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The Washington times., 1935-03-19
SENATE ASKED
To RESTORE
100000
$4,000 for Landscape Work
Is Major Item Requested;
Building Seen Doomed

School authorities today made
a plea before the Senate District
appropriations subcommittee for
reinstatement of an appropria-
ton of 100000 cut from the
school budget for the fiscal year
1896 by the House.
The major items refused by the
House and for which the school
heads asked today were $4,000
each for landscaping work around
the Woodrow Wilson High School
and for improvements for the
Armstrong High School.
Among those who testified to-
day were DR.. Frank w. Ballou,
superintendent of schools, and
Stephen E. Kramer, assistant su-
perintendent.
While the school heads also
are anxious to have funds made
available for a Sizeable school
building program in the District
they held little hope that Con-
gress will allow for it in this bill.
Welfare department heads also
appeared before the subcommittee
today to conclude their testimony.
They are urging the Senate to re-
store various items for hospitals
and penal institutions which the
House disallowed.
Both District officials and mem
berS of the subcommittee ex-
pressed the belief that today's
hearings would conclude the pres
entations of heads of local gov
ernment departments.
Civic and business representa-
tives will begin tomorrow to testi-
fy, and it is expected that the bill
will be reported to the Senate
either the latter part of this week
or the first part of the next.
Deficiency Bill
The Senate today passed the
deficiency appropriations bill,
carrying two important District
items.
One would provide $4,000 for
remodelling of the recently
burned Adams School administra.
tion building and for the pur.
chase of equipment and supplies
to establish commercial courses
in the junior and senior high
schools of the city.
The other was an amendment
inserted at the request of Ma
jority Floor Leader Joseph T.
Robinson CDD of Arkansas, max
ing available $4,000 for extend.
ing the life of the District of
Columbia-Virginia Boundary Com
mission.
The measure now goes to con.
ference Nth the House.
The Washington times., 1935-03-19
D. c. INCOME TAX
+. NEAR DOUBLE

Income tax collections in the
District and Maryland, composing
the Maryland Federal tax district,
we're almost doubled from March
LIS this year over the, same period
last year, the Internal Revenue
Bureau revealed today.
The increase was attributed al
most entirely to a gain in the
earnings of the public. The col
lections include all Federal income
taxes, the bureau said.
Between March 1-15 this year
the collections totaled $7,30l,7 ,732
as compared to last years total
of $4,6O6, 900.
Gains likewise we're registered
throughout the. United States,
only six of the 81 collection dis
tricts showing losses. To date the
total stands at 91,358,909, an
increase of $43,564,015 over the
same period last year.
Officials estimated, however
that when all tabulations have
been made, the 15-day period this
year will show payments aggre-
eating 246,000,00O.
The Washington times., 1935-03-19
Fire Alarm Boss
Will Give Talk

H. A. Frieds, superintendent of
District fire alarms. will address
the Optimist Club at luncheon
meeting in the Hamilton Hotel to-
morrow at 1890 p. m. He will set
up alarm box and bell equipment
to illustrate his talk.
j. B. Murphy, club president,
said Calvin c. LAUDER, District fire
marshal, and Sergeant r. C. Rob
erts, of the fire prevention divi.
sion, will be guests at the luncheon.
The Washington times., 1935-03-19
Speeds to Meet
Wfe;Arrested,
Escapes Fine

Judge Gus A. Schuldt, presid-
ing in Traffic Court, is married.
Therefore he should know
whereof he speaks. "
At any rate, when Melville
Goodman appeared before the
judge today to answer to a
charge of speeding he offered
as a defense:
"YOur honor, 1 am guilty. But
I was trying to keep an appoint
ment with my wife,
Responded the judge:
"That was a futile gesture.
She probably would have been
late"
However, the judge took Mr..
Goodman's personal bond.
The Washington times., 1935-03-19

