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place that history repeats itself is
ever demonstrated by the rabble-
rousers. They are of a piece through
the changing moreS OF our social or
der. They spring from the depths
Of social unrest into temporary pop
ular prominence. They frighten con-
servative people. Rarely they do great
harm. Usually they merely create
disturbance. Sometimes they can
frighten a cowardly parliament into
stupid legislation. And then they
fade out, sometimes on the gallows.
sometimes on the equally fatal gibbet
of popular derision. But they all
fade out. Within a few years we shall
be asking what has become OF the
fantastic lot that now engage our at
tention.
Even in petty details the history Of
the rabble-rouser repeats itself over
the centuries. Whenever he com.
mands a sufficient following. even su-
preme authority. whatever its private
taste in the matter, makes acknowl-
edgment and gives audience. Peter
the Hermit was invited to present his
plan before Pope Urban. Joan OF
Arc was received by Charles VII OF
France and obtained approval Of her
visionary plan. And our own paladin
of social justice was invited to give
his views on money to our Senate.
This writer has been a student Of
Government records for many years.
1t is his judgment that an occasion
so ludicrous has been rare. even in
the long annals Of congressional blum
dering. Later on there was granted a
gracious reception at the White
House. This writer predicts that
there will be no more such White
House visits.
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History's Rabble-Rousers

the rabble-rouser accomplished any
real good for the mobs he directed.
In nearly all cases he injured them,
bringing them to their deaths or
leading them to excesses that made
their condition worse. II not that, he
accomplished nothing. The men in
history who have bettered the condi-
tion of their fellows were distinctly
not rabble-rousers. Such men as Lu-
ther, Washington, Charlemagne and
Peter the Great were wise rulers or
chosen leaders or preachers Of new
intellectual doctrine.
Stir Emotional Hatred.
But the essence of rabble -rouser's
activity is his stirring the masses to
emotional hatred, class bitterness or
mob action outside of reason. In that
recent exchange of amenities by radio
between those two doughty champions
of the New Deal, the Messrs johnson
and Coughlin, which displayed so
charmingly the refined and cultured
tone of intellectual disputation when
the church militant and bureaucracy
militant differ in their views, there
was most erudite appeal to literature.
The champion of regimcntation COM
pared the champion of social justice
to the Pied Piper of Hamelin. Where
upon the great radio voice roared back
that the knight of the N. r. A. there
by accused his followers OF being rats.
1t cannot be expected that two gen.
tlemen so profoundly learned in the
subtle principles of money, currency,
banking. production, wages and prices
would be equally verSed in literature.
and they appear to have missed the
delicate implications in the story of
the Pied Piper. The Piper undertook
to charm with his music all the rats
out of Hamelin, for a fee. When the
rats had been destroyed the frugal
hurgomaSters refused to pay him.
WhereupOn he blew his seductive notes
upon his pipe and led ali the children
to their death. The comparison fits
badly. In the first place a rabble-
rouser never drives out any rats, and
in the second place he does not de-
liberately destroy children. although
this is frequently an incidental result
Of his activities.
Picturesque Personality.
When we glance backward in his
tory and contemplate the long line OF
rabble -rousers, We see through all the
multi -colored variations of setting
and locale and time, certain essential
principles. Always the rabble-rouser
has a certain picturesqueneSs Of per-
sonality. Always he is ignorant of the
essential facts of the issue he raises.
Always he appeals to emotion instead
! of reason. Always he promises some
thing he cannot deliver. And always
his following comes from the ignorant.
the unthinklng, the discontented ano
! the unsuccessful.
1t Is all too sadly true that these
| groups also include those who because
Of these qualities are submerged and
oppressed. sometimes slaves, some
times Serfs sometimes tragic victims
] of the memorable laws of economics
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terment Of whole segments Of the pop
ulation will arouse mass emotions,
and there is no way to bring about
such wholesome economic change by
legislation. The rabble- -rousing pro-
grams are merely acute and advanced
manifestations Of the intellectual
malady that has afflicted our Govern
ment; the notion that economic prin-
ciples can be changed by legislative
manipulation.
Sharing Wealth Would Ruin System.
