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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-09-14
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Greenbelt cooperator. (Greenbelt, Md.) 1937-1954, 1938-08-03
THE NEW GREENBELT BUSES
by E.F.Milos

Thore was the now bus on tho other
sido Of tho street about ten foot past
tho "Bus Stop" sign Facing q green light.
Even with the different" pair ] OBJ and
"Grecnbolt" showing in at least six diff
foront places, the bus drivor was at his
old pastimo, telling the man no did not
want to ride if he did not want to 70 to
Groonbe1t. Thanks to that man 7 caught
that bus.
inside the seats arc located airplape
style, double seats on one sido (tho sunny
sido) and single onos on the other. Tho
back door is absent giving moro seating
space. It will be little missed as tho
driver is funny about wanting to 500 your
pass whom you get off half the timo any,
Ways Thoro will be no moro arms going to
"slecp" from holding to overhead hand
bars. Thoro are mono. Please use the
ones at the back Of the seats. Tho capa-
city is forty in place Of the thirtys even
Of the Ford number 25Ol" which has boon
in use SO much. Throe moro can stand.
They havo' the"no draft" ventilation.
The windows opon from the top, coming
down about third Of the way. This way
no ono will get strong wind in his ear
or dirt in his oyo. sides the two or
threo open hole vontilators in tho coiling
thero is force system taking air in at
the 'FRONT.', ana FORCING 1t out one lido OF
the conduct running the longth Of tho bus .
The heat whom needed will be furnished by
two water heaters. The one at the front
might act as q windshield defros ter. The
door is operated by hand lover so we
will not DO held up by sone "patonted"
door not closing.
The body is mado by the "Yol1ow Coach
Coz" using INC. parts. small G.M.C.
motor is used. The tires belong to the
Goodyear Rubber Co., and ront is paid on
them according to the reading Of a spoodo-
motor in the centor Of the right front
wheel. Tho speed oraetor roads ovor five
hundred miles SO it will not DO necessary
to hold the buses undor twenty-five miles
per hour. Tho top spool is controlled
Greenbelt cooperator. (Greenbelt, Md.) 1937-1954, 1938-08-03
August 8, 1888

COUNCI IL AUTHORIZES INCREASE IN
r: GREENBELT PERSON :,
Two Directors Of Recreation, one man
and one woman, q Director Of Adult Educa-
ton, kindergarten Supervisor, and Lib
rarian scheduled to begin their work
here September 1, AS the result Of
IS, 900 appropriation voted by the Town
Council July Is.
$4,000 is allotted for salaries and the
rest for equip mont needed for those acti-
vities.
This appropriation provides those Off
COS with the funds thoy neod for the rest
Of this year. After January I they will
be provided for by the regular budget.
COOPEATORS MAY BE MAILED AT REDUCED
RATES
Cooperators may DO nailed for l5&
for each two ounces, according to q
lotter just rocoivod by Pos nas tor
Bryant from the Third Assistant Post
mastor General. No longer will Green
beltians nood to pay first class postage
in order to send copy Of the town
paper back homo.
Following is the official post office
statement:
"If the bulletin referred to cons lists
Of five moro Autographed shoots
bound together in pamphlet book form
by Of at least two wiro stitches
or staples, copies thereof accept
able for mailing with postage prepaid at
the third-class rate Of L cents for
each two OUNCES or fraction thereof, or
at the rate Of IL cents q pound when
mailed in bulk under the provis ions Of
section 562, P.L. and Re-, with mimi
mum charge Of l cent for each piece.
However, if tho shoots not fastened
together in the manner indicated, it will
be necessary that at least 90 Identical
copies Of zach sheet be presented for
mailing at one time, in order that the
thi I'd -c1asS rate annlvaM
Greenbelt cooperator. (Greenbelt, Md.) 1937-1954, 1938-08-03

Greenbelt institut ion. Why?
We must remember that these are
Greenbelt buses, to DO used by the people
Of Greenbelt and that they will run at the
time that WE the people want them to run.
Use them as they are if you like or say
what you would like SO they can be used
for the best Of Greenbe1ts
Evening star., 1938-12-30
Georgetown Boys Club

