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other which pictured a frail
little man, 81 years old, in Wash
ington at the time, who could
give these superb young athletes
a lesson in how to overcome an
adversary.
In fact, he might very well
take on both of them together
and come off the victor. l was
thinking of Admiral ISamu
Takeshita, who is here at the
head of a delegation of war vet
erans from his country. Thirty
years ago the admiral was naval
attache of the japanese legation
in Washington. Then he had the
side job of inStructing Theodore
Roosevelt in the art of jiu jitSu.
Speaking of those days, the
admiral says:
81 went to the White House
often. The President had an ex-
pert, a professor Of jiu jitSu, but
he asked me there to help. We
turned the White House library
into a jiu jitsu studio and every.
body had a good time. The PreSi-
dent was very strong and he be-
came good at the art"
JIU JITSU
To Washington newspaper
men, Admiral TakeShita impart-
ed the information that the
higher classes in Japan have
still another form of combat
which they keep secret from the
masses and which they call
"aiki." At his suggestion, one OF
the men graSped the upper part
Of the admiral'S right arm. The
admiral made two deft move
ments of his arms and instantly
his "asSailant" was kneeling on
the floor, gaSping.
81 was very easy with yOu,"
said the elderly japanese. II
could very easily have killed
yOu."
Jiu jitSu, or Japanese wreSt-
ling, probably originated in
China. This is not established,
although Taro Miyeake holds
that it is a development Of the
old Chinese custom of fighting
with the fingers extended. A
man Strengthened out his fin
gers and jabbed for the eyes or
a nerve center. A Japanese doc
tor is believed to have brought
the game into his country,
where it's great development
took place.
In Japan's feudal days, jiu
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The Human Side of the News
By MOntier
Bv EdWin C.. Hill

jitsu was a closely guarded Sc
cret. The Samurai alone were
permitted to carry weapons and
they became proficient in jiu
jitsu for the main purpose Of
showing the commonerS that,
after all, they did not need the
swords which they carried to
prove their superiority. About
100 years ago it became COM
mon property.
The term jiu jitSu is trans
lated to mean 'to conquer by
yielding" It is a system
wherein the weight and strength
of ones antagonist is used
against him. The jiu jitsu ex-
ponent will retreat or fall back
from the attack in order that
his adversary may be pulled off
balance or expose a vital point
for a counter attack. Lafcadio
Hearn has written this explana-
ton:
"In jiu jitSu there is a sort
Of counter for every twist,
wrench, pull, push or bend; only
the jiu jitsu expert does not Op-
pose such movements. No: he
yields to them. But he does
much more than that. He aids
them with q wicked SIeight that
causes the aSsaiIant to put his
own shoulder to fracture his
own arm. or in a desperate case,
even to break his own neck or
back"
REGARDLESS OF SIZE
WondrouS are the stories Of
the feats of jiu jitSu experts
in defending themselves against
single opponents or even against
a group. A friend told me re-
Gently of a demonstration
staged in San Paulo, Brazil,
where they have a style of fight
ing called "capolita." This Or
iginated among the thugs Of
Rio de Janeiro and it is a muir
derouS game which links dead
ly blows with marked acrobatic
ability.
For the best test of capolita
VS.. jiu jitsu, a giant Bahian
Negro was matched against a
small Japanese. The Negro
rushed. The Japanese stepped
back, gave one thrust of a hand
and sent his opponent flying to
the ground. It wound up when
the Japanese seized one of the
Negro's fingers and turned him
on his back.
In japanese history, this is q
true story:
"Terada Guman, one Of ia
pans greatest experts, once en-
cOuntered Prince MitsO and his
life guards. The. guards pre-
ceding the princes sedan, to
clear the road, ordered Terada
to kneel. He refused because a
Samurai of his rank did not
have to kneel until the sedan
was nearer. The guards then
tried to compel him, but Terra
da, making use Of jiu jitsu, de-
feated them all, even the rest
Of the guards who came to their
assistance"
A trained body, a knowledge Of
tricks, agility and quick decision
make a jiu jitsu expert who,
nine times out of ten, will beat
any opponent, regardless of
weight or size.
Copyright, 1885, by King Features
Syndicate, 1nS.)
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OA1C IL " u oAAAS
division, is said to object to the
use of the word please" in COM
munications within the organl-
zation.
If a writer asks another person
in the division to please do so
and sO," the letter is returned
to the sender.
The very ovenSive "pleaSe"
Is stricken and the letter re-
turned. The additional mileage
covered BY the missile may
occasion delay OF several
days. Regardless of the delay
hopever, the "pleaSe" is taboo.
In intra-organization CORE
spondence, writer must say:
"You will do this"
They must not say:
"Please do that"
The fame of one Of the Govern
ment's lending agencies had
spread far and wide.
A man in a remote Southern
State heard of its loans and ap-
piled for $500.
The loan was refused on the
ground that there was no law
to permit him to borrow. He
went to the State legislature and
had his law passed.
Again he wrote.
Again he was delayed.
Finally he sent a letter ad-
viSing:
"You got yours. Now let me
have mine!"
Speaking at a Republican rally
at Grand Rapids, Mich, Repre-
sentative Clarence j. Mcleod
was discussing Democratic ex-
penditures.
He recalled that Democratic
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other our
d e m and to
be u n d e r
stood.
AS a mat
ter Of fact,
W e do n t
really want
u n d erstand-
ing. We use
t h a t fin E.
sounding plea
merely as an
alibi for a far
less worthy
motive. What
we actually
u,o~k ie n
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vinced that
there W Ell e
two men as
good. if not
better, t h a n
any Of their
t ell ows 81 n
the manly
art Of Self-de-
fe n s e." /
AAAO" oAIA q
t h o u 6 h t
I ! a S h e d
through m y
mind. Y e t
q m oS t as
quickly there
followed an
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Wise Words

