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Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-05


which has democracy now and
which did not have it in 1914
whose democracy is, in fact, di-
rect result of the war and does
justify the wartime slogan. That
spot is Czechoslovakia. And now
that the pressure is being put on,
no American can fail to have a
keen interest in CzechOSloVakia
democracy and its gallant fight to
survive.
Indeed America is by way of
being that nations godfather Mas
aryk, the man who founded the
Czech republic and became its first
president, did the bulk of his work
in America. The country'S consti-
tuition was written in America, its
Independence was proclaimed in
Washington, and the active sym
pathy of our government was one
of the chief reasons why that in
dependence was made good. And
CzechoSloVakia, incidentally, is one
of the few spots in Europe where
the name of Woodrow Wilson is
still remembered gratefully.
All of which simply means that
in that one place the high ideals
which brought America into the
war have actually justified them
selves. The cause of human free
dom-which, Ill the long run,
means human happineSs-was ac
tually advanced by the allied vic
tory there CzeChoslovakia's indie
pendent existence is to be cher
ished as one of the few indisput-
ably valuable fruits of the World
War.
Now that independence is men
aced by Nazi Germany; and it
might be as well for Americans to
understand just how llypocritical
is the NaZi concern over the "op
pressed German minority in
CZechOSloVakia.
First OF all that minority is prob
ably the least oppressed minority
in all of Europe. 1t enjoys free
speech, free press, freedom to
come and go as its members please;
it is hard to see how the Czech
government could give it a fairer
break and still retain it's own ex-
iStence.
Secondly, there exists nearby
German minority which undeni-
ably is oppreSsed-the Germans
of the Italian Tyrol If Nazi con
Germ for abused compatriots living
under foreign tyranny were sin
cere, it would De Italy and not
Czechoslovakia which would be the
target of Germans pressure right
now.
What is going on is simply a
bare-faced attempt at conquest,
with even less to justify it than
there was in the case OF the Ital
ian seizure of Ethiopia. Consider
ing all the facts, it is hard to sec
how any Americans sympathies
can fail to lie 100 per cent with
the CzechS in this crisis.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-05


originally believed Well. it's. {
comfort to learn that in stellar
matters at least, the wolf is not
al our door.
zadok Dumbkopf says he isn't
afraid Of the downfall Of civiliza
ton. Dummy says the world must
achieve it before it can be lost.
Governments regard dirigibles as
little boys 20 the toy balloons at
the county fair. They want the
very biggest that Papa Taxpayer
can't afford to buy.
YaWn YaWllsOn says he OWLS the
most arlStOcratiC parrot in the
country Bought it three years ago
and it has never spoken to any
one since.
And Milly, the titian-topped
typewriter Taper, certainly admires
those ancient Egyptians who cary
ed the hieroglyphics. Those babies.
says Milly sure knew their stuff
they didn't even have eraSures on
the end Of their chiSclS.
It's a triflc late but the man at
the next desk says you've got to
give Mussolini credit for being the
perfect host. He spent S30000,0 900
entertaining a man, some folk
whisper he doesn't like.
Europe may have its worries
over bomb-proOf shelters and gas
masks but we've our problems, too.
Once more l3O0O0,000 Americans
face summer and no one has in
vented true mosquito proof pair
OF pajamas.
A 11O-foot motorship recently
was shipped from Rotterdam to
Sydney on board a regular steam
lreighter
Hi: Say, boy, I've got a dozen
CT two would be Mussolinis in my
country They not only insist on
doing all the fighting but the
alterward, tco."
Vic: well for two Ira I'd trade
jobs with Charley Mccarthy"
HI: And 50 would I! He may
be Wooden-headed dummy. but
old Charley is allowed to talk
back to the boss any time he feels
like it."
Vic; "Yeah-some fellows have
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-05

