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crime than it always has been. The
new crime created by the bill is failure
of sheriffs or other local officials. to
be duly diligent in preventing and
Furnishing lynchings.
The popular misunderstanding Of
the bill goes further. The American
Institute Of Public Opinion recently
conducted one of its "Sampling" polls
to find out whether or not the So
called anti-lynching bill is popular,
The institute discovered that 70 out Of
every 100 persons queried favored the
bill. But just what was the question
which the institute put before those
whom it queried? The question read:
Should Congress pass law which
would make lynching Federal
crime?"
Besides. how many of the persons
questioned really understood the bill?
How many of them were familiar with
just what it would do, what effect 1t
would have on the American structure
of government, on the distinction be-
tween State sovereignty and Federal
sovereignty? The persons questioned
by the institute must have included,
one assumes, cross section OF the
population as a whole. from the least
informed to the best informed If the
QUESTIONABLE did not reach all kinds
of persons, the results of 1t would be
by that fact misleading. But if the
QUESTIONABLE did include the less well
informed, its results must be based in
part upon the answers of persons who
have little understanding of he meas
ure. Without knowing anything of
the process by which the Institute OF
Public Opinion conducts its question:
naires, I should imagine that consid-
cradle number of those who answered
yes" were merely saying. in effect,
that they believed lynching to be odi-
Gus.
Effect of Measure.
Actually, what the bill does is to give
a new and portentous power to the
Federal Government. 1t would au-
thorize the Federal Government to
send Federal official into any county
or city in which a lynching has
occurred, to decide whether the local
State or county officials had practiced
all diligent efforts" in preventing or
Furnishing the lynching. II the Fed
eral official felt the State or county
officials had not made all diligent
efforts" then the Federal Government
would proceed to fine or imprison the
State or county official and also to
assess damages of from $4,000 to
$4,000 against the county in which
the lynchine occurred.
This immense extension of Fed
eral jurisdiction. this subsection of
local government to government from
Washington, is proposed at a fateful
time. 1t is proposed when those now
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-11-18
BY MARK SULLIVAN.

IF ETERNAL vigilance is the price
Of liberty, so is eternal clarity the
price of understanding. And so
also is understanding the path to
wise action. All three of these truisms
are applicable to the so-called anti
lynching" bill now before Congress.
Lack of understanding of the bill is
widespread is indeed almost univer-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-11-18
A Misunderstood Bill
Popular. Misconceptions Exist Regarding "Anti
Lynching" Measure, Writer Declares

