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Evening star., 1936-07-17

q speech to a farmers convention
which gathered on the White House
lawn, said:
AS you know, a great many of the
high and mighty-with special axes to
erind-have been deliberately trying
TO miSlead the people who know moth
ing of farming by misrepresenting-
no, why use a puSSyfoot worldly
lying about the kind Of farm program
which this Nation is operating today"
Definition of Liar.
The President was characterizing
critics of the A. A. A. program, and the
definition Of lie as given by Web
ster's Dictionary is as follows:
81. A falsehood uttered or acted for
the purpose of deception; an inten-
tional statement of an untruth de-
signed to mislead another. The use
of the word lie usually implies moral
censure and a charge of intention to
affect wrongfully the acts, opinions or
affections of another.
%. Liar-a person who knowingly
utters a falsehood; one who les
Now, in political debate in the past,
PreSidtn Roosevelt had precedent for
President Roosevelt had a precedent
for describing those who disagreed with
President Theodore Roosevelt created
what he called the Ananias Club,
which is described by F. L. PaxSon in
his Recent History of the United
States:
The political method of President
Theodore Roosevelt was swift and ef-
fective. Again and again he defended
himself by denying the correctness of
statements Of his associates. His de-
nunciation of Judge Parker in 1904
was typical instance. E. H. Harri-
man was later brought within the
group, and the cartoonists derived
much pleasure from their literary Gre
alton, the 'Ananias Club into which
no man was admitted until the Presi-
dent had openly called him liar"
Inconsistencies Seen.
Now Father Coughlin might have
used some of the pussyfoot words
which are, of course. frequently en-
ployed in political discussion when
opponents are accused Of being in
consistent" or at least Of saying "con-
tradictory' things. Thus Mr.. RooSe-
velt's record Of public statements on
many occasions would appear in some
respects to be inconsistent, and when
the term is used the public at least
gets the impression that perhaps there
is some explanation for the incon-
sistency and that the man who has
made the inconsistent statements at
least did not do so with intention to
deceive.
The question of how far deception
may be excused on the ground Of
political justification is one that will
be answered differently, depending on
whether 1t is asked in political circles
or among the citizens generally. The
latter are inclined rather strongly to
the idea that there is no different code
In private life than in public life, that
hypocrisy and Misrepresentation and
Inconsistency" of speech are as much
10 be deplored when prompted by de-
sires Of political expediency as when
made in reckless statements by pri-
vate persons.
Incident Held Regrettable.
As for Father Coughlin, he might
have used puSSyfoot word and re-
ceived less criticism. Somehow
member of the cloth, speaking out
positively in just the same way that
the political orators do is somewhat
Of an unusual spectacle. If some Re-
publican had used the word 'lie" in
charging the New Deal candidate
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JUDGE REFUSES RULING
ON WAGNER LABOR ACT
Denies Wilson & Co. Order
Restraining Board From
Holding Hearings.

BY the associated Press.
ST. PAUL, July 17.-United States
District Judge M. M. Joyce late yes
terday refused to pass on the consti-
tutionality of the Wagner labor act
and denied Wilson & Co., with pack
ing plant at Albert Lea, MINI, q re-
straining order against the National
Labor Relations Board.
The packing company asked for an
order to restrain the labor board from
holding hearings on the demands of
the Independent Union of all Workers
that Elmer Wenzel be reinstated in
his employment, and also requested
declaratory judgment that the Wagner
act Is unconstitutional.
Evening star., 1936-07-17
Headline Folk
and What
They Do
Gustavus T. Kirby Ger
tain to Take Amenities
Events in Berlin.
BY LEMUEL F. PARTON.