There is no way, for example, to
share-the-wealth and maintain our
present economic system. 1t Is easily
possible to tax private wealth out Of
existence. Our present currency,
credit and fiscal policies are pointed
in that general direction, although the
great protagonists Of the more abun-
dant life have no intentions OF the
kind. 1t Is also possible to take private
wealth by taxation and distribute it
as political charity to worthy party
workers or Townsendites or the noble
citizens who were drafted in war-as
long as the wealth lasts. But there Is
no way to share-the-wealth in our
present economic order and preserve
that order or its productivity. That
Is all there Is to It,
The program of the National Union
for Social Justice consists primarily
of a series of resounding and mean
ingless platitudes about property and
human rights and just taxation. to
that extent resembling the platforms
Of other political parties that are in
tended to catch votes without pre-
senting any real issues. But it con-
tains a few specific provisions. One
Of them appears to be a vaguely
worded provision for the confi5cation
Of all types Of Government bonds.
Another calls for the creation Of a
Government bank to keep the cost of
| living constant and to establish a
non-changing price level Another
calls for a lust. living wage" There
is not in the entire program any def
mite, practicable and workable meas
ure that promises any improvement
in the standard of living, level Of
wages or betterment of our society.
| The ancient, bromidic common
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TRUCK KILLS FOREMAN
ON SPERRYVlLLE PIKE
Walter Erwin, in Charge of Stone
Work on Road, Crushed by
Loaded Vehicle.
snecis1 Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
CULPEPER, Va, June S.-Walter
Erwin, in charge of stone work on
construction of the Sperryville pike,
was crushed fatally beneath truck
of gravel today. He died shortly after
being brought here. The accident oc-
. Cured four miles west of Culpeper.
Erwin was lying on the ground,
sighting along his instruments be-
hind a mound of dirt when the truck
driver, Otis Kilby of Culpeper, backed
directly over MIN.
Erwin had been in the employ OF
road construction companies for %
years. He was 40 years old and un-
married.
His mother survives. The funeral
will be held at his home. near Staun-
ton, tomorrow afternoon.
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4nr

THIS is the name Of an English
family, originally of Saxon stock
The name signifies high" or hill"
The family was established in
Leicestershire as early as 1851, when
We find a record of one Edward, son
of Thomas Hoe, baptized. We also
find the name of Richard Hoe on
parish registers of Leicestershire.
Robert Hoe. born in 1884 in the viii
lage of Hoes in LeiceStershire, is first
of the American family of the name.
He became interested in the Colonies
and sailed for the New World in 1903.
He was a carpenter and soon estab-
lished himself in business. His first
commission was the building of a
bridge in Westchester County, New
York, and in 1905 he formed COM
pany which later became known as
Robert Hoe e. Co. He took out some
of the first patents for printing presses
in this country and in 1846 developed
the rotary press. which was universally
adopted by publishers of newspapers.
The Public Ledger of Philadelphia was
the first to use this type of press.
= Robert Hoe, I'd, was patron of the
fine arts and generous promoter of
art centers in America. He died in
Tarrytown, N. Y.
The name of Hoe is found in many
= New England States. New York, Penn
sylvania, New Jersey, Maryland, Vir-
ginia and other seaboard States.
Copyright. 1880
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tion keenly aware of their economic
disadvantage and able to express them
selves politically but lacking UNDER
standing Of economic principles. In
tensify economic misery by years OF
depression, encourage bitterness by
political railing at all those not In
acute distress, offer false promises to
remedy all economic ills by political
manipulation, and you get a vast area
Of the population all set to follow any
modern visionary or demagogue.
No Cause for Ast0nishment.
Thus we come to an explanation OF
the emergence In our time OF such
strange figures as Sinclair, Townsend,
Long and Coughlin. Intelligent people
are astounded to see that millions &C
cept and follow the various ridiculous
programs set up by these men. There
is no cause for astonishment here, not
when you consider the crusades, or
Joan Of Arc. or witchcraft, or flagel-
lation, or the alchemists. 1t makes
little difference what programs they
present. The laws Of prices and wages
mean nothing beside the promise of
economic betterment by whatever
| hOcus-pOcus.
