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The Washington times., 1938-07-16

into the red to help State and local govern
ments get out Of the red or stay out of the
red But it has been worth it."-F. D. r. at
Covington, KY.
It never takes courage to borrow money when
you know some one else is going to pay the bill.
1t takes brassbound nerve. however, to pre-
tend during a political stump tour to be so
soIicitous about the condition of State govern
ments, when the record is dotted with too many
instances of Rooseveltian efforts to destroy in
dependence Of States and force them into hook
to the central government.
Assistant Secretary Of War Louis Il want to
be Secretary johnson, speaking at Montgomery,
Ala:
To-day there are sinister forces at work
that would pit neighbor against neighbor un
dernine our American spirit of tolerance and
understanding and destroy America By propa-
,ganda."
Noting:
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venience caused, they caught
the spirit Of the slogan and
felt proud their city was forg-
ing ahead.
Comes the announcement
this week: Partly in expecta-
ton Of a marked economic up
turn by mid-fall, the thirty
fifth annual National Business
Show, customarily running the
third week in october, is to
be staged this year from Oc-
tober third to eighth"
This is a. "Sign OF Progress"
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In the mental workings of those behind this
notable annual exposition. It reveals the expec-
tation that business is going to pick up shortly
and, therefore, that it will be more convenient
for those interested to attend early in October
than late in October.
Foe my part, have been urging executives to
take their vacations early this year, my reason.
ing being that activity may easily become dis
tinctly more pronounced even before Labor Day.
Brisker Business Reported
A LREADY run across executives who report
"A brisker business. To be sure, neither in nor
out of Wall Street is it generally concluded the
upturn in security values, spectacular though it
has been, is proof that America has definitely
entered a new upward era. Nevertheless various
straws show favorable winds have been blowing.
Retail trade has been doing distinctly better.
This reflects increasing hopefulness on the part
The Washington times., 1938-07-16
News Behind
The News
(wOrld Copyright, 1888, by King Fea-
turees Syndicate, all rights reserved.
Reproduction in full or in part
strictly prohlbited.)

Editors: A. A. Berle Is knoton
as a "teet-on.the ground" econ
on1iSt, lGtDyer, somewhat OF
a polittciGn-Gnd incidentally
as Assistant Secretary of State.
He is noW the foremost eco
nonItc GdUtser to the White
House (he iDould deny it for
reasons of state or modestyJ /,
DGS good friend and economic
aide to Mayor LGGuGrdiG, as
chamberlain of the city of NeW
York before he came here. In
the tollo1Oing column he tells
DtGt he sees not only behind
the neWS of the past but WhGt
IS ahead of it in the future.
Mr.. BerIe sees cIearly-PduI
MdIlon.
The Washington times., 1938-07-16

hour administrator.
Andrews, who has been New
York State industrial commits
sioner, said he had no hesitation
in accepting the post" as he was
familiar with the law and in sym.
pathy with its objectives.
II shall go to Washington and
begin work on the administrative
machinery before October "a,
when the law becomes effective"
he said. IT have some things
to clean UP here and will prob
ably remain at my desk another
month.
II consider the wagehour law
the most important piece Of leg
islation of the Roosevelt admin
istration.
IT feel certain that industry
throughout the country will CO.
operate with the new Federal
agency"
The Washington times., 1938-07-16
Today in Films

WARNER BROTHERS.
film schedule today, for
which you may have received
q pass:
EARLE: Bob Burns, Mar
tina Raye, Dorothy LamOur
and Ray Milland in "TrOpic
Holiday" plus the Mime
witch "HarmOnica Rascals"
on the stage; METROPOLI-
TAN: "W hen Were You
Born" with Margaret Lind
say and Anna May Wong;
AMBASSADOR: warner
Baxter and Freddie BarthOlO-
NEW in "Kidnapped"; UP
TOWN: Virginia Bruce and
Robert Montgomery in "Yel-
low jack; CALVERT, PENN
and TIVOLI: "GOld Diggers
in Paris" with Rudy Vallee.
The Washington times., 1938-07-16

in the desire of young people
to get married.
Since the law went into ef.
feet that couples must bring
health certificates with them,
there were only three one day.
only seven the next. The
clerks. apparently, have plenty
Of time to read and rest.
Now what in the world can
one make of this? These
young people should be de-
lighted to feel if they are
well they are being protected.
The Washington times., 1938-07-16
By EVaIyn Walsh Mclean

