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The Washington times., 1935-02-16
BY MARY PADGETT


Mrs. Harvey w. Wiley, preSi-
dent of the District of Columbia
Federation of Women's Clubs,
yesterday stated in an inter.
view:
THE equal rights amendment
is needed because of the ten
dency toward centralized gov
ernment, as witness the plight
of Germany'S women. FaSciSm
and its teachings can jump an
ocean as well as channel.
English women are dreading the
advent of faScism! American
women need to have their con-
StitutiOnal rights buttreSSed to-
day as never before"
Mrs. Wiley. who began work
ing for suffrage in 1912 and has
worked for justice to women
ever since, also declared:
Equal rights is the logical
sequence to the vote"
Talking of the progress of the
proposed equal rights amend.
ment to the Constitution, Mrs.
Wiley said:
"On the birthday of Susan B.
Anthony, February Is, 1921, the
WOman'S Party, which had been
working for suffrage, reOrgan.
lied itself to work for equal
rights.
"A group of IL women lawyers
worked for one year to discover
what the determinations against
women we're in the 48 States.
They carefully went over all
State laws and made list of
all the determinations"
y
On December 10, 1923, the
resolution for equal rights was
first introduced in Congress.
In 1924 the General Federation
of Women's Clubs opposed it.
Ten years later, during Mrs.
Grace Morrison Poole'S admin
iStration, Mrs. Blair Luckie, of
Pennsylvania. the chairman of
legislation for the organization,
said that no resolution should
stand over 10 years, and so the
District Federation of Wom-
ems Clubs passed a resolution
asking the General Federation
to study the question.
Two days ago at a special
meeting of the local federated
clubwomen, a resolution was
passed asking the General Fed
Grafton to indorse the amend
ment.
The equal rights amend,
ment is now on the calendar of
each House. 1t is being Spon-
sored by Senator John G.
Townsend, of Delaware, and
Representative Louis Ludlow, of
Indiana.
In letter to Mrs. Wiley.
Senator Townsend wrote in
part:
THE subject of the removal
of legal determinations because
of sex, which is the principle
involved in the equal rights
amendment, is one of general
interest and there is ample
proof of the need of its adop-
tiOn.
ut has been my observation
that women have not sought
recognition in our national life
as a matter of special privileges;
rather they have asked simply
for their rights. On this ground
they won the suffrage. 1t is my
belief that on the same principle
of justice, they will win equality
of legal status"
A letter from Representative
Ludlow said:
II can truthfully bring to YOU
a very encouraging message in
regard to the prospect of this
proposed amendment. 1t gives
me great happiness to report
that not since the days when
The Washington times., 1935-02-16
[R MALCOLM CAMPBELL
By DAVIS J. WALSH

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla, Feb.
is GN.SO Alarm for the safety
of Sir Malcolm Campbell began to
be felt today in this incredibly
unreal community where wind,
tide and weather are something
very we'll calculated to halt one
conversation and start another.
Sir Malcolm Campbell is the
Englishman who sits behind %
feet of destruction and guides it
to it's destiny at a pace so fan
tastic that one almost doubts the
watch.
He did 272.1O8 miles an hour
here two years ago for a world
record with the chassis of this
same car. Now, with this new
The Washington times., 1935-02-16
Bank Appraiser
Applications Close

Today is the final date for filing
applications at Civil Service Com
mission for tests to fill vacancies
in the posts of assistant, junior or
associate land bank appraiser, in
the Farm Credit Administration.
The positions pay from Sc daily
or $4,000 yearly to $40 daily or
$4,000 a year. Papers may be OBJ
tained at the Civil Service Com
mission, Seventh and F SITS. N. w.
The Washington times., 1935-02-16
Arlington Precinct
Democrats Elect

