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The Washington times., 1938-09-23

VXIE find among members Of Parliament such
men as J. s. Holmes, director In ~ COM
panies, chairman or president Of IA concerns:
George Balfour. 26 directorshipS in electrical
corporations; Walter Runciman. director Of two
steamship lines one newspaper and a bank;
Samuel Samuel, director in all the largest Brit
ish oil corporations and even e. C. Grenfel,
partner in the London House Of ]. P. Morgan
& Co., is legitimate member Of Parliament
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(Boake CGrterS opinions are his oDn and not
necessarily those Of The Washington TtmeSJ
The Washington times., 1938-09-23

five years when the Judge got to you told her"
said Jennings.
The Washington times., 1938-07-04

porter, land you're not going to
do it. Mex question, please"
Within a few days the Bureau
Of Air Commerce will be no
more. This subdivision of the
Department Of Commerce gives
way to the newly created Inde-
pendent Civil Aeronautics Au-
thority. The bureau ends its
days with this shrewd prophecy
Of greater air safety from the
chief Of its Safety and Planning
Division, Richard C. Grazley:
II can foresee," writes Graz
ley in what is probably the
valedictory Of the Bureau Of
Air Commences bulletin, "the
development of ultra high fre-
quency radio to the point where
1t may be utilized in an airplane
to detect such objects as other
aircraft in flight, mountain
peaks, or the varying ground
elevations beneath-and indi-
cate the distance and direction
Of the object from the instru.
ment under the eyes of the pilot.
when that day comes, we
will have the collision preventer
and absolute altimeter, which Is
one Of the most wished-for de-
velopmentS on the part Of pilots,
who are accustomed to flying
through clouds during condi.
tions Of low visibility"
The Washington times., 1938-07-04
Air Force, Tanks
Parade for Vets

Authorities emphatically deny
this report. The latest figures for
the celebration here set the hos
pital list at 81 old soldiers and
one escort at the Army base and
three veterans at the Gettysburg
Hospital. Ten patients were ad-
mitted yesterday and nine re-
leased.
It was grueling hot during the
ceremonies at the Eternal Light
Peace Memorial. Official eSti-
mates set the crowd in attendance
at 10000. Approximately 800 of
the veterans rode to the scene by
bus-and not one so far has been
reported as suffering any serious
i'll effects. But so men, women and
girls tainted during the long, steep
climb to and from Oak Hill where
stands the light.
The Washington times., 1938-07-04
QUOTES
TO
BACK new DEAL

G.N.SO Likening New Deal poll
cies to those Of President Thomas
Jefferson, Senator Claude Pepper
today said jefferson, in a move to
preserve peace and prosperity,
risked running afoul the Consti-
tuition when he acquired 100000
900 acres from the Indians.
Addressing the University Of
Institute of Public At
fairs, the Florida Democrat, an ar
dent New Dealer, also said Jeffer-
son made it clear to Congress he
was not adverse to direct govern
mental aid to business if the pub
lie interest warranted such aid.
FOUGHT MONEY FOES
He certainly was not beyond
using administratively the Fed.
eral financial power to weaken the
force of the Federalist money in
terests by building up counteract
ing financial agencies in what he
regarded as the public interest,"
Pepper said. He continued:
Moreover, jefferson clearly
foresaw the day when the en-
ployment saturation point
should be reached, even in agri-
culture, and there should arise
the necessity of the Govern
ment's guiding the surplus of
labor, that is to say, the unem-
ployed, into some useful and
profitable employment"
Pepper said Jefferson's peace
full acquisition of the 100000, ,00t
acres from the Indians was madt
in the face Of the gravest doub
as to his constitutional authorit!
so to do"
The Washington times., 1938-07-04

President Roosevelt has the
common touch Of superstition.
When he was showing corre-
spondentS the site Of his prof.
ected summer retreat on Dutch
esS Hill, one Of them moved to
step on a black spider. The
President instantly stopped him
warned it was bad luck to
kill spiders.
Another principal superstition
is three on a match. Only two
can get a light from one match
when F. D. r. is present.
Another superstition Roose-
velt shares with many politi-
clans, including Mayor LaGuar-
dia. He likes to repeat campaign
moves that he made in past
successful aigns. The
Mayor always makes his last
speech of a campaign on his
lucky corner in Harlem. The
President clings to roughly the
same campaign itineraries as
in '32.
with the President building
himself a summer retreat, the
Roosevelts are going to have an
The Washington times., 1938-07-04
HAMILTON CITES
JEFFERSON IN.
new DEAL SLAP.

