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Evening star., 1938-01-06
F|GHTSPR|NC|PLES
Of FARM MEASURE.
Head of Cooperative Coun.
Gil Also AssaiIs Wage
Hour Bill.

In opening the three-day assembly
Of the National Cooperative Council
at the Washington Hotel John D.
Miller, president, yesterday urged re-
peal of law described as impeding
free and fair competition" and at
tackled principles of the pending ag-
ricultural and wage-hour legislation.
Neither of the pending farm bills
Is clearly workable or clearly consti-
tutional, in Mr. Miller's opinion.
Robin Hood, secretary of the coun-
Gil, reported gain in agricultural
cooperation during the past year
and business volume of approxi-
mately $l.25O,0OO,0OO transacted by
the SO affiliated groups and their
1000 farmers marketing and pur-
chasing associations.
Mr.. Miller deplored political control
over agriculture, commerce, industry
and labor as means to correct
monopolistic abuses.
There is general CONSENSUS" he
said, that increase in industrial costs
followed by rise in prices of indus
trial products was one of the major
causes of the business recession. Re-
cent statements of men occupying
high positions in the Federal admin
istration show that they believe
monopolies have caused some prices
to be unduly raised, and this may
be So"
Discussing wage-hour legislation,
MIR. Miller declared that recommit-
ment of the Black-Connery bill does
not mean that the fight is over. He
warned that powerful influences
probably will seek to have the bill as
rewritten contain many Of the dan
gerous provisions of the present meas
ure"
He defined the two major abuses
which should be corrected in industry
as child labor and sweat-shop labor.
Evening star., 1938-01-06
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.


Dinner. Thirteen Club, Willard
Hotel. $50 pm.
Dinner. Leica Club, Westchester
Apartments, pm.
Meeting, Capitol Council, Royal Ar
eanum, 1015 L street NV, 8 pm.
Meeting, Free Lance Writers, Shore
ham Hotel, pm.
Meeting, Ladies Auxiliary, No. 38,
Knights of st. John, Northeast Tenn
pie, 8 pm.
Meeting, Amity Club, Hamilton
Hotel, pm.
TOMORROW.
Luncheon, Reciprocity Club, May
flower Hotel, 1890 pm.
Luncheon, D. c. Bankers Associa-
ton, Willard Hotel, 12:45 pm.
Meeting, American Women's Legion.
Mayf1ower Hotel, 2 pm.
Dance, Arkansas State Society, Will
lard Hotel, pm.
Dance, Iowa State Society, Shore
ham Hotel. 10 pm
Dance, Ball of Nations, Mayfower
Hotel, 1890 pm.
Evening star., 1938-01-06
STORY OF RAILROADS
DEPICTED IN EXHIBIT

An exhibit which tells the story Of
the railroads has been set up at
Union Station, where 1t will remain
for two weeks.
One section Is q model city with a
three-track rail system, complete with
safety devices and carrying three
trains. Other portions are illustra-
tive Of various phases Of rail opera
ton.
The exhibit is being shown through
out the country.
Evening star., 1938-01-06

relief must be administered ION the
basis Of economic necessity and eco
nomic necessity alone"
In the past" he said, "the relief
administration has devoted itself to
too great . degree to the study Of
relief as = sociological problem"
Evening star., 1938-01-06
Food Is Speakers Topic

The League for the Larger Life will
hear Miss Muriel A. Shaw, food ex-
pert, speak on Food in Relation to
Character" at the leagues headquar-
tiers, 1414 Sixteenth street NV, at
BIS pm. Saturday.
Evening star., 1938-01-06

ty are received. In response to an
inquiry only IL Of the 81 American
governments replied. OF these, the
United States, Chile and Venezuela
did not believe the time was oppor-
tune for the conference.
Evening star., 1938-01-06
Trapeze Artist Dies.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn, Jan. s LP.-
Thomas A. R. Nelson, 64, member Of
the noted circus trapeze artists, the
Flying Nelson's" died in q hospital
here last night after a long illness.
Nelson and his wife retired a few
years ago after performing under the
big top" for about 40 years.
Evening star., 1938-01-06

radical change in the basic principle
upon which the Pan-American Union
rests"
Action on . proposed inter -Ameri-
can monetary conference was deferred
until further expressions Of advisable
Evening star., 1938-12-04

dromoties, just the some os
the would-be secretary must
leorn typewritin9 ond short
hond. plus q mostery Of words.
Consequently the various
schools Of dromot;c orts ore
fIour;shine os they never
fIourished before ond they're
doing good work. One con
scoreeIy recall O member Of
the current constellation of
stoge end screen stors who is
not on olumnus, or oiumno, of
these academies Of the dromo.
Todoy there ore students in
those schools who ore destined
to see their homes in lights
in o yeor or two.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-08-22

