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The Washington times., 1936-03-23
Homestead Project
Viewed in Ida Valley

LURAY. Va, March 23.-An
inspection of proposed homestead
sites and Of the Ida Valley Home
stead project was made yesterday
by resettlement officials headed
by L. E. Middleton. chief Of the
special project staff section. He
was accompanied by Robert Gal.
loway and was shown over the
Ida site, where 19 houses are
under roof, by c. M. Waitress, Of
washington, superintendent OF
the local project.
Mr.. Middleton also inspected
surveys being made Of a proposed
site in Greene county.
The Washington times., 1936-03-23
D. {. RENT BILL
WAR0N AGAIN
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NCU0klNuCu GSSV ~
a vote on the measure two weeks
ago, the Texas member delayed
the proceedings today.
The Texas member is opposed to
the bill, which would recreate the
wartime rent commission to
regulate rentals in the National
Capital, on the grounds that it
would not accomplish its purpose
and would only set up another
commission that would be diff
cult to eliminate.
Rep. Everett Dirkson (R0, Of
Illinois, members of the House
District Committee, who an
nounced when the bill was ap-
proved by the committee that he
would fight the bill. contends
that it is in his opinion, uncon'
stitutional, and even if it were
not would only result in stlfling
building activities in the city.
Proponents of the measure, led
by Mrs. Norton and Rep. Henry
Ellenbogen CD, of Pennsylvania,
its author, contend that an emer.
gency does exist and that, there
fore, an argument of unconStitu-
tionality against it is unfounded.
They have said that some land.
lords here have been "gouging
the tenants and Mrs. Norton will
read to the House a list of what
she contends are justifiable COM
plants which have come to her
office during recent months show.
ing the difficulty of obtaining
decent living quarters here and
the "exorbitant" rentals de-
manded even for small and poorly
kept houses and apartments.
The Washington times., 1936-03-23

rleft this morning for the side of
the Arcturus, and the Coast Guard
cutter Nemisis Is speeding to its
aid from Key West. The plane
is down about 800 miles from Key
West.
Aboard the plane are Lieut.. W.
c. Clemmer, pilot and COM
mander; Lieut.. r. l.. Rainey, CO.
pilot: Radio Operator ]. H.
Marada, Mechanic b. Banerman,
and DR.. c. A. Burbacker, Of a
Miami hospital.
The Washington times., 1936-03-23
Duce to Hold All Gains
In Ethiopia, He Says

Neurath. German foreign minister,
Eden said.
Eden's remark today, following
his revelation Saturday that Brit
ain did not consider the proposals
an ultimatllm but rather as ten
tative suggestions, was further
indication Britain is looking for
Hitler to submit counter proposals
as a basis for negotiations, rather
than to offer only a flat mo" in
making the expected rejection Of
the present plan.
The Washington times., 1936-03-23
Day in Congress
SENATE

Meets at noon to resume conSid.
Grafton of War Department appro-
priation bill.
10 A.M.-Interstate Commerce
Committee considers antibasing
point bill.
10 AM. - Appropriations sub
committee considers District ap-
preparation bill.
HOUSE
Meets at noon to consider Dis
trict bills.
10 A.M.-WayS, and Means sub
The Washington times., 1936-03-23
Treasury Condition
International NaWs SarHl

International News Service
Treasury balance as Of March
20, $2,917, 1853, 1881: Miscellaneous
Internal Revenue, $23,113,587.72;
Customs Receipts, $23 ,048, ,093.21.
The Washington times., 1936-03-23
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NCOnGAuueU AIVm 1SS0 ~
the seventeenth anniversary Of
the founding Of FasciSm, MuSso-
lni was wildly cheered when he
announced the African more
treat" policy.
Montana labor news., 1936-09-03
What Is The Navy For?