UNIVER S1TY. Va, July 4
GNSD.-Setting off a spectacu-
lar array of verbal fireworks
against the New Deal, Republican
National Chairman John D. M.
Hamilton today accused President
Roosevelt of "slurring the indie
pendence and integrity" Of the
Supreme Court.
Hamilton told the University of
Virginia Institute of Public At
fairs that Mr.. RooSevelt'S remark
a few days ago that his Supreme
Court scheme was "a lost battle
which won a war" was a plain
implication that he had fright
ened the Supreme Court into a
willingness to place its stamp OF
approval on whatever legislation
he might propose"
Hamilton used quotations from
the writings of Thomas jefferson,
the nations third President, to
indict things the New Deal has
done.
The Washington times., 1938-07-04

lie pioneer Mrs. Roosevelt
resettlement project of the New
Deal in which Mrs. Roosevelt
has taken keen interest.
President Architect Roose-
velt's home site is about six miles
from the stately family home Of
his mother. It is about a mile
and q half up a winding road
from Waikiki Cottage, famous
as the Roosevelt picnic grounds
with it's swimming pool ana
rounding woods.
Mrs. Roosevelt's business as
sociates, Nancy Cook and Mar
ian Dickerman, live in the VAL
Kill Cottage now.
Nearby in the building Where
Waikiki furniture was formerly
made under the aegiS OF the
First Lady and Miss Cook, Mrs.
Roosevelt and her secretary,
Mrs. Malvina Schneider, have each
fitted up a small apartment Tor
their personal use.
There was a great furor at the
State Department last week
when London correspondents
broke the story of the new
naval pact signed by United
States, Great Britain n d
France. The story, marked for
noon release in Washington
came out several hours earlier
in London. "The boys around
here feel kind of let down" one
scrivener told Secretary OF State
Cordell Hull. The Secretary
took a long breath before he re-
piled with diplomatic calm:
Perhaps the State Depart
ment does also"
A&&
The keep our friends in
power" speech of Assistant WPA
Administrator Aubrey Williams.
The Washington times., 1938-07-04

remain within quick striking distance Of Wash
ington-juSt in case.
The Chamberlain report has been breathed
privately in the Capital for the last 10 days
and bears all the earmarkS of authenticity
Grimy humorous is the story of the WASHINGTON
real estate agent who inquired at the German
Embassy the sale price Of the old Austrian Lega-
tion The prospective purchaser inspected the
property, returned the keys to the attendant at
the German headquarters and says that when he
left an attache calmly remarked:
IF you are interested in other properties, I
suggest you inspect the embassy next door to
the Austrian. I understand it will be vacant
after August l."
The real estate agent glanced at the sug-
geSted buy as he drove back down Massachusetts
Avenue. Over the entrance hung the flag of
The Washington times., 1938-07-04
Recall Battle.
AtVickSburq.

VICKSBURG, Miss, July 4
U.N.SD. - The four historic
days marking the turn of the
tide Of the Civil War in the
West reached a quiet climax
here today with cOmmemOra-
tiOn Of the seventy-fifth ami
verSary of the fall of Vicks-
burg after q bloody, 47-day
siege.
Simple ceremonies were
scheduled today in the mean
dering national park, now
studded with monuments and
burial stones, that once
marked the battle lines Of
that key conflict in the war
between the States.
1t was General Grants
costly victory at VickSburg
that broke the back of the
COnfederacy in the West al
most at the same time the
Union Army repulSed Gen.
eral Lee in Pennsylvania at
Gettysburg.
With the capitulatiOn Of
the 10000 half starved de-
tenders of this high-bIuffed
city commanding the MisSiS-
Sippi River, the Northern
forces gained mastery of the
vital waterway.
The Washington times., 1938-07-04
Rubinoff Is Taken
Home 10 Recover

DETROIT, July 4 Q.N.SO.
Surrounded by relatives, Dave
Rubinoff, violinist, was GONZALES
cling at the Harper Hospital today
after being removed by ambulance
from the Battle Creek Sanitarium,
where he underwent an appended
tony several weeks ago. Although
still in a serious condition, Rubi-
noff was removed from Battle
Greek so that he could be near
his relatives.
The Washington times., 1938-07-04
100 D. {. Children
Go 10 Health Camp

