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The Washington times., 1938-01-03

his door turned his misery into
fear. He thought at first his next
door neighbor was coming to de
mand the rain-wrinkled tuxedo
Paul hadn't had the money to get
pressed.
Who's there?"
IT'S me, Maria"
wait a minute"
In frantic haste, he flung off his
coat, donned a dressing gown,
threw himself on his couch, pulled
a cover over him and assumed q
posture of extreme illness before
he called her to come in.
MARLA WORRIED
Maybe shouldn't have come, u
she hesitated in the doorway, but
I was so worried bout you"
Nice of you," he coughed elab.
orately, the capitalist of last night
now completely the invalid, Just
a bad cold. Doctor insisted I stay
in bed"
At the mention Of doctor, Maria
forgot her tinidity in alarm for
him. All solicitude. she hurried to
his bedside and felt his forehead
anxiously.
"You don't seem to have fever.
but you do look frayed," she wor-
ried. Have you had anything to
eat?"
no" he lied, unwilling to ad-
nit the beans that hadn't nearly
filled him up. He raised his mead
feebly. struggling to do something
about playing host.
"Stay right there" she ordered
firmly, I'll get something for
both Of us"
What more could a sick man
do? He was glad when she
seemed to think It was just like a
man to have a bare cupboard. He
protested and was forced to yield
when she insisted on going out
and bringing in supplies.
He lay half dying while she put
tered about the kitchenette. sing.
ing happily. At last she brought
him tray of deliciously cooked
Invalid food.
you should be out enjoying
yourself" he epologized, as she
arranged pillows behind him,
''it's a shame when you're only
here a week"
But I'm going to help you get
better quickly so we can go out
again"
The Washington times., 1938-01-03

Maras letter announcing her arrival burned hole in Paul
Nason thin and shabby wallet he rode the subway down
to his $35.a week shppng clerks Job.
The Washington times., 1938-01-03
GLORIOUS EVENING

For le whole glorious eve
ming, Paul thrilled to an extra holi-
day not allotted by the firm. He
was completely on vacation. not
only from the office out from
being a poor young shipping clerk
BY miracle rather than merit,
Paul left the cabaret with enough
money to taxi Maria home. They
fingered for a moment on the
shadowed doorstep of the girls
residential club.
It was then I aul noticed that
q light sprinkle Of rain had be
gun to fall. All unheeding, Maria
raised her face artlessly toWarc
his. In husky, broken tones. Pau
promised TO call her next eve
ming. knowing then that he lovet
her and knowing that he might
never see her eeain.
With awe and tenderness. Pau
kissed her. then watched the dool
slam on her loveliness before HI
turned to walk the seven block'
home through the rain.
Jenkins turned sour at Paul.
description Of Marla's loveliness
His lunch pal pointedly avoided
him. Paul was forced to admit hi
bankruptcy,
At 6:15. he telephoned Mari;
that he had been taken suddenl
Ill. Her sympathetic concern hal
killed him. but he hurried through
a formidable array of excuses ant
hung up.
Then he opened and ate a cal
Of beans and sat down to a sax
evening Of solitaire.
The Washington times., 1938-01-03
Cast of Characters in
Vacation Lies"

PAUL, a shipping clerk who
tries to back up his vaca-
ton lies to
MARLA, who comes to the
big town to have Paul
show her the sights.
Evening star., 1938-05-07
Says Dorothy Thompson
Is in Error on Divorce

