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The Washington times., 1937-09-01


boy and rewarded him with a
vacation at a summer camp.
0uONOR thy father and thy
- mother!"
And then there are still some
who return from Russia and
say that we can learn q lot from
the SovietS! Yes. we can learn
from them-we can learn to
battle to the last drop Of blood
in our veins to prevent the
dawn in America Of any system
which destroys the souls Of
children.
The horror Of the Judas kiss
Of this child Of the SovietS lies
in the fact that 1t wasn't his
fault that he did what he did,
but the fault of the state, which
crushed out any spiritual values
from their conscience and
trained them to believe that the
only power in the world is the
power Of government.
The state took this boy and
drilled into his immature, I'M
developed little mind that
loyalty to the state took pre-
cedence over loyalty to the
parents who brought him into
the world.
60 many Americans return
~ from Russia and speak in
glowing terms Of their great
industrial strides, the COM
mercial development of the land
and that the workers have new,
modern homes, automobiles, get
raises in pay and other rewards.
How utterly blind are these
good citizens!
They seem not to realize that
one and all, they talk only Of
the material advancement of
Russia. They do not seem to
see the futility in building all
this up and destroying that
very one thing which every ma
ton that wishes to be a great
nation must have-itS home life.
Never forget that these people
are young. In their madness to
build nationalism the Soviet
leaders have destroyed that
basic principle of loyalty
loyalty to home, and thus how
do they know that these same
youngsters, when they realize
the colossal crime that has been
committed against them, will
not turn on the comnlissars?
You say they may never live
to realize the sin committed
against them? True; then, if
their loyalty is to be built on a
purely material basis, it can be
bought by some one with a
higher price.
NATIONS are like people.
Az They can go on the tide or
the crest of a wave for a certain
length of time if their detectives
are all material. While things
run smoothly the momentum
will carry them onward.
When adversely comes and
old age and they have nothing
spiritual to buoy them up the
people of that nation are lost.
A nation without a soul is like
a person without a soul-the
most horrible, pitiful thing to
look upon. For them there is no
future. They are damned before
they begin.
Allegiance to the state and
desire for material things can
satisfy the young for a time.
But as they mature and grow
older nothing can take the place
Of faith, love and belief in their
own individual family.
Each individual in Russia. pro-
viding he be a genuine slave Of
the state, must be a lonely soul.
The present crop Of parents
must expect their children to
serve the state before consider
ing them.
The opinions of BoGke Carter
are his o,Dr and not necessarily
Shaaa - TTh . No L isa TSoss TIisss 90
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The Inquiring
Photographer
The Washington Times in
vites you to submit timely
and interesting questions to
be used in this column.
THE QUESTION:
Do men make good cooks?
THE ANSWERS:

Mrs. Rissie Blankenship, res
taurant owner, las D st. N. E.:
Even the best of chefs can.
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Wise Words

Evil habits, once settled, are
more easily broken than mend
ed.-Quintilian.
No man was ever wise by
chance.-Senec&,
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wouldn't improve him. I think
women prefer to cook, anyway"
\ 4
william Murphy, 1922 Mont
gomery Ave-, Bethesda, Md:
Since the best restaurants
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Even chefs like to go home to
their wives cooking"
X X X
G. Alan Legge, 801 L st. N.
W., service station attendant:
"Sure, some men make good
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Mrs. Elizabeth Natalie, 1918
Third st. N. E., housewife:
with the exception Of a few
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THE BRITISH NOTE

to Tokyo, demanding Japanese apology for the
machine cunning of the British Ambassador to China
and punishment of the guilty armen the British gov
eminent plainly had to write such note, difficult
pu,tn,. H., though it will probably be for Japan
-. to bring itself to apologize.
~ "'"e ~ Britain has prestige, "face," to
maintain in ASIA Had Britain taken this air assault
of it's diplomats without stiff protest. its majesty
in the eyes of midas and the Malay States and the
British East Indies myriads Of people would have suf
fered badly.
We have such prestige in the Far East to main
tain, and don't have to write such notes. Our State
Department lets it be known though that is in accord
with the spirit Of the British note
That looks like good world politics to us. One thing
we should bear in mind this pops along is that
the American and British naves combined could police
the of the world-lF they operated under similar
policies.
The Washington times., 1937-09-01

