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The Washington times., 1938-10-06
DLANKETIsTICs, EFT ALI

It now appears that consider
ably more than $1,000 clerks are
TO be covered in" when the merit
system executive orders take ef-
feet in February. for Farm Sc
eurity Administration's thousands
are seemingly eligible. Yester-
days Civil Service announcement
made no mention Of Farm Secur-
ity, and it had been presumed to
be exempt. This opinion was
reversed, however, when FSC Of
Gicials made haste to inform Com
mission moguls that their per
sonnel is paid by specific author
ity of Title Of the 1888 Work Re
lief Act, and therefore is just as
eligible as the emergencies within
General Accounting or Treasury.
Concurrently it was learned
that the decision exempting AAA
still holds, no cash having been
appropriated from Work Relief
and AAA's enabling legislation bar,
ring it from Civil Service.
X
Flash! Another announcement
regarding civil servicing is due, to.
day or tomorrow.
The executive order situation
within Labor Departments En-
ployment Service (Which operates
the National Unemployment Serv
ice) is a tumble regarding which
even the best sources within Civil
Service are not certain &. . 1t ap
pears that Employment Service
has a $3,O00,OOO regular" appro
priation, and workers paic from
this will not be placed in the clas
sified service in February =.
But another $4,000, 900 comes from
the Work Relief Act, and folk get
ting checks from this are, conse'
quently, legally permitted to sing
pass the Biscuits, Pappy!"
For those declared headed for
merit safety, the only obstacles re
naming are the prescribed non-
competitive tests, certification by
agency heads that they have
served satisfactorily for six
months, and certification that
they were somewhere in the ,Serv
ice on June "a, when the original
executive orders were iSSued-Age
of employees will have no bearing
despite worries of some, it Is al
most certain that no physical ex
aminations Will be required. and
It is extremely dubious that any
State apportionment bugaboos
will be allowed to rise AS to the
qualifying tests, we said yesterday
and repeat today that clerks with
ordinary competence at their jobs
need have no fear Examin
ing 10000 or more people within
the IL days remaining before the
''deadline" is a tough job. and
Civil Service Commission is Gas
usuaD short Of cash Conse
quently, a mere qualifying test
4OA CAAS JOH AASAA 40 NAOAASVNA1 oAAN
any lessons" or special tutoring
for the quiz is held by the CommiS
sion to be shooting in the dark, y
needleSSly and wastefully.
\ y
The unions (as if you didn't
suspect alreadyD are tickled nc
end over develop ents..
UFWA'S Jacob Baker yesterday
termed the Commissions an
nouncement gratifying" tn al
thousands will get job security
and old-age protection He
added that UFWA would continue
to fight for civil service for all
agencies, however, and announced
intention to back any new reor
ganization bill as a means to this
end Although President
Stengle is away, AFGE headquar
ters declared the announcement
The Washington times., 1938-10-06
TOdays Best ShOUUs

WARNE r BROTHERS
schedule today, for which you
may h ave received tickets:
EARLE-Jean Arthur, James
Stewart, Lionel Barrymore in
'YOu Can't T * e It With
YOu," plus Lucky Monroe on
the stage; METROPOLITAN
-Four Daughters" wi t h
Priscilla, Rosemary and Lola
Lane; AMBASSADOR-ROb-
ert Taylor and Maureen
O'SulIivan in "CrOwd ROarS";
UPTOWN-RandOlph S C o tt
and Joan Bennett in "The
Texans; PENN and TIVOLI
Alice F aye and Don
Ameche in "Alexander's Rag
time Band"
The Washington times., 1938-10-06
TTERE'N'THERE:

II Securities and Exchange Com
mission has a skunk on the rolls!
The skunk (it rhymes with
punk and both words are appro-
priate), scums along on two legs
and has just been discovered by
virtue of a little bit of unSkilled
Skullduggery :. An SEC clerkette
within the Dockets unit is tai
ented, makes, a hobby of art and
The Washington times., 1938-10-06
Three Joy Bundles

Original VELATI Candy
Stores today will present one
pound boxes of their delicious
chocolates or caramelS, on re-
quest, to: GARRETT C.
r U SH. G P.O.; MAO MI
s M / T HI, Indian Bureau;
PAULINE LEM A N, Bu-
reau Of Grazing. Candy will
be presented at either store,
Ninth and G StS. N. w., or
6O9 Fourteenth St. N. W.
The Washington times., 1938-10-06
Watch This Box

