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The Washington times., 1937-07-02

The 800 Zionist delegates
from all over the country con-
vened in one of the darkest
hours of Jewish history, made
doubly critical by the jeopardy
in which the only available
refuge for Jews-Palestine-has
now been placed.
But the assembled Jewish rep
resentatives could contemplate
with satisfaction and hope the
undivided sympathy which the
American people feel and dis
play for the prosecuted Jews in
the Old World and for the res
toration of their ancient home
in the Holy Land.
Where on earth is there a
government left, other than that
of the United States, to which
the downtrodden Jews of the
world can appeal as of yore for
friendly intercession?
The denser the dark ness
which envelopes the Old World,
the stronger does the light Of
liberty shine in this land.
In POLAND, Jewish commune.
ties are being ravaged and all
their means of livelihood are
being destroyed.
In Nazi Germany, the Jews
are being subjected to medieval
persecution and have been put
beyond the pale of the law.
In Soviet Russia, tens of thou
sands of ZioniStS are in exile or
prison and Jewish religion and
education have long since been
suppressed.
In Fascist Italy, because of
MuSsolini's imperial designs in
the MoSlem world, zionism has
been put under a ban.
And Great Britain, the trus-
tee of Palestine, because of a
desire to placate the Moslems,
is reported to be ready to scrap
the Mandate for the establish
ment of a Jewish National
Home.
The 100000 Jews of the
United States form the only an
chorage on which their millions
of submerged brethren abroad
can depend. 1t is an anchorage
held fast by the rock of toler-
ance and the keystone of free
dom which constitute the Amer.
lean system.
When the Zionist convention
appealed to the Government in
Washington to make diplomatic
representations in London for
the preservation of the Jewish
National Home, it was not only
on firm legal ground. 1t stood
even on the firmer ground of ex-
pressed American public opinion
in favor of such action.
This opinion was best ex-
pressed by the Hearst Unofficial
Senatorial Commission which
visited Palestine last summer.
That commission. headed by Sen
ator Copeland, was first to
sound a warning to London in
these memorable words:
Our own Government cannot
| be held blameless until it calls
The Washington times., 1937-07-02

Whilst you are prosperous,
you can number many friends,
but when the storm comes you
are left alone.-Ovid.
A sound mind in a sound
body is a short but full descrip-
ton of a happy state in this
world.-Locke.
True loves the gift which
God has given to man alone
beneath the heaven.-Scott.
Plain truth will influence
half a score men at most in a
nation, while mystery will lead
millions by the noSe.-Boling-
broke.
General and abstract ideas
arc the source of the greatest
Of mems errors.-RouSseau.
People generally deSpise
where they flatter and cringe
The Washington times., 1937-07-02

all his patronage.
Newsmen, however, are less
chary of telling all and so the
latest two instances Of chas-
tisement are now public prop
erty.
First, two nationwide news
services dared to step past the
White House command not TO
print any pictures taken on
jefferson Island. Congressional
members who are not so strictly
bound by such ukaseS took the
pictures and turned them over
to the UNLIMITED"
For this indiscretion, these
two photo services are being
barred from taking pictures OF
the President at Hyde Park.
Although so far as the public
knows the members who took
the pictures go unScathed.
It is an undoubted fact that
the possibility that Mr.. Roose-
welt might want a third term is
a subject of much controversy
today.
It is talked of privately a lot
and publicly to some extent and
vet when two correspondents
dared to ask the man in ques-
ton about the matter they were
told to put on a Ounce cap and
go stand in a corner.
They were given this assign
ment" jokingly, however, with
the usual laugh-a great big
laugh, by the way.
\ i 4
REPRESENTATIVE PAUL
w. SHAFER is a newspaper
editor by profession and there
The Washington times., 1937-07-02
The Human Side of the News
BIZ EdUin C.. Hill