To the Editor of The Star:
In Dorothy Thompsons column of
April % there is not only lack of food
for thought, but something which
smacks of a dangerously tainted con-
sumptive. That We have divorce with
us no one can deny-"a factor in
American life" if you will But so is
cancer. The recognition that divorce
exists is one thing. The favorable ac-
ceptance of it without regret or qualifi-
cation is another.
In this connection. Miss Thompson's
statement that any one religious belief
has monopoly over American con-
science is likewise grossly in error All
statistics, religious and secular, point to
the fact that over fifty per cent of the
American people profess no religious
belief. So. with the Catholics claiming
twenty per cent of the religious popula-
ton, the Jews five per cent likewise,
what have you? Paganism? Certainly
not Professionalism. unfortunately And
not the least among paganismS debts is
its debt to divorce.
With regard to the birth pictures, Miss
Thompson likewise agrees with Mrs.
Roosevelt in that anything honest can
do no harm. Nevertheless We have our
etiquette authorities on good taste-an
entirely different thing from basic hon
esty. If columnists, both men and wom-
en-, would stick to their last" be it eco
nomicS, politics or other issues, and not
dOgmatize on everything from the sub
lime to the ridiculous. they could do
much to help an already too muddled
world. j. SWEENEY,
Evening star., 1938-05-07

record in this country since the end of
the war. Her refusal to pay the war
debts is ever present in the minds Of
the American citizens. Yet her misfor-
tunes Of the last few years, her honest
endeavors to overcome a difficult situa-
tion and the activities of her representa-
tives in this country led those "sensa-
tional" American newspapers to forget
the defaulting of the debts and give
helping hand to the succeeding French
governments.
There have been only two chiefs of
missions in recent years in Washington
who have challenged the newspapers
one was Signor Giacomo de MARITIME,
Mussolini's representative, who protested
to the State Department every time
something derogatory was written about
his chief; the other was Jaffar Djelal,
Trans Minister, who managed to break
off diplomatic relations between the two
countries because he showed himself too
touchy about what was written and said
about his sovereign. Both these men,
however, represented >oversensitive die
tators.
Is it possible that Monsieur Daladier
has become as touchy as II Duce or
Ria Khan, the dictator of Iran?
Evening star., 1938-05-07
What Is the Intent of
President Roosevelt?
To the Editor Of The Star:

To the Editor Of The STAR
Whether on official Is president, king,
etc. depends on the nature and extent
Of his powers, not on the name of his
office. A dictator is defined as one who
exercises the executive, legislative and
judicial powers. The Maundy Aims
Allocution of the President discloses the
belief that one method of effecting q
dictatorship is through causing unem-
ployment, insecurity, hunger, helpless
ness In face of Government confusion
and weakness through lack of leader
ship in Government in business and
division fostered by hate An executive
may also become dictator by gaining
control of agriculture, of industry and of
finance. At the Presidents request Con-
gress has passed acts giving the Presi-
dent control of agriculture GA. A. A.,
etco, control of industry IN. I. r. A.,
etc. has placed at the Presidents dis
posal billions of dollars and is now de-
batting whether to grant billions more;
has confiscated the peoples gold and
boarded it; has granted the President
power to change the standard unit of
value, thereby abolishing the unit as a
standard changing it from constant to
variable tthe dollars used to be 258
grains of gold 90 fine); has made cur
rency fiat Grredeemable), deprecated
t25.8 to Is 5/2l grains), and inflated has
passed tax acts for ulterior purposes, lie,
for purposes other than raising revenue
for the lawful purposes of the Govern
ment specified in section of Article I of
the Constitution and tax acts, which re-
tard and prevent recovery of prosperity
and has encouraged the House to with
hold approval of the removal by the
Senate of such hindrances; has given
numerous governmental Instrumental
ties powers not delegated to Congress,
for example, to loan to individuals and
to municipalities, tax funds raised from
all the people for the governmental pur-
poses specified in the Constitution and
to acquire land in addition to the ten
square miles permitted in Constitution,
Article I. section 8 and to compete with
citizens in means of gaining living,
etc; has repudiated upward of 100000
veterans life insurance policies, etc.
The President removed William E.
Humphrey as Federal trade commits
sioner and the airmail contracts were
abrogated. The President has controlled
Congress and sought to control the Su-
preme Court and quasi-judicial COM
missions.
The President has stated that he is
opposed to dictatorship because % he
has no inclination for it, t2) has not the
qualifications and 80 has too much his
torical background and knowledge of
existing relationships not because of its
lllegality and immortality. He has coun-
seled and approved unconstitutional acts,
which was a crime in Greece named
paranoma. The depression has been
prolonged more than five years because
Government has not confined itself to
governing, but has interferred in bus-
ness contrary to the teaching of history
and contrary to the Constitution man
is presumed to intend the direct, natural
results of his acts. BY their fruits We
shall know them
EDWARD HENRY NEARY.
Port Washington, N. Y.
Evening star., 1938-05-07