LITTLE THEATER: Lois
PrOchaska, Bureau of Mines,
is urged to ScuttIe by here for
two passes to this funspOt,
now showing "The Awful
TRUTH" with Ir enc Dunno
and Cary Grant. ("Birth of q
Baby" is at the RiaItO.)
HIGH ICE CREAM: Flea
nor Reid, Interior, has a slip
awaiting here for q quart Of
this tasty cOnfectiOn at any
High Store, one of which Op-
crates at 1907 Seventh St.
N. W..
MARLENE BEAUTY KIT:
Daisy Phipps, Engraving
Printing, Is awarded one Of
these magic boxes for face
refreShment If she'll breeze
over to GOldenberg's COS
metics counter for it.
The Washington times., 1938-10-06

Eighty thousand coming under
merit;
We aDonder tohv they all
can't share it.
Whats needed notD Is all the
rest
70 make this serutce ths
very best!
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1938-03-24

Of this prejudice politicians of the
Bill Thompson type for years have
taken full advantage. 1t has been pro-
NOTED by certain number of sincere
men in the Senate and outside. 1t is
an exaggerated prejudice but suffi-
Gent to keep those charged with form
ing and enforcing a national foreign
policy from being openly realistic.
Even in the Far East, where our inter
ests are identical, and our purposes
parallel, and where naval cooperation
is a necessity, tn eutmost care has to
be taken to avoid an appearance of
understanding; and there are prompt
denials when the charge is made that
one exists. Our diplomats abroad have
to be especially cautious, as the mere
suggestion of an intention to cooper
ate brings bowls of protest from SEN
ate isolationists and the extremely ar
ticulate element which holds that any
form of international cooperation is
wicked-an element which, with its
head buried in the sand, believes that
nothing that happens in Europe can
possibly hurt us, if only we refuse to
mix in their affairs"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1938-03-24
HEARTY APPROVAL

Hearty approval of The Republi-
cans suggestion last week in regard
to a city primary and a registration
of voters for the town of Oakland, has
been given by Mayor Lawrence NJ.
Fraley, and several members of the
city council.
Mr.. Fraley's plan is to have such a
bill prepared in proper form so that
it will be presented to the next session
of the Legislature for passage
Whether such bill would be in time
to change procedure before the 1889
election, is not known, but anyway
the plans are underway and the mis-
takes will be corrected.
Any resident desiring to run for
office will have the privilege of filing
his candidacy, and only registered
voters will be eligible to vote, under
the proposed law.
These changes have been needed for
several years. 1t is gratifying. to
know the Mayor and Council agree
with The Republican on this matter.
Another question upon which there
is agreement is the need for a COM
munity building and playground. How
and where are questions not so easily
answered, but surely there is a way if
people persist.
No civic minded persons have
offered any site yet for such a purpose,
but that is no reason for giving up
hope. Hope springs eternal in the
human breast"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1938-03-24

There would seem little doubt, in
deed. Yet, such is the force of the "No
Entangling Alliance" appeal, so po-
tent is the power of the mind our own
business" cry, so plausible the argu-
ment that we were unnecessarily
dragged into the last war, and SO gull
lible are people generally that it has
been easy for those who abhor any
form of international cooperation to
create a sentiment which makes those
in power afraid to advocate openly
the sort of British-American under
standing which they privately know
to be the hope of the world. By con-
slant harping upon alleged efforts of
the British to have US pull her chest
nuts out of the fire, and in other
ways, it has been possible to stir up
an anti-Euglish prejudice here in a
population nearly half of which is of
British descent
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1938-03-24
DISINFECTION NECESSARY
WITH CATCHING DISEASES
Much Can Be Done To Prevent
It's Spread To Others