in control of the Federal Government
are engaged in an attempt, on many
fronts and through many devices, to
extend their power to point at which,
in the Judgment of thoughtful persons,
the States would become little more
than mere obsolete names on the map
There is another path to under
standing of the "anti-lynching" bill.
the political path. From the Civil
War on there has been a considerable
Negro population in such cities as
Cincinnati, Indianapolis and st. Louis.
For nearly 10 years these colored per-
sons voted the Republican ticket.
Since the three cities were in pivotal
States, States more or less evenly
divided between Republicans and
Democrats, this vote was extremely
important to the Republicans. 1t has
been said, and ] suspect statistics
might bear it out, that if every colored
person in Ohio, Indiana and Missouri
had always voted the Democratic
ticket, the Republicans would have
lost those States in many presidential
elections and consequently lost the
presidential elections.
Gathered in Large Cities.
After the Great War considerable
Negro populations gathered in other
Northern cities-NeW York, Detroit.
Chicago. Here again, until 1882, these
groups commonly voted Republican.
So long as the colored persons voted
Republican, the Republican party
cultivated them by proposing in Con-
gress measures favorable to the Negroes
everywhere. 1 do not recall whether
the Republicans proposed anti-lynch-
ing bills like the present one. But the
Republicans frequently proposed a
measure which would have meant a
similar invasion of States rights by
the Federal Government. The Re-
publicans frequently proposed a So
called force" bill under which Federal
officials and Federal soldiers would
have been present at the polls in
Southern States to exercise coercion
upon State and county officials con-
Quoting the local elections.
Since 1892 the Negro colonies in
Northern cities have prevailingly voted
Democratic. So now it is the Demo-
Gratis who father anti-lynching bills.
The one passed by the House early this
year was sponsored by a Democrat
from New York City. Representative
Gavagan. The present bill in the
| Senate is fathered by a Democratic
Senator from New York. Mr.. Wagner,
| and Democratic Senator from Indi-
| ana, Mr. Van Mugs An anti-lynching
bill that was before the Senate some
four years ago was fathered by a DEM
| ocratic Senator from Colorado, Mr..
Costigan
In the present Congress both Re-
publicans and Democrats from the
| North will compete in their eagerness
to support the nti-lynching bill-the
Democrats because they have the Negro
vote and hope to keep it, the Re-
publicans because they hope to get it
back. But there is one Republican
| Senator who will not support the
measure-and he is perhaps the Sena-
tor most competent to have under
standing of its constitutional evil, its
| menace to the American form of
| government. Senator Borah has con-
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law principle of prudent
While Congress wrestling with its legislative assignment this
hight Will continue
Deal legislation AT the
fed hopper
Representatives Senators feeling
summer will be disposed along with administration
since Mr. RooseVelts popularity S undiminished
This the logical
focus of Democratic politics
Of American
AS it last whether
whether National Legislature will glate
trolls the the
go from here to there" under flexible
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have much
higher living cost if it had dropped
the story short
This measure recall
1t caused loud wall the the railroads
appears in 'satetyo as it
At least when the railroads. after
finally
railroad that
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the traffic S lighter"
The PopMcG Farm Bill will be the base of the the
will
of
the authors
present %
about the hailed back from home
cotton
redho
governmental cotton experts
them inadequate thinks ought
and he's introduce
Senator Smiths bill would authorized to
all foreign which
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posed OF New Deal Judges
hearing the request of the utilities
for an injunction against T, V. A.
The public utilities holding COM
pany act is coming up. and the
addition Of Justice Black to the
Supreme Court offers some assur-
ance that the principle of business
regulation involved will be sus-
tanned. Direct pleadings before the
Supreme Court have challenged
the old rule of replacement value"
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sal. The very
n a m e by which
the bill is popu-
larly c lie d is
misleading. An
ti-lynching" is a
C o n V e n | e n t
phrase for writer's
of h e a d ! i n e S
S t ru 6 g ling for
cond e n S a t j o n
a 6 a | INST limita-
IONS OF S p a c e.
But this is not an
ANTI lynching"
bill. The bill does
not make lynch
ing any more a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-11-18
Barley Seen
in Hot Spot
Over Taxes
Foes of Revision May
Be Cause of Row,
Writer Holds.
By DAVID LAWRENCE.

4 THOUGH there are a great
~ many things besides the repeal
~ or revision of the undistributed
surplus tax which would be
helpful to economic recovery, senti-
ment in Congress has crystallized
curiously enough on that one tax.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-11-18