BOake Carter
A Russian Boy
Betrayal Of Parent
Communism's Blight

THERE is something so cold
= blooded in the report from
Moscow of the 14-year-old boy
who turned his father over to
the Russian secret police be-
cause he couldn't act other
WISE" that it stops you dead in
your tracks.
The boy read of the purge now
going on in Russia against So
called enemies Of the state. He
read Of stories of spies and
counterrevolutionary moves.
So he went to the G. P. U. and
SWITCHED on his father. IT did
my duty as a young feminist"
said he. II wouldn't have a
father who is an enemy Of the
people"
So the Soviet commiSsars and
the Russian press made him a
hero, held him up as a model
boy and rewarded him with a
vacation at a summer camp.
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A Logical Conclusion
BvJ. T. Williams, Jr.

: administration happened to be in
control Of the Government. IT
would decrease, as students Of the
question can prove to the Con-
gress, the efficiency with which
river and harbor improvements
have been carried out by the
Corps Of Engineers under the
supervision Of the War Depart
ment for more than a century.
Recent studies Of industrial
combinations by experts have es-
tablished the fact that wastes of
large scale production are due to
the limitations Of human labor
and human administration. These
studies have developed what is
called "the law of balanced re-
turn"
Students Of the question point
out that in building activities this
law begins to operate sooner than
in other business expansion be-
cause in building operations "hu-
man factors predominant over me-
chanical production"
Foreign countries have already
prof1ted by the experience gained
by the United States. In England,
Canada, France, Germany, italy
and in smaller countries the Amer
lean practice Of distributing the
construction and operation of
public works among several
agencies is now followed.
REVOLUTIONARY
Under the circumstances, Con.
gress would seem to be justified
in the growing reluctance of its
members to junk the system by
which the Corps Of Engineers un-
der the supervision of the War De.
partment have efficiently carried
out river and harbor work for
more than a hundred years and
turn 1t all over to a new depart
ment manned by political ap-
pointees assembled in Washington
from the four corners of the coun-
try within few months.
If public hearings on this revo-
lutionary proposal can be obtained
the chances are that Public Senti-
ment will compel the Congress to
be guided by the lessons of history
and experience. In that event the
War Department will continue to
supervise, and the Corps Of En-
gineers Of the United States Army
to carry out, all Federal work in
connection with the Improvement
Of rivers and harbors.
: Political contractors who deal in
votes will be dissatisfied with such
a decision. Every political Spoils'
man in public office will oppose it.
But the people who pay for these
improvements, whose homes are
protected by them, will be the ben
eficiaries of a refusal by the Con-
gress to authorize any such change
in Federal administration.
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able to cope with the problems
Of life.
ELIZABETH ANNE GONCIAR,
"Aged 20, Chicago, Ill"
Elizabeth, too, gives us some
thing to think about and discuss
and wins O. $40 prize.
Then there's ALICE WILSON
with some remarks on marriage
which should win a 100 per cent
Endorsement from every girl
reader. According to Alice, these
Modern Lovers act as If marriage
were a game of ping-pong-and ex
pect some lovely lady to go al
starry-eyed over the prospect Of
living on nothing per.
MODERN VIEW
"WHERE," says she, "DO YOU
MEN GET THE NERVE TO Elk
PECT A GIRL TO TIE HER
SELF DOWN FOR LIFE, WHEN
YOU HAVE so LITTLE TO
OFFER? You certainly wouldn't
expect to build . house without
timber, yet you blithely expect
to build marriage on nothing
but love.
"A home can be q heaven; but
how can one make q heaven
when poverty and uncertainty
breed discomfort and resent
ment?
'I'm not mercenary-truly.
We women are glad to do our
parts; but don't ask too great
odds of us. Don't insist that
we go steady until you are
ready to offer an engagement
ring. Don't offer an engage
ment ring unless you are pre-
pared to face the responsibilities
of marriage.
MAKE SURE YOU CAN
LIVE WITH US, BEFORE YOU
SAY YOU CAN'T LIVE WITH.
OUT US. YeS-we love you. We
don't know what we would do
without you. BUT BE SURE
YOU KNOW WHAT YOU WILL
DO WITH US, BEFORE YOU
START MARKETING.
"ALICE WILSON (Age 2O),
"ROxbury, N. Y"
Sane stuff, youngster, and you
get this weeks IS prize. If more
girls had the spunk to ask ques.
lions like that and demand serious
answers, there'd be fewer divorces.
A wife, all too often, is regarded
lightly because she has put too
cheap a rating on herself and hel
love. Love should COME HIGH
spiritually as well as economi.
cally. 1t is the most precious
thing in any woman's life. If the
man isn't prepared to treat it AZ
such, his sweetheart had far bet
ter stay single.
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stardom or some equally glamor
Gus goal. In snort, Young Amer
ica's ambition is soaring high
wide, n handsome. Is it soaring
so high that it's due for a painful
tumble?
There's a question which
should raise considerable contro
versy in many a home where
John and Mary have been sitting
around for months, doing prac
tically nothing because some
thing worth while" hasn't come
their way.
FIND SHORTAGE
Dear Miss Robinson
Perhaps I'll make myself
unpopular, but I'm going to
hand it out straight - DON'T
YOU THINK MORE YOUNG
AMERICANS SHOULD BE-
COME SKILLED LABORERS?
"Once, most young people
were content with decent man.
ual jobs. Now an increasing
number take it for granted
that they must become prOfes-
siOnals, such as doctors, or
lawyers, or artists, Of some
sort. If they cannot get such
white collar jobs they won't
take anything.
Gas a consequence, the grad.
uate professionally seem to be
getting more plentiful than the
skilled IabOrers. Still worse,
there are thousands who don't
try to be either, but just spend
their time in dreaming.
During the building of the
school in our town, many skilled
labOrerS were needed. The
members of the School Board
were certain they could find
them easily-untiI they tried.
"Then they discovered that
skilled IabOrers were very
scarce. l have read that q
shortage of skilled labor Is ex-
pected throughout New York
State by June. Don't you think
someone should begin to preach
the dignity and practical adj
vantage Of skilled labor?
tom ABERANT,
"West Wyoming, Pa"
I do indeed, Tom, and you wiz
a $40 prize for bringing up thu
question. Daily this desk bear
tragic proof Of what you say-hun
dreds of discouraged, indignant
self-pitying letters from young PEG
pie who think their names ShoulC
be twinkling on Broadway or let
tered in gilt over plush-lined lob
bies. S'matter OF fact, they'd maybe
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Goodwill Industries

