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Evening star., 1937-07-25
Chastened Attitudes.

President Roosevelt has apparently
accepted, for the time being, the decision
Of the Senate against his proposal to
enlarge the Supreme Court. He leaves
hint that In the future he may make
new demands, although he is not spe-
cif1c. And, in addition, he claims that
by welding the big stick-the threat of
his court bill plus direct criticism of
the court-he has brought about more
liberal decisions Of the highest court
So the big stick will be kept In readi-
ness to WELD again.
Criticism of decisions of the Supreme
Court is one thing and an attack on the
institution, with proposal that it shall
be subservient either to Congress or to
the President, is quite another. No court
is perfect, any more than is President
or a Congress. 1t is capable of making
mistakes. The Supreme Court has made
them in the past and probably will
again. But it has made mighty few
mistakes. 1t is an institution which the
American people revere for that rea-
son; an institution to which the free
dom of the individual and OF hard
pressed minorities is really intrusted by
the Constitution.
President Roosevelt recalls, as others
do, that the late Theodore Roosevelt
advocated the recall of judicial opin-
IJe 10; ;e y h,-o y
eating such proposal the former Presi-
dent helped to keep the Supreme Court In
order. He might also remember that this
demand for the recall of judicial opin-
ions did more than any one other thing
to prevent the election OF Theodore
Roosevelt to the presidency in 1912. Col.
Roosevelt lost the support OF literally
hundreds of thousands OF voters when
he came forward with his plan, which
would have made the courts subservient
to political majority. He proposed that
when the Supreme Court handed down
a decision it should be followed by a
referendum vote in the States, with the
right to overturn the court.
The Supreme Court during the past
few months held the Wagner labor rela-
tions act and the social security act
valid and reversed an earlier opinion on
minimum-Wage laws. The implicatio
of the White House statement is that
If there had been the same chastened
spirit in the court-chastened by the
threat Of the Presidents court bill-there
would have been decisions upholding the
N. R. A. and the A. A. A. a year or more
ago. And yet 1t will be recalled that the
decision in the N. R. A. case was by a
unanimous court, holding the act un-
constitutional, in which Justices Bran
dels, Stone and Cardozo all concurred.
There is always the possibility-indeed,
the probability-that the recent cases
in which laws were sustained had to
do with statutes more properly drawn
and with cases more adequately pre-
sented to the court by the Government,
and that because of these reasons the
court handed down favorable decisions.
The President is represented now as
holding that it is the part of the Chief
Executive to recommend to Congress and
the part of Congress to write the laws
Here is a chastened attitude on the
part of another branch of the Govern
ment. The Senate has done the country
a service at critical time.
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THE SOURCE OF ASSURANCE
BY THE RIGHT REV. JAMES E. FREEMAN D, D., D. l..
BISHOP OF WASHINGTON.
What is at once one OF the most strik-

What is at once one Of the most strik-
ing and dramatic incidents in the New
Testament Is = descriptive passage con-
tanned in the fourth chapter Of st.
Marks Gospel, thirty-seventh to fortieth
verses. 1t relates the story OF Christ
and His disciples in sudden and violent
storm that occurred on the Sea OF Cali
lee. We read that He had taken His
disciples in small craft to cross the
shallow sea or lake and that there
arose great storm OF wind, and the
waves beat into the ship" Confused
terror seized the disciples and they were
amazed when they found that their Mas
ter, unperturbed, was asleep on pillow
In the hinder part Of the ship" With
indignation at His apparent indifference
to their peril, as we'll as His own, they
aWoke Him, saying: Master, carest
Thou not that We perish?" Whereupon
He "arose and rebuked the wind and
said unto the sea, Peace, be still" His
concern was not so much for the threat
enlng peril of the sea as it was for the
lack of faith disclosed by His disciples.
He gently rebuked them, saying: why
are ye SO fearful? How is it that We
have no fath?"
The story presents striking contrast
between the fears and apprehensions OF
the disciples and the unruff1ed calm and
serenity OF the Master. They were ap-
palled by external conditions; He was
undisturbed and unafraid because He
possessed an inner peace and tranquil
hty.
The story runs true to the average
experience OF life. No matter what our
knowledge or experience, we seem to be
more affected by environing conditions
than we are sustained by repose of
mind that is born OF an unfailing trust
in the outWorking of a divine plan We
can be very confident of our serenity of
mind where conditions are favorable to
our ease and comfort. The test comes
when environing conditions are unfa-
vorable and We meet with ungenerous
judgments and stern opposition. ST.
Paul speaks of those who all their life
time are subject to bondage through
fear He is speaking of condition all
too common to the average of us. The
undisturbed repose OF Jesus, His per-
Evening star., 1937-07-25

