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young men around him, whose names have gone
into the waste basket of Time. The difference
was inside of that head Ceaselessly he thought
and planned, and followed up his planning,
WITH RESULTS.
The difference between him and thousands of
other young men with active brains is that he
USED his brain, from boyhood until death.
Not far from each Of u.s. wherever we may be,
there is someone now unknown whose name,
thanks to ambition and hard work, will be re-
membered, when those around him shall have
been forgotten. To that man success will have
come because he WORKED for it, and fame will
have come, because ambition drove him cease
lessly.
The names written here all represent earnest,
concentrated thought and AMBITIOUS, HARD
WORK
"Luck" played no part in these With
each one, intelligence the foundation stone,
ambition the architect and lard work was
the building force.
Young man, pick yourself for a a0inmer, IN
the race of life. Leave to others, more foolish,
the impossible task of picking winners the
racetrack" and leave to others the feeble foolish
complaining
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-04-04

DRY of Zero Hour"-those tense
and endless moments in the
trench, before the signal came.
when there was nothing to do. e.
nothing to do. nothing to do but
wait.
Zero Hour-the deepest hell in
war-the cruelest test in life.
You-you know - don't you?
You've been through it too
sometime. Perhaps not in France.
But on as terrible a battle line
in as dark a trench.
You, who had always fought ii
out in the open, now trapped at
last-trapped by poverty, or suf'
fering. or grief. or shame
JUST WAITING
Trapped-helples moth
ing to do but waitI
Wait?
My God, how can you stand it?
Mark time like this, with your
nerves fraying to threads and
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-04-04
Three Raw Deal Votes

Senator vandenberg Of Michigan, trying vanly to per-
suade Raw Deal Senate to investigate Raw Deal "vote
buying with taxpayers money, says:
Ell knOuU about hog contract where the bene
fcary paid s219S25 for not raising
hogs on AS acres.
ri knOuU about contract Which paid $685.
900 for not planting 900 acres.
81 knouO of uOheat Which produced $751;
638 in tuOO years."
And Senator we take it that you really wanted to
spill the beans you could also tell where there going
to be three Raw Deal votes next November.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-04-04
Subway Planning

The District subcommittee of the Senate Appropria
lions Committee now at work on the local supply bill
for the coming fiscal year. might well consider placing
in the bill appropriation to finance study of the
desiraby and feasibility Of construction Of subway
in the District
1T BECOMES DAILY MORE OBVIOUS THAT
SOMETHING MUST BE DONE TO sTRAIGHTEN
OUT THE CITY's TANGLED TRAFFIC PROBLEM
The mere enactment of restrictive regulations
does not meet the situation.
Something drastic will have to be done and it will
have to be done quickly
Various civic bodies and several governmental agen
Cies have given preliminary consideration to the pro-
posal for subways and it is time that official
survey be made.
Such a study would not be highly expensive.
All necessary facts could probably be ascertaned and
first plans could be drawn for about $4,000.
It would be money well spent.
Removal of the street cars and buses from the
surface in the cOngested UOud not only assist
in Strengthening out the traffic snar it IUOuId mate
rally aid those UlO nOU these forms of trans
pOrtatiOn.
The Senate subcommittee takes reasonable view Of
the National Capital and believes in long time planning
for the city.
Such planning necessarily involves consideration Of
the subway proposal and the committee would be per
forming real service to the community if it authorized
a study in the pending bill.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-04-04
TWO-Mnute
Journeys
GRAZ