Every year the Navy League in Washington
sponsors a day to bring to the attention OF the
public pertinent facts about the American
navy. Plans are now under way for observ-
ance of this Navy Day in October, and this slo-
gan has been announced for it: "Sea Power
What Is IT,"
That is a good question, and it needs answer
ing. For many years now the American tax
payer has been digging deeper and deeper into
his pockets to pay for an ever-growing fleet of
battleships, destroyers, cruisers, and submar-
ines, presumably to build up 'sea power" Not
until this year has he been asked to consider
just what it is he has been paying for.
Heretofore, when members of Congress have
raised the question, it has been answered with
sea power is to protect American lives and
property" or "to protect American interests in
any part of the world" or ito have a Navy sec
ond to none"
The time has gone when such generalities sat
isfy the astute voter. None of us questions the
need of naval protection of our shores. What
is questioned is the wisdom of spending money
for defense" when that term is yet to be Of
ficially defined, and when "sea power" also
lacks definition. Thinking Americans would
feel easier to learn that the country's naval poll
cy was designed for defense and not for aggres-
sion in foreign waters. Common sense de-
mands some reason for a bigger and bigger
navy, and hence an answer to this query about
sea power will be looked for with more than
ordinary interest.
Montana labor news., 1936-09-03
No War Toys in Nautical Nursery

According to passengers on the Queen Mary,
the world biggest ship, the children's nurseries
on the boat are veritable fairylands containing
everything to delight a childish heart. But
there are no military toys in the playrooms -
no soldiers, no tanks, no toy guns. Thrills are
provided instead by trains, tunnels, chutes = all
miniature examples of peacetime invention.
The man who planned this floating toyland is
George Ramon, a Hungarian, who during trav-
els in Europe has seen so much unrest on all
sides, that he decided to keep everything mill
tary out of the small juvenile kingdom over
which he held sway.
Montana labor news., 1936-09-03
American Delegates Sail For World
Peace Congress

America will be represented by more than
twenty delegates at a World Peace Congress to
be held in Brussels September 3-6. There they
will join with thousand other delegates from
80 countries in a united effort to make peace
sentiment politically effective throughout the
world and stop the drift towards war.
Pierre Cot, former air minister and a member
of the present cabinet of France, launched the
plan for a World Peace Congress and Viscount
Cecil, famed British peace leader, will preside
at the meetings.
Among the American delegates to the Con-
gress who sailed for Belgium August % was
Mrs. Florence Brewer Boeckel, education dir
ector of the National Council for Prevention of
War.
Montana labor news., 1936-09-03

organize these anti-labor monstrosities all
over the country, which they did with a
whoop."
1t is regrettable that this treason to Section
TIA by one of his deputies was not known by
General Johnson until many, many months
after he ceased to be NRA administrator But
the late discovery indicates once more the
large extent to which the proper administra-
ton of a law containing labor provisions de-
ponds on the loyalty of the administrative staff
to the workers whose rights the law is designed
to protect.
Montana labor news., 1936-09-03
Treason in the MIRA

When Section IA was made a part of the
National Industrial Recovery Act, organized
labor believed it spelled the end of the notori-
Gus company union. That was one purpose of
the section. Despite this mandate of the
statute, corporations all over the country be-
gan the intensive development of company
unions within a very short time after Section
IA went into effect.
General Hugh S. Johnson was the first adj
ministrator of the MIRA. He ruled that pro-
visions for the company union were not proper
in NRA codes. But the big corporations went
on organizing them just the same. Now Gen
eral Johnson has revealed the source of the
drive to form company unions despite the
NRA provision against them. In one of his
latest syndicated articles, he says:
81 learned only the other day that one of
my principal NRA deputies quietly sug-
gested to all industrialists with whom he
came in contact that they ought to go home
and organize company unions as fast as
they could as the only means of keeping
out the Federation american Federation
of Labor unions.
'They did it with a whoop. They told
their workers that Section IA meant that
the government wanted them to join COM
pany unions. The whole face of indus
try broke out in a rash of company unions
almost overnight. Now, although an en-
ployer-influenced company union is illegal
under the National Relations Act, most of
them still survive"
Here we have the revelation by the man who
was the administrator of the MIRA during it's
crucial period, and who held that employer-in-
fluenced company unions could not legally be
Incorporated in NRA codes, that one of his
deputy administrators advised employers that
Section IA instead of outlawing employer
controlled company unions gave them full
standing, and, moreover, urged employers to
Montana labor news., 1936-09-03
The Teachers Fight Back

