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The Washington times., 1938-03-16
CLUBS FAVORED
AS POLICE ARMS

An ordinary nightstick or CLUB
should be the only arms a police
man Is permitted to carry, the
Washington Crime Clinic was
told here last night by DR.. Mitchell
Dresse, associate professor Of edu-
cation at George Washington Uni
versity.
Only Federal agents and other
officers dealing directly with dan
gerous criminals should be per
Initted to cary firearms, the uni
versity professor added.
In disagreeing with DR.. Dresse.
Major Ernest w. Brown, supefin'
tendent of the Metropolitan
Police Department, said that police
would be at a great disadvantage
under such restriction. The police
head added that the handicap
would place the lives Of citizens in
serious danger if police were not
permitted to carry guns.
Those taking part in the panel
discussion included Major Brown
DR.. Dresse and Lieut.. N. G. Fal
kenstine, Of Maryland police
while the principal speaker was
DR.. Reed Balm, Of Harvard Uni
versity.
Washington should be proud o1
its police department, DR.. Balr
declared in criticizing the depart
ments of several other cities. The
Harvard instructor said that ne
believed the personnel of all po
lice departments should be drawn
from college graduates.
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ID. C. TAX DEBATE
SLATED TONIGHT

Taxation proposals for the Dis
trict will be debated at an open
meeting at s:15 tonight in the au-
ditorium Of the old Interior De
partment building, under auspices
Of the District Chapter of the Ma
tional Lawyers Guild.
Speakers scheduled to address
the gathering include Rufus Lusk,
president Of the Washington Tax.
payers Association, and Prof. Ar.
mold Tolles, q member of the Citi.
zens Committee on Fair Taxation.
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spell is interrupted for another
old.fashioned blast.
But the important point Is,
apparently, it will make no diff
ference. One Of the Congress
men who is known to have
lunched with the President Is
Chairman Pat Harrison, the
Senate tax leader. A few days
thereafter Harrison made known
his own views. These were not
even close to the ideas Of the
President, but moved off in the
opposite direction.
RER. HARRISON is too old a
V1 hand to speak out that way
without canvassing the senti-
ment of his committee In ad-
vance to find out whether he
will be properly supported.
Since he favored further con-
Cessions to business along some
of the lines suggested by Ber-
nard Baruch in his recent con-
gressional testimony, it seems to
be a certified conclusion that
his committee will take the tax
bill still further away from Mr..
RooSevelt's line Of thought.
EINAL form of the new law,
u however, will be determined
after the Senate acts, when con-
ferees from both Houses get
together. Chances are Mr.. R.
will be able there to maintain
the 4 per cent penalty on undis-
tributed earnings but will proba-
bly, lose to Harrison on a flat
capital gains tax. His one-fam-
lily sledge hammer is definitely
dead.
Threats of veto will be made,
but apparently for influence on
the Senate. None Of the con-
gressional leaders of any conSe-
quence fear Mr.. R. will fail to
sign the bill if the form which
now seems likely is maintained.
X \ X
0TORIES that Chairman Eccles
~ of Federal Reserve is and
Is not going to resign have been
trickling from the various feed
boxes here. Some of his friends
say he is dissatisfied with inef-
ficiency, bureaucracy; others
that he is too fond Of his job
ever to leave it soon. He will
stay.
.OTRANGE choice Of an Assist
- ant Commerce Secretary,
Ernest Draper, to be Governor
Of Federal Reserve has bestirred
some banking world SurmiSes.
One story is that Draper is a
close friend of Wayne Taylor,
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done to Austria. This they do not
talk about so much but they never
forget 1t.
Apparently Mr.. Quezon has ex-
amined these possibilities and
found them very real, for he is re-
ported to have cooled down con-
siderably from his former ad-
vocacy Of complete independence.
Indeed it would not be surprising
to see him start maneuvers for
an expression Of opinion by the
Filipino legislature now in seS-
sion.
DEFENSE QUESTION
Meanwhile there is the question
of what to do about the Philip
pines in case Of a Pacific war. It
is a long stretch from the western
shores Of this continent to the
Islands, and there have been whis-
pers that the Navy would like to
drop the islands out Of all con-
sideration; in short, ending their
lines so as to take in Hawaii and
let it 60 at that.
An expression from the Philip
pines that the commonwealth
would like to stay close to Uncle
Sam might save them from what
they fear.
The Washington times., 1938-03-16
PWA Aide to Tell
OF Peace Mission

