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The Washington times., 1938-10-24
Farley Asks
SOlidFrOnt
FOrF.D

BOSTON, Oct. 24.-Chair-
man James A. Farley, of the
Democratic National Com
mittee, speaking here before
the Democratic State COM
mittee, for a New Deal
triumph at the November 8
election to prevent divided
councils in the nation in the
midst Of the grave crisis in
world affairs"
Farley said President
Roosevelt must be "the issue"
in the forthcoming elections
because he is looked upon
throughout the world as "the
one national leader big
enough and brave enough
and strong enough to vindi-
cate the processes Of demo
cratic government" Farley
added:
I'm these days of chaos
and confusion throughout
the world, when civilization
itself is imperiIed by the mad
ambitions Of ruthless dicta.
tors, let the message flash
from the November polls that
the American people are
united in a common cause
the cause Of democracy"
The Washington times., 1938-10-24
Publicity BY Boot

To TOP the trivial trend of the
l. inquiry which was to solve
the nations economic course for
the next 20 years, Arnold has
been attempting to impress the
press, on occasions, with the tip
Of his boot (figuratively, of
course, by inviting them out the
door).
Somehow the method has not
proved penetrating to the two or
three news-men with whom Ar
mold has experimental so far.
Strangely, they do not seem to
grasp Arnold's theories by this
method, but reach opposite con-
cluSionS.
AS a matter of fact, the theory
Of developing favorable publicity
by boot has long ago been dis
carded here by statesmen desir-
The Washington times., 1938-10-24
Commerce Studies

MOST CONSTRUCTIVE fea-
4V1 ture of the investigation so
far has been the quiet, fair
minded work of the Commerce
Department. Under direction Of
Assistant Secretary Patterson,
this phase of the inquiry has the
confidence of business, down
town liberals and congressman.
Serious studies have been
started into such things as:
Experiences of cartel systems
and monopolies abroad; tests of
the efficiency of corporations
by size; concentration within
industries and what this means
economically; effects of de-
pressionS on corporation poll
cies; impairment of capital in
depressionS; effect Of taxes on
corporations by size; structure
end changing character Of
American industry.
Confidence in this endeavor
is probably due to the fact that
Patterson and his men are try.
ing to find out what is wrong,
rather than trying to prove
some pet theory or conviction.
Patterson has picked expert
enced outstanding Commerce
Department economists, su1n as
Willard Thorp, Ernest Tupper,
Joseph Meehan and Robert Ma
than, to handle his work. They
have practically dispelled the
air Of politics which palled that
department in recent years.
Even if the MEG investiga-
ton blows up, most non-parti-
san by-StanderS may consider
it successful for this phase of
the inquiry alone.
The Washington times., 1938-10-24
NEWS BEHIND THE NEWS By Paul Mallon

in Homer Capehart, the Wur.
liter music executive, who spent
$4,000 of his own cash with.
out reaching the bottom Of his
pocket) for that cornfield con-
ference. Capehart telephoned
Hamilton saying he had moth
ing to do with public mention
of his name in that respect:
that he had no designs what
ever on the national chairman
ship.
A young man who has been
trying to poll everyone on every
thing has been trying to sell to
newspapers the result of a poll
he made of the national COM
mittee on replacing Hamilton.
No one would buy it because it
showed not a single committee
man would come out against
Hamilton. Some refused to
commit themselves, but none
voted no.
The Washington times., 1938-10-24
By "Evie" Robert
A Quotation in Turn

"A Quotation in Turn
ZONE on home Mr.. 100000, all is forgiven. In
this mornings Washington Herald see that
Drew Pearson and Bob Allen have paid me
pretty tribute. They go on at great rate, full
of sarcasm, on how breathless Washington
society is over my writing df it could be called
such) and end up with the most cheerful
thought I've had presented to me in weeks: "A
column is a grave twenty-one inches long and
two inches wide.
I can't help feeling that from established
writer's to one who is simply TRYING to start and
have some fun, that these are harsh words But
then the voice of experience speaks, and guess
Drew Pearson and Bob Allen may be right at
that. Certainly they should know Though
it's my personal opinion that it would take a
grave of far greater proportions than the meas
urements given above to take care of those two.
Thanks, boys, for your prediction; and let me
Just pray that either I won't attack the same
people you do or that I'm not so widely read
(spelled with an Al as you are, or that SOME
THING is different.
Since you.au took the trouble to go to the
library to look up a quotation for ME. it's the
least I can do to retaliate by quoting our old
friend Emerson (the bromide k1ng) SUCKS ana
stones may break my bones but names Will never
hurt me-"
X Il
AIow that that's off my chest, let us turn to
~ something more pleasant. For instance, the
Charles Edisons. He is Assistant Secretary OF the
Navy To begin with, they're real people, under
standing. sensitive, utterly charming.
Mrs. Edison is young and full Of pep, seems
to like people and parties, with no trace OF the
yapid which is so prevalent with those in sas-
siety." Mr.. Edison is kind and generous always
ready to lend hand, equipped with great wit
and understanding.
Above all this, they both pull together and
nv toast today is to the Charles Edisons great
pair!
The Washington times., 1938-10-24
A Third Faction

