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The Washington times., 1938-07-07

President Roosevelt said in
his Gettysburg speech:
"It is another conflict, as fun
damental as Lincoln'S, fought
not with CLINT Of steel, but with
appeals to reason and justice
on a thousand fronts-seeking
to save for our common country
opportunity and security for citi-
zens in a free society,""
The nation is, indeed, engaged
in a conflict at this moment
more serious than that of the
civil war, because it involves our
liberties, our institutions, and
our entire social and economic
order, which Roosevelt and his
associates are doing all within
their power to destroy, as evil
denced by his efforts to make
our courts SubServient to his will
in his diabolical "court-packing"
scheme, and his reorganization
bill, which would have given him
practically dictatorial powers.
With hypocritical JUNCTION he
prates of democracy and gives
lip service to freedom when his
every act is a negation Of both.
It is he and his associates who
are the enemies we have most
to fear, and not any enemies
from without. He has been
The Washington times., 1938-07-07
ROllin' Along
BIZ ". A. S. Douglas

TODAY except for its daily quota of tourists and its
townspeople, the historic village of Gettysburg is de-
serted The aged veterans of the Blue and the Gray have
looked for the last time upon the Peach Orchard the Wheat
Field, Round Top, Seminary Ridge and the Bloody Angle
They have gone home deas bravey they dared death
of century ago. And years nexor
able deathdeaers than guns and bayones You
can dodge one, but you can't dodge the other
lean heavily favor of the old Conederaes for have
always been romanticay interested in lost went
to the reunion with that feeling inside of meand
intensified by my visits the Of course the South
braver than the Norhernerbut he seemed
Braver because in the face of almost continuous ad
versy he has managed to retain his of humor and
to have made the best of things.
S VI e olosoeS was VIC die it that perverSe
AHen 'e oeaou
- ,,-a-oJ - 1Nt,
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Income HIusOry?

The President in his latest
fireside chat repeated the same
error that is contained in sew
eral of his reports" He said
that in 1892 the national In
come was $Ss, 900. 900. 900. while
in 1888 1t is hoped it will be
$50, ,OOO. 100000.
This is economic nonsense.
The devalued dollar Of today Is
only 59.4 per cent Of the 1882
dollar. Therefore, the hoped
for 1898 income will be only
$s5,64O, ,OOO, 900. or $2.S6O, 100000
less than the 1882 income.
J. w. H.
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SIG KILLED OVER THE FOURTH

m HE corrected Fourth of July weekend accidental
death count for the United States according to the
latest news we have on it, was 576
Of these SIG persons bumped
que WIU OUHe off over the three-day holiday,
T~,,onJo Roo,,Tfo almost half were killed in auto
mobile accidents, while only
six were killed by fireworks.
Maybe we're cold and callous, something; but get
an optimistic reaction from this news.
The "safe and sane Fourth" crusade must have been
going for thrtyfive years. Newspapers magazines
radio speakers etc., etc., have dinned increasingly into
Americans the idea that it is the best kind of life
insurance to extreme when touching off Roman
candles fowerpots, skyrockets firecrackers and
The crusade has obviously gotten results.
Which encourages to hope that aren't merely
tanning the air every time shoot Inviting the
Undertaken" cartoon automobe-safety editorial
lFrou the New YokDa NswOl
The Washington times., 1938-07-07
Embarrassing

I came from Germany before
the war, and always have been
happy in my adopted country.
Mr.. Fritz Kuhn, you are doing
me and thousands like me q lot
Of harm. Naturally, I haven't
lost my German accent, and
people are antagonistic toward
me until I explain that I don't
fall for your CUFF. Please, Mr..
Kuhn, go back to Germany. and
let us pursue our lives here in
peace. AUGUST M
The Washington times., 1938-07-07

guilty Of innumerable offenses,
and should have been impeached
long ago, and would have been
but for a spineless, subServient
Congress-, who have been parti-
ceps criminis to his high crimes
and misdemeanors.
OBSERVER.
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acter-this country's first
outstanding educator and the
father of free public schools
would probably want some type
of an educational institution
rather than a cold stone memo
rial, if he could have his own
choice in the matter"
X X x
Mrs. E. M. Cope, 1920 N st.
N. w.. cashier:
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Spending dollars
on the propo sed
m o n u m ent for
which the H us e
has appr opriated
$5O0,O0O to begin
construction, seems
to me a too costly
monument, espe-
cially in view of
present conditions.
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student:

thing for the children of Wash
ington, especially those chill
dren in poor families, where
there is a prevalence of tubercu-
loSis and social diseases? I'd
like to see a large educational
and recreational institution,
where children could play or
study under proper guidance"
X X X
Alton Russ, 1109 K st. N. w.,
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built and it should prove to be
such as to cause dissatisfaction
with a large number of people.
Personally, I like some type of
a stone building that would last
many years, on the idea Of q
Lincoln Memorial"
The Washington times., 1938-07-07