That pleasant but impersonal
voice which callers hear when
they ring the Civil Service Com
mission-as often as not be-
longs to Ella Walters, one Of the
commissions small battery Of
attractive telephone operators.
Elias vocal impersonality,
however, doesn't extend to her
when she's off duty, for her
character rates personality
plus" then.
She's one of the Govern"
ment's red heads, although she
prefers, that you term it "au"
burn" and she has the blue
eyes that go with such coloring.
And she's pretty (see photo-ed.
note.)
Formerly a hello girl'' with
the local phone company, Ella
has given Civil Service the ben
eft of her experience for the
past six years. When a rush of
calls comes in, she and her
mates resemble the proverbial
one-armed paperhangers as they
plop plugs in and out of their
board.
Recreationally, the auburn"
employe is very active, with an
interest in skating, dancing,
horseback riding, and cooking,
which last hobby, she smilingly
AYERS, is her forte. She's also a
member of Lodge 81, American
Federation of Government EN-
ployes.
The Washington times., 1935-03-19
ALLEN REVEALS
|. D.C.PLANSFOR
WORK RELIEF
Says Those Now on Rolls Can
Be Placed in Week After
Bill Is Signed

washington residents on the re-
lief rolls will be placed on work
relief within one week after the
President signs the 4,88O-mllllon
dollar measure now before the
Senate, Commissioner George E
Allen said today.
Shortly before appearing before
the District subcommittee OF the
Senate Appropriations Committee
Mr., Allen announced that he re-
ceived further grant of $322,5O0
today to carry on direct RELIEF
until the end of this month. He
said:
81 am anxious to find out
how soon Congress will approve
the wOrks-relief bill SO can
get to work wedding out the u11-
employables on District relief
and turning the others over to
work relief.
WORK OUTLINED
'Ninety per cent of the FER
sons on relief in Washington
are the labOring class, therefore,
we will be unable Immediately
to tackle projects which demand
skilled labor. However, we will
be able to put these persons to
work on made WORK that we
are now carrying on.
'T should say that the first
empIOyableS to be placed on the
rolls as soon as the bill becomes
law will be set to work on the
grading Of Boiling Field, road
building, and sewer cOnstruc-
ti0n.
1--WE would like to take other
projects, such as the building
of new schools, but we are
handicapped by lack of skilled
labor, and / don't see how we
can build q SckO6f with the 40"
per cent Of skilled labor we
have"
LACKS SKILLED LABOR
The Commissioner, who has had
up his sleeve a low-cost housing
project for the past year, smiled
enthusiastically when it was sug
gested that the works-relief pro
gram may become a law within
a week. Swapping his fingers, he
said:
81 can turn our relief people
over into the new program just
like that. I also would like to
get this lOw-cOSt housing project
started, but there again I am
handicapped by lack of skilled
labor.
However, we are all ready to
go to work under the new pro-
gram and 1 have enough money
to take care Of relief for the
rest of the month"
The Washington times., 1935-03-19
RHODE ISLAND RALLY

A meeting Of the Rhode Island
Society of the District of Colum'
bia was held last night at the
Washington Hotel. Plans were
made for a spaghetti dinner to be
held during April, and it was an
nounced the annual ball of the
organization will be held May 4. .
The Washington times., 1935-03-19
'STACGER' PLAN
FAVORED BY
OFFICIALS
Shifting of Workers Hours
To Ease Traffic SnarIs
Wins General Support

Although strong opposition was
expressed by one Government en-
ployes' organization today to the
plan to "stagger" the hours OF
Federal workers in departments
here. the majority of officials con-
cerned expressed the opinion that
the new schedule must be given
a thorough trial to see just how
it will work.
Designed to relieve the traffic
congestion during rush hours, the
new rule on April IS will send
approximately $1,000 workers to
work at various times between
$50 and 9:15 a. m, allowing them
to leave at intervals between 4
and 4:45 p. m.
About $4,000 local Government
workers will retain their present
hours, however.
BabcOck Protests
Danger of overtime work was
cited today by E. Claude Babcock,
president of the American Fedora
ton of Government Employees, who
expressed opposition by his or
ganiz ltion to the rule, saying:
81 am absolutely opposed to
it unless there is a guarantee
that no overtime will result. In
the past, when daylight saving
was tried, it was found neces-
sary to have first one or two,
then 10 or 20 employees on duty
while others were off.
"Of course If the RamSpeck
leave bills now before the House
Civil Service Committee go
through, there can be no basic
objection, but as it looks now,
the employees will eventually be
working seven and a half hours
daily"
The National Federation OF
Federal Employees will take no
stand against the measure, ac-
cording to Gertrude M. McNally,
secretary-treasurer, unless a COM
plant is lodged by local members,
but Miss McNally had a personal
grudge against the rule. She said:
"This matter will upset the
routine Of many persons lives,
particularly those workers who
live in boarding houses, where
they must get their meals at
q stated hour. The economy
act was termed an act to
maintain the credit of the
United States but was actually
at the expense of Federal en-
ployes. This rule, aiding the
traffic situation, would also
seem to be at their expense"
F.. A. Birgfeld, chief clerk of
the Treasury Department, said:
1--WE have no vivid imagina-
tions here. We are inclined to
90 along with the authorities
and give the matter a thorough
trial. It should work out all
right.
TRIAL ADVISED
Malcolm Kerlin, administra-
tive assistant at the Department
of Commerce, boosted the meas
IRE. declaring:
81 don't see any objection to
it, and it certainly should i'm
prove the traffic situation. AS
far as can see at present, the
employees should not have any
opposition and know our work
will not suffer-"
The Washington times., 1935-03-19

