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The Washington times., 1934-05-18
NEXT CONGRESS
FACES BIGGER
JOB THAN 73D
Voters Who Will Elect 1t Due
To Be Advised of Crisis in
Executives Message
BY GEORGE r. HOLMES
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The seventy-third Congress,
first in the Roosevelt Administra-
ton, has enacted more far-reach-
ing legislation than any Congress
in history.
1t has revolutionized the none
tary system and has set up the
NRA, the AAA. and a score of
other alphabetical components Of
the new deal.
But if President Roosevelt has
his way its successor, the Seventy
fourth, to be elected in November,
will do more.
The President has in course of
preparation a message to the ex-
piring Seventy-third Congress
which will propose some far-reach-
ing Federal experiments in the
field of social legislation.
Message to Electorate
1t will be addressed to the Sev-
enty-third Congress, but it will be
really aimed at the Seventy-fourth
and to the country which is to
elect it. What he is to propose
can be debated and fought over
in the campaign already under
way.
In this message Mr.. Roosevelt
will call attention to the unem-
ployment situation which still con-
fronts the country, despite the
NRA and the various other steps
that have been taken to amelio-
rate it.
At the peak of the depression it
is the accepted estimate there
were approximately 10000, 900 un-
employed workers in the United
States. The American Federation
of Labor. whose figures are as re-
liable as any, and better than
most, estimates there are still TO-
100000 jobless.
Such being the case, Mr.. Roose-
Velt is going to ask the Congress-
to-be and the country which is to
elect it just what is to be done to
meet this situation on a long
range basis.
, Sees No. Sudden Cure
He plans to tell the Congress
that this unemployment problem
is not something that has sud-
denly descended upon the country,
but something that has been SLOW
ly developing through years of
increasingly mechanical industry,
and only brought to head by the
depression.
He will contend that there is
no sudden cure-all for this un-
employment situation, and the
social misery and privation that
follow in it's wake.
Therefore, he is going to meet
1t on a long-range and semi
permanent basis, and to that end
he plans to propose remedies
which can be mulled over before
the Seventy-fourth Congress meets
next January.
Among the remedies he will
propose for study are:
l. A mandatory shorter work
week throughout industry, along
the general lines of the pending
30-hour bill.
2. A permanent system of
unemployment relief.
8. Federal unemployment in.
Surance.
4. Federal old age pensions,
similar to those now obtaining
in some States.
S. A long-range Federal hous.
ing program. designed to i'm
prove living conditions, and end
the spurts and slumps in the
construction industry which
have characterized the last
quarter century.
6. Some sort of Federal health
insurance.
The President will not request
any speed in the enactment of
such a program, nor is he expected
to commit himself to any particu-
lar scheme or measure. He plans
simply to state the situation and
invite Congress and the country
f0 ctl16v tho ronoadioc ToropoeoJ
The Washington times., 1934-05-18
PLAY CONTEST OPENS

The seventh annual one-act
play competition of the Tech
Dramatic Club will be held to-
night in the auditorium of the
Mckinley High School. A cup
will be presented to the winning
class,
The Washington times., 1934-05-18
DIAMOND RING STOLEN

Mrs. Simon Sheffield, the 1000
block of Wisconsin Ave-, reported
to police today that a diamond
ring, valued at $3.50, had been
stolen from her home.
The Washington times., 1934-05-18

Starting again they began to
sing. The tune was,
Hail, hail the gangs all here;
We want our bonus now"
The group was decidedly or.
derly, although there was eonsid,
cradle discussion at the Capitol
grounds.
Chesley w. Jurney, sergeant-at
arms of the Senate, and a mem.
ber of the commission which di-
rects affairs that go on on the
Capitol Grounds, forbade the
marchers to proceed along Consti
tuition Avenue.
Mr.. Jurney, wearing a frock
coat and cane, was accompanied
by a detail of Metropolitan police
and several Secret Service and De
partment of Justice agents.
"HOw will 1 get there?" "Where
will we go over the week.end?" These
are questions hundreds of people are
asking every day they can be an
swered. and economically. too, by the
purchase Of one of the good used cars
Evening star., 1934-10-06

