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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-12-28
300 D. {. Scientists
Are Going TO Farley

More than 300 scientists of
Washington and nearby Virginia
and Maryland, will attend the an
nual convention of the American
Association for the Advancement
of Science, which opens in Allan
tic City today,
The Washington times., 1936-12-30
District DWeIIers Are
Disfranchised
(Muncie EUening Press, Muncte,
Ind, Nov. II, 1856

(Muncie EUening Press, Muncte,
Ind, Nov. II, 1856
The District of Columbia is but
a small spot Of ground, as State
areas go, but it is one of the most
densely populated parts of Amer.
lea with something like $4,000
inhabitants, which is larger than
the population of any one Of eight
States. And yet the estimated
433, 900 voters there are as COM
pletely disfranchised as if they
were inmates of so many peniten-
tiaries. And most of them do not
like it and think something ought
to be done to give them all the
rights that adhere to American
citizenship.
They point out that they must
pay taxes as do persons living in
the States and they are subject
to laws, as are all other Americans,
but they have no part in the max
ing of such laws nor in saying
how much their taxes shall be.
Last year residents of the District
of Columbia paid national taxes
amounting to $l7,322,929, which
is more than was paid by any one
of Is States and more than was
paid by nine States combined.
But they had nothing to do with
fixing those taxes since they have
no representative in the CingresS,
nor, for that matter, even in the
administration of ordinary local
government affairs in the city Of
Washington.
During the World War the Dis
trict of Columbia sent more men to
the front than were sent by any
one of II States-and yet the peo-
pie of the District had no vote in
the matter of whether the nation
should go to war or remain out
Of it.
It is said that the makers of the
Constitution unintentionally omit
ted giving the Congress the power
to grant representation of the Dis
trict in the national legislature,
although Congress was given the
authority to organize States from
territories, the new States to be
given representation in the Con-
gresS according to population in
the House of Representatives and
two United States Senators each.
The people of the District of
Columbia would like to become
full citizens of the United States
and so they have prepared a con-
stitutional amendment to be voted
upon by the next Congress which
would give them legislative repre-.
Sentation in Congress in proper.
ton to their population and in the
electoral college.
AS a matter of common justice
to this great disfranchised people,
nearly all native Americans, this
amendment should pass.
The Washington times., 1936-12-30

brightest of the lot. She was very
much interested in the marble
statues, gold trimmings, and crys-
tai chandeliers, but most Of all
she was interested in finding out
all of the history that she could
cram into her little head. Mr..
Terry, who finds this business of
being a guide has it's bright mo-
ments when someone earnestly
questions him, tried his best to
tell the little girl all he could in
the brief time allotted for the
visit.
While he was walking along he
paid more than passing attention
to his little charge of his and found
she was clumping along in boys
shoes. AS the group was about
to leave he asked the teacher why
the little girl wore such heavy
shoes. The teacher said they were
the only ones she had.
Mr.. Terry reached in his pocket
and extracted few dollars for a
pair of girls shoes for the child
and gave it to the teacher. Ten
years is a long time and so on
Christmas Day while Mr.. Terry
was sitting on one of the benches
in the rotunda, he had forgotten
all about the child.
A young couple approached him
and as he rose to his feet, the
young girl shyly asked:
you're MIR. Terry, aren't you?
Do you remember me?"
Mr.. Terry looked at the pretty
blushing girl who stood before
him and replied:
81 might have taken you
through the Capitol at one time,
but 1 must confess don't place
you"
''YOu bought me a pair of
shoes, don't you remember"
the girl persisted.
Mr.. Terry smiled fondly and
answered:
81 guess you must have me
The Washington times., 1936-12-30
God or Stain

THE belief that Jews supporters and spreaders of
/ Communism has been carefully built up by foreign
dictators.
They have done in order to establish false reason
for their vicious attacks Jews and other minority
groups.
The utter injustice of this propaganda was recently
exposed by Rabbi Edward L. Israel of Baltimore in his
address before the convention of the Junior Hadassahs
Rabbi Israel described the fundamental differences
which exist between Communism and the thought trad
ton and culture of the Jews
He declared that Communism does not respect any
minority group unless that group is willing to sacrifice
its rights and individual characteristics to the demands
of Communism.
He then declared:
''In the essential Jewish consciousness you cannot
substitute for the God idea Karl Marx Lenin sta
any than you can substitute it for Mussolin or
Hitler"
In other words, religious people Of every denomna-
tion revere the divine Cod
They do not and cannot honor the political dictators
who subordinate religious principles to cruel and vicious
political expedients.
The Washington times., 1936-12-30
A Good Resolution

