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The Washington times., 1937-03-01

Zonian whose sena'"r AS"ut0s
middle name completely typifies
the silver tone of oratory that
flows from his lips strobe into
the press gallery behind the Sen
ate chamber.
The visit, while in some re
spects unusual, was not at all
unprecedented. He had come to
talk about the Supreme Court
and under the eager proddings
of the Fourth Estate remained to
talk about himself.
His sponsorship Of the Presi'
dents bill to reorganize the judi
ciary has placed him Squarely In
the center Of the nations legisla'
tive limelight and he loves it.
One gathers from his remarks
that while he is very happy about
the situation he could also be as
happy if left to himself to have a
good time. For, Henry Fountain
Ashurst on his own assertion be-
lieves in taking his fun as he goes
along.
Said he on Friday (the date
seems a necessary item since he
admits freely that his manner of
doing things constitutes apparent
inconsistency to the rest of the
world:
"I have led a glamOrOus life.
Not that / would want to relive
it again but / have led a glamOr-
Gus life. / always think that the
person who saves up his money
to have a good time the next
Sunday goes through life never
having q very good time. 1 say
take your fun as you go along.
II say it in all humility be-
cause I believe in humility. am
never very severe with the other
fellow but if anyone thinks he is
gOOd-let him come to me and
I'll show him how good he is.
"I'lI take him into the bath.
room and I'll draw q tub Of water.
I'll have him put his finger in
the water and draw it out. And
then 1 will say-that the extent
of the hole he can see where he
| put his finger is what will re-
The Washington times., 1937-03-01

chad under consideration various
and sundry proposals dealing with
the matter of reform in the making
Of Federal appointments.
President Hayes took up the
matter in his inaugural address.
In his first annual message he re.
minded the Congress that q com.
mission appointed by his prede-
cessor to recommend rules and
regulations for the admission Of
persons into the civil service Of
the United States had been un-
able to do its work because Of
lack Of funds.
President Garfield was elected
President on a platform which
pledged him and his party to q
thorough, radical and complete"
change in the methods Of max.
ing appointments to the Federal
service.
Following the tragic death Of
President Garfield. civil reform
came to the front as q major
issue. In 1888, by a vote Of 80
TO 5 IN the Senate and 1856 to
AZ in the House, the first real
civil service reform bill became
a law.
PUBLIC BUSINESS
There are hundreds of thou.
sands OF men and women in this
country who are qualified for
public service in non.policy form.
ing positions or can train them
selves to be qualified.
They stand little chance, how.
ever, in all but II of the 48 States
of the Union because only II
States have civil service law pro.
viding for the merit system of max
ing appointments, and large areas
of the Federal field are still in con.
troll Of the Spoilsmen of politics.
They use the public offices of the
people in order to purchase their
own election and reelection to
office. They make the people pay
not only their salaries as elected
governmental officials but their
campaign expenses as well by using
the appointive offices of the people
to reward the political activities Of
their own followers who helped
them get nominated and elected.
This is the way the spoilS system
works. It denies to the young man
and the young woman that equal
opportunity to prove their qualifi.
cations for public service, which
ought to be the right Of every
citizen.
AS long as three-fourths Of the
States Of the Union and many
units Of the Federal Government
allow their services to be exploited
by political spoilsmen, so long will
the people pay two and three times
what they ought to pay for the ad.
ministration of the public business.
In view Of the tact that the first
civil service law passed Congress
as long ago as 1888, the sesqui-cen-
tennial year in which the people
will celebrate the adoption Of the
Federal Constitution would seem
to be good year in which Eat long
last" to get rid of spoilsmen in all
three fields Of government-Fed-
eral, State, and local.
The Washington times., 1937-03-01
Civil Service Reform
BIZ J. T. Williams, Jr.