clared. Several essential food factore
mainly members of the vitamin r COM
pick. are now recognized as building
stones of engines required for tho far7
mentatlon and oxidation of foodstuffs
oy pooy cells. Some of these non protein
parts OF engines cannot be built bv the
human or animal organism. but ONLY
pV higher plants and bacteria, IF thev
are lacking IN our food. nutritional
diseases called vitamin deficiencies re-
suit
DR.. Stern also reported that he and
.. w. Hoter OF Yale have prepared in a
test tube, by reaction of synthetic vita
MN b and PHOSPHORUS oxychloride.
1he active compound called cocar-
poAyiaSe, OF an engine which prevents
accumulation Of pyruvic acid This
STICKY dark brown acid, deriyative of
The tartarlc acid familiar in grapes. is q
product of normal intermediate carbo-
hydrate metabolism in animal TISSUES
Excess accumulation of pyruvic acid in
the brain tissues and kidney and heart
muscles has been linked with the occur
renee OF polyneuritis. nerve disorder.
The work at Yale on cocarboxvlase
was carried out following an announce
ment by K. Lohman and P. Schuster of
Heidelberg that cocarboxylase when
prepared from yeast has the chemical
composition of vitamin B, pyrophos-
phate. The Heidelberg finding proved
that vitamin B, must first be coupled
with pyrophosphoric acid before it can
act in the living cell, DR.. Stern said.
adding
Understanding of engine action has
progressed mainly by the study of the
engines which present themselves as
corrugated proteins-that is, of proteins
combined with non-protein groups at
which the chemical reaction with other
molecules takes place. The discovery of
these groups has inaugurated new
branch of chemistry-the organic chem
istry of engines
1T has already been possible to syn
thesize some of these non-protein
groups and to prepare partly artificial
engines by combining the synthetic
compounds with their natural protein
component. The synthesis of the pro-
tein part itself, which not only increases
greatly the activity of the special group
but determines largely the nature Of the
foodstuff attacked by the engine. will
have to await the elucidation of protein
structure in general"
Evening star., 1938-05-07
Hague's Denial of Right of
Speech to Norman Thomas
To the Editor OF The Star:

10 tne Edltor OF Inc Star.
This country is certainly coming to
pretty pass when a scholar of political
exigencies of the integrity of Norman
Thomas is ridiculed and physically de-
ported from the free city of Jersey City
in the free State of New Jersey in the
free country of the United States of
America.
The scruples of Mr. Thomas as re-
CARDS political grafton are widely known
both in this country and abroad and
it certainly is within his constitutional
right to address the people anytime and
anywhere provided such is done in the
orthodox and orderly manner
Who does this Frank Hague think he
Is that he can deny this inalienable
right to free-thinking and law -abading
American citizen? 1t would rather seem
that he and not Mr.. Thomas were dis
rupting the public peace when he finds
it necessary-or should I rather say
convenient?-to call out his JERSEY CITY
police.
1t is gratifying to note that Alfred
Lanoon, while anything but parallel with
Thomas political philosophy, saw fit
to clarity an issue much more important
than Frank Hague's dislike for Thomas
that Of the abridgement of free speech.
Mr.. London could not help but re-
mind me of another political sage who
lived many score years ago and who
apparently enjoyed the same political
premise as the 1896 presidential nominee.
He was Voltaire of France and aptly
expressed himself on this point when
he said Il wholly disapprove of what
you say, but will defend to the death
your right to say it.
BENJAMIN r. STICKNEY. Jr.
Evening star., 1938-05-07
United Support.

