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The Washington times., 1935-11-06
HISTORIC ROOMS

When the nine Justices Of the
United States Supreme Court
moved into new marble quarters,
they left in the Capitol the rooms
wherein history Of the United
States was nodded.
Although the Supreme Court
chamber is o be preserved, the
clerks office, the marshal's office
and adjacent rooms have been
assigned to Senate committees.
The robing room of the Justices
goes to the Senate Audit and
Control Committee now headed
by the White House favorite,
Senator James F. Byrnes, Of
South Carolina.
It was in this old room that
historians believe Thomas Jeffer'
son pondered 1874 years ago when,
as Vice President, he reflected
C.. the future Of the 13 original
States.
The prismatic glass chandelier
is believed to have been brought
from France by Jefferson.
The room came through the
fire of 1914 almost unScatched
although the walls bear the marks
Of the burning by the British.
It is believed that in this room
Jefferson may have worked on
his Manual of Parliamentary
Practice" which is still the basis
for procedure in the House and
Senate.
Other rooms have been assigned
to Senator Walter F. George, OF
Georgia, chairman Of the Privi
legeS and Elections Committee
and to Senator Carl Hayden, Of
Arizona, chairman Of the Commit
tee on Printing.
Senator Hugh L. Black, OF
Alabama, chairman Of the Senate
Lobby Committee, will also be
housed in one Of the old rooms
and when the senatorial investiga'
ton continues it will be partially
conducted in the atmosphere o1
the old Supreme Court.
Also to be housed near the old
chamber is the Finance Office OF
the secretary of the Senate which
disburses to all Senate employees
including the Senators them
selves, the checks of the United
States Treasury.
Although surrounded by the
committees, the old Supreme
Court chamber will be preserved
as a monument to the former
Justices who handed down con
stitutional interpretations in
time when the blade Of the ak
was not barred to its pillars.
The Washington times., 1935-11-06
Delegated Powers
Bu James r. Williams, Jr.

November ranks high among
the months that contribute mem
orable dates to the national cal
endar of American patriotism.
November is the month Of our
national elections and Of all
State elections except the cleo
tions in the State of Maine which
are held in September.
Every four years, in November,
the American people elect the
President and Vice President of
the United States. the entire
House Of Representatives, now
numbering 435 members, and
one-third Of the United States
Senate.
In addition to these national
officials hundreds of State and
minor officials in forty-seven Of
the forty-eight States in the Union
are also elected.
In November Of other even
years-that is to say, every two
years-the American people elect
the House of Representatives
and another third of the Senate,
together with State and minor
officials North, East, South and
West.
November is also the month Of
national Thanksgiving, the month
in which its concluding Thurs
day is annually proclaim e d
Thanksgiving Day by the Presi'
dent of the United States. This
anniversary is peculiarly Ameri'
can and the American people are
enjoined to return thanks on that
day for the blessings bestowed
upon them from on High.
AMERICAN SYSTEM
It is well that one month in
the year has been set aside in all
of the States of the Union save
one for the holding of national
and State elections. It helps to
turn the thoughts of the Ameri
can people in unison toward the
responsibility of representative
government.
Representative government is
the American system of which
the cornerstone is the Constitu
ton of the United States.
Representative COVER m n
works well when citizens take
seriously the authority and re
Sponsibility which they enjoy
under such a system.
Representative govern I'm e n
works badly when citizens abuse
their authority and shirk their re
sponsibilty under such a system
Representative government /:
not government of politicians, bJ
politicians. for politicians. It il
not government by organized
minorities.
Representative government l.
government of the people, by the
people, for the people" through
those officials whom they elect fol
specific terms of office and tt
whom they delegate specific
powers under written constitution!
the Federal Constitution anc
The Washington times., 1935-11-06
The Human Side of the News
By EdlCi1s C.. Hill

