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Says Boake Carter

retreat from spot to spot, trying to find some
place where somebody isn't working . The
cleaning process continues for several hours, until
you feel like the family dog that's been chased
from chair to chair and finally crawls under
the ice box for refuge.
On sailing vessel you learn food is never
prepared until you cast anchor =. you are sup
posed to be we'll satisfied with the fresh Dreezes
flying spray and lying spread-eagled, on your
ear, holding on for dear life and grinning weakly
when the owner shouts: Doesn't this packet be-
have like a bird?"
At night, you are so exhausted you crawl
weakly into the handiest berth, knowing that
you are supposed to be up bright and early, with
the sun, to catch good start to the next place,
wherever that may be.
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We're Too Soft-Hearted

XXE Americans are sentimental, soft-hearted
w people and we always believe in giving the
other fellow the benefit of the doubt, but it is
time now to act quickly and to act firmly Don't
take confirmed criminals who have been paroled
four or five times for robberies, kidnapping and
murders, turn them loose, pat them on the back
and tell them to be good boys.
Slow torture is too good for these wretches and,
believe me. the more think of the old Chinese
way of slowly torturing a man to death. the
more wish some of them could get taste of this
medicine. These foul creatures do this to their
poor helpless victims.
Also, remember it is queer coincidence that
this terrific wave of kidnapping and crime has
broken loose since the FBI has been cut down.
We cap thank our lawmakers for that. For
heavens sake, let the Congress take stand on
this before it adjourns and give the death penalty
for assault.
Give the law enforcement bodies all the money
they need instead of cutting them down to
niggardly margin.
We have terrible canker growing in the
heart of our beautiful country and unless des-
perate steps are taken to cut out this cankerous
growth there will be untold agony and pain for
endless victims and their families
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attempt to stabilize" an industry by pegging
prices 1t, therefore, is eventually forced to shut
down in order to stop overproduction.
In the second case the politicians now in
power are admitting a g.lastly failure in their
attempt at social planning. When business was
picking up they announced that they had
planned it that way. Now that we are in a
bad depression, and more and more are unem-
ployed, they know no plan but to spend paper
currency. This will tend to keep prices and
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New Memorial
Larger Mission Urged
To Honor Bennett

Purchase of property AUDITING
the Central Union Mission, en-
larging the facilities of the organ
ization, was announced yesterday
as proposed memorial for John
S. Bennett, late superintendent Of
the mission.
Extending from Indiana Ave.
to C st. N. W., the property will
be used for additional dormitory
and chapel space to accommodate
men now being turned away be-
cause of insufficient facilities to
care for the overflow.
Shortly after the death last
September of Mr.. Bennett, his
wife recommended the enlarge
ment of the present quarters as
the most fitting memorial to his
name.
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FRIDAY, JUNE 3, 1893
By E0aZw Walsh Mclean

just punishment for the horrible act such as
man recently committed on the 13year-old child
near here? Remember, this man had been
paroled twice after the very same act.
Don't speak to me about our great navies, our
armies. OF course we have to have them in the
right time and place, but the first thing should
do is to protect our children and our homes
from these brutal and horrifying attacks
If we could only be like England, where they
don't fool with prisoner. Once he is sentenced
it is all over in very short time, and there is
absolutely no publicity about it.
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Awake With a Start

YOU awake, with start, on the sound of
splash :. The early morning sun is up
looking out of the hatch and oversize, you see
the designer taking morning dip -. . Upon in
quiry, he shouts "the waters fne" Believ.
ing this is the right etiquette, you leap from
pajamas to swimming trunks and jump over
board =. . only then-too late-you learn to be
wary forevermore, of ship designers . for the
water is of icy temperature :. You thrash about
madly in great style for half minute and then
scramble aboard announcing through blue lips
that your customary shower, while cold (liarD
lasts but 80 seconds and make a mental note
next time you have weekend guests at home to
get them up early, heave buckets of ice water
over them -. and call it relaxation"
Copyright Ledger syndicate)
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Warden Lawes and the big men of this country
who know their jobs? They have said repeatedly
that these perverted souls, once they are turned
loose, will perform the same act over again at
the slightest chance.
Can't the Congress of our country study these
horrifying matters seriously, and make new laws,
If necessary, instead of worrying and fretting
itself to death about few million dollars for
relief? We all know relief is necessary.
These horrible crimes that are happening every
day unnecessarily and with ample and thorough
warning before they take place should be the
chief concern of every decent man and woman
In this country
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warning GANG|
YACHT BURNS,
sinks IN RIVER.
Pilot Flees Craft
In Small Boat
By JOSEPH T. MOONEY

