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The Washington times., 1936-11-30
TIME AND TIDE

Maybe you were one Of the per
sons who thought Of going to the
Army-Navy game Saturday just
too late to get your tickets. Or
maybe you were lucky enough to
have friends at the Capitol. Up
under the dome you could get
almost as many tickets as you
wanted up to Thursday.
In any case you will be inter
ested in the fate of a high-rank1ng
officer in the Navy. He sent in
his application for tickets after
the deadline.
The junior officers who had
charge Of sending out the tickets
were a little perturbed. Because
of the applicants rank they were
a little afraid Of turning him
down. Finally they took the appn-
cation and wrote across the face
of it:
"The last shore boat left at
1850. The fleet sailed at mid
night. Sorry"
Wonder what he ever did to the
gobs who missed his last boat2
The Washington times., 1936-11-30

When Clark Gable rebelled
against wearing whiskers in his
new play he struck a blow for
romance for which every woman
will thank him.
For more than a decade, women
have had to practice Spartan self
control so as not to burst right out
laughing at the sight Of the comic
Charlie Chaplin muStache that so
many men are affecting.
And now, when the first shock
Of the renaissance Of the derby
hat has scarcely passed, it is ru-
mored that men will revive
Boards before the coming Of the
crocuses!
AS an impetus to the move
ment, someone has written the
White House urging that the
President grow whiskers, because
"only whiskered men are strong
and great" Probably the writer
of the letter is bushy and be-whiS'
kered-even though his knowledge
of history seems to be phenom-
enally clean,Shaven. surely
Caesar was no "sisSy!" And how
about Napoleon!
OF course, it is possible that
men are determined to discourage
the last flicker Of sentiment in
women. Maybe they are tired Of
being loved. Perhaps they refuse
to be irresistible any longer.
But, gracious, if men don't
WANT to be kissed, why should
they go to such EXTREMES?
Why don't they try some more
humane method Of defending
themselves-such as wearing a
large iron-spiked collar or eating
The Washington times., 1936-11-30
Marry-GO-ROund
By Helen ROIULGnd
THE SHAVEN ARE THE BRAVE

"a fresh onion with their meals?
Kissing man through beard
is about as thrilling as kissing a
woman through a crepe veil. 1t
gives you that smothered creepy
feeling. The very sight Of a
bearded face closing down on you
is enough to make the most ath-
letic of girls feel faint, flaccid
and infirm.
Worse than that, a beard is alb
solutely unsanitary, now that the
average mans life is just one lip
stick flavor after another. No hon.
est girl could guarantee that her
lipStick germs were thorough
breds. Boards may have been de
rigueur in Mid-Victorian days,
when a man never kissed a girl
until the completion Of the we'd
ding ceremony-and afterwards,
only on Sundays, holidays, and
twice on Christmas. But in these
days of kiss-as-kiSS-can, they are a
positive menace
The clean-shaven face has al
ways been symbolic of the cleancut
American man. No human being
COULD be as pure, and sweet, and
noble, and innocent as the average
man looks just after a clean shave.
Furthermore, it gives a woman a
chance to read a mans character
in his mouth, and chin-where
most Of it is located, anyway.
A clean-Shaven face makes a
man look human and tempting
and kiSsable! Why doesn't he
want to keep ON looking that
way?
Copyright. 1888. By King Features
Syndicate. Ine,)
The Washington times., 1936-11-30
Rescue: Modern Style

In the old days the horse operas the audience
satisfied unless the hero perched the cowcatcher of the loco
motive lifted the heroine from the tracks to his and saved
her from certain death
applaud such deous But what would the
odmers have said to the feat Of 19yearod Louis Gata of
New York's East Side?
He his friend Buddy Torore topple the tracks of the
Independent Line at the West Fourth Street Station and in the
distance heard express roaring down the stretch Quick
flash Gatta dropped the tracks, arranged Buddy
scous form slight hollow between the tracks and leaped
to safety.
The train rushed over the boy and left him unharmed
Whatever the ldmers say moderns will think Of Louis
Gatta REAL hero who knew how life when hung
by a thread.
The Washington times., 1936-11-30

to the use Of EDWIN u Hill
miles of underground passages in
the city in the event Of an hostile
air or gas raid.
The defense authorities of Eng
land are conducting a like pre-
paredness campaign for the civil
ian population, to keep pace with
the actual m ilitary expansion
which the government is carry
ing on.
Noncombatants have a terrible
dread of gas, and even professional
military men in the recent past
have denounced its use as in
humane and have sought to have
it outlawed. Now two officers OF
the United States Army speak out
in defense Of the use Of gas as
against the use Of shot and shell.
EXAGGERATED?
Popular beliefs concerning
the terrible and devastating ef-
fectS Of chemical agents." they
say, "are grossly exaggerated.
The Washington times., 1936-11-30
By T. E. Powers