Ikc ORR ORkTf0
The Washington times., 1938-08-09
B. C.. Forbes Says
NeuO Financing Looms

NeW Financing Looms
CTRICTLY financial and political trends con.
~ tain some cheer. While it Is true that banks
still find difficulty in digging up trustworthy bor
roWers, with the consequence that surplus reserves
have climbed above the fantastic figure of So 0oO
100000, new financing is appearing in larger
volume.
All the multifartous restrictions and regula-
tions fastened by the New Deal on speculation
have not succeeded in killing the innate spirit Of
adventure characteristic of most Americans.
Whereas it looked for time as if dealings Of the
New York stock exchange and other exchanges
had been permanently reduced to an abnormally
low level. Immediately stock prices began to soar
50 did volume of trading. Transactions on the
New York stock exchange last month reached
SS,773,575 shares, total not matched in any
July since 1880, with the single exception of 1888
and the largest monthly total since October 1897.
"Nest Egg" Enormous
WHILE the censorious may carp against specu-
W lation in any form, my Interpretation is that
this new liveneSs is an inspiring sign sign that
rugged individualism" has not been entirely
killed off, sign that adventuresomeness still
abounds. Incidentally, the records of brokers'
borrowings reveal that the great bulk of stock
buying now is done on a cash, not a credit basis,
Primary returns have brought considerable en-
couragement for those who favor curbing of
further New Deal experiments unsettling to bust
ness and employment. But what November
Will bring, no mortal can foretell
Copyright, 1898. by B. c. ForbOU)
The Washington times., 1938-08-09
People Pay Freight

A FTER all, 1t is the money coming directly from
"A the people that makes up the budget. Keep
on taxing the people too much and it will smother
business, competition, and the right Of every
man to make what he can Of his life, own his
own property and say what should be done with
1t after he dies. This Is the fundamental prnci-
pie of true democracy
have before me an article headed Here's How
18th Congress Twelve Billion Will Be Expended"
This is enough to scare any man to death. But
If you look into these expenditures you will see
in the long run that the citizens Of the United
States benefit by this great spending program.
Just take our States for instance. The West
Coast shows SAT per capita paid in taxes, while
1t received in benefits SITS. The Rocky Mountain
States paid $50 in taxes, and received $346 in
benefits The Central States paid $144 in taxes,
received $l43 in benefits. The Southern States
and remember, these are the States that are
supposed to have been flooded with money-paid
$11s in taxes and received $3.50 in benefits. Our
Northeastern States paid $21s in taxes and only
received $1S1 in benefits. This is how Uncle Sam
raised and spent eighteen and onequarter billion
dollars for relief and recovery between March 4,
1888, and July l, 1888.
The losses in values of securities on the New
York Stock Exchange between August OF last
year and January Of this year, amounted to over
twenty-five billions. There was no cry of dicta-
torship or going to the dogs when this happened.
But just let the Government try and improve the
country. take care Of its own regardless of bal
anced budget and all you hear is Fear, fear,
fear"
Americans, have faith in your President, your
Government and your country and change the
cry Of fear to the slogan Every day in every
way our country Is getting better and better"
The Washington times., 1938-08-09
Says Boake Carter