/
The Play Time, cabin cruiser of
the Warning gang, reputed opera.
tors Of Washington's numbers
racket, burned and sank in mid
Potomac off Fort Washington to-
day.
Capt. P. C. Smith, Of Crisfield,
Md. escaped from the blazing
craft with minor burns. He was
delivering the boat, registered in
the name of Mrs. Esther Cady,
sister of the Warning brothers, to
Colonial Beach, Va.
rags" IN COURT
Unaware that the speedy, 80
foot cabin cruiser, scene of many
a gay party, had gone to the bot
tom, Charles Rags" Warning was
pleading not guilty before Justice
Daniel w. ODonohue in United
States District Court to an in
dictment charging him and his
two brothers with conspiring with
two income tax assistants to de-
fraud the Government through
evasion of income taxes.
The brothers, Emmitt and Lee,
and the two tax conSultants have
already pleaded not guilty to
charges of failing to fully report
Warning incomes, cleaned from
numbers operation in 1893, 1884
and 1885, and have filed demur-
rers to the indictment.
OUT OF TOWN
At Mrs. Cady's residence in the
5000 block of Massachusetts Ave.
N. w. relatives said Mrs. Cady
was out of town and could not
be reached to inform her of the
boats loss. The craft was valued
at about $4,000.
Captain Smith said the cruisers
motor stalled. When he opened
the matches to the cockpit mass
of gas generated flame burst from
the motor, driving him to the
stern.
TAKES TO BOAT
Smith said he could make no
Roadway against the blaze with
hand extinguisher or water so he
took to a small rowproat slung
on the port davitS.
Henry A. Xander, an Accokeek
(MdD farmer, saw the smoke and
flames bursting from the craft
and summoned the Accokeek
volunteer fire department. Then
he launched a boat and went to
Smiths aid.
Xander said the cruiser was an
inferno when he got alongside.
CRAFT SINKS
Together, he said. they fixed &
line to the craft. With members
of the fire department they at
tempted to beach it but flames
swept the hull and it sank about
rs yards from shore.
Captain Smith said the boat was
about a year old and had been
entirely reconditioned.
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Hanging Is the Cure

WHY should we give maniac like this life
w Imprisonment? That is all nonsense. The
electric chair is too good for such man. He
ought to be strung up by the neck as quickly as
possible and not cost the taxpayers untold money
to keep him in prison for the rest of his life,
where, it appears, they hardly ever stay for that
long.
How many people realize that man who is
sentenced for life remains behind the bars barely
10 years? Now can anyone tell me that this is a
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over these horrible sex crimes
and kidnapings. Then they
might do something about it.
Why does this country fuss
and fume about releasing
money to the needy and poor.
when it allows the parole board
to turn loose a crazy. per-
verted, sex maniac after two
offenses and gives him the
chance and the opportunity to
do exactly what he has done
twice before?
Wbv rant uya listen tO
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sitting on a hard dock piling
in a shipyard The owner
had a "few" items to Se at
tended to had asked you
to be on hand at II in the
morning you arrive in a
cloud of dust, fearful that you
are late, in danger of being
left behind Cheerfully he
greets you explains the
swarm of overalled men will
soon be finished. squats on
the dock for a while.
After an hour in the hot sun
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Jews Organize
SOftball League

A softball league of Jewish Or
CARNATIONS is being organized by
Joseph Caplan and Joseph Levy,
who were appointed to the job by
DR.. Ivy A. Pelzman, president of
Argo Lodge Of B'nai Birth.
Argo Lodge will hold a tryout
for its team Sunday at the Rock
Park grounds, Sixteenth and Ken
nedy SITS. N. W., and week later
will play Gompers Masonic Lodge.
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AID SOUGHT

