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The daily independent., 1937-02-26
THOUGHTFUL

Once in Queen Victoria's time famous medical
professor at Oxford was called away before his
class hour, and left the following notice on the
classroom door:
Il regret that class cannot be held today, mas
much as I had the honor to be called to attend
Her Majesty the Queen"
= student wrote underneath: God SAYS tbs
Queen"
The daily independent., 1937-02-26

Roosevelt pillng messages on
Congress at rate unequaled since
1893; Strategy is to call attent-
ion to legislation awaiting court
change; Catholic revolt brewing
in Mexico; Calles-M ones
forces getting arms; In case of
Civil War U. S. Government
could not support either side.
Washington-Judging from the
amount of homework the PreSi-
dent has dumped into the lap of
Congress, the solonS will be swell
tering under the Capitol dome well
through the summer.
Since January 5, when Congress
convened, Roosevelt has sent eight
separate messages to Capitol Hill
and there are more in the Of
fling. Plus routine supply bills, any
one of these during normal times
would be enough to engage Con-
gress for a considerable period.
Here is a tabulation of the fod-
der he has showed down the con-
greSsional NAV so far:
January 6-Annual message on
the state of the Union.
January 12-MeSSage on gov
ernment reorganization.
February Message asking
legislation to authorize acceptance
Of the Mellon art gift.
February 3-Report of the Ma
tional Resources Committee on
flood control.
February 5-MesSage proposing
sweeping changes in the Supreme
Court.
February 10-RepOrt Of the
Great Plains Committee O II
drought remedies.
February 16-MeSSage on farm
tenancy.
February 18-MeSSage asking
for crop insurance program.
Except for work given the
special session of Congress call
ed Immediately after Roosevelt S
Inauguration in 1888, this is a
record list. Usually Roosevelt
gives Congress time partially to
Cealr the decks before sending 1t
new proposals.
But this time it was wise Stra-
tegy for him to emphasize the
amount of important legislation
awaiting some change in the
Supreme Court before it can be
made effective. So Roosevelt has
Crammed the legislative hopper
full in a little over one month.
Senate Variety Show
One Of the most important parts
of the Senate Investigation into
Pinkerton detective labor spying Is
the technique of the two Senators
who draw it out of them.
LaFollette of Wisconsin ano
| Thomas of Utah. the imprcSarloS
of this Senate drama, are as un-
! like as Mutt and Jeff. Bob La
Toilette is ,oung, inCiSive relent-
| less. He stareS at a witness with
impasSive gaze, beats him dowr
with trip-hammCr questioning.
Elbert Thomas, who had been q
Utah college professor for Il
years before he came to the Sen
ate. looks like a friendly Ole
country doctor. He puts question
in grave, kindly tones, as If ht
were saying. How long have yol
had this fever, Mr.. PinkCrton?'
LaFollettc keeps his Witnesses
on the run. What did you dC
about this confidential report?'
What did he say to that?'
Where did this take place?
What else did you do?"
If he gets a witness who want
to talk and has sense enough t
be logical, LaFollettc lights
cigarette and let's him tell hi
story. But if his man is reluctan
or evasive, Bob leans forwards
and barkS out, Come clean nov
give us the story!"
Thomas, the cX-prOfcssor, is NJ
less persistent. He dwells on tht
ethics of tinduStry, and is SurprlScc
by the confessions. You say yol
had duplicated key made with
out MI. Jones knoWlcdgc?' hC
The daily independent., 1937-02-26
Baton Long in Use

The blton is probably the cvo-
luton of cane or piece Of music
rolled into wand. The baton came
Tito general use in England over
one hundred years ago. Mendels-
sohn was among the first to use it
consistently.
The daily independent., 1937-02-26
With the HumOrists
THE NIUNINIIES

Mother Ito little daughter whom she had accom-
panied on visit to the galleries CT Egyptian art
in the museum: Which Of all the things you have
seen today dear. did you like best?
Little Daughter: Mummy dear, liked the moth
ars OF the 'gyptians the best.
The daily independent., 1937-02-26
HELP FOR HOUSEWIVES

