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Evening star., 1936-04-05

headquarters. Nothing happened.
Pressed further. Clements again de-
clined to put the doctor squarely on
the spot, but said that the last he
knew Of the actual cash 1t was being
turned over to Margett by q Mr.. Cor
don, one Of the Townsendites pro-
noting the meeting.
Later, it was explained by Sheridan
powney, attorney for Townsend, that
the money was used to defray certain
expenses connected with not yet de-
veloped third party movment. Estab-
lishment Of this point, however, would
leave the doctor In the position Of
having to convince the committee that
the contributors attended the meet
ing for this third party purpose rather
than in the belief they we're contribut-
ing to the pension movement.
BY the time the committee nvesti-
gators return from their Nation wide
"sleuthing" it Is likely that other Is
sues will be raised to harass the
doctor.
Clements Ace Promoter.
As for Clements, originally cast as
'co-villain" of the show, the committee
has established above all other things
that he Is one of the Nations ablest
at his chosen profession-namely.
promoting.
Taking the hazy vision Of a country
doctor, he breathed into it the spark
Of life. Around it he fashioned the
clothing Of saintliness, which made it
q religion rather than a racket for the
millions Of converts. Then. coldly,
and without being affected by the
sentimentality which he encouraged,
he added the efficient spur which put
the whole movement over the top.
And save for the embarrassing let
ter in connection with the advertising
policy of the weekly. the committee
has not yet disclosed any important
information to prove that he has done
anything more than a very smart Job.
On the stand, he has been composed
and deliberate. neithet timid nor
belligerent.
Of the stand. he revealed that he
may 60 into business in New York
when the committee has finished with
him. He did not disclose its nature
Before this venture he was . real
estate promoter.
you may quote me as vehemently
as you wish to the effect that ! am
planning no further efforts in con-
nection with the pension plan." he
said when asked If he might join
forces with Representative McGroarty,
Democrat Of California, IN forming an
organization to support the McGroarty
pension bill.
Thinks Plan Would Work.
II still believe that the Townsend
plan as included In the McGroarty
bill would work.
II have some business possibilities
in New York and I may 60 there when
the investigation closes. In any event
I will be glad to get away from here
and from anything connected with
politics"
Aside from the investigation, the
movement appears In danger of COL
lapsing through internal disorders.
| With Clements out, the business end
is likely to suffer seriously. In addi-
ton, Townsend and McGroarty have
Evening star., 1936-04-05
tional headquarters at Washington, it
was disclosed
Says Income Is More.

tional headquarters at Washington, it
was disclosed
Says Income Is More.
Against this background Committee
Counsel Sullivan charged that Margett
was receiving 81 500 to $4,000 monthly
in commissions ana salary. Margett,
in what may turn out to be bit of
indiscreet bravado, shot back that he
is getting $500 Or $500 more than the
amount cited.
Admitting to knowledge of this ques-
tionable background for one of his key
officials Clements admitted further
that he had sought Margett's dismissal,
but that such action had been blocked
by DR.. Townsend. The information
intrigued the committee.
Second major issue established DUR
ing the week and awaiting the good
doctors version vas that of advertis-
ing policy of the Townsend weekly,
owned jointly at that time by Town.
send and Clements.
sullivan, IN an enectlpe display,
showed that the bulk of the publica-
tion's revenue has been coming from
"quack" advertising. In evidence he
read ads which promised gland reju-
venation, life until 120 or money back,
restored vigor, etc. All such promises.
of course. carry their most effective
appeal to aged persons, the class which
forms the backbone of the Townsend
movement
Clash on Ads Claimed.
In early questioning. Clements de-
clared he had disapproved much Of
the material cited, but that it had
been accepted despite his wishes by
one M. D. Cert, advertising manager
for the weekly. This diSobedience,
Evening star., 1936-04-05
CLOUDS OF DOUBT
COVER TOWNSEND
House Probe Is Breaking
Down Spiritual Ideas
About Pension Leader.
BY JOHN c. HENRY.

