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The Washington times., 1937-01-06

practices and business controls
on the other.
The statute of NRA has been
outlawed. The problems have not.
They are still with US.
That decent conditions and ade-
quate pay for labor, and just re-
turn for agriculture, can be Sc
cured through parallel and stimuli
taneous action by 48 States is a
proven impossibility. 1t is equally
impossible to obtain curbs on mono
poly, unfair trade practices and
speculation by State action alone.
There are those who, sincerely or
insincerely, still cling to State &C.
ton as a theoretical hope. But ex-
perience with actualities make it
clear that Federal laws supplement-
ing State laws are needed to help
solve the problems which result
from modern invention applied in
an induStralized nation which con-
ducts its business with Scant regard
to State lines.
During the past year there has
been growing belief that there is
little fault to be found with the
Constitution Of the United States
as it stands today. The vital need
is not an alteration of our funda-
mental law, but an increasingly en-
lightened view with reference to it.
Difficulties have grown out of its
interpretation; but rightly con-
sidered, it can be used as an instru-
ment of progress, and not as a de-
vice for prevention Of action.
The Washington times., 1937-01-06
CORONER SOLE
HEALTH JOB
APPLICANT

ARLINGT TON, Va, Jan. 8.
There is but one applicant to date
for the position of Arlington
county health officer. being va
Gated February l by DR.. P. M. Chi
chester, head Of the county's
health department for the past 13
years, 1t, was learned today.
The sole applicant is authorita'
lively reported to be DR.. w. c. Wei.
burn, county coroner, who has been
a practicing physician in Arling-
ton county for the past quarter Of
a century.
DR.. Chichester has accepted a po.
sition with the Virginia Health De.
partment, as assistant director Of
rural health under DR.. c. H. Eller,
new State director.
Quick Action Needed
The position he leaves in Ar.
lington county plays $4,000 yearly,
81, 1000 by the county and $500 by
the State.
Despite the fact that the county
board has not yet officially acted
on DR.. Chichester's resignation,
which was submitted too late for
the board meeting last week,
Chairman william A. E. McShea
said today the appointment should
be made at the next meeting. Jan.
uary IA, In order to give the new
health officer sufficient time to
become acquainted with his duties
before DR.. Chichester leaves.
Position Vital One
Because of the reputation Of the
Arlington Health Office. organized
and developed by DR.. Chichester,
as the best county health depart
ment in the State, the position Of
its director is regarded as q highly
important one.
Added to the regular duties Of
supervising general health, santa
ton and disease prevention meas
ures, the Arlington health of.
ficer also has charge of plumbing
inspection throughout the fastest
growing county in Virginia, under
a plumbing code prepared and put
into effect by DR.. Chichester. The
county has no regular plumbing
inspector,
The Washington times., 1937-01-06
VieUUs World Problems

With better understanding Of
our purpose, and a more intelli-
gent recognition of our needs as
a nation, it is not to be assumed
that there will be prolonged failure
to bring legislative and judicial
action into closer harmony. Means
must be found to adapt our legal
forms and our judicial interpreta-
tion to the actual present national
needs of the largest progressive
democracy in the modern world.
That thought leads to a consid-
GRAFTON of world problems. To go
no. further back than the begin
ming of this century, men and
women everywhere were seeking
conditions of life very different
from those which were customary
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Met Challenge

That challenge we met. IL
meet it required unprecedented
activities under Federal leader,
ship-to end abuses-to restore q
large measure of material prosper.
ity-to give new faith to millions
of our citizens who had been tradi-
tionally taught to- expect that
democracy would provide continu-
ously wider opportunity and con-
tinuouSly greater security in a
world where science was continu-
ously making material riches
more available to man.
In many methods of attack
with which we met these prob
lens, you and I, by mutual un.
derstanding and by determine.
ton to cooperate, helped to make
democracy succeed by refusing to
permit unnecessary disagreement
to arise between two of our
branches Of government. That
spirit of cooperation was able to
solve difficulties of extraordinary
magnitude and Pamification with
few important errors, and at a
cost cheap when measured by the
immediate necessities and the
eventual results.
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.SHR|NERS PICK
DR.. MEYER

