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Evening star., 1937-07-21
We, the People
"Hand of God'' Shibboleths Held Out of Place in
Dealing With Court Bill

Congress. An adult civilization could
debate these issues and pass or re-
1ect these measures without dragging
in "the hand of God" and without
substituting ancestor worship for hu-
man reason.
Government is a practical affair and
deals with practical problems of eco
nomlc, political and social relation
ships OF human beings. No one who
reads the headlines can doubt that
there is urgent present need for ac-
ton in many fields-in agriculture,
labor relations, monopoly, housing,
tenancy, political administration, jul
dlclal procedure. No one familiar with
recent history can doubt that the
Federal courts tend to prevent politi-
cal action in the fields where action
Is most needed and that we can deal
with present needs only by binding
the immediate future of our judiciary
There is the Unconditional, naked
TACT. Mr.. Robinson died of heart
failure In a struggle against those
VINO substituted emotion and obstruc-
tlonlSm and traditionalism for a cam
dld consideration of that fact. Onlv
the unWhOlesome neurosis of an ebh-
ing statesman would suggest that we
abandon the effort to deal with a
purely practical issue through fear of
lhe supernatural. We are not fight
ing luustrious ghosts in 1897; we are
sun flghting the privileged corporate
olllionaires and their political hench-
men, just as in 1882 and 1886.
tCopyrisht, 1872
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"LIBERALIZED" RIVAL
OF D. A. R. FORMED
PERSONALLY Acceptable" Proviso
Is Sole Change in
Qualifications.
By the Associated Press.

DS ttle hSsOClafeO Press.
NEW YORK, July 21.-Mrs. Julia
Church KOlar of New York announced
yesterday the formation of the De-
scendantS of the American Revolution
an organization, she said with mem
berShlp requirements similar to the
Daughters of the American Revolution.
but intended to sponsor policies more
liberal than those of the D. A. r.
Mrs Kolar said some D. A. R men,
bers expressed desire to join the new
organization.
Qualifications for membership are
the same, excepting one count.
We shall not have the proviso:
Only il she is personally acceptable to
society, shall person be admitted"
Mrs. Kolar said.
While Mrs. Kolar was invited to join
the D A. R, she stated. she withheld
her affiliation because of this condi-
ton.
The acting chairman of the Organ
izing Committee is Miss Margaret Hat
field Of New York
The organization will support all
progressive social legislation and abe
lition Of child labor. and will work to
preserve civil liberties, Mrs. Kolar de-
clared.
While the society will not start until
Autumn, a committee was at work
drafting a charter to oppose most
D. A. R. policies Mrs. Kolar said.
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for this Spanish situation continues to be
fraught with than
Such palatives devised
than tent helps
saved, but a rule it just proong
the United States for
blood TRANSMISSION.
There strong only eeec-
another catastrophe
prepared TO take active hand
democracieS Europe
concessions to their
Fundamentally Of the
another But of them willing
other on the basis OF reciprocal
The Germans still think
the
might changed
agreement
and the return OF the former German colonies.
The Italians punish for
time member OF the British
the lines OF
the Mediterranean"
The a revival
would make that than today
Great Britain everybody,
be settled by frank
able fnd
nobody
each other probability
In the meantime running in
Nobody in the State Department
whereby our relations with Japan might become
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and look the part.
The old king is worried about Italy's
effort to establish a protectorate over
Yemen, Just across the Red Sea from
Italy's Ethiopia. England is touchy
about that, toe, and, it is understood,
this was the touch-off for Anthony
Eden's suave hands off" warning,
Three years ago, Ibn Saud licked the
1mmam Of Yemen under British
sanction. Again, with British ap-
proval, he demanded no indemnities or
punishments and the rich state Of
Yemen was fooled deity into the orbit
of British power.
King Ibn Saud is the spearhead OF
pan-1siamlc unity His influence has
wldened steadily from Persia to WesG
Africa. He has concluded a treaty Of
peace and amity with Egypt HIS
powerful Wahabi sect infiltrateS
among the Arab milllons-invaluabl
as empire allies and menacing as
enemies. He was the first Arab leader
70 VreSt an autonomous state from
Britain. and in return, has kept IN
step with Downing street. England.
through Anthony Eden. makes it clear
that she does not want Italy or any
body else disturbing this set-up.
The King was once an obscure
tribesman and still likes to live much
in the desert and hold court in the
open air. He is feet 4 inches tall,
with a roaring voice, agile and muscu-
lar in spite of his weight. He says
Arabia is modernized. but that ma
chinery must be admitted cautiously
and made the slave and not the master
Of his state-aS when he rode his old
rattle-trap StudebaEer until it fell to
pieces. He forbids liquor. shoWy dress
and the wearing Of Jewels or gold or
silver ornaments anywhere in his
kingdom Saudi. Arabia. therefore, raay
not be good empire sales territory, but
England doesn't mind that as long as
the King keeps 1t in line.
(Copyr.ght, 1879
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But tastes it have changed,
These
AS usual figures conceal the
admit itopeny little
over $4,000 less than April well the
Nevertheless
to sell the virtues of the fluid
possible profb probably
w. c. 7. U, face expensive
The latter would switching
stuff
the kind that foated
Evening star., 1937-07-21
Pedestrian Hazards.

