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The Washington times., 1936-12-29

years, with no constitutional pro-
vision relating to reelection.
In the records of the convention
there is nothing to show why it's
members finally agreed upon the
four-year term. All we know is
that this was approved by the
committee of eleven and the com.
mittee on style. The opinion was
expressed by Albert Bushnell Hart
in 1914 that the final vote of the
convention on this point was in
fluenced by the confidence which
the members repoSed in George
Washington whom they were Ger.
tain would be the first President.
They knew him to be a man who
could be trusted and may have
seen no reason why he should be
limited to one term. Who knows
but what Washington, foreSeeing
that he would be the first Presi.
dent, preferred that the term be
fixed at four instead of seven
years in the hope that he might
be permitted to retire to Mount
Vernon at the end of his first
term.
AMPLE TINE
One of the strangest arguments
ever made in support of a single
presidential term Of longer dura-
tion than the present term is given
by that eminent authority on the
American government, the late
James Bryce. In his American
Commonwealth" from which most
school and college students have
learned most Of what they know
about government, Bryce says:
"The presidential election, oc.
curing once in four years,
throws the country for several
months into a state of turmoil,
for which there may be no occa-
sion. Perhaps there are no seri-
Gus party issues to be decided;
perhaps the best thing would be
that the existing AdminiStra-
ton should pursue the even
tenor Of its way. The Constitu-
tiOn, however, requires an elec-
tiOn to be held, SO the whole
costly and complicated machin-
cry of agitation is put in motion;
and if issues do not exist they
have to be created.
"The fact that he is re eligible
once but practically only once
at least in continuation of his
existing term, operates unfavor.
ably on the President. He is
tempted to play for renomina-
tiOn by SO pandering to active
sections of his own party, or SO
using his patronage to conciliate
influential politicians, as to make
them pu$ him forward at the
next election. On the other hand,
II he Is in his second term, he
has no longer such motive to re-
gard the interests of the nation
at large"
There is ample time for an
amendment to the Constitution to
be submitted to the new Congress
and ratified by three-fourths of the
States before the next President
is elected in 1910. Congress at the
coming session will have a chance
to sound public sentiment in a
matter on which every thoughtful
citizen should have an opinion.
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Votes for WASHINGTON

National representation in Congress and the right to
voe for President be secured for Washington only
through the action of the people of the Vaous States and
their congressional representatives FOLLOWING are fen
of the editorials printed by newspapers throughout the
country pedging support to the movement for adoption
Columbia representation IN Congress and IN the Electoral
College. They printed IN response to letter from
status.
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Merit, Pay, Security

Merit, ray, OeCur1Cy
THERE is every prospect that the incoming Congress
will enact legislation to- extend and strengthen the
merit system in the Civil Service.
The object of such action would be- of course, to I'M
prove the efficiency of the corps Of Government en-
poyes and give the taxpayer the fullest value in Gov
ernment service for his tax dollar.
BUT, CIVIL SERVICE LEGISLATION MUST BE
SUPPLEMENTED BY LEGISLATION MAKING THE
SERVICE MORE ATTRACTIVE TO THE BEST
TYPE OF WORKER IF 1T is TO BE REALLY Eff
FECTIVE
Such supplementary legislation must be along the
lines of improving pay scales in the Government service
and extending to all Government workers the old age
benefits either of the security law the present retire
ment law.
The increase in governmental activity in recent years
has given the general public much more intimate con-
tact with Government employees than it ever had before
The public has seen these employees at work and has
gained new estimate of the value and effectiveness Of
the service which they render.
The old libel about what sinecure Government job
is has been pretty we'll eliminated by the spread Of the
truth.
NOW THE PUBLIC DEMANDS THAT ADNIS-
SION TO THE GOVERNMENT SERVICE BE BASED
ON MERIT AND THAT RETENTION OF JOBS IN
THE SERVICE BE SECURE AGAINST POLITICAL
WHIMS.
It likewise demands that Government employees be
treated properly in the matter of pay and security
This treatment the Governments servants not re-
ceiving
Many of them are it is true provided for in their old
age through the retirement system-and they pay for
that retirement out Of the salaries they when
young
Some three hundred thousand are barred from shar-
ing in that retirement system and likewise exempted
from the provisions of the old age security act
This serious discrepancy must be remedied if the
Government service is become and remain attractive
to the highest type of employe.
Similarly the wage scale of the Government must be
improved.
The average Government salary is below the nor
NAL average salary in industry for the same type OF
work.
If Government personnel is to be permanent, If it is
not to be merely transient body working for Uncle Sam
until it finds an opening in private business then the
wages must be increased.
THE THREE PROPOSALS SHOULD BE CONSID-
Erred JOINTLY BY THE INCOMING CONGRESS-
WAGE INCREASES OLD AGE SECURITY: AND
THE MERIT SYSTEM.
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Was enough.
Back in dads day,
And his granddad's day,
NJ all their dads
Before them,
When things were
Slow, sure and handmade,
It was enough
To work hard
Following the same
Old patterns,
Keeping step to
The same old tempo,
Going along in
The same old rut.
Whether you were
Working man
Or welded wife,
That was enough, once
To keep you
Sitting pretty.
But times have changed
That slow, sure
Handmade world has gone
And new,
Swift, dangerous
Machine world has come.
Machines have
Changed everything.
Machines have smashed
Everything to smithereens-
Old customs
And standards,
Old needs and answers
Machines have
Smashed things up,
Speeded things up
And Dads safe,
Slow world
Has gone gallagher.
Now you're in
A new world,
AS different from
Your dads world
AS the ark was
From q penthouse
A world all
Messed up
And speeded up
A world where
You have to
Think quick,
AND TAKE CHANCES!
Working hard
Isn't enough
In this new world.
Obeying order and
Following precedent
Isn't enough.
The world needs
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ECHOES