Hopeful motto for spring!
From the Morse artist, Nansen,
whose autographed sketches
hang in the library of the Nor
Weaian legation.
"The difficult is that which
can be, done Immediately. The
impossible takes a little longer. "
The Washington times., 1935-03-19
PATROL ENTERTAINED

Thirty.three Wheatley School
Boy Patrol members were enter
tained by Mr.. and Mrs. Foster
Touart, 1912 Holbrook Terrace
N. E., at their home last night
Clinton Touart, the hosts son
CAPTAINS the patrol.
The Washington times., 1935-03-19
LADIES' AID PARTY

A card party for the benefit
of the Ladies Aid Society win
be held tonight at $3.50 o'clock in
the Northeast Masonic Temple,
Eighth and F. SITS. N. E. Mrs. g.
F. Perry is the sponsor.
La opinión., 1935-04-26

cuando Sc enteraron dc que ell dinamismo de antano
Sc habia apagado, los "juanes" del callismo Sc pusieron
a buscar aconodo en- el regimen incierto que preside ell
general Cardenas, porquo Sc han dado cuenta de que es
todavia mas incierto ell porVenir del general Gales. iEs
natural! Cuando un general Sc olVida de dar la Voz de
mando, en- ell momento recesario, los soIdados tienen que
buscar instintiyaInente otro iefe que los guie. cardenas
puede pareoer torpe y a seces inconsciente, pero no lie
tiene miedo a la situacion.
Es possible cue, a Ultima bora, trate ell general Ca
lies de incorporarse y recuperar la fuerza %perdida; pero,
en- politica, Ell que Sc retrasa un minute. sufre 10 mismo
que 81 Sc retrasara TN siglo. Cuando quiera coger otra
vez ell control de los ca!istas, lie pasara 10 que lie paso
al general Reyes en- 1911: sus partidaros Sc habian in
crustado en- ell maderismo. Los caudiIlos, como los bar
cos, deben sienpre mantener las calderas ~prendidas y las
chimeneas humeando. solo asi pueden moverse en- sl
momento precise! cuando Sc deia pasar csc momento,
vienen forzosamente ell enfriamiento Ell a%bandono.
Ese es ell case del general Gales. Sc va. Sc va.
Sc fue. $50!
La opinión., 1935-04-26
Por NEMESIO GA RCIA NARANJo

esa medida, y Sc muestra, va antes
de la Independence, e~stoieo pero
BRAVO, progresista, renovadcr, full
g%urante".
NingGn tribute estima tanto la
mayoria de los ~mexicanos. como
ell elogio vibrante de su pasado.
Entiendo que fue ell Vizcoude de
Chateaubriand quien dijo que So
10 despreciaban las glorias ances-
ira es quienes ~carecian de linaje
i~lustre, Y que asimismo. solo Sc
%jactaban de ~pertenecer a un estir-
pc rancia. quienes no tenian otro
motive para fincar su orgullo. No
es pues "A titulo de jactancia. como
recogemos las mobiles palabras del
senior Levillier. sino para hacer
yer. a los enemigos de nuestras
tr~adiciones, que aun antes de Ia
Independence, va habia progreso
Y renovation. Algunos espiritus
sectarios Green uue nuestro pasado
es de tinieblas. y bueno es que Sc
enteren, por ell verbo del Embaja-
dor argentine. que dicho pasado,
a1n en- los tiempos de la Co onia.
fue progresista y f%u'gurante.
Y como no habfa de serlo, ST ell
progreso es ley de vidal Los que
Green que ell progreso nacio ell dia
de aver, no entienden ell fondo de
la Historic. En- ell centric de la ban
dera de Mexico. aparece n ale
goria tremenda que ~refleja ell ca
racter varonil del pueblo: una
aguila.- que es IA mas bravia de
las aves,- Sc posa con una de sus
garras. sobre un nopal. que es
la mas bravia de las plantas,-y
La opinión., 1935-04-26
Pdlabras BeNdS, y NADIA Mas

