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The Washington times., 1935-02-08
Veteran COllapses
On Visit To Capitol

Jerry Kendlick, so, a resident of
Soldiers Home, collapsed in the
corridor outside the House floor
late yesterday and, after treat
ment by DR.. George W. Calver,
House physician, he was removed
to the home.
The Washington times., 1935-02-08
HOWARD SPEAKER

DR.. Shelton A. Bishop, minister
of st. Philips P. E. Church, of
New York city, will be the open
ing guest speaker for the new
semester religious service in
Rankin Memorial Chapel at
Howard University Sunday at
II a. m,
The Washington times., 1935-09-12
To School or Death

Washington homes will send thousands Of children to schools
starting next week.
Houv many of these youngsters UW be KILLED before
the school term ends by careless and speed crazy
motorists?
It is inevitable that will be- although all the deaths will
be avodable.
Everyone who drives automobile should pause to
think about these cldrenas happy youngsters going to
school.
AND THEN STOP TO THINK OF THEM BROKEN UNDER
THE WHEELS OF A CAR OR IN THEIR CoFF1Ns.
If the drivers would think about that for few minutes
there probably would not be many homes married tragedy
during the coming fall and winter.
When the children start school, the School Boy Patrol will
once more its job Of trying to protect them from their
own careessness and the Of the drivers
How far the patrol will succeed will depend the copera
ton of operators of automobiles.
The patrol boys do fine job ordinarily
They are their leveheadedness and courtesy
They should meet similar qualities in the motorists
AND SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE BROWN MIGHT
WELL. MAKE IT KNOWN TO THE DRIVERS THAT HE AND
THE MEN OF HIS DEPARTMENT WILL BACK UP THE
BOY PATROL.
The Washington times., 1935-09-12
Read the Constitution

By it's active leadership in the preparation of plans
for the observance of the anniversary of the Constitu
ton of the United States September IT, the local
department of the American Legion has again given
the city cause for thanks
No greater service could be rendered the Nation at
this time by the men who fought for it's preservation
than to call attention to the benefits which have been
derived by our people from this immortal document.
Commander Joseph j. Malloy, Of the Legion, in
recent address said:
"CertainIy Uith the tremendous amount of prop0-
Gdnda that is being spread today to confuse peo-
De as to uUa is right and uUhdt is Wrong, is Oery
necessary that each of go back and study the
Constitution of the United States, because UNDER
THAT SACRED DOCUMENT THIS NATION HAS
GROWN IN SIZE, POPULATION, WEALTH, AND
IN FREEDOM AND COMFORT FOR THE AVER
AGE CITIZEN, FAR BEYOND ANY OTHER Ma
TON IN ALL HISTORY"
That is statement that cannot be denied by any
of the theoretcians and expermenters who now want
to lead this country into some unstated and untried
modification.
It is wholesome to find the men of the American
Legion combating this nonsensical proposal
And it is likewise wholesome to find the men of the
Legion backed by virtually every other organization
in the National Capital in this effort.
There cannot be too great display of loyalty to
the Constitution in this Capital City on the annver
Sary.
The Washington times., 1935-09-12
The Greatest Show On Earth
By John Snure, T.

ships to carry 100 per cent
American crews failed to pass
the last session of Congress.
The Bland bill, sponsored by
Representative Schuyler Otis
Bland, Democrat of Virginia,
drifted along until after the
Moro Castle disaster despite
the strenuous efforts of Mr..
McVay to push its progress.
After the Moro Castle dis
GSter when it wGs disclosed
that an amazing percentage of
the undiSciplined cre1D 1OGS for.
eign, the sentiment for the
Bland measure increased and
aided its enactment.
Ship owners fought the meas
ure because they knew that as a
rule American Seamen de-
manded higher wages and better
treatment than aliens.
Enactment of the bill was
forced, however, and on Friday
the 18th, 10000 Americans may
look for jobs aboard American
vessels.
To the men and 1Don1e1r oUer
IS gears of age, one of Senator
Huey P. Longs last acts in the
Senate caused them untold
suffering.
His fiIibuster that prevented
enactment of the third def
cheney bill containing money for
social security legislation pre-
vented them from receiving old.
age pensions.
Many of them were depend
ing on the aid of the govern
ment to tide them over the win
ter that approaches. But now
they realize they can expect no
help from that source, and they
feel that the slain Senator was
responsible.
Although Senator Long did
not prevent action on the de.
ticiencv bill because of the DID,
ace pension money, his action
1D1s effective in preventing the
elders from receiving the fund.
Consequently, many persons
who we're followers of the Louis
lana dictator had a change of
heart before his death and at
tribute to him the cause Of their
inability to secure Old-age PEN
SiOnS.
Copyright, 1885, The Washington Times.
The Washington times., 1935-09-12
Canada's 'StOrk Derby

