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less secret equipment" But the
naval representative rushed out
from Washington to accompany
the mission carried with him a
garbled copy OF the original in
structions. II read; Let them
see the plane secret equipment"
Chief of Staff Malin Craig
produced the original message,
also a Geographic carbon, and
eventually convinced the irate
senators that no military secrets
had been divulged, Just an
other example" remarked one
committee member, that the
typewriter is more troublesome
than the sword
The inside story of Senate
Leader Barkley's last minute
attempt to persuade President
Roosevelt to withdraw Judge
Roberts nomination reveals why
FDR is steadily losing support
among democrats on Capitol
Hill.
When the senate judiciary
committee brought in an adverse
1873 report on Wednesday. 1t
became a privileged matter.
Senators Glass and Byrd could
have forced a vote the next day
under the rules. The committee
lineup. however. worried Bark
ley. and he rushed across the
chamber to buttonhole the senior
and satire senator from Vir-
ginia.
Garter" he said. Il don't want
to have to take this licking, or
have the White House take IL.
Will you give me time 10 talk TO
the boss ?"
Glass acquiesced. and the
showdown was delayed for five
days. Although Barkley now
maintains he did not beg Roose-
Welt TO surrender. he has not
sold that idea TO his colleagues;
they attribute his denial TO his
loyalty 10 the president.
So they figure that FDR's
insistence on a count, together
with his letter decrying the Gus
tom OF senatorial courtesy"
was designed to embsrrass them
publicly. Snappiest untold re-
mark in the controversy was
Glass advice 10 his leader.
"Alben." he said as he granted
the reprieve, its time you
thought more about being SEN
ate leader. and less about being
White House leader. II viii
get you farther"
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SHOWS VIEWS OF
SOCIALIST LABOR PARTY

Editor. The Times: In your
paper recently f. J. Pearsall
comments upon capitalism, So
cialism and fascism. In view of
the Importance. international in
its scope, of the subject matter,
may present the viewpoint of
the Socialist Labor party?
We didn't always have capt.
talism. Based upon private prop
erty and wage slavery. capital
ism is the youngest offspring of
private property.
Capitalism is based upon priv
ate property in the means of
production and the wage slav-
cry, the corresponding govern
ment functioning as the eXecu-
tive committee of the capitalist
class, without regard as to the
democratic or totalitarian form
of government.
Socialism, the very anthitesis
of capitalism. aims to abolish
private property in the means
of production, in order to ter
inmate the wage slavery and
the corresponding class govern
ment, using as the means the
political and the industrial or
ganization of the workers.
Though history records reac-
tionary periods preceding the
downfall of every privileged re-
gime. fascism, nazism. etc, brief
~ totalitarianism. is the attempt
Of dying capitalism to ward off
the advent of industrial democ-
racy by politically disfranchis-
ing the workers and instituting
industrial serfdom.
The reference to Russia by
Mr. Pearsall is not pertinent
and. besides. is incorrect, Though
Soviet Russia persists in cling
ing to the shell of c. p bureaue-
racy instead of inaugurating the
government of production. as adj
vocated by Lenin, the liquida-
ton Of classes in Russia is an
established fact, q fact that I'M
plies the adjournment of the
political state in Soviet Russia.
Soviet Russia possesses the only.
however defective. government
upon the face of the earth IN
the hands of the working class.
International conspira cies
against Russia, the hysteria Of
war, the tremendous up hill
struggle from the conditions of
barbara, czarist Russia TO the
level of a high industrial effici-
ency, the ineptness Of the C.P IN
the administration of produce
ton. all Of these may help TO
explain the recurrent purges.
However. the ever mounting
standard of. the Russian work
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ZIP. AND ANOTHER
BILL BECOMES LAW

