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worth millions. But you solely
control the corporation, do you
not?
Townsend-I propose to con-
tinue to do so.
Bell-You have expressed a de-
sire to get your counsel seat in
Congress.
Townsend-Certainly. I would
be delighted to see him here.
Cavagan-You presume that
under the California law you
could take the assets of ORAP?,
Townsend-We could not take
them.
Cavagan-When did you come
to that presumption?
ToWnSend-May I ask my at
torney to enlighten you on the
California statutes?
Cavagan-I do not need any
enlightenment!
Hoffman-Did you ever say you
were the embodiment of Jesus
Christ?
Townsend-No.
Hoffman-Why did you refer
to "the apparent unfriendliness
of this committee?"
Townsend-If I may be per-
mitted to elucidate: It has ap-
peared to me from the beginning
that this committee is more in
terested in besmirching the char
acter of people than ascertaining
anything of truth concerning the
virtues of the movement.
n y
TINE new surgeon general of
4 the United States Public
Health Service is brilliant, in
tense young man who believes in
calling a spade a spade, in Civ
ing social diseases" their proper
names.
Other countries are not afraid
OF the words says Surgeon Cen
erai Thomas Parran. The Amer
lean public, he continues. must
discard its parlor manners and
speak of venerea1 diseases with
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New Books
THE PUBLIC LIBRARY PRESENTS

MIR. A. p. HERBERT in his little book, WHAT A
FA WORD! Doubleday Doran So part of which
appeared in numbers of Punch is very amusing as
he wages his war on the misuse Of words.
II is rather startling to realize how we have be-
come accustomed to involved phrases and high
sounding words, they debunked Che would dis
like that word) before eyes by Mr. Herbert
Some of the more recently coined words send
him on the warpath in highly entertaining way
Would you think liberalization" used in official
ders and reports simply getting rid of rats?
The latter is longer, granted, but the former-what
word!
There is q good index where you can find your
own pet aversions.
A "WHO-DUNNIT'' with Cape Cod setting and
n the willy Asey Mayo as the sleuth is THE GRIM
SD
Down at Skeket was an old house cut of from the
mainland by swamp. Here were gathered several
young people, one of whom was ghost writing" the
autobiography of a popular radio star
Their isolation was rEdely interrupted with the
murder OF the radio beauty by an unknown person
VINO throws mean harpoon." Asey's slow speech
and casual manner cloak quick intelligence and an
uncanny ability to scent a murder and find the
derer.
This is a book to put on your hammock list for
summer. 1t Is high IN entertainment value and
easy on the brain cells.
F we fancy ourselves as masters of our fates and
4 captains Of our souls, Clarence A. Mills LIVING
WITH THE WEATHER (Caxton Press, $3.50 NAV
give Us pause.
Climatic conditions, he tells us. play an important
part IN determining dispositions, physical cond-
TONS. and mental attitudes Those who dwell in the
variable temperatures and storms of parts OF
the United States he against overstimulation.
Highly organized and competitive athletics harm
1ul Alcohol is a safer stimulant than coffee. Mans
energy is largely consumed in his youth, leaving a
middle age of depressed vitality
The writer however, does not leave us merely with
these warnings. He shows how, by properly under
standing the effects of atmospheric conditions, We
may counteract them and even make them segye u
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4 IN A fine discussion OF this
u problem by E. j. Roeshslis-
berger, Harvard School of Business,
in the Personnel Journal, he points
out that AS statement can be
proved or disproved with a ther-
mometer-the strict logic of fact.
But even if you prove to B that the
temperature is below zero, it does
not disprove his statement because
he feels too hot and that ends all
argument.
y 1T INDICATES your general
- intelligence" or general men
tai alertness" better than mechani-
cal ability does because it covers a
vastly wider range of mental &C.
tivity and behavior and Is the chief
means for expressing the mental and
emotional life. Mechanical intelli-
gence is very large phase Of in
telligence but liany of the great
thinkers have been poor mechanics.
A man may be a fine mechanic but,
without high general intelligence,
which is best indicated by bis abil-
ity to use language. ne can not be-
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Washington Merry-Go-Round