Accidents take a greater toll Of
pedestrians than Of drivers, and In
juries TO pedestrians are more fire.
quently fatal This is easy to under
stand when We realize the force Of the
impact of a vehicle weighing over
1000 pounds even If it is going only
20 miles an hour. In any accident
the driver is protected by his car as
by armour; the pedestrian is without
defense. Punishment is immediate
and direct for the pedestrian who
makes an error in iudgment.
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The salary to fifteen grand the
Ldbors
and credit the reelection OF President
Roosevelt.
who recall junior Senator
thinks duties holding conflicting
while looking his apparently feels
efficient a
the
According advices. McGrady regrets.
Ed the
McGrady making n
strikes when they weren't popular they today result
oeraby
dumped for doing perfectly legal
considers
he has
solved the problem maSe-he
bargain for both employer either
Uncle dstiler
Not
Virgin Islands barrels, handWrting-n
good isn't smart say
the epicures.
And it isn't the of the spirit either but the
the
Evening star., 1937-07-21
CIVIL WAR MEMORIAL
BUILDING is PROPOSED

Erection Of memorial building here
to honor veterans Of the Civil War Is
contemplated in q resolution intro
duced late yesterday by Representative
Secrest, Democrat Of Ohio. The
resolution authorizes creation of a
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commission headed by President
Roosevelt to determine the design and
location of the proposed memorial.
The building would be known as
the Ladies of the G. A. R. National
Shrine and would contain large
auditorium with an arena for sym
phony concerts and other useful and
patriotic purposes.
The resolution also would authorize
an appropriation of $4,000 to pay the
expenses of the commission.
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does not SatiSfac-
torily dispose of
the matter. There
are some aspects
of judicial reform,
particularly With
reference to pro-
cedure in the
! O W er c ourtS s,
Which they think
o u g hit to be
tackled.
1t would seem,
therefore. as if an
a agreement might
be reached to lay
aside the subSti-
tute court bill and
Evening star., 1937-07-21
What's Back of It All
Laborites Counsel Criminal Action Against Republic
Steel Under Old Conspiracy Code
BY H. r. BAUKHAGE.


I who a
the odds against them prevails Republic Steel with
|
4 Relations Board beginning today.
R. investigate labor prac-
tees hold hearings
testimony hearings Just starting reueals ntorma-
ton i nay
sympdthiee action by Department
As pointed some weeks of
Department of Justice have earted
Civil
by
1t 81, title
spring interfere
rights
The law used
investigation not yet concluded Department
According unquoabe
conspiracy under this statute the Republic
But here is the long
Conservative legal
attempt launch Kentucky
Evening star., 1937-07-21

But there are many American
citizens in China who are being
molested by the japanese soldiery.
Incidents OF serious nature
might occur and play into the
hands of those elements in Toxic
which would like to have a row
with us, fully convinced that We
do not want to fight.
The japanese soldiers are
pouring in in large numbers on the
Aslatic mainland. The foreign
Evening star., 1937-07-21

his weight still
a roun d 40
pounds. His sons
are mere minute
splinterS of the
old block and
Saudi, Arabia, is
kept safely in the
empire lineup by
t h e continuing
dominance of the
shrewd and pow
erful and, to
date, co-operat-
ing king-a syn
thetic ling, TO be
sure hUt ono of
the few who live
Evening star., 1937-07-21
Lehman Note
Goes Beyond
Personalisn
Stamp of Patriotism
Placed On Stand
Against Bill.
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.

