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The Washington times., 1937-04-07
Police Workmanship

VTNHERE is pending before the House District Commit
i tee a bill which would remedy serious defect in
the provision of necessary supplies for the Metropolitan
Police Department.
introduced by Representative Edward A. Kenney, of
New Jersey, the measure would authorize annual
appropriation of five thousand dollars for the purchase
of ammunition targets and supplies for the department
and would provide for the establishment of Police
Department pistol team.
This is a matter to which the House District Commit
tee should give early and favorable attention.
It has been only matter of few years since pistol
in the hands of policeman just dangerous to
the law abiding citizen to the criminal
Policemen VIGOROUSLY poor marksmen and it
customary to read stories in the newspapers to the
effect that another innocent bystander had been
wounded by the misdirected fire of officer who
thought he was shooting at a law violator.
There has been great improvement in this condition
recently.
It is largely due to the interest in craftsmanship dis
played by Major Ernest W. Brown and his colleagues
in the high command of the department.
BUT THE COST OF IMPROVING THE CoNDI
TON HAS BEEN BORNE BY THE POLICEMEN
THEMSELVES
When officers and privates have wanted to practice
they have had to buy their ammunition and their targets
out of their pockets.
Certainly better training in craftsmanship is of suff-
cen interest to the general public to have the cost of
the ammunition and targets paid out Of the tax funds
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down the hurt retort. Why, why
was he like this? What made him
change so suddenly and brutally?
If only she could understand. it
wouldn't be so hard to bear. But
even after all this time
Sounds like a familiar scenario,
doesn't it? And probably iS-if
you're married. For here's q prob
lem which plaques most homes,
with roots going back to strangely
tangled beginnings.
Tangled or not, Dorothy Giles
drags them out and diSSectS them
as astutely as any corps Of pSychla-
tristS, in an article in the April
issue Of Cosmopolitan.
The title Of the article is mislead.
ingly Simple-"How I Held My
Hushand"-but the accompanying
HowS and Why's are as dark and
devious as voodoo conclave. And
uncomfortably similar in their
makingS.
MENTAL FIXATIONS
Voodoo folk have fetisheS. So,
says wise Miss Giles, have most
husbands! Not actual boojums
carved Of ebony, such as Zulus
carry tucked In their ScantieS, but
mental fixations which are as real
as any jungle knicknack and far
more powerful in their deviltry.
Bit BY bit, out Of their emotional
hang-overs, ancient failures and
humiliations, Anglers and fears
these "fetish.carrying" husbands
build their Phantom Images, which
slowly but surely acquire q sinister
life Of their own and become as
authentic to their civilized owner
as his ebony idol is to the cannibal
chief.
No modern male will confess
that he fosters such a Phantom or
is influenced by it. He will read
lily admit, however, that he has
notions of IAN ideal woman"-and
is usually plenty proud Of said
idea. He wouldn't be if he knew
upon what foolish fears and self
iSh frets his Ideal" is baSed-or
what misery it causes!
INFLUENCED CAREER
Dorothy Giles tells him what,
And a grand job she makes Of it,
The hero Of her story worShipped
a peculiarly cussed and compli
Gated Fetish. Five women
starting with his own mother and
younger siSter-had influenced
his career and left their mark
upon his imagination.
| From them came his uncon
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= kinds Of people, whether they
like them or not. They must
eat pork and beans, corn beef
and cabbage, or what they get,
but such II their life that
simple fare soon tastes gO0d to
them.
whatever their social, .acO-
nOmiC, or political beliefs, their
tastes or fancies. catered TO by
induIgent parents ct home, they
must conform to the disCiplines
and rOutines which these Camps
embOdy."
It is to the United States Army
that the credit belongs for the
organization and maintenance of
'the disciplines and routines which
these Camps embody."
In his most interesting and Il.
Eliminating history just published
Of '"The United States Army in
War and Peace" Colonel Oliver 8.
Spaulding gives authoritative tes-
timony regarding the indiSpensa-
BILE contribution Of the Army 70
the success of the Civilian Con-
servation Corps. When Congress
created this Corps on the last day
Of March, 1898, the major part Of
the task Of administering the en-
terprise soon devolved upon the
Army. Except for the selection
Of recruits and the supervision Of
their technical work in the field,
responsibility for the operation If
these Camps has fallen upon the
shoulders of the Officers Of the
Army who command them.
REMARKABLE RECORD
AS the latest historian of the
Army points out, it was the Army
which within q few weeks mobil-
lied three hundred thousand men
"a larger force than was mobil-
lied for the Spanish War or in
the first three months Of the
Great War.
These three hundred thou.
sand were enrolled, assembled
1T Army Posts, clothed, fed, shell
tered, equipped, formed into
111tcCM nuuUKCu CUlupAU4G6 VI
two hundred men each, and
sent to the points selected for
their employment, In many
cases travelling half way across
the country"
Because these men were not IN
der the Articles Of War, discipline
in the Camps is maintained by
1.-The influence and leadership Of
the Officers" After the first year
an increasing number of Reserve
Officers were called to active duty.
They gradually relieved most Of
the regular officers on duty with
the Camps.
Today the duties Of supervision
and inspection are formed by the
officers Of the Regular Army and
the other duties devolving upon
the Army in the Conservation
Camps are discharged with dill
gence and distinction by the Re-
serve Officers on active duty.
These Camps are fine example
Of the work Of the United States
Army in peace. r.e.. ,.-
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NO OBJECTION

