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The Washington times., 1937-02-08
'Gag-Rule' in Tennessee

FHE Tennessee State Senate has passed bill punish
i ing and expellng from the newspaper profession
publishers and editors who print any untruth in their
editorial columns.
Opponents of the bill, among them many lawyers,
hope to defeat it in the lower house.
1T IS A VICIOUS LAW, CONCOCTED BY POLL
TICIANS TO GAG A FREE PRESS. Under it these
very words could be held an "untruth."
Under it. any criticism of such disgracefuI affairs as
Tennessee's chdmarriage could be held grounds for
oustlng an editor or Publisher from his post.
Those who drew that law have forgotten that the
greatest trial in all humanity ended with the Judge
asking:
''What is TRUTH"
Since the time of Pontus Plate no man has been able
completely to answer that question, although the poll
tcians of Tennessee propose now to do so.
Against this law and all such laws the Hearst news
papers have fought for years.
And they will continue to fight for the Constitution
aygven right publish the truth as they see it. being
always answerable to the courts of law and public
opinion
To do less is to compromise not only the freedom of
the press but THE LIBERTY OF THE PEOPLE,
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Lincoln and the Courts
BvJ. T. Williams, Jr.

in peace, and covers with the
shield of its protection all classes
of men, at all times and under
all circumstances"
And in connection with this
case Mr.. Warren recalls also a de-
cision of the supeme court of
Mr.. Lincoln's home State of Tlli.
nois. This court also held as un-
lawful military arrests made at
the order of President Lincoln and
it further held as unconstitutional
the attempt of the Congress Of
that day to validate them by the
act of March 3, 1858.
One wonders whether any Sen.
ator or Representative of the pres
ent Congress will have the courage
to read into the record these
excerpts from the great decision
of the Supreme Court of Mr.. Lin
coins own State of Illinois:
1--WE are not unconscious of
the fact that the decision which
we are obliged to make in the
present case on the facts ap.
pearing in the record at.
tributes to our late lamented
President the unlawful exercise
of power and, therefore, implies
certain degree Of cenSure.
None can have a higher appre-
citation than the members Of
this court of the unSeIfiSh pa.
triOtiSm and purity of motive
Of that great majesty. If he
exercised a power not given by
the Constitution, he undOubted.
ly did so under q full conviction
of its necessity in the extraOrdi-
nary emergency wherein he was
called to act.
SOLEMN TRUST
"But neither our honor for his
memory nor our confidence in
his honesty can be permitted to
sway our judgment here If
this plaintiff has been wrong
fully restrained of his liberty,
he has a right to call upon US
so to declare without fear, favor
or affection.
"Tt is unfortunate that cases
having a political or partisan
character should come before
the court, but when they do so
we must declare the law as we
believe it to exist. If we can
know any other motive than
the simple wish to expOund it,
or if, when our convictions are
clear, We should hesitate to de-
clare them without reference to
what party it may please or
what offend, we should betray
the solemn trusts which the
people have committed to this
court and bring diShOnOr on the
administration Of justice"
AS a declaration of the duty of
an independent judiciary, this
statement has never been sur
passed.
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The Greatest Show on Earth
Bv Frank Miller Smith

,bing last week at the hands OF
Senator Josiah w. Bailey OF
North Carolina. The Senator was
launched on a long speech about
the WPA and Government money
when he came to the report made
by Tugweu before he left Gov
ernment service for a job with a
molasses firm. The Senator said:
"The map on the last page
cost $1.O5, but the whole thing
sells for 40 cents. That Is busi-
ness. 1 will tell the Senate now
that kind of business is not
going to work in the mOlasses
trade. am glad Mr.. Tugwell
has gone into mOlasSes. 1t was
the very thing he needed.
"After he has been in mOlasSeS
about five years he may make a
pretty good public servant and
add all his practical experience
to his theories.
81 read the other day that
Mr.. Hopkins is about to get a
job at an immense salary with
a great maiI-Order house. The
best thing that could happen to
this country would be for him
to get that job.
81 would be glad if we were
to give him $4,000 a year just
for the money we would save by
his going into that business. He
needs practical experience. am
not going to criticize him. These
men who spend the public
money ought to have some ex-
perience in the difficulty Of max
ing a dollar.
81 think the document I have
exhibited is a great symbol. 1t is
not simply a boOk-it is a SYM
boil. There is a map of the United
States and observe its color. DIR.
TugweIl has painted the whole
country over with mOlasses. He
knew what he was doing by way
of telling US gOOd-by.
81 also observe the Christmas
trees. The only thing 1 cGEtd
criticize about the whole busi-
ness is that in placing his illus
tratiOn on the portion of the
map representing Virginia he
has a picture of a bowlegged
man riding pig.
II do not know which of the
Virginia Senators he is referring
to, but / have my own idea"
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1--WE BELIEVE IN GOODNESS"

