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The Washington times., 1935-08-19
By Edwin G.. Hill

some, indeed, were designed by
the late Stanford White-are
occupied by families who divide
the cost of apartment rental.
Dark Harlem is interesting, reli-
giously and politically. Under
meath the froth Of night-club
fast life, policy playing, gam
bling and general whoop-la (and
a froth it merely isl there is
fine strata of character and
citizenship.
DEEPLY RELIGIOUS
At least 60 per cent Of Dark
Harlem is deeply religious,
church-going; believing in the
Bible from cover to cover. Out
of this sound, respectable strain
came that fine character, Rich.
ard B. Harrison, "de Lawd" of
"The Green Pastures"-he who
passed away in such untimely
fashion some months ago.
Traditionally, the Negro is
Republican in politics, tracing
back in his sympathies to Lin
coin and the party which freed
him from slavery. Actually, to-
day he is widely divided in his
partisan affiliation. Tammany
is very strong in Dark Harlem.
The Communists have made
strenuous efforts to capture the
Negro but have failed. You
hear noisy, street-corner, soap
box harangueS by Reds, but the
crowds are usually apathetic
and sometimes openly derisive.
One wonders what the future
will be of this immense island
of the Negro race set down in
the White Sea Of the metropo-
lis. Where is it going? What
is its fate?
Copyright 1898. by King Features
Syndicate, 1nc.)
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Human Side of the News

It is almost impossible for q
Negro, no matter from what
part of the United States he
comes, to stroll down Seventh
Avenue on a Sunday afternoon,
or an electric-lit night, and fail
to encounter someone from his
home town, whether it may
have been in Texas, Mississippi,
Virginia or Kentucky.
One of the astonishing facts
about the great dark district is
that the Negro pays from one
third to one-half Of his income
for rent alone. More than half
of the 250,000 to 275, 900 colored
people who dwell in the district
live in apartment that cost
them between $40 and 500 a
month. In many cases the prob
lem is solved by punching up."
In other words, several families
will live in one such apartment
and share the cost.
Some Of the finest old dwell
ings in that section of the city
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The Greatest Show On Earth
Bu John Snure, T.

Not content, however, to
merely chat with them, he
usually paid a visit to the press
galleries, took his place in the
gallery and talked to the boys.
Some of his QuipS at times
like those tDere oft the record
and lost forever. Only those
Dho heard them can recall
their 1OiSd0nl.
But jest he did, and they
remember his words such as he
uttered at the 1882 Democratic
convention, when be said:
"I'm going to say a good word
for the Republicans. I guess
they did the best they could
with what they had"
And in 1928 he said:
"The Republicans have =
habit Of having three bad years
and one good one, and the good
one always happens election
year."
Had Howard C. HopSon, head
of the giant corporation Of the
Associated Gas and Electric
Company, not been captured, he
planned to surrender to the
House and Senate investigating
committees, his friends say.
The only thing he was wait
ing for, they claim. was to have
the shouting and the tumuIt
die" before he put in his appear
ance.
With Senator Hugo L. Black,
chairman of the Senate investi-
eating committee and Represen-
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lation Of Dark Harlem travels
outside that home district to its
job.
Seventh Avenue Is the Broad
way, but other thoroughfares,
such as Lenox Avenue and st.
Nicholas Avenue, are alive with
life and laughter. Negroes
stroll along the sidewalk tran
quilly, as if they had all the
time in the world, which, indeed,
they have.
Elsewhere in hustling, bus
ting New York there is a feel
ing Of haste, of tension-a
feeling that the job, whatever
it is, must be done and done
quickly. Not so in Dark Har-
lem. There is an utter lack of
hurry and hustle; there is a
pleasant, good-natured laziness
in the air. One senses that
these people are humorous and
friendly, that Dark Harlem is a
community of friends and not
Of strangers.
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A WORTHY INVESTMENT

