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The Washington times., 1937-02-27

Englishman, who met the same
problem in exactly the same way.
He was Brig. Gen. NJ, F. Gage,
etired. When he bought his farm,
a fertile and beautiful place like
the Daisy Hill of the Van Swerin-
geus, he established eight Evil
leins" as his farmers. They took
oaths of fealty and the whole bust
ness was transacted under the old
feudal code.
When General Gage made an
addenda to the code by which the
workers could make personal gains
by increasing produce above his
requirements for maintenance.
They confined their needs to com.
fort and utility, and the farm had
no complicated machinery to sup
port or gasoline to buy. It worked
out beautifully. There Is surplus
of produce sufficient to buy clothes
and shoes, to provide dentistry and
medicine; and the general and his
eight "villeins" and their families
have a happy little principality Of
their own.
Montesquieu, who made diligent
researches in the feudal era and
clarified our modern concept OF
that institution, wrote that never,
never would feudaIsm be estab-
lished again in the world. Under
it, there was great brutality and
violence; and, certainly, emerging
into capitalism and particularly
into democratic forms Of govern
ment, humanity attained a great
liberation of the spirit and a new
dignity of the human person.
But it would appear that our
right to these blessings Is COM
mensurate with our ability to
maintain, above all, our security
and stability. These, in our amazr
ing technical era, still elude us.
Again, one quotes that the
thrones, powers and domin1ons"
of feudalisn lasted longer, repro.
duced the race more steadily and
abundantly than do ours. Even
if we are thinking merely of great
fortunes, we must note the staying
power of the great natives princes
of India, some of them among the
richest men of the world, and OF
the vast MitSui fortune of Japan
SECURITY is GONE
They derived from feudal, not
capitalistic or democratic, begin
nings, And faSciSm, which is in
a very real sense reverSion to
feudalism, atteSts the failure OF
our system to provide security
That dream seems most deeply
imbedded in the race life, among
all human aspirations. Great
feudal demeSneS grew up when
there was a remote or weak SOY.
ereign. Tentatively, one might
suggest that a strong central
state makes a weak family and a
weak family a strong state. OF
rather that they are paired thus
whether the relationship is casual
or not.
China, essentially feudal fol
thousands of years, has families
which become nothing less than
dynastieS, in their solidarity and
permanence. It has, and has al
ways had, a virtually impotent
state. Here in America, through
recent decades, we see the steady
Capitalization of Federal powers
the unceasing upbuilding of the
powerful state, and we see the
decline of the family.
Modern technology raises living
standards but the security is gone
Can we achieve it without such
absolutism as that which now
curses Russia and Europe?
Copyright, 1887, by King Features
Syndicate. Ino.)
The Washington times., 1937-02-27
Listen, World!
By Elsie Robinson
LIKE FENCES

lgarden1ng-n q m e y, each mans
fundamental and sacred right to
Be Himself. Our fathers had left
their homes, starved and bled, to
assert and maintain that right.
America was founded upon it.
Those fences, with their strictly
segregated garden patches, symbol
lied it. AS yet, the deadly blight
of Standardization had not hit
these United States.
But presently it arrived. The
word was passed that fences were
not cultured-we must tear them
down and merge our front yards
in one uniform vista of moved
lawn and manicured mignonette.
Also, the psychologists warned us,
fences are anti-social. . encouraged
reserves and inhibitions. People
Oughtta Get Together. Drop in
and out without knocking. Be
FOlksy!
So away went the fences. And
away, even faster, went all per-
Sonal reserves and peculiarities.
Until, today, we're all as much
alike as a bunch Of gum drops. In
stead of being the Land Of the
Free and the Home of What-Have-
You, we're a collection Of stereo-
typed robots. And, I don't mind
saying that the situation is, to me,
perfectly revolving.
I don't want to be like other
people-no matter how smart or
charming they may be. I don't
want to wear something just be-
cause other people are wearing it,
or something just because other
people are thinking it. I want to
inhabit my own private premises
and live my own personal life. And
I regard people who invade my
time, ape my manners and swipe
my ideas as common trespaSSerS,
and nothing else but.
INDIV1DUALISTIC
AS for Being Folksy-the very
notion gives me the Screaming
Meanies. have, I believe, a nor.
NAL interest in and affection for
my Fellow Man. And if other
people want to run in packs, they
can. But I am NOT and I have
no intention of becoming, a 100
per cent Sociable Animal.
Frankly, I think most Of our
Getting Together is inspired by
sheer stupidity and lazineSS-most
of us being unable to amuse our.
selves. And I refuse to serve as
Free Fun for any bunch Of empty
noodles.
There are times when even my
Best Beloved looks about as wei.
come to me as a dose of measles.
There are frequent and protracted
periods when I desire to be left
completely alone with me, myself
and I warn anyone who inter
ruptS those times that they'll prob
ably Get Bit. What this country
needs, even more than good, s.
cent cigar, is A Lot of MufflerS
for the Human Larynx.
So, as I said in the beginning,
like fences. I like decently fenced
places and decently fenced people
I'm all for the good old days when
you knew where your life stopped
and the other fellows began! Even
the humbleSt American had Indi
viduality then. Today there isn't
enough, in the whole batch of US
to equip a common fish worm.
(ThiS column tDelconIeS and
requests comments. Letters pre-
Senting personal problems may
also be sent. All letters 1OiH be
handled conJidentidlly and G7t-
sDered promptly it stamped,
addressed envelopes are in
cluded.)
Copyright. 1897. by King Features
Syndicate. Ine.)
The Washington times., 1937-02-27