NTOW that Christmas is over, most people are look
~ ing forward to the new year and thinking about
the resolutions they expect to make f not keep for
1887.
It would be foolish to advise you to make resou-
ton not to commit murder. You would have to be
hardened criminal indeed, deliberately to INTEND to
kill.
Ye death at the hands of reckless drunken drivers
is just as final if the driver took gun and killed in
gangster fashion.
Make a resolution not to drive carelesslv-and ESPE-
CIAILY NOT TO "DRINK AND DRIVE''
In other Words pledge yourself to MURDER NO.
BODY in the coming year
And don't wait for New Year to do it! Murder is still
murder if committed in the closing days Of 1886
The Washington times., 1936-12-30
D. of c. Wants to Vote
(StGr, Minneapolis, Minn.,
Mop, 20, 1856

Residents of the District of Co.
lumbia are raising a justifiable
howl over their diSfranchiSement
as voters, pointing out that the
Districts voting-age population is
433 1000, exceeding that of 10
states, and that the District paid
$17,322,929 in national taxes dur
ing the last fiscal years.
What authority exists for deny
ing to citizens of ID. c." the right
to vote? Apparently little or none.
A reading of the debates of the
constitutional Congress indicates
no intent on the part of that Con-
greSS to disfranchise voters in the
national capital. The makers OF
the Constitution, it seems, unin-
tentionally failed to give Congress
the power Of granting representa-
tion in Congress, and in the
electoral college, to the people Of
the District.
A Constitutional amendment
giving District of Columbia's "eX.
lies" the right to ballot and repre-
sentation will be re-introduced IN
the next Congress. There is no
reason why such an amendment
should not be made into law.
Washingtonians belong to America
and they deserve all the American
privileges other Americans enjoy.
The Washington times., 1936-12-30
Are They Foreigners
Sunday Record, YonkerS, N. Y,
AIna, % f02Rl

(SundGy Record, YonkeTS, N. Y,
Nou. %, 1856
It is pretty hard for American
citizens to realize that there is a
very populous section of our coun-
try wherein reside q high class OF
individuals absolutely disfran-
chiSed when it comes to voting for
the greatest office within the gifts
Of the people.
The District of Columbia, with
voting population estimated at
almost one-half million, which ex-
ceedS the voting age population of
10 of our States, is not permitted
to cast single vote for the Presi-
dent Of the United States.
How the trainers of the Consti-
tuition, who conceived one of the
most workable instruments ever
created for a democratic govern
ment, slipped up on this all-impor-
tant detail is hard for the average
man to work out.
1t places the half million people
in the foreign-born and lliterate
class. 1t takes from them the right
to say who shall govern them even
though these people pay taxes and
are part of the government known
as these United STATES.
Why this thing has been per.
mitted to go for over $50 years
without being successfully chal-
lenged is a poser for many people
in many parts Of the country. One
would think that that part of our
country would be especially alive
to their rights and using every
power at their command to bring
about a constitutional amendment
to give them the same privilege as
that enjoyed in other cities, coun-
ties and States in Jhe nation.
There is no reason that we could
possibly think of for keeping these
American citizens from voting at
such important elections as the
one just passed.
We call upon Representative Fitz-
patrick, from this district, and
Representative Millard and United
States Senators Copeland and
Wagner to use all the power at
their command to see that this
grievous wrong is righted.
A constitutional amendment will
be introduced in Congress which
convenes in January to right the
wrong. We call on the New York
representatives to vote for it.
We feel safe in saying that every
outstanding American citizen will
agree with this plan to give the
people eligible to vote in the Dis
trict of Columbia the power to
exercise their rights.
The Washington times., 1936-12-30
JUST ISN'T DONE


And there is this Christmas
story that is also going the
rounds on the Hill. It's by no
means a companion piece and it's
worth a laugh rather than q
smile.
One of the Representatives was
busy Christmas night entertaining
a few of his friends. The tele-
phone rang and his wife answered.
A feminine voice on the other
end of the wire carried family to
the listeners ear:
"I'm so very, very lonesome"
it said. 81 come from your State.
It's Christmas and I'm lone
some. 1 just got to feeling SO
sad that 1 thought that if 1
talked to Rudy Vallee, it would
cheer me up. called the hotel
where Rudy is staying, but the
desk clerk won't call his room.
"NOw I'm so lonesome I'd give
a hundred dollars if I could just
talk to Rudy for few minutes
and since you're from my State
I want you to call up that mean
old desk clerk and tell him that
he's just got to let me talk to
Rudy"
But there is no happy ending
because the Representatives wife
told the lonesome girl that Con-
gresham or no Congressman
there isn't anyone in Washington
that could make a desk clerk ring
a room in a Washington hotel if
the person in the suite didn't
want it rung.
The Washington times., 1936-12-30
Give Them a Vote
(DGily Herald, Berger, Ter,
Dec. 2, 1856