Is bad enough. Buying them or attempting to in.
fluence the outcome, with public funds and BY
subtle threats, is worse It is, in fact, another
nail in the coffin Of democratic government
The sinister part of this evil principle Of in
fluenclng elections by profuse pouring out of
money is that while private buying attempts
may be beaten. the political gang that has the
key to the Treasury is well nigh invulnerable.
The flow Of money from private sources has
limit. But the Administrations source Of funds
is unlimited because every citizen must pay trib-
ute to the Federal Government in the form of
taxation.
No More PrOn1ises
NO matter what party Supersedes Roosevet'S
~ New Deal gang it cannot promise anything
more than that promised by the present crowd.
The current Administration only missed promis-
ing the moon by accident But whoever super
SedeS Roosevelt must cope with the existing state
Of colossal financial confusion. He must also
cope with the unemployment
These are two ineScapable facts which most
people consistently overlook.
They are two facts which make it clear that
1t is the people themselves who must initiate
the change from the present spending orgy If
they do not themselves force the change to a
greater degree of national financial sanity, they
will wake up to find their right to vote vanished
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necessarily those OF The Washington Ttn1esJ
The Washington times., 1938-08-09
Credit Side Overlooked

TAKE the great dams the Government Is build
ing. Any one that wants to can go through
these powerful plants. These are among the one
hundred and one improvements that are going
forward every day.
Now when the Government spends money for
its public works the figures are put on the debt
side. We forget entirely the credit side Of the
question. When newspaper puts in brand!new
press that press is always listed as an asset. You
will never find the books showing so much spent
on the newspaper with no accounting where it
has gone.
Take the floods in this country which cost
hundreds Of millions of dollars year. We keep
cutting down our trees, which allows the small
streams to assemble into raging torrents.
We could spend two billion dollars in slum
clearance in the city of New York alone, instead
Of the thrtyeght million dollars allotted for this
purpose.
These are all public works and, as there is no
direct return to the Government, the fact that
we have acquired an asset is diSregarded.
The Washington times., 1938-08-09
By EValyn Walsh Mclean

Years from now, when people drive over the
beautiful roads, see the marvellous improvements
in our country, and ask, when was all this work
Accomplishment" they will be told, Gin the time of
one of our worst depressions." Believe it, or
notl
The only true danger Of this cry to balance the
budget is that it seems to force our taxation
higher all the time, and If the people are taxed
much more, there won't be any need to balance
the budget because nobody will have anything to
balance the budget with.
The Washington times., 1938-08-09

To hear many Of the great men talking you
would think Uncle Sam was pouring his billions
down a drain pipe but let's look at the other side
Of the picture.
Take the great bridges some of this money goes
Tor. The bridges are still there, and while they
don't bring in any interest, they have improved
the country. They encourage tourists. Tourists
buy more automobiles and gasoline and oil. All
these are taxed. So, indirectly, the bridges pay
in the end
The Washington times., 1938-08-09

scorn of the Roosevelt New Dealers on the charge
that they the malefactors. were trying to buy
the elections
Now comes the time when the same Roosevelt
Administration desires desperately to perpetuate
itself in power and is the leading buyer Of cleo
tions.
Industry Assailed
CAPTAINS of industry, leading manufacturers
~ were raked across the political Goals to ex-
plain their motives in making this or that large
contribution.
Now it is the noble friends of the people"
who are using not only public funds but political
pressure to force the votes Of a large proportion
Of the population dependent upon State or Fed
eHal Jobs. Buying elections under any conditions
The Washington times., 1938-08-09

But hopefulness is increas-
ing in many directions.
1t may be that August will
prove more or less Of a waiting
month and that spectacular
happenings will not be wit
messed until after Labor Day.
My guess is that, mean
while, in the absence of sensa-
tional events either at home
or abroad of an acutely dis
turbing nature, the trend will,
in the main, continue toward
general betterment.
The Washington times., 1938-08-09
Titterton TO Wed
Advertising Girl

NEW YORK, August 9.-The
engagement of Lewis H. Tit
terton, whose wife, Nancy, was
murdered by John Fiorenza, up
holsters helper, in their Beekman
Plaza apartment on April 10, 1886,
became known here. He will
marry Ruth Jordan, an advertis-
ing copywriter.
The Washington times., 1938-08-09
President :. At to Speed ) J. Up Spending Ii
Federal Recovery Drive Already Wasting No Time
+ Federal Recovery

G.N.S0 When President Roose-
velt returns to Washington to
take over the fastest spending pro-
gram in the six-year reign of the
New Deal, observers predict that
the Chief Executive personally will
the operations.
The Washington times., 1938-08-09

Authority will need his leadership,
for yesterday it officially admitted
that its deputy-administrator
lacked authority to conduct none
tary business during the vacation
absence Of Administrator Nathan
StrauS.
The Washington times., 1938-08-09