Mrs. Rebacca Reyher, assistant
to the director Of information in
the New York branch office Of the
WPA, will be the principal speaker
at the World Fellowship luncheon
to be held at the Y. w. c. A.,
March 81.
Mrs. Reyher will tell Of her expo
rienceS as a member Of the Flying
Caravan Peace Mission which has
just returned from q 17,000-mlle
tour Of South and Central Amer
ica,
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Assistant Treasury Secretary,
who in turn is a close friend OF
Chairman Eccles. AS a matter
of fact this is true, but the i'm
plication that Draper therefore
Is a Treasury representative or
that his appointment is a fore.
cast of monetary developments,
does not seem to be equally
true.
The yarn that Draper was
chosen as a representative Of
small business Che was presi.
dent of the American CreoSot-
ing Company seems to be an
official diplomatic explanation
which someone thought of after
ward.
Most logical explanation IS
that Eccles did not want anyone
of the others who wanted the
job from the New York district.
THE New Dealers are conf
l. dent, but not quite positive,
that the Supreme Court will up
hold the Holding Companies
act. They have been counting
and recounting court noses
among themselves for weeks,
with the result that a 4-to-3 ad-
verse decision is not now con-
sidered impossible. With JUS
tices Reed and Cardoza out, the
liberals classify Justices
Hughes, McReynolds, Butler
and Roberts as uncertain.
Best outside judgment is the
act will be upheld.
OFFICIAL inside talk about
" Hitler's annexation of Aus
tria seems to be softening daily.
In the first flush of excitement
at the move, Der Furore was
described as a bandit. Now Of
ficials have come down to call
ing him an aggressive diplomat.
Their official reason for keep
ing quiet is that they do not
want to interfere with whatever
action Britain and France take
toward recognition or non
recognition of the conquest.
They think they talked too
quickly in the Ethiopian situa-
ton.
Only constructive result Of
the conquest here so far is can
= collation. Of the contest among
rich Democratic campaign con-
tributors for the Job Of Minister
to Austria.
NEW Solicitor General Robert
IN Sixty Families" jackson is
apparently going to be persiS'
tent with the Supreme Court.
He is actually appealing the
Bankhead cotton act case which
was withdrawn as hopeless by
the Government after the court
outlawed the much milder (con-
stitutionally) AAA two years
ago.
The reason Is the Government
is faced with claims for $137, 900
refunds in taxes paid under the
act, and the Government hates
to pay.
A NEW ENGLAND business
"A man was asked by anxious
New Dealers if he thought buSi-
ness has definitely reached bot
tom. His Cooledgian answer
was: "You never know when you
have been on the bottom until
voll GET off IT."
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What are
we doing to-
day? Trying
d esp erately
to pursue
each Of us
in d ividually
life, liberty
and h a p p i
ness, in the
midst Of a
world from
which these
three golden
gifts are dis
app e a ring,
one by one.
HOW are we
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Gandhi on Wane,
Missionary Says

Mahatma Gandhi has lost face
in Indian because he has not
achieved his promise of independ.
ence. This was the declaration
last night of Miss Katherine
Fahs, who was Lutheran mis-.
sionary in India for 80 years, be.
fore the World Service Society
melting at Luther Place Church.
Miss FahS asserted that the
"day after India gets its inde.
pendence, Japan will sail in by
way of Calcutta and take posses.
SION"
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stories tha t
Mr.. RooS E.
welt hold S
business has
deluded Con-
gre SIS by
prop aganda
Their under
standing is
that he Is
more angry
q t business
than at Con-
& r e S S. In
ia t, t h e y
would not be
surprised If
the hraathin0
The Washington times., 1938-03-16
Military Schools
Patriotism Lauded

Patriotism and physical fitness
in the country's military institutes
was praised yesterday by Col. Roy
F.. Farrand at a meeting Of the
Military Colleges and Schools OF
the United States at the May
flower. There is no tendency
toward emotional pacifism in our
military Schools" he declared.
The Washington times., 1938-03-16
Red Cross Plans
Class in Hygiene

District Chapter of the Ameri-
can Red Cross will sponsor a six
week course in home hygiene and
care of the sick, beginning March
81, it was announced today. Lee.
lures will be given on Wednesday
and Friday mornings from 10:3o
to 1880 ct headquarters, 1880
ST. N. w.
The Washington times., 1938-03-16
Provincial Still

