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The Washington times., 1938-05-05

has faded and the gilt has
dulled-but the passage of time
has only made them lovelier
than ever. The floors are smooth
and polished. the furniture old
and intimate. A portrait OF
President Grant hangs over the
wide fireplace of the dining
room. Here ami there are paint
ings OF other famous men, among
them the hero OF Tripoli, Stephen
Decatur, who before he died
added a patriots creed to his
record of valor:
My country! Right rWrong!"
On the wall at one side of the
yard-presumably part Of the
stables before these were torn
down to erect the office building
which adjoins the mansion-iS a
gigantic painting of Lieutenant
Decatur's capture of the frigate
Philadelphia during the Tripoli-
tan war. He was only Is years
old at the time.
MO person in whom there is a
~ spark of patriotism and rev.
erence for the heroes of the past
can fail to feel emotion as he
walks with ghosts of early
America through the dim, cool
corridors and up the broad, shall
low stairs of Stephen Decatur's
house. To tear it down would
be sacrilege.
My visit reminded me of an
occasion when was small boy
and walked with my father
through the hall of a great
ruined Scottish castle. We came
to gaping hole in the wall and
gazed down on grass-covered
courtyard.
There" said my father, point
ing down, your direct ancestor
was hung, drawn and quartered
for daring to talk back to the
King of Scotland. And he is
buried under that grass"
You should put up a tomb
stone" I said.
Il should" my father an
swered, IF I had proper rever-
ence for the past"
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city council had, only the day
before the duel, appropriated
$3.50 to open and gravel a car
riage way 40 feet wide"
Stirring days, those, when a
young sailor could gather
enough prize money, through
sea slaughter of pirates, to build
this beautiful home and drape
it with the loot of Tripoli. OF
Decatur's exploit Lord Nelson
of Trafalgar, the greatest sailor
of that day, wrote:
THE most bold and daring
act of our age"
DECATUR enjoyed his new
~ home for only three years.
He brooked no insult, either
from a pirate or one of his own
kind. And so he died, according
to the code of a gentleman OF
his day. But his home can be
preserved in almost its original
ity for years to come. The
owner, Mrs. Truxtun Beale, is
willing to accept any fair sort
Of proposition. The present
Administration is inclined to
keep such shrines for posterity
instead Of tearing them down.
There has been too much of
that done with places entitled
to a niche in history.
THE Decatur mansion must
4 have been a gay place while
the United States of America
were in process Of being welded
into the mightiest nation in the
world. Foreign ambassadors
lived there, and among the
ghosts with which walked over
the polished floors yesterday
were beautiful ladies in crino-
lines, in frills and furbelows.
and men of distinction from the
older nations who came to sheer
and remained to marvel.
Presidents of the United States
used to wander unostentatiously
over the thick grass of Lafayette
Square of a summer evening
strangely quiet summer evenings,
they must have been-to smoke
a pipe and drink a toddy and
talk of great happenings, now
dim and distant, with the Rus
sian minister or the French min
lister or Mr.. Secretary Clay or
Mr.. Secretary Van Buren,, the
latter later to become a real
neighbor in the big white house
across the spread of long grass.
" X
THE ceilings are beautiful.
= They were painted and
gilded years ago. The paint
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Back to Baltimore

I have just read the news
item in today's Times, headed
ID. c. Revenue Bill Imperiled
by Palmisano, Fights to Remove
Business Tax"
An attempt to kill the 1889
District revenue bill, because of
pressure against the business
privilege tax from Baltimore
business men is being made by
Representative Palmisano of
Maryland.
was born in Washington IS
years ago. am not in favor of
taxation without representation,
in fact I am not in favor of
any unnecessary tax; but when
the D. c. needs money to carry
on, taxes are really important.
When Baltimore business men
come to Washington to do bust
ness and let out a yell when
they have to pay taxes for that
privilege, I think the best thing
they can do is to pack up and
go back to Baltimore and take
Palmisano with them; they will
never be missed.
Washington will be better off
if Washington business men
run Washington business.
WASHINGTONIAN.
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until after noon, the parade
came along, it was made up Of
material so crude and so dingy
that even the kids laughed. Her.
aided as a bona fide wild West
show, it was made up of a few
synthetic cowboys, some near
Cossacks, some razor-backs in
costume and a few vans. Incl
dentally, the only things in the
entire parade that looked any
thing but NANCY were the
horses pulling the vans.
The one saving grace of the
entire farce was the fact that
the parade, if one may judge
from the comments of the wait.
ing crowd, prevented a lot Of
people from wasting their money
on admission to the main per.
Torrance.
1t seems to me that the peo-
pie Of the city are entitled to
an apology from whoever
granted the permit for such an
utterly ridiculous performance.
Compared to it, the parade
by a bunch of fanatics seeking
the liberation of the Scottsboro
boys was as outstanding as was
the Shrine parade of 1928 to
that of the Khan a few years
later.
If the parade had been closed
up to anything approXimating
marching order the entire farce
would not have extended over
one block, yet traffic on one Of
the city's most important cross
town streets was disrupted for
hours to let a few spawned
horses and drugstore cowboys
in shirts, chaps and boots such
as no cow-poke in the history
of the world ever wore until the
advent of the Hollywood influ-
ence, amble past and ogle the
simple-minded saps who waited
for them among whom I
was, perhaps, the sappieSt.
R. F. CHAMBERLAIN.
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No More ParadeS

