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The Washington times., 1938-05-07
A Step Nearer That
Auditorium

TT HAS been long, Slow and at times discouraging
= fight-but yesterdays favorable report by the
Senate Committee Public Buildings and Grounds on
the Connally bill brings Washngtons multiple-use au-
dtorium good long stretch nearer to actual fact.
Thus the Capital of the Nation actually begins to do
something than merely vision itself as city with
the of civic accoutrements as are enjoyed by
other greater and lesser American cities It is not an
exaggeraton to say that have gone further along
the road to proper status during the past IL months
than have done in the past IL years. For this full
credit should be given to those unsefsh leaders among
our neighbors who nstlled new vigor into those who
beginning to despair, that victory is actually
in sight.
But this, when it comes about, will be merely single
victory in campaign. A more important objective
launched week when the voteess citizens of Wash
ington expressed their demand for suffrage by tally
of Is to 1.
THERE is much tougher fight-but we shall win it
we have the auditorium Let there be no shirk-
ing pause in the offensive. We be victorious
only if we keep going we have begun.
The Washington times., 1938-05-07

Times and the Herald a few
articles against vivisection, in
Guiding vaccine and serum
treatment, but there have been
more letters in favor Of such
cruelties. Also these forms of
cruelty, such as horse races,
circus shows, rodeos, hunting,
fishing, ETC., are constantly de-
Tended, as could not be the case
if the Herald Animal Rescue
Service were really in favor of
protection Of the helpless.
In the Herald's Home Coun-
sci, advice has been given to
put coal oil on ant hills and
burn them. Such advice Is cruel
and senseless.
With the approach of
Mothers Day, various articles
have recently appeared in
eulogy Of the human mother.
If she were generally as good
as the eulogy would indicate,
the world would not be in the
chaotic state in which it is with
vivisectionists uppermoSt.
MARIE GUNDERSEN,
Conduit Road, Md.
The Washington times., 1938-05-07
Congress Stating

Is it true that every second
term any party is in power 1t
goes to seed? What's the reason
Congress which perSecuteS old
Doc Townsend is too timid to
call the wage-hour bill out Of
committee for a vote?
Where are all the Democratic
campaign pledges?
Who is running the Demo
cratic party these dayS-the
tories or the liberals? Has the
party folded up?
Certainly Mrs. Norton deserves
credit for trying to get the
House to consider and vote upon
the wage-hour bill. But she de-
serves more-She deserves the
aggressive and united support
of all Congressman who expect
to gee reelected in November.
This bill is absolutely the most
important bill to be considered
at this session. With Is million
people hunting jobs, the country
will face serious crisis in the
near future unless some way is
found to put them to work. We
cannot go on forever with the
dole.
Let the Democrats wake up
and get busy to pass the wage
hour bill without any further
stallilg. The country demands
1t. ECONOMIST.
The Washington times., 1938-05-07
On Reform Schools

In the press was re-
ported as the single dissenter
at the hearing of the Senate
committee to consider the ad-
visibility Of closing the National
Training School for Girls. I
urged that 1t should be closed
as an institution for colored
girls. However, I would like to
make it very plain to the inter-
ested public that my conviction
was reached months before my
summary dismissal as Superin-
tendent and that my ideas and
reasons for those ideas had
been conveyed to the Director
Of Public Welfare.
It Is regrettable. to say the
The Washington times., 1938-05-07
The High Cost of Loving

old Dealers are asking paintivey where all the money
" is coming from to pay needy workers for working
the proposed relief projects.
Well it out that Babs Hutton settled almost
$4,000 900 the late Prince Alexis Mdvan after their
marriage. This his fee for not working Of the
late princes estate of almost 100000 about onehird
is found to be non-taxable in this country After the
Mdivan experience Babs married another foreign noble
and gave up her American citizenship.
It's extreme case, of course but it does to
throw little light on madistrbution of wealth
From Eew York; Daily ewU
The Washington times., 1938-05-07