While an increasingly relentless
committee seeks new openings for at
tack, the shadow of disillusionment
today was hanging over the Townsend
old-age pension movement; hanging
over the heads of millions of aged per-
sons who have faithfully and obediently
doled out their nlcKes ana dimes on
behalf of the vision of peace and
security conjured for them.
Furthermore, it is a establishment
aimed not at the economic feasibility
of q rainbow-hued dream by which
each person over 60 would have been
assured of 5000 per month with no
other obligation than the necessity OF
spending it promptly, but rather at
that aura of spirituality which has
surrounded the central figure Of this
whole emotional movement, DR.. Fran
els E. Townsend.
Uncovering their designs gradually,
1t has been obvious during recent
sessions of the open hearings that the
committee and its counsel, James r.
Sullivan, are building up that man
Townsend" for an awful let-doWn.
Almost daily they have added to the
list Of circumstances which he alone
must explain. And when hearings re-
cessed last Thursday it was learned
that all other testimony with regard
to the Townsend plan will be heard
before the Messiahlike doctor is placed
on the stand.
Tactics May Be Fatal.
For a movement which has been
built around the benevolent charac-
ter of single individual, the success
of such tactics may easily be fatal.
Throughout the whole skillful promo
ton of the Townsend movement the
keynote has been the saintliness of the
gentle country doctor, a force which
has fred his followers with a religious
fervor that neve- for an instant would
allow them " consider the economic
feasibility of the whole scheme. To
learn that their idol has fleet OF
clay" If the committee succeeds in
its intention to show this, must have
an effect.
And seemingly the committee has
laid a substantial basis for such con-
elusions.
For instance, despite his hesitancy
10 pass the buck to the doctor, Rob-
ert e. Clements, co-promoter who now
has severed his connections with the
movement, has built up three specific
instances where Townsend's policies
may be brought sharply to account.
First of these was the admission
that DR.. Townsend had refused tc
dismiss Edward j. Margett as regiona
manager of the Townsend organization
in Northern California. Margett, 4.
was revealed during the hearings. mas
been under indictment three times in
the State of Washington and. has been
q subject of frequent complaints from
Townsendites themselves on the West
Coast. So unfriepdly to him is one
club in that area that 1t has carried
on all its business directly with ma
Evening star., 1936-04-05

Of the past week has been the chang
ing attitude Of the committee.
On the first days of the hearings, It
seemed that the committee lacked
force and that plentiful supply Of
sympathy for the Townsend organi-
zation existed there. Representative
Toland, California Democrat and an
avowed Townsendite, headed up this
attitude
Sullivan Wins Support.
On Wednesday, however, came q
showdown on the question of admit
ting evidence about Margett. In an
executive session, 1t was learned that
Sullivan took q firm stand on his in
tentions to submit such evidence and
Evening star., 1936-04-05

together with some suspicious OF "ir-
regularities, had caused Clements to
seek discharge of Cert, he testified.
but again the doctor had declined to
cooperate.
In this connection, it may be noted.
the committee introduced its only real
ly damaging evidence against Clements
in the form of letter from Clements
to Cert in which the co-owner OF the
weekly had suggested going out after
some of the very advertising for which
he claimed disapproval.
Obviously embarrassed, Clements in
sisted the letter was an attempt at
levity.
In any event, the advertising was
carried. The doctor is co-publisher Of
the paper and at various times 1t
seems he has blocked the discharge
of Cert. The interest shown in this
point by some members of the COM
mittee makes it certain that the doc
tor will undergo some grilling on the
matter.
S1,700 in Question.
The third standout incident sus-
pended over the head Of the doctor
Is the matter of what became Of 81 TOO
collected at a Townsend mass meet
ing in Oakland, Calf, last February.
A goodly crowd was there, it seems,
with reserved seats retailing at Is
cents, higher prices being charged for
boxes and other contributions swelling
the receipts. None of the cash, how
ever, ever found its way to the ma
tional treasury of Old Age Revolving
Pensions, Ltd.
Prompted by Sullivan, Clements ad-
mitted that he had repeatedly urged
upon Townsend the advisability Of
turning the money in to national
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are in such muddle as to make n
complete audit prohibitive in cost.
Representative Hoffman, Republican.
Of Michigan, has assailed the organi-
zation vigorously for political activi-
ties, particularly in his State. Tolan
didn't even attend the last days hear
ings.
At present, Gavagan, probably most
forceful member of the committee, s
under assignment to head the in
vestigating staff on the West Coast.
His findings will be important to the
committee when it reconvenes.
Evening star., 1936-04-05