If there was ever an argu-
ment for local control of local
government it was presented on
Constitution Avenue en-,
after seven or more years OF
consistent refusal of permits for
circus parades, a one-horse
wild West show blocked traffic,
clogged the steps of the Archives
and other Government build
ings, annoyed the guards and
occupied the time Of many po-
licemen.
When, after most of the
crowd had waited from 9 a. m.
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Rap at y. S. Girls

In looking over some of the So
called beauties that are sup
posed to take the pie and cream
in the Winchell contest, I have
never in my life gazed on such a
hard-looking bunch. They look
like they haven't a friend in the
world, or wouldn't have one if
they had a chance.
Sophisticated, spoiled, over
bearing and too independent are
the traits of the average Gov
eminent working girl.
Mrs. Roosevelt is my ideal,
and is what the good-iooking
girl should pattern herself after.
Sociable, congenial, and above
all courteous.
have lived in Washington IS
years and have never seen such
a breed of unfriendly women.
Yes, I'd say there are a few
handsome ones. But so few, and
those that think they are hand
some won't even have the cour-
tesy and decency to say good
morning. unless they are speak
ing to the Big Chief. But I'm
only clerk, so I come below
their dignity.
guess if ever marry I'll
have to go back to California.
F. L. lamar.
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Germans Envy JeWs

Your editorials of late de.
serve a great deal of praise.
You are right; the Germans are
a fine race of people, always
ready and good fighters, and
they certainly deserve a better
lot than they are getting from
their Fuehrer. The cries about
the persecution of the Jews
makes the world overlook what
The Washington times., 1938-05-05
Cables FAVOR Insurance

The recent attempt Of one Of
this city'S lady cab drivers to
organize mass protest against
compulsory liability insurance
revealed the strange fact that,
at the present time, an over
whelming majority of drivers
are in favor of it's enactment.
Proof of the above is to be
found in the fact that, accord
ing to a report Of the meeting
in The Times, only six drivers
attended, and all six were in IA
vor of the legislation.
If she had sounded out cab
driver sentiment first, she would
not have been surprised. In
stead, she would have known
that about nine out of ten Of
them are in favor of the inSur-
ance.
The reason is not hard to ex-
plain. 1t is because they are
disguised with the present sys-
tenn of enforced cutthroat com.
petition existing in the industry.
And they believe passage Of the
liability bill will, sooner or later,
put taxi rates back on a sane,
fair and profitable basis.
BERNARD L. HENNIN0.
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judge cou TT
would give a
m o r e un-
biased opin-
ion of t h e
C r i m / n a l
c a S es they
would handle,
since there is
no q u e stion
that they are
better quail
fled to do so
than jury
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SCOTe uldndgel
Judges are
more q u a | j.
fled by their
| e g al train
ing and edu-
cation to de-
termine t h e
facts as pre-
S e n t e d to
them by evil
dence t h a n
are iurymen,
so l b e Ii eve
that e S t a b.
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fairer tri ais
might be con-
d u c d by
multi judge
courts in
S o m e crimi-
nal ca S S.
AS far as the
| a W is con-
cerned, t h e
j u r ymen do
not have the
k n o W | e dge
a n d expert
have There.
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t n e b e S I
m e t h o d of
h a n d | i n g
c r i m j n a l
C a sc S. 1t is
my Mon
that the jul
rors should
be the judge
of the facts
a n d the jul
rist the judge
of the la W.
Twelve minds
To determine
The Washington times., 1938-05-05