The Georgetown Boys Club is to
have a new home. Purchased from
the Covenant-Fir Presbyterian
Church by the Rotary Club of Wash
ington, the Peck Memorial Chapel at
Twenty street and Pennsyl-
vania avenue will be remodeled to
meet the indoor recreational needs
Of a thousand youngsters. Within
the renovated building there will be
a gymnasium, library, game rooms,
craft shops, laboratories and Offices
all dedicated to the service Of youth.
c. c. Richardson, carrying on in the
tradition established by the late
Frank A. Kerr, is to be director. He
will have the assistance and support
Of Frank R. Jelleff, Rev. DR.. Charles
T. Warner, A. F. E. Horn and other
friends of the junior generation.
Every neighborhood requires such
a center. The time when the boys
club idea was merely a theory long
since has passed. Experience teaches
that supervised play has effects
socially desirable. The alternative
Evening star., 1938-12-30
Zonu Gale

Zona Gale of Portage, Wisconsin,
was well and favorably known in
Washington. Her books were read
here, her lifelong concern for hu-
manitarian causes Of every variety
was recognized here. It is with great
regret, then, that news of her death
in Chicago was received by her many
friends in the Nations Capital.
Perhaps she never was destined to
achieve the very highest position
among American women writer's of
her generation. Her stories were
not pretentious. Miss Gale appeared
to be content to reflect a scene and
people modest and plain by natural
choice or by natural, if unconscious,
adjustment to circumstance. Her
efforts to chronicle the hectic struggle
Of big cities were not successful. and
Evening star., 1938-12-30
Shooting Stors
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Mr.. Speaker!

MIR. Speaker!
am waiting while labor for my place
there in the fray;
I am waiting for the chance to show just
why I draw my pay
Great thoughts are mine-they oft sur
prise me by their lavishness-
They're rapidly evolved. but not so easy
to express.
I conquer my impatience as think upon
the prize
Which visions of the future brings 80
fair before my eyes,
I am waiting, simply waiting, til at last
it comes my turn
To holler "Mr. Speaker" or Il move that
we adjourn!"
I listen to the wisdom that comes Drop
ping from the lip
OF each patriotic prophet, Of each seer
of craftsmanship.
listen to the speeches, for may not
yet presume
To penetrate the secrets of the big COM
mittee room.
But studious application brings its sure
reward in time
So read the economic lore of every age
and cline,
In hopes that by staunch determina-
ton yet may learn
To holler "Mr. Speaker" or II move
that we adjourn!"
Evening star., 1938-12-30

is to let youth run wild. No citizen
familiar with the constructive influ-
ence Of boys clubs in New York and
Boston would want Washington de-
MED their benefits. What is being
done in Georgetown should be
initiated in each heavily populated
section of the Nations Capital. Plans
already exist for the development
and expansion of the Washington
Boys Club and the Police Boys
Clubs. The Rotary fellowship has
set an example for further practical
philanthropy of the same sort.
Evening star., 1938-12-30
Blames Traffic Officials
For Bad Conditions.

To the Editor Of The Star:
The Star deserves praise for It's re-
peated efforts to make our streets safe
for pedestrians, but 1t has overlooked
the indisputable fact that the basic
cause of the deplorable and inexcusable
traffic situation must be removed.
We must have capable and efficient
pilots at the helm Of the Traffic Bureau,
who possess the ingenuity to plan a
traffic system adaptable to the peculiar
needs of Washington, instead of officials
who have imposed upon us tumble of
copied traffic regulations that make our
circles and intersections so hazardous.
Not satisfied with jeopardizing pedes-
trians for several years, traffic officials
now seek means to terrorize them with
the threat Of arrest should they refuse
to walk into the deathtraps at inter-
sections.
Not possessing an automobile, we are
curious to know If there are any nom
car owners among those who aspire to
pedestrian dictatorship-so cleverly con-
cealed In the phrase pedestrian con-
troll" And we are also interested in
ascertaining the number of non-car
owners who are so spineless as to tolerate
such dictatorship.
1t is the solemn duty of trafic officials
to safeguard human life in its progress
along the streets and highways of the
District, but the killing of human beings
on our streets during the last few years
prompts me to ask the question: Is the
present regime negligent or is it incapable
Of discharging its duty?
December "a. PEDESTRIAN.
Evening star., 1938-12-30
Confusion in Textiles