Chile Expects Mine Boom.
Chile expects a mining boom.
The Washington times., 1936-08-28
The Human Side of the News = By Edwin c. Hill
By T. E. Powers

whether Fascist or Communist,
which dot the map of the world.
"The Prince" dreamed of by
the little Florentine writer 400
years ago. rules today in Russia,
in Italy, in Germany, in Turkey.
Soon we will know if Spain is to
adopt him and France as well. It
looks as though he had come to
China in the person of Chang
Kai-shek, the inscrutable war-lord,
who by the use of all the articles
so dear to Machiavelli has come
into control OF Canton. He has
used force where necessary, brib-
cry where necessary, and where
necessary, he has changed front
completely.
PRICE OF LIBERTY
Machiavelli, above all else,
wished for a united Italy instead
of the collection of jealous and
pickering petty kingdoms which it
was in his day. It took more than
800 years for the realization of his
dream under Garibaldi and the
complete fulfillment of it under
MuSsolini. Germany also had to
wait 300 years until the prince"
arrived in the person of Bismarck.
Chang Kai1shek emerges as the
Prince" in China. He claims
that unity has been achieved at
last. How will that unity be en-
ployed? The" japanese would like
to know and perhaps will know
before long whether Chang will
take the hand of Japan to insure
his power or, on the other hand.
will use his power in an attempt
to break the yoke of Nippon.
Will a Prince" come to the
United States? He hasn't in the
$50 years since the American col
onistS shattered the Machiavellian
ideal in the West.
They proclaimed in 1776 that
the State was not the master Of
men. That it was his servant, his
creation, set up solely for his pro-
lection. In all other affairs he
was to be his own master.
It has happened elsewhere. 1t
can happen here and it will hap
pen here unless we get around to
giving heed to the truism that
eternal vigilance is the price of
our liberty.
Copyright, 1896, by King Features
Syndicate. Inc
The Washington times., 1936-08-28

Eleven million Americans of work. The Americans
who still working have to pay billions annually to pro-
vide them with food, clothing and shelter.
Thousands of American factory chimneys cold and
hundreds of thousands of American workers who might
from the relief dole to eepectn jobs kept from those
jobs because sc cent of American imports made by cheap
foreign labor in duty ree with protection whatever
to keep American markets for American-made products
Foreign-n1ade thermos bottles sell for 26 cens-and
American labor can't be paid American Wdge standards
26-cent thern1os bottles.
japanese toy pianos into this country and sell
for $375 dozen wholesale. An American factory
1Ohch produced the toy at S6.75 dozen, paying
American Uage scales, had to close dOWn because of
that competition and 365 .VOrkers lost their jobs
japanese gabardineS and UoOlens sell in this country
for $1.92 yard in competition Uith Anerican-n1ade
goods that must return $36 to meet American
featuring costs.
But the Japanese yorker is paid II cents a day
against the American uOage average of $375 daily.
The Japanese yorker must toll Is days to earn the
equivalent of an American LU0rkers pay for day
and the Japanese wOrkers standard of living is pro-
portion and ntOLer0be according to American stand
ards.
The American yorker on relief gets as much in dole
payments in one day the Japanese yorker,
PLoyed gets in a six-day uOeek.
American hogs have been killed. American cotton ploughed
under and American wheat burned the fields to eliminate
surpluses
Yet imports of grains and fooduffs grown by foreign
farmers in peonage wage brackets have rpled
THREE LONG YEARS.
The answer of course is BUY AMERICAN, keep American
markets for American goods fabricated from American raw
materials by American labor and paid for American
prices.
To do it, cheap oreignmade goods must be made to meet
American goods equal basis with sufficient protection
for goods made in America for American needs
When that is done the purse of American will open
the spending will increase and make possible the purchase
goods.
Britain first the continental depression bv her
successful Buy British" campaign
Let America, millions strong, sign trade Declaration
of Independence.
LET AMERICA BUY AMERIcAN"-Today, Tomorrow,
and Always
The Washington times., 1936-08-28
CAUSE AND EFFECT