perfume that 'aIIureS' them E.
we mustn't get 'dishwater hands
for fear Of losing them we
must keep ourselves exquiSitely
groomed to do them proud! -.
must watch every word and geS-
ture for fear Of offending them!
THE average young male Of
today is cOnceited, Overbearing,
empty-headed and all too often
empty-handed, yet we hard-wOrk-
ing girls have to welcome them
as life's greatest gift. 1t might
not be so unbearable if they were
real He-Men, endowed with
brains and Drawn and a certain
amount of virile wOrldinesS, but
most of them are hall. baked
dandies, incapable Of doing any
thing more strenuous than driv-
ing a car-with one hand!
"If the specimens I've met in
my 70 years are typical, I'll have
none Of them-I'LL LIVE
ALONE AND LOVE IT!
"HELEN MAYERS, Age 22,
"BrOOkfield, ILL.,"
Alta girl! Here's hoping your
cartridge belt is full. For if ]
know anything about trouble, IT'S
COMING YOUR WAY!
These are glimpses of what
Young America is thinking about,
cleaned from thousands of let
tiers on scores of subjects. For
example
Are young people today morally
better than thirty years ago-or
worse?
Should a working girl who pays
board at home help with house
work?
Do the schools give the young
what they need most to fit them
for life?
Are their parents, regardless of
what the parents are like, entitled
to their respect?
Is trial marriage reSpectabl
and do economic conditions sane
ton it?
And what Young America thinks
and how it fares Today will deter
mine the course of America To
morrow.
(LetterS to this column are
GItOayS Delcone and tDill be
GnStOered If stamped, addressed
envelopes are included. Each
Monday this space is deUoted
to discussions By Young Amer
icG of any current problem.
Prizes tDiH be awarded each
week to the DriterS of the
three best letters. Please note
rules of conteSt.)
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GOOD WILL TOWARD MEN.
"ANNA HRIVNAK, age 29,
Housewife and Mother,
Detroit, Mich"
BOY MAKES PLEA FOR
GOODNESS and DECENCY

Then up from Staunton. Vir
ginia, with as lusty and two-fisted
a protest against indecency as ever
crashed this office, comes Jack
Lewis, winning for himself another
of those $40 prizes. No sissy
this Jack! So far his brief life
has been plenty real and painfully
earnest. Dad died when he was
still tyke-away went young
dreams of glory.
Depression, "says he, knocked
personal ambition in the kisSer
and laid it low" So he pounded
pavementS in N. Y. dish
washed in all-night short-Order
joints :. whanged typewriter
in q CCC camp Swabbed
decks on a freighter packed
apples cOmmandeered wheel
barrOwS on construction jobs .
sold brushes even tried my
hand at being a beer singer"
Plus several other experiences
he'd rather not discuss.
Now, out of it all, has come
what? Cheap cynicism? Hard
boiled materialism? NO! This!
THE pickings are still too
hard for me to say what want,
but 1 know what 1 DON'T want.
know thiS-I'm not sold on this
age in which we live. I'm sick
OflOOseneSS and weakness. Morals
down at the heel. Personal
achievement glOrified before char.
acter. I am fed up with this
frenzied necking and drinking
by my pIaymates, with their
elders not far behind. Main am
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generation the
race has ever
seen, he'd prob
ably burst into
derisive hoots.
These impu-
dent, hell-rais.
in, speed crazy
young smarties
S piri t ual?
Phooey!" he'd
cry, and sin,
cerely believe
he'd said some.
thing. But he'd
be wrong.
This column
The Washington times., 1937-02-08

