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Evening star., 1936-11-25
All Other States and Canada.
Member of the Associated Press.
No Amendment Necessary,

1t is possible to agree heartily with the
objectives of the National Civil Service
Reform League and still question the
wisdom of attempting to reach those OBJ
jectives through constitutional amend
ment. In it's commendable zeal for
extension of the merit system throughout
the Federal service, the league is seeking
Endorsement from members of Congress
of a proposed amendment requiring,
according to the Associated Press ac-
count, that Federal Government posi-
tions be filled by competitive civil serv-
ice examination.
No such amendment is necessary, of
course, to extend the civil service merit
system throughout the Federal Govern
ment. The administration-ind bill
by Senator OMahoney, introduced to-
ward the close of the past session and
indorsed in principle by both political
party conventions last June, would re-
quire all "non-policy making" positions
to be placed under the civil service. The
President has already indicated, through
conference with civil service commits
sioners, his intention Of pushing this or
similar legislation at the next session
, Of Congress
The manifest disadvantage, not to say
danger, in undertaking campaign for
constitutional amendment providing, In
effect, the same thing that proposed
legislation would provide, is that an
extraneous issue thus would be injected
to confuse and perhaps divide those who
are thoroughly in sympathy with extern
sion Of the merit system. The present
necessity is to crystalline public senti-
ment behind the movement, now under
way. for thorough and widespread appli-
cation Of the merit system.
The Civil Service Reform League has
done . great deal to create this public
sentiment. II Is performing valuable
function In educating the tax-paying
public. as well as the patronage dis
pensing members of Congress, to the
advantages Of q non-political civil serv-
ice. For the taxpayer. the merit system
means protection against the extrava-
gance Of the spoils system and a tacit
guarantee of efficiency in government.
For the politician, harassed by patronage
seekers, the merit system is the safest
refuge, as evidenced by some of the
letters received by the league from mem
bers Of Congress who wrote that the
power to dole out jobs did as much harm
rs help to their political careers.
The only possible advantage of a con-
stitutional amendment might be the pro-
vision Of safeguard against the wreck
ing crew operations apt to follow a
change IN administrations at Washing
ton. when one Congress can undo what
Its predecessors have done But the same
protection would be afforded by the
pressure Of public opinion, once awak-
ened to the desirability of a Federal
service manned by employees who have
chosen that service as career and who
have won their right to have and to
hold Federal jobs through cornpetitiye
examination and eficient performance
Of duty.
Evening star., 1936-11-25
Stalenate.

The action of the American Federation
OF Labor, in national convention, sus-
tanning and continuing indefinitely the
suspension of the ten unions which
comprise the G. I. o., leaves the factions
Of organized labor still at war. 1t also
Strengthens the hands Of William Green,
president OF the American Federation of
Labor, and the Executive Council In
dealing with the @. I. O., headed by John
L. Lewis.
The resolutions adopted by the fedora
tons convention, It Is true, leave the
Evening star., 1936-11-25
War Debts Again.

December Is, semi-annual period for
1nstallment and interest payments on
the several billions of dollars of war
debts owing to the United States. ap-
proaches again, with no promise, except
from gallant Finland, that the obliea-
tions will be met by any of the European
countries from which they are due. De-
spite sporadic indications that one or an
other OF the defaulting governments may
at some time move to rid themselves of
the stigma of reputation, anything
tangible in that direction has to date
been conspicuous by its absence. Just
before Premier Blum took office at Paris
last Summer, he reafirmed his belief
that France should do something looking
to debt settlement, but general European
conditions and those in France in par
ticu1ar seem to have banished to the
limbo Of the forgotten any good inten-
tions M. Blum may have cherished re-
specting q financial readjustment with
the United States. Something may come
from resolution proposing reopening
Of debt negotiations, to be introduced in
the Chamber of Deputies tomorrow.
Dispatches now suggest that Italy, too,
Is discussing the advisability and pos
sibility Of early reconsideration of the
question of war debt payments. Such
hints are in Line with previous reports
that Mussolinis new Ambassador to the
United States, signor Suvich, would take
corresponding steps. The Fascist gov
ernment Is depicted as anxious to be
purged of the unsavory reputation at
taching to defaulters. It also desires
to revamp the volpi-Mellon debt agree
ment, despite the uncommonly liberal
terms the Italians thereby obtained, and
refinance the transaction on q basis of
still greater generosity to Italy. Rome
contends that changed conditions justify
downward revision.
Little secret is made Of the fact that
Evening star., 1936-11-25
A Rhyme at Twilight
By
Gertrude Brooke Hamilton
The Great Silence.

