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The Washington times., 1936-11-06

.SCheming mates and scandal
mongering friends-they all use
love" to nationalize their suSpi-
cion, malice, idle curiosity and de-
sire to dominate. Then, when
cornered in some particularly
scurvy stunt, they cry, "All's fair
in love and war!" And really
believe it.
But is it? Does any degree of
devotion-sincere or assumed
justify such invasion of another
persons life? It does not!
NO JUSTIFICATION
The right to Be Ourselves. to
think our own thoughts, make
our own decisions, indulge our
own tastes-above all, the right
to our own privacy-these are
more than privileges. They are
basic and sacred rights. a neces-
sary condition for our develop
ment. We can't grow up-or re-
main self-respecting adultS-un-
less such rights are exercised and
respected. And that goes for the
child of or youth Of 18, as well
as the adult of 80.
But suppose Someone We Love
is about to make mistake which
may end diSastrouSly? That, too,
is his prerogative, with which no
one should furtively or tyranni'
cally interfere. Mistakes are as
essential to our evolution as sue
cesseS. No person can become ma
ture without running those red
blooded risks which end in failure
and humiliation taking the
resultant licking. Most of us
learn more from one blunder than
from a thousand triumphs.
But shouldn't we do anything, II
we see a loved one head for a
tragic mess? Yes, we have the
privilege accorded all decent and
intelligent people of giving frank
and civil advice. But this low-llte
business of listening in on phone
calls. going through pockets.
suppressing letters. deviSing sud
den, stalemate schem st h a t'S
out!
And the fact that said snooping
is performed by a Mothers Gentle
Hands or a Wife's Adoring Heart
matters not a whit. The human
who would descend to such gutter
rafting is completely contemplate
And you're even worse if you lei
them get by with it.
Copyright, 1886, by King Features
SvndjCat Inc
The Washington times., 1936-11-06

p a u ly Edwin c. Hill
in the rows of cribs. There was
never zip from any baby-none
sick, no operation being prepared.
There were, however, some lnstru-
ments on tripods and in glass
cases quite alien to medical or
hospital equipment. Even the
nurses were puzzled.
AS we were permitted to learn
later, there were other watchers
and other instruments down on
the rim of the Sahara. and out on
waste of tundra in the sub
Arctic, and intervening watch
towers and peering eyes linking
the continents.
It seemed to have something to
do with those red, squizzled-faced
little babies, sleeping through it
all. At the hour of 9:25 there
was increased alertness and inten-
sity among the bearded watchers
who hovered over the cribs.
Whispering, they checked the
watches which each held in his
hand. The watches were in step
to a split-Second-they had to be,
it seemed, if this momentous bust
ness was to come off properly.
There must be no uncertainty,
no disagreement as to the exact
climactic instant which the scien-
tist believed lay just five minutes
ahead.
There was faint buzzing under
the brass cowl of one of the instru-
ments, the flicker of a needle on
a dial. A messenger tip-toed in
with a sheaf of teletype messages,
which the watchers seized, read
eagerly and looked at their
watches.
There was a muffled telephone
Gala voice of suppressed eager
ness.
EERIE SCENE
At exactly $50 o'clock a tall,
pallid scientist, with thick-lenSed
glasses, obviously the man in COM
mand, raised his arm. He lowered
it, as if giving the signal for a
race.
The scientists turned toward the
babies cribs. One of the little
chaps squirmed an instant and
then let loose a yell.
In a few seconds, the other
joined in, yelling like mad.
There was triumph on the
faces of the scientists. They
shook hands, gathering up their
instruments and departed.
The babies yelled until the
next morning, and the scientists
were busy all night rounding
up their notes, receiving further
reports from the hospital and
from remote wildernesses out
beyond the seas. The story went
through the regular channels.
Nearly eight months later we
learn, through Partisan scientific
reports, what it was all about.
Those baby watchers were
Daniel Boones of the new science
of medical climatology-t h e
study of the effects of meteor
ology on human health, nerve,
blood pressure, disposition and
general good or i'll fortune.
The systole and diaStole OF q
The Washington times., 1936-11-06
GUIDING HAND

The reelection of Sen a o r
George w. Norris is taken by his
friends as an extremely fitting
climax to his career.
Senator Norris was the author
of the lame duck amendment. The
next Congress meeting January 5
will be the first to be called to-
gether under the new rules. 1t
looked for while like he wasn't
going to be there to see his brain
child go into effect, but he'll be
there.
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ANOTHER PRECEDENT

