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Evening star., 1936-01-17
Gandhi Reported Improving.

WARDHA, India, January II (R.-
The Mahatma Gandhi. who has been
suffering from high blood pressure,
was said yesterday to be progressing
satisfactorily. He planned to leave
last night for Bombay en- route to
Ahmedabad to recuperate.
Evening star., 1936-01-17


Banquet, Ladies Auxiliary. District
Fire Department, Hamilton Hotel.
pm.
Card party, Ohio Girls Club,
Thomas Circle Club, 1926 MaSsachu-
sets avenue, pm.
Card party and dance, Mathis
Club, Mayflower Hotel, 8 pm.
Dinner, General Federation of
Women's Clubs, Mayflower Hotel,
7p.m.
Dance, Georgia State Society,
shoreham Hotel, 9 pm
Meeting, Kentucky Club, Willard
Hotel. 8 pm.
Dance, Wisconsin State Society,
Willard Hotel, pm.
Dance, Arkansas State Society.
Willard Hotel, 8 pm.
Dance, lexington Community Cen
ter. Langley Junior High School, First
and T streets northeast, $3.50 pm.
Bingo party, State Council Benev-
olence Committee, Masonic Temple,
Eighth and F. streets northeast, 8 pm.
Card party. Nativity Parish Hall.
Fourteenth and A streets southeast,
8 pm.
TOMORROW.
Luncheon. Federation of Churches,
Mayhower Hotel, 1890 pm.
Luncheon, Washington Classical
Club. Raleigh Hotel, 1890 pm.
Dinner. Washington and Lee Alum
nj, Mayfiower Hotel, 7:30 pm.
Dinner. Electric Institute, Raleigh
Hotel, $50 pm.
Dance, Texas State Society, May
flower Hotel, 8 pm.
Dinner. Alfalfa Club, Willard Hotel,
tbs pm.
Card party and dance, Joseph H.
Milan Chapter, No. Al, o. e. S., Will
lard Hotel, $50 pm.
Dinner. Democratic League, La
Fayette Hotel, 7:30 pm.
Meeting, Alpha Chi Sigma, La
Fayette Hotel. 8 pm.
Dance. Lambda Chi Sorority, La
Fayette Hotel, 9 pm.
Dinner dance, 3l6th Cavalry, Carl
ton Hotel, 8 pm.
Dinner, Phi Delta Gamma Fra
ternity, Carlton Hotel, 1880 pm.
Dance. Beta Sigma Phi Sorority,
Broadmoor Hotel, 10 pm.
Meeting, Philosophical Society of
Washington, Cosmos Club, 8:l5 pm.
Lecture, League for Larger Life,
14l4 Sixteenth street, 8 pm.
Supper, Rhode Island State Society,
1737 Church street, pm
Dinner dance, Beta Gamma Phi
Sorority, Hamilton Hotel, 730 pm.
Dance, East Washington Commun-
ity Center, Eastern High School,
Seventeenth and East Capitol streets,
$50 pm.
Evening star., 1936-01-17
Mrs. v. F. Devinny to Speak.

Mrs. v. F. Devinny, national cor
responding secretary Of the Women's
Home Missionary Society, will address
women Of the Washington Methodist
district at 8 o'clock tonight in Francis
Asbury M. E. Church.
Evening star., 1936-01-17
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.
TODAY.

