davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1939-08-03

Federal relief organization, during
the campaign of 1888. 1t became
apparent not only that the huge
army of employees in the w. P A.
and in other agencies OF the Gov
ernment could be used for politl-
cal purposes but were being so used.
Particularly was this easy when the
Federal Government was dispensing
billions of dollars in all kinds OF
subsidies and for the relief OF the
needy.
President Roosevelt's approval OF
the bill had been expected. He had
already declared his support OF the
"objectives" Of the bill. The Attor-
ney General a week ago had re-
ported to him that the measure was
constitutional despite objections
raised by enthusiastic opponents Of
the bill during its consideration in
the House.
Rumors that the administration
was opposed to the bill grew out
of reported visit of Representative
Celler Of New York, acting chair
man of tie House Judiciary Com
mittee, to the White House, fol-
lowed by an active campaign by
Mr.. Celler and others to scuttle
| the measure. The House beat down
the opposition, however.
Clarification Expected.
It now becomes the duty Of the
executive branch of the Federal
Government to inform its employees
either by series Of regulations
or through a bureau in the Depart
ment of Justice to answer queries
what they may or may not do in
the way Of politics under the new
law. The President indicated in
his message to Congress upon sign
ing the bill that the civil liberties"
division in the department would
be expected to do something about
it. Under the old law relating to
| the civil service, regulations govern
ing the political activities of en-
/ ployes in the classified" civil serv-
ice have been in effect for long
time. 1t is entirely conceivable,
however, that in the end the courts
will be called upon to decide ques-
tions arising under the Hatch law.
Very definitely it appears from
reading Of the law that Federal
employees, below the policy max
ing" group-a small group-are
barred from taking active part in
political campaigns and from cam
paign management. This would
make it impossible in the future
| for an administration to select a
United States attorney to be can
didate for the Senate against a
Senator who had incurred the dis
like of the administration without
the United States attorneys first
resigning from his Office During
the purge" campaign in Georgia
last year, when United States At
torney Camp carried the admins
tration's colors in campaign
against Senator Walter F. George,
President Roosevelt went to Georgia
to urge Camps nomination and
election and Georges defeat.
1t was the effort of the Federal
administration to dictate party
nominations and to use Federal Of
ficeholders in the general elections
which created especial resentment
in Congress. The purge" attempts
probably had as much or more to
do with the passage of the Hatch
law as did the revelations of the
manner in which the w. P. A. was
used in Kentucky, for example, to
bring about a victory for Senator
Barkley, the administration leader
Evening star., 1939-08-03

in the Upper House, over Gov.
Happy" Chandler.
Restricts Convention Delegates.
1t will be impossible for Federal
oficeholders to act or to be elected
to serve as delegates to the Demo-
cratic National Convention next
year-or to the Republican National
Convention either, if there are any
Federal officeholders still Republi-
can enough to be chosen delegates
to the G. o. P. gathering. Com
ment on the Hatch law has gone
largely to this point. 1t generally
has been charged that the admins
tration would make use of its army
of officeholders throughout the
country to dominate the 1910 Deino-
cratic convention. Unless the au-
thor of the new bill, Senator Hatch,
Democrat, of New Mexico is sadly
mistaken none of these Federal
officials will be eligible to serve as
delegates to the national convention,
except a few in very high places.
Vice President Garner weeks ago,
broke his usual silence to say pub
licly that the Hatch bill would be-
come law before the close of the
present session of Congress. His
supporters for the presidential NOM
ination next year longed to keep
Federal officeholders off the list
Of delegates to the 1910 national
convention, believing that if this
were accomplished the Vice Presi-
dent would have a much better
chance, President Roosevelt would
have less chance for a third term
nomination. and the President
would not be able to dictate so easily
the nomination of his successor.
The passage Of the Hatch bill,
therefore, became a feather in the
hat Of the Vice President, recog-
nized already as rallying post for
the more conservative Democrats in
tent upon preventing a renomina-
ton Of the President. should he be-
come candidate. or the nomination
Of an ardent New Dealer in his
place. When the measure was be-
fore the House. it was noticeable
that Majority Leader Sam Rayburn
Of Texas, firm friend of Jack Gar
ner, who came to Washington sew
eral years ago to fight for the Sc
lection Of Rayburn as Democratic
leader Of the House, supported the
clean politics bill. Speaker Bank
head. on the other hand, was active
ly working against the bill, going
on the floor of the House and per-
sonally working among the members
to line them up against 1t. The
Speakers efforts were in vain, how
ever, for a coalition of the entire
Republican membership with 80 or
more Democrats finally jammed the
bill through.
May Better Civil Service.
1t was folly to have half the Fed
eral employees, those in the classified
service, prevented from taking active
part in political campaigns and the
other half permitted to be as active
as they wished. Perhaps now that
all, with very few exceptions. are
covered by the Hatch law, 1t will be
possible to have the rest of these
employees placed in the classified
civil service. Then the Federal serv-
ice can be made a great, non-politi-
cal civil service-as it should be in
the best interests of the country
With the tremendous growth in the
last few years Of the number of Fed
eral employees, most of them outside
the classified service, the need OF
such a move becomes all the more
apparent.
The President in his message t
Congress suggested that Congress
Evening star., 1939-08-03
81, Isl in Fees Collected
In Alexandria in JuIy
By STAFF Correspondent of The Star.

