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e&seesAAtario en- ell gobierno del DR.. Grau. I Una
Comision de Secretaries completara las
LAS de la tacha electoral
The Washington times., 1935-10-03
Safety Zones for AirpOrts

Everv tension wire within half mile OF an airport
Is a deadly menace to safe flying. :.
It threatens life of every pilot and every passenger III
every plane that attempts take-off or landing.
Such wires already caused several fatal
accidents that would have happened the high tension
wires had been buried underground.
Inxtead a number of flyers haze been buried under
ground and many nOre-pOts, steWardesses' PGSSen-
oers-OH be unless these hazardous Wire net0rRS are
REMOVED. - . .,v-,-u-,-ur 1>Ts
TANCE from field for hghenslon wire ABOVE tne sur
face of the ground Enforceable,
Exposed wires any nearer to an airport are exremeAy
dangerous to a plane with stalled motor
Thew can be fatal obstacle to forced landing .
They have been fatal obstacle in several cases
with the charred bodies the victims tragic evidence OF
the NEEDLESS peril to which American flying
Certainly the minded public wants these obstacles re-
moved
Certainly every pilot wants them removed
Certainly every air line and every airport company ana
every municipality with flying field wants them removed
And it would that the Federal Government would
want them removed and would devote few hundred tnou
sand dollars of its five billion dollar public workspocaA
porl fund to the purpose of having them removed.
It is true that Federal Government or that part OF II
represented by Postmaster General Farley and Secretary OF
Commerce Roper practically WRECKED American ava
tion bv sheer brazen political meddlng.
The Government however MIGHT be persuaded to use
small portion of its boondoggng billions to make the air
safer for flying and life longer for those who fly
Or is the sufficient answer to that
"SOrry, there not enough Ootes in it to make 1t
uUorth while."
We don know but do know that most Of the ma
tion's arports the wires still UP
The Washington times., 1935-10-03

girls never wore silk stockings
in HER day. And Dad tells Bill
how he usta get up before day
light, in the icy cold, and peddle
the milk to the neighbors.
The youngsters listen, wiggle
in their chairs, yawn-refuse to
get excited over the Old Folks
blasted youth or their own mar
velous luck. So what? Surely
they should be made to take
life seriously. Maybe Nom and
Dad should cut off their spend
ing money-make them work in
stead of play after school-veto
parties, silk stockings. What
sort Of spoiled, SplnelesS brats
will they be If they don't?
ALL IN VAIN
There's never been a genera
ton since Adam, Of course.
which didn't feel just such
anxiety, ask just such questions.
And all in vain. Life moves, and
all the parental clucking can't
stop it. Each generation is
bound to have a new back
ground, new opportunities, new
tools. You can't cram 1885 into
the costumes, customs and view
points of 1895: and any parent
who tries it is a fool who'll only
reap diStrust and bitterness for
his pains.
One might as well try to buck
the movements of the moon and
stars, wheeling on their course,
as to fight human change. Nor
can parents equalize the dan
gers of change by threatening,
warning and burcening the
youngsters with needless hard
ships. SenseleSs discipline -
hardships for its own sake
never yet inspired a child with
noble sentiment, but merely
made him feel that the Folks
were Old Meanies. And think
how could he outsmart 'em.
So what's a worrying parent
to do? Stop worrying. Quit
trying to hold up history. Give
the youngster a decent training
in the fundamental virtues Of
cheerfulneSs, courage, honesty,
and q working idea Of system
The Washington times., 1935-10-03

