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Evening star., 1937-03-03
Reaction to Court Plan
Proposal Split Presidents Own Party Overnight and
Brought Thousands of Letters and Teegrams.

opposition to him Is all but dead. The
reaction to it was completely individ-
ual. completely unorganized, and 1t
was a reaction of shock and disquiet.
Overnight it split his own party, as
represented in Washington. Over
night it divided his supporters in
the press. Overnight, and without
any organization whatsoever, thou
sands upon thousands Of letters and
kilograms began to rain in on Wash
ington, most Of them demonstrations
of protest. I am sure that every one
who wrote upon the subject had the
same experience that I did; scores and
scores of letters came in, asking:
I'VE want to protest; how can we do
it?" (The letters did not come from
economic royalists." They came from
totally unknown people, describing
themselves as housewives, or school
teachers, or business men. The sta
tionery on which they wrote was sell
dom embossed Often they wrote on
10-cent tablet paper)
Publicity Drive Planned.
To add to the irony of the Gov
e-nor's speech. the same papers which
printed it carried a long dispatch
from Washington reporting that "or-
ganizations and techniques used in
the prediction campaign are to be
mobili0ed again to get the country
back of the Presidents proposals" I"
The whole force Of the Federal ad-
ministration Is to be put behind
publicity drive to explain" the presi-
dental plan. Millions of people on
relief, dependent upon the Govern
ment for their daily bread, will be
warned that unless the Presidents
proposals pass they may starve. Amer
1can farmers will be told that unless
the Presidents plan goes through they
cannot expect further agricultural re-
lief-although the constitutionaHty of
the soil conservation measures which
followed the A. A. A. has not been
challenged. There is no actual or po-
tential propaganda machinery in the
country which can compare in wealth
or efficiency to that of the Federal
Government, but Gov. La Toilette
warns us against the propaganda Of
the opposition! All, of course, in the
name of democracy.
Next Weeks viii Tell.
The next weeks will tell whether
the opponents Of the Presidents bill
are in a majority or a minority. If
they are the minority never did they
fight in a better cause. For it Is
precisely the protection Of the min
ority, and of all minorites, which is
at stake, the conception, embodied
in the Constitution, that there are
certain rights inalienable from every
individual American citizen, which
no majority whatsoever can vote
away. Senator George put it very
clearly: "Msnorities have no rights
that will not vanish into thin air
If the power of an independent ju-
dietary is destroyed. Throughout our
history the judiciary has held the un-
broken shield of the organic law be-
tween minorities and unbridled Legis-
latures." The Communists, who are so
wholeheartedly supporting the Presi-
dents proposals, again against the
'reactionaries," all in the name Of
that democracy" which has become
their catchword since it was handed
down as the Zine" by the Sinai of the
Moscow Comintern, might we'll take
thought that it is the Constitution
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to keep his temper. That was his
only undisciplined outbreak.
As a boy he was q miner IN his
native Lanarkshire, Scotland. The
family removed to America when he
was 16. He was In the pit for the
keystone Coal & Coke Co. The nose
punching episode led the 900 miners
to make him president Of their newly
organized local of the United Mine
Workers Of America. This started
his career as a labor leader. He
educated himself by correspondence
course.
He moved along up with John L.
Lewis and Thomas Kennedy, now
Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania.
in both the strife and strategy Of the
organization. All three we're vigorous
foes of the left-wingers, and some Of
their stiffest fights were in their own
ranks. If vertical" unionism leads
to a reformation of American labor.
for good or i'll, this triumvirate will
| figure in the history books as its
founder.
President Wilson made Philip MUIR
ray member of his War Labor
Board In 1921, President Harding
used him to sidetrack civil war in
wingo County, West Virginia, with
10000 miners in revolt.
A big, bulky. deliberate man, with a
bit Of the old Scotch burr In his
speech, master of flawless grammer
| and diction, he can still deliver a
verbal punch, but restrains his power
full fist, although he is an eager box
ing fan. He is married and has an
18-year-old son. His salary as an
official of the U. M. w. A. Is $4,000
year.
Somebody besides George vi will get
crowned in England next May. Brig.
Gen. A. C. Critchley comes here to
scout heavyweights, to embellish the
coronation festivities, and gets Max
Baer of to London in a snarl OF legal
entanglements and great confusion as
to who must fight whom, almost as
complicated as the Supreme Court
argument.
Copyright, 1877
Evening star., 1937-03-03

