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The Washington times., 1936-09-12

He is Repre- Rep. Sol Bloom
sentative Sol Bloom, who has been
cloaked with the title director
general of the United States Con
Stitlltion sesquicentennial com.
nission-a commission which will
blanket the country with data
about the Constitution during the
one hundred and fiftieth anniver'
sary celebration which will be
opened formally September IT,
1887.
And 50 Representative Bloom has
been busy since last year digging
away to get the true facts con
corning the formation OF our coun
try and the establishment OF the
Constitution.
Note that word establishment
According to Mr.. Bloom you might
as well start out with the full
recognition that the Constitution
was not adopted but was estao
lished.
For those who fall by the way
side at the beginning and start
talking to him about adoption, Mr.
Bloom has on his desk a whole
bevy of definitions to show that
briefly speaking, in order to adopt
something it is necessary for that
thing to have existed first before
Won can acquire it. Since the Con
Stit,,tion naturally did not exist
before it was drawn up it was es
tablished and not adopted.
And, established" means to "fiE
firmly for all time," a grain Of
salt that should be thrown into
anv present discussion of the prob
abilities of "junking" the Constitu
ton as outworn.
Mr., Bloom says that only 5 pei
cent of the population of the
country are accurately informed or
the Constitution and to take away
the hugbear that the Constitution is
something heavy, unwieldly, hare
to read, and hard to understand
he set Is people at work reading
the Constitution and two kindred
manuscripts that are Of relative
historical value.
He found that the Constitution
contains 4,543 words, including
the signatures, and can be read II
80 minutes. The amendments havl
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WHATS how sensible country doctor would
l. diagnose the ailment of the wandering, wall
ing young man in the picture above, scuffing
his toes in the dust, leaving unfinished jobs be-
hind him, moaning about his tough luck" be-
cause better jobs are not handed to him on
silver platter.
You've heard hundreds of people, young and
old, grumbling about II never get break. !"
That universal complaint is true. Nobody ever
gets break. Men must create the "breaks"
for themselves or they don't get any.
If you saw a man standing helpless in front
of a wall, complaining that he couldn't find
'break" you would yell at him:
For Pete's sake, don't stand there; if you
want to get through that WALL BREAK
THROUGH"
When the savage Tartar tribes that overran
China came to the Great WALL they did not sit
down and shed tears because they could not
"get break; they made the break that they
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Marry-Go.
Round
Bx HELEN ROWLAND

Sometimes a woman'S Eyes"
gives a man a real thrill-partlc-
ularly when his question was "Wiu
you give me divorce?"
Don't take too much stock In
romantic love. says Reno Ruth,
it seldom pays the dividends
promised in the wedding certifi-
cate.
A man who would kiss and
tell" used to be regarded as a
cad; but nowadays a girl would
sometimes feel flattered if a man
remembered her kisses long
enough to brag about them.
Ever since Adam found that 1t
worked, blaming a woman has
been the first step in the process
of being a man."
When a nice young man sud-
denly begins acting self-import-
ant, dignified and toplofty, you
can safely guess that he is try
ing to live up to some girls opin-
ion of him.
When we see the younger set
crowding six or seven into a poor,
helpless little roadster and STEP
ping on the gas, we sometimes feel
that there ought to be a law
against cruelty to automobiles.
A blow to a woman's vanity may
be painful, but not serious; be-
cause it is usually the last thing
about her to die, and nothing but
old age or a few long years Of
matrimony can kill it.
A mans ideas Of hat are as
fixed as the store: but If it's in
STYLE, anything from a pie-plate
to a cruller is a that" to a woman.
You can tell that a man has
reached years Of discretion when
he frankly admits that he can't
win an argument with woman
and won't stop reading his news
paper long enough to try.
Copyright. 1885. by King Features
Syndicate, 1nc.)
The Washington times., 1936-09-12

