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The Washington times., 1935-07-19
No Tax Increase

The which from the District Building to the
effect local officials considering increasing the
from $3.50 to $70 not calculated to bring delight
to Washingtonians
is however probably inevitable reaction the many
demands which have been made for increased appropriations
for the municipality
Despite the increase in appropriations would that
increase in the tax rate at the present time is UNJUST
ABLE.
fiscal year they contemplated retaining the $3.50 tax rate
and obtaining increase the Federal share of the
of the National Capital.
The increase forthcoming Congress refusing
proprate from the Federal Treasury than $5O00O
The refusal of Congress increase the Federal SHARE while
at the time increasing the total of appropriations has
thrown the District budget out Of balance.
Preliminary estimates Of the tax yield however indicate that
the income of the District for the current will be exceeded
by the expenditures the most by few thousand dollars
This of expenditures income should have been
by the Federal Government but the Federal Govern
ment DECLINED TO MEET IT'S OBVIOUS OBLIGATION it
would be most unfair shift the burden to the local
The Federal Government by its imposing building program
has, during the years. withdrawn from the tax lists of
Washington millions of dollars worth of property.
during those same years. 1t has decreased the sum which
appropriaes to maintain the city National Capital
This withdrawal of taxable property without compromising
Increase in the Federal lump is making increasingly
onerous the burden Of Washington residents
On decreasing amount of taxable property compelled
TO meet increasing cost Of government
should be obvious that this process cannot be continued
indefinitely without bankrupting the CITY,
The District Commissioners considering in the
real should in mind the that
heavy additional tax Westinghouse provided in the pend
ing unemployment insurance bill.
that bill is enacted there is every indication it will be-
employer in the city will have to heavy tax on his
pay roll.
That tax combined with increase in the real
rate would be handicap to the economic recovery
process.
necessity for increase the real estate tax rate and Wash
ngtonians look to the Commissioners to find that
The Washington times., 1935-07-19

Thanks to the depression,
these particular pests are
thicker'n sand fleas. You can't
move without running into
one of them who'll Immediately
proceed to tell you why.you-
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., and
how to set about making your.
self into something else. All
Of which is quite diverting if
you've a lot Of time to waste.
Or like hearing discourses on
Exhibit A.
But as a practical tip on Get
ting Anywhere, it's worth exactly
nothing. For the glib author Of
all this good advice usually
knows less about living than a
new laid egg.
SHUN WATER
Remember the old nursery
rhyme:
Mother, oh mother, may I go
swim?
eyes, my darling daughter.
"Hang your clothes on q hickory
limb,
':But don't 60 near the water!"
That jingle fits this type of
pretender perfectly. To hear
them tell it, there's nothing they
haven't done; no sensation they
haven't experienced; no peril
they haven't risked. And they
can, without a seconds heSita-
ton, tell you exactly what you
should do or feel under any
given circumstance.
But if you try to follow their
directions you'll be out Of luck,
for it hasn't the slightest bear
ing on reality. Said CounSellors
know all the right words and ap-
propriate gestures. But, like
darling daughter" THEY'VE
NEVER GONE NEAR THE
WATER.
There's only one way to learn
about swimming, and that is by
swimming. You can hang your
clothes on the hickory limb"
and loll on the beach from now
until eternity, yet be no wiser
in the art of padding at the end
than you were when you started.
e. And by the same token, you
can talk about life and write
about life and advise about life
till you're blue in the face, But
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Son James Has CandOr

Mr. James Roosevelt the President in talk the other
day the assembled Democrats of Port Washington Long
Island, New York, said
"Lets make a real appeal to change the psychology
of -cOuntrynen and them that they
should OOte the Democratic ticket in 1885,"
In the long history Of stump speaking this sentence must be
rated high for unuded engaging, and outspoken
Candor.
No other New Dealer that we know of would honestly
admit that the national psychology would have to be changed
if the nation was to vote Democratic in 1885.
No other New Dealer would clearly imply that the Re-
publicans were bound to win things stood now.
But Mr. Roosevelt has done both and with refreshing
frankness that is unique in politics.
Thanks to this uteranc the cat whose
existence solemnly denied by the Administration would
be emerging from the bag other
than son James himself.
Young Mr. Roosevelt prefaced his statement by promising
that it would be his last public address this Summer
One may imagine that parental blessings in abundance will
be showered upon this part of the speech not the rest
That ONE campaign pledge think that going to
be kept and no foolin'.
The Washington times., 1935-07-19
By Nelson Harding

