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The Washington times., 1937-12-20

of CHICAGO.
Dear Miss Robinson:
Il believe that parents should
he compelled by the Government
to take courses in psychology
and child training. We Ameri-
cans boast about our love for
children, but it's a fact that
thousands of babies are unwant-
ed before birth-neglected after
birth-SometimeS hurt for life
through the carelessneSs, selfish
ness and ignorance Of their par
ents.
"Such parents simply don't
care-So they should be MADE
TO.
MY suggestion is that the
Government set up compulsory
courses which all parents must
attend. The fine parents will do
ST. willingly-and be glad of the
chance. I WOULD PUT THE
MINISTERS, PRIESTS AND
RABBIS OF EACH COMMU.
NIFTY IN CHARGE OF THESE
COURSES. WITH THE NECES.
SARY EXPERTS TO GIVE THE
ACTUAL LECTURES.
Hazel Hess, Aged 18.
($10 Prize Winner)
A great plan, Hazel-and we'll
never be truly civilized until
it's followed. We demand trained
plumbers and carpenters-why
not trained parents? But many
an irate Dad or Nom won't
agree with such notions.
There's another Of Young
Americas problems -whi C h
GERTRUDE BELLINGER OF
NASSAU. N. Y. brings to US to-
day.
Dear Miss Robinson:
"You have given much SYM
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Jersey State Council of the
Steuben Society Of America.
MIR. Roosevelt and Mr.. Hull
NI were mildly curt in express
ing their opposition to the war
referendum idea. They did not
explain why. To do so might
have caused International COM
plicationS.
Actually they turned red
headed when they heard of the
boom for the plan in the House.
They did not mind the poll
ticians making a little hay with
the peace societies land Com
munists), but to do it at this
time, during delicate negotia-
tions with Japan, was a blow in
the face which hit Mr.. r. on
his sore jaw.
What they could not say Is
that such a childish dream, If
realized, would make the U. s.
a ridiculous nonentity in the
strong diplomatic game now
going on. Everything that Hit
Ter, Mussolini and Nippon have
gotten away within the last
few years has been based on
their self-assurance that the
Democrats would not stop them
by going to war.
Only limitation on their raid
ing has been their own fear Of
going too far and thus arousing
the democracies to war against
them. That's the game. Every
one above the age Of reason,
outside Of the House of Repre-
sentatives, knows it.
If the United States adopts
the war referendum idea and
announces to the world that
even its Congress cannot de-
clare war, it will completely dis
arm American diplomats in
working for peace and inform
the dictators they need have no
more restraint through fear Of
the United States.
But don't worry-the word is
out to kill it.
VAST Republican silence in
' Congress, following an.
nouncement Of the new Repub-
lican policy-framing commit
tee, was not because the legisla-
tors could think of nothing to
say. They said plenty where
they could not be overheard.
Their chief complaint seemed
70 be that Chairman Glenn
Frank Is not well known among
them, and the committee is not
representative of the elected
men (themselves) who are daily
making Republican policies by
their votes in Congress.
A TOP a glass case facing Mr..
"A Roosevelt's desk is q new 16-
inch ship model of q Chinese
junk with red sails. It is so
placed that he may see 1t every
time he looks up.
Apparently Me. Roosevelt is
trying to see if he can dis
tinguiSh it from the gunboat
Panay at a distance of is feet.
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wv h atever
6 u a ra ntees
Japan d oe s
gi We t h e
u n | t e d
S t a t e S
will not be
W or tn any
thing in my
opin on. I
t hink the
japanese are
a bunch of
b ar b ar ianS
The Washington times., 1937-12-20