4oUC41NCS
AcroSS his
coffin'S barrier,
DR.. Carl Holli-
day gave hui
nanity'S last,
tragic salute
but with a diff
ference. N o t
that Hail and
fare W ell!''
W CHI h q s
sounded as a
knell in so
many broken
hearts. But a
buoyant greet
ing. as though
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of today, the high speed, and
the safety - when a careful
driver is at the wheel.
And remember that to the
automobile makers of this
age we owe not only the auto
mobiles themselves, but THE
GOOD ROADS that the auto
mobiles have brought.
P. S.-That is all part of the
"big business that some
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Thus your great great =
grandfather and his wife may
have ridden over roads in the
Old Country.
This is to remind you that
there has been real improve
ment in our day, improve
ment in roads and in convey
ances. This shows the style
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"Why, Mary, I've been with the Company for
ten years, and younger men keep coming in and
the Boss shoves them up ahead of me. Looks
like I'll never get a break" How many wives
have had to listen to that, women that know
why their husbands never get a break''2
Your young men who devote all their spare
time and much of their working" time to
studying the dope on horse races, or the father
of family who sinks his savings in lottery tick
cts, hoping to bride fortune into dropping
"break" into their idle hands - those people
seldom get break and never deserve to.
This young man in the picture above is on
the road to NOWHERE, because he is waiting
for someone to do for him that which he should
do for himself
We can't depend on Lady Luck some
body else to provide us with our opportunities;
we must make our own opportunities
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in which many rode when
going visiting, and not so
long ago. Roads we're dread
full, deep ruts, no paving.
Even if the traveller were rich
enough for a post-chaise, the
discomfort was great. A sub
stantial horse, the man riding
cross-legged in front, the wife
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R e preventative
and 40 assist
ants.
This official
Is up to his
neck in a pro-
gram which he
hopes W il |
t e a CHI IS per
cent of tn e
100000 peo-
pie in t h e
United States a
few tn in g S
about the Con-
stitution Of the
United States.
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Wise Words

They say women and music
should never be dated.-Gold,
smith.
A carpenters known by his chips.
Swift.
If matters go badly now, they
will not always be so.-Horace.
A faithful friend Is q true
image Of the Deity.-Napoleon /
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riding on a pillion, sidewise,
was the most comfortable
conveyance. With much
clucking and beating, the
chauffeur of this old
fashioned roadster of the
Eighteenth Century might
perhaps cover six miles in an
hour.
Consider the difference,
the comfortable automobile
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modern politicians would like
to destroy on the theory that
it produces too much or on
some other equally silly
theory. Without "big bust
ness" the very cheapest auto
mobile of today would cost
five or six thousand dollars,
and the horse and buggy
would still rule the rocky,
rutted highways
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d W n human
re st ance to
fatigue, to sor-
rows and to d.
sease. The deli
cate ne nv o u S
system is daily
battered q n d
assaulted by 10
thousand devils
that leap and
screech in the
aV al cade Of
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wanted, tearing through the wall or charging
over the top.
What they did to the big wall of China the
young American must do to the wall of life
which looks very high and very thick at first
glance, but can easily be broken by determine
ton that KEEPS AT 1T and wastes no time in
sef-pity.
Spineless men pace up and down outside their
boss door, afraid to go in and ask for raise,
knowing that they don't really deserve raise,
then go home to ruin the evening for their wives
by moaning that "they never get break"
The Washington times., 1936-09-12

Before the young man above, wander
ing aimlessly down the road to No
where, walls any more about never
getting a break" he should answer this
question honestly: "DO I DESERVE a
break?"
"DiscOntent is want of self-reliance; it is in-
trinity of sUiZL."-Emerson.
The Washington times., 1936-09-12
The Greatest Show on Earth
BIZ Frank Miller Smith

42,214 words and can be read In
IS minutes.
The Declaration of Independ-
ence has 1853 words, including the
signatures, and can be read in 10
minutes, and George Washington's
Farewell Address has 1851 words
and can be read in As minutes.
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PREPARATORY

Up on the fifth floor of the Old
House Office Building is a group Of
offices occupied by a New York
The Washington times., 1936-09-12
Human Side
Of the
News
By Edwin C.. Hill

DR.. Alexis Carrel, laureate IN
medicine, warns us that the stren-
uosity of modern life is breaking
The Washington times., 1936-09-12

