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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-05
Good Intentions No Excuse
For Driver CsreIessness

II is long time since anyone has accepted u didn't know
II loaded satisfactory for shooting. And
1t may be that why automobile traffic death
toll last going down is the fact that similar healthy
skeptcsm being developed toward the offered by
motorists.
in point occurred the other day in Fresno Calf,
where young sent to jail for 80 days because
he fell asleep while driving his
The mans family was moving. and he transporting
household goods back and forth got be late night
and he was-naturay enough-very tired and drowsy.
He dozed off while driving along the road His swerved
and hit truck His niece riding in the with him,
killed and the young man was held on charge of man.
slaughter.
Now the point is that this driver in a sense was as
bameless could be. He hadn't been intoxicated,
had he been speeding breaking any traffic laws.
He good lad, and the district attorney asked that
lensncy be shown. But the judge remarked:
"The fact remains that he negligent in driving
while sleepy 1t is the duty of drivers to stop their
mobiles before they sleep sleepy drowsy driver
is menace to the public"
So the young has to spend month in JAIL where
he mediate the need for eternal vigilance at the
steering wheel
Simple enough all of this-and hardly worth comment.
except that it does highlght little truth that
easily overlook
The who is driving an automobile has a ton and
half of steel rolling along the highway. He may have the
best intentions in the world but if for any reason at all it
gets out of his control somebody is going to get hurt He
may be guilty of nothing henou than doing for five
seconds-but the effect can be bad if he were
homlclda maniac possessed Oh meat-aX AND the only
possible rule that be laid down is that he has BUSH
getting behind the wheel if anything going inter-
fere with Instability to drive his safely.
1t has taken long time to learn this lesson, but it is
soaking in slowly. And when get it digested may
be able go from there and realize that the
truth applies all of activities the modern world
For this whole age of machinery, with its produc
ton lines, its speedy communications its intricate web Of
financial and political relationships is careenng along the
highway of history like speeding automobile 1t requires
constant attention and our best skill We may have
the best intentions in the world but if let the thing
get out of control the results will be disastrous.
The world is moving automobile speed not at horse
and-buggy pace If fail to take charge of it, it will take
charge of Like that in the auto can't afford
to doze even for q moment
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-05

IN r. al sar.s of other business As
well.
Al argument can De made for
holding company banking. i IS
not + GOOD argument but al least il
has some substance IN Il. Il enables
a single concern - operate NUM-
Der OF unit banks IN VIDE variety
OF places uniting the benefits OF
central management with the be7e-
fits Of The widest autonomy M local
management. But no argument
can be mace for a holding company
which operates a lot OF banks ana
AZ the same time operates hotels,
real estate developments. lie
insurance companies. fire insurance
companies and a score Of other
enterprises as well This Is What
the Trans America corporation
does and not one finger has been
raised by banking authorities to
correct this sort Of thing.
But the SEC did raise A finger.
Il found in its investment trust
investigation an investment trust
hidden away among the compi-
Gated assets Of the Trans America.
But investigating that investment
trust without investigating the
banks and all the other corporate
gadgets Of Trans America vas
impossible. Just as investigating
bank held up by holding company
is almost impossible.
A. this point the SEC proceeded
10 investigate the holding company.
But apparently It was reckoning
without the McAdoos and O'Con-
nors and other Democratic politi-
clans IN California. But they could
not call off the SEC.
The question then is-who did II?
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-05
Keeping Up With The Law
DIV BYRON BENTLEY, LIB.

band and wife Whittcnburg
forgot 10 mention Mrs. Groves IN
his will and she brought suit
for one hundred thousand dol
lars.
In a recent decision the Tex
as court Of appeals rejected her
claim. ruling
Such unorthodoN arrange
ment. conceived IN iniquity and
shorn OF all the elements OF COM
mon decency, was wholly immor-
al and against public policy and
violated all the finer impulses
OF the marriage relationship.
The court never lend themselves
to the enforcement OF such ne
farious contracts and undertake
ings which are IN defiance Of
public morals. in violation Of
law. and repugnant 10 public
policy
When a contract is against
public policy the courts leave
the parties where they are. The
contract will not be enforced
and neither side viii De given
legal assistance. Groves VS..
Whittenburg. Texas
Tomorrow: Crooked Officials.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-05
SQUEEZING THE OTHER
FELLOW OUT