Efforts to meet the $4,000 quota
in the District for Chinese civilian
sufferers have been redoubled, it
was announced yesterday by the
American. Red Cross.
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and wages so that more ex.
changes can be made.
Today, this point is empha.
sized by the news. A large
copper mine is closing down
for a month, thus throwing
thousands out of employment.
Mr.. Roosevelt has just de-
manded that increased Gov
eminent spending be begun at
once, because unemployment
has grown.
In the first case we find a
nrivate ENTERPRISE failing in an
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Relief Plan Change

IN only one respect does there seem to have
= been anything learned. 1t now appears that
more reliance may be placed in direct relief"
instead of work relief" which is as I have
advocated from the beginning. Direct relief
means about half the cost of all this WPA-PWA
stuff. 1t means less Government interference
with business. It means far less Generalization
of labor since it does not turn work into
joke and wages into name.
The copper people for months kept the price
pegged at 10 cents pound. Now, when it may
be too late, they cut to 9 cents.
And the Government is trying to peg the price
of huge cotton crop at about 81a cents.
Under the socalled fair trade laws. various
manufacturers are maintaining or trying to main
tain high prices on liquor, drugs, ETC.
Underneath it all is the New Deal notion that
high money wage rates are good, and can be
maintained by keeping prices up. This goes
along with the spendthrift notion that purchas-
ing power can be created by debt.
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World of Finance By Lezvi5 Haney

NEW YORK.-Yesterday I wrote about the
~ Importance of restoring balance in our eco
nomic life, and especially readjusting prices
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MANY TALENTS
FOUND AMONG
CONTESTANTS
Only 9Days Remain
Before Close

A full page of pictures Of
the entrants in the Times
Herald Golden Mirror con-
test will be found on Page 16.
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DRAMA RECITAL

The Dee Shannon Dramatic
Class will give a recital June &c at
p. m. at the JesSup Blair Com
House.
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FURTHER excerpts from yachtsmans diary
on the subject of weekend relaxation:
There's nothing so peaceful and tranquil as
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(BoGke Carter'S opinions are his DUN and not
necessarily those of The Washington TtnseSJ
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My Say

Go THE President has to have nightmare be-
~ fore we can have a safe airport! Well, wish
a few of DIR Congressmen would have nightmares
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living costs up, and to increase the uncertainties
and fears of business men,
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Phone In Tips t.

Do you want money? The Washington
Times is offering $50 in prizes each week for
The Washington times., 1938-04-11

roads from actual receivership,"
the President advised Congress.
But it is also true that resump-
ton of traffic at last years level
would not solve their growing
difficulties permanently"
URGES UNIFIED COUTROL
The President suggested from
the point of view of business eff
cheney" that all of the Federal
agencies dealing with transporta-
ton be placed under a single de-
partment mentioned men
TONED Commerce or Interior
with all quaSi-judicial and quasi.
legislative matters placed under
"a reorganized Interstate Com.
merce Commission"
And such action would be
highly constitutional" the Presi-
dent added.
The seven such agencies which
deal with special phases of trans
portation are the Bureau of Public
Roads, the Bureau of Air Com
merce, the U. S. Maritime Com
mission, the transportation divi.
sion Of the Bureau of Foreign and
Domestic Commerce, the ICC, the
Lighthouse Service and the Bureau
OF Navigation and Marine Inspec-
ton.
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Would Raise u. S. Rate