There Is neither sectionalisn
nor partisanship in the increasing
demand that the merit system o1
making appointments to the pub
lie service shall be extended or
every governmental front.
Experience with the spoils
system makes public sentiment In
support Of the merit system. And
public sentiment is what the
spoilsmonger in politics most
fears.
1t is the power Of public senti.
ment that will ultimately over.
throw the Spoils system and give
to the people the protection in
their public service that only a
merit system for the making of
appointments can provide.
The first attempts to rid the
Federal service of the blight OF
political spoilsmen were made be-
tween 1851 and 1853. And credit
is given by the United States
Civil Service Commission to a
New England lawyer of marked
ability for being one Of the earli-
est pioneers in this field. This
lawyer was Thomas Allen Jenckes
of Rhode Island who entered the
House of Representatives at
Washington in 1868. He began
at once an intensive study of the
conditions of the Federal service
at that time. He sought informa-
ton in this country and abroad
and maintained an active CORE
spondence with several English
men who had helped to get the
English reform movement in the
same field under way.
SAME FATE
On December 20, 1865, Mr..
Jenckes introduced his first bill
for civil service reform. But Con-
gress was not ready to let go any
of it's grip on the machinery for
making Federal appointments,
The result was that the Jenckes
bill met the same fate that over
took an earlier bill sponsored by
Charles Sumner.
Several years later the Rhode
Island pioneer for civil service
reform submitted from a subcom-
mittee which had been appointed
to report upon the matter a com
prehensive report recommending
the withdrawal of the public ser
vice from further use as an instru-
ment of political patronage.
To General Grant is given the
credit for being the first candi-
date for the Presidency to declare
himself emphatically in favor of
the merit system. He favored it
before he was elected and after
wards.
In his second annual message
he urged upon the Congress the
enactment of a law which would
govern not the tenure but the
manner of making all appoint.
ments."
A report of these early attempts
to supplant the spoils system with
the merit system records the fact
that every session Of Congress
since that time, with one excep-
tion-the session of 1878-79-has
The Washington times., 1937-03-01
Marry-GO-ROund
BIZ Helen ROIULUpd
WHAT EX.BACHELORS MISS

/ The thing that a man misses
most, after marriage, is his GAME.
No, I don't mean his golf-I mean
the good old love game. The game
of making a woman fall for him,
and, at the same time preventing
her from landing him. The game
of pursuing" a woman and not
letting her catch him. The most
exciting game in the world!
Almost any bridegroom can go
back to his golf after the thrill
of the wedding and the honeymoon
and the novelty Of setting-up house
keeping have worn off. His wife
will probably be glad to get him
out of the house, now and then.
She may even be glad when he
takes Saturday night off FOR 8
poker game with the boys" and
leaves her a whole evening free to
stage a bridge-and-goSsip-fest with
the gals. Husbands and wives are
not always SiameSe twins, these
days. They often believe in rugged
individualiSm!
But when a man signs up as a
husband, the woman game - the
old love-chase-iS OVER; and it
leaves a sort of blank in his life.
Somehow, he feels that a great
Casanova has been lost to the
world.
No longer is he a popular and
Sought-after member Of the stag
line, choosing the prettiest girls
for his partners. No longer is he
invited to weekend parties with
the piquant possibility Of meeting
a brand-new heart interest. No
longer is he called up and begged
to make a fourth at bridge, or
asked to brighten up a dinner
party. He is off the list Of eli.
gibles - and he misses being
STARRED and featured by host
eSseS and marrying girls. The
only exciting thing in his life seems
The Washington times., 1937-03-01

men are no longer in vogue. So
phisticated, modern girls are tired
of the old "wife-doesn' 't-under-
stand-me" line. Nowadays, every
girl wants a husband Of her OWN;
and borrowed husbands are no
longer popular as in the jazz
decade.
Oh yes, a wife may have her
moments, too, when she misses the
excitement of the old love-game.
But when a woman plays, she
plays to WIN, and, having won,
she is content. She has finally
achieved PAR-and also "Pa."
She doesn't care to trifle with her
luck. Besides, she has lost her
amateur standing. She is a
PRO" And that lets her out.
Copyright. 1887. by King Features
Syndicate. In0.)
The Washington times., 1937-03-01
The Greatest Show on Earth
By Frank Miller Smith

