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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-04-25

Our organization of skill and
techniques by which we earn
our livings appears to be securely
established. One thinks of it as
just rolling along and improving
and expanding with each gen.
Grafton. But just IA years of a
changed occupation incapaci-
tated a whole population in an
industry in which it had gained
its living for more than 300
years.
Coming through the prohibit
ton era, the residents Of st.
Pierre and Miqu elon, tiny
French islands off the south
coast of New Foundland, have
forgotten how to fish. The lit,
tie town of st. Pierre was the
great rum-clearing house OF the
West Atlantic. The hardy,
thrifty French fishing folk, fog:
bound nearly half the year, lived
meagerly and blasted their
graves out of rock with dyna-
mite.
American prohibition brought
them a run of easy money, fad.
ing with repeal. Many good
fishermen are now too old to go
ont in their perilous little
smacks. The youngsters who III
past years have been stepping
out at the Cafe du Prlntemps
or the Cafe Joinville, won't have
anything to do with such
smelly and unpleasant business.
The French government IS
making alluring offers OF free
tackle, bounties and other IN
ducements, without recruiting
any fishermen. Takings OF cod
are meager. Many are destitute.
France sends relief supplies.
SWEPT AWAY
Ancient habits, customs, folk
life and, above all, the economic
life of the islands were all swept
away by that lurid prohibition
interlude of jazz, free spending
and high stepping. None OF
these supposedly i m m u t a b lie
growths was deeply rooted.
France stubbornly holds onto
the two little islands, acquired
in 1886. st. Pierre, with an
area of 10 square miles, had a
population of 3,743 persons In
1881, although it has less now.
as many have left since prohl-
bition ended. The Great and
Little Miquelon Islands, with 83
miles, had 578 persons.
sire destroyed the old cathe-
dral and the hospital of st.
Pierre and recently its 118-year-
old courthouse burned down.
Four times the islands have been
captured and coded to the Brit
iSh. Each time France has got
them back, clinging Stubbornly
to the remanent of her once
great North American empire.
Twice England sent the entire
population back to France, and
twice France returned them. A
hundred years or more ago,
there was prosperity, sourtder
and more durable than the brief
prohibition flare-up. Basque and
Breton fishermen m d e them
the headquarters for their great
fishing expeditions. They sold
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No Place for Shippers
By James T. Williams, T.

refused to give to an alien
lobbyist in the Federal City.
Another political sniper now
holding public office has been
circularizing the universities
and colleges of the country in
clandestine effort to organize
them into a movement to dis.
credit the graduates of An.
napolis and West Point and to
deny to those institutions the
funds with which to train fu.
ture defenders of the Colors.
An American Congress is no
place for a politician who
makes a habit of Sneering at
American institutions or of
Slandering their defenders with
the Colors. Such Sniper does
not represent the plain people
of any Congressional district in
any State in the Union. Such a
political sniper represents only
sinister special interests and
he represents these at the ex-
pense of the public welfare and
in contemptuous disregard of
the loyal Americans who make
up the overwhelming majority
of his constituents.
ENDURING TRUTH
When the American people
take the time to think about
their country's future, they real
ize well enough that this future,
with its blessings or its mis-.
fortunes, with it's happiness or
its misery, its progress or its
decadence," as an American
patriot has so truly said, de
ponds upon all of us and it
depends upon each one of U.S."
This enduring truth has never
been more clearly set forth than
in these words of Lecky, the
historian. who was a profound
student of the progress of man.
kind:
Cali civic virtue, all the hero
ism and self-sacrifice of pa.
triOtiSm spring ultimately from
the habit men acquire of regard
ing their nation as a great
organic whole, identifying them.
selves with it's fortunes in the
past as in the present, and look.
ing forward anxiously to its
future destiny.
when the members of any
nation have come to regard
their country as nothing more
than the plot of ground on
which they reside, and their gov.
eminent as mere organization
for providing police or contract.
ing treaties; when they have
ceased to entertain any warmer
feelings for one another than
those which private interest, or
personal friendship, or a mere
general philanthropy may pro-
duce, the moral dissolution of
that nation is at hand.
Even in the order of ma.
terial interests the welI.being of
each generation is in a great de.
gree dependent upon the fore.
bearance, self-sacrifice, and prov.
idence of those who have pre-
coded it, and civic virtues can
never flourish in a generation
which thinks only of ITSELF"
Copyright, 1885, The Washingt ton Timee)
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Listen, World
BIZ Elsie Robinson