Now that it's all counted of
course it doesn't make much diff
ference to the Democrats, but
every leader in the Senate was up
for reelection for the first time in
the history of that august body.
On the Republican side there
were Charles I. McNary, minority
leader, and Daniel o. Hastings, Re-
publican whip.
On the Democratic side there
were Joseph T. Robinson. majority
leader; j. Hamilton Lewis, Demo
cratic whip: James F. Byrnes,
spokesman for the President: Car
ter Glass, chairman of the Appro-
priation Committee, and Pat Har-
rison, chairman of the Finance
Committee.
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HE LOST, TOO

Having had Representative
Tom Blanton lifted off their
necks by his defeat in the pri-
mary, Washington came close to
facing a man who also had quite
a bit to say about District finan-
ces when he was in the House.
Senator George w. Norris won
from Robert Simmons, who held
the position of chairman of the
District Subcommittee of the
House Appropriations Committee
-Blanton's job-for a number Of
years, and made more than a few
District officials groan and bear
it
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are they gong
to do about
seating arrange
m e n is. A n y
semblance o f
balance which
is so dear to
the hearts of
t h o S e W h o
cl aim special
authority over
the di g n i t y
a n d juSt-rl
ness in t h e
chamber h a S
just flown out
the window.
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REAL CHANGE

Frank B. Havenner, Progressive
Democrat who beat out Represen-
tative Florence Kahn. incumbent
Republican in the Third District
in California, is a neWSpaperman
turned politician.
Years ago when he was sent to
cover the city hall in San Fran
cisco he wormed his way into the
city's administration and got on
the board Of supervisors. Later
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human nature
trickier t h a n
when using love
as a n ali b /.
Therefore, to-
d a y. H e n r y
era S h e S the
space with a
problem which
hits nine tenthS
Of us where we
live.
"All's fair in
love and war;
you've h e a r d
that old axiom.
Sos H e mr. Y.
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FORTHRIGHT

There was a man on F. Street
in the early part of the evening
who was asked by a friend how
he thought it would go and he an
swered graphically:
Nobody is going to shoot
Santa Claus
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q hOoplIdA dO
certain b la C X
bearded, bespec-
tacled scientists
in long white
srnocks, pacing
back and forth,
W h i S p erin G
to each other,
consulting their
watches expec-
t a n tly. They
were not wait
ing for a n y
small a d d e d
starter to the
tiny life re-
cruitS, sleeping
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lnew baby's heart, in their
theory, may be reflex of the
systole and diastole of the winds
that pulse back and forth across
the world. Of the errant clash
Of the lightnings, the ebbins
or ascending potential Of terres-
trial magnetism.
They learned that that partic.
ular baby clinic happened to be
at the exact meeting place Of
air masses from the North Pole
and others from the Sahara Des-
ert.
This clash of winds, they had
proven, stirred up tremendous
electromagnetic complications Of
marked effects on the human
organism.
Going back to the researches Of
John Dalton, early in the last cen.
tury, piecing together all available
knowledge of the subject, it ought
to work out that, given one head.
on air collision like this and one
normally sensitive month-old baby
given all this-the baby ought
to yell his head off. To find
whole flock of babies right in that
spot was a scientists dream come
true.
They rigged their instruments
and clocked the impending mid
field storm Scrimmage for exactly
$50 o'clock on that momentous
night.
Their assistants jockeyed the
air masses all the way from the
starting line. And, at this breath.
less moment in scientific history,
all the babies dutifully yelled.
MANY UNCERTAINTIES
AS science takes over much that
formerly was left to OmnipotenCe,
it is not the sparrow's fall but the
wall of an infant which is noted.
The medical climatologists nave
been showing ahead for about ten
years. So far as frankly con-
fused layman can judge, they
have rolled up much that is i'm
preSsive to show that human BE-
havior is pretty closely paced by
wind and weather-and that wind
and weather may issue from some
Sibyl's cave far off in the star
haze, what with the sidereal COM
pass of electromagnetic forces,
cosmic waves and the like. 1t
looks as if they might invite the
aStrologerS in before they get
through.
John Dalton, the English phySi-
cist, whose scientific reputation has
stood century's test, pioneered
the effect of air pressure on hu:
man behavior. Normal Sea-level
air pressure on the human body
is 1412 pounds to the square inch.
Thus every man packs around a
weight of IS or 20 tons. Figure
one of those sleeping babies as
toting a load of about a ton.
The French scientists are dt
vided as to whether the clash Of
air masses changed this pressure
and caused the crying, or whether
it was the accompanying and re-
lated electromagnetic disturbance.
There is also the possibility OF
changes in radiation.
There are uncertainties enough
there to make anybody cry, let
alone a new baby. Taking a peek
at these goings on, from the deep
outside, this reporter can only
bring word that scientists have
turned up some mighty interest
ing and possibly important evil
dence that meteorology has lot
to do with our everyday conduct,
and that they may lead the way to
intelligent adaptations and con.
trolls which will make us all
happier.
But one thinks Of the pioneer
mother with a brace of youngsters
in a Kansas sod-house, minus air
conditioning. and all Of them as
husky as a lot of young jack
rabbits.
Copyright. 1885. by King Features
Syndicate, Inc }
The Washington times., 1936-11-06
Simplified Justice