ing of all times.
The strictly confidential pro-
gram, in Attorney General Cum.
mingS' safe, calls for hiring
about 20 special assistant attor-
neys general as axemen to in
"stitute antitrust prosecutions.
AS you know, lot of prosecu-
tionS can be handled by 20 new
Government lawyers with moth.
ing else to do.
The extra cost will run about
$150,000 next year, making the
total of the antitrust lnvestiga-
ting funds in the hands of Rob
bert Jackson, around a million
and a quarter dollars. Mr..
Jackson, an assistant attorney
general, will run the works.
The Administration game is
to follow up the evidence now
being dug by the Federal Trade
Commission, and to make a stir
which will place some blame
upon price fixers for the busi-
ness depression.
Economic prophet of the ven
ture is Federal Reserve Chair
man Eccles, who has been max
ing speeches specifically blam-
ing monopolistic price-fixers for
the fix the country is in.
MR.. ROOSEVELT and Mr..
AVA Hull may not like the Lud-
low war referendum, but q lot
Of great patriots do, including
these:
Communist Party Of New
York State.
Socialist Party Of New York.
Communist League of New
York.
Socialist League of New York,
italian AntiFaSciSt Society.
Spanish Anti.FaScist Com
mittee.
Young Peoples Socialist
League Of New York.
Communist Party Opposition
(whatever that Isl
These devoted disciples Of
American democracy are listed
in a joint petition down at the
bottom Of the big file of petit
TONERS in the House Judiciary
Committee. They are grouped
together under the heading of
that famous old American JEFF
fersonian Democratic Institus
ton, "The United May Day
Committee.
Their petition is likely to re-
main at the bottom. Mr.. Lud.
low, author Of the war referen-
dunn idea, and his most promi-
nent ally. the communist-chasing
Ham Fish, Of New York, are
not desirous Of over-emphasis
on this particular group in
their cheering section.
Note-Two other interesting
petitioners are the Sleeping Car
Porters of America and to New
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ment ennpIoye:
In my opin-
ion the apol-
ogy given the
United States
for the sink.
ing of the
Panay is just
a routine mat
SE OH y II .
part Of Japan.
However, I do
not think the
United States
can hardly ex-
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a right to go
to China and
acquire prop.
erty a n d
make a living
t h e r e. If
j a p a n does
n OF protect
the American
p e ople and
their holdings
then I say to
blow Japan to
pi &c eS. If I
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pr o m i Sc Of
protection to
A m e r 1 cans
and property
in c h i n a
should come
from the EN-
p e r o r o t
j a p an him.
self. S in C e
England h a S
t h e m o S t
h ol d ings in
the Orient,
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Voice of the People

nifty is a large municipal park,
capable of storing every vehicle
within a radius Of, perhaps, 10
blocks, which will be virtually
deserted and t1nuSued all win
ter long? How can this restric-
tive action be reconciled in the
face of the city fathers failure
to provide space for the cars
they outlaw from the streets2 =
I believe most car owners
would patronize municipal or
private parking facilities at
rates Of 10c q day, but the pres
ent rates will get no more than
a thumbed nose from many
thousands of car owners.
H. C. WILLIAMS.
Pedestriav1 Speaks
The frequently made ACCUSE
ton that pedestrians are re-
Sponsible for the traffic mishaps
that send them to the morgue
and the hospitals Is outrageous.
Traffic officials say that in 50
per cent of all our traffic acci-
dents pedestrians are involved.
That may be true, but in 100
per cent Of them motorists are
involved.
Policemen on traffic duty at
intersections never so much as
look at the people walking
across the streets before they let
q stream Of juggernautS loose
on them. They never try to hold
traffic back to give the pedeS-
trianS a chance to complete
their crossing, even though they
have the right Of way.
They never try to keep motor
lists from encroaching beyond
the white line that is supposed
to mark the croSSWalk.
Is it any wonder that rather
than take a chance on such
conditions at the intersections
the pedestrians try to leap
across in the middle Of the
block? Maybe they don't like the
statues that stand in blue ct
the corners. IRATE.
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r e p a ra [ loI
for the loss Of
the Pa n a y
and to punish
those respon-
sible, as well
as her prom
Use tina t it
does not hap
pen again, I
think Is Suffi-
cient to settle
the trouble
q n d should
the United
The Washington times., 1937-12-20

the United States should make
an agreement with England as
to ways and means of getting
this protection.
"a
Thomas O'Toole. 1924 Connec-
ticut Ave. N. w., clerk:
II think the Americans have
The Washington times., 1937-12-20
Listen, World!
By Elsie Robinson