W gu n d S re-
ceived fro m
a bro t h e r
naval officer
on the field
of honor" at
BladenSbur G.
He p a S S e d
away in the
large front
room of the
second floor,
the windows
of which look
down on La
f a y e t t e
Square foc
W hich he
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means. JurieS
are all t 90
often swayed
by an elo-
q u emit plea
from an at
torney. The
judges, with
t h ir we'll
trained legal
minds, would
deal out JUS
tice m p a r
tally"
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listment of a multi-judge court
would be a splendid step for
ward in rendering justice. Too
many criminal cases have been
legal farces because of clever
lawyers and prejudiced juries."
Frank Ragusa, 1929 Lyman
Pl. N. E.. clerk:
I'm inclined to believe that
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men. A good lawyer can bring
out the emotional appeal and
sway a jury with facts that
would not impress judges"
X 4
Mrs. Ellis Kossow, 5311 Fourth
st. N. w., housewife:
"A multi-judge court by all
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Il W ould
pre- er con-
in uance of
the pre- S ent
jury system,
because I be-
lieve that it
is the fairest
way of h a n
ding trials. 1
h a We served
on the Grand
Jury and that
e p e r fence
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Wise Words

Talk often, but not long. The
talent of haranguing in pri.
vate company is insupportable.
Bishop George Horne.
Happiness consists in the
multiplicity of agreeable con-
SciousneSs.-Samual johnson.
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broadened my knowledge and
also convinced me that juries
wish to be honest and fair in
their decisions"
X X 4
Mrs. A. D. Solomon, 2440 Six
tenth St. N. W.. housewife:
The present jury system is
The Washington times., 1938-05-05
ROllin' Along
By W. A. S. Douglas

WALKED with ghosts yesterday through the beautiful
of the old Stephen Decatur mansion on the corner
of jackson Place and Street Together wondered if
hands would be raised purses opened to deed this
hero shrine the people and prevent from being torn
down and the space converted i'll all probability into park
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the facts than a group of
judges"
William Bageant, 1909 Geor-
gia Ave. N. W., medical student:
Il honestly do think a multi
The Washington times., 1938-05-05

~ !
y wage-bour bill, the Administrations forces strug-
gle snatch from the bosom of the House Rules Com
- D mittee for vote, that short history of
the wage-hour fight to date might be
win MA useful
The fight began after the first F. D. Roosevelt
administration in The New Deal perceived that
many people working long hours each week at low
wages while many others were out of work The imme-
date remedy seemed be to put floor under and
a ceiling over working hours.
This accomplished to a considerable degree by the
NRA Minimum wages under that act began at Sl1
week the South where living costs are lower than else
where in the country and climbed to $14 week in
hgher-cost sections Hours limited. board
headed by Gen Hugh johnson established to iron
out nusces and allow special differentials in special
cases.
The most dramatic result was boom in the South for
retailers of Clothes food etc. and for theaters and
other places of popular amusement This was accounted
~, D1. for by the sudden Jump in many South
ern workers paycheck Ruby Bates had
WOTEe0 testified incidentally, to the Scottsboro
rape case that she had worked in Southern textile mill
"a hours week for $275 week. This may have been
Now numerous Southern workers had been raised to the
prncelv pay of S11 week cash money; and how they
spent it.
Throughout the country the NRA estimated to
have made about 100000 jobs that hadn't existed
before
In due course the Supreme Court, in the famous
Schechter sick chicken ruled the NRA uncon-
stitutional Some of the gains were preserved; but
wages began to shrink here and there and hours to
expand. That process is still going on, to speed up
the recession.
The fight for new wage-hour legislation came to
climax last summer, when the House defeated the
Administration bill carrying
the principle of 4O-hour week
~ hours wee" at 4Oc an hour, with North
South dfferentas the proposed law to be administered
by board of five persons empowered to act swiftly
a thing which Congress cannot do.
This bill was pulled out of House Committee last De-
ceber by petition carrying the necessary 218 sigma
lures but again defeated One big of its defeat
was the opposition of William Green of the ALL, who
seemed to dislike the bill mainly because his enemy,
John L. Lewis liked it.
much changed bill is now in committee, probably
to be petitioned out for showdown. It's minimum
wage is Csc an hour it's maximum work-week "A hours
these standards to climb within three years to 4Oc and
40 hours No sectional dfferentias provided for
The bills chances of passage looked exceedingly
slim until something happened day before yesterday
in the State Of
FLORIDA
similar to what happened in Alabama last January.
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The Inquiring.
Photographer.
The washington Times in.
vites you to submit timely
and interesting questions to
be used in this column.
THE QUESTION