IT seems, from hereditary In
u stincts more than any other
cause, we do remain sectional
rather than national in our
thinking. To continue that
way, in these days of intense
nationalism, is to dig the grave
for our own democracy.
It boilS down to: Can Ameri-
can citizens learn to think in
terms of America first; sections,
States and home districts Sec
ond? Or must it be, because
of their inability so to think
and act, that a dictator must
do it for them from Washing
ton.
Our ancestors fled from Eu-
rope, primarily to escape the
oppression Of autocracy. They
had been prosecuted by central
lied government relationships
which destroyed the freedom Of
worship and destroyed their
right to fight and work for
themselves.
So determined were they to
fight shy of recreation of any
kind of centralized government.
when they reached this haven
Of freedom, they decided to set
tie in communities or States
and determined they should
govern themselves.
They recognized, however,
that united we stand, divided
we fall" was no idle saying.
Therefore. on questions and Is.
sues which involved all the COM
munities-such as trade, war,
invasion and the like-a central
government should exercise linn
tied supervision.
The Washington times., 1938-03-16
Pact Benefits U. S.

A TRADE treaty is negotlaCeo
"A with Czechoslovakia, the
terms Of which, impartial ex-
perts insist, benefits America as
a general whole. But, because
one item in the treaty hurts one
section of the country, New Eng
land raises a ruckus about 1t.
While it is clear that cotton
is a basic material used as much
for the successful waging of war
as it is for the successful prose
cution of a life of industrial
peace, and that therefore its ex-
ports for war purposes are likely
to draw America closer to in
volvement in war on some for
eign continent, Texas is bitterly
opposed to any limits on cotton
growing or cotton expectation.
When a trade treaty with the
Argentine, which would permit
the importation of less than /
per cent Of the total beef con-
Sumed in the United States,
would mean the opening of a
new market to many industries
Of America, the Representatives
from the Southwest cattle dis
tricts object.
The Washington times., 1938-03-16

Mystery of the famous symphony,
"Fatal Music" Directors refusal to
play TschaikOwsky's Sixth Symphony,
ON the ground that it always kills
dies" and even entire operas which
must never be heard. An illustrated
feature In The American Weekly, with
Sundays Washington Herald. Times.
The Washington times., 1938-03-16
Centralized Rule Urged

nOWN through the years this
~ system has prevailed. But
it also has bred hereditary jeal-
ousy between sections Of Amer
lea which, in days that we now
face, may prove to be Americas
undoing.
The only alternative, to my
mind, is centralized government
dictated by one man-from the
White HouSe-and when Amer
lea falls victim to the whimS
and fancies Of one man, instead
of the whims and fancies Of the
people themselves, as expressed
through their legislators, our
democracy has vaniShed-large-
ly through hereditary disease
we do not recognize or try to
cure.
Copyright, Ledger syndicatOO
The Washington times., 1938-03-16
Fate of Philippines
In Hands OfQueZOn
By EARL GOODWIN

Fate of completely independent Philippine commonwealth
devoid of all United States protection is in the hands of
Manuel Quezon Filipino president and former leader of
the Independence party.
The Washington times., 1938-03-16
TAX BILL REVISION
IRKS PRESIDENT
NEWS BEHIND THE NEWS
RY PAUL MALLON


Reproduction full prohibsd)
VHE President has been sharply netted by the way tax
revision is going in Congress- Certain Congressman
who called into the White House lately have emerged
silent, but with ears aflame.
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But


Says BOGke Carter
AMERICAN democracy stands
"A entrapped today by an
hereditary American disease,
eaotinnalism
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trying to accomplish this? BY
what we call representative
government, composed of three
equal brancheS-eXecutive, leg
islative and judicial.
How does. this system operate
today? A California Repre-
sentative, originally an oppo-
nent of the naval expansion bill,
because he fears that it may be
the instrument to draw America
into a foreign war, eventually
indorses it because a new navy
yard is to be established in his
district in California.
The Washington times., 1938-03-16

3IIeHI, UUI W4IH 0dIS dLIdIIt'
Their colleagues in Congress
have heard and believe the re-
sulting authoritative inside
The Washington times., 1938-04-05

Earlier this week you gave
considerable space to q sugges.
ton Of Mrs. Anna L.ansburgh
concerning the possibility Of US
ing a portion Of undeveloped
Alaska for the settlement Of
prosecuted minorities from
other lands.
AS an augmentation Of the
Presidents voiced attitude to-
ward these unfortunate, ] can
think Of no better project. The
exploitation Of the Alaska terri
tory has not proceeded at .
great pace from the viewpoint
Of colonization, despite the very
real encouragement given by the
Government.
I feel that very serious con-
sideration to the plan should be
given. as promoting . zealiza-
ton Of our national attitude and
as an intelligent expression Of
enlightened self-interest. The
whole idea reflects great credit
upon lady whose entire record
of humanitarian interest Is one
that reflects honor upon the
United States. j. H. MASON.
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Your |. O.
b. SHIRLEY SPENCER

