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The Washington times., 1936-02-05
LEAVE BILLS
PASSAGE IS
FORESEEN
Mcclellan Will Confer
With Union Men on
Difficulties

Assurance that the obstacles
now preventing early passage Of
the Government leave bills would
be surmounted IN short order was
given by Senator Kenneth Nc
Kellar CD of Tennessee today
at the conclusion of an hours
session Of the Senate Civil Ser.
vice Committee behind closed
doors.
First steps toward ironing out
the difficulties will be taken at
a conference between Senator
McKellar, Luther Steward, presi.
dent of the Natior al Federation
of Federal Employees; Charles I.
Stengel, of the American Fed
Grafton of Government Employees,
and M. P. Alifas, Of the Inter.
national MachiniSts' Union.
No date has been set for the
get-together but it will be called
at the inStigation Of Senator Nc
Kellar.
Held Up Passage
Senator McKellar held up pas
sage of the bills at the last session
of Congress and during this ses-
ion. When he left the committee
meeting today he aid:
1--WE discussed the leave bill.
I offered several suggestions to
amend the bills and / think they
can be taken care of so the bills
will pass.
81 don't want to say what
they are before I have reached
an agreement on them, as 1t
nigh injure the chances Of get
ting together"
The meeting today was at
tended by Senator McKellar; Sen
ator William j. Bulow CD OF
South Dakota, chairman of the
committee; Senator M. M. Logan
CD of Kentucky, and Senator
Ernest w. Gibson (R0 OF Yer
mont. 49,
It was learned from other
SOuECSS G1ldb G11G SOILAAAAAUVOC WAA
seek two definite changes in the
annual leave bill as it is now
written.
Would Limit Leave
First it was suggested that the
leave would be limited to a flat
80 days, not including Sundays
and holidays, SO that if an en-
ploye took 80 days beginning July
i, he would return to work July
81 instead Of continuing his leave
to take up the Fourth of July and
the intervening Sundays.
The second change proposed, it
was learned, would limit the &C
cumulation of leave to 60 days in
stead of the 100 days now pro-
posed.
There was also a general discus
sion of the optional retirement
legislation now before the COM
mittee.
The Washington times., 1936-02-05
Beginners Class
Started in French

Owing to an unusually long list
of applicants for admission to the
free-tuition French classes under
the auspices Of the washington
Salon, arrangements have been
made for a new beginners class.
This new class will meet for or
ganization and registration to-
morrow evening at tbs o'clock
at the Salons French school.
The Washington times., 1936-02-05
ASKS RENEWAL
OF TEMPORARY
MEASURE
Senator Says Time Is
Too Short to Study
BY ROBERT A. McGILL
international News Service


Prepared to carry his fight to
the Senate if baked, Senator
Thomas CD of Utah. will go be-
fore the Senate Foreign Relations
Committee today and call for a
show down on his resolution
which would extend the existing
temporary neutrality act one year.
He will present the committee
with q statement backing up his
resolution introduced in the Sen
ate several weeks ago. His chief
reasons for continuation Of the
present policy which expires Feb
Tuary 80 are:
/. "Due to lack Of time to
consider new legislation America
IL in danger Of finding herself
without a law sustaining the
existing proclamation which
cover the present ItaIian-Ethi-
Opian situation.
2. "The continuation Of the
Ttalian-E ethiopian war makes 1t
logical and proper to continue
under present law rather than
make current changes during
the emergency"
PUBLIC CONFUSION FEARED
Referring to previous neutrality
legislation Senator Thomas added:
Confusion in the public mind
about the law of neutrality may
result in our suffering from an
other great disillusiOnment.
ITO legislate q great funda-
mental American foreign policy
1T q time when feelings run
high because Of an existing
emergency Is unwiSe."
Senator Thomas request that
the committee give him q yes
or no answer on his resolution
promises to bring to a head an
issue that has plagued the. neu-
trality problem for some time.
Although he is a member Of the
committee, Senator Thomas said
at no time has he considered the
Administrations bill adequate to
meet the present foreign situa-
ton.
Senator Pittman CD of Ne
vada, chairman Of Foreign Rela-
tions Committee, is opposed to
passage of the Thomas resolution
except as a Stop-gan measure to
insure this country a neutrality
policy until the broad Admins
tration plan can be enacted.
Admits New Bill Doubtful
Senator Pittman admitted, how.
ever, that it is unlikely the Sen
ate or the House could pass a
new bill before expiration Of the
present act.
In addition to consideration OF
the Thomas resolution, the com
mittee is scheduled to debate
whether the hearings will be
thrown open to the public. Sen
ator Pittman said he has received
Hundreds of requests from
peace organizations, societies and
individuals demanding they be
allowed to give their views on
the controversial question!
If this action is taken. Senator
Pittman said, it may be 10 OF
"A days before the measure could
be reported to the Senate. This
would give the Senate little time
to debate a question Of such mag
nitude.
Meanwhile members of the
Senate munitions committee,
whose bill was enacted into policy
last session Of Congress are pre-
pared to fight on the Senate floor
for enactment of their new meas
ure. 1t is much more drastic
than the Administration bill.
In addition to a bipartisan
movement for adoption Of the
Thomas resolution on the House
side, a storm is brewing there
over charges that a powerful
lobby is operating to kill the Ad-
ministration'S bill. It has been
reported out of the House Foreign
Affairs Committee, but has not
been scheduled for debate on the
floor.
The Washington times., 1936-02-05

