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The Washington times., 1935-08-08

And so the Senator took up
plank after plank of the So
cialist platform of 1882 and
showed to what extent New
Deal performances since that
time have made good the
promises of the pledges of the
Socialists but not of the Demo.
Gratis of that year. In conclu.
sion he said what other anti.
New Deal speakers were saying
all over the First congress
sional district of his State Of
Rhode Island:
$50 far as 1 have been able
to learn, practically every
clause in the platform of the
Socialist Party has been car.
ried out in some degree by this
Administration. That same Ad-
ministration had promised a
sound currency and yet started
initiation; it promised a fact
finding tariff commission free
from Executive interference, and
inaugurated trade agreements
with foreign countries without
giving American industries an
opportunity for adequate con-
sultatiOn.
"The New Dealers also prom
iSed a balanced budget and
economy in government and sub
Stituted for that promise the
unbalanced budget and extrava.
ganCe threatened in the Social.
list platform. While the Social.
list platform is being largely &C.
COmplished, only a few minor
promises of the Democratic plat.
form are being carried into ef.
feet. j.. Who won the election?
The Socialists? Most certainly
their pledges and their prins
ciples are ruling in Washington.
The Democrats? There iS
hardly anything left Of the old
time philosophy Of the Demo-
ercratic Party and only a few
shreds here and there Of the
platform upon which they
elected their candidates may be
found in the National Capital
today"
VOTE WINNER?
Socialism may yet prove to be
a vote getter in the South and
West, but it is a vote loser OBJ
viously in the First congress.
sional District of Rhode Island.
And what is true of that State
is probably true of every other
New England State, in spite of
the fact that it is the corner of
the country from which halls
Prof. Felix Frankfurter, dean
of the New Deal radical profess
sors and their candidate for the
next vacancy on the Supreme
Court of the United tates.
Copyright. 1885. The Washington Times.
The Washington times., 1935-08-08
The LIQUOR Business

Those who believe in temperance and who have sought
bring about that condition the consumption aco
hoc beverages will find encouragement in the report Of the
Alcoholic Beverage Control Board for the last fiscal
Based upon the intimate relations Of the board members with
the liquor industry in Washington the report concludes that
the licensing law which beverages dispensed here is
"both successful and effectiOe."
The regulation of the industry under the law has given
to Washington an HONEST AND LEGAL INDUSTRY which
doing business running into many millions OF dollars year.
according to the report.
This s pleasant substitute for the hOleinthe-G
urdercoUer racket that plagued the city under prohibit
ton; that resulted in soOtings, murders wd nteper
ance and other crimes.
The dverng into legal channels Of the money which was
being spent on liquor during the prohibition has unques
onably been contribution to the rapid return to economic
prosperity which has been evidenced in Washington In the last
year.
Washington taxpayers likewise have cause for THANKSGIVING
for the revenue which being raised under the liquor law
During fiscal year liquor law raised revenues Eothg
almost two million dollars.
That an important in meeting the heavy expenses to
which the District been subjected in an effort to keep up
with the ORGY OF SPENDING being conducted by the Feo
eral Government.
But while the business and tax phases Of the boards report
are interesting important all Washington VIII rejoice al
the sections of report dealing with social conditions unde
The board finds evidence that there decrease in the
of ntoxicaon in the District finds also that the
number of of persons between seventeen ana
years is showing healthy DECREASE.
As the board says:
"The greatest tragedy of the prohibition 1Oas the
effect upon the child Boys and girls Of immature age
uUere just able to buy from boOteggeTs as ADULTS
and the result .Uas one of the things wch nsPeEted
disguised public rise in and OOte for repeal Of
the legislation The figures set forth this report n'-
cate that by legally regulating the dspensatiOn OF in"
toxicatng Beverages It wil be possible to gradually
cure this most unfortunate eUiL"
The board finds an improvement in RESPECT FOR The
LAW under the licensing system and submits figures snow
that the pessimstc predictions that egazation Of liquor
would result in terrible increase of accidents due drunken
driving baseless
The conclusion is unacceptable from the report that by
storing the liquor business decent respectable citizens we
have brought about improvement in condition which was
rapidly leading to disaster.
The Washington times., 1935-08-08