SSSASAN SS
or eight years
ago that the
Van Sweringen
brothers deVei-
oped their two
million dol la
Daisy Hill farm,
near Cleveland.
Now it is for
sale, furniture
and all. T h e
Van Sweringens
are dead. their
railroad empire
scattered.
Included in
t he furniture
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one of my pet
theories.
Once upon a
time when I de-
clined to extend
myself on some
pro ect that
seemed inordi-
nately silly to
me 1 found sol
ace in express
ing my views
that any further
action along q
certain line was
not consistent
with my policy
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for conservation Se"' ""A' "' "N"
of energy, It is a sad thing to
report that on more than one such
occasion I was accused quite openly
of Just being lazy. Now I have
a champion, and such champion
that their unkind remarks must
be silenced forever.
Again, on the way over from
the Senate Office Building re-
Gently, Senator william j. Bulow,
lanky chairman of the Civil Ser
vice Committee from South Da-
kota, was accompanied by re-
porters. This time I was present
and, as he reached the elevator,
one of the more intrepid youths
pushed the call button only once.
Another reporter said:
"YOu ought to let the Senator
push the button three times
and the car would come right
away"
"Oh, no." said the Senator.
II never push it more than once.
I want to conserve my energy"
Thank you, Senator. Thank you.
Col. Edwin Alexander Halsey,
Secretary of the Senate Of these
United States, is chuckling and
smiling these days at a joke some
one tried to pull on him Thursday
that missed fire.
Colonel Halsey is a Virginian.
He knows his history. He knows
his George Washington and he
can prove it.
Among other titles that he could
use if called upon is vice president
Of the Virginia State Society. Now
1t so happens that each February
this society has a special meeting.
The bylaws Of the society call for
February % to be celebrated in
honor of the birth Of the Father
Of the Country" at which time a
pageant is to be held.
This year the pageant depicted
the scene at the Philadelphia con-
vention when George washington
was persuaded to become the first
President. 2.
Since the Virginia plan formed
the basis of our Constitution, 1t
was quite appropriate. And, since
Colonel Halsey has that bearing
and reserve necessary for the part
he was chosen to play-President
WaShington,
It was a gala affair. Colonel
HalSey was dressed in a beautiful
Colonial costum e-ruffled'
starched shirt, cleaning coat,
satin knee pants, silk stockings,
silver.buckled shoes and powdered
wig. Mrs. HalSey, dressed in Co
lonial costume, played the accom-.
paniment for the sketch. And
everything went off in great style.
But came the next morning, and
the Colonel received this telegram:
speech resurrected, Wash
ington claims foul play, says
never owned blue pants.
"Signed:
"MT. VERNON LADIES'
AID SOCIETY"
The Colonel Immediately attrib-
uted this missive to some OF his
friends" But he rests serene on
his laurelS.
The reason: While the pageant
was at it's height the hall was Wis
tied by none other than Repre-
sentative Sol Bloom, the coun.
try's foremost authority on Wash
ingtoniana, and Representative
Bloom gave his unqualified ap'
proval to the whole setting.
And so I guess that settles that,
Earle Chesney, Mark Trice, How.
ard Foster, Carl Loeffler or who
ever it was who sent the wire.
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Nationwide Support

TNE introduction by Representative Mary T. Norton,
i of New Jersey, of resolution providing for sub
mission to the States of amendment to the Consttu
ton giving residents of the District of Columbia the
right to vote for President and Vice President and the
right to representation in Congress, is more than
sponse to a request from local residents
1T IS A RESPONSE TO THE LOUDLY VOICED
NATIONAL. DEMAND THAT THE DISCRIMINA-
TIoN WHICH HAS MADE POLITICAL sERFs OF
THOSE WHO LIVE IN THE DISTRICT BE ELM
MATED.
The Washington times., 1937-02-27