main of him when he Is with.
drawn"
HUMILITY
Nor does he let this practice Of
humility appear only in the press
gallery. He threw the stern, de-
corouS Senate into throeS Of
laughter on the same subject.
Senator Alva B. Adams was read
ing to the Senate a speech deliv-
cred in 1929 made by a member
now sitting in the Senate whom
he said would be nameleSs. At
its conclusion Senator Ashurst
said:
I'm view Of the circumstances
Of the past week and the further
fact that the able Senator men
TONED my name, would he be so
kind as to assure the Senate
that whOmS0ever delivered that
speech, it was not II"
Senator Adams granted the re-
quest, but so inSistent was Senator
AShurSt about it that the gentle
man from Colorado took a leaf
from the Arizonan's book and
floored him completely with:
II recall that a day or two
ago the distinguished and eIO-
quent Senator from Arizona was
asked if he had not made a Ger.
tain speech or comment which
was then read. The Senator
said, as I recall, Z did not read
it, but Of course, the rhetoric
identifies me as the author
81 think the Senator's speech
would have been different in
phraSeOlOgy than the one I have
quoted. I hesitate to say, and
yet I take the chance of saying,
that the Senator's speech prob.
ably would have been more
beautiful in its OrnamentatiOns,
in its elOquence, and in its illus
trati0nS; so I think that Of it
self demonstrates that this was
not the Senator's speech"
To which our gallant replied:
"Mr. President, after the bon.
quet, I am content"
That might show that despite
the fact we are living in an indus.
trial age, the chivalry Of our an.
cestors is not all covered in dust
and decadence.
SAID AND UNSAID
But to return to the one-time
cowboy who wrote on a school
slate, Henry Fountain Ashurst,
Senator from Arizona" he had
this to say, during his visit to the
press, about the publicity that has
befallen him:
II have been quoted as saying
things I did not say, that were
not appropriate, and, on, the
other hand, 1 have been quoted
as saying things, did not say,
which were very fine"
To which we recall the very apt
statement of the gentleman from
Virginia, Senator Carter Glass,
who once told reporters:
You said more than ] said, but
only half Of what ] thought"
The Washington times., 1937-03-01

four younger children. They are
all devoted to each other. Nat
urally the girl, working her way
up in the city, wishes she could
make life easier for the old folks
in their failing years wishes,
too, that she could give the
younger children a better chance
than she has ever had. And she
does send home all she can
spare.
But with each day her own
problem grows harder. She is
in love, longs for a home of her
own. But if she gives up her
job, what will happen to the
children at home and the old
people? If she doesn't give it
up, if she continues to carry
them, what will happen to her
own romance?
(WHICH COMES FIRST
THE OLD FAMILY OR THE
NEW ONE?
"LERA BEAN,
Hugo, Okla"
A tragic riddle you've handed
us to solve, Lera-one that has
wrecked life for many a fine
youngster. I'm wondering what
the gang will tell "the girl" to dc
The Washington times., 1937-03-01

Is Harry his
own boss when
he gets his first
job?
H av e t h e y,
then, the right
to m AIRY or
move on as and
if they please
. . OR DO
T H E o L D
FOLKS STILL
H o L D A
M RI AGE
ON TIL Ell R
TT M E A ND
MONEY IN RE-
TU RN FOR
The Washington times., 1937-03-01

that poor mothers invalid con-
ditiOn was largely due to the
fear of losing the steady income
of $500 per month.
every decent child feels
gratitude, and should be willing
to help to the proper limits. But
when gratitude is expected like
a toll, and the child regarded
as a slave, the whole thing be-
comes a farce.
"SADIE HURWITZ,
Los Angeles, California"
For her letter, Sadie wins a $40
prize.
ANOTHER VERSION
Next comes Lera Bean with an
other version of the same prob.
lem. Lera puts it up to us in the
form of a lease history"-and
Lera, too, wins a $40 prize.
Imagine" says Lera, "the
situation of a girl reared on a
farm. She finishes high school,
starts to work in a city at a
small jOb-has a tough time of
it, then gradually things begin
to run smoother.
Behind her, in the shabby
farm home, are her parents
The Washington times., 1937-03-01

Perhaps you
doubt the pos
Sibility. If you
do, you do not
know Senator
H e nry Foun-
t a in Ashurst,
first Senator
from his State
W ho hitched
his star to his
goal while in
S C h ool and
made it stick.
About noon
time Frid a y
the genial Ari-
R
The Washington times., 1937-03-01