A collection Of new recipes and
aids TO make hOusewOrk easier
will be found regularly in the
American Weekly, the big ma ga
zine which comes regularly with
the BALTIMORE NDA Y
AMERICAN.
The daily independent., 1937-02-26
Wop,an Cooler Than Man

The surface Of the average Amer
lean woman is sever degrees cool
or than that of the average Ameri-
can man, because Of difference in
clothing.
The daily independent., 1937-02-26
NEVER FOUND

The following may be considered the worlds
greatest raritieS:
A taxi driver with change.
A "talkie" that is not the most colossal stupend-
Gus, most terrific hit of the year.
A returned holidaymaker without snapshots.
Montreal Star.
The daily independent., 1937-02-26
LOVE SONG

I'm in loveI You speak, l thrill,
Tho what you say amounts TO nil.
I'm in love! I fret and yearn,
Fearing you will not return.
I'm in love! You've made hit.
Do I like it? Not a bit.
C. Stratton
The daily independent., 1937-02-26
PROVIDED FOR

Mrs. Murphy What! You're going to marry that
hard-up lodger Of yours? What on earth are you
going to live on?
Mrs. OFlynn: Well be all right. The poor fell
low owes me enough to keep in comfort for
yearS.-PearSon'S.
The daily independent., 1937-02-26

United State" is the worlds larg-
est consumer o. radium, all i'm
ported. Total imports during the
past fifteen-Onc-half pound.
Copyright 1897, by Uaited Feature
Syndicate, lnc.)
The daily independent., 1937-02-26
THE VERY LATEST

Customer: And are you quite certain that is a
genuine antique?
New Assistant: Quite certain madam. And, more
than that. it's quite the latest thing in antiques
Philadelphia Inquirer.
The daily independent., 1937-02-26
THE EDUCATIONAL OUTLOOK

Now that DR.. Charles Seymour has been made
the new prexy at Yale to succeed DR.. James Row
land Angel. it may be said that to be at Yale is
no longer to be among the angels.
But it may now be boaSted that while the STU
dents at New Haven may not know more they will
now Seymour.
The daily independent., 1937-02-26

A GREAT a 81 per cent premium on
SYSTEM your clothing or shoes: You
probably would raise a hue
and crv that would sound 10 high heaven.
But that is what scores of poor devils III
the employ of two local Woodworking IN
dustrics are compelled to pay and they
raise no hue and cry; because if they dld
they probably would lose their mcasiy JOBS.
IT is like his: if q labOrer at the Foreman
Blades Lumber Go. wants an order Oh a
store uptown. the company will give nm
an order Oh some uptown merchant, pay the
merchant and deduct the purchase price i'll
weekly insia.,mcEts over period OF weeks
from the laboTlr's pay envelope, charging
- per cent fer this service. But the gouSc
doesn't stop there. The merchant to be Ia
vored bv orders from the Foreman-BladcS
Lumber Co. must pay The company COM
mission of ten per cent; which, we suspect.
is in some cases passed On to the workman.
It's great system.
But WHY doesn't the workman save his
cash and purchase Tor cash at the stores III
town? The answer is That he is afraid he
will lose his Job if he ceases to be debtor
Ito the company or the companyS store
Certain it is. that no workman not in debt
Ito the company or the company store IS sure
of steady employment. The poor wOrkmcn
VERY we'll understand that if they want
STEADY work they must keep in debt to tho
=Hosannah shouting psalm singing, Lord
ehthing sawmill bosses.
a It's a great system.
The daily independent., 1937-02-26

Charlotte, Feb. 25.-URI-R@p.
J. 5. Volger Of MecklCnburg is
considering introduction of bill
in the North Carolina General
Assembly which proposes a state
police department.. to be supple
mentcd by secret service divi-
sion. as a substitute for the state
highway patrol.
The daily independent., 1937-02-26
EXACTLY