Inc referendum vote Oh last Saturday,
which polled such an impressive majority
In favor of votes for the District, attains
special significance when considered in
connection with the petition to Congress
signed by forty individuals, representing
as many organizations, asking for favor
able action on the two resolutions for
constitutional amendment now pending
In Congress
The referendum vote was in the nature
OF an overwhelming affirmation, by the
people Of Washington as a whole. of the
prayers and arguments set forth in the
petition. 1t disposed. once and for all. of
the possible claim that signatures to
petition represent a formal expression of
opinion by representatives of organiza-
tions rather than an expression of real
community sentiment The vote on Sat-
urday showed that the sentiment ex-
pressed in the petition and argument for
national representation vas overwhelm-
tngly indorsed.
Thus added strength is given to the
petition and argument for constitutional
amendment empowering Congress to
grant representation of the District in
House, Senate and electoral college and
IN local government. Hearings on these
amendments before the House Judiciary
Committee will take place May Is and
19. Practically every organization of citi-
sens in Washington was represented in
the signatures to the petition. including
the newly formed and very effective
Citizens Conference on District of Co
lumbia Suffrage The membership of
these organizations might be computed
at the impressive total of more than
100000 individuals. When given the
informal opportunity of going to the polls
and voting on the main questions covered
by the proposed constitutional amend
ments. nearly 100000 citizens again ey-
pressed themselves by lop-sided ma
jority in the affirmative.
These two expressions of opinion
contained in the petition and supported
by the eferendum-should be of great
assistance to the members of the House
Judiciary Committee in answering the
fundamental question. which is whether
the people of Washington really want
national representation In the COM
ments by members of Congress which
followed the count of the ballots the pre-
dominant note was that there seemed to
be no question about what Washington
wanted. That question having been
answered, there should be no great hesi-
fancy on the part of Congress to grant
the prayers of Washingtonians by sub
mitting to the States the constitutional
amendment empowering Congress to
grant Washington the vote.
Evening star., 1938-05-07
Oversensitive EnyOvs.

Count Rene de Saint Quentin, the
newly accredited Ambassador of France
to the United States, complained in an
address delivered on Thursday before
the Advertising Club in New York
against certain American newspapers
which, he declared, distort news coming
from France, in an attempt "to excite
the readers emotions in order to retain
his attention" The ire of the Ambas-
sador was aroused because some news
papers described the new Daladier cab
inet as dictatorial administration.
, Count de Saint Quentin has only re-
Gently arrived in this country. The chief
criticism made against his appointment
IN Paris was that he has had no expert
ence In the English-speaking countries;
he Is specialist on the Mediterranean
questions. 1t seems that this criticism
was correct. In the last two years, now-
ever, his predecessors had paved the way
for him. Foreign Minister Georges Bon
net managed to gain the sympathy of
all those who had come in touch with
him and re-established in less than seven
months the much shaken prestige of
France in this country. His temporary
successor. the Minister-Counsellor Jules
Henri continued the successful work of
Bonnet. He had been in this country
for 80 many years that he had absorbed
the American philosophy to a high
degree.
France has not had an especially good
Evening star., 1938-05-07
Safety Patrol Day.

Washington is alive with children to-
day. Eleven thousand youngsters have
come to the Capital to dramatize their in
terest in safety. They will parade in Con-
stitution avenue, but more particularly
they are parading in the hearts of their
senior contemporaries. One glance at
any casual group of them will suffice to
quicken the pulse of the average man or
woman. There need be no argument
about it-this latest generation of Amer
leans is as good human material as ever
the sun shone on!
The visiting children represent differ
ent communities, different classes, creeds,
conditions of heredity and environment.
Yet they are strikingly alike. Their
sturdiness, cleanliness, self disciplined
independence and natural dignity of
bearing combine to form unified pat
tern. composite photograph of
random score of them would be reason
ably accurate portrait of each individual
Soull6olCls ilot uiSlOIleu CdTlcdLufe.
The ideal which brings them together
similarly is common phen omenon Life
is sacred to them They are dedicated
to protecting it.
And the connotations involved in their
philosophy are dynamic. The American
Automobile Association and the Cooper
ating police. press and radio agencies
engaged in the safety campaign perhaps
have builded better than they guessed.
In days that lie ahead other dangers
than those of streets and highways may
threaten the United States. If so. these
children, grown to maturity, will face
them bravely. meet them inteligently.
Their training may be relied upon to
guide them Alright.
Meanwhile. Washington salutes the
School Patrol children with appreciation
Seeing them has been an encouraging
experience for many troubled and
puzzled adult.
Evening star., 1938-05-07
Merchant Marine Needs.