Those who speak or write Of the
terrifying and horrible results
Of chemical warfare do n OF
know what they are talking
about"
The two officers are Colonel
Gibson, of the Chemical Welfare
Service, and Major Samuel A.
White, of the Amy Medical Corps.
Colonel Gibson points out that in
the World War only 2 per cent of
the gas casualties resulted in
deaths, whereas the total of battle
casualties was "a per cent.
The poison gases do not mutt
late. They seldom cause extreme
pain and they result in death only
in the small proportion stated
above in comparison to the num-
Der of deaths by other weapons.
It would seem from what these
officers say that familiarity with
powder and bullets has brought
a certain contempt for them, or,
at least, a certain fatalism con-
corning their use in warfare. For
centuries men have been using
firearms to kill each other off,
and as a result they have become
the accepted method Of operation.
This was not always so.
Up until the time that the
Chinese invention of the thing
called gunpowder found it's way
eastward into Europe, war was
made by clubs, spears, knives,
swords and bow and arrow.
The first wave Of gas coming
from the German lines into the
unprepared ranks Of the British
in northern France caused the
same surprise and CONSERVATION
as did the rifle and ball to the
American Indian.
We doubly dread the unknown
and the unexpected. Thus, the use
of chemicals in warfare was con-
demned from the start before we
stopped to consider the possible
ties Of defense against them and
to weigh their effects against the
use of the weapons with which we
were familiar.
OTHER VIEWS
"The severity of the chemical
weapon" says Colonel GibScn,
can be altered to suit the 90
casiOn. The time will come when
troops or police that fire upon
a mob will be severely criticized
for not using milder measures,
such as gas.
"AIsO, the time will come when
q civilized nation will be con-
sidered barbarouS IL its army
uses rifles, machine guns and ex-
pIOsives against the army Of q
less civilized nation that could
be controlled with gas.
"Why kill if the total rOut Of
the opposing force can be as
sured by the use Of harmless
measures? To kill, even in war.
fare, without necessity, Is mur-
der"
An interesting statement is
! Colonel GlbSOn'S, IN view OF all Cne
warfare around us and all the
preparation for future wars going
on in Europe today.
There is little question that an
other world war fought on the
scale Of the last one would about
end European civilization.
Maybe science, through chemi,
cal warfare, is to save man from
himself.
It may be guns and not gases
that should be outlawed, and that
man, if he must fight, will have
to fight with chemicals and thus
live to fight another day.
Copyright, 1855. By King Features
Syndicate fnS.)
The Washington times., 1936-11-30

warning sirens
Screech, every
one puts on his
gas mask, and
a m b VI a n ces
and first al d
squads go about
miniSrering to
the mock vic
Tins of a n
enemy attack.
On a m u C h
smaller scale,
Paris has SINH
lar drills, and
it's citizens have
b e e n educated
The Washington times., 1936-11-30
Votes for Washington

National representation in Congress and the right to
Uote for President be secured for Washington only
through the action of the people of the Uarious States and
their congressional representations Following fe0
of the editorials printed by newspapers throughout the
country pLedgng support the for adoption
of constitutional amendment granting the District OF
Columbia representation Congress and in the Electoral
College. They printed in to letter from
The Warrington Times outlining the Districts UoteLeSs
status.
The Washington times., 1936-11-30

you miserable
to stay in that
room. It would
spoil your day.
You have no
time to clean
the room. Per.
haps it is not
your room to
clean. So you
go out of that
room and shut
the door behind
you.
You shut the
door benin d
you, and as you
shut it, you for
The Washington times., 1936-11-30

ing the fact
1887 will be
the most i'm
portant year in
the history OF
the classified
civil Service
since tn e re-
classified a C t
s tum b e d to
victory over a
long and stony
road.
In OF h e r
words, Capitol
Hill is going to
be the fount Of
IR
The Washington times., 1936-11-30
National Approval

