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Pan American Ideal
OF Democracy Upheld
Continued From FIRST Pagel

regard it as national institution-the
soundness and righteousness of his
attitude of opposition to anti-demo-
cratic forces from across the seas.
The republic" he added, is and
always will be, as Monroe desired, the
invarlable form of all the governments
OF America. 1t must not be upset by
outside currents nor by followers of
the institutional regimes which are
based on the new ideoloeies that are
circulating in our atmosphere today"
That is the real problem; to pre-
serve the democratic system Of the
American Continent against the on
slaught of Fascist and totslitarlan
influences. But the Monroe Doctrine
need not be brought back from the
world Of the dead and the superfiuous
for that purpose. There are many
human, social and economic factors
at stake, much more important than
the Monroe Doctrine and its dubious
political implica tions, which can pro-
vide all the justification needed for
struggle to save, at least, the American
Continent for democracy.
Doctrine a Useless Thing.
Let the old Monroe Doctrine rest in
peace-well it deserves so, after a
fateful and not always graceful career
in which it did everything except serve
its original purpose. Not even to en-
list the support of the United States
in the crusade against the penetration
Of Fascist and anti-democratic ide-
ologies in South America is the help
Of the archaic Monroe Doctrine re-
quired. The United States should be
opposed to that penetration because
Of its own interests and because Of
its own safety.
Under the present organization of
society, and at time when economic
and social forces are submitting the
democratic system to it's severest test,
the United States. which has come
nearer the democratic ideal than any
people in history-though not yet near
enough-cannot afford to see even the
rudimentary attempts at democracy In
the neighboring American republics 20
over to the enemy camp.
Evening star., 1937-07-11
AchilleiOn on Corfu
Will Become Museum

ATHENS.-The Achilleion on Cor
fu, Greece, built for the Empress
Elizabeth Of Austria and later owned
by Kaiser Wilhelm II, Is now to be
converted into museum.
Considered beauty spot, the
Achileion Is rich in classical and
poetic decoration. Along the shady
walks Of the garden are some Of tho
best statues, Of which the dying
Achilles" Is an example. The present
museum At Corfu containing valu.
able collections Of ancient Greece, u
expected TO be housed later tn Tie
Achilleion.
Evening star., 1937-07-11
Austrian Hitlerites
In Anti-Semitic Drive

VIENNA (P.-With the formation
OF the Pan-Aryan Union, Austrian
Hitlerites are campaigning for Nazi-
f1cation on a new front.
The anti-Semitic organization was
established in February, but its ex-
istence was not known generally until
the Neuigkeits Weltblatt, which has
close connections with the cnancel-
lory, reported it months later.
Its aim is "the advancement Of ma
tional, international and interracial
cooperation among Aryan and similar
peoples for the protection and ad-
vancement Of their intellectual eul-
tural and economic tntereets."
Evening star., 1937-07-11