DO you know what's wrong with your play
writing?'
Il can't imagine
That's it, exactly"
The daily independent., 1937-02-26

Sailing beneath the Polar ice i'll submarine IS
hcaithfal says Sir Hubert wilkins. 1t kept man
We know we'll for years. He married into a SUI
perior set and worked all his life for oldfaSh-
ioned railroad president.
The daily independent., 1937-02-26
THROUGH

Mary: Please, madam, I've knocked the marble
clock off the SidebOard.
Madam Has it stopped?
Mary: No. madam, it's gone straight through to
the ACKNOWLEDGMENT Star.
The daily independent., 1937-02-26

that way
The daily independent., 1937-02-26
ABSENT

"One word out of you and I'll go speak to your
father"
"Yes?"
That's it."
The daily independent., 1937-02-26
THE ONCE OVER
By H. l. PHILLIPS

Copyright, 1887, By The Associated Newspapers
The daily independent., 1937-02-26

AS great and eyc-arrcSt-
ing as have been some of
the major projects COM
pletcd under WPA and
The daily independent., 1937-02-26

HOW would YOU like to pay
A GREAT a 35 per cent premium on
SYSTEM YOUR clothing or shoes? You
probably would raise hue
Evening star., 1937-02-06

about hundred men. newspaper
writer's; and each Of them, 10 Lne
degree he has imagination and sense
of drama, should 60 to his grave
knowing he saw and heard something
unique that other men had not tne
privilege Of experiencing.
We converged at the White House
for the usual Friday forenoon press
conference. In the outer office, where
the newspaper men wait. there was
an air OF subdued stir. First-comers
told late-comers that something ex-
citing was afoot. The President hao
in his inner office members OF his
cabinet, and the Vice President, ana
the two Democratic leaders in the
Senate and House, and the two chair
men OF the Senate and House Ju-
dietary Committees. Presence OF the
judiciary chairmen suggested that
legislation was being brewed and that
it would be the particular type OF
legislation that the Judiciary Com
mittee has charge of-legislation nav
ing to do with the courts. Yet no
newspaper man, so far as 1 goss!ped
with them, guessed what it turned
out to be. Mr.. Roosevelt had kept
his secret, had managed to achleVe
dramatic surprise. and this un-
doubtedly pleased him.
Visitors Come Out Silent.
Presently the congressional leaders
and others came out from Mr.. Roose-
velt's office. To newspaper men VINO
waylaid them, the merely said the
President was going to make state
ment. They said it hurriedly, not
stopping as they walked, and went
on out. They would not spill" Mr..
Roosevelt's sensation; they could well
know he would not like 1t II they did.
In a minute or two the newspaper
men were summoned into the Presi-
dents Office. He had a slight, but
only a very slight, manner of strain;
and this disappeared entirely when he
got into the stride Of doing what he
everlastingly enjoys doing. He said
he had important news. My notes do
not show, and cannot recall whether
he told us in the beginning just what
the news was going to be about. I
do not know which would have been
the best dramatic technique, whether
to drop q preliminary clue, or to let
the sensation dawn on us. imagine
the latter is, in these circumstances,
the better technique. Whichever Is
the better is undoubtedly what Mr..
Roosevelt did-he has as sure an in
stinct for dramatic construction as
any playwright. Anyhow, he said he
was sending a message to Congress
and he would read it to us. He said
that mimeographed copies of it would
be ready at the door when we left,
but first he would read it to US.
The reader of this dispatch will at
this point ask why, if the message
was to be read in Congress within an
hour or so-why was not Congress the
place where the news was, and why
should Mr.. Roosevelt first read 1t to
the newspaper men? And again. why,
if we were going within few minutes
to have mimeographed copies-why
should Mr.. Roosevelt spend a valuable
half hour of presidential time reading
it to us?
The answer Is that Mr.. Roosevelt
Evening star., 1937-02-06

