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La gaceta., 1938-03-24
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La gaceta., 1938-03-24
PLEITOs Y DIvORCIoS

Grace Morgan contra A. B.
Morgan; Thelma Hardy, recla
maci6n de $40, 900 contra la
Tampa Electric; Lillian Eve
rett y su esposo contra la COM
panfa de automobiles de alqui
Ter Diamond Cab; Opal Wilt
fong y esposo contra Benja :
min Cohen Y su esposa; Car
men Kale contra L. Kale, de :
creto; Dorothy Belle Dean con
ira William Asa Dean; Ida
Younginger contra Ed l..
Younginger.
La gaceta., 1938-03-24

bert S. Thomas, Carolina del
Sur; T. Payne Truston, San
Diego, Call; ". Van Dyck,
Vermont; John c. Ward, Erie,
Pa; James TX. Winchester,
Memphis, Tenn; w. H. Zieg-
Ter, Wyoming; William F. An
derson, Winter Park, Fla;
James c. Baker, San Francis
co; Edgar Blake, Detroit; w.
E. Brown, Tenn; NJ. w. Clair,
KY; r. S. Cushman, Denver;
E. S. johnson, Oregon; c. E.
Locke, Santa Monica; Titus
Lowe, Portland, y Charles B.
Mitchell, Pasadena.
La gaceta., 1938-03-24
PIDE Ell SENADOR A
NER QUE Sc APRUEBE
SU LEY

Washington, Mario 24.-El
Senador Wagner insisti6 aver
ante ell Gentle dc Labor del Sc
nado de que Sc apruebe su pro-
veto de ley que requiere de to-
das las firmas en negocios con
81 ~gobierno, por medic de con :
tratos, conceden a sus trabaja :
. res y empleados Ell derecho de
discussion colectiva.
William Green, presidente de
Ia Federation Americana del
Trabajo, tambien patrocina la
ley.
La gaceta., 1938-03-24
N CANDIDATE A co.
MISIONADO

Anunci6 aver su candidatura
a comisionado del condado, por
Ell distrito ndmero 2, ell joven l.
G. Fonte, dueno del taller de la
vado y planchado que lleva su
nomhre.
Pertenece Fonte a la Camara
de Concrete de West Tampa y
es miembro de varias logias v
sociedades latinas.
La gaceta., 1938-03-24
RENUNCIO LA PRESIDEN-
TIA DEL ASTLO DIE VIEJOS

A causa de enfermedad re-
nunci6 aver la presidential del
Asilo de Ancianos la Sra. E. L
Sparkman.
Para sustituirla la junta direc
tiva nombr6 a la Sra. Kate
Hobbs que fue secretaria duran.
to IL amos.
La gaceta., 1938-03-24
DOS BANDIDOS ASALTA-
RON Y UNA O.
FICINA DE PRESTAMOS

Dos bandidos esaltaron aver
la oficiDa de la companfa de
prestamOs Davis Warner Loan,
situada Ell ell edificio de la esqui-
La gaceta., 1938-03-24
ROMANCE DEL NINO
R~EPUBLICANO

