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The Washington times., 1935-03-01
Unifying the Parks

At President Rooseve suggestion representatives of the
District Commissioners Board of Education and the office
of National Capital Parks trying to get together
plan to improve the administration of recreation facilities of
the Capital
efforts have been going for without any
preciabe result is hoped that since the President
has his personal interest in the problem constructive
steps will be taken.
The principal not the only, difficulty in the way of
unyng the administration of the parks seems to be the
unwngness any the agencies concerned with them
to surrender any of their power or authority.
Since however all of the agencies concerned are simply
the people, there doesn't to be any doubt
that they should be COMPELLED to surrender their author
iy the interest of the people they created to serve
Judging from the statement Frederic A. Delano chair
the Presidents committee dealing with the prob
lem that committee into this rock it met
the representatives held out for his plan They
have now gone back their offices to consider compromise
suggested at their first meeting.
The of the compromise hasn't been revealed, it ap
pareny being considered matter private to the officials
involved.
city play spaces should be made only in the interest of the
people who pay for and use the parks
The reagnment, if there is to be reagnment, should
not be made with regard preserving this job that job
or giving this bureau that office large appropriation
The bills are paid large extent by the local taxes Of
Washngonians The parks used, to large extent, by
the people of the District That mind makes the
parks and play spaces PREDoM1NANTLY LOCAL.
For that reason if other, the unified authority
should be controlled by the local government.
The Washington times., 1935-03-01
We Need MORE POLICE

Recognizing the traffic authorities Of the Capitol the
other day had to close of the beautiful drveways Of the
Capitol Plaza.
That of course way of dealing with the traffic problem
We could close all the streets of the city and probably em
nate traffic accidents altogether except for the minor bump
ings Of pedestrians.
But that unreasonable way to approach the situation
You might well take all the automobiles and street and
dump them in the Atlantic Ocean,
The way down the traffic hazards at the Capitol and
there are many put MORE POLICEMEN to work direct
ing the movement Of vehicles and arrestng reckless and wanton
drivers.
The officials and the thousands Of visitors who daily at
the Capitol deserve have the privilege Of using the many
venient roads which pierce the Capitol grounds That is why
the roads were built.
These same people, however, deserve PROTECTION.
is better to give them protection than to refuse to permit
them to use the streets.
The Capitol has police force of its should be
ged keep pace with the growing demands that made
it.
For their protection and for the protection of those who
have personal and official relationships with the the members
the House and the Senate should consider the NECESSITY
of augmenting their police force.
It is better economy to employ additional policemen than to
build beautiful roads and then forbid their
The Washington times., 1935-03-01

cry snort. I continued to sniff
file. 1t was 1908. I was 10, just
married, and wanted but two
things in all this great world
to go back to California where
could dance, and to buy eight
yards of pink dimity for a ruffly
dress.
Simple desires they seem now.
But at that time I might as we'll
have confessed that I was con-
firmed killer with four hicks in
my gun. Dancing parties and
pink dimity, 'indeed! And I
a married woman!
SERIOUS BUSINESS
From which you may gather
that marriage in 1903 was a
pretty serious business for a
young woman.
A bride definitely and finally
Stopped Being A Girl, the mo-
ment she said II Do" She not
only stopped doing the things
a girl did but she stopped dress
ing like a girl, thinking like a
girl, desiring girlish things.
Any young married woman
who tried to "stay young" and
insisted on playing around was
regarded as somewhat simple
minded if not downright i'm
moral.
But today! Pick up any
woman's magazine. Page after
page filled with information
on How to Stay Young. And
direful warnings to brides '&ho
permit themselves to look like
married ladies.
Only 1903 to 1935-but how
far we have come! Or have
we?
Thousands of brides air their
troubles to this column in the
course of every month. Nine
hundred and ninety-nine out of
every thousand have the same
complaint-they're bored.
What on earth are they to
do with themselves, now that
they've given up their jobs and
gone to housekeeping?
Settle down and have a
baby? F'revinsake, they don't
want to have a baby-yet!
why, I'm just a kid! I
wouldn't know what to do with
a baby. And my husband
Say, I bet Al would be mad
enough to leave me if I even
The Washington times., 1935-03-01

