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throughout the series, as guests Of the
club. Arthur We'll. the chairman Of
the Games Committee. acted as toast
master and awarded the prizes. There
will be several special games arranged
during the summer months and the
regular season series Of duplicates will
be resumed in September.
Last weeks prize winners included
the following:
At the Fairfax Hotel, Friday eve
ming. North and South, Tom Hamlin
and Martin May, first; Mr.. and Mrs.
Ben Kasson, second; ]. F. McDonough
and A. v. English, third; East and
West, Miss Evelyn Spencer and j. A.
Dearing, first; j. L. Pinckney and j.
T. Onley, second; Mrs. Marian Barre
and Mrs. Kitty Boyle. third.
Tuesday afternoon, Miss Edna Mer-
ton and Mrs. Oliver Hoyem, first;
Mrs. w. L. Clarke and Mrs. G. G.
Bradley, second; Mrs. Bernard Rosson
and j. A. Dearing, third
Wednesday afternoon. Mrs. Wey-
man Tarpley and J. A. Dearing, first:
Col. and Mrs. E. B. Gray. second,
Mrs. Jerre Crane and Mrs. Mary
Plum, third.
At the La Sale Studio Monday
evening, Mr.. and Mrs. L. " Crane,
first; Mr.. and Mrs. Warren Gardner
tied with J. A. Dearing and Herbert
Hodges. second: Mrs. Dixie T. Wright
and William M. Peterson.
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vermillon in color and 12pf plus
38pf value. The surtaX is assigned
to a national culture fund.
According to the Associated Press:
"a new album page can be lettered
'Alexandretta,' now that this malarial
district in Northwest Syria has ac-
quired its own stamps-issues of Syria
(nine regular postage, eight airmails
and six postage dues) overprinted in
red 'Sandjak D'Alexandrette,' mean
ing District of Alexandretta.' The
territory used to be part of the Tur-
kish. Levant, but after the World War
1t went with the French mandate of
Syria and became part of the Syrian
Republic. Turkey would not let the
French forget that most of Alexan-
dretta's people were Turkish, and
promoted the present self-governing
set-up.
1.-THE two cities in the 'sandjak' are
biblical Antioch, old capital of the
Roman Empire in the Orient, and
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AMONG THE STAMP COLLECTORS
News of the Patec World Its Interests and otte
Stamp Press-List of Local Meetings.

