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The Washington times., 1937-01-11
SEANEN PICKET
u. 5. OFFICE

CONTINUED from Page II
after January % without the
book"
Act Enforced
The provisions of the Copeland
act are being enforced by the
Commerce Department.
Secretary of Commerce Daniel
Roper denied the strikers charge
that use of the continuous dis
charge books and certificates en-
abled ship owners to blacklist
union men. He declared:
"The old certificate requires
the master to enter a rating as
to character and ability Of the
seaman receiving such discharge.
No rating as to character or
ability of the seaman can be
made in the continuous dis
charge book by the master or
any other person under penalty
of law"
Neither the Secretary nor any
other official at the department
has been asked to confer with
Whelan or other strike leaders, it
was learned.
Continue Enforcement
At the same time, Col. A. Mon.
roe Johnson, Assistant Secretary
of Commerce in charge of marine
inspection, made it clear that any
alterations in the act would have
to be initiated on Capitol Hill. He
said his bureau is administering
the act as passed by Congress. He
added:
1--WE will continue to ad-
minister the act as passed by
Congress. If these strikers want
the act changed, they will have
to go to Congress for the
changes, not here"
All the pickets claimed member
ship in the International Seamen's
Union, an affiliate of the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor. Accord
ing to the marchers, their $4,000
estimate covered rank and file
union members on the Atlantic
seaboard and the Gulf.
The pickets would not estimate
the number of demonstrators ex-
pected in the Capital during the
week. They predicted, however,
that Joe Curran, chairman of the
joint strike committee, in New
York city, would arrive here later
this week and that picketing
activities may be launched on
Capitol Hill.
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Plan
Is Completed

ment of Justice; the judicial pow
erS to the courts.
The idea of the Interstate Com
Commission reporting
through q Cabinet officer is revo-
lutionary; and if this change is
recommended and carried through.
it will represent one of the bold
est moves ever made in the way of
Government efficiency. The same
thing applies to the tremendous
Veterans Administration.
President Roosevelt has been
planning for this recommended
move toward efficiency in Govern
ment management for more than
two years, although he made no
mention of it until he appointed
the committee early last year. He
had been writing and talking to
the members of the committee for
a year.
These committee members, well
known in the world of political
science and administrative man
agement, are Louis Brownlow,
chairman, formerly District Com
missioner in the Wilson admins
tration; Luther Gulick, director of
the Institute of Public Administra-
tion of New York city and a pro-
feSSor at Columbia University, and
Prof. Charles E. Merriam, chair
man of the Department of Politi-
cal Science at the University Of
Chicago.
The attempted change in the
methods of management of the
Government is described by those
in the confidence of the Presi-
dent as not a reorganization, u
but actually a proposal to put
efficiency into Government; nor
is it much Of an economy move
No Salary Cuts
There will be no sweeping sal
ary cuts recommended; that is
being left to the economy crowd
in Congress. What President
Roosevelt is now doing is to carry
out a part of his ambition to
make a record for efficiency in
this, his second term.
The President has known ever
since he took office. that there
was a lack of efficiency in the
Government functions here; but
he was unable to do anything
but add to the general inef.
ficiency because Of the necessity
to organize the emergency
bureaus to take care of the de
preston and it's aftermath, the
relief situation, etc.
Now that emergency period is
over, he plans to make up for
lost time
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Government departments just
where they were.
New Cabinet Places
In general, the recommends
tions to be made to Congress will
put the independent bureaus and
various commissions all under
various existing Cabinet officers
and possibly one or two new Cab
met positions to be created by Con
greSS.
Practically all the commissions
from the Interstate Commerce
Commission down to the minor
battle monument commissions,
etc., report direct to the President,
giving him the job of looking after
his Cabinet, the emergency organ
izationS and the regular depart
ments of Government. The PreSl
dent wants to sweep Them all into
a funnel which will feed to him
straight through the Cabinet.
Many of the commissions have
judicial or Semi-judicial powers
such as the Interstate Commerce
Commission and the Federal Trade
Commission. 1t is understood the
President will recommend drastic
changes in the functions and pow
ers of such commissions, so that
the legal features go TO the Depart.
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steps are taken by the industry
itself to clean up some Of the
flagrant violations of public con-
fidence and support, Congress
itself will be obliged to take an
active handO in the matter.
zone of the first steps in the
development of a national pol
icy, particularly a policy dealing
with our foreign friends, is the
construction of a national broad
casting station owned and con-
trOled solely by the United
States. Every other nation in
the world has such a station.
AT WORLDS MERCY
every other nation in the
world is prepared to defend it.
self over the air from the at
tack of foreign or unfriendly
agncieS.
Every other nation in the
world is prepared to see that
the world understands its point
of view-and yet this nation,
where the greatest development
of radio has taken place, is alb
sOIutely without control over the
commercial interests within its
own borders, and outside of its
borders is at the mercy Of every
prOpagandizing nation.
1--WE ought to have a station
through which the President Of
the United States could speak
to the world, particularly at
this time of world unrest and
stress"
The Washington times., 1937-01-11
'3-0ffice' RdYburn
Now Seeks Fourth
Just as 'Hideout'

