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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-04-30
The Human Side of the News = By Edwin c. Hill
By Monitor

French got their flying postmen
going again, but just then the war
ended, and the pigeons didn't see
important war service again until
the World War.
In the crash Of big battle head
lines, the story Of how a carrier
pigeon helped turn the tide OF
war was buried and all but lost.
It is no exaggeration to say that
it is quite possible that the out
come of the war and the future
pattern of history hinged on the
fate of a single carrier pigeon,
traversing the sky in a rain OF
shells and bullets.
At Fort de Baux, the French
general, Raynals, was holding out
desperately against a terrific as
sault, in a position of great Stra-
tegic Importance. He had been or
dered to hold this position at any
cost. The general wrote the fol-
lowing message and tied 1t to the
leg of a pigeon:
1--WE are holding on, but we
are subject to a fierce attack
by gas and fIame.thrOwerS. We
need assistance. Established
signal communication by way
Of SOmviIle, which is not reply
ing to our signals. This is my
last pigeon"
The bird leaped from the gen.
erals finger, through the belch
Of flame, smoke and hurting
steel which swept the battlefield,
high into the sky and straight
to the headquarters Of the French
high command, his homing base.
Reinforcements were sent. Raynal
held his position.
Only the Muse Of History will
ever Anow what destiny was
freighted on a pigeons wing. AS
to the pigeon, he waddled around
in luxury in Paris to the end of
his days, in 1929, and was given
a grand funeral when he died.
VARIED SERVICE
BALTIC, the Yukon husky, carried
the serum in Alaska. Less humane
has been our use Of the pigeons.
Not only have we used them in
War-a strange indignity, for a
pigeon is really a dove-but Grim
inalS have used them a great deal.
Only the development Of the air
plane prevented pigeons from be-
coming the unbeatable allies of
kidnaperS and racketeers.
There were, in the years between
1927 and 1882. in Belgium, Argen-
tina and the United States, eleven
attempts at kidnapping or black
mail, where the victim was sent
a carrier pigeon and ordered to
attach bill of high denomination
to its leg. In each, police air
plane took off with the homing
pigeon and either caught the GRIM
inal or frustrated the plot.
I remember a balmy old man in
City Hall Park, back in the days
when we were all in Park Row,
who used to insist to me that a
certain fat, complacent pig e o n
used to talk to him. He said st.
Francis would believe him even if
didn't. On the whole, I'm glad
didn't overhear their converse
ton. 1t might have been en-
barraSsing. I shouldn't like to
try to explain to an intelligent
pigeon why we feel compelled to
make them our allies in never
ending killing.
(copyright, 1887. by King Features
Syndicate. Ine.)
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-04-30
FAMILIAR SCENES

One of the chief arguments
against changing the front of the
Capitol is that the American peo-
pie have become so accustomed
to seeing the front as it is today
in pictures and in actuality that
it would upset their whole OUT
look on the Government. It
might be stated right here and
now that this argument bit the
dust not long ago
A lady visitor stopped a gentle
man who works in the Capitol out
in front and pointing to the dome,
asked:
SIS that the railroad statiOn?"
"No, ma'am," he replied, chat
is the Capitol"
"What is that building over
there, them" she continued,
somewhat irritated.
"That is the Library Of Con-
gresS," she was told.
"Why I've just been in that
building and thought that was
the Capitol and this was the
railroad station. My goodness"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-04-30
Wise Words

The wisest in council, the ablest
in debate, and the most agreeable
in the commerce of life, is that
man who has assimilated to his
understanding the greatest mum.
Der of facts.-Burke.
How unequal things are, that
those who have very little should
be always adding something to
the possessions of the more
Wealthy.-Terence.
The more honesty a man has,
the less he affects the air Of a
saint. The affectation Of sane
tity is a blotch on the face Of
piety.-Lavater.
1t many times falls out that
we deem ourselves much deceived
in others because we first de-
ceived ourselves.-Sir Philip Sid
.neys
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HARD TO BEAT"