Upton Sinclair was going to end
! poverty in California. That is a good
trick II you can do 1t. But how he
was to do it was never clear to any
body, including Mr.. Sinclair. But after
five years Of depression many OF the
people in California are in poverty,
and most Of these are ready to adopt
| the program of any man who promises
! to end that condition.
The people who follow these rabble-
rouserS are not all moved by the same
impulses. Many of them are moved
| by a perfectly natural resentment OF
the bitter hardship of their lot. For
these there should be only sympathy
| Others are motivated by desperation.
With nothing to lose, they are willing
/ to follow any leader who promises
change. And some are moved by hate
and envy and greed.
Lower Pension Age Sought.
The deluded Townsendites have
been so intoxicated by the illusions of
wealth without effort that they now
/ pIOpOSc W IcuuCc lIlC pCllolOll dSC II Olll
so TO so or As, and the millions who
pursue this economic monstrosity
now include the children of middle
aged people, who see in it the posi-
bilities Of enjoying $50 month with
out work, while father and mother live
on $50, until they themselves reach
the pension age.
Out in California people at the PEN
sion age are trying to buy goods on
| installment. with payments to be
made out of the pension, and it would
appear that unattached females are
looking toward matrimony with elderly
widowers. But these impulses Of &C.
luded people-and a desire for votes
led a Governor of California and a
Legislature of California to vote solioly
for the Townsend plan.
1t is a waste of time to anaiyze any
OF the plans Of the rabble-rouSers. II
is inevitable that their plans are
wholly without sense, for the simple
reason that they are founded on the
shifting sands of economic fantasm
The programs Of rabble trousers are
by their very nature not worth con-
Sideration, for the reason that only
schemes for impossible economic bet
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working in an economic system that
Is harshly competitive. Even where
the cause was Just and the move
ment soundly based. the remedy was
fantastic. the method unwise. the re-
suit failure.
When the sober observer casts a
philosophical eye at the historic
leaders of mob movements he sees in
the queer individual figure certain
uniformity of type, strange SINH
larity. All of them were creatures Of
their time. They invariably played
upon the ignorance of the masses
about issues that were vital and
fundamental and personal for the day
and age.
Appear in Critical Periods.
History shows no rabble-rouser
whose understanding was much su-
perior to that of his following. not
even when they were obvious dema-
gogues and frauds, like Catiline.
They all appear, without exception,
to have believed in the weird lot OF
lost causes, foolish reforms, fanatic
schemes and visionary movements
they led. And finally, they appear
throughout history in critical periods,
when war or economic distress or IN
tellectual upheaval has disturbed the
existing order and unsettled the emo
tions and the minds Of men.
1t was inevitable that a long and
tragic depression growing out OF a
long and tragic World War should
produce a crop Of rabble-rousers In
every country deeply wounded by
these calamities. They are, like all
the others of the past, creatures OF
their age. They are, like all the
others, quite incapable Of under
standing the social order they attempt
to change. Like all the others, they
express the pent-up emotional bitter
ness of their time. In our time the
issues of slavery and salvation and
peasant rights are no longer pubic
questions. Our issues are economic
and racial. Consequently the rabble-
rousers of our day stir the emotions
Of masses sore beset by poverty or
deeply hurt by war.
Russian Masses not Reused.
Ienin and Trotsky, in Russia. were
not rabble-rousers. They merely en-
gineered a coup d'etat which put a
small minority of fanatics in control OF
a vast nation. The Russian masses
were not reused at any stage. The
popular notion, so SedulouSly cul-
tivated by our Communist intellec-
tuals. that the Russian people adopted
a Communist order in preference to
the prevailing system Is positively
funny. The Russian masses did not
know the difference between Karl
Marx and Groucho Marx. and they
accepted the changed order in pref
erence to death by machine guns.
When we consider the Hitler regime
in Germany, the MuSsolini control IN
Italy and the narrow escape from a
universal strike in England, we realize
that the United States has been for
tunate We have reached the turning
point in depression and have had tc
endure nothing more than a Federal
Government which appeals to the
emotions Of the masses for political
purposes and makes vague promises OF
revolutionary change.