VICE PRESIDENT AND
MRS. JOHN N. GARNER
gave their annual dinner for
President and Mrs. Roosevelt
at the Washington Hotel last
night. In the group above,
left to right, Mrs. Garner,
the Vice President, Mrs.
Roosevelt, the President, and
Capt. Wilson Brown, naval
aide. international News
Photo.
The Washington times., 1936-02-05
Court To Be Topic
OF Mrs. Jesse Adkins

Mrs. Jesse c. Adkins, wife Of the
District Supreme Court Justice,
will address the regular monthly
meeting of the Burroughs Citizens
Association at the Burroughs
School, Eighteenth and Monroe
SITS. N. w., Friday, at 8 p. m. She
will discuss the proposed Juvenile
Court bill now pending in Con.
greSS.
The Washington times., 1936-02-05
Trade Halls As City
Fiohts Mexico Reds

MONTERREY, Mexico, Feb.
G.N.SO ALI business ceased and
all traffic stopped here today as
the city closed shop for a gigantic
demonstration against the begin
ming of a flight to the finish"
against communism and a drive
by Reds to take charge Of in
duStry.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-01-08
PoSToFFIcE HERE TO BE FIRST CLASS

There may be some question about the
correctness of the system of bookkeeping
by which the United States Postoffice De-
partment builds up SURPRISES under the
MANAGEMENT of Jim Farley, but there are
no ifs and ands connected with the show
ing made by the Hendersonville postoffice
in 1885. Business was certainly satisfac-
tory at the postoffice and the total was
sufficient to land the Hendersonville office
back i'm the first class, where it was until
hit blythe depression"
The receipts at the local office showed
an increase of more than $4,000 over 1884
and with a total business amounting to
So, 6F7.5O, the office did ample business
to enable it to move up from second to first
class This change will take place at the
beginning of the governments new fiscal
year, July first.
The showing made by the postoffice Of
fers great encouragement as to local bust
ness conditions. AS the community and
surrounding country experienced the de-
flatioh resulting from the collapse OF the
boom: of ten years ago and the bank fail
ures and depression" beginning five or
six years ago, conditions were clearly re-
Elected in receipts at the postoffiee. The
BUSINESS of the office dropped with the de-
flatiop and depression of business until
Hendersonville could rate only as a second
class postoffice, after being in the first
class for a number of years. 1t is clear
therefore, if the postoffice was business
barometer under adverse conditions, 1t
must be the same instrument for measur-
ing Improvement in local conditions.
There appears to be no reason to ques-
ton the accuracy of the showing made at
the postoffice as indicating that general
conditions here are on the mend, business
has improved, and the outlook for this
year IS even better than the record made
last year. The encouragement offered to
the community by the record made at the
postotfice in 1885 is substantial and should
stimuli ate the people of Hendersonville and
the surrounding territory to renewed con-
fidence in the prospects for the immediate
future. '--e .' -
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-01-08
A WEAR OF SLAUGHTER

Reports show that last year S6,400 persons "er'
killed in automobile accidents in the United states
II is probable that more than one million were III
i,,red and many of the mwill not completely It.
cover from their injuries.
The increase of 299 fatalities in 1850 compare"
with those of 1884 is attributed to increase III pop-
ulation and the number OF automooneS OH w
,:--L.,,s That NAV be true but it is dscouraging
- +hinL that there could be an increase IN the
10th toll in the face of the safety campaigns that
hove been launched and the publicity gwen 20
Americas shame by public speakers, civic societies.
the press and other agencies. -
Efforts to make the highways safe for motorists
will be strengthened during 1886 If they 90 not
prove effective we may expect legislation that VIII
cut down the speed of automobiles and make the
violation of traffic laws and ordinances mad on
the offenders This reckless slaughter cannot pe
,narritted to NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Herald.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-01-08
THOUGHTS OF
A FISHERMAN
By IKE WALTON