GOODWILL INDUSTRIES, INC, has been operating
u in Washington now for eighteen months.
That is long enough period for the public to have
evauated its services and to define the benefits which
will come from extending its work.
The aims of the organization threefold and are
set forth by Mr.. William o. Tufts its president fol-
lows:
"First, salUaging your discarded clothing, fur"
nitue and other articles; second, recOndittOning
them and selling the recOnditiOned articles at lou
cost; third (the important part of the prOgrGm)
through this york giving employment to crippled,
aged and handicapped men and UOnaen of this
community"
The organization has been giving daily employment
to sixty handicapped and and has
given part-time employment to two hundred and ninety
one and women.
If it is able to carry out its program of expansion
Goodwill Industries estimates that it will be able to
increase by from fifty to hundred the number of
handicapped men and women it employs.
The expansion will cost sixtyfive thousand dollars
Will Washington provide those funds for that
purpose?
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She would prefer, Of course,
a sincere and permanent lover;
but this, she feels, is much as
she can ask in this day Of oscil-
lating masculine hearts. The
old-fashioned Lothario loved 'em
and left 'em. But your modern
amoriSt can neither love them
nor leave them. You can't
hold him-and you can't lose
him. His heart is just a shuttle!
No matter how much or how
DANGEROUSLY he may love one
woman, he never forgets or over.
looks the others. He might
MISS Somethingl He likes to
syndicate his affections and keep
O lot Of women guessing at the
same time.
But, in love, q woman is a born
monopoliSt. She would rather be
loved convincingly, Economically,
and EXCLUSIVELY for a whole
day or a whole seaSon-and then
forgotten-than to be loved in
termittently and half-heartedly
for a lifetime. She loatheS being
one-of-a-crowd, and would rather
IL man would get out Of her life
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youth crazy; It steps aside and
gives full vent to the young peO-
pie because, 1t says, They're
only young once
what IL So good about being
young? Youth is adOlescent-
uncertain Of body and mind. The
hysterical life led by the aver
age modern boy and girl is an
emotional outlet for this un-
certainty and instability, and,
due to our false attitude, 1t
many times con t inues on
through later aife. Yet society
excuses and tOlerateS, and even
stimulates the extreme carry
ings on Of youth.
"HOw can high-Speed, high.
strung young people develop
into balanced, sensible people,
with serene married lives, il We
continue to exploit immaturity
and admire callOw adolescence.
''If the youth were not adver-
tised and exploited, at q time Of
life when control Is essential,
we would have less divorce, less
gallivanting old ladies and spree
ing married men, and more
practical, sound people, better
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Service to the Community

