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concerning the merits of their pet
candidates, it endeth always in
battle and personalities and re-
examinations and hairpulling. Yea,
it becometh a lifetime breach.
But men take their politics as
they take their games. While the
contest rageth they fight without
gloves and give no quarter. Yea.
in their arguments they wax hot
under the collar and their words
ofttimeS lead to blows and pro
family and vituperation. And Of
the calling of names there is no
end.
Yet, when the struggle is over
and the battle is lost or won thou
mayest see two bitter political
foes drinking each others health
and dining together in perfect
harmony and good fellowship.
Behold once more they are as Da-
mon and Pythias
But women, like elephants, never
forget or forgive. Then remember.
my Daughter, that Silence is
Radium, and the retaining of
friendship more to be desired than
the winning of an argument.
Copyright, 1895, by King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
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Who Is the Good NeighbOr?
Not Those Who Breed Glass Hatred, Says
Alfred E. Smith, Now the
Unhappy Warrior

Alfred Smith takes counsel of his conscience and calls upon
the people regain their lost heritage through the election OF
Governor Alfred M. Landon as President
AS an AMERICAN as PATRIOT as a troubled in mind
and DEMOCRAT he finds that in only that course
with himself and those who have honored and
believed in him.
He speaks as GOOD NE1GHBoR, the who DID NOT
pass by with only word Of promise.
takes the deliberately words Of the parable and
sets them right again.
TO his side he the words and spirit of General Hugh
Johnson he who the prince Washington until
disgust drove him out
This he recalls what General Johnson had say Of the
Administrators fraudulent good neghbor stand on one day
and the fostering Of CLASS HATRED on the next
"a rabbe rOuSer, deliberate appeal to passion. The
Joy of every ADVOCATE of class hatred HERE and in RUS
Alfred Smith didn't say that He merely repeated what
General Johnson said Then he left suspended the question:
"WhO is the good neighbour"
And then your AL Smith asks
"WhO is Ickes? Who is Wallace? Who is Hopkins?
And in the of all that good and holy WhO is Tug
UeH and uOhere did he blOW frOn?"
Whoever whatever these your temporary MASTERS
are they ARE NOT AND THEY NEVER WILL BE THE
LEADERS OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
They New DealerRaw Dealers and nothing
They and they will 60
Whence knows. Hence
In that day the Democratic Party will return to its honorable
traditions and record will back into the hands of its TRUE
leaders and friends will return from wandering in the desert
of despair.
Until that day. read and remember this:
"TO be AMERICAN is greater than to be a king.
am American before am a Democrat, before
Republican before / am anything"
Can you repeat those words believing in them rejoicing in
them, exulting in them?
Then you stand beside Alfred E. Smith every TRUE
Democrat
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and to exile the Jews from it for
all time.
SeveruS conquered with the help
Of some traitors. He reoccupied
Jerusalem in the name of Hadrian.
The city's name became Aelia
Capitolina.
A temple of Jupiter was built on
the site of the Jewish temple, and
the edict went forth that any Jew
appearing within sight of the city
would be put to death.
This was the year 1875 A. D.
Five hundred years later-636
A. D.-the Moslems came, as the
Assyrians, Babylonians, Egyptians,
Greeks and Romans had come be-
fore them. The followers Of the
Prophet, Arab and Turk, ruled the
land for 1900 years.
BRITAIN'S PLEDGE
And now, in the year 1885 A. D.,
the word comes to His Britannia
Majesty that the people Of Mo-
manned are in a rebellion, refus-
ing to live in peace with the Jews
who are reestablishing a homeland
in Palestine under the protection
Of Great Britain.
Whereupon Edward VIII directs
his general, J. G. Dill, to go off to
Palestine with an army corps Of
British regulars and see to it that
the Jews are safeguarded under
the terms of the famous Balfour
declaration, which reads:
"His Britannia Majesty's gov.
eminent view with favor the
establishment in Palestine of a
national home for the Jewish
people and will use their best
endeavOrs to facilitate the
achievement of this object, it
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those who can't, and why they
can't. Tiny, feminine feet, in
fragile, green sandals proud,
masculine chests in sheer, ruffled
linen tinkle of silver and crys-
tai ripple of dancing laugh
ter fragrance of honeysuckle
all lifting, blending, under a
harvest moon so Southern life
ran in those glamorouS pre-war
days.
Then, with a maniac yell, war
fell upon them, crashing through
the cobWeb tissue of their dreams,
claWing their cities to ruins, their
bodies to bloody shredS. And, in
stead of jaemine perfume and the
Tilt of mandolins, there rose the
sweetiSh-stink of purifying flesh,
the sob of dying boys for the
mothers they would never see
again.
CRUEL TEST
Yet, CHASTITY as war was to face,
an UNNECESSARILY crueler test
awaited them. PEACE-shabby,
monotonous peace, sans pride or
pomp, glamour or gaiety-there
was the thing which broke thou
sands who had managed, some
how, to survive wars worst hell.
No Yankee cannon or bayonet
was made which could crush their
Southern pride and courage. But
that which the Yankee could not
do to them, they did to them
selves. They, the unlickable, were
licked by their own memories.
Pitilessly, pitifully, Will Ben
teen summed it up as he stood
above the grave of old Gerald
O'Hara, who had never known de-
feat until his own heart broke.
Staring at the gaunt faces about
him, reading on each face the
story of its own secret triumph or
defeat, he said:
There warnt nOthin' that
| come to him from the outside
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ing to vote and why? It's become
a mania. Except in one place.
No one seems to give a darn
about the voters in Washington.
Pardon me, I mean the people
who live in Washington. Put up
with Congress more than half OF
the year and can't tell from the
way they are treated whether the
chairmen of the important COM
mittees in Congress are Demo-
Gratis, Republicans, or something
else.
In order to get this thing
Strengthened out I took it upon
myself to conduct one-man straw
campaign. He was standing at
Thirteenth and F. Streets watch
ing the street cars go past.
The fact that it was 4:3O or
Whereabouts and a couple of WPA
stenographers were looking out OF
the window as if they didn't care
if another bridge was built in
Wikoma, ARK, didn't make any
difference. A fellow has to have
some diversion. So I approached
him in what is fondly called the
manner Of the inquiring reporter.
SHADOW BOXING
I said, or rather asked:
Pardon me, sir, but how are
you going to vote in the elec-
tiOn?"
At first blush I thought I had
made a mistake-maybe he was
Nebraska Norris man and didn't
know what I was talking about
and again maybe he was for
CouzenS in Michigan. before the
avalanche; at any rate he looked
at me.
I tried again:
"YOu know, I said there is
going to be an election in No
vember. 1 would just like to
know how you are going to
VOTE"
Lapsing in the vernacular I
then explained that sooner or
later the people in the country
were going to be bound to pick
President and a lot of people were
trying to find out how about it,
by asking people on the street
which way the wind was blowing.
He looked at me rather suspicious
ly, and then said:
"You know, you remind Of a
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Listen, World!
BIZ Elsie Robinson
HAVE YOU A BUSTED MAINSPRING"?