DICTURE this dear to the heart of every writer
Il of WESTERNS:
The night dark mooness with drifting clouds obscur
ing the pale The herd Of Hereords bedded down
for the night and around them two cowboys
walk their bronchos grooming keep the cattle lued,
the cowboys lament BURY me not in the lone praree
The Washington times., 1937-07-02

wishes a n d
6 e t a W a y
with it. What
penalties are
attached to
t his proce-
dure very sell
dom re a c h
the light of
day except in
such cases as
that of Sen
ator r u S h
H oil t, W h o
dared attack
the Admins
tration a n d
thereby OS t
The Washington times., 1937-07-02
Feeble Regrets

president ROOSEVELT'S mild expression of
il regret over the provision of the Independent
Offices Appropriation bill requiring Senate confrma
ton of attorneys and experts not likely to be of great
influence in the fight to extend the merit system in the
Government
The President merely adds another word of praise
to the principle of merit in Government employment
and signs the bill which makes jobs available to
the political henchman.
The provision in question obviously added to the
appropriation measure in order to make these jobs
each paving more than five thousand dollars year.
more subject to the political dictates of politicians and
to make those who fill them amenable to the per-
sonal desires of members of Congress.
Dangerous in any Government office this condition
becomes doubly in agency trying to do the type
of Job the Social Security Board is trying to do job
which touches every working man and woman in the
country.
In recognition of the danger, the board has been
endeavoring to adhere to merit principles in appoint
ments even going beyond the requirements of the law
in this regard.
In protesting against the Congressional action which
blocks this effort of the board President Roosevelt had
opportunity to dramatze the fight against the pos
system and to bring to the point of action the wordy
conflict that has been carried for many years.
BY SENDING THE INDEPENDENT OFFICES
PROVEN THAT HE MEANT WHAT HE HAS so
OFTEN SAID.
Instead Of following that he simply adds
words to the record
1t must strange to most people that President
welding the power Congress that Mr. Roosevelt
has, has been unable to make any progress toward the
goal of merit in Government service.
He has been able to dictate to Congress on almost
everything else to the point of bringing about
almost revolutionary changes in our Government
YET although he has often preached of extending the
merit system, Congress has gone merrily its way
adding thousands and thousands of jobs to the stock
the spols counter.
IS THE SPOILS SYSTEM TOO DEAR TO THE
HEARTS OF CONGRESSMEN TO BE ERADI-
Gated OR IS 1T SIMPLY THAT THE PRESIDENT
DOESN'T BACK UP HIS WORDS ON THIS MAT
TER THE WAY HE AND MR.. FARLEY BACK UP
THEIR DECLARATIONS ON OTHER MATTERS?
The Washington times., 1937-07-02
America and Palestine
By Isaac Don Levine

THE national convention of the Zionist Organization Of
America meeting in New York city this week, has ap-
pealed the United States ntercede against
the proposed partition of the Jewish National Home in
Palestine by its custodian, Great Britain.
The Washington times., 1937-07-02
Keep This Pledge

ResolUed: That It be The sense of this contention
that committee should be appointed By the Congress
of the United States to make study of and to report
on the oruntino to the residents of the District of
Columbia the right of suffrage. Unanimously adopted
by the Democratic National Convention, Philadelphia,
June e. 1886.
The Washington times., 1937-07-02
The Greatest Show on Earth
By Frank Miller Smith

NIEWSA1EN are beginning to find out that behind that
gorgeous smile and ready handshake for them all
occasions at the White House there is mailed fist.
The Washington times., 1937-07-02

Congressional leaders have
found it hardly possible to go
against the Chief Executives
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-06-19

Island and far east of Aklavik,
and after striking northern Can.
ada the filters will be over virtually
unsettled land until southern Can
ada is reached. The course would
take them directly over Vancouver
and Seattle. Vancouver will be
be virtually their first sight Of
civilization.
The plane, according to the
Soviet Embassy, is the same ship
in which an unofficial long dis
lance nonstop record of $500
kilometers from Moscow to KAN
chatka was set last year.
Official Record Sought
That flight was not recorded by
the Federation Aeronautique In
ternationale. But this time the
Russians have arranged with the
National Aeronautic Association,
affiliate of the F. A. l., to supervise
the landing and make an official
record.
The plane and all equipment are
Of Russian manufacture, the en-
bassy stated.
The ship was designed especially
for long distance flying. It has a
wing spread Of 102 feet with a
three-bladed propeller, and its
single 860-horsepower engine was
designed for low.fuel consumption
The engine is of IL cylinders and is
water-cooled. The planes wings
are filled with fuel tanks.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-06-19
FALLS
T0REBELS
Continued from Page II