WASHINGTON. May 26.-
w Some of the bright inner
circle boys have figured out how
Harry Hopkins. the Presidents
fair-haired favorite, can be made
a Cabinet member.
They would have to create
new department, made Of indie
pendent bureaus and agencies
from other departments, to be
known as the Department of So
cial Welfare.
The idea is not a new one; it
has been advocated by govern
ment reorganizers in the past.
There is lot to be said for the
idea. Scattered throughout the
government structure are numer-
GUS agencies dealing with various
phases of social welfare, which
advantageously could be brought
under single administrative
head,
For example: The Public Health
Service is in the Treasury, the
financial branch of the govern
ment. The Children's and Wom-
ems bureaus are in the Labor De-
partment, while the Office of Edu-
cation and the Board of Voca-
tional Education are under the
Jurisdiction of the Interior De-
partment. The Social Security
Board and the Relief Admins
tration are independent.
THE inner circle proposal is to
l. create a new (eleventh) de-
partment out of all these units
with allied interests.
Proponents of the plan claim
that the President looks on it with
favor-particularly the idea of
putting Hopkins at it's head. 1t
is certain that the program will
be seriously urged if Roosevelt is
reelected. However, it will be
strenuously resisted by some of
his Cabinet prima donnas.
Stripping the Labor Department
of the Childrens and Women's
Bureaus would leave Madame
Secretary Perkins with a skeleton
department. Extremely sensitive
about any dirninution of her au-
thority, she can be depended upon
to fight the removal of the two
bureaus from her control.
Secretary Ickes also has shown
no disposition to give UP any adj
ministrative jurisdiction.
On the other hand, Chairman
John Winant of the Social Sc
curity Board is friendly to the
idea of a Social Welfare Depart
ment, and would offer no objec-
ton to making his agency part
of such a setup.
If created, the new department
would be one of the largest and
most powerful divisions of the
government, ranking with the
Treasury and State Departments
in Importance.
= ~
TTNTIL charges of mail fraud
~ sent DR.. Francis E. Townsend
stalking defiantly out of the
House committee room, the Iowa
country doctor who started the
Old-Age Pension movement proved
one of the sassieSt and most sue
cessful witnesses to appear before
a congressional committee in re-
cent years. He had the commit
tee gasping by the frankness of
his answers.
Here are some sample cross
fires directed by and at Con-
gressmen Hoffman (Mich). Bell
(Mo), Cavagan On. Y.) and Luz
cas- Ill0:
Bell-You still own more than
so per cent of the Prosperity Pub
fishing Co. And you say it Il,
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national in scope-that power al
ready belongs to the national gov
eminent. I certainly do not favor
limiting the power of the Supreme
Court to pass upon the conStitu-
tionality of acts of Congress. That
would destroy constitutional gov
eminent.
Do you favor modification or
4 suspension Of the antitrust
laws to enable business men to
get together; (a) To agree OH
trade practices; (b) To agree on
labor relations; (c) To agree on
control of production; (d) To at
tempt to fix prices?
do not favor any modification
or suspension of the antitrust
laws. I would strengthen them
and enforce them. Under the
decisions of the Supreme Court,
business men may now get to-
gether in regard to certain trade
practices and labor matters, and
it is not necessary, in my judg-
ment, or in the interests of the
country that any greater au-
thority shall be given in this re-
Spect.
9 What is your remedy for the
~ farmer? Do you favor the
curtailment of production, indus
trial Or agricultural?
In the matter of agriculture, I
do not favor reduction of produc-
ton. If the American people
could buy what they actually need
for decent standard of living,
there would be no overproduction
on the farm. would say in this
connection that the American mar
ket belongs exclusively to the
American farmer to the extent
of his ability to supply it. I would
not favor the importation of
farm products so long as the
American farmer has a surplus of
farm products.
q Are you in favor of the policy
y of making reciprocal trade
treaties to encourage foreign trade
or reduce tariff walls?
am definitely in favor of all
treaties and trade agreements be-
ing made by Congress, and against
the idea of any trade treaties or
agreements being made without
the approval of the Senate.
4 y
IN Do you favor a policy of
1O public power development;
the continuance or expansion
of iva, and control of utilities
through the utilities holding COM
pany act?
I favored the Utilities Hold
ing Act.
NeXt-Col. Frank Knox.
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problems, national in scope, or of
limiting the courts as to their
right to declare laws of Congress
unconstitutional?
I do not favor an amendment to
the Constitution which would de-
prive the states of the power to
deal with internal, economic and
social problems. The question is
asked: If I favor amending the
Constitution to deal with social
problems national in scope. T am
Of the opinion we do not need
an amendment if the problems are
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pertaining to one Of the first APP
pointments that Mr.. Farley signed
after coronation day, March 4,
1892. These duties consist of clip
ping and FASTING in scrap books
all the articles and cartoons that
he can find in the papers relating
to Mr.. Farley and himself and of
keeping the Postmaster General
amused. This latter phase of his
work is surely worthwhile pub
lie project, though hardly to be
classed as Self-liquidating. Mr..
Lyons has worn the title of Sena-
tor for many years, explaining
that he was for a spell in his
early days a member of the Unner
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regulating the value thereof as
provided in our Constitution.
- do you favor any program
~ whose aim is to control or fix
wages, working hours or a shorter
work week?
I favor a shorter work week.
Il Il Il
Il DO you favor an amendment
~ to the Constitution authoriz-
ing the Federal government to
deal with economic and social
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ExhZnou4h
BY
.ESIbR0Ok PEGLER

