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The Washington times., 1935-12-24
The Human Side of the News
BIZ EdUin C. Hill

aphorlsmS as the following were
commonplace:
can evil conscience is a dis
ease. Atheism and a sort of
second innocence are bound to-
gether. Christianity is called
the religion of pity. Pity is in
opposition to the tonic affec-
tions which elevate the energy
of the vital sense; it acts in a
Oppressive way. One loses
strength if one SympathizeS.
Commit no cOwardice in regard
to your actions. The remOrSe
of conscience is indecent. He
who belongs to me must be
strong of bone and light of
foot. Live dangerously"
Of course, all of Germany did
not accept these teachings, not
even a fair proportion of the
country. But when the World
War came along, the allied propa.
gandists seized upon his philoSo.
ply and held it up as the spirit
which had guided the German
people to embark upon the ter.
rible adventure.
TWISTED TEACHING
The NietzSchean school had no
place in the German Republic,
since it held that Christianity and
socialism were akin, illusions and
pitfalls to the salvation of man.
kind by its highest types.
The NaziS needed Nietzsche and
they have brought him back. Isn't
it his doctrine that our civiliza-
ton has been Semitized? Did
not the Jews corrupt the master
morality" into the slave moral
ity"? The ruling values of our
civilization, said NietzSche, are
"the good, the true and the beau.
tiful." But, he added, it is "the
will to power" which determines
what is good, what is true, what
is beautiful.
When the Jews were a conquer
ing warlike people, he held, they
they that what was bold, vigorous,
cruel and self-reliant were good,
true and beautiful. When they
became slaves, they changed these
values and what was clever, hum
BILE, pacific and adaptable became
the good, the true and beautiful.
Nietzsche preached a return to the
first values of the good, the true
and the beautiful.
It mattered not to the allied
propagandists that he spoke in a
broad philosophical sense, that the
race of "Supermen" was some
thing he envisioned far in the fu-
ture. They pinned his doctrines
on the German people.
In like fashion, it does not mat
ter to the Nazis that Nietzsche, in
a philosophical sense, was equally
if not more opposed to Christian
ity than he was to Judaism. They
can use and twist his doctrines to
suit their ends. And, to them.
that is sufficient.
Copyright. 1898, by King Features
syndicate, 1nc.)
The Washington times., 1935-12-24
TAKING SIDES

AE24AA4NN
have finally decided that
believe in taking sides.
You can't decide thing like
that quickly. Nor when you're
young. 1t takes many years to
show you the pros and cons. the
consequences of taking sides or
refusing to do so.
At first, of course, when you're
rarin' to go you want to take
sides on every possible occasion.
No judgment is involved in this
its merely a matter of surplus
fizz. But presently, after you've
been booted around a bit and
laughed at a lot, your enthusiasm
slackenS. You begin to see the
disadvantage of taking sides. And
to conclude that, maybe it's crazy.
For why should you bother
about other peoples problems?
Why should you stick out your
neck" when you don't have to?
It's so easy to duck complications
And so much more popular!
Men and women who are al
ways starting disputes are such a
nuisance! Lies so much pleas.
anter for everyone concerned if
you just jog along and refuse to
get hot n bothered about any
thing or anyone.
SAFEST WAY
But there's Ed. Or Mabel. You
and Ed-or Mabel-have been
chums since school days. Now
Eds in a jam. One of those silly
matter of principle" affairs.
Which he could easily have
avoided if he'd kept his mouth
shut. But he wouldn't. So now
heu's popping. And, of course, Ed
or Mabel-expects you to take
sides.
But why should you? It isn't
YOUR fight. You don't really
give a boot which way the things
decided. OF course you, like dear
old Ed-or Mabel. But after all,
you've got your own life to live
and your hands full with living it.
They've no right to expect you to
shoulder their troubles as well as
your own.
Besides-suppose you to take
sides-look what a mess you'll be
in. People will be mad at you.
Or laugh at you. And other peo-
pie will expect you to take sides
with them. Horrible prospect!
No, you better sit tight. play
safe. let the thing blow over.
Then, afterwards, go right on be-
ing friends as you were before.
That's the safest way.
Inevitably, you reach this sec
The Washington times., 1935-12-24
Mr.. ROOsevelt's Birthday