important factor of the game. Many
a game is won by it. regardless of the
element Of actual skill. There is an old
phrase in the parlance of the sport
that describes the psychological stu
alton, "Out before he swings" The
batsman, with the percentage nor
mllly against him-the best hitters
seldom get more than one hit out of
three times at bats handicapped by
the repute of his antagonist on the
mound and the consequence often is
that he succumbs in spirit before the
ball is thrown.
Unless preannounced plans are
changed, today's game will be pitched
by two men Of less repute than the
Deans or the Detroit Sschoolboy" 1t
may be won by Detroit, which would
make the series stand at a tie. That
would require the playing of the final
game or games in Detroit, where the
enthusiasm of the home crowd would
possibly prove a factor in the final
result. But still the pitching will
remain most important. The spec
tacle of a final, decisive encounter
between the two youngsters, Rowe and
the junior Dean, would make for a
classic climax to the series.
Evening star., 1934-10-06

was a better boat. but Rainbow's
helmsman, afterguard and crew out
sailed and outSmarted the BritisherS
that, the experts say. is the story
of the international cup races just
completed of Newport.
1T is indeed unfortunate that the
races engendered bitterness that has
no place in sport" thinks the Ro-
chester Times-Union and this epit-
omizeS the views of many papers. in
Guiding the New Orleans Times Plea
yune, the Jersey Journal, the Gin
cinnati Times-Star, the Buffalo Eve
ming News and the Philadelphia In
quirer. The Milwaukee Journal ex-
presses the wish that SATURDAYS
race might have been sailed again"
while the Roanoke Times would be
satisfied had Mr. Sopwith won the
blooming cup and was even now on
his way back to England with it
tucked under his arm"
! The result is no credit to the
challenger and a clouded victory for
the defender" remarks the Miami
Daily News, while the Birmingham
Age-Herald contends that neither
Mr.. Sopwith nor Mr.. Vanderbilt
graced the occasion" and the In
dianapolis Star says that the coun-
try is fed up" with yacht racing. 1t
is suggested by the Haverhiu Gazette
that neutral arbitrators" be used in
the future, while the Charleston Eve
ming Post thinks it might be we'll "to
ask the League of Nations to umpire
the next series, if there is one."
Evening star., 1934-10-06
Under Better Control.

From the Bay City CMich.) Daily Times.
1t is reported that the Federal
Trade Commission is about to urge
Congress to give serious consideration
to the Federal licensing or incorpora-
ton of public utility holding COM
panies and if such recommendation
is made, Congress would be we'll ad-
vised to follow it very promptly
Here is a reform that is long over
due:
1t became obvious, some time ago
that the private citizen must have
some sort of protection in the public
utilities field. State regulatory bodies
were set up everywhere to provide
such protection, and when it became
apparent that there we're many far
flung firms they could not reach a
Federal regulatory body was also in
stituted.
But the holding company frequently
evades both Federal and State regu-
lation. Putting it under either Fed
eral charter or a Federal license
would make it directly responsible to
the Government. A consideration OF
the disclosures made in the public
utility field in recent years suggests
that this would be, distinctly. step
forward.
Evening star., 1934-10-06

matter of broadcast entertainment.
There is altogether too much low
comedy, too much sensational melo-
drama, too much hideous jazz sent
out over the ether waves. The pro-
gram directors have been trembling
In anticipation of a drive, and their
fears have had ample Justification.
But they have nor yet begun to toe
the mark. The offenses against which
they have been expecting complaint
still continue unchecked.
Vaudeville likewise is in need of
discipline. There are actors who de-
nberately violate good taste in their
anxiety to please the moronic frac-
tions of their audiences, and there
are managers who consciously prefer
off color attractions. One of the lat
ter recently answered protest by say
ing, Look how the crowd likes i'll"
But at the moment his theater was
three quarters empty-a circumstance
which should have shaken his conf
dence in the popularity of his bill.
Perhaps it is worth repeating that
the prosperity Of all forms of enter
tainment rests upon the support of
the family group. The movies, radio
and vaudeville alike must appeal to
the whole population if they are to
merit their existence. No single class,
however large in itself, can replace
the entire body of the people. For
their own good, therefore, as well as
for that of society, promoters of
amusement enterprises should strive
to please the majority. 1t goes with
out saying that they cannot do that
by purveying degeneracy.
Evening star., 1934-10-06
Rejection of Sopwith Protest
Regretted by American Press

