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The Washington times., 1935-01-19

party or personal obligations with
public funds either directly or in
directly?
7. Have you ever voted for a bill
to pay off an obligation, political
or otherwise?
8. Have you ever voted for a
man to pay off such an obhga
ton?
9. If you were convinced your
party candidate for office was un.
trustworthy, incompetent or
crooked, and the opposing candi.
date was honest and capable,
which one would get your vote?
Ever in "POrk Barrel?"
10. Have you ever entered into
a pork barrel" agreement for the
benefit of your district or State,
knowing that it was against the
national interest?
II. In your opinion, is a man
who cannot for any reason vote
his honest convictions fit to hold
public office?
IL. Have you ever used patron.
age or political pressure to tempt
a man to vote against his better
judgment?
13. Are there any reasons why
you cannot answer the above
questions under oath?
IA. If there are such reasons,
what are they?
There have been many uues.
tionnaireS addressed to Senators
and Representatives in Congress
concerning legislative proposals.
The time may come when the
plain people in the several States
and congressional districts will
get up a QUESTIONABLE the sole
purpose of which will be to show
whether their Senators and Rep.
resentatives in Congress are fit to
be there-whether they are i'm.
bued with the American spirit,
whether they are true to the ma.
tional intereSt-or whether they
are merely pork barrel politicians,
personal publicity seekers and the
errand boys for organized minori.
ties and subsidized propogandists
for special interests, foreign and
domestic.
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SECURITY PLAN
To Be PUSHED
OVER RADIO
Secretary Perkins Leads in
Drive to "SeII" Presidents
Program to Nation
international News Service

AnteFnaLlOnAl news service
A powerful drive to "sell" the
new economic security program
to the nation, as we'll as to Con.
gress, was planned by the Admin.
istration today.
The step was a recognition Of
the widespread agitation for the
Townsend old-age pension and
the Lundeen unemployment insur-
ance plans, both attacked by Ad.
miniStration economists.
Secretary of Labor Perkins,
who headed the board which
drafted the plan, will lead the Ad.
ministration offensive, both be.
fore the nation and Congress.
She planned 12-city radio ap-
peal for the program. Represen.
tative Lewis CD, of Maryland,
who with Senator Wagner CD,
Of New York, introduced the bill,
also will appeal to the nation.
Others will follow.
DlSSenS1On Revealed
Sharp dissension in the Senate
Finance Committee was disclosed
in poll. Democrats generally
are standing by the Presidents
plan, possibly with some liberal.
ization.
Republican Progressives, includ.
ing Senator Couzens (R.), of Mich.
igan, were demanding a modified
Townsend old-age pension plan,
possibly reaching $50 to $40 q
month, instead of the Administra-
tion's $50 a month.
Senator La Toilette (P.) of Wis
conSin, also demanded liberaliza.
tion. Republican conservatives at
tackled the whole program as lead.
ing to initiation.
The Townsend plan is estimated
to cost "a billions a year and the
Lundeen unemployment insurance
plan II billions. The two plans,
economists said, would consume
tWo-thirds of the national income.
Plan Conference
Senator McNary R0, Of Ore.
gon, planned a Republican confer
ence to urge liberalization of the
Presidents plan.
Representative Smell of New
York, Republican House leader.
was comforting with his steering
committee before announcing a
party attitude.
It appeared probable that Presi.
dent Roosevelt might have to rely
upon q bipartisan conservative
combination to prevent the pro-
gram being libe:alized to a point
where the Treasury could not
stand it.
Democratic leaders generally,
however, were confident they
could push the program through
with reasonable speed. They re-
lied upon the pledges of members
elected last fall to support the
whole Roosevelt program.
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Princess Mdivani
Sails for Europe

NEW YORK, Jan. 10 GN.SO.
The Princess Barbara Hutton
Mdivani was on the high seas
bound for Europe today after
failing in an elaborate attempt
to leave secretly aboard the liner
Olympic.
She declined flatly to answer
any questions, most of which
dealt with reports of a rift be-
tween herself and her polo-play-
ing husband. Prince Alexis
Mdivani, who is now in India,
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Congress Hides Many
Publicity Hounds
By JAMES T. WILLIAMS, Jr.