-iAdelante!-- dijo la bala
v ell entusiasmo del indice
dis la sehal de rartida.
FL espad6n del gatillo
grit6: lya! y ell fulminante
pego IN grito de algeria.
Y ALA en- la trinchera opuesta
habra un enemigo menos.
iTac, tao, crac! iVenga
otra bala rapido a ocupar
81 puesto de su compaheral
blonde esta el bandido,
d6nde ell ~invasor?
lAhl Oh, 81 tn me esreras
que afine ell oJo derecho,
va veras L. ~escarapela
roja, que ponto en- tn pecho.
Y ALA en- La trinchera opuesta
habrA un enemigo menos.
Ell pequeho miliciano
sintiendo ell tambor de un eco
cue en- su sangre de muchacho
pide un ritmo mas ligero,
Sc lama solo y resuelto
hacia La otra trinchera
donde una ametralladora
escupe llameante fuego.
Recuerda a u padres muertos
nor Ell fascista e~xtranjero
v un odio sublime siente
de vengarse el, Ell primero.
ST. salida no la advierten
ii sus mismos companeros
y arrastrandose despacio
q la meta da un rodeo.
Pero unas piedras resbalan
delatando su presencia,
y es asf, anticipate
Ia OCCASION que tanto espera.
Da un rapido salto atras
v sacando una granada
contra ell grupo de soldados
velocfsima Ia estalla.
FL, de bruces contra ell suelo
tiene tempo de salvarse
Y quedar solito y dueno
de aquel campo de combate.
Sus amigos, que escucharan
L. explosion de los "errahgnes"
SO preguntan asombrados
del porqu& lie la metralla.
Y Sc acercaA cautelosos,
cual teniendo una emboscada,
y no salem de su asombIo
cuando ali no ven q nadis.
Pero es Qrande su alborozo
cuando ven Incorporates,
TODD sucio Dor 81 pcFo,
la figura de IN muchacho.
Eel soldado que faltaba. :
ell chiquillo miliciano,
prototype dc una Espahs
luchadora Y de trabajol
Els asi como Sc ganas
las batallas de Ia vida:
con amor Y con coraje,
con passion Y ~vale9tfa.
iEspaaa joven y martir.
til has coIlprado con til sangre,
Espana virgen y medre,
tu vida y IT. libertad.
Luis Alfonso Anmella.
Mendoza.
Evening star., 1938-10-29
Claims Halloween Franks
Good Training for Thugs.
To the Editor of The Star.

Celebration of Halloween in Washing
ton has come to the point where it is not
only a great nuisance, but the unwilling
training school for the thugism which
abroad is known as Nazi-ism, Fascism,
etc.
The worst traits of human nature are
permitted free play at Halloween, with
the result that on small scale our youth
are emulating the reigns of terror in the
Old World.
1t is true that this outcropping of the
bad in all of us is confined to one night,
and allowed in the belief that "boys will
be boys" and that little fun doesn't
do any harm. But the traits displayed
in this celebration are so alarmingly like
those which seem to distinguish ordinary
life in some countries abroad, that an
honest citizen of the United States may
be permitted to feel some alarm lest
natural extension of this spirit might lead
to the same thing here.
Evil. we have been told, IS first toler-
ated, then embraced. The evil spirits of
the Halloween celebration are a natural
embodiment of certain traits in all hu-
man beings. It will not do to sit smugly
in the United States and merely decry
happenings abroad. We must realize be-
fore it is too late that every one of us
has certain amount of the old brute in
him. The nervous woman who kicks the
family cat, the man who ike 4 fishing
Evening star., 1938-10-29
Urges Biggest Navy
As L. S. Necessity,

To the Editor of The Star:
I wish your paper-which has been
my paper for the last 20 years, since I
arrived in Washington-Would adopt
more determined editorial policy in favor
of rearmament.
1 am not jingoist, nor am I an inter-
ventionist. But at the present moment
we certainly need the biggest air force
and the biggest navy in the world.
Recent international events have
shown that there is no such a thing as
reliable friendship in the world Allies
are deceiving each other. Yesterdays
friends are tomorroW'S enemies. Czecho-
Slovakla, which a few months ago was
ready to die to the last man for France,
has now become the faithful ally of her
yesterdays enemy, Germany
Politicians have been saying that war
between English-speaking nations is un-
thinkable. That is true as long as we
have Navy and an air force which can
make this saying true. If the predatory
nations find out that we cannot defend
ourselves they will challenge us and I
would not be surprised if they got on
their side our todays friends.
This is why we should spare no expense
in building up our Navy and our aviation.
JOHN H. MASSENFIELD.
October 27.
Evening star., 1938-10-29
The Taxicab Problem.