You have become decidedly
rusty in q subject with which
you were very familiar at one
time.
Little rules which would be
of great assistance to you, If
you remembered, have been for"
gotten through disuse.
You avoid discussions and
manage to cover up your def
ciencies; yet you writhe be-
cause you have forgotten these
fundamentals.
In speaking and in writing
you often realize that you are
puzzled and can not bring to
mind the application of the
rule which would settle your
problem.
So many people with whom
you associate make mistakes
that would seem objectionable
so far as education is con-
cerned.
They are good business men.
too, but they have grown care"
less, talking a commercial YER
nacular.
And you, too. have fallen
into the habit Of speaking care
leSsly.
There may be some excuse
for them but there is no excuse
for you.
You chose to pick up the
vocabulary Of an ignorant
class, and now a position Is
open that you might have had,
if you had not assumed the
speech Of those who do not
know any better.
Copyright. 1885. by King Features
Syndicate GnG.a
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3
from the latter so that they
might apply to the former Gov
ernment agency.
In view of the agreement be-
tween Harry Hopkins, WPA ad-
miniStrator, and Secretary Of
Interior Harold L. Ickes, PWA
administrator, the chances Of
securing loans from the WPA
are small if the application has
already been approved by PWA.
Yet, some officials, looking
merely at the laws which would
seem to allow them to secure
more funds from WPA, indicate
q desire to withdraw their PWA
applications to seek loans from
Works Progress.
Because of the HopkinS-lckeS
situation the upShot of most OF
these cases wiH be that the Gp-
plicGnt 1DiI lose out entirely
When he is unable to reGpply
to PWA after being turned
doWn By Works Progress.
From PWA, applicants could
receive As per cent Of the
amount of a project.
They could receive a greater
percentage from WPA to all ap-
pearances but the facts do not
conform to the seemingly obvi'
GUS situation.
So it is that If they withdraw
applications from PWA and are
rejected by WPA, IS probably
will occur in the majority of
instances If not all, cOmmuni-
ties will suffer the loss Of their
projects and receive no benefit
from the Government whatsO-
ever.
Capitol Hill is hard to con-
vince that the great comedian,
VIII Rogers, has gone.
Many a weary hour OF con.
greSsional procedure was light
ened when Rogers appeared to
joke and jest with Senators and
Representatives.
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JUST BEFORE THEY TOOK OFF FOR FATAL ALASKAN
TRIP-WHL ROGERS AND WILEY POST STANDING BE-
SIDE THE PLANE IN WHICH THEY CRASHED.
The tragic deaths Of Will Rogers and Wiley Post rob the
nation Of of its most famous Of whom it is
exaggeaton to say the bestowed character in America
Will Rogers evybodys FRIEND whether they knew him
personally only through his writings the radio the STAGE or
the screen
His homepun wit and wisdom summed up all that is shrewd
est and kindlest in American life.
voiced the unspoken thoughts Of Millions Of the rich
and poor of the and the city dw Of every class and
circle.
Not since Mark Twain has any individual made universal
an appeal to "an sorts and conditions of men,"
Never perhaps has any individual puncured many sam
and exposed many weaknesses without making enemy
On the contrary the targets Of his humor liked it, and liked
him.
Mourning will also be widespread for Wiley Post the fine
fer who cced the globe eight and half days. and who by
this and other notable achievements added much to the glory
of American aviation.
His gaany and persistence in the face Of great obstacles
the admiration Of his country and Of the world
Genius honesty kindness never drug on the
market.
We i'll spare the loss of those who typy these qualities
truly and completely did Will Rogers and and Wiley Post
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Is she-sick, poor, homeless or
friendless? Has her husband
left her? Did the boss kick
her out? Anything But. She's
probably sitting pretty, with
all the makingS Of a cheerful
and useful career. But in spite
of that she's miserable. Ab-So-
loot-lee mis-er-rubble. And moth
ing in all the world matters
but that glorious, glamorous
once-upon-a-time which is now
no more.
ENDLESS REASONS
But why should only that
matter? And why is she now
SO wretched? She'll give you
endless reasons - a hard-luck
story from here to the moon.
But the real reason iS-She just
can't take it.
For one glorious moment,
when life was new and easy,
she had everything she wanted
without much effort. And
now? Now things are hard.
She's got to run risks, face COM
petition, stand criticism and do
all the other grown-up things
that grown-up people do. And
she doesn't like it.,
It hurts her vanity, prods her
lazineSS, raises Cain with her
selfishness and conceit. So
what? ...
So she tries to run away.
Where? INTO YESTERDAY.
Into once-lpon-a.time. And, Of
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In its closing days the Con-
gress has enacted one measure
which the household Of the ma
ton will heartily approve. This
is the joint resolution adopted
by the two Houses which pro-
vides for the celebration on
September II, 1887, Of the one
hundred and fiftieth anniver-
sary of the adoption Of the
Constitution of the United
States by the constitutional con-
vention at Philadelphia.
BY the terms of this resolu-
tion, introduced in the Senate
by Senator Ashurst of Arizona
and in the House by Congress
man O'Connor Of New York, a
commission is established to be
known as the "Sesquicentennial
Constitution Commission"
This commission will be thus
constituted: The President Of
the United States, the Vice
President, the Speaker OF the
House, five Senators, five Mem.
bers of the House Of RepreSen-
tatives and five citizens to be
appointed by the President.
Members of this commission
will serve without compensation,
but Congress has provided
$4,000 to pay the expenses Of
the celebration.
TIME TO PREPARE
If the household Of the ma
tion is to participate intelli-
gently with national advantage
in this celebration two years
hence it is none too soon for the
American people to begin their
preparation for that event.
In fact, this preparation
might appropriately be inaugu-
rated on the coming anniver-
Sary of the adoption Of the Con-
stitution, September II next,
which is to be generally OBJ
served throughout the country
as Constitution Day.
That the veterans of the
wars should take the lead in
every State in the union in
making the observance of Con-
stitution Day truly national is
natural enough. Theirs is the
inestimable privilege of having
offered their lives in defense Of
the Government of which the
Constitution is the corner
stone.
Reinforcing the veterans will
no less naturally come our de-
tenders with the colorS who in
war and peace offer their lives
in the same great cause. And
the third great contingent to
whom Constitution Day may
we'll make the strongest appeal
is the great body of American
youth of whose heritage under
the American system the Gov
ernment of the Constitution is
the strong protector.
BY really beginning this year
on Constitution Day the work Of
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Endangering Government