Representative w. D. McFar'
lane of Texas is good and he ad'
mitS it. Recently he asked leave
Of the House to extend his re-
marks
'.And to include therein . very
good speech / made over the
radio Friday evening on the
Presidents court proposal"
Not to be outdone the Speaker
said:
"The gentleman from Texas
asks unanimous consent to ex-
tend his remarks i'm the Record
by printing therein a VERY
GOOD speech he delivered over
the radio Friday evening. Is
there ObjectiOn?"
There was no objection.
The Washington times., 1937-04-07
The Greatest Show on Earth
BIZ Frank Miller Smith

un-American deeds and activities
Of various persons and groups
have proved the need. RevOlu.
ton is TO longer q myth in the
United States; it is today 9
grave reality so much q re-
atty that, in q large percent.
age Of American homes, this sub.
ject has become . daily dis.
cusSiOn.
1.-THE situation is critical,
more critical than you who sit
in Washington at the expense OF
q gullible public can perceive.
We are attempting to warn you,
but whether you take heed re-
mains to be demonstrated. Bear
In mind that loyal citizens will
mot for long remain passive, for
these loyal citizens are aroused.
"The VigilanteS will continue
in their determination to keep
America as it was originally de-
signed. We trust your actions
will not require methods which
would prove your own downfall.
VIGILANTES are everywhere"
Bogie mans?
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nation, his ranking resentment
of anything that hurt his self
esteem.
Little by little, as the years went
on, there grew in him an image Of
what a woman SHOULDN'T be-
as well as what she Should-a
warped, unfair image, yet in
which he profoundly believed.
AS q consequence he was unable
to see his wife as she was, or her
acts as they were. Instead, he
viewed her and all she did through
the distorted shadows made by his
own fetish. And only her high
courage and common sense pre-
vented their marriage from going
on the rocks.
REAL PHANTOMS
We do things like that to each
other, we humans. Wives as well
as husbands do them .. the single
as well as the married. Continually
we turn from reality and SubSti.
tute q phantom in its place .
phantom born Of our dreams and
despairs, successes and failures,
fears and triumphS.
Slowly that phantom becomes
more real to us accumulateS
more power is transformed into
q distorted gauge by which we
measure all those we love, or even
chance strangers. And 9 times out
Of 10 we end by bitterly blaming
them because they do not fit our
fetish's fantastic pattern.
Why do we misunderstood each
other so tragically - hurt each
other so cruelty? That's why. And,
I repeat, you've made a grand job
Of telling US, Dorothy. Only I do
wish you hadn't made Elsie, per.
sonally, see what a Big Sill she's
often been!
(This column welcomes and
requests comments. Letters pre-.
seftttng personal problems may
be sent. All letters UiH be
handled conJidenttGlly and an
slDered promptly II stamped, Gd-
dressed envelopes are included.)
Copyright, 1887. by King Features
Syndicate. Inc.)
The Washington times., 1937-04-07
Tax Propaganda

