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The Washington times., 1935-06-22
River Improvement

The longdebated and overong deferred program for i'm.
proemen Of the Potomac River should receive final approval
before the present session Of Congress adjourns.
The necessary legislation has already received the approval
of the and awaits action in the Senate There is
evidence of the usual legislative jam which marks the few
weeks preceding adjournment but the rush Of the closing
weeks should be permitted further to delay action on the
river improvement project
The projected development of the river provides for deepen
ing and widening the channels and for elimination Of the
present unshy docks and acs along the river front and
their replacement with weconructed and modern wharves
Such program would carry the plans of those who
selected this the site for the National Capital
empated those plans that the city should be shipping port
and for years progress made in this direction
But the plans carried out to their full extent
with the result that Washington has sadly neglected what
otherwise would be great natural asset
There signs and poen however that now the time
carry real program of development OF the river
Recently have started construction of sewage disposal
plant which will go far toward retaining the river
House recently passed bill to bring to Washington and dock
in the Potomac the famous u s. s. Olympia.
President Roosevelt not long gave informal approval
to general proposition of bringing to the National Capital
other ships of the Navy which have had outstanding
Under this proposal the river would contain most interest
ing and inspiring naval museum.
But the its shoelne permitted to remain in
their present condition. they will detract greatly from the
benefits which might expected from such exhibit
The Washington times., 1935-06-22
The Human Side of the News = By Edwin c. Hill
By Monitor

son is the most resolute ma
tionalist in all the land. With
Borah and Lodge, he led the
great fight in 1919 which ended
with a rejection of the League
of Nations. He fought against
the London Naval Treaty in
1880. but was defeated.
He has banged the World
Court project on the head every
time it popped into sight, and
only few weeks ago he was
captain general of the battle
which ended with Franklin D.
Roosevelt's emphatic defeat over
the same old World Court issue.
LIBERALIZED
Courage and determination
(call it stubbornness, if you
like) are Hiram Johnson's pre-
vailing characteristics. He fears
no man nor anything. He is the
same strong, interesting fighter
that he was % years ago when
he took a running jump at the
Republican party to land square
ly at the side of Theodore Roose-
welt. He is only So. He is
vigorous and virile and still
comes within the professional
scope of years.
Already, and in spite of the
Speculations of the ultra-con-
sentative party, there is a
pretty strong belief running
though the mass that it must
be considerably liberalized to
have much of a chance even six
years from now, let alone two.
If liberalization does come, the
minds of a great many will turn
TO Senator johnson as an &C
ceptable candidate to lead the
party.
We are going to see some in
tensely interesting political &C
tivities in the next Is months.
And if you keep your gaze close
on the turbulent spectacle, you
will note squarely in the midst
of the maneuvering and bat
thing the steel-gray eyes and the
neatly parted white hair of the
gentleman from California.
Copyright 1895, by King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
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"POlitical Doctors"
By James T. Williams, Jr.

disrupted the Aeronautics
Branch, well night destroyed its
morale, and undermined public
confidence in the efficiency Of
its administration.
Under his dictatorship prac.
tically every expert head of
division has been forced out.
Technical experts with long ex.
perience have been forced on
indefinite furlough" which is
the formula employed by Mr..
Vidal in lieu of dismissal.
Mr.. Mitchell, since his re.
moval from the Assistant Sec.
retaryship of Commerce, says
that for some time he has been
only the nominal supervisor Of
the Aeronautics Branch. This is
in large measure true. But he
cannot escape all blame for the
maladministration that has fol-
lowed the appointment of Mr..
Vidal as director.
Mr.. Mitchell apparently as
sumed that all the technical
experts and other experienced
employees of the aeronauticS
branch whom he found there
when he took office ought to
be replaced by the hand-picked
candidates of "pork-barrel" pol.
iticianS of his own party.
Mr.. Vidal worked with him
to this end. But Mr.. Vidal also
had the selection of many men
to fill the vacancies which he
and Mr.. Mitchell brought about.
There was a reorganization
of the AerOnauticS Branch in
September, 1888. There was an.
other reorganization in the
early part of 1894. There has
been q reorganization since that
time.
FLAGRANT EXAMPLE
The net result of each one of
these reorganizations staggered
over two years and conducted
under a barrage of self -lauda.
tory publicity, was to remove
experienced men who, with few
exceptions, had made good, and
to put in the friends of Mr..
Vidal and the political ap-
pointeeS of Democratic politi-
clans having enough influence
in Congress or with Mr.. Farley
to get on the payroll of the
AeronauticS Branch.
When the Senate Investigat.
ing Committee goes to the files
of the Aeronautics Branch and
drags into the light all the cor
respondence covering dismissalS
and appointments, contracts
and fantastic schemes for Squan-
dering the peoples money in
every part of the country, under
the pretense of promoting avi-
alton, the eyes of the public will
be opened to a fragrant example
If INSTRUMENTATION.
Copyright, 1885, The Washington Times
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Greatest Show On Earth
By John Snure, Jr.