They should be proud and happy to think they
are safeguarding their future children
They also must remember one thing! If the
doctor gives them bad news, this does not mean
they have been wicked or bad. This terrible
scourge can be picked UP anywhere, by anybody,
through drinking cup, or dozen different
ways, through no fault Of their own. They can
be the victims Of a disease like cancer or thous-
ands of other ailments. But they are MORAL
and PHYSICAL towards when they refuse to be
certain about their own health, so others
especially the babies to come-may be protected.
They must remember If they have this terrible
illness it can be handed down unto the third
and fourth generation"
Another Big Problem
WHILE we are on this very disagreeable but
w vital subject, we should also consider serious.
ly the controlling Of the feeble-minded in mar.
riage. At the American Medical Associations
eghty-ninth annual convention, two Of the lead
ing doctors said there was so much more danger
of a marriage between defective people than the
occasional child marriages that are now taking
place, there was no comparison.
They recommend COMPULSORY registra.
tion Of persons with an intelligence quotient of
10 or less. This information should be made
available to clerks and clergymen responsible
for marriage licenses, and also to courts dealing
with criminal offenders.
Must Be Sterilized
TNHERE is no use talking until the civilized
- world realizes the Importance of sterilizing
these poor feeblemnded people, and until the
States make laws that will protect our children
as thoroughly as we protect our blooded race
horses or our blooded cattle, we will have our
institutions crammed to overflowing We will
have poor deformed children who should never
have been brought into this world-and, we shall
never reach that higher civilization which we
should always be striving and working for.
The Washington times., 1938-07-16
S Officers Named
To General Staff

BY order of the President, six
high-ranking Army officers yes
terday were detailed as members
of the General Staff Corps and
assigned to the General Staff with
troops: They are Col. Marion
o. French, Infantry; Col. ]. AL.
fred Moss, Field Artillery; Col.
william F. Sharp, Field Artillery;
Lieut.. Col. Alden c. Strong, Coast
Artillery Corps; Major Matthew
B. Ridgway, Infantry, and Major
Joseph H. Rustemeyer. Infantry.
The Washington times., 1938-07-16
A Tip-TOp Taste

Original Velati Can dy
Stores today will present
One-pOund boxes of their de-
hciOus chocolates or cara
mels, on request, to:
Milton S. Bejune, GPO.
Mrs. Edna Schwartz, In
terror.
Charles Burdette, Engrav-
ing-Printing.
Candy will be presented at
either store, $50 Ninth st.
N. w. or 6O9 Fourteenth st.
N. w.
The Washington times., 1938-07-16

good time in
the woods.
Anyone can
see that some
big shift has
happened in
these United
States. Stu
dents k n o W
that the same
SnlIC mas nap
pened every
where else in
t h e western
world.
We changed
from farms
on n @ ~ O
The Washington times., 1938-07-16
B. G. Forbes Says

TNHE PRESIDENT of the Pacific Gas & Elec-
4 tric Company years ago hit upon the idea
Of posting prominently this notice whenever a
street in San Francisco or in any other part of
his territory was torn up, Sign of Progress"
The effect upon the public exceeded all ex-
pectations.
Instead of people growing because of incon-
The Washington times., 1938-07-16
LalO Sadly Needed

7 WISH I could take every young couple who
= seem ashamed or sfraid to go through this
test for SYPHILIS through one of the baby
wards in any large hospital in New York They
would see sights that would simply appal them.
Dear little babies a couple OF days old-and
blind. Others deformed with this terrible dis
ease, mentally and physically.
These poor little things, so helpless and so
innocent-what horrible tragedy they repre-
sent-and what fine law they are starting to
put into effect in every city in this country.
A friend said to me the other day: "Well, I
suppose it means they simply won't take the
trouble to get married"
don't agree with this. If they had no In
tention Of getting married the law wouldn't
matter to them I think the idea is all so new
to them the poor kids are scared to death and
feel ashamed to submit to the medical tests If
they would only realize that there is nothing
In the world to be ashamed Of!
The Washington times., 1938-07-16

State Of New York and Presi-
dent Of the United States has
been responsible "for the care
of the human needs Of tens
of thousands of citizens.
Too often he makes it ap-
pear as though it were his
own money he was spending
and not the money of the tax
payers, whose payments make
1t possible for him to be so
humane"
''It has taken courage for
the Federal Government to go
The Washington times., 1938-07-16
By A. A. BERLE