Perhaps Hoffman resolution in the record
THE Secretary hereby directed to furnish
confirmation possess
Moley and his bdcker
cent Astor frequently the that
zne NewWeek during weeks. NTH
Today in the making for
publication woud Todays ed-
torials, rs-We accounts.
John Wnan chairman Of the Social Security
Senate which delayed for while
Senator uey
having private patronage
Senators both poleness and jobs
still favorte the social welfare
Public Works.
Evening star., 1937-02-06
War Peril Seen Averted
Hitler Disposed to Deny More Men and Arms to
Cause of Spanish Fascists.
PERTINAx.
BY Radio to The Star.

to ] sss danger tn:
Under Of his military advisers Chancellor Hitler does not
realizes both have not given good account
Among the German soldiers and m'msn serving Spain there
so-cad volunteers there has become noticeable good deal Of friction
% al ~s struck ss sa s S pId @
certain apanes have raised much criticism All Of
wrongly Army
ceSfuuy waging against nrstclass European
January Considered Turning Point.
realized French circles that last January marked the
5s turning point policy s pI .d s
French ministry Of foreign affairs There under instructions
en Nos the ' high in giving full
10 and IL and he was told that were such the
enforce rights
reported from a reliable January
regular council met Berchgaden Hitler haun0 summoned
1onas cS von rse o" gsnea
18th Army Corps The adutce they rendered unanimously 0'
the the declaration that Chancellor Hitler
made the French Ambassador on January H. that Germany would
inaccurate.
Hitler not entitled to tell the world that tsshoOds in the French
pres were ne ne @ & @ @ tho t & sss the m a oH
telegraphed by Nogues
the first time. the government, by its deeds
January ored was ready to take up the challenge oNcal
% @ es M o ieet for anS ns, S9rs asa a a0a
ageent soa oan to to- oe pasea upon pouneers % ana ma
is only matter Of days or ueeks
Definite to the above effect reported have been
apprehnsons concerning the German and Italian vun
peninsula
One Difficulty Arises Over Russia
fairly big difficulty fully
considers ought excluded
participating the Of control be established unless Germany
should be felt outside Any other solution
would savor too much Of the four power pact.
MOreOue during the last tew ueet much German and Italian
fa not turn the scale in aror of franco although
euent generally is deemed unlikely
Phpps British cabinet
complied with the wish Of Chancellor Hitler as boldly expressed by the
Ambassador London Joachim Rbbentrop months
reported said There need for the
presence Of Ambassadors here Speculation rife
long Ribbentrop will last London.
All probabilities that British will
their principal erize factor Of
complications for the will wait for further
evolution Of German policy to
North
Evening star., 1937-02-06


in the congressional hopper WHICH 'S ~
eXtrabudgetary expenditures.
From the trend from here therefore Sees
further increases
r further stocking up business by business
Senator moderate tried to tell tne senate
the other day appropriations the road TO rum
whkered corrected Senator Bailey saying he
destination of that Bailey unwilling 10 go a
widely circulated publication as the Consressoaa s
exactly the peculiar status OF
objection seemed to be tnat MS
share Of the treasury
asserted North Carolina enhs cent OF W. r. a.
funds cent Three states ne Saio se'
as p cent of all money York Pennsylvania and ilno
Like Cicero would mention how much North Caroha pao
into the Treasur -, 4.
he to to require cities getting feoeial ao
show they could not raise the money other"s 0u' ' o
defeated the dmen record vote
The only that Senators indicated
then noht oct about Investigating relief er-
pendtures OF the liberals admitted prrdte
appropriations should De held do~n ou.
hey suggested nothing drastic The 00o0Oooo deficiency o."
through ,uhoo pithout curtdtment
showed clearly that just
ordinary ruin or certainly enjoying the ride
the order has made personal canvass OF congress
method OF just MS
private the Democratic sioe OF the Rouse
Evening star., 1937-02-06