From all over
the country the
d e m a n d for
change in the tax
law is coming in
to members of
Congress until
the undiStributed
surplus tax con-
troversy seems to
symbolic almost
entirely whether
the administra-
ton is acting in
good faith in its
recent assurances
to business.
~ H. la,-
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o PERIOD OF over year. The proposal reorgane the Supreme Court
1orced the
put not before the
election returns Congress
obcves CT
combating
ana cuftall individual enterprise and opportunity
Now all the lines together The
th full reduced
businesses They were clever somewhat uscrupuouy
of
urgent requests The bill
announcer matter IN which the legislative
referred 10 the representatives Of the people Bumper
aho wheat nave produced
another trpe-A
statistics Of the onehd
noshed in powerful reminder that
must be prompt and
the human budget" first adjusted
SO the Tories, the organized
unemployed
problems There nothing
action. there Unite
And all the the
Ne" dealers consider the crucial point the bloody
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social security,
which he calls a
coined term"
calling them in
surance, welfare
and relief "ap-
proaches." In the
broadest sense he
feels that the
many approaches
Of taxation, con-
troll Of money
a n d banking,
housing, farm
tenancV, cOnsa-
Walton Of natural
resources. labor
legislation, all are
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mission would, with its technical
experts, take all the time needed
to get the facts, presumably even
longer than it will take to get cot
con control bill through Congress.
*
There may be a lot of legisla-
ton neglected at the present ses-
sion which will eventually get by.
But one bill that had plenty Of
steam behind it once is probably
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THE opinions of the rers page are their oun not
nh Secessar,ly TIE Stars Such opinions presented
me Stars eDot gDe all sides OF questions interest to its
readers although such opinions may contradictory among
themselves and directly opposed to The Stars
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That is why, aside from the
fact that they don't want to be
put under the commission, or the
Department of Commerce or the
Post Office or anywhere but the
Interstate Commerce Commission,
that the airplane people report low
visibility when they look for the
merits of the report.
Mr.. Kennedy himself says,
TT seems fairly evident that the
volume of passenger, mail and eX-
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An American
YouShould
Know
Head of Security Board
Has Old Interest in
Labor Laws.
BY DELLA PYNCHON.

IN RECENT times the United States
has become security conscious.
Forgotten" men, women and
children are being remembered
increasingly in our national planning.
Arthur J. Altmeyer heads one Of
the most ambitious of these new
agencies as chairman of the Social
Security Board He personifles a life
time interest in the administration of
labor laws as native of the labor
conscious State of Wisconsin, where
he learned his labor philosophy from
the famous John R. Commons, dean
of labor legislation. He epitomizes
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Borah knows the danger of approach
ing the problem of lynching in this
way.
tCopyright 1877
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sistently opposed anti-lynching bills
and courageously met the criticism
visited upon him. Senator Borah does
not condone lynching. But Senator
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-11-18
Argentina Prospers.

Production. earnings and employ
ment are near new high levels In
Argentina.
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We, the People
Whether We Can Go From "Here'' to ''There' Under
Flexible Constitution Seen Question Before u. S.
BY JAY FRANKLIN.

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The Washington times., 1937-03-30
TRAFFIC LIGHT
JUMP ASKED

Need for traffic lights at $50
intersections in Washington was
pointed out by Traffic Director
William A. Van Duzer during
hearings on the District 1898 ap-
preparation bill reported to the
House today.
The traffic director told the
subcommittee in charge of the
bill the appropriation bill allows
the Traffic Department only about
Is lights a year, with the result
that the department cannot fill
the city's needs.
Priority. he said, is given to
those intersections where traffic
is heaviest-where 1000 or more
vehicles enter the intersection
within each hour.
The Washington times., 1937-03-30

The District regulation making
it mandatory to sit down for pur-
poses of drinking intoxicating bev-
erages is very confusing to Repre-
sentative Ross Collins (D1, of Mis-
sissippi, chairman of the House
District Appropriations subcom-
mittee.
Or so it was during the hearings
on the 1898 District supply bill, re-
ported to Congress today-until
Isaac Cans, member of the District
Alcohol Beverage Control Board,
explained things to him.
He put a lot of questions to Mr..
Cans about Sit-down drinking, and
this is how the conversation went:
Mr.. Cans: In the restaurants,
you have to sit down to drink.
MIR. COlIinsi They will not let
YOU stand up and drink?
MIR. Cans: No.
MIR. Collins: Does it make any
difference, If your stomach feels
better when you stand up?
The Washington times., 1937-03-30
.omen's Club
Calendar
TODAY