Copyright 1887. King Features Syndicate Ine)
q HOULD PARENTS BE FORCED BY THE GOV
y EMINENT TO TAKE COURSES IN CHILD
TRAINING AND PSYCHOLOGY?
There's the weekly bomb heaved by HAZEL HESS
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were the President I'd see that
our soldiers went over and
cleaned up that part of the
world"
Il y 4
Miss Eleanor Fowler, 1924
Seventeenth st. N. W., Govern
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States should
prote ct its
citizens an d
properties in
the war zone.
l also think
t h a t t h e
U n / t e d
S t a t e s
should insist
t h at Amer
leans lie av e
that part Of
the world or
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and the United States should
put pressure on them immedi-
ately."
Miss Estelle KriegStedt. ll0l
Sixteenth St. N. W.. clerk:
While / think the United
The Washington times., 1937-12-20

pect more. If another American
ship is bombed, America should
take drastic measures to protect
it's nationals and holdings"
n 4 +
Miss Beatrice Watts, 1910
Twentieth st. N. W., waitress:
"Japan'S promise to make
The Washington times., 1937-12-20
News Behind the News
Biggest Antitrust Drive Of All Time Planned
BY Justice Department
Bu Paul MGLLOn

Syndicate All rights reserved
Reproduction In fall in prOhOited)
THE axe is being whetted behind drawn blinds in the
Justice DEPARTMENT for the greatest antitrust kill
The Washington times., 1937-12-20
Traffic Toll

The mounting list Of traffic
victims in the District Of Co
Iumbia since January /. 1887.
is graphically shown by the
death watch.
The Washington times., 1937-12-20

stay there at their own risk"
X
James H. Terrill, 1920 st.
N. W., printer:
Il think Japan's apology and
The Washington times., 1937-12-20

be accepted by the United
States"
The Washington times., 1937-12-20
The Inquiring
Photographer
The Washington Times in
vites you to submit timely
and interesting questions to
be used in this column.
THE QUESTION

What guarantees should be
required of Japan to protect our
nationals and holdings in
China?
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THE ANSWERS

Miss Thelma Sexton. 1772
Massac usetts Ave. N. w.
United States employe:
The Washington times., 1937-12-20
Needs Capable
MGnpOWer

Roosevelt admits that the budget be balanced But
the President forakng his rankness has pushed
into saying so.
Today what the President needs than anything next
to the old leadership competent manpower staff his
Administration He himself, cannot be the whole works
He has conceived ideas ideas which will place his name
the history books of greatest Presidents But
many his ideas have oundered because of an incompetent
executing staff.
We are still for Roosevelt But We hope that the defeat
the wagehour bill will be victory bv the effect
it will have in making the President resume his old leader
ship and consolidate his gains with competent manpower
Let's have the old Franklin Roosevelt as he was from 1888
ko 1885. a
Evening star., 1937-09-25

long flue travel, and with battles to
trap the gases Of combustion, the
modern boiler offers unprecedented
fuel economy.
Similarly, II years ago the choice
OF the home owner was limited to a
standard type of radiator which, al
though efficient as dissemination OF
heat, yet could boast neither beauty
nor tasteful design. Artist-engineers
took the radiator in hand and gave 1t
graceful, slender tubes, harmonizing
with the finest furniture. Other types
Of radiators were developed suitable
for complete concealment or partial
recessing in the walls.
In addition, there has been intro
duced in recent years a wealth OF
special devices and controls tending to
make steam and hot-water heating
fully automatic, highly flexible. and
instantly responsive to the heating
needs of the home.
No less significant is the introduce
ton OF Winter conditioning equip
ment made especially for use with
steam and hot-water heating.
Thus every point of view-price,
performance, appearance, economy
and efficiency--steam and hot-water
heating equipment today offers values
that have never been equaled in the
history of the industry.
Price is factor in any purchase, OF
course. But the significance of price
is in relation to the value received in
exchange and in relation also to the
general purchasing power OF money.
Evening star., 1937-09-25
Mahogany Pieces
OF 18th Century
Hold High Prices

Fine examples OF the mahogany
furniture produced in the eight
eenth century continue to bring
high prices in the auction rooms.
In May of this year, Chippen-
dale two-back settee with carved
ribband splats was sold at
Christie's in London for $7085.
In the same month, at the dis
persal of the famous Genevieve
Garvan Brady collection at
Inisfada, the Brady home on
Long Island, New York, a Chip
pendale sofa covered in needle
point brought $3.50.
These prices were outdistanced
in August when S34,125 was paid
at Christie's for a mahogany set
tee and II chairs covered in
needlepoint and dating from the
reign of George l. The suite
which was probably made by Giles
Grendey Of Clerkenwell, London,
about 1922, was particularly inter-
esting because it represents the
early use of mahogany IN Eng
land. BY the middle of the eight
zenith century, this wood had
become the one most favored by
the leading cabinet makers of the
period.
Evening star., 1937-09-25
E.H.A A. MAINTAINS
MORTGAGE RATING
!nterfIoW of Money Follows
High Standard of Ap-
praiSaIS.

