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Evening star., 1937-05-22
the situation demands that something of

the situation demands that something of
the sort be done.
Previous to abandonment of the fifty
fifty ratio in appropriations and substi-
tuition Of the sixty-forty ratio. the Dis
trict used to obtain Treasury advances
to tide 1t over the interval, after the
beginning OF the new fiscal year, until
its own cash became available. AS a
part Of the compromise agreement on the
sixty-forty ratio, however, the District
was ordered to accumulate cash reserve
which would enable it to meet demands
at the beginning OF each fiscal year from
Its own revenues. The sixty-forty agree
ment was soon ignored by Congress, but
the additional obligations imposed upon
the District were not.
Now the District is faced with a bare
larder at the end of the fiscal year and
the new revenues from new taxes to be
imposed will not be collected for many
months after enactment OF the tax legis-
lation. The District will need the cash
to meet its bills. A provision should be
included In the appropriation bill making
1t possible to draw on the Treasury and
pay back the advances as the taxes begin
to yield their revenue. This will cost the
Treasury nothing and turn about is only
fair play. There are times when the Dis
trict has on deposit in the Treasury
many millions of dollars which draw no
interest whatever.
Evening star., 1937-05-22
When the Members of
Congress Are Unionized
To the Editor OF The Star:

To the Editor Of The Star
The clerks around the Capitol, Con-
gressmen's secretaries and such are
forming a union, civil service status"
and the rest of the stuff. So I note
Next thing, the members themselvesll
organize. But wouldn't that prevent
their constituencies from nominating
and electing some one else? Not at
all. But such districtsll be declared
unfair to organized Congressman"
When the newly elected one steps up
to be sworn in, he'll be rejected as
"scab," and the former memberll warm
his old seat once more. Congress is it's
own judge of who is who and what is
what FRED VETTER.
Evening star., 1937-05-22
No Testing Device Needed
To Register Traction Noise

To the Editor of The Star:
Some time ago read in The Star an
article concerning street cars. An expert
testified he could not state how much
noise the street cars made. He did not
test them. He would need no testing
machine If he would stand on Eighth
street southeast and hear some of those
repainted cars that used to run from the
Avenue at Thirteen and One half street
northwest to Alexandria, Va.
GUS H. ZEITLER,
Evening star., 1937-05-22

There Is much to be learned about
flying machines and time for their study
is abundant. Even as an implement OF
war the airship may present an uncer-
tainty as to who are to be accounted
as friends.
Evening star., 1937-05-22
A Necessary Privilege.

The practical suggestion has been
made by Auditor Donovan that the Dis
trtct be permitted to draw advances
from the Treasury to meet appropriations
demands until the Districts own tax
revenues become available. There is no
reason why this should not be done and
Evening star., 1937-05-22

The punctuality and ease with which
the American people reacted in favor of
its cherry trees as against marble monu-
ment to Jefferson shows how much good
is already resulting from encouraging
visitors to study the U. S. Capital City
on their own account.
Evening star., 1937-05-22

In case of more Supreme Court NOM
nations. opinions might be solicited
as to how the Judges thus added to the
pench would vote on various cases that
are listed as presenting possibilities of a
tie. 1t would make no difference, but 1t
would be enligntening as to results.
Evening star., 1937-05-22

New names are constantly added to the
lists OF writers on subjects relating to
U. s. political events. News is not so
simple and may require more explana-
ton.
Evening star., 1937-05-22
A Rhyme at Twilight
By
Gertrude Brooke Hamilton.
A Good Samaritan.

Driving along an isolated stretch
The winding road led down to an
old bridge
Spanning creek. Beyond lay unknown
hills,
Dark purple in the twilight, ridge on
ridge.
I stopped my car. The loneliness gave
pause.
The whence and whittier Of my life
oppressed.
More like the running water meath tho
bridge
Than the dim summit of . far hills
crest.
A load of hay rumbled along the road:
The farmer gave neighborly hand.
flip;
The odor OF his hay was wholesome.
sweet ~
I turned my wheel, . whistle ON uay
lip.
Evening star., 1937-05-22

Every now and then, as in the A. A. A.
tax decision, an obligation to repay over
due tax collections is not strictly defined.
This fact relieves the tension OF the men
engaged on the delivery route, in these
hours OF sudden notice,
Evening star., 1937-05-22

After listening attentively to all that
was said by great folk at the coronation,
this country continues to have its own
opinions on various matters to be arrived
at by the same old friendly ways.
Evening star., 1937-05-22
The Quest.