The Supreme Court Of Ontario, Canada has upheld the
validity of will Charles Vance Miller founder of the
"Stork Derby"
The will gives $1OOOOOo to the mother of the children
born October 3d. 1926 and October 81 1885, in the
Canadian Province
Whoever wins it-and has had eleven children
in year-w be the only person actually entitled to the
expression freely used by flagpoe Channel swimmers
and winners of beer drinking competitions.
And that is:
"I did it for the kiddieS"
The Washington times., 1935-09-12

his only designation in Long
Island. "The oysters are bed
ding deep and getting ready to
hibernate early. They're un'
usually fat. That means they
spawned early, loaded up on
plenty of food and got ready
for a long spell of bad
weather."
The weather wisdom and
worldly wisdom of Captain Co
bus is highly regarded around
Great South Bay. OF his lightly
carried 70 years all but three
were spent around Long Island.
He sometimes eats a bushel Of
oysters after dinner. They are
not filling, he says, and never
make one fat. He weighs 225
pounds, but he says that's be.
cause he eats too much corn
and potatoes. Dredging oysters,
he falls through the ice several
times each winter. He doesn't
even knock off work.
CAPTAIN COBUS
He's out with his dredge. A
huge bag made of iron rings,
Tipped with saw-toothed blade,
is lowered by a windlass. He
knows the contour Of the bot
tom of the sea as a musician
knows an Instruments key.
board. This bed is "high but
rolling" this one is chilly on
the east" this one is slow, flat
and muddy" The iron bag
brings up a bit of red sponge.
That means good oysters.
Not too deep and not too
shallow he plays his dredge.
He must not merely scoop the
surface and damage the bed.
He must not go too deep and
bring up mud and sand. With
a touch as measured and as
gently varying as Toscanini'S
baton, he deployS, his windlaSS.
A few years ago, in Chicago,
a famous sociologist gave a din
ner at a fashionable hotel. AS
each course was served a fisher.
man, a farmer or some other
producer of basic food stepped
from behind curtain and told
how and where it was obtained
the hazards, the drama, the
Skills, the rewards of serving
the complex food requirements
Of an urban population.
1t not only dramatized but
humanized and particularized
The Washington times., 1935-09-12

President in regard to the Con.
stitution after all only expresses
in different words what the
Radicals in Congress said before
the session adjourned.
These Radicals in Congress
insisted that the Supreme Court
should be deprived of its con-
stitutional power to declare an
act of Congress unconstitu.
tional.
In this way these Radicals
proposed to establish a despo-
tism in Congress, which at any
time might abdicate in favor of
a dictator in the White House.
Thus did they indicate their de-
sire to cut the jugular vein Of
the American system of govern.
ment.
The Radicals around the Pres
ident would make the change in
a slightly different way. They
would threaten the court with
swift reversal as the penalty
every time the court ruled
against any program the Radi.
Gals declared to be essential to
their purposes. This in time
would lead either to the aboli-
ton Of the Constitution or the
abolition of the Court or both.
What would be the purpose
of maintaining either if a legis-
lative majority of one in Con.
greSS could reverse both when.
ever its will was thwarted?
If the Supreme Court is to be
reversed and the Constitution
amended whenever a legislative
majority in Congress is denied
permission to legiSlate as it's
Radical leadership sees fit why
have a Constitution or a Court?
Why not substitute for the
American system of government
some of the European systems?
FOOD FOR THOUGHT
This is substantially what the
Radicals in Congress are de-
handing through such leaders
as Congressman Marcantonio
and Sisson Of New York and
Congressman SABBATH of Illinois,
Their attacks on the Court and
the Constitution at the last ses.
sion revealed the goal Of their
Radicalism.
But the Radicals around the
President are less fortnight.
They pretend to prefer to give
the Supreme Court lone more
chance" and to hold a stop
watch on its every member in
the meantime.
Their imprudent ultimatum
just broadcast to the country is
more than a subject for coun-
try.wide consideration on the
coming Constitution Day.
It is a challenge to every
thoughtful American who sim
cerely prefers the American syS-
tenn to any alien system Of gov
eminent yet set up.
Copyright, 1885, Washington TimeS.l
The Washington times., 1935-09-12
By Edwin C.. Hill