Representative Sam, Rayburn,
of Texas, Democratic leader Of
the House, may become the
most officed" man in Congress.
Rayburn, who already has three
widely separated offices in the
Capitol, is seeking a fourth.
He not only has to have offices
for his Congressional and regu-
lar leadership workout a ma
jority leader has to have hide
outs" to gain respite from un.
ceasinp demands of members,
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RADIO LOBBY
SCORED BY
PAYNE
Continued from Page u

the group Of five reserved by the
Government and now under con-
troll Of the Navy Department.
One Loaned" BY Navy
other frequencies similarly re-
served are 11730, 1880 and 21500
kilocycles.
Columbia now enjoys the use OF
6120 kilocycles ION loan" from the
Navy, sharing it with the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor's station
in Chicago. Columbia was said to
have five short-wave frequencies
and the National Broadcasting
Company two for international
broadcasts at present.
It has been said that clear
channel such as those sought by
Columbia for the purpose of en-
larging it's international opera
tions might easily be worth mil
lion dollars commercially, notwith-
standing that the radio act re
fuses to recognize any property
rights in the air.
In his lecture before the Har-
ward student body, Commissioner
Payne denied that he favored
Government ownership of radio
or other communications as
general principle, but pointed out
that the United States, as the
only important nation in the world
which does not own or control
its communications system, par
ticularly radio, is handicapped
for this season in getting its views
. before the world.
Because of its failure to estab-
lish it's own station. for interna-
tional broadcastS, he said, the
whole world is being bombarded
with the propaganda of England,
Russia, Germany, Italy and other
countries while the voice of the
United States remains silent.
Plan Called "ViciOus"
Characterizing the attempt to
get control of the Governments
five frequencieS as vicious" and
in line with purpose on the
part of American broadcasters
to sabotage" the project for a
governmental station, Commis-
sioner Payne, who recently sued
a radio magazine and, its editors
for 100000 libel for an attack
on his attitude. said:
"SOuth American nations who
get our brOadcaStS lift up their
hands in horror and indigna-
tiOn over the advertising ma
terial and programs that we per-
NIT to go on the air.
"AS a definite step in cement
ing the bonds Of friendship and
the cultural understanding be-
tween the nations Of the Western
Hemisphere, the MOntevideO con-
ference recommended the set
ting up of governmental short
wave brOadcasting stations in
each of the participating cOun-
tries. These stations were to be
used in promoting better under
standing among the republics Of
the American continent through
appropriate brOaicaStS.
"The United States was to take
the lead in this project, and the
President subsequently issued an
executive order allOcating radio
frequencieS for q proposed sta
ton in Washington. The Berne
Bureau was notified that these
frequencieS had been set aside,
and an engineering survey was
made.
GOT NO FARTHER
"That was as far as the matter
had gone when, a year ago, /
called attention to the fact that
one of the reasons for the long
delay was supposed to be the
clever opposition Of commercial
interests who had apparently
succeeded in opposing the build
ing Of this station on the ground
that it might be the entering
wedge of Government control
and operation Of brOadcasting.
II stated then and / state
now that unless constructive
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after January "a without the
book"
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Government departments Just
where they were.
New Cabinet Places
The Washington times., 1937-01-11
Phipps Leads Tennis

