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The Washington times., 1937-05-28
A Test of Character
Bv J. T. Williams, Jr.

the Constitution is their law,
made by them and alterabIe
only by them-the sublime ema-
nation Of their will, binding
upon Presidents, Congress-
courts, and States; holding
these authorities by irresistible
power within their respective
spheres, and commanding them
to respect and protect the rights
of every human being under the
American Flag"
These are noble aims. They
cannot be attained, however, by q
Federal Commission meeting in
Washington. They cannot be at.
tanned by groups of politicians
doing out tickets Of admission to
public entertainments paid for by
the many and doing these tick
cts out only to the favored few
who have sold their political BIRTH
right for the mess of pottage
which the Spoilsmonger Of politics
distributes for his own aggran-
dizement.
These noble aims, to which the
celebration of the one hundred and
fiftieth anniversary of the forms-
ton Of the Federal Constitution
are to be devoted, can only be at
tanned If every State, every city,
every town, and every community.
with the aid of the men, women,
and children who dwell therein.
will actually lend a hand and do
for themselves the things that
must be done if this coming birth.
day party is to provide that ma
tional recurrence to fundamental
principles" which Benjamin Frank
lin insisted lis absolutely neces-
Sary to preserve the blessings of
liberty and keep a government
Free"
MOST SIGNIFICANT
Thousands of Americans who
were born in small towns or COM
munitieS far distant from where
they now live can make a most
useful and timely contribution to
the wider celebration of the SeS-
qui- Centennial. They can write
to the authorities of their native
States and towns and urge upon
them the taking of immediate
steps to organize within the State
and within its every community a
truly representative Sesqui- Cen
tennial committee. These COM
mittees can then unselfishly Ia
Dor to enlist the enthusiasm of
the fathers and mothers and sons
and daughters Of the great Ameri-
can family in the most significant
celebration in which the present
generation will have the privilege
Of lending a hearty hand.
It has been truly said that the
American Constitution Is no
stronger than the character Of
the American people. That is
why the Sesqui-C Centennial will
put to the test the character of
the average American the coun-
try over.
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If the Sesqui.C Centennial Cele-
bration of the formation Of the
Federal Constitution is to be the
success it ought to be, every city
and town in the country will par.
ticipate in the observance. Then
this one hundred and ftftieth
birthday party will be q truly
national celebration. The whole
American family will unite in max
ing it o memorable event for the
men, women and children who
make up the Household Of the
Nation.
Although the celebration for
which the Federal Government
has made ample provision will Off.
cially begin on September II next,
many cities and towns have yet
to organize their local committees.
Upon the leadership of these com
mittees will depend the extent to
which the communities they repre-
sent share in the pleasure and the
benefits Of the Sesqui- Centennial.
FORTRESS OF LIBERTY
There is a tendency on the part
Of an increasing number Of Amer
leans to leave to the Federal Gov
eminent the exercise of local
authority and the discharge of
local duties. This tendency is
doubtless to blame for the tardi-
ness Of so many communities in
completing their own arrange
mentS for bringing home to their
inhabitants their opportunity and
obligation to make the SeSqui- Cen
tennial the greatest national cele-
bration of the age.
The policy of the Commission
created by the Congress to lead the
Nation in this celebration was for
mulated with the purpose of en-
phasizing the all-important part
of the States, cities and towns in
this coming birthday party. This
aim was set forth by the Commits
sion in these words:
"The celebration Of the one
hundred and fiftieth anniver-
sary of the formation of the
Constitution In reality signalizeS
one Of the GROWING achieve
mentS Of the human race-the
establishment by q free people
Of q Government of their own
choosing, to govern them with
their own consent, and to safe
guard their liberties.
"The Commission aims to
make this celebration the Occa-
sion for instilling in the mind
and heart of every citizen,
young and old, an individual
realization of his relation to the
COnstitutiOn-hOw it is the for
treSs of his liberty, the strong
hold in which he can take refuge
against oppression.
eve aim to bring home to
every citizen the knowledge that
the Constitution is the spirit of
America, the Towering of free
dom in q free land.
I'VE would impress upon
American citizens the fact that
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sentative WEIGH said to the chair
man:
"Mr. Chairman, cannot we
have the witnesses give their
name, their business, and whom
they represent In a clear tone SO
we will know all about them?
Now you take the witness who
Just left tho stand, didn't get
his name"
The chairman looked surprised
and said:
"YOu don't know who he Is Isl"
Representative WEIGH, sensing
that something had gone am1Ss'
apologized but still he didn't know
exactly, so the chairman said:
"That is your colleague, Repre-.
sentative Frank J. G. Dorsey OF
Pennsylvania" :,
Come, come. let's get acquainted
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VERSATILE

