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Who Wrote "Red Rider?

federation urge upon Congress the in
sertion in the pending District Of Co.
lumbia appropriation bill a provision
that no money herein appropriated for
the public schools shall be paid to any
advocate Of communism or other un-
American doctrines, or to (any one In
any way connected With any Or
ganization or agency advocating such
doctrines"
For convenient comparison Of the
act of the federation with the red rider,
its text is here quoted:
provided. that hereafter no part
of any appropriation for the public
schools shall be available for the pay
ment Of the salary Of any person
teaching or advocating communism"
To even the casual reader the red
rider and the Yaden resolution as
adopted are entirely different. The
red rider is so ambiguous as to have
produced endless controversy as to its
meaning and effect. BY no stretch
of the imagination could the enact
ment of the federation's action have
produced the unhappy results which
have followed in the wake of the
red rider. The red rider has the effect
of permanent law, with no relation to
the discontinued character education
experiment, while the federation
amendment would have applied only
to the year of the appropriation
and was regarded as an accompani-
ment of the character education ap-
preparation.
The original Yaden resolution sought
first to support the school officials in
their efforts to continue the character
education experiment in the schools,
and secondly to prevent the employ
ment as a consultant in this course
of one who was charged with being
connected definitely with university
of Soviet Russia. The general desire,
as developed in the debate over this
question in the federation, appeared
to be TO broaden its scope so as to
bar from employment in our schools
any and all advocates of un-American
doctrines or any one in any way
connected with any organization or
agency advocating such doctrines.
Upon examining the minutes of the
Federation of Citizens Associations on
March 16. 1885, and comparing the
text of the amendment offered by me
with rough draft of that amendment
which I had retained, note that
through a probable clerical error
in recording there was omitted an
entire line, being the phrase which
I have inclosed in parentheses in
quoting the text of the complete reso-
luton. The Star report of the meet
ing, carried in The Sunday Star OF
March II, 1885, includes this phrase
which the secretary through inadver-
tance omitted in recording.
had no part whatever in any ac-
tivity before committees of Congress
in connection with the Yaden resolu-
tion or the red rider.
The federation's special committee
regarding communism In the schools
was created by vote of the Executive
Committee on November -. 1885. I
voted against the creation of this Spe-
cial committee, holding that the mat
ter in question should be handled by
the federations Standing Committee
on Education. The vote on the pro-
posal to create the special committee
was a tie and was only carried with
the chairman casting the deciding
vote. JESSE c. SUTER.
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Washington, D. c,
February 2, 1887.
Editor, The Evening Star:


Editor, The Evening Star:
Respecting the law to prevent the
indoctrination of Communism in the
Washington schools, which upon mo-
tions to adopt made by Congressman
Cannon of Missouri and Senator
Thomas of Oklahoma, the House and
Senate specifically voted upon on
June 6, 1885, and passed unanimously.
and in effect since July !, 1885, you
and others seeking its repeal have
referred to it as the red rider" and
in your editorial attack upon it yester-
day you denounced it.
In your preceding issue, you pub
lished an article by Mr.. Jesse c.
Suter. employed by your newspaper,
attacking me and this law, Mr.. Suter
stating:
las a breeder of civic discord, the
red rider is entitled to first place. 1t
is looked upon as the very troublesome
legacy of the member who lately hailed
from Texas.
THE words of Marc Antony, The
evil that men do lives after them
seem to apply in the case of this po-
litical decease.
THE Federation OF Citizens Asso-
Citations appears to have been a real
sufferer from the blight of the rel
rider" etc.
In all fairness to me. to the House
and Senate that passed it, to the said
Federation of Citizens Associations
and to the people of Washington, you
should publish the fact that this same
Mr.. Jesse c. Suter was the originator
and instigator of this red rider, and
that he caused the said Federation of
Citizens Associations to pass his reso-
luton urging Congress to pass such
a rider.
The undeniable facts are shat the
official minutes of the Federation of
Citizens Associations for its meeting
of March 16. 1885, show that To res
Yaden asking Congress to restore an
appropriation for character education,
Mr.. Jesse C. Suter offered the follow
ing amendment, accepted by Col.
Yaden and passed by said federation,
to-wit:
BE it further resolved, That the
federation urge upon Congress the
insertion in the pending District of
Columbia appropriation bill provi-
sion that no money herein appropri-
ated for the public schools shall be
paid to any advocate of Communism
or other un-American doctrine, or to
any organization or agency advocating
such doctrine"
The above, certified to as correct by
David Babp, recording secretary of
said federation. is printed on page 280
of the Kennedy subcommittee hear
ings. Thus. the Jesse C. Suter reso-
luton became the red rider. Corpora
ton Counsel Prettyman held that the
word teaching" as used in this law,
meant to advocate. Had it not been
for the Suter resolution, urged by the
Federation of Citizens Associations.
Congress would not have passed such
a rider. Thus it was Mr.. Jesse c.
Suter, and not this political deceased"
who originated this breeder Of civic
diScord."
THOMAS L. BLANTON.
Evening star., 1937-02-03
THOMAS L. BLANTON.
February 3. 1887.