Editor, The Times: do not
blame the unemployed. and the
farmers who have hard strug-
gle. for being dissatisfied with
present conditions. do not
blame them for demanding sub
sides from the government.
do. however. blame them for sup
porting and protecting a false
economic philosophy that per-
petuates unemployment and suf-
fering.
They believe in and support a
philosophy that the people RS a
whole can gain by less produc-
tion and sale of goods. thereby
raising the prices of the goods
and money wages of the em-
ployed, but causing unemploy-
ment. This philosophy is better
known as the philosophy. of
scarcity and the science of fleec-
ing the consumers
II the majority want to man
age the economic system so that
IL makes II impossible for many
to find means OF providing Tor
themselves. let them that are
working support the idle until
they. the majority learn better
1t is foolish To put all the blame
for this condition on few big
fat fellows Many of the lean
ones have the same idea.
We now find in many cases.
the union employees aiding the
employer in raising and fixing
the price of the goods higher
In other words, the employer
and employees gang up on the
consumer. They both believe
that they can gain by stabiliZa-
ton or fixing the prices of the
goods and labor higher regard
less of the market demand for
il. Now we have had a depres-
sion for many years. and the
price of manufactured goods re-
main high. Is there any sense
to il? Ii was intended that
prices should fluctuate accord
ing to demand
Ii is impossible to have full
production and full employment
If prices are TO remain fixed and
held higher than what the mar
ket will absorb. The goods must
sell. II all seems so foolish when
you learn that it is the produc-
ton and sale of more goods in
the nation that gives us whole
real wage and income. The ma
jority today think that it was
the politician, labor leader and
reformer who has raised our
living standards above that of
100 years ago.
You have often heard IL said
that good man can always get
a Job. The fastest horse usually
wins the race, but they do not
turn the others out TO starve.
They find some use for all of
them. They can not all be equ-
ally as fast You will have to
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-05
QUESTIONS TO TeS I
YOUR KNOWLEDGE

Can you answer seven of these
test questions ? Turn to the
woman's page for the answers:
/ Where is the Susitna river
. What Is the annual salary
of the presidents cabinet?
3 What is another name for
mollusks
4 Name the new japanese
ambassador to the L. S.
5 Who won the most valu-
able player award in the Amer
lean league for 1897?
8 What is the name of the
artificial lake behind Boulder
Dam
i How many points has
Maltese cross
S What is the correct pro-
nunciation of the word hearth ?
9 What is homicidal mania?
10. Where is the city of johann
nesburg?
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-05

defense be given fair and proper
consideration
So many members of the con-
gress have already expressed
willingness to vote for any or
all measures pertaining to de-
Tense inasmuch as it relates to
more ships, larger army and
fighting planes, but are already
on record opposing adequate re-
lief funds and oVern m n |
health measures. This kind of
vote could not be intelligent or
consistent
The writer is one OF the young
est of World war veterans and
if | recall correctly when we
spoke of defense in those days,
morale and health was consid-
cred the first line of defense.
What good your fighting planes,
guns. and battleships if the mo-
rale OF the people is low
Would the discontinuance of
works program or inadequate
appropriations depriving mil
lions of the right To provide for
themselves bolster the morale
of the possible soldiers
About 200.0 men now EN-
ployed on WPA would be obliged
to bear arms in the event of
armed conflict. What about your
government records that show
millions of Americans that re-
ccive no medical attention what
soever9 Is not this a severe
drawback when we speak Of de-
Tense
Let us demand that congress
take into consideration all phases
of defense before they appro-
pirate, and if that is done we
will find them supporting both
a work program for the unem-
ployed and a national health
program, as both go hand in
hand IN real American defense
plan. HOWARD A. LEO,
Ri. 4, Box 5S5.
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THURSDAY, JAN. 5, 1889