The grand mogul of the Sen
ate Library, James D. Preston,
is worried.
For years he has been around
the Capitol and has been the
sole possessor of that name.
When anyone mentioned
"Jim" Preston it was immedi-
ately conceded that they meant
the former superintendent Of
the Senate Press Gallery, who
now has charge of the library.
another James Preston has
come on the scene, hoUeUer.
He is a newspaper man. And
the grand n1ogul of the Senate
Library thinks that is a gross
cncro1chment on his privileges.
Within a few days Patrick j.
Hurley, former Secretary Of War,
who now is a Virginia gentle
man, is going on the road for
the Republican party.
He will make several speeches
extolling what he will call the
virtues of the G. o. P.
Asked if his trip was fore
runner of an attempt to secure
the Presidential nomination in
1896, Hurley responded:
There are about So candi-
dates already.
anyone in the Republican
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winter. Her husband told her
it wouldn't work.
"The neighbors will say you're
no better than she is" he
warned.
But Dorothy Wilson wouldn't
believe it. Folks aren't unchar-
liable like that any more" she
cried. And sent for the Allen
girl.
Now she knows that Jim was
right. For within a week the
other ladies were giving her the
dog-eye over the bridge table
and knocking her over the
phone.
THERE'S A REASON
Poor little Dorothy is terribly
hurt. She VOWS she'll never do a
kind thing again-SayS it doesn't
pay. She's wrong. Noble acts
may not be popular BUT
THEY'RE ALWAYS PROFIT
ABLE.
Crusaders always have a
tough time of it. There's a
reason for that.
The conventional human pro-
gram is based upon the amount
of human courage, intelligence,
and brotherly love possessed by
the average citizen. Which
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100 General SlOcums'

In 1904 steamship General Socum burned in the East
River New York, with loss Of 1924 lives.
Last Monday Joseph Weaver head Of the United States
Steamboat Inspection Service testified before the Committee
on Safety at that 100 ships under the American
flag were unsafe the General Slocum.
This mind YOU many months after the horrible dis
aser the Moro Castle in which of persons were
burned to death drowned
Who's to blame for the continuation of this appalling lack
Apparently Secretary Roper of the Department of Com
merce has a share of the responsibility,
The Steamboat Inspection Service is in his department.
And his department is part of the executive branch OF
the Government of which President Roosevelt is the head
Yet spite Presidents plea for greater safety
cautions and rigid inspection after the MORO Castle
tragedy it that 100 American ships still floating
firetraps. * 49,
Congress ALSO as the legislative branch cannot evade
ton of the responsibility has already passed and
the President has signed the Copeland Bland bill providing
for 100 per cent American crews American ships.
This law is commendable in many respects
It's passage follows revelations by the Hearst newspapers
that 1000 qualified American walking the streets
of New York while alien unqualified
the jobs that properly belonged to them.
The Copeland Bland is expected to put $1,000
American citizens to work.
Although companies have splendid record Of safety
the problem whole still unsolved and the public has
the right to know the for this incredible laxty and
delay.
If conditions onehaH as bad those Mr. Weaver
pictures it would appear that the only to put the
merchant marine under naval supervision and with
officers and crews meeting naval standards.
As long safety left to the politicians and politically
dominated agencies like the Department Of Commerce,
body need be surprised if the slocum and MORO Castle dis
asters repeated-and nobody will need to ask why
The Washington times., 1935-06-22
Listen, World
By Elsie Robinson