Political grabber who bringing Government into dis
repute by their determination make Government jobs
American people would pay little attention to few simple
truths sounded in recent radio address by Mr. Luther G.
Steward president Of the National Federation Of Federal En-
ployes.
We quote Mr.. Steward:
"The foundation of good government is a strong
and strongly enforced system Of public employment
the BASIS OF MERIT. In other UOrds a system under
whch and chosen for the public service
THROUGH DEMONSTRATED FITNESS AND EFFl-
CEENCY.'
There doesn't seem any for doubt of the truth Of
that statement
principle recognized by every private employer Of labor
in connection with his own business.
knows that unless merit and MERIT ALONE directs his
choice Of workers. his business will opple and he will be
in bankruptcy.
The same is true of Government just MIR. Steward de-
clared.
Mr. Steward finds what everyone else who has looked into
the situation has found namely that in the last three
policies have been adopted which have dealt crushing blows to
already inadequate Civil Service system.
Mr. Steward goes into detail saying:
specifically legislation has been adopted Which on
wholesale scale, has exempted positions from the OP
Grafton of the Federal CO Service LauO. Virtually all
of the governmental agencies haze been starred
Without recourse to CU SerUce IauUs and requirements.
Furthermore the old established bureGus and de-
p0rtnens long thought to be immune from the grasp
ing hands of the spokesman, HAVE BEEN ATTACKED
SUCCESSFULLY IN THE DESPERATE AND UNPRLN-
CIPLED SEARCH FOR JOBS"
amazing that the American people would tolerate actions
on the part of those claiming public favor which would in
themselves tend to DESTROY EFFICIENT OPERATION OF
THE GOVERNMENT
Yet that exactly what happening and what has been
happening for several years.
will continue to happen the future unless addresses such
as those Of Mr. Steward receive the careful consideration Of
the public and the politicians
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The Deadly Parallel