Benefic aspects strongly
dominate today, according to
astrology. The morning is
most suspicious for initiative.
Projects launched under this
sway should be successful
Merchants and manufactur-
ers are well directed at this
time when there will be an un-
usual post-holiday market I.
Building will be carried on in
many cities through winter
weather.
Increase in the number of
marriages will make the de
mand for modest homes extra
ordinarily widespread. The
seers counsel village dwellings
instead of city apartments
Educational affairs will be of
supreme interest as expert
training becomes more impera-
tive to all who would succeed
Universities will have too many
students for best results.
The stars encourage what
ever is constructive and pro-
gressive in human aspiration.
In the remaking of world al
fairs only the most wisely
energetic will gain economic
security.
Speakers in colleges and pull
pits will be heard with keen
interest as economic conditions
undergo vast changes. The
lecture platform and micro
phone will attract speakers
who will gain large followings
and extensive influence.
strain upon governmental
leaders who must study inter-
national complications will be
severe at this time. when leg
islators come under a rule Of
the stars nclining them to
independence of thought that re-
tards diplomatic negotiations.
Women are to combine extra
ordinary social activities with
public service as the winter adj
vances. Extravaganza in attire
and social entertainments will be
prevalent
Persons whose blrthdate il is
have the augury of a year of
unusual experiences. Gain by
hard work is promised and a
great deal of happiness is fore
Swallowed.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-05
IMMORAL CONTRACTS

An agreement 10 marry per-
son may be legally binding, but
the law frowns upon an agree
mcnt TO marry person made
before ne is divorced from his
present spouse.
Mrs. Groves met Whittenburg
in her apartment Just after she
had separated from her hus-
band. but before she was d.
voreed. Whittenburg made love
10 her on his first visit and pro-
posed marriage On later visits
he renewed his professions Of
love and his proposal Of mar
rage, and between them they
made an agreement that they
should be married as soon as
she could obtain q divorce. In
the event that Whittenburg died
before the marriage. he prom
Used 20 leave her not less than
one hundred thousand dollars IN
his will.
The divorce went through, but
Whittenburg postponed the mar
riage on one pretext or another
until he died In the meantime,
the parties lived together as hus-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-05
BOOK A DAY

There is a new picture of the
Spanish civil war in The Patrol
Is Ended" by Oloff de Wet
doubleday, Doran: S2.75l.
Mr.. de Wet went 10 Spain to
fly fighting plane for the 10y
alist government. If ne had any
especial interest in the great is
sues underlying the war. he
seems 10 have concealed 1t fair
~ well, in a sense he went as a
soldier of fortune. fighting for
hire and concerning himself lit
tie. if at all. with what the war
was all about.
But he had the eye Of an artist,
and the ability to write queer,
Jagged prose which seems a
trifle purple at first glance but
which carries a tremendous inn
pact once you get used to it.
And so The Patrol Is Ended"
makes stirring. vivid reading.
For what Mr.. de Wet gives
you is what all of these World
War aviators tried to provide. in
the spate Of wartime-flying
books that appeared a decade
ago-the feel of aerial warfare,
the strange and terrible medley
of emotions that prey upon the
pilot of a fighting plane. the
queer life that a man leads when
his life hangs on a thread from
day to day and the giving and
risking Of death in single COM
bat are his regular routine
Such life wears a man out
and fascinates him at the same
time You can see this author
despising war. hating ms JOB,
longing for peace and security
and yet clinging TO what ne
is doing when ne apparently has
no motive beyond the prosaic
one OF earning good salary.
Altogether. then. The Patrol
Is Ended" is quite a book. You
may not understand the Spanish
war much better after you have
read il. but YOU will understand
the avistor's part in It.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-05
WHAT IL WRONG WITH
SOCIAL SECURITY