The action of the American Federation of Labor in
adopting resolution urging the immediate submission
by Congress the people of the Constitutional amend
ment granting the District representation in the national
Government should be big help.
The Federation not only has considerable influence
directly Gu Congress but the action of its Tampa
venton will mean the spreading to the country of the
facts regarding this ctys unfortunate political plight
Incidentally the Federations activity behalf of the
vote for the District points way by means Of which
individual citizens of the city supplement the effort
which The Washington Times is making to arouse
tional interest in the suffrage movement.
Many Washingtonians belong to national organizations
and attend the annual conventions of those bodies
IF EVERY WASHINGToNIAN ATTENDING A
MEETING OF THE NATIONAL ORGANIZATION OF
WHICH HE IS A MEMBER WOULD MAKE IT
POINT TO INFORM THESE BODIES OF THE VOTE
LESS CONDITIONS HERE AND URGE INDORSE-
MENT OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
MUCH GOOD WOULD BE ACCOMPLISHED
The responses which being made to the letter from
The Washington Times to publishers and editors Of
papers throughout the country asking their views the
suffrage amendment indicate clearly that there is wide
spread national sentiment in favor of granting the Dis
trict the vote
Editors presenting the facts to their readers and
are urging that Congress when in January
submit the amendment to the States.
: BY URG1NG THE NAI1ONAb ORGANIZATIONS
OF WHICH THEY ARE MEMBERS TO BACK UP
THE MOVEMENT WAsHINGToNIANs CAN sT1MU
LATE AND KEEP ALIVE THE INTEREST WHICH
THE EDITORS ARE NOW GENERATING.
Those attending the labor convention in Tampa
announced after the resolutions adopted that
they UOuId not be cOntented IUith perfNnctOry in
dOrsement of the amendment but UOuld insist on
organized IabOrs fOLLOIUing through on the resOLu
tiOns during the coming session.
That is the spirit which should animate all Wash
ngtonians in seeking Endorsement Of the proposal by
national organizations.
Resolutions by these organizations submitted to Con
gress WILL of course, be Of considerable help.
BUT IN ORDER THAT THEY MAY REACH THEIR
MAXIMUM EFFECTIVENESS IT IS NECESSARY
THAT THE AGITATION BE KEPT ALIVE WITHIN
THE ORGANIZATION AND BY THE ORGANIZA-
T1oN MEMBERS AFTER THEY RETURN TO THEIR
HOMES.
The Washington times., 1936-11-30
CIVIL SERVICE

Although the legislative pro-
gram for the Seventy-fifth Con-
gress is at the moment in a very
nebulous state there is no deny
The Washington times., 1936-11-30

However, those who are the per-
manent cogs in the government
machinery have no voice in deter
mining who shall be at the head
of it, Is this fair?
The Washington times., 1936-11-30
The Human Side of the News
By EdUin C.. Hill

Periodically in Toxic the entire
population takes part in a gas at
tack drill. Business closes down.
The Washington times., 1936-11-30

The room is untidy-perhapS
filthy. IT is filled with ugly, de-
pressing objects, It would make
Evening star., 1936-10-19
On the Record
Basic Issues Are Ignored by Roosevelt in
Reelection Campaign.

ernment with coercive powers over
industry is necessary at this point In
our economic development to attain
stability. The probability Is that 1t Is
wrong, quite seriously wrong.
N. r.. A. Fiasco Cited.
The clearest demonstration Of the
Governments attempts to deal with
an improved thesis was the N. r. A.
conceived Of as a plan for the organi-
zation Of self-government Of industry
under basic codes. BY the time
business men and trade union leaders
had all assembled in Washington,
each group trying to devise code
which would cover every possible
emergency and be rigged for every
possible advantage. the whole thing
reached an absurdity, and when it
was thrown out by the Supreme Court
there was . very general sigh Of
relief.
1t is my belief that II the President
Is reelected IL will be because most
people believe that he has abandoned
permanently this part of his program.
But there is nothing in anything he
has thus far said to justify that belief.
Rehabilitation Of Slump Victims Aim.
The third part Of his program aims
at the rehabilitation OF the victims Of
the depression, and abandons the lais-
sez faire social policy which has been
traditional in this country. Under it
comes the Relief Administration, the
Youth Administration and the social
security provisions for old-age pensions
and unemployment insurance. Here
there is unanimity between both par
ties as to the principles. But there
is the greatest possible divergence as
to method. The administrations only
answer to attacks on method Is that
the Republicans don't mean their
promises; that they are a crowd Of
social reactionaries who intend to
scrap all social security and all Federal
relief If they come into power. and that
since the principle is all right the prac-
tice will adjust itself. To this COL
umnist that kind OF answer Is unfair
to the American people, and con-
temptible. The question Of method
can be quite as important as the ques-
ton Of principle. Gov. Landon's crit
icism Of the social security bill was
based upon a very careful analysis,
which he wisely employed disinterested
experts for months to prepare. 1t is
not answered by Mr.. Winant's resig-
nation. The questions of whether re-
lief shall be centralized federally, of
whether a made-work program is wise,
Of whether it Is the business Of the
Federal Government to see that every
unemployed actor and writer shall be
provided with work projects, are ques-
tions which millions Of American citi-
zens are asking. Indeed, the whole
made-work program is open to such
serious debate that shall devote q
column to raising some Of the ques-
tions about 1t that occur to me as one
American citizen. But the President
and his spokesmen are lodging every
important question in this part Of the
Government program and conflning
themselves merely to expressions of
warm humanitarianism. That Is not
enough!
tcopyrieht. 1896. New York Tribune. 1ne.)
Evening star., 1936-10-19