; that could lick him But =.
he could be licked from the in
side What the whole world
couldn't do, his own heart could
=. All you all and me, too, are
like him There amt nOthin'
that walks can lick us, any more
than it could lick him But
that weakness that's in our
hearts can lick us in the time it
takes to bat your eye.
ut amt always lOSin' some
one you love that does it, like it
done Mr.. O'Hara. EverybOdy's
handspring is different. And
want to say this-fOlks whose
handspring are busted are better
dead. There amt no place for
them in the world these
days"
People with busted main.
springs broken spirits who re,
fuse to face present or future but
cling, in blind agony, to memories
of the paSt-they're as common
in 1885 as they were in 1866.
But why are we humans so often
like that-courageouS in the face
of downright peril, listless when
the peril has passed?
REAL BRAVERY
We're that way because we
never possessed real bravery. The
thing which carried many a
Southerner through the war,
which carries us, today, through
times of stress, isn't courage. e.
it's excitement.
We're "motivated" by the tur,
mol around us. But when the
turmoil has ceased and we must
depend on ourselves, we show our
actual cowardice by retreating
into dreams. Memories - fine
stuff for romantic fiction, but
deadly hideawayS for the human
spirit.
The man who lives in the mem
cries of his campus triumphS-
his first big job-the woman who
spends her days simpering over
lost beauty and beaux-THEY
ARE AS TRULY EDWARDS AS
ANY CANISTER COVERING
IN A RAT-RIDDEN CELLAR
AND AS CONTEMPTIBLE.
Memories which interfere with
LIVING aren't beautiful-they're
damnable, no matter how sacred
they may seem. And there's nc
traitor as despicable as the man
who ticks himself by retreatine
into his own past.
(ThiS column UelcomeS and
requests comments. Letters pre-
Senting personal problems may
also be sent. All letters 1UiH be
handled contidenti1lly and an
SWered promptly it stamped,
addressed envelopes are in
cIuded.)
Copyright, 1888, by King Features
Syndicate. Inc.)
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Marry-GO-ROund
Ru Helen ROWLGnd
MRS. SOLOMON SAYS