comfort and luxury. And yet,
on a hot night in summer, it's
bedrooms were torture cham
bers. What was it that had
been left undone, that such
state Of affairs should prevail?
The answer was obvious.
THE OLD-FASHIONED GUS
TOM OF DEFENDING UPON
THE OPEN WINDOW FOR
VENTILATION.
The open window was en-
tirely satisfactory in the olden
days, before the coming of the
motor truck and the trolley car,
when the streets were quiet;
but today, with the enormous
tonnage passing continuously
along our streets at high speed,
the open window is impossible.
In these days no window ever
should be opened except to clean
the glass. Necessary fresh air
can be supplied by other and
better means.
CHEAP DISTRIBUTION
What was needed, it seemed
to me, as I lay there steaming
in that bed, was a CLOSED
WINDOW THAT WOULD GIVE
PLENTY OF FRESH AIR. The
mere stating of the problem sug.
geSted its solution, as so often
happens.
pictured a box placed on the
window sill, and sthat window
shut down on it. If an electric
motor, driving a fan, were placed
in the box, it would draw in
fresh outside air, and blow it
around the room.
Then, if a simple filter cloth
were inserted at the inlet, it
would filter out the coal SCOT,
dust and germs. Finally. to
eliminate the noise, it would be
easy to arrange the air passage
in the box so it would act as a
noise silencer. That was all
there was to it. I would have a
shut window and a generous
supply of clean, fresh quiet air!
In due time I built such a
box. It worked better than I
expected. If it is desired to be
completely luxurious, as most
hotels, railroad trains, and pas
Senger ships purport to be, there
should be added something that
will COOL and DEHUMIDIFY
the air in the room. The new
air conditioner does this. Add
ing a small one to the room
completes the job. It offers the
tired travellers paradise - a
COOL, CLEAN, QUIET hotel
bedroom on a hot night in a
large city.
Some day somebody may
make them SO inexpensive that
most of us can have them in
our homes. It has been done
with radio, electric refrigera.
tors, oil burners, washing ma
chimes and motion picture pro-
jectors.
Copyright, 1885. by King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
Articles by Mr.. Maxim appear
in this newspaper on Monday,
Wednesday, and Friday. The
subject of the next article Is
"GasOline Engines Only 20 Per
Cent Efficient"
The Washington times., 1935-07-19
Listen. World
BIZ Elsie Robinson

there's only one way you'll
learn about actual living and
that is-BY PLUNGING INTO
THE TIDE YOURSELF. And
that, believe me, Ignatz, is no
patty-cake party.
There's no education on
earth that costs as much as a
knowledge of life. Most of us
suppose that we learn about
living by the mere process Of
being born and existing there
after, for a number of years,
until we die. This idea is 1000
wrong.
We can exist for a hundred
years and yet know almost
nothing about life. We can
even spend our days in the
midst of excitement-have
countless things happen to us
and all around us-and yet re-
main as ignorant as turnips.
For turnips also are born, live
and die-yet remain total
dumbbells. And many humans
remain equally dumb, for the
same reason as the turnip.
Namely
GO NEAR WATER
They have no stake in the big
adventure. They run no risks
make no experiments. They
are onlookerS, from first to
last-ONLY KIBITZERS IN
THE BIG GAME.
You can't learn about living
unless you live. You can't live
unless you take a chance. And
your living is limited by the
chances you take. You LIVE
just as far and as deeply as you
RISK and SUTHERLAND not
one particle more. For that
reason, the advice of experts is
valuable if, and only if, they
have actually participated in the
thing they're talking about.
No one can advise a farmer
who hasn't done some actual
farming himself. He may hand
out statistics or name reference
books but he can't give any
straight dope on the tireSome
business Of tackling dirt. Nor
can anyone advise the broken.
hearted-or the desperate and
shamed-who has not, in his
own life, known rending grief
and shame. Or that bitter be.
wilderment we call sin.
So If you want to live your.
self, or tell the other fellow
about it, you've GOTTA GO
NEAR THE WATER. Other
wise, stranger, you're just an
other beach loller. Not worth
the sand you're sitting on!
Copyright. 1895. by King Features
Syndicate. 1nc.)
The Washington times., 1935-07-19


