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The Washington times., 1935-11-26
Public Service Training
BH James T. Williams, Jr.

Secretary Roper's un-American
and utterly absurd scheme to
Sovietize American youth has
been knocked into a cocked-hat
by a representative group of ex-
perienced educators and compet-
ent public officials at a confer
ence recently held in Princeton,
New Jersey.
How best to train candidates
for government service was tine
problem under consideration at
this conference which was called
by the Public Administration
Clearing House which has its
national headquarters in Chicago.
QUALIFICATIONS
Conclusions of the conference
are to this effect:
First. That there is no basic
difference between training for
public employment and for prl-
vate employment in any of the
recognized, established, technical
or professional fields.
Second. That this country
does not need any Civil Service
Academy" of the sort advocated
by Secretary Roper to train gov
ernmental employees.
Third. That American youth
can gain insight into the struc-
ture of government and opera
ton of the American system from
courses now given in many de-
partments of the best colleges
and universities.
Fourth. That if students wish
to learn any tool" subjects, these
should be statistics, accounting
command of spoken and written
English, stenography and library
methods rather than details Of
government operation.
One advantage of such pro-
gram is that students taking regu-
lar college training who fail,
upOLl SIdOudC1Ol4, w ODGdAA PO
sitions in the public service will
be equall.' well prepared for po-
sitions in private enterprises.
In other words, they will have
a firm foundation on Which to
build their future whether it be
in Government service or in the
broader and more remunerative
field that lies outside that service.
Secretary Roper's silly proposal
to mobilize American youth in
the Federal City and enter them
at Federal expense in a "Civil
Service Academy" was partly a
personal publicity scheme to di-
vert attention from his own NAL.
administration of the Department
of Commerce, and partly a po.
litical scheme to use more Federal
money to obtain recruits for the
political machine which Post.
master General Farley, with the
assistance of Attorney General
Cummings and Sec. etary Roper
The Washington times., 1935-11-26
Listen, World!
BIZ Elsie Robinson
WHY DON'T WE WANT THE
TRUTH?

WHY DON'T WE WANT THE
TRUTH?
Yes-it's so-"the truth WILL
set you free" Then why aren't
there more free people?
Because they neither relish the
truth when they hear it, nor en-
joy freedom when they achieve it.
They may yell their heads off
about their slavery. And suffer
horribly because of it. But when
it comes right down to brass
tacks. it's more comfortable to
wear shackles and hear fibs than
face the rigors of frankneSS or
pay the price of liberty.
Take, for instance, Family
Fuses. We all know scores of
people whose lives are demora1-
lied by domestic difficulties.
They want to leave home but
can't because of the old folks"
Or some of the in-laws have
moved in since the depression.
Or she's always wanting to run
home to HER mama-or he's al
ways wanting to run home to
HIS. Or there's the usual an.
nual row over the holiday din.
ners-who1l eat where?
TRAGIC
Trivial meSseS-and tragic ones.
But taken en- masse, these Home
Sweet Home mixups are undoubt-
edly responsible for more misery,
malice, waste. failure, and general
hell-raisin' than all the police
court rumpuses put together. And
have done more to obstruct the
march of civilization.
Yet we keep right on having
them-ALTHOUGH 999 OUT OF
1000 CASES COULD BE CURED
OR PREVENTED BY A TRIVIAL
DISPLAY OF GUMPTION AND
HOSS SENSE.
What's the answer? Simply
this
We'd rather endure the certain
tOrtures of hell with our relatives
than face the very doubtful de-
lights of '1eaven without 'em.
If it's true-and it is-that the
Home Folks pick on your faults
and meddle in your affairs, it is
also true that they protect your
cowardice, alibi your cuSsedness,
crafty your vanity. cater to your
stupidity and provide you with
endless, priceless opportunities for
Self-pity, sulks and other delightful
indoor sports.
This is a disgusting situation.
The Washington times., 1935-11-26