UNDERLYING Republican
~ situation is that ex-candi-
date ALI Landon and some of
the Republican congressman
would like to see Hamilton out
because they think he has been
too conciliatory to the Hoover
faction.
But it might be easier for
both Landon and Hoover to
beat Roosevelt than to get to-
gether on an acceptable success
sor. And even if they did,
there would still be a third fac
ton, like that of Senator Borah,
which would conjure a plague
on both Landon and Hoover
houses if it could be done, and
throw Hamilton's lean-to into
the plague to boot Qiterally
too).
The Washington times., 1938-10-24
Saws BOake Carter

dictators there are in everyday life. You also
begin to get some idea why taxes go up and up!
Golfers Just as Insane
I'VE COME to the conclusion that people who
= play golf are just as insane, in their peculiar
fashion, as are those people who go down to the
sea in sailing vessels Of their own volitlon.
I played the famous Yale golf course yeSter-
day. It is one Of the prettiest courses in the
world.
So paid 50 green fees and started out When
the disastrous business was all over here is the
sum total of achievements:
Blisters on my feet. BlsterS on one hand.
Aches behind the knees. A limp on the starboard
side BurrS sticking to my pants and prtck1ng
my legs Tree leaves down my neck, and mud in
the eye from trying to be too smart in soggy
spot with No. iron. hoarse throat and
sorely tried selfcontrol. sixmile walk up
steep hills; down sleeper valleys, into forests,
around and over rocks and boulders. into sand
traps, over brooks and across gulleyS. Perspira-
ton trickling down the back, and murder in the
eye. A pain in the stomach, pain in the head
and even pain in the neck! A score of ITO. with
q 10 and two IS thrown in! And handful Of
lost bets
If somebody told me that would deliberately
climb UP and down hill over rocks, plaster mud
on my face and actually clamor for the privilege
Of paying 50 to be able to carry such an excur
sion for six miles in three hours, would have
said: Lock me up in the looney house!"
Copyright Ledger syndicats)
(BoGke CGrter's opinions are his otDn and not
necessarily those OF The Washington TinCeSJ
The Washington times., 1938-10-24

ur with a red white and blue sign marked
"PWA Project No. So-andSo," one might Sus-
pect the Communists were doing good business
Need 2 Flag WdUerS
MACH project must have two flag'wavers.
u That is the apparent minimum requirement.
Some projects have as many as six and eight
flagwavers strung out along the highway.
There seems to be no special technique in
flsgwaving. Some lean against road sign and
carelessly motion with their little flag. Some
60 through realistic calisthenics and almost
wave themselves off their feet. Others don't
wave at ALL but Just hold the flag and stare va
cantly Some augment their flags with little
whistles.
The results are comical. Give any human
being some badge of authority-De it red rag
nailed to q stick and a whistle-and you'll soon
find out how many potential, individual little
The Washington times., 1938-10-24

(World Copyright 1898, by King
Features Syndicate. All rights re-
served. Reproduction in full or in
part strictly prohibited)
THE White House may
l. appropriate some money
to buy 16 ounce gloves for
the anti-monopoly (national
economic) committee shortly.
More scraps are going on
there than can be told in a
column of this size, but most
recent developments concern
bad publicity the committee
has been getting.
This. work is in charge of Leon
Henderson, an able economist,
who cannot smile, and who has
The Washington times., 1938-10-24

something. Drop me line at the TIMES, and
we'll have some fun.
HORACE LUTTREILS party Saturday night
~ was grand. There was an absence Of those
"dear old Westinghouse" kind who look
down their noses at you If you seem to be having
good time-the kind who are more than ready
to criticize If you drop your handkerchief
kind who sit and WAIT for mistake; Cof course
made by someone OUTSIDE Of the sacred pre-.
cinctS').
Therefore, the party was great success. the
sporting people were there the horse people.
and if may say a goodly number of Socialites.
Everyone had a good time and everyone was
happy at the lack of social supervision" which
we all know leads to someone getting too much to
drink or someone getting nasty, just out of re-
sentiment for what someone might think"
An Historic Event
TNHE unfMling Of the District Of Columbia Flag
WAS not only impressive but historic. The men
who went out there were important and good
citizens Of the District. There were no women;
for, unfortunately, women. for some reason, lend
an atmosphere of les-dignity to such an occasion.
This is not MY personal view. but it IS the view
Of certain people; and who can say if they're
wrong? Not me!
The Washington times., 1938-10-24
Getting Hamilton