If you ever find yourself in
Austria, don't be content to spend
your time in Vienna or in the
Tyrol.
There is Graz, the capital Of
Syria, the second largest town
in Austria, a perfect gem Of a
place, if ever there was one. A
garden city, over eight centuries
old, situated in a valley open only
to the south, and protected from
the inclement north by mountains
and foreSt-clad hills, it is host to
those discriminating travellers who
seek beauty spots far from the
beaten path.
Graz is really like an enormous
garden and in spring, as one StrollS
the old streets, the smell of jas
mine and lilac fills the air. On the
iSchlosSberg are lovely Alpine
plants and flowers in fairy color
ingS. To the west and north are
saow-capped mountain ranges, a
reminder that winter is still linger-
ing not so far away. Trees covered
with blossoms are reflected in the
Silvery depths of the winding river
Muir. And as the season wakes and
wanfs into summer, flowers and
shady trees make the city park,
the RoSenhain and the Muir mea.
dow one lovely garden.
Just beyond the town are
woods and meadows that might
be miles from anywhere. But
let us wander round the ancient
university and ecclesiastical cen
ter which once was the resi-
dence of Frederick III of Ger
many and so was capital of the
whole German empire, some five
centuries ago.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-04-04
Marry-Go.
Round
BY HELEN ROWLAND

This is the rapturouS season
when poets simply cannot be sup.
pressed, when the mails are
clogged with brilliantly colored
catalogues showing us just how
our gardens will (not) look, and
when every poster, every folder
and every fashion writer reminds
us of all the things we NEED.
But, after all, while everybody
takes it for granted that every
body else needs something, there
are lots and lots of things which
most Of us could DO WITHOUT.
For instance, here are a few
things we'd never miss!
Blood-red nail polish. Green
mascara. Patent leather hair.
Coquettish wells on those man
nish hats for women.
Platinum blondes who are let
ting their hair 20 native-and are
only at the halfway post.
Mid-Victorian styles that once
made grandmother'S family album
look like a joke book.
Fat men who insist on parad'
the bathing beachings sans the
upper half of their bathing suits
E. Fat bathing beauties" in
shorts.
Comical conical hats for women
that makes even pretty gal look
like cartooniSt'S favorite dream
The ardent swain who does the
Indian love-call IN his automobile
horn beneath his sweetheart
window at all hours of the night,
Saxophones blues singers .
tap dancers. and popular songs
with only one line, no rhyme, no
rhythm and no sense.
Copyright 1896 by King Features
Syndicate, 1nc.)
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Listen, World = = By Elsie Robinson
ONE THINGS CERTAIN-THERETL BE ZERO HOUR"

ZERO HOUR"
clear through to your lazy thread
of cowardice, your last stout fiber
of courage. And all the gold in
the world couldn't buy you a more
valuable lesson than that-'if you
ha&e the sense to use it.
And, for another thing. you'll
know life. Life has no more sur
priSeS, no more peak loads, for the
man who's gone through Zero
Hour. Life has done her AL" to
that man. And, if he has the
courage to stand the gaff, he's
master Of his fate from that time
on. He has lost the illusion Of
fear. He has seen that no fear
can hold a man forever in the
trench. +
And, best of all, you'll know
something about God.
For Zero Hour is the best of all
places for man to find his God.
His job is nothing-elSe-but! Yet,
sooner or later he always manages
to go over the top.
Copyright. 1885. by King Features
Syndicate. Inc.)
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Hyour heart being squeezed as dry
Of blood as a sponge?
If only there were something to
do-some danger to face-some
pains to be borne-some hardship
to endure-some excitement
some action
But. just. to. wait.
Alone for no matter how
many are around you, you're alone.
at Zero Hour
Helpless .. for though you have
wealth and power and wisdom I'm.
limited, you're helpless in Zero
Hour
To just wait alone help
less you can't do it
Yet, sooner or later, you have
to do it for Zero Hour comes to
every life. And for many it lasts
not an hour, but months - or
weary years. Months and years
when there's nothing to do but
mark time. wait.
Wait. with your heart trapped
deep in some trench waiting for
the light {. waiting for the signal
that another chance has dawned
:. Another chance to get out and
fight again
1.-THE waste of til"
That's what you'll cry, when
your time comes.
But take it from one who's been
through it, stranger, it isn't a
waste.
INVALUABLE LESSON
Zero Hour must come--and all
your tears and all your prayers
won't save you from it. But If
you have the courage to hold your
self steady through it, you'll come
out richer than when you went in.
For one thing, you'll know your
self. And no man can know him.
self unless he has gone through
that trial. You'll know yourself,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-04-04

