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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-11-26
Voice of New York By Louis Sobol

IT rs only too true, have found, that our traf-
L fic sentinels are most lenient to outoftowners.
A growl followed by ticket, has often scared me
livid when have passed red light or driven
wrong-way up a oneway street; but have been
in cars bearing licenses Of other States and
watched the same offenSes committed with COM
parative impunity At worst, grutf warning.
And this is as it should be, suppose except that
know several cases where interruptions motor
lists have Illinois, Florida, or California licenses
on their cars the year round applying for their
plates in those States) merely to satisfy their
vanity in being able to escape punishment for
occasional minor trafficlaw violations.
Christmas Gard Styles
MANHATTAN SHOPS are preparing their
AVA Christmas window displays already ana
within few weeks the Yuletide greeting cards
will come pouring in by mail. Like the oldtime
comic and flossy Valentines the Christmas cards
have revealed little originality in recent years.
although congregation of noted artists calling
itself the American Artists Group is fostering a
move to promote reproductions of paintings and
etchings as the holiday greeting. am reminded
by the group that in centuries past the cards
were designed by royal academicians in England
and distinguished artists in America and this
custom the group would like to revive here so
that perhaps, we may all become like jonathan
King, who, between 1862 and 1894, collected TOO
volumes containing 10000 varieties of cards.
Impressive is the announcement that this collec-
ton weighed close to seven tons.
CASUAL, FRAGMENTS: Ironic that most Of
" Gotham's famous squares where romantic
cavaliers still spark their bellies after work hours,
were originally potter's fields, and the bones OF
the city's impoverished of decades ago still rest
under their soil. Washington, Union, Madison
and Bryant are all parks now. My idle query
about the Brewers Academy on East Forty
seventh Street brings the information that 1t is
actually devoted to the training Of master brewers
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-11-26
Sorry to See Him Go

0UBORDINATES of resigning
~ Attorney General Cummings
will be sorry to see him go,
even If there is absence of Of
fetal lamentations on the left.
Cummings reversed the usual
process of Cabinet officers in
letting his associates take credit
for official acts. Mark We how
he permitted j. Edgar Hoover
to ride the headlines in the
Bureau of Investigation. That
never happened here before. He
let Stanley Reed, Bob jackson
and now Thurman Arnold build
up regulations, although they
could move only as he signed
approvals for their activities.
In other departments, all
news and all credit comes out
through the top-and all the
work is done anonymously
underneath.
Employees in other bureaus
have been eager to get trans
ferred to Justice because Of the
democratic personnel system
Cummings puilt up there, but
he is departing with this, his
best work, unheralded and I'M
sung, while his enemies within
still pursue him into private
practice.
That's Washington.
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BIT HERE, A BIT THERE

N DAx 1lENGp n ia l. AHENG
"A Refusal of the White House
to agree to an Executive order
mandating agencies to furnish per-
sonnet records, on demand, to ag-
grieved employees does not mean
the issue is closed, nor that legiSla.
ton is necessarily the only rem
edy e. Claude Babcock, who
started the entire battle, is now
planning to ask Civil Service Com
mission to take a hand, on
grounds that when a persons eff
cheney rating is lowered for some
r eason, the person deserves to
know the reason He believes
the Commission can do this with.
out an Executive order, merely by
issuing a regulation under it's pres.
ent powers Meanwhile veterans
organizations have indicated a
strong interest in the subject be
cause of revelations some months
ago that ex-service men were being
ouSted without shown cause {.
Federal Special Police Beneficial
Association also has indicated a
state of irkdom over conditions
revolving around alleged secret
records"
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play about your North Carolina people-how
would you like that?
Much Ado About Chyistmas
TTow we all fuss and fume about Christmas,
II what to give, who to give to- how much to
snend on who. etc. We swear we'll be so glad
when it's all over, and yet we really wouldn't
miss It for the world It's the very greatest fun
for old and young alike. The stores are exciting,
the fun of picking out just what you want is a
great satisfaction and the wrapping up OF
presents becomes a great matter Of pride to us
all Nobody's immune. Speaking OF Christmas
have you all lined up your little pet charities
for baskets and all the nice things you can give
poor people at this timer It's tough goin' to be
hungry and cold. Think it over.
Welcome to Mrs. Mclean
TRAVELLING around, one certainly can get
Il lot of information upon the subject OF
what men and women think OF newspaper
writer's Some wonderful remarks were passed
about Martha Blair, Harlan Miller Joe Alsop'
Haywood Broun, Drew Pearson and BOD Aleu-
Westbrook Pegler, General johnson and lots OF
others. If these be true what stoEV tneVo
make. But of course, wishing to be absolutely
accurate as all writer's do, I'm checking them
up before going into details.
You see, I go further than wishing" to be &C.
curate-I at least make the gesture of good
faith. Speaking of writers, I'm so happy that
Evalyn Walsh Mclean is coming back to the
paper. Her column has been missed. and I, one
of thousands, will be delighted to see her again.
She has nerve and Yields q smart pen. So,
Lady Evalyn, an apple to you today, as warm,
warm welcome back to the ranks" We're so
glad.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-11-26
He Never Denies