We women take things per.
sonally. That's both inevitable
and proper. You can't raise
and run a family unless you see
people and issues closeup. You
can't be detached and imper-
sonal about little Willie or he'll
burn the house down. And just
try acting abstract toward Papa
and see how long it takes his
little blonde stenog to beat your
time.
So we women have naturally
become intense individualists.
We view things from the angle
of Exhibit A. And if a thing
interests us at all. we have our
noses so close to it that there's
no room for perspective. Nor
any possibility of compromise.
We don't see the Other Eel.
lows part in the problem. Nor
do we see the relative impor-
lance of that problem in the
whole scheme of things. It's
just Something We Want.
Men accuse women of being
"shrill and unreasonable. BY
that, they mean that we only
see our own line of reasoning
and refuse to admit any other.
They're right-We do and we
won't. That's the way we've
learned to act. that's the way
we've had to act in bringing up
families or running our limited,
feminine concerns.
But you can't act that way
when you run a world. You
can't see things from the exclu,
sive standpoint of Mary, Jane,
Inc, if you're President of the
U. S. A. (Though plenty of boys
have tried it'd You've got to be
large and impersonal, cool and
diffuSed. You've got to know
how to compromise-how to
merge. And that last is some
thing no woman wants to do.
The smarter she is the poorer
she is on merging.
TEAM WORK
When it comes to team work,
the dumbest male can give the
most brilliant female points.
And his judgments are actually
more fair and reliable for he has
been trained to do MASS
THINKING.
We'll have a woman Presl-
dent within 20 years." says Miss
Lillian Rock.
Heaven help us if we do, sez I.
Now it's your turn.
Copyright 1885. by King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
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Human Side of the News = By Edwin c. Hill

that they have found a few
strong apprentices. ready to
start at the beginning as fisher
men.
And it is also reported that
there are more wooden shoes
gathering on the wharf; that
the gaudy American mail order
suits of the flush days are gone
and the old pea jackets are
back, and that St. Pierre and
Miquelon will eventually start
again where they left off in
in 1919.
st. Pierre was colorful in
those other days. Bewhiskered
sailors with striped jerseys and
bright Sashes filled the streets.
Parades of gendarmes in brilliant
uniforms thronged the rocky
thoroughfare, followed by long
lines Of waddling geese. Two
wheeled carts drawn by dogs
moved the traffic of the town
for hundreds of years. Gay
flowers brought from France
grew in the window stills of the
tidy little houses. There is no
soil-nothing but rock.
Until the rum fleets came,
the people we're implacably
resistant to change and to
foreign influence. They spoke
perfect French, with no corrup-
ton such as the Canadian
patois.
TRADE WAVES
Their fishing industry had
begun to wane before 1919.
Newfoundland laws had ended
the use of herring for Goldfish
bait. Nearly all the cod from
the Newfoundland Banks used
to go to st. Pierre for treat
ment. Great trawlers began
doing the sailing and dressing
on board, and showing off to
France. Buying equipment and
supplies in a dear market, and
selling their Goldfish in the
European cheap market, the
islanders were away out on the
short end of the economic
equation.
For centuries fishing boats all
around the region of the banks
used to put into st. Pierre for
repairs and supplies. The big
rum fleet scared them away.
This trade waned and one can
see why they were so hospitable
to the rum-r unnerS, who
brought in more money than
the poor fisher folk had ever
dreamed Of.
Clearances of Canadian liquor
in the prohibition years and
now show what has happened
to the unhappy little islands.
It used to run about 100000 gal
Ions a year. Now it is almost
nothing. Within the last two
years there have been riots and
disturbance among the des-
perate jewellers on the tiny jutS
Of rock.
Frances enlightened colonial
administration has reliev d
their distress and is still trying
hard to get them back to their
fishing. She also is working for
reciprocal tariff arrangements
which, it Is hoped, will bring
about a better price for Goldfish.
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The gentleman pictured above trial in Federal Court at
Syracuse N Y has the Government THREE HUNDRED
THOUSAND DOLLARS far in its efforts to put him in
Jail.
Before he goes to JAIL is freed the total will be consd
eraby It may, perhaps, up to half million.
It cost several hundred thousand dollars to get Mr. AL
Capone behind the bars.
What it took to deal with Mr. Waxey Gordon, Mr. John
Dilnger Mr. Baby Face" Nelson and other gentlemen Of
that type would be hard to guess.
The bills have not been small.
But these only few examples.
The cost of all the criminals this country is reliably est
mated at TWELVE THOUSAND MILLION DOLLARS year.
That MONEY in these days Of fivethousand million
dollar relief or vote buying funds.
Ponderng that you doubtless that crime doesn't
THE TAXPAYER.
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Put none but Americans on
gudrd.-George Washington.