rope today with the threat that
unless quick and satisfactory
measures are adopted in conse-
quence of the attempted torpedo
ing of the Cruiser Leipzig, Ger
many will act alone.
German Ambassador Joachim
Won Ribbentrop will deliver a note
today to Foreign Secretary An
thony Eden and the French and
Italian ambassadors asking them
to take measures to prevent at
tacks on Spanish non-intervention
patrol ships.
Otherwise, Germany warns, the
Reich reserves complete freedom
Of action to take the matter into
her own hands, as she did in the
bombing of Almeria.
Fear remindful of 1914 alarmed
Britain and France with the dan
ger that Germany might resort to
open intervention in Spain.
Frantic consultations were held
among major diplomats. Foreign
Secretary Anthony Eden cancelled
his weekend arrangements and
summoned the German, French,
and Portuguese ambassadors to the
foreign office. An urgent call was
sent out for Count Dino Grandi,
Italian ambassador, holidaying in
the country.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-06-19
Single Skipper
May Hold Up
Fast Trains

Train schedules between Wash
ingtQn and New York on the
Pennsylvania Railroad may be
slowed down-all because a Mary
land yachtsman, who is skipper Of
q sailboat with an 18-foot mast.
wants to cruise UP the, Gunpowder
River.
The railroad crosses the river
on what used to be a drawbridge.
But for many years there has
been no traffic up the river, so
the draw was abandoned.
But the Sailboat owner, who
may or may not have read a story
in a weekly magazine. several
weeks ago relating to a similarly.
abandoned draw span, has filed
a demand with the District Engin-
eer of the Army at Baltimore
that the draw be reopened.
To do this would cost the rail.
road a large amount Of money to
install new machinery, would en-
tail the expense Of a draw tender
on duty at all times, and would
compel fast trains to come to a
stop before crossing the draw,
thus slowing up the schedule.
So far the Army Engineers have
not passed a ruling on the case
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-06-19
Hitler Summons Council
To Discuss Reprisals

BERLIN, June 10 QN.S0.-Re-
peated attacks by "red Spanish
submarines" on the Germ a n
cruiser Leipzig today threatened
to stir a second German-Spanish
incident more explosive than the
recent air raid on the Detusch'
land. followed by the German
bombing on Almeria.
Speedy reprisals will be taken
unless the powers united in the
non-intervention committee a ct
quickly to punish the alleged
loyalist torpedoers, it was stated
in semi-official communique.
Reichsfuehrer Adolf Hitler has.
tened by air from Badesburg to
Berlin to call another emergency
cabinet council, where possible
coun t e measures will be dis
cusSed. A similar council re-
suited in the reprisal lombard
ment Of Almeria.
Several unsuccessful q ia OK
were made on the Leipzig in the
Mediterranean Tuesday and yes
terday. it was charged officially
here. A communique said:
Germany will not tolerate
any further shooting practice
by red pirates against German
warshipS. She certainly is mot
going to wait until q German
ship is actually hit"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-06-19
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the Russians to report again, as
about seven hours had elapsed
since the last contact.
If the filters are maintaining
their speed of 100 miles an hour,
they now should be about 1000
miles south of the North Pole,
winging toward San Francisco.
Due Tomorrow
On Army charts, the flight
course over the Pole from Moscow
to San Francisco disclosed that the
distance from the Soviet capital to
the Pole is approximately $500
miles, and the distance from the
Pole to San Francisco, roughly,
$500 miles.
On a basis of the distance COW
cred since the plane hoped off
from Moscow at sos p. m. (E. s.
t., Thursday, it is averaging ap-
proximately 100 miles an hour, its
normal cruising speed, and Will
arrive at San Francisco about 9
a. m. E. S. To tomorrow.
The United States Army'S com.
plete radio and weather reporting
facilities in Alaska were placed at
the service of the Soviet fliers,
and weather reports were being
sent from six stations in Americas
northernmoSt outpoStS at quarter
hour intervals to guide the ship
in its flight.
Radio Contacts Made
Three radio, contacts were made
between the plane and the Army
stations last night and early to.
day.
The first, at $40 p. m. &C. s. To
yesterday, signed by Navigator Be
liakov, stated:
Everything is all right. MY
position is OstrOv Luidvi."
An hour later the plane asked
for bearings and reported she was
opposite Franz Josef land. 1t was
flying at an altitude Of 4,30O
meters. Beliakov radioed:
please inform me what bear
ing you get. Everything is all
right. My position is latitude 80
longitude 54.1O east. Altitude
1900 meters"
Then, at 9:10 p. m. (E. S. To the
plane reported to the anchorage
Alaska station, her position was IS
degrees latitude, So longitude east
Russian sources here declared
the ship was definitely out to beat
the present nonstop record estab
liShed in 1888 by Rossi and Codes
Frenchmen, who flew 5,657 miles
from Floyd Bennett Field, New
York, to Rayack, Syria.
Conditions Most Severe
On the flight after crossing the
Pole, the planes course was
charted to carry it down the 123rd
meridian. This would take the
ship over q vast area of unex.
plored territory. where weather
experts said climatic conditions
were the most severe in the Arctic
region.
| This course is. west Of Banks
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-06-19