SERVICE RENDERED IN THE
PAST?
These are questions which are
raising Cain in many a home
blocking many young wife . .
causing, sometimes, lasting bitter
ness. What's the fair answer?
Here's Sadie Hurwitz, speaking
for several thousand indignant
young workers who have for
warded their protest within the
last few weeks. In practically
every case these letters express
sincere devotion and gratitude for
all that has been given and an
honest desire to give the old folks
a square deal.
CHANCES SLIPPING
But how about their own lives?
The years are passlng-chances
slipping-romance is on the wing
so what?
Dear Elsie-Just where does
ones duty to ones family end?
am not asking that from a
personal angle, since 1t does not
apply to my people. But I see
so many tragedies among my
friends that / would like to hear
the subject discussed.
MUCH is SAID OF THE
SACRIFICES PARENTS MAKE
FOR CHILDREN, BUT HOW
ABOUT THE HARDSHIPS
CHILDREN ENDURE FOR THE
PARENTS?
"TOO many parents rear their
families with one thought in
mind some day the children
will be grown, then they can sit
back and take it easy while their
sons and daughters carry on.
They not only think this, but
they mention it so often that
the children are never allowed
to forget tit becomes a lash
over them.
Gas soon as the child can pos
Sibly go to work he is expected
to do so. The son with a job Is
fawned upon-the unemployed
uduSHGCE AIO"ACu upOh.
BUT JUST LET EITHER
SON OR DAUGHTER IN SUCH
A FAMILY SUGGEST MAR
RAGE AND WATCH THE
SPARKS FLY!
Immediately the argument be-
gins. You haven't been working
very long E. think of all we did
for you all you owe to US
>. etc, etc. And every conceiv-
able scheme Is worked to keep
the son or daughter bound to
the hOme-unable to make a
start for himself.
II knew of a mother and
daughter. The girl held Q fine
executive positiOn-She reached
the age Of 80 before she realized
The Washington times., 1937-03-01
CONTEST RULES

1.-The writer Of q letter in com.
petition for one of the three
weekly priZes-twO of SO each
and one of $5-must be lndeP 80
years Of age.
2-The letter must be upon some
subject of Importance to Ameri-
can youth.
SThe letter must not exceed 500
words in length.
1.-The writer must give his or her
age and full name and address,
and the name of each writer
awarded q prize will be pub
lished.
%TO be eligible for the prize
awarded each Monday, a letter
must bear pOstmark not later
than noon of the preceding
Saturday.
6-Miss Elsie Robinson is to be sole
judge of the merits of letters
submitted In the contest.
The Washington times., 1937-03-01

Rto be the Thought Of what he'll
have for dinner.
Half the time, a young husband
is not aware that he misses ANY
THING. He has no lingering in
terest in women. But after 10
o'clock he is restless and distrait
and doesn't know what to do with
himself. How long the evenings
are getting!
Most husbands get over this
blank stretch, soon settle down to
a normal bedtime hour, and can't
be dragged out to late parties. A
few attempt to go back to the
old game" only to find them
selves back-numbers. Married
The Washington times., 1937-03-01
CrOwding the City

VI wv NAA1A6 Wiz ivy
YTIO MEET the urgent need of Federal agencies for
l. more adequate office space, President Roosevelt
has appointed commission to study existing facilities
and prepare general recommendations covering hous
ing needs.
With the necessity of such survey the people of the
District of Columbia will heartily agree.
They know full we'll that the Federal Government is
at present being compelled structures which
not fit for office accommodations and they realize that
with the Federal Government expanding as it is addi
tional Federaowned buildings have become necessary
NEVERTHELESS, LOCAL TAXPAYERS CANNOT
BUT VIEW WITH ALARM THE TAKING OVER BY
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF ADDITIONAL
LARGE PLOTS OF REAL ESTATE IN THE DIS
TRICT BEFORE SOME DETERMINATION IS
REACHED OF THE PROBLEM OF FISCAL RE-
LATIoNs BETWEEN THE LOCAL TAXPAYERS
AND THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT.
The Federal Government now owns twenty-nine per
cent of all the land of the District Of Columbia
That percentage is certain to grow and will probably
increase greatly the next few years if the recently
appointed Roosevelt commission is able to make effec
tive recommendations for providing adequate housing
for the Federal agencies.
As fast as the Federal Government buys takes over
property in the District that property from
the tax rolls.
Already such tax-exempt property represents one
third of all the taxable and axexemp real estate in
the District in value.
In other words less than twohirds Of all the property
in the District is available for taxing purposes That
two-thirds must pay the expenses Of all the city.
It would not be at all surprising if in the next few
wears the Federal Government increased its holdings in
the city to full half Of the community's value.
The Importance of this factor in the local tax sua
ton would to be obvious to all yet the Jacobs
mttee insisted disregarding it in preparing its
port on fiscal relations.
It is true as the Jacobs committee pointed out, that
the Federal Government cannot be taxed without its
consent.
But the District does not propose to tax the Federal
Government on it's great holdings here.
It simply asks that the size Of those holdings and the
fact that the Federal Governments expansion is crowd
ing the local taxpayers into smaller and smaller area,
with less and less tax resources be considered by the
Congress in determining the share which the Federal
Government should justly pay in aiding its National
Capital
It must be borne in mind that due to the limited size
of the District those who would like to live in the city
will have place to go but into nearby States the
expansion movement continues.
The Washington times., 1937-03-01
World