in a cab. If it was cool and
quiet, would like to know what
is hot and noisy.
When I decided to retire I
pushed the bed close up to the
window. If any air were stirring
I would get it. Then as the
passing trucks and trolleys
crashed and Numbered in the
street below, I laid me down to
sleep.
COMFORT ADVERTISED
It became apparent in due
time that an endless procession
of heavily laden trucks was
going by. In addition, the
street railroad people seemed to
have routed all the trolley cars
in Chicago down the street on
which my hotel was located.
Sleep was absolutely out of the
question. After an hour listen
ing to the din I got up and
closed the window.
After fifteen minutes of the
sitting heat, I got up and
opened the window. The noise
and soft coal smell poured into
the room, but it was not as
terrible as the motionleSs air
when the window was closed.
AS I lay tossing in that hot
bed amid the noise, I fell to
picturing in my mind the other
hotels in Chicago-the other
hotels in other citieS-hundreds
of them. There must be thous-
andS Of other suffering men and
women at that very moment,
tossing Sleeplessly, waiting for
morning to come.
In my case, I was in first
class hotel. It's advertising pro-
claimed that it offered every
The Washington times., 1935-07-19
A Record of Justice
BIZ James T. Williams, Jr.

mems compensation law brought
before it.
Third, the court has upheld
the validity Of every State law
as to the employment Of women
brought before IL.
"In the fourth place, 1t has
upheld the Illinois child labor
law; the Oregon ten-hour-day
law in factories; the Utah
miners eight-hOur-day law; the
Kansas eight-hOur-day public
works law; the New York citi.
Zen's labor preference public
works law"
CHARGE UNTRUE
Furthermore the court has
upheld New York laws "requir.
ing semimonthly cash wage pay.
ments." 1t has upheld Virginia
laws against payment to EN-.
ployes in merchandise" It has
upheld Tennessee laws "requir-
ing redemption in money of
store orders given to employees
for wages" It has upheld Ar.
kansas laws requiring payment
of all unpaid wages to railroad
employees when discharged" 1t
has upheld Missouri and Okla.
homa laws requiring corpora.
lions to give service letters to
employees leaving or discharged"
Numerous State laws for the
protection of railroad employees
have been upheld by the Su.
preme Court in discharge of it's
sworn duty ito do equal right
to the poor and to the rich"
These include Arkansas laws
requiring full train crews and
full switching crews" Iowa laws
forbidding railroads to make con.
tracts limiting liability for in
juries" and Indiana's railroad
safety appliance law.
Numerous State laws for the
protection and benefit of coal
miners which have been upheld
by the Supreme Court include
the following:
The Illinois coal mining law;
the Kansas powder in coal
mines law; the Arkansas law
"forbidding contracts for wages
on basis of screened coal
mined; the Indiana law pre-.
scribing width of entries in
bituminous pillars in coal
mines; the Pennsylvania law
requiring boundary pillars in
coal mines; the Ohio anti.
screen coal mine law, and the
Indiana coal mine washhouse
law.
Other State laws in the in
terest of labor upheld by the
Supreme Court include: The
Kansas law requiring safe
guards on gerous ma
chinery; the Illinois law for
protection of elevators and
hoists; the Ohio mechanics lien
law; the Japanese alien laws Of
California and Washington, and
the New York rent control and
housing emergency laws.
The record speaks for itself
and it speaks eloquently in con.
demnation of the libel that the
Supreme Court of the United
States has been false to its
oath of office Ito administer
justice without respect to per-
sons"
Copyright, 1895, The Washington Times)
The Washington times., 1935-07-19

I take it as the highest
encomiun1 on this countr.' that
the acts of the legislature, it
unconstitutional. are liable to
be opposed by the judiciary.
Patrick Henry, OF Virginia.
When the Clayton act was
under debate during the first
session of the Sixty-third Con-
gresS, Senator McCumber, Of
North Dakota, gave this earnest
admonition to American Labor,
in words as true now as then:
There are no people in this
country" he said, "who are
more deeply concerned in main.
tanning the constitutional power
of the courts than are our labor
ing people. Paralyze the arm Of
the court and a tyrannical
power will take its place in the
future as It has always taken
its place in the past Let every
labOring man pause before he
strikes the protector Of his own
liberties"
Every fair-minded American
wage Garner will wish to exam
inc the record Of the Supreme
Court Of the United States in
cases involving the welfare of
American labor before he sup.
ports any candidate for Senator
or Representative in Congress
who Is attemptin5 to paralyze
the arm of the judiciary as a
protector Of the constitutional
rights Of the citizen.
RECORD is PROOF
That the decisions of the Su-
preme Court Of the United
States are far from being al
ways ION the side of the wealthy
and powerful" is shown by the
fact that "for every one case
holding a labor union there have
been at least eight cases hold
ing business combinations to be
violative of the Sherman anti
trust act"
Instead of considering merely
the six cases in which the Su-
preme Court has held adversely
to labor in passing upon the
constitutionality of State stat
uteS, American wage earners
should take the time to study
the cases to the number of so,
in which the court has upheld
State labor laws.
These so cases, in which the
rights of labor have been upheld
by the great tribunal, are listed
in the timely book of Mr..
Charles Warren, of Massachu-
sets, on Congress, the Consti.
tuition, and the Supreme Court"
These so cases are ignored by
those political sappers in and
out of Congress who are attempt
ing to poison the heart of labor
against the protecting power of
the judiciary. Says Mr.. Warren.
after painstaking examination
Of the record:
I'm the first place, the court
has upheld every single State
employees liability law brought
before it, and every other stat
ute abrOgating or modifying the
fellOW-SeFvant doctrine.
I'm the second place, the court
has upheld every State work
The Washington times., 1935-07-19