Recent developments in textile
labor unionism provide merely an
other chapter in a continuing story
OF disorderliness and confusion in
that industry.
From its beginning, the textile in
dustry has been marked by unreason-
ably poor labor standards in the
form OF low wages, long hours of
toll and bad working conditions.
In large measure, the industry
itself was at fault for continuance of
these conditions as it's own bitterly
competitive nature kept the profit
margin low and its responsiveness to
general business conditions and to
seasonal demands resulted in violent
fluctuations in employment This
latter circumstance not only fostered
the poor labor standards but mill
tated against the development of
strong and responsible unionism.
Instead, organization efforts
brought strikes which neither the
unions nor the operators could afford.
In 1885, the United Textile Workers,
the dominant but not very robust
union in this field, was one of the
original unions of the C. l.. o.
Possessed of some 10000 members
but little money, the U. T. w. then
became the nucleus of C. I. o. or
ganizing drive in textiles, marked by
the expenditure of about 100000
and claim of 100000 members. But
arrival of the 1878 recession
brought the familiar symptoms of
deep wage slashes and disagreement
within the union leadership. A court
ruling of illegality in the early stages
of transfer Of the properties and
rights of the U. T. w. to the c. I. o.
precipitated the present open split
which finds some of the original
leaders and membership returning
to the A. F. of L. while the remainder
stay with the c. I. O.
What will be the eventual effect
upon the two conflicting factions of
the American labor movement is i'm
possible to say at present, but it is
virtually certain that the episode
can add nothing in the way of
orderliness or improvement in the
unprepossessing textile labor picture.
Evening star., 1938-12-30
The Federal Rent Bill

The Federal Government continues
to set bad example for citizens to
whom it breaches the advantages of
home ownership. Uncle Sam re-
mains prominently in the tenant
class himself by virtue of increas-
1ngly large rental outlays, year by
year. The rent bill in the District
of Columbia has nearly doubled since
1884, despite completion and occu-
pancy of new Government-owne
buildings that were expected to re-
duce Federal payments to the land
lord.
The National Park Service took
over the maintenance and ALLEGATION
OF most Federal buildings here in
1884. Secretary Ickes at that time
expressed concern upon learning
that the annual rent bill paid by the
Government to private interests in
Washington amounted to almost ST.
100000. Now he is advised that the
bill for the 1898 fiscal year was $2,-
9O6,654, for space in 118 privately
owned buildings.
Mr.. 1ckes should not be unduly sur
prised at these figures, for they only
reflect a part of the tremendous ex-
pansion OF the governmental ma
chinery under the administration
with which he is so prominently
Identified. To reduce the rent bill
there must needs be something more
than public building program de-
signed to provide all permanent Fed
eral departments with homes of their
own. Such program is highly de-
sirable, and much headway has been
made toward fulfilling it. From the
taxpayers standpoint, however, the
best way of reducing not only the
annual rent bill but many other items
of governmental overhead, from
overlapping functions to uncontrolled
spending, is to eliminate as rapidly
as possible the mushroom like
growth of so-called emergency agen-
cles that have no place in the perma-
nent Federal establishment. These
temporary boards and commissions
and other branches cannot, of course,
be given homes of their own. They
comprise bureaucracy which, once
rooted, resists removal to the bitter
end. Thus is born the emergency of
what to do about emergency agencies
OF Government. An emergency opera
ton by the next Congress might help
to solve Mr.. Ickes' rental problem for
him.
Evening star., 1938-12-30
Lima Failure

Did you know that the United
States failed completely in the recent
Pan-American Conference at Lima?
So says the Berlin Nachthausgabe.
Roosevelt, according to the German
paper, in collusion with Jewish in
terests which control this country,
tried to conquer South America with
dollars, with no luck. Then, in a
panic, he tried to scare one after
another Of the South American ma
tions into a military alliance, but
that, too, fell through.
It seems bad enough that such a
deplorable condition exists, but what
makes it much worse is that our
papers are so completely prejudiced
that America has to get the first re-
ports of the fiasco from the delight
fully free press of Germany. Won't
some enterprising sheet defy corrup-
tion and come out with the truth?
Can't something be done about it?
Out Of the hundreds of thousands
OF newspaper employees throughout
this Nation there must be a few i'm
partial reporters who have escaped
the editorial ak. Some day one of
these will write the real facts about
Lima. Then, when the dollar minded
publishers are away thinking up
some new way OF misrepresenting
the facts, he will get his story printed
and the foul plot against the peace
of the New World will be exposed.
Until that happy time, only Ger
mans will know how awful it is to
live in America.
Evening star., 1938-12-30
Discusses New Deal
Fiscal Fallacies.