While in India, a friend OF
mine, a Mr.. MacGregor. assisted
me in confusing the natives,
in more ways than one. We
dressed up in Indian costume,
for one thing. This confused
even us, but we took it good
naturedly.
Then I announced to a group
of natives, who were standing
open-mouthed (ready to bite us,
possibly that Mr.. MacGregor
and I would perform the ia"
nous rope trick under their
very noses. This was like steal
ing thunder from child.
Stationing myself at the foot
of rope which extended up
ward into the air with no ap-
parent support at the other
end, I suggested to Mr.. Mac"
Gregor that he climb it.
This took up some time, dur
ing which a part of our audi
ence left. The remainder were
frankly incredulous, as was Mr..
MacGregor. I, however, stuck
to my guns.
so, like a true yeoman, Mr..
MacGregor laid hands on the
rope and, in trice. was at its
top. It wasn't very good trice,
especially when viewed from be-
low, but it served to bring a gasp
of astonishment from the little
group, many of whom walked
away.
"Come on in-the waters
fine!" called Mr.. MacGregor,
waving from his pinnacle lone
waves from ones pinnacle side
ways in India).
"Is everything fast?" I called
up at him.
Everything fast and burning
brightly, sir!" answered Mr.. Mac
GregOr, like d good sailor.
And, mirabile dictu, Mr.. Mac
Gregor disappeared into thin air
and drew the rope up after him!
Even I had to look twice. 1t was
a stupendouS victory for the
occult.
care there any questions?" I
asked the mob.
what is Clark Gable like?"
some one said.
"He'S a very nice fellow" I
answered. Modest and unas-
suming. 1 see quite a lot of him
when I am in Hollywood"
There was a scramble for my
autograph at this. and the
party moved on, insisting that
go with them for a drink and
tell them more about their IA
vorite movie stars.
Along about II o'clock, some
one said:
"Whatever became of Mr..
MacGregOr-that friend you
had with yOu?"
went back to look, naturally,
but there was no sign of him.
I have a hunch that he is still
up there, but, as my ooat leu
the next morning, I never really
found out.
Other times. other faces!
Copyright, 1885, by King Features
Syndicate. Inc.)
Articles By Robert Benchley
appear each Monday, WedreS-
day and Friday.
The Washington times., 1935-03-01
The Rope Trick Explained
= = By Nelson Harding
By Robert Benchley

In explaining this trick. I need
hardly say that it is known as
"the Indian rope trick" That
is the only trick that every one
explains, as well as the only
trick that no one has ever seen.
(Now don't write in and say you
have a friend who has seen it.
know your friend, and he
drinkS).
This trick is very easy to ex-
plain. The point is that the boy
gets up into the air somehow
and DROPS THE ROPE DOWN
TO THE GROUND, making it
look as if the reverse were true.
This is only one way to do it,
however. There are millions of
ways.
The Washington times., 1935-03-01


