davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
, 1935-03-24

working you might prefer % take
them into your own room"
= think she said. that I
would
She started for the door. but Dick
Gentry gained her side In two swift
strides
Permit me-" he said. TO carry
the suitcase for you. It's heavy"
THE suitcase was indeed heavy.
N and abe surrendered n 70 him
with a smile. leading the way down
the corridor 10 her room She
opened the door. Gentry stepped IN
swiftly after her. dropped the suit,
case u the floor. and kicked the
door shut
Listen no said. now aid Jax.
Wis happen 70 pick you upf~
She faced him defantly.
-Mr. Hapr.- she said. employed
me after having made IN invsstiga,
ton OF my references. N that's what
you mean I assure Jon there was
nothing Of the pickup about II
She moved m Oh ugh to open the
door and Gentry grabbed her shoul
der. pushed her back from the door.
them suddenly shot nm arm about
her waist. held her close 10 him.
Now wait q minute. sister" he
said. don't get excited I'm not
trying to pull anything funny
She realized that she was help
less, and simply quit struggling.
staring MP at him with her face
a cold mask.
When you have Qaste finished"
she said. with your caveman tao
tics. perhaps you'll ...-
Forget it. he told her roughly.
That's not what I'm after. Use
your head. you little fool"
She saw that his eyes drifted
uneasily toward the door.
Listen he said. there's no rea,
son why you can't DO sitting pretty
, 1935-03-24

I have never been willing 10 accept the principle
Of any restrictions Of what graduates should hear or
talk a~bout-President Ernest Hopkins Of Dartmouth.
The Constitution is the bulwark Of the poor. De-
stroy 1t and they become the prey Of ~exploiters and
schemers-Herbert Hoover.
, 1935-03-24

In this thing. DO you unders
Btandr-
what DO you meanf-
You're not q fool" be said,
-and IL you're q girl who's had o.
DIT Of experience working for Q
living you understand that tia n
life that doesn't Get you any place
You can AXE q living. | grant you
that but that's all You'll put I'm
all OF your youth shaving over o
typewriter somewhere. and IN soon
nm your youth has gone you'll ind
that you're crowded into the back
ground by q crop on younger girls
with more pep more beauty. and
more vitality. who can stand the
gaff and keep smiling You'll ret
showed back into o. corner some
where. get o lot Of gray hairs and
wind up by being ..
wind M by being m woman who
mas lived her own life and been
true 10 herself she interrupted
him
1VoU sti1l don't get me- no said.
You're young. you're beautt
fuL. How would you like 10 travel
while you've got the beauty 10 at
tract menf How'd you like 10 take
long ocean trips where You were
thrown into contact with men on
money and influence. where & 81
would have 10 notice your beautyf
How would ron like TO take in the
swell places OF the world. zee
Monte Carlo Eurcpef How would
you like 90 get your gowns I'm
Paris. spend your winters IN the
southf How would you like 20
really live instead Of managing 20
barely existT-
Are you.- she asked with q
sheer. proposing marriage r. mef-
Gentry's eyes slid over her fea-
lures ON q woman's fingers slide
over q pair OF silk hose she Ia con-
templating buying.
4 might he said. -at that
Are you crazy" she asked. -of
drunk. or bothr~
he looked down nc the suitcase
and laughed
You didn't have me bothered nc
all" 10 said. until Jon told me
that you'd worked for q certified
public accountant Now I know
what's going TO happen. and We
may M well have az understand
Ing now as later"
Which isr" she asked, making
another Intellectual attempt 20 free
herself from his arms.
on damn it'll he said. You're
going 20 nnd II out within another
"a hours. and / don't want you Go
run and blab to Jarvis Happ. You
won't be looking nc those books
very long before you'll realize that
you can make me do anything you
want You nee I'm 60
He was interrupted by q knoeh
nc the door.
Abruptly hs pushed her away
nom him. turned and twisted tho
knob OF the door.
Jarvis Happ was standing ON tho
threshold His eye were cold.
II was tust WONDERING" he said.
with guave urhanity, -if you hnd
found the room all right4-
-Oh yes. I found II all riEht,r
Gentry said. -and was Just giving
Miss GRADES some instructions IN
regard 70 opening the books-s
He turned and flung a meaning
glance over bis shoulder q 10
stepped out into the corridor. RE
member" he said. what told
you Think II over carefully when
you start TO open the set OF
bookA"
The door closed
Miilicent Graves Jumped toward
the suitcase. curiosity fIlinR her
mind. determined that she would
ind out Just what Dick GENTRY
had meant.
Her thoughts were interrupted
b. the click OF the door catch. shs
realized that someone had entered
her room without knocking.
Ito 10 Conttnnedl
, 1935-03-24