Whatever the American people may think of Mr. Roose
velts political policies there ONE Roosevelt project that
every and in the land unanimously indorses
That the aid extended to those afflicted with nfantilO
paralysis disease from which the President himself sui
fered years ago. and which he CALAMITY overcame
Mr. Rooseves birthday January 3d. will again be the &C.
casion for raising funds to help paralysis victims
Already twelve hundred communities have organized for
the purpose, and many hundreds more will participate
Certainly enterprise could be worthy than this
and have wholehearted support from the
Nation
Every should be proud contribute to it, and to
make the 1886 Roosevelt Birthday Celebration even
greater than it in 1885
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Public Sentiment was never
more strongly on the side Of
public education and against its
enemies, open and secret.
Public Sentiment is militantly
opposed to the substitution of a
craven lust for peace at any
price, for that love of Liberty and
passion for Justice which has
always made the American people
willing to sacrifice themselves
rather than betraS their birth,
right.
The American people nave lost
heavily in the depression out Of
which they are fighting their own
way. Many have lost their savings.
Many have lost their jobs. Many
have lost their homes. Some have
lost courage. Others have lost the
habit of self-reliance.
But the American spirit has NOT
been crushed by the ordeal of de.
preston. Of the millions on re.
lief today only a very few would
remain there if honest work were
obtainable.
And of the millions who have
been able by hard work and per.
severance to keep themselves and
their families from the relief rolls.
there are few whom even the most
sordid politicians or the moss sin.
ister intriguers could corrupt into
exchanging an honest Job for a
dishonest dole.
NATIONAL UNITY
Theodore Roosevelt has rightly
been called the Prophet of Ma.
tional Unity-that solidarity which
enables the American people in
peace and war to cherish the fel.
loWship that is theirs within the
household of the nation"
"Strive for unity" he pleaded.
Gas a people we must be united
If we are not united we shall
slip into the gulf of measureIess
disaster"
In striving for National Unity
the American people will not for.
get in these closing days of the
old year that they are in very
truth striving for better and hap
pier world.
For "what the family is. to the
State the nation is to the world"
And those who would destroy Ma
tional Unity are as much the
enemies of that righteousness
which alone exalteth the nation"
as are those who would destroy
the integrity of the family.
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Listen, World!
BIZ Elsie Robinson

ond stage in your philosophy. And
most of us stay there. At first
we're annoyed by vague compunc-
tions. Are we, after all, being
selfish instead of sensible. COW.
ardly instead of careful? But pres
emily these doubts die away.
We become not only sure of our
position, but proud of it! And we
increasingly dislike and deSpise
those peculiar mortals who con.
tinue to take sides. brand them
infantile. join the chorus to
boot them down.
All of which I've considered, in
those chaotic years of wondering.
Being one of these explosive
blondes, I certainly do like a row.
But, on the other hand, being fe-
male, I certainly like popularity.
So what? Would I-or wouldn't
take sides?
LOST INCENTIVE
And I've at last decided on the
affirmative. No, I haven't gone
Crusader. I'm as cowardly as I
ever waS-as loath to sacrifice my
own comfort or safety for the
other fellow. And-I might as
well admit it'd still sidestep if
I thought it paid. But I've come
to the conclusion that it doesn't.
From purely selfish reasons.
I've decided to take sides. Why
is life so tingling, so flaming at
twenty? Because we ourselves
tingle and flame. We haven't as
yet repressed our curiosity and
up-and-attem. We haven't become
cautious. And so we take li1s
in great, glowing grabs.
! Then comes prudence. Life be-
comes safer, quieter-but immeas'
urably duller. We've saved our
comfort and our popularity-but
we've lost our INTEREST and
our PRIDE, those qualities which
make life radiant without and
within.
Why do we grow old before
our time? That's why! Such
being the case, for me there can
be no other choice. I'm going to
take sides. No matter what it
may cost in humiliation, incon-
venience and general eXaspera-
tion-and I know it will cost
plenty-I'm going to flame and
fight as I did at twenty.
And I'll end on a hot spot?
Yes, probably will. But I'd
rather end on a hot spot than
in a wheel chair!
Copyright 1885. by King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
The Washington times., 1935-12-24
Three-Minute Journeys