ON. LEHMAN'S letter opposing
the Presidents plan to pack"
l the Supreme Court continues
the sensation of the hour.
The White House attitude is one of i'll
concealed discontinue The Congress
recognizes the New York Governors
communication as turning point in
the whole controversy
Whatever else may be said on the
surface, the inner circumstances tend
to create the impression that a grace
ful retreat is in process of being formu-
lated by friends of the President With
his knowledge, consent and encourage
ment
There are enough votes to recommlt
the so-called substitute for the original
court bill, but even the opponents Of
the Presidents plan realize that this
Evening star., 1937-07-21
Nerves Convey knowledge.

The power to form habits, to learn,
is dependent on property Of the
nervous substance of the higher brain
centers 1t is a faculty called associa-
ton, or associative memory.
Evening star., 1937-07-21
Who's Who
Behind the
News
King 1bn Saud of Saudi,
Arabia, Is a Ruler
Britain Can Trust,
BY LEMUEL F. PARTON.

~ NGLAND would feel better about
- things in general if old King
1bn Saud would mind his diet.
IL The empire is banking a lot
on him, as evidenced by Anthony
Eden's cagey speech in the House of
Commons. and the bull-necked old
monarch finds his health slipping and
Evening star., 1937-07-21

YHEN the triple-A slaughter
NJ of the little pigs" was
" " followed by destructive
droughts> in the farm belt,
Republican agents thought it smart
politics to warn the farmers that this
was "the hand of God" Furnishing
America for the New Deals presump-
ton. At the time, Secretary Wallace
was quite worried by this enlistment
Of Jehovah in the service of the Chi
cago Board Of Trade, since experience
has shown that the Almighty is an
unpredictable element in American
politics The result showed that our
farmers We're not suckers.
Senator Robinson was not dead a
few hours before Senator Burton K.
Wheeler of Montana tried again to
invoke the hand of God" against
the New Deal He publicly besought
the President "to drop this court fight
lest he appear to fight against God"
At the same time. the pro-Roosevelt
Senators were eXtolling Robinson as
martyr whose memory must be
vindicated by the success Of the cause
for which he died
This sort of thing recalls those des-
perate military engagements in which
the rival troops patch their trenches
with the bodies of the slain. In a
life-and-death struggle this may be
allowed in national politics it Is
simply ghoulish.
Present Needs Held Ignored.
In fact, one of the great defects In
our public life is our all-but- Chinese
invocation of the dead to control the
living. In particular, since the court
fight began, the country has been
drenched with the views Of George
Washington, Madison, Franklin, JET
ferSon, Monroe, Hamilton, Jackson,
Calhoun and Lincoln. Political an
cestor worship is something more
than an oratorical trick with our
statesmen. 1t is vice. The mighty
dead are used to perpetuate the
abuses OF the present, and formal pre-
cedent is ever deferred to our own
experience.
1t is, therefore, depressing to follow
the course of an argument which
eddieS like dirty water over the drain
pipe in the national bathtub-a stale
line of discussion which circles around
the ideas and experiences of men long
dead and which welcomes any recruit
to the graveyard who can be used to
reinforce the ghoStIy company of our
political progenitors.
I say that, in this as in other mea-
sures, We should consider the needs of
the present, which We alone are in
position to judge, and the probabilities
OF the future, which We can surely
foreSee a little more clearly than did
men who have been dust for hundred
years.
Government is practical affair
and We have wisely severed its con-
duct from the mystery and exaltation
OF professed religion. History shows
that where the two are mixed the
result is tyranny, whether under the
Moelems. the Inquisition. in Soviet
Russia, Nazi Germany or revolution
ary Spain.
But One in Related Series.
The death of Senator Robinson gives
q chance to discard irrelevancies,
restrain emotionalism. and return to
the consideration of the problem
which actually lies before the country.
Mr.. Roosevelt's administration is try
Evening star., 1937-07-21

case goes 70 court and IS ruled upon
by the Supreme Court.
They will be surprised if the
N. L. R. B. testimony is used to
this end.
x X
Edward F. McGrady, ace con-
ciliator Of the Department of La
Dor as we'll as Assistant Secretary,
who, it is alleged, has resisted many
temptations to give up his public
service (at $500 Year, has been
Evening star., 1937-07-21