, planes, whose pilots would con.
slider the weather Of that time
ideal and who would follow the
same route in two hours flying
time with a ton of mail and 40
passengers"
AS said before, it was the jump
by the Army pilots from New
York to Washington with the
mail in 1918 which began the
great development. We were in
the midst of the World War at
the time and, consequently, little
attention was paid to the news
of a man going 200 miles in an
airplane to deliver q letter.
There's one thing about US. q
national habit, and it is that we
can take only one big news story
at a time. If several come at the
same time. we pick out the most
important and leave the others to
die of inattention.
That same year brought the
Armistice and then the bitby-bit
development of the airmail, q
short line here and a short line
there, under Government opera
ton. with the planes being flown
by the boys who had taken up
flying for the sole purpose Of
giving battle to the Richtofens in
the clouds above the Rhine.
They were soon to find, how"
ever, that peace flying had haz'
ards no less than those Of war.
The first transcontinental mail
was flown in 1890, a year which
marked such a series Of deaths
and crashes that the pilots organ.
lied to strike unless they received
better equipment and improved
landing fields.
DAY AND NIGHT
Two years of this and the Gov
ernment had to get out Of the
business of transporting letters.
Night flying, inaugurated in 1922
put the Post Office Department
in competition with the railroads
and compelled the transfer OF the
operations to private contractors.
The first contract for mail to be
flown was obtained by William
Robertson for a route between st.
Louis and Chicago. He specified
that he had to have six open
planes and trained pilots, among
the latter being a flier named
Charles A. Lindbergh.
The graft. political piracy and
chiseling, common to most pio-
neering ventures, were conspicu'
Gus by their presence in the be"
ginnings of the commercial air.
ways. Charges. some proved and
others improved, resulted in PreSl-
dent Roosevelt seizing the air
lanes and having them operated
by the Army in the first year OF
his Administration. They have
been returned to private operators
and every hour of the day and
night the planes are in the air
in all sorts of weather, for, no
matter what happens, the mall
must go through" .
Copyright. 1885, by King Features
The Washington times., 1935-11-06
The Air Mail


The airmail has gone to the
Philippines. Three small pieces
of blue, gummed paper placed on
a letter will take it from anywhere
in the United States on the long
ride across the Pacific Ocean to
the islands close to the China
coast. The little pieces of paper
are the new transpacific stamps,
costing Is cents each. One Of
the stamps will carry a letter to
Hawaii, two will take it to Guam,
and the 75-cent fee is for the
mail to Manila.
There's romance in the carry
ing of the mail. The Greek who
ran the 26 miles from Marathon
to Athens with the news of the
defeat of the Persians was the
first mailman to get into the
hall of fame. Next, Elizabethan
Europe knew the Kings Couriers
who, never to be impeded on their
rounds, went unmolested even by
the Dick TurpinS and other such
gentlemen of the road.
Our own pony express has been
immortalized in fact and fiction,
and yet it's glamor does not outdo
that of the airmail and, of course,
in Importance and magnitude
there is no comparison of the two.
A short II years has passed
since the American airmail crew
from an experimental system OF
200 miles into a network of 25,-
600 miles, over which the planes
fly q total of close to $4,000, 600
miles a year. The first link in
this great system was the 200
mile stretch, as the crow flies.
between New York and Washing
ton, flown first on May Is, 1918,
by Army pilots.
PROPHECY
Seven years before that, on
October II, 1911, the first Of
flights with mail only took place
when Hugh. Armstrong Robinson
negotiated the 371 miles between
Minneapolis and Rock Island, Ill,
in four days. Seventy-five thou
sand men and women lined the
shores of Lake Calhoun in Min
neapolis on that day and cheered
wildly as the pilot got his pusher
hydro-airplane on its way to Rock
Island.
Robinson, who is now 81 and
lives in Florida, recalls that trip:
"The start of my flight had
been delayed five times by bad
weather. Atmospheric conditions,
bumpy air and inadequate power
almost brought this worlds first
airmail flight with a hydro-atr.
plane to a disastrous end several
times before Rock Island was
reached with a cargo OF Is
pounds of mail.
although my flight was looked
upon generally as a publicity
stunt, my predictions have been
more than borne out in the form
Of the huge ocean-spannlng
The Washington times., 1935-11-06
Marry-GO-ROund
By Helen ROuLa1ad

'sured. But they won't insure
your HEART. or your happiness!
The most out-of-date, battered
old schooner can start out for a
three months ocean voyage to the
Antipodes, and Lloyd's or some
other insurance company will bet
you that it will arrive safely with
it's cargo. But no insurance com.
pany will bet that your Good Ship
of Matrimony will weather the do
mestic storms for single week.
In short, you can get insurance
against all of the elements-ex-
cept the HUMAN element! That
is regarded as too big a risk.
The only matrimonial insur'
ance which you can take out is
that whereby two people insure
themselves against failure and un'
happiness and both are willing to
pay the premium.
Charm, beauty and intelligence
won't insure a woman against
making a mess of her marriage
Nor will wealth, success and
power insure a man against max
ing a failure Of his marriage.
Reno and places like that thrive
on charming and beautiful women
and wealthy and successful men
The only thing that will buy
matrimonial insurance is mutual
love, consideration and under
standing. Mutual fairness and
good sportSmanship.
These are the total premium
you pay for marital happiness
And don't let the policy lapse!
Copyright. 1885. by King Features
Syndicate, 1nc.)
The Washington times., 1935-11-06
Listen, World!
Bv Elsie Robinson