Editor, The Times: Sitting in
the gallery Of the senate cham
Der of the state legislature one
day last week I had the oppor-
tunity of observing our laws in
the process of making. Senate
bill SO. sponsored by the White
Cross association. was presented
to the senate for third reading
and passage.
The members of the senate
had probably familiarized them
selves with the provisions of this
bill along with the job of read
ing the other several hundred
that had been presented to them.
This copious bill consisting of
five pages of prospective law
was given few brief minutes.
One senator, a member of the
committee, expressed his reti-
cence at bringing the bill out
with no further revision An
other offered an amendment that
il be declared an emergency.
There were a few other brief
remarks, Then seemingly as If
10 be polite about the matter
the members of the senate voted
unanimously for its passage.
II the bill meets with favorable
action on the rest of its Jour-
ney. we will have five new pages
of law that will tax the wits of
two men in this state most pro-
foundry. Those two are the state
director of finance, budget and
business. and the state director
of health.
am not versed in law, law
making or law enforcement. I
have little to offer as a solution
to the problems of economics,
mass health and social welfare.
am not even good student of
democracy. But l have a feel
ing that in our present state of
law and disorder il will take
some such set-up as the theo-
reticsl technste to handle our
problems OF law, economics and
welfare
MANN TILLy,
III Es e6th 81.
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RESPONS IBILITY RESTS
ON MANY LEGISLATORS

Editor, The Times. Due to
the cutting of the WPA expendi-
lures many put the blame on
the men we have elected TO rep
resent us in Olympia.
If the persons who make such
statements would put themselves
In the position of any one of the
representatives ! am sure they
would change their views. Many
bills are presented in the legis-
lature by our representative
that in the eyes of the majority
would be very beneficial in solv-
ing our present civil problems
but due to some means other
than honesty they are ruled out
and we never know that they
exist.
Every bill is read several
times in assembly and is care
fully studied by the representa-
tive, The opinions of the men,
bers determine whether or not
the bill will become a law. Dur
ing the time when the bill is
introduced and voted on there
is an opening for bribery and
other dishonest means of either
boosting or killing the bill, If
a member or group of members
lack the initiative to resist the
many different ways of bribery
the work of the person who was
making an honest effort for the
peoples good would be failure
Such means OF government is
indeed very shameful in a nation
as free and rich as ours, but
nevertheless it is happening ev-
cry day and has grown to be
very serious problem.
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Keeping Up With The Law
By BYRoN BENTLEY, H.R

has been deceived by material
false representations IN the pro-
curement OF the contract. which
renders il void. may elect 10
rescind and 20 be restored 10
the position he occupied al the
time OF the sale. Or he may re-
tain the property and recover
from the seller the difference be-
tween the actual value of the
property in the condition as II
was when delivered 10 him. and
the price paid by him TO the
seller therefor"
II is immsterisl whether the
dealer called the customers at
tention 10 the Speedometer read
ing or not. Fraud can be COM
ritted BY conduct as well as by
words. Resetting the speedom-
eter for the purpose of deeeiv-
ing the buyer is fraud for
which damages can be recovered.
isumrsl VS.. supply Co, Missis-
s,ppJ,
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HOROSCOPE
THURSDAY, FEB. %. 1889

hTbsNf I'D. ID 1909
Benefic aspects rule today.
according to astrology. The
morning is suspicious for both
business and professional inter-
ests.
Manufacturing will be pushed
in the east and the west with
special attention to quick pro-
duction as demand for American
products increases.
Engineers and contractors will
profit at this time. Building
materials may rise in cost.
Home-making will occupy the
attention Of great numbers of
newly married young folk. A
housing shortage is foretold for
many American cities.
Women are subject to adverse
planetary influences which may
affect them in Waee-earning oc-
equations Competition with men
viii be discouraged in many vo-
cations.
Under this configuration girls
should study their talents and
should acknowledge their short-
cominss. Astrologers advise wo-
men to develop gifts that are
feminine. They stress all the
domestic arts as especially i'm
portant.
For young and old the coming
weeks should be memorable for
their many happy days. The
stars indicate the beginning OF
this year as a time of happiness
and prosperity long to be re-
membered by Americans.
During the first quarter OF
1910. the seers prophesy, Hitler
will lose prestige and, perhaps
his place at the head of the
German people. The summer OF
1889 may be exceedingly peril
Gus for him.
Persons whose birthdate it is
should find the coming year
satisfactory. but men should
avoid sentimental vagaries. Wo-
men should watch their health.
Children born on this day
probably will be intuitive and
sensitive. They may be self
sacrificing and yet able to do
the best for themselves. Their
lucky day is Thursday.
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QUESTIONS TO TeS1
YOUR KNOWLEDGE