VTNHE District subcommittee of the House Appropria
Il tons Committee which is sponsoring nine new tax
bills for the city, attempted to incorporate in the Dis
trct appropriation bill provso that the tax on real
estate should not be raised above its present level of
ST so on one hundred dollars of valuation.
The purpose of that proviso obviously was to con-
vince Congress and the Westinghouse who pay the
taxes that the nine new taxes to as subst
tute for threatened increase in the tax real estate
BUT THE PRoHIBITIVE PRoVIso WAS
THROWN OUT OF THE BILL.
AS result the nine tax bills of the subcommittee
now stand before the House without any any
where that even if they all adopted there would
be no increase in the real estate tax rate.
Similarly the projected tax on automobiles by weight
is said to be in the nature of substitute for the pres
ent system of taxing automobiles personal property
But the bill does not provide nor any bill introduced
to provide for repeal of the personal tax on automobiles
Likewise the proposed income tax is said by its spon-
sors to be substitute for the difficult to collect but en-
trely fair tax on intangible personal property.
But that bill does not provide for the repeal OF the
intangible personal property tax law nor is any bill in
troduced to bring about such repeal.
The inevitable conclusion to be drawn by Washing
ton taxpayers from this state of affairs is that the at
nature of readustment of the tax burden is utterly
without foundation.
Sponsors of the program would be dealing more fairly
and would be entitled to sympathetic hearing It
they would state frankly that this is simply attempt
to get more money out of the pockets of taxpaying
that includes about everybody in
the city, whether he pays his taxes directly through
another party
Possibly additional money is needed to meet the egit-
mate expenses of efficient government in the District
of Columbia.
If that is the case, Washingonians will undoubtedly
be willing to pay their fair share
But if Westinghouse must pay, why should the
biggest resident Of the CITY, the greatest user Of city gov
eminent facilities, be exempted from similar increase?
THAT IS WHAT is PROPOSED WHEN LOCAL
TAXES ARE RAISED TO THE TUNE OF ABOUT
TWELVE MILLION DOLLARS AND THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT EXEMPTs ITSELF FROM ANY IN
CREASE IN THE PRESENT PUNY SHARE WHICH
IT PAYS IN THE MAINTENANCE OF THE Ma
TT0NAT NApTTAT
The Washington times., 1937-04-07
Three-Minute Journeys

and luxurious hotels, leave q last
ing impression on visitors.
Garda Is the largest Of the Ital'
ian lakes. AS Lake Benaco Of Ro'
man times. its beauty was sung oy
the poet Catulllls and extolled BY
Virgil; and even they did not do
it justice, some travellers contend.
Like all really lovely places, the
Italian lakes appeal to each per-
son in a different way.
Lake Garda, which commences
at Salo and reaches 10 miles TO
Gargnamo, is just about as pleas
ant q spot as nature and man ever
devised. Beyond Gargnano the
beautiful vegetation, the gardens,
the villas and the villages disap-
pear and high, rocky cliffs take
their place.
Through this Gifted wall a mag
nificent road has been cut-a lofty
balcony disclosing views Of utter
| beauty.
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l m p o S Sible to
re aliZe that
they had been
m arrie d for
nine years.
Now, with the
m ornin g, he
was deep in one
Of his bl C K
moods. Silent.
restless, irrita-
BILE plainly
suspicious and
reSentful. but
Of what?
s h g fought
back the rising
tears , .choked
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nurture the ideal Of sportsman.
ship and translate it into social
behaviour fusing masses and
classes, seemed to have q good
ideal. It went ahead bravely for
a while, but now we don't hear
much Of It.. It still expoundS
e1oquentiy and convincingly the
rules Of good craftsmanship, but
it seems that athletes, politicians,
industrialists, Sit-downers, strap
hangers, fans, cops and robbers,
the just and the unjust, behave
just about as they always did.
Percy Redfern, a fine type Of
British sportsman, got the brother
hood under way in 1925. It was
to be q world brotherhood, and it
was to build up standards Of
private and public behaviour
which would allay international,
class and industrial hoStilities.
The rules of fairness and decent
behaviour on the sports field
were to be carried into society.
In this country, he fired up
Devereaux Milburn, also a famous
sportsman, and Daniel Chase, a
four-sport man of the University
Of Maine, then with the New
York State Department Of Physi-
cal Education. and others.
I have been impressed with the
broad similarity of the ideal Of
the Oxford group and of the
craftsmanship Brotherhood. They
both urge social understanding
and discipline, symbolized &C
curately by the tenetS Of Self-con.
troll and fair play on the play
ing fields. The oxford group,
which seeks to arouse moribund
christianity in all denominations,
usually prefaces its famous week
end sessions with tennis or bad
minton, and there is, through all
their appeal, an invocation Of
chivalry which seems to have
been passing from the world.
ASTONISHING RESULTS
Their attachments have been
astonishing. They have, in many
specific instances, allayed In
dustrial hostilities, and there
isn't a foreign chancellery In the
world that isn't keenly aware Of
their endeavorS, and some Of the
most powerful rulers and diplo-
mats are active members Of the
movement as they work for world
peace.
Their evangels frankly recruit
the rich and powerful-not that
they believe in silk stocking re-
ligion, but because, as they see it,
it is the strong and articulate who
must be modified and inspired
for the approaching day Of crisis.
The late Dean Summer, Of yale,
left behind him one Of the great
est books ever written, Folk
ways" which is O study Of human
behaviour in its most remote
origins.
In its masterful discussion Of
the "moreS" or channels of be-
haviour, 1t makes one see that
the key men Of any generation
are the ones who are most re-
sponsive to the "moreS." Sports,
bread and excuses, crowds, war
and peace-all fit into the text.
The other night I heard one Of
the cleverest politicians ! know
predicting that President Roose-
welt would lose on the Supreme
Court issue because he was at
odds with our "moreS."
Copyright, 1887, by King Features
Syndicate, 1nc.l
The Washington times., 1937-04-07