Put none but Americans on
guard.-George Washington.
In the Federal City today
the city named for the Father
of his Country, the capital city
of the American Union, the
home of the Government of the
Constitution-American institu'
tions are under fire.
The American system of gov
eminent is the target for a noisy
coalition of political snipers.
Some of these Snipers seek to
undermine the American system
Of government by abdicating
Congressional power; others by
usurping Executive power. Some
seek the same sinister end by
slandering the Army and the
Navy.
One Representative in Con-
gress has recently been indicted
by Federal grand jury on the
charge that he sold for sum
of money an appointment to the
United States Military Academy
at West Point. Several Repre-.
Sentatives in Congress have re-
Gently indicted themselves by
disgraceful attacks upon the
integrity of the officers of the
Army and Navy in general, and
the graduates of West Point and
Annapolis in particular.
The most contemplate part
of these attacks is their COW
ardice. These political snipers
we'll know that under the Con-
stitution they can claim i'm.
munity whenever they essay the
role of character assassin. They
know also that no officer of the
Army or Navy can reply to
such attacks individually with
out subjecting himself to dis
ciplinary action.
BITTER FRUIT
How much of all this is the
bitter fruit of alien intrigue
only the verdict of history will
reveal. But every alien in
triguer in the pay of a foreign
government is reporting each
and every one of these con-
temptible attacks on them and
things American to his own
government. Every time a GER
tain political sniper assails the
effort to build up the Navy to
treaty strength his words are
rushed to the capital of a
foreign country now under a
military dictatorship. Follow
ing one of the bitterest public
attacks by this politician upon
the naval program of his gov
eminent, the naval attache of
a certain foreign embassy in
Washington had the impudence
to issue a public statement in
praise of this attack.
A certain political sniper
recently based some of his at
tackS on the regular Army
upon the transformation given
him by the subject of for.
eign government who has tried
in vain to obtain information
from officers of the Army,
which they, as loyal Americans,
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Simple to Einstein, Maybe

Professor Ensten confdes in high school boy that be-
interested in mathematics when he discovered that
nature constructed in wonderful way that task
is to find out the mathematical structure of nature ITSELF
"EUen nature is simple uUe happen to look at it in
this appropriate Way" he adds
AS between the complexities of nature we're forced
face them at first hand day by day and its simplicity pre-
sented by the great professor think stick to the former
The Einen simplicity far too complex for modest
brain-power. And yours, too for that matter.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-04-25

In their eff
forts to catch
t h e voters
eye and his
vote, many Of
them are u.s.
ing unusual
titles.
F or x
ample, Ma
jority Leader
R o b ! n S o n
m a k e S a
S p e e Oh en-
titled:
&c j Id e d
GatewayS to
Economic Par.
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Goldfish to Spain, Portugal, Bra
iii and other countries.
France used the islands for
training grounds for her sailors.
They were as French as Prov.
ence, unchanged until American
rum brokers began swarming
through the streets picturing to
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-04-25

