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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-02-14
Hawaii Is Key to i. S.
Defense in Pacific
By James T. Williams, Jr.

purpose which ought to have
been made long ago. These ap-
preparations must, however, be
continued for several years if
the defenSeS of Hawaii are to be
completed and the Army put in
a position, with the assistance Of
the Navy, to hold the Island Of
Oahu against all corners.
But there is another step
which must be taken if this
American outpost of defense in
the Pacific is to be made i'm.
pregnable. Not only must the
defenses of Hawaii be completed
according to the plans upon
which the War and Navy De
partments agreed years ago. but
the government of Hawaii must
be so reorganized that its ad.
ministration will not be less
American than is the admin.
Stration of the government in
the Canal Zone.
Hawaii is as important to the
defense of the United States in
the Pacific today as is the Pana-
ma Canal to the defense Of the
United States in both oceans.
For reasons we'll known to
thoughtful Americans the gov
eminent of Hawaii ought to be
Commission in form. The Presi.
dent should have the power to
appoint the Governor of Hawaii
without reference to residence.
The Governor of Hawaii should
be placed in command of
unified police force charged
with the policing of the whole
territory. To the training of
this police force an officer Of
the Army with several assist
ants should be detailed by the
President.
KEEP AMERICAN
And all schools in the ter
ritory should be Immediately
subjected to the same inspection
which similar institutions on
the mainland, whether tax sup
ported or tax exempt, gladly
accept.
The defense of Hawaii is the
key to the defense of the United
States in the Pacific. That key
should at all times be in the
hands of the President and the
Commander in Chief, as is the
key to the defense of the
Panama Canal.
When Congress has appro-
priated the money necessary to
complete the defenseS of Hawaii
by land and sea and air, it
should then turn its attention
to the establishment of a Com.
mission form of government in
Hawaii that will make and keep
the administration of that
American outpost in the Pacific
no less American than is the
mainland.
Copyright, 1895. The Washington Times
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-02-14
An-American Opera?
It's a Possibility

Lawrence Tibbett Grace Moore Rosa Ponsele, Gladys
Swahout and many other American singers proof that
the monopoly foreign singers had grand opera in
America is gradually disappearing
The discovery recent years that Americans sing and
sing well, and that American audiences enjoy their singing
in regret the reported intention of
foreign singers to leave the Metropolitan Opera because salaries
have been and the dollar is not what used to be-
It is unfortunate that fine singers like Tito schpa de-
sorting U.S. But their departure have the effect of smu
lating real American opera with al-Amercan casts
It is worthy of mention in this connection that Mary Moore
American born and bred and yet 81 years DID, made
debut at the Metropolitan in "Rigoletto'' recently
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-02-14
"ActiOn'' in the House
A Profitable District Day

Our town council swung into action on Tuesday when the
House held District day
The had held another District day. earlier in the
session. but the previous occasion the District Committee
did not have any bills ready for report nothing done
But Tuesday the District Committee its toes had
three bills ready.
Az carefully had prepared the that there
debate any of them They all went through without
a the part of any member of the House.
These three bills provide for permitting forthcoming
vntion public space for the issuance of license
practice the healing arts and for the granting of permit
construct an underground pipe line
Now that these three have been disposed of
speedily hope that the District Committee will get
and report out of the important bills that the
residents of the city want enacted.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-02-14
Orld - = By Elsie Robinson