Representative Charles A.
Plumpley recently sent around to
his colleagues a sample of Yer
mont maple sugar. In his letter
accompanying the gift he enclosed
verse which said that Vermont
was famous for four things:
"Men, women, maple sugar and
horses:
The first are strong, the latter
fleet.
The second and third are ex-
ceedingly sweet,
And all are uncOmmOnly hard
to beat"
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was augmented with a chaplet of
feather-weight bells.
The scholars experimental.
Hawks dived down on the homing
pigeons, swerved, hesitated. cir.
cled around a while and finally
drifted away, no doubt alarmed
and puzzled by the Screech and the
jangle of the pigeon fleet. The
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-04-30

ing a dig at
witnesses who
appear before
them quite fire.
quently.
Usually it's
done with a
sudden use of
double meaning
and it comes
when a wit
ness thinks he
can get away
with a little
pleasantly di-
rected at a
member.
Thopo .oa
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-04-30

to win a $50
prize. Thou
sands Of birds
W ere released,
as the hon1ing
pigeon season
officially open
ed. The fan.
ciers in attend.
a nee entered
birds from all
a rou n d t h e
New YORK City
region.
We killed all.
t he passenger
p i g e ms, the
lost A~ lyv;~-
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The Greatest Show On Earth
Bv Frank Miller Smith

} you would like information
abOut?"
And Representative Taber closed
the discussion with:
eve seem to be gathering that
all right"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-04-30
Listen, World!
BY Elsie Robinson
is MAN WORTH WHILE?

Or coal from crystals.
He is of the human breed,
AS trees are Of the vegetable
breed,
But he is also himself,
AS a willow Is itself-willows 90
on,
Why shouldn't you and II
All this work to make men,
To make different men,
To make you and me,
With our separate
And distinct responsibilities
With our varied capacity for
work
And love and thought and
dreams
All this work
To make us worth while -
And now will Life
Break the pattern,
Quench the flame,
Blot us into mud again,
Waste aeons of efforts
Because we neglect
A cold in the head?
I DON'T BELIEVE IT!
(ThiS column welcomes ana
requests comments. Letters
presenting personal problems
may also be sent. All letters
1Dill be handled conflderttiGIIy
and GnsWered promptly II
stamped addressed envelopes are
incLuded.)
Copyright, 1887. by King Features
Syndicate. Inc.)
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-04-30

Earthquake
and fire,
1cecap and
flood,
All these it
took to
make
Marble, obsid-
ian,
Granite and
quartz.
All that work
to make
rocks,
All that skill
to preserve
The differ
ence in
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-04-30

A rock must be worth while.
It takes aeonS to make rocks,
And to make rocks different.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-04-30
LIVESTOCK

In a not too subtle manner,
members of the House Appropria-
tons Committee are given to tax.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-04-30

safeguarding them against the
hawks. The Chinese had found the
answer, ages before the Christian
era.
In the ancient Chinese classics,
the scholars learned how to rig q
pigeon with a tiny whistle which
would yield a shrill blast from the
air stream of rapid flight. This
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-04-30

Another score for the feminists!
A blue checker hen leads the
field in the pigeon flight from
Wilmington, Del. to New York,
hitting around fifty miles an hour
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Keep This Pledge

RESOLVED: That it be the sense of this convention
that committee should be appointed by the Congress
of the United States to make study OF and to report
on the granting to the residents Of the District Of
Columbia the right of suffrage. Unanimously adopted
by the Democratic National Convention Philadelphia,
June &c, 1886.
Evening star., 1937-06-29

Marquette Corp, Jersey City. N. J.
Alfred P. Sloan, New York City.
Midland Investment Co., Delaware;
Robert Nixon.
Nemours Corp, Wilmington, Del
Paulina du Pont Dean. Delaware.
New Castle Corp, Jersey City, N. j.
Alfred P. Sloan, New York City.
New York Sun, Inc, New York City
William A. Dewart and wife, New Yorl
City.
Northern Exploration Corp, jersey
City. N. j.; Charles Hayden (de.
CeasedD.
Orchard Corp, Jersey City, N. j.;
Charles E. Merrill New York City.
Park Corp. New York City; w. S
Paley. New York City.
Phillips Properties, Inc, Washing
ton, D. c.; Mr.. and Mrs. Duncan
Phillips. Washington, D. c.
Regent Corp, Wilmington, Del;
Pierre du Pont, Wilmington, Del.
Renappi Corp, Wilmington, Del.
Mrs. w. du Pont Ross, Montchanin
Del.
Rene Corp, Jersey City, N. j.;
Alfred P. Sloan, New York City.
Rockland Corp. Newark, N. j.;
Mrs. F. Corliss Lamont.
Rupert Holding Corp, New York
City; Jacob Rupert, New York City
E. w. Scripps Co., E. W. Scripps
Robert P. Scripps Co., Robert P.
Scripps. California.
Senior Investment Corp, Detroit,
Mich; Fred Fisher, Detroit Mich.
Thomas L. Sidlo Co., Ohio; Thomas
L. Sidlo.
Staple Products. Ltd; Charles E.
Merrill, New York City.
Still Pond Co., Wilmington, Del. !;
Paulina du Pont Dean, Delaware.
Transit Corp, New York City; Jere-
miah Milbank, New York City.
United Telegram Co., Jersey City,
N. j.; Charles Hayden (deceased).
Western Merchandise Corp, Jer-
sey City, N. j.; Charles E. Merrill,
New York City, and Edmund c.
Lynch. New York City.
Worth Bros. Corp. Claymont, Del. !;
E. H. Worth.
Evening star., 1937-06-29
c. |. O. is DEFENDED
BY PRINTERS HEAD
Howard Champions Lewis Group
Against Those Who Call
It Revolutionary.
By the Associated Press.