IT p ar t icularly
admire T h o m a S
JefferSon's accom-
plishments for his
coun tr y, so I do
want a really ap-
propriate memorial
built in his honor.
It would be a shame
if a memorial were
The Washington times., 1938-07-07

vaSion of the
G ra b b i n G,
G overnment-
favored car
pet = baggerS.
And, parallel
with this, was
t h e descent
10 p o V t 1 \ y
out of which
nu m berS of
t h e m never
emerged.
? m q O
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patriots; one that will be so well
built and beautiful that it will
last hundreds of years. The place
suggested for the monument
seems to be ideal, lying, as it
will, in direct line with the other
memorial structures.
X X x
Miss Alma Bell, of Fairfax,
Va:
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memorial, in by opinion, would
be a large auditorium, one of
the greatest needs here. And
just think what three million
dollars would mean in the Ma
tons Capital for an endowed
university or some other truly
useful building"
X X 4
Miss Nancy Morris, 1909 JEFF
ferson st. N. W., business school
student.
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"Of course, I ad-
mire the m a n y
beautiful monu u
ments in Washing
ton, but they are
no good except to
look at. Could not
we m e m ori a lie
T h omas Jefferson
by doing some
The Washington times., 1938-07-07


II believe that a
brilliant statesman
and diplomat such
as the third Presi-
dent of the United
States was, deserves
a real memorial in
the District of Co.
lumbia. However,
q man of his char
The Washington times., 1938-07-07

"I believe the me-
m orial designed
by John R uSS e ii
Pope, proposed to
be constructed on
the south side of
the Tidal l Basin,
will be a fit t n G
structure to honor
the m e ory of
The Washington times., 1938-07-07

ct h e memorial
designed by John
Russell Pope seems
appropriate to me.
T h omas Jefferson
deserves a huge me-
mortal in keeping
with those erected
to other dis tin =
guiShed A m e1'ican
The Washington times., 1938-07-07

stretches there but these being filled Already we
have network of excellent roads farfung that we
could hu hundreds of thousands of men with almost
lightning speed any desired point in the United States
It is to be hoped the War Department has done some
thinking along these lines and planning along them
for "M-Day" QIobilzaton Day)-as we suppose 1t has,
The next logical thought in this chain of reflections is
by no means so reassuring a thought. We could ship
great masses of men anywhere overland in hurry but
could they fight when they got there?
4o0,UOO Our Regular Army, in service in this
u:L4oro country and elsewhere, totaed 17o,OOO
officers and men in 1887. The National
Guard came to $4,000 all told the reserve forces to
115OOO Assuming that all these men could put up pre-
sentabe modern fight the Regular Army undoubtedly
could the figures add 485OOO trained fighting men
Immediately available to the richest single country in the
world and one of the biggest.
The total is not impressive The total indeed is alarm
ingly small when you reflect that invention
NAV prove to be the battlehps death blow and thereby
destroy our present power. 1t doesn't seem likely but
neither did the ironcad bateshp likely in the days
of the wooden navies
Yet we could if we would add to supply of salts
factorily trained land fighters at rate approaching
100000 year.
~ That is the present authorized strength
e0CH wv per year of the CCC, or Civilian Conser-
IT, choo+ vation Corps. The in and go
out at six-month intervals; authorized
size of the corps at any time is 225,OOO.
These men are supervised by Army officers. They live
the military life in every respect except the one that dis
tinguishes Army from Labor Battalion men. They
may not have guns and they not have gun practice
So they Labor Battalion men, snooed by real soldiers
and shifted at by many cvilianand all undeservedly
The reason for this state of affairs is well known
Pacifis sentiment is strong in this country, even
though on occasion of the most pugnacious
peoples in the world And pacsts have been able
, to keep the Government sold for
H0HSLTHHg Oy five years on the idea that to give
T mr.. Duo;f;o+o guns to the CCC would put wicked
~ ly warke ideas in the boys heads.
What would really do would be to give them the self
respect and se-reance that stick out all real SOL
diers, and give rapidly growing force of men who
could be counted heavily if should move onto
United States territory
We aren't ashamed to build Navy composed of the
most intricate fighting machines KNOWN and to it
with 100000 highly trained experts in gunnery,
electricity mathematics etc. etc. We hesitate to in for
training reserve land army with anywhere near such
thoroughness. The ways of pacfism srange and
only hope the nation doesn't have to through the
some day for the fun it's pacfss having with its
defenses.
Daily
The Washington times., 1938-07-07
We Could Mobilize, But
Could We Fight?