QENG no politician and know.
~ ing no secret gossip, I can
only write about United States
economics-with an envious vi.
sion Of Paul Mallon having q
The Washington times., 1938-07-16
My Say
WE are progressing
But, which way,

WIE are progressing | | But, which way,
w wonder |
Take the experience the Marriage License
Bureau has had in New York during the last
few days; the sudden and terrific dropping off
The Washington times., 1938-07-16
Federal Wage Post
Token by Andrews

NEW YORK July 16 GNS-Initial enforcement Of wages
and hours legislation " be by cooperation rather than by
police power Elmer F. Andrews announced today he
cepted President Roosevet appointment Federal
The Washington times., 1938-07-16
JACKSON seen
BY MAJ. Lee AS
PARTY CHOICE
Ex-Czar Of Montgomery
On Governorship

SILVER SPRING, Nd, July 16.
Selection Of Mayor Howard w.
Jackson as the Democratic candi-
date for Governor at the Septem-
Der primary elections appears Ger.
tain in the eyes of Major E. Brook
Lee, former czar Of Montgomery
county and a powerful figure in
Maryland Democratic circles dur
ing the 16-year reign Of the late
Governor Albert C. Ritchie.
While admittedly out of active"
politics, Major Lee did venture a
few representations IN his office
in the North Washington Building
here last night. He rated the Dem.
ocratic gubernatorial candidates
in this order: Major jackson, At
torney General Herbert r. O'Con-
or and State Senator Lansdale G.
SaSScer.
CHOICES" CITED
The belief OF many persons that
Senator SaSccer is in a strategic
position in the race for Governor,
due to Maryland's second choice
ballot. was ridiculed by Major Lee,
who explained that no candidate
can progress on a second choice
ballot as long as there are candi.
dates in the field with a higher
first choice vote.
This explanation tends to blast
the hopes Of Maryland voters who
have felt that Senator Sasscer
held commanding position in the
three-man gubernatorial race,
The Washington times., 1938-07-16
ABOVE PRINCIPLE

There are times" the Sena-
tor would say, when a politician
must rise above principle"
Cousin Harvard Smith and his
supporters in Alexandria, Arling-
ton and nearby points started it
by charging hic opponent, William
e. Dodd, jr., with coming to politi-
cal meetings in the company Of
Communists, and conSorting gen.
orally with reds" whose chief am
bition in life is to put a bolshevik
in the White House, a charge
Dodd characterized as silly.
Senator Tydings, in Maryland,
followed suit by asserting that
Mauritz A. Hallgren, who with
drew from Maryland's senatorial
race in favor of Representative
Davey Lewis, of Cumberland, and
has since become active in the
Lewis campaign, Is Communist
who convictS himself of disloyalty
In his own writings.
This charge, made in a radio
speech in which the Senator
quoted a passage said to have
been taken from one of Hallgren's
books. brought a heated denial
from the man quoted, that he had
ever said such a thing and new
"red"is born.
WHERE'S THE BOOK?
The disputed quotation, which
Tydings' publicity chief said came
from the book, Seeds of Revolt,
was:
THE only hope lies in the
Communists. Their theology
prepares them, or should pre-
pare them, for insurrection &.
and in this way, they also have
the rich experience Of the Rus
sian Bolsheviks to draw upon"
In Baltimore Mr.. Hallgren de
) clared in answer to the Senator:
"The quoted statement Is a
complete fabrication. Nothing
like that appears in any of my
writings anywhere"
RED ISSUE, RED HERRING
Whatever surface significance
attaches to the dispute arises from
Hallgren's activity in behalf OF
Lewis, who already has the back
ing of the CIO and left-Wing
groups generally.
But the underlying significance
lies in Tydings' success in drag
ging the red herring Of the red
issue across the campaign trail.
Mr.. Lewis, in Charlottesville fol
an address before the University
of Virginia Institute of Public AT
fairs, has indicated that he will
answer his opponent and dispose
of the issue when he returns tc
the fight next week.
The Washington times., 1938-07-16