'thorized early today by Soviet Am
bassador Alexander A. Troyanov-
sky.
Arrival Of Troyanovsky in San
Francisco with his military at
tache, Col. v. Begunov. was
shrouded in as great secrecy as
the takeoff Of the Russian airmen
from Moscow Thursday night.
Since his arrival yesterday morn.
ing, 1royanovsky has maintained
a constant vigil at the Soviet
consulate for word from the trail.
blazing airmen-Pilot Valeri Chka-
low, one of the foremost airmen
OF Russia, credited with a non
stop flight of 5000 miles last
summer over the Soviet Arctic;
Co.-pilot Georgi Baldukov and
Navigator Alexander Belianov.
Secrecy ShrOuds Flight
Typical Soviet secrecy and mys.
terry surrounded the flight, and
Troyanovsky was loath to make
public reports of the fliers' prog
reSS.
First announcement that the
flight was under way came yes
terday through Gen. William E,
Gilmore, National Aeronautical
Association official, more than IL
hours after the airmen had hoped
from Moscow. 1t was believed So
Wet police delayed the announce
ment until the filters were well on
their way, rather than give pub.
licity to the attempt If it should
prove unsuccessful,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-06-19

two new ships for the battle
fleet to be laid down this year,
and two more scheduled to get
under way next year.
In the absence of any new agree
ments binding England and Japan
to limit the size Of the guns on
their new ships, this is to be
Americas answer to their drive
for sea supremacy.
AS in the controversy over the
relative effectiveness Of 6-inch and
8-inch gun cruisers the admirals
now in charge of American naval
policy have fought over the IA
inch and 16-inch guns, but put
both on American battleships. The
Maryland, Colorado and West Vir,
ginia, newest of the battlefield, al.
though approximately is years
old, are all equipped with eight 16-
inch guns in their main batteries.
The older ships have 14-inch guns
England Uses Big Guns
England put 16-inch guns on
the Rodney and the Nelson, built
in 1927, and has 15-inch batteries
ON the Hood and the Renown.
Japan, which surrounds her
naval construction program with
more secrecy than the other pow
ers, has refused to limit her fleet
to -14-inch guns, from which it is
reasoned that her new battleShips
will carry 16-inch weapons.
Protagonists of the l4-inch gun.
which will carry as far as the
larger gun, claim for it greater
accuracy and longer life. 1t is
also less costly to build and to
fire. With the development Of ar.
tillery in which the rifling can be
replaced when burned out, how
ever, the effective life Of all large
caliber guns is increased.
The Comparison
Here is the way the l6-inch and
14inch guns and their projectiles
compare, according to American
authorities:
l6.lnches 14.inch
Length 72O inches $50 inches
go feet (52.5 feet)
Weight los tons 63h tons
PrOjectiIe 2,1O0 pounds 1y4OO pounds
Powder
Charge 800 pounds 48O pounds
Range - Average maximum $1,000
yards (abOut 20 mlles) in each case.
It is traditionally true that guns
Of smaller caliber can be tired
faster than those Of larger caliber,
and that accuracy Of fire tends to
decrease as size goes UP and range
increases. With the range Of the
14-inch and 16-inch guns about
the same, however, the greater
weight Of the broadSide which can
be laid down by 16-inch guns ap-
pears to have resolved the issue in
their favor.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-06-19
Boy Scout Jdmboree
To Pay All Expenses

Neither the District nor Federal
governments, mort the citizens Of
Washington, will be asked to con-
tribute to the annual Boy Scout
Jamboree because the Scouts will
pay their own expenses, officials
revealed today.
The Jamboree, opening here
June 30-July 8, will be on self
liquidating basis, with all expenses
betrayed by the Scouts, DR.. James
e. West, chief Scout executive,
said. DR.. West is here to complete
plans for the jamboree.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-06-19
The Weather