The gods hear mems hands
before their lips.-Swinburne.
Render unto all men their due,
but remember thou are also q
man.-Martin F. Tupper.
Nothing is ours except time.
Seneca.
Mediocre minds generally con-
denim everything which passes
their underStanding.-La Roche
foucauld.
The secret of ugliness consists
not in irregularity. but in being
unintereSting
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as the basis
for delay in
swinging the
program into
be n e f / cial
activity.
AS though
regular red
tape was not
sufficient, GER
tain other bits
of procedure
cause further
complications
For instance,
A. r. Glass,
director o f
Tho hon sing
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POLITICALLY Expedient"
By James T. Williams, Jr.

that seemed politically expedi-
ent."
The League further charges
Mr.. Roosevelt with the blame
for these assaults upon the
merit system of appointments
of which the spoilsmen Of poll
tics are the open enemies:
He has approved without
criticism, Is major bills,
and issued several executive Or
ders exempting new agencies
from the provisions of the Civil
Service"
He has "tacitIy permitted the
Postmaster General to appease
jOb-hungry members Of IN
party"
He has "given no rebuke to
Congressional insistence on In.
Guiding patronage clauses in
important legislation"
The result of executive fail
ure to lead in the protection
and extension Of the Civil
Service has been the creation
of sixty-odd governmental agen-
cieS to which a hundred thou
sand appointments have been
made and all except about six
of these agencies have been
thrown open to the spoilsmen
of politics and denied the pro-
lection Of the merit system.
The League further charges
in it's report that 80 per cent
of the postmasters qualified by
experience to continue their
service have been dropped and
their places given to the favo-
rites of the spoilsmen.
This indictment, despite its
nonpartisan and unprejudiced
source, has apparently been
treated by Mr.. Farley and the
members of the Cabinet who
are compelled by the President
to obey his dictates in making
appointments as a poor joke.
GREEDY DEMANDS
Just before starting on his
vacation Mr.. Roosevelt received
another plaintive communica-
ton from the National Civil
Service Reform League setting
forth the melancholy plight to
which the whole principle of
Civil Service had been reduced
by the assaults of Spoilsmen in
the last two years.
1--WE have naturally depIOred
the tendency in the Congress
to exempt one agency after an
other" says the League, but
"it is obvious from the debates
in the Senate and House that
there was and still is a persist
ent and concerted effort to
exploit the recovery agencies for
patronage purposes" -<s .a. g..
This is putting the case
mildly for not only have the
newly created Federal agencies
with a few exceptions been
turned over to the explorations
of the spoilsmen but many of
the Federal agencies long pro-
tcted by Civil Service require
mentS have also been sacrificed
to meet the greedy demand Of
Mr.. Farley and the pork barrel
politicians for whom he speaks.
Copyright. 1885. The Washington
Times
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Senator Lewis site from the
Roosevelt regime.
Though Lewis is the Demo
cratic whip and is supposed to
assist in keeping members Of
his party in line on votes, he
waged a bitter feud against his
Administration when the League
court question was debated and
rejected by the Senate last Ses-
sion.
Copyright, 1888, The Washington Times
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States entry
in to entan-
G lin g alli-
anceS wi t h
foreign ma
tionS.
He Is one
Of the most
Staunch crit
les of tn g
League of Ma
tionS and the
League court.
It is one queS-
tion on which
he stands di.
rectly oppo-
site from the
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Good Sleeping, Mr.. Gehrke!