Do you remember your Julius Caesar?
Julius Caesar desired to become Emperor, but
was uncertain whether the Roman people were
prepared to 60 with him that far.
So he hit upon the scheme Of having one Of
his friends offer him the crown three successive
times in the market place.
The crowd roared its disapproval Whereupon
Caesar rejected the crown because. he deftly let
it be known, he was as much against a Roman
Empire as were the Roman people themselves,
for three specific reasons:
(a) He had no inclination to be an Emperor.
(b) He had none Of the qualifications that
would make him successful dictator-or rather,
Emperor.
(c) He had too much historical background,
knew too much about totalitarianism. to make
him want any form Of dictatorship-or rather
empire for the Romans.
But, my oh my! If the Roman populace had
applauded the trial balloon which Caesar sent up
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(Boake Carter'S opinions are his o,Dn and not
necessarily those OF The Washington TinleSJ
The Washington times., 1938-07-16

Speaki0S OF
GOVERNMENT
WORKERS
By J. EARL MosER

IT il, your youth loOe passes you
by,
Don't feel that you must Deep
and sigh;
Console yourself By matching
the comics
Disporting themselves in Home
Economics.
R1Ts' Bites salutes' swipes:
~ An epic in its way is the
true tale of a Home Economics
pettiboss who desired, badly, q
U. S.-paid trip costing about
81, 900. SO she calmly wrote a
letter to herself, requesting her
self to go away, signed it herself,
approved 1t, and shot it along to
the majorboss!. The National
Park Servicer who sent a chain
letter to the Denver police chief
in hopes Of raising money to
bring his family to Washington
has now dispatched an appeal for
aid to AL Capone!. Veterans
with preference who asked appli-
cation papers for the messenger
test received them with a nota-
ton: do not fill out these papers
If you are over Is years of ageI"
The Washington times., 1938-07-16
But y
r WONDER:

Why Mr.. Roosevelt must always make it
appear that he personally as Governor Of the
The Washington times., 1938-07-16
z STATES FEEL
POLITICAL STIR
|OF RED ISSUE
Herring" Crosses Trail
In Virginia, Maryland
BY THEODORE HUNTLEY

They had discovered Senator
Bob Reynolds pet political for
mula today in both Maryland and
Virginia:
Get a good red scare into
the campaign and you don't
have to worry about issues"
1t was a bit like the favorite
quotation Of Secretary of the Navy
Claude A. Swanson in the days
when he sat in the Senate ana
also in the pilots seat of Virginia's
Smooth-running Democratic ma
chine.
The Washington times., 1938-07-16

shops into big cities and huge
industries. Look at the Main
Street Of your town, or the sky
line of your city. Then think
what it looked like 20 years ago.
You have the answer. We
shifted in a few years from indi-
vidual business into national in
duStry. Nearly one-sixth OF the
country changed in eight years,
from 1922 to 1880.
IT takes six billion Of money
L spent on heavy construction
to keep this new nationally or
ganized industrial system 60
ing.
The money builds houses,
roads, bridges. power plants.
Stop this and trouble begins
in the Pittsburgh steel district;
spreads to Michigan, Ohio, Illi-
nois and West Virginia; comes
out in spots elsewhere. Business
fades away.
Old Grind Resumed
American business stopped
spending six billion a year after
1890. The rest happened in
order. In 1888 President Roose.
velt decided to shoulder the
load. This is called by political
opponents pump priming.
which is nonsense.
Rather than watch millions
of its people out Of work, the
Government spent what private
business did not spend. So did
practically every other govern.
ment in the world. Things
righted themselves.
N 1886 everyone hoped private
l. business would take over if
the Government stopped. The
Government did stop. Business
didn't take over. I am not
blaming anyone; I note the
fact.
By the end Of 1897, the old
grind began-first in the Pitts
burgh steel district, then spread
ing. It was necessary to shoul.
der the load again. President
Roosevelt did this in his recov'
cry message last April.
Barring accidents, recovery
will be well forward this fall
There is no danger in this if
Government spending creates
things people need-that Is
makes wealth.
The Washington times., 1938-07-16

If they are III they should 60 to a doctor of
free clinic and get cured before they even think
Of getting married.
The Washington times., 1938-07-16
Says Boake Carter

First. All the speeches about princes Of priv
i1ege, Lord Macaulays" versus the "ulhoused.
infed and nlclad."
Second. Observing the purge" pushed 50 Wig
orously against those Senators and Congressman
who were so intolerant and ignorant as to dis
agree with the Administration on the Supreme
Court. reorganization bill and other matters.
Third. Considering the $15.0OO0OO propaganda
machine maintained in Washington.
Who Could He Mean?
WHO in the world could our Assistant Secre-
w tary Il want to be secretary of War mean?
The Washington times., 1938-07-16
EUeryone's Job

