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The Washington times., 1938-07-27

But no human can perform miracles perpetually.
The strain has become progressively greater
First an appalling percentage Of Germany'S
workers have been diverted to producing armar
ments. Second, the cost has been terrific Third,
German exports have fallen off. Fourth, Hit
ler'S mania for making the country self-suffcient
has proved economically expensive. Fifth, en-
forced capital levies. compelling business con.
In the form Of I.oU's and, latterly, compelling
them to acquire government bonds, are under
mining the ability Of many enterprises to func-
ton satisfactorily.
The Washington times., 1938-07-27
Does Your Breath Broadcast
IL WEAR FALSE TEETH"?
Play Safe-Be SUre-Use PoIHdent

Most people who wear plates or
bridges suffer from a special kind Of
bad breath. Dentists call it-"den-
ture breath"
You won't know II you have It
but it can spoil your happiness.
Friends will Shudder-people avoid
you! And the worst Of It is that
ordinary brushing cannot prevent
it. Neither will mouth washes. For
the odor comes from a mucin-scum
that collects ON plates and bridges.
This scum SOakS up germs and
decay bacteria and causes o vile
odor that you cannot detect.
One thing can stop "denture
breath"-and that's PoHdentI This
new bruShleSS cleaner has won
the approval Of thousands Of
dentists. Users say it's q blessing.
Polident not only purifies
The Washington times., 1938-07-27
By EValy7 Walsh Mclean

vestigate these wretched creatures but to close I'D
their meeting places and run every single one Of
them out of the country.
have said time and again In these articles
that am thoroughly convinced q great many Of
our terrible air crashes are directly due to this
nsidiouS and undermining canker that is eating
away at the heart Of this country.
know Of two societies right here in Washing
ton that are Just as red and radical as they can
be. They 60 under some kind Of high-sounding
name and take orders directly from their chiefs
in foreign countries
Now, don't misunderstood me, my friends. I
have utter faith in the American people, but to
have the GPU, or any other secret society, in our
midst sounds like some thrilling detective story.
They haven't begun yet to start q campaign
against this plague like they have in the drive on
syphilis We must not only tell the people but
prove to them what q dangerous enemy this
country is fighting from within.
Once they thoroughly realize the danger. II the
Government doesn't take action, believe me the
people will. There is no finer, clearerthinking
class in the world than the American people.
Just read how one Of the highest men in this
GPU organization feels about the matter, when
he said:
when the people begin to staEve and freeze,
then is the time We shall do our work, whether
this winter or next winter or the next winter"
This is pretty raw statement to make in the
United States Of America.
The Washington times., 1938-07-27
Unt0W0rd EUents

THE LIST was not officially
- issued in the name Of Lewis,
but over the signature Of one
Eli L. Oliver, executive vice pres
1dent Of L. MP. L. 'Untoward
events are reported to be about
to befall Mr.. Oliver. Even be-
fore Texas, Lewis friends were
calling for his horns.
It appears he not only made
the six Texas errors, but is the
only baIlplayer or politician in
history who ever made an error
after the ball game was over
and everyone had gone home.
This was In North Carolina.
His July II blacklist marked
off Representatives Doughton
and Clark for defeat there, al.
though they had won more
than a month earlier, in the pri-
mary Of June 4.
&**
THE WHOLE CIO blacklist
l. idea is considered consider
ably less than bright, even by
many a Lewis friend here, for
another less obvious and more
important reason. On it were
about q dozen House committee
chairmen in the South who were
almost certain to win from the
start. Doughton, for instance, is
chairman Of the all.powerful
Ways and Means which handles
all taxation legislation; Sum-
ners, Judiciary; Mansfield, Riv-
ers and Harbors, etc.
Now, after having unsuccesS-
fully blacklisted these legisla-
tors, Mr.. Lewis must get favor
able consideration for CLIO legiS-
The Washington times., 1938-07-27
Texas Viewpoint