For the ladies in the House: A
gift, q question and help.
Frank T. Bell, Commissioner OF
Fisheries, is quite proud OF the
delicious Potomac River roe shad.
To Representative Caroline O,Day
he sent a specimen fresh and
ready for the pan. A letter &C
companying the gift said that a
recipe was also in the mail.
Mrs. O'Day didn't get the recipe
But, no matter, in her office works
Rilla Schroeder, a native of Mary
land, who knows all about Poto-
mac River shad and how to cook
them, so the lady from New York
was well taken care Of.
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You can't Be
Y gu RS elf in
marriage. AS a
matter of fact,
you can't Be
Yourself in any
department Of
n orm al life.
From your first
gurgle to your
last gasp you
are inevitably
and increasing
ly part of the
world in which
YOU live-part
of the people
with W h o m
-- ls-A
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The Greatest Show on Earth
BIZ Frank Miller Smith

another Congressman to explain
why he favored the report.
WAS the remaining time
Constituting only One-fOurth of
the total time) given to OppO-
nentS of the report? Oh, no.
The opponents were allotted NO
time whatever, but instead the
distinguished mayOresS moved
the previous question, and OBJ
tanned her great victory without
the other side being heard at
ALL"
OF course, by "The Mighty May.
Dress" he means Representative
Mary T. Norton, chairman Of the
House District Committee.
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IN THE MAIL

In the mail letter from George
E. Sullivan, local attorney, ques-
toned the manner in which the
debate was handled on the RED
Rider" Says Mr.. Sullivan. under
the title 1.-THE Mighty MayoreSs"
Zone hour was allotted on
Monday for debate of the con-
ference report on the sO-called
Red Rider in the House Of
Representatives. The distin-
guished MayOreSs of Washing
ton had charge of the time.
Nearly One-haIf Of it was given
to q Congressman to explain
why he did not oppose the re-
port. then about One-half OF
the remaining time was given to
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man who re-
CARDS his posi-.
ton as a Serl-
GUS trust. His
courtesy is in.
fallible and
that added to
his confusion.
He was pres
ent at a textile
hearing and as
is his won't he
WAS y d y i II B
close attention
to the t e s t j.
mony. AS one
witness left the
etond PaNrn-
The Washington times., 1937-05-28
Wise Words

For one man who can stand
prosperity, there are a hundred
that will stand adversity.-Car-
lyle.
Go to your rich friends house
when invited, to your poor friends
house without invitation.-Portu.
gueSe.
A light heart lives long. Shake
speare.
The Washington times., 1937-05-28

EI6IIllSI Qua
speaking to TO-.
900 youths gath.
cred in Prince
Al b ert Hail,
London, while
from all over
the empire, a
worldwide audi
ence hears his
words by radio.
So departs from
GQe ruleTSnlp OF
B ain and
from the guild
ance of earth'S
greatest empire.
B a | d W in, the
The Washington times., 1937-05-28
SHORTER HOuRS

Wednesday at noon, when the
august Senate opened it's mid-week
session for a few minutes to ad.
journ until Friday, official records
showed that out Of possible 100
days, the Senate had been in Ses-
sion SO and during the SO they had
been on the floor for 207 hours.
That's a very good start on the
Presidents proposal for shorter
hours of labor.
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SAME SCRIPT

=
AS to the help-it was Mrs. Nor.
ton who got it. One Of her duties
IN connection with the memorial
services in the House to deceased
members was to gather up flowers
for the widows of the members.
The flowers were secured all
right, but the day drew near and
no cards had been made. Mrs. Nor.
ton went to Earle Chesney, repre-.
sentative of the Veterans Admin.
istration, and asked for help,
Earle is a cartoonist of no mean
ability and So he offered to fix up
the cards.
He did them in English oval
script in the same style he used
for President Woodrow Wilson
when the wound certificates and
the condolences were sent to rela.
tives of those who died in the
World War.
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SIGNS

Representative Byron N. Scott
doesn't believe in signs.
Appearing before a Judiciary
subcommittee of the House he
sat at a large table directly in
front Of a raised horseshoe around
which the subcommittee members
gathered and calmly puffed two
cigarettes while he talked in spite
OF the fact that a large mo Smok-
ing" sign glared at him from the
daiS not more than five feet away.
The Washington times., 1937-05-28