Tell me. doc
tor. tell me. he
begged.
The q o c I or
shook his heSd
regretfully. I'm
afraid you'll never
walk again, lad.
but you're lucky
TO be alive.
IT n a t S n o I
what I want to
know. MY brother
did they gel
him out when tllc
schoolhouse burn
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-05

A Girls dress has been designed
which can be worn forward as well
as backward. Intended no doubt
for the type of young thing who
doesn't know whether she's coming
or eOino
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-05
Ioday'S Horoscope

Keen imagination is character
istic of many persons whose birth
Gay occurs today. out OF their
dreams they sometimes build re-
markable plans.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-05
One Minute Test Answers

I. Tcxas-thc largest state in
area 16.561 niles.
?. Daughters of the American
Revolution.
8. One who collects postage
stamps.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-05

q MERCANS trained the ideals of free government sometimes
IN fail understand the technique of dictatorship Universal sui
frage still in and Germany manhood suffrage
Times in Iav Japan Elections regularly held all these
each of them processes to rule by
But this consent hollow gesture because the
No opposition to the government appears
because The people, having
means publishing their they told to c and
finish by thinking they told to think The FIRST requirement Tor
free be free Your shares
privilege and the duty of perpetuating the institution o
liberty responsibility speak government as the
the people, Your responsibility see that newspapers shall
always free Support rnewpapcr-protcct or lis "eae
S your wefare-and its freedom is your freedom
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-05
Hints on Etiquette

Silver should be placed at tbs
dinner table with tines of forks
turned up and cutting edges OF
knives turned toward the plate
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-05
Horoscope for Sunday

Persons whose birthday occurs
Sunday may suffer from impati-
ence. They must learn the lesson
that time itself amclorates many
ills.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-05
Grab Bag
Onc-Minutc Test

l. What state III the u S. leads
in railroad track mileage?
, Fer what do the initials d. A.
r. stand?
8 What is a philatelist?
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-05
DALE
CARNEGIE
Author of How to Win
Friends and Influence
People

An eight-year-old boy looked no
anNiouSly from a hospital bed in
Elkhart, Kansas, at the white-ooat-
ed doctor who had examined his
frlghttully burned and twisted leg.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-05
Thoughts for the Day

And said unto them Ye have kept all that Moses
the servant of the Lord commanded you, and you
have obeycd my voice in all that I command you.
Joshua 22:2. aREH
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-05
Words of Wisdom

He is richest who is content with
least, for content is the wealth of
naturC-SOcrates
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-05
You re Telling Me --
BY WILLIAM RIFT

ASTRONOMERS now report the
star known as Wolf 424 IS really
several times more distant than
originally believed Well. it's, a
comfort to learn that in stellar
matters at least, the wolf is not
at our door.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-05

zadok Dumbkopf says he isn't
afraid Of the downfall of civiliza-
ton. Dummy says the world must
achieve it before it can be lost.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-05

Queen Vivtoria of England was
credited with saving the life of
Albert, the Prince Consort who
fell into the water while ice skat-
ing.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-05

The jinriksha was invented in
1871 by an American, the Rep.
Jonathan Goble, Baptist mission
ary residing in Yokohama, Japan
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-05

The japanese alphabet contains
two sets of characters, one for men
and another for women.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-05

Governments regard dirigibles as
little boys 20 the toy balloons at
the county fair. They want the
very biggest that Papa Taxpayer
cant afford IN htiv
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-05

Pitcairn Island, home of the dc
scendants of the Bounty mutineers
has been given swing music.
Watch for another mutiny.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-05

A scientist announces that The
area west of the Rocky Mountains
was once a sea-and CalifornianS
are busy assuring one and all that
there is not a trace left of that
heavy dew
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-05