% grandchildren and his eight
Observation-Disclosures.
The Romans cherished the
Lucrine oysters. Their cpl
curean significance was evident
then as now, with wide elabora-
tions and refinements in their
preparation. But when the Ro-
mans conquered Britain and
took back to Rome the first
English Whitstable oysters, from
the shores of Kent, Agrippa
swept the Lucrine oysters from
his table and thereafter served
only the British bivalves.
Long before Columbus landed,
the Indians ate oysters. At
Damariscotta, Me-, there IS a
mound containing 100000
bushels of oyster shells, left by
the Indians. In China and
Italy, long before the Christian
era, oysters we're cultivated for
food, and artificial beds main.
tanned.
The early American coloniStS
were hesitant about eating
oysters-even the cavaliers of
Maryland. At Chesapeake
Bay, with oysters in endless
abundance, they petitioned the
governor for food, saying they
were starving. Without BELT.
ting the fastidious colonists, it
may be remarked that they
might have learned much from
Seashore monkeys.
INTERNATIONAL TASTES
When an oyster on a rock,
relaxing a bit in the sun, opens
his shell, the monkey wedges
in a small stone so he may
scoop the oyster out when he
gets around to it. Monkeys,
finding an exposed oyster bed,
will wedge long rows of oysters
with stones.
The Romans chewed their
oysters, according to Athenaeus.
They had a custom of steWing
them with mallows and ducks.
The Chinese ate them raw with
vinegar and ginger, and also
used them in a dry or rancid
state. In England they eat
them with pepper, in Holland
with vinegar and in Germany
with lemon Juice, Pliny writes
of "panis poStroaris," possibly
waters buttered with raw oys'
tiers. Vitellius ate as many as
1000 raw oysters at sitting.
In the 1905, the proprietor
Of a Drury Lane oyster shop
made a little stake out of what
became known as the famous
"whistling oyster" This oyster,
in its bowl of brine, made an
extraordinary whiStling sound
by inhaling and exhaling water
through its shell. Possibly the
oyster had a good press agent.
At any rate, many celebrities,
including Dickens and Thacke-
ray, visited the oyster rooms
in Vinegar Yard, and the shop
keeper had a flouriShing sea-
son.
And so, mindful Of the
humble oyster and his place,
not only in the international
cuisine but in the ageless claS-
sizes, we glide into the first Of
the "R" months.
copyright. 1885, by King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
The Washington times., 1935-09-12
The Human Side of the News

granted. How heedlessly we
slide into the "R" months, and
how little we know or care
about who gets the oysters for
us and how!
Captain Cobus could tell the
young boulevardier about the
time he cut a canal three miles
through the ice, at IL below
zero, to keep the oyster market
supplied; he could tell him of
cold and mud, and wind and
sleet; of the curious cycles of
pests which assail oysters and,
incidentally, as one who has
a robust belief in life-above
sea or under-of his seven
daughters and three sons, his
The Washington times., 1935-09-12
Radicals Ultimatum
By James T. Williams, T.

Radicals around the Presi-
dent have been smoked out at
last.
Through one Of their favorite
spokesman, following one Of his
frequent visits to the White
House, these radicals have is
sued what appears to be an ulti.
matum to the Supreme Court Of
the United States. It is to this
effect:
Unless the great tribunal ap-
proves the constitutiOnality Of
whatever legislation, past, pres
ent or future, the Radicals de-
clare to be essential to the car
rying out Of their political pro-
gram, these Radicals serve no.
tice that they will insist upon
amending the Constitution in
whatever way they think neces-
Sary to carry out their program.
In other words, If the Supreme
Court fails to heed this ulti'
matum, the Radicals will de-
mand from the people uncondi-
tional authority to amend the
Constitution whenever and in
whatever way they think neces-
sary in order to put into effect
whatever laws they wish when
ever they wish.
SIGNIFICANT
Whether these Radicals
around the President represent
his views, or only the views they
are striving to compel him to
make his own, their spokesman
fails to reveal.
But the country should not
have long to wait for an answer
to this question. Doubtless the
President will give the answer
as soon as he starts his coming
political Swing around the cir
cle."
Meantime thoughtful Ameri-
cans will see in the coming cele-
bration of Contitution Day, Sep
TENDER II next, a greater Signi-
ficance than has attached to
this anniversary in many .
long year.
The Radicals, by their ultima
tum to the Supreme Court have
made the Constitution the issue
for the immediate future.
If the Supreme Court is to be
compelled to certify as constitu-
tional whatever the radicals de-
clare to be for the good of the
country in order to save the
Constitution from being rewrit-
ten every year or two, the chief
usefulness of the Great Tribunal
would seem to be at an end.
Indeed, under such circu1n"
stances, even the Constitution
of this year would soon become
as unimportant as a last years
newspaper.
This latest pronunciamento
from the Radicals around the
The Washington times., 1935-09-12