sin. Nevada. Alabama and South
Dakota.
Trouble ANY idea that the
Roosevelt administration won easy
shedding along with the prevailing
wage fight should be taken with q
grain Of salt.
Privately. even senate leaders
concede the reverse. They look for
Mr.. Roosevelt 70 have TO battle for
much Of his program step by step.
There ts trouble over the horizon
In connection with bills he wants and
bills he doesn't. Among them are
the bank bill. the economic security
program. bonus. the 30-hour week.
initiation and the Wagner labor dis
putes bill.
P1ums - Bonus agitation Am much
stronger IN the house than in the
senate - the senate viii tackle the
bonus after having gorged itself on
other controversies. Despite efforts
10 substitute the Tydines-Andrews
"~soft-soap" bill bonusites are bent
upon ramming through the big haul
and then fighting It out with FDR
on the veto.
Bonus lobbyists have carefully
checked the senate. They believe
they can win against FDR nov.
They were not so hopeful a month
ago. II the work-relief bill goes
through carrying the $4,000. 900. 900
works item bonusites believe they
viii get their big plum too. The
treasury win be open anyhow" said
a veteran Lobbyist. They can't keep
US out II everybody else gets in
Jobs - Talk OF immense regional
projects on the line OF the Tcnnes-
see Valley scheme Is circulating.
Plans have all been laid for begin
ming great works In the Upper and
Lower Mississippi regions. The
work-relief bill Is so drawn that the
President could start such works
for relief purposes.
Tennessee Valley Authority waits
with its mouth open for a Juicy slice
OF work-relief cash. The states in
terested in additional dams under
the iva project are pressing for
action. These dams include Wheel
or. $25, 100000: Pickwick Landing,
SIS 100000; and tributary dams sl0,-
900. 900.
Notes - Stanley Reed as solicitor
general Is conceded TO be the right
man His promotion opens an
opportunity for Jerome Frank to 90
forward ... Extension Of the Public
Works Administration to July /. 1887,
Is taken TO mean that Ickes will re-
main boss .. A provision has been
, 1935-03-24

One Of the things forcing the people TO relief rolls
as fast rs the government can take them off Is
monopolistic prices which are eating away their re-
serves-Senator William Z. Borah OF Idaho.
, 1935-03-24

Aspiring poets must learn 10 live on bread an
water. II they're good poets, their art will keep then
alive. Herman wildenvey. poet-laureate OF Norway
, 1935-03-24

There Is a temporary excuse for federal assistance
to the INDECENT. - James A Emery, general counsel
National Manufacturers Association.
, 1935-03-24

Why, Huey isn't the first 10 advocate limitation
Of fortunes. I did that is years ago.. Thomas
Heflin, former u. g. senator.
Evening star., 1935-04-07
TiUO-tO-One Score
FdUOrS BuSSeS in
AndcOstia Section
DicisiOn Apt to Be Made
BY Public Utilities
Commission.

Civically speaking the score Is now
two to one for the replacement Of
street cars by modern busses in the
Anacostia- Congress Heights area, but
the Public Utilities Commission still
has the final say.
The Washington Highlands Citizens
Association started the ball rolling"
for busses when they voted for this
change at a recent meeting. Competi-
ton arose, however, when the Ana
costa association voted to favor re-
tention of street cars. Later the citi.
zens of Congress Heights voted in IA
vor of the busses.
w. Earl Nair, president of the Wash
ington Highlands Citizens Association,
points out residents living in the COM
munity are forced to walk half mile
or more after leaving the terminus Of
the street car in Congress Heights. II
buses are installed, the plan Is to
have them run about half mile be-
yond the present terminus of the street
car.
The route taken would, in all prob
ability, avoid the corgested downtown
area. At the present time about "a
street cars operate on the line. If
buses are substituted there will be
about 80 of the latest model.
The entire matter, though, rests
with the Public Utilities Commission,
but the general opinion is that busses
will be the mode Of transportation in
the not to distant future.
Evening star., 1935-04-07
Housing Bureau Opened.