, the Righteousness Of such
course, says Mrs. Norris. Chill
dren cling to their mothers as
little animals cling to theirs;
there is safety, there is COM
plete sympathy, where Mother
is, there is love-"
Which same listens lovely.
But just between a couple of old
cradle rockers, Kathleen Ma
vourneen, you know 'Tisn't So!
A child's attitude toward it's
mother is no test whatever of
that mothers fitness.
AS every Child Welfare Work
err knows, a child faced by
strangers will invariably cling
to its mother, even though its
body be a mass of bruises in
flicted by that mother.
Does this prove love on either
side? It does not. 1t simply
proves that the child prefers the
evil it knows to the evil it
doesn't.
There is only one worse test
of a mothers fitness than
child's attitude, and this Mrs.
Norris proceeds to quote-"If
man in his senses and of his own
free will makes a woman his
wife and the mother Of his child,
then that gives her the right.
sole right, in the case of his
death, unless insanity or extreme
cruelty unfit her"
But lady. lady, how often does
any sappy, sentimental male
make a. woman "a wife and
mother in his senses and of
his own free will?" And doesn't
a poor kid have enough bad
breaks without being forever
more bound by the bum choice
papa made in an off moment?
Does Mrs. Norris, or anyone
else, suggest that this rule should
also work on the reverse. e.
that papa's right should be un-
challenged? No, indeed! Papa's
always under suspicion. Yet the
mere fact of physical birth no
more establishes a mothers fit
ness than it does fathers.
PROTECTION
There is absolutely nothing in
travail, per Sc, to change a ga-ga
moron into a great mother. And
I can't imagine anything more
cockeyed in principle, or disas-
trous in consequence, than law
which would forbid any chal-
lenge of a mothers supremacy.
We do not allow merchant
to embark upon even the most
modest business without some
queStioning-Some proof that
his venture is for the common
good. We spread our Federal
protection over ducks and
guinea pigs. buzzards and swine,
oranges and sugar beetS.
Should the most expensive in
dustry of all, that of mother
hood, go unquestioned - the
most valuable product, the child,
alone lack protection?
L,--.. copyright 1885. by King Features
y sgndicaAA tInoa
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-02-14

Whose findeth q wife findeth
a good thing" And a Good
Thing" is what they are looking
fort
All they demand of a pros
pective bride, besides cooking,
washing, mending and quilting,
is that she must be healthy,
romantic and willing to work in
the fields"
What? No interpretive dane
ing? No coloratura singing? No
ukulele playing? HOW re-
strained!
Yet, the Yugoslav idea, quaint
and amusing as it may sound,
is not so far off-key, as you
imagine. Modern young men, all
over the world, are beginning to
demand more of a wife than
blonde hair, blue eyes and dim
pies. Far more than their
fathers and grandfatherS de-
manded!
A modern man is beginning
to take stock of his matrimonial
value, and before he gives his
bright young life into a woman'S
keeping. he wants to know that
he is getting his moneys worth.
He wants an asset-not liabil-
ity-a partner, not an expensive
plaything.
Those were the good old days,
before woman got her indie
pendence," when all man
asked of a wife was that she i'm
personate a harem, and be his
nurse valet. charmer, and all
around admirer. Easy work!
NOW. even an American hus-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-02-14

they may swim through 1t to
a point of safety.
On one of the recent dull
days in the House, young Rep
resentative Otha Wearin, Demo
crat, of Iowa, rushed into the
members lobby an hour after
the session began.
The 32-year-old member Of
Congress announced to a col"
league:
1--WE been playing hockey"
His colleague asked if he had
been around Government de-
partments.
Wearin admitted:
"NO! was up at the Hen
dersOn Castle trying to buy
few paintings at the auction"
Recently whispered about
was the story of a young man
at the TTeasury Department
who called a number on the
telephone and ordered a quart
of gin before he realized that
instead of calling the liquor
store he had dialed an impor-
tant official.
Gossip had it that he was an
aide to Herbert CASTOR, assist
ant to the Secretary of the
Treasury.
The young man was juStifi-
ably perturbed.
1t had been a newspaper
man and not he who made the
call.
News of the Macon disaster
reached the Washington air.
port shortly before the Eastern
Air Transports new Douglass
ship took off for Miami.
Passengers, hearing the re-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-02-14
OLD FAVORITES
Kathleen MGUOurneen