short life and a merry one
goods as well as Skyscrapers and
hotels.
This week, Old King Cole is
back again at the st. Regis Ho-
tel in New York, with a re-
minder that art, even if it is not
great art, can stand a lot more
wear and tear than steel and
stone. Many splendid hotels
felt the thrust Of crowbar or
the crash of a pickax, and sank
into junk heaps in the late big
money razzle- le-dazzle.
Maxfeld ParriSh'S mellow old
painting was homeless for
while, but once again it's Hail
to the King"-pipe and bowl
and fiddlers and all, and with
a royal retinue of treasured
memories. A new generation
salutes Old King Cole. How
much does it know Of Old King
Coles former courtierS? I be-
lieve no magic mirror has ap-
peared in fairy tales, but there
ought to be one-a mirror
which could review in a single
pageant all whom it imaged.
COLORFUL PARADE
The mirror opposite Old King
Cole in those vanished years
what a parade it could marshal
today! E. Berry Wall, with his
thousand and one vari-colored
vests and his four-inch collars
E. Berry Wall, the king Of the
dudes. The boisterous John w.
Gates, the barbed-wire king
from the West, who in his rip
snorting, plunging days was
known only as "Bet-a-million"
Gates.
Buffalo Bill" Joe Letter, the
Chicago wheat speculator; the
elegant John r. Drexel. OF Phila-
delphia; Richard Harding Davis;
rOAG1dA nCC41CS GAAc pun PA0JCA
and market plunger; Diamond
Jim Brady, blazing like the Tilla-
nook, light with diamonds and
emeralds; Theodore P. Drake,
Herman Oelrichs, Clarence Mac
kay, Col. Henry Watterson, Sen
ator Stephen B. Elkins, Of West
Virginia; Matt" Quay. the boss
of Pennsylvania Republican poll
tics; Thomas B. Wanamaker;
Col. Jim Hickey, who inspired
the gin rickey: Richard Croker,
Theodore P. ShontS, Boise Pen
rose, Gen. Benjamin F. Tracy,
Senator Marcus Alonzo Hanna.
of Ohio; Larry Jerome" father
of william Travers Jerome, and
Judge Ebert H. Gary.
A lusty sovereign and luSty
retainers, in the days Of a quite
unmanaged and quite chaotic
but rip-roaring economy, when
all the dynaSties Of steel and oil,
coal, lumber and railroads were
in the making. II the tiddlers
The Washington times., 1935-10-03
Listen World!
By Elsie Robinson

and order. And, through his
own good example, an enthusi-
asm for fine human companion
ship. Then step back and leave
the rest to life. Life will do
more in one hour to turn raw
youngster into a Civilized HUI
man Being than any parent can
do in a year-if you'll work with
it.
But modern life is so soft!"
you cry.
Materially-yes. But, judged
by moral and mental tests, it's
the toughest deal yet handed
Homo Sap. If each generation
has new tools, new opportuni-
ties, new license and luxury, so,
by the same token, does it have
new risks, new responsibilities.
There are always new chal-
lenges!
You think you had 1t hard,
Nom and Dad. But there are
conditions and standards in the
world today which are infinitely
harsher on lazy, stupid, human
nature than anything you and
I ever knew in our youth. Billy
may get up later than you did,
John, but he'll have to think
much WIDER and step much
LLVELIER to hold his place
after he does get up than you
ever did.
SHOW FAITH
Bessie may have more fun,
prettier dresses, greater leisure
than you did, Nom. But her
duties as wife, mother, working
girl and general citizen will
make your program look like a
patty-cake game.
I'm SO. I had all the Bad
Breaks in the old days and knew
plenty of the Shining Examples.
And I've watched the game from
box seat, bleachers and knot in
the fence. And I'm telling you
it takes more to be a Regular
Guy in 1885 than it ever has
taken-and in spite Of our
modern convenienceS" it's
tougher going. But the kids
have what it takes!
Believe that-show that you
believe it give them your
faith and friendlineSs instead Of
your fret and suSpicion-and
you'll never have to worry about
their going to the dogs.
Copyright. 1895. by King FEATURES
Syndicate, 1nc.)
The Washington times., 1935-10-03
Victim of SpOils1nen
BIZ James T. Williams, Jr.

The spoils system Is pollut-
ing our CivA Government from
top to botton.-Sendtor Ship.
stead of Minnesota Farmer
Labor.
What the spoils system can
do to a well-organized, eff
GENTLY administered and highly
respected Federal agency is
demonstrated by what the spoils
system has done to the Aero
nautics Branch of the Depart
ment of Commerce.
During the summer Of 1888
this Federal agency was the vic.
tim of the first of a series of
so-called reorganizations that
have finally demoralized its per.
Sonnel, scattered its experts,
sapped it's morale and finally
brought from the Senate of the
United States an order for its
inveStigation-an order, Incl
dentally, that has yet TO be
complied with.
FORFEITS CONFIDENCE
In the current issue Of the
Aero Digest, which is published
monthly from New York, ap-
pears this description Of the
melancholy fate which has be-
fallen the Federal agency
through which the Secretary Of
Commerce is supposed to dis.
charge his duty under the law
to develop and regulate air
commerce:
Although the Administration
is apparently still blind to it
nothing has become 50 obvious
to the aviation industry in re-
cent months as that the Bureau
Of Air Commerce is no longer
fit to perform its duty.
Since those duties involve
not only human lives, but also
the progress Of an industry des-
tined to become one of the
greatest in the national eco
nOmy, something must be done
and done soon to clean house
in the bureau and set things
in order again.
"The situation IL far more
serious than 1t may seem. For
the bureau has lost its most
valuable aSSet-the confidence
Of the aviation industry. With
out that, it can accomplish little
The Washington times., 1935-10-03