SEVERAL Republican grave
~ diggers are getting in a lit
tie spade work in hopeful prepa-
rationS for making a customer
out of National Chairman John
Hamilton after election.
Prospect is not encouraging.
Not all the party leaders are
friendly to Hamilton, but nei-
ther are they friendly to any.
one else. His opponents can
not scalp him until they get
together on a successor, which
may be a long time yet.
Indiana Republicans thought
they had a successor for a while
The Washington times., 1938-10-24

b e en- func-
tioning as a
sort of COM
mittee Secre-
tary in charge
Of Sc ere cy
rather tina n
publicity. Of
ficialS Of at
] e a st t W o
downtown de-
p ar t m ents,
and congress
men, are con-
Sidering selec-
ton of an eX-
p erie n C e d
p Il blic rela-
kSNnc rann
The Washington times., 1938-10-24

thrilling the theatergoers with
his deft portrayal of the In
temperate Oscar Wilde {.
These British gentlemen Of
the stage do have a way with
them . There was that fuss
they made-and deservedly-
about John Gielgud and be-
fore that Noel Coward-and
after and in between, Charles
Laughton-and always, before,
The Washington times., 1938-10-24

1ession. But between Roosevelt,
Ickes and Hopkins, it's been
ruined.
Once one could drive for
miles and count the highway
red flag wavers upon the
fingers Of one hand. Now
adays, however, q motorist
cannot drive five miles with
out being halted by an ami
able gent brandishing a Fed
duSter on the end Of a stick.
II it weren't for the fact
that they are usually backed
The Washington times., 1938-10-24

after and in between, George Arlss :. Our fine
American gentleman of the footlights never
quite arouseS the same enthusiasm over there
No more sinister face in the handsome
debonair, villainish manner than that Of Basil
Rathbone {. and none so abundant in bucolic
geniality as that of Victor Moore q. A few
recommendations: Lndy's for chopped liver,
Leones for antipasto, Gallagher's for beefSteak,
sandwich style; Colony for pressed duck LaRues
for veal escallopine, TwentyOne for hamburger
(believe it or not), Golden Horn for rice, Ell
Morocco for creamed tomato soup, Versailles for
rare DESERTS Ell Chico for arroz con polio, Tav-
ern for apple dumping.
The Washington times., 1938-10-24

serious business Of "ribbing."
First, however I should like
to ask YOU a few questions.
Who, among the people 1
know do you like? Dislike?
Who's treated you right?
Wrong? Who's snooty and
up-stage when you see them?
Who NEVER remembers you,
no matter how many times
you've been introduced?
We may agree, you and I,
and on the other hand maybe
the person Is blind or deaf or
The Washington times., 1938-10-24
FIREWORKS DUE
in BOTH PARTIES
when 40 COMES
Old Timers Regard '38
As Mere SkirmiSh
BY THEODORE HUNTLEY