A0thLeen N0OOUTneen LOUISA CrHLUfO ora
Kathleen Mavourneen! the gray dawn is breaking,
The horn of the hunter is heard on the hill;
The lark from her light wing the bright dew is shaking,
Kathleen Mavourneen! what slumbering still?
Oh, has thou forgotten how soon must sever?
Oh! has thou forgotten this day we must part?
1t may be for years, and it may be forever
Oh, why art thou silent, thou voice of my heart?
Oh, why art thou silent, Kathleen Mavourneen?
Kathleen Mavourneen, awake from thy slumbers!
The blue mountains glow in the suns golden light;
An, where IS the spell that once hung my numbers?
Arise in thy beauty, thou star of my night!
Mavourneen, Mavourneen, my sad tears falling,
To think that from Erin and thee must part
1t may be for years, and it may be forever!
Then why art thou silent, thou voice of my heart?
Then why art thou silent Kathleen Mavourneen?
(Redders invjted to send to the editor their suq-
gesttons of old avOres among the poems for reprnting
in this, spacel k
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-02-14

planning to
ask the House
to look into
the situation
unless Myers
advises m
and o t h e RS
CO n c e rning
facts discov-
cred by two
in veStigators
conducting an
inquiry into
the affairs of
t he Omaha
bank.
R ep or t s
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-02-14
Should A ''Mother's Right"
Be Challenged?

What amazing nonsense is ut
tered, sometimes, by the smart
est people! Meaning, in this
case, that lady whom I, in COM
mon with 100 million other
Americans, love and admire
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-02-14

sense. You've got to be an
ornament and a diversion, as
we'll as a newer of pancakes or
a drawer of salary checks.
Modern marriage is a JOB.
And most women prefer it that
way. They infinitely prefer
being a partner to being a
pet" And they'd rather have
a SAY in things than a soft
snap!
Copyright, 1885, by King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-02-14

p rpoS e of
Congress to
end it's long
and indefenSi-
BILE n e gle c t
of our de-
lenses in the
H a W a lila n
Islands.
When t h e
President Wis
tied Hawaii
last summer
he divided his
time between
t h e military
a n d n a v a |
Aek h1i c h
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-02-14

K a t h l e e n
Norris, a n d
her recent re-
marks on a
IN o tn e RS
right"
No one on
earth knows
more about
family lif e
u II d IL K l II "
K a t h ! e e n.
So large is
her heart she
h a S M a S S
Mothered not
only her own
chicks. hu t
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-02-14
Words of Wise Men

Talents cannot make the writer there must be
the botk-Emerson
No man written out of reputation but by himself
Bentley
a citizen of The world.
The whole praise Of virtue lies action-Cicero
While the world lasts fashion will continue lead 1t by the
noSe.-Cowper.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-02-14

ports OF the
Macon crash
were interest
ed but upper
lurbed.
A m o n &
those . riding
S o u t h was
former Repre-
Senta tive Car
roll L. Beedy,
one of the
S t a u n C h
Maine Repub-
licanS W h o.
lost out in
political up
heaValS
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-02-14

It was his first trip at night
but necessary as he had an APP
pointment in Palm Beach to
debate Congressional changes
in the old order Of things.
Once inside the ship Beedy
took a seat near the pilot and
limited:
81 wouldn't mind flying this
ship myself"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-02-14

rent information, but as long as
she isn't crooked or cuckoo she
should reign supreme!
The child's own action proves
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-02-14
Listen, World

should be granted these rights.
She may not have the brains of
a gnat. She may be lazy, silly,
vain, completely lacking in cur
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-02-14
Military Step-Children
Drilling in Hotel Rooms

With the country observing National Defense Week. the
District Department of the American Legion has had the good
idea of stimulating the movement for erection Of decent
armory to house the local militia.
The Public Works Administration has under consideration
the suggestion that it alot funds for the construction of
stadium in the National Capital and it proposed to combine
stadium armory which would be adequate to the
needs of the National Guard.
This idea naturally would appeal to the patriotic exservice
who comprise the Legion.
They know the VALUE Of the National Guard unit of
the counys defensive forces and they know that NOW IS
THE TIME to lend to that organization
The local of National Guard being treated
have for many years been treated STEP CHILDREN
They haven't had respectable armory and they haven't
had the public attention which they deserve Right the
guard housed in abandoned and condemned hotel
Pennsylvania Avenue The building ism good hotel
and it is EVEN LESS GOOD armory.
The Districts National has enviabe reputation
the history of the city and the country It's members have
always available in the nations emergencies and have
rendered excellent service many battlefields.
You can't do much military training in hotel but
the city apparently expects its czensodrs to learn all that
they need to know about warfare in the old National Hotel
And this last haven be taken from the Guard
to be torn down.
We hope that the Legion able to impress Secretary
1ckes the Importance of providing for the Guard He in
position solve problem which has long vexed those who
have interest in the who voluntarily preparing for
any national contingency which may arise.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-02-14