Dinner, Trinity Young Peoples So
ciety, La Fayette Hotel, pm.
Evening star., 1936-01-17

Card party and dance, Mathis
Club, Mayf1ower Hotel, 8 pm.
Evening star., 1936-01-17

Banquet, Ladies Auxiliary, District
Fire Department, Hamilton Hotel,
Z pm.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-04-17

50 K So new Jap - -
crep e cloths In
three checked pat
terms! Red, brown q
or blue. - -
BLOCK's-Downstair store
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-04-24


Lace used to wait till the
sun set = now it goes to
town in broad daylight. See,
for example, this striking
tunic coat, PenciI-sIim skirt,
topped with the freshest
pique. Black lace with rose
petal or white; navy lace
with deIphinium. Misses
sizes.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. FLOOR
Evening star., 1936-11-05
(Copyright. 1880

in his second term Mr.. Roosevelt will
wish to do aught but make q record
that history will acclaim.
The real danger Is that the victory
will 60 to the heads of many of Mr..
Roosevelt's lieutenants and underlings
occupying important key positions and
unimportant positions in the Federal
Government. They, more than Mr..
Roosevelt, may feel the sobering infiu-
ence Of an independent-minded Con-
sress, which would still hold the purse
strings and which may come into pow
er in 1888 If the first two years of the
new Roosevelt term do not measure up
to the hopes and expectations of the
many millions of conservative minded
persons, apart from the relief vote or
the financially benefited. who gave Mr..
Roosevelt their unstinted support.
Partianship ought to be buried now.
There are important problems ahead
that will require the ingenuity of the
leaders Of all classes and groups to
solve. For my own part I fully expect
to be supporting Mr.. Roosevelt earnest
ly when he comes face to face with the
groups who will wish to have him in
definitely keep on spending more than
the Federal Government takes in. And
the 1887 budget. being prepared now.
is the next most important matter on
the calendar-for 1t will furnish q clue
As to whether the American people vot-
ed for imitation or for sound finance
and as to how Mr.. Roosevelt interprets
the mandate Of personal confidence
given him by an admiring electorate.
ocopyYight. 1885,
Evening star., 1936-11-05

angonis cooperative lines which the electorate
dictated.
personality He has
divergent elements
ideal he not able
together behind him. not behind his
party solely by the presence and position OF Mr. Roosevelt
continuing
there might
Roosevelt found what would be called party
But comparable leader
leader In his exactly
example there Hull and Tugwe Farley
the inside imagine these
following the leadership Of the other Mr. Roosevets personality and
position eliminated from consideration.
the four will be
ward curtaimen expenditures The cuament will not be sharp
the projects which
within the line Of His works has really gone far
existing will have build
will absorb the unemployed to such
President possibly spend much he spent
Therefore aside the theoretical prospects of party there
the built
that handle. He TOR instance
Northern for him the ballot boz
convinced Morgan partner
Roosevelt at the
scholasicdl FOLLOWERS OF Professor
built himself organization
op-heapy his unusual
that the
apart that they cannot be
together
Chairman Farley believes all practical politicians in the mate
expenditures jobs and
studlouS
Evening star., 1936-11-05

I think, duplicated In our history.
And what Tuesdays election tells us
is that the tide Is not ended.
Consider the number OF Demo-
Gratis elected In the five elections to
the House Of Representatives; observe
the increase every time.
1928-Democrats elected--165
1930-Democrats elected--2l9
1932-Democrats elected--3l3
l934-Democrats elected
For the present year. 1885. the final
figures are not available, but at the
time I write 1t Is estimated that the
Democrats have gained seven MEM
bers of the House. If this Is correct
the figure for 1886 is still higher:
l936-Democrats elected --329
Rises for Eight Years.
Here is q tide running in one d.
rection for eight years. And we can
only say that last Tuesday the tide
was still rising.
This Is the condition which Re-
publicans, and all opponents Of the
New Deal must take account Of. To
the Republicans, it is somber condi-
ton and q surprising one. I doubt
If one Republican in the country, or
for that matter. one Democrat, thought
the Democrats would elect more men,
bers of the House this year. Practically
all thought the height Of the Demo-
cratic tide had been passed in the
congressional election Of 1884, which
was itself remarkable, and that this
year would see the beginning Of the
ebb.
Let us now query, To what extent
Is this tide Democratic and to what
extent New Deal? To what degree is
the tide due to Mr.. Roosevelt person.
ally? Suppose that in 1882 some other
Democrat had been nominated for
President instead CT Mr.. Roosevelt.
Suppose the 1882 Democratic candi-
date had been an orthodox Democrat
Albert Ritchie or Newton D. Baker, for
example. In that event would the
Democratic tide still be rising as 1t Is
today? Probably the answer is that
to some degree the tide is due to Mr..
fSOOSeVeII ana tle NeW Ocdl.
G. o. p. May Miss Aspiration.
A current running like this, and ex-
pressing itself in such an overwhelm-
ing election rs last Tuesdays. must
mean that in the country there Is
some deep wish. some strong aspira-
ton which the Republican party does
not meet and which 1t must take into
account. Unless it does, 1t will not
only fail to win elections, 1t will fail
even to fulnl the function Of an e1ec-
tive opposition party.
Tuesdays election, seen as Q new
climax in . growing tide. is very sig
nificant. Seen as Just one election. 1t
is not so striking as it appears. The
complete figures are not in, but 1t
seems probable that the losers, the
Republicans, will poll something like
80 per cent of the total popular vote.
Thirty-nine per cent Of the total pop
ular vote is q fairly impressive share
for any loser. This Is not the first
time the losing party in an election
Evening star., 1936-11-05
Democrats Eight Year Rise
Significance Of Election Found in Steady Gain in
Congressional Seats.