Its spasmodic, blundering interfer-
ence with the existing economic es'
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tablishment has not been seriously
harmful as yet. All that it has done
so far is to restrict production some
what, to debase the currency some.
what, to weaken the financial strength
of the Government somewhat, to
frighten investment somewhat and to
reduce the standard OF governmental
integrity somewhat, SO that business
enterprise has been reduced and re-
covery retarded.
MisIed by Vague Promises.
All over the Nation thoughtful and
intelligent men are convinced that our
Government Is in the hands Of rabble-
rousers, and they are fearful Of the
future. They are mistaken. There Is
no cause for such fears. They have
been misled by vague references to a
changing social order and empty
platitudes about the forgotten man
and q New Deal. These distressed
gentlemen do not read the Communist
periodicals or the radical journals.
Whatever their philosophy, the con-
tributors to those journals are very
shrewd observers. and for more than a
year pdSt ILiCy lloNC AAo0 SAiAo eSaAAAAAA
iStratiOn's number.
There Is not one thing in the present
outlook to indicate that the market
for private yachts is going to be de-
pressed. II you will consider what this
Government has done for the silver
SPECTATORS, the farmers, the labor
unions, the stockholders in bond
burdened enterprises and other special
groups, you will realize that 1t does
not surrender to the mob but, on the
contrary, to very substantial special
interests quite apart from the mob.
The worst that can be said of the
present administration is that by vague
promises to remove economic distress
and social inequality 1t has encour-
aged the masses OF the people to en-
brace any fool scheme presented TO
them. 1t has sowed the seed from
which has sprung a whole crop OF
rabble -rouserS-the most vehement.
noisy, conspicuous and colorful in
American history. That the admins
tration has been pretty thoroughly
frightened by this development Is OBJ
vious. When 1t embraces Upton Sim
clair one day and knifes him the next,
it gives itself away. Its persistent
efforts to kill off Huey Long are re-
Veallng.
Capitalism Gave Masses Power.
A consideration of the economics Of
the rabble-rousing in our time illumi-
mates our whole economic situation.
The modern capitalistic system. grow
ing out of the industrial revolution, did
two things among others. 1t gave the
masses of the people political power.
And it made the masses Of the people
literate.
Two things, among others, it did not
! do. 1t did not end inequality in
wealth. income and wages. On the
contrary, it created a competitive sys-
tenn in which there are differences in
income based on a competitive basis of
productive value and also on an un-
fair basis of unequal opportunity and
privilege. And 1t did not give the
masses understanding of the extremely
complex principles which determine
economic life.
In other words. we have a highly
explosive combination Of economic in
equality in large stratum OF popula
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don, forced the little boy King Rich
ard to sue for peace and wrung from
him concessions that for the time were
all but incredible.
Troops Became Marauders.
And very promptly Wat Tyler ran
wild, turned his peasant troops into
marauding gang and was himself
slain by the mayor of London. John
Ball had his head cut off. His un-
disciplined mob was cut to pieces and
dispersed, and the net result was a
government policy Of repression of
labor for generations to come.
There is deeply important lesson
in this peasants revolt in that far
away time. John Ball was not so
mad as historians have said. He was
simply a visionary. He represented
that pathetic aspiration of men for an
ideal economic system. that yearning
for equality of opportunity and po-
sition and wealth that is the evan
eScent hope of all generous minded
men-and is not possible in world
like ours.
If John Ball and Wat Tyler had
been completely successful in seizing
the control of all England in 1881
there would have accrued from it no
slightest change in the social and
economic position Of the masses of
the people, no deviation from the
slow and painful and cropping progress
of the people of England toward the
industrial and political conditions that
exist today.
Cromwell did seize control later. He
was absolute master of all England
He had vision and principles and
morality. And after Cromwell's death
| the reaction from mis- rule resulted
in social and economic abuses more
! serious than those which led to his
successful revolution.
Masses Stirred to Futile Action.