Few of the proposals for economic
betterment laid before the annual meet
ing of the Chamber of Commerce of the
United States equal in Importance the
representations submitted by Rear Ad-
miral Emory S. Land retired, chair
man of the United States Maritime
Commission Admiral Lands presenta-
ton of the American merchant marines
needs did not primarily concern re-
covery. the theme on which most of the
chambers other speakers dwelt His
address dealt rather with the long-range
problem of recapturing the Nations
once proud and premier place as
mercantile sea power.
With sailorlike directness, the Mari
time Commission chief declares "the
core of the merchant marine rehabilita-
ton program is replacementS.' Until
that phase is constructively approached
it will be impossible to improve the sit
uation, which, on the basis of fleets en-
gagged in international trade, finds the
United States fourth in size, among the
eight principal maritime powers; sixth
in speed, and seventh, or next to last,
in age. AS Admiral Land rightly says,
this is pitiful position for the richest
country in the world, mercantile ma
ton whose volume of foreign commerce
is exceeded only by Great Britain"
While he feels that our place is at the
head OF the procession instead of near
the tail end, he admits there are some
extenuatng reasons Among causes
which have thwarted either normal or
healthy development of the merchant
fleet are congressional. Investigations,
financial and labor troubles, depression,
mlsmanagement and the yacillatlng gov
ernmental policies of which the shipping
industry has been the victim for
decade Admiral Land spoke with re-
freshing frankness on this score, plainly
lnferring that continued ham m-strineing
by the combined forces of meddlesome
Federal authority, timid capital and
autocratic labor must condemn the
American people to indefinite servitude
on the high seas through dependence
on foreign bottoms for the bulk of our
carrying trade.
Probably the astronomically mounting
cost of shipbuilding prices is the most
formidable hurdle that has to be taken,
though the high-handedness of certain
labor groups and practices must be a
close second. as barrier. 1t is almost
incredible that shipbuilding here is 400
to 500 per cent more expensive than
twenty years ago, though comparable
British costs have risen to only two or
three times preWar figures The trend
Is serious, the question it raises grave"
As Mr. Kennedy pointed out before
laying down the Maritime Commission
chalrmanship. His able successor. Ad-
miral Land, renders a public service in
so vigorously reminding the country of
the fundamental needs of a branch of
the Government second only to the Army
and Navy as bulwark of national well
fare and security.
Evening star., 1938-05-07
Liberty in America?

Stripped Of its camouf1age of verbal
ballyhoo, the state of civil liberties in
Jersey City still is an amazing thing.
For the past three presidential elec-
tions, 1928 through 1896, Norman Thomas
has held legitimate place on the ballot
and has received hundreds of thousands
OF votes. His Socialist party is duly
recognized and accepted as part of our
political system. Yet when he dared to
enter Jersey City to exercise his right
OF free speech as an American citizen.
those who profess to represent law and
order in that community arrogated to
themselves the authority to "deport" him.
And now, as two members of the
United States Congress prepare to enter
the city for the similar purpose of telling
the massed citizens only that they should
guard and exercise their rights under
law and the Constitution there is a
babel of threats from officials of SEEM
ingly dignified patriotic organizations
about clubbing the speakers out of town.
1t is idle, of course, to pass over the
fact that these mouthings are merely
the ventriloquistic echoes of the political
views of Mayor Frank Hague, not only
"the boss" of Jersey City, but to a con-
siderable degree of the entire State. And
Hague must know. of course, as should
any of his followers who are nossessed of
intelligence, that they are violating not
only their own laws, but those inherent to
every American citizen.
And they must know, also, that even