has fallen below 40 per cent Of the
total popular VOTE SO far as the fig-
ures Of the popular vote are yet avail
able. 1t seems as II the Republican
share this year would not be mate
rally less than the Democrats share
In 1928. when "Al" Smith was then
candidate, or in 1920, when James M.
Cox was their candidate. On both
those occasions the Democratic obit-
uary was written by many a Repub.
lican editor. and privately by not few
discouraged Democrats. Yet within q
few years the Democrats were winning
elections as elections were rarely won
before.
Size Is Formidable.
Thirty-nine per cent of the popular
vote, If that is the Republicans share
this week. can compose a quite respec-
table opposition party-provided the
party has the ideas and the men with
which to grow.
Post-mortems Of elections usually
inquire whether any candidate other
than the late defunct might have done
better. In this case. probably not.
Conceivably. some ideal Republican
candidate might have done very much
better But the Republicans had to
find their candidate among fiesh-and-
blood men and among q limited num-
Der of these, the ones who had attained
some degree of public position. Among
such, probably Mr.. Landon was as
good as any. Yet it Is also true that
no other candidate could have done
much worse. Had the Republicans
nominated either Hoover or Ogden
Mills they would certainly have got as
many votes and might have kept a
greater integrity Of position for the
party.
Compromised G. O.. p.
II there is to be ungracious reproach
OF defeated candidate, probably 1t
would be fair to complain that Landon,
by his manner of campaigning, some
what compromised the Republican po-
sition. In some respects he tried to
out-deal the New Deal In two respects
at least he tried to excel the New Deal
in promises Of largess. Where Mr..
Roosevelt had set up old-age pensions
which the benefciaries pay half the
cost Of, Landon proposed to grant old
age pensions without any specific cost
to the beneficiaries. Landon's old-age
pensions were to be paid for by the
general taxpayer. Similarly, Landon's
promise to the farmers was more gen.
erous than Mr. Roosevelt's. He was
going to give the farmer cash, raised
by general taxation, without any obli-
CATION upon the farmer to do anything
in return.
Any candidate who would challenge
Mr.. Roosevelt to a competition in
promising must be credited with more
courage than judgment. The fact that
Landon made some promises exceeding
Mr.. Roosevelt's is going to make 1t Diff
ficult for the Republicans to get back
to an opposing position.
tcopyrisht. 1850
Evening star., 1936-11-05