Now it is hay-fever time, as
some of you probably know to
your sorrow, and so the stories
about this common ailment are
flying around thick and fast. The
latest one is about Earle CheSney,
veterans representative on the
Hill.
Earle was in his office the other
morning when in came a widow.
She sat down before him and
poured out a long story about the
trouble she had been in. She
told him that she needed an in
crease in her pension and that the
depression was causing her untold
worry.
Earle listened in his best at
tentive manner. But Earle has hay
fever. Down his cheeks streamed
the tears. Occasionally he would
sniff. It didn't occur to Earle to
explain the tears or shifts because
he has had hay fever so long it's
ceased to be a subject for com
ment.
Finally Earle assured the widow
that he would do all he could for
her and she started for the door
Just before she left the room she
turned to one Of the stenographers
and said:
"Mr. CheSney is certainly the
most sympathetic person I've
The Washington times., 1936-08-28
Three Minute Journeys

lPaulo. The 40-mile route that
connects these two cities is, for
it's length, the most expensive
piece of railroad construction in
the world. In Sac Paulo are mar
row old streets, many OF them
lined with the new, palatial homes
of the coffee kings, and indeed
the old and the ultra modern are
fascinatingly mingled in this
thriving city. In Sac Paulo is the
famed Institute Butantan, snake
farm which ships antitoxln all
over the world.
If you don't enjoy seeing snakes
or watching men handle highly
dangerous reptiles keep away from
this great snake farm. But If
these sights don't worry you then
you will find visit we'll worth
while and you will learn all sorts
of thrilling, highly interesting
stories
Brazil is an amazing country
with it's area of more than three
million square miles. which makes
it the fourth largest country in
the world, as we'll as being one Of
the richest. 1t isn't only coffee
that pours revenue into the cof-
fers of this republic. Diamonds,
Sapphires and emeralds are found
in large quantities. Cacao, cot.
ton, sugar, rice and tobacco are
other important sources of wealth.
And, of course. all of this wealth.
and flourishing industry finds its
way ultimately to the beautiful
capital. affectionately known to
world travelers-aS well as to peo-
pie who have never even seen
Sugar Loaf-aS Rio.
Rio de Janerio is generally con-
ceded to be he most beautiful city
in the New World. 1t really is q
dream city. It rests on one of the
loveliest bays on earth and the
mighty Sugar Loaf, more than two
thousand feet high, watches over
the city from the bay like a Senti-
mel. Fort-crowned islands and
Enthusiastically shaped rocks dot the
sparkling 'aters.
ROYAL PALMS
The fapous Avenida Beira Mar
lined with miles of royal palms,
verdant parks and palatial resi-
dences circles round the shores OF
the bay. The city itself is full Of
buStling, Splendidly dressed people,
the women wearing the latest from
Paris, London and New York.
There is the Avenido Rio Branco
with it's sidewalks in beautifully
patterned black and white mo-
saicS, and lined with trees that
shade attractive outdoor cafes and
stately marble buildings. Then
there is the Teatro Municipal built
at cost more than five illion
dollars and locking it, too. The
hotels are tn; last word in luxury.
Pretentious shops show the latest
in luxury goods from all over the
word, and those who know their
precious stones can find bargains
in Brazilian diamonds and other
precious stones.
There are numerous excursions
out of Rio, lth Copacabana Beach
as the highlight.
Copyright, 1885, by King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
The Washington times., 1936-08-28
TOday's BOOndOggle

In 1884 the last year for which complete statistics are avail
abe 1906 individuals in Pueblo county, Colorado filed in
returns with the Federal Government
In that year each individual income tax in the State
paid average of slightly less than $50 his return On
that basis the O6 persons who paid income taxes IN Pueblo
would have contributed total of 100000 the Federal Gov
ernment
Had these persons had the right to how that
should be spent it be doubted that they would have
favored spending than small portion of the
provemen of the Colorado State Fairgrounds which
sary stand idle and useless during the greater part of each
year.
Yet the Roosevelt administration is only spending all of
that 100000 these fairgrounds but has approved the
pendure of nearly dollars additional which
does from these 1906 income tax payers.
And the $3OO worth of projects that the Administration
has approved for the Colorado State Fairgrounds only about
oneseventh of the worth of projects that it has
proved for Pueblo county a whole.
The question: of course still remains How many of these
improvements Pueblo afford to maintain and how much
the burden of upkeep be passed along the Federal
Government in years to come?
New YorkS
The Washington times., 1936-08-28

