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Says Boake Carter

worthy Of serious consideration. China Is vita1ly
dependent on foreign nations for supplies for
war and civil use. While she is obtaining some
of this inland from Russia this is but q small
percentage Of what she imports by sea, mostly
through Hongkong and French Indo China.
An authoritative report from China itself indi
Gates an amazing thing, that the bulk of these
war supplies to China is Of German and Italian
origin. AS most of it routes through Hongkong.
the increasing fury of the Japanese bombing of
Canton through which Hongkong material flows
is explained. This is grim irony, considering
Japan, Germany and Italy are presumed to be
joined by triple alliance against communism!
China Needs Supplies
IF CHINA were cut off from these sea-borne
u supplies, her plight would be desperate. Japan
has not yet claimed rights Of war" and so has
not tried to interfere with shipments to Hong
kong or French Indo-China. If there were an
admission Of official "war," then Japan could
instantly claim these rights, exercise them and
stop the shipments far out to sea. The japanese
navy could effectively blockade the Chinese coast
and still have enough ships left over to cut off
neutral shipping out at sea.
Thus we see that one great and important rea-
son for China refusing to admit 'state of war"
is because that admission would instantly help
Japan starve out China, not only Of war mate
rials but also of all other products needed.
If any action of the United States encouraged
admission of official war" in the Orient the
ideas of some Americans that we could blithely
continue to ship munitions and supplies to China
and withhold them from Japan would soon be-
come dangerous pipe dreams.
An effort to carry out such dreams 20 years
ago and more wound up in the bellgerents, ex-
erciSing legal rights under international law sink.
ing and confiscating our shipping and materials
shipped. Eventually the situation provided the
spark which touched off the national temper and
sent us into war from which we have never
recovered
Involvement Of the United States in the ORR
entail conflict would be the logical outcome.
Copyright Ledger syndcate)
(BoGke Carter's opinions are his own omd not
ReceSSoTiIy those Of the Washington TiMesJ
The Washington times., 1938-06-28
HOW Different a Career!

How different career these two children have
H chosen from that of the glamorous night
club singers among the younger generationI
With Eleanor FoSdick and Roger Downs it is
hard work: in fact hard labor day in and day
out with very little credit in the end The
glamour girls have the excitement, the applause
of the audience, the searchlight turned on them
and plenty of newspaper publicity.
How admire these girls for trying in fact,
I admire anybody who has an occupation in this
world but when you compare the serious, difficult
work on the one side and the excitement and
thrills on the other, it makes you realize how
well worth while these young people are. They
are giving up their lives to the advancement Of
science and the betterment of the human race,
and there is no higher aim that any person can
achieve than to make the lot Of his fellow man
easier.
God bless and be with these two delightful
young people and the thousands and thousands
like them who are striving toward the same end
all over the world
The Washington times., 1938-06-28
HOOsier Vote Quiz
To Start july 5

INDIANAPOLIS, June 28.-A
special Marion county grand jury
will be impaneled July to investi-
gate wholesale, shocking irregu.
larities in the primary election last
May" That was announced by
Judge Frank P. Baker of the Grim
inal Court.
Judge Baker asked the county
council for an immediate and suf-
ficient appropriation to press the
inquiry into Irregularities revealed
in the current recount of primary
election ballots.
The Washington times., 1938-06-28
COUer Everything

The talks cover everything
from relaxation of bank exami-
nations to price-wage readjuSt-
ments in the so-called monopo-
listic industries, what business,
Government and labor will and
won't do. But basic thread run
ming through them is the buSi-
neSs-G Government.labor manage
ment of cooperation in produc-
ton, prices and wages of which
you were foreWarned.
Not being able to do much in
a general way, all parties seem
to be trying to work out what
particulars they can.
The Presidents speech had
no connection with these ven
lures in cooperation. The Off
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switched from nonrecognition of war to recogni-
ton in the legal sense.
To China the present situation is desperate,
but not entirely hopeless, under unrecognition of
war If China were to insist this were "war" and
not warfare" her position would be nigh hope
less. Faced therefore. with choice of two evils,
China has picked the lesser of the evils.
Actions Are Restricted
~ their conflict is war" neither side can exer-
else belligerent rights against neutral shipments.
The moment either side proclaims that it is
"war" in it's official sense, international law Gas
practiced by the United States and all other
nations) gives the bellgerent extensive rights to
shut off all commerce between their enemy and
all other nations. This may be done by the laws
of blockade, contraband, continuous voyage and
ultimate deStination-laws and rights which are
not usable or permitted so long as the warfare
remains unrecognized as official "war."
When there is a state of official war" and
both belligerentS have navies of approximate
equal strength, each can damage the other about
equally by using the privileges of official "war"
against neutrals
But when one nation has large navy and the
other bellgerent has a navy that is insignificant,
any admission Of an official state of "war" would
be q critical handicap to the weaker nation,
since it depends on foreign sources for much of
its supplies.
japan has mighty navy. China has none
The Washington times., 1938-06-28