That Wisconsin gentleman Mr. Arthur f. Turkey Gehrke
who preparing 60 bed and stay there all winter long s
annual custom) seems to a very sensible man.
Not only will he miss cold weather and whole winter Of
unpleasant talk in the papers
When he awakes next spring he will find the Raw Deal just
that much closer to the end.
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"Conquers By Yielding VI

AS Joe Louis and Max Baer
stepped into the ring in New
York, almost $4,000 onlookers
and the millions of listeners, no
doubt, were pretty well con.
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PrOcraStinatiOn in the housing
division of Administrator Harold
l.. IckeS' PWA has been cited
The Washington times., 1935-10-01
I'VE Are So Much More
Than We Understand"

We do such hellish things to
each other, we humans. in our
desire to understand each
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OLD FAVORITES
Robert of Lincoln


By WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT
Merrily swinging on brier and weed,
Near to the nest of his little dame,
Over the mountain side mead,
Robert of Lincoln is telling his name:
Bob-o'-nk bobo'link,
Sphinx, spank, sphinx;
Snug and safe is that nest of ours
Hidden among the flowers
Chez, chee, Chez
Summer wanes; the children grown;
Fun and frolic more he knows;
Robert of Lincoln's humdrum crone;
Off he flies, and sing he goes
Bob-o'-link, bob-o-link,
Sphinx spank, sphinx;
When you pipe that merry old strain,
Robert of Lincoln, come back again.
Chez, chee chee.
(eaders are invted send the editor their sugges
tons of old favortes among the poems for reprting in
this spGce)
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CRITICAL TEST