} the one called I'm Scared Of It
ALL"
I'm scared of it all, Gods truth!
so I am;
TITS too big and brutal for me.
my nerves on the raw and !
don't give a damn
''For all the 'hoorah' that I see.
II prowl in the canyons of dismal
unrest;
st cringe-I'm so weak and so
small.
IT can't get my bearings; I'm
crushed and oppressed
with the haste and the waste
of it all.
1.-THE slaves and the madmen, the
lust and the sweat,
"The fear in the faces I see;
1.-THE getting, the spending, the
fever, the fret
tits too bleeding cruel for me"
''I guess that expresses the way
a lot Of us feel nowadays, Miss
Robinson. And I, for one. want
to take my few thousands and
slip away into the wilderness
somewhere, and lose myself for
the rest of my life. No one would
miss me-I've never been impor-
tant enough to count. So why
shouldn't I?
EDWARD j. K. -
Stick-or run away?
Yes. a lot of us do feel like that
nowadays, Ed. And poor fools
like myself, who have to write
about it all and try to make some
sense out of it-I suspect we feel
that way oftener and worse than
any of you. To duck out. go
some place where they've never
heard of politics and let 'em fin
iSh this dog fight for themselves
j.. man, oh man, they would GER
tainly be GRAND! And yet
hope I never do it. I'll kick
myself through all eternity If I
do. And it isn't because I think
I'm particularly important. :!
know I'm not. Not one out OF
ten thousand of us is particularly
important. But we've a job to do
and that IS important.
Meaning what? Meaning it's up
to us, no matter how dumb we
are individually-it's up to us to
keep the faith that started this
nation-the flame they handed
on.
Why are we here? Where are
we going? What should we do
about this present mess? None
of us knows the answers. Day
after day I write-and am SICK
at heart as I write, for ! don't
know what to say. Yet there's
one thing I CAN dol CAN
KEEP ON.
A CREED
I can keep on believing that we
ARE innately decent. Arc worm
while. that there is a plan ana
purpose behind all this pande-
monium. that somewhere GOD
is. and knows what it's all about.
I CAN believe that, Ed-and l
can spread that belief day after
day in my common acts. There's
no wisdom in me, and darned nt-
tie courage; but can keep that
faith and hand it on, gayly, gal"
lantly-or with a poke in the jaw
if all other methods fail. AND
THAT, as far as I see, is the job
that has been given to do.
So there you have the phil
osophy Of one American citizen
in a mighty black hour. Whether
it applies to you-and you-and
You'll wouldn't know. But 1t
applies to me-and DAMNED IF
I DUCK IT!
copyright, 1898, by King Features
Syndicate, Ine.)
The Washington times., 1935-11-06

the constitutions Of the several
States.
It is a mistake to believe, how
ever, that representative govern.
ment will run ITSELF" Nor can it
be efficiently administered If the
people completely turn over the
manipulation of its machinery to
political bosses.
"The strength of all forms Of
government alike" writes Freder.
ick Scott Oliver in Ordeal by Bat
tle," whether against foreign at.
tack or internal disintegration,
must depend in the long last upon
the spirit of the people; upon
their determination to maintain
their own institutions; upon their
willingness to undertake before.
hand those labors and Sacri-
ficeS which are necessary for Sc"
curity. The spirit is everything.
And in the end that spirit which
is strongest is likely to become
predominant, and to impose its
own forms, systems and ideas
upon civilized and uncivilized ma
tionS alike"
For several years past the
American system of government
has been under fire from the
foes of our own household" and
from enemies beyond the gates.
This attack upon the American
system is increasing. 1t comes
from a sinister coalition of alien
intriguers and their domestic tools
and dupes on American soil.
This coalition, first under one
sort Of "specious pretext" and
then under another, is attempting
to destroy the American system
of representative government and
to set UP in its place foreign sys.
tenn. These sappers against the
American system know full we'll
that the American people will re.
sist to the utmost the direct over.
throw of the government of the
Constitution. That is the reason
why these sappers are attempting
Ito undermine what cannot be di.
rectly overthrown" in the Ameri.
can system.
FOREWARNED
One way to undermine the
American system is to elect Sen.
ators and Representatives in Con.
gresS and governors and legisla.
tors in the several States who are
diSloyal to the American system,
who, if elected, will make com.
mon cause with the Sappers to
undermine that system.
There is an old saying that
"forewarned is forearmed." The
American people have had ample
warning of the vital Importance
that will attach to their national
and State elections in November
of next year. Upon those cleo
tions will depend the future Of the
American system of government.
It can best be fortified and per
petuated by electing only national
and State officials whose loyalty
to that system is above suspicion
regardless of whether they call
themselves Democrats or Republi-
! cans.
The Washington times., 1935-11-06
I Can Keep the Faith!