This years congressional cleo
tionS, mixed up though they are,
can't hold q candle to what is
ahead for 1910, as the oldtimers
see it.
Jim Farley and Jack Garner
know it, among others. So also
do Jim Wadsworth and Bert Smell
and other COP. Stalwarts vino
have been around long enough to
sense the difficulties which beset
the political path.
In its essence, the problem is
the same for both political parties,
and there can't be any solution
until the 1910 national conven-
tions meet to choose a candidate
for President and write the party
platform. And then-boy, howdy!
what a row there's going to be
over the simple enough question:
Where do we go from here?"
IT'S TANGLED SITUATION
When the next convention meets,
at least half of the Democratic
States will be pretty sour on many
of the performances of the New
Deal. They will be unwilling to
guarantee continuance of all of.
the Roosevelt policies, disposed to
placate business and offer some
new formula to the farmer.
They'll talk largely about friend
ship for labor and the reliefers
and write a come-on plank around
social security and old-age pen
sionS. But if the Cotton Ed
Smiths, the Bennett Clarks, Mil
lard Tydings, Walter Georges and
Bert Wheelers have their way,
the convention will adopt a plat
form and choose a candidate guar
anteeing the country against any
tampering with the Supreme
Court and calling a halt on 80 per
cent Of all proposed experiments.
And the rest of the delegates
will be just as hellbent to write
a platform and name a candidate
bearing a 100-per-cent New Deal
label-even to the extent of nam
ing President Roosevelt for a third
term, unless he takes himself out
Of the picture.
Whether because of his own
ambitions or for other reasons,
Jim Farley already is shying
away from the Roosevelt leader
ship. That doesn't mean there
has been any break between them.
BATTLE CERTAIN
But leaving Farley out of it,
the struggle is inevitable over
party direction and the identity
and political philosophy of the
nominee.
Republicans have precisely the
same problem-just as they have
had it in more or less virulent
form since T. r. smashed the
smugness of the COS and began to
talk about square deal for the
little fellow. It busted the party
wide open in 1912 and again in
1915, wrecked Hoover in 1892, and
rears its head every time Re
publican makes a Speech-if he
tries to say anything.
At the moment the intra-party
conflict in the G.. o. P. is expressed
in three ways: In the animadver-
Sions of Herbert Hoover and earn
est lucubrations of Chairman
John Hamilton of the national
committee; in the more temperate
and psychologically sounder utter
ances of Bruce Barton, who per-
ceives that the country will never
repudiate the whole Roosevelt pro-
gram, and believes the Republi-
cans, if they have any sense, must
recognize that much of the New
Deal is sound; and in the attempt
of the La Follettes, LaGuardia
and the TownsenditeS to lay the
foundations for an effective third
party movement of liberal charac-
ter with themselves in control,
The Washington times., 1938-10-24
There's Always FiOrellO

There's Always FiOrellO
MAYOR LAGUARDIA met years ago IN an
NA obscure Italian restaurant and encountered
him more recently at benefit when he brought
manly bushes to my pallid cheeks by insisting
there was a genial literary quality etc. etc.. In
my writings. vowed then to vote positively for
ME-. IaGuardia when the occasion offered. AL
Smith have never met although have seen
him on numerous occasions. Postmaster General
James j. Farley have found at all times
genial, friendly personality. I am one Of the few
New York newspapermen who has never held
converse with President Roosevelt, although
have sat long early morning hours with F. D.,
Junior.
DURING the dinnerette intermission of the
Ofourrhour version of Maurice Evans Hamlet"
I posthasted to the chain drug store at the cor
ner for my sandwich and chocolate milk. En-
tered shortly after a talliSh thinfaced gentle
man with hair the color Of Georgia red mud
whereupon a shortish fellow to my left whis
pered to his lady friend: Mildred, look-quick!
Know who that is? Sinclair Lewis yeah. Doro
thy Thompsons husband Look at him!"
The Washington times., 1938-10-24

ing to advance either themselves
or their ideas. There is reason
to believe it will also be diScon-
tinued in this instance on the
advice of more experienced New
Deal counsel.
The Washington times., 1938-10-24
HOffman's Yedrnings

HOffn1an's Yedrnings
I HAVE found our gentlemen Of socaled Public
= Life affable and even talented souls. Never
quite in agreement with former Governor Hoff-
man, of New Jersey, in his political theories,
have, nevertheless, discovered in him poetic ten
denotes and wistful yearnings to be Journalist.
The Washington times., 1938-10-24
Ewes Rib

WELL, Ladies and Gentlemen, the Horse Show
Wis all over now, and how happy I am; said
she disloyally. SO now we can get down to the
The Washington times., 1938-10-24
Voice of New York By Lou'' S0b0|

As an orator he has few equals. Judge Ferdinand
7scora a colorful personality, is a gracious
conversationalist-t winning type, who some
how seems to want to hear what you have to say
rather than do the talking himself. OF Jimmy
walkers sympathetic charm this department has
had much to say in the past. have never met
District Attorney Dewey, but mutual tnends
assure me he is mildmannered and almost shy
in his casual conversations.
The Washington times., 1938-10-24

odd ENDS-And now it is Mr.. Robert Morley,
" Of England, neither young nor handsome.
who is the Rialto's white-nared lad pro-tem-
The Washington times., 1938-10-24
''But'' Is