A man in Denver was robbed of
SLIT in a revolving door. Another
plutocrat disposseSsed by a revo-
luton!
Evening star., 1938-07-16

member of the Presidents cabinet
but as chairman of the Democratic
National Committee. Like the Presi-
dent, Mr.. Farley plays 8 dual role in
national affairs. In one he Is the
Government official, in the other he is
the political-and next to the "head
of the Democratic party"
Mr.. Farley's plea to the people to
give Mr.. Roosevelt Democratic Con-
gress recalls a plea made in 1918, by
the late President Woodrow Wilson
On October Is of that year, Mr.. Wilson
addressed a statement to MY fellow
countrymen," in which he said that
the election of Republican Congress
would hamper him in conducting the
war against Germany.
If you have approved of my leader
ship and wish me to continue to be
your unembarrassed spokesman in
affairs at home and abroad" said Mr.
Wilson, II earnestly beg that you will
express yourselves unmistakably tc
that effect by returning Democratic
majority to both the Senate and the
House of Representatives"
Stupid" to Handicap Party.
President Wilson added that he was
asking for the sake Of the Nation,
and not for his own sake or the sake
of political party In this suggestion
too, he Is copied today by Mr.. Farley
spokesman for President Roosevelt
Mr. Farley says: And so it Is not
the interest of the party that I i'm
press upon you-it is the interest OF
the Nation-the Nation of today and
tomorrow. A defeat for the Democratic
party would not be hopeless disaster
but to tie the hands of the Nations
chosen captain directing our ship on
stormy sea and among the rocks
would be an act of incredible stupid
ity."
The people Of the country-a ma
jority of them-did not feel that 1t
was necessary to return a Democratic
majority to the Senate and the House
to win the war. They elected a Re-
publican majority, as matter OF fact,
and the war was won anyhow
This plea of President Wilson's was
made during his sixth year in the
White House, just as the plea now
made by Mr.. Farley is made during
the sixth year President Roosevelt has
been in the White House. President
Roosevelt himself has been ~out on
the hustings-as head of the Demo-
cratic party'-seeking to bring about
the nomination of the kind of Demo-
Gratis he prefers. Whether he makes
a special plea for a Democratic ma
jority in Congress as Mr.. Wilson did
in 1918 remains to be seen. 1t may
be that he is so confident of a Demo-
cratic majority that he will withhold
a formal plea before the general cleo
tfons. In no possible manner could
the Democrats lose majority of the
Senate this year-for only third Of
the membership of that body Is up for
Evening star., 1938-07-16
Headline Folk
and What
They Do
Recreation Director of
New York Never Had
Time to Play.
By LEMUEL F. PARTON.

TN HIS youth, Mark A. McCloskey
was an errand boy, machintst,
clerk, house painter, Pullman car
porter and newsboy and never had
time to play. Now he gets $40 900 a
year for teaching other people to
play-as director Of recreational and
community activities Of New York City.
He works hard opposing regimented
play of all kinds and inducing varied
and original pastimes, with an edu-
cational twist.
The latest, in the news today, is the
house-repairing drive of rs selected
boys and girls, from public and private
schools. They take over a 10o-year.
old abandoned farmhouse in Netcong.
N. j., and put in eight weeks of car
pentering, patching, plastering and
papering and making the house habit
able for two families. They not only
whistle as they work, but they learn.
Ihey figure material costs and their
measurements are applied geometry.
Mr.. McCloskey's pet idea is that
traditional education is set apart from
life and reality. The distractions a,
arithmetic become interesting and i'm
portant to children when they grow
OUT oi an interesting and important
]oo. Mr.. McCloskey saws he is FIR
tnerlng democracy in operation and
flot the book definition of democracy
In charge of the 4o1 New York city
Fairgrounds, as an official of the big
gest school system in the world. Mr.
McCloskey pioneers new methods
which, it happens, are in interesting
contrast to the lockstep recreat,onal
oeVlces OF totalitarian states. Ths
ilttle ones get blocks big enough for
prloeful building enterprise, and older
cnlldren get apparatus designed to
stimulate individuality and inventive
ness. The idee is to encourage the
seH-starters and to get away from
orllimaster recreation. Supervisors are
as aloof as possible, but they ease in
a little education in the play sessions.
II II seems to fit in naturally. Pro-
gressive education has been working
out this system for years. but this
seems TO be the first time 1t was ever
widely applied in great city school
system.
Inc home spun, tousled haired.
pipe-smoking Mr.. McCloskey is moth
ing less than evangelical in his belief
that the cooperation Of work and
play is the rich soil in which democ-
racy will grow. and not the abstrac-
tions Of the school books.
He odd-jobbed his way through
Princeton, the Graduate School OF Co.
lumbia and the New York School Of
Social Work, served in the Coast Artil-
lery Corps in the war and became an
educator and sociologist in his later
years. He was New York director of
the national youth administration be.
fore taking his present post a year
ago. Forty-eight years old, he lives
in the house In which he was born.
In West Twenty-eighth street. That's
news In New York.
Copyright. 1e3s)
Evening star., 1938-07-16
AIDA TO OFEATURE
N. B. c. PROGRAM
Fo,;r Metropolitan Singers
Will Be Heard From
Cincinnati,