ALEXANDRIA, Va, Jan. 8.
DR.. William Meyer, of Herndon,
was elected president of the Alex
andria Shrine Club, which EN-.
braces this section of Northern
Virginia, at its annual meeting
here. He succeeds Leonard J.
Miller.
Other new officers Of the club
are: Clyde c. Lamond, sr.s first
vice president; S. Tuition Dove,
second vice president; Clarence W.
Sutton, third vice president; Sam
uel E. Wade, SECRETARY, and Claude
w. Fletcher, treasurer for the
tenth consecutive term.
The new officers will be installed
at the February meeting of the
club. On February /, members
and guests will attend an oyster
roast at the Potomac River Clay
Works plant, and on February 8,
q delegation of the club will at
tend a Shrine meeting in Cherry
dale.
The Washington times., 1937-01-06
Full Text of Presidents Message to the 18th Congress-
Asks Long Range Plan
To Relieve SIuins,
Provide Jobs

before modern invention and mod.
ern industry and modern com
munications had come into being.
The World War, for all Of its
tragedy, encouraged these de-
mandS, and stimulated action to
fulfill these new desires.
Many national gov ernments
seemed unable adequately to re.
spond; and, often with the i'm.
provident assent Of the masses OF
the people themselves, new forms
Of government were set up with
oligarchy taking the place of demo
cracy. In oligarchieS, militariSm
has leaped forward, while in those
nations which have retained demo
cracy, militarism has waned.
I have recently visited three of
our sister Republics in South
America. The very cordial recep-
tions with which I was greeted
were in tribute to democracy. To
me the outstanding observation Of
that visit was that the masses of
the peoples Of all the Americas
are convinced that the democratic
form Of government can be made
to succeed and do not wish to sub
stitute for it any other form Of
government. They believe that
democracieS are best able to cope
with the changing problems Of
modern civilization within them
selves, and that democracies are
best able to maintain peace among
themselves.
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Peace Machinery Better

The Inter-American Conference,
operating, on these fundamental
principles Of democracy, did much
to assure peace in this hemisphere.
Existing peace machinery was i'm
proved. New instruments to main
tain peace and eliminate causes of
war were adopted. Wider protec-
tion Of the interests of the Amer
ican Republics in the event Of war
outside the Western Hemisphere
was provided. Respect for, and
observance of, international trea-
ties and international law were
strengthened. Principals of liberal
trade policies, as effective aids to
the maintenance of peace were re-
affirmed. The intellectual and
cultural relationships among Amer
ican Republics were broadened as
part Of the general peace pro-
gram.
In a world unhappily thinking
in terms of war, the representa-.
ttveS Of twenty-one nations sat
around a table, in an atmosphere
Of complete confidence and under
standing. sin re y discussing
measures for maintaining peace.
Here was great and a permanent
achievement directly affecting the
lives and security of the two hun
dred and fifty million human
beings who dwell in this Western
Hemisphere. Here was an example
which must have a wholesale effect
upon the rest of the world.
In a very real sense, the Con-
ference in Buenos Aires sent forth
message on behalf of all the
democracieS of the world, to those
nations which live otherwise. Be
cause such other governments
are perhaps more spectacular, it
was high time for democracy to
assert itself.
Because all Of us believe that
our democratic form of govern
ment can cope adequately with
modern problems as they arise, it
is patriotic as well as logical for
us to prove that we can meet new
national needs with new laws con-
sistent with an historic conStitu-
tionai framework clearly intended
to receive liberal and not narrow
Interpretation.
The Washington times., 1937-01-06
Had TWO Purposes

That cooperation of the past
four years between the Congress
and the President has aimed at
the fulfillment of a two-fold poi
icy - first, economic recovery
through many kinds of assistance
to agriculture, industry and bank
ing; and, second, deliberate i'm.
proVement in the personal secur-
ity and opportunity of the great
mass of our people.
The recovery we sought was
not to be merely temporary. 1t
was to be a recovery protected
from the causes of previous dis.
aSters. With that aim in view
to prevent a future similar crisis
you and 1 joined in a series of
enactmentS-safe banking and
sound currency, the guarantee of
bank deposits. protection for the
investor in securities. the removal
Of the threat Of agricultural sur.
The Washington times., 1937-01-06
Beth-TaImud Toroh
Appoints Chairmen