Action of the Public Utilities Commits
sion in limiting the size of taxicab fleets
operating under association auspices in
the District of Columbia should not be
confused with efforts Of the commission
to reduce the total number of cabs
on the streets of Washington. The order
restricting associations to fleets of not
more than one thousand automobiles is
An outgrowth of the recent act of Con-
eress providing for compulsory liability
insurance, or the equivalent, in the taxi
cab field.
The order, now being contested in the
courts by leading association with
membership in excess of thousand,
was issued by the commission for
the ostensible purpose of protecting
the publics interest under the liability
act. Since the commission cannot re-
quire an association to establish sink
ing fund of more than $4,000 in order
to acquire status of financial respon-
sibility," it felt obligated to limit the
number of taxicabs to be covered by
this sum. Otherwise, the commission
held, it would be possible for all of
Washingtons cabs to associate under one
organization, without a corresponding
increase in the liability sinking fund.
The net effect OF ceiling on men,
bers within a single association would
not be to reduce the total number Of
cabs on the streets of the Capital but
to increase the number of associations
or individual operators. Nearly five
thousand taxicabs will continue to con-
gest traffic and engage in destructive
competition. Believe it or not, WASH
ington has more than twice as many cabs
as Chicago, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh
Jumped together, and almost as many
as the great city of New York, with its
vastly larger population.
The Public Utilities Commission does
not have the power at present to limit
the total number of cabs in the District
1t has sought such authority under
painless plan of prohibiting replace
ment Of operators who quit the business
This plan would throw no driver out of
work. On the other hand, it would make
1t easier for those who remain at the
wheel to earn decent living. The COM
mission should be given wholehearted
backing of the citizens in its attempts
to secure the necessary regulatory au-
thority from Congress.
Evening star., 1938-10-29
Americas Dilemma.

The dilemma on which American for
eign policy hangs and the futility Of
present efforts for true pacification of
the world were apparent in the words of
President Roosevelt's radio address We'd
nesday night in connestion with the
New York Herald-Tribune Forum.
1t was a discouraging outlook be pre-
sented to the Nation. The United States
"has no interest in war;" and our busi-
ness now is to utilize the desire for
peace to build principles which are the
only basis of permanent peace" but
there can be no peace as long as sane
tif1cation of sheer force" replaces the
reign of law, if national policy is the
threat Of war, if freedom of thought,
expression and worship are denied, and
If economic resources are diverted into
an armaments race.
Furthermore, the United States for
twelve years has sought for disarmament
and now is anxious to participate in a
general disarmament, but neither we,
nor any nation, will accept disarmament
while neighbor nations arm to the teeth"
and if there is to be no general disarma-
ment I'VE ourselves must continue to
arm"
To this disheartening picture he added
the implication that the Western Hemi-
sphere and its peculiar form of govern
ment is menaced from without, and
clearly warned that I'VE are determined
to use every endeavor in order that the
Western Hemisphere may work out its
own interrelated salvation in the light
OF its own interrelated experience"
Inconsistency may be found between
Mr. Roosevelt's words now and the role
he played in bringing about the Munich
conference, but in the sense that he uses
the word, peace is not mere absence of
armed hostilities, but a positive condi-
ton, peace of mind and peace to pursue
the destinies Of the individual and the
Nation.
In that sense the Munich peace was
no peace. The same underlying NAL
adjustments which make for war remain
after Munich as they did before, and
the fear of war, except as an immediate
probability, has scarcely been alleviated.
If there are inconsistencies in Ameri-
can foreign policy, and there certainly
are, they are only the Inconsistencies
between what this country would like to
do and what it may have to do. The gap
between the American will to lead the
world along the path of law and order
and respect for the sanctity of treaties
and the exigencies of world order based
on force and threats of force is unbridge-
able.
The problem before America is how to
continue its efforts on the side of moral
ity and orderly procedure while at the
same time meeting the threat of grow
ing will to aggression. The appearance
of contradiction is inescapable. But
underneath lies the more fundamental
difference between what we would like
to do and what we have to do in self
defense.
Evening star., 1938-10-29
Says Wallace Ignorant of
Function of Court.
To the Editor Of TIL,

To the Editor Of The Star:
The Secretary of Agriculture, Mr.. Wal
lace, in his radio address on the night of
October "a, again blamed the Supreme
Court for not giving consideration to the
farmers economic condition in deciding
the constitutionality of the first A. A. A.
Apparently the Secretary does not un-
derstand the functions of the courts and
the importance of our living strictly by
the Constitution. Apparently he does not
know that. in determining the constitu
tionality of an act of Congress, the court
can consider only the language of the
law and of the Constitution, and their
obvious meaning; that, in fact, no other
considerations have any bearing on the
constitutionality of any legislation. Ap-
parently he does not know that II the
courts, in such cases, should allow them
selves to be influenced by other consid-
erations, as. for instance, by the financial
condition of the farmers, we should soon
have no Constitution at all Or doesn't
he care?
And yet this man holds an important
position in our Government, and has even
been mentioned as possible candidate
for President!
Truly, eternal vigilance is the price of
liberty!"
EDWARD WOLEsENsKY.
October Is,
Artngton, Va.
Evening star., 1938-10-29
Jersey Civil Liberty.