1t is a serious piece of business when a con-
vention of the American Federation Of Teach
ers singles out one American publisher for de-
nunciation and, by unanimous vote, goes to the
extreme length of demanding a boycott on his
publications.
That such treatment has been accorded him
ought if anything can, bring the Fascist-mind-
ed William Randolph Hearst to his senses.
Hearst can expect little better from the coun-
try's teachers. For two years he has made them
the special target of his red scares, fought to
gag them by loyalty oath" bills, tried to force
them to toe his particular mark in their class
rooms, to make them the first victims of an
American Fascism. They fight back the only
way they can.
Showing they are determined to stand for the
American ideal of free speech, the teachers also
went on record against DR.. Frederick T.. Robin
son, Hearst-inspired master of New York's City
College. They refused to revoke the charter of
New York Local No. 5 of the Teachers Union,
which has been the victim of a Red scare attack
by President Green of the A. F.. of L.
American parents can feel safer after this
convincing proof that American teachers know
what Americanism means and are determined
to safeguard it.
New York Post.
Montana labor news., 1936-09-03
We Can Stay Out Of War

President Roosevelt's Chautauqua peace"
speech was particularly timely in view of the
critical world situation, and was enthusiast
cally received last week by farm, labor, wo-
mems and church groups. The Presidents adj
dress was significant, if for no other reason than
that it pointed out that he is more concerned
and less cheerful about international world
conditions than about our immediate domestic
problems" Peace advocates agree with this
statement of the Presidents, and more and more
there is a growing conviction that no domestic
program can be carried out if we 60 to war.
War will destroy the achievements for which
all groups have fought and will leave in its
wake chaos and unsettled conditions all over
the world which would take another generation
to repair.
The President, in effect, asserted that if the
people of the United States want peace, it is our
duty 10 encourage the body of public opinion in
this country that will unequivocably demand
peace. He emphasized particularly, the fact
that 1--WE can keep out Of war if those who
watch and decide have a sufficiently detailed
understanding Of international affairs to make
certain that the small decisions of each day do
not lead toward war and if, at the same time,
they possess the courage to say no to those who
selfishly or unwisely would let us go to war"
There can be no doubt but that he pointed to
the Congress of the United States in whose
hands rests the power of keeping the American
people from becoming embroiled in another
wholesale human slaughter like the World War.
On this particular point, Oswald Garrison
Willard in Issues and Men" appearing in the
NATION, August %, emphatically appeals to
all his readers ito interest themselves in local
candidates. for Senate and House" and states
that "all who are opposed to the INFLAMMATION
Of this country and to the growing fascist spirit
owe it to themselves to demand Of candidates
for Congress where they stand on these all-im-
portant issues, if they have not already made
themselves clear" Mr.. Billiard urges that
wherever possible, pressure should be brought
to bear upon them to make them aware that
there is a militant minority which is opposed
to our entering the naval armament race
and to our running up an annual bill of $1,137,-
100000 for army and navy"
To this appeal, we add our voice, that the
people of the United States do their part in
ilnpressing upon Congress and the President
that they, too, "hate war;"
National Council
for Prevention of War.
Montana labor news., 1936-09-03
Gov. Olson OF Minnesota Dies;
Death Scrambles State Politics
By Federated Press


ROCHESTER, MINI. - (FP) -
Floyd B. Olson, the nations only
Farmer-Labor party Governor, died
in Rochester, August %, at the age
of A. He had been i'll for several
months with cancer of the stomach.
The Governors death came less
than a week before he was to have
entertained President Roosevelt,
who declared that ''the nation has
lost a personality of singular force
and courage in the death of Cover
nor Olson" Just a few days previ-
Gus to his death, Olson had called
for all liberals to support the Presi-
dent against the Wall Street gang"
The passing of Olson is expected
to weaken materially the Farmer
Labor party's chances at the Min
nesota polls, since he had been its
leading figure. Lieut. Governor
Hjalmar Peterson, who took the gov
ernor's oath shortly after Olson's
death, may run for the post pro-
vided that Sen. Elmer A. Benson,
now seeking the gubernatorial po-
sition, is named by the party's CEN
trail committee to the U. S. Senate
race.
Olson who had long been a tar
get of reaetionaries attacks, rose
quickly from the post of special
prosecutor in Hennepin county to
the Governors office, where he
sarted his first term Jan. 7, 1881. He
was a bitter critic of the profit sys-
tenn and an advocate of a national
Farmer-Labor party.
Montana labor news., 1936-09-03