I lrSt b a e OIareHC0 II N"
when I got the support Of the
American Legion but knew I
couldn't get to third base I'M
less California agreed"
Slocum had Representative
Clarence F. Lea CD, Of Cali
fornia, sponsor the bill.
Toxic told the committee:
II cannot speak very good
English. You see l was born
in North Dakota"
Copyright. 1885. The Washington
Times)
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ceived W / t h
n d i G n a mt.
snorts by Lii
liam D. Rock.
M i SIS Rock
likes the no.
ton of wom-
en- Presidents
so much that
she has start
ed a move
ment to pro-
m o t e e m.
A n d is all
r e a d y with
some dandy
names:
-
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the hard-bitten islanders a world
of easy money and no work.
Recent word is that few
gnarled and weatherbeaten old
timers are readying their boats
for the spring voyage out to the
Banks; that they are making
special penitential offerings:
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-04-25

O4AN NOAA4 Jaw
A few days
ago Toxic Sc
cured commit
tee approval
of his bill in
the House.
When the
CO m m | t tee
voted to re-
port his bill,
Toxic jumped
up and down
and shouted.
He had ex-
planned to the
committee:
II got to
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Greatest Show On Earth
By John Snure, Jr.

AS the time before the 1886
campaign is lessened, members
of Congress are sowing political
seed.
The Congressional Record is
being filled with politi cal
speeches by Senators and mem
bers of the House.
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Words of Wise Men

It is always silly thing advice but to good advice
is absolutely fatal--Wilde.
look antiquity thing, go to 1t is
other,-Colton
Example lesson that all read-West
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OLD FAVORITES
The Tiger

The Tiger By William Blake
Tiger Tiger burning bright,
In the forests of the night,
What immortal hand eye
Could frame thy fearful symmetry?
In what distant deeps skies
Burnt the fire of thine eyes?
On what wings dare he aspire?
What the hand dare seize the fire?
And what shoulder, and what art,
Could twist the sinews of thy heart?
And when thy heart began to beat,
What dread hand and what dread feet?
When the stars threw down their spears,
And watered heaven with their tears,
Did He smile His work to see?
Did He who made the Lamb, make thee?
Tiger! Tiger burning bright,
In the forests of the night
What immortal hand eye
Dare frame thy fearful symmetry?
Redders nUed to send to the editor their sugges
tons of old favortes among the poems for reprntng IN
this SpGce)
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A woman for President! No.
Would you vote for a woman
presidential candidate? Not I!
This statement will be re-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-04-25

One of the happiest men on
Capitol Hill recently was Toxic
Slocum, an Oriental.
For SeUen gears, Slocun,
conducted a 0ne-mGn lobby to
hare Orientd1S wto SerUed the
United States in the World
War given citizenship.
These men were citizens in
the War but their citizenship
rights were taken away after
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-04-25

Speak SdlO.
"YOur voice was as soft as
the blue skies, and as slippery
as an eel in q bucket Of black
gold (oiD."
Democracy seems to be going
rather far.
Speaker and Mrs. Joseph w.
Byrns, entered a famous sea-
food restaurant on Connecticut
Avenue the other eve for dinner.
Walters and patrons paid no
attention.
Finally a waiter waved them
to a small corner table that
was extremely undesirable.
Mrs. Byrns refused to sit in
the corner.
Speaker and Mrs. ByrnS left
Without being Served.
Employees of the famous res
taurant apparently didn't rec.
OgniZe the famous man of the
day.
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THURSDAY, APRIL rs, 1885

WASHINGTON TIMES
n H
G.
Evening star., 1935-05-12
Seeks Public Confidence.