isn't much. He's a good guy,
but he can't attend to much
more than his regular chores.
If he's kind to his family and
loyal to his community that's
about his limit. He doesn't un-
derstand unusual people or acts.
He's afraid of them.
He thinks they are a menace
to his world. And naturally he's
going to criticize anyone who
violates his little safe and sane
code.
That's all right. People who
take on themselves the respon-
sibility of doing more dangerous
and difficult feats than other
folks should expect criticism.
YOU CAN'T BLAZE TRAILS
AND AT THE SAME TIME BE
SNUG AND WARM IN THE
FAMILY CIRCLE.
HEAVY COST
People like Mrs. Wilson, who
do unusually brave and gener-
GUS acts beyond the comprehen-
sion of smaller natures, are
trail-blazers. They are doing
more than good deeds for dis
tresSed individuals.
They are clearing the way
into finer civilization for all
humanity, but while they're
doing it, they must pay the
price, and sometimes the price
is heavy.
Joan of Arc paid the price-so
did Socrates and Lincoln. They
gave greatly to humanity, but
no one handed them much ap-
plauSe while they were doing it.
IF YOU HAVE THE COUR"
AGE AND INTELLIGENCE TO
BE A CRUSADER, BE ONE!
BUT MAKE UP YOUR MIND
BEFOREHAND THAT TT WILL
COST YOU PLENTY-AND,
DON'T WHINE WHEN THE
ACCOUNT COMES DUE.
IF A THING YOU HAVE
DONE IS REALLY NOBLE
THEN IT'S WORTH ANY
PRICE MEN MAY MAKE YOU
PAY.
Copyright, 1895, by King Features
Syndicate. Inc.)
The Washington times., 1935-06-22
$50 for the Supreme Court

Unless 300 American editors wrong the people Of the
United States heartily in favor of keeping the powers
the Supreme Court unmpared under the Constitution and will
defeat proposed amendment strip Of its authority
The people also overwhelmingly opposed to giving the
Federal Government control over industry.
This at least the gist of poll conducted by Massachu
sets newspaper which sent quesonnaes 800 editors
throughout the Nation.
The replies IS per AGAINST amending the Con-
sttution Of the New Dealers have proposed
These answers please note do not represent the personal
views Of the editors toward such amendment but rather
their estimate of the OPINIONS OF VOTERS in the terri
tories covered by their newspapers
The Constitution busters" in Washington may find therein
food for thought.
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straight into Johnson's sitting
room, shook hands with the
Californian, told him briefly
what had taken place at the
Blackstone, and asked Senate"
johnson if he would accept
second place on the ticket, the
vice presidential nomination.
Without a moments hesitation,
Johnson refused.
And. that afternoon, after
Harding had been named on the
tenth ballot, a shrewd eyed
Yankee named Calvin Coolidge
was picked as Harding's run
ming mate. Hardly three years
elapsed before Harding was in
his grave and Coolidge was in
the White House.
That fortune would have been
Hiram JohnSon's, of course, if
he had accepted Warren Hard
ing's offer, and, of course, also,
he would have been reelected
just as easily as Coolidge was
reelected.
I suppose that Hiram John
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Wise Words

A sight to dream Of, not to
tell.-Coleridge.
Live every day as if thy last.
-Aurelius.
Liberty, too, must be limited
to be possesSed.-Burke.
No man was ever great by
imitation.-JohnSon.
Extreme remedies are very
appropriate for extreme dis
eases.-Hippocrates.
The more the state extends
itself, the more liberty dimin-
ishes.-Rousseau.
Nothing except a battle lost
can be half so melancholy as
a battle Won.-Wellington.
A bachelor is a man who
shirkS espon sibilities and
dutieS.-ShaW.
account more strength in Q
true heart than in a walled
city.-Lyly.
The Washington times., 1935-06-22