Thinking about the magnificent motor highways which
loop all parts of this country together in no other
country in world history, and driving of them
we're impressed with the with which could mobilize
The Washington times., 1938-07-07

our manpower
in an e mer-
gency.
We have 25,-
100000 or so
automobiles in
the U nit e d
S t a t e S; so
many that all
Of US could ride
in a pi nc h.
There are gaps
here and rocky
or m u d d Y
The Washington times., 1938-07-07
TheInquiring
Photographer
The Washington Times in
vites you to submit timely
and interesting questions to
be used in this column.
THE QUESTION

What do you think would be
a fitting memorial to Thomas
jefferson?
The Washington times., 1938-07-07
VOICE OF THE PEOPLE

the Editor should be limited 200 addresses
writers be omit
The Washington times., 1938-07-07
Traffic Toll

The list Of traffic victims in
the District Of Columbia since
January /, 1888, is graphically
shown by the death watch.
The Washington times., 1938-07-07

There are many people who
think that Sunday is a sponge
to wipe out all the sins of the
week.-Henry Ward Beecher,
The Washington times., 1938-07-07

The only man to me who Is
not respectable is the man who
consumes more than he pro.
duces.-Elbert Hubbard.
The Washington times., 1938-07-07

We think poverty to be in
finitely desirable before the
torments Of covetousness.-
Jeremy Taylor.
The Washington times., 1938-07-07

A man must be excessively
stupid. as well as uncharitable,
who believes there is no virtue
but on his own side,-Addison.
The Washington times., 1938-07-07

THE ANSWERS
Mrs. Alice Foster, 512 Ninth
CT c r hea1ltician.
The Washington times., 1938-07-07
Wise Words

There is a broad distinction
between character and reputa-
ton, for one may be destroyed
by SANDER, while the other can
never be harmed save by its
posseSSor.-Holland.
I look upon Incidence as a
sort OF suicide; for the man is
effectually destroyed, though
the appetites of the brute may
Survive.-Lord Chesterfield.
The Washington times., 1938-07-07

Long is the way (to learning)
by rules; short and effective by
examples.-Seneca.
The Washington times., 1938-07-07

First of his crosses was the
surrender. Then the dreadful
reconstruction DAYS and the in.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1938-08-05
OPEN LETTER
TO THE VOTERS
OF OHIO

In the interest of fairness and
equity to the voters Of Ohio, il has
become necessary for me 70 make a
public statement regarding certain
false representations now being Cir
eulalted IN regard to my appoint
ment as Assistant to the Attorney
General Of Ohio.
As the first coiored egoman To-
serve in this capacity, | feel i deep
sense of responsibility to the voters
Of Ohio. the people Of my race and
the Attorney General, all Of whom
have made such an honor possible,
and / wish to forestall for them
any attempt TO Grag this appoint
ment into political issues BY dishon--
est and subversiye means.
There appears to be an effort on
the part Of CERTAIN persons and
forces to misrcpresent the source OF
the appointment and by virtue OF
misleading statements and publica-
tions to make it part of the guber
material campaign issues now before
the voters of Ohio. The appointment
of the first Negro woman Assistant
Attorney General Of Ohio was made
by the present Attorney General,
Herbert S. Duffy. Any statement
attributing this appointment to any
other official is absolutely false, and
if made with intent to deceive is a
fraud upon the voters Of Ohio and
an unethical attempt to becloud and
distort their Judgment.
Yours very truly,
Elsie Austin,
Assistant Attorney General.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1938-08-05
CO NJ vi E N T S
CALVIN'S DIGEST
BY FLOYD j. CALVIN
Listed by Editor &t Pubiisher)