One of the upon Congress today out Of the
be of Senators and Representatives in Congress whose greed
for political pork only exceeded by their consuming lust for
personal publicity
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FIRST LIEUTENANT of Robert Mais,
head of the Tri-State gang, is shown
on his way out of the hospital in New
York city where Federal agents found
him. Legenza broke both legs in a
leap down an embankment in Philadel-
phia on December IA last, on which
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POSTAL AGENTS
GRILL Z WHO
FLED JAIL
Nine Richmond Officers on
Way to Gotham to Bring
Pair Back for "Chair"

Hopeful of solving the Wilson
murder and other cases which
have baffled detectives, Washing.
ton authorities were in New York
today to question Robert MaiS
and Walter Legenza, Tri-State
gang leaders, who were captured
yesterday.
Detective Sergt. Floyd Truscott,
the nemesis of the gang, and
postal inspec tors from here
rushed to New York to question
the gangsters.
Lose Appeal Right
Meanwhile, Virginia started a
movement to send the killers to
the electric chair before the end
Of this month.
Mais and Legenza were under
sentence Of death when they
staged their sensational Jail break
in Richmond several weeks ago,
killing a guard and wounding two
others.
State authorities pointed out
today that the men have lost
their right to appeal the death
sentence, since such an appeal
must be made within 80 days Of
sentence and this period has ex-
pired.
Now the men must go to the
chair 10 days after a new death
sentence has been passed, State
authorities declared, as they
launched a move to extradite the
gangSters.
Linked to Others
Nine Richmond officers are en-
route to New York to take the
killers back to the penitentiary,
where they will be held under
close guard until they are exc
euted.
Washington police believe Mais
and LegenZa may be the gunner
who shot Allen B. Wilson to death
In Takoma Park last October. Mr..
Wilson was an innocent victim of
the gambling war, police say.
MaiS was subjected today to in.
cessant grilling on the kidnapping
and possible murder of Willie
Weiss, wealthy Philadelphia night
life figure.
Mais, his sweetheart and three
Of his tri-State mob lieutenantS
were rounded up in quick raids by
Federal agents yesterday. 1nme-
diately the agents began question
ing Mais on the disappearance of
Weiss and reputed plot to kIdnap
Simon S. Neuman, wealthy distil-
Ter of Bryn Mawr, Pa.
LegenZa was removed from Pres
byterian Hospital, where he was
captured, to the barred and bolted
prison ward at Bellevue Hospital.
He has two fractured legs, suf.
fered in jumping from a high wall
IN escaping Philadelphia police.
Others Held
In addition to Mais and Le-
genza. the following are being held
tncommunicado in a secret place
Of detention:
Mary McKeever, Mais' blonde
sweetheart, who unwittingly led
the Federal men to the gangs
New York hideouts; Marty Far
rell, an escaped convict from East
ern penitentiary, Philadelphia:
Edwin Gale, fugitive from a Geor.
gia chain gang.
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ACTRESS RECOVERING

HOLLYWOOD, Jan. 10 U.N.S0.
Miriam Hopkins, screen star. to"
day was reported recovering from
bronchial pneumonia which forced
her to halt work on picture.
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WRITER BOOSTS
MERIT SYSTEM

The Government will be run ef-
ficiently only when governmental
extravaganza, caused by the
cheap politician" and his de-
mands for patronage, is curbed.
This statement was made last
night by Franklin G. Sartwell,
chief editorial writer of The Wash.
ington Times, in a radio adress
over station WMAL under the
auspices of the American Fedora
ton of Government Employees.
Urging that all Government
offices be placed under Civil Ser
wise, Mr.. Sartwell declared:
"True economy in Government
tai expenditures exists only
when the taxpayer gets one
hundred cents worth of Gov
ernmental service for his tax
dollar. He can't get that full
vaule if so cents of his tax dol
lar is paid out in political
bribeS.
I'VE must either admit frank
ly that the Government service
exists for the benefit of pO-
litical parties or we should
insist that every appointment
to a Government job be based
on merit"
Mr.. Sartwell also stated that
the course of Government" and
the cause of Governmental ex-
travagance is the widespread ois-
regard of the Civil Service law
and the merit system.
The Times writer also Endorsed
the observance of National Civil
Service Week, which is sponsored
by the employe organization.
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Relief Cases Gain
AS Cost Reduces

Reporting an increase of 500
cases during December over No
vember, the District Emergency
Relief division today announced
that $4,000 less than in the prior
month was expended.
In December there we're 22,301
cases, compared with 21,810 in
the previous month. The relief
expenditures in December totaled
$573,340. The works division of
the relief unit effected a substan
tial saving in the amount of
money spent for materials and
trucks. but the Transient Bureau
expended $4,000 more in Decem-
Der than in the previous month.
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Third Extension
Given Auto Code

