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Not Worth BOthering About

" Ell ANOTHER example of the unimportance Of
the business of regulating and ruling the City of
Washington-in the opinion of its rulers-was given
at the scheduled meeting of the House District Com
mttee to consider the railroad train liquor bill and
the matter of modernzaton of the District zonng act
There are 10 Members of Congress on this COM
mttee and for long while it looked as though only
Chairman Palmisano D.) Of Maryland would be
present. He himself was quarter of an hour late
and after sitting around for half hour he was will
ing to call it day when Representative McGehee (D.)
of Mississippi dropped in.
There came unanimous agreement between them to
report favoraby the train liquor BILL which will re-
ieve the railroad companies of taking out separate
licenses for each buffet on Wheels 1t the chair
mans own BILL he couldn't do very much else. It
means nothing to US citizens of Washington-but the
zoning bill does.
Lets what the Senate does with the bill before
we act on it, said Mr.. Pamisano.
"Right' said Mr. McGehee. .....
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-15
Taxes and CLIO

Why in the world do people
have to be born so dumb, espe-
cially those who claim to be
leaders" you cannot buy
prosperity nor can you have it
by destruction. Intelligent PEG.
pie knew that this plan would
fail and so it did and now these
same dumb leaders" want to
try it all over again. Why jump
us from the frying pan into the
fire?
Leaving out personalities.
there are just two things that
keep us from going forward and
one is the "CIO" agitators and
the other is the heavy burden Of
taxes on business. These two
things are keeping more people
unemployed than any other 10
things put together.
None are so blind as those
who will not see.
A SUBSCRIBER.
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Calls Printing Opiate

Pump.priming has proved a
disastrous failure. 1t is like an
opiate. It gives a momentary
stimulus and feeling of well.
being, but the last estate Is
worse than the first. Will we
never learn anything from eXpe.
rience?
Billions have been spent with
nothing to show for them. If, in
stead of debauching our people
with relief and thereby destroy
ing their moral fiber, this money
had been spent for building up
our national defense and other
worthwhile things that would
have given permanent stimulus
to business by its ramifying and
far-reaching effects we would
have something to show for the
expenditures and could with
justification have passed some
Of the obligation on to success
full generations.
With billions squandered with.
out practical material results
the question is raised: Have we
the moral right to pass such OBJ
legations on to a succeeding gen.
Grafton, and what of the moral
right of such generation to re-
pudiate the sameP In the past
few years we have had many ex-
amples of and precedents for
reputation.
All the European nations, ex-
cept Finland, have repudiated
their indebtedness to us. One OF
the most recent and immoral ex'
amples was the reputation by
the United States Of the gold
clause" in its bonds. With these
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vorite punch-line of a great New
York governor and one-time
presidential candidate, he said
to Hungary and to the rest Of
middle Europe:
take a look at the record"
At the tail end of the World
War the Austro-H Hungarian fleet
mutinied. Horthy learned of the
plans just before they were
scheduled for execution. He
rushed his officers and those Of
the men who remained loyal to
the gurs-which were swung in
ward. The mutineers were
slaughtered in such numbers
that the decks of the ships were
piled high with bodies. Those
who jumped into the sea were
either drowned or picked off by
sharpShooters.
X \ 4
7 ATER, when Bella Kun's Com
~ munist government crashed
in Budapest, the admiral made
himself minister of war in the
new government, so that he
could tell the soldiers what to
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-15