men dined with Mr.. and Mrs.
Boyd, after which the men re-
tired to a cabin to play CARDS.
Boyd was a winner OF $22O.
Luck wasn't so good the second
day-Boyd lost the 1920 and
$340 more.
Play went on for the re-
mainder Of the voyage, and
when it came time to pay, Boyd
made out a check for $4,000
representing his losses. He nap
pened to mention it to he ships
purser, and then things began
to happen. The purser told the
captain. The captain wirelesseo
to New York. The police met
the liner at it's pier. Phillip and
Dawson were arrested, and the
draft for $4,000 taken from
them.
STOPPED PAYMENT
Oddly enough, a man by the
name of Henry Dawson was IN
volved in a similar affair four
years ago-on May %, 1881, to
be exact. The ship was the
Bermen, and Charles R. Dun
dore lost $32, 1855 to Henry Daw-
son, for which sum he drew g.
check against his account with
]. P. Morgan and Company.
Later Dundore said he was
informed that Dawson was a
professional gambler and he
stopped payment on the check
on the grounds that, under the
laws of Germany, under which
the ship was registered, and the
laws of France, to which she
was en- route, gambling debts
were barred.
Only once or twice year do
we hear of the transatlantic
card sharps being brought up
sharp and forced to diSgorge
their gains. AS the police and
ship captains will tell you, "the
sucker hates to admit that he
has been taken in. or is too Stub
born to be e---lvinced that he
could be outSmarted at cards"
The sure.thing g a b1er-
there are probably one hundred
of them who live on the ocean
The Washington times., 1935-08-08
1000 Extra Shoppers

From Washington goes forth the glad that jobs are
to be created-at the cost of five million doarsto
investigate among other things the tax returns Of SMALL In
taxpayers . .-
tax receipts
No doubt it will
whether the will exceed the of the survey
may be question v.J -. 49,.
But all events it will bring more cheer into the lie OF the
;ttIe fellow who already checked rechecked and
by legion of eagleyed clerks and who will
welcome chance explain all over again why ne presumed
to write off that S. back in 1881.
Plus the pleasant knowledge that he helping to in more
taxes for the visits of the shopping brigade
The Washington times., 1935-08-08
A RAW Deal" Rebuff
BIZ James T. Williams. Lr.

An exception to the general
run of political contests in re-
cent times was the special cleo
ton just held in the First con-
gressional district of the State
of Rhode Island. Instead of
being a sham battle it was a
hard fought fight.
Instead of being between two
candidates it was between the
New Deal Party and the Anti.
New Deal Party and the latter
won decisively.
From first to last the New
Deal program appears to have
been not only the paramount
but the only issue. The New
Deal candidate championed and
defended the New Deal program
from A to z. His opponent con-
centrated his fire on those fea-
lures of the New Deal program
most obnoxious to the people
of Rhode Island. In fact the
socialistic trend of the New Deal
administration was the target at
which the Anti-New Deal can
didate fired with the most ef-
feet.
CAMPAIGN ISSUES
Just before the election was
held Senator Metcalf of Rhode
Island gave the household of the
nation a sample of the cam
paign which his candidate for
Congress was waging by an ad-
dress over the radio which Sen
ator Hale of Maine inserted in
the Congressional Record. To
this address Mr.. Metcalf gave
the title, "Socialistic Trends of
Government" He ventured an
analysis of the more radical per-
formances Of the New Deal as
they are related to the Socialist
Party platform adopted in 1892
and the manner in which it is
threatening our traditional form
of government by overwhelming
taxation.
Senator Metcalf reminded his
national audience that the So
cialist platform of 1882 de.
manded Federal appropriation
of five thousand million dollars
for relief and five thousand mil.
lion dollars for public works.
"The New Deal" said the Sem
atOr, answered this by prOvid-
ing $4,25O,OOO,OOO in the Emer-
gency Relief Act of 1888 ana the
NRA Act of 1884. Only this
year the President was given an
additional check for $4,8OO,OOO,-
900, which completes the prom
Uses of the Socialist Party in
that regard. The Democrats,
in 1882, had no such clause in
their platform. This money was
largely raised through an in
crease in the public debt, all of
which must be repaid in taxes"
The Washington times., 1935-08-08
Listen, World
BIZ Elsie Robinson