Two years ago this summer a
vigorous protest from the Aero
Medical Association, in conven-
ton assembled at Chicago,
slowed down the attempt of the
political wrecking crew in the
Aeronautics Branch of the De-
partment of Commerce to sub
stitute political doctors for emf
nent physicians and surgeons
and medical examiners of ap-
plicants for q pilots license.
AS soon as this association
learned of what the Assistant
Secretary of Commerce, Mr..
Mitchell, and the then Assistant
Director of the Aeronautics
Branch, Mr.. Vidal, were start
ing to do, the following public
protest was addressed to the
President and his Secretary of
Commerce.
EFFECTIVE PROTEST
"The selection of medical ex.
aminerS of the Department of
Commerce has heretofore been
based upon ability and train.
ing, and political consideration
played no part.
"The Army and Navy permit
their pilots to be examined only
by those medical officers who
have received special training
in aviation medicine. The longer
a medical examiner has acted
for the Department of, Com.
merce, the greater has been his
experience and ability, and
therefore the greater his value
to the department.
"The removal or appointment
of medical examiners for pOliti-
cal reason would result in un-
satisfactory, unStandardized ex-
aminatiOnS that would be- to the
detriment of aerOnautics in gen.
eral, and result in an increased
accident rate"
This protest received such wide
circulation that it had imme-
date effect. Nevertheless Demo
cratic Senators of the United
States continue to receive re-
quests from the Democratic Ma
tional Committee 20 recommend
doctors to fill vacancies in the
list of medical examiners.
How far politics has de.
bauched this branch of the Serv-
ice since August, 1888, it will
take a Senate investigating COM
mittee to find out.
Soon after this protest was
published the race for the di.
rectorship in which the four
assistant directors had been en-
gagged for several months, ended
in the appointment of Eugene L.
Vidal as director.
He still holds that office and
is therefore Immediately reSpon
sible for the things done and left
undone since that time that have
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you remember that smoke-filled
room in Chicago's Blackstone
Hotel, that convocation of. vel
lowjacketed Republican man.
darins who assembled on hot
July day in 1920 to break, if pos
sible, the deadlock among Gen.
eral Wood, Governor Lowden, of
Illinois, and Senator johnson of
California, you will remember
also that they selected an ami
able party wheel horse, Warren
G. Harding, principally because
almost everybody liked him and
no enemies were visible any.
where on the political horizon.
Immediately after Senator
Harding had been called to the
Blackstone Hotel and notified
that he was the man, he, HIM
self, went to Hiram Johnson's
rooms in the Congress Hotel,
only a little way along Michigan
Boulevard from the Blackstone.
It was 1870 in the morning.
AS President Harding told the
story to this writer, he went
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II e, 1OI
the Tennessee Valley Authority.
Horses purchased by the Gov
eminent included one team of
brood mares for which the tax
payers paid $425. One of the
mares died and the other sold
for $110.
Three riding horses bought at
a cost of $525 were kept for a
short time; one died and the
other two were sold for 5000.
Another team of horses for
which the Government paid 1925
was sold for $191.
Summarizing the purchases
for the Norris dairy herd, Rep
resentative Mcleod points out
that one cow cost the GoUern-
n1ent $3.50. Other prices ranged
from $50 to $3.50.
Herbert Farrell, of Nashville.
Tenn, sold the Government
eight COWS.
Those COWS cost the Govern
ment $3.50.
although, Mcleod points out,
$3.50 may be a small amount
when it is considered that the
Congress appropriated almost
100000 at one pouring
this session, payment of that
price for eight cows is a rather
fair expenditure when Western
farmers have been dumping cows
on the market at almost any
price to prevent starvation.
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women find themselves out of
a job.
The manufacturer finds him.
self with a surplus of material.
Then, trying to ,.adersell his
competitors, he Injuries the mar.
ket.
There is something to the
argument that quantity, quality
and workmanship must be re-
duced to be as successful as
competitors.
But in too many instances the
workmanship suffers.
The schedule is too fast, and
the workmen can't give expert
service and get out the required
output.
Efficiency experts have their
place, but too many are willing
to have their employers sacri.
flee quality and reputation to
put over their plans.
The Washington times., 1935-06-22
Once-Overs

Too much efficiency has
speeded up production in many
instances to a point where there
is not enough time left for good
work.
Cost production experts have
persuaded many manufacturers
to cut costs by using a lighter
material.
In substituting !: S. expensive
material, they have weakened
the product.
AS a result, the product does
not hold UP under the heavy
tests, and a firms reputation,
built up carefully over a period
of years, is ruined in one season
from following the efficiency ex-
pert'S advice.
General speeding up processes
have been carried out to such
an extent that many men and
The Washington times., 1935-06-22

]. M LIE o d,
r e p ublican,
of Michigan,
allS atten-
ton to a few
items in the
second def
cheney apprO-
priatiOn bill.
H e points
w uAdk1y GA
penditures in
Guiding p u r.
Oh a S e. of
&C W S a n d
h or S a t
Norris, T e n
ass for
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cold hearted,
selfish cow
ards, incapa-
BILE of appre
ciating noble
acts.
Mrs. Will
son did a no
BILE act and
she certainly
was NOT ap-
prec i a t e d.
She took in
t h a t Allen
girl-the one
who got her
self so talked
a bout last
The Washington times., 1935-06-22
HIRAM JOHNSON