Can you answer seven Of these
test questions Turn TO the
Womsn's page for the answers.
l. Into which sea does the
Nolgs river empty?
2. For what government
agency do the initials NYA
stande
). Name the rank in the L. s.
navy next below captain.
4. What is the name of the
great vulture Of the Andes
5; Which large important city
In Spain was recently captured
by Frances Insurgent forces?
9. What body Of water separ-
ates France and England
]. How many cubic inches are
In one cubic foot ?
s. What Is the correct pronun-
citation Of the word sblative
?. Name the Z. 3. postmaster
general in the Hoover admins
trstion.
10. OF which country s Quito
The eAp>sali
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SCIENCE NEWS

Soil erosion, menace Of many
farming areas in the United
States, may be successfully COM
batted by a machine that has
been developed at mid-western
college. The machine is desig-
mated to construct terraces on
downhill pasture lands. 1t makes
a vertical cut in the sod. raises
each side, takes the soil from
under one side and places it
under the other and presses
down the sod again. In this
way, water-containing ditch is
on structe d by the uneven
heights Of the adjoining sod,
and beneath ii is the freshly
loosened sub-soil to absorb the
water. The apparatus, which
completes the operation in
single motion. is pulled by
tractor or horses.
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. STORIES
IN STAMPS
II Duce Uses Horace
To Push Foscism

TWO thousand years after Hor-
= ace enjoyed the supreme
plaudits OF the Roman state for his
inspiring patriotic odes, II Duce
and his aggressive Fascists adopt
him as sort Of patron saint Of the
modern empire.
In other countries Horace Is re-
membered as a famous Latin poet
who was exceedingly witty. But
not so today in black shirt italy.
Horace is recalled as the poet who
left the republicanisrn Of Brutus
TO devote himself intellectually
TO the imperial ideal OF Augustus.
Augustus, TO the FssciStS, was the
Mussolini OF ancient times.
Rising meteorically 10 fame as
one OF the leading Roman poets.
Horace won the acquaintance of
Augustus while he was yet in his
thirties. Horace then wrote a Sc
ries Of odes celebrating the peace
full order OF the Augustus reign.
So pleased was the great emperor
that he offered Horace post as
his private secretary. But Hor-
ace declined. He was too alb
sorbed in the business OF writing
and he loved life too well on his
quiet Sabine farm which had been
given him because of his literary
achievements.
Horace, or Quintus Eorstius
Flaccus as he was known in
Rome, was born in humble sur
roundings but his father gave him
the best education available al the
time. He studied in Athens. trav-
eled. He was the model OF sobri-
ETY.. honesty, self-control, due very
largely TO his fathers rigorous
training.
Concentrating the 2ooth ami
verssry OF the birth Of Horace, .
1885 Italian stamp is shown above.
portrsyins . dying warrior from
scene In one OF the poets great
cdes.
acpoee$9ae> -. ~ &eUrSoA lneS
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PULSE OF THE PUBLIC

I'm sure every sensible think
ing person will agree that the
responsibility of honest govern
ing is not in the hands of any
one person, The combined eff
forts of all those who are in any
way connected with the making
and enforcement of law is need
ed TO solve our governmental
problems. BOB IUFER.
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REsETTING sPEEDoMETERs


II is 4 common stunt for an
INSCRIPTIONS used-car dealer TO
turn back the speedometer 10
deceive the buyer into thinking
the car has had less usage than
is the case. Such practice may
render the sale void If discovered.
Sumrsll bought & used demon
strator car on which the speed
ometer read 5.341 miles. Later
he learned that when his car had
been repossessed by the seller
the speedometer read 1850
miles. He brought suit against
the dealer. The supreme court
awarded him damages Of $500
for the sellers deceit. Said the
iurists:
There were other misrepre-
sensations. but the ore as 20 the
mileage WAS sufficient 10 render
void the contract regardless OF
the other matters.
"A purchaser Of property Who
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ers, the absence of unemploy-
ment, and the growing mastery
over the problems of production
and social security-without re-
sorting to wars for the capture
of foreign markets should by
far outweigh all the mole-hills,
which in the eyes of the opposi-
tion reach the dizzy height of
Himalayas. J. DURYCH.
SOIL No. 22d ST.
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needed. With appointees Il ne
lower courts. its different. The
report will examine such A pros
poets legal record. summarize a
study Of his legal opinions If he
has been on the bench before)
and may even 80 into his credit
standing his personal habits and
50 on.
Anyhow. the president finally
picks one man and notifies the
attorney general % draft q COM
mission. The commission Is sent
to the senate. and stays there
until the man Is confirmed. Then
it goes back to the attorney gen.
eral. who transmits it 10 the
president. who signs IT and sends
1t hack TO the attorney general
who, thereupon mails il 10 the
nominee. who hands it in at the
supreme court. takes the oath,
and becomes A justice.
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That Small World