sion of sentiment on the part of the
American people, ratification comes
quickly, and that opposition, whether
artificial or natural, makes its appear
ance shortly after an amendment is
submitted. The process of amending
the Federal Constitution averages less
than three years for ratification or
rejection, and the child labor proposal
is no exception to the rule.
Copyright. 1877
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from abroad The majority
respective gouernnents They
really o
sufficiently
sections OF the United States
members Relations
believe that Europe not far off,
Europe
There
a a which easily be localized.
Hitler has taken Prince Bisarcks
tactics relations The Chancellor until
that his would isolated and thus the hanks Prussia
threatened This Bmrkan policy not followed by the
in 1914 and Germany defeated
endeavorng separate Europe into two
make intervention that favor Of Russia less likely
wedding bells ring Duke Windsor and his
hghness windsor
hgh-rankng lady in the British Empire
Edrard Dheher Duke Windsor royal blood;
title Hghness be taken him;
the title OF duke conferred
decide
Wallis after the
Gloucester husband designated
in the event.
Evening star., 1937-03-03

vision. But it needs revision, not
circumvention. The same Constitu-
ton which, through a multitude of
rulings, has come I'd represent an h-
responsible conception of the rights
Of property, also embodies the Bill of
Rights, the ideas in which. far from
being antedeluvian, were never, in all
history, more important and more
greatly to be cherised than they are
today.
Copyright, 1877
Evening star., 1937-03-03

which prevents them from being leg
islated out of existence In an extremely
anti-communist country.
The opponents Of the Presidents
proposal do, indeed, include "reac-
tionaries." but they also take in
thousands and thousands Of people,
like the writer Of this column, who
are convinced that the idea of prop
erty as embodied in the Constitution
and the tr additional rulings of the Su-
preme Court needs fundamental re-
Evening star., 1937-03-03

the committing
the
venton
from either
Thus while Ed ONeal president of the federation take
sonal officially
indoe the Presidents until directors
democracy balances in
A. F. BIZ
Rural Resetter Alexander really delivered
Southern speech which he did not deliver the WesSoh
In this not make consider
The text of Dr. AXanders speech recalled
official of the Agriculture Department which
Dr Alexander did this speech but spoke extempoaneous
But J. Russell farm editor the Moines
feet Alexander the
all the sharp things about Southners and Southern statesmen
which contained
not read from but Others
the radio they heard the thing.
evidence
the Agriculture testimony suggests
med Southern Congressman might
Alexander, into believing his attack not delivered
this the only convincing publicity
Evening star., 1937-03-03
This Changing World
Masses of America to Decide War Policy, Whatever
Neutrality Law Is Drawn.
BY CONSTANTINE BROWN.

TINE neutrality bill Is neither better than the
1t contains nothing this country
getting another international conhagraion
Il which might precptate
Intervention another world
months haggng and discussions the Senators who
they recipe make America mpos
they realize that neutrality all right
nothing the determined will Of the
entangements in the future
nations realize this they all know that the neutrality bill
Of security to those do
read between the lines
discretionary
in his opinion warrants 1t and the limitations put the American
Evening star., 1937-03-03

The tement is
frequently made
that the child
labor amendment
was submitted by
Congress In 1924
and has not been
ratified yet. An
examination Of
the facts reveals
that the child
labor amendment
was re1ected by
IS States within
three years after
it was submitted
by a two-thirdS
vote of Congress.
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q small civil war
in Westmoreland
County, Pa. At
so, q powerful,
mostly of-stage
figure in the rise
Of the G. I. O., he
talks it over. 1t
looks as II the
danger, suffering
and turmoil Of
the dreaded steel
strike would be
avoided. He has
said many times
that after punch
ing the weight
master lie learned
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that sort that
constitute the real
danger to society,
it Is not they who
are most active
in poisoning the
sources of our
spiritual life . .
1t is not they who
are the most dan
gerous enemies of
truth and free
dom . The
m os t dangerous
foe to truth and
freedom in our
midst is the COM
Evening star., 1937-03-03

ceeded in making the Nation be-
lieve a speech was not delivered,
when it was.
y \
New Philippine High Commis-
sioner Paul McNutt already has
won the women's vote for 1910.
The White House probably
would have changed his assignment
to Marie Byrd Land If it could have
Evening star., 1937-03-03
Headline Folk
and What
They Do
Murray, Steel Spokes-
man, Fighter With
Words and Fists.
BY LEMUEL F. PARTON.