EINALLY, every man and
l. every organization, a labor
union or a liberty league, must
do as much thinking about how
it can contribute to the general
welfare as it does about how
much it can rake out of it. This
goes for everyone.
This last calls, really, for a
change in national spirit and
for a resurgence Of native
American kindliness and neigh
borlineSs.
It is not a political Job.
Neither is it a job for clever peo.
pie. Perhaps we need a few
practicing saints lust now even
more than practicing politicians.
The Washington times., 1938-07-16
More Important

RUT Government spending
- does mean that you have
some serious thinking to do.
First, your local government
has become so times more i'm
portant. Much of the heavy
work Of the cour try has to be
done by towns and counties and
cities. This is a strictly local
job. There is more opportunity
for a first-rate career in local
government today than in any
other field I know. LaGuardia
proved it in New York.
II the local governments are
good enough, we can avoid the
danger Of a Washington octo-
pus, and Washington, as I have
reason to know, would be only
too glad.
Second, big business Is no
longer private. It is as much a
part Of the national system as
the Post Office. All of us bene-
fit by its successes. All Of us
also pay for its failures. It has
to come back into the Union;
and we have to show it how.
Third, we will still have some
serious thinking to do about our
banking system and our labor
relations. We are making
progress, but we have not got
the answer yet.
The Washington times., 1938-07-16

Bernheinner Theatres
Jesse 18th near B. l. Ave. N. T..
BLIND ALIBI"-Richard Dix. Madge
Evans also BATTLE OF BROADWAY"
Victor McLaglen. Louise Hovick: Mat
inee I D. M
Evening star., 1938-10-06
Ne,v Catecl1ism Pictured
As Defining Ciuic Duties
BY the Associated Press.

| BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Oct. 6.-The Herald
Tribune says new catechism now be-
ing considered for approval by Roman
Catholic bishops and archbishops de-
fines several civic duties as religious
obligations as well.
Among the responsibilities listed are:
To pay "just taxes; to vote regularly
without selfish purpose" and to de-
fend the "country's rights" even with
life, II necessary.
Under the fourth commandment
Honor thy father and thy mother, u
the question on-and-response colloquy goes
thus:
"240. How does a citizen show a
sincere interest in his country's wei
fare?"
"A citizen shows a sincere interest
in his country's welfare by using his
right to vote, honestly and without
selfish purpose; by paying just taxes;
by being ready to defend his country S
rights even with his life, when neces-
sity demands"
"241. How do we know that we must
respect and obey the lawful authority
of our country?"
1--WE know that we must respect and
obey the lawful authority of our coun-
try because God wills it, since civil au-
Evening star., 1938-10-06

the association has offered to loan tc
the National Guard for its armory.
In response to q recent story he had
written for The Sunday Star, praising
one Of his teachers, Mr.. Proctor said
he had letter of appreciation from
Miss Marian ]. Malone, now of New
York, the teacher who had been
kind" to him at the school at Ninth
and s streets many years ago.
A suggestion Of Mr.. Duhamel that
. new Boys Club IN the neighpor-
hood be invited to visit the Old En-
gine House museum was favorably
received with the stipulation that the
visit be postponed until the renova-
ton program is completed.
Mr.. Proctor extended the sympathy
Of the association to both J. Eliot
Wright, secretary and treasurer, and
to Mr.. Duhamel, in the recent deaths
Of Mrs. Wright and Mrs. Duhamel.
Francis T. Hurley, a newly elected
member, presented to the association
by Mr.. Suter, praised the association
for its unselfish interest in the Dis
trict Of Columbia. Avon M. Nevius
also was elected to membership.
Evening star., 1938-10-06

thority is necessary for the welfare OF
men living on earth" s
"242. Why are we obliged to take
an active part in works of good citizen
ship?"
I'VE are obliged to take an active
part In works of good citizenship be-
cause many needs and rights Of our
neighbor are such that unless we all
work together to supply these needs
and to guard these rights we shall
fulflll our duty only imperfectly, If at
ALL"
The new catechism was discussed at
the recent Cathechetical Congress Of
the Catholic Confraternity of Christian
Doctrine in Hartford, Conn.
A proposed new version of the Gospel
Of st. John differs greatly in phrase
ology from the old.