not have to be physician to be
well aware that during con-
valescence all worries possible
should he kept away from him.
But what Alice does is pile
them thick upon him by max
ing this period approximate as
much as possible the dull
routine of the office, a condi-
ton which has very possibly
brought about the breakdown
and the recent nearness to the
grave.
WHAT Alice should do, and
w what would be proper con.
valescent p att n t-analysis, is
search for associations during
lighter hours. If the banker or
broker. as is frequently the case
even among the top rankers, has
q sweetie on the side, a nurse
should be selected who looks as
like her as possible. Due to the
inevitable frequent presence CT
the bankers or brokers' wife at
the bedside it would not do to
have the sweetie there herself
even if she were duly qualified
nurse.
There's a possibility of that
because have known several
bankers or brokers with gradu-
ate nurses for sweeties. There's
something about a nurse that at
tracts and holds-when she is
pretty. I think the answer is
that if she can still 60 for you
after she is aware of every little
intimate secret then mere is love
that is worth holding and tuck
ing away.
X X y
THAT way you will cure the
= banker or broker quickly,
Alice. But don't pick the pretty
nurse any younger than the
sweetie. In that case you might
be running into trouble; for
aging bankers or brokers have a
line of sad philosophy to which
they frequently refuse to adhere.
It runs like this:
God keeps sending them
and I am growing older"
Copyright, 1888, Washington Times
The Washington times., 1938-05-07
Your |. Q.
By SHIRLEY SPENCER

This hodge-podge poem is
made up of lines from famous
poems by famous authors. Can
you give the authors of the 10
lines? Score 10 for each one. A
score of 60 will be good! Credit
of five may be scored if poem
is remembered but not poet.
!. There's a magic in the dis
lance, where the sealine
meets the sky"
2. Heavens ebon vault,
Studded with stars unutter-
ably bright"
3. God makes such nights, all
white and STILL"
4. "A charm from the skies
seems to hallow us there"
5. and tints tomorrow with
prophetic ray"
6. "Under the wide and starry
sky"
z. "Thus mellow'd to that ten
der light
Which Heaven to gaudy day
Denies"
8. "A feeling Of sadness and
longing
That is not akin to pain"
9. IT mourned. and yet shall
mourn with ever-return-
ing spring"
10. Those graves of memory
where sleep
The joy of other years"
ANSWERS on Page 81
The Washington times., 1938-05-07
Letters to the Editor should be limited to 200 wore
the writer's will be omitted upon
Chides "Big Sister"

I read with some concern the
message to little sisters, signed
by Big Sister, titled TT Pays To
Be Bad"
First, let me say that I hope
no so-called little sisters read the
editorial page on that date. No
real Big Sister would write such
a letter. If any little sister
should take Big Sisters advice,
I hope that Big Sister will pay
the penalty for her.
Evidently Big Sister is I'm.
aware of the many fine facilities
that are available to little sister,
many of them much finer than
the average boys club in this
city. Big Sister, you should
think of the effects of your let
ter on the minds of little sisters,
when it is written in such a
Spiteful way.
The emphasis has been placed
on boys clubs for the past sew
eral years for several good rea-
sons, but an editorial page is
no place to discuss them. I
would like to sit down with Big
Sister and tell her something
about the subject she seems to
know very little about and I
would like to personally conduct
her through some of our fine
girls institutions for recreation
and character education.
We need more fine facilities
for both boys and girls here in
Washington. but the spirit in
which we go after them should
not be one of spite and envy.
Please bear in mind, Big Sister,
that the boys club to which you
refer has been in business since
1885 and previous to 1888, when
the new club was opened, it had
operated in buildings which were
no credit to a city like Wash
ington.
The boys club to which you
refer, was built by boys who
were taught to be tolerant and
good sportsmen. and also taught
to be considerate of little ladies.
I welcome the opportunity to
tell you in person, Big Sister.
CHARLES M. FYFE,
Managing Director of Boys
Club of Washington.
The Washington times., 1938-05-07
VOICE. OF THE PEOPLE
Names and addresses Of
Inest.