they can't find work. They are
seeking it because they wish to
change their situation in life,
and SERA gives them their
opportunity.
Women are seeking relief
because they don't like to live
with uncongenial mates, or do
the heavy labor which leaving
them would entail. Yet their
children must be supported.
So they turn-with complete
belief in their right to do So
to Federal aid.
Men don't like the job they're
working at, or the town they're
living in. They want to crafty
a lifelong hunger to see the
world. So they buy a $50 fliv-
yer, pile the family in, and off
they go, expecting SERA to take
care of them when they get
there-or en- route. So great
has this particular menace be-
come that California is being
forced to pass laws against such
transients.
COMPLETE S HIT
In short, there's a complete
shift in our national attitude
toward accepting charity. There
are millions of young people,
just starting life, who remem-
Der nothing but dole lines.
There are millions of older
one, who are trained to depend
on themselves or, at a pinch,
on their State. who now expect
Uncle Sam to shoulder all their
burdens. AND THAT EXPEC-
TATION ENGENDERS AN
U G. LY SITUATION IF
THERE'S ANY SIGN OF
REFUSAL.
So what are we going to do
about this new America which
is building its dreams and bank
ing its bets on the FEDERAL
HANDOUT? What do YOU
think we should do? Have
you a concise, practical plan?
Then this writer and this paper
would like to know it-AT
ONCE.
Copyright, 1895, by King Features
Syndicate. Inc.)
The Washington times., 1935-08-08

WG11G 1G4u0C0 % Ao
to turn over its fingerprints
when requested to by Attorney
General Homer S. Cummings
department.
It's officers reported that its
files were private and that they
saw no reason to give the Justice
agents this important material.
And of course at the present
time the Justice group cannot
persuade the Army group to do
anything its officers do not wish
to do.
Justice agents point out that
in many instances criminals can
be shown to have service records
and that to have the War De-
partment file would greatly ex-
pedite the capture Of law
breakers.
The War Department refuses.
1t has always protested these
records and the thing may go
to Congress eventually if the De-
partment of Justice is that
anxious to get the material.
One of the best methods to
Judge the inertia OF Congress
and the anxiety of members to
pack their belongings and hike
out of Washington is By MATCH
inc the efforts of committees to
secure QNOrNn1S.
With increasing difficulty,
committee chairmen, strive to
The Washington times., 1935-08-08
Communism and Soup

An army travels stomach So do political philosophers
Saws William sabatiuk who works chef in New York
cafe ,,rv
"communism is a bluff; nothing but bluff"
But what does kitchen mechanic know OF communism!
Does one mix government and cookery?
One does in this case. 80
sabatiuk was an American Red until he had taste Of the
Soviet regime as an empoye of the tractor plant at Kharkof
He was there with Be who dvlged the sham behind
the Sickle and Hammer series of articles in The Wash
"Cabbaqe soup and slice Of black bread three times
dsv and every day., Sabatuk recalls. That was the
Menu under Stain
tired of cabbage soup.
The Washington times., 1935-08-08
Once Overs

not for lack of interest in their
work.
You, as an employer, make
errors, but you give yourself the
benefit of the doubt as to the
reason for the mistakes.
You are not as liberal with
those you employ.
Why not first be just-criti-
cal afterward?
There are times in the life Of
everyone when silly mistakes
creep in and there seems to be
no excuse.
You are no exception, so be
more understanding VIII n
speaking of errors.
There is enough sorrow and
anxiety in the lives of most peo-
pie at the present time.
Why do you unnecessarily
make these more severe?
copyright. 1885, by King Features
Syndicate. lnc.I
The Washington times., 1935-08-08
The Greatest Show On Earth
By John Snure, Jr.

secure a sufficient number Of
members to have sessions on
remaining legislation.
Many members, having de.
parted from this area, are OF
course unable to attend.
Others are merely lazy or
beIieve that they should attend
to other matters rather than
spend time on legislation they
consider has little chance OF
passing this session.
The situation grows more
complex and adds to the wor-
ries of the already surly mem
bers of Congress who are try
ing to press the legislation they
believe should pass.
Members who are interested
in securing action on bills they
consider of Importance to their
own districts are becoming
more and more incenSed as
their colleagues refuse to at
tend committee sessions and
thus force delay on the legis-
latiOn.
When the Hole foreclosed
on its first mortgage in the
District the other day the auc-
tioneer rang a huge bell before
proceedings got under way.
Whether he objected to this
phase of Government business
or not, none knows. but any
how a loud-mouthed dog did
some serious barking at the
crier.
In connection with this fore
closure, Charles Jones, assistant
deputy manager of the Hole,
was discussing the possibility
that the Government would
get deeply involved in the real
estate business and buy i'm SO
many properties that it could
be used as a club over the
heads of private operators.
Jones, as far as Washington
is concerned, gives an emphatic
negative in answer.
The Washington times., 1935-08-08
Harsh Criticism