in the days Of Uncle Toms Cabin"
Mrs. Harriet Beect,er Stowe visited
the place and made 1t immortal In
her book.
The stamp shop Of Alden H. Whit
ney. 4O2 Twelfth street NV, was loot
ed Of 81, 900 worth Of stamps and COW
ers early Thursday morning. Police
man w. c. Grooms arrested Edward M.
Shockley and retrieved the stolen
property later the same day.
Notice has been sent to postmasters
throughout the country that stocks OF
the new regular or presidential series
of stamps will not be supplied to them
so long as they have on hand supplies
Of the old issues.
The Washington Stamp Club OF
Chicago, host to the 1888 convention
of the Society Of Philatelic Americans.
August IS to ~, inclusive, has brought
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casters. There are IS values in the
complete series. All reproduce the
medallion portraits of King George vi,
facing right.
In all the publicity about the "a
cent airmail inverts of 1918 nothing
has been said concerning how it hap
pened that they were allowed to escape
from the Bureau of Engraving and
Printing. The explanation was the
usual one-panic haste. Congress
authorized the airpost experiment on
May 9, President Woodrow Wilson
signed the bill on May II. a rush
order was placed for the necessary
stamps, and within four days they had
been delivered to post Offices in WASH
ington, Philadelphia and New York.
It was natural, then, that mistakes
should occur One Of them made
hundred scraps of paper worth s4,500
each in the philatelic market.
New plate numbers are announced
as follows Six-cent airmail, 1885,
21858, 21901-2l904, 2l909-21922 and
1888; 1a-cent, Franklin, 1885,
2189o and 21s99-21900; 1-cent,
Washington, 21823-21834. 21s59-2ls72
and 21923-21924; 11a-center, Martha
Washington, 21873-21884 and 1894
21937; 2-cent, John Adams, 21S91-
1888; 3-cent, Jefferson, 21925-2l932
and 21938-21945, and Scent, Consti-
tuition ratification, 21905-2l908.
First day sales for the 6-cent red
bird" airmail stamp are officially re-
ported as: Dayton, May IA, $11,136.66:
st. Petersburg. May IA, $9,245.50;
Philatelic Agency, Washington, May
Is, $7,418.22; Washington City Post
Office, May Is, $2,74710.
Covers Cancelled were: 116,443 at
Dayton, 95,121 at st. Petersburg and
27,841 at Washington.
The figures for the half-cent Frank
lin stamp are given as: Philadelphia,
May 10, $7,418.78 (224,90l covers);
Washington. May 20, $2,462.31 Q6,ee2
covers).
Chester L. Lankford has discovered
a new color variety in the current
12-cent Grover Cleveland stamps. It
is talcum powder shade of brown
violet, very distinctive. Plate No.
20709 was used in the printing.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh M. Clark of the
Scott Publications, Inc, are expected
in Washington shortly.
The Minister of Sweden and the
Minister of Finland visited the Bu-
reau of Engraving and Printing with
Mr.. Farley on Wednesday to witness
the first press-run Of the new Della
ware commemorative.
Finland has announced the issuance
Of special overseas commemorative
to mark the Swedish Finnish settle
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By Blanche Sytret
McKnighf.