~ y y ~ V4ACSO
might be considered ''let down"
by some of the Administration
leaders. And that didn't set so
we'll with the genial Sam.
Of course that UGS all for
gotten on the Jefferson Island
trip. Everyone 1OGS Just on an
outing for a good time. So
they said.
On the first night, however,
after the arrival at the Chesa-
peake Bay hide-Out, Rayburn
stepped out of his role of legis-
lator and became a mimic.
He initiated many of the
leading figures in the present
controlling regime.
Although he started his
mockery in the small dining
room of the club, that room
was soon filled with interested
spectators.
1t waS supposed to be in fun.
Some of the spectators, ho1D-
ever, thought that Sam 1OGS 60
ing a bit too far with bits OF
his nlinlicry.
Although they couldn't say
anything about it, many of the
darts Mr.. Rayburn hurled in
jest struck home. And some
of the boys were none too
pleased.
Representatives Thomas L.
BIanton, Democrat of TEXAS,
Uho keeps his office door
locked but nevertheless seems
to be anxious to haze people
beEieve he is 1Dorking, left his
suite the other d1y.
The Washington times., 1935-07-19

At least, it. was to be judged
that he had gone as a note on
his door read:
"WilI be back in q few min
uteS."
Some friend" or constituent
seeing the note inscribed there.
on:
81 don't care if you never
come back"
Several months ago an enter
prising young reporter around
the National Capital had pub
lished in one of the magazines
a story which was a severe
castigation of Secretary of the
Treasury Henry Morgenthau, jr.
Since that time the scribe had
not seen the Treasury Secretary
until they met in the corridor
of the building just a day or
two ago.
Secretary Morgenthau was
extremely polite, as usual.
He tDGnted to knop tDhy the
reporter had not been around
and UdS told that it aUuS Just
one OF the UGgGrieS OF neDS-
paper tDork and not because of
the article he had 1Dritten crit.
iciSing the Secretary. Morgen.
THAI seemed to accept the er.
PLANTATION.
To continue the conversation,
noting the Secretary's apparent
The Washington times., 1935-07-19

Something for Nothing Does
Not Always Yield Satisfaction.
If you were more interested
in other people you would find
them interested in you.
Very likely you have too
much self-interest; so much, in
fact, that you seldom consider
what you may do for others.
The Washington times., 1935-07-19

S y n t h e tt
m u S lei ans,
make believe
W r i t e RS,
bunko actors.
But COM
m o n e S t of
all-the lads
a n d lasSieS
who pretend
w NC OAPC4 70
on the bust
ness of liV-
ing, and who
are making
a profession
Of advising
the rest of us.
The Washington times., 1935-07-19

t h e y would
fill a book.
One of the
best tales con-
Germs Repre-
sentative Sam
R a y b u r n
Democrat, of
Texas, chair
man of the
House Inter
state and For
e ign Com
nerce C. m
mittee. In the
recent session
Rayburn has
ham Mhof
The Washington times., 1935-07-19

envy his say
age ancestors,
who did not
have to wear
clothes, n or
ride in plush
u p h o lstered
seats in rail-
road trains in
h o t weather.
i udO "Gu
advised to go
to a. certain
hotel because
it would be
C o o ! a n d
quiet. I drove
- 49, 1911
The Washington times., 1935-07-19

good health
and recalling
that he has
a large apple
orchard on
his New York
farm, the re-
p or ter an
nounced:
"Y o u GER
t My look
as tn o u 6 h
you were in
good health.
Y GU m u s t
have b e e n
o u t picking
A~~NA~VSS
The Washington times., 1935-07-19