Chairmen of the various COM
mittees of the Beth -Talmud Torah
Sisterhood were appointed last
night at the first regular meeting
of that organization held in the
Synagogue at Seventh and Jeffer-
son Streets Northwest. Regular
meetings of the group were set for
the first and third Tuesdays of
each month.
Chairmen chosen included Mrs.
Bette Jelnick, bylaws; Mrs. Anna
Hihnert, ways and means; Mrs.
Harry Heft, membership; Mrs.
Mae Lastfogel, rem e m b rance
fund; Mrs. Esther Zellan, pup
licity; Mrs. Katie Elbobe, sunshine;
Mrs. Marie Cohen, entertainment.
and Mrs. Susie Reiber, social hour.
The Washington times., 1937-01-06
Cites Stun Menace

For example, many millions Of
Americans still live in habitations
which not only fail to provide the
physical benefits of modern civili-
zation but breed disease and i'm
pair the health Of future genera
tionS. The menace exists not only
in the slum areas of the very large
cities, but in many smaller cities
as we'll. 1t exists on tens of thou
sands Of farms. in varying de.
grees, in every part of the country.
Another example is the prevail
ence of an un-American type of
tenant farming. I do not suggest
that every farm family has the
capacity to earn a satisfactory
living on it's own farm. But many
thousands of tenant farmers-in-
deed most of them-with some
financial assistance and with some
advice and training, can be made
Self-Supporting on land which can
eventually belong to them. The
nation would be wise to offer
them that chance instead of per-
mitting them to go along as they
do now year after year, with
neither future security as tenants
nor hope of ownership of their
homes nor expectation of better
ing the lot of their children.
Another national problem is the
intelligent development Of our
social security system, the broaden
ing of the services it renders, and
practical improvement in its oper-
alton. In many nations where
such laws are in effect. success in
meeting the expectations of the
community has come through fire.
quent amendment Of the original
statute.
n.
The Washington times., 1937-01-06
Real Recovery Sought

Nor was the recovery we sought
merely purpoSeleSS whirring Of
machinery. 1t is important, Of
course, that every man and woman
in the country be able to find
work. that every factory run, that
business as a whole earn profits.
But government in a democratic
nation does not exist solely, or
even primarily, for that purpose.
1t is not enough that the wheels
turn. They must carry US in the
direction of greater satisfaction
in life for the average man. The
deeper purpose Of democratic gov.
ernment is to assist as many of its
citizens as poSs ESPECIALLY
those who need it moSt-to i'm
prove their conditions Of life, to
re ain all personal liberty which
does not adversely affect their
neighbors. and to pursue the hap
pinesS which comes with security
and an oportunity for recreation
and culture.
Even with our present recovery
we are far from the goal of that
deeper purpose. There are far.
reaching problems still with US
for which democracy must find So
lutions if it is to consider itself
successful.
The Washington times., 1937-01-06
NRA Believed Sound

Sober second thought confirms
most of us in the belief that the
broad objectives of the National
Recovery Act were sound. We
know now that its difficulties
arose from the fact that it tried
to do to much. For example, it
was unwiSe to expect the same
agency to regulate the length Of
working hours. minimum wages,
child labor and collective bargain
ing on the one hand and the COM
plicated questions Of unfair trade
The Washington times., 1937-01-06
Serious Problem of '33

In March, 1898. the problems
which faced our nation and which
only our National Government
had the resources to meet, were
more serious even than appeared
on the surface.
1t was not only that the visible
mechanism of economic life had
broken down. More disturbing
was the fact that long neglect of
the needs of the underprivileged
had brought too many of our
people to the verge of doubt as
to the successful adaptation OF
our historic traditions to the com.
plex modern world. In that. 10y
challenge to our democratic
form of government itself.
Ours was the task to prove that
democracy could be made to func'
ton in the world of today as ef
fectively as in the simpler world
of a hundred years ago. Ours was
the task to do more than to argue
a theory. The times required the
confident answer of performance
to those whose instructive faith In
humanity made them want to be
leve that in the long run democ
racy would prove superior to more
extreme forms of government as
a process of getting action when
action was wisdom, without the
spiritual sacrifices which those
other forms of government exact
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out this intention, 1 hope that 1
may have the sympathy and
hearty cooperation of every
member of this body who be-
lieves in fundamental Ameri.
caniSm and fair play"
Senator Capper has been wait
ing impatiently since the opening
Of Congress to introduce his reSo
luton.
At the first opportunity he rose
to his feet and addressed the
chair:
"Mr. President, at the begin
ming of this session of the Sew
enty.fifth Congress 1 am again
introducing a joint resolution
proposing an amendment to the
Constitution of the United
States. The purpose of this
proposed amendment is to en-
power the Congress to grant
unto the residents of the Dis
trict Of Columbia voting repre-
sentatiOn in the Senate and
House of Representatives, the
vote for President and Vice
President and the same rights
to sue and be sued in the courts
of the United States as possessed
by the citizens of q State.
"The approval of this pro-
pOsal by the requisite twO-thirds
vote of the two houses Of Con-
greSs and its ratification by the
legislatures Of three-fOurths of
the States would be a cOnsuma-
tiOn of an act of fundamental
justice for which our fellow
Americans Of the District of Co
lumbia have for many years
prayed"
Continuing with a history Of
the problem he said:
"This proposal has been in
trOduced in each succeeding
Congress for many years, but
without decisive result. In 1922
the District Of Columbia favor
The Washington times., 1937-01-06