OWL ueaLH WdrrHnC. Ine buIK OF
his fighting forces are composed of
Italian troops and German Spe-
cialists.
II he were to let them go
there would be mighty little left
of the nationalist army. Within a
few weeks after the dismissal of
the foreign volunteers he would
have to seek refuge in Germany or
In Italy-provided Mussolini and
Hitler were willing to shelter him.
Evening star., 1937-07-21

ounumbered to by the
What VIII
ong conflict
despite civilians n
Evening star., 1937-07-21

HE opinions OF the 1Driters this o1un not
necessarly the stars Such opinions presented in
the Stars effort to all sides OF questions interest
readers although such opinions may contradictory anono
themselves and directly opposed to The Stars.
Evening star., 1937-07-21

the critical. Apparently. the dis
tillers followed an old proverb and
went wrong. They thought it
wasn't wise to try to teach an old
rum-hound new tricks, so they
made their product we'll, but not
so wisely. They re-created the bev-
erage Of the type that gave old
Admiral Grog his reputation, put
the punch in rum punches and
made rum sauces saucy-in the
bad old daYS hefnra rrnki ihitiof
Evening star., 1937-07-21
This Changing World
Franco Won't Sign Own Death Warrant by Releas.
ing Foreign Volunteers.
BY CONSTANTINE BROWN

BY CONSTANTINE BROWN.
FTER Of intense political
don't
~ France. Italy, Russia and Germany accept
principle the British Intervention
the willingness
fighting
Evening star., 1937-07-21
But One in Related Series.

The death of Senator Robinson gives
q chance to discard irrelevancies,
restrain emotionalism. and return to
the consideration of the problem
which actually lies before the country.
Mr.. Roosevelt's administration is try
ing to correct related series of abuses
in our daily life. A related series of
measures-of which the judiciary re-
form bill is only one-lies before the
Evening star., 1937-07-21
BY JAY FRANKLIN.

w YHEN the triple-A slaughter
M Of the little pigs" was
v v followed by destructive
dro,pbtS in tho farm holt
Evening star., 1937-07-21

Copyright, 1870
Evening star., 1937-09-03
Winning Contract
BY THE FOUR ACES.

BY THE FOUR ACES.
wald Jacoby, Howard Schenken. WORLDS
leading team ot-four inventors Of the sys-
tenn that has beaten every other system
in existence
! Triple Squeeze.
WALTER JACOBS and Max Becker
made a top score in the recent
masters pair event at Asbury Park,
N. j., when Mr., Jacobs made a con-
tract of six diamonds by a triple
squeeze
West dealer.
Both sides vulnerable.
Mr.. Becker.
4 A J %
~l08 872
1Sesa WE. n. vjs+
A.
rs
YAK oe732
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Mr. Jacobs.
West North East South
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Pass Pass Pass
Evening star., 1937-09-03
Clock Alarms Oddly.

An alarm clock which will awaken
its owner with 20 different sounds on
AS many consecutive days is the inven-
ton Of Mario Piretti, matchmaker OF
Venice. Italy. On the first day an
ordinary bell rings. Among the other
- sounds are an automobile horn, q
fox-trot melody and a revolver shot.
Evening star., 1937-09-03
TWizzler Answer.

Evidently the tobogganers travelled
l foot each half second going up and
foot each twentieth of second on
the way down. At that rate it took
II tventieths of second to 90 l foot
up and down, Sixty seconds divided
by IL twentieths gives the length OF
the hill a. 100 ILL feet.
Evening star., 1937-09-03
Jolly Polly
A Little Chat on English
BY JOS. J. FRISCH.