District of Columbia-Fair and
continued cool tonight; tomorrow
partly cloudy, slowly rising tenn
perature; gentle north winds to-
day.
Maryland-Fair today and prob
ably tomorrow; not much change
in temperature.
Virginia-Partly cloudy, prob
ably local thunderstorms in south
east portion today, and in south
portion tomorrow; not much
change in temperature.
TEMPERATURES
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-06-19
Troyanovsky Hugs Consulate
On Coast for News of Plane

SAN FRANCISCO, June 10
Q.N.S).-RusSia's three daring
airmen, blazing a nonstop 5000
mile sky route from Moscow to
San Francisco over the North
Pole, were looming down from the
top of the world today toward
their far Western goal.
This word was released here by
the Soviet consulate. which re.
ported a message had been re-
ceived from the airmen's plane
advising they scared over the
Pole at 1910 a. m. E.S.T.) last
night.
A consulate spokesman said the
message had been picked up by
"a Seattle station" presumably
the Amtorg Trading Corporation,
Soviet concern.
Later in the day the United
States Weather Bureau said the
filters in a few hours would buck
a moderate storm" over the
northwest territory. Bad weather
conditions. with rain. strong head
winds and low ceiling, prevail
from southern British Columbia
to northern California. It was
believed the. fliers might expert
ence difficulty flying this I'm.
familiar territory.
Ambassador on Coast
Release of this latest announce
ment, which came after series of
conflicting reports and periods Of
long silence concerning progress
Of the epochal flight, was au-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-06-19
VAN ICELAND
IN NEW YORK

CONTINUED from Page y
day, Van zeeland's life story reads
like one of the success stories
familiar in American democracy.
Seventh child of a Belgian shop
keeper family Of eight, Van Zee
land won a scholarship which sent
him to Princeton University and
on his way to fame as an eco
nomist.
He learned to speak English,
German and Russian while a
prisoner of war in Germany dur
ing the World War and studied
political science.
Born in the little Belgium town
of Soignies, not far from Brussels
on a November morning A years
ago, he became one of the young
est prime ministers in the history
of Belgium. rising to that post
when he was AZ.
He attended the Episcopal
School in Soignies and the Uni
versity of Louvain, obtaining a
doctor of law degree.
Immediately after the armistice,
he resumed his studies and OBJ
tanned a scholarship from the
Belgian University Foundation,
which sent him to Princeton for
a year. He returned with an eco
nomic master of arts degree and
commenced practicing law.
Enters Banking
A thesis entitled Monetary Re
form in the United States of
America-1913-21" brought him to
the attention of the directors of
the National Bank Of Belgium and
he soon gave up law practice to
become secretary to the governor
of the bank. He quickly rose from
secretary to manager and finally
vice governor.
In 1884 he was appointed min
lister without portfolio in the
Brogueville government, but re-
signed shortly afterward because
he did not approve of the gov
ernment's economic policies. His
resignation precipitated the fall of
the government.
Aid to Prosperity
Following the failure of another
, government to weather the finan-
cial storm, he, upon request of
King Leopold four months later
formed a coalition government.
Opposed to monetary manipula,
tons. Van Iceland reluctantly
agreed to the devaluation of the
Belgian franc by % per cent to
pave the way for its pegging to
dollar and pound.
With the franc devaluated, Var
iceland launched an economic re
covery campaign, which is credited
with having restored a substantial
measure of prosperity to Belgium
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-06-19
D. {. Attorney Director
OF Commerce Board

Minor Hudson, 25.year-old
Washington attorney and Secre-
tary of the local chapter of the
Junior Board of Commerce, was
elected national director of the
organization yesterday at its con-
vention in Denver, according to
word received here today.
A delegation Of ten members
from Washington left Monday to
attend the conclave with the pur-
pose of enacting a resolution
which would place the organiZa-
ton in support Of District voting
privileges. The convention will
end tonight.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-06-19
KILLER PLEADS
TO SEE SON

RIvERHEAD, N. Y. June 10
GN.S0.-Facing a sentence Of 20
years for Staying her 7-year-old
daughter, Helen, Mrs. Helen Tier.
nan today begged authorities to
permit her to see her 3-year-old
son, Jimmy, before she is taken to
prison.
It was indicated the blonde
widow might be allowed to visit
Jimmy, who is recovering in hos
pital from scissors and Ratchet
wounds inflicted by his mother.
To escape the electric chair,
Mrs. Herman pleaded guilty to
second-degree murder.