vention of one hundred and fifty
years ago. From such reading, I
obtain the very deknite thought
that the members of that conven-
ton were fully aware that civiliza-
ton would raise problems for the
proposed new Federal Government,
which they themselves could not
even SurmiSe; and that it was
their definite intent and expecta-
tion that liberal Interpretation
in the years to come would give to
the Congress the same relative
powers over new national prob
lens as they themselves gave to
the Congress over the national
problems of their day.
In presenting to the convention
the first basic draft of the Con-
stitution, Edmund Randolph ex-
planned that it was the purpose
ito insert essential principles only,
lest the operation of government
should be clogged by rendering
those provisions permanent and
unalterable which ought to be
accommodated to times and
events"
-,
The Washington times., 1937-01-06

1ne LcTL Oy FTeSLueIL HOOSe'
Uelt'S address to Congress on
the state OF the Union tollotOS:
For the first time in our national
history a President delivers his
annual message to new Congress
within a fortnight of the expira-
ton of his term of office. While
there is no change in the Presi-
dency this year, change will occur
in future years. 1t is my belief
that under this new constitutional
practice, the President should, in
every fourth year, in so far as
seems reasonable, review the exist
ing state of our national affairs
and outline broad future problems,
leaving specific recommendations
for future legislation to be made
by the President about to be
inaugurated.
At this time, however, circum-
stances of the moment compel me
to ask your immediate considera-
ton of: First, measures extending
the life of certain authorizations
and powers which. under present
statutes, expire within a few
weeks; second, an addition to the
existing neutrality act to cover
specific. points raised by the un-
fortunate civil strife in Spain;
and, third, a deficiency appropria-
ton bill for which 1 shall submit
estimates this week.
The Washington times., 1937-01-06
Read Constitution

It is worth our while to read
and reread the preamble of the
Constitution. and Article I there.
of, which confers the legislative
powers upon the Congress of the
United States. 1t is also worth
our while to read again the de-
bates in the Constitutional Con-
The Washington times., 1937-01-06
7 TEAMWORK
IS ASKED BY
PRESIDENT
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Continued from Page II
spirit of cooperation was able
to solve difficulties of extra
ordinary magnitude and ramifi'
cation with few important errors,
and at a cost cheap when meas
ured by the immediate neces-
stiles and the eventual results
During the past year there
has been a growing belief that
there is little fault to be found
with the Constitution Of the
United States as it stands today
The vital need is not an alter
alton of our fundamental law,
but an increasingly enlightened
view with reference to it. Diff
cuIties have grown out Of its
Interpretation, but rightly con-
sidered, it can be used as an
instrument of progress, and not
as a device for prevention OF
action.
Asks For Harmony
with a better understanding
of our purposes, and a more in
telligent recognition of our
needs as a nation. it is not to be
assumed that there will be pro-
Ionged failure to bring legisla-
tive and judicial action into
closer harmony. Means must be
found to adapt our legal forms
and our judicial Interpretation
to the actual present national
needs of the largest progressive
democracy in the modern
world"
Problems Still Here
The President referred Speciti'
cally to only one Of the New Deal
agencies, which the Supreme
Court nullified-the NRA.
He said:
"The statute of NRA has been
outlawed. The problems have
not. They are still with u.s."
These problems he described as
decent conditions and adequate
pay for labor, a just return for
agriculture, the curbing of monop'
oily, the prevention of unfair trade
the relief of unemploy,
ment. and, in general, a higher
standard of living for the millions
who toll, and higher ethics in the
business world.
That these problems can be met
through parallel and simultaneous
action by the 48 States is, he de
clared, "a proven impoSsibility.
Teamwork Is Theme
Time after time in his address
Mr.. Roosevelt returned to his ap
peal to the courts to team up with
the other branches of the Govern
ment to the end that democracy
and progress shall continue to ad
vance. The theme ran like thread
through his whole speech, and the
were made all the
more dramatic.
He went on:
'"The United States of Amer
ica, within itself, must continue
the task of making democracy
succeed.
"In that task the legislative
branch of our Government will,
/ am confident, continue to
meet the demands of democracy
whether they relate to the curb
ing of abuses, the extension Of
help to those who need help, or
the better balancing Of our in
terdependent economies.
MUST MOVE FORWARD
$50, too, the executive branch
of the Government must move
forward in this task, and, at
the same time, provide better
management for administrative
action of all kinds.
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Executive Asks Joint Session to Further
Peace and Prosperity and Make
Democracy Succeed