III Duce and the Women
Greats Over Sex

his rise to power q spectacular English
author published the story OF an
alleged battle for her honor against
Mussolinis advances.
American women have behaved
much better. Yet know a work.
conscious scribe. 100 per cent interested
in getting mere statement from
Mussolini. who still thrills over what
she thinks may have been her lost
big moment. At the end Of an inter-
view the Fascist leader fastened his
ardent eyes upon her and asked her
at what hotel she was stopping. She
thought 1t was q tentative invitation
to a tryst-and her boat for America
vas sailing from Naples that same
evening!
Another professional woman. no
longer young, was Jared out Of her
customary sangtroid when Mussolini,
whom she had known for years, sud-
denly began calling her by her given
name. She happened, at the moment,
to be OF potential usefulness but Of
doubtful enthusiasm. OF course. after
that folksy. auld-lang-syne sentiment,
there was no longer doubt about her
enthusiasm and usefulnes. AS for the
implied compliment of being the one
woman In the world exalted above her
inferior sex to post Of confdante in
MuSsolinis man-run universe-what
irresistible techniuue!
II Duce knows how to get what he
wants from women, whether it is q
grand passion or a grand propaganda.
For, consciously or unconsciously,
women respond to this equality"
call it what they may. And con-
sciously or unconsciously, Mussolini,
with his avowed contempt for women,
uses it to advantage. There are certain
types OF women who are even attracted
by his contempt.
Comedy Relief.
With all due consideration of Mus
solini's power over women, some OBJ
servers find comedy relief in II Duce's
forced appearance in the public role
Of the great lover. From the farce
writer's standpoint the Frenchwom-
ans pistol shot could not have been
better timed. For here was Mussolini
menacing England and exhorting his
cohorts to ''remember!" and some one
does remember II Duce's own words.
Men have less respect to offer man
who makes himself loved than to one
who makes himself feared" Just then
the Frenchwoman's amorous raptures
explode from her diary:
To-day he said: Ethiopia no longer
means anything to me. Now I only
have the sweet memory of this un-
forgettable hour of love"
The sudden introduction Of love as
an incongruous surprise element in the
world drama may be farcical. But
Mussolini still remains the romantic
feure-lhomne total-to women,
Evening star., 1937-07-11
Employment of Women
In Britain Increase

A high percentage Of secondary in
dustries in Britain are employing
women almost entirely. This was dis
closed At = joint conference of woman
workers unions held recently at
Transport House in London.
Employers, owing to the introduce
ton Of automatic processes, 1t was
added, sought the cheapest form of
labor, and this, coupled with the
blind-alley factory employment Of
young boys, created . dincult prob
lem for iAbor unions.
Evening star., 1937-07-11
RY ALICE ROHE.


tory as Phomrle tdtal-the fatal
man for women?
A French pseudo journalist shot
Count Charles de Chambrun for
shattering. she claimed, her 'love
idyll" with Italy's dictator and turned
the spotlight Of publicity upon II Duce
in a new role-that Of the great lover.
The sudden introduction OF the love
element into the macabre drama which
Mussolini is enacting on the world
stage calls attention to an important
phase Of II Duce's life. This is his
power over women, power which has
played no small part in his success
Many Americans think OF Mussolini
as sort OF ogre-a scowling, threaten
ing, brutal oppresSor-a ruthless de-
stroyer of human liberty and human
life. To these the thought Of II Duce
as inspirer Of the tender and grand
passion is as incongruous as Mars in
the role of Eros Yet les homn,es
Jatales-the fatal" men Of history
and literature-the Casanovas and
Don Juans-were not devoid OF cruelty.
The Great Love.
We Americans who accept our Presi-
dents as such and regard the occa-
sional peccadillos, limited at down
through the years. as private affairs,
cannot conceive Of head of govern
ment who is the great lover. Yet
Mussolini is that. His power over
women has become a part of the
Italian legend as much as the late
President Theodore Roosevelt's de
lighted" smile or President Calvin
Coolidge's laconic humor.
have known Mussolini for IS wears,
have watched his power over the
mass mind, but more significant be-
cause Of the publicity given him in the
great lover role, have witnessed his
power over women.
What is 1t he has that I haven't?"
handsome American big-business
man demanded of me, glancing at his
lovely wife, who was raving ecstatically
over the Italian dictator. why are
all women crazy about him?"
Now. to classify all women under one
head is as inept, from American
standards. as to explain to an Amer
lcan business man the precise power
which is Mussolini's where women are
concerned. To say, in somewhat out
moded phraseology, that he has "it"
and sex appeal is not enough
though sex is, Of course, the real
answer
He Shapes Them All.
All women" may see in him the
great lover. but in Italy the idolatry
goes deeper into the realms of pey-
chology. have seen weather beaten
peasant women. heavy with child, thei,
work-scarred hands raised IN the
Fascist salute. shaking with emotion
Evening star., 1937-07-11
Scientists Seek Trace
OF Lost Indian Races