Under the heading "Good News heading which Ameri
readers have not for long London Daily
Express that Britain has only two million obles the
lowest number since 1880 Indications also that unempoy
men steadily decreasing and at the present rate Of
should practically be wiped out within ten years.
"PGy You Go, Balance Your Budget, GiUe Bus-
ness Chance, Don't Try Fool Experiments" - these
have been the British rules for beating depression
Compare them and their RESULTS with ours.
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city. He ira"
v rse S it
southwark in
the early af-
ternoon g. n d
north W a r d
very late at
night or early
in the morn
ing. There is
never a foot
or an instant
of that two
mile m o t o r
trip through
Dark Harlem
which is with
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Currency Committee he wanted
to talk to HopSon and there was
considerable speculation then as
to his whereabouts.
After the furore was over,
Hopson made his whereabouts
known. They were not as anx-
ious to get him then.
They say he planned to make
the same move this time and
that If he hadn't been caught
he probably would have turned
up voluntarily.
Copyright, 1888, The Washington Times
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the Life Of
the Party. Or
had the Love
1iest Hands.
Or a Perfect
ly Marvellous
Talent for
Writing. Or
had Married
the Catch Of
LQG 4OWns
So n o W
W h q t 4? Now
nothing. She
J US t Can't
F org e t 1t,
that's all.
HHYh1Y ~Af0
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a r d l z e the
c h a n ceS of
m a n Y COM
m u n tiles to
get projects.
Hopeful Of
getting more
money under
w P A than
PWA, certain
C i t Y, a n d
county Off
Gals over the
country have
ind icated a.
desire to with
draw h ir
a mn licationS
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Are You a Woman Who
Was. Or Is?
The most tragic picture on
earth is the Woman Who Was
AND CAN'T GET OVER 1T.
Once upon a time she was
the PrettieSt. Or the Smart
est. Or the Best Dancer, Or
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tatiVe j o h n
o. on or,
chairman of
the H ou S e
committee, on
his trail he
didn't have a
ch a n ce to
carry out his
plan.
S o m Q
months a g o
when Ferdi-
nand Pecora
was ace inves-
tigator for
the Senate
Ranking and
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Confusion over Public Works
Administration and Works Pro-
gresS Administration may jeOp-
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Through Dark Harlem

Twice daily this writer jour-
neys through perhaps the most
interesting district of New York
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Words of Wise Men

The deepest hunger faithful heart faithulnessEot
The suffer when the powerful dSagree-Phaedru
Man is ice to truth, fire to Observation-Disclosures.
public loves fables BEST and fables are given Vo
taira -.-A-a--.r ---4----.-~--~
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-11-20
Japan, Wary, Postpones
Its North China Grab

League can not ignore a possible
war in China over the northern
situation. They believe that the
League could not again, as it did in
the case of Manchuria, submit hum
bly, to Japan.
Only the most optimistic Chinese
suggested that the central govern
ment has already won big success
in hating the japanese. 1t is in
dicated, they said, that they may
halt the japanese sufficiently to
permit bargain which will be &C
ceptable TO both countries if not
mutually satisfactory.
Maj. Gen. Kenji Doihara, con-
Quoting the negotiations for Japan
IN the north. has carefully avoided
an ultimatum from which recession
would be embarrassing. He has tried
TO influence the northerners with
references 10 Japan'S military
strength.
He firmly denied reports that he
had delivered an ultimatum setting
noon today as the deadline for
declaration OF the new state. A few
hours later he admitted that the
declaration probably would be post
poned for two days and northern
Chinese officials said 1t might be de-
layed for a week.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-11-20
Bishop Asks
Women Aid
Roosevelt
Catholic Delegates Debate
Social Security Bill
and Birth Control.
By United Press

II tH'ttU - SS
FORT WAYNE, Ind, Nov. 90
Urged to support social legislation
of the Roosevelt Administration by
a bishop of their church, delegates
to the fifteenth annual convention
Of the National Council of Catholic
Women today debated resolutions
on social security, peace, paganism
and birth control
A vigorous denunciation of re-
ligious persecution in Mexico also
was to be included in resolutions
scheduled to be adopted late today.
Bishop Robert E. Lucey of Anna
rillo, Tex, pleaded for support of
New Deal measures last night
Upholds Administration
The present Administration, he
said, has made an earnest effort
to control by legislation the conflict
and immortality that are rampant
in industry. 1t has tried to help
owners, employers and workers; it
has desired to eliminate child labor
and to protect women in industry
At every step the Administration
has met with defiance and stupidity
The American business man has
been too free and his excessive free
dom has resulted in the growth of
unethical and dangerous practices
Now that this swollen and exagger-
ated freedom is under attack, head
strong men are rushing to the shell
ter of the dear old Constitution
which has been twisted and bent
to their satisfaction these many
years.
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PLAN TO
ATTACK IN NORTH
Indicate Effort to Break
italian Advance Lines.