The man lay dead.
Yet clear and joyous his living
words defied death, denied its ex-
The Washington times., 1936-09-12
NOTHING NEW

During his research, Mr.. Bloom
has discovered that the movement
which he is heading - to get the
people back to the Constitution is
by no means something new
under the sun.
He has in his files the bylaws
Of organizations set up during the
life time of George Washington
created for the purpose Of bring
ing the people Of the country back
under the Constitution because
the documents state they were
straying far afield.
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FIXING THE DAY

Although the Constitution was
drafted and signed by the depu-
ties on September II, 1887, and
that is the day celebrated as
Constitution Day, Representative
Bloom contends that that is not
the day the Constitution went
into effect.
The Constitution was submitted
to the States on September %,
1887, and it did not become the
fundamental law until ratified
by the ninth State as is provided
in the document itself and that
did not take place until New
Hampshire ratified it June 81,
1888.
And so it is on this date, June
81. 1888. that the Constitution
was established, according to the
director general.
FACTUAL STORY
In preparing his program for
the celebration, Representative
Bloom was amazed at the flood
of misinfornation that is scat.
tered throughout the libraries
and the schools and homes of
the nation regarding the his
torical facts Of the Constitution.
He found that in most respects
the Constitution had been inter
preted by persons having a spe-
cific angle or view to uphold and
therefore the information has
been biased.
When the mistakes began
piling up on him as he looked
over volume after volume he de-
cided to do something about it.
So within the next few days he
will publish what he expects to
become a standard analytical
work on the Constitution entitled
1--WE The People-The Story Of
the Constitution"
Every effort has been made by
Mr.. Bloom and his staff Of 40 to
present the Constitution and it's
meaning to the American public
in an honest factual setting, with
no axes to grind, no political
fences to balance on and with
accuracy the only goal.
Evening star., 1936-12-13

1E Metropolitan Police Department, which is holding
its 10th Annual Police Party this year, has joined
orees with The Evening Star, Warner Bros, the
]otionoI Broodcostins Co., and the Parent Teacher
alton enable you make it possible for every little
be remembered, and that this Christmas may be
by all Washington.
The Washington times., 1936-09-30
Noted for Industrv

Here was a State noted for it's
industry and noted for it's agri-
culture State with the great
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Legislation BrOadened

He has broadened our labor
legislation. He has extended the
supervision of public utility COM
panies. He has proved himself
an untiring seeker for the public
good; a doer of social justice:
a wise, conscientious. clear
headed and buSineSS-like ad-
ministrator of the executive
branch of our government.
And be it noted that his op-
ponents are led and backed by
the same forces and the same
individuals who, for a quarter
of a century, have tried to ham
string progress within our State.
The overwhelming majority
Of our citizens, regardless Of
party, propose to return him
and his administration to AL
bany for another two years.
His task in Albany, like my
task in Washington. has been
to maintain contact between
statecraft and reality. In New
York and in washington, gov
ernment which has rendered
more than lip service to our
constitutional democracy has
done a work for the protection
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Text Rooseves Speech Repudiang Support of Communists
REPUBLICAN DESIRE TO FULFILL
CAMPAIGN PLEDGES SECUTED

and preservation Of our insti-
tutions that could not have been
accomplished by repression and
force.
Let me warn you and let me
warn the nation against the
smooth evasion which says, "Of
course we believe all these
things; we believe in social Sc
curity; we believe in work for
the unemployed; we believe in
saving homes. cross our hearts
and hope to die, we believe in all
these things; but we do not like
the way the present administra-
ton is doing them. Just turn
them over to US. We will do all
Of them-we will do more of
them-we will do them better;
and. most important Of all, the
doing Of them will not cost any
body anything"
But my friends, these evaders
are banking too heavily on the
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institutions. Americans were
made to realize that wrongs
could and would be set right
within their institutions. We
proved that democracy can
work.
I have said that there is a
very great difference between
the two parties in what they do
about communism. Conditions
congenial to communism were
being bred and fostered through
out this nation up to the very
day Of March 4, 1888.
Hunger was breeding 1t, loss
Of homes and farms was breed
ing it, closing banks were breed
ing it, ruinouS price level was
breeding it. Discomfort and
fear were spreading through
the land. The previous nation
al administration, bewildered
did nothing.
'UnprepGred In Crisis
In their speeches they de-
plored it, but by their actions
they encouraged it. The injus-
tices, the inequalities, the down.
right suffering out Of which rev.
olutions came-what did they
do about these things? Lack
ing courage, they evaded.
Being selfish. they neglected.
Being Short7Sighted, they
ignored.
When the crisis came-as
these wrongs made it sure to
come-America was unprepared.
Our lack Of preparation for it
was best proved by the cring-
ing and the fear of the very
people whose indifference
helped to make the crisis. They
came to us pleading that we
should do, overnight. what they
should have been doing through
the years.
And the simple causes Of our
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Democracy Works