os tii0 HoooSihltu FleSS-
POLAND SPRING, Me. June
29.-Charles P. Howard, president
OF the international Typographical
Union, addressing the New England
Conference of Typographical Unions
tWenty-eighth annual meeting, last
night defended the Committee for
Industrial Organization against those
who brand it radical, revolutionary
and un-American.
Howard, also general secretary of
the c. /. O., declared the philosophy
Of the Lewis organization is lust as
American as has been that of the
American Federation of Labor at any
time"
The c. l. o. has no more connec-
ton with Russia. Italy, Germany or
any ism than has any labor move
ment."
He said its success in organizing
100000 working men has created
some disturbance" but declared "it
might have been, worse"
After a long period OF repression,
or coercion and suppression, when the
lid is lifted from anything there is
likely to be some slight explosion, +"
he said, declaring that the national
administration by its different policy
toward organized labor has lifted that
lid for labor.
Evening star., 1937-06-29
PALESTINE PARTITION
FEAR STIRS ZIONISTS
American Jewry Is Asked to
Save 1917 Balfour Dec
laration.

B. the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, June 29.-Expressing
fear that the British government
will partition Palestine as solution
to the conflict between Jewish COL
onists and Arabs. world Zionist lead
ers cabled from London last night
for the support OF the Zionist organ
ization of America.
The message for personal interven-
ton of American leaders was received
at the organization fortieth annual
convention, where DR.. Stephen S.
Wise, president, and Rabbi Abba Hillel
Silver of Cleveland vice president,
gave it a sympathetic hearing.
They interpreted any geographical
restriction on the development Of
Jewish colonization as violation of
the 1917 Balfour declaration, which
promised Jews homeland in the
Levant province
DR.. Wise was reelected president
OF the organization by acclamation
last night. Judge William Lewis of
Philadelphia, Rabbi Silver, Elihu D.
Stone OF Boston and DR.. Israel Gold
stein OF New York were elected vice
presidents unanimously.
Evening star., 1937-06-29

certain circumstances" Cox contin-
ued, I'VE were not prepared to expect
the advocacy Of duress and extortion
from one standing so high In the ad-
ministration.
rs 1t to be understood as an open
declaration -of war on the constitu-
tional rights Of the citizens? Is the
Government to join hands with GER
tain lawless groups and not only seize
the property Of an employer, but the
person Of the employer as we'll? ~
Representative Hoffman, Republic
an, Of Michigan criticized the Presi
dent as well as Miss Perkins. He &C
cused Mr.. Roosevelt OF repudiatmg hi
oath and his obligations. adding
This he has done in order to obtai,
his objective, which now stands dis
closed as the domination Of all indus
try and commerce and the centraliza
tion OF all functions Of government Ii
the executive department."
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Evasion
Continued From First PaRe.)

CONTINUED From First PaRe.)
the Treasury Department dealt first
with the savings effected by individ-
uals through simple application of
holding company rates rather than in
dividual rates and, second, with the
use OF deduction provisions
First example cited was that Of Lup-
ton, who allegedly reduced his tax bill
by $648, ,523.89 over three-year period
starting in 1894 by transferring his
stock in 30 companies engaged In bot
tling Coca-Cola to personal holding
company.
During these years the combined net
income of Mr.. Lupton, individually,
and the undistributed net income of
his personal holding company after de-
ductions, credits and exemptions al
lowed In the revenue acts, amounted
to s716,952 for 1885, $3.50, 1884 for 1885
and $1,334,694 for 1886. He and his
corporation together paid on this net
income taxes of $235,5O873 for 1894,
S308, ,966.81 for 1885 and 5000, 0,057 81 for
1896.
Otherwise, Additional Tax.
II this personal holding company
had not been created, that is. if Mr.
Lupton had not placed his stock and
certain other assets in an incorporated
pocketbook, he would have had to pay
an additional tax for the three years
in the amount of $648,52389.
Disclosing that Doherty, best known
Is the head of Cities Service, had
formed four holding companies known
Is Henry L. Doherty g. Co., Doherty
Research Corp, Improved Equipment
Co. and Gas Securities Co., Fortas
testified that the oil magnate thus
aaved himself about $3.50, 900 in 1884
Evening star., 1937-06-29
Gold
Continued From First Page.)