The third extension of the auto
mobile manufacturing code will be
granted without any change by
President Roosevelt, upon recon-.
mendation of practically all his
recovery advisers. The present
code, already extended by two ex-
ecutive orders, will expire Febru-
ary !.
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DR.. THURMAN TO TALK

DR.. Howard Thurman, professor
in the school of religion, will be
the speaker at the all-religious
services at Howard University in
Rankin Memorial Chapel tomor-
row at II a. m. His subject will
be THE Ministry of Beauty"
Matanuska Valley pioneer., 1935-12-19
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Matanuska Valley pioneer., 1935-12-19

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 sunday.
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 5ime, tho c5~so '1orkor slyinE that he Aidn't think 5hore wore clv eamo lews in l-ska, but if thcro W.;rc thoy would be set asido for th.;r benefit.
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Matanuska Valley pioneer., 1935-12-19

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Matanuska Valley pioneer., 1935-12-19

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Matanuska Valley pioneer., 1935-12-19

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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-02-11
FARTHER FROM THE PEOPLE

II ONGER terms in office with less frequent
IL elections, would add to the physical and
mental comfort of Congressman. But there is
little else to commend the idea behind the
three resolutions which have been introduced
providing a constitutional amendment to
lengthen the terms of members Of the House
of Representatives from two to four years.
True, under the present system, some Con-
gressmen are so busy campaigning for re-
election that they neglect their duties. If
they had longer terms they probably would
devote more time to legislation ard De less
susceptible to pressure from minority groups.
But our government would become even
less representative and democratic.
Much of the trouble which now besets the
average Congressman arises from the petty
patronage power to which he SO tenaciously
cings. A sane merit system for appointments
and promotions in the government service
would relieve Congressman from the harass-
ment of job-hunting constituents, and pro-
vide our lawmakers with more time and peace
OF mind to do their work.
Our government is too rigid and unrepre-
sentative in its present form. Senators serve
six years. and there are two from each state,
regardless of population. The lower house is
more representative, but longer terms would
make it less so.
The Hoover landslide in 1928 gave both
houses stodgy Republican majority. A few
months after they took over, our economic
system cracked wide open, and the conditions
to which they owed their election vanished.
In 1880. the electorate overturned the Repub-
lican majority in the House. but had no chance
to do the same in the Senate. Not until 1882
did the people have an opportunity to repudiate
completely the old regime, and not until
March, 1888. did the new representatives of
the people take over the government. BY
that time the panic was full-blown.
Under a parliamentary system such as
exists in England and France. the change in
administrations could have been brought about
peaceably two years earlier. And there
probably never would have been the hunger
marches, bonus demonstrations. bank mora
toria and despair which dramatized danger
ously the publics lack of confidence in the old
rulers.
1t may be inconvenient for Congressman
to go back before his constituents every two
years. But it is healthy for the country.
James Madisons reports of the Constitu-
tional Convention reveal that the founding
ing fathers considered frequency of elections
essential to representative government. Many
favored one-year term, but needed the argu-
ment that "one year will be almost consumed
in preparing for and travelling to and from
the seat of national business"
Today. a Congressman from the remotest
district can travel to Washington in a day
or two
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-02-11

revenue will be applied to an old-age pension
fund. .ostensibly against the time these slack
ers reach their ripper years without children to
take care Of them. Even Utah seems to be
suffering from too much single blessedness
Since bachelorhood is about the only
American institution still untaxed, the Utah
Senator's plan is perhaps applicable. If his
idea is punitive it hardly fits the crime.
Sparta used to make il really unhealthy
for bachelors by denying them right to wit
ness girls games and making the more I'M
regenerate walk through the streets in win
ter minus togas. singing original ditties on
their own disgraceful conduct. Rome passed
the Lex Julia, laying heavy taxes on unmar-
RED men and lighter ones on those who did
their duty by way of wives and offspring. In
England under William III they staggered
under special taxes to pay for the war with
France.
OF course coy or stubborn celibates may
consider So a year cheap in the long run. Utah
and the rest of the states may have to think
up something harsher to persuade their young
men that double blessedness is better than
single cussedness.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-02-11
ARBOR DAY SHOULD BE
OF REAL IMPORTANCE