Mrs. Kahn. who will supplant
her. My friend Havenner was, of and
on for years. late-watch singing com.
panion, whose speciality was Land
lord Fill the Flowing Bowl" and
probably still Is, as he Is great on
hanging ON to q swipe or an idea He
is q man of slight stature, with an ex-
traordinary below when he sings
zestfully, and an Adams apple which
ranges through q full octave when he
really gets going. He Is the grimmest
and most purposeful singer I have
ever known, and, II he works that way
In Congress, he will surely get results.
He was q newspaper man, q protege
Of the late and great Fremont Older
Of the San Francisco Bulletin. He was
q newspaper mans newspaper man
q good pair Of legs, plus q clear head.
q first-class news-getter and capable
OF batting out q good story in hurry.
For years he covered the City Hall
and took the job seriously He had q
way Of going behind the handouts
and shaking down statistical reports
that was apt to yield startling story.
He put more shoe leather into his Job
than any reporter knew.
After about 10 years of this he de-
cided to quit being on the outside look
ing in. He ran for supervisor. as dill
igently as he had covered his beat, and
has been in once ever since, a figure
Of rising importance in San Francis
co.'s civic and political life. He Is Q
hard-headed liberal, suspicious Of fuz-
" doctrines. who knows the political
facts Of life. Facts and statistics en-
gross him. In Congress, he'll dig
through all the dry stuff and spot tbs
1okers.
(copyrisht. 1852
Evening star., 1936-11-05

merely at the two
elections of Mr..
Roosevelt. in 1882
and 1886.
To see the deep
er meaning, it Is
desirable to look
ut the hve con.
gressional elec-
tions since and
including 1928.
In these five con-
gressional elec-
tions there has
been a. steady
tide in the Demo-
cratic direction.
This tide is not.
Evening star., 1936-11-05

OF the most far
reaching charac-
ter involving the
soundness Of the
American dollar.
the maintenance
Of peace against q
war = impassioned
Europe, and the
restoration Of en-
ployment to the
millions still idle
must be solved.
and can be only If
p partisanship is
buried and cam
paign bitterness Is
brushed aside
Evening star., 1936-11-05
News Behind the News
Roosevelt Only Man Who Could Lead New
Party If There Is One
ny PAUL MALLON.

HEY talk After every election experts say
flush Of exciting returns that thorough
publican party talked into the Eight u years
the speculative words buried both parte.
Now the avalanche conjring the that both parties
dedd The Rooserenes saying that the President encouraged
By his reelection w speepfng program
that A. and all the other alphabetical agencies
chhds compared NTH
The best judgment President Roosevelt win
policy He the disciples Of private public utility
companies and
mind
Evening star., 1936-11-05


Vulnerable. In
Washington and
San Francisco, I
have alw avs
found Democrats
b boosting Mrs.
Kahn.
But I also hap
pen to know
Franck Havenner,
who defeated her,
and as long as
she was to be
counted out, 1t Is,
I believe, fortu-
nate that 1t Is
Mr.. Havenner
,.,na ,,-;YJ s,,v.A1aAf
Evening star., 1936-11-05
Folk
and What
They Do
Victor Over Mrs. Kahn
Started as Newspaper
Reporter.
By LEMUEL r. PARTON.

By LEMUEL r. PARTON.
To THIS writer. one Of the most
surprising upsets Of the election
was the defeat Of Representa-.
tive Florence Kahn Of San
Francisco. One Of the saltiest and wit
tiest persons in Congress, human and
friendly and certainly q competent
Representative, she had seemed in
Evening star., 1936-11-05
700, 900 Are Refugees.

League Of Nations offices in Geneva.
Switzerland, are keeping more or less
in touch with 100000 people who have
become refugees from various nations
in the last 20 wears.
Evening star., 1936-11-05

THE opinions of the ers this page their not
necessarily The Stars. Such opinions presented In
The Stars effort to oive all sides questions
readers although opinions contradictory among
themselves and directly opposed to The Stars.
Evening star., 1936-11-05
We, the People
Non.P Partisan Social Security Policy Made Possible
the Attack by G. OP.
BY JAY FRANKLIN.