Newspaper comment on the Amer
icas Cup races discloses the American
press believing that the superior sea-
manship of Harold Vanderbilt and
his crew brought a fairly won victory
to the defender Rainbow over the
British challenger Endeavour. but
with almost universal regret that the
New York Yacht Club Committee
failed for technical reasons to con-
slider the protest of Endeavour's
owner and skipper after the third race.
Its luster somewhat tarnished by
what many diSinterested observers be-
lieve to be discourteouS and unSportS-
manlike treatment of T. o. M. Sop
with, the British challenger, the
Americas 85-year- -old cup remains
on this side of the Atlantic" says the
Toledo Blade, and the Troy IN. "
Record declares: And thus the series
comes to an end with brown taste
in everybody's mouth-little credit to
the winners and little aid to the kindly
relations which international sport
should develop. Doubtless the superior
Seamanship Of Vanderbilt and his
crew warranted the victory; but one
could wish the result had come under
circumstances less treacherous to the
principles of such amateur competi-
ton"
The Battle Cpsek Enquirer adds:
There is no sport in victory when
there is any doubt concerning the
fairness of it." The Wilkes-Barre
Record. however, is of the opinion
that his failure to break out the
red flag of protest promptly when he
thought Vanderbilt violated the rules
at the starting line prevented the Off
cials from taking action on his pro-
test filed five hours later"
Perhaps there was no foundation
for either of the two protests made
by Sopwith on Saturdays race, in
detail and in writing" states the
Rockford Register-Republic, but un-
questionably there was less founda-
ton for refusal to hear him" And
the Louisville Courier Journal OBJ
serves that the fact that the mem
bers of the Endeavour'S crew had to
consult the rules of the New York
Yacht Club before asserting their
claims would seem to put handicap
on the British challenger that up
sets the nice balance of fairness" 1t
seems to the st. Paul Daily News
that lin view Of the international
feelings involved the committee
should have leaned over backward to
be fair and impartial" and the Glens
Falls PoSt-Star thinks that most
Americans like the tone of sports
better if the host contestant goes
rather out of his way to give the visit
ing principal all the breaks which
spring from Interpretation of the
rules"
The Providence Evening Bulletin
comments that there are as many
opinions as there are yachtsmen over
the merits of the Race Committees
decision. and for layman to attempt
to dispute dogmatically about it
would be merely to echo phrases or
air prejudiceS. The Endeavour
Evening star., 1934-10-06
Entertainment Reform.

There are many indications that
the national campaign for the elm
ination of vulgarity and indecency
from the movies has succeeded. Re-
cent productions have been far less
open to criticism on moral grounds.
and current photoplay periodicals re-
fleet the needed correction in their
announcements for films scheduled for
release in the immediate future. The
ezars of Hollywood have bowed to
the will of their patrons, and for the
present, at least. there will be no more
agitation for reform.
But that does not mean that the
sword of public Indignation has been
thrown away. On the contrary, it
has been sheathed only until it may
be required again. Few, indeed, will
be the number of optimistic souls who
will believe that any permanent or
lasting change of heart has suddenly
occurred among the cinema moguls
who so recently were willing to ex-
plot all manner of wickedness in the
interests of dividends. They have
altered their policy only because they
were obliged so to do, and they
doubtless promptly would slip back
into their former practices if oppor-
tunity were offered. 1t follows that
society still must be vigilant against
the danger. Only after a long period
of good behavior will it be feasible
20 restore to the movie kings the
freedom which they misused.
Meanwhile, it may be suggested
that radio also should have sim
liar house cleaning. The forces which
drove filth out of the film industry
should not neglect their duty in the
Evening star., 1934-10-06

er's cabin with his father, riding on
a yellow clay-bank nag, on their way
to Uncle Jimmy's cabin to make shoes
for him and Aunt Jen and Ance.
Deborah is a child then but she never
forgets Jilson's disturbing fiddle tunes,
and, as the years pass and he comes
back at intervals from his wanderings
farther and farther af1eld, he is al
ways disturbing. 1t is his self con-
troll, not hers, which prevents her
home from being disrupted But he
comes back to her to die. The story
has all the delicate charm, vivid char
acterization, and realistic yet poetic
mountain atmosphere which distin-
guished Mrs. Hannum's earlier story,
Thursday April" The author gained
her knowledge of Southern mountain
speech and customs and the witch
tales which Lissy tells and all the
Downses and their neighbors more
or less believe in from her friends
among the real mountain people. The
period covered is from the close of the
Civil War to the years following the
World War.
Evening star., 1934-10-06
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