T%HEY just couldn't have the
Olympic Games without Gus
tavus Town Kirby. His whit
ening tonsure has become the
gonfalon Of American hopes. The
treasurer Of the Olympic Committee
again goes with the team. He has
been at all the Olympics except the
first.
Mr.. Kirby, maintaining that sport
is the only true democracy in the
world" has done as much or more than
any man to help provide recreation for
youth. He was fencer and track and
field athlete when he was an under
graduate in Columbia and since then
his successful business career has
seemed just an added starter in COM
parison with his impaSsioned interest
in amateur sports
AS lad, he was tossed out Of the
old Stuyvesant Square Friends Semi
nary and other schools for badgering
Little Lord Fauntleroy boys, and other
miSchievouS, but not disgraceful,
carryings-on. When he got to prep
school he had reformed and promised
to mind his elders. In an inter-
scholastic meet, entered in the quarter
mile, his coach said, whatever you do,
pick up Bell, the favorite. Let him
pace you and stick five PAGES behind
him" Fifty yards from the finish,
Bell collapsed and lay down by the
roadside. Young Kirby halted, stepped
of the track and lay down beside him.
That sounds more like the German
discipline which Herr Won Tscham-
mer und Osten, Reich sports dictator,
is hammering into the German Olym-
pics team. But Mr. Kirby has been
no advocate of such RECOMMENDATION.
Sometimes, with the lurid eloquence
of a muleskinner. he lashes athletes
10 come back with their shield or
upon it. Nobody puts more fervor
into sports evangelism or gets more
fun out of it. At Berlin, Mr. Kirby
will be our bright exemplar of chival-
rous behavior. He is certain to take
all the medals in the amenities events.
He and his father, Thomas Kirby,
ran the famous old American Art
Galleries on Twenty-third street until
1928. Possibly the statue of the discus
thrower made him juvenile OlympicS
fan.
Never quit is Mr.. Kirby's motto.
So, in 1881, at the age of So, he took
up steeplechaSing, broke II bones and
went right back TO his imber-topping.
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with inconsistency, probably the Incl
dent would have attracted little If
any attention. Father Coughlin, by
reason of his dual position as clergy
man and political orator. will un-
doubtedly be criticized as having been
indiscreet, though his friends will
doubtless say that he had rs much
right to discuss the personality and
sincerity of a candidate for high office
as any other citizen. The incident
is regrettable because it puts the cam
paign on a personal basis when 1t
really ought to be fought out on issues
rather than personalities.
(Copyright. 1850
Evening star., 1936-07-17

perS are eager
to defeat Mr..
Roosevelt. To
quote Mr.. Kent
again, "T h e y
want to beat Mr..
Roosevelt, an d
the way they
want to do that
Is by DETECTING
as many votes Of
their followers as
possible to Mr..
EN- ke, IN e
Union Party
candidate"
This wish of
the ToWnSendites
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Behind the News
Business Recovery Held Unbalanced, With Big In
dustry Behind Average.
ny PAIL MAILlN.


1t obviously
Federal Reserve Board index Of industrial production has
the better side Of 100 for the last three months
so-caNed
q period = quarter year.
This be just about perfect the in the street but
viii industry
construction employment at ss
TO- sales at g. eminent authority has g
vatey stated mo has shown lag and disparity
industries than present"
the business
things automobiles cigarettes which deficiencies such
Evening star., 1936-07-17

al VIII In Street parade Hundreds
by automobile.
has Landons handling the
Legislature Which took the that
under Federal social
ines orooUed.
notification impending and start the
that little been said in
critically praise Landon.
E. Nebraska during the
Smith, claiming the mantle
their to the Cleveland meeting Dr.
addressed
Sunday, the majority Of them
old He welcomed ofcay by Mayor Charles
constitutes "the most gigantic
bribery the world"
Rev melt that chocolate soldier
in Washington"
similar meetings in De Moines and surtn0ton, iowo
ttDo New Orleans
bigger reception
than any otpen Smith. w. J. Bran Billy Sunday"
will be Nebraska
probmaca obtain convention large
working
nd and failed.
Sentiment does not to be sufficiently cysa1ed in the
group policy Much will depend
Evening star., 1936-07-17
Left and Right
WingsL Lost to
New Deal
Extremists Are Allied in
Common Cause to
Beat Roosevelt.
BY MARK SULLIVAN.

A T the Townsend convention in
~ Cleveland, several facts stand
~ out. First, the movement is,
4 u as MIR. Frank Kent puts 1t, "a
major political force in the land and
there Is no use blinking the fact"
Second, most Of the leaders and MEM
Evening star., 1936-07-17
MARTIAL LAW TO END
But Toxic to Continue Certain
Military Precautions

TOXIC, July II (P1.-Martial law.
in effect in Toxic since q military
uprising was crushed in February, will
end tomorrow, decree published to-
day stated.
Vernacular newspapers. however, re-
ported certain military precautions for
maintenance of peace in this capital
would be continued indefinitely.
Evening star., 1936-07-17