NAN4AASS4 IVY Az A. NAAANs
The elderly Senator is chair.
man Of the Senate Committee
investigating campaign irregu-
laritieS. His outburst was in
duced by disgust at the indis-
criminate vote-buying tactics
used by both the Barkley and
Chandler forces in Kentucky.
The irony lies in the fact
that for the last four years it
was the "malefactorS Of great
wealth" who were whipped and
lashed nv the SanctimoniouS
The Washington times., 1938-08-09

Well, what Of it?
I don't suppose there are
more than two countries in the
world that have q balanced
budget.
How many people stop to
realize, with their incessant
cry Of running the country
into debt and bankruptcy, that
the Government with this very
money is building up resources,
making improvements and
feeding the poor and needy?
OF course, none Of this ap-
pears in the balance sheets.
The Washington times., 1938-08-09
Freighter Escapes
Paper Mill Blaze

QUEBEC, Aug. 9 G.NSO.-Fire
swept the shipping room of the
Anglo Canadian Pulp and Paper
Nils today with damage estimated
at $50,000 The freighter Algon-
quin, which was loading paper,
was threatened by the blaze be-
fore it was moved to a safe dis
tance
The Washington times., 1938-08-09

Led by the billion-dollar PWA
program, the 1898 lend7spend drive
to recovery has wasted no time in
getting Federal money into circula,
ton.
However. the President will find
that the United States Housing
The Washington times., 1938-08-09
But" "

SENAToR NORRIS sHEPPARDs observation
that the people should rise to defend the
principle Of honest elections for the sake Of
The Washington times., 1938-08-09
NOTHING decisive.

NOTHING decisive.
~ Each day brings mildly favorable and
mildly unfavorable developments.
The Washington times., 1938-08-09
My Say

THE BUDGET isn't balancedI Wicked waste of
= money being thrown away by the Govern
mentl So say many people.
The Washington times., 1938-08-09

June-July gains, many stocks reaching new high
prices for the year.
Steel, Motors Improve
VTHE steel industry, shortly to begin large7scale
deliveries for new motor models, is expecting
to move up from 40 per cent to so per cent Of
productive capacity or better in coming weeks.
Automobile production and prospects have dis
tinctly frightened in the last two months
Railway profits are showing at least some i'm
proVement, although still deplorably lean.
The utility industry is moving along unevent-
fully. Leaders are heartened by revelations at the
iva PROBE making clear that unbusinesslike &C
tlVltles have characterized the management of
that vast governmental operation and socalled
"yardStick"
The Washington times., 1938-10-04
The Brighter Side ByDamomRunyon

see that fellow confined in pillory. He said
he would go around at regular intervals and
stick his finger in the fellows eye.
Somebody asked our old man why he did not
stick his finger in the fellows eyes anyway and
our old man answered quite reasonably that the
fellow was too big He said the trouble with
most crusaders was that they were always but
ting their heads up against stone walls and hurt
ing their noggins without accomplishing any
good and he was not going to be like that.
OUR OLD MAN would have strongly endorsed
" Delaware's whipping post for wife beaters,
and he would most certainly have liked to see
catalogued as whipping post offense the neglect
of little children. He often said it was mighty
bad thing to neglect children and in later years
We called this view to him and said we could
not remember that he had busted any SuS-
penders looking after our welfare.
He said yes, that was what he meant. He said
we were proof of what comes of neglecting chill
dren. He said something drastic should have
been done to him for the way he neglected us,
but the Trouble was he had always been too much
occupied thinking Of the way other children
were being neglected to bother about his own.
He said everybody was that way. He said if we
could suggest any belated penalty he might ac-
cept it but we could not think of anything at
the moment.
The Washington times., 1938-10-04
AIR MECHANIC
ELECTED MAYOR

GREENBELT, Md, Oct. 4.
Henry H. Maurer, airline mechanic
employed at the Washington Air
port, last night was elected mayor
of Greenbelt. Members Of the
newly elected town council met for
the first time and selected Maurer
over sherrod E. East, who had
been named mayor pro tenn of the
meeting.
Maurer will be sworn in as
mayor by Brice Bowie, clerk of the
Prince Georges county circuit
court, this week. Other members
of the council were sworn last
night. They are: Mrs. Ruth
Taylor, first woman council mem
Der ever to hold office in the
county; Sherrod East, Allen D.
Morrison, and Louis Bessemer,
retiring mayor.
The Washington times., 1938-10-04
Saws BOake Carter