I by drivers to the plain fact that the
man afoot, the woman afoot. or the
boy or girl afoot, is a human being,
with all Of a human beings liability
to thought, with the liability of error.
Now thought, at times, masters
caution, thank God. 1t still is pos
sible for most Of us to become so
immersed in thought that everything
else Is forgot for a time.
If this happens on a sidewalk, how
ever, one Is unfortunate, for the
safety Of the walk Is what leads to
danger.
One Is safe, one is thinking about
something-and the first thing one
knows one unconsciously steps into
the street, where no man cares about
his fellow man.
+ = +
Why should this state of perfect
indifference to others exist in the
street?
On the walk few men dare run
| down" other men, trample over them,
wound and kill them.
1t Is an action seldom seen.
In the street, however, it is differ
ent. There, apparently, you will get
trampled on by wheels and utterly
crushed without compunction.
You are expected to do certain
things and no provision whatsoever
is made for doing anything If you
don't.
1t Is all up to you.
But why should it be?
Just the Dowar of n,iohto
The motorist can see a man stand
Ing on the curb at the corner. wait
ing to cross the street. He presumes
that he will watch out for cars. evil
IDENTIFY, but feels there is no necessity
on his, the motorists, part to do any,
thing about it.
1t Is mental problem, then. pure
and simple, and If the individual
motorist can be made to see it, he
may do something about it, just as
ne Is the only man who can do any
thing about it.
Fancy and attention getting de-
vices OF all kinds may help a little
but in the last analysis they fail
because they are not addressed to the
intelligence Of man, but solely to his
eyes or ears, or both.
Templeton Jones felt this keenlv
on his recent walk.
II was the same route, but verv,
very different. The increase of traffic
since five years ago was very large
but the greatest difference was in the
manner Of motorists.
The pedeStrian-in this case rep-
resented by Jones-was never able
TO tel what any .notorist was going
to do.
Other motorists. evidently. could
not tell what other motorists were
going to do.
utter chaos seemed to reign in the
streets, with every man looking out
Tor himself, and none for the man
aloot, except that individual himself.
The greatest danger to the indi-
Vioual. until some one manages to
reach the aforementioned intellect of
drivers, is the brief moment on the
Sidewalk before he steps into the
street.
Comparative safety permits the
pedestrian TO become careless for a
moment, and during that moment he
may, look the other way, then step
on the curb without looking to see
what Is coming. The motorist NAV
say that he is never able to tell what
a pedestrian is going to do, either.
That is the whole point. He should
attempt TO provide for that uncer-
tainty. The fact that he does not
is unhappily testified to by the rec
ord of September.
Evening star., 1934-10-06
Pitching in the World Series.

When a base ball team gets fourteen
men on the bases and is able to score
only one of them laurels must be
placed upon the brow of the opposing
pitcher. That was the situation yes
terday In the third game of the world
series, at st. Louis. Detroit's twirlers
did good work, but not so good as the
young man who opposed them. The
game was indeed what is usually
termed a pitchers battle. The junior
Dean, through occasional base hits
and frequent walks" kept putting
Detroit runners on base and then
bore down in the pinches and retired
the side. Twice the bases were filled
with Detroit runners without result.
Not until the ninth inning were the
Tigers" able to score, by virtue of a
single and a triple, but one run was
not enough to win, being just enough
to avert shut-out.
Thus the now celebrated Dean
brothers have justified their fame as
remarkable performers, whose work in
the box during the season won the
National League championship for
their team. Each has won his game
and these two victories give st. Louis
the lead in the short race The pros
pect for Detroit is not bright, for the
elder Dean is available for duty to-
could pitch effectively on Monday If
the series runs that long.
Prestige in the pitching box is an
Evening star., 1934-10-06
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