Army and Secretary Swanson
Navy, which includes the Ma
rine Corps, a reign of terror
has been established among
the officers of the corps.
What are the facts? In 1884
the Congress, upon the recon-
mendation of the President,
enacted a new personnel bill,
which applied to the Marine
Corps the same system of pro-
motion by selection successfully
followed b. the Navy since
1916.
REWARD FOR MERIT
Prior to the passage of this
law Marine officers we're pro-
NOTED by seniority only until
they reached the rank of col
onel. All an officer had to do
was to soldier along, behave
himself we'll enough to escape
disciplinary action and pass
his annual physical examina-
ton.
Initiative and energy and
more than average ability did
not count. Under this system
the lazy and the less efficient
were given the same promotion
that the industrious and more
efficient officers received.
The distinctive feature of
promotion by the selective sys-
tenn which the last Congress
inaugurated is that it offers a
reward for merit. 1t opens an
outlet to honorable ambition.
1t insures for an officer of
creditable record, who is zeal
Gus in his profession, chance
to rise in rank and usefulness
before he is too old for the
Government to obtain the ad-
vantage of his superior ability.
1t applies to the Marine Corps
the same competition and pro-
motion that obtain in other
walks of life. You show your
OC44 VAud1 w JOuA 4CoPOAAcA-
bilities and capable of higher
responsibilities or you go out.
1t is sound in theory and fair
in practice. 1t works we'll in
the Navy and there is every
reason why it should work we'll
in the Marine Corps, which is
a part of the Navy.
AS in the Navy, the law was
framed to insure the honest and
fair application of the sound
principle of promotion for merit.
The composition of the selection
boards was fixed by law. The
Secretary of the Navy appoints
these boards on the recommends
ton of the commandant of the
corps, and the commandant of
the corps is nominated by the
President and confirmed by the
Senate.
These boards function under
oath and their proceedings fol-
The Washington times., 1935-03-01

AHureW W. MeAOH OIQC CeIoC 4OA
a long time.
Quietly they are expressing
commendation for Robert H.
Jackson, government counsel,
and saying that he is doing
an excellent job on a difficult
task.
Regardless of the outcome Of
the hearings before the United
States Board of Tax Appeals in
Pittsburgh, Jackson will prob
ably receive commentator for
his presentation.
Certain officials Were some
Uhat startled 1DLe7, Mr.. Mellon
recently announced he intended
to donate 100000 in art
treasures to a Washington GAL
lery.
While they believe that the
art is excellent they are of the
opinion that the contribution
was not made solely for "art's
sake"
They believe the gift was made
at a strategic moment perhaps
on the recommendation of
learned advisers.
The public. they contend,
learning that Mellon contributed
art treasures valued at 17,0OO,-
900 for general benefit, will not
be so anxious to have the former
Treasury Secretary haraSSed for
a mere $3,OOO,OOO which the
Government alleges he owes.
The Washington times., 1935-03-01
Greatest Show On Earth
By John Snure, T.

Gone from the halls of Con-
oreSs, former Representative
Edgar Howard, of Nebraska,
one of the most colortu' tig-
ures in the House returns to
it IN Uerse.
Howard, known to the gal
leries for his long gray locks
and longer frock coat, pens "A
Lame Ducks Soliloquy."
He writes in part:
"Not by my request nor by my
desire,
But by cold and adverse circum'
stance
I have been relegated to that
realm
which all statesmen view with
apprehension.
Try as may to wear a don't
care smile,
Acting as though I wanted to
retire,
Methinks my colleagues view me
dOubtfully,
Beholding sickness in my brav2St
smiles :"
Treasury Secretary Henry
Morgenthau, jr., wants none to
make mistakes around his de-
partment, particularly when
they might affect his dog Tim
nv" a cocker SD. mel,
The Washington times., 1935-03-01
Listen, World
By Elsie Robinson

suggested such a thing. Besides
I've got to have some fun
first. I simply couldn't take
it. I'd go crazy-honest I
would-being cooped up all day
with baby"
PLAY GIRLS
"But your mother was two
years younger than you when
you were born"
"Oh, yes-but that was diff.
ferent. She didn't want to do
anything else. We modern girls
aren't like that"
Play girls and delightful
ones! But what is the Youth
Cult doing to the home, to
business? To the human race?
Copyright. 1885. by King Features
Syndicate, 1nc.)
The Washington times., 1935-03-01