OF it's small world The Indiana Hoosier meet
ing the streets of Narob fellow native of Posey county,
has often observed.
And yet, who would have thought that the in China
would directly affect the business and the living of Amer
mounaineers high up in the Blue Ridge of North Caro-
lima? These mountain men may have been much
so miles from home across the hoer but they feel
ing the in China just the same.
You they dig gngseng root and sell in the med
ica markets Widely used is nevertheless given almost
miraculous qualities by the Chinese Roots having the shape
OF animals dried whole command premium in China, and
the whole has always been in high demand by the
Chinese.
But the japanese invasion. The market for GIN
seng roots fell to pieces in China Ginseng won't the
gaping wounds left by arplane bombs.
Now the mountain folk from SO to 50 pound for
their ginseng root about fifth of what brought before
the Japanese invasion small world? Ask the mountain
men!
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KEEPING UP 10 DALE

The superstition concerning
the number 10 rests mainly on
the fact that there were Is at
the Last Supper and the thir-
teenth man betrayed Christ and
hanged himself later.
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For couple Of years rumors
OF his impending retirement have
been current. but they have
never leled One generally &C
cepted story had II that he want
ed to retire. but refused 10 do
so as long as Justice Brandeis
was on the bench.
Now Justice Brandeis IS IN re-
tirement. VIII Justice Mercy
nolds follow him or as some
Of the current gossip has it
Will he feel that Justice Frank
furter is no improvement. and
that he must stay on the bench
to counterbalance him
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ONLY PRESIDENT
REALLY KNOWS

ii would be perfectly possible
for a man to start a rumor about
himself simply for the publicity.
More often, his friends start it.
Often it is form of pressure
a little campaign aimed at the
White House. It is, of course,
perfectly proper for anyone who
can get in to call at the White
House and plead the cause of
possible nominee.
The whole business starts as
soon as the vacancy occurs, and
does not end until the vacancy is
filled. Everybody goes around
looking wise but no one
really knows anything about it
but the president.
Before anyone actually is NOM
mated to the supreme court-or
to any other place in the federal
judiciary, for that matter-the
attorney general is almost al
ways consulted.
The consultation may be
either formal or informal. That
is, the president may submit,
say, three names, and ask for
a written report on each; or he
may simply sit down with the
attorney general and discuss his
possible choices more or less
casually. There isn't any set
procedure.
In the end, the president gen.
orally gets from the attorney
general a more or less detailed
report on the two or three men
he is considering. With supreme
court appointees these reports
be extremely brief; usually
man who rates nomination to the
highest court is so well known
that mt r,Npnh 81 nhanl-N, -
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DOPFSTERS'
DELIGHT

The opening Of a supreme
court vacancy provides A field
day for the private-pipeline. in
side-dope boys down here. The
field day is Just as good even If
the pipelines are all clogged and
the dope is all wrong as is very
often the case.
One thing to remember is that
until the nomination is actually
sent to the senate. no one but
the president really knows who
is being chosen. The attorney
general may know the three or
four men from whom the choice
Will be made, the president
secretariat may have a line on
the men the president is con-
sidering; but no pipeline can go
any further than that.
All of which leaves the way
wide open for the creation of
booms and boomlets. Sometimes
this happens right out in the
open. After Brandeis quit. for
instance. a bloc of western sem
ators promptly demanded the
appointment of a westerner-
most any westerner and Rep
resentative Martin Kennedy of
New York made public plea for
the appointment of Senator Rob-
ert Wagner More often it is
roundabout affair.
The word begins to circulate
that so-and-so Is in line A
day or so after the Brandeis re-
tirement, the gossipers were in
sisting that Justice Harold NJ.
Stephens of the L. S. court of
appeals was due to get the nod.
The next day they were talking
up Senator Lewis B. Schwellen-
bach of Washington. Next day
the word was that Tommy Cor
coran himself was backing ".
O Douglas of the SEC
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ToDAY's COMMON ERROR

Do not say, 4 bought two
pairs OF pants with my new
suit" say, trousers
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Bruce Cation
ASHINGTON-.