If any member of your family or Of
your household should happen to come
down with one of the "cathcing" dis
eases, you can do a great deal, accord
ing to DR.. R. H. Riley, Director Of
the State Department of Health, to
prevent the spread of the disease to
others, by careful disinfection Of ar
ticles used by the person who is i'll
with, OF who is recovering from, such
a disease.
"Such articles" Dr. Riley said, Gin
clude disheh, drinking glasses, knives,
forks, spoons, other utensils, wash
cloths, towels, bedding, clothing and
other personal articles used by the
child or grown-up who is i'll. The walls
and floors of the room occupied during
the illness, require special care also.
1.-TWO kinds of disinfectant are spec
flied" DR.. Riley said, Gin the State
Regulations for the Control of Com
municable Diseases-concurren and
terminal. Concurrent means the sort
of disinfectant that must be carried on
continuously-day by day-durlng the
course of the disease. Terminal dlsln-
lection, as the name implies, comes at
the end of the illness, after the patient
is up and out again.
"Day by day disinfection includes
boiling the dishes and other table
utensils used by the one who is III,
after each meal. Boiling the towels,
wash cloths, sheets, pillow cases and
clothing of the one who is i'll, in plenty
of hot water and strong soap, before
laundering, and keeping them sepa-
rate from the supplies used by the rest
of the family, come under the same
heading.
an diseases in which discharges
from the nose or throat are sources OF
danger to others, soft paper hand
kerchiefs are a great convenience be-
cause they can be readily disposed of,
or burnt up, after they have served
their purpose. Diseases of this sort
include influenza, colds, sore throat,
pneumonia, tuberculosis, diphtheria,
scarlet fever, measles, whoophg
cough and other children's diseases.
an typhoid fever and similar dis
eases in which the discharges from the
digestive tract are sources OF mice
ton, the regulations specify that such
discharges must be carefully steril-
lied by the use of some chemical be-
fore they are disposed Of. This precau-
ton must be carried out day by day,
also"
For the fnal-the terminal-disin-
lection of rooms, floors, walls, bed
ding, clothing and other personal ar
ticles used or worn in the sick. room,
DR.. Riley said that nothing better has
been discovered, so far, than scrub
bing walls and floors with plenty Of
hot water and soap, sterilizing sheets,
bedding, covers, blankets, and other
articles, by boiling, and by letting in
plenty of sunshine and fresh air.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1938-03-24
ASHER GLADE

Robert Umbel, of Pittsburgh, was
visiting his mother, Mrs. Ida Umbel,
over the weekend.
Miss Fern Evans, of Glade Farms,
was visiting her sister, Mrs. William
Umbel, on Sunday.
0. NJ. Meyers and son, Bruce, were
business callers in Friendsville one
day last week.
There was church service at the
Asher Glade church Sunday morning,
conducted by Rev. Ludwick, of Mark
leysburg, Pa.
Bruce Lowdermilk, who has been on
the sick list, is recovering.
John Bowser, Robert Fike, Fred
Meyers, Lawrence and Willis Fratz,
Clark Frazee and children, Charles
and Mabel, attended the show at the
Grand Theatre in Friendsville one
evening last week.
Oliver Frazee and son, Paul, called
at Stanton Friends, on Sunday.
Roy Meyers, Oakland, visited his
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1938-03-24
AUTO REPAIR RACKET"
PARDON MOVE IS STARTED
EllicOtt City Barber Seeks Par
don For Four Convicted

Reaching out from barber shop in
Ellicott City, a movement is afoot to
seek pardons for three former State
policemen and q garage proprietor
serving time in a penal institution for
conviction Of conspiracy to defraud
Washington boulevard motorists.
Admitted instigator of the move
'ment is Philip Lauman, Ellicott City
barber, and father-in-law of former
Sergt. Albert E. Markley, one of the
convicted men. Lauman admitted pc
titions asking the Governor to pardon
the men were being circulated.
Convicted and sentenced with Mark
ley on charges of consppiring to ex-
tort money from motorists in a repair
racket" were his former fellow off
GERS John E. Wheeler and John E.
Taylor, and John Herbert, Washing
ton Boulevard garage proprietor.
They began serving their terms in
Appeals affirming these sentences
following conviction in a Howard
county court and later appeal from
the courts verdict to the Court of
Appeals:
Markley, three years; Wheeler, two
years and six months; Herbert, two
years. and Taylor, one year.
Charge Called Doubtful
The petition for pardon circulated
by Lauman, read in part:
Prior to the conviction, the first
three named were members of the
Maryland State police force, and the
last named, an Independent business
man. Their lives and careers were
spotless until stained with the stigma
Of a doubtful charge of being parties
to conspiracy, in Maryland court,
and evidence the strictest adherence
and conformity to the best ideals of
American citizenship.
eve believe the theoretical estab-
lishment of their offense, which to a
host of lay citizens had no establish
ment in fact, was alone sufficient pun
ishment without the further crushing
sentence of Imprisonment"
Governor Harry W. Nice said Sat
urday he would take no action toward
clemency for the three imprisoned
former members of the State police
without recommendation from the
judge who sentenced them and the
States Attorney who prosecuted them.
This was the Governors sole COM
ment on the matter.
States Attorney Sybert, of Howard
county, the prosecutor in the case,
in an open letter to the Governor, cited
evidence introduced at the trial which
showed that the men had been en-
gagged in the eXtortions for two years
and protested any action on the part
Of the Executive to show clemency.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1938-03-24
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. o. NJ. Meyers,