ated when 1t
is burned. Burning charcoal
for example, merely combines
the carbon of the charcoal with
the oxygen of the air, produc,
ing carbon dioxide gas, ash and
heat. No appreciable weight
disappears. However, when we
annihilate, there is nothing lett
but imponderable energy.
FIRST STEPS
The quantity of energy result
ing from annihilation of matter,
as compared with that result
ing from combustion, Is enor-
nous. 1t takes several thou
sand tons of coal to produce, by
combustion, energy enough 10
drive a ship across the Atlantic
Ocean. BY annihilation OF the
coal it would take but few
pounds.
We have made the first falter-
ing steps in the practical deVel-
opment of energy by annihlla'
ton of matter. In vacuum tubes,
such as we use in radio, we
coat the filaments with a ma
terial which we have found an
initiates easily.
When we heat the filament
only moderately, this coating be-
gins to break down, evolving the
radiation we need to detect ra.
dio waves. Only an infinitesimal
quantity of the coating is used;
but it actually is annihilated,
and this does produce energy.
For example, radium gives
off powerful rays which pene'
The Washington times., 1935-03-01

trate and burn, and finally
ends up by producing the we'll
known metal lead and the gas
helium. Although this lead acts
the same as any lead, it's weight
is slightly different. It is this
slight difference which marks
it's radio ancestry and which
helps us determine the age of
this earth of ours.
Radioactive materials use up
their substance at a certain
fixed rate, and at the end of
a certain known time, become
annihilated completely. They
have changed into energy and
lead. BY measuring tn, amount
of this radio lead, anl. the
amount of the original mate.
rial, we are able to calculate
how long the annihilation rroc-
eSses have been going on.
The calculations indicate be-
tween 1900 and 1000 million
years, which checks with geo.
logic calculations of the ..Ce of
the earth.
1t will be a long time before
we attempt ige-scale conver-
sion of matter into energy. We
do not even know how to ac-
complish this conversion, eX-
cept in few materials, and these
in minute quantities.
MILESTONE
In nearly every revolutionary
improvement in the past, sew
eral years have been neces.
sary before the idea became
acceptable to the general pub
lie. The latter is the arbiter.
Professor Einstein recently
set a new milestone in science
by demonstrating mathemat-
ically the equivalence of mass
and energy. This proof of
the mathematical soundneSs of
the idea establishes the con-
fidence and enthusiasm that
are so important in taking up
the solving Of a difficult prob
lem.
Copyright, 1885, by King Features
Syndicate, Inc)
Articles by Mr.. Maxim ap-
pear each Monday, Wednesday
and Friday. The subject Of the
next one will be "WhenCe Comes
a Sense of DirectiOn?"
The Washington times., 1935-03-01
A Regular Fellow

Winthrop Rockefeller of those fortunate youths in
the position of needing do stroke of work in their
lives But this grandson of John D. is also of those
patriotic and socially useful rich who eager to accept
their responsibilities
Winthrop has just finished three months work rough
neck in Louisiana oil field He started his career from
the ground up working shoulder to shoulder with ordinary
aborers digging in mud and slush.
They called him regular felowH
The Washington times., 1935-03-01