in GRUPO de cap1pesinos, probablemente ensober-
becidos con la indu!gencia que ell gobierno ha desplegado
hacia los asraristas en- otras ocasiones, Sc apodero re-
centemente de una gran extension de terrenos en- Te-
peaca, Puebla, ocasionando una queja de los propietarios
despojados. Ell Presidente Cardenas, tras conocer del
asunto, Sc do cuenta de que Sc trataba de I'm acto ente-
ramente Illegal, y ordeno la desocupacion de esos mismos
terrenos, la cual Sc efectuo-dicen los despachos de prem
sa-sn la menor dificu,tad. "dandose a los agraristas los
elementos necesarios para la tramitacion de su asunto
ante las autoridades superiores, a fin de que Sc consiga
mas tarde la dotacion respectful por medic de la via le-
GAL.
Con motive de este, ell Presdente, por medic de su
portavoz ell jefe del Departamento Agrario, lcenciado
Gabino Vazquez, hizo declaraciones en- Ell sentido de que
de ninguna manera tolerara, nj menos sancionara la
anarquia, condenandola sacramento. ST algunos de los
preceptos legales vigentes no correspondent a las aspira-
clones de justcia social que ustedes, los agraristas, per-
siguen, la misma ley se1aa ell canine para derogarlo y
sustituTlo con dsposiciones que efectivamente satisfa-
gan las necesidades populares. La lucha cfvica, ell sufra-
go, abren a los campesinos un ancho sendero hacia la
renovation legislative.
Bellas palabras, en- verdad. En- SUI caracter de gober-
mantle, ell general Cardenas no debe nj puede tolerar la
anarquia, que es la negacion de todo gobierno; pesa So
be sus hombros tambitn la responsabilidad entera de los
atentados impunes, y la culpa de los autores de esos aten.
tados, no importa Guam oscuros sean clos, Sc rcfieja de
un modo v1goroso sobre SUI prestlgio de mandatario ma
clonal. En- efecto, es la misna ley la que seiala ell ca
mino para deroear y sustituir ell precepto legal que no
corresponds a las aspiraciones de los campesinos" y csc
canine debe seguirse sin vacilacion, para evitar cuaiuuie-
IA ~suspicacia, para garantizar la pz interior, para reali-
Ear ell acto principal de toda justicia, que previene dar a
cada clal 10 suyo. La teorfa es de las que banan de un
prestigo e%nyidiable al mandatario que la sustenta, lavan-
do Gle paso esta y aquella falta notada por sus enemigos,
y aun por los que no 10 son, faltas que han hecho perder
las esperanzas aun a los que llegaron a tener una con-
flanza ilimitada Ell la gestion del Presidente actual
pGrO c9Dp I'M nOpn dn oui,,;~
tan desllmbradora actitud. Ell Presidente Cardenas no
podra sostenerla sin excepciones, porque esta atado a
La opinión., 1935-04-26

horizonte, para yer que canine pueden tomar en- un mo-
mento de crisis. va Sc han dado cuenta de que su anti
quo jefe estd muy debiitado, y buscan ell modo de adhe-
rirse por cuenta propia, al Cobierno, en- donde estaban
por cuenta ajena. FL probena para clos consste en- no
caer EN- ell ocaso inevitable de su caudiIo.
En- honor de la verdad, los caIIistas estuvieron espe-
rando ell despertar de Gales. Los 1ltimos ounce amos
de constante actividad, les hacia suponer que ell hombre
de "EI Tambor" no Sc iba a resignar con la oscuridad nj
con ell abandono. Cuardo Sc multiplication las huelgas,
EN- forma pathological y %cundieron la dsoucion y ell dss-
concerto Ell las fiIas oficiales; y los obreros empezaron
a matarse los unos a los otros; y la ciudad de Mexico
Sc quedo sin tranvias, y otras ciudades Sc vieron privadas
de luz y de los mas rudinoentarios menesteres que exige
una vida c%iyilizada; cuando Sc vic este incredible desbara-
iuste, los caIIistas e~speraban que 81 General, con ell i'm
pulsivismo que lie era propio, marcara la o~rientaoion opor-
tuna y fijase la ruta que Sc debfa seguir. Pero ell gallo
no canto nj saIio de su gallinero, Sc quedo indeciso y tu-
rulato, lie fal6 la voz de mando, cuando mas la requerian
ss subordinados y amigos.
La opinión., 1935-04-26