BY Stan Correspondent of The Star.
ALEXANDRIA, Va, Aug. s.
Corporation Court Clerk Elliot F..
Hoffman said today he had COL
lected S2,151.22 for the State in
taxes on deeds, suits, fines and
marriage license fees during July.
There were five wills probated. 21
suits filed, 280 deeds recorded and
lbs marriage licenses issued. The
deeds recorded were a decrease by
81 from June, while the marriage
licenses represented a decreas Of
four.
ManWhile, Park E. Ticer, cleak
of the Civil and Police Courts. re-
ported collections of fines and costs
amounting to $3,176.50 for the city;
Sl72 in fees on civil cases and SAT
IN costs on State cases. There was
S1,826,25 in fines collected in this
court for the State.
Evening star., 1939-08-03
Misinformotion Suspected

large number Of executive branch Of the
administration
from the Senate This belief based the
administration
told nice bedtime Secretary
State Robert Lansing. -
The rigid the foreign pol
es Of the administration Lansing meant
deceive
ons Mr. Hull frequently House
doing The oaon Senators maintain
contact with But frequently
them
and what instructions he personally gives them.
these
described result the humidity Washington
has freoent
foreign But all these
Of talk placed in files
Department the White ~ ~
Evening star., 1939-08-03
Seventh Century
Funeral Ship
Believed Found
BY the Associated Press.

LONDON, Aug. 3.-The rotted re-
mains Of boat which may have
been the funeral ship of a British
King Tut" have been unearthed
near Ipswich, Suffolk.
Archeologists believe it may have
been the tomb of Raedwald, King of
the East Angles. who died about
$40. Coins found in the ship-tomb
fixed the time of its emplacement
near the start of the 7th century.
Gold ornaments, warrior equip
ment and feasting utensils lent sup
port to the theory the ship was the
tomb Of an ancient king.
No signs of a skeleton were found
but experts believed the soil could
not have preserved human remains
for 13 centuries.
Evening star., 1939-08-03
This Changing World
Two Democratic Poriioments Fear
Their Executives Foreign Policies
BY CONSTANTINE BROWN.

Democratic paraments
Leaders In England members of the House Of Commons kick
while crisis still pending
would IKE have the Congress until
mess is cleared II this
nent steering committee set Washington
OF the White House State Department
when motion
States and Great Britain the the fear being
the chief executives In Britain however
Evening star., 1939-08-03
I Went Wrono There

simple. Republicans, disorganized
healthy Deal formed fighting
quare presented shifting population conservative Demo-
formal nothing calculated
Charles
L.
nammatory orao
daily.
Its the House which is generally considered most directly
feeling particularly significant In the time
bill New Dealers
biddabe
Republican
Martin President openly
Senate The Hatch its the Houses
and mangng the spendng BILL leaving
it to the House to enomb the
Under the circumstances one wonders whether the President ever
looks back tells himself there there
willing join the Republicans coalition And Democrats
would coalition Republicans
obstinate the Alben Barkley
convincing Democratic vel
the New Deal side the foundation Of the coalition
Rough Alignment
forgotten What deserves be remembered the
desire for sraghout political reagnmen
Evening star., 1939-08-03

matters and imposes severe pen
alties for law violation. 1t could also
be used to prevent coercion or in
timidation by labor leaders, exerted
against members of their unions or
other workers, in political cam
paigns. Indeed, the Hatch law has
far-reaching possibilities.
Evening star., 1939-08-03
Al Club DeudIine Set