-Four well-known singers of the
Metropolitan Opera Co. will be heard
tonight when N B. c. presents a por-
ton of Verdi's Aida" as performed
under auspices OF the Cincinnati
Summer Opera Association in the
Queen City's Geological Gardens.
They are Rose hampton, soprano;
Bruna Castagna, contralto; Norman
Gordon, Basso, and Johnny Gurney,
basso. Harold Lindi is the other
principal to sing in the production,
the broadcast portion of which is to
be carried locally by WMAL from 10
to ii o'clock
Three dramatizations are scheduled
by the networks. Columbia Work.
shop is aired from the annual conven-
ton Of the National Headliners' Club,
being held in Atlantic City, N. J., and
offers re-enactments of outstanding
news events (WJSV, $500. "On
Naseby Hill" historical romance writ
ten for radio by Donald Beddoe and
laid in England at the time of the
Cavaliers and Roundheads, is present.
SN Wy AN. d. ". wv WMhL, t.SU.
Frank Engle, free lance newspaper
correspondent, will be guest on the
Russ Morgan program. His expert
ence in South America will be dram
atized. Mr.. Engle saved the life of a
bandits son and subsequently was
saved by the bandit from execution.
(WJSV, 1900
Other features-Songstress Ethel
Shutta is the guest of Hit Parade
(WJSV, 81 Erwin Canham, Wash
ington correspondent of the Christian
Science Monitor. reports on Incl
dents of F. D. RS Trip West" (WJSV,
s:45) -. The Ranch Boys cut in on
the National Barn Dance program
from Des Moines or Cedar RAPIDS.
Iowa, on the way to Chicago (WMAL.,
81 Percy Faith sends another
Canadian salute to Hawaii (WOL. D.
c. A. M.
Evening star., 1938-07-16

conflict keeps worried
There nerves among the people of both democac
there have for
professional instruments nstalmnt
to
possess non-pay-
instalmens
seashore resorts of
the market price.
with Chambela yielding policy The French reported
willing collective security policy which
Anthony Eden Loyal
political factions the favorite collective
cabinet
possibly such Communist Gabriel Peri.
In nursing political
headac
Evening star., 1938-07-16

ton Until week the betting
an aabe but quite ooess member
Republic Steel Day is the candidate can be dis
cero platform is limited
boy VINO can get the votes together
nobility of
mother
OF luncheon for him, attended
nun1oer OF other big Northern
speech about being
them ana would In
pubic Day contents himself with
issues ne agrees entirely with
OF the late President
Robert Taft and his friends
10 ABOVE
conservative wing as you would be likely find
Athough his private personality
man IN CINCINNATI his platform
reminiscent OF ALT Iandons He little
est oemagogung and his
SOUND TOO much like editorials viewing alar
But he
oughy mtelgen and entirely sincere
lawyer he has been in and
like and trust him a
~ ~ NN' 'iN W
Mrs Taft who might be
Is er husoanos chief asset handsome
energy ability
her nupand
little cincinnati oigarcy Ohio
She and her husband tide that
from two to one on Day. the betting
inct edge ~ o. ~ ~
Between them, the Tas have s,ppv Renub.
cahsns crying need in Ohio To
uon Is noundelng in dank
founder The Tafts
women 10 work side
people OF course usually
themselves But at least they even before it
begins.
With such would
pretty sure hng II II were not that Bukey
Evening star., 1938-07-16
FARLEY OFF TO ALASKA
FOR FALL VOTE READING
Says He Wouldn't Be Surprised
If He Confirmed Belief in
Democratic Chances,