BERKELEY, Calf. (P.-Intent on
completing an exploration of vast
reaches of the Southwest hitherto
unvisited by white men, go scientists
have just started their fifth sue
cessive year OF study of the Navajo
Indian country, in Northern Arizona
and Southern Utah. Prof. Charles
Del Norte Winning of New York
University heads the expedition.
Search for remnants of vanished
races and intensive study of the
geology, flora and fauna Of the region
is the objective.
Evening star., 1937-07-11
BY HARDEN COLFAX,

\ ORE than billion dollars
/" worth of mortgage insurance
VI business has passed over the
counter of the Federal Hous-
ing Administration during the past
two and half years. What has been
accomplished? Government experts
and private business men believe that
both lenders and borrowers have bene-
fitted greatly and that general busi-
ness, and labor, too, have been stimu-
lated to gratifying degree.
The F. H. A., it will be remembered,
was set up to establish system of
mutual mortgage insurance Through
this system, it is pointed out by Stew
art Mcdonald, Federal housing ad-
mlnlstrator, people are now getting
better values than ever before, bor-
rowers are offered terms they can
meet, and they know before they pay
for how long, and what they will have
when the final account is settled"
The insured mortgage to the bor-
rover, Mr.. Mcdonald said, is safer
method of financing q home, even
though it may be harder to meet the
initial 20 per cent cash equity, than
10 pay down only S or 10 per cent,
finance the rest through second or
third hens-and then pay them of
Ut = higher rate of interest. More
over, within 80 to so days after the
ordinary man moves into his new
house, he usually begins to reduce
his mortgage. He is paying more to
own his house than he would have
10 pay for rental quarters, but not
much more.
Amortized Mortgage Test.
TIE year that the country has just
passed through, Mcdonald believes,
has given the American amortized
mortgage a good test. OF more than
half a billion dollars worth of mort
cages insured and paying premiums
on May l, the F. H. A. has taken over
only "a properties by foreclosure Nine
OF these only have been sold
Not only is the F. H. A. reducing the
hazards In home buying SO as to make
It a safe investment for the mortgage
borrower, but, it is claimed, the ad-
ministration is giving its best efforts
toward surrounding that investment
with particular safeguards for the
benefit Of the mortgage lender.
There are some interesting ramifi-
cations Of the Governments dip into
housing which 1t Is appropriate to re-
cali here. A lease-the first Of its
kind In American municipal and Fed
srAl Government history-will soon
Evening star., 1937-07-11
BY EMIL LENGYEL.
.HE King OF Kings of Iran,
formerly Persia, His Majesty
Mira Reza Pahlevi, is respon-