ISUl udI q, Aoo o..
To the Editor of The Star:
The quest for the author of the "red
rider" must continue despite attempts
to fasten that honor upon me. The
unknown author of the rider produced
something essentially different from
the amendment offered by me to Mr..
Yadens character education resolu-
ton in the Federation of Citizens As
sociations on March 16. 1885. The
amendment drafted by me antedates
the red rider by several months and
omits the vital defects and antiquities
of the red rider.
While deny emphatically author
ship or any responsibility for the red
rider, have never denied writing and
offering the referred-to amendment to
the Yaden resolution. Without apology
for my amendment in the interest OF
the retention of character education,
or my vigorous advocacy Of repeal OF
the red rider, explanation may be due
as to how I came to offer the amend
ment and the subject matter to which
it was attached.
On that evening in March. 1885. Mr..
Yaden. then president Of the Fedora
ton of Citizens Associations. left the
chair and, after making a statement
regarding the employment as a con-
sultant in the character education ex-
pertinent in the schools of we'll
known educator who was said to be
connected with the University Of Mos
COW, moved the adoption of the fol-
lowing resolution:
BE it resolved, That the Fedora
ton Of Citizens Associations Of the
District of Columbia, in regular meet
ing assembled this 10th day OF March.
1885, indorses the efforts of the Board
of Education and the superintendent
of schools to have the appropriation
for character education restored to the
District of Columbia appropriation bill,
on condition only that no one who at
any time during the past five years
shall have been connected In any way
with the colleges, schools or UNIVERSE
ties of the Union of Soviet Socialist Re-
publics shall be paid any money or
monies from said appropriations for
the public schools of the District Of
Columbia"
Lengthy and heated debate followed,
during which it appeared that the ap-
proval of the continuation OF charac-
ter education might not carry. I hur-
riedly prepared an amendment which
I thought would be acceptable prac-
tically to all as 1t embodied ideas
brought out in the debate. I offered
the amendment, which was promptly
accepted by Mr.. Yaden. with the con-
sent of his second, and without objec-
ton, and the resolution, as amended,
was adopted by the federation. Con-
sequently the act of the federation as
expressed in the complete Yaden reso-
luton was as follows:
"Be it resolved, That the Federation
Of Citizens Associations Of the District
of Columbia, in regular meeting assem-
bled this 10Th day of March, 1885,
indorses the efforts of the Board Of
Education and the superintendent of
schools to have the appropriation for
character education restored to the
District of Columbia appropriation
bill;
BE it further resolved, That the
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committee will start public hearings
at 1890 am. Tuesday on the bill to
establish a comprehensive plan Of
Federal aid for public education
throughout the country.
The District of Columbia would be
allowed to share with the States and
territories in the proposed Federal
grants. The bill specifically provides
that the term "State" shall include
the District of Columbia.
The initial authorization for the
entire country would be 100000, ,000
which could be increased gradually by
Congress, but not to exceed $500, ,00O.-
900 in any one year. The money would
be used to maintain the program OF
public education, and would be ap-
portioned on the basis of population.
It Is sponsored jointly by Senators
Harrison, Democrat, of Mississippi, and
Black.
Evening star., 1937-02-03
BARGE DEATHL|ST
RAISED T0F|FTEEN
Magnitude of Disaster Is
Revealed as More Bodies
Are Found.
Nv the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW MADRID, Mo-, February g.
Sad tidings Of 10 more deaths on the
sunken spillway barge spread through
the countryside today and Offset en-
couraging news that the flooded Mis-
sissippi River had slackened its rise.
The recovery of 10 more bodies raised
the barge deaths to Is. With IA OF the
levee workers still missing Army en-
gineers said dredging operations would
be continued until every man was ac-
counted for.
Slowly the magnitude of the dis
ester came to light.
Soon after the loaded conveyance
went down Saturday night in the huge
basin purposely flooded to relieve
pressure upstream, Col. Edwin c. Kel-
ton had said, I'VE have found no evi-
.dence that any were drowned"
Sunday night he said one man was
missing land there could be some
more" Monday he announced a
missing list of 36. Five bodies were
recovered that day and 10 more yes
terday.
List of Those Identified.
The engineers Office gave this list Of
identified dead:
Merle Ballard, Frank Dean, Clyde
Scott. jeff Baker, C. j. Barker, William
+ wson, Steve Gibbs, M. L. Master
son. Larman Lape. Jake Schlosser,
Frank Dunlap. Orville Hin1 nan, Lu-
ther Swinford, Charles Williams and
Charles Woodfin. All were Missouri
ans.
The following we're listed as "unac-
counted for:
Bob Matthews. James F. Ruffin, AL
bert Neal. Don Pruitt. Raney Smith
and James Wilson, MissourianS, and
these whose addresses were unknown:
L. Blocker, William Faulks. Clary May,
Bob McFadden, Crawford Shannon,
Eugene Tyler, James Tyler and Will
liam Tyler.
The accident occurred near the set
back dixie, while a bargeload OF more
than 100 workers was being brought
here for food and shelter after day
OF stacking sandbags.
On the New Madrid gauge the river
showed a slower rate of rise after
maintaining a stationary level for sew
eral hours yesterday, and a return
to normal business activity began.
Some stores in the virtually evacu-
ated town prepared to reopen.
Sandbag Bulwark Finished.
The water was just short Of the
48-foot level on the 5l-foot levee.
A sandbag bulwark of to 4 feet on
the setback embankment has been
finished, and men patrolled the 27-
mile front watching for weak places.
Evening star., 1937-02-03
World Traveller at 5.

