"
In short, a man is most in
teresting to YOU when he
speaks your language. sings
your songs and dances your
step!
Still, there IS an age. at
which the average man and
the average woman are most
attractive and most interest
ing, because they are at the
Towering time of life, the High
Noon of youth. And that time
is the Golden Thirties!
The Golden Thirties-when a
woman'S mind is ripe and her
The Washington times., 1934-06-15

gently. You heard me-,
growled the tough, land I'm
going to give you a spanking!"
Five minutes later when all
three had picked themselves up
from the sidewalk, rubbing their
swollen jaws, one of them said
to a highly interested newsboy:
Say, what happened to us, any
way?" The newsie grinned.
"You guys just made a little
mistake" said the youngSter.
"You picked on the fella that
knocked out the champeen the
other night"
Sheer cunning won a lot Of
fights for the Kid. At the Old
Coney Island Athletic Club, in
his first fight with Maher,
"The Irish Champion" Mccoy
kept Maher waiting an hour in
the ring-in a great barn Of a
place as. cold as Greenland.
When Mccoy finally showed
up, Maher was so stiff with cold
that he could scarcely bend his
fingers. And Mccoy very
promptly knocked him out.
Some years later the celebrat-
ed Joe Humphreys matched
Maher and the Kid for another
fight. Mccoy knew his best
days had departed, so he went
to Maher. Peter" he said,
I'm sorry about that affair at
Coney Island. Let's let bygones
be bygoneS. This bout of ours is
for charity. and there's no
sense in our pounding the day.
lights out of each other. Let's
inst give 'em a first class exhi-
: bition with no hard feelings"
Peter pulled his long mustache
doubtfully. "All right, KID, he
agreed. But no finaigelin' this
time-mind ye, now, no finaige-
lin"
Learns Better
Through the first few min
utes of sparring the foxy Nc
Coy kept talking. Nov, Peter"
he said, don't hit too hard.
You might cut loose and knock
me Senseless." Maher grinned
and nodded in his good-natured
Irish way.
And then, just before the bell
rang, the tricky Kid cut loose
with a swing that started back
near the entrance of the park
and landed flush on Makers
jaw. Old Peter tried to work
back to his feet, but he could
MT make the grade. And all
the time he kept moaning:
"It'S a mortal sin! Oh, it's q
dirty crime! The deceitful
spalpeen! The double-crossin'
blayguard!" They had to carry
him out once more as MCCOY
made himself extremely scarce.
The great trouble with Kid
Mccoy in the old days was
that he was always q little too
smart. He has learned better
now.
Copyright. 1894 King Features
Syndicate 1nc.)
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The sMOst Attractive Age

Somebody is always trying to
decide at what age a woman is
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The Washington times., 1934-06-27
Listen, World
BY Elsie Robinson

the grass Of mornings. the
sting Of smoke along the air ct
twilight. And Len must be
packing away dried apples in
paper bags or stirring cider,
apple sauce or barberries in a
big kettle on the stove; when
the children had gone to bed
she sometimes knit on the third
white blanket for Eds baby or
on the red, ribbed stockings she
always gave to men and boys at
Christmas"
And then 1t was winter again,
with the snowflakes whirring,
whispering against the window
paneS.
The words go on. But you
no longer realize that they are
words. You have forgotten that
you are reading a story called
LAS THE EARTH TURNS"
which Gladys HaSty Carroll
wrote. You only know that an
old song has awakened in your
heart a song which you
once knew very well, but have
long since forgotten.
The old song Of the earth,
which we all knew and loved
once which was the only
song We did know.
But now it comes back to
you. Following Len through
her kitchen, through the simple
round of her farming year, it
all comes back to you. And with
1t a peace and quiet content
ment you had thought you
would never feel again.
For, Of course, this is the way
life should be. This is the way
you always want it to be, really.
Not rushing feverishly down
city streets. Not bound to ma
chimes. But close to the earth
with roots that 60 as surely
and deeply into the earth as any
trees.
Moving with the turning of
the earth, as Len moved. Nov
ing with life-not fighting back.
Giving and giving as the earth
giveS-yet at the same time be.
ing filled.
Yes, with a rush of homesick
tears, you remember it all. This
Is the song you knew once. This
is the song that all America
knew. Why did we ever forget
it? If we could learn it again!
If we could stop mad dream
ing, our mad battling and find
our way home again, out of the
darkness and the storm, into
the old, quiet kitchen. feel
again the warmth and comfort
of the friendly, familiar things
:. sit at last down in some
quiet corner, at some simple
task!
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tiers the weight Of sugar you
have of fruit. Add a very lit
tie water to dissolve the sugar.
Let it boil a minute, and take
off any scum that rises.
Then add as much fruit as
will float without crowding and
cook until it is transparent,
but not until it loses its shape.
Place the jars in q pan Of boil.
ing water, have the tops and
rubbers also in hot water.
Place the fruit, as hot as pos
sible into the jars, and fill
with the syrup in which the
fruit was cooked.
When the jars are filled, add
to each quart a halfcupful Of
brandy, or, after filling the
jars with peaches, boil the syrup
down until it becomes very
thick, and to each cupful of
syrup add one cupful of
brandy, pour it over the fruit,
and seal.
THURSDAYS MENUS
Luncheon
Dreamed Chicken on Toast
Rice Peas
Lemon Ice
Children's Supper
Bread and Milk
Lettuce Salad
Stewed Fresh Peaches
Cookies
Milk
Dinner
Lobster Cocktail
Cold Sliced Ham and Tongue
Lettuce Salad
Corn on the Cob
Stewed Fresh Peaches
Coffee
Wine suggestion: MoseGle
Write Betsy CaSwell, inclOS-
ing self.addressed, stamped en-
velope, on problems Of table Ell
quette and arrangement, what
wines to serve and when, care Of
The Washington Times.