Evening star., 1935-04-20
D. A. R. URGES new
ALIEN LEGISLATION
AS SESSION ENDS

AS SESSION ENDS
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who Is over IS when entering the
employ Of the society. All employees
may apply to the Clerks Committee
to be retired at 65, or after having
given 30 years Of continuous service.
If an employe has had is or more
years of service he or she may be
retired II permanently disabled, even
though he or she may not have
attained the retirement age.
The retirement will be computed on
the following basis:
For service 80 or more years, 6625
per cent Of the salary at the date of
retirement; IS to 80 years. 52k per
cent; 20 to IS years, 40 per cent, and
from IS to 20 years, 331s per cent"
$4,000 for Pensions.
The Daughters instructed their
president general to set aside $4,000
each year from the current fund to
be used for pensions. The balance not
used each year will be retained in this
pension fund and added to the stipu-
lated $4,000 per year.
In q resolution Of thanks to the
press" the Congress expressed its
appreciation Of the spirit Of cooper
alton and of generosity Of the man
ayers of the newspapers and newspaper
services. and the spirit of fair play Of
each and every member Of the press
who covered this Congress"
Expressions of appreciation were ex-
tended in another resolution to all
who had participated in the ofhcial
programs including the Army. Navy
and Marine Bands. attaches Of Consti-
tuition Hall and the officials Of Police
and Fire Departments.
Durant and Lewis Speak.
Two distinguished speakers ad-
dressed the congress last night-Will
Durant, author. and Sir Willmott
Lewis, Washington correspondent OF
the London Times.
/ Taking as his subject THE Crisis ir
American Civilization" DR.. Duran'
pointed to many phases which he con.
siders breakdown of the old order
and he offered several remedies.
Charging there was competitive
sterility of ability and high birth rate
of incompetency," he declared that ir
America I'VE should either enable the
weak and incompetent to breed more
moderately. or persuade the stronger
more intelligent, to breed more
abundantly" Applause greeted hi:
proposal that the feeble minded
shall not have the right of parentag,
any more"
He characterized as ridiculous" tht
cost to the middle classes Of bring
ing children into the world. ranging
from s4OO to 81 900, and recommended
that States should "see to it that nj
family shall lose one penny for givini
children to society,""
Urges Civil Academy Here.
Education, he declared. should b.
a qualification for public office. "Wh!
not establish here in Washington.
he said. "a scientific institution, rank
ing with the Military Academy a
West Point and the Naval Academy a
Annapolis, to be known as the United
States Civil Academy, to train yount
men and women in the art and scienc,
Of public administration"
The problem of abolition Of pow
erty he proposed to put directly up t.
the real leaders of America.
Poverty can be destroyed" he pre-
dicted. mot by the revolution of tht
weak, but by the intelligence ane
ability of the strong"
Unless the United States can pre-
pare to undersell foreign powers il
world trade, he said, this countr!
must arrange to consume the product
Of its own making.
Sir Willmott Discusses Press.
Discussing THE Newspaper and tn
Young Citizen" Sir Willmott de
clared that 'in this contradictor,
world of the modern man, the news
paper performs an indispensabl
function" Outlining the service
gives as the "eyes and ears of tn
nation. one of the weapons of publ
vigilance" the speaker said that tn
newspaper is affected with a publ
interest to a degree higher than
any other institution short of gov
ernment itself"
: Upholding the principle of freedor
!. OF the press, Sir Willmott predicte
that so long as the press remember
its duties and obligations. it nee
never fear that the citizens of
democracy will desire to abridge Il
| liberties"
The speaker took exception to whs
i, he described as tendency in bot
the United States and England, "wit
admirable exceptions" to publis
absurd or sentimentalized features
, Raps Comic Strips.
Concerning the "funnies" in tn
country, for instance, he said ths
while a few are good, and some al
harmless. the majority are drive
They draw across the pages OF tE
. newspapers Q trail Of sickly sent
!. mentality" Sentimentality, he warne
was not to be confused with hone.
sentiment"
The effect Of this sentimentalit
the speaker said, had not been er
tirely confined to the comic strips an
syndicated features in many paper
THE effect is, deeply believe, a
unhealthy one upon the temper an
mental attitude of youth" declare
Sir willmott, land while it persists
E as in all human likelihood 1t wi
r persist-it would be well for English
=, men and Americans to be less com
placent about the virtues of the news
papers they produce. would
!. thousand times rather they were toni
to the point of astringency than ths
!, they should. as George Meredith salt