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The Washington times., 1938-08-31
PERKINS EVADES.
ENFORCING LAW,
SAYS REP. DIES.
Prober Flags Refusal
To Deport Bridges

0.N.SO Secretary Of Labor Per
kins' refusal to issue a deportation
order against Harry Bridges, Aus.
tralian.born leader Of West Coast
seamen, elected from Chairman
Martin Dies. of the House COM
mittee investigating un-American
activities, the charge today that
Miss Perkins is refusing to enforce
the law.
In q letter to Dies, Miss Perkins
accused him of trying to "usurp
the functions and duties of the
administrative branch" of the Gov
eminent. She reiterated no de-
portation proceedings will be insti-
tuted until the Supreme Court
rules, in a pending (Strecker case.
whether mere membership in the
Communist party constitutes
grounds for deportation.
CHALLENGES RIGHT
Miss Perkins reminded the
Texan:
LAS a Member Of Congress, Of
course, have the greatest respect
for you and your views on any
subject coming within your juris-
diction. 1 am sure that you appre-
ciate that the matter Of method
of how and when to proceed is one
that concerns the administrative
branch of the Government and
that it is not usual for the legiSla-
tive branch which has so many
duties to attempt to usurp the
functions and duties of the admin
1Strative branch"
COURT RULING CITED
She rejected Dies analysis Of
court decisions backing his de-
mand that Bridges is a subject
for deportation. She said:
Summarized briefly, your ad-
vice seems to be that I should
have ignored the most recent
holding of the courts, overruled
the legal advisers provided me by
law, and have ordered the service
to proceed with the Bridges case
in the face Of my knowledge that
even if the evidence at the hear
ing should sustain the charges.
deportation itself could not be
effected until the conflict of deci-
Sions among the circuit courts had
been ultimately resolved by the
highest tribunal"
Then, in the way of a parting
shot, Miss Perkins declared:
i Perhaps it is fortunate that
Shirley Temple was born an Amer
ican citizen and that we will not
have to debate the issue raised by
the preposterouS revelations of
your committee in regard to this
innocent and likable child. can
not agree that should have disre-
garded the recommendations of
the administrative and legal Off
GERS of this department and of the
Department of Justice in this
(Bridges) case"
The Washington times., 1938-08-31
District Man Sells
ICeb0x 10 Eskimo

JUNEAU, Alaska, August 81.
An old vaudeville gag achieved
validity today. James Moran
of washington, D. c., a sales
man, sold an icebox to Charlie
Pastolik, an Eskimo, who left for
home on St. Michael's Island to
present it proudly to his wife.
The Washington times., 1938-08-31

New Fall designs for
drapPs, cushions and
slIpCO vers: Ruaran-
teed fast colOrs: NOTE
the extra width. so
inches.
The Washington times., 1938-08-31

You may win as much as $1O,-
900 or as little as one dollar :. in
the Comic Weekly Contest start
ing Sunday, September II, in the
Washington ald-TimeS. Tel.
RE. 1884 for home delivery.
The Washington times., 1938-08-31
SCHOOL BONDS
County Offers Sale
Of $I92,OOO Issue

UPPER MARLBORO, Md, Aug.
31.-Nearly 100000 of school
bonds will be offered for sale by
Prince Georges county.
In an effort to match a PWA
grant of $4,000, the school
board authorized the sale of $192,-
600 worth of bonds.
This issue represents the last of
$4,000 of school bonds author
lied by the State Legislature in
1887.
The new issue will provide for
improvements and additions to
several of the county's schools.
Evening star., 1938-08-25
SEWAGE STATION
TO BE INSPECTED
District Engineer Officials to Look
Over New Equipment
This Afternoon.

District engineer officials planned
formal inspection of the recently
completed work of installing new
equipment in the New Jersey avenue
pumping station at 2 pm. today.
The contract for this work was let
last July, and the job cost approx
mately 100000 Of this amount $685.
600 was taken from a balance of P.
w. A. funds remaining after the CON-
pletion of the sewage treatment at
Blue Plains.
Sewage from all parts of the District
west of the Anacostia River is COL
lected in four large trunk sewers,
which converge at the New Jersey ave-
nue. station. The station is 80 years
old AS now revamped it has four
electrically driven centrifugal pumps
handling sanitary sewage with a to-
tai capacity of 3Oo,OOO,OOO gallons a
day. In addition there are six cleo
trically driven storm-water pumps
with combined capacity of 48O,OOO,-
600 gallons a day during heavy rain.
Commissioner Hazen and Engineer
Commissioner Dan I. Sultan have in
vited number of Federal officials, in
Guiding Acting Administrator How
ard A. Gray of the P. w. A., to inspect
the new equipment.
Evening star., 1938-08-25
SOUTH CAROLINA
HAS ODD PRIMARY
Candidates for Senate All
Speak Same Day From
Same Platform,
By the Associated Press.