ROCKVILLE, Md. Aug. 3 (Spe-
ciaD Members of the Montgomery
County All Club have until August
l3 to make reservations for a trip
to the New York Worlds Fair spon-
sored ~ the University of Maryland
Extension Service, it was announced
today by County Agent Otto An
derson and his assistant, Rufus B.
King, who are handling reservations.
Evening star., 1939-08-03

party's chances
in 1910. The rec
ord is u n i q u e.
The administra-
ton which has
b e e n charged
with using pub
lie fun d S and
public power to
influence votes
participates in
the making of a
la W of S e | f =
denial.
Mr.. Roosevelt S
message to Con-
qreSs was a clear
sc %t
Evening star., 1939-08-03
The Capital Parade
Conservative Trend Continues With Increased Force;
Coalitions Power Seems to Respond to Popular Feeling
BY JOSEPH ALsOP and ROBERT KINTNER.


Hatch bill splendng
atve coalition In Congress is closing the session in blaze
the lawmakers
walk under their would
with the New Deal
New Dealers mourning in chains, walking behind
Under the the political estimates of the last
require considerable revision political estimates
magic OF the Presidents his continuing personal popularity
drvethe
pening Capitol Hill probable
Evening star., 1939-08-03

being used in ma
tional and con-
greSsional cam
paigns W h e n
President Roose-
velt yesterday
6 We his ap-
proval to t h e
clean politics"
Hatch bill. The
bill, now a law,
grew out of the
revela tions by
the Senate In
vestigating Com
mittee of tn e
political use OF
Evening star., 1939-08-03

much OF Democratic
south Yet the roug reagnent OF the foreshadows
celebrates feelings
1910 and make their play for 1914 The
realize that the third bitter
enough to leave lasting
only ~ '
Evening star., 1939-08-03

ment, The President and the New
Dealers were convinced that If all
liberals were Democrats and all
conservatives Republicans, the lib
erals would form the larger party
With the conservative coalition,
however, rough realignment has
finally taken place, and it is just
the other way round.
1t goes without saying that the
reallgnment will not be continued
Evening star., 1939-08-03

main IN session lest ChamberIain
try to appease the axis again at the
expense of Britain's prestige and
promises to her new allies. In other
words, men like Churchill and his
associates want to see England fight
rather than give in again. They be-
lieve that If the House Is In ses-
sion Mr.. Chamberlain will not dare
produce another Munich.
In this country the Senators who
advocate that Congress remain in
Evening star., 1939-08-03

HE opinions OF the riter this page are their otpn not
necsssa1y Ths Stars Such opinions presented IN The
stars eDo to gtpe all sides OF questions OF interest to It's
readers although such opinions may contradictory among
themselves and directly opposed to The Stars
Evening star., 1939-08-03

stan Is doing now Is to put the final
touches on its carefully devised
preparations. The British are doing
the same. The fleet is being rapidly
mobiltzed and within the next few
days it will be as much on war foot
ing as 1t was on August 3, 1914.
Observers who have had the oppor-
tlmity OF seeing the British fleet
recently say that If the morale Of
the British people were as high as
that Of the navy there would be less
an unshakable spirit OF self-con-
Evening star., 1939-08-03
Courts Final
Arbiter Of
Hatch Bill
Presidents Views
Of Theoretical
Value Only
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.

President Roosevelt, by signing the
Hatch bill, dispelled many an in
nuendo that he would veto the
measure because it would hurt the
Evening star., 1939-08-03
BY G. GOULD LINCOLN.

A long step was taken toward
preventing the use Of the great
Federal bureaucracy, created under
the present administration, from
Evening star., 1939-08-03

servative trend continues, and with
growing force.
New Dealers, of course, are sin
cerely convinced that Congress no
longer represents the sentiment of
the country. Searching for parallel
situations, they recall, for example,
the revolt Of the Senate which CAL
houn led against Andrew Jackson in
his second term. They point out
that although Calhouns coalition
lists helieyed thew had licked Martin
Evening star., 1939-08-03
Armed Forces Ready

Confidential that all nations whil
hoping that there will be real next
weeks themselves all German
being continually marched about They
Evening star., 1939-08-03

van Bue and jackson with him. old potege was overwhe-
ngy elected the these
hardly Communication between member of Congress his
constituents of it
principle
Evening star., 1939-08-03
HEAR CLEARLY