TUXEDO PARK, N. Y, Jan II.
Already holding two legs on the
Jay Gould trophy in the Tuxedo
Racquet Court Tennis tournament,
Ogden Phipps, national champion,
had today defeated w. A. w. Stew
art, jr., 5-7,6-1,6-2, in the SEMI
finals. In the other half w. c.
Wright. Philadelphia, defeated J.
Murray Mitchell, 60, 60.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-11-05
Christian Character And Peace
THE WEEKLY SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON

upon the earth" The Christian citizen
exerts his influence to bring the po-
licies of earthly governments into ac-
cord with "the things that are above"
National COvetOusnesS.
National covetousness leads to all
manner of national sins to achieve
that for which it covets. So-called
civilized nations resort to barbarism
in the ruthlessness of their attacks
upon peacea1le peoples to dispossess
their helpless victims of territory or
natural resources. Treaties solemnly
drawn and signed with neighbor, ma
tons are held in contempt when they
stand in the way of this national
"covetousness, which is idolotry" ellie
not one to another" is not applicable
between nations as between indivi-
duals, according to this international
anarchy. The result of this new bar
barism, was recently defined by Pre-
sident Roosevelt thus: Innocent peo-
pies and nations are being cruelty
sacrificed to a greed for power and
supremacy which is devoid of all
sense of justice and humane consider
alton"
The remedy for all this to to be
found in nothing short of letting the
peace of Christ rule the hearts" of
manhood. Only in him can there be
found force adequate to stem the
rising tide of natiOnalism.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-11-05
Schools Anxious
For Courses Upon
Highway Safety
Daily Dispatch Bureau,


Raleigh. Nov. 5.-North Carolina S
schools want instructions in how to
make highways safe.
Froof is found in the fact that
Major Arthur Fulk, head of the safety
division of the motor vehicle. section.
is being besieged with requests from
schools for the textbook Man and
the Motor Car" OF which 5000 copies
have already been distributed to ap-
proxinlatcly 200 schools.
Man and the Motor Car" was dis
,tributed to the schools after a series
of educational institutes over the
State at which teachers were instruct
cd and interested in safety educa-
iioI..
The textbook has Teen sent out for
distribution only to those classes
whose teachers have signed up and
declared their intention to hold re-
gular instruction classes just as in
other school subjects.
At least one school in each county
of the state has received some OF
the books, Major Fulk said. 1t is the
hope of the safety division that ulti-
mately highway safety will be taught
in every school Of the state.
Man and the Motor Car is book
of 256 pages, with 100 illustrations,
bound in cloth and prepared espe-
cially for use in high school and driv-
ing courses.
1t is published by the North Caro-
lima Division of Highway Safety in
cooperation with the department of
Public Instruction.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-11-05
JAMES SMITHS ARE
MOST IN NUMBERS
43O In Social Security Files;
William Smiths Next
With $50

Raleigh, Nov. /.-Speaking of the
Smiths, that most numerous family in
North Carolina, approximately 10000
of them have social security account
numbers on file in the office of the
N. G. Unemployment Compensation
Commission:
James Smiths are the most numer-
GUS, the record showing 43O with
James as the first name, with no
check on the number having James
as a middle name William Smiths
are next with $50 for their first name.
Of the Robert Smiths there are 100;
George Smiths number $50; Mary
Smiths reach IA; Henry Smiths num-
Der ITO. In addition to $50 William
Smiths there are ITO Willie Smiths,
and a sprinkling of Will, Bill, Billie
and Billy Smiths. Charles Smiths
number 1O4 and Charlie Smith SO, and
there are 100 Thomas Smiths, 80 Wal
ter Smiths, 10 Woodrow Wilson
Smiths, three Woodrow Smiths, and
one each of the Woodrow McAdoo
Smiths and Woodrow Edison Smiths.
But the striking revelation is that
there are SO many Smiths with only
one given name and so many of the
same given name-and in those cases
only the Social Security account num-
Der distinguishes them from all the
others of that name. The Unemploy-
ment Compensation Division has their
names arranged alphabetically, but it
also has their numbers arranged nu-
merically, and it is by these numbers
that the work record Of each Smith,
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-11-05