IN THE course OF the campaign
support Of the New Deal hope that the People"
understand that
vions than to desire to diso dodge
do most sincerely that column
will believe that playing politics when that -nnuts
Republican attack the
ncaon Deal spomansh
Evening star., 1936-11-05

I am free to admit that I think
1t is lousy Of certain employers to
misrepresent the facts as to social
security taxes, but I also do not
care for Mr.. Roosevelt's remarks
telling those employers to 60 10
another country If they don't like
this one.
Neither attitude seemed to me
statesmanlike or even good politics.
The point I have to make Is
this: The social Securitv Was the
Evening star., 1936-11-05
By MARK SULLIVAN.

TIVE full significance Of the
Democratic victory cannot be
grasped by considering 1t as
an isolated event. It cannot
be understood by comparing this one
election with other single elections.
It cannot be grasped by looking
Evening star., 1936-11-05

do would be to balance the budget,
not probably this year. but next
year or in the following years Of his
term.
They say he could curtail ex-
pepditures far better than Landon
could and that the ultimate effect
of his policy would be far more con.
servative than those Of his antago-
nlsts.
In fact, his closest friends in
sist that his policy. while verbally
antagonistic, will be cooperative
Evening star., 1936-11-05

historian will swear cannot be sur
passed. But the drive in Farley's
force is the fact that no one has
been able to offer so much before,
and undoubtedly no one will be able
TO offer as much again.
What 1t all means. boiled down,
Is that the President probably
reached the apex Of his importance
from these sources on Tuesday. and
that further developments of the
formation Of . thoroughly class
.ooeevelt outline 1t, the prospects are
"; that the budget will not be ball
Evening star., 1936-11-05

only Of the New which had been NIT
civil
tonal propaganda" not applied - ~
The low debated passed by both house, ~
Congress- Without pdrttsanshp majority Of the Repubucan
Senators Representatives 1t. A
set to administer that
staggering job organizing a em of
unemployment insurance pensions bcvhoo
Where W. A. Resettment ETC., began publicity
men tell the people what the
Social Security Board Reserve Board
calmly slowly and with full knowledge
and would have to be repeatedly amended
In this therefore the New what the
publcans said they ought to have done all along
They banned political from proparand
Their reward the effective
pgn concentrated on the completely
This means there will be reward for playing the patronage
electorate unnmed In the face Of attack
national policy. " '
This submit of the Republican ATTEMPT
to make attacking old-oqe insurance
premiums deducons
Board the moment appointed organized strong
division OF public information to sell the security
Instead slowly with planning policy sought
have begun by co-ordinang actions administration
under
Civil service requirements the
tenn well under
nave been used to sell the workers merits the
The result Of the boards attitude
Security into the campaign public information
operations up partisan opposition prejudice
thinking that failure pubze the before
that the administration has something promote
VII
Evening star., 1936-11-05

tory, ana therefore has IL N
his power to heal the wounds Of the
campaign and lead a united country
through the next four years. Problems
Evening star., 1936-11-05
Next Budget
To Give Clue
On Finances
Campaign of Parties
Has Made Electorate
Watchfuf.
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.

RESIDENT ROOSEVELT has
won a personal triumph un-
precedented In American his
Evening star., 1936-11-05

inertia IN tnoSe groups which
would otherwise have co-operated
with the international program Of
the board.
From now on, the line OF action
is clearly indicated: one really
tough guy who can boss the whole
show. And another tough guy to
organize propaganda for the pro-
gram and put the thing in mo-
ton. Anything else, it has been
shown, will simply play into the
hands Of the opposition.
So the American people must
in the form Of patronage and offict
lican raid on the New Deals only I
This. I repeat, is bad public p
Evening star., 1936-11-05

I realized that this potential vote
existed and referred to 1t at times in
my dispatches. but frankly did not
believe IL would 80 to the polls In
such q high percentage. underesti.
mated the power and value Of or
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1936-06-18
When Are Police Not Police !?
IAN Editorial)