Dec. 2, 1856
We say that the United States
is the greatest Republic in the
world. We say that the United
States is a representative democ-
racy-one in which the laws are
made and executed by representa-
tives chosen by the people. Still
we have $4,000 loyal, native-born
Misunderstanding in the Dis
trict of Columbia-who are denied
the right to vote!
Only by a constitutional amend
ment will these thousands of
highly iterate and largely native
born Americans be given a right
to have a voice in their Govern
ment. An amendment with its
aim to remedy this unfair dis
elimination was introduced in the
last Congress; it will be reintro-
duced in the coming session of
Congress next month.
Imagine, an area in the United
States with a population that eX-
ceedS eight States not having a
voice in it's Government. To many
folks in Texas it's unbelievable
but nevertheless true.
Why are these thousands of
voters disfranchised? Mainly be-
cause the majority of them live
off of the Government. It so hap
pened that our founding fathers
perceived the idea that the resi-
dents of this area should not be
extended the right to suffrage in
asmuch as they made their very
existence working for the Govern
ment. Such an idea today is ridic-
ulouS. There is no reason what
soever for the disfranchise. If so.
why not take the voting privilege
away from thousands of others in
the United States who are work.
ing for the Government?
Now let's scan over a few facts
and see why these citizens should
not be deprived of the right to
vote. During the last fiscal year
the District of Columbia paid in
national taxes $17,322,929-more
than the sum paid in such taxes
by Is of the States individually;
more than what was paid by nine
States combined. The District of
Columbias population today ex-
ceeds that of eight of the States.
And during the World War the
District sent more men to the
colors than any one of II States,
although unrepreSented in the
body which declared the war, and
prosecuted it.
Numerous other facts might be
cited as they are unnecessary and
insignificant beside the basic prin-
ciple of democracy that all people
shall be represented in their gov
ernment.
At the coming session OF Con-
gresS this constitutional amend
ment will again come before this
great law-making body Of ours.
The Washington times., 1936-12-30
Recovery Proof

TNHE numerous wage increases and special bonuses
! granted by private employers to their workers dur
ing the latter part of this year should point the way for
the Federal Governments treatment of its
ployes.
NESS PROVED TO BE THE STIMULUS NEEDED
WARD THE DEPRESSION; THEY STARTED US
ALL THINKING IN TERMS OF PROSPERITY IN
STEAD OF DISTRESS.
It regretable that the biggest employer of althe
Federal Government-d not take the lead in boosting
wages by granting increases to its workers.
But there is still time for action.
The Congress that meets next week can demonstrate
that the biggest employer is willing to do his part
we'll as the smallest.
By keeping the ball arolling through granting better
soldfy the gains which the country has made against
economic distress.
Proper adjustment Of Government employees salaries
in the early days of the new Congress would cap the
climax of recovery
It would give added confidence to the business men
both large and small who have extended themselves in
order to grant pay increases in the successful effort to
end the depression.
THESE MEN WANT THE GOVERNMENT TO
SHOW THAT 1T BELIEVES THAT RECOVERY is
HERE.
THERE COULD BE NO BETTER WAY OF SHOW
ING THAT THAN BY LETTING THE GOVERN
MENT'S WORKERS PARTICIPATE IN THE RE-
COVERY.
The Washington times., 1936-12-30
Votes for Washington