ARLINGTON, Va. Feb. l6.-Ar.
1ington Precinct Democratic Club
last night elected Emery N. Hos.
mer chairman. Other officers are
David r. White, vice chairman,
and Richard Reed, secretary.treas.
urer.
The club will meet next Friday
night to appoint committee and
plan for the coming county
election.
The Washington times., 1935-02-16
CHOICE Of WOOD
OLIVE BRANCH
To BUSINESS
BY EARL GOODWIN

ny GANL OOD"AN
The Administration is hoping
that an era of good feeling be-
tween government and business
has been inaugurated with the ap-
pointment of Gen. Robert E.
Wood, president of Sears-Roebuck,
to head the committee of business
men who will advise the President
as to the views of American busi-
ness with respect to the spending
Of the 1900 million dollars work
relief fund.
There is something in the ap.
pointment of General Wood which
does not at first meet the eye.
True, he represents big business,
in that he is chief executive of a
large enterprise. But, more than
that. he is a sort of Henry Ford
in the eyes of millions of his Gus.
toners. The rural community
knows more about business
through mail order catalogues
than city dwellerS understand.
Business Hero"
Therefore, in a sense, President
Roosevelt has picked a business
hero who is known to give 100
cents worth for a dollar. In a
political sense, there is wide diff.
ference between man doing $10.-
100000 worth of business in Wall
Street and man doing $lO,OOO-
900 worth of business out of
catalogue in every farm mouse in
the country.
1t may be true, too, that Gen.
eral Woods appearance on the
scene will be the signal for the
business and advisory council, an
ex-officio group of business lead
ers formed by Secretary of Com
merce Roper to become vocal.
That group has been in existence
Tor many months, composed of
the heads of the great American
industries, but the group and its
individual members have been
publicity shy" to use the term
OF an official of the department.,
and business in general has no
Idea what it is all about.
Lobbyist Out
Actually, what President Roose-
velt and Secretary Roper are
bringing to pass is a situation
where American business can
talk to government through an
organization which is closely al
lied with government. This cuts
out the lobbyist, the business or
ganizations, the errand-running
lawyers.
If an industrial head has a
kick of any sort or a suggestion
he can swing his arms and walk
about the room to his hearts
content at the Department of
Commerce and he will be talking
to men who understand his Ian
guage. At the same time have
an official standing with this Ad-
ministration through which the
kick or suggestion will get to
the top.
Better than that, though, is the
Administrations evidently sincere
desire to carry out with all bust.
ness what President Roosevelt told
the bankers last fall: That there
is no such thing as business or
banking on one side of line and
Government on the other. It's all
one common interest.
Too Much Publicity
The Administration long ago ar
rived at the conclusion that there
has been too much publicity on
the idea that the New Deal is op-
posed to business and the profit
motive.
Secretary Roper expressed the
idea yesterday. He said:
"The profit motive and prin-
Giple must be a handspring of
human action in our economic
and social system. 1t is indis-
penSable as an incentive for in
ltiative and accomplishment"
n - -AgE
The Washington times., 1935-02-16
Workers Unit
Has Party Tonight

Door prizes. table prizes, and
light refreshments will feature
the bingo and card party sched.
uled tonight for members of the
Interior Department branch of
Local No. 2, NFFE, at ITO Four
teenth st. N. w. The party Is
one of a series being given by
the organization under the di.
rection of Albert M. Reising.
The Washington times., 1935-02-16
Times Table

Housing Commission, Ralei g h
Hotel.
900 P. M.-Dance, Phi Sigma
Chi Fraternity, Willard Hotel.
1000 P. NJ Dance, George
town University Medical School,
Wardman Park Hotel.
1000 P. M.-Card Party and
Dance, keenan, Club of ST..
Theresa's Church, Wardman Park
Hotel.
900 P.M.-Annual dance, Arti-
san Social Club, Hamilton.
The Washington times., 1935-02-16
DIR. BARBOUR TO SPEAK

DR.. Clarence Barbour, president
of Brown University. will be the
guest speaker at the all-reIgious
services in Rankin Memorial
Chapel at Howard University to-
morrow at II a. m. Special mu-
sic will be given by the univer-
Sity choir.
The Washington times., 1935-02-16
GamOw Explains
Wave Mechanics