ton of seeds caused much
anxiety to the type Of baby
patting, handshaking legislator
who counted on the seeds for
rural votes.
Now the Department of Agri-
culture has substituted a new
method for propagandizing the
Administration policies and Sc
curing favor from the farmers.
1t is printing what purpOrtS
to be a Consumers Guide"
The first paragraph in the
guide quotes Secretary Of Agri-
culture Henry A. wallace in
an outline of the farm policy
of the present regime.
Throughout the pages OF the
So-cdlled "ConSumerS' Guide"
may be found numerous refer.
ences to the "Raw DeG" pro-
gram and what it is said to &C.
hieue.
The current issue contains a
jour.yedr plan for tDhedt control
and a discussion of the Rural
Electriticution Administration
Which, incidentally, furnished
all material for the article that
has in its heading, "R. E. A.
Leads the W1y."
Members of Congress are
ordered not to send political
propaganda trough the mails
under frank.
The Consumers Guide" a
costly edition filled with illus
trations, is printed at the Gov
ernment Printing Office and
mailed to thousands of farmers
under Government frank at the
taxpayers expense.
Although purpOrting to be q
The Washington times., 1935-10-03
A Tax Alternative

District officials formed into committee to devise
new and additional taxes for Washington, find that
OPERATING EXPENSES of the city have been increas-
ing at the rate of million more dollars year over
a considerable period.
Tax have not increased at the same rate and
therefore, the healthy supuses that the District used
to accumulate and used to have available for capital i'm
provements have disappeared.
Unfortunately for the taxpayer some Of our officials
see in this situation only one course to pursue.
They to plaster the city uOth more taxes in order
that may continue to increase operating expenses
NO ONE IN AUTHORITY SEEMS TO SEE The
ALTERNATIVE, NAMELY A REDUCTION IN THOSE
SAME OPERATING COSTS AND CONSEQUENT
AVOIDANCE OF THE THREAT OF NEW TAXES
As we pointed out the other day. District appropria
tions have just about doubled since 1922
And the citizens of the District have had to pay for
these increased appropriations because during that period
the Federal Government REDUCED its share of the
National Capitals cost by more than one-haf
The committee which preparing the program OF new
taxes already confronted with the facts as to the IN
creased cost of local government in the last decade will
do well to bear in mind that starting In next year every
empover in Washington will be forced to meet heavy
tax to support the recently enacted social security egs
lation.
This tax levied pay rolls will greatly increase the
cost of doing business in the community and II Will mean
an increased burden on every resident of the city, re-
rardless of whether he is an employer or not
Under these circumstances District officials instead
Of devoting their time and effort to preparing new taxes
would do well to try to find way to hold down the op
Grating cost of the local government
furthermore it must be remembered that while opera
ino costs have been steadily increasing there has been
in recent years tendency to postpone the construction
of necessary capital improvements such as schools
A GENERAL TIGHTENING UP OF THE BUDGET
TN REGARD TO OPERATING COSTS SHOULD RE
SUIT IN LARGER SUMS BEING AVAILABLE FOB
Capital, IMPROVEMENTS WITHOUT THE NECEs
sITv OF FURTHER INCREASING TAXES.
The Washington times., 1935-10-03

or nothing. It degenerates into
the bullying policeman instead
Of aviatiOn's helping hand
which 1t should be. It antagO-
nizes where 1t should encourage.
It creates confusion and turmoil
where 1t should bring order and
efficiency.
'In order to understand how
far the prestige Of the Bureau
Of Air Commerce has fallen,
look back just q couple Of years
-. The heads Of the depart
ment were sober.minded men
who sub0rdinated their own am
bitions to the ambitions of the
industry as q whole. every
one in aviation respected and
admired them because they were
cOnscientiOusly trying to do
everything within their power
to promote the best interests Of
aviation.
"What a pitifuI contrast tho
spectacle of the Bureau Of Air
Commerce presents today!
Nearly everyOne-student pi-
lots, private pilots, professional
pilots, aircraft manufacturers,
airline OperatOrs-all are clam.
oring at its door with com.
plants and grievances against
it. Many of these complaints
are thoroughly justified; others
may not be.
NEEDS FUMGATING
"What does matter is that
the bureau has lost its grip, its
prestige has sunk to an all-time
low: its influence has evaporat-
ed to the last drop. ...
"The only course which can
save the situation. is q COM
plete fumigatiOn Of the bureaus
executive offices and q heaIthfuI
reorganization Of the present
eternal triangle Of directors.
The sooner we have such .
renovation, the better for Amer.
lean civil aviation"
There will be no fumigation
Of this rooSting place for the
political racketeers and public
ity hounds who have we'll nigh
wrecked this one-time highly
respected Federal agency until
it is emancipated from the con-
troll Of the Spoils system re-
Sponsible for its present con-
temptible plight.
Copyright, 1895. The Washington Times
The Washington times., 1935-10-03