parents, Mr.. and Mrs. o. NJ. Meyers,
Sunday.
Roy w. Umbel visited his sister,
Mrs. Russell Laraway, of Markleys-
burg, Pa, one day last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Junior Rhodeheaver,
Oakland, visited the latter's parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. George W. Fike, Sunday:
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Paugh and
family, Vindex, and Mr.. and Mrs.
Stanton Friend and family, Mrs. Ray
w. Umbel and son, Wendell, visited at
Mr.. and Mrs. o. M. Meyers Sunday.
0. NJ. Meyers and sons, Fred and
Bruce, attended Grange at Markleys-
burg, Saturday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. James L. Frantz, Jr.,
and family visited the formers par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. James Frantz, ST.,
recently.
Fred Meyers was Sunday after
noon caller at the home Of Roy 5.
Umbel.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1938-03-24
VIVA This Country Needs At The
Present Time Is A Lot of Good
Old-Fashioned American Flag
Waving.
Waving.
Mr.. Benz. H. Sincell,
Editor The Republican,
Oakland, Maryland.

Mr.. Benz. H. Sincell,
Editor The Republican,
Oakland, Maryland.
Dear Mr.. Sincell-It was a pleas
ure, indeed to read the United States
Senate's proclamation that it intends
to assume leadership in the restora-
ration of business and return this Gov
eminent to American principles. If
you haven't read its Ten Point Pro-
gram, please do.
We have all stood by passively
longer than we should have and OBJ
served the unpatriotic anti-business
demonstrations on the streets of our
cities. Picketing by terrible looking
characters is permitted without the
slightest attempt on the part of the
authorities to preserve American
rights. Mob scenes instigated, directed
and financed, perhaps, by Communists
are put on under the designation of
the death Watch, and Hunger
Brigade" and other such names, which
incite to riot And nothing is done
about it.
What this country needs mort than
anything else at the present time is a
lot of good oId-fashioned American
flag waving.
Perhaps | am not up-to-date in my
thinking or have lost my perspective.
Perhaps | don't recognize these condi-
lions as the new standards resulting
from our economic evolution. | have
tried to have an open mind on this
matter of liberal thought but find, in
undertaking it, one must sacrifice
ones character, self-respect and patri-
otism and become an international
ist";-a person who does not owe al
legiance to any country; respects no
religious principles and does not see
the need to be faithful to a husband
or wife. ~
If that is what we are facing, then
God grant that we might find some
American Greed to preserve ourselves
and that which we created, With de-
sire to help find that Greed, l offer an
excerpt from speech made many
years ago by William Tyler Page:
The American Greed
81 believe in the United States of
America as a government Of the peo-
pie, by the people, for the people;
whose just powers are derived from
the consent of the governed; a de-
mocracy in a republic; a sovereign ma
ton of many sovereign states; per-
feet union, one and inseparable; es-
tablished upon the principles of free
dom, equality, justice and humanity
for which American patriots sacrificed
their lives and fortunes.
l, therefore, believe ii is my duty
to my country to love it, to support its
constitution; to obey its laws, to re-
spect its flag and to defend it against
all enemies"
We, at the Hotel Empire, are Am
orleans who believe in this Greed. Our
flag flies daily, weather permitting. If
you believe in this thought, please
write your friends about it. i
EDW. b. BELL.
New York, Broadway and 63rd St,
=
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1938-03-24
The following administrator

The following administration ae-
counts were passed:
Estate of Philip 7. Bowman, fire.
and final account; Henry C. Hostetlar
administrator.
Estate of Ernest R. Friend; first and
final account; Paul NJ. Friend, admin
istrator.
Estate of Joel J. Miller; first and
final account; Jonas B. Miller, admin
istrator.
Estate of Philip P. McAndrews. fr..
and final account; Michael F. jackson
executor.
Estate of Edward A. Browning. fire.
and final account; J. Frank Brown
ing, administrator c. t. a.
Guardian account passed:
Estate of Garland Barnard ct 81.
first account; Earl F. Barnard, guar
dian.
The next meeting of the court will
be held on Tuesday, April T..
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1938-03-24

which the desire to keep out of war
is overwhelming. Yet, such is the ma
ture of our politics that the men re-
sponsible for guiding the country in
foreign affairs are prevented from
openly adopting the course they know
to be best for protecting ourselves. 1t
would be fine to have one of them
speak out fearlessly and realistically
on the subject. Secretary Cordell Hull
came closer to doing it last Thursday
than anyone else has come so far.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1938-03-24
Card OF Thanks