BY the Associated Press.
SEATTLE, July 16.-Postmaster
General Farley, one of Americas fore
most political-barometer readers sails
for Alaska today to take a reading on
how the Nation-Maine and Yer
mont excepted-will vote in this falls
elections.
Mr.. Farley told interviewers here "It
looks like a Democratic year." and
that he wouldn't be surprised If he
found confirmation of the belief In
Alaska.
Alaska is a pretty good political
barometerS' he said. Last election
Maine showed how Maine and Vermont
were going to go. But the Alaska vote
indicated in advance how the West
and the rest of the Nation felt
about it,
In speech to the national conven-
ton of Young Democrats Of America
last night, Mr.. Farley urged the youth
of the Nation to give us Roosevelt
Congress" in this falls congressional
elections.
Evening star., 1938-07-16
DISTRICT LANDSCAPES
WILL BE ON EXHIBITION
Georgetown Galleries to Open
Showing of Work of 20
Local Artists.

AOCdl AL LlSlS.
The Georgetown Galleries, 1924 Wis
consin avenue NV, today announced
the preview for a new exhibit of local
landscapes by 2s Washington artists
will be held from to 10 pm. Mon
day. The exhibit will continue until
September 5.
Artists showing in the exhibit are
Theodore Kane and Bobbie Gladys
Kerr, gallery directors; Suzanne M.
Mullett. Emile M. Arlt, Petrina Wood,
M. Lee Abbott, Marguerite Riley,
Martha Moffett Bache, Paul Arlt,
Louis P Croft, Robert Boudinot, Mary
Ruth Snow, Zelda Hirsch, Harrett
Westcott Hill, Elizabeth Ogilby, Eta
D. Matz, Alexander Clayton, Helen
B. Goodwin, 10 Kenealy Byrne, Louise
K. Hilbert, w. Lee Atkyns. jr.; Will
liam H. Calfee, Emily P. Smith, John
Taylor, Forrest Cromwell, Ellen Dench
Howes, E. NJ. Rust, Howard Eugene
Chapman and ]. Crozier Galloway.
Evening star., 1938-07-16
PARACHUTE JUMPS
Former Boiling Field Soldier to
Make Three Leaps.

George de Grange, former Army Air
Corps enlisted man at Boiling Field,
Is scheduled to make three demon
stration jumps at Capitol Airport,
between Kenilworth, D. c., and Blad-
ensburg, Md, at 2, and pm. to-
morrow, weather permitting.
Mr.. de Grange, who previously has
made a number of exhibition jumps
locally, including one drop in which,
costumed as Santa Claus, with full
pack, he dropped into the Tidal Basin
on Christmas Eve, now is in the ex-
hibition jumping business with head
quarters at Winchester, Va.
MY business Is falling od." he
commented,
Evening star., 1938-07-16

q mandate. You
have made him
the commander in
chief in the war
against depression
and recession, and
we ask you not to
unhorse him in
the m l d S t Of
battle and take
his sword away"
This is Post
master James A.
Farley, speaking
in Seattle, Wash.
He Is speaking,
too, not in the
-
Evening star., 1938-07-16

weekand must the
He has the choice between food
So he chooses
little as it Is decreed by the Fascist
In the democratic workman He
that he ought
means compelling him
or France do factories supplying
work than 40 hours
The workers naturally
equally interested in the welfare of their members politics
TWO european democracies there nations which
no effort to maintain their military this
not quite
The DaderBonnet administration particularly
situation
the near future Any attempt
considerable
threat OF general strike passions
government da challenge the powerful labor
risking civil
The British Spanish
civil o. summer, not
likely happen
Gen. Franco counselors
tell him Barcelona fall into
Evening star., 1938-07-16
Annual Outing.