WESTINGHOUSE bit Of speculation Cngrossing
Washington these days IS VIII Justice James Clark Nc
Reynolds presently retire from the supreme court?
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MR.. FIXIT

To receive attention n this COL
uinn letters must gipe name and
address OF writer Onie initials
vii be published when requested.
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Kentucky jury has fined $500 for striking poet
Protecting our son4birds. Ell?
Evening star., 1939-10-01
War Is CrumbIing Barriers
To u. S. Trade With Argentine
North America May Capture All
Of German Business, Much of Britoin's

/ Commerce in Argentina asked the
Maritime Commission to divert q
part of its fleet of merchantmen to
the "all peace" route to South Amer
lea. Heads Of independent shipping
lines were besieged with requests for
cargo space.
Furness Prince Line Halted.
The threat of German submarine
activity halted the Furness Prince
Line, which with the American Re-
public good neighbor" fleet gave
South Americas East Coast ports
weekly service from New York. Again
the Maritime Commission was urged
to augment the good neighbor"
ships with smaller passenger and
cargo vessels.
One North American representa-
tive said he had orders in sight for
more than 100000 tons of coal-with
no ships to bring it in. Argentina,
which imports the bulk of its coal,
normally from England and Ger
many. has a reserve supply of less
than ID months. Already many
trains have been suspended, other
services reduced, to save fuel.
Given the necessary shipping the
United States should within a year
win back all the business she lost
through Argentina's trade restric-
tions," one business leader here said.
Within two years.. If a favorable
trade agreement with Argentina can
be negotiated, we will be challenging
Great Britain for first place in sales
to this country"
The trade increase must work
both ways, he said, with the United
States increasing its purchases Of
non-competitive products from Ar.
gentina to balance the commerce.
Evening star., 1939-10-01
Boys Club Gridders
Start Schedule Today

The winter schedule of the Metro
pOlitan Police Boys Club will get
under way today with a football
game between 100-pound teams of
No. 10 and No. Clubs of the organ
ization in East Potomac Park.
No. Clubs 100-pound team won
the city championship last year. A
number of the members of last
years team, however, have gained
sufficient weight to play on the 125-
pound team this year.
A total of 1904 boys attended
Camp Ernest w. Brown, the Police
Boys Club camp at Scotland, Md,
during its nine weeks of operation
during the summer, it was reported
today by Sergt. Forrest L. Bins
wanger, club director.
Indoor games, recreational pro-
grams, library and other facilities
soon will be patronized by more
than 10000 members of the organ
ization. which has five individual
club sites. They are: Club No. 2,
dU WclllI1 dIlu " SCICCIS INV, SAuO
No. 4, at 472 I street S.W.: Club No.
S, at Fifth and E streets Sc: Club
No. 10, at Fifteenth and Harvard
streets NV, and Club No. II, at
Xenilworth. Headquarters for the
clubs is at police headquarters, 462
Indiana avenue NV.
During the winter season, as well
as at the summer camp, the boy
club members receive free medical
and dental clinic service, contributed
by leading physicians, surgeons,
dentists and hospitals in the Dis
trict of Columbia. Director Bins
wanger's report noted excellent re-
suits in the reduction of malnutri-
ton among boys at camp and in
the elimination of numerous typical
youth diseases.
The board of directors of the clubs
will hold its first fall meeting at 6
pm. next Friday in the Ambassador
Hotel.
Evening star., 1939-10-01
Public Speaking Glasses

DR.. c. H. McReynolds, formerly a
member of the faculty at the Uni
versities of Maryland and Ten
nessee, will open classes in public
speaking and acting this week at
1881 Cathedral avenue NV. He
is also giving a new course in world
literature at the graduate school
of the Department Of Agriculture.
He was formerly director OF the
Chicago Art Theater.