We want to thank our many friends
and neighbors for their kindness and
helpfulness during the illness and fol.
lowing the death of our dear LOVING
mother, Mrs. Amanda Schroyer.
We also want to thank Rev. G. M
Kunkle, the choir of the Accident
Lutheran church and those who do.
mated the use of their cars for tba
funeral service. THE FAMILY.
Advertisement it,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1938-03-24
Orphans Court Proceedings

The Garrett County Orphans Court
was in session on Tuesday at which
time letters of administration were
granted Mrs. Nellie B. Harvey, Kitz-
miller, on the estate of her deceased
husband, Robert E. Harvey, and Mrs.
Myrtle NJ. Sollars, Deer Park, was APP
pointed administrators of the estate
of her deceased father, Alexander c.
George.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1938-03-24

]. A. Conover, dairy specialist, Ex-
tension Department, University Of
Maryland, spent several days in the
county last week inspecting dairy
herds.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1938-03-24
THE GREAT
GAME OF
POLITICS.
By FRANK r. KENT
Copyright by the Baltimore Sun and
reprinted in The Republican by
special permission.
Paralyzed By Politics
By FRANK r. KENT
Paralyzed By Politics

Washington, March 49,.
The situation in Europe is so menac-
ing that to a considerable extent it
overshadows almost everything else.
Certainly the threat to civilization of
another great conflict is such as to
make discussion of domestic political
events seem more or less trivial.
###
Nevertheless, the cold fact remains
that it is domestic politics which par
alyzes the American foreign policy,
prevents it from acquiring stability,
substance or a clear sense of direction.
If this were not true-if our policy
were logical and forceful, if it were
not twisted by the politicians out of
all semblance to an effective instru-
ment, the chances of another great
war would be lessened, the hope for
peace strengthened.
1t is customary for our government
tai and legislative leaders to ignore
these facts, but there are few thought
full men among them who do not priv
ately concede their truth. For exam
pie, there is general agreement that
in the event of another European
conflict, ultimately the United States
will be drawn into it, just as surely
as in the last war, on the side of Great
Britain and France. There are, of
course, some persons-though not
many-who believe we can preserve
SO complete a neutrality and achieve
such fool-proof isolation that the
whole of Europe might go up in
flames and leave US untouched.
#*%
However, the overwhelming opin-
ion is that once the war begins, soon
or late our active involvement is GER
tain. But even those who cling to the
conviction that somehow we might es-
cape active participation cOncede that
there would be no escape for US from
economic consequences of a collapsed
Europe and that the effect here would
be devastating. This being the case
and few deny it-clearly, it is vital to
do what we can to prevent the smash
from coming over there. Perhaps
nothing we can do will aver it, but it
seems incredibly unintelligent not to
make the effort. 1t is too plain to ar
que that the one effective contribution
we can make toward this end is thru
cooperation with the nations-Great
Britain and France-whose purposes
parallel our own and with whom, in
the event of war, we are certain to be
allied. 1t is too plain to argue that the
prospects Of peace would be enhanced
by joining with them, letting it be
known to the world at large and to the
aggressor nations in particular, that
should war come, the United States
will promptly enter on their side. 1t is
plain that that knowledge would re-
duce the chances of aggressive action
from the dictator nations because it
would reduce the chances of their get
ting away with it.
&'&**
Tboro hoe haap ,o,,,cl, c,.;+icie,1, o+
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1938-03-24

There has been much criticism at
the lack of firmness and force upon
the part of Great Britain in dealing
with the crisis. Can anyone doubt that
if it were known that this nation saw
eye to eye with Great Britain, that in
the event of war sure to effect US
this nation would be found fighting
with Great Britain as before-can
anyone doubt that this would i'm
mensely strengthen the British voice
and promote a peace almost as vital
to us as to her? Can anyone doubt
that the weight and power of the
forces whose supreme desire is to
avoid a conflict would be vastly en-
HANGED? Can any sensible man doubt
that there is better chance for peace
this way than any other?
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1938-03-24

The thing does not make sense 1t
minimizes the influence we ought to
have in world affairs. 1t prevents us
from making our real contribution
coward peace Here is a nation in
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