1T is incredible that self-respect-
ing mortals should prefer such dis
cord and degradation to dignified
living. But they do. And can you
release them from theiy captivity
by pointing out these wholesome
truths? Try n do it!
There's Egbert, for example.
Egbert-bald, pouchy and getting
on to 50-haS never married: (:
never left the town nor house of
his birth-because it would have
broken his mothers heart, And
he has consistently passed up any
business openings which would
take him from her side.
Everyone says that Egbert is
simply a Wonderful Son. With
which dictum Egbert warmly
agrees. Though he will, of course
refer in suitably broken tones to
his Great Sacrifice whenever op.
portunity offers.
SELF-INDULGENCE
Suppose you told Egbert frankly
and fully that he's a Cockeyed
Liar. that - hasn't been either
a Great Sacrifice or a Beautiful
Devotion that he's a sissy and
a 'fraid cat-and that he has
clung to mama's apron strings
because they offered a swell ex.
cuse for not getting out and act.
ing like a regular man?
Undoubtedly, such truth, even
at this late date, would set Egbert
free and not do mama a Smitch
of harm. But would Egbert ap.
preciate either the frankness or
the freedom? Again I merely re.
mark-try m hand it to him.
That's just a sample. But 1t
applies, in one way or another, to
every one of us. Each one of us
is missing out on the happiness
to which we're entitled. Why?
To hear us tell it, somebody's the
jinx.
But actually, there is no jinx
save our own cowardice, cuSSed.
ness or conceit. Each day-like
foolish, greedy Esau-we sell our
birthright of joy and pride for
some shoddy mess of pottage. "
some childish habit of self,
indulgence.
Mine. for instance, is WANT
ING MY OWN WAY. Dast you to
be as honeSt-WHAT'S YOURS?
Copyright. 1885. by King Features
Syndicate. 1nc.)
The Washington times., 1935-11-26
FORECLOSURES

Moving against those persons
who have borrowed money and
steadfastly refuse to repay it de-
spite their ability to make settle
ment, the Home Owners Loan Cor
poration has foreclosed or is fore
closing on some $500 properties.
Indications are that the number
of foreclosures will steadily in.
crease.
Of the number already fore
closed, the Hole estimates that
at least half of them were made
in instances where the owners
were able to pay, but failed to
make satisfactory adjustment.
Officials expect that the num-
Der of foreclosures will increase
in the future as the HOLC has
extended its business in a manner
that makes it the largest single
holder of urban mortgages in the
world.
The contention of officials is
that the breadth of the operations
of the agency necessitates the in.
creaSing number of foreclosures
and that despite its hesitancy to
use that remedy the Government
mus foreclose to protect the large
Federal investment.
The Washington times., 1935-11-26
A NEW INTEREST

One of the most unusual reports
floating around the National Capt.
tai these days is that former
workers of the Anti-Saloon League
are now laboring to secure enact
ment of the Townsend old-age pen
sion plan.
It is said that in these days Of
repeal, the dry workers have little
to hold their attention and, conse-
quently, are working to put over
the Townsend plan that caused so
much CONSERVATION to Congress
men in the last session.
The Washington times., 1935-11-26

have been using their Cabinet po-
sitions and power to expand.
An official spokesman of Secre-
tary Roper first outlined his fan.
tastic scheme for a Civil Service
Academy" which has also been
referred to as "a Laboratory for
leadership in Public Affairs" in
an address before an American
youth organization several years
ago.
This spokesman and press agent
for Mr.. Roper appeared to give
credit to Soviet Russia for the
fantastic scheme which he out
lined. He said in part:
Let us turn for a moment to
Soviet Russia. am not concerned
with the question of whether or
not we approve or disapprove Of
Communism, but I am keenly in.
terested and deeply impressed
with the way in which Soviet au.
thorities are training systematic.
ally their youth for participation
in public life.
The 'OctoberiSts, who are chill
dren as young as eight or 10 years
of age, and the Young Pioneers
who are not older than 16 years,
are organizations concerned pri-
marily with intoxicating in the
minds of Soviet adolescents a re-
ligious ardor for the principles Of
Communism
But it is the training and &C
tivities of the more mature young
people in the Union of Youth to
which 1 wish to call your atten-
ton. 1t is from these young peo-
pie in the Union of Youth" that
the veteran Soviet officials conf
IDENTIFY expect to draw their ulti-
mate successors in the administra.
ton of the ,Communistic Russian
state"
DIGNIFIED PROTEST
Presumably the fundamental
purpose of Secretary Roper's pro-
posed "Civil Service Academy
was to inculcate in the minds of
American youths, if not American
adolescents, "a religious ardor for
the principles" of Farleyism, Ro-
perism and Cummingsism and the
other "isms" that seem to be a
cross between Communism and
Tammanyism.
A public service of vital value to
the household of the nation" is
the dignified protest which has
finally come from a representative
group of public educators and
trained public officials against
Secretary Roper'S scheme to es-
tablish in the Federal city a Fed.
eral incubator of imitators of the
maladministration of the sort
which Mr.. Farley, Mr.. Roper and
Mr.. Cummings have given in the
executive departments of which
they are the political heads.
The Washington times., 1935-11-26
A POSER