EOR these reasons and others,
= the claim that Texas regis
tered a major New Deal defeat
Tin the elimination of Maverick
and MacFarlane) is not widely
accepted by the Washington
crowd. A better way Of express
ing what happened probably
would be the statement that
Vice President Garner seems
to represent the Texas view
point more accurately than any
one else.
4 4 X
NOTEBOOK Maverick and
MacF'arlane were lopsided left
lists. A more evenly balanced
legislator, Sanders, also was de-
feated, but this has not altered
the generally accepted picture.
The Washington times., 1938-07-27
World Ldu
ChaOtic,SdyS
Pittnan

u.N.S.) International law
IS In q chaotic state, with
world statesmen in violent
disagreement over the rights
Of nations and individuals,
Senator Key Pittman (DO
of Nevada, declared today in
urging the United States ne
gOtiate for q new series of
treaties.
I'VE ought to make treaties
with the major powers indi.
vidually to cover major fac
tors of amity and commerce."
said Pittman, chairman of
the Senate Foreign Relations
Committee.
international lawyers are
in such disagreement ON in
ternatiOnal law that the
wisest course, 1t seems to me,
would be for us to make sep
arate treaties, though they
may be identical in Ian.
guage."
The senator said there
ought to be treaties with
major powers so none of
these powers would attempt
in wartime to establish
paper" blOckades in the
waters off Central and South
America.
The Washington times., 1938-07-27
M'ADOO ACCUSED.
IN SHAKE DOWN.
OF JOB HOLDERS.
Senate Group Weighs
Campaign Charges

QN.S) The special Senate
campaigns investigating commit
tee today weighed charges Fed
eral job holders in California are
being shaken down" for S per
cent Of their salaries to reflect
Senator William G. McAdoo, Dem
ocrat, who is running with open
endorsement Of President Roose-
welt.
James w. Mellen, of Los An
geleS, forwarded the charges and
they Immediately evoked from
Chairman Morris Sheppard CD
of Texas, notice that If they are
found to bear substance the COM
mittee may quickly go to the Col
den State and hold hearings.
REPORTS AWAITED
Should the committee decide
not to go Immediately, an investi-
gator undoubtedly will be sent to
Sift the complaints, it was ex-
pected.
Faced by q mountain of COM
plants of misuse of Federal re-
lief and other funds to sway votes
in the senatorial primary cleo
tons, the committee pondered a
program. Investigators already
sent into States were beginning to
submit reports, but these were
withheld from the public at least
temporarily.
EAGER TO GIVE FINDINGS
First reports on the red-hot sena-
torial races in Kentucky, Tennes-
see and Pennsylvania were before
the committee. With national in
terest focused upon the Kentucky
race, in which Governor A, B.
Happy" Chandler is trying to
supplant Senator Alben w. BARK
ley,
Likewise. he was eager to give
the people Of Tennessee the bene-
fit of the committees findings on
the knock-down.and-d rag-out sena-
torial race there in which charges
of corruption are flying thickly.
The Washington times., 1938-07-27

happen and the American people are either
treated like children or complete fools, not to be
trusted with the whole truth Of the matter.
Let me quote from confidential report of
April, 1882, have before me:
1.-THE National Fire Protection Association, at
its annual convention, stated that half the fires
In the United States had been tncendiary"
GPU Branches Everywhere
TIHEN take the GPU. This Is the secret service
- arm Of the Soviet government, having a per-
sonnet recruited largely from liberated convicts,
criminals and the lower dregs Of the underworld.
It is vested by Moscow with an absolute power
over life and death within its own sphere. not
only in Russia but in every country where it
operates.
It has branches everywhere and remarkable
spy service whose agents are instructed in special
training schools, the object being to further the
Communist cause in various countries and mark
this, through acts Of TERRORISM to stir up
revolution and to prepare the way for the COM
pIete determination of the capitalistic system
GPU agents do not work secretly here, either;
they work openly. The people ask, why don't we
stop it," The real fact is, our Government has
had no machinery and no power, UP to very re-
GENTLY, IL then to investigate let alone suppress,
revolutionary movements.
Glue J. Edgar Hoover Free Hand
CONGRESS should give j. Edgar Hoover and
~ his men a lump sum yearly, not only to in
The Washington times., 1938-07-27
Splendid Record Of FBI