st. Mammon's around Broad
and Wall Streets. The list of
the unidentified great who
trooped into the Hyde Park
cave during the Presidents re-
cent stay there is attributed to
him.
Assistant state Secretary
Adolph Berle has been in or
near those John Lewis s-Stettinius
price-wage talks at New York
and Washington. Tommy ~the
Uncorker"O Corcoran has been
shutting from the knee Of the
squire to the various conference
tables. (He was il on uncork-
ing steel priceS.) Practically
everyone who calls himself an
economist here has been in one
or more,
The Washington times., 1938-06-28
BANKERS CHIEF
SELECTS HEADS
OF COMMITTEES
District Group Chairmen
Named by Hoskinson

Heads Of committees of the Dis
trict of Columbia Bankers Associa-
ton were announced today by
Hillary G. Hoskinson, newly
elected president.
Mr.. Hoskinson, vice president
of the Riggs National Bank, was
elected president of the aSsocia-
ton at the annual meeting at Hot
Springs this month, succeeding
Thomas j. Groom.
GROOM NAMED
Mr.. Groom has been named
chairman of the public relations
committee, and H. H. Mckee, pres
ident Of the National Capital Bank,
is vice chairman.
Sidney F.. Taliaferro has been
named chairman of the publicity
committee.
Other important units include
the advertising committee, with
Willard G.. Barker, president Of
the Morris Plan Bank, as chair
man, and Robert L. Flather, Of
the American Security and Trust
Company, vice chairman.
TRADE GROUP
Commercial Trade Activities:
William B. Willard, National Saw
ings and Trust Co., chairman, and
James A. Soper, Lincoln National,
vice chairman. Law and legisla-
tion-FranciS G. Addison, jr.,
Security Savings and Commercial
Bank, chairman, and Lanier P.
McLachlen, vice chairman. It was
announced that I. j. Roberts, also
of the Riggs National, will serve
as assistant to Taliaferro on the
publicity group.
The Washington times., 1938-06-28

practical reasons involved?
Most Americans are more
astonished over the fact that
China refuses to admit a state
of "war," although she herself
has been invaded by Japanese
troops. Why?
The answer may be found
in the reasons of practical eX-
pediency which, more often
than law, control the actions
of nations. The key to the
puzzle lies in examination Of
what would happen if China
The Washington times., 1938-06-28
Factors in Stock Rise Viewed
NEWS BEHIND THE NEWS

nation rule, the arranged"
steel price cut, a clearing in
ventory situation, perking up Of
wholesale price levels and COM
modify prices. They hear a lot
Of things from their leaders con-
corning these conferences. They
know the Administration must
have better business before the
fall elections If Mr.. R has to
tear down the White House to
get it.
Clean Primaries
The primaries must be un-
usually clean this year. The
Sheppard senatorial campaign
investigating committee has re-
ceived only two charges so far,
one from California, another
from Pennsylvania.
The committee in getting off
to a slow start, is likely to wind
up with slower finish.
Anyone looking for Bill
Borah, the famed Idaho Sena-
tor, will generally find him
these days sitting at the large
outdoor fountain in the park
across from the Senate Office
Building. He is doing his read
ing, writing and thinking there
on a park bench.
Chairman Lindsay Warren, in
charge of the House restaurant,
has found one reason it does
not pay. Congressman spent
there last session an average of
AZ cents a day. Some of the
boys seem to have been bring
ing their own lunch.
The Washington times., 1938-06-28
ne answer to a soaring stock