A description Of the development
of the theory of wave mechanics,
which has done much to explain
the structure of the atom. was
given last night by DR.. George
Gamow, formerly of the Institute
of Leningrad, in the first of a Sc
rieS of lectures on modern physics
at George Washington University.
The Washington times., 1935-02-16
CHEST COLDS

DISTRESSING cold in chest or
- throat, that so often leads to
something serious, generally eases up
quickly when soothing, warming
Musterole is applied.
Better than a mustard plaster,
Musterole gets action because it's
NOT just salve. It's "counteF.
irritsnt"- stimulating, penetrating,
and helpful in drawing out pain and
congestion.
Used by millions for Is years.
Recommended by many doctors and
nurses. All druggists. In three
strengths: Regular Strength, Chill
dren's (mild), and Extra Strong.
Tested and approved by Good House
keeping Bureau, No. 1857.
Radio: Tune in the "Voice of Ex-
perience," Columbia Network. See
newspaper for time.
Evening star., 1935-11-14

somewhat sooner than was to have been
expected In the circumstances The in
terview in which the Senator was quoted
as saying, IT am not a candidate" for
reelection was printed November ..
Yesterday at Los Angeles the Senator
was interviewed again and declared: "I
did not say at Salt Lake City that
would not be candidate for reelection.
I am on a vacation and I want rest.
I am not discussing 1t"
That suffces assuredly. But the Sem
ator, evidently wishing to take the matter
quite out of the realm of doubt, proceeds
to say: But a campaign would be small
disturbance compared to the trouble my
not being a candidate has cost me. I
have received hundreds of letters from
all parts of the United States urging me
to run next year."
Quite we'll worth all the trouble. it
would seem, to have such testimonial
and such evidence of a popular demand
for further sacrifice. OF small moment
is the question of whether the Senator
said at Salt Lake City what he was re-
ported to have said. Reportorial veracity
or recollection has been so often chal-
lenged in such cases that the agents OF
communication have grown quite Injured
to the charge Of infelcity of memory
or expression. The important point is
that this alleged slip of the pen at Salt
Lake City has evoked evidence of that
irresistible demand for continued service
which is such a soothing balm to the
weary frame and the spent nerves Of
the statesman who hovers on the verge
of retirement.
Evening star., 1935-11-14
Coincidence.

One of the universal laws of human
existence is that which customarily is
called condolences curious and ac-
cidental correlation of circumstance
whereby individuals, moving in different
orbits, are brought together in an asso-
ciation unexpected and unforecast.
For instance, on April %, 1916, William
Shakespeare, greatest of Englishmen,
died at Stratford, and Miguel Saavedra
de Cervantes, greatest of Spaniards, died
at Madrid. An identic date, therefore,
marks the termination of two of the most
richly notable careers the world ever
has seen. Let it be considered from any
angle, the fact is marvellous and wonder
full.
Again, there is the parallel of John
Adams dying at Quincy and Thomas JEFF
ferson dying at Monticello on July 4,
1926, the fiftieth anniversary of the Dec
laration of Independence, which they
had helped to draft for their country.
Surely, something more than chance is
manifest in their passing within the same
twenty-four-hour span.
Similarly, too, February u, 1909, II
significant as the day on which both
Abraham Lincoln and Charles Darwin
entered the human scene. Obscure and
unheralded as their birth might be, they
were privileged to contribute 70 the
Evening star., 1935-11-14
Revolt i'm Egypt.