GARNER, the absentee v. p,
VI never denies anything. Fan
ciful stories about him, good
and bad, are allowed to stand
in print without refutation. Sew
eral wise politicos follow the
same rule, figuring they live
longer that way, and what's the
difference, anyway.
But an Indiana citizen has
received a letter from one Of
Gamers secretaries about these
current inferences that he is
running the Dies inquiry into
un-American activities. It was
sent in response to a written
question, and says Mr.. Garner
has not seen or communicated
directly or indirectly with Chair
man Dies for months.
The letter does not say so,
but this secretary never answers
letters for Garner without the
v. P.'s okay.
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Market Values Decline

DAILROADERS are edging
~ around to the point where
they may consider q Govern
ment subsidy as their only solu-
ton. F. r. D. Is understood to
be opposed, believing it would
lead to public ownership. But
one of the rail labor officials
already is on record for a Gov
eminent guarantee Of the net
cost Of operations. Another has
suggested privately to railroad
managers that they forget wage
cuts and reach jointly for some
Of the money now going for
raking leaves.
At any rate, here are 30 per
cent Of the railroads in the
hands Of receivers or trustees,
and the ICC will not let them
raise rates or cut wages.
It is no wonder the average
market value of more than ten
billions Of railroad bonds
showed a 1930-38 decline Of over
four billion dollars: and twenty
six billions Of railroad stocks
listed on the New York ex-
change for the same period
showed loss in value of over six
billion dollars.
Some minor hopes are held
for q worthwhile suggestion
from the Presidents special
committee. It would have q
better chance Of getting recon-
mendationS through Congress
than any of the other groups
now seeking or offering sugges-
tionS.
Considerable Skepticism even
clouds this prospect. Chances
are even that the railroad prob
lem will remain on a siding un-
til it topples off in the nations
Ian
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At Ninth and u

The U Street jitterbugs also will
flash on Saturday night it seems
. United Government Employees
have arranged for their second an
niverSary dance celebration at
Murray Casino, Ninth and U N.
w., 10 to /, and their news dis
penser, Edgar G.. Brown, informs
that "Plummer'S Ace of Rythym'
will preside over the tubas and
Strings-which evidently means
hot music and how.
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with the black-velveted walls
and watched them, without
hearing, in conversation. And
the more I watched, the more
impressed I was with the I'M
changing expression Of sar-
donic disdain etched on their
faces. It is an expression I
have detected in the faces Of
others-Dorothy Parker, the
wit; George S. kaufman. bitter
humorist; Westbrook Pegler,
acetous commentator; George
Jean Nathan, the cynic. Nor
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-11-26

THESE departing delegates to
l. Lima are radiating high
hopes in print. They would be
more accurate, although less dip
lomatic, if they confessed they
are resigned to doing whatever
they can with the Latin-Amer-
lean situation in full apprecia-
ton it will not be anywhere
near enough.
They know the difficulty Of
these problems from the data in
their portfolios showing nearly
every South American nation
has exchange controls which
furnish higher barriers to trade
than tariffs.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-11-26
"Getting's" the Problem