ment for the necessary powers" TO
act promptly and firmly" for "dura bic
blishment of the financial and
economic situation and to fortify the
country's Indispensable confidence in
itself and its future"
The government declared its "rea-
son for existence is to take energetic
measures without delay, tending to
suppress the intolerable abuses Of
speculation. to save Frances gold re-
serves, cover the treasury's needs,
carry out balancing of the budget,
watch over prices and revive national
economy"
Financial disorder" the declara-
ton went on, might be fatal to our
public liberties and international Sc
curity"
The cabinet pledged itself to
policy of peace and social progress. I"
and said there would be no change in
foreign policy.
For Maximum Military Strength.
The government also declared it in
tended to keep its military strength
at maximum.
At the same time ministers an
pealed to all governments for sincere
adherence to policy Of economic
assistance and limitation Of arma-
ments."
The government promised to let
nothing interfere with the social legis-
lation started by the cabinet headed
by Blum, but asked workers and en-
ployers to help it develop and
integrate" the program little by little
with the normal economic life of the
nation"
The reforms which Chautemps plans
include continuation of collective
bargaining agreements for labor,
measures concerning commercial debts,
legislation on political amnesty, press.
school reform and organization of
agriculture.
Move Dramatic.
Tentative suspension OF dealings in
gold and foreign exchange payments
to protect the franc during parlia-
mentary debate on financial reforms
was decreed by the new finance minis
ter, Bonnet, in dramatically sud-
den move shortly after midnight.
Bonnet, former Ambassador to
Washington, published the sweeping
moratorium decree in the official jour-
Evening star., 1937-06-29
KERMIT ROOSEVELT
WEEDS MISS. GADDIS
Grandson of Former President
Is Married at Farming
ton, Conn.

BY the Associated Press.
FARM1NGTON, Conn, June 2e.-
MISS Mary Lowe Gaddis, daughter OF
Mrs. Avery Gaddis of Milton, Mass,
and Houston Lowe Gaddis of Mar
shall, Va, became the bride of Ker-
init Roosevelt. jr.. son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Kermit Roosevelt of Oyster Bay,
Long Island, here yesterday.
The bride is grand niece of Miss
Sarah Porter, founder Of Miss Porter's
School, and Of Noah Porter, jr., elev-
enth president of Yale.
Roosevelt Is a grandson of the late
President Theodore Roosevelt, whose
widow was among those present at
the wedding which took place at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Porter
Keep, principals of Miss Porter's
School.
Rev. Quincy Blakely of the Con-
gregational Church in Farmington
performed the ceremony. The brides
only attendant was her sister. Miss
Elizabeth Porter of Marshall. The
best man was the bridegroom's IA
ther, who returned yesterday with his
wife from hunting trip in Alaska.
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SUSPECT ARRESTED
AS ARSONIST- LLER
Cincinnati Police Report Man, 25,
Admits, Then Denies, Setting
Fatal Fires.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
CINCINNATI, June 29.-Police held
last night 25-year-old man who they
said confessed, then repudiated the
admission, that he started q dozen of
the series Of tenement and rooming
house fires that have taken six lives in
the last 18 months
Detective Chief Emmett D. Kirgan
said the man admitted setting fire to a
rooming house, in which w. E. Will
liams, so, died last Thursday, and also
that he set the May 80 fire in which
father and his son were burned.
Kirgan said the man at one time
was ordered committed to an institu-
ton for feeble-minded, but was not
because the institutions were over
crowded
Seized in an alley in a rooming
house section, the man admitted start
ing 10 fires with newspapers and 3
others with newspapers and coal oil,
Kirgan said
Evening star., 1937-06-29
DISABILITY LAWS
DECLARED NEED
Secretary Perkins Also
Urges Protection of Work.
erS Against Disease.
BY the Associated Press,