Is Sally mistress Of her owns
career when she graduates from
II; mr. Tc1leOeo
The Washington times., 1937-03-01
GLAMOUR

A Senator seeks the press
with humility, philosophy, levity,
confidence and seriousness.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-24
MUNICIPAL OPERA
 AT ST. LOUIS
Season Will Close This
 Week With New Operet' ia "Wild yiolets'

St. Louis, August 23-The Amefi. can comic opera classic, Robin Hood" had an excellent week at the Municipal Opera, drawing Q total attendance of 63,000 for seven nights. The classic exceeded the attendance figures for its three pre-. vious offerings at the open air the. ater. ioi0.ie20 and 1927.
 Opera goers still manifest interest in the lifting tunes of the classic, which had In It's cast John durney, New York Metropolitan Opera bRSso, Mary Hopple, Wilbur Evans, Erie MattSon, Margaret Daum, Joseph Maeauiey and others,
 The Municipal Opera will bring its io37 season to . close with the American premiere of the Drury Lane theater, London, operetta tri. umph. "Wild VioletS," beginning Monday night, August 23, and con. cluding Sunday night, August 20.
 Robert stolz, who wrote the song, 1.-TWO Hearts In Waltz Time" which set the world awaltzing several years ago, and also the music for the op- eretta, "VenuS in Silk" given under the name of Beloved Rogue" for the first time in America at the Municipal Opera two summers ago, has composed the tuneful score for "Wild Violets," The work contains a long list of charming numbers, in. cluding When Love, l Do Love-" Summer In Our Hearts" "A Girl Has Got My Heart" Dreaming Of Love-" T Sort of Knew" Don't Say Good Bye" "The Outdoor Girl" Charming Weather" You Just You" "rhe Night Of Nights" and "Take Care, Take Care"
 Guy Robertson, faVoritc star of the opera goerS, returns to play the leading male role of Paul Hoffman, while Violet Carlson, singing and dancing comedienne of the London and New York stage, will make her debut at the open-air theater, ap- bearing in the part Of the rcdoutable Augusta. Among her outstanding triumphs Is the role Of Gretchen which she created In the original company of the Student Prince" and played it for two years on Broadway.
 Other new personalities to be in. troduced to opera goers in "Wild VioletS' are Wiki Cummings, stage coinediennc, and Elizabeth Houston, singing and dancing ingenue. Other principals to appear are John Ehrie, George Meader, Joseph Macauley, Robert Pitkin, Margaret Daunn, Helen Raymond, Ruth Urban, Anna mary Dickey. Erika zaranova and Phil Porterfield.
 The story is simple, intriguing, ro- mantle and humorous. It concerns the girls Of a ladies school, and the boys of another school, situated in close proximity in picturesque hamlet in Switzerland.
 Besides the above mentioned pro- auctions the Municipal Operas rep- ertory included "rhe Great Waltz "The Fortune Teller" 'Music in the Air" "Louie the Fourteenth" "The Mikado," Salute to Spring" 'srhe Prince of PiiBen," 'sThe Bartered Bride" "The Pink Lady" and Babes in Toyland." q
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-24
Cool Wage.Hour Fight

One dies not pretend to believe that the official House leadership was all hot and bothered about geeting the wage-hour bill out of the rules committee or broke their nockS in trying. Speaker Will Bank head and Majority Leader Sam Ray burn are c couple Of southern gen- tlemen and only 6 handful of mem- bcrs from south Of the Mason- Dixon line favored the measure.
 Bankhead was considered deh.
 nltely hostile to the bill by most
 Of those who talked with him and
 observed him. Rayburn was bIt-
 ter at the unprecedented action of
 democratic rules committee mem.
 bers joining with republican mems
 bers Co block the bill.
 But Rayburn also was deeply impressed by the barrage of argu- ment against the bill from south- ern members who cornered him everw time they caught him any. where near q corner.
 The four congressman credited with blocking the measure after it had passed the Senate and been re- ported favorably by the House Labor committee were Rules Committed Members Edward Cox of Georgia, Martin Dies of Texas, William Driver Of Arkansas, and Howard Smith Of Virginia.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-24

officers and committee members of the Washington Hill Companion ship Club announced the, complete program today for the "Children's Day" outing which takes place on Saturday at the park and from Ill indications 1t promises to be a gala affair.
 The members of the committee have been working on arrangements for the past two weeks, It Is the