least Of it, that a congressional
committee should draw its con-
illusions from group Of people,
not one of whom had had any
practical experience in correc-
tional schools. If, however, their
idea is that the plant would be
completely abandoned, the
money spent on it during the
last two years wasted, and the
girls simply turned loose, 1t
should be pointed out that con-
tractual arrangements can be
easily made with other schools
in nearby States for q tempo
rary period, and that the prop
erty on Conduit Road could well
be used for the Industrial Home
School for White Children, now
located on Wisconsin Avenue.
Such a plan would effect a
saving for the taxpayers and
have the added advantage Of
assigning the girls in small
groups according to their needs,
and subjecting them to more
constructive discipline TIL n
they could possibly receive
under the present circumstances.
There is no economy in throw
ing good money after bad, and
the history of the National
Training School for CHS is a
40-year record of waste and fu-
tility. Senator Thomas and
Representative Collins did a real
service to the cause when they
eliminated it. When an infected
appendix has been removed, no
doctor would think Of grating
it on again!
CARRIE WEAVER SMITH.
The Washington times., 1938-05-07

that mattered would be whether
or not the gal knew her bust.
ness.
But Alice was talking about
the convalescent period-the
time when the banker or broker
is beginning to feel that after
all this world might be a place
worth living in for a little
longer.
LIE IS NOT equal to any dis
IA cuSSion of business but lays
back on his pillows and locks
around him. He has come
through a winter of discomfort
and, thinks he, spring is surely
here!
He dozes and dreams of
flower-bordered paths, blue
lakes, ripping rivers. And with
his mind on the beauty of this
world and with the desire with
in him to see more and more
Of it, his thoughts slide along
to even more alluring beauty
the female form divine. Really,
the banker or broker is getting
well.
FOR the first time since that
L awful night when he felt
himself slipping from this
earthly sphere he manages to
focus on the nurse who is in
attendance. She has been Sc
lected for him by Director Alice
Snyder. our apostle of nurse
therapy.
When we get a call for some.
one to attend a broker or bank
er," Alice told the Kansas City
convention, I'VE know the pa
tent would want an intelligent
woman around him, one who
reads the better, more serious
magazines. who keeps up with
the news of the day."
Well, you know what Alice
means. A flat-footed, nat-chested
female of uncertain age with
large efficient hands and two
hairy moles on her chin. A
friend has left a copy of Jimmy
Gains "Serenade" by the bed
side, but this ogress whisks it
away at first sight and replaces
it with the Journal of the Amer
lean Bankers Association.
"AccoIG" Alice is talking
again-"between the nurse and
the patient is highly important
to convalescence. Where, for
merly, we merely sent the first
available nurse on a call TO the
registry, we now make a job
analysis of the patient and
look for a nurse whose per-
sonality will click with his"
R1GHT there is where Alice
~ put both Of her-I hope
pretty little feet in the soup.
She prescribes a nurse through
lob" analysis when she ought
to prescribe through play"
analysis. Her banker or broker
has been terribly sick. One does
The Washington times., 1938-05-07

IT W o ul d
allow an OPP
Grafton a n d
S a v e m y
child'S life.
God gives us
life and it is
only rig h t
that we pro-
long our own
lives and 9th
erS. If it
W ere a de-
cision con-
The Washington times., 1938-05-07

k er a W a y
from deaths
door I would
not dare to
question her
superior judy
ment. I would
only conjec-
ture that the
type, tall or
0AASA W H4OA4A
or brunette,
h o m ly or
pretty, would
not make a
p a r t ic lie of
difference in
recovery. All
The Washington times., 1938-05-07
The Inquiring
Photographer
The Washington Times in.
vites you to submit timely
and interesting questions to
be used In this column.
THE QUESTION

If you had to make a choice,
would you allow your baby a
life of blindness or prefer its
death if an eye operation would
save its life but destroy its
sight?
The Washington times., 1938-05-07

child op er.
ated upon to
save its life.
A life should
n OF be de-
S tr yed be-
c a u S e of
blindness. If
a life can be
p r e S erv ed,
then it should
be. Blind per-
sons can be
properly edu-
The Washington times., 1938-05-07

could to pre-
S e r v e my
child's life,
e v e n if it
meant blind
ness for the
st Of its
life. Blind
n e SIS is not
such a terri
BILE handicap
that a person
c uld not
lead a useful
The Washington times., 1938-05-07
Hits "Anir,al Cruelty"