There are fears that back in the days
when the sky was gray and SHOWS
duced custom of accenting the name
OF John Nance Garner on the second
syllable. And if it served to enhance his
popularity with the feminine voters, Mr..
Garner probably did not care. 1t did
not interfere with his speaking his mind
with emphasis when the time came.
Evening star., 1937-07-25

The Nays radio service finds that
airplanes may interfere with it in the
neighborhood OF Camp Springs. Just
how much interference radio can stand
after discharging Its essential function
OF long g-dlstance communication of fact
would be an interesting subject of
research.
Evening star., 1937-07-25

Maryland has many things to study
IN the way Of forces, including the shores
OF the Chesapeake, the river that flows
to the sea, and the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad. 1t is not surprising that Gov
ernor Nice should sometimes feel that he
can be content with one term of office.
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New Deal" carries the ancient i'm
preston that heavy taxes make no diff
ference 50 long as way can be found
to make the other fellow pay them.
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Nobody will permit question to be
raised as to his respect for Thomas
Jefferson merely because he did not ac-
cept party guidance on the isle in the
Chesapeake that bears the distinguished
patriots name.
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Wasted Career.

How old did Methusaleh live to be?"
II don't know He wasted his life, any
how, by not prolonging 1t at time when
he could utilize 1t as a patent food ad-
vertisement."
Evening star., 1937-07-25

II some Of the boys who still have a
record to make in politics are wise they
will reach for the exercise irons and quit
talking about their ages.
Evening star., 1937-07-25

If the Boy Scouts could have remained
a few days longer in Potomac Park they
might have seen the United States Cap
itol ablaze with some genuine history
making.
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Obstruction.

When, to correct conditions bad,
Great men in council meet.
The man who kicks is not 80 bad
AS one who drags his feet.
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Depth.
my thought is Deep the grave man
said,
so do not be by folly led,
And strive my meaning to pursue.
My thought is far too deep for YOU
Then said the simple passerby:
Your thought is deep, can't deny.
1t lies secure from common wit,
Because meath words you've buried it,"
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Safety First.

From the Jacksonville Journal.
A nationwide program Of public
health is launched in Russia. Rule is
to walk rapidly away II Stains name
creeps into the discourse.
Evening star., 1937-07-25
A Practical Lady.

What is your favorite flower?"
IF you want to know the simple, un-
affected TRUTH" said Miss Cayenne, its
caulifower."
Evening star., 1937-07-25
Somewhere.

Somewhere.
There are suns that f1ercely glare
Somewhere,
Way up yonder in the sky,
And their temperatures so high
It's million times more hot
Than the sun that we have got.
It's enough to singe your hair;
Nothing cooked can be done rare;
Every sunrise brings scare
Somewhere.
The climates on a tear
Somewhere,
And the record that Is made,
Fahrenheit or centigrade,
On this little earth of ours,
With its breezes and its showers,
With such warmth cannot compare.
So we really needn't care
What goes on away up there,
Somewhere.
Families has somehow been mo
cheerful in this settlement" said Uncl'
Eben, since dar was Just enough chang
% buy groceries and not enough Il
auAnce 4 crap fame."
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The Immediate Audience,

The Immediate Audience.
Future generations will applaud your
speeches" remarked the sincere ad-
mirer
I'm not trying TO reach that far" re-
piled Senator Sorghum. I'm satisfied If
1 can be correctly quoted in my home
town newspapers"
Jud Tunkins says it's always wrong to
tell what isn't so, and sometimes fool
ish to tell what Is.
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A Non.strS;'s1;;2g Caste.


All that strike litigation makes lots Of
work for the lawyers-who. be 1t noted,
never strike.
Evening star., 1937-07-25
Shooting Stars.
Depth.

BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Evening star., 1937-07-25
Rate by Mail-PayabIe in Advance.