Speaking recently at Boston, Senator
Byrd, Virginia Democrat, condemned the
New Deal policy of trying to promote
recovery by huge deficit spending. Mr..
Eccles, chairman of the Board of Gov
ernors Of the Federal Reserve System,
has just replied publicly to Senator Byrd
defending that policy.
In The Stars issue of December 27
you called attention, in an admirable
editorial, to two grave dangers with
which Mr.. Eccles' position is fraught.
But there are also other interesting
aspects Of his philosophy.
1quote from Mr.. Eccles' reply to sena-
tor Byrd that I'VE have never had pros
porous conditions without an accompany
ing expansion Of debt, either private or
public, or both." Surely there must have
been prosperous conditions during Mr..
Coolidges administration, else he could
not have paid off many billions of dol
lars of the national debt. And any ex-
pansion of private debt during that ad-
ministration undoubtedly was due, at
least in large part, to the general con-
fidence in that administration.
Suppose we admit, for the sake of argu-
ment, what is claimed by the New Deal,
that Government spending was in fair
way to succeed in producing substantial
recovery until certain events happened
in 1887. Certainly no one can say with
any certainty that similar, or other
events of equal, or possibly even greater
influence, will not happen again or every
time to nullify or counteract Government
pump printing. Have we not seen Gov
ernment farm relief programs go awry
through the Intervention of uncon-
trollable events?
In such event we find ourselves in the
position of paying for dead horse, as 1t
were. The borrowed money is spent and
irretrievably gone, and the debt will have
to be paid ultimately. We can repeal q
bad law, but we cannot, at least hon.
orably, repeal (repudiate) an unfortunate
Indebtedness. OF course, we have for the
most part the physical things for which
the money was spent, but the principal
purpose even farther of
than before.
After such failure the Government
enters upon another spending campaign
under the great handicap (Which we are
now experiencing) Of business fear Of
another failure-a fear which all the
time works against success. With each
high-pressure group demanding more
and more while the going is good, the
deficit spending becomes a frightful
gamble. We just cannot ignore, as Mr..
Eccles seems to DO, the psychology Of
the situation.
But we suffer more than the mere in
currence Of the additional Indebtedness
We ind that the borrowed money has
been spent in many cases in nom
productive ways and for what requires
heavy maintenance charges. Huge build
ings, great bridges, super-roads. ETC., cost
much to maintain, 30 much, in fact, that
In many private enterprises there has had
to be . default on the bonds issued.
In addition, such dedcit spending cam
Evening star., 1938-12-30

not continue much longer without con-
siderable increase in interest charges,
because there will be such a risk that
prospective lenders will demand a COM
pensatory increase in the rate of interest.
In such event what will become of the
present premiums on Government bonds?
Furthermore, many Of the things for
which the Government has been spend
ing borrowed money will be outmoded,
obsolete, or worn out during this gen.
GRAFTON, and our children and their chill
dren will find themselves confronted
with a huge national debt that will
render them powerless to meet their own
urgent necessities and what will the
history writer's of that day say about
the spenders of this day?
HENRY A. HAYWARD.
December %,
Evening star., 1938-12-30