Oau nCGp S1AS E@SSnS
Here's a letter. No, you didn't
write it. But you're going to
wonder, with start, If someone
hasn't been reading your secret
thoughts. AS a matter Of fact,
they're the secret thoughts of
thousands of sensitive, d S.
couraged people during these
chaotic days-people who are
wondering if it's worth while to
fight any longer, hope any longer
if it wouldn't be more sensible
to run away. Find some quiet
place and-forget everything.
The writer's a man-49 years
old-owns a small store. He has
never been wealthy, yet has man
aged to make a comfortable home
for his wife and three children
and even keep going through the
depression. Now two of the chill.
dren are married, the third in
business for himself.
The wife Is absorbed in club
work and has a small but Suffi-
SACA4G AANOA44C Va AACA OWAs NoAAC eS44A
the man have had little in COM
mon for years. He has no debts
nor obligationS-llaS saved a few
thousands. And he wants to run
away!
LOSES GRIP
mo, there's no other woman" i"
he writes. "Nor any scandal that
I'm trying to escape. I'm simply
fed up with everything. I'm not
a brainy fellow. I Just plugged
along and always took it for
granted that things were going to
turn out right. But lately, some
how, I have lost my grip. Every
where you look. it is like a mad
house. Everything going round in
dizzy circles. feel like that fel-
low in Robert Services poem
The Washington times., 1935-11-06
Stop Welshing!

The District budget for the coming fiscal year upon
which the Federal Bureau of the Budget has started
SECRET hearings hinges entirely the recommendation
of the District Commissioners that the Federal share Of
the National Capitals expenses be increased
Unless the Bureau of the Budget approves Of the re-
quest of the for increase the Federal
share to slightly than eight million dollars the bud
get cannot be Without increase IN local taxes or
nearly three million dollars
APPROVAL OF THE REQUEST FOR THIS MOD
EST INCREASE IN THE FEDERAL FINANCING OF
THE SEAT OF GOVERNMENT WOULD ENABLE
THE CITY TO MEET THE INCREASED BUDGET
FOR THE COMING YEAR WITHOUT LAYING ON
THE COMMUNITY THE BLIGHTING EFFECT OF
NEW OR ADDITIONAL TAXES.
The Federal Government has for years welshed its
obligation to assist in the development and maintenance
of the National Capital.
TT SEEMS ALMOST USELESS TO RECALL IT,
BUT IT Is NEVERTHELESS, THE FACT THAT
UNDER EXISTING LAW THE UNITED STATES is
OBLIGATED TO MEET FORTY PER CENT OF TAE
DISTRICT BUDGET.
The Federal Government has violated that law every
wear for decade or more but the law is still on the
statute books.
The increase which the District Commissioners propose
the Federal Government make in its contribution for
next year would not bring the Federal appropriation up
to that forty per cent required by law.
It would however enable the city to meet few Of its
current needs and would serve as stopgap until Con
0ress could make a COMPLETE AND IMPARTIAL
INVESTIGATION of the whole problem Of fiscal rela
tions between the local and the National
The taxpayers of the District have nothing to fear
from such an investigation provided the investigating
group is not packed against the city as was the as
time such survey was made =.
AS the Comn1issiOners pointed out in suomnnns t"S
pendins budget the present in the city is f0ir ana
just" ... s.. ... .he
obligation which the Federal Government has tO~0rd the
upbuilding of the Federal city.
Proper consideration of the request OF the Comm1s
for an increase in the Federal share should be
the first step of the Federal officials in their debera
tions on the new budget.
The Washington times., 1935-11-06
Matrimonial Insurance