The declaration of Mr.. William A. Roberts on leaving
office as Peoples Counsel that he favors establishment
of small claims branch of the Municipal Court is COM
mended to the attention of the judges Of that court
The proposal for the small claims branch submitted
by Municipal Court Judge Nathan Cayton has already
received many Endorsements from civic organizations
The commentator of the plan given by Mr.. Roberts
comes from man who has served the public we'll in
position which has enabled him to familiarize himself
with the views of organized citizens and Individuals
Although Mr. Roberts official position was designed
to make him the representative of the people before the
Public Utilities Commission it is well known that many
citizens under the misapprehenson that his duties
more inclusive than they really were often submitted to
him their legal problems.
With his great energy he undertook the added bur
dens thus imposed upon him and when he urges creation
of the small claims branch he is mindful Of the condi
tions that exist.
AS proposed by Judge Clayton the branch Of the Mu-
ncipal Court designated as the small claims and
ciation branch would handle in which less than
fifty dollars is involved.
Such cases would be assigned to the branch and one
of the regular Judges of the court would preside.
The object UOuId be to render speedy justice in a
less formal atmosphere than prevails, and, BY
simplifying the procedure to make the retaining OF
attorneys unnecessary thus saving money to those
ltigating small claims.
It is the contention of Judge Cayton seemingly well
founded that the small claims branch could be estab
lshed by order of the judges and could function without
additional personnel or expense.
THE SMALL CLAIMS BRANCH OF THE MUNICH
PAL COURT WOULD BE A GENUINE BOON TO THE
POOR MAN.
It would enable him to obtain justice speedily and
without unnecessary expense.
His rights whether he appeared as plaintiff de-
fendan would be amply secured under Judge Cayton's
plan.
We glad to note that Senator William H. King OF
Utah. chairman of the Senate District Committee, has
announced his willingness to sponsor legislation to create
such branch.
SUCH COURSE SHOULD NOT BE NECESSARY
AND WILL NOT BE IF THE JUDGES OF COURT
ACQUIEsCE IN THE PUBLIC SPIRITED PROPOSAL
OF THEIR COLLEAGUE JUDGE CAYToN.
The Washington times., 1936-11-06

che was elected president of the
board.
This summer in talking to an
old friend he predicted his elec-
The Washington times., 1936-11-06

Some three hundred ships tied up in American ports by
strike called by the rank and file in the International
Seamens Unionn defiance of both the union officials and
the employers.
Our shipping industry is sick union officials know
this The future welfare of the striking much at
stake as is the welfare of the ship
The markets of the world opening again only through
healthy vigorous shipping industry this country invade
foreign markets
The striking should wait until the shipping industry
get something to divide before the demand larger
share
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quests comments. Letters present.
ing personal problems may also
be sent. All letters tUiU be handled
contidenttnlly and 1nStDe ere d
promptly IT stamped, addressed
envelopes are included.
The Washington times., 1936-11-06

ton. He said he had found a seq
ment of voting residents down
on the water front containing a
majority of labor votes.
The Washington times., 1936-11-06
Listen, World!
Bv Elsie Robinson

is GALL FAIR IN LOVE AND WAR?
This whether it fits EN- not
paaver sweehearts
s-and never Other Fellow
The Washington times., 1936-11-06
Human Side of theNeWs
Scientists Study Effects of Meteorology O
Human Health and Behavior
BY EdUin C.. Hill

On the evening of April 6, 1886,
there were in the babies clinic in
a hospital at Lyons. France,
The Washington times., 1936-11-06
A PROBLEM

After all.
A real problem now faces the
attaches of the Senate. What
The Washington times., 1936-11-06
The Greatest Show on Earth = By Frank M. Smith

Mrs. Kahn had depended upon
her silk stocking brigade to bring
her back. Havenner got the labor
vote in the count and won out.
The Washington times., 1936-11-06
FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 6. 1886

Newspapers Inc
H D.
q Newm j
Publisher William Shelton Business Manager
The Washington times., 1936-09-25
ARDENT LOVER
LANDS IN JAIL