Do you not at times inflict
mental hurt upon your friends?
Because of the authority you
possess you are too severe in
criticism - sometimes more Sc
we're than is warranted.
They do not wish to quarrel
with your impositionS.
They submit to your censure
and conceal the deep hurt you
inflict.
They do this to keep peace.
You cannot express your dis
pleasure without being vehe.
ment. and positive.
Most people wish to do the
right thing.
This is especially true Of EN-.
ployes who wish to retain their
jobs.
The mistakes they make are
The Washington times., 1935-08-08
The Human Side of the News
BIZ EdWin C.. Hill

must make money or they
could not keep up their end,
what with their first-class
cabins, drinking and smoking
expenses and lavish tips. In
the old days, poker was their
game but nowadays it is more
apt to be contract bridge.
With poker it was largely a
matter of marked cards, done
by the finger nails Or pin
points, and sleight of hand
dealing. In contract these
tricks are. still employed but
signalling is easier.
Sidney LEM, the international
card expert, asserts that "by
a code Of nine words / can
identify every one of the fifty.
two cards in a deck. The
Sharpers can e. as we'll, and
they have"
Broadway has few better
actors than the gentlemen who
live by wits and hands in the
smoking rooms and cabins of
our ocean greyhounds. A few
years back I was on the Ma
jeStic as she docked in New
York from Southampton and
my attention was centered on
a kindly old gentleman who
carried a bird cage in his hand.
In the cage was a love bird.
The man was past so, I judged,
gray-haired and stout. He wore
a grey soft hat and a fine
English overcoat.
IGNORE WARNING
Well, my kindly old gentle
man stepped down that gang
plank right into the arms Of
the active and energetic Eddie
Mallon, who does detective
work for the steamship COM
panies. I edged over, and the
conversation ran something like
this:
"COme on" said Eddie, "fOrk
over that check for $4,9OO."
II don't know what you're
talking about"
ooh, no? Well, perhaps you
will understand the judge. The
passenger says he only wants
his money back and, of course,
1 can do no more. But unless
he gets what he wants the po-
lice will act"
A few minutes of hemming
and having and the crook came
through, although he did insist
on getting the $40 he had per-
mitted his dupe to win from
him as the come-on before the
big kill. A captain of a ship
hates nothing more than ne
does a sharper.
But always someone will dis
regard the warning. 1t seems to
go with the letdoWn and relax
ing of an ocean voyage. The
topnotch gamblers make eight
and ten crossings between May
and October.
They get to have a wide &C.
quaintance with some Of the
most notable people in the
world. But they don't play with
these people. They show that
they are on friendly terms with
them and thus create the
front" which impresses the
lesser fry of the first cabin.
Copyright 1885. by King Features
Syndicate. Incl
The Washington times., 1935-08-08

Amer lea to-
day, and I
don't KIN o W
what to think
about it. Do
YOU? If so.
here's ur
C h a ce to
broadcast it.
M lille on S
idle. Millions
who W o u | d
have starved
if we hadn't
t e d tn e m,
four y e a r S
ago. No queS-
ton that we
The Washington times., 1935-08-08

Transatlantic Card Sharps
PASSENGERS
on this steamship are respect.
fully
WARNED
against engaging in games OF
chance or cards tDith strangers.
William Boyd, Of Park Ave-
nue., New York, ran into Henry
Dawson and Louis Phillip in
The Washington times., 1935-08-08

i'm which to
persuade the
War Depart
ment to turn
over its pri-
vate file of
fin & erprintS
of S o Id i e r S
and veterans.
With that
consideration
often in evl.
dence these
days between
nv q rnment
agencies, the
War Depart
The Washington times., 1935-08-08

H e d o e S
a g re e, how
ever, It h a t
with m or
than 100000
loans out in
the country,
that the Gov
e r n m e n t
a 6 e n cy is
going to be
fOrc e d to
forecloSe on
n u m e r o us
properties.
AS Chair
man John III.
FahAv Of the
The Washington times., 1935-08-08

Paris. They
were men in
their fifties
and described
themselves as
S a | e S m e n.
I m a gi n e
B 0 y DIS sur
prises when,
coming back
to A m erica
on the Eu-
ropa, he met
his two COM
panionS again
aboard ship.
The first day
oY14 tho sales.
The Washington times., 1935-08-08

Hole has repeatedly pointed
out, the agency will take over
the properties just as would .
private agency.
Properties will be improved
and rented or sold. And the
proceeds, If any, will so to re"
pay Uncle Samuel.
copyright 1895, The Washington TimeSl
The Washington times., 1935-08-08