Jews with flowing black boards
and distinctive head dress. These
Jews for centuries have inter-
mingled with the Berbers. 1t Is
an interesting panorama Of peo-
pie if not of scenery on the 200
mile run from Casablanca to
Marrakech.
The outskirts of Marrakech are
green and lovely, a true oasis
that has evolved into a city be-
cause of the abundance of nature.
The remains of huge walled fort
ificationS tell the story OF the
past of this Moroccan stronghold.
The Notifications bring one right
to the market place about which
the city life revolves. But let's
look about first, before we go
into the shops.
One sees the donkeys, the
horses, the camelS which have
safely carried the natives TO
town.
The Washington times., 1935-12-24
American Oil Wins Wars

Oil motive power for arplanes motors locomotives war
craft and for per of the worlds merchant marine
Annually the world produces 1900 100000 barrels Of oil
sixty per cent of that is PRODUCED within the United
States by American capital
Nearly fourth of the remaining forty per cent produced in
the rest of the world is CONTROLLED by American capital
Fourtenhs of 40 per cent produced and controlled by
British and Dutch capital .
of that per cent produced in Russia with
Russian capital.
The tiny remainder is produced by other nations.
What do these figures mean?
They mean that the nation group of nations which
claim the United States as an ally CAN WIN ANY WAR BE-
CAUSE OF OIL SUPPLIES ALONE.
Anv minded nations because of oil alone will go any
length of diplomacy chcanery and intrigue to align this
country on THEIR side.
That is something for this country keep in mind when
Congress and the question of oil ebargoes comes up
again.
The Washington times., 1935-12-24
NIETZSCHE'S DOCTRINE

They buried an old lady in Ger
many last month. She had lived
for SO years, a widow for almost
so of them. Adolph Hitler went
to Weimar for the funeral and
placed a wreath on her coffin.
Other Nazi leaders were present,
and the ceremony was impressive.
The old lady had done nothing
to merit this display and, indeed,
i was not for her at all. 1t was
really for her brother, dead these
IS years.
For she was Elizabeth Forester
Nietzsche, sister of Friedrich Viii,
helm NeitzSche, the poet, philoso-
pher and prophet of the super
man.
! Nietzsche died mad, and it was
this sister who nursed HIM in his
last II years. Since then she has
lived at Weimar, keeping his
papers and archives, and there
Hitler came to know her and be.
come her patron.
The mark of NietZsche is on
Germany today. To his doctrines,
abused as they may be in interpre
tation, may be raced the persecu
ton and ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF
the Jew and the recurrence OF
militarism in the Reich.
Goebbels, the propagandist;;
Rosenberg, the leader of kultur
and the restorer of paganism, and
others dominant in Nazi councils,
openly acknowledge that their doc
trine comes from Nietzsche.
GUIDING STAR
He is held up to the school chill
dren and to the Nazi Youth Move
ment as the greatest figure in
Germany's intellectual history and
the one to be their guiding star.
We heard a lot about Nietzsche
and his philosophy up to and dur.
ing the World War. And yet it
was not until the last year of his
normal life that he ceased to be
a prophet without honor in his
own country.
A short time before insanity
seized him, he had written to his
sister:
my health is really quite
normal. Only my soul is so SEN
Sitive and so full of longing fer
good friends of my own kind.
Get me a small circle of men
who will listen to me and I'M
derstand me-and 1 shall be
cured"
Too late the recognition and
understanding came in the writ
ings of the Danish critic, George
Brandes, who, discovering" Met
zsche, made him and his works
a source of study and discus
sion throughout. the world.
Forthwith, edition after edi.
ton of THUS Spake zarathus.
ira" rolled from the presses, and
all Germany was talking about
"the Great Blond Beast which
was to come out of Germany
and devour all" Such Nietzsche
The Washington times., 1935-12-24
THINNING RANKS