Anticipating an overflow" crowd
in Washington this month. the
Greater National Capital COMMITTEE
of the Washington Board of Trade
and the Washington Hotel Associa-
ton have established a housing bu-
reau in room 204 Star Building.
Hotels Of the city have alread
reported a record reservation list j..
view of 81 conventions already sched-
uled for the month. Some of these
are extremely large, such as the
American Red Cross, the Daughters
of the American Revolution, the
Chamber of Commerce Of the United
States and the usual throng expected
for Easter week end
Because of this Roy Miller. OF the
committees convention staff, and
w. NJ. Kockenderfer, secretary of the
Hotel Association, have been put in
charge of registrations of available
rooms in the Capital
They hope to make list of suff-
cient size to care for any over
crowding that may arise and to be
able to accommodate as many visitors
as come here during the month. Per-
sons who have available rooms for
rent may register them without cost
by calling District 1922.
Evening star., 1935-04-07
Fiscal Relations Committee
Continues Its Activity.

4 CT1VITY of the Citizens Joint
n Committee on Fiscal Rela-
tions and the United States
and the District of Columbia did
not stop with its appearance, by a
special committee, before the Dis
trict Appropriations Subcommittee
of the Senate. 1t had previously
presented a petition to President
Roosevelt and the director of the
Budget Bureau.
Its latest move has been to sup
ply every member of the Senate
and House of Representatives with
a facsimile copy of the petition
and supporting argument, which
was laid before the Senate a week
ago by Vice President Garner and
before the House of Representa-
tives by Speaker Byrns This dis
tribution has been supplemented
by The Star by sending to the
members of both houses copies Of
a booklet containing A recent Sc
ries of articles on fiscal equity in
Washington. reprinted from The
Star.
This Joint Committee was or
ganized back in 1916 and Edward
F. Colladay became its chairman
when he was president of the Fed
Grafton Of Citizens Associations,
and throughout its life Theodore
w. Moves has been the chairman
OF its Executive Committee. The
treasurer of the Joint Committee
Is Corooran Thorn, president of
the American Security g. Trust Co,
and the secretary is Robert J.
Cottrell. executive secretary of the
Board of Trade.
At the conclusion Of the COM
mittee's appearance before Sena-
tor Thomas subcommittee, Com
missioner HaZen told the Senate
committee. Il want to say that
this delegation represents the
heart of Washington City. They
represent every interest in Wash
ington and you could not find a
more representative or an abler
body of people if you searched the
town over. And l want to say
further that they have co-operated
with the Commissioners in every
way that they could"
Evening star., 1935-04-07
OBSERVANCE
LEAGUE IS URGED
TO IMPROVE CITY
Pledge to Obey Statutes
and Report VioIators
Asked by 0ffutt.

The formation Of law observance
league among members Of citizens
associations is being advocated by
George Offutt, chairman of the Alco-
holic Beverage Control Board.
Members Of such league would
pledge themselves to obey all laws to
the letter, not just those laws they
favored or believed in.
Offutt also recommends that league
members report violations to the
police. He does not mean to make de-
tectives or snoopers of the citizens, nor
will they be called into court as wit
nesses. All reports will be investi-
gated by the police and the necessary
evidence gathered by them. The
proper authorities would then use this
evidence in prosecuting the case. Even
If the case reported could not be prose-
cuted, the police would know who to
WaLCn 1OT NlOldIlOILo
This method has been tried by the
Alcoholic Beverage Control Board and
found to be successful, Offutt says. All
complaints are carefully checked to
see whether they are justified or not.
If a violation Is discovered the case Is
prosecuted without recourse to the
original complainant. Offutt stresses
the fact that this method could be
easily applied to violations of all laws.
Offutt believes the increase in crime
and the crowded conditions Of the
courts are largely due to the fact that
10 or Is years ago children saw their
parents and elders constantly violat-
ing minor liquor, gambling and traffic
laws. They then thought that they
could do the same, only they went a
step farther. This condition will be
remedied when. and only when. the
people become law conscious, Offutt
believes.
I'VE have too many laws anyway"
he said. I'VE started with ten COM
mandments, now we have ten thou
sand. Every law treads on some ones
toes. If law treads on too many toes
then it should be repealed. We want
no laws on the statute books that cam
not be enforced or which do not have
public opinion in back of them.
After all. conduct is regulated by
the standards of the people. If that
standard is below par the way to
remedy it is by education, not by
legislative prohibition"
Evening star., 1935-04-07
NEW GROUP TO MEET

