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The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-05-08
POLITICS CAN DESTROY ALL GOOD
OF G-MEN
CBv BRUCE CATION


I, isn't exactly news, any more, that the
Rureau of Investigation of the Department
Of Tustice is one Of the most efficient po-
Bca organizations ever set W anywhere
The patient, relentless, and deadly track
ing-down of slippery crooks such as hafplS
! the sort of thing which, eventually,
should reduce to gentle ripple the CRIME
wave about which we are so fond OF Talk
ing.
The G-Men, in short, have Justified all
the fine things that have been SAID ABOUT
them. and have demonstrated that they
are a national possession of great value IN
the war on crime
But we might just as we'll recognize
right now, before We begin indulglng IN
the kind of hero-worship that will exalt
this outfit into superhuman creation that
cannot err, that along with this power goes
an equally weighty responsibility.
If this efficient bureau is to meet this
responsibility, it must be kept forever dl-
vorced from politics.
That does not mean merely that con-
3ressional job-hunters must keep their
noses out 1t means that no federal admin
istration must ever,be permitted to use this
organization for anything but the preVen-
ton of punishment of actual felonies.
There must never be even the faintest
suspicion that it's activities are directed
against any personal or political enemy Of
a president or a member of his cabinet or
political party.
To understand why this is important,
you need do only one thing: imagine the
late Huey Long in the White House, with
the matchless organization of Omen lying
ready for his hand to pick it up and use it
for his own ends. ... ... %
Dwell on that picture briefly and you
will see that an INSCRIPTIONS executive
with dreams of a dictatorship could make
of this Bureau of Investigation of terror
istic instrument of repression which would
make Ogpu, Okrana, and Gestapo look
like something the Boy Scouts invented.
There is, fortunately, no need to lie
awake nights worrying about it. There
has been not the slightest hint that the
present administration would dream OF
trying to pervert the organization in such
way There is no reason to suppose that
any of the presidential candidates now or
the skyline would harbor such dreams.
All We need do is.recognize that the ma
chinery is there, and that a president whc
wanted to be dictator would find it infn
itely useful. - .,.... s....- .
Keeping that fact in mind, we ought tt
understand once and for all that the con
tinued usefulness of this splendid organ
lzation depends on, its remaining perma
nently divorced from politics. &c.,. .,
Valuable as the outfit is, the momen
any administration begins trying to use i
for its own ends. it will become curse in
stead of'a'blessing, .:.,... - ,s'.. t., ..-
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The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-05-08
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A MANS WALK: Edward
By
Noah
Hollowell

A MANS WALK: - Edward
Patterson, working in the. base
,ment of his store, says he recog-
nizes my walk on the first floor:
That's the difference in a s&lets
talk and a sales walk, or his con-
science was shifting him over my
fourth call to service the stores
advertising department.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-05-08
GOODS STUDY MINING

RENO, New. (UP). - Women
have crashed the ranks Of mine
prospectors. In the first class in
mine prospecting just started by
the Mackay School of Mines, 8 OF
the % future prospectors are wo-
men. '..'
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running. =. - d
"He means, well, he meanscWFli,".
said one man of another,'oIs 2UG
Undoubtedly" replied the one
of carbolic acid for extract of
$50 did the fellow who, by mis-
take, gave his uncle a teaspoonful
of car5olic aci dior extract Of
cascafa; but that didn't keep the
old mans gizzard from being
burned up"
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-05-08
Says the Dunn Dispatch:

Politicians will envy Gillian Grissom, Repub-
lican candidate for governor, who, at least, will
not be bothered by having to write speeches for
his campaign this fall, Dr. Mcdonald having done
that much for him." gs..
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-05-08
4 TERRIBLE DOSE

The eastern hemisphere seems
to have a great big war IN its
system which perhaps can be elm
mated only by the awful purga-
tive of armed conflict.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-05-08
ONE THING AND ANOTHER
Ry WICKES WAMBOLDT

Il rather be live dog chan a
dead lion" said one man to an
other. I.
"Wen | hadn't" replied the
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-05-08

The Black lobby committee isn't passing
up any bets, and that new film may send
them checking back through their files for
the message to Mr.. Garcia.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-05-08

Every man is born to be free, if he has
the courage to win his freedom, the wis
dom to keep it, and the sense to share if.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-05-08

All the new isms are based OH a denial
of liberty not as a. temporary expedient
but as final principle. - -..,-rs 3, 49,.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-05-08

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Evening star., 1936-04-05
BY MARY CHURCH TERRELL.