I know there is no more Of
free speech in truth in America
than in Germany or Italy; the
truth is Stunned because it is
not popular; therefore, I am
not hoping to see this in print;
but I send it anyhow before I
discontinue subscription.
There have been both in The
The Washington times., 1938-05-07

c h lid, if it
were an in
f a Mt, rather
than to allow
it to live its
life in dark
ness. Blind
n E. SIS is too
great a handi-
cap. Life is
a hard strug-
gle even with
two good eyes.
Yes, I believe
T would LOT
The Washington times., 1938-05-07

decision if I were a mother. I
also feel that everything should
be done to prolong a life, regard.
less of the kind of ailment."
II X II
Miss Josephine Rodgers, 1925
Fifteenth st. N. W., photo fin
iSher.
The Washington times., 1938-05-07

no one has q
right to de-
stroy it. I
have o b serv.
ed blind peo-
pie, q ute
h a p p y in
their sphere,
and although
S ig h t ! e S S,
their o t h e r
S e n S e S are
usually great
ly developed.
The Washington times., 1938-05-07

corning myself, I would rather
be blind than dead. Life is
sweet, even with the worse
hardships."
\ 4 X
George Wolf, 1925 Massachu-
sets Ave. N. W., attorney:
Life is wonderful thing and
The Washington times., 1938-05-07

a lifetime OF
b Ii ndness, I
C e r t a i n ! y
would W a n t
it to live. I
don't t h in k
any mother
would h e S l.
tate in max
ing UGH a
decision con-
corning err
c h / ! d. It
would be my
The Washington times., 1938-05-07
ROllin' Along
By ". A. s. Douglas

HAVE rarely read such blatant hooey recently
spread before the delegates to the National Nursing
venon at Kansas City few days ago by Director Alice
Snyder of the Nursing Bureau of Manhattan and the Bronx
New York City. Alice declared she would think Of
sending any other type but tall we'll groomed aging
with poise and imagination banker broker
back to health not have n he nbvscan n hA
director snyder mad been we'll during
The Washington times., 1938-05-07

Gated and trained so that their
life need not be a hopeless ex.
iStence."
X
Miss Isabel Mcdowell, 1880
L st. N. W., Government clerk:
I'D prefer death for my
The Washington times., 1938-05-07

I would let nature take It's
course instead of subjecting my
baby to blindness"
* 4
Miss Evelyn Eibner, OF New
Ulm, Mimi, visiting here:
Even if a baby were to face
The Washington times., 1938-05-07
Traffic Toll

The list Of traffic victims Ii
the District Of Columbia since
January /. 1888, is graphically
shown by the death watch.
The Washington times., 1938-05-07
THE ANSWERS

Miss Stella Newton, 1917
Tenth st. NV, photo finisher:
Il would do everything I
The Washington times., 1938-05-07

Aaron Sandman, 729 Eighth
St. S. E., medical student:
Definitely, I would have the
The Washington times., 1938-05-07

If Director Snyder had been
discussing the sort Of nurse nee.
essary to pull a banker or a bro
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1938-06-25
n. ,. ...:s'' EDITORIAL PAGE


Ths -rosl iuporsn; factor IN
Dssroiss irsffsc sccioenI reduction
activity hss rsf - p. applied.
namely PEDESTRIAN zcs dent cor
scio1snsss
Daily. r-froh Polhe safety or
fcers ,o's srores Of apparently
ilsfisss pedestrians crossing
streets u - extremely DANGEROUS
nance Nos, frequently ia he p<-
dss,risa so Steps from b~trser
cars. ~i,aoe. looking 70 the lefi OF
rigkr ar1 ss1nfers slowly across
the Stree, 1.sreEs-ding ne nsces-
sity o, cocp--a'irr ~i'h ihs ro'or
car dfi,sr 10 preventing 'rsfhc sc-
cios1rs
As iong - 'tsss ~ similar p-sc-
tices arr prersler' we riil remain
considerably shorl ., he io~esi
possibs setidenr record our much
sought goa
WA, DETROIT needs is more
Trssfc conscious PEDESTRIANS
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1938-06-25
a tOLOkED % D6E-
Bicycles And Safety