Works Progress Administrator
Harry L. Hopkins retains a GER
tain degree of humor despite the
increased clamor against the
agency over which he rules.
Hopkins, at a recent conference,
told of a landlord in New York
who had been picketed by num-
Der of tenants of Communistic
tendencies.
On their placards, the tenants
made all possible demands.
At length, according to Hop
klns, the landlord called the ten
ants together and told them:
It will reduce the rents. I will
make all the renovations you want
including painting the rooms and
fixing the plumbing.
But will you please tell me,
how I'm going to free Tom
MONEY!"
The Washington times., 1935-11-26
RADIO AND POLITICS

Do you want 10 dig coal Ior
the Kaiser?" asked David Lloyd
George, exhorting Cornish miners
to desperate war efforts.
How much does the Kaiser
pay for diggin' coal?" came a
voice from the audience.
Heckling public speakers al
ways has been a favorite Brit
iSh sport. and they have been
good at it. The interchange be-
tween the audience and the
speaker has been traditional, and
no man has advanced far who
lacked a Furnishing, or at least.
a ready answer to impertinent
questions. It has been part of
the show, and this great public
free-for-all has been rooted deep
in the soil of Anglo-Ssxon democ-
racy from the days of Runny-
mede.
Old England has found its pub
lie meeting a useful and valu-
able safety valve. The election
campaign which ended last week
marked a lapse Of this hoardy
old custom of bedeviling public
speakers. Audiences sat quietly
through to the end of a political
oration, without challenge or in
terruption. Speakers were amazed
and disconnected. They could
have been no more aStonished
had Big Ben stopped booming or
had King George rolled down the
Mall on roller skates.
What had happened? London
correspondents reported the an.
swer. They say the one-way talk
of the radio finally has condi-
toned the British public to listen
to the end; that it is losing it's
knack of flooring a speaker with
a jolt of cockney humor.
"HARDER TO FOOL"
It is also reported that. in spite
of provocative issues and a rock
and-sock press campaign for this
and that, political audiences were
smaller than in any modern elec-
ton in Britain; that the few
Stragglers who went to the meet
ing were Indifferent, and that
nothing. neither fanfare nor ora
tory, could arouse them to any
expression of enthusiasm or oppo-
sition.
Sir Samuel Hoare, eloquent for
eign minister, drew such small
crowds that he just sat down with
his feet up on chair and chatted
with the few who attended. Again.
the radio is cited as an explana-
ton. Reporters for the Daily fail
carried on telephone and personal
inquiries among hundreds of citi-
zens, asking what had happened.
Their finding was that citizens
had discovered that, seeking in
formation, they could get more of
it from the now complete and
adequate newspaper reports and
by staying at home and listening
to the radio. An informed and
alert draper of the Chelsea dis
trict summed it up:
tits harder for a speaker to
fool you over the radio than it
is in a public hall. Lots of the
tricks of oratory-the intonations
of speech, gestures and dramatic
effects-are more difficult to use
effectively, and one has an oppor-
tunity to settle on just what the
chaps saying, and no more or less.
"The radio and the press men,
with the newspapers going into
things the way they do now, are
putting political speakers on their
merits. In my OPT kon. one should
The Washington times., 1935-11-26

Mexico await
ing orders.
If she sets
sail with her
cargo of oil, she
will be the first
vessel owned by
an organization
delinquent in
it's Indebtedness
to the Govern
ment to get un-
der weigh since
James Graf g
Peacock, direc-
tor of the Ship
ping Board. is
e,,ol L;- ~annvaH
The Washington times., 1935-11-26
By Edwin C. Hill
By T. E. Powers