The decision of Federal Judge William
Clark curbing the asserted right of
Mayor Frank Hague to "deport' citizens
from Jersey City substitutes a rule of
reason for government by force and
intimidation. From now on, if the de-
cision is not reversed on appeal, Jersey
City will enjoy measure of freedom
that was unknown under the domination
Of the Hague political machine, which
recognized no constitutional obstruction
to the enforcement of its edicts.
1t is worthy of note, however, that
Judge Clark did not agree with the con-
tention of the plaintiffs-representa
Of the Committee for Industrial Organi-
zatlon-that their right to meet and
speak in public places was subject to no
restriction. The jurist held specifically
that the right of free assemblage was
not absolute, but was limited by con-
siderations of the public peace.
In other words, Judge Clark has de-
creed that common sense shall serve as
a check to abuses in the exercise of the
vital rights of free speech and free as
semblage on the one hand and the dicta-
torial tactics of political machine on
the other. 1t may be that his suggestion
for modified form of censorship, to be
applicable to speeches of type that had
caused disturbances in the past, is not
the best solution of the Jersey City diff
Guilty, but it at least deserves a trial for
1t has the virtue of opening a way to
the reasonable exercise of freedom of
speech while setting up a safeguard
against the misuse of that right as
cloak behind which to foment public dis
order.
1t may be noted that the decision by
Judge Clark is in sharp conflict with
recent ruling by judge Of the State
Supreme Court that Norman Thomas,
Socialist leader, had no more right to
speak in the public parks of Jersey City
without permit than he would have
to invade private home. Judge Clark's
Evening star., 1938-10-29

trip because he can let his beard grow
these are all totalitarian material in dis
guiSe.
The happenings of Halloween, viewed
this way, are seen to be something more
than just pranks. They are the Old Nick
cropping out in the best of us.
The modern idea of Turing our mettle-
some youth indoors on Halloween, on one
pretext or another. or inducing it to visit
one monster celebration, is a mere tenn
porizing with an evil
What this country needs is a complete
abandonment of an old custom which is
not only nuisance but which today
more than ever stands as a sort of train
ing school for a possible uprising of
thuggery in its modern form
AS long as these ideas, coming down to
all OF us from pagan days of long, long
ago. were held in leash throughout the
world. the annual celebration. with its
mischief and destruction. might be viewed
tolerantly. Today, with the spirit of
Halloween mischief abroad in the Old
World every night in the year, the dan
ger of our contamination is too close and
too near to be treated with laughter.
OLD CROUCH
Evening star., 1938-10-29

