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The Washington times., 1935-05-02
Time for a Cleanup
BIZ James T. Williams, Jr.

lively refused to permit it to be
thus abused.
There was a good old custom,
long followed by Senators and
Representatives in Congress,
that restrained them during
their first year from rushing
into print and publicizing them.
selves in other ways. Many Of
the new members of the present
Congress have Scrapped this Gus
tom.
No sooner did they get on the
Federal payroll than they began
soliciting all sorts of opportu-
nifty to make speeches in and
out of Congress, to broadcast,
to pose before the camera, to
get themselves into the movies,
and to arrest attention and
focus it upon themselves.
WEED THEM OUT
These publicity seekers have
time for little else. And many
of them are also pork hunters
that is to say, the time which
they should be spending in the
discharge of their constitutional
duties as national legislators is
spent at the other end of Con-
stitution Avenue running err
rands for special interests and
doing the chores of the cohorts
Of special privilege.
The favorite trick Of some of
these publicity seekers and pork
hunters is to obtain the per-
mission of their fellow legisla-
tors Ito extend their remarks
in the Congressional Record"
A member of Congress re-
Gently obtained such permission
upon the pretext that he wished
to advocate the appointment of
more members of the National
Guard in the Regular Army.
When this speech appeared in
the Record, it turned out to be
a cowardly and mendacious at
tack upon the graduates of the
United States Military Academy
at West Point.
The only way in which such
unrefuted false charges could
get into the Congressional Rec
ord was through the trick en-
ployed by the author of these
charges who put them there.
If the American system of
government is to be maintained,
Congress must resume all of its
authority and responsibility
under the Constitution. If
sound legislation is to be en-
acted in support Of American
institutions and to promote the
public welfare, more men of
character and fewer political
nitWitS and nincompoopS must
be elected to Congress.
The American people have
never had in all their history
a greater opportunity for
Congressional cleanup than will
be afforded them in the Con-
gressional elections, 1886.
Copyright 1885, The Washington Tlmes)
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$4,000 actually loaned to this
vinegar plant.
Within two weeks the plant
had been raided by the Alcohol
Tax Unit for diverting alcohol.
No1O the question is, it the
Tar Unit closes the place 1Dho
1Dill pay Uncle Sam back the
money loaned By the RFC.
Not so long ago Director w.
L. Austin, of the Bureau Of the
Census of the Commerce De-
partment, issued a press release
concerning the 1885 census OF
Agriculture for the State Of Con-
necticut.
This report purpOrted to show
that there was an average in
crease of 1927 per cent in the
number of farms in Connecticut
since the 1880 census. 1t said
there were 34,S53 farms as COM
pared to 17,195 in 1880.
All of that sounds very well.
One county, that of Itch
field, was said to have increased
it's number of farms by 131 per
cent.
Representative J. Joseph
Smith, Democrat, 1Uho repre-
SentS the Fifth congressional
district in Uhich Litchtield
county is located, says that the
reported increase is largely
the bunk.
According to Smith, the 1880
census was extremely mac
curate and the actual number
of farms was not registered.
In 1885, however, he con-
tends the census takers per-
formed an excellent job and
registered all farms.
That accounts, he says, for
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Advice to Professors

i "The Professor is subject the temptation of
fusing the part Which he knows best wh that hOle of
]: Which uUe all knOuO S little"
Educatorsin with soldiers and bankers-canno
safely be left to themselves They liable in all honesty
identify the webeng of the community with that Of their
particular institution organization professional coter
social class"
And who do you suppose taking the above sock at the
Professor and the educator of the type which cutters
New Deal Washington?
None other than the Carnegie Foundation for the Advance
stnent of Teaching.
Well, all we say is that it ought to know.
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The Human Side of the News
By Edwin C.. Hill