WE HAVE an organization here, the FBI, as
everyone knows, and its last report turned
in shows that for every dollar spent it saved
1874. Out of 1877 kidnapping cases, 1874 have been
solved. You cannot ask for much better record
than this.
If we want to stand together, shoulder to
shoulder and fight the world as one united front,
our first important and vital step is to give J..
Edgar Hoover and his men plenty Of money and
let them run down everyone Of these damned
secret radical societies: close them up and deport
every person who has the slightest connection
with one.
Remember, America is for Americans; not for
the Stains or the Hitlers Of this world.
The Washington times., 1938-07-27

social upheavel may erupt.
Germany provides the latest
Ominous developments. Al
though her security market,
like everything e'se, is under
rigid control, it has lately been
severely shaken, involving
heavy losses to investors.
Hitler's financial wizard,
Or. Hjalmar Schacht, long
head Of old.time Germany's
central bank, has performed
miracles in bolStering Of the
countrV's lettering finances.
The Washington times., 1938-07-27
M0ury Maverick

THE ADMINISTRATION here
= did more than was advertised
for Maverick. Not only was he
permitted to hold Mr.. RooSe.
velt's speech in the rain at Anna
rillo after the Presidents son
became tired Of holding it, but
a week before the primary, an
allotment Of $3,588,000 for slum
clearance in San Antonio was
made by Nathan Straus Of the
Housing Administration. This
was even more important than
holding the Presidents speech
in the rain IS Mavericks sole
San Antonio hope lay in the
Mexican quarter Of the city.
His reluctance to contest an
election in which he was de-
feated by such a narrow mar
gin may be at least partly ex-
planned by the fact that Texans
rarely consider recounts advis-
able. In the last such case, the
defeated candidate found him.
self loser by about 5000 more
votes than in the first count.
General deduction Of politicos
here is that Maverick would
have won If he had AFL sup
port. Also his announcement
that Abraham Lincoln had Suf-
fered four defeats so he could
stand one, has led to the ad-
ditional conclusion that even
after three more defeats Maver-
lex still would not be Lincoln.
The Washington times., 1938-07-27

you want to call it! This is O
peril the seriousness of which
few people realize.
You pick up a paper and
read. Five naval plan e s
strangely damaged. Bombers'
wings found weakened. Off,
GERS deny sabotage" Leaders
Of the Bund Society fined and
Jailed In New York" And 50
1t goes. News Of q few Of
these vicious acts leaks out,
but, as soon as it reaches the
public, something seems to
The Washington times., 1938-07-27
Says Boake Carter

WONDER:
Why, in democracy, if the Government can
operate the greatest propagands and publicity
machine ever seen in peacetime United States,
private industry has not the same privilege to
propaganda its side Of the story?
L If Senator Bob La Toilette has ever read q
definition Of Civil liberties" -inasmuch as his
committee is known as the La Toilette Civil
Liberties Committee?
Encyclopedias Britannica describes civil lib
erty' thus:
"O Freedom Of the citizen in regard to per
sonal action and property-not merely from
state control. but also from private oppression
by individuals or corporations from which the
state should protect him: "a freedom in regard
to religious worship and the expression of
opinion; 90 participation in the government of
the community in which he lives.
civil liberty Is limited by the necessities OF
public safety, which fluctuate, e. g., between the
conditions Of peace and war: but it should not
be at the mercy of any governing clique which
wants to carry out experiments in e. g.. what
it chooses to call social welfare :"
Where's the Differences?
T WONDER:
What it is that makes La Toilette seem to
think that he is more right than the people he
has had such pleasure In smearing? What is
the difference in the La Toilette committee
henchmen receiving pay to dig up dirt and the
steel companies dishing out pay to splash the
dirt?
Copyright Ledger syndicate)
(BoGke Carriers opinions are his o1Dn and not
HcccssGrily those OF The WGshiHgt0H TinesJ
The Washington times., 1938-07-27