the sizeshrinkng tricks known to camera OF the
MOVIES but Jackie would always be provided for out of
earnings of his long childhood hours the movie lots
Not that all of Jackes money being boarded for
him. He a contributor to various charities to the
tune of several hundred dollars week during those years.
Time changes many things in real life well in the
movies. Coogan ST., killed in automobile accident
May IL, 1886; and December 81, 1885, Mrs. Coogan
married Arthur Bernstein, who had been Coogan, srs
, financial adviser in Jackes
ChlLdrens Earnings big-money wears.
VI quo 1'VP0''9 And Jackie sues his
mother and sepather to find what became of what he
thought his money and they tell the papers with
inspiring frankness that he isn't entitled to and won't get
dime of it. because under California law all the earnings
of child under 81 the parents property That is the
old principle of the law of England and it is the
law in many American States.
This far the suit has gone up to The first
hearing is set for April TO- Until then receiver is placed
in charge of the Bernstens assets and they forbidden
by the court to dispose of of the property dispute
We don't offer opinion this particular case, be-
cause it has not yet been tried.
But the face of what has out up to now it is
material for sort of KngLear-in-reverse novel
"Kinn 1oor" pay-or movie. Chidren's ingrattude
A''V Icy" toward parents is old though still
O"C"U"" Us dramatic story Parents ingrattude
toward children who old at 16 far earning
goes is novel twist.
Holywood's movie magnates would be well-advised
should think to do earnest lobbying for drastic
changes in the California law making minors earnings
the parents property 1t can't help the movie industry to
have the movie public take to wondering whether the child
stars all going to be poor cheated and
robbed has-beens at the ripe old age of Fl.
Anti-chd labor crusaders everywhere would do we'll to
fight such laws wherever they exist This principle grew
into the common law of England, surmse, mainly to
protect parents in the dawn of the industrial who
thought fine for the children to start factory work
10 years and work IL IA hours day at pttance
wages kicking in the proceeds to pappy. Enlightened
parents of today may not believe it, but that attitude is
still fairly prevalent among farmers and factorytown
people in our backward States.
And laws emitting parents to all their minor chdrens
earnings without reasonable exceptions and safeguards
work for parent expoers of underpad child labor we'll
for parent exploters of child movie stars.
. York;
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because environment and edu-
cation have produced a better
type Of man than we have ever
had"
X X
Mrs. Grace Nicholson, $40 K
st. N. W., housewife:
mot by any means is chivalry
dead. Chivalry means paying
respect to the old, protecting
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the fe e b l e
a n d serving
women. Men
have m o r e
reason to be
chivalrous to-
d a y. TIL e
W o m e n are
m o re beauti-
full than they
have e v e r
b e e n a n d
harder to get,
because they
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-15
Your |. O..
By SHIRLEY SPENCER

Most of this quiz is test OF
mental agility rather than OF
knowledge, because the i1forma-
ton has been stored away in
your mind at one time Or an
other. Speed, then, is essential,
on No. 5. Allow three minutes on
first four questions. Score Is on
No. /, IL on No. 2, 6 each on No.
3 and No. 4, go on No. 5, or 4 for
each part of No. S.
/. Which of these animals are
of the (a) spotted variety and
which the (b) striped?
{ zebra ( chipmunk
{ } jaguar { } lynx ( civet
{ } tiger } hyena { } skunk
2. (Cross word p'lzzlers, atten-
tomb MATCH the following:
{ } Gnu (a) sloth
{ } Guanaco (b) antelope
{ } Emu Co camel
} Unau Cd ostrich
3. Is a giraffe a (a) ruminant
or (b) carnivore?
4. What are the young of the
(a) equine animals called? %
the carnivores? (c) the canine
carnivoreS?
S. There is q special name for
the young of the following. You
know the name but the object is
to see how fast your brain works.
Time yourself. Allow two minutes
to write them down, one minute
if given orally. Score 4 for each
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"Y S. At
least, I think
c h i valry ex.
lists only in
few men to-
day. Take a
great m a n y
of the college
boys, for in
stance, t h ey
are not softer
than the men
in our dads
d a y S, but
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-15

women nova
days, but they
don't make a
big S h o W
about it. Men
certainly go
to the defense
of W o m a n :
hood as much
today as they
ever did. Be
S l d e s, I be-
lieve chivalry
has increased.
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they are too blase, and they GER
tainly make some of the girls
angry. The odd thing is that
they know they lack chivalry,
yet they don't care"
Y
A. w. Gendebien, 1903 K St.
N. w., American University stu
dent:
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mo. Chiv-
airy today is
not the same
as it was in
the medieval
d a y S, blu t
there S till
are many gal
liant g e n tie
men, with the
m a j ority al
ways friendly
and cour te-
GUS, which is
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-15