ably speaking as
. citizen in a po-
litical contest and
not as a member
OF the clergy.
Somehow or other
the word "liar"
has become an
integral part Of
political cam
paigning and may
be said to be a
permanent part
Of the political
vocabulary of the
day. Thus Presi-
dent Roosevelt on
May IA, 1885, in
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al economss probably 1 recog
nized by those statistics.
The Federal unsurpassed anywhere
their field They 1925 their period because they had
during which
other modern
containing factors
But trail their back to 1899 Wu fnd Jour-
toboggan production only IS cent
only cent 1904 only cent and
other real normal"
in generation.
sought hit mathematical normal by striking
average through straight line
1899 where
averaged 81 OF
Industrial production would be
normal today. He hit 1875
production rs cent
time the
this century, the growth Of population the
improve said to have recovered its
stride
of the country 1l1s37ooo The official
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washing
mach ands
get that nbulous field you reach the conclusion
possibly conservative that normal industrial production
today would index about 3o ut l2o in 1929
Using only population growth deficiency
follows the
o. r B. exactly the June):
below normal.
Employment IS
81
Department store sales 20
Residential building "a
shade the
generally probably will of
thought Whether right be 49, 125 1870 there
and
deficient to deceptive extent
His daily column
will be resumed here Monday August 5.
Evening star., 1936-07-17

WHetrIer !I sIayS nUV OF IIUI, IUU CIII-
zens Of Kearney, including the city's
big American Legion Band and
Drum Corps, to start early on the
morning Of that day, picking up
delegates Of from rs to 100 at Grand
Island and Hastings. At Marysville,
Kans., they will be joined by an
Eastern Nebraska special from Lin
coin under sponsorship OF former
Gov. Samuel r. McKelvie Of Lincoln.
An Omaha special will arrive at
Evening star., 1936-07-17

maCe lUr CHH year Is 1zo,fVUIUOU'
Roughly, this amounts to an increase
of about 13 per cent since 1923.
If you apply this population in.
crease alone to the F. r. B. produc-
tion figures, you will CLEAN an indi-
cation that l13 per cent would be
normal now. instead of 100. But
this does not take into consideration
the inestimable growth Of consump-
ton ability among the people, the
fo nt that thav hoyn ponra automobiles
Evening star., 1936-07-17
RAILROAD COORDINATION
COMMITTEE is CHOSEN
Eastern Presidents Conference
Acts in Line With Move
Repun bv Government.

BY the Associated Press
NEW YORK, July IA committee
to study coordination OF railroad IA
cilities in the East was announced yes
terday by the Eastern presidents con-
ference.
It was In line with a move by the
Association Of American Railroads to
carry on the studies undertaken by the
Office of the Federal Co-ordinator OF
Transportation, which expired re-
Gently.
Evening star., 1936-07-17

things as cement and building mate
riaB, but the whole does not repre-
sent normal or anything like q salts
factory balanced level.
The question troubling econom-
lists is what is normal, IL anything?
The ever-searching Col Leonard
Ayres, foremost private business
economist, has noted that the three
years. 1925. not only were not nor
NAL, but were not even average for
any period, previous or since. This
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Of shock to most people who are
accustomed to speaking publicly at
least in more restrained words about
candidates for political office.
But Father Coughlin was addressing
q political convention and was presum-
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on how the result of the Cleveland
Townsend convention is met here.
DR.. Townsend's unfriendliness to
Representative Lemke may bring out
another party in the State. cutting
into both major parties.
Republicans concede that Gov.
Landon was a shrewd student of the
situation when he called for a
constitutional amendment enabling
Kansas to take advantage of social
Evening star., 1936-07-17
Caravan to Topeka
Nebraska G. O. p Delegates to Be Present to Chez
Landon Next Thursday.
BY GEORGE r. FISHER.

MAHA Neb, July Republicans this planned
hreerain Topeka Kans next Thursday to witness
at which ALI Iandon Of Kansas will
~ Republican presidential
candidate.
Announcement Hugh Brown publisher of the
Evening star., 1936-07-17
RUTH NICHOLS FLYS
Gets Pilots License Renewed
After Practice Hop.

hIIGI dCIICC 44VP'
NEW YORK, July IT P.-Ruth
Nichols, Rye, N. Y, aviatrix yesterday
obtained a renewal of her pilots license
at Roosevelt Field, Long Island.
Severely injured in crash at Troy
a few months ago, Miss Nichols went
for a practice flight with an instructor
before taking her tests.
Evening star., 1936-07-17
"Liar" Charqe
of Coughlin
Deplored
But Roosevelt Used
Same Term in Ad-
dress, Lawrence Says.

BY DAVID LAWRENCE.
NATHER COUGHLIN'S use OF the
4 term "liar and betrayer" in re-
ferring to President Roosevelt
probably will come as somewhat
Evening star., 1936-12-09
BY NINA CARTER TABB.