DR.. SchuSch- Edwin c. Hiu ~
nigg of Austria made friendly pub.
lie references to MusSolini, and vice
versa, but the Austro-I Italian foot
ball match broke up in riot, and
the Viennese crowd Of $4,000
howled the Italians off the field.
The police had their hands full
for an hour or two. We can't af-
ford to be self-righteous In speak
ing Of our Italian and Austrian
friends.
It possibly is true that the
ideals Of sportsmanship have
thrived best in democratic coun-
tries, which have had experience
in self-government, but my OBJ
servation Is that q big fight or
race track or baseball mob Is just
about the same the world over
and it usually is this uncontrolled
crowd mania that makes the bad
craftsmanship.
HIGH IDEALS
Observing athletes here and
abroad, and quite o few Olymp-
ians, it appears to me that none
is more given to cutting corners
or gouging or illegal clouting than
others. But there Is always apt
to be something lawlesS, rampant,
rowdy and untamed In the heart
Of the crowd dragon.
There's no restraint or fruSta'
ton in the bleacherS or at the
ringside, and our politicians, like
those Of ancient Greece, give heed
to the voice Of the Demos as 1t
sounds off here, where Uriah Heap
looses demoniac yells and luSts for
blood.
Our Sportsmanship Brother
The Washington times., 1937-04-07

teams from va
rious sta t e s.
particularly the
OlympicS. Their
diplomacy had
become so in
v oil We d that
they sometimes
foole d them
selves, instead
Of the opposi-
tion, but the
games were a
clear index Of
D u b lie feeling.
And SO they are
today.
The Washington times., 1937-04-07

it was Arm y
Day and the
twentieth ami
versary Of the
United States
entry into t h e
World War.
T o Senator
Tydings it was
his forty.sev-
e tn birthday
and the twen-
tt e tn anniver-
sary Of his en-.
liStnent in the
Army. He was
born at Havre
de Grace. Md.
The Washington times., 1937-04-07
by Their Fruits !"
ByJ. T. Williams, I.

Toward the greater success o
the tenth annual celebration Of
April 8 as Army Day, Presiden
Roosevelt made q timely contribu
ton on the very eve Of the ami
versary.
Following UP his Proclamation
calling upon the Governors Of thu
several States to unite with thu
Federal Government in observing
Army Day, the President callet
upon Congress to make the Civil
ian Conservation Corps Q perma
nent agency.
The development Of this Fedora
agency to its present state Of use
fulness Is chiefly due to thu
United States Army. OF the use
fulneSs Of this agency to the grea'
American family, DR.. Henry c
Link, who stands In the forefront
Of American scientists, has this Il
say In q recent book:
Happiness never resides in
what an individual has, but al.
ways in what the individual
does. It never consists Of what
an individual receives, be 1t
much or little, but always Of
what he gives, not In money
but Of himself.
Certainly It does not reside
IN an easier life. but In . more
active life, especially In old
age. Most positively, It does
not come from q fine and cost
" education but from the per.
sOnality traits which the indi-
vidual develops, or from
the extent to which . person is
able to convert his innate ener-
Eies into good work habits and
effective contacts with his fel-
lOWmen."
IMPRESSIVE TRIBUTE
With these stirring words Of in
PRODUCTION DR.. Link, who is the
Director Of the Psychological
Service Center in the City Of New
York, then pays this impressive
tribute to the Federal agency
whose fate Is now before the
Congress:
az know Of only one among
the many comparatively new
governmental agencies which is
helping people to attain the
more abundant Hfe-that IL the
Civilian Conservation Corps
Camps. Here alone, the pop
ular conception Of an American
standard Of living and a life Of
greater ease has been aban-
dOned.
Here, the wages are ridicul-
OuSly low, and even so, the
Garner is allowed to keep only
q pittance for himself; the rest
must 60 to his family. Here,
most men must work harder
than they ever worked before,
and at tasks whether they like
them or not. Here, men feel
tired at night and know the
pleasure of an earned nights
sleep. Here, men must get up
in the morning, whether they
feel like it or not. They must
associate and work with all
The Washington times., 1937-04-07
ETIOGY