The nationwide sentiment in favor of giving the Dis
trct representation in the Government has been ex-
pressed by hundreds of newspaper editors during recent
months in response to request from The Washington
Times that they voice their opinions on the matter.
The response to that request brought out unexpected
support fol the proposal.
In the opinion of most of the editors there was not
the slightest justification which could be made OF the
existing order of things.
The editors agreed that to pursue policy of denying
primary democratic rights to residents OF the political
center of a democracy was anomoy which should be
wiped out
All were of the opinion that if their readers
abed to vote on the proposition they would speedily
write the substance of the representation amendment
into the Constitution.
All shades of political thought and all sections of the
country were represented in the group Of editors who
wrote the proposition.
With this expressed support behind the constitutional
amendment Congress should be prompted to hold hear
ings on the submission resolution and after study OF
the situaton to submit the amendment to the people,
Such consideration urged by the last Democratic
National Convention in resolution which was adopted
unanimously.
There is, however, nothing of partisan political
nature involved in the support which is given to the
amendment
That is evidenced by the fact that while Representa-
tive Norton Democrat, introduced the resolution in
the House. it had been previously introduced in the
Senate by Senator Arthur Capper, Republican, Of
Kansas.
Both Senator Capper and Representative Norton are
familiar with the District and its problems and know
we'll the Importance of giving this community repre-
sentation in Congress.
Representative Norton is chairman of the House Dis
trict Committee and Senator Capper served for many
years as chairman of the Senate District Committee and
is now the ranking minority member of that committee
When these members speak on District affairs their
status as experts cannot be denied.
They should be heard by their respective houses on
this measure which is of such great Importance to the
more than six hundred thousand residents Of the Ma
tional Capital
The Washington times., 1937-02-27

I Ike fences. I Ike what fences
did for people and places. And I
Justify rebel against our increaS-
inglY unfenced life. Democracy IS
The Washington times., 1937-02-27
The Human Side of the News
By EdWin C.. Hill
longer inAto recorC

Feudal castles stayed longer met
the family than do the baronial E
castles of today. It was only six n
The Washington times., 1937-02-27
heads in the Clouds feet suer-fOr feet
have eyes to the rocks of REALITY.

of us would 60 crazy, or to Reno or to Spain,
without the blessed escape of MAGMA
TION.
But the wise ones do not dwell too long
in the fleecy pink clouds Of escape" Aldous
Huxley wrote:
FACTS do not cease to exist because
they are IGNORED"
Your feet will find the facts, the rocks of
Reality that stub your toe, trip you up,
bring you down from the clouds.
But though we stumble, we must never
stop thrusting our heads back up into the
clouds-for breath of fresh air.
America was built by dreamers, whose
minds scared up through the clouds in
search of IDEAS, before their feet stumbled
over FACTS below, brought the dreamers
down out Of the clouds to REALITY and
ACTION.
The Washington times., 1937-02-27
The Greatest
Show On
Earth
By Frank Miller Smith
GOOD COMPANY

No longer will I have to accept
the jibes of my immediate family
and close friends when mention
Evening star., 1937-09-23

control and discipline" the dean said
aboard the inbound S. S. Southern
Cross.
This is due to propaganda de-
signed to arouse public doubt in re-
gard to the efficacy Of democracy
in emergencies"
BY taking advantage Of Latin Amer
ica's interest in the Spanish civil
war, the dean said, local representa-
tives of the Italian and German gov
ernments lombard the press with a
daily emphasis of the totali-
tartan PHILOSOPHERS and policies Of
the Italian and German governments. "
Russia Active Secretly.
Meanwhile" he added, Russian
propaganda is distributed more in
directly and secretly, designed to un-
dermine the relationships between
property-owning groups and the gov
ernments."
BY radio, Germany, Italy and
Russia maintain a day and
night barrage of public opinion" Dean
Ackerman said, with such high
powered stations and obviously di-
rected radio beams that wave lengths
allotted to the United States are
blanketed out.
This is especially true" he con-
Evening star., 1937-09-23
n.E:.0. ORGANIZERS
BEATEN BY A GANG.
Memphis Acts Held Inspired
by Mayor--Rep|acements
Sent to the City.