vlyal, may do just that. The Negro
press has a right to live just as any
other business, and it cannot be ex--
pected that the Negro press will be
the organ Of constructive promotion
for Negro business, and not expect
to reap some Of the harvest from
its work. Our insurance companies
and our banks are doing fairly well
these days. Let them not forget
that il is the Negro press that stands
between them and a morbid state of
public mind which it would be inn
possible for them to withstand alone.
Just now the recession is doing is
worst, and it Is the Negro Press that
is helping the people to bear their
burdens with fortitude.
The Lawyers
olif lawyers are meeting in Dur
ham, and there is a task for them to
consider iii the social life Of ths
group. First, legal business. This
II probably true. But we wish to
remind our lawyers that they them
selves are partly responsible for this.
II Is true that our people, because
| Of tradition. Just naturally go to
white lawyers for il large part Of
their business, but in order to
1 change this condition, definite
| program Of cultivation Of Negro eli
ents by Negro lawyers is necessary.
The first step IN this program is for
| she lawyers, as a group, to manifest
more personal interest In the COM
| nlunity and personal problems OF the
/ group. Too many OF our lawyers,
when they begin to make little
/ money, become hard to find" and
hard e. see, not to mention $50
cially impossible. A few of these
lawyers can do more to impress the
public mind negatively thar all the
others can do to win more clients.
! The people like and want sympathy.
] If the lawyers approach the people
with a genuinely sympathetic atti-
tude, they will get more business;
but if they try TO command the
business, they won't get it, no mat
ter how badly they need it, nor how
iustifiable may be their request for
the business The test of good
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1938-08-05
Greene County Youth
Program kiIkare
Park August 6
tTAs IS Als Most REcsnT poeJRAII

Competitive sports, ball games,
races, and contests Of all types will
be afforded the Coiored Youth OF
Greene County, August 6, from 2
to r. NJ, ut kilkare Park on the
Dayton Pike, The youth of Greene
County are invited to make this an
play. Prizes will be given inners in
The various games. There will be
present the sponsors, President and
proper chaperones for this outing
and anyone Is invited to bring his
lunch OF basket and enjoy the pro-
gram.
Due to the condition Of the East
End playground, and not being able
to secure Shawnee Park, the kilkal g
Park was secured for the afternoon,
as 1t will be used that night for an
other meeting. This will be the first
time that the Colored Youth OF Xenla
and Greene County, has been able to
have public program Of this tyre,
and not having q Municipal Pool OF
Public Playground, it is hard to
foster q large reereational communs-
ity program.
Through the cooperation of Mr..
Thomas Harris, Wilberforce, Mr.
Geo. Morgan, Mr.. Perrin Smith and
Robt. Jackson, Miss Demeritus Lewis,
| and Miss Ada Hamilton, as well as
| other workers and interested play
directors, a splendid afternoon is in
| store for all.
Parents are invited to accompany
| youngsters who wish to come for the
afternoon. Special care and atten-
ton will be given, and ell members
Of Scout groups, clubs, and every
member Of the Colorcd Youth Move
ment of Green County, and friends
are invited If it should rain, the
| games will be held indoors in the
| Coliseum. Prizes to be given were
donated by the Xenia merchants.
Mr.. Wendell Terrell is President.
and Mr.. Leslie Clark and Mrs. M. +.
Valentine are sponsors, The Pro-
! gram Committee is composed Of Mr..
Thomas Harris, Mr.. Morgan, Misses
Ada Hamilton and Demeritus Lewis.
Hours from 1900 to GOO P. M. The
| public is invited.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1938-08-05
SPRINGFIELD
SOCIAL ITEMS
Nv John Rodgers Smith

l)N JUfltl iIblB1l9 AoliliNH
Funeral services for DR. Richard f.
oeteferd, prominent physician Of
So city. were held Monday. Aug. /,
/ Wl.y NJ f Church.
Miss Dottie Lee Lewis, attractive
laughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry
g.euis of South yellow Springs ST.,
visiting relatives and friends in
hieago, III.
The girls Of the Clark ST. Y Y.W.C,A.
~ having an enjoyable time at Camp
Sakonda near Piqua, Ohio. Miss
ieneva Neff and Miss Woodie Smith
re the advisors.
Mrs, Marjory p. Smith, secretary
+ Clark st. Y.WC.A., left Monday,
Aug. j, to visit her parents IN Pasa-
lena. Calf, the beauty spot OF the
rest The members Of the association
gave Il surprise party in her honor on
he ese of her departure Dainty re-
freshments were served
Mrs. James Suggs, Mrs. Hugh Tay-
or, Mrs. Emma Portman, and Mrs.
N S. Smith were visitors at the girls
amp Thursday, Aug. 4.
Mrs G. f. Keller, her son Donal /
nd Mr. Ellsworth Ford were visitors
| i Columbus, Tuesday, August ,.
The Western Union Baptist Asso-
citation is convening IN Xenia, Ohio
this week with the Third BapAisi
/ Church as its host. Ministers from
/ Springfield attending the association
are. Reverends Hall, Smith, Glanton
Green, Harris, Rowe and Allison
| Mrs. Hall, wife of Rev. Hall, pas
| tor Of Mt. Zion Baptist Church, at
itended the Western Union Associa
| tion in Xenia Wednesday, Aug. 3.
! Mr.. Paul Shields, of Wilbeiforct
University, visited the city Monday
| Aug. /, as the guest of Miss Aid;
White, of Wittenburg Ave.
The R.YPU of Second Baptis
IChurch, Of which Miss Mildred Allel
/ is the president, is sponsoring Misses
dorothy Peteford and Roberta Spen
Ger in recital at the church, Sunda.
lafternoon, Aug. Is.
| Miss Gertrude, of Innesfallen Ave
and Marie Allen, Of Raffensberge
Ave, are vacationing in Kentucky
this week.
The Community Choir of $50 voices
under the direction Of Victor John
SON, will give lawn fete and moon
light picnic at the Center St. Y.M.C.A
satnrday night, Aug. 6. Music will b
furnished by the Elks Band Of 5
n.1ces.
Miss Oplielia Harris passed ava.
1t her home. Wednesday, Aug 3. Flu
neral services will be held at tn
Second Baptist Church.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1938-08-05
Justice Cardozo' S Death
Opens Way for Appeal
of Primary Case