MANY great patriot who would have his fel-
AVA low countrymen go to war to preserve peace
dsbelieves at heart the social system under which
he lives
Many citizen would have his fellow country
men fight on foreign soil for nebulous principle.
They do not cry Fight" because they have been
attacked. They cry, 1--WE must fight" for moth
ing more or less than personal private convc-
ton.
If they and they alone were prepared to fight
for their private theological convictions, the OBJ
lection to their conduct would not be so great.
But they do not. Their game is to stir the emo
tionS Of enough people to cast reason aside and go
forth to die in defense Of the convictions of
handful of stirrer-uppers.
TNFIEY USE the psychology Of fear to gain their
l. ends. They manufacture hobgoblinS predict
the most horrifying atrocities that may befau and
screech about how some invader is already fig
urativey painting at our shores ready to slaugh-
ter our women and children in their bedS
When you ask them to explain obvious impos-
sibilities and abSurdties in their horrifying nee
romancy, occasoned by geographic, economic or
political distractions, they answer with picket
line, dramatic finger Of denunciation or blast Of
invective. They howl about patriotism cry
Fascist" or TORY" and rant and rave to drown
out the menace Ito them) Of logic or reason.
The very evils against which they Shrieked in
hysterica disregard for fact logic practically or
reason then rise to engulf their very own country
for which they professed such love.
And like rats, they flee the sinking ship
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his o1On and not necessarily those OF The Wash.
tnoton Times.
The Washington times., 1938-10-04
Bilbo Asks $50 Old Age Pensions
Would Haze u. S. and States Go $3.50 on Expenses

cial experts working on a plan
of financing" said Senator
Bilbo. I'VE want to show Con-
gress and the President that the
plan can be justificably financed.
"The Federal government now
is appropriating $191, 100000 a
year to aid in payment of State
pensions to needy persons over
IS. A number of States are un-
able to match the maximum
Federal grant Of SIS each.
I'VE have the picture Of
people in one part of the coun-
try getting 4.8712 cents month,
Of which but $2.44 comes from
the Federal Government. In
other States, pensioners, re-
ceive $50 a month, of which SIS
comes from the Federal govern
ment. Such q condition is so
unfair that it must be changed"
The Washington times., 1938-10-04

boots no one would be able to
say he had ever cast the first
or last stone.
Our old man argued that
very rarely did q sinner delib-
erately set out to sin. He said
that in ninety-nine cases out
Of a hundred 1t was largely
due to accident, or to circum-
stances over which the sinner
had no control. He said that
the hundredth case was likely
due to defective mentality or
lack of proper teaching or to
The Washington times., 1938-10-04
BLDG.
GARAGE ASKED

Application for an allotment Of
$232,0O0 under PWA for construc-
ton of a parking garage at the
south entrance to the Treasury
Building, has been placed before
Secretary Ickes, it was learned to-
day.
The garage, to be used to house
cars of Treasury officials and Con-
gressmen driving down town on of
ficial business, would hold 100
cars.
However, in order to construct it
evacuation from the south to the
west lawn and part of the terrace,
would be necessary.
At Mr.. Iickes' office, Mike
Strauss, publicity director, stated
that the application had been
in the offing for three years"
Nothing, he said, had been done
about it, land as far as I know
nothing will be-"
The Washington times., 1938-10-04

the Boys Good-by" Audi
ence gigglers include orange
haired Francine Larrimore,
unaware until lntermission
that Composer Con Conrad,
once her husband, has passed
away in Hollywood Kyle
Crichton, MARKHAM Mencken,
halts before the cleaning
chromium NAV Of the dough-
nutvorliter on Broadway and
stares morosely at the endless
procession A. f"dunkers" bump
ing along. i gI re tiny tread
The Washington times., 1938-10-04

Our old man thought it was all wrong to lock
people up in prisons for first sin and humiliate
and disgrace them for the rest of their lives,
except when they had done something very bad.
like deeds of violence. He said that good
strong talking to without publicity would prob
ably save many sinner if you nailed him on his
first sin. and moreover would save the taxpayers
millions of dollars in prison upkeep.