Is AAoh1AAS dEo Elsie hODlHHun
thorough a test as is possible OF the
quality of Goth Century Youth.
Here, for the first time in journal
istic history, Youth may have its
say, practically without limit.
Daily hundreds of letters arrive,
on every conceivable subject. And,
with each day, one fact becomes
increasingly evident
YOUNG AMERICA BELIEVES
IN GOODNESS
Beneath its dash and daring,
its pose OF cyniciSm, there flames
as fiery a faith, and runs as sturdy
an ideuliSm. as eDer animated the
human spirit.
WHATEVER THE DISCUSSION,
1T IS ALWAYS PLAIN THAT
YOUNG AMERICA is 100 PER
CENT SOLD ON A CLEANER,
KINDER, FAIRER WORLD-AND
DETERMINED TO ACHIEVE TT!
DAUGHTER OF COMMUNIST
SAYS AMERICA NEEDS GOD
Here today, winning a $40 prize,
comes ANNA HRIVNAK, Of De-
troit, with letter which should
put fresh hope in the most
blighted viewpoint. The daughter
of a Communist-surely you'd say,
she is no advocate of the gentle
Christ! But listen
Dear Elsie:
Cant we ever have that
peace on earth of which the
angels sang? Never, until we
remember that they also sang
GLORY TO GOD IN THE
HIGHEST AND ON EARTH
GOOD WILL TO MEN"
"Never has America needed
God as it does today. Moth
ing else will save it. We may
sneer at Spain, France, Ger
many, Russia, in which God
seems forgotten, but we are on as
bad a spot as they. UniOnism,
Communism, Socialism, FaScism
nothing will take the place of
love of God and service to His
children.
Yes. there is great wealth and
power in America, and working
people have luxurieS and free
dom never enjoyed in any other
land. But still hate spreads
and hate will kill us.
Being the child of Com
munist. know that America
is seething today with hate and
ruin, and brewing revolution
which will end in wholesale
slaughter, slavery and cOrrup-
tion. Let's remember to sing
GLORY TO GOD IN THE
HIGHEST in our common daily
Acts-then truly America will
| have PEACE ON EARTH,
The Washington times., 1937-02-08

arg ent Senator COnnally
against destroying the present
sandstone walls of the central
portion of the building by moving
them is based on the fact that he
prefers to see the Capitol remain
as it is now, instead OF having
to have it restored to its original
lines in years to come. He found
out in his trip abroad that a lot
of restoration work was going
on over there.
He is only "a years old and was
born on a farm near Hastings
Iowa. When he went abroad IN
1927 he studied farm productlon
and did research work in the Inter
national Institute Of Agriculture
in Rome.
He is also a writer and his auto
biographical sketch points out:
"Author of AN Iowa Farmer
Abroad 1928; History Of Tabor
College 1881; editor Of weekly
syndicate, AN Iowa Farmer IN
Foreign Fields and cOeditOr OF
weekly syndicate, New Roads IN
Old MexicO;' staff contributor
to 'WalIace's Farmer member
of Iowa state Historical Society,"
valley Forge Historical Society
GrinnelI AIumnae, and farm
organization"
The man who is proposing the
bill which Representative Wearln
is against is Senator Tom Con
nally who was married in 1904
lust a year after Representative
Wearin was born. Senator Con
nally began service in Congress in
the House of Representatives in
the Sixty-fifth Congress. Repre-
sentative Wearin is now serving his
third term
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session and who
testified against
it before t b e
Senate P u b | / c
Buildings a n d
Grounds C o m
mittee last Fri
day, Represen
tative Otha D.
Wearin, is a n
Iowa farmer.
And strangely
e n ou G h h e
knows quite a
bit about his
torica1 hI1i1dinPS
in Europe. His
The Washington times., 1937-02-08
Wise Words

AS God is propitiated by the
blood of a hundred bulls, so also
is He by the smallest offering of
incense.-Ovid.
Pain is no longer pain when 1t
is past.-Margaret j. Preston.
Most men are more willing to
indulge in easy vices than to prac-
tice laborious virtue s.-Dr. 8.
Johnson.
Nobody was ever so cunning as
to conceal their being so; and
everybody is shy and distrustful
of crafty men.-Locke.
Pride makes us esteem our
selves; vanity makes us desire
esteem Of others.-Blair.
The Washington times., 1937-02-08
Keep the Record STRAIGHT

A INVOLVEMENT is made that Poland is soon to
"A begin construction of huge underground fortfica-
tions her western frontier
If they are ever removed Germany will have to do it.
None of which should concern US except for this fact
Not Poland but FRANCE is paying the bill-some
$2O0OOO,O00
That's the same France which claims it can't pay
dime on its debt to this country.
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bitiOn to be smOOth-nO matter
about the hollow, rotten fOun-
datiOn beneath. MatrimOny .
laugh. NOse-thumbing at any
thing sacred. Devotion to the
almighty greenback. Frantic race
to get what 1 consider nowhere
at all. PhOney emotions. False
stimulation.
1--WE seen so much Of dirt and
filth and degeneracy that 1
never want to touch it any more,
even when it's done by nice peO-
pie in a nice way.
But l do want Peace. And
decency. Goodness. OId-timey-
ness, or whatever you call it. /
want people who lay down
standards and won't give in.
RealiSts who are invulnerable
inside-whO know what's real
and what isn't-who are strong
because they don't want to tear
down that inward foundation
who don't want to ruin the
beauty Of that small, still voice
inside. JACK LEWIS,
"StauntOn, Va"
The Washington times., 1937-02-08
Testing Laboratory