"Are there many people now looking
for work?" asked the casual visitor.
Not everybody" sighed Senator Sor-
ghum. Some of the constituents who
look me up appear to desire only
position and a salary"
Evening star., 1937-05-22
1t Had to Come!

From the Worcester Gazette.
A Congressman asserts that profess
sional base ball players are slaves Of
merciless system. Anyway, it's certainly
been Ruthless the past year or two.
Evening star., 1937-05-22
Rate by Mail-Payable in Advance.
All Other States and Canada.
Member Of the Associated Press.

A.. The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to
credited to it or not otherwise credited in this
paper and also the local news published herein
herein are also reserved
Evening star., 1937-05-22
A Lingual Lapse.

From the Kalamazoo Gazette
A keg OF Mississippi water has been
sent to French students. What's the
French for Here's mud in your eye"2
Evening star., 1937-05-22
One Factor Lacking.

From the Grand Rapids Press.
Retirement insurance now provides for
almost everything except lasting long
enough to get it.
Evening star., 1937-05-22

PiscatOrial Prevarication.
From the Hartford tConn.) Courant.
Connecticut's fishing season has
opened, and fibbing is once more q
healthy outdoor sport.
Evening star., 1937-05-22
Pocket Provender.

From the Bay City (Mch.) Times.
When Nazis can't eat all they order at
the cafe, they are ordered to keep the
leftovers in their pockets to eat later.
Even the lemon meringue?
Evening star., 1937-05-22
The Standard.

The Standard.
1t is clever to endeavor
Promises to misconstrue,
But we can't 60 on forever
Sinking obligations due.
There's standard we are finding
AS the world keeps growing old
That Is even still more binding
Than the measurement called gold.
Though the documents may hover
Where on pen and ink we call,
Word Of honor" we discover,
Is the one test after all.
Jud Tunkins says safety first is
grand idea that is now worked out so
fine that q radio entertainer carries his
applause.
sage of Chinatown, Cannot be cured
by censure. The human race has only
itself to blame for all the unpleasant
things that have happened to it."
ThOrns Out of Date.
Now June draws near with gentle style
Wearing a rainbow for smile.
Let roses grace a pathway rough.
We surely have had thorns enough.
"When you tells your troubles these
days. said Uncle Eben, "you's lucky
to git polite attention, let alone SYM
pathy."
Evening star., 1937-05-22
Optimism.
rom the winston-salem journal.

He's an optimist II he borrows the
money to pay for his marriage license.
Evening star., 1937-05-22

It is clever to endeavor
Promises to misconstrue,
But we can't go on forever
Sinking obligations due.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-11-10

Mrs. ]. B. Spillman, whose name
was used by 4 Raleigh political COM
mentator in specializing over possible
feminine entries in the 1910 COVER
nor's race, has declared herself en-
phatically "out."
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-11-10

my father in my passion for love-
liness. Our little house was COM
Portable, but there was nothing
esthetic in it's furnishings, save
the effect of clean baroness, and
the touches Of clear color given by
pots of flowers on the window
lodges, and by some old blue
china on the dresser.
never liked the clothes that my
mother wore-her dull lilac prints
and best black dresses. But my
soul would flame when a wagon
laden with grapes went by, with
one Of the Italian girls who worked
in the vineyards enthroned like a
bacchante high on the purple load.
These girls set off their dark
charms by a blouse or kerchief of
brilliant color-orange or jade or
scarlet. Whatever they wore, they
were never monotonous or insipid,
as were the girls of our congrega-
ton in their faint pinks and
blues, or the women in their grays
and blacks.
The coming Of the Italians and
other peoples of southern Europe
had introduced new element into
our community. A Catholic church
was built that they might have
their own priests and their own
affairs. They were at home in our
vineyards, and the lake seemed to
make up in some slight way for the
loss of their own seas and bays
The winters were hard on them,
but they bore the cold with cheer
fulness, and their gay attire il
lumined the whiteness of our days.
Some Of the young Italian girls
were enchanting. i kissed one of
them in an autumn twilight and
confessed it afterward to my
father. I had not intended to tell
him; but as he and ] walked to-
gether under the stars, I felt a
sort of ecstatic urge to confession.
Ito Be COntinued)
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-11-10
ENpERsoN ~ q, pA1Y DISPATCH WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER


ing each visitor back and having MIN
recommend North Carolina 70 mas
friends Thus we have direct APP
proach to the estimated more tnan
half of the travel public IN tne' coun-
try. - 49,.
There is no question that North
Carolina has the scenery, the recrea-
tional facilities, and other natlonal as
sets to impress the visitor ana make
him want to return and to recommend
the state to friends. We should then
emphasize the human factor of max
ing the visitor feel at home and to
convince him that we are glad to
have him and are interested in his
welfare.
another feature of this program is
an effort to create, in every practical
way, a more beautiful State. It is true
that we cannot improve on natures
great scenic wanders but we can pre-
serve them and have an eye toward
the beautiful in the works of man.
There is only one way to put the
right words into the mouths of visi-
tors and that lies not only in Great
ing the impression that we are ready
for him but in proving it-making our
readiness an actually"
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-11-10
REPEAT VISITS TO
STATE ARE URGED
Tourists To Be Invited To Return
Again and Again To Parts
of North Carolina
Daily Dispatch Bureau.
I'm The Sir walter Hotel

Raleigh, Nov. 10-North Cardinals
State advertising campaign is being
designed not only to bring the tourist
to the State for one. time but to in
duce him to repeat his visits, J. l..
Horne, Jr., chairman of the advertis-
ing committee of the. Board of Conser-.
walton and Development, pointed out
today in discussing the tourist phase
of the program.
Figures compiled by the American
Automobile Association, Mr.. Horne
stated, show that some 1913 percent of
the tourists are influenced in the
choice of their vacation sites by for
ner visits.
An additional 26.O percent, the sur
vey shows, plan their trips as a re-
suit of recommendations of friends,
bringing the total percentage of tour
lists directly influenced by personal
contacts to 65.8.
I'm planning to obtain the most far
teaching results from tourist promo
tional efforts" Mr.. Horne asserted, lit
5 necessary that we look toward bring
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-11-10

what have you?
Yet when I was a boy often
wished that my father was like
some Of the men who came to our
little church in summer. Men
from the city, trim in blue serge,
stiff straw hats, tan shoes and silk
stockings. When I was 10 years
old, an automobile stopped at our
door. Two young people had
driven up from Buffalo to get mar
ried. The boy had a white rose
in the lapel of his coat, and the
girl wore a small, round hat with
white roses and held up her thin
dress to show a lace petticoat.
Before that I had not been al
lowed in the room when there was
wedding. But this time my
father let me stay, and I was
much impressed by the things the
young man said to the young
woman, and that the woman said
to the man. with this ring I
thee wed to have and to hold
from this day forward .
for richer, for poorer -"
I talked a great deal about it
afterward to my mother. did you
say those things when you mar
ried father?"
eyes"
did he give you a ring?"
"Yes."
She showed me her wedding
ring, which I had seen all my life
on her finger, but from that mo-
ment it gained new significance,
and whenever I looked at her
work-worn hands and thought of
the slim white fingers of the young
bride, I was disturbed by a con-
viction that my mother had not,
in some way, fulfilled the promise
of the radiant ceremony. I felt
that it would be different with the
girl in the white rose hat. That
she would go through life in trail
ing frocks and always in bridal
elegance.
| Even in those days ! was like
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-11-10
CHAPTER 1