National representation IN Congress and the right to
through the action the people of the various States and
their congressional representatives Following are fen
of the editorials printed by newspapers throughout the
countrv pedqig support to the movement for adoption
of constitutional amendment granting the District of
Columbia representation IN Congress and IN the Electoral
College. They printed IN response to letter from
The Washington Times outlining the Districts VoteleSS
status
The Washington times., 1936-12-30

or 1dle Iueu
marching
Marching in protest
Against idleness,
Up the streets of San Francisco
December S, 1886
Marching silently,
Without words,
without shouts,
without music.
Gray sky, gray street,
Gray flesh of weary, idle
Grim, gray masses of men
Marching in protest.
Thud. . thud. thud...
Thud. . thud. .thud.
Marching through the streets
Marching through the years;
Marching out of hopeful youth;
Marching into hopeless age;
Marching without music.
Everywhere in America
Mems feet marching
Marching in protest.
Rich America,
Free America,
Powerful America,
Democratic" America,
And yet
Everywhere in America,
Millions of men marching,
Marching in protest
Protest against idlenesS-
The Washington times., 1936-12-30

class of mount
ain children to
Washington to
see the sights.
At the Capitol,
H yn eS Terry,
veteran guide,
was given the
job of showing
them through
the historic cor
ridors.
In this group
of children was
a little girl. She,
acc cording to
Mr.. Terry was
nne of the
The Washington times., 1936-12-30

And from all present indications
it stands a good chance Of passing.
The editor of the Berger Daily
Herald heartily indorses such an
amendment, because he believes
in the principle of true repre-
sentative. democracy, because he
believes that no American citizens,
under such circumstances, should
be deprived of the rights which
are justly theirs and given them
under our great Constitution, and
because he believes that the adop-
ton of such an amendment will
right a great wrong.
The Washington Times is doing
a commendable job enlisting the
support of newspapers over the
nation to help them in their battle
in righting this injustice. Many
influential newspapers have al.
ready voiced editorial support in
favor of the cause. Many others
will do so in the near future.
Since members of Congress, with
a few exceptions, are deaf to the
pleas of Washingtonians that they
be permitted to vote, perhaps the
American press can convince them
that they are depriving honest-to-
goodness American citizens of their
conferred rights.
Our vote goes in favor of the
amendment.
The Washington times., 1936-12-30
The Greatest Show on Earth

mixed up with someone else. 1
never bought you any shoes,
miss"
"Oh, yes, you did," she re-
piled. you gave the money to
my teacher"
And then Mr.. Terry remem-
bered. The little girl, now grown
and married, introduced her hus-
band. She said:
"YOu know, Mr.. Terry, it was
The Washington times., 1936-12-30

two months after the teacher
bought me those shoes that 1
was able to get my feet in con-
ditiOn to wear them. After that
went to college and gradu-
ated and now I'm married. My
husband and I have come to
Washington to spend the Christ
mas holidays"
"And you know" Mr.. Terry
says, 81 went to dinner with
The Washington times., 1936-12-30
RESERVED

Come what weather it may,
there are some people who are
going to have grandStand seats
for the inaugural ceremonies jan
uary 20 and they will be just as
comfortable as if they were in
their own homes.
The East front Of the Capitol
is honeycombed with windows.
Some of them are of enormous
size and the little rooms and cor
ridorS in which they are set will
make it possible to look out and
see the whole business while the
peppers lounge quietly in the COM
Portable overStuffed chairs.
And it's no good taking this as
a hint. The windows have all
been spoken for. One attache
who was just enscounced in new
office gazed ruefully at the big
window in his office and told a
friend that 1t had been claimed
by a Senator long ago.
The Washington times., 1936-12-30

FrOCeSC against munger
Protest against humiliation
Protest against hate
Millions of men marching,
MARCHING WITHOUT MUSIC
Marching without music.
WHY?
Why should men
Be marching in protest
In the midst of plenty?
Why should men be hopeless
In America
Why should men
Be hungry or humiliated
In America?
Why should men
Hate or be hated
In America?
Why should millions,
Men, women and children,
March without music,
All their lives,
In America?
SOMETHING'S WRONG
SOMEWHERE!
Thud :. thud thud E.
Thud ). thud thud =.
While you are eating,
While you are sleeping,
While you are playing,
While you are working,
All this year
Millions in protest,
Marching in protest,
Marching in pain,
Marching without music.
Here in America
Thud. thud. thud. :.
Remember that!
Think about that!
DO SOMETHING ABOUT
THAT!
(ThiS column tOelcomeS and
requests comments. Letters
presenting personal problems
may also be sent. All letters
tUIl be handled confidentiGlly
and anSWered promptly if
stamped, addressed envelopes
are tncIuded.)
Copyright. 1885, King Features
Syndicate, InC.)
The Washington times., 1936-12-30

Men ) 1CCO AAN
M e ms f e e t
marching
Shabby feet
weary
feet.
Broken f e e t
Rising. fall
ing.
Thud GQuQ
1T h nd
Sss
Hundreds Of
feet,
Thousands OF
feet,
~ idle men
The Washington times., 1936-12-30
By Frank NJ. Smith