The solicitation oce
Suggestion by r. C. Chairman
would be modified
MT Jones has alwdys thought
deductions for plant expansion and deb retirement fact
ones F. r. B. Governor Eccles F. D. CowIey
are understood to haze worked inside for liberalization
the bill in Congress the
Treasury prevailed.
Notifications Of any,
the
the
will
Jones whose advice followed year.
every except
Wallace Imaginary
possibilities Roosevelt reelected johnson
temporarily filled War Department chair Guardia for labor
Senator for and with
Lehman Treasury Mu Donald Rchb for Ator
or Rhberg Harry
purposes the suggestions believed talked
officially. La Guardia MNut the best BETS
Copyrsh
Evening star., 1936-10-19

ministration, one might reasonably
hone that the bead of the Govern
ment, standing Tor reelection, would
tell the American people which OF
his policies he considers to have stood
the test of application and which he
believes should be abandoned or modi-
fed, and If modified, how.
But, instead. he stands on the rec
ord. The record, however. contains
some notable successes and some
ghastly failures, and 1t contains. also
some attempts which are now accepted
by both parties as being sound in OBJ
jective, but which are much criticized
as they are legally framed and prac-
tically administered.
Aimed to End Dedation.
Mr.. Roosevelt has proceeded along
three fronts. One branch Of his
policy was devoted to ending the de-
nation, adjusting debts, encouraging
reinvestment, checking the flow OF
money into stock exchange specula-
ton, increasing the governmental IA
cilities for exercising control over the
volume OF credit and opening the
channels Of international trade. To
this part Of his program belong the
devahlation Of the dollar, the aban-
donment of gold payments except to
meet international obligations. the
extension Of easy credit to home
owners, the refinancing of farm mort
cages, the securities exchange act,
the reorganization Of the Federal Re-
serve Board. the reciprocal trade
treaties and finally the international
stabilization agreement.
1t is apparent that in defending
this part Of his policy the President
feels himself on safest ground.
Second Part Of Policy.
The second part of his policy had
to do with the reorganization Of
American industry and agriculture.
Behind the Presidents policy were
certain theories. Some of these
theories were given clearest expression
by DR.. Rexford Tugwell, who has
spoken with complete frankness in
several speeches, in pamphlets and in
books. Mr.. Tugwell's chief thesis
is that America is no longer an ex-
panding economy, and has reached the
point Of maintenance; that the prob
lem Is not one OF production, but
wholly Of distribution. And that gov
Evening star., 1936-10-19

them If
will fall for but don't bother political
Office they assudy will WEIGH their political
you That the national committees and their financial
will look at the farm problem the farm belt fo for Landon after
Roosevelt saved them
the party whch restores soncy prosperity and respet
to the population loyalty gratitude
support Of the people has dued phy bothr That is the
fion Uhch the States TU November ).
farmland named
a q piece
looking what thought another
dog also carrying finer meat The first dog
imaginary the The real dropped
into the brook and the The dog which had
lost the undoubtedly unhappy the incident but
Aesop the point Of the
Evening star., 1936-10-19
Mrs: Simpson
Faces Bars
To Throne
Edward May Have to
Quit Crown IF He
Weds Her.
BY CONSTANTINE BROWN.