One Of the greatest problems
of the Department of Justice
these DAYS is 70 devise some way
The Washington times., 1935-08-08

What Would You Do!
This is an sos. It's about
the RELIEF SITUATION.
There's the biggest problem in
The Washington times., 1935-08-08

How long can Uncle Sam support
That tall and leaning tower?
TO keep it balanced on his back,
Appears beyond his power.
Evening star., 1935-04-06
EXPERIENCES TOLD
BY MRS. ROOSEVELT
Wife of Public Official Cannot
Choose Enjoyments, She
Says on Radio.
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
The wife of a public official must
make up her mind to enjoy what
comes to her; she cannot 20 out and
choose what she will enjoy, Mrs.
Franklin D. Roosevelt confessed to
radio audience in an address last
night.
She related some of her personal
experiences during the long public
career OF the President. While Mr..
Roosevelt was in the New York Legis-
lature, she said. the Roosevelt family
library was an assembly room for his
colleagues.
When it was getting late" she
said, Il would go and get beer and
cheese and crackers and make one of
the men help me with the trays. That
would be the signal for them to break
up and go home. This lasted for
many weeks and tobacco smoke per-
meated the room above the library.
which happened 10 be the TWO older
childIens nursery, so that I had to
move the children to a room on the
third floor.
The Presidents wife also divulged
the secret of the little silver call-bell
always on her table 1t gives vital
conversation precedence over food at
the Roosevelt table. She started using
1t when her husband was Assistant
Secretary of the Navy, bringing prob
lens and people home to his short
lunch. Free conversation f1ourished
better when no maid was lowering or
changing plates at the wrong moment.
Evening star., 1935-04-06
Mrs. Bucks ''Vignette of Love-
''This Week. Feature Tomorrow

With a new short story, a true-to-
life picture, written especially for This
Week." Pearl Buck, one of Americas
greatest novelists and winner of the
Pulitzer Award in 1882, joins the long
array of notable writers drafted by
The Stars new colorgravure magazine.
Her latest work, "Vignette Of Love-"
appears in tomorrow's issue.
Until five years ago comparatively
unknown, Mrs. Buck in THE Good
Earth Sons" and "a House Divided"
rapidly climbed to fame and q perma-
nent place in American letters. Most
of her books have dealt with life in
China. where for many years she was
missionary. At present she lives in
New York except for such tours as are
necessary to answer the wide demand
for her lectures on literature and
China.
In addition to Mrs. Bucks story,
there are five other short stores-by
Frederick Palmer, noted war corre-
spondent; Anna Brand, who has OBJ
tanned fame for her romantic sketches
of Mexican life; Hilda Bottomley, who
also sets the scene for her tale in
China; Maurice Renard, a Frenchman
who brings romance out of Russia,
and, of course. a perfect crime" story
in which radio station and his con-
science find a man out. 1t Is from the
pen of the talented De Leeuw sisters,
Adele and Cateau.
An interesting article about the
Evening star., 1935-04-06
R|TCH|E APPEALS
TO j. S. TRADITION
Urges SeIf-Government as
Vital in Hurting Back
FaSCiSm Threat.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, April 6.-Ad-
herence to the American spirit and
practice of self government" was
urged last night by Albert c. Ritchie
to hurl back challenge Of Fascism
and Socialism.
The former Maryland Governor, a
leading Democrat, came here to pre-
side at a session of the American
Academy OF Political and Social Sci
ence Fascism, Socialism and "the
future of democracy" were on the
program for discussion.
Ritchie said that out Of the recent
economic Gpheaval had emerged def
mite threats of Fascism and Socialism
and that the prevalence of either
would defeat the American theory
Of democracy"
Revolutionary Times Noted.
He termed the presen. period of
revolution" saying:
'Twenty-three millions or more of
idle people, all living on Government
relief, constitute to themselves a rev.
olutionary condition just as definitely
as war and bloodshed could consti-
tute one
He said that there were malad lust
ments and inadequacies calling out
for correction. but that. through it
all, there should be recognition of the
American principle that existing in
the people is sovereign power su-
perior to Government wherein
governmental authority itself was
granted and defined, circumscribed
and limited"
Science Seen Aid.
"The spirit of modern science" he
said, should be applied to politics
the spirit that examines, criticizes,
experiments and then constructs; the
progressive and creative spirit. But
we must also be enlightened enough
to see that continued progress along
mistaken lines always means danger,
and sometimes worse"