One hundred Washington young
sters will be taken to the Child
rens tuberculosis Health Camp
on the Potomac at Bald Eagle, to-
morrow. The camp will be open
ing its second year on the new site
in the 1900 block of Nichols Ave.
S. E.. and the twenty.first year of
its existence.
Children suffering from non
communicable tuberculosis of the
traecheo- bronchial type will be
cared for at the camp. The estab-
lishment is financed by funds col
lected from the sale of Christmas
Seals by the District Of Columbia
tuberculosis Association.
The Washington times., 1938-07-04

But Lincoln also understood
that after such a decision, a de-
should seek peace
through a new unity. For a de-
can keep alive only If the
settlement of old difficulties clears
the ground and transfers energies
to face new responsibilities. Never
can it have as much ability and
purpose as it needs in that Striv,
ing; the end of battle does not
end the infinity Of those needs.
THAT iS why Lincoln-com
The Washington times., 1938-07-04
Continued from Page u

Sergt. Robert Blair, Of Los An
geles, who fought with the Twelfth
IS years ago, and General (then
Private) Oscar R. Gellette, who
served in McLaw's division of the
Confederate Army and so came to
fight against the Twelfth. Flu.
neral volleys were fired, Taps
was sounded, and the national
anthem was played by the regi-
mental band.
Air Show Unseen
The G. H. @. air force flew from
Langley Field to give an impress
sive demonstration which was
highly appreciated by the crowds
but which, through declining
years, was shut out of the failing
vision of the old men. The dis
play ended with a battery drill by
the Sixth Field Artillery. The for
nal ceremony of a retreat parade
came at S o'clock. At 9 o'clock,
the celebration of the Fourth was
to end with a gigantic fireworks
display on Oak Hill, the site of
the Eternal Peace Monument,
dedicated yesterday evening by
the President.
These 1,500-odd old men, gath
cred here from both sides of the
argument which precipitated the
civil war, are the hardest OF
hardy people. 1t is true they have
been receiving the very best of
attention on all sides, but it is
considered extraordinary that, 50
far. no deaths have been re-
ported. A story is going around
Gettysburg that the Federal and
State authorities have united in a
decision not to report any such
major casualties because of pos
Sible effect on the morale ano
staying qualities Of the veterans
Present statistics set the civil wal
veterans daily death list through.
out the country at slightly ovel
! four per day.
The Washington times., 1938-07-04
FOES IN PARTY.
FACE ATTACK ON.
ROOSEVELT TOUR.
President Starts For
Coast Thursday

G.N.Sl While Fourth of July
orators proclaimed Independence
Day from Coast to Coast. Presi-
dent Roosevelt buried himself in
work at the White House today
The Chief Executive, just re-
turned to Washington. ignored
the holiday and undertook to dis
pose of a number of important Of
ficial matters before again board
ing his travel-worn special train
for a swing across the continent.
Mr.. Roosevelt spoke yesterday
at Gettysburg. where 100000
people Joined with the aged rem
nants of the Grand Army Of the
Republic and Lees grey Confed-
crate host in dedlcatlng the
seventy-fifth anniversary Of that
all-important civil war battle to
a lasting peace and unity of these
United States.
The Washington times., 1938-07-04
Literature" Text
OF Sermon Series

Based on the story of Robinson
Crusoe, the Rev. A. Henry Ed
wards. pastor of the Zion Baptist
Church. delivered the first of a
series of sermons. Masterpieces of
Literature, yesterday. The sub
ject Of his sermon was Where
to go When Trouble Comes"
Special music was provided by
the senior choir. In the series of
sermons, the stories will include
Pilgrims Progress" The Good
Earth" The Magnificent Obses
sion" and "Dante's Inferno"
The Washington times., 1938-07-04
COCHRAN SEEKS
REORGANIZATION
STEP AT A Time
to Be Renewed
At Next Session