the vast complexities Of our
modern food economy, with its
widening range of diet, Of pro-
cessing and cooking of refrigera"
ton, transportation and all the
multiple refinemerts of cuisine.
Here, in this mood of the
Chicago sociological dinner,
we might appropriately intro
duce Willie van Hoophen-
Hyphen, night club playboy,
ordering blue points, to old
Captain Cobus, who perhaps
fell through the ice to get this
plate of oysters. It would
bridge a vast hiatus in a de.
personalized exchange economy
in which we take too much for
The Washington times., 1935-09-12
Cheese and Cabbage

That old wartime formua-"Busness usuaT-stH binds
English and Italian merchants despite the fact that relations
between their countries the breaking point
italian exporters of Gorgonzoa cheese ask British importers
stock up" in anticipation of uncertain future The
quest resulted in heavy advance orders.
Now everyhings fine-untl the British people decide it is
unpatriotc to eat Italian cheese, as they may.
standard old dish sauerkrau had to be renamed
'berty cabbage before of sayathome patriots
would eat it.
The Washington times., 1935-09-12

ideas
Ever since then
You've been off me.
Yeah?
Well, what of it?
Suppose you don't
Agree with me,
Suppose I don't
Agree with you.
What difference
Does that make?
Why should that make
Enemies of us?
Why should you
Go around feeling
Sores a pup,
Acting as if you'd
Been two-timed, inSulted?
You know and I know
New ideas
Are good for us.
Minds need stirring,
Minds need shaking;
Minds that stay still
Soon go stagnant-
You and I both
Know that's true
Then why should you
Be sore because
I hand you
Something new,
Something hard to take?
You pretend it's because
You love the Truth:
You pretend I've shocked you
BY my flippancy,
MY irreverence,
MY unconventionality;
You pretend
You're defending
The sacred Status Quo
Against NUTS like me.
WHO DO YOU THINK
YOU'RE POOLING!
You're not defending
Anything except
YOURSELF!
You don't really
Give a boot
What I say
About mothers or aNmony
The Washington times., 1935-09-12

oy S t ers in
Great South
B y. Fifty.
nine yea rs
he's been at
it, and he
finds in the
patient a n d
fecund oyster
an epitome
of a larger
cosmos and
larger events.
Its going
to be a hard
winter, says
C a p t a in
Gohi1S-thaf'S
The Washington times., 1935-09-12

Attorneys Of the Department
of Justice are not overly
pleased with the Division Of In
vestigatiOn these days.
For more than year and a
half the attorneys sought to
The Washington times., 1935-09-12

have a gym
n a S III m in.
stalled so that
they coul d
get some ex-
ercise. They
were willing
to pay for
e q u ip m ent.
The gymna-
SUM was de-
MED h e m,
however.
Then along
came j. Ed
gar Hoover,
chief of the
I Investigation
The Washington times., 1935-09-12

Division, and requested room
for his boys to workout. His
request was granted.
Now the special agents have
two gymnasiums. One is on
the roof of the new building.
The other is inside so that the
agents can get their exercise in
all weather.
The lawyers, however, can
not use the Investigators gyms
and are particularly peeved at
Mr.. Hoover.
Into effect goes the Bland
bill putting 10000 American sea-
men to work.
The 9O-day limit provided in
the bill for it to become effec-
tive has elapsed and its provi-
siOnS go into force this week.
As a matter of fact it be-
comes effective on Friday the
thirteenth, a lucky day for J.
H. McVGy, Uho conducted q one
man lobby for years to get the
measure adopted.
Under the provisions of the
Bland bill two-thirds of the
crews in all departments on
ships subsidized by the Govern.
ment must be American sea-
men.
Efforts to secure legislation
that would compel American
The Washington times., 1935-09-12
OLD FAVORITES
C1rcQSSOnne
-GuStaUe NadQUd

C0TC0SSOnne -GUSC0De NO00U0
"I'm growing DID, I'm sixty years;
I've labored all my life in vain.
In all that time of hopes and fears
I've failed my dearest wish to gain.
see full well that here below
Bliss unalloyed there is for none;
Ny prayer would else fulfilment know
Never have I seen Carcassonne"
So crooned, one day. close by Lmoux,
peasant doublebent with age.
"Rise up, my FRIEND" said I; with you
I'll go upon this pilgrimage"
We left, next morning, his abode,
But (Heaven forgive him ~ halfway on
The old man died upon the road
He gazed Carcassonne.
(Readers ved to send to the editor their suooes
tons of old favortes among the poems for repriting in
this spacSl
The Washington times., 1935-09-12