For a unique, If futile, demon.
stration of affection, Clarence L.
Rallings, 10, colored, of the 1900
block of @ st. N. W., yesterday
was given the choice Of paying a
$500 fine or serving 80 days in jail,
The demonstration was staged
last night for Elizabeth Bond, col
ored, described as Rallings' girl
friend" who retailiated by sum-
moning police, who booked the
suitor on threat charges.
According to the Bond girl, Rail-
ings announced at her home in the
4600 block of Ninth st. N. W.,
that he would take poison Of she
did not reciprocate his affection.
Police testified that, on arrival,
they found Rallings at the back
door, a monkey wrenh in one
hand, a cup of disinfectant in the
other.
Rallings told Judge Isaac R.,
Hit that he was only trying to
prove to his girl that he could
take It," Judge Hit was appar-
emily untmpressed by the eXplana-
ton.
The Washington times., 1936-09-25
u. 5. Worker S Death
Declared Suicide

Coroner A. Magruder MacDon-
aid has issued a certificate Of
suicide in the death Of Duckett
Clark, 81, retired Navy Yard
worker, who plunged into Ana
costa River near the Pennsyl-
vania Avenue Bridge late yester-
day.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-12-23
LAGUARD|A VETOES
jAY-WALK|NG BAN
Mayor Says Americans
Won't Goosestep and Re.
sent Such Regulation.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, December 23.-Alder-
mems proposals to regulate" New
York pedestrians were described as
infeasible yesterday by Mayor F. H.
La Guardia, who commented: II pre-
fer the happiness Of our unorganized
imperfection to the gloom Of organ
lied imperfection Of other countries"
Eliminating "jay-walking" penalties
from q new traffic code he signed to
60 into effect February 10. the Mayor
said:
1.-THE regulation OF motor vehicle
traffic must undergo q period
of training before we can i'm
pose the danger of fine and imprison-
ment on those who walk the streets.
1.-THE regulation Of pedestrians has
been successful in many European
cities, but that Is due to the power of
government and the training and dis
cipline of the people and to their
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-12-23
Christmas Paroles Dropped.

RALEIGH, N. c., December 23 R.
Gov. Ehringhaus said yesterday he
would give out no paroles as Christmas
presents. Any paroles which may be
issued on or Immediately before
Christmas day. he said. would be
merely of the routine variety sub.
mitted to him by Paroles Commis-
sioner Edwin M. Gill. In past years
as many as 200 or 800 convicts have
been freed in the Christmas season.
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taA TRAFFIC Pa
~ CONVICTIONS 4Al

Md: Is days.
Edward c. Rippeon, Soldiers Home;
IS days.
Herman A. Roles, Baltimore: IS
days.
william B. Street, Warrenton, Va;
is days.
Jacob Suna, 1924 Ninth street; Is
days.
Wendell e. Thorne, Chevy Chase,
Md; IS days.
Harry Uditsky, Philadelphia: 80
days.
Ardie o. Wehner, Baltimore: 80
days.
Alexander B. Wilson, Clarendon,
Va; Is days.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-12-23

Driving While Drunk.
Malcolm Gardner, 46l M street
southwest, SIS or 60 days.
Forrest J. Nelson. 1888 Twenty-sec-
ond street, SIS or 60 days.
CoIliding.
Elmer G. Hollins, 1856 Nichols ave-
nue. southeast, $40.
Second Offense Speeding.
Edward B. Bunch, Virginia. SIS.
First Offense Speeding.
Ernest G. McCabe, 5 Sixteenth street
northeast, $40.
Meyer A. Baskin, 1920 Seventeenth
street, $40.
Oliver S. Wood, Shoreham Hotel, IS.
William S. Diston, Maryland, IS.
Roy D. Preston, no address given, IS.
Dorothy L. Richards, no address
given, IS.
Harry w. Lykens, no address given,
IS.
Melvin F. Harrison, SIS E street
northeast, IS.
Charles I. Farrell, 1855 Rosedale
street northeast, IS.
Arthur w. Kay, 1743 North Capitol
street, IS.
Franklin T. Campbell, 1901 T street
southeast, IS.
Henry D. Ecker, 3027 N street, IS.
John T. Tillman, 1921 Division ave-
hue northeast. IS.
ozie J. Under, GIG x street south
east, IS.
Willie McNair, s1s F street south
west. IS.
Douglas L. FUR, Maryland, IS.
Lewey o. Gilstrop, Maryland, IS.
John L. Stone, 1884 Georgia avenue,
Is.
william Jennings Bryan, 1017 Six
teenth street, IS.
Permit Suspensions.
Operating permits Of the following
persons have been suspended for the
length of time indicated:
Carl g. Becker, Silver Spring, Md;
Is days.
Leroy M. Boswell, Landover, Md; Is
days.
Charles M. Brennan, Baltimore; re-
voked.
Charles A. Carlson, jr., Bethesda,
Md; 80 days.
Henry r. Clark, jr., r. F. D. No. /,
Brookville, Md; 80 days.
James B. Graham, Glendale, Md; 80
days
Henry A. Griesedeick, Georgetown
University; Is days.
Edward c. Harmon, 1888 Connecti-
cut avenue; Is days.
Louis A. Hensen, Takoma Park, Nd;
30 days.
Frank J. Hawkins, Hyattsville, Nd;
Is days.
Junior L. Heiston, r. r. D. No. 2,
Williamsport, Md; 80 days.
Richard 8. Hunter, Rosslyn, Va; 30
days.
kenneth Kerriker, Alexandria, Va:
Is days.
Catherine Kimble, Takoma Park,
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peculiar habits. training, tradition and
~,,sknssa