All through the pathetic annals OF
mans tortuouS and blood-Stained
| journey toward a better economic life
there appears these vivid personalities
missionaries, fanatics, charlatans
self chosen MeSSiahs, tyrants, vision
aries, denagogues-Who have played
upon the ignorance, credulity and
hopes of men. From Spartacus lead
ing his forlorn attempt to free the
gladiators and slaves to CoXey leading
his ragged army to Washington ir
1898, there is the endless line of mer
Who have stirred the masses to futile
action, often to riot. rebellion anC
revolution.
1t would be a grave miSconceptior
of history to assume that all thest
rabble-rouSerS were Conscienceles:
demagogues seeking power. Many
were exactly that. But a few were
visionary reformers of the mobiles
ideals. A few. like Sparta or tha
appealing figure. Nathaniel Bacon
who led the futile revolt in Virginia
in 1878, were making hopeless figh'
against genuine evils.
The one outstanding fact is that his
tory does rot show single case where
Evening star., 1935-06-09
MARINE RESERVE
RECRUITS NEEDED
Only 20 Days Remain for
First EnIistments in
9Th Battalion.

But 20 days remain for first enlist
ment recruits to join the 5th Bat
talon, Fleet Marine Corps Reserve, as
recruiting for the battalion will be
discontinued after June 80. After that
date only e-enlStments and transfers
from the Eastern and Southern Re-
serve areas may be made.
A few vacancies still exist in the
band Applicants for the band should
apply at 458 Indiana avenue on any
Saturday at $3.50 pm. when First
Lieut.. Leon Brusiloff officer in charge
of the band, receives new recruits.
Young musicians, interested in mill
tary band careers. are desired
Several vacancies exist in Com
panies A and B, both rifle companies.
Applicants for these two companies
should apply at 458 Indiana avenue
on Tuesday or Wednesday evenings,
contracting, respectively. First Lieut..
John w. Augustine or First Lieut..
Wilfred J. Serpas.
The purpose in discontinuing re-
cruiting month before the camp
period is to discourage the applica-
tions of men who are attracted only
by the Is days in camp and who would
not show the required interest
throughout the training year. The age
limits are from IT to 35, parents con-
sent being necessary for all under 81
The battalion, on paid drill basis,
drills every Wednesday evening. The
drill for June 26. however. has been
Cancelled. Instead, on June "a the en-
tire battalion. with band, will fall in
at 645 pm for the purpose of taking
part in the Veterans of Foreign Wars
Department Encampment parade.
The training schedule for the 1885
training camp. which takes place al
Quantico under canvas and field con-
ditions from August to Is. has beer
submitted to headquarters, U. S. Ma
rine Corps. for approval. The sched-
ule includes several bush warfare
problems and a battalion in attack
problem.
One day of the schedule is devoted
to competitive drills for various cur
and efficiency trophies. These com.
petitions and awards will take place
on Visitors day." the last Saturday
in camp Transportation to and from
camp will be by steamer.
Pvt Vincent Di Francisco, Com
pany D. was promoted TO private first
class. Pvts. Michael J. Hanley, Com
pany B Canterbury B. Pierce, Com
pany C; John F. Bowie, Jesse w
Padgett and Roderick S. Scott, Com
pany E, enlisted last week.
Pvt Pierce is the son of Lieut.. Col
Harold C. Pierce, u S. NJ C Pvt
Hanley is Western High Schools stal
athlete and winner in the recent high
school cadet competitions. Both Pvts
Pierce and Hanley are candidates fol-
appointment to the United States
Naval Academy
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Garden Party Planned.

LANHAM, Md, June 8 (SpeciaD -
The Twentieth District Democratic
Club will hold garden party June
IS on the estate Of Judge w. Med.
Lindsey here. Richard Downes is
chairman of the Ways and Means
Committee, which is in general charge.
There will be various amusements, re-
freshments and other features.
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Church Service Set.

BRIGHTON, Md, June (Spe-
ciaD.-There will be service OF cor
porate communion in st. Luke's Epls-
copal Church tomorrow morning at
II o'clock in connection with the
church's forward movement" pro-
gram. DR.. Thomas F. Opie, rector,
will preach.
Evening star., 1935-06-09
Mamba Feared.

A mamba, the worlds most feared
snake. has arrived at the Zoo In Lon
don. o.