While Mr.. Farley holds those
two offices the Spoilsmen of
politics will continue to look
upon the Federal service as a
picnic ground for politicians.
And to date the pickings of the
spoilSmen under this Admins
tration have broken all records
since the Civil Service was in
augurated more than SO years
ago.
The last annual report of the
National Civil Service Reform
League contains a devastating
indictment Of the assaults upon
the Civil Service made by Mr..
Farley and his spoilsmen since
he began to run the Democratic
National Committee from his
desk in the Post Office Depart
ment.
Let it be remembered that
the League is non-partisan or
ganization the judgments Of
which are independent and i'm
partial. It's president is Demo
crat and it's membership is
made up of Democrats and Re
publicanS the country over who
hold with Grover Cleveland
that public office is a public
trust"
In its annual report the
League declares that "At no
time since the enactment of the
Federal Civil Service law has
the merit system faced such a
critical test as now"
In an effort to explain away tht
failure of Mr.. Roosevelt to square
with promise in thi!
matter the League in its repor
says that:
'WhiIe there is little doubt
Mr.. Roosevelt personally be-
lieves in a nOn-partiSan, perma-
nent Civil Service. for practi-
cal reasons he has compromised
with patronage hunters when
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We need q trained personnel
In Government: We need dis.
interested as DelI as broad.
0auoed public otticiGlS-Frank-
lin D. Roosevelt.
There is one warfare from
which the Administration now
in power persists in holding
aloof, first upon one excuse and
then upon another. This is the
warfare against the spoils Sys-
tenn under which appointments
to the Federal service are made
in payment Of political debts
instead of in accord with the
merit system.
High hopes we're cherished in
the early days Of his Admins
tration that Mr.. Roosevelt
would make good his promises
to supplant the spoils system
with the merit system by ex-
tending the protection Of Civil
Service laws to all branches of
the Federal service.
But promise in this matter, so
vital to the public welfare, has
far outrun performance. And
this will doubtless continue to
be true as long as the President
permits his Postmaster General
to retain the Craftsmanship of
the Democratic National Com
mittee.
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ridor. She paused before Drim- gold's office and opened her purse.
 Consternation gripped her. < It was not her purse at all. !. Millicent turned the purse over in her hand and stared at 1t. curi-s ously. It was an exact duplicate of her purse--even to the initials. I'M G." :, monogramed on, the leather
 With the quick mental processes of one who has worked for living. and who, therefore, has grown acr customed to responsibilities. Milli- cent Graves, standing before Drim- gold's door. made nasty mental in ventory of the situation.
 She had made up her face be- fore leaving Drimgold,s Qthces She knew, therefore, that she had talk on her own purse when she le1t the office. The substitution must have. taken place at the restaurant. The woman in. the black ermine coat, with the high collar, in talk ing the table immediately behind Millicent, must have left hes own nurse near Millicent's.
 Millicept tucked the purse under her arm, whirled and almost ran toward the elevators.
 She pressed her gloyed finger against the bell which summoned the elevator. It seemed ages be- fore it swept into view. When 1t did she saw, to her surprise, that the man at the controls was not the janitor at all, but well-dress- edsindividual of suave manners. who swung open the doors for her with something of a flourish, and, at the same moment. raised his hat.
 ':You,l pardon me-" he said. "but I found the elevator on the 1 9th floor. was in something of a hurry, to go, down. I rang several times for the janitor.. He didn't show up, so decided to take a hand at the controls myself. I fig- yured the. sjanitor, could walk down l16 flights of stairs better than l could. Then I. heard you ringing from the 17th fioor and couldn't conscientiousiy abandon you to q long climb down the stairs. Would
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mail, placed 1t in the envelopes, sealed and stamped the envelopes. Drimgold took some papers from the wall safe. started Y paving through them. arranging them in some sort of a sequence. cg ts
 "Go get yourself something to eat." he said, without looking up Lock the door as you go out I don't want to be disturbed. Be sure the doors locked. If you see a woman in a black ermine coat. with big collar. tip around her face. don't let her in under any circumstances. If she's in the cor ridor when you come back from dinner. don't unlock the officefdoor. Go some place and telephone me. I'll answer the telephone. And don't be long,"
 Every well, MT Drimgold," Mill licent said. with mechanical obedi- ence. but she was thinking that the dinner she could buy at the tea room for 50 cents wouldn't un- reasonably detain her.
 She stood In front of the mir TOT. giving finishing touches to her face. and thinking of Drimgold's strange confession. She might have known it was something Ike that. No man who was guilty Of the petty. chiseling tactics. George Drimgold used could he quite the pillar of society that he liked to simulate. tf
 She snuggled into her fur, coat. scooped up the mall. snapped an elastic band around the pack of letters. took care to. throw the spring lock on the door into po- sition. nodded to the assistant janitor as she stepped out into the corridor. . .a3.
 She went to the elevator. dropped her letters down the mail chute, pulled her coat tightly around her figure as she met the cold wind of the street. The tingling air felt good to her skin. She. fought her. way to the lighted litearoom. After all. it was frightfuIy high priced. However. they did have nice food; and there was a woman who told
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'T've got to get some docu- ments," he said. ''Go ahead and get that nail. I'll sign 1t. Then you can get 1t in the mail chute"
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0tA <SA6NAJe
 Millicent Graves didn't notice 4he signs of inner emotion. A sud- den surge of valor possessed her. She acted upon impulse. and heard her own voice speaking, almost be- fore she realized what she was doing.
 ..Mr Drimgold." she said, "I wonder if it would be possible for me to get an advance on next months salary? Its happens that I've. had some ratlep heavy ex- penses this month. and }. :"
 ..No," he toid ner shortly. I'm sorry, but it's impossible"
 .svery we'll" she said with dig nifty. "It's- after Jb o'clock. Your mail is ready for signing. Shall l st, it?" r. & g. ss.Not yet. I've got something to dictate to you"
 'Tt's after B."
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He said ,irritably, T don't care what time it is. I told you I've got some dictation. You're going to have to work tonight. You'll have to eat downtown. There's tea room in the block"
 She could feel the pulse pound- ing in her throat. She realized now that Drimgold was in most irrit- able mood. Yet. having started to assert her rights, she didn't intend to stop.
 What I am about to dictate. Miss Graves" Drimgold said. [" is of the utmost importance. I don't want to be interrupted.
 "Before we start in on that dic- tation," Millicent Graves said firm ly, there's the question of finances and overtime. I know that jobs are scare, MT Drimgold. but it takes
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-18
Was She Blond O. Brunei?

One blond and one b1Wset, onetGir Of skin Gnd the pher, possibly be the pysterSoas Phyllis FGAconer, sought by police in connection soh the struge evets in the home of soealty prominent JarOis HGpp? Whdt sOas Milicenfs secreta Why had she disappeared? as tt NmYGvels ts tdngted sceb of pemt-np emotions dag by dag in tbe Waterbury Democrat.. Start this story ts page to-day and yo@ acU acant to con- tiue on Oith t every dag at the tnal episode giOes the ansaOer to Who Was Millicent Graves? Was she Blond Or Brunet? Read the story and find out.
 h
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Millicent smiled wanly. Really" she said, 'I'm not particularly in- terested. and I hayn't any money for tip if you should give me good fortune" v :
 The woman sank into chair be- side her, pulled Millicent's tea cup across 'the table, said, II do this because I like 1t. I'm called to do 1t, you know. Many times I can save people from misfortune" s She stared steadily down into the few tea leaves in the bottom of the tea cup.
 Abruptly she stiffened. Look" said the fortune teller. Look at thesway those. leaves are arranged. See how black they are, and notice this leaf which has twisted it's edges"
 "what do they mean?" Miliicent inquired. "Dark deeds of violence" the AOAL LuhO tCACA b0ANs AASAS ~@@>-- der In the tea cup"
 "Mnrder!"' Milllcent exclaimed.
 Not yours" the gypsy said hastily. .'Thes murder of. someone who's close to you. There's danger to you, but you're not going to be murdered. The danger comes from a woman I can't see her clearly. She's menacing you,. and yet shes the woman you'd least suspect.
 Millicent hastily pushed the tea cup away.
 "I've heard enough" she said irritabIy. %'.I'm tired and nervous, and I don't want to hear any more of yoar predictions" 4.
 The gypsy .scraped back her chair from the table. ], 'y5t V
 I'm sorry" she said. "Genuine- ly sorry. I've only told you because thought you should be warned.
 Millicent flashed her quick glance, and saw that the gypsy'i face was white and strained. s. Please forgive me-" she said,
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you care to share in my adven- ture?" s m
 Perturbed as she was. Millicent nevertheless recognized the. marfs inherent strength of character. was moved by his magnetic personality.
 Are you" she asked. "quite cer- # ia!9@ ?@ that you know now to operate
 "Oh. quite," he told her. "After all. it isn't too complicated"
 As she entered the cage. the man moved a lever. the door changed shut. He pressed over on the con- trol throttle and the elevator shot downward.
 "The trick" he said, smiling.
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the New-value Dodge. They say it actually costs less to run than the lowest-priced carsl
 Yet for all its advantages-in style, comfort, safety and dspendability - the new Dodge now delivers for just a few dollars more than the lowest priced cars. fi
 CHRYsLER MOTORS
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She went to the outer office. re- turned with the stack of mail, placed it on the desk in front of him. He signed the letters with a firm. steady hand. She folded the
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1 fortunes with the tea leaves, who
 went from table to table.
 Miilicent Graves suddenly, real-
 lzed that her own future was go-
 ing to cause her some concern.
 Drimgold had told hers she was
 fired. Quite probably he was seri-
 ous.
 She pushed the door and entered
 the welcome warmth of the tea room.
 She hung up the fur coat where
 she could keep an eye on it, drop ped her purse to Q chair beside
 her and consulted the menu. She could, she saw. get some chicken croquettes and tea and still
 leave Decent tip for the waitress out of the 50 cents Drimgold had | given her. The croquettes, she knew. were small and entirely un- 1 satisfying as fuel to fortify herself ' against the cold ride home. How | ever, if she had the small steak at 50 cents. 1t would mean there was no tip for the girl. and the waitress looked tired. Probab bly she, too. was
 overworked and underpaid.
 Millicent decided on the cro- | quettss, and gave her order. She took a cigaret from her purse and
 was holding a match to 1t when
 her eyes suddenly snapped to quick attention. A woman, with coat of
 black ermine wrapped around her,
 had entered the tearoom. She walked with quick, nervous steps. Millicent couldn't see her face, but she, could glimpse a coldly baleful eye.
 Then the, woman in the ermine coat swept past her and took the table just back of the one where Millicent sat. Millicent ate in slow. thoughtful silence. The woman, dressed as a gypsy. whose duty 1t was to tell fortunes. came across the room to- ward her, eyes smiling. white teeth gleaming from between red lips. 'T feel" she said, "that you're going. to have a very interesting fortune. Have you finished your tea T" ~