There was great excite
ment when Queen Victoria
decided to ride on the new
steam cars, lending her
countenance to the strange,
new idea. The railroad
joyously built this Estate
Railway Coach" in which
she is seen with her hus-
band, the Prince Consort,
and Louis Philippe, King
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-04-04

The picture of the little
Princess in the pony car
riage will delight your
children. They will like
the small stable boy driv-
ing, sitting on one of the
ponies. Such things have
disappeared from our civil
lization, to make way for
the automobile and flying
machine.
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of the French. Progressive
England was delighted;
old, conservative England
was startled, amazed when
the Queen consented to go
"by rail" instead of by
stage coach. (Now, royalty
travels in airplanes.)
Members of the Peerage
had refused to allow rail-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-04-04
From many places, by many paths, men
attain the fame that satisfies ambition.

From many places, by many paths, men
attain the fame that satisfies ambition.
Men have only just climbed out of the dark ages
of slavery cruelty, vile ignorance and super
stiton. Almost everything remains to be done to
make life on this beautiful planet, with it's
traordinary resources, life of happiness for
everybody, instead of struggling, worried
stence for the great majority, and, for the few,
life of surplus that brings real happiness
The names written in the Roll of Honor always
leave room for more names, but only true ambi-
tion and HARD WORK can add name to the
list.
Every name that you read on this roll
once the name of a man unknoVn What we
call "genius, greatness and fame" in the be-
ginning, as Thomas A. Edison truly said, "ten
per cent Of inspiration" or ambition, "and ninety
per cent perspiraton," or hard work.
If you had seen Edison, as youth working
at a telegrapher's key with other young men
working around him, you would have noticed
well-shaped head a strong back-head, to give
driving power good wide forehead, for origi-
nal thinking, and clear, concentrated gray eye.
Seen from the outside, he not unlike other
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-04-04

of that terrible
rush acrCGS the
field. Nor of
the horror Of
clothing blood
a n d ravelling
flesh and voices
that went on
screaming
screaming &c.
W / t h o u t a
throat.
A W I u ] as
those memories
are, you'll see a
grinn1er vision
rising in hi S
eYeS-the mem.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-04-04
Wise Words

There is a point at which even
justice does injury.-Sopho
Justice Is truth in action
Disraeli.
No one will be more pro.
foundry sad than he who laughs
too much.-Richter.
Unless you bear with the faults
Of a friend, you betray your own.
-SyruS.
Dangers bring fears, and fears
more dangers bring.-Ric h a d
Baxter.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-04-04

Knows IL.
In is di s.
trio is tn e
city of Peoria.
And in t h a t
city are tn e
headquarters of
ON e Of t h e
lar g st di s.
tillerieS Of this
country.
Recently the
editor of a
I'd Try" publica-
ton visi t e d
Dirksen's office.
Off the record,
@;ul-oon cavc ho
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is of the opinion that the man
chad a. snout full"
According to Everett, the pub
Usher mumbled that he had writ
ten several articles about the
very damp stand of Dirksen on
matters concerning the sale OF
alcoholics.
He indicated that although he
wrote critical articles concerning
the young Illinois Republican that
he was not an enemy at heart.
Furthermore, he said that he was
not overly pleased with some OF
the "dry' crusaders who had
promised him support for his
paper but had failed to maintain
their promises.
After listening to the editor
make several vain stabs at CONVEX
Sation, Dirksen demanded:
"Why don't you get to the
pOint?"
The publisher responded:
"Wen, you know 1 wrote those
articles against you"
Dirksen replied as he escorted
che editor to the door:
publish anything you wish in
condemnation of me for my
stand against the dryS. And send
some copies to my constituents.
Then they will know that I'm an
unmitigated wet and am fight
ing for my cause in Washing
ton"
When the racing season opened
at Bowie, there was a pronounced
scarcity of members in the House
and Senate.
A member of Congress, while
riding on an elevator of the
House, remarked:
eve seem to be having
trouble getting a quorum"
Representative Florence Kahn
NRO of California, passenger
on the elevator, chirped:
'T1. bet there's a quorum at
Bowel"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-04-04
WOULD HELP