County Commissioners have wisely voted to reduce
the budget for welfare funds. Too many chiseers have
been cutting for undeserved relief if believe half OF
the many told in the various sections OF the county
We DO believe however, that certain expenditures OF
inc ponce department necessary to the safety and
protection of citizens of Montgomery County.
Every policeman should be officially recognized as being
on duty all twentyour hours of the day. whether not
he is engaged in his regularly scheduled activities The
officer who resides at Unity Damascus, Poolesvie,
in other distant parts of the county, must and should be
ready for emergency calls at tme whether he be o
duty or ION duty The people of the neighborhood rely
upon him for protection in time of need He has telephone
Let II be used without any restriction providing it is
used for police purposes.
Likewise let police cars be used by the members of
the force even to the extent of taking these official
automobiles home after work The policeman stationed
fifteen or twenty-five miles be needed in the
dead of the night He should not be compelled to his
own means of transportation What the taxpayer wants is
adequate service be it police, schools or roads Show
results and there will be welfounded complaints 1t
doesn't always pay to cut expenses when by doing so we
ultimately end in adding additional burdens
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1936-06-18
Summer Courses To Be
Offered In Mechanics

The Board of Education recently
approved summer courses in element
airy mechanics to be offered in the
Leland Junior High School building
and in the Takoma-Silver Spring
Junior High School building. Those
courses will be opened to pupils who
have reached Junior High School
ages and above. The courses will be
free. The classes will meet from 900
to 1900 o'clock, Monday to Friday,
included. The work will consist of
practical studies pertaining to the
sort of mechanical appliances gener-
ally found in the modern home and
community.
The classes will begin on July 1st
and end on August 18th.
Applications to attend the classes
should be made by reporting to the
respective buildings on June 30th or
July 1st, between one and four
o'clock, P. M. Instructors in charge
will be in the building during this
time.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1936-06-18
Rockville Keeps
Same Tax Rate
For Coming Year
Council Agrees On sec Per
500 For Upkeep And 34c For
Interest And Bonds

The estimated budget for 1896
for the Town of Rockville has been
agreed upon by the Town Council.
The same tax rate of 80 cents will
be retained. Of this amount, Sc cents
will go for general upkeep and "a
cents for interest and payment on
bonds.
1t is figured that the receipts from
the general upkeep tax will net
$4,000. The levy for bond interest
and retirement of bonds should bring
i'll $6,720. The county will contribute
$1,000 toward interest and bond paw
ments.
The largest items for general up
keep are those for labor, street
lights and salaries. The water de-
partment will cost $6,211.0O. Sewer
costs will amount to $1,075.OO. Costs
of interest and bond retirement will
be $8,125.
Additional assessments during 1885,
1886 amount to little over 100000
The County Commissioners will
contribute AN estimated amount of
$500 toward the improvement OF
Monroe Street. The actual amount
will depend upon the cost of repairs
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1936-06-18
Two Farmers Killed
AS Lightning Hits
In Rural County

Two Montgomery County farm
ers were killed, by lightning at the
height of an electrical disturbance
that fringed the thunderstorm in
the District last Saturday.
Clyde Haywood Frazier, 20 Of
Travilah, was hit while playing
with a dog in the yard Of E. T.
Foster shortly before 5 P. M. on
Saturday.
Frazier, who was employed ON
the farm of Luther o. Foster, is
survived by his widow and infant
child. The Rockville Rescue Squad
failed in efforts to revive him.
The other victim was Sterling
Mills, 47-year-old father of four
children, who was struck aeaf
Clarksburg, while he was fasten-
ing turkeys in a coop.
Friday was Mills birthday. His
body was found two hours after
the storm. Members Of his family
heard the crash Of the bolt, but
did not know Mills had been
struck. When found he was bend
ing over with his head almost
level with his feet.