UN.S) Representative Coch-
ran Cd, of Missouri, chairman
of the House Committee on Gov
ernment Reorganization, today
proposed that the next Congress,
through a series of legislative acts,
attempt to reach the objective
sought by President Roosevelt in
his Inflated reorganization bill.
Congress itself should do the
job," said the man who directed
the Administrations unsuccessful
fight in the House to obtain for
the President authority to revamp
the Federal structure by Executive
order.
PLEDGED TO ACTION
"If Congress will do it, I'd pre-
fer it; but if it won't, then Con-
gress should direct and author
ize the President to do it,"
Congressional leaders publicly
pledged themselves in the dying
days of the session just adjourned
to revive the reorganization issue
In the next Congress. Cochran
said, however, that no plans have
as yet been made for the Senate
and House committees on Govern
ment reorganization to hold pre-
session meetings.
AR;er4Y1Vi hnYs NnnnnHn6
that any attempt to effect an en-
tire reorganization in a single bill
would undoubtedly fail" He said
Congress conceivably could do the
Job If it took one step at a time
and a single bill at a time.
JOB MUST BE DONE
"If Congress doesn't intend to
give President Roosevelt the
power to reorganize, it should
try to do it by legislation"
Cochran said. We've got to
get the job done. Failure OF
Congress to approve the reor-
ganization bill was the outstand-
ing calamity OF the session.
"There has been no legiSla-
ton in history about which the
public was so misinformed. The
bill was not defeated on its
merits, but by nationwide Or
ganiZed effort"
Representative May CD of Ken
lucky, one of those who led the
fight against the measure, said he
planned to introduce legislation
next year for Investigations OF
every department of government
to determine if they have excess
personnel.
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
May, as chairman of the House
Military Affairs Committee, Sev
eral days ago announced he woulc
lead fight in the next session tt
merge the War and Navy depart
ments into a single department O
national defense.
Representative ThomaSon DO
of Texas, one of those who sup
ported the Presidents reorganiza
ton proposals, agreed with Coch
ran that Congress should effec
the overhauling of the executive
branch of the Government by leg
iSlative action.
The Washington times., 1938-07-04
Vice In Baltimore
Faces Jury Probe

BALTIMORE, July 4.-Reports
of widespread vice in Baltimore,
despite extensive raids by Federal
officers year ago. have prompted
another grand jury investigation.
States Attorney j. Bernard
Wells, making public the report
of a special citizens committee
headed by DR.. J. M. T. Finney
and following a conference with
Judge Eugene O'Dunne and Judge
Rowland K. Adams of the Su.
preme Court, said the inquiry
would be made fairly and fear.
lessly."
The Washington times., 1938-07-04

On Thursday evening. the Presi-
dent heads to the Pacific Coast on
a tour that may have a vital ef.
feet on the political fortunes OF
numerous Democrats seeking high
elective office this fall.
At Gettysburg, the President
served notice that he intended to
fight to the last ditch against po-
litical anG economic interests that
threatened "a peoples government
for the peoples good"
SOUNDS BATTLE CRY
This carefully-worded address,
predicated en- the immortal appeal
of Abraham Lincoln in 1853, fol,
lowed closely on his recent radio
declaration that he reserved the
right, as titular head of the Demo
cratic party rather than President,
to oppose certain reactionaries' s.
within his own party in approach
ing primaries.
1t appeared to political observ-
ers that the two speeches had
definitely keynoted Mr.. Roose-
velt's impending tour Of the West
Coast, and re-emphasized his de.
termination to battle against all
those who oppose New Deal OBJ
jectives and methods.
On the hallowed ground OF
Gettysburg, he declared that the
nation today faces another con,
flict, as fundamental as Lincoln's,
fought not with CLINT of steel, but
with appeals to reason and justice
on a thousand fronts-Seeking to
save for our common country op-
portunity and security for citi
Nens in a free society,""
The Washington times., 1938-07-04

Arthurdale Of
t h e ir own,
right in Hyde
Park" insist
ed a CORE
Spondent, fol-
lowing hi
t our Of in
spection of
he wooded
hill where the
Pr e 81 d ent'S
Dutch s t y lie
home Of field
stone is to be
instructed.
Arthurdale is
The Washington times., 1938-07-04

publicly turned their backs to
election winds. mo comment"
IS the most popular phrase in
the Capitol right now.
Reporters tried to needle Har-
old IckeS by asking him at his
last press conference if he in
tended to make any primary
speeches. The willy Secretary Of
the Interior bluntly refused to
take the bait.
ct know what you're trying to
do" he told a persistent re-
The Washington times., 1938-07-04
By JOHN ODONNELL

Capital jumped week and
back the high point touched when Her troops entered
Austria Favore line of speculation Is that the intention
into Czechosovakis will definite showdown be-
tween July is and August /.
So worried is England the immediate future Prime
Minister Neville Chamberlain has urged President Roosevelt
forego plans for too extensive cruise in the Pacific
The Washington times., 1938-07-04
Home Again!