BY NINA CARTER TABB.
Days when hunting is impossible |
because of sleet and rain, which we |
have had recently, the hunting crowd |
docks to Charles Town, w. Va, for |
the races. Among sportsmen here who |
run horses at Charles Town are Reg
inald Bishop. Melville Bearns, Turner
Wiltshire, John Hay Whitney and
Ewart johnson.
A good race horse always is of in
terest. no matter how old he may be.
One such Is Ballot, foaled in 1904 at
the Castleton Stud of James R. Keene.
Ballot, golden chestnut, carried
Keene's colors to many victories in
this country and in England, winning
the Select Stakes at New Market as a
b-year-old. He was stakes winner of
II races and $154,0O2, his victories
including Double Event. Neptune, Ma
tron, Iroquois Great Republic, Cen
tury, First Special, Edgemere, Stand
ard States and Suburban Handicap.
Ballot stood at stud in England in
1912, and when Keene died in 1918
he was purchased by John z. Madden,
and that Spring was returned to
America and sent to Kentucky. He
was described then as "a rich chestnut,
1871, with a star narrow blaze on face
and near hind leg white. His superb
condition aroused the admiration Of
all horsemen who saw him."
Ballot, after year at Hamburg
Place, KY, was sold by Madden to
Charles H. Bergman, in whose pos
session he had been until few days
ago. Ballot stood in Kentucky until
two years ago. being taken out of serv-
ice at the age of 80. His career as
sire Is too well known to need much
mention. He long ranked among our
leading sires and his sons and daugh-
ters duplicated his success on the race
course and in the paddock. He Is the
sire OF Midway, Chilhowee, Ticket,
Tannery, Bribed Voter, Star Voter,
ETC., but 1t is through his daughters
that Ballot will be best and longest
remembered. Among them being the
dams of the stake winners Vito, Rolled
Stockings, Espino, Sir Harry, Pitts
burgher Bantry Pass. Cyclops, Ruddy,
Prince of Bourbon, Cousin 10, Election
Day, Isaiah. Fraidy Cat and Count
Arthur. Ballots present age is 80, and
he is spending his last days in ease
and comfort.
Owing to the death in July of his
owner, and the disposal of his stable
it was necessary to get new home
for Ballot Nearing his 33d year,
naturally no one wanted to buy him,
as he is only a shadow of his former
self; yet he Is possessed of such vital
ity, with look of deathless courage,
seen only in the eyes of the gamest
of horses, as he surveys his surround
1ngs. every inch a conqueror
Raymond Gentry. young and en-
thusiastic horseman, enlisted the in
terest of his employer in Ballot and
was presented with the old horse and
sent to Keeneland, the new race track
In Kentucky opened in October.
Mrs. Silas Mason and Mrs. Stuart
Don Of Lexington. KY. have been
visiting in Middleburg and Warrenton
for several days. Mrs. Don was here
entering her young daughter in Fox
Evening star., 1936-12-09

race horses, drew attention to the
foregoing history of Ballot.
HUNTING LOG-TOMORROW'S
MEETS.
Virginia.
Middleburg Hunt, Charlotte H. No
land, Daniel c. Sands, joint masters,
Woolsley, 10 am.
Maryland.
Green Spring Valley-John K.
Shaw, jr.; Frank A. Bonsal, jr.;: joint
masters: Kennels, joint meet with
Howard County Hunt, II am: Elk
ridge, Hartford Hounds, H. s. Ladew,
M. F. H., Wright's Store. II am.
Fridays meet Piedmont Fox
Hounds. DR.. A. c. Randolph, M. F. H.,
Rectortown, / pm.
Evening star., 1936-12-09
MAN ROBBED OF 5000
IN REVOLVIN DOOR

Two-Man Pickpocket Team Works
Trick on Tennesseean Leav-
ing Bank.
BY the Associated Press.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, December o.
r. B. Anderson said two-man pick
pocket team and revolving door cost
him 5000.
He told police he was leaving a bank
when a large man suddenly blocked the
door and a smaller man wedged in the
same compartment with Anderson.
Anderson said when he finally spun
out of the tangle, he had dizzy
feeling and the thieves had his 5000.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-08-14

The national fire loss, according to
the National Board of Fire Under
writer's, is again on the rise. Dur
ing the first five months of this year,
it was some $2O,OOO,OOO in excess of
the loss experienced in the same
period of 1895.
1t is possible that part of the in
creased loss is due to the fact that
property values are somewhat higher
now than they were year ago, and
another part to increased industrial
activity, which naturally increases
fire hazards. Even so, America S
fire loss is nothing short of dis
grace, and is a black monument to
human carelessness, human ignor-
ance, human Incidence.
1t cannot be too often repeated
that at least eighty per cent of all
fires, minor and great, are prevent
able.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-08-14