Pointing out the necessity for keep
ing the confidence Of both the public
and business men. Mrs. Sallie p.
Muchmore, assistant director Of the
Better Business Bureau, cited an in
vestigation recently made by the or
ganization which resulted in an iden-
tical finding with that of a bureau in
another large city.
A fur dealer had advertised for
sale a silver fox cape" which in
reality was made only from silver fox
tails. The advertising was ques-
toned and number of prominent
furriers were consulted. It was
agreed that the proper term to use to
avoid misleading the public would be
the words silver fox tails"
BY conducting inquiries of this
kind" Mrs. Muchmore said. the bu-
reau keeps itself abreast Of current
opinion in the various trades, and
these opinions are most important
and necessary to carry on our work.
Bureau recommendations to the par
ticular trades involved become ac-
cepted as standards, standards that
the trades themselves believe in.
THE best way to promot- consumer
confidence and truth in advertising
is to gain the confidence Of the re-
tailers, who must abide by these
standards. If the Better Business
Bureau did not have their confidence
the retailers in any city would not
cooperate to the extent that they do.
We are proud Of the confidence shown
in us by both the consumer and the
retailer. 1t is our aim to continue to
merit it,"
Evening star., 1935-05-12
BROWN TO ACCEPT
SOUTHWEST BOYS
CLUB WEDNESDAY.
Parade, Entertainment and
Speeches Featured in
Special Program.

An elaborate program for the open.
ing of q Metropolitan Police Boys
Club in the southwest area Wednes-
day at 8 pm. has been announced by
DR.. Leon Gordon, chairman of the
Citizens Reception Committee Of the
Southwest Citizens Association. The
club building Is located at 472 street
southwest.
The club will be another link to the
chain of boys clubs already estab-
lished throughout the city under su-
pervision of Mai. Ernest w. Brown,
superintendent of the Police Depart
ment, who Is making q valiant effort
to establish these clubs in every dis
trict Of the city.
At the opening ceremony Maj.
Brown will address the citizens and
future members Of the club on the
value and purpose Of boys clubs, add
ing that a decrease in child delin-
quency has already proved itself a
valuable worth in the present boys
club areas.
To Receive $1,000 Cash.
At the conclusion of Maj. Browns
speech the new Boys Club Building
will be presented to him by the Myra
Mccoy Andrews Day School. The
building was ofhcially donated by the
school.
After the presentation, William
Leishear of the Southwest Citizens
Association will present to Mai.
Brown, In behalf Of the association,
1000, to be added to the present
Metropolitan Police Boys Club fund
This fund was collected by contribu-
tions and receipts gained by various
functions sponsored by the Southwest
Citizens Association.
Invitations will be sent to many
prominent citizens, and among those
expected to speak are Judge Mattingly
of the District Municipal Court and
former southwest resident, Capt j. A.
Sullivan of No. 4 precinct, j. M.
Schaffer, president Of the Southwest
| Citizens Association, and Pvt. Mes
kopf. athletic director of the Police
| Boys Clubs.
Entertainment consisting Of boxing,
! tumbling and wrestling matches will
be sponsored by members of other To-
cal boys clubs.
Equipment Of Club.
The club will have open house,
where the citizens may view the IL
brary, recreation rooms, the gymna-
sium, the diet kitchen. dental clinic
and medical clinic. The dental and
medical clinics are the only ones es-
tablished in q boys club anywhere
in the United States. The clinics are
for the purpose of catering to the un-
derprivileged children Of that area.
Preceding the program at the club
building. parade, beginning at .
pm, will be held, with the indie
pendent Boys Club Band, under
supervision OF Maj. c. J. Brown: the
various schoolboy patrols and floats
representing the Hoover playground
of southwest
The line OF march will be from
Fourth and streets, north on Fourth
street to Maryland avenue. west on
Maryland avenue to Sixth street, south
on Sixth street to N street and east on
N street to Fourth street. Stands to
accommodate 1000 people will be con-
structed in the 400 block Of street
southwest.
The regular meeting Of the South
west Citizens Association. which was
to be held in conjunction with the
ceremonies. has been postponed until
the following Wednesday.