Jones, Williams, Brow,
name IS recorded. These acco ~ other
oers save a world of confle:S nun,
TOT instance, there are 40
t,1 with no other nama % James
tial' five Jim and six Jjnnain or mi
there are 43 Willie Smitbs ao smiths.
smiths Sn f y win Smiths, with h n william III,
M name or initial; 80 Ro.en 4" 60. other
81 Henry Smiths; % Charlie o smiths;
Charles Smiths; 25 Georaa S,, ana five
Walter Smiths; Is Thomas Nuns %
Tom Smiths; and only tu' ana six
Smiths-all of these with '"o Mary
initial name or
Usual given names Of Smith
with no middle name diet 'ionS' and
only by the account nunha~ sulshed
following: 10 Frank Smith :, are :, the
ences, Is Davids, and Frods 0iar-
roys' IL Richards (no Dicks - l.e-
berts and Harveys, II Hnbo,. Z Al
Joes g Josephs), 10 Annie Woa Is and
ses, Lonnies, Roys Sans. 't o = Jes-
ana Louise, Eugene, 7 Herman a a
Jack, Alexander, Edward '" and
Louis; 5 Daniel, Elizabeth ro Lee
Lucille g Lucille, Paul, Ruins. IS' e,'
fred, Alice, Edgar, Floyd Ha,rr + AT
ther, Marion, Marvin, Raymond y D. Id
Sallie; 8 Earl, Emma WY, nuth
Helen, Leonard, Lewis. M G.qnce'
Mamie and Pearl. ssle,
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-11-05
I DEAD RECKONIN g. s!,. !::s|
/ E-MN- BY BRUCE HAMILTON 61mMMMn0AzA4aRRxxBMM
BYcnuaA
BY BRUCE HA MILTON
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where 1t WOULD be feasible ro Tx
the stakes did not extend for more
than a foot on either side. Tim
marked the spot with a biggish
stone he found at the roadside,
and then returned to The Wilder
ness.
Back in the garage, he uncoiled
the rope, measured and nipped off
length Of six yards. At two feet
from either end he worked the
wire strands apart with forceps
and lever, and thrust the stakes
between the strands. The effect
of so rough-and-ready a method
would be, of course, to weaken the
strain, but he had neither the time
nor the mechanical skill for any.
thing better.
Would it hold? Tim found it
impossible to say. Certainly a
heavy moving body, as a bicycle,
coming into sudden contact with
the contraption, would be likely to
uproot it and carry it away. But
would the impact be sufficient to
unseat the rider first? It was a
question of dynamics, of strains
and resistances, and Tim had little
enough practical knowledge Of
such objects.
On the whole, he thought the
continuance would work. But it
would be better to have something
in reserve in case of failure.
He decided to plant his car in
the middle of the lane, a dozen or
Is yards farther down. Then if
Adams bicycle were to snap clean
through the wire or carry it away
without sudden check, the prob
ability was he would crash into
the back Of the car. Not so good,
this-it would connect Tim more
directly with the accident, but it
was better than failure. One Of
the two ways, in any case, Adams
was unlikely to escape.
It was not yet 9, and there be-
gan for Tim a very bad period.
He dared not set his trap much
earlier than 10 o'clock, for until
then there was no reasonable Ger.
tainty of the lane being deserted.
and it was, anyway, obviously
safest to block the road for the
smallest margin of time.
Yet the delay was almost intol.
cradle. Suppose Adams decided to
return earlier? His darts match
was probably over long ago:
if he had won he might like
to stay on, drinking and boasting.
but if he had lost he would be
likely to leave pretty quickly. He
was not the stuff Of which good
sportsmen are made.
In any case, would not the pros
pect of handling what must to him
seem huge sum of money brig
him away before time? Or might
ne not still be mistrustful. in spite
of his precaution in abstractlng
the revolver? Might he not divine
that Tim still had shot In the
locker, and thwart him by appear
ing before his time, before any
trap could be laid?
The more Tim thought OF II the
less likely it appeared that Adams
would appear on schedule; put ne
tried to control his imagination.
He went into the house, into the
living room. and tried to play
solitaire. but he could not concen-
trate on the cards. His ears were
on the alert for the familiar clat.
ter of Adams bicycle on the yard
outside and two false alarms
drought his nerves close to break
ing point.
ITO Be Continued)
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-11-05