ne Ofeat Silence.
When it claims one you love and leaves
you to brood
AS the dusk shadows all the world fill,
You stretch outfiung arms to the vast
solitude
And you plead for voice that is still.
Calling out dear name TO the limitless
space,
From profound isolation you cry :.
But an unbroken silence is what you
must face
In this strange world Of whittier"
and why"
Yet though from the voiceless lips comes
no response,
And desolate sob your heart wrings ...
While absolute quiet holds sway for the.
ronce
Listening love hears the rustic Of wings.
Evening star., 1936-11-25

Efforts to explain what money is are
not definitely satisfactory. 1t is at its
best when circulating with CHEEKY rap
idity that leaves little time for profound
investigation.
Evening star., 1936-11-25

Children whose families forbid them
to salute the American nag bring mel
ancholy reminder of the crying need OF
better educational facilities for parents.
Evening star., 1936-11-25
His Suggestion.

His Suggestion.
What wor that saw yer boy Mike
carryin' yesterday" asked Mr.. Dolan.
That" answered Mr.. Rafferty,, "wor
his golf outfit. What do yez think iv it?"
well, it struck me at the time that
all it wanted was a pick an shovel to
be a fine kit o. TOOLS"
Evening star., 1936-11-25

It is evident that the American Fed
Grafton of Labor favors bipartisan
form of government for the transaction
of its own immediate affairs.
Evening star., 1936-11-25

ton arranged in consecutive narrative
style.
The book is a handsome gift volume
and b also ono that win prove Of In
calculable value b I'll lovers of fne
books and great literature.
Evening star., 1936-11-25
Plenty to Do.

From the Fond du Lac Commonwealth.
Leisure time should not become a Sc
rious question to any one while there
are over a quarter million chess prob
lens.
Evening star., 1936-11-25
Another Story.

Another Story.
At luncheon she is like a queen;
At dinner like an empress fair;
At night SO smiling and serene
She seems an angel seated there
A creature whom some bard of old
Would choose to praise in choicest
rhyme.
Alas! o youth, could you behold
This self-same girl at breakfast time!
For smiles cannot endure for aye,
And cen compilations sometimes fade,
And wavy tresses will not stay
In place without some proper aid.
The dancing lights wondrous spell
May weave at midnight's mystic chime,
Illusions vanish, truth to tell,
Most ruthlessly at breakfast time.
Jud Tunkins says one reason finance
Is so hard to understand is that the
word dollars" may have millions Of
definitions, ranging from ham and eggs
to the equipment of an army.
TN order to be happy ourselves" said
Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown, "it is
needful to seek to avert unhappiness in
those who surround US"
Evening star., 1936-11-25

ct don't mind meetin' q man dat
thinks well of hissef," said Uncle Eben.
"what don't like is to meet one dat
tries to make me think he's . picture
card when he knows a. well as anybody
dat has enly Q dsuce."
Evening star., 1936-11-25
The Map.

Geography as there revealed
Looks all serene in its design;
And yet there is . war concealed
In nearly every boundary line.
Evening star., 1936-11-25

Rate by Mail-Payable In Advance.
Evening star., 1936-11-25

|
known in the earlier years of the Chris
tan world. The order runs from Genesis
to Isaiah, includes the minor prophets
Daniel and Jonah, and then skips to
the New Testament with q series which
begins with the birth of the Virgin Mary
and moves on to the annunciation and
the birth of Christ and then carries
through to the Revelations.
Scenes descriptive of the nativity mum.
ber no less than thirty-three, and include
paintings by Fra Filippa Lppi, Roger
van der Weyden, Fra Angelica, Luca
Signoreni, Domenica Ghirlandaio, AM
brogio Borgognone, Fra Bartolommeo,
Herbert and Jan Van Eyck, Hans Men,
ling, Andrea Mantegna and Sandro Bot
ticelli of the fifteenth century; Lorenzo
di Credi, Gerard de Jode, Jacopo Bas-
sano, II Sodoma, Albrecht Durer, HER
onymus Bosch and Hans Won Kulmbach
of the sixteenth century; Francesca Eur
baran and Peter Paul RubenS OF the
seventeenth century, and Dante Gabriel
Rossetti, H. Lerolle, Adolphe William
Bouguereau, Louis Maurice Pierrey. Jean
Francois Portaels and Sir Edward
Burne-Jones of the nineteenth century.
1t is in featuring the activities OF
Christ and of His associates that the
most ancient Of the reproductions ap-
pear. Paintings in various catacombs.
dating back to the second and third
centuries. and portraits on glass made as
early as the first or second century add
to the interest and the historical value
of Mr.. Harby's most unusual and beau
tiful work. Nearly three hundred artists
are represented in this two o-thousAnd-
year period Of specific art. and in no
other work is there to be found so COM
prsasnAve study of ecripturai illustxa-
Evening star., 1936-11-25