~ERTAINLY no other time Of
4 the year offers more ideal
motoring conditions than
~ spring, and especially does
this seem true Of the Keystone State.
where at this time spring is now in
full swing, with q profusion Of dog
WOOD and wild azalea covering the
hillsides and valleys, and the noun
tain laurel ready to unfold.
A 1,50O-mile tour Of the land OF
Penn, sponsored by the Pennsylvania
State Publicity Commission, has Just
been completed, and for the 100 travel
executives, heads Of motor clubs and
representatives of the press. WHO made
the trip, it was revelation Of scenic
beauty, historic interest and modern
industry.
Pennsylvania has for many years
been advertised as an industrial Titan
and historic shrine. Little, however.
has been said about what is now con-
sidered the States greatest asset
its natural beauty. As one person
remarked, Pennsylvania has for long
time served as q route to other States,
but now 1t is claiming its right as
a destination, and is becoming a de-
sirable vacation playground.
Concerning its scenic beauty, his
toric attractions and vast industries,
Pennsylvania has decided to tell the
world, and during the next two years
will spend S500.000 in publicizing its
attractions. For this purpose the
Pennsylvania Publicity Commission
was created.
The tour just completed started at
Harrisburg May 8. and ended in
Philadelphia May 18. 1t covered the
State in a route resembling the figure
eight, and included many byways and
points of interest unknown to the
average motorist.
After passing through and visiting
the high lights in most of the 81
counties which constitute Penn's land
gazing on its noble mountains,
tumbling waterfalls, glorious highland
valleys, winding rivers, traversing its
dense young forests and State parks,
viewing its finest farming areas, trod-
ding its hustling cities and study
ing its amazing industries, it becomes
easy to understand why the State
has adopted the slogan. pennsylvania
Has Everything" And this statement
comes very near being the literal
truth.
Pennsylvania really is ponderous
State-a Kingdom of contrasts" Its
vast mountainous terrain, from bor-
der to border, embraces seven ranges
rising magnificently In rounded dig
nifty or towering peaks. Few peo.
pie realize that 46 per cent of the
States area is still covered with
forests. Its elevations rise to 3,2l;
feet above sea level. in Somerset
County. Near New York State line
in Sullivan County. is Eagles Mere
| 1000 feet in altitude.
The land of Penn's woods has hun.
dreds of sapphire blue lakes. man3
cascading waterfalls. interesting cav
erns and thousands Of acres of hunt.
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lAlk UECd6 6Ilu IlvGIS allO SVI Cdul0 tlldt |
abound with fish.
From Market street in Philadelphia,
the cradle Of Liberty. to the famous
Point" in Pittsburgh and Logstown
down the Ohio; from Bethlehem.
great steel center and home Of the
early Moravian settlement, to New
Castle. center Of the tin industry;
from busy Chester on the Delaware
to thriving Erie on the lake. which
still harbors Perry's flagship, and the
Wolverine, first iron warship ever
built; from Matamoras, farthest east
hamlet, to Greene, the southwestern
most county; from Scranton, in the
heart of the anthracite region, to
Titusville, site Of the first oil well, the
historic, the beautiful and the in
dustrial are linked together.
For seeing and enjoying this glo-
rious land there are 10000 miles Of
fine, modern highways, and $4,000
miles Of improved byways. and good
hotels, excellent food and a friendly
welcome await you.
Wherever you are in Pennsylvania,
close to you and inexpensive are just
the things you want to do-water
sports on cool, mountain lakes, and
crystal clear streams; hiking and
hunting through deep woods, or over
hillsides covered with verdant growth
of evergreens, golf, tennis, swimming,
and in some sections tobogganning
and skiing-forest camps, in fact,
every type OF relaxation and enjoyment
your heart may desire.
Many 200 to $50 mile circle tours,
rich in scenic and historic interest,
may be planned from Washington into
Pennsylvania. Or one may strike out
for the heart of the State over such
routes as the Susquehanna Trail,
Bucktail Trail, the Lincoln highway,
the Buffalo and Pittsburgh highways,
or Perry highway, that connects Pitts
burgh and Oil City. The maps for the
routes are all marked with points Of
interest and they don't tell all. For
instance, one should not miss the old
stone and red brick churches. the
covered bridges on side roads between
Chambersburg and Harrisburg, the
symbols on the barns in Lancaster
County, which are supposed to bring
good luck. The various religious sects
in the State offer interesting studies.
For example, in Lancaster County the
Menronites, the Amish and the Dunk
ards are to be found still adhering
strictly to their customs of dress and
manner of living. The Moravian towns
OF Bethlehem and Lititz and the Rus
sian colony at Erie are equally in
teresting.
For a weekend trip consider 225-
mile drive through Lancaster, Ephrata,
Reading, Bethlehem to the Pocono
region, nationally famous for its crisp,
dry air, pure water, diversity of seem
cry, and as an all-year playground.
Or for a day of pilgrimaging start
out for Valley Forge. which is only
half the distance. Here be sure to see
the Washington Memorial and hear
the National Peace Chimes, which play
every day.
A trip we'll worth taking at any time
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ment tercentenary June 20. The value
will be 31a markka, and first-day
covers, at IS cents each, may be oh,
tanned through the American Finnish
Tercentenary Committee. Grocer
Building, Chester, Pa.
One Of the most interesting Airmail
Week cachets was that authorized at
Ripley, Ohio, showing the so-called
Eliza House, residence Of Rev. John
Rankin, . conductor Of tho under.
erocnd railroad for escaping slaves
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Thursday afternoon. Col. E. B.
Gray and James A. Dearing, first;
Mrs j. B. Grigsby and Mrs, C. E.
Meissner. second; Mrs. j. w. Jack
man and Mrs Dixie T. Wright, third.
NOTWITHSTANDING the fact that
tomorrow will be Decoration Day.
the regular Monday evening game will
be played at the La Sale Studio.
At the Shoreham Hotel, Monday
afternoon, Mrs. T. NJ Boyle and Col.
E. B. Gray. first; Mrs. w. L. Clark and
Gen. McGlochlin, second.
At the Hotel Gordon, Federal
Bridge League pair game, Tuesday,
North and South, DR.. A. J. Steinberg
and H. R. King, first; Mr.. and Mrs.
w. A. Gardner, second; Mr.. and Mrs.
Walter S. Frisbie, third: East and
West, Lloyd Tubbs and Isaac H. York,
first; j. Parsons and A. Touch, Sec
ond; Mrs. Paul Golden and Mrs. M.
E. Myers, third.
THE Washington Bridge Leagues
master pair game will be played at
the Shoreham Hotel in two sessions on
the first and third Wednesdays OF
July 1t is expected that there will be
about 16 tables, as there are more
than a sufficient number of master
players in the National Capital to
provide that number of tables.
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Automobile Briefs