In order that the estate of
George Washington may be
settled, an effort is being made
to secure the tent, tent equip
ment and treasure chest once
owned by the Father of His
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-04-04
A BOOST

Representative Everett M. Dirk
sen (R.) of Illinois is a militant
"wet" and doesn't care who
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-04-04

roads to go through their
vast estates, for fear they
might disturb the deer,
pheasants and foxes; they
changed their minds, no
longer compelled railroad
tracks to wind around,
wasting miles of distance,
when their Queen tried rail
road travel.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-04-04

Ask any man who went through
the war what was the hardest
thing to stand. He won't tell you
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-04-04

The third picture, the
Queens last drive, shows
an old lady nearing the
grave, after setting a good
example all her life. For
the first time, perhaps, in
any monarchy on earth,
she made GOOD CHAR
ACTER the test of WORTH
ness to hold important pub
lie office.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-04-04

A MBITION is the noblest emotion in the
"A young, and still nobler in the old, with
whom ambition often succumbs to disap-
pointments of years, and the buffeting of life
Ambition is the peculiar quality of the human
mind. In the animal kingdom, there is no trace
of it, unless in the instructive effort of horse
or greyhound to outrun another, the blind
struggle of one animal to conquer another in
fighting.
Animals are content to go on in the old way.
Birds today build nests as they have been built
for thousands of years. Man strives ever to sur
pass what his ancestors have done, and gradually
he has moved up from the matched cottage, or
the adobe hut, to the skyscraper of glass and
steel.
Man. once content to move slowly over the
ground on his own feet now flies through the air
on wings born of his own planning, thinking
power.
Young men and old men, all Of us, to the last
should strive to keep alive ambition. When
THAT dies, everything worthwhile dies with it.
The important work of the world, and Of the
human race to which the world is intrusted by
its Creator still remains to be done.
Modern life and its achievements are all new.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-04-04
The Greatest Show On Earth
BY John Snure

Country which are now held IN
the Smithsonian Museum.
Senator Harry F. Byrd Cd
of Virginia, has introduced a
resolution in the Senate calling
for the appointment of a COM
mittee to investigate the matter
with a view to purchasing the
relics for the United States.
Such a purchase would appar-
emily satisfy the estate and Byrd's
resolution calls for the appoint
ment of committee composed Of
Col. Edwin A. Halsey, Senate Sec
rotary; South Trimble, Clerk Of
the House, and a representative of
Smithsonian to decide on a fair
price.
It is reliably reported that Rep
resentative Sol Bloom (D) of New
York, who has made such an eX-
tensive study Of George Washing
tons history, has kindly consented
to lend his valuable knowledge to
the committee in determining
what the Washington estate
should receive.
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PROTECTION

OcCTeGdry Oh Agriculture henry
A. Wallace, seeks to explain why
his department will not disclose
amounts of farm benefit pay
ments by saying that he fears
if such information was made
public the farmers daughters
might become the prey of kid
napers.
Although Henry made the state.
ment facetiously, it presents a
strange situation. The Secretary
of Agriculture apparently doesn't
think much of Uncle Sans Blu
reau of Investigation which is
expected to control kidnapping.
Perhaps it is true that Wallace
believes his sleuths who tracked
down little pigs and acres of
corn haven't yet received enough
experience to detect kidnapers of
farmers daughters.
It appears that the 1886 YER
sion of that old song concerning
Heaven helps the poor working
girl" is to be changed to Henry
helps the rich farmer GAL"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-04-04
PLAYING SAFE

LA 44NO 0SAVG
The Democrats are not going to
trust the visitors at the conven.
ton as far as the gavel is con-
cerned.
The gavel with which the pre-
siding officer raps for order at the
Democratic convention is one of
the most unusual of it's kind in
the country.
In the first place it is ap-
proximately four times as large
as the ordinary gavel.
Secondly, it is constructed Of
various types of wood so that it
has a checkered appearance.
The gavel has been used for
several conventions. And the
Democrats are not anxious to
lose it.
Consequently, a huge wooden
chest has been constructed of re-
inforced material.
A large lock has been placed
on the chest which may be fas-
tened to the floor at the con-
vention.
The Democrats are not taking
any chances on not being able
to rap for order.
Evening star., 1936-03-19
HUGE SUPPLY BILL
AWAITS SIGNATURE
Farm and Bonus Funds Pro.
vided in Measure Sent
to White House.
~ the Associates Press.