Iy the Associated Press.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, September 23.-
Headquarters of the United Automo-
lie Workers of America have ordered
dditional organizers to Memphis as
he aftermath of beatines suffered
~ two representatives.
Richard T. Frankensteen, acting
J. A. w. A. president. said at Detroit
he organizers were being sent from
st. Louis to assist in the campaign to
lnionize workers at the Ford Motor
20. assembly plant here.
Frankensteen's statement expressed
)elief the attacks were inspired by
week end anti-C. 1. o. statements
rom Mayor Watkins Overton and
Police Commissioner Clifford Davis.
Norman Smith, 42-year-old st.
louis organizer. was released from the
,ity jail, where he was taken last
hight after four scalp gashes and a
sprained arm were treated.
Charles Phillips. a former Ford
plant worker and Smiths assistant.
said he was beaten two hours before
Smith by a similar group of men"
Phillips said his case was not reported
to police.
Mayor Overton announced Satur-
day imported c. I. O. agitators, Com
munists and highly paid professional
organizers" will mot be tolerated"
here
Davis added: I'VE will free Memphis
OF these unwanted people"
Davis said later "the city govern
ment is opposed to violence"
In this case of Norman Smith, he
said. Eve are making thorough in
vestigation and are going to the bot
tom Of it,
He said Smiths detention had no
connection with the anti-C. I. o. stand
and that his questioning was a part
Of regular police routine in fights
Smith was beaten with a soft-drink
bottle and a speedometer cable by un-
identified men when he left tavern
after having beer with Ford worker.
Phillips said he was attacked by a
similar group.
Evening star., 1937-09-23
AMELIA EARHART HELD
MURDERED BY SCIENCE
schoolmen, Physicists and Astron-
omers Blamed by Writer in
First Issue of Magazine.

First Issue of Magazine.
By the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES, September 23-
Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan
were murdered by Dogmatic Science. ."
TIFFANY Thayer charges in the first
Issue Of the Fortean Society magazine
today.
Unless By some miracle they found
land and food and fresh water =
they were sent to their death by the
SNUG complacency of Authority. of
the schoolmen and the physicists and
the astronomers" wrote Thayer, Sec
retary of the society, national group
OF scientific agnostics, including sew
eral prominent writer's.
Thayer contended science is igno-
rant of the true nature and dimen-
sions of the earth, and. therefore, is
to blame for the tragic failure of
the Earhart-Noonan round -the-world
flight.
The Fortean Society was organized
In 1881 by j, David Stern, newspaper
publisher; Thayer. Ben Hecht, Booth
Harrington, Burton Rascoe, Alexander
Woollcott, writer's; Aaron Sussman
and others, to perpetuate the ideas
Of Charles Fort, scientific iconoclast,
who suggested, among other things,
the stars might not be so far away
and the earth might be nearly"
stationary, if all evidence was con-
sidered.
Evening star., 1937-09-23
s. w. O. c. REGIONAL HEAD
DODGES MEMBER QUERY
Says 6,244 of Is, 900 in Cambria
Works Belonged, but Evades
Link to Association.

3y the Associated Press.
JOHNSTOWN, Pa, September 23.-
Clinton S. Golden, regional director
Of the S. w. o. c., claimed today
B,244 Of the $4,000 employees in the
Bethlehem Steel Co.'S Cambria Works
were members of the union at the be-
ginning of strike last June.
But Golden refused to tell whether
membership in the Amalgamated As
eociation of Iron. Steel and Tin Work.
ers carried affiliation with the S. w
o. c., which was formed to conduct
q membership drive for the associa-
ton.
Company attorneys asked the Pitts
burgh union leaders at the Labor
Boards hearing on charges that the
company intimidated workers:
do employees of steel mills become
members of the S. w. o. CO"
Ignoring Trial Examiner Frank
Blooms comment that the question
was perfectly simple" Golden de-
clined a yes or no answer. and replied
only that workers become members
OF the amalgamted association.
Evening star., 1937-09-23
NEWSPAPER UNION
OF A. F. |. is PLANNED

Dillon Will Represent Green in
Organizing Toledo Campaign
Among Editorial Employees.
By the Associated Press.
TOLEDO. Ohio, September 23.-
The first attempt to organize news
paper men into a federal union under
William A. Green, president of the
American Federation of Labor. will be
made here Sunday, October IT.
Francis j. Dillon, acting for Mr..
Green, will speak Editorial employees
only of the three Toledo newspapers
have been invited to attend.
If federal union is established, an
application to the A. F. of l.. for an
international charter will be made,
Dillon said. Dillon said this was the
first meeting of its kind in the county.
Evening star., 1937-09-23