WASHINGTON, May 26.-Prophecy is
not my line but dare say that the
American people have better than even
chance to play host for four more years to
Senator Wild Will Lyons, the executive as
sistant to the Postmaster General and the
great American guest. Senator Lyons occupies an
Office close to that of James Farley in which he
performs his public services return for the salary
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Taking Cne rap BECAUSE We got HeTVe
enough to say openly that it's unconstitu-
tional. Smoke these other fellows out
about that item"
I explained that it was too late to add to my
10 questions, and that I'd have to let them ride
as they were. He growled bit over THAT, but his
inherent sense of fairness made him see the cor
rectness OF my position. You can always depend
on the Borah type of rugged honesty.
"All right" went on How about this first
question:"
'Wait until this Ohio primary is over" lie in
sisted. Come around then and I'll work out this
stuff with you.
When I saw him week or two later and slipped
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the same candor as tuberculosis
or smallpox.
Parran sees a break in public
sentiment on the subject in the
last few months. Only a year ago
a broadcasting agency banned
speech of his because it used the
word syphilis" But last Febru-
airy, a similar speech was allowed
in uncensored form.
He finds that a similar change
has occurred in newspaper policy.
Many editors now admit free dis
cussion of the subject, whereas
they used to allow only yelled ref
erences under the polite name,
social disease"
N7HEN the Commerce Depart
W ment took over the remains
or the NRA it inherited an air.
cooling machine which Blue Eagle
employees gave Gen. Johnson as
a birthday gift, plus refrigera-
tor in which he kept food in his
office. Little Robbie, his secretary,
used to cook his meals adjacent
to his office. Most expert
gardeners in the Cabinet are Sec
rotary of the Interior Ickes Gin
ventor of new varieties of gla-
diolD, Assistant Secretary Of
State Sumner WeIles, and Secre-
tary of Commerce Roper. Roper
is a specialist in old-fashioned
Southern gardens. The Food
and Drug Administrator recently
fined patent medicine manu-
facturer $75 for claiming his prod
ucts would "cure rundown
and debilitated conditions, acido-
sis, anemia, stomach ulcers, colitis,
high blood pressure, obesity, rheu-
matiSm, neuritis, constipation,
backache, purify the blood, bow
els, kidneys and bladder, and Gre
ate an appetite The FDA
found the product to be a mixture
of water, laxative and an iron
solution.
copyright. 1896. by United Feature
Syndicate, Inc)
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mouse OF Colorado. He will admit also under so
little pressure as to be scarcely noticeable that he
once rode with the Texas Rangers. That phase of
MS career was little before my time however.
ana nave known him only as an inveterate guest
Inc constant guest as you might say and as cloth
ing salesman touring the beet fields and mine fields
OF the West with line of snappy two-pants suits
with belt in the back combining the best goods with
as S12 ~ ~ 0
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BY FRAZIER HUNT