low Cne legal FORM PROVIDED.
Each board is required to con-
slider carefully the complete pro-
feSsional record of every officer
in every grade eligible for pro-
motion to the next higher grade.
The recommendations of each
board are based on the known
facts of each officers service
from the day he was commits
stoned to the day the board met
and only on these facts.
The law provides for the ap-
pointment of a board of senior
officers to select majors and
other senior officers, and for a
junior board to pass upon first
lieutenants and captains.
Two boards met in 1884 and
two have met in 1885. The of.
ficers selected by these boards
for promotion were certified to
the President who nominated
them to the Senate for the
grades for which they were
selected. Faced with the task
of passing on the merits of their
brother officers, these boards
appear to have acted with the
utmost conScientiousness. Their
recommendations have met
with the complete approval of
the Secretary of the Navy and
the President. Despite the
drastic selection required to
start the merit system in the
Marine Corps officers failing of
selection to date total 10 per
cent less than the percentage of
Naval officers failing of selec-
ton.
INCREASES MORALE
Because the Secretary Of the
Navy designated the command.
ant of the Marine Corps as a
member of the. senior board the
allegation has been made that
the new selective system in the
Marine Corps is being admin.
istered by one-man board.
Hence the further fatuously
false charge that this action of
the Roosevelt Administration
has resulted in subjecting the
Marine Corps to "a reign of
terror"
The only terrorizing influence
exercised by these boards is
upon those pork barrel pol
iticians who are so lacking in
public morality and legislative
decency as to try to debauch
the promotion system in the
Marine Corps to their own
selfish ends.
If the merit system Of pro-
motion had been applied to the
Marine Corps from the day it
was applied to the Navy it
would have raised the stand
ard of efficiency of the corps
and increased its effectiveness
as an arm of the national de-
fense.
President Roosevelt has good
reason to be proud of the fact
that the extension of the merit
system of promotion to the
Marine Corps, under the lead
ership of Secretary Swanson,
Assistant Secretary Roosevelt
and General Russell, the COM
mandant of the Marine Corps,
is one of the achievements of
his Administration. 1t will do
much to increase the morale of
the corps at a time when
morale throughout the armed
services is put to the test by
unjust and cowardly attacks
upon our defenders with the
colors afield and afloat.
The Washington times., 1935-03-01

dren, did all
the work in
my 10 room
house, helped
my husband
in his busi-
ness and wore
a C a p. A
white, ruffled
cap. All young
W iv e S di d.
Wives t 90 k
t h e m S elves
and their po-
Sition serious.
ly-then!"
She stopped
with ~ a~
The Washington times., 1935-03-01

an attack by
a up of
pork barrel
p Ii t icianS,
| e G i S | a tive
sappers a n d
p o Utica |
p u b Ii i t y
hounds.
1t is alleged
that sine e
Mr.. Roosevelt
e n t e red the
White House
a n d became
c o mmander-
in-chief of the
A =. - Il
The Washington times., 1935-03-01

crude exam
Piles of a new
a n d revolu-
tionary e n.
ergy general
in g system.
I n S t e a d Of
b u IN g a
fuel, we shall
annihilate it
and thereby
produce our
energy a n d
power. In a
S c n t ic
sense, a fuel
is not annihil-
The Washington times., 1935-03-01

govern m e n t
department..
Efforts Of
the Internal
r e v e n u e
Bureau to COL
lect $3,089,OOO
add i t i n a !
taxes are be-
in g watched
by al m o S t
every Treas
ury employe
with as much
int tere S t as
t h e y h a v e
had in any
The Washington times., 1935-03-01
Bankers Without Banks

Hilaire Belloc, the English author has written between "a
80 books remember the Of many of them
has time read books by other authors and is completely
fed up with the writing business.
He would like be "a banker without having to 60 into
a bank to do any work.
If he looks around Wall Street he'll probably find plenty
of unemployed bankers who'll be willing to change places
with him.
The Washington times., 1935-03-01

When Tim
my" spends
the morning
hours at Nor
genthau's Of
flee he has
his own bowl
from which
to drink.
Lest some
one mistake
the purpose
of bowl which
has the ap-
pearanCe OF
other recep-
tacles usually
The Washington times., 1935-03-01

Treasury officials are keenly
interested in the outcome of the
income tax case of Andrew w.
Mellon, former secretary of that
The Washington times., 1935-03-01
Secretary MorEenthau

repoSing on
the floor of offices an inscrip-
ton has been painted on it.
It Is labelled:
DOG"
Copyright, 1885, The Washington Times)
The Washington times., 1935-03-01

Should Wives Grow Up?
when I was your age," my
mother in law snapped con-
temptuously, II had three chill
The Washington times., 1935-03-01
Facts Refute Charges
Of "Reign of Terror
By James T. Williams, F.