It seems that you can be insured
against almost anything, except
the risks and hazards Of matri-
mony.
They'll insure you against fire,
flood, hurricanes and sudden death.
But they won't insure you against
divorce. Or unhappineSS.
They'll insure your house against
lightning and your windows against
The Washington times., 1935-11-06
DIPLOMAT

Colonel Edwin A. Halsey, Senate
secretary, opines that one Of the
most difficult tasks is escorting
distinguished British visitors
around the Capitol.
He contends that of all his
duties it requires the most diplo-
macy.
Recently Halsey was walking
The Washington times., 1935-11-06

breakage. They'll insure your
horse, your dog, your automobile,
your furS and your jewels.
They'll even insure you against
bad weather on your wedding day.
Or on the day Of your college
football game. They'll insure you
against accidents, old age and
against the possibility of having
twins. Oh, yes, they will!
If you are a dancer, they will
insure your toes-or if you are a
violinist they will insure your
fingers. And one popular comedian
is said to have had his nose in.
The Washington times., 1935-11-06
MODELS

George Boyd. caustic sage of
the Senate, who observes all pro-
ceedings, great and small, from
his post outside the Senate dis
bursting office, recently discussing
the trend of fortune, remarked:
"Now take these statues around
these corridors. I knew many OF
the men when they were alive.
when I knew them, most OF
them were a bunch of half-baked
politicians.
when they are dead they are
models for statues"
Evening star., 1935-11-13

street. A half-hour later the garage
called to say the car was ready.
Why that's not my car" she told
the attendant, who blushed deeply
and said: We'll, / found 1t at Wis
consin and Macomb, just where you
said"
SO they set out for Wisconsin and
Macomb to find the rightful owner,
but on the way a car. with horn
blowing loudly, forced them TO the
curb. and polite but firm policeman
beckoned them to follow. Soon they
found an irate middle-aged woman
waiting for her car. She had parked
a machine of exactly the same model
and saw the garage man enter 1t and
Evening star., 1935-11-13
THANKS MESSAGE
URCESPEACE NEED
Presidential Proclamation
Sets Aside November 28
as Day of Praise.

The American people were called
on to encourage peaceful trade and
friendship" over the world. in the
yearly Thanksgiving proclamation. is
sued late yesterday by President Roose-
welt.
Designating November % as the day
of national thanksgiving, the Presi-
dent said:
"In traversing a period of national
stress our country has been knit to-
gether in a closer fellowship of mu-
tual interest and common purpose.
We can well be grateful that more
and more of our people understand
and seek the greater good of the
greater number. We can be grateful
that selfish purpose of personal gain.
at our neighbors' loss. less strongly
asserts itself We can be grateful that
peace at home is strengthened by a
growing willingness to common coun-
sell We can be grateful that our
peace with other nations continues
through recognition Of our own peace
ful purpose.
But in appreciation of the bless
ings that Divine Providence has be-
slowed upon us in America. We shall
not rejoice as the Pharisee rejoiced.
War and strife still live in the world.
Rather, must America by example
and IN practice help to bind the
wounds of others, strive against dis
order and aggression, encourage the
lessening of distrust among peoples
and advance peaceful trade and
friendship.
The future of many generations
of mankind will be greatly guided by
our acts in these present years. We
hew a new trail.
Let us. then, on the day appointed
offer our devotions and our humble
thanks to Almighty God and pray
that the people of America will be
guided by Him in helping their fell
low men"
Evening star., 1935-11-13

drive away, whereupon she called the
police.
After apologies all the way around,
the artists wife and the garage man
drove to Macomb and Connecticut to
get the other car.
WALK AND KEEP WELL.
VERY few men In Washington are
as regular in their habits as the
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
Every morning after an early break
fast Mr.. Hughes takes brisk stroll
in the neighborhood of his house, on
r street. To Star man who usually
walks to the office the Chief Justice
says he makes it a point to be at his
desk In the Supreme Court Building
Evening star., 1935-11-13

ing to bawl out the driver. when he
saw there was no driver and the car
was parked innocently at the curb.
SLEEP IN PEACE.
An inscription on tomb in q
family cemetery in Southern Mary
land reads: Here's to my friends
and parents dear, I am not dead,
am sleeping here"