HCenC With Such simple pleasures!
mo one thought of going out at
night them. No one wanted to
chase off to a movie or a public
dance. And as for a young girl
being courted in a parked automo-
bile-the very idea would have
seemed preposterous!
But nowadays, home means
nothing. Just a place to eat and
sleep. My boy and girl aren't
home from work an hour before
they're off again. They never
dream of bringing their young
friends home, as I did. They treat
us-their own father and mother
as if we hardly existed"
But how" said I to the sad
mother, "can you bring back the
old-faShioned home, when every.
thing that made it has passed
away? What family in moderate
circumstances today can possibly
afford the ample quarters which
even the poorest people enjoyed
in 1886?
How can you have a family
circle around the sitting room
table when the whole family OF
five lives in three-room furnished
apartment? How can your girl be
courted at home when she cannot
claim a square foot of privacy?
"You did not want to go to the
movies and public dances, because
there were none. Your social in
tereStS centered in the home, be-
cause that was the only social cen
ter. But your children have a
score of other social centers. They
have interests which spread far
beyond the family table-interests
which you may not even under
stand.
NEW LANGUAGE
do you not know that the old
fashioned home has gone for
good?
Can you not realize that The
Family, as you knew it in the
80's, no longer exists that
it is impossible for your child to
feel the security and simple en-.
tertainment which you felt. or
for parents to exercise the author
ity which yours exercised?
Don't you see that the home
has moved into the streets and
show houses and, if you would
hold your children, you must move
with it-learn the new ways,
speak the new language?"
But the sad mother turned from
me with a panied glare. She would
not admit homes had changed,
that families were different.
And how about YOU? DO
YOU agree that the Good Old
Days have gone or do you
think we can still make the home
"stay putt?
copyright. 1885. by King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
The Washington times., 1936-08-28
Traffic Record

Washingtons traffic accident record far this year
is somewhat better than it during the period
last year.
It still isn't anything to boast about however, and
continued vigilance on the part of the authorities and
continued the part of drivers necessary
In connection with the decrease in fatalities this year
it interesting and important to consider the report of
the Board of Revelations and Restoration of Operators
Permits.
The report the last fiscal year, six months of
which in the present calendar year, covering the
period during which the decrease in fatal accidents was
marked
According to the report approximately three thousand
operator permits revoked suspended during the
year.
THE DRASTIC ACTION WHICH THE BOARD
HAS BEEN TAKING IN SPEEDING, RECKLESS
DRIVING AND DRUNKEN DRIVING CASES IS
PROBABLY HAVING A sALUTARY EFFECT ON
THE DRIVING HABITS OF SOME OF OUR FOLKS
Some drivers will drive saneIy in order to aUOid
the chance of losing their permits for feUU days
UhO WOuLd drUe careIessLy or reckLessIy Uhen the
only danger they encounter is possible loss of life
property.
In many of the in which the Board suspended
revoked permits great hardship doubt caused
Many pathetic pleas for leniency made to it.
But the Board has taken strong and vigorous att
tude and the results evident.
The Washington times., 1936-08-28

young people are no good. They
are impudent-se -willed. They
boss their own lives. They laugh
at their parents opinions. They
are going to the dogS!"
But times have changed since
you and I were young" said I to
the man. II, too, was taught i'm
plicit obedience. I, too, jumped
when my parents spoke, and did
not move without their consent.
I called it respect then. But now
I know that I obeyed my parents
not because their Judgment was
better than mine, nor because
was in awe of them, but simply
because they controlled all the au-
thority and cash.
TINES CHANGE
"How can you make a young
person bow to his parents dictates
and reverence his parents conclu-
SionS when, chances are, he
actually knows more about the
world in which he lives than his
parents do?
How can you expect slavish
homage from a young person who
supports himself by his own eff.
forts and his own intelligence? ?
Times have changed. Once par.
entS had the right to stone their
children to death or sell them into
slavery. Once parents were czarS
in little, private empires. Now
times have changed. Parents
must change with them"
But the man turned from me
with an indignant snort. He did
not see why parents should change.
X ~
A woman said to me sadly
1--WE must bring back the old-fash-
ioned home.
1--WE must save the children
from the street and restore the
dear old family circle. We had
such a lovely time gathering
around the sitting room table,
when was a girl. We were con-
The Washington times., 1936-08-28
Wise Words

It's but little good you'll do
a-watering the last years CROP
George Eliot.
Words are, of course, the most
powerful drug used by mankind.
-Rudyard Kipling.
Nor fame slight, nor for her
favors call; she comes unlocked
for, if she comes at all.-Pope.
No bond in closer union knitS
two human hearts than fellow
ship in grief.-Robert Southey.
Revenge is always the weak
pleasure Of a little and narrow
mind.-JuVenal.
There is no joy but calm
TennySon.
An honest mans the noblest
work of God.-Pope.