A. B. Mckee, president Of Mckee
Auto Service, Inc, Bethesda, Md, an
nounces the appointment of his or
ganization as authorized Studebaker
dealers. Mckee also announces that
Frank Saunders will have charge of
sales and used cars. Ray Deickler has
been appointed Office manager. Service
testing will be under the supervision
of Harry Zimmerman and P. E. Ben
SON
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IL WdS 1SouCu AL
Berlin April 13,
one week in ad-
v a n c e of D er
Fuehrer'S 49th
natal anniversary,
was designed by
Prof. Richard
Klein of Munich
after a photo
graph by Heinrich
d. J,,yl
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de-mer p a ! m
which grows as
high as 120 feet
and bears a fruit
three times the
size of an ordi-
nary oco n u t,
and a fishing
pirogue contain
ing three Creoles
with large basket
Il
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born, jr.. treasurer and Elsie Louise
Holtgreve and Robert Bilsborough
members of the board of directors.

A giant tortoise appears on five
denominations of the new stamp OF
the British crown colony of Seychelles
Other designs show the famous COCO
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Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh M. Clark of the
Scott Publications, Inc, are expected
in Washington shortly.
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The Adolf Hitler birthday stamp OF
Germany may be used in Austria also.
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The Minister of Sweden and the
Minister of Finland visited the Bu-
reau of Engraving and Printing with
Mr. Farley on Wednesday to witness
the first press-run Of the new Della
ware commemorative.
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~ERTAINLY no other time Of
the year offers more ideal
motoring conditions than
ev,ri,,r ond ocvoCfo11u dOaS
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Chester L. Lankford has discovered
new color variety in the current
12-cent Grover Cleveland stamps. It
is talcum powder shade of brown
violet, very distinctive. Plate No.
20709 was used in the printing.
Evening star., 1938-10-14
3([M|[E SPEED
ASKED ON STREET
Congress Heights Citizens
Would Raise Limit on
Nichols Avenue Sc.

The Congress Heights Citizens As
favoring increase in the speed limit
on Nichols avenue Sc. from Sheridan
road to Upshur street to 80 miles per
hour.
Mrs. Helen Preil presented the mo-
ton. j. Louis Gelbman suggested the
matter be referred to the Police and
Fire Committee for presentation to
Traffic Director William A. Van Duzer.
Traffic Light Asked.
Mr.. Goldman also proposed install
lation of traffic lights at the intersec-
ton of Eighth street and Pennsyl-
vania avenue Sc, which at present
is controlled by a traffic officer: 'On
some occasions" Mr.. Goldman de-
clared, there is an officer at the in
tersection, but on numerous instances.
usually in the morning, traff1c is not
directed at all" This matter also
was referred to the Police and Fire
Committee.
Officers Nominated.
Officers for the coming year were
nominated, with elections to be held
at the November meeting. Those
nominated were Mr. Gelbman, presi-
dent; Benson Taylor, first vice presi-
dent; Earl Cooper, second vice presi-
dent; Hazel c. Young. treasurer; Mrs.
M. Dulin, secretary; Mrs. Alma Allen,
financial secretary; Francis Wahler,
trustee, and Mr.. Taylor and Mr..
Cooper, delegates to the Federation Of
Citizens Associations.
James A. Webb, representative OF
the Community Chest, spoke briefly to
the group urging their participation in
the go and see" tours. conducted by
the Chest to familiarize Washington
ians with Chest agencies and their
work
The meeting was concluded with
the showing of films sponsored by the
District of Columbia tuberculosis As
sociation.
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9x12 Heavy Felt Rugs