epluses, insiStence on collective bar.
gaining, the outlawing of sweat
shops, child labor and unfair trade
practices, and the beginnings Of
security for the aged and the
worker.
The Washington times., 1937-01-06
A FULL DAY FOR SIGHTSEEING G

Sunday, January 10
See the wOrld-famOus sights of
Americas foremost city Radio
City Rockefeller Center =.
Broadway Statue of Liberty.
Professional Hockey every Sum
day night, Madison Square
Garden. B & o is the only rail-
road, entering New York offer
ing view of skyline and big
ocean liners.
The Washington times., 1937-01-06

The tcrt of President RooSe.
UeltS address to Congress on
the state of the Union follolDS:
Evening star., 1937-11-07
HOLY CROSS PASSES
KEEP RECORD CLEAN
Colgate Threat Is Repelled by
Cahill, Who Leads Way to
12-to-7 Victory.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
WORCESTER. Mass, Nov. g.
With Sophomore Ronnie Cahill
heaving strikes all over the gridiron,
Holy Cross undefeated footban forces
made two long raids through the air
today and gained 1877 victory over
Colgates oft-beaten, but dangerous.
Red Raiders.
A crowd of $4,000 saw CahiIl COM
plete three passes in rapid success
sion late in the opening period as
the Crusaders roared 66 yards in seven
plays to their first touchdown.
Ed OMelia. brilliant Holy Cross
wingman. leaped high to make a SEN
sational fnger-tip catch on the third
of these aerials. He snagged the 30
yard pass on the l2-yard line and
deftly swerved from two tackles to
score.
Jim Turner missed the try for point.
Colgate quickly cashed its one
bright scoring chance early in the
second period. Then, Johnny Long of
Colgate faded back beyond midfield
and rif1ed long pass to big Pete
Ritchko, who made the catch beyond
the secondary and scampered the re-
naming rs yards unmolested.
Captain Red Chesbro place-kicked
the Raiders into 7-6 lead and they
stayed out front until Cahill unlim-
bered his throwing arm again late in
the third chapter.
Evening star., 1937-11-07
.J|NX Of v. ANDL.
PURSUES VIRGINIA
Cavaliers Tally, Then Are
Beaten 9TH Time in Row
by Generals, 1876.
BY the Associated press

By the Associated Press,
7 EXTINCTION, Va, Nov. g.
Washington and Lees Generals
came from behind here today
to defeat Virginia, 13 to 6, and
extend to seven their number of
consecutive victories scored over their
traditional rival. r.
Jimmy Sergeant took a 35-yard pass
from Walter Smith, Cavalier sopfo-
more passing ace, in the end zone late
in the first period for the first touch
down Virginia had tailed against
Washington and Lee since 1881.
Washington and Lees superior man.
power and experience began to tell
in the second period. A passing and
running campaign netted the Generals
their first tally with Ray Craft fading
back to throw 10 yards across the
Cavalier goal stripe to Don Dunlap.
"a The Generals clinched the game
early in the third quarter on q march
which began on Virginia's 81 and
moved, with but one slight Interrupt
ton. straight down the field for a
tally by Humphrey, a sub.