In America in 1888, the peo-
pie did not attempt to remedy
wrongs by oVerthrowing their
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NeU L1Us Passed

New factory legislation set
ting up decent standards Of
safety and sanitation; lin1ita.
tion Of the working hours Of
women in industry; a work
mems compensation law; . one
day rest in seven law; a full
train crew law; q direct pri-
mary law-theSe laws and
many more were passed which
were then called radical and
alien to our form Of Govern
ment. Would you, or any other
Americans, call them radical
and alien today?
In later years, first under
Governor Smith, then during
my governorship, this program
of practical intelligence was
carried forward over the typi-
cal and answering opposition
of Republican leaders through
out the State.
Today the great tradition Of
liberal, progressive Democratic
party has been carried still fur
ther by your present governor,
Herbert H. Lehman. He has be-
gun a program of insurance to
remove the spectre Of unem.
ployment from the working peo-
pie of the State.
The Washington times., 1936-09-30

Rumors are rife in and around
Detroit as to what the various
automobile manufacturers have
up their sleeves for 1887. But a
lot of talk in the motor city con-
Germs activities up in Flint, some
sixty miles away, where, it is
said, ,Buickis spending $l4,500,OO0
on top of the SIS, 100000 invest
ed in plants, dies, ETC., last year.
That, say those in the know, is a
sure sign of something big in the
wind, and that Buick is out to go
one better on their outstanding
1886 record. Details are lacking as
yet, but It is reported that certain
designers who thought they were
sitting pretty be- -
gan to look glum .S.SIlSS
when they heard aNSsN9.
Buick described
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the fear Of those days-the
reports Of those who piled sup
plies in their easements, who
laid plans to get their fortunes
across the border, who got
themselves hideaways in the
country against the impending
upheaval? Do I need to recall
the law-abiding heads Of peace
full families, who began to won
der, as they saw their children
starve, how they could get the
bread they saw in the bakery
window?
Do I need to recall the home
less boys who were travelling in
bands through the country seek
ing work and food-deSperate
because they could find neither?
Do I need to recall the farm.
erS who banded together with
pitchforks to keep the sheriff
from selling the farm home TN.
der foreclosure? Do I need to
recall the powerful leaders Of
industry and banking who came
to me in Washington those
early days Of 1888 pleading to
be saved?
Past Remembered
Most people in the United
States remember today the fact
that starvation was averted, that
homes and farms were saved,
that banks were reopened, that
crop prices rose, that industry
revived, and that the dangerous
forces SubverSive Of our form
Of government were turned aside.
A few people, few only
unwilling to remember, seem to
have forgotten those days. .
In the summer Of 1888, q nice
old gentleman, wearing a silk
hat, fell off the end Of q pier.
He was unable to swim. A friend
ran down the pier, dived over
board and pulled him out. But
the silk hat floated off with
the tide. After the old gentle
man had been resuScitated he
was effusive in his thanks. He
praised his friend for saving his
life. Today, three years later,
the old gentleman is berating
his friend because the silk hat
was lost.
AnSIVer in Achievement
Why did the crffs Of 1929 to
1892 pass without disaster?
The answer is found in the
record of what we did. Early in
the campaign of 1882 I said:
ito meet by reaction that dan
ger of radicaliSm is to invite
disaster. Reaction is no barrier
to the radical-it is a challenge,
a provocation.
The way to meet that danger
IS to offer a workable program
of reconstruction, and the party
to offer it is the party with
clean hands"
We met the emergency with
emergency action. But far more
important than that. we went
to the roots Of the problem, and
attacked the cause of the crisis.
We were against revolution.
Therefore, we waged war against
those conditions which make
revolutions-against the in
equali ties and resentmentS
which breed them.
Democracy Works
In America in 1888, the peo-
pie did not attempt to remedy
wrongs by overthrowing their
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est mixture Of population
where the poorest and the rich
est lived, literally, within q
stones throw Of each other-in
short, a situation made to order
for unrest. And yet in this sit
uation the best the Republican
leaders Of those days would say
was: Let them eat cake"
What would have happened II
that reactionary domination had
continued through all these
hard years?
Starting in 1911, the Demo
cratic leadership came into
power, and with it a new phil
osophy Of government. I had
the good fortune to come into
public office at that time. I
found other young men in the
legislature-men who held the
same philosophy-one Of them
was Bob Wagner, another was
AL Smith. We were all Joined
in a common cause. We did not
look on government as some
thing apart from the people.
We thought of 1t as something
to be used by the people for
their own good,
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PRESIDENT TERMS HIMSELF
FAR-S|GHTED CONSERVATIVE