British domination in Egypt is again
suddenly threatened by the Nationalist
elements represented by the militant
Wafd party. Resenting a speech by
Foreign Secretary Sir Samuel Hoare in
London, indicating opposition to any
immediate restoration of constitutional
system in the land of the PharaohS,
riotous mobs on Wednesday stormed
the British consulate at Cairo, clashed
with police and troops and caused
considerable casualty list before demon
strations were suppressed. The temper
of the occasion was reflected by Nahas
Pasha, leader of the Wafdists, who lashed
fifty thousand partisans into an anti
British frenzy by shouting: Better every
Egyptian dead than continuance under
the heel of the oppressors! Long live
the revolutionl"
The military authorities have the situ-
alton under control, but the rioting was
marked by fury that depicts the deep
seated rancor from which it sprang.
Britain'S hold on the ancient realm has
long been precarious. Relations. with
the Egyptians, following the agitation
for independence after the World War,
promised to become normalized when the
British in 1921 recognized the country as
a sovereign state. The declaration was
hedged with reservations designed to
leave Britain in vital respects the arbiter
of Egyptian destinies including respon-
Sibility for defense against foreign
aggression and protection Of alien resi-
dents. Return of the great Sudan terri
tory to the Egyptian domain was de-
ferred. These reservations, incorporated
in a constitution adopted at Cairo in
1928, kept nglo-Egyptian relations acri-
moniously strained The demand for
complete liberation from the British yoke
was persistent and of rising intensity.
In 1890 Premier Sidky ISmail Pasha
promulgated new constitution. This in
turn was abrogated last November when
the present Wafdist cabinet, under Pre-
mier Tewfik Nessim Pasha, took office.
Since then the Nationalists have agitated
for a return to the 1928 constitution and
general elections. To these plans the
British sternly object. Sir Samuel
Hoares recent statement, which infiamed
passions at Cairo to the present state
of explosiveness, denied that Egypt is
being used as a tool to further British
interests in Africa-apparently a refer
ence to London's efforts to stop Musso-
lini's military menace in Libya-but the
foreign secretary's language thoroughly
discouraged Egyptian hopes of any
change in the status quo.
In light Of these events, Britain's
parade of vast naval force in the Mediter-
ranean assumes significance far beyond
any connection with the Italo- Ethiopian
conflict. With John Bulls hold on Egypt
threatened both from within and without,
he is less likely than ever to weaken the
precautionary measures taken to safe
guard his African empire and his life
line to the East. 1t will be interesting to
note whether II Duce now diScerns an
opportunity to fish in the troubled
waters of the Nile. Fascist eyes have
long been cast in Egypt's direction.
Evening star., 1935-11-14
A Washingtonian Honored.

In the election of Robert v. Fleming
of Washington to the presidency Of the
American Bankers Association, which
occurred yesterday at the annual meet
ing at New Orleans, that organization
has honored the banks of the Capital
by recognition of the ability of one of
their leaders, who has been identified
with the District banking profession for
nearly thirty years. Mr.. Fleming's pro-
motion from the first vice presidency
to the first office of the association was
more than q mere routine of advance
ment. 1t was an acknowledgment by
the organization of highly valuable serv-
ices rendered in the past and especially
in recent months during the enactment
of legislation affecting the entire Ameri-
can banking institution.
Washington is proud OF the advance
ment of its native son to so high and
distinguished a position. Mr.. Fleming
Is q WaShingtonian in every respect,
native of the Capital, educated exclu-
into his chosen career as banker in
one of the banks of this city. His train
ing has been altogether in that one
establishment. In the course of his ad-
vancement through the successive re-
sponsibilities of the Riggs National Bank
he has not been negligent of his civic
duties, but, on the contrary, has been
helpfully active in various civic works,
having only recently completed term
Of service as president of the Board OF
Trade, of which he has long been mem
Der. In practically every agency for
community betterment the services OF
Mr.. Fleming have been freely rendered,
with valuable results, and each of the
institutions and organizations with which
he is identified shares now in the pride
that the Capital feels in his advance
ment to the highest Office in the bank
ing world of America, the first time this
ONCE has been bestowed upon resident
Of the District.
Evening star., 1935-11-14