Behold, my Daughter, the Land
is filled with disSension and con
fusion, and the air is rent with
shouting and tumult and political
slogans.
For 10, this is the season Of
Elections, when men and women
foregather in the highways and
byways, each seeking to register
his views with a voice pitched
louder than all the rest. Yet,
WHEN did a loud voice and clat-
tering tongue ever win an argu-
ment or prove a point?
Then, I adjure thee, forget not
that, at such a time, woman's
place is in the background. And
she that closeth her lips discreetly
and assumeth a poker-face and a
noncommittal smile shall come
forth unscathed, and live to vote
again.
But she that WaXeth violent and
frotheth at the mouth only
wasteth her breath. For nothing
on earth that a woman can SAY
ever changed another woman'S
mind or her political opinions!
Then, I charge thee whereso-
ever six or seven women are gath
cred together, let the wranglerS
rant and the debaters beat the
air; but observe thou the discre-
ton of the sphinx, or, whether
the conversation beginneth with
bridge or golf or babies or the new
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TOday's BOOndOggle

The WPA currently engaged in building filtration plant
supply at Frankfort in Herkmer county, New
York As separate project it also building roof the
filtration plant.
The of the plant, with dividing wall and control
house, is $3,O23
The cost of the roof is 1885,
Oh WE'LL roofs bound to high in this tOpsy urvy
world that the New Dealers building.
Copyright o
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Greatest Show on Earth
BIZ Frank Miller Smith

q writer that asked me the same
question several days ago."
The way he said writer gave me
an impression that he didn't go
for the fine arts. I had a sus-
picion that the best thing 1 could
do would be to get job on a de-
livery wagon and get one quick.
So I said:
OTHER ANGLES
81 mean, are you going to vote
for LandOn or Roosevelt"
1t seems that right there I made
by first mistake. He said:
what good will that do me?"
Well, that sorta got me, so l
said quietly like:
"WeH, if you vote for LandOn
he promises to cut down on
Government spending"
The man looked at me quizzi-
cally. He said.
'If he cuts down on the spend
ing how am 1 going to get a
Job in the Government"
"Well," 1 said, sparring for
time, 81 see you are a Roosevelt
MANI"
81 am, am l." he shouted.
"How about the taxes?"
I thought for a moment. It
seemed that this interview wasn't
going the way interviews should
go. SO I began on a new tack. I
said:
"What do you do for living?"
He said:
81 used to be a filIing-statiOn
attendant"
Right there I knew I had him.
Of all the people the straw vote
getters in the country bank on, it
the filling station operators. l
said:
"Well, you're just the man.
Tell me how are you going to
vOte?"
A PUZZLE
He looked at me pityingly. He
moved his feet back and forth in a
circle. He said:
whats the use of you asking
me a question like that?
81 am supposed to have the
right to vote like 1 want to
in quiet, in secret. This is a
country of free speech. This is
country that is democratic.
If you want to vote Republi-
can in a Democratic regime
you can. That's what they tell
you. Why do you want to
know how I'm going to vote?
Its free country. isn't it?"
1 could see by then that my
one-man straw vote wasn't get
ting me anywhere. So I said:
'NOw, you don't have to get
sore about it. 1 just was ask
ing"
And he answered:
"T'm a resident of the District.
/ don't have a vote. / hope to
get 8 job in the WPA. If ROOse-
welt is elected 1 guess I'll be a
Democrat. If LandOn is elected
I'll be Republican. So what's
it to yOu?"
And there he had me stumped.
I'm District resident and I can't
vote either.
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ing beauX they
h a d in TIL e
Good Old Days
. I recon-
mend Margaret
Mitchell'S story
of Civil War
days GONE
w 1T H TIL E
WIND"
H e r e s a S
piercin g an
analysis as ever
was m a d e of
People U n d e r
P r e S sure :.
those who can
7 q 10. IL q n n
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reward for the support OF the
Jews to the Allied cause in the
World War. She was particularly
indebteded to Chain Weizmann,
president of the World Zionist
Congress; for it was Weizmann'S
work, as director of the British
admiralty's laboratories, in Great
ing explosives that went far to
make victory possible.
Since the World War 100000
Jews have gone to Palestine,
hundreds of millions Of dollars of
Jewish money has poured into the
country.
AS result of their industry and
their money, Palestine has been
reclaimed from the desert and
started. along the path to become
once more the land of milk and
honey" which the spies reported
to Moses.
Their coming and their money
was Welcomed by the Arabs, the
Emir Feisul saying at Versailles:
"Our delegates here are fully
acquainted with the proposals
submitted to the peace confer
ence by the ZionistS and regard
them as moderate and proper.
We will do all we can to help
them. We wish the Jews a
hearty welcome home"
The building boom and the agri-
cultural enterprises of the Jews
brought thousands of Arabs into
Palestine for work and a share in
the prosperity.
Had it not been for agitatorS
and fanatics, the two peoples
would have gotten along with
little or no friction.
WORK OF AGITATORS
There have been disturbances in
the past, but the present reign Of
terrorism has been carried on for
six months and has reached seri-
Gus proportions.
The ringleaders are the head of
the MoSlem church in Palestine
and that professional rebel, Fawnl
Kauji, who had military training
in Turkey.
These two have attempted to
create a holy war against both
Christian and Jew. The more
moderate Arabs are out of SYM
pathy with such movement.
England appears to have moved
slowly but in the end has moved
with decision.
The 1900 troops in Palestine
represent a force larger than the
one Kitchener commanded !r the
Sudan.
When one bears in mind that
Palestine is about the same size
as the State of Connecticut, and
that it's population is less than a
million, the extent Of the British
military occupation is better ap-
preciated.
The latest word from Palestine
is a hopeful one; that the Arab
kings will help to work out solu-
ton. This is something to be de-
sired.
Palestine is one place entitled to
peace. It has had it's fill of strife
over thousands of years.
Copyright, 1895. by King Features
Syndicate. Inc.)
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to reclaim it
from the vas
Salage Of I'M
perial R m e.
w h e r e u p on
Hadrian sum-
moned his gen.
eral, j u S
SeveruS, a n d
ON m a n d ed
him to take the
flower Of the
Roman Legions
to Palestine to
put down the
re b e | | ion, to
make Jerusalem
a. pagan city
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Wise Words