This is a special English Iitera-
ture quiz. Are you familiar with
these English classics? See if you
can identify the story and give
the correct title of the following.
Score 10 for each question.
/. The story Of stage life be-
hind the scenes by Charles
Reade.
2 A study Of life in a cathedral
town by Anthony Trollope.
8. The story Of a chimney sweep
by Charles Kingsley.
1. The story of heroic Crusa-
ders by Sir Walter Scott.
5. A story told in first person
by q hero who devotes 10 years
to a beautiful young girl but mar
ries her mother. william NJ.
Thackeray is the author.
6. Charles Dickens story of an
outcast who lays down his life for
the happiness Of one whom he
loves.
7. The story by Sir Walter
Scott of a border thief.
8 George Eliot's story Of a
poor weaver.
9. Oliver Goldsmith's story OF
an English clergyman and his
family.
ANSWERS on Page 23)
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Reorganization Bill

THNEMIES of the Roosevelt Government reorganiza-
Ia ton bill have shown by their acts and tactics of the
last few days that they know this good bill and are
Lust Fi0ht in fighting it solely because they
e. >, hope its defeat would discredit
C"'eT HOOSeOeT the President
Among the odorferous of these tactics was the
whispering campaign designed to convince leading Cath
ocs that freedom of religious education was menaced
by the proposal to transfer the Federal Office of Edu
cation from the Interior Department to the projected
new Department of Welfare. Representative John w.
Mccormack (Dem. Mass.) told this one off correctly
when he described it, in eloquent House address, as
malicious Misrepresentation circulated to stir up hatred
against the Chief Executive of the United States,
The President has accepted amendment taking this
Education Office transfer out of the b-which ought
to the last shadow of bona fde objection to the
bill It is bill to make the Government of the United
States efficient; it is NOT bill to set UP die
tatorshp change form of government We do not
how the insurgent Democratic Congressman fighting
the bill along with the smearRoosevelt Republicans can
explain their fight to their consciences-or to their
constituents.
From the New York Daily News
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to be installed along the course
from start to finish.
II you have studied turtles as
I have you will know that sud-
den applications of heat will get
them moving in a hurry. It's
got to be more than just a COM
Portable heat. The new idea was
Just as unsportsmar.llke and
cruel as the pebble in the dogs
foot or the sponge IN a horses
nose.
A JERK of electricity, applied
"A to the desired turtle, would
send it forward in a hurry. No
electricity, and the entry would
dawdle along or just stay put.
You get the idea? The winners
could be spotted far more surely
than ever was a horse or a dog.
The syndicate sent TO Ponca
City for 200 turtles and the ex'
pertinent was on. That is. it
would have been on but for a
liquored cowhand and some
turtle-loving kids over on Chi
cago's Southside.
II X
lack Miller shipped the rep
tiles in a box-car which in due
time reached the yards of the
Illinois Central railroad. The
entire stable was attended by
an ancient sooner who went off
on a bender as soon as he shifted
the aroma Of the packing plants.
He came back once that night to
feed his charges, but, being
cock-eyed by then, he left the
door open when he returned to
his drinking.
Early next morning. some
children playing in the cut by
the railroad yards came upon a
turtle contemplating Chicago.
Joyously they grabbed it-but q
fight for ownership ceased sud.
denly when the youngsters real.
lied that this little fellow was
but the vanguard Of q veritable
army Of turtles. In less than
half an hour every member of
the new Capone stable had
found a home in Chicago's
Southside.
OF course there was a fearful
hullaballoo-this was right on
top of other mob scandals-and
so the syndicate saw fit to deny
ownership of the turtles and
left them to their captorS. But
I still think there is a future for
square turtle-racing in our bars,
tavernS, night clubs and cocktail
rooms.
The Washington times., 1938-04-05
clipping Un-American'