g. How many people visit Washington
in year?-H. S. F.
A. The Board of Trade says that be-
tween two and one-han and three million
people visit Washington annually. This
number includes tourists. conventions,
etc.
Evening star., 1936-11-25

@. Where is the school of journalism
named for Henry W. Grady?-E. L. S.
A. The Henry w. Grady School of
Journalism is at the University of Geor-
gia, Athens.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1936-04-24

"After 'watchful waiting and after
a close study of the great Alphabet
cal Labyrinthian Maze going on at
Washington for the past two years,
also keen observance of the great
waste and extravaganza in the spend
ing of the peoples money and the use
less turmoil and uncertainty of the
visionary policies of the present adj
ministration, have yielded to the So
licitations of my many friends in the
Sixth Congressional District and have
filed for the 18th Congress, subject to
the Republican Primaries" says State
Senator Ernest W. Miller, of Wash
ington County.
81 firmly believe that if this Govern
ment is to exist, and our hard earn
ed liberties are to be preserved, we
must get back to normally, abide by
the Constitution so wisely adopted by
our Forefathers, adhere to the fight
of self-determination, respect the
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1936-04-24

State Senator Harry w. LeGore
Monday filed his papers as a candidate
for the Republican nomination for
Congress from the Sixth Congression-
al District.
Born in this County, August 1,
1894, Senator LeGore is engaged in
the lime and stone business, being
associated with his brother in an en-
terprise founded by his father in 1861.
In his college days Senator LeGore
was star athlete. While at Yale
University, where he was student
from 1913 to 1917, and worked his
way through by conducting an eating
establishment and a tutoring school,
he acquired fame on the gridiron and
baseball diamond. He was chosen an
Ali-American fullback and termed by
Walter Camp the best open field run
ner and forward passer of his day.
His scholastic standing was high, and
the Senior Class voted him the mem
Der who had "done most for Yale"
His preparatory education was secur-
ed at Mercersburg Academy, where he
lso had an enviabie record.
At the outbreak of the War, he was
one of ten recommended by the Presi-
dent of Yale for commissions in the
Marine Corps, and he Immediately
volunteered for service. He was over
seas for two years and gave valiant
service with the famous Second Divis-
ion.
Senator LeGore is regarded as a
hard campaigner and vote getter. He
is member of the Masonic fraterni-
ty, the Elks and the American Legion.
He resides in Woodsboro District, is
married and has two children.
Senator LeGore, in announcing his
candidacy, made the following state
ment in part:
During the course of my business
experience 1 have come intimately in
contact with all classes of people, in
GLIDING the laboring man, the farmer
and the business man. think I under
stand their problems and feel qualified
to help them.
"My legislative experience at
Annapolis, where / served my County
both in the House of Delegates and in
the State Senate, has given me an
understanding of how best to solve
the problems of the average man by
legislature action, as well as an in
sight into those larger problems which
confront our nation in these difficult
times.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1936-04-24
Awake And Sing"
At FOrd's Next Week

awake and Sing" opens at Ford's
Theatre, on Monday evening, April
9th, with the same nine people
who caused such a commentator as
Robert Garland, of the New York
World Telegram, to call the drama
"the best play of 1895" will be on
display.
awake and Sing" is the work of
young man who succeeded in one
year in becoming the most talked
about playwright in America. The
young man is Clifford Odets.
The domestic squabbles and josh
ing and tragedy which make up the
story of awake and Sing" are true
of families all over America. From
the old grandfather with his victrola
records to the young girl and her
concealed love affair, everyone is
able to identify himself with one Of
the characters.
With awake and Sing" described
as the best play of last year, the
company considered ''the best acting
: institution in this, if not in any
other land" by Percy Harmon in the
New York Herald Tribune, and with
the author regarded as the most
exciting young playwright in Amer
lea, the play likely to earn from you
the high superlatives it has been
accorded by all the press and public
of New York.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1936-04-24
Farm Management
To Improve Under
New Soil Program
Maryland Leader Predicts Bet.
ter Practices Will Result
From Conservation Law

The soils conservation act which re-
places the AAA as national agricul-
tural program will encourage better
farm management on the part of pro-
ducers of all kinds, according to Harry
H. Nuttle, President of the Maryland
Farm Bureau Federation.
"Most Maryland farmers know how
to plan the management of their
farms for longtime maintenance and
conservation of the states land re-
sources" said Mr.. Nuttle in comment
ing on the new measure. Farm
prices, however, have been out of line
with the cost of the things which the
farmer must buy since 1921 when the
agricultural depression started. Dur
ing this period farmers have had to
turn their attention almost entirely to
immediate cash crops in order to hang
on to their farms and attempt to earn
a living for their families. This meant
placing Of cash returns ahead of all
thought of permanent soil mainten-
ance and the cutting of soil building
and conserving crops in favor of soil
depicting crops. In most instances APP
plications of fertilizer were reduced or
omitted entirely. It will take years to
overcome the results of this practice
and the future welfare of our general
population as well as farmers depends
on the success of the new program"
Mr.. Nuttle pointed out that the new
plan brings administration of the ma
tional program much closer to the
farmers of each region and state. He
also believes that the permanent sue
cess of the program will depend upon
the degree of cooperation of individual
farmers during the experimental per-
iod of the first two years.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1936-04-24

rights Of property as well as Human
rights, make Government less costly
and easier to administer, and in gen.
eral to make life worth living in this
Twentieth Century. It can be done.
It will be done.
"The depression is the result of the
late World War. A War, in which had
we adhered to the advice of the I'M
mortal Washington, we should never
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1936-04-24

had entered. Besides the great usele,,
sacrifice of human life, it cost :.
Forty Billions of Dollars. The sam.
sinister influences dominated then .,
they do now. It was the beginnino ~
the looting of America. Those in no~
er at that time, and those in povs,
today, have failed in their stewarS,
ship" f'
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1936-04-24
VALLEY Of the Kings

The Valley of the Kings is on the
west bank Of the River Nile opposite
the towns of Luxor and Karnak. which
are close to the site Of the ancient city
of Thebes. The location is in Upper
Egypt, about 800 miles south Of Cairo.
The Nespelem tribune. [volume] (Nespelem, Wash.) 1934-1936, 1936-03-24
How, Now, My Fine
Republican Friends?

The backbone Of the republican
party is the mammoth corporation
field in the eastern part of the
country. Protection to these con-
Germs means enormous profits, and
they can afford to pay for their
protection. We wouldn't be sur
prised to see the name of General
Electric on the contribution list
for campaign funds for the tot
tering COP. And yet :.
General Electric company, the
country's largest electrical equip
ment manufacturer, just revealed
that 1885 earnings were the high
est in five years.
There was an average Of 3d.
706 workers employed last year at
earnings of S8S,746,0OO, compared
with 1852 workers in the year
before who drew $75,227,OOO. The
average person was 1888 year
against $1515 in 1884"
Signs of the times they
point towards the reelection of
FDR!
The Nespelem tribune. [volume] (Nespelem, Wash.) 1934-1936, 1936-03-24
Employment In Auto
Industry Is Higher