President Roosevelt's efforts
to build up "the Common De-
fense" are again the target for
The Washington times., 1935-03-01
In the World of Science
Science Finds New Source of Power
By Hiram PERCY Maxim

Einstein shows that we
guessed right. This means that
in due time we shall see. the first
The Washington times., 1935-03-01

Articles by Mr.. Maxim ap-
pear each Monday, Wednesday
and Friday. The subject Of the
next one will be "Whence Comes
a Sense of DirectiOn?"
La gaceta., 1935-03-04
ABDICO SU TRONO Ell REY
De SIAM

Londres, mario 4-El rey d.
Siam, que es hermano de la lu
ma y supreme arbitro de las
mareas, abdic6 la corona, entire
gando 81 abdicaci6n en- las ma
nos del gabinete que preside e
coronel Phya Bahoa,
Dlcese que ell trono Sc en-
tregara al principe Amanda, de
II amos, sobrino del monarch.
Habfa pedido ell rey al conse'
10 de ministries, sin ser compla-
cido, la revision de los metodos
para elegir candidates a la a.
samblea nacional, y de la parti-
de los jefes y oficiales
del ejercjto y la marina en- la
politica.
Ocasionaron tambien Ia dis
cordia la anulaci6n del derecho
del rey al veto, SUI derecho a
decretar amnistias y disponer
la ejecuci6n de personals condo
nadas a muerte y otras cuestio-
mes importantes.
La gaceta., 1935-03-04
LASKER SURI2
G. DEL

Moscou, Mario -
do a G. Stahlber\ eon
.~sueco, Salo Flohr, de ChN oslo
.vaquia, subi6 al segundo luy ar.
Mischa Botwinnk, ell cam Pe6n
Soviet, sigue en- ell primer pues
to, aunque no gan6 la partida
con su compatriota G. Lisizin,
G.. L~oewenfisch sc halla en- Ell
tercer 1ugar, habiendo dejado
suspendida una partida, en- la
que lleva ventaja, con Y. Pirc,
de Jugoeslavia.
Ell DIR. Lasker pas6 a Jose
Raul Capablanca, de Cuba, al
derrotar a Vera Menchik. Ca
dej6 sin concluir una
lpartida con ell russo Bogatyss-
chuk, iuego de jugar siete no
ras.
La posici6n de los einco pri-
meros es la siguiente: BotWiHk,
8 ganados y 1 perdido; Flohr.
712 ganados, 212 perdidos
Lowenfisch, 612 ganados, 212
|perdidos; Lasker, 6 ganados y
|3 perdidos, v Capablanca, 51H
ganados Y 215 perdidos.
La gaceta., 1935-03-04

POR Ell

Habana, MARIO 4.-El alcal-
de firm6 hoy IN decreto dispo-
niendo la cesantfa de a MEM
bros del cuerpo de bomberos de
esta capital.
Ha podido averiguar ell DR..
Belt que esos bomberos en- un
tempo pertenecieron a la Guar
dia Cfvica.
La gaceta., 1935-03-04
HOGAR Y ESTA-
B~LECIMIENTO

Buena inversion Y un lugar
para vivir. Dos locales para es-
t~ablecimientos, 5 cuartos en- los
altos, excelente para ibodega Y
z%apateria. Lote de 50X87, cerca
de la avenida Central Y Ross.
Todo per $1,000, a plazos, LA
me a A. V. Lopez, ~telefono 1861
A. J. Limms, Inc
La gaceta., 1935-03-04

Respondents a la pregunta
de "a Habra mas inflaz6n duran
tie los venideros seis anos?" Ell
consejero del jefe del estado
contest6: No soy Ell septimo hi
10 de un septimo hijo y no po-
SEQ particular habilidad para
pronosticar ell future, pero 81
Mr.. Roosevelt liega a permane-
Ger otros seis amos en- Ia presi=
dencia, 70 g~afantizo que no ha-
bra inflaz6n, Las nuevas nor
mas monetarias sc han visto jus
ticiadas por los resultados OBJ
.tenidos."