mo. M e n
are j US t as
friendly. cour-
t e GU S and
m a n y as I
t h in k they
were in the
days W h e n
k n / g hthood
and chivalry
fl gu r iShed.
OF course, the
old-fa Shioned
type of chiv-
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do. And how he told them!
The ensuing massacre, called
the White Terror. is said to have
accounted for more than $4,000
people. Horthy has been an alb
solute ruler. with the title of re-
gent, ever since.
It Is interesting to speculate
on what this intrepid old war
rior-he is now in his seven
ties-would do should Hitler go
beyond his present Nazi politi-
cal agitation in Hungary and at
tempt to move troops into the
admiral's kingdom. The present
maneuver from Germany is in
the form Of def propaganda to
the effect that a Nazi-Hungary
would regain those portions Of
the ancient kingdom given to
Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavis and
Rumania at the end Of the
World War.
But Horthy sees through that
sort of camouflage. He is de-
termined that his country will
remain listed as a kingdom
though he refuses to permit the
return of the rightful king,
Archduke Otto. No German
provincialism for him. Any more
Nazi monkey business and he
promises a slaughter that will
make the days Of the White
Terror look like a barroom quar-
rel by comparison. Here is a man
who will never knuckle down to
the Austrian corporal. He will
die sword in hand proclaiming
in effect:
Come one, come all, this rock
shall fly
From its firm base as soon as L"
Either that or, in desperate ex.
tremity, Horthy will remove
Horthy from this life as gr!mly
and efficiently as he has re.
moved thousands. That would
be his choice in preference to
trailing Hitler's chariot.
IN beautiful Budapest, a couple
L of years ago, I heard a story
which presents the conniving
side Of the grim old dictator's
makeup. The late Emperor
Karl-Otto's father-had flown
to the capital on his last unsuc-
cessful effort to regain the Hun
garian throne. He was met by
Horthy, outwardly the loyal sub
ject but already possessing ideas
on the matter Of his uncrowned
kingship. Horthy was playing
politics to this end with the late
Gen. Julius Goemboes, leader of
the party definitely opposed to
return of the Hapsburgs.
Karl slipped into Hortny's
palace but news Of his arrival
there seeped out and a huge
crowd gathered. Suddenly a
roar of cheers was heard by the
two men.
THE people are with me, you
See," cried Karl.
And in fact they were. But at
that moment Goemboes, who
had sneaked into the palace
through the back in order to
escape the throng's hostility over
his antimonarchial stand. came
into the room.
"You see it Is not for you they
are cheering, Your Majesty"
said Horthy gently, "but for
Goemboes who has just arrived
and who is against your res
toration."
Goemboes, getting the idea,
bowed to Karl and told him that
if he did not leave Hungary at
once neither he nor Horthy
could guarantee him protection
from the angry mob.
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precedentS as a justification it
is predicted with confidence that
the succeeding generation will
repudiate every dollar Of the in
debtedness incurred by our Gov
eminent for pump-priming for
which such generation received
no benefits of any material char.
acter. A. 8. L.
Wants Sums Cleared
I see by the Times that Clean
up" week starts April II.
Why doesn't the city Of Wash
ington do its part by cleaning
up the slums near the Capitol
Building? If the city doesn't do
it's part how can they expect the
people to do their part?
Clean up the slums and we
will have a lower death rate.
PR
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-15
ROllin' Along
By w. A. S. DOUGLAS

SPLENDID though ruthless old man Nicholas Horthy,
the sailor ruler of Hungary landlocked nation His
rank came to him in the days of the dual empire He the
uncrowned king of his people and he determined that
active and inspired minority of 100000 shall not force Naz
ism the somewhat compacen balance of 85OOOOO Hun.
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probably the reason why I
stopped to answer this ques-
ton"
= X
Miss Harriet Baggett, Alexan-
dria, Va, general office work:
mo. Men sacrifice a lot for
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-15