Through intensive and continued
training Of its technical and under
writing stats the Federal Housing
Administration is able to maintain
the uniformly high standard of ap-
praisals and valuations which have
made insured mortgages standard
tied commodity, readily salable in the
open market, according to Steward
Mcdonald, Federal housing admins
traitor.
Transfers of premium mortgages
amounting to more than S102,000,0 900,
Involving some $50 purchasing insti-
tutions located in every part of the
country, indicated that for the first
time in mortgage leading history
substantial regional interflow of mort
gage money is taking place.
Increased STABILITY is the result, the
administrator said, both of the insur-
ance against loss provided by the
Federal Housing Administration and
the high standards required of loans
accepted for insurance. The latter
consideration has probably played the
largest part in influencing institutions
in As of the 4S States to purchase
insured mortgages as term in
vestments.
"One of the most important. and
most difficult phases of the york of
the Federal Housing Administration
has been the building of technically
nf Il;
tectural and appraisal experts COM
petent to apply the appraisal and valu-
alton methods employed in the insur-
ance of residential mortgages" Nc
Donald said.
Federal Housing Administration
appraisals and valuations differ from
those in common use by many lending
institutions in that they involve the
carefully co-ordinated work of several
men, each highly trained in the
particular field in which he operates.
Continued training of the technical
personnel of each of the State and
district offices maintained by the Fed
eral Housing Administration is neces-
sary in order that the appraisals in one
rNNNioAi Va tiiC tOuAllly SIldll CDlllOIIU
closely to those made in other parts
Of the country. Only through the
maintenance of the highest standards
OF appraisal in every part of the contry
can the Federal Housing Administra-
tion expect to retain the confidence of
lending institutions.
New Stability in System.
THAT the insured mortgage system
has given new stability to residential
mortgages is indicated by the fact
that on June 80 of this year insured
mortgages totaling Sl01, 1926. 925 had
been purchased by Institutions in
every part of the country from the
originating mortgages This repre-
sents approximately Is per cent of all
mortgages insured up to that date
This new development in home
mortgage leading is due primarily to
the recognition by mortgage lending
institutions of the fact that properties
securing insured loans have been sub
jected TO careful examination by the
technically trained staff of the Federal
Housing Administration Office in the
State of origin. Most lending institu-
Evening star., 1937-09-25
HEATING DOLLAR
NOWGOESFARTHER.
Initial Cost Of Equipment
Drops, Economy Added
Since 1920.

Prices OF certain staple kinds of
boilers have declined SO per cent in
the last II years while radiator prices
have dropped nearly so per cent, says
the Plumbing and Heating Industries
Bureau.
Even more startling than the differ
ence in price is the contrast between
the kind Of heating equipment avail
able today as compared with that
offered II years ago, the bureau points
out.
The contrast is as great as that
between the modern streamlined auto
mobile and the model It, the bureau
says.
Whereas IT years the choice of the
home owner was limited to the round
boiler, today there is a special high
efficiency boiler available for every
type OF fuel.
Thoroughly insulated, inclosed In a
handsome colorful steel jacket, with
Evening star., 1937-09-25
Convention Reservations.

Ernest T. Trigg, president Of the
National Paint. Varnish and Lacquer
Association, sees in the great number
OF advance reservations for the in
dustry's convention a new all-time
attendance record. Convention hotel
reservations for the sessions to be
held in Cincinnati. October 27-29, at
the Netherland Plaza Hotel, are ITS
per cent ahead OF the total at this
time last year.
Evening star., 1937-09-25

tions cannot afford to employ large
staffs of expert appraisers and valu-
ators, and many are coming to depend
upon the unbiased and unprejudiced
report of the Federal Housing Admin
istration."
Evening star., 1937-09-25
Test Non-Alcoholic Drinks.