We sympathize with the man from
Flint, Mich, who tried to dig a tun-
mel into the local bank to please his
wife.
She just wanted him to be a lead
er in tn community.
The Washington times., 1936-12-05
The KINGS Romance

WHATEVER the outcome of the of Edward VIII
w and Mrs Wallis Simpson the sympathes of warmhearted
and people the world will be with the
King and the woman he wishes to marry.
AS Prince of Wales His Majesty made himself Of the
liked personalities in America we'll in the British
Empire.
Modern democratic respecer of tradition keeny inter
sted in the problems Of the poor he seemed typy royalty
at it's best.
And though Americans realize that serious constitutional
questions involved in the marriage they feel that
king should be free to wed the of his chocepartc
ulary as she happens be charming AMERICAN
tanly would the friendship and mutual understand
ing which exists between his nation and our own.
Whether the King will abdicate whether he will go
the of his and appeal the people of the
Empire whether he will yield what certain section of the
public considers his dutythse matters unsettled at this
writing but which it appears will shortly be decided
British genius for compromise may prevail unlikely
that
United States has just held popular referendum the
New Deal issue which agitated it almost much
affare Simpson agitatng friends the Atlantic
After the TAKEN everyone conformed the verdict
and went about his business
1t pity that precedent exists for similar refer
endum in Great Britain and the Domnions the Simpson
If there were our guess is that Edward would win by
landslide
All the world loves lover and least when he has the
misfortune to be king.
The Washington times., 1936-12-05
gymnasium

you wander over there to peek at
the boys in action you're going
to see lot of bandy-legged mon
Strosities carrying smelling salts
in one hand and a SiX-ounce dumb
bell in the other you're very much
mistaken.
The nucleus Of the group that
met recently to try to get the en-
thusiastS together at a regular
time, included Representative
Jack Nichols of Oklahoma, who
turns to silver mining during the
summer for relaxation: Repre-
sentative Tom Mcmillan of
South Carolina. baseball player:
Representative Mathew j. Mer-
ritt, one of best hand ball players
in the country; Jack McFall, clerk
to the Appropriation Committee,
who is no slouch, and Earl Ches-
ney, Veterans Bureau representa-
tive who made good in local sports
circles, in basketball, baseball and
football.
New members of the House and
the old members who haven't
given the idea Of getting a little
exercise much thought would
have their eyes opened a plenty
II they took look at the equip
ment in this gym.
By working up subscriptions
from the members who have used
this haven in the past few years
Representative Mead'S pals have
built up the muscle building gad.
gets until the House now has a
better gymnasium than the
United States government fur
nished the Department of Justice
for the G-Men to train in.
AS 7 understand 1t the G-men's
gym has just as much equipment
as the House but there isn't as
much room there. The House gym
provides for indoor baseball, vol
ley ball, handball, indoor tennis,
road work, quoitS and boxing.
Next door to this gym Is also
The Washington times., 1936-12-05

the landlords to do 1t for them.
In my youth" SnortS he,
motherhood was considered a
fulltime job. A young woman ex-
pected to relinquish her liberty
when she became a mother. She
might get off once or twice week
for a little shopping. But other
wise, unless she had servants,
which few did, she was on the
job "a hours out of the day.
Thirty years ago-even 20 or
15-when a youngster came home
from school he found his mother
waiting for him with a glass of
milk and a piece Of gingerbread.
Today, conditions are 100 times
more dangerous for children than
they were in my youth, due to
crowds, cars, criminals, etc. Yet
when the child comes home, it's
nine chances out of 10 that his
mother is downtown at some
beauty parlor or window shopping,
playing bridge or loafing in hotel
lobby.
"The children are left to shift
for themselves and the landlord
is held responsible if anything
happens to them.
Many mothers give jobs as a
reason for their absence. Often
these jobs are an excuse for gad'
ding-and the small amount the
wife earns is more than offset by
the expense Of better clothes, deli
catessen food, etc. But whether
the job is necessary or not, the
child is still left to run loose.
OTHER SIDE
"No wonder landlords don't want
such responsibility and risk to the
property. Even if the owners
didn't object, the other tenants
would. It's like living with a band
of young savageS.
Make the mothers stay on their
jobs, and there'll be no trouble
finding homes. That's my answer
to the renting problem"
(SigneO J. K. r.
If there weren't q war already,
that answers guaranteed to start
one. Do YOU agree with it? Do
YOU think that the Modern
Mother department. house brandt
goes her carefree way and lets her
offspring riot where they will?
Or have we been grossly In
suited, girls-and should some Of
us tell 81. K. r." where and how
to head IMP"
Copyright. 1888. by King Features
Syndicate. Inc.)
The Washington times., 1936-12-05
A New State?
(Lincoln Euenino Journal, Lincoln,
Neb., Nou. "a. 1886