Which do you prefer, the
present jury system or estab-
lishment of a multi.judge court
to hear criminal cases?
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THE ANSWERS

Mrs. Marjorie Wilson. 339
Emerson st. N. W., assistant
ctoro yoopo0nr.
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VOICE OF THE PEOPLE

the Editor should be limited 200 words Names addresses
the writer's will be omitted
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tIIC6 TIIdU JUII0IS nave. Il6TE'
fore, a group of jurists would
better be able to uphold the
interests of justice"
X X X
Mrs. Albert w. jacobson, 1850
Connecticut Ave. N. w., house
u,ifa.
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ing lot.
Gently, up these worn steps,
just 118 years ago, was carried
Stephen Decatur, dying from
The Washington times., 1938-05-05
Traffic Toll

The list Of traffic victims in
the District of Columbia since
January /. 1888. is graphically
shown by the death watch.
The Washington times., 1938-05-05
Wage-HOur Bill History

~ o MUCH is being said by so many people about the
y wage-hour BILL as the Administrators forces strug-
gle to snatch from the bosom of the House Rules Com
- Do mttee for vote that short history of
the wage-hour fight to date might be
VHH VIVA useful.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-03-21

.ther K. c. product, Joe Vance, who Wirled a bit for Joe Mccarthy late ast campaign.
 Other recruits include;
 Boston Bees: Infielder Bob Kahle and Catcher Johnny Riddle from Indianapolis. Brooklyn: Pitchers 5choolboy Cohen, Toledo, and For est Pressnell, Milwaukee; Outfielder Rosey Rosen. Louisville. Chicago Cubs: Pitchers Newel Kimball, Mil waukee and Bob Logan. Indianapo- lis. Philadelphia Phillies: Catcher Zap Clark, Columbus; Infielder Rabbit Morehouse, Rochester
 St. Louis Cardinals: Pitcher Spud Krisr, Rochester; Infielder Skeeter Webb Columbus Boston Red Sox. Outfielder Fabian Gaffke. Pitchers Jim Henry and Tom Wagner, and Catcher John Peacock, of Minneapo- lis. Chicago White Sox: Pitcher Don Cox and Infielder Jesse Landrum. of St. Paul.
 Cleveland: Outfielder Godfrey Heath. Catcher Henry Helf and Pitchers Al Nilnar and William Zuber of Milwaukee. Detroit: In- fielder Don Croucher, Tole d 0. Philadelphia Athletics: Pitcher Tom Potter, Columbus.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-03-21
Brownie Goes To Sea, But Puts About

c. F. Brownie the Bar ber"-started out on the waters Of Gastineau Channel yesterday after noon in his recently acquired cabin cruiser.
 Eyes alight with pride, Brownie stood trembling at the wheel and thought of the long weeks of painting toll while his craft was high and dry in local garage, but now so buoyant on the bosom of the deep-or was it?
 Water crept stealthily through hidden seams where caulking had dried and fallen out-and rising to Brownies" quivering feet, sudden ly dampened barber captain ardor.
 About ship!" he shouted to his crew.
 In race against watery folds, the Frances B' ploughed toward the beach.
 She rests comfortably there today on the mudflats behind the Juneau Dairy-and Brownie" is painstak- ingly trying to find the vicious gaps that permitted the waters of Cas- tineau Channel to spoil an elaborate launching ceremony
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-03-21
By DILLON GRAHAM AP Feature Service Writer

The majors biggest ta ent raid centered on the American Assocla- ton this year.
 This Class doubleA finishing school of the diamond was ran sacked from pennant-winner to eel lar team for likely looking young sters. More than thirty made the jump to the training camps Of the major league clubs.
 A dozen or more seem very likely to stick.
 The St. Louis Cardinals, with eyes cooked on the National league flag, may use trio they grabbed from Columbus, Outfielder Coun- try Slaughter, Pitcher Max Macon and Third-Baseman Ott Stein.
 Frankie Frisch. skipper of the Gas House Gang, confesses he was dazzled by. the batting average conjured by the stocky Slaughter "a cool .382. He hopes to rear range his outfield pattern to use him alongside that other we'll known clubber, Ducky Wucky Medwick.
 And with Dizzy Dean at least a trifle uncertain, the Cardinal pilot believes a southpaw finger who won 21 games, like Macon, is good insurance Stein may help un- tangle Frisch's infield problem. The Cards also will have a pair of John Leonards this spring, J. L. tPep- perl Martin, and J. L. Hopp, a fancy flychaser from Rochester
 The Pirates dipped into the Co., lumbus collection and came up with Outfielder Johnny Rizzo, whose .358 hickory stick may be usaole at the Buccaneers Forbes field.
 Manager Oscar Witt of the Cleve- land Indians says his biggest head ache is third base and a Milwau- kee rookie, Ken Keltner, may be what the doctor ordered. Just turned 2l, Keltner batted .3'c last year and demonstrated ability to cover ground.
 A free agent, Harry Eisenstat, who played with Louisville in 1S37, and Pat Mclaughlin, from Indianapolis, are a couple of toss CTS who may see service with De- troit. Tigerman Mickey Cochrane also likes Outfielder Roy Cullenbine of Toledo.
 Lee Stine, pitcher, of Kansas City who has made several stop-offs in the majors, will get another chance with the Yankees, along with an-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-03-21
"T|CER' SNARLS OVER DOCTORS PRETzEL THREAT
Gringwald Promises to Show Doc Webb Real
 Ring Dirt