estrangura con la otra CARA y con
ell pico a una serpiente.-que es
ell mas BRAVO de los reptiles. Pues
bien, esa lucha perenne entire las
alas que vuelan v las escama que
Sc arrastran. es un simbolo perfec'
to del progreso humane.
La historic de Mexico. tumu tue
sa y heroica. esta llena de episo-
dius terribles que. en- mas de una
OCCASION, han ~provocado ell e%scalos-
frio del mundo. BESIDE la epoca pre-
colombina. Mexico Sc destaca en-
tire los demas pueblos aborigenes
de America, por sus ritos barba-
ros Y su capacidad constructors.
Ell calendario azteca es un indice
~glorioso de cultura Astronomical y
la piedra de Tizoc, es un eXponen
tie barbara de ritos sanguinarios.
Y entire la potencialidad para cons
truir una civilization de monu-
mentos impereeederos. y la dispu-
sicion primitiva de ofrendar san
gra humane a !os doses. gira ell
imperio conquistado por Herman
Cortes. capaz de TODD 10 grande y
de TODD 10 terrible.
Ese imperio Sc derrumbo CAPT
taneado por ell heroe mas grande
del nuevo mundo. Respondents
dignamente al conjuro de ST nom
bre. (Cuauhtemoc. en- ell idioma
'nahuatl" quiere decir "aguila que
cae") el ultimo emperador de Me
xico supo caer como ell ave heroi-
ca de los oraeulos aztecas. Su &C
titud impossible sobre la hoguera.
hace que Sc mire pequena la figu-
ra del conquistador Cortes. Y
La opinión., 1935-04-26

Pero como ell general cardenas no 10 llama nj 10 Ia
mara, Gales Sc ha quedado perpleio EN- "El Tanbor', un
tambor que va no suena y, por 10 mismo, no puede mar
car ell paso de la sociedad. En- las declaraciones que, por
conducto del senador EzequeI Padilla, hizo al Presidente
de la R~ep1bica, no Sc hace la mas leve referenoia al "Je-
fe maxine" de la REVOLUTION. Tampoco 10 citaron en-
los discusses de Cuauta, EN- honor de Emiiano Zapata.
va no Sc lie recuerda en- los %banquetes que da a da ceIe-
bran, con toda clase de motives, los corifeos del Partido
NaconaI Revolucionario. Vamos, nj en- las Columns de
"EI NacionaI' aparece va ell nombre antes Iuminoso de
don P~lutarco. Decididan1ente, ell 'iefe maxine Sc esta
cubrendo de povo y hundiendose en- la NADIA. =. ..
Los que Sc forjan la Illusion de que sigue siendo omni-
potente, arguyen que ell general cardenas contin1a ro-
deado por los ministries caIIistas que lie fueron impuestos
en- diciembre d'mo. Ali estan Bassols y Garrido Cana
bal, %Boi6rquez y Rodoffo Elias Gales, quienes mantienen
encendido ell fucgo del calismo; pero en reaIidad, nj Bas-
soils nj B~oj6rquez son tan calIistas como 10 eran hace Gin
co meses. Entonces eran esclavos incondicionaIes, EN-
tanto que ahora son adictos v~acilantes que exploran ell
La opinión., 1935-04-26