YORK HARBOR, Me-, June 90
Secretary OF Labor Perkins advised
convening industrial accident law ac.
ministrators last night the greatest
single need" for extension OF com.
pensation laws was to cover "d;sabill.
ties from occupational disease
Miss Perkins was unable to attenC
the annual banquet Of the Interna.
tional Association Of Industrial Acct.
dent Boards and Commissions. Hell
speech was read by Verne A. Zimmer
Washington, director of the Labor
Departments labor statistics division
Exposure Declared Unavoidable
In occupational diseases" said tht
Secretary, "the element of contrihu.
tory negligence is almost never pres.
ent, because there is little the worker
can do to avoid the consequences OF
exposure
She asserted that many States had
progressed steadily in compensation
work, but others still retain the re-
strictive benefits and application
which seemingly should long ago have
been recognized as incomplete or in
adequate"
Criticizes Exemptions.
She criticized exemption by many
States of small industries despite the
hazardous nature of their work as
most unsatisfactory.
Describing as fortunate" tendency
toward liberalizing cash benefits, both
to disabled workers and dependents,
Miss Perkins said:
Certainly, above all else, it would
appear that the industry in whose
service workman is injured should
provide competent medical treatment
for whatever period is required and
without cost either to the worker or
the general public"
Evening star., 1937-06-29
By the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
Chairman Pittman, Democrat, OF
Nevada Of the Senate Foreign Rela-
tions Committee said today the tenn
porary abandonment OF the gold
standard by France would improve tho
world monetary situation.
Pittman discussed French monetary
moves informally with reporters as
Jean Appert, financial attache at the
French Embassy. said at the Treasury
that France still was in the tri-power
monetary agreement with Great Brit
ain and the United States
Appert was on his way to see Treas
ury Secretary Morgenthau, who had
spent the morning in consultation
with Chairman Mariner S. Eccles Of
the Federal Reserve Board
The Treasury officials declined i'm
mediate comment on the French sit
uation, but Pittman said he did not
believe any action by the United
States was necessary or desirable"
Lauding the French move, Pittman
said:
ut will tend to make the world
financial situation more satisfactory"
The Nevada Senator said there was
no financial crisis" and that the
British increase in its stabilization
fund was merely a corollary to the
French action
Chairman Eccles said:
My tongue is tied"
Appert was unable to see Morgen.
thau when he first called at the Secre-
tary's office and went into consulta-
ton with Wayne C. Taylor, assistant
to Morgenthau
The Treasury chief, Immediately
upon Eccles' departure, went into con-
ference with Premier Paul van iceland
of Belgium.
The French situation presumably
was topic in the Morgenthau-Van
Iceland talk
Earlier Appert informed the news
men that France wishes to continue
in the agreement"
The understanding provides that
participating nations will cooperate to
provide greater currency stability.
Frances status under the accord was
clouded when the French government
yesterday suspended gold and foreign
exchange payments, because the agree
ment provides that gold may move be-
tween participating nations.
Appert said he had "the greatest
confidence in the recovery of the
financial situation of France"
France is a country where the
situation changes very quickly" he
explained with frown.
1T may be close to recovery when
the situation seems to be desperate"
Evening star., 1937-06-29
Perkins
Continued From First Page.)

Continued From First Page.)
to call Postmaster General Farley as a
witness and voted to turn its probe OF
general strike conditions over to the
La Toilette Civil Liberties Committee
which meets tomorrow.
Representative Cox, Democrat, OF
Georgia, declared that the Secretary
Of Labor had made a suggestion to
Gov. Martin L. Davey OF Ohio which
constituted "one of the most shocking
incidents that has taken place in
many years.
The suggestion, he said, was that
the Governor use the subpoena powe,
OF the State Ito put certain officials
of the steel industry in duress and
close their plants by the State Militia
and maintain the status until the C. l.
o. has extorted from them such con-
tract as they desire
While We do not need this state
ment to know that the Secretary ap-
proved of the use of violence under
Evening star., 1937-06-29

nal less than "a hours after asyum-
ing the finance post.
He arrived only yesterday from 1hs
United States on the urgent call Of
Premier Chautemps to untansle
Frances monetary complications and
restore economic equilibrium. 80
The gold and foreign exchange NOR
atorium was coupled with a decree
in the official journal which closed
stock markets and all commercial ex-
changes until further notice.
MONETARY IMPROVEMENT SEEN