Editor The Times: Another
source of great dissatisfaction
with the state social security
set-up Is that it is so far re-
moved from the people of the
local communities
Social service is individual
service. 1t can best be handled
by those who know the midi
viduals asking abby their
neighbors. II is q local issue in
every community The commun-
ity should therefore have a
greater voice in its administra-
ton. They always handled it
till the 40-mill bill took away
their ability to handle IT, 1t
was thrust upon the state by the
necessities of the victims of the
depression 1t does not belong
with the state. and should be
handed back TO the counties as
completely as It can be under
existing laws
The bug-a-boo OF coercion by
the federal government, and the
lack of information as to the
conditions laid down by the fed
eral government in its matching
program, were used effectively
to build up stupendous state
set-up in social security. This
structure is not necessary. The
federal government does not re-
quire it. And il is costing the
state S2.000.000 per year to OPP
crate It. That money would
cover all normal inefficiency on
the part of local administrators,
and leave a fat sum for actual
distribution to the needy.
Local home rule is good gov
ernmental policy. and II is also
an ancient democratic principle
II Is still as sound as ever. II
errors are made under II, we
know whom 10 blame, and we
can. if we are intelligent eiti-
zens, correct them. In that way
we make progress.
The state can distribute its
relief moneys through county or
other local units. and hold each
one strictly responsible for its
own social service load We can
stop this passing the buck, put
each county on the firing line
70 handle its own problems, and
take care of the unfortunate
better than we do now
FRED s. DUGGAN.
State Senator. Spokane.
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Mr.. Fikit: VIII YOU please
settle an argument for me .
Which il correct to say: "B-ing
that pail back 10 Mr.. A." or
Take that pail back Ia Mr..
A. NIB.
Say take" IN virtually every
circumstance. Bring would be
the word only II you were ask
ing that the article be returned
to you, or II you and Mr.. A
were in the same place at the
time you gave the order.
VI. Fixit: Please tell me In
what year "Snow White" was
first PLAYED on the silent screen
Also state names OF actual play
ers In same. ID.
Snow White" first vas pro-
duced on the screen by Educa-
tional. released Nov. %. 1915.
a well known version was pro-
duced by Paramount Pictures
and released Jan. 4, 1917. II
starred Marguerite Clarke. Fur
ther information will require
correspondence with Paramount
Studios or Educational.
Mr.. FiYit: There are four dogs
In our neighborhood running nj
large most OF the time. Isn't
there anything that can be done
about II? l don't Ike to call this
to the attention of the health
officer a. | don't want Ia see
anyone lose his pet, hut II this
rabies situation IN as serious
as stated In the papers. these
dogs should he kept In their own
yards. For while they were
turned loose soon a. II WIS dark
In the evening around B o'clock
and they were loose till . or 10
each morning, hut now l notice
they are loose till noon.
A READER.
There is serious enough sit
uation to make il very nearly
a civic duty that someone IN
your neighborhood do something
about the loose dogs The dog
owners are letting them run
free at the risk of losing them.
Surely with n little reminder
from you, they should be willing
to keep the animals tied except
when possible to run them on
leash during the period of quar-
antine. If they refuse, there is
nothing to do but call the health
department
MIR. Fixit: l would like To
know how l would find "A person
who has moved from Wilburton,
Okla, to Dawson. How could I
find certain person In that
city" &. \. T., kelso.
Dawson, okla. is not a city.
II is very small town of 900
people. You might write to the
Town Clerk, Dawson. Okla. or
ask the principal newspaper cir
culating in that district, The
Tulsa World, to help find your
friend
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-05
LESSONS IN ENGLISH


WORDS OFTEN MISUSED:
Do not say, My son-in-laws
We're there" Say. My sons-ln-
law cor daughters-in-law) were
there"
OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED:
Laundered. Pronounce lawn
derd. not laWn-drid
OFTEN MISSPELLED: Mis-
state; two IS.
WORD STUDY: Use a word
three times and il is yours" Let
us increase our vocabulary by
mastering one word each day.
Todays word REVELATION;
act of disclosing, or that which
is disclosed. Difficulties in rev.
elation are especially given to
prove our faith. Newman.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-05

Jimmy Roosevelt announces he probably will for
political job in 1912 when he will be freed from the
ton of trading my fathers name
If the presidents really meant his listeners to take
him dead seriously, then young Roosevelt stands charged
with political naivete
Whether he wills it not James will be trading for
what its worth not only his fathers but just the
office.
There's just nothing he do about that. He has
of the best political tags in the business and fellow called
Teddy Roosevelt who lived in the White House has
lot to do with in addition the present incumbent
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-05
H + r ELS MORE ABOUT
LICt7 I
ST RTS ON PAGE ONE