The Secretary shook his head
and as if to recall the critical
story to the mind Of the scribe,
said:
"NO! Not apples raspber.
rieS!"
Copyright, 1885, The Washington Ttmes)
The Washington times., 1935-07-19
Words of Wise Men

When you are aspiring to the
highest place, it is honorable to
reach the second or even the
third rank.-Cicero.
The great man who thinks
Of himself is not diminishing
that greatness in heaping fuel
on his fire.-Disraeu.
The Washington times., 1935-07-19

To be distracted with many
opinions makes men to be of
least impression and full Of
charlge.-Bacon.
An army Of stays led by a
lion would be more formidable
than an army Of lions led by
q stag.-Cicero.
The Washington times., 1935-07-19
Once Overs

OF course, you are willing to
accept all the favors bestowed.
But your lack Of reciprocity
shows you to be a "sponger."
You may be interesting as a
personality and a good en-
tertainer.
But don't accept favors you
cannot return in kind.
The Washington times., 1935-07-19
Patients and Politics

New Yorks physician Senator Royal s. Copeland wants
Congress to adjourn, and submits this diagnosis: =
"pOe seen many operation spoiled by tired sur
geOn. If stay here long enough We'H haze all
legislation spoiled by tired doctors"
Knowing both medicine and politics. the Senator might have
added warning concerning quack remedies.
The Washington times., 1935-07-19
History Is a Teacher

ground chamber where Gear Ivan the Terrible used to torture
subjects who disagreed with him. It contains several of the
implements he used.
Soviet overords will doubtless be interested in the dis
covery It gives them valuable opportunity to compare
ancient with modern techniques.
The Washington times., 1935-07-19
They Don't Go Near
the Water

I wonder if any age has ever
produced as many phoneys as
this. FakirS in every line.
The Washington times., 1935-07-19
Greatest Show On Earth
BIZ John Snure, J.

Tales of the Democratic out
ing at Jefferson Island last
weekend are so numerous that
The Washington times., 1935-07-19
OLD FAVORITES
The First SlualIOW

The First SWULIOW Charlotte Smith
The gorse is yellow on the heath,
The banks with speedweu flowers gay
The oaks budding, and beneath,
The hawthorn soon will bear the wreath,
The silver wreath Of May.
The welcome guest of settled Spring,
The swallow, too has at lastj
Just at sunset, when thrushes sing,
her dash with rapid wing,
And hailed her she passed.
Come, summer visitant, attach
To my reed roof your nest of clay
And let my your music CATCH
Low twittering underneath the thatch
At the gray dawn of day.
TReGders nved to send to the editor their suqoes-
tons of old fGvortes among the poems for reprnting in
this spGcel l.
The Washington times., 1935-07-19
In the World of Science
BY Hiram Percy Maxim
Invention

Hot Night in Hotel Brings
Invention
Returning from Milwaukee, I
arrived in Chicago one of those
hot nights that make a man
The Washington times., 1935-07-19

Down in the cornfield,
Hear that mournful sound;
All the Democrats are weeping:
'Massa makes us stick around!"
Evening star., 1935-08-25
SHIP SUBSIDY PLAN
is LOST IN HOUSE.
Move to Extend Time for
Mail Cancellation Is
Defeated.

BY the Associated Press.
The administrations final attempt
to salvage something this session out
Of Its ship subsidy program floundered
yesterday in the House.
Despite an effort by Chairman
Bland, Democrat, of Virginia, Of the
Merchant Marine Committee, Demo-
Gratis Joined with Republicans in turn
ing down q Senate resolution which
would extend from October 81 to
March 81, the time allowed President
Roosevelt In which to cancel ocean
mail contracts.
Bland told the House unfavorable
action would constitute "a vote Of no
confidence"
A standing vote on the resolution
showed 81 for the proposal to 81
against. This was II votes less
than the necessary two-thirds ma
jority required to pass the resolution
under the parliamentary procedure
used. Then q roll-call vote showed
100 for to 1875 against-20 short of the
majority vote needed.
Representative Wearin, Democrat,
OF Iowa, leading the opposition, con-
tended Congress itself should have
voted to cancel the contracts. He was
supported by Representative Moran
Democrat. Of Maine, who declared this
country would never have an adequate
Merchant Marine as long as present
ship operators were satisfied to main
tain the status quo.
Holding up his hands, Bland said:
There Is nothing more we can do
this session."