Reductions in the ranks OF
youths in the Civilian ConServa
ton Corps is displeaSing those
members of Congress who hao
hoped the boys would be retained
in the service during the period
of international unrest.
Although Director Robert c
Fisher plans to reduce the corps
to 100000 by July in gradual
steps, it is said that in many
instances curtailment has caused
hardships.
Hundreds of Reserve Officers
who had been on inactive status
until they were called to serve in
the CCC camps will be forced to
return to inactive standing with
a resulting loss OF pay.
AS the majority of these men
were selected by corps area com
manders because of their need fol
employment as well as their
ability it is considered inevitable
that many of them will be drasti
cally affected by the reduction
In addition to the work the
CCC accomplished, many officials
were pleased with another phase
of the organization.
They point out that although
there have been numerous com
plants of communistic propa
ganda being circulated in the
camps, that there have not been
the general disturbances and
uprisings in the CCC as in WPA
and other organizations.
The Washington times., 1935-12-24

will attend the
ceremonies Of
the next few
months.
OF the men
in the Senate.
hoSteSSes m a y
catalog as bach
elors, Senators
Kenneth D. Nc
Kellar, Of Ten
neSSee; Joseph
F.. Guffey, Of
P e n nSylvania;
Frederick Hale,
of Maine; Mil
lard Tydings, Of
NJ - rulo H.
The Washington times., 1935-12-24
EXCEPTIONS

The Smithsonian Institution
has the reputation for being one
Of the most accurate institutions
of it's kind in the world.
It is there that persons are
supposed to view collections and
be convinced that collectors and
scientists of the institution were
accurate.
Gun collectors are somewhat
amused of late, however. They
say that in the collection Of
firearms there are fragrant
mistakes and that many firearms
are incorrectly listed and ex-
hibited In the cases.
The Washington times., 1935-12-24
MAGIC AND WAR

MAGIC AND WAR
The Army and Navy apparently
teaches its men more than the
methods of war.
When the National Press Club
recently staged its Evening Of
Magic" it had on its list Major
Kendall j. Fielder as master Of
ceremonies.
Under the caption of its pro-
gram, Commander C. c. Slayton
was listed as He Does Every
thing"
And Slayton lived up to the
caption. He performed more
magic for the scrlbes than a mem
Der of Congress evading a patron
age seeker.
The Washington times., 1935-12-24
GUESTS LISTS

AS the congressional season
nears, Washington hostesses turn
to the Senate to find guests who
The Washington times., 1935-12-24
The Greatest Show On Earth
Blu John Snure, T.

. his 10 years. was often to be seen
at the other hostelry when the
night moved on.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1935-05-31

is my generation which will be
called upon To surrender all We
consider worth while in life in or
der to become targets for machine
gun bullets and victims for the lat
est poison gas.
We desire to live and to live
at peace After contemplating
the events preceding the catastro-
phe of 1911. We remain unconvinced
as to the wisdom of our predeces-
ors. We respect the noble war dead.
but we question the judgment of
those responsible for their death.
Organized slaughter does not set
tie a dispute, it merely silences an
argument
We desire to construct a world
society providing freedom. equal OPP
portunitv. and a sense Of security.
We desire to make possible for
every human being fun development
of personality in terms of the
highest human and spiritual values
we know
Have these young men. then.
whose names we honor today
given their lives in vain2 Is there
no tangible result to which we caa
point and say, They fought and
accomplished that - was not the
last war a war TO end war'2-'To
make the world safe for democra-
Cyl Or was it a war for the con
quest of the Cermanie people?
Friends. I call on you to look
deeper than any possible material
accomplishments which may have
resulted from their giving their
lives.
The old Roman motto. inscribed
on many memorials ran thus:
" 'Dulce ct propria est pro patria
more
1t is a beautiful and fitting
thing to die for ones coun-
try.
1T is the act itself that counts:
the spirit, the willingness TO give
Up all-eyen ones life. We cannot
do without that element of self
sacrifice in our communities today.
The lire need OF ones country
facing a foe brings out those quail
ties wildly which are indispensable
if the human race is to live. So
evident is this that William James.
the great psychologist, proposed
that we find moral equivalent for
war Friends, that moral equival-
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1935-05-31