The answer to a soaring stock
market on declining business
figures simply is that the mar
ket deals with the future, fig
ures with the present.
The marketeers have been DO
ing some cumulative thinking.
AS Kennedy put it, they had
lust about cried themselves
out" They know the spending
is not going to be anywhere
near as swift or big as planned.
But they see q lot of little
things like the new bank exami-
The Washington times., 1938-06-28

simple manner and her dress
IS charming as the little lady
herself.
The other day, 1 had the
pleasure of having a young
girl like this come over to
lunch. Her name is Eleanor
Fosdick, daughter of that great
man, DR.. Emerson Fosdick,
whom I believe to be the great
est preacher we have in the
country today.
Who would ever dream that
The Washington times., 1938-06-28

lively for a
week in caves
at Washing
t o n, N e W
Y ork an d
Hyde Park.
Only q word
ha S leaked
out here and
there.
Uncle Joe
K e n n e d y.
h me from
St. James'S,
a pa emily
played conf
Dental a m
llaSSadOr to
The Washington times., 1938-06-28
Engaged to Doctor

ELEANOR is engaged to young Dr. Downs, the
- son of my dear old friend, and Roger him.
self is living example of what a boy can do if
ne has the nerve and the courage to go ahead
and make the best of himself. He also is ply
slcian, and think has a great future.
OF course these young people have had a
marvellous home life and wonderful upbringing,
and l shall always insist that nothing in the
The Washington times., 1938-06-28
By EValw Walsh Mclean

world can take the place Of this. Give child
the proper example, high standards and occupa-
ton and, while it may not work in every case,
10 out of IL times you will find that these chill
dren forge ahead and, while they all cannot be
brilliant like little Eleanor FoSdick at least will
have good principles to 60 by and can make q
useful and happy life for themselves.
The Washington times., 1938-06-28

lows: A rise in commodity
prices, some gains in business
activity, a squirt in the security
markets, and a turn to more
optimistic sentiment.
The most definite conclusion
to be drawn is that the back
of the depression has been
broken. 1t is very doubtful
such a general squirt could oc-
cur after so much of a decline
and amid such obvious symp-
toms of near-bottom levels, un-
less the decreasing factors were
The Washington times., 1938-06-28
KIcKAPoo ASSIGNED

The Coast Guard icebreaker
Kickapoo is being repaired to re-
enter service and will be used to
tow targets at gun practice Of the
cutters. The Kickapoo was de-
commissioned and tied up for
many months at Curtis Bay.
The Washington times., 1938-06-28
Official Chart

Most of the other economic
elements show a decline for this
month, as you may see by the
following official chart. Except
ing employment and pay rolls,
the figures are SeaSonally ad-
iusted to represent the per-
centage of normal existing at
times stated. Normal (1O0) is
the average years 192S-25. in
elusive:
The Washington times., 1938-06-28
World of Finance By Leui5 Haney

NEW YORK.-Several encouraging develop
~ mentS occurred last week. In the order Of
their importance they may be summed up as fol-
The Washington times., 1938-06-28

peNlnu EIeanors simple, I'M EValyn walsh Mclean
affected manner there was hidden one of the
keeneSt brains and minds that have encoun-
tered in long time? She has earned her medical
doctors degree, passing with hign honors, and
Is now an inferno in the Rochester Hospital
The Washington times., 1938-06-28
My Say

WEAT joy it is nowadays to meet q perfectly
natural, unaffected girl-no lpstick no
makeup, her pretty black hsar dressed in a
The Washington times., 1938-06-28
'eBut-

IA of why the war in China is undeclared in
this column yesterday, now what about the more
The Washington times., 1938-06-28

UNDERNEATH this market
~ groundswell is a Govern
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. coop
erative venture not yet visible on
the surface.
Major maneuverers in all four
lines have been comforting ac-
The Washington times., 1938-06-28

greatly weakened It does not follow that long
and sustained cyclical recovery has begun. 1t is
even possible that what has occurred far is like
1882 and may be followed by relapse, as in
1888. think the evidence is strong that bottom
has been touched; and 1t is hard to keep business
down when it is known the next main move will
be up.
What many observers are hoping is that the
turn reflects widespread feeling that the crack
pot monetary and share-the-wealth schemes are
now on the downgrade. Only if the New Deal is
slipping in its power over votes can we hope for
sustained recovery.
The Washington times., 1938-06-28