It is only fair to President
Roosevelt that he should be
given credit for the apparent
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-02-14

A Partner-Or a Date?
The American girl in search
of a husband may find him in
Alabama, California or Texas,
in New York, Chicago, Boston
or Miami. But it is a safe bet
that she will not look for him in
Yugoslavia!
Those picturesque, cocky Yu-
goslavian lads apparently be-
lieve with the Scriptures that
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-02-14
Greatest Show On Earth
Bv John Snure, Jr.

Members of Congress from
the Midwest are up in arms con-
corning conditions at the Oma.
ha Land Bank and are taking
the matter up with Gov. w. I.
Myers, of the Farm Credit Ad-
miniStratiOn.
Representative Guy M. Gil.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-02-14
Marry-GO-ROund
Blu Helen ROWLand

band requires more than that.
He wants a cooperative wife,
who can put her shoulder to the
wheel, if necessary, and run a
house uptown, and a job down
town. Who can drive the car
to the station, and then go and
drive a good bargain with the
butcher. Who has brains enough
to be a helpmate all day-and
charm enough to be a playmate
all evening. And that's SOME
order! But. the day has passed
when a man could afford to
marry a woman, and then keep
her for a pet!
No wonder grandmother was
an antifeminist. SHE knew
what a soft7Snap she had. She
did not even have to keep her
hair waved and her figure
slender in order to hold her
man.
He took his last look at her
at the altar-and never even
glanced at another woman,
afterward. All she had to do.
in order to please him, was to
keep his dinner hot-and her
temper cool. Marriage was
RESTFUL.
! But, today, marriage is
much more interesting and ex-
citing. You can't take it as a
rest cure. You can't just "set.
tie down" and grow comfort
ably fat and middle-aged and
frumpy.
You can't be Gust a good
wife," in the old-fashioned
Milford chronicle., 1935-12-27
Prison Petulance.

THAT on the same day three
4 jall-breaks should occur at
places as widely separated as Bos-
ton in Massachusetts,, Nashville In
Tennessee and MuskOgee in Okla
homa is only to be accounted for as
proof Of a growing wave of dis
satisfaction with prison life on the
part Of the boys.
How much better we manage in
some states l might name where
it would seem a boarder has mere
ly to mention to the parole board
that he's getting bored with the ac-
commOdatiOns and Graves to 90 and
sin no more. well, so long war.
den," says the departing one. Hold
any mail that comes and try to
keep my old room for me-the one
with the southern exposure and the
radio set. It's not gOOd-by, just au
revOir."
But no. those chaps who blasted
their way out got so irritable they
just couldn't wait. 1t all goes to
show that petulance never pays in
this world. Kindly be patient, fell
lows, and, sooner or later, the SEN
tlmentalist will perfect a plan to
turn practically everybody loose
after conviction. thus
curing the present unavoidable an
nOyance of a round trip to the
hOOsegOW.
Milford chronicle., 1935-12-27
WEARING OUT TOO SOON

M. ]. VanSweringen, who with his
brother built up a great railroad
system, died 4 few days ago at Cleve-
land at the age of 54 years. 1t seems
a tragedy when someone thus passes
on at an age when one should be
putting in his best licks. At that
age he has had enough experience
to understand some occupation
through and through, yet his physi-
cal and mental powers should re-
main unimpaired.
It is a great temptation to ener-
getic and ambitious people to work
beyond their strength. The human
body often stands for a time a great
er strain than it can bear for a Pc
riod of years. People of ambition
and genius often overestimate this
physical strength. The world has
consequently lost these great capaci-
lies before the normal time had come
for them to go.
Milford chronicle., 1935-12-27
T1E BLUE EAGLE STILL LIVES