Three hundred non-alcoholic drinks
will be tested at conference In Ber-
lin of the Manufacturers Of INFER
mented Fruit Juices.
Evening star., 1937-09-25

SITUATED as it is, surrounded by some
- of the most palatial homes in the city as
we'll as ADJACENT TO SEVERAL
FAMOUS EMBASSIES, the opportunity to
acquire this beautiful residence i. one that
should be Immediately taken advantage of
as a property of this charact er is seldom
available in Washington. Its wooded and
formally Handicapped garden of inspiring
beauty provides appropriate setting for
the distinguished authentic architectural
motif of the home. ITS SERIOUSNESS,
EQUIPMENT AND FEATURES CHARAC-
TERIZE 1T AS ONE OF THE CAPITALS
FINEST APPOINTED HOMES, IDEALLY
ADAPTED 10 FORMAL ENTERTAINING
ON THE LARGEST SCALE.
Evening star., 1937-09-25

EOR THE FAMILY OR THE FOREIGN
EMBASSY who can afford to purchase
this wonderful home there is embodied
here every comfort to delight persons of the
most discriminating tastes. There is an
air of quiet elegance and refinement about
the decorations. Its digni6ed and aristo-
cratic appearance cannot fail to impress.
NO EXPENSE HAS BEEN SPARED BY
THE OWNER TO MAKE THIS ONE OF
THE MOST OUTSTANDING HOMES IN
THIS DELIGHTFUL SECTION. The lot has
frontage of 100 feet on Whitehaven
Street and depth of $50 feet (TOTAL
SQUARE FEET BEING $4,000. THE
LANDSCAPING COST THE OWNER
APPROXIMATELY $7,5OO).
Nogales international., 1937-07-10
When A Newspaper Makes A Mistake

ONE thing (among million or two others) that
" Arthur W. Rotch of The Milford (N.H.) Cabinet
has discovered since he was graduated from Dart
mouth quarter Of century ago, is that when
newspaper makes mistake there's no way of cover
ing it up You can't throw dirt it and bury it, and
it is seldom you laugh it off and pass back to
some other fellow. That's why so many country edi-
tors go fishing the paper is off the press
They want to be away when readers come in to scalp
them OF course there are few brave editors like the
one in the ancient tale which Art Rotch reprinted:
In a western mining town tough guy with a
dropping mustache ten-gallon hat and two pistols
stomped into the local newspaper office and demand
ed Of the busy little man at the desk who was running
that , ,****, newspaper. '1 am," said the little man
without looking up. "Well then,' said the visitor
perhaps you are the guy that wrote that article say
ing that William H. Nudge is x-jail bird, coun
terfeiter, black-mailer gunrnan hdnapper and des-
perado eh?"Agan without looking up the little man
this" said the man of shady reputation, "T'n have
you understand that am William K. and not William
H. Nudge and by -..- if you have anything further
to say about me, I'll thank you to get my name
straight Good day.
Nogales international., 1937-07-10
Our Climate

IF good climate is towns main asset Nogales has
lot to crow about.
While the east southern California, Phoenix, Tue
son and vicinity are sweating, NOgaes is enjoying
ideal summer weather.
Nogalians might appreciate their climate more if
they read of the exodus of citizens Of many Arizona
communities during the summer months.
The society columns of the Tucson, and Phoenix
newspapers packed with reports of residents eav
ing to escape the summer heat
When Nogales residents leave during the summer
is not because of the heat but because they natural
y desire to spend their vacations elsewhere, away
from their work.
Even extreme rising temperatures do not affect us
much There has never occurred in the history of No.
gales night hot people couldn't sleep There has
never been day on record when anyone was more
than uncomfortable and few Of those days.
Verify, Nogales is blessed in her climatic advan-
tages, suffering from no extremes of temperature
during any season Of the year Our summers are cool
and our winters mild.
Nogales international., 1937-07-10
The Tipping Custom

WHILE many attempts have been made to eradicate
the practice, by the passage of laws the tip
ping habit persists, through lack of courage the
part of the public.
Originally, no doubt, the custom of giving tips to
servants inspired by kindly motives, but it has
long since become species of petty graft Many en-
ployers of low-class help pay miserably small wages
with the knowledge that tips from customers will sup
ply the deficiency. Employees accept the small wage
with the same understanding. Consequently the pub
lie pays in the aggregate vast sums for which
ice whatever is rendered
The effect of the tipping system is wholly bad, as
those who accept the gratuties must lose somewhat
in self respect while those who pay them do so simply
because it is expected and they do not wish to appear
stingy.
One restaurant noticed recently displayed sign
which read: eve pay walters living wages and do
not permit them to accept tips That sign inevitably
caused patrons to hold higher opinion of the pro-
prietOr and his walters
Self confidence is what enables fellow in the
bleachers to Judge play much better than the UNI
pire on the field
o.
good many June graduates who expect to set the
world on fire will begin by lighting another cigarette