By United Press
ROME, Nov 20-Italian general
headquarters at Adigrat today indi-
Gated the Ethiopians are planning
strong mass attack on the north
ern front.
Headquarters believe, the dis
patches said, that the Philippians
plan to try to break the strongly
fortified Italian advance lines be-
tween Dolo and Makale, which
would entail serious fighting.
Messages from the northern front
said information obtained from ma
tives and many reconnaissance by
Italian air and land patrols con-
firmed the offensive intentions of
a large body of Ethiopians concen-
trated between Scelicot, Antalo and
Buja. forming a triangle directly
south of Makale.
Meanwhile on the southern front.
according to Italian advices. troops
under Gen. Rodolfo Graziani con-
tinued determined drive toward
Harar.
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SO ON WARSAW
WATER WAGON
Barroom Gang Plenty
Peeved, VoWing They'll Do
Their 'PaStiming' Abroad.

Times Special
WARSAW, Ind, Nov. 20.-There
are so men in this town today on a
water wagon the chief of police fixed
up for them-and some of the so
are pretty mad about it.
Last night Chief Frank Lucas gave
each tavern keeper and liquor dealer
a list containing the names of the
80 men and told them not to sell
them any liquor whatsoever.
If they did, the chief warned,
they would be subject to prosecution
by affidavit, and the chief is backed
in this by Mayor C. c, Dubois.
Sheriff Virgil Yeager and the state
excise police are cooperating.
Became Bar Fixtures"
Chief Lucas said the men be-
came eligible for posting when they
spent good part of their time in
barrooms, spending money for liquor
that their families needed.
He said the list was compiled after
a careful study of the bar life of
the men, and the home life of
their families and that there will
be no appeals from the decision of
himself and other public officers who
elaborated.
Probably several more names will
be added to the list, he said, and if
this doesn't have the anticipat ted
effect, then he will ask the news
papers to publish the names.
This would, in effect, put the mis-
creants in public stocks as the cid
Puritans did Chief Lucas says he.
personally, wouldn't mind that at
all.
''Pastimers" Protest
Last night an assortment of the
listed persons called upon the chief
and protested the ban of their
'favorite" pastime.
Well go to another town and
get it," they threatened and Chief
Lucas said that would be all right
with him. He says he doesn't be-
lieve they will.
The chief said he expects a lot
more of them to call on him today
and that he'll be glad to see them.
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COUNCIL RAPS
MANAGEMENT
AT 3 HOMES
Poor Farm, JuIietta and
Negro Orphans Home
in Report.

Criticism of the management of
three county institutions was con-
tanned today in partial report sub
mitted to the County Council by an
investigating committee of the
Council.
DR.. A. o. Ruse, Poor Farm super
and his wife, the matron,
should take up residence at the in
and devote their entire time
to their jobs, Investigators said.
They also recommended that
heads of the infirmary and the
Julietta Insane Hospital should en-
courage inmates to devote more
time to farming and that managers
of the Negro Orphans Home should
exercise more diligence in prepara-
ton of meals and in guarding
against theft of property.
Improved Cost Accounting
Improved cost accounting sys-
TENS in these institutions also was
The council urged the committee
to continue its recommendations
and also authorized county commits
sioners to issue poor relief bonds
not to exceed 100000 They also
approved additional appropriations
of $4,000, which was 1925 less
than the amount requested.
The investigating committee in
cludes Harry Hohlt, William A.
Brown and George w. Fox.
NONRESIDENT Managers
Commenting on the recommends
tons, Commissioner Dow R. Vor-
HES said experience had proved that
the infirmary could be better man
aged if those in charge did not have
permanent residence there.
DR.. Ruse said it was "out of the
question" to expect him to devote
full time to the job at the $140O
yearly salary. He said Mrs. Ruse
recently had been in poor health
and was unable to give all her time
to the institution.
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By United Press

By United Press
SHANGHAI, Nov. 20.-A sudden
postponement of the declaration of
an autonomous state in North China
is due to mutual japanese and Chi
nese belief that the League of Ma
tions has set an inviolable precedent
in the Ethiopian crisis, it was
learned today, and hence Chinas
hand has been strengthened.
Chinese leaders here believed that
Chang Kai-shek, the country's
strong man and real head of the
government, is playing skillfully the
few cards he holds against Japan.
The japanese realize, they said,
that there is limit beyond which
the central government can not be
forced and still survive.
Recent negotiations in the North.
by which the Chinese at the last
moment won a postponement of the
declaration OF the new state. were
designed to test the length to which
the japanese can push without
meeting resistance fred by des-
peration, it was added
Both countries. it WAS said are
following closely developments in the
Italian Ethiopian case, believing
that with it as a precedent the