Organized early last month to Sc
cure a boys club for the West End
area, the second meeting Of the West
End Club will be held Wednesday
night at the Concordia Lutheran
Church at 8 o'clock.
For a long while the West End
Citizens Association has sought such
club, Almon c. Barber, secretary.
declared yesterday. The new organi-
zation has been formed to sponsor the
boys group. "The West End Club, u
Barber said. els to be an organization
of the older people for the benefit OF
the younger people"
j. H. Gerone was elected temporary
president at the first meeting; R. D.
Lyons, president West End Citizens
Association, was elected temporary
first vice president and Barber tenn
porary secretary.
Wednesday night the group will
discuss plans for financing a club by
entertainments and programs by its
members. Permanent officers and
committee assignments will also be
made ut that time.
Evening star., 1935-04-07
Status of Bills
Legislation Of Civic Inter-
est Pending in House
and Senate.

The congressional status of District
bills of interest to Washington citi-
zens' associations is as follows:
National representation for District
of Columbia IS. j. Res. 12). In Sen
ate Judiciary Committee.
District appropriation bill for 1886
fiscal year III. r. 397O. House;
Passed. Senate: On calendar.
Regulation of small loan business
(H. R. 3464). House: In District
Committee.
Requiring financial responsibility Of
motor vehicle operators CH. R. 3457,
S. 408). Senate: Passed. House:
Passed. Bill in conference.
Creation of a commission to control
rents III. r. 5000. House: In Dis
trict Committee.
Provide pensions for the needy blind
(H. r. 4510). House: Passed. Senate:
In District Committee.
Strengthen gambling laws IS. 398).
Senate: Passed. House: In District
Committee.
Substitute civilian trial board for
present Police Trial Board. (H. R.
2734. House: In District Commit
tee.
Abolish capital punishment CH r.
2808). House: In District Committee.
Establish training school for police
men and flremen Oh. R. 2858). House:
In District Committee.
Amend code relating to lunacy hear
ings Oh. r. 345D. House: In Dis
trict Committee.
Amend act authorizing Commits
sioners to remove dangerous buildings
(H. r. 3458). House: Passed.
Amend act creating board for con-
demnation of insanitary buildings (H
r. 3459). House: Passed.
Regulate foreclosure Of mortgages
and deeds of trust (H. r. 346D i.
House: In District Committee.
Amend code relating to residence of
f1remen (H. r. 364I. House: Ir
District Committee
Amend code relating to residence of
policemen Oh. r. 3642). House: In
District Committee.
Establish commercial airport for
District Oh. R. 3806). House: In
District Committee.
Provide old-age pensions Oh. r.
4l35). House: In District COMMITTEE.
Provide for election of delegates in
Congress for the District Oh. r. 4346).
House: In District Committee.
Broadening powers of Commission
ers Oh. R. 434D. House: In District
Committee
Authorizing use of District surplus
funds for necessary public projects
(H r. 4345). House: In District
Committee.
Prevent fouling of the atmosphere
Oh. r. 1892. S. 2034). House: In
District Committee. Senate: In Dis
trict Committee.
Authorizing P w. A. funds for new
courts building Oh. r. 6231. S. 2035).
House: In District Committee. Sem
ate: On calendar.
Tighten liquor control act Oh. r.
6510). House: In District Committee.
Evening star., 1935-04-07
Civic Problems, Civic Bodies
Senate Appropriations Subcommittee Procedure Is
ommended-Ale.andria and District Co.
operation Moves Forward.

ton of traffic. Some who have
looked at these circles Just casu-
ally have pronounced them an OBJ
struction and predicted their
eventual removal. Others, includ-
ing some eminent engineers, have
regarded these circles as most es-
sential in providing a rotary move
ment Of traffic which would be ex-
ceedingly difficult to handle where
these numerous streets reach a
common center, like the spokes of
wheel.
In an address to a civic group
several years ago, Col. U. S. Grant,
Sd, spoke Of the advantage of these
circles in the distribution of traf-
fic into these many intersecting
streets. He told that the original
idea Of Maj. L'Enfant was to pro-
vide these circles for the emplace-
ment Of artillery which could
sweep the intersecting streets in
case of riots. But the colonel added
that had the major been able to
anticipate the modern traffic needs
he could not have provided a bet
ter plan for taking care of traffic
where so many streets converge.
Some civic workers who have
been recently studying these cir
cles are wondering just how the
trafic could be handled at these
confusing points If the circles were
eliminated
Evening star., 1935-04-07
CREDIT AID SEEN
FOR SMALL FIRMS
IN PENDING BILL
Housing Bureau for April
Crowds Established in
Star Building.