SYRACUSE, y Sept 30FolOOn0 the tu rt of President
RooeUe address last night before the Nw York State Democratic
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unpreparedneSS were two: First,
q weak leadership, and, secondly,
an inability to understand the
reasons for social unreSt-the
tragic plight of 80 per cent Of
the men, women and children
who made up the population Of
the United States.
Why Empires Fall
1t has been we'll said-'The
most dreadful failure of which
any form of government can be
guilty is simply to lose touch
with reality, because out of this
failure all imaginable forms Of
evil grow. Every empire that has
crashed has come down primar-
lily because its rulers didn't know
what was going on in the world
and were incapable of learning.
1t is for that reason that our
American form of government
will continue to be safest in
Democratic hands. The real,
actual, undercover Republican
leadership is the same as it was
four years ago. That leadership
will never comprehend the need
for a program of social justice
and of regard for the Well-being
of the masses of our people.
have been comparing leader
ship in Washington. This con-
traSt between Democratic and
Republican leadership holds
true throughout the length and
breadth of the State of New
York. AS far back as the year
1910, the old Black Horse cav
airy in Albany was failing to
meet changing social conditions
by appropriate social legislation.
Noted for Industry
Here was a State noted for it's
industry and noted for it's agri-
Culture-a State with the great
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LEY MEMORIAL. M. z.
CHURCH, SOUTH
Rev. NJ. L. Smith. Pastor

Rev. NJ. L. Smith, Pastor
Cor. Georgia and Division SITS.
Church school at GAS a. m,
with Albert II. Carey, superinten-
dent.
Morning worship at IL o'clock.
DR.. A. De Barrit will conduct
this service.
Young Peoples Department has
its morning session in the Division
street school building with Miss
Alice jerks as president.
Junior boys and girls at 4 p.
m, with Mrs. Mary Thompson in
charge.
Young Peoples evening session
at 6:30 p. M.
Evening service It 8 o'clock.
Gerald Saunders will conduct this
worship hour.
Prayer and praise service each
Wednesday at 7:3O p. m. Mrs.
Agnes Pritchard will be the lead
er.
Young peoples choir practice
on fourth Friday, 1880 p. m.
Church choir practice each Fri
day at 8 p. IN. Mrs. j. Roland
Adams, pianist.
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Dance Tonight At
Habana-Madrid

During hot, sultry weather Ha-
Rana- Madrid Club is one of the
most popular recreational centers
in the city as large crowds gather
each Saturday evening to dance
beneath the tropical moon and be
cooled by fresh sea breezes.
Another large attendance is ex-
pected at tonight's affair as dur
ing the week many parties have
reserved tables to make sure of
being present at this evenings
festivities.
Music for this delightful affair
will be furnished by one of the
most popular local orchestras.
This musical organization has pre-
pared good program and will
start playing at 10 o'clock.
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