secret powwows. that is their
immediate strategy The third
party proposal, although they
may dangle il as threat. is out.
II their 1910 scheme doesn't
work, then they'll gang behind
FDR--or somebody like him
in 1914.
Quiet. shy Henry Morgenthau
supplied the bright idea for re-
moving WPA from politics
namely. the proposed system of
bipartisan county boards en-
powered with hearing complaints
from reliefers allegedly discrim-
mated against because they don't
vote right in primaries or cleo
tions.
When the secretary of the
treasury was conservation COM
missioner under Gov Roosevelt,
he employed thousands of men
on semi-relief projects. In order
10 minimize the pressure of the
politlcos. he organized the state
county by county, and banished
partisanship insofar as II was
humanity possible 10 do so. He
recalled his experience TO the
president during the post cleo
ton turmoil over the Hopkins
administration, and IL appealed
to FDR who passed the idea
along to Capitol Hill advisers.
First man to oppose the new
scheme was the presidents good
friend-Mayor Fiorello LaGuar-
dia. Referring to the appoint
ment of Col. F. c. Harrington
as Hopkins successor, he told
the president:
Il have kept relief out of poll
tics In New York with the aid OF
an extremely efficient army Off
Ger. You can do the same thing.
The only thing in the world
worse than partisan board for
handling relief is a bipartisan
board.
The appointment of Governor
Frank Murphy as attorney
general represents the first major
reverse the Cohen-H opkins-Cor-
coran forces have suffered around
the White House for several
years. II also means a triumph
for such democratic moderates
as Vice President Garner and
James A. Farley, whose warn
ings against extreme leftist ten
denotes have apparently bulls
eyed
Only q year ago jackson was
the Roosevelt liberals candidate
for New York governor. with
1910 presidential nomination as
the eventual prize for him. Until
two weeks ago Secretary lckes
and Corcoran were begging FDR
10 elevate Bob to the AG-ship.
II was their private scheme TO
build up both him and Harry
Hopkins for 1910. hoping that II
one couldn't make the grade. the
other would. Then, however.
Messrs. Garner, Farley and Cum
mings went to work on Roosevelt.
and they argued against the
jackson appointment.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-05

il = reported that the Securities
and Exchange Commission Is being
called off In is STUDY ~ the
Trans-Amerea corporation. The re-
port Is easily credited.
i Is sac that every English
Indian official has his PEI Indian.
every German Nazl his pet Jew.
Every Democratic administration
since the Democrats began %
live on corporate dcnuHs.ation-
has Its favorite corporation. Every
New Dealer has his pet economic
royallst And. while the banks
have been pretty generally bad
gered by the administration, one
great bank has found itself singu-
larry free This Is the Trans
America corporation. the vast bank
holding company which spreads
over California and into other
states. including New York
The Trans America was we'll
favored under Hoover. one OF the
oldest OF the odd loans Of the RFC
was not the 90 million dollar loan
TO Vice President Dawes bank, but
the hundred million dollar loan 70
the Trans America. II was the big
paef and r,,pef earrr4
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:: YOUR HOROSCOPE -:

Children born on this day
probably will be original IN
ventive and resourceful. Many
subjects of this sign gain last
ing fame through adventure.
Stephen Decatur, noted ad-
miral, was born on this day
1879. Others who have cele-
brated it as a birthday include:
Zebulon Pike, discoverer Of
Pixies Peak. 1879 John S.
Sargent. painter. 1856
Copyright, 1880
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-05
NPA HEALTH As
FACTOR IN DEFEN Sc

Editor. The Times: Now that
the congress Is soon To pass APP
preparations sufficient for ma
tional defense. wouldn't II be we'll
that all phases that make up
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-05
HOLDING COMPANY
ISSUE IN BANNING

But Nhen Hoover went out ~
power, Mr.. Giannini, master Of
this great institution. turned up as
an ardent friend OF the New Deal
And he has remained so TO this DAY.
Following the bank troubles of
the Hoover days. a great cutlery
went up against the evils OF hold
ing company banking, particularly
the kind in which the holding com
pany that ran the bank also went
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PULSE OF THE PUBLIC

fix II SO that more goods will
sell and that will require a more
free competition,
OSCAR c. ERICKSON.
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Most Of the leather for gloves
is obtained from sheep skin. Pig.
colt, kid. goat, lamb. dog and rein
deer skin also are in use for glove
manufacturing.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-05
ToDAY's COMMON ERROR

DO not say, The Joneses
came to live in this neighbor-
hood not long since; say. not
long ago"