BY CONSTANTINE Brown.
n H RS. WALLIS SIMPSON may
| M become Lady Renfrew or
| V whatever title Edward VIII
u might choose should he abdi-
cate to marry her. But, despite his
hold on his people, the King Of Eng
land will never be able to marry the
| attractive American and put her on
the throne beside him.
Not that there is any law preventing
the King OF England from marrying
commoner. The only provision in
the law Of the United Kingdom Is that
the sovereign cannot marry a Cath
olic: outside this he may choose any
one he likes as his consort.
Marriage TO Briton Desired.
The English people, that is to say,
the masses which count in the last
analysis, were not anxious for their
young ruler to marry foreigner
merely because she was a princess Of
blood. They would have liked to see
him marry one Of the daughters OF
some British peer. England was de-
lighted when Princess Mary, King
Georges daughter, married the pres
ent Lord Harewood and when the Duke
Of York married Lady Elizabeth Bowes-
Lyon. 1t was good for the royal fam
lily to marry men and women of pure
English blood.
But it Is more than doubtful whether
the marriage of the King to q for
eigner who is not OF royal blood and
is furthermore q divorce twice would
be popular with the British people.
The lady in question may have capti-
vated the hearts Of Mayfair society
by her charm and tactfuI entertaining.
But there has been tnsidious propa-
ganda going on now for several months
among the masses about her extrava-
gance and how lavishly and freely she
was spending the Kings money. The
few thousand dollars Edward is spend
ing on his friend have become in pop
ular imagination millions which may
have been spent to a better advan-
tage on the unemployed and the poor
in the mining districts.
Playing With Fire.
For these reasons there has been a
feeling in the Kings immediate en-
tourage that the monarch was play
ing with fire when he disregarded the
advice of the men who warned him
that any rash step, any following Of
the impulse of his heart, may bring
about a change on the British throne.
Nobody outside Edward himself
knows what will happen after Mrs.
Simpson has obtained her divorce.
But the consensus seems TO be that II
the King actually decides to marry
the attractive Baltimorean, he Will
have to abdicate first.
Evening star., 1936-10-19

the terrible Denes the bes Republicans
as they had BEEN NTH
them free lands after the Ciu 1892 patience
ds exhausted and they uoed Roosevelt platform hch
promised immediate relief "pdriy NTH
dusrtdl prices.
The New Dealers political promises
belt F. C. checked the tide of foreclosures Devauon
prices Farm income year point
Of the Hoover depression.
frmer
ments tended to expand foreign
manufactured goods and peces Short Of
bonus for being himself his
American Government could which the
All this cost something which
debts and
out OF the poketbook higher food
farmers IN marketing agreements and
meant practical combinations
freedom Of action Special interests
industries felt nsuled the admission
that
United States
capillary attraction the ldp ordutation stnf
"bureaucdcyuas called administer
farm
succeeded
parity caused the Republican candidate
tive by which farmers offered
anything G.
handsomely for being themselves their
IT, in this golden APPLE promise the
return the Republican fold neither this
farmers either
proves difficult inconvenient unduy expensive For the
Evening star., 1936-10-19

mitted himself to
. pragmatic ap-
proach to the
very seriou S
problems which
confronted h e
American people.
He said that he
would try this
and that, seeking
the best advice he
could hnd, and
what worked he
would retain and
what proved q
failure he would
reject. Now, at
the end of his ad-
Evening star., 1936-10-19

doubt this, but I would not be sur
prised If it ran as high as 5000.
Then If Cook County fails to give Mr.
Roosevelt a majority or even II 1t
gives him as much as 100000. the en-
tire State would cast its electoral vote
for Landon by . 100000 majority.
Illinois is fighting ground when .
margin Of 10000 out Of 3,7oo, 900 ex-
pected ballots is expected to decide
the electoral vote.
(copyrisht. 1861
Evening star., 1936-10-19

recty by their old historic alliance with
1t does not but does the
world unless she exicate
the old French foreign policy Of security
constitutional
from her
French statesmen piH undoubtedly
selgdn Kings assertion OF
hey may succeed SUFFICIENTLY mudde
not turn the wtnd Which is definitely against them.
war Will
when Fascist
Germany and Italy consolidating their posi-
lions and influence in Austria Hungary and the
employees than
ginning to wish that those Du Points
cratic campaign The burden q heavy
Evening star., 1936-10-19

are saying that Mr.. Roosevelt will
carry the State is that they are in
fluenced by knowledge of the effec-
tiveness of the Democratic organiza-
ton throughout the State and by the
noise and shouting made by the Roose-
velt political machine in Cook County.
Inquiry downstate. on the other
hand. reveals that the trend is de-
cidedly Republican. Some estimates
given privately by Republicans is that
the downstate vote will bring q
100000 majority for Gov. Landon. I
Evening star., 1936-10-19

vote over 1882,
and ur t h e r
strides being ap-
parent In the in
formal canyaSses
that have been
taken this year.
But Cook Coun-
ty may prove the
surprise OF the
election. Here. in
populous c l.
c a 6 o, PreSlQenC
90 S evelt re-
ceived the biggest
demonstration in
the form Of a
IL