TODAY
Women's National Press Club
Luncheon, p. m, Willard.
Esther Chapter, o. E. S.-Card
party, p. m, willard.
Women of the Moose-Meeting
of officers and committee char
men, p. m, Moose Hall.
District P E. o. Sisterhood-
Convential, all day, Pierce Hall,
banquet at 7 p. M, Mayflower
Hotel
Senior High School Girl Re-
serves-Easter dance, p. M, at
the Y. w. C. A.
TOMORROW
Women's City Club-Card party,
2 p. m. and 8 p. m, 736 jackson
Pla. N. w.
Soroptimist Club-Luncheon, 1
p. M. willard.
Chi Omega Sorority-Dance. 10
p. m, Willard.
District P. E. o. Sisterhood-
Convention, all day, Pierce Hall.
The Washington times., 1937-03-30

Mr.. Cans: That Is a strange
thing
Mr.. Collins: You have to sit
down?
Mr.. Cans: Yes.
Mr.. Collins: why did you do
that? Was that because Of the
name they gave to this strike
that has been going on lately"
Mr.. Cans then explained that
the reason for the sit-down drink
ing regulation was to prevent the
return of the old-time system Of
standing up to the, bar, pointing
out that the old-time bar drinkers
would stay there and you could
not get them away"
Said Mr.. Collins:
you think If fellow is sitting
The Washington times., 1937-03-30
CANS, COLLINS ON SIT-DOWN DRINKING

down he can get in a moving pO-
sitiOn easier than he can stand
ing up?"
And Mr.. Cans responded:
"a fellow who will sit down
and take a drink will probably
take a drink and go away, but
the fellow who stands up and
takes a drink will meet other
people and then he will get So
ciabIe and get a few more
drinks"
The Washington times., 1937-03-30
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Evening star., 1937-06-11
N. u. WILL CONFER
DEGREE ON THOMAS
Utah Senator to Deliver Com
mencement Address to
Glass of 284.

The honorary degree OF doctet OF
letters will be conferred on Senator
Thomas, Democrat, of Utah at COM
mencement exercises for National
University tonight at Memorial Con-
tinental Hall.
Prior to the conferring Of degrees
Senator Thomas will deliver the COM
mencement address Senator Thomas,
one Of the outstanding scholars Of
the Senate, is being awarded the
honorary degree "in recognition OF
valuable contributions to political
thought and eminent services in the
field of craftsmanship"
Judge Charles S. Hatfield, chan
cellor of the university. will preside,
and DR.. Frederick Brown Harris, pas
tor of Foundry M. E. Church, will
pronounce the invocation. James Ed
ward Fallon will deliver the COM
mencement address.
Candidates for degrees in the Law
School will be presented by Dean
Charles Pergler, while Dean Eugene
Carusi will present the candidates
from the School of Economics and
Government.
Associate Justice Jennings Bailey
OF United States District Court will
award medals and prizes to outstand-
ing students. The graduating class
comprises 284 members.
Evening star., 1937-06-11
WORK OF BOYS CLUBS
IS LAUDED BY MILLER
Alarming Increase" in Juvenile
Delinquency Cited by Former
Attorney General Aide.

Delinquency Cited by Former
Attorney General Aide.
Citing an alarming increase" in iu-
venlle delinquency throughout the
country in recent years, Justin Miller,
former special assistant to the Attor-
ney General. praised the work Of the
Metropolitan Police Boys Club here
in radio address over Station WMAL
last night, declaring boys club work,
when carried on as it is in Washing
ton, provides an outlet for normal,
healthful expenditure of energy which
might otherwise be so expended as TO
inlure persons or property" Miller
now is member of the Federal Board
of Tax Appeals.
Boys club work makes II possible
for boys to discover interesting occu-
pations. thus giving them more seri-
GUS purpose in life. helping them in
their attitude toward school and home
life" Miller pointed out
Apparently we cannot depend on
the homes, schools, churches and
other community institutions to pro-
duce the development Of boy life in
such a manner as to avoid delin-
quency,' the speaker continued,
Large city life makes it increasingly
difficult for the older institutions to
control the situation. The old homes
provided many interests-work to be
done, large numbers Of children to
play with, grandparents, uncles and
aunts, many open spaces to play in,
animals to care for-which do not
exist in the apartment houses or tene-
ments of the big city today"
Evening star., 1937-06-11