A reader can get the dnsUer to
any question OF fact by Uriting The
Washington Euening Star Information
Bureau. Frederic J. Haskin, Director,
Washington, d. c. Please incloSe
stamp for reply.
@. How many cities in the world
have a population of over 1000 ,000?-
C. C. C.
A. There are four-New York City,
London, Toxic and Berlin.
@. Where is the electricity made
which operates the Panama Canal?-
w. M. G.
A. 1t is generated at the Gatun
hydroelectric plant, located on the
Atlantic side Of the isthmus.
@. Who authorized the placing of
the statue of William Jennings Bryan
in Washington, D. C.?-P. E. S.
A. The statue to his memory was
erected pursuant to authorization by
Joint resolution of Congress, and is
situated at Constitution avenue and
Riverside drive, in West Potomac
Park.
@. How does an oratorio differ
from an opera?-L. G.
A. 1t dispenses with costumes and
acting. An oratorio is sacred story
set to music which, like opera, re-
quires soloists. chorus and full q or
cheStra.
c. Does the Post Office Department
pay for lost registered mail?-C. T.
A. The Post Office Department
says that it does pay for lost regis
tered mail up to value within the
limits of the indemnity provided by
the fee.
G. What is the largest of the ma
tive water fowl?-R. J.
A. The trumpeter swan is the
largest and the rarest. Scarcely so
Of these birds now survive in the
United States.
O. When was The Lady of the
CamelliaS" written?-H. C.
A. La Dame aux Camelias," the
play of Alexandra Dumas. the
younger, first appeared in l848 as a
novel written under stress Of debts
gathered in accommodating experiences
that it in part reflects. The novel was
dramatized in 1849, but, owing to the
failure Of a theater and complica-
tions with the censorship, it was first
acted February 2, 1852.
O. What does hard laid" mean
when applied to manila rope?-B. R.
A. The distance along the axis of
the rope in which the rope makes
one complete turn is called the Law.
When the yarns twist in one direc-
ton about the axis of the strands,
and the strands twist in the opposite
direction, the rope is known as reg
ular lay. The hardness Of a rope is
determined by the amount of twist
given to the strands and conse-
quently may be referred to as hard
or soft laid.
@. Are passports required for a
voyage TO Hawaii?-W. D. P.
A. Hawaii since 1900 has been an
integral part of the United States
and so there is no more need Of a
Evening star., 1934-10-06

The toll taken by the automobile
during the month just ended in this
locality may well cause all persons
to consider just what is to be done
about it.
OfficialS are doing that, and the in
dividual who values his safety and the
safety of those dear to him must do
the same.
1t is an individual problem, after
all.
Gently decided to take the same walk
through downtown Washington which
he took just five years ago.
He was amazed at the difference.
Then 1t had been a pleasure, now
it was a task.
Then he had been able to enjoy the
sights as he went along, now he
could do nothing but leap from curb
to curb.
What but few years ago had been
a pleasure had been transformed into
torture.
There was absolutely no pleasure
in this same walk, step for step, that
formerly had charmed him So
Even five years ago one had to
stop, look and listen in the best ira
ditions Of the railroad signal, but it
was not exactly matter of life and
limb then.
On the fne afternoon Jones set out
on this new walk he had q sinking
sensation right at the start.
Just for a second, as he stood ready
to step into the street, he forgot that
he was about to step into the street.
He thought about how delightful his
walk would be
Whiz! A car darted past him, Just
foot from him.
1t was going at least 80 miles an
hour.
Jones was perfectly safe, as long
as he remained still, as he had re-
manned.
Why did Jones grow pale?
Because he realized that he had. in
second Of thinking about something
else (his walk, started to turn toward
the curb.
Unconsciously he was going to step
into the street.
II he had done so. the car would
have run him down, and the Seotem-
Der total would have been sWelled by
just one more.
Templeton Jones would have ceased
to be exactly Templeton Jones, and
would have become mo. IT,"
The point. as Jones saw it. was that
the motorist, who could see him
plainly on the curb, made no pro-
vision whatsoever for the fact that
he. Jones. might step into the street.
If he. Jones, stepped of the curb,
in a moment Of abstraction which
might come to the most careful of
men, 1t was just too bad for him,
Jones.
The motorist didn't give him
thought-and that was just the
trouble.
Templeton Jones thought the car
driver should have given him a
thought.
He believed that all car drivers
ought to think about pedestrians. For
tne lie OF him he couldn't see why
they shouldn't, why they shouldn't be
made to think more about pedestrians.
He noticed. however, as most persons
have noticed. that the pedestrian is
just supposed to get out of the way.
That seems to be his whole duty,
in the mind of the typical car driver,
whether owner or hired man.
No thought ever seems to be given