ITO try to goosestep or to drive
into formation march the residents
Of New York City Is task far more
dificult than It would seem in the
reading Of . regulation Of this kind.
We are accustomed to move freely,
and naturally would resent q police
regulation which might catch the
pedestrian unaware when he cannot
realize the necessity Of such inter-
ference"
The principal features Of the new
code are abolition Of right turns on
red lights and penalties for prac-
TONERS of the "car-watching" racket.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-12-23
HOMESICKNESS BLAMED
Advanced as Motive for Suicide Of
Capitalists Nephew.


PORT ARTHUR, Tex, December
% R.-Homesickness was advanced
today as a possible motive for the
death Of 26-year-old Larry Lothian
Glass, nephew of Herman Lissner,
New York capitalist.
Glass body was found hanging
from a pavilion on Pleasure Pier
early Monday. A coroner said it was
suicide.
Charles Vincent, q fellow worker at
the Corinth, Miss. pants factory
where Glass went to learn his uncle's
manufacturing business said Glass oc-
casionally had been depressed be-
cause of homesickness for Germany,
which he left 20 months ago.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-12-23

UNUSUAL GLOVE VALUE high.
quoIity, tobIe-eut Pieskins. BIoekheod
Moehos and Copeskins; mode in deeid-
eddy superior woy. Clasp and slip-oa
styles. A greet gift d. $2.45
Other Gloues $50 to $50
The Washington times., 1936-03-26
D. {. HEADS HIT
AT HEARING

Representative Henry Ellenbo-
gen CD of Pennsylvania, chair
man of the fiscal affairs Subcom-
mittee of the House District Com
mittee, today refused to allow
Vernon West, acting Corporation
Counsel to testify for the Com
miSSionerS at a hearing on bill
proposing to allow the Commission
ers to borrow 100000 from the
PWA for construction of a Sepa-
rate building to house the office Of
the Recorder Of Deeds.
The Representative, when West
explained that the Commissioners
were attending a meeting Of the
Senate Appropriations subcommit-
tee of the Senate District Com
mittee, declared:
LET them come down here
themselves. In the future will
not allow agents Of the Com
missiOnerS to appear for them"
Mr.. West was representing the
Commissioners in their opposition
to the bill.
William Tompkins, the colored
Recorder Of Deeds for the District,
urged favorable action on the bill.
The Washington times., 1936-03-26
BOARD
TO FIX FATE
OF 10000
Cut in Needed Funds
Leaves Group Only
3 Alternatives

Fate of 10000 persons on the
District relief rolls classed as "em'
ployables" will be decided at a
special meeting of the Board of
Public welfare. The Senate to-
day voted $350,OO more Of D. C,
relief funds. putting a damper on
hopes for a deficiency appropria'
tion to carry the relief program
through to June 80. The $3.50, 900
will last only about a month.
Although the House raised the
deficiency sum from $250,000 to
$350,00O and passed it yesterday,
welfare officials insist this will not
be ample to care for the employ.
ables" after this month. The vel,
fare board had requested $60S, 900.
1t already has been decided that
the 10000 persons in the unem.
playable class on the relief rolls
will have to be cared for, and this
will take $3.50, 900 UP to June 80.
The House figure leaves $100, 900
to care for the employables.
Welfare officials are faced nth
three alternatives:
l. To carry all the unemploy-
ableS on the present relief pay.
ments averaging $50 a month
for one month and then cut
them from the rolls.
2. Slash the relief payments
from an average Of $50 a month
per case to $40 a month and
carry the employables through
the remainder Of this fiscal year.
8. Comb the list Of the en-
ployables and pick out the most
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