Says the American Automobile
association: Production of auto
mobiles in 1885 work to a higher
average number of persons than in
any preceding year except 1929"
Production of vehicles was $780,
900 greater than the previous year
Our only comment is that the
companies are not giving these
cars away. It takes money to buy
them, and it is quite evident that
there is considerable more money
being spent. Hoover's press egnt's
prosperity corner" has be nj
rounded, but it took Roosevelt to
do it.
The Nespelem tribune. [volume] (Nespelem, Wash.) 1934-1936, 1936-03-24

some people who will believe what
this degraded organ prints.
The Republican National COM
mittee: This was an offer to news
papers throughout the country to
write for FREE illustrations, car
toons and weekly propaganda
sheets, lambasting the New Deal,
and explaining how the COP was
going to save the nation from
death by "de-constitutionalism.
We emphasized the word "free"
because it is indicative of the re-
publican frame of mind, and of
the depth of the party purse.
Money by the millions will flow
out of the treasures of the Du-
Points, the Morgans and half
dozen other bilious billionaires to
defeat the administration that
promises a more bountiful life.
Money is no matter to the COP,
with their enormous slush funds.
But their arguments do not ring
true, and we venture a prediction
right now that Franklin D. Roose-
welt will go in again in November
by majority nearly as large as
it was when he ran against Hoo
yer and his press agent, Allen.
|, The "Yellow Jacket" incident
ally, sneers because some of the
New Dealers have used a publicity
man to write their speeches. May
we remind you again, that had it
not been for Ben S. Allen, Hoo
ver's public relations counsel, the
mighty engineer" would never
have been discovered. What a pity
that Allen came along! Think of
what pleasant place the country
would have been without Hoover.
-oOo-
The Nespelem tribune. [volume] (Nespelem, Wash.) 1934-1936, 1936-03-24
GOLF CLUB ELECTS
LUCIAN GRAY PRESIDENT

The annual meeting of the Ev-
ergreen Golf club was held Friday
evening, March Goth at the Agency
office. Election of officers follow
ed with the result that Lucian A..
Gray was elected president; Geo.
Nanamkin, vice-president; Mrs. j.
A. Silkforth, second vice-presi-
dent; VIM. H. Hascom, secretary,
and j. M. Koontz, treasurer.
Discussion of the proposed tour
nament at Spokane's Indian Can
yon golf course between the Mes
pelem Indian golf champions and
a team from the army at Fort
The Nespelem tribune. [volume] (Nespelem, Wash.) 1934-1936, 1936-03-24
~
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the
NEW DEAL
DECK
900
By "King Kicker"
The Mails Bring In
Some Amusing Documents
By "King Kicker"

In the mailbox this week were
two items which bear mention in
this column: A vicious sheet call
ed the yellow Jacket" (Which we
believe should be changed to "Yel-
low Journalist) and a note from
the Republican National commit
tee in Chicago.
Since the former was the most
vitriolic, we will hand out it's SEN
tence first: In one corner is the
motto, "Our Aim: To swat liars
and leeches, hypocrites and hum
bugs, demagogues and dastards."
Yet withal the sheet is full of the
most vile lies, insinuations and
outright falsehoods of anything we
have ever seen. Quite obviously it
is subsidized by the COP, for it
offers a subscription for one year
for only 20 cents, and there is
virtually no advertising. It is pitt
full to think that there may b
The Nespelem tribune. [volume] (Nespelem, Wash.) 1934-1936, 1936-03-24
A Power Authority for
Grand Coulee-B0nneville

President Roosevelt has asked the Oregon Washington
delegation get together plan for distribution OF Grand
lee-Bonnevie power.
The power authority has connection with eva,
and nearly everyone is agreed that if eva was de-
sirable it is too early for it's formation.
But certainly there should be coordination in the
distribution of power from Grand Coee and Bonneville 1t
would be foohardy for the to compete with it.
self In the creation of authority plan for dstri
button of power the News believes that the most important
thing keep mind is that the people of the Northwest
get maximum benefit from the power development.
Senator Homer T. Bone charges that The Washington
Water Power company "has been in politics their
brows since remember Senator Bone is telling
nothing What light and power utility hasn't?
War clouds hang omnously Europe German
troops march into the demtazed Rneland and for
the first time 1918 French and German troops face
each other across the ancient frontier
France has ringed Germany with 'wall Of stee' in
Italy stands ready aid her. powerful Germany
Austria and German troops be stationed along alys
them frontier England urges caution although promising
aid if France Belgium is attacked
War unthinkabe, especially among these nations
that still bear the tragic of the last great It's
lessons have been forgotten fact they learn
ed The of the guns of the last still
ed than France and Germany prepared for the next Ger
tany it must be evident to the American people that is ut
tery futile to try to untange this European snare
tried That the problem that Europe itself will
to solve and that problem be solved while hate
and dstrust is the keystone of security Let America de-
veop its resources, build up mpregnable Defense
and let Europe work out it's destiny.