National Resources Committee's
DR.. Hildegarde Kneeland Wednes-
day night will address Federal
Workers School Forum on Get
ting and Spending-a Considera.
ton of the American Economy
From the Customers Standpoint
Time, $50; locale, 532 Seven
tenth st. N. w.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-11-26

Pardon us, but we should have
mentioned that Andrew Wicketts
has been appointed to head up the
organizations drive on behalf of
colored workers, and as president
Of Lodge 466 will conduct tomor-
rows meeting at Odd Fellows au-
ditorium, Ninth and T, $3.50, at
which Utah's Senator King and
Charles Stengle will speak, among
others.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-11-26
WARNER BEos.' film

WARNER BROS film
schedule today: EARLE and
AMBASSADOR angels
With Dirty Fac s." with
Jam es agney and Pat
O'Brien, plus Patricia Norman
on the Earle stage. METRO
POLITAN Girls School,"
with Anne Shirley and Ralph
BeIlamy. UPTOWN DOrO-
thy LamOur and George Raft
in Spawn of the North"
CALVERT-JOeI McCrea and
Andrea Leeds in Youth
Takes a Fling" PENN and
TIVOLI Garden of the
Moon" with Pat O'Brien,
John Payne and Margaret
Lindsay.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-11-26
A la Carte

If slightly dissatisfied with your
favorite eatery, think what might
happen if there were no Food
and Drug Administration! Re
cent seizures included $50 cases
of canned wormy cherries, II cases
of decomposing canned celery and
tomato juice, 984 jars of apple
butter containing mouse hairs Cd
insects and other dirt, Is gallons
Of dirty cream, 10 cases Of partly
rotten canned peas, and 200 cases
of rotted pimento. Also % cases
Of decomposed canned spinach
(but who cares about that?) J.. SO,
stop beefing about taxes and be
thankful these "tid-bits" weren't
served youi
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-11-26
They're Proud

The Ages vernm e n
Standard is commencing Federal
workers on the Community
Chest drive, saying in part: GAS
the Standard went to press, final
figures were not available for the
Community Chest drive in Wash
ington, but enough information
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-11-26
By ]. Earle MOSer~

was at hand to reveal that, as
usual. Government employees had
acquitted themselves remarkably
we'll The AFGE recalls with
pride that its members, during the
last campaign for the Presidents
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-11-26

I guess the children did have
q chance to go shedding q
little bit, but now how nasty
1t is outside! You slip and
slush and get nowhere.
read an article in a North
Carolina paper upon the sub
ject Of the much-talked-of
Tobacco Road" now play
ing in Atlanta. The article
went on to say that there was
''no doubt that there are
people in Georgia who, in
their degradation, are like the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-11-26
SPEAKING OF GOVERNMENT WORKERS
Ra, Eo.1o

Birthday Ball, made a greater
proportional contribution tn a n
those of any other trade union,
with the sole exception of the Ma
tional Federation Of Post Office
Clerks"
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stage their annual fall swingfest
boasting Jarboe's rhythm from
to l You'll get a similar
chance Friday at the Raleigh
when the Ages Lodge % dances
l0-1 Jarboe AGAIN. plus a card
party.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-11-26
Ewes Rib

WHY do you suppose it never SHOWS enough
" to be one thing or another2 I get so mad
when the snow stops just halfway. OF course,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-11-26
Sweets for Three

One-pOund boxes of delic-
iOus ORIGINAL VELATI
chocolates or caramelS are
presented to JOSEPH C.
O'CONNELL, PWA; VERA
PHILHOWER, Vets Admin
istratiOn; RUTH EDWARDS,
Treasury. Candy will be pre-
sented at either store, Ninth
and G SITS. N. w., or 900
Fourteenth st. N. w.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-11-26
Tiff OUer Baskets