Here's the third of the antidote
series versus front page daily de-
pressants. It's about a very poor
little mountain girl, ten years
old, mother dead, father more or
less an invalid, only one young
brother the breadwinner for a
family of four youngsters at
SO per month, no rich kin, and
few friends even moderately we'll
to-do.
She has an old grandfather,
decrepit, lettering on the brink,
living with another family, six
miles from her mountain cabin.
One day she won a dime, which
was the prize offered for the best
speller in a school spelling match.
Some weeks afterwards, she
asked her teacher, who passed
her grandfather's place to take
a dime she gave him and buy her
grandfather some oranges, as she
had learned that he was sick. AS
she gave the teacher the money,
she redeemed, for she knew that
the teacher knew that it was that
same dime.
Oh, yes, there are still grand
children who do not rush off and
spend it on candy and fire-crack-
ers as soon as they get it. "And
behold. there was joy among the
angels"
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-01-08
BEHIND THE SCENES
IN WASHINGTON
lay RODNEY BUTCHER.

General Cummings, Solicitor Gen.
eral Stanley Reed, Donald Richberg
for Mr. and eX-Solicitor General
J. Crawford Biggs.) d."
O'Brian proved quick of mind
and tongue and was never caught
off base. Many were delighted
when he became what court follow.
ers termed the first attorney in
years to put Justice McReynolds
famous for asking biting, often
irrelevant questions) ''in his
place."
O'Brian's eloquent urbanity
and good humOr came into play,
for instance, when McReynOlds
asked q question which was
of the point. 'r.
"Now, IL your honor will
concede that this question has
nothing to do with the issues
here, 1 shall be very glad to dis.
cuss that phase for few min.
utes," O'Brian said pleasantly.
Even McReynolds smiled, though
few attorneys ever dared be so firm
with him-an exception being AS.
sistant Attorney General Joe Kee.
nan, famed as a kidnapping expert,
who not long ago, when McReyn.
olds asked if he were arguing so.
and-so, replied: II didn't make
any such stupid argument and
didn't even infer it,"
CTANLEY REED, upon whom the
~ burden Of presenting New Deal
cases falls, is not brilliant advo-
cate, although he has greatly i'm.
proved the Department of Justice
legal staff in the last few months.
His worst fault is that he gets
mixed up in answering questions
from the bench.
It's worth recalling, however,
that never were so many searching
and often partisan = questions
asked by supreme court justices
and that never before did a solici.
tor general have such load to
carry as has Reed.
Copyright. 1885. NEh Service. Inc,
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-01-08
IVES MEET THE CHALLENGES

In his cunning address to the congress the pres,
;dar+ enumerated string of blessings conferred
by his paternal administration and appealed TOT
+hor continuance Inferentially he made plain wna'
fool thing he considers the strict construction OF
Jefferson theory of government to be and always
to have been. He assumed that values have Deei,
restoredn lanybody can "assume) and askeu
Gsbsll we repeal the laws under which we nave
been bringing them back" .uot.
We answer, yes, repeal them. Let Democrats ..s
,,eet his challenges. Let US have again county
Of free men, not wards of government. II 'i Una
incudes the risk of starving it is worth tne
AS the president paraded the blessings ne u,r
not mention increase of the national dep' neai.s
80 billions the last six months-Charleston News
and Courier
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-01-08
KITTY, KITTY, KITTY
By WICKES WAMROLDT