NEWBERRY, S. c., Aug. 25.-A po-
litical spectacle which no other State
is permitted to see is drawing to close.
South Carolinians have survived with
easy aplomb. some dignity and a great
deal of high spirits 40-odd days of
campaigning in which three senatorial
candidates have taken all the tongue
lashing they could give each other.
The style of campaigning is peculiar
to South Carolina.
Senator Ellison D. Smith takes the
platform and states his case He cites
his record, defends it against any as
saults he can anticipate and asks for
the support of the voters for re-elec-
ton
Brown Then Speaks.
Edgar A. Brown, a State Senator,
claims the floor and tells why he thinks
he would make better United States
Senator than Mr.. Smith.
Gov. Olin D. Johnston then tells
them why he doesn't like either of his
opponents. He thinks neither would
make good Senator but is quite cer-
tain he would.
Every county in the State gets
glimpse of the orators Before the
campaign starts. the State Democratic
Committee works out a schedule for
the speakers. The State has 46 coun-
ties. The candidates for Senator, Gov
ernor and other State Offices visit each
OF these in a group to debate the
merits of their claims for election.
The candidates for United States Sen
ator go at one time, those for Governor
at another and others at still another.
Good Humor All Around.
In general, good humor pervades the
meetings. Each candidate gets polite
hearing. If the crowd doesn't care
much for him, it will be fairly quiet
hearing. If it likes him. there will be
whoops and yells and much applause
Senator Smith presents his case with
all of the art of the seasoned cam
paigner, Thirty years of jousting in
South Carolina primaries have taught
him many things.
He is not engaged in an open battle
with the administration. President
Roosevelt has not called him by name
as man for whom he would not vote
II he were voting in South Carolina.
His opponents have told him he said
something about man being able to
live in South Carolina on so cents
day. Senator Smiths reply is that
this is a distortion, "and any man
who would distort a fact for political
purposes is not fit to be a citizen
much less an officer of the people"
Hits JohnSton's Record.
He tears into the record of Gov
Johnston, says that if he had made
during any four years of his 80 in the
Senate "as miserable failure as Olin
Johnston has made of his term as Gov
ernor would quit the race" He goes
strong on white supremacy and his
work against the anti-lynching bill.
Mr.. Johnston replies-and now and
then shakes his finger in Senator
Smiths face-that his opponent slept
for one long year on farm legislation
and did not cooperate with Mr.. Roose-
velt
Mr.. Brown lambasts both of them.
Il am for the principles of the
Roosevelt program" he says. IT am
for more abundant life. But I am
not for socialized medicine. If there
Is a doctor in the house, he knows
what I mean"
The voters will give their verdict
next Tuesday.
Evening star., 1938-08-25
Truck Ruins New Home.

WILKES-BARRE. Pa, Aug. 25
P,.-Theodore Rathman had his new
home just about finished, then had
to start all over again A truck got
out Of control, ran off a nearby high
way and crashed into the nearly
completed house, knocking it from
Its foundations.
Evening star., 1938-08-25

The Hudson River is the most i'm
portant commercial waterway on the
Atlantic Coast.
Evening star., 1938-08-25
CONTEST RULES
Read Carefully and Start
Saving Whedties Box-Tops

S\C0u S"Cs "y 0H0 Stot
Saving Wheaties Box-Tops
1. Contest starts Tuesday. August 18th. and
closes Saturday. Sept. Il. 1888.
2. Winner will be the person who turns in
the GREATEST NUMBER OF WHEATIES
BOX-TOPS.
8. Each box-top must bear the identification
Of the 2. G. s., Store Cor stores from
wHEAT1Es was purchased. Box-tops with
out proper identification will NOT BE
COUNTED. No box-tops will be returned.
4. Box-tops of each contestant should be
wrapped in an Individual package with
the name and address of the sender
printed clearly on separate piece of
paper and enclosed with the box-tops.
Address box-tops to the ID @ s.
WHEATES WORLD SERIES CONTEST
boxctops must reach the above address
delivered. or bear postmark of September
18th, If mailed.
3. Box tops will not be accepted for the con-
test by any d. 6. s. Store at any time.
They must be sent mailed as explained
above the LAST DAY of the contest
saturday. Sept. I7th).
6. The judges of the contest will be Arch
Mcdonald. popular ballcaster of Station
WJSV; Kirk Miller. Sports Writer of the
Washington Times. and Shirley Povich.
featured baseball writer Of the Washing.
be final. Winner will be announced
Thursday. Sept. Goth, in this newspaper.
7. D. G. 8. Members. their families employees
or D. G. S. Warehouse employees are NOT
eligible to compete in this contest
The Valley settler., 1938-09-02