1t would be hard to find q church
in the National Capital whose his
torical background Is more interest,"
ing than that of the Asbury Metho-
dist Episcopal Church. which has
been celebrating and will continue to
observe Its one hundredth anniver-
sary throughout the entire year.
If you had been passing by that
beautiful church on the corner of
Eleventh and K streets a few Sun
days ago and had entered too late for
the opening exercises of the service
you would have seen Representative
Carolin O'Day in the pulpit address,
ing a very large congregation. The
Program Committee for Woman's day,
which was being observed, had Sc
lected two speakers, one for the morn
ing service and another for the eve
ming, and Representative ODay had
accepted the invitation to talk in the
morning.
President Roosevelt has extended
his hearty fluctuations to the pastor.
Rev. Robert Moten Williams, and to
AL WIG A01lOWAlS iCt-
ter: THE hundred years that have
passed since the founding Of your
church have been marked by out
standing progress in the history of the
Negro race. All this your church has
witnessed and. of much of it. has been
part. My earnest hope is. that as
a result of this centennial there will
be renewal Of the spiritual life Of
your people under your devoted lead
ership."
No matter how favorable the cir
cumstances may be in which a church
or any other organization is launched,
the span of 100 years is a long time
for 1t to survive and flourish. This Is
particularly true if the founders are
handicapped by conditions and cir
cumstances over which they have no
control. There can be no question
that this was the case with the found
ers of Asbury, for some Of them were
still held in slavery and those who
were free in name we're confronted
with difficulties which would natur-
ally face men and women belonging
to race held in bondage.
Perhaps the most interesting fact
about Asbury is that 1t is the daugh-
Evening star., 1936-04-05

land was cheap. For that reason
they selected a field which was a part
Of farm at which Is now the corner
Of Eleventh and X streets. On this
field a little frame building was
erected in 1886.
It was decided to name the church
"Asbury," in honor of Bishop Francis
Asbury. an Englishman, who sent mis-
sionaries to Georgetown when it was
only 81 years old and was still In
Frederick County, Md, to explain the
doctrine Of Methodism and to make
converts four years before the Decla-
ration of Independence was signed.
A Sunday school was soon estab-
lished by Rev. John F. Cook, a COL
ored man, who was the founder Of
the Fifteenth Street Presbyterian
Church now located at Fifteenth and
r streets. The superintendent of this
Sunday school was an educator Of
some renown for that time and was
the principal Of pay school for COL
ored children for a long time. The
membership of Asbury, which rapidly
increased, worshiped in the little
frame building for nine years and
then In 1845 a brick church costing
$4,000 was built.
The reputation OF Asbury's choir
soon spread far and wide. After the
Civil War visitors to the Capital who
had heard Of its fine singing used to
flock to the church in crowds Sunday
evening, and it was no uncommon
thing for them to request the choir to
repeat some number which they had
especially enjoyed.
New Structure Built.
For 70 years the brick church housed
the activities of Asbury. Then on
September Is, 1915, the corner stone
was laid for the imposing Gothic
structure in which its members now
worship. In outward appearance the
daughter resembles its spiritual mother
very much. Both churches are built
of Port Deposit granite, which is dark
gray. And the stone used to con-
Struct both Foundry and Asbury came
from the same quarry. The main
auditorium has seating capacity of
1900. On the lower floor are the
lecture room. church school room,
pastors study, secretary's Office, board
room, kitchen, dining room and ladies'
choir room. The parsonage is located
at 1914 Eleventh street. The value
of the church and the parsonage is
estimated to be S15o,000. A small debt
was incurred few years ago when
the church was remodeled. 1t is
rapidly being paid of.
1t is generally conceded the major
portion of the credit for planning and
building Asbury belongs to Rev.
Mathew w. Clair, who was its pastor
for II years and has since been ele-
waited to the bishopric. He was i'm
pressed with the necessity of building
church large enough to accommo-
Evening star., 1936-04-05
Asbury N. E. Church Holds
1OOth Anniversary Celebration
President Felicitates OffshO0t of FOurl.
dry NJ. E., Started With Frame
Building on Farm.

ter of the Foundry Methodist Epis-
copal Church, which Is located at
Sixteenth and Church streets. This
church received its name because OF
a VOW made by Henry Foxhall, who
like many others of his day dreaded
the damage British troops would do
when they entered Washington We'd
nesday evening, August "a, 1914. II
the British troops did not destroy his
foundry, he said, he would make an
offering to the Lord. The British
troops did not destroy his foundry
and he fulfilled his promise to the
Lord by donating the land on which
the church was built at the corner
of Fourteenth and q streets. and
named Foundry Station.
When Foundry was established In
1914 there were Is colored members
and 20 white. Thirteen years later
the number of colored members had
increased to 176. For % years-from
1914 to 1836-colored people retained
their membership In Foundry Church.
There Is no doubt whatever that the
benefits accruing to them, both from
a spiritual and an educational stand
point, were many and large. Then,
for what seemed to them good and
suficient reasons, the colored members
of Foundry decided 1t would be bet
ter for them and everybody con-
cerned If they withdrew and founded
a church Of their own.
1t often has happened that group
OF people have withdrawn from one
church to establish another. But,
under the circumstances, it was
most courageous, not to say daring.
thing for the colored members of
Foundry to leave it to found
church of their own nearly 80 years
before the emancipation proclama-
ton was signed, while some Of the
members were themselves still held as
slaves. In looking over the old records
one occasionally sees name which
has been dropped from the member
ship role. Sometimes there Is a nota-
ton which explains that the man or
woman has been sold and taken out
Of the city.
Sought Cheaper Land.
The IS men and women who
founded Asbury decided to locate
their church in the suburbs where
Evening star., 1936-04-05

date its rapidly increasing member.
ship and the visitors who came in
large numbers. Moreover, he decided
definitely to make Asbury the ma
tional church of Negro Methodism"
His beautiful dream finally came true
because he worked with tireless energy
and unf1agging zeal. u
The. women Of Asbury have been
exceedingly active in all kinds OF
good work. The old and young men,
bers who were in need have been fed
and clothed. A soup kitchen was
established in two alleys when bliz-
zard ragged here some years ago. Money
has been raised for a variety Of OBJ
jects to benefit the church. Consider
ing that the majority Of the members
of the average colored church are none
too well supplied with this worlds
goods the amount of money con-
tributed to it is unbelievably large.
A drinking fountain costing s225
was bought by one woman's club. A
gas range costing $l95 was donated
by another. The members of the
church are deeply interested in their
department of music.
Connection Still Exists.
There still is living a definite, vital
connection between Foundry Church
and the colored people once enrolled
as members in the person of the sex
ton, Levi Collins, now rounding out
his thirty-third year. His father
served the church in the same capac-
ity. and his grandfather was an elder.
When Rev. Frederick Harris Brown,
pastor of Foundry Church, congratu-
lated Asbury on its centennial he re-
ferred to this fact as follows: In the
group which laid the foundation Of
the present great Asbury Church was
a local elder Of old Foundry Church,
who was the grandfather of our own
honored sexton, Levi Collins"
This elder was one of the first COL
ored men ordained to preach. He was
born free, because his master emanci-
pated his father when he died. But
the elders wife and two children were
slaves. Being free he was able to
earn money enough to emanci2ate
them.
Through their pastor, the members
of Foundry Church have expressed
themselves as being deeply interested
in Asbury's celebration of its cepten-
NAL Your mother church." wrote
DR.. Harris, thinks of you with pride
and sends her blessing. Our members
will look forward to sharing with YOU
some Of the rich things you nave
provided on this anniversary cable"
Bishop Edwin Holt Hughes, D. D..
L. L. D.. Asburys resident bishop, has
written that he is more than happy
to greet the pastor and people as IL ey
celebrate the centennial Of their life.
Asburys pastor. Rev. Williams, Is
now serving his fifth year.
There are now more than 1000
members Of ASbury Church.
Evening star., 1936-04-05
LABOR HEAD LAUDS.
HOUSING MEASURE.
BiIIion-DoI|ar Bill Is Held
Administrations Crown.
ing Achievement.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated PreSS.
William Green, president Of the
American Federation of Labor. said
last night enactment of the Wagner
ST ,OOO, 900, 900 housing bill would be "a
crowning achievement for this admin
istration."
Labor has double interest in find
ing some solution for the housing
problem" Green said in statement.
I'VE represent not only 100000 build
ing craftsmen, the majority of whom
have been unemployed for six years.
but also 100000 wage earners and
their families, many of whom are sore
ly in need of better homes to live in"
The Wagner bill, lacking full ad-
ministration Endorsement so far.
would provide for an independent
United States housing authority to pro-
vide loans and grants for large-scale
housing projects for low-income FAM
lilies. 1t would appropriate $5l,ooo.-
900 to start the work.
Other labor leaders joined Green in
praising the measure.
Calls Appropriation Too Small.
Harry c. Bates, president of the
Bricklayers' Union, called the appro-
priation too small. but said it would
be real beginning"
This bill will introduce a new sta
bilizing element into the building in
dtstry, as well as opening up an en-
tirely new market for the products of
this industry" said John Coefield,
president of the Plumbers Union.
J. w. Williams. president Of the
federation's building trades depart
ment, said the unions in his organiza-
ton we're perhaps" even more inter-
ested in the Wagner housing bill than
they we're last year in the same Sena-
tors labor disputes measure.
General prosperity cannot be re-
vived until building workers 60 to
work." he said.
"a Projects Under Construction.
Coincidentally, A. r. Clas, director
of the P w A. housing division, which
under the Wagner bill would be
merged with the proposed housing au-
thority, announced that "a Of the so
P. w. A. developments were now under
construction. Two in Atlanta and one
in Montgomery, Ala. he added. will
be completed this Spring, while build
ings on the sites of the remainder are
now being demolished.
Clas estimated that including those
at work providing materials, the hous-
ing program had given 10000 jobs.
Evening star., 1936-04-05
SMUGGLERS HUNTED

PANAMA CITY, Panama, April
R.-An attempt to smuggle arms and
ammunition into Honduras from ships
under American registry, to supply
would-be revolters in that country,
was reported tonight at the head
quarters of an American special serv-
ice squadron.
The American destroyer Manley was
making an emergency transit Of the
Panama Canal to the Atlantic to speed
to the Honduran coast In search of the
reported smugglers.
Evening star., 1936-04-05
SOCIETY LEADERS
PLEDGES DEBATED
"0bIigation" to Meet Prizes
for "SWeepstakes" Crux
of LOTTERY" Case.
Ey the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
Oliver c. Hartman, New York
financier, alternately smoked two sea-
soned pipes as he listened to lawyers
argue yesterday over the obligation"
of his mother and other society lead
ers for the payment of $4,000 in
cash prizes" offered in the Selection
Sweepstakes of the National Corfer-
ence on Legalizing Lotteries, ICc.
The hearing was marked by ruling
by Solicitor Karl A. Crowley of the
Post Office Department that charges
that the conference does cot now
have" funds to pay The riZes were
pertinent to the Governments demand
that the sweepstakes" be barred from
the mails as lottery"
Emil K. Ellis, conference attorney
who had called the hearing an in
QUESTION" offered apologies as the
hearing adjourned until tomorrow.
''Oh, you talk too damned much,"
snapped c. w. Hassell, Government
lawyer.
Says $4,000 Set Aside.
Arguing against the charge tbat the
conference lacked funGs, at pre- sent,
to pay the prizes, Ellis said he would
prove I'VE already have Set aside more
than $4,000 to pay these L:izes. and
more will be set aside as the contest
goes on"
Consider the solid, inflexible repu-
tation of Mrs. Hartman. Mrs. Ckaun-
cey Olcott and others behind this
organization" he urged DO you
think they are going to fall down on
this obligation?"
Suppose we forget who your clients
are, their high character and all
that" suggested Crowley. But sup
pose three people meet on a street
corner and organize non-proflt mem
bership corporation. Suppose they do
not have the high sense of respon-
sibility which you say your clients
have. Is there any legal liability
there"
Scouts "Insincerity."
The directors conducting this en-
terprise have a very serious RESPONSE
bility," Ellis replied. There's always
chance Of people being defrauded.
But you should consider the character
OF these directors. If the department
sees no reasonable likelihood of their
not paying. it has no right to accuse
them of insincerity."
you have a corporation here"
Crowley replied. Assume it is not
successful. There's no way at law for
q contestant to get his money"
The law is to the contrary" assert
ed the New York lawyer The ques-
ton of whether prize money is or is
not paid is material only on charge
OF fraud after the contest is completed
You're not charging us with fraud
here. You're charging us with con-
Quoting lottery"
Evening star., 1936-04-05
A[|ENb|[L HALTED
BY REYNOLDS TALK
North CaroIinian Attempts
to Kill Measure in Favor
of Own.
Bv the Associated Press.

Bv the Associated Press.
An afternoon Of conversation by
Senator Reynolds. Democrat. Of North
Carolina delayed action by the Senate
yesterday on the Kerr Coolidge GRIM
inal alien deportation bill.
Reynolds set out with the avowed
desire ITO talk to death" the bill and
to advocate his own measure, which.
in addition to expelling criminal
aliens, would reduce immigration from
$4,000 to 1890 annually.
The Senate adjourned without act
ing on the measure. It will be laid
aside tomorrow for the Ritter i'm
peachment proceedings.
Termed American"
Reynolds called the Coolidge
proposal "un-American" and said
Daniel w. MacCormack, immigration
commissioner, and others in the Labor
Department had given Congress mis-
leading" information on the status Of
criminal aliens now here.
IT want to make the people Of the
world respect our laws even If the
people of America don't" he said.
arguing that the Kerr Coolidge bill
would make immigration barriers more
vulnerable.
He said the Labor Department had
allowed some 1852 aliens with GRIM
inal records to remain here and that
MacCormack had given the House in
accurate information on the status of
these persons.
Charges Alien Deserter.
Reynolds said one individual in this
category was a deserter from the
French army, had stolen an airplane
and had entered this country illegally
on two occasions.
The Kerr Coolidge bill would deport
aliens convicted of violation of the
narcotic laws, offenSes of moral turpi-
tude. the immigration laws of carry
ing concealed weapons. Discretion
over certain deportables would be
placed with committee Of represent
atives of the State, Justice and Labor
Departments.
Reynolds bill. besides reducing i'm
migration and deporting criminals,
would require the registration and
fingerprinting Of aliens now here.
Evening star., 1936-04-05
THE WEATHER

District of Columbia-Increasing
cloudiness,. slightly warmer, followed
by occasional rain tonight and pos
sibly tomorrow; slightly colder to-
morrow; moderate south winds.
Maryland and Virginia-Increasing
cloudiness and warmer, followed by
light rain in extreme west portions to-
day; tomorrow cloudy, slightly colder,
preceded by occasional rain.
West Virginia - Occasional rain.
slightly warmer today; tomorrow partly
cloudy and colder.
Rennrt Infil IN pM S..u
Evening star., 1936-04-05
Victims Trousers
Knotted, Soaked as
Thieves Halt Game
Swimming Hole Trick Is
Failure as T,UO of
Gang Are Caught.
By the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, April -Four men
tonight held up a Broadway bridge
parlor, knotted and soaked in water
the trousers of 20 man players and de-
parted with SSH, but their old SWIM
ming hole game of "chaw beef" failed
in part.
As they fled down the stairs one of
the victims hurled a chair through
the window, attracting Patrolman John
Larkin. Two men were arrested and
two escaped after a pursuit along
Riverside drive.
The officers found the score Of card
players sorting out their tangled trous-
ers in the kitchen sink.
Evening star., 1936-04-05
UNCLE SAM TROUBLED
AS RENTS SOAR ABROAD
Larger Appropriation Held Nee
essary for Embassies, Lega-
tions and Consulates.

BY the Associated Press.
Uncle Sam, renter, is having land
lord trouble.
Wilbur j. Carr, Assistant Secretary
of State, has informed Congress that
rents are going up in foreign countries
and that a larger appropriation Is
needed for 1897 rentals for embassies,
legations and consulates.
Foreign currency has appreciated
in terms of American dollars" Carr
said. GAS result, we have a good
many official leases which were in
American dollars and the landlords
will no longer accept in American
dollars. AS lease expires, we have
to renew in the local currency"
Rentals for buildings In foreign
countries will 60 up $4,000 to ST.
100000 annually.
Evening star., 1936-04-05
PREPARES FOR FLIGHT
Chamberlin Plans to Test Sub
strato Paris Route.

SHREVEPORT, La, April 4 P).-
Clarence Chamberlin said today he
planned to leave here Monday for
Dallas to begin preparations for a
flight from there to Paris in June to
demonstrate the feasibility of SUBJ
stratosphere schedules between the
United States and Europe.
Chamberlin, who announced the
flight early this week, said he hoped
to take off on the anniversary of his
New York-to-Berlin flight of June As,
1927.
The proposed fight would be made
from New York, he said, If a suitable
runway is not available at Dallas.