constitutional law already have been
established.
In his message the President quoted
a single sentence from lecture in
1927 by Charles Evans Hughes when
he was not on the Supreme Court
bench. The sentence was They seem
to be tenacious of the appearance of
adequacy"
Mr.. Hughes was talking of a spe-
cific incident in the history of the
Supreme Court when a disabled JUS
tice was being asked by his own
colleagues of the court to retire. Mr.
Roosevelt might have quoted few
sentences from the rest Of the lecture,
in which Mr.. Hughes also said:
THE community has no more val
liable asset than an experienced
Judge. It takes a new judge long
time to become completely master OF
the material of his court. Contrary
to general opinion, the work OF the
court tends to keep man keen
witted and earnest. F'ossilization Is
not due to the work of the court,
but probably to some physical defect
which serves to impair mental &C
tivity. Doubtless there is time when
a judge reaches, on account of age,
the limit of effective service, but it is
very difficult to fix that time"
Mr.. Hughes pointed out that JUS
tice Oliver Wendell Holmes, then IS,
was doing his share of the work, or
even more, with the same energy and
brilliance that he showed 20 years
ago."
Amendment Need Seen.
Finally Mr.. Hughes said a "compu1-
sorry retirement at rs could more
easily be defended" This would take
a constitutional amendment. Clearly,
II the court Is to be changed, this is
matter for the people to decide with
Evening star., 1937-02-06

lively as a nation with still increasing
population and ambition to achieve an
even higher standargd Of living"
It sounds like a return to the age OF
faith-which, to this department it Is,
so far as the fourth dimension is con-
cerned But lot Of US may stage
sit-down strike, if this scientific speed
up makes us take on another dimen-
sion. As one who f1unked quaternionS,
this three -dimensional writer Just can't
qualify in DR.. Jewetts cosmos.
DR.. Jewett. a vice president Of the
American Telephone & Telegraph Co,
is one Of the most distinguished re-
search scientists Of the world. For 80
years he has been turning in miracles
for the telephone company. II he says
the fourth dimension is the only way
out, that's probably how It is. He has
never had to say excuse it please"
He holds the English Faraday Medal,
the American Edison Medal, the
Franklin Institute Medal, the Japanese
fourth Order Of the Rising Sun and
the third Order of the Sacred Flame
and doctorate in science from Har-
ward with a special citation.
In October. 1893, he headed the
Presidents Science Advisory Board,
created to aid Joseph B. Eastman In
his great co-ordinating enterprise. He
is former president of the American
Institute of Electrical Engineers.
He supervises one of the worlds
greatest research organizations, with
1000 men probing a wider and wider
range of cosmic mysteries under his
direction. He is of the ultra-modern
type Of technician-executive, compar-
able to Bergius and Bosch Of Ger
many. and it is interesting to note
that they. too, no matter how exact
ing the demands Of German "Ersatz,"
are always ranging out to the stars,
ano also poised for dive into the
fourth dimension.
Whatever they are up to, they doom
forever the garret inventor, and they
are equipping industry with an
esoteric technology which may make
them the Hierarchs Of an new age Of
faith. Certainly, Dr. Jewett ought to
lessen unemployment. If his 1000
men dig up fact, it takes another
1000 to understand 1t, and certainly
before long there will be big crews Of
men researching the researchers.
tCopyright. 1879
Evening star., 1937-02-06

9, n, possibly to influence those devel-
opments. possibly as warning to the
Supreme Court at the moment when
they are scheduled to consider the
Wagner labor law. Possibly he may
have feared that information about
his plans would leak and spoil his
sensation. Possibly he may have felt
that some other proposal about the
Supreme Court-Such as the 7-to-2
proposal or the proposal for change
of the Constitution-might get too
much headway in Congress unless he
put his own measure forward now.
(Copyright. 1879
Evening star., 1937-02-06