A mans love has to be repeat
eddy wound up like a clock; but
once a woman's heart gets started,
it is supposed to keep right on
going automatically, no matter
how long it is neglected.
The Washington times., 1937-05-28
The Human Side of the News
BIZ Edwin C.. Hill

give had my hour. pass
into the shade, but for you life
lies before you"
The Washington times., 1937-05-28
Listen, World!
By Elsie Robinson
YOU CAN'T BE YOURSELF IN MARRIAGE

This modern yawp about Being
Oneself in Marriage-it can't be
The Washington times., 1937-05-28
STRANGERS

Representative Richard ].
WEIGH of California is known to
all of his colleagues as a gentle
The Washington times., 1937-05-28
National Aviation Day

S means of stimulating interest in the develop
"A ment of American aviation, today has been desig-
mated bv Congressional enactment National Ava-
ton Day.
Such stimulus as the day give is necessary, both
from the standpoint of military and naval aviation,
we'll as commercial flying.
America which should be far, far ahead of all the
countries of the world in the utilization of this great
modern force, is woefully behind.
Our tagging is attributable to neglect in developing
the start which this country given the originator
Of the modern flying machine.
Many have had the vision to realize the Importance
of aviation both as a commercial element and factor
in our national defense.
BUT THE GREAT MASS OF OUR PEOPLE HAVE
BEEN WILLING TO LET OTHERS DO THE AC-
TUAL WORK OF DEVELOPING AVIATION; HAVE
CONSISTENTLY REFUSED TO SEE THE COM
MERCIAL AND MILITARY POSSIBILITIES OF
FLYING AND HAVE HELD OUR COUNTRY BACK
IN THE RACE TO CAPITALIZE MANS CONQUEST
OF THE AIR.
Through the efforts of the Wright brothers at Kitty
Hawk twenty-nine years ago and of other pioneers,
America gave modern aviation to the world
And then America stepped back and let the world
have it.
The Army and Navy Union, which sponsored the
legislation designating today National Aviation
Day, hopes that Americans be made to think ser
ously of the advantages which will to the Nation
through proper development of aviation
The Nation might do well to think seriously likewise
Of the dangers which lurk in the failure of America
to keep pace with other great nations Of the world in
the use of flying both in civil and military life.
Fortunately, American business has given to the
country high development Of commercial aviation:
While this has been going on, however, the country
has been dropping behind others in the matter of mill
tary and naval planes and equipment.
This country must have military and naval aviation
units capable of safeguarding vast coasts if we
are to have security in this world made up of jealous
and envious peoples
FAILURE PROPERLY TO PROTECT OUR COASTS
THUS IS AN INVITATION TO ANY CONQUEST
HUNGRY AND WILLFUL PEOPLE TO DESTROY
AND RAVAGE OUR NATION
America cannot afford to neglect further field
which it pioneered.
The Washington times., 1937-05-28
Marry Co. Round
BIZ Helen ROLULGNd
AND STILL WE LOVE THEM

Npowder, and lipstick, in order to be
beautiful-unleSs she fails.
The Washington times., 1937-05-28

Through the efforts of the Wright brothers at Kitty
Hawk Twenty-Five years ago and of other pioneers,
America gave modern aviation to the world.
And then America stepped back and let the world
have it.
The Washington times., 1937-05-28

A woman in love takes on the
vanity of the peacock, the subtlety
of the fox, the suspicion of the
lynx, the tenacity of bloodhound
and the memory of an elephant,
says the Cynical Bachelor.
The Washington times., 1937-05-28

Men rush in where summer
angels fear to wet their bathing
suits.
Copyright. 1887, by King Features
Syndicate, Incl
The Washington times., 1937-05-28

A man falls in love doubtfully
and slowly-but he falls OUT Of
it with a swift and sudden jolt
like falling out Of bed in the midst
of q sound sleep.
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= whiSkers. La Follette'S pompa-
dour, McKinley's carnation and
John Sharp Williams umbrella.
Evening star., 1937-12-20
E. s. WILSON DIES,
A. I. 7. T.OFF|C|AL
Deceased Was Vice Presi-
dent and Legislative Agent
of Company.