ON THE EVE of another anniver-
sary of that wildly jubilant Armistice
day of 10 years ago we are compelled
to recognize the disillusionment these
years have drought. It was not the
ending Of 50 war to end war; nor of
one ''to make the world safe for dem
ocracy.' Such changes come mot by
might, nor by power, but by my spirit,
saith the Lord of hOst-'
The Price of Peace.
We can not have peace on earth,
good will toward men, apart from or
in rebellion against Christ, to whom,
ages before and since his birth, have
looked expectantly, as ''the price Of
peace To him Christian citizens of
all nations look as they pray, Thy
kingdom come; thy will be done on
earth, as it is in heaven" So st. Paul.
from his prison in Rome wrote to
his friends in Colosse: IF then We
were raised together with Christ, seek
the things that are above, where
Christ is, seated on the right hand of
God Set your mind on the things that
are above, not on the things that ale
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-11-05


reached by the lane There were
three cottages, but the inhabitants
were farm laborers working for
Gates at the top of the ridge; they
retired and rose early. Apart
from people going to and from
The Wilderness, and a few lovers
in the summertime, Tim had hard
ly ever seen anybody in Box lane
later than 10 o'clock.
The girl had gone to her M 81
er's; and that meant clear fell
So far so good. Tim ate his sup
per as quickly as possible, and
then went to his garage at the
back of the house. He switched on
the electric light, and took the
suitcase out of the car.
On beginning to uncoil the rope
he quickly realized that it would
be too long. The banks in Box
lane rose almost sheer from the
sides Of the roadway. IF the
stakes were planted too far apart
the rope would stretch too high:
Adams might be killed, but there
would probably be marks high up
on his body inconsistent with the
accident hypothecated. It would
be necessary to get measurements
as exact as possible.
Tim shut up the garage, and
strolled out into the lane, taking
a tape measure and his big torch
with hil... He did not feel pressed
for time. It was barely half past
z, and except in the improbable
event Of Adams again returning
from the public house before clos
ing time, he had the best part of
three hours at his disposal. That
was to the good, for it would be
advisable to choose the ground
carefully.
Tim knew every wind and turn
in the lane, every sudden dip and
every stretch of comparatively
level ground. So did Adams for
that matter; that was why he was
able to take the descent at such
terrific speed.
1t would have to be near a
bend; Tim did not believe Adams
bicycle lamp carried effectively
more than a dozen yards, but that
might be sufficient to enable him
to pull up. It would also have to
be at one of the steepest parts Of
the lane, to reduce still further the
possibility of braking in time.
Tim thought he knew just the
spot, almost exactly where Adams
had flashed past him that night,
when he was beginning to suspect
something arniss. About halfway
between The Wilderness and the
only cottage between it and the
Bradstock road, the lane took a
wide curve and dived deep; the
turn was sufficient to blind what
lay beyond, yet not sharp enough
to compel a reduction of speed.
Tim reached the place he had in
mind, and went over the ground
carefully. It would do; the only
question was, to settle the exact
point. It was desirable to fix it
as far down as possible, so Els to
get the maximum advantage from
increased speed on the dip, but
not, of course, too far.
Tim walked up the hilf round the
corner and then returned, holding
his lighted torch in front of him.
He thought that about 10 yards
from the point where an unob-
structed view of the lane ahead
was obtained was as much as he
dared risk. He took out his tape
measure. The lane proved to be
just IL feet wide. and the spaces