THE Congressional session settles down to work
"A aday legislatng the usual number of bills designed
to make the District of Columbia testing laboratory
for governmental laws will start through the legislative
mill
This is the inevitable result of having large COM
munity under the control of legislative body which
has no definite way of asceraning how the community
feels and which utterly without responsibility TO those
whom it legislates
In Withholding the franchise from the residents of
the District Congress is not only being unfair to the
six hundred thousand Americans who live here but is
being unfair to its members.
Its members are constantly under pressure by inter
e~ted groups (Which incidentally, have interest in
the Dstrc to induce them to pass for this city expert
mental laws which cannot receive tryou In any other
community.
These groups believe, and with reason, that if
thev can get their pet schemes tried out in the National
Capital it will advance the interests which they have
elsewhere.
The members of Congress- naturally being more con-
cerned about the political power of these groups among
their constituents than they about the fate of vote
less Washingtonans, too frequently yield to the bland
shmens persuasion of these sponsors of absurd and
ridiculous proposals.
Much of this pressure could be eliminated if the Con-
gress contained delegation elected in the American
way by the residents of this city.
When the new Congress being organized and
members being designated to posts Of the utmost
Importance to the than half million residents of
the National Capital, member designated said
that such an appointment headache
Another member appointed to control of District af-
fairs characterized the appointment "pain in the
neck"
Maybe there is some justification in regarding the
District tasks assigned to members Of Congress in that
light
Of course, Washingtonans cannot help the members
when they come up for reelection.
Possibly the time which they asked to devote to
District affairs is wasted in far as political reward is
concerned and unfortunately, many members of Con-
gress think arge Y, exclusively, of political
wards for their activity.
Yet such attitude most unfair to the city which
these members are to govern.
Our residents not responsible for asking Senators
and Representatives to devote their time to this city
Washngtonians would gladly relieve them of what
they consider burden.
But powerless to do that
WE ARE EVEN PoWERLEss TO SHARE THE
BURDEN WITH THEM AND WILL REMAIN so
UNTIL CONGRESS SUBMITS TO THE STATES
AND THE STATES RATIFY THE PENDING PRO
POSAL TO AMEND THE CONSTITUTION so AS
TO GIVE THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA REPRE-
SENTATION IN CONGRESS ALONG WITH THE
OTHER AMERTHAN NOMMTTNTTTEc
The Washington times., 1937-02-08
GIRL SAYS AVERAGE YOUNG
MAN is A HALF-BAKED DANDY

And lastly, as a grin, lest some.
one accuse us of being too serious,
here's Helen Mayors, SIS prize win
ner, with a few remarks which
should blister some of Gods Gift
to Womankind.
"One upon a time" says
Helen, with a mean Sidewise
glance, "WOmen were supposed
to occupy the pedestal. Now
whom do we see? THE MAR
VELOUS MALE!
Read our ads study our fic-
ton plots. watch our popular
behavior. and you'll see that
everything is designed to please
and fIatter men.
1--WE must use the particular
The Washington times., 1937-02-08
HE,S AGAINST IT

The man who blocked the bill for
extension of the East Front of the
Capitol in the House at the last
The Washington times., 1937-02-08
TOOK 1T ALONG

When the President sent up his
sensational message calling, for a
New Deal in the Federal Judiciary
it was read by the clerks in the
House and the Senate.
In the midst of the reading IN
the House, Representative Ham"-
ton Fish, New York Republican,
got up and walked slowly 1ro-.'
the chamber. Under his arm was
a book. It's title was:
THE Nine Old Men"
The Washington times., 1937-02-08
Listen, World
Id = = = By Elsie Robinson
YOUNG AMERICA SAYS-"WE

If you should tell the average ,
citizen that modern Young Amer
lea is the most spiritual-minded
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CONTEST RULES

1.-The writer Of q letter in com.
petition for one of the three
weekly priEes-twO of $40 each
and one of $5-must be lnder 80
years of age.
2-The letter must be upon some
subject of Importance to Ameri-
can youth.
S-The letter must not exceed 500
words in length.
4-The writer must give his or her
age and full name and address,
and the name of each writer
awarded q prize will be pub
lished.
STO he eligible for the prize
awarded each Monday, a letter
must bear pOstmark not later
than noon of the preceding
Saturday.
6-NIiSs Elsie Robinson is to he sole
judge of the merits of letters
submitted in the contract.
The Washington times., 1937-02-08
HE APPROVES