~ the Associated Press.
The s2,sss,T5l sos independent
ofaces appropriation bill carrying
s4lo 900, 900 for the new farm pro-
gram and sl,730,00o,000 for bonus
payment has been sent to the White
House and speedy approval by Presi-
dent Roosevelt is anticipated.
With the start of the soil conserva-
ton subsidy operations reported de-
pendent on receiving the funds, the
Executive was expected to sign the
supply bill into law at once.
Approval by House.
The House overrode Republican op-
position to approve q conference re-
port on the measure, whereupon the
Senate, which had added the farm
and bonus money to the legislation,
perfunctorily agreed to minor House
language changes.
One change was intended to insure
that the farm funds would be used
only for the A. A. A.-substitute pro-
gram, and not for the regular SOIL
erosion service.
Representative Taber, Republican OF
New York, opened an hour-long
attack on the farm allowances by
declaring the program contemplated
paying $40 each on 35,00o,000 acres
withdrawn from production with the
only result, greater distress. particu-
larlv for the dairy farmers, than any
thing that has ever come before"
Justification Disputed.
He complained that in two days oi
special hearings, no real 1ustiflcatior
for the money" was shown by agri-
cultural officials.
Representative Wigglesworth, Repuh-
lican, of Massachusetts, declared testi'
rnony had developed that the motive
that will influence those spending the
money Is that of carrying out by In
direction the triple A provisions the
Supreme Court prohibited carrying out
directly"
Representative Culkin, Republican
of New York, said the new program
would hurt the dairy farmer, and also
complained against spending one anc
q fourth billion dollars for reclamation
and on the other hand $500, ,00o, 600 tc
retire 35,ooo,o0o acres from produc'
ton"
The charge that this is the great
est grab of power by bureaucracy evel
made in this country was hurled By
Representative Tobey, Republican, oi
New Hampshire.
Chairman Woodrum Of the House
conferees termed the Republican,
arguments "clap-trap."
Evening star., 1936-03-19
SOUTHWEST URGES
RED RIDER REPEAL
Citizens Association Holds Board
Of Education Can Handle
Matter.

Unanimous support Of the Sisson
bill to repeal the red rider was ex-
pressed last night by the Southwest
Citizens Association. It was pointed
out that the Board of Education was
fully capable of providing courses Of
study untainted by communistic
propaganda.
A resolution was also adopted urging
the District appropriation conform
with the $5.70o,000 figure set by the
Bureau Of the Budget, IN opposition
to the $3,ooo,ooo slash proposed.
Peoples Counsel william A. Roberts.
in addressing the group. suggested a
substantive act esta ablishing board Of
Federal and District members to con-
slider plans and to determine the
amount of Federal payment for the
District appropriation. This board
would be composed Of the three Dis
Evening star., 1936-03-19
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trict Commissioners and three Federal
officials, such as the Secretary Of the
Treasury, Secretary of the Interior
and the director OF the budget.
In regard to trafiic safety, Roberts
stated, There Is o need for more
uniformed policemen, not merely to
make arrests, but to assure safety by
their appearance on the streets" !"
He also pointed out the need Of
abolishing ticket-fixing.
A report on the bus and car stop
differences was made.
Evening star., 1936-03-19
Snowfall Means
Death to One, but
Life to Another
by the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
TORONTO, March ia a.
hour snowstorm In this area took
one life and probably saved an
other.
Joseph @. williams, an op-
tician, suffered q heart attack
when he was trying to push his
car out Of o snow bank and died
shortly after.
Harold Ashby, 20. fell ave
stories on the roof of Massey Hall
and landed in o three-foot snow
bank. He was only slightly
injured.