All Other States and Canada
Daily only ---~~-- j VI. $500; i mo. mo, s 75t
eu1day nnly------ l VI. $500; l mo-, SOC
Evening star., 1937-07-25


some of the old heads no longer are de-
pended upon for advice that might upset
plans while the others go along yessing
at anything"
Mr.. Roosevelt pressed his fight against
the Supreme Court in the face of warn
ings from every one of the old-line ad-
vlsers. who recognized practical victory
at the time the justices altered their at
titude toward the scope Of Federal power.
After that the country witnessed the
strange spectacle OF a President bump
ing his head against stone wall of
opposition after he had got what he
needed.
The idea "yessed" into acceptance bv
the youthful zealots was that the time
had come to purge the Democratic party
Of its fossils and that this would be the
issue on which the President could show
who really was boss. But the other dav
when lines broke and a count of noses
revealed definite defeat for the White
House, old heads were called back to do
some patching of party lines. Expert
ence finally went to q premium around
the executive establishment.
Instead of an expected thrill at the
sight OF conservative Democratic sena-
tors being taken for a political ride, thu
youthful White House emissares Gs.
played an acute case of the jitters as
they scurried around to get advice from
some OF the very individuals who were
down on the list to be purged
Now what? Is the President to trim
sail to try to get back with the main
current Of his party followers. or Is he to
continue his effort to turn that current
Evening star., 1937-02-20
500 Youth Paraders Stage
"Sit-D0wn'' at White House;
2 Arrested, Others Dispersed
'Congress" Squats on Sidewalk When
Whole Membership Is Not Permitted
to Call on the President.

After 500 members of the American
Youth Congress had terminated
parade to the White House by start
ing a "sit-down'' strike in South Ex-
ecutive avenue because they were not
permitted to see President Roosevelt,
two of their leaders early this after
noon were arrested and released under
s25 bond on a charge of disorderly
conduct.
The "sit-down" strike lasted about
half an hour and was dispersed by
park police after they arrested William
Hinckley Of New York City, chairman
of the youth congress. and Abbott
Simon, also Of New York. legislative
representative for the organization.
Members of the congress had said
they were going to sit there in the
street" until President Roosevelt saw
them all.
The President earlier had agreed to
see delegation of the leaders at pm.
Want Schools, Not Warships.
The parade had been orderly up to
the time the head of the column
reached the intersection of West
Executive avenue and State place,
near the southwest corner of the
White House.
There the leaders halted and the
$500 youthful marchers began chant
Evening star., 1937-02-20
F|L|BUSTERPOWER
. Of FOESO OF COURT
PLAN|SADM|TTED
New Dealers Doubt Senate
Opponents Will Resort
to Device.
DRIVE TO "EDUCATE"
PUBLIC is PUSHED
Roosevelt Remains Firm, but
Leaders Believe Compromise
on Issue Is Possible.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Members of both sides in the contro-
versy over enlarging the Supreme
Court agreed today there were sufi.
cient Senate opponents to block action
indefinitely if they chose f1libustering
tactics
Administration seaderS, however, ex.
pressed doubts that any group Of
Senators, no matter how sizabls,
would be willing to prevent a vote.
Roosevelt hackers continued to pre-.
dict victory. Opponents were not
talking fllibuSter; they were after
enough votes to beat court reorganf-
zation, and declared they had almost
enough.
Privately, however. foes of the
Presidents program said they would
talk long and hard to educate" the
Nation on the issue. They were ready
to combat any move to curb debate
by cloture, that infrequently used
Senate procedure for forcing a vote.
Despite administration unwilling.
ness to face the possibility of filibuster,
it was this possibility which has
given rise this week to talk of com.
promise.
Roosevelt Adamant.
President Roosevelt, according to
those who have talked with him, is
IN no mood to compromise.
Some, however, said they believed il
some scheme could be found to ac-
complish his aims without a constitu.
tional amendment that would win
over some Of the opponents he would
accept it.
Secretary Ickes expressed the ad.
ministrations opposition to an amend.
ment in addressing the Texas Legis.
lature last night.
The child labor amendment has
been knocking at the doors of Legis-
latures 13 years and hasn't been
adopted yet" he said.
Didn't the people vote for the
New Deal during the next four years2
Are they willing to wait 20?"
The court issue reached the Senate
floor in general debate yesterday for
the first time, although the bill is not
yet before it. Senators Robinson of
Arkansas and Ashurst of Arizona
Democratic chieftains-supported the
Presidents recommendations as mild
and logical against interrogations of
Senators Bailey. Democrat, of North
Carolina and Bone, Democrat, Of
Washington.
Wheeler Hits Plan,
The case Of the opponents was
voiced last night by Senator Wheeler,
Democrat, of Montana in a radio ad-
dress charging the administration was
trying to pack" the court.
II there must be dictatorship in
America" he said, Il nominate the
American people.
"A liberal cause was never won bv
stacking a deck of cards, nor bv
stuffng ballot box, nor by packing
court"
Wheeler, saying he spoke as a lib
eral who had been the Progressive
party candidate for Vice President in
1924, urged adoption of a constitu-
(See JUDICIARY, Page AL
Evening star., 1937-02-20
TRAPPED
BY FALLING ROOF
Seven Are Hurt and Fate Of
Three Is in Doubt at
Nashville Blaze.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NASHVILLE. Tenn. February 90
Seven flremen were injured and three
were trapped under a falling roof,
their fate undetermined. In flames
which destroyed one building and
damaged another on the edge of Nash
ville's business district today
Spectators expressed fear that the
missing men were dead, crushed by ths
debris. Physicians said none of the
injured firemen rescued appeared 10
be in serious condition.
The fire originated in the four.
story building housing the W. E.
Stephens Manufacturing Co. Only
the walls were standing an hour after
the alarm was sounded The flames
spread to the adjoining Nicely Harwel
Co. building.
The f1remen were injured when the
collapsed, sending burning timbers
crashing to the basement. Falling
debris blocked all entrances and made
the search for the missing men diff
cult.
Nearly all of the city's f1re-f1ghting
equipment was pressed into service.
Fire Chief F. B. Moore said the
trapped men were members of Engine
Company No. l. who were working on
the first floor when upper floors gave
way. He said he believed they fell
into the basement and were killed.
Moore gave their names as Lieut..
Joe Keefe, Charles T. Oberchain and
Tommy Maddin.
Property damage was estimated un.
officially at 100000.
Dan Searcy, one of the seven res
cued firemen, said his company cut q
hole through the side Of the building
and was operating hose line when
the floors above us crashed down"
There was laundering noise
above us, a sheet of flame and all
went blank" he said at the hospital.
Evening star., 1937-02-20
japan to Send Economic Mission
Here in Move to Expand Trade