America, the Orient and Eu.
rope.
This aggressive outreach,
am informed, has brought
America to the point of COM
mercial supremacy in world
markets for the present, but
the highly centralized control
and the heavy subsidies of COM
peting nations have, in certain
instances, given the latter adj
vantageS which leave the final
commercial domination of the
air still in doubt.
With all the talk Of freedom
Of the seas, an echo Of the war
talk, there has been little said
about freedom Of the air. 1t
seems to be there for the
nation that goes out after 1t.
American air mileage on a
single day is equivalent to more
than five flights around the
earth.
FAS EN- xENEO
There must be, of course,
many human derivatives of this
sudden entrance into a new
element. One Of these is the
rapidly increasing demand for
orchids in the farm belt-or
rather the first demand. An
airplane can whisk a load OF
them, carried in glass tubes,
out to Topeka or Des Moines
in no time at all. Prices have
risen 100 per cent over the
prices of two years ago.
Orchid-groWing has become
big business. One large nurS-
cry, growing many hundreds
of thousands Of them every
year, has an investment of
nearly 100000. Sometimes it
takes IL years to bring a plant
to bloom. Such expensive nur-
ture of ephemeral bloom must
have a wide and swiftly-reached
market.
In the field Of periShable
products, the airplane is max
ing possible new industries by
providing a national market,
accessible in a day.
Not only in widening the
marketing zone Of various
goods, but as an energizing
force the airplane is paying for
it's keeps. For instance, and
this is something seldom noted,
commercial paper is kept much
more continuously in action
with air transportation-less
time out for clearance-and
the whole complex mechanism
of national finance is geared
to a faster tempo.
We were so excited with the
Wright Brothers first crowhop
at KittyhaWk that we straight
way touched off all our grand
est adjectives, and now the
astounding realities Of developed
aviation have left us pretty
much verbally bankrupt. What
ever we say, it seems like an
old story. But the sober fact
is that the rushing advance OF
flying technique-in both speed
and payload-is putting the
world through a whirling pace
right now.
copyright, 1898. by King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
The Washington times., 1935-05-02
= - By Elsie Robinson

A child naturally trusts, and
by it's very ignorance and 1nno-
cence escapes a thousand false
fears.
FAITH-that is the precious,
powerful secret which the rich
and strong often lose along
their successful way. When they
were poor and weak they had
nothing to lean on except the
fire in their own blood, the
dreams in their own hearts.
And so-as unconsciously as a
little child clutches a kindly
hand-they clutched that secret
source of strength.
LOST CONTACT
Then came success. They
learned to trust other things
learned to lean on money, power,
skill-and so lost contact with
the only thing that really works.
Plans-they're good in their
place. But a plan without fire
and faith behind it is a futile
gesture.
BELIEVE! There's the secret
Of release and recovery. Be-
lieve in yourself . in the Other
Man, in Life. in the Power
behind Life. Believe in the
might of that Power, and your
right to tap that might.
Have Faith! One spark Of
Faith is worth a ton of shrewd-
ness.
Copyright, 1885, by King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
The Washington times., 1935-05-02
Air Travel Brings Change

Air Travel Brings Changes
Bernt Balchen says he is
through with stunning and ex-
ploring and is turning to COM
mercial aviation. So with
Jimmy Doolittle, Capt. Frank
Hawkes. and a score of other
who are leveling down to the
range of dividends and pay
checks. Capt. Eddie Ricken-
hacker showed them how.
The roar of the crowd is
sweet, but so is the tinkle of
the cash register. Their shift
is timely. Most world trade
is just like picking a sore these
days. But the airplane bust
ness is humming. Among all
the nations of the world, there
is a demand for planes and
there is money to pay for
them. With all the mounting
war rumors and talk of fight.
ing aircraft, the fact is that
the steadily ascendant demand
is for commercial planes.
Within the last year or two,
designers have brought the air
plane to the payload stage. It
is inevitable that passenger and
goods transportation of such
speed should profoundly change
old patterns and shake up ira
ditional commercial intercourse.
The transformation to be
wrought by flying is a we'll
worn theme, but that transfer.
nation is going on now and it
is a situation in which the
hand is quicker than the eye.
This writer has the word OF
a research expert for one OF
the four great American trunk
systems that the seven-hour
trip from New York to the
Pacific Coast is technically pos
sible today and that it will be
inaugurated whenever it is prac-
ticable and feasible; and that,
my informant believes, will be
in the very near future.
WORLD LEADER
Shakespeare flying, above
10000 feet, awaits only the Solu-
ton of the problem of air pres
sure on the plane, on which a
great deal of work has been
done, and which is now said to
constitute a comparatively
simple problem in physics.
Physically, the United States,
with it's magnificent technical
establishment, it's highly trained
designing and flying personnel
and it's abundant supply of raw
materials has the bulge on its
competitors in airplane build
1ng-Germany, Great Britain
and France.
The last year has been, for
the American domestic lines, a
period Of Shake-ups and reor-
ganization, and they are just
now responding to a new stimu-
lus with the apparent asSur'
ance that the present Congress
will arrange airmail rates which
will constitute a generous sub
sidy. But through it all, sales.
men for American planes have
been holding their own against
stiff competition in South
The Washington times., 1935-05-02
Once Overs
Examine Your Own Life
Before Criticizing Others