. The Pennsylvania State Colored
Democratic Club of Washington will
hold its annual outing tomorrow at
Sparrows Beach, Md. Buses and a
motorcade will leave club headouar-
ters, 633 M street NV, at 10 am.
Evening star., 1938-07-16

Hcer pleasant decent Of without particular
ofce whose politics might be described middle
Gov Daey renomnated by business men
VIII unquesonaby give Davey be maodoros
@ Dig business Ohio loves him for his
mittee of Industrial Organization ~
mus 1t that the Republicans opportunity Their
ORGANIZATION poor Their candidates. mediocre
bou IN the rlgh
DE betting
'copysht 1898 by the North
Evening star., 1938-07-16

are Lney!
La t est data
available shows
t h a t, compared
with five years
ago, the average
r1en is far worse
off unless he hap
pens to have a
full-time job and
a substantial in
crease. in pay has
been given him
since 1888.
The man who is
out of a job or
the man who is
Orking part
Evening star., 1938-07-16
Nine Saved From Jungle.

MEXICO CITY, July 16 (P.-Word
reached here today that eight men
and q woman were safe after having
been ,ost for four days in the jungles
of Qantana Roo, where a plane in
which they were passengers was forced
down by bad weather.
Evening star., 1938-07-16
Fiscal Policy
Full of Tears
for Future
People Must Some Day
Pay the Piper for
Political Frolic.
By DAVID LAWRENCE.

TEARS stood in President Roose-
velt's eyes and people shivered
for want of clothes-back in
Il 1932-when he went cam
paigning. One would think the
American people are well-clad, we'll
housed and well-nourished today.
Evening star., 1938-07-16

strike has disappeared. The gov
ernment Is paternal. The factory
worker is given a reasonable guam
tity OF food and possibility to play
in of hours. During his vacation
he is given the choice of the noun
tains or the sea. He and his fam
lily are sent to a summer resort for
two weeks at the governments ex-
pense. But he must work as many
hours as the government wants
him to a minimum Of 81 hnl1rs a
Evening star., 1938-07-16

the Nation. The old-line Repub-
lican organization here, as else
where, still founders in dank mo-
rass of stupidity and inefficiency,
and semi-amateur politicians are
responsible for whatever effective
work is being done. The status of
the Republican candidates for the
major nominations gives the best
insight into the situation.
Particularly illuminating is the
contest over the Sepa toriol ,,oy,,i,o
Evening star., 1938-07-16
This Changing World
Free Labor Handicaps Arming of Democracies as
Fascists Enforce Speed.Up.
BY CONSTANTINE BROWN.

@HE question Of the
largely whether democracy
Great Britain themselves
L italy
Despite rearmamen
The S
Evening star., 1938-07-16

While Taft's conservatism, honest
and sincere as it is, seems a little
too unadulterated for modern con-
sumption.
X X *
And that brings up the other
Republican problem. well illustrated
IN the governorship. Unapposed
for the Republican gubernatorial
nomination Is Robert Bricker, a
Columbus lawyer and former State
affOrfaaIr
Evening star., 1938-07-16
The Capital Parade
Robert Taft Is Life Saver Keeping Republican Party
in Ohio From Foundering.
BY JOSEPH ALsOP and ROBERT KINTER.

n KINTER
Ohio (NANA).-Of the large Northern
this Although the local
- national prognoscaing Republicans
opportunity o
With mediocre question
which useful
Evening star., 1938-07-16

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