AS LOOK upon it, I can, l
think, understand how I came to
build my romance on the shifting
sands of misrepresentation. Even
as a little boy my fancy had at
times painted things not as they
were. but as 1 wanted them to be.
If 1 had lied, I had lied pictur-
esquely, transmitting sober fact
into fascinating fiction. Now and
then, since my mother lacked
imagination, 1 had been punished
for it. And I can remember my
fathers whimsical plea for light
sentence.
"Let the boy alone, Eleanor;
he'll outgrow it."
"But he is not telling the truth,
Stephen"
''How many of us know the
truth 2"
And there you have my father
and my mother in a nutshell-she
with her fixed ideas of right and
wrong, he seeking always the hid
den meanings of life and of eter-
nifty.
For he believed in eternity. He
was a clergyman in small coun-
try church. We felt ourselves
poor, but I know now that my
father was rich. He possessed the
great treasures Of an open mind,
and a faith in the essential right
ness of the world. We took long
walks together. We were western
New Workers, and the vineyards
were everywhere. They formed
the texts of many Of my fathers
sermons. '"Take us the foxes, the
little foxes that spoil the vines"
and what shall therefore the lord
of the vineyard do?"
When we walked together my
father was not the preacher, but
the man. He worshiped beauty,
and as Lake Erie rose up before
US like a sapphire wall, the set
ting sun a luminous red balloon
above it, he would say in a hushed
voice, God made it, Jerry!"
Yet 1 knew he would have wor-
SHIPPED it if he had never known a
God!
They had called me Jerome,
after my fathers brother. He
lived somewhere in the west, but I
had never seen him. thought of
him as one thinks of the magical,
mystical people in books. There
was a picture of him, too, taken
during the Spanish war. He had
been one of Roosevelt's Rough
Riders sand in his khaki and wide
brimmed hat he seemed quite out
side the sphere of ordinary NOR
tails.
AS I have said, we were very
poor in those days when I was
punished for telling lies. My
mother did her own work, and my
father and I helped her. We used
to wash the clothes on Monday
mornings, hidden in the woodshed
so that any passing member of
the congregation might not be
shocked by a lack Of ministerial
dignity. I think my father would
have told of it, for he had no sense
of shame in honest labor, but my
mother held him to the traditional
poSe 1t was she who insisted that
he must never be seen in OverallS.
He fed the COW in his long coat,
and MIXED her with it folded be-
side him on another stool, so that
it might be ready in emergencies.
1 can see now that my mother
was right. The people in that
small community had their sense
of fitness. A minister belongs to
his coat as a justice belongs to
his robes, or a soldier to his uni
form. Strip them of these. and
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-11-10
Capital Gossip
BY HENRY AvERILL
Daily Dispatch Burenu.


Raleigh, Nov. 1O-Robert r. Rey-
nolds, North Cardinals junior senator
today comes back to the State for a
flying visit before the special session
OF congress opens next Monday.
Cur Bob" who commented, 81
need the exercise" when he was told
OF Frank Hancock's announcement
of opposition, will undoubtedly put
the rest of this week to good use in
| repairing any fences he may have
noticed are little out of whack. Boz
can cover more territory, see more
people, and slap more voters on the
back in a given time than almost any
living politician.
He has preceded his visit with
verbal blast for the press, in which
ne puts himself on record as for a
congress session of reinsurance to
the country"
Says he: I'm brief" every effort
viii be made in the special session to
make it one of reinsurance. There is
no doubt tha5 business and industry
are moving uncertainty labor strife
is here and peace-making efforts are
of concern TO everyone"
Your correspondent spied r.. Bruce
Etheridge, director of the State De-
partment of Conservation and Devcl-
opment, striding down Fayetteville
street, shotgun at exactly tie proper
Right shoulder arms angle.
Which war was Mr. Etheridge
heading for-Ch.nese or Spanish?
-
20 I, l.
the Department of Agriculture these
days. Louis Fl. Wilson, publications
editor, has announced his approach
ing wedding, Dccenba: Is. Louis is
way up in the clouds and can't be
concerned with such mundane mat
matters rs news itcr.1s.
Mrs. j. B. Spillman, whose name
was used by Raleigh political COM
mentator in specializing over possible
feminine entries in the 1910 COVER
nor's race, has declared herself en-
phatically "out."
Governor Clyde r. Hoey is in the
far west of the State today. He will
speak at the dedication of the State
Sanatorium at Black Mountain and
tomorrow he will make an Armistice
Day address at AshveilIe.
Incidentally, the governor will he
one of the chief exec. ives from the
southeast who will center with Presi-
dent Roosevelt in War Springs, Geor-
gia on Friday, November 26.
Newspapermen, contrary to their
usual custom, did most of the talk
ing at Tuesday nights Young DEM
ocratic dinner here in celebration Of
the fifth anniversary of President
isoosevelt's first election.
Tom Bost, dean of Raleigh's news
gatherers, was the main speaker. He
was introduced by Ro5ert L. (Bob)
Thompson, who is still regarded as
member in good stan'.ing of the
Fourth Estate, despite the fact trat
ne is Governor Hoey's secretary and
is not actively et.gaged in writing
pieces for the papers.
Evening star., 1937-09-17