A. R.-"They we're dressed alike
is the correct form, not They
were each dressed alike" It Is also
incorrect to say, They were both
dressed alike" When alike" is used
omit both" and each. Say, "They
look alike" not They both look alike. "
Send return envelope for the leaf
let Business English"
Evening star., 1937-09-03

diamonds, and in most cases declarer
was set. A heart would be opened and
continued. After trumping declarer
would play the ace and king Of clubs,
figuring that if the suit were distrlb-
uted 4-2, he could trump his last club
with dummy's high trump. While this
was the correct play, East would ruff
then be down one trick.
Playing the hand at six diamonds,
Mr.. Jacobs had to resort to different
methods. After losing the first trick,
he trumped the second heart, played
over to the jack of diamonds and
trumped another heart. He then ran
Off his remaining trumpS. West, haV-
ing neglected to remove dummy's ace
of spades at trick two, was now
squeezed in three suits. Having been
he had retained three clubs, the king
Of spades and the top heart. At this
point Mr.. Jacobs led spade and.
after dropping Vests king, discarded
one OF his small clubs on dummy S
jack. West was again squeezed.
Dummy still held the 10 Of hearts, so
that West was forced to hold the queen
He therefore had to let 60 a club, and
Mr.. Jacobs then dropped the two re-
naming clubs to make his small slam,
having squeezed West out OF two
tricks.
Evening star., 1937-09-03
(Copyright, 1879

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-11
One-Room Education

Agentleman with advanced educational theories, professor in an American uni- versity, recommends the teaching of the three R's to children of all ages in a single room. Lest anyone think this is backward step to the old one-room school, 1t should be explained at once that the plan is so modern that it represents revolutionary experiment" in educa- ton. Segregation by grades has gone too far" says this educator. "The present sys- tenn puts too much stress on a chld"S chronological age and overlooks his social and emotional ages"
 In an experimental school he runs, the professor has put 12-year-old seventh graders side by side with the six-year-olds who are just starting to school Here arc the good results: All the children study, recite, make things and play together without thought of age differences. It seems to be good for the children who are precocious learners but poor mixers.
 There are men and women in the coun- try today who believe that the little one- room school house was more efficient than today'S elaborately equipped schools. They say its pupils learned their lessons for keeps, learning from each other, and had enough strict drill to make good grammar and spelling and arithmetic second nature. That isn't the whole story, of course, but offers some hints to educa- tors.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-11
Middle Glass America

"In every American family" says Will liam Allen White, between the grand child and the grandparents here is much real contact with men and women going up or down the scale. Father or mother or one of the four grandparents of every child is on the way from one class to an- other. The middle class, therefore, knows practically what it is to be rich and what it is to be poor. This ability to see anothers viewpoint has been the spirit ual leaven in our democracy. It has kept us quick and alive. This leaven has been the basic principle of our ceaseless quest for justice. We have developed an under standing heart"
 This is true everywhere in America save on the poorest farms and in the largest cities. At the two ends we seem to be starting classes which have not
 moved from shirtsleeves to shirtsleeves in the traditional three generations. The fear of developing classes which stay put on lower levels is what causes Americas understanding heart to skip beat now and then. America is determined not to develop proletariat and the booms and busts of modern industrial methods seem in a fair way to develop one. Many mod ern thinkers see the danger. But on the whole, it seems safe to keep betting on America.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-11
Doing Good Work

State Forester Austin F. Hawes is noth-
 ing if not concerned over the fate of the {. eco in Connecticut. We don't blame
 him one bit. Ten years ago our state for ests and parks were being developed un-
 der tremendous difficulties. Only the {. perseverance and enthusiasm of those :. interested in pushing Connecticut to the i. fore in this field of endeavor kept the program on an even keel. But each year :. the needs were piling up; each year saw . it increasingly difficult to secure funds :. to make the developments that were but ]. natural.
 ]" Then came 1882, the Roosevelt admin :" istration, and the bite of depression. The < Civilian Conservation Corps was created {. and it came into Connecticut as in other states. Immediately it's presence was felt [ in our state parks and forests, for it was in them that officials, federal, state, and local, believed the greatest amount of
 goods could be done in a state like Con-
 1ecticut And certainly in the four years that the eco has been in our midst it 1as accomplished much good. It has lOne things that would not have been )cssible without its aid.
 ManPower to build roads, to thin for .sts, to build bridges, to repair dams., 10