AOiAC1Iy 1CiSlh, l1S Ma dJeSLy
Mira Reza Pahlevi, is respon-
L sible for one of the minor
miracles of the East. Formerly one of
the typically Oriental countries, it is
now becoming one OF the advance
guards Of western culture in Asia.
Because of his work as a nation
builder, he has been likened to Peter
the Great Of Russia His enemies
whisper, however, when sure that no
indiscreet ears overhear them. that he
is like Ivan the Terrible The King
himself admits having derived inspir-
alton from Mustapha Kemal Ats, ,urk,
dictator Of Turkey.
The King of Kings-Shah-in- Shah
started his fabulous career as a
common soldier. Today he is the head
OF the Pahlevi dynasty. believed by
his more credulous subjects to be a
descendant of Darius, the great ruler
OF Persian antiquity. In few years
he has delivered his country from
foreign oppressors, and Iran today is
a respected member of the society Of
nations. He has also made great prog
ress against its remnants of medieval
feudalism.
Reza Shah is on the threshold OF
so, massive, swarthy and mirthless.
His eyes are sometimes terrible to be-
hold and his voice occasionally sounds
like the crashing Of cannon shells.
He seems to be overcharged with a
nervous energy that drives him onward
to new feats of accomplishments in
his battle against the past. He is
also vain and sensitive, to such an
extent that not long ago he all but
broke off diplomatic relations with
Paris because OF a pun at his expense
in French weekly paper.
$500 Men Secured Realm.
1t was with a small armed force Of
some $500 men that Reza Khan
Pahlevi won one Of the worlds most
ancient Kingdoms, covering today q
territory as large as Texas, California,
Montana and Nebraska, with an esti-
mated population of more than nine
millions. He was simple soldier In a
Russian Cossack regiment stationed
on Iranian soil. Whether he was H.
literate in those days is still matter
Of dispute. But he WAS an artist Of
warfare.
When the Boshevists seized power
in Russia, the Cossack brigade tried
to flnd new allegiance. ReSa saw his
chance and properly took command.
He proclaimed the brigade the elite
troop Of Iran, and now the way was
open to fame and power. There was
no other armed force in the country
worthy Of the name, and Reza knew
that few hundred bayonets could
perform miracles OF statecraft.
Sixteen years ago he saw the time
ripe for decisive action, marched upon
Teheran, the capital, and had himself
proclaimed commander-in-chief.
Trans peacock throne was occupied
then by q weak member of the Kajar
dynasty, Shah Ahmed Mira, who was
more interested in pleasure than in
power. Though he lacked strength,
the tradition Of royalty was rooted in
religion and popular sentiment, 30 that
Reza had to move with caution. In
stead Of kicking out the King Of Kings,
he merely sent him to Paris to study
night life.
Proved Shah Unworthy.
During the Kings long absence, the
commander-in-chief had ample chance
to prove to the country that the In
dolsnt young Shah was unworthy Of
tds szAltel pesttaea b occupied.
Evening star., 1937-07-11
BY MARK SULLIVAN.

w yITH increasing frequency
\A/ men give thought to COM
wv ing changes in Americas
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\ ORE than billion dollars
hn worth of mortgage insurance
w business has passed over the
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States, Republicans can vote freely
in Democratic primaries, and vice
versa. The laws are different in diff
ferent States.
One State. Indiana, still retains
the old convention system and un-
der the convention method it is COM
paratively easy for the machine to
determine nominations. This means
that Democratic Senator Van Nuys,
Of Indiana, who opposes the Presi-
dents court measure, will probably
find 1t difficult to get denomination.
If the Republicans in Indiana want
to see Mr.. Van Nuys returned to the
Senate, their only practicable way
would be to give him the Republican
nomination. If he had the Republican
nomination he would get all the Re-
publican votes, and in addition the
votes Of those Democrats who oppose
the Presidents court measure and
who would resent defeat Of Mr.. Van
Nuys for denomination.
In any State or States, will the Re-
publicans, formally and offlcially. as
organizations, move to help return
Democratic Senators who oppose the
Presidents court measure? Whether
that will happen, no one can tell yet.
That, ii it happens, would be coali-
ton. 1t would be 3 local coalition,
coalition State by State, and this
kind Of coalition may happen In some
States.
Will Republican voters, as indivi-
dual voters. without regard to the
party organization, 60 into Demo-
cratic primaries for the sake Of help
ing renominate Democratic Senators
who oppose the Presidents court
measure? without much doubt,
The Washington times., 1937-12-31

you might have supposed, but
on official business.
A RTHUR HAHN, well-known
"A patent attorney here, didn't
get to bed until away past 2
o'clock Thursday morning, and
all on account of the Kiwanis
Club luncheon yesterday. It
seemed that Frank Peckham,
the head of the entertainment
committee, had wanted some
thing different for this luncheon
and discovered that Arthur
Hahn, Mark Lansburgh and DR..
Roy Sexton, all of whom are ex.
cellent amateur movie camera
men, had taken many shots of
the circus.
DR.. Peckham decided to have
these three gentlemen combine
all the circus films together and
to make one complete film, for
showing yesterday. They did
this, but Arthur Hahn, who for
once was too smart for his own
comfort, stayed up half the
night to dub into this film the
necessary sound effects. It was
good, too!
X X X
0LIVE POLIO, cunning
~ daughter of the Ralph Pol.
lioS, received among many
Christmas presents one which
especially delighted her. It was
a medium-sized doll and was
an exact duplicate of the famous
Charlie Mccarthy. And-with
this doll came a charming note
from Eddie Bergen which end.
ed, with love from Eddie Ber.
gen and Charlie Mccarthy
Hollywood"
The Washington times., 1937-12-31
LYONS Hosts
At Dinner