0N THE road somewhere in Connecticut).-
flag-waving was an honorable and exclusive pro
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measure followed the House APPROX
al without a word of debate on the
provision to authorize President
Roosevelt TO appoint six administra-
tive assistants who will each get
$4,000 a year.
The fight over the accounting sec
ton and another tiff over the Civil
Service Commission, provoked the
statement from Speaker Bankhead
Unat final action on tie bill IS I'M
probable before tomorrow.
The House defeated an amend
ment offered by Representative May
OF Kentucky, who asked that all
provisions be struck from the bill
that deal with the Comptroller, the
Auditor, or the General Accounting
Office,
Defeat of this amendment leaves
the President holding control over
all Of these offices under the pro-
visions of the bill.
In the Senate, an amendment tC
the Tax Bill was defeated. The
change in the bill would have cut
the tax on Social Security IN na!f
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Teachers Hold
Annual Banquet
New Instructors Are Hosts
at Traditional
Gathering

With new teachers of the yeaf as
hosts, the traditional teachers din
ner was given last evening in the
home economics room at the high
school, where attractive decorations
in the school colors, crimson and
black, formed setting,
Miss Alice johnson was toastmist-
ress for the affair, and A. B. Phil
lips, superintendent, was the guest
speaker. THE Correlation of the
Teachers Personality to a students
Grades was the topic upon which
Phillips spoke.
Assembling teachers of both the
Grade School and the High School
the dinner was a colorful affair The
new teachers, Miss Dorothy Wittak-
err, Miss Alice johnson, Miss Marg-
aret Colwell, Miss Avis Erickson
and Robert White, were in charge
of the evening.
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suited in the following officers be-
ing chosen TO guide the destlnlss OF
the Department for the year end
ing April, 1899; FIRE Chief, Mike
Pusich; Foreman, Ray Mccormick;
Chief Truck Driver, Alex Gair, Jr,
Chairman. Angus Gair; Vice-Cnair-
man. Walter Andrews; Secretary,
Jack Langseth; Trustee Tor Swear
term, Claude Frskine.
Following action by the Depart
ment to sponsor a baseball team
again this year, committee COM
posed of Roller, Erskine, Andrews
and Bonner was appointed to make
selection OF a manager Tor Tie team.
Also a committee composed Of
Bonner, Iindstrom and Shudshilt,
was appointed to make arrange
ments for the annual dance, al
ways in the past one of the out
standing social events Of the year
Results of the recent chimney sit
uation was again gone over and
some cases reported remedied, While
others are still pending by the city
Chief Hachmeister thanked the fire
men for their support during his
term Of office; the distance from his
residence to town, he said, caused
him to decline acceptance for an
other year.
Entertainment committee for the
next meeting, which will see the
seating of the new officers was
named by Chairman Erskine as
follow Hachmeister Lagseth and
Erskine
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D 0 U C | A S
N { W S
DOUGLAS F. d. ELECT NEW
OFFICERS; PUSICH rs CHEfl


Election of officers for the COM
ing year, more action on the siren
plans for the baseball season and
the annual dance were the principal
issues which confronted the mem
bers of the Douglas Volunteer Fire
Department at their regular month
ly meeting last night.
Fire Chief Hachmeister reported
that everything had been done &C
cording to the blue print specitlca-
lions to make the siren more et-
fective but that the results were
still more or less unsatisfactory. Fol-
lowing discussion of various sug-
gestions made, a committee was APP
pointed to get all available data on
securing another siren or the install
lation of claxons at several points
in town, and do as they saw fit in
remedying the situation.
Nominations and the election re-
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SEWING PARII-

Mrs. Catherine Balog was hostess
to a group of ladies for an evening
of sewing at her home last night.
Two contests were also enjoyed,
Mrs. Bach winning one and Mrs.
Bonner the other.
The guests were, Mesdames, Helmi
Bach, Catherine Mccormick, Cath
crime Andrews, Margaret Cochrane,
Lillian Bonner, Thelma Engstrom,
Helen Erskine, Bertha Johnson, Ber-
nice johnson and Miss Phyllis Ed
wards.
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FDR SCORES
VICTORY In
HOUSE TIFF
President Is Authorized to
Appoint Six New
Assistants

WASHINGTON, d. c., April g.
Tie House today shouted down an
amendment to the Reorganization
Bill proposed by Representative
Case as a means of preserving the
General Accounting Offices indie
pendence Of the Comptroller Gen
eral.
Consideration Of that phase of the
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The United States leads the world
in number of telephones to the pop
ulation, there being l4.2 sets for ev-
cry 100 inhabitants, Sweden is sec
ond with 118 sets for every 100 peo-
pie.
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NOTICE

Regular meeting of the Viking
Club Sat, April 8, 8 pm Dancing
at $50; music by Martins 3-piece
orchestra. Admission Acc. Public in
vited Door prize. adv