The new Western
Electric Ortho-Tech-
mic Audiphone has
brought new hearing
ease-new happiness
and success to thou
sands of users. De-
veloped by Bell Tel
ephone Laboratories
on new principles in
hearing aid design.
Send for booklet,
liberal term pay
ments.
Evening star., 1939-08-03

SESSION
number members OF the Senate and the House
formed afraid that Mr. Roosevelt
a foreign before Congress has had protest
Evening star., 1939-08-03
Rough Alignment
ANOTHER

The excabe moral amor against the is hopes
What remembered
was desire for poical reajgpuspt
Evening star., 1939-08-03
The Political Mill
Executive Bronch Has Moral Duty Of
Informing U. S. Employees on Hatch Law

in the Upper House, over CO.
Happy" Chandler.
Glacier County chief., 1939-04-07

"rm . self-made man."
'sYou are lucky. I am the re-
yised work Of wife and three
daughters.
Glacier County chief., 1939-04-07

u Happens Too Often
Diner-Waiter, there's button in
my soup.
Waiter acknowledgements
cal error, sir; it should be mutton.
Glacier County chief., 1939-04-07
Ask Doctor About
This Ideal Way
TO LOSE fat
READ EVERY WORD!

Make up your mind now that you'll Ioss
some of that ugly fat and really enjoy life.
No one can blame you If you don't want
to take harmful drugs, go on starvation
diets and do backbreaking exercises No
sane woman would And for sensible
women like yourself who really want to
reduce yet don't expect miracles overnight
who are willing to faithfully follow 4
most simple. inexpensive and pleasant rs.
day plan. we suggest this easy method
First of all go light on fatty foods and
sweets. Eat picnsifnly of lean meats, fresh
fruits and vegetables. And for proper
functioning by removal of accumulated
wastes be sure to take a half teaspoonfuI
Of Kruschen in hot water every morning.
kruschcn is made right here in U. S. a
from famous English formula
And let's get this straight right nsv
about kruschen. Il II mot harmful. II II
NOT Just one salt as some people may
ignorantly believe. Look on the boxi
You'll see II IL blend Of active miner.
ais which-when dissolved in water-is
similar to the famous medicinal Sps
swaters where wealthy women have gone
jar of Kruschen costs but few cent.
and lasts 6 weeks. Get a Jar RIGHT
AWAfi AT druggists everywhere.
1870
Glacier County chief., 1939-04-07
Careless

Careless
"Is he reckless driver?"
Say. when the road turns the
same way he does it's a coinci-
dence. "-Philadelphia Bulletin.
Glacier County chief., 1939-04-07
How Women
in Their 4O's
Can Attract Men

Here's good advice for q woman dN-ing her
change usually from IS to 52), who fears
she'll lose her appeal to men. who worries
about hot flashes, loss Of pep. dizzy spells,
upset nerves and moody spells.
Get more fresh air. hrs. sleep and II you
need . good general system tonic take Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, made
especially for rom<n. It helps Mature build
up physical resistance. thus helps give more
vivacity to enjoy life and assist calming
3ittery nerves and disturbing symptoms that
often accompany change of LIE. WELL
WORTH TRYINGl
Glacier County chief., 1939-04-07

OF . Kind
The sincere alone can recognize
sincerity.-Carlyle.
Glacier County chief., 1939-04-07
WHAT DID SHE MEAN

''Say, Ma, can't you tell fairy
tales?" asked Bobby. just turned
mo, son." his mamma grimly
said, they're more in papa's line"
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1939-07-27

Of told
helper following behind him. houghess
Locked n And in small eramped room whose temper
Not an Eskimo could live We, through night the
ordinary working clothes that they'd be frozen death
hadn't I been e s knowledge q the the. s this
he down. try
nonia coils not Earring without sprnging
death before we had chance to freeze nave ''0''
cling They MIGHT possibly be alive
Only Tool Is Two Bladed Penknife.
John asked his helper he had any tools in his pocket The only
John told him they'd digging their
Anything keep their minds of the death that ucg
coated the walls cutting hole about eight inches
bacf that Of cork was only nan an men
little s % % nj: the ~ mads n
the and the was going down. went from
worked Then suddenly the big blade Of the knife broke.
John Feels He Is Nearing End.
mighty sleepy, nearing
the end And then out of clear sky my helper shook me and said
ss Ss s%s to P lint; NTH. them mighty little little
To please his helper John agreed he knew there
hearing the outside was mighty slim.
e For hour they kept John was
o'clock by that and John lost all hope And them suddenly
"Where your" man. parking alley
The fellow broke found freezer the old ice
ne didn't know what to do about John until
a good nd called the cops
police arrived gave stnulants.
back into that freezer again to pose for pictures But that time they
Reeased uniono
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1939-07-27
Floyd &16onS.
ADVENTURES CLUB
HEADLINES FROM THE LIVES
OF PEOPLE like URSELFl
"Breath of DOOM
ELLO EVERYBODY:

II ELLO EVERYBODY: g 4t1--@ls -aa--
John A. Rollins of Decatur Ill., is refrigerator repair
man. and he knows the and outs of mechanical refrerat
ing systems and tell you just what makes them
John learned that business with eye making his bread
and butter out of it. But there time when he had to
doggone bit of the knowledge he had acquredto
his life.
But in the end penknife that saved the day. With
it, all of Johns technical skill would have been of little
the battle against the icy breath of doom which he and his
helper found themselves fighting Johns knowledge told him
what not do but knowing what not to do isn't enough when
death capng down and slowly wrigng the life out of
1t all happened in Springfield, ILL., On March 81, 1885,
John Rollins called there to make repairs in
the refrigerang plant of the Morris Fish Market He got
there early the with his helper they worked ali
day the job
The market had cooler beowfeezng
peratres and called fish that
10 Is degrees below machinery working.
Evening still their job finished.
The market had closed and had before John
finally the machinery working properly He still had to test
though and he turned the controls full he and his
helper climbed out the
empty market the sharp how rapidly the
machine bringing the temperature down.
t Find Catch Broken Freezer Door.
When they the freezer door, John noticed again that the
catch broken There old
nearby to it in it stuck He had that BEFORE
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1939-07-27

en- Gophers hit the gridiron this
fall Charley Brock, Nebraska
football center, is attending sum-
mer school to'complete work for his
degree A record-breaking
throng of 56,272 attended the Fourth
Of July doubleheader at Detroit
Pauline Uzcudun, former heavy
weight boxer, has been named COM
missioner of physical education for
all of Spain. He served as chauffeur
for Gen. Franco during the recent
Spanish war 80. :. More than 600 high
schools and colleges have rifle teams
in this country with more than $780,
600 junior rifemen taking part in
the sport :. Five amateurs have
won the National Open; Francis
Quimet, Chick Evans, Jerry Trav-
ers, Bobby Jones (four times) and
Johnny Goodman Cuban Off
Gals are trying to arrange spring
exhibition games in Havana among
the Reds. Phillies and Giants !.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1939-07-27
Skiing to the Front

p ESULTS of the national ski tour
~ nament held recently on Mt.
Hood, near Portland, Ore, demon
strate that skiing has at last gained
its rightful place on the American
sports program.
Dick Durrance, Dartmouth col
lege student, was top man in the
tournament, which attracted the tai
ent of seven nations to Timberline
lodge ski fields.
Durrance won four of six posi-
BILE mems titles. His competition
included Hannes Schroll, the Aus
trian skier now plying his trade in
California; Reidar Anderson of Nor
way. Fried Pfeiffer, Sun Valleys
Austrian coach, and Walter Prayer,
who coached Durrance.
Six Americans finished among the
first 10 in combined downhill and
slalom standings. All of them are
young, with perhaps their best years
of skiing ahead of them,
The open downhill race was won
by Toni Matt, 19-year-old Austrian
born New Hampshire ski instructor,
who is in America to stay. He fin
ished only two points behind Dur
rance in the combined standings.
American amateurs won fifth,
sixth and seventh places in open
competition. They were Wendell
Cram, Rutland, VT; Dick Mitchell,
University of Nevada, and Gordon
Wren, Steamboat Springs, Colo. 9th
er ranking Americans included Will
liam Janss and Peter Garrett.
That these native sons were able
to make such an outstanding show
ing is remarkable in that only a
few years ago, skiing was some
thing an American saw in news reels
or travelogues. A few enthusiasts,
Of course, had long been interested
in the sport. But they were in a dis
tinct, and scarcely heard, minority.
During the past few years U. S.
athletes have had opportunity to
avail themselves of more wide
spread skiing facilities. Their fond
ness and aptitude for the sport was
evinced by the results of the Mt.
Hood tournament.