2. That for IL months the Re
construction Finance Corpora
ton be empowered to make
loans without certification by
the Interstate Commerce Com
mission that the railroad can
meet its fixed charges.
3. That other forms of Gov
eminent credit be considered
from the point of view of public
policy.
4. That Government traffic
pay the full rate by eliminating
land grant reductions.
5. That the commission does
not feel justified in expressing
an opinion for or against reduc-
ton of railroad wages.
6, That reorganization pro-
cedure under Section II of the
Bankruptcy Act receive the at
tention Of the Congress, and
they suggest consideration of
the establishment of a single
court in charge of reorganiza-
tons.
The long term program sug-
gested by the commissioners in
cludeS:
/. That a Federal Transporta-
ton Authority be created for
two years to plan and promote
action by railroad companies to
eliminate waste, aid conSolida-
ton and coordination.
2. That the Interstate Com
merce act be amended to
broaden the powers of the COM
mission with respect to pooling
of earnings or traffic, to elimi-
nate the consolidation plan"
ard to approve notifications:
that the authority be permitted
to intervene in such proceed
ingS before the commission, and
make recommendations through
the commission to the President
and the Congress.
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1t seems one of the boiling
Southerners was asked if he
voted for Roosevelt in 80 and
he replied he certainly did. The
Dixie statesman also admitted
he voted for Roosevelt in '36.
Asked If he would vote for F.
D. R. in 40 for a third term, the
Southerner repeatedly replied:
Eyes, 1 would, but if you
damn Yankees don't quit elect.
ing him, we're going to secede
again!"
MotherleSS Diana Hopkins,
who is 6. lived at the White
House while her father, the
relief administrator, convalesced
in Florida from his operation
for stomach ulcers. Also living
in the White House is a subdeb
cousin of Mrs. Roosevelt, who
attends the fashionable Madeira
School in nearby Virginia.
Politicians in the innermost
councils of the Democratic
Party are loudly bewailing that
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private corporation would seek,
it would seem to be the part of
common sense to place all ex-
ecutive functions relating to all
transportation in one Federal
department - such as the De.
partment of Commerce, the De-
partment of the Interior or some
other old or new department.
At the same time all quasi
judicial and quasi legislative
matters relating to all trans
portation could properly be
placed under an independent
COMMISSIONS reorganized In
terstate Commerce Commission.
And such action would be highly
constitutional.
I refer to this, not by way Of
recommendation, but only as
one method which should re-
ceive Congressional study.
In the meantime, and until
it has been possible for the Con-
gresS to make any and all
studies for permanent solution
of the railroad problem, some
immediate legislation is, I be-
lieve, necessary at this session,
in order to prevent serious fl
nancial and operating difficult
ties between now and the con-
vening of the next Congress. |
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT.
The White House,
April II, 1888.
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SENATE IN QUIZ
OF EMPLOYERS

GN.S) The Senate Civil Lib
critics Committee today resumed
its investigation of the Associated
Industries of Cleveland, an en-
ployers organization, with princi-
pal officers on the witness stand.
Senator LaFollette (P.) of Wis
consin, chairman, said the COM
mittee is seeking to determine the
extent of the associations activ-
tiles in the Cleveland industrial
area during strikes at the Ohio
Rubber Company, at Willoughby,
Ohio.
Among those scheduled to tes-
tify are Franklin G.. Smith, preSi-
dent of the Ohio Rubber Company;
Charles K. AFTER, vice president of
the Ohio Rubber Company, and
R. A. Mertz, factory manager.
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former law partner, Basil O'Con.

former law partner, Basil O'Con.
nor.
Back in the heated days of
80 when Tammany Hall was
head and front of the Stop
Roosevelt" movement, the then
Tammany Boss John Curry.
minced no words in telling Tam.
many Hall officeholders where
they stood in the great fight.
They would support AL, Curry
announced. or they would cease
shortly to hold office.
John O'Connor was then q
prominent and important Con-
gresham, in line by reason of
long service, for the juicy plum
of Rules Craftsmanship. Curry
warned him to stay in line or
he'd never be returned to the
House to get the job.
Roosevelt appealed to Brother
Basil to bring John into camp
anC Brother Basil did so. John
O'Connor defied Curry, deserted
AL and pumped for Roosevelt.
Under the New Deal, the
course of O'Connor has not been
made smooth by F. D. R. O'Con-
nor did succeed to the rules
Craftsmanship, but he failed to
secure an honored place in the
Roosevelt councils. Nor, &C
cording to his friends, did he
ever receive such outward &C
acknowledgements of his important
position as are signified by
White House invitations to dine
and to dance.
Three years ago O'Connor
earned White House ire when
he protected Utility Magnate
Howard Hopson from Senate
lobby committeeman who wanted
to quiz Mr.. Hopson about his
propaganda against the anti
holding company act that the
New Dealers were Straining to
put through.
The New Dealers tsruck back
a year later when Majority
Leader Bankhead, of Alabama,
succeeded to the Speakership on
the death Of Byrns, of Ten
neSSee.
O'Connor strained every nerve
to get the majority leadership.
The White House turned thumbs
down, threw it's support to Sam
Rayburn, of Texas, and Ray
burn was elected leader. 1t was
the absolute end of Johns par
ticipation in the beautiful friend
ship that Brother Basil still
enjoys with F. D. r.
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Economy Probe Sought