emancipation of mankind as few other
persons have been. Destiny appears to
have had a purpose in sending them
forth under a single star.
Then, in the field of letters, Ralph
Waldo Emerson, philosopher and poet,
publicist, shared as their natal day May
IS, 1903, and in the field Of the plastic
arts Claude Monet, painter, and Auguste
Rodin, sculptor, had for common debut
November IA, 1910. To those thus linked,
If not to the public at large, the problem
must have been attractive.
But probably the most fascinating of
all unforeseen and as yet unexplained
coincidental events Is that of the armis-
tice which brought to a conclusion the
World War of 1914-1918. 1t went into
effect at the eleventh hour of the elev-
enth day of the eleventh month-a magic
sequence, surely, from any point of view.
Speculative formulas, naturally enough,
have been offered from time to time to
account for weird concurrences Mostly,
though, they have failed to meet the
need. AS good a suggestion as that of
mathematics is the alternative submitted
by Thomas Gainsborough. He was work.
ing on a landscape when suddenly a
strange but exceedingly beautiful young
woman stepped into the picture. The
artist sketched her, fell in love with her
and married her, and ever afterward in
sisted that she had been sent to him by
heaven.
Evening star., 1935-11-14
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

1t is cold weather that puts q bird to
It for sustenance.
Then the open-air feeding stations.
which may be on pole, or tree, or even
on window sill, must be great help.
One must not expect to put out food
and have the birds come instantly to it.
Amateur bird study Is built solidly on
patience.
Birds, as other creatures, must become
used to their feelings, before they re-
spond with rapidity.
Just as a goldfish in an aquarium soon
learns the time of day it is to be fed, so
the birds of the great outdoors come to
find their way to the feeding place.
The fish is confined, however, and its
food not far away, in any case.
The birds outdoors have all the sky
there is to fly in, so they may not come
as rapidly or as regularly to the seed or
bread crumbs or other food placed for
them.
It must be kept in mind that birds are
wild, in the real sense, not the sophisti-
Gated one.
They are cautious, and must be 80, in
order to keep living.
So it may be some time, even days, be-
fore they finally realize that food is being
put out for them.
In the meantime the feeder must keep
watch out for other visitors. These will
include dogs. cats and squirrels, in ordi-
nary, and rabbits occasionally.
Even pigeons must be called undeSired,
II the small birds are the guests wanted.
This guard applies, Of course, only to
food placed upon the ground, one of the
best places, after all, because it is so
natural.
Most birds feed on the ground, and
many prefer to take their meals there.
1t is well to keep guard for a time,
after such a station is established, in
order to run away any unwanted crea-
lures. We hope that this will not be done
meanly, in any instance, but simply
firmly.
Various forms of feeding stations now
on the market offer opportunity for plac-
ing food in trees, on the tops Of poles
or high stumps, and even on the window
sill.
Many persons have found the latter q
very good place, and certainly one of the
best for observation of bird life.
1t is needless to say that the window
should be down, and not raised except
when food is being put out. For this
reason, such placing should be done
either very early in the morning, before
light, or at dusk, after all the birds have
left.
There should be no unnecessary move
mentS behind the window, although the
birds in time will become accustomed IN
normal motions there.
Servicing such feeders is easier, Of
course, than ones up trees and atop
poles.
Grains, seeds, suet. apples, are some
OF the standard allures. Many Autumn
and Winter birds are fond of old biscuit
and bread of varied kinds. A little
drinking water, too, is not aniss, al
though very few observers will be able
to furnish their feathered friends with
warm water, as one fancier did by run
ming pipe line out to his bird bath and
back.
Evening star., 1935-11-14
The Irresistible Demand.

Senator Norris technique in handling
the retirement rumor is much to be
admired. Quoted the other day as de-
claring that he would not be candidate
for reelection to the Senate, after having
spent four terms in that branch of Con-
gress, after putting in ten years in the
other branch, there was an evident indis-
position on the part Of the public gen.
orally to take him at his word. Memory
of a similar announcement on another
occasion when the matter of an addi-
tional term was in discussion revived
and suggested that the veteran states
mans decision might possibly be over
ruled by a showing of popular demand
for his continued sacrifice of self in the
public service.
Ths evidence Of reconsideration comes