Needed credit relief for the smaller
industrial and commercial establish
ments is seen by the Merchants and
Manufacturers Association in the
Kopplemann bill, recently introduced
in the House.
The bill. offered by Representative
Herman P. Kopplemann, Democrat,
of Connecticut, a member of the
House Banking and Currency Com
mittee, provides for the establish
ment of an intermediate industrial
credit corporation, which would pro-
vide means of securing intermediate
and long-term loans through an Or
ganization administered by execu-
tives experienced in intermediate
credit.
The measure would authorize di-
rect loans to industry through the
Reconstruction Finance Corp. and
the Federal Reserve System. The
Board of Governors of the associa-
tion last week voted its approval of
the measure and pointed out that
Washington organizations may be af-
fected by its enactment.
The governors at the same time
approved the Norton smoke control
bill as opposed to existing regulations
and the so-called Roberts bill. offered
by the corporation counsel. The Nor
ton bill was drafted by a committee
Of experts after considerable study of
the problem, participated in by the
National Bureau of Standards and
other Government agencies.
Two new trade sections have been
added to the association, James E
Collif1ower, president, announced.
They are the awning section, COM
posed Of members of the Washington
Tent and Awning Manufacturers AS
sociation, and the oil heating section.
composed of members of the former
Oil Burner Association and the Fuel
Oil Dealers of Washington.
Evening star., 1935-04-07
Business Men Gullible.

Widows and orphans have no mo-
nopoly on gullibility, according TO
Louis Rothschild, director Of the Bet
ter Business Bureau.
During the past week, Rothschild
has had occasion to call attention TO
two schemes by which ordinarily sue
cessful business men have been made
the victims of cash-grabbing by IA
cile-tongued statesmen who had new
propositions to make.
The first. he said. is known as
front money" The scheme is that
an alert individual will select small
business and then confront the pro-
prietor with proposal to obtain new
capital. He represents himself as be-
ing in touch with an available source
of money, the owner of which is seek
ing small businesses to refinance as
investments
The upshot is that the representa-
tive of the would-be investor closes
the deal by asking for S10O or more
with which to finance the necessary
survey and research to present the
dwindling business house in the
proper light. Collection Of the fee
for investigation actually closes the
deal.
The second scheme is that Of the
high-pressure individual who presents
himself as representative of finance
house willing to purchase old and un-
paid accounts. When he takes them
over, instead of buying them. he
makes efforts at collection and then
returns to collect from the owners Of
the accounts for the effort he has
fruitlessly spent.
widows and orphans are not the
only people in this world who are
gypped," Rothschild said. Business
men themselves, who, by their
ShrewdnesS, have made something of
success in the commercial world,
are sometimes just as gullible as the
fOnOce0tS"
Evening star., 1935-04-07
Columbia Heights Citizens
Ask Fixed Ratio for Budget

been abruptly set aside by the Gov
ernment and lump sum will be ap-
propriated upon purely srbitrary i'm
pulses"
In 1925, after abandonment Of the
6O-40 plan, the lump sum Of S9,000,-
900 was appropriated by the Govern
ment as its share Of the Districts
expenses, the report points out. For
1880 the amount was increased to
9,50O, 900. In 1888 the figure was re-
duced to $7,775,000 and for 1884 fur
ther reduced to S5,700,000.
This decrease came in the face of
rapid increases in District govern
ment expenses, including urgent de-
mands for unemployment relief, pub
lie health, schools, Fire and Police
Departments, despite the pleas Of tax
payers" the report declared.
The report demanded fair lump
sum appropriation and broader powers
tor the District Commissioners in
allocating, funds for District expenses.
Evening star., 1935-04-07

After a careful study by the Taxa
ton Committee of the Columbia
Heights Citizens Association "of the
evident intention of Congress to in
crease taxation in the District with
out regard to just and equitable sum
being appropriated for District
needs" the committee made its re-
port to the association recently,
charging ''the lump sum now being
proposed as the Governments share,
SIS, 700, 900, has a ratio of about 85-15,
and is unreasonable, illogical and un-
fair to District citizens"
The report, submitted by Alton B.
Carly, chairman, was unanimously
adopted by the association.
1.-THE budget for the District will
undoubtedly approximate $4,000
000," the report declared. Under
the former agreement on 60-40 basis
the Governments share would be
t1s.ooo,0o. but this agreement has