He that is proud eats up him
self; pride is his own glass, his
own trumpet, his own chronicle;
and whatever praises itself but in
the deed devours the deed in the
praise.-ShakeSpeare.
Real happiness is cheap enough,
yet how dearly we pay for its coun-
terfeit.-HoSea Ballou.
The game of life looks cheerful
when one carries a treasure safe
In his heart-Schiller.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-10-05
Police Marksnen

The first annual Washington Times Metropolitan
Police Pistol matches scheduled to be held today the
National Guard rifle range at Camp Smms serve two
purposes.
THEY STIMULATE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFF,
GERS OF WASHINGTON AND THE NEIGHBORING
STATES TO PERFECT THEIR CRAFTSMANSHIP IN
THE INTEREST OF BETTER AND SAFER POLICE
WORK
AND THEY STIMULATE A FRIENDLY COMPETI-
TON AMONG THE OFFICERS OF THE VARIOUS
POLICE UNITS WHICH CANNOT FAIL TO BRING
ABOUT THE HIGHEST TYPE OF COOPERATION
IN FIELDS WHICH OVERLAP.
The Washington Times is glad to have hand in such
activities and therefore pleased to award trophy and
Individual medals for the vctors in the match which will
see the marksmen of the Metropolitan Department. the
Virginia State Police and the Maryland Police competing
In addition to the match for the trophy awarded by
The Times there will be open match bringing together
representatives of several visiting police organizations
and the match among local precincts and the Park Police
for the Buchholz trophy.
The records Of the competing teams promise some
pert shooting and the craftsmanship which animates
expert marksmen will dominate the matches.
The best of relations exist betUeen the local police
departments and the departments of Maryland and
Virginia.
IT HAS BEEN THROUGH THE CLOSE COOPERA-
TON OF THE THREE DEPARTMENTS THAT LAW
ENFORCEMENT IN THIS AREA HAS BEEN
BROUGHT TO HIGH POINT.
This helpful spirit of cooperation is Of assistance to
every citizen Of the area.
Everything that can be done keep it alive should be
done.
In recent years there has been steady Improvement
in the craftsmanship Of law enforcement officers.
THAT FACT IS RECOGNIZED BY THE THUGS
AND LUGS THAT THEY HAVE TO HANDLE AND
THE RESULT IS THAT THERE IS LESS SHOOTING.
It is strange fact that and better shooting
range brings about reduction Of shooting off the
range There is lesson in that that civilians well as
policemen might well learn.
The principal agency in improving civilian marksman
ship and in prompting the SAFE handling Of firearms
the National Rifle Associations cooperating effectively
in promoting todays matches.
The Times appreciates that help and is that the
competitors likewise grateful for the work of the
Association and particularly for the active work the
matches which has been done by Mr.. G. B. Lister and
Mr.. E. F. Mitchell.
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Gney Te DlOWlLlS
that way.
Landon has a
c h a &c. He's
t h e eopl els
C a n d i d a t e.
Roosevelt is 60
ing to S n o W
them un d e r.
What do you
think?
Are you one
of the straWS?
I mean, are you
one of the peo-
pie Who've been
a S k e d j u S t
bOU'rn U01I 90
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color Of a Woman'S hair and Sug-
gest that she alter her compexion
or change her milliner-but never
disparage her POLITICS. For
these she holdeth sacred and will
defend with all her might and
with all her eloquence and with
all her fury.
10, whatsoever bitter discus
sion ariseth between two women
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The news came to the Emperor
Hadrian that an army of 100000
Islaelites, commanded by great
leader, Bar-cochba, was in rebellion
and sweeping through Palestine
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For post-depression reading &.
for all those unhappy citizens who
cant get going again." who are
always telling you about that swell
job, those classy clothes, and ador-
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Human Side of the News = By Edwin c. Hill