Senator JohnSon'S career has
been extraordinary and he pos
SeSSes the curious distinction of
having deprived two men of the
Presidency of the United States.
One of these men was himself.
The other is the Chief Justice
of the Supreme Court of the
United States.
The story of Charles Evans
Hughes unfortunate intrusion
into a California political feud
can hardly have been forgotten
over a period of 10 years. Hiram
johnson, it will be recalled, was
running for reelection to the
Senate. He was opposed by the
ultra-conServativeS of California
Republicanism, such as Mr..
william H. Croker. Invading
California, Justice Hughes made
the fatal mistake Of aSsociating
with a definite faction, the con-
ServativeS.
Instead of seeking out Sena-
tor johnson he avoided him.
If I am not mistaken, the two
men were actually in the same
hotel in Venice, California, on
the same day. Nevertheless,
Hughes avoided any meeting.
It has been said, and never
authoritatively denied, as far as
I know, that Senator johnson
felt deeply aggrieved, and on
e election day he was returned to
the Senate by a majority Of
some 100000 while Judge
Hughes lost IL electoral votes
of the State of California, by
something like 5000.
Whatever Senator Johnson's
part may have been in this in
credible disaster to the national
candidate, there was no ques-
ton whatever as to what his
friends did.
The story of how Hiram John
son kept himself out of the presi-
dency is equally interesting. If
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for the elephant"
And in view of the proposed
speaking tour, the former Sec
rotary probably will carry con.
siderable political water for his
party.
Copyright, 1885, The Washington Times
The Washington times., 1935-06-22

p q r y W II o
can read and
write is a pO-
tential candi-
date. :"
H u r ! e y
| a u G h e d
when further
q u e S t i oned
a b ut h S
plans.
He said:
"I'm going
to have the
job of water
boy.
81 expect to
carry water
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With numerous protests
against Government expendi-
lures, Representative Clarence
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Interesting Republicans


The party of Lincoln, McKin-
ley and Theodore Roosevelt is,
somewhat humbly, appraising
it's future. It is not a future
which would seem to be bright
at a casual glance. Still, there
are optimists in the ranks of
the G. o. P. who quite obviously
believe that the doors of the
White House will open to wei
come a Republican president in
January, 1887.
However this may be, the self
appraisal which the organiza-
ton is going through these
summer months is bound to be
good for it's soul. Already much
of the haughtineSs, the high
hattedness, which marked the
party in the years Of its al
most unbroken success has been
greatly ameliorated.
This was quite perceptible at
the recent Grass Roots conven-
ton of agrarian Republicans
held out in Lincoln's old home
town.
These more or, less random
reflections lead one, quite log
ically enough, to a brief survey
of perhaps the most interesting
of all Republicans, Senator
Hiram Johnson, of California,
perhaps the ablest mind in the
whole Senate-a mind like a
rapier.
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Noble Acts Not
Popular

Young Mrs. Wilson is mad at
the whole human race. She says
we're a bunch 90 evil thinking,
Imperial Valley press., 1935-12-19
WORKERS TO GET
CHRISTMAS PAY

SAN FRANCISCO, Dee 10. (U.R)
Approximately $4,000,000 will be
paid l21,O00 WPA workers in Cal
ifornia before Christmas, Frank Y
Mclaughlin, state WPA admins
traitor said today.
The payment will be made in &C
cordance with an order issued in
washington directing state admin
istrators to pay all WPA workers
up to date by Christmas eve.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-12-19
SHERIFF RADIO
SETS DELIVERED

Last of the 10 short wave re-
ceiving sets ordered for the auto
mobiles used by the county sher-
ifs department arrived today and
soon will be installed
Tests of the broadcasting and
receiving system to be used in the
law enforcement work OF the de-
partment, are continued daily.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-12-19
MOTHER SEEKING
MISSING WOMAN

Information as to the wheae-
abouts Of Mrs F. L. Mckinley viii
be greatly appreciated by her moth
er who has not heard from her in
some time.
Anyone having having TINS infor-
nation may send it to the Press
Post or to Forrest Mckinley Of Seal
Heights.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-12-19
WOMAN GIVEN
DIVORCE DECREE

Interlocutory decree of divorce
was granted Myrtle T. Freeman from
George f. Freeman. according TO
papers filed at the county clerks
office.
Mrs. Freeman charged ner hus-
band with deserving her and the
decree was granted by default, re-
cords show.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-12-19
Ell CENTRIC WILL
HAVE CUB PACK

FL Centre has organized its first
cub pack which will be known
henceforth at Pack No. 8 and which
will have its first meeting today.
Clubbing is a new program on the
part of the Scout organization and
is designed for younger boys, those
between the ages Of 10 and 10.