States fleet
in event of
C o n f / i C t
a ro a d. He
S a i d t h a t
movement of
part of the
fleet to the
A t ! a n t i C
would be con-
sidered in the
event OF war
a b r o a d
depending on
what ch a n.
nelS of com
merce W e r e
nAAnAnnnnI
The Washington times., 1935-10-03
The Greatest Show On Earth
By Nelson Harding
By John Snure, Jr.

Consumers Guide" 1t actually
contains page after page Of
propaganda. It is really an
other piece Of literature in the
deluge Of Raw DeaT' propa-
ganda with which the Admins
tratiOn is flooding the country.
Plans to rush completion of
the Florida ship canal are ex-
pedited because Of ominouS
rumblings abroad.
Works Relief funds Of $20.-
100000 may be added to the
original $5,000,000 fund to
hasten construction Of the
waterway.
Although little has been said
Of the benefits Of the canal in
event Of conflict, engineers Of
the Army, including Maj. Gen.
Edward M. Markham, chief Of
Army engineers, are reported to
be Of the opinion that it is a
wise move to complete it so as
to reduce the time required for
sea transportation of supplies
between the East and West
coasts.
Secretary of Navy Claude A.
Swanson is recovering his health
and humor.
After relinquiShino his posi-
ton in the Senate as RepreSen-
tGtiDe of Virginia, Swanson Sut-
Tered q noticeable decline in
health and consequently became
SometOhGt grouchy.
While foreign naval authori-
ties are laboring over the ques-
ton of international conflict,
Swanson is reported to be in
excellent spirits brought about
by returning good health.
He is one member Of the Cab
met who makes it a point to
personally greet each newspaper
man who attends his conferences
and to shake their hands.
One recent incident dented his
returning good humOr, however.
He had been discussing the
possible movements of the United
The Washington times., 1935-10-03

will get going, Old King Cole
can give us some rousing slaves
about the two-bottle men, the
gourmetS. the big fish and the
little pilot fishes-the "yes-men"
and me. too." corterie, who
stuck close in their wake, eager
for a tip or a drink.
Yarns about the old bar,
trickle down a generation or two.
There's the one about the scrag-
gly old Montana sheep raiser,
with a black slough hat, a string
tie and handle-bar moustache,
slapping down fifteen cents for
a cocktail. twenty-five cents"
said the bartender.
what this? Cocktails are two
for a quarter all over America"
said the other.
Lots Of expense here. All
these trimmings-SOmebOdy has
to pay for it-that picture of
Old King Cole, for instance, cost
$50, ,OOO."
IRON VISCERA
The customer nodded, paid his
twenty-five cents and drank his
cocktail. Then, holding his
hands tightly over his eyes, he
put down fifteen cents.
"Gimme another cocktail" he
said. 81 amt IOOkin,."
The bartender had to be more
versatile than a trap drummer
when "Jamshyd gloried and
drunk deep" under the jovial
smile of Old King Cole. There
was the Commodore, COM
pounded of Bacardi rum, grena-
dine, raspberry syrup, the white
of an egg, lemon juice and
sugar; the Trilby-gin, creme
Yvette, French vermouth and
orange bitterS; the Third De
gree-abSinthe. gin and French
vermouth. And so far into the
night.
Those rococo concoctionS
spread far out around the
country, and skilled hartenders
had the grace and fineSse Of a
great violinist as, ambi-
dextrouSly, they evolved a
pousse cafe or q horses neck.
And somehow, the American
stomach survived it all.
It is an encouraging thought.
This country has been hit by
civil war, graSshopperS, drought,
panics, floods, boil weevil,
lunatic politics, and what not,
and may be again; but q
nation which can survive those
drinks of the Old King Cole
days surely will be unharmed
by such Affections. With its
iron viscera, America will forge
ahead.
Getting back to Maxfield
Parrish paintings, it seems to
me that even the most fetching
of the poSt-proh1bltlon par
rooms suffer from the lack OF
some such climactic, focusing
and symbolic art. With all
their neon lights and chromium.
all their striving for the outre
and the ultra, they never seem
to hit off camaraderie like the
best of the old saloon art. We
are offering no disparagement
to Mr.. Parrish here-merely
seeking a broad classification
for the aesthetic urge which
rose in the mauve decade.
This is the end Of the line
here, but there is just room
for a reminder that the saloon
art Of America, with all its
penumbra of moist memory, Is
a nice, ripe subject for a book.
by some sensitive and perhaps
penSive person.
Copyright, 1888. by international
News ServiCOl
The Washington times., 1935-10-03