= POKESMAN and champion Of
labor in what one correspondent
calls "a new era in capital
- labor relations in the United
States" is Philip Murray. Heading the
Steel Workers Organizing Committee.
he meets Benjamin F. Fairless. presi-
dent of the Carnegie Illinois Corp, in
a conference. Hope rises that ancient
and bitter animosities will be resolved
in new understanding.
At 18 Philip Murray punched the
weightmaster in the nose and started
Evening star., 1937-03-03

HE opinions of rters this page are their own not
necessarily The Stars Such opinions are presented In
The Stars effort ue sides questions interest to its
readers although such opinions may contradictory
themselves and directly opposed to The Stars.
Evening star., 1937-03-03
News Behind the News
Secret Study Under Way to Overhaul United States
Tax System.
Tax System.
BY PAUL MALLON.


a complete overhauing
of the secretly under the Treasury
~ the Undersecretary, Roswell Magin, is in charge
- the good official that the
the picture
the addition the better unofficial that
corporations earnings
being delayed until the add
tnal available examination
official spoken. but MagiH is said
to 80 cent to replace the
corporations 1eUies eliminate the sliding
annual affairs They develop
Evening star., 1937-03-03
WITH YOUR ENGINE 0|l-PlATE'

oILPLAT1NG differs widely from other forms of lubri
cation in this plain, understandable way 1t remains
lastingy fastened to the pstons bearings and other
engine parts even when they are not in motion.
This is made possible by the Germ Processpatented
which gives Conoco Germ Processed oil its strong
attraction for metals, that every working part be-
comes durably Oi1-Plated.
Oil-Plating is not like any fabrication that merely
goes on-and-of Once Germ Processed oil is covering
the parts it never leaves them bare of Oil-Pating
-. Never when the pistons racing thousands of
strokes minute Never on any hills, despite any
load {. . Never while you park at a dozen stores.
Evening star., 1937-03-03
Child Crusade
Is in Reality2
Campaigns
Amendment Proposed
In 1924 No Exception
To Feasible Changes.
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.

~ NE of the principal argu-
4 ments bein- made aga st
amending the Federal Con-
~ stitution to secure social
reforms is the experience of those
who have been crusading for the
child labor amendment.
Evening star., 1937-03-03

as regent IN tne event PrnceSS
Elizabeth becomes queen while still
under age.
Mrs. Simpson will outrank not
only the Oldest peers In the United
Kingdom, but also the Duchess Of
Kent, the only person Of royal blood
to be married to a son Of George v.
Among the many privileges
which the Baltimorean will enjoy
after her wedding will be that she
Evening star., 1937-03-03

shipping are all likely TO help the
nations with actual cash in this
country and with large merchant
marine.
AS far as any physical inter-
vention Of America In another
world war is concerned, as a result
of incidents similar to those Of the
years 19l4-1916, the foreign nations
know that it will depend entirely
on the mood Of the masses in the
United States.
Evening star., 1937-03-03
BY DOROTHY THOMPSON.

EV Y YELL, fellow citizens, I
\A/ shall say no more about
Wv our leading men {.
For I cherish the COM
Portable conviction that these laggards,
these relics of decaying order of
thought are diligently cutting their
own throats It's not people of
Evening star., 1937-03-03

getting beyond the departmental
pigeonhole. Something may be
done before Congress adjourns.
X X X
All the Presidents horses and
all the Presidents men have ap-
parently not been able to get the
largest farm organization behind
the court packing plan.
The answer, or at least the
legitimate excuse. seems to be that
Evening star., 1937-03-03

will
scarlet velvet dress at all official functions
Evening star., 1937-03-03

So it's nothing to you, when engineers blame more
than half of all engine so-called dry start
ing" You needn't worry over any of the annual
Spring oil scare. Whether your is new or old,
you can make your longer runs hit your higher
speeds enjoy your hotter sunshine. Oil-Plating
can take it like the longest-lasting part of your
engine For oil-Plating really becomes longlasting
part of your engine, you change to long,lasting
Conoco Germ Processed oil. Continental Oil Company
Evening star., 1937-03-03

In other words, action on the child
labor amendment came within about
the same period of tilhe as has
elapsed with respect to other amend
ments that have zen submitted.
What has been confusing about
the record on the child labor amend
ment is that proponents of the refc /
revived the issue in State legislatures
in 1893, Just about nine years after
the original submission. Since 1924,
% States have ratified the anne
ment-22 of them since 1880 that
what has happened is tn equivalent
of a second submission.
The Washington times., 1937-06-05
DRIVERS SEEK
LICENSE CURB

A "storm meeting" at which
they intend to perfect plans for
an amendment to the bill now
before Congress limiting the
number of taxicabs in the Dis.
trict. will be held Monday night
by the Industrial Brotherhood
Of Taxi Drive at the Typo
graphical Temple.
The drivers will demand i'm.
mediate action on the bill. If
they cannot get this, they in
tend to throw o picket me
around the Public Utilities Com.
mission and if still unsuccessful.
picket the Capitol.
The amendment proposed would
limit the number of taxicab oper-
ators licenses issued as well as
limit the number of cabs. E. Err
win Dollar, president of the
Brotherhood, declared that if any
number of men are allowed to get
licenses, it will result in a gigantic
wage conflict. The present bill
limits the number Of taxis to
about 5000.
The Washington times., 1937-06-05
CIVIL SERVICE
A|DPR0MISED
BY RANSPECK
Housed ommitteeHead
Backs Proposals Of
Roosevelt

Hailing the Presidents state
ment on the preservation OF the
merit system, Representative Rob
ert Ramspeck CD Of Georgia,
chairman of the House Civil Serv-
ice Committee, today promised to
fight numerous pending bills that
would substitute patronage Tor
Civil Service jobs.
Ramspeck announced he will APP
pear before committees consider
ing such bills to ask that they be
defeated. Approximately 10 such
bills have been introduced.
RamSpeck said he hoped to be
able to secure action on his bill
extending the Civil Service to
emergency agencies. The bill Is
now in his committee.
Members of the committee have
held up action because of their
insistence on competitive examina-
lions, which, RamSpeck said, would
certainly defeat the bill on the
floor of the House." Although
he himself favors such cxamina-
tions, he said. Congress would more
likely accept the Presidents en-.
dorsement Of the non-competitive
type.
Ramspeck said he could not ex-
pect early action on his bill. out
''in good time" would bring it up
before the committee again.
The Washington times., 1937-06-05
DRASTIC STEPS
PLANNED BY
BUREAU
To Accept No Excuses
For Failure to
File Returns

The Internal Revenue Bureau is
preparing to fine thousands Of
individuals and corporations
throughout the nation for failing
to file tax returns under the Social
Security Act.
Spokesman for Guy T. Helver-
ing. Commissioner of Internal
Revenue, disclosed today the bu.
reau will impose the maximum
legal penalties on all delinquent
taxpayers who are subject to the
old-age benefit levies.
In several instances, the bureau
expects to invoke drastic punish
ment. The act provides q maxi.
mum fine of $4,000 and five years
imprisonment for willful violators.
An official said:
eve are going to be hard
boiled about this matter. No
excuses will be accepted"
Under the law, employers are
required to file monthly returns in
connection with the old-age pro-
vision which calls for an income
tax on workers wages and an ex-
else tax on pay rolls.
According to the bureau, thouS-
ands of persons and firms failed
to submit returns on the theory
the Supreme Court would rule the
Social Security Act unconstitu-
tional. Other delinquencies are
attributed to ignorance concern
ing the acts provisions. In a
minority of cases, the bureau an
ticipates uncovering evidence of
attempted fraud.
The Washington times., 1937-06-05
Frank Md|Ioy Heads
Spa!dinq K. {. Counci

Frank N. Malloy succeeded
Thomas F. Garlin as grand.
knight of Spalding Council,
Knights of Columbus, at its annual
election Of officers, it was an.
nounced today.
Other officers elected for the
term beginning July / were John
J. Carmody, deputy grand knight;
F. H. Hunake, treasurer: william
G. MCGUIRE, chancellor: Clarence
J. Ouradnik, recording secretary;
Ralph j. DeLavergne, warden:
Frank P. Hanrahan, advocate, and
William j. Ryan, trustee.
The Washington times., 1937-06-05
SuSDenSiOnS Listed
BV Traffic Board