being clearly understood that
nothing shall be done which may
prejudice the civil and religious
rights of existing nOn-Jewish
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communities in Palestine, or the
rights and political status of
Jews in any other country"
England gave this pledge as a
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fall hats, it will deviate to POLL
TICS as" surely and automatically
as a debutante's thoughts turn to
her lipstick at the approach OF
a man.
Verify, thou mayest criticize the
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STRAW VOTERS

All right. All right.
The country is full of straws.
They're blowing this way and
tbav,re blowing
Evening star., 1936-02-01
NEW COLD WAVE.
Death and Threats of Coal Shortage
Reported in Midwest.

RepcFteO IN MluWeSt.
CHICAGO, February l (P).-New
onslaughts of intense cold after a
weeks intermission buffeted the Great
North Central section of the Nation
today.
Additional deaths, threats Of coal
and milk shortages. drifted highways
and a train wreck accompanied the
new subzero wave.
Almost a dozen fatalities were re-
corded yesterday from exposure or
fires believed started by overheated
stoves. Two previous cold Sieges in
January claimed at least $50 lives.
Rationing of dwindling coal sup-
plies was resorted to in several COM
munities. Offers of miners in certain
States to give up their Saturday holi-
day to meet the emergency shortages
OF fuel brought disputes between rival
| mine unions
The prolonged cold in Kentucky
| forced 300 families in Bowling Green
to obtain water beginning today from
city wagon routes. Pipes and con-
nections. unprotected by the heavy
| snow received in other sections of the
State, were frozen and the city serv-
ice seriously interrupted.
The forecasts generally were for
subzero temperatures in corn belt
States.
The Pacific Coast, Montana, Wyom-
ing and Colorado enjoyed warmer
weather.
Evening star., 1936-02-01
D. C. Man INJURED
BY PAIR IN H0LD-UP
Liquor Store Proprietor in Criti-
cal Condition After Fighting
Robbers.

Saved by a druggist from bleeding
to death after medical aid was delayed
by an ambulance breakdown, Serguis
B. Carman. 40-year-old liquor store
proprietor. was in a critical condition
today from knife slashes and wounds
received in hold-up last night.
A customer, who found Carman un-
conscious and with blood flowing from
deep cuts on his face and head, ran
from the liquor store. at 1903 Seventh
street, and summoned Abraham j.
Ehrlich, druggist at neighborhood
pharmacy.
After calling Casualty Hospital for
an ambulance Ehrlich attempted to
stanch the blood with congresses, but
when this method proved ineffective
he held Carman's temple arteries.
Stranded when the ambulance broke
down shortly after leaving the hospital
the Casualty inferno was taken to the
scene in taxi. After being given
first aid. Carman was taken to the
hospital in police car.
Today it was said he may have a
fractured skull, and a broken jaw in
addition to numerous cuts.
Police said Carman was beaten by
three colored men after he attempted
to resist hold-up. Money from the
cash register was scattered about the
floor when Carmans plight was dis
covered.