Pure friendship is something
which men Of an inferior intel
lect can never taste.-La Bru-
yere.
He has not learned the les
son of life who does not every
day surmount a fear.-Emerson.
One hour in doing justice Is
worth a hundred in prayer.
Mohammedan Proverb.
Where Justice reigns 'tis free
dom to obey.-James Montgom-
cry.
The Washington times., 1935-10-03
Words of Wise Men

Reading maketh a full man;
conference q ready man; and
writing an exact man.-Francis
Bacon.
Despair and confidence both
Danish fear.-Williarn Alexan-
der.
Moraists realize that the
highest fence is fear.-Dud-
ley Nichols.
The wise hand doth not all
that the foolish mouth speaks
George Herbert.
The Washington times., 1935-10-03

64IUd1IR01VU'
His discussion, however, was
accepted by some ScribeS as be-
ing off the record. Others
thought 1t was for quotation.
Consequently, the Secretary's
press conference was made pub
lie.
Realizing the controversy that
might arise over discussions Of
preparations for fleet move
ments by the United States, Sec
retary Swanson was somewhat
perturbed.
Copyright. 1885. The Washington Timesl
The Washington times., 1935-10-03

The annual
bill Of tn e
D ep artment
Of Agric ul-
ture for this
item exceeded
W h a t Treas
ury W a c h
d o G 8 cOnSid-
cred q jus t
amount q n d
q pr Op ria
ii ON s W ere
curtailed.
Refusal Of
t he Govern
ment to al
The Washington times., 1935-10-03

us e t ul, and
possibly beau
tiful, build
ing to m a ks
way for some
thing which
would bring
i n m o r g
money. w e
were perhaps
a bit cocky
with our new
If u nctional"
con c e p t Of
wealth w a
W ere begin
ming to make
~
The Washington times., 1935-10-03

dogs and TAX
ing their chill
dren with it.
Things are
too easy, they
c r y. T h e
y o u n 6 Sters
h We to o
much liberty,
too much fun,
OF enough
hard breaks.
Why, W h e n
W e " e r e
young
SO M o m
t e lis Bessie
0w school
The Washington times., 1935-10-03
OLD FAVORITES
COntented John

Commenced JONN -JUNE UYUUT
One honest John Tomkins hedger and ditcher,
Although he poor, did not want to be richer;
For all such vain wishes in him prevented
By fortunate habit of being contented
Though cold the weather, dear the food,
John never was found in murmuring mood;
For this he was constantly heard to declare
What he could not prevent he would cheerfully bear
"cFor why should grumble and murmur" he said;
"If I cannot get meat I'll be thankful for bread;
"And though fretting may make my caamities DEEPER
"I can never cause bread and cheese to be cheaper
And thus Honest John though his station humble,
Passed through this sad world without even grumble;
And wish that folks who greater and richer,
Would copy John Tomkns, the hedger and ditcher.
Ieuders are nvted to send to the editor their sugges
tions of old favortes among the poems for reprnting in
this spGceJ
The Washington times., 1935-10-03

Long ago the Government re-
fused to continue the practice
of distributing free seeds.
The Washington times., 1935-10-03
The Human Side of the News
BY EdlCin C.. Hill

A Lusty Period
Along toward the end Of the
boom years, we were sticking up
SkyScrapers with a 34-year period
Of obSolescence. We got used
to the idea of tearing down a
The Washington times., 1935-10-03

There Are Always New
Challenges
All this fuss about the
Younger Generation. Particu-
larly by anxious parents who
think the world Is going to the
Evening star., 1935-12-20

1mpeccably tailored,
fine quality leather bill
folds Of which he will be
very proud.
Evening star., 1935-12-20

Hear the siren scream &. . see the head
lights CLEAN has rubber tires
has brake has 3 red bulbs and
comes complete with battery-------
Evening star., 1935-12-20

Be sure to lay in a supply of these
fragrant, long-filler, Sumatra-wrap-
ped Cigars ;. this is absolutely the
last shipment we will receive of
these fine Palma Villas . buy them
for Christmas presents, too.