1.N.SD The flag denoting
the President is there flew
atop the White House today.
It was hoisted at 10 o'clock
last night, when President
Roosevelt and his party re-
turned from the exercises on
the Civil War battlefield at
Gettysburg, Pa.
The Washington times., 1938-07-04
Fire Losses

Losses by fire in the United
States during the last year are
estimated to have totaled $685..
900, 900.
The Washington times., 1938-07-04

W n ! C n mas
given Repub-
licans their
best anmunt-
tion for cur
rent c a M
paign broad
S i d e s, h a s
driven other
admin s t r a.
tion eXecu-
tiyeS under
cover. Fearful
of pulling a
similar faux
pas, the New
Deal SpokeS-
The Washington times., 1938-07-04

Text of Presidents Speech at Gettysburg
Nation Called On
To Keep Ideal

summon the practical devotion to
attain and retain that greatest
good for the greatest number
which this Government of the
people was created to ensure.
Lincoln spoke in solace for all
who fought upon this field: and
the years have laid their balm
upon its wounds. Men who wore
the blue and men who wore the
gray are here together, a fragment
spared by time. They are brought
here by the memories of old di-
vided loyalties, but they meet here
in united loyalty to united cause
which the unfolding years have
made it easier to see.
COMMANDER OF PEACE
"All of them we honor. not ask
ing under which flag they fought
then-thankful that they stand
together under one flag now.
Lincoln was commander-in-
chief in this old battle; he wanted
above all things to be commander.
in-chief of the new peace. He un.
derstood that battle there must
be; that when a challenge to con.
stituted government is thrown
down, the people must in self.
defense take it. up; that the fight
must be fought through to a de.
cision so clear that it is accepted
as being beyond recall.
The Washington times., 1938-07-04
Truth and Justice
Still Goal

mander Of a people as we'll as Of
an army-asket' that his battle
end With malice toward none,
with charity for ALL
ITO the hurt Of those who came
after him, Lincoln's plea was long
denied. A generation passed be-
fore the new unity became &C.
cepted fact.
In later years new needs arose,
and with them new tasks, world
wide in their perplexitieS, their bit
terness and their modes of strife.
Here in our land we give thanks
that. avoiding war, we seek our
ends through the peaceful proc
esses of popular government
under the Constitution.
The Washington times., 1938-07-04
MEMORIAL TO ETERNAL PEACE
Throng of 10000
At Dedication

GETTYSBURG, Pa, July 4.
The teTt OF President RooSe.
0elt's address here yesterday
tollo1DS:
Immortal deeds and immortal
words nave created here a shrine
OF American patriotism. We are
encompasSed by the last full meas
ure of devotion of many men and
by the words in which Abraham
Lincoln expressed the simple faith !
for which they died.
TURN TO LINCOLN
ut seldom helps to wonder how
a statesman of one generation
would Surmount the crisis of
another. A statesman deals with
concrete difficultieS-with things
which must be done from day to
day. Not often can he frame con-
sciouS patterns for the far off
future.
But the fullnesS of the stature
OF Lincolns nature, and the fun
damental conflict which events
forced upon his presidency, invite
us ever to turn to him for help.
"For the issue which he reStated
on this spot 7E years ago will be
the continuous issue before this
nation so long as we cling to the
purposes for which it was founded
to preserve under the changing
conditions Of each generation a
The Washington times., 1938-07-04
NEAR TO VICTORY

"It is another conflict, as funda-
mental as Lincoln'S, fought not
with CLINT Of steel, but with ap-
peals to reason and justice on a
thousand fronts-Seeking to save
for our common country oppor-
tunity and security for citizens in
a free society.
I'VE are near to winning this
battle. In its winning and
through the years may we live by
the wisdom and the humanity OF
the heart Of Abraham Lincoln"
Evening star., 1938-04-06

be moved from the operating room be-
cause the roof leaks she said. The
staff is carrying on as best it can, but
almost no one visits the hospital and
the public is not informed about it"
She pointed out that Freedman's Hos
pital is under the jurisdiction of the
Interior Department and urged men,
bers of the club to take an interest
in it and in other hospitals.
Mrs. Roosevelt said she became in
terested in hospitals for colored peo-
pie because some of the nurses in
Harlem told her they could not qualify
as trained nurses" because of the
lack of opportunities for training and
experience. "Freedman's Hospital is
not equipped to give either nurses or
doctors the training they need" she
said, "and there is only one other i'm
portant hospital for colored people in
the United States"
Pointing out that the colored race
was particularly susceptible to tubercu-
losis, she said sufferers should be
taught preventive measures, as care
less handling of the disease consti-
tutes a menace to the general public.
Prevention costs the taxpayer less
in the long run than disease. Why do
we not take the trouble to inform our
selves about these things?"
Mrs. Roosevelt pointed out, how