clipping Un-Americdn"
When I read the column Of
your "Inquiring Photographer"
in regard to the practice Of tip
ping I was moved to put in a
word or two of my own about
this highly un-American nui.
sance.
The public should awaken to
the fact that the practice Of tip
ping demoralizes our fundamen.
tai democratic structure Of So
ciety. The time seems to be
swiftly approaching when even
the most casual Of gratuitieS
will be accompanied by an ex.
pectation Of remuneration out
Of all proportion to the actual
service rendered. The act Of
tipping a barber, for example. is
the epitome Of farce, since that
gentleman is supposed to render
a specific service at q stated and
fixed price.
Many restaurant operators and
other business men in similar
occupations will argue that with.
out the tips which their wait
resses and other employees re-
ceive, the salaries Of these EN-
ployes would not be sufficient
to give them a living wage.
This is doubtless true enough
under the present conditions:
but If a fixed salary rate were
established for employees Of this
type the general public would be
glad to pay even a slightly
higher price for service II it I'm.
derstood that the increase in
cluded an addition to the sal
aries of these employees.
Just the mere fact that a
waitress, barber or porter hap
pen to be in a business in which
it is necessary to perform a per-
sonal service for others does not
by any means stamp that occu-
patton as purely servile.
FIX. G.
The Washington times., 1938-04-05

France and there heal the bod
lily and other woes Of the in
habitantS. Many Of them were
cretins and even with these
hopeless creatures he labored
nightly so that into their lives
might be introduced some SUM-
shine.
He was Monsieur LIE Bon
Doctaire to the peasantry-sort
Of living saint. He thought only
of doing good-of healing. And
he never sent q bill.
A reading Of this tome might
change the philosophy Of some
Of our good doctors Of the
Medical Society who have been
opposing the CHA in its efforts
to see that the man in the street
might have decent. expert care
when he is sick or hurt.
HEALTHY.
The Washington times., 1938-04-05
AGreat Physician

It would be a good idea for
the Group Health Association to
buy a number Of cheap reprints
of 1.-THE Country Doctor" by
Honore de Balzac and send
them to the entire membership
of the District Medical Society.
In this great book Of Balzac.
the story is related Of q physi-
clan Of great learning and Of I'M
usual powers to heal and cure.
But did he ply his profession in
the gilded mansions Of Paris
amid the silken luxury of the
day?
No. This wise and great
hearted an chose-at the
height Of a fine career-to set
tie in Q secluded village In Q
povertystricken region Of
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at all. Cowboys carved their
names on the shells Of their
entries for Identification pur.
poses. A half-furlong race some
times took all day-for a turtle
won't be hurried.
In the meantime there was a
lot Of leisurely, pleasureful
drinking and eating done by
the fans. All in all, on the old
101, it was a nightly pleasant
way in which to spend q Sun.
day.
DETURNING to Chicago I en-.
~ thused-in my favorite
speakeasies-on the subject Of
turtle-racing. I pointed out to
bartenders and barflies that the
sport belonged par excellence in
haunts Of this sort. whether legal
or illegal. In some way my evan
gelism came to the ears Of Scar
face Capone and word was con.
veyed to me that he would like
to discuss the matter.
At that time his dog.racing
tracks were beginning to slide
in public opinion; due to such
nasty practices as sticking a
pebble between the toes of a
heavily backed whippet or the
last-minute gingering Of a rank
outsider-ending once in the
tortured dog beating the cleo
trio rabbit to the finish.
I sold Scarface solidly on the
idea. I showed him how neat
little IL or 15-foot tracks could
be built parallel to the bars of
his speakeasies and books made
right there. I pointed out that,
unlike dog-racing or horse
racing, turtle-raCing did not in
terfere with drinking. You can
watch a turtle gallop, glass in
hand. you can empty that glass,
go to the bar and replenish it,
return to the track and find your
favorite still in the running.
He thanked me for the advice
and told me that if the scheme
ever developed there would be
something in it for me. I said
that would be unnecessary, that
If he brought the sport to Chi
cago I would be amply repaid.
And then, as ! heard later, the
conniviEg began. It was decided
to follow my idea-but there had
to be monkey business. The
tracks were to be installed but
the main idea was to hurry up
the turtles so that more races
could be run and a bigger and
more profitable book result. To
this end electric gadgets were
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good sport that will bring the
District q revenue worth while.
The only way the people are
going to be relieved of taxes is
to demand a vote so they can
have what they want In order
to make better living conditions
for the poor. If we can't gamble
here. we will send money to
foreign countries as we are now
doing. All organizations VIII
benefit If the Sacks bill Is
passed.
We need q race track in the
District and we have one Of the
finest tracks in the country at
Benning, so why not make use
Of it If only to give the poor tax
payer . break? Washington
needs the revenue.
MRS. F. c. A.