conclusive. Much of Alfred E.
Smiths inimitable personality got
over the "raddio," but his idiom
wasn't understood or appreciated
in some sections of the country;
similarly, Herbert Hoover found,
in his national hook-ups, that a
voice might be dulcet in one re-
gion and something else in an
other.
President Roosevelt is one of
the most successful radio speakers
in all time. He is plausible and
engaging to a degree probably not
attained by other man in our pub
lie life. But I have heard our
New Englanders express extreme
dislike for his persuasive utter
anceS. and I have heard a West
erner say he talked like a dude"
There is a diversity of racial,
sectional and economic background
in America which not even the
radio has overcome, and there is
reason to believe that-with the
air reasonably wide open to all
comers, as it is nowhere will be
no dead-level Of conformity in
duced by the radio.
I happened to be talking with
a cultured English woman a few
days ago who is visiting this coun-
try for the first time. She said
she had discovered in this coun-
try an appalling lack of discipline;
that everybody seemed to be in
tent on going his own pigheaded
way, and that there was waste,
disorder and lawlessness all around
in the country.
A SAFEGUARD
While she was not a Fascist, she
thought perhaps just a little touch
of Fascism wouldn't do US any
harm" The remark had been
made apropos of her previous OBJ
servation that the radio was prov
ing a unifying influence in Brit
ain. replied that I thought prob
abl:.- the very fact of our racial
hodge-podge of our religionai, lin
gui5tic and economic variants was
a fine safeguard against our ever
being caught in the lockStep OF
either FaScism or Communism.
You can herd turkeys. or sheep,
but you can't herd a menager1a.
In our own untidy and undiSci'
plined way, we really have pro-
found regard for certain institu-
tional beginnings and backgrounds
of America and, so far. they have,
served us well, even if we DOM
all jump when the whips cracked,
whether it's a voice on the air or
political ukaSe.
That started an argument, with
other dinner guests Ginning in,
and like all arguments it ended
nowhere. But I maintained, and
still maintain, that there is great
virtue and political Solvency in the
fact that here in America We are
not all out of the same piece and
that we have a wide range of eli
mate. vast country and lots of
different ways of making our liv-
ing, and that we have a stubborn
way of being ourselves on occa-
sion.
That makes us capable of resist
Ae ttNVAANr6tN
bunk and make-believe and keep
ing out of the prevailing folly and
tragedy of Europe. Being a bit
undisciplined - like old Davey
Crockett with his squirrel gun, for
inStance-is a whole lot better
than wearing any politicians ball
and chain.
Copyright. 1875. by King Features
Syndicate. lrS6.)
The Washington times., 1935-11-26
Words of Wise Men

Everyone excels in something
in which another fails.-PubliliuS
SyruS.
How is it possible to expect that
mankind will take advice, when
they will not so much as take
warning?-Swift.
No one knows what he can do
till he tries.-Publilius Syrus.
The Washington times., 1935-11-26

and reach their own conclusion,
without a lot Of blather and ex-
element"
We had our first great test of
the political effectiveness of the
radio in 1923. Or rather, we
thought we did, as there was much
talk at the time about the posi-
bility of the master of the radio
The Washington times., 1935-11-26
The Human Side of the News

mot conclude that the small at
tendance at political meetings
means that voters are any the less
interested. It is JUS that they
are learning that political meet
ings cause more noise and con.
fusion than anything else and
they hear political talks over the
radio and then sit quietly at home
The Washington times., 1935-11-26

COOP NEWSPAPERS are dedicated to truth JUS
tce and public serUice. They help to spread enlght-
enn1ent and to sustain liberty throughout the land
They help knowledge of American institu.
tOns They help to protect the rights of the citizen
The hospitals and charitable organizations haze no
stauncher ally than the newspapers. Hundreds Of
cause of community bctterment and good govern
ment.
The Washington times., 1935-11-26

Gambling is a disease of bar
barians specifically civilized
Dean w. r. Inge.
For most men (till by losing
RENDERED sager) will back their
own opinions with a wager
Byron.
He that plays his money ought
not to value it.-George Herbert.
The Washington times., 1935-11-26
The Greatest Show On Earth
BY John Snure, J.

} Just what effect it would have
to utilize the dry force to work up
sympathy for the Townsend pro-
gram is unknown, but, judging by
the vote that repudiated the dry
element, there is some question as
to whether the arid workers will
gain much support in their new
drive,
The Washington times., 1935-11-26
CARGO OF ON

Loaded with oil for Italy, the
Tankers Corporation
ship ulysses" lies in the Gulf of
The Washington times., 1935-11-26
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER rs, 1885
Not Taxes But Costs