By a freeman.
The date for Arbor Day is not far
off. In view CT the efforts of the
Civilian Conservation Corps to re-
habilitate our denuded forests, a
great impetus could be given to tree
planting through our schools, if
every child in school should be given
an honor badge" for planting one
tree a year, somewhere in the state.
In Europe nearly every country
requires a permit to cut down a
tree. with a demand to replace that
tree with another.
AS a flood control measure, our
Congress could provide for COM
pulsory replanting of all trees cut
down, require permit to cut down
any tree, and also require a sever
ance tax" of all timber operators.
There is no sound reason for per-
hitting the immoral waste of our
natural resources. Arbor Day should
be made of real Importance as a
national holiday of service.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-02-11
HELP FOR HISTORY

THE new National Archives Building N
- Washington is going TO be the last word
In preserving the records of the republic.
viii even include eight Ireproof vaults
for storing motion picture films. sound re-
cordings of news events. and speeches by high
officials.
Things are being made easier for the
future historians all the time. What would
We not give today for a sound film Of Patrick
Henrys great Treason speech before the
Virginia House OF BurgeSses? Or of Wash
ington's first inaugural address? Or OF gaunt
Lincoln speaking those few immortal lines
on the field of Gettysburg?
Future historians Will have such records.
and they should help greatly TO hold more
accurate the story ~ history. which cynical
Napoleon once called. With all too much truth,
"a fable agreed upon
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-02-11
A GREAT WOMAN

A YEAR ago Mrs. Irene Davis was known
L n to her neighbors in Greenville. Ala. as a
poor widow with three children and plenty of
debts. She was faced with the choice of join
ing the long line of 20 million Americans on
relief, or Tending for herself and family She
took the harder way.
Like pioneer mother of earlier days she
settled herself on an abandoned eight-acre
farm 10 miles from town. She borrowed a
mule from a neighbor and for every day the
mule plowed for her she hoed for the mules
owner. She accepted seed. groceries and fer
tilizer from the state relief administration
only as loans
In her tiny world she and nature achieved
a tiny triumph. Last autumn she was able to
pay of her loans and set a little aside for
spring planting. The State of Alabama has
just awarded a silver cup to Mrs. Davis as
one of its greatest women
I didn't do anything much" she said
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WHY NOT TELL ALL?

THE Big Three" snipbuilders are said to
l. feel that they are being prosecuted by the
Senate Munitions Committee.
Their. representatives have been testifying
nr three weeks as TO the ways and means
employed in obtaining naval construction con-
tracts. Many of the ways have been shown
to be most devious and the means questionable.
The committee is convinced that not
enough witnesses have told the truth Per-
jury prosecutions are expected. Already che
has been started
Yet Clinton L. Bardo. president of New
York Shipbuilding Corp. until last October,
said that he wanted to tell the whole story
Of bidding and building. Others have said
substantially the same.
once on the stand. however, some Of them
seem disposed to tell less than the whole story.
Mr. Bardo had difficulty recalling the Rio de
Janeiro incident in which his representative
got ugly with the United States ambassador
who declined to cable home for a warship to
help the cOmpanys selling campaign. Mr..
Bardo indicated ne regarded that as only
detail. anyhow.
The investigation would be greatly ex-
pedited were these men to tell ALL" as they
claim they wish to do If their business prac-
tees. their dealings with the government.
politicians ana the Navy Department, are
above reprOach as they assert, the truth would
De the best possible antidote to the poison
which they charge is being spread concerning
the shipbuilding industry by the committee.
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SERVING THE CONSUMER

EOR many years. the chief criticism of the
Bureau OF Standards. that great Federal
testing laboratory on the outskirts of Wash
ington. has been that it served business di-
rectly. and the people only indirectly. That
is the results of its tests and experiments
were usually made available to manufactur-
ing companies. with benefits TO the people
only hltering down in the form of improved
products.
Perhaps all the recent consumer agitation
has had an effect after all. For as a result
Of years Of experiments on silk stockings,
the bureau has learned a great deal about
them. and offers the information directly to
consumers in a pamphlet which may be had
from the Government Printing Office a. 5
cents.
For instance. two teaspoonfulS of alumni
mum sulphate dissolved in half a pint of
hot water has been found good for new stock
ings. Soak. dry and then wash gently. WASH
ing new stockings before wearing usually adds
to the wear. And so on.
All Of which is just an indication of how
valuable the Bureau OF Standards could be
TO the people as consumers if it were used
more generally in that direct service. and
its information made more easily available
10 those Of US who buy and use things.