Delta Delta Legal Fraternity and
former deputy attorney general OF
Pennsylvania.
OLSON and johnson will provide
~ the comedy for the Speed Show
on WJSv at 9. Floyd Gibbons. master
Of ceremonies on this program, will
interview Laurence Stallings, famous
correspondent.
WOL will broadcast the highlights
w Of the National Conference for
Palestine at the Mayfower Hotel from
II to 1880.
Evening star., 1937-02-06

a specific issue before them. II they
want to tamper with the court, they
can do so by changing the entire
structure of the judicial system.
Mr.. Roosevelt's proposal is an in
direct way to bring about retirement
of judges generally, but with specific
fire aimed at the justices of the pres
ent Supreme Court who have ruled
against his measures.
Politically, the episode has In 10
many potential sources of difficulty.
The Southern Democrats and the
Northern Democrats who were so sure
Mr.. Roosevelt would turn to the right
and be more conservative II elected
for second term, may rot be quite
so sure today they were accurate in
their appraisal and Judgment.
Copyright, 1872
Evening star., 1937-02-06

guments for the
plan as did Presi-
dent Roosevelt in
his message just
communicated to
Congress t her e
would have been
much less excite
ment today.
AS it Is, coming
on top Of several
decisions Of the
Supreme c o u r I
declaring his leg
islation unconsti-
tutional, the most
heard comment Is
that because Mr..
Evening star., 1937-02-06
BY MARK SULLIVAN.

n II r. ROOSEVELTS action about
nu the Supreme Court will be
v discussed on many a page,
of newspaper. book and Con-
gressional Record; and for many a
year. Orations will be delivered over
it, fierce arguments made about 1t.
Evening star., 1937-02-06

All this will pro-
vide much illumi-
nation and some
e n ter tainment.
Yet the millions
who will get their
information from
secondhand re-
citals and de-
bates or from the
printed word--all
these will have
missed something
that was pristine
in Mr.. RooSe-
yelt'S own rendi-
ton. That was
heard hV only
Evening star., 1937-02-06

varied roles His repertoire includes
more than 80 operas.
Miss Green will bring a new comedy
and song routine to add to the variety
of the show. Miss Halliday will pre-
sent comedy skit.
As a special feature Bob Pastor will
describe his 1o-round fight with Joe
Louis.
T AURITZ MELCHOIR, Wagnerian
- tenor Of the Metropolitan Opera
Co., will be featured during the Sat-
urday Night Party on WRC at 8.
Other contributors to the broadcast
will be Reginald Gardiner, comedian,
and Tom Howard and George Shelton,
comics.
A SPECIAL broadcast from a ban
quet Of the Women's Professional
Panhellenic Association in New York
is scheduled by WJSv at $50. The
speakers include three women who
have attained leadership in various
fields of endeavor-Miss Eleanor L.
Curnow, formerly registrar and dean
Of women at Brooklyn Law School;
Miss Catherine Curtis, director Of the
Women Investors Of America, Inc, and
Miss M. Vashti Burr, president of Phi
Evening star., 1937-02-06
PIMA WILL SING
ON COOKS SHOW
Melchoir, Also of Metropolitan, to
Be Featured on Saturday
Night Party.

" ZIO PIMA, Metropolitan Opera
- basso; Mitzi Green, juvenile
screen star; Hildergarde Halli-
- day, comedy monologist. and
the Cavaliers Quartet will contribute
to Joe Cooks Show on WRC and other
N. B. c. stations tonight at $50 o'clock.
PIMA will sing two arias from his
Evening star., 1937-02-06

strongly against it. No bill will
ever be introduced on the subject,
as no legislative issue Is involved.
but, if one were, he says 1t would
pass overwhelmingly.
Cloak room opinion being ex-
pressed these days is also extremely
critical of Labor Secretary Per-
kins. Some Of it is probably per-
sonal, as Miss Perkins has never
leen able to get along with Con-
frraccn,on
Evening star., 1937-02-06
Inconsistency
Seen inCourt
Shake-uP
Language of Bill to
Gust Older Judges Is
Held Ambiguous.
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.

TT ANY other President OF the
United States under any other
circumstances had proposed the
L plan for increasing the member
ship Of the Supreme Court from nine
to a possible fifteen, and had sub
mitted such plausible and logical ar