Bicsc,s i1'nz mas returned 70
;s4 po5ssfi,v euioysd during the
Cav ses B. i's revival finds =
ns~ hsz<fe ME dreamed of in
he nd days ~ danger n coli
'isiors ~i-h Automobiles
',tlisis sn@4id observe ne laws
ara ne principles ~ ,ormon sense
ana courtesy US "a rsiigio1siy
- ~ careful. mo'orisf observes
rS4n
Amonz ne dangerous habits
sciitsf ~ ne ho8zh'iess ~
r.si. 70 Failure 70 catyy tights
ior NIGH rl-lnT -noring ne or
dlasry fs.es ~ rstfi' failure 70
W. 'isnss fidinz double isnor-
.n- sop sixns ,s49e ~ observe
ifaffic izhis r1n rldinz hitch
.az % ~ motor sehifies ding On
re ~'o,z soe o. the street and
t'tts 1etE~vo-s practices
Boy alnz is great spor' and
eeaps -'ssh frea from danger
y ne Ter ar onis observe few
sln3fe ~ ~ ssf4fy.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1938-06-25
Blount Addresses
Insurance M e n


Al The recent annual session 81
Tho National Negro Insurance as
ISOLATION at Cleveland Ohio, Pres
ident l.. c. Blount. Of Detroit. de-
livered an excellent address on the
theme. COOPERATIVE Steps Which
The Association May Take For The
improvement or Labor Conditions
Affecting Policy Holders And Pro-
spects or Members Companies .
His address was in part as fol-
lows:
To the president. officers. dele
gates and members OF The 18th An
nusi Session Of The National Ne
gro Insurance Association:
The subject that have been
asked TO discuss IL the most i'm.
porisnt NJ all the topics TO com
before this session. All that W.
might say during these three days
will hings on our ability TO keep
on our hooks the old business that
has been procured and to put on
our books the amount OF new bust
ness we desire.
The improving ~ the employ
ment condition with which we
must deal, Is not only vital 10 IA
az insurance carriers hut IL impor-
tant 10 every phase OF business IN
which Negroes are engaged. Nv
subject. cooperative steps viii, h
the association may take for the
improvement OF labor conditions
affecting policy-holder and pros
poets of member companies" can
he approached from so many anr
les: have been somewhat at sea
In deciding which angle TO start
with.
In many cities. ihickly populated
by Negroes there are hundreds CT
Jobs they should have that they
have been deprived OF because
they failed to night intelligently
for them. BY this l mean that In
most cases we have not used. tour
BALLOT successfully. In order 10 get
the jobs we ought to have. In De-
troii. one Mr. s. +. Grigsby. made
a survey which showed the mill
lions OF dollars spent for Jobs and
OF II the small amount OF money
paid 10 the colored population. A
vigorous fight was instituted with
the various depa rtments and where
there was no success. the PROPOSE
ton was carried 10 the Common
Council. the Mayor and even to the
Governor OF the state. over a per-
Tod OF two or three years many
Negroe shave been placed in de-
partments heretofore unknown 70
employ members OF our race. The
failure OF the Negro 10 poll
larger vote as per his population
makes this situation more serious.
On the other hand. our political
leaders some, more interested In
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The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1938-06-25

y - announced mat thirty col
ored pastors feathers and sfudsnf,
den's ~ Sew YORK ti'y made their
arr - pilzrimzge Tuesday ~ ihs
Hs., % Fame = New YORK lniver-
SHY IN honor Of the le7 birthday
anniversary ~ Harriet Recher
Stove. famous author OF Uncle
Toms Cabin
II is indeed fitting that We thus
honor the memory ~ friends and
benefsci0rs Ike Mrs. stowe. who
have rendered and are still rsnder-
INK much service toward The In
feresis ~ our people
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1938-06-25

Ter placed In the store Many 81
The members OF our Booker 7.
Washington Trade Assoclancn
were present therefore We rcadily
counteracted this proposal AMI
said IN the young people that u
would he far better had they or-s-
nized and campaigned around me
idea OF going to all OF the peop''
In the neighborhood and inisll''
gently instruct them why nv
should deal with the Negro gro
ceryman just one block away ann
therby cause him TO become
bigger and richer proprietor anu
give him the opportunity 10 empty
several other clerks which wouio
without protest, be Negroes to-.
would automatically take care o.
the Jews situation. Therefore you
can see how much better me pos.
tive approach Is over the nesa"''
one.