form Of dance in which the rhythm Is the
very essence Of the dance.
This background beat Is rs steady as
the roll Of the breakers.
These players of the real sort embroider
their rhythms with melodies. The or
chestras which play what might be
termed rough-house rumbas, with all
the players going Wild" fail to get the
essence of this dance, because they OBJ
scure with their noise the basic beat
The filling in of the basic beat with
a secondary beat OF thin sticks, and the
rattleS OF gourdS, makes q pleasant
music, but the listener has to be able to
hear them. II his idea of the rumba is
a noisy affair, let him listen to some Of
the better recordings, and hear how this
music would have delighted Bach, we
feel sure.
Is there any dance more universal than
the waltz today?
Yet when it was introduced into Ger
many, whose dances in this form still
are the worlds best, it was regarded as
extremely vulgar.
No record collection can be complete
without some waltzes. While symphonic
versions are fine music, they are not made
for dancing.
tial rhythm Of its form to dubious han
ding ls.not a real dance
Better too fast tempo than one too
SLOW, better an exaggerated beat than
one so hesitant that it loses Che real
spirit of the music
Dances are made to dance to, and even
II the listener does nothing but listen,
his heart and mind ought to dance.
The fox trot is Americas favorite, still
going strong when the bunny hug" Is
forgotten, and the big apple" q thing
OF the past.
The tango, South American dance
OF Spanish feeling, is extremely popular,
both with listeners and dancers.
No record collection can be held any,
thing but one sided which fails to include
at least a few of these wonderful num-
bers
AS Tor the Hawaiian hula, this is a
form OF dance which comes in slow,
medium fast and fast tempos It is a
peculiar thing, simple but complex mu-
sically speaking, a dance which seems to
make inevitable certain amount of BODY
motion, as the result of its inherent beat.
Good examples Of these dances, then
the 1ox trot, the hula, the rumba, the
tango and the Waltz-should be in every
record collection, not only for the sake of
completeness, but mainly for the sake of
the listening ear.
These are all dances being danced TO-
day. To miss them, as a music lover. is
TO fail to understand the living heart
beat of music.
Love the master orchestral works. but
realize that they are not the all of music
by any means.
Do not be symphonic jitterbug.
Evening star., 1938-10-29

tator, known then Is . "tyrant" This
gentleman promptly slapped = hve per
cent produce tax on the farmers, and
1t Is reported that for several years
solon's favorite outdoor sport was visit
ing distant farms, safely out Of earshot
OF Peisistratus, and listening to the long
drawn-out. musical howls Of the inhabi-
tants, whose descendants are In this year
1898 still looking for = solution of the
farm problem.
Good luck, Secretary Wallace.
Evening star., 1938-10-29
Perennial Farm Problem.

Every one wishes Secretary Wallace
luck in the new farm program, with the
silent thought that he will need plenty
of it to succeed in pleasing the farmers.
There is no tougher job in the cabinet.
History confirms this. In the almost
incredibly remote past, well over $500
years ago, the first republic in history,
the Athenian State, had well-def1ned
farm problem which was, in the modern
vernacular, considerable headache to
the Legislature. BY an odd coincidence
the farmers of that distant era weren't
getting enough drachmai for their olives,
apples and strawberries. Many were
share croppers, and most of the others
had mortgages to pay off. Even in those
days it wasn't healthy to fall behind
on the payments. For in that event,
the mortgage could legally enslave the
mortgagor and his entire family, and
the nearest blacksmith would get the
job of fitting iron jewelry around their
necks, tastefully engraved with the land
lords initials The farmer really had
something worth worrying about.
Luckily this democracy was able to
locate the original one-man brain trust
had the confidence of all (politics were
crude them. Something had to be
done quickly, and the universal cry went
up-"Let Scion do it," The primitive
Congress of that republic agreed to pass
any laws that he thought were needed
and they did. He freed the farm popu-
lation from most of their troubles so
successfully that to this day wise legis-
lator is still called Solon, but there was
no rest for him.
The clamor of the still dissatisfied
bucolcs continued unabated until one
fine day in 583 BIC. he invented q new
form of political technique which has
since come to be known as taking a
run-out powder Sneaking down to
Piraeus, the port of Athens, he boarded
one of the luxury liners of those days
and showed out into the Mediterranean
for points east and south, until every
thing should blow over. He travelled
through Asia Minor, the isles of Greece
and Egypt, pathetically and patiently
waiting for the agrarians to cool off.
But every letter he got from Athens re-
ported that he was still far from persona
grata with the embattled farmers
Finally, after ten years exile, he called
it day and returned to take his med
icine.
Fortunately for his peace of mind, very
shortly after he returned the government
was seized by Peisistratus, q Fascist dc
Evening star., 1938-10-29

judgment gives life and meaning to the
Bill of Rights where that document Of
human liberty had been nullifed In the
Thomas case.
Judge Clark has expressed the hope
that his decision will be appealed to the
Supreme Court, and In that hope most
thinking people will concur. The trend
of events in this country and throughout
the world calls for an authoritative
statement as to where the power Of
government should be interposed against
those who would hide their un american
activities behind the shield of traditional
American liberties.