Army and Navy Union saw a
heated argument at a recent de
partment executive meeting when
a former prominent tangled verb
ally with Department Commander
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-11-26

placed thousands Of cowboys
in this cattle country.
No longer do cowboys ride
the range upon Sturdy-legged
pinto ponies Of bygone days
(and fiction of today to see
that the fences are intact.
Now they ride in dusty, but
nonetheless modern, automo-
biles of the latest design.
The steel factories turn out
the wire and the fence posts.
The iron ore, that we wrote
about in this column a few
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-11-26

Ralph Werner over the latter's
Thanksgiving Day charity baskets,
the criticizer being repeatedly
ousted from the confab Re
CARELESS of the argument, the fact
remains that Is baskets were de
livered to families of needy vets
by Major John A. Maigret, AAA
employee, welfare officer of the
union.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-11-26
LITTLE THEATER:


LITTLE THEATER: "Mr.
Deeds Goes to Town." one
Of the best films ever made,
is back here And with
it you can see Date Lines"
q short subject dealing with
news incidents that will thrill
you.
HIGH ICE CREAM: This
chains famed quart for q
quarter" Is something you
should become acquainted
with 1--we personally see that
many d0) ;. There's a High
Store at 1914 Georgia Ave.
N. w.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-11-26

CALENDAR OF GoTHAM1TE: sat at table
~ removed from Noel Coward and Clifton Webb
In Sherman Billingsley's softlighted grog shop
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-11-26
Jitterbug Rallies

You jitterbug contestants will
get chance to practice up tonight
at the Navy Yard ballroom. where
the Yards Apprentice Alumni will
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people in the play" It says, 1.-THE play really
tells the truth about aspects of Georgia LIE
which Georgians want to hide"
He goes on: IF more energy was devoted to
helping them up and less to hiding their exist
ence, as in the attempted suppression Of the
play Georgia would be a better State and this
would be better world"
Having motored extensively through both
North Carolina and Georgia, in all the districts
one can get to- shall have to say that see no
roses hanging on North Carolina. All hill people
are much the same. and all crackers" are
brothers also.
"A Word for Mr.. Daniels
So, Mr.. Daniels, while you're improving the
world, remember to start at home" and leave
your sister State alone with your silly criticism
Of problems that are fully as bad where you are
as in Georgia, at which you try to point a per
feet" finger. It's like Maine and Vermont having
q political row. Some day someone will write
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days ago, goes to the steel mills and into the auto
mobiles that ride not only the highways Of the
country, the streets Of our municipalities but
across the great open spaces of these cattle
ranges.
Thus, again, one cannot escape the fact that
business and industry ARE the United States If
a group Of politicians without any conception Of
the sensitive machinery with which they deal or
the relative values involved destroy, through alb
surd legislation, this very lifeblood Of the great
est nation on earth, they ruin the nation itself.
Oil Brings Riches
TEXAS is place where the greatest peace and
l. quiet may be found But, ironically, the most
peaceful are the outsiders and the working Texan
Oil has brought riches to many natives of this
State in an overnight, overwhelming black cas-
cade of gold. Many a native son is poverty
stricken one day. The next day he may wake up
and find he is millionaire, with the magic black
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-11-26
Find Much in Common

Find Much in Common
NOR fleeing second, too, sat with Winthrop
Rockefeller William Gaxton and Victor
Moore. Moore, Hammonton (N j. boy who
started out as an office boy and filled in as
~super" in a suit of tin armor for $3.50 week;
Gaxton Originally Arturo Gaxiola), once an
impecunious student at the University Of Cali
fornia, and Rockefeller. born amid such wealth
as was unbelievable and yet as limited in boy
hood spending money as these two friends. These
three have formed bosom trinity Of good fellow
ship, two hard-working men Of the stage and
Woodworking millionaire; and, of the three, am
convinced that the affable young Mr.. Rockefeller
will benefit most in the compauionShip.
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Saws B0ake Garter

fluid flowing from hole punched into ground OF
his property.
This has brought immense restlessness. Inc
Texans who have become rich are strange
mixture Their riches have destroyed any sense
of spiritual permanency. Yet, conversely and
paradoxically the same wealth has not yet de-
stroyed their inherent spontaneity open-handed
warmth, and their supreme naturalness.
They are people who are simultaneously amaz-
ingly naive and exceedingly restless.
Their hospitality is overwhelming. Whether
or not you have social position does not matter
here.
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does this expression alter much even when these
people are engaged in the mildest Of discussions
fingers even in laughing moods. 1t may be the
trademark of the super sophisticate; but whether
acquired or stamped on through years of growing
confidence in their own mental superiority to the
"rabble," cannot tell Yet each (and this
know has his gentler and sympathetic moods,
and is not without warmth of charity in his
heart.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-11-26