At the recent 18th annual session
of the American Institute Of Co
operation, farm coop leaders and
students discussed wide range of
problems relating to agriculture.
The Institute itself subscribed to
no issues, but devoted itself to the
dissemination of up-to-date informa-
ton on marketing and procedures.
Questions discussed included the
federal soil conservation program;
foreign trade policies; transportation
problems; marketing problems, etc.
Almost everything that has bear
ing, direct or indirect, on the farm
er's welfare, came in for mention.
This is indicative of the splendid
work of the co-ops in trying to bet
ter the farmers lot, and in seeking
to provide him with useful knowl-
edge.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-08-14
AUTOMOBILE CLUB DEFENDS
ROADS COMMISSION

Action Of the Maryland Roads
Commission in putting caution" be-
fore speed in construction of the
new Philadelphia road is defended
by the keystone Automobile Club of
Maryland, which, in a statement to-
day, goes on record as opposing the
laying of concrete paving on ground
not thoroughly settled.
''The public investment in this
road would be seriously jeopardized
if the engineers put haste above
sound engineering practice" said
Garrison P. Knox, Manager of the
Club. "As motoring organization
we naturally favor completion of this
highway at the earliest possible
moment, but we feel the job ought
to be done right, and therefore we
hope the Commission will disregard
the cry of politics and adhere to
the program calculated to give the
public full value for the money ex-
pended.
Undue haste in construction of
rigid paving on filled-in ground has
spoiled many a highway in various
parts of the country. Experience
has taught engineers valuable les
sons in this respect, and we feel the
State Roads Commission is using
very good judgment in waiting for
the ground to SETTLE"
The Club statement was called
forth by criticism that politics"
was delaying the Philadelphia road.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-08-14
COMMERCE. DEPARTMENT GIVES
UNEMPLOYMENT ESTIMATE

Commerce Department officials
who have been studying unemploy-
ment figures since 1888, estimate
that about $3.50, 900 persons are out
of work.
Ernest G. Draper, acting COM
merce secretary, said the depart
ment's figures represent composite
estimate" of unemployment and are
based in part on statistics of other
government agencies. For some time,
the department has been considering
the feasibility of census of jobless.
The hitherto unpublished figures
fixed unemployment in March, 1888,
at 100000. Draper said the peak
was reached in that month.
By last April, the estimate had
dropped to $500, 100000 and since
then, Draper said, sit is reasonable
to assume" that there has been a
further reduction of 100000 to
400, 900.
President william Green of the
American Federation of Labor esti-
mated recently that more than H.
100000 persons were out of work,
while an estimate in April by the Ma
tional Industrial Conference Board,
q statistical organization backed by
corporations, placed the figure at
$500, 200.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-08-14

Governor Landon's speech of &C
ceptance may be said to have inaugu-
rated the campaign in earnest, and
from now on things political will
continue to sizzle.
Interesting aspect of the cam
paign is the contempt some unbiased
and distinguished political common
tators are displaying toward both
party platforms. But platforms
seem to play very little part in a
campaign, aside from giving political
spell-binders opportunity to point
with pride" or view with alarm. "
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-08-14

penditures included the WPA, CCC,
soil conservation and other work I'M
der the Department of Agriculture,
census work under the Department
of Commerce, reclamation, Federal
employment service, resettlement,
army engineers projects and others.
Employment on WPA projects il
Maryland for the week ending June
81 was listed at 1906 persons;
CCC, 1929, and other agencies,
1872.
Average monthly earnings in
Maryland of men workers under
WPA in March this year totaled
$44.27, and women, $45.42.
The WPA report also said that
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-08-14
ORPHANS COURT

Accounts Passed-First and final
account of George T. Heath, execu-
tor of Margaret j. Heath; first and
final account of Mary Ella Steele,
Administrative of Addie E. Steele;
first and final account of George j..
Pearce, executor of Emma. H.
Pearce; first and final account Of M.
Earle Davis, administrator of Lille
E. Davis.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-08-14
wPA EXPENDITURES IN STATE

A Works Progress Administration
report issued Saturday said total of
S32,111,685 had been spent in Mary
land through June 80 this year out
of the 1885 Emergency Relief Act
appropriations for WPA projects,
CCC camps and other work agencies.
ALLEGATIONS by the President from
the S4,S80,OOO,OOO fund and war
rants approved totaled $53,770,695.
Obligations incurred through June
80 were listed at $49,761,S36.
Presidential approvals for WPA
expenditures alone totaled s1O.466,-
900, the report said.
Activities embraced in the ex-