Ncity agency, when, for instance, the Federal
Housing Administration spent in 1897 alone
100000 Of taxpayers money for Education and
publicity?
e
Journalists Sell OUT
I WONDER:
Why the smear" Of WrNer and Lecturer
George SokolSky. because he received $4,000
from the National Association of Manufacturers
and the Iron and Steel Institute. for expressing
views he publicly expressed years ago. when some
OF the ablest newspapermen in Washington
sold out" themselves and their views for jobs
on the public pay roll as New Deal" propa-
gandiStSP
What they reap for selling baloney to the
public-even when they themselves did not
believe in what they were dishing outs praise
and commentator
These writers" are being paid to sell the tax
payer something for which the taxpayer is
paying.
The Washington times., 1938-07-27

thermore, three of the winners
(Dies, Summers and Lanham)
were backed by his political ad-
versary, Bill Green, of AFL.
Worse yet, his bat-boy, Repre-
sentative Maury Maverick, was
also defeated by an AFL candi-
date, Paul Kilday.
This preserved unblemished
the record he started in the
Pennsylvania primary when his
own personal gubernatorial can
didate was defeated.
The Washington times., 1938-07-27

four days be-
fore Texas
went to the
polls in a pri-
m airy which
is really an
election. The
Lewis black
slate marked
five T e x a s
l e 8 l s l atOrS
for defeat
Di S, S u m
n e RS, Mans
field, Lam
n g. m q n d
w e S t. All
-.
The Washington times., 1938-07-27
The News Behind
The News
Bv PAUL MALLON


Reproduction in Full or in Part Strictly PrOhibtsd)
1OHN L. LEWIS to be slipping than slightly
The behemoh of the ballot box is batting 900 to date
the major political league In fact there is talk that
he will be sent back to the minors for further seasoning
The Washington times., 1938-07-27

Hit or miss him you photograph the
burglar. Making thieves photograph
themselves Was clever, but the new
pistOl.camera inspired by q brutal
mlr6ers new actually phOtOgRaphs the
feature In Tho American Weekly, the
Magazine distributed with next Sun.
days HeRald.Times,
The Washington times., 1938-07-27
My Say

WHEN win the people in this great country Of
" ours awake to the serious danger confronting
them? Fascism communism, or any other name
The Washington times., 1938-07-27

ENVY not jewellers in dictator countries Con-
ditions in them are steadily becoming worse.
difficulties multiply. Financial collapse and
The Washington times., 1938-07-27

Civil Liberties Committee over
the discovery that steel COM
panies paid several hundred
thousand dollars for propa-
ganda and publicity when the
Government itself is paying
out more than 80 times as
much, In taxpayers money, for
exactly the same thing?
n WONDER:
= Why the excitement over
the discovery that one steel
firm paid $25O.OOO to a pub
The Washington times., 1938-07-27

His big political bat, labor's
Non-PartiSan League, swung out
with Q congressional blacklist
The Washington times., 1938-07-27

lation in their committees dur
ing the next two years Of Con-
greSs.
The Washington times., 1938-07-27

false teeth - but also removes an
stain, tarnish and deposits. Makes
breath sweeter plates look better
and feel better. Costs only 500 at
any drug store and lasts for manyl
weeks. Money back II not deIi0hted.I
The Washington times., 1938-07-27
But
r WONDER:

Il WOVOEEG.
Why all the glee and sanctimonious expires
SonS Of SelfEighteousness by the La Toilette
The Washington times., 1938-07-27
PURGE TO GO ON

The Presidents so-called purge
Of Democratic Senators and Rep.
reSentatives who do not agree
with his definition Of a liberal
will 60 on, Holt predicted.
But he will pick his spots"
the youthful solon declared.
HE will wage his fight in States
where he thinks he can win.
You notice that where Senators
and Representatives who exer-
else independence in their vot-
ing are renominated, nothing is
said by the Presidents lieuten-
ants. Naturally, they will not
talk about their defeats"
Secretary Of the Interior Ickes,
WPA Administrator Hopkins and
others in the Administration "for
obvious reasons want Roosevelt to
run for a third term" Holt said
They want to hold onto Their
jobs. Hopkins has a better job
now than he ever had before OF
SNSA "AA SAuOA LA pXANHLS 44ASs nc
wants a third term"
NEVER GIVES UP
That President Roosevelt will re
Vive his government reorganiza
ton bill and also the repealed I'm
distributed profits tax was the
opinion Of Holt, who said:
"You will notice from his
record that he never gives up
on his reform-l legislative propo-
sails. II he cannot get all he
wants, he takes a half-loaf and
then comes back for the rest"
Just returned from a vacation
cruise in the Caribbean sea, includ
Ing q visit to Puerto Rico, Holt
said business interests in Puerto
Rico were "up in arms" against
the wage-hour law. The 25-cen'
minimum wage provided in the act
spells rUination for manufacturer.
there, they claim, he said.
The Washington times., 1938-07-27
HOLT PREDICTS
PRESIDENT WILL
ASK Third Term
But He Will Not Get
It, Says Senator