Eugene Smith Wilson of Washington
and New York, vice president and
legislative agent of the American Tele-
phone g. Telegraph Co., died of heart
attack yesterday in his New York
home. He was So.
Spending about four days of each
week in Washington, Mr. Wilson was
well known here. He had an office in
the Chesapeake g. Potomac Telephone
Co. Building, and an apartment in a
local hotel
son, Robert W. Wilson of Alexan-
dria. who is executive assistant to the
president of the Potomac Electric
Power Co., left yesterday for New
York with his family Final plans
for the funeral had not been an
nounced today.
Specialist in Regulatory Laws.
A specialist in regulatory laws af.
fecting telegraph and telephone COM
munication. Mr.. Wilson had been leg
islative agent for the A. T. &, T. for
many years. He had been retained by
the company since 1914, when he
served as special counsel during a
lawsuit in Chicago. He was appoint
ed vice president in 1920.
Mr.. Wilson was born In Bloomfield.
N. j., a son of Robert Patterson VIII
son and Mary Jennette Smith Wilson.
He attended Adelphi Academy in
Brooklyn and was graduated in 1902
from Amherst College, where he was
captain of the track team in his
senior year He studied law at WASH
ington University, receiving his de-
gree in 1904.
Following the death by infantile
paralysis of one of his sons. Wells
Paterson Wilson. he devoted time to
the campaign against the disease and
was a trustee of the Georgia Warm
Springs Foundation.
Mr.. Wilson practiced law for 10
years in st. Louis before joining the
legal staff of A. T. & T. He had
been special counsel for numerous
subsidiaries of the company, includ-
ing the Wisconsin, Michigan, Chicago
and Cleveland telephone compa nies.
director OF Wilson Line.
He was a director of the Wilson
Line, operating excursion boats on
the Potomac River and in New York
Harbor. He was a director of the
Chesapeake g. Potomac Telephone Co.
and Cuban-American Telephone g.
Telegraph Co., the Northwestern Bell
Telephone Co., til: Southwestern Bell
Telephone Co. and the Wisconsin Tele-
phone Co.
He belonged to several clubs, in
cluding the Metropolitan and Chevy
Chase Clubs here.
Surviving are his widow, the former
Margaret Grey Whitelaw of st. Louis.
whom he married in 1904; another
son, Eugene S. Wilson, jr., of Norris
town, N. j., and a sister, Mrs. A..
Stewart White of White Plains, N. Y.
Evening star., 1937-12-20
ACTION DEMANDED
|NMAE WEST SK|T
Revoke Stations License,
Representative Connery
Urges F. c. G. !,
BY the Associated Press.

Representative Connery, Democrat,
of Massachusetts, today demanded that
the Federal Communications Commits
sion revoke the license Of the radio
station from which an Adam and
Eve" broadcast featuring Mae West
was originated last week Mr.. Connery
declared the program indecent"
The F. c. C. already has ordered the
National Broadcasting Co. to submit a
copy of the broadcast, as well as copies
Of the contract between the sponsor,
Chase & Sanborn, and N. B. c., and
names of stations which reproduced
the program
Mr.. Connery, in letter to Frank r.
McNinch, commission chairman, said
the commission was "derelict in en-
forcing the communications act" and
that he had received volume of
complaints" against the program,
which he termed so indecent it vio-
lated the sensibilities of even those
of historical events"
He announced he would demand a
congressional investigation of the
commission at the next session of
Congress.
1T Is time" Mr.. Connery wrote to
McNinch, your commission either
function in the interests of the
American people, or admitted your
incompetence and permitted the Pres
ident to place men on the commission
who will function in the interest of,
and for the benefit Of, the American
people, rather than satellites acting
for the additional enrichment of a
private few"
In his letter Mr. Connery asked,
'Is it true the president of the Ma
tional Broadcasting Co. personally
authorized broadcast of this pro-
gram?"
Evening star., 1937-12-20
EXT0RT|0N LAID
TO 4 4UN|ON MEN
Indictments Are Returned
After Lengthy Inquiry
in Cleveland.
BY the Associated Press.