Echoes of the campaign we had
this summer are still ringing.
Representative Jennings Ran
dolph claims to have made the
earliest speech of anyone. He got
up one morning and made an ad-
dress at GAS o'clock. He stood on
the bumper of a truck in a garage
and addressed 100 workers en-
ployed by the State Road Commis-
sion. They started to work at Z
o'clock, so he had to be there on
time and only had IS minutes.
He was speaking in Kingwood,
Preston county, w. Va, known as
the "buckwheat" county and one
of the strongest Republican sec
tions of the State. 1t must have
been a good speech. Mr.. Randolph
won on an overwhelming Demo
cratic majority. He also made
five other speeches the day he
played the early bird.
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into town to
look over the
fields he con-
quered, b u t
n e ver really
fell heir to, it
r ec all e d to
mind that this
election Y e a r
h as produced
about the fin
est crop Of the
unusual in poll
tics that we've
seen for some
time.
While Sena-
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IL 1911 y cAOUS
To be steady,
c a r eful,
loyal.
You've got to
do
S o m e thing
more,
S o m ething
harder
Y o U v E
" " 1 i "A
T A K E
CHANCES!
Tim e W as
when
Working hard
A n d sticking
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UNUSUAL

When Guy V. Howard, long,
lean and gangly Senator for two
months from Minnesota, dropped
The Washington times., 1936-12-29
The Greatest Show on Earth
Bu Frank Miller Smith

was SOmeClmeS at oddS Win Cne So
called regular Republicans in his
State. He was reported to have
been dragooned near Franklin
Delano Roosevelt Republican IN
the last campaign.
Be that as it may the situa-
ton now facing the State is that
there is an unexpired term of two
years yet to be filled because of
the death of Senator Norbeck.
Governor Tom Berry, who has
the power to appoint someone to
fill out this term is Democrat.
But Mr.. Berry was beaten in
the recent election by a Re
publican. He has only a few
days to remain in office. His
term expires in January. If he
appoints a man his appointee will
remain two years, although the
State in the election expressed its
Republican preference, strange as
it seems.
It is also reported that Mr..
Berry would like the post himself.
He could get it by resigning, al
lowing his lieutenant governor to
become governor with the gentle
mans agreement that the new
governor for "a day" would ap-
point the old one to the Senate.
Others have done this very same
thing and the situation is well
worth watching.
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GLOOM

This relapse into summer
weather has made some other
people sad besides the kids with
skis, SledS and the like.
Up on Capitol Hill they are
beginning to figure that it just
about douses all hopes for decent
weather January 20 when the
President takes the oath for four
years Of service.
AS a matter of fact, quite a few
Of them are going around moan
ing that if only they could trade
the weather we had Christmas for
the weather were going to have
January 20, everything would be
honkey dorey. Remember the
Hagerstown Almanac, my fine
friends.
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OLD FAVORITES
Make Believe Alice Cary