} that young couple. And do you
think you could beat that for
a happy Christmas? It's the
incest one 1 ever had"
The Washington times., 1936-12-30
TRUE STORY

This Christmas story really
started about ten years ago.
A school teacher brought her
The Washington times., 1936-12-30
Listen, World!
By Elsie Robinson
WITHOUT MUSIC

Thud. thud. .thud. E.
Thud. thud. .thud. =.
I'll .--,:~aa,
Evening star., 1936-08-09

NURSE. . years hospital training desires
position physicians Office or private case.
Call North O3T4-W
Evening star., 1936-08-09
BUDD HOLDERS VOTE
FOR $1O,5OO,O 900 ISSUE

BY tne Associated Press.
NEW YORK, August 8.-Stockhold-
ers of z. G. Budd Manufacturing Co.
Philadelphia have approved proposal
to issue $10,50O,000 of Az per cent
first mortgage convertible bonds.
Approval also was given to proposal
to issue $4,000 shares of common
stock to provide for conversion of the
bonds. Stockholders will receive war
rants emitting them to purchase the
bonds.
Evening star., 1936-08-09
A A K @ j
y A K @
= A K @
> A K @

He reaches contract of seven no.
trump, redoubled, and his left-hand
opponent now leads out 10 cards of a
green suit. Declarer's first nine dis
cards we're easy; he simply discarded
down to his four aces. But on the
tenth lead he is obviously squeezed.
Suppose he lets go of the ace of hearts
the jack of hearts is now played and
he must throw another ace, and so on
until all 13 tricks are made against
him.
AS a matter of fact, the victim of
a backward squeeze" will probably
feel almost as badly as the victim of
the nightmare squeeze At the start
of hand the player who is going to
be the victim of backward squeeze
sees no danger, since he sits in back of
dummy with an enormous array of
high cards. But even though dummy
must discard first. the backward
squeeze will still operate. The fol-
lowing hand is a good example:
Evening star., 1936-08-09
CLEARING HOUSE ISSUES
REPORT AT NEW YORK

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. August 8.-The weekly
statement of the New York Clearing
House shows: Total surplus and un-
divided profits, s20O04,600 dncresse)
Total net demand deposits (average) ,
S18,500,OO0 (decrease). Time deposits
(average), S9,310000 (increase) g.
Clearings week ending today, S2894,-
495,708. Clearings week ending Au-
gust 1, S3.135. .764,67O.
Evening star., 1936-08-09
MANAGER Is APPOINTED
BY JONES & LAUGHLIN
nc the Associated Press.

sy the Associated Press.
PITTSBURGH, August 8.-The
Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp. an
nounced appointment of William
Miller as manager of sales of sheet
and strip products.
The company said Miller, former
assistant manager of tin mill products
sales. will be assigned to new strip
and sheet mill at Pittsburgh.
He has served at the Jones &
Laughlin Philadelphia office and as
district manager at Atlanta, Ga.
Evening star., 1936-08-09

East has discarded all his spades,
as he held no protection in that suit,
and has retained all his clubs. As
declarer plays his last trump, West
is forced to guess on his discard. He
is afraid to discard the jack of clubs,
as declarer may hold the queen, and
dares not throw the king of diamonds,
because, for all he knows, declarer
may hold the nine. It is, therefore,
quite possible that he may unguard
his queen Of spades, hoping that de-
clarer holds only two spades. If he
does unguard the queen, declarer will
be able to make his contract by means
Of the pseudo-squeeze.
(Copyright. 1850
Evening star., 1936-08-09
W n ~ 2
y A @ 10 6 3

North opens the bidding with one
heart and eventually North and South
reach a seven-club contract, which is
promptly doubled by East. knowing
that his partners double indicates
heart strength in back of dummy,
West opens that suit. Declarer wins
the trick with dummy's ace of hearts
and now counts II top tricks.
The simplest way of producing the
other trick appears to be to set up a
long heart in dummy. He plays low
heart, ruffS it, re-enterS dummy with
a trump lead, ruffs another heart. and
now finds that East holds as many
hearts as dummy, and hence that the
long heart cannot be established.
Accordingly he must fall back upon
a squeeze. In this particular in
stance East sits in back of dummy
and, nevertheless, should he hold the
queen of spades, declarer sees that he
has him in a trap.
Declarer plays out all but one of MS
trumpS, discarding from dummy sc
that the remaining cards, in the
north, east and south hands are dis
tributed as follows: