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The Washington times., 1937-05-01
The Human Side of the News = By Edwin c. Hill

ton, and continues to be q pri.
mary instinct of our people.
"a great revolutionary like
Cromwell may upset one form Of
it, but only spend himself in the
effort to find another.
1--WE have rebelled against
kings, but never against king
ship. In the last 200 years, while
the throne has lost its definable
powers, it has gained its signifi-
canoe. There have been wise
monarchs and some not so wise,
but the inherent and accumu-
lated majesty of the office has
increased.
NATIONAL SYMBOL
at is not only higher than
any other human estate, but
of a different kind from any
other, for it is the mystical, in
Invisible center of national
union. 1t is the point around
"HACA COlCFcS Vic HbOAUH oC4SC
of a continuing personality.
I'm any deep stirring of heart,
the people turn from the
m C h n / S m of government.
which is their own handicraft
and that ancient abiding thing
behind governments, which they
feel to be the symbol of their
past achievement and their fu.
ture hope"
Lord Tweedsmuir, further on il
his preface, says:
"There is nothing quite like
the status of our crown in the
modern world. and / cannot find
any close parallel in history"
If that is true about the king
ship, it is true that the corona
ton ceremonies are quite unpara,
leled. Such a demonstration i
contagious, which is why othe
people feel it even if they dom
bother to learn or don't care VIII,
they are interested.
Copyright, 1887, by King Features
Syndicate Incl
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ter of fact, you never had any
real faith in humanity.
You only had faith in your TIDY
tight conception of humanity -.
Faith in certain set. sentimental
ideals and standards which ap-
pealed to you.
And why did you have those
ideals and standards? Did you
have them because they fitted life,
because they expressed human ma
ture in general? No, you didn't.
You had them because they fitted
YOU because they expressed
YOU.
Chances are, you established
your code when you were still
quite young sixteen, seven
teen. twenty thinking Seri-
ously about life, for the first time.
But you didn't, as yet, know real
life. You only knew life as you
saw it through young, untried
eyes. And you didn't know human
nature.
You only knew your own, young
INFESTED nature. So, the ideals you
selected-while very pretty and pc
lite-had little relationship to the
world of reality. But, with youth
full stubbornness and conceit, you
vowed you'd make them work.
JUST NOTIONS
Those notions were what you
called your faith in humanity
They were only faith in yourself
Then you went out into life ano
the inevitable happened. YoU
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Marry Co. Round
BIZ Helen ROUIand

1.-THE cook has cropped the aspic for
her dinner party and the ices
haven't come.
She'll hang over a man and
nurse him tenderly through ty-
phoid or pneumonia-and then
push him away from her as
though he had the Buoonic
Plague, just because he has been
toying with a spring onion.
She'll diet until she faints, and
wear a short-vamp highheeled
shoe in order to make herself more
attractive to a man-and then rag
him all evening because she's
hungry and her feet hurt.
She'll accept his intellectual
achievements as a matter of
course and take his business sue
cess for granted-and then boast
to everybody about how he can
pack a trunk, make a cup of cot
fee, and make the garden bloom.
She'll cover up his failures, lie
to hide his weaknesses and, if need
be, follow him to the prison door
with her chin up. But shell
nearly die of humiliation when he
slithers and stumbleS through an
after-dinner speech or knocks over
his demi-tasse.
She will endure grouches, brow.
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POT SHOTS
: anfif1AIs
10 10 NA4VAO4ON
"COnRIOmeratiOnaI RecOrd -

"COnglOmeratiOnal Record"
1t is gotten out in exact dupn-
cate of the Congressional Record
that is, same paper and same
type-but it contains some Of the
best burlesque foolishneSs to come
from the pen of our weary legis'
latorS. :
It's authorship is attributed to
Representative Luther Patrick, the
will Rogers" of Alabama, who
was a radio commentator before
he won his seat in the House. ,
1t takes pot-shots at everyone
for instance, his record of what
happens in the Senate:
"Senate met at IL o'clock
(thereabOuts). General discus
sion, very general, till midnight.
Motion by various members to
adjOurn-waiting action and re.
port on legislative matters from
House. Motion carried to Palm
Beach, Bermuda, Havana-and*
points east, west north and
south. Visitors requested to
kindly refrain from applause.)
Weather report from Palm
Beach, warm and balmy, stiff
breeze coming from the north.
Ninety-six requests for extension
of remarks in ConglOmerational
Record (applauSe)
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ices in behalf of two innocent
men buried alive in California
penitentiarieS for FL of the best
years of their lives.
MAY l again renew my plead
ings with you for your best eff
forts to have published by the
United States Government the
suppressed Wickersham Com
missions report on the Mooney
Billings case. plead with you
most earnestly and sincerely to
bring this about. It will be a
really genuine contribution to-
ward our freedom and vindica-
ton.
at is q document that has
never been permitted officially
to see the light of day, and this
is a SANDER upon the Govern
ment that cOuntenances it."
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that they QlQnG give q nOOC 1oI
your fine ideals. Then what did
you do?
Did you try to broaden your
understanding and tolerance? Did
you try to adjust yourself to a
more complicated scheme Of
things and construct a working
compromise? No, you didn't.
When you found that people
wouldn't follow your plan, you
'lost faith in them you de-
cided that society was rank, and
you went off pouting and refused
to play.
That wasn't humanity's fault.
That was the fault of your own
pee-wee ideas and peevish disposi.
ton. 1t wasn't your faith" that
was hurt-it was your egotisIn.
You were mad because you couldn't
have everything your own way.
BUILD REAL FAITH g..
Don't try to regain a faith"
like that {. it would be as silly as
trying to regain your BABY teeth
Thank heaven you've lost it and
set to work to build a REAL
FAITH in human beings.
Take human beings as they
really are-not as you'd like them
to be. Take them as God made
them-mostly mud, but with a
little spark of His divine essence.
DiSorderly, untidy, unreliable,
impulsive, selfish cruel, contrary
as old heck? Of course they are.
So is every growing thing. But
in spite of that perhaps, be-
cause of that humanity is
wonderful. For side by side with
our ugliness and cowardice and
cruelty and stupidity. there is
beauty and courage and tender.
ness and the promise of intelli.
gence that shall at last set man
free. ~
Search for that promise in
every man-recognize it-have
faith in it. That faith can never
be lost, for each day will reveal
new reason for it. Only the faith
you build on your own vain ig.
norance can be broken. And it
should be.
Copyright. 1887, by King Features
Syndicate. Ine.)
The Washington times., 1937-05-01
Tear Up the Sucker List

THE House of Representatives deals much-needed
blow at Kidnapping swindng and other rackets by
voting repeal of the income tax clause which compels
publication of salaries of $4,000 and more
This stupid feature of the tax law was godsend to
crooks and criminals 1t enabled them to mark down
likely subjects for exploitation 1t was also ranky dis
crminatory, because it applied only to SALARIED men
and women. Those with other sources of income did
not come under its obnoxious provisions
The repeal BILL advocated by the Hearst newspapers,
goes to the Senate and if the Senate has an ota of
justice or common sense it will O. K the House action
and tear these "sucker" lists up.
The Washington times., 1937-05-01

preface of his book, THE Peoples
King" written for the silver
jubilee of George v. He says:
Like many of the essential
truths of government, it cannot
be readily defined. Parliament
can alter laws at will, but the
Seventeenth Century doctrine
still holds that there is q law
fundamental which may not be
tempered with as long as the
nation remains what it is. So
kingship, which during the ages
has shed much Of its old power,
yet maintains its central func-
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Hdoes not govern his people. He
reigns over them. He can do
nothing in affairs of state or in
matters that pertain to the throne
except upon advice of their duly
elected ministers.
It was for this reason that Ed
ward VIII could not, as king, con-
tract the marriage which was not
satisfactory to many of his people.
John Buchan, who had attained
literary celebrity before he had be-
come Lord Tweedsmuir and gov
ernor general of Canada, sets out
to describe the kingship in the
The Washington times., 1937-05-01
Child Health Day

THE observance of May Day "child health day.
l. has special significance in Washington.
Although this city, the National Capital has many
things of which may justly boast it find
for pride in its health record either of children Of
adults.
There be no excuse for the disgracefuly high
infant mortality rate which prevails here
With this cys natural advantages with the types of
business and industry which have here and with the
class Of residents which have this community could
well be model for the country from the standpoint of
health.
Instead of that however, find the city standing
dangerously near the top of the mortality tables in
respect to many preventable and durable diseases
If child health day draw attention to these facts
and unite sentiment behind practical program for i'm
provement it will have served worthwhile purpose
The Washington times., 1937-05-01

like many an
other, you won
der how you
can regain your
"lost faith in
humanity"
Don't try to
regain it. A
faith that can
be lost isn't
W ort h regain
ing. If you had
really believed
in huma n i t y,
t h a t b ellie +
could not have
b e e n broken.
R11t DC O mat.
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princes and ra-
jahS are arriv-
ing, the grand
stands are up
in oxford
Street, and Pic
cadilly is a riot
of color. A
king is to be
crowned. From
the letters of
several CORE
S p o ndentS, I
e a t h er that
there is a group
in this country
W hich holds
the view that
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beatings and deception-and then
pack up and leave because he neg
lected her for blonde at a dinner
party.
But the main thing that man
can't understand is WHY she'll
forgive him for breaking her heart,
wrecking her life and destroying
her peace of mind-but never for
hurting her pride or her vanity!
Copyright. 1887. by King Features
Syndicate. Ine.)
The Washington times., 1937-05-01

LAB Az OSN"J ~
you have
ng be e n
one of our
s t a u n chest
supp Orte RS
q n d q DIV O.
Gates, and /
cannot fin d
W ord s suit
able to ex-
pr IS ade-
quately that
fine sense of
apprec ] alton
that is mine
t or y o u r
m a n Y C o n
timed SnPV.
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STUDIES PLEA

STUDIES FLEA
The date line on the letter reads:
County Jail No.
San Francisco, Cal,
April 20, 1881"
1t is signed
1892"
1t was received by Representa-
tive Caroline O'Day and over the
number in green ink is the sigma
ture:
"TOm Mooney"
And thus again the Mooney
Billings case receives attention in
Congress. In the letter is a plea.
Mrs. O'Day is careful" consider
The Washington times., 1937-05-01
PUZZLED

Representa- i've. Edward L.
O'Neill of New Jersey has one for
the book.
He was surprised, mystified and
amused by a letter he received
from an organization calling his
attention to a dance the organi-
zation was holding. The letter
expressed regret that the Repre-
sentative couldn't attend, but
The Washington times., 1937-05-01
Wise Words

Civilization is a progress from
an indefinite, incoherent homo
geneity toward a definite, coher-
ent Observation-Disclosures Spen-
Ger.
The Washington times., 1937-05-01

They are all set in London for =
the greatest show on earth. The
rehearsals have been held, the
The Washington times., 1937-05-01

Train up a child in the way he
should go; and when he is old, he
will not depart from it.-Old
Testament.
The Washington times., 1937-05-01

49,"
followers in Congress had already taken effective action
against any such speculation by their refusal to expedite
legislation which would give the Governments workers
salaries on which they could live decently.
Considering the fact that the average Government
employees salary now is estimated at approximately
fourteen hundred dollars year there would to be
little ground for believing that Uncle Sans workers
are deeply involved in the stock market.
Those who are so involved are probably not amenable
in any way to the persuasions of Mr. Mitchell and his
colleagues on the Civil Service Commission.
Government employees who might be playing the mar
ket are probably so highly placed that their appoint
ments come directly from the President members Of
his Cabinet and word directly from these officials
would undoubtedly be more effective than anything
that the Civil Service Commission could say or do.
There are unquestionably some Government
ployes, occupying confidential positions in agencies
directly connected with stocks bonds and commodities
who should be absolutely forbidden to deal in the
markets.
For these employees the prohibition is already in
effect and was so long before Mr. Roosevelt came to
Washington.
AS to the wisdom of making the participation or lack
of participation in the market criterion of appoint
ment and promotion in the Government service there
y is at least reasonable doubt.
Despite the extension of the Government into almost
every field and the attempt to control all activities from
Washington bureaus, the stock and commodity
changes are still legal.
Why Government employees should be forbidden to do
thing which is perfectly legal, although of doubtful
wisdom, is question.
Yet in the Presidents letter to Mr. Mitchell they
directly threatened if they pursue activity which the
Government recognizes as within the law
The policy of paternaism behind the Presidents let
ter could logically be extended to many things.
The President could notify employees that if they pur
chase an automobile they would not be promoted or
would not be retained in the Government service.
He could tell those who did not eat their spinach
regularly that this failure would be considered bar
to advancement
It is just legal to buy stock bond it is to
buy automobile or to refuse to eat spinach
The deep personal interest which President Roosevelt
displays in the private activities of Government en-
poyes would be genuinely helpful if he would tell the
Senate and House Civil Service committees to speed up
the McCaran-C onnery pay increase bills.
The Washington times., 1937-05-01

If wisdom were offered me on
condition that I should keep it
close and. not communicate it,
I would refuse the gift.-Seneca
The Washington times., 1937-05-01

Talk often, but never long; in
that case, if you do not please
at least you are sure not to tire
your hearers.-Lord Chesterfield.
The Washington times., 1937-05-01
Listen. World!
By Elsie Robinson
LOST YOUR FAITH IN HUMANITY?

DiSillusioned? Can't trust any
one any more-and miserable be-
cause you can't? And perhaps,
The Washington times., 1937-05-01

He was one of those men, more
over, who possess almost every
gift except the gift of the power
to use them.-Kingsley.
The Washington times., 1937-05-01
DEFY OFFICE

To the Japanese, their Mikado
is the Son of Heaven. To the Eng
lish, their King is an ordinary No.
man being from the line of the
German House of Hanover.
However, if the English do not
defy the man, they come pretty
close to deifying his office. They
surround the throne with mystl-
cism and a sense of the super
natural. 1t is something apart
from the mundane creature who
sits upon it. He may be good. bad
or indifferent, as any other king
or mortal is apt to be, but the
kingship will hold its sanctity.
The kingShip means the en-
pire. 1t means the people.
| This young man, George VI
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Greatest Show on Earth
Blu Frank Miller Smith

Nthanked him for his warm greet
ings on the occasion.
1t was the first he had heard
of the affair and he remarked
that if that wasn't inviting you
not to attend, he never received
one before.
To add to the mixup, the en-
velope in which the letter came
also included a number Of tickets
for the affair.
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while it is all right for England
to make as much fuss as it wants
over the coronation, there seems
to be no reason why the United
States should go a little hayWire
about it.
To some, the coronation vogue
is annoying. Others are inquisi-
tive and want to know: What's
all the shootin' for?" The answer
to American interest is that we
love a parade, we reVel in spec
tacle. Make no mistake, this is
one, the incompatible one. It
crowds into the limits of the hui
man eye an empire which covers
100000 square miles and 445,-
000, 900 persons.
It is difficult, and understand.
ably so, for an American to COM
prehend the British feeling for the
throne. This vas quite obvious
during the last troubled months
of the reign of Edward VIII. end
ing in his abdication in order that
he might marry Mrs. Simpson. If
the English we're to do as the
Japanese and attribute to their
ruler the status of a god, we would
readily sense the reverence and
the reason for It. But they don't
do this. Long ago they discarded
the belief in the divine right Of
kings.
The Washington times., 1937-05-01
WOMAN THE PARADOX

WOMAN THE PARADOX
There are times when the most
complacent man, however brilliant
a student of behaviorism he may
be, wonders if he really under
stands women-particularly his
own Little Woman.
For instance. the first time she
sends him away forever" and
I'VE ~~
~ S&%
MIND SD
2
~. lNI01
~ 1hIz4.!!AA!.I
The Washington times., 1937-05-01
TESTIMONY

Il Ed 1WVON1
Thug" johnson, who testified
right out before the La Toilette
Committee that they called him
that in Harlan county because h
was supposed to go out and get
union organizers, told it this way:
"Have you ever been In
dicted?"
Eyes, for murder"
"Were you cOnvicted?"
mo"
"Were you indicted for any.
thing else?"
eyes, for murder"
"Were you cOnvicted?"
"NO."
Anything else?"
eyes, for drunkenness"
"Were you cOnvicted?"
81 must have been. 1t cost
me $685."
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The deep personal interest which President Roosevelt
displays in the private activities of Government
ployes would be genuinely helpful if he would tell the
Senate and House Civil Service committees to speed up
the McCarran- Connery pay increase bills
The Washington times., 1937-05-01
Do You Eat Spinach?

president ROOSEVELT'S letter to Mr.. Harry B.
l. Mitchell, president of the Civil Service Commits
sion opposing speculation in stocks and bonds by Gov
eminent employees totally unnecessary.
From practical standpoint the President and his
followers in Congress had already taken effective action
against any such speculation by their refusal to expedite
legislation which would give the Governments workers
salaries on which they could live decently.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1937-12-02

Milo and Earl McClendon return
ed to Seattle Sunday after SPEND
ing the weekend at the home Of
their parents. -.
Judge Arthur Mcclure Of Ellens-
burg spent Thanksgiving at the
home of his neice, Mrs. Harry Dill
lon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gordon Rolph Of
Prosser visited at the home Of Mrs.
Rolph,s parents, Mr.. and Mrs. j. e.
Mowery.
The Richland Literary Club will
meet December 6 at the home Of
Mrs. Earle Jones with Mrs. Sgd
ney Relton and Mrs. Harlon Muncey
assisting hostesses, for their Christ
mas party. Roll call will be an out
standing Christmas. Guest artists
for the afternoon will be Mrs. John
Dam, who will render vocal solo.
Mrs. Albert Cloninger will give a
piano solo and Mrs. Vic Nelson q
book review. There will be a Christ
mas tree and an exchange of gifts.
Miss Romano Rayhill of Council
and Evedlyn Petit of Renton were
overnight guests at the home of
Shirley and Jean Dillon hits week.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1937-12-02
River View Girls
to Play KahlOtus

The River View girls will play
their first basketball game of the
season at Kahlotus Saturday night
The first and second boys team will
play Pasco Friday night.
Plans are now being made for the
all school and community Christ
mas program which will be given In
the Finley church on the evening
Of December %.
The River View senior play, 1.-THE
Home Town Girl" will be given in
the high school auditorium on Fri
day, December II.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Mills of Rock
ford were weekend visitors at the
home of Mr.. Mills brothers, VIII
liam and Charles Mills.
The Social Benefit club viii meet
Wednesday, December In the Ho-
yer high school auditorium.
The River View first and second
basketball teams defeated Benton
City at Hover Tuesday evening.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1937-12-02

Boys Win First
Game of Season

Finley-River View played Benton
City basketball teams Tuesday night
On the local floor. The score was
50 to Is in favor of River View
first team and IL to 10 for River
View second team.
Bob Turner and Albert Piert went
to Toppenish Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. r. Gowing spent
Thanksgiving with their daughter
in Wenatchee. They were accom-
PANIED by Mrs. Virgil Masters and
daughter, Merle.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Benson at
tended their dancing club on the
Highlands Monday night.
Miss Ruth Grain of Sunnyside was
q Finley visitor last week. She was
accompanied home by her sister
and brother-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs
Harry Benson, where they had a
thanksgiving dinner.
Miss Louise Shaffner has been
visiting in Portland this week.
Mrs. Henry Jacobs and daughter
Carroll attended the banquet Tues
day evening given by the Rainbow
Girls in honor of their mothers and
Eastern Star members. Miss Car
roll was initiated into the order OF
Rainbow Girls the same evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Cassinat are
moving from the Gowing place to
Kennewick this week.
The River View basketball girls
will play the Kahlotus team at kah-
lotus next Saturday.
Grade school teachers, Miss Kirk
uatrick and Mis- Rupp spent the
holidays at their homes. Mr.. and
Mrs. Herbert Teide went to Col
fax.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Estes drove to
the Crofton ranch near Patterson
last Sunday. 3c
Mrs. Maize Young and sons, Mall
colin, Gerald and LaVerne were din
ner guests at the Henry Jacobs home
Thanksgiving day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stanley Stillwell
spent Thanksgiving with Mr.. Still
wells uncle at Council.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Piert were
Sunday dinner guests Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Sherry.
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FINLEY

Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Gerard, Mr..
and Mrs. Waldo Gerard and Miss
Marie Gerard spent Thanksgiving
with Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Gerard.
Mrs. Carl Walk and son Claude
spent their Thanksgiving day at the
Frank Shelter home.
Mr.. and Mn. Purdy of Yakima
were holiday guests at the home
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Perkins.
Mrs. Genevieve Girkerson and
daughter Dorothy Of Walla Walla
were Thanksgiving guests at the
Ernest Sherry home. They remain
ed until Saturday.