Kiss me, though you make believe;
Kiss me, though I almost know
You are kissing to deceive:
Let the tide one moment flow
Backward ere it rise and break,
Only for poor PHYS sake!
Give me of your flowers one leaf,
Give me of your smiles one smile,
Backward roll this tide of grief
Just moment, though the while,
I should feel and almost know
You are trifling with my woe.
Whisper to me sweet and low;
Tell me how you sit and weave
Dreams about me- though l know
1t is only make believe!
Just a moment, though tits plain
You are jesting with my pain.
The Washington times., 1936-12-29
By Nelson Harding

NJ you must give
More than that.
Because you're dealing
With messed up,
Speeded up world,
AND UNLESS YOU CAN
TAKE CHANCES
YOU'RE CRAMPING
. EVERYONE'S STLYE.
Maybe you're a man,
And sore
At the deal
You've been handed
At the shop.
Maybe you're a woman,
And hurt
At the deal
You've beer getting
In the home.
Whichever you are
You've been saying
Whats the big idea?
"Why'm I getting
"the cold shoulder?
work as nara
"As the old folks did;
Lots harder than
"Some of these
young Smarties.
Then why does nobody
Appreciate me?
"Why do others
"Get all the promotions
"And kind wordS?"
s that what
You've been asking?
Then there's your answer?
Why aren't you
Appreciated?
Because you're putting on
A bum performance!
Because you're giving
Horse m buggy action
In a Diesel engine age!
AND YOU CAN'T
GET AWAY WITH TT
WHETHER YOU'RE
WORKING MAN OR
Welded WIFE.
Hard work
Isn't enough.
CarefulnesS isn't enough.
1--WE GOTTA T AK Z
CHANCES!
Chances the old folks
Never dreamed of taking.
You've gotta run risks,
Make changes,
Try experiments,
Adopt new ideas,
Change your technique
And your tempo
And7Stop-Staying-put.
You've gotta do
These things,
Because, the modern world
Needs them,
And if you can't
Do them,
YOU'RE JUST
OUT OF LUCK!
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(ThiS column DelconteS and
requests comments. Letters pre-
Senting personal problems may
also be sent. All letters tDiH be
handled contidentiGlly and an
StDered promptly If stamped,
addressed envelopes are in-
cluded.)
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Syndicate, Inc.)
The Washington times., 1936-12-29
Listen, World!
By Elsie Robinson

It isn't enough
To work hard, these days;
II snaa1A AanAnnln
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(ReaderS invted to send to the editor their sug
gestiomS of old tGvorteS among the poems for reprtg
in this spGce)
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1936-11-23
Ten Persons We're Shot In
Violent Strikes OF France

refinery employees. Toulouse knit
ting mills were occupied by several
thousand strikers who met no re-
sistance.
Goal yard workers In Roubaix and
foregoing took possession Of their
plants despite court orders directing
their dispoSsession. Textile workers
at Eavers and Roanne prepared to
hold sit-down strikes In their mills.
Expected violence did not MATERIAL
lie Sunday when upwards Of o half
million leftists demonstrated at the
Bastile as the funeral Of Salengro
was held at Lille. The demonstra-
tors, seemingly stunned by the fu-
neral grafton delivered by Premier
Leon Blum and relayed to them by
radio loud speakers, later paraded
orderly but did not cross the dead
line set up by police to keep them
away from the rightest sections OF
Paris.
Fascist counter demonstrations,
planned for the same time, were
called of on advice Of governmental
authorities who feared that would
provide an incident which might
precipitate widespread rioting.
Special contingents OF the mobile
guard, semirmilltary police organic
alton. were on guard In strategic
rentnva
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1936-11-23

Paris, Nov. 23-(UP)-Ten per-
sons were shot at the 0usinberghs
Soap works today as violence. feared
since the suicide Of Roger salengro
Jared on q strike front involving
25, 900 workers In eight cities. Sew.
enty FIVE workers, occupying the
Gusinberghe Soap works. which Il
in Clichy, a Paris suburb, clasheo
with so strike breakers when an
attempt was made this afternoon e
reopen the plant. In the melee, Al
phone Gusinberghe, owner OF the
plant, drew a pistol and fired. Two
strikers fell, seriously wounded. In
Prevention Of police restored order
several persons were arrested.
strikes spread to other French
cities as resentment grew In lettis'
quarters over the suicide OF Sal
engro. late minister OF interior,
which they blamed on rightist at
tacks ON his character. The workers
demanded stern action against
rirhtist 'assassins" and coupled witt
this demands for wage adjustments
In Lille and Valenciennes today
i2,50O metal workers occupied their
factories IN sit-down strikes. Bor-
deaux and st. Nazaire. great ports
In the south of France, were tieo
up by striking docxwnrk"rH ana "''
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1936-11-23
.FINANCEBOARD
TO'vlEWBUDGET'
Tentative Figures Will Be
Submitted to Members
at Meeting Today !.