Keep an Eye on Cranks
THEREFORE,, while helping along recovery, we
L should all keep an eye on the cranks. radicals.
and demagogues and be prepared to fight for
honest politics and sound economics. If you
want this recovery to last, you should note the
two following facts and act accordingly:
l. Back of most of what is being done at Wash
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strictly prohibited)
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ington lies Mr.. Roosevelt's notion that the NRA
was a good thing and that Government should
be the active partner" of business.
2. There has been q great deal of artificial
and unsound procedure adopted to Stimulate"
business This may be listed as follows: Govern
ment spending, letting down the bars for unsound
bank loans. large purchases of farm products by
Government, nearby purchases Of manufactured
goods by Government, raising WPA wages" etc.
This unfortunate element in the situation
makes it probable that in due course the rise in
business will be overdone.
Better Demand for Steel
ENOR the present, however things have turned
and the business outlook is better. This
appears in any summary Of the weekly statistics.
In the steel industry we find rise in the price
of that important raw material, steel scrap,
which indicates better demand for steel. This
sign is supported by the cut in finished steel
prices, for such cut is usually made only when
better buying of steel is definitely in prospect.
In the automobile industry, the latest reports
suggest that conditions may not be quite as bad
as recently seemed almost certain. Sales have
held up well enough to shorten the period Of sum-
mer shutdowns. Although production is only
about onethird what it was year ago, Little
gain in steel buying is reported.
AS significant as any Of the barometers is the
increase in sales Of cotton textiles and the rise
in the price Of gray goods The volume Of sales
Of unfinished cloth has risen so much in excess
of mill output that msold stocks have been
reduced.
The Washington times., 1938-06-28
WAGE-HOUR BILL
TO AFFECT LESS
THAN Z MILLION
Labor Act to Go Into
Effect in Fall
BY EDWARD B. LOCKETT
Copyright, 1898, by International
News Service.)

The fall Of the year will see
this democracy embarked upon a
great social and economic project
permitting government to manage
hours and pay Of wage earners,
but at first less than 100000
workers will be directly affected.
Congress passed the wage-hour
bill to provide framework for the
directing mechanism of the expert
ment. President Roosevelt signed
it, and the latter part of October
it will go into effect, titled Fair
Labor Standards Act of 1885,"
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-25

would be war. Government spokes-
men in Rome, Berlin and Tokyo
publicly voiced their resentment
over the speech.
Welles cited a message sent by
President Roosevelt a few nights
ago to the general convention of
the BNAI BIRTH as the text
for his plea for tolerance of other
governments internal policies and
their political PHILOSOPHERS.
In the conflict of policies and
political principles which the world
witnesses today, this nation re-
mains mistaken in its devotion to
the ideals and the institutions of
democracy the presidents mes
sage said Except insofar as we
deplore the i'll treatment of human
beings anywhere. the domestic poll
cieS of other nations are of no
concern TO the United States. When.
however, alien influences seek to
undermine the foundations of our
own institutions We become defin-
itely concerned.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-25
TotaIifarian Ambition
Charqed to New Deal

TO the courts deciSiOn,' SAID Wood,
lis not that the court has reversed
itself. but that it has refused to
accept this argument Cthe govern
ment plea in behalf of the rate
order).
1T is an argument based upon
the political philosophy Of total
itarian state and not of a free peo-
pie. Administrative convenience and
dispatch may not be put above the
essential requirements of fair play
and due process"
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-25

WASHINGTON. May 25. tUP)-
Frederick H. Wood, attorney for
Kansas City commission men, today
charged in a brief to the supreme
court that the administration is
using the political philosophy of Il
totalitarian state in attacking the
courts Kansas City stockyards deci-
sion.
Woods assertion was contained in
his brief opposing the governments
request for a reconsideration of the
supreme court decision which held
the rates to be invalid because of a
defect in the secretary of agricul-
lures procedure in setting the
charges.
The governments real objection
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-25
White House Clerk
Held for Thefts

WASHINGTON, May 25. up
District Attorney David L. P.ne
announced today that clerk in
the White House mailing room
has been arrested and is held on
a charge Of petty larceny.
Pine identified the prisoner as
William S. Buchly who has been
employed in the mailing room
more than five years He was ar
rested Sunday by White House DO
lice after secret service operatives
set trap for him and he alleged
ly was caught stealing three mark
ed 81 bills from the mail.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-25

social union of Maryland, he said
these issues are of no concern to
the United States" except insofar
as we deplore the i'll treatment
of human beings anywhere" and
unless and until alien influences
seek to undermine the institutions
of this country.
The speech was interpreted as
palliative to the feelings OF Ger
man. Italian and japanese leaders
who have taken exception to re-
cent speeches by high adminlstra-
ton officials who criticized total
itarian forms of government.
Secretary of War Harry H. Wood
ring recently warned the totalitar-
ian powers that # they pushed the
world democracies too far there
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-25
.riz. Grapefruit
Men Ask PrOrate