The recent deatt of Justice Car
dozo Of the United states Supreme
Court may have i significance N tie
political life Of the Negto that has
generally escaped notice, according
to report from the office OF DR.
Rayford w. Logan, director Of edu
cation Of the Alpha Phi Alpha fra
ternity Great Liberal as he late
Justice was Prof. Logan pointed
out, She agreed with the other mem
bers Of the United States Supreme
the right to exclude Negroes from
its primaries Three Of those nine
members have left the court since
that decision WAS rendered. As soon
as two other changes have been
made, Negroes should prepare a new
case and enaeagor to have that de-
cision reversed The United States
Supreme Court has reversed itself
before. Abraham Lineoln,s critic
ism Of the Dread Scott Decision
helped to make hin president Ne.
gfoes should mol cease similarly to
denounee the decision IN The GfoYey
Us. Townsend case which has made
the South as Fascist as Italy on
Germany the report continued
Dr. Logan first made the suggts-
tion Of preparing d new case as 4
port Of the Alpha Phi Alpha cam
pain OF EDUCATION for litizenship
The idea il now being studied BY
some Of the most distinguished law
yers in the country 'rhe Negro ii
more effectively disfranchised ii
the South than ii any time since
1867 For this reason the political
views Of future appoiniees "a tho
United States Supreme Court should
be carefully scrutinized Che report
concluded.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1938-08-05
DIVINE BUYS
ESTATE NEXT
DOOR TO FDR

Continued from page one)
whose followers call him God, has
been presented by them with 30
room mansion on Madison avenue,
complete with private telephone
system and loud speaker arrange
ment which will squawk his frequent
cxhortations Of peace" throughout
the house.
The purchase Of the house, which
consists Of two brown-stone homes
made into one, was disclosed tonight
the price having been S24 600.
He will live there in comparative
solitude with his II secretaries
and chosen disciples.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1938-08-05
WEST SIDE
REPUBLICAN
r ALL Y


Last FRIDAY evening an eliialls las-
tie iheetlllg WIS held Tor west Slae
hepunlieah eleelion oiiieiais and
precinct workers. ae tfe flIth anu
Spragne street headquarters.
Harry Jones an oigatli1ed iapoI
leadef addressed ING group ~ q very
fofclbie manner ufon me issues s.
the coming electloh anu dhitie ili5
speech Jones gave ms uhqaaliAlse
endorsement o. Nililam Y. .oloNes
candidate TOR SeNehth WARD hei1sso-
ilcan committeeman Jones any
Stokes haVe beeii iiie'tos s'l'es
ehlidhooa.
Alhert Brown, Of Deiore street, an
ace sixth ward precinct worker, eN-
ssialhed ~ detail the method used ~
ms precinct TO get out Inc voters
and convince them that the kepub-
hcan party IS entitled 70 their con-
tinued support
80 ~ = iiiGf 1lAtH Wy dln
committeeman, gave some timely
instruction TO the workers, stating
why he endorsed Robert 4 TAFT for
United States senator and intro
duced William (. Boda, the cam
palgn manager OF this area Of Taft
for Senator compaign. Mr.. Boda, in
ms talk told Of the opportunity the
Ohio voters have to nominate and
elect Robsst A. Taft Senator and he
also related some Of Mr.. Taft's ex-
periences as a legislator and tas
expert
Atty. VIM. O. Stokes, candidate
for Seventh Ward committeeman
presided over the meeting and con-
Quoted an instruction and qui,