Members Of the city board Of IL
nance will inspect the tentative
1887 budget figures for the first time
at 4 o'clock this afternoon. Meet.
ing at an adjourned session they
will receive the proposed depart
mental figures for the coming year
which the municipal auditing de.
partment have been studying Tor
the past two and one-half weeks.
No action on the budget will be
taken at this afternoons meeting, u
was stated. The commissioners Will
merely peruse the figures,, make
queries that they deem necessary and
then, II Is understood, adjourn. They
will hold executive sessions later In
the week and next week.
Ready b. Monday
The budget must be In the hands
OF the board .: aldermen by Nom
day, December 7th 30 the commits
sioners have Just two weeks In which
to whip the budget into shape. The
proposed 1887 financial schedule Is
practically complete but tho finance
commissioners will be called upon to
deeds on whether the pay cuts will
be restored and whether the tax rate
for the coming year will be In.
creased, kept at Its present level or
reduced.
"This years budget and tax rate
problem IL one OF the most diffcult
the administration has experienced
In O few years." stated one city ON
cial this morning.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1936-11-23
BANDITS WORKED
CLEVER TRICK

New York, Nov. 23-tUP)-The
ability TO run an apartment house
enabled o team Of jewelry thieves
to loot q Broadway store Of 5000
In stock. While tenants Of the
apartment above the jewelry store
went TO church, slept or shopped,
the youthful robbers managed the
building without receiving o COM
plant for five hours. The bandits
rounded up the apartments staff OF
three, took their uniforms and be.
gan operating the elevator, furnace
and tending the front door.
Meanwhile colleagues cut O hole
through the stores ceiling from 81,
empty apartment. An alphabetically
skilled safecracker lowered himself
through the marrow slit and went
TO work on the steel safe. He avoid
Cd setting off o sensitive alarm sys-
tenn, or stepping on trap doors
Using acetyiene torches and special
tools he neatly cut through the
quarter inch thick plate. An inner
wall an inch thick also was cut
While removing the stock Of rings
watches and gems, two watches
were damaged. These were care
fully left. Associates pulled the
safe cracker into the apartment
overhead where the loot was placed
under cover before the gang called
the companion guarding the build
ing's staff In the basement.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1936-11-23
GERMAN PAPERS
SCORING RUSSIA
Engineer Sentenced to
Death at Moscow; Rela.
tons May Cease
BY RICHARD HELMS
United Press STAFF COrrespOndent)

L
Berlin, Nov. 23--(U.P)--German
newspapers, under government con-
troll, aiigrily denounced Russia to-
day while the cabinet awaited the
reply to o vigorous protest made by
the embassy at Moscow against the
death sentence given a German en-
gineer, Z. M. Sticking, charged
with sabotage. Count Friedrich Won
Der Schulenburg, German aflbas.
sador to fsussia, IN his protest to
the Russian foreign office called the
charges against Sticking I'm
credible" and the tone OF the news"
papers In, icated similar attitude.
Demanded Pardon
Schulenburg It was announced,
demanded that as q first step q par
don be granted Sticking at once.
preliminary to his complete virdica-
ton OF charges with Russia assert
ed he admitted.
The newspaper Der Montag was
typical, In It's comment, Of the In
spired attitude taken by the press:
1T Is on unprecedented interna-
tional scandal. Moscow Is trying TO
cause unrest In the entire European
situation. The German ambassador
has behind him the whole German
(Continued on Page A. /.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1936-11-23
SECURITY LIST
BEGINS ACTION
Employers, Employees AL
ready Comply With Law;
Extra Staff Is Ready