3. That the authority investi-
gate economy and all types of
transportation, encourage spe-
clal fitness and abate destruc-
tive competition.
4. That attention be given to
railroad financial abuses now
under investigation.
The full report of the three
members of the Interstate Com
merce Commission is trans
mitted herewith, and 1 am
transmitting also certain COM
ments which have been made by
others with whom I have
talked:
ca Letter to the President
from the Secretary of the Treas
ury, March IS, 1898.
CD Letter to the President
from the chairman of the Re-
construction Finance Corpora.
ton, March %, 1893.
Co Letter to the President
from the chairman of the
Securities and Exchange Com
mission. March %, 1898.
Cd Memorandum to tn Q
President from Assistant secre
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Opposed to Subsidies

In so far as information in
regard to the railroad problem
is concerned, there is probably
no other subject to which the
Congress, year after year, has
devoted more study or obtained
more information. The troubles
of the railroads are not new, but
they have been getting, on the
whole, steadily more difficult
since before the World War. It
is true that general upturn in
business would undoubtedly help
to keep many railroads from
actual receivership. But it is
also true that resumption of
of traffic at last years level
would not solve their growing
difficulties permanently.
Most of us have definite OBJ
lection to Government subsidies
to the railroads to enable them
to meet the interest on their
outstanding bonds or for any
other purpose, and most of us
also oppose Government owner
ship and operation of the rail-
roads. I do.
The suggestions made by the
three members of the Interstate
Commerce Commission should,
of course, be read in the light
of the comments thereon made
in the letters appended thereto.
I ask your special considera.
ton of the fact that matters re-
lating to transportation in its
wider sense are now dealt with
by the following departments or
agencies of the Government:
/. The Bureau of Public
Roads of the Department of
Agriculture.
2. The Bureau Of Air Com.
merce of the Department of
Commerce.
3. The United States Mari.
time Commission.
4. The Division of Transpor.
tation Of the Bureau of Foreign
and Domestic Commerce of the
Department of Commerce.
5. The Interstate Commerce
Commission.
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Peace Conference
To Be Held Here

Current world problems will be
discussed from the standpoint of
Catholic philosophy in the several
sessions of a three-day Twelfth
Annual Conference of the Catholic
Association for International
Peace, and the Second Annual
Conference of the Student Peace
Federations, here April Is, 10
and 20.
The first named organization
will meet at the National Catholic
School of Social Service, April 18
and 10, and the Peace Federations
will be held April 20, at the May,
flower Hotel.
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Full Text of Rails Message
Asking $3OO,OOO,OOO Loan

tary of Commerce Ernest G.
Draper, March %, 1888.
(e) Memorandum to the
President. from the Adminstra-
tor of Farm Security, March 81.
1888.
(f) Memorandum to the
President from Henry Bruere,
president of the Bowery Say
ings Bank, New York city.
(g) Memorandum to tn e
President from J. J. Pelley,
president, Association of Ameri-
can Railroads, April 4, 1898.
(h) Letter to the President
from George M. Harrison. presi-
dent, Brotherhood of Railway
and Steamship Clerks, April 2,
1888.
Cd Statistical data from the
Interstate Commerce Commits
sion relating to revenues and
expenses of transportation in
the United States in the year
1886, separated between types
of transport.