Before Criticizing Others
Most people think too seri-
ously of the sins committed by
others and too little about their
own failings.
Your friends attractions Of
certain laws should bring him
punishment, of course, but yours
are so harmless that you do not
deserve to pay a penalty.
Is this your attitude?
It is surprising how far some
people go without suspecting
that they are doing something
disgraceful.
Others, whose violations Of
the laws Of society are less
grave, are bitterly denounced
by such persons.
They are notably unfair when
summarizing the acts of others.
But you, knowing yourself as
you do, how can you feel that
you have the right to criticize
other people?
Your faults may not be so
numerous, possibly, as those you
censure, but are they not Of a
more serious nature.
Are they not harmful to a
greater number Of persons?
Are they not more shameful,
and would they not cause your
family far greater suffering If
they should find out what you
are doing.
Copyright 1898. by King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
The Washington times., 1935-05-02
Placing the Blame

The subcommittee on crime of the House District Committee
has scattered and has hit nearly everything and
BODY in range remains be how many Of the hits
will be effective
The report of the committee peppers every vet
eran police official the city, blasts the United States district
attorney incompetent and takes potshot at all Of our
citizens as being apahetic toward the crime problem
But the big guns the committee missed fire pathecay in
80 far biggest factor in crime suppression in Washington
is concerned That factor the Congress Of which the commit
tee is part and of which was representative its nvesga
ton.
Possibly the committee the forest to see the trees
but the fact remains passed tremendous oppor
tuny service to the people of Washington by failing to
discuss auhortavey and clearly the peculiar relationship be-
tween Congress the National Capital which has made
possible for local residents to deal effectively with the crime
problem and which has made impossible to centraze response
bility for conduct of law enforcement activities.
in the report nothing which attempts to bring home
T. GPosTsii dSR N IA "a
EXIST IN THE LOCAL LAWS AND, THROUGH ITS CON
TRo OF THE RTEgE Is NAV rsT
THE AGENCIES CHARGED WITH THE ENFORCEMENT
OF THOSE LAWS.
The report also disappointing because of its lack of recon-
nendations for improvement in the MACHINERY OF EN-
FORCEMENT It deals dratcay with personalities but is
sadly lacking in constructive suggestions which might bring
about changes for the better in the actual tunctonng OF the
police department and the courts
Perhaps the fact that the committees preliminary report
an increase the Of the police depart
ment led too much but had hoped that the final
report would definite suggestions for Improvement along
scientific lines of the work that department and the courts
What few suggestions the committee does make in the mat
ter of strengthening the laws very to be lost sight Of by
the startling recommendations for removal OF all
the experienced officials the head the Police Department
and of Leslie G. Garrett district attorney.
These course the matters which will command PUBIC
attention and discussion.
obvious that editorial the lengthy report cannot
be discussed in detail In subsequent editorials The Times will
take up the report, section by section.
The Washington times., 1935-05-02

to the taxes
of t h o S e
c oun t r j es
a + ter they
have remain
ed in them
for a certain
| e n g t h of
time.
In America
the people of
those nations
are not taxed.
OF his pro-
nOSed meas
ure, Dickstein
said:
MnnnRa manila
The Washington times., 1935-05-02
Listen, World

he has for more faith in the
thing he is doing than the
saint has in what he is doing,
succeeds where the saint fails!
WHATSOEVER YE SHALL
ASK. .. BELIEVING, YE
SHALL RECEIVE"
BELIEF-there is the secret.
Belief in the thing you are
doing. Belief so great that it
overrides your own fear, your
The Washington times., 1935-05-02
OLD FAVORITES
Ode on o. Grecian Urn. BY John Keats

Thou still unravished bride of quietness,
Thou foster-chld Of Silence and slow Time,
Sylvan historian, who cans thus express
flowery tale more sweetly than rhyme:
What leaf-fringed legend haunts about thy shape
Of deities mortals, or of both,
In Tempe the dales Of Already?
What men gods these? What madens oth7
What mad pursuit? What struggle to escaped
What pipes and tmbrels7 What wild ecstasyf
o Attic shape! fair attitude! with brede
Of marble and maidens overwrought
With forest branches and the trodden weed;
Thou, silent form dost tease out of thought
As doth eternity. Cold PASTORAL
When old age shall this generation waste,
Thou shalt remain, in midst Of other woe
Than ours friend to man, to whom thou say st,
'Beauty is truth, truth beauty,''-that is all
Ye know EARTH and all ye need to know.
Ieaders invted to send to the editor their Sugges-
tons of old fovortes among the poems for reprintng in
this spGce)
The Washington times., 1935-05-02