Manufactured by the
famous Berkshire and
londoston mills. All
coIors and potterns.
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FIRST LADY OF TURF
MRS. WHITNEY, FETED

Gold Pin and Life Membership
in Thoroughbred Club Are
Conferred on New Yorker.
Py the Associated Press.
LEXINGTON, KY, Oct 14.-Mrs.
Payne Whitney of New York, owner
of Greentree Farm, was honored last
night as the first lady of the Ameri-
can turf"
Honor guest at the seventh annual
dinner of the Thoroughbred Club OF
America, Mrs. Whitney became the
first woman in the history of the turf
organization to receive the gold pin
and scroll emblematic of life member
ship in the club and of distinguished
service to the turf
John Hay (Jock) Whitney, son of
the honor guest, made the principal
address.
Gov. A. B. Happy Chandler ex-
tended an official welcome to the blue
grass to Mrs. Whitney. whose large
farm is near here.
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weeks he will join her here to go
shopping for 100-acre farm.
Bromfield. now II, once was cub
reporter in his native Mansfield. Ohio,
and wrote Of Ohio scenes and folk in
several of his novels Early Autumn
brought him a Pulitzer prize in 1927.
Mrs Bromfield and their three chill
dren returned to America during the
recent war scare.
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BR0MFIELD, PULITZER
WINNER, TO BUY FARM

Wife of EARLY Autumn Author
Reports He Will Return Soon
From France.
OBERLIN, Ohio, Oct. IA (P.-
Louis Bromf1eld is ready to settle
down on "the farm" he fondly wrote
about.
His wife, Mary, said yesterday the
Pulitzer prize author is ending a a.
year residence in France and in three
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member OF the clubs Forum Commit
tee, the speaker said the Associations
membership had increased from 50 in
1885 to more than TOO. Mr.. Meyer
pointed out that when the organization
was founded two years ago about 10
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per cent Of convictions were obtained
against crimes committed here, while
thus far this year the average was
nearly Is per cent. While crime is de-
creasing in Washington, he said, the
Department of Justice reported a def
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FAMED SWORD LOANED
Perry's Sidearms Intrusted to
Naval Academy.

NEWPORT, R. l.. Oct. IA fP.-
Former United States Representative
Perry Belmont. of Newport, yester-
day disclosed that he had intrusted the
sword which was worn by Commodore
Oliver H. Perry in the Battle of Lake
Erie during the War of 1912 to the
United States Naval Academy at An
napolis.
Mr.. Belmont, a descendant of Com
modore Mathew Galbraith Perry
brother of the famous naval officer,
has possessed the historic sword for
some time and will retain its owner
ship.
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Cuba Provides Pensions.

Cuba's new retirement and pensions
fund for bank employees provides pen
sions for families in the case of death
of employees in active service or retired.
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REDUCTION IN CRIME
HERE SEEN BY MEYER

More Convictions Obtained Since
Formation of Criminal Justice
Unit, He Says.
Increased arrests and convictions
and a reduction in crime since the
formation of the Criminal Justice As
sociation were noted by Eugene Meyer,
president. in a talk before the Cosmo-
politan Club yesterday.
Introduced by Charles B. Dulcan,
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oxl2 size. Heavy quoIity
hieh-pi|e rugs in q voriety
Of the new fall designs and
coIors.
Montana labor news., 1938-05-05
Victimizing the JObless