THE completion by DR.. John R. Fitzpatrick of five
l. years service as dean of the Columbus University
Law School has very properly been made the subject
of testimonial by those who familiar with his work.
Throughout his connection with the school and his
previous connection Of ten years with other educational
activities of the Knights of Columbus, Dr. Fitzpatrick
has been of genuine assistance to thousands who were
seeking higher education.
More than that DIR. Fitzpatrick has never permitted
the pressure of his work to detrac from his &C.
tvtes in connection with the civic development of the
community.
In all local activities he has taken vigorous part
and his work has been of tremendous value.
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make pretty good dishwashers If
we hadn't poisoned them with a
lot of hilfaultin' ideas. Or SO 1t
seems to me.
But I'm ready and waiting for
either brickbatS or bouquets.
Whichever side you take-here's
one of the biggest questions before
America today, and we'd like to
have your vote!
While you're making UP your
mind on that, here comes ELIZA
BETH ANNE GONCIAR with a
startler. For twenty years Eliza.
beth has been hearing that Were
only young once" why isn't that
enough?" quips Elizabeth. why
go in for lifelong ga-ga?"
EXPLOITED
And many a bored oldster, tired
Of seeing a bathing beauty or a
campus hero on every magazine
cover, may agree with her!
Dear Miss Robinson:
why is youth idOlized? The
latest dress styles glOrify youth.
The subject of the theater, novel
and short story is almost excIu-
Sively youth. The world has gone
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'compleCely Chan Keep Skipping OUT
Of it and skipping back again.
When a love affair goes hay.
wire, the modern girl does not
pine away and go into a decline as
the old-fashioned girl did. She
takes 1t on the chin like a good
sport. She can even forgive and
FORGET it. One man cannot
wreck her life-for more than a
few weeks.
But while the affair lasts she
wants 1t to be WORTH WHILE.
She wants it to be genuine and
convincing and worth remember.
ing. She wants to be the WHOLE
SHOW-not just one Of the en-
semble. And she wants the show
to be enchanting and glamorous.
Variety may be the spice Of love,
for a man; but it's just a headache
for q woman, who wants her love.
affairs one at q time-and that
done well.
Do modern amorists get the real
flavor and the real kick out Of a
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With the whole American sys-
tenn of government under fire, it is,
perhaps, logical that Congress
should move slowly in legislating
for the reorganization Of the
Executive Departments.
If the pending proposal to give
the Executive well-nigh blanket
authority to. reorganize itself is IN
sisted upon, Congress may be In
session throughout the Summer.
There is a rising tide Of Public
Sentiment against one objective Of
the reorganizers. This objactive
appears to be the political control,
by partisan appointees, Of all
Federal work in connection with
the improvement Of rivers and
harborS.
When the reorganization pro-
gram was first submitted there
was no evidence on the surface
that the transfer of river and
harbor work from the control Of
the War Department to the ex-
ploitation Of the proposed new De-
partment Of Public Works was
contemplated.
It is to the credit Of several
conscientious members Of the
National Legislature that they
refused to commit themselves in
regard to the reorganization pro-
gram until they had taken the
time and the trouble to examine
it. This scrutiny resulted in the
unearthing Of the joker in the
bill-the joker involving the fu,
ture control Of Federal work on
rivers and harbors.
IN CONTEMPLATION
The point is made by Repre-.
Sentatives in Congress who have
studied the Reorganization Bill
that there is no purpose in grant
ing authority to the Executive
to transfer river and harbor
work from the War Department
to the proposed new Department
Of Public Works unless such a
transfer is in contemplation.
The fact that it is in contem-
plation would seem to be proven
by the defense that is now being
put forth that unless this work
is transferred the proposed new
Department would not have
enough work to do to justify its
creation.
AS a matter Of fact, the more
the whole question of transferring
river and harbor work from the
non.political supervision Of the
War Department to the political
supervision of a new Department
is examined the clearer will be
come the reasons behind it.
These are political in nature.
This transfer would enormously
increase the power Of patronage in
the possession Of whatever ad.
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Police Shooting