ments under it. Copies will be sen,
to Congress and the Commissioners.
Anderson, called to the floor to picl
| possible avenues Of legal attack in the
armor of the business privilege tax
outlined the following points:
The tax, he contended. discriminate.
against businesses which he'd been ir
operation for less than year, since
they would be taxed on the assumption
they had been in business throughout
the past year.
Credit Sales Taxed.
The tax is levied against goods sold
on credit.
Bus companies owned by railroads
are not subject to the tax, whereas
privately-owned bus companies must
pay it, Anderson said.
Commission merchants, paying only
on their commissions. "have the ad-
vantage over wholesalers who must
pay on the whole amount of the sale
price"
When Anderson finished. Payne also
opposed the tax and said '"Let's get
1t into the courts"
The federation heard a resolution
from the Cleveland Park Business
Mems Association opposing the busi-
ness privilege tax, holding of District
ofiice by persons who have lived here
less than five years and outside chill
dren attending our schools at the
expense of District taxpayers"
President Grape appointed Joseph
H. Bait as the federation's member
OF Commissioner Hazen's Advisory
Tax Committee and named a nomi-
mating committee for the annual elec-
ton next month.
Harold Fitz OF the Chesapeake 81
Evening star., 1937-09-17

work also with other local food sroups
Iavorlng the sales tax substitute.
The federation heard several threats
of legal action to have the business
privilege tax declared invalid or to tie
1t up in the courts until Congress
could repeal it.
Volunteers Legal Battle.
Fairfax Oyster, president Of the New
Center Market Business Mems Asso-
ciatlon, volunteered Ito be the MARTYR"
If some one were needed to start the
legal ball rolling. He expressed him.
self as very bitter against the tax"
The federation, after extensive de-
bate, authorized President Theodore
Grape to name two members to con-
tact other business groups, set the
place and time for meeting within
two weeks to lay the foundation for
a central Washington business COM
mittee. The first meeting would out
line to the delegates OF every group
the objects of the committee: Except
for the lump sum, to eliminate Con-
gress and the Budget Bureau from
authority in District fiscal affairs and
to make the Commissioners supreme:
to study all District affairs and to
work closely and harmoniously with
individual and interested members of
Congress.
Ross Garrett, nationally known city
planner and expert on municipal az
fairs, delivered the mail address be-
fore the federation. He declared the
District had been "overe xpertized" by
tax experts in recent years and had
suffered from diffusion of fiscal
responsibility, divided between the
Commissioners, Congress and the Bud
get Bureau.
Garrett advocated cessation OF
"stone-throwing" at Congress, which.
he said, created only animosity toward
the District.
Outlines Program.
Declaring business men could do a
lot with Congress, he closed by recon-
mending concerted action to, first, |
increase the annual lump-sum appro-
priation for District governmental ex-
penses, and to begin Immediately to
achieve this end, and, second, stimu- |
late legislation to take fiscal matters |
"out of the hands of everybody except |
those responsible"
The federation adopted q resolution
of the Georgetown Business Mems |
Association, read by Jerome Mckee, |
president of that group, protesting
against the business privilege tax as
unjust and confiscatory'' and de-
its repeal and refund of pay
Evening star., 1937-09-17
WE|GHLEGAL WAR
ON BUSINESS TAX
Business Mems Federation
Study May Lay Ground
work for Attack.

A committee of six lawyer member.
OF the Federation of Business Men.
Associations proceeded today with 8
study Of the District business priv.
legs tax with strong indications they
would recommend its legality be at
tackled in the courts.
Concerted and even bitter opposi-
tion to the levy was crystallizing to-
day along two fronts. This came as
the result of meetings last night al
the Hotel Hamilton of the federation
and of the local branch of the Ma
tional League of Commission Mer-
chants.
The latter group voted to favor q
sales tax as substitute and to align
other organizations in its behalf.
The federation also set in motion
machinery to establish central COM
mittee of Washington business groups
to achieve Capitalization of District
fiscal authority, and better and faster
results from Congress on District mat
ters in general.
To Report October 21.
The six federation lawyers who will
make individual studies of the con-
troversial tax and report their recon-
mendations to the next meeting on
october 81 are. j. Nelson Anderson.
federation general counsel; Joseph H.
Bait, John Paul Jones, R. Sidney
johnson, Richard Daniels, j. P.
Farmer and Louis l. Obergh.
This committee will augment the
activities of the Law and Legislative
Committee, composed of Anderson,
Milton Vollmer, federation secretary;
Louis Frick, John L. Fowler and Burd
Payne.
The commission merchants, mean
while, were calling to their banner all
out-of-town business organizations af-
iected by the tax because they do
business in the District. They will