ent is today every where at our
hands. The world is sick society
is sick Brave men are called on to
leave home and loved ones - the
comfort OF evenings at the fire
sides and the radios and TO enter
the battle for civic righteousness
and welfare The American Legion
has a department of child Welfare.
IL each present Legiounaire, and
all of us who believe that our coun-
try has a right to our devotion.
viii follow the program of child
welfare through-it will take some
fighting We shall clean up our
towns. to make them fit places
in which children can grow up;
we shall see that they have play
grounds and parks. instead of hay
ing To roam the streets We shall
protect them from dirt and disease
from lack cf nourishing foods and
bring them into radiant health We
shall give every child its birth
"ignt OF education up To high
school level aud as far beyond as
he AN go; We shall give him mu-
So. and art. and books. and beauty
in his life We shall protect him
rom exploitation in industry and
give each one a chance to learn
his own trade and occupation, TO
be a useful member of society.
In fact if we build our com
munity program around the real
needs of our children we shall work
and sacrifice as We never have be
fore,
Civic devotion. giving ones
self. without thought of name or
advantage! If that spirit had pre-
vailed in our great cities, the gang
ster and the racketeers would not
have gained a foothold. The slums
would have disappeared long ago
and there would not now be long
lines of hungry men and women
and children, waiting to be fed
Such devotion, may be the fruit
of the full measure which these
men We honor today who gave their
lives that this nation might live.
have bestowed upon us.
We gave up all-eyen our
lives. Are you not ready to give
even a little?
1T is hard for US to learn. We
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1935-05-31

easily forget. Yet is it not for us.
and such days as this again. to
highly resolve that these dead
shall not have died in vain-thal
this nation. under God, shall have
"A new birth of freedom2'
1T is the spirit our departed
brothers have bequeathed us, To
you from failing hands we throw
the torch. be yours to hold it high
-. 1t is this devotion To ideal ends.
the spirit of giving all. according
to the best We know, which must
possess US.
Friends, this is a day We honor
our heroes and remember those
Who made the supreme sacrifice.
But the honor we bestow is
nothing The memories We call
back are futile. unless both honor
and memories are suffused with the
spirit of the highest We know.
Greater love hath no man than
this, that he lay down his life for
his friends. Love your enemies and
do them, not evil, but good. If we
have this spirit, if we catch this
devotion, then this day will renew
Tor US the vision OF the prophet:
They shall beat their swords
into pillow shares, and theit
spears into pruning hooks. Ma
ton shall not lift hand against
nation, neither shall they learn
war any more.
Memories, Yes! But let us today
clothe them with the spirit OF
the highest We know, exemplified
by those We honor today who gaye
their all that this nation might
live. And let US take back into Inf.
a resolution so to live and sc
to act and so to give ourselves il
devotion to civic duty that thes,
lives viii not have been lived in
vain.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1935-05-31

shot him, mother?' I would ask
with childish persistence. My dear,
l don't know. Another soldier,
guess, she would say Well, why
did the other soldier shoot him?
1t was the war-the war 10
tree the slaves-and your grandpa
was a very brave man And so We
would go together on Memorial Day
to the great cemetery and find an
isolated grave already decorated
by the GAR. with the stars anu
stripes and we would lay our flow
ers down and stand silently before
the grave of a man, whose blood
was our blood, but whom neither OF
US had ever seen because war
took him away. He was killed
while my mother was q baby -
man snatched from life before his
time-whose loss was not merely
d loss to our family but to the ma
ton In the North 100000 We're
taken and I65, U0O were taken in
the South; $4,000 dead in that
war, North and South.
And then We would go to see
the marching soldiers. There were
numbers OF them then-soldiers OF
the GAR, the Grand Army OF the
Republic. That war before the days
even OF the Spanish War-and the
years were softening the memories
OF conflict. And it was beginning 70
be difficult to speak of the veterans
of the South as our enemies North
and South we're joined in mourning
for the men who had given their
lives for cause greater than
themselves - and in the common
sorrow, The bitterness and hostility
were softened and all but faded
away. In this company today there
are no doubt sons or grandsons OF
those who were on opposing sides
in that war
Then the Spanish War came
and We boys were swept up with
the popular clamor for revenge.
because of the sinking of tns
Maine We followed eagerly the eN-
PLOTS of Admiral Schiey-Went into
ecstacies over Admiral Dewey; cap
ture OF Manila, and joined in spirit
with Theodore Roosevelt and the
Rough Riders.
The same war in foreign lands
there was a romance and adyen-
ture about it. But when it was all
over some OF my boy friends We're
asking that same unanswerable
question l had asked my mother.
Where is my brother?', and mother
and father were asking, Where is
my SOM, BECAUSE WAR TOOK