The protest of Representative Virginia E. tenckes
against the secret preparation of program Of new and
additional local by committee of District officials
has brought indications that hearings will be held the
new tax program before it is submitted to Congress.
That fine far goes but fails utterly to reach
the situation against uUhich many of citizens pro-
testing.
And that situation is the ASSUMPTION that the Dis
trict needs or can pay any additional taxes.
BEFORE THE COMMISSIONERS PROCEED WITH
THEIR TAX PROGRAM EVEN WITH THEIR SUG-
GEsTED PUBLIC HEARING ON THE NEW TAXES,
THEY WOULD BE DOING THE JOB OF SERVANTS
TO THE PUBLIC MUCH BETTER IF THEY WOULD
PERMIT THE CITIZENS OF THE DISTRICT TO
STUDY THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT WITH A VIEW
TO BRINGING ABOUT REDUCTION IN ITS COST.
AS The Times has pointed out previously, the cost of
operating the local has increased by leaps
and bounds and there has been efficient study made
TO determine how costs can be kept down.
The policy be to let the costs mount high
they please in the belief that taxes can be increased in
definitely to meet them.
Such policy, of course that the taxpayer
(and that means everybody is going to find continu
ally increasing portion of his income taken by the local
government.
Pleasant as it might be- and has been for District gov
ernment officials to expand and increase their activities
at the cost of the taxpayer there comes time when the
taxpayer longer meet the Increased tax bills.
WHAT THE TAXPAYER WANTS HIS SERVANTS
IN THE DISTRICT BUILDING TO DO NOW IS NOT
TO FIND ADDITIONAL METHODS OF TAKING HIS
MONEY FROM HIM (WHICH IS WHAT IS BEING
DONE) BUT TO CAST ABOUT AND FIND MEANS
TO CURTAIL THIS ALREADY HEAVY BILL.
The total appropriations for the District government
have just about doubled over period OF fifteen years.
There has not been doubling of the income Of our
citizens that period and consequently easily be
that greater proportion Of the Of the public
s being taken the of the local government
During that period the capital outlay OF the city
has declined, meaning that LESS MONEY HAS BEEN
SPENT FOR NEW SCHOOLS, NEW HOSPITALS,
NEW FIRE DEPARTMENT EQUIPMENT, ETC.
The increase in the total appropriation has been in the
item of maintenance and operating expense and it has
been tremendous.
sincere effort the District Building cut that item
and to gve the citizens of the District through commit
tee the chance participate in the cutting might Welt
OUate the necessity of further soaking the local tax
Evening star., 1935-06-09
Mrs. Bloom Hostess;
Other at Homes

Mrs. Sol Bloom, wife of Representa-
tive Bloom, has issued cards for tea
Friday afternoon from to o'clock.
This will be the second in the series
of informal teas which Mrs. Bloom
is giving in the patio of her home
at 1880 Columbia road.
A pleasant, informal tea was given
Friday afternoon, when Mrs. Bloom
entertained In the patio of her home
on Columbia road, which is gay with
painted furniture, bright color chintzes
and in the center an attractive foun-
tain Mrs. Bloom wore black chiffon
gown printed in peacock blue with
black Breton sailor hat. Representa-
tiye Bloom and Miss Vera Bloom were
also there to greet the guests, the lat
ter wearing black taffeta. in which
was a pattern Of lipstick red and there
we're touches of red on her becoming
black hat.
The guests included members of
diplomatic, official and residential
circles.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilson Compton will
give a garden party this afternoon
from 5 to Z o'clock at their home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Parsons Irwin
have discontinued their Sunday after
moons at home. Mr.. and Mrs. Irwin
and their three children, Irene. Hope
and Hall, will sail the first part OF
July for Enaand.
Evening star., 1935-06-09
Garden Party for
Woman Educators

Mr.. and Mrs. Wardley T. Calhoun
will entertain at garden party this
afternoon in honor of Miss Ethel
Rutledge, head of the Rutledge
School; Nine. Peter de Daudet of
France and Miss Kathleen Carson,
head of the dramatic department OF
the school. Miss Rutledge and Nine.
Daudet will leave shortly for France.
Alternating at the tea table will be
Mrs. Frank Berry. Mrs. Lucille Hunter.
Miss Caroline Terris and Mrs. Paul
Dewey. -.
Mrs. Calhoun will wear an Alice
blue lace gown trimmed in pink and
Nine. Daudet has chosen q white
oreandie made with a skirt of rufhes,
with which she will wear scarlet Slip
pers and a picture hat. Miss Carson
will wear a Patou model OF violet
chiffon, with which she will wear q
hat and carry q muff both made OF
fresh violets. Tea tables will be placed
in the garden.
Invitations have been extended to
members of the faculty of the Rutledge
School and the Chevy Chase Fellow
ship Club.
Evening star., 1935-06-09
Degree for Mr.. Hull
Mr.. Morgenthau to Return Tomorrow.
Other Personal Notes.

Mrs. Buck and their daughter have
gone to their home in California,
where Representative Buck will join
them at the close of the session.
The Undersecretary of State, Mr..
William Phillips, Is expected to re-
turn tomorrow from California. where
he went for the opening Of the ex-
position at San Diego.
Mrs. Phillips and the younger men,
bers of the family have gone to their
Summer home at Beverley Farms,
Mass, to remain until October.
The economic adviser to the State
Department and Mrs. Herbert Feis
are spending the week end at Gibson
Island
Mr.. and Mrs. Feis will go later in
the season to Wincassett, Me-, for
vacation.
The vice chairman of the National
Democratic Committee and Mrs. Emil
Hurja returned last evening from
New York, where they spent several
DAYS,