Copyright
CENATOR BORAH was the second candidate for the
Republican presidential nomination to face my list of
the 10 most important problems that confront America
When | sprang them on the Old Lion of the Senate,
who can still roar and still bite he shook his and
growed hearty approval "Sure I'll answer them. I'll
answer any and all questions that the rest of them will
answer But hold on here you haven't anything in this
list about the WagnerCostigan anti-lynching BILL I'm
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anyway"
Mr.. Borah travels by himself.
Besides being the Old Lion he's
the Lone Wolf of the Senate. And
by some mysterious formula he
seems to have successfully evaded
that persistent enemy of man
kind known as The Ravages of
Time.
TT was II years ago when I first
l. met Senator Borah, and except
for a few more wrinkles, a little
less hair and possibly an extra
chin or two, he hasn't changed
bit. He can get just as en-
ragged, and he can pound his desk
just as hard, and his eyes can
blaze just as magnificently as
back in 1919.
At 10 he still can outride or
outWalk the ordinary man with
a mere half-century to his credit.
Long experience has made him
an even more effective debater
than ever before. He still has his
championship wallop.
He continues to be the No. 1
thorn in the side of the Repub-
lican Old Guard. Only he him
self knows whether or not he'll
take a walk" if Mr.. Landon is
nominated at Cleveland.
And it's highly probably that he
hasn't made up his own mind as
yet. If he does break out, it'll
be fun to listen to him roaring
and tearing through the political
jungle.
Meantime, it's interesting to
study the Senator's answers to
the 10 questions.
I DO YOU favor balancing the
u budget? If so, do you advocate
reducing relief expenditures or in
creasing taxes? If by taxes, what
kind? If not by taxes, how?
I favor balancing the budget.
That is a sound principle which
should always be maintained when
practically possible. But would
not favor increasing taxes for that
purpose. In so far as it is possible
to balance the budget through re-
ducing expenditures, that should
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SMOKING OUT THE CANDIDATES


a articles, Smoking Cand-
written by Frazier Hunt world
Indianapolis Times which
Republican presidential possibilities
of the day.
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accusing forefinger and eXclaim,
And furthermore, I think you
ought to know, and I propose to
tell you'll"
The minute I get on a train
I begin to look around for vic
tim. I try to get some man who
is sitting at a table. Part of the
strategy is to let him begin the
discussion. All I need is to have
the fellow marked as prey make
some simple observation such as,
1T looks as if they need some
rain out here"
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Nothing Quite So TOpsY-TurUu

IF there is to be amendment it certainly should
Il be broad enough in its scope to enable the ma
tional legislators to curb child labor. Nothing is
quite so topSy-turvy in our land as the fact that
millions of children being sweated and exploited
while 100000 adults stand along the sidelineS
without jobs The fact that child labor is increas
ing during the very depth of unemployment crisis
stamps us as being almost insane in the handling of
our affairs
IF anybody tells me that the founding fathers
would be against the abolition of child labor 1 can
only say that the founding fathers would be utterly
wrong"
And suddenly look up and find am talking to
an empty chair. My listener has disappeared. Per-
haps he was bored. Or perhaps it was the ghost of
Jefferson needing some sound advice.
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then his capable right hand through his still taWny
Say Hunt he pronounced td take weeks to handle
fully this nnocenookng bunch dynamite crackers you've got
Why would thousand that single
question currency problems I'll
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HEYWOOD.B R0UN

CINCINNATI, May 26.-It may be the
roar of the locomotive or the sight of
telegraph poles flashing by, but something
or other makes me more than usually talk
alive when | ride on trains. That's why |
can't sleep. Along about four in the morn
ing invariably find myself in the club car with
one reluctant listener.
He wants to go to bed but mpale him with an
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Haywood BrOun Leaping With an Answer