when in those countries are
penaliZed by taxation.
"Their people when In the
United States are not taxed.
"There is no reason why
this unfair condition should
prevail when there are many
foreigners here who have been
here for years, are making
money and have made no at
tempt to become citizens.
1--WE should tax them just
as they tax our people"
(Coryright 1895, The Washington Timesl
The Washington times., 1935-05-02

p l / c a t e d
plans. Plans
for individual
developm e n t
happy mar
riageS sue.
ceSSful ca
reerS ma
tional recov-
cry. Marvel
Gus plans by
master minds.
T h en- why
won't tn e y
work? What's
wrong?
Tro u b ! e d
The Washington times., 1935-05-02

own lack Of knowledge or eX-
perience. Belief reaching out,
like clutching, confident
hand.
A little child is born with
that belief. We read about the
natural fear" Of children
but the NATURAL FAITH Of
children is nearer the truth.
It takes much to make a
healthy child doubt or hesitate.
The Washington times., 1935-05-02

the apparent marked INCREASE
in the number of farms.
An anti-viUiSection bill TOR
the District of Columbia is be-
ina pushed in the House by
Representative James L. Quinn,
Democrat, of Pennsylvania.
Perhaps there is a reason
why Quinn doesn't believe in
cutting up dogs and otherwise
operating on them for expert
mental purposes.
Back in bygone days Quinn
was a newspaper man.
One of his first assignments
was on that rare story which
was said to be real news.
A man had bitten a dog.
In fact, according to Quinn,
a very intoxicated man had
been running around biting .
bunch of dogs.
Probably that accounts for
his interest in the anti-vivisec-
ton bill.
Representative Samuel Dick.
stein, Democrat, OF NeW York,
chairman of the House Com.
mittee on Immigration, is draft.
ing a retaliGtory measure
against some IS nations OF the
aUorld.
1t seems that in these for
eign countries American citizens
who visit them are subjected
The Washington times., 1935-05-02

Dirksen (R.)
of Illinois, has
the informa-
It Sc e m S
t h a t a So
called vinegar
p l a n t in
northern New
York applied
for a $4,000
loan from the
r CO nStruc-
ton Finance
Tornorati0n.
The $4,000
commit nnent
was made and
The Washington times., 1935-05-02
Greatest Show On Earth
BIZ John Snure, Jr.

Two Government agencies are
in quandary.
They wonder which one should
win out.
Representative erett M.
The Washington times., 1935-05-02
Why Do Our Best Plans Fail?4

Plans-what a lot of them
there are nowadays! Spectacu-
lar, daring plans. Shrewd, COM
The Washington times., 1935-05-02

les are . the apparent marked increase
in the number of farms.
The Washington times., 1935-11-01
READY
ON POTATOES

: AAA Agricultural Adjustment
Administration Brain Trusters
are prepared for the first
step today in the Administrators
plan to force potato prices higher.
The initial move will be by Sec
retary of Agriculture Wallace,
when he issues the national and
State potato allotments. These
will tell farmers how much they
must cut their production to jack
up prices through a shortened
supply. Under the new potato
law, a1otments must be set 80
days before December l, when the
full effect of the act becomes op-
erative.
The tax of IS cents bushel
on all potatoes raised by farmers
In excess of the quantity they
are authorized to grow becomes
effective December 1. After that
date all potatoes sold must be
packed in closed containers, bear
ing revenue stamps.
Meanwhile AAA leaders faced
a storm Of growing consumer
resentment against its plans to
boost the cost Of living. Widely
asSailed by housewives and pack
erS for the jump in meat prices,
freshly attacked by the rise in
the price of bread, they face a
new barrage when potato prices
start upward.
The Washington times., 1935-11-01
McCarI Aide
Is Second
Hepburn

General Accounting Office work
ers have found, working right in
their midst, young lady whom
they declare has every possibility
of becoming a second Katharine
Hepburn.
She is petite Margaret M. Ny
ers, who by day handles checks,
files and disburSing officers &C
counts as a member of Comptrol.
ler General McCarl's numerous
staff at the old Pension Office
Building. In the evening, how
ever, she indulges hobby that
has made her one of the best
known feminine leads" in Capital
theatrical circles.
Miss Myers, it was revealed to-
day, has been selected to play the
part of Jane Geoghegan in The
Whiteheaded Boy" which the
Blackfriars Guild will present
Monday and Tuesday at st. Paurs
Auditorium, V ST., between -Four
teenth and Fifteenth SITS. N. w.
She will play opposite John Mann,
inspection division of PWA, who
is to assume the title role.
The young worker has appeared
successfully in a number of recent
plays, both with the Blackfriars
and Bartfield Players She ap-
peared in Quality Street." "A
Midsumm mer Nights Dream" i"
Dear Brutus," Come Out Of the
Kitchen" and Cradle Song
Friends believe her hest work was
in the latter production.
The Washington times., 1935-11-01
Suspected Russian
Spies Are Reported