effective JOHN A. CATION heroicaly met the
~ test of a good police officer last week when, after
being wounded four times by three thugs he came upon
while they we're committing holdup nevertheless shot
and wounded two of them.
Detective Cations courage and GOODNESS under fire and
his fine craftsmanship made it possible to apprehend all
involved in this particular crime and to bring forth evil
dence which has solved numerous other crimes.
This is not meant tribute to Detective Cation.
His acts speak for themselves and his tribute is in the
heart of every law-abiding citizen of the District
This meant plea to furnish our other fine police
officers with the opportunity to improve their ability
to shoot in order that should they upon such set
of circumstances as Detective Cation they may be reason
ably well equipped to meet the issue.
There is no excuse for sending policemen who not
expert shots out to meet thugs who
Every policeman should be given a course IN the
handling of pistol and should be encouraged to prac
tice his craftsmanship.
Instead of that we seem to do our best community
to discourage such practice by refusing to furnish police
men with the ammunition necessary for target practice
Policemen aren't given such large salaries that they
should be expected to buy their own supplies OF ammun
ton.
Representative Edward A. Kenney, of New jersey
has introduced bill in the House to authorize the ap
preparation of public funds for this purpose.
That bill, if enacted, would do much to improve the
craftsmanship of our policemen.
And in doing that it would do much to improve the
security OF every citizen of the community.
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romance by doubling in their roles
and playing Romeo to q chorus?
I wonder.
Why can't the average man keep
UP his role until the last kiss and
the fade-out2 Where is his artistic
instinct? Surely, as long as there
is any glamour in a love-affair, 1t
is worth playing with all your
dramatic ability-if not with your
whole heart.
And when there isn't any more
glamour, it's time to say good.by
and ring down the curtain.
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OLD FAVORITES
Spinning in April
By JOSEPHINE PRESTON PEABODY

By JUSEPHINE PRESTON PEABODY
Moon IN heavens garden among the clouds that wander
Crescent moon so young to see, above the April ways
Whiten bloom not yet not yet within the twilight yonder
All my spinning is not done for all the lettering days
Oh heart has two wild wings that would be fying
Oh, my hearts meadowark that ever would be free
Well it is that must spin until the light be dying;
Well 1t is the little wheel must turn all day for me!
All the htops beckon, and beyond the western meadows
Something calls ever, calls ever low and clear:
little tree as young as the coming shadows
The voice of running waters that thirst to hear
Oftentmes the plea of it has set my wings abeating;
Oftentimes it coaxes, l sit in weary-wise
Till the wild life hastens to wild things all entreatnp
ndeaves the spinning Wheel with dark unseeing eyes
IReGders Envted to send to the editor their so-
gestions of old fGvoreS among the poems for reprtiHo
IR this epGce.l
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stration for Senator Claude Pepper
Senator Claude Pepper Of Florida
Newspaper photographers
grouped the little girls around the
Senator and posed them for about
three minutes. All the time the
photographers kept insisting that
they smile. And despite the fact
that they couldn't hear a word
spoken to them, darned II they
didn't smile and show their DIM
pies right and left.
one Of the photographers kept
coaxing over and over again TO
one little girl, just as If she could
"Come ON, now. Smile. What
are you mad about? SmiAe'
please SMILE"
She must have finally under
stood or else she thought ne was
pretty funny for she, too, finally
came through with a tiny little
srnirk.
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Mary thanked
her lucky stars
If she got a
place in the no
tt on S depart
ment at $40.
B u t no w a.
days, according
to TOM ABER-
ANT. Johnny's
all set for the
District Attor-
ney's position,
at least. And
Mary'S plenty
sorry for her.
self if she isn't
slated for radin
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day are GER
tainly Grade A
pupils. Al
though they are
t OF ally deaf
they are able to
talk and under
stand what you
say by lip read
ing.
Perhaps the
best test they
gave Of this re-
markable fac.
ulty came even
before they put
m their demon
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Marry Co. Round
BY Helen ROlULnIDd
THE INCOMPLETE AMORIST

A very modern young woman
wants to know where she can
find an old.fashioned Lothario;
or even an old-fashioned will
lain" would do. The kind who
pursued the girl" Zone girl at
a time) and then cast her off!
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World
YOUNG AMERICA ASKS-HAVE

Time was when young Johnny
thought he was Sitting Pretty if
he found a job FOR himself in
Smiths Wood, Coal and Hay
Yards-at $15 per week. And