The tendency of relief agencies to refuse
relief adequate to enable the economically
helpless unemployed and their dependents
to live decently, and without the suffering
that inevitably accompanies restitution, is
brought before the %footlights by the deplor-
able and unnecessary condition in st. Louis,
Missouri, relative to the payment Of rent for
those on relief rolls.
State authorities and city authorities blame
each other for the nonpayment of rent, which
has not been paid since last September. Dur
ing all of this time in the neighborhood Of
5000 families, involving 10000 persons, on
direct relief have suffered the daily fear OF
eviction.
Formerly, rent for those on relief was paid
by the city of st. Louis, at a cost OF about
A. 5000 a month.
The direct relief group consists OF those
families who have no one able to meet the
requirements imposed for employment on
Works Progress Administration projects.
These families are reported to be 'those of
widows who cannot leave their children for
jobs, people too old for jobs but not old
enough for old age assistance, and families
where the men are physically handicapped.
In addition there are a considerable num-
Der of WPA workers with large families
whose wages are insufficient to meet all OF
their needs and an added number Of those
who have jobs in private industry but are
not paid enough to support their families.
Although it is reported that throughout
the period in which rents have not been paid
landlords have refrained from resorting to
wholesale eviction, relief workers emphasize
the nervous strain of families constantly liv-
ing under the threat of eviction. This strain,
it is claimed, has affected their health materi-
ally.
In a number of instances in which eviction
has been ordered, the victims have found
shelter with relatives, or with others on re-
lief. Frequently families have been divided
by this method among several households.
The unemployed and their dependents are
the victims of a maladjusted social order for
which society as a whole is entirely respon-
sible. Society has the power to readjust the
social order on an ethical basis so that every
Individual shall enjoy an abundant life as the
result of his labor. 1t is therefore automatic
that society, which has the power and the
duty to remedy the deplorable unemploy-
ment condition but refuses to do so, should
end such victimization of the unemployed
and their dependents such as exists in St.
Louis, and in other cities, and provide them
with funds sufficient to enable them to live
in decency and comfort.
Montana labor news., 1938-05-05

ed the first adequate compensation law. Other
states have followed W~ashington's example,
until now forty-siX states, the District OF
Columbia and the Territories Of Alaska and
Hawaii have compensation legislation.
The Justice of workmen's compensation has
been generally admitted for many years. 1t
is therefore regrettable that the Legislature
of Mississippi still refuses to grant this
meagre equity to the workers who are vic
TINS of accidents, often fatal, while engaged
in the production Of commodities and the
performance of services solely for the private
profit of their employers.
Organized labor in Mississippi has persis-
tently fought for the enactment Of appropri-
ate workmen's compensation laws. But the
re%actionary employers who dominate the
State Legislature have again succeeded in
temporarily blocking the proposal. In this
instance, according to the Mississippi Labor
Federationist, the unprogressive Legislators
were backed by Governor Hugh L.. White,
who SIS still standing on his campaign
pledge to veto such legislation, if and when
it is presented to him for signature, despite
the fact that most of the opposition which the
bill met in former years is now removed"
Usually the outstanding persons opposing
workmen's compensation legislation are those
who have persistently fought adequate child
labor laws and refused to recognize the right
of working men and women to organize in
effective trade unions for the purpose of col
lective bargaining in the adjustment Of
wages, hours and work conditions. In the
language of William Green, president of the
American Federation of Labor, in a letter
urging the enactment of the Mississippi COM
pensation bill, mo law has been of such
benefit to the victims of injuries in industry
than have the compensation laws now in
effect"
The political and industrial leaders in Mis-
sissippi should cease their opposition to ade-
quate protection for injured workers and
their families and promptly enact an up-to-
date workmen's compensation law. By so
doing they will get more in touch with the
general spirit underlying American c%iviliza-
ton and grant to thousands of working men
and women an elemental justice now en-
ioyed by the workers in forty-siX states and
the District of Columbia. There is neither
Justice nor craftsmanship in continued re-
fusal to provide compensation for employees
who suffer both bodily injury and contract
occupational diseases in the memorable
exigencies connected with earning a living
for themselves and their families.