epended for a period of 80 days
are:
Phillip D. Arnett, 1853 Corcoran
st. N. W., so miles.
James A. Moreland, 51S K ST..
N. E., AZ miles, second offense.
James R. Nichols, 3105 Woodley
Road N. w., so miles.
Jessie H. Pratt, AZ Pierce st.
N. w., 46 miles, second offense.
Kenneth B. Roberts, Vienna,
Va, SO miles, second offense.
James Solomon, 1880 Myrtle st.
N. E., so miles.
Howard C.. Hanchey, Prince
George, Va. so miles.
The driver whose permit was
suspended for a period of As days
is Charles A. Eckloff of Silver
Spring, Md, 46 miles, second Of
tense.
Those convicted in traffic court
yesterday were:
Third Offense Speeding
Nathaniel Brodie, 5O13 Ayles
Place S. E., $25.
Second Offense Speeding
Russell E. Knodle, 1924 Elev-
enth st. N. W., $25.
Kenneth F. Wilson, Maryland,
$40.
william C. Ferguson, 1895
Park Road N. w., $40.
Warren D. Clardy. 1926 Var.
mum st. N. W., 500.
First OffenSe Speeding
James A. DAILY, 1928 N st.
N. W., $25.
Continued on Page Is, Col. y
The Washington times., 1937-06-05

District driving permits Of two
Maryland residents and one Wash
ingtonian were revoked today by
the Board of Revelations, SuSpen.
sions and Reservations, for driving
at an excessive rate of speed.
The three persons losing their
permits are:
Edward r. LeCarpentier Of 1920
Thirteenth st. N. W., for third Of.
tense speeding; Ray G.. Beall of
Berwyn, Md, for driving SIS miles
an hour, and Charles H. Pickett Of
Bethesda, Md, for driving so miles
an hour.
Permits of seven others were
suspended for 80 days, one for As
days, and another group Of seven
for an indefinite period, pending
appearance before the board.
Those whose permits were SuS-
pended indefinitely, and the speed
at which they are charged with
driving, are:
Richard Armstrong, 524 Fourth
st. s. w., 50 miles, second offense.
Ralph v. Ayers, S27 Douglas st.
N. E., so miles.
Evelyn P. Brosnahan, S21 Tenth
st. N. E., so miles.
Henry D. Genther, 1747 Kill
borne Pl. N. w., so miles.
Victor e. Mollet, nonresident
stopping at the Raleigh Hotel, so
miles.
Leandrow Thomas, 1920 Florida
Ave. N. W., IS miles.
Elwood r. Nichols, of Hyatts-
vile, Md, IS miles.
Those whose permits were suS
The Washington times., 1937-06-05
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who fought windmills after going
mad reading of medieval TO-
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Thousands today got their copies
of "Best-Loved POEMS" a vol
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Readers obtain these books by
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The Washington times., 1937-06-05
Howard u. Graduates
To Hear DR.. Johnson

DR.. Mordecai W. johnson, pres
ident of the university, will de.
liver the baccalaureate sermon to
the graduating class of Howard
University tomorrow at 5 p. m. on
the university campus. Special
music will be provided by the uni
verSity choir.
James I. Minor, captain of Com
pany A of the r. o. T. C. unit,
was given the individual gold
medal as winner of the annual
competitive drill held yesterday
in the University stadium as the
opening feature of the commence
ment program. He also was pre-
sented the Maj. Gen. Hanson E.
Ely cup. DR.. johnson made the
awards. A gold medal for demon
Stration of the highest quality of
efficiency and leadership during
the four years of military training
was awarded to Cadet Major
James Fowler by Dean E. P, Davis,
The Washington times., 1937-06-05

week, they add 80 cents library fee
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If you wish to save for the next
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The Washington times., 1937-06-05
NAMED
T0F|REP POST

Herbert A. Friede, Superintend.
ent of Fire Alarms for the Dis
trict of Columbia, today was
elected a director in the Eastern
Association of Fire Chiefs organi-
cation for the unexpired term Of
Calvin LAUDER, District of Column
bia Fire Marshal, who recently re-
signed.
super intendent Friede was
named along with Chief Samuel
B. Conver, of Ocean City, N. j.,
who was chosen to fill an unex-
pired term of a director from his
city as the Eastern Association
brought to a close its three-day
convention at the Mayflower
Hotel.
An Alexandria bus trip was pro.
vided all delegates at noon.
Principal speaker at today's clos
ing session was Ross B. Davis, chief
engineer Of the Philadelphia Fire
Department, and president of the
organization, who spoke on "Are
We Asking Too Much of Our Fire
Apparatus?" Edward H. War;,
chief of the salvage corps of the
Baltimore Fire Department, also
talked.
President Davis said:
"YOur position Is a highly re-
SpOnsible one, and you can't af-
ford to risk your reputation by
having included in the equip
ment of your bureau, apparatus
that may fai7 you in the hour
of need. If equipment fails at
a fire one sentence in the news
paper does not impress the pub
lic."