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at the tender age Of S. Jane Simpson
is back home after her eighth ocean
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age from India with her parents,
which induced an epidemic of NAL de
mer, failed to faZe Jane.
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Sandbag Bulwark Finished.

The water was just short OF the
48-foot level on the 5l-foot levee.
A sandbag bulwark of 2 to 4 feet on
the setback embankment has been
finished, and men patrolled the 81
mile front watching for weak places.
Evening star., 1937-02-03

ADVERTISEMENT.
Evening star., 1937-12-17
JOSEPH H. RICE DIES
OF RADIATOR BURNS
Patient at Gallinger, He Had
j Fallen Asleep on Cover of
the Heater.

Joseph H. Rice, 37-year-old de-
pertment store employe, died in GAL
linger Hospital last night as a result
Of burns received December 7, when
he fell asleep on the cover of a
radiator in. the psychopathic ward,
where he had been under mental OBJ
servation since November 80.
A certificate of accidental death
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Nagruder Macdonald, who attributed
tiie- death to toxemia resulting from
the burns.
Mr.. Rice, who lived at 729 Gallatin
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and was scheduled for transfer to
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according to Detective It. George E.
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White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1937-04-15
CHAPTER XII

ZANE did not go home that after
u noon. She sent Bull and the
blackboard back with instructions
not to come in for her until she
sent. word. She wrote brief note
to her father, merely saying that
she had attended to his business
and would be home in few days.
Van Tambel, in an impatient rage,
sent Bull back with an order to
Jane to come home at once.
The harsh message made less i'm
preston on his daughter than he
had intended; but it did bring back
the answer that she would be out
soon.
When the blackboard next day
drew up at the ranchhouse door,
Jane alighted with a fast-beating
heart.
Fortunately, when she got home,
her father was out in the hills. Her
welcome came from Quong; it sort
Of broke the ice Of the home-com-
ing. But she went to her room, got
out her two old suitcases, busted
them off, laid them on her bed and,
stripping the hooks Of her closet
and opening the drawers of her
dresser, began almost furiously to
pack.
While she was at this, she heard
the heavy uneven steps Of her ia
Their In the living room, and the
next minute his huge bulk darkened
the open doorway of her bedroom.
"HellolH he snapped
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LET Me Put That Bandage Back
" Where 1t BeIongs."