On Monday, Representative Ar.
thur Mitchell Of Illinois delivered
an eulogy Of Booker T. Washing
ton in the House and ended 1t with
this paraphrase and apology to
TennySon:
"The heights by Booker wash
ingtOn reached and kept,
Were not attained by sudden
flight;
But he, while his companions
slept,
Was tOiIing upward In the
niGht."
The Washington times., 1937-04-07
Wise Words

A good word Is an easy obliga-
ton; but not to speak Ill, requires
only our silence, which costs Us
thing.-TillotSon.
The acts of today become the
presidents Of tomorrow. - =.
Herschell.
The knowledge of thyseR viii
preserve thee from vanity.-Csr
VanteS.
The Washington times., 1937-04-07
The Human Side of the News
Bu EdUin C., Hill

Back in the Sixth century B. c.,
Greek politicians used to watch
the crowds at the games between
The Washington times., 1937-04-07

Senator Willard e. TydingS has
two reasons to remember that yes
terday was April 6. To the nation
The Washington times., 1937-04-07
HERE. THERE

More threats that ut can hap
pen here"
A mimeographed handout has
reached the offices Of members OF
Congress from 1.-THE National Elk
ecutive Council Of the 'VigilanteS'
bearing q TRADE against the man
ner in which the Government Is
being run and carrying such
choice excerpts as these:
sour 'TOluminOus records. OF
The Washington times., 1937-04-07
CAREFULL- GUARDED

OSAAASA@A44%
It ought to have a good chance
Of passing.
This unique piece Of legislation
bears the legend that 1t was intro
duced in the Senate by Senator
Homer T. Bone Of Washington on
behalf Of 90 Of his colleagues.
It is the resolution calling Tor
the expenditure Of 100000 to
combat the dread disease cancer.
The measure is accompanied by q
petition signed by the 90 Senators
and it's author, Senator Bone, and
is being carefully guarded as one
Of the most precious pieces OF
paper yet to grace the files Of Con-
greSS.
The two signatures not on 1t
are those of Senator.elect William
H. Smathers Of New Jersey, who
has been too busy in his State to
take his oath, and that Of Senator
Peter q. Gerry Of Rhode Island.
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April 6, 1890. He enlisted as a
private April 6, 1917-the very day
this country entered the war
at the age Of ~. He served until
June 1, 1919.
Although he entered as q pri.
vate, he was promoted through the
ranks until his honorable dis
charge as a lieutenant colonel. He
was cited by Generals Pershing,
Morton and Upton, and was
awarded the Distinguished Service
Medal and the Distinguished Serv-
ice Cross.
It must be with some small sense
of satisfaction that he now sits in
the Senate chamber and hears the
other Senators who voted for and
against the World War laud the
veterans who arose in 1917 to serve
our country.
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Listen. World!
BIZ Elsie Robinson

HAS YOUR HUSBAND SECRET FETISH?
night adorable! %scous but powerful dislike Of
Gay and companonabe teangy sentmenay his fear
Almost nation ranking
The Washington times., 1937-04-07

Washington Needs
National Representation in Congress
Local Government Elected By and Responsible
To the People of Washington
Rapid Transit Street RGilUay System With Sub10dys
More and Better School
An Airport Necessary to and Worthy
Of the Nations Capital
Rebuilt Waterfront With Proper Channel
Modern SeWage Disposal System
National Guard Armory, Auditorium and Stadium
Adequate Automobile Parking Facilities
Sufficient Public Buildings to House the Government
An Increase in Public Library Facilities
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-15
MANY STATES ARE
 GLAZED WITH ICE
tRy United Press)

A crlppling glaze of Ice covered states from tho Rockies to tho AL loghenies today, impeflied motorists and isolated scores Of communities, Highway trafile was tied up in southern Indiana, Illinois, Eastern Missouri, southern Wisconsin and Iowa. Police received reports of hundreds of minor auto accidents. Motorists found another hazard ih leo that formed on Windshlelds and obstructOd visibility.
 Twenty.eight villages in Oklahoma were isolated AS leo eeatings snap. ped communication lines and par. alyged transportation services. u. 6. FoFecaster Q. A. Donnell said rain, sleet end snow feli h tho Ms. sigsippi, lower Ohio, and Missouri valleys and h the upper Great Lakes region. Altohugh ho predicted high. or temperatures over most Of tho Great Plains area, he said the icy conditionS would continue for an- other 24 hours.
 TemperatureS throughout tho country generally were higher. Tho lowest reading was i0 aboyo zero Rt North Platte, Mob" and Qoodland, Kan. 1t was 70 at Los Angeles and Tampa, Fla.