CLEVELAND, Dec. 20.-A county
grand jury which Investigated charges
OF extortion and intimidation by Cleve-
land labor unions today indicted John
E. MCGEE, president of the Laborers'
District Council; Donald A. Campbell,
president of the Painters District
Council, and two other union business
agents
A joint indictment against Camp
bell and MCGEE charged they sought
to extort $4,000 from the Stouffer Res
taurant Co. Of Cleveland and obtained
$1,000. Another joint indictment al
legged Campbell and Nose Donley,
Furniture Finishers' Union business
agent. sought to extort $500 from
1sadore Gross and the Samuel Stores.
Inc, receiving $3.50.
The indictments said the labor
leaders had threatened to prevent re-
modelling of company property by
union men unless the money was paid.
A third joint indictment said Camp
bell and James c. Mcdonnell, assist
ant to Campbell, demanded $3.50 under
similar circumstances from the Amer
ican Store Equipment & Construction
Co., and obtained 5000. A second
count said these two men sought
$1,000 and obtained $375 from the
Lerner Stores Corp, while a third
count recited they sought $50 and OBJ
tanned SIS from the Gundling Con-
struction Co.
The grand jury for several weeks
has been weighing evidence gathered
in four-month undercover investiga-
ton by Eliot Ness, municipal safety
director. The jury heard approx
mately 100 witnesses, many Of them
from other cities.
Mr.. Ness said further evidence would
be presented to another grand jury
meeting in January.
MCGEE and Campbell have been
mentioned by police in recent years
in connection with vandalism, par
ticularly window smashing Camp
bell has been arrested nine times
since 1915 on charges ranging from
pocket-picking to malicious destruc-
ton Of property. MCGEE was picked
up by police several times, but never
was convicted Of crime.
, Donley, q former boxer, has served
sentences for robbery and assault with
intent to kill.
Mcdonnell has been connected with
the Cleveland Glaziers' Union Is years.
All the unions which the defendants
represent are afiliated with the Amer
ican Federation of Labor.
Evening star., 1937-12-20
8 DEAD AND5HURT
INDIAN COLLAPSE
Workmen at Port Stanley, On
tario, Entombed Beneath Debris
and Creeks Waters.

PORT STANLEY, Ontario, Dec. 20
canadian Press) The bodies of
eight men, killed in the collapse OF a
huge. box-like cofferdam, were en-
tombed today beneath tons of steel
piling, broken timber and 20 feet Of
water.
Five of thirteen workmen at the
bottom of Kettle Creek when the
dams protecting walls, interlocking
steel sheets, buckled without warning
last night escaped with injuries. Five
others were thrown into the water
from the top of the 65-foot-long
structure and were rescued.
Divers prepared to descend to the
creek floor, but whether they could
extricate the bodies from the tangled
wreckage was not known. 1t was pos
sible that q new cofferdam would
have to be built around the old one
before the water could be pumped out
and the debris and bodies removed.
Evening star., 1937-12-20
BLIND T0PR0TEST
us. SUPERVISION
Transfer of Stands in Fed
era| Buildings Is Opposed
by Operators.

Faced with the prospect of paying
out what Is estimated to be 20 per
cent OF their profits for an unwanted
supervision" by the Government
nine blind persons operating stands
in Federal buildings here under the
auspices Of Columbia Polytechnic In
stitute for the Blind are meeting there
tonight to devise some method for
an effective protest
The shift of control Of the stands
from the Columbia Polytechnic In
stitute to the Vocational Rehabilitation
Service, Office of Education of the
Interior Department, is to be effected
January /, under q law passed in
1896 which was designed to improve
the economic status Of blind persons
by allowing them to operate news and
confectionery stands in Government
buildings.
Washington blind however, who had
been conducting operations of the sort
for more than four years are aroused
at the suggested transfer. seeing no
reason, according to French Hufty,
office manager Of Columbia, for having
the Government step in On business
which they have financed and con-
Quoted entirely for their own benefit,
and take a percentage of the income
for 80 doing.
According to Mr.. Hufty, this "cut"
is to be 5 per cent of gross sales, which
will amount to q fifth of the profit
These operators also are opposed TO
certain plans for enlarging the stands,
Mr.. Hufty adds, explaining that they
know just what their trade calls for
and what items, including candy,
cigarettes and magazines, can be
handled profitably
F. w. Hoover, general manager of
the Welfare and Recreational Asso-
citation Of Public Buildings and
Grounds. Inc, explained today that
his group will put the necessary
stock and construct the new stands
Federal authorities contend that
most of these stands are now un-
slightly and insanitary. They declare
that, inasmuch as the law places the
responsibility on the Office OF educa-
ton, the transfer of jurisdiction is
necessary. The rehabilitation service
plans to install the equipment of a
design and character to conform with
the architecture of the buildings and
surroundings in which it is placed.
Accordingly, officials declared today,
the stands will be remodeled imme-
diately and put on business basis.
Formerly there were II stands for
the blind, but six of them have been
closed out for various reasons and IL
are still in business, but two of these
are under the District government and
are not affected.