Waterbury's augmented post Office
force. enlarged for the purpose OF
setting UP the local social security
list Of employers and employees, will
swing into action at 8 o'clock to-
morrow morning, Postmaster
Charles A. Babin announced today.
Already, up to noon today, 95 per
cent OF the employers SS-4 forms
had been received at the post ONCE
with the late ones pouring In In
large numbers. That the city will
have q 100 per cent record ON the
part Of employers Is assured POST
master Babin stated.
n, 5000 Already In
The employees forms, sS-5, are
not due back until December 5. UP
TO noon today, however, more than
5000 had been received, oil Allied
out. There are approximately 40,-
600 employees forms to be returned
by the NTH Of next month, 1t Is es-
timated. MI
The waterbury Clock company
today dumped 1900 employees
ss-5 forms into the post office, the
first manufacturing concern IN tht
city to make such large, bulk re-
turn. The officials Of the concern
promised that they would have al
their employees, forms In by wednes-
day. Officials Of the American
Brass company informed the post
ONCE today that they expected 70
have all their employees forms filled
out by tomorrow. This promise Ia
tentative, however.
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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1936-11-23
LABOR COHORTS
ON EDGE TODAY
Expulsion OF John Lewis
Group Expected; Blame
Is Being Placed
BY JOE ALEX MORRIS
United Press STAFF Correspondent

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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1936-11-23
New Dictatorship Being
Born For Stricken Spain

suited as environment for al artist
or poet, II would appear, than Tor
q warrior. But Franco, whose ar
titlery and bombing planes were 70
STAY hundreds OF women ana chill.
dren IN his country's capital. wanted
from the first TO be soldier. He
became military academy cadet at
IA, q major IN the Spanish army at
"a, O general ct 80, the youngest
In modern SPANS history.
General Franco made his early
reputation In Morocco where ne
learned not only 10 stomach, but
also. on occasion. to employ the
brutal battle methods OF the Moors'
In the Spanish rebellion. which he
plotted and now leads, he used his
former Moorish enemies to smash
his way TO the gates Of Madrid az
ter a successful campaign In the
south. From military cadet 70 po-
tential dictator, Franco has taken
everything In stride. In appearance
like Napoleon, he seems also TO
possess O Napoleonic confidence IN
his star.
Short, plump Of face and body,
Franco possesses a dreamers eyes
and q woman's smile. He also pos
sesses q character Of teel which Q
far has been stranger to defeat
AS an individual. his friends say
Franco Is q kindly man. He would
they are certain, be desolated II his
star car should run over a mongrel
pup. It is also certain that. II the
exigencies OF war demanded, nc
would as a military strategist de-
stroy q city and its ncn-combatanl
inhabitants. The man who ordered
the bombing Of Madrid was moi
Franco the individual but Franco
the man OF wal.
Tomorrow: Frances aims and
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The court was divided four ia
four, Justice Harlan F. Stone being
too III to participate In the decision.
Under supreme court rules, the low
or court Is upheld In cases OF tie
votes.
Because of Stones liberal tend
encies, 1t was believed almost cer-
tain that the New York law win
ultimately be upheld by Q major
ity opinion II new cases are brought
before there Is any change In the
present personnel OF the court.
The courts decision today docs
not set O precedent for future cases
because Of the lack Of majority
either for or against the law.
The decision Of the court was an
nounced by Chief Justice Charles
Evans Hughes when the court as
sumed the bench just after noon.
Decision Ii Surprise
The action came as surprise In
asmuch as IL had been believed
that the court would hold up any
decision on which the Justices were
evenly divided until after Stones
recovery.
stone Is suffering from q prolong-
cd attack OF dysentery. Ho Is con.
valescing, but II was believed Il
would be several weeks before he
could return to the bench.
AS is customary In such cases the
court did ont write any formal opin-
ion.
Hughes merely announced that IN
the three cases brought UP from the
supreme court Of the state Of New
York. "the judgments IN these cases
are severally affirmed BY an equal
ly DIVIDED court"
Court Decision Unknown
There was therefore no way OF
telling Just how the court divided
In the secret elaboration which
resulted In the decision.
1t could be assumed that the four
consistent conservative Justices
Willis vandevanter, James G. Me-
Reynolds, George Sutherland, and
Pierce Butler voted against the law
and that Chief Justice Hughes and
Owen J. Roberts had been won over
OH the liberal side consistently
clampioned by Justices Louis d.
Brandeis and Benjamin N. Cardozo
In support Of the law.
Roberts move 10 the liberal side
would constitute q surprise as he
has been less inclined to join with
the liberals than his chief.
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