ANGOULEME, France, Nov. /
QN.S).-Eleven der
refugees suspected Of espionage
and ordered deported to Russia,
have sailed from Marseilles.
, 1935-08-02
Lions Committeeman
For Year Selected

Standing committees for the
Brownsville Lions club have been
named by President John II. Snow.
The newly-elected president took
Office several weeks ago.
The committees include. mem
bership. Joe AtchiSon. chairman and
~. p. McNair: major activities. Bob
Brockman, chairman, and DR.. c.
Fender; constitution and bylaws.
Fred Wagner. chairman. Bob Brock
man. Robert T. McMinn: Lions
education. Ellis W. Perry. chairman.
anc w. II. G.. Slaymaker: attend
ence, w. A. Darling. chairman.
Reuben Warren: program. Robert
T. McMinn; publicity. l. II. Nc
CcniSter. chairman. VIM. Z. Ewing:
10 drop, NJ. p. McNair. chairman.
l. 7. McCollister.
Officials pointed out that other
committees TO serve from time to
time during the year would be
announced soon.
, 1935-08-02
LOANS SET-UP
DEPOSITS GROW
Drive to Obtain Additional
Funds For City Building
Nets Results

A total Of twenty-four new thrift
accounts toward a goal Of n hun
dred, and nine fully paid shares.
were reported Thursday morning by
teams working in a drive to increase
the deposits in the Brownsville Fed
eral Loan e. Savings association.
Total cash turned In amounted TO
$l135.
"On the basis Of the first morn
ing's collections. Brownsville as
ISOLATION will be able. with the
United States treasury funds made
available en- a basis of three dollars
to every one dollar raised locally. to
make loans sufficient to build two
houses costing $500 EACH" Clarence
Colgin. secretary Of the association
announced.
The association has financed or
committed itself to finance, a total
Of II new homes, and two r-mcdel-
ing jobs. The total loaned since the
association was chartered, in March,
Is nearly $4,000.
The largest individual collection
Thursday was the deposit Of c. L.
JesSup. obtained by the c. C.. Hen
derscn team. amounting TO $500, cash.
This is MI. JeSSup's second sub
scription, his first having been $500
at the time the association was
formed.
The teams were given points as
follows:
No. /. Bascom vox, captain, 500
points.
Nc. 3. Manuel Cisneros. captain,
375 points.
Nc. 4. J. NJ. Stein, captain, s75
points.
No. 5. Joe Boliack. captain. 100
points.
No. 6. G. c. Richardson, captain.
90 points.
IF $4,000 Is the total raised In
this drive" Colgin said. lit means
that we will be able Immediately &c
apply to the United States treas
ury for $4,000 as the federal sub
scription. This will make possible
an additional $4,000 in loans. which
will go to create new business and
wages in Brownsville. The association
estimates that about cne-half OF the
total expenditures in construction is
for labor"
The teams unanimously reported
that cordial receptions are being
given by prospects. but that mas
much as the plan is something new
much are Is being observed to ex-
plain the details. Many prospects
asked for literature and further time
in which to study the savings and
share plans.
The teams will meet again at the
Chamber Of Commerce at 1870 Fri
day morning.
Bascom Ccx addressed the mem
bers of the Brownsville Rotary club
on the plan Wednesday and Herbert
StokeIy was invited TO explain the
association to the Kiwanis club
Thus da
, 1935-08-02
Loans Set-Up
i Explained To
Kiwanis Club

The purpose and functions of
the Brownsville Federal Savings
and Loan Association were explain
ed nc the Kiwanis meeting We'd
nesday by Herbert L. Stokley. The
speaker explained that the organi-
xation Is a savings Set-up which
makes loans for new homes and for
homes repair. He pointed out that
the Federal government matches
funds with local organization 10
increase the amount OF funds out
into new building.
Robin Pate announced that con-
tract for putting lights on the high
school football field viii be let Fri
day.
r. nj. Curry, assistant manager
or the j. O.. Penney store here, was
introduced as a new member.
Ramon Cara Padilla sang several
songs.
Visitors were MADDEN Smith Of
Port Isabel. Charles Pugsley Of San
Benito. Fred Keepers OF Harrington.
Grover *. BuSiek OF Harrington.
Herbert L. Stokley Of Brownsville
and Joe Sloan OF San Benito.