DR.. Rex Tugwell and Harry
Hopkins came in for q good rio
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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-07-22
DeadIine for State
Job Tests Extended

PHILADELPHIA, July o.
With the largest crowd of job ap.
plicants since July 6 filing through
its offices here, the State Depart
ment Of Labor and Industry's I'M
employment service yesterday ex'
tended to August 2 the deadline
for filing applications.
At the rate of approximately
$500 a day, $4,000 men and
women, looking for the security
afforded by Government posts
under Civil Service, have filed
their papers in the divisions suite
in the Keystone Building, Broad
and Vine Streets, since July.
They will take tests, probably
late in August, for 81 different
types Of positions, ranging from
director Of the division at $4,000
a year, to junior custodian at
$1,000.
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! upon Barley to prevent the nilts
enactment into law. --
The measure Is the first on
Barkley's new legislative program
for the Senate. 1t includes Fed
eral housing, legislation to plug tax
loopholes, wages and hours, extern.
sion of sugar quotas, and possibly
an omnibus farm bill If various
factions can agree.
Test Of Leadership
The bill vetoed by the President
was considered a partial test Of
Barkley's leadership. A large ba.
partisan bloc stands ready to figf1s
for its final enactment. .,
The fight to override the veto
will be led by Senator Borah CRO
of Idaho, who characterized the
bill as the cheapest of all farm
relief" and a measure which per.
mitS the farmer to save his self.
respect"
Cost $37,OOO,OOO
The bill, which would cost, the
Government $37,000,000 a year,
would extend for one year the 31a
per cent interest rate on loans to
farmers through the Farm Loan
Bank Board. At expiration of the
law the loans would revert back
to the original interest rate Of s
per cent.
After the veto is disposed Of the
rest Of the legislative calendar will
be held in allegiance until settle
ment Of the court bill. Barley
predicted the majority Of the Sem
ate will favor enactment of the
program with the possible excep-
ton Of farm legislation, which has
not yet been considered by the
agriculture committee.
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Jim Farley Issue
For N. Y. Voters,
Says Simpson

NEW YORK. July 22.-The Is
sue before Republicans in the COM
ing election is, Shall Jim Farley
write the new constitution for the
State Of New York;" Kenneth F..
Simpson, chairman Of the New
York County Republican commit
tee, declared in an address at the
Fifteenth Assembly District Re-
publican Club, 122 East Eighty.
third st.
The most important task, he
said, is election Of delegates to the
next State constitutional conven-
ton. He designated as the party'S
nominations for district delegates
to the convention from the Seven
tenth senatorial district Thomas
j. Curran, minority leader Of the
Board Of Aldermen: Joseph Clark
Baldwin Sd, and Harold Riegel-
man, counsel to the Citizens
Budget Commission.
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PAINTERS AIDED
BY 2lUN|0NS
Continued from Page u

Continued from Page II
Of the National Labor Relations
Board, charging that the Wag-
ner Labor Disputes Act has been
violated by discriminating"
against union adherents.
Coupled with the development
of these plans at the meeting to-
day was the promise Of support for
the painters from the Elevators
Constructors Local Union No. 10
and the Glaciers Local Union. John
Proctor, business agent of the
elevator men, said he was 100 per
cent behind the painters" in their
fight.
Orderly Strike Urged
The warning was given, however.
that the elevator workers cannot
walk out in sympathy with the
painters on all construction here
unless other building tradeSmen
are pulled" by their unions. This
fact was stressed by Harry s..
Wender, lawyer for the elevator
constructors, who told the painters
he would assist them in legal at
fairs.
He also urged them to conduct
peaceful and orderly" strike, to
maintain the respect of the public
and their own members.
The GLACIERS, who number about
IS members, promised to join the
picket line established around the
Treasury by the painters.
Strife Gains
The internal strife Of the Build
ing Trades Council which began
yesterday when Holcombe an
nounced the painters had with
drawn from that body and would
inaugurate a rival organization,
appeared calmer today. Holcombe
admitted he was concentrating all
his efforts on the strike, rather
than on furnishing" the council.
A further impetus to peace
among the unions, it was declared
by various labor spokesman, is the
fact that Holcombe has taken
pickets from Federal buildings
where construction actually is in
progress. Hitherto, other building
tradesmen have been forced to
walk through the painters lines to
go to work, a situation said to
have created much friction.
The march on Capitol Hill, -
Holcombe ordered, should be COR
derby and within the law" He