&C e rtainly
not. Chivalry
may not seem
o b gu S in
m o S t men,
but men are
still h eroic
and romantic,
although they
hide it more
tn an they
used to. The
spirit of chiv-
airy as distin-
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earning power were in the papers a few
months ago.
Now comes the sensational lawsuit
brought by Jackie Coogan, %, against his
mother and stepfather for an accounting
of the S4,OOO,OO0 Jackie claims to have
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spree is approved, I'd like to
ask your paper to support .
move to erect a real comhina-
ton stadium and auditorium for
the Nations Capital. Such q
project would certainly result
in untold business revenues be.
ing brought to Washington. to
say nothing Of the outstanding
athletic events that would be
staged here If we were in q
position to accommodate the
crowd that follows them.
At any rate, such a project
would not be half as bad as
permitting some Government
clerk to set up a dummy CCC
camp" and spend thousands Of
dollars for the payroll"
PATRICK HENRY.
He Sees Red
OF all the asinine, stupid,
silly, and selfish legislation pro.
posed in Congress, I'd like to
offer last years sweepstakes
ticket to those who introduced
the bill to levy tax on all in
comes earned in the District
EXCEPT those Of high Govern
ment officials and members Of
Congress.
In the name of all that's fair,
why in the hill do these stiff
shirts think they are entitled
to exemption Of taxes that the
small.income man must pay.
The only conclusion that I
can reach on this bill is that
any voter who continues to sup
port q Congressman advocating
or voting for such an utterly I'M
fair tax is certainly Indifferent
about what our "supposed-to-bs"
legislators are doing.
These very same men stand
on the floor Of Congress and
denounce Hitler and other die
tators and then turn right
around and vote for a measure
that is nothing short Of dicta.
torial itself.
Words fail me to express my
contempt for any member Of
Congress who would tax the lit
tie fellow and, at the same time.
exempt his income, which is
paid by the very fellow he is
taxing.
Such legislation as this Is
what results in revolutions. Per-
sonally, I'd be willing to revolt
against the whole group that
supports such an obviously sell
fish measure.
Permit such legislation as this
to be rammed down the Threats
of our people and the next thing
we know somebody like John
Lewis, the CLIO big noise, will be
in the White House as PreSi'
dent, A NEAR RED.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-15
HOllywOOd's Second
Child Gold Mine

THE financial troubles of Freddie Bartholomew with
i the parents who became tendery interested in him
after devoted aunt had steered him to movie fame and
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are more independent than they
have ever BEEN"
X
Stephen Fuller, 706 Elm st.,
Chevy Chase, Md, insurance
Sa1eeTNons
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The newspaper clipping
file on Jackie Coogan is
crawling with stories printed
during Jackie's The Kid"
"Circus Days" "Old
Clothes" etc., years, about
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airy is outmoded and men do
not go to extremes to show
their bravery and gallantry."
X
Miss Evelyn Nichol, $500
Broad Branch Rd. N. W., Wash
ington University student:
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VOICE OF THE PEOPLE
and addresses Of

should limited Names and addresses of
writers will eomitted
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-15
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. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-15
The Inquiring
Photographer
The washington Times in.
viteS you to submit timely
and interesting questions to
be used in this column.
THE QUESTION

Do you think chivalry is
dead?
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THE ANSWERS

Miss Ruth Pfeil. West Falls
Church. Va, general office
UOrk.
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the money how Jack Coogan, sr, was
doing the right thing by his and Mrs.
Coogan's boy gold mine Trust funds were
being set up for Jackie, blocks of real
estate being bought, and so on, by Coogan,
ST., as guardian. Jackies earning power
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-15

guished for its heroic and ro-
mantle deeds, courtesy and
honor, still exists in a large
number Of MN"
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lrned as a child movie star.
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Tate.GOOdner
Wedding Plans
Announced.

Mr.. AND MRS. GEORGE E. H.
GOODNER of Arlington, Va, an
nounce the engagement and approach
ing marriage of their daughter Hem
rietta to Mr.. Hugh NJ. Tate, jr., son Of
former Interstate Commerce Commits
sloner and Mrs. Hugh M. Tate. The
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ditional guests will be invited.
Miss Goodner will have as her maid
of honor and only attendant her sister,
Miss Helen Goodner, and Mr.. Tate will
have as his best man his brother, Mr..
Edward o. Tate
The bride-elect graduated from
Western High School and received her
A. B. degree in 1884 from American
University, where she was member of
Alpha Chi Sorority She received her
M. A. degree in 1887 from Maryland
University.
Mr.. Tate attended schools In Knox
Vile, Tenn, the former home OF his
parents, and also attended American
University, where he was a member OF
Phi Beta Zeta Fraternity.