citizens. Complete water and sewer
systems have been laid, under the
direction of Harvey A. Gordon. chief
Scout engineer. More than 10000
feet OF tile sewer pipe have been used
in the sanitation work.
735 Refrigerators.
Every camper will be compelled
to walk barefooted through chlorine
solution before he can enter the
shower baths. A broad stream of the
solution will form a sort of moat in
front Of the showers. so that admis-
sion to them will be impossible with
out entering the solution. This foot
publication plan was adopted to fore
stall athletes foot and other in
fections.
Flies-notable for their germ carry
ing proclivities-Will be baked at
every turn by fine bronze screening
The 2l main kitchens are being care
fully screened so that no opening will
remain large enough for ny to
squeeze through.
There will be 2l dry ice refriger-
ators in the main kitchen tents. anc
TIA smaller refrigerators for the in
dividual troops. Each Of the large
boxes will hold sufficient food fol-
1850 boys
Live steam will be used to sterilize
everything that touches the food anc
water served to the boys,
This jamboree city is going to b<
the healthiest place on EARTH" DR.
West declared
Evening star., 1937-06-11
MILTON H. STOKES. Sd,
REALTY SALESMAN, DIES

Milton H. Stokes, 81, advertising
agent for Mrs. Dorothy Hodgkin Dor
sey Concert Bureau and salesman for
]. Garrett Bethel, real estate dealer
died Wednesday in Garfield Hospital
after an illness of about 10 days.
Mr.. Stokes, who resided at 2115 F
street, had lived here about l8 years.
He served overseas during the World
War. Formerly he had been in the
merchandise business in New York
and this city. At one time he man
aged a women's dress store here.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Gen
evieve A. Stokes, and three daughters,
the Misses Jewel and Jean Rita Stokes,
this city, and Mrs. Mildred Powley,
New York City.
Funeral services will be held at
2::30 pm. tomorrow in Chambers fu-
neral home, l400 Chaplin street.
Evening star., 1937-06-11
JUDGE RETIREMENT
BILL GETS SUPPORT
House D. C. Subgroup Is
Apparently Hostile to
Proposals.

Before a House District Subcommit-
tee, which apparently is hostile to the
measure. several witnesses today rec
commended enactment of the bill to
provide retirement pay for judges of
Police Court. Municipal Court and
Juvenile Court in the District of Co.
lumbia.
Former Judge Mary OToole of
Municipal Court, one of those declared
to be eligible for retirement under the
bill. appeared, she said, more on the
behalf Of former Judge Kathryn Sell
lers of Juvenile Court. Judge Sellers
still is suffering from an accident Of
more than five years ago, she said.
Thomas E. Rhodes, representing the
District Bar Association, said States
provide similar retirement.
Asked by Representative Allen OF
Delaware whether he would favor re-
tirement pay for members Of Congress
serving II years, Rhodes pointed out
that members of Congress can prac-
tice law while serving in Congress, but
a Judge cannot while sitting on the
bench.
Etheloert B. Frye testified especially
on behalf of Judge Isaac Hit of Police
Court, one Of those eligible.
Lee Fee. assistant corporation coun-
sci. estimated the cost of the legisla-
ton would be between SIS 900 ano
100000 year. Those eligible under
the act, he explained, would be former
Judges Sellers and O'Toole, Judges
Hit and Robert E. Mattingly of Po-
lice Court and Judge George Aukum
of Municipal Court.
The measure would provide retire
ment pay for judges after II years OF
service at the age of IS at the
amount of one-half his salary pay
able at the time of retirement. Fol
those OF only so years of age the
retirement pay would be only one
third. Municipal and police judges
get $4,000 year. while the Juvenile
Court judge is paid $1,000 annually.
The committee Will meet again
Tuesday.