DR.. and Mrs. James Alexan-
der Lyon entertained at dinner
last evening at Glenview Farm,
their estate near Rockville, in
honor of their house guests,
Mr.. and Mrs. John VinSon Lyon,
of New York: Mr.. and Mrs.
Murray Lyon, of Hartford,
Conn. Admiral and Mrs. Percy
Foote and their daughter, Miss
Diana Foote, and Lieut.. and
Mrs. Thomas Cleary Foote. of
Fort Riley, Kansas. Following
dinner DR.. and Mrs. Lyon en-
tertained their guests with col
ored movies which they had
taken on their trip to Honolulu,
Banff and Lake Louise last
summer.
DR.. and Mrs. Lyon have sent
out cards for an egg nog party
Sunday afternoon between 5
and Z o'clock.
The Washington times., 1937-12-31
Dinner For
Vice President

The social program gets un-
der way at the White House on
Monday night with the annual
dinner in honor of the Vice
President, and additional guests
have been invited for the mu-
SicaIe to follow. Sometime dur.
ing the evening Mrs. Roosevelt
plans to drop in" at the
Velvet Ball.
On Friday the First Lady will
be the guest of Mrs. Cordell
Hull, wife of the Secretary of
State, in the first of the series
of luncheons which are given in
her honor by the wives of the
Cabinet members. Mrs. Roose-
velt will be hostess at two teas
on January IL, the first group
being members of the board of
the Federation of Women'S
Clubs.
Speaking of her flight from
the West Coast, Mrs.. Roosevelt
said she was still deaf, having
only arrived in Washington at
4 a. m. yesterday before she held
her press conference at II
O'Clock. In all of her flying she
has not yet had the good for
tune to catch a sleeper plane.
She was asleep when they ar
rived in Buffalo and was not
even conscious of having landed.
The Washington times., 1937-12-31
Eggnog Party

Miss Ruth L. Cooke and Mrs.
Thomas Cooke, who with their
mother, Mrs. Thomas E. Cooke,
make their home at Wardman
Park Hotel, will entertain about
so guests at an eggnog party to-
morrow in the Dragon Room of
the hotel in honor of Miss Mar
garet Sampson and Mr.. James
WimSatt whose engagement was
announced recently.
Mr.. Cooke arrived just before
Christmas from New England,
to spend the holidays with his
mother and sister.
&&
Mrs. Howard j. Curtis has ar
rived in town from her home in
New York City and while here
for a visit of several days she is
stopping at Wardman Park
Hotel.
Miss Helen Commeges, of the
Roosevelt, has returned from
Scranton, Pa.
Col. and Mrs. A. H. Huguet,
of Raleigh, N. c., are staying
at the Martinique.
The Washington times., 1937-12-31
New Year
Eve Parties

Representative and Mrs. Dow
W. Harter and Representative
and Mrs. D. Worth Clark will
be among the New Year Eve
guests of Miss Grace Hileman,
who will entertain in the Blue
Room at the Shoreham. Also in
her party will be Mr.. and Mrs.
John Dwight Kendall, Mr.. and
Jack McFall, Mr.. ard Mrs. Ray
mond Clapper, and Mr.. Richard
Dresser.
The Commercial Counselor
of the Brazilian Embassy, Mr..
Paulo Hasslocher, will also en-
tertain at the New Year Eve
party in honor of Mr.. and
Mrs. Sascha Sonegard of New
York, and Mrs. Joyce Booth, Of
Virginia, MINI. Also in the
company will be Mr.. and Mrs.
c. E. Pynchon.
The Washington times., 1937-12-31
on
Short Trip