Japan in 1885 by an American group
under w. Cameron Forbes and a
British party under Lord Barnby.
The mission to China will be headed
by Kenji Kodama, former president Of
the Yokohama Specie Bank. strong
advocate of closer economic ties with
and a more liberal political policy
toward China.
A mission of 10 members, supported
by the Toxic Chamber of Commerce,
Is scheduled to leave in June for Ar.
gentina, Brazil. Chile and other South
American countries. The principal
objective would be to find new mar
kets for Japan's expanding chemical
and metal industries.
Kazue Kuwashima, recently ap-
pointed Minister to the Netherlands.
will make a tour of the Dutch East
Indies en- route to his post at The
Hague. In Java and other Dutch pos
sessions he will attempt to improve
Japan's trade relations.
He will be the first Japanese Min
lister to Holland ever to visit the rich
Dutch empire in the Far East, which
has been one Of Japans most prof
liable markets. in spite Of political and
economic friction in recent years.
Evening star., 1937-02-20

ing, I'VE want schools, not battle
ships"
Ordered to move on by park police,
about 500 of the marchers sat down
in the street. After arresting two. the
police hauled the leaders to their feet
and ordered them to resume the
march.
The parade, which started at Sixth
street and moved up Pennsylvania
avenue, was planned to emphasize in
terest in passage of the $500.0o0, 900
American youth act.
As the young men and women
marched, they shouted:
I'VE want jobs! That's the Ameri-
can youth act!"
The procession was led by Pill
grim father" dressed in tall hat,
brown coat and knee breeeches and
carrying the blunderbuss popular in
the Massachusetts, Bay colony 300
years ago.
Behind the Pilgrim father came
youths dressed as a laborer. farmer
and q scholar, symbolic Of the need
for unity of all groups.
Youth Is our first concern" read
banner carried in the van of the
parade.
The bill, passage of which was sought
(See YOUTHS, Page A-16)
Evening star., 1937-02-20
Etl'iopians Try to Assassinate
Italian Vicer0y at Celebration