WITH that as a lead I leap in and answer "They
w certainly need rain around here, but even more
they need amendment to the United States Con-
stution DO you realize that decisions such as the
Triple opinion, the Cuffey verdict and the findings
in the North Dakota tax have established in
this country No Mans Land in which neither
the Federal nor the state government is allowed to
function. If do not take action soon, democracy
will die because some Fascist leader will avail him
self of misery and chaos by promising quick and di
rect action rather than the and tedious process
of amendment"
1t doesn't matter very much whether the audience
says yes" or mo" or do tell" In almost every
instance cut him short and continue. "And the
the process seems to be relegated to that limbo of
time which obtained III regard to Alice's JAM"
Sometimes the man across the table says What
Alice?" Or What jam?" But it doesn't matter par
ticuary because always go on to say, "You
member of course, that in Wonderland Alice found
that she could get jam yesterday or jam tomorrow
but never get jam today. And in somewhat similar
fashion the progressive forces of this country
forever saying, OF course, we must have constitu
tional amendment, but this isn't the right time to
start the agitation
do you realize, my friend, that the average Amer
lean pays very scant attention to economic politi
cal issues except in presidential year?
1.-THE repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment is cited
to prove the contention that amendment is really
fairly simple once the people have made up their
minds But this is not fair analogy to the situa-
ton in which now find ourselves. Repeal be-
came campaign issue and freely discussed
The election of Franklin D. Roosevelt Spurred the
process of change
And again. there could be no great dispute as
to the kind of amendment needed to restore legal
liquor. Today much of the drive behind the move
ment to enable Congress to egslate for labor and
for the farmer vitiated by the fact that there
three dozen different kinds of amendments being
proposed The eagerneSS for change defeats itself
by spawning too many separate panaceaS.
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and movie officials shudder at
the risk of stars flying while they
are working in a picture.
If Ginger does make the trip it
will be her second Of the sort.
She was a guest at last years
birthday party in Washington.
A huge American Air Lines
deposited Hollywoodian Marsha
The Washington times., 1936-12-10
Mississippi Fun
For Capitol

Love and life on the Mississippi
are said to be truly portrayed for
the first time in Banjo On My
Knee" a gay, romantic drama
which the producers maintain is
one of the most unusual pictures
ever produced. and which will be-
gin it's local run Friday at Loew'S
Capitol Theater.
Barbara Stanwyck and Joel
McCrea are the "principal par
ticipants in a love that's described
as being as wild and as free as
"the Rivers restless surge" "
Others in the cast are Walter
Brennan, who excels his char
acterizations in "Barbary Coast
and "Come And Get IT., Buddy
Ebsen, Anthony Martin, Walter
Catlett, Katherine DeMille and
the Hall johnson Choir.
The story is based on Harry
Hamilton's sensational novel, Of
fers many exciting moments Of
drama, is favored with comedy
and music and is said to pack
much romantic punch.
On the stage Dave Apollon will
present his new star parade of
1887, a colorful stage revue
peopled with so personalities as
Sembled from almost every corner
of the globe.
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KELLEYGRAMS

to Dance" as the Loew's Palace
screen tenant.
Carlo, the most glamorouS and
ta1ked-about actress today, and
Taylor, handsome screen star who
has probably achieved the most
sensational screen popularity in
years, share many passionate
moments in this picture, an
M-G-M version of one Of the
worlds best love stories.
Lionel Barrymore, Lenore Uric,
Elizabeth Allen, Jessie Ralph,
Laura Hope Crews, Russell Hardie,
E. E. Give and others form a
distinguished supporting cast for
the stars Of this mforgettable
Dumas play.
Taylor as Armand becomes
Garbo's 17th leading man in her
II years Of stardom. Camille"
in its screen version is not the
heavy tragic subject associated
with the stage play, but is the
vivid portrayal of one of the gay
est, happiest eras in the romantic
history Of Paris.
A NEW SONGBIRD
Josephine Huston, newest sing
ing star Of the musical comedy
and revue stage, will headline the
Earle Theater's stage program for
the week starting Friday, Decem-