would make all Pan-America better
neighbors"
Secretary Of State Hull is undoubt-
edly aware OF present conditions" he
said, but the good neighbor policy of
our Government will evolve into
political platitude unless educational
institutions and the newspapers dis
cover the new realities in South
America
Evening star., 1937-09-23

given by H. 8. Jones. pilot, who
earlier had made perilous flight
to bring her to hospital here.
Mrs. Leboursois failed to survive
an emergency operation after the
death Of her unborn child.
Jones was the first pilot ever tc
land an airplane on tiny Grindstont
Island. He flew there in the face
OF adverse weather, answering 9
call from Mrs. Leboursois' husband
for assistance "at all costs"
Evening star., 1937-09-23
PAN-AMER|CAN|SM
BREAKDOWN SEEN
Alderman Warns of Threat
of Fascism in Latin
Nations.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, September 23.-Dean
Carl w. Ackerman of Columbia Uni
versity's Graduate School of Journal
ism returned from three-month
tour of South America yesterday con-
vinced that official agencies of Italian,
German and Russian propaganda en-
danger democracy there and PAN
American solidarity"
Fear OF an adaptation of bolshe-
vism to Latin American conditions is
responsible for an active interest in
the theories Of methods of centralized
Evening star., 1937-09-23
ESCAPE IN BUS FIRE
Passengers and Baggage Re
moved in Alabama.

HANCEVILLE, Ala, September 20
CP).-All passengers escaped injury
when southbound bus of the Grey
hound Lines was destroyed by fire
near here yesterday.
The passengers alighted before the
flames enveloped the vehicle. Baggage
also was removed.
In Birmingham, r. G. McIlvain,
Greyhound official, said the blaze was
caused by motor backfire.
Evening star., 1937-09-23
FLIGHT HERO FAILS
TO SAVE ILL WOMAN

Pilot Dares Bad Weather and
Perilous Landing, Then Donates
Blood in TRANSMISSION.
CHARLOTTETOWN, P. E. l., Sep
tember % canadian Press) Mrs.
I. r. Leboursois, 28-year-od wife of
q Magdalene Island physician, died
last night despite a blood TRANSMISSION
Evening star., 1937-09-23


can country, during periods when
news is broadcast from the U. S. A. or
when foreign news is broadcast 10
cally."
Describes Good Deeds.
To offset this Challenge and dan
ger of propaganda" Dean -Ackerman
suggested that good deeds on the
part of philanthropic foundations, in
stitutions of higher education, news
papers and magazines in the United
States will do more to support good
neighborliness than activities of gov
ernments or business"
The United States and Latin Amer
lea, he said, should adopt a policy
of intellectual reciprocity" with
newspapers bearing its initial bur-
dens.
"Our news orientation is predom-
inantly European and Asiatic," he
said. South American revolutions are
'overplayed' as much in the U. S. A.
as our crime news is displayed in
home newspapers in South America
A moderation of news policies
Evening star., 1937-01-17
HAMILTON ADVISES
C. 0.P.T0A|DLAb0R
Suggests Party Make Close
C0ntactS-Bricker Calls
for New Leaders.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, January 16.-The Re-
publican party was called upon today
by National Chairman John D. M.
Hamilton TO "re-establish" close con-
tact with labor, while an Ohio party
stalwart, former State Attorney Gen.
eral John w. Bricker. suggested new
leadership was needed.
Hamilton, Bricker and Mrs. Grace
B. Reynolds, director for Western
States Of the women's division Of the
Republican National Committee, all
spoke before the sixteenth annual
luncheon Of the Women'S National
Republican Club to an audience Of
about 5000.
Hamilton said the Republican party
had come to be regarded as CLOSED
corporation" and at another point,
obviously referring to the Old Guard,
he remarked:
Liberal is as liberal does. Let
those who proclaim themselves as
liberal accept liberal program"
He was not present when Bricker,
calling the Republicans to CON
scientious service to party and
country" said the situation requires
new leadership"
There are few people In this hall
today who have access to labor and
who understand the needs and aspira-
tions of labor" Hamilton said. THE
FIRST thing the Republican party
should do in its effort to rehabilitate
is to re-establish that personal rela-
tionship."
mo matter how the vote was read"
he added, I'VE stand In the position Of
a minority party"
The task before that minority, he
Evening star., 1937-01-17

said. was to criticize honestly. to CO.
operate with the majority wherever
cooperation was deemed deserved and
to come in closer contact with labor
and other groups.
Bricker, who denounced the Demo-
Gratis for greed for patronage" out
lined this suggested course for his
party:
Opposition to come from the intel
ligent rank and file; study and un-
Evening star., 1937-01-17

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