Tho purpose of the Fair is ontor-
tanning as wo1l as ms true ing.
1t Is our Harvest Fos tival, and
1t has become traditional that
general holiday spirit shall pro-
vail during tho period Of the
Foiris duration.
THIS IS YOUR OFFICIAL INVITATION.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-01-26
JAP VICTORY DANGEROUS

The japanese military machine con-
tinues to achieve strategic victories but the
embittered Chinese withdraw deeper into
the recesses OF their country and turn a
deaf ear to talk of peace.
Premier Konoye, it is reported, has adj
vised japanese leaders that the failure to
bring China to terms has created an i'm.
creasingly grave situation, forcing the
japanese government to resort to another
course of serious nature So far, expIana-
ton of his remarks has not been offered.
After six months of fighting the Japa-
nese army is busily engaged on extended
fronts and the incident threaten to be-
come disaster. The entire japanese eco
nomic and social set-up demanded quick
decision but long contest seems assured
and an imperial conference, the first in
twenty-four years, is called to chart the
course of the island empire.
Already the economic effects of the
war have been profound in Japan. The
financial strain of prolonged fighting may
prove too much. No one knows how long
the Chinese will last but if they can keep
fighting for as much as two years they may
bring about the downfall of their enemy.
- Japan. proudly determined to rule
Asa may be so weakened by the guerilla
warfare Of the Chinese that she will be
una bic to resist the imposition of terms By
western Htions- when the. settlement is
made In fact, even now, the future of
Japan depends upon the tolerance of Great
Britain and the United States. These two
nations, by using economic weapons, could
probably wreck the japanese program and
mpoverish the japanese people.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-01-26

The northern low pressure area
has moved eastward over the St
Lawrence Valley. and over
spreads al sections from the east
ern Lake region and northern
Appalachian region eastward;
while strong high pressure areas,
crested over the West Gulf States
and Plateau region. cover most of
the remainder of the country.
Snow has occurred during the
last "a hours from the middle
Mississippi Valley and Lake re-
gion to the Atlantic coast. with
high winds reported over much
of this area, and there has been
light rain in western Florida.
Colder weather has overspread
the eastern portion of the coun-
try, and temperatures are alb
normally low this morning IN
many sections from the Plains
States eastward, with readings
somewhat below zero in South
Dakota and Minnesota and freez-
ing as far south as the middle
Gulf coast; while temperatures
have moderated II the northern
Plains and Rocky Mountain
States
C. S. KENNEDY.
Official in Charge
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-01-26

Editor, The Citizen
In the February issue q the
Miami Magazine, m old time
loyal friend Of Key West. Nsjor
Fred P. Bradford. fishing edisur
of the Miami News. draurs >
glowing picture Of the prosperity
awaiting Key West. just -zroun5
the corner Of the last Ink In ~
Oversee Highway
The Majors reminiscences -
Key West 60 back 70 the dsys q
1898 when he MADE q journey of
five days length IN a Il foot -
beat from Miami q Key Wesz -
join his regiment On rhe Trans
port Segurance. bound from Porr
Tampa 70 Santiago de Cuhs-
Recalling that trip the Mz3or
compares il IS q paradise to me
one which went from Jackson-
vile 20 Palm Beach by means &
: smoke burning l0comotVe-
and from West Palm Beach -
Miami N 3 dilapidated nule
drawn buggy with lnon tlreS. In
those days men were men and
trousers were frequently ha1
soled.
Try Key West water ne
Major concludes. They are ex-
celient fishing grounds and TIE
people are Courteous and atten-
tlVe 70 your every waut. and
thereby sets standard for o1r
careful consideration
. - ~ .b-sr4 s G SINGLETON.
Key West. fla.
jan &c. 1898.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-01-26