threw them at the group surrounding
the viceroy on the rostrum.
The officials were knocked of their
feet by the force Of the explosions
and when Graziani picked himself up
he found he was slightly wounded by
the fragments.
Aviation Gen. Aurelio Liotta, chief
Of the Italian East African air force,
lay unconscious at his feet, seriously
wounded, beside the Abuna Cirillo and
several native chieftains in their
colorful costumes.
The tremendous confusion covered
the escape of the bomb throwers.
The viceroy, dressed in his gray
green marshaPs uniform, had just
finished an address when the attempt
was made.
It was his first appearance after
his return to Adds Ababa from q
recent two-week tour OF Southern
Ethiopia
Evening star., 1937-02-20
DUST AREA ASKS
MEDICAL SUPPLIES
Kansas Town Officials Send
Out Appeal as Influenza
Increases.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
HUGOTON, Kans., February 40
Pleas for more medical supplies and
nurses went out today from this dust
plagued town of 1,5oo in Southwest
ern Kansas after two more deaths
brought to IA the number of victims
Of influenza and pneumonia.
I'VE need help" declared Dr. r G.
Gammell. city health officer. we
must have more nurses and more
supplies"
South in the Oklahoma Panhandle.
at Guymon and Texhoma, a dust
soiled snow fell early today. Good
well and Boise City, Okla. and Elk
hart, Kans., also had snow.
Elated Guymon residents stood out
in the falling fakes, stained a red
dish brown by the blowing topsoil.
A slight haze which hung over that
section cleared rapidly.
DR.. Gammell declared two emer-
gency hospitals in church be sements
were inadequate to cope with this
city's health situation. He reported
13 persons seriously i'll, and said he
was unable to estimate the number
Of persons less seriously affected.
Oklahoma health authorities have
said that dust itself does not cause
disease. but that it can aggravate
respiratory weaknesses.
Basement Hospitals.
Six of the seriously i'll here were in
one basement hospital, five were in
the other. Attempts were being made
to care for the other two at their
homes. Two Red Cross nurses, one
at each hospital, were on duty.
I'VE are having an abnormal num-
Der of Deaths" he said. Il am GER
tain the dust IS causing a majority
Of the deaths directly.
I'VE have no hospital here, and the
Easements of our churches are our
only facilities for use as hospitals
Yet the space is inadequate to care
for the number Of persons i'll"
Windows of the easements were
caulked to aid in sealing them against
the dust and blankets were used over
doors.
The snow will do more good than
(See DUST. Page A-2)
Evening star., 1937-02-20
WOMAN TEST|F|ES
TO BALLOT THEFT
G. O. P. Election Judge Tells
of Remorse at Stealing
"Neighbors' Rights"
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
KANSAS CITY, February 20.-Mrs
Delilah Chaney, Republican election
judge, testified today in the vote theft
trial of five other election workers
she wept last November, because
had to steal the rights of my
neighbors"
Mrs. CLANCY was a Government
witness in the trial of second group
of defendants of the rs indicted by a
grand jury investigating Kansas City
election practices. The first trial
resulted in the conviction yesterday
of two Democratic precinct officials.
Saw Ballots Dumped.
The witness said she saw John
Luteran, Democratic precinct captain
and one of the defendants, dump bal
lots from the ballot box to a cardboard
box that was removed from her sight.
She did not see those ballots again,
she said.
Did you ever take part in counting
H.
assistant district attorney.
II did not" Mrs. CLANCY replied.
do you know whether or not the
ballots were counted?"
She replied in the negative.
What were you doing?"
IT was sitting at table crying" she
answered
Seeks to Extend Charges.
Extension of startling charges against
five election officials was the Gov
ernment's aim in summoning new wit
neSses.
Already witnesses have testified:
That a defendant claimed on the
night of the election last November,
when Kansas City joined the Demo-
] (See ELECTIONS, Page A-2.)