Leaving yesterday, Mr.. and
Mrs. Ernest Humphrey Daniel,
accompanied by their son,
Humphrey, journeyed to Rich
mond, va, where they attended
the debut of Miss Margaret Lee
Randolph. Miss Randolph is
the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
John Hager Randolph.
The party, which was given
at the Country Club of Virginia,
was a gay one abounding in
an atmosphere of "Ole Vir.
ginny" galore. Following the
party young Mr.. Daniels re-
turned to washington while his
parents journeyed to Mont
clair, Pa.
In Montclair Mr.. and Mrs.
Daniels will attend the celebra-
ton Of the twenty-fifth wedding
anniversary of Mr.. and Mrs.
George E. Stringfellow to be
given tonight at the Montclair
Hotel. They will return to the
Capital the latter part of next
week.
The Ambassador of Ecuador
and Nine. Alfaro have as their
holiday guests Mrs. Manuel Jose
Diez and her two daughters,
Graciela and Della.
X X
Mrs. William Mott, accompa-
MED by her son, Mr.. William
Mott, jr., of New Haven, Conn,
is spending brief time at the
Dodge.
Major and Mrs. Joseph j.
Ward and their small daughter,
Betty, have returned to, their
apartment at the Roosevelt.
Mrs. G. P. Nicholson, Of Char
lottetown, Prince Edward Island,
is spending a few days at the
Dodge.
Mr.. and Mrs. Melville Gordon,
of Brooklyn, N. Y, are stopping
at the Martinique.
cCTTO0VC q Ann OOTVWrTa
The Washington times., 1937-12-31

Those who we're house guests
at the Executive Mansion were
Anne and her younger sister,
Sally; Mrs. Roosevelt's nephew
and niece, Henry and Eleanor
Roosevelt, and John Drayton,
rpphew of Mrs. William Phil
lips. It was Johnny Drayton
who toured Europe with John
Roosevelt last summer. The
party began at 1890 o'clock and
supper was served at small
tables during the late evening.
Some of the Philadelphians
who came down for the dance
and stopped at the Shoreham
were Mr.. and Mrs. Laurence j.
Brengle, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
R. Tyson, Mr.. and Mrs. William
j. Strawbridge and Mr.. and
Mrs. William G. Foulke Sd.
Preceding the dance, at which
the Big Apple" was thoroughly
enjoyed to the swing tunes Of
Eddie Duchin's Orchestra, the
Jimmy Roosevelts entertained
some As guests at a bullet
supper at their Georgetown
home.
The Washington times., 1937-12-31
Maria Castro Beeche W]edS Jan. 20

ladies will make up the brides
maids. They will include Helen
Castro, daughter of the Minister
of Ell Salvador and Sonora de
Castro, and the daughter of the
Minister of Panama and Sonora de
Boyd, Dorita.
The remaining attendants will
be Conchita Gonzalez, Maruca
Tercero, sister of Sonora de De
Bayle; Mary Francis Rollow,
Laura Belle Wyatt, Martha Watts
and Marta Eugenia Uribe.
WILL USHER
The son of the Minister and
Sonora de Castro Beeche. Ricardo,
jr., will serve as the best man.
UsherS will be the Second Secre,
tary of the Mexican Embassy,
Senior DR.. Don Manuel Gonzalez
Y Gonzalez; the Attache of the
Panamanian Legation, Senor Don
Miguel j. Moreno, jr., and the
Attache of the Legation of the
Dominican Republic, Don Sebas-
tian e. Valverde.
Still others who will escort the
guests up the aisle are Alex Cas-
tro, Douglas Rollow, Roy T. Davis
jr.. Mark Schapiro and DR.. John
Pate.