door yelling, "Come on, Roger"
Roger comes-his eyes dancing,
his tail wagging, his whole atti
tude saying, "Whatever it is, I'm
for it; let's do itw Should the
boy address the same remark to
the cat. he would be treated with
indifference or .disdain. Should he
try to enforce his command, the
cat would go the other way.
-. Cats will not run and fetch it,
play hide-and-seek, follow a fell
low around all day, stop when he
stops, go when he goes, chase
rabbits with him, dig out gophers,
and do a thousand-and-one play
boy things that a dog will do.
A dog is boys natural COM
panion. Both of them naturally
delight to chase cats. And cats
usually do not care for either
dogs or boys. Some cats are eX-
ceptions to the foregoing analy-
sis; but they merely prove the
rule.
Girls are apt to like cats, for
girls are likely to be soft and
gentle like cats. Kitty does very
well as a pet for somebody who
will put a ribbon around her neck
and hold her in a cosy lap. But
what boy will sit around holding
cat? A boy may do it for awhile,
particularly while the cat is new
to him. But after the cat has run
a few times when he has tried to
catch her, and has done other
things which make him feel that
she is not a good sport, he is like
ly to begin to plague her. Then
the jig is up, and the cat is off
him for life.
The cat is all right in its place
but that place is not in the
whoop her up activities of the
average young wild Indian. The
dog is the pet for the boy; for
the dog will forgive and forget.
Let the girls have the cats. About
the most you can expect from the
boy is that he may be taught to
let the cat alone.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-01-08
BY RODNEY BUTCHER
SEA Sery;c~ STAFF C0rrespOndent

NEA Service Stan Correspondent
WASHINGTON. Don't be sur.
=" prised il Congress hires a
brain trust of its own.
1t will be asked soon to create a
staff of experts which would ad-
wise it on economic and technical
aspects of proposed legislation.
The idea is the outgrowth of a
study of proposals for a national
economic council, made by SUBJ
committee of the Senate Com
merce Committee, composed of
Senator's Buckley of Ohio, Costi-
gan OF Colorado, and LaFollette
OF Wisconsin.
The man who worked out the
plan for the committee is Leon
Henderson, who was drafted from
a group of protesting consumer
representatives by General John
son and made chief of research
and planning at NRA and who
lately has been directing the
economic council study.
In the last two OF three. years
Congress has, frequently passed
laws which few Of its members un.
derstood and it's usually agreed
that isn't a good thing, quite aside
from the increasing desire of Con.
gress not to be a New Dealrrubber
stamp. f-- ~"
IF You 'sere surprised to hear that
= John Lord 0'Brian, former Re-
publican assistant attorney general,
had been specially engaged to pre-
sent the governments iva argu-
ment before the u. s. Supreme
Court, you would have been even
more surprised il you could have
seen him TN action.
1t is the opinion Of court at.
taches that O'Brian, the Republi.
car. made more brilliant presen.
tattOn than any other government
attorney has made since New Deal
cases first began to reach the court
{Such attorneys include Attorney
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-01-08

be lack of unity and fellowship
between the boy and the cat. Why
is the boy so commonly inclined
to chunk at the cat, but to chum
with the dog?
There is that about the cat
which invites the mischievous at
tentions of the boy. The cat has
certain characteristics which may
irritate the boy and stimulate his
tendency to tease and torment. =
The cat fundamentally 2is a
willful, independent creature.
She calls nobody boss. She is ha-
bitually unco-operative-eXcept in
so far as it pleases her to CO.
operate. She does what she pleas
es when she pleases. Call her and
she will come if she wants to.
She is lacking in the spirit Of
team play, which boys like. She
is agile, tough, strong and speedy
and can give q good account Of
herself in a getaway, She is al
ways ready to run, and boys like
to chase that which will run. If
she is not treated with the dignity
and consideration that she thinks
is coming to her, she resents it
and does not forget it.
But with the dog it is differ
ent. The dog is a regular fellow.
He is ready for anything at any
time. He is obedient, patient, CO.
operative, long-suffering. And he
does not hold grudge against
his own.
When the boy darts out the
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-01-08
Farm Inventory
Needed To Get On
Business Basis
Cite Reasons Why Inven-
tory Should Be Taken
First of Year

COLLEGE STATION, Raleigh,
Jan. 8.-Agricultural authorities
point to five main reasons why
farmers should take inventory
early in January.
According to R. f. L. Greene,
assistant in farm management re-
search for the N. C. Agricultural
Experiment Station, these reasons
are:
First: An annual farm inven-
tory will show net worth above
all debts, or how much a farmer
owns compared with what he
owes ~ -'.c. E- g..
Seconds: 1t shows whether the
farmer is getting ahead financial
ly, and how much.
Third: 1t makes a good basic on
which to prepare a credit state
ment. More and more, banks and
production credit associations are
requiring farmers to furnish a
cedit statement before obtaining
a loan.
Fourth: A farm inventory helps
put the farm on business basis.
Fifth: 1t provides a valuable list
of all property for use in case of
fire, in settling estates, and in
other negotiations.
Greene pointed out that an in
ventory is essential to keeping ac-
curate records on the farm bust
ness, and early in January is a
good time to start keeping rec
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-01-08
oyrp, App,Nc GOVERNMENTAL UNITS