The NRA took another step toward
complete oblivion the other day, in
forming 1900 of it's employees they
would be OFF the payroll January list.
That left only (?) 1,1OO workers
whose job is to:
/. Whatch the administration OF
codes for nine industries there used
to be upward of 5OO);
2. Draft material for presentation
to Congress to show what happened
under NRA.
The code administration JOB Is a
small one, for the agreements cover
only wholesale tobacco, braided non
elastic industry, solid braided cord,
asbestos manufacturing, expanding
and special paper products, rock and
Stag wool manufacturing, asphalt
shingle roofing, candle manufactur-
ing and fertilizer manufacturing.
That should give the 1,1OO em-
ployes ample time to draw up nice
picture for presentation to Congress
before the NRA's reprieve expires
January 18th. Even so, a lot OF
legislators will wonder about the big
improvement in business since the
Supreme Court sustained the Blue
Eagles death sentence.
Milford chronicle., 1935-12-27
sGIDLE" MONEY

It is often remarked that too great
amounts of money are lying idle. The
banks have great reserves in the ag-
gregate, much more than is Ordinar-
fly considered necessary. 1t is said
that if those reserves could be loan
ed out to business, labor would be
employed and most everybody would
have a job.
The reserves heaped up in banks
are not lying idle. The bulk of them
have been loaned to the government
and to cities and states. Such loans
enable the government and the
cities to undertake public projects
and put people to work.
What is really wanted is to see
this money loaned out to private
concerns who put up houses, carry
on manufacturing plants and farms,
and thus employ people in ordinary
jobs. The reason why more money
is not thus loaned out, is that the
banks have learned caution by their
experiences of the boom years.
Many bankers were blamed in
those years for lending money too
easily. Like the burnt child that
breads the fire, they do not propose
to get their fingers scorched in that
way right off.
Bankers turn down some appli-
cants because they fear these peo-
pie will not be able to repay their
loans. When they see debtors re-
leased in part from payment of debts,
the lenders often get cold feet.
Gradually this fear will pass, as
fears have always passed in former
years. When workers see their pay
envelopes coming in regularly, when
business concerns can see depend
able profits, all classes will spend
more freely. Such improvement will
that good loans are
safe. The money now invested in
bonds and notes at low rates of in
crest, will go to work stimulating
,yery kind of business.
Milford chronicle., 1935-12-27
MONOPOLIES

Senator Borah of Idaho said in a
recent speech that monopoly is the
great evil lurking in our economic
system" He charged that combines
and agreements are charging exces-
sive prices. The people do not like
i. if combinations produce such
overcharges. But it is a difficult
thing to stop such things by law
The country has had antitrust laws
on the statute books for many years.
No law is likely to prohibit peo-
pie from getting together to talk
about prices for their goods. if they
sign no papers, but merely exchange
opinions as to what prices should
be, it will be hard to prove they
made any agreement to fix those
prices. The best protection against
monopoly is the competitive spirit.
II producers charge too much, they
invite competitors to offer the same
goods for less money.
Milford chronicle., 1935-12-27
~YOU CAN DO ANYTHING.

The you can do anything" phil
Osophy has influenced many people
in past years. This idea has been
constantly preached at young folks
by enthusiastic persons. 1t has been
urged that about all that holds peo-
pie back is their own timidity or in
dolence, and if they get out and
hustle and dare to take chances,
they can go on 20 big success.
But there is still need for people
to measure their own energies and
powers Alright, and not fly higher
than they can keep up. AS the re-
suit of this over-confident spirit,
many young men some years ago
left their home burgs, and went into
large cities. Many of them did well
for a while, but when hard times
came, many found themselves stran-
ded.
Many adventure stories which
hoys have always read give the i'm
preston that it is an easy thing to
go out in the world and do great
things. They forget to mention the
coldness of the great world and the
intensity of competition.
People should train themselves to
do some kind of work very well,
and understand it in all its phases.
Then they can form a good judg-
ment of what they can do. If they
make good in a small business, they
will be ready to graduate into some
bigger position along that same line.
But if somebody should leave them
some money and they should invest
it in some business much beyond |
the limits of their experience, with
the hope that courage and grit
would get them success, they might
find they mad gotten beyond their
depth.
Ambition is one of the finest quail
tiles in human life. People should
always be looking for bigger ana
better things. But in ascending a
fight of stairs, it is well to take one
stem at a time, and not try to climb
the whole fight in one single bound.