(Lincolr Euening Journal, Lincoln,
Neb., Nou. "a. 1856
A demand is being made that
443, 900 voters within the District
of Columbia be given the right to
vote. A constitutional amendment
to change the situation that has
existed for years was introduced
in the last Congress, but was not
acted upon. 1t will be introduced
in the next Congress and efforts
will be made to get it before the
several States for early action. In
effect the demand is that the Dis
trict be admitted to the Union as
a State. That is the only way in
which full voting rights can be
given.
Supporting this demand it is
cited that the District has a popu-
lation Of $4,000 residents; that
during the last fiscal year it paid
national taxes amounting to ST.
322,929; that during the World
War it sent more men to the
World War than any one of II
States.
It is argued that in the levying
of taxes it has no voice, yet its
residents must pay taxes; that in
declaring war it may not be heard
although it is drawn upon in the
prosecution of war.
Arguments to meet these are
that many people who live in the
District hold their legal residence
elsewhere; that many of them go
home to vote, and that the ma
tional tax they may pay really
should be credited to the States
from which they come.
Washington is governed by q
commission appointed by the Pres
ident. Property is taxed for To-
cal government, although almost
half the cost of local govern.
ment is paid by the national gov
ernment in appropriations. Some
SSGnIIdCcS p1dCC GA1C Nd4NC Va PNOAAS
property in that city at about one"
third of the private investments.
Making a new State would add
two Senators and two Representa-
tives, under the present apportion-
ment basis. The people of the
States should consider just what
should be done in this situation.
While Washington is made up
more largely than most cities Of a
shifting population, nevertheless
it does have permanent residents
and property owners who make it
their permanent home, and these
people have rights that justly
must be recognized.
The question of submitting 4
constitutional amendment goes to
Congress first and then comes
back to the States. It is none too
early to give the matter consider
alton and to determine what
should be done.
The Washington times., 1936-12-05
District of Columbia
Wants Vote
(Scrantonjdn, Scranton, Pa.
NoU. 20, 1856

fScrantonian, Scranton, Pa.
NoU. 20, 1866
For many years the fact that
residents Of the District of Colum-
bia are not allowed to vote has
been to many a mystery. Office
holders at washington have kept
residence in their home towns and
have gone home to vote each year.
This seems to have been satiSfac-
tory. But there are about a half
million other voters who pay taxes
and have all other obligations as
citizens Of the United States who
are not allowed to vote at all. The
residents of the District have for
a century or more been apparently
Indifferent to this injustice. But
they have recently awakened. A
bill was introduced at the last
Congress to bring about a consti.
tutional amendment that would
right this wrong. It will be re-
introduced in the Congress which
convenes in January.
The Washington Times presents
statistics that alone should enlist
all who believe in fair play in
support of the bill. During the
last fiscal year the District Of
Columbia paid in national taxes
SIT, 1922 ,929-more than the sum
paid in such taxes by IS of the
States individually; more than
was paid by nine States combined.
In the levying Of taxes, and in
their expenditure, our citizens had
no voice. During the World War
the District sent more men to the
colors than any one of II States,
although unrepreSented in the
body which declared war, ana
prosecuted it. The above and
other figures, however, as our con.
temporary states, Pale into inSig-
nificance beside the basic prin.
ciple of democracy that all people
shall be represented in their gov
ernment."
It is impossible to see how there
can be any objection from any
source against this move to secure
the rights to which a half mil.
lion loyal citizens are entitled.
The bill to give the District of
Columbia the rights of suffrage
should meet no obstacles in the
January sessions Of Congress. If
the United States is to continue
to be a government by the people,
all of the people should be given
an equal chance to participate.