Here is something worth bordering by .he -
government, Albert Coates, director, Chapel ni u.
We have built in North Carolina psIa" 10 %
overlapping governmental unts-feaelai ss Ts;s
county township, town. and special dstfc'. IN, ms
,,,sans that a person committing crime wi ,l
:sts limits may be subject to arrest by Guy pon.s
ssnpty sheriff, state patrol or fedefai aeens, ~
he may be prosecuted by a city. e0unss, n.y.. state
federal judge ;and sent to eits' oOrn'y s,.v ho
saIoral nr;son, 1t means that taxes may DC
- - tho individual citizen by city counch-
ut, commissioners, state legislators ana
representatives; collected by city, county,
$50 ord federal tax collectors; spent oy CITY,
county state and federal agencies. This has led TO
needless duplication of effort and confusion OF
nurnose. cutting down governmental effectiveness
and multiplying governmental costs.-Monroe En-
r.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-01-08

ScnOOl yet, re-
piled Mama.
"W ell, he must
be here, or al
most here" said
Grandma. 81 just
saw t h e C a t
scooting for the
attic"
At that mo-
ment the front
door burst open
and Jimmy blew
in.
Many persons
w 0 n d er W h Y
there is likely to
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-01-08
NEWSPAPERS OPINION
HISTORIC SIGHTS

Charlotte was the site of navy yard during TIE
War Between the States, and Greenvile was the
site of munitions plant.
Charlotte's historic distinction is set forth in
bronze on tablet marking the place where the
navy ward was located. Greenville's gun factory
site is unmarked but hope is held that a suitable
marker will be placed here before long.
70 Mrs. c. NJ Landrum we turned for infor-
nation. about these war activities
hk1914 the Stonewa Jackson chapter of the
United Daughters of the Confederaey placed
tablet on brick building on East Trade street IN
Charlotte which had been the site although far IN
land. of the Confederate navy yard The building
is now a Seaboard Air Line freight depot. ']m
- The tablet inscription reads:
Confederate States Navy Yard
Charlotte, N. Car.
1862-1865
Mrs. Stonewall jackson was present at the un'
yelling,
,iaintenance of a navy yard in Charlotte was
because of that ctys strategic raliroad location
beine best situated for shipping to NorfoK' VIII
mington and Charleston.
Early in May. 1852, evacuation OF Nor1olk was
decided mon and a number of machines, tools and
ono steam hammer were hurriedly shipped to Ghaf-
latte Commander John NJ Brooke, chief OF the
ordinance bureau, was sent there to take charge.
number of large frame buildings were erected
;rcbdinp a gun carriage shop, laboratory, tor
nedo shop and large forge shop where the largest
too,, hammer in the South was built and where
,ronolIor shaftipp was forged for all the Conted-
crate ironclads: .,.
The Virginia II at Richmond, the Abemarie
boats built in Charleston and Savannah, the len
1000 tho Mobile and other ironclads could not
have been constructed had it not been for the
shops in Charlotte. ,.o5
Rifles and ammunition also were manufacturers
there and the navy yard was maih'aiieu I'LL ''''
close of the war.
In the same year, 1862, provision was made IN
Greenville for the manufacture Oh hiuiii'i0"' "a
war. &c.. .c.l cor
yardy McBee decided to the state OF oou'n G@i-
olina 20 acres of land extending from Ihe Fn"e
SON road to the Greenvile and Columbia rai'ioao
mon which to erect buildings for the mahul"'u".'
Of arms for "South Carolina troops IN tne 0oH-
federate service ,;,
man named David Lopez was MADE superb ~
tendent but in the latter part OF 1907 He0, :"
Morse who had quite repu'aIloh Il" WINS =.
WAS sent to Greenville from Charleston ana put !"
charge of the works. ,o,d
Morse invented and manufactured oreech-ioau-
ing carbine pronounced by General wade fanlpVcn
as the best he had seen. He made enough 10 eq"''
one battalion of Hampton's men when tne arinoSS
was closed for the want OF coal
The works then were moved to Columbia ana
attached to the Confederate armory on UerVai0
Street and operated by water from the ooiui"O'"
charlottesville Piedmont.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-01-08

He was a PROPHET Yesterday, - p
Foretelhng future mysteries,
Recalling lessons of the past
And teaching man to learn of these;
And We may see His words fulfilled,
And watch His prophecies come true,
And know Gods purpose cannot fail,
Nor any chance His plans undo.
~ ITO be continued)