los mas serios compromises poiticCs; podra obtener una
saludable %publicidad faiando en- casos en- los cuales no
esten envueltos los intereses de superiores y p~aniagua-
dos; no cabe duda sobre que ejercera sus ~facultades re-
tirando a los campesinos invasores de tai o cual propie-
dad que han ocupado a la fuerza, siempre que dicha pro-
piedad sea la de cualquiera de los altos factories politicos
y miitares de ia nacion; tampoco hay alguna duda sobre
que culnpira con ell programa revo'ucionario de "Tierras
para los Pueblos'', atrayandose las simpatias de los agra
ristas y del publlco ell general, en- casos cuya sOluCi0n sea
sencilla. Pero estara siempre incapactado para hacer
justicia impartial, 10 porQue no sean sus intenciones las
de hacerla, sino porque la carga es demasiado pesada pa
ra 81 y para cualquier hombre que, dentro de las actua-
les circunstancias, asuma ell poder executive de la Nacion.
Las informaciones no dicen a QUEEN o a quienes per-
teneclan en- realidad los tcirenos de los cuales Sc ha per
suadido" a los asraristas para retirarse. Pero a nadie
extranarfa que resultasen ser de alguno de los altos fun
cionarios del PN.R, de I'm general con mando de fuer-
zas, o de un factor de peso en- la balanza poitica de Me-
xico. La historic del Agrarismo en- nuestro pals esa ll-
ma de ejemplos bastante e.ocuentes, de despojos injustos,
de expropiacioues tras de las cuales Sc agazapa un rencor
poltico o una oieriza particular. Las tierras de los "reac
cionarios" o de los "clelicaies' son susceptibles de diyi-
sion y reparto; las de capitalists que no tienen amistad
con ell goberno, tambien quedan dentro de esa c'asifica-
cion. Pero hay una MEDIA bien distlnta por certo, para
las propiedadcs de los extranjeros, espetialmente 81 sus
gobiernos son poderosos y tienen alguDa Influenza So
be la poitica me1icana, asi como para aquellas que han
sido obtenidas, no Sc sabe a cencla cierta como, por los
senores Gales, Rodriguez, Cedtio, Perez Treviho, y otros
revolucionarios enemigos de los latlfundistas de aver, por
la ambicion de convertrse ellos mismos Ell latifundistas,
al amparo de su prestigio o de su poder real.
81 la actitud del general Ca1denas en- este case espe-
cial, fuese uniforme en- todos los simiares, su prestigio
ganarla notahlemente ante los ojos del pueblo desinte-
resado. La Revolution tiene TN pIograma. que es preci-
so cumplr. Pero mucho tememos que, 81 csc canine fue-
ra seguido sin restricciones nj distingos, no seria ell Sc
nor Ortiz Rubio el dnco Presidente de Mexico que re
nunciara' a mediados de SUI periodic, para irse a vivir
~tranquia y cast oscuramente, en- cualquier ciudad vigila-
BILE, de los Estados Unidos.
La opinión., 1935-04-26
iSe VQ.. Sc VQ... Sc Fuel.

Uno de los dltimos chistes que nos han Iegado dc
Mexico. es ell que sigue: aIguien %pregunto al general Car
denas:-si su barco Sc Va a pique, seior P%residente, ;que
hace listed? Y contesto impossible don L~azaro:-bueno,
pues 81 me gusta Eel pique", ALI me quedo. Este cuento
es mas verdadero que la verdad, que diria Anatole Fran
ce. FL actual P~residente do Mexico no tiene miedo de irse
"a pique'. Y como en- i~nfundirle miedo radicaba la po-
Utica del general Gales, resulta que este es ell que Sc esta
yendo al fondo del Oceano.
la personaIidad del ex-Presidente, que antes fuera de
perfiles cortantes y vigorosos, Sc esta %diuyendo y esfu-
mando en- ell divide. Hace apenas dos meses, ell nombre
de Plutarco Elias Gales aparecfa diariamente en- la pri-
mera plana de los %pori6dicos de mayor circulation. Los
poIticos de mayor aIzada 10 llamaban devotamente "jefe
maxine o maestro. Sc ctaban sus paIabras, como quien
cita la Escrtura. Sc observaban los detaIles de SUI enfer-
medal, como quen analiza las dolencias de la sociedad.
TODD mundo estaba pendiente del instante soIemne EN-
que, llamado por eI General Cardenas, fuera a Mexico a
zaniar todas las dificultades, a desatar todos los nudos,
a resolver todas las crisis, EN- una paIabra, a poner orden
EN- medic del caos y desooncierto.