Governor Lehman of New York, once
friend of President Roosevelt, is
warning against the menace Of dictator
ship and Is calling upon patriotic liberals
and conservatives to join hands in a COM ll.'
mon fight against any abfidgement.of civil.
and religious liberty. Addressing the state.
bar association, the governor warned ::
Only through constant vigilance can the
menace of dictatorship-whether autocra-.
tic or eommunistic be rendered impotent.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-01-26

Go to the ant thou sluggard; con-
slider her ways. and be wise So we read
in the Old Testament. But, according to DR..
Julian Sorell Huxley. well-known British,
biologist. the ant is not only unwise but
positively stupid For one thing. he says.
the ants allow species of butterfly to In
wade the nests and eat the grubs without
fighting back In fact they tolerate the
intrusion because the butterfly exudes
sticky substance which the ants consider a
delicacy.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-01-26
SIDELIGHTS
By MARCY B. DARNALL.
Formsr Editor of The Key West Citizen

Organized pickpockets of Cairo.
Egypt, declared moratorium on their ac-
tivities during the celebration of the we'd
ding of King Farouk and Farida Zulficar
on January 20. The chief of the pick
pockets gave notice of their self-imposed
temporary ban through letter to Cairo
newspaper
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-01-26

There was a holocaust in the United
--SStates last year that cost the lives of 40
coo nlen. women and children. Had thes
81 been killed IN heap the newspapers
headlines would have screamed in horror
and agony. but because the deaths occur
red On the average Of few over an hun
e'reu day. not much beyond the chronic
ling Of the fatal accidents was printed.
ana net much done. either. Il IS apparent
that reference Is made TO the toll Of the
Sudden deaths on the highways Each
year the appalling list grows with de-
terminea insistenee. and there are no ex-
eeptions 70 the conseription- The aged.
tae halt. The lame and the blind are is
sietias Is well = Ne young. he hez,th.
aud the strong.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-01-26
WEATHER FORECAST
On go ,. bal. Thursdayl

I'm a-11 p 4--es AAa~--@~~AJt
Key West and Vicinity: Fair
tonight and Thursday; somewhat
colder tonight; light TO moderate
northwesterly winds
Florida: Fair and slightly cold
er tonight. heavy frost in extreme
north portion with temperature
g to % degrees, and frost in cen
trail portion as far south as Okee-
chobee region; Thursday fair.
jacksonville to Florida Straits
and East Gulf: Light TO moderate
northwesterly winds, and partly
overcast weather tonight and
4R11Sda9- adf e5s1 hassI -
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-01-26

Speaking of differences between
Presidents and Supreme Court justices,
the New York Times recalls the animosity
which Thomas Jefferson held toward jus
tice William Cushing, at whose death JEFF
ferson wrote: Il observe old Gushing is
dead. At length then we have chance of
getting a majority in the supreme judi
ciary."
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-01-26

C. Won GOssett of Mobile. Ala. still
works as a steeplejaek at the age of "a.
Asked If the work was not too dangerous
for one of his age, he replied: .'Shucks;
when I'm up there there's no chance of an
automobile hitting me-
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-01-26

Dr. r. \. NeaIurry Of Chicago. adj
voeating mental examinations Of persons
shout to marry. says there are = large
number Of mild Is well as severe unrecog-
med cases Of mental sickness Al large |"
Sgs.irs might consider TIE urge 70 get mar
RED as 3 symptom.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-01-26

In recent poll by the American In
stitute of Public Opinion to determine sem
timent as between Ford and the C. /. O., 60
per cent expressed sympathy for Ford, and
81 per cent for the G. !. O. The vote Of
car owners was even more decisive: 70
per cent for Ford, to q per cent for the
Clio. 3. -
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-01-26

1sss-u00 years sgo) Joseph
Cook, Boston,s celebrated Mon
day Lectures lecturer for two
decades, whose theme was that
science was not antagonistic 10
religion, born at Ticonderoga. n
Y. Died JuEe "a. 1901.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-01-26
ToDAY's ANNIVERSARIES


I725-Panence Lowell Wright.
colonial modeler in wax, who.
when her husband died, took her
three children and opened up one
Of London's greatest wax figure
showrocms: remembered IN his
tory as a Revolutionary spy who
communicated military plans 10
Franklin IN Paris. born at Bor-
dentown. \. J. Died March %,
1886.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-01-26

The Bolckow Mo- Herald carries nc
one on its staff for ornamental purposes.
Il seems Al is masthead IS printed the
following: y. l. Bennett. editor; Noel c.
Bennett, associate editor: Gordon Bennett,
secretary. We need 70 treasurer
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-01-26