The mixed smoker horizon gets bloodier day by day. Tiger Gring- wald, who is to meet Doc Webb in the main event of the wrestling end of the bill, is saying nasty things and promising varied sorts of may hem on the person of MT. Webb who was the first to come out with dire threats.
 And the inside dope is that Tiger is no kitten-so Doc Webb may be running into something. He has built himself reputation for being dirty" and Tiger" says he is going to dish it out until the chubby doc tor cries for aid and it really sounds like the straight dope.
 As a prelude to Fridays matches. which are starting at 7:15 pm. inci- dentally, Walter Gaston of the wrestling clan is going to drive a car blindfolded through the streets of Juneau next Thursday afternoon, starting at 3:45 o'clock
 The blindfold is hanging for in- spection in the Imperial. if anyone doubts it's blindfolding qualities, and Gaston is perfectly willing that any one should examine it.
 In the boxing lineup, three mixes are lined up that would win Mike Jacobs approval: Big Boy Brick son and Pat Webb. in comeback fight that should bring down the house.
 It looks like the Mccoy for Friday night.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-03-21
FiShernen's Ball Gathers
 Large Crowd

Again proving that the Fisher mems Ball deserves its title as one of the most popular events of the year. the Sons of Norway dance gathered large crowd Saturday evening in the Elks ballroom where all went early and stayed late for the evening of dancing
 Polkas, scottisches and hambones were features of the evening. danced to the accordian orchestra which also played modern ballroom se- lecti0ns.
 Peter Hammer was chairman of the dance, final social event to be held before the departure of Cas- tineau Channel fishermen for the seasons fishing.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-03-21
Alaskan Water Birds Studied
 On Field Trip

Native Alaskan water birds were studied by the Ornithological So- ciety of Alaska yesterday afternoon when members made their first field trip, proceeding out Thane Road with James O'Neill in charge.
 O'Neill, who has studied birds as a hobby for many years, pointed out distinctive features of the var ious water birds seen yesterday, emphasizing study of ducks found in this area.
 Enthusiastically taking part in the trip. members of the club have made plans for field study once a month. Their next meeting will be on April 4.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-03-21
DOUGLAS TRAIL
 SNOW COVERED
 OVER WEEKEND
Skiers Find Excellent Con- ditions for Sport
 Sunday

One of the best skiing days of the year drew a large number of skiers along the Douglas trail yesterday where a fresh fall of snow offered excellent opportunity both at the cabin and at the lower meadows,
 Close to 20 skiers made the trip to the cabin, while the meadow a, the shelter cabin gathered about 40 Although the crowd of skiers was not as large as usual, the slopes were well covered with snow and slalom courses were attractions oi the day.
 At the cabin, veteran skiers laid out a down hill open slope course over which races were held. with Joe Werner, president of the Ju- neau Ski Club. coming out as first place winner.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-03-21
BUNNY AUSTIN WILL NOT PLAY
 FOR DAVIS CUP
Veteran Tennis Star Says He No Longer
 Has Time

LONDON, March 21. Bunny Austin, -year-old English net star, announced today he would not accept place on England's 1888 Davis Cup team
 The man who with Fred Perry held the international trophy for four years, said he did not have the time or the inclination to play. Austin made it clear, however, that he would enter the Wimbledon championships.
 Bunny Austin has been included in the worlds first ten" in tennis since 1929. The slightly built Eng fish veteran is master strategist on the courts, but moderate physical powers prevented him from beating such men as Don Budge and Baron von Cramm