Marie Harper is today's Warrington Lovely She has
golden hair and merry blue eyes Nth hearty
smile Miss Harper works at the Government Printing
Office She really wants to be model Her faVOrite
OWeT is the rOse her favOrite perfume is ShGnaar and
her best liked cOlOrs black and 6lue.-Tnes Staff
Photo
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-11-26
11But''-

WEATHERFoRD, TEx.-Even the cattle bust
w ness has been revamped by business and
Industry of the United States. Wire fences dis
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-11-26
A Good Wager

If there's a prize for sending an
entry from the longest distance
Myrabeth Reece seems likely to
score in the second annual Civil
Service Commission Art and Hobby
exhibition Miss Reece, a win
ner last year, has promised to
send. photographs from Hawaii,
where she's now employed by War
Department The 1898 exhibit
ton, starting Tuesday, will be di-
vided into three parts, photo
graphs, paintings and drawings.
including work Of the Camera
Club The exhibit Is now being
set up and includes 20 posters of
the World War period, one Of
which is that famous Smash the
Hun" piece Of art Civil Serv,
icerS are dubious about exhibiting
tour advice was why not?
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"A Good Sign

Regular" post office clerks
were requested to take their COM
pensatory holiday for Thanksgiv-
ing on Thanksgiving or the fol-
lowing day in order to give sub
stitutes a chance to work while
mails are temporarily light .
This is q good omen as previously
regulars were permitted to work
while mails were light and then
layoff anytime within 80 days!
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(Bodke Carriers opinions are his oUn and not
necessarily those OF The Washington TtnIeSJ
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A Horticultural Miracle
ONE of the best contributions to Texas is, oddly
" enough the material expression Of a restless
mind of an outsider, an Englishman, my friend
Douglas Chandor, the portrait painter.
An esthetic soul who trod dozen years through
the twotoned glitter Of society on two continents,
Chandor fell ill five years ago. But for his wife
he might have died.
She, noble soul, being a native of Texas.
brought him to start life anew in an atmosphere
that was the complete antithesis Of all that he
had known before, to place where people were
rough. were blunt, but were supremely honest
and completely natural.
And so, into five acres Of ground he has poured
the restlessneSs Of his creative soul. He planned
a garden, the like of which Texas had never
dreamed. With his hands he labored. And he
has produced something OF horticultural miracle
which has brought Texans from miles around to
admire and upon which to gaze with awe.
Copyright, Ledger syndicate)
(BoGke CGrter's opinions are his oDn and not
necesSdfilU thoRe 0f ThR WnShin0fon Timer
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By tEvie' Robert

play about your North Carolina people-how
would you like that9
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-04-12

mail
Bigelow conceded the bill is direc:
ed at Southern States which have
Keen offering inducements such as, he
said, according to the Washington
story, cheaper or more docile labor
or concessions in taxation and plant
rental"
The measure is frankly aimed at
the advertisements sent out by SOUTH
ern state governors, including NORTH
Cardinals, encouraging industry t.,
move south.
North Carolina has recently adopte
the policy not to advertise cheap"
labor; but in 1893 when James Y
Hamrick, only Republican ever to
hold the post, was commissioner, the
Department of LABOR sent out adver-
tisements seeking textile plants in
which it was fatty and boastfully
said:
mo strikes, No laws regulating the
hours of labor and the age of employ
ment, cheap labor and the home OF
the cotton plant"
Now, 40 years afterward, when the
States policy in this respect has been
completely reversed, unwelcone chick
ems are coming home to roost.