~ - a strange meeting Of life and death
occurred at Adairsville. Ca. few. days
ago. Just as he finished delivering baby
boy Dr. Sidney F. Hutcheson, 81, remark
ed "everything's over now. and dropped
dead.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-01-26
BY
Dr. lanes Z POPE
PRINTING PRESS
BLAZED OUR TRAILS


President Roosevelt, discussing
the deficit in the Post Office De-
partment, decried the Depart
mentis tifne-honored custom of
carrying newspapers at less than
cost and making free deliveries of
county papers within otheir re-
spectige trade areas. as being
partly responsible for this short
age IN postal cash. While he did
not outrightly declare thataas one
stopgap for heavy leakage in
postal revenue he would seek to
force farmers to pay more for
their Hometown weekly or daily
newspapers, his alluSion to the
matter clicked with ominous
bodement. Whether or not Mr..
Roosevelt is truly cognizant of
the full measure of deviltry con-
cealed in a proposition to force
the payment Of postage at regu-
lar rates upon small newspapers,
it remains the indisputable fact
that these Woodworking publish
ers are already sorely beset with
having to pay piratical and pre-
datory prices for newsprint, and
the imposition of this additional
unjust burden would render al
most impossible the profitable ex-
istenee of many worthy publica-
tons. szza
We are told that commerce fol-
lows the flag Ne also know that
civilized society and the funda-
ments of decency, honor and
wholeSomeness IN home life fol-
lowed the one-horse printing
press across America. This COM
mentator has pursued a critical
study OF newspapers IN their re-
lation to communities, and has
always found the community
without a live local paper to be
one wherein community life fails
to function up TO the normal or
accepted level in ideals and intel
ligence-and it Is never as pros
porous proportionately as 9th r
communities in which good, sound
home newspapers are firmly es-
tablished.
VOTES WERE TOO COSTLY
Official mail is carried postage
free under the privilege known
as ranking. just why and how il
comes under such an innoeeat
label is difficult to understand,
for there is nothing candid about
this system under present day
abuses-unless graft and corrs1p-
ton may be called candid. Per-
haps the name came down Jrona
the obsolete noun frank, mean
ing pigsty, or pen where animals
are fattened-because il does car
~ that fmiIiar odor. Anyhow,
during the current four year
period, which included a oresi-
dental campaign, postage-sree
mail was carried by the Posi- Of
flee Department, at the taxpayers
expense, to the tune of 21z billion
pieces.
The bulk of this matter disg.lis-
ed as official mail was raw p7ii-
teal propaganda sent out under
bureaucratic sponsorship. and by
Members of Congress-the last
named being composed largely Of
Democrats. The Republicans rat
ed fewer by heads, but their of
fetal" correspondence per capita
suffered nothing by volume. How
ever. the New Deal held all the
trumps and control levers when
it came to Departments and Blu
reaus-
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-01-26

Turkey production IN the Unit
ed States averages one bErd Tor
every SIX persons compared with
one fer every Eve persons IN the
peak year. ls9o
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-01-26

The Federal cigarette tax of six cents
package yielded approximately $40
million dollars last year. This does not
include the local taxes smokers must pay
in many states In Alabama. for example.
the state tax IS three cents. making a total
OF nine eents package.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-01-26
AA(O4AA%1A4f NAAStA u 60
DON'T NEEDLE IN
BREATHITT Or HARLANl


During the protracted filibuster
in the Senate over the bin deal
ing with lynchings. several speak
ers had suggested the proposed
law be amended so as TO include
racketeers, gangsters and gang
murders in various sections of the
country. and not confine the APP
pIication of the measure solely to
the control of a special Southern
brand of lynchings. Senator Log
an, OF Kentucky. shouted: We
have no lynchings in Kentucky:
therefore the bill does not affect
US. We have no gangsters. conse-
ouentIy the amendment viii not
affect us in that respect Nor do
we have any racketeers. But /
warn the Senators that when they
are considering amendments Of
this nature they would better stay
off feudists. We do not want
them included don't like TO
have our feudists mixed UP with
gangsters and raclxefeers or lynch
ings. Our feudists are perfectly
honorable. upright men. and they
never kill a man without reason
able and just cause for doing 50 "
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-01-26

1855 - John Barton Payne.
chairman Of the American Red
Cross. born IN West Virginia. died
Jan. -. 1888
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-01-26

author of Dutch stories for chill
dren, creator of Hans Brinker~
born IN New York. Died Aug.
q. 1905.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-01-26

What every community needs is broad
visioned minds. above petty jealousies and
personal spleens.