You don't like
You're off me,
Ever since I
wrote
What I
did
A b o u t
moth erS,
Or pro hibi-
ton,
Or ali.
ulO11y,
Or convictS,
Or working
wives,
Or Somethin'
else
That doesn't
jibe
With YOUR
The Washington times., 1935-09-12
Oyster Lore

Here is the first of the "R"
months, and here's old Captain
CobuS KWaak Scooping up
The Washington times., 1935-09-12

Ut aQyCQ1uS elSe-
But you care PLENTY
About protecting
Your own conceit,
Your own comfort,
Your own laZineSS,
Your own ignorance,
All of which
Are frightfully menaced
BY NEW IDEAS.
New Ideas
Will raise Cain,
Worse than dynamite,
With anyone's competency.
New Ideas
Show up weakness,
Tip off cowardice,
Unmask dumbnesS
Quicker than
A G-Man's gun!
New Ideas
Are the worst thing
A mean, stupid,
Stubborn, cowardly
Human has to fear.
He can fight almost
Anything else
Duck almost
Anything else
But a New Idea
Has him on a spot
A New Idea can make
The Biggest Noise
Sounds like a baby'S cry
In no time at all.
Why are you
Mad at me?
Why are you
Off me and my ideas?
THAT'S WHY!
You don't care
Whether my ideas
Are right or wrong
You don't care
Whether they are
"A menace to society"
Or not
But you care like thunder
Because they're a menace
To YOU
And so you decided
To put me
ON THE SPOT!
Maybe YOU'RE
laughing at this
Maybe YOU'RE thinking
This doesn't apply
To YOU
But don't be
Too sure!
Watch yourself!
And next time you feel
Your neck hair rising,
Or your jowls purpling
Over some new theory.
Ask yourself
do I feel like this
Because I'm shocked
Really?
"Or do I
Feel like this
Because I'm worried
"And peeved
"AND AFRAID?"
The Washington times., 1935-09-12
Listen, World
BIZ Elsie Robinson

You Don't Like Me?
You say
You don't like me.
You're off me, you say,
The Washington times., 1935-09-12

You say
Henderson daily dispatch., 1935-06-18
Georgian Praises
Set-Up Made Here
Continued from Page une.)

OAACsI
alterably to it, He is pure North Car
olina there.
I'VE have so much to learn from
North Carolina on roads and schools
that they are our chief concern" Sen
ator Lester told this correspondent
Il have enjoyed my stay greatly. I
think you have done a wonderful
thing with the highways and prisons.
And, of course, you have made mar
velOus progress in education. Our
states are very near the same size in
area and in population. Naturally
what would work well in North Caro-
lima might work with us, too. You
certainly have a wonderful system of
roads and schools.
I'VE are also interested in your To-
cal government commission and it has
done a great deal to curb unrestrict-
ed spending. l have been studying
that act and like it. My visit to North
Carolina is purely for the purpose of
getting the best from your system and
reporting it to the next general as
sembly."
Senator Lester does not think that
the smallness of Georgia's bonded
debt-only about $4,OOO$, 900 = will
make any great difference in the kind
of laws which that state will need.
You have gone about your high~
way system right, I think" he con-
tinued. You have a perfect system of
financing and it has not been neces-
sary for you to pay as you go. We
have been doing that in Georgia and
we have not been making the use of
convicts that you are making now. l
think that was a great step that you
took when the State merged the pri-
son and highway departments"
Senator Lester was asked about
Governor Talmadge, his friend. The
executive thinks that North Cardinals
record shows Mr.. Talmadge at least to
be half right" The governors op-
position to the Roosevelt administra-
tion, Senator Lester said, has been
made to look worse than it is. But
North Carolina has been able to make
these wonderful strides under it's own
powers" he said. You have not founo
it necessary to get the Federal func-
tions to working for you. And you
have a marvelously developed State.
We think we can do the same thing
And we think there is too much US
urpation of States rights If that ten
dency is not curbed I do not know
where it will end
The Georgian, member of a Sem
ate which has 81 districts, resident Of
a State with 159 counties, naturally
wishes the preservation of some forms
of local government. And hew as very
happy to find in North Carolina evil
dences that it is possible to advance
a commonwealth with the consent
and even the enthusiasm Of all its
people He will carry that message
| back to his people and ask them to
undertake to do the same thing for
! themselves.