stupor, her breath choking her, her
heart ready to burst with every
beat, staggered to her feet, dazed,
and supporting herself along the
aisle with her hands alternately on
the backs Of the seats, stepped
blindly down to the platform.
Bull Page, who was in with the
team and blackboard to take her
home, reached for her handbag.
"No, Bull" Jane said quietly. I'm
not going out tonight"
"Not going out?"
'I'm staying in town."
"Stayin' in town." stammered
Bull, vastly surprised.
"Drive me to the hotel" Jane said
YEARLY. "I'll take a room there.
You drive home and come back for
me tomorrow afternoon"
It was ten o'clock. Assigned to a
room, Jane freshened herself after
the long, dusty car ride, bathed her
face and temples again and again
in cold water, and tried to collect
her throbbing thoughts.
1t all seemed like hideous
dream. Surely it could be shaken
off; surely men could not be so
1endish as to plot fire and so hor-
rible a death as would follow to
sleeping men.
Her father! She shuddered. This
thought was most horrible Of all
incredible-and yet
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GUNLOCK RANCH y ;;t4sx4 Il
c0yn FkH se

were the words she heard. II didn't
say they could. That old bird
knows too we'll how to cover his
tracks. But everybody knows how
he deviled Denison's brother when
he lived there-tried to buy him
out, then scare him out, and then
smoke him out. The old devil has
been crazy ever since he owned
Gunlock to get hold Of that little
Spring Ranch. Why? Account OF
the water. It's the biggest spring
in the hills. Now that he's back
from the hospital, the first thing he
thinks of is to get hold of that
spring."
Jane listened with bated breath.
"Why, it's common talk in Sleepy
Cat" the narrator went on, chat
he paid Barney Rebstock to set
Bills ranch house afire and came
damned near burning Bill up in It,"
Her heart stopped beating as she
heard the dreadful recital, deliv
cred as calmly as the mereSt DIT
Of current gossip would be dis
cussed on a street corner.
According to what 1 hear" con-.
tinued the narrator, "Sawdy and
some of Bills friends choked the
story out of Barney. Sawdy got
cut up in the fracas with him
SAVOY was laid up in the hospital
for month. Barney's mean devil
with knife"
The train was pulling into Sleepy
Cat. Jane, rousing herself from a
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She turned. "Hello, Father" she

She turned. "Hello, Father" she
responded simply.
what are you doing?
packing"
"What fri"
preparing to go into town."
"What you goin' in town agin
FRI"
1--WE got a job in town, and I'm
going there to work at It,"
"What kind Of job?" he snorted.
"I'm going to study nursing at
the hospital"
"What the hell you goin' to do
that f'r?"
Because things have been done
from here that make this place
hateful to me. / couldn't stand 1t
here any longer"
"What things you talkin' about?'
She looked at him steadily. SIN
talking about burning Bill Deni-
sons ranch house,"
whats that got to do with your
quitting homer"
"Eyerything. Everybody's talking
about that fire. Barney Rebstock
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"Bjll, Thought You Ought at
Least to Have a."


has told that you paid him for set
ting fire to neighbours ranch house
with men sleeping in it."
"Why, that fellows the worst
- liar in Sleepy Cat. Nobody
believes anything he says"
II can tell you everybody be-
lieves it," she said, trembling.
do you believe it?'
"Father, 1 am forced to unless
you can convince me you had moth
ing to do with it. This wretch mas
had a pocketful of money"
Van Tambel regarded her with
perfect poise. "Why, 1 did give
him a little money. I'll say I've
been sorry for him. know he
hates Bill Denison-a good many
folks In this country's got no use
for that"
"stop" cried Jane. "Don't say
anything against Bill Denison. He
saved my life!"
that damned, dirty, ornery rus
tier and thief"
James eyes blazed. She stamped
her foot. Don't you dare!" she
cried. "What you're saying about
him is what every one in this coun-
try says about you"
Eyes? There's some damned
mean people in this country" thun-
dered her father. "Just look out
for yourself, my lady. don't know
any more about that fire than you
do. If Barney Rebstock wanted to
get even with Denison, that's his
business, not mine. You shut your
trap"
"That's not ALL"
"More lies, eh2"
"McCrossen has told in town that
you once tried to get him to set the
house on fire and he refused to
do it."
'tHe. Hest He did do It'll T. gave
him five hundred dollars to do it.
He agreed to do it and took the
money to do 1t. If he hired Bar
ney Rebstock to start the fire that's
his lookout!
(TO BE CONTINUED)