You wind up q clock with key, but
q man winds himself up by his early
morning habits.
He is like that radio tube which takes
. minute to warm up.
The average man requires from two to
four hours to get into the mood for work.
From the moment he opens his eyes and
yawns, he is as deliberately setting about
his daily task as when he first sits down
to his desk.
If you follow him through the routine
of getting up, ablutions, breakfast and
going downtown, you will discover that
every move is motion toward the main
objective.
Even the fellow who genuinely loves
his work with something akin to devotion
possesses a "mainspring" that needs
winding.
The daily occupation is the whirring
Of the wheels, as motivated by the spring
The actual bestirrings after sleep and
the actions following constitute the key
to the machine.
Put enthusiasm into each action, there
fore, for it is more than an act, it is one
of the prime movers of the day.
Rightly considered, the morning duties
are not boresome, but are as interesting
as the business conference, the issuing
of orders, the receiving of the same and
the carrying of them into execution.
Consider the humble alarm clock Toe
long men have considered it q nuisance
when all the time 1t has been a real
friend in time of need.
He who rolls over and flicks the switch
which stills the bell, proves himself
untrue, both to himself and to his clock
This faithful servant of brass and
nickel that tolls not. neither does it spin
can and does set up an ungodly clamo1
at the very moment you wish 1t would
not do 1t.
Realize, however, that you were the
guy who put it there
You were the fellow who set the jigger
for am.
You would have called it most worth
less clock had it not done this very thing
but now you curse it, silently or audibly
and lament that it does its duty.
A dream of the future is magic alarm
clock which will wake the worker to his
daily tasks with the briefest strain OF
the sweetest music. Radio might be
that, II 1t weren't for that confounded
announcer.
In the present state of civilization
nothing less than our noisy mechanical
agent on three easily upset legs will
do the trick.
And what shall we not say about wash
ing ones face and shaving, pleasant
interludes in day given over to eraser
duties?
Here is our opportunity to become
better acquainted with a great river
none other than the historic Potomac
and are we to shrink from the meeting?
Bathroom, hail!
Within thy cool walls. white or val
iantly tinted, one revives in the city mem
ories Of childhoods swimmin' hole.
Here one may splash far from dastards
who tie ones clothes and yell "Chau
beef" in unholy glee.
Here Is q marvellous system of hot and
cold water and an equally wonderful
disposal system.
A mere lifting OF plug, or a turn Of
a handle, drains all the sediment away
Evening star., 1938-12-30
THIS AND THAT
Br Charles z. Trace1peH.

Life would be happier II there were
magic sewer systems available every.
where to drain of the dregs Of human
thinking, and to take away evil thoughts
and hostile leanings Of mankind. Then
. thousand and one unwholesome traits
anger, envy. jealousy, suspicion, hatred,
intolerance, brutality-might be gotten
rid Of as easily as one lifted the stopper
In the bathtub.
+
Nothing is more delightful than the
morning bath If the task is approached
IN the right frame of mind.
Especially is this true If cold water is
used. There is nothing really cold about
water at IS or 10 degrees, which Is cool
enough for all practical purposes, unless
one likes it colder.
But there is something so tonic about
water well below TO degrees that the
observer is impelled to believe that it
is perhaps the only thing in the world
that really deserves the title, despite the
multitude Of big and little bottles which
claim 1t.
Even it is tonic which must be han
died with discretion. The glow is the
thing and unless one gets this ruddy
reaction at each and every cold bath,
he bad better stick to warm water, sissy
that he Is.
Putting on ones clothes especially
after one tends to become fat, may be
turned into sort Of preliminary offering
upon the altar of daily duty by attempt
ing to stand on one leg while putting
on the other sock. Try 1t.
Instead Of approaching breakfast with
face sourer than grapefruit, coming
worker must sit him down with that
bright morning countenance which gave
Shakespeare's schoolboy so much de-
served publicity.
Now, thank heaven, we have our SUBJ
ject on his way.
He is half wound up for the public be-
ginning an hour or so later
Just suppose he could do his work at
home. A writer, or something. He would
sit around in bathrobe and slippers. He
would find excuses for not doing a thing.
He would play with the dog or cat. He
would discover how many repairs needed
to be made to Johnny's new electric
train already. He might even insist on
playing Beethovens Ninth Symphony
on the new electrical phonograph, and
any one who has ever heard that mas
terpiece knows how long 1t is.
4 Il
Once on the way downtown, however,
every single movement has a meaning
all its own, and begins to put him into
the mood for work.
BY that time the warm breakfast is
churning around, suffusing him with
such energy as only the chemistry OF
Mother Nature can achieve.
AS he goes along, the sight of thou
sands of others doing exactly the same
thing tends to put him more and more
into the frame of mind called for
by work.
AS he goes up in the elevator, the
salutes of operators and janitors, the
opening of the office door, the mechanical
act of sitting down at the desk-all these
line him up efficiently and properly.
May his boss not be too hard upon him
If he reads the paper, smokes a bit and
chats with his fellows.
He has come long way, and a great
deal Is expected of him before he
goes back.