= uN.S.) President Roo sevelt
cloves to break precedents" and
will seek a third term in the White
House, If he believes he can be
elected, Senator Rush D. Holt
CD Of West Virginia declared
here today.
The West Virginia Senator, who
opposed the Presidents Supreme
Court enlargement bill, the Gov
eminent reorganization bill and
other major New Deal measures,
quickly added:
"But the precedent against q
third term for President will not
be broken by the American peo-
pie. Neither President Roosevelt
nor any one else can stay in
the White House for three
terms. II President Roosevelt
believes he can break that
precedent he will find himself
mistaken"
The Washington times., 1938-07-27

Glue J. Edgar Hoover Free Hand
CONGRESS should give J. Edgar Hoover and
~ his men lump sum yearly, not only to in
The Washington times., 1938-07-27

There's lots besides a V-S
engine that you'll find only
in a Ford va among to-
days low-priced carsl For
instance: Torque-tube drive
with radius rods front and
rear, adding to stability
and safety Center Poise
ride passengers Graded be-
tween flexible transverse
springs), on 123-inch spring.
base Windshields that
open on all closed cars =.
Easy-acting safety brakes
with big 12-inch drums and
4-wheel parking brakes {.
Advanced styling that's all
new this year Long-last-
ing, easy-cleaning special
Ford finish. And plenty
more - worth checking I
Evening star., 1938-04-16

* EEP this under your hat" was
the way citizens OF Omaha,
Nebr, greeted Postmaster A. D. Jones
when they handed him a letter to
mail
Strange as it seems, Jones' plug
hat was Omaha's first post office
Wherever Jones went, the post ONCE
went with him. At night, when he
went home after days work, he
hung the post office on a hat rack
in the hall. 1t was one post office
that stayed open on Sundays.
When A. D. Jones received his ap-
pointment in 1854, Omaha had no
official post Office. so he substituted
his hat. Postmaster Jones did the
delivering in those days. He carried
the letters around town in his hat,
passing them out personally to the
addresses.
A decade before the opening Of this
unusual Government institution, Los
Angeles, Calf, got its mail in 4
washtub. sitting on the counter Of a
general store.
On arrival of the overland mail
from the States, the entire population
gathered at the store to receive letters
and have DR.. William B. Osborne, Los
Angeles postmaster. read them. He
was about the only man In town who
could read.
Evening star., 1938-04-16
Winning Contract
BY THE FOUR ACES.
Several Alternatives.

HUNDREDS OF times we have heard
a player remark, If could only
have seen through the backs Of the
cards, could have made that hand!"
If one were only clairvoyant. a great
many close hands, which involve q
choice Of plays. would be made Good
Judgment Is often almost as effective
as clairvoyance. In today's hand de-
clarer had choice Of three possible
plays to make his contract. Two OF
them involved q flnesse, the other q
throw-in play, and declarer, who was
undecided which finesse to take, de-
cided to disdain both of them and try
the third alternative.
North, dealer.
Neither side vulnerable.
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North. East. South. West
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81 Pass 3NT Pass
Pass Pass
West opened the king of spades and,
receiving the discouraging deuce from
his partner, decided on q shift. While
diamond lead would have defeated
the contract, West, using rather poor
judgment. chose a low heart. When
declarer played low from dummy, East
won with the queen and after cashing
the second spade trick returned q club
| Any other lead by East would have
made things easy for declarer, but the
club return left him with only eight
sure tricks. Declarer could now have
finessed West for either Of the red
kings, and II he chose the right one,
the contract would have been made.
However, there was q third possible
play that would eliminate any guess
work, provided East held no more than
two clubs.
After some thought declarer decided
to take this risk, and he won the first
club in dummy, then led small club
to his queen and played the jack Of
spades. discarding one Of dummy's
good clubs. This left dummy with the
ace-small Of both hearts and dia-
monds, and when East won the third
spade lead with his queen, he now had
the unhappy choice Of either return
ing . spade to declarer's two estab-
lished tricks or one Of the red suits d.
rectly into tenace.
(Copyright, 103S.)