PHOENIX, May 25 oUP)-Thirty
representatives of the California
and Yuma and Salt River Valley
grapefruit industry today sought
federal prorate control of ship
mentS for mex season.
The group, members of the grape
fruit club, embracing growers and
packers selling through the Cali
fornia Fruit Growers Exchange, de-
cided on the move at a meeting
here yesterday.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-25
Threat Plea Made
In Police Court

Ray D. Foster pleaded not guilty
Tuesday in FL Centro police court
TO charges that he threatened to
stab Ebert Duncan Trial was set
for Thursday The alleged threat
was made during an alteration over
cantaloupe rinds at the Duncan
packing sheds
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-25
Drunk Driver
Freed on Bail

BRAWLEY. May 25. - Released
on a 500 bail. Mabel Marie Thorn
as. Imperial. was cited in Judge
II 3. Griffin's court Monday on
a charge of driving while under the
influence of liquor.
Walter Walsh. state highway pa
trolman. arrested the woman Sat-
urday night after she had swung
her car into the path of Harold
Swain, Brawley. causing him to
seriously damage his machine. al
though he escaped injury She also
caused damage to another car park
ed in front of jim Wells business
establishment on West Main street
In Brawley. Walsh said.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-25

The government VIII ask tina
Rufus Franklin, pa, and James C.
Lucas, 26, be executed in Califor-
Mas lethal gas chamber for Cline's
Staying, zirpoli said Thomas r..
Limerick, SO, companion of Frank
lin and Lucas in the escape plot,
died a few hours before Cline's
death late yesterday.
Cline, wounded by blows from a
hammer welded by the convicts
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-25
Griffen Sentences
Thirty-Five Men

BRAW WLEY. May 25. = Judg
H. B. Griffin pronounced sentence
on 35 men appearing before him
Monday morning.
Eighteen men charged with drum
keness drew fines of $40 or five
days with the majority of them
paying their fines.
Ninety days was given one va
grant, while four others escaped
with sentences of 10 Gays apiece
in the city Jail.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-25
lckes Winter-May'
Marriage Blessed

MILWAUKEE, Wis. May 25
up Although somewhat skeptl.
cal of the success of a winter
and May" marriage, Mr.. and Mrs
Louis A. Dahlman said they wish
ed their daughter, Jane. 25. all
the happiness in the world" in he,
marriage to Secretary of In
terror Harold L. Ickes. 64. at Dub
lin, Ireland. Dahlman. a Milwau-
kee attorney, declined to be quoted
further.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-25
Elks to Initiate
Members Here

Initiation of new members will
be the main order of business at
the Elks' lodge meeting. 8 p. m.
Thursday in the Elks' hall
Prior 70 the initiation, a dinner.
free TO lodge members will be serv-
ed
The initiatory ceremony will be
the first TO be conducted by the new
corps Of officers headed by Norman
Deaton, exalted ruler.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-25
Killer Convicts Faced /.
With Murder Indictment

the unidentified guard was station
ed, he said, was enclosed with shat
ter-proof glass. The three con-
victs. after beating Cline and max
ing their way to the roof of the
prison factory building, began
throwing pieces of iron taken from
the woodwork shop at the guard.
The missiles struck the glass and
bounced off. The guard opened fire
with his rifle. Franklin was hit
first. then Limerick fell. Lucas,
who surrendered, was held in soli-
tary confinement.
YOU bavenT read ALL the News
until you READ the ADS
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-25

as they fled from the prison wood
work shop, never regained con-
sciouSneSs. Limerick was shot in
the head and Franklin in the shoul-
der by a guard whose name prison
officials declined to reveal. Frank
lin was expected to recover.
Warden James A. Johnston said
that the attempt to escape was
madness" The lookout tower where
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-25
Falls From Chair,
Plunges TO Death

SAN FRANCISCO. MAY %. .CUPt
-Cornelis Connell, % year old in
surance salesman for the Califor-
mia Auto club, was killed this week
in an accidental plunge from a
third story apartment window
Connell apparently fell out of a
chair in which he had been sleep
ing and fell through an open win
dow. police said.